PATENTS! NOTICE TO INVENTORS. Tbere was neer a time in tbe history of oar country when tbe demand for inventions and improvements in tbe arts and soienoes generally was eo great as now. The conveniences of nip jkind in tbe faotory and workshop, the household and on the farm, as well as in official life, require oontinuai accessions to the appurtenance ana impliments of each in order to gave labor, time and expense. The political change in the administra tion of government does not affect tbe progress of tbe American inventor, who being on tbe alert, and ready to per ceive the existing deficiencies, does not permit the affairs of government to de ter bim from quickly oonoeiving the remedy to overoonie existing discrepan cies. Too great care cannot be exer oieed in oboosing a competeut and skill ful attorney to prepare and prosecute an application for patent. Valuable in terests bave been lost and destroyed in innumerable iustances by the employ ment of incompetent oouusel, and es pecially is this advioe applicable to those who adopt the "No patent, no pay" system. Inventors who entrust their business to Hub olass of attorneys do so at imminent riBk, as the breadth and strength of the patent is never con sidered in view of a quiok endeavor to get an allowance and obtain tbe fee. THE FRES8 CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wedderburn, General Manager 618 V street, N. W., Washington, D. C, representing a large number of impor tant daily and weekly papers, and gen eral periodicals of the eountry, was in stituted to protect its Datrons from the unsafe methods heretofore employed in this line of business. The said Con pany is prepared to tuke charge of all patent business entrusted to it for rea sonable fees, and prepare and prosecute applications generally, inoluding me obauioal inventions, design patents, trade-marks, labels, copyrights, interfer ences, infringements, validity reportB, and gives espeoial attenion to rejected cases. It is also prepared to entor into competition with any firm in securing foreigu patents. Write for instructions and advice. John Weddeiibuicn. 618 F Street, p. O. Box 385. Washington, V. 0. GOOD ADVICE, e Evry patriotic citizen should give his personal effort and influence to increase the circulation of his home paper which teaches the American policy of Protec tion. It ia hit duty to aid in this respect in avory way possible. After the home paper is taken caro of, why not sub. criba for the Amuican Economist, published by tho American Protectivo Tariff League t Ona of iti correspon dents sayii "Mo trua American can got along without It I consider it tho greatest and truest political teacher in the United States." Eend postal card request or free sample copy. Addrwa Wilbur F.Wake, man, General Socratery, 135 West 23d 8t, Mow York. Ore vyoa a rVtendAo le cause a Pro'VeciV'um o (XnevocxY. Auerea"Va 1 Are you willing to work for the cause nf Protection in placing reliable infor mation in tho bands of your acquain tances? If you ara, you should be Identified with THE AMERICAN PROTECTIVE TARIFF LEAGUE. 138 W. 230 ST., NCW YORK. Cut tl.l. notice out and fend 11 to the Uuruo. llatlne your position, and ji.e a helping tund. IF VOU WANT INFORMATION ABOUT I "For Years," SaVS LAEHIK E. STWKWKI.L. f I'liMter- tleid, N. II., " I was afflietwi with an extremely severe piiin Hi the Ihwit mrt of the client. Tin- lediun was a i it a weight win 0 m half a clay, tcnvinit sevrral days alter. ton laid on a ip'it Hit size 4i my Imiui. i-i'ir-HiKth-atta'-Ul.tlie (..riinra'ioii would mjiii'I In drops on my tare, and It was ai'cmy lor me to make sufficient ellul levt'll to Wilis- per. Tli'-y tame sudili'iily. at any hour hi tin' day or night, l:i-t iiik Horn thirty minute to lis siidcl. nlv: lint, for I was iiilii pros trated anil sorn. Si'liK't inic- 1 1 1 - allai'HS were almost daily. Mini Irui fn'iui'iit. AttiT aliout lour years of this suffering, I was taken down with Mlloiis typhoid fever, and when I be-all to recover, I had the worst attack of my old trouble I ever experienced. At the first nf the fever, my mother cave me Aver's Pills, my doctor reeomnienclins them as licinR better tlinn BiiylliiiiK lie could prepare. I ennti 'd taking these Pills, and so (!reat was the henelit di'iiveit that durliiR nearly tlilrty years I have had but one attack of my former trouble, which yielded readily to the same remedy." AVER'S PILLS