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ticing some of his old Australian tricks. You know he admits having laid down once to Jim Hall in the old country. Now, self-eonfessed fakir is a mighty tricky bird to do business with. I learn from excellent authority that he has five finished plates in his cooling buck ct right now. Both of us are expected to show empty buckets before we start, but they tell me Fitz has more than one cooling bucket in his paraphernalia. demand an investigation before this contest starts
 "Rileys trick almost staggered me. turned as pale as host and thought it was surely all off with me. If those five plates were found in any of my cooling buckets that crowd of Pitts burg farriers and rolling-mill men would have come to me.
 Fortunately my helper was quick witted. clever fellow. He switched buckets the minute Riley started talk ing, and by some hocus pocus managed to get the loaded bucket out of the way. How he did it I never knew and never cared to find out. All know is that the cards were turned in Riley and when my buckets were examined nothing was found in them. It was the most ticklish position was ever placed in in my life"
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against the east side of the shaft sev-
 efal hundred feet down. This incident,
 coming 10 the attention of the Michi-
 gan College of Mines, it was, decided to
 make @ careful test of the apparent
 phenomenon. It was decided best to
 use small but heavy spherical body,
 and marble. tied to a thread, was
 suspended about twelve feet below the
 mouth of the shaft. When the marble
 was absolutely still. assuring that it
 would drop straight down, the thread
 was burned through cy the flame of a candle. The marble fell, but at a point
 800 feet fro mthe surface brought up against theeast wall of the shaft. The
 same would be the case were a man to
 fall into the shaft. While 1t would
 mean sure death, the body, badly torn, would be found lodged in the timber
 ing nthe east side. Members of the faculty of the College of Mines are now
 engaged in experiments with a view of developing data as 10 the thickness of l the earth's matter, but it is hoped to add to the information collected con- corning it. To this end the Red Jacket shaft presents advantages possessed by
 no ther place in the universe. The deep | shafts in other parts of the country and in foreign lands centrally begin
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TRICK NEARLY CAUGHT FITz
Tale of a Horseshoe Contest and a
 Cooling Bucket.

Tale of a Horseshoe Contest and a
 Cooling Bucket
 Bob Fitzsimmons, in additions to bez ing a great fighter, also claims to be the fastest horseshoer in the world, says the New York American. Form CT Congressman J. J. Butler, however, who learned horseshoeing in his early days, says there are plenty of farriers in St. Louis who can beat the Cornish man doing anything around forge. Pat Callahan, another well-known St. Louis farrier, backed up Butler in his statement. However, Fitsimmons claims to hold the worlds record of making 3S shoes in S7 minutes.
 At one time I used to make plates in competition with the best farriers in the country" said Fitz when he was in St. Louis recently, but one of these contests got me into more trouble than all of my fights put together.
 ''I had been matched with Pitts burg platter named Riley to make shoes in public. We each posted & side stake of $500 and agreed to perform on a public stage.
 '"The afgternoon of the contest Riley came to me and said:
 Bob. let's break a record tonight You put five shoes in your coolign bucket before we start and I'll do like wise. Then, no mater who wins, the record will surely be broken
 T bit like big trout grabbign at a fly and told my helper to put five fin ished plates in my bucket before ws started.
 When Riley and myself marched or the stage that night there was a bis surprise in store for me. Riley waited until we had both been introduced, ther paraded to the center of the stage and raising his hand to the crowd for rec. ognition. said:
 Gentlemen, I understand that my opponent in this match has been prac'
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CHILD'S EXCITING ADVENTURE.
 There was big to-do around the Albany Hotel the other afternoon when little Eva Dutton, seven-year-old daughter of s. F. Dutton, the hotel manager, was discovered in the bear pit. Attention was drawn to her pre- dicament by the child's outcries, and there was general rush from the rear end of the building to bring her back to safety Mir. Maher, proprietor of the hotel, recently came into possession of the two bears, which are nothing more than good sized cubs, one a cinnamon and the other a black, through Vernon Davis of Almont. They were captured when only two weeks old. They are now seven months old, but, fortunately, not of a vicious temperament. The an- imals are confined in a small pit at the rear of the hotel, and have naturally attracted considerable attention. Guests at the hostelry and the public in gen. eral have gone to have look at the young bears, and Eva DuttOn took a great interest in them. She was play ing about the pit and went part way down a ladder running into il.
 The bears, which are carefully chain ed, eyed her demurely, and as no one was looking, she decided to go further down, not realizing any possible dan ger. Toward the bottom of the ladder she slipped ndwent plump against the little cinnomon. The fall frightened her and she began crying, When help arrived, Eva was seated in the pit be- tween the two bears, which were gent ! ly looking her over. Their bread and milk diet had failed to arouse their natural inheritance of love for flesh and blood. To this the girl undoubted- ly owes her safety. AS it was, sl1e was rescued with only slight tear in her dress where the claw of the cinna- mon had caressed her.-Denver Repub- l liean,
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NICHOLS, HAS FOR THANKSGIVING

