SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERY-DAY LIFE.
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven
tures Which Show that Truth Is
Stranger than Fiction.
AN Indian boy belonging to the .Sioux
tribe, at Pine Ridge Agency, in South
Dakota, has a pair of pets which are not
ouly strange and interesting, but arc use
ful as well. These are two large bald
eagles. Tho young Indians at the
agency are fond of hunting, but are not
allowed to own or carry guns, and tho ro
sult is that tbey are compelled to use
tho bow and arrow, which they use with
great expertness. The boy shot an old
eagle and wounded it. It flow to its
nest, and ho followod until he saw where
tho home of tho bird was. Ho then killed
tho wounded bird, and waited till its mate
appeared, and also killed it. Climbing
to the nest, ho found two young onos,
which he took home with him and began
a course of training which has resulted
in his having the birds so fully undor
control that they come and go at his com
mand. Ho takes them out, and whon ho
sights any quarry he turns his eagles
loose, after fastening thoir bonks so that
they cannot eat the animal, and the
birds immediately give chase and bring
down the prey. The eagles are now
ab,out a year and a half old, and aro
large and strong enough to bring down a
fawn. Tho boy is tho most successful
hunter of tho tribe, and never goes out
without bringing homo some game, from
a rabbit to a deer. The officers at this
place want tho eagles, and have offered
tho boy what probably appeared to him
to bo fabulous sums for them, but he
steadily refuses all offers.
THE other morning Frank Smiley, who
up to a your ugo was in business at
Franklin, Inch, and who now resides in
Indianapolis, dropped into the former
place. No ono knew him. The Frank
Smiley whom every ono knew wore a full
beard and mustache and had a very thick
growth of hair. The apparent stranger
had an entirely bald head, smooth face,
no eyelushos or eyebrows. He ap
proached several lifelong friends, but no
ono recognized him. Then entering tho
grocery store where ho had dealt for
years ho asked tho grocer if he know
him. The grocer looked and shook his
head. "Why, lam Frank Smiley," said
tho caller, and ho told this story: "Not
long ago I had a severe attack of la
grippe. My head roared constantly.
One morning while sitting at tho break
fast table 1 saw that some hairs had fall
en into my plate. I put. my hand to my
mustache and it fell off in bunches. 1
next put my hand to my head and my
hair fell out in the same way. I went to
a barber and ho rubbed a solution on my
head, but instead of helping it ho rubbed
every remaining hair off. My beard,
eyelashes, and eyebrows came out in the
samo muiinor and 1 have not had a shavo
since. Hut my headache left me and I
never felt better in my life."
GIUSEPPE PALMKRI, a young Italian
lawyer, was defending John Salrnono bo
for Kccorder Smyth, in the Court of Gen
eral Sessions in New York. Tho de
fendant was accused of snatching sls
from a friend in Mott street and running
uwuy. Tho lawyer nskod his oliont if it
were not a fact that it wus impossible for
him to have run, because his log hnd
been recently broken. "I will tell you,
for your own information," remarked the
Kocorder to the young lawyer, "that ex
perience has shown that scarcely any
thing is impossible. 1 had a man tried
before mo some time ago, charged with
robbing a drunken sailor of his watch
and chain. Ho did not have any arms,
both having been cut off in an accident.
His lawyer tried to convinco the jury
that it was impossible for tho prisoner to
hovo robbed tho sailor becauso of the
fact that he had no arms. Tho ovidonco
was strongly against him and tho jury
found him guilty. Ilefore 1 sentenced
him I found that ho was well known
along the water fronts as an oxpert thief.
Ho abstracted the sailor's watoh and
chain with his tcotli. Ho is now in State
prison doing a long term. You see,
scarcoly anything is impossible." Tho
ury convicted Sulmono.
TIIK Baltimore quad in the Western
Union office had boon keeping four op
erators in Now \ ork and four more in
Baltimore very busv when it suddenly
refused to work. Thoro wore no other
instruments available and connection
with Baltimore was completely lost.
Messages were piling up on the table
and tho traffic chief, whose business it is
to soo that there is no dolay to dispatches,
was almost distracted. Electricians
were sent for and they began a thorough
examination of tho instruments. After
half un hour s search tho source of tho
troblo was discovered. It proved to bo
a Croton bug. It stood on the instru
ment which regulates tho passage of tho
electric current from tho dynamo to tho
wiro in such away as to connect with
its fore and hind legs tho positive and
the ncgutivo currents of tho battery,
which are necessarily separated by insu
lation. The bug was dead, of course,
and the current of 250 volts had fuirly
glued it to tho bolt, thereby forming a
conductor and temporarily interrupting
business botween New York and Balti
more for more than half an hour.
