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Women Only Know
How much they suffer when nervous,
weak and tired.
Nervous prostration is a lingering,
racking, living death to those afflicted,
though wholly imcorriprehensible to
others. The cause of this condition is
impure and insufficient Blood.
Make the blood pure, give it vitality
and it will properly feed the nerves and
make them strong. Hood's Sarsapanlla
cures nervousness because it acts di
rectly upon the blood, making it rich
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Hood's Sarsaparilla
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OSLY ONE AM) THAT IS JOLT;
Excursion to Colorado.
The Great Rock Island Route will sell
tickets cheap for this excursion to Denver
in July, and you should post yourself at
once as io rates and routes.
send bv potal card orlctterto.Tno. Sebas
tian. G. !'. A.. Chicago, for a beautiful sou
onir Issued lv the Great Rock Island & Pa
cific It'v, called the "Tourist Teacher." that
tell'- all about the trip. It will be sent free.
It N a com and you should not delay in ask
ing for it. ,.1m. Sebastian. G. 1. A., Chicago.
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Clrarart aod bnoUfin the laic.
frmnotr a lexunant growth.
Never Fails toBeators Gray
Bair to Its Youthful ColorT
Curr nlp dnroaei a hair taUmc
LNSBONSKH
"Cfl.ncl.lu flrnrnnul ttm rUIM.
ilBte Principal EScmincr U.S. Pension Bureau!
8;t a lit war, liaijjr.j.iatuig claims, at!, tiucc
PATENTS
Thoma P. Slmreon, Washington,
D.d Noaiuvto- until latent ob
tained. Writcferlnxentor'kQutde.
WAHTED LADY AGENTS
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:rcr in h s.cian prttate narlice. AU.ic- Mat
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When answering advertisements kindly
n.cntiou ti:i paper.
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CONSUMPTION
can, without doubt, be cured in its early stages. It is a
battle from the start, but with the right kind of weapons
properly used it can be overcome and the insidious foe
vanquished. Hope, courage, proper exercise, will
power, and the regular and continuous use of the best
m nourishing food-medicine in existence
Scott's Emulsion
the wasting can be arrested, the lungs healed, the
cough cured, bodily energies renewed and the ph3Tsical
powers made to assert themselves and kill the germs
that are beginning to find lodgment in the lungs.
This renowned preparation, "that has no doubt cured
hundreds of thousands of incipient cases of Consump
tion, is simply Cod-liver Oil emulsified and made
palatable and easy, of assimilation, combined with the
ILypophosphites, the great bone, brain and nerve tonic.
Scott & Bowne, New York. All Druggists. 50c and $L
Thousands write that they suffered in
tensely with nervousness and were cured
by this great medicine. The building
up powers of Hood's Sareaparilla are
wonderful. Even a few doses are suffi
cient -to create an appetite, and from
that 'time on its healing, purifying,
strengthening effects are plainly felt.
The nerves become stronger, the slep
becomes natural and refreshing, the
hands and limbs become steady, and
soon " life seems to go on without ef
fort,"and perfect health is restored. Such
is the work which Hood's Sareaparilla
is doing for hundreds of women today.
The Use of the II am p.
There are some men in this world
who can answer most any question
that is put to them, and sometimes
when they do not really know what
they are talking about, they will
give answers that are not bad. One of
these persons was once a keeper of the
London Zoo. He was pestered to death
by the questions which people asked,
but he always gave an answer. On a
recent occasion a countryman strolled
in, and after looking curiously at the
camel for a Jew moments, he turned to
the keeper and said:
"I say, what's he have a hump for?"
"What does he have a hump for?'' re
peated the keeper.
"Yes. What's the good of it?" asked
the visitor.
"Whj er it makes a camel of him,
of course," replied the keeper after
some hesitation. "People wouldn't
travel to see him if he didn't have that
hump. Fact is, without it he might as
well be a cow."
The stranger departed very well sat
isfied. Harper s Young People.
Milestones On the Komt
That leads to health are marked in the
memory of those who, at regular stages and
persistently, have been conveyed thither by
II ostettcr's Stomach Hitters, a potent aux
iliary of nature in her efforts to throw off
the yoke of disease. Malarial, kidney, rheu
matic and billion trouble, constipation and
nervousness take their departure when this
benignant medicine is resorted to for their
eradication
An Unwarrantable Interruption.
"The hand which attempts to strike
us now," said Ward Politicus, as he
waved his arm defiantly over the as
semblage, "is the same hand which
perpetrated the crime of 1873!"
"I beg your pardon," said a private
citizen in the audience, "but would you
mind telling what was the crime of
1873?"
"Put that man out," said the orator,
abruptly, after a few moments' awk
ward hesitation, "we can't have the
meeting interrupted by malicious ene
mies." Chicago Record.
