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L^NRT' ».w ^V" /. • ':• . :,s \. "... *_ •v-'.^'- • >*-.-j-; v '.,' • •", .. ' Mt-W*;. . \ ^ATC *T4I* MNMSK V»5 .««•;.•*•••;.•• <t t A LICHT IN THE WINDOW. OFF.FOR THE NORTH PQLE. F INDIRECT GRAVITY. K'?:i •! X' l|w » Reporter Worked I p a on ||C v a Kan with an Original Idea. >5 , In starting outaponmy first reportarisl ! , Krrand for the Chicago Herald, the city " editor of that sheet informed me that I >ras to write "sketchy" articles from any Material whatsoever, using my own judgment in the selection of it, always bearing in mind that my first great tfuty was to propagate and disseminate wseful information, locally and abroad. Here I was with the whole world for my field and each particular individual or object my own personal property and a thousand subjects instantly suggested themselves to my mind, but as I evi­ dently needed rest and refreshment I •lepped into a little French restaurant Mid gave an order befitting the depth of a sagacious reporter's purse, and as I seated myself at a small table, I no­ ticed an elderly and dignified gentle- Man sitting near me. There, I thought, la a man of the world, a banker at least, II not a veritable English lord; that full, Iljph forehead betokens a profound judgment, large understanding and deep memory, capable of tracing to the labyrinthine fountain-head of thought, association, passion, will, and all the iHibtle, "nice ' affinities of matter, its > • Virtues, motions, laws*--my mental Wanderings were here interrupted by • the gentlemen, with a fork in his tightly benched hand, lteckoning me to a seat flft his table. |v' "The waiter will bring your lunch to this table," said he, politely, and then With a critical air remarked: "You aeem to be a young man of average in­ telligence. I suppose you have served KU apprenticeship in the elementary j, branches taught in our public schools ?" "I modestly replied in the affirmative, |f:; (tod believing I was to receive a tirade &-?:•^ jjfegarding the propriety "of taxation for (he support of high schools in the inter­ est of the children of poor parrents, at tftxe expense of property owners," I be­ gan eating the lunch with, a vigor and •vidity common to dyspeptics. >. "Then, sir." asked he, "what is grav­ itation and the law of gravitation?" ** "Gravitation," said I, "is the attrac­ tion of all bodies toward each otfaier, •nd the law, that the force is propor­ tional, directly to the quantity of mat­ ter contained, and inversely to the ' jgjuare of their distances." .... "You are right, sir. you are rigfet!" fte exclaimed, "and if the squares of the distances be great enough, the latent 'j#nergy therein contained will be sulft- . Cfient to induce what is known as inverse <Jr indirect gravity." [ . »T' "A physical impossibility," I de- jiflaved. : • / ' "Nothing, sir, is impossible," said he, *and everything is within the range of ^ , possibilities, and the cry of "impossible* t when a new theory or principle is ad- | danced has caused hundred to be ban- f hed or incarcerated in a dungeon, es, sir, indirect gravity is not only jpossible, but actually exists." * "I can readily see wherein it would i:'.' '• bo of devantage to us," said I, "Iratldo v dot understand how human nature can overcome so permanent a law <as the law of gravitation." , "That's because you haven't got a philosophic mind," said he sympa­ thetically. "You are like a majority of business men--allow others to do your blinking, aud then, if possible, buy it. indirect gravity has been the study of v | my life, aud to-day I have it as com­ pletely under my control as a man at #ie throttle of his engine. By its aid I mux more than displace the atmospheric ressure of fifteen pounds to the square ch; can walk twenty miles. An hour, ood with an ordinary umbrella can soar tli the wind. I can lift fifty tons ier than any other man can move ty pounds." Do you really mean that you can "Sufficiently resist gravity to carry your Awn weight?" I inquired curiously. : "That is just what I can," said he, savagely crumpling his napkin, "and I have demonstrated it to the satisfaction t;«gf soiiT&incredulous gentlemen already, "common carriage horses, witft my in­ strument, will be able to distance the liest trotters and--" "Pardon the interruption," said I, evidently interested. "Have you ati appliance convenient to this place ?" "Certainly," said he, thrusting his hand into his inside pocket, withdraw­ ing what appeared to be a gloss tube iibout an inch in diameter and six 'Inches in length, covered with tinfoil and a stopcock at either end. 41 That represents thirty-three years of my life and a large fortune and, while I cannot expose the details of the mechanism, I may say that- by generating a current from a chromic acid battery through bisulphide of barium in vacuo and washing the precipitate with a new compound called phenalymid we get a peculiar salt which, combined with one part of oxygen and two of hy­ drogen, produces this wonderful power known as indirect gravity." Upon examination the tube was found to be made of aluminum, instead of glass, with three compartments. In one end was placed the crystals al­ luded to, the other end containing the two parts of hydroeen, while the middle compartment was the common meeting place of the chemicals. Still incredulous, I begged to be permitted to see it