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Blood is 'essential to health. Now Is the
time to purify and enrich the blood, and
thus give vigor and vitality, by taking
odT
! Sarsaparilla
the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. H.
Hood's Pills cnre all Liver His. 25 cents.
"Sleep on Till Day," a new song by
Anton Strelezki, baa been followed by
a comio song, entitled, "Sleep on Alt
Day," which is said to be more popu
lax than Mr. Strelezkis theme.
A SINKING FCSD
Of vl'iil energy is easily and pleasantly replen
ishable. Hoktetter's Stomach Bitters Is auin-
vigorant without a peer, and will speedily in-
iue i resn stamina into an emeeoiea pnysiqns.
Besides this, it averts and remedies malaria,
and subdues bilious, kidney, dysneptie and
rheumatic ailments. The nervous derive great
Decent trom its use.
"Your wife seems anxious to be up-to-date.'
"Up-to-date? She's way ahead ; she's got a lot
Ox troume uorroweu jor year uwr uexv
SOITT'S SCHOOL FOB BOYS
Will commence its sixth year August 4th.
It is a first-class Home School and pre
pares boys for admission to any Univer
sity, or Technical School, or tor active
business. Full information and catalogue
can be had bv addressing
IK A G. HO ITT, Ph. D.,
BUBLINQAMB, CA
For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
Is the best medicine we have need. Mrs.
J. L. Korthcott, Windsor, Ont., Canada.
"Are they contemplating wedlockT" "I think
o. He gave her a gold bracelet with a padlock
and he carries the key."
BOW'S THIS.?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Seward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Ball's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the endersigued, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions, and
financially able to carry oat any obligation
made by their firm.
West&Tbcax,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cnre is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mnnoas surfaces of.
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Diugglsis. Testimonials free.
Hall's family pills are the best.
FITS. All fl's stopped free by Dr. Kline's
Orru Nerve Kesturer. No fits after the first
day's use. Marwious cures. Treatise and $2 00
trial boule free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline,
931 Arch St., Pniladelphia, Pa.
Try Gebmba for breakfast.
Gladness Comes
Wi
rith a better understanding' of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the onl
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when yon pur
chase, that yon have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
figs stands highest and is most largely
sjed and gives most general satisfaction.
SURE CURE for PILES
Itcbiug mad Biiud. hieedlDg or ProtrodtDK PiletjIeM at m Co
Dr. BO-SAN-KO'S PILE REMEDY. BtoMtteh-
iii g, Absorbs tumors, a pocitireoure. Circulmrsaent fret. Prioo
Mo. Drucfistsi
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SKIRT BINDING
question.
If he will not supply you we will.
' " Home Dressmaking Made Easy," a new book
by Miss Emma M, Hooper, of the Ladies' Home
Journal, sent for 25c. postage paid.
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Its wearing qoalities are unsurpassed, actually
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and Dealers generally.
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made, Cred by every man, woman and child,
Fredericks sanitary Tooth Bnuh wltb
Tongue Cleaning Attachment.
Endorsed by all the leading physicians and
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THE MAN WITH A HOE.
"Kill Him, bnt Tomorrow There 'Win
Be Two of Them.
An incident of tbe cattle boom of
fifteen years ago that is illustrative of
the spirit of the times was the $5,000
banquet at Dallas, Texas, at which 500
of the cattle barons were entertained.
Everything was of the best, says the
Butte Miner. The champagne was from
the vine-clad hills of France, the fruit
from the valleys of California. The
cattle owners lauded and complimented
each other, orated about their successes
and sneered at the Legislature and the
National Land Commission. Especial
ly did the newspapers, which had criti
cised their highhanded usurpation of
the lands needed for agriculture, come
In for criticism, and at last the only
newspaper man present was called on
for a speech In reply. A Governor of
the Lone Star State, who had once said
that the State did not want immigra
tion was toastmaster and he prefaced
his Introduction of the journalist with
some slighting remarks regarding the
press. Angry at the light in which he
had been placed the newspaper man
replied :
"Gentlemen: You may sneer at the
settler whom you call a- 'Nestor and
may consider yourselves safe from all
Injury at his hands, but let me tell you,
you are not. A man with a hoe has
poked his head over your barbed wire
fences. You may kill him, but to-morrow
there will' be two of them, and
next day four or eight. Land that will
produce $20 worth of wheat cannot be
kept for the pasturage of a $5 cow. In
a few years the man with a hoe will
have you on the run."