HALL'S CATARRH CURE is a liiqud and is
taken Internally, and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Proprs , Toledo, O.
Church fairs are devices to make the
goats pay lor tne pasturage oi tne sneep.
Almost Cheaper Than Walking
are the low rates offered by tbe Burlington
Route (C, B. & Q. It. K.) Tuesday. June
Uth, when round trip tickets to points in
Nebraska, Kansas. Colorado. Wyoming,
South Dakota and Utah will be oil sale at
half the regular tariff.
Think of it Half the regular tariff.
Travelers to whom economy is an object
and that means everybody will ta'e ad
vantage of this money-saving opportunity.
For a time-table of the Burlington
Route as well as for full information about
rates and trains, apply to the nearest
ticket agent or write to
J. Fhaxcis,
Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Omaha, If eb.
If "cleanliness is the next thing to godli
ness," soap is sacramental.
A Month Among the Mountain.
Teachers, and their friends, too, for that
matter, who want information nliout the
best, nbsolntely the lest. way to reach Den
ver at the timeof the National Educational
Association meeting next July should write
to J. Francis, Omaha, Nek, for a copy
of a little 1 ook recently issued by the Pas
senger Deartment of the Burlington
Route (B. tc M. H. R.)
It is entitled "To Denver via the Burlington
Route" and contains JK pages oi interesting
information about the meeting, the city of
Denver, the state of Colorado, special
trains, tickets, rates, hotels,, side trips,
train service, etc
The Look is free. Send for it.
The world owes no man a living who is
not willing to work for it.
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copies of this complete Family Doctor Boole
already sold in cloth binding at regular
price of J1.50. Address: (with stamps and
this Coupon) World's Dispensary Mei
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Cp-to-Date Hints About Cultiva
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, Vitlcaltare r.nd Florl
culture.
NE OF THE MOST
important items in
making hogs profit
able on the farm is
to push the growth
as much as possi
ble. While the
weather is reason
ably pleasant and
there is good pas
turage is one of the
best seasons for se
curing' a good
growth at a low cost. Lib
eral feeding is of course necessary. The
clover or grass pasture will help timo
thy not only in securing a good growth,
but in lessening the cost. But in all
cases when it Is desired to push the
growth it will be necessary to f d lib
erally in addition. The amount of the
ration can best be determined by the
condition of the pigs, as this is the best
plan.
All things considered one of the best
rations that can be supplied is mid
dlings made into a slop with skim milk.
This with pasturage make3 a complete
food, and a thrifty gain can be .secured
at a low cost. Frequently it will pay
to buy mill feed for growing pigs even
if it Is necessary to sell corn to get the
money. Some corn or corn meal can
bo fed, but it is cheaper and better to
make middlings the principal ration.
Ground oats is a good feed for growing
pigs. It supplies the material needed
to secure a good development of bone
and muscle, the principal objection to
feeding them being the cost, and this is
an item that must always be consid
ered as with growing pigs as well as
other products from the farm, the cost
of making ready for market must bo
made as low as possible without lower
ing the quality. It is this that makes
it desirable to feed middlings in pref
erence to almost any other ration that
can be supplied, and especially so on
the farm where plenty of sweet milk
can be had so that it can be made into
a good slop. Nearly or quite all that
they can eat up clean should be given
at each meal, feeding three times a day
rntil they get well started to growing,
at least, when two will answer. Ex
change. Cookfil Fo-il for Ilorsrs.
At the last annual meeting of the
North of England Veterinary Medical
association, says London Live Stock
Journal, several veterinary surgeons
strongly condemned giving- horses
cooked food. One gentleman said it was
most unnatural to give horses what he
described as "pigs' meat." If they
wanted to have fat, flabby horses, he
said, give them cooked food. Besides,
disease broke out amongst them, and
they died like rotten sheep. Give, he
said, a horse good, hard, sound food,
with judicious work, and he would re
pay his owner for it. Another speaker
referred to the great mortality mong
horses in Scotland some years ago from
colic. The farmers were giving the
animals boiled barley, linseed, turnips,
and other things. Prof. Gamgee advised
them to abandon that system of feed
ing. They did so, with surprising re
sults, and the agriculturists entertained
the professor to a dinner in Edinburg
about the year 1850 in return for the
advice he had given them. In contra
diction of the foregoing opinions, Mr.
John Malcolm, P. R. C. V. S.. Birming-'
ham, said his experience of boiled food
was entirely opposed to that of those
who had spoken, but his success might
be due to the fact that the horses were
never given too much at once. The
great evil was the giving too large a
quantity of food at one time. Mr. Mal
colm expressed himself in favor of
damping, if not boiling the food. So the
verdict in the case of cooked vs. dry
food was not unanimous. Perhaps the
reason why cooked food is so con
demned is that horses eat it more rap
idly than food which takes a longer
time to prepare before it leaves the
mouth. The horse '-bolts" it, and en
gorgement of the stomach follows.
