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l fiF Jwar M " " ir- . M : o . W . V Y A MONSTER INDUSTRY. .IMPORTANCE OF COKE MAKING IN THIS COUNTRY. Its ITalatliai to Otfcer Bnaelnf Trad Xxlaat f mWe I1I tMn IwlyH-ww DRIXO the past fifteen years, the coke Interest of the United States has assumed an importance in the industrial world, unequalled in the history of any other branch of mining or manu facturing. This progress and de velopment is all the wore remark able, from the fact that, the amount of capi tal invested, the labor equipment and the scope of actual operations, are out of all propor tion to those employed In kindred indus tries, where the returns are insignificant by comparison, under like conditions. Closely allied to the iron industry, con trolling in a measure the coal output, and requiring the services of men de pendent and permanently located, coke . production affects with its prosperity or depression the commercial, financial, agricultural, and industrial interests of a section vitally, and of the country at large to quite an important degree. It . practically sways the iron manufac turers, it defeats investment calcula- tions by cutting down running expenses - during a look-out, and when such occurs A bahk" a sufficiently large amonnt of money is withdrawn from circulation to seriously affect the regular routine of trade. There are eighteen States and Terri tories in which the manufacture of coke Is made a feature, but the Counellsvllle district in Pennsylvania, outrivals all others in the quantity and quality of its supply. Hero the Industry has its cen ter, and sufficient capital is massed. CHAKOnra THE OVXNS. natural advantages found, and the busi ness conducted on a broad enough basis to admit of the utilization of the best mechanical means and tine skilled labor where occasionally required, to claim pre-eminence as tho banner coke district of the world. Here alone 13,51 1 ovens are located, employing some 17.000 men, at a dally pay-roll average of $25,000, and all KYICTIOH surface indications point to a happy and progressive community, on a basis of solid social and industrial integrity. The iistrict is one possessed of rare sanitary tnd climatic advantages, the scenery be ing of the most picturesque character. It Is situated in the heart of a fine agri cultural section, while a network of railroads renders it accessible in every way. and bring to it In a measure the better influences of a high grade of civ lization and culture ' The history of the coke interest itself, m the Connellsville region begins prac tically with 187U. At that time there arere only 3,050 ovens in blast, which were principally manned by natives. Hermans, and Irish, the two former acting as miners and the latter as coke workers. Previous to that date, for several years, a great depression had existed in the industry on ac jount of slack times in the iron trade, sad consequent limited demand for the product In 1S79 the business took a decided "boom." however, the oven ca pacity was doubled and workmen were ta great demand. The contiguous coun ties were unable to supply laborers, and 'the Pittsburg employment agencies were resorted to by the mine-owners. This led to the'iatroduction of large numbers af Hungarians and Poles. Popular error has accredited these men with dis placing English-speaking workmen, which Is not the fact toey simply aug mented the working force and tiled a . iemaad, rapidly acquiring American ' ways. The prosperity of the plants naturally extended to the men, and led to a centralization of principles. Affairs proceeded smoothly until '881, when the .Knights of Labor advocated and aided the first general strike of the coke workers for higher wages. The strike was unsuccessful, and, after six weeks sf idleness, work was resamed. Capital aad labor seemed to agree am eqaitable terms during the sacceedlag five years. The depression f 884, however, had a demoralizing ef fect on the me. Over half the ovens rare idle, and those in blast pat i oaly l vM J.AI ftaw jmw- WW M Ll mBV mJ jffJymMafc !?TiMMMraMMn? &Mf9iHmm92 SmmS3bBBBBMHBh-J2'' -JP V JaBSSIWa2m5SiSSSBfcMmy' "JlNa. " . ' "- ..Taw ii.Mi.nMrtmtiM. It Is claimed that abuses chargeable to capital began to appear; tliat tne men were imi uion, and the result was a second strike. This time success crowned the efforts 01 the workmen. Its effort was bad, how ever, for the tables turned and the upper hand gained by the majority, the opera tors seemed to be marked as victims for reta'iation Trifling affairs were mag nit ed Into important Issues, the work- that obnoxious foreman, they quibbled ! jAMdniiArf vtiA n.na.rire ui 1.111a aiiu . over numerous technical points, ana uay . after day striates were mugurcu, -til threo distinct advances in wages were secured. In 1887 the dissatisfaction of the men culminated in a