MR. THOMAS STEVENS in his book
"Through Russia on a Mustang" de
scribes u visit 'to a convent cemotery in
St. Petersburg, lie writes: Tho weird
est thing in tho cemetery was a gruvo
that is simply a glass house, containing
a vault or cellur with a trap-door and
stops leading down into it. The sister
told us its story. After twenty years of
married life, during which their prayer
for otlspring had been unanswered,
a couple were finally presented with
a duughtor in 1873. Three years
later tho now-comor died. The
unhappy parents had tho body em
balmed and phced in a coffin
with a glass opening above tho face.
Tho tomb in question was built and tho
coffin deposited in tho crypt. Every
day for fourteen years past tho mother
had visited tho liouso, descended through
tho trap-door, and spent some time look
ing into the faco of the little ono
through the glass. No change had taken
place in its appearance. This lust item
was told us with a ring of honest pride
in her voice, as indicating tho peculiar
fitness of tho convent cemetery us a
place of buriul.
DR. BALDWIN, of St. Louis says:
"One day a railroud enginocr came into
my office in groat puin. lie had a
bandage over his right eye. 4 I am suf
fering frightfully, doctor,' he said, 'with
my eye. There is something in it. I
was running my engino ut a high rate of
speed, with my head out of tho cab win
dow, looking down tho track to see that
thoro was no obstruction. I passed
through a lot of grasshoppers, and ono of
thorn struck me in the eye.' I exumincd
the mau's eye, and, sure enough, tho logs
of tho hopper had penetrated the poor
fellow's eye and were giving him great
pain. The saw-like legs had almost com
pletely filled up the eye. I placed him
under tho influonco of other and began
tho operation of extracting the grass
hopper's legs. After a todious job I suc
ceeded in removing the impediment, and
the man got well without his sieht boing
affected.
DAVID RAUDEBAUGH, a prominent citi
zen of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, had a tooth
which caused him considerable pain. On
a recent night he retired as usuul, with
the intention of visiting the dentist
the followiug morning and having the
molar extracted. Upon awakening in
the morning he was startled by finding
bis pillow and shirt-bosom covered with
blood, and an investigation disclosed the
tooth lying upon the bod-clothing close
by. Ho had suffered no pain sufficient
to awaken him during tho night, and how
the tooth ever became detached from
bis jaw remains a mystorv which is not
likely ovorto bo explained. A number of
Spiritualists in tho community claim to bo
able to furnish a key to the mystery
and say that they hail knowledge that
tho extracting of tho tooth would oocuras
it did.
THE story told by Col. Knollys of the
way tho Kimbcrley Kaffirs smoke cigars
with the lighted end in tho mouth was
related recently. Travelers on the Isth
mus of Panama and in Central and
South America say that the samo queer
way of smoking is quite gonoral there.
On the Isthmus, however, it is confined
to women, tho native Indians, and half
breeds. Nearly all the women smoke in
that manner. They do not tuck the
tongue in the cheek, as it is said tho
Kaffirs do, but press it down in tho bot
tom of tho mouth. Many persons who
have tried tho method say thero is some
thing peculiarly pleasant in that kind of
a smoke.
LYMAN PUSSHEE, of Dennysville, Mo.,
had a unique experience in hunting deer.
Ho was lying in wait for a deer when,
almost without warning, throe lino ani
mals cumo into an opening a short dis
tance from tho place of his concealment;
they wore two docs and a buck. Open
ing fire, one of the does fell, and the
others ran away. Pussheo, still remain
ing in hiding, was soon rewarded by the
return of tho buck to his dead inato. A
shot, followed by others, failed to bring
tho noble fellow down, and again and
again did ho roturn, until cloven shots
had boon fired at him, when ho fell a
victim to constancy.
A PHYSICIAN who spent some time in
tho countries bordering on tho Gulf of
Mexico, fouud a curious body of men
among the natives called Curados do
Calebra, or the safe from vipers. Hav
ing been inoculutod with tne poison of
the serpents they were proof against
their venomous bites. Tho inoculation
was made with the venom tooth of a viper
and the bulb of a native plant culled
mano del sapo (toad's hand). Tho pre
ventive inoculation has been an old cus
tom among the natives of that region.
