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And correction of Irregularities
of the Teeth.
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FARMERS
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that want the best grease on the
market and that recognize a good
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It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
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Sole C"—\er Evansville Indian'
TO CALIFORNIA.
Via Union Pacific. Millions
have 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
i its fast trains and the general su
1 periority of its service and equip
I ment Fast time, shortest line,
I smoothest track. Tourists sleep
1 ers a speciality. Inquire of
I J. H. Lothkop, G. A.,
I 903 Olive street,
| St. Louis, Mo.
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BRADFORD. - ARKANSAS.
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.
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.
IStilOct. 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 beat in winter. To accom
modate winter tourists to the
Rockies, 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
Independent.
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ODD FANCIES ABOUT BEES.
Old-Time Belief That Honey Was of
Celestial Origin and Other
Queer Notions.
In these days of scientific bee cul
ture, when bees are trained to pack
their honey in pound boxes ready for
market, and are as much under the
control of the beemaster as sheep are
of their shepherd, it is difficult to
realize what quaint delusions prevailed
only a few centuries back in every
thing relating to the hive and its in
habitants, says the Chicago Dally
News. The sources and composition
of honey were subjects for many in
genious speculations. One old writer
affirms it to be "made of the ayre.
most of all at the rising of the starres,
chiefly the dogge shining out early in
the morning,” although he admits him
self in doubt as to “whether it be the
■weate of the heavens or a certaine
spittle of the starres or a juyee that th9
ayre pnrgeth from himselfe.” This be
lief in the celestial origin of honey
runs through aH the old treatises on
apiculture, from the time of Virgil
downward. It was supposed to be a
kind of manna from heaven, and its
quality depended greatly on the favor
; able or unfavorable juxtaposition of the
j stars at the time of its descent
Although the existence in each hive
of one bee much larger than all the
others was generally recognized in old
en times, this was believed to be mere
ly a ruler or king over the rest. That
the large bee was actually the mother
of the whole colony never seems to
have occurred to anyone until recent
times. This king bee is very fanci
fully described as having “a lofty pace
and countenance expressing majesty,
and a white spot in his forehead glis
tening like a diadem.” In each hive,
also, there were “subordinate govern
ors and leaders and captains and
colonels, marked by crests, tufts or tas
sels on their heads, some yellow, some
murrey.” Among various other duties
it was the king’s part to go out each
evening in search of any bees that had
not returned to the hive by sunset, and
to show them the way home.
From the earliest times honey ap
pears to have been held in extraor
dinary favor as a universal specific for
human ills. As a hair restorer it was
largely recommended, rubbed in plen
tifully night and morning, and if dead
bees were dried, pounded and worked
up into a thick paste with the honey,
Its hair-producing capabilities were
much enhanced. This mess had to be
plastered on the bald places of the head
over night, with infallible results ir.
the morning, if one may credit a cer
tain fifteenth century writer. For
t weak eyes the same authority says to
; take a handful of the heads of bees,
burn them, and mingle the ashes with
honey gathered in the dog days. The
eyea were then anointed liberally with
the mixture, and clearness of vision
was the invariable reward.
In the old days the situation of a
tbeehive was a matter of prime impor
tance. It was to be placed always on
the south side of a stream of water,
and never in a place where there were
echoes, as an echo was very injurious
to bees. A little gravel was to be put
down in the neighborhood of the hives,
aa in windy weather the bees needed
small stones to carry about in their
flight as counterpoises. The beekeeper
was recommended to shave and keep
his head close-cropped, long hair on
. head or face being extremely offensive
to his charges, and iu attire he was to
avoid anything of a red color, aa this
was detrimental to the bees.
CURIOUS WORMS OF NORWAY
They Gather in Great Numbers Form
ing a Serpent-Like Mass
When Migrating.
The Sciaras, of the genus Tiplux, a tin*
wormlike creature which is found in
the forests of Norway and Hungary dur
ing the month of July or early in August
gather in huge numbers preparatory to
migrating in search ot tood or tor a
change of conditions. When setting out
on this Journey, says Nature, they stick
themselves together by means of some
glutinous matter, and form a huge ser
pentlike mass, often reaching a length
of between 40 and 50 feet and several
inches in thickness. As the scaria is
only on an average of about three-thir
ty-seconds of an inch in length, with no
appreciable breadth whatever, the num
ber required to form a continuous line
of the size above mentioned is incal
culable.
. Their pace is, of course, very slow,
and upon meeting an obstacle, such as
a stick or stone, they either writhe over
or around it. sometimes breaking into
two bodies for the purpose. A celebrated
French naturalist says that if the rear
portion of this snakelike procession be
brought into contact with the front part
the Insects will keep moving round in
that circle for hours, never seeming to
realize that they are getting no further
•n their journey. If the portions be
broken in two the procession will unite
In a short time. When the peasant meets
one of these processions he will lay some
Obstacle in front of it. If it passes over
It It is a good omen.
The Leopard of the Snows.
When we look at the leopards in a
menagerie our minds instinctively turn
to pictures of the hot tropics and the tor
rid lands of the equator. But there are
leopards that love the snow and never
willingly descend below the levels
where snowstorms occur in summer as
well as in winter! The New York Zoo
logical park possesses, at present, a
beautiful specimen of the “snow leop
ard," whose home Is among the lofty
mountains about Thibet. Thousands of
tanned skins of the snow leopard are
carried to Shanghai for sale, but the liv
ing animal is rarely seen away from hie
cool mountain home.—Youth’s Compan
ion.
