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Substitute n Cigar Sign.


During recent social campfire. held
at the big round table in the quarter
masters corner of comrades can
teen by several Grand Army survivors,
says writer in the Philadelphia
Ledger, the major was called upon to
contribute his share of the heroic and
humorous "reminiscences.
We'll. boys" replied he. you ought
to know by this time that 1 can draw
4 small pension much easier than
can tell Il funny story, and can just
now recall but one, and in that you'll
be apt to find more truth than tickle.
AT the time of the first draft was
stationed in Buffalo as recruiting Off
Ger for my regiment, aIS the price Of
substitutes to fill allotted quotas often
reached a bigger figure i'll greenbacks
than a common soldier could earn in
a couple of years. So universal and
overwhelming was the patriotic desire
to be huskily represented by somebody
else in defending Old glory that even
Indians were accepted for that pur-
pose. Buffalo. too, was the biggest re-
cruiting station in the whole country,
and as such golden field for a small
army of bounty brokers, among whom
one 'Cy Phillips was conspicuous.
Under these conditions Phillips was
approached one day by an individual,
with 'hayseed' written all over him.
from his tapping straw hat to his
tattered cowhide boots. who stated
that lie had an Indian, as sound as
second-grOwth hickory. whom. for
pressing and plausible reasons, he was
willing to dispose of for the small
sum of $400. cash on the nail.
"'Where is he:' eagerly inquired
Phillips, whose cupidity was blindly
stimulated by the fact that substitutes
were in extraordinary demand, prices
way up and soaring and competition
redhot.
1--we got him locked up in barn
down on Canal street, an here's the
key explained the rural dickerer.
This apparently innocent and sim
cere assurance was accepted by Phil
lips, WHO pau over the dulOuut O0-
manded and fastened to take possess
sion of his aboriginal gold mine. In
opening the barn door he was startled
to find himself confronted in the dim
light by huge ferocious savage,
holding tomahawk in his uplifted
hand.
Here, now. no nonsense cried
Phillips, as he fell back. I've bought
you and paid for you, and neither n
dollar nor Il drink do You get unless
you behave yourself"
But the big Indian stOlidly and
silently retained his threatening atti-
tude; nor could be do otherwise. for as
Phillips pulled himself together and
his eyes became accustomed to the
gloom he discovered that he was the
unhappy purchaser of Il wooden cigar
store chief, and one undoubtedly as
sourd as warranted
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-09-24
a Company of Fiddlers.

During the summer of 1861. our regi
ment, the Thirteenth Missouri Infant
~, was organized at and near st. JOS
eph, Mo. Company +, an organized
company of country boys, marched in
to camp one warm afternoon. The
roll was called. and we believe that
in the history of our war that COM
pany was exceptional in at least two
respects. We have had competition
for the honor of being the oldest, the
youngest, the first, the tallest, the
shortest and the longest in service
! soldier. We have read disputes about
company and regimental organizations
but the honor we claim for this COM
pany is that there were seventeen men
of one name. Baker. all of one fam
lily, all young country lads. and that
every one of these Bakers could play
the fiddle. They had marched from
their home county through some rath-
er unfriendly neighborhOods. and
towns nOtoriously disloyal. with 10
side arms but violins. Within an hour
after their arrival these violins were
at work, and during our stay in that
camp, and until the louder and shril-
ler music Of the rifle and cannon were
substituted there was not an hour of
the day, between reveille and tattoo,
that these fiddles We're not going in
the hands of the Baker family. We
enter Company l.. Thirteenth Missouri
Infantry for competition. Who can
beat their record, in number of one
name and one profession: 1t was fun
TO hear that orderly call the roll from
Baker one to Baker seventeen Next.
Doc.
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BIRDS WITH ODD WAYS.
Bnrrowinx Owls, Ostricheo and Noun
Buildera.

