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Arizona republican., 1906-09-23
OUR BURNT OFFERINGS.
Cost the Country a Half Billion An.
 nually.


 The International Society of Building Commissioners and Inspectors calls at 1 tention to the fact that We have in the United States eleven and a half mil lion buildings, valued at fourteen bil- l lion five hundred million dollars. or more than all the railroads in the coun- i try put together, and it asserts that of all these just one is absolutely fireproof That one was built in Chicago by the great insurance companies for a testing laboratory. There are only four thou sand buildings-about one in three thousand-that are even nominally fireproOf, and these can be damaged in confiagration to the extent of from thirty to ninety per cent of their value. Yet the unburnable Underwriters Lab oratory in Chicago. with its walls of vitrified brick, floors, roof and parti- tions of semi porous, hollow terra cotta, door and window openings fram- ed in rolled steel, window frames and sashes of sheet metal doors of filled | copper and steel, and stairs of hollow 1 terra -cotta, cost only twelve per cent more than building that would shriv- el up at the first breath of an advanc- | ing fire.
 In 1905, which was a normal year.
 we spent $500. 100000 for new buildings and burned old ones to the value of ! $2OO,000,0O0. We paid S3OO.OO0,OOO for i fighting fire and s195 0OOOOO in fire in
 surance premiums, of which We got
 back $95,00O, 900 from the companies in payment for losses.
 It cost us more to burn part of our old buildings and protect the rest from
 burning than it did to put up all our
 new ones This year San Francisco | has raised the fire losses of the United States to five hundred million dollars,
 even if we do not let another city burn down between now and next January ! If We should burn up the whole of our i bonanza wheat crop, on which we are relying to give up prosperity. we should think the country had suffered a calam- | ity; yet it is doubtful whether that
 whole crop would pay for the property
 we actually have burned and are burn
 ing this year. Our entire years gold
 supply would not pay for a sixth of it.
 The entire gold production of the world would not come anywhere near paying
 for t all
 The $50O,000,000 worth of buildings
 which we put up in a year to burn
 down would cost about s55O.OOO.OOO if
 they were built not to burn down For
 the extra S50,000,000 we could save
 most of the S500,000.O00 we pay in nor
 nal years of fires and fire protection. | In other words, we should have the
 equivalent of another wheat or cotton
 crop added every year to the national wealth.
 The Society of Building Commission CTS and Inspectors has proposed a uni form law, to be introduced into the leg islature of every state making stricter requirements for building; it urges that insurance rates upon fire-traps should be nrohibftive and if suggesrs that instead of fining builders in in creased taxes when they do good work we should make the taxes lighter on solid buildings and heavier on those
 that are most dangerous to the com munity and most burdensome in their
 demands for fire protection.-CoIlier's
 Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-23
NOT FOR HIM.
The Ham Was to Be Eaten at His
 Wake.

The savory odor of a boiling ham reached the nostrils of an Irishman as he lay on his deathbed, and in spite of his condition, the thought of the unac- customed delicacy made his mouth wa ter. Calling his wife to his bedside. he said appealingly; Bridget, acushla the ham do smell moighty foine. Couldn't ye lit me have jist wan taste of it?"
 Its sorrowful I am, Moike," replied the stricken woman, wiping the tears from her eyes. 'I couldn't spare a rag of it. for there's no too much of it. an ye know. darlin' I'm savin' it for the wake."-Everybody' Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-23
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There is only. one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con- dition of the mucous lining of the Eus- tachian Tube. When this tube Is in- famed you have a rumhling sound or irn- perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing but an infiamed condi- ton of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls CatArrh Cure Send for circulars free.
 F. J. CHENEY S CO.,, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipa- ton.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-23

Higgins-Old Gotrox is distant rel alive of yours. isn't he?
 Wiggins-Yes; and the richer he be- comes, the more distant he is-Chf- cago News.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-23

The more a man has to love him. the more he has to support.Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1906-09-23

An Atchison woman is so charitable she buys Ben Davis apples.-Atchison Globe.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
why Kellx Launched.

Baseball cranks will all remember
with pleasure the late mike" Kelly,
the star attraction of the famous Bos-
tons, then champions of the National
League. The Bostons were playing in
Western city, and had just returned
to their hotel after the game, and the
members Of the team were separating
and going to their rooms while Kelly
headed for the bathroom to take his
regular rub down."
A few minutes later one of the 9TH
er players on the team, while passing
down the corridor, heard Kelly's well
known laugh inside the bathroom, and
stopped at the door and asked Kelly
what the joke was.
Kelly replied: This is the first
time / ever got out of the bath tub
without stepping on the SOAP"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
WILD WITH ITCHING HUMoR.
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over
Body-Cured at Expense of Only
$1.25-Thanks Cuticura.

