Freeland tribune., November 13, 1890, Image 3

BURROWING FOR $200,000.
The Chance Wanderings of a Woman
Spoils a Big Robbery.
Fifteen years ago thieves determined
on a big bank robbery. The bank selec
ted was in a city in New Jersey. The
emprise was planned and principally
pushed by a very clever pickpocket
called "Mollie Matches," alias John Lar
ncy. lie was a man of enterprise, cour
age and brains, and, what was just as
important in a job of this sort, he had
•w money—lots of it. Matches was not a
"gopher man" himself, and in no wise
worked on banks in a practical personal
way. He belonged to the aristocracy of
rogues, was a prime pickpocket in fact,
and if some light-fingered McAllister
ever writes a book ho will tell you such
a man belongs to roguery's "400."
Matches did the outside work. He
procured the tools, the section jimmies,
the spreaders, pullers, wedges, mauls,
the suction pumps, putty, powder, fuse'
saws, files, drills and drill-brace, as well
as various corrosive acid 3 for eating iron
and steel, 'these tools are necessarily
hand-made, as in the nature of things
they can only be ordered of trusted men.
The men who make them are among the
best artisans in the world, and the cracks
man tools they turn out are light, ele
gant, accurate and of great power. The
tools for the New Jersey robbery were
made in Cleveland, under the direction
of a man who was once tho chief police
officer of that city. They cost Matches
1,800. The bank was selected because
of a vacant dwelling-house on one side,
while two streets and an alley were on
the other three.
It is well to say right here that banks,
and especially those weak banks in small
country towns which are the "gophers' "
pride and joy, had better know who has
possession next door. That is where
danger generally comes from.
Mutches began by bribing the janitor
of the hank, who was also its night
watchman, lie led the talented robber
inside one night and an accurate plan of
the bank with its money vaults was
made. Then Matches rented the house
next door, paying for a month in ad
vance. One Saturday evening the gaug
assembled and the work began. Satur
day was selected because tiic work was
going to take time and they would need
v until Monday morning to complete it.
Their purpose was to tunnel into the
bank from the neighboring house. De
scending to the basement they began,
guided by their map of the hank.
All night they moiled and toiled in
the basement. A good deal of work was
before them, as they had to tunnel under
the open yard between the buildings for
n space of ten feet. Hut they kept on,
for they were within fifty feet of $200,-
000. At last the earth taken out began
to encumber that part of the basement
where the "gophers" were at work.
One was detailed to carry it back in a
large basket and dump it in a rear room.
This rear room had half-windows from
which one could see into the back yard,
but tho "gophers" never thought of that;
they were thinking only of the hank and
the $200,000. Matches was not with
them, or this mistake might have been
averted. He told mo this story himself,
and was confident nothing would Lave
gone wrong if his master-mind were i
there.
Trouble began in thiswise. The card,
"For Kent," was still in the front
window. The thieves overlooked that,
too. It caught the eye of an old Irish
woman bound for early mass on a Sunday
morning. She coveted the edifice for a
"boordtn'-house." It was locked, so she
went about peering into the windows.
Looking down through the rear basement
windows she descried a pile of fresh
earth on the floor. The "gophers" had
been dumping dirt there about thirty
minutes.
"Av Oi tuk it," said the old Irish
woman to herself, "Oi'd make the
lan'lord clane out the basement, shurc."
And then she journeyed on to early
mass and the consolation of her soul.
The morning and part of Sunday after
noon sped by. No bees ever worked like
the diligent "gophers" nenring the
$200,000. Tho pile of earth in the back
basement grew apace. At 3 o'clock in
the nfternuon the old Irish woman, her
mind fraught with "boordin'-houso,"
determined to take another look at that
eligible structure that stood next the
bank. She returned. She was astound
ed at the growth of tho mound of earth
in the rear basement. From a small, in
consequential heap it had grown until
tons of earth were now cumbering the
floor.
"Howly virgin, but the house is
haunted completely!" exclaimed the
horrified lady, and started straight for a
priest.
The cleric was not superstitious and
smiled nt the spook theory. Ho started
for the house. On the way lie notified a
sergeant of police nt a minor station.
The sergeant knew his business and at
once divined the scheme of the thieves.
He was also an ambitious olliecr, and de
tcrmiued to make the capture without
flrst notifying the central olliee. This
was contrary to police rules and disar
ranged lnnttcrs mightily. If he had no
tified his superior tho thieves would have
got away. The careful Matches had the
chief "fixed" and a fleet messenger was
in constant waiting in sight of any sig
nal which the chief might give, to fly to
the men at work and notify them of dis
covery. The sigual was simple. The
chief was to put up a certain window of
his office. That means "Look out 1"
But the sergeant did not notify the
chief, lie wanted the credit himself; so
lie took a squad and captured the indus
trious "gophers" in their tunnel.
