England Loin a Big Brant.
Jiniona, the most famous elephant
in all England, is dead. Queen Vic
toria, when a child, used to ride on
litnona's hack. The elephant was
aken to Windsor Castle two or three
lmes a year for several years in order
to give Her Majesty au outing.
Jimona was cue hundred and thirty
fears old, aud, old as she was, her
ieath was not due to old age. She
ras eight feet seven inches in height
nd weighed three and one-half tons.
She was valued at $10,000.
Boat Tobecce Spit aaa Smote toir l ift Away. .
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
letlu. lull of lifo. nerve and vigor, talie Xo-To-'
Bao, the wonderworker, that makes weak men
Itrong. All drupnists, Wc or U. Cure iruarnn
teed. Booklet and sample tree. Address
Sterling lienied Co., Chicago or Now York
The soil of Torto Rloo- is said to be well
idapted tor the growing of cotton.
mtnrrh Cannot bo Cured
With local applications a they cannot reach
the aeat of tho disease, Oitsrrn is n biool or
institutional disease, and in order to cure
t vou must take iuternal remedies, Hall's
2atarrh Cure is ..sken internally, and acts di
ectly on the blood and inncous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
prescribed bv one of ttio best physicians in
ilils country" for years, and is a regular pre
icription. It Is composed of tho best touica
known, combined with the best blood purifiers,'
actintr directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingredients il
a-hat produces such wonderful results iu cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
K. J. (.'reset & Co., Props., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druirifists, price, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best
The only soap which the Hindoos em
ploy Is mnde entirely of vegetable prod
ucts. Lane's Family medicine.
Moves the bowels each day, Iu order to
Do healthy this is necessary. Acts gently
on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Trice 23 and 50c.
The population of Ireland decreased bj
710 during the year of 1S'.)7.
Mrs. Wlnalow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind cnllo, 2-io.a bottle.
Texas has 108,000 more bachelors than
jld maids.
To Cure a Cold in One nay.
Take Laxative BromoOuinine Tablets, A.
Druggists refund money if it fails to on re. c
The Jnpnnese never swear. Their lan
guage contains no blasphemous words.
Eczema
Painful Itching, Burning, Smart
Ing and Swelling-Hoot!') Cures.
" My little boy was severely afflicted
with eczema, and wj gave blm Hood's Bar
sapartlla which oared him. We always
keep Hood's Sarsaparllla on hand, and I
bave found It very beneflolal for palpita
tion of the heart. My mother has taken
It for rheumatism and it has helped her."
Mrs. Tiana Franklin, E. Otto, N. Y.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
(s America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for IS.
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 35 cents.
Maxim's Bullet. Proof Coat.
When Hiram Maxim, the inventoi
of the famous deadly gun, was in
Worcester the other week, he told
story of an experience in England
with an alleged bullet-proof cuirass,
the secret of which was offered to the
British Government for about $200,
000 in American money. During the
test of the "garment" Mr. Maxim
asked permission to try an experiment
himself, and, placing a piece of paper
in front of the cuirass, fired through
it. The projectiles "splashed" out
against the paper, proving to the in
ventor that the bullet-proof quality
was given by a strip of steel. He
then published a paper denouncing
the cuirass, and incidentally stating
that he had discovered the secret and
improved npon it, aud he would sell
the secret for $1.75. Asked what he
meant, he explained that his cuirass
weighed but ten ponnds, the other
twelve; his contained a strip of steel
thinner thnn that of the regular in
vention. Worcester (Mass.) Gazette.
"open letters from
Jennie B. Green and Mrs. Harry
Hardy.
Jessie E. Greek, Denmark, Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
"I had been sick at my monthly
periods for seven years, and tried
almost everything I ever heard of, but
without any benefit. Was troubled
with backache, headache, pains in the
shoulders and dizziness. Through my
mother I was induced to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
it has done me so much good. I an
now sound and well."
