MI9 / • \ > - .-...» . 1. • '--• 7 • . *.. • - •m *mtw >«2sp m : I - :; -© ; IIPJP m&m :f /A Poor IJO Behind, the Plow. '-William Shakspeare, an Arapahoe In dian on the lower Shoshone agency* re ports to 'he Indian guide of Port Wash akie that the Indians on the subagency are working oh their farms more in- uustriously this year than ever before. They are breaking up a large amount of new land, and where last year the sage brush was thick there are now good farms. He says: "The old Indians al ways used to talk of going to war, and now they talk different; they tell us about farming, and how to farm, and they tell us young men to work hard at farming. I have in about twelve ueres of wheat, five of oats, one of po tatoes, and/h, big garden of water melons, squa&h and other' vegetables. I have twenty-two acres this year in stead of ten last, and all the other ,In- i ans are the same way, plowing much more land this yfcar than last."--Lan der, Wyo., letter to Denver Republican. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart ing, feet, and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, Callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. , Sold by all druggists and shoe stores!. By mail for 25 cents, in stamps. Trial package FRL^. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. David's Flag. Kjng David's banner--so called for want of a better name--has been for mally adopted as a banner by & little band of Jews in Chicago, and the sight of |the flag has raised in many hearts a hope that the old dream of the reoc- cupation of Palestine by the tribes of Israel may become a reality. It is a simple affair, this flag, merely a piece of white silk, 8x5 feet in size, with a double triangle of blue worked in the center. There is no Jew in Chi cago Avho knows the true significance of the symbol, g There is nothing in Biblical or Talmudic, or national litera ture by which its history can be traced. Despite this the double tri angle of blue is recognized and revered by Jews the world over. The symbol is seen in many places and used in many ways, but so far as known the flag now owned in Chicago is the only one of its kind in existence. Glucose may be manufactured by the action of sulphuric acid on staivh, the acids being afterwards removed by the actipn of powdered chalk or some other form of lime. WISE WOMEN. Those Who Heed the First Symp toms of Nervous Derangement. Special from Mrs. Pinkham. A dull, aching pain at the lower part of the back and a sensation of little rills of heat, or chills running down tlo spine, are symptoms of general womb derangement. If these symptoms are not accompa nied by leucor- rhcea, they arej precursors of that weakness. It is worse than folly to neglect. these symp toms. Any wo man of com mon sense will take steps to cure herself. She will realize that her generative system J is in need of help, and that a good restorative medicine is a positive necessity. It must be a medi cine with specific virtues. As a friend, a woman friend, let me advise the use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. > If your case has progressed so that a troublesome discharge is already es tablished, do not delay, take the Veg etable Compound at once, so as to tone up your whole nervous system; you can get it at any reliable drug store. You ought also to use a local applica tion, or else the corrosive discharge will set up an inflammation and hard ening of the parts. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative Wash is put up in packets at 25 cents each. To relieve this painful condition this Sanative Wash is worth its weight in gold. MBS. GEORGE W. SHEPAUD,Watervliet, N. Y., says: "lam glad to state that I am cured from the worst form of fe male weakness. I was troubled very much with leucorrhcea, bearing-down pains and backache. Before using Mrs. Pinkham's Remedies it seemed that I had no strength at all. I was in pain all over. I began to feel better after taking the first dose of Vegetable Compound. I have used five bottles, and I feel like a new woman. I know if other suffering women would only try it, it would help them." Laugh at the Sun Drink r f/ ^ HIRES SFGT GGG km 8F ISBRESjQuendit, el$ourthirsfr JIB RES )tbeer.