THE PLATTSBTJHGH SENTINEL.

A PLATTSBUflGER IN ARIZONA.

Tuscon. Arizona, Oct. 20.Editor of The .Sentinel:IVar Sir:---ThirildnK Unit a hintory

of my trip from Asliv.Mo, N. <:. toBan FrwnciHro and back U> I.IIIH <might. \w of into-rent t.o soni<> of yreader*. I will Iwsln a nhoH. l«((cryou /by saying fcnat wo loft. AnlivSept. LHth at 7.30 a. m. and mu;our first stopping pla-co of any imptance at 3 p. in. Tills city was At-lanta, and it In ono of the bout cities<*f -.a South, boinK often called theNew York of the South. Aftor a stopof 45 minutes wo again iboanied thotrain and1 started for Now Orleans,whieh place wo reaclKVd at 10.30 thenext day. Here wo had a stop ofthree hours which gavo us quite achance to see a part of the city. Mostof ua preferred to visit the old partof the city, so our guide took IIB toseveral old churches and other placosof interest. Our next stopping placewaa .San Antonio, Texas, which wefound to 'be quite a nice city withgood streets and some queer old Span-ish churches and forte. Texas is agreat state and it did seem a.n thoughwe never would get out of it. Onour way thus far we bad .seen fieldsof sugar cane, rice and cotton thatreached for miles. We next stoppedat El iPaso and an we had about twohours to stay we drove out to tihefort and watched the artillery drilland it was a grand flight. The ofH- :cers' houses were very neat and t;heyards were beautifully kept with palmtrees growing on both sides of theroad and a great many flowers. Af-ter leaving El iPaso we went throughsome of the worst country that Iever saw, where for mile after mileone could see nothing tbut white sandand a few sage bushes. It has beenvery dry through that part of thecountry this year and we saw veryfew cattle as there was so little grassthey were obliged to drive it to otherparts of the country- We saw verylittle land that was good for muchuntil we neared California, and then,we began to see good fields of wheatthat had all been out and mostlythreshed and baled and piled up inthe field, as we would pile up wood.It looked queer to see the straw leftin the field like that until they gotit ready to sell or tree, and one atonce realized how dry it must bethere at this time of the year.

As we neared Ix>s Angeles we sawsome 'beautiful orange groves and.vineyards that were males in lengthand so clean that you could hardlysee a weed. There were also a greatmany peaches, pears, prunes, apricots,olives and figs. 'All of these orchardshave to be watered for several monthsof the year, and in fact, all kinds oftrees and flowers must be wateredduring the dry season; and one could

1 see little ditches running all aroundamong the trees and carrying waterto keep them from drying up. We

, stopped a short time at Los Angelesand after a ride of five days and nightsreached San Francisco. We soonfound out that the teamsters were ona strike, wibich caused us a littletrouble to get our trunks delivered,but after a little delay we soon gotlocated and started in to see the city.After having a good bath me felt muchbetter and started out to see the CuffHouse which is on the coast, aboutseven miles from the center of thecity. Here we found an immense

. building that covered acres of ground' as well as. water and one of the fin-

est bathing places in the world. Inthe galleries were to be found allkinds of stuffed birds and animals andthousands of relies of all kinds. Wego into another 'building and arehanded a glass with which we canplainly see the seals and sea lionsswimming in the water or sleepingon the rocks.

The next day I went out to 'GoldenGate Park, which is a beautiful park

, containing 1,200 acres, and wherethere are places for all kindsgames, also miles and miles of beauti-ful roads for wagons and bicycles.The next day we went to the U. S.mint and saw so much gold and sil-ver that we forgot for the momentthat it was money, and the men didnot seem to mind the gold any morethan if it was so muen wood. Wewere shown into a room where theywere remelting gold into bricks thatwere worth $25,000. In another roomwere machines that rolled th«into long strips, and these were cutinto twenty dollar gold pieces at therate ©i 136 per minute. It was a won-der to me how the men could standthe heat, as the fires over which, theyworked were heated to 2,000 degrees^I stayed 10 daya in San Francisco,seeing a great many (places of inter-est and enjoying the hotel and res-taurant service which I found to bevery good and reasonable in price. Ileft San (Francisco Oct M for Los An-

