'. NEBEASKa FAMILY : JOURNAL, A Weekly Newspaper issued ererj Wedieriay. 82 Ctliwu f reidiig Better, era. sistiig f Nebraska State News I teas, Selected Stories aid Miscellaiy. fcsr8awpUeoptaaaMetraata SubsoriptioB priM, SI a ytar, h MfMct. AddraM: M. K. Tcsxn ft Oat, Columbut, Platte Co., Nebi J. DTJSSELL, -nun CO iS PUMPS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE. 0!ive St., marly opposite Post-ofloo. ejunees-r LOUIS SCHREIBER. Elackii aiHWaiioiMer. All kiids of Reiairlig doie Short Notice. Biggies, Wag- oi9, etc.. atle to order, aid all work Guar- aiteed. Alto toll the world-faaotu Walter A. Wood Mowers, Boopen, Coabin- od Machine!, Harvester, aai f elf-himden tho toitaado. fc78aa paaatta the "TatterH, en Ultra Ht.. COLUMBUS. 36-n i Judicious Advertising Creates many a new business, Enlarges many an old business, Revives many a dull business, Ketcues many a lost business, Saves many a failing busiucss, Preserves many a large business, Secures success in any business. i 80 says a man ot business), and we add that judicious advertising, for this section of country, includes THE JOURNAL A oa of the mediums, hecaase it is read by the best people, those who know what they want and pay for what they get. We challenge comparison with any country paper in the world in this re atwet twrntv vmra nnblishina by the same ruanagement, and sever one dun to subscribers , published in Tn Joubnal. This, better than t anything else, shows the class ot people who read Tax Journal every week. tf GOSHEN FENCE IAGEI1E! CHEAP. ONLY 145. Woraa wira aat slate, cat wiDews, aalit boards r aaytaiaa- of the sort, seed; after posts are sat, feaeecaa be asaa and stretched oa the groaad, ia thswiater.by a boy or rdiaary farm head. M to 40 reds a day, aad cam work it arsr any green. The saaa who haa oa of these saa caiaes can baild a f emea that ia asors durable aad safe taaa any other, aad asake it at less cost. The ssachiae aad a sasaple of its work caa be eesa lathe city est llth street at Ernst k Bchwars hardware store. Willsell ascaiasa, or territory, or contract to pat apfsaese. .,-, laaytf J. B. MATHEWBON. :oflM itboakforaa fuiWnnifiiiiCeBit. bo , advertiser to ooa tealt, bo be export I oacea or otherwloe. ropapon and eotlineteo fthecootefad' laa-.TBoaaveruaerwao wants to woasmiiosloUox tedo.tatttbola. irsMtinn be raoulreo, while forb iaa who will two owe bsuslrod tkoooaaw dollars la a TexMotea. sche W taflleated which will --- tiMiMiiLiifciskasli to stoas W sitjal rt oaosi amTs; mrrwUmtH fssMsSMM. ! ealtta karo beea Beat, peat-paid, to aay sMw lor W eoata. VXW9PAPZR ADTEST1SIXO BUKKAU. iwim ottTrtanagnoooolt.). Kow Yak. PATENTS r sad Trade Marks obtaiaed, aad all Pat. eat t teae ooadnrtsd for MODERATE FEKS. Ot OFFICE 18 OPPOSITE U. 8. PATENT OF i i WobaseaoMb-seBci,aJlbBsiaesa direct, beaea we ram transact patent boainess m iaatisseaaastLE80COST taaa those reoote Bead o4slVdrswia or photo, with dsoerip. tioo. Wo aevise if pataatable er aot, free, of raozao. Oarfseaotdaetillpatsotissseared. A book, "low to Obtaia Patsata.' with refer. iteaotoal eneon sa year ssa-o, coaaiyer tftoa. Addrsos otcV'wShlaa.S $5 to fin PIT JT Agent Waited I CnKXL-as Fkn. 1H 8ttatra fety Beta JIoMen SJrmnn-rrat olntrJae-uea -ry are cvner kuafruai I te Da mHKV fftfot Some mj9m vN&kSS Children saaaVsaaBa'a'a'a'a'awsHBf avnxx . xim .-- 'HHfH aamttl A Wi!3lktmmmm: iHaBijijHisaUtUadaW ! i y7S(Tl,wfalBE. BHHHJl! iiggss- Too Fast It ooatalno lists ofan WfrnW i.2fl "i?&:J read It rti AN ALUMINUM HAND. u Artificial Member With Which a Han Can Do Every Kiail or Labor. Somo months ago Willard A. Lucas, on of Mr. Samuel Lucas, the wool man ufacturer of Poquctanuek, Conn., had his right hand severed in his father's mill, nud since Mr. Lucas, sr., who has inventive genius, has used evory effort to replace the missing member with as j . useful a substitute as possible. ( possible, After visiting or writing most prominent makers of limbs in America, he to the artificial learned that it was in vain to search, either in this country or Europe, for an artificial hand that could be used in doing work. Thereupon Mr. Lucas determined to make a hand himself; but he toiled per Ntentlv day and night for four months before he was successful. He lias pro duced an aluminum hand that is very much like an old time steel gauntlet, and that is almost as handy as i. a natural an iiuminated cat, made of pasteboard hand. The fingers are all perfect in ; .. . , ... . , ln x. shape and appearance, and the joints tin-coated with phosphorus, to be bend like those of human lingers It is placed in cellars, store-rooms, and gar smaller than the natural hand, but with ( rets to frighten rats away. Jfow for an u a man can no every kiiiu oi wont. Mr. Willard Lucas has worn one of the artificial hands for several weeks, and ' with it can grasp and handily use all ; kinds of farm tools, tick up things from j the ground, drive, handle a gun i:i fact, use his metal hand quickly and skillfully at any work. Like the natural hand , the artificial one cousil of a palm that j is provided with a fatening by which it ' is attached to the cork or wooden stump that all one-handed men wear in place of i the missing member, and of lingers and ; a thumb, the joints of which an; worked ! by a ratchet, so that they may be bent i'orward at any angle and held there. The hand may be either tightly closed or only ' partly shut, and only one linger or all the fingers may be do-d at once- and instantly by striking them against the i body or other object. To release the i fingers it is necessary only to touch a ' small spring on the back of the hand. I The Invention is a nearly pi-rfect sub stitute for tin' natural hand and the onlv thing of the kind In the world. Willard Luea