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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-02

TT may be bold stretch of imagination to declare
that fondness for cryptographic mysteries
is merely ancestral relic of the age of picture
writing. But it is difficult to find similarity
between the child game of rebus and the picture
writing of the ancients.
There is slight difference between rebus and the
cipher message. In one we pictures to represent
objects, and in the other characters repre-
equally fascinating. Poe, in his Gold Bug holds
with description of the solution of cipher
message, and we are charmed by Sherlock Holmes
solution of the dancing men mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-02
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I'd say that most likely he was behavin' h
wherever he was
HUH" growls the old man. That SHOW
little you know about him. He's off being m
probably to some yellow haired chorus girl;
where he isl
What! Rossy?" says l.
Honest, | thought the old man must hav
batty; but when he tells me the whole yarn
to feel like I'd swallowed foolish powder.
that Rossiter's mother had been noticin syn
in him for sometime; but they hadn't naile
thing until that evenin', when the chump
turns in note that he shouldn't have let
so of until next mornin'. 1t was from
Rossiter, and says as how, by the time she
reads that, he'll have gone and done it.
But how do you figure out that he's
picked a SQUAD for his'n?" says l.
Because they're the kind that would be q
most likely to trap a young chuckle head
like Rossiter' says the old man. It's
what I've been afraid of for long time.
Who else would be likely to marry him?
Comel you don't imagine l think he's an
Apollo, just because he's my son, do you?
And don't you suppose I've found out, in all
these years, that he hasn't sense enough to
pound sand? But | can't stay here. I've
got to try and stop it, before it's too late.
If you think you can be of any help, you
can come along
Well say, l didn't see how I'd fit into a
hunt of that kind; and as for KNOWN what
then but seem as how I'd butted in, it
didn't seem no more'n right that l should
stay with the game. So | tags along and
we climbs into the old mans electric cab.
Wen go to DR.. Piecrusts first, and see
if he's there" says he, that being our
church"
Well, he war And they hadn't seen
him at another minister's that the old man
said Rosy knew.
If she was an actorine," says l. 'she'd
be apt to steer him to the place where
they has most of their splicin' done. Why
not try there?"
Good ideal" says he, and We lights out h
for the Little Church Around the Corner.
And sayl Talk about your long shots
piles out what should | see but the carrotty
night hawk that'd had Rosy and me for
earlier in the evenin.
You're winner, says I to the old man.
a case of waitin' at the church. Ten to one
find Rossiter inside
1t was a cinch. Rosy was the first one
as got into the anteroom.
1t want what you'd call real affect
meetin. The old man steps up and eyes hin
minute, like dyspeptic lookin at piece o
done steak in a restaurant, and then he re-
What blasted nonsense is this, sir? "
Why" says Rosy, shiftin' from one foot
other, and GRIMM foolisher'n | ever saw hi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-02

