A HINT FROM THE KLONDIKE
Joseph Ladue, the famous trapper
and miner and the present owner of
Daweon City, and for many years the
agent of the Alaska Commercial Com
pany, gives a hint to persons going to
Alaska, and pays great compliment to
a well-known article. He writes:
"I have always used the Royal Bak
ing Powder in Alaska and Northwest
Territory, as no other gave equal satis
faction in that harsh climate. 1 also
found my customers always insisted on
having that brand."
A Fugitive King's Fete.
"About four miles from Philadelphia
there was a magnificent mansion built
after the Italian manner in the previ
ous century by Governor John Penn,
and known as Lansdowne house in
honor of the Marquis of Lansdowne.
Here Joseph Bonaparte," records Wil
liam Perrine, writing in the April
Ladies' Home Journal of 'When the
King of Spain Lived on the Banks of
the Schuylkill,' "established himself
in rural ease until he had built his
'palace' at Bordentown, N. J. Toward
the end of the summer of 1817 Joseph
had a little dinner party at Lansdowne.
Among the guests was Dr. Benjamin
Rush's daugther, Julia, who was
pleased with what she thought his
fluent conversation, his urbane man
ner and his jjood looks, and who, per
haps, was somewhat inclined to sympa
thize with his complaint that Napoleon
had not been at all disposed to let him
have much of his own way either as sol
dier or king.
"On one occasion only he gave a
magnificent fete on the lawn of his
princely estate, and all the beaus and
belies of Philadelphia who had been in
- vited dressed in their most picturesque
summer gowns and made haste to at
tend. It was a brilliant afternoon fete,
and Bonaparte was the center of attrac
tion as he stood on his lawn and wel
comed his guests. But -it is doubtful
whether there were at any time more
than half a dozen persons in Philadel
phia, or for that matter in the whole
country, to whom he bore anything like
close and confidential relations. He
liked little children, and they were
bometimes in the habit of speaking of
him as 'the good Mr. Bonaparte.' "
A neat attachment recently patented
to prevent bicycle lamps from going
out, consists of a piece of wire gauze
bent to form a basket surrounding the
flame to shield it from sudden draughts
of air.
A LONG LOOK AHEAD.
The politicians aro even now beginning to
weigh the possibilities involved in the next
presidential election. The papers are foil of
electioneering gosnip, and venture predictions"
as to the future which are somewhat too self
confident But it is safe to say that a system
atic course of Hostetrer's Stomach Bitters will
renew health in the malarious, bilious, rheu
matic, costive or nervous.
Swing Pictures of a Launch.
A novel use of the kinematograph
is reported from Germany, where the
instrument was recently user! to secure
a series of pictures representing all the
movements of the hull made during the
launching of a vessel. The instru
ment selected for the occasion is said
to be capable of recording 4,000 im
pressions per minute. German naval
officers are said to be taking considera
ble interest in the experiment.
One of the new kitchen utensils is a
cloth holder for washing dishes and
woodwork and for dusting, the device
having a handle in which a rod is
mounted with a spring in the upper
end to hold a cap set in a curved socket
txthe lower end to clamp the cloth in
position. .. .
How Sound Travels.
The whistle of a locomotive can be
heard 8,300 yards, the noise of a train
8,800 yards, the report of a musket and
the bark of a dog 1,800 yards, the roll
of a drum 1,600 yards, the croak of a
frog 900 yards, a dinner bell two miles
and a call to get up in the morning 8
feet 7 inches.
A new method of fastening spokes in
wagon wheels consists of settingg a
screw-threaded bolt in the end of the
spoke, with a nut countersunk in the
felly which can be turned to adjust the
felly to fit tho tire.
In the White chappel (London) coun
ty court three witnesses in succession
in one case could neither read nor
write. Three witnesses in the next
case were named respectively Speller,
Reader and Wright,
KEBVOUS PROSTRATION.
'Will you kindly allow me," writes
Miss Mart E. SAiDT.of Jobsftown, N. J.,
to Mrs. Pinkham, "the pleasure of ex
pressing my gratitude for the wonder
ful relief I have experienced by taking
your Compound? I suffered for a longv
time with nervous prostration and gen
eral debility,
caused by falling;
of the womb. It
seemed as though
my back would
never stop ach
ing. I could
not sleep. I
had dull
headaches.
