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. ? V - -v - .-r r--.-' "i-sc ?.?2Bi. i V i-i-.-. . JS. vi ,1-1- 7 f tW w; . aawawaawawaaw . tg i . a" A SUMMER'S KVB. frfarridareh. aUeefhefalgeatSBB leaBygytel toherorfeL ' af im aljatMB. the earkei sight. hii Taiaadaaa aaiiiaaaitlTnoaril' iAtNl teeterts, UCt. owl.al; ta. to scat as TUldar hlmaaaatei lyope. For all we Doaaoetie life data eoek ita Iaetellaadety, mhoeaasaflaait. Batthatlapaatarelstheeolt. Aad la taw heraTard atfll the molt. Ike aaa bcaaa Uova la femtla aaooa, , Bart Tajniii areata the ralknr Hie faopefal aeareh. tha clack's shrill shriek am tka doc batlaa to i ope, -Beare. it with a star-lit hem; Bat ah. too i they seat reeou. unmiMioHu- The hart aaUliindfnaa thai France to tha rale to etake their thirst At the brooklet. weawaoeeulteoe Do aieree their aaaka like Anhestwaa Dealctaithe . ThehorJaoathe ach le crystal eraak raaeets the aaoen. Jam aa it did taa aaa at 1 While ahtBystan.m tho atnaadet'a eyes Appear aa airing are Ilea. Aad do Tea think taa beareas portray A Mae-Maod, opened porte aaormala, With atarry oofaa jast fallaa oat lata the realeaaof aalata devout? Be who the onlr hear "Seea aot Hia glory aadaraaiaea; xne atara attend the eveauae. ami bear ita eymbol :WtttrmMMraC EDNA'S RESCUK Side by aide, down aero the Dakota plains raced two horses, foam flecked aadheery burdened. Clinging upon the back of one, with her beaatifol face marked by a look of fear aad helpless despair, was a young girl of not more than 17. By her aide rode a dark-Bins-tacaed man of 23, who, by low, en coaragiag words, sought to cheer his eempankm. Away in the rear came a dozen mowntod horsemen, who where eYktont ly. in parsnit of the two fagitiYes. They were Indians. For a long time this desperate race for life had continued. Edna Fenton and Jaeksoa Blake belonged to a little wagon-train bomnd for the Black Hills. It was daring the time of the first wild rash for the New 1 Dorado, jast after the discovery of gold among the hills was made known. The plains were eorered with bloodthirsty red men, and every trail to the hills was guarded by the "STages. Despite all dangers, how ever, hundreds of emigrants took their lives in their hands and boldly started for the land of promise. Uncounted numbers nerer reached their destina tion. The scalps of many a pale-faced woman and child, as well aa their pro tectors, hug at the girdle of the rapa cious Skmx. Howard Fenton and his beautiful daughter had joined aDead wood-bound wagon train at Bismarck. At the same plaoe Jackson Blake had also joined the train. .. Blake professed to be the agent of certain capitalists who wished to se cure amining property in the Hills. He soon became a great favorite with How ard Fenton, and, much to Fenton's de light.' the young man seemed decidedly amitten by the sweet face of the viva idou.dna. The'ennwas slowly 'sinking toward the western horrizon when, one day, despite an ominous warning from the veteran guide, Jackson Blake and Edna Fenton rode in advance of the train. 8ide by side they galloped' away over therouag prairie, little heading .how fast or how far they went Edaa was aa -excellent horsewoman, 'and; the rich color upon ber cheeks showed how well ahe enjoyed the pleas in of a free dash across the open ' prairie. At a challenge 'from her com panion, the horses were put to their utmost speed, and away they flew, neck and neck. . Theyknewnot how fsr they had gone when they drew rein, and, while their horses regained their wind, looked back over the course they had eome, An. exclamation burst from Blake's lips for the train was net in sight, but away in the distance came a dozen dark horsemen, and even as the young man looked ' back an exultant shout came faintly to his ears. Ahaost through his clenched teeth, Blake hissed: -Bedskina, by Jove! Miss Fenton, we must fly for our lives I Edaa uttered a little cry of alarm, and wheeling their horses they dashed away to escape the red demons in pur rait Already were their horses breathing heavily from their rapid race a short time before, and now they were fleeing before the red Bedouins of the plains, every one o wnom was mounted upon fleet horses. Far away, directly in the path of the fugitives it SSemed. hunar the sun. a huge, round ball of fire, suspended but . a short distance above the horizon. fill mSr Aiwntl.i.V . . ua, aw. oe you think we can escape those terrible creatures?1' anxiously in aaired the frightened maiden. Before replying, Jackson Blake took one long look back over his shoulder. "I think we can," he answered. "We have a fair start and the sun is low. If our horses hold out till it becomes dark we may eneceed fat eluding them." "Heaven grant we may!" was the prayer that Edna softly breathed. Away across the plain raced pursued aaWlpsusners, aad slowly the ana sank lower. Every minute seemed an hour to the fatigued and terrified maiden Glancing back occasionally Jackson Blakeeouklaee that the savages were alowly but surely gaining. Finally the sun reached the horixon and gradually sank from view. "We shall elade them, alias Fenton." were the encouraging words that the dark-mustached man uttered. "In the dsrrness we can circle and strike back for the train." ' 81owlyadaskygloom gathered otot the plaiae. Looking upward, Jackson Blake laughed with satisfaction. "There will be no moon during the first part of the night" he observed. "and therefore it will be comparatively His words proved true. Night tied over the Dakota plaiaa, aad dark ness Taped the fugitives from- the eyes of their pursuers. In