ONE of tho biggest rocks evor moved
in the course of railroad construction in
this country was recently exoavatod ou
the line of tho Mexican Southern by
Col. Lamar. Tho giant boulder was 120
feet in height and measured 1,000 cubic
metres. Six dynamite cartridges were
placed under the rock nfter vhe men had
excavated as much earth as possiblo and
v ore fired one after another. At tho
sixth explosion tho big fellow rolled over
out of the way.
A III.ACKSMITII in Belfast, Me., rolatos
that forty years ago, when ho was an ap
prentice. his employer bought a super
annuated horse for 50 eeuts, ordored him
to shoo the animal, and sold it, with its
four now shoes, for 75 cents. Tho ap
prentice was so incensed nt having his
work valued at only 25 cents that he took
an oath then and thorc never to shoo an
other horse, and ho never has, although
ho has been in tho blacksmith business
over since.
THE Rev. S. Zehner, of Berwick,
Penn., awoke suddenly from a deep sleep
and found that his fulso teeth wore miss
ing. 11c thought ho felt a choking sen
sation. Two doctors were sent for.
They could give no relief. The minister
gasped for breath. Ho bade farewell to
his family and thought ho was going to
die. His little daughter soon found tho
missing teeth in a bureau drawer, whon
tho patient at once recovered.
A criuocß discovery has been made at
lialstoad, near Cambridge, England, us
to tho cause of a fire which took place
there. On taking oft* tho roof ot the
house which had been on fire, it was
found that a quantity of straw stuff nnd
rubbish had been carried by birds be
tween tho roof and tho coiling of the
upper room, and this had been ignited
from a hole in tho chimney. About two
sucks of rubbish had been accumulated.
Fleet Signaling by Balloon*
Attempts have frequently been mado
both on shore and at sea to transmit
signals by means of a captive balloon,
and a system which promised excellent
results, has recently been tried in tho
German Navy. By its means an admiral
can signal his fleet, at night, or to ships
passing by, at a far greater distance
than is now possible, as, owing to its
height, tho nalloon gives much wider
range than a masthead. The code
adopted is tho Morse; and tho different
signals aro g von by means of incandes
cent electric lamps fitted to the lower part
of tho balloon, and worked by wires con
nected with the batteries on shore or on
tho flagship. Tho balloon can also be
used f;r lighting up tho country round,
and for this purpose a powerful electric
lamp, with a strong refh ctor, is attached
to the lower ring of the balloon. It is not
necessary to have a man in the car of tho
balloon to work tho signals, as the lumps
are entirely worked by electricity, and
only come in contact with the-cover of
the balloon when the electric current is
turned off.
Justice Was to Prevail.
Tho mothods of tho circumlocution
oftico wore graphically discussed by
Charles Dudloy Warner at a gathering
of story tellers in New York tho other
night. Thoro was once u robber in
Cairo who fell from the second story of
a house he was trying to enter and broke
his leg. Thereupon ho wont to tho cadi
and complainod. Tho man's window was
badly made and ho wanted justice. The
cadi said that was reasonable, and he
summoned the owner of tho house. The
owner confessed that tho house was
poorly built, but olainiod that tho ear
pentor was to blume not ho. This struck
the cadi us sound logic, nnd ho sent for
tho carpenter. "The chargo is, alas, too
true," said tho carpenter, "but the ma
sonry was at fault, and I couldn't fit a
good window." So tho cadi, impressed
with the reasonableness of the argument,
sent for tho mason. Tho mason pleaded
guilty, but explained that a pretty girl
in a blue gown hud passod tho building
while he was at work, and that his atten
tion had been diverted from his work.
The cadi thereupon demanded that the
girl bo brought before him. "It is true
that lam pretty," said she, "but it is no
fault of mine. If my gown attracted the
mason, the dyer shonla be punished and
\iot I." "Qnite true," suid the cadi,
"send for tho dyer." The dyer was
brought to tho bar nnd pleaded guilty.
T hat settled it. The cadi told the robber
to tako tho guilty wretch to his house
and hang him from tho door sill, and the
Sopulaco rejoiced that justice had been
one. But pretty soon tho crowd re
turned to tho cadi's house, complaining
that tho dyer was too long to bo hung
from his door sill. "Oh well," said the
cadi, by that time was suffering
from ennui, "go find a short dyer and
hang him. Justice shall prevail."—
[Boston Herald.
Pennsylvania Pelt-Hunters.