avers he would not part j with the device for a fortune if it were . not ruwihle to reiimiluee it.. . Uv means of an ingenius contrivance the "artificial hand may be moved sideways at the place where it is attached to the arm ex- I actly as the natural hand is moved. Dkfaclikk has again appeared on i the track in the colors of lapt. fc. . ! s. s. Itrown. M. Corbett, the bookmaker, bought the horse at the captain's recent sale, but gave him up when the captain informed him that his daughter was very fond of Defaulter and wanted to buy him' back. The Pittsburger was willing to pay any price, but Corbett refused to make one cent profit by the trade. l"r to the present time the Empress , Frederick of Germany has received S1.4W.000. the. Duke of Edinbiirg SLr00, ' 000, the Duke of Conuausht Sl,8:,000, j the Princess ChriMian SSI 0,000, the Duke of Albany S'-70,000, and the Princess Louise 5000,000 from the Kritish treas- ! ury. 1 HIRAM C. WHEELER. Importer of Percharon and Shire Stallions. Odebolt, Sao Count?, Iowa. LMtQEST Importation of draft stallions ! to America this season. Quality tho very best. First-class horse, either breed, $ 1.000. Two and threo year's time. S per cent., eu- , abling horso to pay for himself. Mas. M Ait ik lti..wxt:'s lameness is dis appearing under the long surgical treat ment she has undergone, but she is sub ject to every change in the weather. Rheumatism Is of two kindH. scute and chronic. Tho former i 1h accom:nicd by liiiin fever, ami in the bwo'.len i ininti ti.n a intn uain. whifh often suddenly j changes from one put of the Immi.v to ancmier. jrewjng to his immense distilling IU I Chronic rheumatism i without lexer and not o MO -.--I, ,-mmnt M-vetv. but more conUnuou. and llab e to come on at every storm or after sliBht exposure. Itheumatism Is known to be a disease of the blood and Hood's Sarsaiiari'la has had Breat sne ceFB in curing it. This medicine n.issi".es nuili ues which neutralize acidity, ami purify, enrich, and viU'.ize the blood. Hood's Sarsapahlla EolU by all druggists, ft : six for IV Trvparei 03I7 by C. I. llOOD X CO Apothecaries. LowcU. Ma. KX Doses One Dollar SHILOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE. The success of this Great Cough Care is without a parallel in the history of medicine. All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos itive guarantee, a test that no other cure can sue cesfully stand. That it may become known, the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home in the United States and 'Canada. If you have a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for it will cure you. If your child has the Croup, or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief is sure. If you dread that insidious disease Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 cts., 50 cts. and $1.00. If your Lungs are sore or Back lame, Shiloh's Porous i'laster, rnce 25 cts. Growing Too Fast Decome ume-6, iranui, wunuui Bim I a, thin and weak. But you can for- tify them and build them up, by the j 5 use of j SCOTTS EMULSION OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AND HYPOPHOSPHITES Or Ute autd Soda. They will take it readily, for ft is al most as paiatable as milk. And it should be remembered that AS A PKE YESTITE OS CTSE OF COUGHS OK COWS, M MTU THE 111 AM TOONB, IT IS SM mi I If! AroldfbatiliHiotiMoffrrtd. psavspajsjoasvaawa if von WISH A X t-OOU (SrffM mUESSM KETUL.VEH. - pnrctase ono of the crle btatwl KMITH WESSOJJ anus. The nnat nna'l arm Trr riannfactur.-d anl the ManufartuTd incalihrr3i.3;a-il4l-lon. R n- rrKrtmolol. Contructl rnurrly o- ber qnal- rnairtirand atock. they arc unnTst A fpr fini J, Sarabf lltr and acearacr. Lonot t rdet:jrf bv rhapfnalleaklerafit-lroa Imitatiaan which WESSON RfTolr-r are all fiainjnwn r"n": ami inmiTan.p. nu a. biliiae i i m .-.-.- - . - tw vi harm sname.au--.r- ' , . . r led ar caaraatred rr'ct ineV-.j iM;i- In- -i-t-l-'U ---. -Z- r- .. .r, -.,.. tir-Ment'oB tM- rir-r. jr'n,'-t. !n. An Extraordinary Oppm .unity. Fendjonr atldr.t-Kon a i o-al card and receive tre ot cbre ri'lropi:i-ot the Nlvt okk Merccbt. in itb filty xbitn ve.r. tir ti r witu an unprecadentpd premium u-t eo-t.prifinpa tncu rand article -wbirli are s:eu to ne mi tnbc -. Aa'lrph.NE'-rYoE: MErri: utk Kow. w or Ctr PATENTS inrentoca- Guide, or How to OD tiin a l't- PATRICK 0XARFXL.Att,rat L-"f'' LE! D c nt.Kenttree. ma-aiaaJOIlir;rSOnKIS. LNall-f IU CVMbiitsZ't.i. D.l'. 'S'SoB Trs'alattwar. utuiimuMwi" nm...... ... Wc a: t r- lab . rcta in til parts 'nhco-iKtr -wbotreal-ea lytrav-'!- isle mto rr-oBrn n- av.dttIerBteJJasT:rAt-r-M.r.?UiLCo.tlevciau. aiiuirt.il- ID! 'it ''. ia-.-Ju.i-' -. ase y r Tsssattarbm . iSnk deal-r cannot unPi-lT you an ordtr nt J.rj3? Vlnw -rill recef-e rr"mrt apt o-.fnl ;lter...na. nrtv;Ca:al'r-ea--lrr:-''f n.Wipii:!- rT2 cWITil iz WESS0. 'PATENTS SHi'S TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OP IN TERESTING ITEMS. Comanti aad Criticisms Based Upon tha Hapaaalas 1 tha Dajr-MisUtrical aad Maw a Pkof. Holdejj, of the Lick Observa- n caiil tn (mm iUmrnrWl on the i"" - " " " ... i. - moon parauei waua zuu ieei .mca. wu top and about 1,200 feet apart. EvEBr year a layer of the entire sea fourteen feet thick is taken up into the stands. The winds bear their burden into the land and the water comes down in rain upon the fields, to flow back through the river?. An enter nriKiocr eenius has invented illuminated policeman. The United States Government holds in its vaults a gi eater amount of gold and eilver than any Government in the world. It is the direct custodian of $325,600,000 in gold coin and bars and $318,000,000 in silver. The average temperature of Sitka, Alaska, in winter, is 43 degrees above zero. In foriy years the mercury has fallen below zero but four times. And . yet the majority of people think Alaska is another name for the North Pole. The saltest piece of water upon earth is the Lake of Urumia, in Persia, sit uated more than 4,000 feet above the sea level. It is much sailer than the Dead Sea, the water being found on analysis to contain nearly 22 rer cent. of salt. A London correspondent writes that !. prince of Wales is a worker, but ... . intnrm na -.1,- Rftrt Df a crowler , . . : a.ur(T he uses. There is a growing teuuency amonK great correspondents to overlook ,. ,.... ,,;! -.i.