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ers and the explosion gives the alarm.
The idea came to me some years ago,
and was suggested by fire in gro.
Gerry store.
"The fire had got considerable
Roadway and it was discovered by
the explosion of some canned goods
which attracted the attention of the
people in the house. l decided that if
canned vegetables made a good fire
detective crackers would be Just as
good.
There is absolutely no danger, as
some would imagine, from the dyna-
mite cracker, unless the fire is there,
and when dynamite cracker-the
kind use is about two inches long
explodes it throws itself right out
with the force of the explosion. It is
a good plan to keep couple Of them
in a wardrobe where there are num-
Der of garments. The probabilities are
that if fire took place the force of
the detective cracker in going off
would extinguish the blaze.
81 have fixed up hundreds of these
crackers for various persons and GER
tainly do advise their use, especially
in houses in the suburbs, where
there are not likely to be people pass.
ing and where a fire is, therefore,
likely to get considerable Roadway
before it is discovered"
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1t was first-class struggle, and, as
the cross-examination went on, day
after day, the excitement of the spec.
tators became intense. Fullerton was
wonderfully shrewd, but Beecher was
too much for him.
zone day Fullerton wanted to close
the session with big coup. He
pressed Beecher hard, but the preach
er was wary, bold and resouceful
Dragging the examination along, wait
ing for an opening, Fullerton watched
his adversary, every nerve of each
strung to the highest tension. The
court room was painfully quiet. Sud-
denly Fullerton, with a glance at the
judge and around the chamber, ex-
claimed: Now, Mr. Beecher, we'll
have the benediction.'
oh, wait minute, MIR. Fullerton,
retorted Beecher, dryly, casting his
eye at the long row of Tilton's unpaid
lawyers, i think the first thing to be
done is to take up collection"
BILL" Fullerton was knocked out
New York Mail
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A Story of Beecher

In the smoking room of the Law
yers' club, Roger A. Pryor, surround
ed by dozen choice spirits, was re-
calling incidents of the Beecher-Tilton
trial-the cause celebre that for six
months, away back in the '7Os, was
the chief topic of every household in
the land. General Pryor was one of
Tilton's counsel in the onslaught upon
the famous preacher; and his recol-
lection of what happened is as clear
as if it were only yesterday the trial
ended. Here is Renaissance of the
skill VITA which Mr.. Beecher con-
fronted Fullerton, the most noted
cross-examiner of his time, who was
put forward to crush the Plymouth
pastor, and who was confident of be.
ing able to do the trick:
you must know" said General
Pryor, "that Tilton was a poor man
that his counsel were numerous, and
that long before the trial was hall
over we were working for nothing
Fullerton was very aggressive and
went at Beecher with tooth and mai
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Has Novel Fire Alarm

A good way to prevent yourself
from being burned to death in your
own house is to have on hand a large
supply of dynamite firecrackers. That
is the theory of Chief Horton OF the
Baltimore fire department, who direct
ed the efforts of the Baltimore fire
men during the February conf1agra-
ton until he was struck by couple
OF live wires and rendered uncon-
scious. Commenting upon this theory,
Chief Horton says:
about the best fire detectives are
large dynamite crackers. have these
crackers distributed all over my house
and have advised any number of per-
sons to use them.
"The idea is decidedly practicable.
One of the crackers is attached to a
length Of wire, and it is then suspend
ed from some place where it is likely
to be useful.
II have these crackers hanging from
the roof of the cellar, from the cell
fngs of the stairways. from under the
padded seats Of the chairs and sofas
every place where they can be con-
veniently put and are likely to be of
use.
''The idea is simply this: If fire
breaks out it can't make much head
way before it reaches one of the crack
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-22
The Pathway of Pain

I have trodden the pathway Of pain.
where hoped might never go;
I have felt the pitiless winds that over
its barrens blow;
I have drunk of the bitter brooks that
along its borders flow.
had seen the crowds press down that
narrow and stony path
Some led by the Angel Of Sorrow and
Some OF the Angel Of Wrath
But each with the faltering footstep that
ever the wretched hath.
Their eyes were wild and fearful; their
cheeks were sodden gray;
And as they stumbled onward, they
moaped the livelong day;
And said: 20 God, preserve me from
walking that doleful way!'
when the Angel Of Sorrow calmly babe
4 me to follow him,
IL sl1uddered and cried. II cannot!"-and
n n x q my very sight grew dim; 81 /.
But u had to rise and follow, though
81 shook In every limb. :!9 d {,
Al last my, eyes are opened. see a
b which shows me far OF, starry. worlds.
before ~ black as night;
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By Earl NJ. Pratt, Oak Park, Illinois.