operate, and much to my sur­ prise my accommodating inventor1 would be glad to call for me in half an hour, when we would go to his labora­ tory, with the proviso that whatever passed between us would be strictly confidential. Assenting to this he left' the restaurant, while I commenced a descriptive article of the discovery. Half an hour lengthened into an hour, during which time I was thinking of the glorious "beat" on the reporters of the other papers and wondering why newspaper men complained of scarcity of news when it was so easy to find if one only looked for it. Finally, be­ aming a trifle impatient at the long ab­ sence of my newly found friend, I or­ dered a small bottle, incidentally in­ quiring of the waiter if this genius often visited the restaurant. "Yes, sir," he replied with n beaming i;: amile; Mr. Barlow es ze--how you call i Jlat?--ze humoriste, ze funny man of ze < Chicago Herald." • It was too much humor for one day, " and after an attatk of neuralgia cf the stomach I mentally vowed never to nwait another man with an original idea.--Burlington Haiokeye. the 3 per cents. "I have £100 already there," he wrote with a mournful touch of irony, "and shall then be worth £12 per annum." Three years later the £100 had grown to £625, the gather­ ings of half the most studious * and blameless lifetime of which the annals of our literature hold record. And this man was Poet Laureate of England (not quite one of her best, perhaps), and had enriched our literature with some ol its fiDest prose. He had a wife atid family, and for the greater part of his life he bad to provide for them out of his brain the roof that sheltered them, the food they ate, and the clothes they wore. Mary Stewart's Account Murd«r. of Klzzlo's One of the most curious documents in the eighth volume of the State pa­ pers and manuscripts relating to Eng­ lish affairs in the Venetian archives, which has just been published, is a letter of Mary Queen of Scots to the King of France, giving an account of the murder of Kizzio. "On the 9th of the month, we being at supper in pri­ vate about the seventh hour in our cabinet, accompanied by our sister, the Countess of Argyle; our brother, oom- mander of Sta. Croce, and others of our domestic servants, because on ac­ count of our indisposition, and as the seventh month of our pregnancy was almost accomplished, we had been ad­ vised to eat meat, the King, our hus­ band, came to visit us, and seated him­ self by our side. "Meanwhile the Earl of Morton and Lord Lindsay, with their followers, to the number of 1(H) persons, occupied and took possession of all the entrances and exits of our palace, so that they*be­ lieved it was impossible for any one to escape then alive. During this in­ terval of time Lord Ruthven, fully armed, with, others of his followers, dared to enter by force into our apart­ ments and cabinet, and perceiving our secretary, David Rizzio, there, with otlter servants of ours, said that he de­ sired to speak with him immediately. At t>he same moment we inquired of the King, our husband, if he knew any­ thing concerning this proceeding, and when he answered us in tho negative we ordered Lord Ruthven to quit our presence under penalty of being deemed a traitor, and said that we would deal with David Rizzio, and cause him to be punished if he had been guilty of any offense. "Nevertheless, Lord Ruthven, by force, in our presence, seized David, who' for his safety and defense had re­ tired behind our person, and a portion of lluthven's followers, surrounding us with arquebuses in hand and muzzles leveled, dragged David with' great cruelty forth from our cabinet, and at the entrance of our chamber dealt him fifty-six dagger wounds, at which act we remained not only wonder-stricken and astounded, but had great cause to fear for our life. * * * The Provost of Edinburg, hearing the tumult raised in our palace, caused^the bells to be sounded with hammers, aud came to our palace to our succor, accompanied by a large band of armed men, and asked to speak with us and to know how we fared. "To this inquiry we were not per­ mitted to give any reply, because we were violently threatened by the con­ spirators, who,,said to our very face that if we endeavored to speak they would throw us over the walls in piece, in order to make steaks of us. The King, our hushpnd, then ordered these people to retire. All night long we were kept prisoners in our chamber, with scarcely even the opportunity of speaking with our maid servants." Thorough. A close-fisted man who wished to build a picket fence around his grounds haggled long with the village carpen­ ter, an excellent workman, about the cost of erecting it. At last, the carpen­ ter agreed to build a certain kind of fence for a sum much lower than he had originally asked, and was &>ld to "Go ahead!" When a dozen yards of the fence had been built, the owner of the grounds saw that it was a much better job than he had contracted for. "See here," said he to the carpenter, "you don't suppose I'm going to pay for such a high-priced job as that, do you?" "No, I don't answered the carpenter, "you'll pay what you agreed to and I'll do the job to suit myself; I don't scant my work, even if I don't get full pay for it." It was on that principle that Rufus Clioftte began the practice of law. No matter how small his fee, he did for his client everjrthiug