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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-17
The Best Sherlock
Holmes Stories.
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The unparalleled success of the series of
Sherlock Holmes stories printed recently i'm
The Star has resulted i'm a call for further
incidents i'm the career of this most enter
tanning of detectives. The Star has, there
fore. arranged for fresh series of ten
stories that will be published i'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-17

If he does not care to succeed Senator
Mitchell in the Senate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-17
The Five Orange Pips.
The Blue CarbunCle.

OF all the queer stories OF scientific deduction and charac
ter reading which Sherlock Holmes figured the adyen
ure of the Blue Carbuncle is of the striking ex-
ampes The sangroid of the great detective admirably
brought well his apt grasp Of in deal
ing with the stubborn and stold owercass Londoner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-17
The Sunday Star

The stories are regarded as the best
Sherlock Holmes Tales that Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle has ever written. The first
tale i'm the new series will be printed i'm next
Sundays issue. lit is entitled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-17
Protection and Reciprocity.

There Is no conflict and can be none
between protection and reciprocity. IL we
abandon the selfish interest of particular
producer or class of producers. and ascend
TO the higher standpoint from which we
may view the common welfare. The only
Justification for interference with absolute
free trade is, first TO provide revenue
and. second. to diversity and increase the
products Of the country and IL is just as es-
seHtial and just beneficial to our pro-
duCers to preserve and enlarge their mar
ketS abroad as 1t Is TO preserve and en-
large their markets at home.
A Protest From Washington.
BELLNGHAM. Wash. August 1.-THE
chamber of commerce. by unanimous vote
last night sent to the reciprocity confer
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John E. Barrett, Scranton, Ps

John E. Barrett Scranton, Pa)
Ton Dec. 9, 1905, Pennsylvania will
dedicate a memorial to her brave sons
who died at Andersonville during the
civil war.l
Above the dust of the beloved dead
Who passed to Immortality this way
We bare our heads. and reverently
tread,
And tenderly our heartfelt homage
pay.
The days were dark when Duty called
them hence
And darker passions clouded all the
land;
But we who live behold their recon-
Nation greater than its founders
planned.
Thank God! the fratricidal strife is past;
The MOloch Hate that fed on human
lives
Is slain by Love; and blessed Peace al
last,
So long affrighted from our shores.
survives. - :
And DER our broad domain, from crag
to crag,
From sea to sea, and loyal to the
core,
The Nation stands united for the flag
They loved and died for, now and
eyermOret
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fest itself. which, with the approaching
darkness. made 1t prudent to call halt.
A favorable position to reform our lines
was sought; the several brigades Of the
division were reassembled In their prop
er relation to each other, cartridge boxes
were replenished and haversacks
searched for the refreshing bareback,
the proximity of the enemy forbidding
fires for making coffee.
TIE Days Results.
The result Of the days operation on
that part of the field where Gen. Smith
had been ordered to make a vigorous
attack" had been the capture of several
strong positions a large number of pris-
oners and many guns. the enemy driven
a distance of nearly five miles and his
line of retreat seriously threatened.
There had not been so much accom-
plished on the left Of the army, nor so
much distance gained, though substan-
tial results were realized all along the
line. The result in the aggregate was
decided victory for Thomas and q
serious though not a crushing defeat
for Hood. The latter had been driven
to his last line of defense, where he
must make the fight of his life on the
morrow, or retreat during the night.
(T0 be continued.)
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no CHANGE IN MANS STATURE.

