SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE. Funny Episodes and Thrilling Ad ventures Which Show that Truth is Stranger than Fiction. f/'rA NEVER get to talking abou; v snakes without thinking of a trick a big fellow and 1 once played on some neighboring young men of about our Pges," says a resident* of Hcranton, Penn. "The}' had built a weir to catch eols in, •ft and one night my friend and .1 went there to rob them of the catch. The other fellow waded in with a bag, and I was on horseback close by waiting to take the bag of stolen goods and dash off at b oak neck speed, lie to cut across lots on foot. He had the strongest jaws and the finest set of teeth I ever saw, and after he had poked in the water awhile ho spoke low to me and said : 'AI, I've got hold of the biggest eel I over handled, and he's wound himself around rav arm. He's a whopper, and I can't get him loose. I'm going to bite his head off.' And ho did bite it off with one snap. I got home all right with the bagful, and when lie joined me we dumped the eels on the barn floor and tinned the light from ihe lantern 011 the heap. The enormous eel proved to be a great slug gish black-back water snake. There was nothing poisonous about it, and it was as clean and harmless as an eel, but he turned pale as quick as he saw it, and for half and hour his imagination had complete control of his stomach." TIIF. (Jape Town Argus prints the follow ing story of the funeral of a native Afri can King : From Old Calabar c lines the account of the way in which the king's grave was prepared for the reception of his body. The hole was a large one and deep. Lying in the same grave were ■ nine of the king's youngest wives, and their deaths had been brought about in the most cruel manner. Each of the poor creatures had both her wrists and ankles broken, so that they could nei her walk no' crawl. In that stale, atid suf fering lie most cruel pain, the unfor.u nate <rea! ures were placed at the bottom of the grave, seven of them lying side by side. The body of the king was thou laid on them in a transverse direction. The two remaining women were la d by the side of the k ng, lying exactly like the monarch's body. No food or water i was given !o the- poor creatures, who, were left in that position to die. It a sail that deatli did not, as a rule, take place for four or live days. Four men were stationed round the gra\ o, armed with clubs, ready to knock back with these weapons any of the women who, notwithstanding their maimed condi tion, wero able to crawl to the side of the grave. ONE of the most remarkable and ex citing experiences ever recorded in con nection with the settlement of the Nor thern Wisconsin wilderness is recorded from Unity, a small station on the Wis cousin Central Railway. A woodman named Kleinert, together with his two small children —a boy and a girl—went into tho woods ft short distance from the station, Kleinert, as is customary with settlers, taking along witli him his Win ches'er rifle. Ho had become some what separated from 1 lie children, when he was s artled by hearing the little boy screaming at the top of his voice, anu, upon running to the spot, was horrified to find that a large back bear had sud- | denly dashed from the dense thicket { near which the children were picking I berries, and catching up the little girl, j was making off with her through the woods at n rapid rate. Tho screams of his child, who w as in tho clutches of the bear, nerved Kleinert to immediate ac tion, and grasping his rifle he hurridly followed through the woods in the direc tion from which the screams proceeded. Owing to tho densene.ss of the forest he could see nei; her the child nor bear, and was manly guided by the streaming of tho child/ After he had proceeded about twenty rods lie suddenly came upon tho bear, who was stand.ng upon lus haunches in a little opening with tho child struggling and streaming at bis feet. The bear showed fight and made ready to pounce upon Kleinert, when he brought his trusty Winchester into use and fired, shooting the bear, through tho head and killing him in- j stantly. Beyond being scratched by the bear's claws and her clothing torn I to shreds, the little