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1W5SKT - .. . _ •^'""1'> ' • • • «; ' *"f -•£,<%*> aA •>•'• ' 1 - ,-¥- * t , f# z% ̂. .. : 1 i * '«/ Kwpm sKOWTOjTf*^'"1 .W^yfcfS* fcW - :.^:&^/rtwar?ffi!,gw*S'•>! • e-, s.- j -> ,> > <' , # j... '••<•„ ' '\ • * -a.\ ' " ' " " " " ' ^ " ' " ' " * " A1 OtB MHmH1. *•• •« SIWB g»wi|.K%>t T«m ud HM iHme 8MM •wy Cwrtows Work. f The man who claims to be the most 'celebrated horse-thief in the world is r'-'i.*--1 lno.w tm<*er ftwest in Louisburg, Kan. t '"His name is "Washington Waterman % and he is 78 years of age. He acknowl- g«L ^ges the theft of one hones in Kan- §T'V kRm alone, and the authorities of the fvi , "State are willing to admit* that he has made off with five times that many. f"-"'x takes his present arrest jt ;"^ith great good nature. He is near the pf * (J,«nd of hia earthly pilgrimage, and he f- *. itloes not expect to be jailed again in this & ' 2^or*d. penitentiaries of Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska have each held hina on different occasions. In his ear- t"'( J <i days it was his custom to lead a l^-^party of tramps into a neighborhood | , which he had previously prospected, : jand, with a central rendezvous, all fwoiild make a circuit of five or ten Smiles on a given night and round up be­ fore daylight with all the horses, har­ dness, shovels, currycombs, chains, mon­ key-wrenches, whips, hammers, oil, •Bcrew-drivers, and brooms that the re- igion afforded. Barns would be liter­ ally stripped of everything of value. After the prohibitory law went into ieffect in Kansas, the country being inore thickly settled, Waterman found ; |t advisable to change his plan of opera­ tions. He would visit towns in Missouri *_, #»d lay in a largp quantity of whisky in »*", T quart bottles, and then, as a secret dis- '"v " penser of this beverage, he would attack \ _$bie farmer on his weak side. When he " • y |onnd one who properly appreciated the )\ luxury of having whisky brought to his fi_\- < Very door, he would tarry with him and open a bottle or two on his own account, h ^ 'After the farmer had yielded to the effects of his potations and had fallen sjk . Under the table, Waterman would help Jumaelf at the barn and disappear. _ The old man also enjoys the rare dis tinction of being the only man in the I' JWorld who ever stole a horse while he fi "Was an inmate of a State prison. When * was serving the last of his three ; terms in the Missouri Penitentiary, his conduct was so good that he was set 4' flown as a "trusty," and as such was on ^ * many occasions permitted ta go outside f-: . "the walls. On one of these occasions p he was seized with an irresistible im­ pulse to make off with a horse, and five .<• tninutes after he was astride a fine ani- ^ Dial which Jie had lifted from a conven- &' ient barn. With this exploit he seems ff : have been content, for he presently J.. dismounted, left the horse to browse at will by the roadside, and hurried back \ to the prison. Having had a taste of liberty Waterman longed for more, and > . • two weeks later he stole a team belong- ' lag to one of the keepers and made for the country at a break-neck pace. He found no difficulty in disposing of the torses, and with the money obtained he j|ed to Canada, where he passed several | - /ears without attracting much, atten- Waterman, who does not appear to be i . As old as he is, talks freely of his ex- i* ploits, and saeius to have no conception Of the fact that horse stealing is not a • perfectly legitimate pursuit. He told j «ne of his visitors the other day that he p,_ was getting on in years, and that if any gji , 0f the boys wanted points in the busi- Hess he would give up at the rate of $5 6 • |tpoint. ;• ' Tk* HeUpherieal Fly. All the works on entomology liave feiled to make any mention of the met- * tuphorical fly, yet it is one of the most Numerous of all insects. It inhabits • i k u m a n s a n d i s f o u n d o n p e o p l e i n a l l %%alks of life and in all countries. ( The society belle, who was meant by i _ Mature to have a little sense but who marries a poverty-stricken, shallow- > brained English lord for his title, has Ipetaphorical flies on her; the girl next door who can't play the piano or sing but who keeps up an incessant thump- ~""lbg and howling all the time, is quite thickly populated with metaphorical K lies; the man who tries to do business i' without advertising can put in his spare time shaking up the metaphorical flies ' that inhabit a great part of his external jsnatomy; the young man who goes to the theater in a carriage with a pretty Sirl and don't hug her has metaphorical ies hanging from his eyebrows and ,«ars; the preacher who makes pastoral y. calls on a handsome sister of his flock and doesn't stroke her cheek in a brotherly way has so many metaphori- 7 cal flies on him that he can't hear him- #£lf think for the buzzing they make. The man who holds down two seats a crowded car, women who walk three reast through a crowded street, the wan who persists in reading aloud in a boarding-house parlor, the girl who chews gum at the theater, the man who . doesn't smoke and turns up his nose with a superior air when offered a cigar, the chump who bores you by talking politics during business hours, the act- fess . who carries her stage airs into private life, the country editor who blows about his own editorials, the jib- bering idiot who apes the English, the 15-year-old boy who wears a silk hat and calls his father "The Guy," the dude who boasts how many girls are in love with him, the young man who goes home from the West and tries to make the old folks think that he is a bad man, the would-be dramatist who wants to read his new play to you, the fellow who makes yon repeat everything you •ay by stating "how?" the* man who 'stops you on the street on a cold day to tell you a joke, the bore wjio tells you what i#;t going to happen next at the play--all these, and a legion more, nave metaphorical flies all over them, {et one of them feels complimented to ave it said, "There are no flies on him." --*-V. SS. Meed, in Texas Siftings. Our Seventy-Year Clocks. