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.ii a-.-. .Tir .r"..,..i'."-tr a", '? An American Woman Tells of tier V jUiflrykpndoApartmnt ipii hir-(ieturi from a -soasou's so jtiiirn kti London 'sxii (observing:?.,; AmerV canfonan writes: "I often .recall with some amusement the first ex tortiou 1 was wa3 subjected to .during: "my first week -of apartment living'. My 'bill was rather more, than double what I had .calculated to pay. With the assistance of an English .friend I went over each item only to discover th it my cartevcr had male a clear profit on each article ranging from tuppence ha'penny' to 'alf a crown.' Thiaiurna nit. . ftni'nurwintr. hut T , hail - - - - - . - -- - - . . . -expected 'doing' and consequently -was r not surprised. 4A very forcible note to my (land lady brought my bill the following: week. 4 less. 1 subsequently learned that six people had - lived at my ex pense during that time. I afterwards sought the subterfuge of doing my own :marketing and deluded myself with the idea ,that my living would - cost me almost nothing, poultry,. meats and vegetables being-sold at such moderate prices. !lt was not so, however, You may plan and devise, watch and sus pect, but that is all the god it will do you, if you avo at the mercy of English lodging-house keepers. It is their nature to defraud. They can't help it and you must expect them to. I have often thought that the .house maid?, were in league with their .em ployers, in this respect only that their purloinings :.re more glaring ;and as sume the shape of out-and-out thefts. "i had occ;ision to be absent from London for a few days, and upon re turning found to my dismay that ;num erous articles, iimong which were sev eral valuable - pieces of , jewelry, ihad been stolen. At the time of my depart ure there were throe women servants employed in the house. The day be fore my return, one .of them, upon whom suspicion fell, had suddenly and without notice left her situation. Upon complaining to my landlady, I was in formed that not the slightest redress was open to me. Notwithstanding that the servant had been mistrusted, not withstanding that she had . the sole care of .my rooms and their keys, not . even an investigation of her boxes, which had been left for the expressman's call, was allowed me. 1 was told that with out 'positive proof no police magistrate would issue a search warrant. This quite convinced mo that there was col lusion, as I had personal knowledge that, in other houses, maidservants when discharged were not permitted to leave the premises until . their boxes had been open to the inspection of the landlady. English housemaids, as a class, are more thorough in their work and more respectful than American servant-girls; but the lattar are unde niably more honest and trustworthy. "Now, as to the matter, of expendi ture in dress. Never in my life did I see such specimens, of fine underwear, both in texture and design, as in Lon don. Not only was I particularly pleased with these two essentials, but also with the prices and tho courtesy extended by the clerk's and firms. I w;i to leave London in twenty-four hours, and in eight hours a dealer made f.'om my own design some very elaborate articles in this lino dear to the femiuine heart. I wonder if many American shopkeepers, no matter what your past custom or how great the anticipation of future patronage, Avould have made you the same outfit in the same time. Not many, I'll wager. "Don't go to the linen-draper's for underclothes. Their prices are exorbi tant and their goods in most cases yellow and shop-worn from close and long packing on the shelves. Women in England ought to dress bettor than women in America, but they don't. They have many advantages over us, but they don't seom to know how to use them. While there I employed a woman to 'do over' some plain house gowns for two shillings (50 cents) per lay. Fancy that in America! A great sayingJjQ the cost of dress can be ef fected by sending to the mills at Darl ington, Bradford or Halifax and se lecting your goods from samples that are sent you by "post on approval. "Imagine a heavy ladies' cloth for one ' and six (.36 cents) per yard, double fold; grenadines, flannels, plaids and in nu mumble faney woollens and cottons at what would be consid ered starvation prices on this side of