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on second floor , 70c
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400 wash suits and outing suits , made
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SILK DRESSES
Everything that Is new and nobby in foulard silk dresses , ! *
royal blues with floral designs or polka dots , black china sllkf
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I260 and
MlGHTl RIVER OF THE SOUTH
Story of a Tour of the Amazon on an Ocean
Steamer.
ITS GREAT SIZE AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
, Thounnnil Mllcn from
How It Ioolt it
the Sen I'cojilo n ml Products
of the Grout ViilH-y The
llnlny Srnnoii.
( Copyright , 1R90 , by Frank Q. Carpenter. )
ON THE AMAZON , May 15 , 1S9D. ( Spe
cial Correspondence of The Dee. ) Afloat
upon the mlffhty Amazon ! Steaming up the
greatest ivor of the world. Illdlng on and
on and on over a yellow inland sea , now
coasflnK shores lined with a. tropical vege
tation and now so far out that the trees
become tiazy lines of blue In the distance.
I am on an ocean steamer 800 miles from
the Atlantic In the heart ot South America.
I am Just now within a half mlle of Its
south bunk. The shores uro lined with
cacao orchards , and b'y the aid of my glass
I can sco the golden fruit from which our
chocolate comes fclilnlng out of the green
leaves. Hack , of the orchards are the lofty
trees of tha mighty Amazon forests and
close to the shore are the gray thatched
huts of the people. The opposite bank Is
wooded , but It Is so far away that It forms
only n line of soft navy blue which fades
Into the lighter blue of the sky.
In front and behind the steamer stretches
this mighty stream carrying the waters of
the northern and central Andes down to
the sc . It 1ms In It the washings of more
1linn half n continent , and Is the down
epout of a watershed half as largo as the
whole United Stntoa. With It are mixed the
particles from thu nlulco boxes of the gold
mines of the Bcnl and the Murnnon. Atoms
of It have received bitter kisses from the
quinine trees of Peru and other atoms have
trickled from the soil of Kcuador. It has
tlio drnlnlugs of the snored cities of the
lucnrt , and It may contain some of the
washings of the diamond mines of upper
Urnzll. H lias passed through countries of
cannlb'ils , It has como from wilds where
thu foot ot white man has never trod , from
mountains ami valleys and lofty plateaus ,
and now Is on lie way across the continent
to Its great mother , the ocean.
The Hxtoiit of the Ainncnn ,
I entered the Amazon by Its lower mouth
eoulli of the Island of Marajo. I sailed
about that Island , which Itself Is as big as
rome of our elates to tlio narrows , nnd
( hen wound In and out through a series of
wonderful channels Into the main stream.
Since then I have been steaming slowly up
ngalnst the current. 1 have passed Obydos
und I nm now going on to the point 1,000
miles from the Atlantic , where ( tie Kin
Negro Hews Into the Amazon. Tomorrow I
ehall go by the mouth of the Madeira , and
I have already crosaed the mouths of tribu
taries us largo as same of the great rivers
of the world.
The Amazon receives Into Itself more than
100 rivers. It has 1,100 branches and It
is unquestionably the/ greatest water system
of the gfobe. It has eight rivers each of
which h.ts a navlgablo length of more than
1,000 miles , .
In coming hero I crossed the Tocatlns ,
up which you can steam for days Into the
wilds ot Brazil. I am on a great ocean
etoamer , which , when we stop ot Manaos , a
few days from now , will go further Inland
from the ocean than Chicago. There ore
Btfomers from Manaos which will take you
1,350 miles further on to Iqultos , Peru , so
that you can go by Bttxim upon the river
,350 miles westward from the sea ,
IB on tha nio N gro > It has
steamers going up that river 470 mires. I
could leave the Amazon before I get to Ma
naos and go on a steamboat far on up the
Madaira. There are , Indeed moro than
5,000 miles of steam navigation on itho
Amazon and its greater branches , and the
whole river system is estimated as having
something like 50,000 miles ot navigable
waterways.
Many of these waterways , however , are
small. The whole valley is covered by the
rivers and streams , like a not , and when you
realize how largo the valley is you begin to
appreciate their extent.
