WOMEN WHO STEM.
810 NEW VORK SHOPS ARK THEIR
FAVORITE HAUNTS.
Detectives on Guard—Four Classe
of Female Thieves —How Profes
sional Shoplifters Operate—The
Fever of Robbery,
At the holiday season the big bazaars
become thronged with women. The
dangers of loss through shop-lifting in
crease us Christinas and New Year s ap
roach. Thus the proprietors avail
themselves at this seuson of every sufe
guard against a dangerous class of cus
tomers whose mission is to plunder in
* stead of to purchase.
1 It does not take many experienced
men to watch a big store. Hair a dozen
can do it easily. In most instances the
number of bazaar detectives on duty at
one time is much less than the number
stuted here. Such a guard goes about
its work noiselessly and unobtrusively.
The men are constantly moving here and
there,quietly watching the great throngs
of customers, bnt doing it in such a
clever fushion as to attract absolutely no
attention. If a woman is seen to nip
something, not a word is said while she
is in the store, for that would only result
in creating a sceue and would tend to
scare away trade. On the other hand
she may stay in the buzaar un hour or
more after she has taken the handker
chief or the cloth, buying hero and there,
or pretending to buy—and no one will
say a word to her. But this is merely
part of the general schemo. Once let
the shoplifter lure herself into the dream
that she is safe, and then let her start to
k go away with her booty, and before she
•has gone a yard from the door she has
been arrested, so quick, so sudden, so
relentless the vigilance of the buzaar de
tectives.
In the big bazaars there are four classes
of women thieves. The newost class,
and in a measure the most dangerous, is
represented by the woman who nips pock
otoooks from dry-goods counters. This
is the way she works:
She selects her store—one that she
thinks is "right," as the phruse is; that
is, one in which she thinks she can plun
der with a fair chunco of getting out
again uncnught—she selects her store,
mingles with the crowd, prices this and
that and in the moan time keeps her eyes
on her fellow-shoppers. It is the custom
of thousands of women while buying to
carry their purses in their hand and occa
sionally to lay them on the counter while
examining some article they contemplate
purchasing. Here is the opportunity the
m pockotbook thief has wuited for. No
sooner is the woman's head turned than
tile thief brushes past and nips thepock
etbook in u twinkling, then disappears in
the big throng. In nine cases out of ton
she is never caught.
Pockotbook thieves in the big bazaars
will soon bo thicker and more numerous
than ever before, for they 110 doubt an
ticipate a rich harvest as the grand holi
day shopping seuson comes along.
Never leave your pocketbook on a
counter in these big stores, even for a
moment. You may regret it if you do.
Among shoplifters there is always a
largo class represented by those poor and
perhaps otherwise honest women who are
sometimes weak enough to yield to the
opportunity to steal. With this class
it is opportunity that makes the thief.
Such a woman us this may always be
found haunting the big stores. Sho comes
in with the best intentions in the world.
She sees her chances. To-day sho nips a
• handkerchief. To-morrow a feather.
" Next day a paper-cutter. Sho throws re
grot and conscience to the winds. Sho is
poor and her children are starving. That
will be her requitement.
The professional shoplifter is, of
courso, the most dangerous of her class.
Yot in the very largest store sho is not
especially fearod, from the fact that the
detectives are supposed to rocognizo her
011 sight and order her away. The pro
fessional shoplifter usually has the front
of her dross made in such a fashion as to
contain, yot absolutely invisible, q groat
pocket, often running the entire length
of the skirt and as wide as the dress
goods. She is usuully accompanied by a
friend, who engages tho attention of the
clerk, while the shoplifter seizes her first
opportunity to steal something. In the
case of dress goods or other bulky ma
terial the schemo of the thief is to first
got tho holt of cloth covered with other
odds and ends lying 011 tho coun
ter, then suddenly slide it, quick as
lightning, into her yawning pocket.
Dozens of customers will be passing to
and fro, but in nintv-nino cases out of
a hundred no one will observe the thief.
Even if some woman does see her take
the silk she will never say a word. At
least not until she gets home, whon she
| will tell her friends at dinner. But
women invariably leave the concerns of
other women severely alone. They do
not care to be mixed up in anything that
savors of publicity. Hence tho shop
lifter must be caught by tho bazaar de
tectives or she will perhaps escape for
good with her plunder. Dangerous
women in tho big stores nro these: Mro.
Herman and daughter, Annie Derrigun, t
Mamie Burke, alias Big Maria, Mrs.
Pool, Nellie Bird, Nettie Scott, alias :
Scotty; Mrs. Ilogan, Mag Murphy, a
thief known as the little Blonde, Kachael 1
Simmons, Kate Armstrong, Mary Bushy,
Lizzie Milchy. These women are known
to the best detectives in New York, and
aro invariably ordered out when they |
enter tho great shopping resorts.
