SOMEWHAT STRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVEKV-DAY LIFE. Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven tures Which Show that Truth Is Stranger than Fiction. SOME weeks ago a passenger train on the Erie Bond ran into a freight near the Pennsylvania State line and a few passengers were hurt. No one could ex plain the accident. The conductor and engineer of the freicht asserted their in nocence, and those of the passenger train were equally confident that no blume could attach to them. The officers of the road worked for nearly a fortnight i/trying to unravel the mystery, but were 1 unable to do so. At last the facts were made known in the simplist way imagin able. The division superintendent vis ited the scene of the accident shortly after it occurred, and while loitering about the track happened to look at the switch tower. This tower had received a severe shock when the two trains came together. The division superintendent happened to look at the clock and found it stopped. He made inquiries and leurned that it had stopped at the time of the collision. The clock showed that the passenger train had passed there just two minutes and a half aheud of time. The conductor of the passenger train had violated one of the most stringent rulos—not to run ahead of schedule— and lost his position. The clock located the blame. A RESIDENT of Nyack, N. Y., con tributes this bit of natural history to a contemporary : 44 1 was crossing a field, when my attention was attracted by a snake rolling over and over. 'The snake was about three feet long and appeured to be propelled by some power I couldn't see. I knew it wus dead from the way it moved, and on looking closer saw that two big beetles were supplying the motive power. They were behind the snake, and by burrowing under it at either end acted as rollers to send the snake aheud. I saw them move it over ten feet. I spent most of the day in watching. They propelled it twenty feet farther and then stopped. One of them went away and soon came back with at least 100 beetles. This little army set to work and actually dug a hole in the ground about fivo inches in diameter and half a foot deep. It took them half a duy to do this, and just about dark they ap peared to be satisfied with their task, and tho whole ariny set about dumping his snakeship into the hole, wnich they did bv coiling up its body so that it fitted into ' the space nicely. Then they covered it f up and disappeared in the thicket." A KANSAS cowboy tells of a wmsto donfic wild steer that hus roamed tho plains of the southwest for many years, unconquerable by the most daring and skilful herder. lie says the steer killed a big silver-tin bear in a fair fight two years ago. Tho combat was a terrible affair, and was witnessed from a safe distunce by two cowboys. The bear at tempted to creep up on the steer, but the latter saw him, and at onco gave battle. As the steer charged the bear rose to his hind feet and gave the ox a terrible blow with his puw, which served to stagger tho boast tor a moment, but with a bellow of rage tho steer again rushed at the bear, and before he could administer another blow had hit him fair in the ribs and sent him rolling on the grass. The fight then became fust and furious, and soon the bear was seen try ing to crawl away from his enraged opponent. The steer was too quick for 4 him, however, and headed him off, and at last gored him to such an extent that death ensued. MR. AUSTIN MALI.ORY, of Franklin county, Ky., set out not long ago to dig U well. A driver with a witchhazel switch picked out the spot where water was to be found by digging, and tho well was begun. Six foet below the surface a solid rock was struck, but Mr. Mallory persisted and blasted his way down forty feet, when a few days ago a blast blew the bottom out of the well, and he found that he had opened the way into an im mense cave. Three or four bold spirits venturod down into the cavern. Wan dering about the explorers came upon a small river of crystal clearness, in whoso waters Htrangc-looking fish disported . themselves, and whose merry ripples had furnish music for centuries with no other uudience than the eternal rocks. A pool of water wus also found which, so far as they could sound, was bottomless. On the banks of tho stream was found the wreck age of what had once undoubtedly been an Indian canoo, drifted there, doubtloss, from some other water course and pre served so long by the pure atmosphere of the cave. The adventurers explored the cave for a considerable distance in each i direction, but found no limit or reduction of dimensions. WILLIAM 11. MORRIS, of Ansonia, Conn., recently Paid that he had kept a daily record ot tho weather for twenty five years, and his father and grand father had done tho same before him, and in every year for over eighty years thore