girl was unharmed. \ A DISCOVERY, referring to tho iron age, I has been made at Gloppen, on the j coast of Norway. A burial chamber, twelve feet in length, and formed of stono slabs, lias been uncovered, con taining t.lio remains of a man. The find in the chamber includes a bucket, orna mented with bronze, made of lime wood, two lanceheads of iron twelve inches long, a double edged sword in scabbard, with a ferrule of bronze, an iron shield, a bronze buckle, some Roman gold coins, perforated and worn us ornaments, a glass beaker, green and blue in color, and ornamented with etched tracings, a pair of bronze scales, some iron arrow heads, and a pair of shears in a wooden , case. On the body lay two largo red j stones and some bronze ornaments, j having, no doubt, formed part of a belt, j while some bear's hair and claws seem | to indicate that tho body rested upon a bear's skin. Tho most remarkablo part I of the find is, however, that the lining of the coat around the neck was in a perfect state of preservation, and re vealed rich embroidery of images of animals, an object of unique value, and that in tho hands had been placed three interlaced wooden lings, resembling tho well-known puzzle lings, an object never before discovered in ancient graves, and which has given Norwegian archaeolo gists much food for speculation. WHILE plowing near Pleasant Hill, 111., recently, writes a correspondent, j A. .13. Ighel, a farmer, noticed three of his dogs in mortal combat with some-1 thing a short distance away. A great; dust was raised, and for sorno distance ( the grass and weeds had been smothoved or trod down. Igsol hurried to the spot, and to his horror found tho dogs on gaged in a terrible fight with a monster snake. 'I ho dogs had been fighting for half an hour or longer, with tho snake before Igsel arrived. Tho largest of the dogs, a huge cur, got the snake by the back of the head and held on until it lay quiet. When satisfied that the ; monster was dead, Igsel approached and was struck with awe by tho enorm ity of the reptile. He took the body to town, where it was viewed by hundreds, j B}* actual measurement tho snake measured 18 feet. 7 inches in length, and j 5 feet from the head it was 2} inches in j circumference. This immense rep'.ile has often been seen in the bottoms by j fishermen, but all offor's to capture it, have proved unavailing. Some pooplo declare the snake recently esca] od from : a floating dime museum at Clarksville. ; Mo. L. H. BUITTOV and .TOIIII Murray, of New Lisbon, 0., brought to that place from Carrolton a monstor rattlesnake. Liammation of natural histories fails to show any record of his equal in size, ; the greate-t length allowed his species i ranging from seven to eight feet. This one is over nine feet. He is fif'een inches in circumference and lias twelve attles at present, some having been ; b oken off. He is a diamond rattler, a j species confined to the Atlantic coast I from Florida to North Carolina and the ; largest of all rattlers. The snake was j captured in Florida by two negros, who make a business of killing them for j their hides. On account of his great 1 size they took this alive. They per- | formed the rather delicate opera 4 ion by i p'acing a trap over a hole in the sand j into which they had seen him crawn after j a turtle. He was shipped North as a I present to Bird Kriper, of Corroiton, | who soon found himself with the biggest kind of a white elephant on his hands. A PARTY is being organized in Oregon to search for tho famous Lost Cabin, which is supposed to contain 1,000 ounces of gold, gathered many years ago. A party of minors years ago, it is said, discovered wonderfully rich dig gings somewhere on the Cascade Moun tains and took out 1,000 ounces of the ; metal. One night they were surprised ' by hostile Indians, and all but two were i murdered. The survivors finally found I their way into the settlement of the Willamette Valley nearly dead from hardship and hunger. Their story j gained considerable belief, and they or- ' gani/.ed party after party to search for the lost cabin, all of which ended in ' disaster and suffering. At this late day i an old-timer turns up with ihe maps of ! these men who