4 (
I
( mud !"
tfucuni'i oew opera ii
to have
Japan tory iur it tueme.
Kelix Weinjarter conductor of tle
tterlia opera, tin ju completed a sym
phonic poem, "King Lr."
Emperor William of Germany ha
composed a coronation march which
he um dedicated to the ctar of Kustiia.
The Incidental music for 8ir Henry
Imng'a pnsluction o( "Cymbelne '
ha ben composed by Mr. Hamilton
Clarke,
Sometimes there i bran work about a
house, ou bed-aieads, door-plate-, etc.,
on which the finiah his worn off. A
good liquor to restore to the urigma!
apearauce is as followt: A Iter thesur
face is polished apply solution of a
quarter of an ounce of shellac and a gill
of methylated fpirit. Set this in a
glass bofle anl dtk, stan-1 twenty
four bourn, l'otir off the clear llui.l aid
apply to the brans with a rami d'a ha r
brush. Before doing th.it, feat the
brass, if jiossible, and again alter paint
ing over with the varriiHh. Thia recii
will keep your brass work brigbt and
rave a great deal of 'rouble.
I know i lint my life was saved by
Cure fur I omniniptioii. John A. Millci
Ail Sable, Michigan, April '.'I, 1 ".
In one consignment recently a feat Lei
dealer in lm-on relieved 6,M) I birds ol
paradis-, ii),0i) birds of various kind
from the Kast Indies and -HM'kl bum
ming birds. In three month aiiolliet
dealer imported J-'iti.H'.H bird from tin
F.at Indies.
I'a'-:iri'ti stimulate livt
bowels Never hi ken. w
r, kidney ami
a ken or gripe
Hon. Kic'ianl T. Iirowning r.ceitly
discovered in Ihe bottom ol Peep Creek
liarret county Md. a run c tli.it lie
longed to hia grandfather six'y i.ar
ago. Chronic
Catarrh ranunt he cured l local appli
cation. It i a coiiati'iitinmil 'lim-nae,
a nip, ire riiiMiiiiitimiii! remedy like
llrd' Siir-pnrlla. wliieli, working
through rlie blood r..ilieate the impuri
ty which rail- ami promote the Hi"
ene, and noon effect u permute-ill nir.
At the uniiie lin.e Hood S:ir:iia: iiln
Wllild Up file whole BJ Mlflll. Slid tnsko
you feel rein-wed in l ri 'iL't Ii
IMIOOCS'S
Sarsaparilla
ll the Bel--m lael. tie- Mih True I'.i .1 I oiilloi.
,! 1)111.. ure l.lrer
II.
to
n.v.
I1UUU fll Uke.ea-) to oviUe.
Gladness Comes
With i better understanding- of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical libs, which vanish liefore proper ef
forts gent le efforts pleasant .efforts
i.rhtlv directed. There is comfort in
the know led 'c, that so many form of
fcickucixlire not due to uny urtual ills
Hse. hut hiuinlv to ;i conciliated comic
tiou of the huli'in, which the pleasant
family laxative. Svrupof l'i;.". prompt
ly remove. That is why it is the only
remedy with millionsof families, and js
everywhere esteemed ho highly by uil
who value itishI health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fuct, that it i . the
,,. r.-miitf which ninipiles inti.-ni il
cleanliness without .U-lditatjnir tV
organs on which it nc'. it Is llicfefoii
all imp rtiint, In onlcf to gvl its bene
tidal effects, to note when you pur
chase, that You have this priiuine atti
- cle, whb-h Is manufactured by the Cali
fornia l'itf S ni) I'o. only unl bold by
allfetiuU1,1od,b;,nsLs. ',
If in the enlo-. incut of 'oo.l health
nd thesyst in is iv;ml;iv. h.xat vesor
other femi'd;cs lire then not lu-'-d-d. If
Mi. .toil ii-i-li ;imc sii tniil di eii-e, one
eomiiien.l.-d ti the mo I shillful
nai-KieiuiiK. i)iit if in need of tl la :il ;
one should lmve the bst. an l u ith the
well-informed everywhere, Symp
FjffKHtands highest an I is nio'-t lar.Telj
nsed and gives most general sat ihtaet ion,
A Cougher's Coffers
may not be bo full as he wisheri, but i! he in
wise he will neglect his coffers av.'h;!o and
attend to his cough. A man's coffer3 may bo
so secure that no one can tako thern away
from him. But ft little cough has taken many
a man away, from his coffers. The "elight
cough" is somewhat like the Bin all pebble that
lies on the mountain sido, and appears utterly
insignificant. A fluttering bird, perhaps, starts
the pebble rolling, and tbe rolling pebble begets
an avalanche that buries a town. Many fatal
diseases begin with a Blight cough. But any
cough, taken In time, catt be curod by the use of
Ayer's Chen y Pectoral.
