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1 '4. 6? V f 1 r i A Fin Wrllert" It is Baid that the champion mooros copic penman of the world lives in Bel fast, Waldo connty, Maine. Hia name is Bila Kittredge, and, although past 77 years of age, his hand is as steady and his sight as keen as ever. He wrote one of President Cleveland's messages to -congress- about 15,000 words on the iack of a postal card, bnt lately he has done Borne fine scribbliug which throws "that performance in the shade. He has written the Lord's prayer eight times on a space the size of a 5-cent silver piece, eighteen columns of the Boston Post upon a postal card, and is now engaged in the work of petting 23,305 words upon another postal card. The work is so fine that a powerful microscope has to le used in reading it, but then every letter appears distinct and Wantifnl. 3Ir. Kittredge uses a common steel pen ;and wears, spectacles. He has auto graph letters from several presidents and other distinguished men who have received samples of his work, Presi dent Garfield having sent him his pho tograph and a kind letter, which are highly prized by the old man. Boston Post. Plioapliorescent Mixture. From soma interesting observations -on phosporescent powders by E. Bee querel, these results are summarized: 1. Sulphur and pnre carbonate of cal cium gives very slight phosphorescence. '2. Sulphur and pnie carbonate of cal cium plus 0.5 to 1.5 per cent, of soda gives brilliant green phosphorescence. 8. Sulphur and pure carbonate of cal cium plus traces of manganese or bis muth gives little or no phosphorescence. -4. Mixture as No. 3, bnt with 1 per cent. Of soda, gives strong yellow or blue phosphorescence. 5. Mixture as No. 1, plus 1 races of lithia, gives in tense green phosphorescence. 0. Sul phur and ojster shells, etc., give red "phosphorescence. 7. Mixture as No. 1, plus traces of rubidium, gives red phos phorescence. 8. Sulphur and pure carbonate of strontium gives very faint bluish green phosphorescence. 9. Sul phur and pure carbonate of strontium rplus soda give bright green phospho rescence. . For 24 years Dobbins' Electric Soap has "been imitated by unscrupulous soap mak ers. Why? Becauso it is best of all and has an immense sale. 60 sure and get Dobbins' and take no other. Your grocer lias it, or will get it. ', A Freckle Prescription. . Irate Young Lady 'I paid you twen-'ty-five dollars for your much-vaunted prescription for freckles, and I am as .freckled as ever!" Qack Doctor "You remember I told .you that you must wash your face with stump water that is water that had been standing in an old stump." I. Y. L. "1 followed your directions exactly, went to the count ry, hunted up Jin old stump with water in it, and washed there, and here I am, a perfect fright!" Q. D. "My dear young lady, tha water took off your freckles, but I sup pose the stump was some distance from the hotel, and yon got a fresh lot com ing back." New York Weekly. Oregon, tlie IarHtlle l Farmer. Mild, equable climate, certain an;l abuii'l.int crop. Best fruit, Krain, grass mil 8tot country la tha world. Full information lrei Address tlia Oivg.ja lmniigriitiou Board, Portland, Oregon. "With this issue, we wish to call your attention to the advertisement of the old and reliable houses of the Jos. Garneau 1 Cracker Co., located at St. Louis, Mo., - and Omaha, Neb. -i Tiiis concern established business in St. Louis in 1832 and built a factory in Omaha, which commenced operations May 1, 1883. The Omaha house is the most complete establishment of its kind in the United States, containing more improved machinery nnd methods for manufacturing crackers, cakes and bread, than any similar establishment of equal capacity in the United States. This Company manufacture over 150 varieties of crackers and cakes, which the' sell in all the states and territories west of the Missouri river. Their goods are the standard - everywhere, because they are manufactured from strictly pure and unadulterated materials. A Cracker on which is imprinted the name Garneau is assurance of its quality and purity. So many articles, bearing a large percentage of adulteration are being continually offered consumers, it is always well to know and bear in mind those who manufacture nothing but the strictly reliable and genuine articles. Always specify Garneau's Crackei-s when ordering, aud you will be sure to get the best. Try Garneau's Swowflake Sodas, the best cracker made. The parcel clerk gives the business wrap ped attention. JL 10c. smoke for ic Tansill's Punch." Mr. Bret Harte has taken up his perma nent residence in London. "When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When