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Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
NEW USE OF MONOGRAPH
British Cabinet Minister Dictates to the Machine and the Records"
 Are Sent to His Clerks,

Since his accession to cab. inet rank MT. Graham Murray has made a still greater use of the photograph for the conduct of his correspondence as secretary of state for Scotland than he did during the period when he acted as lord advocate in the same de. partment, says the London Graphic. Some five or six dozen "records" are now constantly in use, and to- these the minister die. tates the replies to his numerous letters, together with a mass of other detail work connected with the office over which he presides. These are then forwarded to Lon don, if he happens to be in Scot land, and the contents are taken down by his secretaries in White hall. This done, the "records" are scraped of and the cylinders are once more ready for use. By keep ing a phonograph both in London and Scotland the secretary of state, alone among his colleagues in MT. Balfour's reconstructed cabinet, is able to give viva-voce instructions to his department at a distance of some hundreds of miles.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
RADIUM PLANTATIONS
stance Can Be Used to Cure Pulmonary Tuberculosts.

Frederick Soddy. who was Prof. Ruth. erford, assistant at McGill university. h Montreal, has suggested another use for radium. He argues that as 1t has heen found to cure consumption of the akin Qupus). 1t should also cure con- sumption of the lungs, If its rays can bs brought to bear directly on the diseased lung tissue. without any intervening substances. such as the chest wall. At first sight, says the Scientific American, this seems rather difficult thing to do. as 1t is, of course, out of the question to place any solid mass of radium within the lungs themselves. But recent stud les have shown that radium in solution gives off a gas and that this gas is itself radioactive. So all that is necessary to subject the internal lung tissue to the direct action of radium rays is to breathe Q mixture of air and the radium gas. By this means MT. Soddy believes new and valuable remedy for consumption will be available to the pathologist. The rays from radium have already proved use full in the treatment of several forms oi akin disease, and 1t has been suggested that the insertion of minute particles of radium in the interior of cancer is worth trying. It should be remembered however, that even If radium proves val uable in the treatment of pulmonary tu' berculosis, its cost is so high-severa hundred dollars grain-that 1t could not come into general use under present aonAftionR
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
THE CATCHING OF CRABS.
Some Facts About the Chesapeake Soft-Shell and His Captors--
 A Summer Industry.

The Chesapeake soft-shell crab is a delicacy and luxury in every market between the Atlantic and Denver; and he grows more and more popular as season follows season.
 The season of the soft-shell crab is from the early days of May to the late days of September, and it's chief or best cultivated and most patronized habitat is the shallow and warm hooks, sounds and inlets of Chesapeake bay. Here it swarms like ants in a hill, like bees in a posy garden, like prairie dogs in rodent town. Jersey waters produce some crabs; but the Chesapeake crabbers supply the market; and they make money by doing it.
 The grabbing fleet numbers per- haps 1,5O0 boats = little crafts they are, usually with tiny cabin manned by two or more men. Not less than 800 of these boats sail from the little village of Crisfield, Md, alone.
 The crabs are caught by trailing along the bottom of the shallow waters, through the sea grass and sea weed, a light cage of iron, a sort of skeleton and coop, called by the crabbers a drag. 1t is drawn up frequently; empty but seldom. The take is from 200 crabs a day at the opening of the season to 1000 crabs day in mid season, to each boat worked by two men.
 The crabs are graded by size, crated and shipped to market.
 Hard-shell crabs are taken to the "crab yard" where they are detained imprisoned in frames, and examined daily to see if they have shed their hard shells. Such as have are taken out and packed for transportation to market The captive may shed his shell in a day or two or he may wear il for a month.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
Magnificent Distances,

The diocese of Kiawatin, in Ru- pert's Land, is one of magnificent distances. Bishop Lofthouse once walked 200 miles to fetch a doctor for his wife. Many of the Indians walk 25 miles to church, and the bishop has baptized scores of ba- bies which had been carried 150 miles on their mothers backs oyer hard-frozen snow. At night the family sleep, wrapped in the deer skins, on branches laid upon the snow.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
MATURE NEVER GIVES UP"
Phrase That Is Full of Meaning for the Sick in Either Body
 or Mind.