general demand for a 20 per cent advance. This was positively refused by the operators, who offered 5 per cent, instead. The workmen de clined to treat on this basis, and the matter was referred to arbitration. An authorized committee took the affair In hand. The mine owners claimed that they had already allowed advances in wages aggregating so per cent , auu uu ..Mtntms wiril in their favor. Ihe i I men appealed, arbitration was discarded , as a valueless expedient for the remedy . nf ovutinir difficulties, and a lockout en sued. The struggle tuat fo owea was a bitter oi.e, replete with hard feeling, suffering, and loss of time and money for both capital and labor. Finally, the mine owners pretty generally conceded the demands of their employes. A sliding scale was arranged, whereby the men were to receive pay according to the ruling pric e of the coke. Some ot the operators, however, proceeded on an independent basis, refusing to have any dealings with labor organizations or with union men. Petty difficulties let to serious trott- Dies. iuu nuiaunu ;? .. ... new demands and complaints, the own- ers firm. Successive strikes and finally r or ovsira. a general lock-out occurred, and all the elements of disorder were brought into play. Outside laborers were Imported, the local police and even the military were called In, culminating in the ter rible scenes of bloodshed and suffering with which every reader of the dally prints is familiar. The shooting down of strikers, their murderous retaliation on non-union men, the eviction of ten ants by tho mine owners, the acts of lawlessness, vandalism, and incendiar ism of the past year fully rival the de plorable days of tho Mollio Maguires. The men cavilled at their employers, the latter held them responsible for the lock-out that had jeopardized the best business interests of the country, and for months tho once peaceful Connells ville district struggled in the grasp of mob rule, while disorder, hardship, and terror existed on every side. The discussion of the right and wrong of the affair from either aspect of the question attracted the attention of the civilized world. The men claimed that they would sign a sliding scale schedule in good faith, and that later the mine owners would manipulate the coke market so as to havo the price of the product rule high or low, according as they desired to pay the men. The owners offset this claim by averring that the fluctuations in tho value of the coke were controlled by the legitimate out side demand that it would rule at $2.25 po-- ton for a time, and then sink to the remarkably low price of $1 per ton, pre venting them almost from even making expenses. They furthermore charged the prevailing trouble to professional labor agitators, and claimed that the workmen lived better and earned SCENE. more than at other mines, which latter statement -was true, but, although the Connellsville coal is easily mined and the men work at their leisure, and have t le wagons to fill at their hand, they accomplish much more than in mines in less favored lo calities. It was estimated, previous to the last great strike, that the Connellsville work mea received for unskilled labor 25 per cent, more wages than was paid else where for the same character of work, and that, too, for simply handling the shovel and pickax. Hungarians, Poles and Italians earned from $2 to $3 a day far seven to aim hours' labor la dry. o -""Bia iaaaP aaaaaaaaaaMlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal i. OJT STRIKE. wAit.ventiiata mines, where son mine foot veins existed. The usual 8nty six men equipment of mine an oven certainly averaged 5750 per maa pet annum, and, during strike, the thrift of the men was evidenced by the fact that thirty-six mb drew $14,000 .from the local banks The homes yfrom which the jnlners were evicted 'were, in many lajtances, places of comfort and convenience. The mine owners leased them to the workers at prices varying from S3jto $8 per month. These houses usually had four rooms, and hydrant water yd coal were provided free of charge. 'Often there would be a pretty garnn spot,- the works were accessible, apd the scenery delightful, with excelWnt schools and fine churches near at hind. Some idea of the .magnitude of the coke enterprises mawbe gained from the fact that one company had 85,000,000 in vested, controlled35,000 acres of coal lands, constituting 42 separate plants, with 10,400 ovens In blast Three water p'ants, with a capacity of Xooo.000 gal lons were operated, anbVfhe mines had 35 miles of railroad traelcs, 1,200 cars, 23 locomotives, 72 pairs of stationary en gines, 172 steam bailers, and 816 horses and mules. The profit on the coke is said to be enormous, one firm purchasing sufficient of the product to insure a clear gain of $200 a day. A new feature of the indus try is the breaking of the