" s. ~ (
Concentration is a mental power
due to health, habit and desire. Notice
how much people near you know about
things that appeal to them. Many
men know more about some side-line
subject than their regular work, be-
cause their interest in it enables
them to concentrate. have seen peo-,
pie look ten years younger in two
minutes because their pet subject hap
pened to come up and some one ex-
hibited an interest in it. If we have
strength and the habit of hard work
and want to do certain thing we can
concentrate our minds on it.
Diplomacy includes special knowl.
edge of people, customs and require
ments. To be diplomatic one must
have dexterity, skill and tact. There
are places and times when voice and
manners are more important than
words. To know people and respect
them is the beginning of diplomacy.
Some very good people are very ig-
norant on these things, and they have
much trouble because they do not in
form themselves as they might by
seeking, asking, and knocking on the
door of wisdom. Diplomacy requires
knowledge of personal peculiarities.
Some people have studied people all
their lives in a way to be able to
manage others without the use of
force. To be diplomatic means that
one is polite, kind, patient but de-
termined. Genuine diplomacy is hon
orable and desirable, but artificial di-
plomacy is the trickery of weakness.
Some would like to classify all diplo-
macy as trickery and then put desir-
able personal forces under the sub
ject of executive ability, which is a
power of powers.
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Baking,
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SUCCESS RECIPES.
Perfect IN quality. 4
Mod erate IN price,

= ssPaf &; n gS5 IA
Twelve Maxins BY Which Baron
Rothschiid Succeeds. 4
The following twelve maxims form
part Of the will Of Mayer Anselim
Rothschild, the founder Of the great
banking house at Frankfort They
are going the rounds in Europe and
America: j4
l.. Seriously pointer over and thor
oughly examine any project to which
you intend to give your attention.
2. Reflect a long. time, then decide
promptly. . Il,s i.
8. Go ahead.
4. Endure annoyances patiently and
fight bravely against obstacles. i.
5. Consider honor as sacred duty.
6. Never lie about a business affair.
z. Pay your debt promptly.
8. Learn how to sacrifice money
when necessary.
9. Do not trust too much to luck.
10. Spend your time probably.
II. Do not pretend to be more i'm
portant than you really are.
IL. Never become discouraged, work
zealously and you will succeed.-New
York News.
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TO G.. H. Y: This introduction, on
memory, concentration and diplomacy,
is more to paste into and help you
make good use of handbook for the
rest of your life, and then pass it
along to some young person, than to
furnish any didactic information
Keep the blank-book alive by either
adding written or printed idea or
re-reading a paragraph every day,
week or month. The most useful in
formation is that which you discover
for yourself, and systematic effort in
the interest of better methods is
daily source of original thought. Try
to gain an idea, at least every Mon
day, to put to use in your work. You
can secure them by observation, con-
versation, reading and determined
thinking.
Memory is that power by which we
reproduce past impressions. Some
are born rich and lose it. Some are
born poor and acquire it. Our mem
ory increases best unccnscicusly by
exercise due to intense interest in
some subject. A man who wanted to
retain the names of those people to
whom he was introduced took pains to
hear the name and get an impression.
1t is impossible to reproduce no i'm
preston. 1t is difficult to reproduce
poor Impressions. Memory exercises
are useful when the memory is not
naturally good. 1t is not wise to try
to work and exercise at the same
time. Select a few minutes a day to
do some small self-appointed task
which will cause your memory to
work. People use enough time, in
useless worry, to solve all their per-
plexities, if only devoted to syste-
matte thought or genuine intelligence.
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That dark and dismal pathway hath sud-
denly grown bright.
And own million brothers, million
sisters dear,
And love them all with pity which
brings the farthest near
A love which thrills my being-as heaven
had entered here. -
For see that when you have trodden
the thOrhy path of pain, ~
This selfish world is never the same chill
\ place again; ~
Henceforth you love the sorrowing with
ardent might and main. .
And songs Of consolation breathe sweet
from pole to pole; B
And the cheat Of the outer varn!sh ike a
shell OFF all doth roll: m 81.
And you stand with your fellow rfaourr,ers
qltvertng soul to soul.
Then fear not, anxious mortal. When
you tread the path Of pain 3
God links you with your comrades there.
in new, resplende lent chain; ~.
And i 81, ey ,s panE yor sufier' he rays
Kate Epson Clark In Ha.per's Bazaar.
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Misunderstood.

