Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, January 19, 1899, Image 10

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had been at work on a sur
vey in the Bitter Root Moun
tains since early in the spring ,
and the autumn had found us all dis
gusted and homesick all but McGiu-
nis , rhook. . Besides , we were fam
ishing for news. Our mail and the late
papers and magazines should have
been sent to us every two weeks , but
for nearly two months nothing had
been seen of the old trapper who acted
as mail-carrier , and no messenger or
message of any kind had reached us
from the outside world.
\ . Every day we exacted from the cook
a promise that he would bring our let
ters out to us in case the carrier should
arrive while we were at work on the
line. Then we would watch impatient
ly till evening and hurry back to camp ,
more than half-expecting that the post
had come in spite of the uon-appear-
auce of McGiuuis. Expectancy was tor
turing us. Disappointments repeated
every evening for several weeks deeply
affected the spirits of the party. We
became restless and unsociable. We
tried to imagine what had happened
out in the world since we had lost
touch with it. and each feared that
some one dear to him had been seized
by illness or had met with misfortune.
We worried and fretted and tormented
ourselves with impatience.
One night after supper we lounged on
our damp beds , ten of us in one tent ,
waiting for bed time. The work of the
day had been unusually hard and the
hours long. We were too leg-weary
and heavy of spirit to do anything but
the little patching that was regularly
necessary and to lounge.
McGinnis came over from the cook
tent to tell us one of his tales of forty
years ago. . His stories possessed one
rare quality. They were reminiscent of
the wild life of the mountains in the
earlier days , but McGiuuis played no
prominent part in any of them. We
were all curious to learn something
about the old man , but our curiosity
was never satisfied. Frequently as a
story in which he figured gave promise
of showing his younger self put to a
test : of strength or of courage , he would ;
'
break off suddenly or change the entire
trend of his story. But he enjoyed j
spinning his yarns , and our silence of \
late had afforded him the opportunity.
"Well. I see yous are the same merry
crowd as ever , " he said , cheerilj * , as he
took the only chair in the tent. "But I (
which of you is it that's comin' up the ]
slope yonder. I'd like to know ? "
Several of us looked at him wonder- ,
ingly. Those who wore busy paid no ,
ntiou whatever. \
The camp dog stretched , went lazily
to the opening , then grew suddenly
alert and began to bark. Almost in
stantly ten heads were crowded be
tween the tent flaps.
Sure enough , some one whom we
could not see clearly in the dim light
was coming up the valley. It was evi
dently a man , following the line of our
survey higher up the mountain slope ,
though only a short distance away.
We finally fell over one another in
our sudden excitement. Every one
seemed moved by the same impulse. A
half-dozen pairs of wet and worn-out
boots disappeared from the passage be
tween the two rows of bunks at the
same iiisraut. Some one ran out and
shouted to attract attention. Then
\ everybody else shouted , because there
"
was "suddenly shouting in the soul of
each. .
1 McGinnis went quietly and lighted
the tire he had laid for morning in the
cool : stove. The head ehaiuiiiaii made
a place near the tent opening for an
other bed.
The roduian and the "stake-artist"
fell to wrestling , and rolled about In
\
the tent and then out of it with most
unexpected agility and high spirits.
A voice said it was not the old mail-
carrier , and we became still more curi
ous. Not a member of the party doubt
ed that it was some one bringing our
mail.
Two or three of the boys went to
meet the newcomer , and the rest of us ,
half-ashamed of the eagerness we had
shown , went back into the tent , threw
ourselves down on the beds and assum
ed attitudes of indifference.
We heard McGinnis calling : "Come
over to the cook-tent and eat before
the boys start you to talking ; they'll
never let you stop after. "
"I've e't , " a strange voice answered.
We inside sat up again , our anticipa
tion reawakened. A short , heavy-set ,
square-jawed man , without grub-pack
or blankets , limped painfully into the
tcr. : and sat down on one of the beds.
He was evidently much travel-worn ,
bu : his small , bead-like eyes were in
tensely bright , and their glance from
one to another of us was rapid and
searching.
"Didn't you bring any mail ? " asked
the redman ; abruptly.
We all looked at the stranger eagerly
and waited.
"XOj" he answered , in a disinterest
edly calm voice that lingered unpleas
antly in our ears.
The stranger felt In the Inside of his
pocket.
"Only a letter I found In the trail at
the last creek crossing , " be said , quiet
ly , as be again searched us with bis
small , restless
"It's for some one named Patrick Mc-
Ginuis , " he continued , holding up an
unopened letter.
