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    A QUEER RACE.
A STOUT or A STRANGE FEOPLS.
' V4 ' BT WILLIAM WBSTALL.
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' ’ CHAPTER VI.—CONTINUED.
"Of course; and the fact that nothing has
teen heard of her or any of her crew shows
In my opinion, that the fate which the Ad
miralty think overtook the 'Hecate’ over
took the 'Santa Anna’—she perished with
all on board, perhaps in a cyclone; or she
may have struck on a sunken rock or got
turned. Your supposition, Bolsover, that
every man-jack of her crew died of thirst,
and that she is either afloat or aground
with all her treasure on board Is—excuse
me for saying it—all bosh; and the sooner
you get the idea out of jour head, the bet
ter it will be for your peace of mind.”
“I am sorry to hear you say so, Mr. Erie,”
-answered the boatswain, with the air of a
man who, though shaken in his opinion,
refuses to be convinced. “I am sorry to
hear you say so. I cannot argufy like a
man of’ead and edycation, and facts is,
may be, against me. Well, 1 don’t care a
hang for the facts; and I am as cock-sure
as if I saw her this minute as the galleon
is a ship yet, or leastways the hull of one,
and as I shall set eyes on her afore I die,
and carry off ns much of that there treas
ure as will make me as rich as a Jew. If
yon won’t go shares with me. so much the
worse for you—that Is all as I can say.”
Though I saw that it was useless to con
tinue the discussion, I wanted to put one
I more question.
“Did your father say anything to the
Admiralty about the chaplain’s statement?’
1 asked.
“No, ho didn’t,” answered Tom, almost
savagely; “he wasn’t such a darned tool!
Be had too much white in his eye, my
father had, to put the Admiralty on the
! track of that there treasure-ship; and as it
was nigh on a hundred years after she dis
appeared, it would have done no manner
of good to anybody.”
The subject then dropped, and It was not
resumed until several rather strange things
had come to pass, and Bolsover was in a
more placable mood.
CHAPTER VII.— THE FEVER SHIP.
We were now on the verge of the tropics.
The weather was perfect, the wind fair,
[ and the sea—covered with small, white
i crested waves, chasing each other in wild
! revelry—superb. The days were delight
! ful; the nights, lighted up by a great round
moon; gloriously serene.
The mere fact of living became a pleas
■ ore; the noonday’s heat was tempered by a
balmy breeze, and basking in the sun,
and living continually in the open air (I
slept on deck), health tingled to my fin
gers’ ends.
It was a pleasure to feel the brave ship
surging through the sea, and to watch her
great sails us they bellied to the breeze.
For days together no sailor had need to go
aloft, and one day was so like another that
time seemed to stand still. Yet in this
very monotony there was an inexplicable
charm; it acted as a spiritual anodyne,
banishing care, and lulling the mind to
sleep. I ceased to think about my future,
and Liverpool and business were.so remote
that thep might never have been. Even
Amy receded into the far distance, and it
was hard to realize that I had once dreamed
of marriage and suffered from the pangs
of disappointed love.
Why, I often asked myself, had I not
• been brought up as a soldier or sailor in
stead of an underwriter? And I wondered
how people could diBllke the sea. True,
there were sometimes storms, and the
weather was not always serene; but, after
•11, storms were few and far between, and
I felt sure that the hardships and perils of
• seaman’s life were grossly exaggerated.
Only Just before I left Liverpool, I met a
' man who had crossed the Atlantic half a
dozen times without so much as encoun
’ terlng a gale of wind; and It was a notori
ous fact that A1 hard-wood ships, well
commanded and manned, and not too deep
In the water, seldom came to grief.
I one day talked In this strain to Cap
tain Peyton. 1 said that I doubted wheth
er a man was in greater danger on board
• good ship than inside a good house, and
that life on the ocean wave was far pleas
anter than life ashore.
“I don’t mean, of course, on boarda war
ship in time of war,” I added, remember
ing the experience of poor Mr. Hare.
“You think so because we have had such
• pleasant voyage and made such good
weather, so far," returned the skipper,
with a smile, “and I am bound to say that
■ailing in these latitudes is pleasant. Yon
would think differently, though, if yon had
ever faced a stiff gale in the North Atlan
tic, or tried to double Cape Horn In a
snow-storm. And I don’t agree with you
about there being no more danger at sea
than ashore. A landsman may live a long
life without being once exposed to serious
peril. A seaman can hardly make one
long voyage without running serious risks.
