THE JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. OVEE THE STATE. An A. O. U. W. lodge has been organ ized at Bancroft. Staxto.n county's fair will be held September 24, 25, 26 and 27, Jeffesox county's fair thla year wai not quite up tc expectations. Thk Old Settlers' association of Sarpy county has a membership of 137. Ix Ashland potatoes and apples bring the same price 25 cents a bushel. DKSTRrcTiVK prairie tires have been raging- in the vicinity of Thedford. Thk York college opened the school year with an encouraging outlook. Colonel Inokrsoll will give a lec ture in Fremont some time in Novem ber. Ie young ladies of Ainsworth are ne of orcamzing a ladies brass is estimated that 40,000 people ed the state fair on the secona Tuesday. The Atchison Graphic figures that 760,955 acres of land in Nebraska are under the ditches. Ox account of heat the schools of Ne braska City cut down the afternoon session to forty minutes. The dog poisoner has begun his ieadly work at Sterling. A very valu able mastiff was the first victim. While viewing the circus parade in Nebraska City the wife of Capt. Mapes of company C was touched for her gold watch. The Standard Cattle company at Ames has 1.800 acres of corn and has hired men to cut and shock the whole basiness. The Methodists of Norfolk willshort ly begin the construction of one of the largest church edifices in the North Platte district. Ex-Sexatok Maxkkrsox has gone to Chattanooga, where he delivers the oration at the reunion of the Army of the Cumberland. The family of .Mr. Beliel of Scotia is sorely afflicted. Six children are down with typhoid fever and the parents get no rest night or day. Ym. S. Kkksok, aged 67, formerly of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Illi nois infantry, died at the soldiers home in (Irand Island last week. Work on the excavation for the foundation of the larire addition to the Grand Island soldiers home progresses finely and is nearly finished. Nebraska City has an imported clairvoyant who advertises herself as the wonder of the age." She offers a reward of S1,0K) for information lead ing to the discovery of her peer in the profession. The Baptist association of the Loup and Elkhorn districts will hold its an nual convention in Battle Creek, com mencine Thursday evening, October 3, and continuing until Saturday evening, October 6. Citki Rrr.L. a resident of Millard, was struck and killed by a freight train. He had started to run across the track ahead of the train. He lived but a few minutes. He was about 35 and unmarried. While taking in the sights of Omaha a Michigan traveling man took a prom enade through a dark alley with a De gress, and was by her touched to the tune of ?100 in cold cash and certifi cates of deposit to the amount of $5,000. The body of the unknown man who was drowned in the Missouri river near Plattsmouth was found by two men near Rock Bluffs. The man's identity is not yet known, as the only article he had in his pocket was a set of false -teeth. T. E. Day. while getting off a freight train in the Elkhorn yards at Fremont, slipped and fell and the wheels passed over his left foot. He was removed to the hospital and Drs. Brown and Haslam amputated the limb between the ankle and knee. T. G. Ferguson of Beaver Crossing has a flowing well from which he irri gated ten acres of land. Two and a half acres was planted to sweet pota toes, from which he harvested 1,000 bushels. He finds a ready sale at 1 per busheL K. W. Owens, a preacher of the de nomination of "saints, who has been traveling about over the state holding meetings in a tent, was arrested at Wrair"oury and paid a fine of S20 and costs in justice court for brutally beat ing his two daughters. - The residence of Mrs. Caroline Beste, about six miles from Elm wood, was struck by lightning, and the shock to Mrs. Beste rendered her unconscious for several hours. One of her shoes was torn to pieces and both feet were badly blistered by the electric fluid. She is recovering. While Miss Mamie Mallalieu of the Kearney industrial school was out riding with Mrs. Frank Spafford, a big hurley fellow jumped out from beside the road and made a grab for the horse's bridle. The horse jumped a little to one side so the fellow did not get a good hold and Miss Mallalieu plied the whip, getting beyond the reach of the scoundrel. As A motor car was going south at Beatrice, Ruby, the little 5-year-old daughter of Ed Delude, was struck and almost instantly killed. The little girl, after crossing, , turned and in at tempting to get back was struck on the head and knocked down and one of her feet catching in a wheel or some part of the gearing of the car. she was drag ged some distance. Her neck was broken. f Governor Holcomm received a tele gram from Mayor Fletcher of Sioux Citv, la., officers of the fair association and the commercial association, to at tend the fair on governor's day, Sep tember 0, when Governor Stone of Alississinm is to be met by the gover nors of sereral states adjoining Iowa. The creamery committee met at Humboldt the other day and reported the amount of stock subscr.bed. Work cn the building will begin at once and the creamery will be in operation with in sixty days. Humbold is on the, loom. Ttiw crrncprv establishment of John V. Pittinger. 