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Short Name Is an Advantage
Of Very Great Practical Value You Should Happen tc
Be q Presidential Cabinet OMcer-Abbreviations
Generally Used in Signing Official Documents

The present cabinet is made up of
men with shorter names than any set
of cabinet officials in many years. Five
of the nine advisers of the President
bear names of only one syllable each.
These are Secretaries Hay, Root,
Shaw, Postmaster General Payne and
Attorney General Knox. Secretary
Moody has not long name; neither
has Secretary Wilson. Secretary
Hitchcock has nine letters and two
syllables in his name. Secretary Cor
telyou has nine letters and three syl-
tables. His is the hardest of all the
cabinet names to pronounce. All the
others are plain. The predecessors Of
these men, however, did not have long
names, and if the letters OF all the
men who Immediately preceded them
were put together the results would be
almost the same as at present-in
fact, just one letters difference. Sec
rotary Hay succeeded Secretary Day,
the same number of letters. Secre-
tary Root succeeded Secretary Alger,
gain of one letter. Secretary Shaw
took the place of Secretary Gage, the
same number of letters. Mr.. Payne
came into the cabinet when Charles
Emory Smith went out the same num-
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EXPERT TESTIMONY.
Coffee Tried and Found Guilty,

Coffee Tried and Found Guilty.
Nc one who has studied it's effects
on the human body can deny that cof-
fee is a strong drug and liable to cause
ali kinds of ills, while Postum is food
drink and a powerful rebuilder that
will correct the ills caused by coffee
when used steadily in place Of coffee.
An expert who has studied the sub
iect says: 81 have studied the value OF
food and the manufacture Of food
products from personal investigation
and wish to bear testimony to the
wonderful qualities Of Postum Cerea!
Coffee. was an excessive coffee
drinker, although l knew it to be a
slew poison. First it affected my
nerves and then my heart, but when 1
once tried Postum found 1t easy to
give up the coffee, confirmed coffee
flend though l was.
postum satisfied my craving fol-
coffee, and since drinking Postum
steadily in place Of the coffee all my
troubles have disappeared and am
again healthy and strong.
II know that even where coffee is
not taken to excess it has bad effects
on the constitution in some form or
other, and am convinced by my IN
vestigation that the only thing to do if
health and happiness are of any value
to one is to quit coffee and drink Pos
tum." Name given by Postum, Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich.
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Der Of letters. Attorney General Knox
took the place of John w. Griggs, a
gain of two letters, and Secretary
Moody followed John D. Long, a loss
of one letter The five men named
have two letters less in their names
than the five men who preceded
them.
The value of short name in de-
partmental work is appreciated by
heads OF departments and their as
sistants. The thousands of documents
to be signed daily make it laborious
and tedious work to repeat long sig
nature so often. In fact, hundreds of
men have wished that they could have
attained equal fame and Importance
under shorter names. 1t is nearly al
ways the case that when new cabi
net officer takes charge he will begin
by signing his name in full, like Ben
jamin B. Smith, but he will not keep
this up long, and in month will have
reached the conclusion that b. B.
Smith" is good enough for all official
papers. In some especial document
he may sign his name in the full style,
but he reserves that as sort Of spe-
cial affair, like a Sunday suit of
clothes
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This city is the cradle of the plate
glass industry of the United States,
says an Albany Und.) special to the
indianapolis Sentinel. The first pol
shed plate.glass manufactured in the
country is still in use in the front
window of New Albany clothing
store. There are two plates, each
about Gx14. Capt. John B. Ford, who
erected here the first factory in the
United States for the manufacture Of
polished plate-glass and whose name
is household word throughout South
ern Indiana, is still living at 81 years
# age, at Tarentum, Pa.
He came originally from Kentucky,
and located at Greenville, near here.
He was natural born" inventor and
invented and manufactured machine
for chopping straw. He soon moved
to New Albany. where he built steam
boats. His attention was attracted by
little factory at Lenox, Mass, which
was manufacturing crude form of
rough plate-glass for skylights. He
set his wits to work and designed the
uTSI mdCulHeTy lot the manufacture
Of polished plate-glass. This machin.
cry was made at New Albany foua.
dries. He interested his cousin, Wash.
ington c. De Paw, a man of large
means, and they operated the first
plate-glass mandatory, which was a
huge success, but they could not agree
as to business policy, and Ford sold
his interest to De Paw. Ford then
established factories at Louisville and
Jacksonville, which failed.
Capt. Ford s history from this time
furnishes the most remarkable in.
stance on record Of man building up
an immense fortune in his old age.
He was IS years old when he started
Cor New York, but was smooth-shaved
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TVTUR!NG
Skin, Scalp and Blood
Aumours
From Plmples 10 serofu|a
From Infancy to Age
Speedily Cured by cutIeura
When All Else Fails.

