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The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
DUTCH pRAUehT DOGS,
Take the Place Of Oonkeys in ee!slum
and Holland

In Holland and Belgium the dog oc-
cupies the place which the donkey does
In several other countries. In the for
mer the sight Of couple of dogs drag
ging along pushcart loaded with veg
etables, towers or shining milk cans
Is FAMILIAR one. They Irot along IN
derncath the cart. within easy reach OF
the blunt toe of the sabot of the wom-
an who walks behind it to guide it by
The handles attached at that point. In
Belgium the dogs are hltched in front,
as the Russians attach their horses to
their droskies. three abreast, and are
guided by pair of rope reins fastened
10 muzzle about the nose of the dog
in the middle. Recently the National
Cart Dogs Association. organized to
regenerate the original race OF Belgian
mastiffs, held its first exhibition of cart
dogs The FlemIsh bt eeders have found
that in crossing the Belgian mastiffs
with the Great Danes. with the idea OF
Increasing the size of the cart dogs, and
so securing additional strength. they
made a mistake. The result proved to
be animals with weak headquarters
and disproportionate limbs. Now they
are endeavoring to revive the original
stock
The women and dogs of these two
little countries are another evidence
that human nature and canine nature
are the same the world over. When one
sees the white-caped Belgian milk
woman with her dogs standing near
well. the woman having battered can
slung over her forearm, one instinct
lively becomes suspicious. The suspicion
is confirmed when one discovers a po-
liceman OBTAINING at .he roadside
pair of sulky-faced mill<maids, with
their dog team and cart laden with
slender-necked milk cans. while he puts
their names in his little book against
a charge of watering milk. When the
cart comes to a standsull the dogs are
no longer draught animals. but dogs.
The sit or lie complacently down and
loll their tongues from their open
mouths. Apparently they have for
gotten that they are animals intended
for human companionship. but con-
'demned to hard labor for life-New
York Tribune.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Where Snakes Are Feared.

In Val di Rosa. Italy. the serpent is
a traditional terror and the place is
celebrated for curious religious Gus
tom known as the rite of the snake.
On Ascension day the priest solemn
ly immerses a harmless water snake
iE a huge antique basin, dug up on
Monte Bruno, The mountaineers be-
lieve that by reason of this ceremony
All the other snakes that infest the
country will perish.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Oriujn of Veil Lost,

1t is hard to tell where the wearing
of the veil first had vogue; many
think it originated in Egypt. for it
was worn there centuries ago. The
Greek brides wore chaplets instead of
a veil. These wreaths were plucked
by the brides themselves for good
luck. They usually were made of wild
thyme, myrtle. evergreen, and roses.
Roman maidens wore yellow wells
crowned with wreath of verbina.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Wash Sheep With Fire Engine.

A remarkable use for the fire en-.
gine in agricultural England is sheep
washing. which may be seen in prog
ress on a large estate at Uxbridge.
about fifteen miles from London.
There little steam fire engine throws
100 gallons a minute on the fleece OF
each animal. Even horses are washed
IN a similar manner.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Fewer Hours at Same Pay.

Four years ago the working day in
all French factories was one of twelve
hours, year later it was eleven hours,
and then it came down to ten and a
half; but since April it has been one
of Ten hours Tie same wages are
paid for ten hours as were paid when
twelve hours were worked.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
A ProsY Poem.

A rustic youth, with laughing eye
sat on a rail fence munching pie. A
lop-eared mule, with a paint brush
tail. near by on clover did regale
A humble bee came buzzing along
and paused to sing the mule song;
but the mule for music had no ear
so his heels flew up in the atmosphere
and over the top of a cherry tree
the boy scared on to eternity.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Milkman's Stool Always Handy.