died years ago, and will pilot a party into tho country that is be lieved to contain the richest diggings in the world. A MAN having been seen with a wheel barrow in Mount Feake Cemetery, Walt ham, Mass., in the night recently, an nvestigation was made, which led to the discovery that a dog had been buried in the lot of H. K. Hall, a Boston mer chant. Mr. Hall admitted that the ani mal had been buried by his orders by ro quest of his wife. Ho claimed that lie j had a right to do so. Tho trustees of tho cemetery referred to the City Solici tor, whoso opinion in substance was that no person has a right under tho form of j deed issued to bury any dumb animal in | a lot; that any one so doing can bo ; legally restrained from it, and an in junction served on them. At the meet ing of the Board Mr. llall was ordered to remove the remains of the dog. MR. C. R. WINTER WOOD, of Martins ville, Ilf., has had quite a remarkable experience with a turtle. In 1874 ho | caught a small turtle, and, just for amusement, cut the figures represent- 1 ing that year on the under shell of tho reptile, and then turned it loose. Ho forgot all about the circumstance until five years later, when lie again captured the terrapin. Tho mark was yet plainly to be seen. Ho freshened it up and then cut his initials, " C. 11. W.," be neath it, after which ho again turned it loose. Recently lie again found tho turtle, not fifty yards from where it was the other two times, and it did not seem to be a particle larger. The marks arc still quite plain. THE Emperor of Morocco is soon to receive from London two handsome car riages of Oriental design. A hansom cab of green and gold, to bo led by mules, is one of them. The other is a palanquin to bo carried by mules. The seat is so ar ranged that the Emperor con sit cross- j legged if lie wants to. One of tho most suggestive features of the vehicle is a little cupboard on the right side con- j taining a four chambered revolver and ammunition. On the other side is a sword and other weapons, also writing materials. Has tho Emperor heard that the pen is mightier than the sword ? THE heads of the Danish police have 1 introduced away of suppressing intern- 1 perance which is both simple and or- j lginal. If a man is found drunk in the streets or at public places a cab is hired and he is taken homo. If he is too in toxicated to be communicated with, he ■ is taken to a police station and kept (ill he is able to give his address, when he is taken home by cab. The publican who has given tho last glass of drink to tho victim is made responsible for tho cab-fares, which sometimes amount to a considerable sum. AERIAL navigation has reached this surprising stage of progress: At the late Parisian "Congress" on tho use of balloons und carrier pigeons in time of war, it was resolved " that aeronauts in time of war should bo treated as belli gerents if they were soldiers, but as spies if they were spies. M. Janssens, of tho Acudemy of Sciences, expressed his belief tha* in tho next century the problem of aerial navigation would be solved! A Whale Chase by Indians. Tho Origonian to-day published a thrilling account of a whalo-ehase by Indians of the Neah Bay reservation oft* Cape Flattery, in which one canoe #as lost and seven Indians were drowned. The wa'es were discovered spouting off the coast, and, following the customs of tho Indians, a report of the fact was made to the medicine man, who called a hurried council and allotted a number of picked men to tho different canoes. Incantations were then hold wherein a certain harpoon was blessed by the dreamer or medicine man and handed to the thrower, with the warning not to let it go from his hands except so orderel by the dreamer himself, lest their efforts in the chase should prove abortive. The ceremonies over, the dreamer seated himself in tho stern of the canoe, and the thrower, armed with the pro phetic harpoon, which must bo tho first one hurled, took his position in tho bow of the boat. They were then to run through tho serf by the members of the tribe, who were to accompany them, closely foi l-wed by two other canoes fully manned, which, according to instructions, kept astern of the first, bat close at