Freeland tribune., November 20, 1890, Image 3

A MEMORABLE HUNT,
THE LAST GREAT EXPEDITION
AFTER BUFFALO.
How Sioux Wairiors Kill and Divide
Big Game—Exciting Scene® Dur
ing a Hemorable Expedition.
A correspondent of the Chicago Ilerald
accompanied an expedition of Sioux In
dians, who left Standing Rock Agency
▼ to do buffalo hunting in the fall of 1880.
It was the last great expedition after big
game, as soon afterward the buffaloes be
came so scarce that very few could not
be found, save in small herds. The cor
respondent describes the discovery of
the herd, and the subsequent exciting
events, as follows-
With a wild whoop all the hunters
broke from the cam]) about 9 o'clock a.
m. aud started for the hills, where we
found the Indian dog-soldiers waiting
for us. We were flanked as heretofore
by this body of police, and again we
started off, but this time at a gentle trot,
much to my relief, for I found that the
half worn out quartermaster's horse
which I was riding was inclined to
stumble, and I had much difficulty keep
ing him on his feet. My ease, however,
was of short duration, as the hunters
broke into a run before we had proceeded
half a mile, and I found myself in the
middle of a bunch of about two hun
dred of the most experienced riders who
went dashing down the valley at almost
break-ncck speed. Arriving at a point
about three miles from the camp we
met a couple of Indians who had been 011
guard all night at that place. The whole
command halted and proceeded to un
saddle their ponies nnct divest themselves
of their 'surplus clothing was left be
hind. Speeches were then addressed to
the Indians by Running Antelope and
Long Soldier, in which they informed
the hunter that within an hour they
would have pleuty of meat in sight for
their squaws and papooses. They charged
them to be brave and conduct themselves
like warriors, adding that the "myster
ious spirit" would watch over and protect
them. The Indians then divided iuto
two parties, which were placed in charge
of head soldiers, who had orders to shoot
any horse or pony should its rider dis
v- charge his firearm before the signal to
charge the herd was given, aud although
we passed within a few yards of some
outgrazing bulls this order was scrupu
lously observed. Each division of the
hunters rode down separate but lateral
ravines; their object in so doing was to ;
travel until the herd of buffalo which j
had already been selected for killing j
should be found in the valley that lay j
between the ravines through which the
hunters rode. After riding through the
ravines about two miles halts were called
by the respective parties, who found
themselves scparateu from the object of
the chase by long ranges of high hills
that hid the buffalo from sight and
walled up the valley in which the ani
mals were feeding. After a rest of fif
teen minutes an Indian from each party
crawled up opposite hills and signaled to
each other over the heads of the unsus
pecting buffalo, which were then quietly
grazing in the valley. In the nieau
time every man had mounted his
horse and looked to the placement
and preparation of his weapons, after j
which the two parties rode very
quietly up the hills upon their respective j
sides until all were within ten feet of
their tops. Another halt was now made i
until the signal man gave the word, 1
when every Indian urged his pony for- j
ward at its utmost speed. To dash to !
the tops of the hills was the work of a
second, and before the eyes of the eager j
hunters appeared the brown shaggy;
backs of the much-coveted buffalo. I
There was 110 longer any halting. At a ;
glance every Indian took in the situation, j
and with shrill cries and whoops rushed !
at headlong speed down the hillsides |
into the valley. Although the fir*t wild |
buffalo I had ever seen were now before
me my whole attention was attracted
toward the Indians as they rushed wildly
down the steep declivity. The sight
was well worth the ten days' journey I
bad taken. The hills over which the
two parties had ridden were about one
half mile apart at their bases and the
valley between them was about two
miles along. The buffalo were at first
pretty well lunched together in center,
but as soon as the Indians rushed over
the hills they became alarmed, stam
peded, and pushed in all directions, but
to little purpose, as the hunters quickly
reached the level of the valley and
completely surrounded the frightened
beasts. The Indians at once commenced
shooting into the herd, which so con
fused the terrified animals that they
plunged frantically up either ends of the
valley, breaking through the lines of
hunters. This was the golden oppor
tunity for the Indians armed with bows
and arrows, who until then had remained
•outside of the circle. The archers
rushed to head off the infuriated animals,
which were wildly snorting and tearing
up the sod with their hoofs and horns.
