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* - / * - ' 'i1- ; v * ./«a .;• ;«• • SS^j '••* :/«*• <• .• , , , . . . .. r . ,«r^ ^ , ,,, .. - THfc. ETERNAL MABCR. BT MRS. N. B. MORANGK. What arc tbAy seeking, what eternal gxwit Is theirs, that, like the ever wandering Jew, Tiwy flee the ntlmet b>un a ol peaceful rest; • What are they seeking, something etrange and new? They may not find it, yot they ceaseless go, Wearing the stones away beneath their feet; Think they, as thus they hurry to and fro, That happiness will come their steps to meet? If e»cfa his favorite phantom has in view. If Fortune beckons some, and some Hope cheers, A ghostly armv must be marching through, A silent, dark brigade ol hopes and fears'. Pale, saddened faces jreet the eye and go; Faces you might have seen in troubled dreams; On otherR rests a lair and cheerful glow; Of all their moods you catch but passing gleams. A mystic captain leads; yon hear no voice; Mo musket butt rings on the trampled pave; The endless army seems to have no choice Between unbroken marching and the gram --New York Sun. I ROBBER'S RUSE, B X W. L. FRKNCH. -Ilreat Scott! how I must have slept! Broad day-light sure, and plump 7:30 o'clock. Only twenty minutes till tn*in ' time, and the depot not open yet. 'Wouldn't the old man howl if lie was 1 to hear of it ?" Thus spoke Station Agent Manning, •. of the town of Merton, Neb., one cold . January morning to his half-wakened Bpouse, as he hurriedly tumbled into j his clothes. "Perhaps Jack has got the depot open," responded his wife sleepily. "He may have, but I don't hear him moving down there," replied Manning, and, yanking on hie. blioe*, he went down the stairs (for he and his wife occupied rooms over the depot) and en­ tered the office. Here he found thiog^ in a state of the utmost confusion. The safe-door had.been blown off its hinges and lay on the floor. The money- drawer had been pried off and lay be­ side the safe-door, and even the ticket case had been broken open, but a hasty examination revealed nothing missing from it. Jack Holden, who slept on a cot in the office, lay there now, securely bound and. gagged. Mauning hastily relieved him from his uncomfortable position, and, putting the office hur­ riedly to rights, so that nothing would be seen to cause troublesome questions to be asked on the part of early pas­ sengers who might be about, he list­ ened to unfasten the doors of the one waiting room to the depot. t There were but few passengers to be waited on, and as soon as their wants were attended to and the train bad passed on its way, Manning sat down to his instrument and ticked an account of the afiiir to his Superintendent. Several messages passed, and then word came that the officers would be down on a special. Though showing a calm otitward ex­ terior, the agent's mind was greatly troubled. On the evening of the rob­ bery he had received a packageaddressed to a party in Merton, by the late express, said to contain $25,000. This , = lie had placed in the safe with his own bauds, without mentioning its receipt to anyone. Although he had worked for the com­ pany a number of years,- he felt that "unless the real robbers could l>e traced suspicion was liable to fall on him. a* the only person iu Merton knowing of the money being there. Ia the afternoon a special came in bearing the Superintendent, some other officials, and a not fed detective. After bearing all th£ agent and his assistant <jould tell them, they made a thorough examination of the jjremises, and, after holding« private conference with the detective, went the way they had come without expressing any opinion as to whom the robbers might be, a fact which worried Agent Manning a good deal, and when he tried to learn some­ thing from Detective Gay he found that individual perfectly silent on that point. The next .day another detective came in town, and it did not take Manning long to find that he was being con­ stantly shadowed wherever he went, while his companion, Jack Holden, was subjected to the same watchful care on the part of the company. This only served to prove to himself that MB ideas were correct and that he was suspected, with Jack, possibly, as an accomplice. The company ofiered a regard of $5,000 for the return of the money and capture of the thieves or thief, which «ver it might prove to be. Manning, knowing that he was sus­ pected, determined if jxMssible to un- M«el the mystery and clear 'himself from Hbe least taint of suspicion. To do this he asked for and obtained a leave of absence lor thirty days and departed lor Denver, where the man who had »ent the package of $25,000 resided. He found that he w« followed by one of ti>e detectives, but this made but little difference to him, as he had made up his mind to follow a .certain Mac of action 'till he saw that it was going to prove frait Less. The man who sent the money w*s a young bask .cashier, named George Monroe. He learned on inquiry that the young man had, a few months be­ fore, received a legacy of $50,000 on the death