There is another class of women who
steal from the big bazaars, and these are ;
generally people high up in life, with
beautiful homes and all this world can
give, in the way of luxury and station.
Why do such women steal? Scout the
idea of kleptomania. There is another
and more logicul reason. It is tho fuct
that they have the fever of robbery in
their blood, and it drags them to the most
pitiful length imaginable. A woman who
is caught in tho clutches of such a desire
i will haunt a big bazaar for hours, watch
ing her chance to steal some bit of lace, a
feather, or some skein of worsted. She
may have SSOO in her pocket. Her
ievolry may have cost $5,000, and her
husbaud s income may bo far beyond tho
dreams of avarice. But sho will steal.
Steel a nine-cent paper-cutter. Steal a
tifteon-cent feather. Steal a skein of
silk. Steal anything for which oppor
tunity offers. Some day sho will bo
caught. Then there will bo a scene.
Disgrace, pcrhups. Certainly the brand
of thief boforo the world. For, as be
tweon tho poor woman who nips a hun
dred-dollar purse and tho rich woman
who steals a nine-cent feather, what is
tho difference?
Thero is no difference. Both are
simply thieves.—[Now York World.
"The Blue Hen's Chickens."
Everybody knows that natives of Del
aware are called tho "Blue Hen's Chick
ens," but not one in a hundred can tell
you why they ure so called. The epithet
is said to have had its origin in the fol
lowing:
One of Delaware's most gallant fight
ers in the war of the Revolution was a
Captain Caldwell, who wus notorious for
his fondness for cock fighting. He
drilled his men admirably, they being
known throughout the army as "Cald
well's game cocks." This sumeCaldwell
held to the peculiur theory that no cock
was really game unless his mother was a
blue hen. As the months wore away
Caldwell's men became kuown as the
"Blue Hen's Chickens," a title which
only increased their respect for the old
game-cock Captain. The nicknuine be
came famous, and after tho closo of the
war wus applied indiscriminately to all
natives of the "Diamond State."—[St.
Louis Republican.
KILLING A MAN.
A Soldier Tells of One Thing
Required of Him by Duty.
They do not call it murder when men
meet to slaughter each in buttle. Thov
simply report so many dead, woundea,
and missing. When you fire into the
smoke concealing the other buttle line
you fire in hopes to kill or wound. It is
your duty. Buttles cannot bo won with
out killing. You load and fire—load and
fire—move to tho right or left—advance
or retreat, and when the battle is over
you may havo fired fifty yurds and yet
you have not had a near sight of the
enemy; you have simply fired at him,
and you cannot vouoh that a single one
of your bullets hus found a living tar
got.
Here is a brigado of us in battle lino
across an old meadow; our right undleft
join other brigades. Wo have thrown
down tho rail fence, gathered logs and
brush and sod, and erected a breastwork.
It is only a slight one, but enough to
shelter us while laying down. A divis
ion of the enemy breaks cover half a
mile away and comes inarching down
upon us. Tli© field pieces behind us
open upon their solid columus, but they
are not checked. Under the smoke we
can see tho work of tho shells, but they
cannot hult that mass of men. Tho
grape and canister does awful execution,
but there should bo u dozen guns instead
of six.
They are going to charge us. Tho
guns cannot prevent that. Orders run
along the line, and we are waiting until
every bullet, 110 matter if fired by a sol
dier with his eyes shut, must hit a foe.
I select my man while lie is yet beyond
rango. I have ©yes for 110 other, lie is
a tall, soldierly fellow wearing the stripes
of a sergeant. As he comes nearer I
imagine that ho is looking as fixedly at
me as I am at him. 1 admire his cool
ness. He looks neither to the right nor
to tho left. The man on his right is hit
and goes down, but 110 does not falter.
lam going to kill that man! I have a
rest for my gun 011 tho breastwork, and
when the order comes to tiro I cannot miss
him. He is living his lust minute on
earth! We aro calmly waitiug until our
volloy shall prove a veritable fiamo of
death. Now they close up the gaps, and
we can hear tho shouts of their officers
as they make ready to charge. My man
is still opposite me. Ho still seems to
bo looking at me and no ono else. I know
tho word is coming in a few seconds
more, and I aim at his chest. I could al
most be sure of hitting him with a stone
when we get tho word to fire. Thero is a
billow of flame—a billow of smoke—a
fieroe crash, and 4,000 bullets are fired
into that compact mass of advuncing
men. Not ono volley alone, though that
worked horrible destruction, but unothor
and another, until there was no longer a
living man to fire ut.
The smoke drifts slowly away—men
cheer and yell—wo can see tho meadow
beyond heaped with deud and dying men.
