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Dnefe Prove* Too Kneh for Three Urge Kaghpn. ' '*/ A Memphis sportsman tolls the fol- .lowing story: From my blind in the 5 I heard the whiz of a duck's wings on my left. I turned hastily,, Ja\ and at the same time threw my gun to s§V -a ready. It was a cross-flyer, "green- ' winged" teal, going like he was? sent for 4-* V 'the doctor, I fired immediately and :T ,• "wing-tipped* hitn. The speed with * \ '"which he was going landed him far be- a " <yond the reach of my second barrel. ,As soon as he struck the water he started to swim towards the middle of ^" the lake- In less than two minutes I ^ heard the scream of an eagle. Turning " rmy eyes towards the sound I saw, %t a |.great nltittule above the timber, an im- *• toense bald eagle. •* • "Now you'll see fun," remarked the " native with me, "but hell never catch him," he concluded as he took an extra pull on his strong old pipe. By this time the eagle had begun to v circle over the wounded duck. Nearer tand nearer he drew towards the scared - 1bird as he diminished the circle at ;H f " "ftvery flight. $1' ? The dnck, with his sharp eyes fixed %i */' »n the eagle, swam round and round as his adversary flew. "When V,- ' tibout fifty yards above his prey the bird uttered a scream, as if to terrified duck on his guard, and i j* •> jmade a dart with his talonso utstretched, Sf^irectly at him. On came the eagle with ... , tlie speed of an arrow, and I expected see the wounded duck borne away « !>y the "king of birds" without any *; ̂ [V-chance for his life whatever. •r.5 f ^ "See him diveP cried the native, as K\; the duck went out of sight beneath the "s Jjlacid waters. The eagle, re- » alizing than he had missed his prey, shot upward in tba air to make another onslaught. As he did so he again uttered a scream. "Bar, man; he has yelled'for his mate, an' de two of 'em will do up dat little duck if he don't git out of dat open water and hide in de grass," re­ marked the negro paddler. Scarcely had the sound of the eagle's call died away when I saw its mate fly­ ing swiftly towards the battle-ground. I imagined I could see feathers on the wounded duck rise as these two immense birds circled above it. After a prelimi­ nary understanding between them, eagle No. 1 made another dive at the duck, while eagle No. 2 circled close enough to tfie water to catch the duck as soon as it showed its head after its first dive from No. 1. I saw the play and watched the fight for the life of /the little duck with intense interest, *' v tnd wished they would pass near •, Enough to me to be placed passe de com ba t by a load from my gun. "Look! look! he's makin' for de cover," cried the negro, as the duck • * showed itself fully 100 yards nearer the /• * fcrass. • Down went eagle No. 2 and ^: ^ Mown went the duck under the water, J»I scored the fifth clean miss for the ^ ;~Jiungry birds. As fibe maddened eagle rose to give its mate another chance it also uttered ] ft piercing scream, which, as if bv" magic, brought forth another one of its kind. "Dar, BOW, if dem 'tree great birds an't gwine to fight dat one little duck, den I'm a sinner," again spoke the negro. And so they did, taking turn Jibout as before, but with no better Jjiuccess, as every dive the duck would *|nake Hjxought him closer to the grass, i Once under cover, they gave up the t |ight and the wounded bird was spared til the shades of night, when he ould have to do battle for his life Ivith coons, mink, and other prowling varmints that nightly patrol the marsh and feeding-grounds by which Wa- panoce Lake is surrounded. worth, ife does know, however, whether or not it is becoming. If the gown pleases a man he shows it in his looks, and perhaps says something pleasant about it. Whether he says anything or not, if he likes it his look of approbation is more than satisfactory, while if the gown is not pretty or becoming he sim­ ply doesn't notice it. That is, the way of a man; he never sees a thing that is not attractive, and is ouick to appreciate one that is." Cracking Ice. "Mother wants some more cracked ice," said Benny Holt, coming out of the sitting-room where his mother lay on the lounge suffering from a sore throat and feverish cold. "Well," said Nell, who was busy doing double work in the kitchen, "you take this stout towel and go out to the shed and crack some." "How do you crack ice?" asked Elsie Noble, who had run in for a few min­ utes' chat with her friend. "We put a good-sized piece into a stout cloth, and pound it with a ham­ mer or mallet till it is crushed in pieces, and then fill a plate so Ben can, give it to mother as she wants it," said Nell, promptly, feeling that this time she could really give some information to her bright friend Elsie,/ who so often had been the one to impart new to her. , "I heard