1.-THE Cuticura Remedies cured me OF
my skin disease, and l am very thank
full to you. My trouble was eruption
Of the skin, which broke out In spots
all over my body, and caused q con-
tinual itching which nearly drove me
wild at times. l got medicine of
doctor, but it did not cure me, and
when l saw in paper your adj, sent
to you for the Cuticura book and
studied my case in it. l then went to
the drug store and bought one cake Of
Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura
Ointment, and one vial of Cuticura
Pills. From the first application l re-
ceived relief. l used the first set and
two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and
was completely cured. had suffered
for two years, and again thank Cuti-
cura for my cure. Claude n. Johnson,
Maple Grove Farm, r. f. d. 2, Wal.
nut, Kan, June Is, 1905"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an iniamed condition OF the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube Is indG med you have a rumDiing
sound or imperfect hearing, and when ii Is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to Its normal condl
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out OF ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an infiamed con-
dition Of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
#. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
ReincarnatiOn.

"Do you believe in reincarnation?"
81 do"
What are your grounds for think.
ing that way?"
well, l know Of man who used
to be called bird. He now appears
in the form of a obster."-Milwau
kee Sentinel.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
Tn Favor of Them.

"Fm in favor Of these automobiles"
said the Billville farmer; ''fust time
John ever went to the city he got run
over by two of 'em, an made enough in
damages to take the mortgage off the
farm an buy three mules. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21

copious and frequent, and very DAD III
appearance. 1t was in 1903 that Doan's
Kidney Pills helped me so quickly and
cured me of these troubles and I've
been well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster Milburn CO., Buffalo, n. I.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
And Then He Went.

Little Brother Ito sister who Is sitting
with her fiance)-Do you know what /
think?
Sister-No; what is it?
Il think if l were not in the room
Mr.. Jones would kiss you"
'You impudent boy Leave the room
fnstantlyv'-Tales.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21

from de a tn by
Bright's Disease,
that l know. / had
eye trouble, back
ache, catches when
lying abed or when
bending over, was
:languid and often
dizzy and had sick
h e a d a C b e s and
b e arin g d o w n
pains. The kidney
secretions were too
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
Ena of Battenberg.

The Hidalgos-Y highness, we must
again insist upon your majesty's taking
a bride. Here is list of seventeen eli
gible princesses. Which one will you
choose?
King Alfonso (stihng a yawn)-Oh,
Ena one will do.-Cleveland Plain Deal.
er.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
Judging by IA Sure Sign.

'How do you know that that couple
Is married?"
They ride on my car every day."
lob, then you are acquainted with
themY
mo-: but she always pays the car
fare" Houston (Texas) Post.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
Too Fast.

Too Fast.
A daring young man named Magoon
Fell out of a busted balloon;
He fell on his neck,
Exclaiming, by heck,
I reckon I've landed too SOON"
milwaukee Sentinel.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.

How q Chicago Woman Found Help
When Hope Was Fast Fading
Away.
Mrs. e. T. Gould, GA West Lake
street, Chicago, H., says: 'Doan's
Kidney Pills are all that saved me
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21
Do You Want to Know
What You Swallow :?

There is gro ing sentiment in this
country in favor of MEDICINES OF KNOWN
COMPOSITION. 1t is but natural that one
should have some interest in the compo-
sition of that which he or she is expected
to swallow, whether it be food, drink or
medicine.
Recognizing this growing disposition
on the part of the public, and satisfied
that the fullest publicity can only add to
the well-earned reputation Of his medi-
has rtaken time by the forelock," as it
were, and is publishing broadcast list
of all the ingredients entering into his
leading medicines, the "Golden Medical
Discovery the popular liver invigorator,
stomach tonic, blood purifier and heart
regulator; also Of his "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" for weak, over worked, broken
down, nervous and invalid women.
This bold and out-spoken movement on
the part of DIR. Pierce, has, by showing
exactly what his well-known medicines
are composed of, completely disarmed all
harping critics who have heretofore I'M
justly attacked them. little pamphlet
medical authorities Of all the several
schools Of practice, showing the strongest
endorsements by leading medical writers
of the several ingredients which enter into
DIR. Pierce's medicines. A copy of this
little book is mailed free to any, one de-
able, native, medicinal plants which enter
into the composition of DR.. Pierce's med
icines. Address DR.. Pierce rs above.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tiny. sug-
ar-coated anti-bilious granules. They reg
ulate and invigorate stomach. Liver and
Bowels. Do not beget the pill habit" but
cure constipation. One or two each day for
a laxative and regulator, three or four for an
active cathartic. Once tried always in favor
&En 1Hgp GIVEN AWAY, in copies OF
%SOs0&SO The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser. book that sold to the ex-
tent OF 10000 copies a few
years ago, at $3.50 per copy. lxse.
Last year we gave away M ssS4
1900 worth of these invalua- yssl
BILE books. This year we shall xsse9
give away $4,000 worth OF HMA srsss.
them. VIII YOU share in this EH&SH 0ssss
benefit? III so. send only n n Ek%U
one-cent stamps to cover cost A
OF mailing only for book in
stiff paper covers. or 81 stamps HEfMf
for cloth-bound. Address DR.. Mf&%
r. V. Pierce. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21