of an aunt, and that, while he bore a good reputation among his as­ sociates, his worst fault was that he was inclined to be fast and spent money recklessly. Monroe told Manning, who intro- detective in daced himself to him as _ ^ ^ the employ of the company, that he had Manning's suTpTclon?' he conldn't stand it so long," was the ' reply. "Thank yon, air,"- said Manning as he moved away. He had learned enough to set him thinking that perhaps he was On the right trail after all. Going to the Superintendent's,whose headquarters were in Denver, he told him that the company suspected him of the robbery, and that he had laid ic>ff on purpose to find the guilty par­ ties. He tii en made known what he Itad learned of Monroe's habits and af­ fairs, and asked his assistance in the following plan, which he believed would trap the guilty ones. His plan was that the Superintendent should in­ form Mr. Monroe that if he would meet him on a certain day in Merton he would pay over, in his presence, to Mr. Jennings the money which he had lost by the recent robbery. It was be­ lieved by Manning that if the two men were alone for a time and they had any guilty knowledge of the robbery, they would talk about it, and that'others besides them must hear that conversa­ tion. The Superintendent fell in with the plan, and ordered Detective Gay to act with Manning, who returned at once to Merton. The plan worked perfectly. Monroe came in on the late express, which ar­ rived in Merton at 10 p. m. He was met at the depot by Jennings, who marched him off to his rooms. They were closely followed by Manning and Gay, who had been notified by wire of his having left Denver. Jennings' rooms were three in num­ ber, on the ground-floor of a private house, where he both roomed and boarded. They consisted of a bed­ room, bath room, parlor and sitting- room combined. Gay had familiarized himself with the premises beforehand, so that Jen­ nings and his companion were hardly comfortably installed in the room be­ fore Gay and Manning had pried up a window that opened from the bath­ room into the garden and had stealtliiiy entered the room and were listening to the conversation pasting in the outer room. Almost the first words they heard produced in them a thrill of gratification. "Well, Jenninga, old boy," tliey hear Monroe's voice saying, "you will be pretty well fixed by this time to-mor­ row night if all goes well. The com­ pany has agreed to square up for the inouey I've lest. Ha, lia, ha! A pretty good joke, eh? The uionev I lost! Just think of it; and your share is to be a cool $10,000!" and agaia he laughed immoderately. "Hush! Don't talk so loud," said Jennings; "somebody might hear yon, yon know, and it would be very an pleasant to have any one catch on to our little game when it is so near a suc­ cessful completion." "Yes, it would be very unpleasant, for a fact." answered Monroe. . Your share in the game will do you •some good--you always did Bave your money --but mine will go the same way as all the rest. Come «*asy, go easy, you know. My Bliare will only pat me even with the world and a'-few _ hundreds to go on." "You had better be careful, George, or your wild ways will get you into trouble vet," answered Jennings. "Maybe it wilL, but isn't it funny that tlie agent at Denver was so sure he saw me put that money in the pack­ age? He did see me put dt in, fori had borrowed that amount from the bank for the occasion, Ixat he did not see me change it for one filled with paper when his back was turned for an instant. It's very easy far people to be deceived in this world." "So it seems," whispered Detective Gay into Manning's «ar. "We have heard all we need to hear., so let's be going." Stealthily they stole out of the room, carefully closing the window behind them, and made t&eir way to their re­ spective stopping plaoes. Early in the forenoon the special car of the officials came in and was side-tracked close to the depot, and the Superintendent was noon in possession of what had been learned the night beioue by the two men. A couple of officers of tbe law were secured, so as to be handy in case of need, and a messenger was sent to summon the two men. They soon put in an appearance at <tA*e car, and when they were expecting to receive *the money lor which they bad so skillfully plotted Manning confronted them, re­ peated the conversation of the night before and accused J<enmngs of com­ mitting the robbery. Confusion was written on the face cf both and they attempted to deny the aoousation, 'till Gay came forward and corroborated the statement of Manning and informed them that they were under arrest. Then Jennings broke down and <con- fessed the whole affair. Monroe had sent the bogus package, be said, and notified him so that toe womld know when it would arrive. On the night of its arrival he had forced an entrance into the depot by means of skeleton keys which he had provided before­ hand. He had then chloroformed all the inmates of the building and had botind and gagged Jac!c, so as to make doubly