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of Sesurreotion. Tic-tac! tio-tac! go the wheels of thought. Our will cannot stop them. They cannot stop themselves. Sleep cannot still them. Madness only makes them go faster. Death alone can break into the case, and, seizing the ever- ewinging pendulum, which we call the heart, silence at last the clicking of the terrible escapement we have carried so long beneath our wrinkled foreheads. If we could only get at them, as we » on our pillows, and count the dead beats of thought after thought and Image afterimage jarring through the over­ tired organ! Will nobody back those wheels, uncouple the pinion, cut the string of those weights, blow up the in­ fernal machine with gunpowder? What a.pas9ion comes over us sometimes for silerice and rest! that this terrible me­ chanism, unwinding the endless tapestry of time embroidered with spectral fig­ ures of life and death, could have but one brief holiday ! Who can wonder that men swing themselves off from iraAm tMMN t̂that they talus counsel ofthegnm fiend wbohas to utter bat his one peremptory monosyllable, and the restless machine is shivered as a vase that is dashed upon a marble floor." * * * If anybody would only con­ trive some kind of a lever that one could thrust in among the works of this horrid automation and check them or alter their rate of going, what would the world give for the discovery?-- Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Real Irish Friexe. ' * " ibttttng the various textile product <& Irish manufacturing skill, the most ex­ tensively known, says the Clothier, is the justly celebrated Irish fabric. Its manufacture has come down from time immemorial. The process since it was first woven on the primitive hand loom and the subsequent manipulation to pre­ pare it for the only garment for which it is pre-eminently suited, the Cotha More (big coat or overcoat), has been handed down from one generation of the Irish people to another, until, at the present day, the rapidly increasing steam-power looms of the Irish mills are engaged in manufacturing friezes which are making their way by sheer force of real merit in the best markets of the world. The cMef features which tligtingninfr frieze from all other cloths is its ab­ solute imperviousneSs to rain and its ex­ traordinary durability. Of course we are now speaking of real Irish frieze, not the counterfeit article, which is now quite plentiful in American markets. These points of excellence are secured through the peculiar method of manu­ facturing the longest and best wool, selected from the best Irish fleeces, withont which there can be no genuine Irish frieze. Nothing but washed wool of the long- eat and strongest fiber is used. This is first dyed, and afterward, when spun, is doubled so as to resemble yarn. It is then woven, after which it is put through the thickening or tucking process, as it is termed. This latter is practically a somewhat prolonged washing or sous­ ing of the cloth in a carefully prepared solution, slowly heated up to the boil­ ing point, and then as slowly cooled again. This shrinks and consequently thickens the fabric which conies from the loom to- such an extent that it be­ comes almost impossible, after cutting the goods, to separate one thread of the cloth from the other, so closely are they allied and so interdependent on each other. ' ' 111 . ' • & ' A Practical Philosopher. August Kartoff, of Harrison, N. J., is probably the most philosophical man who has been introduced to the public in a year. He recently got out of em­ ployment, and his wife, after frequent quarrels with him, left home with a good-looking young German named Wessel. Kartoff found this out on Saturday, and suspecting that the young man would not be satisfied with the wife alone, he set a watch on his own house while he was absent, and to-day a constable caught Wessel as he was about to remove the furniture. Wessel was arrested and taken to the police station, where Kartoff appeared against him. An interpreter named Schweikert was secured and the difficulty was ex­ plained to the Justice. On hearing that Wessel was a molder, earning $4 a day, Kartoff said that inas­ much as he was unable to take care of Mrs. Kartoff, Wessel might take her. All he asked was that Wessel should sign a document acknowledging that he had carried off Mrs. Kartoff. This Wessel agreed to do, and the paper was drawn up by the interpreter. Then the question arose about the furniture, and Kartoff said: "Oh, let them have that, too. It's of no use to me now." There being no formal charge against Wessel he was permitted to depart, and it is presumed that he joined Kartoff in New York City. Died in the Dental Chair. A woman who lived near Halifax, ac­ cording to the Pittsburgh Dispatch, died, shortly after having thirteen teeth extracted. She suffered greatly from