The intrepidity with which these feather
crowned warriors rode their ponies up to
the dangerous beasts was wonderful to
behold. After ranging themselves along
side the buffalo the archers would drop
the bridle reins of their ponies, and such
of the little animals as were trained to
the work would retain their positions by
side of the buffalo while the hunters, un
hindered, buried their arrows up to the
feathered ends in the backs and just be
hind the shoulder blades of the doomed
unimals. Sometimes two or three well
* directed shafts would bring the big
beasts to the ground, but in the majority
of cases six or eight of the arrows
1 would be driven in before the wild ani
mals succumbed, and in a few instances
many more arrows were necessary, the
carcasses in many cases looking like huge
pin cushions. The buffalo when once
wounded would frequently try to turn
on the hunters, but generally without
avail, as the ponies would turn with
them, aud 110 movement 011 the part of
the game was too quick for the ponies,
who seemed to realize that their safety
depended on keeping alongside and
close to the buffalo, thus giving them no
I chance to gore with their short but pow
erful horns. The animals killed in this
way were only those that escaped from
the circle which ha-l been formed by
those of the Indians who were equipped
with fire-arms, who kept up a constant
fusilade upon the surrounded herd. Oc
casionally a few wounded animals would
rush upon the inner hunters, who would
quickly get out of their way, either by
running back or dexterously placing
themselves beside the buffalo, in which
latter case the animals were quickly dis
patched. To hit these brutes any
place on the head except in the car or
eye is a waste of good ammunition, of
which the Indians are very saving. The
fire was kept up unceasingly from all
angles until every unimal had been
brought down.
The discharge of fire-arms, snorting of
the buffalo and ponies, mingled with the
yells of the thoroughly-excited Indians,
created a terrible din, which intensified
the excitement of the beholder of this
strange scene, and it was a positive re
lief when the slaughter was completed.
Not one of the herd of buffalo had es
caped. Had the slaughter been other
wise than complete, the Indians would
have believed it very bad medicine.
It was now noticed that the hunters
were busy opening the carcasses of the
auimals, from which they quickly cut
out the livers, eating them in their raw
state, as they came smoking hot from the
dead buffalo, the bodies of which the In
dians used for seats as they talked over
the success of the hunt. Seventy-six
carcasses lay on the ground—this being
considered a small killing, but inasmuch
as the entire herd had been slaughtered
and adjacent herds of greater numbers
had not been disturbed, the hunters were
jubilant over what they considered to be
"good medicine."
After all the carcasses had been claimed
and while the bucks were busily engaged
in masticating liver the squaws put in an
appearance, each accompanied by several
ponies dragging travois, hitched to wag- j
ons or carrying crude pack saddles with :
which to transport the meat and hides to !
camp. These poor creatures seemed to
enjoy the general butchering which fol
lowed, most of which was done by them.
By 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the same
day all the bucks and squaws had re
turned to camp, after which the squaws
were kept busy until dark in cutting up
and jerking the meat into thin strips,
which they hung on poles to dry in the
light and dry atmosphere.
The Indians remained out about two
months, occasionally changing their
camp and following the buffalo, of which
they killed between four and five thou
sand. This, without doubt, was the last big i
buffalo hunt which occurred in the United
States, or which will ever occur again,
as the extinction of the animals has been
accomplished without a doubt. In the
work of terrible destruction the Indians
only sought the game for the meat which
nourished and the pelts which warmed
and housed them. They considered and
always spoke of the buffalo as their ex
clusive property, calling them the " red
man's cattle." To the white hunters
alone is due the blame for indiscriminate
slaughter for purposes of sport and com
mercial gain. It is a well-known fact
that in the early '7os several million buf
falo were slaughtered for their hides
alone.
A Big Crop of Icebergs,
I was talking to an old sea captain,,
one of those men who, although they
have abandoned active work, yet listen
to every story they hear which relates to
the business of their lives. "Do you
know," said he, "that in ten years there
has been no such number of icebergs
seen in the lane routes to Europe as dur
ing the past Summer. Nearly every
ship that came in from the first of June
to the end of September reported ice.
Of course we suppose we get most of our
Atlantic ice from Greenland and the op
posite Hudson Bay country, if there be
glaciers to the far north ou this side.
Exactly why the formation of glacial ice
to the North should have been so great
during the Winter of 'BB-89 I do not
know, but it must have been something
unusual to account for the crop of bergs
we had last Summer. A berg, you know,
is the broken off end of a glacier. The
glacier moves slowly down the sides of
the mountains, forced to travel 011 by its
own weight. It pushes its end into the
sea and goes ahead until the lifting
power given to the water by the differ
ence in specific gravity between water
and ice is sufficient to overcome the co
hesion of the mass. Then the end sim
ply cracks off and floats, and a berg is
born. From the number of bergs seen
we can argue back to the amount of gla
cial ice formed. I see that Captain ltoc
quct, of the British steamer Maine, re
ports having seen a berg 2,G00 feet long
and 450 feet feet high. That would
make a fair-sized berg, but not a great
one. Bergs have been seen five miles
long and GOO feet high. Captain Roc
quct's report is interesting from the fact
that the bergs seem to have turned up
again after having disappeared for some
six weeks."—[New York Star.