• Not to speak of storms and cyclones, sunto
en rocks and unlighted shores, never a
night passes that does not bring the possi
bility of a collision. rThe unexpected plays
• far more important part at sea than
ashore; so much so, that a prosperous,
pleasant voyage always makes me a bit
uneasy—”
i
“Like this, for instance?”
‘•Exactly. Lika this. I cannot help
thinking it is too good to last, and that
Fortune is preparing us some scurry trick.
Who can tell? We may be run down in
the night, or have foul weather before
morning. All the same, I like my calling.
Its very uncertainty is an attraction a true
seaman likes it none the less for its ele
ment of danger: and I don’t know that I
dislike an occasional storm. There is real
pleasure in commanding a stout, well
found, well-manned ship in a gale of wind.”
“I can well believe It—for a born sailor
like you. You are of an adventurous dis
position, I think. Captain Peyton.”
“I was once. But I am too old now to
seek adventures; they must seek me.”
“Well, I begin to think I should like a
few adventures. My life has been desper
ately tame so far.”
"Has not somebody said that adventures
are to the adventurous? You will, may be,
have a bellyful before you get back to Liv
erpool. Who knows?”
“Ay, who knows? I hope they will ba
agreeable, though.”
“I don’t think I could undertake to
guarantee that,” said the skipper, with a
laugh. “Adventures are like babies—you
must take them as they come. Step into
my cabin and let us have a game of chess
and a glass of grog. Everything is going
on smoothly, and It is the first officer’s
watch.”
I have already mentioned how we amused
ourselves, and that os there was nlways
something going on we never suffered
from ennui. We bad excitement, too, of
a very mild sort, though often rather in
tense while it lasted; nothing more than
exchanging numbers with passing ships,
1
and so ascertaining their names—trim
they came near enough, which was not ale
ways. In point of fact, we had only ex
changed numbers with four ships since we
sailed; we had, however, passed a good
many in the early part of our voyage, and
when a vessel was sighted, it was always
a matter of speculation and discussion
whether she would come within signaling
distance or not. The further we got, how
, ever, the rarer these meetings became, and
for several days past wo had not seen a sin
gle sail.
So, when, on the morning after my talk
with Captain Peyton, one of the matea (a
man with wonderfully good eyes), sweep
ing the horiion with his glass, announced
that he could just see the topmnst of some
ship away to windward, there was quite, a
flutter of excitement We passengers had
our binoculars out in a moment, though,
as our eyes were not quite so keen os those
of the second mate, it was some time be
fore we could make out, in the far distance,
a couple of sticks that seemed to be emerg
ing from the water, which Bucklow (the
mate), a few minutes later, declared to be
the masts of a brig.
We went on staring our hardest, and in
the ond were rewarded by seeing the hull
of a large ship rise slowly from “the bosom
LUO
‘‘A brig under bare poles!” exclaimed
Captain Peyton, who>was one ot the gaz
ers. “No; she has her fore-course and
fore-topmast-staysall set. But what on
earth is she doing, and where steering?”
1 had been asking myself the same ques
tions, for tlie brig’s movements were most
eccentric; she wobbled about in every di
rection, ns If she could not make up her
mind toward which point of the compass
She wanted to sail.
“Are the people aboard of her all asleep,
I wonder?” asked the captain. “Run up
our number, Mr. Chance” (the third mate).
“We shall may be pass near enough to ex
change signals.”
“Halloo!” shouted Bucklow, the sharp
eyed. "There is something wrong yonder.”
“What is it?” asked everybody else,
pointing his glass in the same direction as
that of the mate.
“The Union Jack upsldo down.”
“A signal of distress! And she does not
give her number,” said the kklpper. “Some
thing very wrong, I should say. Alter
the ship’s course a point, Mr. Bucklow.
We will run nnder her bows and hail her.”
When we were near enough, the captain
took his speaking-trumpet and hailed. But
there came no answer. We could see no
body on deck; there was not even a man
at the wheel.
“Queer!” said Captain Peyton, after he
had hailed a second and third time. “I
must go aboard and see what is*up. Clear
away the lee-quarter boat, Mr. Chance.