had been a rainfall 011 the 25th day of July. Tho next day was the 25th, and before tho Congregational Sunday-school sturtcd for its annual picnic the weather recorder told one of the deacons of the church that he would do well to carry his umbrcllu and rubbers. As the day was a most beautiful ono the deacon laughed, but on the advice being repeated he be came reckless and offered to bet sl, even though he was a deacon in good standing, that it would not rain. Tho bet was made, ton to one, and before 3 o'clock that afternoon the rain poured down in torrents for fifteen minutes. The files of the Evening Sentinel as far back us they run sustain Mr. Morris' statement. UNCLE BILLY BOSH, of Cabarrus county, says the St. Joseph (Cal.) News, who has just died at the age of eighty, was a queer old bachelor whose only companions were two dogs and an old negro. His real es tate consisted of 1,800 acres of land, which he left to bis nephews. He had a safe which was thought to hold thousands of dollars, but when it was opened tho only money found was a nickel. How ever, in bureau drawers, in old cupboards, in pitchers and jars, in old clothes closets, in old stockings and in cracks in his miserable house was found SIO,OOO in gold, besides a largo ouuntity of gold dust and bullion and a tew hundred dol lars in greenbacks. In the search a packuge from a Charlotte bank was found containing S7OO that had never been opened. This was received by him in 1880. He had corn und bucon 011 hand four yours old, and some hay that had been stacked for twenty-five years. THE first Russian visitor on board the French men-of-war at Cronstudt effected his appearance among them in a some what peculiar manner. He was a Rus sian soldier who had an extended swim in the Baltic off Cronstudt, to where the French squadron was approaching. When he reached the first vessel, which was just about to anchor, he clung to the side, shouting with ull his might the only French words he knew: "Vive lu France!" Great were the rejoicings when the un clad enthusiast was hauled on board. II was treated to any number of cognacs, wrapped in a French naval cloak and preparations were made to convey him back to quarters in the ship, when sud denly he threw off the cloak, plunged into the sea, and, still shouting "Vive la France!" returned home us he had come. I DR. VEROARA, of Villacienzo, in the province of Burgos, states that there is in that village a married woman, aged forty-eight, who for the last seventeen years has taken 110 nourishment of auy kind; in fact, we are usked to believe that nothing whatever has passed her lips except a small amount of water, which she takes every three or four days. During all that time she has not left her bed for a single moment; she lies there in a state of lethargy, which might be mistaken for death but for occasional slight movements of her body and a feeble moan which she utters when dis turbed as by light falling on her face. There seems to be no question of mak ing the case a paying exhibition, as the husband resolutely shuts his door against mere sight-seers. DR. L. B. CLIFTON, a Georgia scien tist, claims to have made rather an odd discovery. By the aid of a microscope of high magnifying powers he hus de tected a peculiar insect that infests pa per money and is found nowhere else. It is very minute in size and multiplies with surprising rapidity. Dr. Clifton eounted more than 3,00() of them on an old $5 bill. He says that the money par asite is acarus, and is closely related to the spider. It is not a pretty animal; its shape is oblong and fiat, and it is pro vided with four legs and a sharp bill. It is never known to leave the paper on which it lives, and it never becomes a parasite on the humun body. EX-GOVERNOR FURNAS of Nebraska tells this story of Judge Broady of Omaha. On one occasion Judge Broady left his office, and on the outer door posted a card with the words: "Back again iu ten minutes. Take a seat and wait." "At the foot of the stairs," says Gov. Furnas, 44 Judge Broady happened to remember that ho had forgotten some thing. Slowly ho climbed the steps and once more he became submerged in his own thoughts. At the door of his own office 110 paused and read tho card 011 tho door. Then tho Judge deliberately sat down and waited for himself to come back." THERE is a girl ten years old near Pittsburg, Pa., who speaks only in a language of her own invention, though she reuds aud understands English. Tho single person who can translate the pe culiar tongue is an elder sister. A por tion of her vocabulary is as follows: "Chy-chy-kyk," a colt; "sofa," angry; "pliaton," pleasure or fun; "tooky, tuba," a strong ropo; "mell," mamma; "beloh," papa; "popo tikon," to swing to and fro. Certain philologists are studying this new speech with the hope of discovering some racts as to tho origin of language. A FARMER named Sliutt, living near Sulphur Springs, was up at tho cranberry marsh at work, says the Cincinnati En quirer when he found six pretty round eggs, and so greatly ploused was he at their appearance that he picked them up and put them in his pocket to take home to the children. The warmth of his pocket spoiled the eggs us playthings tor the children, for when he reached home Mr. Shutt found that he had five little black snakes in his pocket, ono of the eggs failing to hatch. A COI.UMHUS (Ind.) musical freak is called "Singbilly," though his proper name is William Isintrigger. 