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vscftsbl, J!.1. $ i- IK. ll-i In;. sasw;wwc?rsi - b I.-- p: 1-4- FAINFUL AFFLICTION A Sen Writes a Letter Telling How His Father Was Troubled. WINAMOE, IXD. "My lather was troubled with boils and carbuncles. After euUering for some time, he heard of a similar case cured by Hood'a Sarsaparilla. He began taking this medicine and con tinued its use until he was cured, lly mother is taking Hood's Sarsaparilla for rheumatism and it ia helping her." GUY E. N trwiaKK, Box 184. 1-i.nsti'c Diffc "re LlTer Ills; easy to nOCU S PUIS uke.eabytooperate.25c Notwithstanding all the efforts of in-' venters, no one has been able to dis-t cover a substitute for leather. For clioes, belting, harness and a thousand . other uses, "there's nothing like leath-, There Is a Clasa off People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Tieceatly "there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation "called GRAIX-O, made of pure grains. that takes the place of coffee. The most lielicate stomach receives it with out distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over "4 as much. Children may drink it with groat benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Try it. Ask for G RAIX-O. Toronto hotels have been bothered by a man who persists in putting six! names on the register and ordering six ' ooras, although no one accompanies! nim, and he represents nobody but' LimselL Lincoln I'ark. Chicago, j One of the leauty spott, of Chicago, is .lerihed in n uio-t" beautifully illustrated ook. of W p'tges. now I eing distributed Jiv the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Uiiilwny Company. It is full of the finest half tone picture-, of oue of Creation's nio-t eliarxning places of report for citizens f the Great Republic. Everyone w ho haa over visited the park will appreciate the -ouvenir. and for those who have not it will be a revelation of what is to be seen , in Chicago. It can only be procured by enclosing twenty-five (2T) cents in coin or jKjstape -fctamp, to Geo. 11. Heafford. gen eral pa'-'.enger npeut, 410 Old Colony j Building, Chicago, 111. "Didn't you forget something, sir,", asked the waiter. "Yes." replied Gimpy, reaching for his hat. "You were so long bringing my dinner that ' I forgot what I had ordered." Phila- delphia North American. ' Kcail the Artrrrtipetnritt. You will enjoy this publication much better if you will pet into the habit of reading the advertisements; they will afford a most interesting study and will put you in the way of getting tome excellent bargains. Our adver- J risers are reliable, they send what " they advertise For, live how we can, die we must. . Shakespeare. When you visit Omaha you should call at C. S. 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And the great stream of history Glide on before the musing eye. There, row on row, the gazers rise; Above, look down the arching skies; O'er all those gathered multitudes Such deep and voiceful silence broods, Methinks one mighty heart I hear Beat hfeh with hope, or quake with fear; E'en so yon groves and forests seem Spectators of this rushing stream. In sweeping, circling ranks they rise. Beneath the blue o'erarchlng skies; They crowd around and forward lean. As eager to behold the scene To see. proud river! sparkling wide. The long procession of thy tide To stand and gaze, and feel with the All thy unuttered ecstasy. It seems as If a heart did thrill Within yon forests, deep and still. So soft and ghost-like is the sound That stirs their solitudes profound. ToodiIm' Threat. From the Chicago Times-Herald: When General Robert Toombs of Geor gia was a young man In his twenties he raised a volunteer company and joined General Scott, who was then conduct ing a campaign against the Indians in Florida. Even in his early youth Toombs was noted for his self-conSdence and his aggressive hearing. He v.as without military training, and had never submitted to rules and discipline, at college, or anywhere else. The joungster had an imperious will, and regarded no human being as his superior. Naturally, when he met General Scott it was a case of oil and water they would not mix. Private James White, who served in a Georgia company during that war, laughs to this day over a tilt between Captain Toombs and General Scott. The general knew the character of his led enemies, and he was in no hur ry to attach them in the position which they had chosen. He waited day after day, determined not to move forward until he was satisfied that he would be successful, 'and would not uselessly cause the sacrifice of many valuable lives. The delay did not suit the Georgia captain. He fretted, fumed and swore, and did not attempt to conceal his con tempt for the slow methods of his com mander. One night Toombs felt that he could stand it no longer. The indiguant captain paid a visit to the general's