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fcrifc In «bs it acta, and in tfcs wmr ft* •old, 1* Df. Pierce's Golden Medical nwr- «y. XlottcsrooMtoof paanoa) i""* XnOokD lag to squtl tt It raws •wjaigin into healthful action, purifies and «n- ricbea the blood, braces up the whole system, and ra- ctorea health and vigor. Mia. STJBAIR GOEDKRT, of Bice, Benton County, Jftaa* writes **1 havs taken three bottles of your 'Golden Medical Discovery' and feel quite well ana atronv now, so that 1 am able to do tar work without the least fatigue." Guar­ antees .Cure. I , r •" . I : . -A- Too Beautiful to JLive. The pride and flower of all the youth of the Zoo ie the young hippopotamus. As it lies on its side, with eyes half closed, its square nose like the end of a bolster tilted upward, its little fat legs stuck out straight at right angles to its body, and its toes turned up like a duck's, it looks like a gigantic new­ born rabbit. It has a pale, petunia- colored stomach, and the same artistic shade adorns the soles of its feet. It has a double chin, and its eyes, like a bull-calf's, are set on "pedestals, and close gently as it goes to sleep with a bland, enormous smile. It cost £500 when quite small, and, to quote the opinion of an eminent grazier, who was looking it over with a professional eye, it still looks like "growing into money." There are connoisseurs in hippopota­ mus breeding who think it almost too beautiful to live.--London Spectat^ Evils of Early Rising. ,v V . An eminent medical authority as­ serts that getting up early tends to ex­ haust the physical power and toshdif erf' life, while the so-called invigorating early hours are apt to produce lassitude and are positively dangerous to some constitutions. ; MEET the first beginnings; look to the budding mischief before it has time to ripen to mattrity.--Shaks- peare. NORTH CAROLINA is first in tar, sec­ ond in copper, third in peanuts and fourth in rica. 'vcT "J OweMy Life To You» That is a strong statement, yet ex­ actly what Miss Gertrude Sickler, of Wilton, KJ, has writ* ten to Mrs Pinkham. She says:-- "I suffered terribly with sup­ pressed and painful men­ strua­ tion^-- Doctors could only keep me from having fits each month by giving me morphine. This continued until I was completely prostrated. "My father at last got me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound\ which at once gave me relief. It did what the doc­ tors could not--cured me. I never have any trouble now, and have no dread of the com­ ing month. I owe my life to you." WHEN ALL ELSE FAILED iwamp-Root Cured ARSHALl tit'; - .... < „ *1 f... h".-' K ft Confined to Bed for Weeks by Kidney and Liver Complaint. Versailles, Ind. June 9,1886. Dr. Kilmer ft Co., Binghamtou, N. T. Gentlemen:-My age is sixty-two years. Have ---- lived here for forty years. I had been afflicted for nearly three years with kidney and liver trouble; at times the patna In my back were almost beyond endurance and conflncd me to bed for weeks at a time. I had no ap­ petite, my stomach troubled me con­ stantly and I was almost in despair. I was Not able to do a day's work. I tried different doctors and the medicines they recommended for these diseases, but all to no avail. I chanced to see the advertise­ ment of Swamp-Hoot. I commenced tak­ ing it at onco and my recovery dates from the first dose, as I improved from the beginning and I am now feeling well and can do a day's work without feeling pain. M. N. Marshall. At Druggists SO cents and $1.00 Size. "Invalids' Guide to Health" free--Consultation free. Dr. Kilmer St Co., - Binghamton, N. T. Unlike tbe Dutch Process No Alkalies -- OH-- Other Chemicals i- > •»' an used in tha . . preparation of " ' W. BAK1B & CO/S reaMastCocoa trhlch is absolutely pure and soluble. It has more than three timet the strength of Cocoa mixed wJtli Btarcb, Arrowroot or Sugar, and is far more eco- •www vufnit; less than ows sent <t cup. It is delicious, nourishing, and EASILY MOISTED. Sold by Growers ererywhen. W. BAKKR & CO., Dorchester, METHODISTS MAKEUP fWO GREAT DIVISIONS OF THE CHURCH FRATERNIZtNQ. Attar Jest Fifty Years of Iitisa(«amt the northern and 8oath«ra Bnsoh** Begin to Exhibit gfmptaas at a Pealre for Beeoncillatloa. Hold a XiOw-lTaast. ; Forth© first time in half • ©antttry the two great branches of the Metho­ dist Church in America--the Metho­ dist Episcopal Church, by which name the Northern body is designated, and the Methodist. Church fc'outh--have come together in a love-feast. This has just taken place in St. Louis, and is especially noticeable as having taken place in that city, because there the passions aroused by the civil war ran high and with unusual virulence. It is specially significant as showing the growing strength of the fraternal feeling between the bodies, which may yet lead to their organic union. The question on which the once united Methodist Church of the United States split