The Pioneer Medicine is Ayers Sarsapartlla Before sarsaparillas were known , fifty years ago , it began its work. Since i then you can count # : tlie sarsa parillas by the thousands with every variation of imita tion of the original , except - cept one. They have never been able to im itate the quality of the pioneer. " " When you see Aytfs on a bottle of sarsaparilla - parilla that is enough ; you can have confidence at once. If you want an 'experiment , buy anybody's Sarsaparilla ; if you want a cure , you must buy [ The Sarsaparilla which made Sarsaparilla famous ] CET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH. Give riders that satisfied feeling that comes from the knowledge that they have the best. Made by the POPE MFG , GO , Means Satisfaction , COLUMBIA SIX1' CHAINLESS , $75 HARTFORD BICYCLES , - - $35 COLUMBIA CHAIN WHEELS , $50 VEDETTE BICYCLES , $25 and $26 JUVENILE BICYCLES in all slzos , from S2O to S25. sS & s. POPE MFG. CO. , Hartford , Gonn , "HE THAT WORKS EASILY , WORKS SUCCESSFULLY. " CLEAN HOUSE WTH ! L ' 'BAND GUTTER ! SELF FEEDER * THE BEST ! TWTTAOIIES to any make of separator , 4 pays for itself in ono season. Auto- J H inatie governor , variable friction feed. Adopted by all the leading Thresher Manufacturing Companies. ° ' Imitation 1 . I construction. Write 1 ( or Catalogue arul Price List. i Mention this paper. I PARSONS BAND CUTTER & SELF FEEDER CO. , Newton , Iowa , ' " ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD ? Wo will sell you Lumber , Doors , Windows nnd Mill Work nt Chicago wholesale prices. We are NOT IN THE TRUST , 4M > R1TTENHOUSE & EMBREE GO. 3500 Center Avenue , CHICAGO , ILLINOIS. . HTATi : VOUIt OCCUPATION. Dr , Kay's Renovator , g JJ. Bin , constipation , HvernnilUldnoyillseases.bil- Uousncss , hctutacUe , etc. At Uruu-glsts 25c & tl. j NEW DISCOVERY : * i * quick relief mid cures wor t C&I-CK. Iluol ; ! tuttliuonlnls nml lOilnyii' tt'Cut- lUKUtlfrue. l > r. H.II.lillEt N'bbUNS , llil II , illlull. il < . HARNESSING THE NILE. Sohanio Worthy of it Kninesus or n 1'hnrnuli. Engineering skill Is to rearrange nn turc's surface on the Egyptian frontier , nntl pond bnck Into Nubia a body ot water 140 miles long , crossing the tro pic of Cancer nnd extending Boutlnviml nearly to Korosko a goodly step on the journey to Abu-Shnbol and Wady- Halfa by means of a lyreat clam across the Nile at Assunn , says the Century. The pyramids and the Sphinx have born testimony through the centuries to the grandeur and power of execution which dwelt within the Nile valley ; and what more fitting now that the same valley bo the theater of n gigan tic exploit , audacious perhaps , but cer tain of success , and ministering to man's necessities , rather than to his vanity ? As n building achievement the scheme is on n scale worthy of n Rameses or a Pharaoh. To create in the heart of the African desert a lake having from two to three times the su perficial area of Lake Qonova , in Swit zerland , nnd control It with scientific precision , so that the Impounded llooli may bo turned Into distant channels nt will , is n stupendous undertaking. But the engineers claim that their plans can bo carried out to the letter ; they have estimated the exact coat of the dam , .computed almost to the gnl- lon the volume of water that will bo imprisoned , and figured the necessary resistance to be provided at every point of the masonry. In Cairo , the experts of the ministries of public works nnd finance , likewise , have calculated to a nicety the sum from taxation that will come into the public treasury through the country's augmented productive ness. Subordinate to the great dam , a smaller one , not unlike the barrage at the apex of the delta , ten miles north of Cairo , is to bo made at Asslut. Tts functions will' bo to give a sufllcient head to the river to force the water into the system of irrigation canals that vein hundreds of thousands of acres between Asslut and Cairo. The completion of the Cairo barrage ( it was begun by