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Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
SEVENTY CENTURIES AGO.
Beautiful Testimonials When EEyps
tian MOnarchs Were Lnid
Away by the Ancientn.

The center of interest for us today
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 eNGuisite workmanship of a
littlc toilet nard or eye paint box
ca.ved out Of single block of ivory,
and made in the shape of a couple of
ducks whose tails are twisted together
to form, as il were, the hinge of the
box The great gentleman who owned
this was buried with 80 jars of offer
ings in his brick tomb, while 16 stone
vases were near his body. He had as
Yellowstone sandstone block for corn
grinding and beautiful shaped taxa
Of slate had been apparently placed at
his head, says Atlantic. These among
his vases had lain when Prof. Finder
Petite aud John Garstang brought his
skui b0nes and his funeral furniture
to he light OF day,
Put he 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 ct the eight kings of the first
dynasty, aGd the work of two that pre-
ceded Aha-Mcna. Here is fragment
of slate howl 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 to the
success of the city of Memphis he had
built in fair fields from which he had
turned the great Nile flood, seemed to
stand before me.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
BURY LEPERS ALIVE.
The Victims Are Guests at BanQuets
That Precede Funerals
I'm China.

The Chinese have a 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 fataIism of the
Chinese that the victim readily con-
sents. IN 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 laudGnum 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, il is fairly common.
but it is a 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 &c
any marked degree the leper is tilrc,
segregated in hut or he is allowed Il
wander about the country. sustaining
life by begging DR.. Wittenberg re-.
cords cases of direct contagion from
mother-in-law to daughter-in-law
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
NEW SOURCES OF ALCOHOL.
The Stimulating Product II NOw' OBJ
tninsd from Several Az
Rienn 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 asphodel. the
squill and the alta. The fruit of the
carob is a pod with very sugary con-
tents. The saccharine gum that forms
on it's surface often ferments of itself.
Dry pods yield Al per cent. of sugar
and 100 Kilograms (62 pounds) give
about 20 liters five gallons) of absolute
alcohol, or 40 or so per cent. of alcohol.
The alcohol is of good quality, but can
not be freed from 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 Algiers and
'runis, that Yields it, NJ. Riyiere be-
lieyes that with sterilization and puri-
tication il will furnish grace Of a,c0-
hol superior to that obtained from beet
root or molasses. As for the squill.
which is also very abundant IN Al2iers,
il gives interesting results, notwi'h-
standing its acrid and toxic qualities,
The alcohol is not Of as high grade rs
that from the asphcdel. but il is free
from furfurol and contains a very small
proportion Of the higher a!cohols.
Finally, the alta yields alcohol from
its leaves. This alcohol has a very bad
odor but it is more likely to be used
practically than that from the other
plants, since alta is already cultivated
as grain and for paper-making.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
GREAT MOUNTAIN OF MUD.
Costa RicR's Leading Railway Ia EN-
gagged In the Labor OF wash
ing 1t AYay.