Mor particular! alimit t'rti
sent (ret. J C. i
)
ocoe
IMdltUa in Nanio. I
'ijiu Pariah, of NicbolaBville, is ru
ing iiateeman of Kentucky.
Hod Ualtaway ia a Kaneas politician,
and Hod Smith the poet of the North
Plaite, Nebraska.
In a recent high school debate in Wil
lie', Ia. Hay Rippetoe and Pubs Mc-
Ginty took part.
fcainp'.e Orr and Jarry 3r4ar are
two eccentrically nn-ed KtatenmSil who
dabble in th I .U of breery Mis
souri. NIAGARA'S NEW BRIDGE.
It Will H - tine of tbe Wonders of the
World.
The new metal arcb-brldge at Ni
agara hulls will be noteworthy lu tvo
r-aM'etn. 'J'he new bridge lu to be
l uilt over the old Hiispeunlou atrueiuie.
without Interruption to tratfii' on the
latter. The h.mu from end pier to end
pier will he 1M() feet, making U the
largeKt areli upau in the world.
The HitNpeiiMlon bridge now !n use
which ha Ix-en fHinlllar to all visitors
to the gient natural wonder for forty
years, will he kept In plnee until the
new arch Is rady, as It would be lu
Missihle to onBtrurt false works over
the Niagara gorge to sustain a struc
ture of this class.
The fpan will have a rise of 150 feet
f-.oin the level of the piers at tin: skew
bin U to the center of the ribs at thu
late- of the arch, which polut i"o
I'-i-t a'-ore low water. The depth of
the trusses Is 31 feet, and they will be
inches apart. The bridge will car
ry cue floor, -Pi Teet wide, uivnien longi
liioicsllv Into three parts. On the mid-
lli portion, which is 'SI feet U iucue.i
whle. will be two trolley trucks. Kacii
sule ot ti ise tracks will lie a wkuwuj
lor cnrrliiges H feet wide anil ouHiile
of' these, raised 0 inches from "he level
of the roadway, will he the fooipalni
The construction of this remarkable
pan Is from plans ofj.. 1.. JSuck. engi
neer of the new East Hlver bridge l -twt-en
New York and Brooklyn, and
the author of the plans by wb'cb the
miln.ud iuHpenslon bridge at NiiitSiii'ti
was replaced by an arched brc'.ge.
Ihe approaching or (tanking spans
wMI I 1!) feet long ou the Aii.erieun
side and UlU feet ou the l auaulau amc.
The total metal lu the new structure
will he nlKJUt 4,ISSJ,01S),(SX) pounds. Kv-
cniindeiice Is expressed in Mr.
I'.uck s ability to carry out his plans.
I'lu-.rcpluriiig of the railroad bridge
by niiother without nu hours interrup
tion of business was one of the engi
neering feats of the decade.
Those wliu have not Been tbe emit
structure at .Niagara wuieu u is n. ,
tended to replace will hardly ren.i...-
e stupendous character of the un I .
taking. Imagine the task of repln-n.
lie si! i lM sort of bridge wllhoul i.
tern pl.ug l.anje. ami tneu auo auoui
l.inio per eeui. to the difficulty, i'lu.,
wdl gue something of an Idea of a ha.
i-oulronts enirlueers and builders.
In an. undertaking of this nature the
slightest error might be productive
of Infinite disaster. Kvery measure
ment must be accurate to a hair's
breadth. Kvery portion of tbe grtat
arch must perform Ita particular share
of the great combination that will be
,): of the rnarvela of tbe world.