"And they were within two hours of
tho stuff, too," said Matches, sadly, as
he related the matter to me. *' 'Two
hours more and they'd had that $200,-
000!"—[ICausas City Star.
His Only Virtue.
A custom prevails at the funerals
among the Dutch settlers at Natal, Cape
Colony, South Africa, for some one of
the deceased's friends to make a short
oration at his open grave, recording his
virtues and the good deeds, if any, per
formed by him during his earthly sojourn.
It happened, however, that an individual
died who was not considered to have
been possessed of any virtues whatever,
and had never performed any good deeds.
Consequently, in his case, the melancholy
obsequies were nearly being completed
in silence, when one of his countrymen,
raising his voice, said, in solemn tones ;
" Him was a berry good smoker."
A Mustache Trainer.
I saw the other day in a gentlemen's
furnishing stoic in New York what to
me was a curiosity. It was a plate of
thin metal, slKiped like the upper line of
a mustache, and underneath another
plate fitted to it, or rather closed on it,
by means of hinges and a clasp. It was
a mustache trainer. You arrange your
mustache in the most approved style
just before you go to bed, clasp the
trainer down on it, and it is thus held in
place all night, and will stay in proper
shape most of the next day, if you don't
disarrange it when washing your face.
How the men who use the trainer manage
to keep their faces clean without disar
ranging their mustaches I did not learn,
but one of the clerks in the furnishing
store told me that he thought they wiped
their faces with a wet towel. The in
vention is from Paris, and they say a
good many are already in use in New
York.—[St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
His Wig is His Sweetheart's Hair.
In the appearance of a real bald head
there is nothing romantic, and yet love
finds u chance at times to surround it
with a halo of sentiment. A wicked,
barber, a fashionable but, nevertheless,
wofully talkative barber, discloses one
of the sweetest secrets it has ever been
my lot to hear, says a writer in the Bos
ton Herald. The secret was originally
possessed by the barber and two young,
I trusting hearts, but now it is known by
a score or more persons, all customers of
the barber, and at last it came from one
of them to me. A young man of many
good points, but with none on his head,
was for five years a victim to the promi
ses of the tonsorial artist, who guaran
teed to bring hair out on his shiny pate,
but who did not keep his word. Some
men confide their love affairs to their
tailors, others to their doctors,
and ntill others to the men who
mix their cocktails. This young
man, upon losiug his heart to a
sweet and promising maiden confided his
passion to his barber. That worthy sym
pathized with him deeply, and redoubled
his exertions to lure the downy fringe
upon the head of Romeo, but without
effect. Finally the barber and the lover
lost hope together, and thea it was that
the young man made a trembling propo
sition.
"Louisedoes not like a bald head,"
said he, "although, of course, mine is
not unpleasant to her. Nevertheless, she
prefers to have it covered, and so we
have reached a conclusion. I always
said, you know, that I would never wear
atoupco, but Louise has placed the mat
ter in such a light that I have acceded to
her desires and will have one mado.
Louise's hair is just tho color of the
fringe over my ears, you sec, and it hangs
away down below her waist. She is gt>-
ing to sacrifice enough of it to make mo
a toupee, and then, by jovo, I shall he
wearing the same hair that my girl docs.
Louise was awfully tender about suggest
ing the thing. Sweet of her, wasn't it ?
Oh, I tell you, there is nothing so beau
tiful in life as a good girl when she is in
love."
Romeo now appears in public adorned
by a line head of handsome chestnut hair.
Generosity in a Dog.
Mr. .T. A. Bartlett, who discourses of
"The Fighting Instinct" in the pages of
Longman's Magazine, knows a Newfound
land dog who can drink delight of battle
with his peers, and yet can show himself
on occasion a generous foe.
One day this noble creature had what
the vulgar call a row, though Mr. Bartlett
prefers to refer to it as "a smart alterca
tion," with a predatory mastiff. It was
about that proverbial source of conten
tion, a bone, of which the predatory
mastiff had sought to possess himself at
the expense of his neighbor, and it hap
penedthnt in the course of the struggle
the combatants fell over a bridge into
the stream deep down below.
Of course the Newfoundland swam at
once to the shore; but not so the mastiff.