was that of slavery, and the same lines that marked the seceding States in the war marked the division of the church. But this question, while always a cause of dissension in the de­ nomination, and condemned by the laws of the church, bai been tolerated for years, because tho church recog­ nized that under the laws of some of the States the emancipation of slaves was not always possible. Hence it con­ tented itself with occasional fulmina- tions on the subject of slavery, but did not debar the owners of or clealers in siaves from membership. These ex­ pressions pleased the Northern senti­ ment, and while the South did not go into ecstasies over them, it took the matter quietly as long as its pet insti­ tution wai not menaced. Disruption of the Couferene*. This good feeling was rudely shat­ tered in the General Conference of 1844 and the secession spirit which later threatened to disrupt the nation made itself painfully manifest. The conference, which was held in Now York, was required to take action on an appeal frem the Baltimore con­ ference. The case was that of the Rev. Francis A. Harding, who had been suspended for failure to manumit slaves belonging to his wife, the Baltimore conference holding that the laws of Maryland permitted such manumission. Tbe General Confer­ ence upheld this decision. The decisive case, however, was of Bishop James A. Andrews of Georgia. Bishop Andrews had married q. Georgia widow, whose former husband, am<fng other possessions, had left her several slaves. Wben the Bishop married he secured the^e slaves to his wife by a deed cf trust. The connection of a general superin­ tendent with slaveholding caused a profound sensation in the Nt rihern church, and it was claimed that this relation would infract the provision forbidding the General Conference to destroy the plan of the itinerant Gen­ eral Superin' e idency, since it would be impossible ior a slave-holding B sh­ op to .preside ovtr the Northern con­ ference. The solution o.r the difficulty was for Bishop Andrews to dispose of his slaves or resign his t The first he would not do, because t f his deed of trust; the latter his people would not allow him to do. * Division Decided Upon. Steps were at once taken toward curing a division of the church and its property. The South demanded a pro­ portional share, of the capital, assets, etc., of the Book Concern, and this di­ vision was generally assented to as equitable by the Northern conference J. Owing to the opposition of a few, how­ ever, the United States Supt ems Court had finally to decide the question, which it did in favor of the South. A call for a convention of Southern Methodists was then issued, and in May, 1845, delegates from all tue slave- holding States assembled at Louisville, Ky. Here an organization w_as effected, and the first general conference de­ cided upon for May, 18i6, at Peters­ burg, Va. Since that time the organi- tion has steadily progressed in strength and riches, although the war some­ what impeded its progress. It has now about 12,000 churches and the same number of clergymen and nearly l,500,0j0 communicants. Bishop Andrews continued actively engaged in the ministry until his death in 1872. May 1 of that year he preached in New Orleans; tUe next day he jdied. suddenly of heart failure. He was 77 years old. WHEAT IS A DRUG NOW. Vi-4, 4_< BALD olJBEARDLESS? EUREKA LAXATINE Is the onlv gore remedy for promoting the growth of hair. Larue bottles flOc; until botties 25c. post­ paid. Henry McDonald A Co., Funiessville, Ind. fer One Farm of 113 seres, in grass; price ~ 1500. Also a new residence in Mem- SbO. Jno. F. Miller. MemphiH.Mo. AGENTS SIM, WA X T K l> - To wll Belting, Packing, Hose, etc., for large fac­ tory. P. O. 1371. Sew York. For MEN or BOYS selling our Utnea SpecJoltieB. J he Automatic Check 5J23 Masonic Temple, Chicago,!!!. PILES--Positive Cure. Hone l reatneit Becsipt.tl. SAMPLE PHASJIACT CO.. SO Bend. 2nd. So. 11-94 N. V. Farmers Holding Baek with tbe Hope of Obtaining Higher Rate*. The Chicago Herald publishes, under the caption, "Wheat Is a Drug," a three-column article, bristling with statistics, tending to show that the present low price of wheat is the nat­ ural result ot the prevailing financial depression, assisted by overproduction and the holding back of marketable supplies of the farmers. Interviews witn bankers and merchants are also cited, the trend of their views seeming to indicate that the effect of existing conditions on finance are not great, but are directly attributable to the law of supply and demand. The position taken by the Herald is extremely bearish, as will be seen by the subjoined excerpts: Wheat is prostrate in all the markets of the world. For wesks it has been a drug at prices unprecedented since speculation in farm products began. It has sunk below all low marks, re­ fused to respond to bullish influences, and gone begging at quotatir m taken to be