It Seemed Like a Robuke.
Residents in a certain seaport town of
Lincoln county remember a singular cir
cumstance connected with the erection
of its oldest church. There is a deal of
superstition as native to these ledges as
the ill-smelling rock-weed.
The townspeople were very poor when i
the old church was built. The actual
amount of money given toward it was j
•very small, indeed. Hardly a person
in town but contributed some material,
however. In the no part, close by
a cove whose banks were mantled with
beautiful moss after the first few feet of
cliff, and crowned with sturdy trees and
straight, stalwart pines, lived a man
noted for other things than generosity.
The soliciting committee put off asking
for his contribution until others had
poured in and the church was a sure
thing. Then they waited upon him and
said:
"Mr. Blank, we want that monster
pine of yours for your contribution to
the church; it will make an excellent
sill. Will you give it for your part?"
"Give my best pine tree; give any of
my pine? No, sir. Not one of them
shall come down."
Nothing could shake this determina
tion. In less than a week arose one of
the heaviest storms ever known 011 that
coast. And not one of those proudest pines
in the man's forest was left; and the tall
est pine, the one wanted for a sill, was
riven from top to bottom by the thun
derbolt.—[Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
A New Vehicle.
There is a plan on foot to organize a
company to run a line of curettes in Bal
timore. The plan, if well managed,
should be a success. The carctte is a new
passenger vehicle unlike anything in this
city. It is the length of an ordinary
street car, but it is wider. It is fitted
up on the inside 011 the model of a street
car, side seats, standing straps, etc., but
is, if anything, of finer finish, and its
appointments are more comfortable. The
windows are large, the glass clear, ami it
is finely finished in white nh. It has a
rear and front platform. The rear one is
like that on a car, and this is separated
from the interior by a sliding door.
The body is set upon a low running
gear. The wheels are about as large as
ordinary wagon wheels, but, for the con
venience of passengers, the body is but a
short step from the ground, or about the I
same distance as that of a street car.
These vehicles, artistically painted and
varnished inside and out, are decidedly
handsome. There is one in Baltimore,
and it will be driven about for exhibi
tion. —[Baltimore (Md.) American.
Ate th 2 Blacksmith's Bellows.
Although the "fretful porcupine" is
almost unknown to Orange county, the
curious creatures is quite numerous in
the wooded districts of Sullivan, Ulster,
and Delaware counties.
One of the porcupine's peculiarities is
its inordinate fondness for leather, which
it seems to think one of the daintiest of
tid-bits, and it not infrequently happens
that one of them, if it gets a chance at a
set of harness, will destroy it in a single
night, and many a trout fisherman, who
has left his water-soaked boots or shoes
out of doors at night has risen in the
morning to fiud them chewed to pieces
by a porcupine's sharp teeth.
It is not often, however, that the9e
animals enjoy such a feast as the one that
lives somewhere in the vicinity of Jim
Gibbon's blacksmith shop at Stockport,
Delaware county, hj}s partaken of, for
twice within a year, the last time but a
few days ago, the "pesky critter" has
entered his shop and eaten up his bellows.
Any one who has seen a blacksmith's
bellows knows how much leather there
is in one of them, and when, as it hap
pened last week, the porcupine, in a
single night, ute up more than half of
one, it will be seen that he had indeed a
sumptuous feast and must have been fair
ly gorged with leather.—[Middletown
(N. Y.) Argus.
The Most Powerful War Ship.
The Italian battle-ship Sardegna,
which was launched at Spezzia, is de
scribed by continental dailies as the
most powerful war vessel afloat. Its ex
terior is similar to that of the Lepanto,
till now the finest ship in the Italian
navy. Its interior, however, is full of
improvements not known when the Le
panto was built.
The Sardegna has four engines, with a
combined horse-power of 22,800, and
twenty boilers. It travels eighteen knots
an hour, and carries 24,000 centners of
coal. It contains a little world of ma
chinery—hydraulic apparatus for the
artillery, a dynamo for the electric light,
a steam fire engine, mechanical devices
for ventilution, etc.
