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Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18

In the early days only few scnoE
ars knew how to write. 1t was then
customary to sign document by
smearing the hand with ink and I'M
pressing It upon the paper, accompa.
MED by the words, Witness my
hand" Afterward the seal was intro,
duced as a substitute for the nanu
mark and was used with the words
above quoted. the two forming the sig
nature. This is the origin OF the e4'
pression as used in modern documents
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18
CAUTION IN THE MINT.
They Almost Strain the Air to Save
Particles Of Gold.

Particles Of Gold.
1t has been aptly said that no mlser
guards his treasure more religiously
than Uncle Sam watches over the pre-
ciouS metals that pass through his
mints, Then, too, the precautions
against waste are almost lnnnmerable.
Every evening in each Of the mlnts
Of the United States the floors Of NJ
melting rooms are swept cleaner than
a New England housewives kitchen.
The dust Is carefully put aside. and
| about once In two months the SCOT
scraped from every flue is transferred
to the same precious dust heap. This
Is then burned, and from its ashes the
government derives no inconsiderable
Income. The earthenware crucibles
used In melting are employed no more
than three times. They are crushed
beneath heavy rollers, and IN their
porous sides are found flakes Of the
precious metal
In the melting room when the cast.
ers raise their ladies from the melting
pots shower Of sparks fly from the
molten surface of the metal For the,
most part they are bits Of lncandes-
cent carbon, but cliDging to the car
bon Is often a minute particle of met
al. Lest such particles should escape.
the ashes and clinkers below the fur
naces are gathered up at night. This
debris is ground into powder by means
Of steam crusher and then is sold to
smelter, like ordinary ore, at a price
warranted by the assayer.
The ladies that stir the precious met.
al, the big iron rods. the strainers and
the clippers, all are tested In most
curious fashion. After considerable
use they become covered with a thin
layer Of oxidized silver. closely resem-
bling a brown rust. The implements
are then laid In baths Of solution Of
sulphuric acid, which eats away the
iron and steel and leaves the silver
untouched.
Gradually the ladle. or whatever the
implement is, will disappear, and In
its place remains hollow silver coun-
terpart Of the original, delicate as
spung glass. These fragile casts repro
duce the ladle with perfect accuracy
in all its details, although their sur
faces are perforated with innumerable
little holes. Scarcely have they been
nodded, however, before they are cast
into crucible to become in time dol
lars, quarters and dimes.
In one corner of the melting room
there is large tank into which new
ly cast silver bars are dropped and
left to cool. InAnitesimal fakes Of sill
yer scale off and rise to the surface Of
the water, which acquires the metallic
luster OF stagnant pool. Here is
silver that must not be lost. so be-
meath the pipe through which the tank
is emptied is banked thick layer
Of mud, AS the water filters through
It the mud retains the precious resi-
dunn, Four times year this mud
is removed. and each experiment dis
closes the fact that some $50 has been
saved.-Baltimore American.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18
Giants and pwarfs.

In the seventeenth century all the
abnormally large and small folks Of
Austria were assembled In Vienna III
response to within Of the. empress
AS circumstances required that all
should be housed In one building. there
was fear that the imposing proper
tions Of the giants would terrify the
dwarfs. But the dwarts teased and
tormented the gients so that these
overgrown mortals complained with
tears in their eyes, and as a conse'
ouence sentinels had to be placed to
protect the giants from their pygmy
prosecutors, for the smallest mem had
the biggest brains and the ionges'
tongues.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18
cHINA's GREAT WALL.
Il Would Be a Mighty Task TO pupli
cate II Today.