iqpfe into sizes to correspond to anthra itejjoal by means of three large machines, bmlng a capa city of fifty car-loads daUK which is sold for use in forges, and laAe manufacture of agricultural implemAts. There Is but litjp doubt that the troubles between IsJorer and employer that have temporarily crippled the great coke-making industry will jus tify themselves in time. The inter est is too important, and its ramlfi cations are too numerous and closely allied to the best welfare of the country, to be allowed to lie Inert and unproduct ive. All KlCat enterprises have ajferiod of struggle and uncertaintymd the coke industry will only reachrpeaceful basis of progress when aerraanent settlement of existing difiyntles is made that will prove equitfJm alike to the rights of capital and JaTbor. A Flea for tk Vglj GirU. It does not matter much to a boy whether be is good-looking or there verse. He is not obliged to wait or somebody to ask him to dance, anfefnis matrimonial prospects don't lunr to suffer any serious discount ..froraj per sonal shortages that would send a girl's stock away down below par, or even put her out of the-market alto gether. One never sees a man so hideous or repulsive but that some woman is ready to marry him, if he will only ask her; but men are less philanthropic, and so the ugly girls are generally left to ran to waste as unap propriated blessings. The "handsome is as handsome does" theory won't hold at all after we get ont of the nursery, and a little experience soon convinces us that it is a fraud and delusion, like that'other domestic fiction, about the drumstick being the choioest part of the fowl, with which our elders used to impose upon the unsuspecting ainvu plicity of our childhood. I We ugly girls never get any drives; in the park, nor free seats at the thea ter; and as for ice cream and French candy, no matter how handsomely we deport ourselves, we shouldn't know the taste of either if we waited to have it bestowed upon us as a reward of merit. Indeed, the expensiveness of being an ugly girl is one of the worst things abontit; there are no perquis ites. We get none of the plums out of lifei pudding, for under present conditions men do all the carving, and, as one of them says, "All the fine things we think and say about women apply to those only who are tolerably, good-looking or graceful." Now, suppose the same rule apply! to men, and that onlyUie good-looMng ones could hope to man to weaUn and distinction: suppodJTfbr instate, that that famous wyn Oliverrom well's nose had been sufficienUffo condemn him to obscurity, aat inevitably would have done had he been a woman ; suppose Grover Cleveland's too ample girth of waist had kept him ont of the White House, as it certainly would have kept Mrs. Cleveland out had t-he been the unlucky possessor of that in convenient superfluity; or suppose David B. Hill's bald pate had rendered him ineligible to the office of Governor of New York, as I have not the shadow of a doubt that a bald head would ren der any woman in America ineligible to the" office of Governor's wife; sup pose, in fact, that a bald head was sufficient to blast any man's prospects in life as effectually as it would any woman's, I think most of the middle aged men, at least, into'Nrhose hands this paper may fall, will admit that that would be a little hard. And, in fact, isn't it just a little hard that any body's destiny in life should be made to depend irretrievably upon an acci dent over which they have no control, such as having been born with a red head or a pug nose? But this is the law under which women hare lived since the beginning of time, and i doesn't give the ugly girl a fair chance. Lippincotfs. Deserves a Medal. New York City was the scene of a little street drama lately which the Sun thus describes: A cart was delivering a load of coal. The willing horse tried his best to back the vehicle to the de sired spot, but even bis great strength was not equal to the task. Then the driver began to beat the animal, and this quickly collected a crowd. He was a big fellow, with a fierce look in his eyes, and the by standers were chary about interfering, knowing what would follow. "I pity the horse, but don't want to get into a row, remarked one. Tin not in the least afraid to tackle him," put in a young man with a long neck, "but about the time I get him down along will come a policeman and arrest us both." The driver was beating the horse and nothing was being done about it, when a little girl about 8 years old ap proached and said: "Please, mister." "Well, what yer want?" "If you'll only stop TO get all the children around here and well carry every bit of the coal to the manhole and let you rest while while were doing it." The man looked around in a defiant way, but, meeting with only pleasant looks, he began to give in. and after a