Mehemet All Pasha , from the plans of a French engineer , but not made effective until England took the country in hand ) so developed cotton culture as to add to the public revenue of the country at least $10,000,000 annu ally. It may bo safely concluded that the Assuan reservoir Is but ono of a series which will in time bo construct ed southward to the Victoria Nyanza. The re-establishment of khedlval au thority at Khartoum will dotermlno this. FROLIC OF THE TORPEDO BOAT. In the earlier clays of the war , while the excitement of the now condition of affairs was still at its height , the com manders of the different craft engaged in the blockade of Havana were rest less under the monotony of their du ties , and sometimes did things that were not ordered by the commander- in-chief. So writes a naval corre spondent of the Companion , and he proceeds to narrate a pretty lively ad venture as a case In point. One particularly dark night the cap tain of a torpedo-boat decided to take advantage of the darkness and run well In toward the Morro. With all lights doused , the boat steamed slowly toward the entrance of the harbor until her crew could hear plainly the surf breaking on the rocks under the 'cas tle. " While the boat rolled lazily in the swell , the officers tried to make out the guns and the fortifications at the harbor mouth. Suddenly , as the boat gave a heavy roll , the switch which turned on the private night signal was moved , and a blaze of red and white lights Illumi nated the entire boat. Every ono made a dash to break the connection. In the rush the colored cook managed * o roll overboard , and as ho went over the side he grabbed at everything handy. Among the things ho took hold of , un fortunately , was the whistle rope. If the boat had been foundering , nothing more could have been done to attract attention. The big search-light on the Morro twitched around In an uncertain manner , and turned slowly toward the boat. Before it reached them the people on the torpedo-boat managed to turn off the signal ; the spasmodic shrieking of the whistle stopped when the cook was hauled aboard , and the boat escaped In the darkness without a shot being fired at her. The next time his boat wont In , the captain took In his private night sig nal and the cook had orders to stay in the galley. Htcmiislilp StatlHtln. There arc fully 1,000 tons of piping of various kinds In the average Atlan tic liner. The furnaces will consume no less than 7,500,000 cubic feet of air an hour. The boiler tubes , If placed In a straight line , would stretch near ly ten miles , and the condenser tubes more than twenty-five miles. The to tal number of separate pieces of oteel In the main structure of the ship Is not less than 40,000 , and the total num ber of cubic feet of timber used In the construction Is more than 100,000. The total number of rivets Is not far from 1,250,000. I'roilnc n I'rovorli. Mrs. Latehours ( addressing her hus band returning at 3 a. m. ) Nice hour to bo coming homo ! Nice company you've been In , no doubt. Latehours ( nonchalantly ) Honl salt qul mal y POIUJO. Mrs. Latehours Yes , that's right ! Come homo and use bad lan guage to your wife. Tit-Bits. ! tlnhnnnti I'rotnotcil. > T. A , . J , M , Johnson , freight tralllc man ager of the Hock Island , wna yesterday elected third vlce-prcsldont of the company. Ho has been in the service of the Hock Island company slnco 1SSI , when he was appointed first assistant general freight agent. In March , 1S88 , ho became general freight agent , awl eight years later was appointed freight trnttlo manager. Mr. Johnson began his railroad career In 1871 as station agent at Franklin , Ind. , on the Indian apolis , Cincinnati & Uifaycttp road , now a part of the Big Four , Ho after- wnrtt went through the positions of general freight and ticket agent , traveling auditor , supervisor of local freight tralllc and assistant general freight agent , In which rapacity ho en tered the service of the Rock Island. The recent order