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Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-15

The new $50 gold certificates which the
officials OF the bureau OF engraving say is
a great improvement over the old bill has
a portrait of Washington in the center.
This is surrounded by an ornamental bor-
der with background of intricate lathe
work, displaying denominational counters
so arranged that no matter how the Ger.
tiicate may be placed in a pile OF bank
notes. the teller can readily determine Its
denomination.
The essential thing in connection with
bank notes is, the officials say, to make
them as dificult as possible to counterfeit.
With this end in view the underlying tint
In yellow was used. and IL was so ar
ranged as to produce the figures "20' at
the top and the words in gold COIN at
the bottom, in apparently a deeper shade
OF yellow than the tint. II is said that the
design of this certificate lie the most dlfi-
cult to counterfeit of any so far issued by
the government.
The experiment of obtaining designs Of
notes from artists was made some years
ago. but the judgment Of the bankers was
that, while they were beautiful pictures
they were not bank notes.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-15

With close interest the Navy department
Is watching the experiment the German
navy is conducting 10 determine the eff
cheney OF the gyroscope as an agency to
overcome variations of the mariners COM
pass due to magnetic storms, the effect
OF the armor or electrical machinery
aboard modern warships. or to any infu-
ence other than that of the magnetic pole.
Experiments OF a similar nature will prob
ably be undertaken in the American navy,
but the gyroscope has not yet reached
development which promises that 1t will
replace the compass in navigation.
The German warship Undne was equipped
with gyroscoplc appliances, which were
subjected to what was designed TO approx
mate service conditions. The purpose of
this was to determine whether the shock
OF battle would disarrange the apparatus
The ship on the first day of the expert
ments made a curving course. No devia-
ton was detected in the position of the
gyroscope. Several slight errors in the DO
siuon of the buoys were detected by the
gyroscope. These buoys had been set to
detect errors in the operation of the gyro-
scope.
The Undlne was suddenly stopped when
steaming under forced draft and guns were
fired. In various other ways the gyroscope
was subjected to the heaviest possible
shock. Comparison of the instrument with
the amplitude compass followed, and con.
sultation of a deviation table indicated
errors UP to 15 degrees, presumably at
tributable to the gyroscope, but 1t was
shown that this deviation was due to the
disturbances OF the coeficients of deviation,
due presumably to the concussion of firing.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-15
nIrs OF WARRINGTON LIFE.
Minor scenes and Incidents sketched
on the spot.

ON Nhe spot
When the old and new members Of the
congress get together for business next
December notable changes in the interior
decoration OF the national capitol will greet
their eyes, Greatest Of the many altera-
tions are in the rotunds and dome. All
the paint on the interior has been scraped
on and the original sandstone restored.
The effect is pleasing, as the historical
figures have been brought out in clearer
outline. The interior OF the dome has been
repainted. The skylights on the senate
and hause have been enlarged by extensions
of ten feet on each side. The effect will be
particularly noticeable from the galleries,
for the extensions completely cover them.
So much OF the chimneys as projected above
the roof have been taken away and a
forced draft is created for the fues by
electric motors the chimneys being made
to connect with a pipe ten inches In diam
eter, through which the smoke is forced.
The other improvements are In the SUI
preme court library, the house folding room
and number OF the committee rooms. The
interior Of the law library has been done
over in white. All pine doors and furniture
have been removed and mahogany substi-
tuted 30 far az possible in committee rooms
When congress reassembles the new
bronze doors at the entrance to the house
wing will be in position. The doors for the
main entrance 10 the senate wing were
hung in 1858, but the house doors were not
authorized until 1903. They cost $4,000 and
we're cast at the same foundry in Chicopee,
Mass, where the other doors we're made
before the civil war. In trying to place
them recently one OF the doors fell and was
broken, but will be replaced and hung when
congress meets.
Throughout the interior Of the capitol
all traces Of calcimine have been removed
30 far as possible and the Italian Renais-
sance has been restored. The senate will
have new green carpet and the house Of
representatives one of red Readjustment
OF seats has been necessary in the house.
The last time the hall of representatives
was remodeled space was afforded for plac-
ing 400 seats, and these are not all occupied
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-15

1T was only flve years ago that started
and now ! earn $50 a week without
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-10
HENRY E. BRANDT.