NACHVASP hAs RO" A1AANAs@AFAN1 To go with your MINcE PIE.
 A fine OLD Cheese. Richard Cream cry.
 CIDER, that's sweet and pure by the bottle or gallon.
 Ire OLD FASHIONED DOUGH- NUTS.
 Order e day in advance, and don't be disappointed the demand is large for them. FRENCH wALNUTS.
 NATIVE HICKORY NUTS.
 New white naeated GENoBLE and French Walnuts
 FLORIDA ORANGES. Cut juicy and fine in flavor, 200 to 50c dog.
 You like good old fashioned PURE RYE BREAD, TRY OURS, Sc and loo leaves,
 You'll come for more.
 We make a speciality of fresh VEGE- TABLES, NATIVE and SOUTHERN.
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HOW TO SUCCEED.

HUN 4O SCNN FELL
 Boys, as a rule, think the old man slow, and that if they could but get a foothold in a strange and preferably larger community than the one in which they were reared they would make a mark for them selves in the world said the Southern planter. We of the old school who have ac- cumulated enough of this world s goods to keep the vol a safe distance from the front door did not make whirlwind strides in our business. We were content to make slow gains and in the evening of our lives, with our children educated and equipped to tackle the battle of life on their own account, we have unincumbered homes and an income that keeps us in com- fort.
 we send our boys to college, where they meet youngsters from other cities, and get worldly knowledge that in many instances does not do them the good that they expect it will. My son, when he returned from school said Boston was the place for him. advised him to remain at home, but he would not listen. So I gave him $10O and bade him godspeed. He wrote glowing descriptions of Boston to the folks at home. He thought it great field, but noticed, as his pile grew smaller the tone of his missives changed considerably. He said he had not started out yet to seek employ ment. He was occupying himself with general survey of the city. a sort of getting in touch with the peo- pie. He left home five years ago. Ii is hardly necessary for me to tell you that he has returned home since. His room at home was vacant exactly one month. His last letter I have pre- served. I have often thought of hay ing it printed in circular form and placed in the libraries of the country for the guidance of young men whose ambitions too frequently lead then out of their sphere. Here is the let ter: Dear Dad: feel that my trip tc Boston has proved very helpful to me have talked with many of the truck farmers, and they tell me that dowr our way we are slow in many direc- tions, particularly on agricultural questions. I have studied their ideas and could apply them successfully al home. We can double our income from the plantation by the raising oi several products that we have beer overlooking, and for which there is ( large market in or locality. Horace Greeley, I have discovered, made 2 I mistake, His famous remark shoult have read: Young man. go South ant grow up with the country" Tel mother and the girls have bough them a number of pretty things. have not the money to express them Do you miss me very much? You loving boy, etc The lad was tot proud to say that he was bgoke ant homesick. I wired him a ticket ant an invitation to come on. Of course he came. He has turned out to b, one of the most successful farmers 1T our parish." h."-New Orleans Times-D Dem ocrat.
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known. In the Oregon country, he is practically extinct. He can live no life but that of nature, undisturbed by
 man. For mans desire to kill, and his esgerness for profit, exerted upon a
 timid and not very prolific race Of ani- mals, has virtually destroyed it. Yet there are persons still living in Port land who have seen dwellings Of the beaver within short distances all round the present city, if not within or upon the very site of it.-Portland Oregonian.
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Stevens, ". c. Introduction to Bot any: 5S02 s5. Sturgis. R. The Appropriation Of Pictures; 750 ss. TibuIlus. Elegies; trans. into Eng fish Verse by 2. c. Williams; S743 B.
 Van Dusen, W. W. Blazing the Way; 2779 V. Van Dyke. H. J. The Spirit of Christman; 394 V. Wagner, c. The Gospel of Life; 252 WIZ.
 Worcester. Mrs. J. H.. Jr.The Life of David Livingstone; B L76 K.
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NEVER REACH BOTTOM.

