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BY AND BY.
By aa by I'll get my pole.
By an' by. -There'll
be heaven in my eool.
By an' by.
I will steal away from ma
Down to where the fishes are;
I will spit upon my hook.
An" I"U drop it in the brook.
By an' by.
Ma wiH mim me from the yard
By an' by.
She will holler for me hard.
By an' by.
But tie raiDe o the stream
Like enough will drown her scream)
An' I'll fish au' fish away
Where the speckled beauties lay.
By an' by.
If I ketch a likely mesa
By an' by.
Ma will smile with happerness
By an by.
Bnt
If I have an empty creel
Bomohow I kiD sorter feel
How that apple sprout will dance
Oa the Kat uv my oP pants
By an' by.
SECRET WITNESS.
"It Is not every one," said Mcnfcen,
'who has boon a strret witness of a
murder, but I hare."
"Yon?" I exclaimed.
Mrnken nodded.
"Alwut four years ago I was travel
.tik in Switzerland. In the course of
aiy rainblen I reached Tauserwald. I
was much taken with the place: too
scenery wu Miierb, the hotel old-fash-loneil
but delistitfully comfortable.
"Th-re were several people staying
then- bosides luyseif. but a I am a gre
garious sort of fellow, I was rather
glad of It. After I had been there atrmt
a fo-inisltt. on entering the dining
room for dinner, I noticed some new
arrivals. Anion? them was a party of
thr.-u Enjrl'.xh an old gentleman, his
yotini; wife, nttd a daughter of the old
geu' liMinti's by a former marriage.
"The daughter, poor girl, was blind.
She v:m aiKMit -'1, and looked delicate.
1 cannot ay she was pretty, and yet she
was uot niHleasing. The old boy, her
father, was Just like other English gen
tien.en yon see about.
"Tin- wife was decidedly pretty; she
was about 2X.
"I was not lot:? in finding out three
facts. First, that the old gentleman
was madly fond of his wife and indtf-fer-nt
to his daughter; secondly, that
the daughter adored her father and did
not like his wife; thirdly, that the wife
hated thcni loth.
"One morning, after the party haa
befu la the hotel about a week, the old
gentleman did not appear as usual at
breakfatt, and in reply to inquiries his
wife said that he was not feeling well.
In tie course of the day the doctor an
i;nl!;hiii.m. by the way was sent for,
anil in the evening the landlord, who
was as anery with the old man as If he
ha 1 irot his illness on purpose, told mo
the o! 1 gentleman had been pronounced .
by the doctor to be ill of garftrie fever,
and that the cae was nerious. The j
landlord's anxiety wua not without rea
son. The fact could not be concealed
anil the visitors began to leave in haste.
' Only a few besides me remained. I am
not in the least nervous about Illness,
and I had no intention of leaving the
plaee for such a cause, a resolve which
raised me greatly in the landlord's es
teem. "One morning, about ten days after
ihe old gentleman's seizure, I met the
docto- coining down stairs. He looked
much less anxious than for some days
pat; Indeed, there was an expression
almost of satisfaction on his face.
" 'How is your patient? I asked.
" 'The crisis is past, or almost past,'
tie answered, cheerfully. 'He owes his
life. If he pulls through, to the nursing I
of his daughter, who Is a trump! He Is
now Hsle-p, and upon that sleep every
thing defends. If he awakens In three
or four hours of his own accord, he will
be safe. In all human probability. Ev
erything depends on his sleep. I have
told the landlord to be most careful.
There must be no noise of any sort. If
he were wakened suddenly, the shock
would kill him as certainly aa If you
fired a bullet through his brain. I have
just told hi:-, wife of this. All that is
wanted Is sleep.'
"The doctor nodded to me as he went
down the steps from the hotel, smiling
as if anticipating a triumph for his art.
' Monsieur,' said a voice at tny el
bow. I turned and saw my friend the
landlord. 'Monsieur knows,' said he,
(milling sourly, 'that Austrian count
who wits going to be so brave? Who
had no fears for sickness? Well, that
to brave man, he also Is now frightened-
he was gone, monsieur! He went
early this morning, making excuses,
but he could not deceive me! He was
frightened. lie tried to Joke; he said
he could not sleep; that he had heard
all night the ticking in the wall, which,
he said, means death.'
" 'That is an English superstition,
too,' I said.
"'Hah:' said the Innkeeper, with
concentrated scorn; 'these are not times
for such foolish superstitions. Mon
sieur has no such foolish fancies?'
"I laughed. 'Ah, monsieur Is brave:
Look. The Austrian's room is that
very room monsieur wisnea to nav
win n he rirst came. It looks out upon
the glacier, and Is. perhaps, my best
room. Monsieur thought he would pre
fer one less exieusive on the floor
above. Monsieur remembers? Well,
courage deserves to be rewarded. Mon
siur shall have the room for the same
price as the one he has now.'
