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1 8 4 9 -VICKS FLORAL GUIDE - 1 8 9 7 FIRE'S FIERCE REVEL Harvester History in Sbort. 4 Ogle cut grain with a dropper iu 1322. Bell made a header in 1826 and market­ ed it many "spars. ' Randall in 1833 operated a machine having a reel, platform, divider, cutting apparatus and all essential parts. Hussey built and patented the same' year a machine. Its principles bavg neTer been departed from; it is still used in Europe as he built it. He later applied • Ogle's reel. ;^Vith but three years to run. his open guard patent sold for $300,000. McCormick claims to have experiment­ ed in 1831; patented a push machine in 1834. strapping the push tongue to the horses' backs; experimented again in 1839; sold a machine in 1841.; licensed under, Hussey s patent at tlje end of a law suit... * The predecessors of"the Deerfng Com­ pany patented a Marsh harvester in 1858; perfected it and put it on the market- broke up the trade of reaper manufactur­ ers, who then began building Marsh har­ vesters in 1875. Deering used doubly ad­ justable reel iu 1875; was followed two or three years later. -Deering and \V,opd sold wire binders in 1£74.,.. .Me^oifipielk' company followed-two years later Deer­ ing rook up twine binders , in 187$ and was followed three years later by the 'Me-. Cormick Company. Deering and OSboru/ steel binders were "put out in ISSR-.and McCormick• followed two or three /ears, latere Dfiering r.dapted roller'be,ac^gs to harvesting machinery-in I8P3.'>v'Ui'ph Mc­ Cormick is now adopting. v-v The all-pervading bicycle l.nspene- trated to the depths of Africa, greatly to the astonishment of the natives,- who were at first inclined ^ofre^aM Is ai^ft new species In the animal kingdom.' They have now decided that it xiftn he nothing less than . witchcraft which keeps the thing upright with'a white man bestride it. THIS CHILD A LINGUIST. W HAT A STUPENDOUS LIE! We,: hear, a farmer say wuea he read that' John Breider, Mi^hicott, Wis. grew 173 bushels of Aalzers Silvei King Barley .per acre in 1896* Don't y(Bfrt'3Uellev^ i£? .^ust write hllnS Yon , ^l%er'a see.()(8 are bred up to big yields. 'Arid oats 230 bushels. Com2©E>. Wheat t>0 bushels^:Potatoes L,€06 bush- elsr <ipasses.j6. tons per acre, etc:,, etc. " '; lOCESTK Just ^epd Tli'ia, Notice' with lO Cents stajripsno* JoliuQi ii.- Sa Izer Seed COL, La Crpss^ 'v^ls;. dnd get l2 fkrtn seed san? ples;.wort'h $I«; .t6'get a start C. K. IT. t• :• -- - *--• English Island of Thanet (fimn- in£_ia~ part ,^bf -Mxq. ,C6unty or Iveut>, Is a lmost whoHy'composed of chalk., The istnnd3s/$en miles in lengthy and about five iuile$-.iii Ifreadlh. and has more chalk bxpoj^d-jpia?its surface than any other sif5tNof-et^al area on tlic ;glo3»i». i Oflteb In another column of this;prtper will found 'jk offer^E Jaiiifs V.ick's Sons ol" Rochester. X. V.* Sopierhins new for this firm, but ; very ^etftpfing. *'iek's Floral, Guide, the oldest seedfA-atalogije in Anier- ieai hag; wlo.r^ illustrations of the won dert'ui liathbun Blackberry and the dou­ ble sxv^ct' ^a. Bnde o£ .X.iag^ni. Half­ tone illusti'.itious photographed from u& tare, of roses, asters, carnations, «otd (lowers and tomatoes.. It is filled with new and good vegetables, flowers, plants, etc.w and iS'ufr to rate in its Irae. Sev. their offer. Their jioods are reliable. Speaks Four Languages and Nane Gives a Clew to Her Nationality. The picture herewith Is that of a child who Is eight and a half years old, and who speaks fluently English, French, Greek and German, the first three so perfectly that no one esta tell which is her native tongue. Maria Rose was born iu America, but Dr. Achilles Rose, of No. 332 East Fif­ teenth street. New York, who adopted VAST LOSSES OF PROPERTY AND SEVERAL LIVES. And strength are combined - _ 1 in Hood's Sarsapariila. One Q |||w irtmdred doses one dollar is "j ~ peculiar to and true only of Hood'sSam- j arilla. This is why a battle of Hood's Sanaparilla contains more curative powitf than any other. The great merit of Hood's Sarsapariila, proved by its wonderful cares, ias placed it not only in the front rank ol medieires but has given it a place alone and unapproachable as'~7he One True Blood Piirifier. It has accomplished thousands of cftes of scrofu'a. rh^trinatism, dyspep­ sia, neuralgia, salt rheum and other tron- Kes. It. is the great building up medicine. Sarsapariila i Is the Best--in fact, the One True Blood Purl! are the only with Hood's Hood's Pills Sena* ur'-ddress. WewlllnaeWrtrirla'bnute BB. TAFf IMHJS.. 