Mrs. HARRY Hardy, Riverside, Iowa,
writes t Mrs. Pinkham the story of
her struggle with serious ovarian trou
ble, and the benefit she received from
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. This is her letter:
"How thankful I am that I took
your medicine. I was troubled for
two years with inflammation of the
womb and ovaries, womb was also very
low. I was in constant misery. I had
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks to save mj
life. Suffered very much with my
back, had headache all the time, was
nervous, menstruations were irregular
and painful, had a bad discharge and
was troubled with bloating. I was a
perfect wreck. Had doctored and
taken local treatments, but still was no
better. I was advised by one of my
neighbors to write to you. I have now
finished the second bottle of Mr3. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and am
better in every way. I am able to dc
all my own work and can walk nearly
a mile without fatigue; something
had not been able to do for over twe
years. Your medicine has done m
more good than all the doctors."
Go to your grocer to-day
and get a 15c. package of
K It takes the place of cof-
l" r . 1 j.
me cusi.
Made from pure grains if
is nourishing and health-
r lailit thit rmr rracer f itt job GRACT-O.
Aoo.pl bo uBiutioo. c!is
Gran-0
Kmbroldery Without Stint.
Embroideries will reign again this
winter more royally thau ever, with
embroidered flowers doue iu white
linen threads, iu colored silks, or in
black lnce and black cords, making
most exquisite garments. White
crepe embroidered in large colored
flowers about tho hem, more delicate
ly on the bodice, made a sensation at
several wateriug plaoes duriug its
owner's travels, and another frock of
white net was enriched with a raised
embroidery of delicate natural colors,
which was evidently appliqned. Col
ored silk embroideries will be applied
in this way to cashmere frocks, and to
silk muslin ones for this winter's
wear, leaving the materials actually
embroidered upon themselves, such as
crepes and silks and velvets, for
most elaborate evening toilets.
Is It Coming- to Tills?
It has not been the fashion for girls
to wear ear-rings for a great many
years past, and most of them have
never had their ears pierced. The
grandmothers and aunts, mothers and
older sisters have even forced prom
ises from them not to have holes made
in their ears for the sake of vanity,
pleading and arguing that they might
as well wear riugs in their noses as
well as their ears. But Dame Fash
ion holds a very powerful sway over
yonng women of all ages, al she
Bays: "Girls, yon must have your ears
pierced, and you must wear long,
drooping ear-rings as your grand
mothers did, who now cry me down
and say nay." So the girls pre obey
ing, and it does look funny to see
them with their ears tied np with bits
of string, like little girls of long ago.
The latest fad in ear-rings is a succes
sion of precious stones, five or six
generally, hung from tiny loops of
gold, and graduated from a very small
stone which fits close against the ear
to larger ones. Harper's Bazar.
Tea Gowns.
Evidently tea gowns are to be the
correct house gown this coming winter.
and are most graceful in design, and
made of the most expensive materials.
There does not seem to bs any una!
terable law as to the fabrics used for
tea gowns, but any thing that is becom
ing, will hang well, and make up ef
fectively, lis considered fashionable,
One exceedingly smart gown is made
of crinkled crepe white, tight-fitting,
and with folds crossed over the bust
and fastened at the left side, so that
the fronts leave a V-shaped open
ing at the throat. The fronts are
trimmed with pleatings of pink Rutin
ribbon, and the entire gown is lined
with pink silk; at the back, starting
from the shoulders, are two long Wat
teau pleats of the crepe that are put
into the seams at the sides. Another
gown of flowered silk, made from an
old ball gown, is cut open in front,
showings petticoat of tucked white
lawn and entre-deux of Valenciennes
lace. The tight-fitting sleeves are of
the lace, with high collar faced with
the lace. A girdle of silk, with tasseled
ends, fastened at either side, is tied
in front, and the ends fall to the foot
of tho skirt. Harper's Bazar.
The Diet of Business Women.