tent, where he found Scott engaged in a pleasant conversation with a dozen officers of high rank. The Georgian was a man of superb physique, the finest looking American of his generation.and when he marched into the tent with flashing eyes and a defiant lock everybody gazed expectant ly in his direction. General Scott greeted him pleasantly and invitPd him to join the circle of military men who were telling stories of camp life. "General Scott," said Toombs, in a stern tone. "I desire to know, sir, whether the army will march against the enemy within the next few days." "I am not re?dy yet to answer that question," replied the general with a smile. "Then, sir." continued the youthful captain, "I rill notify you that unless the army marches tomorrow I propose to go forwasd with my company into the verj heart of the Indian territory." Whpn this astounding declaration was made the officers almost fainted, aud the expected the general to ad-mini-er a withering rebuke. To their astonishment Scott never changed his gen'al expression. His eye twinkled with good humor, and he turned a serene and benignant face upon his audacious visitor. "Very well, captain," was his quiet jnsw r in a soothing tone. "Very well, capto'n, use your own pleasure, by all means. Take your company tomor row and inarch into the Indian coun try. We may follow you a few weeks ater. But don't wait for us. Take your company and go ahead. Good nigh:, captain." Private White says that when Toombs heard this a look of bewilder ment, disappointment and anger came over his face, but not a word fell from his lip. He saluted the commander and bowed himself out. "Did he march his company against the enemy the next day?" was my nat ural question. "Xo." replied White, "he said noth ing more about it. He remained at his post and was an exemplary officer dur ing the remainder of the war. And he was not chafed about the affair, either. He was not the man to stand such treatment." I asked White why Scott overlooked the captain's breach of military disci pline "Well," taid the old man. reflectively, "the general was a good judge of hu man nature. He krew that young Tocmbs was a gallant fellow who wouid seme day be an honor to his country, and he doubtless thought that it would be sufficient punishment to answer him as he did. He could not have done a better thing. The cap tain had lots of sense, and he never again placed himself in such an embar rassing position. "But I shall never forget that awful threat cT Toombs and the neat way ia which Scoit turned it baclz like a boom erang. The captain met more than his match that time." Kntt Cmlcr a Rebel FUr. Thtre is an old woman in Charleston tvho has 101 been on the Battery since the war and has not been on King street in fifteen jears, says the Char leston (S. C.) Post. This may seem like a fairy tale to many, but it is a true statement. She is not a cripple, either, but is as well and strong as a woman could expect to be who has reached the age of 74 years. She lives in the western part of the city within a few squares cf King street and near the Rutledge avenue street car line. Another remarkable thing about this old lady Is that she has never seen the electric cars and has nc desire to see one. she says. She was asked by a friend cf hers the other day to join in a trolley ride, but she declined with thanks, saying she did not ear to ride on anything that was propelled by un Mn power. "Law me' id sat, whtn w& A A I asked to take a trolley tide, "do yo think I'd get on one of those cars that are ran by electricity? I could not be induced to take one of those electric rides. Yon are fooling; with something you can't see." As before stated, the old lady has not been on the Battery since the war. and, notwithstanding repeated efforts hare been made by friends and rela tives to get her to visit this beautiful place, all appeals fell on deaf ears. She would reply when asked: "Thank you, I do not care to go." Other than this no excuse was erer offered. Oftentimes she has been asked by her friends why she did not care to go on the Battery or why she had not been there since the war, but never a reason did she give. The old lady is a genuine rebel and says she has never surrendered and never will. In her house is a large Confederate flag sus pended from the wall in her room and it is said she sits under it hours at a time and knits stockings. To Male Smooth Bora Cao Effective. A most ingenious method has been devised by Colonel W. H. Bell of San Francisco for the effective restoration of smooth-bore cannon, this invention as claimed, securing the necessary ro tary twist in the air without the trou ble of being fired from a rifled gun, and there is no liability to tumbling. In shape the device for accomplishing this purpose is that of an ordinary con ical shot, and in its bore is a hollow capable of holding a considerable quan. tity of slow-burning