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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
He TURNED UPON NE EYES TOO FIERCE
TO BE IN A EVMAN HEAD"
was shuffllng the cards:
drink?

was shuffllng the cards:
Gcmen. what will you have to
drink?
waiter stepped up to the table and
three of the gentlemen said they would
taken some whisky; the other two, one
of whom was my man. simply nodded
their heads. When the liquor was
placed upon the table each man laid his
cards down and, as they poured their
tipples. they seemed to find their tongues.
One Of the party spoke of big pot he
had won on previous trip up the river.
another said something about making
money quickly. and then my man spoke
for the first time. I'll know that voice
if I hear it in another world thousand
years from now.
Well. gentlemen, he said in 1860
l didn't have $500 that l could call my
own In 1860 | was worth a million and
a quarter. Now / am where | was in
1866 | made my pile in four years. I
lost it in one day. But I'm game yet, and
I'll have another million before I'm put
away in my seven-foot caddy.'
The game and the silence were re-
sumed and l turned away. but l had
fitted a name and habitation to a face
and figure with the assistance of a voice
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

tax upon plug chewing tobacco was 80
cents per pound. The caddies varied in
size in accordance with the length Of the
plugs, and there was a slight variation
of weight in caddies of the same size.
The caddies containing the 6-inch plug
and this was the greater part of the pro-
duct-ran from Is pounds to - pounds in
weight; the pinch plugs made caddies
from Is to - pounds. You can see that
averaging the G-inch packages at 20 pounds
and the Finch at 40 pounds. the tax
amounted to s. and SIC respectively.
NO PROTECTION AROUND THE sYs-
TEN.
About all the protection thrown around
the system consisted of the watchfulness
of the secret service department, and that
was far from perfect nj that time. How
many swindles went through to the end
without being detected will never be
known. but eventually some pretty big
game was caught in the secret service
net But let me get To my story
There wasn't a clock in tn rolling
room Of the factory. and those of the
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about s o'clock he called to me as I was
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09
LIszT AND cZAs NICHOLAS |


During ore = Liszrs visits 70 81 Pc
tersburE ~ vas invited - solree AZ
the Winter Palace. and vas asked b. ;bs
Car lSlchoiss ] Il play re seat 70
the piano ard began oae & - Hungarian
Thapsodies Bgst the car entered into sn
animated discussion wIfb one q his gen
erals and after @ minute or - Llsz;
without troabhrg 70 iuvent coaelExsoz
to the Ujsce. stopred ard LETT tEF iBst~a-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

sonal. inexora ble-and the criminal fears
it because he respects it. The United
States has constitutional power over in
terstate commerce, and 1t is exercising
that authority over the railway tariffs
al this time. Surely. the lives Of pas.
sengers are as important as the freight
rates Why not place those lives-so far
a protection from the train wrecker and
train robber is concerned-under the
strong hand of the United States? Why
not act at once Denver Post.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-09

The ~er1 5ssaSn ccEzsss from Ire Pests-
gaess pfoIsss IA ton Of tas 1spanese char
zcfers ~as-hsA. sszE4lzs TIE land q tie
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-21
Ube Uribune.
Plymouth, Ind, April II, 1904.
! 3 LOCAL NEWS q ,


