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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
AN HEREDITARY MOLE.
And the Influence 1t Exsrted Over One
Familys Fortune.

And the Influence 1t E1srted Over One
Famnys Fortune.
They were in the Turkish bathhouse
and loosely y-draped sheet exposed
mole on the left shoulder of the blonde
one That started the conversation.
Have it removed" she echoed in
response to the suggestion of her dark
friend. We'll. not just now. 1t would
be somewhat of a trial, I'll admit, If
it was little higher up, but my even
ing gowns are not cut down to it yet.
Even If fashion decreed that they
should be, would hesitate about part
ing with it. Have you one? No?
Well, perhaps that has nothing to do
with the case after all. 1 don't know
that ordinary moles have any effect
on the fortunes of their possessors, but
there is something about this one of
mine that makes 1t very dear to mo.
Oh, there's no secret about it and /
don't mind telling you.
You know l am quite superstitious
about many things. Well, this mole is
not the first to appear in our family.
In fact, my great grandfather, my
grandfather and my father each had
one, and as there were no sons Of my
parents the family mole seems to have
descended to me. None Of the other
girls has one.
What happened to my great-grand-
fathers mole does not appear in the
family records and he probably kept it
to the end of his days. Not so with
my grandfather. He yielded to per-
sonal vanity and got rid of it in the
old-fashioned way by tying a silk
thread around 1t. Luck promptly
turned against him and he died poor.
my father started in life with little
or nothing, but was successful in a
central New York business, and while
still a young man amassed comfort
able fortune. About this time some
new electrical treatment for the cure
of skin blemishes was widely adver-
tised and my father fell victim to it
and had his mole aiken off. Shortly
afterward he decided to give up his
business in New York to enter what
looked like a more promising field in
California.
I'VE all moved out there and the
country and climate were admirable.
but business was not and complete
failure followed. OF course, you may
think that the removal of the mole
had nothing to do with this fact, but
l am firmly convinced that it had all
to do with it.
Now, 1 have been fairly prosperous
In my limited career, and I intend to
avoid the errors of my ancestors and
cling to the mole"
And the dark one nodded her head
in silent approval.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
HAS NO USE FOR A LIAR.
How Minister WI squeiehod an Untruth-
full Correspondent.

full Correspondent.
One of the most commendable char
acteristics of the Chinese minister at
Washington is his franksess. He does
not hesitate to express his opinion up
on all matters that are brought to his
attention. One day he was visited by a
Washington newspaper correspondent,
who is perhaps not alone in his profess
sion in regarding himself as great
man. Before he had learned anything
whatever from Mr.. WI, Mr.. WI was
plying him with his usual questions.
When the query as to the amount of
his weekly stipend was put the cor
respondent heaved up his chest,
stroked his mustache with pride and
prepared to astonish the simple celes-
tial. "One hundred and fifty dollars
week." he exclaimed. 1T is too much"
came quick as a shot from the minis
ter's lips; cit is altogether too much
you are not worth more than $25 a
week"
Later on, by dint of cross-examina
ton of other newspaper men, Mr.. WI
learned that his s150-a-week visitor
had prevaricated to the extent of about
$50 per week. The next time this gem
tleman called at the Chinese legation
and sent his card to the minister he
was accorded an audience. but the first
thing the minister said to him was:
"You lied to me about your salary. II
you will lie about such thing as that
you will lie about anything. 1 do not
trust you, l have nothing to tell You.
l want to revise my former estimate of
your value-instead of being worth s25
a week you are not worth anything.
sir. Good day"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
is A MAN OF GENIUS.
THE REMARKABLE CAREER OF
PROF. PUPIN.
Inventor of Ocean Telephone Was a
Poor sIav EmiGrant Boy-Came to
This Country from Austria In 1874
A Remarkable Career.

