Lady Base-Ball Players. ' *
St. Ixmla Spectator.
I have been following with much in
terest the fortunes of the female base
ball players down east. Some time
since u manager hif upon the idea of or
ganizing two nines of the softer sex
eighteen examples of female loveliness
and exhibiting the combination as a
moral show about the country. The
two nines , which , by the way , arc di
vided into a blonde and a brunette-par
ty , have been practicing nearly all-sum
mer , and I regret that they are not yet
ready to take the field. The female in
tellect has difficulty in grasping the na
tional pastime. A practice game was
played in New Yorlc this week , before
several thousand spectators , in which ,
in five innings , the Brunettes defeated
the Blondes by a score of 48 to 29. One
of the features of the entertainment was
the coaching done by the crowd- when
a girl made three strikes they insisted
on her making a home run every time ,
and the girl always did. Some of them
were .encouraged to run around the
bases twice inthe excitement of the
moment , and one girl was pursued out
into left field and over a fence , behind
the grounds , by the second basewoman ,
who desired to touch hor'with the ball.
The two came back by the front gate.
By all means wo must- have this , show
in St. Louis ; it seems to me that it
must be. even funnier than Keene's
f'Hamlet. " -
The latest Bonanza in California.
J3IEBER , CAL. Mr. Thomas P. Ford ,
editoro'f the Afountqm Tribune , of this
place , publishes that the great pain cure ,
St. Jacobs Oil , has worked wonders in
his family , and that ho would not be
without it. He states that among all
the people St. Jacobs Oil is the most
I popular medicine ever introduced.
A Case of Bigamy.
Texas Sittings.
"How does yer new wife take to city
life ? " inquired Aunt Sukey of Gabe
Sloshing. The latter had quite recent
ly married a negro girl out in the coun
try and brought her to the city.
"I tells yer , Aunt Sukey , dat im all a
piece ob foolishness , a delusion an' a
snare , dis bringing country female nig
gers inter a bi < j metropolis like Austin.
It's shoah ter done spile 'em. Dere's
too many fnvilties an' follies an' frip
peries fer dein to stan' it. Dey becomes
jist too vain and peacocky for any use ,
an' sling on mo' style den a mule kin
draw. My two wives will be de ruina-
shunof dis niggah. "
"Your two wives , Gabe ! What does
yer mean ? Yer ain't got no two wives ,
has yer ? "
"Dat'.s a fac' . I 'spects ter be indict
ed for bigamy ef I doesn't keep my eye
peeled. "
"How does yer make out dat yer's
got two wives ? "
' Ebery night I goes home , I see's
'em. "
"Sees 'em ! "
"Yaas , one in de lookin' glass , an'
one in front oo hit. "
i i
A. child that wakes with croup should have a dose
or PISO'S COTE.
COTE.A
A Big Majority.
Washington Letter.
Speaking of majorities , especi
Hoadly's , reminds me ofa little c <
versation between Secretary Fol
just after he had been buried un
193,000 majority last year , and Repi
sentative McKinley , of Ohio , who h
scraped through by a very ' insignific ;
majority. "Well , " sai'd Secre
Folger , "did you pull through ,
? " "Yes " said the
Kinley , representa
tive , "I did ; I just squeezed through. "
"You " said the .
were lucky , secretary.
"What was your majority ? " "Only
eight , " , said McKinley. - "Eight is a
mighty big majority this yearP' - responded
sponded the secretary , with- sigh' . *
i f
Happy union with wife and children
is like the masic of lutes and harps.
[ Chinese ( Confucius ) .
THE MARKETS.
! i _ .
. OMAHA.
WUKAT No. 2 , 75c. * '
BAKLEY No. 2 , 48 > c.
BARLEY No. 3 , S6c.
RYE No. 3 , 39c.
CORN No. 2 , 33c.
OATS No. 2 , 27 c.
FLOUR Wheat Graham , $2 .B,03 00.
CHOP FEED Per cwt. 90c.
SHORTS Per ton , $14 0015 00.
ORANGES Per box , $10 00.