-' geles, -where I stayed three days.The climate was better than in Friscoas there was a good deal of foggyweather and slight rains in the lattercity, and I am told that it would bethat way. "until next May; so I madeup my mind that it was no place forme. I needed an overcoat a good dealof the time and a good many ladieshad furs on, more on account of thedampness than the cold. It did seemqueer to me to get the reports fromthe yacht race two hours and fiftyminutes before the time that theytook place, the difference in time be-ing the cause of it, I found Los An-geles a city of aibout 110,000 peopleand growing very fast. Very fewhouses could be found to rent andthe people iwere just beginning tocome there for the winter. The weath-er is nice here, although there are agood many foggy mornings; but itdoes not settle down near the groundbut will look like a cloud until thesun cuts it away about nine o'clockin the morning. In the Chamber ofCommerce I saw some very fine fruitsand vegetables. Here I saw corn thatwas '28% feet high and the first earof corn was 19 feet from the ground.In another part of the buildinga Century plant five months old, thatwas 25 feet (hish and over a footihrough at the ground. While inCalifornia I saw them drying raisinsand apricots, which was very inter-esting. Oranges were beginning toripen and we found all kinds of fruitvery cheap, although grapes that were

"used for making -wine have been soldas high as $35 a ton, when a fewyears ago they sold as low as $10. Thebest of peaches soid for ten cents adozen and other fruits at about thesame price.

I left Los Angeles Oct. 7th andreached this city the next day, an<after seeing such a beautiful place asCalifornia I felt like turning back;but as I came here for my health Imade up my mind to stay and tryit, so here I am in a city that is inthe middle of the wilderness andwhere outside of the city very littlegrows for the want of water. Butwhile this part of the country lacksa great deal that makes things beau-tiful, the weather is about perfect.Very little rain falls for nine monthsin the year (from Sept. to June) andthe sun will shine brightly for weeksat a time without a cloud in sight.•We aro bavins a little rain today,which is the first since August andtins sU'Kt. day or night 'I have seen a

cloud since 1 came here. During therainy season -quite a little rain falls,but it does not. seem to soak into theground much and all runs away tothe low spots and the rivers that areten fcot doep at that t.irm- are all dry

ol'U'T u okliiK city as all

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oans on hugegreat ships are

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i'tS .day and are quite hard.

We have a good many bicycles andIIKO two automobiles and a Kt>r>dnany blcyelo wagons. J-Iorsos' are-heap and one oan get a Rood horse'or from fifteen to twenty-'[I've, dollars,rhere are about 11.000 people here;,nit three-fourths of them are Mexi-cans. Chinese, balf-hreeda and In-

the manner in])ro(ect(Td from pe

Chief Offi<tic. which is

iiuiy of the thotravel across oow who theseded at nightlay at any moment spriutter darkness ahead?

ly very few; and millions

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MAGAZINE NOTES.The World's Work continue

preHa its gospel of endeavachievement. In the NovemhIber this buoyant spirit is canwide range of topics. The

3 to ex-:>r andr̂ num-

;ht in aigazine

declares its faith "in President Roose-lt

any section or class, nor to be f<in the possession of only a favfew. Accordingly, neither name norfame has ever counted anything in thejudging of stories submitted forits consideration. 'Neither previousachievements in literature, nor notori-•ty acquired in some other field, can

elt and outlines his difficult problems, j [ a k e the place of merit Yn"the"story t, insuring story of American J.oco- ! S ! . ? ^ u p o n - O n t h e «°ntrary, h

Abroad

whichil.istrong

•gestof the Cel-ihip afloat,

. by M. G. iGunneiff.(A plea for health is found in ;Dr. Flick1

! article on the "Fight Against Tuber-culosis," and Arthur Ooodrieh's "PlainDescription of Tammany" -gives an

L of the conditions good municipal

nteresting account of howwork of watchinig Is carried on.

3ach of the 313 men who composecrew has 'his special duty to per-

m. The burden of responsibility ison the stemfelt keenly by

head, or foremost ipo:tho ship; in the "crobridige and in the engine room.

Kins. M'De (Mexicans are tho worst O n the stem head, In ordinaryit of (people that 1 ever saw. I weather, there aro usually two men.hought the Negroes of the South when it Is heavy weather, misty orad enough, but this race of people is hazy, three men are there

•rue. Tucson has two good banks, in ' tho "crow's neat" there are alsoH and some good two men. These men are practicallyhave one -depart- f j i e o y c s of the ship. They are select-

nent store that covers about as much ed with esipecial care, and receive

government must vercome. Inter-dnational understanding and good feel-

ing are furthered by such articles asthose on "The Problems of the BritishEmipre," by Sydney Brooks, and onthe relations of "Japan and the Unit-ed States," by Midori Kotmatz. The

t in tbe bow of I World's Work is of great value to's nest," on the ] everyone who believes that tihe world

is growing large instead of little andwishes to grow large with it.

:.lo M<stall stores. W

it store that ct• pay than ordinary seamen.

