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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
Nothing Left For Armament.

Two young Texas men were talking
over the many strange things they had
seen and heard in New England.
THAT man was talking with yes
terday," said one of them, "he told me
that when two fellers in his section
have a dispute about land or anything
they just go to law and sue each other
for damages or get an aftidavy or some
thing of the kind"
That's all well enough for the one
that wins" said the other man, "but
how about the Teller that loses? Does
he go out and buy gun and get even
or what-all7"
"As near as can make out" said his
friend, "by the time it's settled the
man that loses hasn't any money to go
buying guns or even hiring 'em, and
II he owns one it's more'n likely to be
In pawn. youths Companion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
Isrnlie Race VIII Death.

Death Was fast approcnng writes
Ralph f. Fernandez, of Tampa, Fla.
describing his fearful race with death.
AS "A result of liver trouble and heart
disease, which mad robbed me OF sleep
and Of all interest in life l had tried
many different doctors and several
medicines, but got no benefit, until /
began TO use Electric BItters. SO
wonderful was their effect, that IN
three days | felt like a new man. and
today am cured of all my troubles. -
Guaranteed at Short d Haynes drug
store price soc.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
THE COTTON GIN.
How ELI whitney, Its Inventor, Got
His Great Idea.

His Great Idea.
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cot
ton gin, got the germ of his great idea
from seeing through the interstices OF
a hut an old negro work a hand saw
among the freshly picked cotton stored
within.
The teeth of the saw tore the lint
from the seed easily and quickly, and
young Whitney the was barely thirteen
at the time realized at once that a
machine working a number of similar
saws simultaneously would revolution
ize the cotton growing industry.
He said nothing to anybody, but set
60 work building models and expert
menting. His difficulties were enor-
nous, for he not only had to make his
own wheels, cogs, etc, but he had also
first to forge his own tools and even to
manufacture the paint wherewith to
color his many plans and drawings.
But he succeeded in the end, and,
though the outbreak Of war and other
hindrances prevented the invention
from being actually placed upon the
market until many years afterward,
the first complete cotton gin ever con-
structed was built from those very
models and plans and with scarcely a
single alteration.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
A TEXAS WONDER

One small bottle.ot the Texas Won
der, Hall Great Discovery, cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, seminal ennis
sions, weak and lame backs, rheu-
matism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men
and women; regulates bladder trouble
in children. If not sold by your
druggist it will be sent by mail on
receipt of 81. One small bottle is two
months treatment and seldom fails
to perfect a cure DR.. E. w. Hall,
sole manufacturer, p. o. Box 500, st.
Louis, Mo. Send for testimonials
Sold by all druggists.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
MODERN SURGERY.
Time Saving Il One of It's Most Im-
pOrtant Considerations.


portant Considerations.
Time saving is one of the most i'm
portant considerations in all surgery.
ANY major operation lasting more than
an hour and half entails an addition
al risk. In operations of long dura-
tion the chances of recovery are COM
paratively small. This is due to shock,
to the cumulative effect Of the an
aesthetic to loss of blood and to lower
ing of the patients temperature by the
exposure OF internal areas to the air.
Because of this the best surgeons work
with a mechanical precision and econ
omy of movement. Everything is ready
before the operation commences; an as
sistant is at hand to look after the de-
tails of actual work, such as holding
back the edges of the incsion, adjust
ing the ligatures. etc; an expert In an
aesthesia handles the chlOroform and
watches the subjects pulse and respi-
ration in order that the operators time
may be devoted wholly to one point,
and u deft nurse, adept in the use of
every instrument, needle and chemical
preparation, is at the surgeons elbow
ready to hand out at word-some-
times before the word-the shining i'm
plements already filed in the order of
their probable use.
Two visiting surgeons at one of the
New York hospitals got a markedly
varying percentage of mortality in
common abdominal operation.
"What is the difference between the
two operatorsY" l asked of one of the
house staff in attendance.
about twenty minutes" he said sue
clnctly.-McClure's
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10

Aside from their use as food by man
and beast and as fertilizer in agricul-
ture, seaweeds have numerous uses in
the arts and sciences. From them are
obtained soda, chlorides, sulphates, sill
icates, iodine, brOmine and gelose.
They have ever occupied an important
place in the rude pharmacopoeia of the
untutored savage as well as of the
higher one of his more civilized breth-
rem. Certain varieties are used in stuff
ing chairs and beds. They are especial
ly suitable for the latter purpose, as
their aromatic smell is said to drive in
sects away.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
OILS FROM FISH.
Valuable Themselves, ns Are Also
Their Byproducts.