( Aphrase from a recent magazine article is so suggestive and so full of encouragement that 1t seems worth while to make it the text for one of our small sermons, says Woman's Home Companion. The phrase is: "Nature never gives up." You may with profit say this over carefully and thoughtfully and let it's full meaning come to you: Mature never gives up." Nature is on the side of health, and sanity, and consequent happl ness. Hard as your case may be, the great Mother is fighting the battle with you. Has disease got into your bones? Nature has mar shaled her forces to combat 1t, and with marvellous strategy has set engines to work which are en- deavoring to circumvent the en emy. Nature is working in con- junction with the physician and yourself. That is a thought which ought to cheer you. You have been imprudent, possibly have done and left undone. You have taken such ill-care of your given body that your friends have set you down as hopeless or worse. You have told yourself that there is no hope for you. Ma ture has not given you up. She wants you to live and work and be healthy and happy and in the event of your neglect of yourself, she is still fighting for you. She has no moral idea in doing this. She just does it. Perhaps you de serve to be given up. Many of us do, it sometimes seems. But Ma ture is blind to that. Of course, she is not all-powerful. She can be overcome. She fails often. But you will do we'll to remember that in every case while there is a spark of life left, she is trying. Let that thought brace you. Buck up, and give Nature some help.
 I should like to think that we could carry the analogy into the moral world as we'll. Do you not believe that there are forces as yet unvalued which are fighting the fight for good in the souls of men? Bad man or woman may be-there is exterior pressure to make him or her better. There is law; there is education; there are all the societies and institutions whose object is to help the down fallen and the unfortunate. But are there not other forces, too? Does not the great Mother of Souls fight continually for the spiritual health and sanity of all people? The thought is comfort ing, stimulating, encouraging. It is the business of every individual to add all his personal strength to all encounters with evil, physic- al or spiritual. He can do so more heartily and with better faith for success if he remembers that "na. ture never gives up."
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
TRAGEDIES IN THE ALPS.
he Victims Are Mostly Ventures~ms
 Persons Who Go Too Far Without Guides.


 successive climbing seasons were
 tinguished by new first ascents of in- est and importance. From that linn
 point of view the sport lost most of
 excitement at the end of the great
 Apaigns against the Aiguilles or the
 1t Blanc group; and now, when the
 news of yet another first ascent does
 n us, only those whose knowledge
 lpine topography is minute have I heard the name of the conquered
 nit. Nowadays, in fact, states the <. on Field, the principal features . Nir distinguish the climbing season from another are the quality of the weather and the number and nature of the accidents.
 Whether the season new closing, if not closed, will, like the seasons of 1901 and 1900, establish new record in the mat ter of accidents Is g question that can- not be confidently answered until the various Alpine clubs publish the statis- tics which they so carefully compile; but, as far as the weather is concerned. no climber, in whatever center he may have climbed, Is likely to wish to reserve his judgment. Those must have very long memories indeed, who do not pro- nounce the summer the worst that they have ever known. Execrable weather in June was followed by execrable wealth CT in July. Just at the end of July things began to looka little more promising A first ascent was then made of the last remaining virgin summit in the Lauterbrunnen valley; the club huts were as overcrowded as the Engadine hotel, and some remarkable traverses, including one of the Weisshorn. were accomplished. But the clouds reformed. and those who fingered, hoping for a fine August. were disappointed. A fort nights fine weather in three months was one climbers estimate of the season which ha had endured from beginning to end; and 1t might be difficult to flnn anyone who could boast that his ex- perience had been more fortunate. The climbing season, from that point of view, was like the London season or the sea- son at any of the watering places.
 Concerning the accidents of the season 1t Is. as has been said, little difficult to generalize until the actual figures are presented; but one generalization is pos sible. The accidents to serious noun taineess, engaged upon serious expedi- tions, were relatively few, while the ac- cidents which. being the direct result of ignorance or carelessness, ought really to be called by some other name, were comparatively numerous.
 The worst of all the real climbing ac- cidents of the season did not happen in the Alps, but on Scawfell Pinnacle. In part, this distribution of the casualties is, no doubt, to be attributed to the weather. There were fewer accidents than usual belonging to the former class, [ simply because there was less climbing. In part, however, 1t may be taken to represent tendency that is likely to be-
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
Before Asss After.