see that we're right in the middle of an elopement1"
Never saw Eunice May, did you? Well, that's
what you miss by not travelin around with the
'wels, same as me. l had seen her. And say, she's
somethin' of sight, too! She's kind of female
Machnow Eunice is. Maybe she's some less
eet in her Isle threads but she looks every inch of
It; and when it to curves, she has Lillian
Russell pared to lamp post Shed be good
enough locker if she wa mt such whale AS twins,
she'd be pair of beauts, but the way she stands
she's most too much of good thing.
Pinckney says they call her the Ogden sinking
fund among his crowd. I've heard EN- say
that old Ogden who's little dried
up runt of about five feet nothin', has never
got over bein' surprised at the size Eunice
has growed to- When she was about four
teen and weighed only hundred and ninety
odd, he and Mother Ogden figured lot on
marryin Eunice into the House of Lords
like they did her sister, but they gave all
\ that up when she topped the two hundred
mark.
Standin' there with Rossiter they doomed
up like dime museum couple; but they
was lookin' happy, and gain at each other
Say" says ROSTERS old man, sizin
EN- up careful, is it all true? Do you
that"
There want any need of their sayin' so;
but Rosy speaks up prompt for the only
time in his life. He told how they'd been
spoons each other for more'n a year. but
hadn't dared let on because they was afraid
of bein' kidded. 1t was the same way about
gettin married. Course, their bein neigh
DOTS on the avenue, and all that, he must
have known that the folks on either side
wouldn't kick but neither one of 'em had
the nerve to stand for church weddin', so
they just made up their minds to slide off
IA easy and have it all through before any
sa one had chance to give EN- the jolly
~ But that you've found it out"
says Rosster, 81 suppose you'll want to
wait and"
Wait nothing!" says the old man, janmin' on
MS hat. Don't you wait minute on my account
60 ahead with your elopement. I'll clear out. I'll
90 up to the club and find Ogden, and when you
have had the knot tied good and fast you home
and receive double barreled blessing"
About that time the minister that they'd been
watin' for shows up, and before l knows it I've
been rung in Well say, it was my first whack playin
back stop at a weddin', and perhaps l put up a
punk performance but inside of half an hour the
Job done. And of all the happy reunions 1
was ever lugged into, it was when Rossiters folks
and the Ogdens got together afterwards They
we're ticked to get them two freak left off
heir hands that they almost adopted me into both
antilles, just for the little stunt l did in bikn
hem p D. s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-02
Some Simple Rules


ORD Bacon once laid down these three rules for
- successful system of cryptography I. That they
be not laborious to write and read. 2. That they
be impossible to decipher. 3. That, in some cases,
they be without suspicion.
No system of cryptography has yet been devised
that fully meets all these requirements but
turies before the Christian the Spartans used
system of cipher writing that practically indie
cipherable The cipher message of the Spartan
would appear to be long meaningless column of
discounted letters written a strip of
parchment, consisting of such these: tn, hit, or,
ng, en- i'd tn, TIM, ok, a, a, II, tt, a, a,
This message would defy the ceverness of Sher-
lock Holmes, did such a being exist yet with the
key, it is quite simple to read The Spartan scheme
was this: narrow strip of parchment wound
splraly round cylindrical stick at a certain angle,
and the message written the djacent turns of
the spiral. To read the message, it necessary
to wind the strip of parchment round stick of the
same size and at exactly the angle. This
message which, deciphered, reads, Attack the
north wall at midnight" was written strip of
paper wound pen holder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-02

The Q is represented by two ciphers.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
MERCHANTS MUST ADVERTISE

How are the merchants of the
Northwest going to meet the unscrup-
ulous warfare now being waged
upon them by the catalogue houses?
He must advertise more extensively
in his home papers and by circulars
to his patrons He must take up the
mail order proposition in a systematic
way and prepare and carry out a
strong line of publicity. 1t is all very
we'll for the country merchant to say
that every one knows him and will
trade with him anyway, but the known
facts do not carry out this statement.
The catalogue houses food the rural
sections with their immense cata-
Iogues, listing thousands of articles of
merchandise with their prices plainly
given. The price is an inducement,
even though it may be higher than the
same article can be bought Of the
home merchant, because when a price
is given the patron naturally thinks
it is a low price. Supplements of the
big catalogues are issued at intervals,
alleged to contain rare bargains, and
these are helped out with circulars
and other bargain announcements ar
irving every few days at the patrons
house. AS opposed to all this clever
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24

advertising the patron sees, most OF
the time, stereotyped ads in his home
papers telling him that John Jones
sells merchandise" That's about all
he gets out of two-thirds Of the ads
published in country newspapers.
This may seem harsh criticism, but
it is we'll meant. Stir things up. You
may not have to use any more space
in your local papers, but make that
space say something. Dig into your
stock and advertise things that you
never thought of advertising before.
And give the prices. Keep all the big
retail mail order house catalogues on
hand. You will find it easy enough to
get them. Compare your selling prices
with those in the catalogues and nine
times out of ten you will find that you
can beat them at your regular prices
when you figure in the cost of freight
to the mail order patron. Therefore
advertise and give prices. If you
have an association or understanding
there can be no objection to giving
prices, and if you haven't an assCcia-
ton or understanding get one just as
soon as you can, because that is Of
the utmost Importance in fighting the
mail order evil.-St Paul Trade Jour
nal
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
Homeseekers and Settlers!