1t is now possible to travel completely
around the world upon the Canadian Pa
cifc Railway and its allied steamship
lines.
The Transcontinental Passenger Assoc
citation is considering the advisability of
cutting off many Of the places to which
summer tourist rates have hitherto been
sold.
The Norfolk and Western has closed
a contract for seventy-fve locomotives TO
be built by the American Locomotive
Works. They are both for passenger and
freight use.
As soon as it became known on the
stock exchange Monday that the Giles
pie resolution calling for an investiga-
ton OF the Pennsylvania railroad had
passed the House, the prices of railroad
and industrial stocks and securities
began to fall rapidly. Pennsylvania stock
fell off "a points and all the others on
the list were affected,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21

Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption cured me OF a terrible cough
Fred Hermann, 200 Box avenue, Buffalo.
n. Y, Sept "a, 1901.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quiniue Tablets
Druggists refund money IL II falls to cure
II. W. Groves signature is on each box. go
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21

Count Boni de Castellane is reported
to be anxious to become President Of
France.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-21

J HIGH CLASS DRUGGISTS
AND -OTHERS.
welfare the best remedies
medicinal
remedies pharmacy the finest and
mnyu
usually
all
remedies and the article bearing the full
ordity the liver bowels habits
limitations tried condemned but
the make profit Such preparations
pital
full
The
In
full California printed the front the package
be
andc lin
physicians and should avoided by who and happiness
original the fifty bottle but exceptions
Va the full
VA 0 ~
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-10
Making 1t Pleasant For Them.

Aunt Abigail had consented at last to
give her house an external treatment
for chronic shabbiness
The painters did a good job finishing
the front steps last, but forgot to put
board across the balusters to keep per-
sons from running up or down the
steps, and the good dame did not OBJ
serve the oversight
While she was clearing away the sup
per dishes an hour or two after the
painters had gone there came ring at
the front door bell
Aunt Abigail, full of wrath, fastened
to the door and opened it.
There stood the pastor and his wife.
''I'm delighted to see you, Mr. and
Mrs. Baxter" she said, with a frosty
smile ''I'm delighted to see you, but
just knew somebody would come up
those freshly painted steps before they
were dry. Come right in and make
yourselves at home, and don't forget,
for goodness sake, to wipe your feet
on this mat nsidew-Chicago Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-10

for himself, as I told him when he at
tempted it. asked him to drop her,
and if he had cared half as much for
me as he professed to care he wouldn't
have hesitated an instant. But Of
course it doesn't matter at all. I care
as little for him as he does for me.
Really, l did not realize till this hap
pened my Indifference to him." She
yawned deliberately, then added, with
animation: II am going on the loveliest
trip with Charley in his new auto. 1
told Bell Smith all about it on purpose.
I knew Mr.. Whiting would hear of it."
Her eyes snapped triumphantly.
"Your ring was too exquisite. Daisy
murmured regretfully. 'Think Of Lau-
ra Lewis carrying off such a trophy
when she goes homer
II wonder if he will give it to her"
Stella started up angrily. 81 would
have pounded it to pieces before his
face if 1 had dreamed of such thingv'
Then at Daisy's smile she leaned back,
yaWning again. 'sBut of course it's
nothing to me. Let her wear her old
secondhand rings if she likes.''
Secondhand rings is good. I'll look
out that the one I'm offered is not
such, Daisy laughed.
"Welp'-
Stella's rejoinder was cut short by
her small brother, who burst upon them
excitedly, yelling: "Stell! Stell! What
do you think! Ned Writings bicycle
smashed into-where's mother? rye
got to- He vanished, needless Of the
wild shrieks with which Stella received
his news
''Oh, Billie! Billie! Is he killed? Is
my Ned killed? Billie. Billier'
But Billie was flying down the street
again. Evidently a terrible accident
had befallen Ned Whiting. Stella fut-
tered about, wringing her hands, moan
ing: ooh, Ned, Ned! Dead this minute
when I've been saying such horrible
things of you-and lies, too, every one
of them!'
She suddenly snatched hat and
dashed away, oblivious of her kimono
and slippers. She reached the corner
just in time to be pulled aboard the
crowded car. dizzy and GREATNESS
Near thing the man next her re-
marked, examining her unusual attire
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-10
Her Perfect
Indifference
BY Louise =. Strong
Copyright, 1906, by P. C. Eastment

