SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERYDAY liIFE. Queer Episodes and Thrilling: Adven tures Which Show that Truth is Stranger than Fiction. DICK BASSETT is the solitary inliabi itant of "No Man's hand," well known as the "Hermit of Traverse Bay," in Michigan. The laud in question is in the we9t arm of the bay, and is separated from Marion Island by several hundred feet of shoal water. It contains about one acre of land. Bassett has lived there twelve years, and in all that time he has not been allowed to pay taxes or cast a vote. He has offered his ballot several times, and always had it rejected because he did not live in the United States. He makes a good living catching lish, and hns tried to buy the island of the govern ment, but the applications came back from Washington marked: "There i;no island as described." Mr. Bassett is a full chested man of about fifty, with thick brown hair and a beard, now tinged with gray. He takes the situa tion philosophically, and says he means to hold possession of the island "even if it does not exist." The first year he lived there he locked his cabin during his absences, but one day the door was broken down aud some of his property taken. Since then he leaves money, food and fuel in plain sight and the door is never locked. A note of welcome is always left, and Indians and white wan derers always make decent use of his hospitality. He is located only about a mde from the Traverse Bay resort, and is on excellent terms with the leading men of the association, lie is well edu cated and intelligent and a great fuvorite in the vicinity of his home. THE carrier pigeon promises to be a valuable auxiliary to the weather bureau. Alroady they are in use between the Bermuda Islands and Washington and between Havana and Key West. They are specially valuable in bringing dis patches from signal stations on islands not accessible by cable, and even where there is a cable they fuller dis dispatches, and where the distance is not more than three or four hundred miles they come in easily between suns. The Bermudas are six or seven hundred miles from Washington, and until quite re cently, were not connected with this country by cable. The only way to get quick news was by the use of carrier pigeons; aud as the weather bureau wished to follow the course of storms across the Atlantic, the experiment was made. The birds developed a speed of fifty miles an hour. From Havana to Key West the distance is ninety miles, and the news of an approaching storm may be quickly brought. The West India hurricanes come up by the north westerly course and reach the western gulf before they take the northeastward track. This gives a chance for the birds to come in several days ahead of them, with dispatches indicating the course of the storm. The chief signal officer in his report states that fifty-six pigeons are kept at the Key West barracks and nine have been trained to cover a distance of 100 miles on sea or land. These birds, at-the time of the report, were not over four months old. THE "triple oak," on Duel Island iu the Savannah river, was struck by light ning recently and shattered. The tree had a history. At the time of the May freshet in 1840 five men were farming ou this island. When the rain begau they had no idea of danger and made no effort to leave the island. In a short time the water had risen to such a height that they could not escape. They found a tree with three truuks united at the bot tom and forking a few feet above the ground, and made a platform with boards upon which,tliey remained for five days and nights before they were rescued. It was under this tree that Benjamin F. Perry and Byruih fought a dud in the days of nullification in 1832. At the day appointed they met on the island, each with his pistol and confidant. Byrum was an expert shot and thoy fought at ten paces. At tho word Perry tired first. Byrum then fired, and the ball from his pistol tore a hole through Perry's coat, exposing the red lining. Colonel Hugh, who was near bv, exclaimed, "He's got it," and Byrum replied, "I have, too." Perry's coat was loose and the bullet grazed the skin, leaving a blue streak across the body. Byrum was hit in the thigh and the main artery cut. He bled to death. A MELBOURNE (Australiu) letter says: The locust plague in some districts is as suming large proportions. Great lwarms commenced to arrive at Kcrang to-day, covering paddocks, gardens and streets. The greater portion of the vege tal 4 ) ICH, flowers and herbage was devoured. locqsts travel at the rate of several miles per day, and in meeting with any obstructions, such as a wall, they get piled up several inches deep. The sur face of the river Lodon in many places is black with locusts. The people attempted to prevent the advance of the pest by de stroying immense numbers of them, but without