the case required. He shrank from no labor, but did his best in preparation and in argument. He once tried a dog case before a Beverly justice of the peace, iu an office no larger than a cobbler's shop, and ar­ gued it with as much learning and brill- iancy as if he had been before the Su­ preme Court. "He treated the dog," said a spec­ tator, "as though he were a lion or an elephant, and the crabbed old squire with the consideration he would have paid to the Chief Justice." Even when he had become the leader of the Boston Bar, it was noticed that the size or character of an audience had no effect on his advocacy. Some of his most brilliant arguments were delivered when there were few to hear them; he was indifferent to the audience, but5 alive to tho principles of the case. One stormy night, while residing at Dangers, he was called up at a late hour to go several miles and draw up a will for a very sick man. He went, wrote out the will, returned home and again went to bed. Suddenly there flashed across his mind au omission in the will that pos­ sibly might cause the testator's wiil to be misunderstood. He sprang from his bed, dressed'himself rapicllv, and to the inquiries of his wife answered that ho had done what must be undone. He rode in the storm to the man's house, explained the reason of his return and drew a codicil to the will which made everything sure. It was to such conscientious thorough­ ness that Rufus Choate's success was due, quite as mueh as to his eloquence and legal learning. Nature and Temperance. Temperance Man--My friend* what I. want vou to do is to throw your whisky SoutUey's Earning. bottle into the sea. No man ever lived more plainly or j old Toper--I did that once, but the •worked harder than Southev ; yet he wave3 floated it back to me, and I said never had a year's income in advance, we are told, till in 1835, when he was CI years old, Sir Robert Peel settled a relision of £3'J0 on him, and offered im a baronetcy, which he had the good sense to decline. Eiglit-and-twenty years earlier, in 1807, a pension of £160 a year had been conferred on him through the good offices of his staunch friend r^Wynn, who had hitherto allowed him a J Similar sum annually. When he was forty-four the unexpected 'payment of ,i/ » bad debt enabled him to bay £300 in to myself if the laws of nature worked that way I wasn't to blame for takin' the bottle ftgain, and " Temperance Man--Ah, but the bottle you threw away was empty. Throw it into the sea when the bottle is full of whisky, aud you'll find the laws of na­ ture all right"--New York Weekly. A young merchant in Berlin has mar­ ried the woman that nursed him when a bftbo She was then seventeen years He is well off in worldly matters. The Beautiful Story on Which the W Known Sons Was Founded. Few are probably the persons who have not one time or other heard the Sunday school song, "A light in the window." Unless I am mistaken it was founded upon a story told upon the little island of Svlt, but which might easily have its exact counterpart on almost any seashore where a mother's heart beats with yearning love for her sailor son and keeps its fond promise from night to night. Among the sim­ ple fisher folks onjthe island lived a wo­ man and her son. He was her only child, the pride of her heart as well aa the source of constant dread, for the boy loved the sea as his father before had loved it, and nothing gave him so much pleasure as to watch the incoming tide tumbling its curling wayes over the sands. No sooner was he strong enough to wield an oar and steer a boat th»ti he joined the men iu their fishing expedi­ tions. The mother, with all her fears, and the fate of a long line of sailors in her mind, yet would not have had it otherwise, for it would have been deemed dishonor among the hardy coasters to have kept the boy at home or sent him safely at work for some farm­ er. What ever the dangers, they must be faced for the sake of family pride. Had not the boy's grandfather been a captain when he went away the last time? Had not his father sailed his own ship when he went down in a great storm. The child was the last of his race, but he must not dishonor it by tame and cowardly safety on shore. So the boy grew up, tall of his age, straight as a mast, nimble as the fleetest and handiest boat, blue-eyed, fair-haired true-hearted, a real son of the sea. The fishermen taught him the tricks of his craft until he knew how to sail a boat, or do many little things which a sailor must know. Whenever a ship was in the offing he was soon aboard, learning the rigging and how work was per formed upon her. He was a great favor­ ite among the longshore folk and wi£h the sailors, and when at last his thir­ teenth year had came around and he obtained the consent of his mother to go to sea, he easily found a good ship and captain. Then there was parting, aud tears shed by the mother, while he looked forward into the great, wide world with the joyous eagerness of a boy. But with her last blessing the widowed mother promised that every night a light should burn in the sea­ ward window of her cottage to light him homeward and to show him that she still fived, awaiting his return. The ship sailed. Six months passed and sailors had dropped into the village and told how she had spoken and all was well, and the neighbors came to the house and told the pleasant news