'Beatrice, was closed on a J talll ba 1 vis.A da! The etnte Fair. The Nebraska state fair was a de cided success, both in the matter of ex hibits and attendance. If anybody had any doubt about this a visit to the grounds was sufficient to dispel the doubt. The weather for most part was not all that could have been de sired, and yet the attendance went considerably beyond the record, and would undoubtedly have been much greater had not heat and dust inter fered. Forty thousand people are credited with Toeing on the grounds Wednesday, and at least 10.000 in ad dition to this number on Thursday. There was a lack of means of trans portation, the dust was not properly laid, and some other things were left undone that should have been attend ed to. The managers have gained ex perience that will enable them another year to have all matters arranged and carried out in a satisfactory way. The agricultural exhibit was the best ever seen in Nebraska, and this is say ing a good deal when it is considered how many splendid exhibitions the state has held. All the various depart ments were full to overflowing, and evidence was present on every hand that Nebraska is not only a productive state, but that her citizens take pride and satisfaction in making it known to the world. Counties vied with coun ties in elaborate displays, and all were so good, so full and complete, that it was difficult to draw comparisons. Omaha took care of the large crowd in a splendid way, making her claim good to every pretension previously set forth. The city was brilliantly illum inated through the entire week and en tertainment elaborately provided for the thousands of guests within her gates. Bands innumerable wrought enchanting music on all sides, and the parades arranged for the various even ings were up to expectations and drew hundreds of thousands of sightseers. The Nebraska state fair for 1895 passes into history as one of the most success ful ever held, and if there was any thing lacking the experience that has been gained will enable the managers to provide it in lSl"i. The fair has ad vertised the state's resources in a man ner that will brin? good fruit in great abundance in coming years. Irrigation Content OUcislon. Following is the opinion of Judge Neville in the matter of the alfalfa irri gation district recently organized under the new law: In the District Court of Keith County, Neb., Board of Directors of Alfalfa Ir rigation District Plaintiffs: And now on the 31st day of August, 1895, this cause came on for hearing and trial to the court upon the petit ion of the plain tiff, the answer of the defendants thereto, and the evidence, and the court having heard all the testimony and arguments of counsel and being fully advised in the premises finds: That the said district has been organ ized in all respects as provided by law, and that all things required to be done by said law, particularly as required by the act of the legislature which passed and took effect March 26, 1S95, entitled "An act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation districts, etc," have been done and performed and that the bonds of said alfalfa irri gation district in the sum of $22,000 have been in all respects voted by said board of directors in accordance with the law, and said bonds are in form, substance and amount in strict con formity to law. The court further fines that the or ganization of said alfalfa irrigation district and the voting and issuing of said bonds in the sura of $22,000, of which bonds there are forty-four of $500 each were regular and according to law. The court further finds that the notice of the filing of the petition herein was given, and for the time in the manner prescribed by law. It is there:ore considered, adjudged and decreed that the said proceedings and each thereof in and about the or ganization of said alfalfa irrigation district and the election and voting for and proceedings to issue and the issue of said bonds and all things pertaining thereto be and the same are and each thereof approved and confirmed, and the issue of said bonds of said district and the said bonds and each of them are declared to be legal and valid and in the respects binding upon the said alfalfa irrigation district. Protects the Cattlemen. The Northwestern Live Stock asso ciation of Cherry county, Nebraska, with headquarters at present at Merri am, held a special meeting at Valen tine for the purpose of extending the hand of welcome to all cattlemen of the middle and eastern portion of Cher ry county. On December 13. 