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The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
The Dict Fad,

Apropos, the diet craze of the last
two or three years may not and does
not perform all that it promises for
those who listen to the voice of the
medical or other faddist, says the Lon
don World, but from its extravagances
may come ultimate good, and another
generation may reap happily where we
have sown. The time, may come, a
great continental doctor believes,
when the science of dieting will be
so perfected that we shall not merely
be able, as we do now, to keep people
alive much longer, but we shall like.
wise keep them in a useful condition.
Octogenarians will retain their fac
ulties to the full, senility will be avoid
ed, and if, perhaps, grandfathers and
grandmothers do not contrive to pre-
serve their youthful appearance to
the end, they will at least, SO we are
assured, be as clear-brained at n as
at o. and thus, with the advantage
of ripe experience, they will help on
the work of more youthful brains and
temper the follies of the rising gener.
alton.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
AN ELECTRIC RUNAWAY.
Worse Than Runaway Horse or Un-
manageable Automobile.


y A special dispatch from Joliet to
tn Chicago Inter Ocean gives an in
iaeresting account of some of the wild
branks played by an electric current
(which broke away from its moorings.
According to the dispatch feed"
wire Of the Joliet electric railway. car
Frying a current of 10000 volts, broke
and fell across a Western Union Tel
2egraph Company's wire and the rail-
broad and telegraph company suffered
3much damage.
Fire started simultaneously in the
I Santa Fe depot at Romeo, the Michi-
q gan Central depot at Romeo. the Mich
igan Central depot at Spencer, and the
fSanta Fe depot in Joliet.
The main switchboard Of the West
Egern Union was affected and switch
boards we're burned out in several
Stations along the lines of the Santa
Y Fe. Alton, and Michigan Central.
a The depot in Joliet was partially
destroyed before the iremen could
check the flames, and the depots at
Romeo and Spencer. twenty-five miles
- BART, we're burned to the ground
m from fires started by the great cur
tfent turned on to the telegraph wires
4by theb roken power line. Electricity
As very useful servant. but it is more
dangerous than a horse when it ruhs
Vay
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

books to take up rifles, and they came
not back to their places. They were
forgotten. save once year, upon Dec
oration Day, when Judge Bradley
made eloquent tribute above their
graves.
1t was therefore predetermined that
Edward Franklin should go into the
Office of Judge Bradley to begin his
law studies, after he had decided that
the profession of the law was the one
likely to offer him the best career.
1t was one of the unvarying rules of
Judge Bradley's office, and indeed this
was almost the only rule which he
imposed, that the law student within
his gates, no matter what his age or
earlier servitude, should each morn
when so requested, copy out any law
papers needing to be executed in
duplicate. So long as student did
these things, he was welcome as long
as he cared to stay.
Edward Franklin accepted his seat
in Judge Bradley's Office without any
reservations, and he paid his daily
fee of tenure as had all the other
students before him, scorning not the
broom. Ardent, ambitious and reso.
lutte, he fell upon Blackstone. Chitty
and Kent as though he were asked to
carry a redoubt. He read six, eight,
ten hours day, until his head buzzed,
and he forgot what he had read. Then
at 1t all over again, with teeth set.
Thus through more than year he
toiled lashed forward by his own de-
termination until at length he began
to see some of the beautiful first prin-
ciples of the law. So in his second
year Franklin Jared somewhat beyond
principles merely, and got into notes
and bills. torts, contracts and rene.
dies. He learned with shiver how a
promise might legally be broken, how
a gift should be regarded with suspi-
cion, how sacred legacy might be
set aside. He read these things again
and again. and forced them into his
brain, SO that they,might never be for
gotten; yet this part of the law he
loved not SO much as its grand first
principles of truth and Justice.
One morning, after Franklin had fin.
ished his task of sweeping down the
stairs, he sat him down by the window
with Battersleigh's letter in mis- hand;
for this was now the third day since
he had received this letter, and 1t had
been in his mind more vividly present
than the pages of the work on con-
tracts with which he was then occu-
pied. 1t was bright. fresh morning
In the early spring. A long and hazy
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
CHAPTER v.-continued.