The cattlemen laughed and consid
ered it a fair hit, but they did not think
the speaker meant it or that he told the
truth. But he did, and his prophecy
came true. No other such banquet was
ever held. The "man with a hoe" car
ried a pair of nippers in his pocket and
with them he cut the strands of fence
with which the great cattle ranges
were Inclosed. The cowboys could tot
prevent him, and the laws could not
keep him out All over the great ranges
of the far. West, where, sentry ,like, the
herders rode through long days and
nights, are now farms, homes and vil
lages. ,
One of the stories regarding the reck
less extravagance of the cattle owners
is that told by Col. John Brittan, a
Texas capitalist and officeholder in the
old days. He had come up the trail
to Abilene, Kan., and was gazing on the
wonders of a typical cattle town, where
the cowboy was getting rid of his year's
earnings in a single night and having
what he designated as a royal time.
Two cattlemen bad returned from New
York, where they had been living off the
fat of the land and loading themselves
down with bric-a-brac and good whisky.
"Jim," said John, "that's mighty fine
watch you have there."
"Yes," replied the other. "I got the
ticker at one of the biggest stores in
New York. It cost me a lot of money."
"I've got a finer one," said John calms
ly pulling an inlaid chronometer lrom
his pocket.
"I guess not ' What did it cost?"
"Paid $325 for her, spot cash. What
did yours cost?"
"Cost me $375," said the other grace
fully, as he put the timepiece back in
his pocket
His friend was much chagrined at
being beaten at his own particular
game of display, and stood holding the
now despised watch in his hand, looking
it over and thinking. Bracing up, he
finally drawled: "Well, there ain't
much difference between 'em. I'll bet
you a dozen steers that I can throw
mine further than you can yours."
Everybody laughed and looked at
Jim. He took In the situation and le
plied: "I'll Just go you one on that"
They went into the street, followed
by the crowd, and, taking aim down
the street, sent tbe handsome time
pieces spinning, to be smashed Into
worthlessness on' the road. Jim won
and went back to the Alamo saloon and
set up the drinks. "A few months af
ter," said Brittan, "I saw them again in
Abilene. They were so poor that each
wore a long-winding Waterbury and
hung on to it with both hands for fear
it might fall on the floor."
BLUFFED OUT OF A BIQ ROLL.
Bold Plan of a Robber In Denver to
Raise the Wind.
Mr. Moffat is the Denver banker who
was robbed of $21,000 In his private
office one day at noon. The robber held
a revolver in one hand, and a bottle of
nitroglycerin In the other. He request
ed Mr. Moffat to write a check for $21,
000 under penalty of being shot and of
having his bank building wrecked by
the explosion In the bottle. Mr. Mof
fat Is reputed to be worth as many
millions as the number of thousands
demanded by the robber. He wrote the
check. The robber said he would have
to trouble Mr. Moffat to go with him
Into the paying teller's cage and pro
duce the cash; he would take $20,000
in large bills, and $1,000 in gold.
"If you say one word, or indicate by
a look or motion that anything is
wrong, I will shoot you and then blow
up the bank." Saying which the rob
ber threw a light overcoat over his arm
concealing the revolver he held In his
hand, accompanied the bank president
Into the teller's cage, received the
money and returned with Mr. Moffat'
to the private office. He then repeated
his threat to kill tbe banker and blow
np the building if an alarm should be
given before he (the robber) was safely
outside the bank. He made his escape
and has not been captured. The rob
ber's overcoat, revolver and bottle were
found in a doorway near the bank
building. The revolver was loaded, but
a chemical analysis of tbe contents of
the bottle revealed the fact that the
fluid was not nitroglycerin but sweet
OIL Pittsburg Dispatch.
Which Knd?
Perry Patettic (in the road) W'y
don't you go in? De dog's all right
Don't you see him waggin' his tail?
