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for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly. been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart beats very
fast; then that bearing down feeling.
and during her periods she is exceed
ingly despondent. Nothing pleases
her. Her doctor SAYS: +" Cheer up: you
have dyspepsia; you win be all right
soon"
But she doesn't get all right. and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing. morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don'twait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair. with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone.
but take Lydia e. Pinkhams Vege-
table Compound. See what IL did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of $40 18th Street.
Louisville, KY, niece Of the late Gen.
sral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes
Dear Mrs Pinkham:
!" I cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
has done for me- suffered with female
troubles, extreme lasxitude, .she blues,
nervousness and that all gone feeling. was
advised.to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but it has restored me 10 perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy of my
younger days has returned, and do not sud-
fer any longer with dependency. as / did bo-
fore. consider Lydia e. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women
II you have some arrangement q
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
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Parade to Have Novel Feature.

A novel feature of the parade at the
time of the national encampment of
the Spanish War Veterans, to be held
in Washington next October, will be
drill team composed of the wives.
mothers, daughters, sisters and sweet
hearts of the soldiers of 1898. The
team will come from Toledo, O., and
will comprise about 35 or 40 women.
They will be clad in suits of khaki
cloth, with skirts slightly above the
shoetops. to show the army leggins.
They will wear the regulation mill.
tary compaign hats of gray. and are
armed with small silk flags. This team
is well drilled, and 1t has carried on
prizes at several memorable drill
contests. The soldier girls will march
up to the White house, headed by q
band. to pay their respects to Com
rade Roosevelt
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ropean police as Count Ether" be-
cause he was scientist who, when
wanted for burglary, always van
ished as quickly as that volatile spirit.
Won Schmidt was discovered by his
efforts to patent his invention. He ex-
planned to a patent agent in Berlin
what his patent would do. and offered
to make his way into the attorneys
safe, but the attorney called up the
police instead
Acetylene gas. one of the most i'm
portant ind ustrial inventions of the
last decade. was stumbled upon by &C
cident by man named Wilson. who
had an electrical furnace in North
Carolina for metallurgical purposes.
From time to time he used a great
deal of rock salt in his furnace stock.
and also limestone as a fiux. When
ever these two materials were fused
together, as he noticed after a while.
the Stag produced by the intense cleo
trical heat included a dirty grayish
substance wholly unlike anything he
had ever seen.
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SECRETARY TAFT GOVERNOR Of CUBA
Assumed Control When Island Congress Failed to Aecep
designations Of Palma and Cabinet.
Formal Proclamation Published Official and Received viii;
Satisfaction BY the Cubans-Mnes Blue jackets Landed
President orders United States Troops the Number
OF $500 to Proceed once to Island.

Havana, Cuba, Oct IAN American
provisional government assumed pos
session OF Cuba Saturday when Sec
rotary of War Taft's proclamation
declaring himself provisional govern
or OF the island wass formally issued.
The proclamation was published in
the Official Gazette and thousands of
printed copies of the document were
distributed in Havana and elsewhere.
The terms Of the proclamation
caused general satisfaction, especial
ly on account of the moderate terms
In which it is phrased. its statement
that the provisional. government Of
Cuba is undertaken only on account
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Suffering.

0tOttCtVU4s
OF the etiology of suffering We
know nothing definite. Direct inherit
ancefis rare, and possibly imitation il
the chief factor when father and son
are affected. There is usually a well
marked neurotic inheritance, others In
the family having various forms Of
nervous complaints. But ] have not
been able to confirm Charcot's state
ment that suffering and ordinary ia
cial paralysis frequently occur in the
same family. Shocks, frights and de-
bility after some acute illness are the
causes to which the onset is most
frequently attributed by parents. I'm
itation Is undoubtedly an occasional
cause. children having often been
known to start the habit when put In
charge of suffering nursemaid. A
friend of mine, who was extremely
fond of horses and was hardly to be
kept out of the stables, acquired .
most obstinate stutter from the groom.
Adenoid negotiations are often met
with and are important as predispos-
ing cause, since they tend to prevent
the proper filling of the chest with
air. When present they should be re-
moved as a preliminary measure. al
though it must not be expected that
their removal will lead to prompt
cessation of the stutter.-Lancet.
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Discovered Acetylene Gas.

