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mtm It, THE CANADIAN WEST. Frse Farms to Those Who Desire Them. During the past season, 25,000 fanners raised 00,000,000 bushels of wheat in the dnuudian West. The land is equally as vrell. adapted for dairying and ranching. 160 acres free. For pamphlets and infor­ mation, write C. J. Broughton, 232 Clark street, Chicago. Natttilu* figgs The youngest student of geology or fossil hunter knows what an ammonite is, but perhaps he does not know that the cuily living representative of the very large family of ammonites is the pearly nautilus, an interesting creature allied to the. cuttlefish, about the growth of which in its younger stages hitherto little has been known. In order to study the subject com­ pletely, Dr. Arthur Willey of University College, London, sailed for the South Seas, two and a half years ago, in search of the eggs of the pearly nautilus, and it has recently been re­ ported to the Royal Society--under whose auspices the research has been undertaken--that after considerable trouble, and by the construction of a submarine cage, in which specimens of the nautilus were fed daily, a number of eggs had been secured. teach egg is aa large as a grape, and is deposited separately. It is neces­ sary, in order to understand the struc­ ture and manner of construction of the beautiful chambered shell of the nautiles, that the gradual growth of the young in the egg should be care­ fully ob^rved/and doubtless by now •filiis hitherto blank page in the book of knowledge lias been filled in.-- Chambers' Journal. A Grateful Catbird. A woman in Minneapolis tells a cu­ rious story of bird life which shows a phase of sociability in a wild bird's make-up. She has always fed the-birds in winter weather, and never allowed them disturbed on her premises. She had a fine canary,-which, in pleasant weather, always had a window from which it hune. One day hearing strange 4Hfd~^oices sue looked up from her seat and saw a catbird trying to induce the canary to eat a worm it had brought for it. By dint of coaxing and feeding the wild bird she finally induced it to come often to the window, and one day. while sitting on the porch, the cat- ;bird brought a berry for her and tried to put it in her mouth". Visitors to Lincoln Park in Chicago Will be delighted with the souvenir book of this beautiful spot now being distrib­ uted by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company. It is a magnifi­ cent publication of 96 pages full to over­ flowing with delicious half-tone pictures of one of Creation's most charming places of resort for citizens of the Great Re­ public. No stringer visiting Chicago should be without a copy of tlie "Souvenir of Lin­ coln Park." It can only be procured by enclosing twenty-five (25) cents, in coin or pqstage stamps, to Geo. H. Heafford, gen­ eral passenger agent, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111. Looking for a Job Now. A Southern California farmer figured out one dry day "that he had walked 300 miles in cyltivating an orchard. He thereupon sold his place and moved to town, where, the Otay Press says, he walked 600 miles to find something to do for a living. In the new gold region at Clondike Alaska, wages have reached as high as $15 a day. JffiS. REINER'S LETTER About Change of Life. "I suffered for eight years and could find no permanent relief until one year ago My trouble was Change of Life. I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and relief came almost im­ mediately. I have taken two bottles of the Vegetable Com­ pound, three boxes of Pills and have also used the Sana­ tive Wash, and must | say,I have never had anything help so I "| r * much, I have better health than I ever had in iny life. I feel like a new jaerson, per­ fectly strong. I give the Compound all the credit. I have recommcri5e3 it to several of my friends who are using it with like results. It has cured me of several female diseases. I would not do without Mrs. Pinkham's remedies for anything. There is no need of so much female suffering. Her remedies are & sure cure.' Knightstown, Henry Co., Ind. m SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. Don't be fooled with a mackintosh ?iT r.ub£?C coat" " >'ou want a coat that will keep you dry in the hard­ est storm buy the Fish Brand backer. If not for sale In your towH-wjIte for catalogue to A. J. TOWER, Boston. Mass. BICYCLE FREE! Scud 12c and we w i l l I n f o r m y o u how to obtain a SlOu Bicycle aosomtniy FrtKtS orcoior. J. C. ALTEN, 702, No. 82SuSsu cnt^So.' Is often made prom- _ leas by a poor patent and advice on Ameri­ can & foreign patents Patent Uvjtri, 1410 Iw <atU« Bids., tUeago, nj 6000 PATENT MORTONS BURTON: H E L I O T R O P E lasting. A most exquisite perfume. I wo Ires. 10 anu 25 cents. M. DAVIDSON, 665 Kast 147th &t, N.