The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, December 17, 1890, Image 4
m m v u I fcS If ri i 4 p . NEBRASKA. FAMILY : JOURNAL A Weekly Newspaper issied erery Wediesdaj. 32 Colnwis of reading natter, era sistia.gef Nebraska State News Items, Selected Steries and Miscellaay. CS&mpI copies seat fret to ur addiea." Subscription- price, $1 a year, h Mvaict. Address: M. K. Tubkzs ft O, Columbus, Platte Co., Nebi A. DTJSSELL, -sum iv t K US PUMPS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE. Olive St., nearly opposite Post-efloe. fljane88-y LOUIS SCHBEIBER. All kinds ef Repairing dene Short Notice. Baggies, Wag ons, etc., Bade to erder, and all work Guar anteed. i Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin ed Hachines, Harvesters, and Self-binders the best made. tgrShop opposite the Tattersall," on Olive St.. 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It is said that for more than fifty years 355, wbich was originally in tended to be applied to the education of slaves in Georgia, has been lying in the Bank of Scotland In China all the land belongs to the State, and a trifling sum per acre, never altered through long centuries, is paid as rent; this is the only tax in the coun try, and it amounts to about 60 cents per head. People who sit at home in this countrv and are panic-stricken by the 1 occasional appearance of a mad dog can hardly realize that in India last year upward of 20,G0O persons died from snake bites alone. Four tame ducks have cost the county of Cascade, Mont, about $800 owiug to cross suits among neighbors for trespass, perjury aad threats of bodily harm. One of the men has been sent to the penitentiary. A person barn in hot weather stands the heat a great deal better than one born in the cold months of winter; of course the rule works vice versa. Those born in the spriug are usually of a more robust constitution than if born at any other time of the year. Most people know that letters to Canada need bear but 2 cents postago for each ounce or fraction thereof, but it is less generally kuown that the same rate applies to letters to Mexico which is too often regarded as a "foreign country." TnE elephant is almost as amphibious an auimal as the hippopotamus. They can stay under the water live minutes at a time without any inconvenience and they bwiin like ducks. Frequently they are carried into a river or creek in the summer time to bathe, and like the water so well that it's a hard matter to get them out of it. "History cannot be written in a hurry like a sermon," says a writer in The Churchman. This statement would have roused the righteous indig nation of the late Canon Liddon, who believed that the preparation of a ser mon, liko mutrimony, should not be entered upon hurriedly, but with a sol emn sense that it is the most important thing in life. Qoeen Natalie is engaged in writing her memoirs, which are nearly com pleted. As she is only 30 years of age, her personal experiences do not leach very far back, and it will most likely be found that her memoirs are lesa such than a work directed against King Milan. She has got the better in the contest with her husband in so far as she is at Belgrade, and intends to re main there. Thirteen years ago a Boston man lost a trunk on a railroad entering Chi cago. The officials asked for a week to hunt it up, and then they wanted a month and a year. The loser didn't wan't to seem captious about it, and he kept still and let the good work go on, and the other day he received a pair of socks, a collar, and the lid of his long lost trunk, together with a note stating that there were no charges for storage. If, as has been estimated, the popu lation of the United States is twelve times as great as that of the dominion, it will be seen that the divorce ratio is immensely greater here than there, due, no doubt, to the difference in the sys tems of the two countries, and to the higher estimate placed by our Northern neighbors on the inviolability of the tie thau we do. It is, indeed, startling to realize that, while the populations of the two countries are 12 to 1, the di vorces are as 2,700 to 1. Among smaller birds perhaps none wage war more desperately than the English domesticated robin. A writer in Longman's Magazine says that an invalid friend of his was amused for six consecutive days by the antics of robins, which came regularly at 10 :30 a. ni. and fought a duel on the lawn outside his window. The combat invariably lasted until one or two became too ex hausted to recover his legs, whereupon the victor would seize him and triumph antly drag him round' the inqlosure. It has evidently been a regretful task for Stanley to make the revelations that appear in his published interviews and over his own signature concerning the causes of Barttelot's murder by an African savage, and other misdoings in his rear guard during his absence, but he has been forced to the wall and most of thetruth is probably out Tho un fortunate controversy is likely to end in the courts, when the proofs will be exacted, and it may be shown that in addition to other difficulties the ex plorer was antagonized by the jealousies of his oilieers. In Nanking there is a royal castle of beggars. It was founded by Hung "Wu, t!j first monarch of the Ming dynasty. He did it, because having once been in the nienduviut linp himself, he wished to oblige an old beggar chum. "I don't want anything from your majesty,3 said the latter, except to have plenty to pat and wear aud nothing to do." He couldn't have put it better. The beggar had his