For weeks he noticed this substance.
without giving more than a passing
thought to it, and continued to dump
1t into the river upon the banks of
which he had built his furnace. Soon
the pile of Stag was so high that the
top reached above the water, and then
curious thing occurred. The water
would sizZle and steam as the Stag
was dumped in. but this day, as the
last of the Stag was poured onto the
little island, some of it remained red
hot Suddenly there was a brilliant
burst Of flame. so prolonged and so
hot that there was danger of the fur
mace catching fire.
Then Wilson began to think. The
next day he took some of the curious
looking substance and wet it with wa
ter, but, much to his surprise, nothing
came OF it. Then he struck a match
and held 1t near the mixture. and I'm
mediately bright flame was produced
and Wilson knew that he had discov-
cred something valuable. His discov-
cry was acetylene gas, and he made a
fortune out OF it.
A German manufacturer OF nitro
glycerin was the inventor Of dyanmite
but was not seeking for It at the time
he received proof of its explosive quail
tiles Nitroglycerin is liquid which
VIII not explode, but viii burn rather
with steady flame. when fire is an
Piled One day the manufacturer
spilled some OF the stun on the floor.
and little later dropped q lighted
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RIGHT HOME
Doctor Recommends Postum from
Personal Test.

No one is better able to realize the
Injurious action of caffeine-the drug
in coffee-on the heart, than the doc
tor.
When the doctor himself has been
relieved by simply leaving OF coffee
and using Postum, he can refer with
full conviction to his own case
A Mo. physician prescribes Postum
for many of his patients because he
was benefited by 1t. He says:
Il wish to add my testimony In re-
gard to that excellent preparation
Postum. have had functional or
nervous heart trouble for over Is
years, and part of the time was unable
to attend to my business.
Il was moderate user of coffee and
did not think drinking it hurt me. But
on stopping 1t and using Postum In
stead. my heart has got all right. and
Isascribe It to the change from coffee
to Postum.
Il am prescribing 1t now In cases Of
sickness. especially when coffee does
not agree, or affects the heart, nerves
or stomach.
when made right 1t has . much
better flavor than coffee, and 10 vital
sustainer Of the system. I shall con-
tinue to recommend it to our people.
and have my own case to refer TO"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek. Mich Read the Iftle book.
The Road to WellvtnAs IN pkex
sxAere's . roesen.-
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PROCLAIMED PROVISIONAL Governor OF
Cuba at Havana Saturday.
| of the necessities of the situation and
its promise that the provisional gov
eminent will be maintained purely
for the purpose of restoring peace,
| order and public confidence until a
permanent government is established.
No one appears inclined to doubt the
good intentions of President ROose>
welt and his representatives and there
is no apprehension of any serious
trouble or resistance to provisional
| government in any part of Cuba.
American troops now are moving
toward Cuba. Mobilization of the
| forces will be at Newport News, Va,
for the most part, although part of
the first expeditionary force to Cuba
will be sent from New York and
Tampa, Fla. Advices received at
the departments of the military estab
lishment of the government Sunday
| indicate that all is quiet in Cuba. and
that the insurgents intend to lay
| down their arms. The probability is
that United States forces in the island
will be landed only as a preccaution-
airy measure. So far as officials are
advised, no trouble of a serious kind
| is anticipated, but in accordance with
instructions from President Roose
welt hurried preparations are being
| made for the sending of an expedi-
tionary force of the army to Cuba.
The first American troops will be
landed at Havana next Saturday.
Meantime. the marines and bluejack-
cts from the American fleet in Cuban
waters will protect American inter-
ests and support Secretary Taft, the
provisional governor of Cuba, in the
preservation of order and the protec
ton of life and property.
In official circles here American in
PREVENTION was regarded as inevitable
How long it may continue it is i'm
possible to foretell. The nature of
the intervention and the preparations
for it indicate a supervision of Cuban
I affairs on the part of the American
government for an indefinite period
Arrangements have been concluded
not only for the first expeditionary
| force to Cuba of about 5000 men. but
| for a second force of equal numbers
No orders for the mobilization of the
second force, of course, have been is
sued. but if the men are needed all
arrangements have been completed
| for hurrying them to Cuba at the ear
| Hest possible moment Whether
more troops than are included in the
| first expedition will be sent to Cuba
will depend upon the developments in
the island during the next ten days
| or. two weeks.
| No time is being lost in hurrying
| troops to the point of mobilization
Newport News, Va. The order of
President Roosevelt. received at 10:
SIS o'clock Saturday night at the war
| department, was imperative. It's text
was as follows:
Arrange for 6.000 troops to start
| for Cuba as soon as possible"
This telegram was received in an
swer to one sent to the president Sat
urday morning by the war department
officials, following the message from
Secretary Taft. Immediately upon
| receipt of the presidents order tele-
grams were sent to the troops select
| ed for Cuban service to move at
once By midnight Saturday night
all orders to troops had been dis
| patched and advices received Sunday
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Revenue Cutter SINK.