Before a man can ecome a look-boutany four of the la

n Plattsburgh and carries a good lii)£ goods. We nave seven churches n j s eyesight is rigorously tested both.vhich are quite well attended, hut I as to'distance and color. iNo one mayfind that this town does a good deal of act as a lookout on a ship like the

Sunday, while the gam- <Tcltlc without first obtaining a cer-aro open day and night tiificate as to physical ifitness from the

and Sundays included, and they do Board of Trade.business as openly as any 'merchant Of course, the main point for sight-

'I am-told that it freezes very little }ng objects at sea is In the "crow'shere and snow is seldom seen. The nest," on the masthead. The crow'sair is very dry so that while it was nest" men must see things before theup to 100 last week and in August officer on the bridge eights them. Ifsometimes goes up to 115, you do not an officer on deck makes out an ob-feel that as much as you would 95 in ject before the "crow's nest" man de-New York: and as there is no dew toots it, the latter gets a reprimand,at all a great many people sleep out At night lookout men have to beof doors more than three-fourths of very much on the alert for sounds.the year. Both the hearing and seeing of these

Hoping to be able to visit Platts- men are tested and their eyes andburgh again some day In good health,

Country Life in America for Novem-ler is a superb fulfillment, on the part

of the publishers, of a promise to makea new sort of a magazine devoted tonature, country homes, gardening,and all thing sout-of-doors. The trwoleading articles are "The AlbandonedFarms," a picturesque presentation ofneglect; and "Ellerslie," ex-GovernorMorton's handsome Country Seat, asrepresentatives of the best ideals coun-try living. These present in a largeway -widely different ruralway widely different rural conditions ] mos tTn^reSing^insmiSive .Tn*of the greatest (human interest. Henry ! m - i o u g reward ever offered for aTroth and other well-known artist- - -

I remain.Respectfully yours,

A. H. SORilBNiER,

WINDFALL.

i mnist be well nlgih perfect. In afog the safety of the ship depends as

' much upon the hearing qualities of! the lookout as upon anything else.

Lookout men on the stem head have' a telephone close at hand, by means, of which they may communicate with

Slnjc Sing Pr i soner to Receive #10,000 the officers on the bridge.F rom the Es ta te or Mrs. »<>hley. | Lookouts have two hours on duty

The New York Sun says: John Har- a n * f ? u r °ff" T h 6 y ^ a b O U t £ 4 9&V

rrls, who is serving a ten year term in , I? ' ,. „ ^Sine Sins for larceny is to «et a be- T h e n e x t p l a c e forward—wherequeft oMioSoHJaft to W .father, lookout work is combined with otherWilliam J. Harris, under the will of duties-is the b r idse- I n fair weath-Mrs. Emma Keep Schley, sister of ?)" two officers are always on duty on,,__ , - £~ •"- - -- the bridge; in foul weather threaTnhn Warris g ; l weather threawas' syncedV^»^S££ The captain often stays on the bridgeon April .27, 1899. His father has for hours when there Is any danger,since died in Philadelphia, leaving One of the most important placesbesides this legacy of $10 000 some o n shipboard is at the wheel. In or-S l t y fii Arlington! N 7 J . S r e arTa dinary weather but one man is actual-few debts of the father's estate, but it ^ ** t h? w h e e l steering.is expected the convict will get $10,000 Though one man is at the wheel,clear! The fund has been placed in t h e r e a r e alw&ys t w o o n b a n d - T h e s e

the Colonial Trust company at th& re- ™ea are known as quartermasters.quest of Kate F. Heaney, aunt of the O n e stands at the wheel, while theyoung man. Notice of application to other is at call on a moment's notice,the court to have sanall sums of money Usually the quartermaster not steer-placed at the disposal of the young ing l s outside the pilot house withinman with the warden of Sing Sing has s o u n d o f t h e wheelman's voice. Quar-been made in the Supreme Court.

Harris is also known as Frank Car- • afd f o u r h o u r i

oil and bis picture is in the rogme's \^Z.

termasters have four hours on dutyoff whenthe"shiFis

1899, by Policeman Fox,w e a t h e r m a n i s^ U y e a t h e r a S^M m a n i s

l i detailed to blow the boat's whistle atstreet . intervals

Burns take aDocket a t 38th s t reet m Tt-'fi.mii :—•" —»«~.*.**̂ vm. JJVIUS m t-jucavenue and pass it to Harris had (been o r l . o p . +

d e c f k a n d between decks. Theyarrested for burglary in 1896 and got * u b m i t a re^>^ ^ h m ? h t t h a t "a two years1 sentence.