An eminent physician in one of onr
large cities has been making inqniries
as to the diet of business women, and
comparing it with that of men in sim
ilar positions. He makes some valu
able suggestions as to the result of his
investigations, and gives utterance to
some criticisms on the habits and man
agement of the women themselves.
"The fact is," he says, "three-quarters
of the women who board them
selves are abont half starving them
selves. Not that they deliberately and
with malice aforethought neglect meal
time or refuse to eat a fair amount of
food, but they will not take the trouble
to cook dishes suitable for them. I
found at least a dozen women out of
the thirty employed in one large house
who frankly admitted that they never
cooked a hearty meal for their own
eating. They claimed that they felt
quite well on a diet of bread and but
ter and coffee or tea, with an occa
sional piece of cake or a pie. Fruit
in the season is quite frequently used,
but at other times it is too costly for
women of moderate means or those
who earn but small salaries."
It seems an impossible problem to
handle, but in some way there must
be an arrangement by which women
can club together and, by uniting
forces, live admirably and under much
more healthful conditions than those
which at present exist. New York
Ledger.
Kmart Umbrella.
The woman who gives a birthday
gift will want to give an umbrella. The
woman who receives the gift will want
to receive an umbrella the season's
showing is so thoroughly delightful.
If you are choosing one and want a
fashionable umbrella at reasonable
price look among the tinted wood
sticks.
With the exception of the enchant
ing handle) which jewelers have put
forth these tinted wood affairs are the
smartest of the season. There is sim
ply no describing them. You must
look at them for yourself.
Be snre, by the way, to select one
in which the silk matches the predom
inant tone in the wood or combines
effectively with it.
The Dresden knob and other china
knobs are out this year. Silver knobs,
bars, etc., are still used, but rather
less than last season. Serpents, lizards
and animal heads appear less fre
quently also.
Rough wood handles studded at ran
dom with little globules of silver half
the size of a pea make another line of
odd sticks.
Amethyst cabochons set in silver
knobs are very new and clever. Tur
quoise cabochons embedded in a small
gold ball are wonderfully lovely, but
out of the reach of most purchasers.
Then, there are bone and ivory, cut
tinged and tinted iu various ways,
which make delightful handles.
Onyx combines delightfully with
gold and silver in a number of the very
newest, and other transparent min
erals are equally charmiug mounted
in the same way. Philadelphia Press.
What Women Are Doing,
Mrs. Mary Loiter Curzon is now
Barousss Curzon of Kedleston.
Martha Y. Houston has been mads
Postmistress at Bradford, Me.
Fifteen women are running for
Connty Superintendent of Public In
struction iu Kansas.
Miss Yvette Gnilbert, of Taris, will
go barnstorming in Russia aud the
Balkan principalities.
Mrs. A. R. Varney, of New Jersey,
was elected director of the Camden
Womau's Tark Association.
Married women will not be per
mitted, hereafter, to act as teachers in
the pnblio schools of Milwaukee.
Mrs. Florence Frost, a Chicago
chambermaid, has fallen heir to a life
interest in a half-million-dollar estate
in Delaware.
The Ladies Aid Society of Sea
Isle (N. J.) M. E. Church has started
an endless chain collection to pay the
church debt.
Queen Christina of Spain has given
up her country honse for the accom
modation of Spanish sick soldiers re
turning from Cuba.
Mrs. Mary Hussar, of Chicago, is
suing the Knights of Maccabees of the
World for $1000 insurance on her hus
band, who committed suicide.
Tho Rev. Eliza T. Wilkeo, formerly
of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, accepted
the pastorate of Unity Church at
Luverne. Minn., a few months ago.
Miss Sarah G. Weeden, the new
Superintendent of the .Almshouse for
Women in Charlestown, Mass., is 1
distant relative of the poet Whittier,
All well-trained Spanish women are
taught to handle the sword from their
earliest years, and as a resnlt they are
noted for their admirable figures and
easy walk.