Ihelr BNprOducts.
The preparation of oil from aquatic
animals for both medicinal and tech
meal purposes is of great Importance.
The principal oil producers are the
whales. pDrp)iSes. blackfsh, seals, wal
rus, menhadcn. herring, cod, haddock,
pollock, hakc, cuSk, ling, shark, dogfsh,
alligator and turtle.
Various subsidiary products are OBJ
tanned from these aquatic oils and
form a source of considerable profit to
the rctincr Among the more important
of these products may be noted the
following
AT "a low temperature there may be
separated from all varieties of aquatic
oils solid fat or grease known as
"foot>" or "stcIriu" which is somewhat
similar to the tallpw obtained from
sheep AMI oxen. II is used as Il Substi-
tutc for tallow from sheep and oxen
In sizing yarns as cm1llicut in leather
dressing. etc. by bleaching the oils a
scmiSold fat known as sperm soap"
"whalr soap "menhaden soap" etc,
according 10 the variety of oil treated
is produced. This material is used in
smcar.ug sheep. washing fruit trees,
soap manufacture, etc. BY refining
sperm oil spcrmacrti is obtained, and
this is used principally i'm candle max
ing as 800 ointment for medicinal pur-
poses. for producing polish on linen
in laundering and for self lubricating
cartridges
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
A Webster Retort.

1t Is related of Mr.. Webster that
when he was secretary of state he was
one day reading at a cabinet meeting
a draft of a message he had written
for the president to transmit to con-
gress. AS he went on he was constant
ly interrupted by one Of the members
with suggestions until, losing patience,
he turned TO him and said, "Sir, you
might as well expect seven hens to lay
one egg as seven men to construct ons
message"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
Method In Her Decisian

Higgins-My wife says IL 1 should
die she would remain a widow uD-
I'll death. OF course she might change
her mind, but it is sort of consoling
Just the same. Jinks-Evldently your
wife thinks there is no other man in
the world like you. Higgins-On the
contrary, she's afraid there is and that
she'd get him.-BoSton Transcript.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
Hot Weather piles.

Pc rsons afflicted with Piles should be
careful at this season o. the year. Hot
weather and bad drinking water con-
tribute to the conditions which make
Piles morecpainful and dangerous
DeWftts Witch Hazel Salve stops the
pain, draws out the soreness and
cures. Get the genuine, bearing the
anne of 4. Z. Dewitt and IL Co.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
READ THIS.

Brownsville, Tenn, May 81, 1901.
DR.. h. w. Hall Dear SRI have
used your Great Discovery for kidney
and bladder troubles and nave been
very greatly benefited by 1t and can
fully recommend 1t to any one suffer
ing in the same manner Respectfully,
Giles Rives, Postmaster.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-05-10
Paracamph

Removes PIN plies, Blotches and
Black Heads. Heals Cuts, b urns.
Bruises and Swellings. If you do not
say it is the best remedy you ever
used, we will refund your money.
No man was ever scolded out Of his
stns.-Cowper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-18
THANKFUL PEOPLE.
They are Found in Every Part OF
Leon.

