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Yankee Blade.
A STARTLING EXPERIENCE.
BY FLOKKN'CK WELDOX.
Josio McClnre was always plucky.
Every one said so, and wliat every one
Fays is pretty apt to have some truth in
it. She was plucky from the hour of
her birth, when, a poor, puny, post
hnmous little creature, she was sent into
the world to assuage the sorrow of a
half heart-broken widow-mother a
delicate creature whose near friends
were few and whose resources were
slender.
Josio grew up the delight of her
mother's heart. A quick-witted, littie,
red-headed termagaut, some were
pleased to term her, but these were,
as a rule, such of her schoolmates who
had cause to fear her wrath for misdo
ings of their own. Big boys who tor
mented their smaller brethren and girls
who stooped to petty mcannessea were
Josie's special detestation. Rut Josio's
school life could not last as long as that
of most girls. It came upon her all at
once one day that she had a mission in
the world, namely to assist in providing
for herself and her mother. I shall al
ways believe that I first put the notion
iu her head to become a telegraph oper
ator. She used to come up to the de
pot of that sleepy village nearly every
day on her way home from school and
watch me at my work. I was station
master, train-dispatcher and general
operator all in one.
"I don't think I could ever learn to
send a message," she said one day, as
she stood watching rne.
"Oh, yes, you could," I answered.
"In fact, I think you'd soon become an
expert."
She looked up sharply with ker
bright, red-hazel eyes.
"What makes yon think so?"
"Your quick natnre and good sense,"
I said. "I don't believe you'd ever
lose your head."
"No; I am pretty cool. Remember
when Crittenden's horse ran away with
Grace and me? I made Grace drop
out over the rear of the wagon. Nei
ther of us was scratched. I was just
as cool that moment as I am now.
Grace was screaming murder.'
"If you had a position like mine," I
laughed, "there wouldn't be much to
scare you. It's nil I can do to keep
awake some days."
"I'd rather go farther west," said
Josie.
Briefly, it happened to suit her.
She took a few lessons of me. I gave
her something of a start. Then she
went to the city and took a regular
course of instruction. The nest I
knew she had been assigned to a sta
tion 500 miles further toward the set
ting sun. Her mother and herself re
moved at once from our midst, aud Josie
was lost to me, save for a sparkling little
epistle I used to receive every week or
ten days detailing her various experi
ences. I'm sure I don't know how I should
have gotten on without her letters, I
missed her so at first. It turned fright
fully dull and sleepy at my station, but
I managed to keep awake and attend to
things as they deserved. Several
months passed. Winter clipped away
and spring moved along slowly. Jo
sie's letters came regularly to gladden
my heart.
"Haven't much excitement out here,"
she wrote. "No Indians and only an
occasional train-robbery. No smash
ups, no collisions, nothing lively. Not
many messages. Scmetimes I think
m call you up and chat a little; then
the roundabout way puts me out of
humor. Take a vacation and visit us
soon. Mother will be so glad to see
you. She's crazy about her chickens,
raising an enormous number. And
such luck! They're always falling into
the soft-soap keg or something else.
Mother's health is just splendid. As
for me, Fve gained fifteen pounds,"
etc., etc.
It was this that put the notion in my
head. I obtained a substitute and took
my vacation in early June.
The evening of the next day I
alighted from the way train at the town
where Josie and her mother lived at
the station where Josie herself was a
fixture.
A trim little figure came running to
ward me. It was she. She had on a
plain gingham'drcss and a jaunty cap
was pushed back from the auburn hair
curling on her forehead. She gave me
a good, ' hearty hand-shaking and or
dered me into the station,
"Gracious!" said I; "not much
more than a shed. Do you have it all
to yourself?"
"Pretty often. There'3 a man around
sometimes, but he's a lazy sort of a
creature, and, to tell the truth, I
haven't much confidence in him. I've
got my eye on him pretty close. He
went off this afternoon, with a queer
looking character, some stranger friend
of his. Wfeere they went to is a mys
tery; might have been fishing, though
folks don't fish at midday. Now," she
went on, changing the subject with her
old vivacity, "it's just about half an
hour till supper time. I'll give you
full directions how to go and you start
at once. Walk fast and you'll be in
time. And won't mother be pleased,
though? You see, Tve got my supper
here in a tin pail. Pre got to stay and
see the express go by all right"
I interrupted her with the wish that
the would allow me to remain with hoc
Bat sbo shook her head.
"No, I haven't enough supper for
two and mothera all alone. Yon can
come back after me if you like, though
I don't mind the walk alone. Haven't
the slightest idea how it feels to be
afraid. Start right along now; it's a
good mile."
She gave mo the directions and I set
out, rather reluctantly, it must be con
fessed. The station stood somewhat above the
village, the railroad wound past on an
embankment, crossing a river gulley on
a high bridge a short distance to the
west.
I followed Josie's directions; went
down through the village and up the
road leading to her home. Mrs. Me
Chire gave me a delightful welcome and
a snp2ier beyond description. We had
a pleasant talk of old times and new.
She spoke of Josie's goodness and filial
affection until tears came into her eye3
and mv own as well.
Then I roe to return to the station.
I shall never know precisely what
thought it wa3 came into iny miud and
caused me to hasten my footsteps. Time
had flown. It was 8 o'clock and after,
and growing quite dark. The sky had
clouded over, as if a storm were im
pending, and the quiot of the village was
unearthly.
