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'Si;f , •* A 1 A NOTORIOUS WOMAN, - Tried to Kidnap th« Gorataor t* lavs Bur Lover's Ufo> The most notorious as well as volupt- Homly beautiful woman in Philadel­ phia in the early part of the century %'as Mrs. Ann Carson, the daughter of •n English sea captain named Baker. 8he was born in 1784 and wbeft 23 years old married a sailor named Car- •on who was about 25 years her senior. The two lived most nuhappily and sev­ eral years after their marriage Carson failed on a trip to China. After he had left, Mrs. Carson opened a gambling 4en, which soon became known as the *1 ost notorious joint in the vicinity, but hich was visited by Philadelphia's fcost prominent residents, among them Bichard Smith, a lieutenant in the United States army. With this man Hrs. Carson became infatuated and, Its there was every reason to believe that Carson was dead as he had not been heard from in four years, Smith md the woman were married in the fall , «f 1815. Soon after the marriage Car- ion returned from his long trip, but his " wife refused to leave her new husband to live with Carson, and quarrels be­ tween Smith and the woman on one inde and Carson on the other occurred frequently. These quarrels ended when, in January, 1815, in the parlor of the woman's house Smith shot and killed Carson. The lieutenant was held for trial on the charge of murder and later convicted and sentenced to die. vthe woman was arrested as an acces­ sory. but was released. As soon as she Was released she set to work to save her lover from the gibbet. Simon Snyder was then Governor of the State, and in his employ was a man named Binns, who bad considerable influence" and was valuable in assisting the Governor. This man Mrs. Carson-Smith decided to kidnap and hold as a hostage till Snyder would pardon Smith. She got two of the most desperate men in the •vicinity to aid her in her work. One evening the three proceeded to the house of Binns. As they reached their destination, they heard a terrible noise in the house. A domestic quarrel was raging and Binns used his voice in such • powerful manner as to frighten them til away. Before they« had another chance to do the kidnapping, Binns was Informed of the plot and guarded him- Belf to prevent being bothered again. Nothing daunted by her first unsuc­ cessful kidnapping attempt, the woman -decided to capture the Governor or some member of his family. With her two former assistants she started out for Selinsgrove, Gov. Snyder's home, situ­ ated miles away from Philadelphia. With her went her two former coadju­ tors. When Harrisburg was reached one of the men turned traitor and for $100 disclosed the plot. Mrs. Carson- Smith "was arrested and lodged in jail at Harrisburg. ' She escaped and reach­ ed Philadelphia just after Smith had been executed. In Philadelphia she became associated with the moBt des­ perate characters and was landed in jail various times for various crimes. The last time she was arrested she Was given charge of a woman's ward, where her cruel treatment provoked the prisoners into a re­ volt, and in a fight Ann Carson-Smith was beaten to death. "Do yon know, I really by saving: wondered whether you really meant what I heard you say about me.* The unfortunate young man has probably said nothing, but she is counting on his forgetting whether he did or not, and usually her count is correct. He says: "Oh, really, Miss De Yere, I couldn't have said anything about you that wasn't pleasant." Miss De Vere feels then that Casey is at the bat ahd that the game is ia her own hand, so she an­ swers with her most intense look, "I heard that you said that you thought I was hardhearted." Then the unfortu­ nate, who doesn't care whether she is hardhearted or not, but thinks if she eats much more ice cream she will have to have a dose of ginger, responds: "Oh, no, but you have been cruel in not let­ ting me come near you." Then he won­ ders that the ground doesn't open and swallow him, for she has been running after him day and night until he has quite made up his mind to leave the place. If she knew how to be coy this would be her opportunity, but instead she says: "Well, I will try and be kinder to you in the future. To-morrow you shall go buckboard riding with me in the morning, you shall lunch at our table, and we will have a long quiet af­ ternoon together." Peculiarities. Opie P. Bead, editor of the Arkan- saw Travelert attended the meeting of National Editorial Association, at De­ troit, and relates this incident: In the rotunda of the Russell House I was introduced to fifty prominent cit­ izens, who, every week, buy the Arkan- saw Traveler "around at Billy Smith's." ' "Delighted to meet you," said 'Squire Aimsworth. "I read your paper every week--buy it around at Billy Smith's. Why, sir, if I didn't take your paper home every week my wife would refuse to give me anything to eat. Ah, let me introduce Major Butterfield." The Major grasped me warmly. " Why, ir," said he, "I have been wanting to meet you for a long time. I have read your--your--" Paper," suggested 'Squire Aims- worth. Yes, your paper," the Major contin­ ued, "and am delighted with it» I assure you. I buy it every week around here at Billy Smith's. Do you know Mr. Moffett ? No ? I'll introduce him." Mr. Moffett was delighted to meet me. "I read your