WIRELESS PIANO. Success After Inventor Toiled for Thirteen Years. Ira F. Gilmore, of Bloomington, 111., has invented a wireless piano upon Which he has experimented under many dieadvantages for the last 13 years. In the beginning of his venture he tried first in the United States to get his jeeds made and failed. So he wont to work on a piece fof steel one quarter of an inch think and six inches wide, drilled it and filed it until he had made a five octave comb reed, and placed it on a bridge and sounding board. Then he picked and hammered it and discov ered that he had a fine hard-tone, one that had been eagerly sought after for many years by all who tried to im prove the tone of the wire piano. He then began to search for a music box manufacturer, who could manufacture the comb reeds or music tongues. He corresponded with a firm in Switzer land, the real home of the music box, several years without avail. So, after finding that he could not get. the music tongues made either in his own or for ' eign countries, he and his sons under took the task and were successful. They made a rough model of the wire less piano at an agricultural machine shop under great disadvantages. They rmade the combination —the music box reed with the piano keyboard—and their efforts aro crowned with suc cess. Indigestion, congested liver, impure jblood, eonstination, these are what afflict thousands of people who do not know What is the matter with them. They drag along a miserable existence: they apply to [the local doctors occasionally, and sonic [times obtain a little temporary relief, but the old, tired, worn-out, all-gone, distressed feeling always comes back again worse [than -ver. until in time they become tired pf living, wonder why they were ever born, fcnd why they are alive unless to endure constant suffering. To sucli sufferers there is a haven of refuge in Dr. August Koe- Siig's Hamburg Drops, whicii avaa discov ered more than CO years ago, and which is a t wonderful medicine. One trial will con vince the most sceptical that any or all of these difficulties may be removed, and a [perfect cure effected by taking Dr. August Koenig's Hamburg Drops. Get a bottle at pnee before it is too late. 1 The fellow who still has the first dollar V Jie ever earned is pretty apt to hold on to the last. Catarrh Cannot lie cll red With local applications, as they cannot reaeh the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood orconstltutlonal diseaso, and In order to euro it you must tako Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken Internally, and acts dirootlv on t.ho blood and mucous surface. Halt' 8 Caturrh Curo is not a quack meiiicino. It w;ts prescribed by one of the best physi cians in this country for years, and is a reg ular prescription, It Is' oompogod of tho best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, noting directly on the mu cous surfaces. Tho perfect combination of tlio two ingredients is what produces such Wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send lor testimonials, froe. P. .T. Cheney Co.. Prong., Tolodo, O. Bold by druggists, price, 75c. , Halt's Family Pills aro tho best. The eyes may be the mirrors of the soul, and, furthermore, they can satisfy a wom an that her hat is on straight Many School Children Are Richly. Gray's Bwcot Towders forChlldren, ftisod bv Mother Gray, a curso in Children's Home, New York, break up Colds in 24 hours, curo Fevorishuess, Hoadacho, Htomacli Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy .Worms. At allini isi s', 2.V. tfamr.! • ai! I tree, a • J, r." n y, n. y. English has been made a compulsory sub ject of study in Austrian schools. I FITS permanently cured.No lltsor nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Hervuliestorer.s2t.rial bottlcnnd treatise free pr. B.U. Kline, Ltd., 'Jill Arch St., Phila., Pa. ' The Czar of Russia has established a ten (hour working day. Mrs. Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup for ohildrea teething,soften tho gums, tion.aliays pain, cures wind nolle. 230. abottio ''Fossil coral, found in Fiji, is the beet Building stone in the world A IMSO'S Curo is tho best medicine wo ever used lor all affections of throut and lungs.—War. ©. Ekdsley, Vanburon, Ind., Fob. 10,1U0Q. Of the 1000 parts of the moon, 570 are Bjrisiblc to us on the earth. ' gmasammmmmwaimmmm HUSHMMn Coughing 1 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■J j " I was given up to die with 8 quick consumption. I then began g to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I 3 improved at once, and am now in g perfect health."