-Y. City. •pPTTflTTT "P A TTI °n orders of 2.000 sq. J! JK.JblurJO. X X JXLXM ft. Of Kootlng or Walt »n-i Celling Manilla. Write for samples and prices. Tha Fay Manilla Rooting Co., ^aiuden. .1. PATENTS WILLSON a CO., Was* Ington, IXC. No charge till patent Obtained, ill-pace boat free. miTDC cured free. Address Kochelle Sanatorl- bUI I It L urn. 206 West 133d Street. New York. s. N. U Cough| •time. by druggists. STRIKE IS SOON WON. QUARRYMEN AT JOLIET AND LEMONT GAIN A FIGHT. Demands Conceded by Km ploy era a Few Honrs Later -- Wages Are JBaised from $1.25 to the Old Figure of $1.50 a Day. ( This Strike a Success. Workmen in all the stone quarries at Joliet and Lemont, 111., went on strike Monday morning for an increase in wages of 25 cents a day. They won be­ fore the sun went down. Twelve hun­ dred men who have been hewing lime- Btone ten hours a day for $1.25 will here­ after receive $1.50. So well had the secret plans for the joint uprising' been laid that within half an hour from the time the first intimation of the projected movement was given the companies, at 9 o'clock, the suspension of quarry operations in Lemont and Joliet was complete. The demands of the men were made known to the officials and one by one the quarries were emptied of the men who had been working for two hours as if they were well content. A hundred men quit work at quarry No. 1 of the Western Stone Company at Le­ mont and inaugurated the strike. They marched to the five other quarries of the company and their arrival at each was a signal for the workmen to join them. When the augmented army reached the quarry of the Illinois Stone Company it numbered 400 men, and here it was join­ ed by the seventy-five employes. It pa­ raded through the village with little dem­ onstration and disbanded, the majority going home to await the result of what it was expected would be a long conflict. In Joliet this method was duplicated. The employes of the Western Stone Comr pany, against which the men were most bitter, started the movement and jrather- RELIEF STATION OPENED. Appeal from Starving Miners Is Heeded by Chicago People. Headquarter# for the reception of sub­ scriptions of money, provisions and cloth­ ing for the starving coal miners of Illinois havfc been opened at 3G North Desplainesi street, Chicago, by the committee appoint­ ed by the Federation of Labor. All con­ tributions will be received and distributed through, that point. Trades unions throughout the city have accorded liberal response to the appeals made by the relief committee. Meetings of the various organizations were visited and the needs of the miners were laid be­ fore the members. Many of the unions gave substantial sums. Others appoint­ ed committees to enlist sympathy and as­ sistance. The majority of the contribu­ tions so far received have been in cash, but the headquarters has been opened in order to give those a chance to demon­ strate their sympathy for the struggling miners who are in a position to give pro­ visions but not money. The citizens of Chicago are manifesting a disposition to be liberal. In Illinois the mine operators have prac­ tically conceded the victory of the miners in the great suspension. Of the 39,000 miners and mine laborers employed in the State fully 30,000 have already laid down their tools. Only two mines are reported to be at work north of Duquoin. One of these is at Decatur and the other at Lin­ coln. The only miue of importance in the southern district now being operated is in Williamson County. In every case where the miners continued at work the owners or Operators have materially increased the wages of their employes. The plan of campaign of the coal strik­ ers in tlie Pittsburg district has resulted in partial victory, for the De Armit com­ pany praetically admit that the Turtle Creek /nines cannot be operated at pres­ ent. and have decided to close down. Thus far