under the actual cost of produc­ tion. Theories that crop products, like articles of manufacture, had an intrinsic value under which they could not long be sold, have been exploded, and w heat has continued to fall. How long this condition of depressed prices will last is a question that inteiests American farmers, who devote 15.0 0,- 090 acres every year to cultivating tbe cereal to merchant in the land, and, incidentally, to speculate the world over. After analyzing all the influences that have contributed; and there are any number of them, it would appear that a new level tumble is about to be established for wheat, beyond which it is not likely to rise except by the : boldest manipulation, and then only for brief pariods. There ara specula­ tors who believe that those good old dayti when $1 a bushel wa* the rule will never come again, and that sev­ enty-five cents may be looked to as the future top-notch quotation. These men are by no means bears, for they concede that wheat cannot hover long around the depressing figures of to-day. They have ransacked the statistics of the world, and claim to have discovered that the cheap product of Russia, India and the Southern hemisphere, whioh has lately turned an almost inex- treated wiftost *efcr- wt market, and on the theory that Europe vi be supplied from the fields mat sldtt the Baltic, from the rich plains of Ittdhi and from South America. It may be said that this gloomy view is not shared tbe •professional bull, who, with all .bis buoyancy, offers no promise of an early return to prosperous prices. It is conceded by all speculators, as well as by those whose interests are greater than margin profits or losses, that wheat declined during the panic through sympathy with other stocks and commodities. It would be unrea­ sonable to expect it to stand firm and alone in the general collapse that car­ ried everything else down, but the de­ cline cannot be charged exclusively to the panic, nor is its continued prostra­ tion, after other st.cks rallied, ex­ plained by tho?e who point to that as the cause of prices prevailing now. The acreage and the yield of wheat in the United States was less in 1893 than for any year since 18^5, and yet the farm price, 52 cents, was far below that of previous years. It is undeni­ ably a fact that the tremendous over­ production of 1892 and 1891, which left a larger visible supply than the coun­ try had ever known, is responsible in a measure for the present low quota- ti ns. Statistics of visible supplies, acreage, yield and farm prices from 1886 to 18H3, inclusive, are then quoted, an analysis of which follows: In 18S5 the acreage fell to 34,189,246 and the yield to ;*57,112,00J bushels, but tl e farm prices reached 77.1 cents. From that time back to 1880 the acre­ age never fell below 3(>.393,319, and the lowest yield was 380,280,000 bushels. The tarm price ranged from 64.5 cents in 1884 to 110.3 in 1881. Only twice since 1880 has the Unit;d States crop fallen below tho figures of 1893, ana that was in 1885, when the farm price was 71.1 cents, and in 1881, when the yield was" 80,280,003, and'the price at the farm 110.3. In JS87, with a visible supply of 61,- 88j,50;\ the high and low price record was 74«, 78J, and tho Herald reasons that the present phenomenally low prices are not unreasonable in view of the glutted condition of the principal wheat-producing sections, and that the fact of the cereal being worth less than the actual cost of production will but tend to divert the present acreage to the production of some more profit­ able crop. " It is said, as an instance, that of the 23,000.000 bushels raised in Michi­ gan, only 9,00 »,000 have been brought to market. These figures may not be correct, but the impression is general that farmers are housing a greater reserve now, in anticipation of higher quotations, than they have ever held back. Mysterious arrivals at Duluth, Minneapolis and other heavy trading points to the north, s^epa to add weight to these sus­ picions. Board of Trade men, however, are agree! that bettar times are ahead, and that the effect of these low prices is, by no means, as disastrous as might be supposed. WANTS THE CITY HALL SITE. Cook County Commissioners Hake m Biff Demand on Chicwgo. At the next meeting of the County Board of Cook County the first gun will be fired in a lon^ legal battle, the duration of whioh will probably not be measured by the present generation, when County Attorney Judd presents an order for the Board's approval mak­ ing a formal demand upon the city of Chicago for the possession of the city hall property. City officials are at present inclined to consider this as a joke, or, at best, a bluff on the part of the County Commissioners. It is thought that the latter have an object to gam, the nature of which is not yet apparent. Attorney Judd said, according to a dispatch, that the county's intentions were serious. "I shall," said