All that Is done must be accomplish
d quickly, for In affairs of this uattin
c ,s. indeed, money. Every man
...i .,vj le utlllr.ed will Join the army
i 1 1, i, mi ,,rtlou. I'erhaps no work oi
,-e' i pi j i iirs has required, or will yet
need, inoie skilled lalior. In fact, In
bridge bi:i;ding It is becoming unsafe
io ctil .aijor of any other class. The
ird;i-, when complete, will In truth
i..' work of genius In polut of con
sine lion, as well as polut of concep
tion. The work of preprint the material
for the great structure litis been In pro
cress for some lime, as little can be
accomplished lu au enterprise of this j
iis .tne i:nlil the preliminaries are com- ,
jil'-te. When the effort of placing the j
different parts of the bridge Is begun j
Niagara will lie one of the busiest of
busy places.- Railroad Gazette. i
Old Hickory."
Three explanation are given of the
K.inbriqiiet "Old Hickory." applied to
ij'ti. .f.i el., n. According to Parton,
he mm IL-vt called tough, In alluelou
In his pedestrian powers; then "tough
u n:ckory, ' then "OJd iflckory." An
other awry derives the liatue from a
huge hickory curie the General carried
for man yeara. and a third states that
the name cauie Ino use during the In
dian war. According to the last, one
very rainy evening a gheiter for the
General wg made of hickory bark. A
drunken soldier, stumbling along, fell
Afftlnut the rude shanty and overset It.
The enraged General emerKtuK from
i he ruins of his shanty was sainted by
the tipsy soldier tvfth "Come out of
thnt. old Hlckorv."
Ayer'a Ciiretiook, loo pages,
a , Lowell. Mm.
A (iiuantic Kuffalo.
The skeh-toii of a bison of an extinct
secitis Is said to have been found re
cently In Western Kansas. The ukull
was nearly four feet long. I'nder the
skeleton lay a small stone arrow-head.
Oil from Cetrry.
A new Industry which Is receiving
encouragement In Germany is that of
distilling a strong aromatic oil from the
greeti leaves of the celery plant. A
hundred pounds of h-aves make one
pound of oil. The oil is used for flavor
ing purposes.
Opinio Smoke. j I believe they were lM'gging;-or at
The rreneh chemist, Moissan. recent-I i,.st ,. Wj,s. That is. ns I under
Iv snalvzed the smoke of opiillll, and 1 Mtood it. each was furnished with ft
'found thut Its peculiar effects d::e to the j
I presence- of a small quantity of mor- j
Iphlne. The cheaper qualit'u-s of the I
! drug, when burned, produce a variety)
j of poisonous compounds iu the smoke, I
I which are more Injurious than the mor- ;
jplilm- that characterizes the smoke of'
the best opium. !
Ihe l'ninon of Fatigue. j
Experiments have shown that fatigue i
causes a chemical change iu the blood. I
resulting in the production of a poison ,
resembling the curare poison, which ;
certain savage tribes use for arrows. ;
Arrow poison, however, Is of vegetable j
origin. When the blood of a tired anl- j
inal is injected into the arteries of a i
fresh one, the hitter exhibits oil the
symptoms of fatigue.
A I.ion-Antelope Kit lit.
In tils recently published Issik on the
"Game Fields of the Transvaal" Mr.
V. Klrby describes a battle, wlt
liesHed by him, between a lion and a
sable antelope, which resulted In the
death of lKith of the combatants. At
lirst sight It may appear surprising
Unit au antelope could kill n lion, but
Ihe sable antelope of South Africa is a
powerful animal tinned with strong.
jshnr
horns.
The Gl.-icl-r Hear.
.,,,,,.' . ,r l..,,i,, r.,1,1,,1 .,,.,,,ti.
A
the
' Ia ici4,ah:iig the Mount St. Kilas lange
In A In sk:i Is reira riled as being distinct
: Iron any Aiuerh an hear hitherto
; know n. It has a eiy broad head and
bluisli-gr.iy coat, and according ti Mr.
j William II. Dull, It is more nearly allied
' to the black than to the brow n he ir. All
fit tempt Is to be made this summer to
obtain an entire skin and skull of the
glacier bear for mounting.
A New (ipm.