The agonizing itching and burning Of
the skin, as in Eczema; the frightful
scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss ofhair
and crusting Of the scalp, as in SCALED
head; the facial disngurements, as In
acne and ringworm; the awful suffer-
ing of infants, and anxiety Of worm
out parents, as in milk crust, letter and
salt rheum,-all demand remedy OF
almost superhuman virtues to success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Rcsolvent are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. No
statement is made regarding them that
Is not justified by the strongest evil
dence The purity and sweetness, the
power to afford immediate relief, tho
certainty Of speedy and permanent cure,
the absolute safety and great economy.
have made them the standard skin
cures, blood purifiers and humour RENE.
dies Of the civilized world.
Battle the affected parts with hot
water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the
surface of crusts and scales and soften
the thickened cuticle. Dry, without
rubbing, and apply Cuticura Oint-
ucut AIccAys W dAA0y AtCAiu8, AIAsos'OA
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal,
and, lastly, take Cuticura Resolvent, to
cool and cleanse the blood. This COM
plete local and constitutional treatment
affords instant relief, permits rest and
sleep in the severest forms Of eczema
and other itching. burning and scaly
humours of the skin, scalp and blood,
and points to speedy, permanent and
economical cure when all else fails.
Sold throughout the world Cuticura Resolvent lin
form Of Ch.so.ts Cosed Pills. 2 per Vi! Of g. Ont.
Gent AOc S0sp &c. Depu1s London, n Charterhouso
e.; Pans. Rue Dc 10 Paiz, Boston, ~ Columbus Ave
Potter Drug Oh EN-. Corp, Sole Prcpnstors.
u4.Sena for "HoW 70 Cure Every Humour"
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Became Wealthy in Ola Age.
Remarkable Career Of Capt Ford The Pioneer Plate Glass
Observation-Disclosures Success Achieved After
Mans Allotted Span OF Life.

and looked much younger. He did not
have money enough to buy his rail.
read ticket. He arrived in New York
penniless, but his wonderful genius for
organization enabled him to interest
big New York capitalists, who fur
nished the money with which he built
and put in operation two immense
plate-glass factories-one at Taren-
tum and the other at Creighton Pa.
Later he founded Ford City, sixty
miles east of Pittsburg, establishing
there factory employing and intro
ducing all modern accessories. About
four years ago he sold his factories,
which were all in his own name, to
the plate-glass trust for $10,000,O00,
and he has been living in retirement
since.
He was the first man in the United
States to discover that natural gas
could be used as fuel for manufactur~
ing purposes. He built his factory at
Tarentum alongside coal bed, ex-
pecting to use it for fuel. His work
men, in making soundings, discovered
gas, and he was not long in harness
ing the new fuel and making it do his
work. In his long career of large man
ufacturing endeavors he never had
strike, because he always paid the
highest wages that could be paid in
the business. 1t is difficult for New
Albany people to realize that the old
man who left here without a penny,
borrowing money to buy his railroad
ticket, is now a multi-millionaire. He
is afflicted with cancer, which will
soon end his career. He has built at
Greenville, Ind, his old home, one of
the finest Methodist churches in the
state. and his other requests within
the last two years amounted to at
least 100000.
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Hon. Judson W. Lyons.

for five long years. am feeling very good
and strong. thank you SO much for Pc
runa. shall recommend it to all suffering
with the effects of catarrh, and I consider
it household blessing. l shall never be
without Peruna."
For those phases of catarrh peculiar to
summer, Peruna will be found eficacious.
Peruna cures catarrh in all phases and
stages.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use of Peruna write
at once to DR.. Hartman. giving full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President Of The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. Ohio.
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Had Read His Markham.

Good morning, mamma"
The man who spoke held hoe il
his hand.
But to whom did he speak?
There was no other human being IL
sight.
Surely he did not thus address the
ungainly COW that browsed near?
But it was even SO.
For had he not hoe in his hand?
And had not Edwin Markham said
he was brother to the ox?-Balti.
more American.
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Aching backs arc cascd Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome. Swelling OF tho
limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
They correct urine with brick dust scdi
mcnt, high colorcd, pain in passing, drib'
bling, frequency, bed wctting. Doan's
Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel
Relieve heart palpitation. slccplcssncss,
headache, nervousness, dizziness.
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AURORA, New MEXICO II received
the free sample of Doan's Kidney Pills
which ordered for girl nine years old
that was suffering with bed wetting, and
she improved very fast. The pills acted
directly on the bladder in her case and
stopped the trouble. j. G. LucERo.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. My husband
received the sample of Doan's Kidney
Pills and has taken two more boxes and
feels like new man. He is fireman on
the Grand Trunk r. r., and the work is
lard on the kidneys Mrs. GEO. CLIFFORD.
PI1NY. W. Va. - The free trial of
Doan's Kidney Pills acted 80 well with
me, wrote Hooff, the druggist, at Point
Pleasant, to send me three boxes, with the
result have gained in weight, as well as
entirely rid Of my kidney trouble. My
water had become very offensive and con
tanned white sediment and cloudy. I
would have to get up six and seven times
during the night, and then the voiding
would dribble and cause frequent at
tempts, but thanks to Doans Kidney Pills,
they have regulated all that, and l cannot
praise them too much. JAS A. LANHAM.
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Flowing by Dynamite.