TheGrentrst Vnlley on Hurtli.
There Is mo valley In tha world like that
of the Amazon. It Is 700 miles wide and
2-tOO miles fonff. It Is as wide as from New
York to Cleveland , and longer than from
Philadelphia to the Great Salt Lake. It Is
morn like a gr at sloping plain cthan a val
ley. It has not the high walls of other val
leys and Its slopes to the north and south
are so gmduaf that It Is said by ono short
canal the water systems of all South America
could bo connected. The Parana atid Par
aguay system run almost up to the Amazon.
You can go up the Paraguay and Its tribu
taries , and by carrying your oanoes a few
miles cnn put thorn In the tributaries of
the Amazon nnd float down to the Atlantic.
The waters of the Amazon and those of the
Orinoco , which flow into the Atlantic at
the porthern part of South America , are
actually united by the Casslquiaro river , so
that with a shore canal connecting with the
Paraguay ono could really sail from the
edge of the Caribbean sea to the mouth of
the Illo de la Plata ,
The elope of the valley from the Andes
to the sea 1 very Blight. Its fall In 2,000
miles la only 200 fcot , or Just about an Inch
to the mile. You would hardly think the
water would flow at all with such a fall ,
but It does How and It carries with It vast
quantities of silt. Millions upon millions of
tons of mud are taken down with it every
day Into the Atlantic. Tree trunka and bits
of vegetation which grow only In the Pe
ruvian Andes have been seen floating In
the ocean 400 miles east of the mouth of
the Amazon nnd the waters are said to bo
stained as far as GOO miles from the mouth.
Here the color of the water lo yellow. It
Is about aa thick as pea eoup , and I can
see not only trees and grass floating by mo ,
but great beds of vegetation , floating Islands ,
which have been torn from the uplands and
are being carried down to the sea. Some
of these Islandfi cover an much as an ncrn.
They risp and fall In waves as our steamer
goes by them. Now and then they catch on
snags near the shore and wait there for the
floods or heavy wind to carry them off ,
llinv the Amazon Caino to Ho ,
The greater part of the Amazon valley
was made up of the mud hrought doun by
the river. Geologists eay that there was
originally a wldo strait hero joining the At
lantic and Pacific oceans. South America
then consisted of two divisions , the high
lands of Venezuela and the Gulnas on the
north and the great Island of IJrazIl on the
south. Then the Andes was thronn up out
of the sea at 'tho ' went. The bottom of the
Amazon valley was raised , the waters of the
ocean rolled back and this great Amazon
plain was formed.
During the centuries since then the waters
have been rolling down through it to thu
Atlantic , loaded with mud. The city of
Para stanJa on land made of this mud , and
from It the great Island of Marajo has been
built up.
Kvory year there are floods which turn
this region Into a vawt Inland sea. When
the water subsides quantities of mud have
boon loft and thus year by year the delta
of the Amazon has been formed.
The delta of tha Amazon Is more wonder
ful than Holland In Its waterways , I sow
something of it when I passed about the
southern Bide of tlio Island of Marajo and
sailed through the narrow channel into the
main body of the Amazon on my way up
the river. The laud hero is cut up by nat-
Of _ . *
CARPETS AND DRAPERIES
we offer some of the most remarkable bargains in high-
class Carpets and Drapej-ies Omaha lias ever Jknow.ii.
Wo will sell Smith's Vel We will sell all the balance 25 rolls , regular 05c kind , Very heavy union
vet , Axmiiister and Mo- of our stock of
quette , with or without bor RIFTON Tapestry Brussels Carpet
Body Ingrain
der. An immense line of car Brussels Carpet , pet and strictly all wool In- Carpet ,
pets to select from at
; as long as they last at graiti Carpet at worth 50c , at
TlirNC lime Roods nrc lirliin olTorcil
In Omaha it * lilKh us $ l.t > 0 a ynril. WOltTII
' 50x72 extra heavy double-faced Smith's GO-lnch MOQUKTTE HUGS
. ' , Large size Moquette Mats Itigratii Carpet Sample
' WILTON CAIiriCT lU'GS and Urom-
, Smith's size
Smyrna large Moquctto
ley's double-faced Duchesse Smyrna that generally sell at 75c , we Rugs , as long as they last ,
and OrteutiU , worth . ,
genuine Hugs $7.50 Hugs , tomorrow only at
at oiler them tomorrow at worth 50o , for
each
each 1VOIITII L'l * TO 90.OO. each
k $ * * * * ip SL R" " " "SP & 3 IfT " EK. 13 ° 1P *
YIF DEPARTMENT
All the high priced Not .SO . Tapesfry
tingham lace curtains at 25c
Wo will close out tomorrow the bal ,
ance of our high grade Irish Point , 39c and G9c.