any appreciable elTect, the ad vance continuing. The doors of houses were kept shut to keep the insects out during the day, and men with brooms were employed in driving them from the doors of the shops and public ollices. One hotel keeper had to keep his house closed in the morning and afternoon to exclude them. In the cattle-pits on the railway line the locusts were several feet deep. The farmers have suffered severe losses from the plague. ONE of the Springfield (Mass.) hotels occasionally has a queer lodger, lie was formerly an engineer, but is now a United States boiler inspector. While an engineer he was severely scalded on orie side, and is unable to sleep comfoi ta bly when lying on that part of his body. IV-henevei: he happens to turn upon the fender place he makes a great disturb ance in his sleep, but is difficult to arouse. The other evening was one of his nights, and he awoke half the guests in the house. The landlord was just upon the point of climbing through the transom to awake him when the man fell out of bed. When he understood the state of the case he explained that all that was necessary to bring him out all right at such a time was to yell "Turn over, John," he having become so famil iar with such a command in his sleep that he invariably obeyed it unconscious ly. The plan has since been tried and found to work admirably. The boarders hope the clerk will never lose the com bination. DURINO the recent illness of Street Commissioner Beattie of Now York City bis department was.controlled for a fort night by his private secretary, Miss Cynthia Westover, who superintended 1500 meij. Mi* B Westover went about personally to decide which streets were in worst condition, and assigned every day the dump-carts and sweepers. Knowing ju-t how much moucy she could spend daily, glie engaged or discharged hands accord iugly, having harrowing experience with Italians who sought to move her by bringing sick babies in their arms to prove that they must have work, what ever the state of the department's treas ury. Miss Westover is a woman of much executive ability. When no one was there to attend to it, she would herself measure a dump-cart's capacity. She is young, handsome, and is one ot New Y'ork's four women notaries. GIIKEN IIOWELL, an old colored man of Midville, Ga., is only partly black, though a full-blooded negro, lie has white circles around his eyes and mouth and his neck is almost entirely white. The forehead and top of his head are so white that it gives linn the appearance of being bald-headed. In reply to ques tions Green said that he had been turn ing white for five or six years. The skin on his body and legs now is almost entirely white. lie said there is no feeling in the change and no pain about it, except that when he is in the sun the white skin blisters. Green is over fifty years old. The white skin exposed to view is as clear and healthy looking as that of a Caucasian. THE criminal courts in Glatz have con demned a Breslau shoemaker to two months' imprisonment for "insult of majesty," because he retained bis seat at a public meeting while three cheers were given the emperor. The judge who gave i the sentence explained that the shoe-' maker might have escaped with a lighter penalty had he not aggravated his origi- j nal offence by "placing his thumb to his 1 nose and wiggling his four Augers" when j reproached with disloyalty by his friends | in the meeting. IN a dry well recently found iu an old j house at Gilchester, England, were found I a great number of iron implements. The j principal specimen is a carpenter's plane I of quite modern type, although unoucs- j tionably more than 1500 years old, three | or four axes, retaining their tine cutting j edges and still quite serviceable, a mini- | bcr of chisels and gouges of all shapes and sizes, hammers, adzes, saws, files, I etc. A WIDOW who lost her husband at Kent, England, two years ago has, since her widowhood, removed to Portsmouth, then to Highgate, and later to Liverpool. Each time she sought the necessary per mission from-the authorities, dug lip her former partner and carried him with her, putting the old coffin inside the new one on each resurrection. A MAN who has been annoyed for years by the fact that one side of his mustache ! grows about twice as fast as the other I side, claims to have found an explanation in the circumstance that he sits all day at his desk with one side of his face j turned to a window, the light from which j stimulates the growth of the hair on that j side of his face. A WELL-KNOWN lady of 94 living in | Omaha, Neb., went to an undertaker's i shop tl:o other day, and, after leisurely j examining his stock, picked out a coffin, j which she had sent to her residence. She ! said she intended it for use at her own funeral. She is said to be iu good health aud entirely sane. ONE