< r\ | t D C cured tree. Address Rochello Sanatoria uUI I nt um. 206 West 133d Street. New York No 29 97 Cough syrup. In time. Sold Good. Use time. Sold by druggists. I LONG IN THE SERVICE. FIVE OLD ATTACHES OF THE WHITE HOUSE. Employes Who Served Under Many Admininistrationa--Presidents Come and Go, bnt These Good and Faith ful Servants Remain. White Honwe Fixtures. Washington correspondence: |HAT this world is not all a fleeting show is evidenced by several people at the White House in Washing ton, D. C. You meet one of them at the big door as you enter, aud he is made known to you - as Capiain Thomas. Peudel, chief doorkeeper. You meet the sec ond in the person of Col. .William Dubois, chief usher. If you suc ceed in getti ng past ,rr • their vigilant eyes you will meet, a third in the person of a military looking gentleman who stands guard orer the cabinet room aud the door leading to the private part of the Presi dent's home. He is Major LoelHer. UP in that region you will also find CoL PRU- den, the White House sphinx, and Col. Crook, the all-around generalissimo. There aie others, but these are the ones who, like Tennyson's brook, go on for ever. Presidents come and go, children who played at egg-rolling on the White House lawns grow to men and won:en and visit the White House With their children, and there are greeted by the same kindly faces that were about them in the long ago happy days; Whole gen erations of White House children have come and gone, yet the faithful servitors of tlio'r nresidentinl .nroirenitors are ntill HSr Pflfft er, he remained in the Union when Lee went out, and was ordered to Washing ton, where he became dispatch bearer and was trusted with mahy secrets be tween Lincoln and flis generals. He act ed as messenger for Secretary .Stanton, and finally became a messenger in the White House, wfiere for nearly a quarter of a century he has watched cabinets come and go, he himself a fixture. He is low-voiced and gentle as a woman, and it is rarely you can get him to open the storehouse Of anecdotes that he is so rich in. For many years all the callers upon the President passed through the doors which he guards. He knew all the states men and office holders in the country, all the military men, and all the dead beats. He got so that he could turn down a man so nicely he never knew it till he was bowed outside of the corridor into the air. He never made a mist-ike in letting a ma a in to see the President, it is said, and in that way made himself almost mvaluatoJe. Another White House Fixture. Geni.it Major O. L. Prudea is another of the White House aiipurtenauces which President McKinley has found checked over to him for nearly twenty-five years, His office, that of chief executive clerk, comes next to that of the secretary>to the Preside?;t in importance,, Major Pruden lias been called "the administration sphinx" ever since he assumed his duties at the desk. He knows a great many things and knows them very well, but he is one of the birds who can sing, and won't. But, oh, what stories he could tell if he only would. He came to Wash ington. "a boy in blue," from New Jer sey, early in the war, and his splendid ^penmanship won him immediate recogni tion in the War Department. His regi ment was ordered away, but he was held to be too valuable a penman to spoil his fingers handling a bi\? gun. In 1872 he was detailed to the White House, and was placed on the official staff by Presi dent Grant, and he has been there ever since. Col. Pruden's duties are mani fold, vexmg and perplexing, but he is jolly through it alL He puts into writing the history of every official transaction in the White House. Every nomination made by the President, from a cabinet minister to the appointment of a cross roads post master - "whose salary is 5 cents a year and furnish your own postofflce building" Mffli % .Vv. dflffnic r S323EHIE5E C*IJJ TH/^ZMbErL. Sipf WIUWM DUBOIS will" .iijjr • PRUDE rf A GROUP OF OL±J WHITE HOUSE ATTACHES. there under the historic roof, c<riug for the guest of the nation even as some cared for the fathers and grandfathers of those who come now. Captain Pendel Is Senior. The very oldest in point of service, and of years as well, is Capt. Thomas Peudel. who marks with a star in his memory the 3d day of November, 1804, when he was transferred from the Metropolitan police force, or rather was detailed, for special duty at the White House. Those were troublous da^s in Washington, and the tired, worried, harassed man who had taken upon his broad shoulders the awful burden of carrying a