We advance our lino. As we go forward
I look for my victim, lie is lying on his
back, eyoshalf shut and fingers clutching
at tho grass, lie gasps, draws up his
legs and straightens them out aguin, and
is dead as 1 puss on. I havo killed my
man! My bullet alone struck him, tear
ing that ghastly wound in his breast,and
I am entitled to all tho honor. Do 1
swing my cap and cheer? Do I point
him out and expect to be congratulated?
No! I have no cheers. L feel 110 elation.
1 feel thut 1 murdered him, war or no
war, and that his agonized face will
haunt mo through all the years of my
life.—[Detroit Free Press.
Two Fables.
A certain King Decided to give A
grand banquet. So he wrote out a lot of
Postal Curds and sent Them uroutid to
his Friends, inviting them to Come and
Dine with Him. But they Didn't Come.
They had boon to One of his Previous
Repasts, and wore poorly Treated.
Moral—Misrepresentation drives Away
trade. The burnt child dreads the tiro.
A Silk Umbrella was sailing along un
der its owner's arm when it Suddenly
j punched out tho eye of a man just Be-
I hind. "I bog your Pardon," said tho
I Owner of the Umbrella, when he saw
j what he had done.
"Don't mention it, I pray," responded
1 the victim. "Had you punched out my
i Other Eye the case would have been
j quite serious, but this Eyo is Glass; u
matter of no Consoquouce, I assure you,"
i;n I he Passed on his way to buy another
j Glass Eye.
Moral—Never lose your temper When
Polite Sarcasm will answer. Never
curry your umbrella Horizontally. Doing
so is apt To get you Disliked.—[The
Men's Outfitter.
Ono day sixty Arabs surrounded tho
woods where thero was a lair, und by
shouts tried to rouse the lioness. She.
however, remained in her hiding place.
Several Arabs then crept into the thicket
and brought out the whelps.
The Arabs, pleased at their success,
were retiring to their tents, thinking they
had nothing more to fear. Suddenly the
Sheik, who was 011 horseback, and a little
behind his men, saw the lioness rushing
out of the woods directly at him.
He called, und his nephew, Mecaoud,
and his friend All ran to his aid. Tho
lioness sprang at tho young nephew, who,
facing her with his gun at his shoulder,
pulled tho trigger when she came within
six or seven feet. The cap only exploded.
The youth threw tho gun away and pre
sented his left arm wrapped in his bur
noose.
The lion seized the arm and began
crushing the bones. The young man,
without a cry, drew his revolver and fired
in her breast. She dropped the arm and
bounded 011 Ali, who fired a ball down
her throat as sho sprung at him. He was
seized by the shoulder und thrown down,
but tho lioness, before sho could injure
him greatly, expired on his prostrate
body. The nephew died tho next day.
Our gold coins are alloyed with silver and
cooper, chiefly the latter.
THE LADIES.
WHY EUGENIE GOES CAPLESB.
Though many of the photographs of
tho ex-Empress Eugenie represent her us
wearing u widow's cap, she has rarely
worn one. She once tried to do so, out
of respect to the example of Queen Vic
toria, her best friend, out the milliner's
woful emblem did not suit her style of
beauty and sho gave up tho attempt.
Now, at more than sixty years of age,
she goes capless when indoors, content
ing hereoff for the absence of the cap
with a suitable arrangement of her sil
very hair.—[Chicago Post.
BAD TASTE IN WEDDING GIFTS.
If people would only take a little more
cure in selecting wedding presents brides
would not bo so burdened with a lot of
useless articles which, if they were to ex
press their candid opinion about, they
would be glad to get riu of. Donors
seem to have a mad desire to give all
sorts and kinds of spoons that are utterly
unavailable for ordinary occasions and
have a doubtful significance anyway. In
selecting a gift the taste and station in
life of tho recipient should bo very at
tentively pondered over, but too often
display is the first and only consideration.
—[New York Journal.
LATEST IN HAIR-DRESSING.
A Paris correspondent of the Lady's
Pictorial savs: The Apollo ooift'uro, just
introduced, is a most charming arrange
ment of waved hair and tiny curls copied
from ono of the celebrated statues in tho
Louvre Musoum. At the same house I
saw an excessively ingenious thing that
weighs about half an ounce, and that is
employed to transform an ordinary,
every-day coiffure into a smart, fashion- !
able and pretty evening one. It is a
series of soft curls mounted 011 a light
network, with a few strands of curling
hair thut come forward over tho fore
head. This pinned on by two or three
fine huir-pins, and "thero you are, don't
you know," ready for dinner or evening
entertainment. Ladies who come home
tired out from a long day's hunting, shop
ping or any other fatiguing exorcise, and
who want to look niee in a jiffy, will bless
the invontor of the coiffure "rapid©."