she was a Child, sao cried for Castoria, When she became Hiss, she, citing to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria, A Itoiiiitlit brut ICoiile. ' Mrs. Gabb "Where are you going this summer?" Mrs. (iadd (lightly) "Oh, to New port, Saratoga, and I don't know where nil. We will make the rounds, I snp " pose. Haven't decided jet just when j-o'll start, but I'll let you know, my dear." Mrs. Gabb (meaningly) "Oh, I'll be sure to hear of it when you leave, be cause my cousin John is the railroad ticket agent here." Mrs. Gadd (hastily) "Our first jour-'y-Hey, however, will be to my dear aunt's farm, near Squash vill, audi do hope she won't insist on keeping 1T3 all summer, iH she did last year." New York Weekly. . There is one thing that the invincible western cyclone has never succeeded in lift ing, and that is a mortgage. Bill Nye h-,a gone to Tar is. the exposition. HetQl"do" Commodore Walker wants to be placed 1 1 in charge 01 thcorth Atlantic Squadron TRADE MARK THE f!B FAT IT COMQUERB PADS. Keueves ana cures RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, Sciatica, Lumbago. HEADACHE, Toothache, Sprains, BRUISES, Barns and Scalds At Dr. THE CHARLES A. V0GELER CO., Baltimore. ML 'IRRIGATED LANDS f . stone soil; abundance of pv In Rio Peeoa Valley, 1 MptiV. trirtin limA. 7.i..ru U - t B'Hiost continuous sun- jhinei altitude 3.a0ufeet; bealtl.i.t locality in tll.?i 2 consumption, no malaria. SO acres will eld a competeucy. Wrii for particulars, naminsr this paper, to PeoJrrttioii X ln--Vlinnt Co., 81 Atouroe St., Cblcaaju, lu, - aft I REM A VENAL PRESS. The following instance came undei 1 niy personal notice in 1881, writes a cor respondent of the New York Tribune, during the course of the electrical exhi bition at the Palais de V industric. Three gentlemen who presented duly authenticated credentials as delegates of the syndlcat de la presse called one day on the agent of one "of the great foreign iaventors, and, after stating that they were aware of the fact that he was engaged in completing the sale of his electrical patents to an important French institution, submitted for his consideration the following conditions: "For the sum of 25,000 francs ($5,000) down, the whole of the metropolitan press would comment favorably on the inventions in question; for half that amount the newspapers would observe an absolute silence on the subject; while if no money at all were paid the whole of the Paris newspapers would unite in decrying and attacking both the inven tions and the inventor. The agent, after due consideration, decided to dis pense with praise from so tainted a source, and contented himself with pur chasing the silence of the press. This is but one instance in a thousand. But with newspapers so influenced it is im possible to expect any action from them on behalf of the people against corrup tion and maladministration. Preventive Inoculation. French farmers at least have appre ciated tho importance of Pasteur's dis coveries that the virus in many infec tious diseases is due to microbes, and that the microbes especially iu fowl cholera, splenic fever in cattle and sheep, and red fever in swine may be so weakened by artificial culture that inoculation with them grives only mild disorders while securing immunity from fatal forms of the diseases. M. Konx, of the Pasteur laboratory in Paris, states that the agricultural societies of France, Italy and Austria have adopted the inoculation treatment, and the va rious insurance companies require it. The sheep treated annually in France number 250,000 or more. Inoculations in man for hydrophobia have been made after the disease germs had already en tered the system from the bites of mad dogs, yet it is claimed that the mortality is now only 1 per cent, among persons treated and 15 per cent, among those not treated. Wild Boar Among Us. According to the American Field, wild boars have become very numerons in the deep recesses of tho Shawangunk mountains, that border Orange and Sul livan counties, N. Y. . They are the gen uine Black Forest wild boars of Europe, the descendants of nine formidable and ferocious boars and sows which Mr. Otto Plock, of New York, imported some few years ago for the purpose of annihilat ing the snakes and vermin that infested Lis estate near the Shawungunk moun tains. After the boars had eaten up all the snakes and vermin in the inclosure, they longed for more, and dug under the wire fencing and escaped to the mountains, where they have since bred and multiplied. They are so ferocious that the most - daring hunter is said to hesitate before attacking them. They Lave immense heads, huge