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~>1
Alvin Bogardus went to CulverMon-
day.
Mrs. A. B. Pyle visited in Warsaw
Monday.
Ray Bennett is home from South
Bend.
Louis Mickey spent Sunday at
Niles. Mich.
Harry Hampton is papering at
Hamlet this week.
Miss Edith Norman, of Argos spent
Sunday in this city.
Carl Yackev, of Tolleston, spent
Sunday in this city.
Taxes must be paid by the first Mon
day in May to avoid penalty.
Mrs. James X. Houghton spent Sat-
urday and Sunday in Chicago.
Harry Humrichouser visited his
many friends at Pierceton Monday.
Theresa Kruyer has returned to
commercial school in South Bend.
d. c. Cole is spending a few days
on his farms IN St. Joseph county.
Thomas Scantllng is here from Sa-
lem, Ohio, for visit of a few days.
Mrs. Elias Dickson. of Argos visited
over Sunday with relatives in this city.
Mrs. G. A. Reeve and Mrs. John
Balm were South Bend visitors Mon
day.
Miss Pearl Miller, who is employed
at South Bend spent Sunday in Plym-
outh.
Mrs. Will Hampton of Hamlet,
spent Sunday with relatives in Plym-
outh.
Misses Bessie and Hattie Mason
spent Sunday with their sister near
Culver.
Carl Strombeck has moved into c.
S. Cleveland's property, near Haag's
grocery store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schaal residing north
of town, have gone to Dixon, Ohio,
for visit of a week.
Mrs. Denman who has been serious
ly iii at her home five miles east Of
Plymouth is improving.
Mrs. Martin Cook, of Chicago, is
visiting her parents, Rev. Mr.. Adom-
cit and wife in this city.
Mrs. w. H. Love returned Saturday
evening from visit of almost week
with relatives at Laporte.
Isaiah Schmuck has returned to
WakaIusa after visit with relatives
at Bourbon and Plymouth.
Mrs. Mary Mccoy has returned to
her home at Bourbon after a visit of
a week with her sister, Mrs. Garrett.
. Mrs. Samuel Hayes and Mrs. Mark
Warlich Of South Bend visited over
Sunday with their father. d. G. Cole.
The inventor of the Waterbury
watch is dead. Like one Of his own
watches. it took seventy-five years to
wind him up.
Miss Louie Jacoby, who is trimming
for Bourbon millinery house visited
over Sunday with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Sol Jacoby.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hitchcock and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Cress of Bourbon,
visited over Sunday at Samuel Hitch
cock S in this city.
About fifty Of the friends Of Balsor
Sheetz surprised him at his home Sun
day evening and had a fine supper.
The occasion was his 43d birthday.
John Emenaker, of South Bend,
came down from Mishawaxa Saturday
evening and his wife who had been
here week returned home with him
Sunday.
Mrs. Otis Martin and Miss Edith
Coil returned tostheir homes at Mish-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-21
Premium LIST For the Best Corn Raised
In MARSHALL County.

We the undersigned, promise to pay
the amount set opposite our respective
names, on or before November 1st,
1904, to be used in paying premiums
for the Corn Show, to be held at the
same date fixed for the next annual
County Farmers Institute; the prem
iums to be for the best twenty ears of
corn grown during 1904. First, Second
and Third premiums to be awarded:
CENTER TOWNSHIP.
Name 49,, Amount
County Premium
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-21

The Tribune furnishes all the lat
est war news. Now is the time to
subscribe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-21

comfortable Lying and enables him to
lay by a little for old age. With these
he would not get any more out of life
If be had million dollars.
Mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of David Helser from Hunting
ton in 1853 has just been cleared away.
Fifty-one years ago he started for Cal
ifornia, leaving a wife and one son
living in log cabin in Clear Creek
township. Friends did not hear from
him and it was presumed that he had
persisted upon the plains. His wife
secured a divorce, remarked and later
died. Now the son has located his
father living near Redding, CAL, where
he is wealthy.
James G. Mitchell of Reynolds. La
porte county, has invented gun pow
der, for which great things are claim
ed. The ordinance officers of the
United States army are to make
test Of the powder. 1t is claimed
that the powder can be manufactured
with the army, not requiring an ex-
tensive plant nor the enormous cost
of transportation. Itcan be mixed in
barrel as needed or stored away.
DampneSs has no effect on it. A SAM
pie was soaked in water for three
weeks, and ten minutes after being
taken out was ready for use.
Not long since there were special
lectures given in the X. of z. hs =
this city by Mr.. E. w. Spray i
New York, to which Eide, 3 car
ter took exceptions, not 81 1ch. be
says against his views on the subject
in hand, as against bis opposition 70
the Bible. its history and doctrines.
He has decided to give a rejoinder in
the same hall next Lords day after
noon, commencing at three o'clock
andihold over on the following even
ing at seven thirty. Mr.. Carter feels
sure that he will make it interesting
for all who attend these services, both
ladies and gentlemen. He desires a
full audience. Music under the di-
rectitn Of Rev. Ray G. Upson.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
a. WORTHY REMEVOLENcE.
Che Home for Orphaned Children at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Started
81 Years Ago