the striking miners have brok­ en all records, both as to numbers attend­ ing their mass meetings and the excellent i 3 St STONE STRIKERS HOLDING AN OUTDOOR MEETING. ed the workmen in the other quarries, who quit work without argument, as if they were expecting the call to battle. The unity of the strike was a surprise to the employers. Following is the statistical 6tory: Employes. Western Stone Company, Lemont 400 Illinois Stone Company, Lemont 75 Western Stone Company. Joliet 300 Joliet Stone Quarry Company 300 Globe Stone Company 100 Smaller quarries 50 Total number of men on strike... .1,225 The rebellion at the Joliet quarries was the second of the summer, and the success this time was due to the co-operation of the Lemont workmen. The blow was aimed at the Western Stone Company; which has steadfastly refused to pay $1.50 a day. Other companies have been paying this amount, but announced that after Aug. 1 they would have to cut wages to $1.25, in order to be 011 an equal footiug with the Western Stone Company. The Joliet Stone Company granted an increase of 25 cents a day at the time of the June strike, but last week notified its men that it could no longer afford to pay more than its big competitor. The willingness of the other companies to treat their men fairly induced the quarry workers to unite ig forcing an issue with the big corpora­ tion. Public sympathy was all with the strik­ ers. The citizens of Joliet and Lemont have not'jd that the wages paid the quarry laborers have been cut from year to year until they are insufficient to live on. I11 1892 the workmen were receiving $1.75 a „ day. Next year this was cut to $1.50. MRS. -This year the further reduction to $1.25 was made and the Western Stone Com­ pany was reluctant to comply with the wishes of the other firms and re-establish the 181)0 scale. The pressure brought from all sides on the Western Stone Company impelled its officers, after a short consultation, to grant the demands of the strikers. As soon as the other stone companies learned of the action they announced that they would grant the new scale. . The orderly conduct of the strike was gratifying tc the men who projected it. The quarry population is peaceable. Most of the iiseu are Poles and the remainder are Swedes and Irish. They rear families and maintain homes on a maximum wage of $1.50 n. day--which has been for some time $1.25--and' which means an average for the year of between 70 aud 90 cents a day. u FAST FLYER WRECKED. Two Trainmen Kilted and Five Pas­ sengers Fatally Injured. The fast flyer 011 the Kansas Pacific Railway was wrecked at daylight lues- day morning about forty miles east of Denver. Two trainmen were killed out­ right,' live passengers fatally injured and many others badly hurt. Ilie wreck w as caused by a washout. The heavy rains of the night flooded the streams and car­ ried out a portion of a small bridge which spans Comanche Crtt'k, between Ryers and Strasburg. The train was on time and was running at the usual speed. Without warning the engine plunged into the abyss, followed.by tlie mail and bag- gagei; cars,' aiid the other cars were piled about in confusion. The engine was com­ pletely under water in almost the middle of the strerni. and Engineer Ward was under it. Strange to say, the fireman es­ caped death. but he is reported to be badly hurt. The fatally injured passen­ gers were riding in the forward car. Some of thc^ sleeping passenger^ in the Pull­ mans were thrown from tliea* berths aad order and law-abiding behavior they have exhibited. They have been subject to the control of leaders who, profiting by for­ mer experiences, have so forcibly instilled into the minds of their followers the stu­ pidity of lawbreaking that the peaceful attitude and actions »f the strikers have been a source of wonder to all, the pro­ phets, who have from day to day predict­ ed dire happenings. It is conceded by all that in former times, under similar cir­ cumstances, riot and bloodshed would have resulted long ago from the condi­ tions under which the miners have been placed dining this strike. The mnsn meeting of minors at the Mc- Crca school house was tlie greatest during the strike, and probably the largest gath­ ering of the land ever seen in Allegheny County. More than 5,000 striking miners RELIEF HEADQUARTERS IX CHICAGO. were feathered for an all-day session, and