tusks shoulders, and lank Lind parts. anc A Toucliiiiir Obituary. The following lines are copied from the o'bitnary column of a rural New York Journal: "It is with deep resret that we chron icle the death of G H. M , of , New York. He passed away on Monday morning, March 25th, after an illness of little more than three da3's. We had been -acquainted for five years. Wo began in the poultry business at the same time, both buying Wyandotte eggs of the same man. The writer soon gave up the breed and kept only Langshans. Bnt George kept his Wyandottes, bought only the best, bred carefully ; and though we have seen many fine birds, we know of few which lay more and larger eprgs or breed finer chicks than his do. We have had many fowls and ejigs of him, and would as quick trust him as ourself to ship eggs or to select etock." Harper's Magazine. llardiipsw f Wood. A writer on the comparative hardness of woods places hickory at 100, getting for pig nut hickory 96, white oak 84, white ask 77, apple tree 70, red oak 69, white beech 60, black walnut 66, black birch 62, j'ellow and black oak 60, hard maple 56, white elm 06, red cedar 06, cherry 55, yellow pine 54, chestnut 52, yellow poplar 51, butternut and white birch 43, and white pine 35. Another writer infers that woods having a degree of hardness less than about 40 per cent of that of hickory should not bo classed with the Lard woods, most lumbermen looking upon everything except white pine as hard. In realitj', there are sev eral American woods of less importance that are about as soft as white pine, or even softer. llardneas of Wood. A writer on the comparative hardness of woods places hickory at 100, getting for pig nut hickory 96, white oak 84, white ash 77, apple tree 70, red oak 69, white beech 65, black walnut 65, black birch 62. yellow and black oak 60. hard maple 56, white elm 06, red cedar 56, cherry 55, yellow pine 54, chestnut 52, yellow poplar 51, butternut and white birch. 43, ami wnite pine 30. Another writer infers that woods having a degree of hardness less than about 40 per cent of that of hickory should not bo classed with the hard woods, most lumbermen looking upon everything except white pine as hard. Iu reality there are sev eral American woods of less importance that are about as soft as white pine, or even softer. lie Wnm Tired of Them. "Mamma," said the little boy thought fully, "will people eat beans in heaven?" "It is not likely, Ticklowell," responded the mother, "that we shall know less of the laws that govern our intellectual growth in tho great hereafter than we know here in Boston. Leguminous foods will be used to a large extent un doubtedly, my son." Alas! how little we know of the causes that make or mar the future of mankind. That boy went forth from the presence of his mother and avowed Buddhist. Chicago Tribune. Coil tnctoimuen of Cancer. In a French village of about 400 in habitants eleven of the seventy-four deaths in eight years were from cancer. Dr. Arnaudet finds that six of tho cases of cancer were in a single neighborhood, among persons who used as a beverage cider diluted with dark colored water from the swampy ground, and that in five of the victims the disease attacked the stomach. These facts are given in support of the view that cancer is con tagious, the swamp water seeming to have served as carrier of the contagion. The King 4 th year. of Spain has just entered his Wo will give 5100 reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Proprs.. Toledo, O. III 8AI5T. She does not smile from canvas rar, Transfigured by some master old, Nor held in niche, or alcove stand, Hevealecl in stone or precious gold. She has no ahrino where tapers -burn. And in her name no prayer ascend; No weary pilgrims come from far Before her altar-fires to bend. And yet of all the blessed names , That vellumed page or bard hath told, That live in Raphael's matchless art. Or sculptured marble, pure and cold, I hold my unanointed eaint 1 The noblest, dearest, o! them alL About her path a radiance glows From out her hands rich blessingi fall; The poor and lowly kiss her feet, The hungry cluster round her door; The etrjeken and the desolate Forget their griefs and mourn no more. And somewhere in that deathless land, For which our weary spirits faint. Beside the King I know that I Shall find anointed, crowned, My Saintl Unfortunate Investment. "Elsie!" Walter Hartman's tone of sorrow ful amazement made his young wife spring hastily to her feet. She had not heard him come in, and was kneeling beside a great arm-chair, sobbing as if her heart would break. "Oh, Walter!" she said, "Aunt Julia and a fresh burst of sobs inter