wish. The caste of which he was the first chief, lives in certain large "caves" in the wall of Nanking. The police appoints the head of the beggars. They are well off. They are a close corporation. All other beggars are "small potatoes" in comparison with the royal beggars. The royal beggars live oat of curiosity. Their apartments are lofty and airy. They smoke opium best brand all day long, Bv far the deepest lake known in the world is Lake Baikal, in Siberia, which is every way comparable to the great Canadian lakes as regards size; for, 'while its area is over 9,000 square miles, making it about equal to Erie in super ficial extent, its enormous depth of be tween 4.000 and 4,500 feet maies the volume of its waters almost equal to iBiofLake Superior. Although its ijferel, its bottm is iear3,000eefcbelow,it The Caspian lake, orutf as it ja usually callra, hasafleptbJn its soqlh' ern basinof cjpff 3,00jffeet ske Maggior is 3j000 feet deepLake Domo nearly 2,000 feet deep, and Lego-di-Garda, another Italian lake, hasa depth in certain places of 1,900 fMt Lake Constance is over 1,000 feet deep, and Huron and Michigan reach depths of 900 and 1,000 feet A singular runaway is reported from South Brooklyn, N. Y. A woman named Gildersleere, who had lived with her husband for over thirty years and had borne him four sons, some of whom had attained manhood, has left ; her home because, as she states in a letter, her husband had noi furnished her means to properly clothe herself and had refused to give her the money to have her teeth attended to. She therefore secured a place at $14 a month, and with her earnings for a year she said that she proposed to have her-teeth properly cared for, and with the balance to buy clothes to last her during life. Then, if her husband would receive her, she intended to re- turn to him, as bhe loved him. Mr. Gildersleeve has searched in vain for his wife; says he provided liberally for her and furnished her a horse, but did not ' approve of her having false teeth. A N"Kv organization has been formed in the West which is having a rapid growth. It is called Equal Freedom, and F. Q. Stewart, of Chariton, Iowa, is the organizer. The organization de mands, among other things, the total repeal and abolition of all so-called titles to land other than the natufaL title of occupancy and use; all statafes and so-called laws for the colleeuolof debts; laws that interfere with free trade between individuals of the same country or of different countries; all charters, franchises and special priv ileges to corporations aud companies; all forms of compulsory taxation; all law.-, that discriminate against women voting. The organization also demands national, State, and municipal mainten ance and control of all public highways, railways, waterways, telegraphs, gas, electric, and water plants, to be oper ated in the interest of the people at actual cost. THE DEVIL IN GEOGRAPHY. Wis Name Is tNctl Kxtontivcly in Tills and Oilier L.anU. At Boroughbridge, in Yorkshire, , England, is a group of remarkable pre historic monoliths called the Devil's Arrow's. The Devil's Bit Mountains are m the County of Tipperary, near Tcmplcmore. A remarkable ancient earthwork near Newmarket, in England, is called the Devil's Ditch. An ancient ( wall across the Stewartry of Kirkcud bright is the Devil's Dyke. Another Devil's Dyke is a hill in the South . Downs of Sussex, with remains of a prehistoric aud probably Celtic hill fort The Devil's Glen is a deep valley of the Connty Wictlow; Devil's Lake is a saline Lake (and modern city) of North Dakota. Another Devil's Lake is near Baraboo, Wis. The Devil's , Inkstand is a deep and wonderfully tine crater-lake of South Australia. The devil lends his name to form a part of the title of a celebrated cavern of Derbyshire, England. The Devil's ' Punchbowl is an interesting mountain , tarn of the County of Kerry. In the Black Hill country of South Dakota is the Devil's Tower, an enormous natural ' obelisk of trachyte, G23 feet high. One of the Fuegian islands is called the Devils Island (ol degrees 58 south, (59 degrees 5 west). In the same group is a Uevil s Harbor, on another island. There is another Devil's Island off. the coast of Maine; another belongs to French Guiana. The Devil's Peak is a high mountain of Hayti, there is an other in South Africa, and a third (Mount Diablo) is in California. The Devil's Bridge is in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The Devil's Bridge in Cardiganshire is also t ell known. The Devil's Nose is a llooky Mountain peak. The Devil's Tower is the northest angle of the works at Gibraltar. Another Devil's Lake is in the coast region of Tillamook County, Oregon. A Mount DiaMo rises near Samana, in Santa Domingo. Devil's Bosch is a mountain region of Soutn Africa. Devil's Point is very near Cape Town. Devil's Kiver is in Victoria, Australia. The Devil's Thumb is on the west coast of Green land. There is a Devil's Den (ominous fact) in a cemetery at Lawrence, Mass. The Devil's Back (or Limb) is a rock off Boston, Mass. Aonther rock, with the samo uamo, is in Muscongus Bay, Me. Tho Maine coast has also a Devil's Elbow, and three Devil's Heads. Time fails me to couut up the many Punchbowls, Snuff-boxes, Chairs, Kitchens, Fireplaces, etc., which the devil has in this country, to say nothing of Britain, Ireland, and the colonies. Trapping an K.'cplianr. Silent and almost motionless, quite hidden in the darkness, stood the huge form of an old bull elephant, one of whose tusks had been damaged in his youth and had become totally