I hurried on; I almost rati, and finally
reached the station. But what was my
surprise to find Josie was not there.
She had not gone home, for her tin pail
stood upon the table and a handker
chief lay on the floor beneath. I
glanced iu the pail. Her Mipper was
yet untouched. The place was growing
dark and no lamp lighted. Suddenly,
"click, click," from the table. I listened,
and knew that sonic one was calling up
this station.
T. W.
4T. W." I
knew that Josie was "T. W." Whoever
it was calling persisted so that I grew
uneasy. Where could the girl have
gone? At length, as sho did not come,
1 answered the cail. "Weil, what is it?"
"About the express," tho answer came.
"There is no mistake." I hesitated.
What fchould I say? "Repeat instruc
tions. T. W.' is cut for the moment."
I knew only that the express would
come from the west, and this was a man
talking at the station fifty or sixty miles
to the east. He answered after a mo
ment: "Matter of life or death. Ex
press will leave A in ten minutes.
Should switch at P (Josie's station)
and wait for special from east to pass.
Other train blocked with freight For
God's sake, fix it right. No direct wire
from here to A ."
A cold dull ran over me. Where
was Josie? How can I call up the
other station? I made an attempt but
got no answer. I waited a little, but no
Josie. It was growing darker. I rushed
out on the platform and looked up and
down. There was. a small shed across
the track. I ran over and wrenched
open the door, but could see nothing for
the darkness. "Josie," I called despair
ingly. Hark! What sonnd was that,
faint and familiar, click, click, click. I
listened without breathing. "I am
here," it said. "Bound and gagged;
tied down so I can't get my hands free
or stir. Unloose me quickly."
I grooped my way into the shed,
stumbled over piles of wood and came
to something warm and human.
It was a moment's work to release
her.
"Great God!" I cried, "who did
this?"
She caught her breath -with a gasp.
"Back to the station!" she cried;
"don't waste a second." We ran to
gether. She caught the key and called
up the office I had spoken with. "Til
lainly," she telegraphed. "Wire to
A cut Station mau here in plot.
Call up A by D and G ."
"Too late," the answer came back.
"Exprc.53 has left A by this. Flag
it."
Josie turned and looked at me for an
instant almost despairingly.
"Whas shall I do? The special has
left there. The express has started.
They will meet on the same track. The
scouudrels came on me just as I had
taken a note of the special, sol should
make no mistake."
"We must flag the express!" I cried.
"We must flag both," she said. "This
may not be all that has been done."
While speaking she had turned to light
the lamp, and I could see how pale she
was.
"A lantern," I said then. She has
tened to a box in the corner and took it
out. We trimmed and lighted it
"This is only one," she said. "We
need two. Take this and go down the
track you know, to the west Stop
the express and tell them that is all.
I will run to the nearest house, get an
other lantern and go the other way."
I shuddered.
"Suprxwe those men come upon you?
No, you shall not go alone. I will go"
"Hush!" she said. "Go quickly.
The express is almost here."
And I obeyed. And as I ran I trem
bled at the thought of her peril. I
trembled so that the lantern shook, but
I ran on.
JOSIE ENDS THE STORY.
This was as far as Sam could write,
poor boy. He always shudders when
he speaks of that night Butaitwas
nothing, after all, so terrible. I got
the other lantern in great haste; not
from any neighbor, for there was no
time, but out from behind the box in
the corner. Luckily I remembered in
time. Then I ran fast as I could, but
feeling pretty shaky as I crossed the
bridge on the trestles and heard the
water far below. Sam turns pale when
I mention the bridge.
On and on I ran in the darkness with
my little lantern swinging until I
heard a low humming of the rails be
gin and saw a distant light grow bright
"Heaven give mo strength," I prayed,
and stood there waving my lantern
wildly. The light came nearer. I
kept on swinging my lantern. I
stepped from the track, but kept on
signaling. Thank Heaven, the light
came more slowly; the special was
stopping gradually when at my ear I
heard voices of suppressed rage. With
a terrible oath some one seized me and
flung me with furious force upon the
ground.
Then I knew no more. But it was
all right; the special picked mo np and
came along slowly with men out ahead.
And Sam, deaa-boy, had met the ex
press, so all was well.
The people on the special made me a
little present, though ra sure X
didn't 'want them to. Indeed, they
made a great fuss over me.
I had run. so far, I suppose, they
knew it must have been exhausting.
The scamps who laid the plot made off,
but afterward were caught.
And Sam oh, well Sam is my hus
band now.
CONSISTENT.
"You can't teach an old dog new
tricks," said old Judge Dewey, of Yel
low Mound City, when his wife begged
him for the third time to remember to
eat with his fork at her approaching
dinner party; "I'll try not to forget, my
dear, but I wasn't brought up to it
Folks ought to do what they're brought
up to."
He did not remember at the dinner
party. His knife went to his mouth a
dozen times. Next day, when the fam
ily was dining alone, the old Judge de
tected his youngest son, Frank, with
his knife at his lips.
"Eating with your knife, sir? Leave
the table!" thundered the old Judge.
"You'll eat bread and milk till further
orders."
"Really, papa, I think you are too
hard on poor Frunkie," said Mrs.
Dewey, as the little fellow left the
table. Tho faces of the elder boys and
the grown-up daughters showed that
they agreed with their mother.