Many citizens of Leon have good
reason to be thankful for burdens lifted
from aching backs, which they bore
patiently for years. Scores tell about
their experience publicly. Here's a
case of it:
Miles Martindale, living in the south
west part of Leon, says: Last winter
l came home from days work and was
taken with chills and fever. Since then
my kidneys have bothered me. The Sc
cretions from those organs contained a
sediment, were full of acid, scalded,
pain existed in the loins and kidneys
and during the day if stopped, sharp
twinges were my reward and at night |
was unable to straighten if even sat
still in chair for short time. tried
everything which came to my notice in
the shape of medicine but really
think was growing worse in place OF
better. Finally deciding to try Doan's
Kidney Pills went to L. Van Werden's
drug store for box. They gave better
results than any other medicine l ever
tried. They stopped the backache and
corrected the kidney secretions. con.
slider this preparation very valuable"
/ For sale by all dealers. Price SO cts
1 Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United States
Remember the name Doan's and take
lno substitute.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-18
SAD RESULT OF NEGLIGENCE.
James Peppers Meets His Death at
the Hands of an Insane Patient.

Our community has been greatly
shocked by the death of James Peppers,
an inmate of the Clarinda hospital from
Clarke county. Mr.. Peppers was 81
years old. In December 1902 he had a
stroke of paralysis and while partially
recovering the use of his body, his mind
became more and more affected and in
March 1904, he was taken to the Clarin-
da hospital. There he grew constantly
more helpless and for several months
past he has been unable to help himself
in any way. His son-in-law, Mr.. l..
Stickler, Of Osceola, has been kept in
formed of his condition at frequent in
tervals and on Friday last he received
letter saying that Mr.. Peppers was
very near death, that he had been I'M
conscious for twenty-four hours and
they would notify him by telegram
when the end came. Saturday after
noon MIR. Stickler received a telegram
announcing the death of Mr.. Peppers
and directing Mr.. Stickler himself to
come at once to Clarinda. When he
reached Clarinda he heard the following
terrible story. Mr.. Peppers. as the
I letter had stated was lying unconscious
and the ward attendant had left him
alone while she went to the kitchen
short distance away for lunch. 1t was
at / o'clock a. m. Saturday. While she
was gone one of the inmates of the
hospital had entered the room and with
large stick of stove wood, had struck
the poor, helpless old man, crushing
his skull and mutilating his face horri-
bly,. An inquest had been held before
Mr.. Stickler reached Clarinda and the
verdict found reads as follows:
I'VE, the jury, find that James Pep
pers came to his death by sickness and
his death was fastened from stroke
from missile or stick of wood in the
hands of D. W. Eddy, patient in the
Clarinda hospital for insane, We also
find that no blame could be attached to
DR.. Witty, superintendent of the hos
pital or any ward attendants
This verdict may be very comforting
and satisfying to the management OF
the hospital but to the public it is
alarming and horrifying. If there has
been no negligence as the cause of this
dreadful deed then conditions at the
I Clarinda hospital are horrible in the
extreme and persons who have been
placed there that they may be cared fo1
and that their safety may be insured
are in deadly peril all the time. The
case demands thorough investigation
and if the hospital management is founc
to be of such character that deed 81
dreadful is possible without any un
usual act of carelessness then change
: in the management becomes necessity
1t will be demanded by all who have
. friends placed there and it will be de
manded by the public in the name o
. humanity.-Osceola Democrat.
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-18
RICHARDS IN PRISON LIBRARY.
Geo. 3. Stewart, Assistant U. S.
Prosecutor, Tells About Visit
With Him.