powder; a plug screws into this hollow, holding the powder securely within. Around the edges of this plug are a series of grooves leading into the powder cham ber, and bored at an angle opposite the direction in which the projectile is ex pected to twist, and thus bores its way through the air, doing this on the same principle that makes the "pin wheel" revolve when it is lighted. A charge of quick-burning powder is dropped into the smooth-bore cannon, and the pro jectile is pushed in upon it; the fuse is attached and the cannon fired the quick-burning powder expelling the projectile and lighting the slew-burning powder through the grooves. This beins to act at once, accelerating the speed and initiating the twist even be fore leaving the cannon. The speed is said to actually increase while the pro jectile is in the air, and until the pow der is burned out the rotary mo tion continues to accelerate the ball. British Sailors In India. This picture shows the kind of work that Tommy Atkins has to do in tht plague segregation camps in India. Here is a Barria being disinfected be- fore being allowed to return to his home in Karachi. Two stalwart gun- j ners assist him in his toilet, and a doctor is in attendance to see that he is fit to be discharged. The man's bodily condition is evidence of the good living he has enjoyed while in segregation. Probably this is the first bath he has had in many years, as men of his caste are very dirty. I The U4e or Xnakets. While the introduction of portable firearms into Europe is of compara tively recent date, their use was fre quent among the Mohamedans of east ern Asia at a very early period. La Brocquiere, who made a journey to Jerusalem in the middle of the fifteenth century, and who traveled etxensively in the east, mentions the firing of small harquebuses at the great festivals in Damascus. I The first use of muskets in Europe was at the siege of Rhege in 1591 by the Spanish soldiers. These arms were so extremely heavy that they could not be used without a rest. They were , provided it. matchblocks, and were effective at a considerable distance. While on the march the soldiers them selves carried only the ammunition and the rests, and boys, hearing the mus kets, followed after, like caddies on a i golf course. Loading these cumbersome arms was a slow operation. They were clumsy and awkward to handle, the ball and , powder were carried separately, and the preparation and adjustment of the match took a long time. Before long, however, improvements began to be made. The guns became lighter in construction, and the sol diers carried their amunition in broad shoulder-belts called bandeliers, to which were suspended a number of little leather-covered wooden cases, each of which held a charge of powder; a pouch, in which the buliets were car ried loose, and a priming-horn hung at the sides of the soldier. As late as the time of Charles I, muskets with rests were still in use, and it was not until the beginning of the eighteenth century that firelocks were successfully employed. 1 Warning the Community. A miserable Imposter is working hi game on some of the cities of the state, selling from house to house a salve which he guarantees to cure . warts. All sensible people know that the only way to remove a wart is to rub it with half a potato, which is af terward to be buried by a cross-eyed negro in the northwest corner of a ' grave yard at midnight, during the ' dark of the moon. As the potato de cays the wart will disappear, and while the present Saturn is passing through the constellation of saggitarius. The salve in tin boxes is a delusion and a snare. Cannon Falls (Minn.) Bea- i con. j Raahela of Berries. Little Lyndon went alone to pick field strawberries and brought back a j Email cup half full. "Oh, mamma," he said, "there were bushels and bushels ! of berries, but I picked them all." , Youth's Companion. I Horseshoes which can be attached to I the hoof without the use of nails have a broad steel hand, attached to the I front and sides of the shoe, ending in screw sockets at the rear to draw band tight over the hoof by means of screws inserted in the rear of the ' shoe. j You must not severely scrutinise the , actions of other?, utile? a you have first cose your duty yourselves, Denios ; theaes. FABM (AND GAKDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Cp-to-Dato Hlata Aboat CaUlva- f tk tea a Yields Thereof Hertlcmltar, TUlcaUar aad Fieri- colti Smtsiaa Hops. E recall that, in 18S2, when hops were very scarce, and when we were paying for them ten francs per kilo.,and even more, our brewers searched in every direction for cheaper hops. Or ders were then spe cially sent to Po land, from which country we received some hops of very ordinary quality, at prices not more than half those which were being charged for the inferior qualities produced in other countries. The situation is now