rupted her. Walter's face cleared. It was not sorrow of her own, then, that over whelmed this pretty, blue-eyed darling he had married six months before. "Well, Elsie," he said, taking her in his arms and caressing her, "what about Aunt Julia? Do not sob so, dear; you will make yourself ill." "The fire!" said Elsie, keeping her 3obs somewhat under control. "You know I was very much worried when I heard of it, for I could not tell by the papers whether Aunt J ulia's house was in the burnt district or not." For the great Chicago fire was not a week old, and the whole country watched tor news. "Well, dear," said Walter, kindly. "It is as bad as it can be Walter. Aunt Julia writes -to me that her house was totally destroyed, her very clothing burned up, and her insurance papers not entirely made out. She is absolutely without anything in the world except the clothes she had on. Actually fed by charity. Oh, Walter!" Here the sobs came again thick and fast, and Walter could offer no com fort tut such as was conveyed by si lent caresses. After a time these were so far effectual that Elsie could speak more calmly. "Now, little one," Walter said, "tell me why this troubles you so sorely? Do you love your aunt so very clear ly?" "She had been everything a mother could be to me since my parents died, Walter. But while I was with her wo were very poor. Uut .01 her own scanty means she fed, clothed and edu cated me until I took the situation of nursery governess to your aunt's chil dren, and married vou. But just be- ore we were married, an old friend of Aunt Julia's died in Chicago, and left her ten thousand dollars. When she went to claim her legacy, she saw the house she purchased, and. liked it so much she bought it, her legacy cover ing the expense of house, lot and fur niture, while her own little income would support her. But, unfortunate ly, she was persuaded to draw out her tiny fortune and invest it in two lots adjoining her house. Now every thing is swept away." "bhetook care 01 you whei you were a chiiar "For seventeen years, Walter, deny ing herself to feed and clothe me." Walter did not speak again for many minutes, holding Elsie close in his arms. At last he said, very gravely: If I were a rich man, Elsie, I would not stop to think in a case like this, but say at once 'Bring your aunt here.' But you know, little wife, my salary, though sufficient for all our wants, with a margin for pleasure and saving a nest-egg, is not yet large. It I invite your aunt here, the difference of expense must fall most heavily upon you, because I cannot give you if I have many pleasures you enioy one more to support. Concerts and jewelry, little gifts and pleasures, will be beyond our means then. But if you will be happier knowing your aunt has a home, I will go myself to Chicago and bring her here. "Oh, Walter, how kind, how gener ous you are! I will never be able to thank you." "Then I am to go. All right. I will get a leave of absence tomorrow. In the meantime I. will telegraph your aunt to meet me at the depot, if she has sent any address." - . "The address i3 the lawyers' who arranged her legacy for her, and who did not live in the burnt district, Morse & Hunter." A few days later, as fast as steam would carry Walter to Chicago and back, Elsie was waiting to welcome the travelers. 'A telegram had in formed her that Walter had found Julia waiting at the depot and by what train to expect him home. The only spare room in the pretty little house at Harlem, where Walter had brought his bride, was in dainty or der. Jennie, the servant, was cook ing the choicest supper xAsie could de vise, and the little wife herself, neatly dressed, was running to the door every minute watching for the carnage. It came at last, and Walter handed out a lady. Poor Elsie felt fairly sick, as the guest tottered, rather than walked, into tneroom. She was white as ashes, her hair, Elsie remembered black as a coal not one year before, streaked with gray, and her eyes sunk en as if with long illness. When the water-proof cloak fell from her shoul ders, her shabby dress was most unlike Aunt Julia s habitual neatness. But, the first shock of surprise over, Elsie had no words too iovuig to welcome her aunt, while soft, tender kisses fell fast upon the pale face. "She is very tired, Elsie," Walter whispered, seeing how vainly the white lins tried to frame words. "Get hr to rest, d -ox, as soon as you can.' So Elsie, tearfully loving, made her aunt lie upon the lounge, and brought ner the most tempting 01 tea trays, stopping the broken words of thanks bv kisses and caresses. Walter, too, by a hundred delicate attentions and few snoken