Why, Stella, where is your ring?'
Daisy seized the hand that was Slip
ping itself under the bonbon box as If
to conceal it's nakedness.
Returned to the jeweler at a dis
count likely, or whatever fellows do
with discarded engagement rings"
Stella laughed, with some constraint
'sYou don't mean to say that YOU and
Ned
eyes, dov' Stella interrupted. "You
might as we'll know it; everybody will
soon"
Il couldn't be more astonished if the
sky had fallen! Why, you and Ned
We're the most utterly
Appearances are often deceitful,"
Stella observed, with a wise air, inter-
rupting again. Il suppose you thought
| was - we'll, as they say entirely
gone on Ned
CHATS right! Might one ask the
whyfore?'
zone might. We simply found that
we were mistaken in our interest in
each other. Isn't that suficient?'
Sufficient, if true. But 1 don't be-
lieve it-not little bit! Why, if there
were ever pair Of TURTLE
'You can believe it or not, but am
entirely and perfectly Indifferent to
Mr.. Ned Whiting-and he returns it
fully
81 don't believe it, when you two
were so intensely devoted tots only
a silly quarrel"
we did not quarrel Stella asserted
coldly. ''And if you have observed his
conduct with that plain, poky Lewis
girl you cannot say much for his devo-
ton to me-"
81 shouldn't call her exactly plain,
though she isn't beauty And there
may be reasons-besides, he has not
been so very
Gle has been so very that you have
noticed it, see,'' Stella interrupted
sarcastically.
''But she is visiting in town and has
not many acquaintance here I doubt
if Ned has been more than polite. Did
he explain?'
''There was nothing to explain-there
was absolutely nothing he could say
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-10
The Helpful Word.

Give the young and struggling a
word of encouragement when you can.
You would not leave those plants In
your window boxes without water nor
refuse to open the shutters that the.
sunlight might fall upon them, but you
would leave some human flower to suf-
fer from want Of appreciation or the
sunlight of encouragement. There are
few hardy souls that can struggle
along on stony soil-shrubs that can
wait for the dews and sunbeams, vines
that climb without kindly training
but only few. Utter the kind word
when you can see that it is deserved.
The thought that mo one cares and no
one knows blights many a bud Of
promise. Be it the young artist at hfs
easel, the young preacher in his pull
pit, the workman at his bench, the boy.
at his mathematical problems or your
little girl at the piano, give what
praise you can
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-10
A PLUcKY ENGINEER.
Crushed in Wreck of His Locomotive.
Works Successfully to Free
Himself.

st. Louis, Jan. 6.-Pinioned under
wreckage resulting from the 11ead-on
collision of two Burlington freight
trains near Wood Station, ILL.,, Friday,
which was made the more complete by
the explosion of an engine boiler and
a carload of powder, Engineer Grover
Hinderer, of Beardstown, ILL.,, with his
leg crushed and held fast, sawed des-
perately for 45 minutes and finally
freed himself and was pulled out. He
was taken to the hospital at Alton, and
it is believed will recover Fireman
w. A. Anderson was also seriously in.
jured, but will probably live. Brake.
men Mason, Franks and George An
derson were imprisoned in the debris
and at first were believed to be dead,
but finally were rescued, stunned. but
not seriously injured Rescuers were
unable to release Engineer Hinderer
and finally passed to him saw, cheer.
ing him until he released himself
Confusion regarding orders is said to
have caused the wreck
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-10
Baked Beans.

1t is not necessary to add pork to q
dish Of baked beans, and those who en-
terrain prejudice against the meat of
the scrofulous pig may well substitute
lump Of butter. Measure out quart.
of white pea beans Put them to soak
overnight in three quarts of cold wa
ter. The orthodox dish to bake them
in is an unglazed pipkin of earthen-
ware, with handle and cover. In the
morning drain them and rinse them
thoroughly in clear cold water. Then
put them back in the pipkin in which
they have been soaking, add a table
spoonful of salt an even tablespoonful
Of molasses and a teaspoonful of mus
tard. Stir all thoroughly around in the
pot. Put heaping tablespoonful Of
butter down the center of the beans.
Cover them with cold water, SO that it
rises two inches above them. Put them
in a hot oven at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing and let them cook steadily till 5
in the afternoon, renewing the water
as often as it boils off them. Let them
brown down in the pot the last hour,
and they will be done at 6 o'clock.%-
New York Tribune.