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Ubrrtcon Journal
Ill
Cade Sam's demand for revenue
Esaaaps caused a stampede.
arm of tbe trocha and the barbed-
fence In Cuba haa pasted.
time ripe for again raising the
whether the national flower
t't be the flax?
Warier says he la "deeply mortlfled"
lovaata tnCuba. Weyler ought te be
ated without delay.
A story la a current magazine deals
"the conscience of an alderman.'
la, at course, purely fiction.
are now kicking about
shoes. If they will put them
they will forget how to kick.
rough riders hare more
Justified the high opinion enter-
ef their courage and endurance.
a the future no nation will feel ab
atatsly safe unless Its war vessels
nar the trade mark, "Made la the
Eaansd States."
A resident of Union Hill, N. J was
fM by a mosquito bite. Why doesn't
lar Jersey offer a liberal bounty for
scalps?
A young man In New York tried to
aawiww flft of a Judge, offering his
0aas eye as security. That chap had
am ay far business.
French premier proposes a
for taxation "baaed on the out-
signs of wealth." Here la where
at last gets evea with the
A asatemporary aaya: "If you feel
CEa pronouncing the name of any of
Pate Spanish towns in Cuba fill your
s with hot potatoes first," And
oaiot afterward.
with a bulging forehead flg-
taat If the water In the ocean
i evaporate there would be a lay-
m of aalt 280 feet deep. This explains
nay the codfish la so salty.
Oat of the young Indians of the Bose
fcai agency la South Dakota reports to
O Catted States Marshal as fellows:
! wan to make complaint against my
feaaaaer. Wolf, for shooting at my moth
a He did net kill her."
a a modify his present Itinerary and
Case schedule so as to contemplate the
MM who gave a strange waiter a $500
121 at payment for a $6 lunch and la
C3 waiting for his change.
aaral operations hare serred
t tsaareas one truth upon experts
Cat aacccasfnl fleet must be fleet
Cased prevented the Christobal Colon
fasas escaping; battle ships should hare
fit mast eighteen -knot records.
comes a Scotch medical
gManerlty with the assertion that rid
ing a bicycle will cure Insanity. The
r af a wheel to cure "wheels" seems
be a clear triumph for the homeo-
er
achooL Slmlla simlllbus curan-
A Chicago citizen paid 20Q for a
sued her parents for the sum
the wedding and obtained Judg
the other day. If marriage ever
i a mere brokerage transaction.
Pa husband recover damages from
wife's family if she prove a disap-
ItT
Captain Conchas brought the
svels over to the World's Fair he
red a warm welcome; but It was
fsafrliely frigid compared with the
given him by the Americans
ho took a war ship out of San
harbor.
A Washington murderer offers the
i that "while bis hands may
guIKy of the crime charged
aim, hi mind and bis heart
at acting la harmony with hla
We fear that the only way to
such a system thoroughly la
a aav aw aaagman'a rope.
Oa aaarft af earnestness called out
y C war la a good thing. Prosperity
f J tha "piping times of peace" are
( .'raaaat aad accessary for national
1 aad advancement but war
v a aatwa'a fiber aad Indicates
J2aV M has strength or the
r jaaai af H.
af produciag heroes at
to be chiefly a ques-
JCitrttaaMar. They appear when
;m calls for them, whether
M Crrtr at fctanlla, or Hobaoa at
'rX m Eoooevelt's rourh riders
Vim ariads to direct aad the
J t war aad tat souls to dare
,irj aa foaad ready to the
inn twu Meyellot la Phlla
CJ tf eOoT Bight atari was
trJ to CX bar aklrt eatcbiag flrs
t3DiU7i 1 aaew I was
t i z . j-mwmr resnarasa,
" 1Mraaasw!yfiasto taa
lit 'riiaet Well
tart it tugmm
''" "Sr- Hit t:r ft gaofi thing
t Cr wasaoald
.t r: itr3 what
pgoa.
r j
V If
qualities wo have showu la war aad
there la no greater quality a free peo
ple can possess than that of self-restraint
It la asserted that bicycle manufac
turers, In their eagerness to make as
much profit as they did before the re
duction In prices, are putting a great
deal of poor material Into tbelr wheels.