words made the guest fee! that she was most Cordially and glad lv welcome. In her own room Aunt Julia told Elsie something of the horrors that hafl aged her more in one fortnight thm in any previous two years of her life. She had slept upon the ground in a drenchingrain for two nights,then in a tent with no change of clothing, and the memory of the fire terrors to haunt her. She had begged the paper and stamp to write to. Elsie. Then ehe told of Walter's tender care for her in the long journey, when she, racked by pain, often could not speak for hours, how like a son he had cared tor her comfort. It was a sad story, and Elsie's tears fell fast. "But now' she said, "you are at home. I have put underclothes and loose wrappers in here, Auntie, until we can have some dresses fitted. Let me nndress you now." Gently and tenderly the shabby clothes was removed, the weary feet bathed, the gray streaked hair smooth ed, and snowy linen put on for the night. Then, utterly tired, Aunt Julia sank in the bed, w hispering: "Think, Elsier-I have not been in a bed for twelve nights!" . . But alas, she was not soon to leave it. The haven of rest once gained, Aunt Julia lav for many long weeks dangerously ill with rheumatic fever brought on by exposure, while the tor tured brain, in wildest delirium, raved of scenes that chilled Elsie with horror. All through these weary weeks Elsie was nurse, while Walter supplied every delicacy that could be found to tempt the invalid, patiently endured the dis comforts of a house haunted by sick ness, and proved himself, Jennie de clared, "the nearest to an angel of any man ever she seed." Winter was nearly over before Aunt Julia wa able to leave her bed, crip pled for life. The rheumatism had so twisted the joints of her hands. eea and feet, that they were useless and most of the time intensely pain ful. She fretted over the prospect of being a burden upon Walter and Elsie, with all the despair of a proud woman who had always maintained her own independence, and tearfully begged to be sent to some charitable asylum, where she would be only a public ex pense. Elsie told Walter of this wish, and he went to Aunt Julias room. Taking the crippled, helpless hands in his own, holding them very tenderly, he said: ; "Aunt Julia, Elsie has told me how hard these little hands worked for her for seventeen long years. I love Elsie so dearly that to grieve her is my greatest sorrow. Do you think I could bear to see her pained if her second mother was sick and alone, nursed by hired hands while we are able and willing to give her love and care? Do not speak again of leaving us. 1 have not seen Elsie's face so sad as it is to night since you came to us." "But, Walter, I may live for years." "I sincerely hope you will." "And I can never have any use of my nanas ana tcet more tnan 1 nave now. 1 can scarcely ieea myseu or hobble across the room." The more reason you should have loving care. Why," and Walter laughed while his honest brown eyes proved his sincerity, "do you think all the love here is Elsie's. I want my share too, auntie, for I love you as I do my life. I ask you to stay because I want you here. I have not heard Elsie sigh over long, long days since you came." It took many more loving arguments but at last Aunt Julia yielded. It was but truth that Walter spoke when he said she had won his love ' as well as Elsie's. She was very patient under excruciating suffering, and very grateful for all the loving care lavished upon her: W hen the pain subsided and she could talk, she was charming company, well read and full of pleas ant memories and bright observa tion. While she felt herself a burden. Walter and Elsie regarded her as a blessing. Walter no longer worried at leaving Elsie alone all day, while he was at his business, and Elsie never tired of Aunt Julia, whose experience proved very valuable to the little housekeeper. But month after month there was a scarcely perceptible laiiing 01 strength in the sorely tired body,long past youthful vigor. The rheumatic fever had left heart trouble, and dis tressing spells of suffocation and pal- f)itation often threatenedtheinvahd's ife. Always patient, she yet. often prayed for death to end her salfering, while Elsie prayed onry that the dear life might be spared. She had bs en Walter Hartman's guest for two years,when her weakness increased, to an alarming extent, rap idly and certainly, till she could not leave her bed. It was while she was herself conscious that the end of her suffering was approaching that she received a letter from her lawyer in Chicago informing her that he had received an offer of twenty thousand dollars for the lots