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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-01-05

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WEIGHT CHAMP. Z
ME substitute Is Terry Mack, de light
weight champ" Mug says.
Il wrote he fought he'd do Ter yous; I'm
glad ter see he hez
I'll stop and call de amberance when
I'm a-goin BY.
You've had lot or fun wild me; guess
we're square. tioodby."
The snury "fsrvt' stpuped ~ duck
The Idnw which az his lead was struck \
'By the stud FusHMan horror struck.
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The Tpufsey Stsr4fes Porte Ht~aDs.
grn IAN de pa4fa Rice. Jan, g.
Tinnaaeds If peorlc on Tuesday wit
messed tie stutiaB ~ he rec trolley
sys,eha, the islands tltst read OF That
description The PEOPLE We're much
aston bed
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
SEVENTY CENTURIES AGO.
beautiful Testim moniaIs When Egyp.
tian MOnarchs Were Laid
Away by the Ancients.

The center of interest for us to-daY
in Egypt is the first dynasty time, and
how far advanced in the arts of life
were the men of that age may be seen
by the beauty of shape of the stone and
alabastcr vases that are here TO view,
and the exquisite workmanship of a
little toilet nard or eye paint box
ca3ved cut Of single block of ivory,
and made in the shape of couple of
ducks whose tails are twisted together
to form, as it were, the hinge of the
box. The great gentleman who owned
this was buried with 80 jars of offer
in9S in his brick tomb, while 16 stone
vases were near his body. He had as
pilowstone a sandstone block for corn
grinding and a beautiful shaped taxa
of slate had been apparently placed at
his head. SAYS Atlantic. These among
his vases bad lain when Prof. Finder
PC;rie and John Garstang brought his
skull hcnes aud his funeral furniture
to the iigh, of day.
But the table in the center of the
room-it is to this we turn, for here
are placed contemporary carvings in
wood and ivory, weapons and pieces of
the royal drinking bowls and furniture
Of seven cr the eight kings of the irst
dynasty. aud the work of two that pre-
ceded Aha-Mena. Here is fragment
of a slate bowl that the lips of Zeser
the pre-Menite king perhaps have
touched. Here is fragment of an
alabaster Jar that bears upon it the
name of Mariner, the succeeding SOW
ereign, but my eyes went at once to
the little bit Of crystal vase which bore
the name of Mena, for now seemed to
feel myth fade away and the real king
who drank from crystal goblet 10 the
success of the city of Memphis he had
built in fair fields from which he had
turned the great Nile food, seemed to
stand before me.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
CURIOUS TYPE OF CRANK.
THe Ono Who Confesses Crimes He
Never Committed Annoys
the Police.

THE most curious type of crank
in the world, in my humble opinion"
said an old police officer, according to
the New Orleans Tmes-Democrat, "is
the fellow who makes fake confes-
sion. The outside public has no idea
how frequently that sort of thing oc-
ours. Whenever we have murder
mystery the authorities are absolutely
certain TO hear from one or more
persons who assert positively that
they have committed the crime, and
whose stories are generally self-evi-
dent fabrications. AS a rule the con-
fession crank writes letter, and now
and then communications are so plaus-
ible and circumstantial that the po-
lice would be thrown completely off
the track were it not for the fact
that they are always on their guard
at Just that kind Of false leads. 1t is
very strange, and there seems to be
absolutely no motive beyond an in
sane passion for meddling, Occa-
sionally the crank will present him
self in person and insist upon being
locked up, but his first few words
will usually betray him, and unless
he is violent, he is quietly escorted
TO the door. A very singular incident
of that kind took place seven or eight
terous murder in the Tenderloin' dis
trict.
Zone evening young man who be-
longed to an excellent family of this
city called at headquarters and aston
ished everybody by declaring he had
committed the crime. A little ques-
tioning showed that his story could
not possibly be true, and finally he
admitted shat he was lying. Ny curl
osity was highly excited, and, taking
him to one side tried to draw from
him the reason that had prompted
such an extraordinary and danger
Gus piece of folly. He told me, with
hysterical tears, that he had brooded
about the case and found strange
and pleasurable excitement in max
ing believe that he was the man who
had done the deed. That grew upon
him until, suppose, it became next
door to an hallucination. At any rate
he could give no other explanation.
OF course, such man should have
been placed under restraint as dan
gerous monomaniac, but the police
have no facilities for handling cases
of this kind and the family were averse
to sending him to an asylum. I see
him frequently on the streets Some
few false confessions are made for the
deliberate purpose of misleading the
authorities, and, again, they are some
times made by prisoners solely to Sc
cure a transfer TO another city. 1t
is brand OF crankiness that might
we'll interest specialist
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
BURY LEPERS ALIVE.
The Victims Are Guests ut BanQusts
That Precede Funerals
in China.