Franklin < ouuty Record*.Albon Man, of New York, h<

documents, "two ~~~of maps made by Benjamin Raymond, ^ a 0 Q night watchman about theoriginal surveyor of the Great Tracts s h i P makes report from time to timeof Macomb's 'Purchase, who divided ^ t o conditions prevailing in the dif-the tracts into townships, lots and sub- ferent sections over \ which he hasdivisions. The maps are of sub-divis- charge. The ship is divided intoions lots in Townships Nos. 2 and 3. about twelve sections, on whichThe former covers Ft. Covington and watchmen report to the officer on thea part of v/estville,and the latter cov- bridge at certain intervals.ers the whole of Constable and part of Each watchman must make a re-Westville. Into these maps of subd'i-' port in person every hour. It mightvisions are plotted the deed from the be said there is a constant stream oforiginal owners, when a wilderness, to men pouring up to the bridge at nightthe original settlers, Th© books also making reports of one kind or an-contain lists of deeds made by Heze- other,kiiah B. Piercepoint, Barrent and JohnR. Bleecker, ageats for Edward Ellice,and rom the executors of WJliiam Con-stable and others. The maps are near-

photographeirs have furnished manylarge illustrations. Features more inthe way of practical suggestion are aseries of pictures, and a descriptive ar-ticle, entitled, "Pleasant Homes andGardens," "Shrubbery in the HomeGrounds," by Samuel Parsons, Jr., thewell-known landscape architect; and"The Home-Maker's Yard," by FrancesCopley tSeavey. "The Life Story of theFrog" is told -by Mary Rogers Millerand illustrated 'by some thirty extra-ordinary iphotograpths of live frogs andtadpoles by A. Radclyffee Dugmore.Writing editorially, Mr. >L. H. Baileytells what the magazine stands for asan exponent of the growing interest innature and country living, and dis-cusses significant evidences.

The Popular iScience Monthly forNovember, opening the sixtieth vohimegives the first place to a reproductionof the first announcement of the theoryof evolution by natural selection madeby Darwin and Wallace before the Lin-nean Society in 1858. TShe original isquite inaccessible, and it is of muchinterest to see the way in iwhich thisgreat theory was presented (by- the twomen who independently proposed it.Other articles in the number are an il-lustrated account by Professor A. E.Verrill of the Cahow, an extinct bird ofthe Bermudas; a description by Dr, E.L. Hills of the way the insane weretreated formerly compared with pres-ent methods; a discussion of the partthat should foe taken by the nation inthe control of education by Sir JohnGorst; a comparison of the intellect ofman 'with that of the lower animals byProfessor E. iL. Thorndike; an explana-tion of the origin of sex in plants byDr. B. M. Davis; a description of theomen animals of the South Sea Islands

given intervals " ™ by Dr. A. C. Haddon, and an accoun'Every night at.dusk the third offi- °f the flefces of Japan by Bresiden'- - ~ J the carpenter of the ship go David Starr Jordan of Stanford Un

-* examine the ports in the iversity. ^

The November Forum opens with atimely character sketch of "TheodoreRoosevelt," from the pen of A. Maurice

have personally examined each ofithese. ports and have seen them clos-ed and proDerly secured.

! The crews assigned to each lifeboat

a nd others. The maps are nearly a hundred years old and were givento Mr. Man by Mr. EUice through hisattorney, John,F. itosseel at the closeof Dr. Ebenezer Man's agency for El-lice. Dr. Ebeneber Man was the don-or's father, and his grandfather, Dr.

HU©S FOR AUSTRALIA.

Ogdensiburg Concern Snipping Thou-sands of 'Hubs to the Far .

Distant Tslands.

For the first time in over two years,the hub factory has caught up with

ors iatner, anxrms grand£atner, Dr. i j t a orders and "toe men "are" enjoyingAlbon Man was Mr EUice'e first agent L ,breathing spell, yet there ̂ s not

lonstable ain tracing titleB to the lands they ownand occupy.—'Malone Farmer.

TOL,D IN NEW YORK.It's the evidence of New York peo-

ple published in New York papersthat has made such a reputation forDr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills.

Standing clear and distinct, mark-ing the difference, the superior merit,the adaptability to present day ail-iments is the volume of local testi-mony for Dr. A. W. Chase's NervePills. It is so different to the ordi-naa*y remedies refering to cures madeat distant points Wx̂ tch it is lhard toverify. There is a reason for Dr. A.W. Chase's 'Nerve Pills commandinghome evidence wherever they areknowoi—u is their wonderful influencein bringing up the standard of Nerve

. o f Gouveraeur St.,Canton, N.. Y., says: "For two or threeyears past I have suffered from a mus-cular rheumatism between my shoul-der blades and often it was so severethat I would ;have to give up and gohome. I got a box of Dr. A. W.Chase's !Nerve Pills and they havethoroughly cured me of the troufbleand that after 'all liniments, etc. hadfailed to do any good. I can nowwork as well as eyei* and feel splen-didly.

Nerve Pills are sold at 50c. a boxat dealers or Dr. A. W. Chase's Medi-cine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. See that por-trait and signature of A. 'W. Chase," . D., are on every package.