of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for five thousand steel coal cars to bo built by the Pressed Steel Company ami the Carneglo Com pany , brings the total purchases of the receivers of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road up to 30,391 slnco March 1 , 1S90. The locomotive purchases during that time have been 210 , of which about 20 are still to bo delivered. The company has also purchased five postal cars , ton express cars , ton combination cars and six dining cars. William C. K. Wilde , the younger brother of Oscar Wilde , who tiled In London several days ago , came to Now York after marrying . rs. Frank Les lie In 1S91 with the intention of writIng - Ing for publication. Ho had been con nected with various English papers In a desultory fashion for several years , but had never displayed any marked ability us a writer. Mr. Wilde was tall , young and of pleasant address. Ills style of writing did not commend itself to any of the Now York news papers , and during his stay In Now York he WOH apparently a man of leis ure , spending most of his tlmo at the Lotus club. The divorce which freed Mrs. Leslln from her English husband was not unexpected by the men who knew him. bomo men's charitable contributions are confined to suggestions. The average man Is bettor at con fessing the irlstakes of other people than ho is at acknowledging his own. Are You CglnK Allou'H foot-KnsoT It Is the only cure for Swollen , Smarting , Burning , Sweating Feet , Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease , a powder to bo shaken Into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoo Stores , 25c. Samples sent FREE. Ad dress , Allen S. Olmsted. Lelloy , N. Y. The world's agriculture occupies the attention of 2SO,000,000 moa. Mrs. AVInslow'H Sootlilnn Syriip. Foi children tcctlilni ? , Boftuns tlio Ki'ins , reduces fir Daimimttou.ulluyuimlu.cureb wluiKullc. iiJoabottlo. There can bo no course of true love If true love never dies. Oh That Dollclon * Coffee ! Costs but Ic per Ib. to grow. Salzcr has the seed. German Coffee Uorry , pktj. 15c ; Java Coffee pkjj. l&c. Salzor's Now Am erican Chicory IDc. Cut this out and Bend 150 for any of above packages or send SOc und get all 3 plcgs , and great Cata logue free to JOHN A. SAL54BR SKED CO. , La Crosse , Wla. [ w.n.j Man Is the only animal with a chronic longing for the unattainable Farmers' Knives lrroo. See the liberal offer made by the T. M. Roberts Supply House , Minne apolis , in another part of this paper. It is one of the grandest bargains ever offered to the public. You can't prevent the sun from setting ting by stopping your clock . Cures Rheumatism ! JACOBS " Neuralgla OIL . . Sciatica „ Sprains „ Bruises STi ii Soreness stilfnoss „ Backache „ Muscular Aches Is woman's natural destiny. MOTHERHOOD arc dented the happiness of children through sonic derangement of the generative organs. Actual barrenness' is fare. Among the niany'lriumphs of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the overcoming of cases of supposed barrenness. This ! great medicine is so well calculated to regu late every function of the generative or gans that its efficiency is vouched for by multitudes of women , MKR. En. WOI.KOUD , of Lone Tree , . Iowa , writes : "DuAuMus. PiNKitAM Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I had ono child which lived only six hours. The doctor said it did not have the proper nourishment while I was carrying it. I did not feel at all well during preg nancy. In time I conceived ugain , nnd thought I would write to you for advice. Words cannot express the gratitude I feel towards you for the help that your medi cine was to me during this time. I felt like a new person ; did my work up to the last , and wab sick only a short time. My baby weighed ten pounds. Ho is a fine boy , the joy of our home. He is now six weeks old and weighs sixteen pounds. Your medicine is cer tainly a boon in pregnancy. " MRS. FLORA COOVUR , of Doyle , S. Dak. , writes : " DUAU