There is scarcely any belief more per-
sistent than that men have degenerated
sadly from the height and strength OF
their ancestors. From the earliest
times this has been sedulously taught
and it has been assumed that 1t Is go
ing on with equal persistence TO the
end. One old writer fOresaw the time
when two knights would fight out
duel inside the limits of an old-fash-
toned iron bakeoven. Everything de-
veloped by physiology. archaeology and
geology goes to disprove this long
standing belief. The oldest skeletons
that have been discovered show that
the men must, If anything, have been
OF but mediocre height. This was for
prehistoric times. In historic times we
know that the armor worn by warriors
and so-called giants of those days can
only be put on by the smaller of men of
today. There have been giants in all
generations of men, but they have al
ways been as today, where one portion
OF the body was nourished at the ex-
pense of the others and the giants were
consequently among the weaker of
men. 1t seems almost impossible that
any giant should have had at the same
time great height, great strength and
good health. In fact, giantism has
been described by some physicians as
q disease and those suffering from 1T
are always short-lived.
1t has been conclusively shown that
the great bones found in some of the
prehistoric graves were those of horses
and elephants. The great naturalist,
Button, was the first to expose this and
show conclusively that the bones were
other than human and probably came
from a warriors horse being buried
with him. Some bones, which were for
century or more shown in Cracow as
those of a giant were found to be the
thighbones of mastodon; the skull of
a rhinoceros and one of the jawbones
of a whale. Another find, which was
for long time supposed to be that of
a warrior 25 feet high, found near AK,
and supposed to be the bones of a giant
king of the Teutons. were shown to
be those of a mastodon identical with
those found in Ohio. The result of the
Investigations made by M. l.. Manouv-
rier are now generally accepted by the
scientific world. They show that mems
stature has not undergone any impor-
tant variation during the hundreds of
thousands of years that have rolled by
since his first appearance upon the
globe.
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CORRESPONDENCE.

The Patent Office announces the fol-
lowing rules regarding correspondence:
Il. Communications to the Patent
Office must be addressed to the Com
missioner of Patents.
"2. A double correspondence with the
inventor and an assignee, or with a
principal and his attorney, or with two
attorneys cannot generally be allowed.
SO. The assignee of the entire in
terest of an invention is entitled to hold
the correspondence with the Office.
.-ts"4. Actions by the Office which are
wanting in official propriety will be cam
celed from the files. Communications
10 the Office in violation of the require
ments Of decorum and courtesy will not
be accepted or will be returned.
"5. Separate letters mist be written
about assignments for record, final fees
for patents, orders for copies, abstracts
of title, complaints against officials, and
every other distinct subject of COM
munication.'
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is YOUR HEART WEAK?

Information that resulted In the com.
plete cure Of Alice A. Wetm0re, from
Chronic Heart Disease, sent you by
mail absolutely FREE.
Alice A. Wetmore, Box A 81, Nor
witch, Conn.,, wishes to tell every reader
Of The National Tribune that if they
suffer from Heart Disease Of any form
she will, on receipt of their address,
without any charge whatever, direct
them to the perfect Home Cure she %
successfully used.
Coming as it does in the face OF
quackery and deceit the information,
SO freely given, must be gladly well
coined by those who wish q simple, in
expensive and withal a genuine cure.
To escape this most terrible Of all
diseases should be the object of every
sufferer, for to delay or take dangen-
Gus nostrums may, at any time, mean a
fatal result. Our advice is to get this
life-saving information at once and
while it may be had without cost.
The National tribune., 1905-11-23
Indianapolis News.)

Grant County has a holdup man who
believes in living and let live. He thinks
he is entitled to living, but he does
not care to take it all from one indi-
vidual.
Preston Lucas, school teacher, was
returning home late last night when he
met the highwayman, who grasped the
bride of the horse Lucas was driving,
pointed a revolver at Lucas and de-
manded money. Lucas had S25 and a
gold watch, and was willing to give it
to the man, but the latter said: 81
need $3.50. Just count me out that
amount and I will let you CO., Lucas
gladly complied with the request, and
gave himself credit with $3.50 and the
gold watch and drove home.
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There has been great increase in
the consumption of petroleum, largely
,dge to automobiles and gasoline en-
gsnes. The total output Of crude oil
III the United States in 1904 was ILL.,
0G3,42 barrels, which sold for $1oi,-
1t0,466. This was gain of nearly
$es500,00 in value. The production
west of the Mississippi became for the
first time greater than east of it. owing
to-: new pools having been discovered i'm
Texas. California. Kansas. Indian Ter
risory and Oklahoma. An immense
section. beginning in southeastern Kan
sas and extending southwestward into
the Indian Territory and Oklahoma,
with length of $50 miles and a width
of so miles, was found to be rich in
petroleum and natural gas. The prob
abilities are therefore strong that the
Increase of production will continue for
many years.
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SCOOP DIGGER.

under ordinary circumstances three
minutes is ample time for haul Of 500
feet to 1000 feet.
About Is of these machines are now
in operation throughout the country
Two of them have been sent to Nome,
Alaska, to be used in bringing out beach
sand which lies under water, and could
not be worked otherwise on account OF
the movement OF the tide. 1t has also
proved success in taking ballast from
a river bed through which water was
flowing, SO that the ballast could not be
gotten in any other WaY
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GASOLINE OMNIBUS.