he, "ask the County Board to pass an order making the demand on the city merely as a necessary legal formality. The citv will, of course, refuse to comply, and then I shall file a bill for the county. It will probably come up in the Circuit Court. I expect to get a decision and carry the case before the Supreme Court in the October term of this year. "I 'am of the opinion that the county hes a legal right to the land. As for compensating the city for its building, that is another question, but I don t think the courts will think it neces sary. This is not precisely a question of equity or justice, you see. Neither side will be robbad, whichever wins, because the two municipalities are practicallv the same. The city pays seven-eighths of the county taxes, and the issue only concerns the best use of the people's money and the people's property. The talk is already started by some of the County Commi-sioners as to the disposition of the City Hall grounds when they get them. A $5,0 0,00) building for county purposes, with an in closure in which is to be the jail, is one of the projects discussed. Corporation Counsel Rubens thinks the legal aspects of the suit are not worth worrying over. He thinks it would be fortunate for tho city if the county won the suit, for the city could then enter into negotiations with the United States Government to exchange property on the lake front for the cus­ tom house block and thereon erect a new city hall. SHOT DOWN AT THE POLLS. $ haustible supply into the markets erf " " finally crop out. Exposed to that fatal com- Europe, will finally drive the American tition, they argue that wheat rais- will some day become an AiqeHcwr Politicians Fight with Pistols in Os« ot the Wards of Troy, N. Y. One man was killed and three others seriously wounded in a fight at a poll ing booth of the third precinct of the Thirteenth Ward, at Troy, N. Y. Among the watchers at the polling lace was Robert Ross and his brother William, both of them being there in the interest of the Republican party. There was also there a well-known character by the name of "Bat" Shea. About 1:30 o'clock a gang of at least fifteen strangers stood waiting to vote, while men whose names were on the poll-list, both Democrats and Repub­ licans, were crowded away. Robert Ross objected to this, and had words with Shea. A dispatch says that the trouble began in the polling booth, where a crowd of repeaters, headed by Jeremiah Cleary and Shea, attempted to vote. When the vote was challenged the men went outside and immediately started an argument with the Ross boys. Sud­ denly the crowd surged forward, and in an instant revolvers were drawn and shots fired. Robert Ross fell to the roadway and his brother William cried "I'm shot." Then the firing ceased as suddenly as it had commenced. Be­ fore a surge. n could reach the scene Robert Ross was dead. William Ross was shot in the neck just below the base of the brain and will probably die. John McGough is dangerously wound­ ed, while Shea's wound is not consid­ ered serious. He is under arrest. Cleary escaped. Newsy Parajp-aphs. THE Wisconsin State Fair will be held in Milwaukee Sept. 17 to 21. SECOND hearing of the Franklin will contest has commenced at Nashville, Tenn. EDWARD NEEI/V, of .Butler, Pa., was killed by a boiler exirikMtaa iag an oil welL Ai Hl»h Attttvdes It Is Mot Hot Kat«|h to Cook Potatoes." • • v * "Cold boiling water, indeed! Boiling water is the hottest kind of thin*. "Don't I know? Haven't I scalded my fingers more than once with water from the teakettle'/" James is right and yet he is wrong. Boiling water is not always hot water in spite of his painful experience. This is the way it happens. When water boils ordinarily it is be­ cause great heat ha* separated the tiny particles of the water, forcing up­ ward an 1 outward in livelv bubbles the air which is contained in them. This is done in spite of the downward pres­ sure of the atmosphere. After the wrater has become hot enough to boil it can get no hotter, because the air es­ capes as fast a i it is suffic iently heated to do so. There are places on the earth where the pressure of the a'mosphere upon the water is so slight that it requires but little heat to push apart the nar- ticles and set free the air bubb'es wrhich are confined in tho water, 6o it begins to boil before it is very hot. It ought hardly to be called cold water, perhaps, but it is cortainly far from being as hot as ordinary Wiling water. This state of things 'is found cn all highmountain tope, as the atmosphere grows weaker ana itft pressure less as one ascends. A gentleman traveling at a g:eat elevation in the Andes Mountains put some potatoes in a pot of water over a hot fire. The water began to boil al­ most immediately,, but the potatoes did not cook. All the afternoon and all night the water bubbled and boiled, but still the potatoes were not cooked. The boiling waW was not hot