the dooam the man and girl gradually drew to the left, ftopmgtaattae redskins would them in the darkness. Finally Blake drew ream, "Iistear They rem aiset parted listened intently. A faint Ai,: M aw . -m m a MawawasamnktBusBBBS oar of coyote came faintly to their enn. Then alf was still. "We have eluded them." declared "New we must double my. direst us to the I poor rly ;'aawnss at wwnld not e to give now. First out of aaatta aa Ita aate. goldeaeraagebell. the .man. beak. Fortune 8eatly the males hrsslhia sprayer that a kmd Fsihsr might direct them lishl. isi haiisuill In hareompan ian, alas tallowed hum through the dark- - Steady . the iwsHng. foam leaked tm waited onward guided by their laasr. IM awaikau tbcy. aaawTlJer amte anai they ware abater. ' completely bewil dered; she eoald not tell where they weregciag. However, she began to feel that their pursuers were eluded, aad was mentally thanking the All-wise Being who had allowed them to escape, when suddenly, all around them, a number of dark forms seemed to spring up out of the very earth. Then through the night rang out a yell of triumph from the throats of a doaan Sioux, and ere they could resist, both man and maiden "were dragged from their horses. Then Edna became unconscious. She knew nothing of what happened until her senses returned and she had found herself lying upon the ground with both hands tightly bouud. Near at hand a eampfire was feebly burning, and by its light ahe saw that she was surrouded by the forms of many sleeping Indians. They were in a little cotton-wood grove upon the bank of a stream. A realizing sense of the fall horror of her positon caused a sickening sensa tion to creep over her, and for a mo ment ahe came near fainting again. She was a captive in the hands of the blood thirsty redskins. But where was her companion, Jack son Blake? She asked herself the question, and then shuddered with hor ror as an answer arose in her mind.' He had been murdered 1 As she looked upon the sleeping forms, she half ex pected to see Jackson Blake s scalp at-j tecned to a savages girole. But al though no such sight met her gaze, she still felt sure that her companion had been slain. By the flaring light of the camp fire she saw that beneath the rude rawhide thongs that held her wrists together a silk handkerchief had been placed. evidently to keep the bands from cut ting and chafing her tender flesh. The handkerchief she thought had been taken from the body of her companion. but such care for her feelings upon the part oi a red-man was a great surprise. The Indians were all sleeping soundly, evidently little fearing the approach of foes, or the escape of their captives. Edna struggled to break her bonds, but one attempt was sufficient, for it showed nertnatsucna thing was impossible. Then ahe thought that she might arise and steal away, bnt she became aware that a lariat was fastened around her waist and attached to the waist of an In dian near by. As she lay there, trying to think of some means of escape she fancied she heard a faint sound in the darkness near at hand. She strained her eyes in that direction, but for a time could see nothing. The fire sank lower, till a dull red glow given oat by the embers was about all the light visible. Then, near at hand, ahe heard a warning hiss, and among the other shadows, seeming one of them, ahe saw what appeared to be a human form. The next moment the dark form slowly and silently advanced. With her heart pounding heavily in her breast Edna watched this shadow. Without the least noise, it drew near. Finally the. trembling, excited girl was enabled to make out that it was a white Without disturbing the sleeping In dians, the daring intruder reached .the captive's side. Tho dull light from the embers flashed upon the bared blade of a knife. The next moment the girl's bonds were severed. In her ear the stranger breathed the very softest of whispers, enjoining the greatest caution. Then he lifted her to her feet She would have fled from the spot, but he detained her. Cautiously they crept away, and, without disturbing an Indian, reached the shadows that lay just beyond the gradually diminishing circle of light In another moment they were hasten ing away through the cottenwoods. Suddenly the sound of voices near at hand arrested their fleeing footsteps. The unknown rescuer quickly sank to the ground, drawing the girl down with him. They were near the edge of the timber, and a short distance away they could see a dark form faintly outlined against the sky. The man was speak ing, and evidently others were sitting on the ground near at hand, listening. "We've got the girl in oar hands. The rest will be easy. We will drop on the train and wipe it out Then I will turn up and pretend to rescue the girl from the reds. She will never suspect me, and will naturally look upon me as a hero. Of course she will fall in love with me, having no. other friend and protector. Thus I shall win the only woman I ever loved and I loved her at first sight without letting her become aware of the disagreeable fact that I am Black Jack, the outlaw. Eh, boys?" "Good plan, Cap, and under your management it can't fail to work," ob served an unseen speaker. Then, while the outlaws were talking and planning, the rescued girl and her rescuer crept away. Edna had recognized the voice of the first speaker, and was nearly stricken helpless by amazement and horror. Jackson Blake had not been killed. He was alive and unharmed, and not only that but he was an outlaw a false. black-hearted traitor. While apparently attemntins' to