moment he smiled and said: "Mebbe he did'nt deserve it, but Tm out of sorts to-day. There goes the whip, and perhaps a lift on the wheels will help him." ' The crowd swarmed around the cart, many hands helped to push, and the old horse had the cart to the spot with one effort. ' Pramctlaa Railway 1a Wat. France has in her army a unique body of troops for the protection of her railways in war. Most of them are men living near the eastern boundary among them 7,000 foresters and cus toms officials able to get in the field at a few hours' notice. Becently this railway contingent was mobilized, so thiU its efficiency might be tested- The mobilization was not very successful. Half of the men could get no overcoats because there were none lor them. Tax story that Mr. MeHale, the Min nesota lagislttir- who made himself famous bylntroduoing the "anti-tights" tall, was only joking is absurd. He was in dead earnest. He is that kind of a Mam. Why. he won't even suffer a leg of mutton to come to his table utflitkireased. thb; moorish story-teller. bw EaUrtalma Hta Ppl with FM eUtol TalM of tk KaaC Hall Caine, the author of "The Deemster' and other novels, has dis covered in his travels a Moorish story teller. The Moorish story-teller is not usually a Moor, properly so-called, but of negro blood, and comes from beyond the Atlas. He is a familiar figure on the Mohammedan holiday, Friday, in the aok, or market place, of Mooiish towns. Surrounded by two, three or four lines of listeners, in a semi-circle, he strums on a sort of a guitar, and tells his stories in gasps and spasms and with great fervor. His stories are not always of a kind that bear repeti tion, but some are harmless; and of that sort Mr. Caine gives, as an exam ple, a story which he himself heard in the sok at Tangier, and had translated to him by a resident. Most of this oral literature of the market place seems to be a sort of apoorypha to the "Arabian Nights :" "Once there was a good man, and his name was AIL He had a Christian captive, a beautiful English girl. Ali was willing to make her his wife if she would become a true believer. Praise the merciful Allah and his prophet the Lord Mo hammed! Story-teller and audience touch their foreheads. She, on her part, was willing to be Ali's wife if ho would become a Christian. One day Ali told her to go down to his stable under his house and saddle his favor ite horse. "When she got to the stable the horse lifted both its forefeet and struck her down. For a time she was insen sible, and when she recovered con sciousness she took the blow of the horse as a proof of her unbelief in tho true God and his prophet. Allah save and bless us. All touch fore heads again. So she went up to Ali and told him she believed and. would become his wife. Then Ali said: 'Go down again and saddle my horse.' She went down, and the horse struck her again. Once more she returned to Ali. Ton were not a true believer,' said Ali; 'go down again.' Yet again she went down to the stable, and then Ali's favorite horse suffered her to saddle him, and she brought .him to Ali, and Ali married her, and she was a true believer forever after. Story teller stops to make a collection; a good number of copper coins are handed to him, then he resumes. Now we leave Ah and go far away into the desert. There was a fight between a good Moor and a great Christian chief. The Moor had a beautiful wife, and the Christian killed him and took his wife and rode away with her. And one day he met Ali and challenged him to fight. But Ali had a magic sword, with which he could kill what ever he could see, no matter how far away; so while the chief was boasting MOORISH MINSTREL. Ali drew his sword and swept it in the air. And when the Christian chief cried, 'Come and fight me,' Ali an swered him, 'You are dead already,' turn yourself round and you shall see.' "Then the chief found that he had been cut so clean by Ali's magic sword that he did not know that he was dead. But he fell asunder as he twisted about and rolled off his horse into the sand. So the Moorish woman whom he had made captive rejoiced, and she looked upon Ali and saw that he was a goodly man and offered herself to him to bo bis wife. But Ali had got a wife already, even the captive who had once been a Christian. So he would not take the Moorish woman, but gave her to another, and thus all was well and everybody happy. Give thanks to Allah, the merciful and mighty. More touching of foreheads and auother col lection, j" Then a story of finer flavor, told with infinite and too obvious pan tomime, amid shrieks of lsughter from mon and women, and little boys and girls. CAPTAIN CASTLE'S WHALE. . California Gray Vmi a Pretty Pilot Boat for a ScratcbJna- Post. The pilot boat Lady Mine, Captain Steve Castle, was lying becalmed kbout ten miles southwest of the main Fi'rallones. Not a ship