"I thanked rny friend, the landlord.
It was certainly a room I had coveted.
The view was superb. It was nearer
the diuiug and smoking room In every
way a great improvement on the one I
was occupying.
' -fan I have it at once? I asked.
"Oh, most certainly. Of course,
monsieur knows.' the landlord went on
slowly, -that it is th room next to th
sick-room where that old man is lyla
111.'
"I laughed, and I f-'nk the expres
sion of my face reassured the landlord
as to my being completely Indifferent
to such matters, for he went on:
" 'Monsieur Is a man! The room Is
ready, and at your disposal.'
"Ho was going away, but came back
lulekly. 'Only monsieur will pardon
me for reminding him that the doctor
has ordered that no noise shall be made
near the sick room. He says the old
man's life depends on his sleeping
quietly. It would be better, perhaps,
not to move monsieur's luggage down
till the evening.'
-of course I assented; but feeling de
Mroti-; of seeing my new and much cov
I possession, and feeling sure of my
ability to enter it without making auy
noise," I went up-stairs, quietly stole
aown the corridor, and entered the
room without a possibility of my hav
ing been heard. It was a largo, bright,
cheerful apartment, in the older part
of the hotel. It was wainscoted, with
oak panels. The window was large,
and, as I havo mentioned before, com
manded one of the most exquisite vlewi
to be fouud in Switzerland.
"I looked around the room with a
v.,
- i ... ...
sense of satisfaction. I hare told ye
I am observant of my fellow-creatures
I am no less so of Inanimate objects. 1
hare an eye In such matters a detec
tire might envy. I soon saw a marl
or cut in the wainscoting on one side oi
the room. It was so small that I bellevi
many men might have passed days ii
the room without noticing It. I am si
Inquisitive man. and I at one went t
it and examined it. It was a chink li
the wood; I stopped and looked through
The whole of the interior of the sick
room was visible. Three silent figure
were the cenpaata. Oa the bed laj
the aid man, aleeplng. his gray hairs oi
the pllew; at the side knelt la prayei
his blind daughter; behind the daugh
ter doss behind was the wife. ,8h
alone seemed living. She was drawln
stealthily eh. how stealthily and slow
lya small rotind table laden with Jugt
aud medicine bottles across the floor.
"At first I did not realize what ah
was I kmew she had erery mo
tive t be silent in her movements, but
I caught sight of her face! It was th
face of a devil! Never were eyes m
hideously expreaslye of murderoui
hate! In a flash I understood It alL
"She was moving the table to a posi
tion such that the slightest movement
of the kneeling figure of the blind
daughter, praying for her father's life,
would hurl it and its fragile burden U
the ground.
"I dare say you think I am a callow
sort of fellow, but I assure you I Wai
horror struck. I would have given
world to warn the poor child, but knew
not how. To have called out would
have been as fatal as the catastrophe It
self.
"I felt stupefied paralysed. The en
came before my swimming brain could
find any way to help. The poor girl
rose, her hands still clasped. I saw th
table reel, and as I, sick with horror,
withdrew my eyes, I heard the crash,
followed by a piercing shriek "
Menken paused. "Give me the whis
ky, old chap. Thanks."
""Did he die?" I asked.
"He was as dead as if you had fired
a pistol through his brain," said Men
ken quietly.
After a pause he went on "I slipped
out of the room before the hubbub be
gan. Xo one ever knew I had been in It
I had, however, to sleep In It that night
aud though you know I am not a super
stitious fellow at all, I assure you It
was a very uncomfortable night. I kept
starting out of my sleep, thinking I
hoard the crash aud scream next door.
It took me nearly a week to get over it."
We smoked In silence for some min
utes. 'I wonder what became of that
woman!" I said.
"Oh, she married again. The daugh
ter died about a year after this hap-
pened, I believe."
"How did you find out?" I asked,
little surprised.
"Well, It was rather curious. I went
to stay down In Devonshire last sum
mer in a ctsuntry house. The first per
son I saw was our Ingenious friend, the
murderess, quite cheerful and Jolly
took her in to dinner."
Somehow I don't like Menken, but he
never bores me.
LOYELL DIAMONDS
STAMP THE TEST.
Board of Experts
So Decide
fomsrkable Investigation From Wnlcb
the Lovsil Diamond Bicycli Carni
Out Ahead of ill Competitors.