ANTIQUE FURNITURE AGAIN.
> Bedroom Coffers of the Middle Ages
Are in Use Among the
Fashionables.
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The feminine world is again taking to
the use of stately and artistic coffers or
chests, reports the Washington Star.
The dames of the middle ages, who
had no convenient bureaus in which to
store their finery, were dependent upon
the coffer. Some of these historic chests
are marvels of delicate carving, inlay
work and painting. The greatest artists
of Italy did not disdain to decorate these
receptacles.
So valuable were some of the coffers
that a great lady was considered well
dowered if she received one on her mar
riage day. It was placed in her cham
ber, with the great bedstead and a s ool
or two, which were the sole furnishings.
Toward the close of the eighteenth o-u
tury coffers were at; but discarded. Tn
til recently specimens were to be found
only in the museums or old castles and
manor houses of Europe.
Now the taste for antique furniture
is bringing the coffers again into favor.
Two seen recently were made for the
state rooms of yachts. They are both
carved and tinted.
One chest is built of weathered oak,
: deeply carved and then stained in grt en
i and red. The design represents mer
maids sporting in the midst of an ocean
forest Seaweeds and shells are the most
conspicuous features in the picture.
The other coffer is of oak, having a
gray finish. It is decorated with a burnt
design. Green and mauve stains are
used to touch up the figures. The sub
ject of these decorations is a scene at
the court of King Neptune.
Bedroom coffers are usually adorned
with flowers, birds, butterflies or some
allegorical or mythological scene. One
email boudoir chest has representation*
of Penelope among her maidens upon it*
panels. Through open windows the
sprays of the climbing roses are blown
! into the room and the flowers with the
: garments of the women are brilliantly
j colored,
Gnrinhirnl miKinoff n »n
I some of the antique chests, and these
j have been well imitated by modern
workmen. The painted panel is set deep
in the wood and framed by a wide band
! of molding. Carved figures, supporting
j the corners, and elaborately designed
i lids are features of the painted chests.
The most ancient designs are the
I heavily carved ones. Those who are
i versed in the history of furniture can
[ tell to a nicety the age of a chest by the
style of carving and quality of the wood.
The earlier Renaissance specimens are
almost priceless, and even copies of
them are expensive. In appearance they
are not unlike a coffin. There is usually
a richly carved base, the long shallow
body above it being slightly curved. The
lid projects over the body, and is less
deeply cut than the sides.
A more modern Renaissance chest,
and a style which is more frequently
copied,’’is embellished with small panels,
on which appear conventionalized foli
age designs in line work. The shading
is burnt into the wood. •
Gilded and enameled coffers are also
to be seen, but they are eighteenth cen
tury work and represent the period of
decadence.
The modern household coffer Is usual
ly lined with silk or an art fabric. Plenty
of tiny pockets are scattered over the
lining, and in these are placed sachets
for perfuming the contents of the box.
The chests are convenient receptacles
for linen, bedclothes, draperies or gar
ments not in use.
Those who can afford a cedar chest
need have no fear of moths. Although
these ornamental boxes cost more than
tmnk6, they will last a lifetime. They
are distinctly decorative, and may be
made to fit any vacant niche in a small
room. The price varies with the style
of decoration and wood. Some are com
paratively inexpensive, while others,
good imitations of the carved antique
chest or the gilded and enameled eight
| eenth century masterpieces, are valued
as are most works of art.
HIS FIRST WATERSPOUT.
Green Sailor Boy Wanted to See One,
and He Was Quickly Ac
commodated.
A waterspout is one of the first things
a green sailor boy wants to see. He has
read about it as one of the wonders of
the sea, and it rouses his keenest curi
osity. He gets the old sailors to promise
to call him when one is sighted. They
promise, winking stealthily at each oth
er, relates an exchange.
The ship get3 down into tropical wa
ters, and the boy is told that a water
spout may come along almost at any
time.
One night he is awakened suddenly.
An old sailor shakes him.
“Come on! Hurry up, young feller;
there’s a waterspout on the starboard
bow bearing right down on us.”
The boy hastens up the companion
way without waiting to dr***, and aa
he darts out on aecK ne is tnrown aown
by a mass of water descending on him
like a wet mountain. He struggles to
[ his feet, gasping, sputtering:
“Wa-a-s that-t a wa-a-a-ter spout?"
The sailors are around him roaring.
Then he looks up above the companion
way and sees an empty hogshead. Having
seen and felt the waterspout, he descends
to his bunk, wipes himself dry and turns
in. Next time waterspouts in great num
bers may be reported on both bows, but
he will have no particular desire to ob
serve them.
Baby’s Eyelashes.
Some mothers clip the baby’s eye
lashes to make them grow long. This
may be all right for the baby, but after
maturity has keen reached it is perhaps
betetr to rub a little pure ointment or
plain vaseline into the lashes rather
i than to clip the end*.—Medical Talk.
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San Angelo, San Antonio, Colorado, Galveston,
Houston and other Texas points. Also to all
points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, except
where one fare plus $2.00 makes less.
Tickets on sale §ept. 13th and 27th.
ROUND TRIP, ONE FARE PLUS $2.00.
To all points in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Terri
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$8.50 one way to many Texas points, including Amarillo, Dal
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Galveston, Beaumont and points east.
$11.00 one way to many points in New Mexico, tickets on sale,
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