LOVELL DIAMONDS STAND THE TEST. Board of Experts So Decide. Remarkable Invalidation From Which the Lovell Diamond Bicycle Game Out Ahead of All Gcmpetitori. Where thero are so many makes of bi cycles on the market, all of which at first sight seem to be on an equal footing to the casual observer, and 9till the fact is well known that there is no article in common use where it is so easy for the manufactur er to cover up the imperfections as in tlife bicycle, both iu material and workman ship, axjd which cannot be detected until the machine has been given a test on the road, such an investigation as has just been completed by the best experts in the country, under the supervision of the Western Review of Commerce, is likely to be of great value to the riding public. The honor of producing the best wheel among the thirty-seven well-known makes that were tested fell to the old established hoase of John F. Lovell Arms Co., of Boston, Mass., manufacturers of the celebrated Lovell Diamond. The investigation was made in a thorough manner by competent ex perts in the construction of wheels, and before them were placed thirty-seven of the K LOTO I President of the Johu P. Lovell Arms Co. j leading makes. The machines were nil ' marvels of the most recent ideas of me- i ehanica! construction, and were brought I together without the slightest Intimation or knowledge to the manufacturers that such u test was to take place. The practical experts composing the investigating board gradually j weeded Lhe machines down to a small num- 1 ber, and, after several days of careful test ing of the relative merits of the ma- • chines, they were unanimous in their j verdict that the Lovell Diamond was uu- i doubtedly the best wheel made and so re- j ported to the paper, the president of which immediately wrote the J. P. Lovell Arms I company informing the latter of the invest!- | gatioii made and the decision reached, and this was the first intimation that the Lovell j company had of the mutter. The statement that the Lovell Diamond is the best bicycle built is based upon the fact j that every part of the machine is made at their own factory. Previous to and includ ing 1890 the machine bearing the name of the Lovell Diamond was manufactured ' for the Johu P. Lovell Arms Co. by out- j side parties, but beginning with the season > of 1897, every part of every machine bearing ! their name plate lias been constructed at the factory of the John P. Lovell Arms Co. at 1 South Portlaud, Maine. This fact easily i acoouuts for the proven supremacy of the ! "Lovell Diamond" over all other leading j makes of the world. The Lovell Arms Com pany have three stores in Boston. Washing ton street, Broad street and Massa -huietts avenue, and branch stores in Worcester, Mass., Providence, U. 1., Pttwtucket, 11. 1., Portland and Bangor, Me., besides having agents in* nearly every city and town throughout the country. Their new cata logue. "Famous Diamonds of the World," free on application. Vice Admiral Makarow of the Rus sian navy is on his way to this country ' to look into American ic?-breaklng fer ryboats. The Russians want to keep ' some of their harbors open in the win- J ter. Chew Star Tobacco—The Best. Smoke .Sledge Cigarettes. To light the tire in a store at any de sired time an obsorbent roller is set at fche top of an inclined surface, to be Ignited aud rolled under the fire-box ! Jsrhen set In motion by the clock | mechanism. America's Greatest Medicine Greatest, Because la cases of Dyspepsia ft has a touch like magic, which just hits the spot, brings relief to the sufferer, and gives tone and strength to the stomach as no other medicine does. Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble "For many years I suffered almost con stantly with dyspepsia complicated with liver complaint. I tried first ono thing and then another and sometimes resorted to regular medical treatment, but derived no substantial benefit. I read About Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills and concluded to give them a trial, and they effected a per manent cure." F. CHOATES. 