escana from tho Indiana he had carried her into their verymidst Nearly half a mile away, in the midst H.I-1 41. j -1 of some thick cottonwoeds, a horse was hitched. His feet were muffled, so that even if driven at full gallop, they would give out little sound. The escaped captive and her . rescuer had reached the place where the ani mal was hitched, when a long-drawn yell came through the night from the Indian camp. Immediately a wild chorus of similar cries followed the first The man laughed as he deftly un hitched the horse. "Hear them howl," he muttered. "I reckon they have just missed some thing." It was near sunrise, when a double burdened horse entered an emigrant camp, aaany miles from the scene of the rescue. Wild cries of joy burst from the emigrants' lips as they recognized Edna Fenton as one of the persons mounted upon the horse. Howard Fenton nearly swoomed from joy when he once more held his daughter safe in his arms. No need to tell of his grief of the sleepless night he had spent of how hewas only prevented from going in search of his lost daughter by the guide promising to go with him in the morning. No need toll of these things; they were written on his hag gard fsee. The old, weather-beaten guide came forward. "Why, hullo! Darn my eves!" he exclaimed as his eyes rested on Edna's rescuer.. "No 'taint yes, 'tis Ne braska Nat Is w'arP The next moment the old guide and handsome young plainsman and scout clasped hands. "Hyar, folkses," cried the guide, as soon aa he could make himself heard. "Let me interjuice ye to Nebraska Nat the dingdest whitest boy this side o' ther Mississippi" "And my brave rescuer," said Edna Fenton, n warm blush suffusing her beautiful face. But why describe anything further? The reader can imagine what followed. SnJsoeit tosavthat from this time till they reached their destination the emigrants were constantly on their ; guard. One night they were attacked i bat succeeded in reuulsinK the foe. As 1 the Indians retreated thev carried away , thev dead warriors. The bodies of two : white mea were found, however. One J was iastantly recognized as Jackson I Blake Black Jack, the outlaw. thus died one of the ever cursed the Black Hills trafle. The wagon train reached its destina tion in safety, and, three months later, nawamei xvorwn was bhhmn ev Edna Fenton. CURIOUS FACTS. A Pennsylvania woman counted her stitches as she knitted a quilt, Mai there were nearly 900,000. -- There are eighty-two National come teries in the United States, and they have 327,179 graves, about one-half of which are marked "unknown." The recent census of Ireland shows a population of 4,706.162 males aad 2,817, 076 females, being a decrease of 466;674 in the total since the last census. A man in Wichita, Kan., is so desirous of avoiding family troubles that he never allows any of his children to visit rela tives of tener than once a fortnight A London tradesman recently re ceived an order for sixty-four pairs of shoes for the daughter of the Grand Duke Paul of Bussia, a child leas than a year old, A muxion men standing close to gether, each not occupying more than. four square feet could be placed on a; patch out little more than a third ox a mile square. A square mile will accom modate 7,965.000 men. At that rate the whole population of the United States would hardly cover nine miles square, and the whole population of the world could stand on two townships. The Milan Museum has recently come into the possession of a remarkable clock. This unique time-pieoe is made entirely of biead-crumbs. A poor Italian workman made it Everyday he set apart a portion of his modest meal in order to carry out his curious project The bread-crumbs saved by him he hardened by the addition of salt and at last his tedious task is completed. Two bees were observed to issue from a hive, bearing between them the body of a comrade, with which they flew for a distance of ten yards. Then, with great care, they put it down, and se lected a convenient hole at the aide of the gravel walk, to which they tenderly committed the body, head downwards, and then afterward pushed against it two little stones, doubtless in me moriam. Their task being ended, they paused about a minute, perhaps to drop over the grave of their friend a sympa thizing tear, and then they flew away. ' The theory that a man can feel pain in an amputated limb is still a subject of controversy. A physician who be lieves it says: "Many of the nerves that furnish communication between the brain are not injured in their activ ity by the amputation of their lower portion, and convey sensation as readily as ever. The brain fails to recognize the fact that tho function of the nerve has changed, and that the part in which it formerly terminated exists no longer. Therefore, when a sensation is felt con veyed by a nerve that in the unmanned body led to the foot, the feeling is the same as if the foot were still in plaoe. If certain nerves in an amputated leg be touched, the feeling is exactly the name as if the foot were touched, and the sensation of pain is felt not where it is applied, but where the mind has been in the habit of receiving communi cations from the nerve in question," How to Bharpea a BerewdrlTor. The screwdriver is found not only in the tool cheat of every mechanic, but in most houses, and not in a few offices. It ranks with the hammer, the saw and ax in general utility, and yet very few persons know anything about how it should be sharpened so as to do ita work most efficiently; that is, with the least expenditure of power and the