11c plays in a peculiar manner with his lungs any tune with a distinctness and clear ness that brings out every note as fully as it can be brought out on any piano or other musical instrument by the most ac complished performer. Tho eft'ort fre quently causes his body to writhe with contortions and his features to pinch with apparent pain, but ho says it does not hurt him. THE oldest married couple in the world is to be found in La Quinpurte, Minn. Mr. Daniel Salisbury completed his one hundred and third year on December 14, and his wife is seven years older. They were married in January, 1811. Until recently this venerable pair lived by themselves in a log house on the Yellow liank ltiver, and both are described as being still in good health. On his one hundredth birthday Mr. Salisbury walked to licllingham and back, a distance of seven miles each way. A QUEER looking animal, that might possibly be a young sea serpent, bus been seen on the banks of a stream near Shieldsville, Minn. It was seen by only one man, and he got but un unsatis factory look at it, the animal disappear ing when lie got close to it. lie describes the "what is it" as being the shape of a cigar, brown in color and about twenty live or thirty feet long. It is alleged that a beast that answers this description was seen in the same neighborhood about three years ago. A CURIOUS wedding took place re cently in Ashley, Northamptonshire, England. The contracting parties were a man aged seventy-six and a woman aged seventy-seven. * The bans had been published in church fifty-six years ago, but they separated and married different people. The wife of one and the hus band of the other dying, they found themselves at liberty to renew their en gagement, and have now married, pre sumably for the last time. A HOUSE belonging to a man living near Baltimore while grazing cut its tongue with a blade of sword grass, from which it bled to death. A CITIZES of Hart county, Ga., who is over one hundred years old, has lived within five miles of his birthpluce all of his life. To Start a Balky Horse. The following suggestive directions for the treatment of balky horses are recom mended by the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: 1. Pat the horse on the neck; examine the harness carefully, first on one side and then on the other, Bpeaking encour agingly while doing so; then jump into the wagon and give the word go; gener ally the horse will obey. 2. A teamster in Maine says he can start the most balky horse by taking him out of the shafts and malcing him go around in a circle until lie is giddy. If the first dance of this kind doesn't cure him, the second will. 3. To start a balky horse, place your hand over the horses noso and shut his wind off until ho wants to go, and then let him go. 4. The brain of a horse seems to enter tain but one idea at a time; therefore continued whipping only confirms his stubborn resolve. If you can by any means give the horse a new subject tn think of, you will generally have no trouble in starting him. A simple remedy is to take a couple of turns of | stout twine around the foreleg, just be low the knee, tight enough for the horse to feel it, and tie in a bow-knot. At the first cluck the horse will generally go dancing oft', and after going a short dis tance you can get out and remove tho string to prevent injury to the tendon in your farther drive. 5. Take tho tail of tho horse between the hind legs, and tie it by a cord to tho saddle-girth. G. Tie a string around the horse's ear, | close to his head. A BATTLE OF BIRDS. An Eagle Pounces 011 a Pelican In a Sun Francisco Park. A most remarkable battle took place in Golden Gate Park recently. It pos sessed great interest to the few who were so fortunate as to witness it. The cou testunts were a largo bald eaglo and the big whito pelican that graces the pond near the Haight street entrance. Very often a pair of eagles have been seen sailing in the air and hovering over the park. They have been known to catch quails in the door paddock, and have even scooped in a ground squirrel now and then to carry oft to their young in some crag on the coast. Tho bald eagle usually selects the highest and most inaccessible cliff 011 which to build its nest, und it is thought