11l W. Boule vard, New York, N. Y. Remember Hood's parilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six for $5. Bold by all druggists. Get only Hood's. UAAH'O Dillo are lhe bent after-dinner nuuu s r Ills pills, aid digestion, ;3c. jftSEND FOR A BICYCLE ffWllWaWrfcd* '97 model! [■lightly 'hopwornj. a. FTBIKAU CYCIJS COMPANY, Clilcaao, MEN AND WOMEN WANTED TOTKJIVEI. lor old Mt.bllshsd hou.r Prr m.naut ooaltioa. *4O rr month nd , M (•BMt.PJV.ZIfitiUJk * UP m fceCMl Sl.l'hUfc WISE_WORDSi Every other generation knows how lo bring up children properly. Success which makes a man humble ts success of the liue9t perfection. Charity often covers a multitude of lins which ought not to be covered. That which history can best give is the enthusiasm which it raises in out hearts. Take the place and attitude wbicl belong to you, and all men will ao Indulgent mothers tell a boy to ge' ap in a tone which encourages him t< stay in bed. It is a bad form to confide financia' prosperity to your family doctor. If tffecta his bills. When a man finds fault with his *offee his wife safely infers that the Httef cakes are all right. The man who seeks his peace in hii own perfection will have to wait mauj days before he finds it. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. Try your pessimist with a complimeul ind five thousand a year. A clever man can hide the fact that he isn't wise; but a wise man always exposes his lack of cleverness. There is no happiness in having and jetting, but only in giving; half the world is on the wrong scent iu pur •uit of happiness. A girl's idea of happiness is to dance with one man and leave two oi three other men walking the hall door in jealous rage. As soon ss a girl thinks she owns e man she begind to act hurt and dis pleased when he doesn't put on UD overcoat when it's cold out. There are two classes of men who □ever profit by their mistakes—those who blame it on their wives, and those who lay it all to Providence. When a young man proposes to a girl she is usually about as much sur prised as a presidential candidate is when he is officialy notified of hia nomination. , They Kemarry Every Year. .fast before Probate Judge Rerr closed his office one night recently ho was paid a visit by a very strange cou ple. The visitors were a middle-aged man and woman, fairly well dressed and very good looking. The man asked the .Judge if he would Issue them a marriago license and per form the ceremony. It is needless to §ay that the Judge answered in the af- Srmative, for this is his business. The man gave his liamo as G. C. Hopkins and his companion answered to the lame of Lillian Hopkins. "Are you related to each other?" inquired the Judge. "Slightly," responded the visitor. "We are man and wife." Judge Herr naturally asked him his reasons for being married again, and the stranger related a very reuiarkablo story. He stated that they were mar ried five years ago in the city of Chi cago and have celebrated thoir wed ding anniversary each year by getting remarried. "My wife ami I entered into an igreoment," said lie, "when we were first united in the holy bonds of wed- j lock, to the effect that at the expira tion of the first year our marriage should become void, aud if we wanted [ to live together longer we should get married again. Our adventure with 1 Cupid has proven a happy one to both, nd for five consecutive years we have lived together and have been mnrriod saoh year."—Kansas City Journal. IT" "Prepare For the Worst, Sir." "Almost every big surgeon has his >wn pet method of preparing a patient j 'or the news that lie will have to un iergo an operation," said a London ' specialist. "One great man I know slways begins by a wholesale exagger ttiou of the case. If you wero about to lose one of your fingers he would probably start by telling you that the safety of your life demanded on ampu tation of the whole arm. Gradually j be would get this down to the forearm, then the hand; and by the time you knew it svas only a finger you would be ; too much relieved to care a very great deal. 