People who wish their houses 70 -
ssivs the very best attention THU
spsins should patroniss Henry u
Drandt ~ and 44S Lincoln avenue
h has ths latest styles Of wall pspss
and the very bsst workmsn to put Z
-. His Sainbsrs and calcimhses an
srtasts and ~ work IN every way Y
9odltahaA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
He Shut the Fire In

A bright lad was given a dime the
other day by a visitor to whom he had
been exhibited as the pride Of the
household. The youngster promptly
lost the coin under the bed in his room
and in searching for it with lighted
candle set fire to the bedding. He
found the dime and went downstairs
without saying a word about the con-
fagration. A few minutes later the
head of the house shifted suspiciously.
81 smell smoke" he remarked. "Some-
things burning" tits my room," ad-
mitted the youthful prodigy, 'but," he
added reassuringly, with a flash of the
brightness in which the family took so
much pride, ''the fire can't get out. I
closed the door tight" The fire de-
partment arrived in time to save the
house.-Philadelphia Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
FOX HUNTING IN AMERICA.
To Follow the Hounds" Requires Good
HOrscma uahiD.

To "Follow the Houndso Requires Good
HOrsemanship.
Inere are four kinds of fox hunters
IN America. The object of the first is
to destroy the fox. A farmers boy
with a shotgun lies in ambush upon
runway and pots him as he trots by.
This, from the English point of view,
says a writer in Outing, is a little
worse than murder and as bad as
poachlng. The man who shoots foxes
enjoys an ignominy, at least in the
minds OF other fox hunters, which is
unique.
Fox hunters of the second class find
their sport in watching or listening to
native hounds trail a fox. They go
afield on foot and post themselves on
high ground commanding the runway.
In Kentucky and in parts of New Eng
land this is deservedly popular sport,
offering as it does an opportunity for
testing the remarkable nose of the
American hound.
In fox hunting of the third kind the
object is to pursue fox with hounds
and to follow the hounds across coun-
try with horses. To most fox hunters
OF this category the following is the
most important part 1t requires horse
manship, a good horse and lasting en-
thusiasm to ride well and hard to
hounds.
The fox hunters of the fourth class,
to make an Irish statement, do not
hunt fox at all, but a drag; neverthe-
less, they ride to hounds and this al
lies them to those who ride to hounds
after wild fox.
In the northern states various condi-
tons tend to make drag hunting more
practicable and popular than wild-fox
hunting. Wild foxes are not usually
plentiful in regions near most of the
large northern cities; moreover, it Of
ten takes a great deal of time to find
a wild fox when they are plentiful and
when you do find him he may not run
very far. The men of the north who
are mostly in business cannot spare
whole days, nor do they care to take
chances of going out without getting
run. AS consequence the hunting
life at such centers as Dedham and
Myopia near Boston; at Meadowbrook,
Eatontown, Goshen and Staten Island
near New York, has developed around
drag hounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22

He Emperor William) is certainly
working man. The record of each Of
his days at Berlin or Potsdam, as given
in the press, shows that every hour
from dawn to long after dark brings
its duties-duties demanding wide OBJ
servation, close study, concentration Of
thought, and decision. Nor is his at
tention bounded by German interests.
He is a keen student Of the world at
large. At various interviews there
was ample evidence of his close obser-
walton of the present President of the
United States, and Of appreciation Of
his doings and qualities; SO, too, when
the struggle for decent government in
New York was going on, he showed an
intelligent interest in Seth Low; and
in various other American matters
there was recognition Of the value Of
any important stroke Of good work
done by our countrymen.-From An
drew d. Whites Impressions of the
German Emperor" in the Century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
CURIOUS OLD CLOCKS.
ffmepieces Dating Back 600 Years ON
Exhibition in Europe.