Prcpari'd !y Ir, J. O. Aver &('., Lowell-. M0 Everv Dose Effective fifjiB f NTERTAlt4MENlT9; THB OLD DOCTOR'S LADIES' FAVORITE. .ALWAYS RELIABLE and perfectly SAFE. TM same aa used by thouaands of woman all over toe United States, In tho DLD DOCTORS private mall pruftlne, for 88 years, and not a slnglj baa result. Money returned if not as represented. Bead a OonU liumpi) for aoalcd particular. DS. WA2D I1TCTITUTS, 120 17. Math St.. 6t. Loutl, 1ft RUPTURES 25 Venn' Experlnnee In treating alt var. tlos or Rupture enables us to Kuara.ntea positive cure. Question IilanK and Boot free, tall or write. VOMA-ME0ICO APPLIANCE CO., (23 Pine Street. ST. LOUIS. MO " ltdui-orl in to imtmdi per month. Ho larvlns. wo Inconvenient deutill. OhmI! ent iwrfectiy hnrmn-ii anu mruy cuua- QuMlign Bl nk anil linn tnt, can or write. DR. 11. ii. JiUTTy,fiial'inebtrt,bl.Louil,4lO. SYPHILIS., uofaiffulpracllce. Treat mi Ths wortt formi poiU ItWelf cared SB year K-aiiful practice. Treat man t coniuaotlal. turn iy mall or at office. Turin-low. Quell Ion Blank aa Uook fraa. Call or write. DR. WARD INSTITUTE, 120 N. 9th St..St.Loull,MO FREE TRIAL I 1 1 La Li and lost vital 1 1 A psefcigs of our treat ment for veaknaiaand decay, narvoua debility vitality taut fr for l'J oaoti 4R. WARD INSIUTUTE, 120 N. HIS. 81. LOUIS, Ml). SPILES; i eiired In otic PAIKf.IiB traatmeril without knife. C4o lot. of nine 1 from bmiofii, Fiitula, Ulcen, etc.. alio cured. IN) ytan' e& Queitloo Blank and Uook free. Call or write. T V 1IC. Ii. U. 1SUT1S, 632 Pine Street. Bt. Louis, Mo. 2W CANCER AND OTHH MA LION ANT hout tlie uia ) Title. Uuttatlon Ulankaml Hook tree, uail or writ lilt. U. H. IHITTN, SSiiPinaBL bt. Louis, Mo. T inOO worth of IovhIv Music tor Forty -f3 IM., Conti. consisting of ioop;ics--y full s ze s iL'et mi iular '- full size Sheet Music of a latest, brlchtest. liveliest and most popu seiectuins, noin vocal ana insirumeniai gotten ui) In the most eleeant manner, in cludlnif fowr larce size Portraits. w CAHMENCITA, the Spanah Dancer, rAUtHtwam, the ureal rttumu ADtUNA PATTI and MINNIE St HUMAN CUT71NQ. E the NEW YORK musical ECHO CO. Uroadway Thpatre Hldij., New York City. GERONIMO ON THE BENCH. .lU.tlM Tnrkuh Bath Frtle ta n.u ol Quotation, from Author. It is a merTy dance that Fashion leads us with hercapriciousfads and fancies. Now it is in the method of shaking hands, and then it is the religious fol lowing after each other in the mat rer of amusements. We take, says the New York Sun, to amateur acting and are devoted to slumming. We go in for skirt dancing or Salvation Army work just as the mischievous will-o'-the-wisp leads us. The latest freak is for Turk ish bath parties, where one woman se cures the baths and invites all her friends to come and be clean. The gentlemen join the party when the curls are all in order again, anil the affair winds up with a supper, where the ladies, with their glowing faces and bright eyes, wait and wonder where and when the things will evi-r be ready to eat. There is something unique in this bath party idea when one gets accustomed to it anil under stands that one's hostess doesn't at all mean by her invitation that her guests are remiss in the matter of ablution, but that they will enji the bath sole ly for its luxuriousness. And if this form of entertainment lacks the attri bute of godliness, it may claim that which lies nearest it cleanliness. Another kind of a party also much in vogue with women just now is a "fad party." It usually takes the form of a luncheon, where everything is rose col ored and tied up with bows. And every woman is orjugeii to coniess hit pet fad, which, when it has made its blushing bow in conscious modesty, is tousti'd and talked over. Then there is tlie literature party, in which the woman's club dame or the Chautauqua circle girl revels. It is played some thing on the principle of progressive euchre, only that the guests find atone tuble four sets of partially-written quotations, which they are required to till out; at another names of books, v. hose authors arc inquired for; at an uil'iT pseudonyms to be assorted among the rightful people. This game is very e'.viting to the Philadelphia and lios t'm suburbs girl, the prizes being l).)o!:s. Of course, some of the dames who went to the Browning readings at .ibeiTy's this year in diamonds and vel vet:;, and at the conclusion of the course when a "request Browning pro gramme" was