Force.Rose C. Joyce,

Sewing Machine In Philippines.The headquarters of the Thirty-

flrst regiment, which was organizedLt Fort Thomas, Ky., is on the islandof Mindanao, the far southwest of thePhilippines, where no American be-fore set foot, and, as the history of• islands will show, the inhabitants

are mostly savages, says a writer inslee's Magazine. Yet, to my sur-

prise, on landing, the first and onlything that met our eyes that showed

civilization was in one of the na-i shacks, a hand sewing machine,

and now the owner of it is busy mak-ing khaki suite for the soldiers, andit would surprise you to see the num-ber turned out in a day.

iDon't think that eruption of yourscan't be cured. Take Hood's Sarsa-larilla—its virtue it its potwer to cure.

So many surprising things havebeen developed regarding the Santi-

;o campaign that Spain might get•mething out of it by ordering anvestigation.

a breathing spell, yet theremuch of a let up, as this insrung steadily the year around•*any shut-downs. The bus period,however, comes later in the season,when an extra force of nine or tenmen are employed. The (process oftransforming the big elm logs intosmooth, shapely hubs is rapid and in-teresting. Part of it is performed ibymachinery and part by !hand. Elmlogs are used exclusively and they areprocured wherever possible, 'but Cana-da furnishes the bi'gsgest percentage ofthe supply. Three kinds are used,white elm, red elm, and second growthrock elm, or Irving brand. The logsare ifirst sawed up, then bored androughed by an automatic lathe, andthen kiln dried /before they are put on

Low. It is followed by a paper, "Pre-serving a State's Honor," in whichWillard Saulsbury explains how it hascome to pass that Delaware is at pre-sent without representation in theUnited-States. "'Sugar and the NewColonies" is the title of an article byCharles A. Crampton on the economicsignificance of our recent expansion.Hon. Martin Dodge, writing on "TheGovernment and Good Roads," reportswhat has been done, by the Washing-ton Office of which Mhe-is Director, forthe improvement of the Highways invarious parts of the country. KarlBlind, who himself took part in theorganization of the Sicilian insurrec-tion of I860, reveals a page of its innerhistory in an article on "Crispi andItalian Unity." Price Collier contrasts"The Ethics of (Ancient and ModernAthletics." President C. F. Thwingdiscusses the respective metrits of "TheSmall College and the Large." Hon.Charles Denby, a former (minister toPeking, contributes a description ofthe peculiar methods of "Agriculturein China." "The Political and Com-mercial Future of Asia" is forecastedtoy W. C. Jameson Reid. Walter S.Allen argues against the Impositionof "Taxes on Street Railway Fran-chises." "Preferences and the iBank-ruptcy Law" is tihe topic of a paper byHarold Remington. In the concludingarticle iS. P. Verner writes opttatfst^cally, not to say enthusiastically, of"The Development of Africa.'"

Rarely have three more timely andauthoritative articles appeared sim-ultaneously in one magazine than areto ibe found in the present issue of TheCriterion. President Theodore Roose-velt—'An Appreciation, by Rev. iDr. R.S. MacArthur; A Canadian Tribute toWilliam McKinley, by Joanna E.Wood; and Seth Low—Fusion Candi-teda for Mayor. Joseph I. C. Clarkewrites one of the most characteristic

requires from three to five 'weekVandj£yp :a steady temperature of 110 degrees isjfr^ 'maintained in the drier. A Stortevantheater, equipped with a big fan, forcesthe hot air beneath a false floor in thedrier. This is dotted with auger holes,over which the bored blocks are plac-ed, and the heat passes up through tothe top. Most of the hubs are driedin the rough, but sometimes they areput through this process after leavingthe turning lathe.

Seventy-five per cent, of the factory'soutput finds a market in far awayAustralia and shipments are madecontinuously throughout the year.The freight rate oy rail to New Yorkis 25 cents per hundred, weight, whileiby sailing vessel from New York toAustralia it is two and three centslower, and by st<

^ 8 that has yet .

f Tsould t h ?T e f*11,,,ta°

vessels the rateis about 50 cents. The voyage by sail-ing vessel requires about four months.Tib.e scarcity of elm timber in Austra-lia and the f t that all seasons of the year,demand for hubs continuous. The fac-tory produces about 6,000 sets of hubseach year and they vary from 3 to 14'"-"hes in diameter.—Ogdensburg Jour-

ntof̂ eTef0118 T ̂ f t S ™* 3SK«S£S i i i i V ' m^ leS* the usually handsome. It wo

Rellable and Gentlt"A pill's a pill," say? the saw But

there are pills and pills. You want apill which is certain, thorough andgentle. Mustin't gripe. DeWitt' LittleEarly Risers fill the bill. Purely vege-table. Do not force tout assist the bow-els to act. Strengthen and invigorate.Small and easy to take.