-vi, art rpallv the spice of all gossip. Ax Austrian baroness is retried by cable gossip to be a thief. Some mis take must have been made in the trans- : :.. r 1.A nrva w wira nr olso the i Austrians do not understand the deli ' Mta chn1a of meanintr between the words thief and kleptomaniac . Pmr.nF.r.PHiAXS who have such pleasure in .obituary notices in their favorite papers are surprised and chagrined to learn that at the settling of an estate the undertaker got $217.37, the monument man received $550 and the newspaper man was allowed only $2.70. fecsox is one of the oldest as well , as largest and best towns in Arizona. In fact, it is so old that there is no record showing when it was lirat set tled. When the first Spanish explorers ! visited this country, about 1530, they , found an old Mexican village there, and it was then Baid to have been inhabited for centuries. Pbixce Bismakck's addition of beer- icioata Mima ,..... . - throughout Europe. It is thought to be somewhat, a lowering of the ex Chancellor's dignity. The!cawital for tlm now concern for protlncing the "Bismarck-brau" seems rather modest; it is only S12.000. Eleven rer cent- cuviaena on me uapnu ta juuuun.-ui The latest fad in the way of cures is the trick of running bare-footed through the frosty grass. In old-fashioned New England towns it has from the time of our grandmothers been the fashion to run bare-footed in the suow to cure chillblains, but this new method is expected to cure everything. Fash ionable Europe is taking it up, and who knows how soon there will be an intro- I duction of it here. I Fire proof stables are not uncommon in Germany and are very simply built. Timbers like railroad ties are placed , from three and one-half to four feet apart, arch corrusrated iron posts be tween them and filled in with a mixture of cinders and lime, making it deep enough to protect the timbers. Xhe trap or door to reach the loft is made of sheet iron, filled in with the same com pound. This kind of fire proofing is very cheap and very effective. It is reported that an electrical en gineer is at work perfecting his great 1 invention, the electrical hired girl. She i will be made of steel and hoop iron, i and will be handsomely nickle plated. , No brass will be used in her. She will ! never have a bean, and will never go to ' the villa on Sunday. She will be able 1 to do anything except play the piano. By simply touching the right button she will cook, wash, iron, make the beds ' or rock the baby, just as you wish. Dom Pedro is a wise man, and is go ', ing the right way abont it to defy re morse and keep himself from repining. Since his arrival in Paris, the ex-Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro d'Alcan tara, has not missed a single sitting of ' the Institute. Though 65 years old, he works two hours every morning with Professor Scybold at the study of Ori ental languages, notably Sanscrit, He brew, and Arabic. He is actively con ' cerned, also, with the installation f the rreat pendulem in the Eiffel Tower. , , -, Califoota produces more g! and wine than any other bta.e in tun countrv. Her grapes ripen without rain, ana nence are mn ue-.ti u mc mildew which in moister climates de stroyes the European x.rrieties while in California these ercw to even creater - 1 . T ' J 1... !. Derfection than tbev do in Europe. We I of the East ueed not regret onr inability j old lady, in good earnest, "and I'll to grow European rarities of the grate, i guarantee you it'll core her." Ken for om of onr native sorts are either : tucky State Journal are for table or wines as good as the be it of Europe. The day of miracles is not over, if we may believe the Associated Press. The newest is reported from Racine, Wis., where, as we are told, a woman was tossed by a bull and gored. Upon her descending she was trampled in a shocking manner. Now it dees the bull infinite credit that be refrained from climbing into the cirenmambient atmo.-phere and trampling the woman before f-he came down, but one's grati tude is merged in win'Jer when he is told: 'The . ; ' Iren r .hed t of the hout-e uuo'i is:.-. 1 the rosrs of the bull, aad (J: n- n! ii - ..'--- form of their mother into the house. She fa still alive and the physicians consider her case hopeless." It is about time that some humani tazian or other did something in the way of carrying relief to Cuba, where things seem to be about as bad as they are in Ireland. Cuba has suffered at the hands of Spain as cruelly as Ireland has suffered at the hands of England, and it is only because, from the small number of Cubans in this country, we have heard of it less frequently that the case seems to us any less pitifuL Brr a few years ago the reading public would scarcely care to scan a story in which the plot was laid within America's boarders. But as time kept advancing upon us, we had to recognize the fact that more interesting matter could be produced and obtained by keeping with in our own bounds. While the fad for the writings of foreign authors and scenes has not entirely died out, it is fast giving way to home production. It is well that it should. Of the pen sketches here that are given for inter pretation, we