Franklin looked about him at the
squat buildings of the little town, at
the black loan of the monotonous and
uninviting fields, at the sordid set
and undeveloping lives around him
He looked also at the white wagons
moving with the sun. 1t seemed to
him that somewhere out in the vast
land beyond the Missouri there beck
oned to him a mighty hand, the index
finger of some mighty force, impera-
tive, forbidding pause.
The letter of Battersleigh to his
friend Captain Franklin fell therefore
upon soil already well prepared. He
read 1t again and again in it's some
what formal diction and informal or
biography, was as follows:
ITO Capt. Edw. Franklin, Bloomsbury,
H.:
MY Dear Ned-I have the honor to
state to you that am safely arrived
and we'll established at this place,
Ellisville, and am fully disposed to re-
main. l must tell you that this is to
be a great market for Western
beeves. Great numbers of these cat.
tie are now coming in to this country
from the far South, and since the Ry.
is yet unable to transport these Ami
mails as they arrive there is good
Numbers of them in the country here
about, as well as many strange per-
sons curiously known as Cowboys or
Cow-Punchers, which the same l may
call purely Heathan sort. These for
the most part resort at the Cottage
Hotel, and there is no peace in the
Town at this present writing.
For myself l have taken entry
upon one hundred and sixty Acres
Govt. Land, and live little way out
from the Town. Here have my quar-.
ters under tent, following example of
all men, for as yet there are scarce a
dozen houses within fifty Miles. l
have chosen this point because it was
the furtherest one yet reached by
Rail. have been advised that it is
highly desirable to be in at the be-
ginning in this Country if one is to
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
CHAPTER vi.
Edward Franklin, Lawyer.

CuwaTo TdHHlin, Lawyer.
Edward Franklin had taken up his
law studies in the Office of Judge
Bradley, the leading lawyer of the lit
tie village of Bloomsbury. where
Franklin was born. and where he had
spent most of his life previous to the
time of his enlistment in the army.
Judge Bradley was successful as such
matters go in such communities. and
it was his open boast that he owed
his success to himself and no one else.
Thirty-five years earlier, a, raw
youth from old Vermont, Hollis N.
Bradley had walked into the embry-
onic settlement of Bloomsbury with
a single law book under his arm and
naught but down upon his chin. He
pleaded his first cause before judge
who rode circuit over territory now
divided into three congressional dis
tricts. He won his first case, for his
antagonist was even more ignorant
than he. AS civilization advanced he
defended fewer men for stealing hogs
and more for murder and adultery.
His practice grew with the growth of
the population of the country about
him. He was elected county attorney,
local counsel for the railroad, and
Judge of the Circuit Court. He was
mentioned for gubernatorial honors,
and would perhaps have received the
party nomination but for the breaking
out of the civil war. Not fancying
the personal risks of the army, he
hired a substitute. and this sealed his
political fate. for Illinois at that time
did not put in power men who sent
substitutes to the war.
1t was an immemorial custom in
Bloomsbury for the youth who had
aspirations for legal career to read
law" in Judge Bradley's office. Two
of his students had dropped their
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
A Mans Time to Die,

When man appeared the other day
before Justice Blume, in Chicago, and
asked for protection against some
neighbors who had threatened to kill
him, the. Justice refused to grant the
request. When asked for his reasons
he said that when 1t came a mans
time to die he would die, and not be-
fore. He announced himself as a
fatalist and said belief came from his
own experiences. He says he has
passed through seven accidents, thrne
hold-ups. one fire, two drownings. $50
falls, pneumonia, conclusion of the
brain, and all the dangers of several
battles OF the civil war. "If all these
things won't kill a man." said the
Justice, there is a specisl Providence
looking after him."
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

stay in the Hunt, therefore l have
come to Town which has just Begun.
Believe me, dear Ned, it is the begin
ming of a World. Such chances are
here, l am Sure as do not exist in any
other Land, for behind this land is all
the Richer and older Parts, which are
but waiting to pour money and men
hither so soon as the Ry. shall be
Fully completed. l have heard Of
many men who have made Fortunes
since the War. 1t is truly rapid
Land.
Il am persuaded, my dear boy, that
this is the place for you to come.
There are an Hundred ways in which
one may earn a Respectable living,
and find here no Glass Distinction.
1t is an extraordinary fact that no
man and no profession ranks another
here. One man is quite good as an
other.
"a year from now. as 1 am told,
we shall have 1000 Persons living
here, and in five years this will be a
City. Conceive the opportunity mean
time. The Cattle business is bound to
land will Ultimately be farmed and
prove rich as that through which
Past in coming out. You are welcome,
my dear Ned. as am sure you know,
to half my blankets and rations dur
ing your stay here, however long same
may be, and | most cordially invite
you to come out and look over this
country, nor do l have the smallest
doubt that it will seem to you quite
as it does to me, and shall hope that
we make Citizen of you.
II am but new here as yet myself
but am fully disposed, as they say in
the strange language here, to drive
my Stake. want you. my dear boy,
also to drive Yours beside me. and to
that Effect beg to extend you what
ever Aid may lie in my Power.
Hoping that you may receive this
communication duly, and make reply
to Same, and hoping above all things
that may soon meet again my Com
panion Of the 47th, beg to subscribe
myself, my dear boy, ever your Obdt.
& Affect. Friend,
"Battersleigh.
"P. spray Herild your advent by
letter & bring about lbs. or lbs.
Of your Fayourite Tea, as am Short
of Same"
The letter ended with Battersleigh's
oest flourish. Franklin turned 1t over
again and again In his hand and read
1t more than once as he pondered
Upon its message. Dear old fellow"
he said; hes good deal Of Don
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