cate Il Today.
What man has done. we are told,
man can do. But to erect today a
great fertilization comparable to the
Great wall Of China would be heavy
tax on both the resources and the res
olution Of Europe. A score or two Of
warships are all very well, but the
cost Of labor and the will involved In
building fleets can hardly be compared
to those devoted to the building Of
that great barrier about two centuries
before the coming Of Christ, when
Rome was struggling with Hannibal.
Two thousand five hundred aud fifty
miles, including spurs, arms and loops,
is the length ascribed to 1t by DR.. w.
q. Cell. the only white man, we be-
lieve, who has travelled the whole
length Of It. 1t has been said that the
Great wall is the only object Of mans
handlwork which could be discerned
from the moon, and one calculation has
It that II the material of the wall were
disposed about the globe at the. equa-
tor there would be wall girdle eight
feet high and three feet thick around
the earth.
One can believe that to this day the
name of the Emperor Chin Is cursed
all along the wall by the posterity Of
the wretches who were forced to the
gigantic task Of building 1t. In the
days of its greatest Importance, when
it was still holding back the Tartar
hordes, it is believed to have had on
its line $4,000 towers, each capable OF
holding 100 men. and $1,000 watch
towers. Even today there remains 90
600 towers and 10000 watchtowers.
with some 1000 miles of wall that
could, with moderate repairing, be
made into formidable military work,
London News.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18
THE WRECK MASTER.
He Does Some Tall Hustlins When
the Line Is Blocked.

the Line is Blocked.
When a wreck blocks the line the
wreck master is the biggest man on
the railroad. Even the president. II
by unhappy chance he happens to be
there, steps aside and keeps silent aft.
or the wreck train halts with a Jerk
OF grinding brakes and Kissing air be.
fore the indescribable confusion OF
shattered wood and twisted steel
which clutter the tracks. The wreck
masters feet are on the ground before
the shrleking wheels have ceased turn
Ing. There follow at his heels half
score Of men, all experts, but of less
cegree than their leader.
He shouts an order that seems as
'nintelliglble as drlllmaster's com.
-nand, then another and another.
There Is instant action. At one end
OF the train locomotive begins tc
creep cautiously away with the coach.
es that have stayed on the rails An
express car up toward the forward end
OF the passenger train Is tilted trem.
blingly on its trucks. 1t is loaded Will
bales Of silk perhaps or with other
costly merchandise. The wreckers do
not stop to inquire. To them 1t is
simply an obstruction that has to be
removed Immediately. There is a
heaving chorus, and 1t plunges down
the embankment. A hundred yards
away loaded freight car In the OPP
poslte train is hanging over the edge.
Fifty crowbars give It tip that sends
1t down to the foot Of the hill. AS 1t
lands there is a crash of discordant
tortured strings, an inharmonious out
burst as though half hundred cats
had landed simultaneously on half
hundred keyboards. "Planos," re-
marks one of the painting workmen to
another standing at his shoulder, They
do not pause even to grin. An instant
later they are heaving away at some
thing else.-Thaddeu s. Dayton in
Harper's Weekly
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18
Tn. syharites.

The Sybarites were the inhabitants
of the ancient city Of Sybaris. IN
southern Italy, founded 720 B. I. They
were so greatly addicted to voluptu-
BUSINESS and self indulgence that their
name became a byword among the
peoples of antiquity. The word ''syba-
rite is used at the present day TO de-
note a person devoted to luxury and
pleasure.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18
=. N..r.st 4. Ever Came to Il.

"Colonel,p she asked, "haye you ever
been up In balloon|
"No.' he answered, "but ! got 10
talking art to Boston lady once ana
she had me away up In the air INSIDE
~ two minutes. "-Exchange.
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18
nna Mnre plsappointment.

Poor old Myer is dead. ! see. He
led a life full of disappointments"
How glad he would have been to
see his name in printT-Fiiegende
Batter
Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1910-02-18
FRENCH DYEING & CLEARINGHOUSE
EUREKA CLUB,

Take your oldi.discarded: garments to
Jaudon's Dye Works, southSof the post
Office, for French dry cleaulng,l, scrub
bing, pressing, 'orato:besdyed by latest
French methods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
TO TAKE LONG HOT JOURNEY.
Mystic shrine People Will Attend Scs
sion ct Leavenworth March 30.