ROYAL AND IMPERIAL DAMES.
In tho opinion of the leaders of fash
ion in this city, the Queen of Portugal is
the most dressy lady in Europe. She
buys costumes, bonnets and hats whole
sale. Iler pale complexion and auburn
lmir permit of any kind of headgear,
and she takes advantage of this circum
stance by trying all and every whim of ,
fashion. The Empress of Russia wears j
everything small and neat, to harmonize :
with her delicate type of beauty. Pale j
blue, mauve, and several now shades of ■
green are the colors she prefers. The |
Grand Duchess Vladimir is also very J
stylish and elegant. .She delights in
Howers, her favorites being chrysanthe
mums and violets. Tho Countess of
Paris only wears round hats, and 110 bon
nets at all. Both she and her daughter,
Duchess of Bragauza, dress in a very
simple style, mostly in brown and black.
The Duchess of Chartres and her daugh
ter, Princess Waldemarof Denmark,rank,
on the other hand, among the most fash
ionable Royal ladies. Both are, more- j
over, exceedingly graceful, and capote I
bonnets in black and gold, or creuin,
white or rod, as well us combinations of
colors, aro very becoming to them.—
[London Queen.
DON'T CUT THE FUR.
It is the fnshion this year to wear nar
row bands of fur perhaps tin inch wide
rather than one broad strip. Skirts, in
stead of being trimmed with a border of
fur several inches deep, are now treatod
to several rows, each one of which is
übout an inch wide.
It is very poor economy to take last
winter's fur and cut it into narrow strips
for this winter's uso. The fushion of
wearing these narrow bands upon tho
skirt is not a sensible on© and will not last
more than a season or two. and then the
woman who hus cut her valuable furs into
strips will find herself in possession of a
great deal of very narrow fur trimming
which sho does not know how to use.
If you do not care to uso your broad
fur bands this year, put them away and
buy a little of the cheap diminutive strip
obtainable at any lurgo store. This
will do very nicely for a season,and next
your, when the style of wearing deep fur
trimmings comes in aguin, you will have
your valuable stock of fur carefully
stored away in your cedar chest, ready
to bo brought out for another season's
wear.
Good fur is an heirloom. It is prac
tically indestructible unless oaten by
moths. Water does not hurt it, it does
not fade, it can bo renewed when nec
essary, and, when once bought and in
onu's possession, is always a thing of
beauty and pride to its wearer. No hot
ter investment can bo found in the line
of a woman's wardrobe than a good fur
cloak, for when clad in it a woman is al
ways sure of being well dressed.—[New
York Commercial Advertiser.
A WOMAN'S DREADFUL EXPERIENCE.
A curious and interesting lawsuit,
turning on the merits of ladies'cosmetics,
has been decided ill St. Petersburg,
Russia, in which a respectable lady, the
wife of an esteemed civil servant, suod a
fashionable hairdresser who lives oi\ the
Nevsky Prospect for breach of contract,
as evidenced in his failure to dye her
liuir, on the one liuud, and for serious in
l'ury dono to her head 011 tho other.
It appears that Mine. Soosloff entered
the defendant's attractive establishment
und expressed a desire to have tho color
of her hair "corrected," declaring it con
siderably in advance of her years, she
being still brisk, lively, and only forty
two, while her hair was already a silver
gray. It was agreed that the operation
should take place 011 tho following day.
Next moiTiiug the iudy took her seat in 11
large arm chair, before an enormous mir
ror, and 0110 of the assistants began to
rub her hoad and hair with a whitish
preparation, after which ho took to
smeuring it with another substanco "of
a vague, indefinite color, which caused
me horrible pain."
The operutor, in reply to tho lady's
exclamation, assured her that tho pain
was caused by tho preparation killing
out the old color before imparting the
new. Ho, however, summoned the pro
prietor, and the two whispered anxiously
together for some time at tho far end of
tho room. When he resumed the work
Mine. (Soosloff, glancing at herself in the
mirror, was petrified to see her hair
standing straight 011 end, and on touching
it to see it fall out as if it hud 110 roots.
Horrified at tho sight and maddened with
the puin, she started out of the arm chair
and rushed wildly into the street, where
sho appealed for help to tho dvorniks,
and then went to the police station, where
the doctor moderated her excitement and
soothed her pain.
Some policemen were then despatched
to seal up the offending cosmetics and
forward them to the Hoard of Medietas,
which deolured the contents of one of
tliern to be fused nitrate of silver and the
other a preparation in which sulphurio
acid was a too prominent ingredient. At
the trial it was proved that the lady's
beud had suffered very grievously from
the action of these dyes. At first it
Welled to a monstrous size, the huir in
the centre and at the sides all falling out,
while the tresses that remained assumed
a repellant green tint and also began to
fall out.
