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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1904-08-26
MEMDlNo FIRE BRICKS.
Durable Cement That Will Hold for
Years May Be Made
at Home. -.

There are few things more unsatis-
factory than modern fre linings The
fre bricks are easily cracked and sofne-
times last only few months, when they
ought to last for years II is a great
mistake to allow the fire bricks 10 get
Into bad condition There is an iron
plate bacl; OF the fire bricks In every
stove, but this is easily burned THROUGH.
ana II costs large sum to replace Il:
therefore, cracks In the fire bed of the
stove should be mended at once and bad
ly bronen bricks should be replaced.
durable cement for cracked fire
bricl-s can be made at home, and will
hold the cracked bricks together for
several years. Mix equal quantities OF
powdered soapsione. which may be pur-
chased from any druggist. and common
salt tcfetLer, and add enough water
to make paste. The mixture hardens
very rapidly after II Is put On. and al
the SOC oslone Is flreproof It makes a
lasting cement Pumice flone Is sone G.
times substituted for the soapstone, but
coes not last as we'll. In case OF an
emergency. equal parts of salt and fine
ly sifted ashes mixed TO a stiff paste will
make suitable temporary cement, and
will last until something more dura.
Bile can be obtained.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1904-08-26
NOTES ON NEEpLEwoRk.
Home Made Articles OF Feminine
Finery for the Season Now
at Hand.

A pretty homemade article that is In
style Is flannel petticoat of fine white
flannel with hair line Of blue running
through It,. The seams are feather
stitched in the blue, and so are the
sqdare-cornered tabs at the bottom
which fall loose over fun ruflle OF illmy
| lace.
The heart-shaped corsage sachet OF
white satin Is to wear around the neck
beneath the lingerie. The ribbon edge
and bow make a pretty flush aud II is
suspended by a ribbon. Another corsage
saehet on this order consists of two
pads about two inches square, with a
small bow In the center OF each. They
are fastened to the ends OF strip OF
baby ribbon. For the japanese sachet,
made of Japanese silk, a bag two and
one-half by three inches. and In the top
seam fasten japanese dolls head.
Around Its neck ribbon Is tied stock
fashion The most popular sachet odors
at present are sandalwood. orris and the
japanese perfumes.
The rage for handmade articles OF
attire takes some beautiful forms, and
the ones here described are such as may
be easily initiated by any woman who
knows how TO use her needle very
fashionable white crepe waist has It's
front, stock and cuffs embroidered with
clusters Of small, pink roses and forget
mo-nots in ribbon embroidery. The
lunches OF flowers have their l. ayer and
stems done In pale, dul shades of green
and golden brown. The hunches of flow
ers arc connected by and interspersed
with little bowlnots and loops and ends
of ribbon. This ribbon effect is produced
by outlining the supposed ribbon with
a single gold thread and working small
black dots, In embroidery silk. about
an eighth OF an inch arart between the
gold lines. The effect is that OF dainty
and novel ribbon. 1t Is no wider. and
probably not ss vide a. tehy ribbon.
In the most fashionable line Of hand
work come new frocks for early spring,
made OF material cxsctly Ike crinoline
or scrm-~the kind used In making
cross-s stitch One lovely frock has three
broad bands OF crosses stitch down the
front, reaching from the hem up. The
center one comes nearly all the way
up, and the side bands, set rather close
to the center one. are much shorter.
They arc worked In Q simple design OF
cross stitch In Russian blue and rod.
)f all the stitching worn by smart
women the preference is for Russian
sross-stitch In those two colors, In only
lne shade of each. Collars and cuffs
and dress sets are worked In the same
'olor and pattern The bodice to this
skirt Is partly fitted blouse, In shirt |
waist effect, with three bands OF cross
down the front and one around |
he collar and around each wrist band. |
Simple as the frock is, the handwork
gives II an air OF distinction.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1904-08-26
AN ANAccOMMoDATINCE EDITOR.
Was Willing to Do Just AZ the Bad
Man Wanted Him to In
Five Seconds.
"Do | look a dead man 2"