A number of Topeka Masons, who
are members of Abdallah temple of
the Mystic Shrine and some who are
not. but who want to be, are preparing
to attend a ceremonial session at
Ieavenworth on next wednesday,
March go.
The novices who take the Shrine
degree are assured of a lovely time
one of the features of the initiation
will be the aeroplane division in which
the candidate is kept lin the air an
the time. ard after coming down he
will be given a liberal supply OF NOT
air" then Westonized rapidly over the
hot and burning sands, after this ne
will be treated to a few little playful
antics, which will serve to cheer him
along his way. After the ceremo MES
the candidates will stand around ana
watch the members consume an elab-
crate BANQUET, which has been paid
for with the candidates money 1t is
expected a large number viii submit
to the tortures-
The Imperial council meeting of the
Mystic Shrine occurs at New Orleans,
April II. 10 and IA, and to accommo-
date the Kansas Shrine members and
their families who will attend this
meeting a s=ecial train composed of
sIeepers will leave Kansas City about
o'clock Saturday evening, April 9,
arriving at New Orleans about 5 p. m.
Monday. The party will remain in
Memphis during Sunday and will stop
at various points en- route. During the
meeting at New Orleans the fame us
Mardi Gras will be reproduced for the
entertainment of the Shriners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
ORATORS TO MEET SOON
Cornell and Southern California Uni
versity Men to Clash.

ithaca. \. Y, March ga Cornell
debating team, which will meet team
from the University of southern CAN
fornia. left today on the longest Trip
ever taken by any university debating
team and one of the longest trips ever
undertaken by any student organiza-
tion The debate with the Southern
California team will be held tn Los
Angeles on April O.
The Cornell alumni of southern
California are supporting the scheme
and it is through their efforts that the
debate was arranged.
gins of BingEamton, S. H. Brown OF
BuffaIo and ]. C. O'Brien of Rochester.
The question to be debated is the com
mission form of governm ent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
D. B. FINK
A. T. & S. F. Candidate for
Commissioner

I have always voted as my con-
stituents asked and expected me
to vote.
When elected councilman for
the First ward, I promised to do
the will of the people the best
1 could.
If chosen as commissioner, then
expect to- follow the will of the
majority and work for every move
nent that will be for the good of
the city.
I know full well the city will
prosper If am not included in
Topeka's first civic board but. it
seems but fair that North Topeka
should be represented there.
I am making the race for myself.
not because my friends. urged me
into the running.
1 am a wager Garner and am
asking your support and if elected
expect to earn the wages of COM
missioner.
I. want the place and will appre-
ciate the votes and support of my
friends at the voting booths Mon
day.
L believe the working man
should support working man.
This is the first time / have ever
asked for office and I am making
the race because 1 do want the
place. If elected I will devote my
entire time to the business of the
city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
BIG ONES STAYED OUT.
Large Operators Did Not Trade in
Weeks Market.

New York, March 26.--The weeks
stock market was in professional hands
for the most part. The short week and
the uncertainty of the money outlook
left large operators indisposed to enter
the market. The New York city bond
sale had a momentary cheering effect,
but the ripper view of the incident was
of an unfavorable situation for enlist
ment of new capital. The low price
touched by British consols and the
excited London speculation in rubber
and oil shares were corroborative of
that impression.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26

To the People of Topeka:
Dear Voters;-Seeing your adver-
tisement for four Commissioners. I
respectfully make application for one
of the positions, preferring that of
Finance and Revenue, for which, so
far as know, you have no other ap-
plicant. OF all five places, 1 consider
this the most difficult important and
responsible. 1 understand you have a
sound business proposition in con-
temptation, but the responsibility is up
TO the voters now to make it a sue
cess. I shall be glad to receive your
favorable consideration at the polls
Monday. Very truly,
A. A. GRAHAM.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
T. L. PUGH, Candidate for Commissioner
1921 Harrison Street

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-26
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FOR COMMISSIONER

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political forum
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
BITS OF EVERY DAY PHILOSOPHY
tAtchison Globe.