hand. "The whnle was successfully har pooned. but at sundown it commenced to blow a regular Nor Wester and the sea became so heavy that the canoes were obliged to disconnect and leave their victim to tire himself out battling with the air-floats secured to him. That night tho wind increased in ve locity and the sea ran mountains high, and on tho following day only two of the canoes wore discoverable. By this t'ine the whale was dead, and tho surviv ing canoes towed him to land. In tho evening the Indians of the surrounding country who had been reached by tho runners assembled, and a "cu'.tus pot latch "was held. Formerly the cultus put'atcli was a meeting of the Indians to trade among themselves, but since tho advent of the whites it lias degene rated into a drunken debauch. On this occasion the ceremonies opened with incantations over the eyes of the whale, after which the skin of the animal was passed around to bo eaten by the guests raw, being con sidered by thorn a rare tidbit. After this the flowing bowl was brought forth, and the howling and mourning after the : lost Indians was plainly heard a mile , dibtaut abovo the booming of the surf. "C. • . . CARL DUNDEE. He Encounters Several Sbarpers and Comes Out Ahead. "Well?" queried Sergt. Bendall as Carl Dunder entered tho police station the other day with his hat worn jauntily on his ear, "Vliell, sergeant, I vhas going by uud I slmst dropped in a little time." "Glad to see you. You haven't been down in some time." "No. I liaf some fellers come around to seo me again, und I vlius busy." "Swindled again, I presume." "Sergeant I" said Mr. Dunbar, as he flushed clear back to his cars. "Maype I vims some haystacks, und maype I know enough to take care of myself. I vliasn't so shmart as a polieenums, but I can come in when she rains." "Well, perhaps. What wero the fel lows after ?" "My wife she likes to go to Lansing, '* replied Mr. Dunder, after getting over his mad a little, "und I goes py der depot to puy a ticket." "How mooch vlius dot ticket to Lans ing?" "Two-forty." "No less for cash ?" "No, sir." "I gif you two-twenty." "No, sir.' 1 * 'Two-twenty five." "No, sir." " Don I goes py dot way of Shack son, und you doau't get a cent." "But that must have cost at least $5." "A lecdlo more ash dot, but you seo dot under railroad doun' got one cent, und it makes her so mad ash liefer vlius." "Well, what else?" "A chap comes in uiy place last week und looks all around and says: "Vlias d.s Carl Dander?" "Ho vlius." "I vims glad to see you. I hear aboudt you all oafor. Mr. Dunder, I have some preparation hero dot if you rub on your feet no shark vliill bite you. 1 warrant it or give you back your money." " And you bought it?" "Hold on, sergeant, lie liaf sliust twelve bottles left. Ho uslcs mo SI a bottle." "But you ?" "Doun' take mo for some fools. I offer him two shillings a bottle uud lie takes it. He likes to beats me, but I knock him oildt. I vhas too sharp for him." "But what do you want of tho stufl'?" "To keep sharks avluiy." "But where are the sharks?" Mr. Dunder looked embarrassed, and as he did not reply the sergeant queried: "I heard something about a suit well up your way. What sort of a scheme was that?" "Vliell, if I rnako a mistake on dot shark-grease I know I vhas all right on dot salt well. Homo fellers put oop a shop on mo, but I knock 'em all to pieces. A man comes in my place und looks all around und drinks some beer und says: "Vhas you Carl Dunder?" "I vims." "Vliell, I liko to tell you dot I pelief I can make a salt well in your back yard. If so you vhas der reediest man in De troit in two weeks, I like to bore and seo if I can find salt." "How mooch vhas der cost?" "Vliell, you vhas a good feller und always use der poys square und so I make it shcap to you. 1 bores down for one lioonered dollar." "Who you take me for?" "But dat vhas shea})." "I gif you shunt twenty-five dollar und no more, und if you doan' like dot you go right oudt." "Did ho bore?" asked tho sergeant. "Yes. He comes right to my price. Ho bores for two days." "Find any salt ?" "Not ono drop." "Ami you paid him 825!" "I did." "Mr. Dunder, I really hate to say anything to wound your feelings, but if you aren't tho