DEALERS IN MILLIONS. MOST FAMOUS FINANCIAL INSTI TUTIONS IN THE WORLD. England and France's Two Great Banks —Treasures in Their Vaults That Might Purchase a Kingdom— History of Each. On the first day of January, 1895, the Bank of England will celebrate the second centennial anniversary of its establish ment. Of the many great banking insti tutions in the world none is more widely or better known than this bank. This famous institution was founded in 1094 by William Patterson, a Scotchman, and the origin of banking in England,in any thing like the modern sense of the term, may be said to date from that time. On January 1, 1695, the doors of the bank were opened for business. Its capital was then £1,200,000. Two years later it was to £2,201,000. A dozen years later (1710) it was again increased to £5,560,000. In 1816 the capital was raised to'its present am0unt,£14,553,000, upon which dividends are paid at the rate of £lO per share. There is besides a re serve fund of £3,200,000. The price of the stock is quoted at about £338 per share. The charter given (July 27, 1694) to tho Bank of England was a very liberal one. It included tho exclusive privilege of issuing notes payable on demand.and also, in consideration of advances made to the government, was to be the sole keeper of the government balances. Tho disastrous panic of 1825 enabled the Ministry to compel the Bank "f Eng. land to relinquish some of tho privileges of its charter. Up to the year 1826 it was tho only joint-stock bank in Eng land, and until 1834 it remained tho only joint-stock bank in London. The first offices occupied by the bank were at tho Grocers' Hall in tho Poultry. In 1734 the bank moved to Threadneedlo street. The present building occupies tho unique position of being situated in four parishes. It is reared on tho site Houblon's house and many other buildings, including tho Church of St. Christopher-le-Stocks, tho burial ground of which is now tho "garden" of the bank. In this place was buried in tho last century a clerk of the bank named Jenkins, who was six feet six inches in length and was interred there to save tho corpso from tho resurrectionists. The interior of tho bank bus littlo of special interest. The various halls are spacious and modern in apponrunce, and transactions during business hours sel dom involve any crowding. The base ment is entered through a carefully guarded iron door. In it are the vaults where the bullion, specie und other valu ables and curiosities are to be found. There are also the barracks where thirty six soldiers are quartered from 7 o'clock every evening until 7 o'clock the next morning for the protection of the bunk. This custom of quartering soldiers in the bank originated at the time of the Lord George Gordon riots, when an attempt was mado to sack the bank. The Hank of England lirst issued notes in 1005, which were of the denomination of £2O. The £lO notes were issued in 1750 and the £5 notes in 1703. Three or four years later notes for £1 and £2 were "issued. These latter were withdrawn from circulation in 1844, and no notes are now issued for less than £5, and notes of a higher denomination than £I,OOO. "As good as gold" faithfully repre sents the character of a Hank of England note. They are a legal tender every where in Great Britain except at the bank itself, where thoy are required to be paid in gold, and ovcry note issued by the bank could so be paid without one pound of the capital of the institution being touched. Notes issued by and once paid back into the Hank of England are never again circulated (even though they may not have been taken five feet from the teller's windbw), but are de stroyed after going through a most min ute process of cancellation. Of courso, under such circumstunces. every note paid out by the bank is "brand-new." ■Tho present note circulation of the bank is somewhat over £25,000,000. For the management of tho public debt the bank receives £247,000 per year. Tho remain ing profits of the bank aro derived from its ÜBO of its doposits, on which it allows no interest, and of its own capital. The management of this hank is un der tho care of twenty-four directors, each of whom receives tho sum of £SOO Sor year for his services. William Lid ordalo, tho governor, receives £I,OOO a year, and tho deputy-governor, David Powell, a liko amount. Tho honor at tached to tho holding of thoso offices is far beyond any pecuniary compensation. Many of London's ablest financiers would gludlv accept tho governorship of the Hank of England solely for the honor that attaches to it. Tho Hank of Eng land is tho great depository of tho bullion of that country and in ordinary times bfdds iu its vaults about £25,000,000. This is a much smaller amount than is held by the Bunk of Franco. That is accounted for by the fact that tho smallest notes issued are for £5, thus ne cessitating an enormous quantity