Iwasweary
all the time,
and life was a
burden to me.
I sought the
seashore for
relief, but all
in vain. On
my return I
resolved to
give your
medicine a
trial. I took two bottles and was
cured. I can cheerfully state, if more
ladies would only give your medicine
a fair trial they would bless the day
they saw the advertisement, and there
would be happier homes. I mean to do
a.11 I can for you in the future. I
have you alone to thank for my recov
ery, for which I am very grateful."
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M PEGGY, THE
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WHEN Peggy first made her
appearance In the Dissem
inator office none of us paid
any attention to her. Certainly none of
us even dreamed that she was likely to
prove a heroine.
Feggy was Jimmy's sister; and Jim
myotherwise James McGovern was
one of the Disseminator office boys. On
a certain spring afternoon, when I en
tered the city department of our justly
celebrated journal, I found my accus
tomed chair occupied by a rosy-cheeked,
wide-eyed, fluffy-haired young per
son, whose brief skirts at once pro
claimed her sex and her extreme youth.
The watchful Jimmy, seeing my per
plexity, instantly darted forward, and
half pushed, half lifted, the usurper
from my rightful throne.
"It's my sister," he exclaimed (clear
ly somewhat ashamed of owning such
a commodity). "You see mother's dead,
an' father's at work all day, so Peggy
her couldn't stay home all by her lone
some; and I thought thought "
"You thought you might bring her
here," I interrupted. "Well, she's a
pretty little thing, and If you don't let
her get in the way, I fancy the boys
won't mind."
"I won't get in ve way," piped Peggy,
with superb self-consciousness. An'
zen an' zen, I tan help Jimmy."
I laughed at the idea of a little 6-year-old
maiden helping in the busy whirl
of a newspaper city room, and gave
Peggy an encouraging pat on the head,
and a very modest coin of the realm
for certain transactions in candy.
Thenceforward Peggy adopted me as
her especial friend and champion.
II.
It was a day or two later that, on en
tering the city room, I came upon a
curious sight no les3 a sight, Indeed,
than old Buchanan, the city editor,
with Peggy on his knee. Now, If ever
there was a surly human bear it was
Buchanan; and It spoke volumes for
Peggy that she had been able to tame
him. Indeed I had feared that, when
my chief discovered her dally presence
In the office, he would instantly order
her to decamp. Quite the contrary had
occurred, and I was " stricken with
amazement, which diid not decrease
when Jimmy subsequently narrated to
me the events leading up to Peggy's
conquest.
Buchanan, it appears, had come
growling into the room, as was his
wont, and looking for someone upon
whom to vemt the spleen generated by
a half-digested breakfast. He was a
terrible man, was Buchanan, when his
breakfast did not agree with him! But
this morning the city editor was not
expected for an hour to come, and so
Jimmy and his sister had been indulg
ing In a' merry game of "tag." They
were rushing wildly hither and thither;
upsetting chairs and waste-paper bas
kets, and utterly unconscious of all else
but their fun, when the burly form of
Buchanan" loomed up In the doorway.
Bless you! these ha.ppy urchins never
even saw him; and for full fifteen min
utes he stood on the threshold, looking
on, and feeling his ill-temper oozing
out, like Bob Acres' courage, at his
finger tips.
Presently Peggy, In one of her fran
tic rushes from the pursuing Jimmy,
ran plump into Buchanan's outstretch
ed arms. Poor little thing! she almost
fainted with fright when she saw who
her captor was (and for the matter of
that Jimmy was quite as horrified); but
the very first words Buchanan spoke
reassured her. When I entered he was
telling her about his own little girls
particularly about the one that was
dead.