 If you annoy anyone unnecessarily, you are mean. That's the long and short of it.
 A man can find plenty of ways to waste his time without devoting It to his complexion.
 It is pretty safe to distrust the man who claims to be working over time as peacemaker.
 No woman was ever fortunate enough to get a switch that matched her hair all over her head.
 Time flies so fast that if you think an event occurred a year ago, bet that it occurred ten years ago.
 A married woman never seems to have any good times until her hus- band dies and she gets his life lnsur- ance.
 What has become of the old-fash- toned woman who wrapped meat pudding in rag and put 1t over to boil?
 There are some men who can only be described in this way: If wind blows their fence down it stays down forever.
 wWe heard woman say the other day: "I have my faults, but l am as good as any woman who chews gum on the streets"
 
 If it were not for the great econo- mics to be practiced next month, " how would the women manage to save?
 It's more unfortunate for man to be named Smith than girl. A girl may get married some day and can then change her name.
 As you grow older don't you find that people you like best are not the brightest, most entertaining, best looking, most capable, richest and most successful among your ac- quaintances, but are those who have what is called "a good disposition ?'
 On every typewriter there is a bel which rings and gives warning wher you are approaching the end of the line. What pity there is not a bel to give men warning in thousand other particulars
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
man of New Orleans, says that cot ton will be 20 cents yet.
 Rut what if if does

man of New Orleans, says that cot ton will be 20 cents yet.
 But what if it does?
 The bulls will buy from the bears and men who never saw cotton stalk or bloom will buy and sell thou sands of bales between now and the time another crop is ready to gather.
 What the farmer is interested in most now is what will cotton bring next November.
 He is in no way concerned about the turn of the wheel or the tick of the ticker in the Wall Street Ex- change.
 Just here let the farmer be on the safe side-plant first all that that is necessary to maintain the needs of the household and the stock.
 Then plant cotton just like he knew it would not bring more than 10 cents per pound.
 If every farmer would follow that rule, and plant all of the grain and produce he can cultivate, devoting only such land to cotton as seems necessary, or as good judgment points out will be profitable, food prices will go down, cotton prices will go higher and the farmer will take his rightful place in the con- merce of the country. Arkansas Democrat.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
COMING TO POLK COUNTY.

Anyone going about Polk county with their eyes and ears in use soon will discover that there are many newcomers in nearly all sections men who have come from the north and west for the purpose of taking advantage of the opportunity to secure fertile lands at low prices in a climate where good health and comfort are certain and a good liv- ing can be had with comparatively small effort. These men are gen. erally of a good class, well versed in the better methods of farming and where they have investigated, laugh at the idea that good crops cannot be raised PROPER CARE OF THE LAND. Some of them do not hesitate to purchase farms that have been worn out" by the system that has been followed of continuous cropping with cotton and corn with out any effort to replace the ele- ments that have thus been taken away.
 Some of them remark at the de- plorable condition that has been brought about by so many farmers along the railroad turning to public work, such as lumber hauling. One of these remarked, pointing to a long coupling pole sticking out be- hind farmers wagon: There's what ails this country ]"
 And he spoke the truth-and a sad truth it is for many of those Polk county farmers who have been tempted from their farms, some of whom are struggling to get back and some of whom are almost with out hope, following the path that makes them always dependent upon some man or company that gives them the allowance that keeps bread for their families.
 But things are turning back "back to the farm"-in Polk county. Many who have tried and found wanting the non-productive, depend ent life are taking up the threads of the better way, those who are drift ing away are being replaced by new blood, all of which will bring a bet ter, happier day.
 Polk county is a chosen spot on earth. Stand by and reap the bene- fit while you can.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
KLIPPED BECAUSE KLEvER.

AnEnglishwoman has journeyed all the way to Reno to secure a divorce. Nevada may soon demand a protec- tive tariff for its infant industry. .--- Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Senator Gore says the tariff en- ables one man to get without earn ing what another man earns without getting. That is terse statement of a great truth Charleston News and Courier.
 No occasion for excitement over the announcement that Mir. Bryan will again be a candidate in 1912. Unless he were running it wouldn't seem like a presidential year.---Pitts- burg Gazette-Times.
 A Cornell professor says that any one can hypnotize himself. Whats the use, when there are any number of corporations that stand ready at any moment to do the job for us ?--- Philadelphia Inquirer.
 The Secretary of Agriculture is said to be Investigating the causes of the increased cost of living. The cost of the investigation will help, of course, to increase it a little bit more. New Orleans Tinies-Demo- crat.
 In pointing out what they cal grave dangers of postal savings banks the enemies of those popular Repositories seem to forget that the United States is freak among ma tions in not having em.---ChicagC News.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
HEED THE WARNING
Many Meaa People Have Done So.