labor leaders harangued them in various tongues, while5 bands of music served, to stir up the enthusiasm to the highest pitch. WESTERN STATES WHEAT CROP. ' more or le/s hurt, but lioiie seriously. I Arikonli "! Actual Fisrures for 1896 and Con« servative ICsti mates for 1897, This year Nebraska has come to the very front rank as a wheat-producing State, with her splendid crop of 35,000,- 000 bushels of spring wheat, averaging over twenty-two bushels to the acre, and 5,000,000 bushels of winter wheat, which will average twenty-one bushels to the acre. The table given below, which has been carefully compiled, shows what will surprise many, that Nebraska stands third among the ^States as a wheat pro­ ducer. and it must be borne in mind that the States that outrank her are almost ex­ clusively wheat States, whereas Nebraska is a country of diversified crops, corn be- in j; her principal product. Actual figures for 1890 and conservative estimates tor 1897: 1807. 1896. . .55;OO(>,O0O 40.599.061 . .40.000.000 30,704,452 . .42,000.000 29.S48.501 ..40,000.000 19,390.602 ..35,000,000 27.583,450 .. 6,000.000 2,500.000 .. 7,000.000 2,601.755 ., 7,000,000 4,529,210 .. 10,000.000 16,584,473 .10,000.000 11473150 .. 1S,00(>,000 10.247/141 .. 2.-000.000 1 !>«o 790 . .35.000,000 .. 4.000,000 . .10,000.000 .. 200.000 .. 1.709.00i> . . 800,000 .. 100,000 .. 650.000 1.000,000 260,000 •Minnesota ...... Kansas N. Dakota Nebraska S. Dakota Indian Territory Oklahoma Tt0:11s .Missouri Imvn Oregon A r k a n s a s » . . . California ...... Colorado Washington .... Nevada ......... Idaho .Montana Wyoming New Mexico .... Utah 'izo A Save the Trees. Another warning against the de­ struction of forests has recently come from the island of Trinidad. The offi­ cers of the Royal Botanic Gardens there report that the rainfall has been steadily decreasing for thirty or more jyears, and that if the present rate of decrease should continue, that beauti­ ful island would, within a measurable length of time, become as barren as Saharra. Destruction of forests Is de­ clared to be the cause of the decrease of rain. . - companied him. As they approacl certain point Bruno, for some unac­ countable reason, refused to advance, and began to bark and howl in a most distressing manner. Mr. Phillips, who tfras very fornd of his pet,tried in every way to pacify him, while insisting upon continuing his journey; but the dog;re­ fused to be comforted whining and barking in such a strange way that his master at length concluded to leave him to himself, and went on alone. Now it chanced that by reason of a little elevation near this point on the river-front, the portion of levee sur­ rounding it was considered the' sound­ est on the whole plantation. In view of this fact Phillips had selected it as a point of observation from which to get a bird's-eye view of the place toxclta ment for this purpose, he was startled As he began txkclimb the embank- How the Penaets Fall Asleep. It is asserted, though we do not know the authority on which the as­ sertion is based, that our senses fall asleep In a definite order. First the eyelids close, and the sense of sight is lost, then the sense of taste follows, and after that smell, hearing and touch go in the order named. Touch is said to be the lightest sleeper of all, and the first to be aroused. The reader who Is curious about such things might test the accuracy of these statements by experiments with his friends. Popocatepetl's Rabbits. One would hardly look for a new spe­ cies of rabbit high up on the sides of a great volcanic mountain/ Yet Dr. C. H. Merriam has recently described just such an animal, which was discovered at an elevation of 10,000 feet, on the flank of Popocatepetl, the "mountain that smokes," near the City of Mexico. It is remarkably small, Joes uot jump like an ordinary rabbit but runs on all fours, possesses no tall, has short ears, and lives on the grass covering the slopes of the mountain below the re­ gion of snow and volcanic sand. to hear a dog barking close behind him, and to feel Bruno tugging at his heels. Fearing tlie faithful animal had gone mad. Mr. Phillips tried to kick himoff, hoping to mount the levee and so es­ cape beyond his reach, but the dog was too quick for him. Springing up on his haunches, Bruno grasped the collar of his master's loose flannel shirt, and by main force