Exhibition in Europe.
We learn from the French news
papers that among many interesting
objects acquired by the state from the
late Princess Mathilde's collection is
wonderful alarm clock which was once
the pride Of the great Napoleon, and
which not only tells the day of the
month and the year, the mean solar
time and the phases of the moon, but
sounds every quarter Of an hour and is
provided with thermometer.
Few things are more surprising than
the skill Of past generations Of clock
makers, who not only made timepieces
Of the most complicated character but
Of such excellent workmanship that
they seem almost made for all time.
There is at Castletown, in the Isle Of
Man, a clock which was telling Manx-
men the time O. day before Oliver
Cromwell was Graded and which
might have listened to an account Of
the armada from the lips of men who
had seen the Spanish galoons, and this
very clock, which Queen Bess herself
presented to Castle Rushen 3O7 years
ago, is marking time just as conscien-
tiously for King Edwards subjects in
the twentieth century
At the South Kensington Museum
anyone who chooses may see to-day
the very clock which Peter Lightfoot
made for Glastonbury Abbey about
1926, when John Wycliffe was in his
cradle, and another clock which was
ticking merrily in Dover Castle in 1913,
two years after Crecy was fought. In
1876 this clock was going as smoothly
as it did more than five centuries be-
fore, while the Society of Antiquaries
has portable clock made at Prague
as long ago as 1926.
In the Town of Schramberg, in the
Black Forest, there is an alarm clock
which warned sleepers it was time to
get up when Charles II. was King of
England. 1t was made in 1850 and is
an ingenious piece of workmanship.
In form it resembles a lantern in
which is lighted candle, the wick Of
which is automatically clipped every
minute by a pair Of scissors. The
candle is slowly pushed upward by a
spring, which also controls the me-
chanism Of the clock, and at the re-
quired hour Of waking an alarm is
sounded, and at the same time the
movable sides of the lantern fall and
the room is flooded with light.
A pendulum clock, made in 1852 and
once owned by Cromwell, is preserved
to-day in the Philadelphia Library, and
another, made in Germany in 164O
was recently doctored by Connect
lieut. clockmaker and is now running
for six months at time without wind
ing.-Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
Miss eMeNon0ld]

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself, and no doubt you feel
tar from well. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fe-
male organs which manifests itself in
depression of spirits. reluctance to go
anywhere or do anything backache,
bearing-down pains. fatulency, nerv.
BUSINESS, sleeplessness, leucorrhea.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
needed a life of suffering or serious
operation is the inevitable result
The neverfailing remedy for oil these
symptoms is Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald, of Woodbridge,
N j., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
. | think that O. woman naturally dislikes to
make her troubles known to the public, but
restored health has meant so much to me that
! cannot help from telling mine for the sake
Of other suffering women.
For long time | suffered untold agony
with uterine trouble and irregularities,
which made me physical wreck, and no one
thought would recover, but Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me, and made me well and strcng, and
feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what splendid medicine it is"
If you are i'll, don't hesitate to get a
bottle of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound at once, and write to
Mrs Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, for special
advice 1T is free and always helpful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
POWER OF OCEAN WAVES.
Their Enormous Momentum. During a
Heavy Gale at Sea.

At the international engineering
congress, recently held in ST. Louis,
some unusual figures were given on
the subject Of the height and power.
Of ocean waves, particularly as re-
CARDS their effect upon harbor works.
In the course Of paper dealing with
the new Dover harbor, it was stated
that since these works have been in
progress, no wave of greater height
than fifteen feet has been recorded
fact which will be very surprising to
those who have experienced the mis-
cries of the Dover Calais passage The
fact is the more remarkable because
at the entrance to the Tyne waves
from thirty five to forty feet high have
been measured, and the last named
height has also been observed at Peter
head.
In dwelling upon the necessity for
what are known as spending beaches
and wave traps, for dissipating and
controlling wave action, it was stated
that the depth to which the latter ex-
tends is now known to be much great
er than was once commonly supposed.
Proof Of this is shown by the fact
that lobster pots placed in from 12O
to $50 feet Of water have been found
to be filled with sand and single after
a heavy gale; moreover, sand had
been found deposited after a heavy
gale in the gallery Of the Bishop Rock
lighthouse, the latter being 12O feet
above the water, and the depth of the
water at that point $50 feet.
That the water, even at considera-
BILE depths, must be moving during
gale with great momentum is shown
by the fact that at the Peterhead
breakwater blocks weighing forty-one
tons and located over thirty-six feet
below spring tide low water were dis
placed during a storm, while section
of the breakwater weighing $500 tons
was moved bodily for a few inches
without the brickwork being dislocat-
ed.-Scientific American.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
HER BLOOD too Thin
GENERAL DEBILITY RESULTS FROM
IMPOVERISHED BLOOD.
The Remedy That Makes New Blood
Banishes Weakness, Headaches, In
digestion and Nervous Troubles.