LEMONS Per box , $6 00G 80.
APPLES Per barrel $3 25rS4 00.
BUTTER Creamery , 30S31c. (
BUTTER Choice country , 1522c.
EGGS Fresh , 2Cc.
HAMS Per Ib. loc.
SHOULDERS Per tb. Sc.
PORK Per bbl. $13 00.
LARD In tierces , tier tb. 9c.
SHEEP § 3 003 50.
CATTLE $3 0004 00.
HOGS $4 004 15.
CALVES $5 006 00.
CHICAGO.
"WHEAT Per bushel , 91(391S'c. (
CORN Per bushel , * 47tf c.
OATS Per bushel , 27Kc.
PORK $10 40010 50.
LARD $7 67X07 70.
HOGS Mixed , $4 6003 00.
CATTLE Exports , $6 2506 CO.
SHEEP Medium to good , $3 0008 59.
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAT Per bushel , 1 00X01 02.
CORN Per bushel. 464G c.
OATS Per bushel , " 273 c.
CATTLE Exports. $5 9006 25.
SHEEP $3 2504 10.
HOGS Mixed , $4 flQ05 oo.
The horse prefers to dine at the table
d'oat. [ Boston Bulletin.
The first weather report Thunder.
[ Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Church music is not difficult to a
caoir. [ New York Journal.
A young lady who was being stared
at too earnestly drew a veil over the
seen. [ Philadelphia Call.
FORTY BILLION GERMS.
A Wonderful Theory that Concerns the
Welfare , Hnpplnemi and Life
of Everyone.
In his quiet and cosy library at the
close of a busy day sat a gentleman and
his wife , ho absorbed in a new book and
she in the newspaper. . Quickly glanc
ing toward her husband , she asked , at
a certain point in the article :
"John , what is the germ theory ? "
"The germ'theory well yes ; just
look in the encyclopedia under Germ , '
that will explain it so much better than
I can. "
Accordingly his wife opened the book
at the word named ana read : Germ
Theory of Disease -A theory advanced
the ablest and best investigators and
scientists of the times. It supposes the
surface of the earth , the air and water
to be inhabited , to a greater or less ex
tent with a peculiar growth of the low
est form of fungi commonly termed
bacteria , whose power of reproduction ,
"
under favorable "conditions , is so great
that a single germ will increase to fif
teen million in twenty-four hours' time ,
and unchecked in its increase would
grow to a mass of eight hundred tons in
three days' time , if space and food be
furnished. There is no condition under
which it can be said to bo absent , unless
it bo from fire or air filtered through
cotton-batting in numerous layers. A
single drop of water containing a germ
put into water boiled , filtered 'and thus
freed from bacteria , will grow murky in
a day or two from the development of
new germs. When it is considered that
it required about 4fofty billion to weigh
one grain , some remote idea can be had
of the capacity of germ reproduction.
Professor John Tyndall , in a late work ,
elaborately treats of the influence of
germs in the propagation of disease and
charges upon this cause , the inception
and development of very many of the
ailments most injurious to man. Prof.
Pasteur , an eminent French savant , has
carried his original and beautiful ex
periments so far , and from them
deduced sucli practical results as very
greatly to diminish the number of cases
of anthrax among sheep and chicken
cholera among fowls , proving his theory
that these are essentially and actually
germ diseases. These germs are car
ried into the system through the lungs ,
the stomach and possibly the skin , but
through the lungs chiefly. Once in
the system , they begin to develop ,
poisoning the blood , invading the nerve
centers , disturbing the functional activ
ity of the great organs of the body and
inducing a general impairment of the
vital processes They are the cause of
fevers , rheumatism , Bright's disease of
the kidneys , pneumonia , blood poison
ing , liver disease , diphtheria and many
other ailments. Lately Professor Koch ,
a famous German physician , has proved
that consumption of the lungs is due
to this cause the presence of a pecu
liar germ.