sure of him. He then drilled the door of the safe, blew it from its hinges, and secured the package. Next she broke into the money drawer and ticket case and took all the money be could find, to make it appear as though done by professional burglars. The plot was well concocted and car­ ried out, and no doubt would have been perfect success, except for Agent The Soft Sunlight. The blinds were open. The soft sun­ light of May streamed into the room. Mother." said a girl, whose rich hair spread over the pillow, like a glossy covering, "prop me up. I want to look ont. How green the grass is. Snow was on the ground when I went to bed. Mother, didn't you say that 1 would be well by spring?" "Yea, darling." "But I am not well." The mother sighed. "Ah, child, I fear you did not stop work soon enpugh. You sewed your life away." I didn't know. I knew that 1 had to work. I did so long for spring to come, but now that it is here, the air is cool. Mother, see if I have a chill." No, darling," the mother replied, placing her hand on the girl's brow. A carrage passed. Merry laughter came in with the sunlight* A frolic­ some boy, held by a happy womau, threw a iose toward the window. I wish I could ride in a carriage. I have secti so little of the world, mother, and the little I have seen has not been rich with pleasure. There, mother, I make you weep. I will not complain. It was only for a moment." She put her wasted arms around her mother's-neck. "No, I will not complain. I know that you have done the best you could. Please put the blatiket on my feet. Mother, don't you remember once when they asked me to join the chftrch ?" "Yes, precious, but don't let t^at worry you." "Oh, it dees not worry me," she re­ plied, with a smile. "I am not afraid. I have never harmed a living thing. I could never bear to keep a bird in a cage. God could not have the heart to punish such a poor, frail thing as I am, could He, mother?" "No, darling. Don't let your mind dwell upon such subjects." "They are not unpleasant, mother. How I do love you," she said, pressing her mother's head against her poor bosom. "In all my life I don't think that I have loved you so much as I do now. You look beautiful to me. Don't cry, mother, please don't." "Oh, my angel--my all, how can I give you up!" "Don't, mother--don't. You must not "talk that way. Last night when you thought I was asleep I heard you pray for me. There now, mother. Ease me down. Has the sua stopped shining?" "No, darling." "I don't see it. No, it's gone. Kiss me--kiss me again." * * * * * The soft May sanlieht streamed into the room and fell upon a coffin. A car­ riage p£<sed. A happy woman held a frolicsome boy.--Arkansaw Traveler. One Thing «t a Time. Early in life I learned from a very simple incident a wholesome lesson and one wfcicli has since been of incalcula­ ble benefit to me, says a oorrespond- ance. When I was between twelve and lourteen years old my father broke up a new field on his farm, and planted it with potatoes, and when the plants were tw© or three inches high, he^eut me to hoe it. The grouud of that place was hard to till; it was matted with grass roots and sprinkled with stones, hoed the tirst row, and then stopped to take a general look at the task before me. Grass as high as the potatoes was everywhere, and looking at the whole from any point it seemed to be a solid mass. I had the work to do all alore, and as I stood staring at the broad reach of weedy soil, I felt a good mind not to iiry to do anything further then with it. . Just that minute I happened to look •down at the hill nearest my feet. The grass didn't seem just quite as thick there and I said to my self, lean hoe this one well enough. When it was done another thought came to help me; I shan't have to hoe but one hill at a time, any rate. And so I went to the next and nest. But here I stopped again and looked over the field. That gave me another thought, too. I could hoe every hill as I came to it; it was only looking away oil to all the hills that made the whole seem impossible. "I won't look at it!" 1 said; and I pulled my hat over my eyes so I could see nothing but the spot where my hoe had to dig. In the course of time I had gone over the whole field, looking only at the hill in hand, and my work was done. 1 learned a lesson, tugging aw ay at those grass roots, which I never forgot It was to look right down at the one thing to be done now, and not hinder and discourage myselt by looking off at .the things I haven't come to. I've been working ever since that summer at the bill nearest my feet, and I have always found it tbe easiest way to get a hard task accomplished, as it is the true way to pcepaxe a field for the harvest. sent the money to his old school-friend Arthur Jennings to buy real estate for him in the town of Merton, where he had understood the land was liable to rise in value, from the fact that the Both men were arrested, convicted and sent to the penitentiary, and Man ning received the reward offered by the comrajy. He wanted Gay to take a part of