your water frequently night and day
srnartins or irritation in passing. brick
dust or sediment in the urine. headache,
backache. lame back. dizziness, sleepless-
ness. nervousness, heart disturbance due
to bad kidney trouble. skin eruptions from
bad blood neuralgia, rheumatism. diabetes.
bloating, irritability. wornout feeling. lack
of ambition. loss of flesh. sallow COM
plexion or Brights disease
If your water. when allowed to remain
undisturbed in glass or bottle for
twenty-four hours. forms sediment or
settling or has cloudy appearance. it is
evidence that your kidneys and bladder
need immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is the great discovery of
DR.. kilmer, the eminent kidney and blad-
der specialist. Hospitals use it with won
derful success in both slight and severe
cases. Doctors recommend it to their
patents and use it in their own families,
because they recognize in Swamp Root
tile greatest and most successful remedy
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
for sale at drug stores the world over in
bottles of two sizes and two prces-fifty
cents and one dollar. Remember the
name, .S1Oamb- Root, DR.. hilm<r's s
.SzOamb-Roof, and Tie address, Biue-
Hamto", ". j., on every bottle.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

The mild aud immediate effect of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. the great kidney
and bladder remedy is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases. Swamp
Root will set your whole system right.
and the best proof of this is trial.
IA EAST 10th ST.. NEW YoRx CITY.
DEAR SIR: Ger. 18th. 1909.
Il had been suffering severely from kidney
trouble. All symptoms on hand; my former
strength and power had left me; could hardly
drag myself along. Even my mental capacity wss
giving out. and often wished to die. 1t was then
l saw an advertisement of yours in New York
paper but would not have paid attention to it.
had it not promised sworn guarantee with every
bottle of your medicine asserting that Swamp
Root is purely vegetable. and does not contain any
harmful drugs. ] am seventy years and four montfS
old, and with good conscience can recommend
Swamp Root to all sufferers from kidney troubles.
-Four members of family have been using
Swamp Root for four different kidney diseases,
with the same good results"
With many thanks to you. I remain.
Very truly yours
ROBERT BEKNER.
You may have a sample bottle of this
famous kidney remedy. Swamp-Roof.
sent free by mail. postpaid. by which you
may test its virtues for such disorders as
kidney, bladder and uric acid diseases.
poor digestion, being obliged to pass
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
EDITORIAL notice.

TDI'TURIAL NOTICT.-If yol
have the slightest symptoms of kidney or
bladder trouble. or if there is trace of It
in your family history, send at once to nr
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. who will
gladly send you by mail. Immediately. with
out cost to you. a'sample bottle of Swamp
Root and book containing many of the
thousands upon thousands of testimonial
letters received from men and women cured
In writing. be sure to say that you read
this generous offer in this paper.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
How's Thisr

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case nf Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned. have known +. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly HON
Iorable In all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, kINNAN d MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
SYSTEM Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
The wonderful Cream Separator.

Does its work in thirty minutes and
leaves less than l per cent butter fat.
The price Is ridiculously low. accord
ing to size. $2.75 to $500 each. and
when you have one you would not part
Herewith for fifty times its cost.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE.
with Sc stamps for postage to the John
A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis.
and get their big catalogue, fully de-
scribing this remarkable Cream Sepa-
rator, and hundreds of other tools and
farm seeds used by the farmer. wv. n. "
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
To Prove what Swamp-Root the Great Kidney Remedy.
Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of this paper May
Have Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
suffering
neglect kidney trouble
continue, fatal results follow.
because do attention
sick badly" begin taking
kidney
kidneys better will
other to health. A trial will convince
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
German Book Trust.