are much more able to judge of their realistic nature. The characters, heroeines and minor speci alties, though they may not all be from real life, each in their sphere, help to teach of the condition of our own people and what the American mind is capable of doing. A Paris paper, recently printed a de scription of a new application of the "nickel in the slot" principle, invented in Boston. In that city, according to the French journal, there may be seen posts along the sidewalks, with the in scription "Drop a nickel in the slot and 1 will hold your horse." As most Bos toniansride from their homes to their oflices, the automatic steed holder is a great convenience; but when the eques trian comes back to het his horse, he is confronted by a sign on the post which reads "Drop two nickels iu the slot and I'll let go of your horse." So it cost him 10 cents to recover his animal. We reproduce this pretty Jable as a specimen of the valuable and thor oughly accurate American news which appears exclusively in the columns of I our enterprising European contempo raries Toe old story about the thirteen soldiers who sacrilegiously burlesqued the Last Supper and in consequence all met with evil fates is on its rounds once more. The last time that we re member to have seen it before was half a dozen years since, when the wicked crew were Frenchmen, as they had six years earlier been Spaniards, and six years before that Italians, and so on to the earliest version of the tale we remember, wherein they figured as Bohemians. Now at last we have got arouud to Americans, and a London paper gravely records how the last one of the men engaged in the profane act was recently picked up dead in the streets of a Southern city. It unfortu nately neglects to state how the his tory of the wretched man was collected, but it is in possession of the fact that one was lynched for murder, one drowned while fleeing from justice, one burned to death, one stabbed by a woman he had betrayed, and so on for the whole band. This survival of the meiiieval superstitions in the present time is entertaining, especially as there are no donbt plenty of readers who take this bit of nonsense for gospel truth every time it starts out on its way weary, but apparently unending rounds. Josh BilllnBH I'hilosophy. Tho time tew be karefullest iz when we liav a hand full ov trumps. I am a iodr man, but i hav this con solashun i am poor by aksident, not desighn. What an unreal life most folks lead; they don't ever hav a genuine taste ov Borrow during their existence. How menny people there iz whose importance depends entirely upon the size of thoir hotel bills. Mother! The holv thoughts and chastened memories that cluster around this name can never be so well ex pressed az in the calm utterance ov the name itself. It iz a good thing tew be hedstrong, but it iz a better thing tew understand that a stun wall is a hard' thing tew buk agin. Mankind ain't apt tew respektvery mutsh what they are familiar with; it iz what we don't know, or kan't see, that we hanker for. When i 6ee people ov smaller under standing extravagantly clothed, I al wavs feel sorry for the clothes. I am just az certain that thareiz sitch a thing as "Spiritual manifestashuns" az I am that thare iz plenty ov super stishun and trickery. Prosperity makes us suspicious ov each other, while adversity makes us trust in each other. The only way that I can akount for this iz, that in prosperity we hav sumthing to lose, while in adversity we hav everything tew gain. I konsider it a grate kompliment tew religion that there are only two substi tutes for it; one is hipokrasy, and the other iz auperstishun. X. Y. Weekly. A Sure Cure-all. An old Newport lady is a great be liever in coal oil as a cure for every thing; in fact, as a cure all, she's got coal oil on the brain. And a few even ings ago, while some old women friends were calling ou her, one of them said: "I don't fcv.T what's the matter with my Johnny s nee. It's swelled, and it make? him bo lnnic he can hardly walk." "BaM.o it witu coal oil," said the old ladv ; "I'll guarantee it'll cure it s .Kkflinii nnA aoM MTtfV fiaiili Than R pftin between t'he eveg. Well, all she's got to do is to rub it we oU tlfree or fourtime9a ay aud it'll cure her," hastily remarked the old ladv. "Well." said the third woman, "I ain't got nobody tick abont my house, bnt if a body hasn't got trouble one way she's got itanother. All I can do I can't get my Jenny to stay at home of evenings." ""Rob her with coal oil," said the i Willing to Qualify. "Did yez advertise for a coachman, sor?" asked a emart-looking Irishman of a' member of the local Four Hundred. "Ye. Have you had experience?" "Yi, sor. three year." "Are von a married man ?" -No, ir.n "You won't do then. I want ried maa." mar The applicaut looked crestfallen for m moment, and then bis countenance brightened again. "Plaze, sor. yez have uveral young ladies in the family, have yez not?" "I have three daughters, bat what's thattovou?" "Weli. thee, if rez'il hoire me, Oi'll marry wan of thim as aoon as Oi ean." Butfalo Erire3. CATCHINO COLD MEANS HEAT. glttlaf la Staff? Air Far More Dangerous Than Draft. At this time of the year nothing is more important than an answer to the question, tVhat do we mean when we say we have taken cold? In a literal sense, we have done no such thing; and a modern writer has suggested that what is called "catching cold" would be better expressed by the phrase catching heat What actually takes place is some thing as follows: We expose some part of the body to a draft; the surface becomes chilled, and the circulation, to some extent, is arrested; the blood and other fluids are 6ent in another direc tion. What should have been thrown out through the surface