Brussels and Tambour Curtains in one We offer to sell tomorrow all the one ,
lots , matter what embroidered We offer tomorrow over 100 pairs , all
two and three-pair no two and three lots , Irish point ,
the former price wns , most of them ered Swiss and flnc&t grade Nottingham now styles , plain and colored , heavy
worth over $10.00 a pair , go at $2.SS ) Curtains , mostly $5.00 goods , at ? 1.9S Tapestry Portieres , regular $7.50 cur
pair. pair. Some very choice bargains tains , as long as they last , ? : t.9S pair.
among these.
Our entire stock ot ruffled
Swiss Curtains , worth $2.00
a pair at
One immense counter of domestic and , go One large table of printed
imported Cretonnes , worth up to 25c , and plain Velours
as long as they last , Monday go at. and Corduroys ,
worth to V f
up si , g ? yd.
ural canals forming vast Islands of curious
shapes separated by narrow streams of
water , which ore walled with the wonders
of tropical vegetation. I have seen most of
ttio great rivers of the world , but nowhere
else anything like this. Let me give you
some notes which I made sitting in the
prow of the steamer as wo passed through.
Wo are now on the great delta of the
Amazon. Wo have loft the pushing chan
nel , where the river rolls along in yellow
waves on Us turbid course and are floating
through canals , where the water IB as
smooth as burnished steel , but where by
the setting sun It has changed to copper
and to gold. On all aides of us are Islands
which seem to float on this copper sea ,
mosses of rich , dark navy blue and gor
geous green. Our steamer is passing be
tween walls of blue , walls of emerald plush
100 feet high , which , cut by other canals ,
similarly wooded , make It ssem as though
wo were traveling through ono of nature's
great cities. It is a fairy city of the Amazon
zen a , city not built by hands , a city popu
lated by monkeys , Jaguars , parrots and
butterflies. It la the haunt of the crocodile ,
which here grows to its greatest filze. It Is
the homo of the orchid and tlie palm , of the
India rubber tree , and of countless othar
tropical plants , which would each bo a
rarity in the botanical gardens of Europe.
About KB VcKctutlon.
Take a look at the trees. What a variety
of palms. Some of them are only as big
around as your arm , but they are as tall as
a six-story house , extending from the ground
to the top without branches , and ending In
n great tassel of leaves. There ore others
which sprout out in great bunches from
the ground. There are palma loaded with
cocoanUts. each nut In its green husk as
big as a foot ball. There ore palms which
branch out like fans , and there are royal
palms 100 feet tall , which tower high above
the smaller varieties.
But the most striking trees of the Amazon
zen are not the palm trees. Wo look in
vain for a forest of palms. Palms grow
among the other treea of the woods , and
you seldom see many palms close together.
The other forest trees In the distance look
much like our trees at homo.
When you got close to the shore , however ,
you see the trees are matted together with
vines. The bark of many of them Is silver
gray end long creepers hang down from
their branches to the ground , so that it
would bo almost impossible to make your
way through without the aid of an ax.
Some of the trees are enormous. The ono
which beora the Brazil nut towers high
above the rest , dark green , and this extends
out In the shape of ft great hill or mound of
green away up there In the nlr. The Drazll
nuts are like walnuts , only each nut IB
about twice as big as a base bail. U has o
great husk upon it and inside of it there
are from fifteen to twenty of the Brazil
nuts of commerce.