BurfOwinX Owls, Ostriche1 and Mound
Buildera.
OF course all the birds live in more or
less close relation to the earth, but some
are peculiarly associated with it or de-
pend upon it more especially for certain
requirments. Not the least interesting
of these are the burrOwing owls. These
unlike their tree or tower haunting re-
iativeS, make their home underground
digging their tunnels together and lay
ing their eggs at the farther end. Here
in the darkness the little Owlets are
Matched, and here they feed on fat grass
hoppers and mice until they are able to
climb UP and look upon the world for
themselves. 1t is curious that these
owls, which of all their family would
seem to have the best practice in their
youth for learning to use their eyes i'll
the dark. are not nocturnal. but dig
their burrows. catch their food and dc
their cOurting in broad daylight.
Ostriches may he mentioned as types
of birds which have found it so good
for them to spend their life in running
that they are without the power of
flight and are never able to rise above
the grOund-'winged creatures of the
earth, not the "air.'
The bird which is pre-eminently of
the earth earthy lives in the far antip-
odeS-Australia and the Philippine Isl
ands. 1t is the megapode or mound
builder, and has the curious habit of
burying its eggs in the ground or in q
mound of leaves and dirt, leaving them
-reptile-like-to hatch from the heat
generated In the pile of decaying vege-
tatiOn- 1t is thought that the parents
neve. see their offspring, which are
fully feathered when they leave the egg
and able to dig out and fly at once.
This unusual development at birth is
made possible by the great amount of
nourishing yOlk in the eggs. which are
very large in proportion to the size of
the bird. Think of a member of this
class of birds. made to spend its life
partly in the air, Matching in tightly
packed. damp mound of earth six feet
below the surface! We cannot censure
the parents for shirking the response
bilities Of incubation when we think OF
the enormous amount of work neces-
sary to collect such masses of rubbish,
which measure sometimes 80 feet in
circumference and fourteen feet in
height.
/Of course this is not collected in one
year, says G. William Beebe, in the
New York Tribune, but it is great un.
dertaking for birds no larger than our
common grouse. Thus we see man can
not take the credit of having first used
an artificial incubator 10 hatch the eggs
of birds.
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almost into fOrgetfulness. says the
New Orleans Picayune. To the world
in general the Confederate steamer
Merrimac figures rs the first ironclad
ever constructed, and she and the Mon
itor. the Union vessel, are given the
credit of being Instrumental i'm revO-
lutioniZing the construction of ships
! OF war. In reality however. the first
ironclad vessel the world ever heard
of was constructed in New Orleans
and was finally named the Manassas,
in honor of her first battle.
The creation of this vessel came
| about i'll rather unusual manner.
Col. Austin. being the brother of Capt.
&. w. Austin. who commanded her
and helped build her, too. learned the
history of the ship from his brother.
Capt. Stevenson. retired steamship
captain and rich old citizen, orig
mated the idea, and was joined by
Capt. Austin. formerly captain of one
of the Morgan steamers. These two
seafaring men talked the subject over
and Capt. Stevenson advanced the
money. They purchased the Enoch
frame. a big harbor tug which was
heavy enough to go to sea, and they
took her over to the shipyards in Al
giers and cut away all her upper
works and replaced them with two
thicknesses of railroad iron. At that
time the mouth of the river was block
AIDED by four Union warships.
This was in 1861, and after the two
captains completed their job Commo-
dOre Halles. a graduate of Annapolis.
condemned the craft and refused to
allow a crew of Confederate sailors
to man her. He gave his permission
to the two captains to secure vOlun-
teers, and they had no trouble in find
ing them. Capt. Austin took charge
Of the strengthening craft and
steamed down the river. He ran
right among the blockaders and
opened fire. A shower of shells was
the reply, but the double layer Of rail
road iron was ample protection. The
new craft put up such Il terrific fight
at short range that she broke up the
blockade and returned to the city with
the mouth of the river open to conf
merce.
There was great reception ten
dered the crew, with Capt. Austin,
presented with handsome gold watch
in honor of the service rendered. The
Manassas played an important part in
the fighting up and down the river
after that
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EVILS OF TIGHT SHOES.