MRS. PINKIIAM Ever since my last child I Buffered with inGammation of the womb , pains in back , left side , abdomen and groins. My head ached all the time. I , could not walk across the floor withoutsuffering intense pain. I kept getting worse , until two years ago I wrote to you for advice , and began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I had not finished the firtu bottle before I felt bettor. I took four bottles , and have been strong nnd perfectly healthy ever since , and now have two of the nicest little girls. " THE BESP" PRING TONIG. As winter passes &way it leaves many people feeling weak , depressed and easily tired. This means that the blood needs attention and sensible people always taKe a tonic at this time of year. Purgatives arc , not the ridht medicine they weaken instep of strendthenind. Dr. Willknu1 PinK Pills for P&le People are the best tonic medicine in the world and do not act on the bowels , They stimulate the appetite , enrich the blood , strengthen the nerves and make people feel bright , active and strong , /Ncfbno IB bettor nblo to s pen It of tills fnct tlmn Mlmi Hnrol Snider1 a channlMK young woiniui of Arlington , Iml. To-duy nlio lina rosy 'chcolcH , HpiirKlIng eyes and n. uliimp form , wliluh provu Mint she la In Kood liuiiltl ) . A yeuriiRo Miss Bnltlcr wim very thin , her checks pale , oycB BtinUon mid dull. Hlio v/aa troubled with uorvousncHS ntid Kcnerul debility. She snyii : "After hovernl inontliH' treutmont from tbo family physician wo aw ho could do no good. 1 Mas illHcourngcd und did not know wlmt to do. Ono day I rend an Hum In iijmper of \vondorful curatlvo qiialltlcsof Ur. Wlliianm' IMnlcI'llla for Palo People. 1 tried the medicine , and wlicii nearly throuuh with the second box noticed n chuiiKU for the better. After 1 had liikon clijlit boxes I was cured , nnd Iiruo lind no occasion to lake any Ulna of inecllulnoHlnco. I ewe much to Dr. Williams' Plnlc Pills for I'ulo People , probably my life , and I udvlso nnyono sullurlug with troubles HliYillar to mine , to lukoUieso pills. " Miss HAKUL SNIDUH. v Sold by all drug * gists or sent post paid by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.Schenectcdy , , N.Y.on receipt of price , 5o * per box > six boxes , $ 2 , 5 . See that Spalding's Trade-Mark is on your Base Ball Supplies x Hnmlsomo Ciitiilosuo Free. A. O bl'ALDINU & UHOS. Now York. Chicago nunvcr CANDY CATHARTIC I > not tlin ! tiitotnctit worth ln\eitlKntlne.lf you lia\e B friend miflcrlnK from any Kidney dlneiwe ? Not u pntent medicine , nclthei IB pal lent obliged to toino 10 New York for trontinent Kxnin nnd tem of urlno f reo of UmcKo , Rcnd4o7 . ox | > , paid , \ninepaper. Tornpklru-Corbin Co. , 1300 Broadway , New York City. CURE YOURSELF * : Dig U fur unuutural rKi , liiUummutloiie , IrritutiutiH or ulcerutlonn of in 11 cuu iiieiiiljrniin , I'ulnlvHH , nnd not antrln- 8'"t "r l > olkomm , Nol < l by I > riiccl lii , or nctit In plnln wnipl"r. liy iixpnim , prfpnlil , for II m , ( , r3 ImltlcH , | . > 73. Circular unit ou requeet JOHN W.ItlOIIIUS , . . . - WlihlUllKloil , 1 > .C. * * SuccoGsfully Prosecutes Claims. r.atn i'rlnofiial BxAmlner U B 1'enHlon fiureau. U vmlllclUlMur l&iiiluilluittiiK | < luliii lit t\ nine c' . ' ror cougliH , colds , Dr. Kay's Lung Balm uiuHtiroutUlbeabo \ ; UKES MHTAU ttbE YAIIS , Heat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In tlnio. Bold W.N.U. OMAHA. No. 13-J899 When Answering Aaycruscincnta Kindly Mention Tills 1'aocr. Farmers'KnhosFreel Northern Urown enc | | tliAro nra no bettol Turownftnu via tliorofora . pafhS followlnit immure dot olfor to the rtiiulem of thin paper. ,37 keta . fnwlmnrden .foods mid knlfo No. 7 l , Rirforflot * pnntpald or in package * f rwu unrdon f nnd knlfo N b.nlfort ! > 7't ; > ald. On tout. nilvortliM'nuiiit nm HPIII ! us 77ot . If ; oi ) want knlfo ] ! < borincU. If nuwniitknlfn No. nd tlm fol. lowW ( trnti.1 . collnotlon of Tllfi IlCHT .UKrAllLH HiiSIb : , ( retail prloo U oror l.15 > nnd the uutlro in packets nml tlio kulfo li' UlUaUpcSti. paid. No.7BD. Irkft. aomFcanlpkit. Eollp"nDloodTai > nip IJont , 1 pfw , Dwarf Wax Means. ' . ! pin. .ilorlj.lpnol'oftr . , 1 pku BlrliiB Uonnii , 1 pkjf. rDnavorHlliit Onion , li'ku.Kotl 1 pkjt.Imvorshnlf lonii OarrotsiInka. UreonOltron Mu km lon , 1 Mo.77blj , pkd , 1'orfiictlnn 'iomnto. 