Prof Pupin, of Columbia university,
who has recently gained international
reputation as the inventor of the ocean
telephone is the hero of a remarkable
career
Few men even in America have risen
so quickly and in the face of so many
obstacles as he. The man who has an
nounced the greatest invention since
the telephone, came to New York in
1874, almost penniless and without a
word of English. In &c years he has
become an authority on electricity, a
professor in Columbia university and
disposes of single one Of his inven-
tions for half million dollars.
OF sIavonian Descent.
Prof. Michael l. Pupin is a Slav, COM
ing from the military frontier of Aus
tria. Like all young men of his coun-
try, he was sent to a military school.
He ran away in 1874 and came to this
country. The appearance of New York
struck the young Slav with terror. He
was unable to ask for a direction, and
every business seemed barred against
him. He was without a single friend.
Like most immigrants in his posi-
tion. he went to the country and began
work on farm as day laborer. With
in a month he had learned to speak
enough English to warrant his return
ing to New York. His teacher was the
daughter of the farmer who employed
him. The lessons followed the long
days work and lasted usually till past
midnight.
The next five years saw severe
struggle Pupin worked at anything
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Mrs, Theodore Roosevelt.

AS the wife of vice-president OF ss.e
United States Mrs. Roosevelt will be
obliged to assume prominent position
in the world, and it must be said fer
her that she has yielded to the inevi-
table with grace and dignity. The
state of Mrs. McKinley's health pre-
cludes the possibility of her taking
active part in society, which relegates
the responsibilities of "the first lady
in the land" to Mrs. Roosevelt. There
is much curiosity in Washington So
ciety concerning the new leader. There
will not be much seen of her until next
year, however. The vice-president's =
family will not take up a permanent
residence in Washington until ne1t
fall.
Mrs. Roosevelt was a Miss Edith
Kermit Carow She is now about 3S
years old, and, while not beautiful;
woman, possesses an unusual attract
iveness of face and figure. She has ar,
unmistakable appearance of racial dis
tinction, and has also the simple, gra,
cious manners of a truly aristocratic
woman. She dresses extremely well.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Diary of Major Andre.

The dairy of Major Andre, after ly-
Ing hidden for a hundred years, has
been discovered in England. This
Interesting find was made by Lord
Grey the other day, while he was GO
ing over a lot of old family papers that
probably had not been disturbed since
the conclusion of the American war of
Independence.
The diary is a story of the campaign,
day by day, during the years TITS.
1t is simply but interestingly told from
the soldiers standpoint, and is accom-
panied by maps, apparently drawn by
Andre himself, and with skill thai
would make him the equal of any mill
tary photographer of to-day.
The diary ceases too early TO throw
new light upon the motives which
prompted the tragic ending of his ca
reer, but it gives interesting glimpses
of the personality of one of the his
toric figures of the Revolution.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Cause of AppendIcItIa.

If some PSris doctors are to be be-
lieved, there Will be no more opera
tions for appendicitis. Recent expert
ments have shown that the much
dreaded malady is due in many cases
to helminthiasis, which means the
presence of two kinds of worms, as
carides and trichocepheli, in the cae-
cum.
In one case n doctors daughter was
about to be operated on for appended
tis on the report of two experts that 1t
was inevitable, when she was cured by
the administration of santonin.
The mode of discovering the worms
was by an examination of the excreta,
which proved to contain quantities of
eggs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
FATAL WASP STINGS.