1893, this association was organized and incorpo rated under the laws of the state of Nebraska. It is in its infancy as yet, but it has proved itself worthy of con sideration in protecting stockgrowers and shippers from the petty pilfering that has been carried on in the last few years. The association's next semi-annual meeting will be held in Valentine for the purpose of amending its by laws and increasing its. membership, and if possible locating- the associa tion's main office at Valentine, Neb., which is the county seat of Cherry county. The Feast of Momlamin. The great parade on Thursday night at Omaha was the crowning feature of the kind in the west Thousands and thousands of people viewed the great pageant and expressions of awe and surprise were many and pronounced. Never a sight so beautiful in this west ern land. Inconceivable in beauty hardly describes the mag nificent floats, twenty in number. Blending with the richness of the costumes were the colors of the king and Uncle Sam red, white and blue and the rainbow hues of heav en. Indescribable was its gradeur. It was fairy land in reality an epoch in the life of every witnesu. Omaha has achieved a grand distinction in her ef forts to please her visitors. Morrison Not Worrying. Chadron dispatch: The all-absorbing topic of conversation on the street is the verdict in the Morrison mur der trial. Morrison expresses himself as believing the verdict returned was better for him than one of a less de gree, as it would give him a better chance for a new trial. Much sympa thy is expressed for Mrs. Morrison and her two children. Morrison has lived at different times at LaSalle, I1L; Hu ron. S. D. : in Montana, Wyoming and several other western states. The town of Crawford, of which he was marshal, is much, divided on the case, as there are two strong factions there. BANKERS PUT UP GOLD. WILL PLEDGE $30,000,000 TO THE . TREASURY. IF SEEDED. WORK OF BOND SYNDICATE They Desire to Avoid Any Action .Which Would Have the Effect of Checking the Steadily Increasing Huslness Prosperity That I Now In All Sections of the Country. Washington, Sept. 23. The easy as surance and confidence of the treasury officials that there will not be a bond issue and that the treasury gold re serve will not again be seriously de pleted is explained by a prominent of ficial, who says that through the good offices of the bond syndicate, promises have been secured from bankers in the principal cities of the country that in case of necessity they can be called upon to place up to Sao, 000,000 of gold in the treasury in exchange for legal tender. This important matter has been quietly negotiated by Messrs. Belmont and Morgan during the last fifteen days. The reasons which have led to the action are varied, but all tend to the same nd. On the part of the admin istration it is recognized as good poli tics to avoid another bond issue and throw the responsibility and necessity for remedial financial legislation upon the incoming congress. It was deter mined by the president several months ago that there would be no bond issue until after the elections, as an issue previous thereto would have the effect of strengthening the hands of the free silver men and the Populists. On the other side the syndicate wishes to avoid any action which would have the effect of checking the steadily increasing busines prosperity. The parties to the present voluntary combination for the protection of the treasury gold reserve are almost en tirely within the list of banks that were allowed to participate in the handling of the last bond issue. LAND FRAUDS CHARGED. A Wyoming State Senator Warns Secre tary Smith to InTestlgate CiiEYEXJiE, Wyo., Sept. L3. Robert Foote, state senator of Johnson county, has written an open letter to Secretary Smith of the in terior department, exposing what he characterizes as "one of the most gigantic and glaring frauds of the age" which is about to be com mitted, .he says, in Wyoming, under the Carey arid land law. He says that all the waters of the streams in the Big Horn basin were parceled out to members of the "state land ring" by the state engineer and com panies have been formed which pro pose to charge to settlers for water rights S10 per acre which are not worth over 310. The lands which the state authorities have asked to have set apart under the Carey law are not desert lands as contemplated in the act of congress, Mr. Foote asserts. In conclusion the senator says the design is to cieate a system of peonage or ten-antry-at-will in our rich valleys where honorable and independent manhood should be found. MARLBOROUGH SAYS SO The Young Duke Declares That lie Is Engaged to Miss Consuelo Yanderhllt. New Vokk, Sept. 23. The young duke of Marlborough set at rest last night