The lady, whose closely shaved head
was covered with a wig, requested the
court to compel the defendant to supply
her with an elegant wig at once, and to
attend to her hair every day until it grow
as long and luxurious us before. To this
the defendant demurred, and argued that
his cosmetics, which bore the appropriate
names of "Blond-Blond" and "Drops of
Heavenly Dew," could not possibly have
caused inconvenience to Mine. Soosloff,
who was suffering previously from some
skin disease. This plea having been
completely disproved, the court fined the
defendant the sum of sls.
FASHION NOTES.
More black than colored trimmings are
used.
Black tricot muk s nice suits fo
youths.
Turbans of silk beaver are suitable for
little ones.
Egyptian armlets arc revived this
season, but want a very pretty arm.
Ice cream has been served at re-,
cent dinners in exquisitely engraved
glass tumblers.
The rage fif collecting old cups audi
saucers goes |i. much to the delight of
dealers.
Bainbow feather fans arc new. The
feathers ure dyed to iinitute the hues of
the celestial wonder.
Enormous satin bags are carried to en
tertainments by Parisian women. They
are veritable "hold alls."
For middle-aged ladies are English
walking huts und boat-shaped hats of
black felt, with a large double-looped
bow of black velvet on the crown, a jot
ornament in front, and a long ostrich
plume pussing close along each side to
meet in the back.
A youthful hut is quite comely, with
; the brim slightly turned uwuy from the
1 fuce, slit open at the side, where it is held I
, by a bow of velvet much lighter than
the felt. .Small black ostrich tips aro
then coiled outwurd all around the crown,
and larger tips ure mounted.
Medium-weight silks, showing patterns
in stripes or small flowers set at intervals,
are better adapted to youthful wearers,
and for thin class especially come numer
ous crepons, crepes de chine, nots,
gauzes, silk veilings, chiffons, crepalines,
jewelled tulles or thin silks, that are
made usually with fanfciful draped wuista
and skirts of dunciug length.
Early in the season all sorts of pretty
web-like patterns, iueludiug little spider
web effects, were seen in the most modish
veils. These are still worn, but the voil
par excellence of the present moment is
figured in little sprigs and other devices,
as were the veils of long ago. Further
more, they are not in lengths to bo pur
chased by the yurd, but come by the sin
gle veil.
Low-crowned felt hats to wear with
simple tailor gowns have soft brims of
long-napped beaver, without wire and
quite straight, und turned up far buck
on the left side. These ure girlish and
pretty in black or dark bluo, trimmed
with navy blue plush, with facing of
bright geranium red loosely folded around
the crown, tbo rod tukon up on the loft,
1 so that its lively red will gleam through
I a great bunch of black feathers.
Dressy costumes are made with demi
■or full-length trains, for the support of
; which the petticoat is made to do duty by
massing of plaits ut the back und also
! by flounces, which, extending around the
lower edge, prevent too much clinging.
Cloth newmarkct coats that cover the
wearer from throat to foot are fitted in
the back, with lapped fronts fastened by
frogs that have miniature mink heads
set in tliein. The deep collar and the
edges of the front are of mink. Those
aro niudo of soft cloths, without lining,
except the silk lining necessary in tho
sleeves.
In materials for ordinury wear iron
gray woolen eorduroy is a proper utility
I fabric. It bus a sort of pepper and salt
j uppearunce, is a light-weight texture,
• and is warm and wear-defying. Flocked
j English goods are as fashionable this
| winter as lust, some of the more recent
j combinations of color being exceedingly
attractive.
I .Somo of the now rouiul-waisted French
! dresses ure finished with sharply pointed
j bretelles that reach a trifle below tho
j waist line front and back. Many aro
I delicately embroidered at the edge-, others
covered with straight rows of gimp, rib
bon or braiding in arabesque patterns,
and again the bretelles are made of vel
vet, studded with nail-heads.
A Hypnotized Horse.
J. B. Glunson, a Cleveland horseman,
who was at the East Buffalo horse sale
j last. Tuesday, told a remarkable story of
a child's control of a vicious horse. Said
he:
"It seemed to be a ense of hypnotism.
A farmer named White lias a very fino
stock farm about three miles out of tho
city. He is a good horse trainer und
prides himself on being able to bundle
the most vicious typos of horseflesh that
can bo brought to him, But lust spring
| lie got more than his match. Somebody
j sold him a black stallion that was tho
I worst-tempered creature I ever saw. Ho
I would bite and strike and kick with such
fierceness that no one could get near
| him, and White was finally obliged to
| turn him out to pasture. He thought
j that he would have to kill him, but of
course he hated to do that, for ho was
really a valuable beast. But he was no
good, for no one could get near liiin, to
say nothing of controlling him.