During courtshfp girl thinks marriage is a haven of rest in which she will ~s free from all worry and care. After marriage she has another think coming Chicago Daily News.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
LlVERYMEN FARMERS DRAYMEN

And all users of axle grease that want the best grease on the market and that recognize good thing when shown it's merits, we recommend our Golden and Cas- tor Oil brands of Axle Grease. It is put up in l pound tin boxes and 8 pound tin buckets. For sale by all up-to-date merchants. Ask for it and take no substitute. It is guaranteed to have no equal for quality on the market.
 WATERS-PIERCE
 OIL COMPANY.
Newport daily independent., 1904-07-27
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET For Representative, JOHN H. KEEL. County Judge. E. l.. BOYCE. Circuit:Clerk, J. D. NEAL. County Clerk, GEO. A. LOCKARD. Sheriff. H. S. SIMMONS. Treasurer. DIR. F. G. SMITH. Assessor. R. L. CONDITT. Surveyor, w. A. BOWMAN. Coroner. F. J. HARRISON. Constable-Union Township. W. H.CAROUTHERS. Justice.of the Peace. GUY SMITH. FORESTsDILLARD.
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
Won't Miss Bull1phts

Men who at home are members of tho
5. +. Z. A., yea, even of the Y.MCA
come to Mexico and demand to know
where tickets to the bullfghts are tn
be had. If it is on Sunday, SO much the
better; there is a thrill of deviltrv in
smashing several commandments at
once. Women 60, and, fascinated, sit
through the successive acts of a drama
OF blood and pain. Does anyone mean
to say that he would not attend a gladia-
torial combat, would not revel in see
ing men .pitted against wild animals. or
that, if Christian Science martyrs " ere
thrown into a Mexican arena to be do
voured by wild animals, there would not
be q crowd of most worthy tourists
on the front seats? Human nature re-
mains quite unaltered The passion for
the bullfight on the part of the worthy
people who come here every winter and
spring is proof enough that the old Ro-
mans were no fuller of original sin than
the rest of us.-Mexican Herald.
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
ONE Of THE & lJTTERMosT.
Even Commercial Travellers Were
\ Not Beyond the Reach, Of
5sA Saving Grace. :

Dan DAILY, the actor, who died recently,
whenever he was idle in New York had 3
great habit Of attending Salvation Army
meetings. He believed in the Salvation
Army, and he contributed literally to its
support: Sometimes, too, he had inter
York Tribune. .....> ..; i . Il.
One evening, rather late, DAILY and Z
commercial traveller entered the Fifth Ave.
nue. hotel together. DAILY, with nod TO-
ward his companion, said: r.. II
MY friend and were at meeting Of
the army tonight. The captain, after his
address, passed through the audience,
questioning the people. Coming to my
friend, he said: :,
"'What is your business, sir?' |
l am commercial traveller was the
answer. =
"'And are you saved? Il
''Oh, I'm all right Z.
"At this reply the captain, turning to
the congregation, shouted in a loud voice:
'Hallelujah! A commercial traveller
saved. God can save to the uttermost!'" :"
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10

in the least I had prolonged headache.
l am now in perfect health, enjoy life
and have neither an ache or pain,
thanks to Peruna."-Lucy M. Riley.
ltisnolonger question as TO whether
Peruna can be relied on to cure all such
cases. During the many years in which
Peruna has been put to test in all forms
and stages of acute and chronic catarrh
no one year has put this remedy to
greater test than the past year.
If all the women who are suffering
with any form of female weakness
would write to DR.. Hartman, Columbus,
Ohio, and give him q complete descrip-
tion Of their symptoms and the pecul-
iarities of their troubles: he will inn
mediately reply with complete direo-
tions for treatment, free of charge
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio. E#
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
Preventing Train Derailments