A novel method of blowing the soil
has been invented in California. It
is wellknown that dynamite strikes
downward when it is exploded. The
California fruit grower lets in or on
the soil a series of dynamite charges,
anG by firing these the ground is broll-
en- up easily and quickly and more
Cheaply than by any other method.
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PAT 8.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors,

Robert Hunter, Minneapolis, MIMI,
fishing reel; Herman krupke, Paynes-
vile, Mimi, powder blower; Theodore
Knudson, Wannaska, Mimi, portable
stump puller; Michael Quiggle, Owa'
tcnna, Mimi, COW or calf weaver; 10.
siah Record, Mankato, Mimi, suspen'
sion carrier apparatus; Budd Smith,
Austin, Mimi, weed exterminator
Paul Wilburg, New Ulm, Mimi, horse.
shoe.
1.othrop & Johnson. patent lawyers Oil
and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg. St. Paul
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DR.. ]. n. RINDLAUe (Specialist),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. D. VI.
Hero Worship.

Jim-What do you mean by hero
Worship?
Jam-It is the brief admiration We
feel for a great man Immediately be-
lore we begin to rip him up the back
and begin writing letters to the news
papers attacking his character and ut
terances.- Herald.
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Geographical.

Geographical.
Boston breathes deep in patriotism
and culture as will be recognized from
the following examination in geog'
raphy in ore of her public schools:
Teacher-Have you ever heard of
the Happy isles of Greece?'
Little Waldo-Yes, ma am.
Teacher-Can you tell me something
about them?
Little Waldo-They are pieces OF
pork entirely surrounded by beans
Schooln,aster.
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REGISTER OF THE U. S. TREASURY
USES PE-RU-NA FOR SUMMER CATARRH
Summer Catarrh
AfflictS Men and
Women.
LION. JUDSON w. LYONS,

- 0N'
/ / Register of the United
States treasury. in a letter
from Washington. d. c.. says:
~ find Peruna to be an
excellent remedy for the ca
tarrhaI affections of spring
and summer; and those who
suffer from, depression from
the heat Of the summer will
find no remedy the equal of
Peruna. "-Juds0n w. Lyons.
No man is better known in the
financial world than Judson w.
Lyons, formerly of Augusta, Ga
His name on every piece of
money of recent date makes his
signature one of the most familiar
ones in the United States.
Two Interesting Letters From
Thankful Women.
Miss Camilla Charter, S West
Lexington ST.. Baltimore, Md.
writes:
Late suppers gradually affect
ed my digestion and made me a
miserable dyspeptic. suffering in
tensely at times. l took several
kinds of medicine which were
prescribed by different physicians
but still continued to suffer. But
the trial of one bottle of Peruna
convinced me that it would rid
me of this trouble, so continued
taking it for several weeks and
was in excellent health. having e;
pounds. Miss Camilla Chart,
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Do Your Feet Ache and Burn?
Shake into your shoes. Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes fee! Easy. Cures
Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns
and Bunions. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted Leroy, N. Y.
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The Might of a Lie
Task of Overtakine Unruh Has Well Been Described
as a Hopeless Onc-How Fabrication Wrecked
Political Career of John c. Carlisle

diers to march to South Carolina to
take charge Of the ballot box and
overawe the voters of that poor,
down-trodden state, the paradise OF
carpet-baggers and scalawags. But
the day will come when South Caro-
lima will rid herself of the barbarous
political buzzards of the north that
have fed on her carcass for the last
eleven years and robbed white and
black without discrimination"
For ten years Mr.. Carlisle tried to
run down that report of his Cynthiana
speech, but it had too big lead. At
one time he thought it overtaken and
side-tracked, but several years later
the Tribune of this city resurrected it
in the original form. Mr.. Carlisle en-
planned: II did not say that the gov
eminent is vicious SYSTEM but that
at that time the policy of the admin.
istration was vicious; l always held
that the constitutional right to secede
did not exist; there was no verbatim
report of the speech, for no reporter
was present; an opposition paper
plShCN Wy 1lOll tAC duolCuSS d lew
stray recollections of what said,
strung them together and published
them" But the lie never was nailed
and Carlisle's hopes of political honors
were dashed.
First Glass in Grammar, Stand Up.
Johnny never did like school, When
his mother told him he had better
study his lessons or his teacher would
give him bad mark, he got sulky.
Blame old teacher he said.
Thinks she knows it all. First she
tells US something and then, when we
tell it back, she says it's all wrong"
"Why, what's the matter, Johnny?"
asked his uncle, who hasn't forgotten
he was boy himself.
''Well, you see, Nunky, it was this
way. She told us that postpone meant
to put off. Then she asked me to
write sentence containing the word"
"Wel?"
II wrote. Boys postpone their
clothes when they go in swimming"
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TIL. VII, Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Child
fen, used by Mother Gray, 2 nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness, Bad Stomach, Tcething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
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Asks No More,