45 Mas M Mtbesttr, !t> f. MARIA ROSE, Standard Seedand Plant Catalaga*. CMUIaaaHttat'aHew and Good. Always Sellable. THE GUIDE - " }One PMkct dte WoieiM AnueUaf Alter, New |>T« II1C UVllfK ( Japan Meratae Uknr. «r Pansy Cboice mixed, for IK and your Choice) Two packets sac., three packets 30e. Full retaU price 45 cts, IV mmmm VIck's nitutrated Monthly Hapih» «Udi trils how to grow Plants, Flowers and Vegetables, and Is 19 to date on these subjects, for S monCta. the OoUc and tea packet of Beeda (named above) for 28 cestfc. Every tenth person sending an Order as aUxrre will recerra & COTpon good for 50 cents' worth of JS&ed frm. JAMES VICK'S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. ANDY CATHARTIC CURECOnSTIPATiON Walter Baker 8c Go 's ik _ Breakfast Cocoa. , 1. Because it is lhsofalriy pare. 2. Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in :; which chemicals are used. ' ' •' 3. Because heaa*of the finest qualify are used. 4. Because it is node by a method which preserves unimpaired ;; the exquisite natoraHlavorand odorof the beans. ; 5. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent > acup.^. - . . . » Be ww that, ymm pt the cmaiao article made by WALTER ; ; BAKER A CO.LU.. Dorcktatar, Mas*. Established 1780. CURE YOURSEIF! ^ «rf«r aani,taert-' irrftatiuna' or uloarati«uMt. « f&Z&XS&SSSi , «ent or (oiao^oiu. ItwferBrHMi. ' sss?aa83»', "The Old bellow Almanac.** When Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote tho poem having for title the. same heading a» this article, she touched a chord that vibrated in thousands of hearts. For Ayer's Almanac, "The Old Yellow Alma­ nac" of the poem, is intimately associated with the days and deeds of a large part of the world's population. How large a part, •of the population thja general statement may include can be gathered from .the fact that the yearly issue of Ayer's Al­ manac iB from 17,000,000 to 25,000,000 comgft. It is printed in twenty-eight edi- tiofwftind in some eighteen languages, in­ cluding, besides English, Spanish, Portu­ guese, Dutch, CJerman, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Bohemian, Welch, Italian, French, etc. The old style <*Uhjpinac is looked upon by many as a relic of an­ tiquity, especially the "patent medicine almanac," whose jokes are the butt often of the very papers in whose columns they first appeared. But there are almanacs and almanacs. Ever since Dr. Ayer's Almanac has been put out it has employ­ ed as high a class of mathematical and astronomical talent as is available in the country. The result is that it stands on a _ . par, in respect of the reliability of its and the accuracy of its calculations, with the U. S. Nautical Almanac, and testi­ mony to tliis fact is foiind year after year in the letters, referred to the almanac de­ partment of the company, from students and mathematicians in various parts of the world. In its permanence and relia­ bility Ayers Almanac stands as a very fitting type of the Ayer Remedies--indis­ pensable ih the family, and reliable every • day in the year. The 1897 edition of this useful almanac is now in course of distri­ bution through the druggists of the eoun- -.try. V. ̂ /. .V. The glass paperweights, containing flowers and other beautiful objects, are molded, the substances within being placed in position before the glass is poured into,the mold. The weight is then ground and polished. New Line to Washington, D. C. . The Monon has established a new through sleeping car route between Chi­ cago and Washington, D. C., by way of Cincinnati, via Monon, C., ,H. & D., B. & O. S. W. and B. & O. Railways. The sleeper is ready for occupancy in Dear­ born station at 9 p. m„- and leaves at 2:45 a. m. daily, arriving at Washington at 6:47 the following morning. Schedule in effect Jan. 24. As the sleeper goes through without change, and the hours of leaving and ar­ riving are most convenient, this will prove altogether the most comfortable as well as