Within flic past twenty years a new
and very beautiful stone has been In
troduced 1" jewelry. It Is the green
garnet, sometimes called the "I'ralian
emerald." being found In the I'ral
Mountains. Mr. George I'. Kunz. the
gem expert, says of it: "It. varies in
color from yellowlsh-gieeti to n:i in
tense emerald color, and has such a
power of refrai'tinK liglrt thnt It shows
a district tire like the diamond or zir
con, and In the evening has almost the
uppeani nee of a green diamond."
A Tref of I roo.
At a recent meeting of the A cad tny
of Natural Sciences In Philadelphia
Professor Carter gave au account of a '
wonderful tree-trunk discovered in a
sandstone nniriy iu Montgomery Conn
ty, Pennsylvania. It is ten inches
thick and eighteen feel long, ami Ins
been turned Into iron through a naiiiral i
process of Htllmt 1 1 nt lull, by which the !
wood has been replaced with iron j
hematite derived from the sand. This
Is analogous to the transformation into i
agate undergone by formerly sub- ,
merged Irce-tl'Unks In Arizona and the
Yellowstone Park.
A Novel Klrc-KiiKlne.
What might be described as a dou
ble tandem bicycle, with four wheels
uiTiiiiged like those of a wagon, ami
four seats for riders, two In front and
two behind, and currying a hose reel,
rotary pump, etc., was exhibited at :hp
recent bicycle show iii Paris. The ma
chine Is Intended as u llre-engliie. When
the scene of the tire Is reached the
pedals are thrown Into gear with ilie
pump, the hose Is unrolled, and Ihe
riders, resuming their seals, work ihe
pump by means of the pedals. It Is
claimed Ihnt this machine can mistnp
any tire-engine drawn by homes on the
way to a conllngnitloii, and that its
pump is at least as enecuve as -nose
of the mind-englnin used in hi, i, ill
towns.
the Slonx in the Kunt.
That the Sioux Indians once lived in
Virginia Htid the Carolinas, and later In
the Ohio Valley, is the i luslon of
Mr. .lames Mooney, based upon u study
of traditions and the scattered rem
nants of Indian languages. The pr-
are of increasing populallon and the
advance of other tribes, he thinks,
drove ihctn across the Mississippi, In
search of hr ler hunting grounds long
before tbe arrival of white people from
Kuropo. It l Interesting to be remind
ed by Mr. Mooney that herds of buffalo
jet roiiined over the plains wittered by
the Ohio iinlll the latter pnrt of I hi
eighteenth century. Yet the genera
tion Is not very remote In the, future
which, dwelling Umui the plains of Da
kota and Kansas, will need to be re
minded by historical records that un
counted "thousands of one of the largest
und most chnrncterlKtlo of the wild nnl
uials of America gave fame to those
plain during the first half of 'he nlne
UtoUtli century.
THE SALVATION ARMY.
Btoi-T Alinnt General Bootb from
Former Resident of I.ondou.
The present trouble in tbe Salvation
Army has recalled some incidents
showing how the Inflexible, not to say
cruel, discipline in the rank and Hie
of the nrrnv. and the extreme hard-
I ships undergone, especially by the
newer niemliers. Not niuuy of these
j stories get into print, for the ew con
verts are silent. A bright woman who
has lived several years In New loi'K.
but Is of Knglish birth and training,
told the other day of an incident of
twelve or thirteen years ago, which
occurred while she was a resident of
Guy's hospital at Ixindoii. She was
there as au indoor medical student at
tending clinics, ami also for treatment
for spinal trouble, her brother being
one of the resident doctors of the hos
p.tal. "I Miring a severe spell of cold weath
er," she said, "three of the patients
brought to the hospital were members
of the Salvation Army iu uniform-two
women and a man. All three had col
lapsed from weakness and exposure
while out in the bitter cold performing
the work imposed by their superiors.
list of nemos :ii:d addresses of people
from whcui subscriptions wi re to be
p. yy list re presenting a day's
Vvoi k of the hardest sort. It was said
1 T. if they did not do a satisfactory
day's v.ork they only got bread and
water for supper,
"The man was found to be danger
ously 111 of pneumonia. Tbe house doc
tor said that one of the eiii -f causes
of his illnes-' was insulliciciit clothing.