—Chas. E. Hart- | man, Gibbstown, N. Y. k's too risky, playing 8 with your cough. The first thing you 1 know it will be down 8 deep in your lungs and the play will be over. Be gin early with Ayer's / Cherry Pectoral and stop * the cough. I Three sites: 25c., 50c., SI. All druggists. j Consult your doctor. If he nays take It. I then <lo as ho says. If ho tells you not ■ to telie it, then don't take it. Ho knows. ■ Leave It with him. We nro willing. \r, J. O. AYER CO., Lowell, M&SB. | BBMlAWilllli llWi'Hllll WIHIIIiII'MMIIiinI Genuine stamped CC C. Never sold In balk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." nDADQV new DISCOVERY; give* MJ rc I quick relief and etiree worst x _r—nf Book of teetimonia's and lO day#' treatment r *>e. Dr. H. H. O&ESM'B BOMB, Bex B. Atlanta. Go- M BEET Cough Syrup. Tastoe Good. UE© fw _ US in tlmo. Sold by druggists. Fl OUR LAND AMAZED HIM. COLDBIRGER'S OBSERVATIONS ON AMERICAN ECONOMIC LITE. He Says It's "The 1.-.ind of Unbounded Pomibllitiei" l'roducea 75 Percent of World's Corn* 25 Percent of Wheat, 36 Percent, of Iron and 31 Percent of Gold. "The Land of Unbounded Possibil ities" is the title of a series of articles on conditions in the United States, prepared by the Hon. Ijudwig Max Goldberger of Berlin, royal privy councillor of commerce and member of the Imperial German consultative board for commercial measures. It is republished by the treasury bureau of statistics in its Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance. These statements are the result of an eight months' official tour of the United States by Mr. Goldberger, in which he made personal observations and investigations into industrial, com mercial and economic conditions. His detailed reports upon these subjects were made direct to the emperor and the minister of commerce and have not yet been officially published. Mean time, however, he has published in a leading weekly journal of Berlin, Die Woche, a series of signed aiticles un der the title, "The Land of Unbounded Possibilities; Observations on the Economic Life of the United States," from which the following are extracts: The United States, like an enchant ed garden, has brought forth from a marvellously productive soil splendid results of human ingenuity. Vet the thing that causes most wonder is that the concentrated intelligensce, which, intending to replace human factors by machinery, has, in working toward its aim, been giving to constantly growing numbers of workmen an opportunity to support themselves and become pro ductive factors. The joy at tile size of their own land encourages each indi vidual. It makes him communicative and friendly to foreigners who are seeking information. It seems as though every one were filled with the idea: "The stranger shall see how great and strong America is." My eight months' trip of observation and study took mo through the states, and everywhere I found open doors, invit ing me to enter, and nowhere did I find the slightest attempt at secretlve ness. Everywhere I observed an un common, but steady bustle of men who enjoy their work and are consciously working for great results. "It is a groat country." This is the verbatim designation of reverential admiration which the citizen of the United States has found for his country. The inhabitants of the United States, including Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands, number about 83,000,000 —that is, barely 5 percent of the world's total inhabi tants, according to its highest esti mate. This 5 percent has at present taken possession of 25 percent of all the cultivated area of the earth, viz.: 407,400,000 acres out of 1,629,300,000 acres. A land of marvellous fertility offered itself for tillage, and the hus bandman had but to gather in the produce. The virgin soil made his work easier, and its oxtensivenoss ren dered the application of artificial fer tilizers practically unnecessary, al though the agricultural ofilces of the States and the Union have constantly, by excellent advice and practical ex pert assistance, been furnishing the ways and means toward more intense cultivation. Let us examine the corn crops for the six years, 1805-1900. The world's total product fluctuated between 2.G and 3 billion bushels per annum, a total of IG.O billions for the period, with an annual average of 2.77 billions. Of