The result has been the frequent break
ing of forks and frames, as well as of
lesser parts of the wheel, with a num
ber of fatal casualties following. The
proposition Is made In a Buffalo paper
that a Government Inspection of bicy
cle factories should be established to
remedy the evil. But If a plate bear
ing the name, address and guarantee of
the actual manufacturer were re
quired on each wheel It would proba
bly answer the purpose and save the
community the cost of maintaining an
other set of officials. Probably most
of the breakages occur In wheels sold
In Job lots to retailers and labeled with
fictitious names the manufacturers
thus "dodging the responsibility.'
The colonial growth of the leading
powers of Europe within the last half
century has been something marvelous,
when It Is considered upon the bssie of
square miles. It Is a good deal of a
question with many whether we ought
to add to our possessions Hawaii, the
Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico,
which embrace an aggregate of about
247,750 square miles, sn area consid
erably less than that of the State of
Texas. As compared with the absorp
tion of colonies by the great powers of
Europe such an acquisition by the Uni
ted States seems Insignificant. The
United Kingdom has an area of about
121,000 square miles, while It has col
onies covering 16,662,073 square miles.
France has an area of 204.092 square
miles, but colonies covering 2,505,000
square miles. The German empire em
braces 208,830 square miles In Europe,
but abroad she has 1.615,577. Spain has
on the peninsula 107.670 square miles,
but on other continents she bad, before
the war, 405,458 square miles, and If
ahe loses what the United States has
seized she will still have 244,302 (iquare
miles of colonial possessions. In pop
ulation these seizures would add about
12,000,000 to our present 75.000,000 In
habitant, which would make our total
about 87,000,000. But Great Britain
and her colonies new have 361,825,000
people, France 82,810,000, and Ger
many 60,500,000. There is, of course,
no argument In an this that we ought
to embark In the business of acquiring
colonial possessions, but It shows how
very little we should add to our borders
or population In comparison with what
other nations have done, and yet they
are, even now, so far from .being satis
fled that some of them are hanging
about our tracks like vultures In the
hope that out of the contest between
the United Statea and Spain they may
gobble up some Insignificant Island.
The unprecedented commercial pros
perity of the United States for the
fiscal year 1808 and the tremendoua
balance of trade in our favor have been
the subjects of extended comment
That our trade balance, which this year
amounts te $615,259,025, would break
all previous records was Indicated by
advance sheets sent out by the bureau
of statistics a Washington some time
ago. It was necessary, however, to get
complete returns for instituting com
parisons In order to fullv measure th
wonderful commercial advauce of the
United States in one year. To say that
for the first time 1d the history of the
country our exports are twice as great
as our Imports does not tell all the
story. A comparison of the total ex
ports of 1898. which were 9l,Zn,?Al,
868, with the exports of 1888 shows an
Increase of 100 per cent In one de
cade. It Is also Interesting to note the
directions In which this export trade
has been extended. It will be found
that our Increase of sales has been
most marked In those countries which
purchased but little of our products a
few years ago. A comparison of our
sales to foreljrn nations for the years
1888 and 1808 makes the following re
markable showing:
1888. 1808.
Africa $3,000,000 $17.0U0.000
Japan 4,000.000 21,000.000
China 4.500.000 10.000,000
Ans-Hangary 500.000 6.000,000
Belgium 10,000,000 47,000,000
Denmark .... 8.000,000 12,000.000
Netherlands.. 16,000.000 65,000,000
France 40,000.000 100.000,000
Germany 66,500,000 150,000,000
British North
America ... 88,000.000 85.0rXj.0UU
Un't'd K'gdom 862,000,000 640,000,000
It w4U be seen from this table that
our greatest percentage or Increase la
trade during the decade waa with
Japan and Africa, countries which ten
years ago traded almost entire! t with
Great Britain. Our trade la China also
more than doubled during this period.
It la a significant fact also that oar
porta of manufactured goods show aa
enormous increase over those of any
previous year, clearly demonstrating
that American-made goods are gives
the preference wherever the foreigners
havs an opportunity to Inspect them.