The Chinese have curiously cheer
full way of disposing of their lepers
The relatives of the afflicted persons
propose to him that they bury him
alive, and such is the fatalsm of the
Chinese that the victim readily con-
sents. An elaborate meal is served
to him, in the way of farewell ban
quet, and then the funeral procession
forms. The man who is about to be
immured under the sod follows his own
coffin, and when he reaches the grave
he takes dose of laudanum. hops into
the box and settles down for eternity
DR.. Wittenberg, writing on the sub
ject of leprosy in China, states that
the pure nerve form is the least com.
mon. In such cases, as is well known.
the patients may go on for years. As
to the mixed form, it is fairly common
but it is difficult matter to estimate
the number of lepers in any given dis
trict.
The sufferers lead the common life
so long as they remain free from de.
structive LESSONS. When these occur tC
any marked degree the lepcr i ,i'%a
segregated in hut or he is lowed {,
wander about the country. sustaining
life by begging. DR.. Wittenberg re.
cords cases of direct contagion from
motherin-law TO o'daughter-in-law.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
GREAT MOUNTAIN OF MUD.
Costa Rica's Leading Railway Ia En-
gagged In the Labor of WASH
ing II Away.

The principal railroad OF Costa Rica,
now but III miles long, is just being
extended to reach from San Jose TO the
Pacific coast. The general manager of
the road in speaking of the enterprise
recently said:
There is one place on the road which
has given the engineers a great dfaf
of trouble, and which has sesssst 1Iany
thousands of dollafS ese55y sy<al AifIcv
the road was bqitBbg us Yaile tsaBont
As miles from Port pis.land is called
Bluemud. For altout6o0 feet the track
runs along a ledge on the side Of n
mountain, with the river Reventa Zon
below. The mountain is composed of
a blush clay. which turns into mud
during the rainy season and keeps CON
stantly sliding down on The tracks.
We have to keep big gang of men
at work day and night cleaning the
road Of this blue mud. and when the
rains are very heavy traffic has to be
suspended. In July so much of the
mud slid down over the roadbed that
we could not run trains there for three
weeks.
"To add to the difficulty there is a
lake back of the mountain and he wa
ter from this lake percolates throuch
the mountain and keeps il constant,
wet. The lake was drained ~ The en-
gineers. hu' they discovered TIA, Il VIZ,
fed by springs. and still the n'crntaii
was ken IN wet state and i''e mut
kept sliding down over the tracks.
AT las. :hev obtained wha; is known
in California as hydraulic ,>''a- au:
which throws a very powercu! stream
of water With great force. Theyriggrd
up this hydraulic giant. ard when
left Cosla Rca they were actually
washing The mountain away with it
into the river"
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
FORTUNE IN ONE OIL WELL.
TAsss Ola Irish People In West VIZ
HiniA who Are Getting
$1,000 . Day.

Weston, w. Va, is the center OF the
most wonderful oil field that has been
opened in the United States in years.
Three old Irish people of Weston, as
poor as the farm on which they lived,
have become suddenly possessed,
through no effort of their own, of an
income OF over $1,000 day, says the
Philadelphia Record.
That income of 81 900 day is all from
one oil well. There are three other
wels nearing completion within a few
hundred yards of this one, each of
which is sure to pour out as much
money. And the end is not yet. The
land is so unprodvctive of vegetation
that only very poor people would own
It, so the Copley heirs, being poor, have
big acreage, room enough for 200
more wells to be sunk.
No one knows in what direction that
lake OF oil, away down 1900 feet below
the surface, extends. Such pools are Of
varying size and shape; sometimes only
few hundred yards wide and miles
in length; sometimes circular and
miles in diameter. There is but one
way of finding QUITO drill holes down
below that lead
To-day the Copley we'll is the only
one tapping the pool. Everybody wants
to risk his money in an effort 70 get
hole into the pool. To that end thou
sands of people are buying, beggt,g,
bullGozing and badgering farmers for
miles around the big gusher for the
privilege OF sinking wells.
The Copley well, which has wrought
all this change to Lewis county, came
in from the Gordon oil sand at a depth
of 2,2O0 feet on September "a. 1t was
unexpected, and, like shot from ten
inch gun, blew away the oil saver and
casing head and sent solid stream of
oil six inches in diameter clear over the
tsp of the so-foot derrick, nearly drown
ing the workmen.
1t flows continually, bat, like the
geysers, has certain hours out of every
"a to put forth its greatest force.
When the oil came 200 250-barrel tanks
were put up. They were filled in a lit
tie more than an hour.
Three dams were built in Sand Fork
creek bed, which, thanks to drought,
was dry, the lower dam two miles from
the well. These hold a pond of oil two
miles long, averaging 60 feet wide and
six feet deep. A two-inch pipe line has
been carrying away go barrels an hour
all this time. 4 four-inch and a six
inch line have been completed. Be-
sides what the pipe line has carried of,
and what is in the dam, the well has
produced enough to fill 6s 250-barrel
tanks, one 1,2Oobarrel tank and one
So0-barrel tank, all erected since the
we'll was struck.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
WORST HORSE ON RECORD.
Fit to Draw n HeRnss to
the Cemetery.