offered, called for "Kock Mi' to Sleep, Mother," and "The Cur fi.U' Shall Not King To-night," mightn't xee the hilarity in such a form of diver sion, but the woman to whom the en tertainment appeals can't sleep nights for thinking of it. FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO. How It Ih Proposed to Carry a Telegraph Line Arron. the African Continent. The business partner of one of the directors of the company formed to build the telegraph line from the cape to Cairo has given the Pall Mall Ga zette some interesting information. Capital has been subscribed to the ex tent of seven hundred thousand dol lars, which is considered sufficient to carry the line as far as Uganda. The materials are now being ordered in London and will be shipped shortly. The poles are to be of iron of light con struction, in order to outmaneuver the white ants, who would eat away wood en poles. From Salisbury the line is to be carried to Tete, on the Zambesi and from thence to lilantyre. There Consul Johnston will report the result of his surveys as to the best manner of proceeding on to Uganda, and the con structing party will have to come to terms with the natives and Arabs by subsidizing the chiefs and others of in ihii'nce. There will be nothing in the way of impenetrable undergrowths or raulc vegetation to contend with, as the line will avoid the low country and i:ci'p to the high plateau the entire dis tance. There are two alternative mutes for the conveyance of the ma' tri'iiils. There is good transport from the Transvaal to Fort Salisbury, or a shorter route would be adopted if ma terials were shipped direct to Beira carried along the railway now being built as far as it extends, and then con veyed the rest of the distance by ox wagons. The scheme is being pushed forward with great activity now. THE POPE'S FINA:CE, A Oontiauscl Decrease In tbe Rev enues of tbe Vatioan. jn Adi)r-HB a letter or itotttal ennl t THE PKt'.M ri.AlHW tOMPNT, JOHN WEDDERBURN, I'.U. BOX fOi. Manaalna Attorney. WASlllNU'l'UN.D. G. TENSIONS HUXTKED FOTt SOLDIERS, WIDOWS. CHILDREN. PARENTS. Alio, for Soldier nd Hut Ion iliriaMrrt In tho line nf duty In thi rvinlnr Army ir Nnvv inrth' war. Hurvlvora nf tlm Indian war of lfcfrj lo IH4J, ni their widows, now entitled. Old mid rflertrd c tain li ft ifM-rUlty. Thotuanrt entitled to lilirtiur rnt-'B. Band fur new lawn. Ni cturgu tor Jvicc. Nulofl fenUl luccuMful. PIM'SEIE ii STRICTURE With 11 bad vonaMtuanoaa, atranRuarr, l of i)igy, uarToua sritamant, imrvoua debility, UDuaturaldlacha.rM. loat manhood, dtapoodancy, Mnfit O.Mto nurry, wMiii away of tha orgaaa, certainly tud rapidly ourd br lafo mud y mthd. Cuna poattWaly fuaranttxhl. 4,uaalitfB Ulauktud Uookfra. CtlLof wilt. DR. WARD INSTITUTE. 120 N. Ninth St., ST. LOUIS, M0. DR.DODD'S Ciirejof OLIC IN HORSES. QUARANTEKD. Rvarr owner il a borae ahouM fcfop It ou hand- 11 tuft tlie life itl ft valuable animal Oua packaga wi) cmi igtn to tm aawt 1'iU-e IUW. Hatit by mall o aipraaa. Our Aw cuuut bwa. wtikh tontatnaUiBtJl labia ai)tri, mat ltd la U. wtitJAMlN fctoj. WtaPiMM, ITT. LiiVH, MO The Old Reliable Eltatillilidiyarl. Trent. maleor reuialo r"r": nriBties. kh.c JjUAHANTKKl). Board ami "l"u't,1u!"lt; yiul Uuuk fro. Call or write. The FaimiuH Aparlie Acting: . of tlie 1'eni'e In Alnlmmfc .lohn I'. Cluiu, a post otliee inspector, who spent some time recently in the I'ump of the renegade Apaches at Mount Vernon barracUs, Alabama, re ports that they have made creditable progress in the arts of civilization. Mr. t'lum should be a competent judge, for he spent several years with these Indians on the San Carlos reservation in Arizona, and afterward it became his duty, in April, 1H77, to assist in the ciuiture at Oio Caliente, N. M., of (leronimo, Francisco and other Apache renegades. yubsiMueiitly Ucroniino es caped again, and after a new career of bloodshed and rapine surrendered to tlen. N. A. Miles. This was in 18tl(. Later the Apaches of lieronimo's band, men, women and children, were sent to Alabama. lir the tirst year or two the mortality among them was very great, but. according to the New York levelling l'ost, they have now become ui'i'liiuated. Kach family has a frame house, equipped with cooking range and necessary furniture, to live in. The Indiana have adopted a civilized style of dress; the men weave baskets and the women wash clothes. A com pany of infantry has been formed out