Kntranrrs to lice Hive.
One's first thought of thi3 subject
would be that it was Indeed a vert
minor one upon which to dwell, but if
considered in all its details it shows
up in a very important light, writes
Mrs. Effie Brown in Northwestern
Agriculturist.
Every spring hundreds of dollars'
worth of bees are lost through nothing
else but lack of attention to the hive
entrances. When the hives are first
set upon the summer stands, the
strongest colonies should have an en
trance of not more than four inches in
v.idth by one-half inch in height, and
the weaker ones proportionally smaller;
that is, narrower. In some cases it is
advisable to reduce the width to a half
an inch and I have even found colonies
that I could not allow any more than
room enough for one bee to pass
through at a time.
Where the entrances are left wide
open "when first set out, robbing is very
apt to occur and this, when once
started, becomes a veritable nuisance
and much loss is liable to be the re
sult. Beginners should be especially
careful about this, for robbing is an
evil, which, if it once gets well started
in the spring, will cause more or less
trouble the whole summer through.
Then another reason why the en
trances should be contracted is to pre
vent cold draughts and too much ven
tilation. At this time the tighter and
closer the bee's can he kept the better
it is for the welfare of brood-rearing,
and the prosperity of the colony. Damp
ness and a lack of heat are the prime
causes of spring dwindling. Then
again, a wide entrance and too much
ventilation will often cause a weak
colony to swarm out and enter another
hive already occupied; thereby causing
the deatfi of one of the queens, if not
noticed at once.
The best way to determine just what
is the correct width of entrance to al
low, is to leave one inch open for every
frame occupied by the bees. If there
are bees and brood enough to cover
two frames entirely, two inches is the
correct width but one inch is sufficient
for anything less.
If robbing once gets under headway,
a large handful of wet straw or hay
should be thrown over the entrances,
and all other cracks or openings tight
ly closed. As the colonies begin to get
stronger and hot days came, the en
trances may be gradually opened to
their full width.
Dogs at Work One of United States
consuls in Belgium in his report com
ments upon the fact that in that coun
try no dog is allowed to be idle, being
as-Tegularly used for beasts of draught
as horses are here. It is estimated in
Belgium that ten dogs will accomplish
as much work as one horse, and they
are even more powerful than the horse j
in proportion to their weight, as they I
compute the load for the average horse j
at four times his weight, and for the
single dog or pair of dogs at six times
his or their weight It is estimated
that the dogs in the United States ought
to earn for the country at least $150,
000,000 annually, and to do so would be
greatly to their advantage, as their
viciousness would disappear, and the
danger from rabies be greatly lessened.
Ex.
Great care should be taken to have
clean netn, eo that a!1 eggs shall be
laid unsoiled. Once soiled it is impos
sible to clean them.
Thayer's Berry Bulletin for May, 1805.
The fruit and vegetable garden re
quire richest soils and best culture.
Of all farm work it pays best for
work done, and suffers most from neg
lect. Cultivate often. It warms the soil
in early spring. It allows even light
rains to penetrate the soil and retains
the moisture for use in summer.
Frequent cultivation stimulates an
early, vigorous growth. The roots
strike deep into the mellow soilt and
the ordinary drouth is harmless.
Remove the winter mulch from
strawberries. Cultivate between the
rows. Stir the ground around each
plant, replace the mulch, and large ber
ries, and lots of them, may bo ex
pected. Cultivated berries are less liable to
injury by frost or drouth.
Most fruit gardens are deficient in
potash. An application of wood ashes
will supply this want and is especially
valuable for light sandy soils.
In pruning the raspberry and black
berry, cut off the long slender laterals,
forming an even, well rounded bush.
Remove all small weak canes from the
hill.
Severe pruning of laterals will not
only improve sixc and quality of fruit,
but greatly increase the yield.
If any plants newly set fail to live,
put others in their places at once.
This is especially necessary in the
bush fruits which are to remain sev
eial years.
Much labor and profit it? often lost
by this neglect.
Currant and gooseberry bushes are
often injured by the borer. The egg
is laid about June 1st. When hatched,
NEW PEACH
A new and destructive bark louse
has appeared amopg the peach orchards
of the Atlantic states. In the illustra
tion that accompanys this article in
shown a section of peach tree with the
above mentioned lice packed closely
around it. They suck the juices from
the bark and thus weaken and kiil the
trees.
Not till three years ago was this
species recognized to be new.