It is an interesting scientific fact, and one not generally known, that nothing
 that falls from the mouth of the deep est mining shaft in the world ever reaches the bottom. This has been demonstrated at the famous Red Jack ct shaft of the Big Calumet and Hecla
 copper mine at Calumet The article, no matter what shape or size it may be, is inveriably found clinging to the side of the shaft. One day money wrench was dropped. but it did not get to the bottom. It was found lodged
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EHmratiom
THE DESSAUER- -TROOSTWYE SCHOOL OF MUSIC,
 Insurance Bldg.

at an altitude and end above or very little below the sea level, whereas at the Calumet mine the Red Jacket shaft starts in a comparatively no waltitude and pierces the earth's crust deeper and further below the ocean level than any other in existence It is hoped within year to be able to give some intelligent information regarding the nvestigations.-St. Paul Dispatch.
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FIRST DORSCHT CONCERT.
BRILLIANT PROGRAM OFFERED ATHFPERIoN SUNDAY NIGHT.


 the soIOist-One of Lord EIgar's Compositions to be Rendered-PIayed Last June When He Received Degree From Yale
 For the first of the seasons series of concerts the Dorscht orchestra Sun day evening will give a brilliant pro- gramme at the Hyperion. The s0loist of the evening will be Mrs. Josephine Rizzo-Woods, soprano, an accomplished artist, and rapidly coming to the front as one of the sweetest sopranos in the state. Recently Mrs. Woods sung at a rehearsal of the Choral union, and created such enthusiasm that il was some time before Conductor Haesche could resume his choral work. It is confidently expected that Mrs. Woods will prove a delightful treat Sunday evening.
 The programme itself is made up of exceedingly interesting numbers, one of which In particular has an unusual interest for New Haven music lovers. This is Salute Demour," one of Lord EIgars compositions. and which was played for him by the Symphony or chestra when he received his degree at Yale last spring.
 Another brilliant number will be "The Charmer," the latest of Chaminade's compositions. This is the first of this ssterling composers works to be ar- ranged for orchestra and musicians throughout the city are deeply interest ed in 1t.
 The subscribers sale of seats will be continued through to-day at steinert's, TIT Chapel street.
 . The public sale also opens to-day at the same place. Saturday and Sunday the sale will be at the Hyperion.
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NASAL CATARRH

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 Have you tried PAXTINE Toilet Antiseptic for this7
 Applied with an atomizer it gives surprising results. It cleanses, heals the inaamma- ton and removes all odor of catarrh. Paxtine is the best and most successful antiseptic ever discovered.
 Try it on our guarantee. Large box at druggists 5Oc. Trial box free
 The R. Paxton Co.,, Boston, Mass.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-15
COLOR SCHEME OF FLOWERS.