Will you go with me, Mr. Erie?” turning
to me. “Who knows that this is not the
beginning of an adventure?”
“It is an adventure,” I answered.
“Thanks for tho offer. I will go with you
gladly.”
So the sails were backed, the ship brought
to, and the boat being lowered, we slipped
into her and were quickly alongside the
brig. As another hall produced no effect,
one of the four seamen who were with ns
climbed up the fore-chains and threw us a
rope, np which Peyton, myself, and two of
the seamen swarmed, one after the other,
hand oTer hand.
“Anybody on board. Bill?” asked the
captain, as he put his foot on the deck.
"Not as far as I can see,” said the sea
man who had thrown us the rope. “But
there’s some very queer smells knocking
about.”
“Let us take a turn round the deck, and
then we will go below. It looks as if the
crew had deserted her. Why, I wonder?
She seems all right and tight; and, if her
figging is all sixes and sevens, that’s easily
accounted— Halloo! What’s that in the
lee-scuppers, abaft the mainmast, there?"
“It looks like a bundle of old clothes,”
said Bill.
“It is a man’s body. Tarn it around,
Bill.”
Bill lifted the body np and propped It ia
a sitting posture againt the bulwarks.
All gave back an exclamation of dismay.
It was the most revolting sight I had ever
set eyes upon. The face was putrid, swol
len, and almost black. One eye was wide
open; the other, together with a part of the
cheek, had been eaten away. ■ Oae of the
poor wretch’s arms having been stretched
out as he fell, had stiffened as he died, and
now pointed its yellow and almost fleshiess
fingers at Captain Peyton.
“God bless me!” he exclaimed, In an
awe-struck voice. “I do believe it’s a fever
ship!”
“Yon surely don’t mean that all the crew
have died of fever?”
“I am afraid so; but we will soon see?”
There were two houses on deck, one ot
them being evidently the master’s quar
ters. Peyton opened the door and peered
in fearfully. I looked over his shoulder.
In the bunk lay a blackened corpse, a
troop of hideous rats gnawing gt the face.
On the floor was another corpse and more
rats.
The captain drew bock with a shudder,
and closed the door.
“Yes,” he said, “they are all dead, sure
enough. I wonder where she halls from
and what her cargo is* If I could only get
a look at the manifest, or the log-book! I
dare say they are In the poor skipper’s
cabin, and I am not going there again. We
will just have a peep at the hold, though.
No harm in that.”
As he spoke he slipped down the hatch
way, aud in live minutes came back with
the news that she was timber laden.
“Does anybody know her name?” he
asked.
“Yes,” says Bill; “it is on the binnacle
and the wheel—‘Lady Jane.’ ”
“I know her,” I said, drawing on my re
collection of “Lloyd’s Register.” “She be
longs to Hart & Covcrdaio, of Liverpool
master, Williamson; built at Nova Scotia
about ten years ago, if I remember rightly.
I think we once insured her for a voyage to
Hondurus and back.”
“That’s it; I thought, so. She hails from
Belize—that is where they got the fever,
no doubt—and her cargo consists of ma
hognny and logwood. A valuable cargo
that, Mr. Erie. What do you think she is
worth, now—ship, cargo, and everything;
lock, stock, barrel, and clinker?”
“Speaking roughly, I should say from
fifteen to twenty thousand pounds."
“And she’s a derelict. Nearly all that
money would go to the owners, with a
thumping share to the officers and crew;
and I am part owner.”
“If you tako her into port—”
“And that is what I mean to' do. One
way and another, it would bring me a few
thousands—anyhow, enough, with what I
have, to make me independent for life, and
be a nice provision for the wife and chil
dren when I die. Yes; I will take the
‘Lady Jane’ into port—if I can.”
“But, surely. Captain Peyton, you will
not put any of your crew on board? Why,
she is a regular pest-house; and the sooner
I am off her the better I shall bo pleased."
“Only a couple of volunteers to take the
wheel, tarn and tarn about But one*
her* they most stay here. There will be
no communication whatever between the
two ablps, no more than It they were a
hundred miles apart The two men who
volunteer shall bring their own water and
provisions, so that the risk they run will
he of the very slightest.”
“Do you think anybody will volunteer!"