Cyollsfs flpeod for aa Hoar.
Cyclist's private opinion, ton miles;
cyclist's opinion for bis friends, eight
eea miles; police constable's prtvaU
opinion, twelve miles; police consta
ble's opinion for the mag (strata, twea-ty-four
miles; old lady's oplnloa, who
waa knocked down, forty miles; acta1
apsed, eight nIIss,-Plck-Me-Un.
ftOKsatloa la. Maslacaaoar.
Ooa has ban mated la kfad-
by tao Bfpearaac of a car
riage la tas streets of. Antananarivo,
It Is tao frat oao taat aaa evor been
sen hi tas sonatry, aad bsieags to tao
Mayor of tba city, Cant DesUeas.
lata af
Ca Gtf fflttl taOar aa w.
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- SA VED AND LOST. -
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GRIMED with dust and sweat of
his work at the foundry, Peter
Gurncy wenrlly plodded his way
borne. A great longing for the rest and
comfort of his lodgings came over him,
and braced his tired muscles Into ac
tivity again, as he turned down the
dingy street in which he lived. There
was only one redeeming feature In
Worship lane, and that was No. 27,
and before its gate Guruey stood with
admiring eyes. Bright green paint
shone on door and railing a row of
sickly flowers struggled to show their
bloom In a box on the front window,
and neat window curtains bid the room
within.
"It do look wonderful smart but not
half smart enough for her," he mut
tered as he pushed open the gate and
opened the door.
Carefully wiping bis boots on the
tiny mat be went straight to the
kitchen.
"Where's Dick?" said a voice from
the scullery beyond.
"He's got some errands he'll be back
In a bit" be answered, as be sat In an
arm chair before the fire and gaz-d
approvingly around. Bright oleographs
were neatly fastened to the paper; the
wooden chairs and table were spotless
ly clenn and the grate was as bright
as labor could make It
"Well, Peter, how do you like my
pictures?" said a pleasant voice; and
Mrs. Dart drying her bands, came Into
the kitchen. Her trim, neat figure, her
refined accent and her sweet pale face,
all proclaimed her foreign descent, and,
together with ber tidy bouse and smart
dress, brought down upon ber the scorn
and hatred of her nelghltors.
The big man looked at her with a
wistful look, which she seemed to find
embarrassing, for she began getting
ready the supper.
"Lass," be said, turning his back to
her and leaning over the fire, "I'll not
be saying as how I haven't been well
cared for here, or that my lodge ain't
comfortable, but I'm going to find an
other, lass. If I can."
The girl's face grew paler yet and
her eyes contracted and dilated In her
agitation.
"Going to leave us. Peter? When
we've leen such good friends. Why,
what have Dick or I done that you
should go away?" A little catch In her
voice and the tremble of ber chin
warned him that tears were near at
hand, and he sprang up and turned
toward her.
"Ah, lass, you don't understand.
Can't you see I musn't stop here no
longer?"
"I've offended yon, Peter," she said,
wilfully, not seeing his meaning.
"No, lass, you ain't offended me, nor
couldn't If you tried; but It's well I
must tell It. The first day I come here
I loved you, lass, and as It was, so It Is,
snd I can't stay here; don't you see I
can't?" Hia voice rose and trembled
with passion. "Ah, lass, you can't tell
how I've longed for you, how I've hun
gered for you, night and day. Tour
"OOtSO TO LRAVB US, PKTBB 1"
face comes In front of my work your
face Is with me always for I love
you."
Maddened by bis grief, be threw his
scruples to the winds, and strained her
to his breast with a force that fright
ened her; abe tore herself away and
stood panting in front of blm. A heavy
footstep sounded on the flagstones out
side, and a loud, cheery voice called
out "Is Peter In, Missis?"
The pair stood looking at each other,
and, with a heartbroken sigh, Gurnsy
turned away and went silently to hla
room.