DO I look dead man?"
This question was shot at the editor
of the Bad Lands "Bazoo" by man OF
ferocIous aspect, who entered the sane
tum in a great hurry, relates London
( Tit BIS.
MY friend, have no time to answer
conundrums. replied he editor mildly.
Il want to know If look like dead
man." persisted the visitor, In = louder
tone. 1T amt no couundrunl, either"
II don't nov that I'rn bound to an
sver the questions u every excited in
divldual who happens &c come in. If
yoall ;ell me the object d your call, I'll
give the sahjsct soiae consideration"
Well sir yorr rarer announced me
dead, emo I want 20 know whether look
like dead ran"
'NAy didn't you say so? No, you
dcn't laoi like dead man"
Then your paper lied, didn't it?"
This paper seems to have been mis-
informed, il you are the man II referred
to. allow no man to say It lied"
well, I'm the man II referred to,
ifthth. Hfit hli IHt hlt Rifhl lie
in these diggin's. I'm the,terfor OF the
Bad Lands I'm varmint from the
Wicked Desert. and when I'm mad can
lick the entire press OF the United
States. You hear me?'
1--WE never been accused Of deafness"
Il could chew you up in one mouth
full See?"
TN not blind"
''lf you don't make that paragraph
right, I'll jab yer into yer own press, and
print an impression OF yer paper on yer
carcass. Twig?"
The editor twigped
"Will yer maze that item right?"
Il VIII" replied the editor. fsine
slowly from his chair. with seven
shooter in one hand and bowie knife
in the other. yes, I'll make the para-
graph true. You'll look He dead man
in exactly fve seconds, What's your
choice. lead or stoel7"
But Alliali Ike. tie varmint from the
Wicked Desert, did not remain long
enough TO choose. and the item hasn't
been corrected yet.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
FeCundity of Finny Tribe.

In a chapter on the artificial Guilt
walton of sea fish, contributed by r. B.
MarStOn to AfaIo'S British Salt Water
Fishes" it is stated that there need
be no fear that such important fish as
the cod and the herring can ever be-
come extinct Or even reduced in num-
bers by man, except locally. A cod
of ten" pounds has a million eggs. On
July 2G. 1895, Professor Hensen calcu-
lated that there must be over 27S.OOJ,-
100000 Of impregnated cod eggs in
each square Norwegian geographical
nile Of the surface of the Skagerrak.
Consequently the three or four hun
dred millions Of eggs arti1icially hatch
ed and turned in annually from Nor
wegian hatchery are only q drop in the
ocean.
In America, however, Goldfish culture
has had beneficial results in establish
ing lucrative fisheries in inShOre waters
OF New England that had been en-
tirely depleted or had not contained
any great stock of them previous to
the operations of the fish commission"
Still more splendid have been tie re-
suits from the culture of shad. once n
luxury Obtainable only by few. but
now plentiful and cOmDara lively cheap.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24

Canadian Pacific the wOrkmen wear
gloves and wells. When 1 was out
there a year ago, looking after the
building Of a short branch road, we
had only one man in the gang who did
not mind mosquitoes nor even horse
flies. He was big Swede with hide
like sole leather. His iInpregnability
to the assaults of singing things was
the wonder of the camp, and one day
he offered to bet my assistant that ha
could sit half an hour in a Slough and
not vince once while the galiinippers
drained his life blood. Ny assistant
had a 50 bill which said the Swede
couldn't do it. The Swede stripped to
the waist, folded his arms, and let the
bloodthirsty insects do their utmost.
Ten, fifteen minutes passed, and my
assistant saw his So leaving him. He
took out sun glass and focused it ON
the Swedes back. The big fellow be-
gan to squirm. His back was toward
us, and he could not see what was go
ing on. His back began to smoke. He
writhed for nearly three minutes, then
he twisted his head over his shoulder
and called out:
"'Ae tax off 80 cents If you kill that
horse fly Chicago Inter Ocean.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24

story Of its transformation into a busy
Industrial community is Il good illus
tration of the pluck and indomita Bile
will to which America owes its indus
trial supremacy. The mine is locat ted
at the summit of mountain, three
thousand feet above the sea-level.
The physical difficulties that had to
be overcome were enormous.
The ore body averages twenty-five
to thirty per cent pure arsenic. 1t is
found in assure veins, cropping out
at the surface and extending into the
earth for an unknown distance
Twenty distinct veins have been dis
covered, outcropping for a distance Of
seven miles, SO that the deposits are
extensive enough to supply the worlds
demands for an indefinite period.
From the time when the ore enters
the crushers until the finished prod
yet reaches the casks it is untouched
! by human hands. 1t is carried along
from point to point by automatic ar
engagements through each process Of
manufacture. The impalpable dust
and poisonous gases generated are so
dangerous that the atmosphere Of the
plant has to be kept pure by artificial
means. AS a further precautfon the
works are provided with hot and cold
baths. of which the men are required
tc make use as soon as their daily task
is completed.
At the present time the output is
three tons Of white arsenic day.
When one stops to think Of them,
these figures contain some startling
possibilities. The output for four days
would furnish Il fatal dose for every
man. woman and child in the United
States. In a few weeks the Plant could
turn out enough arsenic to wipe out
the entire population of lie globe.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Good News for All.