of another way not long ago," said Elsie, "and I have tried it myself, so I know it can really be done. " You can crack ice with a pin P "With a pinP exclaimed Nell, in­ credulously. _ TYes, with a pin! A good stfong pin like a shawl-pin is best if the ice is thick. Press the point down firmly on the ice at the spot where you want it to crack, and as the pin sinks in, the ice will crack and split off at that very place. So you can ,get just what you want, a little piece or a big piece eltch time." * "Ben, Ben!" called Nell from the window, "don't pound that ice just yet. Bring it here firet." Ben brought in a good-sized, irregu­ larly-shaped lump, and Nell, taking a pin, pressed it firmly down on a corner where the ice was about an inch thick. Almost on th» instant there was a little snapping sound, and the piece fell off. Then she tried it where the ice was twice as thick with the same result. "You do beat all, Elsie NobleP she exclaimed, "I would not believe it if I did not see it for myself, with my own eyes." "Yes, it is. wonderful," said Elsie, modestly. "There, Ben," directed Nell, "take this ice and this long pin right into the other room. You can read your new book while you sit there by mother, and every time she wants ice you can crack off a bit and give it to her. It will last ever so much longer than if it were all crumbled up into little pieces to begin with."--Mary L. B. Branch\ in Youth's Companion. -if I Strange Occurrence. , , An old Danish sailor tells the follow- . ing yarn of a remarkable incident in the Pacific: He was mate of the Antelope, S British bark, sailing between San vlPrancisco and Liverpool, and the vessel "•"was becalmed in the Pacific about ten degrees north of the equator. She lay fike a log, rolling on the gentle swell, •he sails flapping against the masts. It ; "Iras a moonlight night, the port watch : %as drowsing about the deck, and the tnan at the wheel nearly asleep. "I was eaning over the rail," said the sailor, "looking at a brigantine becalmed about three miles away on our starboard quar­ ter. We hadn't spoken her, and didn't know what she was or where she was from. I oould tell by the taper of her masts that she was American built, but that was att. Well, I was leaning on the rail at -about six bells, with my cheek in my palm, looking away where the brigantine lay in the moonlight. The motion of the bark on the swell was •low and kind of soothing, and I had got sort of half-dreaming with the lazy c( roll of her, when I was startled broa^U awake by a bright light in the sky. ' ""Jjooking up I saw a great ball off fire fushing down through the air on a slant, fnd there was a dark cloud above. By i: the time I had hauled in the slack of , *iy mind enough to know that it was a Jhooting star, the glare of it got so •right that the light of the moon was of feo more account than a slush lamp, and the starswere put out altogether. There was a rushing, hissing sound in the air As the thing came down. When it got : protty near, the light almost blinded tne, and I could see nothing but the fiery gleam of it on the water. It wasn't as long from the time it hove in sight until it struck as I've been telling how It looked. It must haye been traveling Mike a cannon ball, or maybe a good ipany knots a minute. In the glare I lost sight of the brigantine. I heard a crashing sound, and the ball of fire dis­ appeared, leaving everything black be- |ore my eyes for a moment. When my fight came back I glanced over the star­ board quarter to where the brigantine liad been; but there wasn't a trace of . Iter to be seen. In no direction was so • Siurfi as a spar in sight, and off there «n the quarter there was a rising and * -lalling of short waves, their tops catch- fcg the glint of moonbeams, that showed Where the shooting star had gone down . into the sea. The flash and roar of the aieteor had aroused the watch on deck, *nd the men gathered in an excited L* jroup around the foremast. They were taken all aback when I told them* that v ;$he brigantine had been sunk by the Jailing star, and in a few minutes we A ad a boat out to search for survivors. , . The second mate went in the boat, and when he came back he brought only a |>it of scorched deck-planking that he ?ioked up adrift where he calculated lie brigantine had been. That was all Jhe trace of her that was left, and we fcever knew her name or anything about ker."