the" Atlantic. Gloves, too, are an item worth investments for every spare dollar. At one place on Regent street I have bought gloves, twenty-button length, best Suede, for $2. Just the same number of buttons, and as much kid, only of an inferior quality- sell a3 low as 75 cents." PIKE'S PEAK. Viewed From the Plains It Is a Sight Inspiring and Grand. Viewed from the prairies that lie to the east -of its rocky slopes, Pike's Peak stands like some grim sentinel watching over tho vast extent of country from its base to the Kansas line, stoic-like, indifferent to the shifting panorama that has passed be fore it Could it speak, what a his tory it might unfold! What tragedies have been enacted in sight of its lofty summit! Over 14,000 feet high, it is, from its situation, standing in the first range of hills, the first peak in Southern Colorado that greet3 tho traveler coming from the east, anl its sight has invigorated m:uiv a weary party in the dnys ' of overland travel, for at the giant's loot were found, if not riches, at least sweet waters and green pastures. The writer cannot better describe its appearance from the plains than by re lating his experience when first seeing it. One morning as we reached the summit of one of those elevations, high but not abrupt, common to parts of eastern Colorado, we came suddenly in view of the range, many miles away at their nearest point; cloud-like but distinct they appeared through tho intervening distance. Pike's IV.ik, more than 100 miles distant, its sum mit crowned with snow,, stood out against the sky in well-defined lines of a grayish tint in the morning; in the evening it assumes a purplish hue ap parently outlined in silver. The im pression it gives one after crossing the dreary plains is inexpressibly grand. It is only oa a nearer approach that it presents that craggy and rugged aspect so characteristic of the Rockies. From its position Pike's Peak is one of the most interesting as well as one of the most noted landmarks in the United States. It Iiooks Reasonable. In the case of a "passenger killed on a Tennessee railroad J,he counsel for the road has set up the plea that tho deceased was making a journey ir direct opposition to the wishes of his wife, and that her last words to him were that something would surely hap pen if he went. . muti Kit n Indian- Could 'ipprMlatf. lttdir.uk are ceneralft regarded as very stWal beinjrs alike insensible to the emotions -ot joy or grief; but the following incident which was re lated to me by my grandmother, an aarly settler of Andover, shows that some of them can enjoy o joke, even when it is at their own expense. "A good many years ago, says my grandmother. 'I with my hus band moved into Andover, then a wild country with only a few white settlers. Our home was in a lonely place" some ways Irom any inhabit ants, and I was often, when my hus band was away, both lonely and fearful. . Of course he never went from homo for r.y length of time without taking baby and me along with him, as he would not dare to leave us alone, but I mean when he was engaged in his necessary farm work er hunting, I was afraid. You see 1 was young and had a great dread of the Indians. "Well one day when baby and I were alone I had a terrible fright. had just put her to sleep in her cradle and was standing with my back to the door, mixing my light bread, when a slight noise called ray atten tion, and looking around I saw two tall Indians wrapped in gray blankets just entering the door. My heart stood still. I could hardly keep from screaming aloud, but fortunately I did not, and my unwelcome visitors stalked to the fire and verv deliber ately proceeded to warm themselves "Presently one of them turned around and pointed to some bottles which, as my cupboard was small, I had hung on pegs driven into the logs ot which our cabin was built. Two of these were black quart bot ties: one of them held whiskev and the other pepper sauce. Of course I knew the Indians wanted whisky, and as I was afraid to refuse and my hands were in the dough I nodded affirmatively. "Muttering something I could not understand, one walked across the room and taking down the nearest bottleraised.it to his mouth and swallowed a portion of its contents. Straightway he began to cough and choke, and half frightened out ol my senses I saw he had the wrong bottle in his