The principal railroad Of Costa Rica
now bat 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 great deal
of trouble, and which has cost many
thousands of dollars every year since
the road was built. This place is about
As miles from Port l.imou, and is called
Bluemud. For about 500 feet the track
runs along ledge on the side of a
mountain, with the river Reventa Zon
below, The mountain is composed of
blush clay. which turns into mud
during the rainy season and keeps con-
stantly sliding down on tie tracks,
We have to keep a 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 roadhcd that
we could not run trains there for three
weeks.
"To add TO the difficulty there is a
lake back of the mountain and the wa
ter from this lake percoiairs through
the mountain and keeps il cons 'ant,y
wet. The lake was drained Ev he en-.
gineers, hu they discovered that il wa
fed by Strings. and still the n>o'ir;air
was ken: in a wet state ard The mut
kept Sliding down over the iracEs.
Al Hs! hey obtained what IS known
in California rs hydraulic ~'ar;. ru'
which thraws very powerf,', strcanl
Of water with great force They ric9cd
mp this hrdraulic giant. ard when !
left Costa lGca they were actually
washing tlc mountain away with it
into the river"
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
FORTUNE IN ONE OIL WELL.
Einia 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 a day, says the
Philadelphia Record.
That income of 81 900 day is all from
me oil well. There are three other
yeils nearing completion within few
unlred yards of this one, each of
yhich is sure to pour out as much
money. And the end is not yet. The
and is so unprodsctive of vegetation
hat only very poor people would own
I. 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
AXE cf oil, away down 2,2o0 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 well is the only
one tapping the pool. Everybody wants
to risk his money in an effort to get
a hole into the pool, To that end thou
sands of people are buying. heggt9g,
5ullGozing and badgering farmers for
miles around the big gusher fer the
privilege OF sinking wells.
The Copley we'll, which has wrought
all This change TO Lewis, county, cane
in from the Gordon oil sand at depth
Of 2.@G0 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
up Of the s0-foot derrick, nearly drown
ing the workmen.
1t flows continually, bat, like the
geysers, has certain hours ont of every
- to put forth its greatest force,
When the oil came 200 $50 barrel tanks
were put up. They were filled in 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 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. four-inch and 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 25O-barrel
tanks, one 1,2O0-barrel tank and one
s0o7barrel tank, all erected since the
we'll was struck.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
QUEER USES OF CORN.
Thinss You'd Never Dream Could BE
Made of IL 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, salyes, laundry starch,
table starch, fermentum, faxed hom-
iny, gum paste, corn oil, vulcanized
corn oil, oilcake, grape sugar, gluten
feed, glucose, confectioIers' 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
substitute for olive oil. Cornstalk pith
is Of value in making paper, varnish,
films, imitation silks and gun cotton
and other explosives.
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Graham guardian., 1901-01-04

Naturalists say that, when examined
minutely with a microscope, it will be
found that no creature or object in ma
ture Is positively ugly, that there is
certain harmony or symmetry OF parts
that renders the whole agreeable
rather than the reverse. So the most
disogreeable tasks in life, when viewed
in their proper proportions, reveal a
poetic an attractive side, hitherto un-
dreamed Of. Turn on the sunlight of
good cheer, the determination to see
the bright as well as the dark side, and
you will find something pleasant even
in the most dreaded task.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
Clifton News.
From the Copper Era.
UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
rtfr rs TO =

From the Copper Era.
UNFoRTUNATE ACCIDENT.
One of the m ost shocking and
deplorable accidents which ever
occurred in Clifton happened Sun,
day afternoon on the railroad
track near the sawmill, by which
Robert Brock, a lad ten years of
age, was deprived of both legs.
The llttle fellow had just brought
lunch 10 his father who is EN-.
ployed in the sawmiIl, 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 knee, 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 be 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 we'll remem
bered on Christmas morning by
many of the kind hearted people
who felt the keenest desire for his
welfare These little remembrap
ees 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 Morencl Christmas day. Dep.
uty Constable Keper was sent for
to preserve the peace. When he
arrived the Mexican deied him
and pulled his gun, but the officer
was too quick for him, ard when
the smoke cleared away it was
found that the Mexican was dead
The constable came to Clifton and
and surrendered 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 il was held 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
fcef. TheJudge 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
country. He does his duty, as he
did in this instance, and always
receives the support Of the com
munity.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
Robbers.

Mrs. Hingso awoke suddenly,
"John?"
"Whashyouwant?" sleepily.
There's burglars in the house."
Let 'em burgle,"
You're a coward! They'll steal all
the silver"
"Um-um."
They'll take my jewels"
"All right"
Silence for 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. '1The
scoundrels! Where's my revolver2"--
Syracuse Herald,
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
HepArte0.