Lilcoln used TO be fond of telling Il
story which he got from Mr.. Connant
of {. ,aNytr in western town who de-
sired the nomination for county judge.
sPys the San Francisco Argonaut. On
the morning preceding the evening or
which the county convention was to
meet he applied to the livery stable
keeper in his village for a horse and
buggy in which to drive to the county
town, 16 miles distant. where the CON
vention was to be held. Give me the
best and the fastest horse you have.
SAM" said he. 80 that | will have time
TO go around and see the boys before
he convention comes in" The livery
nan, however. was supporting rival
candidate. and gave the lawyer horse
that on: :wardly appeared perfect. but
which broke down entirely before half
the journey was completed, so that
when the candidate arrived the conven-
ton had adjourned and his rival had
been nominated.
On his return to the stable late the
following afternoon, knowing that il
was useless to resent the trick played
upon him. he said to the owner: look
here, Smith, you must be training this
horse for the New York market. You
expect TO sell him 10 an undertaken for
a hearse horse, don't you? We'll. it's
time wasted. ! know from his gait
that you have spent days training him
to pull a hearse, but he'll Droye dead
failure. Why, he's so slow he couldn't
get corpse to the cemetery in time
for the resurrection"
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
NEW SOURCES OF ALCOHOL.
The Stimulating Product IL Nowi OBJ
tanned from Several Az
rioan Plants.

1t is announced in the Revue des Gull
lures Coloniales (Paris) by Oh. Ri
Were, of Algiers, that alcohol may be
obtained from several African plants.
namely, the carob, the asPhuds ~ fi$es
squill and the alta, ThE freit lo6 tlyes
carob is pod witbifsIy ssuEasE cARs.
tents. The spSfb bffi in6 gls5n i hqtlforms
on itsss,lrfgee:, d {ten fsrIpents of itself.
Dry pods NIX I'd III psff Cent. of sugar
aild fpb Kilograms (e2 pounds) give
alstsit 90 iifefs five gallons) of absolute
'ale8hof, or 40 or so per cent. of alcohol.
sThe alcohol is of good quality, but can
not be freed from a disagreeable smell
and taste. Asphodel alcohol has re-
pulsive odor and disagreeable taste and
is as harmful as it is displeasing.
1t is the tuberous root of the plant.
which is very common in Aiciers and
1unis. that Yields it. NJ Riviere be-
lieves that with sterilization and ruri-
ficaton il will furnish grace Of leo
hol superior to that obtained from bee!
root or molasses. AS for the squill,
which is also very abundant in A!gierS.
IL gives interesting results, EC;Wi' u
standing its acrid and toxic qualities.
The alcohol is not of as high grade rs
that from the asrhCdel. but Il is free
from furfurol and contains a very small
proportion of the higher a!cohos.
Finally, the alta yields alcohol from
its leaves. This alcohol has a very bal
odor, but it is more likely to be used
practically than that from the other
plants. since alta is already cultivated
as a grain and for paper-making.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04

Naturalists say that, when examined
minutely with microscope, it will be
found that no creature or object in ma
ture is positively ugly, that there is a
certain harmony or symmetry Of parts
that renders the whole agreeable
rather than the reverse. So the most
disagreeable tasks in life, when viewed
in their proper proportions, reveal
poetic, an. attractive side, hitheri
dreamed of Turn on the sunliRb
.eer, the determinatio-
~ a s well the daI
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
QUEER USES OF CORN.
TAings You'd Never Dream Could Be
Made of II at the Paris
Exposition,