of gold being kept by tho people. Then, too, the lending powers and tho commerce of Groat Hrituin are so enormous that there is almost a perpetual drain of gold such as is not found in other European coun tries or in the United States. The total amount of bullion in tho Hank of Eng land November 12, 1831, was £22,946,- 692. In London tlio Hunk of England is known as the "Old Lady ofThreadncodle Bjtreot." In Paris the Hunk of France is known as the "Old Lady of the Hue de la Valliere." The Hank of France was instituted in 1803 by laws which were approved in 1808, and, us Napoleon said, was established with the object of pro viding money at all times at 4 per cent, interest. Since its opening it hus hud the exclusive privilege in Paris,and sinco 1857 in France of issuing notes payablo on demand. Its charter extends only to the your 1897. The capital of the bank is 182,500,000 francs. This bunk in not the fiscal agent of the Government as is that of Englaud. It does not collect or disburse the revenues of the exchequer, but it lends to it largely in its exigencies, and hus borne the Government safely through extraordinary needs, u most notable case being the advunce of funds during the time of the Franco-Prussian war. When the war began the circula tion of the bank was $251,000,000 and its specie $229,000,000, or 90 per cent, of its circulation. In June, 1871, when the war was closod, tho circulation was $442,000,000 and its specie $110,000,000, or about 25 per cent, of its circulation. The Hank of France is situated closo to the Place des Victoires. Tho build ing which it occupies was originally con structed in 1200 as a residence of the Due do la Valliere. It covers all the space between the Kue de la Valliere, the Ruo Kadizville, tho Kue Hailitf uud the Ruo Croix des Petits-Chumps. In 1810 the building was restored und some what remodeled, but many of the rooms still retain their original ornamentation. The size of the banking room proper is about the only striking thing in connec tion with that part of tho building to which the general public havo access. The golden gallery (restored in 1875) is one of the interesting sights, as is also the room where by a chemical process all the old bills are roducod to pulp. A largo number of cmployeos are found in the printing office; cutters, engravers, printers, chemists —each has a place, for the bank makes its own paper and ink nnd docs all the work in connection with the production of the bills. The governor of the Bank of France is M. Sosoph Mugnin, one of the ablest financiers in Paris, nnd under whose di rection and infiucnce the bank has en joyed a high degree of prosperity. There are two deputy governors, who, with fif teen regents and throo examiners, con stitute the board of management. This board meets once a week, when all tho interesting questions relative to tho bank's interest are passed upon. Some of the rules and methods of conducting tho business of this bank date bate back to atimewhen banking was in its infancy, and an effort is now being made to have certain of these rules laid aside. —[New j York Recorder. DRAWN DOWN BY ALLIGATORS. Awful Fate of a Mexican While Ciossing a River. "Yes, I've shot any number of alliga tors. Tho swamp immediately in tho rear of my quarters at Belize abounded with them, and I often popped otf one in tho early morning from my veranda. They proved uninteresting prey, how | over, always giving up tho ghost at the first discharge; but still 1 can toll you | quite a tragic incident connected with tho brutes which occurred uudor my very I eyes. You know that I was stationed at Orange Walk, British Honduras, for several months. Tho name of the place sounds pretty enough, but that's all there is pretty about it. It is, in fact, nothing but a wretched Spanish Indian village, so that wo had no outside associates and no ■ diversion except hunting and riding. | "In connection with the latter pursuit, | wo were in tho habit of riding occasion ally to a village called San Estevan, sit uated some twenty miles distant on tho Now River, but on tho fur side from Or ange Walk, so that we had to cross the river in order to got there. This we did sometimes at Orange Walk, sometimes at Sun Estevan, just ns tho whim seized us. There was no bridge or regular ferry at cither place, so that our way of cro.