to the waiting mother, who nightly trimmed the candle, lit it, and set it in the win­ dow to make a bright path up the sands. Again six months elapsed and other sailors arrived from far-off lands, but they had no news to tell of the ship. A great storm had happened and she was overdue. She might yet make port, but--and the people shook their heads and carried no tales to the widow, whose candle burned brightly every night and cast long streamers of light out upon the sea. Another year passed, but the sailors going or coming brought no news of the Hhip, and the neighbors whispered apart and shook their heads whenever anyone spoke of the widow's son, but no one was cruel enouch to cut the slenfler threads which held the an­ chor of her hope. And thus the light continued to glow out toward the sea at every gloaming, and burned steadily through every night. Years came and went. The children who had played with the sailor had grown to be men and women, and her own head had been silvered with age, her farm was bowed, yet no one dared to cut tne cable of her hope. Tender words cheered her and tender liands smoothed the way for her as she patiently waited for the hom e coming of her fair haired boy, and every night the glow of her candle streamed out to seaward and told the story of the loving heart waiting at home. How many years did she watch and wait ? I do not know. But one day, at eventide there was no gleaming patch of light across the sands. The window remained dark, and the accustomed beacon failed the fisher folk, and when they wondered and went to the cottage they found that the mother's soul had gone out to s$ek the soa. _ , IMffereirt Mode* of Walkings London has the most laborious pro­ cess of washing. The women simply rub their clothes, and have none of the mechanical contrivances which exist in other places for lessening their labor. Of course these are steam lauudries in abundance, but their prices place them beyond the reach of the working classes. In Lancashire the use of the "dolly tub" aud " peggy" is universal and is by far the most handy and most effective method of washing. The tub is shaped like a barrel, and the linen is whisked about in it by the "peggy," as it is vig­ orously used by the washerwoman. The "peggy" is a sort of thick broomstick fixed in the center of a disc of wood, on the underside of which are five or six round, stmfpag, wooden pegs. In Holland and Sweden the traveler will notice hundreds of women kneeling on the banks of the lakes ai.d rivers and beating their clothes with a heavy piece of wood. It looks an easy though not effective" process; but probably the clothes have beeu boiled before the cold water stage is reached. John Chinaman excels as a washer of clothes. The Japanese, oa the other hand, do not take much trouble. Washing is still done in JapAn by get ting into a boat and letting the gar­ ments drag after it by a long string. It is an economical habit of traveling Japs to get a large amount of washing thus accomplished by a steamboat excursion, and it has given rise to the story that once a year they travel to wash. They have no instinct for work, like the Chinese, and think it complete when the soap is in the garment, and will not wring it out. Salt water washes to their taste just as well as fresh. The visitor to Paris will not fail to notice the large Noah's-ark-looking houses of wood floating in the Seiue, some of which are monster washing establishments, where women may be seen through the open windows ham­ mering and scrubbing their clothes. Whenever you may pass, the same scene may be witnessed; for the moment one woman leaves another takes her place. A small fee is paid for the accommoda­ tion provided. If the services of a Parisian laundress are needed, it would be well to take an inventory of the things before handing them over to her; for rumor puts it that she does not al- ways return as many as she receives. THE dollar you take in is a dwarf; the you out a gianL--Aichiton Globe. Fhe Xew Expedition to Be Ut><i*rtelreli toy Explorer Nuank ^ The Arctic regions lrave an irreswt- ble fascination for explorers. Again uid again the mysterious power of the lortli pole draws men across the bleak- jst of all oceans only to crown their ef­ forts with failure. The lameisable end if the Jeannette expedition, made in 1879, under Lieut Long, is familiar to svery one. Imprisoned by ice, on the 3tli of September, 1879, in the north­ west part of Behring Straits, near Her- ild Island, the ship was carried for­ ward with the solid wall of ice surround­ ing her, by a strong undercurrent, until he arrived in the neighborhood of New Siberia. Here on the 13tli of June, 1881, she foundered. The crew'at the 3ud of its resources, reached terra firina terribly lessened in numbers. Still such an example as this does not deter science from offering fresh martyrs to the great object, nor does it abate the coirage of the martyrs them­ selves. The continental journals con­ tain long accounts of another Expedi­ tion that is beiag arranged, this time at the expense of tlie Norwegian Govern­ ment and under the command of Mr. Nanseh the intrepid traveler who lias il ready won fame by a perilous journey across the vast ice fields of interior Greenland. That which distinguishes the new ex­ pedition is the originality, above all the hardihood and temerity, of Mr. Nansen's