“You will see when we Ret back. Yes,
I shall take the 'Lady Jane’ In tow, and it
the weather holds good, I will have her at
Nassau in ten days er less.”
“And if the weather does not hold good!”
“Then we shall have to cast her off.”
“And you really do not think that-in all
this there is any risk!”
“For the two men who come aboard
there may bo some slight risk ot infection;
but for us, none whatever. The fever can
not fly over the water or creep along the
hawsers. Besides, I never knew one ship
take yellow feyer from another. It is a
land disorder, and ships bring it with them
from places where it is epldemlo. They
never gee it at sea.”
“You think It la yellow (ever, then)”
“Of course; what else can It her I saw
It at once when BUI turned that poor devil
over. He must have died on deck and
rolled into the scupper. And now, If you
please, we will return to the 'Diana.’ ”
I said no more, yet I could not help feel
ing that Captain Peyton was making a
mistake which might cost us dear. He
was lei ting greed obscure his usually clehr
Judgment. The moment he had ascer
tained the "Lady Jane’s’’ character, he
should havo got out of her way as qulokly
as possible. Tho idea of having a pest-ship
trailing after us for ten days—more likely
fourtoen—was to me simply horrible. I
did not forget that I was supposed to be
proof against yellow fever; yet the fact, if
fact It wore, gave mo no comfort, and I re
turned to the. “Diana’’ full of uneasy
thoughts and gloomy forebodings.
The unexpected was happening with a
vengeance I
CHAPTER VIII.—THE FIRST VICTIM.
As soon as we were on board the “Diana"
the captain gave every man who had been
with him a glnss of grog, and after taking
one himself, sprinkled us all with carbollo
acid and water, and ordered Bill Bailey
(the quarter-master, who had handled the
corpse) to change his clothes, and disinfect
those he had worn by dampening them
with a similar mixture, and hanging them
up in the sun until they were dry.
This done, Peyton called the crew to
gether and made them a little speech. He
said that the “Lady Jane” carried a very
valuable cargo, and that If we towed her
into port the salvage would produce some
thing very handsome, of which every sea
man on board would be entitled to a share.
With proper procautions he did not think
there was any risk worth mentioning, and
he reckoned that they could easily reach
Nassau in ten days. There was, however,
one difficulty. If the “Lady Jane” was
taken in tow, somebody would have to go
on board to steer her. Two hands would
be enough. They could take the wheel
turn and turn about. There was no deny
ing that they would run a certain amount
of risk; but if they took their own water
and provisions, and slept on deck, he felt
sure they would be quite safe. There was
no antidote for Infection like sea air. At
the same time he would use neither com
pulsion nor persuasion. If anybody chose
to volunteer, that would be rinether mate
ter; and the two men who did so should
receive, over and above their share of the
salvage, fifty pounds apiece, Were any of
them disposed to volunteer on these con
ditions)”
The question was answered by a shout,
and at least two-thirds of the crew volua
teered on the spot.
TO BE CONTINUED.
A Temperance Lesson.
I heard an instructive conversation
yesterday between two old topers, in
a certain chophouse in this city. A
dray went by laden with barrels tilled
with some kind of liquor. The old
topers were struck with the size of the
barrels, and one said to the other:
"Tom, those hogsheads hold more
than even you ever drunk in your life,
and that’s saying a good deal.”
"Yes,” replied his companion, “more
than I ever drunk, but not half what
you’ve drunk, Jim.”
“What are you talking about?”
“About just what I mean. I’ll bet
you a quart of chamgague, and leave it
to the proprietor, that I can prove by
your own mouth that vou have drunk
twice as much liquor in your life as
those hogsheads could hold.
“Doue."
The proprietor was called; the bet
was stated to him, and the proof was
begun. Said Torn:
‘■Jim. how old are youP" “Fifty
six.” “When did you begin drinking?”
“When I was about 21." “And you
have drunk steadily every since?”
“Yes.” "How many drinks do you
average a day?” This was a delicate
question. But after some discussion,
Jiiu owned up to six drinks a day.
Tom was magnanimous. Said he: “I
won’t be as hard on you as that. I
will assume that you have only drunk
a gill of whisky a day for thirty-live
years, which you must admit is a
very light estimate. Now, a gill a
day is about twelve gallous a year,
thirty-five times twelve is* 420 gallons.