"He ate with his knife," growled the
old man.
"So did you at the dinner," retorted
Mr.s. Dewey, severely.
"Don't I know it!" returned the
Judge. "Don't I know it! I cat with
my knife because I was brought up
to it, but that boy wasn't brought up to
it None of my children was brought
up to it, and if I catch one of 'em doing
it, as sure as I live, I'll lock 'cm up on
spoon victuals till they learn the use of
a fork!"
V1GNIF1ED.
An English clergyman relates that
his father was in tho habit of frequent
ing Ambrose's coffee-house inEdinburg,
the house made famous by John Wilson
in his "Noctes Ambrosiauje." To his
surprise he found old Mr. Ambroso not
at all proud of the celebrity which had
been conferred upon his establishment
On the contrary, he had taken it into
his head to be highly indignant at be
ing thus put into literature.
"What right had Mr. Wilson to talk
about me?" he said. "I tell you what I
am sir; I'm an individual."
It is not clear what he meant by this,
but he repeated the statement again and
again, with evident satisfaction. The
clergymen thinksj that the Scotch are
rather fond of hard words. He once asked
a station-master whether the 3:25 train
went to Campsie.
"Do you want to go to Campsie?" an
swered the official. "The express does
not stop at Campsie. The 12:40 train
stops there."
The clergyman repeated his inquiry,
"Does the 3:25 train stop at Campsie?"
Such impertinence was more than the
station-agent could bear.
"Now, look here,9 he said, looking
very angry, "do you think I am going to
be your your your amanuensis?"
He brought out the word with crush
ing diguity, and left the inquirer, as he
himself confesses, "morally prostrate.
A Z.AWTEIPS It VSR.
A Napa County man arrived in town
not long ago and went to a hotel, the
name of which shall be undivnlged.
In the evening he handed the clerk a
$50 bill for safe-keeping, saving: --"I
am going out to have a look at the ele
phant to-night, and don't want to carry
much money around with me." There
happened to be only that one clerk in
the office as he took the bill, put it in
an envelope, and apparently stuck it in
the safe.
Two days later the visitor sauntered
into the hotel office looking rather
sheepish and dejected. Waiting until
he saw the clerk alone he sided up and
said: "I will trouble you for that $50,
please."
"What fifty dollars?" asked the offi
cial coolly.
The guest recalled the incident of his
handing over the money for safe-keeping,
but in spite of his insistence tho
clerk denied all knowledge of tho mat
ter. Whereupon the man of Napa
County consulted a lawyer.
"Procure another fifty-dollar bill,"
said the lawyer; "take a friend with
you, aud go to the clerk again. Say
you find you were mistaken, -and that
you discovered the bill iu your pocket
Ask him, in your friend's presence, it
he will keep it in the safe until yon
need it Then come back to me for in
structions." The visitor did as he was bid, and re
turned to his legal adviser the next
day. "Now, go back to tho hotel alono
and when you find your clerk disen
gaged ask him for your money."
This the visitor did, and the money
was forthcoming.
"Now," said the man of law, when the
client applied for further orders, "take
the friend who was a witness to your
handing over the second fifty-dollar
bill, go with him to the clerk, and ask
for your bank no to again."
The ruse was entirely successful.
The clerk, finding that his victim had a
witness to the transfer of his money,
aud that a denial would be useless,
stepped behind tli6 desk, dug the orig
inal fifty-dollar bill from his pocket,
thrust it into an envelope, stepped to
the safe and, pretending to take it out,
handed back his booty. San Franr
cisco Bulletin.
AS US WORT lit SUSPICION.
Mr. McSwat picked up a doughnut
that lay on his plate, examined it crit
ically, made a mental estimate of its
weight and laid it down.
"Lobelia," he said, "did you make
this?"
"I did. Billinger, " replied Mrs. 31c
Swat, proudly. "Pll have a whole
plateful of them on the table in a mo
ment" Mr. McSwat made no reply. He was
thinking of the $10,000 for which he
had insured his life the day before aud
as he looked- at that doughnut and then
at his innocent and unsuspecting young
wife a look of cold, hard suspicion set
tled on his face.
A word is a weapon so terrible in its
action, and so deadly iu its effects, that
it will strike with the force of a thun
derbolt, and slay its victim with the
flashing rapidity of lightning.
A kilkxi.vk never goes to a tlanci
in pumps. Too suggestive. Bostot
Courier.
APAasnro fact;
rwasHta
Long enough to feel
TMgraeeralyreseaoeotl
ABlat her beavty's shrjae '
' T0atktbisweeneesof
ox aer quiet
fraesv
aaoasentkmeeL
her gentle face.
To caleb a glance from out her downcast eyes.
i naeetjng light of violet, more rare
frhan all tka eolara of the summer ski
ier skies,
That but a moment lingered flattering there.
ksaomen'. Then she vanished; yet to stay
I Within my memcry like some distant strain
Online, rising, slowly dies away,
i Bafhngera yet when all is still again.
Or, as a dream that flits across the mind
I When eare is bound by all-forgetting sleep
.Too soon will vanish, but yet leave sleep
1 behind
A. gentle sweetness tbit the senses keep.
It Fate had bnt been kinder. Who can tell
1 Our paths had beea the same, and, hand in
hand,
-Together we had wandered o'er the fe'l
And crossed the borJer of the unknown land.