--Golden Days. 1 Xau'e Good Taste. . Said a woman the other day: *1 : would rather have a man's opinion about gowns, any time, than a. woman's. * £e does not know once out of a hundred times what the material is, or what ft is Jack Frost's Herbarium. In FldHda, where ice is so desirable for cooling food and drink, it is not nat­ urally formed, and so must be made. I visited an ice-factory. They have twenty tons of ice'forming here, all the time. They lift a tank every thirty minutes, take out the ice, refill the tank with water and replace it. The freezing takes forty-eight hours. The tank they have just emptied will be filled sopn, and a new block of ice will be taken from it on "the day after to­ morrow." Now, it seems that this freezing takes place so gently that a spray of roses may be put into a tank of water and frozen info the mass of ice without stir ring a petal from its place. There it lies imbedded, in all its beauty of form and color --a marvelous thing, I think. The ice-makers like to perform this ex­ periment, as it shows the clearness of their ice; and pride is taken in freezing pieces of unusual beauty and transpar­ ency. A delicate spray of flowers, a cluster of ripe fruit, or a brilliant-colored fish are favorite subjects. Exhibitions of such freezings are occasionally made at fairs, and a particularly beautiful or in­ teresting piece makes a very attractive gift for a birthday or for Christmas. What a pretty way to preserve ob­ jects ! I would like a collection of Flor­ ida specimens so preserved. No dried- out herbarium specimens; no faded and distorted alcoholic preparations; no un­ natural taxidermist mounts, but every­ thing in its natural color, its perfect out­ line, its living beauty. JBere, a clear little block with a chameleon; here, a larger one with a coiled rattlesnake; there a young alligator, a cluster of grape-fruit or Oranges, a spray of flowers or a series Of forest-leaves. But, alas! collection wonld not last a single A Rose in a Queer Place,'" in SL Nicholas. , A Tower of skulls. A building of peculiar material, re­ calling the pyramid of skull a erected by the glim Timor, has be.eu found in S or via, near the city of ?Jisch. It/ is square, about sixteen feet highland composed of fifty-six piles of death's heads, seventeen skulls in each pile, so that the number is, altogether, 952. The skulls are those of l!he unfortunate companions of the Servian hero Sing- jelic, who fell defending^ the fortress Cegar near Kamenica, on the 31st of May, 1809. ^ The Pash of Nisch erected this tower of the heads of the fallen Servians, and called it Cela-Kula. Up to 1877, pious Servians used to go there in secret and steal one or more of the skulls and bury them. After the cap­ ture of Nisch by the Servians, their patriotism impelled them to loosen the skulls and place them in their houses as relics. Through this the Kula was shorn of much of its value, and Servia the poorer though the depreciation of a memorial which would have always called to mind what their forefathers had suffered for freedom under the Turk's foreign rule.--DetnoresL An Absent'Miuded Man. Cincinnati has the champion absent- minded man. A gentleman living in the suburbs went in a store on Walnut street to make a few purchases. The only light in the store was a candle standing on the counter near the money-drawer. After making his purchases he handed the proprietor a bill, and after return­ ing him the change the proprietor walked to the rear of the store to ar­ range something whep suddenly he was left in the dark. He started toward the counter, and grouping around it found, not the candle, but the change. It struck him then that probably the man in a fit of absent-mindedness had taken the candle instead of his change. He started out after him, and catching up with him saw that he had the bundle in one hand and the candle in the other. After apologizing for the mistake the stranger :hisxhange and gave back I THR United States Signal Office has had reports from eleven vessels which were saved by oil in a late hurricane off > the Bahamas. •' : THE slightest vein of iron or steel cam readily be detected by the application of aquafortis to the surface. On steel it leaves a black mark; on iron the metal remains clean. IN cleaning a watch never use ben­ zine or potash or any patent article' on the watch. Benzine leaves a greasy look, and it is impossible to get it off. It will destroy your oils, and the pot­ ash makes spots on the plates if in moist places. Pure alcohol for the bath and the chalk compound does the best work and gives the best results. The chalk compound is unequaled for cleaning the cases. With a stiff brush it is also ex­ cellent for cleaning jewelry. In a recent paper before the London Society of Telegraph Engineers, Mr. W. W. Lant Carpenter mentioned that the temperature of the Mediteranean was found to be 54 degrees F. at a depth of 2,000 fathoms, while in the Atlantic, at no great distance, H6 de­ grees was met with at the same depth. Other instances of thermal differences between partially land-locked seas and . the ocean were given, among them the Red Sea, in which the minimum temper­ ature is 71 degrees. lit the Sulu Sea the lowest temperature was found to be 50.5 degrees at 