of the largest hogs in America, if not, in fact, the largest hog in the world was reared by a .1 unction City (Kas.) man. The length was 8 feet and 9 inches; girth of neck, (l£ feet; girth of center of body, 8 feet ; width across the hips, 30 inches; weight, 1,532 pounds. ANIMALS are kept on the roofs of the houses in Lima, Peru, and it frequently happens that a cow passes her whole life j on a rcof, being taken there as a calf and brought down finally as Iresh beef. MAIL CABS. How They are Manned and the Work Done in Them, Nearly every railroad in the United States carries, at least once a day, one or more meu whose business it is to receive, sort, and deliver the mail gathered at the tow us aloug or near that road. If there is little work to be done, one man does it alone, in a small room built in a part of the baggage car or smoking car. As the business increases, two or more men work together, having a whole car for their accomodation. This car is drawn directly behind the engine, so that there shall be no occasion for any passing through it. With still more business between the large cities, two or more cars arc run; until between New York and Chicago we have a whole train run ex clusively for f the mail service, made up of five cars and worked by twenty men. A line of railroad between two cities, used in this way, for sorting the mail, is called an "R. P. 0.," i. e. } "Railway Post-Ofi'ice," and there is an immense number of such in the country, taking their names from the chief offices on the line. Such are the "Boston and Albany," "Bostou, Springfield and New York," "Portland and Island Pond," "Chicago and Cedar Rapids," and many hundred others. The runs vary greatly in Icugtli, ranging from twenty miles to as high as a thousand miles. The extremely long inns, with the exception of the "New York aud Chicago," are found only in \ the Weat, where there are great distances ! between the cities. On such a run there will be two or more men, one crew sleep- ( ing while the other works. The "New ; Y'ork and Chicago" is divided into three . sections. On this run, the twenty men ! who start out from New York are relieved ; by as mauy more at Syracuse, and these j in turn arc relieved at Cleveland by an i other company who take the train into j Chicago. As a general thing, however, | a run is planned to be about the distance ■ which can be covered in a day. On all the more important lines there arc two sets of men, one for day and one ( for night service. If the run is a short j one with but little mail, one man does . the work alone, running every day, and j usually having several hours to rest at j one end of the road or the other. Where the run is long enough, so that the trip j takes all day, there will be four sets of men. One man, or set of men, starts at one end of the run, and covers the entire line, meeting the other somewhere on the route, and returning the next day. When these men have worked a week, they go home to rest a week and the others take their places. Such is the arduous nature of the work, the strain to mind and body, and particularly to eye sight, from working all day long in the constant jar and rattle, that few men would be able to retain a place were it I not for these periods of rest.—[St. Nich olas. How Animals Die. That beasts and birds go aside from their comrades to suffer the extreme trials of death is a pathetic fact not generally known. Whales come ashore when they feel ill, so that the waves may dash out the life that is fast ebbing away—delib erate cases of suicide, you will say. Sjuietimes, no doubt, their friends desert them. The healthy ones feel that the companionship of an enfeebled indi vidual is a possible source of danger. Or | it may be that the sight of death is iu tolerable to them, just as it has been to many human races. Whatever the ex planation, the fact remains that in the auimal world, as a rule, creatures g away aud die by themselves; the deni zens of the water commit what might be called suicide by leaving their owu ele ments for one in which they cannot exist.—[St. Louis Republic. THE YOSEMITE VALLEY. Its Sublimity and Beauty Graphi cally Portrayed. It is in the grouping of objects of sublimity and beauty that the Yosemit© excels. The narrow valley, with its gigantic walls, which vary in every change of the point of view, lends itself to the most astonishing scenic effects, and these the photograph has reproduced, so that the world is familiar with the striking features of the valley, and has a tolerably correct idea of the sublimity of some of these features. What the pho tograph canuot do is to give an impres sion of the unique grouping, of the majesty, and at times crushiug weight upon the mind, of the forms and masses, of the atmospheric splendor and illusion, and of the vital value of such au assem blage of wonders. The level