Thos'e wore 40-gallon barrels on the
dray. So you have drunk what would
more than till ten of them. There
were only five on the dray.”
Jim was dumfoundcd at Tom’s arith
metic. Tom chuckled and called for
the bottle of wine. Just as it was
brought, Jim roused himself from
some probably as serious thoughts as
he bad had for a long time. "Tom,”
said he, la3'iug his hand on his friend's
arm and speaking very earnestly, "for
heaven’s sake don’t tell my wife*of this
little calculation of yours. I believe
its true, and if she were to hear of it,
it would drive her crazy. Don’t tell
your wife, either, for she wpuld tell
mine. Tom gave the required prom
ise, and the two “old boys” drank the
wine in silence. Tom’s mathematic's
seemed to have a solemn effect on then)
both.—„V. Y. Star.
Carrier Pigeons.
The latest experiments made with
carrier pigeons in connection with var
ious European armies shows that the
normal velocity of tho carrier in calm
weather and for a short distance is
about 1,210 yards a minutes. With a
very strong wiud in the direction ofi
Ihe flight a bird has reached 1,980 yards'
% minute. _
A tea trust has been formed in To
Itio, in Japan, to restore the declining
’«a trade in that country.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Honduras’ latest revolution to re
ported to have been crushed and hun
dreds of rebels Idlled.
There is now no probability that a
branch Republican headquarters will
be established in Chicago.
A loss of $140,000 resulted from tho
burning of Cliaue's grain elevator in
New York city.
The regular quarterly dividend of Ilf
per cent has been declared by the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad.
The strike of nail-workers at Mon
treal, Canada, which began July 1, has
ended with a victory for tho 500 men
who walked out.
Uen. James B. Weaver, tho People's
party candidate for President, ad
dressed large meetings at Portland,
Flying .Tib paced a mile in 2:08% at
Orand Rapids, Mich., in the 8:30 class
race, the fastest time ever made on a
Michigan track.
Nearly 800 ballots have been cast at
the Congressional convention in Beloit,
Wis., and the dead lock is not yet
broken.
Ernest D. Jennings, son of ex-Rcp
resentative Jesse D. Jennings of Fay
ette county, was thrown from a cart
at Vandalia and died a few houis
later.
Earl Price and Arthur Kurtz, each
aged about 8 years, were smothered to
death in an ice chest while playing at
the former’s home in North Lansing,
Mich.
The convention of the American
Microscopical society closed at Roches
ter, elected president. The next con
ventlon will meet in Chicago in 1803.
At Hedrick,Iowa, two farmers namod
Gochrlng and Lynch quarreled about
some ducks and Lynch was fatally
stabbed.
John Smith, a wealthy quarryman,
was drowned in Cedar river at
Waverly, Iowa. The body was not re
covered.
The Twenty-sixth Illinois Volunteer
infantry will hold its eighth annual
reunion in Champaign Sept. 14 and 15.'
John Sullivan, 15 years of age, was
beheaded by a Chicago, Burlington Jc
Quincy train at Maxon, Idwa.
C. W. Sanders, dealer in agricultural
implements at Montezuma, Iowa, was
accidentally killed by being thrown
from a wagon.
The Masonic grand lodge of Iowa
will lay the corner stone of the new
Normal college at Lemars on Aug. 24.
President Gates of Iowa college, Grin
nell, will deliver the address.
Alvin won the 810,000 stallion freo
for-nll race at Grand Rapids, Mich.
Harry Noble, 3:17%, and valued at
830,000, who had been entered, died of
heart failure.
The board of trustees of the North
Wisconsin academy at Ashland has is
sued an announcement that the acad
emy will be open for the reception of
students Sept. 30. There will be three
courses—college, academy and music.
The prospect for a large attendance
is good.
Ferdinand Allard, a poor blacksmith
of Quebec has discovered the long lost
art known to the pyramid builders of
Egypt, of hardening copper. Axes and
other edged tools made of hardened
copper have been exhibited by him,
which in edge and temper rival the
best steel of the present day.
Earthquake shocks frightened the
people of Coblcntz and other German
cities.
Troops of the Sultan of Morocco were
repulsed by tho rebels and driven back
to their camp, near Tangiers.