"Do you know him ? "
The old man reached for his letter
and silently held it to the light of the
nearest candle. Then we all saw that
it was crumpled and deeply stained.
"Widout my spectacles , it looks like
blood on it , " said McGinuis , slowly.
"I thought it was blood , too , and
fresh , " said the stranger.
"The trail was torn up near where I
found it , and the bushes beat down. I
hunted without finding anything ; but
ray foot was so lame I couldn't get far
through the brush. "
; There was a sudden movement in the
tent , but no one spoke. The boys shook
out their coats and put them on. Every
one understood what was to be done.
i Those who owned rifles took them
down and provided themselves with
cartridges. Every weapon in camp was
hurriedly put in readiness for use.
The chief of the party had come over
from the instrument tent when our
guest arrived.
"What kind of tracks were there ? "
he now asked.
"I couldn't make out , " the stranger
answered.
"Take the lanterns and plenty of can
dles , " said the chief. "And , Turner , you
stay to watch camp. "
"I'll stay , too , " said the stranger ;
"I'm too lame to travel. You'll have no
trouble finding the place. "
"I'll stay and read my letter , " an
nounced McGiunis , quietly , to the sur
prise of every one , for old Morton , the
trapper , had been a friend of his in the
earlier days.
A moment later only the stranger and
Turner were left at the sleeping-tent.
The searching party was well down the
valley , and McGiuuis had gone to the
cook-tent. Presently he came back -with
his hat -and spectacles on.
"It's from inj * little granddaughter , "
he said to the stranger , as he opened the
letter. "Would you mind readin' it to
me ? My eyes was never much at hand-
writin' . "
The man read it a child's note of
only a few labored lines , chiefly words
of love , but he read it unsteadily , for
ON THE TEAIL.
the cook held a lighted candle before
his face , and whenever he glanced up
from the page the old man's eyes were
intently fixed upon him.
"Ah , it's bad business bad business ! "
repeated the cook , as he put away his
candle. "Now 'at I know what's in the
letter , I think I'll go on down an' help
find out what it all means all this
blood , here. "
Turner grew uneasy after the old
man had gone. The stranger said little ,
but he watched his companion closely
and waited till the sounds of the cook's
footsteps had died out in the distance.
Then he got up , and without limping
walked to the tent opening. After
standing there a moment he whistled
and sudenly turned upon Turner with
a drawn revolver.
"Keep still and walk outside , " he
said , quietly.
Turner obeyed promptlj' . He had no
weapon with which to defend himself ,
and he was badly frightened.
In a few moments a second stranger ,
lean , raw-boned and taller than the
first , came out of the brush leading two
horses , one saddled , the other bearing
a pack. The rising moon shed but a
dim light along the mountain side ; yet
Turner saw at a glance that the ani
mals were the old mail-carrier's.
"They bit easy , " said the shorter
man , with a low laugh. "There's no one
at camp but this. Now hurry. "
The last arirval emptied the grips
and bags and selected whatever was of
value , lie also took a couple of pairs
of blankets and all the ammunition the
boys had left behind them. Then he
began to make a pack of what he had
taken.
"Never mind that , " said his compan
ion. "Go over and lay out all the grub
you can. "
The tall stranger went to the cook-
tent. The other knelt down , laid his re
volver on tlie ground , kept his eye con-
stautly on Turner , and made a roll of
what the first had put down.
When he had cinched this onto the
pack-horse he marched Turner before
him to the cook-tent.
The nap ? ot the tent were slightly
parted , but there was no light inside ,
and everything was quiet. He stoppet
before the opening , gave Turner the
bridle reins and made him keep his
hands above his head w.hile at the same
time he held the horses.
"Hurry up with the stuff , " he ex"-
claimed , looking into the darkness of
the tent. He waited a moment , and
getting no answer , pushed aside the
flaps and started to enter.
But he had put only one foot inside
when the sound of a heavy blow was
heard , and with a muflled cry he fell
forward on his face.
Instantly McGinuis emerged from
the tent , and the surprised Turner saw
him drag out both strangers , almost to
gether , and dexterously bind their
hands and feet. A new vigor had come
into the old man's frame , a new alert
ness. There were purpose and positive-
ness in his every movement as he went
about his task.
When the men were secure he looked
at Turner. The latter suddenly came to
himself and put down his hands. Mo-
Ginnis took the weapons from his pris
oners before they regained conscious
ness , and with Turner's help got them
Into the sleeping tent , where there
were lighted candles.