Peggy became quite a feature of the
Disseminator's city department. She
had a funny little piece of needle work
which she called her "emb'oydy"
meaning embroidery, I suppose; and at
this she stitched, or made believe to
stitch, assiduously. But she had a
quick eye and wit, had Peggy; and, lit
tle by little, she managed to pick up all
the technicalities of the office the
manner of managing that wondrous
being, the telephone the mysteries of
proof slips and the files appertaining
thereunto and most of the accumulat
ed lore of Disseminator office boys. One
day I found her, perched on a table,
gravely calling up "Thentral" on the
'phone, and asking with visible Import
ance for "Thix - hund'ed-an'-thirty-theven."
On another occasion I met her
toddling down, from the composing
room with a bundle of proofs in her
chubby arms, while from the printers'
landing that usually dignified person,
the foreman, watched over her daring
voyage.
III.
About the middle of January two
notable events occurred. One was the
breaking of Jimmy McGovern's leg in
a "coasting" accident, and the conse
quent loss of that invaluable youngster
for office purposes. The second well.you
shall hear about the second event as
Buchanan Is never tired of describing
it.
We had all gone home for the night
or, rather, for the morning. The office
was deserted and supposed to be closed
although events disclosed the fact
that a careless Janitor had been In the
habit of leaving It carelessly open.
while he sought refreshments around
the corner.
Buchanan was in the very act of un
dressing himself to slumber when he
heard his private telephone bell ring
ing furiously. Leaping out of bed, he
seized the receiver, and gruffly demand
ed what anybody wanted with a Chris
tian city editor at such an unearthly
hour of the morning.
Great was his astonishment (he ad
mits that he at first accused himself of
dreaming) when there came across tie
wires a voice he knew a lisping child
ish voice calling faintly:
"Misto' Boocan'! Oh-h, Mlsto' Boo
can! Zs is Peggy, Jimmy's sister."
"Good gracious!" cried Buchanan.
"What do you want, child?"
"Wobbers is ve matter," was the an-!
m
OFFICE BOY.
swer, louder and more hopefully giv
en. "Wobbers burglars -fibres. Come
quick, or ve wobbers '11 get away."
Buchanan was a man of quick
thought and hair-trigger resolve. There
flashed across his mind the thought
that In his desk at the office, ready for
publication on the morrow, lay the
proofs and papers in the great Bolton
bribery and corruption case. He knew
that Bolton, prince of swindlers, was
a desperate man, who would risk any
thing to secure those proofs. Clearly
Peggy w-as telephoning from the local
room of the Disseminator. How or
why she came to do so, he did not stay
to ask. In ten minutes he was on his
bicycle and speeding through the silent
streets.
When he reached the Disseminator
office his fears gained ground from the
fact that the private door leading to
the editorial rooms was ajar. Bushing j
unstnirs and throwing oeen the local 1
room door, he was greeted with a glad
cry, and Peggy a disheveled, pale
faced Peggy, leaped into his arms.
At first the child could only point
speechlessly to his desk in the corner,
where the Invaluable documents had
lain. The desk was broken up, as
THE CHILD COULD ONLY
though with an axe, and the Bolton
proofs were gone!
Now that Buchanan knew the worst,
his calmness returned. Carrying the
child to the refrigerator in the corner,
he made her drink a glass of water.
Peggy revived instantly. Her voice
returned; and she managed to lisp out
her story.
Coming with her father from a late
visit to Jimmy at the hospital, they had
stopped to see the night watchman of
the Disseminator office. This careless
personage had coolly left little Peggy
in charge while he "slipped across the
street a minute" for refreshments,
with his old crony, McGovern, senior.
They had hardly been absent five
minutes when Peggy, half dozing. In
a dark corner, heard stealthy steps,
and saw two men enter the room. One
of them she recognized as a discharg
ed printer of the Disseminator Healy
by name. Not seeing Peggy in her cor
ner, the two broke open Buchanan's
desk, and, after a careful search, found
and abstracted the Bolton documents.
"And where did they go?" asked Bu
chanan. "Peggy ran to ve window an' watch
ed 'em. They crossed ve street, an'
went into ve saloon across ve way."
"The same saloon that your father
and the watchman entered?"
Peggy nodded her head.
Quickly Buchanan lifted the child on
his shoulder, and ran down the stairs.
On the threshold of the street door
were McGovern senior and the recalci
trant watchman; but Buchanan had no
time to abuse them then.