We' met to meet no more. Upon the sea
Of life we pass like ships. A moment seen,
A signal shown, a shout thrown cheerily,
Then darkness, waves and distant stretch
between.
7. T. Xnccomb.
The New Evolntion.
Prof; W. K. Brooks, of Johns Hopkins
university, in a recent lecture on "Embty
olcgy'br Evolution," proved to tho satis
faction of his audience, by means of unin
telligible names and mysterious dia
grams, that a man is a direct descendant
of the fish. Prof. Brooks is a ben
factor. When some one shall catch by
the tail our alleged but most unsatisfactory
ancestor, the ape, and rid as of that stain
apon onr escutcheon, we should become a
Erondpeople. Everybody wants to believe
i evolntion, but human nature rebels'at
the ape. Resolve us back t-till further;
make fishes the starting point, or the living
sea flowers; give us the anemone for a
grandmother, even reduce us to a monad,
and science will swing on unhampered by
this universal protest.
i Of course the ape must be encountered
somewhere on the line, but it were better
to begin at the beginning and skip the in
termediate links than to have a certain alli
ance with these caricatures of men contin
uallythrust upon us. Monkeys, the very
embodiment of the weak side of bnmrtnity,
are unpleasantly suggestive of facts. In
the pranks of a frisky old baboon there is
too much external evidence to Buit the
average man.
With fishes for ancestor man may con
tinue not only to ovolate, but to retro
spect without detriment to his dignity. By
all means elect the jelly fish and turn the
monkey out.
Remhiiscences or WcndeU Phillips.
, Wendell Philllips was another broad
gnage, lovable character. I lectured with
him in many towns, and the more I saw and
heard him, the more I admired him. He
preferred to lecture to a small and appre
ciative audience in a town rather than to a
large and cold oca in a city. One day I
met him on the streets of Boston. He was
going along faster than nsnal and said he
was on his way to Fanenil hall, where there
would probably be a very exciting meeting.
President Grant bad called ont the trcops
to suppress riots.
' There was a great democratic crowd in
the old historic hall and it appeared dan
gerous for a republican to attempt to
speak. I entcied in front and Mr. 1'hil
lips, just as I cast my eyes on the plat
form, began to ascend it from the speak
er's entrance. A democratic orator was
6peaking, but no sooner bad Mr. Phillip's
head appeared above the platform than
the people began to shout, "Phillips!"
"Phillips!"
Very soon he was addressing the aud
ience and endeavored to concilliate and
pacify bis hearers. In all cases where
great peril existed to the citizens, he said,
it was the duty.of the government to pro
tect them. No sooner had ho finished the
sentence than a number of men began to
hiss. The great orator paused and in a
gentle way, more in sorrow than anger, be
said:
"Troth thrown into the caldron of hell
would make a noiso liko that."
It had a wonderful effect, and from thnt
moment nntil be finished ho was not inter
rupted, save with rounds of applanso.
What Hare Yon to Exchange!
We buy, sell and exchange hinds, lots,
stocks of "merchandi-e and other property,
making exchanges a specialty. Send us a
complete description of your property, tell
ing us what you want to sell or exchange
it for, and wo can llnd you a customer.
Prompt attention given to correspondence.
We solicit your business. Cook A: Hill, real
estate brokers, corner Fourth and Pieice
streets, Sioux City, la.
A table that belonged to the late Wm.
Shakespeare has just been discovered at
Stratford-on-Avon. It seems that John
Wheeler, aged 80, late an inmate of tho
Warwick Union, who at one time irrrev
erently cut bis initialsonthe "sacredrehc,"
has deposed on oath before a justice of the
peace that it was long the property of his
family and known among them, at least,
as "Shakespeare's table," and that he re
membered hearins ahis grandmother say
that she purchased It from a woman who
had bought it at a sale at Shakespeare's
house in Henley street.
Not long ago I saw the original manu
script from which was abridged and
drafted the greatest message of President
Franklin Pierce, writes a correspondent of
the Portsmouth Time. It was in the
handwriting of seventeen different promi
nent men of this country, including cabi
net officers and heads of depaitments, but
the moat pointed suggestions in it wero in
the fine, peculiar chirography of Isaiah
Miuot, who is still living in Concord.
The "Mother's Friend"
Not only shortens labor and lessens pain
attending it but greatly diminishes tho dan
ger to life of both mother and child if used
a few months before confinement. Write to
tho Bradfleld Regulator Co.. Atlanta. Ga
tor further particulars. Sold by all drug
gists. The other day thore came to Salem", Ore.,
a box car that left Detroit sixteen days be
fore. It contained P. Hanvood, wifo and
child, seven cows, two horses, two sheep and
an endless assortment of household and
kitchen furniture and farm appliances.
Mr. Hrawood said the trip was mado easily
and quite pleasantly, considering tho
cowded condition of the car .
Russian Influenza or La Grippe.
The cause of tho disease is not definitely
known, but that it is u germ in the atmos
phere there can be no doubt. There is a!.o
no doubt but that Allen's Lung Balsam will
ease and cure the troublesome cough at
tending it. To those afflicted wo would
recommend its use.
In the stomach of a cow which was
butchered at Washington Court House,
Ohio, the following articles were found:
Several nails, two and three inches long;
screws, brass nails, carpet tacks aid a
number of small stones. There was fully
.quart of these articles in the animal's
stomach. Tho cow was apparently in good
health before being butchered.