decayed. His head was bent forward in order to rest his one monster tusk upon the ground, his trunk loosely coiled be-' tween his fore-legs, was also resting on the ground, and his great ragged ears flapped spasrnodically in vain endeavor to shake oil' the myriads of mosquitoes that persistently hovered around his head. Suddenly the forest was lit up by a most vivid Hash of lightning, fol lowed an instant afterward by a crash ing peal of -thunder. The elephant raised his head with a started jerk, his huge limbs shaking with fear. Almost before the rumbling echoes of tho thunder had died away, the rain, that had been threatening for so many hours, fell in torrents. Flashes of lightning succeeded each other so rap idlv that the attendant peals of thun der were converted into one continuous I am the violence of the wind soon increased to a veritable tornado a tropical hurricane. Trees weie blown down and uprooted on all sides. The terrified elephant re mained for some time motionless with fear, bpt as the tempest continued, the monster became suddenly panic-stricken, and charged madly through the dense forest, stumbling and falling over the trunk ef uprooted trees in his endeavors to gain sqme open patch where there would he no danger of be ing crnshed by the failing timber. Suddenly, in the midst of a mad rush, the elephant sank to the ground with a sharp squeal of pain. The poor brute had spvered the vines that supported one 'of the' traps that had been arranged the pre vious day, and a heavily weighted spear was plunged between his shoulders. For some moments he remained motionless, then the great body rolled slowly from side to side px vain endeavor to free himself from top spear, but the weapon was barbed and the points had penetrated too deeply to be shaken off. Here he remainet, ex? hausted, until daybreak, his hide co? ered with patches of mud and deep red smears of blood. A hotel industry roaaance writing. surface k.350 ieei above the soft THE SECRET MOURNER. BT JANET DAWB02C. They bore him on to bis grave in the heart of tho busy town; And with furtive footsteps following, I watched them lay him down ; The mourners, many and sad though they wept there one and all. The tears that fell were naught to mine, that could not fall. We loved each other dearly, in a day that is distant now; But something got to his ear, and he suddenly A' something gat to his ear I neer could gather j wuat And he kept away from thence, and his love for me was not. I hid my grief in mv heart, aud bore it as best I might ; There was uever darkness yet but hed some re liownfi light; And I found a balm iu the thought, that al though his love was gone, I coulil follow him secretly, and in uecret still live on. And this I've done through the year that have come aud gone siuce then " (So far the.love of women surpasses the love of men) ; l'ie hung on his track to tne last for I only 'eat,ed to-day. As from his grave iu the town I tuaied in my woe away. Earth now looks lone in mine eves, et - am not all cast down ; I hae firm faith that at last I shall aomewlirre grasp Lome's crown ; That u hen the end shall hae come, wliatever ia good and true Will receho its just reward, and a loe like mine is due. A FEARFUL ADVENTURE. BV EMKKSON I1KNNKTT. I was a medical student in Paris at the time the strange aud startling ad venture happened which I am about to record. Tired with my long lectures and hard study, I was out one evening for a walk iu the fresh air. It was a pleasant night in mid-winter, and the cold, bracing air, as it touched my fe verish brow, caused a grateful sensa tion. Passing through a rather lonely street near the river, I was surprised at metting a young and pretty girl (at least she so appeared in the dim light of a rather distant street lamp), who carried in her hand three or four bou quets, which she offered for sale. "Will monsieur have a bouquet ?" she asked, iu a sweet, musical tone, holding out to me a well-arranged col lection of beautiful flowers. "They are very pretty," Eaid I, tak ing them iu my hand; aud then, some how, I could not help adding, as I fixed my eyes upon hers, and so, I think, is. their fair owner." "Monsieur will purchase and assist mo?" she said. "Do you, then, really need assistance, mademoiselle V "Why else should I be here at this hour of the night, monsieur?" "And why here at all?" quickly re turned I. "This street is little fre quented, and is about the last in the world I should have selecled for dispos ing of a luxury most suited to wealth and fashion." She sighed, and reached out her hand for the bouquet, which I still re tained. "What is yonr price?" "Five francos." "A large sum." "Monsieur will remember it is win ter, and flowers are not plenty." "To aid you I will purchase," re turned I, handing her the requisite sil ver coin, "for though I love flowers, I would otherwise hardly indulge in the luxury to-night at such an expense." She thanked me, and seemed about to pa-s on, but hesitated, looked up at me. and said: "Could monsieur direct me to the house of a good physician, who would turn out to-night to see a patient for a small recompense?" "Any friend of yours ill?" "My mother!" with a deep sigh and downcast look. "Where does she reside?" "Onlv a short distance from here." "What is the matter with her?" "She has a high fever for one thing?" "When was she taken?" "She came down last night, and has not left her bed since." "Why did you not send for a doctor at once?" "We hoped she would get better soon, and it is so expensive for poor people to employ a physician." "I am