It carries also a little navy of its own,
consisting of three steamboats, two of
which are torpedo boats; a sailboat,
three big rowboats, two of which are un
sinkable, and a canoe. At each end
there is a big turret, protected by iron
plates fourteen inches thick, and de
fended by four huge ship's cannons of 08
tons. The artillery consists of eight six
inch guns, placed in smaller turrets, and
1G five-inch cannons, 12 of which also
occupy turrets. There is also on board
almost any number of rapid firing can
nons, torpedo guns and mitrailleuse.
The Sardegna is 440 feet long, 81 feet
wide, aud of 29£ feet draught. It is
manned by 21 officers and GSO men. The
keel is entirely of steel, and all the
rooms arc connected by pipes, through
which, in case of accident, the water
may be pumped and expelled by ma
chines of tremendous power. The battle
ship has only one mast, which is iron
and carries a huge electric light. Tho
cost of the Sardegua was $0,400,000.
" A Pig in a Poke."
The other evening while the audience
at the Baldwin were listcniug spell
bound to the famous scene where Barry
more is discussing the foibles of women,
a couple of San Mateo residents in the
front row of the dress circle began an
earnest discussion as to the merits of a
certain prize sow one of tliem had for
sale.
Despite the angry looks and s-s-s's of
those near by, the conversation waxed
louder, until at last a gentleman sitting
behind the talkers touched one of them
011 the shoulder aud quietly said:
"Excuse mc, my friend, but what will
you take for that sow of yours?"
The man stared for a moment and then
said:
"About SG, I s'posc."
"Exactly," said the gentleman, taking
out his pocketbook and handing over a
greenback.
"Here is a twenty. Now that sow's
mine; just let her alone, if you please."
The audience snickered, and though
the man made a woful attempt to turn
the joke by gravely pocketing the note
and handing over the sl4 change the
snub was crushing in its effect and in the
dead silence that followed the philan
thropic millionaire leaned back aud
moderately enjoyed his popularity.
But what the delegation from up the
bay said when, after the performance,
they tried to buy beer with the twenty
and found it a bad counterfeit is unfit
for publication.—[San Francisco News-
Let ter.
Joyless Childhood.
The streets of Antwerp, Belgium, arc
paved with stone. What is striking in
the inhabitants at first sight is their
small size. The Belgians are a short race
and exceedingly industrious. Their
country is said to be the most densely
populated in Europe. Wages are very
low, aud on the farms and in the gar
dens the women do the same laborious
work (and sometimes more laborious)
that the men do. They arc excellent
gardeners and nothing is allowed to go
to waste. In a sense they may be termed
the Chinese of Europe.
The children in Antwerp show the
effect of the heavy monotonous life of
their parents. They dress in clumsy,
awkward garb which gives them an old
man look, and they wear wooden shoes
which prevent any of the light frisky
movements of gamboling childhood.
Their games are few aud simple; in
fact, they seem to believe they were
made to work as soon as they could
stand, and their play bears the air of
those who think they ought really to be
doing something else.—[New* York
Journal.
Beggar Priests in China.
It is no uncommon sight to meet one
going about begging with four or five
long iron skewers run through his fore
arm aud little ribbons hanging there
from. Two I have met had long iron
rods running through their cheeks, and
they had made an oath to remove thera
only when they had collected a certain
sum of money sullicient to repair their
temples. One had had the iron rod
through his face for over four months,
living the while on soup and tea only.
Another way of raising money is for a
priest to take his seat in a little brick
sentry-box and let himself be walTed in,
leaving only a small window through
which he can see and can pull a rope by
which a big bell is sounded and the at
tention of passers-by attracted. Hero
he will sit for mouths. I have known
one to remain in his box for nearly a
year without being able to lie down or
stand up, but apparently perfectly happy
aud always ready to have a bit of
gossip.—[Century.
TWENTY years ago John Quincy Adams
went to Muncie, Ind., from near l'iqua,
Ohio, and lost nearly all his money 111 a
little machine shop. He now lives, at the
age of 05, in a little back room 011 an in
conic of $1.50 a week. He lives almost
exclusively 011 rats, which he catches
aud eats with great relish.
SOME SUNDAY SUBJECTS.
MATTERS PERTAINING TO RE
LIGION.
A Compilation Calculated to Interest
Those Who Want to lie Good—Some
thing for Those Who l'ay the Preacher.