At that time on the grounds of the
department of agriculture at Washing
ton, some of the seedling peaches were
found to be badly damaged. Tne yo;;n5
twigs of these trees were already dead
and dry. An investigation showed
that the insect was the "Diaspis lana
tus," first described as found in Ja
maica. It may have been imported
from the West Indies, In Jamaica it
feeds upon the grape, cedar, peach, cot
ton and a number of other plants. The
officers of the department of agricul
ture have been trying to find out how
widely scattered the species is over the
globe, and whether it feeds on one plant
or on several. They have found it
widely scattered. Worst of all they
have found that it feeds upon a great
variety of plants. For this reason it is
regarded as especially dangerous, and
it will doubtless be very difficult to
stamp it out, or to prevent its re-intro
duction when once it is stamped out.
In the United States, however, it
is found to feed upon only one or two
kinds of food. It can stand our win
ters, at least as far north as Washir.g-
the young borer works its way into the
cane, and remains until the following
spring, eating out the pith and causing
death of cane.
As soon as the leaves start, the af
fected parts are easily discovered, and
should be cut out and burned at once.
A quarter acre, rich and well culti
vated, should yield from twenty to for
ty bushels of berries. A bountiful sup
ply for most families, and a nice sur
plus to sell.
Picking, packing and marketing are
important factors in selling berries.
For family use, leave fruit on the
vines until fully ripe, and pick fresh
for the table.
For market pick every day before too
ripe.
Never allow stems, leaves, dirt or
imperfect berries in the oo::.
Always have a uniform quality, and
the box well filled.
If you would have a good market, of
fer only good berries, give good meas
ure and always deal honestly with your
customers.
Remember, it costs no more to raise
good berries; it costs no more to pick
and deliver good berries. Freight and
express charges are just the same, and
when sold good berries always go first
and bring largest prices.
Therefore, for most pleasure and
greatest profit, grow only the best.
Sparta, Wis. M. A. Thayer.
I.Ho Stock in It:ily.
According to the statistics of 1875
there were in Italy 3.-1S9.125 head of
cattle. The census of 1SS1 showed a
total of 4,783,232, an increase in the
production of about 1,300,000 head, or
upwards of one-third. It is, however,
a well established fact that during the
last ten years the number of cattle in
Italy has been steadily increasing, es
pecially as regards milch cows. This
increase has been noted in almost every
province of Upper Italy, chiefly in the
province of Venetia, and in certain
parts of Sicily. Official estimates, in
deed, place the number of head of cat
tle at present in Italy at about 5,000,000.
As regards sheep, the last ten years
have shown a decrease, caused by
changes in methods of cultivation;
numerous herds which were driven
down from the Abruzzi and the Basili
cata to winter on the tablelands of
Apulia were deprived of the necessary
pasture. Goats also show a decrease;
and we read: "Not a few of the forest
commissioners, following the example
of what takes place in several districts
of Switzerland, have strictly forbidden
the breeding of goats."
Tho HiihIi and the Koic.
(Translated Prom the French.)
"What! withering so soon away?
The morn has scarce drawn to its
close.
Poor flower, thy life is but a clay,"
The bush low whispered to the rose.
"My life has been with joy repMe,"
The beauteous rose soft answer made.
"IHeave behind my perfume sweet.
Shall I regret that I must fade?"
Grace K. Sloate.
The Cheerful Farmer. One of the
important qualifications necessary for
a farmer to make the farm pay is to
b? satisfied with his calling and make
the best of his surroundings. The
farmer who is always grumbling be
cause his neighbor is getting along bet
ter than he, or wants to run the finance
of the country and cursing the mone--lenders.
is not the farmer that will
make the farm pay. On the other hand,
the farmer who has the better qualifi
cations a cheerful disposition, a close
observer how the successful neighbor
manages, and much more ready to re
ceive advice than to give it, unless
asked, and keeps within his means, will
make the farm pay. Ex.
Prepare for Summer. An effective
fly poison, which has the merit of being
poisonous only to flics, is made of the
yolk of an egg beaten with a table-
spoonful of each of ground black pep
per and molasses. It should be pound
in shallow plates and set about. Thh?
is a simple process to catch the few
flies that slip into a houBe before the
screens are put up, for most house-,
keepers wait until warned by the buz
zing insects of their arrival to put up
these safeguards: ,
Gems Discovered in Plants. The as
sistant director of Kew gardens, lec
turing at the London institute on some
curiosities of tropical plant life, said
that among these were the pearls found
occasionally iu the cocoanut palm Oi
the Phillipine islands, pearls which
like those of the ocean? are cotnposed
of carbonate oMime. The bamboo, too,
yields another precious product in th'
shape of true opals, which are found in
its joints. In each case this mineral
matter is of course obtained from tht
soil. The natives of the Celebes use
these vegetable opals as amulets and
charms against disease.
Weight of Young Pigs -A pig at iti
birth should weigh about three pounds
At the end of the first month the weight
should have increased to fifteen, and it
should continue to grow until at the
tenth month it has attained a weight o!