is turned in on the mucous membranes; and, as these 1 parts become congested, sneezing takes place; there is an abnormal quantity ot fluids thrown upon the mucous sur faces, and the system makes an effort to get rid of it. This "taking cold" may be caused by sitting for a few moments in a strong current of cool air. It may be the back of the neck that is exposed, or it may be some other part of the body. Hold ing the hands in very cold water for a considerable length of time will often cause one to take cold. Or sitting with cold feet will do the same thing, es pecially if the general circulation is feeble Clothing one part of the body too much and another mrt too little :.. !. will frequently give one a cold. Any thing that arrests the free circulation of the blood and sends it on tho mucous surface may produce this effect. ff The most frequent cause of all, per-' , mado on any road in the United States haps, of taking cold is the one stated, j3 made from Uuffalo to Windsor. In that of "catching heat." Sitting for this statement he is mistaken. The Cin hours in a room where the temperature clnnati, Hamilton & Dayton train from is 80 degrees or upward, aud then going Cincinnati, arriving in Indianapolis at out into a colder atmosphere frequently midnight, is the fastest scheduled reg wta th.-o nnl.l thw i i.articulftrlv ular train in the United States, all things the case where tho air is not only hot but impure. In fact, we think the im purity has more to do with it than the heat, and the two combiued will rarely fail to cause an influenza or sore throat, sometimes a full-fledged pneumonia. By exposing one's self to hot, foul air the whole skin is for the time debili tated, and on reachiuc a cooler atmos- . . - v a. Tphere the blood is driven from the sur- . .. t Mi .i.u,..a face, and coucestiou of the mucous membranes will almost certaiuly follow; either there is "cold on the lungs" or a sore throat, or there is an attack of acute catarrh. Munchausen in Kansai. A Dakota man and a Kansas man were sitting on cracker boxes at a grocery store, and the Dakota man had just told a story abont the big beets , that were rahed on the lied Iliver. It was so large a story that a flonr-barrel near the stove coughed suspiciously and the Kansas man whittled off a larger slice of pine than usual from the corner of his box. Finally he said, in a pensive tone, as if calling up the de tails gradually out of a roomy past: "I remember when I went to Kansas in the spring of '68 it was awfully dry, but I had great faith in the productive ness of the soil, and I put in eighty acres of the finest seed wheat you ever saw. It didn't rain all summer, aud not a spear of that wheat came up. "Well, gentlemen, I can tell you I felt pretty sad. But I managed to scrape through the winter and the next spring I sowed the same piece of land to barley. But it didn't raiu a drop all that year, and not a blade of the barley came out of the grouud. "You may depend upon it, I felt pretty nigh discouraged. But with the help of my wife's relation I pulled through the winter. I had great faith in the soil and the next spring I sowed the same piece of ground to oats. If you will believe me, not a drop of rain fell all summer and the oats never came up. "That was the summer of 70. Well, in that fall it began to rain, and it did rain. The flood was a tributary to that rain. It kept right on raining all spring, and in July I had the finest crop of wheat you ever saw the wheat that I sowed in"'68, you understand. "I harvested it aud just after it was all in it began to rain again and the next summer the finest crop of barley you ever saw came up, the barley that I sowed in '69. It was a fine crop and I paid off all my remaining debt with it. "The next spring we had a fine rain, and the oats that I had planted in 70 began to come up, and " The Kansas man looked up and saw that he was alone. Even the flour barrel had edged away behind the stove, and the Kansas man smiled as he said to himself, "The soil of Kansas is remarkably productive." Youth's Companion. All a Joke. Watson Haney, a negro ferryman classically known as Sharon, was ar raigned before the court. "Watson," said the judge, "you are charged with a grave offense." "Whut's dat, jedge?" "You know very well what it is committing an assault upon Harvey Peters." W'y, jedge, dat wuz all er joke. Mo an' dat man is alius progiciu' wid each udder. All er joke, sah." "You met him in the road and broke one of his arms with a club. Do you call that a joke?" "W'y, o' co'te, I does, jedge. Me an dat man is alius er progiciu' wid each , udder. He broke dts heali laig wuust an I didn't think nothin' o it 'ca'se I knowed dat it wuz only a joke." "Yes, but after you had broken his .arm you stuck a knife into him." "Yas, sah, but dat wuz all er joke. W'y, he hit me wid er ax wuust. I tells yer, jedge, dat mo an' dat man is n.. :-.: :) .,.ii anus er jiiuuitin mi cm. hug. "Then you dragged him down a bank and tried to throw him into the river.'' "Oh, shar, jedge, see dat yer ain't er pusson wbut un'erstau's er joke. Take ine erway frum heah. I doan want ter progicwid er man whut doan know whut fun is." JrA.viM.sait' Traveler. A Hibernating Italian. Antonio Rappatro is a small sized but s energetic Italian laborer employed in digging dirt in Schenley Park, Pitts burgh. He wanted to grow rich rapidly, but being uneducated, without capital to engage in business and with no skill on account of which a higher premium would be paid him, he resolved to work over time. for many weeKs past ue . combines the position of dirt digger by day but that of watchman at night, never feeling it necessary to sleep one instant. When asked when he siept he replied that no oniv muuigeu iu iue luxury of a bed during the winter. If Antonia is really a hibernating animal Pittsburgers may feel it profitable to pension him and keep him on exhibi tion. A t'ornrr on I.iar-.. I never expected to win," said Jr hn rvnnui-tnn a victim nf the late e'ection. "I only ran to see how many lying suns of guns there was on tho Comstock. At !