entirely changed, as it is not uncommon, to-day, to find Polish hops quoted at very high rates. It is true that considerable plantations have existed in Russia for a long pe- rtod, but their product has been little known, and has been in small demana because the drying and curing were far from what was desirable. During the past twelve years or so many im provements have been effected. The Russian government, seeing the prof its which would accrue to the country by the adoption of a more rational and nore careful system, has supported the efforts made by the planters, with the object of obtaining a product resem bling the fine qualities of Germany and Austria. The first Warsaw hop com pany, whose collection of samples is shown in the brewery section of our international Exhibition, were among 'he earliest to take advantage of this encouragement given by the support of -he government, and have rendered im oortant service to the hop culture by 'ngaging experts from abroad, and by ntroducing on a large scale the culti ration of plants obtained from Bo lemia and Bavaria. After careful el imination of the samples resulting 'rom these replantings, we are able to tate that they now correspond very learly with the actual Bohemian or bavarian growths. The total produc ion cf hops in the world in 1S96 tmcuntcd to 1. 010,000 quintals. Rus ia's contribution to this figure was '3.G00 quintals and her export of hops n 1S06 to the different European states cached 21.000 quintals, being an ln rcase of 2,500 quintals upon the pre vious year. It can, therefore, be un lersiocd that Russian hops will prob ably attain an honorable and import nt position in the world's market. l.e Petit Journal du Brasseur, Brus els. The Cherry Orchard. Bulletin 33. of the Delaware experi ment station treats of the cherry. In jiart it says: Soil. The cherry will thrive in a va riety of soils, bat it reaches its high est development in one naturally light, dry and loamy; in a soil retentive of moisture, but which never "sours." The sweet cherry will flourish on soils too dry for other fruits, but the sour va rieties require more moisture to devel op their best cherries. The orchardist must have recourse to underdraining if the soil is not naturally dry, but on light dry knolls, otherwise favorable to cherry culture, the moisture content and the moisture-holding capacity of the soil can be increased by the ad dition of vegetable matter, and by ju dicious surface cultivation. The writ er has in mind a knoll in eastern New York, ideal for the s1t cherry, but which was too dry and thin for the growth of the trees. The mechanical condition of the soil has been changed by turning under crimson clover, and by frequent cultivation to a deep re tentive loam, adapted to the highest development of the fruit in the dryest seasons. Location. It is probable that in northern Delaware the best results with the cherry will follow a location that retards the period of blooming, a slope to the west or northwest, as an exposure to the south would hasten the development of the buds in spring, and endanger the crop from the late white frosts. The selection of a depression or the base of a hill is likely to be fol lowed by late frosts in these locations. In the central and southern part of the state, where the country is nearly lev el or gently undulating, a slight eleva tion is preferable since it insures good drainage of the land, and a circulation of air. It should be said, however, that the more hardy sour cherry will thrive on lower levels than the sweet varieties. Distance of Trees. In thirty yeara the vigorous varieties of sweet cher ries may attain a height of from 40 to 50 feet, with arms spreading oa either side from 15 to 20 feet. The varieties of sweet cherries should stand not less than 30 feet apart each way. Closer distances result in interlacing branches, difficult picking and spraying and a larger amount of decayed fruit. In western New York, the sour va rieties are set at various distances, ranging from 12x12 to 18x13 feet. Later plantings place the trees lSxlS feet for the spreading Montmorency and Early Richmond, and 16x16 feet for the more bushy Morellos. Propagating the Varieties. Cherry tree3 are usually set two years after budding. The trees are budded in the nursery as yearlings, the sour cherries mainly on the Mahaleb, and less on the Mazzard, and the sweet varieties almost entirely on the Mazzard. If the grower contemplates the cherry business on a large scale, the writer believes it of great importance that he select buds from trees with uniformly heavy bearing tendencies, and send J them to a nurseryman to be budded for ( the future orchard. Every fruit grow er appreciates the fact that some tree3 , of his orchard always bear, others oc- ( casionally bear, while still ethers nev- i er hear. It is universally known that the tendencies in a bud are transmitted I to the plant resulting from its prop?ga- I tion. The present system of propagat ing fruits from bearing trees, non- t bearing trees, and nursery rows must tend to deteriorate varieties, which can ' be maintained and improved only by selecting buds from trees whose fruit ' is superior to that of the entire or- chard. The subject of the maintenance I and Improvement of varieties through bud selection will be treated in a sub- i sequent bulletin. Pruning. The pruning of the cherry orchard should be done during the first ' two or three yea.