the most picturesque route to the na­ tional capital. City ticket office, 232 Clark street. Depot, Dearborn station. Mexico has expended over $500,000,- 000 inpublic improvements within the last fifteen years, besides meeting oth­ er obligations. Iowa farms for sale on crop payments, 10 per cent, cash, balance % crop yearly, until paid for. J. MULHALL. Waukegan, 111. When the cup of sin is put to the lips, a serpent that stings is always i l it MMimiiimmuMmi FOR 14 CENT6. We wish to gain 100,000 pleased customers in 1897 and hence offer 1 Fkg Blsmark Cucumber 16c 1 Pkff Round Globe Beet Earliest Carrot Kaiser Wllhelm Lettuce Earliest Melon Giant Yellow Onion li-Day Radish Brilliant Flower Seeds Worth $1.00, for 14 cents. Above 10 pkgs. worth *1.00 wo will mail you free tofjether with our Krcttt plant and seed cataloffue upon receipt of this notice and Uc. post­ age. How can we do it! Because we want new customers and know if you 1 , once try Salter's seed, you'll never, 1 inever get along without them! 1 • Catalogue alone Be. postage. O NJ JOHN A. SAI.'/KIt 8KKI> CO., LA CKOSSB, WIS. i NO FRIEND OF FINE FLOWERS AND CHOICE VEG­ETABLES Should tall to send 25 cents for a Collection of 10 Pkgs. Garden and QCTI1G 2 Ptis, Select Flower ULLUo TO PETER HOLLENBACH -- SEEDSMAN -- 159 West Randolph Street, CHICAGO, ILL. CUTLER'S POCKET INHALER. LIFE I LIFE I Catarrh, Incipient con- sumption ana bronchi­ tis can be cured in 3 months' time by our course of treatment * Inhaler, .mail, W. H. SMITH & CQ. 4'0'4^«"8L' the sweet-faced orphan four years ago, does not kuoAv to what race her parents belonged, and cannot explain her extra­ ordinary ability for the acquisition of languages except by saying that her natural gifts are great and her ambi­ tion to succeed keen. The girl is of fair complexion and her hair and eyes are brown. She is quiet aud demure, but of quick observation. .QUARTER OF CENTURY OLD. smiOATERPROOF,^f£r.r No RUST HOT It ATTI/E. Ouilaatt tin or iron. A Durable Substitute for Planter oti walln. • Water Proof Sheathing of name material, the best & cheapest In the market. Write for samples,eta The FAT MANILLA. HOOFING CO., CAMDEN, Ji.J, PATENTS. TRADE-MARKS' Examination and advloe at) to Patentability of lnva» INTXNXOBS' GUIDE. OK HOW TO QlX A Send fot! HPHI PATMNT. Patrick OTarrell. WaHbington, 1J.C, P ENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHNW. MORRIS,WASHINGTON.D.O. lalti principal Examiner U. 8. Pension Bureau. S yn. in last war, 15«djudicating claims, fttty. slues. There Is only one way to w i t h o u t I n v e s t i n g m u c h money. It lg Inventing something new and patenting Better than stocks or schemes. Send for Manual. EDOAR TATE & Co., 245 Broadway, New York, Patent Solicitors. nil kinds. Silks or Woolen I Goods, Socks, etc. A use- requistie and Bachelor's friend. Sample of work and material sent i>u rece pt of $1.00. MERCANTILE SUPPLY CO.. BOX 3200. Philadelphia. Pa. MENOING, CLOTHES i ful and simple home requis EYEWATER CU«D. DR. J.L.STEPHENS. UMAXOB,OM<LB A. N. u No. 6-W7 Current Condensations. Mr. and Mrs. Noise are Jasper Coun­ ty, Missouri, musicians. A license is required in England to sell ginger beer after 10 o'clock at night. in the domains of the British empire alone some 8,000 individuals vanish every year. Twenty-three hundred aud seventy- two employes are engaged in handling the. annual output of Chicago's post- office. No tree has yet been measured which was taller than the great eucalyptus in Gipsland, Australia, which proved to be 450,feet high. I The early Japanese swords were ex­ pected to be so keen that a blade sus­ pended horizontally beneath a tree would severally falling leaf that migiit strike upon its edge. It is said that the highest point ever reached by oil was in January, 18ti0. when it went to $20 per barrel. The lowest point, 5 cents per barrel, was reached in November. 1S01. Maxim's cavalry gun, which flres 700 shots a minute, weighs but thirty pounds, and can be carried strapped to a soldier's back. The gun he made for the Sultan of Turkey tires 770 shots a" minute, but it is a field piece on wheels. Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer roya! for Ireland, is said to believe that the time is approaching when posterity will be able to construct machinery that will be operated with heat obtained by the direct action'of the sun's rays. At a recent State fair an inventor ex­ hibited a machine that he had construct­ ed for converting grapes into sugar aud syrup. Experts who witnessed the op­ eration and others affirm that the pro­ cess is a complete success, The experi­ ments were mostly confined to Muscat and other sweet grapes known to carry a large amount of saccharine matter. Heretofore the difficulty lias been in granulating grape sugar. But by this new process it is claimed that granula­ tion is perfect. Musicians in the United States navy are a fairly Avell paid class of enlisted men. Only flagships have a band, but something in the way of official music is provided on board all ships. Band­ masters receive$25 per month; first mu­ sicians, $36; musicians of the first-class, $32; second-class, $30; drummers, $13 to $20. The members of the Marine band, by provision of an act of Congress, now almost forty years in operation, receive in addition to their pay an allowance of $4 per month for playing at the White House, t A small part of the commerce of the world is still carried on by the use of shells as a medium, of exchange. The Portuguese found Ibis sort of money in use by the. natives of the eastern coast of Africa when they opened up trade in that region and have fouud it to their advantage to continue the prac tice. Fortunes are said to have been made by collecting the shells , on one part of the African coast and puttin them iu circulation at a point only a few hundred miles away. These shells are sold by weight. The price varies according as the supply comjiar^ with the demand. Prices have been known to double and even treble within a few months. The prices also vary greatly within short distances. What has cost the merchant from 50 cents to $1 in the market will often bring him $7 to $8 worth of goods in another market." Sarsapariila Sense. Any Sarsapariila is sarsapariila. True. So any tea is tea. So any flour is flour. But grades differ. You want the best. It's so with sarsapariila. There are grades. You want the best. If you understood sarsapariila as well as you do tea and flour it would be easy to determine. But you don't. How should you ? ? 1 ; ? When you are going to buy a commodity whose value you don't know, you pick out an old established house to trade with, and trust their experience and reputation. Do so when buying sarsapariila. Ayer's Sarsapariila has been on the market fifty years. Your grandfather used Ayer's. It is a reputable riieilicine. There are many sarsaparillas. But only one Ayer's. IT CURES. Chicago, Philadelphia! New York, and Several Other Cities Visited bjr the Destroying Element--Scores of Hen • Have Narrow Escapes from Death. Kecord for One Day. Fire destroyed two buildings at the southwest cornier of Monroe street and Fifth aveniief Chicago, Tuesday night, when the temperature was 4 degrees be­ low zero. Falling walls injured twelve firemen, one of whom, Jerry O'Rourke, will die. The damage inflicted reaches $300,000. When the blaze was first dis­ covered. at G:25 o'clock, a strong west wind was blowing. Five minute^ later the city for blocks arouud was lighted by the glare of a fast increasing conflagra­ tion, and ,crowded by puffing fire'engines, ladder trucks, stand pipes and liose carts. The firemen worked greatlyvSSmpered by the elevated railroad structure, electric wires and the cold. From the,roofs of ad­ joining buildings powerful streams were thrown, apparently without effect, "upon the flames. The tireboats*^Ssenrite-,»'nd Fire Queen were also/summoned from their station in the river when Marshal Campion turned in a general alarm. All the lire fighting force not engaged upon the burning buildings was needed to guard surrounding property from a storm of glowing coals and blazing debris car­ ried broadcast by the wind. The first streams broke the windows and gave air to the blaze. A portion of the first building afire hnd burned Jan. 2, and the charred surface caught quickly. No efforts could save this structure or contents, so attention was turned to oth­ ers. A Miraculous Escape. Thirty-five insurance patrolmen, under Capt. Shepherd, had entered 196-S