The Newfoundland, after a good shake,
was preparing to depart, when he caught
sight of his antagonist wildly heating
the water and drowning as fast as he
could.
4 'One look," says Mr. Bartlctt, 4 'was
enough. In went he of the shaggy coat,
and, seizing the other by the collar,
brought his late enemy safe to land."
The little story ends with the state
ment that the two dogs then eyed each
other with a perfectly indescribable ex
pression for some seconds, then silently
and solemnly wagged their caudal appen
dages, and with dignity departed.
Such romantic generosity between dogs
of this sort is not likely to have been
thrown away. Can we be wrong in as
suming that the little ceremony which
Mr. Bartlctt has noted embodied a silent
and solemn compact of mutual respect
for each other's bones?
What Thoy Mako,
Tin and lead make pewter.
Tin and copper make guti mela.
Copper and tin make bath metal.
Copper and zinc make Dutch gold.
Tin and copper make cannon metal.
Tin and copper make bronze metal.
Lead and antimony make type metal.
Gold and copper make standard gold.
Copper and arsenic make white cop
per.
Silver and copper make standard eop-
P er *
Lead and a little arsenic make sheet
mctpl.
Gold, copper and silver make old
standard gold.
Copper and zinc make bell metal and
mosaic gold.
Tin, antimony copper and bismuth
make brittania ware.
Copper, nickel, and zinc, with a littlo
iron, make German silver.
The Care of the Throat.
This is the time of year when school
children begin to tie silk handkerchiefs
about the throat. It is not well to do
this, if one can possibly do without the
muffling, for if once begun, it must be
carried through the entire season, or
colds will result. Then, too, covering
the throat is apt to make it sensitive.
The muscles of the throat can be strength
ened by reasonable exposure. But
| singers and speakers should always cover
the throat after singing or speaking,
when going into a cool room, or into the
open air. A light bit of lace, or any
open-work covering for the neck that will
admit of ventilation, is tho best protec
tion.—l The Ledger.
Diphtheria of tho Eye.
A disease known as diphtheria of the
eye has lately shown itself in Boston.
From a leading eye specialist of that
city it was learned that the disease has
boon a very 1 are one, only a very few
cases being known to him in the past
ei"ht or nine years iii that part of the
country. These, however, have in
every instance resulted in the loss of the
eye affected, and often in the loss of the
entire sight. The disease is precisely the
same as °throat diphtheria, and may ho
caused by coming into contact with that
disease if tho person's eyes have been sore
or weak from any cause.—[Times-Dem
ocrat.
Sea bathing is the popular pastime at St.
Augustine, fin.
wmsny <V *o onion Time*.
"More than one-half of the mon that
are arrested for drunkenness and taken
to the police headquarters are crazy
drunk," savs a veteran officer to the
Seattle Times reporfer. "There is
something about tho whisky that men
stauding all up, twisty them all up, and
driuk nowadays that winds their under
fumbles their ideas into a uhapeleso
mass," he continued. "Now, years ago,
back East, it was nothing unusual to
soo a man get so that his legs would all
twist up, and his tongue would even
get a little thick now and then, but he
seldom got crazy drunk like men do
nowadays.
"Why, just the other day wo had n
man up her that had too much of that
Jacksou street whisky, and he was so
crazy that he was hysterical. He could
walk all right, but he would laugh like
a maniac one minute aud weop like c
whipped baby the next, and then he
would throw himself into an attitude
that would molt a wooden man in front
of a tobacco stand to tears. This is a
great ago of improvement, but I don't
believe that they have improved on the
whisky of our grandfathers' day very
much," and just then the officer had tc
saw off this interesting dissertation on
whisky to go below and unlock n
prisoner, but every body agreed that he
sDoko as an oracle.
Kanguroo Mktiin.
When brought to bay, a kangaroc
jumps like a flash for a hunter's chest,
and trios to crush it in with his fore feot.
To prevent this each man wears across
his breast a two or throo inch thick
matting. Armed with a spear j
with a club attachment at the
other ond, thoy ride upon swift horse.* j
into a herd. With the agility and equi
poise of circus riders, they stand erect j
upon their horses and use their spears ■
and clubs, Tho kangaroo is able to |
jump clear over a hoise. As the game
is bagged it is .skinned, and tho skin is ;
strokched upon the ground and pegged
down to prevent shrinkage. Tho flesh
furnishes meat for tho camp. Each
mau places his private mark upon the
booty, and whou they have one hun
dred skins apiece, they return to civili
zation. There are twenty varieties of
kangaroos, among tlieni tho blue, red
Wallaby, black, gray, and forroster, the '
latter furnishing the best leather, as it
livos mainly in wooded soctions.