Some of the Amazon trees are covered
with flowers. Oyor there at the right there
la a haystack of violets poised up on the
top ot that trunk , sixty foot high. Further
over you nray seea tree whosa blossoms
look Just like buttercups. Build if you can
In the eye of your mind a stock of butter
cups aa big as o circus tent away up in the
air surrounded by green and you have the
effect.
The most beautiful things , however , are
the little things , the orchids which cling to
the dead branches , the fern trees and plants
which have leaves dusted with silver and
copper and gold ,
IIutN of ( lif Ainu/on.
I hove seen but few people on my way up
the Amazon. Para , at the mouth , Is the
metropolis of the Tvholo region. It has 100-
000 population and Is a big business center.
Obydos has about COO people , although it Is
put down in the books as much larger.
There ore a few other scattering towns ,
such as Santaroiu and Porto Alcgro , imt
none have many people.
Along the batiks you see here and there
cut out of the woods a clearing Just about
big enough for a hut and a garden. The
hut Is made of poles and palm leaves and
the garden consists of a few banana plants ,
an orange tree or so and some palm trees.
The huts are thatched' with palm leaves.
They are ao rude that the wind whistles
through them and the roof merely serves to
keep out the mln and the sun.
They are built close to the edge of the
river. Naked babies play on the shore In
front of them and barefooted men and wo
men , many of whom are mulattoes or ne
groes , stand and look at the steamer as It
goes hy. The most of these people are
rubber hunters , a few own cacao orchards ,
but all seam to be thriftless and poverty
slricken.
Many of the people can live In their huts
onry a part of the year. They have to go
to the higher lands during the floods. The
Amazon valley Is the rainiest region of the
world. It Is estimated that a million and
a half cuWo feet of rain falls upon It every
day the year through. This Is an average of
seventy-two Inches of rain per nnnum. In
other words , If the water lay where It foil
the whole vali'ey would bo covered with ra-In
so deep that It would hide the crown of the
average man's head.
In many parts of the valley it rains every
day. In Para I had to make my appoint
ments to call aCter the usual afternoon
shower , and here , further up the Amazon ,
the air Is full of moisture ) and mist. Every
thing is rusty. My knife has rusted In my
pocket. I have kept my revolver well oiled
and If I leave my gun loaded over night j
It Is sometimes so damp that It will not geoff
off in the morning. My icaraera is frcckred
with rust and my typewriter looks as though
It came from a Junk shop ,
The greatest rains are In the winter. In
November and February the Amazon rises
from thirty to fifty feet above Its usual
level. At this time a vast part of the valley
Is flooded and thousands of square miles
are covered with water for months. Jinny
of the Islands are submerged. The water
flows in and out among the tops of the trees
and the valley for a thousand miles and more
1s a vast Inland sea from fifteen to 10 miles
wldo.
An you go up the river you see hero and
there long stretches of meadows which are
made by these floods. The trees will not
the waters Ho
grow upon the rands where
for months. The result is the pasture fields
of the Amazon , which are indeed vast in
extent. I have seen many herds of cattle |
on my way hero and I am told that there
nro thousands pastured on the Island ot
Marajo.
Tlu-y r.o About In HonU.
The people of the Amazon rely entirely
upon boats for getting about. Every hut wo
have passed has had two or three boats tied
to its wharf. Some were dugout canoce ,
others were flatboais , and at one of two
launches. Some
largo houses we saw steam
of the rowboate are painted in bright colors ,
and not a few have canopies or covers over
them , under wnlch their owners can crawl
to keep out of the fiun.
As we passed the huts the people usually
ran out of them and dragged the boats up on
the banks. Sometimes they Jumped into
their boats and rowed them out from the
land to prevent the waves made by the
steamer from overturning them and filling
them with water.
There nro no roads In these Amazon for
ests. The only paths are those which go
from ono rubber tree to another , These are
too rough and winding for the people to
use iu the way of travel and they lead tone
no particular place. The only roads are
the streams. The people go vlultlng in
boats. They carry their cacao and rubber " to |
market In boats , relying entirely upon "this |
method of getting from one place to another.
Wo made quite a etop at Obydos coming
up the river. The Amazon hero U narrowed
to a channel a little more than a mile wide. .