2,559 fathoms, while the temperature was 32 to 33 degrees at the same depth in the Indian Ocean. MR. MAXWELL HALL, in a recent weather report for the Island of .Tamaca, sums up the history of the more impor­ tant cyclones or hurricanes observed in that region during the last decade. He apparently establishes the fact that Hie hurricanes arise in regions of heavy raids, and that they move northward in August, September, and October, as the seasonal rains of that tropical dis­ trict advance toward the North Pole. His observations reaffirm the theory of cyclones, and are to the effect that there is an influx of wind from the periphery of the storm toward the center. Mr. Hall states that he has observed an­ other peculiar effect of these tropical cyclones, one not hitherto noted, which is that the advancing whirl of the storm sucks the atmosphere behind it in the direction of its motion for a day or two after it has passed a given point, so that, by observing the drift of the clouds in the path of the storm, he may determine in a general way the direction of the path of the disturbance after it has passed the point of observation. SPEAKINO of the forestry question, E. M. Plummer, Esq., pf Libson Falls, agent of the Androscoggin Water Power Company, is quoted by the Lewiston Journal as follows: "This forestry agi­ tation is, for a large part, based on wrong' premises. I believe in taking care of the forests, but when it is said that the forests of Maine are disappear­ ing, such a statement is dead to the wrong. Why, two cords of wood are growing in Maine to-day where one was growing ten years ago. I never saw sapling pine growing faster than it is to-day. What Maine wants is not so much protection of the forests, as more railways to bring them to the markets. On wild land the growth of our hard woods is wonderful. I agree with the forestry folks about fires in the woods, and I say among the biggest nuisances are the gum pickers, who don't hesitate to cut down a spruce that is covered with gum, and thereby litter the ground with a tree that in a few years is dead and furnishes the fuel for a forest fire." The Curriculum at Annapolis* Outside of the technical studies, the course of instruction at the Naval Academy is comprehended in the one word, "Math." "Math" is the cadets' abbreviation for mathematics, the rock upon which many an aspirant for naval honors is wrecked. Of course there is instruction in other branches--modern languages, English studies, natural sciences, etc.--but a cadet soon realizes that the great stepping-stone is mathe­ matics. When a graduate looks back upon what he has passed through, his most vivid recollections are of this hydra-headed "Math"; of the algebra and geometry that worried him as a "plebe," and of the appKed mechanics that took away half the pleasure of his senior year. What a struggle it was to weed out all youthful imagination from the mind, and to plant there only those ideas that could be expressed in mathe­ matical formulae! And yet "Math's" importance is not overrated, for it is the groundwork of many of the professional studies. Naval Architecture, which teaches the cadets how tp design and build a ship, Navigation, which teaches them how to guide this ship across the trackless ocean; Ordnance, which teaches them the methods of constructing and using the great guns; Steam Engineer­ ing, which teaches them the many ap­ plications of that geat motive power-- all require! a thorough knowledge of mathematics^ While the theoretical part of .the education may prove irksome to those who are filled with a spirit of adventure, --who might have succeeded better in the days of the old navy, where there was wider scope for such temperaments, --these will find the practical instruc­ tions more to their liking. Here they can satisfy their longing to hang by their heels on a royal-yard, or to put a pistol shot through a wooden soldier at twenty paces. These drills are based on the general principle that before a cadet can become an officer he must be thoroughly familiar with all the duties of those who will be under his com­ mand. The only way to attain this familiarity is by actually performing these duties in every detail. The drills afloat, in which there is a large fleet engaged, are particularly novel and interesting, Every Saturday the cadets embark on the" Wyoming," a ship-rigged steamer, and make a cruise in the bay. They do all the work. Down in the fire-room some of them are heaving coal into the roaring furnaces, others are in the engine-room looking out for all the machinery. On deck, youthful sailors are running up and down the rigging, ready, at the call of the boatswains pipe, to handle the light spars or heavy sails. --John II. Gibbons, U. S. N., in St. Nicholas. Seeing the Sights. Countryman--Pve read a -lot about the gambling palaces in big cities, and I'd like to see the inside o' one. Policeman--Gambling is agin the law. No gambling dens in this city. "Really now; noneV" "Not a one." Hackman (slowly driving past)"-- Hack? Countryman-- Guess not. I did think o' hiring a hade ier to be taken to see one of these ere gambling palaces I've heard so much about, but--• Hackman--Jump right in.