Wayworn Watson (at the gate) Yes,
an' he's growlin' at the same time. I
don't know which end to believe. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Miss Bellefleld Do you like Mr. Van
Braam, Nellie? Miss Bloomfield (who is
addicted to slang) Yes, I like him I
don't think. Miss Bellefleld That is
thj great trouble with you, Nellie. You
should cultivate a habit of thought
Pittsburg Chronicle. -
It must be a terrible lot of work to
take a woman apart and get her ready
CAPT. BENSON'S STATEMENT
A REMARKABLE AND INTEREST
ING CAREER.
A Member of the First Kentucky Bat
tery Who Was in Twenty-Seven Hard
Fought Battles.
From tbe Capital-Journal, Salem, Oregon.
Salem, Or., can boast of no better
known private citizen than Captain
William Benson. To the old resi
dents, as well as to the school children,
bis figure is as familiar as that of Mt.
Hood or the state capitaL
Captain Benson, of the First Ken
tucky battery, detached from the 112th
Illinois infantry, is now seventy-four
years old, and has taken part in twenty-seven
hard-fought battles, besides a
great many interesting skirmishes.
He is pensioned for injury in the
breast, from concussion of a shell, and
for a wound in the right shoulder,
caused by leaping from a oar while be
ing taken as a prisoner from Anderson
ville to Pine Forest For the past twen
ty years he has suffered almost con
tinually from malaria and shortness of
breath, and has been afflicted with rheu
matism in the legs and shoulders to
such an extent that he had not seen a
well day in all that time. He was
also afflicted with constipation and
piles. Eighteen years ago Mr. Benson
removed from Illinois to Oregon, on
account of his failing health, and since
the close of the war has not been able
to support himself by manual labor,
and has had almost constant medical
attendance by physicians of all the dif
ferent schools of practice. To see him
now, tipping the scales at 210 pounds,
enjoying regular health, his cheeks
mantled with a fresh, rosy complex
ion, walking off proud and erect, with
a fresh, firm, vigorous step for a man in
his seventy-fourth year, is enough to
make one believe in the possibility of
Ponce de Leon's fabled Fountain of
Youth.
Captain Benson is not only a hero of
the Civil War, but a man worth con
siderable property. He says he would
part willingly with bis interest in all
his 'earthly possessions rather than be
placed back in the debilitated condition
where he lingered for a Bcore of years.
"I suppose," said be, laughing,
"that what you are after is an adver
tisement for Pink Pills, but I want to
say that I am very glad to give you
this testimonial, as I am convinced it
will relieve a great deal of suffering,
if it can become widely known. I am
firmly convinced, after an experience
of over fifty years with both patent
medicines and physicians, that if every
family could keep these Pink Pills in
the house they would never need a
doctor.
"I have paid out over $1,000 for doc
toring with the best pyhsioians at
Salem, but not a cent for myself since
a year and a half ago. It was then
that I first heard of Pink Pills. I got
the first box at a drug store, and had
not much confidence in them when I
began to take them. I. took one box
before I got muoh benefit, but by the
middle of the second box the pain in
my breast began to disappear, and the
rheumatism in my shoulder went
away. The shortness of breath was
alleviated, and I began to sleep like an
infant For the first time in twenty
years I realized the luxury of sound
sleep.and my system began to recuperate
"By the end of the third box it had
taken away all my rheumatism and
stiffness in the muscles and joints,
and I began to feel as nimble as a boy,
and could do as good a day's work as
ever, bnt for my wounds. I enjoy the
best health I ever enjoyed in my life.
My natural weight increased from ten
to twenty pounds. My flesh is solid
and my skin is as clean and fresh as a
baby's. I had tried every remedy un
der the sun for piles, but without re
lief. At times they were near killing
me. Sciatica rheumatism had laid me
up in bed for months at a time. Pink
Pills have oured all these things, and I
have not felt an indication of piles or
rheumatism for eight months. People
who see me now can not believe that I
am the same man. My face looked
drawn, my eyes were bloodshot, my
skin was scurvied, and I could not have
had a worse appearance if I had un
dergone starvation on an artio expedi
tion. I can now eat whatever I have
a relish for, and all I want of it, and it
don't hurt me.
"I nsed to be constipated continu
ally, and I have taken wheelbarrow
loads of other pills, but never got per
fect relief until I tried Pink Pills.
I am now taking two pills a week.
and sometimes I go without them '
for a month, and, as I said, I enjoy !
continuous good health. I have got j
rid of rheumatism and everything else.