"Bill" Richards, former deputy United
States marshal, who went to the Fort
Madison penitentiary voluntarily, to
enter upon the service of his term for
the Hamilton robbery, is working as
messenger for the librarian. His duties
are to distribute books to the convicts
and to gather them up, return them to
the library and re-arrange them on the
shelves.
George B. Stewart, Of Fort Madison,
assistant United States prosecutor,
visited Richards the last afternoon he
spent outside the prison walls, and has
also visited with the former thief
catcher inside the prison walls. Mr..
Stewart tells an interesting story Of
Richards last hours outside the prison.
He said: 81 had occasion to go to the
depot in Fort Madison and found Rich
ards walking up and down the depot
platform. He told me he was waiting
for the War, en- county sheriff to come
and take him to.prison. Richards COM
planned he was lonesome and invited
him to come to my Office and wait there.
He accepted the invitation and l gave
over the afternoon to him. l tried to
| induce him to talk of our old time court
experiences but he would continually
revert to his prison prospects. He in
sisted that he had no part in the Hamil-
ton robbery and was being made the
victim of convicts whom he had sent up
and that it was revenge and not justice
that had made convict of him. He
admitted that he had had too close
connection with liquor joint in Ham
| ilton but said that was the only wrong
he had committed. He seemed to be
fearful that the men in prison in whose
conviction he had played part would
take a special delight in tormenting
him once he got inside the prison walls
and seemed to dread meeting them more
than anything else.
"Late in the afternoon he told me he
did not propose to be shaved by the
prison barber and went from my Office
to barber shop near by where he had
his mustache cut off and his hair clipped
after which he went to the depot te
meet the sheriff. He told me he would
not ask Warden Jones, with whom ne
had been associated as an officer wher
Jones was county sheriff, for favors
but would take what he gave him to do
Later when visited the prison War
den Jones stated that Richards had no.
asked for any particular assignment ant
that he had put him to work in thu
library of his own free will. Richard
seemed to be pleased with the worl
assigned to him and it was my under
standing he is to be retained perma
nently as messenger in the librar,
I and Office.
= "The first meal Richards ate within
prison walls was served to him by Gee
johnson, of Abba, sent to the prison O
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-18

a charge preferred by Richards when
he was an officer. Richards says that
johnson merely looked him over and
said nothing to him. This seemed to
please him and he appeared to be par
ticularly pleased with the place in the
library because it kept him from COM
ing much in contact with the many
convicts there whom he has been in
,strumental in putting behind the bars.
ITO me that afternoon in Ft. Madison
with the man with whom had worked
many years in criminal prosecutions
was somewhat pathetic, and | could
see that the ordeal told on Richards.
He cried when he talked of the prospect
of meeting on even footing, convicts he
had taken to the prison, and when l
saw him with his hair shingled and face
smooth shaven with the prison garh
on his back he appeared ten years
older than when l met him on the depot
platform"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-18
The Troubles OF Show Company.
Frank Adams exhibited here last Sal

Frank Adams exhibited here last Sat
urday and the management had it's
share of tribulation while here. The
outfit came in on the local train in the
morning from Spickard and put up the
big tent on the Missouri side of the
line east of the Sullivan granary, sup
posing that it was on Iowa soil, the
object of the management being to skip
Mercer county on account of the big
license of $3.50 imposed on such shows
by the county court of Mercer county.
1t was nearly noon when they were
appraised of the mistake of their loca
ton and orders We're issued by the
managers to move to the burned dis
trict on the Iowa side of the line and
the delay prevented getting ready for
an afternoon performance. Fran k
Adams gave very thrilling exhibition
of high wire walking during the after
noon from wire stretched from the
corner Of the First National Bank build
ing to the roof of the Philips restaurant
building 30 feet from the ground, per-
| forming all kinds of antics at the dizzy
height. A large crowd attended the
evening show and during the perform
ance the overcrowded tier of seats fell
with great crash precipitating the
spectators who occupied them to the
ground in a promiscuous heap. Many
were badly frightened but no one
appears to have been injured except
Mrs. Lena Elson, landlady Of the Com
mercial hotel, who suffered from a
sprained ankle. She was carried home
on stretcher and physician called to
attend her by the show management.
The show moved to Numa that night
and on Monday Mrs. Elson sent Harry
Wright and constable VIM. Huber to
Numa armed with an attachment de-
handing damages to the amount of 5000.
The manager offered $50 and the attach
ment was placed in the hands of local
officer and the show outfit attached. 1t
is reported that Frank Adams INDUCED
in some very lurid and picturesque
language in giving his opinion of the
parties who were interested in what he
termed "black-mailing scheme to ex-
tort money from him." The show moved
to Unionville Monday night and it is
presumed that settlement was effected
or bond given until the case can be
tried.-Lineville Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-18

James i. McKern, north of town,
reports curiosity at his farm in the
shape of calf, which is probably the
smallest thing of the kind ever seen in
Harrison county. 1t weighs but twenty
four pounds and Mr.. McKern says it
looks more like good sized cat than a
calf. When it is considered that many
calves weigh as much as $50 pounds,
and seldom one less than seventy-tive
pounds it can be seen that this calf is
certainly but dwarf.-Ridgeway
Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-18
Terrific Pace with Death.