conflicting reports concerning himself and Miss Consuelo Vander bilt, by requesting that the fol lowing be made public: "It is officially announced that a mar riage has been arranged between the duke of Marlborough and Miss Consuelo VanderbilL The engage ment was arranged by Mrs. Vander bilt's friends and those of the duke of Marlborough. The wedding will take place toward the latter part of this year in New York." This marriage will connect the house of Vanderbilt to the principal ducal families of the .British empire, particularly- those of Buccleugh, Roxburgh and Abercorn. The duke of Abercorn is an uncle of the duke of M air bor ough. DONE UP THE JUDGE. Sol Ilughlett's Crooked Work (.rowing In Kxtent Mew Victims Found. Mexico; Mo., Sept. 23. The schedule of people who were swindled by the late Sol Hughlett of Wellsville is growing. Judge E. M. Hughlett, who is now holding circuit court here, lost 860. Mrs. W. Dickroger and two sons of Wright City and J. A. Foristell, of Foristell, Mo., hold forged notes and fraudulent deeds cf trust executed by Ilughlett for $4,500 against the farms of G. A. liurwell, J. C. Mitchell, Mrs. Bergman, W. C. Bush and J. B. Alder son. Many farmers about Wellsville have small clouds on the title to their farms in the shape of bogus deeds of trust. It is estimated that the whole indebtedness will aggregate nearly $31,000. . Missourians After a Brute. Nevada, Mo., Sept. 23. Miss Ollie Frame, daughter of a leading farmer living near Liberal, was on her way to milk the cows Thursday night when an unknown wretch seized her, choked her insensible, dragged her a short distance and brutally assaulted her. Scores of people started in pursuit, with blood hounds. The man will be lynched if caught. A Long Kentucky Strike Useless. Danville, Ky., Sept. 23. The miners strike in the Laurel dis trict, pending since May 1, ended to-day by the acceptance of the old scale of 70 cents a ton, the operators refusing to negotiate with the Knights of Labor, or recognize that organiza tion in any particular. QUARREL OVER SPOILS. Colonel Koss Explanation of Where ' 75,000 of Indian Fundi Went. Washington, Sept. 2-1. Colonel D. M. Ross, of Guthrie, Ok., spent five hours on the witness stand trying to tell what he did with the 875,000 he received from the secretary of the treasury on the well known frl,00u,000 payment to the Choctaw and Chick asaw Indians for their shadow claim to the Cheyenne and Arapa- hoe lauds in Oklahoma. Colonel Ross stated that he had paid $10,000 to one Colonel Parsons of Maryland, who has been a member of the state legislature and voted for Gorman, and who is gen erally believed to be the fine financial manipulator of Senator Gorman in certain western legislative matters. This 310.000 he paid Parsons was for Parsons himself, as Colonol Ross stated. Then Colonel Ross says he set apart $10,000 for himself, and then he gave Sam Donaldson of Kentucky, who was supposed to have a financial lobby pull in the treasury, $."i,000, and the remuining 850,000 he paid to Colonel Parsons in cash, and it is his understanding that Parsons paid it out to certain persons, but not knowing who they were, he can not exDlain fur ther. Will llrlng Claims Against Hawaii. San Fkancisco. Sept. 23. A number of men who were imprisoned by the Dole government during the rebellion in Hawaii have organized for the pur pose of gaining the assistance of their respective governments in an effort to obtain damages from the Hawaiian government. George Lycergius, who was iinprisoneJ several months on a charge of treason and afterward set at liberty without a trial, passed through this city on .the way to Washington, where he will lay the matter before the state department. From Washing ton he will go to London, then to Paris and thence to Athens. At these points he will act as agent of members of members of each nationality now re siding in Hawaii who have claims Against the Hawaiian government. Death of Mrs. Lizzie Ficklin. Charleston, III., Sept. 23. Mrs. Lizzie Ficklin died at her home in this city last night, aged 06 years. She was a daughter of Seuator W. T. Col quitt, and several years ago was a contributor to Harper's and Frank Leslie's weeklies. Her husband was Hon. Orlando B. Ficklin of Illinois, and she was a sister of ex-Governor and Senator Alfred Colquitt, who died at Washington last winter. During President Cleveland's first term Mrs. Ficklin w as postmaster in this city. Ansoni Kosenfleld Dead. New Vokk, Sept 23. Ansoin Rosen field is dead of Bright's disease at his home in this city. His death will re call old California days to many news paper men and women who knew Mr. Rosen field through his connection with the "Alta California," of which he was a part owner for many years. Mr. Rosen field was a forty-niner, and, in common with the enterprising men who invaded the Western coast during that lucky