of tlie young men, and their barracks is a part of the Indian village, (leroni mo has been elected an alcalde, or jus tice, und tries minor offenses reported to him. His sentences to terms of Im prisonment in the guardhouse seem to give general satisfaction. This once bloodthirsty chief is now content to make an honest penny by selling bows and arrows and also photographs of himself. The vouug children are be ing educated ill the settlement, and the older ones attend the Carlisle school. While these Apaches are pris oners of war, they are virtually on parole, and come and go a they please. The rurllug hworil Nn.kft. There is a little reptile belonging in Madagascar known as the scimitar snake, that is the curling sword. Run ning along the back from head to tail is a blackish, horny substance, which bends with the convolutions of the snake's body as readily as would a well tempered steel spring, and throughout its entire length it bears an edge as hard as Hint and sharp as a razor. They are not poibouous, but when one of them springs on a man, which he likes very well to do, he will soon have a leg off unless cracked on the pate. Some snuke specialists claim that the pres ence of this reptile on the island is the reason there are no large quadrupeds to be found there at present, the curling kworii in back ages having taken otf legs faster than they could be created. QW POSTAGE STAMPS. How They Are TJaod to Maintain 3 Relicious School In Paris. MOVEMENT OK INDIAN PEOPLE, Widow. Mny Kpinnrry, nd the M.rrlag. of Int'tAiit. I. Lens Common. Tin! report of the last census in Ben gal, which has just been published, up sets several beliefs which hitherto have found general acceptance. For in stance, it proves that the natives, in stead of being averse to leaving their ancestral villages, are steadily moving from more densely peopled areas to those where the population is less crowded; also that widow remarriage is practically universal in ltehar, Oris- sa, Chota-Nagpore and among the low er castes of lleugal proper and is un known only among a very few high castes everywhere and the more re spectable Sudras of llengal proper. The report also states that infant mar riage does not exist to any appreciable extent except in northeast Uehar and among the ltrahmius, Kayasths and other purely Sudra castes of western lleugal. It also shows the great prog ress of Mohammedanism, which has in creased more than nine per cent, in Hengal proper in the last decade, while the increase in Hinduism is less thau live per eent. ThiB fact is explained to Ih- due to the desire on the part of the lowest castes to adopt a religion which treats all men as equals. im nf the Source, of Jneom. Cpn Which Ih. Head or th. Uui Church H. to Dop.ua Ha. Failed. Since the heavy losses made by the pope a year or more ago the finances of the Vatican have been superintended with great care. It is known, says a Paris paper, that a committee ot pre lates and several cardinals exist at Rome whose duty it is to regulate the use of the sums of money which flow into the treasury of the Vatican. These sums come principally from two sources: The revenues of the property possessed by the pope and the gifts of the faithful known as Peter's pence. The property of the Vatican is of various kinds, but the greater part of it consists of money and bonds placed in England and Fance, under control of the Paris house of Rothschild. Pe ter's pence is an annual revenue which is far from being fixed. In good years the total of the sum received from all countries of the world reaches 8,000,000 francs. Sometimes it is as low as 6,000,000 and even 5,000,000. This has been the case for the last five years. This diminution is due in great part to the discord between the royalists and the French Catholics produced by the republican policy oi the pope. France alone furnished two thirds and often three-quarters of Peter's pence. And in France it is the royalists who prove themselves most generous. But since the adhesion of Leo XIII. to the republic many oi them, more royalist than tatlroiic, have closed their purses to the pope. However, despite all this, French Disii- ops still forward the largest sums to his holiness. Thus the bishop of Nante sent a few days ago 100,000 francs from his flock as their gift to the Vat ican treasury. Italy contributes only a small part of the revenue a few hundred thou sand francs a year. The