When the circulation is bounding , the
nerves elastic and the system all aglow
with life and energy , the germs seem to
develop poorly , if at all. Butwith weak
ened nerves , poor digestion , or mal-
ion of food or a lowering of
principle
yerms attack any weakened spot in the
body , and fixing themselves upon it ,
begin their propagation. It is plain
; herefore that it is only by fortifying
; he weak portions of the body that the
sjerms ot disease can be resisted
ind driven from the sys
tem. But this has proved almost an
impossibility heretofore , and it has
een the study of physicians for years
how best to accomplish it. Within the
past few years , however , a , preparation
ias been attracting great attention , not
inly thrni.jic'u , the entire land , but
imong the medical profession and
scientists generally , which is based up-
m this theory , and it may safely be
laid , no remedy has ever been found
vhich can so successfully place the sys-
; em in a condition to resist the germs of
lisease as Warner's Safe Cure. This
irticle is unquestionably the best and
nest efficient that has ever beendiscor-
jred for this purpose , tind
"John , say , John , does the encyclo-
> edia advertise Warner's Safe Cure. "
"I should not wonder , dear , it's a
jrand remedy , and that pamphlet we
eceived the other day stated that Dr.
5unn , of the United States Medical Col-
ege , endorsed it. At all events the
vonderful cures it is accomplishing en-
itle it to be honorably noted , among
he great discoveries of the present cen-
ury. "
However the facts above stated may
DC , the truth remains , that the germ
iheory of disease is the correct one , and
; hat the great remedy mentioned is the
> nly one which has ever been found that
; an put the system in a condition to kill
hese germs before they obtain a hold
ipon the body , and undermine the life.
- . Quick , complete cure all
miojtns Kidney and Urinary Diseases , tl.
Unchaste language is the sure index
if an impure heart. _
What is most productive of mal-aria ?
L squeaky-voieed soprano. [ The
rudge.
Habit , if resisted , soon becomes nec-
ssity. [ Augustine.
"Education begins the gentleman , but
eading , good company and education
aust finish him.
'Tin Frequently Recommended.
Mr. H. 6. Mooney , of Astoria , Ills. ,
writes us that Allen's Lung Balsam , wlilcl
he has sold for ( if tecu years , sells be'tci thun
any other Coujrh remedy , and gives general
satisfaction. 'Tls frequently recommended
by the medical profusion here.
The noblest mind the best content-
ment has.
l.COO Illustrations Kent Free
On receipt of BIX CENTS for postage , com
prising.
DIAMONDS , WATCHES ,
ALBUMS , POCKET BOOKS ,
VASEH , CLOCKS ,
Music BOXHS , SCISSOKH ,
JEWELHY , LAMPS ,
SOLID SILVBK AND SILVER PLATED WARE.
MEKMOD & JACCAKD JEWELRY CO. ,
The most magnilicent Jewelry catalogue ever
issued.
Fourth and Locust St. , St. Louis , Mo.
You will be surprised to see how low the
prices are.
When in St. Louis call and see us.
Too much reserve makes us miser-
able.
READ Tins. The Army and Navy Lini
ment will positively bike the soreness out of
Spavin , Ringbone , Splint or Curb , and stops
their growth. See advertisement.
He that doeth no injury , fears no in-
ury.
A true assistant to nature in restoring'the
sybtcm to per/ectJieulth , thus enabling it to
resist disease in Brown's Iron Bitters.
Pleasant. thoughts make pleasant
iives.
'Mother 8wun * tVor n Syrup , " forfeverteh-
, rcst ea nisa.wonng.oonBtlpatlon. tnatoleaa. 25o
We can do more good by being good
than in any other way.
HAY-FKVER. One anil one-half bottles
of Ely's Cream Balm entirely cured me of
of ' . Have
lay-Fever ten years' standing.
lad no trace of it for two years. ALBERT
A. FEUKY , Smlthboro. N. Y. Price C0 .
HAY-FEVEK. I was severely afflicted with
lay-Fever for 2o years. I tried Ely's
Cream Balm , and the effect was marvelous ,
lisa perfect cure.V.M. . T. CAUR , Pres-
wteriau Pastor. Elizabeth. N. J. Price
'
Oc.