hand. Shaking the sticky mass of dough from ray fingers I -started toward him; but with a loud 'Ugh, heap strong!' while the water filled his eyes, he shook his head at me and handed the bottle to his companion, who had turned from the tire and was watching the pro ceedings with much interest. "Grasping the bottle eagerly the other Indian took a huge swallow, a nd then such a strangling and sput tering you never saw. Bending al most double while the saliva poured from his mouth, and the tears from his eyes, he coughed and choked un til I was afraid he would burst a blood vessel, and all the time the first Indian was in a oaroxvsm of de light. He shouted with laughter, clapped his friend on the back, snatch ed the bottle from him and offered him another drink, exclaiming: 'Nough strong water, hey? Ufrll, good warm up Indian cold!' '"By this time I had managed to get the other bottle down, and now to prove that I was not to blame I took the cork out of it and handed it to them. Still laughing the first Indian took it, smelled ot it, nodded underslandingly, and then passed it to the other sufferer who had some what recovered. "Straightening himself he pushed the extended hand aside, saying, 'Big fool Indian, think he mighty smart, all same fool, ugh!' ard walked out of the door without giv ing me a glance. "His friend handed me the bottle and pointing first at the fire, and then at his own thioat, exclaimed, 'All same hot, heap hot. nomorecold Indian inside! ugh" and followed in the footsteps of the other fellow. 4I stood in the door and watched them as they plodded along in single filethrough the deep snow, the rear one stopping occasionally to laugh and look back and shake his head grimly. "In spite of their evident enjoy ment I was little afraid. I knew how revengeful Indians are and I thought maybe they would . come back and take revenge on us. But I never heard of them again; and my hus band said the joke was such a good one that even an Indian could not help enjoying it." Lewiston Journ al. - CLEARLY OUTCLASSED. Slaving Award in the Dark Regions to tie Greatest Enemy of Horses. Weird, unearthly shapes, as if moved by some resistless impulse to congregate at a common center, hur ried through tlip sulphurus air that overhung the bottomless pits and fiery lakes of the Region of Darkness, Wan, cadaverous, uneasy specters, new to the dread mysteries of In ferno, side by side with the tough and hardened Oldest Inhabitants, whizzed horribly along, and the grimy walls of Pandemonium echoed presently to the discordant murmur ing and snarling of one of the largest throngs that had ever gathered there. "I have called you together, my countrymen," said he presiding offi cer of tho infernal regions, for the purpose of deciding a disputed point, A contest has arisen," he continued in a voice that pierced the remotest cavern within the! vast inclosure, "as to which of my faithful subjects can claim the honor of having in flicted the most torture on horses during his earthly existence. The contestants will now have an oppor tunity to be heard." -"I was a country blacksmith for fifty-three years," called out one of the claimants as he mounted the platform and looked compiacently about. There was a murmur of applause, and a general shaking of heads, ac companied by whispered observa- tions to the? effect . that bis record would be hard to beat. An uncanny specter, with a counte nance that would have broken the strongest camera on the surface of the earth, : came to the platform next. " ".. ' "I was a harness-maker." he said. "I invented the stiff bit." 'I made th first pair of spurs," exclaimed the next candidate as he elbowed the ex-harness maker off the stage. . . "Gammon!" said another claimant, "I set the fashion of cutting horses' tails off.", "And I made the first machine for clippins: them," announced another. The presiding officer checked the applause that followed, the assembly having seemed to be on the point of bestowing the award on the last speaker without further hearing. A hard looking resident mounted the rostrum. "My friends," he said, "I made the first check rein." In vain the chairman attempted to silence the cheering of the audience. It was only alter some of the noisi est of the spirits near the door were thrown out and the warning given that the galleries would be cleared if