A German railroad Official has pa-
tented device for preventing the de-
railment of trains, designed tn
decrease the dangers of such acci-
dents, and also those resulting from
broken axles and wheels. A rail is
adjusted on the truck of the car mar.
allel with the axle, about an inch
above and at right angles with the
rails. Should a derailment occur, this
crossrail will drop on the tracks,
without permitting, the wheels to
touch the ground. The car will then
drag along on the cross-rail and ston
the train. The cross-rails are placed
as close as possible to the track and
supplied with springs to break the
force of the settling Of the car AZ
much as possible. and are also fitted
with projections underneath to pre-
vent the car from leaving the track.
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
BOTH JAWS SHOT AWAY
Still 4 Successful Business Man.

A man who had both jaws shot away
had trouble eating ordinary food but
found food-drink that supplies tho
nutriment needed. He says:
Il have been an invalid since the
siege of Vicksburg, in 1866, where I was
wounded by MIME ball passing
through my head and causing the en-
tire loss Of my jaws. was drummer
boy and at the time was leading skir-
mish line, carrying gun. Since that
time have been awarded the medal Of
honor from the Congress of the United
States for gallantry on the field.
"The consequences of my wound
were dyspepsia in its most aggravated
form and finally proved ordinary cof-
fee was very hard on my. stomach so I
tried Postum and got better. Then I
tried common coffee again and got
worse. I did this several times and
finally as Postum helped me every
time I continued to use it, and how
often l think that if the Government:
had issued Postum to US in the Army
how much better it would have been
for the soldier boys than coffee.
Coffee constipates me and Postum
does not; coffee makes me spit up my
food, Postum does not; coffee keeps me
awake nights, Postum does not. There
is no doubt coffee is too much Of q
stimulant for most people and ia tho
cause of nearly al the constipation.
This is my experience and you arc
at liberty to use my name" Name
given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek,
Mich. y. s,s .s..gs;...s ID.
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
10 book. The Road to Wellville."
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
Elegant Train Service Of the Nickel
Plate Road

Elegant Tra1n service OF the Nickel
Plate Road.
The thorough development and main.
tenance of the up-to-date passenger serv-
ice Of the Nickel Plate Road leaves moth
i9g, to be desired by people who travel.
Ladies travelling alone or accompanied by
children will appreciate the clean and
well-lighted coaches, made SO by the corps
Of colored porters in uniform who attend
the wants of both first and second-cl
passengers without extra charge. The din
ing car service of the Nickel Plate Road
has become very popular. with the patrons
on the line and one of pride to the man.
egement. This service is conducted un-
Tev ger thH system ntenarod Of individual club meals
INTO booklets, containing suggestions for
breakfast, luncheon or supper that viii
not cost you more than thirty-fiye centa
and on up to one dollar, which Il the
limit, hence the disbursement may wait
for the appetite. Meals are also served
"a d Carte: As no excess fare is charsed I
on any train, it will be. to your adTantsce
tS purchase your tickets via the Nickel
Plate Route, where rates are lower than
via any other line. - NJ t-@;I ]. :, 3. - :.
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
INVENTION AND INDUSTRY.