-sing was by mouns of a canoe, while our horses swam behind. As the canoe would not hold more than two at a timo, the ferryman and passenger, this cross ing was a work of time, more especially when any of the horses elected to bo | fractious. "On the occasion of which I speak we had decided to ride down on our own side of the river and cross over at San Este van, as the rainy season was not long over and the truck in question was de cidedly the better of the two. After a few hours' enjoyable riding through the forest's pleasant shade wo arrived at the crossing and shouted for the negro to take us over, lie soon put in an appoar auce, and we were all soon safely lauded on the opposite shore, the horses seem ingly enjoying the cool swim after the journey. We were saxldling our horses, preparatory to remounting, whon wo saw a native sugar planter, or ranchoro, coino trotting down to the opposite shore, lie presented quite a contrast to us in his picturesque and splendid costumo. It is needless to doscribo it. Every one knows the velvet garments trimmed with gold lace and buttons, the beautiful em broidered linen, huge silver spurs, and broad sombrero of the typical Mexican. Ho was mounted on a spirited little white horse, which contrasted favorably with his black costume. The ferryman was about to put off to bring him over, when, with a careless wave of the hand, he put his horse to the water, and the gallant little beast started on his journoy bravely and resolutely. "Wo all stood mechanically watching him, none of us, I believe, apprehending any mishap, when the horse uttered a shrill scream of pain and terror, while ho was perceptibly sinking lower and lower in the water. His rider, with blanched face and staring eyeballs, seemed to he struggling tt> disengage himself from his sinking steed, but ho, too, suddenly gavo a fearful scream and slowly sank from view. For a moment no one moved or spoko, but all stood gazing spellbound at the spot where so lately had boon a human being full of life and gayoty, while his sombrero floated slowly down | the sullen stream. A moment later I Coleman and 1 had sprung intotho canoe, | I peering anxiously over the prow while j he wielded the paddlo in frantic haste, neither of us, however, entertaining any hopes of doing any good. For a few moments we paused in midstream, in tently watching the water's surface, till a succession of dark crimson rings rising to the surfaco confirmed our worst fears and left no doubt as to the terriblo fate of the Mexican. "Whether tho saurlans woro attracted by our crossing over, and arrived in time to make a meal of the unfortunate run cliero, I don't know, but wo decided to recross at Orange Walk, and I swore that if rny horse Jack got over safely ho should never enter that accursed stream again, lie never did."—[Globe-Dem ocrat. Different Kinds of Buffalo. Tho buffalo is evidently a whole-souled creature, for many hunters have seen the common domesticated calves of the fron tier farms standing pationtly waiting for a buffalo to dig a place in tho snow and when he hud accomplished his task the calves would eat the grass fearlessly, sharing, as by sight, the fruits of their huge companion's toil. Hunters have often been saved by buffuloes from a torriblo death from thirst, says tho Illus trated American. The buffalo, liko the camel and the olephaut, has the power of tuking a large amount of water into his body, and depositing it in tho reticulum, or cells of the honeycombed department of tho stomach, until needed. The hun ters, therefore, when their vessels are empty, and they see no sigu of a stroam within a day's travel, promptly slay the first buffalo that comes in view, for the sake of tho water which they know will be found in the usual situation. Tho bonasus, or zubr buffalo, found in the Russian forest of Bialowikza, has a very peculiar trait. It gives forth a powerful and very pleasant odor, which partakes equally of musk and violet. This really delicious perfume is found to penetrate the whole of the body, to a certain ex tent, but it is exhaled most powerfully from the skin and liair which cover the uppor part of the forehead. Tho zubr in appearance is very much liko our Ameri can buffalo, but the hair on tho head and shoulders is more tightly curled and not so roujjh or long. To preserve this really magnificent animal in perfection it is pro tected by the most rigid forest laws. The yak, a curious species of buffalo, which is found in western Thibet, bus not only the long mane reaching to the ground, but the Hunks are covered with hair which reuchos the ground ii* long, thick, silky musses. The hair of the tail is white, andtho Chinese take these tails to dye red and blue, aud then make fus sels of them. When domesticated it needs very little care, foraging for itself and coming to be milked when called by the milk-maids, as a pet cow might do. " What's iu a Name?" •'W hut s in a name?" is frequently asked in tho courts, with varying answers. Among the cases recently roportod is a landgrant suit in which the certificate was issued to John Gibney in 1836 by tho Republic of Texas. Fifty-two years later tho widow of John Giboney claimed the land, saying that the original grantee had been her husband. She succeeded in establishing her claim in spite of the lupso of years, and one of tho points de cided was that Giboney uud Gibnoy sounded near enough aliko to overcome any objection founded on tho