enough. --New Orleans Times-Democrat. Haunted! A haunted house In thes? practical sod xm> pom&ntic days is something of a rarity, but an Individual haunted with the Idea that his ail­ ment is Incnrable Is a personage frequently met with. Disbelief in the ability of medicine to cure is only a mild form of monomania, although In some eases repeated failures to obtain relief from many different sources would almost seem to justify the doubt. Hos- tetter's Stomach Bitters has demonstrsted its ability to overcome dyspepsia, constipation, liver and kidney trouble, malarial complaints and nervousness, and its recorded achieve­ ments in the curative line ought at least to warrant its trial by any one troubled with either of the above aliments, even although hie previous efforts to obtain remedial aid have been fruitless. Used with persistence, the Bitters will conquer the most obstinate CM?8-... In a Coal Mine. A physician asserts that disease is no more demolishing in its raids among the workers in coal pits than it Is among the agriculturists and labor­ ers. If one can be guided by statistics, the coal dust atmosphere in which their life is passed is no element of any ferious evil to them: it may not be pleasant, but it is not unhealthfui: in­ deed, the actual death rate of tne:e ininers is not abnormally high, even when it includes the fatal wholesale disasters which occur from t'me to time in the pits. _ fiOO Reward. SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleansd to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tbe only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con­ stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon th « blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case thai It falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Tolsdo, a 4^Sold by Druggists, 75c. Electricity. Trees are felled bv electricity in the great forests of Galicia. For cutting comparatively soft wood, the tool is in the form of an auger, which is mount­ ed on a carriage, and is moved to and fro and revolved at the same time by a small electric motor. As the cut deepens, wadges are inserted to pre­ vent the rift from closing, and when the tree is nearly cut through, an ax or hand saw is used to finish the work. In this way trees are felled very rapid­ ly and with very little labor. 1.410 Bl'8. POTATOES PKft ACBK. This astonishing yield was reported by Abr. Hahn, of Wisconsin, but Sal- zer's potatoes always get there. The editor of the Rural New-Yorker re­ ports a yield of 736 bushels and 8 pounds per acre from one of Salzer's early fiotatoes. Above 1,410 bushels are-rom Salzer's new seedling Hundred­ fold. His new early potato, Lightning Express, has a record of 803 bushels per acre. He offers potatoes as low as $2.50 a barrel, and the best potato planter in the world for but $2. If You Will Cut This Out and Send It with 6c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis., you will re­ ceive free his mammoth potato cata­ logue and a package of tixteen-day "Get There, Eli," i adish. C Sound's Speed. In day air at 92 degrees sound travels 1,142 feet per second, or about 77") miles per hour; in water,4,90J feet per second; in iron, 17,5.0 feet per second; in cop­ per, 10,378 feet per second; in wood, 12,030 to 16,000 feet per second. It has also been proved tbat the sound of a bell can be heard 45,000 feet through water, and that when the same bell wa9 rung in the open air it could be heard but 456 feet.--St. Louis Re­ public. Electrics. There ought tp be an electric machine to jog tbe memory; we forget too much and learn too llttl& We know what's best, bat forget It at tbe wrong time. Brain actloa should be like a flash. There are thousands now suffering Intensely with neuralgia. Let them remember the cure, St Jacobs OIL Its effects ure electrical Highest pf all in leavening strength.--Utiit ir» 5. tor. M bp«t Powder AB&OA.t)TE|ar. PURE Economy requires that in every receipt calling for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter, of ,fiaer flavor, moredigestible and4 wholesome. "-.v -\Y: ; 1 J (• - ' ROYAL BAKING POWDCft OO.t 106 WALL ST.,* NEW Ybftk. "A Story of George Sand; A discussion arose one day about the latest work of a singularly vapid and dull writer, who had, 1 know not how, gained the privilege of being intro­ duced to the attentive audience gath­ ered together "autour de la table." "There is no doubt," remarked Mme. Sand, "that all of it is not good to the same degree, but it contains at least a description of Venice which pleases me greatly." Several of us agreed with her, albeit we were under the im­ passion that we had already met with this descriptive piece somewhere. "Egad, I know where " suddenly ex­ claimed her son, and off he rushed to the bookshelves to get "La derniere Aldini." where, with a feeling of in­ dignation at the plagiarist, we found the very description, which had been copied almost word for word. "What, is this by me?" Mme. Sand repeated, astounded and startled. "I had no idea of it. After all, it is really not so bad." Never was any modesty more sincere than hers; no numan being was ever less self-conscious.