The amateur trappors and hunters of
the Lebanon and Schuylkill valleys are
now reaping their harvest by securing
the skins of tho small wild unimals so
prevalent, in Berks, Lebanon, Montgom
ery, Lancaster, Lehigh, and other coun
ties. and sending them to some of the
leading furriers in the country. Tho
foxes, skunks, opossums, raccoons,
muskrats, and other animals caught in
. these counties for thoir fur alone number
thousands annually. In a single season
Reading dealers huvo alone purchased
and shipped to Philadelphia, New York
and other furriers as high as 25,000 to
50,000 skins. This year theso animals
have been exceedingly plentiful, and tho
shipments have been very heavy. Some
of tho finest skins are sent from Phila
delphia and New York to the centers of
tho fur trado in Germany and elsewhere,
nnd there prepared according to methods
with which they alone seem conversant,
aftor which they are again sent back to
this country in a finished state, and
bring high prices. Many farmers' boys
make extra pocket money by trapping
these animals, and thoir traps can bo
found in tho flolds, in the woods, and
along tho streams.
For the next few months tho slaughter
of these animals will continue, and a
successful season is anticipated. Now
and then a wild-cat is shot, and some of
the counties pay a bounty of $2.50 for
killing one of these animals, and their
skin is much sought after for rugs. The
prices paid for furs this season depend
greatly upon the < ondition they aro in
whon thoy roach the local dealers. Black
skunks are worth from sl.lO to $1.35,
while the half-stripe range from 50 to 75
cents each, and tho full stripo from 25 to
35 cents ouch. Muskrats are worth 10
and 15 cents each. Minks command
from 50 cents to $1 each, and rod
foxes are worth 75 cents and $1.25
each, while gray foxes bring only from
50 to 75 cents. 'Possums are worth only
10 and 15 cents, but coons arc more val
uable, running from 25 to 75 cents.—
[Philadelphia Ledger.
An Old-Time Clock.
Thomas I). Bullingor, of Govanstown,
is the owner of an antique work of mech
anism. It is tho result of years of
labor of an old clockmaker of Nurem
berg, Germany. It is a clock with a
framework of walnut, and stands eleven
feet high. At tho top it is 3£ feet across,
but tapers until at the centre it is only
two foot wide. It rosts on a pedostal
which is same width as tho top of tho
clock. Tho dial is twelve inches in
diameter, of white enamel and black
figures. Tho dial sots in ahandsomo oil
painting of David performing on a harp,
anil a pretty woman with bowed head
listening attentively to tho music.
When the clock strikes tho hour two
beautiful Gorman airs aro heard in suc
cession, and on a platform above tho
dial twelve small figures of men and
women, about five inches high, danco in
couples. Musicians are seated in the
rear of tho figures, performing on tno
cornet, drum and clarionet. A clown
appears clapping his hands and moving
his mouth. A figure appears on either
side of tho platform and makes a polite
bow. Tho clock plays twenty-four dif
ferent tunes. The musical weight is of
lead and woighs 125 pounds. Over 130
various pipes aro needed to play tho
tunes. Tho ontiro clock weighs noarly
000 pounds.
Tho machinery is extremely compli
cated. The clock is over lot) years old.
Mr. Henry Roifner, corner of Bank and
Wolfe streets, recently repaired tho mu
sical arrangement for Mr. Bullingor.—
[Baltimore American.
Australia's Size.
Tho size of Australia is not generally
appreciated. Tho seven colonies be
tween them occupy a territory greater
than that of the United States, excluding
Aluska. New South Wales alone is as
largo as tho thirteen states. Tasmania,
the Rhode Island of Australia,is as largo
as that state, with New Jersey, New
Hampshire and Massachusetts added;
Victoria, the smallest colony of tho con
tinent, is equal in size to Great Britain.
(Queensland surpasses the united ureas of
Austria, France and Germany, South
Australia,one-third greater than Queens
land, is nearly us large as Western Aus
tralia, which of itself has nearly four
times tho extent of Texas, while tho two
colonies together are larger than tho
whole of Europe without Russia. Tho
total population is about 4,000,000. —
[Now York Press.
Home-made Tooth Powder.
Some of the best powders for tho teeth
are prepared at homo. A simple old
powder is made of pure charcoal pound
ed and sifted and mixel to a pasto with
water flavored with inyrrh, if you like
tho slightly hitter refreshing flavor. If
a charcoal paste is used, übundanco of
water should bo used to rinso the mouth,
as nothing is moro objectionablo than a
residuo of black streaks left sometimes
by this powder. Equal parts of prepared
chalk, powdered pumice stone and pul
verized orris root make a good puste.