difference of spelling. When, however, a deed wus signed "F. W. Chandler" and the notar ial certificate was that "T. W. Chand ler" acknowledged tho document tho variance was considered important and the deed set aside. A man accused of murdor was indicted in Louisiana for the murder of Edmund Remboll. Tho copy of tho indictment served upon him charged him with killing Edmund Kern bell. He was tried, convicted and j sentenced, but the Louisiann Supreme Court has recently granted him a new trial on the ground that an iucorroot copy of the indictment was served. A new trial was also granted to Turner Clem ents, who was convicted of allowing his cattlo to go on the inclosed land of some other owner. The indictment or infor mation was against "Clements Turner," but when tho witnesses began to testify the name was discovered to be "Turner Clemonts," and by that name the pro ceedings were curried on until the verdict was recorded.—[New York Tribune. Ethiopian King of Kings. King Menolik. of Abyssinia, has ns tonished the rulors of Europo by serving on them a general notice of "Keep Off this Plat!" He did not in so many words add, "Beware of tho dog," or "Tho bull is dangerous," but that is the purport of his circular, aud his self con fidence is simply sublime, 110 signs his circular thus: "Lion Conqueror of tho Tribe of Judah, Menelik, Chosen by God. King of Kings of Kings of Ethiopia." He announced that tho time has come for him to re-establish the ancient limits from tho sea to Xyanza and Khartoum, including all the Gullu country. "I do not," ho adds, "propose to bo an indif ferent spectator while foreign powers are dividing Africa among themselves," and concludes with a hope that Jesus Christ will dispose tho hearts of tho Eu ropiums so that they will be reasonable and stay away. Nenelik 11. is a son of King llaelou, who reigned in the south of tho country, so by tho union of tho two powers and conquest of much other territory ho is the most powerful ruler tho nation ever had. His army consists of about 100,000 men, of whom 40,000 are armed in tho best European fashion, with repeating rifles, a mitrailleuse and rifled cannon. Abyssinia also manufactures its own powder, so tho agreement of European powers to keep warlike materials out of interior Africa has no effect there. Monelik is the son of a beggar woman whom his father took a fancy for, and she still lives in great honor, the mother of the most powerful monarch in Africa. The King is an ardent advocate of introducing European civilization, and to encourage his people mastered the trade of clockinaking and also learn ed enough about gunnery to put to gether his mitrailleuse. His country is among the most interesting in the world. For ages it was a sort of Christian island in an ocean of paganism, and the claims of its Kings to direct descent from Sol omon aud the Queen of Sheba have often boon mutters of inquiry, song and ro mance.—[Brooklyn Citizen. The Wonderful Paradise Fish, Tho oddest of all piscatorial rarities is the Paradise fish of China. Like the German canary and one or two other species of bird and fish, this little finny beauty is tho product of cultivation only, there being no place in tho world whore it is found in a wild state, in tho land of tho dragon they are kopt and culti vated in ornamental aquariums, each succeeding generation of tho little oddi ties exhibiting more diversified colors. Tho male is the larger of the two soxos, measuring, when full grown, 34 inches. The body is shupod very much like that of a common pumpkin-seed sun-fish its color Hucpassing in brilliancy any fish heretofore cultivated for the aquarium. The head of Macropodus (that's his gen eric name) is ashy gray, mottled with ir regular dark spots. The gi lis are azuriue bluo, bordered with brilliant crimson. The eyes are yellow and red, with a black pupil. The sides of the body and the crescent-shuped caudal fin are doop crimson, the former having from ten to twelve vertical blue stripes, while the hitter is bordered with blue. The upper surface of the body is continually chang ing color—sometimes it is white, at others gray, black or blue. The dorsal and anal fins aro remarkably large, hence its genoric name; Macro, large; podus, fin or foot. Both fins aro shaped alike, and aro striped with brown and bordered with a bright blue. The dull colored ventral fins aro protected by a brilliant scarlet-colored spine, extending three-fourths of an inch behind the body of the fin. The pectoral fins are well shaped, but transparent ind colorless.