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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-09-29
THE STRAIN OF WORK.

Cest Of Backs Give Out Under the
Burden of Daily Toll.
Lieut.. George G.. Warren, OF No. 3
Chemical, Washington, ID. c., says:
ITS an honest fact that Doan's Kid
ney Pills did me a great lot Of good.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-09-29
THE MARK ETs.
LIVE STOCK.

Detroit.-ENtra dry-fed steers and he.f-
ers (quotablel. $4.50a5; steers and helfers,
1000 10 ZOO lbs So. 800 -; grass steers and
heifers that are fat. $50 TO 1000 lbs, $S9
$50; grass steers and heifers that are fat,
200 10 100 lbs $2.50it5 choice fat cows.
$2.50u3; good fat COWS. 1880: common
heavy bulls. 81. 75d3.2j fair to good bolog-
mas, bulls. $2.oOHl2.15; stock bulls, S2.25Ge
80; choice feeding steers. 500 10 LOCO lbs.
S2.IId3: choice stockers, GOO to 200 lbs. 81. %
as, fair stockers, 500 TO 200 lbs S2dt2. 81
mixers. large. young. medium age, SS01e
d; common mixers. S@vdt3O
Veal calves-Best grades. $6G:6.25; 9TH
Sheep and lambs-Best lambs $3.50; fair
to good lambs s4.J0lD5; light 10 common
lambs. $3.5Od4;; yearlings, Adi5O; fair TO
common, s2M3.
Ilogs-Light to good butchers 5000
5S5: pigs and light workers.. S5.40u5.70.
roughs s4a45O; stays, l-S off.
Chicago-Good TO prime steers. &.75Ge
G35; poor to medium SS.G0M540 stockers
ers s2@55O; Gamers, S15Of2.75; bulls, S2F6
4; calves. T.. 50u6.50; Texas fed steers $3.50
Gj5O; western steers, sSa4SO. Hogs-kc-
ceipts,, $1,000; marHet strong; Sc higher;
choice heavy, S5.5O@5S0; light. $j.6506i5;
bulk of sales. sj.SOm6. Sheep-Rcccipts,
5000; sheep strong; lambs. hral; good TO
choice wcthcrs. sia45O; fair to choice
mixed, sS.20aS.7s; native lambs. $iQ6.
East Bufalo.-Cattle: Best export
steers. s460@525; best ZOO to 1900
ID. shipping steers. $430@4.75: good
$50 TO 1.100-lb butcher steers, $1,000
$50. 800 TO 1,000-lb. butcher steers.
sr q So Sdst 73t Ssst ia 6sers
s3,25@35O; medium heifers, $2.75 a 3.
fat heifers. grassers, s2.50d2.75: COM
mon stock heifers. 50 20 so; best
feeding steers. $3.50G3.75; best year
ling steers. s2.75@3; common yearlings.
s225d2.50; common stockers. So. % a
$50; export bulls. $3.75m4; bologna
bulls. $2.75G3 common bulls. s26250:
fresh cows and springers dull; good
to extra. SIS a as: medium to good, s2S
035 common. s17@22.
Hogs; Workers. common to good.
S6.10M6.45: mediums. $610m645;
heavy. s6q6.3O. pigs, $4,000; closed
steady.
Sheep. Best lambs. s6.1O66.f5; fair
to good 1918 as; culls. common. $3.50
n 5: mixed sheep. s3.75@4; fair 10 good,
$3.50 BIS: culls. bucks. s2.5O@S; year.
lings. $450m4.75.
good 20 choice, $75O@7.75; fair to
good s6.5097.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-09-29

HEY had their first quarrel
the other day, and they are
sure that it is the last,
though that remains to be
seen. Their course of true
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28
WOMEN WANT TO BE
WAR CORRESPONDENTS
New York Editors Deluged with
Applications from Fair Sex Who
Want to See Fighting.