They Are Deadly Poison to Some Peo
pie.
In an article on the stings of wasps
British medical journal cites the fol
lowing two cases which have come
under his notice: A strong. healthy
girl of twenty-Seven was stung on the
neck by a wasp and tainted. On re
gaining consciousness she complained
of a general feeling of numbness and
partial blindness and vomited; she suf-
fered severe abdominal pain. She re-
covered in the course of n few hours.
Two months later she was Stung again,
this time on the hand. Her face be-
came flushed, she again complained OF
numbness and blindness, suddenly be-
came very pale, tainted and died
twenty-five minutes after she was
stung
Another case was that of a girl of
twenty-five years who was stung by
wasp behind the angle of the jaw.
The sting was at once extracted and
ammonia applied. In few minutes
she complained of faintness and would
have fallen If she had not been sup
ported. Her face assumed an express
sion of great anxiety and a few min
utes later she was tossing on the bed,
complaining of a horrible feeling Of
choking and of agonizing pain in the
chest and abdomen. Brandy gave no
relief. There was nausea, but no vom-
iting. She rapidly became insensible
and died fifteen minutes after receiv-
ing the sting. The most probable ex-
planation of such cases seems to lie in
what is known as idiosyncraSy-tha
is, abnormal sensitiveness in particu-
lar individuals to certain toxic agents.
1t is well known that drugs vary much
in action on different people. What is
safe dose for one is dangerously
large for another. The inability of
some people to eat strawberries or
shellfish is another instance of the
same phenomena. The active agent of
bee stings is generally believed to be
formic acid. 1t, therefore, seems very
desirable that we should have more
accurate information regarding the
action of this drug on different species
of the lower animals and through them
on man himself.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Erra That Will Keen.

1t is said that carload of evaporat-
ed eggs. valued at $4,000, was lately
shipped from Springfield, Mass, for San
Francisco, where it will be placed on
a steamer bound for Cape Nome. The
eggs were put in one-pound screwtop
cans, sixty cans in a case, and will
answer any purpose in the culinary
line except boiling. The moisture be-
ing taken out of them when they are
prepared leaves nothing to boil. The
largest egg-evaporating establishment
in the world is located at Springfield.
The process of evaporating is done
with hot air, and it takes eight hours
to thoroughly evaporate an egg. About
four dozen are equal to a pound of the
preparation. The Springfield factory
employs seventy-five people, and its
capacity for consuming eggs is about
100 cases day. The goods are shipped
to all foreign countries, and in Europe
especially there is a big demand, as
the English government has placed the
preparation on the hospital supply list.
The Klondike country is heavy user
of this brand of evaporated eggs, as
no matter what the price of the fresh
hen fruit may be or how scarce it is,
the evaporated egg retains its old
price, and is always on hand and ready
for business.-New England Grocer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
STRETCHING TOO FAR.
Privilege Does Not Permit Lawyer to
Aid HI. Client's Escape.

Ala HIS Clients Escape.
Judge Thomas of the United States
court has a correct idea of legal ethics
and he enforceS his views with re-
freshing directness and decision in his
declara ton that the relation of attor-
ney and client does not excuse an at
torney from Withholding evidence
bearing upon an intention or arrange
ment on the part OF the client to per-
form some Illegal act in the future or
the actual doing of such an act. A
man under indictment had been ad-
mitted to bail and then fled. The
grand jury desired to learn who helped
him in his flight. The lawyer who
represented him said he was employed
to do so by a third person, and the
grand jury desired to reach this third
person and find out where the accused
man was and who was privy to his
escape. The lawyer declined to give
this information on the ground that
his relation with client was privi-
legged. Judge Thomas refused to rec
ognize this as within the proper limits
of professional confidence and ordered
him to answer the questions.-New
York Tribune.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
PROF. MICHAEL I. PUPIN.


and everything which would yield an
honest living Then he invented hold
er for newspapers, and this little VEN
ture netted him several thousands in
profit. He Immediately prepared him
self for Columbia, entering the college
in 1879. He graduated in 1888.
Self Supporting Student.
While still supporting himself, Pupin
went to the University Of Cambridge
Eng. and afterward to Berlin, where
he specialized under the famous Prof
Helmholtz. He took his degree of Phi.
D. with honor in Berlin, returned to
New York and was appointed an in
structor at Columbia in 1889. When the
electrical engineering department was
started at Columbia he was placed in
charge.
Prof. Pupin has been favorably
known for years as a practical cleo
trician. He has patented electrical in
ventions which promise wide utility.
The Importance of his latest discovery
can scarcely be overestimated. 1t en-
ables telephone circuits to be connected
over ordinary telegraph wires, thus
disposing of the necessity of using cop
per wires. 1t will be possible to tele-
graph and telephone over the same
wire at the same time. With the new
system we will soon talk across the
continent. Within five years, says
Prof. Pupin, we will talk by telephone
from New York to London.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
The rwentIeth Century.