Through this trough the Immense body of
the Amazon sweeps with great force. The ]
river Is about 240 feet deep and it goes so
fast that in stopping wo could not rely upon
the ship's anchor , but also had a cable tied
from the boat to the bank. As soon as this
was done men In canoes came out to the
steamer and upon ono of these I went
ashore.
The town Is a little collection of one-story
houses , cut out of the woods. It was as
hot as Tophet and dreary to an extreme.
It relies upon the rubber trade of the river
and Its cacao plantations. It has a factory
in which chocolate Is made and the peddlers
brought tins of chocolate on board to sell.
Cuciio Field * of tli Amazon.
Above Obydos there are many cacao
orchards. They line the banks of the
Amazon for miles. The trees look much
like lilac hushes. They are from fifteen
to thirty feet high" and branch up In
sprouts from the bottom. They have gnarly
branches and the leaves and fruit sprout
directly from the limbs. The fruit when
ripe Is of an orange hue streaked with
rod. It is the shape of a squash or very
large melon. It has a thick shell and in
side this there are many seeds enveloped In
a soft pulp. The seeds are the cacao
beans of commerce. They have black
hearts full of oil. When ground the hearts
mnko the chocolate and the shells of the
ecoeds form what we call cocoa.
The orchards hero are very poorly cared
for. The most of them nro old and although
there is plenty of ground for new trees
very few are planted. Still the business
pays well , The trees begin to yield fruit
three years after they are set out and It Is
said they will continue to hear for fifty
years. Two crops a year are gathered and
the only cultivation necessary Is to keep
down the weeds.
The chocolate of the Amazon Is very fine ,
the French preferring It to all others.
About D.OOO tons are raised , it Is said , nn-
nually and the yearly exports from Para
alone often amount to moro than 7,000,000
pounds. FRANK Q. CAnPENTEH.
FLOWER MISSION METHODS
CrUlt'lnniN of tlio I'rrvnll-
S > xtoill oC DlNtrlliutliiB
Flowem nt IloNultnlN.
OMAHA , Juno 10. To the Editor of The
Ueo. The Flower Mission recently made a
request through the columns of your paper
for flowers from private gardens to take to
the sick. This Is undoubtedly a very com
mendable work when properly carried out ,
but a great Improvement might bo made In
the method of delivering the flowers. I
epeak as one having authority , and well I
may , I have been an Invalid , confined within
the waHs of seven different hospitals , and I
know whereof I speak.
I remember on ono occasion when a very
sensitive cripple girl was deeply wounded by
the manner of a flower missionary. I wns
Just able to be wheeled about In a chair
and had been pushed up to this young girl's
bedside , as she had sent ino a request to
come and talk with her. Dollio was refined
and fairly educated , but poor and un
fortunate. I found her very Interesting and
we wcro in the midst of an animated con
versation regarding our respective aliments
and attendant physicians when a young
woman approached with a largo basket of
flowers. She laid a blossom on Dullle's bed
and said :
"Have a flower ? "
I looked at Doll I c , expectantly. She raised
her dark eyes to mine , Into which the tears
had rushed. Neither of us spoke. The
young woman had paused for a moment to
rearrange her brilliant treasures , then she
approached mo with a rose In her hand with
the same brief exclamation :
"Have a flower ? "
I glanced languidly up at her and said
slowly :
"Is the dose of medicine attached to bo
takm with or without water ? "
This was in reference to t > clip of paper
pinned to the su-m of the rose , and which I
knew contained some text from scripture.
The young missionary's face flushed
sjlghtly. She had come Into the room with
nn "All-ward-patlents-look-allke-to-mo" sort
of air , but now she looked a trifle startli I
"Of course , " replied she , a little haughtin
"you are not compelled to read the text If
you do not wish , but It Is my duty to give
It to you. "
"Well , " responded I , "If you regard It as
your duty I'll forgive you , but as I have
moro flowers In my private room than I can
use I divide thorn among the other patients ;
therefore I think you would better bestow
this rose on some one less fortunate In that
respect. "
The young woman went on her way.
Dollio looked at me with wldo eyes.
"That's just It , Mrs. C . ; she comes here
every w eek and throws mo a flower as though
I were a beggar Just Just as she would
throw a hone to a dog. Boo-hoo-hoo ! "
"Don't cry , Dollio dear , " said I , soothingly.