There is no bettor wash than tho well
known one of a few drops of inyrrh dis
solved in a tablospoonful of water, but
where this is not agreeable there are
many delicious washes now found for
sale which aro oqually valuable.—[New
York Tribune.
Couldn'tStuml Shrimps.
IdcRS as to what is "good for food"
come simply from use and habit. I re
member, about thirty years ago, whon
"tho harvest of tho sea" did not often
couio far inland, my lather, who was
staying at Weymouth, sent some shrimps
to the parish clerk at homo in Warwick
shire. But afterward, on being asked
how they wore enjoyed, the old man
bashfully owned that "they looked so
like crickets that none of tho family
could bring themselves to eat them, so
they wero buried in the garden."—[Notes
and Quories.
BimlUil PrtaarlpttMi.
Though no doctor, -I have by me
some excellent prescriptions, and as 1
charge you nothing for them, you can
not grumble at the priee. We are
most of us subject to fits, and I am
visited with them myself. Now,
then, for my prescriptions.
For a fit of passion, walk out into
the open air. You may speak your
mind to the wind without hurting
any one, or proclaiming yourself to be
a simpleton.
For a at of idleness, count the
tickings of a clock. Do this for one
hour, and you will be glad to pull off
your coat the next day and work like
a negro.
For a at of extravagance or folly,
go to the workhouse, or speak with
the ragged and wretched inmates of a
jail, and you will be convinced.
"Who maketh his bed must lie in it."
For a at of ambition, go into the
church-yard and read the gravestones.
They will tell you the end of ambi
tion.
For a at of repining, look about for
the halt and blind, and visit the bed
ridden and afflicted, and they will
make you ashamed of complaining of
your lighter afflictions.
CFor aat of despondency, look on
the good things which have been
given to you in this world. He who
goes into his garden to look for cob
webs and spiders will find them, while
he who looks for a dower may return
into the house with one blooming in
his button-hole.
I'at and fiin fig.
Down in Otoe County they havo
resurrected an old story on Col. Van
Wyck that will bear repitition in
spite of its advanced years, says the
Nebraska State Journal. When the
ex-Senator was running for Cougress
in the Fifteenth New York District
party feeling was at fever heat, the
war was just over and much of its
bitterness lingered in the hearts of
all men. There was a certain Irish
man in Sullivan County who had
steadfastly refused to give the old sol
diers any encouragement, ulthougb
they had labored with him faithfully.
The Colonel was greatly surprised,
therefore, when Pat informed him on
election day that he had concluded to
support him.
"Clad to hear it, glad to hear it,"
said the Colonel; "I rather thought
you were against me, Patrick."
"Well sir," said Patrick, "I wuz
and whin ye stud by me pig pen and
talked that day fur two hours or
worse, ye didn't budge me a hair's
breadth, sir, but after ye wuz gone
away I got to thinking how ye
reached yer hand over the fence and
scratched the pig on the back till he
laid down wid the pleasures of it, and
I made up me mind that whin a rale
kernel was as sociable as that, I
wasn't the man to vote agin him." c.
Killed Jty Snakes In India.
Probably not less than 50,000 people
arc killed by snakes in India every
year. They arc one of the chief causes
of mortality in that country.
Great efforts have been made
by the British Government to de
stroy them, but with very little
success. Unfortunately the natives
regard them as sacred. They con
sider the cobra in particular as em
bodying some sort of divinity, and it
is customary for them to allow these
frightful creatures as pets on their
premises. Offers of bounties for ser
pent's heads have been discouraged
by the discovery of the practice pur
sued by many low-caste Hindoos of
breeding snakes artificially to supply
the official demand. In that warm
fcliraate snakes propogate their species
very fast and their venom ac
cumulates rapidly. Although the
cobra is the most dreaded of all, the
krait and other varities are hardly
less deadly. They swarm everywhere.
The cobras are especially fond of tak
ing up their residence in gardens and
under verandas. No cure for a
cohra's bite is known to science,
though there is good evidence that
the native doctors sometimes rescue
victims by remedies which tney keep
secret.—Washington Star.
Tlie Lunch I)ooh It.
More rows arc caused in the busi
ness world by indigestion than even
the doctors know anything about.
Our business men rise in a hurry, eat
breakfast in a hurry and then hurry
down town. Toward 1 o'ciock they
rush out, get a dose of underdone
beef, the half of a mince pie and a
cup of strong coffee, and hurry back
to their offices, feeling as though they
would li.ee to light somebody. Some
one comes in who has lunched on the
same style of victuals and in the same
haste to discuss a plain business
proposition. The two are feeling
cross and sour and get to quarreling.