it, railroad company was contemplating | ̂ ̂ officer refused> claiming that he the erection of large shops at that point. Manning was personally acquainted with Jennings, and knew that he bore an excellent reputation. Satisfying himself that he could learn nothing more, he determinated the interview. For several days he continued to fol­ low Monroe closely without the latter's knowledge, and learned considerable that was not creditable to that young man's character. In one of the gambling dens of the city one night, where he had followed Monroe, he saw him lose large sums of 1 money over the gaming tables. "Does that man play like that often here ?" he asked of one of the hangers-on of the place. "Well," answered the other, "I've seen him lose a good deal of "stuff" here; one night alone be lost over $5,- 000; bnt then again he strikes it and snakes a haul. " "Do you think he has lost more than he has made at it ?" asked Manning. "Well they all do, for that matter, but I guess he has dropped more than most of them. He must have a pile or did not deserve it. Manning now occupie-t a position of great trust under the verv company that once had him "under a shadow." A Valuable Auxiliary. Clerk--There's a lady outside with a child, sir, who says she would like to see you on business. Busy Lawyer--Hm! Another di­ vorce case, I suppose. Well, show her in, Quibble. One minute later. The Stranger (opening her satchel)-- Now, Johnny, you just sit on the sofa and be quiet whiie I speak to the gen­ tleman. I have here, tsir, a "History of Art in Timbuctoo," which is to be completed in fifty-five parts, etc., etc. (We drop the curtain.--Fuck. • IT is very difficult to know just how much we ought to expect from our fel­ low men, but it is far better to err on the sid§ of expecting too little than too much. It is so easy to make too little allowance for deficient traiufng, for un­ favorable circumstance*, for incapacity, for inexperience. ODD, QUEER. AND CURIOUS. A Wild Mare's ln*tin<-t. Mr. William Turner, who has charge THE coins of SiAm are made ol poi- of the Jekyl Islandf stock, relates the fol- celain; those of Japan are made priu- lowing incident which occurred & short oipally of iron. # • " * * ' AT Carlsruhe the police fine any one who plays on' the piano with an open win­ dow. A LUMINOUS buoy has been invented, the light for which is produced by phosphuret of calcium, and is visible two and a half miles away. ELECTRICALLY deposited copper is so dnctile that it can be drawn down until it resembles the finest hair, and this, too, without annealing. A DETROIT statistician says that a million silver dollars, piled one upon the other, would make a silver column two miles liigh. THE thickness of the human hair varies from the two hundred and fiftieth to the six hundredth part of an inch. Blonde hair is the finest, and red the coarsest. ONE of the most ingenious frauds in food is that of adulterating powdered cinnamon by grinding up old cigar boxes, and mixing the powdeied wood with the spice. The longest day of the year has nine­ teen hours at St. Petersburg, seven­ teen hours at Hamburg, sixteen and one-fourth hours at London, fifteen hours at Now York, and three and one- half months at Spitzbergen. •WHEN- the average man or woman comes to be fitted with the fi$st pair of glasses, some curious discoveries are made. Seven out of ten have, stronger sight in one eye than in the other. Nearly one-half of the people are color­ blind to some extent, and only one pair of eyes out of every fifteen is all right in ail respects. AT the head of Onion Valley* in Inyo County, Cal., are two abrupt moun­ tains, one thirteen thousand and the other fourteen thousand feet high. Tumbling down the side of one is a cataract five hundred feet high, which in the distance resembles falling snow, and two other waterfalls of equal height are visible from the head of the valley. THE Emperor of China has a curious way of expressing his gratitude for the services of a deceased Minister who has faithfully served him. In tbe is­ sue of the Pekin Official Journal, which followed the death of the Mar­ quis Tseng, an Imperial decree was time ago: A bunch of eleven wild horses roam at large on the south end of the island, six miles from the club house. Just the sightof a human being is enough to put the whole lvord to flight. Early one morning when Mr. Turner went out into the yard, one of these animals was there, and as soon as she saw him she al­ lowed him to t»£ke her by the mane, lead her to the stable, and put a halter on her. He soon found that she was sick and in prcat pain, and evidently had quit the herd In the night and come up for relief, instinct teaching her that in her distress what she under ordinary circumstances considered her enemy would befriend her and relieve her pain. Mr. Turner, tak­ ing in the situation, proceeded at once to minister to her wants, every effort in her behalf being kindly and apparently gratefully received. Poor Indication. Because a man has heavy eyebrows, a hairy face, a burly