Nothing good is ever effected without
perseverance.
ALLEK'8 "IRON TONIC BlTTERS" Will
supply dpflciency of Iron in the blood better
than any other known remedy , as the iron
in these bilters is in the most perfect fetate
to be taken up and assimilated by the KVS-
tem. Unscrupulous manufacturers are im
itating them. All genuine bear the signa
ture of J. P. Allen , St. Paul , Minn.
What men want is not talent it is
purpose.
Hold the fort.
J. II. Fort , Monmouth , 111. , writes :
Having usedSCOVILL'S SARSAPARILLA
AND STILL1NGIA , or BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP , according to the directions
given , for the purpose of enriching and
purifying the blood and regulating the liver ,
and found the medicine all that you claim
for it , I cheerfully recommend It to all per
sons affected likewise.
Study the past , if you would divine
the future.
Correct your habits of crooked'walklng by
using Lyon'a Patent Heel Stiffenera. 25c.
To rule one's anger is well ; to pre
vent it is better.
FLIES , roaches , ant * , bed-bugs , rats , mice , crows ,
chtpmunkscleared out by "Rougb on Hats. " 15e.
We are never so good as when we
possess a joyful heart.
IN a letter from HON. MRS. PEUY , Caitle
Grey , Limerick , Ireland , BROWN'S BRON
CHIAL TROCHES arc thus referred to :
"Having brought your 'Bronchial Troches'
with me when I came to reside here , I found
that after I had given them away to those I
considered required them , the poor people
will walk for miles to get a few. " For
Coughs , Colds , and Throat Diseases they
have no equal. Sold only in boxes.
Some rise by sin , and some bv virtue
fall.
, one dime get a package of Diamond
mend Dyes at the druggist's. They color
anything the simplest and most desirable
colors.
This is the essential evil of vice it
debases a man.
For Dynpepulu , Indigestion , Depression of
Sp'rlts and ( Jeneml Debtllty , In their va/tona forms :
also as a preventive against , E > ever and Ague , and
otter Intermittent Fevers , the Ferro-Pho i ho-
rnted Elixir oi Cnlinuja , " made by t'a well.
Hazard & Co , New York , and sold by all druggists , la
the best tonic ; and for patients recovering from
fever or other sickness. U has no equal.
When you introduce a moral lesson
let it be brief.
KOT3OII OUfKATS , " , Clears ont rats , ml < x ,
Me8.ruachtB.bcd-biig3. nnta vermi .chipmunks. J5c
When the judgment is weak the prej-
itdice is strong.
Bladder , Urinary , and Liver Diseases , Dropsy ,
Gravel , and Diabetes ore cared by
THE BEST KIDXEV
AND LIVES MEDICINE.
cures Bright's Disease , Retention or Non-Reten
tion of Urine , Pains in the Back , Loins , or Side.
cures Intemperance , Nervous Diseases , General
Debility , Female Weakness , and Excesses.
cures Biliousness , Headache , Jaundice , Sour
Stomach , Dyspepsia , Constipation , and Files.
ACTS AT ONCE on the Kidneys , Liver , and
Bowels , restoring them to a healthy action , and
CUKESwhen all other medicines fail. Hun
dreds have been saved -who have been given up
to die by friends and physicians.
Send for pamphlet to
HUNT'S REMEDY CO. ,
Providence , R.I.
e , 75c. Large size cheapest.
SOU ) BY AIO. DRUGGISTS.
When you visit or leave Now York City ,
save Baggage , Expressage and Carr go
Hire , and stop at GRAND UNION HOTEL ,
opposite Grand Central Depot. GOO elegant
rooms , fitted up at a cost of one million del
lars , reduced o $1 and upwards per day.
European plan. Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse-cars , stages
and elevated railroads to all depots. Fami
lies can live better for less money at the
Grand Union Hotel than at any other lirst-
class hotel In the city.
When you come to Omaha , take the
Street Cars or 'lrw for the Metropolitan
Hotel. § 2.00 per day. Tables as good
any $3.00 per day house.
