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2 V Ti i. K NEBRASKA. FAMILY : JOUENAL A Weekly Newipaper israei ererj WeJiesiUy. 32 ftliaws tf reaiiig after, ctav sistiigtf Nebraska State News Item, Seleetei Stories aid . Miseellaay. a"a"SaBiple copies seat free to any address." Subscription price,- SI a par, in Mwaact. Address: M. K. Tobnkb On, Columbus, Platte Co., Nebr J. DTJSSELL, DEAUB IS PUMPS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE. Olive St, nearly petit Peat-efRce. fljaaseo-y LOUIS SCHREIBER. BlaOsutb ulWaaiMikir. All ki-.ii ef Rairiig dtie Sbert Netice. BiMies, Wag- eas, etc.. W r4er, ami all werk Giar- aiteei. AIm eeU Uie werli-fameu Walter A, Weed Mewtxi, Xeapen, CeaKi- ei Maik&ie, fcWetter., ami idf-bimden-tke tort made. IflrShep eppeslte the "Tatteraali," on OUT St.. COLUMBUS. 26-m Judicious Advertising Creates many a new business, Enlarges many an old business, Revives many a dull business, Rescues many a lost business, Saves many a failing business, Preserves many a large business. Secures success in any business. Ho says a man of business, and wo add that judicious advertising, for this ecction of country, included THE JOURNAL As ono of the mediums, because it is read by the lxt iteople. those who know what they want and say forwhnt the-get. Wo challenge comparison with any country paper in the, world in Uus re elect twenty jean publishing by the same management, and never one dim to subscriberH published in The Journal. This, lietter than anvthing else, shows the class of people who rretd The Journal every week. t f GOSHEN FENCE MACHINE1 CHEAP. ONLY $15- Woven wire and slats..at willows, split boards or anything of the sort, used; after posts are set, fence can be made and stretchedKbn the ground, in the winter, by a boy or ordinary farm hand, 10 to 40 rods a day, and can work it orer any ground. The man who has one of.-these ma chines can build a fence that is more datable and safe than any other, and make it at less cost. The machine and a sample of its work can bo seen inthecity on Sltfa street at Ernst & Bchwarz hardware store. Willaell mchines, or territory, or contract to put np fences. lmaytf J. R. MATHEWSON. Newspaper A book of 100 pant. MyERTOlMC! . The best book for aa .advertiser to con suit, be lie expert lenccd or otherwise It contnl us lists of newspapers and estimates oftfcc coat of ndveri!sliir.Tbe. advertiser ho wonts to spend one dollar, ends ia It the In formation be requires; wbije forhim who will lnrest one hundred thousand dollars la ad--rertisiag. a scheme is indicated which will neethis ererv requirement, or on bemade todotobif$Mdutnftmihfmrrirttletbjfccr' retpemlemee. 14 eduioss have been issued. Sent, peat-paid, to any address for 10 cents. Write tc GEO. P. BO WELL CO, XEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BUREAU. '20 Sot SUPriatiagHooso So..). SvmXzxk. PATENTS Caveats aad Trade Marks obtained, and all Pat ent bariaees conducted for MODERATE FEES. OUR OFFICE 18 OPPOSITE U. a PATENT OFFICE. We have no sab-agencies, all business direct, hence we can transact patent business in less time aad at LESS COST than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing, or photo, with descrip tion. We advise if patentable or not, free of charge. Oar fee not due till patent is secured. A book. "How to Obtain Patents," with refer ences to actual clients in your state, county or tewn, sent iree. Address Opposite Patent atOSca, WashugtoB,lcL tc jDLSIOIDH eASfssfrAfeirta Waatedl T Ciaccuiaal ljKi Brewster Safety Beta sdvSMi awn to Utrstoet Estst ewatr beys frost I te . Ltess sMTCt ItsMsrT aWtwBsr JCsTT oCtW wf C la slasMe te say natrtS ISrmWW c H I TarHAk aV .h n HsbbbbH imi'I x aMgaiaaawgpiriry?iwarMaega, PawJy MhwMaaMaw. It is "aid tkat the Freaeh gotenafAat has got to a pan where it will soon hare to borrow hugely. The hoaes of eoauaoae Is aov lighted by electric light for the first time. At JohastowB. a Hunffariaa was throws headlong from a fast train, aad, gathering himself up, he started after the traia to se cure his dtjiner-paih - It k said that the English aathorttios are stfll'ia pnrseit of Jack the Ripper, and that one of the best known of their dectoct ire inspectors devotes his whole time to the case. . Ik the Tillages of Northamptonshire a fond has been started from which to pay 4 pence per dozen for the heeds of sparrows, whose damage to the crops has become on bearable. Heddxbehps, Je., toasts of a six-year-old boy who, speuttTpTer four hun dred words on examination day without Bussing one. . Evidently the spelling book is not neglected in that school. Phillip West broke into the bouse of Antonio Gillepi, at Wilkesbarre, on Bator day night aad stole $160. Gillepi jumped out of the window in his nightcjethes and captured the thief three miles away. Steam surface cars, or dummies, are used by the street railroad companies of Birmingham, and last year they carried 19,000,000 passengers with only two fatal and f3rty-one minor accidents. The theme of the Japanese national an- tbem as recently rel enamd into English is: "Oh that the leigh mof o our emperor might continue for tl ana inouBanus oi years until oyster Shells become rocks.' Comflaixt is made that the craze for natural flowers, ferns and rare plants gen erally is leading to the destruction of the British hedge rows, and a law is proposed to make it a misdemeanor t steal flowers or tn igs. A LQCgMofiVE on the Atlantic & Pa cific railroad was run a long distance a few days ago without a smokestack, a barrel being substituted. The engineer says all he needs to pull a train is a steam cbe6t, a pair of driving wheels and a fireman. There is a new Eiffel tower on the banks of the Neva, near St. Petersburg, constructed entirely of 10,000 blocks of ice, with restaurants, observation plat forms and other attractions. It is 150 feet high. A large English railway company has increased its pay roll between 9,0U0 and 10,0?0 per year becaqse it believed tljat the increased traffic of the line justified the payment of higher wages to the men. It is alleged that tho falsification of English coins by clipping and counterfeit