PEOPLE hare all heard or read of
sliurches which took the palm (or beiDR
wonderful either iu their exterior or in
terior; in their greatness or minute
ness; of the remarkablo underground
places of worship in the far east; of the
pagoda under the waters of a olearlake
in Siom, or of the ice "devotional" built
to gratify the whims of Catherine of
itussia. None of these, however, ex
ceeds in uniqueness the "wheeled
church" now being built at the oar
shops of the Transcnucasian ftailway at
l'illis, Russia. It is designed for rail
way use; has eight wheels, and is two
Btories in height, each story having seats
for soventy persons. The floor of the
upper story raises from the altar, mak
ing it possible for one speaker to ad
dress the entire assemblage. One end
of the church is surmounted by a cross,
the other by a belfry and three bells.
An Accomplished Stowaway.
Robert Wad© is th© naroo of a chubby
15-year-old little English boy, who re
cently completed his tenth surreptitious
voyage across the blue Atlantic. lie
arrivod iu New York ou the steamship
Etruria. Robert had quite au adven
turous career for one so young in years.
At the age of 10 he was loft an orphan
in England and his re'atives sot him at
the plumbing trade. That didn't suit
him; BO ho stole a ride on a steamer
across tho Irish Sea and went to farm
ing iu Ireland. He soon tired of that
and returned to Liverpool just in time
to board an American-bound steamship. ;
He hid himself ou the vessel and when :
the ship was far out to sea put in au \
appearance. It didn't take him long to |
capture the hearts of the seamen and
he got to New York all right. After
strolling about the big city for a few
days he boarded another vessel bound j
for England and repeated his previous
performance of hiding and appearing !
when the vessel was far from land. Ho !
has since made oight voyages as a stow
away and says he has lots of fun.
smallest ciiurcii ui i'-ngiuiia.
While in England tho Rev. Dr. Ly
man Abbott visited the smallest church
in England, at Nast Dale Head. And I
tho parson's wife gave him some facta
about the church which Dr. Abbott
labels "important if true," such as that
the age of the church is unknown, that
its endowment fund is 2 shillings and a
bottlo of wine and a loaf of bread for
the communion, which carries back the
age of tho church, she opines, to tho
year 1000 at least; that tho entire popu
lation |of tho parish is fifty-two, men,
womon, and childron, and the average
attendance fifty-two; that the vicar's
wife is organist and bellringer, and
sweeps and dusts and performs in gen
eral oil the Levitical functions of the
temple, which is 42xlG fcetiu size; that
the vicar's salary—stipend, thoy call it
—is ($325), paid out of missionary funds
of the Established Church; that tho
previous vicars have been drinking men
and no honor to their cloth; and that
the total contributions of the worshipers
in tho parish amounted for tho three
yours of tlie present vicar's charge to
less than 2 shillings.
Something About Friendship.
The talk about making friends is
largely a misuse of language. Friends
are found, not made. They are a dis
covery, not a creation, says the London
Saturday Review . For any friendship
that ia worth the name is a prodostined
and foreordained affair. It is not all a
matter of rational choice nor of well
considered reason, but rather of maar
uetism and temperament. We make
good will as a mental atmosphere sur
rounding us, and whether we havo this
ar not depends very largely on our
selves. We make pleasant acquaint
ances and well-wishers by exorcising
certain qualities of self-control, goner
j Dsity and courtesy; but a friend is found,
Qot made. No observance of polite
I form, or even tho deeper influence of
aoble qualities of miod and heart, can
determine this, npr hardly can the lack
of tkeso change that friendship which is
, limply recognition. It is unchanging
J and eternal in its very essenco. It cau
boar everything of friction, trial, RU
aoyance or pain and yet spring up again
with even new vitality. Such friend
ship is a gift of the gods and it is not
commonly found. People talk lightly
and carolessly enough of their friends,
when they do not know tho moaning of
the word, when tlicy are not themselves
the stuff that friends are made of, and
i know no more tho strength and devo
| tiou and infinite sacrifice that the word
I comprehends than tliey do of the emo
j lions of the inhabitants of Mars. To
! exchange calls and dinner invitations;
to be members of the same club or the
same church; or to have views in com
mon regarding the Wagner operas and
Ibsen dramas is by no means friendship)
although many relations, even more su
perficial than these, masquerade under
the name. There are plenty of people
fitted out with a relay of substantial
, qualities and pleasing attributes, who
fill well the place of that extensive
outer court of acquaintances. Society
requires, for its cohesion, polite con
formity. cultivated taste, and powers
of selection and self-control. Of friends,
in any genuine sense, ono can inevita
bly havo but few. Even one is quite
enough to make life beautiful and re
doern it from materialism. And oven
one is more than, perhaps, tho majority
of people possess, although they who
least know the higher possibilities of
friendship, would bo the first to deny
this assertion. That life is rich
which holds one perfect friendship in
which mutual sympathy is almost mu
tual clairvoyance, and in which sacrifice
would bo a personal luxury, if done for
; the good of one another. Trust and
; tenderness are the two factors of this
finest and most sweet of social relations.