At half-past 8 the two men left the
bouse for tbelr day's work In gloomy
silence. A fierce hatred for bis chum,
nursed by the evil thought of a sleep
less nlgbt filled Peter's mind, leaving
no time for Idle .talk. Come what
might he bad resolved In some way to
thrust his chum out of the way. "Sup
pose be tripped when carrying a
bucket of molten Iron V whispered tba
tempter; "It wouldn't be your fault
Supposing yon pushed blm Into the pit
of molten steel, wbo would suspect
you, bis cbumT
With tbeae thoughts racing through
bis mind. Peter began the afternoon'
work of shell casting. Groups of men,
each carrying a long Iron pole sbestbed
at the end with wood, approached ft
large furnact; a nolo was knocked In
tba rod, and a smsll stream of moltra
blaming steel flowed oat, sending show
an U tpartu la tba air. Wlta a loaf
U(fi ttltf S f 6-
'M
mtltKtUtmHffWf(M
book the foreman pushed Iron buckets
under the flowing rivulet of metal;
each one, when filled, was slung by Its
carriers on the pole, and was borne
shoulder-high to the shell molds and
i there emptied. Peter and Dick started
at length with their load, with the lat-
ter In front and once more murderous
thoughts filled the former's mind. A
I trip on his part would send the molten
j metal streaming over his chum's back,
! and anothet accident would be added
to the long list and the girl be wor
shiped would be free.
Little did Dick Dart suspect how
many times that afternoon Azrael with
bis Ranijng .sword stood over against
him, or how many times the wretched
man behind him drew back from his
ghastly task.
At length the shells were all cast, and
Peter, with what strength of mind be
had, thanked God that bis trial was
over, but as the men were leaving the
foreman said to the two friends: "I
wish you two would stop for a bit be
side the casting pit In the other shop.
We were late running the metal In, and
IH TO THB TAWTifO DSATH BELOW HIM.
It must be raked for at least an bour
before It settles."
"All right sir," said Dick, cheerily.
"Peter and I will stay, never fear."
The workmen streamed out leaving
the two men and the watchman the
only living beings In the vsst works.
eter shivered as he followed bis mste
o the great pit which radiated a burn
ing heat on ail sides. " With Tong iron
rakes they cleared the molten sea of
scum that dimmed its glowing surface,
and watched the blue flames that flick
ered from time to time on It Although
the sweat was running down him,
Peter felt sn Icy coldness creep over
j him as he drew nearer to Dart who
stood looking keenly at the liquid mass
before him. He rained bis rake to
thrust him headlong to an awful death.
but he was unable to move, for there
I stood plainly, between bim and bis vlc
! tini. the shadowy form of Dick's wife,
J with hands uplifted. Jle flung down
his rake with a curse and came and
stood close to his friend, who was
stretched out over the pit gathering the
fresh rising scum. Wh"thtr the fumes
overcame him, Dick Dart will never
know, for he felt himself falling for
ward and uttered a sharp cry. In
stantly Peter flung out bis left arm and
with a mighty effort hurled the fall
ing man back, but lost bis own balance
as he did so and fell with an awful
cry Into the yawning death below blm.
nis scream of mortal agony rang
through the building as be lay for an
Instant on the liquid Are. Then the
flames burst out around him and In a
few seconds not a trace of Peter Gur
ney remained.
Gone to an awful death, It Is true,
but with the fresh glory of a bero'a
crown upon blm and who shall Judge
him?
Heine to Goethe.
On occasion of the recent gathering
In the Goethe society at Weimar, tbe
Frankfort Zeltung published what Is
said was a letter of Heine's to Goethe
never before printed. Dated Berlin,
Dec. 20, 1821, It ran as foUows:
"I bad a hundred reasons for sending
my verses to your excellency. I will
mention but one I love you. It seems
to me that this is reason enough. My
rbymeleta, I know, have but small
worth as yet Only here and there will
you And a passage to make you see
what I shall be capable of one day.
For a long time I have not been able
to aattefy myself as to tba true nature
of poetry. People told me: 'Ask
SchlegeL' Scblegel told me: 'Read
Goethe.' I have read blm, and. If any
thing good proceeds from me, I shall
know to whom I owe It I kiss tbe
sacred band wblcb has pointed out to
the German people and to me tbe
kingdom of heaven."