While passing pasture recently
saw COW with a rope tied to her
horns about ten feet long with ce-
lar block tied to the end of the rope.
did not know what it was for, and
asked the owner OF the COW. That's
me milkin' stool" said he. Il milk
in the pasture and when | find me
COW, me stool is always handy. -
Bangor News
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and
who is reasonably satisfied with the
old. we would suggest that a trial OF
Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
at once. Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be su-
perior to any other brand. but because
each 10c package contains is ozs.,
while all the other kinds contain but
j. ozs. 1t Is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other Quality and quantity must
win.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Poets Are So Impractical.

There is very pretty little poem
beginning with Dainty little dande-
lion, smiling on the lawn" Ever hear
it! 1t sounds pretty, doesn't it?
Dainty little dandelion, smiling on
the lawn" So many things sound
pretty in poetry that are pests when
met out of doors-Atchison Globe.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Uses for Fire Enaines.

In some of the country mansions of
England fire engines are kept, which
can be driven by the ordinary elec-
tric-lighting current when desired at
a critical moment, or the fire ensiie
viii wash the outside of the windows
ants.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
AcuteIy Honest in Gambling Finesse.

In China drunkards as well as to-
tai abstainers are almost unknown.
Gambling debts are pre-eminently
debts of honor there, and are more
willingly and speedily paid than any
others. To pay them Chinaman will
pawn all his property and even sell
his children.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Wcrth Rememberinq.

Every one of us knows how painful
it is to be called malicious names,
to have his character undermined by
false insinuations. Every one knows
also. the pleasure of receiving a kind
look, warm greeting. By that pain
and by that pleasure let us judge
what we should do to others.-Dean
Stanley.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
The Cotton Crop in Egypt.

The sowing of cotton begins gener-
ally about the 18th of February in
upper Egypt and terminates in the
first fortnight of April in the most
northerly provinces of lower Egypt:
occasionally, in exceptional years, the
sowing is continued right up to the
end of April, without any injury to
the crop.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Here Is AriStocracy,

The finest looking people of Eu-
rope are the Tziganes, or gipsies of
Hungary Physically they are splen-
did specimens of men and women, and
are rarely i'll. So pure is their blood
that their wounds quickly heal with
out the application of medicaments.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
The Barkeep's Percentage.

The men who draw the beer from
kegs in Munich restaurants get no pay
from the proprietor. They are re-
sponsible for certain number of
glasses each keg; whatever they can
sell beyond that, by not quite tilling
the mugs, is theirs.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Africa to Be Cotton Field.

Africa, owing to her climate, soil
and population, is better fitted for cot
ton production than any other of the
continents of the globe, and will be
come the greatest supply field of that
staple after civilized methods of gov
ernment and economies have become
dominant there
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Cherokee Chiefs, Portraits.

Arranged upon the walls in the eX-
ecutive offices in the capitol building
in Tahlequah are the portraits of near
ly all the Cherokee chiefs who have
ruled since the time of John Ross,
who was principal chief for forty con-
secutive years.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Odd Cause for Fine.

A shabbily dressed man, wearing
a pair of army trousers, was arrested
and fined in Stratford, England, for
bringing discredit on his majesty's
uniform"
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Scientist Gathers Specimens

DR.. Gottfried MerZbacher, who has
been engaged for two years on scien-
tifc expedition in the Thianshan
in Central Asia, has re-
turned to Munich with many objects
of geological archaeological, zoologi-
cal and botanical interest.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Derivation Of Dozen.

Dozen" is from the French dou
zaine, collection of articles general
ly numbered together. 1t is used
in the Herefordshire poems. 1900. and
shows French for the first time en-
croaching upon English numerals.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Americas New Rich,

In the 80 years from 1870 to 1890 the
population of the country doubled.
while its wealth more than trebled
the increase being more than s64,000,-
900 900. or enough to create nearly
100. 900 900 new millionaires.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Seems Out O, Place.

Among the monuments to great men
erected in Westminster abbey, says
the London Daily Mail, sin the holy
quiet of the cloisters. is a monument
to-a priZefighter.'
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Water in Grass.