One of the mast fascinating phases of the study of flowers is in watching the changes in the dominant color at different periods of the year. There is evidently a color scheme, and we
 cannot fail to detect 1t if we only take
 the pains to work it out. There is
 only one month whic hcan be said to
 be absolutely devoid of flowers in this
 latitude, and even this is open to
 question. That month is January. In
 December you can easily find stray
 blossoms of se1f-heal, and here and
 there a belated dandelion. In Febru- ary, unless the weather is unusually severe, seek some sheltered nook of
 the woodland, where a spring from
 the hillside forms some 'marshy ground which is less frozen than the
 surrounding earth, because the water
 is warmer than the atmosphere. Here
 you are likely to come across a speci-
 men of the skunk cabbage, with its
 unflowerlike flower. But we are
 speaking of the landscape as a whole,
 and not of single specimens, however
 beautiful or Interestingly ugly they may be.
 The snow will not have entirely dis appeared from the northern sides of the fences gefore the woods are gay with the hepatica, in blue, white and purplish tinge which is neither There will be thousands of blooms treading upon the heels of this hardy flower, the whole landscape bursts out in white -- blood-root, anemones and meadow rue filling the woods and bluets the fields and grassy bottoms The white of the blood-root Is glisten- ing; that if the anemones and meadow rue has a suggestion of green in 1t and that of the luets a decided tinge of blue Patches, too, of violets
 spring up, often covering many square yards, as if patch of the sky had
 been placed on earth's garment. This profusion of white with the relief of blue, is followed up quickly by a blaze of dandelions and uuttercups, which cover thefields, and even invade the the side of the creek and in the
 marsh ground this is matched by the
 deeper yellow of the erythronium, o1 adder's tongue.-Philsdelph Ledger.
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NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC u.
 BRARY.

Books Added December 13-Fiction. Francis. M E., ps. Wild Wheat; F841.14.
 French, A. W. (Anne Warner.) Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary; FSS72. Goodwin, M. W. Claims and Coun- terclaims; G6S5.
 Jackson, c. T. Losers Luck: J126.1. King, c. A Soldiers Trial; K5S44.
 McGrath, H. Hearts and Masks; M172.7.
 Owen, M. Du P. c. The Trident and
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See that man. Observe his gloomy eyes, his sorrowful countenance, his set, serious lips. Let us Sherlockholmes him to some extent. First, it is Christ mas day, Therefore, we may deduce one or. two things about him. He is either the man who is always giving something useful as Christmas pres ent or the man who never gets any but useful things as gifts.-Puck.
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KEEP AN EYE ON US.

We are going to have and going to sell more goods this season that ever before.
 Our fruits are irresistible. Next week we are going to show in gold fish and some novel globes and aquaria
 The week before Christmas we will show holiday packages of Confectionery and lot of other things that will sure- ly be wanted in this department.
 J. B. HUDSON
 856 Chapel Street.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-01-06
LOSES A LIMB.
Wen Known WsverIy Man In a Ser.
icve Condition.

NSfS'k'~'s
Wsveriy, Jan. Al, Fl. McKliggst
yesterday underwent an oFers ion at
Mercy hospital In this city in which hic
left leg xas ampGtated midway be-
tween the ankle and the knee. About
a month ago Dir. 3icKligget purchased
new pair Of shoes which proved too
email. a slight blister vas formed on
one Of his toes. This sore came in
contact with his stocking which was
color=d with red analine dye The
wound grew gradually worse until
about three days ago when he took to
big bed and called a physician. Elk
animation proved that very serious
case OF blood poisoning had develop
ed and that an operation would be nee.
essary TO save his life. Mr. McKlig-
get has not yet rallied from the shock
Of the operation, and grave fears are
entertained for his recovery.
J. II. McKiigget Ia q well known
character, not only In Waver!y, but
throughout northwestern Iowa. He
was for years city marshal OF Waver.
ly, and since his retirement from that
position he has been engaged In the
restaurant business In Waverly. He
Is famiiiarly known as Johnny Mack"
and Ut the thousands OF people famil-
lar with his face, but comparatively
few who are aware that he has any
other name.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-01-06
RUSSIANS GREATLY DECiMATED.
Only 6,cco Fighting Men Remain Out
Of 5000.