plan. Heretofore the chief idea of Arc­ tic explorers has been to head ftlr the pole straight across the Atlantic, but the immense, implacable fortress of ioe barring the way has resisted all their assaults. A single expedition has been based npon a different plan of campaign, that )f the ill-fated Jeannette. Mr. James Gordon Bennett, who organized this royage, proposed that the polar region be traversed and the exploring party ;omn from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Mr. Nansen has beeu somewhat at­ tracted by this scheme, and thinks, moreover, that nature herself may fur­ nish him an ally iu the shape of a cer­ tain Strang current which recent dis­ coveries justify him in supposing to axist. * On the 18th of June, 1884, three years after the destruction by the ice of Lieut. Long's vessel, there were found npon a floating mass of ice, near Julian- ihaab, in Greenland, a number of articles which M ere recognized as hav- ;ng belonged to the crew of the Jean- aette, and which they had abandoned upon the occasion of the wreck. What road had this ice block traveled with its sad burden? It was easy to suppose that an undercurrent, starting from the archipelago of New Siberia, had carried it to the Greenland colony. The Meteorological Bureau of Chri*- Liana sought the causes of this phenom­ enon and concluded that the articles found at Julianshaab must have been borne by an undercurrent directly across the interior regions of the Arctic Sea. Mr. Nanseu relies upon this cur­ rent to carry him toward the pole. The brave explorer has had con­ structed a wooden vessel of some 170 tons burden. It is very strong with sides built at a peculiar incline that will enable the ship to slip through the ioe with the minimum of risk as to being crushed. Theqo will be a steam engine for emergencies, and enoiigh coal and provisions will be put on board to keep * crew ot twelve men in such comfort as the region will permit for five veara. The expedition will Itava Norway in February, 18t>l, and in June of the ?ame year will enter Behring Straits. The route will then be toward the Archipelago o£ New Siberia, where a propitious moment will be awaited for a plunge onward, on the open sea, toward :lie north. This move will probably be made in September, so as to find, at the beginning of the winter, some point where the ice is forming. The ice will ,ake possession of the ship, bearing it into the unknown. ' As will be readily seen, the project is aot without audacity. Mr. Nansen thinks the voyage will last two years. A.11 precautions will be taken to combat the cold and the scurvy, the two worst toes to be met with in the Arctic circle, ind the explorer is full of hope. The Tiotto he has chosen is a oourageous <ne. "Forward! forward 1 To victory x death F--Xew York Commercial Advertiser. A Goat Spotlit a Wedding, Our little town, fays a Christians- burg (Ya.) correspondent of the Phila- lelphia Times, had quite a sensation in its best circles at the marriage yester­ day of one of its most prominent young men to a young lady whose beauty and <vit made her a belle, but whose nup-« ;ials were nearly prevented by a billy ;oat belonging to a family iving in the suburbs. The bridal party was followed into the ihurch by the goat, which proceeded to quietly and peacefully inspect the edifice, aud probably would have re­ ared in like manner had it not beeu for Jie injudicious efforts of one of the groom's attendants to induce it to leave by an impertinent shoo. This was more than his goatship meant to tamely endure, and to sooth lis wounded honor he made a break at ;he bridegroom, who happened to be nearest him, and without that gentle­ man having suspected his proximity made him painfully aware of it by a well-directed blow that caused the can- lidate for matrimony to alight several :eet distant, though hardly with the ?race of posture he could have desired. The animal then turned his attention to the bride, but the lady escaped by ilimbing the pulpit stairs. The clergyman, wedding party, and quests dared not stir, for every move­ ment caused the goat to make for them Aith lowered head, so for awhile the tnimal was monarch of all he surveyed; 3ut the arrival on the scene of one of the nfantile masters speedily reduced him ;o submission and he followed the boy rom tho church as meek aud humble a joat as ever dined on a tomato-can. The jridegroom, though much bruised and me arm broken, insisted on having the nterrupted ceremony completed. " He Wann't That Kind ot a Lover. "Mabel, I love you." Mabel listened as if the remark was brand pew. "Do you feel, Mabel, that in jour ife vou* need some one--some one like ne?" Mabel answered softly--very softly;, jrobabiy she will never realize how soft ier answer was. "Harold, dear, I have often felt that l need the love of .a manly heart like 'ours; need to be cherished; I need >rotection." " Alas," he moaned " then wc can never >e happv." "Why"?" .. . - "Because--" : "Speak on.".; > "Because I ngton Font. Reopening a Thoroaflifare. lh order to guard hgftingt raiuita utterly nib. twrtiv* of health, it is absolutely essential that the grand thoroughfare or ftvanua of the nyi- tem, the bowels, should be reop«aed aa «peed- llyao possible •when they beoosoe obstructed. If they are not. the bile is misd)rect«d Into tho bio© I; the liver becomes torpid ; viscid bilious matter getn into