least injury to the heads of screws. In driving a screw into the wood, the force used to press the screwdriver against the head of the screw tends to aid the latter in penetrating the wood; but when we attempt to extract a screw, every pound of pressure that we apply tends to render it more difficult to get the screw out It therefore, becomes very important that the screwdriver should be so formed that it may be kept in the nick of the screw by the exertion of the very least degree of force, for if it has any tendency to slip out we can keep it in place only by applying pres sure, in which case we run great risk of injuring the nick and rendering it impossible to draw the screw. If we examine a screwdriver in the conditition in which it is ordinarily found, we shall find that it presents a section in which the sides of the wedge, in which all screwdrivers terminate, are carves with the convex sides outward. Now, the effect of thus curving the sides of this wedge is to' render' it greatly more obtuse. Moreover, when we turn the screwdriver, the tendency to slip out of the nick is just in propor tion to the obtuseness ' or bluntness of the wedge, and, therefore, this form is the very worst that can be chosen. In the hands of most good 'workmen, therefore, we find that the screwdriver ends in a wedge, of which the' aides are. perfectly straight This is a very good form, but is not equal to a form in which the sides of the wedge are curves, bnt with the concave sides .turned out ward. In this way we lessen the obtuse ness of the wedge at the extreme point, and produce a turnscrew which may be kept in the nick by the least possible pressure endwise. To grind a screw driver into this form, it is necessary to use a very small grindstone, , -and many of the artificial stones found in market answer admirably. Most mechanics would find it to their advantage to keep one of these small grindstones for the purpose, and it could be run in the lathe with very little trouble. Technologist The Telegraph la Karape. The inhabitants of the still United Kingdom send more telegraphic mes sages in the coarse of the year (so Mr. Giffen says) than the inhabitants of any other European country. During . the year 1888 every British man, woman, and child appears to have dispatched one telegraphic message and a half to somebody else; in 1889 a fraction over that amount The Swiss come next with one and one-tenth of a telegraphic message per head. Ten Buesiana, five Spaniards and Hungarians, three Swedes and Italians have, it seems, to combine before contributing a single annual message. In France, Holland, and Denmark the proportion is not quite one message per inhabitant per annum. Germany stands rather low on the list, no better up to 1890 than Portugal. Probably racing aad press telegrams account for the large number of "mes sages carried" in the United Kingdom. The contributions to the revenue made by the "frivolous classes" in this coun try must indeed be enormous. There are some London telegraph offices where the bulk of the messages consists of condensed love-letters,. apologies for absence mostly false and invitations to dinner. 8L James OatetU. ASHe-Wpell. A New York woman has gone into the business of selling second-hand trous seaus. She was horrified the other day bv receivins this eoistle written in a masculine hand- Madam Please send one pair aecond Tiand trowaaras to ar addraaa. 8m thai they do not bag at the knees. CaUfarala A-apftea. Apples are as profitable a crop in California as oranges. A grower whose; ranch ia no 4.000 feet in the Sierra Nevadas figures out a return of $2,106 per acre gross at tne rase ot 6 easts per pound, which he received, MR. AND MBS. B0WSEK. BOWSER'S EXPERIENCE WITH AN ILL-FITTING: SHIRT WMkMt ayeteaa Battens Mr. J a IMrt aaeaHy eelarea Taa ate wtn Take ! ttam ateasate ,. I'd like to get my " I hands on the I chap who made this shirt for about a min nte!? exclaimed Mr. Bowser the rther morning aa he shoved away from the breakfast Ubie. "Anything wrong?" quer ied Mrs. Bow ser. "Anything wron? Would I eomplaia if there: wasn't something wrong?- Does any husband complain until the last straw breaks the camel's back? It's all hunches and bunches and bundles 1" "But it was only yesterday you were saying what an elegant fit this last lot were." "Never said anything of the sort! Faot is I never had a shirt which fitted me within forty rods, and never expect to have, and it'a the same with collars." "There is surely something wrong this morning," she said, aa ahe made a closer inspection. "Let me get you an other collar." .. "It would only be the same. X sup pose ita my fate to go through life with a shirt all hunched up between my shoulders and a oollar sawing my ears off. I suppose there are wives who pay some little attention to their husbands' comforts, but "Mr. Bowser you ordered those shirts yourself 1" she interrupted. "Certainly." "You were satisfied with thsml" Vaa." "They set perfectly lovely V Well?" "Then what have I to do with it?" "Mrs. Bowser," he calmly observed, as he arose and assumed' hia favorite pons "there are suoh things as button-holea in shirts. There are bands and yokes and seams. A shirt may go into the bureau folded in an intelligent manner, or it may be ruffled and: crumpled and spoiled. A wifely wife looks out for these things. A wife who doesn't care 2 cents for her husband's comfort doesst concern herself about such trifles. Good morning, Mrs. Bowser!" He hadn't been gone half an hour when Mrs. Bowser was looking high and low for his nightshirt It couldn't