When the shipping ports are reached,
the hunters dispose of tho skins by auc
tion to tho highest bidders, the skins
being now in constant demand. Kan
garoo hunters make largo prolits. One |
man is known to have cleared four j
thousand five hundred dollars, free of I
living expenses, in a single voar.
Tltu Danger* of tlio City.
It is only a few years siuco, says In
npeotor Byrnes, in an article on crimi- |
nals and confidence, in the Christian j
Union, that a prominent actor, a great !
practical joker, now deceased, was walk- 1
iug homo late at night, accompanied by
a visitor who had just arrived from the
country. They were on Fifth avenuo,
near Twenty-third street, when thoy
noticed an ordinary street row going on
on the other sido of tho street. Tho
foroigner asked his friend what it was
all about, and the actor, seeing a chance
for a little fun at tho visitor's expense,
replied: "Oh! I suppose it's some fol
low boing killed; I stumble over a dead
man nearly ovory night on my home
from the thealer!" Our rural residouts
hear so much about tho wickedness of
tho great city that it is not surprising
they should expect to behold a sort of
municipal pandemonium. The rural
father who told his son, about to visit
Now York, that ho inusn't step on a
coal lid, because lie knew they wero
trap doors to lot countrymen down into
cellars where thoy were murdored and
robbed, probably really believed his
grewsomo tale.
In a Condon
Fair American -I wonder wliy thoy
call elevators lifts in this country?
Lift Boy—Hi can toll you, rnarm.
Hi can lift you hup and hi can lift you |
down. Hi can helevate you hup, but |
Hi can't lielevato you down. — Illus
trated American.
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THE LONGEVITY OF TREES.
A California Forest Giant Tkat Was
3,000 Years Old.
It is generally admitted that European
trees have rarely exceeded the very re
spectable age of 800 years. Thus, recent
information gathered by the German
Forestry Commission assigns to the pine
500 and 700 years as a maximum, 425
years to the silver lir, 275 years to the
larch, 245 years to the red beech, 210
years to the aspen, 200 years to the
birch, 170 years to the ash, 145 years to
the alder, and 130 years to the elm. The
heart of the oaks begins to rot at about
the age of 300 years. The holly oak
alone escapes this law, and there is a
specimen of this aged 410 years in ex- ;
istence near Afshafenburg in Germany.
At the Edinburgh Forestry Exhibition, !
four years ago, there were exhibited two
transverse sections of a couple of Scotch ;
firs. One of these, which was 71 feet in
diameter, was 217 years of age; the
other, which was but 5.1 feet in diameter, j
was older, and exhibited 270 annual
rings. A Sequoia gigantea felled in
Calaveras County, California, measured
887 feet in height, 325 feet in diameter
at the base, 15 feet at 125 feet above the
earth, aud had attained the age of 3,000
years. At Caphyoe (Arcadia) may be
seen a plane tree which for a long time
was regarded as the one that the histor
ian Pausanias spoke of in the second 1
century.
There is a cypress in the vicinity of
Padua which is regarded as having been
! a contemporary of Julius Caesar, and ac- j
| cording to another aud more plausible !
j legend, it was against the trunk of this
tree that Francis 1., seeing "all lost save i
I honor," endeavored to break his sword. !
j The oak of Swiicar Lawn in the forest of
| Needwood was still robust iu 1822 at the j
| age of GOO years, and at the same epoch
there might have been seen at Chupstead •
Place, County of Kent, a large elm,
around which a fair was annually held !
during the reign of Henry V., in the ;
fifteenth century.
The age of the Braburn yew, in this
same county of Kent, was estimated by
De Candollc to be 3,000 years, and he
! attributed the same age to another yew,
j that of Fortingnl, in Scotland. The
English historian Evelyn, in the seven- '
j teeuth century, cited a linden of the en
virons of Ncustadt (Wurtemberg) then !
aged more than 1,000 years.
Care of Canaries.
| Canaries should never be kept in tlio !
j small bell-shaped cages so commonly
used. The cage ought to have at least
I two perches on the same level, in order
| to afford them the exercise of hopping;
i and indeed people ought to discard the
j round cages, if only for their own sakes, j
as it is seldom you sec a bird, kept in ,
! one, that has not spoiled its tail and j
wing feathers (and at the same time its j
good looks) by rubbing them against
the wires when jumping to and from its j
perch.