— [St. Louis Republic. Sun "Fast" and Sun "Slow." The sun's time is too fast by clock time on November 2 by sixteen minutes and twenty seconds, and on February .2 it is slow by nearly 14* minutes. I hero are only four days during tho year hen sun time and clock time agree, viz.: April 15, June 15, September 1 and December 24. There is also a slight difference between the rising, midday and setting, varying with the longitude, but this is so small as to bo hardly per ceptible. Most ulmanacsgivo tho appa rent time of the sun's rising and setting, making tho proper allowances for atmos pheric refractiou. Tho difference be tween tho actual and apparent rising and setting of tho sun also varies with the latitude where observations are being made. In this latitudo this difference is set down at about the width of the sun's diamoter, which is about thirty-two min utes of a degree.—[St. Louiß Republic. CURIOSITIES OF COAL. Interesting Facts of the Products of This Material. Professor F. W. Clarke, chief chomist of the United States geological survey, has been delivering a public lecture on "The Chomistry 01 Coal." lie bogan, says the Washington Star, by discussing the origin, nature and com position of coal, lie gave an interesting table showing the gradual elimination of the oxygen and hydrogen gases from de cayed wood in the various forms of peat, lignite, earthy brown coal, bituminous coal and anthracite coal, through which, uuder certain condition, it passes. Wood contains 52.6 per cent. of carbon, 5.25 per cent, of hydrogen and 41.1 per cent, of oxygon, while anthracite coal 91.6 per cent, carbon, 3.90 per cent, hydrogen and only 4.5 per cent, oxygen. Coal also contains ash, sulphur, nitrogen, etc. When coal is heated in a largo brick, iron or tiro-clay retort for from three to live hours it gives rise to two products— coal gas, which risos and escapes into the air, and the coke which is left. Coal gas was first used for illuminating purposes by William Murdock, who in 1792 illuminated by its means his work shops in Cornwall, England. In 1802 it was used for the same purpose ut the Solio foundry, near Birmingham, by the firm of Boulton & Watt. In 1812 the streets of London were lighted with it and in 1820 the streets of Paris. The ' gas as it first risos is very impure. To purify it it is first passed through water, by which two important products, ammo nia and coal tar, are removed from it. Then through "scrubbers," or apart ments filled with coke treated with cer tain chemicals, by which it is freed from carbonic acid and sulphurated hydrogen. The composition of gas varies considera bly. The incidental products of the gas factory, which were at first only a nui sance, have, become very valuable. The coke is usod extensively for fuel, espe cially in iron foundries and similar es tablishments. Tho ammonia used in domestic affairs, for smelling suits and in refrigeration and agriculture, is de rived almost wholly from coal gas. It is the most important ingredient of all fertilizers, and it is by its means that artificial ice is produced and the new and impoitunt developments of the coal stor age system have taken place. The coal tar has been found to yield an immense number of products of extraor dinary scientific ana commercial valuo. Among the most remarkable are tho ani line dyes which have ulmost driven other dyeing stuffs out of the field, and which produce every color in tho rainbow, be side a vast number of most delicate tints, some of which are not otherwise obtain able. Bitter almond oil and vanillin uro two flavoring extracts obtained from coal tar, and saccharine, another substance from the same source, is several hundred times as sweet as sugar. Musk and other perfumes also urc de rived from it. Of late many valuable medicines havo sprung from the same fecund substance, notable among which is uutipyrine. Tho time may come when a gourmand may sit down to an olaborate dinner, most of which has boon derived from coal. Ico cream may bo frozen by uinmonia, sweotonod with saccharine, flavored with vanilla or "bitter almond" from coal tar and colored by a compound of unuline. And a dose of coal-tar medicine will re lieve the results tho next day I A New Flower, The cultivation of flowers has become u science and never a season pusses that seine now species of a rose or other blos som is not born through the process of evolution,which isbrought aboutby graft ing. Last year tho "American Beauty" was tho talk of the town and any number of now specimens of chrysanthemums and peonies were shown. * Tho latest flower this season is called the "Cosmos," a delicate blossom with white petals and a yellow centre, tho whole resembling very much tho daisy, only it is nearly twice as largo as the largest of this white soul of the meadows. The Cosmos lias been brought to its present state of perfection by a West Broadway florist who has united the daisy with the blood-root flower, and by a series of grafting has produced a most beautiful plant, which takes the place of ferns to a wide extent in trimming up baskets. The Cosmos keeps fresh for a long time, and looks like a cross between u dogwood blossom and a daisy. It is not affected by cold or heat nor the stuffy atmosphere of