They were playing q little social
game of poker in the parlor, the young
gentleman acting as instructor to the
ladies. :.
1T is not your turn to bet now, Miss
Primleigh," he remarked; ''you have
the adyantageof not having to bet I'm.
til the others have all said"
why SOL" she inquired.
Because you have the age on us"
he responded.
She was his bitterest enemy from
that time on.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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On the summit of hill in the center
of the historic capital of the confed-
eracy, whence the eye can trace for
miles the winding river James, stands
the white House of the Confedera-
cy," the home for four years, marred
ny battles and bloodshed, of Jefferson
Davis, president of the confederate
states.
= Though the bitterness of those days
has passed away, ard men have we'll
nigh forgot that this country was ever
else than one, this historic mansion,
cejuvenated and rendered we'll nigh
tmpervious to the ravages of time,
stands like a watch tower on a hill,
containing within IT'S walls countless
souvenirs of the mighty struggle in
tended not to inflame the minds of the
rising generation and of generations
yet unborn, but to keep alive memories
OF the most valiant armies that ever
faced each other on battle plain, and
to stand as lasting monument to the
sacrifices made and hardships borne
tor the sake of home and country.
From turret to foundation stone"
the mansion is filed with civil war re-
minders. Room after room is crowded
with objects of the most intense inter-
est to all, no matter whether they
wore the blue or the gray. This is
amply attested by the constant and
ever increasing stream of visitors
from beyond Mason's and Dixcn's line
who spend hours wandering through
the halls and lofty rooms, viewing
with deepest interest the tattered uni
forms worn by heroes of forty years
ago, the pistols, swords, torn battle
flags and numberless cabinets contain
Ing the fiotsam and jetsam of many
battle fields, interspersed with souve.
Mrs of gloomy prison walls In the
shape of fanciful designs wrought by
hapless victims of the changing for.
tunes of war
Within handsome glass case in the
most frequented portion of the mu-
scum are reminders Of one who was
the central figure OF the confederacy
by virtue of having been its head
JEFFERSON Davis. The collection ia
composed of his Bible, merschaum
pipe and various other articles used
constantly by him, but of greatest in
terest is the suit of clothes which he
wore when captured. The garments
are of confederate gray without insig.
MA of any kind. 4...
Scarcely second in interest to the
mementoes Of. Mr.. Davis are those Of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander in
chief of the confederate army. These
embrace the gray uniform, old SLOUGH
hat, boots and 9auntlets which he
wore when he surrendered tosGen,
Grant; also a brick from the Mclean
house at Appomattox courthouse III
which the terms Of surrender were
agreed upon. There are also his sword.
pistols, maps used by him during the
war, and a lock of hair from the name
OF Traveller, the gallant gray horse
that carried him through SO many
campaigns.
Hard By is the cabinet containing
one of the most interesting collections
\ il the muselm the war acquire
ments and personal property Of Gen.
4. \. lStonewall) y Jackson. These en-.
brace the famous old cap. spurs. sword
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catarrh Cannot Be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they cannot reach
the seat Of the disease Catarrh blood or consti
tutional disease and in order cure you must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken in.
ternally, and acts directly the blood and mucous
surfaces Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medi.
cine ltwas prescribed BY Of the best physicians
IN this country for years and s regular prescription
It is composed Of the best tonics known, combined
mucous surfaces The perfect combination Of the
Two what produces such wonderful Re.
FIJI CHENEY q CO., Props, Toledo. q.
Sold BY Druggists, price 75c. 80 .
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Proved Diaqno.Is WRONG.