the puir of marauders in question have for years had their home at some point two or three miles below the Cliff House. Yesterday morning several park visi tors observed these two large birds hover ing over the duck pond. They sailed around in gradually diminishing circles, rising higher and higher until they were but specks against the sky, when sud denly they disappeared from view alto gether. Perhaps half an hour had passed when the people seated on the benches watch ing the ducks and black swan lazily pad dling about or admiring tho ungainly but dignified pelican resting motionless on tho water were sturtled to see u black streak shooting through tho air with a noiseless rush. All of the ducks scurried to the edge of tho pond and hid in the bush. The pelicuu alone remuined un conscious of danger. Like a fiash the eaglo, for such it was, fastened its talons in tho pelican's back and attempted to fly away with tho long necked bird. The pelican, however, proved too heavy for the eagle to carry, and after a rise of eight or ten feet the king of birds was forced to relinquish its hold upon its prey, which dropped back into the water. The eaglo was not to bo robbed of its prize, however, and it mado another swoop. By this time tho pelican had recovered from its surprise. It got into fighting position and received its enemy with out stretched neck and flapping wings. Tho eugle failed to secure a hold and received a hard pinch from tho strong bills of the pelicun that caused it to fly away screum ing with rage and pain. Again the eagle pressed the attack. As if to gain some advantage, tho pelican reached tho land and awuited the on slaught. Tho eagle accepted tho chal lenge, and for a time all that could bo seen was a inixed-up mass of feathers. Tho long neck of tho pelican proved to be an effective weapon, however, and tho hard bill was repeatedly driven into the eagle's side, at times knocking it over. Only once did tho eagle get a hold with its beak and talons, but the slight advantage was to no purpose, as it was immediately shaken off by tho big white bird. Finally the battle, which lasted about four miuutes, ended by the eagle taking wing and boating a sullen retroat in u dilapidated condition. Tho pelican is in almost as good con dition as when it ontorod the affray, save the loss of a few feathers, and after tho battle it sailed about tho pond with a dig nified stroke as if conscious of its clever victory. Park Policeman McManus and about fifteen others witnessed the battle.—[San Francisco Chronicle, Description of a "Whaleback." A correspondent gives the following description of u 44 whaleback." The shipp are the invention of Captain M'Dougall, a Scotchman, who has been navigating tho great lakes for many years past. These "whalobacks," as they are expressly called, are shapod like a boiler or a cigar. When loaded tho muss of tho vessol is nearly sub merged, only a turret supported on pil lars remaining above water, from which turret the ships are navigated by the very limited crew required. Masts and sails there are none. Tho vessels are "oper ated" three or even four together, the engine power and a portion of the cargo being in the steam barge, the threo con sorts which are towed being clear of all machinery, and are loaded down to tho thwarts with wheat, coal or other cargo. These four vessels can together carry some 10,000 tons of wheat with a draft of less than fourteen feet. The advantages claimed for these "whalobacks" are briefty these: (1) An economy of forty per cent, in cost of construction; (2) a saving at the same rate of speed of nearly sixty per cent, in horse-power, 800 horse-power and two boilers doing tho work ut present dono by 2,000-horse-power and six boilers,with all tho resulting economy in space for coal, etc.; (3) almost entiro freedom of rolling and pitching in stormy seas; (4) great carrying capacity with light dis placement. The ships are equipped with powerful stcuui pumps, and should they encounter extraordinary rough weather the bulkheads between their double keels are filled as if in water bal lasting, and thus loudod down to the point of submersion.