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. IS
.fniinpofls, Jan. 6, 'SO,
"I An re often used ST.
J.ICOBS OIL, Ollrf find it
a good l.itiinicnl."
ELIHU E. JACKSON,
THE ° ov ofW,d - BEST.
-VASELINE
FOR A ONE-DOI.LMt HI 1.1. sent us by mall
!we will <!• Ifv< r, free oi all charges, to any persou iu
! the Unit (I States, all of the follow lug articles, euro
fully packe .:
One two-ounce bottle of Puro Vaseline, - - lOoLi
One two-ou.me bottle of Vaseline Pomade, - 15 "
One Jar of Van* line Cold Cream, 15 "
One '■ ke of Vaseline Cami lior Ice, - - • • 10"
One Cake of Vaseline Soap, unscented, - - 10"
One Cake of Vaseline Soap, exquisitely seen ted, 35 "
One two-ounoe bott e of White Vaseline, - - 513"
_ *l.lO
ytr/or pottage stamps any single article at the price
named. On no account he persuaded to accept from
your druggist anu Vaseline or preparation therefrom
unites labelled irith our name, because you will cer
tainly receive an imitation which has little or no value
I'bench rough Mfg. Co.. -J I State Si., N. V.
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
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only to those wl't send stamped directed envelope.
Also Prospectus POST FREE of tho l.oisettlan Art I
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| 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.
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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."
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More than 100 editorial laborer* employed.
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t'rittcal oxamination invited. <Jet tho Heat.
Bold bv all Bookacllcrs. Illustrated pamphlctfree,
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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
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