NEW YORK, Feb. N-Ever since the
outbreak of the war between Japan and
Russia the offices OF the newspapers and
periodicals have received steady streams of
writing visitors who desire to go to the far
East and report the hostilities
To one editor who has professionally lived
through three or four wars. II has seemed
that a larger percentage than usual OF
those applying for jobs as war correspond
ents are women. To this editor and to
some other men in the newspaper business
il seems strange that any woman should
wish to behold the horrors of war; even
though she might thereby gain both repu-
tation and financial reward. But the mod
ern writing woman is nothing if not au-
dacious, and she sees no reason why she
should be less suitable as a war corre-
spondent than man.
1t is only fair to say that not one of the
women who have applied to this particular
editor for permission to go to the far East
Is a professional journalist. They are di-
Vided into two classes: first, those who
have had some little success as occasional
contributors for pay and now believe them
selves ready for the SeVereSt kind of jour-
nalistic service; and, second, those who
have never written anything successfully.
but who believe their success will be as
sured If they can only get the opportunity
TO deal with a great and timely topic
II is positively amazing TO the members
of the writing profession in New York
this oyerweaning desire on the part of so
many women TO get into the writing busi-
ness. They come from all walks of life
and few, if any. of them have any definite
notion as TO what they want TO write about
or any training that would fit them 10
are nowise In any way in need of the in
come the writing would bring them.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28
DISEASE Turks IN COINS.
Anthrax and Typhoid in Milled
Specie.

LONDON, Feb 27.-Generally speaking,
people do not realize the fatal connection
which exists between microbes and Nam
mon. This week, however the Lancet
sounds a warning note suggesting that
banks should make a point of washing all
money that passes through their hands
The two-shilling piece is the happiest
hunting ground for bacilli." said a West
End doctor yesterday. The shilling is
nearly as had. and any coin that is milled
round the edges has additional hiding places
for germs.
Such disease as erysipelas and pity
riasis versicOlOr may readily be transmitted
through coins, and well-known French
physician has obtained in this way cultures
of every known bacillus from anthrax to
typhoid fever
cannot do better than fill his purse with
powdered boracic acid. The coins enter the
powder in greasy condition from contact
with the glands and pores of the hands
The powder adheres to this and turns the
dirt into mildly antiseptic mixture which
will preserve its qualities for weeks after
being removed from the purse
when one sees the way coins are placed
in the mouth by ladies, omnibus conductors
in search of change. and children it is
really surprising that coins are not respon-
sible for more disease than they are
There is another fact that may be ac-
counted for by the germ-laden coin Men
are more liable to skin diseases of the face
than women. This might well be attributed
sers pocket The bacilli remains on the
lining of the pocket and every time the
hand goes into 1t ii becomes infected and
carries the mischief to the face"
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28
Then He Wanted to Stay.



Shortly after the expiration of his term
as Governor of Virginia. General Fitzhugh
Lee decided TO rest for few weeks. and
selected Palm Beach, Fla, as the place. ex-
President Cleveland having also selected
that place for few weeks sOjourn. Cen
eral Lees emoluments Governor had
not been very large. and he was not seek
ing an expensive hosiery.
Imagine my surprise and chagrin." he
said. ION arriving late one evening at Palm
Beach, and. after registering at the hotel
being escorted with great attention TO a
price Of these rooms is 800 per day
1T was too late for me 10 attempt to
make any change. besides, L was given To
understand that the rooms We're especially
prepared for the Ex-Governor OF Virginia
One hundred dollars day. Half that night
j tumbled and tossed. thinking about the
price OF those rooms and wondering where
j going TO get the money I finally
concluded that the only thing left for me to
do was TO quit that hotel without loss of
time, as IL would certainly be beneath the
dignity or an Ex-Governor OF Virginia TO
ask for anything cheaper than the room
especially assigned TO him. Accordingly I
arose at an early hour. packed my trunk
and proceeded 10 the office. | informed the
clerk that had changed my programme
and was Obliged TO leave on the next train
and that l wished my bill at once.
Why. Governor. exclaimed the clerk
your sudden departure will prove a great
disappointment, as We expected you would
remain several weeks
I am sorry. too. I said. but I must
leave on that 10 o'clock train. Indeed. I
was sorry 10 leave, but there was that hun
dred dollars day, which knew / could
not pay.
I reiterated my request for my bill
That's all right, replied the clerk Mr.
F1agier left orders, as soon as We heard
that you were coming. that there was 10
be no charge as long as you remained with
us, whether one day or six weeks We are
Anly sorry that you can't remain!'
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28
TESTS FOR DIAMONDS.
Only One Image Seen Through
Genuine Stone.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