government through a civil war was facing a future that look ed black, and his heart was heavy within him. Captain Pendel was a bricklayer by trade, and served his apprenticeship until he was 21. He was born on what was Analostan island, in 1824, and is nov 7.'i years old. He does not look it, for his abundant hair is coal black, and only a lit tle gray shows at the temples. His grand father was in the revolutionary war, hia father in the war of 1812, and he was him self in the marine sen ice of the Mexican War. He does not know of a creature living to-day, outside of his immed'ate family, who bears his name. He is mar ried and has several charming daughters, who played in youth with the White House children. Couldn't £ pare Crook. Next longest in point of service at the White House is Col. Crook. He says that title was not won in military service, and carries no straps with it, but that it came upon him gradually and he wears it because he can't seem to get rid of it, but then uob.ody wants to have him give it up. for it fits admirably. Col. Crook came to act as bodyguard for Mr. Lincoln late in November, 18t>4. He was a soldier in a Maryland regiment when detailed to the White House, and he found favor at once in the eyes of Mr. Lincoln, who seemed to have singled him out on many occasions. Col. Crook was drafted late in the war, and just a little over a month before the death of Mr. Lincoln, he wrote the following: "My man Crook has been drafted. 1 cannot spare him. P. M. G. please fix. ' "A. LINCOLN. "March 2, 1865." Col. Crook did not have to be spared, but the man he had seived with such ten der devotion was taken. The man so val uable to Mr. Lincoln had been just as much worth to all the other administra tions, and so "Col. William Crook" is borne upon the pay rolls of the White House now, exactly as he was thirty-three years ago, only his duties have increased and his responsibilities. He has tilled nearly every desk in the office, and was for a time private secretary for President Grant. He is now the disbursing clerk, and has served under nine Presidents, two of them having been' there two terms. Grant and Cleveland. '• Loeffler Has a Record. The slight military looking gentleman With (he snow-white hair and the keen ejfes who stands guard over the door to the cabinet room, and also over that which leads from the public to the private part of the executive mansion, is Ma j. Charles D. A. Loeffler, who was born in Stuttgart, but who came to America and entered the regular army as a member of tjie Second Cavalry in 1858. , He campaigned all over the Western frontier before the war, and what he does not know of hardship, hun ger and thirst is scarcely worth printing. The famous Custer was a cadet at West Point when Major Loeffler was doing outpost duty in Texas, arid he saluted Col. Robert JE. Lee as commanding officer. Attached though he was to his comginnd- --with the action of the Senate, is re corded by him in handwriting that rivals copper-plate. All the communications be tween the executive mansion and the de- partments are entered in his books. He makes the copies of all the President's messages, and personally delivers them to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. The history of the docu ments which he has thus carried would make interesting reading, if he would give the inside facts away. But he won't. FATAL TO MAN AND BEAST. The Little Buffalo Gnat Already Has a Strinc of Victims. From many places come reports of a plague of buffalo gnats. Near Jefferson- ville, Ind., a farmer named Price, while at work on his farm, was stung to death by a swarm that lit upon his face and hands. In western Oklahoma and parts of Texas adjoining several hundred head of horses, mules and cattle have been killed. THE BUFFALO GNAT. The gnats re semble small flies. They appear in the spring along the river regions and are car ried into the country by north winds. Wherever they bite they cause burning itching. Soon a painful, hard swelling makes its appearance. It may remain for a week or longer. Many such bites close together produce severe inflammatory fever, and in more susceptible victims cramps. Animals, when attacked by large num bers, grow frantic and seek to evade their tormentors by rolling in the dust, rush ing about and whirling round and round. At times they are literally covered with the animated pests. The ears and