300 pounds. That is, if it is kept sc
long, but the most profitable hog is the
one marketed when seven or eight
months old. The cost of pork is 50 per
cent greater if made in the tenth month
t,.,n in tho fifth month in the food con-
! sumetl. Quick returns and quick profits
should be the aim of tne swine Dreeuer.
Field and Farm.
Market celery should not be cut Un
til it is well bleached out. It should not
TREE SCALE.
ton, and multiplies with surprising ra
pidity, giving even at that city three or
four generations per year. For this
reason the scientists do not believe it
will be possible to stamp it out.
We have then to face the fact that
there is a new pest with us to stay. So
far spraying has been found of little or
no value as a preventive. No parasite
has as yet been found. One predaceous
insect has been found feeding upon it,
and this gives some hope of relief. Late
in the fall of 1893 a number of adult
specimens of the "Twice Stabbed Lady
bird" were seen gnawing into the
adult female scales, at Washington.
Applications of kerosene emulsions
of various strength were tried as
washes. This was in the winter. The
usual strengths had little effect on the
adult insects. When pure kerosene or
pure kerosene emulsion was applied, it
killed the pests, but the experimenters
believe also that it injured the trees.
The only way to fight the insect by
these washes seems to beto apply them
in summer time, when the young
broods are coming out. There is no
doubt that the application would be ef
fective on the new generations, provid
ed the emulsion were diluted not more
than ten times with water.
In the illustration "a" shows section
of peach tree trunk with male and fe
male scales in situ natural size; "b"
shows scale of adult female; "c" shows
scale of adult male; "d" shows scale in
natural condition enlarged. The true
size of the scales is seen on the tree.
be cut square, but stalk looks better
when cut in "V" shape, coming to a
point. The proper way to ship is to
put it up in bunches of a dozen stalks
each. Tie firmly with bands of tape at
each end, about two and a half inches
from the top and bottom of the stalk.
Pack in boxes holding ten to fifteen
dozen, and use well ventilated pack
ages. Quiet Farm Life. Many complain ot
the confinement of farm life, and es
recially at night they must be at home.
Statistics show that nine-tenths of the
crimes committed in the world are
done between sunset and sunrise.
i .
Blessed rather is the farmer's family,
safe from the temptation and secure
in the pure influence of home. Let us
build our homes, sending forth a moral
and religious influence, a spot that will
be remembered with pleasure by our
children in the years to come, a quiet
ictreat in which to entertain our
friends, a rest for the weary traveler
and stranger and an honor to our com
munity in which we live, and we can
say we have made the farm pay.
Out of Debt. Farmers who are out
r,f 1nlf nrn Tint nnmnlainino' na t-nlo
, ll HtUl. ,.- - !- -a, ""-
j Everything that farmers have to buy
is so very cheap. I can procure more
I clothing, more groceries and more dry
1 goods with a $5 bill now than ever be
fore since I have been doing business
I for myself. The same is true with
' l.A,T...HA Jinnies orwt ctirtAQ nrtfT naaplir
everything else at the present time.
Ex.
A Mistreated Horse Concerning
horse doctoring, notice this from Dr. R.
S. Howard, an expert veterinarian: "I
went once to see a horse that the local
authority declared was 'stifled',' which
means that the stifle bone was dis
placed. The horse had been cast, and
four strong men had pulled at the leg
as hard as they could while he attempt
j ed to renlacc the bone." I found only a
nail in the foot." Ex.
New beets should be bunched, four
or five in a bunch five would be better.
They should be clean, sound, even size
very small ones not wanted and
should be carefully tied. They should
bo sent in one-bushel crates, and later
I on in barrels, the latter to be well ven
tilated. Beets always sell best when
tops are on, therefore they should not
be trimmed close to the beet. Large
cow beets do not sell.
Marketing Green Peas. The first
shipment from long distances should
be in third bushel boxes. As the ship
ments increase and the prie cheapens
then bushel boxes shouid be used, for
then the consumption will be greater
and there will be more demand. It is
necessary that the pacsags are well
ventilated to prevent hunting, and the
1 boxes should be well nailed to avoid
j leakage.
The Spring Pig The early spring
; pigs will soon put iu their appearance,
J and the usual losses among them should
. bf avoided. Let the owner give them
! positive attention at farrowing time,
' and see that they have warm, dry quar
i ters; the question of feeding and proper
oercise should be well studied, and the
mother should be cared for just right.
Ex.
Charcoal is a simple and inexpensive
purifying agent most useful in keeping
a house free from smells of various
kinds. A few good-sized pieces in a
refrigerator occasionally purifies and
preserves it. If you have that abomi
nation, an enclosed dark place under
the sink for pots, etc., put some char
coal there, as well as in the cupboard
where you keep cooked food.