A trust has been formed by the re-
tail book dealers Of Germany which
has advanced the price of books 10
To 25 per cent. Foreigners can now
get books produced in Germany Is to
% per cent less than Germans can.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

Quixote, but he never forgets friend.
Buffalo and Indians. railroads and ho-
tels-it must at least be land OF con-
trasts!"
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

Ethel-Wil told me last night he was
afraid his mind was going. Mabel
Weren't you scared? Ethel-Yes. / was
afraid he wouldn't go with it.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

Some men never discover that they
are on the wrong tack until they sit
down on it.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

"It beats ALI how good a cigar you can
lfny for 5 cents II you buy the right
.and. Try "Bullhead."
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

& A reckless management will never
have wreckless railroad.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

YDo you think Wilkins new boy re-
the biggest baby 1 ever saw"
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

The mildest tobacco that grows is used
In the makeup of Baxtcr's Bullhead o.
cent cigar. Try one and see.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

JUST SEND 1Oc IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. SalZer Seed Co. La Crosse, Wis,
and receive in return their big catalog and
Ivss Of tarm seed samples. (W. n. u
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

1 FOf course. no 9irl will admit that she
Ias been waiting eight years for chance
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

This is a tough world. Even bellows
is sometimes hard pressed to raise the
wind
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
Eeet comfortahle Eva. si...

The worst that can be said of the frog
is that he Is natural kicker.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

Do Your Clothes Look Yellow
lhen use Defiance Starch, it will keep
lo. white-l6 OF. for 10 cents.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

Angry Father-What do you mean,
being engaged to half dozen men
once? She-Nothing!
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

i First Pickpocket-How did YOU manage
get out Of that crowd? Second Picf
|DeketI went through the peoples
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
reosint. and nllllon Dollar Gras..

The two greatest fodder plants on earth,
80 tons green fodder per acre. Grows
l1erywhare. so does Victoria Rape, yield
lg 60,0O0 lbs. sheep and swine food per
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

W you have smoked a Builhead 6-cent
kar you know how good they are: ~
Pu have not. better try one -
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

The Columbian army of Invasion is re-
ported to have disbanded. One of the
men became Ill and the other got lone
some and went home.
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
The Best Results In starchIno

ean Be obtained only by using Defiance
Dney-no cooking required. '' i'' 'A'
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16
Defiance Starch

should be in every household, none so good,
besides OF. more for 10 cents than any
pther brand of cold water starch
The Glenwood post., 1904-01-16

Feet Comfortable Ever Since.
"I suffered for years with my feet A friend
recommended ALIENS FOOT-EASE
used two boxes of the powder, and nv feet
have been entirely comfortable ever since.
ALIENS FOOT-EASE is certainly n god
send to me. VIM. J.. Swormstedt, Washing
ton, d. c." Sold by all Druggists. 25c.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-24
STOCKS STILL ACTIVE
PROCESS Of DIGESTION is VERY
PERcEPTiRLE
Low Priced. Railroad stocks Show Aa-
gressiye Strength, While Leaders Lose
Point or More-sharp Advance in
Anfaigamated


NEW. YORK, Oct 27-Speculation in
the stock market continued. on much the
same lines today as during the whole
week. with sales in the neighborhood of
the Saturdays session. A process of
digestion was very perceptible especially
in the high priced standard railroad
shares and st. Paul's sudden break to
u below yesterday just at the close
gave a decidedly irregular appearance
to the closing. Ontario & Western also
lost point of yesterdays gain, either
On account of speculative profit-taking or
because the price had reached the level
covered by the contract for transfer of
control. On the other hand very aggres-
low PRICED railroad stocks. with Erie the
leader for the group. The extreme rise
in this stock reached 3 u
Amalgamated Copper made brilliant
advance OF over four points to the high
level of the year. There was q large
and determined buying of Rock Island,
Chesapeake & Ohio, Southern Railway
fbrde and chicago IiIis Great Western, the first first
two. United States Steel preferred was
unable to hold its 1 point advance and
the same was true of Pennsylvania. which
came late in the movement. The ir-
regular tone of the market is indicated
by the above movement, which absorbed
the bulk of trading. The bank statement
showed larger cash Increase than was
indicated by the currency movement the
average system of computation thus
working to correct the discrepancy in
the other direction in last weeks state-
ment. The loan increase Of less than
$4,000, 900 was considered moderate in
view of the activity of the speculation
during the week. The net result is the
first recovery in the declining tendency
of the surplus reserve since that decline
set in from the high figure of S64, 457, 300
on Aug. 20. Total sales Of bonds, par
value. $4.525.00O.
Closing Sales
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-24
DULUTH