Each thinks the other a crank, and
both are wrong. It was the lunch.—
Globe Democrat.
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COUNTRY TOWN EDITORS.
Sons® Rmiom Why Th®y Arm Nearly Al
ways Poor and Unhappy.
Although country editors are nearly
always poor, there are plenty of per
sons who believe that half the para
graphs in a country newspaper are
paid for with enormous bribes, writes
the author of "A Country Town," in
the Century. There are always two
sides to every question, and which
ever side an editor falls on, the par
tisans of the other accuse him of be
ing "bought." It is little wonder,
therefore, that the editor is seldom a
popular man; I never knew one who
was, and I never knew one who was
not often accused unjustly. Probably
the people believe in bribes to editors
because it is a very rare editor who
does not accuse his opponent of being
a bribe taker, creating a prejudice
against themselves and their calling.
Lazy and incompetent editors nearly
always explain the success of their
more vigorous opponents by declaring
that they carry on a system of black
mail.
I once visited ia a large city the
newspapers which I had long admired
almost with reverence, and was sur
prised to hear a citizen say that what
the city really needed was better pa
pers; they wouid bring "eastern capi
tal. " Every citizen of a country town
wants his locality "boomed," to the
end that he may sell his SSO lot for
$500; he can appreciate how a really
good paper might aid him in this, and
because his lot' does not advance in
value as he thinks it should, he has a
grievance against the editor. He longs
for an editor with some "snap" in
him. I don't know what "snap"
means, but I know this is the quality
usually thought to be lacking. There
are more great men in every country
town than really exist in the entire
nation, and if they are not recognized
the local papers are of no account. I
was once bothered a good deal by a
certain man who said he could clean
more chickens in an hour than any
other chicken-cleaner in the world,
and he wanted the fact mentioned.
Men who are never suspected of great
ness by other people accuse themselves
of it to the editors, and when they re
fuse to mention this greatness they
are told that their columns contain a
great deal of stuff not half so inter
esting. It has occurred to me that
when a citizen of a country town be
comes drunk the first thing he does is
to hunt up the editor and tell' him
what is the matter with the com
munity.
Tl® Ear or Olonyalus.
Of old, Syracuse was the most im
portant city in the Island of Sicilly,
and in the early part of the fourth
century before Christ it was gov
erned by Dionysius the Elder. He is
commonly called the Tyrant of Syra
cuse—that is to say, a ruler who had
usurped power, not a legitimate ruler
who governed brutally, which is the
sense in which we nowadays use the
word "tyrant." Near the city there
are several vast caves, formed by the
action of water in the limestone
rocks, and one of these is known as
the Ear of Dionysius. This cavern is
really a long tunnel. For a distance
of nearly two hundred yards it is
about seventy feet high, and then
the roof begins to descend. At the
further end of the high arch, and at
some sixty feet from the floor, is a
small hidden chamber hollowed in
the rock. Here, so the story goes,
Dionysius used to listen to the talk of
the prisoners confined below, who
whispered among themselves of their
plots and plans. It is said to be the
fact that a slight whisper if uttered
near one of the walls, can be heard in
this chamber at a distance of fully
200 feet.
Klppuwsi.r,
A French officer in P.uisson has in
vented a hippomcter which will reg
ister the paces and ground covered by
a. horsft.
Obstinate Blood Humor.
I HAD TERRIBLE ECZEMA
and limbs swollen and scaly like a dead fish. Ihe itching was terrible, and finally LOST
MY SIGHT. After treatment by five physicians, and other remedies without relief, I took
AND IT CURED ME. My skin is soft and smooth, and the terrible trouble is ail
gone. — R. N. MITCHELL, Afacon % Ga.
I know the above statement to be true.—S. S. IIARMON, Macon , Ga.
I was for some time troubled with an obstinate RASH OR HUMOR, that spread
over my face and breast. I consulted physicians, and used many remedies without a cure.
At the suggestion of a friend I used Swift's Specific, which completely cured me. This
was two years ago, and I have had no return of the trouble.—E.l I.WEI.LS, Chesterfield, Va.
S. S. S. ' s l R e sa^est an d Best remedy for all troubles of the Blood and Skin. It
cures by removing the cause, and at the same time builds up the general health.
Send for our Treatise, mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta. G.
DR. TALMACE'S "LIFE OF CHRIST."