paper all }he time," said he. "Couldn't get alon!g 'without it. My wife, daughter, son-trail read it. Let me present my friend, Mr. Brizentine." Mr. Brizentine declared that he bought the paper every week at Billy Smith's, and that whenever he left the city, always had his favorite publication forwarded to him. Well it went on this way until I met fifty devoted readers, all patrons of the enterprising Billy. It made me feel proud, but in my exulta- tation I did not forget business., I called on a number of patent medicine men and assured them that an adver­ tisement in our paper meant a shower of gold. "I don't ask you to take my word concerning our circulation, but am pre­ pared to present facts that cannot be disputed. We have an enornous circu- tation even in your town. Come with me to some of the newsdealers. Sup­ pose we go around to Billy Smith's, for instance." Several of them went with me. We found Mr. Smith counting a number of dusty, unsold copies of "Robert Els- mere," and the "Quick or the Dead." I handed him my card. "Glad to meet you, sir." "Mr. Smith, how many copies of our paper do you sell each week?" • "Six," he answered. "Gentlemen," said I, "shall we walk around toward the hotel?" * It strikes me that somebody has lied and I do not believe that it was Billy. Talk Abont Slow Trains. "I want to go to bed, so give me a room as soon as you can. I ought to have reached the city early this after­ noon and here it is 11 o'clock." "What made you so late?" asked a Giravd House clerk, as he threw down a key to which was attached a rough- edged brass tag about the , size of a "buckwheat cake. f "Oh, slow trains! Slow trains! They seem to stop everywhere and at all the little cross roads. "That's queer." "I should say it was. Why, at one place last night they stopped about seven minutes, while hulf a dozen peo­ ple came out of the only house to be seen in the neighborhood and boarded the train. Did you ever hear of any­ thing like it?" "Never." "I have," said a little old man with long, shaggy hair, who had overheard the conversation while searching the Philadelphia directory for the name of a Boston firm. "You have?" "Yes; you may not believe it, but it's a fact. Some years ago I used to travel a good deal on the Old Colony railroad up in Massachusetts. There was a place called Wheat Sheaf Lane, where the train stopped nearly every day for an old woman, who was always there to send some eggs into town. Now, would you believe it? One day the train stopped as usual for Aunt Betsey, who was there with her eggs, bat she only "liad eleven. She said an old hen was still on the nest and she wanted the train to wait until she could make up the dozen." "Yes?" "Well, I'll be darned if that train didn't wait while the hen laid the extra egg-" The late arrival said he guessed he a book on the subject and j would go to bed, the bediamoned hotel clerk swooned and the little old man walked down into the corridor and dropped wearily into a chair.--Phila­ delphia Record. A Story of Edison. Inventor Edison has a farmer brother in Michigan, who enjoys life as much as he does. He tells this story, which he had never seen in print, "It would re­ quire a vivid imagination to beat the truth iu Tom's case," he said. "He has had many singular experience. When watchman at the station in Stratford, Michael O'Brlon. * Nearly thirty years ago three business ; jpipn of Charlestown, Mass., shared the etpense of building one of the finest blocks in that city. Among the work­ men employed by them was a hod-car­ rier, Michael O'Brion, whom the casual looker-on would possibly not have re­ marked as differing from his fellow- laborers. One of the three parteners, who spent much of his time on the premises, superintending the building, remarked one day to his associate, as Michael passed them with his hod of bricks: "There goes a young fellow who'll some time be more than a hod-carrier." " What makes you think so ?" one of Ifaem asked. "Oh, he keeps his eyes and ears open," replied the first speaker. ""I've noticed he spends most of his nooning studying the masons' work instead of loafing with the other men. I've seen him handling the trowel and the bricks, imitating the motions of the brick-layers. He's pick­ ing up the trade." A few days later one of the brick­ layers was taken sick. It was during the busiest building season, and it was fQund impossible just then to fill his place. At noon Michael approached the fore­ man and said, respectfully, "If yeplaze, torr, I think I could lay bricks." "You never did such work, did you?" the foreman asked, shortly. "No, sorr," answered the young Irish­ man, "but I've watched the men, till I think I could." "Pshaw!" saidtlieforeman,"watching lild doing are different thing?. Keep to your hod-carrving." The observant partner chanced to overhear this conversation, and as Micliael was turning awav after the re­ buff, he said to the foreman, "Let the fellow try it. I believe he can do it." "Just as you say, sir," the foreman answered. „ "Here, Mike," he called, "I am willing that you should try your hand; so go ahead." ; Q"Thank ye, sor!" said Michael, "an' 1 Fll do me best." At the close of the day's work, the foreman said to him, "Well, Mike, you can lay bricks again to-morrow." "All right, sorr!"' answered the young man, pleased and proud at his success. "I'll never