surface of the peaceful park-like valley has much to do with the impression. The effect of El Capitau, seen across a meadow and rising from a beautiful park, is much greater than if it were encountered in a savage mountain gorge. The traveler may have seen elsewhere greater water falls, and the domes and spires of rock as surprising, but he has nowhere else seen such a combination as this. He may be fortified against surprise by the pho tographs he has seen und the reports of word painters, but he will not escape (say at Inspiration Point, or Artist Point, or other lookouts) a quickening of the pulse aud an elation which is physical as well as mental, in the sight of such un expected sublimity and beauty. And familiarity will scarcely take off the edge of his delight, so varied are the effects in the passing hours and changing lights. The Rainbow Fall, when water is abundant, is exceedingly impressive us well as beautiful. Seen from the carriage road, pouring out of the sky overhead, it gives a sense of power, and at the proper hour before sunset, when the vast mass of leaping, foaming water is shot through with the colors of the spectrum, it is one of the most exquisite sights the world cau offer; the elemental forces are overwhelming, but the loveliness is engaging. One turns from this to the noble mass of El Capitan with a shock of surprise, how ever often it may have been seen. This is the hour, also, in the time of liigh-wa ter, to see the rellcction of the Yosemite Falls. As a spectacle it is infinitely finer than anything at Mirror Lake, and is unique in its way. To behold this beau tiful scries of falls, flowing down out of the blue sky above, and flowing up out of au equally blue sky in the depths of the earth, is a sight not to be foi gotten. And when the observer passes from these displays to the sight of the aerial domes iu the upper end of the valley, new won ders opening at every turn of the forest road, his excitement has little chance of subsiding. He may be even a little op pressed. The valley, so verdant and friendly with trees aud flowers, is so narrow compared with the height of its perpendicular guardian walls, aud this little secluded spot is so imprisoned in the gigantic mountains, that man hns a feeling of helplessness in it. This powerlessness in the presence of elemen tal forces was heightened by the deluge of water. There had been an immense fall of snow the winter before, the Merced was a raging torrent, overflowing its banks, and from every ledge poured a miniature cataract.—[Harper's Muga zine. Makes the Sea Safer. Iu the interest of the safety of mariners an exhibition of the lucigraph was given at the Maritime Exchange in New York City recently before a numerous attend ance. This is an English patented device constructed to flash at night na tional signals or plain words and num- I bcrs upon a diamond-shaped screen, or ; nuy fiat surface from any point of tho I ocean iu times of dauger or distress, i The illuminated characters can bo 1 magnified to a size that would make them visible at a long distance without the aid of a glass The instrument is of simple construction, being a sort of scientific combination of a powerful magic lantern aud the keyboaid of a typewri ter; and can be operated by a child. A kerosene lamp of fifty candle power gives a flash of letters, which appear over two i feet in length, and the search light of a I steamer could be used with greater effect. In certain times of danger lighthouses and bcacli stations could give explicit, brief directions to vessels that could not be given by the voice. There arc occur rences on some coasts when the signal alone of "do not trust boats," would prove of great service to wrecked sailors if it could be seen by them at night. It was estimated that the contrivance could be arranged to display continued sen tences of the kind; on board ship the communication must necessarily be spelled by letter. —[New Orleans Pica yune. A Squalid Feature of City Life. A squalid feature of east side life is the daily struggle along the wharves for bits of coal dropped in the street as col liers are unloaded. Nobody along the coal wharves looks quite Caucasian. The men have black hands and smudged faces. The women, who do the glean ing, are mostly old, but marvellously ac tive. They dart about through the mud of the street, eagerly snatching up any bit of coal in sight. Most of them carry their treasures in great gingham aprons, and, considering the filthy nature of the work, their garments are inexplicably neat.—[New York Sun. A Shampoo Mixture. An agreeable and satisfactory mixture for shampooing the head may be made of one pint of rain water, five cents' worth of pulverized castile soap, two table spoonfuls of alcohol, one tablespoonful of powered borax, and the yolks of two eggs, well beaten. The advantages claimed for this shampoo mixture is that eggs contain iron, which will be absorbed • the soap and borax will cleanse the skin and the alcohol supply enough heat to prevent anyone catching cold.