--Phila­ delphia Becord. The Chill nan . That MfR tb« naked toransbe* %quiv«rtag fa not Ml by tta« wealthy valetudinarian indoors, but not all the covering that ossba piled on his warm bad, nor all the furnace heat that anthracite can furnish, will warm bis marrow when chilli and fertr runs its icy fingers along his spinal column. Boetelter's Stomach Bitters is the thing to infuse new warmth into his chilled and aguish frame, to remedy the fierce fetor and ex­ hausting sweats which alternate with the cUll. Dumb ague, ague Cafce, bilious remittent --in: short, every known form et malarial disease is subjugated by this potent,and,at the same tine*,, wholesome and genial medicine. Biliousneea, constipation, dyspepsia* sick headaches, lost tt appetite and sleep, kidney trouble, rheumatism, and debility are also remedied by it. Use it with persistence to affect a thorough erit*.; Almost Continuous. "What is that little bell on your type writer for?" asked Jaysmith of Jq&- jones, the humorist. 1 "That." said Jayjones, jestingly, "is, the chestnut bell." , !r, , . j "It rings every time, you write an old1 joke, does it?" "Yes." *' ! "Doesn't the continual ringing of the bell annoy yon?*--Yankee Iliad*. A Successfhl Western Story Paper. From the period when Robert I^oantfj achieved his remarkable success in the; field of journalism down to the present time numerous attempts have been made in the West to permanently establish fam­ ily story papers, but not until within re­ cent years has any effort in this direction met with the least promise of success. All such ventures have one by one proved failures, as well from a literary as from a financial standpoint. Not until THK CHIOAOO LEDGER was established has anything in the West in the shape of a story paper met with the approval of the reading world. THE LKDGER was started in 1873, and for nearly sixteen years has pursued the even tenor of its way, ever making new friends as well as retaining old ones. lieceutly its publishers have effected many improve­ ments in THE LEDGEK, >md ad<Je<l sev­ eral new and attractive features, which seem to have struck tho popular taste, and it has leaped into the very front rank of the great family papers of the country. Having a bright array of contributors, its 6«rial stories and sketches are un­ excelled by those of any rival. It is liberally illustrated, the pictures being designed and executed by first- class artists. Its print is bright aud clear as a new book. In a word, it is in every sense a modfel story paper for the family and the fireside. Besides, the low price at which it is sold ($1.50 a year) places it within the reach of all. These excellent features have combined to build up THE LBDOFB and make it popular with the reading masses. Well as THE LEDGER has been doing for its readers in the immediate past^ it promises them still better things/ the near future. In tho issue for Wednes­ day, Mnrch 13, it will commence tL_ publication of three great stories, namely* "The Modern Aladdin," by David Lowry; "Dnlcie and Toinette," by Itett Win-i wood; and "That Winter's Night," by Robert Buchanan. These serials ore by authors of world-wide reputation, and all are of thrilling interest, Printed in book form, the three combined wonld make several hundred pages. Those desiring to read these splendid novels should subscribe at once. Sample copies of THE Ledgeb wiii be sent free to any one wishing to read the opening chapters! IEON furnaces among the Romans were unprovided with bellows, but were placed on eminences, with the grate in the direction of prevailing winds. • , iMardt-GrM--N«4r Orleans aad Mobile. Feb. 25 to March S the Chicago and East­ ern Illinois Railroad. Evansvilto Route, wiy sell tickets to Orleans and return at $25, and to Mobile and retorn at $28. which will be good returning until March 23. It is the only route running coaches and palace buffet sleeping-cars from Chicago to Nashville without change, and is eight hours quicker than any other. DaylUrht ride through NashviUe. Decatur, Birming­ ham and Montgomery. Fast train leaves Chicago (Dearborn Station) 3:35 p.m. dally For further information address City Ticket Office. Evansville 11 onto. 61 Clark street, or William Hill, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, 501 First National Bank Building. Chicago. Is the year A. D. 1000 the Arabs used the pendulum as a measure of time. Grand Excursion to Colorado. On Feb. 20 a grand excursion for land