Introduction 0G q New stage for Fifth
AyenNe, New York.
There Is now on trial on Fifth Ave-
nue., New York, q combination gasoline
electric motor car which. IL 1t proves
practical and economical. will take the
place Of the Fifth Avenue stages now
drawn by horses. The omnibus IL now
making regular trips on Fifth Avenue
between Washington Square and 8Sth
street. Passengers are carried for a
fare Of 10 cents. and are saved about
10 minutes over the horse-drawn
stages. There is nothing especially
notable about the construction OF the
car, since it resembles somewhat closely
the street-car model. The entrance is
entirely by one side at the rear and the
seats are separated by an aisle. Each
accommodates two passengers. or 2S
in all.
The power, however, is an interesting
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combination of gas engine, an electric
generator and motors, with storage bat
teries as auxiliary power to start and
for lighting. The power combination is
not altogether new in principle, having
been employed more than 10 years ago
by VIM. Patton, Of Chicago, as power
for cars on track, art time when gas
engines were much less efficient than
now.
Beneath the drivers seat is the
prime power producer, a vertical four
cylinder gasoline engine of 40 horse
power, directly connected to an electric
generator of As horsepower. Two cleo
trio motors are placed beneath the car,
convenient to the rear wheels, and driv-
ing them by means of a sprOcket chain.
Twenty cells of storage battery, which
must be charged once daily, are also
carried beneath the car and supply
current to start the generator, which
in starting sets the gasoline engine at
work. The generator does not restore
any power to the batteries. This is a
change from previous operations in
which the gas engine has run continu-
ously, and was supposed to contribute
to the battery any surplus electrical
power generated, such as while going
down hill when more power is produced
than used. The batteries also furnish
the light. both for interior. headlights
and rear signal lamps. No standing
passengers are allowed.
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A NEW POWER GRADER.
A New and SIMPLE Device Which Does
Immense Work.


This graderi rs the invention of rail-
road builder Tin the State of Washing
ton desperation, which is extremely
simple, will be understood from the IL
lustration. The fseraper, which is sort
sides and bottom, is seven feets=wide,
eight feet long and sc inches deep. The
knives are 10 inches wide and seven
feet six inci1tG.u long. A seven-foot
scraper will hoht three yards. A crew
of five men is sufficient. The scraper is
returned to- starting point by reversing
the donkey engine, which reverses the
movement Of the endless cable to which
the scraper* Isl alta c1aed.. The longest
The National tribune., 1905-11-23

The recent classification at the Brit
ish Patent Office shows that cooking is
the popular subject of invention, hav-
ing been the subject of 1915 British
Patents In As years. or an average of
~ a year. Umbrellas brought out l.
457 inventions and hats 1,411. Inven-
ton tends to run in grooves, 1896 and
1897 rejecting the enormous develop
ment In cycles. while motor vehicle in
Ventiohs have doubled since 1900.
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Still Had n Little Pride.
Chicago Tribune.)

What is this man charged with ?"
asked the police justice.
Stealing a dog, your honor" said
the officer.
"Well, sir; what have you got to say
for yourself?"
Your honor" answered the prison.
er. drawing a grimy coatsleeve across
his nose, IF you'll make it embezzle-
ment I'll plead guilty. I may be a thief,
but I've got feelin's''
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How a Woman Paid Her Debts.

/ am out of debt, thanks to the DIsh-washer bust
ness. In the past three months have made $500 90
selling Dsh-washers. I never saw anything sell so
easily. Every family needs a Dish-washer and will
buy when shown how beautifully it will wash and
dry the family dishes I'm two minutes. sell from my
own house. Each Dlsh-washer sold brings me many
orders. The dishes washed without wetting the
hands That is why ladies want the Dish I
give my experience for the benefit OF any one who
may wish to make money easy. i buy my Dish
washers from the Mound City Dish washer Co. SsSs
A o La Ciede Ave-. 1T Louis, Mo. Write them for
particulars They will start yon I'm business in your
home. L. A. O.
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philadelphia Pess.)