was in sight, and the captain improved the oppor tunity to shift the schooner's canvas for her lighter summer suit. All hands were engaged on the work, and to se cure more deck room the yawl-boat used for boarding vessels was heaved over the side and made fast astern by six or eight fathoms of painter. The sea was full of whales, loUjng about on the glassy surface, playing and blowing and emitting an unpleas ant oily odor, as whaJes are wont to do when the sun is shining, the air is still and the water smooth. One particularly big fellow of the TKK WHAIX WENT DOW2T, AND SO DID THE TAWL finback variety, commonly called Cali fornia grays, manifested much interest ! in the Lady Mine, and came alongside to investigate. The first notice of his approach was received from a tremen dous flock of seabirds that skimmed along the 'surface, flying down to snatch their -food of parasites every time the whale came to the surface. All the birds flew away when the big fish sounded a cable's length from the Lady Mine, and the crew thought he had taken his. departure. In tins they were erroneous, iter in about two min utes the schooner set up a violent rock ing, a huge black bulk suddenly loomed ', up alongside, mere was a sound as of i of -as I soaping stoat and half the deck was v dExaaEsSmawt'ap-w VSfflaP55aMaCaSaw TS6v wet with a cloud of ill-smelling spray. It waa an awful big whale for a fin back. It was longer than the Lady Mine, which measures eighty-three feet. When he came up he touched the schooner, but did it very gently, not with a jar or a bump, but with a alow upheaval that simply shoved the ves sel off sideways, and careened her over a little until her round bottom slid off the monster's back. The whale ap peared highly delighted, and repeated the performance. For two hours he was never 200 yards from the Lady Mine, and half the time,' when he waa above water, the crew could have touched him by Bimply extending their hands over the side. A dozen timet he rubbed against her side, but always with the same gentleness that charac terized his first contact, and often his huge fin protruded above the rail us bigas a boat sail. He was an old bull, and his back and head were literally covered with barnacles. It was to rid himself of these that he rubbed up against the boat, the crew soon learned. Several times it looked very scary to see the terrible bulk rising swiftly from the depths of the clear water, but he was considerate enough to always slacken speed just before striking, so that the contact amounted to no more than a gentle push. The crew did not mind the whale using the Lady Mine for. a back scratcher as long as he continued good natured about it, but they did protest against the odor, and finally made an attempt to drive him away. The boat keeper prodded him with a sharp pointed spinnaker boom just as he rose near the schooner's stern. Down he went like a flash, and in his flurry he breached directly across the little yawl's painter, which was hanging slack a foot or so beneath the surface of the water. One of his flukes caught the line, and as the several tons of blubber and whalemeat went down the yawl boat went, too. The bow plunged under with a terrific dash, and the oars and loose bottom boards of the boat flew for yards around in all directions. The entire boat was lost to sight for over a minute, when it popped up like a cork, full of water, but right and tight and perfectly uninjured. The crew used garnished language, bailed the boat out, gathered up the gear that strewed the surrounding ocean and hauled the rescued craft aboard. The whale manifested no auger what ever, but returned in a few minutes as if nothing had happened. He rubbed off a couple or three more barnacles as gently as before, flirted his monstrous tail contemptuously, and took his de parture. San Francisco Examiner. KING BIRDS IN BATTLE. A Ljrcomlac Maa Makes a Novel Captor While Trout Fishing-. The trout-fishing season is only a few days old, and yet G. A. Sheets, of Quigelville, has had an experience that a whole summer does not often develop.- One morning Mr. Sheets rigged himself out for a dav's sport and started for -one of the babbling brooks that the trout delight to haunt. While passing Coal Mountain in the vicinity of Cogan Station, his attention was attracted by a commotion some distance ahead. As he drew near he observed two immense birds engaged in a combat. So intent were the combatants with the battle they apparently paid no attention to Mr. shoots, who was thus enabled to draw quite near. Prompted by curiosity at the strange battle, tho spectator hid behind a tree and looked on with amazement. He soon realized that the scene was un usual as well as novel, for one of the birds was an immense golden eagle, while the other was a large hawk. It was a battle for life or death, and. while the