Washington, Sept. 30.-Assistant
Secretary Edwards has received a
telegram from F. NJ. Rock, engineer
in charge of the revenue cutter Alert.
dated at Mobile. September 2S, as fol-
lows: ALERT was sunk at her berth
at seven O'Clock Thursday morning
by the river steamer Nellie running
into her during a violent easterly
gale. Impossible to- estimate damages
at present" Nothing has been heard
Of the revenue cutter Winona or the
launch Penrose which was in Mobile
Aarbor at the time of the hurricane.
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The Port of hona.kona.

Hong-Kong is one of the most active
shipping ports in the world, but 1t 10
not a market. 1t Is convenient point
for the transfer of cargoes from or
intended for the different ports Of
China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine
Islands. Siam and other parts of tho
east, but it is small island, with Q
limited population, who produce moth
ing and consume comparatively little
transit
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strange to say. quite as many patents
are granted them for improved ma
chinery as for articles of woman's
wear.
The first patent ever granted to a
woman in the United States was for
machine for the weaving of straw
with silk or thread, and this was pa
tented in 1909 by Mary Kies. Mary
Jane Montgomery invented the now
ing machine, and in 1866 she took out
patent on machine for punching
holes in corrugated metal. Her many
inventions netted her a considerable
fortune, as fortunes went in those
days. A woman in California made
over $50, 900 from her invention of the
baby carriage, and a woman in Wash
ington, Mrs. Johnson, made a good
thing out of the invention of the ice
cream freezer. for before that time all
cream was stirred with spoon until
it was frozen.
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Criminals as Great inventors.

Criminals as Great Inventors.
Criminals have played an important
part in some of the worlds greatest
inventions, and some have made small
fortunes out of their discoveries.
Charles Filler, who devised the new
lock-stitch sewing machine, was serv-
ing his fourth term for burglary when
the idea was perfected. When he was
released his idea was backed by some
capitalists, and he was given a salary
Of $4,000 a year to superintend the
construction of the machines, in add.
ton 10 a royalty. At the same time
he sold his English rights for $50, 900
cash and $4,000 worth of stock of the
English company.
The discovery of thermite has help
ed science and mechanics to such an
extent that one steel manufacturer re-
marked that it would, when in gen.
eral use, decrease the cost of steel
ships one-third, yet the inventor was
Fritz Won Schmidt, known to the Eu-
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Evolved the Idea of Packing Them Ia
Separate Compartments.