(PhlIadeIphia PeSS.)
"Of course your son is a varsity foot
ball player, but do you think there's
much prospect of his getting through
college?'
"Well, just at present we're putting
in our time hoping that he'll get
through the hospital
The National tribune., 1905-11-23

The work of the Patent Office for the
week ended Nov. Z. 1905, was. patents,
661; designs. 10; trademarks. IA;
labels, 21; prints. 10: reissues. IL;
making a total Of $50. OF these 592
patents and It's trademarks went to
citizens of the United States and 50
patents to citizens Of foreign countries.
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Robert Whitehead, inventor of the
torpedo. died Nov. IA. at Shrivenham,
England. Whitehead got his idea of a
sef-propelling torpedo from an officer
off the Austrian artillery, and made his
first trial of the invention at Fiume.
Austria. He devoted his life to improy-
fnk IT and was very successful, as all
the civilized nations bought the right
to use IT.
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INFORMATION BUREAU.
Babbitt Metal.

Editor National. Tribune: VIII you
kindly tell some of your mechanical
readers what babbitt metal really is
and how is the best way to make it?-
e. K. Potts, youngstown. o.
Rabbit metal is an alloy of copper
zinc, lead anthony bismuth and tin
There are almost rs many different
formulas for mixing as there are max.
+ers, but the following is very good
one:
Take 1923 pounds Of lead, 204 pounds
of antimony, 165 pounds of pewter and
IS " pounds of bismuth. This will make
1903 pounds of babbitt.
Another and finer grade is made by
taking 434 pounds Of tin, SO pounds of
anthony and q pounds Of copper. The
common way is to put the tin, anti
mOny and bismuth in crucible
and melt them in furnace and then
melt the lead in large pot. Then the
contents are mixed together and the
dross skinned ooffs rwhen 1T is ready for
The following I kkqffmulas are also pre-
ferred by manys Zach machinist having
decided views as fo,,which is the best:
Tin, 16 to 70 p9rts: anthony, two
parts: lead, one part: fused together
and then blended, with copper, so parts.
Use where thafet iss much friction or
2 2. zinc. six p l5siGls: tin, one part; cop
per, 20 parts. dJse1 when the. metal is
exposed to violent shocks.
3. Lead, one part; tin. two parts; zinc.
four parts: copper, IS parts. Used when
the metal Is exposed to heat.
A. (Babbitt' slrgIjn, 48 to so parts;
antimony. five PARTS; copper. one part.
5. (Fenton'sl-Tin, with some zinc
and little "copper"
6. Ordinary 1E-Tin. or hard pewter,
with or without small portion OF anti
mony or "copper" Without the copper
1t Is apt to spread out under the weight
OF heavy machinery. Used for the bear
ings Of locomotive engines, etc.-Editor
National Tribune.
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DISBARRED.

The Patent Office announces the dis
tarment of the following attorneys from
rtaetice before the Interior Department
or any Bureau thereof: Will Downs
Alma, Neb.; Wayland Knowlton, Bef-
fast, Ne.
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Insect Destroyer.

Linn Tanner. Cheneyville, La, has
patented an insect destroyer compris-
ing sled with guiding handles at the
rear and carrying tank and front bars
to guard a burner. To the rear bar are
sulphur-troughs and burner-tubes with
feed-pipes from the oil tank to the
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a parabolic spindle form and COM
posed OF slaves laid side by side with
rods extending across the hull and su-
perstructure. The cabin and other parts
or the boat are so arranged as to be
raised and lowered by windlasses.
Steadiness is given to the craft by deep
keels extending from bow and stern.
The National tribune., 1905-11-23
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work Of The Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering Invenng
Creating.
Shovel PlOw.

Robert L. Burnett, Hatchers. Ga,
has obtained a patent for a shovel-plow
which has a plow-foot attached to the
beam and consisting of pair of bars
fastened to the beam with a bolt. The
bars are bent downward and upward to
The National tribune., 1905-11-23
Animal Stock,

John II. Kendall, Illiopoiis, ILL.,, ha.
patented an animal stock for horse
shoeing and other purposes which con
sists of bar supported above the ami.
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PATENTS---PENSIONS
Consultation Free. Contingent Fees.
n~ Solicitors wanted. "a

9Th" firm Is worthy of confidence upon the grouni
bo,i, of cl:npe,ency and honesty"-THE NATIONAL
rgIarNE. Aprii.t a. 1897. Founded 1854 by Milo y
Saevrf,s tstls,.iio d .ttery Milo o. 9fEYByD
Is 60. NJ atlh ~ y. W.. WaahBayt0m. ., q,
Bsaac Chicago. Cleveland. DetroIt
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has at the end OF the shaft a lead-screw
ard single cutting fiange having a lin
which can be adjusted so as to cut
any. sized hole desired.
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DR.. Shops;
Restorative

PREPARED In both liquid and Tablet form For sale
ct forty thousand drug stores Mild cases are often
reached by . single Package
The National tribune., 1905-11-23
Her Relief.