Toni can't help asking my fiance
occasionally why she loves me.
Dick-Me, too. Mine always gives
me very satisfactory answer.
Tom-That SO? What does she say?
Dick-Because.- Public
Ledger.
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A dentist gets right down to the root
of the trouble.
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Piso's Cure for Consumptio.. as IN infallib,s
medicine for coughs and Gods w. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove. N. j.. Feb. ~. 1902
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Al Fixed.

He-Must we take along chaperon?
r She-Certainly; but I've arranged 1t
to get rid of her at the proper time
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Probably the most impossible,
hopeless task on earth is to overtake
lie. The other day ex-Speaker John
G. Carlisle, now successful lawyer
for great corporations, with an old
fashioned home in North Washing
ton square, passed along Pine street
with the easy gait of pillow horse.
Two citizens saluted him and when
he had passed on one remarked:
There used to be the making of a
president in that man. The entire
country looked up to him. II it had
not been for his Cynthiana speech the
northern democracy would have been
solid for him, and. of course, he
owned the southern wing. The speech
ruined him. He retired from politics
with broken heart and settled in
New York to make little money"
Here is an extract from that ia
nous, heart-rending speech:
II deny that the United States is
a nation! 1t is vicious system that
has destroyed sovereign states and
oppressed nine millions of people in
the south. If state has no right OF
secession she certainly has no right
of revolution. The most Infamous
order ever issued was that Of the at
torney general only few days ago,
which caused sixty companies OF sol
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To Cure a Cold IN One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money it it fails to cure. &c
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Mrs. Kate Bohn, 111e Willoughby Ave.
Brooklyn, N. y, writes:
When wrote you was troubled with
frequent headaches, dizzy. strange feeling
in the head, sleeplessness, sinking feelings,
faint ness and numbness. Sometimes had
heartburn. My food would rise to my
throat after every meal, and my bowels
were very irregular.
Il wrote you for advice, and now take
pleasure in informing you that my improve
ment is very great indeed. did not ex-
pect to improve so quickly after suffering
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A whitewashed reputation doesn't
endure any longer than whitewashed
fence.
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There's many nip" 'twixt the cup
and the lip.
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CARPETS can be colored on the floor
with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. o.
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The Expensive Town,

The Expensive Town.
Eyes, I've been to New York"
you didn't stay long?"
mo, it's hard to stay long in New
York, it's so easy to get short. Phil
adelphia Press.
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GRIPPE HURT KIDNEYS.

the lingering results Of La Grippe remain with kidneys
suffer medi'
Doan's Kidney Pills condition.
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The canned article that goes quick
est is dogs tail.
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At the Postoffce.

At the Postoffice.
A young woman called at the post
office and bashfully inquired if there
was a letter for her
Business or love letter." jokingly
inquired the clerk.
Business" was tae reply, accom-
panied by a blush Of the deepest Grim
son.
AS there was no such letter to be
found the young lady took her depar-
ture.
She came back, however, after a
little while and said in faltering ac-
cents: Please, would You mind look
Ing among the love letters?"
The laundry bills lengthen with the
Nngthening DAYS,
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Halls catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price. 75c.
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The laundry bills lengthen with the
engthening days.
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Summer Catarrh,

was in excellent health. having gained ten
pounds. Miss Camilla Charter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-01-10

panies. their organization must exist
both i'll purpose and fact for the sole
benefit of the town and community.
This being undoubtedly the case, is it
not a very poor return, for instance, for
the $1,000 saved by the Fircmen to the
insurance companies for the latter to
maintain an increase of % D'rceHt. upon
the high rates we already paid them?
The conclusion of the whole mat ter,
1t seems to me, Is the insurance cOmpan-
les are charging US with the cost of III
ceudiarism, lack of water and other pro-
lection against fire i'll hundreds of other
localities and gt'Wg "s cr'5h .}"r no'hi"g
here! Our water supply, uydrant sys-
tenn, tirst-class fire company and equip
ment count not il cent for us.
Why, sir, stood at the Schell fire and
saw the ice-cold drenchlng our boys got,
and | tell you | would not undergo what
they did there for all the fire insurance
magnates i'll ChristendUm.
| am for home organization one
embracing the whole reek, and | want
that organization to be what | am
\ FRIEND or THE FIREMEN.