Romans show themselves in this regard less generous than other Italians. On the other hand, the Anglo-Saxon countries- England, Ireland, Australia ana tne United States begin to send impor tant sums. If Catholicism continues to grow in these countries it is easy to see that in time the Vatican will draw considerable sums from them. Again, there are the royal courts, such as Austria, which send annually rich presents to the pope. This is even true of princes of ancient Italian lam ilies. B'rancis II., ex-king of Naples, and Marie Theresa, formerly grand duchess of Tuscany, never fail to send their offerings, which consist of sever al thousands of francs. The compte de Chambord was accustomed to send annually 50,000 francs; the count of Paris sends the same sum. The expenses of the Vatican, amount annually to more than 7,000, 000 francs. They are regulated as follows: For the personal wants of the pope, 500.000 francs; for the cardinals, 700,000; for poor dioceses, 400,000; administration of the Vatican, 1,800,000; secretary of state, 1,000,000; employes and ablegates, 1,500,000; sup port of schools and poor, 1,200,000. The cardinals at Rome live at the ex pense of the pope. The income of each from this source is at least 2S,000 francs. The secretary of state is charged with upholding relations with foreign gov ernments bv the mediation of nuncios, The four most important Paris, Vien na, Madrid and Lisbon each receive an allowance of 60,000 francs a year. The last jubilee of Pope Leo XIII. brought to the Vatican 3,000,000 francs. At the first, celebrated five years ago, 13,000,000 francs were received. In the course of years the pope has introduced a number of economies in the different branches of the Vatican service and for that reason he has been called miserly, This accusation is not merited; the economies became necessary in a state whose expenses are considerable and whose revenues continue to dumnisn. Leo XIII. has Snany reasons to follow the example of his illustrious predeces sor, Sixtus, as it is difficult in the pres ent time to count a the generosity of the faithful. THE CUP OF GOLD. TO HAVE FUN WITH BEfc.5. Juat Try It TIiIb K m-) Ih Itxally lltui'tl ou Hi'lrlitllle Truth. It is a fact not generally known, says Science, tlmt if one holds his breath wasps, bees :nid hornets can be handled with impunity. The skin be comes sting proof, and by holding the insect by the feet ami giving her full liberty of action you "ir.i see her drive ller weapon against the iuncv.i-triible surface with a force tiiai litis her body at every stroke; but let the smallest quantity of air escape from the lungs and the sting will penetrate at once. I have never seen an exception to this in twenty-live years observation. 1 have taught young Indies with very delicate hands to us'.onis'i their .'riends by the performance ol this i.iii, ;-.iul I saw one so severely stung as to require the services of a physio'.oii. through laughing at a witty remark of her sis ter, forgetting that laughing required breath. For a theory in explanation I am led to believe that holding the i breath partially closes tlie pores of the skin. My experiments in that direc tion have not been exact enough to be of any scientific value, but I am satis tied that it very sensibly affects the amount of insensible perspiratiou. A Boautlful Flower That In tho Floral Kmlileiu of California. Strangers visiting California are at tracted by the great splashes of gold that appear in the pasture lands anil by the waysides, says the London Il lustrated News. It is the eseliKcholl.ia (esh-sholts-i-a), which is now tlie flower emblem of California. The ap propriateness of this selection is seen in many ways. It is the wild wine e-oblet of the state, suggestive, in color, of the orange and the precious metal. The Spaniards, indeed, called it el oro de-copo the cup of gold. In the month of October. 1816, tho ship llurick entered the bay of San Fran cisco. The naturalist Adalbert von Chaniisso was on the Uuriek. and named the poppy for his companion of the voyage, one Herr Kschsehoi'.:'.. The latter may have been a good citi zen, and his name may sound euphoni ous to his nation; but to the Anglo Saxon the word is a mouthful. Californians should be thankful, however, that the flower was not christened with his full name of Johatmfriedriehesehscholtzia. It will never be known how many California school children have barely escaped strangulation in attempting to pro nounce the botanical name of the poppy. Tins nower nas a wine iu tribution; it is found from Oregon, to the central highlands of Mexico, from Nevada and Arizona to the islands of the coast. STORY OF MARK TWAIN. 