The amount of water given OF by
an acre of grass is estimated at thir-
ty hogsheads day. About 800 yarts.
by weight, of water pass through a
plant to one part fixed and assiIniiat
ed in its tissues.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren, used by Mother Gray, nurse in
Children's Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and DESTROY
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LEROY. n. Y.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
HoW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catsrrh that cannot be cured by Halls
GatRrrh Cure.
r. j. CHENEY q CO, Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known Y. J. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly hon
Orabe In all business transactions and financially
abe to carry out any obligations made by his frIn.
WALDINa, KiHsAS hARyis,
Wholesale DrugKtsts, Toledo, o.
Halrs CAtarrh Cure 10 taken internally, actinS
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price rs per
bottle. scid by all Druggists.
Take Hairs Family Pnls for constipatioo.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
When Your Grocer says

he does not have Defiance Starch. you
may be sure he Is afraid to keep 1t un-
til his stock of IL OF. packages are
sold. Defiance Starch Is not only bet
ter than any other Cold Water Starch,
but contains 16 OF. to the package and
sells for same money As IL OF. brands.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
"OiIjck as 1houoht ="

Quick as thought is not very
quick. While light wave would
travel around the equator in a second
a nerve wave makes but about 100
feet second.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
House Fly Is Prolific.

An ordinary house fly will lay 100
eggs during its existence. and 80 per
cent Of them will be hatched out.
Twelve or thirteen generations of flies
are produced in an ordinary summer
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
The Albany, Denver.

Under new management. Newly
furnished. Table maintained on high
est plane of excellence Popular
prices. Headquarters for mining men.
stockmen and merchants. Have your
mail addressed care of THE Albany"
Take Seventeenth street car at Union
depot.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Holland Capalers,

The owners of the canal boats in
Holland practically spend their whols
lives on them. The father of the fam
lily is usually the captain, the sons and
daughters the sailors.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
LARGEST Screw Ever Made

A screw, S5 feet long, and weigh
ing eighteen tons. has just been COM
pleted in England. This is the worlds
record.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
MAGNETIC Sand in Java.

Magnetic iron sand has recently
been discovered on the south coast of
Java, and it is reported to be very
valuable.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Ships Spars to Maine.

Seattle firm has shipped to Maine
large number of spars for use in
shipbuilding. The sticks range from
95 to 118 feet in length.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Lord Kitchener has made up his
mind never to marry. In other words
he wishes American girls to under
stand that he doesn't need the money.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Scientists say it's the sleep you get
before midnight that does you most
good" Nonsense! It's the sleep /
get after I'm called in the morning that
makes me feel good
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Lewis "Single Binder" Tho richest
quality cigar on the market at straight 5c.
Always reliable. You pay 1Oc for cigars
not 30 good. Lewis Factory, Peoria. nj
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Greenland People.

Greenland has about 10000 inhabit-
ants. The largest two villages have
only 1892 and 1873 Inhabitants.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Miss Eskimo-Don't you think you
had better be going? It's nearly mid
night Mr.. Blubber-Why. no. darling,
1t won't be midnight for two months
yet.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn2

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tlght or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
swollen, dot, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunio-s. at all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, $50. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted,. Leroy, N, Y,
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

She evidently asked that question
out of idle curiosity. You misjudge
her: her curiosity is never idle"
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Few Stars Give Shadow

Except the sun and the moon, only
Venus. Jupiter and some of the bright
est fixed stars give sensible shadow.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Smokers find Lewis "Siugie Binder "
straight Sc cigar better quality than most
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

She was 30 pleased when he called
her a peach that they soon became
pair.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

You, say her, singing charms your
ear; May l ask. which ear?" Ger
tainly; my ear for music"
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

The man who is as strict with him.
'self as he is with his children genera
~ Isn't any too strict with his chill.
6rep ''
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Who told you that Jim was doctor
ing with Chinaman?" He did. He
said he was trying the Kee Lee cure
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Mrs. Brown-She seems to have got
over the death of her first husband.
Mr.. Brownies, but her second hus-
band hasn't.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Some men get there because they are
are kickers.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
GLASS Houses Are MateriaIlzino.