Where thore are so many makes of bi
cycles on tlie market, all of which at first
sight seem to be on an equal footing to the
raaual observer, and still the fact is well
kno n that there is no artlole in common
use where It is so easy lor the manufactur
er to cover up the Imperfections as in the
bii-ycle, bottl in material and workman
siiip, and which cannot be detected until
tha machine has been Riven a test on the
road, such an investigation as has Just
liuen completed by the best experts la the
country, under the supervision of the
Western Review of Commerce, is likely to
lo of great value to the riding public. The
honor of producing the best wheel among
the thirty-seven well-known makes that
were tested fell to the old established hoasa
of John P. Lovell Arms Co., of Boston, Mass.,
manufacturers of the celebrated Lovell
Diamond. The investigation was made
lu a thorough manner by competent ex
perts in the construction of wheels, and
Iwlore tliem were placed thlrty-sovenof the
COLONEL BENJAMIN 8. I-OVELTj.
President of the John P. Lovell Arms Co.
leadlnit makes. The machines were all
marvels of the most recent ideas of me
chanical construction, and were brought
toxether without the slightest Intimation or
knowld;e to the mnnu lacturers that such a
t"!-t was to take place. The practical experts
composing the investigating board gradually
weeded the machines down to a small num-
v'ir, and, after several days of careful test
tng of the relative merits of the ma
chines, they were unanimous in their
verdict that the Lovell Diamond was un
doubtedly the best wheel made and go re
ported to the paper, the president of which
immediately wrote the J. P. Lovell Arms
company informing the latter of the investi
gation made and the decision reached, and
this was the first intimation that the Lovell
company had of the matter. The
statement that the Lovell Diamond l the
best bicycle built is based upon the fact
that every part of the machine Is made at
their own factory. Previous to and includ
ing 1896 the machine bearing the name
of the Lovell Diamond was manufactured
for the John P. Lovell Arms Co. by out
side parties, but beginning with the seasoa
of 197, every part of every machine bearing
their name plate has been constructed at the
factory of the John P. Lovell Arms Co. at
Bouth Portiand, Maine. This fact easily
accounts tor the proven supremacy of the
"Lovell Diamond" over all other leading
makes of the world. The Lovell Arms Com
pany have three stores In Boston, Washing
ton street, Broad street and Massachusetts
avenue, and branch stores In Worcester,
Mass., Providence, K. I., Pawtuoket, B. L,
Portland and Bangor, Me., besides having
agents in nearly every city and town
throughout the country. Their new cata
logue, "famous Diamonds ot the World,
free on application.
Surfeited.
Knox (looking over bill of far) Sup
port we start in with some blue polnlaj
Fox Excuse met I sot enough l
those from my broker this
Boston Courier.
Beauty kUla time
MTIs
li'isf Vifr limits ilTisift
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Dratlfyiryr Letters to Mrs. Plna
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Mrs. E. Woolhiskb,
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I ha ve better health than I have had for
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CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Something- that Will Interest the Jn
vculle Member, of Every Hooaehold
Quuiat Actioaa and Bright Sayince
of Many Cat and Cunning Children.
Good-Night Sons.
Good-night, little trees!"
My little man says when the Sandman
comes.
And the soft-swaying breese
In the listening trees
Wafts the answer, "Good-night, little
man,
Good-night!"
'Good-niuht, little star!"
My little man says when the Sandman
conies. x
And a bright little star,
lu the heavens so far,
Uliuks the answer, "Good-night, little
man,
Good-nightr
He Sells Snakea.
There is a man in Orlando, Fla., who
Is engaged in a very curious business.
He supplies dime museums, side-show
people and concerns of that sort with
nil kinds of Bve snakes. He always
has a large supply of all sorts and sizes
on hand.
He keepa his customers Informed o!
Ihe state of the market, and lets thn
know periodically when he has a new
supply. Now and then he publishes a
list, giving the current price or rattle
snakes, adders and others, for the val
ue of these creatures varies in accord
ance with the supply and demand aat
the time of year.
At present a rattler may be had for
.'rom 73 cents to sa.ao, accoruing io lis
size: moccasins, from 50 cents to $1.50.
Adders cost from 35 cents to SI;
gophers, coach whips and tree snakes, all
i... - rt A t!Ul- nlM,
and king snakes, from 75 cents to $2;
milk and glass, or Joint, snakes, from
75 cents to $1.50. Grass snakes range
from 50 cents to $1.
He also sells live alligators, any length
from one to eight feet, for from 35 cents
to $12. Wood Ibis he regards as worth
f8 a pair; water turkeys at the same
Qgure; and cormorants at $5 each.
Worse than Dickene' Fat Rev.
This Is the fattest boy in all England.
Funnily enough, his name is Oscat
Stout. He Is nearly four times as big
as his brother Charles, who la two
7ears his senior, and when he sat down
on a pet kitten the other day the little
creature's life was Instantly crushed
out of it.