Municipality owned plants furnish two
thirds of the electric lighting in Great
Britain and only about five per cent In
the United States.
The importation Of raisins, which for
merly amounted to about 1000, 900 box
es a year, has been reduced to almost
nothing by the California crop
Immense quantities Of sand equal to
that imported from Turkey especially
for glass makers have, according to the
Westminster Gazette, been discovered
not far from London.
The Umschau claims for the newly
invented process of milking cows by
to the udders) the advantage of superior
cleanliness, and adds that the cows more
readily yield the milk than when the
hands are used.
A machine has been invented which is
capable of splitting wood two feet long
and eighteen inches thick. 1t is run by
athree-horse-power gasoline engine and
consists of a huge knife which works
through the knottiest wood at the rate
Of 60 strokes a minute.
Steps are being taken to develop val
liable deposits of fullers' earth, near
Buelah, Pueblo county, and near Akron,
Washington county. in Colorado: Tho
few deposits of this substance already
located in the Centennial state are said
to be among the purest found anywhere
in the world
One Of the largest and most expensive
mineral collections in existence, owned
by John F. Campion, Leadville, COL,
forms part Of Colorado's mineral exhibit
at the st. Louis worlds fair. The COL
lection is valued at $3.50 900, the bullion
value alone being 100000 It has never
before been placed on exhibition.
A method Of producing soft zinc has
been patented in France. Equal parts
OF zinc and aluminium are melted, to
which a small amount OF bismuth IL
added to molten zinc until volatilization
ceases. The zinc is heated to temper
ature OF from 900 degrees to 1900 de-
grees Fahrenheit. 1t is stated that the
soft zinc SO produced is Of 80 per cent
purity
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
Could You Use Any Kind Of Sewing
Machine at Any Pricep *

If there is any price SO low, any offer so
liberal that you would think of accepting
on trial new high grade, drop cabinet q
Wilson, Standard, White or New Home
Sewing Machine, cut out and return this
notice, and you will receive by return mail,
postpaid, free of cost, the handsomest
sewing machine catalogue ever published.
It will name you prices on the Minnesota,
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, White, Stand
ard and New Home sewing machines that
will surprise you; we will make you a new
and attractive proposition, a sewing ma
chine offer that will astonish you.
1t you can make any use of any sewing
machine at any price, if any kind of an
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The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
THE ROSEBUD INDIAN RES
ERVATION.
$50. 600 Acres Of Fertile and Well
Watered Lands Open to
Settlement.

Some two years ago the Chicago 4
th-Western R'y built their Verdigre
& Bonesteel line to the eastern border of
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, thus Sc
curing the only direct line from Chicago,
Minneapolis, St. z PAUL, Sioux City, Omaha
tile region which is now to be thrown
open to settlement under the United
States Homestead laws. ="
Under President Roosevelt's proclama-
ton United States Registry Land Offices
are to be opened July 5th at Yankton,
Fairfax and Bonesteel, S. D., for the reg
istration. of applicants for these lands.
until July 23d, and commencing July 2Sth,
drawings will take place, to determine the
order in which the applicants will be per-
mitted to make final entry and settlement.
gust 8th. No one il permitted to regis
ter or make entry to land by mail, but
must be personally present at one of the
three points named for registration and
1T Bonesteel for final entry.
The lands are well watered by the Mis-
souri,, Niobrara and White rivers and are
remarkably fertile, situated in the midst
of the great corn belt of the Missouri
Valley, where similar land is worth from
$40 to $50 an acre. With an altitude of
about 2,200 feet, they are in region
which cannot be excelled for healthful-
ness.
A heavy influx of people is looked for
at these points of registration, and every
thing possible is being done by the North
Western Line to spread broadcast all in
formation that is of interest to applicants
for these lands.
Complete maps and folders have been
issued iand are being distributed free on
application to the representatives of the
Passenger Department.
The Virginia enterprise., 1904-06-10
" a Happy Nc th,,er.

: Maple Hill, Ia, May 30.--A very remark,
able case occurred here recently. 81. The
people here have never seen anything like
it and it may interest many others. 4 = =.
From his infancy, Verne, the little five
year-c'd son Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Barfoot,
OF this place. has been sickly. His moth
gin to improve till some one suggested that
she try remedy called Dodd's Kidney
Pills. From unmistakable symptoms she
had always believed that his Kidneys were
the first cause of all the trouble, 80 she
bought q box Of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
began giving little Verne two pills day.
In two or three days she noticed an i'm
proyement and she kept on till he had
Joy, he was all right. Everybody remarks
how much better Verne looks and Mrs.
Barfoot always explains: tDodd's Kidney
Pills saved his life."'