year, rapidly accumulated a fortune. He was born in Germanv and came to this country in 1642. Noble and Shields Law Partners. St. Louis, Mo., Sept 2d. General John W. Noble and General George II. Shields have formed a partner ship for the practice of law. Gen eral Noble was Secretary of the interior and General Shields was as sistant attorney general under Presi dent Harrison. The two have been intimate friends personally for years, and fheir copartner v;p makes one of the strongest firms in the west. Turkey Preparing for Trouble. London, Sept. 23. Some time ago a firm of cartographers received an or der from a house in Constantinople for the British admiraltv charts of the Dardanelles. The order was filled. The chronicle's correspondent at Con stantinople declares that these charts were produced for the Turkish minis try of war, for the use of engineers in laying torpedoes in the straights. An Actress Seeks Divorce. New Vokk, Sept. 23. Mrs. Paul L. Wilkes, known in theatrical circles as Virginia Paul, has brought suit against Paul T. Wilkes in the 'citv court of Brooklyn for absolute divorce. Fall River Weavers Will Not Strike. Fall Rivkr, Mass., Sept. 23. The Weavers' association, at a meeting last night, voted almost unanimously not to strike. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. 1 am a Democrat," said ex-Con gressman Bland in a speech at Clinton, Mo. '- Washington Italians celebrated Italy's national day with various fes tivities. It is said that the tight on Judge Scott of Oklahoma will be taken into congress. The old receiving ship, Minnesota, is to be given to Massachusetts for its naval militia. The cotton crop of Louisiana, Ar kansas and East Texas is estimated to be forty per cent short. General Milton Moore was appoint ed election commissioner of Kansas City by Governor Stone. Ambassador Eustis is said to be lay ing the wires to succeed Blanchard . in the senate from Louisiana. Emperor William has yielded to Hohenlohe and will not urge repres sive measures against Socialists. Kentuckians in Washington are hot over the alleged interference in their politics by ex-secretary Whitney. In answer to many queries Mexico states that she doesn't give Irish more privilege than other immigrants Chicago banks are busy examining employes' accounts since the big Van liakkelen-Jones-Wilson shortage. Minister Denbv has cabled the state department that China has withdrawn opposition to the investigation of the Cheng Tu riots Four hundred men stopped a train at Danceville, Ark., seized a negro ac cused of a brutal assault and took him to the woods and hanged him. NO CUBAN RECOGNITION. The United Btate Unlikely to Take Any Positive Action at Present. Washington, Sept. 18. Save vague newspaper reports, nothing is known at the state department of the inten tion of any of the governments of the American republics to recognize the belligerency of the Cuban revolution ists, and it is quite certain that no formal application for such recogni tion by the United States has been made. It is not perceived here how the insurgents can reap any substan tial advantages at this time for such recognition. The only comfort that they would derive would be from the moral effect of an assent by an inde pendent power to the proposition that they had assumed statehood. As far as the United States is con cerned, it took such a pronounced stand in the case of the late Brazilian insur rection that it could scarcely recog nize the insurgents in the case of Cuba at present without a complete reversal of its positiou. It has held that, to entitle them to reeognition, in surgents must setup a seat of govern ment and maintain it; that they must issue money, and must possess u navy to make effectual any blockade they wish to establish in short, that they must have an actual defacto govern- ment. The state department is not in formed that any of these requirements have been met by the Cubans. POLITICS AND CRIME. Professor Warner of California Attacks . the Present Police Systems. Denver, Col., Sept. 18. At this morning's session of the national pris on congress a paper on "Politics and Crime," written by Amos G. Warner, professor of economics and social sci ence in the Leland Stanford university of California, and read by John N. Dryden of Kearney, Neb., created a sensation. "If the state itself is under the influence of criminals," wrote Mr. Warner, "how can it hope to reform criminals? Setting a thief to catch a thief was an old-time doctrine, but the plan of setting a thief to reform a thief has never yet been defended. The representatives of the state with which criminals are most frequently brought into contact are policemen, polipe justices, sheriffs, sheriffs' deputies and others only a shade if at all better than the crim inals themselves. The hope for the cure of criminals largely lies in cura tive treatment in the early