Sold by Mrs. Gilbert, Plattsburgh;H. E. Gillespie, A usable Forks; Bur-ton and Kelley, Keeseville

Loads of gold and silver are haul-ed through the streets of Cripple'?reek almost unobserved, but let a'armer enter town with a load of fishor potatoes and the whole communitywill surround ibim.

bit of (prose, The Coming and Passingof the Great Bird-Choir. VanceThompson's clever serial, Killing theMandarin, illustrated fby.B. M. Ashe,continues in ever-increasing interest;another installment of Elizabeth WellsChampney's The Cardinal's Reliquary,adds much to this issue; and GeneralJames G. Wiilson contributes the thirdpaper in bis valuable series, John R.Thompson and His London Diary, 1864-6. The Magazine is rich with shortstories and poems !by well knownwriters. Clinton Scollard's poem,Hassan Nazar, is a splendid piece ofworkmanship. Among the month's re-views, the most noteworthy are Mr.Huneker's account of the WagnerianFestival at Munich, Dr. RossiterJohnson's admirable reviwes of currentpublications, and Charles H. Meltzer'scritique of recent dramatic produc-ti Th i i re 'more than

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The leading features of Modern Cul-ture for November are "Emma Gold-man and the Cleveland Anarchists,"an account from an eye-witness of themeeting of Cleveland Anarchists atwhich the 'brain of Leon Czolgosz wasfired by Emma Goldman's speech; "Re-construction and After," by FrederickAustin Ogig; "The Drama and theNovel," by IngTam A. Pyle; "Husbandsas Portrayed by Women Novelists,'by Nina R. Allen; "Glimpses of India"(Illus.) by Bella Hicks Hassett; and"Indian Handicraft" (Illus.) by Neva-

The Engineering Magazine for No-vemlber has for'its leading feature avery finely illustrated article by Phil-ip Dawson on "English, Americanand Continental Steam Engineering.'-The subject matter is very important,in view of the rapid rise of competi-tion and the internationalising in-fluence on (practice exercised by theelectric-traction power house. Mr.Dawson is thoroughly familiar withthe 'best work done on both sides ofthe Atlantic, (and writes plainly, frank-ly, and fearlessly. He deals especial-ly with British engine-types, and willtake up Aimerioan and Continentalpractice in succeeding numbers.

The November number of The•North American 'Review keeps up thereputation which that periodical hasso long enjoyed for its success in deal-ing with the immediate topics of thetime in the most comprehensive andauthoritative manner. Hannis Tay-lor, formerly United States Ministerto Spain, in an article evincing pro-found learning and unastery of thesu'bject, discusses the relations be-tween "Conquered Territory and theConstitution." R. de Cesare, memberof the Italian Chamber, endeavors toshow upon whom the choice of "TheNext Conclave" is likely to fall in theselection of a successor to Leo XIII.R. A. Pinkerton, Eastern manager ofPinikertpn's (National Detective Agen-cy," advocates "Detective Surveillanceof Anarchists." Urbein Crohier, a dis-tinguished French writer, snakes "APlea for American Intervention inTurkey," to put an end to tihe oppres-sion and cruelty practiced upon theChristian subjects of the Sultan.Mineviile

Revolver Wounds.Wounds in civil life differ from those

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A LITTLE LADY--HER BOOK

By Albert Bigelow PaineAuthor of "The Hollow Tree," "The

Deep Woods," etc. Pictures by MabelL. Humphrey, Louise L. Heustis, andothers.

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m* tr£Sk£\ • HIICQ afe, sure and <I I W W I I 1 1 9 9 as an old stocking. No elaBttesteel band around the body or between the legs. Holds any rapture.introduce it, every sufferer who answers this ad, at once <an have ©Off

' — T i — '" - Main Street, Westbrook, Meyfree. It woa't cost a cent' Alex. Speirs,

There is a whole year of happinessm "The Little Lady—Her Book." It

all about the Little Lady who livesin the House of Many Windows, andit has in it all the good stories and,good times that have made (her happy, \and that will help to make many oth-er little people happy. It takes theLittle Lady from city to country andback again, and tells all that she did,and said, and how at last she startedto school "with another little boynamed Willie," and what happenedthen.

.Mr. Paine lhas written much that hasgiven pleasure to a host of youngpeople, but nothing that has given-more pleasure than will "The LittleLady—Her Book*" He is a 'bom story-teller, and each creation of his fancycontains an equation of reality clothedin apt and dainty expression. He hasthe power of making a scene live /be-fore you in half a dozen sentences; and

site (bits, such as this,, from "InMoonlight Fields:"

"You have to go down through themiullen (patch, and then climb the railfence. A Little Lady like you couldsqueeze through quite low dawn, wheretfhere is a crooked rail that Imakes awide opening. Then after you get pastthe briers in the fence-corner, you seea path, but must n't take It. You mustcross the path, and then there is a

Ex-Senator Marion Butler, of NorthCarolina, has inaugurated a boom forAdmiral Sclhley for the (Democraticnomination for (President in 1904. Mr.©utler, -who led the Populist forces insupport of Bryan in 1896 ana 1900, isreported to have said1 that Schleywould secure more votes than anyother man rwhom the Democrats couldnominate for the (Presidency.