of land i she owned in that city. She had looked unon her own beg gary as so absolutely certain that at first she could scarcely credit the news; but Walter, in whose hands she plac ed the business, soon proved the offer no dream by accepting the terms and informing Aunt 'Julia the money lay in the bank in her name. "Now, you can ride in your carriage when you are well," Elsie said, smil ing but tearful. "I am so glad auntie. You will have something now for your old-age." "But no old age, Elsie," was the glad reply. "I am glad', too, darling, very glad, but hot for that." By her own'request a lawyer , came and SSfrots heir will, and then Aunt Julia, as if the caves of life was ended for her, sank rapidly,, growing every day weaker anu . .ore dependent upon Elsie's loving, never-failing care. It was in early spring, when, one evening, as Walter came in, Jennie met him, her honest face all disfigured by crying. "Sure, sir, it's asking for you, Miss Julia is." "Is she worse?" 'Ah, sir, she's going fast. The doctor says she'll not last the nishb Going fast. Walter could see the girl's words were true when he softly entered the room where Aunt Julia rested, her head upon Elsie's shoulder, her hands clasped tast in .Llsie s. "I am glad you came," she whisper ed. "I think I could not go without thanking you once more and saying larewell." "What I have done," Walter said, ins neart swelling witn emotion, "was gladly, lovingly done. I do not need thanks, Aunt Julia." "I believe that, but I am not less grateful, because you gave from a full heart. JMay God blessyou andyours ii ay wnat you nave aone tor a "poor penniless woman come back to you m your old age laden with ner bles3 ing. Kiss me farewell, Wralter." Reverently he bent over her, preis- fnga loving kiss npoft the withered lips, while tears that were no shame to his manhood stood in his eyes. A few broken words to Elsie, a mur mured prayer, and the gentle spirit was released from the weary, pain-racked frame. Tears of true love fell upon the wasted face, placid in death's sleep. Every kind word was cherish ed when the lips that had spoken it were mute, ana Aunt Julia had two true mourners at her funeral, while many of the friends of years gone by came to pay the last tribute of respect to her memory. It did not surprise Elsie when she learned that her Aunt Julia had left her the fortune that had come too late to gladden her own life. But she told Walter, when the will was read to her. "I am glad we never thought of the land, Walter, in the years that Aunt Julia was with us. It would have made me hesitate often to show her all the love in my heart, if I had ever thought she would have money to leave me. She knew, darlim?. it was all Invd. yet I am glad my Elsie has, some re warn lor vuo pauent, xenaer care tnat alleviated the sufferinff of th rrrr in valid who rests at last." And Elsie, nestling close in Walter's arms, said softly. "If I could love vou more. Walter. than I did when I married vou. I should do so when I think of vour indness and cenerositv to Aunt Julia." "It was odd." Walter said, "that he money that Aunt Julia invested in Chicago should be actually doubled. for I have seen her weep often when she spoke of her "unfortunate invest ment" of her friend's legacy. "Ditto." There were three or four unoccu pied seats in the car, but he stood for a moment, grip in hand, near the door, and then walked to a seat in which a young lady sat alone and sat down beside her with an impu dence that astounded all the other passengers, l he girl looked up at him and around the car, and evident ly realized the situation for she took pencil and tablet from her reticule and made ready for him. After about five minutes the man turned to her and observed: "Beg pardon ii I am mistaken, but don't you live at Utica?". She looked up in a furtive way, and then wrote on the tablet and handed him: "I am deaf and dumb." 'Ah, bv George!" he sighed, as he read it: "that's too, too bad. Deuc ed pretty girl to have such a misfor tune. Well, I'm left, after all my smartness. Saw her at the window before' I got on, and carried out the flan to a dot. Deaf and dumb, eh? 