-s of its existence, after which only the dead and interlac ing branches will need to be removed. , In general, the sweet cherry should be j so 'formed as to give it a spreading habit. When the sweet cherry is allow- j cd to grow without paying attention to its form, it assumes a spire-like shape, ! but if the head is started 3 to 3K feet ' from the ground, and the three or four j main arms are pruned in for two or , three years, the tree assumes more cf j the spreading apple tree form. The t preading form of tree has many essen- ( tjal advantages; it -facilitates the opera- i tion ot spraying, materially reduces the cost ot gathering the fruit, anil of greater Importance, It shades the trunk and lessens the danger to it from sun scald and from the bursting ot the bark. The SorgBam la Kansas. In 1893, when the first returns of the non-saccharine sorghums in Kansas were made to the State Board of Agri culture the area planted to milo maize was 14,004 acres, Kafir corn 46,911 acres, and Jerusalem corn 17,027 acres. In the four years since, according to a press bulletin issued by Secretary P. D. Coburn. milo maize has fallen 25.5 per cent in acreage, and Jerusalem corn 50 per cent, while the increase in Kafir corn has been 692 per cent, 324,838 acres. The counties in 1S93 having 1,000 acres or more of Kafir corn were Neosho, leading with 2,832 acres; Clark, 2,480; Comanche, 2,405; Haskell, 2,005; Ness, 1,716; Greenwood, 1,627; Dickinson, 1,549; Stanton, 1,321; Gray, 1,263; Morris, 1.21S; Meade, 1,210; Ford 1.171; Grant, 1,150; Lincoln, 1,099, and Ellis, 1,044, or fifteen counties all told. This year there are 71 counties with 1,000 acres and upwards, ranging from 1,128 acres in Graham to 22,256 in Greenwood. This year's area is 371,83$ acres. The leading counties are Greenwood, with 22,256 acres; Barber, 21,548; Dickinson, 11.731; Butler, 11,714, and Reno, 11,124. So popular has this plant become that it Is grown in every county, and, except in a very few, its acreage is of considerable importance. If the total increase in acreage during the past four years was equally appor tioned there would be 3,093 acres in crease for each county in the state. During the four years from 1S94 to 1897 inclusive, the saccharine sorghum area increased 220,323 acres, or 166 per cent. The total this year is 352.52S acres. The county having the largest planting is Barber, with 13,183 acres, followed by Finney. 11.S73; Ottawa, 9,930; Reno, 9,082; Russell, 8.SS3, and Dickinson, 8,269. Sorghum is grown in every county; the great bulk of the sac charine sorghum now raised in the state is for forage and grain; not at all for sugar-making, and only in a small way for syrup. While stock growers are pretty evenly divided as to which sorts are of greatest value for their purposes both the sweet and the non sweet are rapidly gaining in popular ity and becoming important factor? their business. F. D. Coburn. Uygleuic Value of Fruits. Dr. Dupoury. a French physician, celebrated for his scientific investiga tions in dietary matters, in an article printed in a Paris journal, considers the hygienic value of the fruits, says California Fruit Grower. He divides fruit into five classes, each of which possesses a great hygienic value the acid, the sweet, the astringent, the oily and the mealy. To the first, includ ing cherries, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, peaches, apples, lemons, and oranges, he accords great merit. Cherries, however, he prohibits en tirely to those affected with neuralgia of the stomach. Strawberries and rasp berries he recommends warmly to those of bilious, plethoric and gouty temperament, and denies them to those to whom diabetes is present or sus pected. Of the sweet fruits he consid ers that plums are of a special hy gienic value, and even a preventive in gout, and, particularly, rheumatism. To the grape he accords the very first place. He is an ardent advocate of what in Europe is called the grape cur-. In this cure grapes for several days form the exclusive aliment. The patient commences with the consump tion of from one to two pouuds daily, with a gradual increase to eight or ten pounds daily. After a few days of this diet a marked improvement in the gen eral bealth is noticeable. The appe tite improves, the digestion becomes easy and rapid, and increased capac ity to withstand the fatigue of