ing has gone to a greater extent during the last few years than for a loDg time before, and that things have come to 6uch a pass that it isn't sife to accept certain coins at all. The theater which the authorities of the University of Pennsylvania have decided to erect will be used for all public lectures given under the auspices of the university, for concerts and for the performances of classical music It will cost $75,000, and the organ which will be constructed about 25,000. In Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri ycocan bore a hole in a stick of firewood, plug it up after filling with powder and leave it where a thief may get it and blow his house op. These are the only three states, however. All the others have laws making such a thing a misdemeanor. Aaether Arieii. In 1857 William Parker, a Liverpool sailor, aged 26, accompanied Jjy his young wife and two children, took passage on the packet ship William and Mary, bound for Montreal. A short June after tfie steamer left the Mersey, Parker, who was on the spar deck leaning over the rail, lost his balance and tumbled into tne sea. Parker was swept astern and given up for lost. The widow continued her voyage, finally settling down in the vicinity of Montreal, and, soon finding an admirer, married again. The second marriage was disturbed the other day by the sudden appearance of Parker, who, it seems, had been picked np by a Portuguese merchantman bound for South America, and, arriving in that country, resolved to seek his fortune before joining his family. Five cents saved on soap: five dollars lost on rotted clothes, it that economy's Thcro is not 5 cents difference between the cost of a bar of the poorest soap made and the lest, which is. as all know. Dobbins' A Michigan paper tells of a farmer catching a fellow going out of his pasture one night with a sheep on bis back and blazing away at him with a shotgun. The paper naively adds that the fellow dropped the sheep, went to Ann Arbor the next day, and when he returned he had a glass eye. Best, easiest to ose and cheapest. PIso's Remedy for Catarrh. By drugeists. 50c. A Canton, China, paper estimates that 750,000 people die every year in China by fire and flood, but it is not satisfied. "The fact is," it remarks with cold-blooded cyn icism, "the great need of Chinamen is the sudJen removal of 2,000,0000 or 3,000,0C0 inhabitants to make elbow room for those who are left." When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, hhc cried for Castoris. When bhe became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she hsd Cb'Jdxen, she gave them Castoria. in a recent sale of old books and manu scripts in New York a letter written by f hristopher Columbus sold for $2,000. It consisted of 116 lines and eighty-four words, nnd very easy words at that, were spelled the most convenient way. Mr. Columbus was good at sailing but 'mighty poor at spelling, though in his day it was just as proper to spell cat with avk" as .in any other way. We recommend "Tansiirs Tunch" Cigar. The universities of Italy are complained of for the inferior grado of education to which they allot diplomas. BBBBBBsVBBBBBBaH Both the msthod and results whea Syrup of Figs ia taken ; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, 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 im ha action and truly beneficial in ita 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 50a and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FI0 SYRUP CO. 9AM fAKQ9,CAU umnmu.tr,. mmnm.M. . WBEH THE CHILDREN ARE Alt C0NM AWAY by xa. 1. A. moxttobtS. The bouse is deserted and silent. The clock seeming softly to Bay How cheerless it is and how lonely For tho children have all gone away t No foot-falls are heard on the carpet. No langh heard of innocent glee ; And their play-things are resting securely. Where the dear children wished them to be 1 How deep and profound is the stillness That reigns in each vacant room ; Bat the mem'ry of those that are absent Lingers like some'swest perfume. As I sit hero and think it aU over, I feci it so plainly to-day, How lonely l'U be in tho future When tho children are all gone away. They're only to make a week's visit With grandma and grandpa that's all ; But it gives ino a glimpse of -the moraen v Whcn tho mandates of duty shatt-eanT i And thuy, as bravo men and true women, 3Iuat answer and fall into line. Marching, nnfaultering, onward In the pathways the callings assign. I fcha'l sil in my old-fashionad rocker, Vcd. rocking and thinkisg all day, I fear I'll grow weary and oiling. My dark locks be turning to gray. Ill wonder what each ono is doing And where may each wanderer be. If any are bick or unhappy, Or if they ore thinking of me. 7 1111 I'll lay down the glove I am knitting, And look at their pictures once more, Ti 1 each ono is covered with kisses, As 1'vp kissed their sweet faces before. Then through Momory's hallway resounding. Their light-falling footsteps 111 hear. But lifting my glad eyes to greet them No children, alas, wiU appear! Tho honso is deserted and lonely, The clock seeming softly to say. How cheerless it is and how lonely For the children have all gone away I Detroit Free Prets. -AN EVENTFUL NIGHT. BY J. H. SI'ENCEB. The night of tho 11th of September, 1511, was settling down, dark and stormy, over the city of Guatemala now known as Cindail Yieja, or Old City which nestles at the foot of the high aud majestic Volcau tic Aqua. For three days a terrible tropical rain bad been falling, swelling the streams and filling with water the great crater of the volcano which dominated the city. Gantemala was mourning for Don Pedro Alvarado, the conqueror and Governor of the country, the news of whose death had just reached the city; and the obsequies, directed by Dona Beatrice de la Cueva, the heroic wife of the conqueror, who had herself assumed the duties of Governor, were of the most pompous description. Two men were crossing the Plaza. Ono was a tall, handsome, and powerfully-built young man, about twenty five years of age. His companion was a short, stout, middle-aged man, who wore the habiliments