Mon­ roe street to cover stock with tarpaulins. Marshal Campion sent this warning: "This building was burned ten years ago, and three huge cracks were made between it and the building burning. Flames will come through. You are" not safe. Get out." . No heed was given the warning, and in a short time a torrent of flame en­ tered so quickly and fiercely that all egress from the lower floor was cut off. The men were driven from floor to floor,, until at the fifth they were stopped by flames from above. Apparently they were in a death trap, when at the last moment that man could live in the blistering heat and stifling smoke Capt. Shepherd discov­ ered a fire escape at a rear window. All scrambled down this to safety, but their escape was miraculous, for before all reached the ground the roof and top floors fell in. Close Call for a Company. Ten extra engines were called. Capt. Barker had been notified of the cracks in the fire wall, and warned not to enter. But with five men he started up a fire escape with two leads of hose, hoping by fighting from above to prevent the spread of flames through the cracks. When all had passed the third floor, flames burst from windows below. Nothing remained but to clamber to the. roof; and over its edge they all disappeared, the captain last, with his clothing ablaze from a sheet of flame that burst from the cornice. His men had waited for him, and smothering the burning clothing, they made a dash across the roof to another fire escape, and descended safely. - Falling Walls Bury Firemen. Meanwhile the fire iu the building at 200 and 1X)2 Monroe street burifcd fiercer aud fiercer. The entire interior was burned, so that the walls had nothing to sustain them in place. Across the narrow alley from the burning building upon a roof were stationed engine companies 34, 5, 0 and 7, under the command of Marshals Seyferlich and Swenie, son of Chief Swe- nie. The wall of the burning building was one story higher than the roof where the fire companies were at work. No dan­ ger to them was apprehended, even in case of a falling wall, as it was thought that the alley was wide enough to afford them protection. In this the firemen were mistaken. The upper structure tottered. "It's coming this way," shouted Fireman Quinlan, and dropping his hose, he ran. The men's clothing was coated with ice. Their utmost haste therefore was slow- speed, and before any had taken three steps the upper portion of the wall of the burning building fell with a crash. Tons of mortar aud brick were hurled upon and about the fleeing firemen. Engine companies Nos. 5 and G were caught be­ neath the body of the mass. The heaviest portion fell upon Jeremiah O'Kourke and carried liim prostrate to the roof with it. The catastrophe was seen from the street, and aid quickly reached the injured men. by way of the elevators from adjoining buildings. Ice Hinders Work. By this time the building at 200 and 202 Monroe street, with all its contents, was a total loss. The building at 190 and 19S was blazing from the basement to roof and the Work of the firemen was concen­ trated upon this structure. The streams from thirty-five engines and the two fire- boats by 9:30 o'clock brought the flames in the latter building under control. The outer walls of the entire buildings were ladeu with ton£ of ice. Huge icicles de­ pended from the fire escapes and the win- -dow-silte;--• • t -- --~--- The cause of the fire was not ascertain­ ed by the police or firemen. Purcell Maltinsr House Burned. Fire early Tuesday morning destroyed the elevator and malting house of the W. H. Purcell company at 123d street and the Belt Line tracks, causing a loss of $320,000. Joseph Cuekenheimer, vice- president of the malting company, esti­ mated the total loss at $320,000, with in­ surance aggregating $315,000. Shortly before 0 o'clock in the morning fire broke out in the one-story building at 240 and 248 Randolph street, and with­ in two hours destroyed property to the value of $40,000. The Main Leviathan Belting Company, L. Furst. carpenter, and A, Magnus & Sons, dealers in malt and hops and brewers' supplies, occupied the building. The belting company esti­ mated its loss at $2.">,000. Magnus & Sons $ir>,000. and Mrs. T. Lefens, owner of the