Yet it is a relation for the most part
that defies analysis, defies explanation,
defies all known laws of the chart of po
lite society. But its strength ia tho
one great stimulus of life; it is inspira
tion. We can do for our friends that
which wo could not do for ourselves;
we can rise with him, or fqr him, to
heights otherwise unknown.
IT is not the fault of tho foot that tho
shoo hurts it.
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A DOCTOR'S CONFESSION.
fie Doesn't Take Much Medicine and Ad
▼lees the Reporter >oi To.
"Humbug? Of course it is. The so-called
science of medicine is a humbug anl has
been from the time of Hippocrates to the
present. Why the biggest crank in the In
dian tribes is the niediciue man."
"Very frank was the admission, especially
so when it came from one of the biggest
young physicians of the city, one whose
practice is among the thousands, though he
lias been graduated but a few years," says
the Buffalo Courier. "Very coxy was his of
fice too, with its cheerful grate Are, its Queen
Anne furniture, and its many lounges and
easy chairs. He stirred the Are lazily, lighted
a fresh cigar, and wont on."
"Take the prescriptions laid down in the
books and what do you And? Poisons mainly,
and nauseating stuffs that would make a
healthy man an invalid. Why in the world
science should go to Doisons for its remedies
I cannot tell, nor can I And any one who
ow does a doctor know the effect of his
medicine?" he asked. "He calls, proscribes,
and goes away. The only way to judge would
bo to stand over the bocl and watch the pa
tient. This cannot be doue. 80 really I
don't know how he is to tell what good or
hurthodoo3. Sometime ago, you remem
ber, the Boston Oiobe sent out a reporter
with a stated set of symptoms. He went to
eleven prominent physicians and brought
back eleven different prescriptions. This
just shows how much science there is in
medicine."
There are local diseases of various charao- .
tors for which nuturo provides positive rerao- I
dies. Thoy may not be included in the regu
lar physician's list, perhaps, because of tbeir
simplicity, but the evidence of their cura
tivo power is beyond dispute. Kidney dis- j
easo is cured by Wurner'sHafoCure, a strict
ly herbal remedy. Thousands of persons,
every year, write "us does H. J. Gardiner, of
Pontiac, K. 1., August 7. 1890:
"A few years ago I suffered more than
probably over will be known outside of my
self, with kidney and liver complaint. It is
the old story—l visited doctor after doctor,
but to.no avail. I was at Newport, and Dr.
Black man recommended W amor's Safe Cure.
I commenced tho use of it, and found relief
immediately. Altogether I took threo bot
tles, and I truthfully state that it cured me."
A. big pnek of tomatoes haß been put up in
New Jersey.
Commendable.
All claims not consistent with the high char,
acter of Syrup of Figs are purposely avoided
by the California Fig Syrup Company. It acts I
gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels,cleans-
Ing the system effectually, but It Is not a cure
nil and makes no pretensions that every bottle
will not substantiate.
Mount Etna is in a state of eruption.
Trades nnd Occupations.
THE YOUTH'S COMPANION for 1891 will give
an instructive and helpful Series of Papers,
each of which describes the character of some
leading Trade for Boys or Occupation for
Oirls. They give information as to the Ap
prenticeship required to learn each,tho Wages
to bo expected, the Qualities needed in order
to enter, and tho prospects of Success. To New
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will be sent tree to Jan. 1, 1891, and /or a jul
year from tint (tale. Address,
TUB YOUTITS COMPANION, Boston, Mass.
Teucemukers 110 vcr ne d to bo out of em
ployment.
A Successful Medicine.
Not alone successful bu: a rea'ly genuine
Mvor.te In tho household to-day is that peer
less remedy known as Dr. Tobias's Venetian
Liniment, and justiy so!
In a climate such as ours a pain reliever pos
sessing roal merit is truly indispensable; tho
changes are so sudden that even those of
robust constitution are liable to bo seized with
pain, cither iu the chest, back or limbs, at any
moment! Neglected—serious consequences are
sure to follow.