death was fast approaching" writes
Ralph F. Fernandez, of Tampa, Fla,
describing lis fearful race with death,
"as result of liver trouble and heart
disease, which had robbed me of sleep
and OF all interests life. had tried
my different doctors and several medi-
cines, but got no benefit, until l began
to use Electric Bitters. So wonderful
was their effect, that in three days ]
felt like new man, and today l am
cured of all my troubles" Guaranteed
at L. P. Van Werden's drug store; price
soc.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-05-18
DROPP ID
DEAD!

You pick up paper nearly every day
and read that some man or woman in
49, apparently perfect health has
6@R died suddenly at q BANQUET. on
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-11
he Recommends Additional Pumping Facilities Enough
Million Gallons More Water Daily Selects Reservoir
Pine Streets Maintains Cooks Hill andppe With Direct

down Sprague avenue and the water
circulated through the Ninth avenue
reservoir to keep that storage water
from becoming stagnant
The Mission avenue 80 inch main
will supply the down town section
and the overflow will go into the res
ervoir. Distributing mains will be
extended from the 80 inch main.
The lowest altitude is 1900 feet
above sea level in Peaceful Valley.
The highest is 2400 feet on the hill.
The reservoir at Ninth and Pine will
be 2115 feet above sea level.
A direct pressure line is given to
the Cooks hill standpipe, which will
supply the Mantle Park district, and
from this service two pipe lines from
the east side mains will be run to
Lidgerwood district, giving an ample
supply In an extreme emergency the
Cook Hill standpipe can be connected
with the reservoir mains.
The supply to the North Side will
Hill standpipe.
When the north service increases
and the Cooks hill standpipe goes out
of service, new reservoir on the
Cliff Park site is to be built.
The plans will put out of service
the wooden tank and electric pump at
Mantle Park, the two electric pumps
on the hill and the Monroe street
standpipe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-11

vain for any reference to the water
meters as business necessity
At 1890 o'clock this afternoon En-
gireer Tanning began to describe the
results of his inspection of the plans
and the needs of the city in connec-
ton with an improved water service.
Although interrupted repeatedly by
one of the water commission support
ers who tried to squeeze in on wood
pipe, Mr.. Tanning got through the
report rapidly, the councilmen and
the mayor and city engineer paying
close attention and asking no ques-
tions until the expert got through.
Mr.. Tanning devoted the first part
of his oral report to the loss of press
ure, which. he said, was the chief
trouble After showing by figures
the excessive loss of pressure, he de-
scribed the three zones for which the
water system would be arranged, the
low service zone. the intermediate
and the high service up on the hill.
For immediate relief he proposes a
80 inch main from the pumping sta
ton down Mission avenue to Hamil-
ton south, on Hamilton to Olive and
over Olive to Front and Division
streets, thence direct to the proposed
reservoir at Ninth avenue and Pine
street. This will give to the business
section immediate and sufficient fire
protection.
Another "a inch main will be run
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-11

The dam and water power at the
pumping station are pronounced suf-
hcient at present, but Mr.. Tanning
declares more power will soon be
needed
The Lidgerwood standpipe is done
away with by this plan.
Mr.. Tanning says that with the di-
rect pressure in the new mains and
the reservoir pressure the best serv-
ice of water and pressure that can
be had will be given in the downtown
business portion of the city and will
satisfy the insurance companies.
Mr. Tanning explained that the
water commission people had told
him that they selected the Stage site
because the council held them down
to an expenditure Of $35O,OOO.
No such order was made by the
council to the commission. The COM
mission figured $350,000 on wood
pipe. Steel pipe was 100000 more
and the water commission forces, so
woefully defeated, give this as an ex-
cuse to the eminent engineer.
Under the plan of Mr.. flaming the
Cliff Park site is the best adapted
but will not be needed for a few
years to come.
City Engineer Gilrs plan. so bit
terly opposed by the water commits
sion forces, is entirely INDICATED by
the report of Mr.. flaming.