myself a medical student, with considerable experience among the sick of the hospitals, and if you are disposed to trust the case to me I am at your service without charge," I re rejoined, already feeling deeply intei ested in the fair girl. "Oh, how shall I thank monsieur!" she exclaimed, with clasped hands, and an upward, grateful look. Pray follow me, Monsieur le Docteur." She turned at once, and moved off at a rapid pace down the street, toward the Kiver Seine, in the direction I was walking when we met. In less than five minutes we had reached a wretched quarter, among narrow streets, old tot tering buildings, aud squalid-looking inhabitants, some of w horn seemed to glare at us as we passed along. "Only a step, monsieur. It is just here." Almost immediately she turned into a covered passage, which led in buck among habitations that I should never have voluntarily visited in the broad light of day. A distaut lamp just served to make the gloom visible, till she suddenly stopped and opened a door into total darknes-. "Your haud. Monsieur le Doc'eur," she said, at the same time taking it and leading me forward. I was tempted to draw back and r fuie to go auy further, though I me phanically followed her. We now went through a long, narrow passage, in total darkness and after two or three short turns, began to de scend a flight of creaking, rotten stairs. "Is. it posiib'e you live iu a place like tljis?" said I, secietly wishing nry self safely out of it. 'Iu Paris begg.ira cannot be choos; . ers," replied the giri, "But even in Pari it is not nocoary for the living to tae n their abode s in sepulchres!" I lejoii.ed, with the .same asperity, being e.ed at lny.-elf for suf fering my goc d nature to lead me into a den from which I might i.eer come out alive. To this my fair guide deigned no re ply. On reaching ti.e f ft of the .stair , she pushed oi en a d or int i a i-tiu'.II, dimly lighted r om, and J fil!ov.ed her into it with toiue eaiet; migi-.i:jg:. There was a bed i.i one con.er, and on it appeared to be a human form, lying very still. "I have brought a doctor, mother," said the girl ps she c!o?el the d or be hind me. As thc-e wa no rep'y to this, she turned to me s-ayi g: "i 1 Monsieur le D. cteur plea e be :-e.ifea a minute? I tliiok !:y.!iiother is ai'ee ." "I beg mademoi e!le will bear in mind that I can spate only a few mo ments to this ca e to-nigh?, a'l hae another call I wih to make immedi ately," I returned, fee'ing very anxious to depart from that snbtenaneau quar ter as soon as possible. "Monsieur shall not be detained long by mp," rejoined the girl, passing or.t of the room by ano'.her door. I did not sit down, but walked over to the bed where the patient was lying very still so sliil, indeed, that I copljl not detect any breathing. A woman's cap was on the head, and the pud of a 1 sheet concealed the" face. X ventured to turn this down carefully. and beheld the eyeless sockets and grinning teeth ! of a human skull. I started back in horror, and at the same moment the door by which the girl had left was thrown open, and in ' marched, one after the otber, fomr tail human figure?, in black gowns and masks. I knew at once, then, that I was to be robbed, and probably mur dered. I wore a heavy diamond pin and ring, carried a very valuable gold watch, and had in money about my person some five hundred francs, but not a single weapon of any kind. Re sistance being therefore out of the ques tion, I felt that my only chance if, in deed, there were a chance was to con ciliate the ruffians, and buy myself off. With a presence of mind for which I still take to myself considerable credit, I said at once: "I understand it all, gentlemen, aud yon will find me a very iibeial person to deal with. There is one thing I valne very highly, because it is the only one I have, aud 1 cannot replace it that is my life. Everything else of mine is at your service, even beyond what I have with me." They were undoubtedly surprised to hear me speak in that cool, oft'-haud manner; but they marched forward and surrounlled me before either returned a word. "How much hae you with yon, then ?" inquired oue in a civil way, but in a low gruff tone. I immediately mentioned the different articles of alne, and the exact amount of money. "All of which I shall be pleased to present you with, if one of you will be kind enough to escort me to the street above, " I added. "You said you had more, monsieur." "Yes, gentlemen. I have ten thou sand francs in the Bauk of Prance, aud will willingly add a check for half that amount." "Checks don't servo our purpose very well," said a second voice. "Then 1 pledge you my honor that I will, to-morrow, draw out five thousand francs, and pay the amonut over to any person who may approach me with this bouquet in his hand," said I, holding out the flowers I had purchased of the fair decoy. "And have him arrested the next minute, I suppose! ' "No, on my honor he shall depart un harmed aud unquestioned, and no other human being shall be informed of the transaction for a week, a month, or a year." "Let us first handle what you have here," said the first speaker. 1 immediately took out my pin, took off my ring, drew cut my watch, pro duced my pocket-book and pur.