At the Paris exposition there is a
little showcase wherein are displayed
the more important Indian corn prod
ucts of this country, says the New
York World.
They make an amazing display, in
cluding the following articles:
Cornmeal, hominy, hulled corn,
cream Of maize, granulated cornmeal,
canned green corn, canned hulled corn,
maizena,, samp, degerminated samp,
cream-meal, self-rising pancake -four,
quick malt, brewers grits, husks for
mattresses, cellulose for packing the
cofferdams of battleships, paper stock
prepared from cornstalk, degermi-
mated brewers meal, Bourbon whisky,
alcohol, bolted cornmeal, hulled corn
meal, feed of ground blades, stalks and
cobs, varnish, cob pipes, corn lager
beer, table sirup, popcorn, table grits,
British gum, salves, laundry starch,
table starch, fermentum, faxed hon.
my, gum paste, corn oil, vulcanized
corn oil, oilcake, grape sugar, gluten
feed, glucose, confectioners' crystal
glucose and confectioners' paste. Corn
oil, vulcanized, forms the basis Of sub
stitute for rubber.
This substitute, compounded with
60 per cent. commercial rubber, is used
in rubber boots, linoleum, wheel tires,
blankets and other articles. Crude
corn oil has been used in the manufac-
ture of toilet soap. Rectified, it is as
clear as alcohol, and is the base of a
substitute for olive oil. Cornstalk pith
is Of value in making paper, varnish,
films, imitation silks and gun cotton
and other explosives.
II iS loncr liat
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
Repartes.

There's no use mincing matters. my
dear; the fact is you nre not an expert
cook"
She-I think the trouble is that you
do not know what good cooking il.
He-And evidently you do not intend
I shall ever become any wiser. r.--Bostoa
Transcript.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
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You can buy all kinds of the
very hes! Of meat of Lafe Cor
nett and his prices are rerson
able. Ali can afford to buy
m eat of him. 35 81.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
Robbers,

Mrs. Hingso awoke suddenly.
"John?"
"Whashyouwant?" sleepily.
There's burglars in the house."
LET 'em burgle."
you're coward. They'll steal all
the silver"
"Um-um."
They'll take my Jewels"
"All right"
Silence for a moment.
John"
Cant you let me sleep?"
'They aren't in the dining-room," in
an awful voice; they are in the cellar,
stealing the coal"
What" leaping out of bed. 'The
scoundrels! Where's my revolver?"-
SyracussdHerald.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
--SU~-
Lost

A two-year-old bay mare colt,
with one white hind foot and a
small white strip on the nose.
Anyone finding and returning her
to Mrs. w. B. Fonda, Stafford, will
receive reward of $40.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
Too Far Behind.

Milly--I understand II
Ia getting to be ver-
Willy-Yes; but s.
time she ha~
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
Clifton News.
From the Copper Era.

UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
One of the m ost shocking and
deplorablo accidents which ever
occurred in Clifton happened Sun.
day afternoon on the railroad
track near the sawmill, by which
Robert Brock, lad ten years of
age, was deprived of both legs,
The little fellow had just brought
a lunch to his father who is EN-.
ployed in the sawmill, and left the
mill and started down the track
when he was overtaken and run
over by the engine of the Stag
train. HIS right foot was severed
at the ankle and the left foot cut
off below the knoo. His father
and others, who were near by, ran
TO him as soon as possible and
picked him up. His first inquiry
was for his hat, and next he asked
if his legs were gone. As it hap
pened both Doctors Fales and
Davidson were IN that section of
town, and were able 10 lend al
most immediate assistance. The
little fellow was conveyed to the
old hospital in East Clifton, where
both legs were amputated in a
very short time after the accident
happened. The little fellow has
been dong remarkably we'll ever
since, and it now seems that his
life will bo spared.
The news Of the accident soon
spread around town, and caused
a feeling of general regret and
much sympathy was expressed not
only for Robert, but also for his
family. Robert was well remem
bered on Christmas morning by
many of the kind hearted people,
who felt the keenest desire for his
welfare These little remem bran.
ces pleased him greatly, and in a
measure lightened the terrible loss
which had befallen him.
A KILLING AT MoRENcI.
A drunken Mexican ran amuck
at Morenci Christmas day. Dep.
uty Constable Kepler was sent for
to preserve the peace. Whom he
arrived the Mexican defed him
and pulled his gun, but the officer
was too quick for him, and whom
the smoke cleared away it was
found that the Mexican was dead.
~sThe constable came to Clifton and
and sssrandered to Constable
Hamilton Owing TO the fact that
Mr.. Kepler was an officer Of Judge
Settles court, the Judge did not
care to hold the preliminary ex-
animation, hence it was hold be.
fore Judge Wright Wednesday.
Five witnesses were examined, and
all confirmed the statement made
above, that the Mexican was not
only resisting arrest, but drew his
gut and attempted to kill the of
ficer. The Judge held that the officer
was justified, and turned him loose.
Mr.. Kepler has been an officer
at Morenci many years, and is con-
sidered one of the most conserva-
tive and efficient officers in the
,try. He does his 'uty, as be
"a lnsta- l.-~
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04