Fink Pills perform wonders. They go
to work and fix up the kidneys and
back and the whole system. Three
days after first taking them you feel the
effect all over. The worst trouble with
me was, I had got so 1 could not re-
memuer anytmng. My mind was,
clouded. A month after I began tak-j
ing Pink Pills I first began to notice, :
my mind become clear and active, and, ,
my memory is perfectly restored, a''
happy change from the feeling of stn-
pidity I had suffered. This medicine'4
hap fixed me up and made a new man 1
of me. It is only the other day that
Dr. Reynolds, Dean of the Salem
Medical College, remarked to me that
I was looking hale and hearty. I said
Yes, and no thanks to you doctors. It is
Pink Pills that have done it He poo
hooed at it But I know what I am
talking about, and he had to admit
what I said."
(Signed) Wm. Benson.
State of Oregon, )
Marion County, 1
SB
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 20th day of November, 1895.
E. Hofer, Notary Public,
In and for the state of Oregon.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in
a condensed form, all tbe elements
necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific
for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nerv
ous headache, the after effect of la
grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale
and sallow compexions, all forms of
weakness either in male or female.
Pink-Pills are sold by all dealers, or
will be sent postpaid oi f-wi;-to price.
60 cents a box, or six' l ixe for $3 5
(they ars never sold in bulk -r by th
100), by addressing Dr Williams'
3f edjpfaio Company, Sohenectady, N. Y.
Speed of Electric Locomotivea.
Apropos of the shipment of the last
of the three electric locomotives for the
operation of tbe trains in the Belt
Liner tunnel at' Baltimore is the state
ment made by the designers, the Gen
eral Electric Company, that with these
locomotives a speed of eighty miles an
hour has been attained without effort,
and that they could as easily make 150
miles an hour as a steam locomotive
makes 60. As the electric locomotives
have in all respects fulfilled the claims
of their designers, there is no reason
to disbelieve this statement
Not Injured by Hizh Voltage .Jjres.
An experiment to ascertain whether
a high pressure alternating current can
be sent from a conductor to earth by
means of a jet of water from a hose of
a fire engine, and also whether the cur
rent can be transmitted to the fireman
under such circumstances, -was made
a short time ago by Professor Slaty, of
Berlin. The overhead conductors of a
10,000 volt power transmission line
were used for the experiment A volt
meter was connected between the metal
mouth-piece of the water hose and the
earth. On turning the water on to the
live conductors no flow of current to
earth was noticeable.
Edison's Record of Patents.
Thomas A. Edison has been granted
711 patents duing the last twenty-five
years, - which beats the record of all
times and all countries by a large ma
jority. Elihu Thomson stands No. 2
on the list, with 394; Francis H. Rich
ards is third, with 343; Edward Weston,
274; Charles E. Scribner, 248; Charles
J. Vanderpoole, with 244; Randolph M.
Hunter, with 228; and George West
inghouse, with 217. Seventeen other
gentlemen have received more than 100
patents during the twenty-five years
ended with 1S95. Connecticut patents
more inventions than any other State
in proportion to its population. The
District of Columbia comes second.
Then come Massachusetts, Rhode Isl
and, New Jersey, New York, Montana
and Colorado. The Inventive genius
is least developed In Mississippi, South
Carolina, .J$orth Carolina, Alabama,
Georgia and Arkansas, where compara
tively few patents have been applied
for.
A Safety Stop.
An automatic safety device for en
gines or other machinery which instant
ly stops them on their attaining an ex
cessive speed, has been adopted by the
North Hudson Railroad Company. The
device Is the invention of their chief
engineer, T. A. Bonta. The apparatus
consists of an air-pump, a small reser
voir for compressed air and pipes lead-
AUTOMATIC SAFETY DEVICE.
Ing to the various pieces of apparatus
to be controlled, and to places from
which it is desired to shut the machin
ery off. The air-pump automatically
stops when it has produced In the sys
tem the desired pressure. The auto
matic device consists of an auxiliary
governor belted to the engine shaft,
and a brass pipe, working in a stuffing
box so as to be easily adjusted to any
height . This pipe is closed at the end
by a small glass tube, like an ordinary
test tube, but much thinner than the or
dinary tubes. The movable brass
TJ-tube Is adjusted so as to carry the
glass end a very short distance above
the normal position to which the gov
ernor balls revolve. Any dangerous
increase in speed will lift the balls, thus
breaking the glass tube and relieving
the pressure of the compressed air,
which acts to operate a valve cutting
off the supply of steam. These tubes
are also located on each side of the
main belt and above the belt, so that In
case of the raising of a lap of the belt
It will break one of the- tubes and thus
stop the engine, or If the belt should slip
off sideways the same result would be
produced. Philadelphia Record.