'Ah, we Mil soon set that right; aud we'll give you a svhiff of the chloro form, just to insure you against feel ing the least pain,' is a very favorite intimation of an operation, An Irish surgeon lately prepared a very nervous lady patient of his by assuring her that he could not treat her case until she had got rid of a tooth which was causing her pain. He gave her chloro form, under the pretext of extracting 1 the tooth, and while she was under its influenoe he performed an opera tion which saved her life."—Cassell's Saturday Journal. The Ring; Wat In the Glove. About a month ago Mrs. Willis Polks, of Wellington, lost the gold ring which had been given to her by Mr. Folks at the time they became en- [ gaged. She advertised for the trinket, and offered rewards greatly in excess of its value, but with no result. On Wednesday another lady of Welling- j ton went into a store and commenced to try on kid gloves. Her surprise may be imagined when, in removing a glove from her hand, she found a strange gold ring upon one of her fingers. The ring was engraved j "From Willis to Emma," and was at : once recognized as the one lost by Mrs. Folks. She had been trying on gloves in the same store, and left the ring in the glove when withdrawing her hand.—Kansas City Journal. Flower For Patriot.. A novel flower has been found at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It has a faculty of ohanging its color during i the day. Iu the mprning it is white, when the sua is at its zenith it is red ; aud at night it-is blue. The red, white i and blue flower grows on a treeTaboul : the size of a guava tree, and only at j noou does it give out any perfume. 1 lYomanV. Fate* From the Record, Bushnell, 7.7. No woman is bolter ablo to speak to regarding "woman's fato" than Mrs. Jacob Weaver, of Bushnell, 111., wife of ex-City Marshal Weaver. She had entirely re covered from the illness which kept her bedfast much of the time for five or six years past, and says her recovery is duo to that well-known remedy, Dr. Williams' Tink Pills. Mrs. Weaver is fifty-six years old, and has lived in Bushnell nearly thirty years. She Is of unquestionable veracity and un blemished reputation. The story of her re covery is interesting. Bho says: "I suffered for five or six years with the trouble that comes to women at this time of my life. I was much weakened, was un able much of the time to do ray own work, and suffered boyoad my power to describe. I was downhearted and melancholy. "I took many different medicines, in fact, I took medicine ull the time, but nothiug seemed to do ra' any good. "I read about Dr. Williams' Tink Pills for Pale People, and some of mv friends recommended them highly. I made up my :yy 21 bought the first box in March, 1697, j and wns benefited ! been bothered with i]ljl|Q^ ray troubles since : [ began taking the Mrs. Jacob H r c<tocr. pll | s> "I have recommonded the pills to many j women who are suffering as I suffered. , They are the only thing that helped me In i the trial that comes to so many women at my age." Mas. J. 11. WEAVER. ! Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d day of October, A. D. 1697. O. C. IIICKS, Notary Public. When woman is passing beyond the ago of motherhood, it is a crisis in her life, j Then, if ever, proper attention to hygiene should be exercised. The attendant suffer ings will disappear and buoyant health will follow If I)r. Williams' Pink Pills are used. These pills exert a powerful influence ia restoring the system to its proper condi tion. They contain in a condensed form all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood. $409 for New Names ! The Salzer Seed Co. want suitable names for their 17-inch long corn and White Oat prodigy. You can win this i S4OO easily. Catalogue tells all about It. Seed potatoes only $1.30 a barrel. SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10 CTS. IN STAMPS to John A. Salzer Seed So., La Crosse, Wh„ and get their great i seed catalogue and 11 new farm seed , samples, Including above corn and oats, positively worth SIO.OO, to get a start. Send to-day, to-day. sir! AC. 5. f EVERY LIVING THINC HAS ' ' Pains I Aches jaßi A Every human body ran be CURED of thrrn by UHIIIK j f £3*27 - <£yjZ.TLK m '* ta:sa ss&> f 'One Year Bo: rows Another Year's Fools." You Didn't Use SAPOLIO Last Year. Perhaps You Will Not This Year. gp,'.v lirrl-"LOVELL DIAMOND"' hSSII § do™""™ I Takes Precedence Over All Other Wheels. |™ °' c "" P tage the its issue of Feb. IH ! * 4 STK R N FmtHn JtMM 7 LOftLL COMtAMY South Portfvtl, Mtjat. . .... ——— 2>tll v IS OS 1 BES ! t—frj—lWHH r. LurtLL mar MM r mu rgrnw, ■•. Lvmi Ctrratetioa ol mmy --t~ ...ESTABU3MED iUi... U*l l (r Hf J3j REVIEW OF **"*"— •*** *"**■ *** | M W> > '* ||| ** ww - <s* *2? §•*<*<>•'* &•<><CHAlß*. Our rop*"* BB j -TeToien- jfigjC], f ||Pjj WESTERN REVIEW OF COMMERCE mT£I ggj tific publico* j **nM>y u. Bradhury Publishing Co., •aaavjarma close and criti- pf| i If in the west "i ~,, . r -v makos of c >" I i E —caused to ™uv ■ • John p. tovn *fw cs. i C ] C3 a3 f OUU( j | I 1 . ,i iCaari* C. Qartar", Praa. _ Boaton, Fabruary 11, 183 i. ' Your .ataanad favor of Iht 11th 1 Ail. to hand and esniahla \ , . K 1 ■ most tnor- n,a Waatarn Rev iow of Comaefea, _ . . _ .. . , .. , . 10-'Ues, anil as Bl B Chicago 111. ho ted. We thank you fcr your kind words of appreciation. We Hough com- Dane alri—Your la'tlar of r.bruary 7 raoaivad lnraply.lll v Ela n Juat what .a aay. that for caraful and aciantiflc conatruc-i presented by B j parison be- a .var kna. of a papar of your claaa'havln, the , , tlon nd r,al PWtieal aalua tha Lovall Eianond la undoubtedly agents and in- B r • courage to come right out and state a fact, and we want to eay * the best wheel Bade. Tn our investigation we examined 37 leading 1 H i tween all ( W0,a... end .. ..r. a.u.fl.d aft.r .oat th.r.u.h t.at. that .. teres,ed wheel- | thp ho ttor stake our business reputation of over 57 years that the tovell were Justifisd in giving the Palo W tho •'Diamond." men Ad a I*C- B Diamond is the best bicycle built, not only in this country but _ , . . , B •plftSU of rv- iin any othar. Con.id.rlnj. war. nob influ.noad la any .ay by flnanoial eon. ■ J . Just as soon as you Issue the with this article in, which aidsrations, not even in the form of advertising patronage, yojg, ES cles avail. thiuNSJldba^M'lrt.d 1 and o 'tha l t"ou r a.ked Bay raat aaaurad that lha dacl.lon aa unprajudload. Ollgll and praC- J able in open p!.^ , .rU ,^r., 'io5 i 'nd o u." ,l ft''?op 0 t r .. th t y Van"** b ° > - _ fi.hmg yaß .uec... m th. cin .—on, . . _ tical tests and I B I , Again thanking you for you- kind letter and always wishing yoig Yours viry truly, /ri *'* *- •" c "H| fil marKet. Ithe very best of 'success, i*j rczaln Yours respectfully, . ( exnnilliu 11 oua, pH ' As a re- lwtt?d by B. a. L. /J _ />/>/? ' • the unanimous || suit of the | J verdict of our I expert and 6/ /fe *" f-'i , " "hi,. experts was PP the criti- ————— in favor of the a* W nation of 37 ! I MOSD,' maun- I w John P. Lovell Arms Co., M'fr's, Irrr.r: if' without any I ell Arms Co., B B prejudice, BOSTON, iTASS., (J. S. A. I Boston,Massa- II this cku3C " 9 ' I Singly an- BOSTON STORES: | 1 1 BRANCH STORES: on general and || 1 liouiices in ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ siSfW I Agents wanted in every — —, eymmetrieal II 1 favor of the 147 Washington Street. g city and town. Worcester, Mass. exeuileneo in I > 1 LOVELL 131 Broad Street. | ,f llone in yours, write Providence, R. I. Pawtucket, R. I. every part of agß | DIAMOND 121 Massachusetts Avenue. Bangor, Me. Portland, Me. bjey.-ie, cou- Bl I potitors. Get car Catalogue" Famous Diamonds of the World" of our nearest agent or sent by us on application. 