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TO CALIFORNIA.
Via Union Pacific. Millions
kave been spent in the improve
ment of this line, and all human
ingenuity has been adopted to
protect its patrons against acci
dent. The line is renowned for
Sfast trains and the general su
■iority of its service and equip
nt. Fast time, shortest line,
oothest track. Tourists sleep
i a speciality. Inquire of
[. H. Lothrop, G. A.,
903 Olive street,
St. Louis, Mo.
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TO.THE FAIR.
Tickets on sale to St. Louis
daily via the Iron Mountain route.
$9.55 for the round trip; return
limit fifteen days from date of
sale. T. H. Reamey, Agt.
ONE-WAY RATES.
e
Every day from September
15th to October 15th, 1904, inclu
sive, the Union Pacific will sell
one-way tickets from Missouri
River Terminals (Council Bluffs
to Kansas City, inclusive) as
follows : ;
$20.00 to Ogden and'Salt Lake
City.
$20.00 to Helena and Butte,
Montana.
$22.50 to Spokane and Wen
atchee, Washington.
$22.50 to Huntington and
Nampa, Idaho.
$25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle.
$25.00 to Vancouver and Vic
toria.
$25.00 to Ashland and Astoria,
Oregon, via Portland.
$25.00 to San Francisco, Los
Angeles and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to
many other California, Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Utah, and
Idaho points.
Through Tourist cars run every
day on Union Pacific between
Missouri River and Pacific Coast:
double berth $5.75. For full in
formation call on or address,
J. H. Lothrop,
903 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.
18tilOct. 10.
WINTER IN COLORADO.
Your own physician will tell
you that the dry mountain air of
Colorado as an elixir of life
stands pre-eminent. Always
rigorous and stimulating, the
crisp atmosphere of Colorado is
at its best in winter. To accom
modate winter tourists to the
Rockiss, The Union Pacific has
put in effect from Chicago a
round trip rate of $47.20 and
from St. Louis a round trip rate
of $39.20, with proportionate
reductions from all points within
its immediate territorry. Tick
ets on sale every day until May
1st, 1905, and with return limit
June 1st, 1905. Be sure your
ticket reads over the Union Pa
cific, the popular route to Color
ado. For full information in
quire of
J. H. Lothrop, G. A.,
903 Olive Street,
S. Louis, Mo.
Read the Daily and Weekly
I Independent.
I
NOVELTIES IN NAMES.
SOME THAT WILL HOT BE APT
TO GBOW COMMON.
Odd Additions to the English Lan
guage Occasionally Heard in
This Country and Eng
land.
"Mysophobia” is one of the latest ad- (
ditions to the English language. It is
the name of a complaint which most
people will recognize. Probably its
commonest name is morbid fastidious
ness. Persons who suffer from myao
phobia, says the London Hour Glass,
become very faddy in their manner.
They are very particular that there is
not even a spot on the tablecloth’s
snowy surface. Every pla'te and dish
and glass that is brought to them is
eagerly scanned for any trace of dirty
fingers. Everything must be unsoiled
and immaculate. Tn the advanced
stage of mysophobia the sufferer is
unable to resist the temptation to wipe
every article that is placed before him.
It does not matter how clean or pure it
may be, the wiping process ha3 to be
gone through.
"Unciniariasis” is anothr novel com
plaint, or, rather, it is a novel name for
an old complaint. It is the disease which
causes the existence, in certain states, of
degenerates known as "crackers,’' or
“poor whites; ” in fact, it is the germ ot
laziness which has been isolated. In ad'-'
▼anced stages {he sufferer eats clay be
sides being unusually lazy. At one of
the London police courts the magistrate
was sorely amazed by a witness describ
ing the prisoner as a ’’trance.’’ It turned
out eventually that a ’’trance” is a man
who is given a Nft from the country in a
market cart la return for which he as
sists the eartman to unload. “A dead
homer” was another curious expression
Med in a London police court. The de
tective said it was a well-known expres
sion used by a person when he could not
very well free himself from a charge
which was hanging over hie head. In
the case in question the eharge was that
of stealing lead. It was unfortunate for
the prisoner that he was a "dead
homer.”
A “gawkrodger,” "serammy,” “caggy,’*
and a “cuddypaw” are all different Eng
lish names for a left-handed man. But
a “jambiste” is about the latest name.
This came out in a case in which a per
son was sued for lessons given in danc
ing. The defendant denied that he re
ceived any lessons, but said that he sim
ply attended the-dancing classes as a
jambiste. A jambiste, it is explained, is
a young society man who occupies his
leisure hours by acting as an auxiliary
at a school of dancing. He is there for
the purpose of dancing with any of the
women who are in want of a partner.
It appears that he furnishes his services
at the dancing school gratuitously. His
hope of reward usually Is that he may
meet a rich young heiress at the school,
and be able to marry her.
“Electrofannite” is a peculiar kind of
indisposition produced by the draught
from an electric fan or ventilator.
A “kitchen piano” is a name which
might puzzle a good many people. It ap
peared in a case tried at the Clerkenwell
county court that among furniture mov
ers a wringer or mangle is invariably
known as a “kitchen piano.”
The “dotter” is an instrument which
has now been adopted by the admiralty.
By the use of this instrument the firing
accuracy of the weapon is enhanced
greatly. With its aid a gunner has been
able to hit a target at 2.000 yards eight
times with eight shells in one minuto.
After all, the dotter has a good homely
ring about It.