"Follow me, men," he shouted; and,
still carrying Peggy and with the star-
tied pair at his heels he darted across
"hello, thentisal!"
the street and into the saloon a night
resort for printers across the way.
The saloon was empty save for a
group of three men at a table in a far
corner. OnOftf these men Buchanan
recognized as Bolton the swindler; an
other was the discharged printer.
Healy. Even as they entered a bundle
of papers lay in the middle of the table,
while Bolton was counting out some
greenbacks.
Buchanan set down the child, and
sprang like a cat does upon a mouse,
at the documents.
"Hold those men. They are thieves,"
he cried, seizing the papers and ward
ing off a frantic blow from Bolton's
sledge-hammer fist.
In the confusion Buchanan made
good his escape, catching up the fright-
fened Peggy as he went, and still
clutching the Bolton papers. In the
street he met a policeman, and dis
patched him to the saloon, where the
erring janitor was probably paying for
his carelessness in a tussle with the
Bolton gang.
But Bucltanan did not care, so long
as the papers and Peggy were safe.
In the office, while they waited for
news from the "seat of war," the grim
city editor found time to tell Peggy
what he thought of her.
"You have done a great thing for the
paper, Peggy," he said; "and we
shan't forget it. By the way, we need
an office boy badily, and I don't know
anybody better fitted for the job than
you."
The great Bolton case as published In
the Disseminator made a sensation;
and when Jimmy McGovern got well
and came back to work he found him
self obliged to take a subordinate posi
tion as Peggy's assistant. Chicago
Ledger.
REVENGE OF PIZEN GULCH CIT&
It Was Two "Weeks Too L.ate, but No
Apaches Were Le t.
"The man who said that 'the only
good Indian was a dead Indian' was
about as near right as men get," re
marked Col. Ham Sploggett, of Ari
zona, the other evening, as he wrestled
with a mint smash, "and if any man
oughter know what he's talking erbout
in . them matters I guess its me. I
went to Arizony a mighty long time
ago. Them darned Apaches wuz er
bout as onery as eny sort of Indians,
and not a day passed but what we fel
lers down to Pizen Gulch heard erbout
men losing their scalps and women and
children being butchered like forty, the
tsil
POINT TO THE DESK.
news coming from way out on the
frontier. I wuz sorter getting a grip
on Arizony jess then, an' I didn't want
to lose It, so I Jess stayed away from
the line an' 'tended ter business, with
one eye open. We had ter get out and
hustle, however. Indians wuz getting
more rampageous every day, and final
ly a band of the measly, murdering rob
bers rid inter a small settlement erbout
fifty miles from the Gulch and killed
every soul thar, not leaving one to teil
the tale. This riled the boys at the
Gulch, an' we thought the time had
come to do something. Two hours after
we got the news we wuz out for biz.
We rode away, an' an hour afore sun
down we reached the place whar the
settlement had been. Wall, sir, I've
seen riiany sad sights in my life, but
that little settlement wuz erbout the
saddest thing that ever met these old
eyes, not so old then, neither. Ashes
showed whar some cabins had stood,
and that, too, could be seed what re
mained of home things, an' jess on the
outskirts of the settlement we found
the bodies of the folks what had form
ed the peaceful village.
"Men, women and children alike had
gone to satisfy the awful greed for
blood. They had been dragged togeth
ed and the bodies, must have been
about twenty of them, were piled in a
terrible heap, mutilated and horrible
to look at. The saddest sight of it all
was the form of a little baby. The
small critter wuz lying on the breast
of a woman, maybe its mother, and its
little fists wuz fastened in the long hair
that was ail tangled and flowing like.
At fust I thought It wuz sleepin', hut
it wuzn't. It wuz dead, an' a little
round black hole right in the middle of
its forehead showed whar the bullet
had done its work. Thar it wuz, a
monument of Indian ferocity, an' the
poor little limbs of thje baby wuz cud
duled up an' its white face wuz smllin'
jest as though death had caught it
while it wuz lookin' right inter its
mother's eyes. The sight of that little
one thar, naked to the skies, made the
grim look on the faces of the boys Jess
kinder deepen like until' they seemed
desperate and deadly. We left the
place without a word, but when we
crept up on the baud what did the
work we paid them back to the death,
even If it wuz two weeks later. Them
wuz bad days, I tell you." Two Repub
lics, Mexico.