hillsides re-echoed with the screams of the birds, and the feathers were flying, Mr. Sheets could no longer control himself, especially as the birds flopped around close to where he was standing. He sprang from his place of concealment and laid hold of the eagle which had its talons so firmly imbedded in the flesh of the hawk as to be un able to extricate itself. He soon suc ceeded in subduing the bird and mak ing it captive. In the mean time the hawk died. Mr. Sheets succeeded in carrying both birds home with him, and in the presence of several of his neighbors made an examination of them. The eagle was found to measure seven feet one inch from tip to tip of its wings and two feet from head to tail. Its talons were eight inches in length. The hawk measured fonr feet four inches from tip to tip of its wings and was correspondingly large. The eagle was cared for and on Saturday was reported to have fully recovered from the effects of the fight and gavo indications of becoming quite tame. It was ravenous and ate freely of the food furnished by its captor. Mr. Sheets is very proud of the bird, which is very rare in these parts. Catarrh. Catarrh is an inflammation of the mu cous membrane. As the membrane lines every cavity of the body that has an outlet, there may be as many dif ferent forms of catarrh as there are such cavities. The dosed cavities are lined, not with mucous membrane, but with one that secretes a thinner fluid serum -for lubricating purposes, which is readily absorbed after doing its normal work. Still, the serous membrane also may be inflamed, and its secretion ab normally increased. Thus we may have pericarditis, with its "water" around the heart, from in flammation of the membrane that lines the heart-bag, or pericardium; pleuri sy, with its fluid crowding against the lung3, and sometimes causing their complete collapse, from inflammation of the membrane that lines the chest; peritonitis, so painful and dangerous, from inflammation of the membrane that lines the cavity of the abdomen; synovitis, with its painful and puffed out joints, from inflammation of their similar lining membrane. -ommon "cold" is an inflammation of i .dr passages. When it is con fined mainly to the nostrils, it is popu larly known as a cold in the head, but medfcally as coryza. When it is confined mainly to the bronchial tubes, it is called bronchitis, which, when it has gained a permanent hold, greatly resembles "consump tion," and is often mistaken for it by the people. Catarrh of the ears and catarrh of the Eustachian tubes often cause deaf ness. Catarrh of the stomach loads the stomach with tough phlegm and interferes with digejtion. Catarrh of the gall-bladder obstructs the outflow of the bile, which is absorbed into the circulation, and thus gives rise to jaun dice. Catarrh of the bladder is a dan gerous disease, from the difficulty f getting rid of the mucus. Two forms of catarrh are due to pollen; one, in summer, known as "rose cold" or "hay fever;" the other, in autumn, known as "autumnal ca tarrh." The word catarrh, as popularly used, means either' nasal catarrh or bron chitis. Nasal catarrh is often helped by snuffing up, so as to carry it into the mouth, a weak solution of salt u.i water, repeating the operation several times a day. Where the disease is very persistent, it is well, when possible, to try a change of climate. In bronchitis the case should be attended by a pbj ajcian. outk9 ComytHion. PERSONALS. Mb. Vahdebhoovkk, a Milwaukee grocer, can sleep ten days at a stretch, and nobody has had snap enough to mention his name for a bank examiner's place. Sik William Goxdox Ccmmixs will write a 'book. We tremblingly await the announcement that Lady Brooke, the woman la the case, will go on the stage. He Is already the possessor of a string of titles a yard or more in length, but this does not deter the Boston Globe from suggesting that the Prince of Wales add thereto "Grand Knight of the Baccarat and Chevalier de Bum." SirJohx Macdoxald had an only daughter, an invalid, for whom he had a peculiar affection. It is said that the figure of the Prime Minister carrying the frail child was by no means an un usual one at the circus or other popular amusements. Mb. John D. Rockkfeixkb is in close seclusion, suffering from a severe attack of nervous prostration. Even $200,000, 000 cannot buy exemption from the ills which follow In the train of overwork 'necessitated in piling up and watching such vast wealth. Thomas B. Aixex recently celebrated his one hundredth birthday at Clarks burg, W. Va. He was a soldier under Wellington and was present at the bur ial of Sir John Moore. Allen's grand father died at 135, and his father was living twenty years ago at the age of 110. Since then he has not been heard from. CURRENT NOTES. Mas. Hicks "What an idea to name the baby Macbeth; what does It