11 | A South American SnaKo story. There is more than one way of fight ing a snake. In Natal, South Africa, where lives the deadly mamba serpent, a party of fifty or sixty Kaffirs wore building a mad. In the course of their work they came to a huge stone, under which dwelt a large black mamba, well-known to the neighboring inhabi tants as being very fierce and venom ous. The superintendent anticipated trouble with the rock and so he offered a reward to the Kaffir that would bring ihim the snake's skin. For a time none of them dared make the attack, but a slim youth finally sauntered forward, sind amid the Jeers and protestations of the rest "declared himself equal to the task. He took from his neck what look ed like a bit of shriveled stick, chewed It, swallowed some of it, spat out the rest on his hands, and proceeded to rub his glistening brown body and limbs all over. Then, taking up his stick, and chanting a song of defiance, . he advanced with great confidence and i swagger to the boulder. There he roused up the mamba, who In great fury at being disturbed bit him in the Up with great venom. The boy took no notice of the bit, but broke the snake's back with his stick and bringing him to his master asked for the reward, obtaining which, he went back to his 1 work, and the bite of the reptile had no effect on him whoever. | No tribe, not even that of a cow (bet | ter than any gold In the eyes of a Kaffir), would induce this native to dis ! close the secret of his antidote, which, 1 he said, had been handed down in his family for generations. The snake was a very long one, and so old that it had a mane. It Is a well-known fact that 'certain of the Zulus have antidotes for the more deadly snake poisons, which they preserve as a secret within their own famii es. I Col. Robert Ingersoll's old Sunday school teacher, John P. Robertson, has I just died at Ashtabula, 0.. aged 90. For ; 54 years he lived in the house occupied • by Ingersoll's father. To Cure A Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AD Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. SGo. I Harmsworth Brothers, proprietors of the London Daily Mail, Evening News j and other publications, gave an order ! for white paper the other day that ' amounted in value to $3,750,000. KEHAINED HEALTH. Gratifying Lotters to Mrs. Pink ham From Happy Women. "I Own You My Life." Mr 3. E. Woolhiskk, Mills, Neb., writes: :, DsAr. Mrs. Pixkxiam : —I owo my lire to your Vegetable Compound. The doctors said I had consumption and nothing could* bo done for me. My menstruation had stopped and they inid my blood was turning to water. I had several doctors. They all said I could not live. I began the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it helped me right away; men sen returned and I havo gained in weight. 1 have better health than I have had for years. It is wonderful what your Com pound ha 3 done for me." M 2 Feci Liko a New Person,*® Mr 3. Geo. Leach, 1303 Belle Gt., Alton, 111., writes: 44 Before I began to take your Vegc | table Compound I was a great sufferer from womb trouble. Menses would ap-1 pear two and three times in a month, causing mo to be so weak I could not i stand. I could neither sleep nor eat, and I looked so badly my friends hardly knew me. 44 1 tool: doctor's medicine but did not derive much benefit from it. My drug gist gave me one of your little books, and after reading it I decided to try . Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. I feel like a new person. I would not give your Compound for all the doctors' medicine in the world. 1 can net praise it enough." | FORI4CEWTS* 2 , neweme-g| 5 WwSKI °P g"i 3*D &y h Kadi *b," 100 J* £ liaHMII 1 Pk v . Karlr Spring Tumi* 100 * BBPBaift 1 ;; E*rlieet Had Beat. 10C 0 ** i " k lC M r i* Letl " ct ]- c J ■ a " Brilliant Floitai Seeds, lit ? a [jjjjy iS Above 10 pkgs. worth f 1.00, we will £ ui hI ***** $ S out them I'otatoHaal j1.31> S <a * a Bll. Catalog alone 5c No. aO J X X JOMK A. aiLZK* SP.KB CO.. Ik CXOMI, W.S. X Saeaeee ••eo eoeeeeeeeeßca oijr ß P ays Mi |nf if® TH s? illL FRAYT BEST SCALES- LEAST MONEY JONES OF BINGHAMTON N. Y. PATENTS Watson E.Coleman, Attorncy-at-Law ami Solicit, r of l'atente. flri F St., N. \\\. Washington, L>. (. Highestroferaucea iu all parts of tlx© tu.u&tty. iiißgsr Her lipjjio. An unusual form of Inebriety vv i presented for treatment at Bellevue re i costly. It was that of a woman who cared nothing for ahoholic leverages, but was afflicted with the Jamaica g!::- get* habit. She says she has an uncon tral'able desire for ginger, as It pro duces a stimulating effect, but does not Intoxicate her, and she believes she t.ould live on it. She ate little fooJ when she could obtain the drug, and she eared for no other kind of drink. Dr. Carolan placed the woman anions the alcholic patients. A curious fea ture of tne case is that when a child she was unusually fond of ginger snaps, and ate them in the way that many girls eat candy.