stages. Petty offenders and those on the verge of criminality in the large cities sel dom or never get beyond this line of guards, and live more or less in their presence. The. police to them repre sent the state." " FATAL WEDDING FEAST. John and Simon Hancock Mortally Wounded at a llrldal Keceptlon, Columbia, Ky., Sept. 18. John and Simon Hancock, brothers, both of whom have been desperate men, were shot and mortally wounded last night ac the residence of Lane Hatfield, in Green county. Jacob Hatfield, who is a brother of Lane, had just been mar ried and was giving a reception. After the table was set the two Hancock bovs entered the house and got on the table and kicked the refreshments all over the room, whereupon the Hat- fields, both of whom were armed. drew their pistols and fired. Simon was shot four times and John was both shot and stabbed. They are not ex pec ted to live. The Mora Case Not Ended. Washington. Sept. 18. Nathaniel Paige, one of the attorneys for An tonio Mora in the claim which has just been settled, has protested to the state department against the non-al lowance of interest, but it is believed at the department that the protest will not amount to anything. L1K STOCK AND l'KODl'CE MAKKKTS Quotations from New York. Chlcaeo, St Louis, Omaha and Klsewhere. OMAHA Gutter Creamery separator.. 17 & 18 liutter I air to good country. 14 16 t- i ... r .. i i r.fijrs r resn jj jo-i Money California, ner 8 14 C 15 Ileus Live, per lb 6 6'4 rpruip cmcKcns. per iu o -t Lemons Choice Mess In as 6 y 7 oO Apples-per bbl 2 00 fiVS 25 oranges-Floridas, per box 3 25 (& 3 35 I otutoes per bu 25 hi- mJ0 Watermelons per dozen 1 75 to 2 00 l eans Navy, band-picked, bu 2 00 t 2 25 Hay Upland, per ton 6 50 ti 7 00 Unions lerbu... 2 ifr 50 i heese Neb. & la., full cream 10 U U Tomatoes - per bushel 75 (tb H hogs Mixed packing 1 vt 4 25 Hors Heavy weietts 4 20 ks, 4 50 i.eeves- Mocker and feeders. 2 25 d 3 50 beef Meers 5(0 b 5 15 Lulls. 1 25 U 2 50 tta:s 2 25 (ft 2 50 c aives 2 15 W 5 0 . ows 1 75 ff. 2 60 lieilers 2 00 O 4 00 Westerns 1 75 wj 3 00 theeu Lambs 3 00 u 4 2 ieep Choice natives 2 75 3 n0 ClllCAGu W heat No. 2. spring 56l'6 .V4" Corn Per bu 31 31 t ats i er bu is ls-, 1 ork 8 12 4(. 8 25 Lard 5 77& 5 M) l.cjis l'nekers and mixed 4 20 -s 4 3 i attle-Western range steers.. 3 00 i 4 40 J beep Lambs, 3(KI 4 50 : beep Natives.... 3 00 iC 3 35 NEW VOKK W heat. No. 2, red winter fl til' Corn No. 2 37 (A 37 -H Outs No. 2 24 U 24'. 1 ork lfi 50 li 50 lara ti 17- i C 20 sT. LOUIS. W heat No 2 red, cash 5 t 58 'i Corn Per bu 30 SO1. Oats Per bu 1 ft hogs Mixed packing 3 75 u, 4 10 tattle Export steers 5 40 j. 5 7 Hiceu Mixed natives 2 50 " :i TO Lambs 00 4 50 KANSAS Oin Wheat No. Shard. ....... ' 5S ; 57i torn No. 2 2 3i :b Oats No. 2 17'i-J. isj Cattle Stockers and feeders.. 2 55 & 4 05 hogs Mixed ackers 4 10 m. 4 ; Hieep Muttons.. 2 50 frr- 3 25 Traffic In Mexican Cattle. San Ajjtonio, Texas, Sept. 18. An immense traffic in Mexican cattle is being built up under the present favorable conditions for their importa tion'into this country. Twelve thous and head of stock cattle were purchased in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, last week and brought into Texas, and the Dolores ranch, in Kinney county, was stocked with them. Arrangements are being made with English capitalists to purchase several hundred thousand head of Mexican cattle and bring them to Texas, where they will be fattened on cottonseed meal and shipped alive to England. cmTcuhe ASTHMA. the Remedy. ABrthemaIand,itiyndre0df S. SK? Su?aavan.rhave come to , tj e lu-lon that there Is no cur?Lse sTme per tussins disease, and these ne J " sons will be the more in doubt and skep tical whexi they learn through the col umn of the press that Dr. Rudo ph Schiffmann, the recoil zed authority who has treated more cases of these dis eases than any living Doctor, has achieved success by Perfecting- a rem edy whih not only gives relief in the. worst "cases, but has positively cured thousands of sufferers who were con sidered Incurable. These were just as skeptical as some of our readers now are. Dr. Schiffmann's remedy no doubt possesses the merit which is claimed for It or he would not authorize this paper to announce that he is not only willing to give free to each person suffering from Asthma, Hay Fever. Phthisic, or Bronchitis one free liberal trial package of his cure, but urgently requests all sufferers to send him their name and address and receive a package, abso lutely free of charge, knowing that In making the claim he does for his cure a strong doubt may arise In the minds of many and that a personal test, as he offers to all. will be more convincing and prove Its merits than the publish ing of thousands of testimonials from others who have been permanently cured by the use of his Asthma cure. "Dr. Schiffmann's Asthma Cure," as