A daughter of Professor Lambroso,
the eminent criminologist, was re
cently noquitted by a Turin court on
the charge of being a contributor to a
condemned Socialistic newspaper.
Miss Anna Bouligny, of New Or
leans, who assisted Miss Chanler as a
nurse in Porto Rico, is the great-
great-granddaughter of the Lieutenant
Bienville who founded her nativi
city.
Clogher, Ireland, has appointed a
woman rate collector, and insists on
her having the place iu spite of the
objections of the Dublin officials. She
is a Miss Magill, and had done the
work of the office for five years owing
to the illness of her father, who held
the place previously.
Gleanlncs From the Shops.
Large coat buttons in filigree and
inlay effects.
Plain stocks of solid-colored and
fancy velvet.
Reefer and Eton jacket suits foi
growing girls.
Double-faced cloths for capes, bi
cycle skirts, etc.
Girls' lawn aprons having hem
stitched ruffles.
Silk petticoats trimmed with melt
ings of ribbon.
White grenadines for evening and
wedding gowns.
Cantille effects once more in colore J
passementeries.
A few tailored gowns accompanied
by military capes.
Heavy and light weight art linem
for embroidering.
Colored poplins for dressy coat suits
having lace rovers.
Satin duchesso in black and brilliant
colors for trimming.
Pearl passementeries having each
bead tipped with crystal.
Jetted and spangled black net and
mousseline for dressy waists.
Black satin waists with plaited,
corded and jet button trimmings.
Counterpanes of dotted swiss, em
broidered lawn and organdie. Dry
Goods Economist.
A Discovery In a Menagerie.
An amusing inoident was witnessed
in a certain menagerie the other day.
Here and there between the cages a
number of the well-known trick
mirrors were placed. An Irishman,
after a critical survey of the monkeys,
had wandered away from his bettet
half, and suddenly found himself in
front of one of these mirrors. Aftei
one glance at his distorted reflection
he rushed back to his wife, who was
still watching the antics of the mon
keys. "Come away, wid yer, Bridget," he
exclaimed. "Oi've found a bigger
trate than that the ugliest baste in
the show. He's in a little cage in the
corner."
Bridget offered no objections. Two
or three of the bystanders who had
heard Patsy's remark were equally
anxious to obtain a peep at the "ugliest
baste," and there was quite a proces
sion to the "little cage in the corner."
Patsy, as the original discoverer, se
cured first place and dragged his wife
in front of the mirror. To his aston
ishment there was more in the "cage"
than he expected.
"Begorra, Bridget!" he suddenly
exclaimed, "there's a pair av 'em!"
Patsy had a lively time of it when
some one explained the situation to
Bridget. Weekly Telegraph.
The Wrong Place.
"I'll tell you one thing," said Mad
pop to his long-suffering wife, "if
Willie does not behave himself I'll
give him the worst spanking he ever
had. He'll get it in the neck !"
"Do be serious, my dear," replied
Mrs. Madpop. "The neck is no place
on which to spank a child." Harper's
Bazar.
Camels' milk is said to be very help
ful to consumptives. It is palatable
and nourishing.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
TrlE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.
n Unsealed Proposal Ufa Insurance
Companies Cannot Ba Fooled Into Accepting-
Walklnr Iteer Barrels as
Healthy RisksTheir High Death Rat
Dar Uncle Sammy Now that Spain I
Has marched awav saluting, '
And you have proved that you can shoot
And hit wliat you are shooting,
rinase look around the corners here
See cruelties protected
By you, the willing victims slnlu
And suft'ritig ones neglected.
'TIs ceaseless, sad. Inhuman war.
So bitter, black, accursed!
A fatal, foul delirium,
Unheard, unhealed, unmerclod.
The Cubans cried to Uodand fought;
The men that Rum is slaying
Are far below the lighting mark,
Are left no wish (or praying.