the offense were repeated that order was restored. Suddenly a commanding voice rang out: Y "I invented the barb wire fence." A deathlike stillness prevaded the cavernous place. With this convic tion that no contestant would have the hardihood to dispute the claim of the last speaker the chairman half rose as if to announce that the con troversy was at an end. At this moment a comparatively mild looking and unpretending shape took its place on the platform and looked timidly about. ''Speak out if ycu have anything to say!" said the presiding officer, almost contemptuously. "I I was the first man that ever paved the street of a city with gran ite." . Amidst the wildest and most tu multuous applause that had ever shaken the walls of bheol s capital the Prince of Darkness placed a crown of laurel on the head of the unpre tending goblin, shook his hand warm ly, and proclaimed the contest was over -Chicago Tribune. The Polaris Clock. On the desk of Edson B. Brace, chief clerk of the bureau of equip ment and recruiting in the navy de partment, is a little rosewood case, bound and inlaid with brass and bronze. It is in the form of a cube, about eighteen inches high, and con tains a chronometer such as is used on all naval vessels. This little in strument has quite a tragic history, says the Washington Star, and is held of considerable value. It was the ship's chronometer of the unfor tunate Polaris, that was sent out on an arctic expedition by the navy de partment in 1871. When the Polaris was nipped in the ice, Cfypt. Hall saved this instrument ana some other things irom the vessel. As lonr as Capt. Hall survived he kept the chronometer with him. When he perished it was buried in the arctic snows and abandoned. This was some time in 1872. For four winters it lav buried in the snow and ice. In 187G Capt. Nares of the British navy, now Sir George Nares, then m command of the last royal expedition to the arctic region, discovered this chronometer at Newman's bay. He dug it out of the snow and took it to England with him on his retain. It had then been buried in the snow for four years in a region where the mer cury sinks to 104 degrees below ireez- mg point. It was found to be in per fect order, and was wound and ran all right as soon as taken from its cold bed. On returning to England, Capt. Nares turned the instrument over to the British admiralty office, from whence it was sent as a present to this government. . With all this experience it loses only a single sec ond in 24 hours. a a. Why Litchfield's Mayor la Unhappy. The mayor of Litchfield, 111., is a very 'sore man. A sand bagger happened along the other day and arranged to hold up a few of the wealthiest citizens. His plans were given to the police by a confederate and a posse of six officers set out to take the robber. In order that he might be caught red-handed, as it were, the mayor was sent uhead to be held up. He was stopped by the young man and made to throw up his hands and keep them up while the robbers took his valuables. Then the police charged, but the robber began shooting at them, and after a gene ral fusilade qn both sides he drew a knife and cut his way out and es caped with hisf bootv. The mavor is feeling as sore as a stubbed toe, and is contemplating getting pven with the police by firing the whole force. Chicago Mail. aYI Why Snnset Cox Came Home. But why should I dwell beside the Bosphorus when I did not know the Bosphorus of my own country? What was Bagdad to me when I had Bismarck (Dak.) to see. What was Jerusalem, when Ihad not visited Huron? What was the falls cf Switzerland, when I must help to harness the falls of Spokane? So I made salaam to the sultan. I wish you had seen my final bow to him. I had not met all his family. He has 400 wives, but I found him a genial fellow, and very kind to Americans. So I came home, and here I am. From a Recent Speech. Lessons of Experience. Anxious Mother My son, that young lady ypu admire knows noth ing about housework. Son Well, mother, you know you don't either. "True, my son. Your father's brother, however, married a girl who did, and the money she saved was vested in real estate, and they are now living in a brown-stone palace." "Oh, well, his fortune couldn't all have come from that." "Maybe not, maybe not: but your father and I are living in a rented tcuse and one