frame and a strong voice, do not thence infer that he is fear­ less and resolute, says the New York Ledger. Pluck and determinat ion do not depend upon physical conformation. Your man of mighty brawn, bull-necked j and bull-chested, "bearded like a pawl" ' and deep-voiced as a bassoon, may be as arrant a cur as ever turned tail on dan­ ger. Who has not, at some time or other, 6een a coarse, swaggering giant, with the bone and muscle of three ordinary men, cowed and silenced by an indomitable little fellow half his own size. As a rule, the most formidable-looking specimens of humanity arc by no means the most terrible. Its Excellent Qualities Commend to public approval the California liquid fruit remedy. Syrup of Figs. It is pleasing to tbe eye and to the taste, and by jrently acting on tbe kidney^, liver and bowels, it cleanses the system effectually, thereby promoting the health and of all who use it. IT WJ Looking AtveauL ,,, "No. my man, this is not mine, a twenty-dollar bill I lost." "But it was a twinty-dollar bill before I pot it changed, sor." , j "What did you get it changed for? " "Och, sure, so the owner could con- vayniently reward me, sor."--Pucfe. A BOOKKEEPER named Davis, in New j Haven. 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C- I tunc One b'UKtred good residence LHntiu IntR lTing between Los Ange­ les and Pasadena, California, glvwa away. For particulars, adrtrpsg, witb Stamp. Kil.Plir!o<;FE3.22;iW.lsts*.,Lns An(?eles.C»L A Story of Clitnnn« Cordon. There is a story told of Chinese Gor­ don, one of the most striking which oenters in his romantic personality. While he was in China there was some mutiny in the army over bad rations or stopped pay. It was Gordon's duty to stop that mutiny, and this is how he did it. Be had the men drawn up and went and stood a few paces in front of ihem. At his elbow were half a dozen trusty fellows with loaded rifles. "Now," he said, "vou must have some leaders; let them stand ont and I'll speak to them" There was a moment's pause. "Come, fall outJ" said Gordon again, in a cool everyday voice, as if he was ordering dinner. The men looked at one another, and stirred in their places as hio keen eye ran along the rauks. Then two men stepped forward. Gordon quietly gave a signal to his half dozen men with loaded rifles, and the next moment the two ringleaders were shot dead. So ended the mutiny. "But I always think," Gordon used to say, meditatively after telling the story, "i"always think I murdered those men." --Boston Transcript. ' . V : iliH Humorist, Statesmen may be made, bat genuine humorists are the production of nature alone. A great man or two will not be ftiissed, but the man who makes health­ ful innocent fun, who sets the heart to "crowing like a chanticleer," who makes two smiles where there was but one or no smile before, is a benefactor of the race, a messenger of good straight from the hands of the goddess of laugh­ ter and pleasant thoughts. We bless him while he lives, we miss him when he leaves us, and philosophy itself,with Hamlet, mourns more over the Yoricks that it has lost than the more sovereign things that have perished from the earth.--Baltimore Sun. MEN are always trying to turn their money into something eke, but when people get religion, thev know they bave the best thing on earth, and don't vant to part with it. published, announcing that His Majesty freely pardoned the dead statesman all his faults and crimes which he had committed dufing his life. IT is proposed to use the electric motor extensively in military operations in England. One of the latest ideas in carrying on active warfare is to build a railway at the scene of hostilities ior the transportation of ordnance. It is highly desirable that the trains used for this purpose, which are armor- plated and armed with Gatling guns, should be as rapid and inconspicuous aa possible. IN one of the photographic studios of New York, iu which nearly every celeb­ rity has posed, the artist has placed a phonograph, in order to «uuse his sis tera who are obliged to wait their turn. Here they-may hear Patti and Tamagno sing. Edwin Booth recited into it a portion of Hamlet's soliloquy, which it repeats, whilp following this come some remarks of Col. Ingersoll's concerning bmntitoiie and the after-life, which are in marked contrast. TILE tallest school-girl in the world lives at l£iednaunr>tt«a*<&teraag. tihe is in her eleventh vmc, and is about six feet in height. .She is taller than any woman in that com rnunity. -A showman from Vienna has paid a visit to h«r parents, and of­ fered them a good round sum to allow him to exhibit to tbe world so much feminine beauty. -But the parents bave no desire, they say. to part with their "Maderl" (little girl) for any amount of money. OiiE of the latest proposals is to lav a pipeline for suplying New York with milk, as Pittsburgh aud some other American .towns are supplied with natu­ ral gas or oil from the wells. The lao- teal supply., of course, cannot be got by boring, bat it is to be collected at