Twenty-one years ago Rev. J. G.
Lemen, pastor of large church at
Council Bluffs, Ia, took into his home
:hree orphaned children in need of
such refuge. Learning of other
homeless little ones he soon filled IS
house with them, until his own re-
sources were exhausted and he saw
the necessity for larger quarters. which
he secured. Out of this benevolent
movement has grown a well-estab-
lished and well-appointed permanent
home for nc dy orphaned little ones,
and it is stated about 215 such children
are now being cared for in the 25 cottages
and other buildings belonging to the
organization founded by Mr.. Lemen.
The Home is non-sectarian and is in
dorsed and supported by ell denomina-
tons. Children are frequently adopt
ed by families whose good character
has been vouched for. A valuable lit
tie paper, the subscription price Of
which is 25 cents per year, is pub
lished uy the workers. 1t is--called
"The Word and the Way" Informa-
ton regarding the carrying on of the
good work may be obtained by ad-
dressing the Christian Home at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Ia.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
SUBSCRIBERS AND SUSPENSE
What Uncle Sam Needs the Former
For as Stated by Hating
Speaker.

A certain congressman from a mountain
district, says the New York Sun, is trou-
bled with a weak, squeaky little voice,
which sometimes fails in the midst of
what might otherwise be an eloquent per-
Grafton.
Recently in addressing the house on a
matter connected with tariff, he ex-
claimed:
why, tariffs are like a pair of suspen.
ders, sometimes tight and sometimes loose;
but Uncle Sam needs them just the same
to keep up his"
Here the congressmans voice struck a
high treble note, fared and stopped.
The house held its breath while he
cleared his throat. The suspense, which
seemed to last for fully a minute, was
more painful to the auditors than to the
orator, for everyone was wondering
whether he would say trousers" or
pants, and some were even hoping that
he might say 'pantaloons." Even over
ais would be better than pants" for
pants" is most unparliamentary.
But all fears were without foundation.
He cleared his throat with the greatest
care, and in a death-like stiffness resumed
his Grafton where he had dropped it: Ito
keep up his running expenses"
The words which followed were lost
forever In gale of laughter.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
SAVED CHIlD'S LIFE.
Remarkable Cure of Dropsy by Dodd's
Kidney Pills.

Sedgwick, Ark, July 1.-THE case of W.
S. Taylor's little son is looked upon by those
interested in medical matters as one of the
most wonderful on record. In this connec-
ton his father makes the following state
ment:
Last September, my little boy had
Dropsy; his feet and limbs were swollen
to such an extent that he could not walk
nor put his shoes on. The treatment that
the doctors were giving him seemed to do
him no good and two or three people said
his days were short, even the doctors, two
of the best in the country told me he would
not get better. 1 stopped their medicine
and at once sent for Dodd'S Kidney Pills.
l gave him three Pills a day, one morning,
noon and night for eight days; at the end
of the eighth day the swelling was all gone,
but to give the medicine justice, gave HIM
eleven more Pills. | used thirty-hve Pills
in all and he was entirely cured. l consider
your medicine saved my child's life. When
the thirty-fve Pills. were given him. he
could run. dance and sing, whereas before
he was an invalid in his mothers arms
from morning until night"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
LOVES YOUNG DREAM.
Truly Touching Situation Brought
About by the Outrageous
Dust

The wind swept cloud of dust about
them as they turned the corner of the street,
relates the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Did you get any dust in your eyes, dar-
1ing?" he asked fondly, holding her closely
20 him, as though to keep the too eager wind
away.
Yes" she murmured, searching for the
handkerchief.
Which eye dearest?"
The right one, love. Did you get any
thing in yours" she asked anxiously, seeing
his handkerchief appear.
Yes, darling"
(Which eye, dearest?"
The right one, love-"
How sweet" she exclaimed, with a sad
light glowing in her well eye. DO you sup
pose, dearest heart, that it could have been
part of the same piece of dust that got into
our eyes, darling!"
II hope it was" he said, beaming with one
eye and wiping the other.
"Wouldn't it be sweet, DEAR"
''Wouldn't it, love?"
And the wind howled around the corner
as though it was in pain and from the house
three doors below dentists sign fell of
into the street.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
TWO PAT ILLUSTRATIONS.
In Which the True Source of Physical
Strength Was Well
Set Forth.