—[Picayune. A Parrot's Remark. There is a parrot in St. Louis which exclaims whenever a man enters the room: "You're drunk, sir, and had bettor go away. I don't want to seo you till you're over it." People wonder how tho bird "catches ou," but tho explanation, says an exchange, is simple; it doesn't know how to say unything else, and of course in making the remark to every man it occasionally gets near home. One gentleman who called thought it was the lady of tho house speaking, and rushed out of the parlor. She sat down to writo a note of explanation to him, when toiler amazement a servant brought her a note from the gentleman she was writing to, in which ho stated that he acknowledged with humility that 110 had perhaps taken too much wine with his dinner, but ho had hoped, on calling 011 her, that she would not have detected it. As sho had done so, however, he offered his most ab ject apologies aud a prayer for forgive ness. A peculiar glossy and transparent cloth is ! inude Ironi the ttbre of nettles. HOW TO GET TO SLEEP. The Rocking Motion of ft Steamboat n Cure for Insomnia. Sleeplessness or insomnia is fumiliur to most persons who make their living by any kind of mental labor, and in a majority of eases the sufferer seeks in drugs for relief. These soon lose their effect unless taken in large quantities, 1 and the unfortunute victim is liable to become addicted to a habit not easily shaken off. "In ull my practice," said a physician to a New York News reporter, "I have never prescribed a drug for insomnia, except in cases where the sleeplessness was occasioned by excruciating pain or an acute disease. Where mental ex haustion, overtaxed nerves, or business anxiety has caused the trouble, I depend upon other mcuns of relief. One 01 the best meuns, as everybody knows, is regular physical exercise. For mentul exhaustion bodily futigue is the best sleep-producer I know of. But it will not cause slumber in every case, for in somnia is a very stubborn uilmcnt when it once gets hold of a person. I had a case not long ago that taxed all my re sources to cure. It was that of a man whoso nervous system was completely shattered. He dreaded the approach of night, for it brought him no rest. 44 'Doctor,' he said to me, 'unless I can can get sleep I know I shall lose my mind. Night after night I walk the floor of my room until my mind and body to gether seem roudy to fail with exhaus tion. But when I lie down to get the rest Iso much need, I toss from one side of the bed to the other, until in sheer desperation I rise again to tramp the carpet.' "I recommended a five-mile-walk every night before retiring. It did not produce the desired effect. A nightly bath of warm water and ammonia, followed by vigorous rubbing, was next tried, but in vain. His diet was regulated, tonics were administered, and an entire rest from work and a change of air enjoined. It was all to 110 purpose. In despair ho said to me: 44 4 0h, if my mother were only alive! I feel that if 1 could rest in her arms and be rocked by her, as I used to be when u child, I might obtain some rest.' 44 'Capital idea!' I exclaimed, with a sudden illumination. 'Motion, rocking, that's just what you want. Here you have been tossing yourself to and fro whenever you lie down. Now wo will furnish the tossing for you. Go down to the Albany boats to-night and engage a berth as near the paddle wheel as you cun. Get into it as soon after the bout starts us you can. Return on the same bout to-morrow night and report to me.' "When he cume to my office two days afterward his eyes were bright and the expression of haggard misery that had become habitual to him had left his face. 44 'Well,' said I, 'what luck?' 44 4 I am a new man,' ho answered. 4 I have enjoyed two nights of delicious slumber.' 44 When asked to recount his experience, ho suid: 4 4 4 I followed your directions explicitly, got a berth nearest the paddle wheel— which was easily procured, for nohody else would take it—and turned in as soon after supper as possible. I did not ex pect to sleep, but anticipated a night of tossing. To my surprise I did nothing of the kind. With every revolution or the paddle-wheel I received a thorough shaking up. The motion soothed me, and I soon fell asleep.' "And now," concluded the physician, that man sleeps every night in a crudle, and is rocked to slumber by his valet. And I would advise all persons who are kept awake at night by tossing on their beds to follow his example." An Extraordinary Scene. A very curious spectacle was to bo seen on the outskirts of Gainesville last week, says a Jacksonville (Fla.) letter to the Atlanta Constitution. Alachua lake, a sheet of water from ten to fifteen miles in length and covering some forty thous and acres of land, is no more. On its banks wero lying thousands of dead fish; dead alligators floated ghastly in pools of black water, and the utinospherc was heavy with noxious gases. Men and boys were there in throngs, crowding uround the pools left by the receding waters, and with hoes and rakes dragging to shore hundreds of fish which had sought their depths for refuge. The waters were fairly alive with their struggles for ex istence. Except for a small stream known us I'ayne s creek, flowing from Newnan's luke into the Sink, the two main basins of the Sink and a few stagnant pools, no water is now to be seen where a few years ago steamers were plowing their way. This is the second time since 1823 that a similar occurrence has taken place. At that time, the earliest year in which there is uny record of that part of the