vari­ ous points and sent along the pipe for distribution in New York. It is said a •company is being formed,, with a capital of about three-quarters of a million dol­ lars, to carry out tlie scheme. TJJJC marriage cenemony practiced by the people of Borneo is very short and simple. Bride and groom are brought out before tlie assembled tribe with solemnity, and seated side by side. A betelnut is then cut in two by the medi­ cine woman of the tribe, and one half is given to the bride and the other half to the groom. They begin to ehew the nut; and then the old woman, after some sort of incantation, knocks their heads together, and they ane declared man and wife. Wrens la a CoSse-Pat, A most peculiar bridal home, wherein to live for a season, and train up chil­ dren, is that described by a correspond­ ent of Forest and Stream. One day two wrens enter&d his Texan cottage and began exploring it, evidently in­ tending to build a- nest there. They peeped into every corner and finally went away, with tlie air of would-be- tenants who say "they will look else­ wherebut in half an hour they re­ turned. and the inmates of the cottage, wishing to furnish them with a resi­ dence all their own, hung an old coffee­ pot on a tree near the door, tying it se­ curely that the wind might not shake it. The wrens presently discovered it, entered it, and were apparently de­ lighted. It was evidently just the sort of hi use for which they had been look­ ing. jiTlie nextday its famishing was quite fim3&ed. T^ney had lined it with bits of feathers, shreds of wool, and downy vegetable growths, and it was soft as velvet. Then one egg appeared, and then another, and tbe little dame be­ gan setting, while her husband, perched oa a branch above the coffee-pot, poured forth song after song, flying away at intervals to bring her a fat worm. , When the little ones came, both father and mother began to feed them. They usually started from the nest to­ gether, but seldom returned at the same time. If the little man came first he soon grew impatient, and after de­ livering his offering would begin calling her loudly and musically. Evidently her name "was "Titty-tee," for he cried, "Titty-tee! ah, Titty-tee!" repeating the note until she arrived. Like the hero of "Never too late tq mend," be could not bear to enter his lonely dwelling until after his wife appeared. AN Iowa girl who "disgraced her family by eloping with a farm h*n&" wasn't heard of again for several years, when she came hack with her husband, who paid off a big mortgage on the old aian's farm. In Town and Hamlet. of Intermittent and bilfyap remit­ tent {ever garmiftata and bear evil fruit. No community has altogether escaped it.• In pop­ ulous wards of largo cities bat sewerage causes It, and in their suburbs et&snant pools in sunken lots breed it. There is at once a remedy and a means of prevention. Its r.aunj is HOB- tetter's Stomach Bitters, which is, -without pera lventure, the most potent antidote in ex­ istence to the malarial vims. Fortified with this Incomparable, saving specific, miasmatio Influences may be encountered with absolute impunity. Disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels, begotten by miasma-tainted water, or any other cause, succumb to the beneficent cor­ rective named, and rheumatic, kidney and blad­ der troubles are surely removable by its use when it 1> given a persistent tstal. Miss MARY A. ConcititAX,, of An- sonia, Conn., carried in a bundlo of sticks of wood for her fire early 0110 morning and put them in a box behind the stove. When she wanted to re­ plenish .the fire she picked up half a dozen sticks, and after putting threo on the fire heard a loud sissing sound in tlie stove. Just then the head of a large striped adder lifted itself from the hole in the stove and tried to strike her. The other two sticks held the snake in such a position that it did not succeed. Her screams brought her father, who killc^l the alder with the poker. It is supposed Miss Corcoran picked It up while it was glutted with food and in a lethargic state, and the heat of the fire forced it into activity. Would You Believe The Proprietor of Kemp's Hals am gives Thousands of Bottles away yearly? This mode or advertising would prove ruinous it the Halsaui was not. a perfect euro for Coughs and all Throat ami Lung troubles. You will see the excellent effect after taking the flrst dose. Don't hesitate! Procure a bottle to-day to keep in your home or room for immediate or future use. Trial bottle free at aU druggists'. Large slae <5Uc aud $1 IT is said that the process of dyeinsr roses is becoming a remunerative branch of industry with English horticulturists. Instead of growing new rarities of roses, which is a process of years, they simply grow ordinary white roses and dip thom in a chemical solution which in a single hour converts them Into the most mag­ nificent yellow tea roses, the rare scarlet red or the peculiar shade of bluish-violet which has beon 0110 of the favorities of tho season. In a similar way pink roses arc turned into blossoms of the deepest red. »Semo years ago, before this brandy of "floral chemistry" was developed, tlie first experiments were successfully made in France with the popular pink hor- tonsia, which, by being watered with * solution of iron, assumed a blueshiMl&. Three Hsrvsnt Excursion* The Burlington C., H. and Q. R. R.. will sell froiu principal statious on its lines, on Tuotsdtty *, Sept ftjnber fl and 23, aad'Octo- ber 14, Harvest Excursion Tickets at Half Rate* !