Every man should have saved up
enough money to be able to take life
easier by the time he begins to get
sleepy in the day time.
If there is anything which Is particni
larly Inexcusable, in a woman, it is to
look untidy when boarding and free
from household cares.
No one treats the worries of others
in an lafceillgent manner.
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Something About Roads.
A correspondent writes the Indiana
Parmer from Bicknell, that State, in
these words:
While at the World's Pair, in the
Transportation Building, I noticed a
section of some foreign corduroy road
that was claimed to have been built
some years before Christ. The cost of
building stone roads in many parts of
the State is bound to be large, owing
to the lack of suitable material in
places. Some of our people here think
that we have plenty of material in our
limestone hills to construct good stone
roads. Others think it would be cheap
er to bring it by rail from the north and
east. Be this as it may, to build good
roads in this county will cost a good
deal. Some think it would be best to
make a loan of long standing and let
posterity help pay the deb. In my opin
ion if some of the other callings would
pay as much taxes In proportion as the
farmers do, the surplus would go a long
way toward making good roads. I do
not think there are many farmers that
are willing to have their taxes enlarged
very much at this time.
Doubtless there are more people here
interested at this time about dirt roads
than any other kind. That our roads
have been abused is a fact known to
everyone. As a general rule it appears
that our road supervisor's sole object is
to "splash" over his work and receive
his ill-gotten gain. And on the other
hand the men that go on the road to
work are too apt to be watching the
sun and asking what time it is. They
don't work like they do at home. What
is the result? The roads are washing
away, bridges have broken through,
culverts are filled, fences thrown down
and people compelled to drive around
bad places.
What is to be done? In the first place
in certain places there are more roads
than men to work them. I think the
law exempting men from work on the
roads on account of age, or disability,
if they possess property, is not fair.
Men usually use the roads more after
the age of 50 than they do while young
er, because they are often worth more
and have more produce to haul, and of
ten possess saw-mills, wheat thrashers
and other valuable property. If not able
to work let them hire. Who would think
of exempting one from taxation on ac
count of age or disability?
Are the roads not as important as the
taxes?
Where is the country that has no
roads? Take the roads from our coun
try and the streets of our cities will
grow up with briars. Farmers ought
not receive pay for cleaning their fence
corners next to the roads. If the land
belongs to the road, let the supervisor
work It and the briars will not grow.
If It belongs to the farmer let him clean
them without pay. Perhaps supervis
ors should receive more pay and then
be held strictly responsible for the
work they do. They should make week
ly trips along the roads, take out ob
structions, turn waiter from roads, fix
up bridges, culverts, etc.
THE KAFFIR WHEN OFF DUTY.
South African Mine Laborers Lead a
Monotonous Life.
Life on a South African mining prop
erty can hardly be monotonous. The
report of a traveler fresh from the cape
gives a curious insight Into one phase
of labor on the Rand. It used to be the
I custom of the Kaffir, on receiving his
salary usually 5 per week to sally
j forth and invest all his earnings in bot
; ties of brandy. He would then return
I to his hut, squat down and drink it like
beer until he succumbed. This went
on regularly among the mining staffs
of all the large companies until, in or
der to prevent a weekly cessation of
labor, the companies adopted the meth
od of inclosing all their native em
ployes inside a compound, and spur
ting them in like prisoners until their
time of service has elapsed.
Visitors to the compounds often take
i:: a pound or so of the native coarse to
bacco, for a handful of which the
Kaffirs, under stress of their depriva
tion of tobacco as veil as liquor, will
often gladly exchange fine old native
bracelets and knobkerrles. The native
method of smoking is peculiar. After
the pipe is filled several long pulls are
taken and the smoke swallowed. The
bowl is then taken off, the stem is in
serted in a bowl of water, and the
water is sucked through it and swal
lowed also. Then comes the tug of
war. The man who can hold out long
est without coughing is considered a
hero. After a short time the smoker
will convulsively cough for fifteen or
twenty minutes, and one can quite un
derstand why the Kaffir is not allowed
out to buy tobacco. In the case of the
i traveler, who gives these details, the
mine manager asked him to cease bar
tering the vile stuff for native trinkets,
otherwise the whole relay would be
unfit to go down when their time came.