FILLINGs-Of different materials
that preserve and harden the teeth
and never fall out
DIR. G.. W. Cool,
Bank Block, Stafford
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04

'4oltl " 1JH<sftt
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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01

n ashua. (1a.) Reporter: Miss Hat
tie Whipp'e, Of Creston, while visit
ing with her sister at Charlton a
short time ago, became much inter
ested in a steel engraving found in a
advertising catalogue Of caskets.
and finally selected one in which che
expressed q desire to be buried. She
returned home. after a few days and
took With her the catalogue and in
sisted that she was going to. die and
be buried in the. casket that SIZE had
selected. The matter Was treated as
a joke but she persisted that she was
serious. She talked continually OF
the casket, becamez melancholy, took
to her bed, and died Within q few
days: She YES buried ID the casket
she had selected. .,:s...s 4 s.ss,t ,,>:z5,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01
fatally SHOT.
Anthony Bedaar Accidentally j Shot by
"a Friend.

81
Anthony Bednar of Pierz. died at
st. Gabriel's = hospital Wednesday
night at 1890 O'Clock, from the re-
suits ofa gunshot wound received
last Friday afternoon while hunting
al Rice Lake.
Bednar and a friend, John Wampa,
were ont after ducks Be"nar fred
and missed. Wampa picked up his
shotgun hurriedly, and in some wdy
it was discharged, before he got it
raised to bis shoulder. Bednar was
about two feet from the muzzle, and
the heavy charge struck him in the
back Of the hip, opening the joint,
and shattering the bone, making a
frightful wound. = He was taken
home and treated by Dr.. Kerkhoff.
Blood poisoning developed. DR..
Fortier was called Tuesday after
noon, but being out of town DR..
Trace went out, and at once ordered
the young man brought to town,
which was done Tuesday night. DR..
Fortier, and Drs. Trace and Seguin
examined the wound, but blood
poisoning had SO far developed that
nothing could be done, and the
young man was told that his case
was hopeless.
The body was taken to Pierz for
burial yesterday morning.
The deceased was % years OF age,
single. His father died some years
ago. His mother is still living.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01


This weeks issue of the <Svenska.
Amerikanska Posten OF Minneapolis
contains page illustrated article on
Little Fails and vicinity, written By
F.W. Lonegren'o of the Posten staff.
The aruicle is q concise and sklllful.
presentation OF conditions indust-
rally and agriculturally. and great
good willresult from the publication
in such. . widely circulated paper az
the Posteh:' Besides tho sum1,mn11aary; s1,n11a
Of the city and ceunty's advantages.
thare are apprecia ative: notices Of the
various land dealers Of tho city and
.of some Of the mercantile establieh.5,
ment kl he q. / IS, + 8 good one
end Hilt b prod dpotive q benefi H
!. essoppd ! bard q. jarpit @ & eught and
Rsold. !. J.. Lachsp ::s,f;l 80, q,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01

st. Cloud Journal-Press: fudge
Calhoun has the application for the
appointment OF Mrs. Emily Denis of
Little Falls as guardian OF the six
minor Winner heirs under advise
ment. The court has fixed = the
amount of the bond at $4,000 and
blank bond has been given Attor-
ney F. W. Lyon. for Mrs. Denis. She
will probably be uamed as guardian
for her children.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01

DR.. J. E. Moore, Of Minneapolis, as
sisted by Drs. Trace and Roberts OF
Little Falls, operated Tuesday morn
ing on little Fred Richie, whose leg
was fractured about two weeks ago.
1t was necessary to open the leg, re-
move bone fragments, drill : and tie
the bones, sew muscles, and then en
case the leg in plaster. 1t will take
some time for the little lad to get
well.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01

A farewell reception was given to
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Sumner at the
Congregational church Monday
evening,and in spite OF the inclement
weather, there was large attend
ance. A pleasant incident was the
presentation byH. N. Harding on be-
half OF the congregation, of fine gold
watches, one for Mr.. Sumner and one
for Mrs. Sumner. Mr.. Sumner ap-
propriately responded. Mr.and Mrs.
Simmer left for Minneapolis Tues
sday.