nostrils are the chief points of attack. The for mer are filled clear to the tympanum with layer upon layer. An inflammatory fever, with a high pulse, soon sets in. The af flicted cattle soon die of cramps and con vulsions. In the dead animals the skin of the entire body will be found covered with numerous minute ulcers. Season of Storms. Reports received by Commissioner Gen eral Stump of the Immigration Bureau show the number of immigrants that ar rived in this country during the eleven months ended May 3, 1897, was 210,271. This is a decrease, as compared with the same period last year, of 105,038. Congressman Walker of Massachusetts is often sCm in Washington accompany ing the President on his afternoon horse back rides. Both are very fond of the exercise STATE TICKET NAMED • ' IOWA GOLD DEMOCRATS HOLD A CONVENTION. Nominations for State Offices Mads and Platform Adopted by Acclama- tion--Letters Head from ex-Presi dent Cleveland and Henry Watterson Declares for Gold. For Governor .John Cllggitt For Lieutenant Governor S. H. Mallory For Supreme Court Judge W. 1. Babb For Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion.... .r..J. 4®. Knoepfler For Railroad Commissioner... .Peter A. Dey Three hundred delegates representing the gold Democrats of Iowa met in State convention in Des Moines, nominated the above ticket and adopted a platform the principal planks of which are devoted to gold, high liquor license, economy in State government and tariff for revenue only. ' All of the nominations were made by acclamation. The platform was adopted reported by the committee without dis pute or'division. The work of the con vention was quickly accomplished. The sessions were enlivened by speeches by Fred Lehmann of Missouri and other noted gold Democratic speakers, and by the reading of messages from Grover Cleveland and Henry Watterson. The nominee for Governor, John Clig- gitt of Mason City, has been a district judge and is a lawyer of prominence among the members of the State bar. He has never aspired to a political office. S H. Mallory of Chariton, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, has considerable means and is retired from active business life. W. 1. Babb, candidate for Supreme Judge, was candidate for Governor two years ago on the Democratic ticket. He has been a district judge. Peter A. Dey of Iowa City, candidate for Railroad Com niissiouer, held that office for several years, defeating the Republican candi date on two occasions. He was himself defeated three years ago. J. P. Knoep fler. candidate for Superintendent of Schools, was superintendent during the last term of Gov. Horace Boies. The convention was called to order Wednesday morning at 10\- o'clock by Chairman W. C. Mullin, of the State Central Committee, of Cedar Rapids. The sessions were held in the Young Men's Christian Association auditorium, which seats 800, and the hall was filled. There were 300 accredited delegates. Cleveland Sends a Letter, At the first mention of Cleveland's name the convention broke out in wild cheering. Several times Chairman French was interrupted by applause while read ing the letter, and at its conclusion there was another scene of,cheering. Watter son's letter was also loudly applauded. The convention voted to send replies to each. Grover Cleveland's letter was as fol lows: Mr. Paul Kerch, Dnvenport, Iowa: My Dear Sir--My love of true Democracy Is so Intense and my belief In the necessity ol' its supremacy to the welfare of the coun try- Is so clear, that I cannot fall to sympa thize with effort to save the principles of my party from threatened abandonment. I believe the very existence of true Democracy 0' an agency of good to the American peo ple is in the hands of those who indorse and are willing to be guided by the declaration of principles announced by the National Democratic party. It is a high mission to thus have in keeping the life and usefulness of the ifarty which nag deserved so well of our countrymen, and the important consid ••rations involved should sincerely stimulate that patriotic effort. The work before us rises above partisan triumphs and its re- \*ard. The Question is, are we doing our duty to ou:- country and to the principles of cur party? No success worth the time can be reached except In the path of principle. I hope the National Democrats of Iowa will cot fall to exhibit to their fellows In every State