seekers to AlainoBa in tho Bunuy Ran Luis Valley wUl be run on any regular train over all roads leiv- in« Missouri River points. Far3 for round trip » Tickets good to return in twenty days, (special round trip rate of 81 will l>e made by the Denver and Rio Grande H. H., from A lamas# to I>el Norte, Monte Vista, Iia Java, Ant.uiiLo and Fort Garland. Tickets will read throuch Den­ ver, Colorado Springs or 1'ueblo. The .San ! <uis Valley is the great agricultural empire of Colo­ rado, ant offers unequaled inducements to the farmer and stock-grower, lor details inquire of nearest ticket agent S. K. Hooper. General Passenger Agaat L>. & R. O. K. It., Denver. j • • ; • Consumption Sureljr Cured. To the Editor: Please inform your readers that I have a positive cure for Consumption. By its timely uso thousands of hopeleas eases have been pennaneiftly cured. I shall be grlad to send two bottles of my remedy FKEE to any of your readers who have con­ sumption, if they will send me their Express and £. O. Address. Respectfully, T.-A. 8LOCUM. M. C.. 181 Pearl St.. N. Y. Happiest Man m Earth. One of the Carolina^slands is owned by an American sailor named Benja­ min, who has sixteen wives, abonji fifty children, and who hag nothing to do but smoke his pipe and boss the ranoh. He publishes a letter in a California paper advising other sailors to do like­ wise. 1 » The Handsomest Lsdy In Town Bemarked to a friend the other day that she knew Kemp's Bulsnni fo.r tlio Throat and Lungs was a superior rctnedy. as it stopped her cough instantly when other cough remedies had no effect whatever. So to prove thi^ and convince you of its merit, any druggist wiil give you a Sample Botde Free. Large size. 50c and $1. IF the Poet of the Sierras accepted a position in a dramatic company jit would probably be as Waukeen gentleman. - Kxtraot of malt is the greatest flesh pro­ ducer known to ibe Ifeuicar p ofession. GEE'S KMUI.SION is a happy combi -atton of Malt, Oil ana Lima, and is without a rival as a remedy, Try it. lr afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Or. 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Will !»*t ton yours and its cost *ach y#»*r. A boy ran do tho wA*hiug. Has PATENTS EHSMNS, ItOR. D. C. free. BBTAXT'S BUSTS a. Buffalo. N'.Y, W Leading New Varieties at Lowest Prices. Send for catalogue. L.L. Olds, Clinton,Wis. JOHN TT.HIORRIS, Lata Principal Examiner, U. 8 Pension Bureau, Att'y _ atUw,nra«hlBg1oni 1- - prosecutes clalnis, original, taereasa,je-ratln*, widows*. ot-.tWrpo s and denea dentralatiTO'. Experienoe :S j r*. In latt war.lSrai in Pension Bureao. and 4 yrs. practicing attorney. PJso*s Kenedy for Catarrh la the Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. CATARRH Sold by druggists or sent by mail. 30c. E. T. H»*eltine, Warren, Fa. liCURE FITS! merely to atop them t or a time m bmean then h»Ts them return. I mean a radical cure. I have made FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING 8ICKNF.PS » nfe-loar study. I warrant my remedy to cure tli* worst oaaes. Because others hare failed Is no reason for not now recelTinj a cure. Send at once for treatise ; aiui Free Bottle of my in falii bis remedy. OiTeKxpreM ! HidP.ft H.O.KOOT.M.C. 183JPe*rlSU«.%*• ! % Honrs smha SBITIOIT c?'ir3s kisis. PARLOA'S COOK BOOK i Xuve Quarto, with hsndsome Chmmo oover and containing? ail tlic receipts that appear In the expen- slTe edition. Bv mail te any adclress for »0 eenla. j 4 copies for $1.04. Send Postal Notes or Stamps," I C\_C' GOOPNOW ft CO.. Pox !<5P>7. BOSTON TO S10A DAY. AGENTS WANTED! -CIRCULARS FREE. 1.000 Brewster's Safety Kein Holder* riven away to introduce them. Every norse owner buys from 1 to 0. Lines never und^r horses' le. t. Send *Jf» cents ia stamps to pay pontage and parking for Nlcknl-Piated Sample that kcDs for Jftc. Itre« >U>r Mf.-.Co., Hollv. Mich MOTHERS' FRIEND K«ss CHILD BIRTH EAS> m SALESMEN 1 inrnlti. 111. witlwt f«n Bicn «•']! our fQctd* bf samipl* to th» and rt- frs iu our linf!. Knclc ear stamp. Wages $3 Per Day. Permanent position. ptttt&ls answerer* \\^vnx advanced frr a<hrertUinjr4 etc. ^Centennial Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio# L A D I E S L O O K ! A No.-elty Hun Maehuio s*nt hy malt lor fl. f>ati*f»etiou nuitranteecl or refunded. Wholesale price reduced to Ageut-s. New Pricelint of . ... machine*, yarn, patients, etc.. aud a book of beautiful colored pattern dt sisuR sent free. Agents wanted. K. ROSS £ < 0., Toledo, O. CREAMIAIMPATARRH I vat surprised ttfler using El,/.- Cream Balm tmo months to find the right nostril, u/ucA wat closed for 20 years, was open ami free as the'other. / feel very thankful. -- JL JT. Gressengfiam 275-18<A St., Brook­ lyn. Aparticle is applied into each nostril ana is agreeable. : BY MSIL- "VISTERATI, Wets. .