this amount the United States alone produced 12.4 billions, an aver age of 2.07 billion bushels per annum, or 75 percent of the world's crop. Toward the world's wheat crop the United States contributed in the five years, 1896-1900 20.7 percent, while for the year 1901 its contribution to the world's production of wheat amounted to 25 percent. During the years 1896-1900 there were grown 14.7 billion bushels of oats In the world, and of this 3.74 billion bushels, or 25.5 percent, wore produced by the United States. In the production of iron ore the United States proved Itself to be a veritable land of unbounded possibil ities. It produced very nearly 30 per cent of tho total iron produced, and that of tho very best quality. In tho past year the United States produced 39.3 percent of the world's product of pig iron. In 1900 it produced, rough ly 10.1 million tons of steel, or 42 percent of tho world's product, and in the year 1901 the United States output was increased to 13.5 million tons. The United States produces nearly 55 percent of all the world's copper. The development of the American cop per industry was perhaps more rapid than typical for even American changes. From modest beginnings this Industry grew by leaps and bounds in a remarkably short time to the most Important factor In the world's produc tion. In 1870 the copper production of the United States amounted to 12,- 000 tons; in 1880 its production had in creased to 27,000 tons out of a total world production of 153,000 tons; in 1890 the United States produced 116,- 315 tons of the world's product of 269,- 455 tons. During 1895 it controlled more than one-lialf of the world's pro duction, and at the end of the cen tury the United States produced 270,- 000 tons, or more than the world's entire product had amounted to 10 years before. The output of lead in the United States since 1895 has increased to such an extent that it has wrested from Spain the position of primacy in the world's production. In 1900 the United States produced, 29. G. percent, whilefSfiafn'S share has receded to 1?.7 percent. In 1901 the United States in creased its production of lead to 250,- 000 tons. '' 1 The rivalry of the United States in the production of quicksilver has been equally strenuous. In 1900, for the first time, Spain's product is slightly exceeded by that of the United States. In 1901 Spain's share in the world's product amounts to but 28 per cent, while the United States furnish es 33 percent of the world's * total product. The total world's production of gold for the year 1900 was estimated to bo 255.G million dollars; that of silv" represented a coinage value of 223.5 million dollars. For the year 1901 esti mates for both metals amount to 265 million dollars. In each of the two years the United States showed the greater share of both metals, 31 per cent for gold and 33 percent for sil ver. TEST BEAMS FOR BUILDINGS. Method* Used In Inntltvite of Technology Laboratories Few persons realize how impossible would be the erection of a modern city, the establishment of a modern rail road, or the building of a modern steamer or batlleship without a certain amount of preliminary work in scienti fic laboratories. Never an important building, or a big vessel, a ship dock, railroad bridge, or any one of the in definite number of large modern struc tures for the comfort and convenience of humanity is built until the material is thoroughly tested to see if it will bear the strain to which it must be subjected. Naturally the laboratories of the world are always watching each other; the authorities of the great German institution at Charlottenburg, for ex ample, keep a watchful eye on the Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Institute of Technology sends its representative to visit Charlottenburg. At first glance this seems simply an example of the rivalry of important educational institutions. But in reality, having in view the actual relations be tween the modern laboratory and the building processes of modern civiliza tion, It is also in the long run a riv alry between national civilizations. To see these tests in progress is an interesting glance at what is practical ly the birth ot many a familiar struc ture, whether the office building of a big city, the floating fortresses of a navy, or the railroad bridge spanning a deep gorge in the mountains hund reds of mile 3 from civilization. In the engineering laboratories of the Insti tute of Technology