To points in Nebraska, Eastern
Colorado, Kansas. Missouri, Arkansas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas
and Louisiana, etc, the Minneapolis
& st. Louis r. r. has placed on sale
for February 20, March and 20,
round trip and one way tickets at ex-
tremely lew rates for benefit Of home
seekers and settlers. One way tick
cts at two dollars higher than half
fare. Round trip tickets at three
fourths of the regular one way rate,
limit tWenty-one days.
Twenty-one day tickets are on sale
first and third Tuesdays to points in
other states in the Southeast, West
and Northwest, at one fare plus $500
for round trip.
Don't fail to call on M. & st. L.
agents for full particulars as to rates,
etc., or address A. B. Cults, G. P. &
T. A, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
TRADE AT HOnE
Profitable Lesson Taught Patron OF Gaia
logue Houses by Home Mer-
chants.

been compelled to pay in advance sew
eral weeks. All ask is that you pay
me now as soon as you have the goods.
That / must have or the goods will
stay here"
He agreed then to do this and wrote
his check for $3.50 willingly, as 1t
was learned later that the catalogue
house price was $3.50, and started
out of the store.
The merchant called him back and
asked him if he was perfectly satisfied
with the deal. The customer assured
the man that he was, and then-the
merchant had his say.
He told the customer that he had
paid lust $3.50 more to him than the
regular retail price of the goods, and
as evidence he showed him credit
sales of each of the articles and show
ed him the total.
The customer did not know what to
say as he had told the merchant he
was perfectly satisfied with the deal
and he could not demand his money
refunded. The merchant then showed
the man wherein the catalogue house
had quoted a lower price than he could
on a standard article, while on the
ones which were not standard he had
raised the price several dollars.
AS an evidence Of his business4ike
principles, the merchant made the
price right and the customer went
away we'll satisfied, but the merchant
has the assurance that in the future
he will have the entire trade Of one
man who made an effort to beat him
self.
The man is now liberal patron OF
the store and the honest profit on the
sales which the merchant will make
to the man in the course of a year
will be far greater than the amount
he refunded, which the catalogue
houses would have defrauded him out
of this one deal.-Red Wing Repub-
lican.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24

If the farmers Of Minnesota could
be brought to an understanding of the
value to them of their market towns
the mail order houses would go out OF
business in less than sixty days. The
building up of strong market town in
a farming community means increased
value to every farm, to every head of
stock, to every bushel produced on
the farm; it means the satisfying of
the natural desire of the young peo-
pie to see something of life and to &C
quire something of culture without
leaving the farm home to seek for it.
Cannon Falls Beacon.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24

Column after column has been writ
ten about the bad deals people make
by trading with catalogue houses in
place Of trading with their home mer-
chants, but it seems almost necessary
for a man TO get beat before he takes
a tumble to himself as the saying is,
and begins to do all his trading at
home where he can see the goods.
We can quote an example which
happened in this city by which one
man at least was convinced of the adj
visibility Of trading at home.
He had been a faithful student OF
the catalogues of the Eastern mail or
der houses. He was interested in a
certain thing and had studied so much
catalogue literature on it that he could
talk about merits Of the article he
wanted for a certain purpose. Which
made the merchant, who made this
line a speciality, open his eyes. In
fact he knew so much about it that
when he went into a local store and
told the merchant just exactly what
articles he wanted, the latter knew he
had studied the catalogue and was
ready for him.
The customer described a large
number of articles which he desired to
purchase and each one was laid on
the counter. When he had them all
in a pile before him he said: Il will
give you $765O for them. I can buy
them from mail order house for that.
Will you take it,"
The merchant took his pencil and
figured for moment, put on a trou-
bIed look and told the man that, con-
sidering the amount of trading his
family did at the store, he would do
so. The purchaser was more than
pleased.
"I'll pay for these next month"; he
said. But the merchant wasn't quite
as easy. He replied: eff you had
bought these from the mail order
house at that price you would have
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
Bad Stomach Makes
Bad Blood.