A child of Ozro Sanders of Portland,
Ind., 3 years old, died from the effects
of drinking water poisoned with fly
paper. I
The quarter-mile world's bicycle
record for boys under 16 was lowered1
at Sioux City, Iowa, Earl covering the
distance in 30% seconds.
Badly decomposed and mutilated re
mains of a man’s body were found in a
sack near Dunkirk, N. Y., and atrocious
murder is suspected.
Forepaugh’s circus tents were blown
down by a tornado at Cohoes, N. Y.
Several employes were injured, but
none seriously. Loss, 8:25,000. |
Reorganization of the Wisconsin* |
Michigan Baseball league has been '
perfected with a four-club circuit,com- '
posed of Oshkosh, Green Bay, Mari
nette and Menominee.
Laborers loading a train on the Cen
tral railroad of Georgia! near Carroll
ton, were caught in a landslide. Jerry
Colier, Sambush and Sam Weems were
killed and five others badly hurt.
Mrs. Martha Kester, a Milwaukee,
Wis., woman, visiting at Eagle Lake,
Minn., poisoned her month-old babe
Sunday and threw her 3-year-old boy
in the well and drowned him Tuesday.
She was arrested.
Collis P. Huntington has confirmed
the report that he will furnish heavy !
financial backing for an interoceanie
railway in Honduras, which will pro- :
vide a short route across the Isthmus
of Panama.
Walls of the Edison company’s tube
department, recently destroyed by fire
at Schenectady, N. Y., were blown1
down by a heavy wind. One man was
killed and several others injured, some
of them fatally. j
F. Wilson Rogers, whose books as ■
accountant of the local branch of the
Iron Hall are being examined, a de
ficiency of 81,000 having already been
discovered, denies that he has misap
propriated any money and demands a
trial. _
Dismissed Llmlerfelt for Dishonesty.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 13.—The
board of public library trustees last
night reconsidered its former action in ,
accepting the resignation of Linder- !
felt, the absconding public librarian,
and adopted a resolution dismissing
him for dishonesty. George Kocppen,
who resignctl from the board because
of its previous action, withdrew his
resignation when the board dismissed 1
Liaderfelt. .
*■ >Xf«rlanl with itrawbrrlM.
I made several bad* 60x10 feetdlvld
•d Into trenches 1 foot apart and I
inches deep 1 set the plants in the
trenches XI inches apart, drawing in
the loose soil to fill up the trenches.
Then I took straight-edged lumber 11 j
inohes wide and laid It between the
rows, leaving 1 lnoh space between
the boards for the plants to spread
and grow. The boards served to keep
down the weeds and the soil remained
moist and mellow through a long
drouth. The fruit rested on the boards
and was free from dirt and sand and
the runners were muoh easier kept off.
They required less eare and attention
through the winter and the boards
proved a far superior mulch to any
thing 1 ever used.—[C. Clover, Cor
roll Co.. Mo.__
Crust, Cruel
To Its vlotlins Is that Inexorable fee to human
peace, that destroyer of rest and frequent ter
mlnatton of buiuan life—rheumatism. Like
many another physical Ills, It Is easily reme
diable at the outset with Hostetler's Stomaoh
Bitters, which expels the rbeumatlo virus
from the blood through the kldnoys. There
exists the amplest evidence to prove that la
oases that hnve resisted other treatment the
Bitters has produced thorough and permanent
results But to temporize with this malady
Is folly. Attack it at once with the Bitters
and It may be nipped In the bud. When
mature It Is the most obstinate of complaints,
Kidnoy trouble, dyspepsia, neuralgia, lndpl
ent gout, constipation, malaria and liver com,
plaint beat a hasty retreat when the Bitters Is
summoned to the rescue, A wlnoglassfui
three times a dav.
Inoculation Afulnti llee-l’olaon
Fifteen years ago, when an Eogllah
gentleman began the culture Of bees. he
suffered severely from stings, but they
have now lost their forco. For several
years past they have caused only a
slight and rathdr pleasurable sensa
tion, and that lasts only for a few
minutes. But this thorough Inocula
tion against beo-poison leaves him as
susceptible as ever to the sting of a
wasp.—Northwestern Agriculturist.
„ BALL’S CATARRH CURE Is s liquid end Is
token internally. Bold by Druggist*, 75c.
Hoinnepatlile Uemedlea.
The following remedies are given ia
the “Southern Cultivator.”