these ter,t3 are in progress not only night and day, but some of them lasting over several years of constant strain and pressure on a given piece of material. The labora tory itself is what seems almost a chaos of powerful machinery whoso solo purpose is to bend, twist, pull or push the various materials of modern construction to their last points of re sistance. Wooden beams, for example, are hero kept under constant pressure for years, their sag being recorded from day to day to determine just how much the timber is deflected during the life of a building in which it is placed— a long continued experiment which, among other things, looks forward to remedying the often uneven floors of a cotton mill. If a contractor is building a church, a masonry arch large enough for a church door is tested with a weight comparable to that, of a church steeple, not loaded to be sure, with so many pounds of material, not being com pressed to the crashing point by steel beams drawn downward by relentless mechanical power. Steel rods are sub jected to torsional or twisting tests in order that the necessary dimensions of shafts for engines, steamships, and for all sorts of shafting for the trans mission of power may be definitely set tled. Bricks are compressed until they crumble into dust, but the recorded re sult of many tests determine the safe height of a chimney or an office build ing of brick construction. Steel col umns are placed under compression until they buckle or break, and it is then known for a certainty, how many pounds l hey will support without dis aster.—New York Times. Pimliiug h linrrow 14,000 Milna. Ban Gray, the Minneapolis wheel barrow pusher, who is trying to make 14,000 miles in 700 days so as to pay oft a $2500 mortgage, passed through Chicago. When he arrived here he had traveled 517 miles in 22 days, being 77 miles ahead of his schedule. He had gained 7 pounds in weight sinco start ing. His 14,000-mile tramp will take him east to Portland, Me., south to Jack sonville, Fla., west to San Francisco, north to Tacoma, Wash., and east again to Minneapolis. The mortgage on Gray's home is held by a rich but eccentric individual named John Holton of Maukato, Minn. Holton offered to cancel the mortgage if Gray would show that he was willing, like the heroes of mythological lore, to dertako some arduous task to demon strate his worth. The 14,000-mile tramp was decided upon as one sufficiently difficult to prove his courage and stam ina. Gray has a wife and three children, whom he will not see for two years, if he completes his trip.—Chicago In ter Ocean. Didn't Wait to Hear. Hewitt—Gruett says that yon are afraid of him. Jewett —Afraid of him! Why, it was only yesterday that I called him every thing I could think of. Hewitt—What did he say? Jewett—l came away from the tele phone as soon as had said all 1 had to say. —Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 PRACTICAL] yT*" c JGARD'EN I NG J A Protection For Plant*. Evergreen branches make an excel lent wlnter'protectlon for many plants, and they are often useful to hold down forest leaves and prevent the wind from carrying them off. Winter Care of Younc K*es. Put the your.g roses that have just rooted into a cellar where the frost will not reach them, but do not keep them too warm. If started very early in tho spring in the house and set out In the open air after frost has passed they will make rapid growth and bloom dur ing the summer. Old rose bushes may be cut back after the ground is cold, and protected with straw or old bags. When to Plant Tree*. For trees and plants of undoubted hardiness there are some advantages and no great risks in fall planting. Some kinds, like larch, birch and beech, It is always best to plant in the fall. With evergreens it is different; plant only in the spring, or just after mid summer. After several hard frosts the earlier that fall planting can be done the better; if leaves remain strip them oil. Stake securely in windy places and mound up. Never plant a tree or shrub deeper than the collar. The Value of Shrubbery. Shrubbery costs but little and adds value to a place, but unless properly arranged it will be of no advantage. There should be no vacant places as long as a shrub or a flower can be grown. The lawn should not be crowd ed with evergreens or flowers, but where a few nre used on the lawn, and put in the right places, they add to tho beauty thereof. All work in the flower yard should begin as early in the spring as the frost and the condition of the ground will permit. Starting Now Gooncberrlos. A. T. asks how new gooseberry bushes are started. Certain branches of the gooseberry tend to fall upon the earth and take root. If in the autumn or early spring one looks about the bushes he will find such branches. They may be cut loose from tho parent stock and set out. Every one which has the least bit of root will grow and produce the fruit true to tho variety. Suckers also come up from the roots close to the bushes; these can some times be cut out and will make new bushes. The plant can also be pro duced from cuttings, but not so readily as tho currant.