of a priest. A figure, closely muffled in a long cloak, approached the two men, and, after glancing about to see that no one eke was near, he removed his broad brimmed hat, exposing to their view a black, but well-featured and apparently honest face. The younger of the two men started in surprise. "Francisco 1" he exclaimed. "You here?" "Si, Don Andres de Gallegas," re turned the negro. "My master is dying in the forest, about two leagues from this city, and has sent me to bring a priest to him. "And the Donna Berta?" asked Don Andres, eagerly. "Is well, and is with her father," re plied Francisco. "Then, turning to the pric3t, he con tinued: "Will you como with me to my mas ter, padre? Ho says he cannot live un til morning." "Yes, my son, and at once," returned the priest. "Let us make haste, or we may be too late." "And you will Andres?" asked accompany us, Don Francisco, turning to "You was my master's the young man. friend, and he will be glad to ee yon." Don Andres assented, and the trio left the city at a rapid pace. "Who is your master, Francisco?" asked the priest, as (hey ucre making their way through the dark, wet forest. "Don Bultaarde Guzman." "What! Don Baltasar do Guzman who, a year ago, was accused of treason against the government of Sfain, and fled from the country ?" "The same, padre. But he wa fabcly accused. It was Don Juan do Cormono who, out of revenge because Don Balta sar refused to give him the hand of his only daughter. Hie Donna Berta, in marriage, accused him." "And Don Juan de Cormono and sev eral followers are ia the city now," sjiid the priest. "It is rumored that Don Baltasar is hiding in the furct near Guatemala, and they intend to tearch for him as soon as the storm is over." "They will not search for him to night," said Franci-c, grimly; "and to morrow he will be beyond their reach." The bight was intensely dark, lint, protected from the damp by the trunk of a huge tree, Francisco managed to ! light a torch which he had cJiicealed under his cloak. The thick foiiage overhead protected it. in a meauie, from being extinguished! "and by the aid of its light, the three me:i managed to make their way through the forest iu safety. Two hours from the time of their leav ing the city, they found thenf-elve; be fore a cabin which stood iu the niid.t of a dense thicket. door, Francisco knocked at the and a young and beautiful girl let them in. On a rndc bed lay a pale, emaciated man about fifty years of age. Hii larce. dark eyes were preternaturaily bright, and his thin, slender hands worked spas modically at the rough blanket which covered him. Al old negress came forward and took Don Andre' and the priest's wet cloaks, and the two approached the bed. "Don Andres !" exclaimed Don Bal tasar, as his eyes fell upan the young man. "Am I dreaming? I thought you were ia Spain." "I heard you were ia Guatemala, and came here, hoping to find yon," said Don Andre-. "Thi," he added, intro ducing the priest, "is Padre Duenas." The sick man gave his hand to Padre Dnenas, aili while they were exchang ing a few words of greeting, Donna Berta crept to Don Audres' side., "I cannot tell you how glad I am that yon have come to-night," she mur mured. "Thii forest has been so dreary! Everyday that I have been here I have prayed that I might see yon again. For nearly a year father and I have lived here in this cabin, and seen no one but our two faithful servants Franchco and his mother, old Dolores who came with us fiom Spain." "My darling," said Don Andres, as he drew her to him and she nestled in his arms, "nothing shall separate us agaiu." ' "Don Andres," said Don Baltasar, "you and my daughter were betrothed nearly two years ago, and would have been man and wife ere now, had I not been forced to.fly from my natire land. Kneel here at my bedside and let me see you married before I depart from this life, that I may die happy, knowing that my only child will have a protector when I am gone. Padre Duenas will perform the ceremony." And kneeling there at the death-bed of Don Baltasar, Don Andrei and Donna Berta were joined together in the holy bonds of wedlock. Padre Duenas then administered the last holy sacrament to Don Baltasar,and an -hour later he had calmly breathed his last The last sad duties to the dead had been performed, and a stillnes3, such as is only felt in .the presence of death, reigned in the cabin, when suddenly there came a long, loud report, like the roar of heavy artillery, and tho cabin was shaken to its very foundations. Francisco and old Dolores cried out in terror, while the Dona Perta de Gal legor clung to her husband iu affright. "It is an earthquake!" said Padre Duenas, when it was over. "Do not be afraid, my children we are in the hands of God." The sun next morning came out full aud clear; and after laying the body of Don Baltasar at rest iu a grave which they made for him in the'forest, our party set out for the city of Guatemala. But what a horrible sight met their gaze when they reached their destina tion! The site of the city was almost en tirely covered by an up-rooted primeval forest, the tangled trunks of which were mingled with large stones in wild con fusiou ; the fertile fields around the city were buried many feet deep with mud. On the previous night while the storm was at its height, the earthquake had broken down one of the sides of the crater of the mountain, letting loose a vast torrent of water, which, carrying before it a mingled mass of earth, rocks, and trees, swept down on the city bury ing GOO of the inhabitants beneath the ruins, and among them the unfortunate Dona Beatrice herself. The survivors of the catastrophe had fled from the spot in terror. Neither Don Juun de Carmono nor any of his followers who had accom panied him to Guatemala were ever heard of again. They, too, had been buried beneath the ruins of tho ill fated city. UUUTEU. If the various animals hunted by men could ever stop to laugh during these encounters, there would no doubt be ampte excuse for such pastime, for sel dom as tho fact appears in books of "sport," man does not always occupy the dignified corner of a