be found. It had disappeared off the face of the earth, leaving not even a button behind. When he came up to lunch ahe said: "Mr. Bowser, I cant find you night shirt" "I presume not!" J calmly replied, "some houses have a head and a system and the nightshirt don't get mixed up with the potatoes down cellar!" "Bat I don't believe you took it off this morning, xou put your day shirt on over it and that's the reason you had such trouble." "Mrs. Bowser, if you wish to infer that I'm an idiot just apeak right out in plain language 1" roared Mr. Bowser across the table. "But you might do suoh a thing." "So the Hudson Biver might run into Lake Erie! It's far more likely that you carried that shirt up in the garret or down cellar. I shouldn't be surprised to find the girl using it for a dust-rag in the kitchen 1" "Mr. Bowser, you've got that shirt on! I know it! rll dare you to remove your collar!" she exclaimed. "I have said that this house had no system," he slowly replied as he rose from the table, "To prove that I am right I will take off my collar and un button the band of my shirt Now, then, are you satisfied that it is owing to your want of attention" "You've got it onl" ahe interruped, as she pulled at the band of hia night shirt "It can't be!" "But here it is! You forgot to take it off!" Mr. Bowser turned pale and walked off upstairs. Ten minutes later he came down and said: "Mrs. Bowser, don't ever play another such trick on me?" "Why, what had I to do with it?" she asked. "Never you mind about that but dnt attempt anything more of the kind! I have already stood far more than moat husbands would P Regularly every morning at a certain hour Mr. Bowser goes up-stairs to dress himself Five minutes after he has dis appeared hia voice ia heard calling over the bannister: "Mrs. Bowser, do you pretend to run this house, or are you a lady boarder with a cart load of novels for baggage?. -What's the matter, dear?" "Don't dear me! I'd either have a system or acknowledge that 1 was a failure!" "But what is itr "Look nerer He holds a dean shirt in his left hand, aad with his right he points to it in a dramatio way and hoarsely whis- Buttons, Mrs. Bowser buttons!" "What about buttons?" she asks. -Not a button on this shirk not a one! Four bottonholes, bnt not a but ton! All been washed off, and not one replaced!" "Mr. Bowser, you haven't had a shirt button on your shirts since we were married ! You use the removable metal buttons; there they are put as you took them out of your other shirt!" He is caught He realises it bnt after graepiag once or twice he braces up and replies: "Very well, Mrs. Bowser! Next time I go home Til take my shirts along and see if mother can't possibly find time tosewoneoane buttons! Fve had to wee these because I had no others!" The other awfully hot day became limping home and fell into a chair and groaned -rUbe hanged if I don't hire aMfad woman to come here and look after my things! My feet are all cut to pieces by these infernal old socks!" -Old socks! Way.Ibowat'esnuew fim fWji aMBBHeiBBBBaMeBMaeaBaaawjBBBBBBaBeeeBBaeaBBSBBBaBaBBBi aaaBBaaaBBSHaaa "buttons, mrs. bowbxs, Bunoxi." -Hales in both of 'can, but I might frve expected that Loek there!" He pulled off his shoes and displayed a pair of all-wool socks with a hole ia the heel of each. "What on earth are yondoingwith there aooks on?" ahe exclaimed. "I told you hut night where to find six new pairs of summer socks!" "They weren't there." "Bat they were, and you went into theolothes-pressanddug these out of the bottom of the trunk!" "Mrs. Bowser, you said Td find socks ia the bottom drawer of the bureau." "Yes." "Well, there isn't a sock there. There isnt the slightest reason to believe you ever put a sock there. Pll bet a mil lion dollars to a cent there are no socks there!" "Come upstairs." He followed her up, and she went to the bureau, pulled out the drawer and pointed to the six pairs of socks retting there. "Yes, 'I see!" he observed, as he backed off. "But where were they last night when I wanted them?" "Bight there!" "Um! Mrs. Bowser, I don't want to oriticise your way of keeping house. No hnsbaad ever finds fault with his wife when it is possible to avoid it and he is always willing to suffer and endure. But Mrs. Bowser, I feel it my duty to ait down and have a long talk with you, and speak to you very plainly. We must nave a system here or it will be better for you to go back to your mother. You can get four trains out of here a day for Detroit Mrs. Bowser four trains a day and your mother would meet you at the depot there. Socks! Yes! I see them now; but where were they last night, Mrs, Bom aerr M F. World. (Tader Um Karth. The workmen in the deepest mines of Europe swelter in almost intolerable heat, and yet they have never pene trated overl-7000th part of the distaaoe from the surface to the center of the earth. In the lower levels of some of theComstoek mines the men fought scalding water, and oonld labor only three or four hours at a time until the Sutro tunnel pierced the mines and drew off some of the terrible heat which stood at 120 degrees. The deep est boring ever made, that at Bperen berg, 'near Berlin, penetrates only 4,172 feet about 1,000 feet deeper than the famous artesian well at St Louis. While borings and mines reveal to us only a few secrets relating solely to the temperature and constitution of the earth for a few thousand feet below thesurfaoe, we are able, by means of volcanoes, to form some notion of what is going on at greater depths. There have been many theories about the causes