—G. G. Groff, in New York Tribune Farmer. TITO Plum Diseases. The two principal troubles with the plum are the black knot aud tho cur eulio. Neither of them need be formid able. The black knot may be prevent ed or cured by promptly cutting off all on its first appearance and burning it. More commonly it is allowed to spread a year or two unobserved, and then it is justly pronounced n very formidable and incurable disease. Taken in time there is much less labor to keep it un der than to cultivate the ground. The cureulio is readily destroyed by jarring the Insects down on stiffened sheets and killing them with the thumb and finger, or burning them. The jarring is effected by striking with an axe or hammer on iron plugs Inserted in the main branches. It must be continued daily, or twice a day, as long as any in sects are found. If intermitted the remedy will prove a failure. Bond Cart and Insert Catrtior, The well-known habit of moths and beetles to fly toward a light lias been taken advantage of by Martin B. Goo ing in constructing his combined road cart and insect catcher, an illustration of the vehicle being presented here with. The special purpose of this ar rangement is to rid corn and cotton liclds and other tracts of land of the insect pests which damage the crops and foliage. The vehicle made use of In this instance is a single wheel cart, constructed especially for passing between rows of plants with- TO TRAVERSE THE FIELDS AT NIGHT. out damaging them, ami the saddle of the hurness maintains the cart In an upright position. Upon the thills of the cnrt Is mounted a metallic frame, with lamps of any desired pattern placed at the top and bottom and a central screen of wire or cloth strung between the rows of lamps. This screen is contod with somo adhesive substance, and when the vehicle Is driven between the rows of plants at night the lights attract the Insects, which, in their attempt to fly about the flame strike against the net and are trapped In the sticky coating. With a good horse a large Held can be gone over in a very short time, and there Is little doubt of the saving of many times the cost of the vehicle In the course of a single season.—Philadel phia Kecord. PROMINENT PHYSICIANS USE AND ENDORSE PE-RU-NA. C_/J OF WASHINGTON. D.c. \ \J | C. B. Chamberlin, M. D., writes from 14th and P Sts., Washington, 1). C.: J < * J " AZany rases have corns muter my observation, where Pcriina J ; has benefited and cured. Therefore I cheerfully recommend it J j for catarrh and a general 101110."—C'. B. til A .1/ II I'. II 1.1 .V, 31. D. $ r # Medical XCxninlner U. H. Treasury. Dr. Llewellyn Jordan, Medical Examiner of U. S. Treasury Department, graduate of Columbia College, §{ West I'oint, has ♦ the following to 2 sav of l'eruna: ♦ 'Allow me to express my gmti ♦ the benefit derived 5 derful remedy. 2 Oue short month ♦ has brought fortli m 2 a vast change and • Dr. L. Jordan. J now consider my- f :ITT7TTTTTTITTTTTT | self a well man Steel Road an Agreeable Surprise. That steel road in Murray street, New York, laid as an experiment by the Automobile Club of America, is serving so much better than the prophets said it would that the chances nro it will be generally adopted in the cities where machine riding is popular. To the general surprise, it has proved less slippery in ice and snow than cobbles are, for cobbles have round edges and tip the hoofs of horses slightly forward or backward. Wheels of all vehicles move with ease when they leave tho granite and touch the-flat plates of steel. Novelty In Tops. Tho latest novelty in tops is one that whistles and sings as it goes round. In the hollow upper portion are a pair of metal discs and a ham mer, While round the side are sev eral holes leading into the hollow. The air is sucked into tho hollow chamber through an