<• • points in the farming r<»gions of the West, South vest and Northwest. For tickets and further information conc«rnlng these .excursions. c :ill on your nearest O., B. and Q. ticket agent, or address P. S. Eustis, Gcn'l 1'uss. and Ticket Agent, Chicago, 111. THE IXDTANAPOTIIS Ram's Horn, a wonder­ ful paper, on tr,Jal to Jan. 1, lS91,.for 25 cents.. No Opium In Piso's Cure for Consump­ tion. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c. Women are not slow to comprehend. They're quick. They're alive, and yet it was a man who discovered the one remedy for their peculiar ail­ ments. The man was Dr. Pierce. The discovery was his w Fa­ vorite Prescription "--*the boon to delicate women. Why go round "with one foot in the grave," suffering in silence--misunderstood--when there's a remedy at hand that isn't an experiment, but which is sold under the guarantee that if you are disappointed in any way in it, you can get your money back by applying to its makers. We can hardly imagine a woman's not trying it. Pos­ sibly it may be true of one or two--but we doubt it. Women are ripe for it. They must have it. Think of a prescription and nine out of ten waiting for it. Carry the news to them! P FREE Stamp. HALF raw. PENSIONS Thousands ENTTOJO Trader the NEW- AC] Wrlt» immediately ta BLANK- for appilcl CO., Wa&2uK£ton. ©• C OLD CLAIMS Settled BMhr HKW Ei»W. Soldiers, Widows, Parents send for blank ap­ plications and information. Patrick O'FMrrellv. Pension A Rent. WaalilBfftoii, D. C. P (H Sjrsi UOIAMJOHN W.TIOKHIS^ nldlwl* Washinston, D.C. : a yrata last -war, lSadjudicattngolalnm, attar ; PENSIONS ! EXPERIENCE. fiKamssBtaasaissaffifevs INFORMATION WANTED ; About C^Ril^E IAURENT BIT 45 (Ikm f&tr complexion \ wbo Mt r , ear? sjto for the Uuitefi States..; 'Quebec about t. . jerries giving information about bitn. if living or- de d.and in the lat er easc**ivm«r of thm place wriPTC he died, will e Keneronsly rewarueow bv N. HAMTX, Advocate of Quebec,Canada, to Wiioro• all correspondence should be directed. pENS|ON LAW. THOUSANDS NOW ENTTIXED WHO- , HAVE NOT BEEN ENTITLED. Addreaat I lor forms (or application and full information* WM. W. DUDLEY, UTE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS. Attorney at Law. Washtajstoffl.lXCfc (Mention this Paper.) . WIWI. FITCH &~CO* !©2 Corcoran Bai 1 ding, Washington, D.C, PENSION ATTORNEYS! The seat of sick headache is not in the brain. Regu­ late the stomach and you cure it. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are the Little Regulators. CU*»£ P4TAR*V, COT.. WKBH, of Chester, N. J.. Is in tli<* VOth year of his ago. He can stAnd upon a chair, bond backward, touch his lieail upon the floor, aud rise up atain without tho aid of his hands. Ho goes tisliing nearly every day in tho Black River, stands in the water up to his knees from morning until night, and ofttimes lands as many as fifty cat­ fish a day. Who of that age can beat this record? JIAXT/S CATARRH~CURE 1* a liquid and !• taken internally, und aot« directly upon the blood unJ Taii'.v.iig gurfa.coM of the sytttem. Send for toHtlinoiiials, free. Sold by Druggista, 7Go. i\ J. CHENEY St CO., PropB., Tolodo, O. THE principal peanut-growing States are Virginia, North Carolina and Ten­ nessee. MORE diseases are produced using browij^ and perfumed aoaps than by anything »-lse. Wh* run such rieks when you 1 VOU WItL SAVE MONKt, Time, Pain, Trouble, and will CI'R15 CATARRH-- »Y USINtt ELY'S CREAM BALU. Apjilv Balm intoeich nostril. ELY BROS., SB Warren St., N. Y. DADWAY'S I I R E A D Y R E L I E F . THE GftEAT CONQUEROR OF PAIN. For Sprains, llritisos, Bacfe:ichc, Pain in tlie Chost or Sides, Headache, Toothache, or any other external pain, a few applications robbed <>n by band act like mnsfc, causimc the pain to instantly stop. For Congestions, Colds, Bronchitis, Pneu­ monia, Inflammations, Rheumatism, Neural. Sia, I ..umlutifo. Sciatica, moro thorough and repealed application* arc necessary. All Internal I'aius, Diarrhea. Colic, Spasms. Nausea, Fainting? Spoils, Nervousness, Sleep- l®s«is«f»s are relieved instantly, and quickly . cured by taking Inwardly SO to 00 drops in lialf a tumbler of water. fiOc. a bottle. All Druggists. D A D W A Y ' S n PILLS, Ait enellMIt and mild Catliartlc. Purely Y<3g-eti»ble. The Safest and bout Medicine iu tho world for the Cure of all Disorders of the LiVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS. Taken according to directions tliey will restore health ami renew vitality. Price 85 eta. a Box. Sold by all Druggists. P E N S I O N S ! The Disability Bill is a law. Soldiers disabled I!BN» the war are entitled. Dependent widows and parents* now dependent whose sons died from effects of axmy* service are included. If you wisb Tourciaimspeed-- lly and successfully pro*' IKUrC T1IIFD . eeuted. address JHHILU I Late Commiggionerof Pensions. IISIISSTOI. 