A Physician Testifies."I have taken Kodol Dyspepsia Cure

and have never used anything In mylife that did me the good that did,"says County Physician Geo. W. Scroggsof Hall County, Ga. "iBelng a physi-cian I have prescribed it and found itto give the best results." If the foodyou eat remains undigested in yourstomach it decays there and poisonsthe system. You can prevent this ibydieting but that means starvation.Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests whatyou eat. You need suffer from neitheridsypepsia nor starvation. The worstoases quickly cured. Never fails.

Sold by Mrs. Gilbert, Plattsburgh;I. B. CWlespie, Ausable Forks; Bur-on and Kelley, Keeseville.

THE PEOPLE KNEW HIM.(Benson's Plaster is Pain's Master.)

George Washington mada and sold flour,»nd every barrel of floux in the marketbranded "G, Washington, Mount Vernon,"gold without delay. No question wu •v«raised as to quality or weight.^ w a m^ yam, « u u w«olx ^ ^ c «, a. raised as to quality or weight.

little plowed place with some old ap- Benson's Porotis Plaster soils on its wptuple trees, arnd along the edge there is j tetion eyerywh«re. AU, the bnyyr want* tomilk weed—two kinds—red and pink.That is n't the irtace either. JYou haveto go down another hill first until youcan't see the house, or even the barn;and there is a little pond with themoon in It and two stars,"

"Why," says tiae Little fLady, "that'sjust the place where we played war,lust 'zackly."

And so the story goes on page afterpage; and whether it be the storiesthat the Big Man tells, or tihe songshe sings to the Little Lady; their ex-cursions to the beach or to the FarLand of Trees and Fields, or the LittleLadv's qaaaint replies,-.there is a fas-

cartridges are mwe^iSSIa than° 2e^ cinationJn it all from which the read-rifle cartridges to have been handled e r cannot escape <be he child or adult,frequently to h b i d i DeWshtfoil touches o* (huimor flash forth

tridges to have been hanfrequently, to have been carrieddirty pocket d t h

ot escape be he childoil touches o* (huimor flash forth

d rt dddfrequently, to have been carried in DeWshtfoil touches o* h m odirty pockets and to have come in con- i here and there, and jrtve an addedtact with various forms of infectious charm to the book. The illustrationsmaterials that may prove of serious c l e ar ]y a n d * beautifully interpret the— — — when ibutried in the Ss- i^thor 's meaning, and add to our love

iver, revolver cartridges •'**• the charming "Little Lady' thewith e-OMitlHB-of^SSJ'^naJiPtttheUc "Big Man" and the "Lit-

' t l e Woman" all of whom if we tmis-

sues. Mofeo-_ , _ with eOMitlHBof^SSJ'^naJiPtttheUc Big Ma

and this encourages an accumulation ' t l e Woman," all of whom if we tmis-of manifold microbic (material someof t a k e n o t a r e d r a w n f r o m l l f e

t l e Woma,t a k e n o t ' a r e d r a w n f r o m l l f e -

The Clilldren's Fri«*n<1.You'll have a cold this winter. May-

which may prove to Ibe of virulentlyinfectious nature.

Rifle bullets are practically always, i W . . . „„,„ „ w .» . ...„sterilized "by the intense heat developed be you have one now. Your childrenby the powder at the moment of their will suffer too. For coughs, croup,discharge. Their rapid progress bronchitis, grip and other winter com-througih the air while In a heated con- plaints One Minute Cougn Cure neverdition still further serves to cleanse fails. Acts promptly. It is very pleas-them of any extraneous material that ant to the taste and perfectly harm-may chance to have accxumulated on i less. C. B. George, Winchester, Ky,,theio- surfaces. This cleansing |pro- j writes "Our little girl -was attackedcess is very effectually begun by the -with croup late one night and was sorifling of the rifle barrel through which ! hoarse stoe could hardly speak. Wethe bullet forces It f

b«stplaster; 5,000i, and a multitude

be certain of is that the plaster Offered himredilpis Benson's, and not a worthless imi-tation of it or substitute for it.

A plaster ia the best form of external rem-tdy, and Benson's ia the best *physicians and druggists, anof people no man oan number, have settledthat. *«Yen eatt trart it," they say.

Coughs, colds, lame back, lumbago, mns.oular atiffnegs and rheumatism, troubles ofthe liver and kidneys, influenaa or grip,pneumonia, and all other diseases open toexternal treatment, are at one* relieved andcured by Benson'* Plaster.