succeeded in pushing him down the embankment.. In fa>ct, so sudden was the spring and so frantic were the dog's efforts that man and dog were .eight or, ten feet back from the levee before Phillips re­ covered his equilibrium. When be did so, he grasped the dog with both hands around the neck and tried to choke him off. f ' . - f At that moment he heard a heavy splash, the meaning of which he knew, only too well, and looked up to see the levee and the solid earth upon wrhich he had but a moment before been standing slough off aud drop into the maddened, murky water. Mr. Phillip's feelings may be better imagined than described when he saw the yawning breach reaching within a few feet of him, and realized how valiantly his brave dog, whose keener instincts had warned him of approach­ ing danger, had fought to save him ifrom a watery grave. Kffcct of Electricity on ?eeds. Experiments recently made at the Massachusetts Agricultural College tend to prove that electricity exerts au appreciable influence on the germina­ tion of seeds. When a current of the proper strength is applied it hastens the germination and early growth of the sprouts, but its influence diminish­ es as the plant Increases in size. Seeds subjected to a single application of electricity show the effect for only a few hours, but if the current is ap­ plied hourly it acts constantly, except that as the plants mature the beneficial effect is gradually lost. 45.097.195 2,797,183 fc.35S.192 180,030 2.401,112 1.204.240 224,126 818.000 2,803.753 333.500 One of the Nearest Stars. There are very few stars whose dis­ tance Is -even approximately known to astronomers. Moreover, the different estimates of the distances of these few vary by large amounts. The nearest known star is "Alpha" in the constel­ lation Centaur, not visible frbm the northern lauds of the earth, and one of the next nearest is a little star in the northern constellation Cygnus, call­ ed "01 Cygni." The latest determina­ tion of the parallax of this star by Mr. II. S. Davis, of New York, makes Its distance fifty-three millions of millions of miles. This is about eighteen mil­ lions of millions of miles less than the distance derived from Professor Hall's measurement some ten years ago. A Curious Village of Ants. Mr. George M. Brook describes, in Popular Science News, a singular com­ munity of small brown ants observed by him inhabitating little dome-shaped structures, made of wood fibre, and stuck 011 tlie panels of a fence and the neighboring shoots of a Virginia creep­ er. These shelters, which presented the appearance of a little village, were from a quarter of an inch to an inch in diameter, and about an eighth of an inch high. On breaking them open Mr. Brook found them occupied by ants. During a shower, he says, the little houses were quite full of ants. He saw the industrious creatures at work building and repairing their sin * Vi Test of Human Nature. When Nansen and his men were frozen into the ice in the Fram in September, 1893, they had only to wait, apparently in the same spot, until the slowly drifting ice should carry them somewhere--Poleward, they hoped, but possibly not in that direction. Seeing nothing but the dead ice about them, feeling no onward movement, they must simply look in one another's faces and wait, possibly for as many years or months as remained of their lives. As a matter of fact, the whole com­ pany remained there, frozen in, until the 14th of March, 1894, when Nansen and one of the men left in sledges in an adventurous attempt to reach the Pole, leaving the patient captain and crew to wait longer still. It is remarked that men of the Latin races seldom attempt to find the Pole. As a race, they have not the patience to wait and wait, as an Arctic explorer must often do. Their nature makes it necessary for them to go somewhere and do something all the time. Americans appear to possess the physical patience necessary for these terrible expeditions, but it has been noticed that the polar expeditions of our countrymen have left behind them a distressing number of jealousies and hatreds on the part of those who have had part in them. In view of this fact, a remark of one of the members of the Nansen expedition Is worthy of notice. He had said that he thought Nor we gians were the fittest of all me© to go on Arctic expeditions. "Why is that so?" he was