carry a hod again," he said to himself. During the next few weeks Miohael Kthered information on all Sides. He rrowed laboriously studied evenings, spelling out the words. He ask ed que stions of the builders, who were nothing loath to im­ part what they knev to the pleasant young Irishman. i Ten years 3aler Michael O'Brion was 1 master-buil der; and to-day he is the OWner af that very block where he be- gau as hod-carrier and ended as a mason. " That Irishman is a self-made man," his former employer said to the writer. "He's made his success by study and at­ tention to what was going on about him, and by his courage and industry. He's THE LINE KILN CLUB. Blnoa Vhd tlu tJnb Has Accomplished Its Formation. When the meeting had been called to order and several of the windows low­ ered from the top to let out the odor of burning woolen, caused by Elder Toots getting his back too near the hot stove, Brother Gardiner arose and said: "We hev begun de twelfth var of de existence of dis club, an" it ar' an appro­ priate time for figgerin' up what we hev accomplished as an organization. I hev made a leetle calkerlation, which I will perceed to read: " We hev improved the moral status of de cull'd race in America 52 per cent. "We hev reformed upwards of (esti­ mated) 50,000 pussons who war ad­ dicted to de use of intoxicatin' drinks. "We hev converted U}«vai\ls of (esti­ mated) 1,000,000 pussons to de science of hygiene an' sanitary regulashuns. "Twelve y'ars ago 3,000,001) dogs owned liy ctrii'd pussons war allowed to sleep under de bed. To-day the num­ ber is estimated at less dan 100. "When dis club was first organized de loss of chickens in de United States by midnight evaporashun was calkerlated at 10,WOO per night fur ebery night in de y'ar. At dis date it will not aiverage 50. "Twelve y'ars ago no cull'd pusson in dis hull kentry felt any moral obliga- shun when in de presence of a water- mellyon. At de present time de said mellyon has got to be de biggest an' de ripest sort, an' to hold out actual iu- couragement to be tooken in, befo' a cull'd man kin be tempted. "In seventeen different States dis club has taken precedence of the regu­ lar legislacliures, an' its purceedings ar' read an' honored wid fur mo' interest. "In many localities de Litne-Kiln Club is considered de superior of Con­ gress, an' our reports on agriculture, fishin', possum huntin' ah* astronomy ar' accepted as standard by a large ma­ jority. "We hev inducted de speerit of econ­ omy an' thrift into (estimated) 4,000,000 bosoms, adding to de capital of de ken- try at least $75,000,000 per y'ar. "Twelve y'ars ago de best educated cull'd man in dis kentry, couldn't tell a six-shillin' chromo from a $2,000 paiutin'. At de present date de same kin be told six miles off. "Aben up to seben y'ars ago no cull'd pusson in dis kentry had *&ny gravita- sliun, astronomy or medical science. To-day 6,000,000 of our race know why a grindstun falls to de groun' when you. point it up in de air. Almos' ebry man, woman an' child keeps track of de moon's phases an' knows de sun's dis­ tance from de airth. De cause an' ef­ fect of chilblains is now common knowl­ edge, an' de cull'd man who gets a whack in de eye knows all about de vir- chews of fresh beef as a remedy. "To sum up, we hev made a record of which ebery member oS de" club may justly feel proud, an' we hev honestly aimed de right to inscribe on our ban­ ner : Sic i Semper Tremor/*--Detroit Free Press. over the hearthstone. Finally the place passed into strangers' hands. Last year two feimilie-j took it as a summer residence. The children, six in number, with childish curiosity, be­ gan to explore the secret recesses of the grand old house. .In a closet was found the forgotten trunk. A touch dissolved the time-corroded clasp, and one by one the sacred relics were re­ moved, until a faded newspaper was found, which told the pathetic story, Half-speliing out the meaning, they took it to their mother, who chided their cm-iosity and tenderly replaced the treasures. Five days after this occurence two of the children were seized with scarlet fever, and forty-eight hours later the other two were attacked. Two cases were grave, the others mild. All re­ covered. Was the disease contracted from the trunk? I think so, because there was no other ascertainable source of infection. Moral: Silks, woolen and hair, be­ ing good fomites, should not be put- away in air-tight trunks as mementoes of friends dying of infectious diseases, because they may become, at some re­ mote period, the starting point of a wide-spreading and disastrous epidemic, a calamity which was averted in this in­ stance oply by complete isolation.