of volcanoes, bat is now gener ally held that though they are pro duced by the intense heat of the inte rior of the earth, they are not directly connected with tiie molten mass that lies many miles below the immediate sources of voloanio energy. Everybody knows that many rocks are formed on the floor of the ooean, and it has been found that a twentieth to a seventh of their weight is made up of imprisoned water. Now, these rooks are buried in time under overlaying strata which serve as a blanket to keep in the enor mous heat of the interior. The heat turns the water into super-heated steam, which melts the hardest rocks. and when the steam finds a fissure in the strata above, it breaks through to the surface with terrific energy, and we have a volcano. We find that these outpourings that have lain for count less ages many thousands of feet below the surface are well adapted to serve the purpose of man. Many a vineyard flourishes on the volcanic ashes from Vesuvius, and volcanic mud has clothed the hills of New Zealand with fine forests and its plains with its lux uriant verdure. The most wonderful display of the results of voloanio energy is seen in the northwestern corner of our own land, a region of lofty forests and of great fertility. Goldthwaitfs Geographical Magazine. Vrfcoee Baalt? The man was carrying a large basket covered with a newspaper, the woman carried a baby. There was a cry of all aboard! as they hurried through the gate at the railroad station and they ran forward as fast as they could with their burdens. "Next time you'll begin to get ready sooner, I gaess," growled the man hur riedly tossing his basket on to the car platform and pushing his wife up after it "I guess you'll walk faster, that's what 1 amass." she replied, reachinar down for the baby's blanket, which had slipped off. "I told you all the time you d have to hurry." "X-a-as, yon did." "r-a-as.Idid."' "A good deal you did; you told me nothing, that'e what you told me. Now we ve got to have that trunk eome by express. We've got no check and no time to get no check. There's 75 cents lost through your dilly-dallying." "Through my dilly nothing. Why don't you. get into one of these seats? Do you want me to lug this baby through the whole train." They bundled into a seat and the man looked at his watch; "Say," he said, "it was the conductor of that other train that hollered all aboard. We've git fifteen minutes yet" "Well, why don't you go and get the trunk checked, then? You're slowern molasses anyway." "Ya-as,Iam." "Ya-as, you are.' The man shuffled out of Jhe oar at this point and left the passengers with out any amusement to speak of until he returned. Free Press. The Geraaaa-Aaaarleaa Interviewer. Depew gives an idea of German news papers in this anecdote: "I remember that once a German reporter called upon me and said that the newspapers of Germany had heard a great deal of the American interviewer, and he thought an American interview would help him with the paper which he rep resented. One would think," says Mr. Depew, "that there was no chance for fun there. But after talking with the reporter for an hour and a half I told him that I really could give him no more time, and then he wanted to know when he could come for an American interview. I told him: 'My dear fel low, you have been having it for an hour and a half.' I afterward yielded to his earnest solicitations and dictated an interview and afterward corrected it The manuscript was still awaiting farther corrections in the office when I left the country." A. Baekeye Glrl'a Kxampla. Miss Antoinette Knsggs, a young wo man with a good collegiate education, owns and manages a farm of 200 acres in Ohio. She says, she made money last year and expects to make more this year. "I have tried various ways of farming," ahe says, "but find I get along best when I manage my farm myself. I tried employing a manager, but found he managed chiefly for himself. Then I sublet to tenants and they used up my stock and implements and the re turns were unsatisfactory. So I have taken the management all into my own hands, planting such crops as I think best and I find that I am a very-good farmer, if I do say it myself." JuatniPPE Confound these Tbeoso phittt Jasper Why? Jumpuppe Ther convinced my wife that she has seven bodies and she went off beshtadresejWeachone. Miss Passe "Don't you think this talk abont seaside engagements Is all nonsense, Mr. Youngnoodle?" Mr. Youngnoodle "Aw, do you think so?" Miss Passe "Yes. Johnny dear (to her young brother), please stop that Johnny "I'm only playln wid yer bag of engagement rings." The Terearee eT tha latteted by tae dread taabla prototypes la the eaaaeer matiuaaadaearajela. Attaek complainta before they reaeh tha with the superb blood deparaat Botaettar'a Stomach Bittera. whieh will aasaiedrr expel their Tkas from the MJe steeaam. Teaneraett. nate Is meaeoarage the growth af ia alalia rhenmatiM, whieh rapidly Uehtaas tte'arlp apon the system. It is the vary eeteaae of diaeeeet, aad paiafal iadeed ia the elesa ef ita dreadfal tentacles. Be proaipa, therefore, take time by taa forelock, alwaya leiaeaiberlag that bothrhcaaMtleai aad goat eleeo relative, are daagsroaa as 'wall aa yalaral. Debility, ohm, aad fever, MMoas reaUttaat J op net a. oonetipatloa aad kMaey disease aaaaaaib to the Bitten, appetite aad tha aatHty to Stosy wall are alao improved by K. Tha DMere: Four-year-old Charlotte had been hav ing some trouble with ber English, but she has entirely passed her difficulties on one point "I see how It is now, mama," she said the