'irst one I ever struck." He nodded his head to her to sig nify that he understood, and he would have been glad to change seats if he could have done so without loss ot digiity. As the train thundered on he perused the contents of a couple of newspapers, yawned awhile, and then bought and finished a novel; and finally, alter a ride of four mor tal hours, the whistle blew, and he reached for his grip with the remark: "I'll be hanged if 1 am't glad this stupid ride has come to an end at last!" "Ditto," quietly replied the girl as she turned on him. "You you 1" he gasped, as he stood there looking down upon her with twe?ve kinds of emotion gallop insr over his countenance. "Good-bye," she said, and he back ed out and dropped to the platform like a man retreating from a mule's hind legs. N. Y. Sun. A Plague of Tigers in Java. London Times. According to the administration report of Java, recently laid before the Dutch chambers, portions of that island are being depopulated through tigers. In 1882 the population of a village in the Southwest of the Ban tam Province was removed and transferred to an island off the coast in consequence of the trouble caused to the people by tigers. These an imals have become an intolerable pest in parts of the same province. The total population . is about six hundred thousand, and in 1887 sixty-one were killed by "tigers, and in consequence of the dread existing among the people it has been pro posed to deport the inhabitants of the village most threatened to other parts of th country where tigers are not so common, and where they can pursue their agricultural occupations with a greater degree 01 security. At present they fear to go anywhere near the borders of the forest. The people at present seem disinclined, or they lack the means and courage, to attack and destroy their enemy, al though considerable rewards are of fered by the government for the de struction of beasts of prey. In 1888 the reward for killing a royal tiger was raised to 200 florins. It ap pears also that the immunity of the tiger is in part due to superstitions, for it is considered wrong to kill one unless he attacks first or otherwise does injury. Moreover, guns were always very rare in this particular district, ajid since a rising a few years ago have been taken away by the authorities altogether. - A Tale of 1790. Chicago American. About 1790 two gentlemen, D.and L., stood candidates for a seat in the Legislature of New York. . They were violently opposed to each other. By some artifice D. gained the election. When he was returning home, much elated with success, he met a gentle man (sic), an acquaintance of his. "Well," says D, "I have got the election. L. was no match for me. I'll tell you how I flung him. If there happened any Dutch voters, I could talk Dutch with them, and there 1 had the advantage of him. If there were any Frenchmen, I could talk French, and there I had the advantage ol him. But, as to L., he was a clever, honest, sensible little fellow." "Yes, sir," replied the' gentleman, "and there he had the advantage of you. Th Ulinl Gilt. "I hough t my wife a velvet sack." Thus proudly boasted Mi. Brown. "She'll be, witU that ppon her back, The beet-dreesed dame in town." Cut velvet eack or diamond ring Can bring no balm to suffering wife. . Favorite Prescription is tho thing ,'JTo save her precious lite. . rie great aud sovereign remedy, known the world over, for all female troubles, in fla raation, cruel backache, and internal displacements is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription. It is the only guaranteed euro. See guarantee on every bottle-wrapper. Dr. Pierce's Pellets gently laxative or actively cathartic according to dose. 25 cents. Grit makes the man chump. and want ot it the Sheriff's Sale. Smoke the Sheriff Sale Segar. A straight 10 cents Havana Cigar for 5 cents. Secretary Rusk is addicted to the old fanhioned habit of taking snuff. For two two-cent stamps ' we will send you one of the handsomest almanacs in the country. "Homestead," Omaha, Neb. 1 The oldest twins we know of are Wicked ness and Want. Herbert Gladstone says his father Is still good for a twenty mile tramp. It has been discovered that M. Eiffel is a direct descendant of William Tell. DUTCHER'O FLY KILLER Makes a clean twee p. Ererr nheet will kill a quart of flies. Stops buzzing around ears, diTinjr at eyes, tickling your none, skips hard words and e enres peace at trifling ex pensa. Send itS rents for 5 sheets to F. DUTCUKR, St. Albans, Yt. Aram romltlvelyetired by theao Utile Pill. They also relieve Dis tress from Dr8ppift, In digestion and TooHearty Eating. A perfect reui-l oay ror Dlzzine8s,Kansea Drowsiness, Dad T&stel in the Mouth, Costed Tongue.Pain in the Side. TOKPID LIVKK. Thej regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. Price 2& Cents; CASTES UEKCIN2 CO., NEWTOiZ. Small Pill Small Dose. Small Price. ry flTTT n Salesmen. Newest and choicest WHIs I Ualfruits.besttreas.bestternis.bO'U plaa;bestoutat'.Mo.NUK!iKBvCu..Loutsiana.Mo Lincoln N. U. 6827 mux CARTERS KITTLE flVER PILLS. JOSEPH H. HUNTER, ft A TTITITniVT W. L. DOUGLAS' name and the price are stamped