Another necessity, and a very import- I
ant one, too, if you want your canary to
preserve its health and song, is good
seed. The mixed seed sold in packets is
nearly always inferior, and is composed !
largely of cheap millet and hemp seed, j
and to get at the hitter, of which they
are all ordinarily fond, the bird will ;
scatter and waste all the rest of the seed. |
Ilemp should never be mixed with the |
other seeds, but should be given, a very j
few seed at a time, either from the hand
or on the bottom of the cage.
Bird seed should always be bought j
loose by the pound from a reliable groc- j
cry or bird store, the proper proportion ;
for canaries being two parts of canary j
seed to one of summer rape. The canary j
seed should be large, plump, bright, j
and clean, and not have the slightest
musty smell, as it too often has. A bath
may be given every day in summer and
once a week in winter. A piece of cut
tle-bouc should be always between the
wires. Cakes, sugar and other dainties
! should never be given, but a small piece
of apple or a little green food, such as
lettuce, chickweed, or groundsel, is
very good occassionally, aud sand or
grit should never be omitted from the
bottom of the cage. In the breeding
season or during moulting some hard
boiled egg chopped very fine and mixed
with an equal quantity of crushed cracker i
will be much appreciated.—[Detroit Free I
Press.
Protection Against Tornadoes.
When trying to escape from a tornado
never run to the northeast, cast or south
east. Never take refuge in a forest or a
grove of trees, or near any object that
may be overturned by the wind. A
frame building is safer than one built of
brick or stone. The former is more elas
tic and holds together longer; the latter
goes down in the first crush, and the ;
debris is whirled into a heap In the cen
tre of the foundation. In a frame struc
ture the cellar is the safest place, but in |
a brick or stone building it is the most I
perilous. In the former case the debris !
is carried away from the foundation, |
while in the latter instance the cellar is j
filled with it. The tornado cave offers
absolute security to life and limb, and j
no means of protection can replace it for j
that purpose. As regards protection to
property, no building can be made suf- j
ficicntly large, strong, high or low to rc j
sist the force of the tornado's vortex. I
There is no changing the path of the
tornado by the employment of cxplo- j
sives, or by any artificial barrier. To ]
contemplate the dispersion of the cloud !
by the use of any electrical contrivance is
also idle. All buildings should be con- 1
structed as would be done without the
knowledge of the tornado, and then pro- |
tected by legitimate insurance. Protec- j
tion must be accomplished by organized
capital, the safety of one being assured
by the legitimate and successful co oper
ation of many. The writer strongly ad- j
vocated this method of protection dur- !
ing his tornado investigation in the West !
in 1800, and now several million dollars' j
worth of property are thus insured every j
year.—[Forum.
In Juto Clothes,
The merchants of Dallas, Texas, are
determined that jute bagging shall not
be forgotten in the midst of the cotton
bagging celebration at the Piedmont ex- !
position. So they have chosen as a rep- !
rcscntutivo of jute, Mr. George Freeman, 1
of that city, who will come to the expos- j
ition arrayed from head to foot in juto
bagging. As Dir. Freeman is six feet, I
seven inches high, there can be no doubt j
about his exhibiting the jute-bagging 1
suit in a manner that will attract attcn- j
tion. Dir. Freeman's suit of jute is be- <
ing made by the ladies of the town, and '
he will come to Atlanta attended by a
committee composed of Dlcssrs. DI. T. j
Bullock, W. K. Trendwell and J. B. '
, Foote.—[Atlanta Constitution. i
I —— j
' Numerous winter resort hotels are being
built ill (ieorgia.
WHAT CURES I
Editorial Difference of" Opinion on an Im
portant Kubject.
j What is the force that ousts disease; and
! which is the most convenient apparatus for
applying it> How far is the regolar physi
cian useful to us because we believe in him,
and how far are bis pills and powders an 1
tonics only tho material representatives of
his personal influence ou our health?
The regular doctors cure; the horucßopath
ic doctors cure; the Hahneiuannites cure; '
and so do the faith cures and the mind
cures, and tho so-called Christian scientist*, <
and tho four-dollar-and-a-half advertising
itinerants,and the patent medicine men.They
all hit, and they afl miss, and the great dif
ference—one great difference—in the result
is that when the regular doctors lose a po
tieut uo one grumbles, and when the irregu
lar doctors lose one the community stands
on end and howls.— Rochester Union and
I Advertiser.
Nature cures, but nature can bo aided, hin
| dered or defeated in the curative process,
i And the Commercials contention is that it
is the part of ratioual beings to eeek and
trust the advice of meu of good character
| who have studied the human system and
learned, us far as modern science* lights tho
way, how far they win aid nature and how j
j they can best avoid obstructing her. —Buf- I
1 faio Commercial.