-e, aud placed them all in his extended haud. "You make us a present of these, now?" he said. "Yes, on condition that one of you will forthwith conduct " mo to the street above," I replied. "Monsieur is a very liberal gentle man ! Eh, ' comrades ?" said the mask, turning to the others. "A very liberal gentleman, indeed!" was the response. They then drew off together, scrutin ized the articles by the light of a smoky lamp, and conversed together iu low tones. I felt that they were hold ing a consultation that involved my life, and, to speak the honest truth, it F.eemed as if every nerve in me quiv ered, and it was with difficulty I couid stand. At length the principal spokesman turned to me and said, in a very cool and methodical manner: "Monsieur has acted more like a gen tleman than any other person we ever had dealiugs with, and if we could, con sistent with our business, oblige him, we should be happy to do so; but un fortunately we are governed by a rule, which is a law with us, that dead men tell no tale3, and we think it will not do to make an exception in this case. We will, however, in consideration of monsieur's gentlemanly behavior, be as mild and lenient as possible in doing our duty, and grant monsieur five min utes for saying his prayers. "You have then resolved to murder me?" gasped I. "Monsieur uses a very harsh term, but we will let that pass. You have five minutes yet to live by this watch." The villain then held my watch to the light, and I felt indeed that my min utes were numbered, and secretly be gan to pray for the salvation of my soul, believing that I could not save my body. A death-like silence now reigned in that gloomy apartmeut for some time, and then one of the ruffians bent down and lifted a traii-door, and from the dark pit below issued a noisome smell, as it might be of putrid bodies. I be held my intended gtave, and shuddered aud shook like an aspen. But why stand there and die like a dog, without a single attempt at escape? At the worst it could be but death, and there was a bare possibility that I might get away. I fixed my eye on the door, which opened upon the stairway and with a single sudden bound reached it, but found it fast locked. Then, as the hands of the ruffians seized me with murderous intent, I uttered a wild shriek, the door was burst in with a loud crah, and in a moment the room was filled with gendarmes, I saw that I was saved, and fainted and fell. The four masks, the fair decoy, and soma two or three others concerned in that murderous den, were all secured that night, aud 1 subsequently had the pleasure of giving in my evidence against them, and seeing them all con demned to the galleys for life. The place had for some time been suspected, aud the decoy marked. On that night a detective had secretly fol lowed the girl and myself, and after ascertaining whither she had conducted me, had hastened to bring a body of gend'armes to the place. The delay of the ruffians in their murderous design had been just sufficient to save me. I scarcely need add that I never again volunteered to accompany a distressed damsel on a secret adventure while I remained in Paris. A ClorK as Cuniirr. As Halifax, Nova Scotia, Is a British militaiy aud naval station a signal gun is fired from the citadel each day at noon and at !):5J0 p. m. Twenty years ago the se:geaut in charge of the gun daily reguia'ed his watch at a jeweler's store. Several years ago this plan was discontinued, and a flag signal system waj adopted. This in turn was suc ceeded by a time ball signal system. A short time ago, on account of the fre jue'it interference with the sigua's by f'r, a new arrangement for the firing of the gun was perfected. A cab!e has bee i laid from tho jeweler's establish ment to the citadel, aud this is con nected with a clock which automatic ally fires the gun. The dial of the astronomical clock bears two small re ceptne'e ? containing mercury. One of the e is so placed that the reverse end ef the ootid hand will touch the mer cury when the index end points to the sixtieth .-eco!.d. Each e,nd of the rain Utp hautl t .nches the mercury in the other rpceptae'e, one end at the hoar and the other at the half hour. When the minute hand touches the mercury in one receptacle aud the sec pnd band touches it in the other the circuit is completed and thp cannon is di-charged by au electric curreut pass ing through the clock. The military authorities at the citadel are atte by means of a switchboard to cut tba gun out of tho circuit; connectingit oply a few minutes before the firing is fp be done." The Arabs have u tradition that Eve was 200 feet tall. Though she never had a grandfather, she carried her bead pretty nigh. Pome people are so delicately strung that .they perceive a sneer in the most , oomiBon-place remark- When Shall Wa Wed. A January bride will be a prudent house-wife and good tempered. A February bride will be a humane and affectionate wife and tender mother. A March bride will be a frivolous chat terbox, somewhat given to quarreliug. An April bride will be inconstant, not very Intellegent, but likely to be good looking. A May bride will be handsome, ami able and likely to be happy. A Juno bride will be impetuous and generous. A July bilde will be handsome aud smart, but quick tempered. An August bride will be amiable and practical. A September bride will be discreet, affable and much liked. Au October bride will be pretty, co quettish, loving but Jealous. A November brid will be liberal, kind, but of a wild disposition. A December bride will be well-proportioned, foiut of novelty, entertaining, but extravagant. Detroit Tribune. Aa Equivalent Tor Su'eiile. If we allow our bodily infirmities to make away with us through neglect, have we such au immense moral advantage oer the deliberate suicide? Scarcely. For example, the deadly progress of Bright' disease, diabetes, acute nephitU and