You can not make sweet butter In q
foul. unclean churn The stomach serves
as a churn in which to agitate, work up
and disintegrate our food as 1t is being
foul the result will he torpid, sluggish
liver and bad. impure blood.
The ingredients of Or. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery are Just such as best
serve to correct and cure all such de-
engagements. 1t is made up without
drop of alcohol in its composition; chem
ically pure, triple-refned glycerine being
alcohol. Now this glycerine is OF itself q
valuable medicine, instead Of 3 deleterl-
Gus agent like alcohol, especially in the
cure of weak stomach, dyspepsia and the
various forms of indigestion. Prof: Finley
Ellingwood, M. D., OF Bennett" Medical
College, Chicago, says of it:
Yin dyspepsia it serves an excellent pur-
pose > 1t is one of the best NJ anu1act-
ured products of the present time In It's
action upon enfeebled. dtsordereo Stomechs;
especially if there is liberation or catarrhal
gastritis catarrhal Inflammation OF stomach.
1t is most efficient preparation. GIycerme
will relieve many cases of pyrOSls theartDuTn)
and excessive gastric ac1dlty. II Is usH,ut + ~
chronic intestinal dyspepsia, especially the
patulent variety, and In certain forms OF
chronic constipation. stimulating the secre-
tory and excretory functions OF the lntestlnai
When combined, in just the right proper
&ions, with Golden Seal root, Stone root,
Black Cherry bark, Queens root, Blood
root and Mandrake root, or the extracts OF
these, as in DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, there can be no doubt OF it's
great efficacy in the cure of all stomach,
liver and intestinal disorders and deranger
ments. These several ingredients have
the strongest endorsement in all such
cases of such eminent medical leaders as
Prof. r Bartholow, NJ. D.. OF Jefferson Med
tcal College, Chicago; Prof. Hobart A. Hare:
NJ. D., of Medical Department University or
Pa; Prof. Laurence johnson. M D.. Medical
Department. University Of New York: Prof:
Edwin NJ. Hale. NJ. D., Hahnemann Medical e
College, Chicago; Prof John M. Scudder, N; y
and Prof. John King. NJ. D., Authors OF the
American Dispensatory. and scores OF others
among the leading medical men OF our land;
Who can doubt the curative virtues OF
q medicine the ingredients of which have
such q professional endorsement?
Constipation cured by Doctor Pierce'S
Pleasant Pellets. One or two dose.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24

make you irritable; you can't sleep.
YOU are unable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
your children.
The relation of the nerves and gen
erative organs in woman is so close
that nine-tenthS of the nervous pros
tration, nervous debility, the blues,
sleeplessness and nervous irritability
arise from some arrangement of the
organism which makes her a woman.
Fits of depression or restlessness and
irritability spirits easily affected, so
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps; pain in the abdominal
region and between the shoulders;
loss of voice; nervous dyspepsia: a
tendency to cry at the least provoca-
tion-all these point to nervous pros
tration.
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months of pros
tration and suffering so surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. M. E. Shotwell, of 103 Flatbush
Avenue, BROOKLYN, N. Y, writes:
"I cannot express the wonderful relief
have experienced by taking Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. l suffered for
a long time with nervous prostratlon, back
ache, headache, loss of appetite. l could
not sleep and would walk the floor almost
every night.
81 had three doctors and got no better, AND
life was a burden. I was advised to try
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound,
and it has worked wonders for me.
"I am a well woman, my nervousness is all
gone and my friends say look ten years
younger"
VIII not the volumes of letters from
women made strong by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound convince
all women of it's virtues? Surely You
cannot wish to remain sick, weak
and discouraged, exhausted each day,
when you can be as easily cured as
other women.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
TWITCHING NERVES
A Serious Hereditary Trouble Cured
BY Or. Williams Pink Pills.