These did not fulfill Edison's expec.
tations, and were discarded as useless.
His assistants soon discovered that
by holding the drumheads close to the
mouth and making a cultural sound, a
noise approaching music could be se-
cured, much the same as when a piece
OF paper is wrapped around a comb
In attempting to playfully stop one Of
the men from playing on it, Edison
touched the little needle, but no soon
er had he done so than he gave one
OF his characteristic starts and re-
quested the operator to repeat the per-
Torrance. 1t was repeated, and again
he touched the needle, with evident
delight. He went among his assist
ants, asking them to hum, sing and
talk against the little drumhead, he
keeping his finger ever so lightly on
the little needle.
Il have it," he suddenly exclaimed
and retreated to his office and COM
menced drawing diagrams for new ma
chinery, which his assistants speedily
made, and a few days later the first
photograph was put together. 1t was
crude affair, the pin making an i'm
preston on wax. 1t talked imperfect
ly, but it showed Edison that he was
on the right track, and he rapidly i'm
proved it, until now it is almost per-
lection. The monograph was at first
regarded as a mere toy, but later it
was sold for $1,000.O0O
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Troop. from Fort Sheridan Go.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-Brigadier General
w. H. Carter, commander of the de-
partment of the lakes. received orders
from Washington Sunday directing
two battalions of the Twenty-sevenrh
infantry and the Fourteenth United
States field battery at Fort Sheridan
to proceed Immediately to Newport
News. where they will embark for
Cuba.
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Clumsy Explanation.

TN never speak to you again. Jack
Harkalong! You're a deceitful wretch.
You told friend of mine you saw
me with my new hat on at church
last Sunday. morning. and that I was
sight"
The spiteful thing! Dear. sid
you were sight for sore syes.-~
Chicago Tribune.
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The sherman i'm San Francisco.

San Francisco. Sept 30.-The United
States army transport Sherman ar
rived Saturday from Manila via
Honolulu. She brought a number of
returning troops and many passen-
gers, including some of those who
were on the stranded transport Sheri-
dan.
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The Barbed Wire Fence.

The barbed wire fence, about which
many have said unkind things as they
disentangled themselves. was worth
over $1.5e0,0 900 in royalties to the ori-
ginator. A countryman, whose loss
from eggs being broken on their way
60 market was a serious thing evolved
the. idea Of packing them in separate
compartments, and this simple device
q now used altogether. and the coun-
tryman il not Obliged to toll for his
daily bread.
1t must not be thought from this
that the field Of invention is occupied
entirely by man. for it Is not. Woman
has entered into competition with him
In this field. also. and some Of her pa.
tents have been as useful and as good
money-makers rs those belonging to
the uterner seq. Inventions by women
oovsr al the branches - 1fe, and,
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on the notion of making arm-ptt
shields seamless with sheet of cloth.
covered rubber, and 1t brought him
an income of many thousands year
The man who Invented the metal fast
enings for buttons must have been a
bachelor, for 1t did away with sewing
but 1t made him a millionaire.
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inventors Do Not All Die Poor.

The rewards gained by inventions
in the past so years have been far in
excess of those that accrued to the
earlier inventor, although the general
public has believed that the great ma
jority of inventors either die in the
poorhouse or the insane asylum. This
impression was due partly to the fact
that Whitney, who invented the cot
ton gin; Goodyear, who first vulcan
lied rubber. and Morse, the father Of
the telegraph, all died poor. and de-
rived no benefits from their inven-
tions.
Naturally, when a great invention Is
put upon the market the inventor is
exploited in all the newspapers and
magazines, but when some little trifle
is brought out there is hardly any no
tice taken of the man himself or what
he has given to the world, but it is
just such little things that have been.
II not the source, the start of great
fortunes.
j. w. McGin in 1857 invented the
little metal paper fastener without
which no office is now considered
complete, and though but a trifle 1t
made wealth for it's inventor Such a
little thing as the rubber tip on a
pencil brought 100000 to it's inventor.
Hymen L. Lipman, and that small
piece of metal which you wear on the
heel of your shoe to protect it had
made up to 1887 over $1,000, 900 for
is protector.
A man named Garfield first hit up
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Millions in Air-Brake.