Whalo .aaiht by Cable.
A correspondent of an English tech
nical Journal, writing from Rio Janeiro,
states that while the telegraph ablp
Norseman waa engaged In picking up a
cable off Cap Frio, la order te locate
tbt caose of a fault, It brought up a
whale wblcb bad become entangled
with tba cable. Tba cable sheathing,
strange to relate, waa not parted, but
th copper conductor was broken. Tbe
whale bad probably been there somt
twa or three weeks. Judging by Its con
dition, and It bad evidently beta muck
wirrlafi by sharks. It tueaaarad four
fast across tas tatt.
DDOLEY.
steerctarr Alaer's Letter.
"I nsen't to know," said Mr. Dooley,
what me frlnd GIn'ral Sherman meant
rhin he said that thing about war. I've
Hon thrnnrh two iv thim. not to spetk
! v con-vintions an' prim'ries, an' divvle
a' bit iv har-rm come to me no more turn
f I was settln' on a roof plnyin' an sc
rjeen. But I know now what th' ol'
a ad meant He meant war was hell
rtln 'twas over.
"I ain't heerd snny noise fr'm th' fel
ows that wlnt Into threnches aa' plngged
!h' villranious Spanyard. Most iv thim
s too weak to kick. But th' proud an'
'earless psthrites who restrained tbim
lives an' didn't go to th' fr-rnnt th' la
ids that sthruggled hard with their war
ike tindincies an fin'iiy downed thim an'
ttayed at borne an' practiced up on th'
typewriter, they're ragin' an' tearin' an'
iesthroyin' their foes.
"Did ye see what me frind Alger wrote
e Chansy Depoo? Well, sir, Alger has
teen misthreated. There's a good man.
( say he's a good man. An' he is, too. At
inny thrick fr'm shingles to two-be-fours
he's as good as th' best. But uo waa ap
preciated Alger. No wan undherstud
aim. No wan even thricd to. Day be
day he published th' private letters iv
sther people, nn' that didn't throw anny
light on his charackter. Day be day he
lind his pitchers took, an' still th' people
didn't get onto th' cur-rves iv him. Day
i,e day he chatted iv th' turrors iv war, an'
still people on'y said: 'An' Alger also
r-ran.' But th' time come whin Alger
cud contain himxilf no longer, an' he set
down an wrote to Channy Depoo.
"'Mr. Chansy Depot, care iv Grand
CIntral Depew, New York, New York,
Esquire, Dear Chanse: I've been expect
in' a letter fr'm ye t r three or four days.
In reply to same will say: Oh. Chanse, ye
don't know how I suffer. I'm that low
In me mind I feel like a bunch iv lathes.
Oh, dear, to think iv what I'Te gone
through. I wlnt into th' war unprepared.
I had on'y so many r-rounds iv catridges
an' a cross-cut saw, an' I fnilcd to provide
mesilf with th' ord'nary necexsities iv life.
But in spite Iv me defieienries I wint
bravely ahead. Th sthrain waa something
tur-r'ble on me. Me hind give out repeat
edly. I cut not thing at times, but I niver
faltered. In two months I bid enough
supplies piled up In Maine to feed ivry
sojer in Cubia. They were thonnands iv
r-rounds iv c-atridges ft ivery rig'mint
an' all th' rig'mints had to do to write
fr thim. 'l b' navy bad taken Manila an'
Cervera's fleet an' th' ar-rmy bad taken
Santiago an' th' yellow fever. Th' war is
over an' peace wanst more wags her
wings over th' eounthry. Pine scantlings
la quoted stbrong. Irrywhere U peace an'
cin-tint. Me photographs are on sale at
all first-class newsdealers. Yet there ia
a ca'm fr' me. Ontblnkio' Insult
me. They tett me soer can't ale giu'ral
ordhers. They want me to raynign an' go
back to me bumble home in Milchigan.