Speaking of toads, with incidental ref
erence to other salatory animal life, re-
calls mot attributed to one of the JUS
tees of the supreme court, which has
been giving the Washington gOssips good
deal of amusement of late, says the New
York Evening post. He was dining the
other evening with the family of dis
tinguished ex-senator, who are noted for
their extravagant advocacy of the vege-
tartan diet. Over the delicacies of the
table, which included pretty nearly every
form of edible plant life suited to the
season, conversation turned upon the ia
miliar theme; and the hostess, after try
ing in vain to convert her beef-reared
guest by arguments based on the chemical
constituents of various food, pleaded:
But surely, Mr.. Justice, you must ad-
init that vegetarianism means strength
and agility, when you remember that the
rabbit, which, feeds wholly on vegetables,
can make such great leaps through the air
from hiding place to hiding place"
True, madam" answered the jurist,
gravely, "but we must also remember that
the minute creature for which naturalists
claim the ability to jump more times its
own length than any other, belongs to
the class of pure carnivora."
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
IN FEMININE FIELDS.

In Valparaiso all the conductors on
trolley cars are women.
Club women in San Francisco are to
start woman's municipal league.
Miss Sarah Louise Gilman, of Hal
lowell, Me-, has just resigned as a
school-teacher, after constant service
of 50 years, during which time she has
had as pupils some of the leading men
of the states history.
Though totally blind, Miss Della
Pittsford, of Selma, Ind, has practical
charge of large Sunday school class
and of the choir of a leading church
in Selma. She also does considerable
literary work and is skillful type
writer.
The arrangement of the cascade
gardens and numerous other fine land
scape decorations at the worlds fair
was the work of Miss Ada A. Suffer-
meister, a trained landscape architect,
and for some years Mr.. Kessler's as
sistant.
Mrs. Mary ]. Tillinghast has served
continuously as police matron for IL
years in Providence, r. 1. She is on
duty from b: 81 q. N. 10 o.oO u. IL,
when she is relieved by the night
matron. During the past year over
1,2O0 women and girls and over 1900
boys have come under her charge and
influence.
Three prominent English women
who are devoting themselves to the
science of astronomy are Lady Hug
gins, Miss Agnes M. Clarke and Mrs. E.
Walter Maunder. Lady Higgins is the
wife of Sir William Higgins, and it is
acknowledged that considerable of his
success in spectroscope has been due
to.her, his assistant.
Monroeville, o., has a woman bank
president in the person of Mrs. Annie
M. Stem, who is a financier of ability
and has managed her large private for
tune in a manner that has multiplied
it many times. Mrs. Stem was the
wife of a former bank presIuent of the
First national bank of Monroeville and
was recently chosen to fill the same Of
flee herself.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
DIGGING OUT DOLLARS.
Famous Writer Received First Sub
stantial Recognition from
"The Black Cat"