position. Parker Gill more was one day searching for. a steinbock in the African forest, aided by Churning, his companion, and three na tives. They had seea traces of a wart hog, but resolved to postpone his slaugh ter until after that of the steinbock had been accomplished. The old native led the way nnd we followed, expecting momentarily an in dication that our services were required in front, when suddenly that aged war rior sprang at least four feet into the air. I saw something big and grizzly between his legs, and understood that, iustead of being the assailants, Ave were attacked, and by a vlacke-vark. Shoot I could not, and so .sprang on one side into a perfect tangle of wait-a-bit thorns, where I was effectually entangled. Convinced that the danger was over, I turned slowly round to see how it had fared with Churning. I was scarcely in a laughing humor, but I could not sup press a giggle on seeing my friend hanging by his bauds to a bough, his kueos close to his chin, and his face wcaiiug an expression of extreme dis gust at being forced into such violent exercise and such an undignified posi tion. Beyond him was one of the darkies perched ou the top of a big bush, and further on the other one, fleeing in search of a similar refuge. Tableau: live good men and true routed by a wart hog. "Why didn't you shoot him?'' ex claimed Churning, as he straightened himself and dropped to the ground. "Because I thought I might hit tho old man. Why didn't you ?" "Because I thought I might hit you." So we laughed over the absurdity of the whole affair, nnd therr, like consid erate white men, jeered at the natives for want of pluck. JXST.IST i.USS OF SIGHT. A middle-aged man, with, slightly gray hair and mustache, standing in the Pout conuling-room last evening, his crippled legs reinforced by a pair of crutches was suddenly, without, a moments premonition, stricken .stnne blind. He was Mr. Henry Dodge, of No. 911 Fourth street. He had just got a copy of yesterday's paper, and had scarcely rested his eye? on it when the paper dropped from his hands, and he i covered his eyes with them aud cried: l M G v t , biina." He leaned on the counter and sobbed, his shoulders shaking, and tears from his sightless eyes streaming through his lingers. Mr. .tsudge wears on his breast the bronze emblem of the Grand Army of the Republic. A wound he received ia the army had injured his spinal cord. From the effects of the wound he ha3 never recovered, and some time ago he suffered a partial stroke of paralysis. His sudden blindness probably is attrib utable to the same cause. He felt no pain, he said, but hi3 eyes were a3 sightless as though they had been plucked out. Policeman Boyce was summoned and Mr. Dodge taken home in a cab. Washington Fost. A facetious Bostonian, who has oc casion to send postal cards to a certain small city where there is a postmistress, writes this legend on the top of the card: "Please forward after perusal." Boston Herald,. MT LOST THOUGHT. Tia vanished, 'tis lost, and I very much fear That its ravishing voice I shall never more hear, That I never again shaU see sash of its wing, Kor get any trace of the beaulful thing 1 Did yon ever, dear friend, en a sad, dismal day, By your window sit idling the moments away, Impassive, unthinking, yea, only apart Of the gloom that enwrapped you, invaded your heart? Ah, how sweet at scch moments to suddenly pr Some blithe little songster dart out of the sky ! JnBt a don, tiny bundle of feathers, mayhap, Just a trembling, ecstatic and crazy madcap? So small in this great world of sorrow, and yet. As ho lights 60incwhero near yoa and fiirts off the wet. As he shouts a wild yodel of hope and of glee, All the chUl seems to vani.h, the darincss to flee! And my beautiful thought like a bird fluttered out From the gray, misty space of dimness and doubt, But it panted but a trice my soul's window be fore, Then it darted away and I saw it no more 1 Oh, this bird of my fancy was timid, I west. For it stayed not to sing mo its song new and Bweet, And it vanished so quick in tho skies of no where, That I knew nothing more than it is, and is fair. For 'tis now in tho midst of an infinite throng Of fancies forgotten, faint echoes of on; Dlm,melodies oft by tho ear almost caught. And thoughts of which poets hare never yet thought ! But if ever again I seo flash of its wing. Or get any trace of the beautiful thing, I will pause not a moment, but quick as a wink I will letter it fast with a drop cf ink ! I will rise, if need be, in the midst of tho night. To capturo this thought by tho dim candle liKht, And long ere the waters of darkness shall ebb, Twill be cafe in a fino chirogruphical web ! George Horton. Acquisitions of Importance. The department of Greek and Koman nntjqnjjfies at the British museum has re cently received several acquisitions of im portance. Among them is a line seal of banded agate in the form of a scarab set in gold, with a silver hoop fitting it for a ring. "It is described as a very choice specimen and wns found in Cyprus. Its date is abont 520 B. C. It represents, nearly in profile and at full length, with the characteristic disproportions of the period to which it belongs, Alheac, clad in semi-transparent robes, both wings, of an extremely early type, being ex tended behind tho figure. Tbe goddess, who holds a spear, weais a helmet with a prodigious ctest. Apart from its technical merits tho extremo historical interest of this relic will be manifest to students of Euripides who remember that tbe turning point of the plot of the 'Ion' is concerned with the blood of tbo slain Gorgon. Over the 6houlder of the goddess tho head of Medusa is seen dropping blood, clots of which fall from it behind tho figure and close to her feet. This is supposed to be the only known representation of the snb ject.." Hark ! to tho sound of humanity's wails ! Millions of pcoplo witli ach?s and with ails. Headaches and humors, u merciless flood. Weakness of lungs and disorders of blood. Yet there's a helper that certainly saves Thousands of people from preinaturo graves. Tho remedy is Dr. Picrco's Golden Med ical Diseovory. It cures coughs, relieves asthma, checks bronchitis, puriflos tho blood, heals sores, eruptions and unsightly pimples, and is without a rival for all the iils that spring from a disordered liver. All druggists. Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but uso Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy. Of druggists. Two Professors. A caso where Greek met Greek is record ed by tbo Camden (Me.) Herulil. In the early days of that town a doctor had occa sion to go to law, and employed a neigh bor, a lawyer, to take charge of his case. Somehow tho case never got ahead any. At the clofec of each term of conrt tbo doc tor would ask the lawyer how it was pro gressing, only to receive the answer: "It is continued; the other side got it coctinnod." As the costs also continued to increase the dector got uneasy, but bided his time. In the course of years the lawyer called in the doctor to cure a sore finger, which failed to heal and remained a sourco of an noyance. At last the lawyer, while away from home, called in another doctor, who happened to hit the caso just right, and when he returned home his linger was well. As soon as he saw his old client, the doctor, he told bim what the other doctor had done for him, winding np with tho question: "Doctor, why didn't you en re my finger as qnick as this other doctor?" Tho old phy sician, with a merry twinklo in his eye, stuttered a prompt reply: "G-G-Gad, squire, I was j-jnst c-c-con-continning it." Costly Cigars. The costliest cigar smoked in New York is said to be a Havana Henry Clay, which is usually sold wrapped in gold or silver foil and which costs $1.25 apiece at retail. As to the cost of manufacture of such a cigar a manufacturer says that it is wholly impossible to make a cigar whoso actual cost, with tbe use of the choicest nnd most costly material throughout, can exceed 25 cents. The cigar retailed in the market for $1 costs the manufacturer about 15 cents. There is a small added item o'f ex pense in stamping, and the boxing may be made more or less costly; but even with these added it will be 6een that the profit on the higher grade oj cigars is immense. A Eady in South Carolina Writes: My labor was shorter and less painful than on two former occasions; physicians astonished. I thank you for "Mother's Friend." It is worth its weight in gold. Ad dress the Bradfleld Regulator Co.. Atlanta. Ga.. for particulars. Sold by all druggists. The Musical Tree. A foreign traveler tells of seeing a mu sical tree iu the West India islands and in Nubia. It has a peculiar shaped leaf and pods with a split or open edge. Tho wind passing through these gives out tho sound which gives the tree its peculiar name. In Barbadoes there is a valley filled with these trees, and when the wind blows across the island a constant moaning, deep-toned whistle is heard from it, which in the still honrs of the night has a very weird and unpleasant effect. A species of acacia, which grows very abundantly in tho Sou dan is also called the "whistling tree" by the natives. Its shoots are frequently by the agency of the larva: of insects distorted in shape and swollen into a globular blad der from one to two inches in diameter. After the insect has emerged from a circu lar hole in the side of this swelling the opening played upon by the wind becomes a musical instrument equal in sonnd to a sweet-toned flute. A BiiiTj has been introduced to enable English peers to abandon their places in the house of lords if they wish and be elected to the houso of commons if they can. Lojtdox is surprised at teing able to buy the beautiful mimosa elegans on the 6tre?ts at ridiculously low prices, althongh bnt a few years ego it was very rare and expensive. Peculiar That Hood's SareapiriUa does possess curaUw power Peculiar to Itself is conclusively shown by tbe wonderful cures it his effected, unsurpassed in the history of medicine. This absolute merit It possesses by reason of the fact that it is prepared by a Combination, Troport ion and Process Pecu liar to Hood's SanapariUa. known to no other medi cine, and by which the fuU medicinal power of aU the ingredients used is retained. Hood's Sarsapa riUa is a highly concentrated extract of Sarsaparilla. Dandelion, Mandrake, Dock, Juniper Berries and other weU known vegetable remedies. It has won Hood's Sarsaparilla Its way to the leading place among medicines by Its own intrinsic, undisputed merit, and his now a larger sals thaa any other similar preparation in tbe country. If you have never taken Hood's Sarea pirilla, a fair trial wiU convince you of its excel lence and msrits- Take it this season. "I have for, a long tires been using Hood's Sarsa parUla, and believe me, I would net be without it. As a spring medicine it is invaluable." E. A. Rhodes, US Ontario Street. Chicago, HI. "Hood's Sanaparilla gave me new life, and re stored ms to my wonted health acd strength.- William H. Cloit.ii, Tilton. N. H. N. B. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla. 100 Doses The Baeeaaeer ef Old Flaunted tho sknU and erossboneo, their en. sign, defiantly at tho masthead. Tour modern pirate, not en tho high seas, bat apon tho high reputation of standard remedies, skulks under various disguises. His hole and corner traffic has never to any degree affected Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, although that standard invig orant and corrective has long been the shining mark at which his shafts have been directed. Cheap local bitters, composed of fiery unrecti fied stimulants, with an infusion, or extract possibly, of some tonic bark, are still some times recommended as identical with, or sim ilar to, or possessing Virtues kindred to these of America's chosen family medicine. Thess perish speedily, while the great subducr aud preventive of disease pursues its successful career, overcoming malaria, dyspepsia, nervous ness, kidcoy troubles, constipation, and rheum atic ailments, not only on this but on many continents. Te Recover SHnken Treasure. A company, it was stated, lately set out from Sidney to New Zealand to recover sunken treasure from some old wreck on tn"e west