Table Manners for Children.
Drink from the cup never from the
saucer.
Teaspoons are left in the saucer, not
in the cup.
Making a noise, either In eating or
drinking. Is vulgar.
Always cheerfully defer to older peo
ple and to gruesta.
Eat slowly, and do not fill the mouth
with large Quantities.
Eat the food served or quietly leave
It on the plate without remark.
Avoid drumming with the fingers or
feet; It is the height of Impoliteness.
If in doubt at any time as to what is
proper follow the example of others ot
more experience.
ratlently await the corning of your
turn; do not follow with the eyes the
food served to others.
Never unnecessarily handle the dish
es, or In any other way exhibit nervous
ness or Impatience.
Do not feel obliged to "clean up the!
plate;" especially do not make a labori
ous display of doing so.
Do not ask for any particular part of
a fowl or similar dish unless asked your
preference; in that case always indi
cate some part, and if there really be
no choice, designate the portion with
which the host can most conveniently
render service. Weekly Bouqnet.
Thirty Miles for aa Acorn,
Fred A. Ober contributes an article
to St Nicholas entitled. "A Blrd't
Storehouse; oTr. the Carpenter Bird."
i'r. ober tells of the California wood
pecker that bore We 1b Ubss and
MIS REAL NAME IS OSCAR STOUT.
ffce tiki them
np with acorna.
idda: .- v
Down la Mexico there Uvea a stmllai
woodpecker, who stores bis nuts and
acorns In the hollow fa Iks of the yuc
cas and magneya. Theao hollow stalks
ai separated by Joints into several cav
ities, and the sagacious bird haa some
how found this oat, and bores a hole at
the upper end of each Joint, and anoth
er at the lower, through which to ex
tract the scorna when wanted. Then It
Oils up the stalks solidly, and leaves Rs
stores there until needed, safe from
(he depredations of any other thievish
Mrd or four-tooted ant mat.
The Bnt place la which this curious
habit was observed was on a hlU In the
aaldac of a desert. The hill was cover
ed with yuccas and magneya, bnt the
nearest oak trees were thirty miles
away; and so, tt was calculated, these
Industrious birds had to make a flight
of sixty miles for each acorn stowed
thus in the stalks! '
An observer of birds remarks: Then
are several strange feature to be no
ticed In these facts; the provident In
stinct which prompts the bird to lay
by stores of provisions for the winter;
the great distance traversed to collect
a kind of food unusual for Ms race;
and Its .seeking. In a place so remote
from its natural abode, a storehouse so
remarkable.
Can instinct alone teach, or have ex
perience and reason taught these birds
that, far better than the bark of trees
or crevices In rocks, or any other hiding-place,
are these hidden cavities
they make for themselves within th
hollow stems of distant plants?
This we cannot answer. But we d
know that one of the most remarkable
birds in our couutry Is this California
woodpecker, and that he is well enti
tled to his Mexican name of El Oarptn
tero the carpenter bird.
Out of the Months of Babes
"Whose little man are you 7 asked
the physician of a bright-looking young
ster, aged 4, who was playing on the
steps of a patient's residence. "I'se
mamma's," replied the little fellow;
"whose big man is 'our"
"Let's play hookey from school to
day," said the little Chicago boy. "Oh,
no," replied bis cousin, who bad recent
ly removed from Boston, "it's Improper
to willfully absent ourselves from the
institution of learning without the cog
nizance of the preceptor."
"Johnnie," said the teacher to one of
the Juvenile class, "in your composi
tion on George Washington you say he
cut down a cherry tree with a saw.
Don't you know he chopped it down
with a hatchet 7" "Yes'm," replied
Johnnie, "but I couldn't spell hatchet."
"Mamma, have I any children?"
asked little 5-year-old Ella upon her
return home from Sunday school.
"Why, no, of course not! What put
that Idea Into your head?" replied the
surprised mother. "Because," answered
the little lady, "our lesson to-day was
about people's children and their chil
dren's children."
A clergyman was In his library one
day preparing his Sabbath discourse.
He paused frequently to review what
he had written and would often erase
a word or sentence and substitute an
other, and his 5-year-old son, who was
watching him, asked: "Papa, does God
tell you what to preach V "Certainly,
my son," was the reply. "Then why do
you scratch K out?" queried the little
observer.
Tommy, aged 4. had been taken with
a slight attack of prevarication, and
bis father, wishing to impress upon his
infantile mind the sin he bad commit
ted, related the story of George W aeh
lngton and the cherry tree, concluding
with the remark that little George was
a good boy and he never told a lie.