The Remedy That Makes New Blood
Banishes Weakness, Headaches, In
digestion and Nervous Troubles.
Hundreds of women suffer from head
aches, dizziness, restlessness, languor
and timidity. Few realize that their
misery all comes from the bad state Of
their blood. They take one thing for
their head, another for their stomach,
third for their nerves, and yet all the
while it is simply their poor blood that
is the cause of their discomfort.
If one sure remedy for making good,
rich blood were used every one of their
distressing ailments would disappear, as
they did i'll the case of Mrs. Ella f.
Stone, who had been ailing for years and
was completely run down before she re-
allied the nature of her trouble.
"For several years." said Mrs. Stone,
ct suffered from general debility. It
began about 1896 with indigestion, ner-
vousness and steady headaches. Up to
1900 hadn't been able to find any relief
from this condition. was then very
thin and bloodless. An enthusiastic
friend, who had used Dr. Williams Pink
Pills, urged me to give them a trial and
q finally bought box.
81 did not notice any marked change
from the use of the first box, but de-
termined to give them fair trial and I
kept on. When I had finished the
second box could see very decided signs
of improvement i'll my condition. l be-
gan to feel better all over and to have
hopes of complete cure.
81 used in all eight or ten boxes, and
when stopped had got back my regu-
lar weight and good healthy color and
the gain has lasted. I can eat what
please without discomfort. My nervous
ness is entirely gone, and, while had
constant headaches before, very rarely
have one now cheerfully recommend
DR.. Williams Pink Pills to women who
suffer as I did,"
Mrs. Stone was seen at her pretty
home i'll Lakewood, r. l., where, as the
result of her experience, DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are very popular. These ia
nous pills are sold by all druggists. A
book that every woman needs is pub
lshed by the Dr. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y. 1t is en-
titled "Plain Talks to Women, and will
be sent free OH request.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
Gar and Sultan.

What Sultan of Turkey has ever
commanded the suppression of the Ian
guage and history of vassal state?
What Sultan has prohibited the edu-
cation Of a section of his subjects?
What Sultan has restricted the bene-
fits of medical science and closed his
sanitariums and watering places to a
section of his subjects? What Sultan
has ordered the massacre of his own
subjects without provocation? What
Sultan has tortured children to convert
them to his faith, making them kneel
upon sacks of shot for eighteen hours
a day until they embraced Moham-
mechanism, and caused those who
would not be converted to be knouted
to death between the ranks of his SOL
diers Russia as 1t Really Is.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
A FELLOW FEELING.
Why She Felt Lenient Towards. tn
Drunkard.

Why She Felt Lenient Towards the
Drunkard.
A great deal depends on the point of
view. A good temperance woman was
led, in very peculiar way, to revise
her somewhat harsh judgment of the
poor devil who cannot resist his cups
and she is now more charitable. She
writes: =
For many years l was a great suf
ferer from asthma. Finally my health
got so poor that found 1 could not
lie down. but walked the floor whilst
others slept. I got SO nervous 1 could
not rest anywhere.
specialists told me / must give up
the use of coffee-the main thing that
l always thought gave me some relief.
| consulted our family physician, and
he, being coffee fiend himself, told
me to pay no attention to their advice.
Coffee had such a charm for me that
in restaurant and getting a Whit of
the fragrance could not resist a cup.
l felt very. lenient towards the drunk
ard who could not pass the saloon.
Friends often urged me to try Postum,
but ]. turned deaf ear, saying That
may do for people to whom coffee is
harmful, but not for me-coffee and l
will never part
"At last, however, 1 bought pack
age Of Postum, although 1 was sure 1
could not drink it. l prepared it as
directed, and served 1t for breakfast.
Well, bitter as I was against it, l must
say that never before had 1 tasted 4
more delicious cup Of coffee! From
that day to this (more than 2 years. l
have never had desire for the old cot
fee. My health soon returned; the
asthma disappeared, l began to sleep
well and in a short time 1 gained 20
pounds in weight
"One day | handed my physician the
tablets he had prescribed for me, tell
ing him | had no use for them. He
stayed for dinner. When l passed him
his coffee cup he remarked L am glad
to. see you were sensible enough not to-
let yourself be persuaded that coffee
was harmful. This is the best cup OF
oIee | ever drank, he continued; the
trouble is so few people know how to
make good coffee When he got his
second cup told him he was drinking
Postum. He was incredulous, but l
convinced him, and now he uses moth
ing but Postum in his home and has
greatly improved in health" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Look in each package for the ia
nous little book 1.-THE Road to Well
yille.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
THERE is JUST ONE SURE WAY.