of our old servant .:vls owns it." Harpers Bazaar. Let 'Em Suffer. Prom Life. It is simply disgusting that Amer ican irirls with wealthy parn1 s should marry these titled gentlemen. ot that the titled are always such bad fellows, though 'of those who hunt fortunes the less that is expect ed the better. Nor is the objection mainly one of expense. Such Ameri cans as Mackay or Mr. Huntington or the estate of the late Mr. Cald well can include a prince or two in their families and never feel it. The trouble is that in the lady's case it is a swapping ot her birthright for a mess of pottage, and one, too, that is all too liable to prove long of mess and egregiously short of pottage. Of what account is it to her that Thom as Jefferson perspired, and.'our other .forefather fought and bled in the Rev olution to be quit of titles and class distinctions? Silly creatures, with the substance well in hand she flings herself after the shadow. Fora wom an who is born a princess there is ex cuse; for a woman raised in a count ry where princes are the fashion, who yields to inducements and marries one, there is something to be said; but American girls who allow them selves to be snapped up by one of those ma igres should be taught to look abroad for all their triumphs. For such dames who wipe off their shoes our rich American soil, top dressed with liberty, no extenuation that we can conceive of should be ac cepted as adequate. Drat them! Let them live abroad. a mm Air in Water. The phenomenon of air in water, and the fact that in compressing water the air is not forced out, has long been an interesting' subject of scientific study, the simple explana tion being that water, as well as many other liquids, has the proper ty of absorbing various gaseous sub stances without thereby increasing the volume, and far from reducing the capacity ot the liquid, absorb a certain gas, the application of press ure increases it, the law being sub stantially that the amount of gas absorbed increases directly as the pressure increases, and contrawise. Thus, if water at ordinary atmos pheric pressure will absorb one-fourth of its volume of air, at . two atmos pheres it will absorb another one fourth, at three atmospheres still another fourth, and so on. The ca pacity of water thus to hold large volumes of gaseous substances un der pressure is well shown in the fa miliar example of carbonated waters. These are bottled under considerable pressure, the gas itself furnishing the pressure, in order that they shall become charged with a great quanti ty of the gas, which, being liberated as the pressure is removed by draw ing the cork gives rise to the well known effervescence. la-absorbing or discharging the gas, however, there is ho charge in the volume of the liquid. New York Telegram. A Base-Ball Crank's Invention Out at East Point there is a base ball crank who is working on a patent ball-tosser or pitcher with which he expects to revolutionize the national game. " - - H His name is Qupllman, and he is an ex-professional ball-player. "Base ball is the greatest game on earth," he says, "but there is one great objection to it, and that is the power ot the umpire. His calling oi balls and strikes allows him to give the ga me t o either ninewhen the teams are well matched. Now, my patent will do away with this objectionable fea ture. It is a propelling-miichine which will allow the man who stands in the box to throw every ball over the plate. He can elevate or lower it so as to throw a ball anywhere be tween the knee and the waist. The velocity of the ball can be regulated, and the team with the best catcher can throw the swiftest ball. Only three balls will be thrown . over the plate, and the batter must strike or run. Of course there will be more balls batted, but this will require more skillful playing in the field. The game will not then go to the nine whose pitcher can the most befuddle the umpire. My ball-tosser will create a sensation in base-ball circles and I expect to make big money out of it." Atlanta Journal. Slandering the World's Better Half. They say and who would be so rash to doubt the truth of wha t they say? they say Mrs. Cleveland re cently shot a deer up in the Adrion dack mountains. We should have be lieved thi3 even if we had heard it from somebody besides them, for we remember how a lady of our ac