—New York Cummer rJal- Advertiser. AJlglllOSt SUIJSI.IIK.'P. The lightest substauce known Is saiil to be the pith of the sunflower, with a sped tic gravity of 0.028, while elder pith—hitherto recognized as the llghtes! substances—has a specific gravity 1 0.09, reindeer's hair 0.1 and cork 0.2-i. For saving appliances at sea, cork with a buoyancy of 1 to 5, and reindeer's hair with one to 1 to 10, has been used, while the pith of the sunflower has a buoyancy of 1 to 3.". ITou'i TfiUf " WP offer Ono Hundred Dull r Reward f>i anv cn-e of Catarrh that cannot b • cured bj Hall's Catarrh Cute. F. J. Chbnkv & Co.. P ops.. Tolad", O. Wo. the undersigned, havp known F.J. ( ho ney tor the In t 15 years, and belinvo h in oe - fertly honor ble in nil business t an nol i m and financially able tn nnrry out any obliga tion m do by their firm. Wkst 6C THUAX.WhoI ta'e D.uggls s, Toledo. Oh o. Wai.dino, Kinnan S: MahVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. Hall s Catarrh < 'to is nken In ernally, -ft- Ing dir.ctly upon the blood and mucous snr inces of th • system. P io , 75pe bottle, bold by all 1) ugglsts. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness alter hrst day's use o ' Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.>l trial bottle au! treatise free Du. K. H. Kmkk. Ltd.. 1 Arch StPLUa..P*. Mrs. Wlnslour'sSoothing Syrup for nhfldren ' teething.&ofteus the gum*.reducing I nfiainmil lion. allays .uain, cures wiud colic. 25c.a but* 1 '!. We have n t been without I'iso's Cure for Consumption for Ad year.-. Lizzie Feuiilu Camp St. Harris burg. Pa.. May 4. Ipi|||TYOßßii|j&| | gMfiol rflisi SowNWfiLLWboL^oai FRESCO TiSSTS FGS DECORATING WALLS AND GEIUIIBS r r '"'V ia l ;^JT kn " 0 of grocer or paiut dealer and do jour own kal- rcmiuing. This material is made cu scientific principles by machinery and milled in twenty-four tints and is superior to any concoction of Gluo and Whit- j ing that can possibly be made by hand. To r.n MIXED WITII COLD WATER. | fliaT.src\ : l> l-01l SASII'LE C'ObOn CARI>S and i: you cannot j jj purchase this materia! from your local dealers let us know :.ud wo will | put you iu the way of obtaining it. 5| T3IE MIRALO CO., XEIY CPJGIITOX, S. VORXi tVUEE ou mention w I thin publication. THii UK. VViilfUllALl. iir.UUIMI.SK i.u .icuu. iiemi. Indian* j I I | PRICE S2.2s—flcAD ON! I No. 083. brass Trimmed WhJt* E-- ameb'd ISedste-id, made In 51,48, 42and 36 inch widths—length 75 Inches. It ha* ] I one-inch pillars, two inch brass vwses and caps. Tnis l>ed retal.s at from sto ; 6 dollars. Uuy of the maker and Pivothe mid j dleman'9 profits. Our Cahtl gues ate mailed I'qr the asking. Complete lines of Furuittire, Draperies, Crocker**, I Pictures, Mirrors. Stove®, B tors, Uabjr Carriages, l amp-. Ileddi' g, B I etc.. are c ntain"d in tiie-o IsMiks. Our B L tbngraphed Carpet Catab gi.e show- B ; ing all goods in hand-painted colors is also free; if Carpet satunie* are wanted mail us Bc. in stumps. Dr<>pato-ru at i j once to the money savors and remem ber that we pnv freight Hum month on purehnsea of urp<•!, I,nee 4 iirtniiiM, l*or|erN abl Hugs amounting to 09 and over. Julius Nines & Son BALTIMORE, MO. 1 n&tNS'ONS,PAT!\| 1 3. CLAIMS. bJfj O-NW MORRIS. AASHINGMm.3 C. jg Frißcip.l Ea.iain.r 'J s Pea.tua Uiu.aa. ~:iil. ... C. Calf"—., ilri.. ,y.a kiPI i 9iy rs i' n "ABE" LIKCCLIf ""V" P/.7EK7 b".T I. W. LEV ASK, aalkltur ol II . fc
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