St Louis Globe Democrat
This is an age of limitations particularly
of gems, and the amount OF imitation pre-
cious stones on the market is enormous -
] am told by Mr.. w. A. Gill, the we'll
known jeweler land The assertion is con-
tinually made by dealers in these commodi-
ties, that IL would require the services of an
expert TO determine the real from the false
With regard to diamonds, the belief is gem
eral that this Is entirely true, but never did
the general public entertain a greater error
There are certain simple tests TO which
any one may submit a stone alleged to be
genuine diamond and determine almost
instantly the truth or falsity of the claim
made for IL. real diamond will not be
acted on by acids or alkalis in the least
and may be placed in a liquid containing
these substances without injury to it,
There are other simpler and easier tests
however, which require nothing in the way
of testing materials that a person cannot
find In any household without the need of a
visit TO the druggist These. too. are prac-
ticaliy infallible, for / have never heard of
an imitation that would answer fully TO
them.
In the first just take a small piece of
silk and rub the alleged diamond vigorously
FOR moment and IL will acquire a sufficient
amount of positive electricity to attrac
bits Of wool, cotton or paper, exactly as a
magnet will attract particles of metal.
In the second test place the diamond in
a position where IT is exposed to the SUMS
rays for while. and then remove il TO a
dark room. If the diamond Is genuine il
will glow in the darkness. but If il is irni-
tation IL will have no phosphorescent quali-
ties whatever-will look in the darkness
Just like a piece of glass
THE third test is undoubtedly the best Of
the three. A diamond has only single re-
fraction: that is. ii gives but a single i'm
age OF any object viewed through it. When
the diamond Is held before n candle or
bright light but the one light will be visible
to the eve through its substance An inni
tation diamond, no matter how cunningly
it has been contrived. Will give a myriad of
images. just like piece OF cut glass
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28
EYES TOMB LOCATED.
Cenotaph of the Common Mother
of Human Race at Jiddah.
BROOKLYN Ea gle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
Half way down the Red sea, on the Ara
bian coast, is the port of Jiddah, where the
pilgrims for Mecca, who come by sea, land,
writes William E. Curtis in the Chicago
Record Herald. from Alden, Arabia. 1t is
distant about sixty-five miles from the sa-
cred city of the Mohammedans, has popu-
lation of about twenty thousand, an impos-
ing and attractive appearance from the sea,
and is surrounded by funny-looking Dutch
windmills, which pump water from the ar
teSian basin under the sand. But the mo-
ment you land on the shore the illusion is
destroyed. The streets are narrow, dirty
and full of all kinds of Smells while the
population is made up of human cormor-
ants who fatten off the pilgrims. Since the
opening of the Suez canal the town has in
creased considerably in Importance, because
it is so much easier for pilgrims to come
by steamer from ali parts of Turkey, India
and other Mohammedan countries than TO
cross the desert in caravans, which was
the custom for centuries. The number and
the size of the caravans are decreasing
every year. while the number who come by
sea is growing rapidly. There Is no differ
ence i'm the efficacy of the journey, although
one would argue that a man who has trav-
eled thousand miles over a burning desert
ought to be entitled to greater credit than
one who makes a similar distance upon a
steamer.
Jiddah is Of particular interest to us be-
cause il contains the tomb of our Mother
buried, but ii is comfort 10 know. 1t Will
surprise her living relatives to know that
she was 40 feet tall-a very large woman
TO be created from a single rib. According
to the tradition of the MoslemS, when our
first parents fell from Paradise Adam land
ed on a mountain in Ceylon and Eve was
unfortunate enough TO alight at Jiddah.
After years of wandering they finally net
al Mecca, where Adam, TO show his graft
tude, constructed a tabernacle on the site
of the present Kaaba, or Holy Mosque,
which is exactly beneath Gods throne in
heaven. All that is left of the original tenn
pie of Adam is the famous stone at Mecca.
which was once whittier than snow, but has
been turned as black coal by the kisses Of
sinful pilgrims.
When Eve died Adam buried her at Jid-
dab. Her tomb is a cenotaph 40 feet long,
built of masonry about fouf feet high and
nerrOwIng TO a point at the top. 1t is
whltewashcd and kept quite clean Pilgrims
place flowers upon il and reverently kiss
the hot masonry. Rich people often throw
over the cenotaph valuable shawls and
pieces OF silk offerings 10 the Mother
OF Us AL but they are stolen the first
night by the vandals of Jiddah, who rob
the dead and pick the pockets of the dying
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28
THE USE OF BRIOUETTES.
Coal to Be Utilized That Was
Formerly Wasted.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-''we shall be
using briquettes on a considerable scale
in this country within very few
years. said Mr. E. w. Parker, who
was a member of the anthracite strike
commission last year and is the coal min
ing expert of the Geological Survey.
This is an industry which, although it
has no foothOld to-day, for briquettes are
not manufactured commercially as yet in
this country, is bound 10 come to the front.
Conditions which have been unfavorabIe for
it in the past are rapidly changing. In
Germany one-third of the entire coal mined
is Ignite, nearly all of which is briouetted
before being used. Briquettes are retailed
there by count instead OF weight A Ger
man friend of mine recently told me that
when he was at school he used to buy eight
or ten briquettes each morning putting
them into porcelain stove. closing the
draft tight They would in this way burn
all day long.
For domestic purposes the briquette is
an exceedingly economical form of using
coal; with Ignite, or with the fine coal
produced as the result of the mining in
dustry, or even very dry bituminOus-as
those Goals are called which do not fuse
when thrown on the grate-efficiencv is
greatly increased by this process. Iignite
all goes TO pieces under combustion and
with the other kinds that | have mentioned
a large snare OF the cOmbuStiDle material
is lost through the CRATE bars. II these
were made sufficiently small TO hold every
thing in the air supply would be INSULT
cient. But when these Goals are manu-
featured into briquettes they hold together
in that form until consumed. Everything
burns TO ash and without clinkers
Small sizes of anthracite formerly
wasted are now being utilized Much is
being recovered by washeries from the old
culm banks of the anthracite region Much
coal is still. however. lost in the form OF
dust, which might be utilized If il could be
put into convenient shape for domestic
consumption.
-Four hundred patents had been issued on
artificial fuels before 1902 none of which
became a demonstrated success CONNER
cially up TO that time so far as | am aware
In the last two years there have been
about forty patents, mostly on briquette
processes
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28
20. We haven.t that. either.