—[Detroit Fiee Press. Sisal Hemp. Sisal hemp is the product of a thick leaved plant, Agave sisilana, resembling the well-know century plant, except that the leaves, instead of being serrated, or spiny, on the edges, are perfectly smooth. It is native to the whole of tropical Am erica, and as early as 1888 was success fully introduced into Florida by Dr. H. | Perrine, who foresaw its value as a com j mcrcial fibre. [Bostou Cultivator. > ONE) UNJOVS Both the method and results when Syrup or Figs is taken; it is ploosant and refreshing to the taste, ana sets gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, clpansea the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and feverg and cures habitual constipation. (3yrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind efer pro duced, pleasing to the taste ana ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial {n its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com- Send it to alt and have made it ie most popular remedy known. Svrup or Figs is for salo in 600 •nd fl Dottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand wiil pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, BAN FRANOIBCO, CAL UVIBVIUE. KY. NSW YORK. N.Y. EVE RY M°TH £B Should Have It In The lion sc. Dropped on Sugar, Children J.ore to take JOHNSON'S ANODY.VR LINIMENT for ( roup. Cold*, Sore Throat, Touillltli, Colic, Cramps And Fain*. Itf lleves Summer Complaints, Cut#, lfruUo* like magic. THINK OF IT. In Up over -10 Y FAILS in one family. Dr. I. S. JOHNSON FC Co.—lt Is tlxty rear* slnco J flirt learned of your JOHNSON'S AKODYNE L'INIMKNT; for more than forty years I have U6ed it In my family, 1 regard It as one of tho l*'*t and safest family remedies that ear. be found, used internal or external, in all eases. O. 11. INGALLS, Deacon 2nd Baptist. Church. Bangor, Me. Every Sufferer ▼ous Headache, Dlphtheria.Couyhp, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Asthma, Cholera Morbus, Diurrhcßa, l-amoness, Soreneee in Body or Limbs, Stiff Joints or Strains, wilt And in this old Anodyne relief und Hin-cdy cure, l'amphlet free. Hold every where, lb lee S eta, by mall. G bottles, Lxprous paid, #2. 1. H. JOHNSON & CO., BOSTON, MASS. I took Cold, I took Sick, I TOOK SCOTT'S EMULSION RESULT: I take My Meals, I take My Rest, AND I AM VIGOROUS ENOUGH TO TAKE ANYTHING I CAN LAY MY HANDS ON ; getting tut too, FOR Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphitesof Limeand Soda OR ONLY CURED MY icnt CoilSlll|ttioil BUT BUILT MR UP, AND IS NOW PUTTING FLESH ON MY BONES i AT THE RATE OF A FOUND A DAY. I j TAKE IT JUST AS EASILY AS I DO MILK." J SUCH TESTIMONY IS NOTHING NEW. j SCOTT'S EMULSION IS DOING WONDERS j DAILY. TAKE NO OTHER. J ELECTRIC CARS UNDERGROUND | An electric underground railway has j been opened in I.ondon and is now in [ successful operation. The road-bed j consists of two tracks laid in two UN- ] derground tunnels and the rails, with | few exceptions, are not less than forty j foot underground, while in many J places they go as deep as one hundred ! feat. At t'. * stations tho two tunnels ! are brought into ail enlarged chamber, and the passengers are here raised and J lowered by elevators. The oarß are twenty-nine feet ir length, and a train consists of an elec trie locomotivo aud three cars capable of accommodating one hundred passen gers to the train. The locomotive! weigh ten tons and are one hunelred horse-power each. There is no gear iug of any kind, tho current being pioked up from a center rail carried or glass insulators, the track serving as return conductors. Tlie operation oi the cars is said to be very satisfactory, hut the reverberating noise of the train while running through the tunnel is very disagreeable. ISrave Muthoi'. As showing the force of maternal love among the lower animals, there are few more pathetic incidents thar j the following, which comes from Aus- j tralia: The owner of a country station wai j sitting one evening on tho balcony out : wide his house, when he wan surprised j to notice a kangaroo lingering about, j as though half in doubt and fear what to do. At length she approached the I water pails, and, taking ft young ont from her pouch, held it to the water tc j drink. While her baby was satisfying its | thirst the mother was quivering all j over with excitement, for she was onl\ a few feet from the balcony, on which one of her great foes was sitting watching her. The little one having finished drinking, it was replaced it the pouch, and the old kangaroo started ' off at a rapid pace. | When the natural timidity of the ; kangaroo is taken into account, it wil bo recognized what astonishing hravei) j this affectionate mother exhibited. 