the etomach and prodaoM in­ digestion ; headaches ensue, and other ivmp- totOR are produced, which a prolongation ol the exciting cause only tends to agtfrairate. The aperient properties of Hostetter's Stomach Bit­ ters constitute a most useful agent in over­ coming constriction of the bowels and promot­ ing a regular iiabit. of body, it is umnitely superior to the drastic cathartics frequently used for the purpose, since it doeB not, like th#m, act violently, but produces a natural, painless efTect, which does not impair the tone .of the evacuatory organs, whioh it invigor- 'ateB instead of weakening. The stomach and liver, also--indeed, the entire system--are strengthened and regulated by It, t Not So. What is aauoe for one species of animal must assuredly serve for another, or, as a child once paraphrased the saying, "If you're saucy to the goose, you must be •aucyto the gander." Little Emily belongs to a family where there is a great deal of talk about "labor" and "tne rights of the workingmnn." Her father, who is a respectable working- man himself, once left a place where he had daily labor because the lady of the house said to him, innocently, "Your master would like to have yon clean out the furnace this morning." "I call no man master," said the Irate workman, and thereupon demanded his wastes and departed. Emily bad beard this incident proudly dilated on in many a family council, and had learned her lesson well. One morn­ ing she sat on the front steps, playing with her little dog, when a gentleman approached. ' Ah, that's a pretty dogl" said he. "Yes, sir," said Emily, proudly, stjok- ine Fido's long curls. * i "And are you his little mistress?" "Xo, sir;" said she, in a ringing voice, "I'm not Fido's mistress. I'm just his employer!" 3. A. JOHNSON, Medina, N. T., says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured mo." Sold by Druggists, 750. Decided iu tlie Affirmative. De Smith--I saw yon kiss Miss South- mayd last night. Travis (blushing)--Did yon? That's unfortunate. De Smith--She seemed lather reluc­ tant. ' Travis--Well, yes; to tell the trnthshe •aid no to me with her lips. De Smith--But her eyes said " Travis--I thought they said ves. De Smith--Of course! And the eyes had it. * NEW TRANS-CONTINENTAL ROUTE, •ia Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Northern Pacific Itailroads. Through Pullman Sleeping Car leaves Chicago daily at 5:30 p. m. For St. Paul and Minneapolis* For F^riO. North Dnko!a. For Helena and Hutte, Montana. For the Yellowstone Park. For Spoknne Falls and Tacoma. For Portland, Oregon. Best Route to Seattle and all North Pacific Coast points. The scenic line to California, via Port­ land and the Shasta Route. Tickets on Rale at 207 Clark street and tTnion Passenger Station, Canal, Adams and Madison streets, Chicago. THE first steamboat on the Mississippi River was the New Orleans, built at Pittsburg in 1811 by Nicholas Roosevelt, from plans furnished by Robert Fulton. A Keliable Company. No person is better known among the business men of Chicago than is A&OKXO WYUANT, who for several years past has occupied the position of agent of the United States Express Company in that city. He has the esteem of every one who has ever met him, socially or in business. On the let of July Mr. Wygant severed his connection with the express company, and embarked in a new line of trade. Joining with others, he formed the A.vres & Wygant Company and purchased the old and well-known Chicago institu­ tion, "Reed's Temple of Music," located at 182 and 184 Wabash avenue, where ho will be pleased to meet his frienns, and show them the finest line of pianos, or­ gans, and other musical instruments to be found in the West. Reed's Temple of Music will lose none of its old-time popu­ larity under the management of the Ayres aid Wygant Company. All who are in­ terested in good music should call upon this new company when visiting Chicago. It will he a pleasure to make their ac­ quaintance. BitoKCHrri8 is cured bv frequent small doses of Ptso's Cure for Consumption. No half-way measures: Baggs--Do yon and your wife ever quarrel, Uncle Eph- raiinf Uncle Ephraim--No, sah, we neber •quarrels; we jest lights.--Burlington Free Prem. Health and Strength Boonre*!sce weskneos snd languor if th«t reliable medicine, Hood's Sarsapsrilla, it) fairly and faith­ fully tried. It is the best medicine to overcome that tired feeling, purify the blcoil, and cure icrofala, gait rheum, dyspepftia, and aU other din- eases arising- from impure blood or low state ot the system. Give it a trial. Hood's Sarsapafilla Fold by all dniKKista. tl; nix for ̂ - Prepared oaiy by C. 1. HOOD & CO, Lowell. Mass. Doses One Dollar ONB ENJOYS Both the method and results when Byrup of Figs is taken; it ia pleasant and refreshing to the teste, and acts fently yet promptly on the Kidneys, <iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys­ tem effectually, dispels colds, head­ aches and fevers and cures ha^ual constipation. Byrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro­ duced, pleasing to the taste and ac­ ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com­ mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c tnd $1 bottles by all leading drug­ gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand -will pro­ cure it promptly for any one who . -wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CAUF0MM Fid SriWP CO. SAW nUUKUSOO, C*L . loumrtiLE. Kr.. HEW iwac. nr. Da. Bntx's Worm Destroyer la wonder-^ full eiBeaeleut. I prescribed tt in several instaaeea, and it never fniied in a single case to have the desired efTect. 