These foes you haven't dared to whip
You fenr to bit the Ilummles
There's where the U. 8. A. Is weak,
And all your gunners dummies.
A great usurping body, these,
Of foreign name aud habit;
Why should you run before their guns
As timid as a rabbit?
O, Yankee grit and Yankee dash,
A hero-led commotion
Can knock the Liquor Demon out
And drown him In the ocean!
Denr I'nole Sam, your brawny arm
God's great demand to sway It
Can sweep this horror from the land,
The Traffic, seize and slay It.
at
Then, why not order. Uncle Sam,
Your battleships and cruisers
With tested guns and bravest men,
To crush these proud abusers?
You hold the sword of Ood; to film t
The enemy surrenders:
lie claims the nation, heel and keel, .
As Temperance Defenders.
Jeesle MacOregor Suaw, la Temperance
Dunner.
Iteer a Beverage.
We are surprised to note that soma of
.he foreign Insurance journals have been
copying the absurd conclusions of one J.
riiomann,ln a pamphlet recently published
iu New York, to show by statistical figures
that "beer Is the healthiest drink known."
That writer declares, as the result of his
investigations, that the "risks Incurred In
Insuring the lives of habitual beer drink
ers are les by forty per cent, than the or
dinary risks of such transactions." Tho
innnn simply proves what he did not start
out to prove, that the robust men em-,
ployed in the breweries, who drink from
forty to fifty glasses of beer d illy, remain
In robust health tor some years by virtue
of their large amount of vital force and
tenacity; not by virtue of beer, but in spite
of it.
We have closoly watched the heavy beer
drinkers in this commuulty with reference
to their mortulity ratio for more than
twenty years, and our observations show
that out of every hundred who saturate
themselves in this immoderate way not
more thau five pass the age of fifty-three.
Those that escape Brlght's disease or
uru-mlo poisoning become victims of cir
rhosis or fatty degeueratton or erysipelas
or apoplexy. One or other of these fatal
diseases invariably gives the finishing
touch to the "splendid physique" about
which Thomnnn rants long, before the pe
riod of natural expectation. If beer
drinkers choose to swill their favorite
beverage, that is one thing: but if they are
led by Thomson's lying statistics into the
belief that beer will prolong their lives, or
that life companies can be fooled into the
acceptance of walking beer barrels as
healthy risks, that is quite another. Balti
more Underwriter.
A Temperance Victory.
Lady Elizabeth Dlddulph, who was In
Cairo when the British forces left for the
campaign up tho Nile, stated, at the annual
meeting of the London Society for th
Study of Inebriety, that the glorious vic
tory won by the troops was won by temper
ance men. Wlieu the soldiers were leaving
Cairo for camp a whisper went round
among the wives and other friends of the
military men to the effect that Sir Herbert
Kitchener had sent back all the beer that
had been ordered to the front with the sol
diers, and on making inquiries Lady Eliza
beth ascertained t hut. as fur as possible.
all intoxicants were to be excluded during
the campaign. Iu a conversation she had
with Lord Cromer on the subject, his lord-
jliIpsHid that If beer was allowed In the
:amphe was afraid there might not be as
much work done as without Its presence,
and when Lady Elizabeth asked: "But what
about the Nile water?" the reply was: "We
Dave rasteur inters in the camp, ana
plenty of good tea and coffee, which you
will find onr troops able to fight on."
When a Greek merchant was detected
unuggling spirits into the camp, theHirdar
at once called the men together, and iu
their presence poured the liquor on the
sands. "And," snld Lady Elizabeth, "a
great temperance as well as a great aud
brilliant military victory was the result ol
the fight at Atbara." St. Johns sun.
A Freebooter,
no Is abroad in the land, more treaoher-
jus than tho Spaniard, more bloodthirsty
than the Turk, and more destructive than
war, famine nnd pestilence combined.
lie has many names.
Some call him Bacchus, the rosy god.