asked. "Because," he replied, "two Norwe gians are capable of living, face to face, on a cake of ice for three years without hating each other; and I do not be­ lieve there is another nation of whom as much could be said." If this is true, it may be well for the rest of the world to leave the hard task of Arctic exploration entirely to the sailors and men of science of Nor­ way, ular shelters. The Virginia creeper was inhabited by many aphides, or plant lice, which, it is well known, furnish a secretion that ants are very fond of, and which is sometimes liken­ ed to the milk of cows. When, with the growth of the creeper, the location in which the aphides abounded was changed, the ants abandoned their orig­ inal huts and constructed new ones nearer to their "herd of cows." The permanent home of the ants was In a pile of boards several yards away. An Extraordinary Eruption. A very singular phenomenon occur­ red last winter in Iceland. Along the seacoast, near the center of the south­ ern shore of the Island, there Is a broad level region called the Skeidara Sands, bordered by glaciers descending from the mountains. A postman crossing the sands was startled by a long, groaning sound issuing from the glacier two miles away. Then he saw inasse&^of ice shooting into the air, followed 'by-ai flood of water and Ice pouring across the sands. Being on horseback - he quickly got out of the reach of dan­ ger. After six days, on again visit­ ing the spot, he found the sands cover­ ed with a "belt of ice-waves" reach­ ing from the glacier to the sea, a dis­ tance of twenty-five miles. The precise cause of the eruption, which apparent­ ly took place underneath the glacier, is not known, but according to a report in Nature, it Is believed to have some connection with the great earthquakes that shook Iceland last summer. He Saved His Master. A letter to the Philadelphia Time." from Vicksburg, Miss., reports that a firm in that city has made a handsome marble shaft for a river-planter, a Mr. Phillips, on which is thd' following in­ scription: "To Bruno, a good dog, a faithful friend, a wise counsellor, this monument is erected by his grateful and affectionate master." The story of the dog is thus told: In the spring of 1894 Mr. Phillips was making a circuit of his plantation front to see if the levee was holding to good condition. His dog Bruno ac- He Revived instantly. It was a sad scene. The old man lay on his bed, and by him sat tlie faith­ ful wife, holding his worn hand in liers and forcing back tlie tears to greet his wandering look with a smile. She spoke words of comfort and of hope. But he felt the cold hand falling on him, and to her pale, worn face. "Jeannle, dear wife, I am going." "Oh, no, John, not yet, not yet." "Yes, dear wife," and 'he closed his eyes, "the end is near: The world the world grows darker around me, gathering thicker and thicker, and seem to hear sweet music." "No, no,~dear John; that's the brass band in the street." "What?" said the dying man. "Have those scoundrels dared to come round here when they know I am dying? Give me my bootjack, I'll let 'em see!" and. in a towering rage the old man jumped from his bed, and, before his wife could think, he had opened the window and had shied the bootjack at the band. "I've hit that Dutch leader, anyway," said he, and went back to bed and got better.--Tld-Bits. Both "Wrong. The Toronto Saturday Night tells of a, man who kept a ferret being obliged ta.go into the country, leaving the cage with the ferret In charge of a neighbor till he should return. The neighbor Incautiously opened the cagedoor, and the ferret escaped, whereupon the owner brought a claim against him for damages. The following was the decision of the learned magistrate before whom the case was brought. "No doubt," he said to the neighbor, "no doubt you were wrong to open the cage-door, but," turning to the owner, "you were wrong, too. Why did you not clip tlie brute's wings?" Like Papa's,. A 6-year-old was seated in a barber's chair. "Well, my little man, how would you like your h^ir cut?" "Oh, like papa's; with a.little round) hole at the top." Easy Victims in Georgia. A plausible young man accosted a Georgia farmer one day last week, and in a very'little while induced him to pay $50 for a machine which he assured him would turn out brand new ?20 bills by simply turning a crank. Bnll in