greenest, liay-seedest, pumkin headest—'' "Sergeant!" interrupted the old man as lie backed for the door, "keep quiet 1 Doan' ah peak to mo! Gif mo some show to go avliay und commit der sui cide! I vhas in dis country ten years, but I doan' make her oudt yet. No podyvhas two times der same. I vlias so discouraged dot I go und hang my self. Goodby, und see dot I vhas kept groen in my grafe!" An Appreciative Statesman, Quite a number of years have passed since there was a hot contest for tho election of Governor of Virginia. But about the last exciting battle which tho gioat political parties indulged in long before tho present Governor was thought of for the position—there was a man named Jones who entered into tho canvass with ardor and worked night and day for the success of his favorite, Jones was not much of a speaker, but he subscribed tho money which paid the expenses of stump orators, and never rested until his man was elected, and then Jones shouted and shook hands with every one, as politicians always do when their party is triumphant. After tho inauguration Jones called upon tho Governor, and the Govornor received his friend with much cor diality. "Jones," said tho Governor, "I've been thinking what I can do for you. You worked hard for me and should havo something." "Don't mention it, Governor," said our friond, with a gratifiod look. "To bo sure I worked hard, lmt then patriots should serve their country." "And all patriots should be rewarded, Jones, when tho time arrives. Now, I have been thinking how I could compli ment von. You hold a position as Jus tice (j tho Peace, don't you?" "Oh, yes; but it is nearly expired I" ; replied our friend, with eagerness, ex- 1 porting a Judgeship at least. "Well, I'll tell you what I'll do, Jones," said tho Governor blandly, lay ing a hand upon his arm and smi.l.ig sweetly upon him. "If it expires dur ing my administration I'll renew it." Jones says that from that time until the present he has not mingled with politics or politicians—and Jones is l ight.—[Richmand (Va.) Dispatch. Jealousy Among Liverymen. If there is one class of men among whom jealousy can be more bitter than among liverymen no one has ever heard of the class. The liverymen all claim to have tho fastest horses, the finest bred horses, the handsomest buggies, the most costly harness. They are al ways on the lookout for something new in tho line of vehicles, and as soon ns one catches a new feature all tho others are after the same thing. When one liveryman gets a fine double team every other liveryman feels called upon to gol - finer one to beat tho rest on the road. Ho they go, and as a result the lively stable keeper is always poor, despite his high prices for rigs. —[St. Louis Star Hayings, NOTES AND COM MENU S. THE opening of the new dry dock at the Norfolk navy yard insures docking facilities for tho largest of our men of war, or of those of foreign powers likely to visit our ports. The need of such docks has grown with the modern vessel of greater length and wider 1 am. and congress appropriated a sum . lliiciei.t to construct one at Norfolk, am ther at League Island, and a third at the Brooklyn navy yard. The policy of placing shipbuilding plants in our other navy yards will necesdta e the construe tion of similar docks elsewhere. They are built of timber, instead of granite, and at a less first cost, and with alar less outlay for expenses are found as durable as the older granite docks. New gate appliances, and more power ful pumps for emptying them when once . tilled, place the new docks on a pur v.'i h the best possessed by any maritime na tion. A GOVERNMENT report publ'shcd re cently, gave the mineral output of the United States for the a ear at consider ably more than $500,000,000, placing it far ahead of any other country in the world. Following upon that Professor Femow, of the forest div sion of the De partment of Agriculture, leports an enormous consumption of limber throughout the Un on during the year, and estimates tho value of tho forests cut down at $700,000,000 ; thus it may be seen that the United States drew up on its natural resources in those two lines alone in twelve months for sl,- 200,000,000. A REMARKABLE