coast of the Middle island, but so far no returns have been published,tho op erations probably not being complete. "Tho subject of sunken treasure reminds one of the heaps of gold carried in tho galleons of the past. In 17C!) a ship of war from Lis bon had on board 9,(100,000 of crusade i in diamonds and about 100,000 "crowns tnr nois" piastres, making the whole 29.030,000 livro3 turnois. So much for a single ship. In 1771 two Spanish ships from Vera Cruz and Havana arrived with 22,000,000 crowns, exclusive of merchandise valued roundly at 27,000,000 crowns. Such examples could be multiplied. Of tbe cargo of an English In- diaman in 1771, one item a diamond in the rough was valued at 100,000. Attacked by Wolves. As two merchants were returning lately in a carringe to Bartfeld from the Hungar-ian-Gahcian frontier they were attacked by a pack of nine wolves, the leader of which was shot as soon a3 ho leaped on one of the carriage horses. The remaiuing eight, far from being frightened off, furiously pursued the travelers, who managed to shoot two moro of tho howling animals. Just as the horses began to slackeu their pace tbrouch loss of blood and fatigue, five huuters hove in sight from a neighbor ing field and quickly dispute" od tho rest of the pursuing pack. Deafness Can't Be Cured By local applications, as thoy can not reach the diseased v-orlion of tho ear. Tlitro is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Peaiiicss is caused by an in flamed condition of tho mucus lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tubogets inflamed vou have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hear ing, aud when it is entirely closed Deafness i3 tho result, and unless tho inllniumation cau Ik taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, henring will bo destroyed forovor; nino cases out of ten aro caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an. nllamed condition of tho mucus surfaces. AVo will Rive Ouo nuiidrcd Dollars for any case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that we can not cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure. Bead for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY. & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, price 75 cents. A I'aluce Fire. Apropos of the fire at Lackia it is said that King Leopold's furnitnro and objects d'art were insured for Jtl2O,O0O, br.t that tbo actual damage amounted to 2(10,(101), says tne amnio. Among tne paintings ' destroyed were two famous portraits by I Van Dyke and a landscape by Hobbema. This is tho third royal castlo burned in Belgium daring the last three years, tbe two others being tho castles of Amerois nnd Tervererr. King Leopold will now take np his residence in tbo so-called Pa vilion des Prince?, cituated near tho late castle. Rockefeller's Live Slock. William liockefellcr, of the Standard Oil cotupnuy. Lept a fine herd of deer at his former home, ner.r Greenwich, Conn., for a nnmber of ye ars until this wi'iter. His new home at Tarn town is now com pleted, and nno of his preparations for re moval was tbe sale of his herd of deer. Two of tho finest of tho herd, a pair of red deer, as largo as Ameri an elk, he has given to the city of New York for the Cen tral park menagerie. They are the genu ine Enropenn red deer, not the misnaniod Virginia variety. Couns a;jd Hoakseness. Tho irritation which induces coughing immediately re lieved by use ot "Jlroien's Jlronehial Tro ches." Sold only in boxes. A Patriotic Consul. The old Garibaldi homestead at Clifton, L. I., which was presented to the Italian government in 1882 by Mr. Bachmann, is likely to revert to the latter. The Italian consul in New York aud tbo trustees ap pointed to look after tho property refuse to pay a bill of 322 for taxes and repairs, tho latter saying that the Italian government should pay the bill and the consnl insist ing that the trustees raust meet the debt. Mr. Bachmann says he will take the houso back. Excitement in New Jersey. There is considerable excitement at North Plainfield, N. J., over the discovery of copper and silver ores in tbe mountains back of the town. The discovery was made in excavating for water works, and it is said that investigation has been made to .warrant tho assertion that, underlying the outer layers of trap rock and red sandstone in the mountain, aro mines from which fortunes may be developed. Capitalists are negotiating for the control of the mines. The directors of tho Do Beers company in tbe Kimberly, Sonth Africa, mines, gave a Christmas picnic to their 3,000 employes, at which were eaten 1,200 fowls, 400 tur keys, 150 geese, 100 hams, 1,000 pounds spiced, roast and boiled beef, and 1,800 pigeon, veal and ham, and chicken and ham pies, washed down with 5,000 bottles of English and German beer, 100 cases of champagne, 200 cases of claret, and 100 cases of Burgundy, besides brandy and whisky. A NEW swindle has appeared in Europe. Prominent persons receive letters dated at the military prison in Madrid purporting to come from the late secretary of tbo Egyptian mahdi, who knows where 4,0(10, 000 of francs aro concealed. Ho askB a small sum to satisfy the creditors who keep him in prison, iu retnm for which ho will tell whero the treasure is. This trans parent trick makes many dupes. Belgian farmers have become alarmed at the way in which the frogs aro being ex hausted by French pot hunters, and have petitioned tho king to forbid killing frogs dnring certain months of the year, as is done with other game. Tho farmers re gard the frogs as valuable slug and insect destroyers. ItONCONi, the well known singer, who died recently, had but ono fault ho sang false, and he knew it. The first time he appeared in opera in London with the great basso, Carl Formes, he took Formes aside after the performance and said: "Un til this evening I have neer been jealous of anyone, but I am jealous of yon." "Why?" "Becauso you sing still more out of tune than I do." to Itself 'I feel very much indebted to Hood's Sarsaparilla for I believe it is to tho use of this medicine that I owe my present health. In the spring I got so com