The Kaffir usually returns home after
six months or a year at the mines, and
Is considered a rich man. He buys two
or more wives and takes his ease while
they do all the work. Pittsburg Dis
patch. Swiss Village Houses.
Some of the village houses in Switzer
land have quaint sundials upon the
front and, where they are very fine,
there is not infrequently an inscription
telling when the house was built and
when restored, and perhaps a pious
sentence in old German text, says the
Christian Register. The roads through
this valley constantly excited our ad
miration. They seem built for all time
and are as well kept as a lady's parlor
floor. These beautiful highways over
the wildest passes show how effectual
ly a paternal power watches over the
safety and comfort of the traveler.
Some of the prettiest villas upon
these hillsides are the summer houses
of wealthy Swiss cooks, restaurant
keepers, confectioners and hotel pro
prietors to be found in all the large
towns of Europe, and who return to
their native valleys for rest and recrea
tion. Though they may not be socially
distinguished in the places where they
have acquired their wealth they have
as good a position as need be desired in
their early homes. The castle of the
old family has often crumbled on the
hill, but the new families in the valley
survive and flourish here as elsewhere.
Loved His Country.
No thistles grew In Australia till a
Scotsman planted some seed out of love
, for his oid country. It was a very nat
ural but foolish deed, for now the this
tle has multiplied into millions, and
gives a great deal of trouble.
The only men in the railroad business
who will talk are the general managers
and the brakemen.
p- . i- '
Spring Humors
That pimple on your arm, those
eruptions, itching and burning bives,
just as surely indicate impurities in the
blood, wkich should have prompt and
careful attention, as do boils, oarbun
cles, ulcers, salt rheum and the sever
est forms of scrofula. Hood's Sarsa
parilla cures all humois of the blood of
every form and degree.
That Tired Feeling
So common in the spring, is also due
to the weak, thin, depleted condition
of the blood. Make your blood pure by
taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and you
will be strong and ready for work, will
have good appetite and good health.
Try Hood's Sarsaparilla this spring.
"I feel it mv dutv to let people know
how much good Hood's Sarsaparilla did
for me.
Mv health was D
poor and I had
doctoied and taken medicine, but found
no relief, so I thought I would try Hood's
Sarsaparilla. After taking two bottles I
felt better and I kept on taking it and now
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is Amerioa's Greatest Medicine because it cures when all others fail. Sold by all druggists. $1 ; six for $5.
British Postal Reforms.
Numerous reductions of charges and
extensions were made by the British
postoffice during 1897. Postage on
domestio letters was made one penny
for four ounces, with an additional half
penny for every two ounces. Thus in
Great Britain it costs only 3 cents to
send a letter weighing six ounces, while
in the United States it would cost twice
as much. Merchants are allowed to
inclose bills with goods sent by paroel
post. Most important was the comple
tion of the transfer of the trunk tele
phone system of the United Kingdom
to the postoffice department. During
the year the deposits in the postal sav
ings banks increased about 135,000,000.
A Lady
tried Schilling's Best tea and
did not like it
She tried it again and
made it according to direc
tions. It's her only tea now.
The Ingenious Han.
He was a very ingenious man. He
had made an invention which was of
great value. He thought so, at least,
if the world did not, and he had his
invention patented. It was a combi
nation camp stool, cane and umbrella.
The cane was the usual form of the in
vention. At a big parade nothing
could be more convenient, and for an
ordinary, unexpected rainstorm, what
could be better? A man is sure to have
his waiking stick with him.
It was not so long after the invention
had been perfected that the man was
out walking with his wife, and a sud
den shower came up. There were no
cars accessible, and the only thing to
do was to run, and the unlucky pair
did this with a vengeance, reaching
the house hot, uncomfortable and
pretty wet.
"VVell, we are here at last," said the
man, drawing a long breath of relief.