country, tho bed of the lake was a largo prairie, Payne's prairie, having in it a body of water called the Sink and a small creek. In 18G8 heavy rains filled up the prairie, but the water disappeared after a short time and the prairie was again dry land. In 1873, after a series of heavy rains, the Sink overflowed and the creek swelled to the dimensions of a lake. During several years tho waters increased until a larger lake was formed, and for fully fifteen years sufficient depth of water stood over the prairie to allow of the plying to and fro of small steam ers. During the last two years, however, the waters have been gradually lowering, and about three weeks ago they com menced going down with surprising rapid ity, the lake falling about eight feet in ten days, until now nothing is left of Alachua lake but the memory of it. Tho Sink is considered the cause of this change. There is evidently an under ground passage connected with it, and for some reason not understood this un derground passage has been acting as a drain until all the water in the luke had been drawn off. One of Nature's Wonders. A remarkable freak of nature is found among the hills of Delaware Co.,N. Y., in a sunken lake covering about three ucres of surface, which lies between two parallel ridges not far from New York, Ontario it Western Railroad. The wholo surface of the lako is covered with a thick growth of moss, whose stems ex tend to an unknown depth, but certainly further than tho arm can reach. Each tuft of the moss is of a different color from its neighbor, so that the surfaco looks like that of a beautiful colored cur pet. In walking over tho velvety sur face the foot sinks down a few inches without encountering tho water, which is at least two feet below tho surfaco. Near the shore, in a few places, the water comes to the top. The buried pond is a wonderful natural curiosity.—[Detroit Free Press. The ChriHtian Endeavor Bocietioa now have n membership of about one million. The M nlater'a Cat. It's a pretty big story, but it's true, and the minister will tell you so. It*B about Deborah, the minister's oat. Bhe was a very large tabby, with three white stockings, two green eyes, and a wise old head. Once upon a time Deborah hod six little blind kittens, find they and their mother lay fast asleep in a round bas ket behind the stove in the minister's study. Deborah was sleeping so hard that when Mr Neal, the milkman, came into the room she only pricked up her left ear and then went on snoring. Bhe did not know that Mr. Neal had come to borrow her to kill off the ratafia hi* house. Indeed, she did not know that he had anv house, or any rats, either. He Uvea a mile ivav across the plain, and she caugfct her rats nearer home. But Mr. Neal knew all about Debo rah. He had|not for years sold milk at the parsonage without hearing what a famous mouaer she was; and he said now to the minister: "Good evening, Mr. Fenn. I've call ed this stormy night to ask if you'll be kind enough to lend us your cat?" "Certainly," answered the minister, laying aside his pen ; "only youll hare to take her family, too." "Of course," said Mr. Neal; "and I'm glad she has the kittens; they will keep her happy." Mr. Neal had brought a great strong bag, and by the help of the minister he put Deborah into it—basket, kittens, ana all. Bhe tried her best to get out. but Mr. Neal tied up the bag and held it firmly while he walked to his wagon. There he dropped the bag into a box that stood under the seat, and fastened down the cover. Then he drove away. "Poor Deborah can't see where fhe is going any more than her blind kit tens •an," thought the minister, with a little smile, as he turned from the window. "I hope she won't be home sick, for I'm sure she could never find her way home. Why, why, the ground is getting really white with snow t" Presently he sat down again to his sermon, and he wrote, and he wrote till everybody else in the house was asleep. All at once he was startled by a sound from the poroh. It was the mewing of a cat. He threw open the door, and in ran Deborah, carrying in her mouth a kitten. "Dear me, Deborah, oan this be you?" he cried, in great surprise. Bhe dropped the kitten on tho rug at his feet and ran out before he could close the door. He put the little wet, cold kitty on a warm cushion, and went to bed; but he was awakened from his first nap by another mewing on the porch. Deborah had come with her second kitten. An hour or two later she came with the third, and by the next noon sho hod them all home— all six of them. Soon Mr. Neal followed, bringing the empty basket. "I thought I must return it quickly, or Deborah would oome for it," said he, laughing. "You may tell her that I've bought a rat trap, and 111 never disturb her again. A puss that will travel eleven miles in the snow for the sake of getting her family back to its old corner deserves to live in peace." Now, isn't this a pretty big story ? I shouldn't have dared to repeat it*if the minister hadn't told it to me him self.