-- Journal of Surgery. Sound Bodies. It is aaid that Richelieu was accus­ tomed, at a certain hour ev«y morning and evening, to lock the doors of his chamber, strip off his outer garments, and leap wildly about the room, beating the air with his fists and throwing his limbs into every position. His servants, watching him secretly, reported that he was intoxicated. But that he was possessed by a demon was the most common explanation of his ac­ tions. The truth was that the Cardi­ nal, who led a sedentary life, was simply fighting off dyspepsia by exorcise. We are more practical in our wisdom than our forefathers. The lawyer or judge or bishop who finds it necessary to resort to the dumb bells or the gym­ nasium runs no risk of being suspected of drunkenness or of having recourse to familiar spirits. Athletic training is now as much a part of education of boys and girls in our large colleges as* mental discipline. Many a hard-working father, who has strained every nerve to give his son an education in these colleges, reads with amazement and disgust of foot races, cricket matches . and inter-collegiate games of skill. " I did not send my son to college to train his legs, but his head," he says, wrathfully. • He forgets that the head will soon fail in its work if the legs do not sup­ port it. The present system of educa­ tion, to which a boy must be submitted in order to perform brain-work fitly in the world, make3 &. drain upon his physical strength which can only be sustained by regular and systematic daily exercise. In the large oolleges this exercise is prescribed by a physician who some­ times is a member of the faculty. He examines the heart, the lungs and gen­ eral physical condition of each student, and under his care the development of the material man by gymnastic exer­ cises and games is as much a part of his education as hjs training in Greek or mathematics. A few reckless boys, it is true, some­ times bring their colleges into contempt by neglecting their studies to become exceptionally swift or strong animals. But we should not. on this account, for­ get that the brain-worker, to be of real use in the world, must be also a healthy animal.--Youth's Companion. It Stood the Test of Probate. One of the most striking scenes in fiction is that wherein the paralytic in "Monte Christo" makes a legal disposi­ tion of his property by the movement of Burned at the Stake. "I can fully appreciate what the min­ ister in Sunday's sermon said about martyrs," said H. C. Hatton, a St. Louis traveling man. "Burning at the stake is the most painful and horrible manner of death I ever witnessed." "How mauy-centuries havey^u lived, Mr. Hatton ?" was asked. "I am 45 years old, and the burning I saw took place at noon one day about the middle of July, 1859, at Marshall, the county seat- of Salina county, 84 miles from Kansas City. The victim was a colored man named John, who belonged to Giles Kiser, a farmer. On the evening of May 13, John had mur­ dered young Benjamin Hinton, at his steamboat wood yard on the Missouri river, between Laynesville and Miami. John murdered young Hinton for his motev, and obtained $52, some o( which lie distributed among other negroes. Judge Russell Hicks of Independence i his eyes. In a blue book recently pub- was then judge of the Sixth District. . ! lished concerning the deaf and dumb, "He was afterward the la\fr partner of there is an account of the making of a Judge John F. Phillips and Senator "will by a woman who, having been stone George G. Vest Judge Hicks granted ' deaf all her life, became when 60 years a motion for a special term of court to j old, blind also. The place Avas a coun­ try John and .two other negro criminals, try town, Ludlow in Shropshire, and This was in the ftyenoon. When the I the Mayor, the rector and the chief court adjourned for a.nooning the peo- ] medical men were all present to witness pie, impatient at the law's delav, burst ] that everything was done above board upon the sheriff as he was conveying i and without collusion. j the prisoners from the court-room to "A copv of the will lay before the ' the jail, took them from the officers and ' deaf blind lady and myself, and another ! there, in thei sight of hundreds, hanged | copy was before the gentleman sitting ; the other two aud chained John to a ; in the sgat corresponding with your : walnut tree and burned him to death, j lordships," said a witness in the case ( He lived about six or eight minutes af- i when it was before the courts. "I be- j ter the flames wrung the first cry of j gan spelling on her hand with perfect ; agony from his lips. Then the inhala- j silence one sentence. She turned to the J tion of the blazing fire suffocated him. i ladv on her right and spelt on both her j His face, arm's and breast were scorched hands the sentence that I had just re- j frightfully aud tlie lower portion of his peated to her. That lady, having notji- j body was a charred, shapeless mass, ing belore her, repeated aloud what i Judge Hicks was BO indignant at this presumably I had said to the blind lady. Copy of Original* ^ VAN WEBT, Ohio. July 11.1889. HlWUffiatic Byrup Co., Jackson, Mich: ©rNTs--"i his is to certify that I hail what ia calle i sciatic rheumatism so badly that I Was all drawn over to one side. My hip sank in so that you couid lay your hand in the cavity, ana I could do no work for over one year. I tried some of the best physi­ cians and did almost everything 1 could hear or think of, and nothing did me any ftood until I purchiisod a bottle of Hib- bard's Rheumatic Syrup of Hines &. Son. druggist*. Van Wert, O. Four bottles oared me and have never bad it since. Albert KINO. "We certify to the above testimonial. HIKES & SON, Druggists. A WIDOWER was at the altar for the fourth time. During the marriage service the sound of sobbing came from the rear of the family group, and an astonished guest inquired: "Who is the woman in tears? Some old flame?" "That's the cook," answered one of the children. "She always cries when papa is