The French, Danes, Belgians, Rus
sians, German's and Italians send eggs
to Great Britain.
CORNER OF ODDITIES.
RECENT HAPPENINGS OP UN
USUAL OCCURRENCE.
Bom Constrictor Breaks Loom from a
Circus Cast Her Bread Upon the
Waters and the Premise of the Good
Book Was at Last FalMIed.
O NEW THAT IN
deed she is ten
der,
And dainty and
small and sweet.
This newest of all
new women.
Who softly sits at
my feet.
I know that
sweetness
softness
Is found in
nor
nor
the
New Woman's ways.
But this little woman is newer
Than the newest of all the craze
Boa Constrictor at Large.
The boa constrictor which escaped
from George W. Hall's circus train the
night before last at West Forty-sixth
street and West Chicago avenue during
a wreck. Is still at large, says a Chicago
special. All day yesterday a party com
posed of three policemen and a number
of circus officers and a contingent of
small boys was searching the railroad
yards from end to end. peering into
every possible place of concealment. As
dusk came on last night the missing ser
pent was still unfound. The officers of
the police station at West Lake and
Forty-third streets, the lonliest station
in ttie city, found the Incident a reliev
ing topic of conversation during the
day. They were told by the circus peo
ple that the serpent was a pet, and they
need have no fear of It. It is highly
probable that it has remained in one
place since its escape, on account of
timidity due to the strangeness of the
surroundings. No one can be found who
has seen it. The circus train still lies
in the Northwestern yards. The condi
tion of Mrs. Hall, who was hurt during
the collision, Is said to be much im
proved. Cast Her Breid I'pon the Water.
Lawyer J. B. Graeff. of Tamaqua, has
Just located the heir to a large fortune
bequeathed by James Gallagher, of Cali
fornia. The lucky legatee is Mrs. Manus
O'Donnell, who kept a boarding-house
at Tamaqua many years ago, but is at
present living with her grandchildren
on Ogden street, Girardville. There
were no blood ties existing between tbe
deceased and Mrs. O'Donnell, and she
was greatly astonished when apprised
of her good fortune. The circumstances
surrounding the case are quite roman
tic. Twenty-five years ago James Gal
lagher, then a young man, arrived in
Tamaqua and engaged board with Mrs.
O'Donnell. Shortly after he was strick
en with typhoid pneumonia and was
prostrated for several weeks. The land
lady during that time gave him every
attention, treating him as she would her
son. The young man was very grateful,
and before leaving promised to make
good the debt If ever It lay in his power.
Mrs. O'Donnell left Tamaqua a few
years later, and never heard from him
until notified by the lawyer that she in
herited his fortune, which amounts to
$250,000. Lawyer Graeff received the
papers several weeks ago. She is an
aged lady, and has been living with her
daughter, Mrs. John Kehoe, at Girards
ville, for the past fifteen years
A Night Among the ColHns.
Albion. Mich., Special: When Mr. Kil
Iian of the Killian Furniture &
Undertaking company, unlocked the
door of the apartment in which
are kept his exhibition of fine cas
kets and coffins he was startled
by the apparition of a tiny dark
eyed girl not more than 6 years of age
stepping out from the rather dismal ar
ray. Somewhat startled, he was amazed
upon questioning her to find that the
child had passed the night among the
colHns. "How did you get here?" he
asked. "Oh," answered the child. "I
came up last night and you locked the
door after awhile." "Were you not
afraid?" "It was kind of lonesome."
"Where did you sleep?" "Oh. I didn't
sleep any: I Just walked around pagt
'em all night." Mr. Killian took her
down stairs and opened the street door
for her and she slipped away as ay as
a lark. Evidently her night among the
ghastly reminders of the final sleep had
not affected her spirits. Inquiries were
made by Mr. Killian of Mayor Knicker
bocker and the night watchman wheth
er search had been Instituted for a
young child during the night, but no
one seemed to know anything about
her.
Marvelous Kecovery of Iteaon.
A World'sFairtragedy was recalled at
Duluth last week by the receipt of a tel
egram from Marinette, Wis., stating
that Miss Mary Powell, who became in
sane while riding in the Ferris wheel,
had given signs of returning to her
right mind. During the World's fair
Miss Powell was a school teacher near
Milwaukee, and during her vacation
took a trip to the fair. The Ferris wheel
fascinated her and she undertook the
trip. Before the circuit had been com
pleted the passengers noticed that she
was acting in a strange minner. and
when the platform -.as reached she was
a raving maniac, so violent that force
was necessary to restrain her. The un
fortunate lady was taken from the
grounds to a hotel and physicians called
and for a time it was supposed that the
patient would recover in a short time.