Florence, Ala.
Tho personally conducted excursions to
this rapidly growing city have been so suc
cessful that the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Bailroad (Evarisvillo Route) will run one on
each pi the following dates: Feb. 4. 11. 18
aha 25. For copy of "Alabama as It I-" and
further information, send to William Hill.
Qen. Pass. Agent. Chicago. III.
A Madison, Miob., widow kills three
birds with one stone by inserting in the
same issue of the local paper her husband's
obituary notice, a card of thanks and a
notice that she will auction off her late
partner's peraosal effects.
Pure Blood
Is absolutely necatsarr in order to hare peifsct
health. - Hood's SanaparUJa U Um great blood
purifier, quickly conquering scrofula, salt rheum,
and all other' Insidious enemies which attack Uie
blood and undermine the healta. It alao buifti
m the whole system, cures dyspepsia aad atck
headache, and rrarcomea that tired feeling.
"I cars beea troubled by a acrooileus affection
all my life. It fa one of the marked recollections
et my boyhood days, aad for several years has
readered ase unable to labor ranch. I thiak
Hood's Saxsapaiilla, which I have beea tuins at
interval for tea years, is the best thing I have ever
taken. I am sow 69, and my general health teems
better than erer." H.D.Abbtt. Warren. N.H.
I have taken two bottlea of Ilood'a Barsaparilla
far salt rheum and dytpepaia, with which I was
troubled very much. After taking thia raedidae J
aa feeling as well as eter in my lite." O. W. Kosz.
1-otirrille.Pa.
K.B. If you want a coed medicine, get
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Seldtj al! drszUts. l:tiilor. lrcparedoaly
k) C.J. HOOD k CO. Apothecaries. LcklII.
100 Poses Onm Dollar
Wg a Little CMri lawagM.
AltttleBhednbiand avenue aid
pmataaiatothaksHiss yesterday afternoon
and bmc ner auKaer u tM nau.
"WhyvFLossM," she exelainud, "what's
the matter?"
"I just walked honw, saanma," was the
answer.
"What did yen do that for? I gave yon
a quarter for car tickets."
Well, you see, Tnasussa, it was this way:
I gave the conductor the quarter and he
put it in his saoath and said, 'Is it good?'
and I said no, it wasn't, because I never
saw anybody eat a quarter and then he
handed it back to me and I didn t have ana
more money, so I got out and walked.
Condactors don't eat money, do they,
mamma?"
The mother explained that "good" didn't
always mean good to eat, and Flossie con
soled herself with the quarter which she
had prevented the conductor from devour
ing before her eyes. Washington Star.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Iteward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by taking
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Trops., Toledo, O.
We. tha undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for tho but 15 years, and behove him perfectly
honorablo in all business transactions, and
financially able to carry ont any obligation
mado by their firm.
West & Trcax, Wholesale Druggists, Tote
do, O.
Waldino, Kiknan & Marvin, Wholcsalo Drug
gists, Toledo, O.
E. n. Van Hokn, Cashier, Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is token internally, act
ing directly upon tho blood and mcens surfaces
of the system, l'rico 73c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
A iiiTTiiE girl named Kaufman, living
just outside of Pittsbnrg, is a puzzle to the
scientists. Sho cannot speak German or
English, but hat a speech of her own, par
tially understood by her parents, but al
lied to no known language. Up to this
point in thfir investigation the learned
men studying tho caso have had to rest on
the glittering generality that whatevor
there is in tho human tongue the female
6cx will get out of it.
Never Say Die!
Scourged witii ulcers, boils and tetter,
Weak of limb and Hore of eyo.
Hopeless now of growing better,
Surely ono ruusl die.
Not at all. poor, discouraged siiffarer
from disordered blood and scrofulous
trouble. Take Dr. Picrco's Goldon Medical
Discovery, tho great blood-purifier and
life-saver of modern dny4. All thoso un
wbolesomo sores and blood disorders may
be cured, and tho victim will look and foal
like a new man. It i warranted to benefit
or euro, or money paid for it promptly re
turned. Perfection is attained In Dr. Safe's
Catarrh Remedy. It cures the worst cases.
An Unkind Cut.
Briggs Now, everybody knows that
surprise is one of the chief elements of
wit.
Braggs Thcro's no doubt that it would
be if you were ever to say anything witty.
When Baby was sick, we gavo her Caetorla.
When she wis a Child, fchc cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, sho clung to Casloria.
When she had CbUdrec, sho gave them Cantoris.
A r.ENTiiEMAX arrived at Palatka tho
other day having in his possession a tooth
weighing over six pounds, which was taken
from the bed of Peice creek, south Florida.
It looked ag(d acd ti cnmuel was nearly
gone from the wear if the water. Four
weeks ago a similar tooth was discovered
and sent to tho Smithsonian institution.
It weighed twenty six pounds, and the
scientists at the it stitution pronounced it
to be an extinct spe ks of the elephant.
Eveb since ISO! there havo been women
more each year) who claim that there is no
soap half as good, or as economical as Dob
bins' Electric. Thcro tnust bu souio truth
in their claim. Try it. see how much.
A sensation has been created among
New York gaslronomer3 over tho alleged
discovery that they have been eating black
squirrel hash, done in sherry, at uiamond
back terrapin prices.
Oregon, the Paradise) of Farmers.