NJ SsSSS0 0s0SIO0So t-VVTON8s
The establishment of the New Eng
land eclectic medical association, and
its success is due to DR.. Herschell N.
Waite, who comes from Vermont, and
relates many good stories Of his prac.
tice there.
On one occasion he had patient
who, although comparatively a young
man. seemed to be in a decline, and
after q long consultation, the doctor
said:
Medicine may modify your symp
toms, my friend, yet nothing but q
change in your habits will bring per.
manent relief. You don't take enough
exercise" *
Don't take enough exercised" eI,
claimed the patient. why, good hea.
ven. I've been chairman OF the com.
mittee on collection Of our pastors
salary for eleven years.
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the splendid weapon was given to the
museum by the daughter of Gen.
Price, Mrs. Peter j. Willis of Mis-
souri. The golden scabbard is indeed
work of art. It is fashioned to rep.
reaent the products of the states Of
Louisiana and Missouri. The lower
portion shows the joints of the corn.
stalk of Missouri, and the sugar cane
OF Louisiana. The guard depicts the
hempstalk and tobacco leaf of Mis-
souri, and the cotton bloom and boil Of
Louisiana. The head of the hilt is the
coat-of-arms of louisiana pelican
feeding her young, and the thrust.
reception presents the coat-of-arms OF
Missouri. The grip is of ivory-an
ear of corn-the product Of both
states
Turning from this gorgeous sight,
the eye of the visitor falls upon q
queer object It is small piece OF
woven bedticking and the card attach.
Ell shows that it's history has been q
thrilling one. 1t is a portion of the
rope that was used by Gen. John Nor
6aA WAeA ue anu I'VE VI LIN meu eS'
capped from an Ohio prison.
On the wall near the morsel of rope
stoutly framed and covered with Q
thick glass, are the rusty, Wondering
fragments Of caseknife, employed
by Morgan and hissmen in effectins
their escape. Besides the old knife
is a letter from Warden j. G. Laney
of the Ohio prison, who recovered and
| sent the knife south. It was found
by him in the air. chamber beneath
cell No. 4, in which the men were con.
| fined.
+! Carefully preserved in the museum
is the sword of Irvine s. Bullock, sail
ing master of the warship Alabama
who was a half uncle Of President
Theodore Roosevelt.
Dragged from the bottom of the
Yazoo river. and brought to the Con,
federate museum, the heavy iron fig
ure head of the ship Star of the Yves
! is a trophy of value. It adorned the
PROV of the first United States boat
which was fred on and sunk in the
affair at Fort Sumter.
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and pistols which he wore when acct
dentally shot down by his own men at
Charlottesville. Also a little volume
entitled "War Maxims of Napoleon"
which he carried all through the war.
The battle flag that draped his coffin
reposes side by side with glittering
pair of solid gold spurs bestowed on
him by the ladies of Baltimore at the
close of successful campaign.
But of greater human interest than
all else is a faded, tattered confeder-
ate uniform, on it's front series of
dark stains-the life blood of Jackson.
1t was worn by Rev. DR.. James Power
Smith, then member of Jackson's
staff, now editor of the Central Pres
byterian and commander of Lee camp
confederate veterans of Richmond.
While Jackson was being borne on a
litter from the place where he was
wounded one of the bearers was shot
and stumbled, throwing the wounded
man to the ground. DR.. Smith caught
the sufferer in his arms and broke his
fall partially, his uniform becoming
stained with his blood. DR.. Smith then
laid on the ground beside his chief to
screen him with his body from the
shower of balls falling thickly around
the little party.
An idol of the confederacy was Gen.
]. E. B. Stuart, the .dashing cavalry
leader, who lost his life at Yellow Tav-
ern. near Richmond, while endeavor-
ing to prevent the federal troops from
entering the capital city. AS famous
as Stuart was the plumed hat that he
wore, and this now reposes in the con-
federate museum, Its picturesque
feather dropping sadly, as though in
detection at the fate of its brave wear
er and the cause for which he fought.
Beside the faded white hat are
Stuart's old haversack. the tin basin
in which he daily performed his ablu-
lions, his gloves, boots, pistols, saddle
and bride.
All of these reminders of long ago
are on the first floor Of the museum,
where they attract instant attention,
but no less conspicuous are many 9TH
er articles, among them battle flag
carried by the Thirteenth Virginia in
fantry, made from the bridal dress Of
Mrs. A. p. Hill, and one from the we'd
ding robes of Mrs. Catherine Holt, pre-
scented to the Fifteenth Virginia infan-
try after the battle Of Bethel. .
Scattered through every room are
relics of prison life In the shape Of
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PATENTs..