—Perm Shirley, in Our Little Ones. 44 1 nkvku carried a watch in my life," said a Now-Yorkor of fifty. 44 A watch is a habit, not a necessary article. No man who carries a watch oan be any more regular iu hi| habits than I am. I can got up at a certain minute and do so every morning. I can tell tho timo of day by feeling my faoe. The beard grows exactly so much, and you can come within a reasonable time of the hour by passing the hand over the chin. Not that it is often necessary, because regular habits soon become second nature and you never think of wondering about the hour. Of oourse the man who lives on trains and boats a good deal has to wear a timepiece and a time table." Ureal Improvement. A Delsarte teacher, trying to im press upon a hearer the advantages of tho system, told of tho great benefit the instruction had been to a very stout pupil. "When she first came to me she stood so improperly that all her dresses wore too short in front. 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N Y. f]l P PAGE BOOK, the simplest an<l fairest / I never written on tho tariff queation, for 1 2c. Ul\J BtHiiqw. U. P. CO.. Id Vandewater St.. N V. ft |#| |# vv kak, ISKRTOUR, WiucTCHBP mortals got \I|!H well an<l keep well. Health Helper MIIIBI tellhow. 50eta. A year. Sample cop* >ee. Jpr. H. DYE. Kdltor. Buffalo. N. Y. TYniir MTUD Y, nooir-KKitrt na, Dullness Forms, UUIfIC / wtmiiiw/iip, Arithmetic, Short-hand, ete., II Thoroughly Taught by.JIAI 1,. Circular* free. Itryaut'N CoHeire, 137 Main St., Buffalo, N. V. UIV CCUCD CUBED TO STAY CURED. HAT ILVLIi We want the name and ad dress of every sufferer in the & AO Til MA U.S. and Canada. Address, Ad I limit P.HkroldHaje,ll.D.,Buffalo, M.T. Two Prayer*. Mr. Spurgeon had been reviewing a boot on "Primitive Methodism oa the Yorkshire "Wolds," and was especially pleased with a story of a not very tluent vonng man, who being in the habit of saying in his prayers, "Lord, help me to pray!" was answered one night by an old man's ejaculation, "And the Lord help thee to give ower !• Wise Mothers Use Dr. Iloxalo's Certain Croup Cure.the only remedy in the world that will cure a violent ea&e of croup in half an hour. No opium. Sold by druggists or mailed on receipt of 60 cts. Address A. P. lloxsie, Buffalo, N. Y. Germany has added 2,265,000 to her pop ution in five years. "The normal life, well being and happiness of mankind depends upon the physical health and perfection of Woman." These are the words of Lydia E. l'iukham.aud they are true. It is said that nearly every town in Kan ens has a park. FITL' stopped free by DR. KLINK'S GKZAT NKHVK RKWIORKK. NO fits after llrst day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and *2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. 831 Arch St.. Phiia- Pa. The pearl fisheries of the Wisconsin rivers have become exhausted. Young married ladies find in Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound a trusty friend and in the "Guide to Health and Etiquette" a book that ausw era all their questions. A special train of Ave cars, constructed en ii -ely of steel, is on exhibition at Chicago. J. C. Simpson, Marquess. W. Va., says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured ino of a very bad case of catarrh." Druggists sell it, 76c. The Russian Government has decided to build a second Russian church in Paris. Jf afflicted with soro eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 26c.per bottle Michigan expects ayield of nearly 25,0 00 000 bushels of wheat. U3 • WITHOUT AN EQUAL. • CTJACOBSOII J &>J|k/W I- RHEUMAT,sw| t tbaoe _^^le^ mah neuralgia, bfc LUMBACO - sciatica, Sprains, Bruises, Burns, Swellings, • PROMPTLY AND PERMANENTLY. # ["German Syrup" J. C. Davis, Rector of St. James' Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala.: '' My sou has been badly afflicted with a fearful and threatening cough for several months, and after trying several prescriptions from physicians which failed to relieve him, he has been perfectly restored by the use oi two bottles of Bo- An Episcopal schee's German Syr up. I can recom- Rector. mend it without hesitation." Chronic severe, deep-seated coughs like this are as severe tests as a remedy can be subjected to. It is for these long standing cases thai Boschee's Ger man Syrup is made a specialty. Many others afflicted as this lad was, will do well to make a note of this. J. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Minn., j writes: I always use German Syrup for a Cold on the I have never found an equal to it—far less a superior. © G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr,Woodbury,N.J. KANSAS FARMS f -iSS euodpr'CM. Farnu[forHale at bargain? Llitfw. ( HAS. K. WOni.I.EV. o.bornr. Ka>. FRAZERA*g| BEST IN TIIK WORLD U II C AO C tW Oct the Genuine. Sold Everywhere. RUPTURE CURED! Holds Rupture. JONES; scAtEg; I = ° FULLY WARI?ANTED°-= j j STON SCALES S 60FREIGHT PAID : I Me I EWIS' 98 LYE | Powdered and Perfumed. MrAffly la (PATENTED.) Makes the beat perfumed Hani •Soap in2o minutes without boil ing. It is the Dent for softening wator, cleansing waste pipes, ■V disinfecting sinks, closets, wash- MM ing bottles, paints, trees, etc ML PENNA. SALT MFG. CO., lOff*Gen. Agents, Phila., i'a. tedWive^ grow j-a,ir in t*he lighl-of ieir works, especially if ley use 3'A PGI J©: •is a,solid c&ke ofscourinjl os.p used foroJl cleaning* . urposes. All grocers Keepth LOVES LABORS LOST tc please her household and works herself to death in the effort. If the house does not IOOK as bright as a pin, she gets the blame—if things are upturned while house-cleaning goei on —why blame Her again. One remedy is within her reach. II she uses S A POLIO everything will look clean, andftlie reian of house-clcanina disorder will be quickly over. Exfl Bost Cough Medicine. Recommended by Physicians. I*IM Pr-4 Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to the F2?g fyj taste. Children take it without objection. By druggists. El A woman " run-down," overworked, weak, nervous and de bilitated — that's a woman that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is made for. It gives her health and strength. All woman's weaknesses and all woman's ailments are cured by it. It's a legitimate medicine— not a beverage ; an invigorating, re storative tonic and a soothing and strengthening nervine, free from al cohol and injurious drugs. It im parts tone and vigor to the whole system. " For all functional irregularities, periodical pains, organic displace ments and uterine diseases, it's a positive remedy. And a yuaranteed one. If it doesn't give satisfaction, in every case, the money paid for it is re funded. No other medicine for women is sold on these terms. That's because nothing else is " just as good." Perhaps the dealer will offer something that's I "better." He means that it's bet j ter for him. A SURE CURE for the RI IIEC Send for the New Game of Hollatire :|)LU Lva "Stringing the Necklace." If IO nr ABSOLUTE Interest to adults at I IN llr well as children. Sent postpaid on r- II IU w I celpt of 30c. In postal note. Addresi National Publishing Wahhinutow, D. C Aik my agent* for W. L. Douglas Shoes. If not for anle In your place uk your dealer to send for catalogue, aecure tli* agency, and get tbcm for you. UT TAKE NO BCBSTITUTE. -AJ psilks WHY IS THE W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE CEN^L^MEN THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY! It Is a seamless shoe, with no tucks or wax thread to hurt the feet; made of the best fine calf, styllah and easy, and bemuse ice make more shoes or thla grade than any other manufacturer, It equals n&nd sewed shoes costing from $4.00 to $5.(0. <2R 00 <euulue Hand-sewed, the finest calf wl shoo ever offered for $3.(1); equals French imported shoes which cost from $8.0(1 to $12.00. <6 A 00 lliiiid-Scwcd Welt Nhoe, fine calf. stylish, comfortable ana durable. The beat shoe ever offered at this price ; same grade as cus tom -made shoes costing from SO.OO to S9OO. CO 50 Police Hhon Farmers. Railroad Men VVi und I/CtterCarriersall wear them; flnecaif, seamless, smooth Inside, heavy three soles, exten sion edge. One pair will wear a year. CO 50 fine ralf| no l>etter shoe ever offered at this price; one trial will convince those who want a shoe for comfort and service. CO 15 and 8*2.00 Worklngmnn's shoe* ***■ are very strong and durable. Those who have given them n trlul will wear no other make. DaVc' 8'2.00 aiwl 81.75 school shoes are worn by the iFoys everywhere; they sell on their merits, as the Increasing sales show. LfIHIAC ll n nil-Hewed shoe, best baUICO Dongola, very stylish; equals French imported shoes costing from $4.(j5 to SO.OO. Ladles' *2.50, 8*2.00 nnd 81.75 shoe for Mlases are the best fine Dongola. Stylish and durable. Caution.—.See that W. L. Douglas* name and price ore stamped on the bottom of each shoe. _____ W. 1.. I>< >I*(I.AM, Drockton, Most. pfsTOßiAs UNEXCELLED! APPLIED EXTLIi.VAI.LV Rneumatism, Neuralgia, Pains in the ! Limbs, Back or Chest, Mnmps, Sore Throat, Colds, Sprains, Braises, Stings of Insects, Mosquito Bites. TAKEN INTERNALLY It net* like n r liar in lor Cholera Morbnm Illarrhrra, Dysentery, Colic, ( rump*, Nau sea, Hick flendiiche, dec* Warranted perfectly harmless. (Her oath arcoiiipiiiiviiig OIK Ii liottle, also direrlions Jniwi"**' l ?. SOOTIII , N< . i nnd PENETHA -1 IN< iitiitlltlrn are lelt Immediately. Try I It and be onvlnced. Price *25 and 50 cent*. Hold by all drug gt SIH. DEPOT. 4O AM UK A V HT.. NEW YORK.
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