--Century. ' ^ An Advantage of Twin Sorcpit The great value of twin screws, apart from the increased speed which they give, was shown in the case of the steamship Paris, belonging to the American Navigation Company. Al­ though the rudder of the Paris was broken, she remained under control and, by the use of her twin screws, was turned about and returned to port. Such accidents are relatively rare, but when they occur it is usually in rough weather, when steering gear is most needed. The ships with twin screws have in effect a duplicat3 rudder, and are thereby rendered that much eafer. --Philadelphia Ledger. The Modern Way , Commends itself to the wefWtaformed, to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly done in the crudest man­ ner and disagreeably as well. To cleanse the system and break up colds, headaches and fevers without unpleas­ ant alter effects, use the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup ot Fig*. To Cure a Sty. To cure a sty, take the white of an egg on a saucer and rub into it a small pinch of powdered alum. It will be­ come a curd. Put it between two fine pieces of muslin lawn and bind it over the eye before retiring for the night. In the morning the sty will be gone or much better. One more application will be sufficient and no more sties will oome. OPi. . CHEAP TOOLS. j $4.25 buys the Family Grist Mill; $2 a 1 potato planter: $6.50 a horse hoS culti­ vator: $2 a corn sheller: $1 a |>ost-hole s auger; $12.75agreat fanning mill; $6.75 a Planet Jr. drill: and other tools, har­ rows, etc., at lowest prices. If Vou Will Cut THIM Ou' and Send It With 5c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., you will re­ ceive their, mammoth seed catalogue free. C GUTTA-PERCHA, bamboo, gong, rat­ tan and three or four more other like products are of Malay origin. It Pays. It pays to read the papers, especially your owa family paper, for often in this way 'good business opportunities are brought to your attention. For instance, E F. Johnson & Co., of Richmond. Vs.. are jnow advertising, offering paying positions to parties who cnguge with them, devoting all or any part of their time to their busi­ ness interests. It might pay you to write to them. Schllftnann'* Asthma Care Instantly relieves the most violent attack, facilitates free expectoration and insures ' rest to those otherwise unable to sleep : except in a chair, as a single trial will i prove. Send for a free trial package to j Dr. EL SchlfTmann, St Paul, Minn., bat i ask your druggist first. HOUSEKOLDTffEASUftE. UMvInf Popularity of the Oxferd Machines. There is nothing more truly a household treasure,than a good sewlag machine. To be without it Is to be'willfully deprived of the immense advantage of one of tbe greatest of all inventions A machine onco bought is a perpetual treasure. It de­ mands no wages, occasions no expense or trouble and is always ready without a mo­ ment's notice to render the work of the laborious housewife tenfold more efficient and expeditious. Some machines combine the best ideas and suggestions which have been so abundantly introduced in thta re­ markable mechanism. A machine which exhibits in liberal com­ bination all the best features Introduced Is the Oxford Improved Sewing Machine, f made bjr the Oxford Manufacturing Gom- pauy, Chicago, description and cut of which can be seen in the advertising col­ umns ot this paper. They make high and low arm machines, with lock-stitch shut­ tle, running light nnd quiet. These ma­ chines have the following Important feat- tures: Cheapness (ranging from $10.50 upward); perfect, almost self-adjusting and graduated tension; are under control of the operator, and are always positive in their working. They are entirely self- threading In all points. Including the shut­ tle. The needle Is self-setting, and the attaAttmttAw gVe^iufcRty and easily placed and fastened. The shuttle has an easy oscillating, motion, causing It to keep Its proper place against the race. Their Ox­ ford, itbrtie ana'Columbia Machines, with attachments, were awarded the medal premium at the World's Columbian Expo­ sition, .Chicago. -.f $4 to California. - ' This is our sleeping car rate lips-Rock Island Tourist Excursions from Chicago to Los Angeles or San Francisco, via the scenic route and Ogden. You can go with Phillips, the best of all excursion managers, for he has each party accom­ panied by a special agent who goes the en­ tire trip with patrons. These personally conducted excursions leave Chicago twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday. We have also a daily tourist car service^ via our Southern route, through the beau­ tiful Indian Territory and Fort Worth to Los Angeles and San Francisca '1 he tour­ ist car rate via this route, the satue, Ap­ ply at Roek Island ticket office, 104 Clark street. John Sebastian, G. P. A.. G, R. L & P. Ry., Chicago. farm Farm Renters May Become Owners If they move to Nebraska before the price of land cllmb^.out of sight Write to J. Francis, G .P.