married. | Breathing the Germs of Dlseastk I f To Inhale the germs of disease with their .dally breath is the fate of donizons of malarfa- acourgod localities everywhere. The endemic atmospheric poison may, however, be reft of its .veiiom and rendered innoxious by a defensive itt»e of Hostetter's Stonmeh Bitters. This pre- iwninencly safe and effective remedy and safe­ guard not only eradicates the disease when de- jVeloped, bnt enables the system to safely brave It* assn -tits. Every physical function is cou- , firmed .11 or restored to regularity, the circula­ tion quickened if sluggish, aud ft "bilious habit, i^hich of itself begets a proneness to both iuter- I BaJttent and remittent types of malarial disease, I wbcro extrinsic ntinospberic causes exist. i powerfully counteracted by this inimitable fortifying aud defensive agent, which has, moreover, none of the disagreeable characteris­ tics of a drastic cathartic or an alkaloid. Fever and ague, dumb a^ue and ague cake, and the ealititnrti of the Isthmus, are conquered by it •urcly, pliaantl v. Rheumatism, neuralgia, gout, kidney aud bladder troubles, constipation and indigestion yield to it. I IF Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has; they serve him better than any others, but receive no wages, nay, what is still more extraordinary, they Submit to greater mortifications to go to hell than the since^est Christians to go to heaven.--Co I ion. | Marriage Is but the stepping-stone to those divine institutions, the family and tho home, which constitute the very foundation on which our nation rests: and upon the health and Strength of the wife and mother depends : the sunshine and enjoyment of the homo and the prosperity of the family. Thou­ sands of wives, and thousands or single ladies, drag out a weary existence in con­ sequence of perplexing "female disorders," In total ignorance of the tact that I)r. ) Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate : cases of lepcorrhoa, firolap-sus, weak back, j "female weakness." antevorsion, retrover­ sion. bearing:-down sensations, chronic | congestion, inflammation, ulceration and kindred ailments. Uuuranteod to give sat- i l8fuctlon. oi^noney refunded. All druggists. I DR. 1'IEIICE'S PELLETS--cleanse and regu­ late tho stomach, bowels and system gen- I ©rally. One^adosc; purely vegetable. j HE that does not know those things j which are of use and necessity for him j to know, is but an ignorant man. what- j ever he may know besides.--Tillotscn. The Homeliest Man In This Town, | As well as the handsomest, and others, are | Invited to call on any druggist and get free I a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for tho j Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is selling | entirely upon its merits, and is guaranteed to rolieve and euro all Chronic and Acute ; Coughs. Asthma, Bronchitis, and Cousump- i tion. Largo Bottles, 60 cents and $1. outrage that he resigned from the bench. Jso trouble to those concerned ever resulted from the/case, nor was there ever anything done to those who burned another colored man in St. Louis in the vicinity of what is now the site of Laclede Hotel." Camille. There hasn't been a Camille revival on the stage for some time, and it is just as well. Her's was a vulgar life with all its glitter and glare, and she simply a bad woman who makes a busi­ ness of catching fools. Her death is the natural result of her dissipations, and that she was robbed at last by her com­ panions in sin seems but a natural con­ sequence. and what certainly the blind lady had said to her; and the official gentlemen at the other end saw that they were actually the very words in the will be- fo^ them." So it went on. She stopped me in one place and said, 'not a thousand, a hundred,' showing that she knew the value of numerals; and she willed away the whole of her property with perfect accuracy. She left a portion of it to the very person who had desired to keep it from her, and they were her blood relations. She left <£100 to the institution whose head master helped her to make such a will. That was the last time that I saw her. The will was contested1 by the relations. When it came to be tested they said nobody in such a condition as that conld make a will. We fought the battle in thePro- THE right hand thumb of a hotel waiter is most unfortunate. It is frequently in the soup.--New Orleans Picayune. Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills. These Pills are scientifically compounded, uniform in action. No griping pain so com­ monly following the use of pills. They are adapted to both adults and children with perfect safety. We guarantee they have no equal in the cure of Sick Headache, Con­ stipation. Dyspopsia. Biliousness; and. as an appetizer, they excel any other prepara­ tion. Now WE know why a Jap wears inch a pained look on his face. The Japanese cucumber is over three feet long. p THE saving in clothing where Dobbins' Electric Soap is used is twenty times tho soap bill. It is no new experiment, but has been sold for 24 years. To-day just a9 pure as in 18C5. Try ft. Your grocer has it. THE man of whom society makes a lion is never inclined to growl.--Somerville Journal. CONCLAVE; KNIGHTS TEMPLAB. The Triennial' Keunion^to Be Held In Washington (1). C.) Oct. 8til to llthi 1889, Inclusive. Tickets for this occasion via the CHICA- oo. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY, will be sold at ONE FAKE THE ROUND TRIP, con­ ditions an i dates of sales as follows: At all stations on and east of tho Missouri River, Oct. 3d to 5th. inclusive, good for going passage ndt later than trains arriving iu Washing on Oct. 8th, and for return pas­ sage to starting point on or before Nov. 2d, 1889; at station's in ^Kansas and Nebraska, Oct. 3d to 5th. good for going i as sage not later than trains arriving in Washington Oct. fcit i. and tor return, Nov. 3d, 1889; at Colora lo points. Oct. 1st to 4ih. inclusive, limited going, to Oct. 8th, and for return, to Nov. 5th, 18S9. Stop-over allowed only on return coupons at junction points east of Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Persons desir­ ing to go or return via New York, can do so by puyi ng $10 additional. To secure sleep­ ing a (joinmodations via C., R. I. & P. Ry., application should be made at once. No effort will be spared by the ROCK ISLAND to make the trip of every person passing over its lino on this occasion satisfactory and pleasant. For tickets or further informa­ tion, apply to any of our representatives, or address, JOHN SEBASTIAN, General Ticket & Passenger Agent, at Chicago. Her professed devotion to Armand is accepted as a fact, because the scene is . Court at Westminister and won. laid in Pans, where things are done so ; The wiJ1 was proVed May 3, 1861." differently from what they are here, you know. It is very impressive and deeply affecting, and women leave the theater with eyes red from weeping. An Unexpected Call. The curtain had risen on the last act rr, , , ' , - . of the plav, and the diabolical plot of There is a deep moral somewhere m ^ vUlain waa abjut to ^ exposed in Camille and plays of that ilk if you can ^ only find it out. Perhaps it is that „. a bad help from nobedv, but he was ready ! Ontario, he was expected to pull a but- Ipr his opportunity when it came. And I ton every forty minutes during the night "the more emigrants of his sort that oome to this country, the better off the coun­ try will be." Bar Harbor Flirtation. Sitting on the staircase is the princi­ pal form of fliration, and when there is a ball almost every girl appears with a long-tailed gown that she may cover two or three steps below the one she is sitting on aud thus keep her conversa­ tion from being heard, says a Bar Har­ bor letter. She flirts in what might be oalled sledge-hammer fashion." There are no delicate shadings or leadings up her book of coquetry. She begins to inform all parties interested that he was on deck. Before he had been in the position long liis inventive faculties were set to work. Tom then calmly went to bed and slept all night like a white man. This worked firstirate until two trains came near colliding through his lack of attention, a fact which caused him to throw up his posi­ tion and return to this side Of the line." --Boston Traveler. ME. HAPPY--Yes, sir, I make my wife a regular allowance every week. Don't you yours? Mr. Hen peck--No-o. She makes a»e *a allowance, when I earn eaoucrh. women of the town should be careful and not lose their hearts to young men whom they have laid their snares to fleece. Or perhaps it is that they must not weakly yield to the entreaties of an aged father and fly from a lover who has means. Or is it an admonition to conceal their money and jewelry from their female associates when they recog­ nize premonitions of approaching ill­ ness ? Anyhow, we are sure there is a moral somewhere.--Texas Si/tings. Microbes io a TrmiA. Thirty-five years ago an opulent family lived in one of our most beauti­ ful suburbs. Two lovely children graced the happy household. But scarlet fever closed their eyes in death. The grief-stricken mother gathered up all its liideousness. Suddenly there was a commotion near the . entrance, and a • voice called out; breathlessly; "Is Dr. Kallowmellin the audience?" With the grave, preoccupied manner of a man on whose skill the life of some fellow-creature might depend, the doctor arose from his seat near the stage and passed slowly down the isle. "What is it?" lie asked. "Doctor," said the breathless man, as he drew from his breast pocket a pack­ age of folded documents, "I'm Spot- cash & Co.'s pew collector. Would it be convenient for yon to settle that little bill this evening?" -- Chicago Tribune. MANY Industries having been established iu the South, particularly at the rapidly growing city of Florence, Ala., the Gliicaco and Eastern Illinois (Evansviile Route) has decided to run Ave personally conducted excursion trains as follows: August 6 and 20. Kept. 10 and 21, and Oct. 8. All the rail­ roads in the Northwest have agreed to sell for those dates excursion tickets to points In Tennessee, Alabama. Mississippi and Louisiana at one lowest flrst-class faro for the round trip. Tickets will be good re­ turning thirty days. Persons desiring to join these excursions can obtain full par­ ticulars by writing to J? B. Morrell, Travel­ ing Agent C. &• E. I. R. R.. 501 First Na­ tional Bank Building, Chicago, or to Wil­ liam Hill. General Passenger Agent. OMoago. A Be; For a 2-cent wrapping) we gravure of our Seven. Seventh the makers of "Bilo Beaos," Missouri. n viful Picture Free. stamp (to pay postage and will mail a panel photo- popular picture, "Kissing at :?en. and Seventy." Address tho great anti-bile remedy, J. F. Smith & Co.. St."Louis, Oregon, tli* Paradise of Farmer#. Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant oops. Best fruit, grain, grass, and stock coun­ try in the world. Full information free. Address the Oregon Immigration Board .Portland, Oregon. A POCKET mirror free to smokers of 'Urn- sill's Punch" 5c. Cljjar. One Square Meal Ahead, Anyway. "Father," said the boy, "I'm going to leave the farm? *Ive been rather reck- little slips, slipj.ers and toys with two i less, and I've decided to go out and see golden tresses, and reverently laid them J what I can do for myself." away in a trunk as isad but priceless "All right, sonny," responded the mementoes of her lost darlings. War j aged sire. "Gpod by, and I'll state I'll came with its tragic vicissitudes, and • be ready to kill a veal about next death time and again threw its shadow j spring.--Washington Capital am The Liver And kidneys are organs which it U important should be kept in {rood condlUon, and yet they are overworked and abused by nearly everybody, until they become worn out, clogged up, or diseased. Hood's Barsaparilla cures all difficulties with these organs, routes them to healthy action, and tones the whole digestive organism. •I have been using Hood's Sarsaparilla for indi- gestion and liver trouble. It has greatly benefited me, and I think it is folly as good a medicine as claimed * E. s. Cuismo, chief engineer fixe dept., Stonington, Ct. Hood's S&rsaparilia Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, IOO Doses On? Oolla|f , . . • -t. h% • 'S-VY.-' rJACOTSOU W TRADE egjllBjjg MARIAI CURES PERMANENTLY humbagn SOLD BY Dmyylgt and Dealers. THE CHARLES *. VOGELER CO.. Batttmor*. Ely's Cream Balm WELL Cl'RE CHILDREN!^! OF CATARRH. Apply Balm into each nostril. ELY BHOS.. r>6 Warren Sfc, N. Y. VnilNC MD! Learn Telegraph* here and we will IUIII1D mLll help you to good situations. Ad­ dress American Sohool of Telegraphy. Madison, Wig. MENTION THIS PAPER wan. v*m»a to imiram • day. Sample* worth tt.15.1 ihnea not. underthf is-irse s Write! Holly, PRICE-LISTS OF RUG MACHINES. Patterns and Yarns, and CnioJSI Pattern Book tree. Agent* Wanted E. KOSS tc CO., Toledo, Ohiefc Jf-nvd who r»n furnish a horse and giT» their w time to the business. Spare moments may be l ita'>ly emploTPd A few varanr-ies in towns and cities. B. F. ft CO.. 10O9 Vain St. Richmond. Va. A". B.-- Piea** ttat'. age anil bwrtnSm experience. Sener mind about *eruiina tamp for plv. H. F. -T. rf- Co. MENTION TUB PAPKX 33 A S T H M A . Popham's Asthma Stecit* lU'llf f ID TK>* *VM. IT LE H o R *. OftrtBMV 111., write*: "I have uot baa to sit up an hour for tint* ears. I hop* the man tJukfc invented tiieHPE* XFIC hav« everlasting iile Cjrod'fV blessing ̂ while T. POPHAM, i'HXl>A3>ELPKXA, Pik n •j ran If MAGIC REMEDY: aale only br Cooa Item PATENTS I Will enre Blood Poison where _ J mercury fails. Owtip() an<5 fop Hemedy Co., Omaha, Neb. Write. MENTION THIS PAPER wnn WTMM TO .OIIITOJM, F. A. LEH5IA!wi Washington, I). C. JSTSend ior circular. jlt.X T'.ON THIS PAPER WHIR WXETTH3 19VI131SIU. IU Willi) mai'* by our Aienta, nffl nuun XHE l»Jt. TKUKLNS M3E1 S>iCAT,. CO., Richmond, Va. HAHF «TllfW Bookkeeping .Business Ftorma, WWIfc w I «rll I »Penmanship.Arithmetic,Short­hand, etc., thoroughly taughthvmull. CironJars frfee. IHSVANT'S BRSINKSS OOUMIE, Buffalo, N.Y. MENTION THIS PAI'KK wa«» wturn.a TO loruntm. EATON'S PREICM VITALIZES. Ufl I Mil W MsrIT Viptr. tnd o*l? Vptwto *» |iml Pthility »rd L*«t Guilty know*. A Invi<*r*ur. wHwN Wk*r«leat. RT raul. t' 6 for Ciivmlara fte*. DK. CAION, BmHA» MENTION THIS PAPKR WHIR wimm TO ADVKirnnit Habit. The only ami easy cure. Dr. J. I* MOTION THIS by mail. Stov. cll .tOot ;i>'.rlc»to\\n, Maw. OPIUM KI00ER'8 PA8TI1I18. HIGHLAND PARK, IL!_ NOKTHWKSTKttX MILITARY ACADEMY, PTWMIWS for COHM®, THE Government A£DD6UIM. and Business. Sena for Catalogue. ' BASE BALL CHADWICK'S MANUAL. 7 In. x 5 in. 70 pace*. Illuiiiiiiit >tl Cover, GPNT nPC "n application t nclosins oue atl' • r K ix'c ) tstaiup, by addressing THEODORE HOLLAND. P. O. Box l20, Philadi., P«. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh' is, the Best, Easiest to t)sc, and Cheapest sn Sold by druggists or sent by mail. 50c. £. T. Haxeltiue, Warren, Pa. OM»r«.T« GUARANTEES TO FIT PERFECT WITHOUT TRVINGON. ©FREE® hy return mail full descriptive jiff™ circulars of MOODY'S NEW TAIL- '|^ OR SYSTEM OF DRESS CUTTING. Any lady of ordinary intelli- Kence can easily and <fuickly learn to cut and make any gar­ ment, In ntiy style to any meas­ ure for ladv or child. Address MOODY & CO CINCINNATI, a JONES, HE PATS THE FREIGHT. #• I ON WAcON SCALES, $60. WACON SCALES, BEAM riS 'BSASBT/.HE BEAU. Frey'iit Pr.id. Warranted fori Years A|Mtl Waatcd. Bead for Term F A R M E R S ' Bar* and Warehouse Relief. JONES OF BINGHAMTON, Binghamton.V.Y. 1IKNTION THIS PAPKR WHIN v»mnt VO ALFLM 3S O BEAK. I * lid. Ml (Years.11 mil DRILLS for all purposes | Send 2Oct*, for mailing catalogues will particulars ^CARPENTER ST. ANt} CARROLL AVt/ MENTION THIS PAI'KH WHIN WBifiNo * ITU***. f • .