She grew rapidly worse and was finally
removed to the home of her parents in
Beaver, where she remained until taken
to Marinette. The telegram received
states that the lady now recognizes
those around her and Is no longer vio
lent. Wife as a White Capper.
When Anthony Beck, wealthy farmer
living five miles west of Lebanon. Ind..
stepped out of his door the other morn
ing he found a bundle of switches and a
white cap notice. The latter in terms
more forcible than polite informed him
that he would receive a visit from the
whitecaps unless he treated his family
better and mended his ways generally.
He immediately secured the blood
hounds used in tracking the d&perado.
Jeff Powell, recently, but the attenrpt to
trail his would be intimidators proved
fruitless. Mr. Beck has had trouble re
cently with his wife, whom he married
about a year ago, and he is inclined to
think that she knows something about
the affair. He is wealthy, and, says he
will spend every dollar he has in trying
to find the offender.
Girl's Marvelous Escape from Death.
Cassius Smlthly and Miss Lucy Van
Buskirk, of Hoagland, Ind., while out
riding the other morning In a single car
riage were struck by a freight train on
the Pennsylvania road. The horse was
killed and the carriage demolished, r.
Smithly was hurled sixty-five feet
through the air and alighted on his head
i j a swamp. He struck a rock and por
tions of the skull were forced into the
brain. His neck was broken and he died
instantly. His companion was hurled
within a few feet of where he alighted.
She, however, landed feet first and es
caped without a scratch.
Eventful Trip Through the Air.
Ferdinand Schwant, a workman on
the new city hall at Milwaukee, fell
from the sixth floor last week and
passed through the roof covering an
elevating engine. The roof was com
posed of two-inch pUnklng, mrt the
boards snapped like Blass and Schwant
fell astride the engine, breaking off the
steam gauge and filling the shanty with
steam which scalded and almost suffo
cated James H. Kent, who was In
charge of It. Schwant was dragged out
in an unconscious condition, but re
vived sufficiently to walk to an Emer
gency hospital ambulance.
Highest of all in leavening
Roy'
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Economy requires that in every receipt calling
for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It
will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter,
of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 108 WALL ST., NEW YORK.
Trogress of Medical Science.
Grafting and inoculating have be
come so general in the medical profes
sion, and have brought about such
excellent results, says the Urooklyn
Eagle, that the whole of medical prac
tice in the future may resolve itself
into these forms of treatment Then
will the physician go about with a hy
podermic syringe and a little box of
vials of lymph and a small paper of
grafts, and life will have no terrors
unless one has so many disease at once
that he has to carry eight or ten vac
cinations on his person at ono time.
Last week a New Jersey boy who had
celebrated the fourth of last July by
carrying lighted fire crackers in his
pocket, had over 10,000 pieces of
skin grafted on him, and he is doing so
well that with 15,000 more it is believed
that he will recover. About 200 men(
and boys have yielded up their precious
cuticles to aacompusn tneir resmi, anu
perhaps the boy will be willing to do
is much for them some time.
Tobacco Destroys Vitality
Nerous system paralyzed by nicotine means
lost manhood, weak eyes, anil a jjeneral all
gone look and feeling that robs life of U pleas
ure Tobacco N the root of monv an impotent
symptom, and Xo-To-Uac a guaranteed mre
that will make you strong, vigorous, and fcappy
in more wavs than one Xo-To-Bac guaran
teed and sold by Druggists e cry where. Book,
titled "Don't Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life
Away." Addre.v. Sterling Hcinedy Co., New
York or Chicago.
The Cabby's Wail.
A Philadelphia "cabby" delivers him
self of this bit of philosophy: "De
Devil ain't as black as he's painted, an"
a woman ain't always as blond as she's
bleached. Us cab drivers has de repu
tation of doin' everybody, but nobody
don't know how often we gits done up
ourselves. An' dat's straight, see?
Why, only last week two ladies done
me up out of six hours. I'd been drivin'
'em about town all night. About free
o'clock in de mornin' (ley stops me in
front of a little street an' tells me to
wait while (ley goes in to make a call
on a lady fr'en. 1 was a little boo.y
m3self about that time, an 1 waited an
hour, see? Show up? Nawl"
Mother who harr ueil IVirker's (Singer Tonic
rorjL'irslnsistthntltben tl sinorjtlianothermcdl
dliies; everj- farm ordUtress and woaknes jlsld to it
To grow in grace, we must watch as well
as ray.
Put truth in a picture, atid you help t'o-1
to speak.
lllndereorni. la a almple rem'dy.
hut It talc is out the corns, ami wli it i cunMMi'ion it
s: Makes walking a pleasure, lac atoruggists.
In a Woman' Stomach.
In 1SD2 a woman died at Albany, N.