There's no use mincing matters my
dear; the fact is you are 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
! shall ever become any wiser.-Bostou
Transcript.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
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 SO.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04

You can buy all kinds of the
ve'y best of meat of Lafe Cor
nett and his prices are rerson,
able, All can afford to buy
meat Of him. 35 81.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04

FILLINGs-Of different materials
that preserve and harden the teeth
and never fall out
DR.. G. w Cool,
Bank Block, Stafford
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04
Ton Ear nnhina

Milly-I understand that Miss Elder
ly is getting to be very fast.
Willy-Yes; but she'll never make up
the time she has lost. Smart Set.
Graham guardian., 1901-01-04

DR.. W. Il. Linldey, rear OF
post.offlce. If
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4 HINT TO BOSSES
Two Different Ways of Running Fac
tories and the Results.

A few years ago a pamphlet on the
best method of settling the difficulties
between capital and labor, which fell in
to the hands Of Hon. D. N. Burke, who
was at the time United States consul at
Malaga, Spain, led him to write an ac-
count Of two cotton mills that stood
side by side in that city. For 40 years
one of them had been distracted by
strikes, while the other, employing
about 1000 operatives, for all that there
has been harmony and mutual conf
dence between employer and employee.
In a letter, Mr.. Burke said: s> u. .Er.f& = i.
How, during all these years, iii
which laa alssesS aAe.st ken
place there has been no strike, no grum-
bling; no unrest, no complaint, no
whisper of discomfort? Have higher
wages been paid in this mill than in the
other? No. Have the hours of labor
been fewer? No. Has the work been
less laborious or fatiguing than in the
others? No. Is there a different class
the other? No. It is this: Senior Don
of people employed in this mill than in
Carlos Larios, the owner of the mill and
the employer of the operatives, has ap-
piled the law of kindness to his EN-
ployes. He, in fact, substituted the law
of kindness for the practice of greed. If
| an employe was sick, he sent a doctor
to look after him and paid for the ne
cessary medicine. In case the en-
ploye's illness continued he paid on re-
covery the wages the person would have
h hn hn T.
during the time In case of the death
of the employe the wages went to the
family of the deceased, and besides, of
the circumstances Of the family were
such as to require 1t, the betrayed the
expenses of the funeral. When his oD-
eratives married, he helped TO set them
up in housekeeping by presenting to the
married couple several household ar
ticles which are indispensable for those
entering such state. Extraordinary
diligence and care on the part of the
employe in his or her work, or greater
activity displayed by an operative, was
duly pecompensed in some way at some
time by the proprietor Of the mill, and
every operative being aware of this
sought to do his or her vehy best
| :'The operatives had no labor organiz-
ation.. They needed none. Through thi:
! law of kindness the business Of the mill
| was conducted. Discord,. dissatisfac:
/ tlon, discomfort, unrest, ; and strikes
We're not on the program Of this mill. If
an operator had any ground of COM
plaint he, went at once to Senior Larios.
"The 1000 employees loved Don Carlos
as they loved a father. He sought 10
follow the teachings of the Divine Mas
ter in doing to others what he would
like that they should do to him, and SO
at the age Of Is years, when he went
to his God, his body was followed to
the cemetery by about 10000 of Malaga s
Ebest citizens''
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the administration of justice has be-
come public business now, except as
between a corporation and it's employ
es, where the old method exists in the
form of strikes and lock-Outs.
There was time when education
and fire protection, roads, bridges and
canals, hospitals, parks, cemeteries, etc,
were wholly private affairs. Now they
are largely public. Private turnpikes
and bridges are getting scarce, and the
public schools are overwhelmingly pre-
dominant up to the college or academy
grade. The rapid movement toward
and electric plants, street railways,
telegraphs, telephones and railroads,
has already been noted. ;
lis this movement mistake? Shall
we abandon the public water works
and the post office, the public streets,
bridges, parks, libraries, museums,
schools, courts, armies, navies, etc?
Shall we give the army to a Yerkes
syndicate? And the navy to Gould
corporation? Shall we give up the
courts to a Rockefeller trust? Or the
roads and schools to a Hanna COM
bine? If not, if we would not think
of going back to private ownership in
the businesses that have been given
to public management, then let us be
consistent and aid the movement to
give other similar industries the bene-
fits of public operation and complete
cooperation. Would you think very
we'll of one who opposed the establish
ment of public courts, or schools, or
highways, or water works years ago?
If not, be careful not to oppose the
corresponding movements of your own
time. Perhaps we can help ourselves
most clearly to see the matter in it's
true light by remembering that even
the government itself was not so very
long ago private monopoly, owned by
the king or emperor, or by a few aris-
tOcrats, and that the chief complaint
about it now, where complaint exists,
is that it is still to much subject to
private control, that is, it's socialization
is not yet perfect and progress requir-
es the completion Of the process
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New Industries Will Not Come Here Unless
We Are More Loyal to the
Concerns That Are
NOW BRAVflY BATTLING
For fan Existence-What Good the Right
Kind OF a Representative Organ
ization Gould Do.