The black fiend of despair is a fitter name.
Soma style him Gambrlnus.
He bloats his victims into a false sem
blance of health, yet just as surely leads
them to death. The demon of Strang drink
loves to array hlmsolf in the garb of fashion
and respectability, to throw around him-
seir tne mantle or governmental license;
yet he is a "devil" still, and yoarly holds
to the lips of nearly a hundred thousand
victims the cup of a shameful death aud
aonsigns them to the drunkard's doom.
Hn has destroyed thousands of families,
wallowed np princely estates and revels In
beggary aud crime.
Shall lie sot be outlawed? Mrs. E. J
Blchmond.
A Just Rebuke.
Judge Gordon, of Philadelphia, taught a
law-defying jury of that city a severe les
son the other day for rendering a verdict
of "not guilty" In the case of a man
charged with selling liquor unlawfully In
the face of evidence which the judge said
'proved most conclusively the man's
guilt." Their verdict, be added, was an
"undermining of the law and encourage
ment to lawlessness and disorder," and to
prevent that corrupt jury from doing any
more harm be dismissed them from an)
further attendance at this term of court.
A few more judges like Judge Gordon
would go a great way in purging the Jury
box of the corrupt allies of rum.
Echoes of the Crusade.
Biz out of every 100 of the population of
England are made paupers by drink.
Even for the sake of temporal prosperity
alone, no young man can afford to be a
frequenter of the saloons.
The cause of temperance has been to
many famous Americans the Inspiration
that started them upon a public career.
The first speech that Abraham Lincoln
ever made In public was a defence of total
abstinence before a Washington society.
The most- lucrative employments are
those of the greatest responsibility, and
these are given generally to sober men, In
many cases to total abstainers exclusively.
The amount of grain wasted In making
liquor would provide each family In the
United Kingdom with 750 pounds of flour.
A drunkard Is lost In the esteem of every
decent man, and if he Is dependent on
others for employment, he Is lost out of
Jight.
Last year's British drink bill footed up
1740,000,000.- This would make a row of
sovereigns 1750 miles long. It is equal to
the whole amount spent in bread, butter
and cheese.
A young man, more or less addicted to
drink, Is at best a very doubtful charaeter,
and no business man will trust blm. A
sober man is always preferred, and many
an employer, having gathered wisdom
from sad experience, will employ total
abstainers only.
A Kindergarten Conundrum.
In aUtica kindergarten sohool a few
days ago the subject before the olass
was the heu. Among other questions
asked by the teacher was "What does
the heu have that we have?" the
teaoher at the same time placing both
her hands on her head to indicate the
portion of the body referred to. The
teacher was much surprised as well as
amused when a little girl quickly ans
wered "A comb!" Tho teacher had
placed one hand on a comb in her hair,
Utioa (N. Y.) Observer.
The Capacity of rockets.