gravel ia sure-often torribly swift in the catastrophe. Most people of average in formation know that this Is the simplo, unvar nished truth iu regard to those widely prevalent ; maladies. To delay judicious medication is t siiecially suicidal iu such cases. The means of restraint is to be fouud'in tlostettar'a Stomach Bitters. Give an impetus to thtt action of the Lulueys with this safe and reliable diuretic, and the infant complaint is shorn at its birth of the pont-r for evil. Allow it to grow, and anticipate , the worst. The. Bitters, which annihilates tin so growing troubles, al-to eradicates dyspepsia, ' rheumatism, malaria, and liver complaints. ! Appetite, sleop, and vigor are also promoted by it. Enterprising; Too. Brooklyn Man Oh, yes; I'll admit that Chicago has outstripped us in popu- , laliou, and has tine buildings and all that, but there's one point in which you can't compare with us. Chicago Man And pray what is that? lirooklyn Man We have the finest cemeteries in tins United States. Mun- ;' n Vr.. 9100 Reward. SHOO. The nnmerous readers of this papr will be pleased to learn that there is at least ono drea-lrd discaxs that science has bceu able to cum in all itn stages, aud that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive curn now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disrate, requires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken intrrnally, acting directly upon th blood aud mucous surfaces of t!if system, therobv dostrojiiig the foundation of tli diRc-aKi and giving the iiaticnt strength by buildini up thtt constitution and asMtiug nature in doim; its work. The proprietors bate ho much faith in its curative powers that thoy oiler Oue Hundred Dollars for auy ease that it fails to cure. Send for lift of tcs iiiinuinl. Addresh, I'. .1. HKNKY & CO., Toledo, a i:old by Druggists, '5c. Hit Vituals IHcln't Agrte With Hlui. 'I say, Mr. Hodge, your dog bit me in the leg last Monday." "Thar! lhat ackotints fer it. I knowed that lhar dog didn't git sick on uothiuk." Mar iter's liazar. lintr at Girl Mad Money. Mu. Editor: I am tempted to give my experience for the benefit of other-.. 1 -.eat S3 to II. F. Deliio&Co., Columbus. Ohio, ami received a fine machine for plating wilh uold. silver and nickel. The platins is done o nice eery person wants work done. I got all the kuivc. forks and jew elry I can plate. I made?!. JO the first day. J?.!1 the first week, in one month I had Sir:i clear profit. My brother makes ?IU to $20 a day selling platers. Any oue can do as much by writlmc to tho above firm for circular-. Yours truly. I.rcv V. Kahbit. A lllc I'aa or Gold. Judge J. P. Leonard, of Oroville, has given the following account of the larg est pan of gold ever taken out of tho old Cape claim, "In the first part of the mouth of October, 1857, H. It. Lathrop. now dead, and myself took out of this very same Cape claim a pan of gold con taining 104 ounces and four penny weights of pure, clean metal that i-old for over S2,l)00. We found the shining sin IT in the middle of the river bed un der a large bowlder. It was some dis tance above bedrock, and we did very little stripping of the surface dirt before tinding it. The gold was in small pieces, the largest of which was not worth more than :.'.- cents it was all scale gold. When wu found it, it had settled in a crevice of the rock, where it had washed by a natural rillle." Virginia (A'er.) Enterprise. Businesn Kducation. Educate your sons and daughters by Mmding them to the Bryant & Si rat ton Chi cago Business College, Short-hand institute. and English Training School, located at. the corner of Washington street and Wabash avenue. Chicago, III. This is the Great Business University of America, and the only college With which the woild-rcnownid firm of Bryant & Stratton are personally connected. Send ten cents to pay post ace on magnificent 112-pagc catalogue. 'J'xlJ inches, printed on finest enameled paper, and illustrated with 30 elegant full-page engravimrs. The weight of a crowd of men cIoely packed is about eighty-four pounds per superficial foot. When Baby was sick, we gavt- her Castoria, When &he was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she (lung to Castoria, When slit bad Children, shegare them Castoria. Tiik influx of population to southern California is now almost as great as during the boom of three years ago. Hho.nciiitis Is cured by frequent small doses of I'iso's Curo for Consumption. Kkkf loses 'jr, per cent, of its weight when baked. Fop a pisokdebed Livek try Seechau's P11J.S. A Uakkisuuko horse sports a mus tache. For Cure oF 5fc.riM5 saw Am I ll t.Jart ' "YJas" Cures' cvei Stiffness Stedf,Swenes8 Tuff's Pills eaable the dysaeptle to aat wtetevsr to withes. They eaasa food toassisallata aad nourish the body. ava apaatit, aad Oftc. 39 41 Park Flact. tow YffIL N EW PENSION LAW. THOUSANDS HnV ESTITtED WHO HAVE NOT BEEN EMTITLEO. AdireM for forms for application aad toll lnfowatlai WM. W. DUDLEY. r-ATP CQMJtJMIONKK OF PENSION X Attorney Law. Waafcrjstoa&aCQi (ateattoaUiuifaperJ- y Dr. J ;Maa innsta IMO. r era bv mail. For sale by all djaccMta orat oBc.- ror eirra lanantiimanlAUa4Vlraaa.witkfMamca.Dr.a.W.F. Bxtdxk. 