The mini had on only a thin cotton
shirt of tin li'unrdcst material under
neath his Salvation Army jersey. The
doctor said that to go out with such
clothing in such weather was simply
suicidal, aud that the people who im
posed such tasks ought to be In jail.
Iu fuel, nil the attendants in the ward
were indignant, and it was almost the
sole subject of our conversation at
meals. The man said that these were
all the clothes he had and he had no
means of getting more. They had a
trifling allowance, 1 believe he said,
of 3 or 4 shillings u week, and they
had to account literally for every half
penny of It. If they spent what was
considered an unnecessary penny it
was deducted front the next week's al
lowance. "I don't know so much about the
women patients, but we understood
they were also very low. They, too,
had the scantiest clothing. It is a rule
In Guy's, as in other hospitals, that
patients vvlio can afford to pay for
treatment ought to do so. After a
while iu this case the hospital authori
ties sent a hill to General Booth for
! the treatment of these three patients
i The general answered, declining to
i pay; he said neither he nor the army
; could be responsible for the medical
hills of Its members. He also suid, and
this was the outrageous part of it.
that when a soldier censed to work In
ceased to belong to the army. The
i hospital people wrote again aud lu-
1 sisted that as these people became 111
while performing nnrcnsonitble dull
imposed by the army. Ihe army ought
, to pay t he bills.
t "I don't remember how that contro
versy ended - probably 1 never heard
- but I know the hospital officials were
angry enough to make trouble for the
general if lie did not pay. Some part
of the story eventually got III the pa
' pers, and a radical weekly took It up.
j This paper hunted up the people that
: General Hooth dealt with for his sup
plies and published long articles show
, lug that he reveled iu the choicest lux
, urles lu Hie market aud lived like a
regular nabob. They said he boiigl.t
'strawberries in winter, Ihe best lr.
Covent garden, al half a guinea a bo-:.
and that he bought the most expensive
wines and had a cook at X4."i a year,
which Is a very big salary over there
for n cook."
It has aheady been noted Dial Ihe
general has always kept the con'rol of
the army, which included the sole
handling of the funds, anions the mem
bers of his own family.
AVarta.
The tl'oubltsoinc excrescences called
warls with which some people and
many animals are afflicted have been
treated with not n few suporslitlou.-i
remedies. Every country iielghlsirhood
has Its own method of treatment, and
every grown person win remeinner me
boyish practice of rubbing a string over
the wart, tying il knot for every wart,
anil throwing the string over the shoul
der Into a stagnant pool, believing that
as soon as the string decayed the warts
would disappear. Surgeons say that
Ihe only remedy fbr warts is the knife
J and thorough cauterization, even tins
not always, lu the ttrsi instance, accom
plishing the desired object; but the sup
erstitions of rural district are nut to
be affecti-d by the march of modern
science, anil It Is probable that for hun
dreds of years to come boys will still
be tying strings and throwing them
into stagnant pools In the conlldetil ex-
I tatloti that this treatment will prove
a certain cure.
Oil Yield iii' ImlUutt.
A recent report of the State geologist
says that the total production of oil lu
Indiana was 4,:fU(0 barrels In lsf).".,
valued at $.'t,10il.MHl. The probabilities
are that the area of territory produc
tive of oil will continue slowly to spread
to the west and south, until It finally
embraces the greater part of the" al'en at
present yielding natural gas.
We wish we were a freckle-faced
couuliy boy and knew the local Inn of
n good plum patch, and had ft lot of
gisid friends to tell the secret.
When women make their love a bur
den, I hey need not expect men to waut
It
Wlllfff I'wU
Tbe locust or grasshopper plague of
Kansai Nebraska and Minnesota in tin
years 1873, 1874. and 1875, will be vivid
iy recalled by many readers.
Wasp may often be observed detach
ing from fences, boards, or any old wood
tbe fibers, which they afterward manu
facture into papier-mache.
The wasp and the fly are irreconcil
able enemies. The presence of a waepV
nest is guarantee to the whole neigh
borhood of the absence of flies.