11 is a pleasing ending to the story thai j the eVo- witness was so affected by the scene" that from that time forward IK j could never shoot ft kangaroo. Before tho '1 line. "Maria," he ventured, when he saw j she wouldn't speak first, 4 it was dread- I ful warm last evening at tho offico, and I'm afraid it slightly overcame me." "But it shouldn't have made you teli lies," she answered, expio ivelV. "Lies ? What do you mean 7 "Why, just before you foil under tlio sofa you throw your hat up in tho ai? and said you wouldn't go home till morning, and it wasn't any more than 2 o'clock.'* MUime. iM eii.iK n FxclamatioD. Employer—Joseph, what becomes of our waste and sweeps? I notice tho sales have steadily diminished during tho last year. Foreman—l am inclined to believe they are carried aw ay by the Employer-Bats! Eoreman -Exactly, sir. (Aside) Wliow! how tho old sucker luteal ON SPAIN'S SHAKY THRONE. Qti.-reu Itogent Christina and tli* Sickly Llttls Infant King Alfonso. Maria Christina the Queen Eegent of Spain, is a daughter of Archduke Charles of Austria and is now in her thirty-third year. Spaniards are pro verbially averse to being ruled by a soreijjner, but the tact and judgment shpwn bv the widowed mother of their jbe-ent baby king bave disarmed their hostility and made her popular. She was tlje second wife of Alfonso XII., the late king, and was married in No vember, 1879. Alfonso was never strong, and he died while still a very young man, in December, 1885. Tho Queen has two vonng children, both of frail health. The elder of the two, the Infanta Donna Maria de-las Mercedes, Princess of Astuiias, to whom the crown would revert in tho event of her brother's death without issue, was bom iu 1880, and the present King, Alfonso X1J.1., ii) 11)86, tivo months after his father's death. „ The little king has had a hard strug g'e for life. Like most of the royal families of Europe the Spanish Bour bons are affected with scrofula, and the baby who now wears tho crown has been pulled through many severe crises only bv great medical 1 skill. The general belief iu Spain is that ho will never reach manhood. All sorts of stories are told about him. Among them is one that when mildly rebuked by his attendants for eating with his fin gers and told that kings did not do so, tho little fellow pertly remarked: "This king does." The republican sen timent has been steadily growing in Spain during recent years,and it would not surprise those who know tliatooun try best if Alfonso XIII. should turn out to be the last king. A CHEAT BATTLE MONUMENT. ■ 'reparations Under Way for tlie Iledica tlon of the Shaft at Jlonntngton. The Vermonters whose great-grand sires fought at Bennington are to have a great celebration Aug. 16. It will bo a double jubilee. The battle of Bennington was fought Aug. 16, 1777. Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791. So the celebrations are com bined, and on tho anniversary of tho battle the groat Bennington battle monument will be dedicated. The monument will soon be com pleted and will bo one of the most in teresting memorial structures vet erected in this country. It stands on the hill which the grim and deter mined men of Bennington hold ugainst the red-coats on the memorable day in 1777. The base of the shaft is 800 feet above the Walloomsao valley. Half a mile to the south Mount Anthony rears itself in grandeur 2,000 feet high. The site of the towering shaft lias been admirably selected. The monument will be 301 feet high, 44 feet square at the base and 37 feet square at tlie top. The foundation is of limostone, built into the solid rock which forms tho hill. The structure proper, almost completed, will be a simple shaft in the form of an obe lisk, built of magnesian limestone. There will be a winding stairway in | the interior. The monument is erected ; by the three States which are to dedi- | cate it and the General Government, together with large private contribu tions. (Jlnss windows were first introduced into England in the eighth century. Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and RancUei iu Missouri, Kausae, Texas and Arkansas, hoiiirlll and sold. Tyler Co.. Kansas.City, Mb. Seven hundred million ornnges are ex ported every year from Europe to this country. U7 5 TJ A cobs an GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND GAYS : IT EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. 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B -ELY'S CREAM BALM-Tloamon tho Nasal I'liwHiigeH, Allii.vh I'tiiii niitl In Humiliation, Heals Apply into the Nostrils. It is Quickly Absorbed. 00c. l)ruggi*ta or by mail. ELY 1i1t05.,60 WwrcuSL, N. Y. "Better out of the world.tha.r\ oub of the f a.s n i It is JINF^^UONX M|ljl for house-cleaning- It is & c&ke of scouring so&pTry ih 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. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH, RED CROSS DIAMOND BRAND A VtHHXRom *r\\i\iS #> THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE. Tho only Safe, Bur*, And relial.tr Pill for rale. \\K' Ladle*. MU Druggist for Chtchmttri Vnqllth Diamond Brand lit lJrd And Gold nuialllo \V boxes sealed nlth blue ribbon. TaL* no other kind. Rt.f> use SubuitoUcmi an.l tin Cation*. V All pill* In pasteboard boxes, pink wrapiwr*. ar- (lungcrou* counterfeits. AI DriiggMt, <>r tend n| do. 111 stamps for pArtloulAr*, testimonials, ami "Keller for Ladle*." •/ Itttnr, •> return Mull, 10,000 Testimonials. Mime/toper. CH'CHESTER CMLMICAL CO.. Mnd|a.n Kquaru. Hold by all Local l>ruK<*'ta. HIiLAJMSLI'IIIA, l'A, f Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent anr wlier# I en receiptof 60 cts.Tyler & Co., Kansas City, Mo. Boston's system of parks includes 1,042 1 acres, If afflicted with soreejes use Dr. leaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Drug-nets soil at 25c.per bottle. Uncle Sam now bus 02,810,872 pounds of j wool. FITS stopped froj by Dlt. KLINB'S GREAT NKUVK RESTORKR. NO tits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise an i trial bottle j free. Dr. Klino, IK3I Arch St., Uhil-a., fa. A phonographic machine takes 250 words ! i u minute. LeeWa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harm less in effect, quick and positive in action. Sent prepaid on receipt of 81 per bottle. Aduler A- Cn..ttd2 Wvandottost..Kai.HasCitv.Mo ' A $5,000,000 iron plant is ta'ked of at Den ver. Dobbins'* Electric Soap is cheaper for you i to use, if you folhuo direction s, than any otner I soaps would be if nlven to you. f<r by it use I clothes are saved. Clothes cost more tha i soap, j Ask your groojr for Dohhins's. Take no other. Chicago's Y. M. C. A building will bo six- i teen stories. Guaranteed live year eight per cent, mm | Mortgages on Kansas City property, interest payable every six months; principal and inter- J eat collected when due and remitted without ; expense to lender. For sale by J. 11. Bauerlein 1 At Co.. Kansas City, Mo. Write tor particular* Coal costs only 50 cents n ton ut Pit's- , burgh, Kan. Money invested in cuotce one nundroa dol lar building lots iu suburbsof Kansas City will pay from live hundred to one thousand per cent, the next few yooxs under our plan. $25 cash and $5 per month without intorost con trols a dealra hie lot. Particulars on application. J. 11. Bauorloln & Co., Kansas City. Mo. Albert Durer gave the world a prophecy of future wood engraving in 1527. Do Yon Ever Speculate? Auv person sending us their name an I ad dress will receive information that will lead , fortune. BeuJ. Lewis & Co., Seourlty j Building, Kansas City, Mo. The first steam engine on this continent j was brought from England in 1753. Ilow'h This" We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15years, ami believe him perfectly honorable in all business t ran sac- I tions, and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by their firm. ; WEST & TIIUAX, Wholesule Druggists,'lole- W ALD i NO, KIN NAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggist s, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. | Malaria ;> believed to be canned by polnonou* miasm* arla ;ng from low, marshy land, or from decaying ygf>ta I | tie matter, and which. hreathod into tho lungs, j enter and polaou the blood. If a healthy condition I c I the blood is maintained by taklug Hood's ftarsa- I nrilla one Is much less liable to malaria, und Hood's ' has cured many severe cases of this dis tressing affection evou la the advanced stages when the terrible chills And fever prevailed. Try It. j And if you decide to take ITood's Buroanparilla do j not be Induced to buy auy substituto. Hood's Sarsaparllla Sold by oil druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only by O. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Oos3S One Dollar "German Syrup" For Coughs & Colds. John F. Jones, Edom,Tex. .writes- j I have used German Syrup for the j past six years, for Sore Throat, ! Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest j and Lungs, and let me say to any one wanting such a medicine— German Syrup is the best. B.W. Baldwin, Camesville.Tenn., I writes: I have used your German i Syrup in my family, and find it the | best medicine I evor tried for coughs j and colds. I recommend it to every one for these troubles. , R. Schmalhausen, Druggist, oi Charleston, 111., writes: After trying > scores of prescriptions and prepara- 1 tions I had on luy files and shelves, i without relief for a very severe cold, | which had settled on my lungs, I j tried your German Syrup. It gave , me immediate relief and a perma- ! uent cure. ® G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer, Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A. PROF. LOISETTE'S