it Is called, has been sold by all drup gists ever since it was first introduced, although many persons may never have heard of it, and it is with a view to reaching these that he makes this offer. This is certainly a most generous and fair offer.and all who are suffering from any of the above complaints should write to him at once and avail them selves of the same, as positively no free samples can be obtained after Oct. 10. Ad dress Dr. R. Schiffman, 325 Rosabel street, Bt. Pan, Minn. A Wise Choice. A young lady in charge of the cap tain of a 1'. & O. boat had t-vo suitors on board and a pug dog-. The latter fell overboard and one of her swains instantly jumped after it into the sea. The other confined himself to leaning" over the side and cryinjr, "Poor dog gie!" When the rescuer came on board, dripping, the young lady turned to the captain and asked him which of her two lovers, after such an incident, he would recommend her to take. He was a practical man and replied. "Take the dry one," which she accordingly did, RAM'S HORNS. Selfishness is a hard 6nake to kill. The cross of Christ is the key to heaven. Everything God gives us to do needs to be done. Christians get along faster when they travel in pairs. God's Are in the heart soon melts all the lead in the feet. Whoever takes Christ for a topic will Eoon have him for a guest. The better we know the Bible, the plainer God can talk to us. If we talk about Christ we will never run out of something to say. It takes the man who carries God's message a long while to get tired. Many hear the voice of Christ before they know who it is that speaks. Whatever Christ has given the church to do, every Christian should gladly try to do. Police Justice What's the charge against this man? Policeman Im personating an officer. "What did he do?" "He walked up to a street ven der's stand and took a handful of pea nuts." Chicago Record. DAMAGES FOR LIBEL. A Virginia Paper Brought to Terms by the American Hook Company. A dispatch from Norfolk. Vs., says: The American Book company of New York has just gained a signal victory in the courts of Virginia and ha received an ab solute and complete vindication after a long and exhaustive trial by s.poial jury in the Circuit court of this city. The filot news paper of this city, upon the awarding of the contract for school books to the Amer ican Book company, printed a long artioie written and prepared by It. 11 liyrd.au agent and attorney forGmn & Co.. of New York, in whk-h it was charged that tl.e utate superintendent had leea bribed by the American Book company. The Pilot vi as immediately sued for libel, and, after a five weeks' trial, which created an im mense amount of interest throughout the ftate, a verdict for punitive damages was recently awarded, and the jury found thnt the statements made were false and a deliberate libel. Not onK so, but the company, upon unimf eachable evidence, was proved to have dealt bouorably and up rightly in every particular in iheir negotia tions with the state officials. It was furth er prove i at the trial that no better terms had been made with any other state for school boot s. In fact, the attorney-general of Virginia stated that the American Book company 'seemed to throw ofen their whole business to us,' an& after full and complete examination of all the original contracts made with the various states be expressed himself as absolutely satisfied that the prices were the same in all caes and that no discrimination whatever had been made against the state of Virgin iu. Furthermore tie mentioned that none of the statements of the American Book company ha1 been accented until everv one of them had been absolutely verified by direct reference to the governors of some fifteen states, with whom contracts had been made. This proved conclusively that the representations of the American Book company were cor rect in toto. This celebrate! case has thus ended In a complete triumph in every re spect for the American Book company, and cas shown in clear contrast the clean and business-like methods in which thev carrv on their great industry as compared with the attempted use of political nulls and misstatements by their opponents." Chi cago Tribune. Indiscriminate breeding is one of the causes of lessened profits i1h sheep. Nearly all the London r.ewsnar i.n their print paper in Germany. Gave Himself Away. Miss Psalter (at divine serviri w)ii. pering) It's so cood of Mr. Vi,.faiu to go to the assistance of that old gen tleman who fainted; and do you notice how deftly he makes his way in and out of pews without incommoding any body? Mrs. Psalter He is entirely too graceful about it He must have had a good deal of practice going out be tween the acts at theaters. N. Y. Weekly. The man who snores Is a sound sleeper. The smile that helps others has to tesriw In the heart. . chattel mortgage. I 3 r v , ,