the bright light of true Democracy. \ours, vary truly, GROVER CLEVELAND. The Hon. Nathaniel French of Daven port was introduced and delivered his ad dress as temporary chairman. His speech excited the convention to considerable en thusiasm. The convention reassembled at 2 o'clock with a much larger crowd in attendance than at the morning session. This was due to the fact that Fred Lehmann of St. Louis, formerly of Des Moines, was an nounced to address the convention. The convention proceeded to. the nomination of a State ticket. No ballots were taken, but one man being named for each posi tion and nominated by acclamation. Judge John Cliggitt of Mason County was nominated for Governor by ex-Sena tor W. O. SHimidt of Scott County. S. H. Mallory J8i? (Chariton was nominated for Lieutenant 'Governor by Lucien B. Wells of Council'BJuffs. Judge W. I. Babb of Mount Pleasant was nominated for Su preme Judge by Judge J. J. Trimble of Keokuk. Peter A. Dey of Iowa City was nominated for Railroad Commissioner by Alexander Charles of Cedar RapidF J. B. Knoepfler of Lansing was nomi .ated for State Superintendent of Schoi s by Fred Heinz of Scott County. Planks in the Platform. At this point the Committee on Reso lutions reported the platform adopted,, which vas.drafted by a sub-committee composed of W. W. Witmer, W. I. Bnbb and N. B. Holbrook, representing Des Moines, Henry and Iowa Counties. The resolutions are in part as follows: The doctrine of paternalism, class legisla tion and debased coinage, to which each of the three contracting parties making up the free silver, Populistie, triple alliance in this State have recently pledged themselves in their several platforms, are as abhorrent to every true Democrat when advocated by Pop ulists under the name of Democracy as when taught by Republicans. Democracy Is a nec essary foe of each, and we repudiate them as unworthy of the support of every true Dem ocrat. We hereby renew our fealty to the car dial principles of Democracy which were first enunciated by Jefferson In the early days-of thj century, and which have been advocated by Its great leaders from that time down to 18t)C, and under which it has r.chieved all its great victories. We heartily Indorse the platform adopted by the National Democratic party at Indianapolis In 1896, which states nt length the foregoing funda mental principles of government. We denounee the Dingley tariff bill spon to be enacted Into law by a Republican Con gress. L'nder the pretense of Increasing the revenue. It is the old Republican policy of protection to the few at the expense of the r. any. It tends to create and foster trusts r.nd inonoplles, and .we recognize In it the fulfillment of promised reward to those who supplied the party treasury. We renew our allegiance to the historic Democratic doc trine of a tariff for revenue only. We condemn the prohibitory and mulct legislation in this State which makes the sale of intoxicating liquors a crime, but con dones the offense for money, and which dis- i riminates against the will of the majority In certain localities, and we demand the enactment in their stead of a judicious law regulating the sale of such llauors which combines license with local option, and also the enactment of a just and proper law for the manufacture of the same. The honesty, economy, courage, fidelity and wisdom of the administration of Grover Cleveland command n&t only our approval, but our unqualified admiration. After the resolutions were adopted, as they were without division, Fred Leh mann addressed the convention, after which it adjourned. 5 News of Minor Note. Jesse Landis, residing in New Spring field, Ohio, a veteran of the war, com mitted suicide by shooting Sunday. He had failed to effect a reconciliation with his wife, who had left him. Henry Campe, commissioner of lights of Lebanon, 111., committed suicide by shoot ing during a state of mental depression following an attack of epilepsy. He was j 85 years of age and leaves a family. <, What Do the Children Drink at the • e? Coffee arnTfea are injurious; they get tired of milk or water, and there Is but one other thing to give them, that is, Graln-O, a new food drink that takes the place of coffee and tastes so much like It that even the parents can't tell the difference. It is the opposite to coffee, for instead of breaking down the nervous system it> builds It up, in stead of