-.,, -,.. hnn.lro1 and fiffv viiliintan! v Dromised to vote for me. icw "" Miuut ..- . w a out. over $300 for drinks, ana see nere L onlv cot one vote. I'm making up a ; list'of 'em to publish in pamphlet form Talk about champion u Mnra ortAtv T-rtTt lira Kin4ra?fi count old Tom Pepper, and he was 1 K1CKOU UUt UI a 1 iur lung. infa (Aer.) Chronicle. Coust Sackendobf, who is now con, ductor of an elevator in a Ciacin ati hotel, is defending himself in a suit for 3j0 brought ngaitut him bv r ha'-e lxn churl who i.ecp u f-iomaut a.d mIU buktd bDM a Bora tastb. Hf 7 mother she's so good to me, Er I was good as I could be, I couldn't be as good : no sir! Can't any boy be good as her! I She loves me when I'm glad or mad : She loves me when I'm good or bad ; An' what's a runny thing, she says She loves me when she punishes. I don't like her topunlsh me : That don't hurt, but it hurts to sea Her cryln': nen I cry: an' nen We both cry: an' be good again. She loves me when she cuts and sews My little cloak and Sunday clothes; An' when my pa conies home to tea. She loves him moat as much as me. She laughs an' tells him all I said. An' Krabs me up an' pats my head ; An' I hug her, an' hug my pa. An' love nim purt' nigh much as ma. Jame Whitcomo Bitey. It would seem that the cattle barons ought to adopt some system or properly ..ni, r thnii ctmM.- 1 iwir nrospiit method is wasteful, If not wicked. It is estimated that more than 1,000,000 cat 1 tic and other animals died last winter in the extreme western and southern states and territories of neglect and starvation, and probably hundreds of thousands were frozen to death. I We quoted a current item about the ex perience of Dr. Alanus with a vegetarian diet, and bis attributing disease of the blood vessels to his use of that diet. Wc expressed doubt of any relation of cause and effect between such diet and softening arteries. Now Dr. llolbrook writes that probably It Is a "fake" item, .since the Ger mau vegetarians never heard of Dr. Alanus. and no such name appears in their medical directories. Dr. Foote' lfrtilth Mon(My. The Indianapolis Journal says: -C. kflllUK MVM lll ..... ..-. , F. Cox. vIcc-uresidiMit of the Canada Southern road, says that the fastest time nnc71ornf1 Wla7'VIV.Aa Statb op Ohio. Citt or Toledo, l Lucas County. ' " Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chesky Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Cataiikh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cciie. Rinwn tn hefnro me and subscribed iu my riiA., iv i. nif 1. presence, this Gth day of December. A. D. 18SC. . - A. W. OlriAavi, J seal. Xolary Public. Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. 43-Sold by druggists, 7jc. The snow sheds on the Southern Pa cific railroad in the Sierra Nevada mountains alone represent an outlay of fullv S3,000,000 to the company, and about 2,000,000 feet of lumber were re quired for their erection. It cost about 2,000,000 to build them in the first place, and about S1,000,000 to keep them in repair during the past twenty years. A COUGH. COLD OR SORE THROAT should not be neglected. Hitows's Hnos ciiiai. Troches are a simple remedy, aud give prompt relief. 25 cts. a box. It is a fact established upon the au thority of travelers in different parts of the world that stammering is almost un known among savage tribes. Would you think that refinement is ac quired by tho use of SAPOLIO? Y.J3. "Cleanly habits retluo tho mind.1 It is a solid cako of Scouting Soap. John Hicks, the celebrated American minister to Peru, has presented a collec tion of antiquities from that country to Lawrence university, Wisconsin. When Baby was sick, we gare her Castor!, When she was a Child, she cried forCastoria, When she became Miss, she chin? to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. Ax orange measuring a foot in cir fumfrence has been found iu Starke, Fla. Vt Opium in PIso's Curo for Consumption. Cures where other remedies fail. -3c. England has 4.r.,0)0 woiu-n who earn a livelihood as printers. BEEcnAM'a Pills Weak Stomach. act liko magic- on o Tiikkb are about 125.000 .lews iu tlm Russian army. & THE BEST. 4 Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Hagertown, Md., Ariril'.M.li'W. "I.andothcrsofmy family, liavc used St. Jaeobs Oil for neu ralgia and fuund it a jiccdy. cflettive cure." Mrs. Agnes Keliay. S. Ogden, Mich., May 17. 19). A half bottle of your invaluable medicine.- St. Jacobs Oil. cured me of rlieii matUtu mid rheu matic MYellini; of the knee. Iti- tho best In the unlvcn-c." J. M. L. Porter. IT HAS NO EQUAL. MOTHERS' FRIEND H CHILD BIRTH us? IP UIID HFOHI COMFINMNT. Book to "Uothm'' Uah.d;Ykkw. bxarikld kcol'latr co atlajita,a old ar AixDafooiara. GRATEFULr-COMFORTINa. EPPSS COCOA BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowicdze of the natoral lawt which gOTem the operations of digestion and natrt U-D, and by a careful appllc atlon nf the fine proper ties or wel:-:Iectl Cocoa, Mr. Epcs baa provtdfd oar breakfast tables with a deUcatelr flaToored bav rage which may sare as many heary doctor' b:ila It la oy the judicious use or such articles of dM that acoasMtutloa may be gr doallr built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds osubtto maladies are Boating around as rradyto attack wherever there le a weak po'nt. We may eecape many a fatal shaft by keeping our elTes well forttflei with pure blood a-d a properly nourished frame." "cwa