^apd T. A., Burlington Route, Omaha. Neb., for free pamphlet. It tells all abovl everything you need to know. Baa "OMcheeter*' Spading other column. Boot ad. In FITS.--All to stopped free by Dr. KUne'sGreit Nerve Kciiteret'. 'SoTlto ifter first day's IM«. Maip- Trestleo and 13.00 trial bottle free to Kliuo, BUL Arch St., Phila, P». tknA, M*4%M M en* tar flw trntatm iw aitfttt. wl* fcr flte (M* iato wfcidi fetal mxw ' m whi tUt to " " kM*M* lb* Am fM wlm I* kmtm " InjMMriMW ' • •ntaaattMi WWKIto to tUs: The A* IIBM H» Wit minamt c*. unoritn, IT news wttit T* cense, WHAT MUBnUH, IT IMMIS wri cr amna ML •MM <C ttto it la TN raarmoa fmrtnrj, N< TANS MS MI IMMMM QWMTITF of |ood>, and pood*. AT Sllti <M«w ia a md-b-ka, fcu bem, or night law bin, ImS fta bm, SAT tw SMA't know. It ia M in the part, nto IM* ri* by Ours is in tli* pT**ent, II* 1 found in tfcs* ' than a nrfcfeer was." After l~ ••4 MB Salt attu>y and it is ta W Ihei^ylfcl^l *•. «Mt»ha li*»« rifint voices a*-> heard saying „ "W# na |f| «£ emi imitflj their enricavo » ripens* only hop, to ntamlMjat Hill •• • far nlwuxinf. Why «• MS 1W MM to l|k WB MUS XWt BUST tl BW, mm WM M (MT, and in Mim we km totter Ifcn Mlllta. «• tow that tfcla artel, «• O* air, wttl aatlaK atotoM iptiaalai I, kit if properly (alraniM4, will lial Mm Baitodwtr* galvanized will I «MBr M last 40 year., --A to MM-* How Wi: dc« it last (<Wtoif M pa to an eighth of urn >r.rb tbkk, Ml an4 ia the rsncs of windtmlh is fraaa a I toaaictj-fwrth of an inrh thick, and tlMMfltoa I a fourth to an eighth 3S > as long HtteMMMaj T ar» not *qual: tha «toai it ted is rivetaS to t&totor attor ttian toinf equal, but they toalai toa toiaa pamrtwd through Tto <ttialia«*af~ti»8 thin part* at onf* eracto tfea fato* anaMttomito, tal water at once (rets ltulnit|afcB|«k aiwarStoMapaita. Som hai-* u.rr; awtal aaSMk totWkrink. Ail of conn* is not so good at paialtaK, MW ttejatauftisKt is I'lpowd *b4 U -- mVUM ro* THE vMbhyriMfcrti. IMIIV ./SM I nmtii it becomes ] t> and! «»fi| twy k*. pore and openinftf •art jQW, rW ttp tsnd 9etmrmt$ mm4 At wiili 19 mm*9 composing th• mMtm fc Hfmr a* cn* pimt, then ymt kmm t mmurimg anti l ettable. St is t afford to do it, W* 1 _ if wkm mmd mtmmtfmmm tmeiimd from pea rs emd to «PNMMM% fctf wt kmm ImfiiM? .«> thmi %e$ can tike nature cf galvanising. Tbe lilmj villi Silt ©rary por« and covers ir i r T jj |iiatil> it III -a - Tan« and Timer is eIdc and ahutimm ft is in! p«t «a, bwt which, alter standing for ttato# i ieal combination or tlloy which eann<* •tHHwlispesetiflelly indeftructible. Tl> ttfc rimtiiiMCBt m this series will tliow * 8% Tkrvtk, wtjafcii ITS }b%., which will carry 2 tons, and of ferSeoaiat* aaiUJlMk v. W*. $, w» wfll Aermetor Factory, ti will be fou&d i f farm or ia a&T warehouse. it, which is No. i {& the series, i •MtiaiMs4My after the app*«r*Bce of adv. Miiw f.e.K, Ckmco, one of thtM Trucks or I kvatA hewaaa, tNignt from Ctiieafa added, , Whart w« «i, we shalI make liberal «f«t to aceept copili •--** !«nt4 in part payment tar Wtedmtlls. If fan •f using a windmill this jmt tit *0 . y»w will nee4» n-hptlur Pimping it pataUs we will raafce yon. a libera! offer. to lamtor Ot. proposes to distribute iyi written by the wife, son « •! M. CtMLS »KMkl - af windmill, answering UtaaaMttMk *W«I MNCUI vm AS AKRVAtOR «» For eoadLana 4 4 eewnnti and numt-eraof pnaaa M< hrila.. tonaotor . aiicagn, or to Malnaaafc--i at 8-- Cii> , Lincoln, Net.., Ueas CM]r, hM, Wm-at 65 Tark Place, New York City. •ad aarne price, *11 St«l; all Qalraplaad >flar aa. delinrad frao on cart at (%i«ag* aud ahippad le Myaaa, aaywHora, at the following ptteaa: 8-ft. t2B. 12-ft. S50. I O-f*. <126.; . W.L.BOITSUSSSBHQB1 (equals custom work, costing froaa, <4 to $6, best value for the i * »n the world. Name and price ^stamped on the bottom. Bverv pair warranted. Take no nbnl tute. See local papers for AUI description of our complete lines for ladies and gta. tlemen or tend for B- lustrottd Cmtmlagw* it --• haw to ww derby mail, eostafrr free. You can get thebMt kafxalaa of dealers who push our shoes. rnrr totlm Poor. AstonndmRCMres by theflhrill | HLL method of h«alinit. DivinotChiistiaBlaeieaee by OMSMI treatment: no drnuR: hopei'^s cbroete eaaM •olteitod. Tbe moat wewsstai healer known. Ad- dram Rev. Dr. Strickland. Benton Harbor. Hiob.t IMKSP •ai rauhBtnedr easily made. Receipt tor HidiMt Talma's famous Complexion Bleach nedy. with complete InRtrocttoafor eoedBeUnc tbe patent medii-mo buainem, sent for SiwSSlnwwmit. MMB. M. TALMA. So. Bend. Ind. Wanted; men or women; par^l * nionthlv; i-enrl ltoiai*" iiiipU-K k prohpiytge. MPCBTO toflS