NO, We haNent tnHt5 eltner-
II seemed that unless he could DO better
than this he would have 10 retire from the
haven OF comfort he had found and he took
a deep breath 10 conceal his nervous hesi-
tation before he asked:
Have you got The Milk-White Flagg "
No said the clerk, taking the first
chance she saw, but we have Dr. Lacteal's
last pamphlet on the sterilization or milk.
Perhaps that will do. I'll get IL for YOU"
She went away and came back with
leafiet OF three or four pages. and for three
hours the wayfarer from the streets read
and reread the utterances OF DR.. Lacteal.
while the warmth of the room penetrated 10
his marrow.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28

general reading. He was without an over
coat and had fringe on the bottom Of his
trousers. which, with the absence of sew
eral buttons on his clothes made IL appar-
ent that he needed the warmth he was
after.
The man felt strange as he approached
the desk OF the clerk and when he reached
IL hardly knew what 10 do TO prOlong his
stay in the delightful atmosphere OF the
warm room. Perhaps the clerk understood
the situation, for she was quite patient in
her air of attention.
Have you got The Ancient Mariner ."
at last asked the shverer.
Mo- replied the clerk. I'VE have not"
Have you got Under Two Flags?"
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-28

New York Mall and Express.
Among those the recent cold days drove
10 shelter was a dlapidated man who
sought refuge in one OF the scientific libra
ries OF the city, which is opened to the
public but not widely known and not pat
Tonized as extensively as the libraries for
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-27
THlRTEEq LIVES LOST.
British Steamer Turret Bay Struck on
Rocks and Goes Down Off
Cape North.