fact 18 the cIIUDgO which the recent storm has wrought in the New-Jersey coast line. For oeiitu ries its beaches have been gra lually succumbing to the force of the waves. Sc entitle observers place the average loss at twelve feet a year along the whole coast. In the southern ] art of the State the wear is especially marked. Sandy Hook, on the contrary, lias ex tended itself a mile and a ha f within tho last hundred years, and is still gain ing from accumu ations ; but at lhn no gut tho loss has been '2OO yards in forty years. Tho recent great storm has greatly helped this destruction. THE New York Medical Journal ex plains the physical degeneracy of Amer ican women by saying that household utensils are all too big for women to handle with comfort. But this is an ex planation that doesn't explain. For the greatest evidences of physical degener acy are tho women who never under any circumstances hand'o these heavy household utensils. While, on the other hand, tho women who do handle them are, as a rule, well developed physically. Perhaps tho physical degeneracy of so many women is due to the fact that they don't handle household utensils enough. THE Senate commit eo invest gating the question of reclaiming arid lands by irrigation hold a meet ng at Denver, Col. Testimony was taken to the effect that the entire eastern portion of the State could be irrigated by the reser voir system and hundreds of thousands of acres of land now worthless converted into the best agricultural land ; that the storage system was undoubtedly tho most practical, and if one-half the water which went to waste every year was stored, there would be more than suffic ient to reclaim every acre of land in tho State. THE oldest officer in our army in age and by entry into service is Second ] Jen tenant Michael Moore, of the re tired list. Ho was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1700, and enlisted at Covent or's Island in April, 1812. Ho enlisted ns a drummer in tho Thirteenth Infan try. From 1841 until 1809 ho was in charge of tho music boys on Governor's Island, where all infantry recruits woro sent in those days. He was appointed Second Lieutenant in tho Ninth In fan try in 1869. He was retired for age in 1870. He lives with a married daughter j i] Brooklyn. Tirr. Boston Courier says that the re markably high death rate ■ n that cty tins last summer is mainly due to tho im pure water which the citizens arc com pelled to drink. Nearly all the residents of one districtaro drinking a liquid which the Courier says, " is nothing more than the dillution of a large part of the sew age of another city and of ono or two towns." THE largest county in the United States is Custer County, Mon ami, which contains 36,0CR) square miles, be ing larger in extent than the States of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. One tenth of our present population could find a means of livlihood in this ono county, and then it would not be so populous as Belgium. THE successful trial trip of the new cruiser Baltimore, on which sho made a speed of almost twenty knots an hour and developed about 1,300-ho:se power in excess of the '9,000 contrac'od for, in sures our having a cruiser second to none of her class afloat. The lino qual ities displayed in heavy seas have proven her a staunch and powerful ves sel in every respect. A KANSAS City editor was recently killed, so every one supposed, by a stroke of lightning. It has since been learnod that he died of surprise. He found a man who admitted his inability to run a newspaper better than the editor. Snow As a Non-Conductor. It has been practically shown that in ' the bad conducting property of snow tlieie is a romaruab.o protecting power in the economy of nature. However cold the air and the surface of the miow may be, if there is considerable thick ness of snow, tho temperature of the surface of the soil underneath does not fall below the freozing point. Thus the snow is actually a warm covering to the vegetation, for on its removal in alpine slopes by the ethereal mildness of the spring, the surface of the earth is seen ti be gorgeously verdant and studded with beautiful flower bloom. But, though the snow is a beneficent