"Yes," said the wife, disconsolately,
"but I think I have ruined my new
bonnet. And, John Smith," she
added, suddenly, with a little scream,
"what do you think yon have done?
You had that old invention of yours
cane-camp-stool-umbrella affair in
your hand all the time ready for an
emergency, and forgot to use it."
The man tells the sts-ry and thinks
it is a great joke. Jr. Y. Times.
One of the trees in the park at Wind
sor, England, is supposed to be 1,200
years old. It is known as William the
Conqueror.
SHAKE INTO TOUR SHOES.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discov
ery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes
tiglit-titting or new shoes feel easy. It is a
certain cure for chilblains, sweating, damp,
callous and hot, tired aching feet. We
have over 10,000 testimonials of cures. Try
it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. Bv mail for 25c. in stamps. Tria
package FREE. Address Allen S. Olm
sted, Le Roy, N. Y.
An English prophet announces for
1898 the discovery of the north pole,
the opening of communication with
Mars, war in Europe, a revolution in
South America, riots in London and
the kidnaping of the young king of
Spain. That South American event is
resonably certain to happen.
The smashing of a front wheel of a
bicycle by a collision is prevented by a
newly-designed guard, which is formed
of a metal rod bent V shape, with the
point in front and the ends attached to
the ends of the front fork.
Safety Hat Pins.
In a new safety hat pin a spring arm
is attached to tiie head of the pin and
extends a short distance down its
shank, ending in a sharp point at right
angles with a pin to engage the fabric
as the pin is pushed into position.
HOME FHODKCTS AND PUKE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Drivt" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrop Co. . All gen
uine "Tea Garden Drive" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Denmark's Queen.
Queen Louise of Denmark is the old
est occupant of a thione, with the
single exception of the Grand Duke of
Luxemburg, who is her senior by some
six weeks. These are the only two
octogenarian sovereigns. Next in age,
after Queen Louise, comes her husband,
w ho is seven months younger; and then
the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weim'ar and
Queen Viotoria.
CT$ Permanently Cared. No fitsornervoosnes
rilv after first day's use of Dr. Kllue's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FRK K SS.OO trial
botUe and treatise. DR. B. H. KT.TNR, Ltd., 930
Area street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Four aldermen and a banker of Mnn
sing, Mich., are under arerst on a
charge of bribery in connection with
the acceptance of the new water works.
For the present the Cuban war question
is sidetracked at Munsing.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures. George W. Lotz, Fa
boucher, La., August 26, 1895.
Bicycle handle bars are being made
of a short piece of wood for the center
section, with grips on each side of the
head and metallic tubing extensions
on both ends of the wood bar ourved to
the usual shape and ending in a second
pair of grips.
In the spring cleanse your system by
using Dr. Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier.
I am well. I think it is the best blood
medicine in the world." C. W. Cabet,
Prineville, Oregon'.
wmism
"I Am an Old Soldier,
My whole svsteni being out of order and
my right side partially paralyzed. I was
under a doctor s care most of last winter.
I have tried various remedies and realized
The order has gone out in Brooklyn
that no man who beats his wife shall
remain on the police force. Let it be
declared of this borough that the inno
cent wives of others shall be equally
free from beating and the dishonor of
arrest.
Archaeologists have found the tomb
of Osiris, who has been dead 10,000
years. By digging a few feet deeper
they hope to find the remains of the
late David Bennett Hill, who has been
departed 800,000 years.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting In the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTORIA," and
" PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannls, Massachusetts,
was the originator of PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
facsimile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original ' ' PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature Of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJJt
Yellow Light.
A yellow light has been obtained
with incandescent gas burners by a
German inventor at Krefeid. He al
ters the burners so that the gas is sup
plied at a pressure of three and a half
atmospheres. A single jet of ordinary
size then emits a light of more than
1,000 candle power, by which fine
print may be read at a distance of 150
feet from the light.
HOW'S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.J. Cheney
for the past 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Truax,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Walbing, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is takeninlernally, acting
directly on the biood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills -re the best.
What European Soldiers Carry.