building, $3,000. PHILADELPHIA'S BAPTISM, Two Million Five Hundred Thousand " Dollar* Go Up in Smoke. The most disastrous conflagration that has visited Philadelphia in recent years broke out shortly before 7 o'clock Tues­ day morning in the rear of the basement of the big grocery store of Hanscom Bros., at 1317 Market street, and before the flames were got under control prop­ erty amounting in value to $2,500,000 or more had been destroyed. It was about 6 o'clock when the fire de­ partment was fighting a $100,000 blaze at John and James Dobson's big carpet house in Chestnut street that an alarm was sounded from 13th and Chestnut streets. It is here that Wanamaker's great store is located, covering the en­ tire block bounded by Chestnut. Market, 13th' and Juniper streets, and as the building was constructed years ago, many of the fireproof features of modern struc­ tures are lacking. The firemen soon found, however, that the flames Had at­ tacked the block opposite Wanamaker's on the north, separated from the big store by Market street's width of 12i) feet. Wanamaker's Clock Tower Burns. ., When it was apparent that the block originally attacked was doomed, squads of firemen, with long lines of hone, yVere de­ tailed tO'"try to save Wanamaker's. This structure, with the goods piled up within its four walls, represented a money value of over $10,000,000. Despite the efforts of the city firemen, re-enforced by Wana­ maker's iire brigade, the high wind pre­ vailing forced the flames across Market street after they had'been fought off for an hour and a half.' 'Within a short tim* the handsome' clock tower was in ruin# but the flames were under control. r> - The morning's conflagration cost one life and several persons were inittred. The first fire of the morning, iliat at 533 Chestnut street, was in the fifth story cf the building occupied by O. S. Buniiei', wholesale stationer. The fire was extin­ guished with a loss of about $10,000., While the fire was at its height flumes were discovered on the window sashes on the. side of the big city ,hall which was ex­ posed to the terrible heat. The v.ity hall fire department ran a line of hose to the roof and in a few minutes hau the mas­ sive structure free from ali danger. List of the Heaviest Losers. -. The heaviest losers are Hirseh Bros., who suffered to the extent of about $400,- 000. Walter Hirseh, a member of the firm, said that the stock was fully cov ered by insurance. The, building was owned by the estate of Henry C. .liib- son, the well-known distiller, an«l was valued at about $500,000. Other losers are: . 'A,.." _• I Hanscom Bros., on stock, .$,125,000. Blum Bros., on stock, $150,000; Dennet's restaurant, stock aq,d fixture^ $75,000. , ' : Sterner & Ball, $50,000. Mizpah restaurant, $15,000. Hillman's Drug Company. $75,000. Marshall's restaurant, $25,000. George B. Wells, $25,000. , . Showell & Fryer, $50,000. James Goodwin, stained glass, $15,000. James Dickson, heaters aud ranges, $5,- 000. Dunlap Bros., on buildings and machiar ery. $200,000. Furlong's saloon, $10,000. John Wanamaker, $100,000. Nickolacky's, $15,000. . - . A. McCune & Co., $40,000. S. H. Hall, drugs. $15,000. Budd & Kite, $5,000. The loss on the small buildings will reach in the neighborhood of $400,000. Nearly all ihe sufferers are fully protect­ ed by insurance. The,.burned district is in the very heart of the business center of the city, across the way from the mammoth city hell and around the corner from the Pennsylvania station. - , FIXE HORSES BURNED. Toledo, Ohio* Livery Stable Destroyed by Fire--Other Cities Suffer. Late Tuesday afternoon fire broke out in Joseph Popp's fancy livery stable in the central portion of Toledo, O. Many fine horses were being boarded there, and every possible effort was made to get them out, but twenty-eight were burned to death, while many others had their ears, tails and. manes burned off, and their eyes blinded. Several of them had to be shot. The loss cannot be estimated at present, but will approximate $40,000. No insurance. An explosion of natural gas started fire in the Murdock Hotel at Logansport, Ind., and the structure was gutted. The loss is about $75,000. , The Great Western Pottery works, at Ivokomo, Ind., were damaged $60,000 by fire. Insurance, $80,000. Fire which started in the basement of the six-story building 29 Pearl street, New York, occupied by Waldon & Co., wholesale liquor dealers, did $100,000 damage. The floors above and the ad joining building, No. 27, occupied by Per­ cy Kent, dealer in cottons, packing and baling, were also burned. CHICAGO CARES FOR HER OWN. Mayor Swift's Appeal for Aid to the Poor Meets with Hearty RcsponB Mayor Swift, of Chicago, issued an ap­ peal for aid, calling upon the big packers, coal dealers and merchants for contribu­ tions and suppliefeto relieve the suffering. In many instances the proclamation was forestalled. On the floor of the Board of Trade a subscription paper was start­ ed and $5,000 dollars subscribed in a few minutes. The big department stores and dry goods merchants sent in checks for $500 and $1,000. Besides over $13,000 in cash, hundreds of tons of coal, and al­ most unlimited supplies of provisions have been sent in and promptly distributed. The police department has been turned into a vast relief corps. Chief of Police Badenoekjias issued orders to every offi­ cer in the city to make personal investi­ gation of all cases of destitution on his beat and report the same at once. Help is sent immediately and every patrol wag on and inspector's carriage is being used for. this purpose. The various police sta tions were crowded to their utmost ca pacity, the Harrison street station alone sheltering over 300 unfortunates. The Salvation Army barracks on West Madi son street were kept open all night and many were taken care of there. Fully 2,000 people were given shelter at the dif­ ferent police stations and Salvation Army barracks. The new isolation hospital was thrown open, the Council having appro priated $10,(XX) for that purpose, and it will be used for cases of contagious dis ease among the poor. Eight hundred new cases of families requiring immedi ate aid were reported to the police, and supplies were furnished as fast as jpossi ble. The cold snap which is causing so much suffering and inconVenience to many, has given employment io over 12,000 men. The cold weather has brought to the ice deal­ ers just what they wanted, for last week they were wondering if they would be able to cut the ice needed for next summer. Before the week is over there will be about 7.000 men employed at ice gather­ ing withinl sixty miles south from Chi­ cago. •THE FIRST BATTLE." to Bryan's Book Ready -- Dedicated Bland, Weaver and Teller. The last pages Of "The First Battle," the Hon. W. J. Bryan's book, have gone to press, and the publishers expect to have the first copy bound in about a week. The book embodies a summary of the cam­ paign of 1890, its important events and is­ sues, and includes the most noteworthy incidents of Mr. Bryan's famous tour. It also contains the principal addresses and documents relating to the silver move­ ment and some of Mr. Bryan's speeches. Considerable Ffiace is given to his connec­ tion with the silver agitation while in Congress and prior to the Chicago con­ vention and to a discussion of'the elec­ tion returns and analysis of the present situation. One of the interesting fea­ tures of the book is the." biographical sketch written by Mrs. Bryan. "The First Battle" is dedicated to the Hon. Richard P. Bland of Missouri, Gen. James B. WeaVer of Iowa aud the Hon. Henry M. Teller of Colorado, whom the author considers "the foremost champions of bi­ metallism in their respective parties." . . Felix De Fontaine, one of the civil war correspondents, has died at his home in Columbia, S. C., being about 04 years old. The Strofneew't Fo*titicatio.n j .y Against disease, one which enables us to; un­ dergo unscathed risks from hurtful climatic Influences, exposure, overwork and fatigue, is the vigor that Is Imparted to a debilitated nhvslane by the peerless medicinal safe­ guard, Hostetter's Stomach Hitters. jYoti may possesB this vigor lt> a higher degree than the trained athlete, although your mus­ cular development may be far inferior to his. Vigor Implies sound, good digestion and sound repose, two blessings conferred by the Bitters, which remedies malarial, rheumatic, nervous and kidney trouble. 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