"White has a little boy eleven years
old. who is one of the brightest but most
gentle little follows that I ever saw. One
morning what was his surprise and alarm
to see little Hulph come galloping down
tho lane on the vicious animal's back as
happy us a clown. Ho rode up to tho
horse-blook, slid off his buck, stroked and
patted his groat nose us if he had been
I the kindest creature in the world. But
i as soon as anyone else went near him tho
horso would fight, liko a demon. For
several months the little fellow had a
good timo with his pet, but as no ono
else could control him he was sold to a
stage-driver for $25, und tho little boy
got $lO for riding him twenty-five miles
and delivering hiin safely in the stable."
I —[Buffalo (N. Y.) Enquirer
A BRAVE MISSIONARY'S RIDE.
A. Trip Acrosn the Continent to Have Our
Great Northwest.
Three great commonwealths were
saved to the Union by the most
fatuous ride in American history.
The old Oregon country, now divided
into Stales of Oregon, and Washing
ton, and how it was saved by the bold
rider who crossed the continent from
the Columbia to Washington City in
the winter of 1842-43, is a thrilling
story. The rider was Marcus Whit
man, a fearless and intrepid mission
ary.
The early history of Oregon is like
a romance. Back in 1832 four Flat
Head chiefs visited St. Louis in search
of the Bible of the paleface and their
presence aroused the missionary spirit
of the country. Various missionaries
were sent among the tribes in Oregon,
and in 1836 Dr. Whitman, with sev
eral companions, started for the vast
territory of the Northwest. In 1842
Whitman heard the boast or the
British that they would colonize
Oregon and secure it to the crown.
The Americans laid claim to the
same territory for various reasons.
Capt. Robert Gray, of the ship
Columbia, from Boston, was the Urst
to enter the mighty river; which has
borne the name of his ship since that
date, May 7, 1792. It was further
claimed by right of the Louisiana
purchase in 1803. Then again there
was the title by exploration, made by
Lewis and Clark in 1804-5, and the
settlement by the ships and fur
traders of John Jacob Astor in 1810-11.
Whitman saw the necessity of urging
the claims of the territory before the
authorities of Washington and also
the need of rushing in American
immigrants. At the same time the
American Government was contem
plating trading off the territory of
Oregon for Newfoundland and the
cod Usheries. Accordingly Whitman,
accompanied by Amos Lawrence
Lovejoy, a Bostonian, set out for St.
Louis in the month of October. They
had a dreary ride of 4,000 miles be
fore them, most of it through prac
tically unknown wilds, and all of it
to be made in midwinter during the
prevalance of heavy storms. At the
end of the fourth month they reached
St. Louis, and journeyed on to Wash
ington by stage. While undergoing
these hardships the Ashburton-Web
ster treaty had been approved and
signed, hut as it had only included
the boundary to the Rocky Mountains,
Oregon had been left out and was
still an open question. Hence, it is
claimed by the friends of Mr. Web
ster, that it is unjust to say that he
had any serious intentions of trading
Oregon for a few cod fisheries. In
Washington, Dr. Whitman in inter
views with Webster, I'resident Tyler,
and the leading statesmen of that
period, told the story of the English
plot to colonize and thus capture
Oregon. Little was then known of
the Oregon country, but the account
Whitman gave of the resources was
good seed sown that helped to
sSve the great empire in the North
west in the treaty made in 184(1.
Whitman also promoted migration to
the territory and the bands that went
to Oregon in 1844-45-46 safely held'
the old Oregon territory. Whitman,
with his wife, afterward perished in
an Indian massacre.
Cure lor DyKpepilt*.
Another possible triumph of medi
cal science over disease is suggested
by a paper read before the Detroit
Medical Association recently on "Ali
mentation in Therapeutics," in which
was announced an important discov
ery by Slgnor Vincente Marcana, of
Venezuela, in regard to the pineapple.
According to Signor Marcana there is
in the common pineapple a ferment
or principle, similar to pepsin, of such
remarkable strength that the juice of
a single pinepine will digest ten
pounds of beef. If this proves true a
new and important agent in the treat
ment of dyspepsia has been discov
ered.
As nearly all other diseases are di
rectly influenced by the degree in
which food can be assimilated, and
as millions of people have imperfect
digestion, the possibilities of this
discovery are almost limitless, it it
proves to be as represented. But even
more striking was the further an
nouncement in the same paper,
written by a practical chemist, that
the juice of the pineapple is a very
active solvent of the membrane
formed in diphtheria. The pineapple
is a wholesome fruit without regard
to these striking features ascribed to
it, and experiments ujain the lines
suggested will be easy and safe.
It'll F.ngllHh, Doclclpilly.