Pennsylvania. William , Seely finished "hia Sunday chores and- turned the cows out to pasture and then went tofcd. the stall where the young bull was chained up to turn him out also. -Unhooking the chain, iSeely started to ifcflhre tbe beast out. biifhe was not tn the humor for going and turned upon the farm hand with . an angry bellow. Seely had nothing with which to defend himself and the bull had him at his mercy. Penned in the narrow stall, the young man was knocked down by a terrible thrust of the bull's horns and trampled upon and jammed against the parti­ tion. He cfied . wildly for help and bravely fought for his life, but the odds were so .greatly against him that there was small hope- for his escape. In the narrow confines of the stall, however, the maddened beast had little room to move about, and this was the farm hand's advantage. His cries for help finally, brought his employer, and with a- pitchfork lie managed to divert the animal's attention sufficiently to permit Seely to crawl out to safety. Bleeding from a score of: cuts and bruises from the hoofs and horns. Seely was hurried to the hospital. He will recover.--Philadelphia. Becord. Try Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this sehson your feet feel swollen and hot, arid get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It. cools the feet and makek,;walking <&sy. Cures and prevents swollen and Sweating feet, blisters andvjra.llous "spots. Relieves corns and bunions of a 1) pain and gives rest and comfort; Tty it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial packagfe FREE. ' Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Roy. N. Y. Elephant Rescued a Child. A striking example of the intelligence of elephants was seen in Mlddletown, Conn., the other iday during a circus parade. A small child on Broad street got away from its mother and toddled out into tl^e street. Before anyone could realize what the child; was up to it was directly in froUt of the herd of elephants. Everyone expected to see the little one crushed to death, but the leader of the herd carefully picked the babe up with its trunk and swung it out of danger. Live bees are sometimes shipped on Ice so as to keep them dormant during the journey. This is particularly the case with bumblebees, which have been taken to New Zealand, where they are useful in fertilizing the red clover that has been introduced into the colony. Hall's Catarrh Cure. Is a constitutional cure. Price 75 cents. If parents would be more careful about their walk before their children, their talk to them would have more weight. . - i:- A box of Glenn's Sulphur Soap is equivalent to uians sulphur baths, ont i<frgi>t It. Hill's Hair and Whisker Oye, black or brown, 50c. The Franks took their name from the Francisques, or battle axes, which they threw with deadly effect. FITS Permanently Cured. No tits or nervousness after first d»yM u«e of l)r. Kline's Great Nerve Re­ storer. Send for F REE 8S.OO trial bottle an I treatise. r>R. K. H. KLINE. Ltd., B31 Arch bt.. Philadelphia. Pa. Iiives Atone tn the 'Beifty- The only man iu the Ujttted who lives in a church steeple % Hezekiah Bradds, the sexton Baptist Church at Westport,, a of Kansas City. The room Is scarcely larger than a dry It is just under the bells. In that Omj* room he cooks, eats sleqps. Through the small windows that tar­ nish light in the daytime he cam amwt portion of Kansas City. Above ftfci head the swallows twitter as thqr Jfc in and out through the lattice mA. In his small room is a bed, a dresser,* tiny stove and a tahle. He has sexton of the church for several and has occupied his room in steeple since his wife left him years ago he married a widow witt m grown son. The son proved a bone of contention, and after numerous quar­ rels the wife left her husband, the furniture with her. Them church . trustees suggested t,h»± Bradds move into the little room neatb the bells. Chutfch members nislied the room .comfortably, and then Mr. Bradds has lived a lonesome life.--Kansas City Times. mm tlSlE Njext to an Approving Conscience* A vigorous Stomach is the greatest of ana*, dane blessings. Sound digestion is a guar-" anty of quiet nerves, mnscular elasticity, a.