A terrible new name Is “Thymaee
tinoxaethylaeetamidothymol." It i*
highly recommended as a medicament to
people who suffer from “nerves." It has
been found, however, that In a few cases
It fails In its effect, in which case an ex
cellent substitute is stated to be Acety
limidooxyathyhymol. An excellent
thing for the nerves!
Starting “Run” on Bank.
While a woman was waiting to de
posit five dollars in a New England
savings bank she saw a man draw
out $900. She had never before seen
so much money at once, and concluded
that the bank could not stand such a
heavy drain on its resources. She told
her friends about it, and the news
spread that the bank was in danger.
A “run” followed, and ,lie depositors
were not satisfied that the bank was
sound until between ten and twenty
thousand dollars had been withdrawn.
The men who read this paragraph need
not say that the thing would not have
happened if it had not been for a silly
woman. Full-grown men, with years
of business experience, do just as silly
things when they get frightened about
losing their money.—Youth's Compan
ion.
Xuroki’s Hams.
Several French soldiers, survivors of
the Chinese expedition of 185$, are re
sponsible for the statement that Gen.
Kuroki is in reality half French. His
, name, they say, is properly spelled
Curique. According to the story of
these soldiers, a French officer, C&pt.
Curique, while serving in China in
1856, married a Japanese girl. A son
was bcfrn to them, who was given the
Japanese name Kuroki, corresponding
to the French Curique. This son, it
is said, is Gen. Kuroki. Capt. Curique
died last year in France.—London
Hour Glass.
Wouldn’t Give Him Time.
Brokeleigh—I did think of ordering
a suit from Cutts, but I couldn't get him
! to promise to give it to me on time.
Newitt—Why, he’s usually very
prompt.
Brokeleigh—Oh, yes; but he wanted
me to be equally prompt—Philadelphia
Press.
GREAT INVENTOR AT HOME.
k Visit to Thomas Jl. Edison—H#bm
auii Surroundings Not a Bit
Liks the BCan.
To one who knows anything at
nil ol Edison, the first glimpse of
h.s house and its surroundings
"milts with a shock of surprise,
says Woman’s Home Companion.
Who would have suspected
that this most democratic of men
would have chosen for himself en- j
rironrneiits so essentially aristo
cratic'' He lives in the heart »f
r splendid park, patterned after
the English idea of vigorous ex
clusiveness, its gates jealously
guarded by a lodgekeeper.
The interior of th>* I «use is in
keeping with the atmosphere of
the park without, quite unlike
Edison The reception-room was
utterly different from what I ex
peeted. The admirably draped
curtains, the tables and chairs ar
ranged wih an eye to artistic ef
feet, were not of Edison’s choos
ing. He cares loo little for the
Injuries of life. This was his
wife’s work; it was all so worn
anly.
I heard quick footsteps behind
me, and Edison appeared, greet
ing me cordially and unaffectedly.
He was dressed in the queerest
•f costumes—a long blouse that
reached to his heels, evidently
his own pattern, serviceable and
work-worn.
“Come along into the labora
tory,” he said.
So I followed him through the
dining-room and the “den” into
the laboratory that he has fitted
op for himself in his home.
There I found his little boy, his
shirt-sleeves rolled up, his face
and hands smeared like hla
father’s. They had been making
various compounds of which lamp
black was the chief constituent.
“So you work on Sunday, too?”
Edison winked confidentially.
“You see, Mrs. Edison is away. I
can do as I like.”
That brought back to me a story
that I had once heard from a friend
of his—a story of how he works
night after night in Irs labora
tory, utterly absorbed in his ex
periments. Midnight comes and
goes, the gray dawn creeps in, and
still finds him bending over his
test-tubes ancf retorts, nntil at
last Mrs. Edison appears and
fondly leads him away to sleep.
I looked around the laboratory.
This at least was his room. There
were Bunsen burners, mortars
and pestles, glass rods, watch
crystals,' bottles of chemicals
scattered about in bewildering
profusion. I watched him and his
boy while they worked, the boy
listening wun rapt attention to
the teachings of his father.
A FORTUNE IN A POTATO.
Tuber Raised by Scotchman and Sold
at High Price—Well-Named
the “Eldorado.”
No potato ever gained so much
notoriety as Eldorado, raised by
the famous Scottish raiser Mr. A.
Findlay, of Markineh. The very
name of the variety, says the Gar
dener’s Magazine, was a stroke of
genius, for it is hardly possible
that the raiser, or those who had
the good fortune to secure some
of the first tubers distributed,
could have imagined that in so
short a time it would change
hands at such enormously high
prices.
Mr. George Ma ssev, of Spalding,
was one of the very first to obtain
the stock, and from him Mr. Zach»
ariab Gray, a well-known grower
at Everton, Sandy, purchased a
•tone weight for £20. This set the
ball rolling, and as Mr. Findlay
resolved not to farther distribute
Eldorado until the autumn of
1904, the demand for the small
stock available was doubled and
trebled, and so the prices rose.
Messrs. Dennis, the Covent Gar
de n salesmen, and Messrs. I. Poad
ft Sons, of York, possessed sup
plies, and the latter firm found n
purchaser of four pounds at £150
per pound. This determined them
to obtain further stock, and so at
the Smithfield club show a mem
ber of his firm found that Mr. Mas
sey had a limited stock for dispos
al and made him an offer of £1,000
for a stone. Mr. Massey refused,
as he wanted £1,500, but eventn
ally the bargain was struck af
£1,400, to the satisfaction of both
parties. Subsequently Mr. Mas
I sev sold a relatively small quan
tity for £2,000, so that his original
transaction brought him a very
haadsome return.
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