Bradford, Tenn. Nov. 21.-(SpeciaD
Scientific research shows Kidney
Trouble to be the father of so many
diseases that news of a discovery of a
sure cure for it cannot fail to be We
coined all over the country. And ac-
cording to Mr.. j. A Davis of this
place just such a cure is found in
DOdd's Kidney Pills. Mr.. Davis says:
'Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is
claimed them. They have done me
more good than anything l have ever
taken. L had Kidney Trouble very
bad and after taking a few boxes of
Dodd's Kidney Pills | am completely
cured. L cannot praise them too
much"
Kidney Complaint develops into
Bright's Disease, Dropsy, Diabetes.
Rheumatism and other painful and
fatal diseases. The safeguard is to
cure your kidneys with Dodds Kidney
Pills when they show the first symp-
tom of disease
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
MINING ARSENIC.

\ Virginia farmer, up among tn
foothills of the Blue Ridge Noun
tainS, cleared new field and paStur
ed his cows there. Before long the ami
mails sickened and one died. Think
ing that perhaps the spring which
dubbed from the rocks in apparent
purity might be the cause, the farmer
caused its waters to be analysed. 1t
was found that they contained arsenic
in such quantities as to render them
dangerous to man and beast This
discovery, says the Boston Herald, led
70 an industry, unique, not only in the
United States, but in the western
hemisphere; that is, tic mining of az
senic ores and the manufacture OF
white arsenic, for the supply Of which
America has hitherto depended en-
tirely upon foreign markets.
Arsensic is mined in Japan. Italy,
Portugal, Spain, Germany and Eng
land. Its uses are many. AS a poi
son 1t has been known from very ear
~ times. The peasant women of Aus
tria consume large quantities Of L,
having faith in it's virtues as beau
tifier, and the men Of the same region
are addicted to its use in the mistaken
belief that it increases their bodily
strength and endurance
Arsenic is a useful mineral. It is
used in the manufacture of glass.
white metal, Paris green and a great
variety Of paints; in printing calico.
IN making toilet soap, cosmetics and
complexion powders: in the manufac-
ture Of fireworks and as a constituent
Of many alloys. For these and SINH
lar purposes between five and six
thousand tons are imported into the
United States every year The aver
age value Of white arsenic may be
placed at about eighty-five dollars a
ton.
It was only about year ago that
the arsenic ore was discovered in Vir-
ginia; then the mountain top round the
present mining town of Brinton was
IN almost unbroken wilderness. The
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
4 LABOR PROBL EN-
ORDERED OUT By A POWERFUL
COMBINATION.
A Kansas Woman Succeeds in Main
tanning Her Right to Earn Her
Living.

The walking delegate is not the only
one who can order the employee to give
up his job. Some irregularity i'll his
health may force him from his work and
render him incapable of improving the
very finest opportunity i'll the world.
A remedy that will restore health solves
many labor difficulties at once and makes
the path to success a smooth one.
Miss Winnifred Ray, of No. GIT
Water street, Wichita, Kansas, has
passed happily through an experience
which illustrates this point. She says
"In 1901 began to suffer from con-
siderable disturbance of my health.
There was arrangement of stomach and
bowels, as well as female troubles.
My appetite became very feeble. Some
days l had no desire for food at all and
when I did take any it caused me great
discomfort, particularly burning sensa-
tions. Ialso had palpitation of the heart
and often a sense of being smothered.
and became SO nervous cOuldn' t sleeD.
One doctor thought had heart disease.
another consumption, another radical
disorder of the liver While was not
confined to my bed, was so miserable
that really thought must die.
''After suffering in this way for year
without finding amy relief, read about
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
in 4 book and got a box and began to
use them. In week was better. In
six or seven weeks [ was we'll Nv liver
seemed to be stimulated at once and nv
complexion cleared up. The burning SEN
sation left my stomach and I could eat
nearly everything I wanted. I had no :
more pain i'll my abdomen and no more
trouble with my heart. My whole system
appeared to be regulated and the grave
fears of the doctors We're all banished.
[ have recovered my strength and
cheerfulness and am able to do my re1-
ular daily work and to support myself
again. The pills have done me great
good and believe they would help others
equally if they would try them.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale PEG.
pie are sold by all druggists, or direct by
DIR. Williams Medicine Company, Sche-
nectady, N. Y, 80 cents per box; RS
boxes for $3.50. postpaid.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
One Hundred Years AGO.