Many stories have been told going
to show the marvelous storage capa
city of the average small boy's pockets,
but there happens to be in Washing
Ington a grown man whose personal
cargo stowed away iu his clothes can
easily break any reoord of the sort in
existence, lie is a well-known citizen,
an electrician, and here is the bill of
lading, so to speak, which shows pre
cisely what he had in his pockets tne
other day. The record was made as
the articles were brought forth:
Four turtle weights, 1 prescription,
100. lightning rod circulars, 1 pair
plain eye-glasses, 1 pair reading
glasses, 3 load pencils, 1 fountain pen,
1 bottle tithia tablets, 2 bottles liquid
medicine, 1 paper calomel, 1 paper
Rochello salts, 8 skeleton keys, 3
handkerchiefs, bnucu of 6 keys, an
other bunch ol 6 keys, 1 Bample set of
lightning rods, 1 check book, 20 postal
cards, 5 envelopes, 5 envelopes
stamped, 1 2-oent and 1 speoial de
livery stamp, 1 steamboat ticket, 1
ferry ticket, I electrio car ticket book,
1 pair gold eyeglasses, a pair blue
eyeglasses, pair steel frame eye
glasses, 1 gold watch, 1 dozen 2-grain
qninine pills, 1 dozeu 3-grain quiuine
pills, 6 soda mint tablets, 0 bluemas
pills, 12 sugar-coated pills, 4 J -grain
morphine granules, 2 drachms kero
sene "for bites," 6 street car tickets,
1 pocketbook for chauge, 1 pocket
knife, 15 blotters, I batik book, 0
blank notes, $1000 worth of unpaid
notes, CO papers in legal envelopes,
toothpicks, 6 shrnbs, 1 comb, 1 box of
matches, 3 separate keys, 1 whistle, 1
bunch of 'rubber bauds, a dozen
pens, a bos of troches, 1 musio box
key, 2 iron safe keys, 1 roll of bank
notes, 1 flour tester, a will, 7 meal
tickets, 1 indelible pencil, 3 plats of
ground, 2 flat night keys, t ounce of
bi sulphide of mercury, 1 package of
pins, 1 silver indelible pencil, 1 box of
leads for same, 2 pocket ledgers, 1
pocket battery, 1 piece of wire, 1
piece of string, 1 dozen letter en
velopes, 1 package letter heads, 1
paokage billheads and a pair of pin
cers. Now, who can equal that? Wash
ington Star.
The Origin of the Cuban Flag.
Fidel O. Fierra, writting to Profes
sor 0. B. Oalbreath, of the Ohio State
Library, gives the following explana
tion of the origin of the Cuban flag:
"The Cuban flag dates baok to abont
1850 or 1851, It has a Masonio ori
gin, and hence the triangle. The red
field is the emblem of war. The pur
pose of the movement here in the
United States was to conquer the isl
and, Southern people, lighting Ma
sons, were the leaders. The three
blue stripes represented the three de
partments iuto which the island was
then divided. The white stripes were U
pnt, I believe, merely to divide the
bine. The intention of the Southern
people who were interested in the
scheme was to make three States out
of the island.
"The star which appears in the red
field has a more remote origin. It was
the lone star of Texas. In New Or
leans, at about 1850, there existed the
Association of the Lone Star. They
assisted Narciso Lopez with money
and in other ways when he invadod
Cnba in 1851, and he adopted the flag
of the association, I suppose, out of
gratitude.
"When Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
began the revolutionary movement of
1868, he had another flag, but the peo
ple of Puerto Principe and Santa Clara
raised the present flag, whioh was
finally adopted as the Cuban national
flag when the first constituent assem
bly came together in 1869." Cincin
nati Commercial Tribune.
Hard to Swear on New Warships.
An old jack tar had this to say re
cently about modern warships:
"Things are busted wide open.
Bow can a fellow swear on one of
these new-fangled boats? He'd sound
like a fool a sayin of 'Shiver me tim
bers!' when there ain't a piece of tim
ber, nawthin' but iron from bow to
Btern. A feller can't take a reef in
anything, he can't belay, there's no
belayin' pins, 'n he can't use any o'
them old words whioh hez made ther
nav). I suppose a feller will now hey
ter rawp, 'Unrivet me plates!' 'Douse
me searchlight!' 'Smash me fighting
top!' or 'Foul me screw?' or some
thin' o' that sort." New York Sun.
Al lien Baby line the Croup
Use Hoxsle's Croup Cure. It will not cause
nausea, and does not contain opium. 6C
cents. A. P. Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y.
Berlin (Germany) courts have decided
ihat a summer overcoat is a luxury.
Coughs Lead to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
a sample bottle free. Hold In 25 and 50
cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan
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thaln, Hindustan, recently gave birth to
foal.
Educate Tour Bowels With Cascareta.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 26c If C. C. C. fall, drueelsts refund money.
Battersea' (England) vestry has decided
to put up a refreshment booth in its ceme
tery. Found Immediate relief In one bottle of Dr.