It is not our purpose to consider tho evils i
that result from employing the unscrupul
ous, the ignorant, charlatans and quacks to
prescribe for the maladies that afflict tlie j
human family. We simply declare that the
physician who knows something is better than !
the physician who knows uothing, or very j
littlo indeed about the structure and the con- |
ditionsof the human system. Of course "ho |
doos not know it all."— Rochester Momiiuj
Herald.
I have used Warner's Safe Cure and but
1 for its timely use would have boon, I verily
believe, in my grave from what the doctors
termed Brigbt's Disease.—D. F. Shriner, sen- !
ior Editor Scioto Gazette, Chillicothe, Ohio, ,
j in a letter dated Juno 30. 1890.
Mistakes of the Types.
j Quite recently a leading London
daily concluded its obituary notice of
tho late Baron Dowse as follows: "A
great Irishman (ias passed away. God
grant that many as great, and who as
wisely shall love their country, may fol
low him." Not long ago an American i
paper gave a curious account of a
I Western million sire. This concluded !
!by observing that "He arrived from Cal- j
ifornia about twenty years ago with only j
ono shirt to his back; aud since then he
has contrived, by close application to
business, to accumulate ton millions," I
A Newcastle paper, again, had the '
following, the composition, no doubt, of '
the advertiser: "The Gleaner is one of
the finest and fastest boats on tho Tyne;
i her accommodation is in every respect !
j good and comfortable, lior crew skillful, i
I steady and obliging, being newly i
j painted and decorated for i>loasure
trips."
Tho leading paper in Queensland, a '
few months ago, in reviewing a book, ]
remarked: "There need be demand no :
longer for Jules Verne's and other
blackguard's works of imagination." ,
But the next issue had the correction: ;
"For other blackguard's, please read
, 'Rider Haggard's."' A financial paper
j had: "I would ask Lord Salisbury, Mr.
W. H. Smith, and Balfour, who are
always telling lies, that by our agita
| tions," etc. The correction afforward
j appeared—"are always telling us."
I A ludicrous effect is sometimes pro- ,
duoed by the intermingling of the mat
tor belonging to different paragraphs.
In a Lancashire evening paper this cu
i rious obituary notice was inserted not
long since: "A largo cast-iron wheel, re
volving nine hundred times a minute,
exploded iu tho city lately, after a long
and paiuful illness. Deceased was a
prominent member of the local temper
ance association." Another Lancashire
print has tho lines:
j "A Uttlo knowlodgo is a dangerous thing;
j Drink deep, or taste not tlio aperient spring," ,
j Tho English Channel was never crossed by
| a swimmer until 1875.
THE flagman at the raiload crossing j
never travels himself, but ho gives the !
signals that enable others to go and
come in safety.
§tj A cobs OH I
GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND
S-A.-TT© :
IT EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. IS
.Innapolis, JUd., Jan. 6, *9O.
"f hare often used ST.
J.ICOUS Oil., and find it
a good Liniment."
ELIHU E. JACKSON,
I THE Coy, of Md.
*"©e l+er ou V of- t+ie w qrl d. i*h an ou h ofHi c
fashion^- —— —- II" is
f" -HFtmim
for house-cle&ning- iVis a, soli.cPlA
Cd.ke of scouring so&pTvy ih rssi
Cleanliness is always fashionaole and the use
of or the neglect to use SAPOLIO marks a wide
difference in the social scale. The best classes
are always the most scrupulous in matters of
cleanliness—and the best classes use SAPOLIO.
P ISO'S REMEDY ( FOK CATAKKII.—Best. ( KasU-st to use. I
P' ™""" Com " Brtrt lreet - Finely Illustrated _ Read in 430,000 families. p..... —■>
Five .Double Holiday Numbers. j SHPANTON
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Fourth-of-July. f
FREE TO 1891.
To any Sow Subsrriliov wlio Will CIT 01 T oiul r-ond no tills nitrer- I fV'"*
tificinciil, Willi name anil PMI-Offlrr ndilrrn* iir.il 81.M, wo will nend |
Tho Youth's Compitnliin FHF.F, lo .Inniiary 1. 1801. nml for a full your t ' >i\ 1
from Unit date. Thin offer lin lii.l. - tin- FIVK DOMll.ii HOLIDAY I WXi/RW
NIIJIBKIIS, anil nil Hie 11.1.15T11 ATKI) IV LKKI.Y KI'I'I'IEKENTS. } -=> <- ' , ,
' 45 Address, THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, Boston, Mass. [ <jm;SWAS-i5W",...-J
Boston capitalists have subscribed SIOO,-
000 towards locating car works ut Beau-
J njont, Texas.