pletely run down that I could not eat or sleep, and ail the dreaded diseases ot life seemeJ to hae a mortgage on my system. I wa obliged to abandon my work, and after seeking medical treatment and spending over $30 for different preparations. I found myself no better. Then my wife persuaded me. to try a bottle of Hood's SarsapariUi. Before the first bottle was gone I began to amend. I have now ued two bottles and have gained 22 pounds. Can eat any- The Spring Medicine thing without it-hurting me; my dyspepjia and bUIouanes have gone. I never telt bitter in ray life, am at work again and consider mrli a weU man. Those two bottle were worth S1"0 to rae." W. V. Ecto-vs. Lincoln, IU. "Hood's SarsapariUi purified rnr blood, gave me strength, and overcame the headache and dizzinesi. so that now I am abte to work again." Luther Xasos, 53 Church St, Lq-vell. Mass. "My wife suffered from sick healaihe and neural gia. After taking Hood's Spawaparilla she was much relieved." W. R. Baeb. Wilmington. Ohio. Hood's Sar-apariUa Is sold by drnwlt. 1: six for $5. Prepared by C.I. Hood & Co- LotreU, Miss One Dollar A TtaM-HeaeKw Belief Shatter!. This is a time-honored belief, which hae been shattered a number of times, but certainly on no occasion more effectively than by this story from a Hopkinsville. Ky., paper: "Talking of quail, Col. S. M. Stalling, of this vicinity, now in hie 84th year,, has broken into countless fragments the ancient and hoary superstition that to eat qnail, however daintily cooked, for thirty days successively, will produce nausea worse than seasick ness. On the 1st day of last October, be ing in rather delicate- health, he began to diet on quail flesh exclusively, eating one bird and sometimes two every day. Hi has not missed a bird for 125 days, and has not the slightest inclination to change his dut, which rather improves in flavor.' A sensation was caused in London on Tuesday by the finding of tho Countess Carlotty, the English widow of a deceased French nobleman, dead in her chair. Tho Unfortunate woman was hugging in her arms a tag containing $10,000 in gold at tho very moment when she was' dying of insufficient nutrition, being too miserly to purvha.so tbo food that sho needed to keep her alivo. An ambitious young Englishman an nounces that ho is about to publish a key to Browning's woiks. tLijTs..ijaigv rjR.fiFRcs-n Gi .Ditty v i ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS. Frequent shipments of car-load lots of Dr. Pierce's 3Ioilicinc3, to all tho principal commercial centers of this country, are necessary to supply the unprecedented demand for the.-'c world famed remedies. No other medicines ever attained anything; like the popu larity which they enjoy. No other medicines possess such superior and positive curative properties as to war rant their manufacturers in selling them, as the proprietors of Dr. Pierce's Medicines are doing, through druggists, under a positive guarantee of benefit or cure in every case, on fair trial, or money refunded. There arc scores of sarsaparillas and other blood medicines advertised, but the "Golden Medical Discovery" of Dr. Pierce is the only one ever backed up by a positive guarantee from awcll-kuown and thoroughly responsible house. The conditions arc, that, given a fair trial, it -tyill do all that is claimed for it, or nioney paid for it will be promptly re fuuded. A Certificate of Guarantee wraps every bottle. To attempt the sale of an inferior, or even a fairly good, blood-puriiier under such trying"' conditions as these, would mean bankruptcy to its proprietors. THE BEST REMEDY rou Catarrh THE rcffi.a ftLDiNHe0 CHILDREN '-.. A5-, 'FFWR-ajJOi -w- rfi surrESixo fhom ? COLD in HEAD, ' "V i -To? i SNUFFLES OiC CITARRHHAYFEYER able. 11-ir5fire!it-at Driuri-tt3; by maiLretcibti-rf-iL 60ctd- ELY BKUTU KXS.C5 Warren Street, New York. ' xCfl WISH A A :OOi fvfflH&HTfSSaf (n 1CEVWI.VK1C pnrcbaso one of the cfle- bratcd SMITH ft WESSON arms. monnfsifmaiiiniH ever manufacture d and tho Am. .Imirn nf 1l rwrf4 Manufactured in calihr. 32.33a-:d -tu. !n- l..A.tni).l. fi.t4nn i,C(tf Ifniniri'TIf.! and Targftmoarl.-. conxirucmi cnurei ui arm quiii Ity wrought nlrel. carefully hv-prctcrt for work manship and utort. they are unrivalra for nnl;h, durability andncrurncy. lono:tjedeirrt!b cheap malleable cast-iron Imilatioua wh'ch are often sold for thetn-miine article and , arj not onlv unreliable. Ibnt dan wrens. The KM in! n-i'QBfW Rovnlvera arnall utarnred UDCn tlltar- ,....-............. - -y " -.--,------ I . rela with firm's name, a-tdnfs and date of pitrnU and are aacrnnteed prftct inwrydi-tai In- and are aacrnnteed IHf in wry ut-iai iUtupon havinw tho Kmuine article, ap.t if tc dealer cannot supply you an order nnttoaddr below will recrfvo prompt and careful atfc-nti rum Irrya attention. Inscriptive catalniniu and 1 ricut. f urnifhl n joii p- plication. gHITlI & WESSON, """Mention thl pap-r. Myrlac" KaM. raartktrn Grows are CXj th bent lor all eoUs andclunen. 0&pka, Stfl (iuKciat fcr a Familr (j&rdn) feirfi'rf i e'i'iti'iU DoitDatdSl. 33pkc. Chmtt FlQvtrrfl&. TriI nkir Lax .v.in.J Tnuutto -hie HeAilna&rtem lor 3ed. llonmizn Ontn ha taken more 1st Prize than tot nto utnr ort:-BahI.l.: live Uiubrls. ti. t.'atnlosnr Frrr. iiend for it now. NORTHERN PACIFIC Hlow PRICE RAILROAD LAUDS FREE Government LANDS. .MILLIONS or Acn-4 in .Minrif-oia. North !a kotii.MiMitanu.MsiliO'.Vi'u.IiiiiKtoii and Olefin. rmn rnnitiMu-stionH nun maps iitfcntiin tbe uLnll I Un BEST AgricuUural.tirarini: and I imber Lands now open toi-Mtlere. I'NT FKIK. Address chas. b. mmi'wxzFF&ss? TOCOALCONSUInERS Throughout the Northwest: Write to the COM. BOH COAL CGMP'nf at Strcator, ill, tor prices on tuo Deui tjrau . LUMP COAL Delivered at your fetation They nnke special pricCH to JIMS, lactones aim .carmen a'iuuio. riatrnw;M,S50. Tlifi Cllrhar" ftarriaara .mm tiv Mnai vmi imw Harness Mfg. Go. r.r ICTii.1 ki.v tola 19 .v. irnwum rP hiM w. .w wa r . s . 023.OO. tfrai'iV profit. Skip ujwh.re for.i aslnatloa before Injur. Iy fr.I(lt ekir;e I f ! tl.ftrj'. riarrl4 rcriiyur. CI-,ut?