Covering his great trip To, Through, nnd from tho Christ -V.nnd. Illustrated with over 400 wonder
ful engraving*, also a gr.iud picture of Jerusalem on the day of the crucifixion. <u I 2 colors and ten feet in
length. Exclusive territory. No capital needed. IUU PAV. Also send names r.nd P, O. of agents or thoso
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I WU AULNIO TV All I LLJ. Addiwo HISTORICAL PUB. CO..PHILA. PA
2 These combinations cure in luilf time of any other *
5 treatment or money returned, because 2 agencies a g
7 I are at work Instead of 1. and both at one tlnie. At- W j
d J most asl site bottle of either for 50c. HOW, nnd a 25c. > 2
i -j Plaster free In the same wrapper. AU. DKALKRS.
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Pllrher . Msnds.jKhort 111 lis, %. J
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LAWN TENNIS, BASE BALL,
BOTH' sad Cltßl.fi' 28 •" Hafrty, Rrakr.Radl floard., $1 I .OC
ROTS' and olßl.fi' 2fl la.. aOJo.tahl. ( ear Rrarlafa, 20.40
BENTS'aad LADIKH' 8H la.. Rail Hearing. 4 5 38
BUNTS.'or l ADIES* 80 Is.. Ball Baai-ln*. . . 52 18
BENTS' or LADIES' 20 la.. Ball Bearlnga all o?ar. 54 ,0(J
E. C. MEACHAM ARMS CO., ST. LOUIS, MO
Z •
9 T"SHE UIPANS TABULES regulate the stomach, •
9 1 liv. r and bowels, purify the blood, or© pleas- •
2 ant to take, safe and s3 ways effectual. A reliable x
Z remedy for BUlouanees. Blotches on the Face, 2
Z Bright R Disease, Catarrh, Colic, Constipation, Z
X Chronic Iharrhcea. Chronic Liver Trouble. DU #
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• Lorn of Appetite, Mental Depression. Nausea. •
• Nettio Rash,! T ll'ainful Dtgee •
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Htonuu'b. FeeljiiK. •
or'disease that -
Impure blood or a failure In the proper perform- •
an-e of their functions by the stomach, liver and •
intestines. I'ersonß given to ovcr-catingare ben- 2
efltod by taking one tabule after each meal. A 2
continued uoe of the HipansTabules Is the surest X
cure for obstinate constipation. They contain Z
nothing that nan be injurious to the most deli- X
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1-84 gross 15 cents. Sent by mail postage paid, a
Address THE RIPANB CHEMICAL COIPANY. I
P. U. Box C7t. Now York. 4
Liverpool, England, i the most extensive
■hipping port.
If afflicted with tore ©yes one Dr. I—in Tbemp.
•en's Eye-tveter.DrugglaU sell at £6o.per bottle
At Harvard College there are 219 courses
in the liberal arts and sciences.
DON'T fool with indigostion nor with a
disordered liver, but take Beecham's Pills
for immediate relief. 25 cents a box.
English syndicates are gobbling Illinois
milk factories.
That "all gone" or faint feeling so prevalent
with our beat female population, quickly suc
cumbs to the wonderful powers of Lydiu E.
Pink bam'a Vegetable Compound. It never
faiis.
France has reduced its customs duties on
petroleum.
FOB THROAT DISEASES AND COUGHS use
BBOWN'H BnoNcniAL TROCHES. Like all really
good things, they are imitated. The genuine
are aold only in boxes.
The City of Mexico boasts a population
amounting to 829.535 inhabitants.
FITC stopped free by DR. KLINE'S GRDUL
6EHVK RBSTORKK. NO fits after first day's use.
arvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle
freo. Dr. Kline, 081 Arch Hi., Phlla., Pa.
A Brndford (Penn.) mill makes 15,00 0,000
toothpicks a day.
Lydia E. I'inkham's warning to mothers
should be heeded by all, and "Guide to Health
and Etiquette" heeded by every Mother and
Daughter in the civilized world.
The profits of the Suez Canal are said to
exceed $7,500,000 annually.
Tlie Most Pleusnnt Way
Of preventing the grippe, colds, headaches,
and fevers is to use the liquid laxative rem
edy, Syrup of Figs, whenever the system
needs a gentle, yet effective cleansing. To
be benefited one must got the true remedy
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only. For sale by all druggists in 50c.
and SI bottles.
The centenary of the birth of Meyerbeer
will be celebrated in Europe in 1894.
Deafness Can't be Cured
' By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the car. There is only 0110
way to euro deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tub© gets in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, aud when it is entirely closed,
deafness is the result, and 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 of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure,
Bend for circulars, free.
F. J. CHUNKY & Co., Toledo. O.
Sold by Droggista, 75c.