Guaranteed five year eight per cent. First
Mortgages on Kansas City property, interest
payable every six months; principal and inter
est collected when due and remitted without
expense to lender. For sale by J. H. Bauerlein
I & Co.. Kansas City, Mo. Write lor particulars
! Emperor William's coachman receives
S9OO actual wages and his house rent.
I Money invosted in choice one hundred dol
: far building lots in suburbs of Kansas City will
pay from five hundred to one thousand per
cent, the next few years under our plan. $25
cash and $5 per month without interest con
trols a desirable lot. Particulars on application.
J. H. Bauerlein <& Co., Kansas City, Mo.
The net debt of Chicago is about $13,500,-
000— about sl2 per capita.
BEECHAM'H PILLS cure Sick-Headache.
The crank population of New York City is
estimuted at 50,000.
Woman, her diseases and tholr treatment.
72 pouos. illustrated; price 80c. Sent upon re
ceipt of 10c., cost of Address Prof.
R. 11. KLINE, M.D., 031 Arch St., Pliila., Pa.
| The Mohammedans of India number no
j less than 50,000,0J0 of her majesty's subjects.
Lee Wa's Chlneso Headache Cure. Harm
less in effect, (jnick and positive in action.
Sent prepaid on receipt of 81 per bottle.
Adeler & C 0.,522 Wyandotte st.,Kansas City ,Mo
Pennsylvania produces half the coal mined
in the United States.
Do You Ever Speculator
Anjr person sending us their name and ad
dress will receive information that will load
to a fortune. Bonj. Lewis Co., Security
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
I Many laborers in Italy average twenty-five
j cents a day.
I FITS stopped free by DR. KLINE'S GREAT
NERVE RESTORER. NO tits after tlrst day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise auJ $2 trial bottle
free. Dr. Kliue. 1131 Arjsh St., Phil*,. Pa.
Vermont sheep are winning medals and di
plomas in foreign lands.
! Oklahoma Guide Book and Man sent any where
i on receipt of 5U cts.Tyler dr Co., Kansas City.Mo.
At the end of 1889 Belgium numbered
0,093,798 inhabitants.
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold. Tyler & Co., Kansas City, Mo.
The area of Alaska Territory is 531,409
square miles.
If every woman In this land knew for herself
the actual quality of Dohh .ns's Electric Soap,
tin other washing may could to sold. Millions
do use it, but other millions have never tried
It. llave you t AbU yor giocer for It.
The product ot an English cow in milk
nnd butter lias an avmage annual value
of $55. TJ4C
Catarrh in the Head
Originates In scrofu ous taint in the blood. Hence
' the roper method by which to cure catarrh In to
1 purify the blood. Its many disagreeable symptoms
| nnd the danger of developing Into bronchitis or that
I terribly fatal disease, co sumption, ore entirely re-
I j m ved by Hood's Sarsaparllla, which cures cat a- rh
by purifying the blood; It a so tones up the system.
•'For 25 years I havo been troubled with cntarr-i in
the head, Indigestion and general debility. I never
had faith In such medicines, but concluded to try a
. bottle of Hood's Snrsapirllln. It did me -o much
good that I cont nued its use tl 1 1 have taken five
; bottles. My he Ith has greatly Improved, nnd 1 feel
I like n different w. man. —.> IKS J. l. ADAMS, S KIEU-
Hood 5 ®
Sarsapariifa
1 .' old ny all druggists. (1; six for $5. Prepared only
j hy (J. 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Poses One Dollar
CAUTION. rr !;;. u !ir;!.'y
bun his unine and price stamped on botioiv
W L. DOUGLAS
S3SHOE CENTLEMEN.
fWSeud address on postal for valuable iuforinullon.
I W. LJ. DOlitibAS, llrocktou, .Has..
J
Let every cnfeel led woman
know it! There's a medicine
that'll cure her, and tire proof's
positive!
Here's the proof —if it
doesn't do you good within
reasonable time, report the
fact to its makers and get
your money back without
a word—but you won't do it!
The remedy is Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription—and it
has proved itself the right
remedy in nearly every case
of female weakness.
i; is not a miracle. It won't
cure everything—but it has
done more to build-up tired,
enfeebled and broken - down
women than any other medi
cine known.