toothache, and her husband, becoming exasperated by her frequent complaints of pain, threatened to leave home unless the troublesome molars were removed. She was of an extremely nervous tem­ perament, and after much hesitation went to the dentist's, but fainted before getting into the chair. Eventually the extracating began, and after two teeth had been drawn she pulled violently to escape the dentist's operation. It was necessary "to have thirteen teeth re­ moved, and the husband determined not to permit his wife to leave the chair until every one had been taken out. To make the work easier for the dentist, the husband held the wife's head and arms so that she could not move, and the work continued until all the teeth had been extracted. By this time the woman was exhausted and unable to rise from the chair. The two men real­ ized that she was in a dangerous con­ dition, and they at once applied restor­ atives. A physician was summoned and every effort was made to revive the woman, but it was of no avail, and she died two hours later. The Ox and the Peasant. An Ox who had been Worked rather hard during a rush of Labor made his complaints to the Ass and the Horse, and by them was Advised to demand his Ilights. He therefore went to the Owner and said: "I have come to Demand Shorter hours of Labor." "Very well," replied the Peasant, and next day he gave the Ox only three- quarters of a day, but at the same time onlv three-quarters feed. - "ilere, how is this!" Demanded. H£e Ox as he surveyed his Rations. "I must Measure your Feed to Agree with your Work," replied the Peasant. "If you Work less my profits are less, and I must cut down my outgo." "But what I Demanded is less Work and full Feed!" "Well, then, Pll have to close out and let you go. To lose both your Labor and your Feed would Soon Bankrupt me. MORAL :--The Laboring man expects to get just as much Pork for fifteen cents as for a quarter--only he doesn't. --Detroit Free Press. Cheap Quinine as a Corse. The Medical Record is not so sure that cheap quinine is an unalloyed bless­ ing. It has come about that nearly every family now has its quinine bottle, that it is sold at many general stores, and that the doctor rarely meets an in­ valid who has not been thoroughly dosed with quinine. The drug, when taken continuously or excessively, is an inju­ rious oae; and its therapeutic value is greatly exaggerated in the popular mind. The value of quinine in "colds," bronchitis, ephemeral fevers, anorexia, r BARON MCTCmUBEK. n* ua> aiitonr «r aeoovipitahad X4ar of tlu LiM Centwy. Does any one nowadays read Baron Munchausen, or has *he been quite superseded by Jules Verne and other modern wonder-workers ? In 1785 appeared the narrative of "Marvelous Travels and Campaigns in Russia," published under the name of Baron Munchausen, though the author was E. R. Raspe, a native of Cassel. As the Munchausen* were actually an old and powerful family, it is rather surprising that Raspe should have adopted their name, though an ingenious reason for his doing so has been recently elabor­ ated. Before his time there appeared in Hal- berstadt a handsome, well-dressed stran­ ger, who called himself Baron Carl Fredrich Munchausen. He was well received there and soon married an elderly heiress, who considered his title an ample exchange for her money. The Baron told her dazzling stories of 'his wealtli, although he confessed that it was at that time so involved in a law­ suit and sundry other legal complica­ tions, that he could not obtain the use of it. In order to hasten these proceed­ ings he proposed going to the North of Germany, and they accordingly went to Jevcr, near which there was an estate actuajlv belonging to the Munchausens, and im this property the Boron attempted to raise money by means of mortgages. Neither the tenants nor notaries doubted his title to the estates, but the more cautious money-lenders insisted on further delay and inspection of his claims. Meanwhile the Baron and his wife were cordially entertained by the neigh boring dignitaries, who were never tired of hearing about his extraordinary ad­ ventures. He had visited the Holy Land, Greece, Egyftt, and Nubia, and had most remarkable tales to tell of the events which befell him in those conn tries. One day, however, he went too far, and referred to his previous mar­ riage with a daughter of Major-General von Werder. One of the ladies present seemed much perplexed, and finally told Munchausen that she could not in the least understand this statement, she knew that General von Werder's only daughter had married a gentleman in Saxony. The Baron blushed, stam­ mered, and admitted that he had manu­ factured the entire story. Strange to say, his acquaintances merely laughed at the occurrence, and contented themselves with calling him a boaster. As yet they did not doubt his pretentions. Suddenly the town was electrified by the news that the Baron's wife had been shot while lying in her bed. It was the Baron who found her, but she was quite dead when he gave the .alarm, and though he ap­ peared to be frantic with grief, he could make no suggestion in regard to the possible murderer. All the evidence obtained by the police pointed to his own guilt, and he was accordingly arrested. Then there was found among his papers letters addressed to Baron Scharrenschiid, and he confessed under pressure that this was his tme name, and that he had assumed the name of Munchausen. Although it was known that he had an interest in his wife's death, being greatly in need of money, he would not acknowledge that as the reason, but declared that he done the deed in attempting to shoot a pet dog which had annoyed him. This explan­ ation only proved that he was willing to lie to the last, as neither he nor the Baroness had such a dog. Application was made to the real Munchausens for any information they might have concerning the Baron Schar­ renschiid, and it came out that the im­ postor bearing that name had, with no recommendation except his manner and assurances, married and deserted a daughter of the house. In 1704 the man was executed under the name of Schar­ renschiid, but who he was and whence he really came could never be dispov ered.