"I never liked this one's looks , " Mc
Ginnis said , by way of explanation , as
he wiped the blood from the face of the
man who had brought the letter. "He
looks like he'd set a bait for you , an'
that's why I wiut away an' come back
unbekuownce to 'em. I seen 'em whin
I got to the cook-tent , and whin they
come over I was waitin' for 'em wid
the bear-trap , the only thing I could
find. "
Both men soon returned to conscious
ness , and after an effort to free them
selves they sat in dogged silence.
In about half an hour several of the
searching party returned with our
pouch of mail , but most of the letters
had been opened , and many of them
were torn and almost destroyed. Soon
after , others came , accompanied by
three or four strangers , carrying a limp
form , which they laid carefully upon
one of the beds.
The prisoners looked on Intently and
with unmistakable signs of fear.
Morton , our mail-carrier , had been
shot in the back , and , though danger
ously wounded , was still living.
"Is he dead ? " asked the smaller
prisoner.
At the sound of his voice Morton ,
with a convulsive effort , sat up and put
his hand to his side as if to draw his
revolver , but it was not there.
The men who had come back with
the party relieved the old cook of his
prisoners and took them out to civiliza
tion. They were deputy sheriffs , part
of a large posse that for nearly a week
had followed the trail of the two des
peradoes.
The old mail-carrier , unavoidably de
layed , had fallen in their way when
they were hard pressed for means of \
escape , and they had shot him for his
horses. Then , learning from the letters
of our presence in the neighborhood ,
they had played at a bold game to ob
tain provisions and had lost.
We felt that we knew McGinnis bob
ter after that. Chicago Record.
The Poor City Boy.
Oh , the city hey is bundled
In his heavy overcoat.
With his costly leather leggings ,
With a silk thing round his throat ,
And he slides upon the sidewalk
Where the 'ashes have been spread ,
And imagines he is happy
Oil
his
bright
uew
sled.
There's a hill that's high and sloping ,
In the country , far away ,
Where a hey who wasn't bundled
Fit to smother used to stray ;
With the swiftness of the lightning
Down the gleaming hill he sped ,
And no ashes ever grated
'Neath his
home
made
Bled ,
Oh , I pity the poor city
Boy who never gets beyond
The narrow , ashy sidewalk
Or some hampered little pond ;
Ah , the hill was high and sloping ,
And the way was clear ahead
Where a couutrv boy went coasting ! ,
On
a
home
made
sled.
Cleveland Leader.
The Cost of Solomon's Temple. | 1
Few people , even in these days of j <
palmy extravagance and millionaire j <
displays , have any adequate impres
sion of the cost of the great temple of
Solomon. According to Villapandus , the
"talents" of gold , silver and brass were j i
equal to the enormous sum of $34,399-1 ,
110,000. The worth of the jewels Is ' (
generally placed at a figure equallj- ;
high. The vessels of gold , according :
to Josephus , were valued at 140,000 tal-1 (
ents , or $2,870,481,015.
The vessels of silver , according to the ' ,
same authorities , were still more valuable - ,
able , being set down as worth $3,231- ' ,
720,000. Priests' vestments and robes J ,
of singers , $10,030,000 ; trumpets , j
$1,000,000. To this add the expense of ! j
building materials , labor , etc. . and we ! ; :
get some wonderful figures. Ten thousand - '
sand men hewing cedars , 00,000 bearers ' i
of burdens , 80,000 hewers of stone , ' i
3,300 ovrseers , all of whom were employed - , (
ployed for seven years , and upon < i
whom , besides their wages , Solomon
bestowed $73,009,850. If their daily , ,
food was -worth fifty cents each , the ' s
sum total for all was $319,385,440 durj j j
time of . The '
Ing the building. materials t
In tlie rough are estimated at $12,72G- ,
685,000.
Handsome 13 as handsome very sel-
flom does.
PINCIO LOVE MATCHES.
/low Some Roman-Youths F elect Their
Brides.
Among the niyritd charms of Rome
ire the patches of fertility which spring
up here and there .imid the sea of brick
and mortar. The most conspicuous of
these is the Pincio and its surround
ings. Here nature has ably seconded
human skill , the altitude of the gar
dens and the magnificent view they af
ford make them unequalled by any
other public park. True , their area is
is small , but what of that ? It brings
its visitors all the more iu touch with
one another. And ibis is the secret of
its charm for the Romans , whatever
may be its attraction for strangers.