The twentieth century began January
1st 1901, and will end with 20e0. People
did not begin to reckon time from A. d. /,
but waited until about the 550th year of
the Christian era. People who begin to
take the great health restorative Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, Immediately after
the first outbreak of dyspepsia, malaria,
rheumatism. constipation, nervousness or
kidney trouble will date their cure i'm
mediately from them.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
-a,ue of Municipal waterworks.

Greater New York has $685. 900
invested in water works, Chicago $780,
900, 900; Boston. SIS, 900; Baltimore,
$1S, 900 900; Cincinnati. s10,000,0 900; St.
Louis, $2O,0O0.0 900; Philadelphia, $685.
100000; Pittsburg, $S,0O0,OOO; New
ark, $1O,0O0,0O0. Milwaukee, s5.00O,-
900; San Francisco, s25, ,OoO,O 900; Cleve-
land, $10,00O,O0O; New Orleans, 3b,-
900, 900, and Providence SO, 900, 900.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Only Mosquitoes Carry Yellow Fever.

Reed, Carroll and Agramonte, which
has been investigating yellow fever
near Havana, has arrived at two i'm
portant conclusions, first, that the spe-
cific cause of the disease is unknown,
and second, that it can be carried only
by mosquitoes. Consequently the dis
Infection of clothing and houses is use
less. 1t has been settled Furthermore,
that yellow fever is not due to dirt
II may occur in the cleanest localities.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Giants of Old in Sardinia.

Sardinia is celebrated for the tombs
which prove that prehistorically it was
inhabited by great giants. Recently
four new tombs have been found which
contain skeletons over nine feet long
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-
nounced 1t o local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local eatment, pronounced 1t incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease, and therefore requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by Il. j. Cheney g. CO., Toledo, Ohio
is the only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a teaspoonful 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any it fails to cure
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
ia.rn nrtIrrt ri-t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

A Chicago paper says: Patent office
reports show Colorado has more in
ventors than any other state, but why
should one get bear stories patentedr'
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Ire You Using Aliens Foot Ease,

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy. N. I.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

1t may seem strange that man has
twenty pockets and a woman none at
all-but probably If she had forty
pockets she would still carry her purse
in her hand.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

The system cannot be In good condi-
tion when the bowels are constipated.
Take Garneld Tea, 1t cures constipa-
tion and effectually regulates the liver
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

''Vox Populi will attend to my inter.
ests, said the candidate. And then al
heard he had hired an Italian to manage
his campaign.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

In short time the man who writes
n check will not be reminded of the
Maine by having to look round for a
s.amp to mike the document legal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

rheumatism, neuralgia, soreness,
pain. sore throat and all bodily suffer
ing relieved at once by Wizard Oil In
ternally and externally.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

The Chinese Empress loses sleep.
Her dinner has to wait
While in the glass she takes n peep
To see IL her heads on straight.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Not having any islands on hand, the
people of Spain will be obliged hereaf-
ter to pull Off their revolutions at
home.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.

How did you manage to entertain all
| those intellectual Bostonians?' II start
| ed discussion as to whether beans
should be baked with or without molas-
ses.''
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Probably PinSerton would be glad L
paw Funston twice his present salary
There are big rewards offered for tn
capture of Pat Grove.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
SWEET CIDER

| At any time by the glass or barrel. Ci-
| der receipt free. Send your address and
| this advertisement to Cleveland Cider
Company. Madison, Lake County. Ohio.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

The bluest blue makes the whitest
white, that's Russ Bleaching Blue. the
modern bag blue.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Each package OF PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES colors either Silk. Wool
or Cotton perfectly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Pat Grove seems to be as hard to find
as Patrick's flea. Every time he got his
finger on it-whY. 1t wnsn't there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
IL You Have DxsnepsiY