sm-vies oaawv." Made simply with boUln? water or mil. Fold onlr la balf-pound tin. y Grocers, labrllcl thus: JAMES EFPs & CO.. Homoeopathic Cnrml't I.O"nx), E5iLajn. Patitnal Caree with VefttaMa Reiaee'is. Blave cored many thousand cases. Cars patienta Knounced hopelesa by the best physiciana. From t dose symptoms rapidly disappear, aad in ten daTS at least two-tblrdsof all sTmptnma are remwed. Becd for free book of testimonial nf mlrarulona cares. Ten daya Treatment furnished free by mail. If you order trial, send If) cents in stamp to pa Boataga. OK. H. H OgK' SO-N9. AtUata. Oa. IIEMIOS THIS PaFR m m i u'Msasa . WANTED h?m?ted SOLDIERS' S& The addr-s ot sotdien wi:o ietedd aless nurabro: 0AI ffIE?DC acre, than !60at anv tira OUIilllEnO before June O. lS.'t. and ' liAaamwiltfi made final oroot niiaarrii raiiin -rr. flTjgos. DeaTer. Colorado. eTMeDticn ihl- psper. PEDINE 'lOW ARE YOt;R Curt cold or ten-r FEET. Swollen or petjpirirg STEKOBTICOUS -JSt CHICAGO. ILL. MA6IC LANTERNS. DETECTIVES Vum4 la mr Coati'.r ;o 1: is -. iittu 2rM- ?(.'r isnrstttsta tea Citt- riit Chi.: r ptjea- e' fisiisifl Tt Ms?tt.ir. rs.-R:s'.ssjNs. attt I BEECHAM'S PILLS I I For Bilious ail Kenons Disorders. 9 I "Worth a Guinea a Box" bat sold I I for 25 Cents, I BT ALL -MUTCCISTg. kmisf-Mraci'V I I TREATED FREK. sjpsjsjMSjB'fejgsjsfgs (sj Ca M altsak atMSMt 9t XT Tea Had a Friend Abont to visit tome section of country where malarial disease, 6itl-.er In the form of chills and fever or bilious remittent was particularly rife, what would be about the best advice you could give him? We will tell you to carry along, or procure on arriving, that potent me dicinal safeguard, Hostetter's Stomach Bitter. ' known throughout malaria-plagued regions. here and in other countries, as the surest means of disarming the miasmatic scourge, and rob bing it of its fell destructive influence. Not only does It fortify the system by increasing its Stamina, but overcomes irregularity of ilips tion, the liver aud the bowtls, and counteracts J UO uultTVlBI'lv rucvm Ul VIVl'VAUIIUU, UUUil) and mental exposure iu rouh weather, or rc- mmiinn tnn !.rilflit:tr- or laborious. l.)R-4 of appetite, aud o.ccdhe iieriousueai. 'll:o func- i lions or aiimemauuu, uuiuun fuitimu, uu sleep have in it a most powerful and reliable auxiliary. BinnEFOi:i Pool. Mo., has been in vaded by a troop of snowy owls from the j Arctic wilds. Thirty were captured last week and sold iu ISoston for about j S3 each. ENTITLED TO THK HEST. AH are entitled to the be.-t that thott money will buy, so every family sduuild have, at once, a bottle of the bet family vt.vlir- Svnm of Flirs. to cleanse the sys tem when costive or bilious. For sn :iml S1.00 bottles by all leadin s:ile it drui:- gists. No doubt exists as to the fact that 1 l l. many deep sea aniinai no emu iikiu. though the precise nature of the mech anism for its emission is not always cer tain. Memociiity Klimi copie- wtibriy. Dobbins Electric sfoap lia- been imitated more than any Soap. Ask your gnver for DoiiUin' Electric Soap: all oilier Electric-;. Electricity. Magnetic-., etc.. are imitation. A wokkmax crawled into the bore of a monster gun at the Mare I.slaud. t'al., navy yard, got wedged in somehow, and it took several hour' work to get him out. It Is cruel to no;;Iect symptoms of worms la a child. Slany casus of epileptic lit- can be traced to this source. You do your duty when you give it Dr. Hull's Worm Destroy er?. It will save tlm child. WoopeiiL't-Ks have the same greet ing as cats, but louder and more em phatic. Malaria or rile. Sick Headache, Cimtivo ItowelS Dttrol As'. Sonr Stomach and Itolchlne; If your fowl docs not us-iuiilulc -- and you bate noappeuic, triUcnre these troubles. " in. ira-ii ;j i iirr c? iBii-s m? Trice. & cents. ZzA. tj ej aaaV a4C9Ba isaLaassiaasaff BBPraPasiJI Haaaaal QS BBsW ' aCV a3 te M mWmWSf Jmt mmW 1& 0 til WA K A Bm r JsMaBaaSsaWsaBmsaflssftlMJlgsa Tai aaaBaaaBaBaaBafl ELY BKOTUEHS. CC Warren St.. :.'cw Tort. I'rlca M cta.iaaT- 8l Wffk Best Cough Medicine. Recommended lhysteipafsr WgM WSM Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and ngrecablo -to tho dCl Ef taste. Children take it without objection. Ily drinrK'st. J aBaaMlaBaaBlatTSByj "He hacd srnaall skill o horse flesh who boughh&goose to ride onl'Bont'raie Sg& ordiniekrysoo,ps -" r tlfiC, teav.oaa. V!a . u. kua .ri i.fci iTk .w "nind. rBe.,SpjSLs!H6 isSAPO L.! O- Try a. ca.Ke ofiha.nd be convincsd.: Common Soap and necessitates a great outlay balances any saving in cost. the best and clieapcst soap for REPAIR YOUR - AND SAVE YOUR MONEY. The Northwestern Sieve Repair Co. cf Chicago, Manulaclurors and P J SSllSSS Mau,acturod. Ask your Hardware Dealer to order for you. L3TCUT THIS OUT, ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. Name of Stove 2. Number of Stove 3. Name of Maker 4. Latest Date of Patent ' 5. Wood or Coal 6. Is Coal put in on top by removing lids? 7. Is the lining Brick or Iron? 8. Has the bottom Grate one or more pc.rts ? 9. Give your hardware dealer the names of parts wanted. BE SURE to order from your hardware deale" only. lie will order what you want from us. Don't destroy your old ttove, but repair it. A little money will make it as rjocd as new. !( CHICHESTER'S E.'IGUSH. RED OiOSS CS DtAMOZD bftAKD THE ORIGINAL AND CENU1NC Tfc- only Saff, re.airtrr!.rt't Pill ri W ...- .-is t.k ki..,t.h. T.LitnnnthepLlniL A'Afte Sutmtl.'te'l' nl Ilkt itton. V jfyJ Hrlll. Inritrt'-M bot. ln wrtT tr.li emn fir i.irf.i-ilr. t-li-noii.i. l.OOOTfVjiiolli'4. ,vn ri!"T. roM b til l-onl UrKirleto. -VASELINE- FOR A OXn-UOI.LAR KIM. sent U br rial wSwill delUer treeot U rluKe .. t anv iK.r.n in Uie United States, all ot tUo tjliuw.n article. cro tul.y packed. One two-onnce botfe ct Pure Va-eline... 