"I et mo see what kind of a selection she
made In your case. "
Dollle handed over the text ; It ran thus :
"Trust In the Lord and do good ; HO Shalt
thou dwell In the land , and verily thou shalt
bo fed. "
I looked at Dollio ; her eyes were still
swimming.
"it's always something of that kind , " said
she ; "always something to remind mo thtfl
I'm dependent and I think she's she's n
funny Christian. "
I had a number of such experiences , and
the truth was berne In upon mo that the
beautiful work which could accomplish so
much good is mismanaged. Flowers nro
beautiful , cheering and helpful , but BO are
smiles and kind words. A moment's cheer
ful chatting would enhance the value of
gifts which should bo offered as Jesus In
tended they should. Too often the spirit
scorns to bo : "I have this duty to perform ,
I belong to the Flower Mission. I must take
some flowers to the sick , but I'll got
through with it as soon us possible.
I'vo got shopping to do , and some
calls to make. Dear Lord , I hope
you'll remember what great sacrifices I
make wlien I go to no much bother for these
sick people. And they're BO ungrateful , dear
Lord. Help mo to bo patient with them.
Amon. "
Thus the Flower Mission girl at night.
Why pin some text to those offerings ?
Is not God ahlo to spook through his mes
sengers ? The flowers nro His and He made
them. They have voices of their own. If
God could make the scriptural selections It
would ho different , hut they are made by
poor human creatures who know little ,
usually , of the spiritual wants of the sick.
Whore ono of these texts is appropriate
nlnety-nlno ore entirely out of iplaco. I
have seen patients look amused , scornful ,
angry or simply tolerant , according to their
several tempers , over these useless scraps
of writing. I cannot imagine the Master
going through the sick wards of a hospital
with the bored , sanctimonious expression
some of the flower missionaries wear. Lot
us bo moro practical. Unbend a little. None
of these poor patients expect to bo Invited
to your swell receptions. There Is not a
particle of danger that any of them will
oven liislet upon speaking to you In the
street. .My dear llttlo flower missionary
friend , Just walk into the ward with a
smile oven o broad smile is cheap. Don't
pin any useless bit of scriptural advlco or
warning to these little , fragment heralds
of His love , but glvo them a chance to tell
their own story. You might try an occa
sional Joke. If you have no Jokcn In your
soul Just go to the funny columns of any
dally paper. You can find them in abund
ance. Hero is a good recipe : Onu flower
( If you can spare no more ) , ono sweet emllo
and ono cheerful , amusing remark. Mix
and distribute Judiciously. Try U. XX.
Four young ladles , who earn their own
living , will taka vacations at The lice's ex
pense. Help your friends by cavlii ? coupons.
Grand Special
Offering Tomorrow in
WASH GOODS DEPT
We will offer tomorrow one
bargain table , all kinds of
plain organdy and fancy plaid
organdy , corded effect lawns ,
jotc. : worth 1 fie yd.
lull pieces , no cyd
remnants , go at. . . . :
One big table line , sheer do
mestic organdy , generally ' sells
i'or imported , at
25c yd ; wo oftor it izcyd
tomorrow at
All new 1899 patterns.
One immense lot of fine ,
wide striped dimity , selling in
Omaha at 35c yd.
.Tomorrow it I5c yd
One immense lot of fancy
corded gingham 0jB J
and tissue , I 1lP l/fl /
worth 35c , go at. . . I W u J U
Immense bargains in plain
and colored piques ,
in all kinds of I
Icyd
welts , worth 50c , at I
Immense bargains in 40-
nek lawn at
, ! 2 ! c , ISe , J9o yd.
10,000 yards Scotch | fl I
awn , worth 5c yd. ' P l/f / |
goat . 121 JU
otton Challis , the
5c kind ,
at icyd
40-inch wide apron lawn in
white and black , jfa | p
ivorth 25c , fJJ
50 at W v
OUT OP THE ORDINARY. %
At 21 Henry C. Frlck was a poorly-paid
bookkeeper In a distillery. Today , nt EO ho
Is the owner of the greatest coke-making
Plants In the world , has a private fortune
amounting to $15,000,000 or more , and is tha
nctivo head of enterprises involving the UBO
of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital.