List 81 Patents Issued Last Week %
,s9 Northwest tern Inventors.
Newton Bolton, Minneapolis, MINI,
hath stripping machine; Frederick
Clark, Clear Lake. MINI, lamp sup
porting bracket; Emil M. Erdman, Ma.
:rion, %: stump puller;; Frank Lew
So, Neche, N. o., grain separator; Bea.
5trice Linberg, Faribault MINI, school
loom; John Roos. Duluth. MINI, dis.
play rack; James Thompson, Deer
River, Mimi, self feeding hammer.
ss Lothrop q johnson. patent lawyers III
and s9l2 Pioneer Press Bldg. st. Paul.
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Living Expenses.

First Chappie-Do you think two
can live as cheaply as one, old fell?
Second Chappie--Not II the girl
smokes cigarettes too. yer know.
Puck e
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Easy Method.

Young Author-When write far
into the night I find great difficulty in
getting to sleep.
Friend-Why don't you read over
what you have written p Princeton
Tiger.
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Fate sometimes amuses herself b.
putting oaks into flower pots and max.
Ing dvsrfs of them. :gs35} 4;
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Disabled ii one Day.

Proprietor The new office boy tele.
phones that he is sick
Stenographer-Sick Of work, guess,
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. At
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The exchange editor may be 4 mild.
spoken man but. he invariably In.
EdulgeS II cutting things. II &
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-12-09
THE SARGOOD TRIAL
Case Not Yet Very interesting and is Dragging
Along Slowly.

County court is still occupied in
taking testimony in the Sargood per.
jury case.
Robert Blair and Mrs Sanford
Hicks were on the witness stand yes
terday afternoon and this morning
The time this morning was taken up
principally in the cross examination
of these witnesses by Attorney Batch.
elder.
Mr. Blair was the owner of the colts
which We're poisoned for which crime
Sargood was convicted last NJ arch.
Mrs Hicks is the woman upon whom
it is alleged an attempt to noison was
made for which Sargood and Doyle
will be tried later.
The testimony in the perjury case is
necessarily largely a repetition of that
in the trial for poisoning Of Mr. Blair's
colts.
States Attorney VIM Il. Daley and
O. NJ. Barber are prosecuting and
Batcheld er and Bates and Daniel a.
Guiltiuan appear for the defendant
At $50 this afternoon the state rest
ed on this case and the defense began
putting in testimony,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-12-09
SHOT HIS BROTHER
Two Little Boys We're Playing indian and
Deer

Two Little Boys We're Playing indian and
Deer.
Rutland, Dec Sit was learned to-.
day that Joseph Stewart, the four year
old son of Isaac Stewart, farmer #
East Wallingford, is now at the point
of death as a result OF being shot with
a shotgun by his brother, Herbert,
aged seven while the two were
playing in the house.
Joseph was supposed to be a deer
and Herbert an Indian. The Indian
was to kill the deer who was running
on his hands and knees. The older
boy seized a shotgun which was in the
room and fired big charge of buck
shot into the little boys breast, neck,
and head. The shot cut through the
side of the ear and barely missed the
jugular vein, inhicting a terrible
wound If the boy should live he
probably will lose the use of one arm
and one eye. Not all the shot have
been extracted yet
The boy did not know the gun was
loaded.