9. C. Ask Him! Who? •JONES OF BIHGHAMTQM, BINGHAMtON, N. Y. * What? Why on Scales- " He Pays the Freight.' •VP¥- FAT FOLKS REDUCE! PATIENTS j HEATB IT RAIL I mMMw. Btoea Cta* «mL (Mm v . OK. O. W. F. MVMR. =«» •»•«, CWcataj^.;... If You Want to tCnov* ont tho human system, v . *• < < ^Anith.«aved, ^i(piorance and ii>ciiscretfo«t to all forma of diatate, *:f {Old Byes. RuftSurr. Phimosis, / in Marriage mtd hm* prize babie, <5f Doctor's Droll Jokes, | -fc£nd ten cents for new L^ugh Ciir MEDICAL SENSE AND N0NSI M, MIL!.. 1*11 B CO., 121) Eist SSth 8t„ f F YOU WISH A/-~^ WOITer purchase one of the cele­ brated SMITH & WESSON aruis. The finest small arms ever manufactured and tho firnt choice of a!l experts. Manufactured in calibres 32,3Sand 44-100. Sln- fioordouble action. Safety HamnierleM and 'artretmodels. Constructed entirelyof beat «aal**- Iry wrought si ee I, carefully inspected for work", manshi;> and stock, I hey are unrivaled for fialah* . •• - tiraShyr iron imitation! onlv unreliable, but da durability and accuracy. DonotbedeoeiTa ' IN renuine article ty an cb aj> nin lleable cast-iron imitations whic are often sold for the genuine article and are noK 'rora. The SMTIBTSK WESSON RevolT*rs are all stamped upon thebaic, rein withfirai'u name, address and datea of patent* and are guaranteed perfect in every detail In> sistupon having1 the frenuine article, and If JWKf dealer cannot supply you an order s^nt to address, beiow will receive prompt and careful "-- Descriptive catalogue and prices" plication. 'r C Mention this paper. tX&fSSESr f '1 SMITH & WESSON, . ' Strirtv* oat? bj tte SprlnfliU, I prescribe and tally «m> " dorse Big t* as the oalj*" ipecific (orthecertaiacaxw jf this disease. J * 8.H.l.NGRAHAM,K.ft>r Amsterdam. N. Tl. I We have sold Big G (or many y«ara. and It bmm m Riven the best ot aatiar ; taction. _ D. R. DYCHE * COu * Chicago, 1U- $1.00. Sold by DroggWfc. No. S«-»<» WHEN WRITING TO AUVKKTISKKsi - "" »lease say jroa N* KM adTcrt l-.c,m«aa in thl« paper. -3 know Dob- _ und | perfect, Dobbins' prevents IMUKIB from chapping. bin*' Electric Soap is pur® iw Kru and an enraged bnll help to mak® • farmer run through his land rapidly.-- 1'exas Stft^ngs. DE. BOLL'S Worm Destroyers are not now and untried. For thirty years tliey have stood the tost of u^age. una their large a&le is duo to merit oniy. PRSPARM), meat manufacturers can all they make, and make all they can.--Tex­ as Si/tinge. BEF.CHAM'S PXXXS care Billons and Nerv­ ous ills. A MINEK'S pocket change is always in close quarter*. GOOD wives irrow fair in the light of their works, especially it they use SAPOLIO. It is a solid cake of Scouring Soap. Try it in your next house-cleaning. The Census May Not Please You, But You Will be Fully Satisfied With Hood's Sarsaparilla Tutfs Pills The dyspeptic, the debilitated, irh*thsr from excesa of work of mind or body, drUkk or exposure in MALARIAL REGIONS, will find Tutfs Fill* the looat genial rj 1 tbe eoSWfcw taweWL PAINLESS. l^l^J^^EFFECTUAL^1 rnr WORTH A GUINEA A BOX.-»• For BILIOUS & NERVOUS DISORDERS Such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Fuftness and Swelling after Meats, Dizziness, and Drowsiness, Cotd Chilis, Ftirshings of Heat, Loss of Appetite. Shortness of Breath, Costiveness, Scurvy, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and aft Nervous and Trembling Sensations, 4c. THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. BEECHAM-S PILLS TAKEN AS DIRECTED RESTORE FEMALES TO COMPLETE HEAfJH. For Sick Headache, Weak Stomach, Impaired - Digestion, Constipation, Disordered Liver, etc., they ACT LIKE MAQIC, Strengthening the muscular System, restoring lonp-iost Com­ plexion, bringing liitck tho keen edge of appetite, anil arousing with the ROSEBUD OF HEALTH the whole physical energy of tho human frame. One of tli>> best pmir.uitees to the Nervous and Debilitated Is that BEECHQM'S PILLS HAVE THE LARGEST SALE OF ANY PROPRIETARY MEDICINE IN THE WORI.O. Preptiretl only by THUS. BKCCHAM. HI. ITelenn. f.n»ea«hlr*. Englaa'. Sold h,f JtrutiffistHgenerally. B. F. ALLEN CO.. 366 and 3K7 Canal St.. New Ysrk. Sole Aconta for the limted vhn (if w dnwrist do< BEECH AM'S_ PILLS on RECEIPT .t PRICK, aScts. A. ' DRNIRDIST does not keep Them1 WILL MAIL " \ BOX. (MIXTION THIS PAPF3.' Best Cough Medicine. Recommended bv Physicians. Cures where all else fails. Pleasant and agreeable to tho taste. Children take it without objection. By dnifrgists. '{ every WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF THAT CAM BE RELIED ON Not to spilt! BE UP TO THE MARK Kot to Discolor I BEARS THIS MARK. ? m a r k * IKKD8 NO LAUNDKRtNQ. CAN U WIPCD QLKAN 1» * TH5 ONLY LINEN-LIN ED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET* -p-' ^ 'ay