James Monroe was appointed min
lister to Spain.
The French governor of GuadalOupe
forbade the shipping of newspapers to
the colony.
Owing to a long dry season the
coffee crop of Mexico was complete
failure.
Three hundred slaves were employ
Cd at the shipyards at Antwerp, Ger
many.
AS the south wing of the capitol at
Washington was not completed. the
members of the House of Representa-
tiyes met in the library of the build
ing
All talk of war between England
and Spain had ceased, nOtwithsJand-
ing the capture of the treasure frig-
ates. for which no reparation had been
made.
The Hibernia, at that time the larg-
est man-Of-War ever built in England,
was launched at Plymouth.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Seventy-five Years Ago.

Spain ordered 5000 stands of arms
to equip her soldiers who were going
to Mexico.
Political riots occurred in London.
President Guerrero of Mexico relin-
pushed the extraordinary powers
granted to him by Congress on account
Of the Spanish invasion.
The City Council of Washington
passed law prohibiting gambling.
The Siamese twins were exhibited
in London.
Troops of Monterey revolted against
the governor of California, with a
view to give all offices to Californians.
Sam Patch killed himself by jump
ing the Genesee Falls at Rochester,
y. Y.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
forty Years AGO.

A school census made by the con
troller placed the population of Chi
cago at 1G9,353.
Sheridan sent an army through
Front Royal in the Shenandoah Val
ley, capturing many prisoners, guns
and horses.
Chicago was the hiding place of hun
dreds of men who had fled from their
homes to avoid the draft, and many
army officials were searching for them.
Three bounty jumpers. arrested and
convicted of desertiOn in Chicago and
st. Paul, were sentenced to be shot
at Fort Smelling, Mimi.
Reports circulated throughout the
North that the movement of Sherman
through Georgia toward Charleston
was intended to give Georgia and
South Carolina an occasion, desired by
them. to sccede from the Confederacy.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Looking for Easy jobs.

7uEnz71a aged coOred recently arrested in
II ~ washington and pronounced insane after
III ~ EmCdica examination One of the chief proofs
Oh Of his insanity his stubborn insistence that
SSs9SH the government owed him living and that he
ES$SDH entitled by right to position in one Of
the Federal Departments.
The furnishes fit text for the Of the
humorst. Yet matter of fact is it true that
very large number of white men who young, vigorous
and presumably capable of making place for themselves
In the world likewise possessed Of this particular form
of unacy? How many Senators and Congressman if they
should speak out frankly could furnish interesting
revelations regarding the extent and persisency Of the
importantly to which they have been subjected by people
who convinced that they ought to have
oband frankly based their preference for this
of employment their belief that it about easiest
that could be found anywhere?
There is of nothing dshonorable in seeking
subordinate position under the government In some
branches of the public service owing to The gradual intro
ductOn of the merit system, there is chance than
formerly for promotion based fitness and capacity But
it is undoubtedly that the belief that work for the
government is usually IAN easy job inspires the bulk of
the applicants who annoy members of both houses of Con
gress with their appeals Yet is this the way win gen
une success? Is task that easy the kind which the
average healthy youn; person should look for?
Men who have risen to emnence in trade industry and
professional life have not wasted their time in hunting
up places where they would have little to do with
parativey small prospect Of advancement They have
lutely looked for openings which accompanied by
hard labor and plenty of it, and when they have secured
such opening they have usually proved that they had
the right stuff in them by buckng down with energy do
their best.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24

slams at Liza Yang and Port Arthur with armies greater in
the than that which Napoleon Ill modified for
the invasion of Germany OF the quality of these forces it
is unnecessary speak Sailors and soldiers alike in
discipline, in speed of marching and In endurance Of
fatigue the equals of that Europe has Produced while
in their reckless contempt of death they display special
quality which, as great Russian officers admit sometimes
appals and demorazos their stubbornly brave
Where in all this is the evidence of the ttleness upon
which their declares to be of their
ultimate vctOry?-London Spectator.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Thirty Years Ago.