Y., who had for a number of years been
possessed with an uneontrolable desire
to swallow all sorts of indigestible sub
stances. A record kept by the physi-'
cian who performed the autopsy gives I
the following as a list of tne articles
i'ouuiI in her stomach: l"ifty-onc hair
pins, 10 needles, 3 darning needles, 32
nails ot all sizes, two screws, .i pieces
of an iron rod three inches long and .
one-fourth of an inch thick and 2 rolls'
of hair.
Hanson's Magic Corn Salve."
Warranted to cute or money refunded. Afk yojr
initTK'" for it. Trice IS etrnt.
In format ion Wanted.
Iismal Dawson- Kin you tell me
where there is a h'rst-class hotel?
Pedestrian -I am somewhat of a
stranger here, but I think there is one.
on -on it is ciuecr I cant remetnoer
the name of the street.
Dismal Dawson Oh. never mind the
street, friend. hat alley is it on?
Indianapolis Journal.
Low Kate
Harvest Excursions will I e rim from aM
stations on tho Wal.nsh railroad on May
21st and June 11th. to the south and south
east. For full rarticulnrs apply to the nearest
ticket nscnt of the Watiash or connei-tiii
lines, or to U t'L.TOX.
V. V. Passenger Afient, 141.1 Faruam St.,
Onmha. Xtx
lloiiieseeker Kxcur'inn.
OnJIav 21st and June Uth. IMG. the
Union Paciffe System will se'.l tickets- from
Missouri River joints nn-1 stations in Kan
sas nnd Xel raskn. to oints south aud ,
vet in Nebraska and Kansas. ao to ol
orado, Wyoming. Utah and Idaho, east of
Wbiser and south of Beaver Cauon, at rate
of one tirst cKt-s standard fare lor tho
-ound trip. Minimum rate$i".00.
Tho Kncaceinent Ilroken.
A Frankford hard wrote a poem to
his inamorata which was published in
a suburban paper. He said her month
was like a cowslip. The printer spaced
it, and it read -'cow's lip." Unhappy
bard: Philadelphia Record.
4 For Sprains and Bruises and all Painful Accidents, ... -T
st. Jacobs oil m ALL KINDS OF SPORTS I
... Is the professional's first choice of a remedy always, i.
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Baking
Powder
Indignant.
There used to be an old porter at a
certain Irish railway station who was
more remarkable for independence of
character than attention to his duties.
On one occasion two of the directors
were traveling over the line and no
ticed that the name of this station was
not called, the neglect being the more
serious as it was a junction. Tins was
made the subje.t of complaint, and old
Charley, who was delinquent, was
promptly brought to book and repri
manded. .Make Yonr Own Hitter:
On receipt of 30 cents ia U. S. stamps, I
will send to anr address one inckaso Ste
ketee's Dry Bitters. One package makes,
one gallon be tonie known. Cures stom
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-The Old .Wan' Idea.
'Gosh!" said Mr. Jason, stopping on
the corner and turning to get another
look at the young woman passing by".
"Kissing a girl with them sleeves on
must be nigh the same as tunneling
into a gingham snnbonnet. like a fel
low had to do when I was a boy." In
dianapolis Journal. "
IIKe-nan'at'Mupliarlr-,rl'liC-lyrerlne.
CuCnaptiHandaiid Face. Ttnder or Sor Feet,
Chilblain. l'llos.&e. C-J.CUrkCi.New ll.it en. IX
Ilia Knowledge.
Teacher Now, Charlie, tell us what
you know about Cnesus.
Charlie Dudes wear "em in their
pants. Columbus City and Country.
Piso's Cure for Consiimtiohn hns saved
me inativ a doctor's hill. S. F. Haumv,.
Hopkins'PIace. Baltimore. .Md.. Dec. 2.'J4.
Fa meet n r
Dismal Dawson. But why ain't you
in favor of this here good roads move
ment? Everett Wrest Because it won't be
nothing but movement. They'll make
the roads so good y it that folks will ex
pect us to keep movin ail the time,
with no time for rest. Indianapolis
Journal.
Jt the llaliy Is Cutting- Teeth.
Segiire and ne that oil and nell tried remedr, Mrs.
VVisiow's Soothing Siri r for cr.l'dren Tec thing
Death is the open door to large oppor
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cheap. Apply to or address, i. C. Akin",
oil S. 12th St.. Omaha. Ne;.
Every time a sa'oon is h-ened, the
devil's chain is made one link longer
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Brings comfort and improvement ami
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the needs of physical beinjr, will attest
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Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form mo?t acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
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dispelling colds," headaches and fevers
ami permanently curing constipation.
It has given sati -faction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, becaue it acts on the Kid
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ening them and it is perfectly free from
everv objectionable substance.
Svrup of Firs is for ak- by all drug
gists in 50c and $i bottles, but it is man
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Co. onlv, whose name is printed on every,
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and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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