They Not Only Cause Deformities of the
Feet, but Nervous Exhaustion.
Women are prone to extremes Of
fashion. A few years ago every one
of them wore tight corsets; to-day they
all wear tight shoes. While it used to
be the custom to cut the stay lace Of
a fainting woman, nowadays the best
restorative lies in severing her shoe
strings. Lacing her shoes too tight,
wearing shoes too high in the heel and
too narrow in the toe, these are the
charges brought against the modern
woman. In the wake of these evils
follow nervous troubles, chronic dys-
pepsia and spinal neuralgia. Circula-
tion in the extremities lis interfered
with and thereby the stomach and
heart action.
The process of restoring ''shoe mar
tant bits of knowledge possessed by
the chiropodist. In the first place the
bruised and cramped extremities are
given bath in strong rock salt. They
are then incased in thin stockings of
pure wool and in broad invalid shoes
made of soft kid.
The next stage of treatment is that
of putting on them digitated stock
ings, or those having separate pockets
for the toes, like glove fingers. Shoes
with separate compartment for the
great toe are also used to aid in recti-
flying the irregular shape of the foot,
resulting from too much cramping.
The daily massage is an important
point, and the patient must practice
toe and heel exercises every morning
II she wishes to regain the prehensile
faculty.
The wearing of fine woolen hose.
and preferably shoes of suede, is pre-
scribed by the foot specialist. Patent
leather must be discarded, as its nom
porous character prevents the evapor
alton Of moisture, and it has a supe-
rior tendency toward the cultivation
of corns.
Digitated hosiery made of silk, Isle
and wool is worn by many women for
the purpose of retaining the natural
beauty of the foot who do not resort
to the chiropodist.
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Renublican Di.oreanization.

Republican Determination.
The Republican leaders seem to be
unable to agree on what legislation is
necessary by the coming Congress.
President Roosevelt demands that Gu
ban reciprocity shall be first attended
TO, and has declared that he will call
an extraordinary session of Congress
for that purpose.
The Republican leaders in the. SEN
ate are opposed to reciprocity legisla-
ton, and Senators Aldrich, Platt, De-
pew, Hanna. Quay and SpoOner have
all advised the President not to call an
extra session of Congress this fall,
and they are known to be. opposed to
the Presidents policy. The President
has declared thatssnch legislation shall
pass. "as sure as fate" and willsdoubt-
less send message to Congress rec
financial legislation there is like di
vision of sentiment and even those
who desire a change in the law are
hopelessly divided on the scope of the
alterations that should be made On
the trust issue, the President has de-
clared for publicity, but is very slow
at putting it in practice, and major
ity of the Republican leaders are for
letting well enough alone, so antitrust
legislation will he at standstill. On
tariff revision the party is more near
ly united, but minority of Congress
that are being pressed by their con-
stituents, will demand that some of
the tariff schedules he revised and if
no recognition is vouchsafed to them,
declare they will carry the fight into
the Republican national convention.
That this tariff revision and antitrust
element will not meet with any sue
cess, unless they join with the Demo
Gratis. is perceptible to the veriest tyro
in the political arena. and most of
them are merely playing that way to
fool the voters.
The Panama canal is another mat
ter upon which the Republican politi-
clans are at odds. their leaders in the
Senate who are controlled by the
transcontinental railroad are secretly
opposed TO any canal, others favor the
Nicaragua route and in consequence
nothing has been accomplished.
There is, however, legislation that
the Republicans unite upon with the
utmost celebrity. They all favor the
old flag and an appropriation and Of
fetal graft and loot for themselves and
their political strikers, and they uani
mously agree that the crops would not
grow and hard times would result
from Il Democratic victory
The Republican leaders also pretend
to be unanimous for the nomination of
President Roosevelt. yet more than
half of them are really opposed to
him. The cohesive power of public
plunder holds them together. but the
!ong-headed ones like Root and Quay
know that the end is near and are
leaving the rat-infested ship. There is
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ly advise them to take Doan's Kidney
PILLS. l was subject to severe attacks
80 backache, always aggravated if !
sat long at a desk. 1t struck me that
if Doan's Kidney Pills performed half
what they promised they might at
least help. This induced me to try the
remedy. 1t absolutely stopped the
backache. l have never had pain or
a twinge since"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Lario
will be mailed to any part of the Unit
ed States on application. Address Fos-
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 50 cents per
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ROw's This,