making one bilious it keeps the whole system In a healthy , condi tion. Grain-O Is a delicious table bev erage made of pure grains, having the rich seal brown color of Mocha or Java. Graltt-O Is not a medicine, but a food drink that every one likes, and every one of the family can drink without the least Injury. It costs only about one- quarter as much as coffee. Sold by all grocers, 15c. and 25c. per package. The Worm Turned. "Where are those golf shirts of mine?" demanded Mr. Griggs. "Why, dear, I forgot to tell the laun dry man to bring them home to-day," explained Mrs. Griggs! "But they'll*be home to-morrow, sure." • '.v • "Humph! To-morrow! I want o&e to-day. . Do you think I want to swel l ter in one of these, starched straight- jackets? Where's my summer suit? Did you have the girl crease the trous ers and press out t he c'oat ?" "N-uo, I didn't think of it. dear, but I'll have it doue to-day." -V "That's it. Forget that I'm alive. I. suppose you want me to wear my win ter suit all summer. There are my. gloves un mended yet.. I suppose you forgot them, too. Did you darn any socks for me?" "No. I didn't know you had any that needed darning." ... -• v "And you forgot to find out. Is there anything you can remember?" "I was busy cutting down a pair of my stockings for baby to Wear to-day. Did you buy her any, as I asked?" "No. I didn't think of It:" : "What kind of meat did you order for dinner?" . "I haven't ordered it yet, but I will when I go down town." "You know it l^itoo late, now. Here's that letter I gave you yesterday morn ing to mail. Did you forget it?" "No. Carried it on purpose. Con found it! Why don't that water run?" "Because you forgot to pay the bill after the last notice, and it has been turned off." "Well, how am I to wash my face?" "Do as I had to.1 Go upsthirs and beg a pitcher of water from the people on the next flat." Mr. Griggs grabbed his hat and rush ed away down town without a hand kerchief or the feeys to his Office.--San Francisco Post. • English Churchgoers. Th? average attendance at places of worship in England and Wales is com puted to be between 10,000,000 and 11,- 000,000 persons. There is a place of worship for every 500 individuals, tak ing the country all through, and a stat ed minister for every 700. About 80,- 000 sermons are preached every Sun day. Crichton's Accomplishments. James Cricliton, better remembered as 'The Admirable Crichton," could read wri^c and dispute in twelve lan guages. He was an expert swordsman, a clv'l and military engineer, a mathe matician. a dramatist and, although but 23 years old at the time of his death, he was the master of all the science and learning of his age. Iron In Beef Blood. Chemists say that the blood of oxen contains a larger percentage of iron than that of any other creature, and beef is the most nourishing animal food. Pills made of dried bullock's blood have been manufactured for use in medicine. Free Farms for Young Men In Manitoba, Asslniboia and Alberta, Millions of acres of the finest grazing and farm lands. Coal in abundance. Taxation light. Low passenger and freight rates. Write for information. C." J. Broughton. 232 Clark street, Chi cago. Prevalence of Deafhess. It is stated on good authority that three persons out of every five in this country who have attained the age of 40 years, are more or less deaf in one or both ears. A large proportion of this deafness is caused by catarrh. Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O! Ask your grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food- drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like It. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most deli cate stomach receives it without dis tress. Vi the price of coffee. 15c. and 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers. A Large Family. Fedor Vossileff, of Moscow, was pen sioned by the Czar in 1872 because he had eighty-three living children. To Colorado Springs and Pueblo- Burlington Route via Denver. A through sleeping car to Colorado Springs and Pueblo, via Denver, is attach ed to Burlington Route daily train leav ing Chicago 10:30 p. m. Office, 211 Clark street. Scarron wrote love verses to about a dozen young women before lie met Francoise D'Aubigne, afterwards the famous Madam de Maintenon, the mor ganatic wife of Louis XIV. Hall's Catarrh Cnre. Is a constitutional euro. Price 75 cents. Macaroni is taken from a Greek deri vation, which means "the blessed dead," in allusion to the ancient custom of eating it at feasts for the dead. My doctor said I would die, but Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me.