- hearty appetite and a regular habit of body. - -- Though not always a natural endowmeatttf may be acquired through the agency of 1 tetter's Stomach Bitters, one of tins a effective Snvigorants and blood fertiltat* hi existence. This fine tonic also fortlflea ttaa who use it against malaria, and recwedie biliousness, constipation and rheumatism. Fossil Butterflies. Less than a score of specimeas dt fossil butterflies--of nearly as rrr li as mauf genera--have been found. They oeear only in tertiary deposits, which tow yielded vast numbers of other objects from the small ancient lake of Flor­ issant, In Colorado, were found eight butterflies. Of the genera seuted. two exist to-day In both rope and America, but the other des are all extinct. v ' if !??S 1 Try Graln-O! Try Grain-O! Ask your grocer to-day to show m -•? 7 •?-: 1 J1 t'MpI fifel package of GRAIN-O, the new food- drink that takes the place of coffee. The Children may drink it without lafmjr as well as the adult. AU who try It like it. GRAIN-O has that rich eed --J. ^ b¥trwa-e£ Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most deli­ cate stomach receives it without dis­ tress. y4 the price of coffee. 15c. and 23c. per package. Sold by all grocers. 0 ../•• •; ; Z There are about one hundred grains of iron in the average human • bo4|& and yet so important is this exceedlsff- ly small quantity, that its dimruuthm is attended with very serious results. ^ "" Buckingham's Dye for the Wlusfcem can be applied when at home, and is sni- formly successful in coloring a brown OS black. Hence its great popularity. -- Vermont and Connecticut coined pers in 1785. New Jersey and chusetts did the same in 1786. I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Gas- sumption far aud wide.--Mrs. Mo Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. S, Some very large trees bear very fruit. • Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothiho Sntn teething: sottens the gum6, nances 1st aUavB pain, cures wlnacollc. 23 cents a ' as AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THS ' EXCLUSIVE USE OP THE WORD M CASTORIA," AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK. I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Syannis, Massachusetts was tha" originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the sanm that has borne and does now bear the facsimile signature of This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA/' which has beem used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapjper and see that it ia the hind you have always bought a n d h a s , t h e s i g n a t u r e w r a p ­ per. No one has authority from me to use my name The Centaur Company of which Chas. E. Fletcher If President, f--- r'< "-- on eoerj wrapper. ji*.-on, the m March 8, ,.1897.' Do Not Be Deceived. <v v* 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 on it), the ingredients of which even he does not know. " T h e K i n d Y o u H a v e A l w a y s B o u g h t BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF ' ' ^ v, Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You.\ THC CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET. HEW YORK CITY. A T T A I f C H a i l w i t h d e l i g h t t h e c o m i n g o f t h e w a A ! ill *1 / riVJl-iO wonderful, meritorious preparation that! will lighten the ills of humanity and will ̂do away with the tak­ ing- of obnoxious, violent purges, inconvenient liquids, and pills that tear your life out. Simple, because in CANDY CATHARTIC You find just what you want, convenient in form, pleasant of taste (just like candy), and of never-failing remedial action. Although made of the most costly ingredients, they are sold at a price within the reach of all From Baby to Deaf Old Grandpa. " I F A T F I R S T Y O U D O N ' - S U C C E E D , T R Y Sil A l f f i 3 A M R 1 7 1 ° t h e F a r m r e g i o n s /VUU. 6 A11U If, of the West. Nortli- ppm1 n i »trv west and Southwest. 3Er 1 * 7 AINU Zi, Kound trip ticket- will „ _ . ,, _ „ _ be sold on dates named OCT. 5 AND 19.at a11 ° - & st»-' tioas ami at many Eas tern points at about halt fare, good for 31 days, stop-over allowed on going passage. Ask your local agent for particulars.. GO WEST ANb UeKfOR A HOME- Ahandsome Illustrated pampL CURE " /eCBM\ I Cr Big _ 'lil»Sdm.\l 4kch*rgea, I IrrtUtioM ON to itncure. of m n e a • iPrvnau euutin, i'ain!. [ CoflTHEEWNS CHEWmQa. feat l \CINCMIUTl0.rB~] Mikfl nii. S.N. u. NEBRASKA sent IS, "Gen'1 Pass. free on app Agt. C., B.&Q Table of Interest Tlie dinner table.