A lew applications immediately of Dr. To
bias's Venetian Liniment acts like magic ior
aches at.d pains of any sort. Th" possession
of it in hemes leaves but a narrow margin for
doctors' bills, which often make such inroads
upon tbo slcndor purses of those in moderate
circumstances.
There are 101,390 miles of railroad in the
United States. U47
Ringing Noises
In the earn, sum -times u roaring, buzzing sound, or
snapping like the rcpor. of a pistol, are caused by
catarrh, that exceedingly dl agreeable and very
common disease. Loss of smell or hearing also rc
eu ts from catarrh. Ilood's Snrsaparllla, the great
b ood purifier, Is a peculiarly successful remedy for
catarrh, which it cures by eradicating from the
blood the impurity which causes and promotes th a
disease. Try Hood's Sarsaparllla.
"I used Ilood's Sarsaparllla for catarrh, anil re
ceived great relief and benefit from It. Tho catarrh
was very disagreeable, es(>ccially In the winter,
causing constant discharge from my nose, ringing
noises in my ears, and pains in the back of my head.
'1 he effort to clear my head In the morntug by hawk
ing 11ml spitting was painful. Ilood's h'arsapnrilla
gave me relief Immediately, while in time I was en
tirely cured. I am never without tho mod cine in
my house us 1 think It Is worth Its weight In gold.'*
— MHM. (J. I). GIBB, 1029 Eighth (treat, N. W., Wash
ington, D. C.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only
by C. L HOOD & CO.. Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
j If you have a j
COLD or COUGH,;
acute or leadlnpr to
! CONSUMPTION, j
SCOTT'S i
EMULSION
| OF PUKE < Ol> LITER Oil.
( AND HTPOFHOSPHITES <
( 6F LIME AND SODA f
(is sijitii cuhb FOR IT.
( This preparation contains tho stlmula- f
f ting properties of tho HypophotphUt-t 7
3 and flno Norwegian Cod Liver Oil. Used 3
3by physicians all tho world over. It Is at j
\ palatable as milk. Threo times as ofllca- C
( clous as plain Cod Liver OH. A perfect (
i Emulsion, better than nil others made. For [
1 all forms ot Wanting Mut ates, llronchitis, 3
CONSUMPTION,
i Scrofula, and as a Flesh Producer i
( ill Pro Is nothing Uko SCOTT'S EMULSION.
J It Is sold by all Drugglets. Let no one by (
( profuse explanation or Impudont entreaty f
f induco you to accopt n substitute.
To Tv£o:rxe37-
WITH
A FEW HENS
Is tho motto fttid teachings of the Best Poultry rttpor published. Jt Costs Only 50 cts. n year: six
months 25 cts. Cash or stamps. Sample free. Address FARM-POULTRY, Box 2118, Boston, Muss.
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more than gold when liens are Moulting. "One large can saved me $lO, send six more to prevent roup this
Winter,"'says a customer. For sale liv druggists, grocers, general store aiul feed-dealers. No other made Ilk- It.
\\e will send post-paid by mall as follows:—A new elegantly Illustrate d copv of the "FAK.MKKB' POULTRY
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flvo for SI.OO. Hx large cans, express prepaid. $5.00. Scud stamps or cash. In quantity costs Us* than onc-Uuth
cent a day pur huu. lestUuoaittla scat free. 1. b. JOIIN3ON & CO., 22 Custom llouec Struct, Boatou, Mass.
Oklahoma Guide Book and Mannnt anj; wnore
on receiptorso cts.Tyler A Co.,lvausas City.Mo.
The Great American Dessert—Pie.
If aftl ctod with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.pe.* bottlej
Duliith. Minn., is a heavy shipper of wheat
to New York.
Lee Wo's Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
less in effect, quick and positive in action.
Sent prepaid on receipt of $1 per bottle.
Adeler & C 0.,582 Wyandotte st., Kansas City,Mo
The total income of the Church of England
is about $1,0J0,000 a week.
Timl>er. Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold. Tyler & Co., Ivuusos City, Alo.
Liverpool is 201 miles distant from Lon
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FITS stopped free by Lin. KLINE'S GREAT
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Marvelous cures. Treatise and trUH bottle
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I Tho United States have 770,330 miles o
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It cost $38,000,000 to govern New York
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Guaranteed five year eight per cent. First
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payable every six months; principal and inter
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Explorer Stanley proves the Nile to be
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Money invested In choice one hundred dol
lar building lots in suburbsof Kansas City will
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cash and $5 per mouth without Interest con
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Last year the railroad companies of Eng
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An orange measuring a foot in circumfer
ence has been found in Starke, Florida.