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot Be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo. D.
We the undersigned have known F. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and fnan-
cially able to carry out any obligation made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAX. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
WALDING. KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price 7Jc. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Couuterfeiters, Conscience.


William P. Hazen, formerly chief OF
the United States secret service, re-
Gently said, in conversation with the
Washington correspondent of the Bal
timore Herald, that it is apparently
an inpossibility for a man to make a
perfect counterfeit coin or note.
1t is certain, he said, that perfect
counterfeit has never been made, and,
strange as it may seem, with all the
will and endeavor in the world coun-
terfeiters have never turned out a per-
feet job. although they get many de-
1ils of the bill or coin to perfection.
Some power seems to gain posses
zion of these criminals at a crucial
moment and render their art vain.
Even the most expert engravers, and
it Of course is well known that some
Of the best have gone into the counter
feiting business. cannot turn out in
their counterfeit work the perfect re-
suits which they can readily get in
legitimate work. With counterfeit
bonds it is the same as with notes or
coins.
The real reason for this have never
been able to fathom. 1t may be
psychic. The criminals themselves, SO
far as 1 have ever talked with them,
have indicated to me that they be-
lieve it is conscience which balks
them.
1t is not, however. always by reason
of defect that a counterfeit is de-
tected. Sometimes suspicion is raised
merely by an indefinable impression on
the part of a treasury or bank en-
ploye that bill or coin does not look
or feel just right, and then examina-
tiop discloses the fatal error N the
bogus money.
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First American Irouclad.

Col. J. Z. Austin, who commanded
the Ninth Kentucky Caralry during
The war, was one of the many old
soldiers to attend the Confederate vet
erans' reunion recently at New Or
leans. Speaking of the war and its
lessons, the colonel called attention to
a fact that has been allowed to sink
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He Lost Out.

They had been trotting in double
harness for only three short months
when the young wife began 10 work
the Interrogation point.
George. dear" she said. when you
proposed to me did you think I would
accept?"
NO" replied truthful George, ito
be honest about it. really didn't think
you would the first time
The second:' queried her ladyship
Once was my limit answered the
victim Of a mistaken theory.
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Taking No Chances.

The boy hung back when the visitor
spoke to him, and his mother was nat
urally annoyed.
won't you. go to Mrs. Jones, Har-
old!' she said.
IQon't you Ike me:" asked Mrs.
Jones, good-naturedly
''No, don't" answered the boy.
why, Haroldw exclaimed his moth
er. reproachfully.
We'll. 1 got licked for not telling
the truth yestarday, and l amt taking
no chances to-day protested the boy.
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Trade on the Yanetse River.

The most important trade with the
Chinese is that of the Yangtse river,
which drains the largest and most pro-
ductiye area of China. The position
Of the United States in this trade
shown by consular report, which
gives the percentage Of business of the
various nations: British. 51.2; German.
11.5: Japanese, 10: American, 1.6.
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Substitutes.

Tie following advertisement. I'D
peared in the Nicksburg Wing of Aug.
q, 1862:
''Notice.-I will serve us Il substitute
in the Confederate service for tvs
thousand five hundred dollars, o. il
the Home Guards for en-, t,io...
sand five hundred dollars. Fu furth /
information apply TO Thcmas Allen
Depot Agent at Luck Eil!."
"Wanted.-Any Cne wishing 10 ac
as substitute fer a man subject to
the Conscript Act will receive the fol
lowing compensation: \ likely :lsgro
boy and five hundred d,!lars. Address
B., Wing Office
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Habit.