For let the truth be told , the Pincio is
the great flirting ground of Rome. Nor
should this horrify the reader. It-is in
tended en tout bien tout honneur.
It is probable that the Piucio sses the
inception of half the marriages in
Rome. It Is a curious sociological fact ,
but the explanation of it is simple. It
has been commented upon by number
less writers that Italians are exclusive ,
though not in the usually accepted
sense of the word. They are prover
bially open and friendly , especially to
strangers , tae commercial value of
whose visits to their land they appre
ciate. But this cordiality , even to their
own coimtrj'inen , has its limit. In no
country more than in Italy is a man's
home his castle , and , except in the high
est circles and where there is no pov
erty to be concealed , he is chary of his
hospitality. This is especially true of
Rome and Naples. Therefore , if
neither she nor her parents receive
many visitors , how is the Roman girl
of the bourgcoise class who is not "in
society" to meet the inevitable lover
for whose advent and her consequent
emancipation from parental tyranny
she longs more ardently than young
women usually do ? The answer is'
"Tlio Pincio. "
On Thursdays and Sundays , when the
hand plays ( uncommonly well , by the
way ) , and the park is in consequence
crowded to overflowing , the signorina
who is tiie fortunate possessor of a be
coming costume dons it and demurely
accompanies her mother to the munic
ipal pleasure ground , where each ex
pends 10 centimes for the temporary
right to a comfortable chair ingenious
ly constructed as to be springy , though
fashioned entirely of iron. If she be a
wise maiden , she will so maneuver
that tlie chairs will be placed on the
main pathway where everyone must
pass. This bein achieved , she may
await developments. And. if she have
ire-tensions to beauty , she will not Ion. ?
be left in anticipation. The young
nen who pass will gaze at her approv-
ngly ; and finally one , to whom she may j
specially appeal , will detach himself
from the crowd and take up his stand
before her. Thus is initiated the first
chapter of the romance. From that
moment , without a word or sign , and
n-e-n with scarcely a look from her , he i
becomes her swain and faithful knight. ;
Week after week he sees her at the
Pincio ; he even follows her about the
streets. IIavin.tr ascertained her abode
and her name , he generally soon man
ages to find a mutual friend who per
forms the introduction. The rest is
obvious. Or. it' they do not happen to
have acquaintances in common , when
the silent love-making has progressed
far enough , a demand for the damsel's
hand is made directly to her parent.
Thou , as a sedate married couple , they
revisit together the scene of their woo
ing. This procedure , as I have said , is
extremely common , and is considered
proper among respectable members of
the middle class. I have been toid that
marriages thus made turn out. as a
rule , as well as could be desired. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Every language contains such names (
ss cuckoo , peewit , whippoorwill and
others in which the sound emitted by
the animal is imitated as the name.
The beautiful colors seen in the soap
bubble arise from the fact that the bub
ble , being very thin , reflects light from
both the outer and inner surfaces of
the film.
While lightning may be seen and its
Illumination of clouds and mist may
be recognized when it is even 200 miles i '
distant , thunder is rarely -uulible more
than ten miles. The thunder Irom very
distant storms , therefore , seldom reai-h-
i-s the ear.
It has been shown that , acre for acre , j
water is capable of supplying a much !
'
srreater quantity of nitrogenous food
for man than land can supply. The cul
tivation of water areas is called aqui-
fiilture , and its products , in contradis
tinction to those of agriculture , are
I'sh. crabs , oysters , clams end other
tdible marine animals.
A very pretty line of experiments is i s
L-arried out by floating bicycle balls ; : i < ?
u.ereury and bringing a strong magnet { '
near them. They arrange thenseves : ! }
symmetrically under the inrinencc of j
the stresses , and assume very curious !
positions , verying with their number | . ,
! tui the intensity of magnetization. It j
- i var an ! an ! > -
known as Mayer's needles , in which ( li
needles were'floated in water by bits ; i :
> f cork and were subjected to the in- { n
llueuce of a magnet. i c
The sacred oxen of Ceylon are described - j
scribed by a recent writer. The largest
e
specimen never exceeds thirty inches J
n height. The Marquis of Canter-j
ir.iry has one presented to him in 1S91.
which is now about ten years of ae.
uid only twenty-two inches tall. Notwithstanding - f
withstanding their smallness they are a
? ery useful in Ceylon , where , it Is said , L
four of them are able to draw a tv , -
wheeled cart with a driver and 200
pounds of merchandise , sixty or seventy -
| ty miles in a daj * .