Tommy sat in deep thought for a few
moments, and then said: "Say, pa,
toodn't 'lttle George talk?"
In b"th China and Siam the owners of
1 ng finger nails wear me'al cases over
t ii'iii l p-Hserve them, make of gold or
iilve- : n I jeweled. While long nails are
n t rega -iled as singular in China, they
are rarely met with except on (antics and
pedantic scholar.
In reply
to numerous
private in
quiries from
its tremen
dous clien
tage the
"Western
Review of
Commerce "
the scien
tific publica
tion having
the -largest
circulation
in the west
caused to
be made a
most thor
ough com
parison be
tween all
the better
class of cy
cles avail
able in open
market.
As a re
sult of the
expert and
the criti
cal exami
nation of 37
different
makes, and
without any
prejudice,
this publica
tion unhesi
tatingly an
nounces in
favor of the
LOVELL
DIAMOND
overall com
petitors. Dlotated
147
Bit J!
from DU Bnom, AukiMB, IB.
go vomit to better abletospeak to other,
regarding "woman's fate" than Mrs. Jaeoh
Weaver, of BoshneU, I"-, wife of ex-Olty
Marshal Weaver. She had entirely re
covered from the Illness whloh kept her
bedfast moeh of the time for five or six
wean oast and says her recovery Is doe
toat weiu-known remedy, Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills. , . . .
Mrs. Weaver Is fifty-six years old, and
has lived in BoshneU nearly thirty yean.
Bhe to of unquestionable veracity aad un
bkmilshed reputation. The story of her re
oovery U Interesting. She says:
'f anS-emd for live or six years with the
trouble that eomes to women at this thus
of my life. I was muoh weakened, was un
able much of the time to do my own work,
and en flared beyond my power to describe.
I was downhearted ana melancholy.
"I took many different medtatnes, la fact,
I took medicine all the time, hot nothing
teemed to do me any good.
"I read about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
tor Pale People, and some of mv friends
recommended them highly. I made up my
mlna to try tnem.
I bought the first
box In March. 187,
and was benefited
from the start.
"A box and a
half cured me com
pletely, and I am
now rugged and
strong. I have not
been bothered with
my troubles since
I mu taklnc the
JbV. Jacob Weaver, pills.
"I have recommended the pills to many
women who are suffering as I suffered.
They are the only thing that helped me in
the trial that oomes to so many women at
my age." Mas. J. H. W saves.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
23d day of October, A. D. 1897.
O. 0. Hicks, Notary Puhlie.
When woman is passing beyond the ags
of motherhood. It is a orlsls In her life.
Then, if ever, proper attention to hygiene
should be exercised. The attendant suffer
ings will disappear and buoyant health will
follow if Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are used.
These pills exert a powerful Influence in
restoring the system to Its proper condi
tion. They contain In a condensed form all
the elements necessary to give new life and
rlohness to the blood.
A Bitter Word.
A bitter word dropped from our lips
against a brother Is like a pistol fired
amongst mountains. The short report
is caught up and Intensified and echoed
by rocks and caves till it Is like thun
der. Bo an unkind word. In passing
from mouth to mouth, receives progres
sive exaggerations, and snow-ball like
increases as it rolls. Scandal-mongers
are the persons who tear the bandages
from social wounds and prevent their
healing. A whisper-word of slander Is
like that fox with a firebrand tied to
Its tail, that Sampson sent among the
standing corn of the Philistines. It
brings destruction into wide areas of
I peace and love. Evil-speaking is like a
freezing wind, seals up we spaxaung
waters and tender Juices of flowers and
binds un the hearts of men In uncharl-
tableness and bitterness of spirit, as the
earth Is bound in the grip of winter.
Catholic Review.
Ring Oat of Diamond.
After several unsuccessful attempts
nd three years' labor the unparalleled
feat of cutting a ring out of a single
diamond has been accomplished by the
patience and skill of Mr. Antolne, one
of the best-known lapidaries of Ant
werp. The ring Is about three-quarters
of an Inch in diameter.
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup for 'Children
teething, softens the gumi. reducing inflamma
tion, sllayi pain, cures wina cone, u
s,Ipii has now 12.0.:,24(; acres of
f..,- lnndK owned bv the State, an in
crease in the State's holdings in 13 years
of 3,30,!72 acres
T Care a Cold la On Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Qnlnlne Tablets AU
Drugg ats refund money if It fails to cure. 25c
It is claimed that there has been found
near Carthage, Mo., a vein of sine 30
feet thick, and also indications of oil and
natural gas.
We have not been wrthoat Tim's Care fee
Consumption for 20 years. Linus Faunas
Camp SU Barriabors. Pa Mar i ISM.