North Sydney, N. s.. May 29.-The
worst marine disaster in the history OF
the st. Lawrence river coal trade oc-
Cured Friday off Cape North. the
northernmost point of Cape Breton
when the British steamer Turret Bay
laden with coal and bound from Sgd
ney to Montreal, struck on the rocks
off st. Paul'S island and sank in dee.
water twenty minutes later, causing q
loss of thirteen lives. Only nine mer
fro II a crew Of twenty-five We're saved
All the officers and two engineers went
down, besides even seamen.
According to the government agen.
at st. Paul's island, the steamer struck
near Southwest Light about $50
o'clock in the morning. A dense fog
prevailed at the time and the sea was
running mountain high. Almost imme-
diately the Turret Bay backed off into
deep water, but sank within twenty
minutes.
The crew attempted to cut the boats
clear, but while thus engaged the YES
sci plunged down, bow first, carrying
every nan aboard with her. Some o,
the men struggled to the surface anG
chung to floating pieces of wreckage
Fourteen persons were taken off tn,
wreckage by the life saving crew thai
put out from the island. but five o:
them died before reaching the island
The survivors say that they did no
know they were in danger until the
vessel struck. The fog was 81 thicl
that the shore could not be seen, and
hearing the fog horn at the lighthouse
they mistook it for the whistle OF an.
other
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-27

A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Italian Shoots Down a Woman and Is
in Turn Killed by Victims


Dubois, Pa, May 24.-At Cardiff, q
village near here, an Italian woman
sacrificed her life for her husbands
hat, being shot down in cold blood by
another Italian while recovering the
hat, and a half an hour later the
murderer was lying dead, his mead full
of buckshot from the gun of the hus-
band of the murdered woman.
Frank Paul. a prominent Italian resi-
dent of Cardiff, left home Saturday
night to visit friends at a boarding
house a short distance from his home.
a quarrel arose between Paul and
Savorio Pellingereno, an inmate Of the
house. Although the quarrel was
trivial, Paul, suspicious of danger would
not remain, and left hurriedly for his
house. His wife urged him to return
for the hat, but Paul was timid about
returning, and his wife volunteered to
go and get it. She walked to the board
ing house, which was in plain sight Of
Paul's home and as she stopped to re-
cover the hat P~ellingereno fired point
blank at her With a shotgun. The
charge of shot entered the woman's
head and she fell dead.
Paul. who had witnessed the scene,
o a revolver and shotgun and start
ed to avenge his wi1e's death.
AS the Italian was trying to escape
Paul fired several shots from his re-
%Nolter. but missed. Pelligereno sue
ceeded in locking himself in his room
and Paul stood guard In the hallway.
The people about the house We're ter
rorized and would not interfere.
After half IN hour Pelligereno, hear
ing no stir, stuck his head through the
door. Paul, quick as a flash, fired his
shotgun. killing the murderer of his
Wife.
After examining the body to see that
no life remained, Paul picked up his
wife's body and tenderly carried it to
his home. Surrounded by his three
children. the officers. when they came
to arrest him, found him bending and
weeping over The remains.
The residents Of the village uphold
Paul, who bears n good reputation.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-27
T POLO GAME.
Harry D. Babcock, Jr., of Yale, Acct.
dentally Struck on the Head.

New York, May 24.-Harry d. Bah
cock. jr., a member of the freshman
class of Yale. and a player On the Yale
polo team, died at his home here from
the effects of an accidental blow on the
head from a pole mallet in the hands
OF a fellow player. w. C. Devereux. The
accident occurred Saturday afternoon
in Nancortlandt park in his city, dur
ing the last half OF the first intercol-
legiate polo game ever played in this
country. Babcock pumped Nc. 2 in the
Yale lineup ana Devereux No. 8 on the
Princeton side.
According to his own version of the
affair, Babcock Intentionally slipped
from his pony to the ground after being
struck, but partially recovering from
the dizziness that followed the blow, he
insisted upon returning to the game.
Captain Baldwin of Yale overruled
him, however, and put another player
in his place. 1t was not until several
our later that the serious nature of
the injury became apparent, and the
young mans condition Their grew so
rapidly worse That he died while sur
geons were preparing for an operation.