opening at the crown of this new toy, and is driven through the openings in the side, causing a whistle. Tho hammer strikes the discs and so produces the ringing. THE PINKM CURES ATTRACTIXG GREAT ATTEJTIO3 AMOJG TEMIJGIVOMES. Mi l^ 2 3 114 th St., N.Y. City, adds her tes timony to the hundreds of thou sands on Mrs. Pinkham's files. When Lydia E. Pinkham's Reme dies were first introduced skeptics all over.tho country frowned upon their curative claims, but as year after year has rolled by and the little group of women who had been cured by the new discovery has since grown into a vast anny of hundreds of thousands, doubts and skepticisms liavo been swept away as by a mighty flood, until to-day tho great good that Lydia 13. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and her other medicines aro doing among the women of America is attracting the attention of many of our leading scientists, physicians and thinking people. Merit alone could win such fame; wise, therefore, is the woman who for a cure relies upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. and I alter months of suffering. I'ellow eufferers, Peruna will cure you."—Dr. Llewellyn Jordan. Geo. C. Havener* M. D., of Anacostia, D. C.. writes: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen—"ln my practice I have had occasion to frequently prescribe your val uable medicine, and have found it use ben- Gicial, especially in cases of catarrh."— George C. Havener, M. D. If you do not derive prompt and satisfac tory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a fuL state ment of your case, and lie will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Ilartraan, President of The Ilartinan Sanitarium, Columbus, O. UNION MADE ' W. L. Douglas makes and soils mor i mon'9 53.50 and $3.00 shoos than any othei two manufacturers In the world, which proves their superiority; —-x. they are worn by more /r --people in all stations of jgv . \gt life than any other make. f vSi Because W. L. Douglas w the largest manufacturer kjPfy ho can buy cheaper and ? 9 •tfjj produce lus shoos at a ' ('J lower cost than othor corns, which enables A to soil shoes for $3.50 and L -> $3.00 ocjual in every and $3 shoes are worn by tbousundsof menwhc have been paying $1 and ss,not believing they could get a first-class shoo for $3.50 or $3.00. Ho has convinced them that the stylo, fit, • and wear of his $3.50 and $3.00 shoes is just as good. Placed side by side it is impossible to seo any difference. A trial will convince. Not Ire Increase (ISOO Sales: ft'*. in f invito: 1.11102 Sales: !S.V,O\M. A gain of M *-£<>,-tAtt. VI) in Four rears. W. L. DOU(;LAS 54.00 CiLT EDGE LINE, Worth SG.OOCompared with Other Makes. The best imported and American leathers, Heyl't Patent Calf, Enamel, Box Calf, Calf. Vlci Kid, Corona Colt, and National Kangaroo. Fast Color Euelets. Pailfian The Ronuino have W. T„ DOUGI.AB Uuul'.Ull • name and price dumped on bottom. iShoes by mail. ?.V. r.rirn. It/us. free. XV. 1.. noiULAS, iCO(ttTO.\, la ASS. Capsicum Hasina PIT LP IN COLLAPSIBLE TUBES. A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or any other plaster, nl will n.it Misior the meat skin. 1 lie rain allaying and curative <pi,ilities of this article are wonderful. It will atop tli" tooth ache ut once and relieve hoadaclie and sciatica. Wo recommend it as the host and safest external counter-irritant known, also us an external remedy lor nalns in the cheat nnd s.'omach and all rheu inatie, neuralgic and gouty coiiii kdnr*. Atrial will rrovH what we claim for it. and it will he found to be Invaluable in llio household. Many people nay t> •" *he heat ot all your preparations." Price, I.) . outs, at all di-tuvLsis, or othor dealer® or by sopdtng this amount, to u.i in postage rtamps we will send yon a tulie by mail >o article should be accepted by the public unless the same carries our label, as otherwise it is uol genuine. ChesebrougliManuracturingGo. 17 Stats Strcst, New York City. /N B The Sinnrr Dictionary of I 1 | lill Slhii. Only Dictionary of % I II I its kind published. Contains n ft SI I slang •tt ■ 1 41 ET w/'blsftnd .phrases with do ti ll I I 111 n,Uo "' Instructive as well A/ B v/ as amusing. Price 10 cents, stumps or coin. Slang l'uh, ■mnfLioßman Co.. 6UI sth Ave.. N. V. United Slates Sold o°S? Revolvers, Hwnrds. etc . to Fiianois Damntkm'\n' 6i lfroadwsy, N. Y. Catalog, lao.ii J lust rations, lree! Ttf* i Kl i
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