Do not assume that Belladonna, Capai-enm or Strengtheniug plasters are "just asgood its" Benson'*. They are vastly in-ferior.—J^ other plaster ls as good asB«aaoa's.

In competition vith toe best-knownplasters of Europe and Amerioa, Benson'shave leceivttdjlfty-jive highest awards.

For aale by all druggi3ts or -we will pre.pav postage on any number ordered in th*United States, on receipt ot 25c. each.

Seiijury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists. N.T

I can't speak too strongly ofthe economy of baying yourlumber from me.

LumberEverything in this line that I»needed to build a house andfinish it, Inside and out

Lath, Shingles,

Call and see me and I will bepleased to quote ypa prices, <%^i|§which are reasonable; •" : ••-J: ^.ftvl^l'

Paints :- :--::-:•:•:•'•;!§The- fltay-on,. wear-well :l^f^^A

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g arel tthe bullet forces Its way.

All these favorable factors are lacing in the case of the revolver

hoarse stoe could hardly speak.,gave her a few doses of One Minute

i lack- | cough Cure. It relieved her fonmedi-bullet, j ately and she went to sleep. Wh<

ton and Kelley, Keeseville.

Gold m Alaska.According to a dispatch firom Seattle,

and so it is possible tftiat in any given | she awoke next morning she had nocase such a bullet tnay carry infec- ! signs of hoarseness or croup."tious material with It into the tissues. 1 sold by Mrs. Gilbert, Plattsburgh*,If this were in small amount, nature H E Gillespie, Ausable Forks; Bur-might effectually wall it off and no se- ' ' - — • - - - --»•-riaus consequences result. On the oth-er hand, such infectious materialmight lie seemingly dormant for days,but really slowly gathering strength o ^by multiplication, and when its toxins Wash., the official records at thewe're elaborated in sufficient amount commissioner's office at Dawson,they might paralyze protective chemo- where export certificates for all goldtaxis and produce a septic condition.— shipments from Dawson for SeptemberNeiw York Medical News. amounted to $3,000,000. These state-

ments bring the total for the last four'U! file COLD DUST twins do your work." (months to 121,640,000.

"" Although a great deal of the gold now-being shipped fa-om tihe far northcomes from the Klondike, there is- nodoutot that in time Alaska will pro-

i'duce as miuch of the precious metal asI the famous Klondike fields are nowcontributing. The announcement thatnearly twenty-two1 millions in goldhas been shipped from a British set-tlement in four months should open

eyes of prospectors to the possi-

gold fields.i the development of Alaska's

Inmiomd of momp umm

GOLD DUSTfor any kind of cleaning. H Im much bmttt*THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY.

PERMANENT MUSCULARSTRENGTH.

There is this to be borne in mind inthese days when so many young menare giving so much attention to mus-cular development, in gymnastic andathletic exercises, that there cannot bepermanent muscular strength wherethere is not blodd strength.

Hood's Sarsaparilla gives blood

. ARKER'SHAIR JBALSAM

« luxuriant p

-vary Woman

and Legal Holidays excepted)nine o'clock A. M. to twelve

Notice to TaxpayersPublic notice is hepeby given to the

taxable inhabitants of the Town ofPlattsburgh, N. Y., that I have receiv-ed the warrant for the collection ofTaxes of Free Union School DistrictNo. 1, for the year 1901, and that Iwill attend at my office in the Weed,Building, in said town, daily (Sun-days . - - . — - • -fromo'clock M., from one P. M. to tnree

M., and on Tuesday and Thursdayevenings from seven to nine o'clock,tor the purpose of receiving payment»f taxes.

Upon all taxes paid on or beforeNovember 7, 1901, one per cent, com-mission will be added: thereafter,"torn November 7 to December 7, 1901,;wo per cent, and from December 7,.901, five per cent, will be added.

HENRY JUSTIN.Receiver of Taxes.

Dated, Plattaburfh, N.Y.. Oct. 7, 1S>OL

1901, at the store of tfceFurnitare Cfcw. la the vfllifourgh, one Hall burglar „.time lock, and one- addin* ..also all t ie officer' furniture atures belonging to said Bank,and conditions announced at sa]

FREE . T»iF:msqifli£i!fK

years. Fre« car fare, Addre«i toe prinoipal. * "

This Is the Maid of fair renownWho scrubs the floors of Spotless Town.Torfind * speck when ah* is throughWould take a pair of specs or two.And her employment Isn't slow.For she employs 5AP0LI0.

Ever since there have been homes,scrubbing has been considered thehardest part of the day's work.

SAPOLIOhas changed that, and to-day, everysurface, from the kitchen floor to th»'most delicate paint in the parlor, oanDe kept perfectly clean by SAPOLIO•ubbed lightly on with a brush of a:loth, and rinsed off with clear water.