--Amos Kelner, Cherry Valley, 111., Nov. 23, '95. In every mile of railway there are seven feet and four inches that are not coyered by the rails--the space left between them for expansion. Alabaster Is scarcely more immaculate than the com plexion beautt Red with Glenn's Sulphur Soap Hill's Ualr and Whisker Dye, blacker brown, 50c. Of The honeycomb presents a solution the greatest possible strength and space with the least possible material. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of nr. Kline's Great Nerve Re storer. Send for FREE S2.00 trial bottle an<t treatise. DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa. Bin, WlnsloWa BOOTHJHA STBTTP for Children teething: so it tens the cams, reaucee Inflammation, allays pain, cure# wind colic. 25 cents a bottl*. WHY JOHN STARNES IS A HERMIT Fled to the Mountain* frOm Censcrip- tlon and Remains In Secliulon Still, Thirty-five^ y<fers ago Jdfan Starnes, then in t^pWme of manhood, liv^d near Blacksbiirg, York County, S. C., and but a few miles from the battle fields of Cowpens and Kings moun tain, where the Americans whipped the British. But the proximity of the bat- tlefields did nOt inibue^a warlike spirit in the1 breast of Starnes. . The conscriptlon officer cast covetous eyes on the mountaineer's stalwart frame, and Starnes took the hint and to the woods almost simultaneously. They searched for him, but Starnes was a better runner than a fighter, and he kept out of the way, out of the war and in ttye woods. He had an old musket and a supply of ammunition, and the fare of the woods was better then that in the town. Starnes ber came fond of the life and when the war was over and conscription officers had lost their dreaded jjower Starnes still remained in the wilds of York. i>>And'l3iere he is how living. His home is not a roinantic cave in the rocks, but is a curiously constructed, miserable looking hut, of much' the shape of an Eskimo snowhouse, without a win dow, and with" a "hole' about two feet high which serves as a door, through which the hermit crawls. There is no fireplace in the house. ' When snow is on the moUritaih and the north winds howl over the Bltie ridge, the old man builds a fire at the entrance of his hut. V " " <> Starnes is not a picturesque figure. His long, white, unkempt hair • and beard and the ragged clothes that can hardly hang on his frame make him an unprepossessing object, whose very name is used to scare children in the neighborhood. 5 The hermit does not like to have visit- ore, and shows temper if questioned. He forages on his neighbors. He has relatives who have offered him a home aud means of living in comfort, but the hermit has declined all advances. His neighbors call him "Wild John Starnes."--Boston Post. Neglect of the hair often destroys its vitality and natural hue, and causes it to fall out. Before it is too late, apply Hall's Hair Renewer, a sure remedy. Scientists say that no negro has ever tamed an elephant or any wild animal, though negroes frequently perform with wild animals after they have been cowed into subjection by white men. Sonnd Seaaona for Approval. There are several cogent reasons why th« medical profession recommend aud the'pub lic prefer Hostetter's Stomach Bitten a nov# the ordinary cathartics. It does not drench and weaken the bowels, bat assists rather than forces nature to act; it Is botanic and safe; Its action Is never preceded by an In-! ternal earthquake like that produced by a! drastic purgative. For forty-live years past. It has been a household remedy for liver, j storpach and kidney trouble. Patron Saint of the Bicycle. A number of European bicyclists re-, cently concluded that the lovers of the wheel should elect a patron saint, and they straightway began to search for one. They selected two saints--St. Catherine and St. Germain--and the- jabsorbing question to-day is, which of these to choose. Some physicians claim> that bicycle riding decreases in men- the desire to marry and settle down, and for this reason it has been sup posed St. Catherine was selected, sne- being the patroness of old maids. As- the matter rests, St. Catherine is the- favorite, and there is but little doubt that the famous virgin will become the- bicyclists' patron Mint." » BOILS, BOILS, BOILS They Came Thick and Fast --Till: Cured by Hood's iBarsaparllla. "My brother had terrible boils on the hack of his neck.' As fast as one would get better another would come. He be came very much emaciated, and began taking Hood's Sarsapariila. . One bottle made a great improvement, and when he had taken two bottles he was completely CARRIE D. ERVIN, Mound City,. ih cured." Illinois. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsapariila Hood's Pills cure s'.ck headache. 35 cents. -- $ 50 : ̂ B/CYCLi _ "Wfeeterp'Wheel "Works <-0- MAKERS Cfl/CAGO „ nt//VO/S -• CATAL9GVE FREE TO GET A YOB can earn s HIGH GRADE BICYCLE br writing advertisements « home. For the best advertisement suited to stimulate onr business, we wlU give a High tirade Bicycle. Address for particulars, with 5 cts. to cover postage,. IiOtJIS RA8TETT ER & SOIf, Fort Wttyne, Indiana. best Red Rope Roofing for l et. 1. foot, caps and nails InclndecL tutes for Plaster, samples free. Koot|ng' Co., Camden, S. J. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD " CASTORIA" AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE 'MARK. on every wrapper, on til* wrap- It DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the fao-simile signature of This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA/'u^icfc has been, used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrajrper and see that it is the kind you have always bou and has t he s i gna ture per. J\To one has authority fx The Centaur Company of President. March 8, 1897: • Do Not Be Deceived. .. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more' pennies on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" 4 ] BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF is except Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. TH,: C«NTAUH COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET. CSW TOUR CITY. •i»im»i»i»i»i»i»t»f»iwit»i«i»it9i»iwi»i»i»i»t»iwiwiwi»t»i»iMi»i»t»t»<»i»i»!»m<»i*i»t»i»i»twi»mi»i»i»i» I SICK HEADACHE! ""V.'M U™. Poisonous matter, instead of being thrown out, is reabsorbed into blood. WHEN this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue, it _ causes congestion and that awful, dull, throbbing, sickening pain* 1 m REMOVE THE CAUSE BY STIMULATING THE LIVER, Z Making the poison move on and out, and purifying the blood, f The effect is ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS. . - • • l ; i •f ; 1 I AMCC whose sensitive organism is especially prone to sick headaches, DO s LA HI CO NOT SUFFER, for you can, by the use of CASCARETS, be I Relieved Like Magic E AT.T. DRUGGISTS. B 10c., 80c.. 60c. , ' ::S-/ l « | mmmmmhT "Use the Means and Heaven Will Give You the Blessing." Never Neglect A Useful Article Like S A P O L I O NEW PRICES ON Colombia Bicycles Tbe Standard of the World. 1897 C0LUMBIAS Best Bicycles made. 1896 C0LUMBIAS REDUCED Second only to 1B97 models. 1897 HARTF0RDS REDUCED Equal te most Bicycles, HARTF0RDS REDUCED ; Pattern a, HARTFORDS REDUCED . <• PATTERN'IJ; HARTFORDS REDUCED Pattci-os 5 and 6, REDUCED TO TO $75 60 50 45 40 30 Nothing m the market approached the value of these Bicycles at the former prices; what are they now? POPE MF0. (CO., Hartford, Coon. CitalogiiMfrf* from any Columbia dealer; by maii from us for one 2-cent stamp. NEBRASKA FARM A dry healthy ell" mate, free from malaria, an abun dance of pure water, a soil •which is unsurpassed for richness, and is easily cdlti- m ••••%#% vated, yielding all.va- I URIIIV rietiesof crops. That is lli llUui what Nebraska offers to the home seeker. Lands are cheap now. Send for a pamphlet. describing Nebraska, mailed free On ap plication to P. S. EUSTIS, General Pas- eenger Agent, C. B. & Q. R. R., Chicag<x ... • 0 . . . • mi f , B p g . CURE YOURSELF! Use Big 6 for Qunatnral discharge, lutiamm&tion*. _ Irritations or ulceration > »tnomr«. 0f mucoa® membrane®. [?r«T»u «BU*.o«. PaiaiM,, and Tot Mtrt£ l\THEEV*NS QHEUICJUCO. Kent or poisonous. Sold brbroiOita, "or sent In plain wrapper, for 11.60. or 3 bottias, *2.75. Circular sent on request. mm SU&O 1HH is orteo made proflfc IMleesbraooor patent, and advice on AmeU? '.H- A. WIIUON A co., WA* ftWMkftn. is N. V . No, V* f N-writia* to Advertiser* vtaue do not fail JL to mention tbia paper. Advertleer* lite to know wlurt medium pytbemlMrt. • . ' ' • ' .