Mild, cquablo climate, certain and abundant
crope. liest fruit, grain, grass and stock
oountry in the world. Full information free.
Address the Oregon Immigration Board, Fort
land, Oregon.
One of the keepers in Bushey park,
England, lately discovered two fine bucks
lying dead in a ditch with their horns
locked together. 15oth animals had re
ceived severe body wounds.
For Throat Diseases and Couohs use
Brown's Bronchial Troches. Liko all
really good things, they are imitated. The
genuine are sold only in boxes.
A business man of Painesville, O., is
afflicted with paralysis of a very singular
kind. His legs are powerless from dark
to daylight, when he recovers the use of
them.
The smoker's delight "Tansill's Punch."
Both the method and results when
8yrupofFIg3 is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, nndacts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem cflectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50e
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may sot have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA Fl$ SYRUP CO.
8AH FMAMCOCO. CAU
loomvniE. at. hew rout, .r.
IICmOM THIS rim wan iwm to wiiimit
TO COAL CONSUMERS
Throughout the Northwest:
Write to the CHI III CHI CUfllT at Streator,
HI- for prices on the best grade ol
LUMP COAL
Delivered at yonr ttatioa. They make spcial
arlces to Mills. Factories aad Farmers' Allanccs.
ftsitiislj Cured with Vegetable Remedies.
Have cured many thouaand cares. Curt pattest
noBOuaeed hopeiesa by tan baat pcyaiciaaa. Frcm
Irst dose symptoass rapidly disappear, aad in tea
dan at least two-thirds of all symptom are remold.
Seed for free book of testimonials et rclracsZoc
cures. Tan daya traatxneat tarnished fnte by mail.
If you order trial, send te rent in stamp to pay
soatage. DR. H. H. G3XES 8U'9. Atlanta. Q.
PPsaieiafBal JOHN Vf. MORRIS,
LIlSIUIl Washington, D. C
Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Exam leer V. . Pension Bureau.
yrs In last war. IS adj udicatiogs claims, atty sinca.
15ooilei?Tinr 'nnFiTJCS! rone.
l-.-nmiuHiii-.A'itnjuttir.'J ort-
ka.ii. a.j. .i,iY,ni'nivinKiiLj77uiii.L.-rciLurn
W ....... . V . -t..i . r. - ,
I trTafsxJ(xsBcsuiXJMt;ouJMsBu8ale.ai.X.
11ROPSY
M M TREATED FX1EE.
IlilSiF STHiif
ana wan aw
Bsstsw'g Clsssicsl Csefcs.
In the opinio of the Boston Hermld
"tlw state cfMaswu&usetta can probably
show to-day asote admirable) wobkh to the
square mile, who caa combine the two ex
tresses of being able to read and enjoy
Dante's 'Faraduo' ia the original, and yet
prepare aa appetizing dinner oat of tho
cheapest cut of lean beef sold in the
market, than can be found anywhere else
on the face of the planet."
lafsraal Ingenuity
Could scarcely devise more excruciating tortures
than those of which you see the evidence in
the face of a rheumatic or neuralgic sufferer.
The agonies are the consequence of not check
ing a rheumatic or neuralgic attack at tho out.
set. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has beea
found by skillful medical practitioners to pos
sess not only remedial but defensive efficacy,
where those diseases exist, or a tendency to
them is exhibited. Surely this puissant but
safe botanic mediciue, bearing, too, such high
specific sanction, is hotter than the poisons
often employed, but most unsafe, not only in
continuance, but in isolated doses. Tho blood
is depurated thoroughly from tho rheumatic
virus, and the nerves, slightlv iniimrged upon,
saved from ultimate and direful throes by this
benign, saving medicine, which likewise exhibits
marked efficacy for malaria, kidney complaints,
dyspepsia, couitinaUou, and liver complaint.
Important banks of marine sponges,
including all the kinds most valued in com
merce, have been discovered on the south
ern coast of Sicily. They extend from fif
teen to eighteen marine leagues in length,
and are from twenty to thirty-one ells in
depth.
Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Ftso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. oCc.
A Frankfokt mm is training his hens
(o lay their eggs in tho kitchoa, where he
bos placed a cradle for their accommodt
tiou. This saves the labor of hunting tho
eggs.
"ONE FOOT IN HIE CRATE."
How often do wo hear tho nhovo said of
somo poor pilgrim o'er life's thorny iwtth,
whose tottering step, pallid face, unnatural
glitter of tho eyo and hacking cough, and
its accompanying involuntary pressure of
the hand over tho lungs, tho seat of tho
dread disease consumption that causes the
remark f Too frequently, alas ! and in tho
interests of such unfortunates this is pen
ned, to assure them that their steps need
tend no longer towanls that narrow recep
taclo that awaits all that is, until life's
allotted spaco is covered from any siicb
cause, for tho scientific researches of Dr.
R. V. Pierce, of tho Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., re
sulting in his " Golden Medical Discovery,"
havo Avrested front Iattiro a remedy which
never fails to euro this bcourge of our race
(which is really nothing more nor less than
Scrofula of tho Lungs), if taken in time and
given a fair trial.
For Scrofula iu all its myriad forms,
whether affecting the lung-tissues or other
organs or parts, Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery is a sovereign remedy, and
tho only one that is sold by druggists,
under a positive goaraatee from its manu
$500
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Sage's Remedy cures the worst cases, no matter of how long standing-. fiOc. by drugista.