Brevities.
The British army officials have had an
electric light plant Installed at the prac
tice and testing grounds, at Lydd, for
the purpose of working a search light
to be used during the heavy gun prac
tice at various objects during the night.
This will, of course, afford an Ideal
practice.
One of the newest developments of
the practical applications of the electric
current Is in the production of the char
acteristic effects produced by massage.
By suitablyapplying the different forms
of electric current muscular stimulation
's produced. ,
That the electric launch Is making
progress in England Is illustrated by
the report that at one place the local
electric light company has run a" cable
to the water's edge to provide suitable
means for readily recharging the stor
age batteries employed in these
launches. - j-
It is figured by a statistician In New
Orleans that by the change of the street
car system from horse to electric power
lnhnt pity n.n ftvern gft waving; pf fmclv
minutes for each passenger is effected.
According to the passenger traffic of
that city, this makes an economy of
10,000,000 hours a year,, equivalent- to
1,250,000 days labor of eight hours. If
time Is money and one day's labor Is
worth $1, the electric cars are saving
the city $1,2130,000 a year In time.
ALASKA'S HUMAN BIRDS.
A Strange Race Who Chatter - ami
Chirrup.
People who talk like bird, who
whistle and chirrup lu tuolr upoei-h,
with notes varying from those of tlia
wren to tho harsh guttural of tho etM'lt
atoo a tribe of such people hns actu
ally been discovered by Dr. Ptaug
Boaz.
lie was the first white man to locate
these chirruping savages, which be d!4
near the boundary between AhtaUit aud
British Columbia, though many trav
elers have beard them spoken of by
other Indians. Once a tribe of soine
importance, only about twelve Indi
viduals now survive, and they are per-)
petual fugitives hunted like wild
beasts, In fact, and possessing no per
manent homes.
It has long been a practice among
the coast Indians of Alaska, when a
chief died, to go and kill a few of the
Tsutsowt as the people who talk like
birds are called the object being that
the chief might have servants to wait
on him while on his way to the aborig
inal Paradise. In the course of time,
the pursuit of this good old custim
greatly reduced the number of the
Tsutsowt, and the latter during the
last fifty years, being too few to fight,
have been kept continually on the
jump. The last of them would have
been killed some time ago but for the
fact that they have retreated to the
highest mountains, where they live
chiefly by hunting marmots. These lit
tle animals dwell among tbe rocks, and
may often be seen sitting erect at the
mouths of their holes, whistling shril
ly. The Tsutsowt capture them by
means of "dead-fall' traps set at tha
hole mouth.
Dr. Boaz had much trouble In find
ing these people owing to their mode
of life. At length he came upon a
Tsutsowt boy, and, obtaining his con
fidence, was introduced to other mem
bers of the tribe. The bird-like lan
guage of which he had heard so much
appeared to owe its peculiarity to an
extraordinary richness in sibilant and
guttural sounds. When spoken it had
actually a remarkable likeness to tbe
chirruping of birds.
The Tsutsowt tribe formerly con
sisted of two clans, and among them
the common aboriginal law against
marriage witbin the clan was rigidly
enforced. That is to say, no maiden
could take a husband from her own
clan, or vice versa. But now one of
the clans has been wholly wiped out
not a single member surviving, and on
this account the men have taken wives
within the last few years from the
Nass River Indians of Northern Brit
ish Columbia. Once a year they come
down from the mountains and spend
a fortnight with the Nass River people,
in order to see their wives' folks. It
is an odd fact that the Tsutswot are
hunters exclusively, whereas all other
tribes in their region are fishermen.
.Railway Incident.