You can't find better climate than
this" said the friend. rs it necessary
for you to go away from home to enjoy
your vacationy'
Not absolutely" answered the con
scientiousy worker, but I'd rather pay
the railway fare than run the risk of
having my employer catch me loafing.'
-WasninytOn Star
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RUBBER STAMPS.

7 All kinds of Rubber Stamps Made
to Order eelf-InkinE Daters-some-
thing new. Ink and linking Pads.
Send for Catalogue to Lock Box 2l9,
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Tried by Time.

Eugene e. Lario, of 751
Twentieth avenue, ticket
seller in the Union Sta
tion, Denver, Colo, says:
You are at liberty to re-
peat what l first stated
through our Denver pa
pers about DOan's Kidney
Pills in the summer of
1899, for l have had no
reason in the interim ito
change my opinion of the
remedy. l said when
first interviewed that if /
had n friend and ac-
quaintance suffering from
backache or kidney trOu-
IL .r1,,1I ,,~l, nc 70 rim ~
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Undoubtedly True.

There's one redeeming feature about
,easickness," observed the man who had
just crossed the pond.
Come out with the explanation" said
the party who was anxious to get wise.
1T makes fellow forget all his other
troubles" replied the amateur traveller
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Tho UYeuaI Nav

"A man gets very little credit for what
he does in this world sighed the citi
zen.
yes" rejoined the philosopher, ''bui
he gets lot of blame for what he
loesn't.'
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JusRled InvestiSation.

The expected has happened. Post
master General Payne has succeeded
in pretty nearly squelching the post
office scandals. Since the indictment
of Machen and Beavers. it is evident
| that but little more will be done. There
are too many Congressman and Re-
publican leaders mixed up in the mat
ter, who must protect the lOOters, and
some Of them too much dread an in
vestigation to allow the matter to pro-
ceed. Such competent machine poll
tician as the Postmaster General
knows that the Republican party can
not receive any more such hard
knocks as it has received by the eX
pOSure of even small part of the
scandals and survive the treatment.
Trusting that other matters may Oc
cupy the attention of the voters, Mr..
Payne has ordered no information to
be given out about the scandals and
refuses TO say anything himself. Look
ing at the matter from a political party
standpoint he may be wise, but the ex-
pOSulS VI tuC III OthCl SONSl
ment departments persistently keeps
these matters in the public eye. How
President Roosevelt and the other Re-
publican leaders must pray for some
thing big to happen. How quickly the
Beirut incident was seized upon, but
that faux pas only occupied a day or
twO and the scandals are still on top.
There are indications that an attempt
is to be made to take advantage of the
disturbed condition at Panama as an
outlet for the public mind to dwell
upon. But the scandals will not down,
but bob up unauspiciously with
worse aspect for the administra ation.
One day we hear that Diggs and Mil
Ter will not be brought to trial, the
next day that Beavers snaps his fin
gers at the administration and dares
the government officers to arrest him,
anyway he is daily seen on the streets
and avenues of New York, often in the
company of government officials. The
proceedings are becoming farcical and
there is strong impression abroad
that the investigation is being juggled
and the pressure from the machine has
been too great for the President to
Withstand.
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Insist upon your printer using Eagle
Linen Paper for your Letter Paper.
This is the proper thing. Take no
other.
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Lady iii. dry goods store)-Id like re
look at some hose, please
Clerk ian ex-hardware manl-Yes
madam With or without handles?
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w. L. DOUGLAS
s3.@se & So SHOES SS'S. WE.
You can save from So to SIS yearly By
wearing ". I. uouqlaa S.. so or So shneS

They equal those
that have been cost
ing you from Si.00
to $500. The i'm
mense sale Of w. l..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor.
onaC0lt proves there Is
yalue In Douglas shoes.
Corona Is the highest
grade Pat.Leather made.
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Asked and Answered.

"Why do l live:' the poet wrote.
And the editor made reply:
"YOu sent your poem in by mall
That is the reason why"