DULUTH, Mimi, Oct 22.-Wheat open!
ed unchanged from Friday and bulged
early. December the faster, up to $1.l9,
These were top and the buying fur9re
eased eff with the close at. low. price at
net decline for the day of 5sc for Decem- :,
Der and 1c for May. Flax was 1kc off, For
the week wheat will show little change in
quality in store Shipments have been
heavy. Cars on track. 277. Receipts,
wheat, 203 cars; flax. SO; oats, As; rye, 16;
barley, 58. Shipments, wheat, 200, ,536 bu;
oats, 103, 900; barley, 500, ,935: fax, 81, ,66S.
The Close-Wheat. cash No. hard.
81. 2212; No. 1 northern, $1.20; No.
northern, 81. 1355; December, 81. II II; May,
81 .1f5s dururn, 99c to ST. Flax, cash.
81. December, $1.15; May, 81 .18.
Oats 28hc. Rye, 781ac.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-24
Coffee and Sugar

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-The market for
coffee futures opened steady at unchanged
in response to unfavorabIe and bullish
advices from Hamburg. At first there
was a good demand from Wall street
sources, but later support was with
ing steady at a decline of SOLO points
November, 6.7Oc; December, 6.70@6. 95c;
January, $780, March, 715@7.25c; May.
7.35@745c; July, 7.65@7.70c. Spot Rio
steady; No invoice, S73c; mild quiet;
Cordova, 10@13c.
SugarERaw steady: fair refining, 3%c;
31bc; refined quiet; No. 6. 4.65c; No. Z,
450c; confectioners A, 4.S0c; mold A,
5.30c; cut loaf, 5.45c; crushed, 565c; pow
dered. 5.05c; granulated, 4.95c; cubes,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-24
Cash quotations We're as follows: Flour

SSdS1l Q1OldtlOllS were DIS 1O1lOWS. rtOuI
Steady; winter patents, $5. 3O@5. 40;
straights, 81 9O@5. 20; spring patents, $3.50
80; straights $4.6065 80; bakers,
SO 1904. Wheat-No. 2, 81. 14DI. II; No. 8,
$1.O5@1. 16; No. 2 red, 81. .15@1. 1874 Corn
No. 2, 52s4c; No. 2 yellow. 55A. Oats
No. q 29@291kc; No 2 white, 31@31kc;
No. 8 white, 29s4 @90Kc. Rye-No. 2, 1870
7S15c. Barley-Good feeding S715c; fair to
choice mailing 40@52c. Flaxseed-No. I,
$1.10; No. northwestern, s1.161s. Pork
Mess, per Dbl, SO. 96@n. -Lard--Per
100 lbs, 81. 7.271k D7. 80. Short Ribs-Sides
Qoose), 81. .25@7. 371k Clear Sides-Short
(boxed). S7.3715@7 .6214. Whisky-Basis
of high wines. $1.25. Clover-Contract
grade, S12.15. Receipts-F1our, "a, 500 bbls;
wheat, 372, 900 bu; corn, 124, 200 bu; oats,
165.300 bu; rye, ID, 600 bu; barley, 1884,
900 bu. Shipments-Flour, Is, 200 bbls;
wheat. $4,000 bu; corn 136600 bu; oats,
342.300 bu; rye, $500 bu; barley. IA, 200 bu.
On the Produce Exchange today the but
ter market was firm; creameries, 15@19c;
dairies, 1S@1Sc. Eggs steady; at mark,
cases included, 161z @184c; firsts, 1870:
prime frsts, zoe; extras, 23c, Cheese easy,
10A D1015c.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-24
UMMAPY OF THE DAYS TRANSACTIONS INTIE MARKETS

durum wheat. 2; mixed wheat, s; western
wheat, 10; No. 3 corn. s; No. A corn. l;
No. 2 oats. A; No. oats. 81; No. north
ern oats, II; no grade oats. 5; No. 2 rye.
s.; No. 8 rye, s.; No. 4 barley, 40; No. /
feed barley, Is; No. 2 feed barley, 6; no
grade barley, 8; No. / fax, So; No. 1
northern FLAKE Is; rejected flax, /; mo
grade flax 8.
Cars Inspected Out-No. / northern, q:
No northern, 527; No. 8, rs; No. 4, 2S:
rejected, 30; no grade. L; mixed, 3; win
ter wheat, IS; No. 3 oats. s.; No north
s; No. 8 rye, q; No. barley. 2; No. /
feed barley, 16; No. fax, 2; No. north
ern fax, q