•Pk* BHOTIltRH, \\ srrea St, Se>v York. HTF FEVER Magee's Emulsien PURE COD LIVER OIL, Extract of Nlalt. and Compound Syrup of A KeliaWs BtawJr far Consmnption, Cougfts, Colds, BrancMttt, •yspepsis, Scrofaia, and fisMral Debility. v •«T IT easy to tai and is easily to take. DON aot ptndiw Xa«Mt : > * Tiie mother of i memH«r of onr hrm H<^n cured of *ranoftr*u« tore on her fat* of twnnty VWMV »UtidSn; by S. 8. SL I*KNDLSTON, YBARY Sl KTI.CT, WinersvllU, Tec, nift after tbe doctor's prucrlyilou hwl fftilft, 'nmt fit" f* now fernl* iui4 beftrtv. .. II. T. JjllOBK, Rich Kill, Mo. R Send for <mr b»oS» tt AND Skin AND Adrlw t > THK SWIFT M»KCIFIC CO.. Drawer .i, Atlanta. Qa. (9* Send for <rar b»oS» BuftMM, inaUadft--> IF USKD BEFORE CONFINEMENT. BOOK TO "Motmrs" MAILED FRR. BKABFIELI* REarLATOR CO., ATLANTA* OA. SOLO BT AIX DIU'CGIST*. anrjjai tm PAPKE mr SCOTT'S EMULSION OF PURE COD LIVER OIL £!I2 HYPOPHOSPHITE8. Almost as Palatable as Milk, So rfispiiinrif that the most >1clic>tte stomach eon take it. Rrmarkabte »i* «? h'LKSB I'HOUt i F.lt. Vernon* O A Of rap­ idly trhitc takiny IT. SCOTT'S EMULSION is acknowledged by Phy- •loisns to lie the FIXKST aud BEST preparation of its els.BR for the relief of CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA. GENERAL DEBILITY, V Watting Diseases of Children, and CHRONIC r-OUOHS. Sold by ail Drugyista, TBB BEAT DONU-liutun UMT QUIT. oss or M Bin Tsuucorss nt THB WOILB. III order to INTRODUCE ourfooda,W« will until far­ ther notice.aend ABSOLUTELY FVEE^O ONE oerxm in MEH loe*LTTR, ona of our Orand T KTR*E«COJMK». nnd THE best L)vtibli-BW> T J re lUd Mliot Ottn m*de. We •reabla to aaka tkia wonderful O(Tor for <tu* reason that < of such MERIT that* when a PTRSMI PO«»*MES them, in a»* l o ca l i t y. ?HOII 9 spreads, and many people piirchaae; A LARF« AND protiiablc'tradf always reauita. >Vecan STTJIPLY FREE only «*ne P*R*«N IUEACK Those WBO WRITE a t ONE®, wi l l MAK** «s r« of the i r REWARD, whila LIOTDINF. Whp DELAY w i l l Jose |he< hanre. Grand Talesoopa. N'o SFIACE^^^^BE^F J# OR BORE. »x 387, Fortlftid, Marina. . .25 |X^;. -,'F- to eiplain ftirtberhere. Thune wh«» write at onoe will et-oarenronjJt da- llfwjr* titateyoura^rcaa^ofliceadditisa. Addreaa^ lie MAX-JLET*T aft CO, Thousands of Phyntofauta are prescribinc 11 te their regular j>rs.-ti i-e, and naaay aSMrt Skat ft IB THE BEST EMULSION iff the MARKET. Ask your Druggist for it, and tsks soolksr. J. A. MAOEE & < 0.. XsRHfaetareva^ Lnwrence, Msml; Torrmto. Cs IB T with FSINTAI MJ UUI LACNIRE witn MUU H*LN* for complete HO»« DrR.F. Caton,BoxS»7»BC kinds* Grtns. ssd 10c. all for S EVERY FLOWER LOWR DELI O. W. TARK. V Mr Be Prompt ffer tppeartal NORTHERN PACIFIC HLOW PRICE MILROU urns* FREE Government LAUDS. OTILUOJS OV AO«l of eaeh In Kteassota. Xoelk Dakota, Montana. Idako, Wasklarton ui OnsMk CCHn CAD PnbliMtioiu «IUi3tfi dNerWank* acnll run Bt9T ArTienltnral, OnudaK antfTtw ber liands now orwn to S«ttl*ni Sttltt FrM. AMM CBAS. B. Ma Wa DUNHAM'S OAKLAWN FARM. 3,000 PERCNER0i% FRENCH COACH mum* MP>KT»». STOCK OH HAKB: SOO STAlX10N8«aerrt«^ stole axe; ISO ON.TS with .ehelea pedigrees, soperler laif. 'ylduals; 8QO IMPOBTCO . t MARKS (Winfast by Brilliant, the most famous living tfre). Bert hastily. MCM SMMMIII. T'rmi Ksay. 1 Wf irfflinnT IlllHHl ins this «reate«t sad Ksst iattt-flj Bmdlac ItetakllskaMat tf AsssHeau lita<ta()(nliim, iHrni fci Wl ssfclfai. 9-jJissast.mxsiJmst M2& Cash In offered to the person who shall aend la th# largest number of yearly subscriben to Uw Ladies1 Home Journal between BOW and J< per year--HALF no subscriptions received for less S*0»--saoo is oflfered r« largest clubs. A good'cach On t dat*> itOO is oflfered nip. a gootl'cMh coMBitwfaa paid km. every subscrlbpr nfcneed, if daslnd. premiums. Ilundmis of dollaw can be swdS during the next six months, hy men, women tar children. We tarnish free iwmpla oopiea, PQN>' ere, &c. Address _ CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Ir TO!'.. W3PH A ' tiooft ffioRmsm KEVULVKR f'aswiw, pnrrliase one of the eel; brsted SMITH & WESSON arms, fhe finest fraatl anus ever inanufaetuml and the first fhoioe of all experts. Manufactured in ^SHhre^S2.S8and44-WBl 8!n- 1 gle or double action, Safety Hammertoe and Tantr-t niixU ls. t^onetnicfed entirely of heat |Hl> Sty wrought ateeli carefully inspected for w mantthip and stock, they are unrivaled for flat*|i> diirnhllit* and aecaraey. DoaotbsdMlMtW cht np malleable rast-irau iailtatiaaa «Un arc often sold for the mnolne article and are net onlv «urt>!iab!t». 'but aanavroua. Til WESSON U.nolvcrs aro all s rpIs with firm's name, address and nro gunrsulrpd perfect in every sist ut»*n liHvinK the genuine artida. a _ dealer cannot supply you an order, sent to below will r«oeive prompt and /careful atmraoa* I Pewriptive catalogue and prices t'imUhed tqpon a»v pultun. SHjTH & WESSON, ; It# Mention this paper. Mirlogloll. Mana^ merle entirely c Inspec •iralw onotl snirerous. The SMITH fc > all stamped apoa the bar- :dress and datea of pateata « of pateata AIMER'S MAGNETIC INHALI Patented J mm 19,188 PrleejjOMOadlwr. Thislnhaler consists of spowerful MagneticCJollin-closing a supply of pur.