No jess than 275,000,000 gallons of water
find their way annually down the throats
of Londoners ; while the beer consumed
amounts to 153,000,000 gallons every year
a quantity which , If placed In four-nnd-ono-
half-gallon casks , .pnd to end , would make a
line rong enough to go more than a third of
tha way around the equator.
Sir Arthur Sullivan , the musician , has invented -
vented the "Sullivan safety shaft , " n dovlco
to bo attached to carriages to save life in
case of runaways or similar accidents , by
releasing the horse from the carrlnce The
invention , which Is to be put on the market
at once , Is primarily duo to the death of the
late countess of Lathom , which filled Sir
a deslre to prevent
*
As peopro are always asking about the \
weight of projectiles thrown by big guns It \
may bo worth while to note that the monster
cannon to bo mounted nt Sandy Hook is n
slxteen-Iiich gun , BO called because the diam
eter of the bore is sixteen Inches. It la
4D.2 feet long and throws a projectile weigh
ing 2,100 pounds , which travels nt the rate
of 2,200 feet a second when nt full speed.
Charles Casey , Albert Baldwin , Oliver J
Dufault , Mori Nutting and Louis Fanlon
fanners riving In the vicinity of Meadow
pond , Massachusetts , organized n snake
hunting party and went looking for the
reptiles. The first place they struck was In
an old well , The stone covering of the
well was removed and a largo number of
snakes wcro seen crawling around. The
killing was quickly begun and when finished
seventeen blacksnnkes , measuring about
eighty feet altogether , wcro stretched on
the ground. These men claim the champion
ship for snake klfllng In Worcester county.
At Osage City , Kan. , Mrs. C. A. Stoddard
wns cleaning up her garret when by some
means the family cat got Into nn old trunk
filled with clothing and was shut In tight
end fast. Just twenty days later Mrs. Stod-
ard was In the garret again and heard the
cat's feeble cry from the trunk. When the
lid was lifted the cat had Just strength
enough to climb out. It had torn the clothIng -
Ing In the trunk all to pieces In Us clawing
and had gnawed the sides nearly through In
several" places. Hut perhaps the ninat alngu-
lar circumstance was found In the manner
In which the cat took care of Itself after
securing liberty. Mrs. Stodard set before U
a big dish of milk and a big dish of water.
It would lap a llttlo of each and then lln
down for a few minutes , when again It
would partake sparingly of the milk anil
water , and this proceeding it continued
through the whole afternoon. If that cat
lind been a human doubtless It would have
swalfowed all that was placed before it atone
ono gulp ,
Intense Joy of Hcliiff Able to Walk.
After bring prostrated with rheumatism , sutler ,
rrs always ilcclaro It tlio happiest period of their
lives to lie ablutocet urouiid without crutclioi
and free from pain.
To get rid of those awful pains , now mildnow .
excruciating today In bed , tomorrow hobbllug N
around on crutches It Is no wonder that to ha 0
rcllcn cd nf Mich a condition Is always the happiest \
period of ono's life. A remedy recently Introduc
ed 1ms nIToctc'd many wonderful cure * of cases
Mippn&cd to bu beyond the reach of medlclnu.
Call at our Mora for a ftea trial package of this
remarkable remedy and tfU It.
Mr. James C. Atchluton , Justice of the Peace
at Capo I ( .land. N. 8 , states that Clorla Tonln
cured his ton who was to bo taken to a hospital
for an operation. Mr. J. T. Carter , of Fork. I
Church , N.C.u leailer nf ( ho Christian I'.iukavor XI
World was aUo quickly cured after havlm ? sulfeiv
cd fur many jean , with thlx dreadful disease .
1'osltlu'ly noMiimlei will bo Klu'ii to children
or nnjno ehi ) that U not an actual Milleror from
rheumatism.
( jlurla Tonic sells at $ l.oo a box or & boxes for
$3 0 , Call at thu popular drug btore of
Kuhn & Co. . 15th and Douglas Street * .