--Gentleman'^Magazine. The Vatican Residence of the Pope. The Vatican at Rome is a collection of buildings, erected at various times and for different purposes, consisting of a papal residence, a library, and a mu­ seum. The ftsst residence of the popes was erected bv St. Svmmachus (498- 514). This ancient palace was rebuilt in the thirteenth century by Innocent HI., and greatly enlarged by Nicholas III. (1277-1231); but the Lateran con­ tinued to be the papal residence; and the Vatican palace was only used on state occasions, and for the reception of any foreign sovereigns visiting Rome. While the pope resided in Avignon, France, (1309-1377), the Lateran palace fell into decay; and, for the Hake of , greater security afforded by the the vi­ cinity of the fortress of 8t. Angelo, it was determined to make the pontifical residence at the Vatican, and the first conclave was held there in 1378. The length of the Vatican palace is 1,151 English feet, its breadth 767 feet. It has eight grand stair cases, twenty courts, and is said to contain 11.000 apartments of different sizes. The small portion of the Vatican inhabited by the pope is never seen except by those who are admitted to a special audience. Two hundred and fifty-five popes are reckoned from St. Peter to Pio IX., inclusive. The library of the Vatican was founded by the early popes, but greatly augmented in modern times. It is the oldest and most celebrated li- bra*$ in Europe. The noble hall is of splendid architectural proportions, sur­ rounded by an immense double gallery, the whole adorned with frescoes, busts, statues, and columns, but no books or manuscripts are to be seen; they are all inclosed in cabinets of painted wool The number of printed books does not exceed 40,000; but the collection of manuscripts are the finest in Europe, and is said to amount to upwards of 25,- 000. The Museum of Art is the finest in the world. Among its paintings are several of the most famous of the old masters; it contains also 10,000 pieces of statuary, yet so ample is thp space that it nowhere Appears crowded. _ general malaise and various othor minor Maxus in hempen lasso >. that they ' ills, the editor tlmifrq ig Aost probleiii- jump off from parapets into the fwifjt j atioalr f Try Not to Cough. A physician who is connected with an institution which contains many chil­ dren, says: "There is nothing more irritating to a cough, than to cough. For some time I had been so fully as­ sured of this that I recently determined, if possible, for one minute, at least, to lessen the number of coughs heard in a certain ward in the hospital of the in­ stitution. By the promise of rewards and punishments I succeeded in induc­ ing them simply to hold their breath when tempted to cough, and in a little while I was myself surprised to see how some of the children entirely recovered from their disease. "Constant coughing is precisely like scratching a wound on the outside of the body; so long as it is done the wound will not heal. Let a person, when tempted to cough, draw a long that ian soothes etery air cell, and some benefit will soon be received from the process. The nitrogen, which is thus refined, acts as an anodyne to the irritated mucus membrane, allaying the desire to cough and giving the throat and lungs a chance to heal. At the same time a snitable medicine will aid nature in her effort to recuperete."--Baltimore News*,. ., ^ An tfnplea<mnt Experience, 5r' ' Dr. Loye gives a detailed and ' very interesting account of ai^,execution which took place three years ago at Troves, and at which the author, to­ gether with another French medical man, was present. Both of us believed that our wide ex­ perience of bloody vivisection would have hardened us sufficiently to go through the spectacle without very great emotion. The condemned man had nothing by which he could attract any great interest or pity. He was a professional malefactor who, in his last exploit, had murdered my companion's aunt and cousin. We had, therefore, no reason to regard such a criminal with compassion. However, when the fellow arrived in front of the guillotine we could not help a feeling of painful emotion creeping over us, and by which no doubt we partly lost that mental neutrality which is necessary for all scientific investigations. As a proof of this fact I may say that the peremption of time, of duration, was immediately disturbed with l»oth of us. The carriage stopped near the guillo­ tine. A policeman stepped out, a warder, the executioners assistant, and another policeman. They all seemed to move very, very slowly. At last the condemned man stepped out, accom­ panied by the chaplain, an executioner's assistant, and a third policeman. He stood beside the vehicle with a pale face, eyes and mouth open, his fluried look fixed obstinately