- Japanese Crystalsof Menthol, I he whole messed in polished riibbrr with nickelM ^removable osp-:. Sttfferers are scarcely aware tittfc -Catarrh is due to the pn»seu<-<> of microbes in tha 'mucous meuiUraue hniiiK tlx- nose and throat. After one or two simple inhalatlous the Tui.'roseope will ehow in the catarrhal mucus d<»ad forms of the par­ asites which, betore the inhalations, were seen to bft alive and active. They can only exist in membranes, that arts below the healthy standard. It is for the wantot the umler-iar.diun vi these facte that the etna, of Catarrh is made difficult. For a permanent cura it is necessary not only to kill the germ but also to strengthen the membrane. Hi is is accomplished kr the electric force stored up in the Magnetic Coil, he- inn the most powerful natural tonic to the weskrneA tissues. Hpeakerti and vocalists will and the 9a- haler very beneficial in streuKtheaing the voice. Forwarded by mail on receipt o£ the price by D.0. 6AULiEA.lt & Ct»., iBl Ftankltn Street. Ubiuagor !!W TBE CRUSTY OLD MAN. **I wonder Grimes has any frlcnda. His manner grows go surly; , JtO matter where we chance to meet. Or whether late or early. Its Just the same: he cannot stay, • And barely answers a 'good day."* Now this Is a sad c«e of misconception. It is not Grimes' disposition which Is at fault, but his liver. He can't appear jolly when he leels miserable. If he would take Dr. Pierce's Golden Mcdical Discovery, the great liver, stomach and bowel regulator, lie would soou be the same happy fellow as of old-agreeable to himself and tiie world generally. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and through that great blood-purifying organ, cleanses the system of all blood-taints and impurities, from whatever cause arising. It is equally efficacious iu acting upon the Kidney?, and other excretory organs, cleansing and strengthening thein and healing their diseases. As an appetizing, restorative tonic, it pro­ motes digestion and nutrition, thereby building up both flesh and strength. The only medicine of its class, guaranteed to benefit or cure in all diseases for which it is recommended, or the money paid for it will be promptly refunded. Copyright, 1888, by WOBU»'S DEBPBNSABY MSDIOAI. ASSOCIATION. Proprietors. >y r tors of Dr. Sage'j Catarrh Remedy for. 1$ f|HI V F°r any one of Oft URL T CHOICE.SETS OW Vegetable or Flower Seeds, Reset, Shrubs, Grape VtM%^ , Frail Trees, Etc. For example, we send postpaM and ffuaran tee safe arrival 38 Packets Choiee Flower Seeds, 91 sorts, • / price $1.80, for Sl-|i: 30 Packets Choice Vegetable Seeds aBedrts l.SS 15 KTerbloominjf Hoses, 15 beautiful sorts l.W 14 Geraniums, 14 splendid sorts l.W 2A Carnations. 15 elegant sorts. 1.00 12 Grape Vines, 4 sorts, our choice l.W For the other 51 sets and 1001 things betides (many New and Kare)seeour GKANDSPHIMO CATALOGUE, 150 pages gent friee to all who. wish to purchase either Seeds, Plants or Tree#., All others wishing: it should remit the cost 20ot. Ours is one of the oldest, lai^est and most., reliable nurseries in the IT. t?. 3&th year, > greenhouses, 700 acres. THE ST0RRS & HARBISON €&» Painasvifia, Lake Co., Ohi* an incurable case of Catarrh in the Head. By druggists, SO cents. BUY carry tr SAVK •,4 NORTHERN-aROWN than "a ftwd or aad tha get them is to follow dinctioQg gi?en in my pamplsl^ jwl 'Grass ami For<ig$ riant Culture* whi&h fa tent Tree to all who ask for U. Wo tmendon Mock of Nartkem ^rown Grass aud Clover Seeda, aud can " YOU MONEY wwy Gat oar Catalogue, n tells ali SALZER'S EXTRA GRASS MIXTURE % PR^GRIG bnabd, #2,OOi par UOlba., 013.OO. Soar It and cat aromangfropn »nnn«J)y. LUCERNE CLOVER Til® trfegfc pla&t--iMlnny the danert fartile. wrerywhere wall, sinkiDf it# roots deep in the sol!, finding noorishment and moaature in aU and eiimes. A elorer everybody ehoold try in the East. Wwt, North ana Soath. SeeGataloarneaboat it. Brmifl. OE , lO lb.. 3A r^nta. Bjax- peck. ftg.ftQ; baihal, tO.OO. Sand H cents for grain aampiea. 3̂ u THIS FRIZZETTE, "any shad^f 1.00. T&is FiutsSair Switch. any shade/ii; inches long, /?•.'. 00. On rsapipt o* pric®, with sample-of bair, ^ill s nd to any ad«L-e^s by return A RARE CHANCE. Mrs. EDWARD WALDO, 3549 Cottage Grove Av., Chif»jo, HI. • •: I prwerib# and Mlysa* DORA« BIG AS «*IX sp«CIT)c (or the certain of »h!8 Stsease. U. H.1.NCKAUAM.1I.A, AM»IT IXLAM. K. T» •• We ha*e Bl« © (•!,, MANY YWRS, .«* «»• (i?n Ui boat ot sad* faction. . __ £L B. UYCHK * OOU;1* Sl.o*. soidttr 1VUO WKITIKQ J^MWAARIW MVHS-A •bp pafit " 1---y. £ ifk,.