over-peopled rooms. Just why this flower should have been called the Cosmos is not clear. The Creek word is defined as "the world con sidered as an orderly or sympathetic whole, opposed to chaos." The little flower is certainly clean and orderly enough, and as attractive us a big daisy. It is found in great quantities at the wholesale florists', who pay the raisors at the rate of about one dollar per dozen bunches. As a delicate relief to the out er edges of great bunches of flowers, the Cosmos is much more attractive than ferns and is gaining wido popularity. [New York Recorder. Women Make Poor Smugglers. Mrs. Weltman, aCustoms Inspectress, says women smugglers are less numerous now than they were a few years ago. It is rather more difficult for them to cheat the Government than most people think, and if any contraband are brought into this country without tolls beiug paid upon them they ure of very little value. We can tell in a minute whether a woman passenger has any valuables concealed about her person, because women are nervous and give themselves away. 1 can easily pick out a women who his some taxable property concealed abo it her. No matter how experienced she may be, she becomes flustered if a pene trating look is aimed at her dress. She colors up and acts us if she were ill ut ease. "It is a funny thing, but true, that a female smuggler can be detected by glancing at her feet and then looking suddenly up into her face. If she has diamonds, laces or any smuggled articles concealed about her she will turn all the colors of the rainbow. If not she simply looks at you inquiringly and then at her feet. The story printed the other day about a woman smuggling $30,000 worth of diamonds in the beak of u pelican is all rot. The very fuct that a woman had such a pet and cured for it, us she naturally would in view of its value, would excite suspicion, and then a thorough investigation would follow." [St. Louis Globe-Democrat. THERE are 250,483 Indians in the United States, exclusive of Aluska, this enumeration including bucks, squaws and papooses. The available force for fighting is 50,000, only one-half of whom are warlike. THE GIANT PURSE CRAB He Cllinb* Cocoanut Treon and Cracks the Nuts Aotnst Stones. In the milling bureau may be seen a very line specimen of the remark able large land erab known as the purse crab, or birgus latro, which is well preserved in a glass jar. This is one of the largest species of land crab known, says the San Francisco Chron icle. It Is sometimes found from eighteen to twenty-four inches in length, when fully stretched out, and is capable of erecting itself to the height of nearly a foot from the ground, which it readily does if irri tated, retreating ana exhibiting to the utmost its powers of offense or defense. It is somewhat allied to the hermit crab, but having the abdomen or tail shorter, yet very large, on the under side of which is carried its eggs in im mense quantities. Its under side is soft and membraneous, its upper sur face covered with strong plates, which overlap one another as in lobsters. The first pair of legs have large and powerful pincers; the second and third pairs of legs arc terminated by a single nail; the pair next to them are a little smaller, with small pincers; the pair of legs nearest to tho abdomen are very small, but termi nated by rudimentary pincers. When teased this crab is so power ful in its first claws and legs as to be able to cling to a stick, and can hold its own weight to he carried for over naif an hour before lotting go. It can travel about as fast backward as for ward if pursued. It is generally of a yellowish-brown color, its limbs being, however, covered with little blackish projections. It is never found far from the sea, to which it is said to pay visits in or der to moisten its gills, but it always resides on land, and is generally iound in holes under the roots of trees, especially of cocoanut trees, which it prefers and where it accu mulates great quantities of the fibers of the cocoanut husks, as if to keep itself warm or for a soft bed. As a general thing the purse crab stays in these holes during the daytime and comes out at night. Its food gener ally consists of cocoanuts, also the nuts of a species of palm known as pandamus odorotismus and other nuts, which it climbs the trees to procure, cutting the cocoanut from the tree with Its heavy claws, and af ter it has cut down two or three it descends and commences to pull the husks from them. In its manner of dealing with co coanuts It exhibits a remarkable in stinct, as it alwas begins to tear off the husk at the end where the eyes are. It then makes a hole through the eye from which the nut would germinate. This is done by striking the fruit with its heavy claw and breaking it sufficiently to admit one of tho small legs, by which it scoops out the nut with its small pincers. Sometimes it