on I . A 1 1 I 1 1 1 III tlie bottom ot all Shoes advertised by him before leavlnK Ids WAfal llUXl factory; this protects tln wearers against hijclt prlco and inforin. uui. If.mtr lriltr nffi-ra vnu mIkmhi without W. L. DOUGLAH' li nine and price stamped on them, and says they aro his shoes, or lust as rood, do not bo deceived thereby. IKalers mako more profit on unknown shoes that arc not war ranted by anybody; therefore do not be Induced to buy shoes that have no rcputa- vwla If VMir lion, nay oniy iiiww mm iiarc . . a., m-w-w . , , i-- stamped on the bottom, and you are sure to fret full value for your money. Thousands of dollars are saved annually in this country by the wearers of W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES. , , M t . . If your dealer will not get you the kino or style ypn want, send your order direct to his factory, with the price enclosed, and they will lie sent you by return mall, postage rree:consequen,iiy,no maner wuh ju h-, ju can alwavs get W. L. DOUGLAS' SHOES. Be sure and state size and width you wear; If not sure, send ror an oruer uisua. giving full instructions how lo get a perfect fit. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. WE MANUFACTURE The Largest OF- Crackers Thev are Sold bv All and Retail Grocers. cost No More than Cakes. M GUARANTEE OUR GOODS STRICTLY PURE. Many use Alum to Make their Goods White, and Cottonseed Oil Instead of Lard. WE : WILL : GIVE : $1,000 For any Adulteration found in Otir Crackers or Cakes. When Buying, Always Specify Garneau's Crackers & Cakes. They are not Adulterated, are the BEST and cost no morethan Inferior Goods. Give Gariean's SnowiS- Sofia Crackers a Trial. THEY ARE FINE. JOS. GARNEAU CRACKER CO., St. LouiG, T.lo. and Omoho, TJob. E) living: at a distance from a physician should at all times be prepared to treat uch common but by no means simple complaints as Diarrhoea, Cholera Mor bus and Cramps. Tho Hlost Eiomcdy for such disorders is Terry D;ivls' Pain-Killer, which never falls to afford relief. A slnglo dose will do more to drive away pain and promote the natural action of the stomach than any remedy you ever tried. Tho virtues of PAINKILLER are not confined to the human raco it is used with equal success eithor ex ternally or internally for HORSES 0 CATTLE. It cures Lameness, Sores, and Cut, while for Colic it Is the best remedy la the market. Sold by all Drugfftsts at 95c, 50o., and SI. 00 a DOTTLE - Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. Sold by druggists or sent by maU, 60c. E. T. HazelUne, Warren, Pa, PEIJSIOil: 1. V., Sacceaalully. P JOHN W. OH HIS, I-ate rlHMal .iamin- U.H. lVnalon lUtrrau. Att'V at Law, Washing!, tM...MMMMa 4 ' I II 1 III i -i l l ...tln.r wiUttf.'. hfiilrn a ADil dependent relatlres. Ezperlenee : 8 yrs. in last war, 15 yrs. In Pension Bureau and attorney since. 61R OO lntORfl on A MONTH can ne ma In I Us-mU 4iwUsworking for u. AgtMiti preferred who can furnlrh a Iiui-ho and gle tbeir wliola time to tha bulnt. Kpare iiioint-nu may bo u--n ttljr employed tlio, A few vnmncie in town and i-lllu. Ii. F. JOHNSON" dtOO.. 1001) Main Kt... Richmond, Va. N. B. ritiu 1s.t nift and busineiM rxperu-nea. Nr er miud about Heading stamp fur reply. B. h i. X Cm. Jownstown Horror! Our New Book, The Johnstown Horror or Vulley of Heath, th most tlnilUnti book etr Isiufd. AOKN'1'8 WANTED in etcry towmhtp. Kr terms and circulars, address Natioual Tub. Co., a 18 CUrK Street, Chicago, 111. "DETECTIVES Wanted In every county, fcln-cwd men to act undwr Instruction In our Secret Service. Kxpitl-nce not necessary, he ml 2c. stamp, iiraimaii lltectlr ltureauCo., 44 Arcade, Cincinnati, O. 551- SSaday. Samples worth .IAF1UX er horses' feet. Writollrew. ster Safety Rein Holder CoHollv, Alien. Attobhkt, Wsrtttnirtoiv V. C. WILL OUT VOU TENSION without delay n n u 17. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN Best In the world. Examine his 5.00 GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE. 4.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE. 3.00 POLICE AND FARMERS' SHOE. 2.50 .EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE. 2.25 WORKINGMAN'S SHOE. 2.00 GOOD-WEAK SHOE. 3.00 and SI. 75 HOYS' SCHOOL SnOES. All made in Congress, Button aud Lace. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 & 52 SHOES ladies. Beet Material. Best Style. Beat Fitting. W. L. Dousrlaa S3.00 Shoe, shown In out below. Is madit ot line Calf, on hints modelled for the foot : smooth inside as hand-sewed nlnes, und no tucks or wax thread to hurt the feet. Every pair warranted. anc & Cakes First-Class Wholesale Remember our Goods Inferior Crackers and Best Line - J 4 z