Best Conch Medicine
Cures where all else fails.
taste. Children take it without objection. Uy druggists.
B
ryant & Sfrafton Chicago Bvsiness College!
smoWT-HAND INSTITUTE and EKCLISH TRAINING SCHOOL. riUSTAM).tlt
IWarTITLTlaW nf th T.xn.WMMin nr 17ZXES WOHIiDI Full Informs
UaawCaiatofjaa, terms. ete., sent HOLE. AddroaH.lt. BKVA.NT Ac O.N.rrprictr,Ckl-ce,Ua,-TTsjrssssa'd
Ihla rallrss to aw rita litrs. MeaUalliUaaerwkc)asu write.
Ara tho I1KMT for all
producing orerywhero
luies.Heaaiiini
r lower, ana uise
3. packages Earliest
arm unoD.
HsbbMH
sufficient for a uusu-r
v eaeiasie fcett
-noatpaid 9 1 "
13 pacaaa-ea L'hoica
Waiver rieed.S I.
I paa-v. I JiCromte
I HeedllafrToiaato
(new) -cur.
IOO.OOO ROSES
and PLANTS.
Seo4 far Ft CaU!.(.
etatain e.trjuln n;
lawn, rafien aad farm.
JOHN A. HLZKM
La t'roaa. w ia.
ORATEFUL-COMFORTINO.
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST.
"By alhoroBKh knowted;r of th natnrallawa
which a-ovarn the rperationa cf (".In r. linn end nutri
tion, and by a caif ul arpUcr-tion rt tht En pmrer.
ties of well-selw-ted Cwa. Mr. Kppa has irori.!H
our breakfast tab'r with a d.liratWy flatouri! bT
erajr which rosy aare us many hfa-ry doctorVWUX
It is by tho juitidoTia ur-e of siw-h artfclr of di-t that
a constitution may be aradually built upuntllstrv-ng
enough to resist arery tendrncy to disear. Hun
dreda of sulitle maladies are Eoatlnf around u rraily
to attack waererer there ia a arl ilnt. We tear
eacapn many a fatal haf t l.y ktpi" our ele well
fortified with pure blood ami a properly nourished
fram.' Oli-tf Srrfre Goz'ttr.
MdesUnpIywitnboilina;TTateror mils-. Sold
only In half round tin!1, by Oroctra. lsfeltol thtu:
JAMES JSPJ& & t'O., UnmtrupaUuc Chemists,
'" London. r.nrind.
BtCtTlO! THIS TKTtX warn nmn aasaiiaaaa.
Muilc, as a handmaid, stands ready
to at alst in all social pleasures and gaieUes.
CflPIII CiaPIHC! "Co!'e Song' (M cents'.
dUuJrU. dlnblnb! -CnlWe Soezb for Banjo.
('mtr ("ch 11). -Good Old fcoccs We L'.ed to
BlnaTdtOO).
TCalDrDiarCI"Tn"rxrance Creaade-f03 ctn.
I tlf LllMllf L! or t3. dor.) Emerson Morey.
-Temperance Kaliylns Honw" (35 cts. or $3.69 doz.)
uuii.
INTUrU DntiifCf "-"-7 Anthems (3) cts. or
MlntRI 0UUritj!t7 doz.) Eroeraon. -Asthenia
of Praise." (St cr S'dcz.) .Emerson. -American
AnlhemL'ook (?:2T$l2dcz.). Dow's -Re-aponses
and Sentences" i cts. or t; 20 doz.)
(Slctu.orflJOdcz.J: -vlardea o Sinsirg F:o-rrs
(13 eta. cr tender.)
Great Success Gf Our Hev $1 Mysic looks.
Piano Cl.ir" (Vol. t and oJ. 2). "Popular Piano
Collection." Pl'"'ar Dtr.ce Music Collection.
-Sonir ( lassies for Sopr," 'Sonj Clatsir tor Alto.
Classic liiritose ancf Kas.s Socx." "Classic. Tenor
Sonre." Each boot, tl.
SILILTD Ton EZTAII. FBICT.
LYON & HEALY, Chicago, 111.
QUVER DITSON COMPANY, Boston.
HiuWinter Hi.
CM! sbMI stassflSL"
Is that
BaalaarOhto'
ary Best, Colnabas
IOMo,reK,lM.
-i haTonsedStJay
, sobs OUtai my SaasBy
IMMIS SSMiaMllW
tetheamedldMcaaedidaes
FOR CKNCRAL USB.
It Is a good, hoaest asediclae and hoaest raes
will not hesitate to recommend it to suffering
hasoaalty." JOHN P. SLEMM0N9.
Bookkeeper.
At DaTocnm and Dzaixxs.
IK CNABLES A, VtCEllB CSt.
Elf's Crmi Bali
wax CUKE
CATARRH
grtcw as C ta. I
Apply Balm into each noetrU.
ELY. BRC3. K Wanes St. 2T.Y.
PENSIONS
f jsxra at- BUJii-n
It you want your
pension .withoat
delay, put yonr
claim ta the maade
VXTBUa,
OKlftC9KsiA MONTH can rr mad)
IU, sJCUw. worklnx for us. l'crsonapre
lerred who cin tnrnitih a hote and bits their whole
time to tho business. Spare moment may be prof
itably eirploTed alM. A few vacant-Ira In town and
cities. 1). F.Johnson Co- loco Main SLJUcbmund.Va
KIDDER'S PASTILLES.