outdoor exercise is noticeable. The grape cure is particularly recommended to the anaemic, dyspeptic and consumptive, in diseases cf the liver and in gout. uuhin and Plants. Some interesting experiments on the effects of weather on plants are given in a little work by John Clayton, an English naturalist. Twelve bean plants were placed in the ground so that one half of them would receive all the sun shine of the day, while the others re- ! mained continuously in the shade, and the crop of beans grown in the sun shine weighed three times that pro duced in the shade. The experiment was continued in succeeding years. All seeds were planted under the condi tions of the preceding year, the differ ences between the two classes of plants progressively increasing until in the fourth year the plants of exclusively shade-grown ancestors flowered but failed to mature fruit. Measurements of the contraction of trees in winter were also made. The girths of sycamore trunks were from two to three-sixteenths of an inch, and of oaks from five to six-sixteenths of an inch, less in February at a tempera ture of o degrees Fahr. than in Octo ber, after growth had ceased, and the trunks expanded to their original size on March 2, at a temperature of 39 de grees. The frequent splitting of forest trees is due to this contraction by cold. Syrup from Sugar Beet-. Report comes from Germany of the invention of a process of manufactur ing syrup from sugar beets, which has not heretofore been done, on account of refractory elements in the juice. The new process was invented by a Ger man manufacturer, who has obtained patents in Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Holland and lately In the United States. This process, it is claimed, reduces the manufacturer's cost to less than 2 cents per pound of syrup (if the beets are bought at $5 per ton) and leaves only 10 per cent residue. The syrup thus made is the best in the markets, as to quality and taste, and" contains, according to the official analysis of a German govern ment chemist and expert, no injurious substances whatever. Ex. Notebook ana Pencil. A farm er should never be without note book and pencil. He doesn't know what minute he may need it. We ought to use the pencil more anyway, and do more figuring. Sometimes, when work piles up ahead of me, and I get worried over it, I write off a list for a month of what must be done, begin ning with that which demands imme diate attention, and then drop the wor ry and go to work and pick one job after another from the list. Sometime it surprises me to find the list diminish so fast. Stephen M. Cox. Protect the Hog. Let the hog hav shade. Don't compel him to lie out ii the hot sunshine. He won't do well i thus treated. If there are no shad trees make him a shed to lie undei They like to wallow. Mud is a verml killer, and the begs that lie in mud an water never have lice. Give him wallow and shade and plenty of fee and grass, and he will "laugh and grcn fat" and make you smile g gee hia grow. Traer Star-Clipper, JTRtr. I.WPORTAJCT ncroRXATiox To men (plain envtlope.) How, after tea yr-rs' fruitless doctoring, I was fully re stored to full vigor and robust manhood. Xo C.O.D. fraud. No money accepted. No connection with medical concerns. Sent absolutely free. Address, Lock Box 283, Chicago, "111. Send 2-cent stamp it cosj vanieBt. She Isn't Colonel Oldbore the worst fellow for firing off old saws and say ings? He A regular maxim-gun, eh? Brooklyn Life. The Hurlincton Koote California Ex cursions. Cheap. 4tilrk. Comfortable. Lcatc Omaha 4:35 p.m.. Lincoln 0:10 p. m. ami 1! listings 5:50 p. in. every Thursday In clean, modern, not crowded tourist sleepers. No transfers; cars run right through to Saa Francisco and Los Angeles over the Scenic Koute through Denver and Salt Lake City. Cars are carpeted: upholstered la rattan; have spring seats and backs and are pro vided with curtains, bedding, towels, soarx etc. Uniformed porters and experienced ex cursion conductors accompany each excur sion, relieving passengers of all bother about bazgaze. pointing out objects of interest and in many other ways helping to makt the overland trip a delightful experience. SSecond class tickets arc honored. Berths Jo. Tor folder giving full information, call at nearest Burlington Route ticket office, or write to J. Francis, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb. A recent invention is a cradle that rocks by means of a clockwork mech anism, and, at the same time, plays baby tunes. Two Millions a Year. When people buy. try, and bay again, it means they're satisfied. The people of tho United States are now having Cascarets Candy Cathartic at tho rate of two million boxes a vear and it will be three million bf ore ?""ew Year's. It means merit proved. ' that Cascarets are the mo-t delightful , bowe5 regulator for everybody the year i round. All druggists 10c," 25c, oOe a "box, ' cure guaranteed. i As far as calculations can decide, the temperature of comets is believed to be 2,000 times fiercer than that of red-hot Iron. I tSlOUU (ilven Away. I Think of ill One thousand dollars' in gold coin offered free by the Sterling Remedy Company, to the friends and endorsers of Cascarets Candy Cathar- tic. The Sterling is honest and re- J liable, its offer is liberal and attrac- ive and Cascarets are the best medi cine preparation ever discovered. Don't miss your share of the gold, for you an easily get it by reading and an swering the hi? ad in this issue. The relative size of the earth as com pared with the sun is, approximately, that of a grain of sand to an orange. - Diiorsr treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's Son, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy specialists iu the world. Read their adver tisement in another column of this paper. . 1 . beeond crops of grapes have been raised at Belview. Fla., this season. Tiso's. cure for Con-umptiou ha-, been a faniilv medicine w ith us since 1S55. J. R. J Madison, C-J09 -l-'d Ave., Chicago. Ills. Life is too short for mean anxieties. Kingsley. THE RECORDS SHOW CURES OF Rheumatism BV THE USE OF 8T. JACOBS OIL CF CHRH!C CniPPLE3 AND OF BEO-RIOOCN INFLAMMATORY CASES. THERE'S rIO DEMYING, IT CURE3. I Out I Door Days Cooi, bracing cycling weather, tonic of the open air, golden sunshine to paint away the blues buy a Columbia now and keep in good trim all winter. Xo time like the present no bicycle so good as the Columbia. Hartford bicycles, next best. POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn. If Colmmbia are not properly represented in your vicinity, let us know. 93S3iK3 &Z?ii9&tt9&&&tt2&&tttt39ZZ&&2592'5&OZ sj 1,000 FOR VALUABLE 1 2- 4 5- 8 lO 20 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th mil PRIZE.... PRIZES... PRIZES.-. PRIZES... PRIZES... PRIZES.- PRIZES... PRIZES... PRIZES... PRIZES... 2o.OO 20.00 12.oO 10.00 4.0O 2.UO l.OO BO 10O- 10th 23X5. . . PP.IZES amounting to 1,000 in Gold Alt!) fll ICfT a 1. W wunt tonwatena nnlvral appreciation of th rrJt merit ol CAS- s V Villi UlTJCUi a l.-AKKT-JrANDV CATIIAKTH". WptiMnantlo Increase our bcln by Kjl teccblns ilie iwple what i!IsaM Cimrt-ls will care If wcnt7 tul plan Ic a month' liter C? induce U (Ml j?op!e to become uT and m-II-wl,Iier of thl xruroVrfRl laiptlfsanrt ItTerrvKDl - . tor. whkb .-ven now is mjIIIii at th rate of M?Mtuitixee jear.lt will par ns toglreawaj JlJwX '.3 ., Int-sil of pcn(i:in: ll fnr nii o:hr furra f ndTertUirir. O .i '2. Krerjuorty knows what enormous azns cf money we pcnd annually for advertising. V j , probably I5eF.S,0U)a year by i.olLnowlr. JutTrLatii payer Is worlh e3n sdrertlMnif medium. If A wacan nnd outjun how many ee this advertisement and Klv ttattent'on. It will be bis money In V onr tocset. Vour answer to ttiis adTertlecient will help a? flaJ out. and we are wllilci- to pay fcr G the Information. &..... ..... ..... . . . ... . . . . P m. buiy villi mil ill nil Jnerearem we klcuu.e ue.uw .umtn inati ui n.nc O HfMI IUU WlC IU UU nnd aiimcnta cured by TAbCAKKTS CANDY 'ATIIAKTIC J Froci each rare letters hare been omitted ard their place aupplied by tAr. To Oil In the blank . ir...i nmrtort.. .Ml ft Ihn t-.mu. .1 .9 tll .... . .. m.n t.arnln " aft) .9. mivtsn, wm. tfn at.. II ftoaf as many names a you can. then ner.d the llt to a with JS cents to pay for a box of As(A- iltET. For rarrtct lilts we .hall Kite taa print ofrron 91 to 1 04 la (old. Tho St V correct ltKo:'n up In tho most anlrtlc nnd onlcal style will be awarded theflrtt prize, the ret ( 5f bct. the cord pr'ie. and soon. AIi-. if rr.nrllM contains Kn or more correct names, you will re-A Scelves HPF.CIAL.10X-MJI.ATXOX fHIZE. By xerclini: rare In prep-inn your l!t you rf w ongnt to te able to secure part of the 81.UOO eaakt award, but under all clrcumstai.ee yon a will te a winner. The distance you Ht recite no difference, as a.l are treated alike. J Sawabmwubeiudemowtm & .end It In without delay. Cut tlie adrenlwraent ont. so you whi not nru ect o' forge: It l'rli 5 r, irll! b honestly awarded and prnaaBtlw scat. Here are the words to be ipelled out. lie su'e - rnnplYc tbetn In their rluht order I. C0STAlrl Thecu.eof nar trail other diseajes, ruled by CAMMxra. 2.HEDCE dull, throbblajf riln. cu'fetibfbzc stomach eurtd by Cascaekts. 3. B L! US E S V rendition cau-cd tj torpid Jit er. cured by t ASCAtris- 4. LY L"VRTorpM-ondIt,onofanIra-p-jrtant onran relleTwl qcickly by Cucxanf. 5. PI PL S An trnption of the f tin. re mocd by thepunf j loir e:ttct ofCA&CAkr?. 6. EL T H S Brown .pots on the stin. caoed lo disappear rjalckJy by Cascaeis. 7. B D BL 0 Impure condition of tie Titil Ccid. LASCABtTS purif tho y-.rxn. . careful t-enonal atfn'.Jon. As he Is now at th? Ki of which he t principal o-rncr. b sure t addre? 