quaintance once shot a rooster for dinner. She carried the gun on her husband's shoulder and stood him squarely in front of her. Then she took the gun in both his hands and placed it in a position against his arm After this she scrooched be hind him and shut both her eyes and held both her ears while she took aim with one of his eyes, and pulled the trigger with his finger. After this she had nothing to do but to utter a little scream when the gun went off and run into the house, while she twisted the rooster's head off with his good right hand. After seeing this brave little woman perform this wonderful feat of marksmanship, we were prepared to believe that Mrs. Cleveland had shot a deer or an ele phant or anything else that happen ed to be in range. Washington Post. How Rapidly Can a Locomotive Run I In answer to the question the Railway Times says: "The conclu sion appears to be that there is no authentic record of any speed sbove eighty miles an hour. That speed was obtained many years ago by a Bristol and Exeter tank engine, with nine-foot driving wheels a long ex tinct species down a steep bank. But it has, aparently, never been beaten. It is indeed, not a little arrange how sharply the line ap pears to have drawn at eighty miles an hour. Record s of seven ty-fi ve miles an hour are as plenty as black berries. Records of any greater speed have a way of crumbling beneath the lightest touch. K'EW MORE THAN .If E DO. Bechaairal and Chomtral Secrets f tfc cleat. There are many things that the an cients knew which is lost to the world despite the fact that our boasted modern enterprise has tried hard to recover the missing link. The chem ists of old compounded numerous drugs, to which we are "strangers and in the industrial arts fhere are evidences that in a variety of occu pa tions they were more skillful than we are. ' - In the letters of the Catholic priests who first visited China, which were published in France 200 years agof they relate that they were shown a glass, transparent and colorless, which was filled with a liquid made by the Chinese, which to the observers appeared to be as clear as water. This liquid was poured into the glass; then, looking through it, it seemed to be filled with fishes. This was not owing to any peculi arity of the fluid, but to the glass it self. The Chinese confessed that they did not make them, but that they were the plunder of some foreign conquest many centuries before. MYSTERY OF THE OX. The art of luminous painting was known to the Japanese 900 years ago, and an extract from one of their old writers has been translated as follows: . One Su Ngoh many years ago had a picture of an ox. Every day the ox left the picture frame to graze and returned to sleep within it at night. This picture came into the possession of the Emperor TaiTsung of the Sung dynasty ruling from 97G to 998, who showed it to his cour tiers and asked them for an explana tion, which none of them, however, could give. At hast a certain Buddhist priest said that the Japanese found some nacreous substance within the flesh of a certain kind of oyster they pick ed up when the rocks were bared at low tide, and that they ground this into color material and then painted pictures with it which were invisible by day and luminous by night. The secret simply was kept during the day the figure of an ox was not visible and it was therefore said that it left the frame to go grazing. Many instances of remarkable me chanical ingenuity are related by various ancient authors. In the year 1578, the twentieth of Queen Elizabeth's reign, one Mark Scalioet, a blacksmith, made a lock consist ing of eleven pieces of iron, steel and brass, with a hollow key in it, that altogether weighed but one grain ot gold. He also made a gold chain, com posed of forty-three links, which he fastened to the lock and key. In the presence oftheqneen heputthechain about the neck of a flea, which drew with ease, after which he put thelock and key, flea and chain into a pair of scales, and t hey altogether weigh ed but one grain and a half. Myrmeclides, an ancient carver, was also so proficient in microscopic mechanism that he .made an ivory chariot with Tour' wheels, and as many harnessed horses, in so small a compass that a fly might have hid den them all under its wings. The same artisan made a ship with all