Bur relief tCTn.ua
lTiceSSctaJ
no i nam
vmsil.btowall .VCo.
iCaarlsstoam. ataaa.
OPIUM
MaSMi. Tbeoaiv
and easy cure. Dr. J. L.
SteDaeas. Lebanon. Ohio.
reaiWOBVIWO s-nd for CI reularo.
TAtaica, WW abash. Atty .at Law.Waahinc tou.D.G.
facturers, thnt it will benefit or aire, if
taken in titno and given a fair trial,: or .
monev paid for it will lv refunded. En
larged glands, tumors or " bunches" 'aro
dissiiKited by its uso ; old sores or ulcers
healed ; u white swellings,." hip-joint disease,
nnd kindred ailments, permanently cured.
It'3 a medicine, not a beverage ; n concen
trated vegetable xtrcct. without Migar'or
syrtip in its make-up. Don't hget dnlnk,-'
nnls. As peculiar anil marvelous ia qura
tivo properties as in its composition. .It's
mission ts to cure, not palliate.
"Golden Medical DLeovery"' invigorates ,
and strengthens tho liver and lungs, iharp
ens the appetite, improves digestion, purifies
the blood, cleanses tiic system, end builds up
both flesh and strength when 1 educed by
" wasting diseases." It leails all other med
icines in amount of sales. There's nothing
liko it for the diseases for which it is rec
ommended, so don't be fixiled into accepting
any substitute, said to bo " jint as goodr
It's on insult to your intelligence' when ua
principled dealers try to inlin off something;
eke upon you. just to make a little, better
profit! An honest dealer supplies what
his customers wont, without questioning
their intelligence. World's Dispensary- '
Medical Association, Proprietors, Buf
falo, n. y. ;
CATAMH REMEDY, for a cae of Catarrh in .
the Head which they cannot euro.' By it
mild, snothimr. nnd healinir nronerties. Dr.
Recommended bv Physicians.
Pleasant nnd agreeable to tho
soils and rlimce.
Early Tcrc-I
urR
LaGRIPPE
'ALMER'SMAUMETICINHALEI
Patented June 12, 18S8
Price. Ono Dollar.
The highest French ruediral authority deflnaa ta
Oairi't'aa follows: 'Ligripp Is a catarrhal affec
tion. Is epidemic, and i characterized by a conges
tion of the mucous membrane of tho nnw. pharyn
geal and laryngeal bronchx. with feTerish action,
mora or less pronounced, accompanied by headache
and general feer."
Dr. Palmer. an eminent EtiKlibli phyician.who has)
deroted a lite of study to tho Mibject ot catarrh and
diseases of tho head, throat, and lucga. somo tim
since commenced a fenei of experiments with a
view to determining wuthpr any combination could
be formed which would UiU the ptraoita and act as
a tealing power at the hams time. The renult of bis .
experiments was th Introduction and rapid saMof
his Magnetic Inhaler, tho Inraea of which, when in-
haled, are re tretthinz and cooling, aiid d.rtne Imme
diate relief and rpeedyccreuf headache and sore
throat which are th forerunner ol L.A UKII'a'E.
HAM ' EQUAL
T3E: ii?EiAiEr:rD
Eecaue you cannot eccapo an attack of th most
annoying disease that c:cr existed in thia country.
1IL PAJLMER'S 3IAXimC IMIAI.KK.'U'
used at the commencement of an attack.it mi re to
break it np. Six persons employed in one eftab!i-h-ment
In Chicago were atlacied with 1.A UKIPi'K
la ont day. but a liberal application of the Inhaler
through the nostrils and thrott prevented their Ids
leg any time and nied a doctor's bill. SXafSanJ tor
an 1NHAI.EK at once.-i An ounce of prerenUoa
la worth a pound of cure.
Beware cf imitation, an there are unscrupulous ,
persons engaged in ths manufacture of a spurious
inhaler that ctrongly rjcemb'.es the genuine. .
Full directions, testimonials, etc. cent with each
Instrument.
Upon receipt of S1.0O I will send one Inhaler by
mail, postage, paid, or for as.00 1 wiU send six In
halers to any address. E. A. tJAVlSjK, General
Western Agent. 271 l-'ranlilln ML. Chicago. Ht,
ASTHMA.
PosfcasB's AstamaSpeeUW
belief in tsji anurias.
rarsaU.swoTsa, m. l. yrftav
tows, ra writes : 1 bsts has
Asthma f or jars-, foqnfl sa
reOef until I triad yonr Specs
Se.wnlea rltedaa xnuaes
dlataly." Bold by aU Oram.
glsta. StBsrBos.ByasB.sias
?RUL P1CZA6B Fail.
AddxatBvT.rorHAX.
, SALK-VklZ?: and 3Atav.
'T.AIllKH. both Local and
Travelinc. to sell Diamonds.
I Watch's and Jewelrr. Uooda
novel acd staple, and Had a ready sale in all
mmnnniliu. Absolutely no comreUUoB.
rfTnmrnniat if mil ffooils are not as reDrcarnted-
and all bear the guarantee of the maiiafarrurera.
We pay aa ary ot rrora asjw o eaow wvr
week. Address for full particulars KEED
ANSON. .MMiinfactcu-lna; Jewelers Areata
1&3 La Mali .Street, Caarace. 111.
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