signify?" Hicks "It signifies something that murders sleep." Rocks "Have you been long on the money market?" Stocks "No, you idiot. I have been short on the market, that's why I am out." Peoplb devote one-third of their time to making others wretched and another third to complaining that others are not more cheerful. Vert petite ladles doubtless Intend to be as truthful as any one; but don't you notice that they almost invariably draw the long beau. la ta Nam of tk Prophet. ! cry tasTMdars of the trait fa CoartanU aoyla. Certainly a aaYatry over a UtUe wooL" Scarcely lass feottee la the practlc of thoee was l- fly to Tlelaat physleklpf for eeaUvaaaaa. They A dose tanaaaelvaa vieUatly, weaken- their bowel by so doing, m. dtaabky them from aotlBf tegalarlyetbas, verily, tk last coad! Uon of inch fidf la la worse, tbaa tkoarat. Hoa teCter'a Btoaob Bitters la the aafaaad effec tive aubstitate for aaeh vast expedients. Bat no, let as set can tkeea expedients, for It la by bo meaaa expaaxeat to aae them. Wbatiaaeed ea la a ajaatle bat tknaenjb lexatiTe, wbJch not only laaete cUooT tae bowels wltaoat pais or weakening eJ0Ma, but alee' promotes a healthy aaoreuSa aad flow of bue iato its proper oaaaaeL Dyapepeav debfuty. kuaey comaiarata. (neamauasa maa I malaria give ia to the Bitten. Vaaaswerable. "Jones, you'd better join our co-operative life insurance company before that cough of yours gets any worse." "I'd like to do it, Ferguson, but I don't believe I would pass the medical examination." "That's all right. I'm on the examin ing board. I can get you in." "Then I won't join it, Ferguson. I don't want to have anything to do with a company that would take a risk on me." GRATIFYING TO AIX. Tho high position attained and the uni versal acceptance and approval of the pleasant liquid fruit remedy. Syrup of Figs, as the most excellent laxative known, illus trates the value of the qualities on which its success is based and are abundantly grati fying to the California Fig Syrup Company. All Broke Up. "Och, Danny, wor always sighin' to he let die in peace," sajd Mrs. McGlini han when she heard the news of the ex plosion at the quarry, "an' now he had to go an' do it in pieces." J. S. PARKER, Fredonla. N. Y., says: "Shall not call on you for the $100 reward, for I believe Hall's Catarrh Cure will cure any case of catarrh. Was very bad." Write him for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Peace Offerings. "My husband talks a great deal in his sleep," said Mrs. White at the sewing eircle, and Mrs. Brown whispered viciously: "That accounts for Mrs. White's new ' bonnets." When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When aaewaaaCafl,ahe cried ferCaatorla, When she became VJaa, si WfcaaslM had CUUrea, eh gavel Most Ukely, "Only a belt manufacturer, and worth over a million? How did be ever make it." "By attending strictly to his zone business." JR Opium la Piso's Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies f aiL 25c. ' Mr. Corncob Now, Marier, why will you keep a-talkin' ag'in terbacker? Why, there's old Peter Flaxseed, mos' 90, and has alius smoked like a ham house. Mrs. Corncob Humph! He might a bin a 100 by this time if he hadn't. FITffAnrmatBpsearne7Dr.KUa'sareat veUousenrs. TrestiM sod tzaa trial bottle fxea to nerr neaiorer. ao i us aner raw arm us. mur- nteaaaa. see to I, aulas, mi an w ran, r In the train of diseases that follow a tor pid liver and impure blood, nothing can take the place of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery. Nothing will, after you have seen what it does. It prevents and cures by removing the cause. It invigorates the liver, purities and enriches the blood, sharp ens the appetite, improves di gestion, and builds up both strength and flesh, when re duced below the standard of health. For Dyspepsia, u Liver Complaint," Scrofula, or any blood-taint it's a posi tive remedy. It acts as no other medicine does. For that reason, it's sold as no other medicine is. It's guaranteed to benefit or cure, or the money is refunded. 0. c. w. u. Jrw, Ft 7. it a ceevaiemr m TxrowTAjmtwum xxmrnmiKc I5fKr. Judge Thafer, off the United States Cir cult Court at St. Louis, ban recently handed down an opinion and granted a perpetual ldjuucttoa against the defendants in tho case of Tho Hostetter Co. agaiu-t tho Ilrnj: gemann Uelnert Distilling Co. alias "Gold Spring Distilling Co." prohibiting the ad vertising, manufacturing or selling of any article of stomach bitters either lu bulk, by the gallon or otherwise, or in any way muk iag use of the name- "Hostetter" except in connection with the sale ot the genuine bit ters, which are always sold lu bottles se curely sealed, and also prohibiting tho sale of any bitters in bulk, though the nnt-u Hostetter" be not used, but tho Miggextion made to the purehaer that he can put them In the empty Hostetter