3iBESPGM$.B?L!T TiiK.TRies.r. ; ----- s si.ur.ur .. i rr.n!:iPirr 4ll.WClireta Casdy Cathartic. T f ... r.cuhlv lrni. n tn ..rT lalll.Ilath rr, baaUr, retail nnd Thnlraale :rus- RIhS n t..i cocntrj". lo t!x e refvr m 7 ?. 4 CO OUT nODCtiy lin uni.nc.aii ura (,., w'w j fi jjj-JJ, MK.DI.U IOLK LIS1 is IVJBUn. ay ots-jjit yon wan. mr I'll. ieih-ct - J: -ant in t old coin or whether you prelcrtanUdrs. tor coney order. The cash awards or -iX aic V Vciv i without consideration r s the box oC3carets sent prepV.d recrements more th-tntieva ce -J -' ftteC3oou;nd with your dst Tho offly th'.cz w i-th st M tan ycc -HI exhibit pkp. 'J -'a-s-anl ib-r!n 2C.Mrln torn of actecS. a yon cfcoo'e.fora few day In your owr ,.r-s.i J '2how-Tindow. TTil entire i.Ze- 1 aa Imiml one, madbya r-poalb!- firni. sht. b nor ZJ "-able reparation tknjn tocvry rtill drusiri'tthronr'ioutthf nnd Ci-arptsrf tl-f u:ost t-r- . --feet medicinal preparation ever dIeo-!erd. and you ISI bedelshtc! "'Illi taera. 11-ey are the iwstcatet boon torwoenan-i children am! wo T-anl to make their tniit fnowr lie ameio mention thla paper in our letter, ae othf nvUe ynar au.nrer will not h- considered 1 '- Mr ii. I.. Kramer. Areas.anuijen .sr. ci uippwhuik iic -j i.uu;n "i.ji.c7iij..u.ii-- " ., i carry oci w ik ici. cr vs......i." r i ox irtii Milium. iZT'.-Irll ..V. 9 refund yonr .aey. pHianiSTl FF5". " I Thla t abaolntelT . UWMiMtla Ct.tl ? Wm)Q1&f&t&GGG&ZeGXG66GeeGGeG44Geze6Q&i XM1S AD WILL AfFKAR MrT ONCE. A curious and valuable fossil was found ia the Withlocoochee river, near the Dunellen Phosphate company's works, Florida. It is tho broken skull and horn of a mammoth ox or bison. The frontal bone, between tho horns, is eighteen inches across, and the diameter of tho horns at tho base is seven inches. The horns bend back ward, like tho African buffalo. This important and valuable relic was brought up by the dredging machine, with some mastodon's bones, monster teeth and pieces of an immenso turtle. OUR KLONDIKE SHOES are a gilt c3so 1 nc. tira erery censleraan should sec tfcem to- Dujlu;. TH? are tfce best we hATO erer osercd. Atk your dealer tor (him. and you wm cet trie tot c well as the latent style shoe in ttka mar ket, lie sure to ask tor It. BEMLET OLMisTKO. Oca Jfolaes. Ia. CURE YOURSELF! Cm; Bite for unnatural d!charitr, iuQaniiuatiun. irritations or ulcrmtions of mncooi mrmtTai.e. 1 ' ' - iic3j, ana dok iriB- ttwXW3 WUUCHUR, cent or poisonous. mmMM my nr nt In nfln wrn 1t exprM. prrpaiil. for .. or 3 tmtttM. t73. Circular acnt oa roqaest. WAGON Snmethinj entirely new A better Sen le forl-H money than hn ever lf n offered. SCALES June-nut ltlnzhamton Uiuglmmton, X. Y. mwu HOff JXD WuEX WK1T TO TIKE. TO GO. WHIT IT CST3. Memmer Uat. 11. !& !vmi,..f i.iri. n i- onr ramphlet. .I'KOX roiNTEK." postal IM to any aiiilrn, f..r SO t'rnts. Arctic rublishintr Co., Smttle It 't.h. ABOUT TEXAS If you roln"rmtrl i' th ajTintiurrs nf T.ia.for.1 iimtt;ra t, end t r m m? & ttil. cory or a n pub lcjtlon. Adilre Hot C Itotla.Tc ' roofing; ThebMt Ked Rope Roo9n: for Ic. per ?q. it., caps and nails in iui1 nht turHi fur ll-ttrr Samples free. T m umlu uoomc (tt.,ti4f m,s.j. nDODQV MEW DISCOVERY: Bal'amBar " iuicl.irlirtitniiciin-st.urst rv. Srad for book of trtlmon!al and lOtlnyV treatment Free. or. U.iLuaKta'9 iok itiaau. MORPHINE an WHISKY HABITS. 110MKCCKK. lVx.kHlKK. Int. J. I. HUH US. l.lllaBj4r..aiirii.o,IIX. BUTTER WASTED lllhc-t market prlcee palil. J . A. Cl kk Co.. 319 So. mil St- Oinaba. TVCJTTDri at. liiouJiu named in rvcry town in Scir-nsa. FI0ELITY mutual fire ins. CO.. cMaha. Na If afflicted t2h I 'rL '- Eva Wafer. aorv ejus, oaa i faTWOTMjrwwv Waavaw w W. N. U.OMAHA. NO. -4.-lS97. When writiiijrtoadxcrtKors. kindly mention thin uajvjr INFORMATION. Not a Lottery, but a Contest s of Science. Skill and Art. in in in in in in in Gold Cold Cold Gold Cold Grid Gold -O 1 3 m w m f & a XTv'ne at "UNn.. V IJCK, w crassv I W X " 4?a- I LfJ Oaanatt I fvwj Ba to auuiarr. tafrlMa&u fMimiw v 1 w awaanMii.oJ i m. X. " V"a I S-CSEVajy5.M 8 I -ft n a on yitvii i V g ..&50.00 each lOO o ... KIO ... io ... lOO ... lOO ... lOO ... lOO ... lOO ... lOO in in Gold in Gold j C d Hal m U Fermentation of nn ft diffpfted fKl, Instantly topped by Cacaexti a a aj.j&a..v. aa j. 9. PLS a painful Irritation eaued by ' ion!ii.ation. cured oclr br Casczvts. 10. F aSTLA Anc'ctrcas'tdbTLowellrrer J ula.-ltlei. triTra a ehanc to heal by CitJEris 11. I D 6 - S"70H ImproperaflmiLtIon of food, frl.rrtt)at.A3CARrTaflr 121. " 12. DY2PPA Chronic Inartltlty of the stonkch rejuirliir patient ueot CiacAKKf- 13. C L C A Krtplnjr pain, nttacklnir chll drenmost fieicentiy.stcrpcdby Cacaeij- 3 14. I SO """( 1ieepls.nedcet.-.,i.tae S. of the distame canal enmity CascaRZT. . .L 'J fcaoas Masno-Mud Curr ard 1 Jthla waierMUs, o it. i r.i..VJiK. Indian t .i.irerai -pus::, i-u. in The Ideal Laxative, (! iS. aa"afKTawaawa"w""'8. "waw3aawawwww- n 1 7S' S&r Sr - - a."'''" ;,?i RiaiaaTfaa