proteo- j tion to the plant w< rid in cold olimates, it is oliilliug to the atmosphere. The radiation from the snow in a cloudless sky considerably lowers the temperature of tho superincumbent air, and in ex tensive snow-clad lands, when tho win ter is protracted, the chilling effect is very manifest. The surface of the snow receives so little heat from the earth that it gets cooled down to hoar frost in a brilliant layer, glistening in tho weaker sunlight. Thus the ground may be of a temperature above freezing, when the snow surface is bitterly cold. However, animals which live in the air have the power of locomotion to keep up tho body's temperatu eby act ive work. Tho plants in a cold winter would die or become stunted without the protection of the snow mantle, whereas animals that can keep themselves warm by ex ercise do not sutt'er by the necessary loss of tho heat of the earth, which is pre vented by the snow covering from pass ing through to them, [Good Words, Chinese Business Methods. Tho Chiuese merchants keep as full a ' set of books as our merchants do, and they do business on a smaller margin, writes a Pekiu correspondent. They keep account of stock and daily sales, and I have some of their ledgers. Tho J Pekin banks have a clear ing-house sys tem. Each depositor has from his banker a book with two columns, in ono of which are entered li s deposits and in j the other his drafts. He pays hiscredi | tors by checks on the bank and in tho evening sen Is his book t> be balanced. I The next morning the clerks of tho ! various banks get together, checks are I interchanged and the accounts of tho | various depositors are s jiiared. 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A rustic bridge just completed in Houston county, (ia.. contains fifty-seven different kinds of wood and vines, and all were grown in the country. Those who use Dobbins** Electric Soap each week ( and their na me in ley ton ), save their clothes and strength, and let the noap do the i work. Did you ever try it? If not, do no next Monday ure. Ask your grocer for it. Since ISOO the population of Furope has just doubled itself Then the population was J ] 75,000,000; in 1860, 21(5,000,000; in INGO, j 289,000,000; in 1880, .EH,000,000: in 1888. I 650,000,000. IJ4O. The Liver,,. "V' | And kidney* ur organs which It is important should be kept la good condition, and yet they arc over worked and nbusod by nearly everybody, until they beoome worn out, clogged up or diseased. Hood's Sorsaparllla euros all dlfllcultles with theHO organs, rouses Uiciu to healthy action, uud tones the whole digestive organism. "I have been using Flood's Sc.rsnparllla for Indi gestion and liver trouble. It has greatly benofltcd me, and I think it Is fully as good a medicine as claimed."—K. S. Ciixrkuro, chief eugiuoer lire dept., Stonington, Ot. N. B.—lf you dcnldo to take Flood's Saraaparilla do not Ixj induced to take any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla bold by all druggists, ft; six for $5. Prepared ouly by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Muss. I OO Doses Ono Dollar MMPOPHOSPWES ffiiUHyr almosias palatable ~ AS MILK. HK; uij "IsTITIT! Ao disguised that the most ||i- . JM A'Heutostomaohcau tnkoit. Vt-" L ,"** Remarkable as a 'IF'/ Hfß| , FLESII PRODUCER. W Person* g in rapidly JttA wlitle taking it* Is acknowledged by Physicians to bo the FIN ESI aud BEST preparation of its class for tho relief of coy SUM r TION, SCROFULA , aEN Kit ir. DEHILITY, WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN, awl CHRONIC COUGHS. au. DituaoKjia. Soott & Bowne, New York. Ely's Cream Balm 153551 IS Ml'llE TO CI! UK P^f- OmHE^ 0 ] Cold in Headr^il qiacKCY. 