! That the great mountain chains
i which corrugate the earth's crust are
j the product of shrinkage has long IVPU
believed , and it is almost as well under
stood that the continents have boi
developed by the same process. IJu
Prof. Shaler observes that until thirt >
years ago it was common to suppost
that Hi3 alternations of level whicl
continental areas have undergone hat
been extreme , whereas now it is deem
ed probable that they were compara
lively slight , and that the general out
lines of great land areas have changed
very little for millions of years.
A writer in Knowledge describes s
method for mounting the eye of a dragonfly
on-fly in such a way that , with the aid
of a microscope , photographs can be
made through the lenses of the insect's
eye. The photographs thus produced
are multiple , because the eye of the
dragon-fly consists of a large number
of minute lenses distributed over its
surface , each bringing the rays of light
to a focus independent of the others.
In fact , every dragon-fly carries in it
eye about 25,000 minute and perfect
lenses , each of which , when properly
manipulated , is able to produce upon a
sensitive plate a photograph , micro
scopic in size , but sharp and distinct.
PULLING TEETH AT SEA.
Dentistry and Physic for Poor Jack
Tar \\hilc Afloat.
When a sailor on a deep-water ship
has a toothache he is likely to go to
the captain. The captain gives him
something out of the medicine chest to
put in his tootli , and if that doesn't
cure it p-rhaps he pulls it. It is a com
mon thing for sailors to pull their own
teeth. Their method is to put a string
around a tooth and pull it ; but denial
forceps are carried on deep-water ships ,
on some vessels a fair outfit ot" them.
A ship captain of long experience said
that in the course of his life at sea he
had pulled 200 teeth.
The ship's medicine chest on large
vessels is like a closet or cupboard ,
with a glass door , built in the ship. In
this chest" the medicine bottles , gilt-
labeled , are arranged on shelves that
rise one above another in receding
tiers ; it is practically a well-appointed
little drug store. There is supplied
with the medicine chest a book explain
ing the USL'S of the medicines. The cap
tain is likely to have some other book
on medical subjects which he has read
and studied , and he is likely to have
had a good deal of experience before
attaining the rank of master of the
ship.
The sailors are generally healthy
men. but , when occasion requires , the
captain prescribes ; he is the physician.
Limbs broken at sea are of course set
there , and there might be circum
stances in which the captain would not
hesitate to perform a surgical opor.v
lion.--New York Sun.
To Ponte : , ul : Puss.
Hereafter .the aristocratic- dogs auu
cats of New York will be interred in a
cemetery reserved especially for their
use. The canine cemetery , as it is
called , is a very well-kept park of three
acres m Hartsdale. It has been pro
vided 113a woman conspicuously fond
*
of animals. The
graveyard is not a
potter's field , and a fixed system of fees
is charged tor each interment. The
prices arc five dollars for a single in
terment for cats and small dogs and
$8 for a large dog. The burial plots ,
if 011,3 wished to buy them outright ,
cost ten dollars or fifteen dollars , ac
cording to their size and location.
When a plot is purchased the owner is
allowed to bury several pets in the
same grave. The graves are marked
at present by wooden shingles care
fully numbered and stuck up at the
heads of the mounds. Several tomb
stones , however , are building by local
stonecutters , which will commemorate
the names and deeds of the pets. The
Hartsdale canine cemetery is the only
oue in this country. It is modeled
after the famous dog cemetery of Lon
don , where thousands of dollars have
been expeided in tombstones and dec
orations.
Foelinjj the Karth's Pulse.
The fanciful notion which men used
sometimes to entertain that the earth
is. in some sense , a living thing would
probably have derived support from
the recent observations of Professor
John Milne and others on the shivers
and quivers that frequently run
through its locky frame , but escape
notice except when watched for with
specially constructed and exceedingly
delicate apparatus. Professor Milne
reports that apparatus of this kind lias
now been mounted in Canada. Hritisii
Columbia , the United States. South
Africa. New Zealand , Java. India and
Argentina , as well as in England and
lit various places on the continent of
Europe.
Gold in the
The gold contained in the medaK
vessels , chains and other objects preserved - j :
served in the Vatican would make more
0
coin than the whole of the present
Kuropcan circulation.
Q )
'
Xo City Councils There.
Under the laws of China thy man
: h' ioso his temper in a discussion is )
out to jail for five days to cool down. 1 ]
n
We have noticed that when birds enlists
lists are not in fashion , the women are
iore fierce at their meetings in dc-
souncing the killing of songsters to'dec-
mite hats. .