BY Or. Williams Pink Pills.
Sufferers from ailments that have af-
fiicted in regular succession one genera
ton after another Of their family are, as
rule, inclined to submit to them as in
evitable. The case which follows proves
that such hereditary difficulties are not
beyond the reach Of curative forces and
should inspire hopefulness and readi-
ness to try remedies that have effected
signal cures, such as that which is here
given.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ranne1ls, Of No 400
East Seventh street, Newton, Kansas,
gives the following account of her all
ment and her cure:
sFor two years suffered from trying
nervousness in my lower limbs from my
knees down, as my mother and my
grandmother had suffered before me.
The situation was for many years &C.
cepted as unavoidable because heredi-
tary. But about two years ago, when my
son was realizing benefit from the use of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, 7 thought there
might possibly be some good IN them for
me. My trouble had then become SO
serious as to make it difficult for me to
sleep. I often had to walk the floor in
restlessness the whole night. After TAX
ing some six boxes the twitching disap-
peared and ceased to use the remedy.
I evidently stopped little too soon for
nervousness came back after month or
SO and used the pills again for short
time. Relief came at once and since
stopped using them the second time I
have been free from any return Of the
twitchings or from any interference with
my sleep"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured
the worst cases of bloodlessness, indiges-
ton, influenza, headaches, lumbago, sci
atica, neuralgia, nervousness, spinal
Weakness and the special ailments of girls
and women. For further information,
address the DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, n. Y.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
DR.. Earnardo's Boy.

DR.. Douglas Hyde. the leader of the
Gaelic revival in Ireland, was talking
about accents to a Philadelphian.
Coming to the British accent, he said:
"The leading characteristic of the
British accent is, of course, the drop
ming of the h The dropping of the
IL is very unfortunate. 1t causes In
Vulnerable endorsements
"a friend of mine is bald He is
scientist One night he lectured upon
the atmosphere to some Of DR.. Bernar-
dos boys in London.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24

A man over in Jackson county who
patronizes the mail order houses al
lows his children to play with the big
catalogues. One morning the nurse
came out and told them there was g
new baby in the house. who brought
it," asked the children. The nurse
replied that it had just come. "Oh, I
know" cried little tot, it's a mail
order baby, and I'll bet it's adulterated
just like the pepper and the strawber-
ry jam was, and papa will have to
keep it because the money was sent in
advance. "-EXchange.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24

Several years ago a rather laugh
able incident came under the writer's
notice A gentleman sent to a cata-
logue house for suit of clothes. The
cash went with the order. In due time
the suit came and was entirely too
large. The gentleman took the suit
to a local clothier and wanted to
"swap" it for one which he could wear.
Needless to say he was not accommo-
dated-Ex
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
INCREASE THE LAND VALUES

The man, or the woman either, who
gets his or her support out of town
and it's people, who depends on them
for living, but who, when buying, pa
tronizes outsiders instead of the local
retailers, is a constant injury to all
residents of the community which is
so unfortunate as to shelter such a
person. Buy at home should be adopt
ed as the retailers cry. The buy at
home idea must win out-Ex.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24

The proximity of good towns. gives
an added value of from $40 to $40 per
acre to all farms tributary to them.
A farmer may say that he doesn't care
a continental whether there is a town
near him or not when he buys of a
house, but when he sells his
farm he credits the town with quite
large sum.-EX.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
Washino Windows.

The method of washing windows has
changed very much of late; have pail of
lukewarm suds made from Ivory Soap. Dip
a soft cloth in the water; squeeze almost
dry and wipe the glass off. Then polish
with chamois as it leaves no lint and does
the work with more ease.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-02-24
PATENTS.

List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, 911-912 Pioneer Press
Building, st. Paul. Mimi. William
Dahl, Bottineau, n. D., faucet lock;
Spencer Davis, Minneapolis, Mimi,
draft equalizer; Jules Durage, Du-
luth, Mimi, draft forcing mechanism;
John Hanson & j. Petraborg, Aitkin,
Mimi, vehicle; William Hoekstra,
Harrison, S. D., pump rod ejector;
Jacob Kikolai, Madison, Mimi, roller
mill; Peter Peterson, Spatten, Mimi,
wrench.