The Russian soldier is more heavily
burdened than any other. A foot
soldier in the army of the czar carries
over 68 pounds. The weights borne by
the foot-soldiers of the other principal
European nations are as follows:
French, 62 pounds; British, 62 pounds;
German, 61 pounds; Swiss, 59 pounds;
Italian, 53 pounds; Austrian, 47 pounds.
After being swindled by all others, send as stamp
for particulars of King Solomon's Treasure, the
ONLY renewer of manly strength. MASON
CHEMICAL CO., P. O. Box 747, Philadelphia, Pa.
Putty Colored Lawns.
Just off the gray is the shade called
"Mastie" and putty -color, both of
which are much in demand in fine
muslins and lawns intended for hot
weather wear. These tine sheer ma
terials exhibit the fine tucking, now so
fashionable, to great advantage. The
gray and fawn linens are cool looking
and yet sufficiently "off" of white to
be worn in the cars or on the Street
where white is out of place.
Dressmakers can make use of a new
thread-cutter which is formed of a
small steel blade, surrounded by a bent
wire casing having a pin at the back to
attach it to the dress in a handy posi
tion for use.
Plaoards on the bedroom doors of a
rural hotel in New England requests
that "guests will please not bathe on
Sunday night, as the hot water is
needed for the wash Monday morning. "
A new rubber overshoe for wet
weather wear does not extend around
the heel, but is fastened to the narrow
part of the shoe sole by spring clips to
hold it in place.
ONA ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup 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 commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60
cent 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.
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO.
SAM FRANCISCO. CAL
lOmVIUE. AT. HEW YORK. ILK
only a temporary relief. I Irave been tak
ing'Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills,
and can truly say that I have derived more
real benefit' from them than from any
thing I have tried. I intend to continue
taking the medicine so long as i realize
Such Good Resu ts.
I intend also to have Hood's Tills in the
house. I cannot speak loul .enough in
their praise. Along with Hood's Sarsapa
rilla I recommend them to mv friends and
for the beneilt of suffering humanity at
large. My wife has been greatly helped
by Hood's Sarsaparilla, being-all run down
and her system much out of order. My
two little boys, aged two and four vears,
recovered quickly from the effects of dip
theria bv taking Hood's Sarsaparilla,
which rid them of troublesome sores mid
symptoms of the croup. They now appear
well and hearty. I shall always praise
Hood's Sarsaparilla." W. F. Burnett,
Storkey, Oregon. '' '
That Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best
spring medicine is proved by its con
stantly manifested power to purify, en
rich and vitalize the blood.
Destructive Australian Ants.
The roof of the Australian museum
at Sydney, which has been destroyed
by termites or "white ants." had to be
replaced with a covering composed
largely of steel and copper. Recently
it was discovered that these destructive
little creatures had also ruined the un
derpinning of one of the most import
ant floors of the museum. The work
of the termite is peculiar in that it is
carried on in the interior of the tim
ber and does not reveal itself until the
structure is about'to fall to pieces.
A Bit of History.
St. Patrick's day is the anniversary
of Lord Howe's evacuation of Boston.
His troops embarked for Halifax on
March 17. 1776. So all Americans may
feel interested in the holiday observ
ance of the recurring anniversary.
A single stone 115 feet long, 10 feet
square at one end, and 4 feet square at
the other, has been successfully cut
from the sandstone quarries at Hough
ton Point, Wis. It is supposed to be
the longest monolith ever quarried.
A neat pencil holder is formed of a
curved spring section to surround the
pencil with a pin in the back by which
the holder can be quickly attached to
the coat or vest.
It is estimated that the nerves, with
branches and minute ramifications con
necting with the brain exceed 10,000,
000. ' :
To hold crayons for blackboard or
drawing work a tube is fitted with
clamping jaws at one end and a sliding
rod at the other end, to force the chalk
into position.
It is estimated that over 80' tons of
diamonds have been , unearthed in the
the South African fields during the
last 18 vears. These represent a total
value of $280,000,000.
There are 1,759,000 volumes in the
library of the British museum and more
than 89 miles of shelving.
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VARICOCELE, hydrocele, swelling and ten
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SPECIAL DISEASES, inflammation, dis
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YOUR LIVER
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Get it Right.
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doses will make you ieel better. Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house , or
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