There is a St. Bernard dog at Sparta,
Mich., which at the age' of IS months is
37 1-2 inches high, 1-2 leet long and
weighs 1S5 pounds. Its owner dec-lares
it's the biggest St. Bernard in the Stale.
"LOVELL DIAMOND"
Takes Precedence Over All Other Wheels.
i2Ua
si,) mt r. una tutfutin ru. sm.
Ceor a Qart.r, Pr... Boston, Febraar u. isas,
Th Ss.t.rn ttovlsj ef Coaaarce.
Chicago, III. ....
Dear eir: Your letter of r.brnary T r.c.ivd In reply will
say that we want to thank you for aea. aad would alee .ay that thle
Is the rir.t tlae we .v.r knew of a papar of your cla. havia th.
eouraf. to eoao riht out ana .tat. a feet, and w. want to .ay
ritht h.r. thai w. don't think Jou hav. aad. any aiatak., for
the good, will back you up in the etatoaont. . ar. willing to
atak. our bu.inw. reputation of ov.r ST yeara that th. Lot.11
Diamond 1. th. brat bicyole built, net only la thi. country but
la any other. ...
" Just a. aoon a. you la.u. th. pap.rs with this article la, which
you .nt ua unsolicited and unknown to ua, and ia your l.tt.r
w.r. kind enough to tay that it would b. printed and that you aaked
no adv.rtia.nt, gift, or anything of th. kind, we .hould bo
pleased to have you e.nd ue a few copies by aall.
Again thanking you for your kind l.tt.r and always wi.hing yea
the v.ry b..t of -suoeese, we reaala Toore respectfully.
by B. S.
John P. Lovell Arms Co., M'f r's,
BOSTON, nASS., U. S. A. '
BOSTON STORES
Washington Street.
131 Broad Street.
I3i Massachusetts Avenue.
Get our Catalops " Famous Diamonds of tba World " of oar nearest agent or sent by us on application
UN-POT3 awd socirrY.
Bol rlMo-eMldtoCO.--cteO
with Very Vital Matter
-WbaVls .riurorar is the title ot
.n article In the Century by Alexander
McAdle. The writer says: On the first
lay of January. 1802, Dr. Brendel and
Herr Raschen reached the Alten Fiord.
Lapland, to remain several month,
.tudylng aurorU display '
llsturbances. Brendel snceeedea "
JUll till UK W mwj " . lh
tempted It know. The dep reds, which
ire so beautiful to the eye. make Mtle
repression on the photographer's
plates, and the light Itself to severally
feeble and flickering. Not unaptly have
he quivering auroral beams been ceJl-
d "merry dancers. - tu
llsplays are hard to photograph, aa we
mv see from an entry In Gen. Greely s
note-book on Jan. 21. 1882. "A most
beautiful aurora,- he says, -wun m
tense light, at times sufficiently bright
to cast my shadow on the snow. Rice
ixposed a sensitive plate wimoui
'ect, but the constantly clanging posi
tion of the aurora may have Deen iu
cause." .
Rut some one will say, photograpn-
fng an aurora, while interesting from a
icientlflc standpoint, is not a very
tnentous matter to men or nations. And
we make haste to answer that these
inroral displays are linked witn pne
nomena which have a very practical
Interest Long before the now well
known relations of solar phenomena
and terrestrial magnetism had been de
termined. Sir William Herschel thought
lie could, from meager data,-detect evi
dence that the price of wheat was gen
erally higher at times of few sun-spots.
In later days we have Stanley Jevons
tracing a connection between financial
crises and sun-spots, and a host of wri
ters tabulating the allied phenomena
of auroras, sun-spots, magnetic disturb
ancesand tracing In their periodicities
a close relation to famines, commercial
crises, and abnormal weather. What
a wonderful achievement it would be
to foresee the weal and woe of a dec
ade! While such relations are conjectural.
there Is little doubt that auroras and
solar and magnetic disturbances are
closely linked. They do not come and
go by chance. The astrophysicist knows
that these phenomena will be very nu
merous In 1003. He knows that a sim
ilar condition will not again occur un
til 1915, the mean period being eleven
fears.
Identified by Tattoo Marks.
Several days ago the police sent out
a description oi a woman wuu nus
wanted for a theft, and a feature of
the description was a notice to the ef
fect that she was tattooed from her
neck to her heels with pictures of drag
ons, ships nnder full sail, flags and oth
er devices in India Ink. She had been
a circus sideshow performer hi her ear
lier years, and she would probably have
escaped but (or those tattoo marks and
the presence of a matron In the station
house to which she was taken by the
officer who made the arrest. This In
cident led a well-known detective to
make some comments. "Tattooing,'
he said, "used to be common among a
certain class of people, especially sail
ors, but It Is so no longer. Nobody ex
pects to become a criminal, but no man
knows when It may become a vital ne
cessity to conceal his Identity. A per
fectly Innocent man might be subjected
to temporary annoyance If his Identity
were known, as It would undoubtedly
be If he were marked by tattoo devices.