When the kidneys are sick they give unmistakable warnings that should not be ignored. By ex- aminiug the urine and treating the kidneys upon the first sIgn of disorder. many days of suffering may be saved. Sick kidneys ex- pei q dark, ill-spelling urine, full of ''brickdust" [" sediment and painful in passage. Sluggish kid. neys cause a dull pam in the small, of the back, headaches, dizzy spells, tired, languid feelings and frequently rheumatic twinges.
 Deans Kidney Pills are for the kidneys only: they cure sick kidneys, and rid the blood of ur1c poison. If you suffer from from any of the above symptoms you can use no better remedy.
 Mena people re comm n d Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Mrs. c. B Hayes, 506 Tenth street, Mena, Ark, says: 1 suf- fered from q dull ache through the small of the back and other. symptoms of kidney disease. Al few months ago was induced to try Doan's Kidney Pills and pro- cured a box. The eche and sore ness in my back soon disappeared and continued using the remedy until l was restored to good | am pleased to recom- mend Doan's Kidney Pills.
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the uame-Doan s. and take no other.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
At the Leading Photograph Gallery

For the finest photograph work in the city, also pictures copied and enlarged in crayon pastel, sepia, and India ink. carry in stock complete stock of photo and kodak supplies, also art pie lures with or without frames; made to order, fine line of mold ing to select from of latest pat terns. Typography material and outfits oil and water paints, art goods, postal cards, albums, ko- daks tor sale and rent. French oval frames all sizes, pictures, mats, gilt paints, passepartout binding, madoua and cupid pic lures.
 Remember the place, Bert Hil terbrand's gallery, on DeOueen St. PCT } If
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
One Reason Why This Man Is an
 Insurqeut.

The February American Magazine contains an article by Ray Stannard Baker about the Insurgent move ment. Mir. Baker writes his article after a careful canvas of the Middle West, the heart of the Insurgency. He tells the following experience with prominent citizen of St. Paul;
 When 1 was in St. Paul, a citizen who has borne large part of the Insurgent movement came in one morning with the St. Paul and Min neapolis papers.
 " Look here, he said.
 He showed me the headlines: a glaring account of the new trust combination of the telegraph and telephone companies of the country, another of the frauds upon the gov ernment by the sugar trust, another dealing with the copper trust, an other with the huge profits of the beef trust, another with the Astor divorce, another with the attempt of private capital to seize the Alaska coal lands.
 !" That, he said is why 1 am an Insurgent. 1 believe in private business enterprise---but this thing is going too far
 Tt is this continued aggression of capital---and no one imagines that these powerful men of money will give up their advantages lightly any more than the old shareholders gave up theirs---that is driving the Insur- gents to closer organization"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
Out of the Ginger Jar.
(Farm Journal.l

tFarm Journal)
 The ruler of the roost provideth not the egg.
 One can very often cut down his expenses by cutting out his extrava- gances.
 The man who is always putting his foot down is pretty sure in time to encounter a tack.
 A boil Is the result of humor in the blood, but few victims see any thing funny about it.
 Occasionally we meet with people who are like some of the modern bedsteads-- all brass.
 It is odd, isn't it, that in a world full of lost buttons one never by any chance comes upon lost button hole?
 Be wide awake, hustle, and make tracks, but do not, on any pretext. make muddy ones on your wife's best carpet.
 A man has invented clock that needs to be wound but orce in 10, ,O00 years. Unfortunately, however, one is apt to forget in that time where he put the key.
 If the wives who are obliged to account to their husbands for every cent they get, were to turn the tables by demanding an audit of the tobac- co and beer expenses, things would be different.