For the information of those Inter-.
ested. we give below the homaepathlo
remedies for the diseases of fowls.
Give five pellets at a time, or dissolve
ten pellets in a gill of water, confine
the hen, and give no other drink: •
Dlarrahcra is treated with ipecacu
anha. If from faulty feeding give or
aenlcum.
Loss of appetite, when the hen Is
feeble, give arsenlcum, and if no ben
efit results give nux vomica.
White comb, which has its origin in
the formation of a vegetable parasite,
is treated with sulphur, followed by
staphisagria._
We are pleased to lenow that our
young friend E. M. Birlces, upon the
completion of his course at Elliott's
Business College, Burlington, la., se
cured an excellent position in St. Louie.
The exports of this country the last
year were larger than ever in its his- 1
tory. For the fiscal year ending June
30 last, they amounted to 91,030,835,
626. The imports amounted during
the same period to9828,391,284, show
ing a balance of 202,944.342. Not
withstanding this excess of exports
over imports, we exported gold to Eu
rope, showing, however, that we were
more prosperous than European na
tions in that we had gold to spare and
needed it less than it was needed
abroad. Of our imports about 66 per
cent., or 9458.001,186 were of articles
admitted free of duty.
Official World’s Fair Guide.
It is very seldom that we are able to
recommend a book so unreservedly as
we can the “World’s Columbian Expo
sition and Chicago Guide.” The work
Is official and reliable and .is no catch
penny product, but a book which hav
ing the greatest interest at the present
time possesses value so permanent as
to entitle it to a place in every house
hold. More that 500 pages richly em
bellished with superb illustrations of
the highest' order. , Elegantly printed
and handsomely bound.
The guide does not only describe to
the minutest detail everything of ines
timable value pertaining to the exposi
tion and Chicago, but has a full page
picture of each of the mammoth exhibit
buildings In eight oil colors. Also
many others, illustrating artistically
the useful, the curious, and the beauti
ful that will be there in magnificent
display.
It caps the climax with a magnificent
cvclorama view, “Bird's-eye View of
the Exposition Grounds and Build
ings,” beautifully lithographed in
eight oil colors, size 9x25 inches.
It is a book for the millions who
contemplate visiting Chicago in 1893.
It will be purchased by the millions
who cannot go, but will desire to
know just what their friends are see
ing. The price of the book adapts it
to the wants of the masses.
Agents are wanted to sell the book in
every town. Full particulars and terms
will be sent on application. Address,
Archibald & Co., 509 Chestnut street,
St. Louis, Mo.
Over 5,003 murderer* are believed to be at
large in Great Britain.
Dr. Judd’* Electric Belts are *old on sis
month* trial. Judd Electric Co.. Omaha.
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GRATCHED TEN MONTHS.
A troublesome skin disease
caused me to scratch for ten
^ months, and has been |
cured by a few days' use of ]
M. H. Wolff, Upper Marlboro, Md*
s
I was cured several years ago of white swelling
in my leg by using KWM and have had no
symptoms of re turn the dis
ease. Many prominent physicians attended me
and aU failed, but S. S. S. did the work.
Fatc, ¥. EmxrATKicK, Johnson City, Tens.
Treatise on Blcod and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
Swift Srscirtc Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
H
August
Flower
99
I had been troubled five months
with Dyspepsia. I had a fullness
after eating, and a heavy load in the
Sit of my stomach. Sometimes a
eathly sickness would overtake
me. I was working for Thomas
McHenry,Dr uggist, Allegheny City,
Pa., in whose employ I had been for
seven years. I used August Flower
for two weeks. I was relieved of all
trouble. I can now eat things I
dared not touch before. I have
gained twenty pounds since my re
covery. J. D. Cox,Allegheny, Pa. <L
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Larmt, Chuptrt ud But Formal School la tu Wnt
CA P| Twenty-five Dept's. Thirty Teachers, all
** lepecialtsta No vacation except Aug. Enter
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plne A oak fence lath, white cedar pests, epllfi e
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We do all kinds of Roofing or ceil tha
materials. Get our prices, F. J. Lewis
Roofing Co., ltlh-1117 Aonee street.
'or Liquor,MorphlnstTobaooe
Ite the CASTLE CURM COMPANY has ae
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that will make you shiver in August.
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