The inventor of the air-brake,
George Westinghouse, is one of the
best known inventors of the present
day, but it was long time before he
could get any moneyed men interested
enough in his air-brake to back him.
Perhaps the one thing in his life that
Mckee Rankin regretted was that
when Westinghouse offered him a half
interest in the air-brake for $500 he
did not accept it. This invention net
ted Mr.. Westinghouse many millions
of dollars and brought him world wide
fame
1t was just the other day that a
young man, Gerald B. Livergood, re-
fused 100000 for street car device
that could be utilized to show the
names of the streets automatically, as
he believed that his royalties will
make him a millionaire. Hardly a day
passes that does not see some new In
vention, and fortune is always really
to smile on the one who keeps a light
heart through adversely and turns his
thoughts to inventing something for
the betterment of mankind
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LITTLE THINGS THAT
HAVE MADE FORTUNES
Simple Toys and Puzzles Have Brought Millions Their nvntors
Some Of the Greatest Discoveries Made Purely Through
Acciden-Edson and the Photograph.
There's millions in it"

There's millions in it"
The man or woman who conceives
IN idea that Is patentable almost In
variably has visions of immense
wealth, but how often the dream is
realized may be found by consulting
the patent office authorities, the men
who handle thousands and thousands
of these children of the brain that
never bring to their inventors even
the amount of money necessary for
getting them patented. But, on the
other hand, there are a great many
patents that have made their origin
4tors immensely wealthy, and famous
as well.
One would naturally suppose that
the greatest returns would be from
the large affairs, such as the electric
railroad, the telephone and the tele-
graph, but such is not the case, for the
small household inventions. mechani-
cal toys and puzzles have given quick
er returns and greater profits for the
money expended than any Of the lar
ger affairs.
At some time or another In life ev-
erybody has turned his mind to get
ting out a patent. and the usual cry
has been, when one man succeeded in
amassing fortune, that he had luck.
Luck never enters into the patent
business, except in so far as one in
vents something at the time that
something rs wanted by the buying
public. The man who invented Pigs
In Glover" happened to strike the
public fancy, and millions Of people
all over the country were chasing the
little marbles into the middle pen.
That man made millions on his simple
puzzle because he launched it at the
right time
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Vice President Charles w. Fair
hanks delivered an address Saturday
at the laying of the cornerstone of
the Y. NJ. C. A. building TO be erected
IN Denver.
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To die for ones great ideas is gio-
rious-and easy. The horror IL b
outlive them. That is our worst capa,
biiity.-John Oliver Hobbies.
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Cure For The Blues
ONE MEDICINE THAT als nEvEa FAILED
MsaIth FulIy Restored an - Icy g

When acheerful. brave, Nghteheaxted
woman IL suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, 1t =
5 sad picture. 1t is usually this way:
She has been feeling I" cut of sorts
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match in the same place The explos.
ion which followed was astonishing
and quite little disconcerting, but he
had discovered dynamite, and his for
tune was made. While nitroglycerin
will not explode while In liquid form.
1t becomes explosive the instant the
particles are separated so that each
has sufficient air about it. This fluid
vaporizes whenever sufficiently shock.
ed, and is then so infiammable that
the mere heat of the shock sets it of.
The name of the German who spilled
his nitroglycerin was Nobel. and he
patented the combination and became
immensely wealthy
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Edison and the Photograph.

Edison and the Photograph.
The greatest of our inventors,
Thomas A Edison, owes his invention
of the monograph partly to an acct.
dent. Edison had been working night
and day to perfect the telephone, and
had constructed a number of small
sheepskin drumheads, to. test their
value as diaphragms as compared with
metal and other substances. To some
of these sheepskin diaphragms he had
attached magnetic needle which was
intended to project toward the magnet
and assist in conveying the vibration
caused by the human voice.