decks, mjists, yards, rigging and sails, which took up scarcely more room than. tho chariot. The silver sphere, "a most noble and ingenious performance," which was presented to Sultan Solympn the Magnificent by h;s imperial majesty Ferdinand, is mentioned by Paulus Jovius as showing and keepinir time with the motions of the celestial bod ies in their various configurations. It was carried to Constantinople by twelve men and there puttogetherby by the artist that made it. DIMINUTIVE MECHANISM. An artificer named Cornelius1 Van Drebble once made an instrument like an organ that, being set in the open air under a warm sun, would Elay airs of itself without the keys eing touched, but would not play in the shade. For this reason it is sup posed that it was inclosed air rarified by the sun that caused the harmony. George Whitehead, an Englishman, made a ship, with all things pertain ing to it, to move as if it sailed upon a table. "All hands were aloft, a woman madegood music on the flute, and a little puppy cried in the mid ship, all of which variety." quaintly says an old author, "was very pleas ant and diverting." The Damascus blades as marvels of perfect steel have long been fam ous, and even those used in the cru sades are as perfect today as they were eight centuries ago. One on ex hibition in London could be put into a scabbard almost as crooked as a corkscrew and bent every, way with out breaking. The point of this sword could be made to touch the hilt, v The poets have celebrated the per fection of the oriental steel, and manv famous writers have sung its praises. Scott, in his "Talisman," descrX bes a meeting between Richaru Cceur de Lion and Saladin. Saladin asks Richard to show him the wonderful strength for which he is notad, and the Norman monarch responds by severing a bar of iron which lies on the floor of the tent. Saladin says: "I cannot do that,"' but he takes an eider down pillow from a couch, and, drawing his keen blade across it, it falls in two pieces. At this Richard says: "This is the black art it is magic; you cannot cut that which has no resistance." Saladin, to show him that such is not the case, takes a scarf from his shoulders which is so light that it almost floats in the air, and, tossing it up, seveis it before it can descend. That Scott's story is by no means an exaggeration is proved by a trav eler who relates that he once saw a man in Calcutta throw a handful of floss silk into the air and a Hindoo sever it to pieces with his saber. New York News. Every scrap of iron or wood with in reach upon the Eiffel tower is com pletely covered with names and dates. . . 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"By a thorough knowledge ot the natural laws whic. i govern the operations of 1 Ideation and nu trition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save ua many heavy u or tors' bills. It a by the judicious ue of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradual, ly built up until strong enough t resist every ten dency to disease, llutidredsof subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselvi s well lortitted with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.''" Civil Service Gattttt:' Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in half-pound tins, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAMES EPPS&CP., Homoeopathic Chemists, London, England. COilM! lAHABB'S ssirr Book. oue like It. TIapI i nviier. 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I I " , 3 . ABSOLUTELY PURE. j l 1 - .una, fJT r-!g-l Clean House only with Because there is nothing which is harmless, that wiUMmake things perfectly clean with so little labor in so short a time ; besides, it is economical and makes the work easy. Do yOU SlippOSe that anything could attain such popu larity as PEARLINE enjoys, and hold it, without wonderful merit that people would use it year after year were it harmful tgrfabric or hands that the hundreds of imitations are attracted by ."anything-, but its wonderful success ? : You'll do well to use Pearline -see that your servants usd it, and insist that they do not use the imitations which tb?y are often induced to try because of the wprthless prize accompanying-it,, or by the glib and false argument of some peddler. Remembex PEARLINE ia never peddled. 