10 cw Onet-o-ouncebjltlwn: Va-ellne I'omade.... m One jar of Vkel e lil Oroain " Onrjoskeof Vasel.unCanDlnrlre 11 m One rake of Vat-elme S ai. 'ln-irctit'd ...... i" Omcakcof Vai"elne!oai x'l vtclviwiia.eu : One two-ounce bottle o: Wi-i oas'lino . 1.W Or firpmaeto7nP.anyngreartl'-le'it Mr price . named. On Z accnunl h. pwil-l - ';'. " unlet lnh'1'il icit, uitrnma'. 0""" V' ,r"" ; ' ' '" iyttreireanvnitiiti'imrhKhh'i niforn r i . fhti4cltr.MZll Mf.:. Ok. t sU.e .l- . -. TU Oldttt Medicine in the World it frftaUf CELEBRATED EYE-WATER. ajertptIon.and has teen iu coniani ""'Jf. Sifiirv. Ttiere arc few diseases to uhic.i manklB nd are iuuiect more cistr5"6 "n " ,'- - .- . i . A.0 and aone. pernaps. lOri'OlCH n.mr- r.ir; liave -eB srled Without succes- Forallexfnia: 1"',""V"r iSi:Sa2'a sTcO-Tbot N.V. EsUblUhed i i;.NT!ON THIS frtri rri''To .cuati'lii If JYou Want to Know j.OCl grfgiJLViliiHabo'it the human ytem. Tji urn wire,ivi.einaiirw to ajS)(or);ur to nllftrmt odiiww. tlf illam toTeirlcrfeirrifM't E'in. RnpHtrr. rhtnoutt, etc.. IilaMtomaCvNapf r'J Jrarrtajeoud AiteprtteNjWes and an ori j$ctf Iioetor's Troll Jokes, profutely lllas kted. bndtenrnts for Hew ugh Cure Book called MEDICAL SENSE AND NONSENSE, J. Hltl. IM K IO l"t Ki t yt; Xx . rk MENTION THIS PAITR mn m m .D.irn'i N EW PENSION LAW. THOISANU-. NOW KTITLK1 'A llJ HAVEMirilKK.N KT1TI.KI- A irea torfortn (oraMilieatioij an 1 1'-U 1 ''' tloa wm. w. dudlj:y, -TZ CO.M.MISIONr K ttr' I'KJKMJNS. Attoiner at Lw. V..Ii'jii. I.C (Mention thi Parer FAT FOLKS iMd. KcbU i: lurcinrUii.s 1 Bodured 15 ro 2; romi Jf w rnrr.tfj hy Lir-jiltN" ttraal neiln." So rtar-'lt? u in np!Ht 'oaildi3 KcbU &-. iurcin.-iUn.s 1 'r i. X.-.-.I. .ildi.w. M.O.W, ).MDtn,ci;i: IN ( hlssfls HI. Xm 'bJa P3MT bal r?' "lit"! V7 f-zPA ni. ISA uWmt- '$Ml La 1 a7"i x i y l'"lrl -... 'U J A jr I m &y.Jfeft 1 1 . -rz... c xi" C? J&Z -roa ice-- YOUR MOSEY, OR YOUR LIFE ! This question is a pert" one. but we mean it. Will you sacrifice a few paltry dollars, and save your life? or will you allow your blood to become tainted, and your svsteiu "run-down, until, finally, you are laid away in the grave? Better be in time, aud "hold up' your hands for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovcry. a guaranteed remedy for all scrofulous and other Mood-taints, from whatever cause arising. It cures all Skin and Scalp Diseases, L'locrs, Soros, Swelling?: and kindred ailments. It is power fully tonic as well as alterative, or blood-cleansing', in its effects, hence it strengthens the system and restores vitality, thereby dispelling all those languid, 'tired feelings' experienced by 'the debilitated. Especially has it manifested its potency in curing Tetter, Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Hoils, Carhuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Mak ers, Xo. C03 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. HOMES WANTED. Wo want to Mrur? jn-rmaiif tit limner, lor a mim lr't Ori:m i:-l'-. ami rinlilri'ti HirousiM Vartie-. tio want to adort a br Bht.liesU8iy.urid well sromi flnM are invitol to rorreM n-l with Hi Vllll.lKKVS All SOCIKTY, VOt l:irlsoriil'tret. CliieiiRo. III. EftSORY Mind wandering rnred. ItnoTca IrKmwt !in inermlitif. TetitimmiinU from nil jt-ri of t'io .!iili. lnuctul'ST I A. "-uistue. 237 Filth Ao. Nvr Y.rfc. fails to ncfompli-.li sntisfactory results in scouring mul cleaning. nf tmn nnd luunr. which niire tliau Practical pcoplo will find SA POLIO house-cleaning and scouring. OLD " lireru counter:. l!- At Iraz:i. or tml n I "Keller lr l.nHle-.." i- I'ltT - r-turn ulL CHICHCSTCn CHCB;Cl CO . .ill-..n -.piuro. fllil.AIH.MIIA. !.. Dr. WOOD, 413 Fifth Streci, SIOUX CITY, IDYA. Kcsular firnmiatc in Mfdkini "JO Vturx Imfintnl ii"l prlrtitr jiTtrti r Id in i Mcajo itu'l .Vni' lri K- t.-ii.iilii-(i in timx fiiy mo V-:ir- iH.tlutraSinital Iri:ite. .VnrtoiiH. ;iirinir ami Sj)'--i::l ilinpaHC. Spr rrna t rr imn. Sci.iMii! iveakneis 11U9.C touct, iiiiiiii-ii-y r'...'.f s.-enal -nrtrt. and all i-'cin.ilf Iihp:.-j.. Tiu'rtrifie ttr- -'urts Ruariiitt'Pl r u.oii.v ri-ruiilrl 'liartjeH i"nlr. T-riii rash. Ai'i-nnil cxierinr .ir Important. .N m liirioii iii'-lirin-i med A'o Ito '"' from woritor F.nliie I'.iti.-tif at a iliinri- treattil l.j-niii.l MiiUfint rrnt erfryi-lfe trr trtmi am mm lunik tiy t-ilr inr rie and s-end f'jr ,jI. i;t s.ml trrim miiltatl-in 'irlrtiT cor.tldei'llal. I,,r,on ulljr .r 1.T li-itT lr. Wl lias tin-lanrp-t Mrdirnl ami Siirciral Irstltntw nn '" an'l I'ar liittrmarv in the ttl i.imil"T is.tlnti nt falrrntee "rieiilli- to meet nnr etiir-"i-iii-T A yal-t ll'iri" ami '' r"rr niT'l skill for Ist'llrmlurinij I'rrjni.n'j anil I'nnHnrnimt Senl i ;nla for lilulr:tte: I'.IIOK ami MElllCAt MUTKNAIy. tlWMfntlon till? iaoer.. PENSIONS! The ni(.tlllly Bill 1 a li. Solder, .l:.l'ed -lur the wariroimtitlKl. Dindent vrldi .nd iarntk cow dependent boenndied rmeffc!nif jrrair ertlc are inrlurled. If you wih rnurrlaliii HDerd- nSSSSr VTO JAMES TANNER. Lae Commie"! inerof Pn.l- 3maCTQa II C StrNTIOS THIS TATfR i ill. - .oli 7tAII!'S.ne Dr LeDuc'R-ppriodicalPins.fronm w; i raiK. H.tl.H - lirof, le:"; Ergcil. 11M); C-ofcla. !:; t'o.iM Sttt, 1". Cvti mi I ipprina. !rrCJlriliM. aad kmhIt lT3!t&!it. S.f. hrtDUM, rtlUkl. Tor p.tUtiy mi.tc6ttxu..ni!2.'i:xprrsar7. TIar( prorit'a of Mm t whbl m a lels tie d'rtct recall cf i. orJered soil t-rz.:r oien!r:ri3. Ceai'oaf -l nicaibiy K7pioa nault 1m ttvipW3!t;alq ilck eon. jipfKia. 92apvBa.or 3 for aV Crtri tlolfi'ie!.Sr3eIop'. oacelterprlc. T jwi. ri PiJI C-, Waoliier! acd RTmlty Prcpr1tnr, i-e vxte pt!l oA b sEDdWirX k DE UOSQ, UmnUti, VaflMl "tetl.iKorar.WI.!nil5re Af. IT. JUIH.Tm.j ttVTilL' trmm IHIMA to lcJtf 1 - iiitisi iiiiiim 10., Tamil. . fr C S Sa U 9th x&f STOVES v?Ifi 9 9 - V X A