bottles and pur chasers would not dNcovcr the difference. His decision supports tho Hostetter com pauy in the extensive use of the name Hostetter" in connection with either the manufacture or sale of stomach bitters lu any manner or form vrliatoever. aud.tirmly establishes Its ownership iu ihe same as u. Trade Name." Kesalt ot His Observation. Teacher (of class in physiology) Why is it that when one is frightened the hair seems to stand on end? Bobby Shacklcford (who hasn't looked at the lesson) It doesn't ma'am. A frightened hare always runs. Takk time while tirao is. for time will away." Many people havo a setting for house-cleaning becauso of its great diffi culty. It becomes easy at all times with 8APOLIO. A Sad Case. Mrs. Murphy An' sure, Mrs. OMJrien. did your poor man die aisy, rest his soul? Mrs. O'Brien Indade not, Mrs. Mur phy. It nearly kilt poor l'at to die. The worst thing about life i that there are so many who are too old to start over again. Weak and Weary la early aamaper the warmer weather is especially weakening and enervating, and "that tire I feeliu;" la verr prevalent. Tlie great benoat which reoplo at thia aeaaon derive from Hood's Sirsamnlla proves that this medicine "makoi tne weik strong ." It does not act like a sUmnlant. Imparting flcticious strength, but Hood's SarsapanlU bnilds up tn a perfectly natural way all tho wealeuod parts, puri aes the blood, croatsa a good appeUtc. Hood's Sarsaparilla sold by all druggist, ft; six for ax rreparcJonlr by C I. HOOD CO. Lowell. Masi -K)0 Doses One Dollar The Soap that Cleans Mostj is Lenox, DONALD KENNEDY Of Rojibury, Mass., says Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep Seated Ulcers of 40 years' standing, Inward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, ex cept Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root. Price $i.5o. bold by every Druggist in the U. S. and Canada. LaLflbd Complexion Most Ue I )! ISttu, Viliiaa Refined POZZONTS MEDICATED COMPLEXION POWDER1. Hrrrwt rcv i4 Pwlf rs Ewrwir FOROLD AND YOUNG. Tatt'aUver PHI art an kindly on the caild, th delicate female or Infirm old ace as apea the vigorous man. Tuffs Pills gtvwtoMaadfttrenctlitothe wralc atom awweia, kidneys and bladder. FOR SALE A fk) PLANIN6 MACHINE That will piano sixteen Inches wide. Tin-. machine Is In good order and will le delivered on board the cars Tor .". For further jKirtleu lars address W. II i:o:Ki:s. 212 Pearl St.. Sioux Oty Iowa. FOLKS REDUCED AZ. y.15to:iSTha.termonthhTharmlnaherlui ' 'and not4 ofToctn-StrirtlcontMonliftL enfr. for circular nnil tjfnorinU. Mdr..!-. WJT.aaTDZBjacVicker'ii Theatre ItUs Chiruo.IlL - . j , tell ne'er be marrieA" ayeMaanay -ponl refuse .IP0! . ; "Sou COVlXT ur navice aaSaaaafa?ar fo use StfP&L 0: t s. jamriBaWT BBaPVaaBBaft 1 ! aW solid ceite of usea for cleaning purposes I asked a maid if she would wed. a. ' And in my home her brightness shed; -.. She faintly smiled and murmured low. "If I can have SAPOLIO." aaaHHlBaffPVPVV-HHVaeaH....aaaaaaaaMa...KH BBBBBBBBBBBbT! KBatBK?BBBBTaaaaBaBBBn!aBBBBBBaWBBTaBBBBBBBBBBBV aa-flHaBaaaBaBaaBaBaBBaBaBBBBBaBaBBaaWBaaa Wm -ScslCout Ifedicine. Recommended by P WciLTa " -: '-sir-: ."'. afaJal tMte CliiMreii take it without objection. By drag-data. BB . W TT ""aaaaaaaaaaaaaaafaafataaafB X .. ZrMZ ggWIWAL AW CtaWIWC tWat.Vl.lkaWaa.TaaMaT-aaaV . 1 gaaaaaya na Or OaaaWi Jaasaa BZZJT2ttS?r!rri?m?-m'- W'. i awwaawmatrlaaB. TaaaaaUeraJar Aaaaa iLBlIS. SaaaaTl 1 feiSaa-ff-2"! I 'August Flower'' f This is the qaoy per- - ? What Is petoally on yor little . - ; boy's lips. Aadhei . it For? no worse thaa tie l)ig- . . "V ger, older, llkr-head- . cdboys, Life is an intenogatioa . . point. M What is it for?" ire com- "' . tinually cry from the cradle to the 7 . ave. So with this little introdne- ory sermon we turn and ask: "What .s August Flower for ?' As easily " answered as asked: It is forDys- .3i- pepsia. It is a special remedy for I. ,T , the Stomach and Liver. Nothing .-." : . more than this ; but this brimful. ; We believe August Flower cures - Dyspepsia. We know it will. We ...-.- have reasons for knowing it. Twemty . :- years ago it started in a small ceuntry .. . . town. Tonlay it has an honored - place in every city and country store, . possesses one of the largest Bmaatt- - - factoring plants in the country and . " sells everywhere. Why is this? The reason is as simple as a child's -thought.- It is honest, does one thing, and does it right along it cures Dyspepsia. G. G. GREEN, Sole Mao,fr,WoodbarytlL. PSTEM TRAVELERS Will Be liietesW la Urn Nw FAST TRAIN Now In Servtco LEAVIN6 CH1CA DAILY AT 10:30 A. M. Arriving at BOSTON 3:40 I. M. NEW YORK 2:IO P. M. NEXT 1UY. And all New York ana New Eaffcw HUtm V.EIOUK PAKK. For full information concerning the akove. aad SIX OTHER GOOD TRAINS! 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