135 JAMES PYLE, Net Toik. Strictly Pure. ' It contain no Opitm in any fur in. "'w 'Among the best remedies, AUn fjiinr; rtaliim st4i.ds pre-eminent. Thy druggists speak of it lit the highest tonns. j.rlvleg en tire fcatlsfactlon wherever it is u-eJ. couans, colds, nan scums, AND SORE TWOAT, In their various forms, ar so frenuent in this changeable climate, and ao oltcn lay the fnn datlon of disease, that no one wbntias a profx r regard for health should bu without' Allen's Litinff Balaam. CONSUMPTION. For the cure of this distressing disease, thou has been no medicine yet discovered that van how more evidence of real mcrittnan Allen's) Lung .Balsam. Mothers will find It a safe and sure remedy to give their children when altl Icted with Croup, It is. harmless to the most iltlicaU child. Recommended by Phvslclans. Ministers, and Nurses; lu fact, by everybody who has given il a good trial. Directions accompany each hot tie. Call for Allen's Ijuhr llalsam, an shun the use of all cough remedies wiibou? merit and an cstublUhed reputation. Aa an Expectorant It lias no Equal For tale by ul 3TedicLiTT)ilcru Price 23cts.. SOcts., and $1, per Bottlo WIDE-AWAKE TRADESMEN have learned by experience that the only waterproof coat they. can sell to a cowlioy or hunter i tho Pommel Slicker with the "Fish Erad " Trade Mark on it. They are tha best waterproof saddle coats ever made. They keep the saddle, tha horse's back, and tha rider thoroughly dry and warm. No saddle sores irom the KaHinjj of a wet saddle. . When used as a walking coat, the ex tension front buttons Lack, and the 'Slicker' i changed at ence to an ordinary coat, i Just try one, they ccst but little and will prevent colds, fevers, rheumatism, and other revuhs to expotur to the weather, lieware of worthless initaHiotis, every garment stamped with " Fish l'rand " Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat jvhen you can have the "Fish brana Slicker" delivered without extra cost Particulars and illustrated cat alog ue free. w- A. J. TOWER, - Boston, Mass. RHICHESTCR'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL FILLS BiO CIOII DIAMOND BRAN 0. PaTe and nl.lr. rWiKl.ie. l.dM A . , . . .. . - .. . - ' 'mirV """"I . sruh blim J? ribbon. Take other. AM pill. V7 I in pvhonl doxm, pint rapir. art 7 ' dansreroua rountvi-rvlta. Mu4 4 p. v (f.tatliit) lir t'anioular.4. tlltnnutla 1,1 IJl -ICllerrr I.tidltta," in lUtr, by ret arm Nil. 4,uma m aptrr, " Ifeichaatrr t'haaVI I Badtaon fi Hill, ft, CtRMtNTI aUAMANTCtO TO Fl P PERFECT WITHOUT Tn VINO ON. bv return inall f til I rtarritiilvet Circtllitltiot MOODY'S NEW TAIL- 0H SYSTEM Or DRIES CCTT1K0. Any lady of ordinary IniHII KtMicn can fnaiVy and quickly Warn to rut and make any Kr ment. In any atyle to any meas ure tor iany or vnun. Amirim unnnu i rn iupijmti n MUSICINT HBAift Headquarter for Tiaud IiihIi uineiU . i nn: ;ot ; Out fit AecordeuiiH. VIolilM, IIivuJok, MmitlnliiiK, litiltart. Zithein Harmoiitoan. Ktiiny for every lit I in incut miultt. Full Ktoek of Blieet Mnnlc, Milxl.) liuuk,. ltuml Ami i ir cliestra Muxlo Hnnd 1 olio. Instruction a'.ook t jr U IntitrumeiitM. Anyone teiiiiiiir in an order will toeetr a copy tif Muxic t'KLK. U'rhe to tin tot- price ami rafc alofflicv, fetatiliff wlmO kind ot 'ooIh wnuted. ,'.,X .'IICYICICV KltO., . OlUalan. "irl. Slincwn IS CM hu k"ow wiursf vi'uat III 1.11 U IYlt.I1 wanted to liamilu uurtntm flu riiKTUvevI (cuottx." yuiet worker cim make a pvk of money without iik. Tartu. iiiar five tu rU'ht ,)artie liy exprexK only. Nome onr ncuivft eAn . office. Addivmi. KXCi'XSloU I.NtiJi-WJ.NO Co., S06 S. Clai k Street. Chicotco, 111. BASE BALL!,' CHAD W1CK;S MANUAL II. X ft I II. IT tniikii.ttt l.nvor. SbNI r If tit C'C-i SIBIIip. Il ll.l.liclui. THEU. HOLLAND, P. 0. Uox 120, Flu la., Pa. fj PVfl C STUCT. Jtnok-Vpopiutr.icnmanhtn, L if J BVl EL ArtOiinetio. HiiTtlimul. etc., tlx-. enehlv tiuifflit by mail. Jnv rntes. ftrcittara f rN. It :tV ANT'S COLI.KCili.iol Muiu BU, HutUlo. fi. V. . " . S2KA month Axn Botitn rtn, I aJlElaJ or iiH-hei-t comiiit,nn ami UU DAT1 J. H. ZIlXILEIl fc CO., 115 Adaius tl,.Cbictfo, 11U WIVE8S lionl.l mill iimv ki iiw t.our clilkl bearing can licMUetiitwiilioiit Thiii I afr-r. In fot-iiintioH win mict. a wnrtii! ll cis- covert i OR. J. H. DYE, BufTu'o, W. V. OPIUIV1 Habit. Th only eirlaf s and euy cure.v lr. J. L btepbeus, J-uAaou. Okie BAIGMWNG FOR. A SUCKER