Forty persons were drowned by the
sinking of the packet Empire at New
Orleans.
The government of SaXony forbade
the practice of cremation.
Gladstone and Archbishop Manning
were engaged in spirited exchange of
press interviews on the relative de
mand of church and state on a Roman
Catholic.
England was thrown into a state of
excitement by the reported death of
Queen Victoria in Balmoral castle.
ST Petersburg newspapers announc-
ed that the government had deter
mined to introduce a system Of COM
pulsory education.
Lieutenant Governor V. V. Smith
proclaimed himself the lawful Cover
nor Of Arkansas instead Of Governor
Garland elected under the new consti-
tuition, and appealed to the President
to sustain him.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24

The Japanese are allowed to be
among the very strongest people on
earth They are strong mentally and
physically and yet practically they eat
no meat at all The diet which en-
ables them to develop such hardy
frames and such well-balanced and
keen brains consists almost wholly Of
rice steamed or boiled, while the bot
ter-to-dO add to this Spartan fare fish,
> eggs, vegetables and fruit For beye.-
ages they use weak tea without sugar
or milk and pure water, alcoholic slim
uiants being bit rarely INDUCED in.
Water is imbibed in what we should
consider prodigiouS quantitieS-to an
Englshman, indeed. the drinking of so
much water would be regarded as
madness. The average Japanese in
diyidual swallows about q gallon daily
in divided doses.
The japanese recognize the benefi-
cial effect of flushing the system
through the medium Of the kidneys
their bodies to an extent undreamed Of
In Europe or America.
AnOther-and perhaps this is the
usage on which the Japanese lay the
greatest stress-is that deep, habitual,
forcible inhalation of fresh air is an
essential for the acquisition of
strength, and this method is sedulouS-
~ practiced until it becomes part Of
their nature-Medical Record.
The record tomato was raised by Mrs.
Joshua w. Shockley Of Baltimore, Nd.
1t weighed twenty-five and half ounces,
and measured over eighteen inches in
circumference. 1t was cut into thirty
slices, which were served to nine persons.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Womb Take SI.5O.

The people who complain about the
ordinary mosquito don't know what
mosquitoes are" said civil engineer
the other day. 1.-The Evanston mos
quito is positive joy compared to the
blood suckers we have in the North
west In North Dakota you couldn't
possibly sit out in the evening without
chain armor or smudge fire to pro-
tect you, and along the line of the
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
ShOp Talk.

"Say, let up, will you SAID .no
wagon wheel. You make me tired
You fellows are always running
around" reioined the blacksmith; 10
wonder you have that tired feeling
You are like your bellows con-
tinued the wheel. full OF wind
HUH exclaimed the bellows; you
needn't think you are the entire gun
store just because you happen to be
little revolver"
Then the wagon tongue spoke VI
and put an end TO the bubbub.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Fifty Years Ago.

The American Ship Herald was fired
on by a British man-of-war.
The Canadian legislature voted
100000 toward the British patriotic
fund.
New Granada prohibited the expor-
tatiOn of guanO.
charter.
A telegraph line was opened be-
tween Paris and Bastia.
Eighteen British and twelve French
ships were lost on the Black Sea.
The mosque of the Sultan was
blown down by the storm which
wrecked many other buildings in Con
stantinople.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Sfuck 10th Truth.

Iawyer-You have taken your oath,
and | want you to answer each OF my
questions honestly.
WitneSS-YeS. sir.
Lawyer What is your occupation?
Witness | am driver.
Lawyer-Do YOU drive wagon!
Witness-No, sir; | do not.
Lawyer-Now be careful and remem-
Der that you are on your oath. You ad-
nit that you are a driver! now, honestly,
don't you drive a waSCn!
Witness-No, sir; l drive horse
ALBANY Journal
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Pats Answer to the Sergeant.

An Irish soldier was crossing d bar
rack square with a pail, in which he
was going to get some water. A SER
Pat had a very disreputable-looki
pair of trousers on, and, wishing to
make a report, stopped the man and
asked:
where are you going?"
ITO get some water"
What. In those trousers"
mo, sergeant, in the pail"