Coffee baa been raised successfully in
Girard county, Kentucky, becaire Elder
Jacob Newland, an old school Baptist
minister, declined to be moved by rid
icule and was determined to make
it grow.
Just try a 10c box of Cascarets, the fin
est liver and bowel regulator ever made.
A leading ge graphical authority claims
that there are 30U mountains in the
United States which exceed 10,000 feet
in height.
Hall's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75 cents.
A letter addressed to "K. Pan" was re
cently forwarded to its destination
Cape Ann, fiom Punston, Mass.
If the hair is falling out and turning
gray, the glands of the skin need stimu
lating mid color-food, mid the Lest remedy
and S'inmlant Is Hall's Hair L'enewer.
Testing Knipp guns has cracked all the
houses in Essen, the G-ni n city in
which the gun factory W ! cited.
When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret,
andy cathartic; cure guaranteed: 10, 25c.
There are tao places on the earth's
Btirface where there is but one day and
one night throughout the year.
OR one
1 increases every year.
3 will see why.
Walter Baker
"Cleanliness is Nue ".Vicia, Dirt's Na
Honesty." Common Sense Dic
tates the Use of
x 7 t
The Popular
candidateor
alCParties
"Battle Ax" is popular with all
parties because of its remarkably
fine flavor, its high quality and the
low price at which it is sold.
The people of the United States
know a good thing when they see
it, and they wonft pay 10 cents for
other high grade
can get "Battle
u Njr i.f A wi It-aua
A Terre Hau e young woman prevent
ed her sister'g eh j ement by entering a
charge of profanity against I er lover.
Mr. Binysi r, ol sum'iierville, Ga., in
his 97th year, has ut seven ballets iato
a two-inch bull's-eye at a range of 60
teet.
California liquor men, organized nn
ler the title of the State Protective as
sociation, are aiming to bring about tbe
abolition of fr. e lunches in san Fran
cisco saloons.
( i.uifo t to t Ml fuml.
Yes, and economy, too, if you tike the
l'cr ing'on route's personally conducted
once-a-week excursions which leaves
Omaha and Lincoln every Thursday
morning.
Tourist sleepers clean, bright, com
fortable through to ! an Francisco and
l.os Ange'.eB. S cond class tickets ac
cepted. '
Only f5 Lr a double berth, wide
enough and big enough for two.
U'litefor folder giving full infotma-,
tion. or call at the depot and see the
local ticket agent. J. Fkascis,
Geu'l. Pass'r. Agent, Burlington Route,
Omaha, Neb. i
Holy island, near Berwick-on-Tweed,
has five licensed ealoons for its 400 in
habitants. Don't Tob.icco iiit and Smoke Tour
Life Awn v.
If you w ant to ipiit tnl,ac-y. usiiip; easily
and forever, regain lost manhood, he
made well, strong, magnetic, full of new
life nuil vigor, take Nu -Ti.-liae, the wonder-worker
that makes weak men strong.
Many gain ten pounds in ten days. Over
4tiii,iitM cured, liny Nu-To-Bac from your
ow n druggist, w ho will guarantee a cure.
Booklet and sample free. Address Ster
ling Remedy Co.. Cliietige. or New York.
Six cents a pound is the price offered
or wool in the Rio Grand? county
Mr. Wllislow'a MurlHINO -VI'.IJI' lor Ctlild-
M o.Athin! soiteii!' ihe inn. leduifN l.iliam.
Bmtlnn.nlla''" pnlti. i i; r--s winu 'lie. -'
e tie
hundred and fifteen
years Walter Baker & Co.
have made Cccoa and Choc-
olate, and the demand for it jjfc
Try it and you j
& Co., L'..', T :rC. :V.er, F.
tl
1 J
J
tobaccos while they ps
Ax" for 5 cents.
ir T led 1J
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PATENTS, TRADE-WtiMS:
Kxatnlnatlon anil A1vli n to Piio-muhilHy of In
vention. Hand for Invftitora'Uulilf!, or How loO.-t
Pal.ut. fATBlca U't'iuiu, WanlilhKton, 11. O.
N, N. V. Mo. 411-44.
York. Neb.
WHEN
WKITINO TO ADVKKTIt
a. aaj jam aavar th. 4r.rtUaam'
la tbia