An old patriarch and his wife from
the hills of Indian Territory were rid
ing on railroad train in the Choctaw
Nation for the first time in their lives.
according to The Kansas City Journal.
They were much Interested in the seen
cry and the novelty of their experience
when the train suddenly ran upon a
long trestle. Looking out Of the VIM
dow, the old people saw the ground re-
cede from beneath them, and they held
their breath in abject terror. When
the train finally reached the dirt road
bed again the old Woman looked at her
husband with sigh OF relief and said,
THANK the Lord, Silas, we've lit!''
The National tribune., 1905-11-23
Weak Kidneys

1t is of but little to try to doctor the kidneys
themselves Such treatment Is wrong. For the kid
neys not usually blame for their weaknesses or
Irregularities. They have power-no selfcontroI
They operated and actuated by tiny shred Of a
which is largely responsible for their condition
If the Kidney is strong and healthy the kidneys
are strong and healthy. If the Kidney nerve goes
wrong, you know 1t by the inevitable result-kidney
trouble.
This tender nerve Is only one Of great system of
nerves This system controls not only the kidneys,
but the heart and the liver, and the stomach. For
simpilcys sake Dr. Shoop has called this great nerve
system the "Inside Nerves" They not the nerves
Of feeling the that enable you to walk to
talk, to act to think. They are the master nerves.
aud every vital organ Is their slave. The common
name for these nerves Is the sympathetic nerves.
because each set is in such close sympathy with the
others, that week.-mrs. anywhere usually results in
weakness everywhere.
The remedy which aims to treat not the Kidneys
themselves. but the nerves which are to blame, is
known by physicians and druggists everywhere as Dr.
Shops Restorative Tablets Liquid) This remedy
Is not symptom remedy-it is strictly remedy
While it usually brings speedy relief its effects are
also lasting.
IT you would like to read interesting book on
inside nerve disease write DR.. Shoop. With the book
he will also send the "Heath Token''-an intended
passport to good health Both the book and the
.sHealfb are free.
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the fishing-rod in position and save the
fisherman that much labor and thought
which he can devote to studying out
the Railroad Rate question or the story
that he is going to tell when he gets
home.
Boat or Ship.
Charles p. Leavitt, Miami, Fla, has
device for reducing the motion of
boats or ships which makes the hull of
The National tribune., 1905-11-23

burner-tubes. The burner-tubes and
feed-pipes are covered with asbestos
and on the front of the sled are stand
ards supporting drag-cloths to bring
the insects down to where the flames
will reach them
The National tribune., 1905-11-23

For the free book and
the "Health Token" you
must address DIR. SflO0p.
Box 653l, Racine, Wis.
State which book you
want.
The National tribune., 1905-11-23
FlreprOOf Stairway.

Francis O. Hanson, Chicago, ILL.,, has
patented q fireprOof stairway which is
combination OF stringers, bars con-
Meeting the same. an arched plate ex-
tending between the stringers and a
concrete body.
The National tribune., 1905-11-23

Book ] on Dyspepsia
Book 2 on the Heart
Book s on the Kidneys
Book 4 for Women
Book 5 for Men
Book 6 on Rheumatism.
The National tribune., 1905-11-23

Edgar o. Loeber Los Angeles, Cal,
has patented mop-head to use any
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NAL; saddle frames supporting said bar
and a rope adapted to be attached to
one of the legs of the animal and passed
through pulley on the bar to hold the
foot upright and steady
Pneumatic Tire.
Arthur s. Allen, Brookline, Mass, has
patented pneumatic tire which has
embedded In IL intermeshed. opposifely-
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pre- pa d. Try
them, then IL you
are satisfied send
US the price, One
Dollar. IL not,
simply say so,
and they cost
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,weyer. is an interesting