on the enormous knife which glittered at the distance of a few steps. They arrived in front of the guillo­ tine, the assistants throw the patient down and fiis head was fastened. When the upper part of the boards between which the man lay was faste-ned, it ap­ peared to us as if he were already be­ headed. Alas! I shall not soon forget the man's face! It was turned down­ ward to the box into which his head would fall; he looked at this box with an expression of fear and terror such as I have never seen on any other face. His mouth was wide open, his forehead contracted, and the eyes seemed to be starting out of their sockets. It was a horrible sight. At last the knife came down. We could follow it as it descended; we saw it slacken its speed as it neaped the neck of the criminal; we saw the head cut inch by inch from before the board, the face being drawn into a terrible grimace, and making in its fall a kind of bow. All this seemed to last an eternity. • A dozen times I was on the point of calling out to the executioner to make haste and shorten our own and the patient's agony. * ? " I looked at my watch, and it appeared that only fifteen seconds had passed since the condemned man arrived under the guillotine. During these fifteen sec­ onds I had seen every detail of the exe­ cution ; I had seen the slow descent of the knife, which falls iu the third of a second, and I had seen the head slowly severed from the body. My companion had felt the same widening out of time, and he was as surprised as I when h« heard what was the exact time of the operation.----Pail Mall Gazette. Strange Mistakes with Boohs. Says a Portland bookseller: "At one time we were ejq-rying a large stock of religious works, and one day I called out to one of my clerks, holding up a book which he had. wrapped up lor some one, 'Is this "The City of God ?" ' 'No, I guess not,' he said without looking round, 'at least I never heard it called that before. It is generally the Forest City. Perhaps it is Brooklyn.' He afterwards explained that he thought I had found a reference in some book to a place called the City of God and wanted to know what city it meant. "On another occasion a woman with a valise in her hand rushed in and asked a new boy if he had 'That Husband of Mine' in our store. He eame rushing out to me in the back shop and said a woman wanted to know if her husband was in our store. I surmised what the trouble was and attended to her myself. "Some of the most amusing mistakes, however, are those made by people who get the titles of books wrong. They read about them in some catalogue or newspaper, but don't more than half re­ member the name, and the result is, to say the least, peculiar. One woman came in the other day and asked for 'The Rhinestone,' and went out mad be­ cause one of the clerks toM her we didn't sell jewelry. Another wanted 'The Cardinal's Letter,' by Hawthorne. It took our whole force about fifteen minutes to get at what she really wanted, 'The Scarlet Letter.' She said she knew there was something red about it somewhere, and thought it must be cardinal "--Portland Advertiser. He Knew Him to Be a Ftfend and Bene- "Confound your awkwardness!" groaned the man whose corns W been stepped on. "• "I beg your pardon, sir,r answered the offender, "but I think you were as much to blame as I was.- You-stepped directly in my way." "Do you claim the whole sidewalk, sir, as yours? Has|everybody got to get •out of the way when you eome along ?" "Sir, I have apologized to you for the accident. If you want any further satis­ faction I shall be happy to accommo­ date yon at any time. Sera is my card." (Reads)--" 'K. K. Guppins, manu­ facturer of railway lamps.' Do you make those lamps they use on the cars." "I do, sir." (With <ftootion)--"My dear friend, permit me to grasp your handl l am a spectacle peddler."--Chicago Tribune. bpeafch hoAd itmttil it warms and j fitjl The Bustle as a House Trap. As a young lady of. Bridgeport was dressing for a party, a mouse put in an appearance and, naturally enough, created great confusion, but finally disappeared. After Hie lady had re­ turned from the party and was disrob­ ing for the night, what was her aston­ ishment to find the poor mouse in her bustle, but the place of fancied security it had sought in the excitement of the chase had proved a d&th trap. At some time during its presence there it had been crushed to death.--Mart/or x Times. • STATISTICS show that there are fifty crematories now scattered through the world, and yet it is nearly impossible for people living in the cities to rat. milk that isn't skimmed.--Somerville Jour- IhaVhm Bfeu» Thai Hti Um naked branciiM a-qofvertaf ft sot felt by th« wealthy Tiletadin&rian Indoors, bit net «11 the covering that can be piled on hf s warm bed, nor all the furnace heat that anthracite oaa furnish, will warui hia marrow when chills and fever runs iu icy fingers along his spinal column, Hoitetter'g Stomach Bitteva is tbe thtog to infuiie new warmth into bis chilled and aguish frame, to remedy the fierce fever and ex- kanetmg sweats which alternate with the chill. Dnmb ague, agce cake, bilioui remittent--In abort, every known form of malarial disease ia •nbj«gat«d by this potent,and,at the same time, wholesome and genial medicine. Biliousness, constipation, dyipepiia, sick headaches, loss of sppetite and sleep, kidney trouble, rheumatism, •nd debility ate also remedied by it. psrsistence to affect a thorough cure. To Make Wood Fire-Preotv A New-Englander has recently dis­ covered a cheap method of dissolving zinc by combining it with hydrogen and producing a solution called zino water. This liquid applied to certain woods--notably white wood--makes it absolutely fire-proof at a low oort. , A Sensible Man Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, it is curing more eases of Asthma. Bronchitis. Croup. a?iT Tfapont and Lung Troubles, than any other medicine. The proprietor has author ^7 druggist to give you a Sample .Bottle tree to convince you of the liiciit ot and fieat r?medy* Bottles 60 cents "BLESSED is the man who has the gift of making friends," says a philosopher. Yes.1 In many cases it is the gift that makes the friend. 