Very few professional thieves are la
beled In that way." Pittsburg Press.
Cirons Men Taboo Whistling.
Whistling la tabooed in the dressing
room of a circus. That it Is an ill-omen
Is one of the superstitions of the circus
people. Somebody Is sure to be dls
charged If any one whistles, they say
The first thing a girl does when she
has mastered a kodak. Is to put the
palm on the piano and take a picture of
It.
LC.urno.Sfa,
c.aseoTS,ssr.
Agents wanted in every
city and town.
If none in yours, write
to us today.
Remember this
sign -
whereby it
Conquers Pain. J;
Eliza Moosfe, aMdwgidwe
2 pounds, bnt when she was three months
ollTher weight was 100 pwf- ".ha
5 feet 4 Inches, and wears a 6 12 shoe.
xar ea-e oi w""
B's Catoirh Cure. r1. Toledo, O.
tion m de by their firm. rvtla'a. Toledo.
WIS A 1 KCJA, "
WAum-o. Kjnf saw MA.vm. Wholesale
J.-iS.I,ri"'ri.rken Infernally, act-
br au p. ngs irrii:
tiaii s I amiiy
Kiwihoiind. it is claimed, is not
a ferocious animal, but, on the contrary,
this respect wi me .-
nr. Want tke RAmeS.
.f ev.ry.oe Bering -t
w7irDr,icuUr. St. Anthony M'fg C.
Chicago, 111.
n., - i tsq aaa volumes in the li-
hrarTof the British Museum, and more
than 39 miles of shelving.
400 For New Hamea.
m So1 In. want suuauie
Kler Seed Co. want
names for their 17-inch long corn and
White Oat prodigy. ou can win this
$400 easily. Catalogue tells all about it.
Seed potatoes only $150 a barrel.
Send This Notice and 10 Cents in Stamps
to John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse,
wi. nd o-et their great seed catalogue
and 11 new farm seed samples, including
above corn and oats, positively worth
$10.00 to get a start. Send to-day, to-day,
sirl A- c- 4
Tha rc,;nc railwav svstcm. it is siad,
is made up of two lines" aggregating 293
miles in length.
iurH ST. 1H1LA- KA. ta ai rare
prominent cltueiu. bead cuJ
Lcur A. M. lot f. M.
UU1C
11: . fa rrv a fonr-
Ut I mini 11 . - . , .
ounce religious bookwith the rest of their
personal equipment.
Chew Star Tobacco The Best
Emoke Sledge Cigarette.
Ilazleton, Ind., disputants went to law
over 60 cents' worth of chicken, and the
litigation cost them $40.
Fits permanently cured. No "tj i or nervoui
n I after flrat day's use ot Dr. Kline". Great
Nerve Krstorer. i trial bottle aud treauie Iree.
La. K. H. Kline, Ltd., il Arch Bt, ruiU. ra.
A hen hawk tried to get, away with a
wocxlchopper's handkerchief which be
held ill his hand at Miirshtield. 31e.
ENStONS. PATENT8, CLAIMS,
JOHN W. MORRIS.KASHINGTWUJ.a,
H jr. lm Use wi, lbiU&iixia slsims. nr.
AGENTS WASTED (Either sex) to handle Maati-al
Clock.Llberml diKOunt. Musical, 21 John BL.N.Y.
EN AND WOMEN WANTED
TO TKAVKl. for old eotahllahed house. Per
manent position, ecu per memo mu y
. P.W.xUEULER k CO., sag Locnst t.,rhlla.
Coogh byrap. Taste. Good. TJae
m time, eoid br aruTaists.
1 iAii-i a v 1 -v. jfssi.in
.
FIT' I
iJ I 1
fars.anaf.tl nrmA bv naina DR. W H1TKH Al.I.S RHK11MATIC CUKK.
UAh OM ssMsBWfal M "UBIIW1 irf, uaa va,
"One Year Borrows Anaihsr Year's Fool." You Didn't Use
SAPOLIO
Last Year. Perhaps Toj W i! Not This Year.
Cdilort'ai )eparimnu
WESTERN REVIEW of COMMERCE
Bradhury Publishing: Co.,
223-225 DEARBORN STREET.
Chicago, fob. ISth,
John P. Lot 11 Arsa Co.
Boa ton, Haas.