2C State Bt, Chieaasa. J Aik yMrOrafftottt rfer it fcr ma. iit-Vnos lua'rinx bitim uVtniJU T?T "il?Tr A I A book or lnfopnation, J7 lyJIXlUIXl catalogue dAeatblcg property for sale in every County.Ua map of Fla. (all new), mailed for postage, flK.jH.w. WILKKS. Land Specialist and DeeafCommle sloner, Louisville, Ky. , PATENTS Gald. o iMWieua. tada aPat. sMtt-aaatfraa. PATRICK O'FAJUlELL.Att'y at LMr.Waahiatrn 4).C- II I MKKXorrV Seaaterlal Carfescraws. H It in a notable fact that the largest yl most obscure drawer in the stationary room connected with the Senate Cham ber is the one in which sample cork screws are kept. Of these sinuous aids to creature comfort or discomfort there is infinite variety. Many are novel, but the new and old have alike but oue ob ject to draw corks. Some of them are old-fashioned, and to secure good results the bottle wil have to be placed between the knees of the operator; the cork in variably comes out with a sharp "pop." Others pull the stopper from the oritico with a squeaking sound that has in it some of the elements which go to make up a long-drawn and noisy kiss, while still later specimens of man's ingenuity removes the neck obstruction so quietly that even the wide-awake occupant of an adjoining committee room will never be aware, so far as the corkscrew can help it, that there is a corkscrew within half a mile. There will probably be a run on these silent abstracters of cylln drically shaped fragments of that tree which botanists term Queroiis tiher. Wahimjtnn Star. I.iies. attention! If any readers of this paper are wearing the shoulder cape, now iu fashion, we hereby advise them to make dog blankets of them or throw them to the dogs and adopt a more sensible and safe outer garment. 1 hese abominable abridgments of hygenic decency inlte intercostal neuralgia, lumbago, pleurisy, rheumatism, consumption and pneumonia, and already promise to make more business for phsiciuiis than any other folly or fashion for a long time. Dr. J-IkmVN Health Jfod11. Ore l.onoKxceptiou. Gimp Mount St. Elia has been found to be rt.000 feet lower than it was thought to bo." Gummey Is that so? I thought the McKinley bill had made every-thinsr higher." Eihm.1i. ri'KK soap Is white, ltrowu s.ips are adulterated with resin. Perfume in only t put in to hide the presence of piifriif tut. Dobbins Electric Soap Is ptiir. white and ' uusecnted. Has been sold since lsC". Comparing; ote. llev. Strayer I d:ireay you clergy men in New York have many duties to attend to that never full to our lot iu smaller places. , Uev. i'othauiite O yes. but we never have to pray for rain. Mmieu't ll'rrhlif. Or Intrrett to Sfwekiiieii. Coiisiin your lie. stock to Cook. IUi fc Humphreys. Sioux fity, Iowa." "vx perienccd aud reliable, live stock com mission merchants. TiiKitK are 10". Fanner alliance news papers in Kansas. COUGH ANI COLDS. Those who aio suffering from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat, etc.. should try Hiiown's Broncuiai. Tuoches. SM 0111; fn litres. Tiik population of the earth doubles itself in -iw vears. "A rooi.isH woman is kuown by hor slovenlv house." Oct wit and earn good reputo by usmc SAI'OLIO. Try a cake iu your nost house-cloanms. Ok every million peoph: iu the world 800 are blind. ' jTamma. vour little girl grows more puf nnd thla oaoli day. It noeJs Dr. Bull's Worm Destroyer. Get her some before it is too lat. Ei.KCTitic motors are being introduced 011 the underground railways in London. Save the Boys And bare the irU from the.r interuie Hurfcrinaa from tfcrofulaand other foul humors in fie blood by giving them Hooifit SarsauanlU. ThouaamN of parent are un.syeakably havpy and thousand of children enjoy jcood health because of what tbu great b'ood purifier has done for them. It thorough ly eradicates all trace of sfcrof tila. salt rheum, etc.. and vitalizes and enriches the blood. Scrofula bunclie iu tuy oeck disappeared when I took Hood'a Sarsaparilla." A. K. Kellct. Parken burg. V. Va. Hood's 8arsaparilla Ecld by all druggist. It : nil for " 1 C. I. IIOOD .V CO. Lowell. Maa. Prepared only IOC Doses On Dollar BBHHHa!XUriiHaTHKBS,H Warm SUKMrYflrfc. FrtranctavHEjsLaSd P ISO'S REMEDY FOR CATARRIL Best Easiest to use. Cheapest Relief is immediate. A cure is certain. For Cold in the Head it has no equal. It is an Ointment, of which to the nostrils. Price, 60c. by mail. Address. E. T. ONB aVJOYSI Both the method and results when Sjrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts 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 cf Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the vrtomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared onlv from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60c 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 wwnes to try iu uo not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FI0 SYRUP CO. SAN nAMCISCQ. C4 lOUISYME. KY. KW tOMt. LV. BORE WELLS! ffl HoVm Oar Well Machines ar the moat IfW HlUnlil aauaiLS. DrsuaLB.scccasst cl Tbey do aimkk wwk ana BitiDKEATct rumwrr. Tbey Fl.lim Welai wbare then rAlX! Any ttee, inches to M laches dtaotter. L LOO-IS 4 NYMAM, TIFFIN. - OHIO. Catalogue FREtt ASTHMA. rtaam s AtthM $;eciSa GItsb immadsata ralf.a It la beliaTsd to bs the tsan ASIHVA Remedy auuwn to uomanity. As arMsnea vs fire s Trial Package FREE. Sold by Drnsgms. BBaWA " ' wa. -naurna fBOS. POPHA.V. 3001 Ridffs Avenue. PhlUdaT W9Kf W.KOKHIS. WttaailsmaraBB, j.c. amnal Kxarnlner U B. Pana'oa j I3rxs:alastwsr. lSsdliidlcatiiixelaiau, atty siuca. PM$J iBStrncttoas PKBEto lnrentow. AwTWrlteat ones (or hand-book ot lBformatian. COn WaaalBCtOK, D.Q. as aaW BaTfcT T W sVf ' nSaaaaaaB af.'sy ilirMftlOM BBw-awawavawawawiMiv The people at the WorM's . Dispensary of Buffalo, N. .,- have a stock-taking time once a year and what do you think" they do? Count the number ..;' of bottles thatVe been re-, turned by the men and women who say that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery or " Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- -tion didn't do what they said it would 'do. And how many do you -think they have to count. .;, One in ten ? Not one in Jive. ' . hundred Here are two remedies one the Golden Medical Dis covery, for regulating and in- vigorating the liver and purify-, . ing the blood ; the other, the ' hope of weakly womanhood, and they've been sold for years, sold by the million bot tles; sold under a positive'-: guarantee and not one in five hundred can say : " It was not the medicine for " me!" And is there any reason why you should be the one? And supposing you are what do you lose ? Absolutely nothing ! SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE. I The success of this Great Cough Cure is without a parallel in ths history of medicine. All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos itive guarantee, Atet that no other cure can suc cessfully stand. That it may become kuown, the Proprietor, at an enormous expense, ar placing a Sample Hot tie Free tnto every home I in the United Slates and Canada. If you have ' a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, fori. it will cure you. If your child has the Croup, or Whooping Couh, ue it promptly, and relief 1 is sure. If you drrad that ms'dious disease Consumption, use it. Ask voiir I rue,gist for j SHILOH'S CURE, Price lo'ct., v cts. aiufcU ! $1.00. If your l.uni;s are sore or Hack lame, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price 25 ctx -'r -VASELINE- MR AJIKE-nOLLAR HIM. nor.r.K HIM. seat u b mal pt person 11 ticta. caiw- ruliw narked: " " Odd two-ounce bntt e of Pure Vaseline. Met. J n two-ounce bjttle ot V.i-mliue 1'omada.... 15 " I One jar of Vaeli' e Cold Cream 13 " ' One cakttof VaeImeCa uptiir fee In t Doe raka ut Vaseline S ap. uiiKi'til-d to 1 Om-cake of VaellneSaj niii kii1 n:enled 'Jfc " j f One two-ounce bottle ol WMm Vaseline "i - Or. forp'tnt tnmp$. any iri'j!e irt 1 tt the prln j tiamfd. On n account he pcrxtfi l"t to uteri. ": yntr arutj flit any nrune ur in 'iti titfin inzrrnurm Mtetrftlfceteu icim unrntime.wtiu-yiti rru it. ly receive an imitation tekicA Ari little 'r n ratiie. I'lMMbruusb Mfar. Co.. 2t Malo .St.. N. V PENSIONSr The Disability Bill fa law. SoMlera dfaaMed alnc wawararecaaiiara. uepeneeot wiao-a and pai B day aidant whoa sons died from affcclaot wewiUilUfTtreufcnntcUr(i'.li apv person in , !.. ir,ilfil SiL-.rfnr tha.ftMtow.IUTrUcto. CIW- - new aoeadant wfto sons died irura agjbclaci a r at W aU ar. 1 a an a w a LatoCoauulaaloDernf recalens.aiSllHTH. . C a small narticle is apulied Sold by druggists or sent IIazkihme. warren, Pa. Dr. W(D, fflSVrSk.fr Regular Graduate in Mi'Ulclne-2M years tumttal and private practice IO in I'hiago and Rrw YnrkKm taMlnheri in Sioua City Mn leara-lsnlll treating aHFriyatv. v Nervous). 1,'hronlii .! H..-..I-I L dlMSMt, Snermatnrrhnia I Mcminai Weakness (night toutt; Inpoteacy (Ion of $eriat pnu-er). ana all Femala Ulaeaaea. iTTiiHUtrttu, ttr, Carea guaranteed or money rernnded marges Mir. Term eash. Atfe and experlorueare Important- No In jurious medicines used JWb time lott from worker business Patients at a dlstanco treated tT mall Htaletnet $tnt errruwhert tret from oa anabrruk- so State your rate and send ror sip Opinion anil terms Consultation strictly ennfldsutlsl. persos 1'r orbr letter-Dr. WOOD has the laraest ml Ear Infirmary In the West ttoomn foe patient at fair rate, facilities to meet anv enter qicsi ana urarieni institute ana Ei mm. ency-A tetet Home and Utt tare ana ikttl fur LnMtt during PrtQnanr'j ami 1 onjlnement iend 4c. Post aire JOURNAL. ioriiinrirn:ra huuk inn .vbuiial iJVMcnttun tnla osser- Ws istail at tas Imm mhmlmnlr fmtUrm mrxei sad aata goods to bs aid t as dsiissrr. land saaasa fur Cats- lasn aamaoUmumL .vanes uwm. c. 14 s. i .ruua,raJ lVADIKS.usDr e Due's Perl odleal'PUIa. from rrU, Frsoc. EtUUil ia Euros'. 1(C3: Eselscd. 11(0: " '- MU; Uslt4 But,,, ItsT. Cent si! tapprnJoas, Irragulariiiaaut arauiy nnaaot Is which Img"!! Maa4wfasi fr !, la plats nl4 nrtlop. oa tmipt of trlca- Th AasrU M nu vo., w aaituian au HotsIIt rroprlttor,. The psaiM pill hU h SEDQWICK A DCLOMtt,Ir awui;,!,! nastssaiaaaatistatlAcwti, -7 - EMORY Mind wsadsrlasi enrwd. - in ens isu.sf. Tsatraaonials froaisn parts of the slobe. Prospectus rosT VBSd atat as anliea.tiii. ia SmI a w . nmH i:"z- i." -i"' mnmmimm am m nu J lAw. WewTork. Hf ANTED Tea addresses of soldiers who 2fXl V.SK aS,0.:4 Um number o " SOLDIERS' KTa Ul.a !,tnvtlm SXamaeVa?-a52a,-51June.;a- w'- n HOMJE8TEADS. SD ??k qCMO.S.Daa.er. Colorado. Ma-MSltttUji FAT FOLKS is. Ssaa Se. for eireulars sad """jedlitoapoundsnaa, PootHgr awnfeaitogl T """'. W No utarrfnt ns dfeforetoeula4U2SSsn,al:a' Connoeaa Name this paper whe you write. - STEREOPTICOSarx,c CHIOACO. ILU. fcaCWMIHl65AWTIClIS5. xaOJ5sWI FsaBaafBfMvATilsrv--lvaBSVii UsSBaTSTaPlaA "" r'saWJiaDEMaQf faOsOlCHAJIWwSrWc V sT'ststs'aWa1" rgaC Al . . Xir I irtwOawL-e CBCaTt (TjIWS!TllMl.rAiaa. ITailBVll M'A " VUnUrT I JVaaka 'jL11 . SM SraWaAA, BTaUVaVl Ma arsafcrau. 3l, barniKM. rtllshls. Th, y Bssitlnlsv hsUheadarlacprrcnsary. Thalarga pnpwtkia alUIa Jk ladWt mn llahls U li slrnrt molt f a a!.Mn4 A 1 sr srnttrustion. Conliiutd moathlr sucprfulou rmall la 1 (Saiiajlckiuaaislbo. IlIM'tlAor Sfna SL. ' ii MA6IC LANTERNS. . rJEDiNy,;tiriaSS XS'm&XrZSvSl.'Z 4&&2Stt&2V?uU"tmm aa rmurn cm. wsaxB aaa, a. mv 8.C.N.U: NoLSi-aa I 4 J J (. .1M A - V1 'j-" I V s 4.) r I 't I . V A V -. '- I . . k . uJW ssWWWIfiSjIII I.IWPII slslillslflisi'ssni tfT'l ymim fimwm' c'W X JS"mri