Disgustin' men that've done nswthtn' but
get thimsilves shot ask fr milk an' qui
nine. They'll be askin' me to carry food
to thim nex'. Oh, Chanse, oh, hivens, ye
can't know how grieved 1 aiu. Bather
wud I have perished in a log jnm thin
to've Indured this ingrntichooJ. But in
lookin' back over me pant life I can think
lv no wrong I'Te done. If me mim'ry is
at fault please note. Me cureer is so
open boowk. I've held nan thin' baek
fr'm th' public, not even whin 'twas mar
rked private. I can nay with th' pote that
I done my jooty. But oh, (.'litinse! don't
iver aspire to my job. He sicrety lv wnr
if you will, but niver be sierety iv A war.
Do not offer this letter to th' newspapers.
Make tbim take it. How's tilings goiu'
with ye, ol' pal? I hope to see ye at th'
seaside. Till thin I'm yours, si' k at heart,
but 'atin' reg'lar. Buss.' "
"Well," said Mr. Ilennessy, "th' poor
man nmst've hud a bar-rd time Iv it."
"He did," said Mr. Dooley. "Niver laid
his head to a pillow before eight, up with
th' moon, he's suffered nn no man can
tell. But he'll be all r-right whin bis
mind's at r-rest." Chicago Journal.
Healed Him Off
"Charley," said Mr. BDlytiim, after
the wedding, "do you know that you
had a mighty narrow escape before you
married my daughter?"
The old ge.niliMiian bad a cigar that
was "just the kind," and felt good.
"Ys, sir," he wet on, while bis son-in-law
discreetly listened. '.'I bad made
up my mind to discharge you. Your
work wasn't satisfactory, and I even
went so far as to tell my secretary to
notify you that your services were to
be dispensed with."
Charles Turvey was still silent
"Well," said Mr. Blllyuns after a
while, "you don't seero to be much sur
prised." "No," the young man replied, "I
knew It at tbe time."
"Knew It at the. timer thundered
Horatio Blllyuns, "and yet you had th
audacity, knowing bow 1 felt toward
you, to go to work and marry my
daughter!"
"Yes, papa, that was the principal
reason why 1 got ber to hurry you up."
Half a minute later Mr. Turvey
walked away, for even a fool could
have seen that tbe old man wanted U
be alone. Cleveland Leader.
Mlue In N apolltan Chitrchra.
Tbe churches of Naples are so over
run with mice tbst most of the pastors
have been obliged to keep cats In them,
at tbe risk of provoking comic scenes
like those sometimes witnessed In thea
ters when a cat walks across the stage
A Oreaa of Mptder's Web.
Queen Victoria owns a dress maao
factured entirely of spiders' webs. It
wss a present from the late impress of
Brsall, wbo had It specially prepared Id
ber palace by twenty native silk work
on. Tbe Japanese are very much allk
physically. Recent measurements tak
ea of an Inf iitry regiment snowed as
variation eatvpt two laches la height
at pounds la weight.
r
Scrofula
Taints the blood of millions, and rmirt
. 1.1-t msv break out la hip rfl-.-a ,',
running sores or some more eoinpHcart. 1
- . 4 i I
form. To cure siroruia or prerrm ...
thoroughly purify your blood wf
Hood's f-arwiporilla, which ba a .-onw -'
ually growing record of wond-ttul cars.'
Hood's
Sirsa- ,
pariifa
1. America Grtt MMtcliw. 11; li lot BV
Prei-rxl by C H.xkI Co.. lowll. Ms.-,
Hood's PIUS Mim-Hlua. blbwi
Fbortcake.
Sift together one pint of flour, tw
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and
one-balf teaspoonful of salt Rub la
one-quarter cupful of butter. Mix lute
a soft dough with shout two-thirds of
a cupful of sweet milk or water. Di
vide In two parts, roll each to fit tba
pan-put In one, brush with melted but.
er and place the other on fop, and bak
twenty minutes or more. Individual
shortcakes are made vf cutting Ilka
biscuits and putting together with but
ter between.
Tbe "proper thing" is less tayi th
right thing.
French ecru is the (afhionsNa tiag
In Isces this season.
Plain covert cloths will bo much woa
In tailor made gowns.