NEW MEMORY BOOKS. Criticisms on two recent Memory Systems. Ready olout April Int. Full Table* of Content* forwarded only to those wl't send stamped directed envelope. Also Prospectus POST FREE of tho l.oisettlan Art I of Never Forgetting. Address Prof. LOISF.TTE, 3:17 Fifth Ave.. New York. | No one doubts that Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy really ! cures Catarrh, whether the disease be recent or of long j standing, because the makers jof it clinch their faith in it j with a SSOO guarantee, which ; isn't a mere newspaper guar antee, but "on call" in a moment. That moment is when you prove that its makers can't cure you. The reason for their faith is this: Dr. Sage's remedy has proved itself the right cure for ninety-nine out of one hundred cases of Catarrh in the Head, and the World's Dispensary Medical Associa tion can afford to take the i risk of your being the one hundredth. The only question is—are you willing to make the test, if the makers are willing to take the risk ? If so, the rest is easy. You | pay your druggist 50 cents j and the trial begins. I If you're wanting the SSOO you'll get something better— -1 a cure / [BEECHAMS PILLS cure SICK HEADACHE. 25 Cents a Box. O"Ef ALL DRUOGISTS. TACOMH nrufTtelOOt Tea u.. TAIUMI UiYKSTMKXT CO., tn.uH, WASH. fll>F VA'M' IflPirjGO < bwantlful Bilk A Bntlß IW tllvAAlillllklpra. tn cover 500 1 in* Wte.; best, 25c. LKMAIIIK'sSILK MILL. Little Ferry N.J. ; PATENTS ■ nsur STUDY. Hook-keepinir, Bijsiuew Form* LyilMfc Poamauslilp, Arithmetic, dhort-haml, eta, fi thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars frA JUrrHiit'* t'olieze, 457 ilalu St., BufTulo L N. ft THEM. TAP7 IRIS. lI.OI..MOHISTIItI.V.r KEC gtENSEON fin Dvrnlu last war, 15adjudicating claims, att.r sinco* nippv l/lirro POEITIVI 1 f heme J >IFD. liAbui AfILLO Greely I'nnt Stretcher. , Ailoiue" l'y students at Harvard, Amherst. and other ' Colleges, also, bv professional and business men every | where. If not for sale In your town send a.Te. to B. J. GHF.KLY. 715 Washington Street, Boston. IFRA7FR A.*le" 8 BBnAfi Am Is gg||fc fcCE SUiST IN TUB WOIiJuD iS BG 3* E |9 Get the OeiiuiJM. 3oid Lvery-wbare, f 5 /'JONESX f TON SCALES \ OF \ S6O (BINGHAMTONj V Beam Box T are Beam / Y& N. Y. a.7 \ a AIXIUU <4 J \xO A| .W/ | Best Truss Ever Used. niyht and day. Positively n:aU everywhere. fT DR. SCHENCK'S ! CEAWEED mm ToNlc (jffpi DYSPEPSIA ffSj And nil Disorders of tho Digest ivo Organs. It is like wise s 1 lMdHt'y. For^Salo bl all Druggists. Price,Si .no per Imttle. Dr. Bclienck l i : New B(Kk on Lungs I.ivcr and St.m.ncl. mallo., free I Idtlrec*. Dr. J. H. SOHENCK A SON. Philadelphia GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPSS COCOA BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowlod/o of tho nAlural laws which govern tin* operatl >us of dlge tlon and nutrl tl >n, and by careful appllc ntlou <>f the fine j roper tlos of weli-a lected (Joooa, Mr. Epos lias provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bev erage which inay save us many heavy doctors' bills. It Is oy tho Juvlloloiu use of such articles of diet that uconstitution may b* g? irually hullt up until strong euough t< resist every tendency to dlsee. Hundred* of subtle maladies are floating- around us ready to attach wherever there la a weak point. We may escape many u fatal shaft by keeping our selves well fortl.led with pure bh>od a d a properly nourished fraino."—"(Vvi'l Servioe (famettc." Made simply with boiling water r milk. Fold only In half-poun 1 tins y Grocers, labelled thus: .IA.IIKS Erl'S tlcOO . Horn eopatblo Chemlsta, i THE NEW WEBSTER JDST PUBLISHED—ENTIRELY NEW. f^\SsTEKs\ I INTERNATIONAL 1 V DICTIONARY J A GRAND INVESTMENT for ilFamily, the School, or tho Library, i He via lon has been in progress for over 10 Year*. More than 100 editorial laborer* employed. S3b'J,(XX) expended before first copy was printed, t'rittcal oxamination invited. <Jet tho Heat. Bold bv all Bookacllcrs. Illustrated pamphlctfree, G. & C. MERKIA'M & CO.. rubUahert, Mass., I'. S. A. Cftittfonl —Thcro have recently been Issued : several cheap reprints of the 1817 edition of Weleter's I'mtbridgrd Dictionary, an edition long since superannuated. These books are given , various names, —" Webster's Unabridged, - ' "The Groat Weheter'* Dictionary," " Webster's Ilig Dictionary," " Webutcr's lui' vclopodic I'ictiona j ry," etc., etc. | Many annotincemcnts concerning tl.em are very misleading, as tho body < f oach, front A to ' Z, is 44 years old, an I print* ! from cheap plates ■ htado by piiotogrnpliing tlie old pngcy. d^r PJ G *^ r lbe and fully en Sgjl AinnKrc.m, N- vj E8 >iri..lTstta V' h,vii solS Til, a lot KikLTvtnaCktmiealOft. ntatiy years, sod It baa m ' """ OMo. L>. B. OVOHP 4 00.. Sulillu CmitUa
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