Worth is a millionaire. [ Rochester
Post-Express.
How absurd to croak and wheeze with a I
cough which Hate's Honey of Horehound.
and Tar will cure.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in 1 minute.
New York pays 10 cents a quart for
milk after October 1st.
"My worthy friend and neighbor ,
"
"Whence comes that smile serene ? "
"O , I am thrice happy
I've found It CARBQLINB.
Jealousy is the secret avowal of our
inferiority.
OWENTON , KY. Rev. J. W. Waldrop
saya : , "Brown's Iron Bitters greatly re
lieved me of general debility and indlges- I
tion. " I
I
If your path is smooth , watch and
pray.
In chronic dyhpep-
Bla and liver com
plaint and tn chron-
In conttlpa Ion nnd
other obstlnuto dle-
eaces. Hi etotter'a
Ptoranch Bitters la
beyond all compart-
ron the best remedy
that can be taken
Aa a mans or re
st r nc the strength
and vital energy of
p rsoi'S v .o are
aln In / ii' ' r the
deblilr''c ciectcnf
pa n'u > il so dert ) .
this standard ve e-
table mvlgorant
Is < o fessedly nne-
For gale by all
Drnanst. Hnd Deal
ers gnerolly. .
CATARRH Ely's ' Cream Bate
when applied by
the finger into the
nostrils , will be ab
sorbed , effectually
cleansing the head
of catarrhal virus ,
causing healthy se
cretions. It allays
Inflammation , pro
tects the membrane
of the nasal pass
ages from addition
al colds , completely
heals the sores and
restores taste and
smell. A few ap
plications relieve.
A thorough treatment wul positively cure.
Agreeable to use. Send for circular. Price
50 cents by mail or at druggists.
F.ITT imoTHEgg. owego. y. TT.
AGENTS WANTED for the best and fastest-
sellinc Pictorial Books ana Bibles. Prices reduced
33 per cent. NATIONAL , PUB. uo , HL ix > ul . Mo.
< C ? AN HOUR for all who will moke spore time
' ' * profitable ; agoodoayiuKbualnes-lf y u can de
vote your tl ue to it. MUHHAY UILL , Box 783 , N. T.
CUKES
Rheumatism , Neuralgia , Sciatica ,
Lumbago , Backache. Headache , Toothache ,
8 reTIirontSwellliis .H | > rnlu < i.ttrul ea ,
Until * . Sealil . 1'roil IU t- ,
AKD ALL OTIIKIt IIOIMI.T I'Jkl.VI IM > JUIICS.
BoUbr DruuliU ( Oil Dcilirirrerrwhert. Klfty C uua bolUo.
Directions In 11 f.inui ( * .
THE CIIAULEH A. VOUKI.KK OO.
( inin > TTTir1 ' " ' " " > UalUnurr , UiC.B.A.
TKAI > K SZ4.UK.
EHis's Spavin Cure.
The Most ICcmarkable ICemedy of the Ago *
Undisputed Po&itlvo Evidence of Absolute Carcn.
An TUB BEST ut all HORSE Kvmville * .
We only ask a fair trial for Ellls's Spavin Ourc.
U e prepare Condition Po der and Iloof Ointment.
Heave PowderrVVorai Powder and < o < lc rowde'S-
All the < c on sole at drug stores and hain-ss d'lora.
Price of Ellls's Spavin Cu-c , { 1 per buttle.
For farther pa tlculars , free books , etc. , write it >
ELLIS SPAVIN CURE CO. ,
CO Sudbary Street , llo ton. ( and
37O Fourth Avenue , SJ 'iv "York.
$25.00 REWARD !
Wo will pay the above reward fo' any caie o *
Rheumatism or N nralela we cannot cure. It will
rrllcva at y cao of I'lphthc la or ronp instantly.