Oentleaan:
Tour esteemed fayor of the 11th in.t. to hand and contents
noted. e thank you for your kind word, of appreciation. W.
swan Just what w. aay, that for careful and aci.ntiflo contrac
tion sad real practical value the Lov.ll Dlaaond is undoubtedly
the beat whe.l aad In our inrestigatlon .xaalned 37 Lading
ekes, and we w.r. .atl.fied after eo.t thorough test, that we
ere Justified lu giving the Pala to the 'Diamond. -
Conaid.ringwe w.r. not influenced la any way by financial con,
eideratlon., not e.n In the fora or adrertl.i.g patronage, you
ay r..t aa.ured that the d.ol.lon was unprejudiced.
Wl.blng you success In the coming aoaaoa, we ar.
Tours wery truly,
BRANCH STOPF
Worcester m.
Providence, R. I. Pawtucket, R I
Bangor, Me. Portland, Me V'
M .bl ni. a SBi am BSk am w
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3 J&i jFiffi Costs RMCuaavtsa. WsoaaLOiaj C
1 Jrli otrjifTfl k aciaVTca. LuMeo, Sencme, C
t lr rnrnr i "
FREE TRIAL TREATMENT
TO EVEBYONE
Who saffers with aay earsale jUsesje sf say
wzT aiifc. .-. twHiT. such Kiaisj ana
tr Veirt LiTer aid Stomach Trouble..
SV.J si StVaMIoas. disorders of tke
L?.." OtISI SBSaL WIAUISS aad
Imdlffereace, etc.
vMed application be made at oace, in order
fh7t u 2-veSilon.. app.Unce. and never failing
;m.dlTmay receive the widest poeiible pub
licTtyl sad TpVovl their ... merit. l ?"V "tf
Ii Lruint cares o mo ley whateverwiU
K retd by th. State Medical Sanitariam
rom any" e uder it. treatment .atll
-re ackaowledced. IU remedie. and ao
been .nm,nded by the "PP
rTof Two Continent, and endowed by the great,
docwr. ia the j.orld Whor. development Is
r?d they accompli." it .ndneverl.il to in
igorate, upbuild and fortify.
ther infoie new life and energy. They per
miVntlVitop U lo which undermine the
coaititution and produce despondency . Thejr
re-tone, refresh and restore to m.nhood, regard
lMnfae. They core evil habtu and-perma
n.?y "move their effect,, a. well a. Uja-of
exceM and over-taxed brain work, rasthenl
or nervou. exhaustion. No tai lure, n pnslh pity,
no deception, ao aliappolaUaeat. WRITE 10-
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Fancy
Fancy
TaJkinrf Parrots
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f0ur?rnPrbTcrea to all
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SEND FOR I BICYCLE
. GREAT CLEAR. NC 8ALE of 97 and H
mOtJelS, DMt BlafM, V. (sWfldi a
approval without a etni payment. Free au
T wheel toQurmgenu. Vv i iu for our
money. I PEC, AL TUl V KEK-40 h.flrto
i Mrf ..U1. ralicrhtlw fl..nrtll. Ift.lft
bookaf au-c, b Kr-fc (ur lump whUe they lmu
MEAD CYCIaE CO.PAXY, t'hlcaia,
OPIUM
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cured. Ir..I. IStepbena,
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FOR FIFTY YEARS 1
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP:
has been used br mtltlom of mother; for their
chilSrJn while Tthln for ov.r Fifty Yeara
It wothe. the child, softens the swiw. aUayt
ill pain, core, wind coll and la the bait
ranteuv-1 or umu li"
Tweniy-Sve
Cent, a Battle.
PATENTS
VttwmK.ColemiJi, Attomey-at-Iw and Bourn".
f Fat.nt.. JT Bt.. r. w., wasniniEiun, .
IghMt reference, la all parti ot the conntry;
13 IC89
Tfao mirt and the beat, Etvmpr Mat
mi mm iini sufmwu.iei bv.hi
Among other
complimentary
remarks the
of Com
merce" says in
its issue of Feb.
25th, 1898:
"Our repre
sentatives have
therefore given
close and criti
cal attention to
the claims of
all the leading
makes of cy
cles as found
in their cata
logues, and as
presented by
agents and in
terested wheel
men. As a re
sult of thor
ough and prac
tical tests and
examinations,
the unanimous
verdict of our
experts was
in favor of the
Lovell Dia
mond, manu
factured by the
John P. Lov
ell Arms Co.,
Boston, Massa
chusetts, and
was bused up
on general and
symmetrical
excellence in
every part of a
bicycle, cou
pled with cor
rect and scien
tific desiga."
1803.
rrS?i.orr.rvc..r 5
Sno rmlot of this aotio. an 140, m
E:7:i stow aHb I
T1T tat... at a 1.6y
13
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mm.
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