Come, let us get together. In our
Issue of last week we presented a plan
to unite the various elements o. the
city into an organiza ton for the pur-
pose of doing something for Duluth.
Ihis week we made a tour through a
number Of small industries in the city.
We We're surprised to learn thaJ we had
so many small industries with so few
mon employed. We askeC: every rIunu-
facturer if he knew Of any way in
which business could be improved, and
they invariably replied that one way
was to secure a better patronage from
The home people. 1t is so strange that
our industries have so hard time tc
get along. 1t does not matter how
good an article may be manufa .turr!
or how cheap the price may b., the
average citizen prefers to buy ali out
side article in preference to one made
at home. This practice must cease if
we expect to make Duluth a prosper
Gus manufacturing point
The Duluth Improvement association
is doing considerable good work in en-
deavoring to interest outside people in
this city. But what is the use of induc-
ing people to spend their money here,
it we cannot guarantee to them the
loyalty of our own people.
"a few people did not take kindly to
our proposition last week. They say
that Duluth is all right, just wait until
the canal is dug by which we shall get
power to manufacture by electricity
at 4 much reduced cost; then We vii!
sec industries come here IN numbers,
and Duluth will be a second Pittsburg.
1t is our opinion that the canal is d
Ions way off. Even if it would begin
operations at once, it would be ten
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cooperative effort for the public good.
He even depended on individual effort
for the defense OF his life.
But after a tima, when men grew
more Intelligent they discovered the
advantage of unity in tribes, and later
in nations, for mutual defense and ag-
gression. Formerly it had taken the
whole of a mans time to get a. bare
living and defend himself from attack,
and there was no security for prop
erty, even if he has time to accum-
| ulate it. But the naturalization of
! defense brought far greater security
and released large part of his energy
previously given to conflict, and the
preparation for it, and made possible
| the commercial, material, intellectual
and moral development of modern
times.
| :There was a time when the ONLY
tremedy for injustice was private ac-
ton. Quarrels were, fought out by the
disputants, and such of their neighbors
as choose to join:'in the affair. A rob-
berry or murder was punished by some
of the persons directly. affected. But
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49,
box in the city and SIS en-
titled to the support Of every loyal In
stitution in Duluth. There is no reason
why such firms as the Marshal1-Wells
Co., Stone, Ordean Wells CO., the brew
cries and commission men should not
give such an institutions as this their
support, and thus encourage other fac
tories to come here, that is SO long as
the prices and work are satisfactory.
The Zenith Broom factory is per-
haps one of the most prosperous con-
Germs in the city. BY making a first
class broom at the right kind of a
price they have gradually worked their
way into every store in the city. Mr.
Schnukle, the proprietor of the factory,
employs no less than II men. He is
getting new machinery in right along
and will soon have first class modern
broom factory. = >-,.... ~, -
Just to, show. at what disadvantage
some people are placed at who are con-
tributing their mite to build up Du-
luth. by a certain set of modern shy
locks, we print the following;4 which
we are in a position to substantiate
A year ago last fall;' Mr.. Schnukle,
while making a deposit in a certain
bank in the west end, not as far out as
West Duluth, was accosted by one of
the members Of the firm and offered
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