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This book oontalfiH B pages 11x14 Inches In at/*, ! and consists of litrgeOxl'i plate pnges, giving plana. < elevations, perspective views description*, owner# tames, actual cost of construction, no RUCKS work. In 1 instructions Hnw in Build TOCotV-gCH, Villas, Double Houses. Brick Block Houses, suitable for city suburbs, town and country, houses for the farm ana worklnsruen's homos for all s<ction of tl;s country, sna costing from *:)0 to *6.600; also Barns. Bt-bles, School House, Town Hall. Churches and at her public buildings, together with specification*, form ot contract, and a lsr. c amount of Infornistioo on the srectiyii of buildings, selection of Bite, em ployment of Architects, ft is worth *6 to any on*, but ws will asnd It in paper cover by mail, post|sit. assort atoccijsiswß. * A Snake Voudoes a Hen. I T* i** r* I par o]> - ! A fanner in the upper portion of this 'w * fvS JTT -tiff coun y was aroused one liight not long ffPZtf} % If t '\J*+t\ XTMv since by the nulling of a hen on her WKn>. aTRA' roost in a cluster of vines near the house. ,1* \j a lining out the hen was, apparently, r I transfixed with fright, and helpless i'll 1 fix* "I — , |X\fill 1 her movements. A large snake was ' iT- .B OHI 11 found near by, with eyes evidently set O 1 flLW*- upon his prey. The hen continued her CurCS* squalls, without moving, as if in a night- avfrimV mare, till the snake was killed, when PTLYAND X £t\MA v NENTLT she fell from her perch, recovering and QfP-AIIJ. flying away but has since been in a TTUNDAA'STS ANdJfALERSEvirywiIeRE droop—[Dalton (Ga.) Argus. THE&f.sMIGELERfo Wo-Mth All the old potash, mercury I and sarsaparilla mixtures left far ' behind. S. S. S. never fails to cure. This magic remedy builds the system up instead of tearing it down. If you ever had blood disease, don't fail to take S. S. S. J If you have ever taken mercury I and potash, get it out of your ! system by using 8 tvift's Specific. ! The Best in the Worhl. I think Swift's Specific Ib the beat blood remedy iu the world. I have known it to make some wonder ful cures of patients whe -eraconsidered Incurable. D. M. Gkayson, Crowvillo, Ln. TreaUap gn Blood and 81dn Diseases mailed froo. Tmc SWOT SPMCIWO Co., Drawer o, Atlanta, Un. j p^m\ mEr hero who worked I Spending money, how unselfishly he j By spent it. How deter- poverty. A boy who j LT \l could think how to ! earn money in spite orobstacles, and could act nobly, even at a loss of ' his own pleasure. A pure story—sent free to any boy j or girl who will pay the postage—only a a-cent stamp j required. CURTIS PUBLISHING CO., _______ Philadelphia, Pa. nnilllJ HABIT. Only Co rutin nnct lIrIHIM Piny ('lit Fln the World. Dr. VI lUm J . 1.. ST Fl'll FN S, I<! an u IHIAINir RAIN! RAIN! m j ■ .eflonegf Milkman. 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TOWER, - Boston, Mass, Kf LATEST IMPROVED HORSE POWER Machine* for Til If FNIIING A <'LEANING Grain, also Machine* forS.'WINIJ W OOD i SVD R F A. W. GRAY'S SONS PEERLESS DYES BOLD BY DBucjuini BASS BALL' "Ei:£W!,S^' SENT EH EE "" "Ppllcution mm!.. Sim- mm | . -".rilli (2<'.)Btainp. by n.1.1f. -nig. Theodore llolliinil, |\ o. || o \ I 'JO. I'liiiu.l'ii. FRAZER g^ BEST IN THE WORLD U II L M O t IJf (let the (lenulne. Bold I>r.vwhere. ! M | j|jj m P* ,n ' tia>ti Wlii'teuiu fit flO ' •inph'ti'Htorfiw of Love, Daring Deeds etc..7.-, Scrnp Pictures inc. N ASH A r N KWH CO. , N USBBU , N.Y K. 11. Tlt FAT*H Catalogue of Send Tnr" 1 " "b*T!V < ' r 7 CUt;I®B i | Swift's Specific ontirely cured me of a severe case oi blood poison which obstinately resisted and re fused to be cured for over 90 years. Tho regular j medical remedies of mercury and potash only added f uel to the flume. I suffered during most of this long time with ulcers, blotches and sores of the mot offensive character, and was for a long timo practi cally an invalid. In less than thirty days uso of S. S. S. I was all cleared up sound and well. This j 11 us been nearly a year ago, and 110 sign of uny re turn 0/ the old enemy. JOUN li. WILLIS, } 6? Clark Street, Atlanta, Ga. I have seen Swift's Specific used, and known of I many cases of the worst form of blood disease* which have been cured by it. I know the proprte- I tors to be gentlemen of tho highest type and übnoat ; reliability. I recommend it as a great blood remedy, I unequalled by anything thnt J know of. , M. D. WIfAHTON. \ 1 aetor Ist baptist Church, Montgomery, Alp T . TWO BOTTLES. i Two bottles of Swift's Specific cured mo of 1 bad condition of my blood, from which I had suffered for ut months, I hud blotches and sores which wen painful and troublesome. 8. S. 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