other day, "Hens set and lay." "Yes." "And people sit and lie, don't they, mama?" Catarrh Cast Be Cared with LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they cam not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, aad la order to cure it you have to take lateraal remedies. Ilall'a Catarrh Core ia takes in ternally, and acta directly on tha blood aad mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cora la no quack medicine. It waa prescribed by one of .the best physicians la tata couatry for years and is a regular preacriptioa. It is composed of the best tonics known, com bined with the best blood purlien, acting directly on the mucous surraces. The per fect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful resulta la curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CIIENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Waatetae Prise. A western paper Is said to be offering a prize for a scientific and picturesque definition of the animal, man, to consist of not more than twenty-five words. That is an easy one. Man Is an organ ism composed of a few billion protoplas mic germs floating about in from fifty to 100 quarts of water. We would pre fer the prize in the form of greenbacks. raa Oaly Oae Kver rrlated-Caa Tew theWerdT Each week a dlSereat thrae-taeh display (s published ia this paper. There are ao two words alike in either ad., except Oae word. This word will be found la the ad. (or Dr. Harter'a Iron Toalc Little Liver Pills and Wild Cherry Bittera. Look far Crescent" trade-mark. Bead the ad. carefully, and wbaa yoa fad tha ward aaad it to them and they will retara yoa a keek, beautiful lithographs aad eaaiple free. Bow a Stadeat Makes Dear Bbadkbs: I am able to pay my board and tuition, wear good clothes aad have money in my pocket by speadiag asy odd hours and vacations plating Jewelry and tableware and selling platers. I have made S20 per day, never leas than ft. I paid 55 for my plater to H. K. Delao Co.. Co lumbus, O. Any oae can prolt by my ex perience by writing there for circulars. A SrcDKaT. Way Up, Tow Bet. "Am I fond of high art?" said the lion. Packington Larder, "of Chicago. "Well, I should say I was! Why, there's over two dozen pictures In my house that reach from the floor to the ceil ing!" A PX.EA8INO 8EMSK Of health and strength renewed aad of ease and comfort follows the use of Syrnpof Figs, as it acts in harmony with aatore to effectually cleanse the system when costive or bilious. For sale In 50c and tl bottles by all leading druggists. Thbbe are said to be men in Chicago who buy or sell hundreds of thousands of bushels of wheat each day and yet would not know a grain of wheat If they saw it. These are men who do not con tribute much to the industrial wealth of the country. Their winnings come from the losses of others. Piles A Sara Care. I am no doctor. After Ave years of suf fering from piles, I discovered a simple and painless remedy. Send 50c for a sure cure to J. K. Hinton, P. O. Box 947, Sioux City, Iowa. "It seems to me that you might make a better use of your time than In loafing around saloons." "Great snakes! You can't expect a man to sit in the parks such rainy weather as this, can you?" Better Thaa Gold. Choice Sioux City lots. Have eome to exchange for stocks of goods, houses aad lots, or farms, within 100 miles of here. Ad dress, M. D Kean, Boom 602, Iowa Bank building. Sioux City. The rulers of Russian society disap prove of flirting. They have made an unwritten code that no man most waltz more than once around the room with his partner. The new custom will at least be a novelty. Tms best coagh medicine Is Plso's Owre for Consumption. Sold everywhere. See. Ax Albany woman hid her diamond earrings in her mouth and then lectured the burglar. The possibilities of the human mouth are something wonderful. He "What a beautiful figure Miss Sweetly has!" She "Yes. the dress maker says it is so easy to build upon so angular, you know." Boils, Pimples And other indications of Impure blood, including Scrofula Salt Rheum, etc., cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla F& (&Slu$ Tws Beetle Cenreel CtsaoT.r., Iowa, Ji iWMSuawriagtoB years neat head, aomaehao. that atthaesl dMat toreoovar. I took madicinaa from. ton, bat did not gat any relief aatfl X tor &oeiuas iwarve xoatc: hi Ueveaaaa two dorks careaaae. a Wertai Ita Weight ia GoM. Eanor, Dak.. Jaly a The yoaag aaaa eoaeeraed has aot slightest avmptome of ita. eiace aaav Eoeaig's Nerve Tonic. X eoaelaar it worth lta weight In gold. J. J. SHBA, Ber. John Bedeeker. ef Weeahal writes, Oct. 13. 18B0: There fa a M-year aid hey here, who angered from Ataahoat a yeac. I or dered a bottle or rastor noeavsj for him, aad theatekaass left Ma Be never had it mrm Iatfai wmaawaaaVsamal taaaawal aWtVeafM Wf g.g-aASeafifeW KOEMIG MCD.CO., Chlee HL aBMiatnswaaMa 9wmm U.7S. eBeCUeaSarSm. PILES viimiiii rem. "aJJ,",tSSTi '.LE Ui:E tor PILtS. Vr.i f. 1 1 : at dra'Klaia r AMrea "JXJM jMzauamswXeaa """ s'Saal anew. VI eUw, afSBV eaoaasBBmy ozaeet toakPas- racx. rwie Teals SnJjsSSS W-9 0m,iaaweaCtae arfcM afea aa aba a aaa her Ckeaawa. wawa away weaj aaraii ve p Landlord "Yes, sir; your bill for the week is SS50." Guest "Good heav ens! aad the guide book said the highest part of the mountains was Mount Wash ington." avBr.WJtna'a Ha rva rSfataaVaaae. TNatlM aad MSB trial feeaaa fire ta ar. aaaa. an area as. raua- a Taken in time, Tea Conewnption yields to the wonderful effects of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical DiecoTerr. It won't amake new lungs but it will make ttsnaatd ones healthy nothing: alee will. There's for it, too. CoBannaptioa is Lung scrofula. For erery form of scrof ula, and all Mood-taints, the " Dis covery " is a positiTS cure. It's the most potent strength -restorer, blood -cleanser, and flesh -builder known to medical science. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, and all lingering Coughs, it's an une qualed remedy. It's a guaranteed one. If it doesn't benef t or curs, yon hare your money back. You're everything to gain from it nothing to lose. It's especially potest in curing Tetter, Salt-rheum, Ecaema, Erysip elas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands, Tumors sod Swelliags. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal nnder its benign infloencs. The Soap that Cleans Most is Lenox. DONALD riMOT Of Roxbury, Miss., sars 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. Sold by every Druggist in the U. S. and Canada. . rrTswaanai Verve ShMtacei viioaeao. aaa I Mil SaaS ro oa data ateee walla aleraac KPJI! asr. with asa. ma. oeceaaaoa. mere aMsemagaUraljlMtimaB. TiaaS tree MrMcaUaa rtarlwM Da.T..Caowm:Taa Stale, laa. IAJSQ,teaxm Rtlgg THE POSITIVE CURE. From ttt "Picrtc JomL" TaStafNewTech. Tutt's Hair Dye r Aa at WmrUUtrmmmtt aaa a a msnusira jfflttttftlgjj teweaai tt THRESHERS GOAL Throughout the Northwest. coal muir coax, co, Streator. La Hall Co..' HI TOO MUCH TOO MUCH ! ! BY FAR TOO MUCH Second hand material on hand. Write for list. SIOUX CITY TYPE FOUNDRY. 212 Wmart ntrmm. se.!tix Cltv. la. evWmiBaai toaiee a moat aad nueo.ia. txujw ev wsunanud BUSINESS MEN MwUxOKyN maTaatiaiiailyealeaeaieMyharaileai rriaaaSJl. Oawa,aOOgiae.n. R aaasaiT. Taws aie few aawaaei aaa eeataaa aaam dtearaawaa taaa aore oye rrea aad tSmmwm aateauoa af ejjl!i Me Wtgeras, Pal aacBagaaa ww i Tawavaua avow Ea Baa Coot Medicine, stir swim aailnil hi rajafaiiaaa KT Ei Ceiwa where an dalais. Plraamnt and SBjrawaMe to the WSM D flail rfd- - law-a -ftAZr?yfj. tl aajjaga M "August Flower" How dosm h fc? Hefelt cranky, and it coewtsartly expoi. meating, dieting nimsrif. axkptinf; strange notions; and changing the) cooking, the dishes, the hours, and manner of his eating--Aucuwt Flowor th Rmdy. How doos ho fool ? He feels at times a gnawing, Tendons, insati able appetite, wholly unaccountable, uuaatnral and unhealthy.-Aufniot Flowor tho Romody. Howdooohofool? .He fcebao desire to go to the table and grumbling, mult-finding, orer-nice-ty about what is set before him when he is thereAugust Flowor tho Romody. How doos ho fool 7 He fcelt after a spell of this abnormal appe. titr an utter abhorrence, loathing, and detestation of feed; as if mouthful would kill him Auguot Flowor tho Romody. How dooo ho fool ? He has ir regular bowels and peculiar stools- August Flowor tho Romody MwkilftSsBTniefJ aweraajBHBBj ag ewgwjarjsjSBJ a.fcgSRWiaaOsialaS roaTHBmATMKXToraix. Wl a Sf fca AND DEFORMITIES. aariaieas at seres fi nwiii.Ai awiTjjilaiat mtvmrr am mtt aa avaiOALar aCBtflCAL TSUEATaUUIT. fBMMFttPATttlTS. mia alfmaif ttt iiiimrnff mi. iiiri twwniTKreei fbke Been: a nwaaa Cl FaaVCai ilia at r HSEASES OF WMaO&F2 atBaJTffaadall i MBIItlVBjL LL resulting from abaaea ot youth aad BMBBOod, aaettrvalT Feratamllw Carva. If job cauwt call. WaUTJC VB tor WML Lead qeeeUoa Bat. BRANCH OfflCEMMTmym. LITTLE LIVER PILLS m neat inn. aCBME.ta?a!raa Haiain.fwl i. ywioirivj giaawa Tftryaroaa mat visum. WMH IIWH. act Ilk. MtcntM. aeroa . bill I aad Bladder. Conaaa Mllotta atrfaat die oo ardera. SataMbk aaV ral Daily Actio. eeaaalrxiea. Bwrlfytac rvamxT VEOBTABta. eaw hi akrfr aaJnatH to raR eaav aa wm piB eaa katao sack Eacb vial rontalnaat, nnM la isusiaess amati'a im I a laa aaaaa tear "CmeaaV cr taan aurar. sola I aaaaTToa gtfae yaaa iiaea aa M. HaBTEl OCBKIK CO.. St. teste. He. QOLD MEDAL. PARIS, laWaV 1 W. BAKER aVCO.'S Breakfast Cocoa froai waleh the ezetea of ott aaa baea restored, I aooeratfefy jnare entaS it im sofaNe. No Chemicals areaardialtapreparaUoa. It hea mort Man thrtt Umti file mrtngtk ef Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Bagar, aad la therefore far aaora eco nomical, coating Itu than, on eentaeup. ItladeUdoaajaoar iahlDg, etrengtaealag, aiaa.T aad admirably adapted far I a for aeraoBa la health. Said ay Croeore omjaheie. FINE STATIONERY FANCY WEODINC AND BALL PRO CRAMS, VISITING CARDS, ETC, May be had at the office of this pa per. If not in stock, have the publish er order from his samples, sent eut by the SICUX CITYHEWSPAPERUNION 212 Pearl Street. Sioux City, la. L! EWiS' 93 'i LYI Powdered aad re (rAnarrxo.) The mtronaett and unreal Lea) made. Will make the bmt pea. famed Bard Soap la SOmlaatao without boili7g. jCS m B3a.eB 33oaarS for eoftenhtf water, eleanelng waate-pipea. dtilnfeeW tag sinks, cloaeti, washing hs ties, paints, trees, ate. PEMJL SALT MTC CI. Gob. Agts Fhlhk. Ba CRAGIN, 419 P STREET7 VALE & BICKFORD, ATTORNEYS. 'WASHINGTON. D. Q, racial. ATnomox gitex to land srmisa , IXOIAIf DZPBZDAT OX CZ.AIX&, FAT FflLES hEMWEI I 111 I "JtaUhtwaaSpoouda.BOwltU Kdaaaoaarraiba.' Farrcalaraaddiaaa.iUff. Choice Laade Cheaa. Hear RIU-Watarea Loss Credit. Low 1st. la Cora belt Beat caaace eeja,ayiaraapaaUatB.A.A.Baali.BeaaCttr.aa 8. C N. V. 86-t)l Aalcyou local publisher to get a cut off your raemeas house, resideace, or other at '-racdre feature of your town for use la yowj advertlaeiaente aad on your rtttloawry. They can bos flm clam cat at a vary lew SseeiaaeiB. Fswa seaatjqayl mr X "krwreoaav 'gfffm aaaum I W fa fl fm aaWaBBawaTTSBa I a t ':; . i .3 Cil 'i )i J .a! 41 .ji 3 c t- A.tt - -T I -4 M i '! .