It is predicted that long coats wU h
In high fsvor next fall.
handsome'pictures.
fear f'laqur of A aacrlcan Oass Wl'
la the Reach of All.
Probably at no time in tbe woi'd's b s
tory has ss much attention been paid te
Ike interior decoration of homes as af
resent No home, no matter bow buss
sie, is without its handiwork that help
tr beautify the apsrtmi-nts snd make th
larrouudings more cheerful. The :sts
f tbe American people has kept pace
Htn tbe age, and almost every day urisgl
forth something new in the way of a pie
lure, s draping, a piece of furniture' of
Sther form of mural decoration Use of
tbe latest of these has been giv to th
world by the celebrated artist, MuvlllOt
In a series of four handsome porcoiala
came plagues. Not for yeurs has any
thing as handsome in this line been se4
The subjects represented by these pisquea
re American wild dm-ks, A nericuB
Dheasants. American q.'ail and English
ripe. They are haudsome paint, oga slid
trt especially designed for banging on 'la
in g room walls, though Uieir ricbirv md
beeuty entitles them to a place in the
parlor of any home. These ori.tin J
plagues have been purchased at s cort ot
joO.tSJO by J. C. Hubinger Bros. Co., ffiif
ofsc'urers of the celebrated Eiastit
Btank, and in order to enable their auta
rrour customers to become possessors vi
these handsome works of art they bara
had tteui reproduced by a special process,
la all tbe riub col and bauty of C
srigini I. They are finished on hes- t
rardboard, pressed and embossed In t .4
hspe of a plaque and trimmed r tth a
scary band of gold. They meaore foi .y
Inches l circumference snd couuin 9
reading matter or sdvertiscineut wit. St
iver. -
Until Oct 1 Messrs. J. C. Habfngeff
Bros. Co. propose to distribute these
plaques Tree to their customers. Evert
purchaser of three ten-cent packages of
Klnntic 8tarch, rial iron brand, manttfao
tured by . C. Uubingrr Bros. Co., la ess
titled to receive one of these bands me
slsiiues fiee from Uieir gro er. Old uf
sew customers alike sre entitled i tbt
benefits of this offer. These pUquet witj
01 he sen through the mail, the op 1
wsy to obtain them being from you. go
fer. Every grocery store In the ?ouo'-y
bas Elastic Starch for sale. It ia the old"
rst snd 1 M laundry starch mi the niaikct
ind is the most perfect cold prm-e.s atai eh
rver Invented. It is the only star.'b msds
by men who thoroughly mnlprstabd th
laundry biiaiaesa, aid the only titarch tl M
will not injure the finest fabric. It I i
been the standard for a quarter of a j
tnry and ns an evidence of how good i. la
twenty-two million parkages wert n,!
last year.. Ask your dealer to show . ns
the plsques and tell you about K!si-t:
(Starch. Accept no substitute. Bear ,s
Bind thst this offer holds good a short
lime only and should be taken advantage
if without delay.
TEE EXC01EKCE Cf SYIUP OF IKS
la due not only to the originality nj
simplicity of the combination, hutuiao
to tba care and skill with whi. h it !a
manufactured by scientific process
known to ths California Fia Staor
Co. only, and we wish to imprecs upou
all the Importaros of purchasing tba
traa and original remedy. As tfci
tannine Syrup of Figs is manufacture
by tba CAuroaaiA Fia Sraup C ..
only, a knowledge of that fact w a
aaslat one la avoiding; tbe wori'ilaw
imitations manufactured by other pa
Uaa, The high standing of tba Cam
voaaiA Fia Stmiip Co. with the medW
eal profession, snd tba satiafkctioa
which tba genuine Syrup of Fig haa
riven to millions of families, aBtkaa
tba name of the Company a guaranty
of tha exoellenoe of It remedy. It (a
tar la advanoa of all other laxatives,
aa It acta on tba kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weal 40-
bf thorn, and H does not grips nor
aaaasata. In OTiJar to get Its beneficial
waota, plaass raaaomber the name of
a, Oat
aw Ta.a.g,
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