One of the customs of the English
Court prevails nowhere else. It is
the solemn announcement at the be
ginning of each course of the name of
the cook who has prepared the dishes
served. This announcement is made
in audible tone,for the. benefit of Her
Majesty, by one of the olerks-in-wait
ing of the kitchens. The origin of
this custom dates back to the reign
of Georue 11.
How About Your Mother.
Scrofula or Kings Evil is the most stubborn of all Skin af
fections. Whether inherited or otherwise, it is a blood disease
and cannot be permanently cured by anything but S. S. S.
A GRATEFUL DAUGHTER.
My Mother was sorely afflicted with Scrofula for three years and a half;
during that time the glands on her neck burst open in live places. Thue of the
openings were small and healed right up, but the other two would fill up and
break open anew, about every|tw<> weeks always causing severe pain and often
prostration. She was so reduced in srt ngth, that tonic# and coca witios had to
bo generously used to keep her alive Slio commenced taking S. S. S., and
Improved from the start, the first bottle gave her an appetite and by the time
•he finished the fourth bottle liei ne.-k healed up, she is now entirolly well
MNS. E. J. HOWELL, Midford, Mass.
Books on Blood and Skin DISEASES tree THK SVYLFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, UA.
¥R. r ALMACE'S "LIFE OF oHßisiv 7
Ocvertnft In. (tmt trip T. Tli ronuli. nml from tUeOhrlp.t-l.nnd. Illustrated with over 400 wander
ful ongraving*. MHO A grand picture of Jeruwdem <>n thu day of the crucifixion, in I colore nd ton foot in
length iCxcTusiTo territory. N<> capital needed. Itltl PAY, Also eond names and P O of B ntrents or those
LOOO AGENTS WANTED. Address HISTORICAL PU B.' CO.TP'H LV'P
£2k TWO WEEKS'TREATMENT FOR 50c.
5# mss Oei.T FOHMTINI COMBINATION I A 50r. Bottle end a 2Be. Plniter In one
wrapper, both for 500. Cures in of usual time and yet who ever thought
of it before. FORESTINE COUGH SYRUP inside and KORESTINK PLASTER
outside, for Ooughs. Colds and Consumption.
¥ PnrPQtillP Rlnnrt Pittprc *"< l PLASTER outside, for Rheumatism,
rUlDdllilU DIUUu Dillbla Lame Back. Kidney Troubles. Dyspepsia. &c.. &c.
F Are made for each other—let no man put them asunder. ALL DRUGGISTS.
HE who feels for the" poor should
make the poor feel the felt.
If afflicted with sore eye* use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Li e-wtttor.DrutfgiAU sell at 26c.per bottle
Floral dinner* are still popular with the
fashionable world in Farin.
Dr. Sw an's Pantiles Cure female weaknesses;
his T-Tublet k cure chronic constipnt ion. Sam
ples free. Dr. Swun, Beaver Dam, Wis.
la fifteen years electrical industries have
grown to a value of $1100,000,000.
riTL' stopped free by Dk. Kline's 'lkkat
Nhkyl Kkstokkr. No llts ufter first dayV use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise uud S2 trial bottle
free. Dr. Kline. 981 Arch St.. Phil*.. Pa-
Dnvenport, lowa, has had its first cre
mation.
Ladies employed in fashionable stores,whose
duties keep them stnndiug ull duy.should send
two 2c.stamps to Pinkham Medicine Co.,Lynn,
Mass., for "Guide to Health and Etiquette."
In Benr Vniley, Cat, a dam 110 feet
high is in course of erection.
Dcafuess Can't be Cured
By local applications,as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the cur. There is only one
way to euro (leufneH*. uiul that is hv constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
deafness Is. the result, Hnd unless the inflam
mation can bo taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal condition, hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out or ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the inucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that we
cunnot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cura,
bend for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toleuo. 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Of the 15,730,000 people of Hungary,
3,200,000 are Protestants.
The Mother'n Delight.
A remedy that will cure croup in a few mo- 1
meats, prevent pneumonia and diphtheria
like Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure. No
opium, bold by druggists or mailed for 50
eta. Address A. P. Hoxie, Buffalo, N. Y.
Tho King of Siura has donated to the Bap
tist mission at Bangkok *240,000 for a
hospital.
In tho "Guide of Health and Etiquette" will
| bo found much useful advice on both sub
jects, thfs book is sent free for two 2c. stamps,
by the Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn* Mass.
Never was whalebone so dear as it is now
—ss 50 a pound. Usl
IS
ON® ENJOYS
Both the method aud results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshingto the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste ana ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles bv all leading drug
gists Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
UWISYIUE, KY. NEW YORK. U.K.
XofiSiisjg on Earth
Make^
Sheridan's Condition Powder!
If you can't get it send to us.