Berlin's railroad depot will cost $4,000,-
000. U 2
Cod-liver oil suggests con
sumption; which is almost un
fortunate. Its best use is be
fore you fear consumption—
when you begin to get thin.
Consumption is only one of
the dangers of thinness.
Scott's Emulsion of cod
liver-oil makes the thin
plump, and the plump are
almost safe.
Let us send you a book on
CAREFUL LlVlNG —free.
Scorr t ROWNZ, Chemists, 133 South s th Avenue.
New York. *
Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver
oil—sll druggists everywhere do. |i.
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AM Thoroughly Tacohtry .11 AIL. Circulars free.
Bryant's College, 437 Mam St., Buffalo, N. V.
UICHFIVE OR EUCHRE PARTIES
, n . Vn'n ' n ? nci ' to JOHN SKBABTIAN, O.T. A.
C.. R. I. KP. R. R., Chicago. TEN CENTS. In stamp*
lr pack for the slickest curds you ever shuffled. Foi
f 1.00 you will roeelvo free by express ten packs.
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IIVL ILLTF M ASTHMATIC
F ' TOCURESI U Y O ;
Farm Land
In R. I>ak.; flno, rich sol], and such land as will he
worth S2O an acre Inside of Ave years can now be
bought for *3 to sr< an acre. For special bargains
write to Cll AS. L. || VIM'. Pierre. S. Dak.
THE WORLD'S SOUVENIR.—A beautiful, hi rht
Aluminum Pocket Colu. Larger than a sliver dol
lar. Lighter than 50 cents. Now patent Simple and
Instructive. A wheel within a wheel. Shows whole
veer at sight for ever. Shows Dominical 1-etter year
ly. Temperance pledge on hack. Best advertising
medium in the world. fil'iO made dally selling thorn.
Cut this out. Name this pnper. Two samples bv
mall for sl. Agents wanted evervwiwre. W. \V.
KITCHEN, l'ntentee. Rockford. 111.
the hands. Injure the Iron, and burn off.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor
less. Dnrable, and the consumer pays for uo tin
j or glass package with every purchase.
It's an insult
to your intelligence, but some un
scrupulous dealers try it. For in
stance : you're suffering from some
Skin, Scalp or Scrofulous affection,
or are feeling " run - down" and
"used-up." There's a torpid liver,
impure blood, and all that may come
from it. You've decided, wisely,
that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery is the medicine to help
you. You know that it's guaran
teed to do so, as no other blood
purifier is.
If it doesn't benefit or cure, yon
get your money back.
But what is best for you to take
isn't always best for the dealer
to sell. He offers something else
that's "just as good." Is it likely?
If the makers of a medicine can't
trust it, can you?
One of two things has to happen.
You're cured of Catarrh, or you're
paid SSOO cash. That's what i
promised by the proprietors of Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Kemedy. By its
mild, soothing, cleansing, and heal
ing properties, it cures the worst
cases.
Sheridan's Condition Powders
fAAKS
HENS
II yon con't cet It nend ton*.
Wo mail oue pack 25c. Fir© sl. A 2 1-4 lb. can $1. 20. 61*.
&'). Ex. j>aid. Poultry Raiting Oufde, froo, with $1 orders.
L S. JOHNSON A CO.. a CM-> lioiiw St.. Boston, Moas.
■ Piso's Remedy i r Catarrh la the ■■
Best, Easiest to I'ne, and Cheapest.
■ Sold by druggists or aout by mull.
60c. E. T. Hozeltlne, Warren, Pa. H
PIERRE
Will be the next young city to surprise you with a
wonderful growth. She is the inost promising city of
her size in the United States. Besides a large extent
of fertile there are worlds of wealth In miner
als tributary to her, Including immense deposits of
Coal, Iron, Tin, Lead, Silver & Gold.
Two railroads are now building, and three other*
have lately surveyed into Pierre.
The harvest of 1831 is the greatest ever known.
Now is THE Time
eortalhly to Invest.
Correspondence solicited. For further informa
tion address CIIAS. Is. IIVI)E, Pierre, S. Iak.
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You don't want comfort. If you mn rgm
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If you don 1 ! want the best, then fjjH
Siu don't want the Lace Back
uspendcr. Your dealer has it if *¥7 PI
he is alive. If he isn't he shouldn't J ]i! H
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pair on receipt of SI.OO. None ImvAH
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01 . JrlTli r m ° Vmd - . .1 rt . for ,r "" h'H'k of tMtimnnlali
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