---'•liiH.i n ilia FEMALE* ...REGIIIATOK MENSTRUATION OR MONTHLY SICKNESS IF TRKEN OUfUHB CVMVHfct Of fiRIM 8UFFER\tt8WU1BEMttKIl J&ook WWOMAN'^^/^ tUDF/aO REGULATOR BO. ftTLANUBIL •9UIBVALS, HMUmMr* / WHAT SCOTT'S EMULSION 4URES CONSUMPTION S0R0FULA BRONCHITIS COUGHS GOLDS Wasting Diseases Wonderful Flesh Producer. Scott's Emulsion is not a secret remedy. Containing the stimulating Hypophos- phitea and Pure Norwegian Cod Liver Qil, the potency of both neing largely in­ creased. It is used by Physicians all over tho world, PALATABLE AS MILK. Sold by aU Druggist*. CIRCUS MONEY A splendid Story f o r B O Y S a n d GIRLS. The story it of a hero who worked 'hard to earn his spending money, [meeting with many 'trials and triumphs, and how unselfishly he spent it. How deter­ mination overcame poverty. A hoy who could think how to earn money in spite of obstacle*, and could act nobly, even at a loss of hi* own pleasure. A pure story--sent free to any boy or girl who will pay the postage--only a t-ccat stamp required. .Ccwns PUBLISHING CO., Philadelphia, Pa. GREAT TUBULAR WELL AND PROSPECTING MACHINE SELF CLEANIHfi. Will. »< i* Sw I a aliita. CATALOBBE FREE LOOMIS & KTV4H, TIFFIN. OHIO* iF" Writ® • rhat weri •a wtadk to manship and stock, t hey are unrival durability and accuracy, i/ono, cheap malleable cnst-tron Imit ALL ORDIM PROMPTLtU - • $ fF TOif WISH * rurcbapa one of tho CPJP- brated SMITH & WESSON anr.8. The finest uraali aroia ever ir>anufact.ur< <1 and the first oh< ice of all experts. Manufactured in calibres 33,3? and 41-100. Sin- gle or double action, Safety Hammed^&i and •- Target models. Constructed entirely of best «aaU Ity wronaht Meet* carefully for wocfi» are often soM for the tannine article onlv Jinreliab'.r, (but dantreroiss. The SMITH Jk WESSON Revoivera ar.'1 ail stamped upon thebaic rels wish firm's name, address ana dates of patento and are gunrnnterd porf.-et in every detail. sistupon having the genuine article, and if yosv dealer cannot supply you an order B"nt to addreH^ below will reoefve prompt and careful attention Descriptive catalogue and prices furnished upon «n~ plication. ^MITH & WESSON, - Cr-lUBtlonthiB paper. SprlagieU, RAIN! RAIN! RAIN! II there's oue set of men who sppt ectate a too waterproof coat it is the faraer. He knows that " Fish Brand Slicker" costs him less per year any garment made. Did you know it raint Cfhi:> •nows oae day in three the whole year through f A " Fish Biand Slicker " makes every day a pleasaat day to its lucky owner. Go anywhere with jt i* rain, hail, sleet, snow, or blew, it is wiad < water proof. Costa less than rubber, and last* times as loag. Rubber is good for show da;. will rip in a week. If you want a coat for wear and hard weather, get the " Fish Bi Siicker." Every good thing has its intitauoa, has the " Fish Brand Slicker." Look out. Be­ ware of worthless imitations, every garmeat stamped with " Fish Brand" Trade Mark. Den't accent aay inferior coat when you can have the " Fiaw, Brand Slicker " delivered witheut extra cost. Pll» tkulars and illustrated catalogue free. A. J. TOWER, •> Boston, Mass. n UHCmV PRICB! >4 a-WJ • , --3 - .' i1- * '-*i , A FIRST- CLASS MACHINE! Warranted for Fire Years by the Manufactured : ALL OF THE LATEST ATTACHMENTS AN*""- ' IMPROVEMENTS. Ornamei ble of Wi STYLE AN1> FINISH. ented Head on Iron Stand. Drop-Leaf IV Walnut, Oil-polished._with patent drop-lMt Support: Gothic Cover, with Veneered Panels. Oaas Of two Drawers, with Lock. Vuneered Jtapnta, nr elegant Nickel-Mated Drop-King Handles. ACCESSORIES. Each Machine is furnished with One Toot _ mer, One Screw Driver. One Wrench, One Oil Can Oil, Oue OauKe, One Uaupe Scru»". One Extra Th: Plate, One Kxtra Check Spring. Oue Package of N' dies, Six Bobbins, and One Instruction Book. ATTACHMENTS. In addition to'the above list of accessorie furuish with each Machine One Tucker, One RutHer, One Set of Plate Hummer*, live different widths up to of an inch, One Binder, and OWt Thread Cutter. A LIBERAL OFFE*. V-f WE will send to any person that remits us a TUB? office or Express Money Order. Bank Draft, or Uie Cash in a Registered Letter, for FOUKTEKN DOI*- LA Its. THE CHICAGO LEDGER every weak for ONE 1EAK, and cue of the above-deecribei Sewing Machines. The machine will be carefuHf packed in a substantial wooden crate, shipped tar freight over the most direct route, unless ordered shipped bv express. Even* ladv in need of a good, reliable Sewing MUr­ chins should take advantage of this offer and (rtoat at the mamitacturers" wholesale price, which can­ not be obtained 111 any other manner. Write Name* Town. Countv, and State plainly and address THB CHICAGO I.EDGKR. "ill Franklin Street*. Cliicasi'i'. I"! ' CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS RCO CROSS CIAMONO BRAND. £afe iad alwaj* reliable. uk Druggist for /Ha ma mi Brmnd, la ' red, metallic" hexes, srsltd witk ribbon. Take BO «ther. All piUs \\npF : Ib pasteboard pinfc wrapart vBT : /• 4»agerea« eounterftft*. SfBd 4e» • (stamt$> for : arnou;:trs. "Uellef far in i&tztr, by • ill •tall* Paptr, < ; CklcfcOTter tfc*aTl ladfcMa $+, ri0!<k*Ffe» • I prescribe and forty •*» ; dorse Bip (1 as the only specific tortbecertaincui® of this disease. _ G. U. ING RAH AM. M. Dw • Amsterdam, S. - \V« have sold Blf © <<• many years, and is Mi civen tho b«at of . 'action. -- B.a.DYCHEA CO.. ' Chicago, 1^ Sl.N. Bold hy l>ruiti»t* No. WHKN WRITING TO AUVKKTISER% ' V jiiease aa.y jam law the a4vwti>«itt«j| In thia paper. DATS esly i-f tka COUG PS CTS. X- ISOS CURE! FOR F O R 9 A L E B V ALL DWUSOiat^ •m. i.rj&Sfc