Dodd's Kidney Pills Build Up Run
Down People - They Make Healthy
Kidneys and that Means Healthy Peo-
pie = What Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L..
Duffcy Say:
Nora, Ind, Feb. 6th.-(Special)-
That the sure way of building up run
down men and women is to put their
kidneys in good working order is
shown by the experience of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph T.. Duffey of this place.
Both were weak and worn and dispir-
tied. They used Dodd's Kidney Pills
and to-day both enjoy the best Of
health.
Mr.. Duffey says: II was very weak
and almost past going. l tried every
thing which people said was good but
got no benefit till l tried Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. They helped me in every
way and | am strong and we'll now"
Mrs. Duffey says: II was SO bad
that if anybody would lay down a
string / felt l could not step over it.
Since taking Dodd's Kidney Pills 1
can run and jump fences"
Healthy kidneys insure pure blood;
Dodd's Kidney Pills insure healthy
kidneys
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22

JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 16C.
and they will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed
to grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 rich, juicy Turnips,
1900 blanching, nutty Celery,
1900 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
In all over 10000 plants-this great offer
is made to get you to test their warranted
vegetable seeds and
ALL FOR BUT 16o POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
if you will send them 26c in postage, they
will add to the above a big package of
Salzer's Fourth of July Sweet Corn-the
earliest on earth-l0 days earlier than
Cory, Peep o Day, First of All, etc. [C.N.U.l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
Short. But Strong.

An old woman met q well-to-do and
humorous Irishman, and said:
"Kind sir, could you give penny to a
poor old woman who is short of breath 2"
The Irishman gave her shilling, with
the remark:
'There you are, my good woman. Now,
don't talk any more, for, begorra, We may
be short of breath, but what We have of
it is moighty strong"-Spare Moments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
His Apology.

When George III. was crowned king
of England the ceremonies were mar
red by certain blunders for which
Lord bingham, earl marshal, was re-
sponsible. Lord Dillingham; saw fit aft
erward to apologize to the king.
"There will be no such plumbers at
the next coronation, your majesty"
said he. King George had a sufficient
ly strong sense of humor to laugh.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
The Largest Locomotive.

What is probably the biggest loco
motive in the world has just been com
pleted at Schenectady for hauling
freight over the Rocky Mountains. 1t
measures 20 feet and on a level track
can haul train of cars a mile and a
half long.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
Facts About st. Petersburg.

Population Census 1909, 1,354,0O0.
Greek Catholics, 50 per cent.
Protestants Chiefly Germans and
Finns), 10 per cent
Roman Catholics, 3 per cent.
Jews, 2 per cent.
Unable to read or write (adults), SO
per cent.
Peasants, 40.7 per cent.
Burgesses householders), 20 per
cent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
In a Fit of JealOusv.

"Why did Gayboy's handsome stem
ographer leave him so suddenly?"
"He says she found a number of let.
tiers from his wife in his desk
Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
BY Way Of Suggestion.

Observation-Disclosures the matter with the
biscuits this morning?
Wife-Oh, the yeast is at fault. 1t
failed to rise.
Observation-Disclosures the matter with the
alarm clock?