Prof. Lincoln, of Brown University,
who died a few years ago, used often
to relate with glee a railroad adventure
which he had In Germany during his
last European tour. The party was
traveling in one of the little German
railway carriages with the doors at the
sides when the train stopped at a sta
tion where there was a restaurant
They were told that the train would
wait a few minutes, and so, with Amer
ican independence, Prof. Lincoln and an
other member of the party stepped out,
crossed another track, and proceeded to
the station.
This infraction of German, regula
tions was at first unnoticed, but on the
return an obstacle was found In the
shape of another train between them
and their car.
The various railway personages ap
peared stolidly ignorant as to time
tables. The train was too long to go
around; the cars were unprovided with
our convenient end platforms and steps,
and the space beneath them was none
too ample for a cat to go under; only
one course remained that was to go
over the train.
This seemed a simple matter, as the
German cars are very small affairs
compared with our own, and moreover
are provided with a convenient ladder
on each side for the use of the man who
climbs up and puts the lamps down
through a hole in the roof.
Accordingly the start was made, and
the feat was about half-accomplished
before It was noticed by the railway
officials. Then began a great commo
tion, with violent gesticulations and
commands to come down.
But by dint of Prof. Lincoln's vocif
erations in German to the officials to;
the effect that coming down on the
farther side was just as well as to re-j
turn to the station, and of sotto voce'
hints In New England vernacular to his
comrade to keep on going, the retreat
was successfully covered and the rail-j
way carriage safely gained just In time.
Autograph Albums.
Is It possible that the album craze Is'
about to revive? Thirty years ago noj
young lady was without her prettily
bound volume, in which she teased and
coaxed her friends to make all sorts,
of absurd confessions as to their fa-:
vorite flowers, food, occupation and(
what not Or, did she aspire to higher
things, she would get them to Inscribe
a couplet or a rhyme. We hope that:
the fashion is not going to revive, for it!
became a nuisance, but for all that'
Princess Henrietta of Belgium, now
duchess of Vendome, received among
her other beautiful wedding gifts ant
album in which the leading literary'
men of Belgium had Inscribed their;
ideas in verse and prose. Suitable il-i
lustrations were contributed by various
distinguished artists. . -
A Sailor's Remarkable Escape.
A seaman on H. M. S. Edinburgh re
cently had a remarkable escape. - He
was at work on a ladder on the bow of:
the vessel as she was going into Ports-.'
mouth harbor, steaming ten knots am
hour, when the ladder broke and he.
was thrown into the water directly un-
der the keel. He came up again in the'
wake of the ship, two ship's lengths,!
astern, unnurr, naving escaped tne suc-
tlon of the vessel and contact with tne.
jwinoHora,
MAYOR OF STr6HARLt58?
One of the Thousands Whom Paine's QcJrfl
Compound Has Cured.
The following long and explicit let
ter from Hon. A. A. Bennet tells its
own story. Read it:
Mayor Office,
City of St Charles, I1L, March 4, 1896.
Wells, Riohardson SB Co., Burling
ton, Vt. : Gentlemen I take muoh
pleasure in being able to add my mite
to the great mass of testimony in praise
of Paine's celery compound.
In November last I found myself
muoh run down by overwork. For sev
eral weeks I had been obliged to work
eighteen hours daily out of. tbe twenty
four, and was in consequence in a state
of physical and nervous exhaustion.
At the suggestion of a friend I com
menced the use of Paine's celery com
pound, with the result that my strength
has steadily improved, and I find my
self in far better health than I hare
known for years.
I believe also that it has enabled me
to escape my periodical attaok of rheu
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with the 'advent of the cold, damp
weather, I have suffered severely from
that disease in a ehronio form. So far
this winter I have escaped without a
single twinge of my old enemy. I
very cheerfully reoommend it to any
one in similar need, in the full belief
that it will be helpful in every case.
Very sincerely yours, A. A. Bennett
.BUT. A. U. Oransby. of No.
158 Kerr 8U, Memphis, Tenn
writes that his vile had can
cer wnlch had eaten two
largo holes in her breast, and
Which the best physicians
Of the gnrronnding country
treated, and pronounced in
curable. Her grandmother
and aunt had died at
and when told this, tbe most
eminent specialists of New
York, tinder whose treat
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AU treatment having la'led,
she was given tip to die
8. S. 8. was recommended,
and astonishing as it may
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Our treatise on this dis
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It is said that the poison from the
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A new steamboat just launched for
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