nionthlv; i-evul l|g|iitl««l •ff W |f § il tor samples k prospertM. H.8, fHILOH'8 COKSDMI'TION CURB 14 Sold On a jraarantee. It cures Incipient Ctinsump- tloa It Is the best Cough Cure. 26 cents, 60 cents and SLOb. WB cannot deN|ne It, but there seems to be an "aroma of lorew'about every jrounj? lady whose complexion has been beautified by Glenn's Sulphur Soap. EXCAVATIONS in Oiseau-le-Petit, France, have revealed the remains of a Gallo-Homan citj% including a great temple, a theater, and monuments. The city, which must have numbered about 30,000 inhabitants, seems to have been destroyed by an earthquake. Abraham Lincoln's Stories. An illustrated book, unmarred by advertising, containing stories and an­ ecdotes told by Abraham Lincoln, many heretofore unpublished, will be sent free to every person sending his or her address to the Lincoln Tea Co., Wayne, Ind. IN Dutch Guiana the women carry upon their persons all the family sav­ ing* in the shape of heavy bracelets, anklets, necklaces and even crowns of gold and silver. A SLIGHT COLO, if neglected, often at­ tacks the lungs. BROWN'S BROSCHIAX. TROCHES give sure and immediate relief. Sold only in boxes. Price 25 cents. THE tramp is unalterably opposed to the sweating system. IR TOU HAVE A WORRYING COUGH, or any Lung or Throat trouble, use at onco Dr. D. j Jayne's Expectorant, and don't parley with ; what may prove to be a dangerous condi- i Hon. j PREACHERS are in reality soul agents flor their cause. HOOD'S 8afsap$ri!la CURES m 0 IS ESSENTIAL TO HEAL isopc to be will if your BLOOD 18 IMPURJ3. BOILS, P/MPLES, ULCERS or SORES year blood ifl bad. A few bottles o< 8.8. & wOl tlwroachly«lMUiM the system, raw** ail Imparities and build you upt All maanaref blemishes are /»/ eg/ten MMflV byttsvse. It to the best blood ramdyonesiau Thousands " who have used it say so. badly out of order ttte, so enjoyment at is no bettsrrMMdytw OATIX, DayttML Ofcfe.1* SWIFT SKClPte CO.. ATiairra. oa i -ELY 8 Pusas»a, the Soros, Gives Relief at Apply into the Xottrils. SOc. Druggists or by mail. ELY -it SAM^itwrM BKMLMVimn ST.N.Y "COLCHESTER" SPADING Lovely Complexion Pure, Soft, White Skin. Kiss Ortencia Jb Alien Salem, Mich. Liver and Kidney trouble caused me to suffer all but death. Bight weeks I lived on brandy and beef tea. The doctor said he had not a ray of hope for my recovery. I rallied and commenced taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and from the first felt better. I continued and am now able to assist my mother in her house­ work. I owe my life to Hood's Sarsaparilla." OBTENCZA E. ALLEN. HOOO'S CURES. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick headache, indigestion, biliousness. Sold bv all drust^lsts. Have you freckles, moth, black-heads, blotches, ugly or muddy skin, eczema, tetter, or atiy other cutaneous blemish ? Do you want's quick, permanent and ab- solutely infallible cure, FREE OF COST •} to introduce it? Something new, pure, n mild fl.ad so harmless a child can use or drink it with perfect safety. If so, send your full Post-office address to (.. HISS MA««IE E. MUSETTE, g. 134 Vine Street, Ciseiniwtl, 4MU*. ^ AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. ^ UFLFF CANNOT SII HOW V0» DO "IRC IT ANB PAY FIEIUT. C|A Bof! W S4ra«n*walaat « aak ba> •rTpravad Mch Ana «mt mlM aachiaa Sady Bai^M, akk»l plaMd.adaiKtAu h(ht 4 hUry w<M; ruraataad far Itlaani AataauttaSakMaWtatar,* "~--TH. CjUa- <<r Skattl*, SaKSatttag IMItadamiMa ^Iwlol IUrlJll^taMU|ihippri may mhmmmt SOBar'alHaL No laaaar ftfabad & advaaca. w, WaiidH Fair taachlaa aad attaeh. For fa-men, Htaeta, B. i and others. The outer o> tap sole aytsBdal tha whole length of the FOIS 4t«n < to the het i. protectlna Ut *Tl«lia lTi ( das and other work. Best qaSSj || _ ASK YOUR DftALBR. i Good men wanted everywhere. Ad- vertigiui? uove ltl»H; C&0 a week: outfit .. Washington, D.O. AGENTS tree. R.SIMh&CO, How I was completely cured of Nenrous W if P r Debility. Vital etc. isent FREE. I nLL C. WILLIAMS. Florist. ESGLEWOOD. LU. THOMAS P. KIHFSok.Washington, D._C. PATENTS I We will sen1 MuourbeM . Kilt wail pa- perandbor-, • -- -- -- -- -- J si* for • »•!>•> tiliiug« to pin «a4 MtOln«i|iiaa for \ .SCOV1LLK WALL PAP1 .. CO.. ' f®5, A'S. for *»!oo i«J0. ££5gRsa&?a^ga used bjr eWirbod*" ISO percMit. proSt: pawm owa"for one county with s fortune tor the hustler; particular* I«u not mswer unlea yov HALKS IHEPABTMXSIT " McMtiOIHct, MiWnilValM States sad Foreign South Bead, Ind. A 1'atck iof Plavlnit turaished the Borithstosl <C- B. ft Q. K. R). which w thi ttiilway ban ClUcaco aad St. to all points .NotttwMl, Waat Southwest. Ssnd 'J««tsjBjss< for a I ull deck to P. &._T «r.ii Ps<*EM*r Meat. CIKMA 850 to '41 con in., in M*. S CURE YOURSELF FRENCH 8PKC1FIC BWW hllt.f " dlsnssM of the nrlnarjF MHMI nditlon. Full direetloas wi£k eaiel Uttfe • t.iHI. Sold by K. L STAHi Buren stneet. comer ftfta A«sw Sent l>y express uu reeelpS ot idee. ~8.H. V.