1 . 'lomnto , 1 pVn , lutubaan , 1 iikii. Hlu Ilodton Mtaco , 2 plBi 1'urplii Top Turnip , 1 rkt ; . ItolloiT Cronn I'nrnnlpn , 1 pkff , loni ; Brnrlufc Itndliiti , f pl.tn. Joubl . gurlod i'aniloy ] , ' ' 5Liiimo.'fpliB.'l'1ronLhllroak- ' fnst Uadloli , 1 pku. Hummer < ! rook nock Hauuli , 1 pku. urlo.1 Hlnip on .J-rH.iico , . 1 . pkunonrlr lint Hatch Turnip. 'l pkn. Bcariot Turnip Itndlnli , I i l > lti { . Denver JInrUot Lettuce , 1 . . . . . . . , . 1 ni.l Iln .1nH ] ' . Y l > ki | , Inrly ! i 1 run. uthatq Ulna 10.1 -.r pku. Hwooti'ampkln.apkiillarlyMlimo- I auto Corn , 1 pk Hod UlouaUoloa KNIFE FREE. AtTI contn the No. 7 b , _ lilniln COIIKIWI bock horn Immllo , host ctool knlfo will boHont ritjji . 'lIluNo.TVab , knlfo In Junt wlmt nvory f armor nhouldr havit. ] ] itrn wulHlit , finely ixj llnnod ondfl. tlmMi In ntnol ulnilo * , Inoluillnu hoot blndB. Wn itlvo It Flint ; to oTnry portion orilorlnejtho nhorocolloc- lion at tl7ctn. thronuh thin ndror- tlHomont , orwo vlllfimilali tliolfj fronnpackotB ot HiirOi'ii wwrn to nnionii ixmtpnicifoi 7ct no butter Bo < id nrowu or nold at nny tirlcti. ThU cplloctloncuiniot bo broken or any variation mauo. ' . In order to tCHt thin paper IIH nil u < urtlilnt ; iiii'dluni , to o\cryono wlio will oiu > lu o tlilH "ih orllmiiK nt with their order und Klvo nnino of imiicr wu will KVIII ! ao rAUKAii : ( VAI.UU wi.oo ) Fitnic. mnklnRBT iiackaKesor frcsli Knrden eca and the Knlfo No. 7 HI ) fur 77 cents , or Kulfo No. 77 blJuna D7 | iackBKCS fur 1 7 cents. 0 A JtKMAHKAlir.i ; OKVKR. T.M. Roberts' Supply House , ftllnncapols.Mlnn. TARWf SEEDS Ujw'RalKt'i Scwlt are Warranted to Prcdnw/ ftMillion Luther , J" . Troy , 1'a , istonlilicd thu worldV WI T growing 2/0 tiuihrli Dig Tour Ooti | J. llrcUcr , 1 f lUlc.u ( , V.'l. . , 113 buili. barley , tiid II. I.oicjoj , \ I \Vlujlilnn .by srowlni ; 3u hu li. Ral r'oorn ' jcracrc. irjuuilxilit , writ * thtro.e wlili Wg lu VUO.IUU new cuitomcri , hence nlll tend on tiUI 10 DOLLARSV/0RTH _ _ FOR lOo. L 10 pkijiof rnro firri ncrli halt Diuli , IUr > d for Bliecp , \ tlio | , UUO Com , Kli ? I' ur iljti , " Uiarillcit Hurley , , Iiromuilncrmlf rUUtnzTtotialiiypcracroouilrr L t nulli , eto , " 40o. Wheat , Including our mBmmotli j Uetil Catalogue , telling oil about vur Farm 0tt 1 * , < Tto. , M | | mailed you upon receipt of but lOo fonizo , Tinltlrrlr worth SID , to get a ktt tiim > , ( i ( > iHii > u.Htdi'ot t < i at MI , ai > tnlnp a bbl. Jtitlkit tmu. 1'lSISB nlonuSc. HUtlll till * Nov n.u. uilv. aloni ; V/ostern Canada nnd rartluilun ) as to huu to ncciim 160 acres of tlio liefctMicut KniwIiiK liuul ou the Continent , can ba aciurui ! i MI application to the Superintendent of limiilxrattun Oltiwrn , Canada or the nndornlKned. bpeclnlly condiutod uxcurnlon * will ltav bt. 1'aul on Hie llrnt and \Vednenliiynuf cacti mouth , and upcclully low rules on all lines of railway roach- liiKhl I'aul nio lieliiB qtinteil for OLtiriilon leaving tliero on April Sth tor Mnnllolia. A slnlbola , bu - kiitihi'uan and Alberta.V V llenuelt , 801 New York 1.1 to Dulldlntr , Uuiaha.Neb. BSYES3 A Natural Black by Buckiniham's ' 1'rlco cents of nil druggists or It. I' . II all & Co. , Niislma.N.H. & 000 RIGYCLES " ertlock nuillKlloirdUut. uriMtuiiu MontLa , guaranteed , . S0.75 to W10. Shopworn & eeo- end band wheels , Rood as now , 83 to SlOi Oreit factory dcirlni U. W , ibip i , mjoni en l I'O'it 'ft ' trUI without ovnt la ftmoe EARUaOICYOLE Klia.rlll.tMl . . ii K. D. SI HI ) C1CLK lOKI'ANY. Ihlcijo , ' Gel Your Pension DOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'PARRnUL. Pension Agent , 1423 Mew York Avenue , WASHINGTON , D. C. I Ifro rruoTliompsonys ! , } Eve Water.