Glass houses of very substantial
kind can now be built. Silesian glass
makers are turning out glass bricks
for all sorts of building purposes.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

This Is the time of year IL cat a cum
bers and they up.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF as
q cough cure.-J. w. O'BRIkN, BOP Third Ave,
N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 8, 1900.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
aoer Women to Make Lace.

Miss Hobhouse of New York intends
to take some Venetian lacemakers to
South Africa and have them teach
their art to the Boer women.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

A friendless man IL one who 10 learn
ing to play q cornSt.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Train up child in the way he
should go and KEEP along with him
yourself.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Have Hard Task.

Two men are attempting to cross
Auytr"l'a on bicycles.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Christian Name for Presidents.

Christian Name for Presidents.
James has been the favorite Chris
tian name for presidents. We have
had five-Madison. Monroe. Polk.
Buchanan and Garfield.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

AS the bride never marries the best
man at her wedding. naturally many
marriages failures.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30

Try me Just once and I am sure tn
come again. Defiance Starch.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Thi. viii Interest Mother..

Leap year is already more than half
gone. Hurry up, girls.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
strange Diet Of Squirrels,

Gray squirrels have bee. known to
eat meat and rob birds nests.
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30


had
MRS BERT E LENNox, 2o East 4th St, Dixon ILL.,"
S5 :s 1,aa -
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
The case of rlrs. Lennox, which follows, D,

DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM: - Last winter I
broke down suddenly and had to seek the
advice of a doctor. l felt sore all over, with
pounding in my head, and dizziness which
l had never experienced before. / had =
miserable appetite, nothing tasted good, and
gradually my health broke down completely.
The doctor said had female weakness, but,
although l took his medicine faithfully,
found no relief.
"After two months decided to try what
a change would do for me, and as Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was
strongly recommended to me l decided to
try it. Within three days felt better, my
appetite returned, and l could sleep In
another week l was able to sit up part OF
the day, and in ten days more l was we'll.
Nv strenoth had returned l uained fourteen
The Glenwood post., 1904-07-30
Hereford and Shorthorn {

ABSOLUTELY pure. ssed for our Now prom,um tI.<
Tho Gsyserite Soap MfK. Company Den IeN
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
THE SUPPLY OF PLATINUM.
Very Much in Demand and Its Source
Entirely Unknown.

Very Much in Demand and Its Source
Entirely Unknown.
One of the most valuable minerals
of which the source of supply is very
little known, and is consequently very
limited, is that of platinum. In De-
cember, 1904, discovery was made
of a platinum group of metals in the
copper ores of the Rambler mine in
Wyoming. The uses of this metal
would be greatly increased II 1t could
be found in sufficient quantity to re-
duce the present high price and to
make certainty of sufficient supply
to warrant a further enlargement OF
it's uses.
For very many purposes there has
as yet been found no other metal that
will perfectly take its place. The con-
sequence is that the price of platinum
keeps up almost equal to that OF gold.
and the demand for it has been some
what increased in the last few years
by the discovery of use of osmium
which occurs in considerable extent
in American platinum as the mineral
osmeridium.
The present known deposits occur
in three forms. First, in places, as ex-
emplified by those in the Urals, Co
lombia, Brazil and British Columbia.
Second, in veins, as at Tilkerode In
the Hartz Mountains, Minas Gereas in
Brazil, Santa Rosa in California.
Beresoosk in Russia, Gualdual Canal
of Spain and the Rambler mine al
ready mentioned. The third is by
dissemination in eruptive rocks found
in Canada, also as a native metal in
basic eruptive rocks.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
AzaIais.