Peth Arnold's Cough Killer Ma. H. W,
Hatch, Box IM.Wullaston. Mass..Aug. 17. 1808.
A new kind of cloth is being made in
Lyons, France, from the down of hens
ducks and geese.
No-To-Bae for Fifty Cent.
Guaranteed tobacco bahit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood mire. Mo 1. All druggistA
In West Africa the natives hiss when they
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The spasms of pain that rark the rheumatic
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Hill's Hair & Whisker Dj-e, black or brown, 50o
Soldiers are despised in China. They be
long chiefly to the coolie classes.
Piw's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lung
trouble of three years' standing. E. C'AbT
Huntington, 1ml., Nov. VI, IMH.
At the beginning of the seventeenth cen
tury bpalu had 120.000 churches.
Hon. A. XT. Wyman, Ex-Treainrer of the
t'nlted States and now President of the
Omaha Loan and Truet Co., one of theUrgest
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,5l'o Whom This Comes. Greeting: I take
pleasure In recommending the virtues of thi
remedies prepared by the Dr. B. J. Kay Medi
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rures of Omaha people affected by the use
of Dr. Kay's Renovator and Dr. Kay'e Lung
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Thousands of the moat prominent people in
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no remedies have affected so large per
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Dr. U. J. Kay Medical t o, Saratoga Springs,
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London baa 13,564 polloemen, ornlneteen
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-Beaaty la Blood sleep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. Wo
beauty without it. Cascareta, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
rtirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
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md that sickly bilious complexion by taking
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During 1RS7 Denmark exported 149,290,
000 pouuds of butter.
Dr. ah Editor: If you know of a solicitor
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confer a favor by telling him to correspond
w ith us;or if you will Innert Uiln notice in your
paper and such parties will ut this notice out
suit mail to us. we may be able to furn sh
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In Africa wives are sometimes sold for
two packets of hairpins.
"Shooting and Fishing In the Month."
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S.Thweatt, Eastern l'sssenger Agent, aViuth
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There are over 6000 lighthouses erected
n the world's coast.
Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
less after llrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Ureat
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. K. U. Ki.in. Ltd..!! Arch 8t.l'hlla.,Pa.
Russian railroad trains have smoking
ears for ladles.
To Cure Constipation Foreran
TakeCuscareti Candy Cathartic lOe or tie,
tl C. C. C. fall tooure, druitglsu refund money
Egypt's pyramids are to ba lighted up
Inside and out with electric lamps.
SPRAINS
BAD
WORSE
WORST
Can be promptly cured without delay
or trilling by the
GOOD
BETTER
BEST
ST, JACOBS OIL.
I have been nalng CAICAHICTI na
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derful. Mr dautfhtvr sod 1 were bothered with
lick ttomarh and our brt-atb was Terr bad. Aftar
taking a few ileafti of Caaearata ws Lara Imr-rovaa
wonderfuur. They are a great help Id the family."
WlLHSI.MINA N jlll 1 1.
UJt Hltieuboua St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Good, ttaver Slckan. Weaken. or Gripe. lOo. tic. JOc
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
.rtHt itmrtj Qp.., CM, tm f . Ill
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RTT'KT'TTn'M' Tins papkr whkk kkply-
I.ILLUL1 J.XU11 INU TO;
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remedy for pain, V
BAD
REA7LHI
jtirvl canov
it Vs CATHARTIC jA
. TAD MANN NSwalTf MO
COMFORTING WORDS TO WOMEN.
Ihe Surgical Chair and Its tortures May bo Avoided by Women Who
Heed Mrs. Pinkham's Advice.
Woman's modesty is natural; it is charming.
To many women a full statement of their troubles to a male physician is al
most impossible The whole truth may be told to Mrs. rinkhnm because she
is a woman, and her advice is freely
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Mrs. O. E. Ladd, of 10th and N
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