1 know of no other worm remedy so certaiaaad s p e e d y i n i t s e f f e c t . -- / , r. Clemtnt , M,M, VUmnow, Q*u ' Clever Defense. Baton Dal Borgo, the Danish Envoy at Madrid, about fifty years ago, was* the soul of honor and good-nature, though he had neither the cleverness nor the brilliancy belonging to certain diplomat­ ists. One incident, however, shows that he could act, when occasion arose, and that with boldness, and even dramatic power. During the childhood of Queen Isabel­ la, there were frequent political commo­ tions, and one night Espartero, the regent, having incurred the displeasure of tho ad­ verse party, was pursued through the streets by an infuriated mob. He ran in­ to the house where Baron Dal Borgo had an appartment, rung the bell wildly, and as soon as the door was opened, slipped inside and barred it. Presently the ringleaders of the mob arrived, and threatened to break open the door if the fugitive were not delivered to them at once. Baron Dal Borgo him­ self unfastened the bolts, and appeared on the threshold. He pointed to the Danish ting, which he had laid across the entrance, and said, calmly: "The man you seek is here. Comb and take him, if you like, but if one of you steps on the colors of my country, I "will make Spain responsible to Denmark for the insult." The attacking party paused, awed into sobriety, and then turned about and walked quietly away.--Youth's Compan­ ion. • "' that has thriven may lie abed till seven.' Those who use SAPOLIO need not work long hours. Sapolio is a solid cake of Scouring Soap. Try it. He Had a Long: Memory. At a recent examination of the divinity students in England, one very dull can­ didate was so ignorant that the Bishop would only consent to ordain him on condition that he would promise to study "Butler's Analogy" after ordination. He made the promise and was ordained. He was the guest of the Bishop, and so on his departure next morning the Bishop shook him by the hand, saying: "Good-by, Mr. Brown, don't forget the Butler." "I haven't, my lord," was the unex­ pected reply, "I have just given him five shillings. BEECIIAM'S PILLS cure Sick Headache. AT. MOST all men have at some time stood besi'de the grave of opportunity. THEBE is no article made that purity is Important in as soap. Thousands buy cheap, adulterated soaps to save a few cents, and lose dollars in rotted clothing. Dobbins' Klecric Soap, perfectly pure, saves dollars. IF you shonld happen to want your ears pierced, just pinch the baby. WE recommend "Tansill'S Punch" Cigar. a i :; i CUC in KJC NEW LAW. soldiers, I C I V w I U I f O « i d o w n a u d r e l a t i v e s e n U t l e d , 'Apply at once. Blank* au t instruction free, KOt :*.*•»! .V Cf*.. Att'ys. \VIK«hlttKt»n, 1>. C. Haklt. The only reriala I itnd easy cure. l>r. J. JU _ I Stephens, Lebanon. Ohio. MKNTION Tins PAPiCK wmk <un«l TO OPIUM MGDEGS •••••MR Sure relief lninuaii BAQTIII EC l'rlce .L'ICM.I»o I Itllfl* r AO I ILLCOsby mail. StoweliaOe. •heclaotnwn Mill. |(Jj>"j-le8town, Haaa. Grants pensions to KnMierm Sailors, and their Widow* aiKi Children, frescnt I EKSIONS 1NCKEASI,I>. Writeliumi'ilintely.HtatinK VOurcaM J. (;. DKHHODY, Att'y-al-Law. I'hannot y IVnilditiK. W ASIIINOTOH. XK C. W M . F I T C H & C O . , 108 Corcoran Building, Washington. D.C, PENSION ATTORNEYS of over !?« y<>«r<* experience. RaeretsKfunvpro«wcnte pensions urn! claims of all kinds in tshortest possible time. Ui" N< > FKiS UNLliSS SUCCESSFUL. EW PENSION LAW7 THOUSANDS NOW ENTITLED WHO HAVK NOT BEEN i:NTITI.K!>. A.l<iiv-s ioriorjiiK tor application ami full nitonuatiou WM. W. DUDLEY. T.ATK COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Attorney at Law. WaKlilngton, 1>. C. (Mention HUH Paper.) DEPENDENT PENSION BILL, hM become a law. 1 't PKR MONTH to *1 honorably dUoliurRcd Soldier* «u<l Sailors of the late wwr, who aie incapacitated from eAruinff a sup­ port. Widows the Hanu*, without rfimrd to cause of death. Depo'irieut Parunu* and Minor Children also interested. civer'JOyears' experience Inferences in ail parts of the country. N«> charge if utisucceKftful. Write at onc« lor "Copy of Law." bUt k". and full in- fctructlo'iH. ALL FO:K. to 1C. McAIXiSTKK & CO. (Huccesfiors to Wm.Conard & Co.), 1\ O. Box 715, WwKl»iir tOT». I). C. DR. T. FKMX (JOUKAUD3 ORIENTAL CKKAM, OR MA44ICAX* XftEAUTfFJKR. REMOVE Tan.Ptm- {if#. Freckles, loth Patches, and Ski a di?e&»«s, and every blemkh beauty, and de* DELATION, ft Ij&? «tood the tett of 40 years, and i» so harmless we t»te It t<» be sure It is prop­ erty made. Accept •o" counterfeit of *$aiiiar name. Or* L. A. Haver sakl to a fariv of the hant- •on (a patient); "At iron Indie* will use Ihetn, 1 recommend •Gouraud't Crwarn* f the least harmful ^ *f all ike Skin prep­ aration*." For tale by all Druggist* and Fancy Good* D«alar» la the U. S». Canada*, and Earope. FEBD. T. HOPK1N8, tYopY. 