II was the maiden Azalais.
And fairer was her hair to see
Than any garnered, golden rs sheaf-
Down drifting through the autumn days
When the sweet autumn days grow brief;
And of her deep eyes, verify
1t might be said, no pool there lies
Brooding, without or stain or stir,
Beneath Gods radiant reach Of skies
More wondrous than the eyes Of her.
1t was the maiden Azalais;
And one there came with casques or soid
And gems from Ophir, and before
Her feet outspread the precious store
With cunning coined words of praise.
With honey hearted metaphor.
And yet she looked upon him cold
And haughtily, nor smiled at all:
Fool, thus to think to win her grace
Who purity perennial
Wore on the rondure OF her lace!
It was the maiden Azalais:
And one bright raimented In mail,
With twi-edged falchion, scabbard drawn,
That flashed as doth the blade ho,a Of dawn
And craved that she would think upon
Vale billowing upon verdant vale,
His fief by conquest. all her own
Would she but hearken to his suit;
Dolt, how he skunk away alone
When with her scorn she smote MIN
mute!
It was the maiden Aza1ais;
And one in pilgrim russell clad:
Yet with a bearing rapt as his
Who knows the soul imprisoned kiss
OF lofty love inspire his ways,
Besought her: and her heart grew glao
Listing to Loves sweet litanies-
His dear and fair and fond demands.
Ah wise one, thus to woe-and win: .
For not through wealth nor falchioned
hands
Love to his kingdom enters in!
Clinton Scotland.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
Broke II Gently.

Danny O'Brien worked on the sec
lion and was as tender-hearted man
as ever got drunk and cracked a pate
with a shillelah. At the time of Pat
Dumphy's great misfortune Danny
was chosen by the section gang to
break the news gently to Mrs. Dunn
ply.
Good marnin', Mrs. Dumphy," said
he. "Did We hear about Pat?"
T heard nothing about him since
breakfast" she answered.
"Did he seem to be all right then?''
"Sure he did"
aye noticed nothin' wrong wild his
moind?"
"Nothin' at all. Phwhy do We ask?''
"Well, I hear that his moind do be
wanderin' little"
"An' phwhat do We mean by that?'
az mean he has lost his reason, Mrs.
Dumphy."
lost his reason, is it? An how did
he do that?"
"Well, Mrs. Dumphy," said Danny,
scratching his head. 'T don't know
exactly. Ye see, 1 wasn't close by
whin it happened. But do be hearin'
from the rest O. the b'ys that he fell
acrost the track and train cut his
head on."-Brooklyn Eagle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
A RUSSIAN DICK TURPlN.
Young Highwayman Who Robbed
Wealthy to Succor the Poor.

wealthy 10 ouCCoT tuC Too''
Solomon II, by the grace of God.
King of the Jews" This was the way
in which a very remarkable prisoner
recently signed the prison book at
Kieff (Russia).
His history is curious. He was a
handsome, hard working student OF
the Kieff Seminary, but on finishing
his course, writes correspondent, he
Immediately provided himself with a
revolver, dagger and number OF
forged papers and passes, and began
a career of robbery and brigandage.
which was marked throughout by con-
summate skill and forethought.
He murdered and stole on the high
way, his victims in Kieff including a
staff captain and a master OF the
watch. At his richly furnished apart
ments in Kieff he dispensed lavish
hospitality to circle of most respect
able friends, who never suspected the
source of his wealth.
His capture was brought about by
the accidental protrusion of revolv-
err from his coat pocket while he was
bargaining with fur merchant. The
latter pointed him out to a detective.
and Solomon II" was arrested and
bound like a dangerous wild beast.
At the preliminary examination he
confessed to a long series of robber-
les, the proceeds of which he appears
to have dispensed largely in succor'
ing the poor and the outcast. He de-
MED any murders, however, processes
penitence, and intimates his anxiety
to expiate his misdeeds in the prayer
full seclusion of monastery.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-02-19
The Champion.

Once upon time there was a GER
tain grocery keeper who was very sue
cessful in accommodating money be-
cause he advertised to sell his wares
at less than they cost his competitors.
There was great wonder at his
remarkable success and much specula-
ton on the secret that he kept so we'll.
Finally his secret was discovered
when 1t was learned that all Of the
scales on which he weighed his goods
were far out of balance, the ends on
which the merchandise was placed
being much heavier than the other
ends.
Moral-A man can be a lightweight
champion without being pugilist.