(.taIorFKE'-H4r. F. B. PRATT. ee. Elkhart, - - Indiana. DCNfilAMC PATENTS. CLAIHK, rBllOIUIlO bend for Circulars. aATacc UTaisill. Atty.at Law.Wahlcston, O.O. Best Coueh JTetliciue. Cure3 -where all else fails. r . -n ran "-tiiiiiuiii i r mm inn "viiiiara m immmMiimA aaray iiaa in- FVVa ,Y5$-3JU JF? wii tajy taste. Children take it witnout objection, iiy druggists. B ryant & Si ratten Chisago Business College ! SHORT-HAND INSTITUTE and EfcCLISH TRAINING SCHOOL. IstSo STANlA:i INSTITCTIIIN-and th I.iJ3tGei;5r "CUT 'J.'JK K TtTOIUjZ)! Fulllnrorna. tIoa.Catalorce.t6rmj.et..i-ntf KEE. Address U. .B. KUTANT X t0..lrtprli.CkleoM.I!l Wa rvesaaasead tfiia calles to ar reaviers. MeaUoa lata paver wbea write. Northern Brown. Catalrgueyreii , JOui" A. 3ALZ3. La Croe. TVia, j tfJACOBSOlV CURES PROMPTLY ' STIFFNESS, STIFF MECK, . . latent Pain la 2eelu 5 i Friendship. Wis., June M, 1S8& My wife had violent pains in her neck, which was very sore and sUff. She was cure entirely by SU Jacobs OiU JAMES MOWE. Ia Terrible Fata. ' AmeM'fg.Co..Chicopec,ass.,Janel8, IMS1 From overexertion every bone was road tiff and sore: in terrible pain. I was cured ri mpUy by St. Jacobs OIL . J. C. BUCKLEY, rayiaastor. At Druggists and Dealxks. THE CHAKIES A V06ELBI CO.. laWanre. att. HAIR ON THE FACE, NECK, MIS I AIT PMT IF Hi ri5S Quickly dissolved and rrmoVS4 -with the ntw accidc ataHy- dUcoverrd solutiou and lh rowth forcr drroye without the tJLUSUTKST injorx- ITCANNOTTAIL. t.oeOKe wartt for failure, or lb light IniurT. I bottle Iree (conditionallyF ini, w.nle.l. Full particulars (eIed) sent irsj- JWODENE M'F'tt CO.. Ciwciaasti. Ohio, W. .a. OPIUM tb oaiy araalBi aad saoy car. Dr. J. L. bUsfcMs. Lsbaaoa. Old. Only a medicine possessed of extrnotdk narj merits could sustain itself under such a business policy. The 4i Golden Medical Discovery" is such a medicine, and has proven its ability to sustain its proprietors, even though sold on sucli extraordinary terms. As a remedy for all Blood, Skin and ." Scalp Diseases, it has won for itself world-wide fame. Especially has. it manifested its potency in curing Salt rheum, Eczema, Tetter, Pimples, . Blotches, Eruptions, old Scrofulous. . Sores, Ulcers, aud kindred ailments. As a remedy for the peculiar weak, uesses, distressing irregularities,, au'd painful deraugeruent3 ufc.idc.ht to, women, Dr. Picrce'3 Favorite .Pre scription stands alone as the only rem- . cdy guaranteed to give satisfaction in m every case, or money paid for it is". promptly refunded. : r It is but natural that the people should hestow their patronage upon" these medicines, since none other arc sold on such fair and liberal terms.-'. They are manufactured by the World's '. Dispensary Medical Association, of Buf falo, N. Y-, a house whose financial , standing and reputation for fair dealing is well-known to every publisher, as well as to every druggist, throughout the civilized world. Wild March Music, Gcntlo nnd sweet melodies, sacred aud secular songs, and all other kind' of music aru lu our thousand of books and millions of sheet music pieces ! ' ' OIIN: 1'I.AYKItS' (rjp.Jt.lMx.?!-.). rOI"ULAi:COM.KCTION w, bright, ana. eat-y. Itll'ianollccef. WIIITNKY'S ilMrf.i Cloth $;.. !.y.H. II. OIM'AN Af.lII'.M Wliitn-r. TZ tine Organ piece ' tor Manual and ltdal. by H dlsUngulslied com; I puhers. Ahelpfiil.rFeful friend to pupil and trachoris MASON'S PIANO- i$3-V'). lr Wiu. Mason and FOKTi: I-KCHNICS W.S.H.Mathrw.. ThiHad; lolmhlo KyMem of M-alex. aruBKiiir.aiid all otber nuilfil tcchni'-al x"rcis-. nltli K)il direction, IioIiIk.i high I'lace In llie-emi ot thorough teach ers', and should bueeryhTe used. Our thoroughly good, crnlal. and practical Hchool Sltt.i ISookH ar: ivid ly known aud i:s-d. I yon m ue tlieiu? SOMl IVwik I.ITiftiary i .. 3ilr.: It.ok JIANl'AI. if. Medium j W t4 JJS) do. : Uof.B X lligl-rr :!aK" M ctu 1.W d.iz.). ly L. O. Kmrryon. ishlHlast and beht book, aud a rare good bock for t-chooli1. MOTION :r.ctK..$2S'oz..byMr.lSardman,l9 ,NON"S a dfllght to teachers and children. Any bock mailed promptly fcr retail price. LYON & IIEALY, ".iirasi in OLIVER DITS0N COMPANY, Boston. GRATEFUL COMFORTING. " EPPS IW BREAKFAST. "By athorough knnwWiro of the natural laws which irovern the Titrations of dijffslion ajlt nutri tion, ami by a careful ai plication of thr enr proorr tlrsor well-ielreted Orta. Mr. Kpjm hart provided ourfcreakfKKt tabl with a delicately Savoured bj-v-erag which may cave us many heavy doctors' bnla. It U by thr jiidirioui u?e e.f mich artich of diet that a conUtution may La K'adually built upunUI atrons enough to rei!t every tendency to-dia. Hun dred of anMlr maladieit are floating around ua ready toattacx wlierevei- iiiitbh a -ej puiui. rtn iua rucupernanrafatali'haftby keeping our elves vrel fortified with pure blood ami a properly nouriihut tmnr." -CUil Semce (iaztur. ..... Made nimplywitn boiling water or milk. Sold only in hair sound tin, by orocers. labelled thun; jiMKH KPa fe '" Honiurotathic CheiuUta , London, tlngiaai " .. . HP Aid A LalC PniioaWwitoot r tNolulio v,c,t f. if JOSEPH H. HUJiT-eJs. Attmraey. WaalilBt-'oi. 1- C ATS FOLKS TTTZ-iima9l m la. "Smth. Tbey.fci.. wknr...c..ula """.""" .. .- . . . . . k.tiMthf m.l Partly uurt 'i0 it. Sr.'S'lU-.x's C;::'.2- Cc, Pi:I.. ?. ASTHMAcuRED.FREE b .llto.alTer.rm. Dr. E.!-Olirl'AS.l. rt,ai... CIC n0 faC"(n A MONTH can he mad , of "J. 'wCuU.","workIruforu8. 1'ersompr- Itrreu wen c in mrninu a ncrae ni kub iiieirwiioio timo to tlie hiiMueK. Sparc moments may le prof-. ltably erpplored also. A few vacancies In towns and cities. It. F.Jobnson It Co. lWO.Maln bt-.iUchin.ondVj. KL HI 9 1 J Vi Wal.lnKtou, !. C. T Successfully Prosccutos Claims. 1 Late iTincipal Examiner U. S. I'enaion ISureau. 1 jt a iu latt war. 15 adjudicating!, claims, atty mnco- KIPPER'S FASTlLLES.il.Vtowfii'l. BaaHBBaaaaaaaaaaaiXacnariai,towa.aiaj. "Hnre relief lerniti LjOME STUDY,'; Jr namnetctaoroae Uookkecp' ig. ItusincriH Form?. reuinanstm.Arithinetlc?i crt- tfioro-ielilrtaualitbv mail. Clr?nlirx 3 8 trie. ilaYA.Tj Bcoiness Co:xkge Buffalo. '. Y. . Recommended by Physicians. Pleasant and agreeable to tho ,. !. O. N V. 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