17 OrMt Jonea St, N. T. BICE WITH DEATH!" Among the nameless heroes, none more worthy of martyrdom than he wh# rode down the valley of the Conemangt% warning1 the people ahead of the Johns-; town flood. Mounted on a powerful' horse, faster and faster went the ridev but the flood was swiftly gaining, until It caught the unlucky horseman anil swept on, grinding, crushing, annlhll%» ting both weak and strong. In the same way is disease lurking near, like unto the sword of Damocles* ready to fall, without warning, on it* victim, who allows his system to he- come clogged np, and his blood poi­ soned, ana thereby his health endaa- gered. To eradicate these poisons from.' the system, no matter what their name or nature, and save yourself a spell of malarial, typhoid or bilious fever, or eruptions, swellings, tumors and kia» dred disfigurements, keep the liver aaa kidneys healthy and vigorous, by tl» 2 of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis­ covery. It's the only plood-purifier sol® on trial. Your money is returned if Ife doesn't do exactly as recommended. A concentrated vegetable extract. Sold!, by druggists, in large bottles, at $1. L A D I E S " u S t f i POZZONrS MEDICATED COMPLEXION POWDER. fcrRtleky l>rar*lit) * RUE J GM4S De»l«N Thousands nnti.-r the Writ-" IMRAI __ for AVPTTE*. Ctl., Washington, D.C, The great Pensio Bill has pas Soldiers, their i mothers. PMK PENSIONS father* are entd(lp4 to sua month. Fee *10, i _ you net your Blanks free. Joseph Hunter, Att'y, Washington, D. C. __ Tli8,,Utt!eBea!Jti" A f 5.00ScaleWSi M Capacity m m. U 4 Bearings. Bnua Scoop ui £e&m$ k - For iiou**ke«tM*f*, OAc«a ar b S5vL? Vfc-itrhti»rkc£,6lba.S»rtbyax^ea? er» IIP A gfis.0O Macfaiac YOALE A OOO-ib. REFORM &«I«... ».W MKNTION THIS PAPER »**» warn*f® CLAIMS FIOSCCHTCe IMER HEW LIW. CJnouiar Miowlna who ara I'UiitH (It;ent FREE.l^llinsui- • i-s-r.il Oth«*rwiiw nothing. Atl's . [ i W a s h i n g t o n , i > . G Al'Ell every time you write. Fl C M C i r k I k l j OH n w RlSf ICIlQlUll Waslilnslon, D.C. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Lata Principal Exa miner U. S. Pension Bureau. 3 yrs in last war, IS adjudicating c!aima, atty tliio*. J.PoM-.ssi.oxai. Xjm.'Xtct i S names to bo mtdod to the Pension liRt. Itejei-t«'(l and delayed Claims allowed. Technicali­ ties \\ iped out. Have vonr claim settled without de­ lay. PATRICK O-I AKUEIX. Washington. D. C. for an inviRorutor will be found the most satis­ factory article ever offered the public (f 1.00per boxK IV Mare' O VOIDS for private tli was* sinsurpasfcd tia per box). Treatment and correspondence s-trictly confidential. IMt. ItK MAKS, Kx-C.8. Examining Kui'Seon, SNaiut ">o 1mperial Bld(s»2»MClark nt.OliH'SKo MATHERS'FRIEWI1 urns emu BIRTH Els> IF USED BEFORE CONFINEMENT. BOOK TO "MOTHERS'" M ATT,EDLFRH. |BiI>ri£l.D UEIH LATOR C«„ ATLANTA* OA. SOU) BT AIM D&UQGMTB. k S125.1M) T<m Buapr ti.m i, 2-Tna Wbkth Scale A 6-Ton Sc.*Iean4 Stock Back J6.< A SSO F«d Mill 10.00 A *40.00 Road Cart I(.M A »U.OO SINJLF Hatbcss ... 7.M • A CUM*. Pisiform S««l«.. S.OC FHM LUt hH, CHICAGO SO Air CO., CUeaM. IU The Disability Bill i* a law. tioidien disabled ainte tho war are entitled. 'Dependent widow* iijtd parents now 3ependeat whose sons died II effects of army service are included. If yon i your claim speedily and succetisftilly prosecufc Address PENSIONS iijtd parents now dependent who; iriuvvi d 1IM >n wiaiL iited. JAMES TAGISTER, Late Commissioner of Penal* Washington. D.C. P0W8W9 Airo rasmm (V**EXTKD.) The itronqeft and purest made. Will make tho. Bl Perfumed HARD SOAP Itffwenty. minutes without boiling. It U • the best for disinfecting sinks, . closets, drains, washing bottla% . barrels, paints, etc. PENNA. SALT MANUFG. Cfe, Gen. Agta., Phila* Pa. A NEW PLAN FOR INVESTORS. T4 NO RISKS. SURE PROFITS. Guaranteed Bonds for Small Srap O WRITE FOR FlXt INFORMATION*. Unquestioned References East and WesW IncorporatedCapital, $200,000. 7. It. HILL, -CHAS. H. WOODMjUf, Tie* CM AS. //. VIOJE,' - WM. rvari f , - - Secretary. " ; VJtANKLIX PL ATT. C*«*Msel. Lock Box 2063, DENVER. COLO*. xm. o PATENTED Aue. 16, 1887, IMMWCT <I» 30. itag, - p*.jpjnrs racTKo BODT1XM wr w»u Data- Own! XIDAEY DR.owiVsftECTRIC INSOLESvimrV. Also an Klectrio Trass and Belt ComUMtf. ••ad 6e. rrrtatrfnT no> tUnVl book, 124 mh, vUtkwl* nation !• pl2ni«Ur<3 emTetop*. licatlao tbi. payer. All-- OWU XLKCTKIO BELT* APPIXUICS 306 North Broadway, St. Loulo, Mo. 826 Broadway, Now York Qlty* I prescribe and fallr dorae Big 6 as the specific forthecertaincw» ot this disease. U. H. IXWKAHAM.M. Amsterdam, N. Y.; We sold Big G many years, and it hM given th« beat of faction. D. K. DYCHE St CO., Chicago, IIL tl.00.QBM BY PRNQW Xn. 89--SO WHEN WRITING TO ADVKRTISKWO, »' please aajr yoa nw the advertisemca» in tkfa paper. pLSO\s ivEMKDY FOiC CA'i'AlUtii.--Best. to uj**,1. x Cheapest. Itelief is immediate. A aue is cet-uun. koc Cold in the Head tt has BO equal. R R H It is_an Ointment, of which a small particle is applied to ti« noatrils. Price, 60e. Sold by druggists or sent by mail. _ Address. E. T. IIAZKLTIXE. Warren, ft. -mm ' Ifbu-CAn lessen 5' .s _byusin«|| _ Ittk&«o'lid c&keof-scouringso&ft*,; r̂..- _ -used^foreleariin^purposes^-? What would you tjivo for a Friend > who would take half ymir hard work off your shmiMerrn- and do i t without a murmur? What would you- gtm I# find an assistant in your housework that would keep floors and walls clean, and your kitchen bright, «»# never grow ugly over the matter ot ha ra work ? is just such a friend and can N bought at all grooefM* tW • , " . * * •at*'...1. ^ ^ * i ** < I - kf-i- •• . ""-/iJ- &£i!i {iif]