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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
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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withdrawn from circulation to seriously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.
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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
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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
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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 !
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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-
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new demands and complaints, the own-
ers firm. Successive strikes and finally
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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..!-.
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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."
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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.
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