When a man wants to be particularly
sntertaining in company , the only jokes
ind stories he can recall are those best
itiited to men only.
A traveling man's honeymoon lasts
'our times as long as that of the aver-
ige man , for the reason that he is not a *
lome so often.
Trt'c Friendship.
Author-When yon come lo my new
be too severe
will not
book 1 hope jrou
on me.
Critic-I read it last wk anO my
criticism was certainly not detrimen
tal !
Author-V.'hy. I Sttn'l sec- any notice
of it in your columns.
Critic-Of COUM2 nat. ? / * l avc al
ways been friend ? aist1 for ibat reason
I refrained t/oni p-iatiBij iuy cauda
'opinion if it.
A Striking An'riiM.
] n the tiini" of Charles I. of Kijgland
the making of anagrams - usually on
tlie names of people ua t. cjiunany
was a fashionable sir..r.ient , and
called cut no imie ingeniiy. ; Handle
Holmes wrote : it that time : i remark
able book on heraldry , an.I from the
letters of bis name wa.- formed the
anagram , "Lo , Men's Heialdl" A lady
" Pavies" laid
known as "Dame Eleanor
claims to prophetic gifts. She believed
she was inspired by tlie spirit of the
prophet Daniel , and she formed of her
. "Eleanor Da vie.1- .
Ilc'.eal , O DanJe.T
This anagram had too much by an I *
and too little by an S , but as it had in
it "Daniel" and -'reveal" it satisfied her
aspirations. She was brought before
the Court of Bishops , who tried to rea-
sou her out of her insane claims , but
she held her own strictly.vc are told ,
until one of the deans shot her through
with an arrow from her own quiver.
He took a pen and wrote this anagram :
"Dame Eleanor Da\e.s : ,
Never so mad a lad el"
The court on reading this burst into
laughter , and the lady's spirit forsak
ing her , she gave up lur claims to
prophecy , and we hear or her no more.
The Soufuis of Battle.
The report of a battle reaches the
world over in these daysof the reign
of the newspaper , but without any
such outside aid it can be heard far
beyond the scene of actual strife. The
reports of the guns the mselves. the
real sounds of battle , go far out into
space , and can be distinguished a long
way from the point of co-.itHct.
Prof. W. F. Sinclair says that there
is nothing unusual in the hearing of
artillery at a distance of sixty miles.
The Bombay time guns and salutes are
often heard at the nortbun Mahim , a
distance of over fifty niih * . The guns
are or were at the time when the ob
servations were made very modest af
fairs , old-fashioned twenty-four or
thirty-two pounders loaded with four
or five pounds of coarse , black powder ,
not all of which was burnt.
The target practice of the forts and
turret ships at Bombay v.i. < easily dis
tinguishable from mere --.ilutes and
time guns , not merely a. > a louder tg *
sound , but by being felt in the cJM p * "
wiien the others could on'j ' _ .
9 Jk " t.
The sound produced by modern pow
der is probably very d-U'creat from
that of the old black powder , svjLthat
an army in action at the present fmuv
may be relied upon to make its voice
heard. The "din of battle " is not a.
figure of speech.
Coursing through the voiu.- , feeds , nour
ishes and sustains .ill the organs , nerves ,
muscles and tissues of the body. Hood's
Sarsaparilla makes wana , rich , pure
blood. It is the be'-t medicine you can
take in winter. It tones , invigorates ,
strengthens and fortifies the whole body ,
preventing colds , fevers , pin-unionia , grip.
Sarsa-
pariiia
Is America's Greatest Medicine. Price $1.
Prepared by C.I. Hood & Co. , Lowell , Mass.
Hood's Pills cure sick headncliu. i > cents.
FiiE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination , but also
Lo the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientiiic processes
* nown to the CALIFORNIA FIG SVKUP
? o. only , and we wish to impress upon
ill the importance of purchasing-
irue and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
ay the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
Hily , a knowledge of that fact will
issist one in avoiding- the worthless
natations manufactured by other par
lies. The high standing- the CALI
FORNIA FIG SYJUP Co. with the medial -
al profession , and the satisfaction
vhieh the genuine Syrup of Figs has
riven to millions of families , makes
he name of the Company a guaranty
f the excellence of its remedy. It is
'ar in advance of all other laxatives ,
is it acts on the kidneys , liver and
owels without irritating- wcaken-
ug- them , und it docs not gripe nor
tauseate. In order to get its beneficial
Affects , please remember the name of
he Company
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