seizes the nut by one of its great pincers and breaks it against a stone. i The purse crab is found in the mountains and on the more eastern islands of the Indian Ocean,as well as on some of the islands of the South Pacific, more especially the Caroline Islands, which are a low coral group. Savages Slaughtering Door. Game Warden Taylor came In to day from the lowery country, where he has been kept busy driving the In dians out of that section. Mr. Taylor reports that the Utes have been play ing sad havoc with the game, slaught ering wherever they could, lie was very indignant over it, and from his version of the matter he has good reason to be. lie states that from the Iron Springs divide to Yellow Creek it is impossible to travel a hun dred yards without finding the bodies of deer lying around, and in most cases nothing but the hides and brains have been taken, the brains being used by the Indians in the process of tanning. On Blue Mountain and in the Lilly Park sections the rotting carcasses can be seen, while on Snake Itiver they are so thick as to abso lutely poison the air. Warden Taylor estimates that since the deer began to travel down tho Utes have killed between 5,000 and 0,000 of them, and what makes mat ters worse the major portion of them are does and fawns, the bucks always remaining in the upper country till later in the fall.—Denver Sun. g| ' OX® BXJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and act* 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 anil ac ceptable to the Btomach, 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 500 and $1 bottles by 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. uaisnus. *r. sew tons. s.r. ••••••••••• _ THE SMALLEST PILL IN THE WORLD t f TUTT'S Z •TINY LIVER PILLS® • have all the virtues of the larger ones ; equally effective; purely vegetable. F.xact Nile shown in this border. ••••••••••• He Mould lie liuy. A censor attached to the imperial court in I'ekin, having suggested that the Emperor should take up the ancient practice of having the class ics and other sacred writings ex pounded to him daily, his majesty published this decree. '-Since we have undertaken the task of govern ing in person, we have daily received in audience the officials of the me tropolis and the provinces, and done our very utmost to rightly discern the proper men and pass judgment on their actions. Such time as remains at our disposal after transacting the multitudinous affairs of State, we de vote to the classics and historical records, often engaging in discussion with the imperial tutors, and never permitting ourselves for a moment to indulge in luxurious ease." Tenc-lilne Her a Lesson. Uncle 'Rastus, who has caused the arrest of his wife for assault—"l want yo' ter gib it to her, jedge—gib her de limick ob de law! Dis ain't de fust time she 'saulted me. Judge—l'm afraid, aunty, I'll have to fine you ten dollars, "Well, yo' honah, I ain't got ten cents." Judge, to Uncle 'Rastus—lt'll be $lO, Uncle 'Rastus. Uncle 'Rastus, handing over the money with a bewildered look—"All right, Jedge, dere's de money." To wife, as they leave the court together: "L>ar, ole woman, I trus' dis yere 'sperience'll larn yo- a lesson what yo' Won't fergitl" Foil indlLPStlori, const ipntion, sick tciul nclie, weak stomach, disordered liver—tsko Beeclraur's Pills. For sale by all druggists. Tallest Men* The tallest men of West Europe are found in Catalonia, Spain, Normandy, France, Yorkshire, England, and the Ardennes districts of Belgium. In the United States the thirty-eighth parallel, ranging through Indiana and Northern Kentucky, is as decidedly the latitude of big men as the forty- , second is that of the big cities. The tallest men of South America are found in the Western Provinces of the Argentine Republic; of Asia, in Afghanistan and Rajpootana; of Africa, in the highlands of Abyssinia. FITS stopped fre<> by DK. KI.INF.'S GF.BAT NERVE RESTORER. NO fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and §2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline, flfll Arch Kt., i'hiia., l'a. G edftone favors restriction but not pro hibit.on of the opium traffic in Indiu. nnw'H This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any ease of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Curd. F. J. CHENEY Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last l. r > years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions, and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by their firm. WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, WARDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesalo Druggists. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. T.--1 innnials H-MI freo. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. In the Stnte of Wisconsin there ore twenty-two branches of the Hutnunc So ciety. U 1 U M AMY SUCH. % A group of mechanics was seated inthe engines I I oa '?j an( * e^ 7 .. m^ l e ; was |^ lwL 1 WaS 1 ■ . ST. JACOBS OXX. I M 14 Sumner St, Cleveland, 0., August 11,1SS8. p k*J In 1851 sprained my arm rlulibing chest nuts; could not lift my arm; constant H gj pain until ISBO, when St. Jacobs Oil cured me. JACOB ETZENSPERGER. ■ R "ALL TUGHTI ST. JACOBS OIL DTD IT." 3? OH £!F CURED MY SS TO STOMACH SS iSp STAI ! ! !_S?_5 Doa A rs . CURED. We are anxious to know every one who wants a piano, new or second-hand. Are you one of them? Then send your address, with request for catalogue, etc., !to Ivers & Pond Piano Co., Boston. OPIUM™"- 1 VI I VIII DR. J.STEPHENS, Lebanon, Ohio. F|ENSION J <SE3%!?eg a /ra tu lt war. 16 adjudicating claims. attrainca. 6TOII ' n p rlzas. Word Contest, JJfc f 1111 For details send 2c. stump to W. It. WjP B Bw Bw KItAMEK & CO., Chuuute, Kansas. ■j wbo have weak tunes or Asth- El ma, should use I'ino's Cure for PM Consumption. It has cured M ■ thousands. It has not Injur- |B It is the best cough syrup. I |hßh>n(lt| Injure the I less. Durable, and the consumer pays for 'no tin I I or glass package with every purchase. j GRATEFUL—COM FOR TI NQ EPFS S COCOA BREAKFAST. £ thorough knowledge of the natural laws 23r a&ET? the o J* rutU> ™ * digestion oud nutrl- .!V ?, 0 ""; JPpHcatlon of the Hue proper ties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our hrenkfust tables with a delicately flavoured bev erage which may save tin nuinv henvv .i.wrnro' i.nic, IhR? ,>y th ?. lU / ,clons " BO of Kiich articles of diet stK>i^ < enou hUnresist Kra<lua,,v ,m,lt until Hundreds or subtle maladies are flouting* RrotuiiMjs ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point we may escape .many a fatal shaft by keeping our- SSuShSdfXltnlu"" ri, " cr " r J ,l !V ,)ly w,th idling water or milk. Sold liVinS?"KSE d i iUH b f labelled thus: JAMIiS fcl ps A* CO., Homu'opathleChemists, London. Kndi.and. Full of trouble —the ordinary pill. Trouble when you take it, and trouble when you've got it down. Plenty of unpleasant ness, but mighty little good. With Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, there's no trouble. They're made to prevent it. They're the origi nal little Liver Pills, tiny, sugar coated, anti-bilious granules, purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, the smallest, easiest and best to take. They cleanse and regulate the whole system, in a natural and easy way— mildly and gently, but thoroughly and effectively. One little Pellet for a laxative three for a cathar tic. Sick Headache, Bilious Head ache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bil ious Attacks, and all derangements of the liver, Btomach and bowels are prevented, relieved and cured. They're the cheapest pill you can buy, for they're guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is re turned. You pay only for the valuo re ceived. Can you ask more? Nothing On Earth Will HENI LIKE Sheridan's Condition Powder! It is absolutely pure. Highly concentrated. In quan tity it costs less than n tenth of a cent a day. Strict ly a medicine. Prevent* and cures all diseases. Good roi young chicks. Worth morn than Gold when hens moult. If you can't yet it Htnd to us. Hi,tuple 25 cents, five SI.OO. Samyle Copy !!•( Poultry Tatter sent free. Is. .1' 'HNS' \ 1 ■ I 'i 1:1 fl"tr-i St.. Ronton. Masa. EvERYioTHE* Should Hnvo It in Tlie House, Dropped on Sugar, Children Love Johnson's Anohine Liniment Aid tile it fcr Crcup, Colds, Core Throat. Cramps, Pains. Stops Inflammation, in body or llnib, like magic. Curos Coughs. Asthma, Catarrh, Colic. Cholera Morbus, Rheu matic Pains, Neuralgia, Lame llack.Stltl Joints, Strains. Illustrated Rook free. Price, 85 cents; Six $2 00. Sold by druggists. 1. S. JOHNSON & CO., Boston, Mas* PMIVSIOWH l>ue all .MIKJtILRfII kt disabled. *2 fee for Increase. JG years ex perience. Write for Laws. A.W. MOCOHMICK HONS. WASHINGTON. 1"). C. .fr CINCINNATI. O. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 187a W. BAKER & CO.'S || Breakfast Cocoa Is altsnlHtrli/ pure and StTm ° CJieitiiralH IHf I! Iplßi 'h° UB0(i ln ,ta I>r,,pu^at,on • 11 111 I J J |n| strength of Cocoa mixed with fiH! 1 111 tar Arrotvro ° l or Bugtr, H|| || / m nM Coß *' n V than one Idling, strengthening, EASILY DIOESTED, and admirably adnpted for Invalids as well as for persons In health. Sold by (Jrorers everywhere. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mas&_ ■ROC RA S TIN AT TO N and fds# ffl Female Sufferings "*L.ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is tlie product of a life's practice of a woman among women, anil is an unfailing cure for woman's Üb. I All Drueehts ll It, or ent ly mail. In focrn of rills o ' UtniSon receipt of • 1.00. Liver Till.. 83c. i CorrtaDondenco IVeelv suswersu. AuoKil n c.nn<lenrw 1 LTDIA i:. riNKUAMSUiIJ.CO.,LiiiN,.AS.
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