Boston, July, 1904.-There is an old
adage that no door shuts without an
other opening. With the necessaries
of living constantly mounting higher.
old sources of income disappearing
and old lines of effort closing up, it is
Encouraging to find that the ceaseless
change and progress of the times is
opening new fields of endeavor to the
intelligent and ambitious. The Bos-
ION Daily Globe gives notable exam
pie in the case of the famous Jack
london, the brilliant war correspond
,nt, now at the front, who secured his
drst substantial recognition as a writer
light here in this city, vhen he was
.ust about to give up in despair.
Nothing" he says, remained but
get out and shovel coal. had done
t before, and earned more money at it.
resolved TO do it again, and L GER
:ainly should have done it, had it not
been for The Black Cat.
yes, The Black Cat. The postman
t,000-word story which was more
engthy than strengthy, if l would
grant permission to cut 1t down half.
irant permission? / told them they
.ould cut it down two halves if they'd
.nly send the money along. which they
lid, by return mail. | forgot my coal
.hoveling resolution, and continued to
yhang away at the typewriter. AS
or five dollars offered at some indefinite
ime by big magazine, for a story Of
similar length, finally received it.
aft hi nf
embarrassment and trouble"
Nor is Jack London the only writer
who has been lifted from obscurity to
prominence by the lucky Black Cat,
which, as the New York Press has
truly said, has done more for short
story writer's and short-story readers
than any other publication. Newton
Newkirk, the popular writer, who halls
from an obscure Ohio town. achieved
success through The Black Cat; SO did
Stanley Edwards Johnson, the New
England author, Frank Lille Pollock,
of North Carolina, and many others.
Each of its famous prize COMPETE
tons has brought new writer's to the
front In its most recent, the 81 100
prize was won by a young Texan who
ndQ never before written story, anu
he second. $1,000, went to a lawyers
wife in an obscure Missouri town.
1t has just inaugurated another con-
test in which $4,000 will be paid to
writer's in sums of from 500 TO 81 800
This will, no doubt, add many new
names to the list of those who have
arrived" through its recognition.
The conditions are announced in the
current issue of The Black Cat, and
will also be mailed free to any one by
the Shortstory Publishing company,
Boston, Mass. Even those who cannot
write a winning story themselves may
earn ten dollars by giving a timely
tip to some friend who can.
But all should bear in mind that it
will be entirely useless for any one to
send a story to The Black Cat contest
after October /, or without first read
ing and complying with all the pub
Iished conditions. Here is a chance for
the reader to dig dollars out OF his
brain. for what life does not contain
at least one tale worth telling?
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
He HAD 1T FOR BREAKFAST
President Roosevelt Got the News
of Judge Parker's Nomination
While Eating Breakfast.

Oyster Bay, L. l., July 10.-News of
the nomination by the st. Louis con-
vention of Judge Alton B. Parker for
the presidency was communicated to
President Roosevelt at breakfast time
by Secretary Loeb. The information
was given the president by telephone
from the executive Offices in the village
to Sycamore Hill, but he made no COM
ment on either the nomination of Judge
Parker or any other action of the con-
vention. What he may have TO say
concerning the democratic platform
and candidates probably will be said
in his letter of acceptance of his own
nomination by the republican party.
The president passed the day in his
library and about Sycamore Hill with
members of his family. No official Wis
itors were received.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-07-15
A BACK LICK
Settled the Case with Her.

Many great discoveries have been
made by accident and things betterthan
gold mines have been found in this way,
for example when even the accidental
discovery that coffee is the real cause Of
ones sickness proves of most tremen-
dous value because it locates the cause
and the person has then a chance to get
we'll
For over % years." says a Missouri
woman, az suffered untold agonies inmy
stomach and even the best physicians
disagreed as to the cause without giving
me any permanent help, different ones
saying it was gastritis, indigestion, neu-
ralgia, etc, so l dragged along from
year to year, always half sick, until
finally 1 gave up all hopes of ever being
we'll again.
when taking dinner with a friend
one day she said she had a new drink
which turned out to be Postum and l
liked it so we'll told her thought 1
would stop coffee for awhile and use it,
which 1 did.
so for three months we had Postum
in place of coffee without ever having
one of my old spells but was always
HedlJny anu vigorous instead.
Husband kept saying he was con-
WINGED it was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then 1 wouldn't believe
it until one day we got out Of Postum
and as we lived two miles from town
l thought to use the coffee we had in the
house.
THE result of a weeks use of coffee
again was that I had another terrible
spell of agony and distress proving that
it was the coffee and nothing else. That
settled it and 1 said good bye to Coffee
forever and since then Postum alone has
been our hot mealtime drink.
My friends all say am looking
worlds better and my complexion is
much improved. All the other members
of our family have been benefited, too,
by Postum in place Of the old drink, cof-
fee" Name given by Postum Co., Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum in place of
coffee or tea is the wise thing for every
coffee drinker. Such trial tells the ex-
act truth often where coffee is not sus-
rected.
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book. "The Road to MELVILLE"