4 /* Sadden Changes of Weather c&uso luroat DtaoftHoa. There is no moro effectual remedy for Coughs, Colds, etc., than BBOWN'S BRONCHIAL L^OCHAA , Sold only in boxe*. Price 25 eta. IK telephoning, the word crying necessity. 'hello" is a1 You Going to (he Conference? The Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Ry. (Monon . Route). with its usual enter­ prise, will sell excursion tickets from Chi­ cago, Michigan City, and th« Northwest, at a special low rato of one and one-third fare for the round trip, to those desiring to at­ tend the meeting of the Prohibition Na­ tional Executive Committee, which will be held in Louisville. Ky.. commencing Feb. 13, 1889. Ferrates and full particulars, address *r McCormick. G. P. A., Aewtepfip street, Chicago. . " His Choice. Pfoud father (showing off' his hoy before compsny)--My son, which would you rather be, Shakspeare er Edison ? Little son (after meditation)--I'd rather be Edison. "Yes. Why?" "Cause he ain't dead. "--.Neto Tori Weekly. Consumption Surely Cured. To the Editor: Please inform your readers that I have a positive cure for Consumption. By Jta timely use thousands of hopeless eases have boen permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of iny remedy FREE to any of your readers who huve con­ sumption, if they will send me their Express and P. Q. Address. Keapectfully, T. A. 8LOCUM, M. C.. 181 Pearl St, N. Y. Blind for the Occasion. Tom--Is Harry here? Biok--I don't know. I probably wouldn't see him if he was. Tom--Yon're not near-sighted, are you? Dick--No; only I owe him a small amount.--Yankee Blade. Oanter Cured. Dr. P. L. Pond is having wonderful suo- •MS In the treat ment an A cure of canoer at the cancer hospital at Aurora. 111. There are numbers of cures recently made by him which are truly wonderful. Those afflicted {hould not hesitate, bat should so there fof reatment at onco. For information, addrsss Dr. F. L. Pond. Aurora. IU. T. T. T. T. Time Tried. Thoroughly Tested, it stands to-day as far ahead of all its base imitators as Gold is above all the baser metals. It is a reliable household medicine, a cure for all Pain. Hamlin's Wizard Oil. Sold by all Druggists. 50c and $1.00. --Slim persons and all who are reduced in weight from overwork, etc., will regain flesh and teuerul health by the use of MXUEK'»EMUL MOW. A Fair Trial Of Hood's Sarssparilla will convince any reasonable person that it does possess great medicinal merit. We do not claim that every bottle will accomplish a miracle, but we do know that nearly every bottle, taken according to directions. <1OPB produce positive benefit. Its peculiar curative power is shown by many remarkable cures. 1 WM run down from close application to work, but was told I had malaria. Mid waa dosed with qul- nnie, etc.. which was useless. I decided to take Hood's Barsapfcrilla and am now feeling strong and cheerful." W. B. BEAMISH, 261 Spring Street, New York City. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1; «u for $5. IY«>pared only by C. I. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar AlfE CTIinV Bookkeepwe, Business Forma. (IMC w I UUI»IVninan»lii(i.Aritlimotic.8hort- hsnd, etc., thoroughly taught by mail. Circulars free. UaTAMT's BUSINESS COLLEGE. Buffalo, N.Y. H PATENTS F. A. JL.K: H'HNIII 4»-8end MDERj8P*8TjUiag £ss!£unn. rjnail. StoweiiaOfe >vtostown.Maas. ViSELiHE PREPARATIONS On receipt of postage stamps we will send free isil the following nuit;ndid articles: by lO cent*. 15 cent*. 15 cent*. No Vaseline 1b genuine unless our uame ia on label. CHiutDBouoH HANUF'U Oo„ 34 State St., New York. nail the following yili iidid articles: One Box of Pure Vaseline, One Box of Vaseline Cainplior Ies, Oil* Box of Vaseline Cold Cream, PENSJQN D. C., sueoessfufiy pi JOHN W» MOItRlS, lata Principal Examiner, r. S Pension Bureau, Att'y at-Law, W ashlnKtont *•-- claims, original. tnorease, re-rating, WMOWB', children's aad depea dent relatives'. Bxpertenoe: 3 j rs. In last war, 15 yre la Pension Bureau, aad 4 VETS, pr^cttoing attorney. L A D I E S L O O K ! A No-'lty Bug Machine sent by snail tot- $!. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Wholesale pricu reduced to Agents. New Pricelixt ot machiucK. yarn, pattern*, etc., and a book of beautiful colored pattern designs sent free. J®*Agents wanted. K. KOSS & COH Toledo. O. QATARRU Ely's Cream Bala | Gold in Head ELY BEOS.. M Widen 8t. N. T. Tkt Oldest Medicine i* the World it probablr DR. ISAAC THOMPSON'S nSSkiK&fcfc f I. it inn, and has been in constant use for nearly a century. There are few diseases to which mankind art' hubjeet more distressing than sore eyes, and •one, perhaps-:, for which more remedies hare been tried without success. For all external Inflammation of the eves It is an infallible remedy. If the direc­ tions are followed it will never fall. We particularly [FOR THE BLOOD Swift's Specific ha« cured me of » malignant bre*kiog it on my which caused intolerable pain. It WM lied Eczema by the doctors--four of whom treated toe no relief, i candidly confess that I own my present health to S. 8. S., which in my enhmition & fnvalu* .)