Where's the woman who's
not ready for it ? All that
we've to do is to get the
news to her. The medicine
will do the rest.
Wanted—Women. First
to know it. Second to use
it. Third to be cured by it.
The one comes of the other.
The seat of sick headache
is not in the brain. Regulate
the stomach and you cure it.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets are the
little regulators.
PAT
* tr \ B Mm B I -t— -=ESU FOIt L'll'.Ci' I.A K.
llinsis I AN IIK CUKEV, Write to DR.
%#HHII 1-OltTKtt, l.iiim. Ohio. E*pJiiltt
I III! rruiraq'vii!? free!
FSAff iBH 9 S Sure cure for Rheumatism
OHEW ALIA
aore than one bottle. Price 9J.Q') per bottle.
V l|. WIIA NN. llox S3 A. NnvOrleam. In>
niklPinU? NEW LAW CLAIMS.
rtHMUfIJ
Attorney*, 1411) I? St., Washington, I). C.
UraucU Office*. Cleveland. Dei roit.Cliieugo.
taluiii. J. 11. CRiLl!fft b OO..°'
I \\ nwhington, lb ('.
Hi "* SJIC ST U D Y. nook-koopln-?. Business forms,
yilfßC Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hand, etc,
1 ffl tnorougnly taught by MAIL. Circulars free.
Uivmif. Uttllesa. 4V aolf t.. iiuilalo,
PAT
Patrick OTarreil,
BlitJ'l' Ml I'Ut WGI£X.I E R It ABE
* Got tiio licnuino. Ctold £verywhere.
Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principalßxfcmlner U.S. Pencion Bureau.
3 vrsluluat war. 15 acUudicathiß claims, atty since.
fy3r®fshFor Coughs &> Colds
There in no Modicino liko
IUS SSHENCK'S
isII^SYRUP 110
b ' kl. jyS] k is pleasant to the taste and
't L 'v' PRH ,lo '' s n ' jt contain a particle of
i epinni or anything iniurioua. I
is the Ih-et Cough Mcdiciuoiu the
: ' H orltl. For Sale by all Druggists,
I Price, fl.oo per l.Kttl<*. I)r. Schenck'it Hook on
C'OIIBU tupt lon and its Cure. iiriih-d free Add row
T)r. T. H. Bchenok & Sou, Philadelphia.
HOW TO GET WELL
Use Dr. Tobias' Venetian Lini
ment if you arc suffering from
j Clironic Rheumatism, Neu-
J ralgia, Pains in the Limbs,
Rack or Chest, Sore Throats,
Colds, Stiffened Joints, Con
tracted Muscles. Warranted
for over forty years to give
| perfect satisfaction or tho
money refunded.
A bottle hat, ttevuryet been retltrnetl.
Sold by nil ilriifrgi-t*. Price 2 5c, niiil 30c*
DEPOT. 40 .HUH If A V ST., NEW YORK.
I FOR A OVE-OOI.LAR 1111.1, seut us by mall
I w<- will .li-llv< r. five o. nil charges, to any person In
tfi' I nit <1 States, all of ttie following articles, care
fully pneku :
One two-ounce bottle of Pure Vaseline, - - 10eta.
lie two-on. ce bottle .f Vaseline Pomade, - 15 "
One jar of Vns line Cold Cream, ..... j 5 .<
One Ct k of Vaseline Cam,* lior Ice, - - - - io"
One Cake of Vaseline sonp, unscent *<•, - - ID"
One C'akeof Vaseline Soap, exqtiisltelv scented,2s "
one two-ounce bott oof White Van-line, - - 25"
Qrforpnntarj • stamps any sin,/',- artist* at fhs price
EWiS' 98 S LYE
Powdered and Perfumsd.
The strongest ant! purest Lye
made. Will make the best per
fumed Hard Snap in 20 min
utes without boiling. It is tho
bust for disinfecting ginks,
closets, drains, washing bottled,
PENNA. SALT M'F'Q CO.
<eu. AKU„ t'hilu., Fit,
fA Vld's ccnaln I Ul *
oB3SirUtLA. IO H O.li.lXGHAirAM.ir. D.,
MctH , Ainatcrdani, N. Y.
T\' e h AVO bo j ( j ns(f
wjgJj.AfaniChinicalCo. many years, nnd it hac
W;\ Ciiioinaatl.3Bg3Bf lho flt ot Balia "
01Jj0, a i). IL'DYCTTE a CO..
Chicago, in.
■■kil l IP Uarklfil.OO. Bold by Drug*Utk