Mediocrity always copies superiority. Dob
bins's Electric Soap, first made in 1805, has
b en imitated more than any soap made. Ask
your grocer for Dobbins'# Electric Soap, all
other Electrics, Electricity, Magnetics, etc.,
are imitations.
JpP
TheGreai%^
REMEDY
■FORPAIN
For a Disordered Liver
Try BEECHAM'S PILLS.
25cts. a Box.
OF 1 DRTTTOO-I^YS.
! 1 UK NTS. Hun limine I Int. <1 ( harm \- (Vnr
Av i utt. r <•<'inl>iii< <I. I-1-. .I t'nl. ut t. Swart JniKUe, J'n
WANTED-Actl ve men ran ram SIOO pr mo. to sell
Nursery Stock. O. D. Green &Co., Syracuse. N.Y.
f B"\ /^jones\
( TON SCALES \ ( OF \
S6O BINGHAMTON
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BAGGY KNEES Greely I'ant Stretcher.
) Adopted by students ut Harvard, Amherst, and other
Colleges, also, bv professional and business men every
where. If not for sale In your town send 23c. to
11. J. (JItKKLY, 715 Washington Street, Boston.
fefi Cures C M°i a °* i° }} . pleasant and agreeable to the Ri
Win * as * c> Children take it without objection. By druggists. (£■
yHEEE2HHaESH3QH|j|
"Wher\ slovens get Hdy they polish the
P*- *"" ms of the p&nsV-V/hen
Two servants in two neighboring houses dwelt
But differently their daily labor felt {
Jaded and weary of her life was one,
Always at work, and yet 'twas never done.
The other walked out nighdy with her beau,
But then she cleaned house with SAPOLIO.
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rLENBION^N
3 vrs In last war. lfla<tludlcatiuc claims. att.v aln<v
MUSICAL.
There seems to be little going on
in musical circles of late, but there
is much talk, among musical people,
of the marvelous cure of Miss B ,
the high contralto singer, who has
long suffered from a severe throat
or bronchial affection, superinduced
by Catarrh in the Head, and who
has been perfectly cured by the
use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
coupled with the use of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. For
all bronchial, throat and lung affec
tions, and lingering coughs, it is an
uncqualod remedy. When compli
cated with Chronic Nasal Catarrh,
its use should be coupled with the
use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Of all druggists.
COMMERCIAL FOUNTAIN PEN
Is the only mcrpbct low-priced Pen In the market.
Made of all hard rubber; cannot get out of order;
writes 5,000 words from one 1111.ng. Seutcomnlete—
i with two pen i>olnt; tiller—all In a neat bo* for 25c.
' iu stamp* or currency. Guaranteed as represented
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wrtwttylHo. Susquehanna Co.. Pe ina
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f3f~ Get the Pen ulna. Sold Everywhere
PftYFMTQ! Pi**"?
in I bEI I tartfS's
formation. J. U. CHAM.E A- CO.,
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EPPSSCOCOA
BREAKFAST.
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which govern the ope rati ins of digestion and nutri
tl >n, and by a careful appllc atlon of the fine proper
ties of weli-s -lectod Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provide d
our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bov
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I It Is by the Judicious use of such artlclos of diet,
j that uconstltut'lon may bo gr dually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
< Hundreds of subtle raaladlos are lloaLiag around us
i ready to attack wherover there Is a weak point.
! We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our
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Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In half-pound tins. y Grocers, labelled thus:
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LONDON. ENOLANU.
-VASELINE-
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we will deliver, free or all charges, tonny person In
il the L nit d States, all of the following articles, care
fully packe;;
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One two-ounce bottle of Vaseline Pomade, - 15 "
One jar of Vaseline Cold Cream, . .... 15
One Or ke of Vnsellne Camphor Ice, .... 10 •
One Cake of Vaseline Soap, unsceuted, . . 10 •
One Cake of Vnsellne Soap, exquisitely scented,2s "
One two-ouuee bott.e of White Vaseline, - - 25
Or for pottage etamps any tingle article, at
I "2T2- " CCOHn * persuaded to accept from
U 1 or preparation tlirefrom
vnjsstl labelled with our name, because you wilt cer
tainly receive an imitation which has little or no nifZ
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Thero is no Mediciue like
Ipli DR. SCHENCK'S
pfIIBMLMONIC
III! SYRUP.
| . It is pleasant to tho'taste and
I World. F'lri-ai 'byall Druggists,
I r.ce, *I.OO per bottle Dr. Sehf,ck'. BoS on
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