• M a blood roMdy. Miss JULIA Da WITT. f»7N. lUthSU, Si. Louis, Ito. Cm kftto wlm two months old was attacked «rj(h fola> which for a long time destroyed ber eyesight tlrelv, and caused tu to despair of her life. Tfi«j Hoo- ri failed to relieve ber, and we grave Swift's Specific, hich MM cored her entirely, ani she is now hale aad earty. E. V. DELK, Will's Point, Teals. Serafoladeveloped oe 1117da«*btor--swelling aad leapt 1 fcerMck. We are ber Swift's Specific, aad lb* «•» wwderfUwd the core prompt. B.A. DsARMONDt Cleveland, "tad ftr took glTh* history of Blood Disease! •»* to iiAm i, gWcrr gPECIFIC OO, CURBS PROMPTLY 8PRAIN8, STRAINS, HURTH. ' CONQUERS PAIN. HEALS, CURES. AT DRUOCIST AND DEALXXS. IIU CHARLES JL V0GELER CO.. BaRimw*. M. DIAMOND VERA-CURA FOR DYSPEPSIA. A Positive Cure ft>r INDIGESTION and all Stomach Troubles Arising; Therefrom. Tour DrvgqiH or General Dealer irill get YerOr Cmra for v»u if not MretuU in stock, or a trill he Mnt fy mail at receipt if 25 otatt <5 boxex $u») in stamot. Sample sent on receipt of t^etu stamp, THE CHARLES k. VOOE ER CO.. Baltimars, M. COD LIVER OIL. With Extract of Malt and ConapOsa* 9yt*P «F:"' Diseases. It IA as pleasant aad honey. It» diate. It (k swirinasBr alter OBtfOBS And that JPitto'e Cora for Consumption not only PREVENTS, bat also CUBES Uoana- SALESMEN •pie W« with A few cell our MedA bj to tbe wholesale sad re- tr*«£<>. Largos? eaGu- » frtU our Imr. Enclose jj 2 - c ? n t W a c M S 3 P t r D s y * F e r M n f . t p c x l t t o a . N o po*t*le uiwend. adratccd fer w**ee,$d?t»rtinoe, t Centennial Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Oh , etc. Kraulaiona 1--tatitr <a It Is a great pi It purine* the Blood, aaad >sl1sst» | ly in wfiffat while tsUaitt. It Is a trne Emolsftwa. tfea «a$r i always ready, alwaya «H>S, wsd 1 has it thick, fuunn] top to npmt thu Pj _ It is rued tn *11 the 1 It 1h prescribed tojr the moat mnioMik stent-' dans In the I'uitod and CMMM&t. Aak yonr Dmggiat for it, and takaao • J. A. MA6EE & CO., Lawteace. MCftlttr, oae of our el«MOMft,aadthf beet riled Mot Su made. Wi wtvnderffcit ere able to ma tbe rtaioa tfeatoar roods of such Merit that, when a rwrsoa poseeseea them, Hi BAT io«Uitv, tbefr ffcnc spreads, and many peoBkMuchiM; a larfe aad pr«*tabl« tndMfl ftlwajr* results. \\>»an tuppljr free ©»ty Mepanca hiMcfe lecellty^j Tbeee who write at onee, v ii) raeke ura of their reward, while t Whodelay will loeethechancc. BestOe*. OmsdTeleseepe. Noe £t expiate further here. The«e who wr^eot once wfileecer* prompt • _ " " reiy. Attm, WL BALLSTT dfc In 8SYt fUrttolb 1 wlthoet i rsmlac a Itet* 6 $300 Cash will uMfitaM a OnatDt aheoiaf fcy ; pirnl* bjMtwtan tl anyedce aad net crtai w thiat «wu» itowlac tkra* wm w «Nr wiii aack, thaint Shsatsfts* w«j* U will tM*m ftOaacn, Ik* fcrtt* fill, i>wH Itw U U»tM»>,•>•*<<•« nmt tin int CT nmv who ntcta CM aiaa^ PL«U lit 11M HOW I* nack TM <AMTAFJW t 08 uiito m4 B*t ft lis*, wfa ' <nai _ MM war to nark ttwcMWr will rndn.|anek. l(>m»Ml»l«ant tk» Iin1iam>|ala«a ikucabriM *f tk««Uw TMi ifcli ifcaUtntot Tha fillllIInay OUSUSI laawr hoawaW toifttlwra »«»t--d coU U frrfar Haiti* mmajftm. BtaaAslt W, 14 nl«n, b tatoilf Cftmf* --s atnwllyHla»trrt»4. fMaroaaallll nUiCklBMTOinatkatmtHtiiMlmriktnM. OvWaakUaaiMi paallsktra lU> p«par kavir. S«4 MW TV Day. itln l̂laanl IIIMM aad aMmwaf pta wiaMri will afparia tks CmafC-- itApUIS Wm if AVPTT»ILIAR«NT]WMANMIMNTHLLIILAI(AANAIL. XIOAAAO wrtMalQoaaa*w t l k « O a a e w l steepslalwewsees*. JMa THIOHUQnax COBKXal0?iu>d6D2>aaitmEnitZcUMcat9L is so foil or mfe, vbar NOVELTY- sooretof Ittl 6 to lOttmeiM SMws£ita Effrfsswasr aloffna about It. FlretPrl er wants bl* crops. Well, be can have tJ by towing my smds--yielding on wheat, bo., new corn ISSbu..potatoes*40tin.(Cte. Hesttansi his VTr. *"*• Floor area of seed stors S seres. Potato cellar uajpautt* ftO.WObu. WhelnwigutiwtVegetable NoT»lttwS|post- rflsnd »e for Waader Wat and Oialneaamles paid. $1. erased w forweadar Wat and Oi 10c for uisnt Cabbage and rtettvm etegan mHKA.IAUU.UCn w •Ms Suffering from female complaints nod imiutHlikfr relief an<l rnre l>: iihine Volk'nOmipouud. Ii.prepai K. VOI.K CH)„ :a -lobn St., JJ. Y. On Gflvprnment Lainl n«sr _ _ Potter, Cheyenne Co., Neb. iniate, Pure Water, Good Crops, Timber, i'or sale 300,000 ACRES tine ||||||fQg(| j fH| j C. AN»KR8ON, Potter, Neb. find PISO'K Cure tor C o n s u m p t i o n T H E BEST remedy (or hnnrtroieKs and to clear th« thront. TO S10 A DAY. AGENTS WANTED! CIRCULARS FBEE.-- l.fflO Brewster's Safety liein Holders glri'ii away to introdiloo tbera. Ewr orae owner !>uy»> from 1 t > O. Lines never uuder laor-e feet. Send 25 cents in KtainpK to pay postage .ind PSCKIIIK for Xiokel-I'iated Katnple thst neiln for «."«• Hrewster Mf.-.Co., Holly. Alioh 1 CURE FITS! I do not mean merely to stop them loratima and then have them return. I mean a radical cure. I have made FITS. EWX.KPSV or FALLING SICKNESS a lifc-lonff study. 