Army and Navy Liniment wl 1 rcl eve pa n an'l sore
ness und ro'i.ovo an ? unnatural growth of bone or
muse e on man or beo-t. Price per txi't'o : 1 > rgo ,
U ; sma'l , 60c. Will le.und the n oneyfor any t&ti-
we. Array and Navy Iln ment o. , 51 U abash
Ave , Uhiiago. Klcna. daon & U . Wholesale Drug-
Etata , St. Louis , Mo , Western agents.
MUSIC 9 PAGES ? .HLIOE ( MTTSI ° r
.Sample Musical Journal
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mr-r-
L D L. L. I Mailed free to any address.
I II L. L. I E. B. GUILD ,
N U Omaha. 177-43
WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS ,
please say you saw the advertismen.ltn-
this paper.
Ttf BESTttEDICINE NOW KNOWN FOR
HORSES CATTLE. SHEEP HOGS
, , ,
ETC. , 32TC.
An nniin.il with dcrann'J digestion. Impover
ished blood or ill-casei ! kidneys cannot thrive. It
becomes weak , spiritless , ( if scrajrgy appearance ,
which traders It unsclrUc. It costs no more to
keep sound , healthy animals that will find ready
market , said slirrwd faniitts find it pays them to-
cive Untie Sam's Condition Powder freely to
diseased stock , and on-a.-inn.iily to all ; because U
purifies the blood , aiil < dfm-tion , btimulates the
various functions to l.caltliy secretion , and thus
promotes jjrowth , ami Rives a smooth , glossy coat
ofkair. MILCH COWS are mucS benifited
uy the occasional use of Fnclc Sam's Condition
1 owderln slop or feed. KOCS fatten fasterwhen
it Is given three orfonrilajs In succession every
month or two. SHEFP. All diseases common ,
to sliecp , such as cougljs , cold f , scabs , etc. , are re-
lievcd by this powder.
SS" We caatiori nil who desire a truly meritorious article to bt sure and ask for Uncle e'am's Condition
Powder , and occept no other as a sabatitute. Prepared mlytrjTus
EMMBBT PEOPEIETABY CO. . OHICA60 , ILLINOIS.
Worn , TYeary , and Wretched.
"As weak as a cat" is an expression frequently used by debilitatecT
sufferers who are trying to tell how forlorn they feel. It is an incorrect ex
pression , for a cat is one of the most agile and vigorous animals in exist
ence. It would be more correct to "as weak "
say , as a limp old ranfor -
that gives the idea of utter inability to hold one's self up. The weary per
son who feels thus is generally worn , worried , woeful , and wretched !
Sometimes it is a case of overwork , and sometimes of imperfect nour
ishment. The blood in the of who is " "
system a person "as weak as a rag" is ia
a wretchedly thin condition. It needs iron , to impart richness , redness
"
and sticngth. This is to be had by taking BROWN'S IRON BITTERS , the"
only safe and proper preparation of iron in connection with gentle' and
powerful tonics. The physician and the druggist can tell the worn and weary-
how valuable a remedy BROWN'S IRON BITTERS has been found in actuaV
every-day use. jj
( A FAMILY HEDI6IXB THAT HAS HEALED J
MILLIONS DUBIXQ 35 TEABSI
BAKU FOR EVERY WOUND
MAN AND BEAST !
ITHEGLDEST&BESTLINIMENTJ
EVER HADE IK A3IERICA.
SAI22S LARGER THAU EfTER.
The lexican Mustang Liniment has ]
( been known for more than thirty-five !
I years as tbo best of all Liniments , for !
I Man and Beast. Its sales to-day arcl
llargr-r than ever. It cnroswhen all !
I others fail , and penetrates skio , tendonl
land muscle , to tbo Toy bono. Sole
( everywhere.
-
SECURE EJtLTfiY ACTOK !
OP THE
By taking Wright's Indian Vcsetalile
Pills , -which clcanoo the Bowels , purify the
Blood , and by carrying off allobstructlona
Bocnro healthy end vigorous action to the
Uver.
E. FERRETT , Agent ,
372 Pearl St. , New York.
AXLE GREAS II
Best IB the World. Get the genuine.
ery parkaxe hna our Trade-mark
marked frRxcr' . SOLD