Send no money, but write DR.. shoop, Racine, w
Box 143 for six bottles of Dr. Shoop's Restoratiy
express paid. II cured, pay s55O-if not, It is free
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

How is your husband Mrs Goode.
nough?' "Oh, he's bad enough"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove N. j.. Feb. II. 1900.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Fears have been expressed that the
peace and quiet of the vice presidency
may be rudely disturbed by the Colorado
lion hunter
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

After being killed a great many time
AguinaIdo has finally been captured.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Gabb-There goes a man who is worth
n million. Numskull-Not to me. What
makes him so valuable?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Sometimes n self-made man tries to be
come a mnchlne-mnde ofliceholder
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
To CURE a CoLp IN ONE DAY.

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QuINISE TABLETS. All
druggists refund the money II Il fails to cure
h. W. Groves signature is on the box. 25c.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

Fruit is . necessary article Of diet. IL
prime essences are In Primlsy's California
Fruit Gum.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16

for examination before paying for same Catalos-
ues free. All goods stamped FRED MUELLEh
l4l3-l5 Larimer Street. Denver Colorado.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-04-16
Denver Directory.
SADDLES and HARNESS

lAt Team mar futfh
with bree c nj ng
for ST; $40 steel
Horn Stock sad :
die for go; $50
Steel Horn saddle
double chincha
for sl5. DO moi
be decel we'd by
worthless imita.
tions but senc
your order direct
TO US aud got this
best genuine oar
t.nned harness
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-09-20
there is only one rem

circumstances there is only one rem
edy left-fOrce.
Gives Platform OF Six Planks.
"Our platform is simple and divided
as follows:
Il. Destruction OF existing class
domination through memorable revo-
luton in international activity.
"2. The building of free society on
communistic organizations Or produc-
tons.
20. Free exchange of equivalent
products through the productive or
ganization without jobbing and profit
making.
"A. Organization of the educational
system upon non-religious and scien-
tific and an equal basis for both sexes.
%. Equal rights for all without dis
tinctiOD of sex or race.
&c. Regulation of public affairs
through agreement between the indie
pendent cOmmunes and confederacies."
Cleveland, o., telegram: In a frame
building on Broadway, the Cleveland
detectives have discovered evidence
which, while not tending to prove the
existence of an anarchist plot against
President Mckinley, will at least serve
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-09-20

West Virginia is on the eve Of a big
coal deal. Some time ago the initial
move was made by the purchase OF all
the coal operations on Kanawha river.
II was said J. p. Morgan was behind
1t and that the drafts for the purchase
money bore his signature. Hardly
had that deal been consUmmated be-
fore it was announced that the Flat
Top field had been purchased by the
same or allied interests for $4,000. 900.
Wednesday all The New river territory
was agOg Messrs. Chiffon, McCorkle
d Chiffon, representing New York cap
italists, for the past week have been
quietly at work, and it is now said that
there is not Il coal operation on New
river On which there is not twenty
day option of purchase Whether or
not the purchase Will be made prob
ably will be definitely settled in day
or two AS the present options Will
soon expire and it will require a de.
post OF $50 900 to renew
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-09-20

people lay stricken by the assassin,
bound down by wounds, and lowering
between life and death, $4,000, 900 men,
women, and children turned from the
tasks of crowded life, forgot their
personal strivings and personal griefs,
and in dire suspense reached out for
the least word of comfort, of courage,
or OF cheer from their Presidents bed
side.
Sorrow. affection, and anxiety were
written across the face of the whole
nation, throughout the days and
throughout the nights, and now, with
the blow fallen and the watching done.
the land gives itself over to the
mourning which no crown or scepter
could command, which no throne could
gather TO il, and now the civilized
world has joined us in grief over our
calamity.
The republic may appear at times
ungrateful, for its heart is deep, but
he who finds that heart has not lived
or died in vain.-Chicago Inter Ocean