1 warrant my remedy to cure the wont oases. Because others have failed it no reason for not now reooivin^ a cure. S^ud at once toe treatise and JfrseBottis of my infallible remedy. GiveExpreM and P.O. H. G. ROOT. M. C. 183Pearl M^N.V- DEDERICK'8 HAY PRESSES., Made of steel, lighter, stronger, chpaper, more power, everlasting and competition distanced. Km proof order on trial, to keep the bo*t unrt ret any other alongside If you can. Reversible Full Circle & Belt Presses, all IMf«t for drealars a»4* -- leeaiiea atWaten aad Boatkars 8tor«fc<mms aa< imu, r«, K. DKDERIl'K A CO., ALBANY, S. f, wr voir WISH \R^ itRvollvF r mm» purchase one of the cele­ brated SMITH & WESSON arms. The finest MIS all arm* ever manufacturi <1 and the fimt choice of all exiierts. : qaal- ity wrssi^t ateeI,_carefully in.-iH>cted for wori- icap malleable rn.nt-1 ron imiiuliaaa whieii they are nilrivalt-d for •ai'-li, I»o not be deceiv^ bj nianship and durability and afrisrncy, cheap malleable rn.nt-lro__ are often sold for thv K-'-imim; at tide and are not onlv unreliable, 'but ilaiiwrous. The SMITH A WESSON Revolvers are all stamped upon the bar­ rels with firm's name, address and dates of patents and are tnsrnmerd jx-rfect in every detai!. In- rels with firm's name, address and dates of and are tnsrnmerd perfect in every dets siKt npon having the Kenuine article, and if your dealer cannot supply you an order sent to address below will reoefve prompt and careful attention. you an order tx>nt to i . rompt and careful att Descriptive catalogue a:«l prices f rniehed upon ap~ SMITH & WESSON,' plication. V Mention thi« paper. MpriadsM. Mass. BRONCHITIS CURED. After spending Ten Winters was Oared by Scott's Emulsion. 146 Centre ftt.. New York, | JnneXSth. 1888. f The Winter after the groat fire In Chicago I oontraoted Bronchial affections, and since then have been obliged to epend nearly every Winter South. Last November was advlaedtotry Scott'e Emulsion of Cod Liver Oli with Hypophoaphites and tomy surprise was relieved at once, and by continuing its use three months was entirely cured, gained flesh and atrength and waa able to stand even the Bliz­ zard and attend to buainess every day. C. T. CHURCHILL. fleld hy all Dntgffists. NSSBSSL FREE Government LAM eraituwn «r MW of sack ia WSMIHII Dakota, Montana. Idaho, WuktaMs aad SEND F ciAfr̂ i MOTHERS' FRtEMl viiiuuinnra IP USED BWOM QOHWWSMBirr. t BOOK TO "lonm" Mtam Trnw*. BKAm-iKLn REOtum em. ATi4««i,|^ 80T.I) BT ALL D*trG<MSTS., TlltS Pi.PES inqriBIIHIvtth MflMftwolER We offer an easy way to make handradi «C dollars between now and July lit, U89. W«MI Uood Wages, AflMA besides ottei inir BOW to the mom who shall do tneDeot work for n»: |M91» the seeoud, and so on down. Thaw prim are EXT It A compeosatloo to the beat woifew. ' A goixl chance to pay off that mortgage, aecois a home, or start housekeeping. CURTI8 PUBLISHING CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. SLW. DlfNHASrS OAKDAWN FARM. 3,000 PERCIERN% FRENCH COACH MtB. IMPeWtt. 8T0CZ ON HAND: 800 STAULIONS of iM> Si; ISO COLTS wMk .elMlee pedlcraes. mteriw Ml* Tldnals; gOQ lMPOKTB» •ROdAlSaKBamtaM by Brilliant, the moat famous iMng di*V Beat <|aaUly. Priocs BfwMa. Terms Easy. Boat ItayWIlMl! log tltls fimttM Hsst lae Bmdlai btafeU>hm««t sf Aa hMUmmkwn, alhs«,»rMH^il St a BOLD* IFOR CONSUMPTION Piso's Cure is our best selling medi­ cine. I have a personal knowledge of its beneficial effects, and recommend it. f*. ' " "' "' . n1 1 r * 11» • -.V i mz. < M. W. DUIIIIM, THE NEWSPAPER LIBMBf. V.-i- '!! A NEW PUBLICATION. ̂ • We have oommeneed tbe publleatlon ot Tfl®-'1-if* XXWSPAFKR LIBRARY. This pabttesOoa will be printed in tbe form of what he bMS ' '•h known heretotore aa our Free Library, aad wffl 1 be published bi-monthly; each utiabn wfli **(;i contain a complete novel, biography or tnnl^ and wUl be presented to every nubeertlwr iue WEKKLY WISCONSIN. The worka to be printed will be original and select noveli aad blograyiiy from the current literatora of tte day. This method of giving to the raadera «C tbe WISCONSIN a number of serial storM* dnrtng the year will relieve the oolmiana ef* tbe main paper for other matters mom-* appropriately within tbe province ot a now- paper. It has become the caatooa ot OUUKy it" tbe leading newspapers of the oooatiy to* publiHh, from week to week, lnatalmeata df serial stories In the columns of tbe pajpi The WISCONSIN has not been in the kakit publishing; this kind of literature; but to meet • popular demand for this <BHM*I St reading, we have determined npon tks ptk- 11 cation of a work such as we havs above described. TEE NEWSPAPBB LIBIUSX. m we propose to publish it in ofrniynqtloti wttlb the WEEKLY WISCONSIN, Is a aovd Ms^. and has never to our knowledge been asrtar taken by any other publishers." It imnliaallf will five to the readers of the WISCOKVOt two publications for tbe price of ons. Tkt first number of the Newspaper library, ooe* taining a story entitled 'TBI SAXBUD^^ translated expressly for tks NswspspST Library from the celebrated Rns«laa aitkn. THKO. DOSTOIEVSKY, will bsUnited tits nUddl* of January, and thereafter the luiddls «C March. May, July. September and Sovembsr-- six numbers. The price of the Mewepapw Library alone will be 50 cents a year, or oents per number. Samplee sent on receipt it 4 cts. postage. The Newspaper Library will be sent raafc to every subscriber of the WEEKLY WISCOH* BIN, regardless of other preuiinms. • CBAMIB. AJKBN8 * CRAMER, . 1 • : . M l l w a a k e e , W i s , . | & :, '» •<% specific for of thl is and O as tbs eakr tktsmOaA C. M. U. ., this disease. O. H. IN U RAH A*.*. AnistenkHa. & x. We have sold inaiiy yean itiven the fkctioa. Chtcags^lltv 81.es. SoldhyOi-- »•. a-aa»:'>' v; WHKs wKiTtNo TO AimnDnma ray rM mW lk* 1 4 a ' V Vlw