W SS,SoS.
Che Eco, Jan. 4.-Scme interesting
statistics concerning the defense OF
Port Arthur were brought here by
the fotilla OF Russian torpedo boa.
destroyers, which carried numerous
chests. containing complete records
OF General Stoessel's army.
Originally the army numbered 35,-
900. Eleven thousand have been kill
ed; 10000 are wounded Or sick, and
5000 remained in the forts, OF whom,
however, 1000 were unable to fight
1t is learned that when General
Stoessel wrote to General Nogf re-.
garding the surrender of the fortress
he said. II have 5000 men in the
forts, and 5000 OF these are able TO
tight, If you do not accept my pro.
posal these men will die fighting, but
it will cost YOU three tins their nufo-
Der to kill them"
During the siege 265 per cent OF the
garrison were put out Of action. This
remarkable fact was due to wounded
men returning to tine fort. Cases have
been recorded where men have gone
to hospitals four times, returning con.
valescent to the forts. The number
Of officers killed was proportionately
greater than in any battle known In
history. This was due to the frequent
lethargic condition of the men, who,
without food and without sleep, moved
only when ordered by their officers.
The Russians estimate that the TAX.
ing OF the fortress has cost Japan
IlIO HCO 600. -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-01-06
THE CLOSING CHAPTER.
Port Arthur Went Down In LIaht OF
Blazing Ships.

London, Jan. 3.-The Daily Malls
correspondent with General Nogi says
the capture OF Wantai. involved six
hours OF the fiercest fighting, while
the attacks on the forts to the south.
east were carried on simultaneously
Describing the final scenes, the CORE.
spOndent says:
'The Stacked fire at points in north.
ern and eastern forts seemed to show
that the Russian ammunition was
failing. The position was now desper.
ate. Great explosions arouno the forts
proclaimed that the Russians were ex-
ploding their magazines. Flames and
smoke in the harbor were followed
by explosion after explosion, which
revealed the destruction of the Rus
sian ships. The Russians also appar.
emily blew uD two Of their own forts.
The battleship Sevastopol was blown
up and the other warships were de.
stroyed as thoroughly as possible. The
battleships Retvizan and P0ltava and
the protected cruiser Pallada caught
fire."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-01-06
'sCOUR WOODS
FOR MUROERERS
BIoodhounds Hot On Trail OF
Men Who Killed Tom
Reed.
AGED RfClUSE is SHOT DOWN
f;s Found Dead IN Horns Near Brock.
sye--Hs,n~er Wsa Tightly C5uscssesS
in His HssS -- Motive OF Rsrosr
Essdsntfy Reooesy.

Brooxsrr, Iz-- sl-Et6: agvr l. odd
tg>e,s for the sezgia! Is was srppcs@s'
q, have kts1ea zsag. nEs little home
TIE usesess soty Of OF MAJ Esec,
a. he ras .sliEtsrfy k.owz, Tas dis
! ooTe,ed by kls sea, T0za EEs6 early
yettsycay rs0.LtEg.
The MErtesed EAsc was probably
eighty years ~ age and had Evae
ssxas for many years. ne preferred
solituee zr9 mss happy s1t Content
81 In lis little aay9s atNsg. tro zailss
ezsf Of yypoxara- His soa, Tom, mate
caI!y vExsts 10 tts h17se beto-e gosng
70 so-k fn TIE Morning tx o-osy 70 BE
certain that sls aged isF2sr would
war. for nothing during the DAY.
Early yesterday morning when ths
soa orsensd the S1,T 10 the oas r.sn's
home be cav bis father lying In a pool
81 blood 1srGa the goog. 4 hrise. hole
,arosga liz head and signs o, a.rr1g.
tie left no soUb. tn he gcn's LainG
that hIs aged father had teen DT7IrsiiT
murdered. Track. in the gscT aae
snft earth abogs ths house Indicated
that the nr-serers had gpeat some
ttnge ahols, the pisce>
The reighborg were qrtckl? notified
ttey Immediately haTed the c1r7naIs
from TIE place, IN order that the
tracks ~ the murderer might De pre-
seryed intact. Then hurry car wac
seat for Eo-meser's blcc1hound2.
Ting dogs took the trail readily and
followed IL - school house about an
eighth Of q mile east os the hopse
where the murder was committed.
From tbig point The scent led north
through ZONE timber land and then
DOUBLED back 20 the school house.
Leaving H. again. the fogs, in full
cry, went east 10 creek a short dig
tsnce away. At midnight the officers
gave over the cbase tofr the night.
No arrests have been made.
The murder In supposed 10 have
happened about midnight. The the
Dry IN that the men who did the deed
heard rumors 10 the effect that Reed
Kept large Sums OF money concealed
In the b0rse. There In nothing To IN
Gicate whether the murdererg 90.
anything or not