It is nhsolutclv pure. Highly concent rated. Tn quan
tity It cost* less than a tenth fa cent a day. Strictly a
medicine. Prevent* and eure* all dljeauaw. Good for
young chicks. Worth more than gold when hens moult.
Sample for •£'. cents in stamps live packages 81. 2 1-4 lb.
can, by mail, Bl.su. Six cans no, express paid. Sample
copy of BUST POII.TRY PACER Sent Free.
1. S. JOILNSON & CO., 22 Custom House St., Boston, Mass.
JOHNSON'S
4/VODYN^
Originated by sit Gld Family Physician
For INTERNAL a3 much as EXTERNAL use.
I Stops Pain, Cramp*. Inflammation In body or limb, llko
' magic. "ure*Croup, Asthma,('o!d*.Cutnrrh, Lame Back,
si iff Joints nnd Strains. Full particulars five. Price,
everywhere, 26 cts. I. S. JOIINSU.N & CO., Boston, Mass.
" There's something behind it,"
That's what you think, perhaps,
when you read that the proprietors
of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer
8500 reward for an incurable ease
of Catarrh. Rather unusual, yon
think, to find the makers ola medi
cine trying to prove that they be
lieve in it. "There must be some
thing back of it!"
But it's a plain, square offer, made
in good faith. The only thing that's
back of it is the Remedy, ft cures
Catarrh in the Head. To its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, the worst cases yield,
no matter how bad or of how long
standing. It has a record that
goes back for 25 years. It doesn't
simply relieve —it perfectly and
permanently cures. With a Rem
edy like this, the proprietors can
make such an offer and mean it.
To be sure there's risk in it, but
it's so very small that they are
willing to take it.
You've "never heard of anything
like this offer ?" True enough.
But then you've never heard of
anything like Dr. Sage's Remedy.
"German
Syrup"
" We are six in fam-
A Farmer at ily. We live in a
_ , _ place where we are
Edom,Texas, P nbject to vio , ent
Says: Colds and Lung
Troubles. I have
used German Syrup for six years
successfully for Sore Throat, Cough,
Cold, Hoarseness, Pains in the
Chest and Lungs, and spitting-up
of Blood. I have tried many differ
ent kinds of cough Syrups in my
time, but let me say to anyone want
ing such a medicine—-German Syrup
is the best. That has been my ex
perience. If you use it once, yon
will go back to it whenever you
need it. It gives total relief and is
a quick cure. My advice to every
one suffering with Lung Troublesis
—Try it. You will soon be con
vinced. In all the families where
your German Syrup
is used we have no John
trouble with the Frank|in
Lungs at all. It is
the medicine for this ,
. Jones,
country. @
G. G. GREFA'. Sole Man'fr,Woodbury,N.J.
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unuos
lug and Timber Lands
now open to settlers. Mailed FREE. Address
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mslVunlrw K V rs'ID!'. 'KIKTII'MA
fl'v ° "ill" WIOiHUKY,'' PFK MA TO MMlll'Al
ISSTHI TK. ttb M> 4*nd.Slrepl, N. Y. < it*. ( . iiHliltatton
tree. Nt ofllce or by letter. Agent wonted in each ploofr
WRHEfiSife
of bad euliii|{;curea Sick ileadachr;
restort>Complcxioii;curf MCunstipatluu.
IF
You don't want comfort. It you rani /jm
don't wish to look well dressed. 9c~yK \ljj
tf you don't want the best, then fwg Jrjfia
you don't want the Lace Back
Suspender. Your dealer has it if La Wf M
he iff alive. If he isn't he shouldn't tgfl Ys j wl
be your dealer. We will mail a Kfl r$ \ Hi
pair on receipt of (1.00. None Ml AftA El
genuine without the stamp as MMBy wm
Lace Buck Suspender Co., A Jkl
57 l'riuc* Street, N. Y. s'lM
psTOBiAs
UNEXCELLED!
APl'l.lED EXTERN A 1.1. Y
R'neumatism, Neuralgia, Pains in the
Limbs, Back or Chest, Mnmps, Sore
Throat, Colds, Sprains, Brnlses,
Stings ot Insects, Mosquito Bites.
TAKEN INTERNALLY
It net* like u charm for Cholera Hoi bun,
I>tarrli<rn, I\ wen tery, Colic, Crnmpii, Nuu>
Hen, Sick Headache. JL'C.
Warranted perfectly hiirnile**. (Nee oath
arcoiiipaiiyinu each liottle, aUo ilireciiona
tor iine,i ItH HMITIUNh and I'KNETKA
TING <iiia llttcn are felt immediately. Try
it nud lie ion vtneed.
Price '/5 und ,U cent*, Sold by all drag-
Rlnta.
DEPOT. 40 MURRAY S.T., NEW YORK.