11. Was Willing to l'lny lo But Wanted the 1'erqul.Ue.. A traveler now in town on a visit heard a new story about Mark Twain from an old Mississippi river pilot with whom Mr. Clemens once worked for awhile in a pilot house on that river, says the Nciv York Sun. It seems that he came up in the pilot house currying an enormous and expensive black Ha vana cigar which excited the envy of the master pilot. "Where did you get that cigar. Sam'.'" the pilot asked. ".V gentleman in the cabin gave it to me," slid the budding humorist. "Well, do you think you ought to keep that cigar and 1 ought to go without if.'" the pilot asked. "Now. look here," said Mark Twain, "I know I am only your helper and I'm w illing to play dog to you. You can throw sticks in the water aud let me jump in after 'em. I'll do whatever you say. but" aud here he drawled in his" peculiar way "I do think I ought to have some nernuisites." Many Million, of I'ned Stamp. Collot.d by People All Over the World Vlnd Their Way to Thl. Place. The often-discussed question of the utility or the absurdity of collecting old postage stamps of common denom inations in immense quantities, with the vague notion that in some way they will be of use to some charitable organization, has been running in the London papers of late, and the final result has been to in a great measure clear up the mystery that has doubt less at some time or other crossed the path of every one. The general notion is tlint a million used stamps are re quired for some purpose or other, but for just what purpose few of the col lectors are able to say. A prevalent notion was that the stamps were used to buy Chinese babies to be trained to a Christian life. After opening its columns for some time for the recep tion of information on the topic, the Pall Mall Gazette assumed to close and settle the question by declaring that it was conclusively shown that "the idea that certain charities can be ef fectually benefited by accumulations of old postage stamps is an elaborate delusion." Hut a correspondent of the Tablet the leaning Catholic weekly of Eng land, into which this conclusion was copied, writes to show that the Pall Mall Gazette is itself deluded, and par ticularizes at least one excellent char ity that not only is benefited by the collecting of old postage stamps, but is solely dependent on that singular industry for its existence. This is the (Euvre de Marie Immaculce of Paris. The work of the institution consists in training "Missonary Catechists," young women who devote themselves, not as nuns, but as lay teachers, or catechists, to the evangelization of pagan women ana cnucircn oi L-iuua und India. The rules of the institution prohibit the collection of subscriptions in any way, because this might divert money from other and perhaps more worthy obieets of charity. But the society asks its well-wishers the world over for used postage stamps, which cost nothing to give away. These stamps are made to yield a considerable rev enue, as attested by tlie size of the in stitution and the extent of its work. The society's home is at 48 Rue de Bourgonge, and tlie offices required there for the handling and disposition of the stamps form quite a business block. Great quantities of stamps are received from every part of the world, many millions collected by young en thusiasts who have no distinct idea of what will ultimately become of them finding their way eventually to this place. A considerable part of the rev enue of the society is derived fi'om the sale of rare specimens to dealers in stamps, and quite often stamps of the greatest value are received. The great er part of the stamps, however, are of common varieties, and are used for decorative purposes. They are ar ranged in all sorts of odd, ingenious aud pretty designs on cardboard, por celain plaques, wall hangings, screens, fans and all manner of ornaments. In deed, there seems no end to the possi bilities of thus using the old stamps, and no limit to the fantastic devices which the clever designers in tlie in stitution work out. A common device is to make maps of stamps, each coun try being delineated with stamps of its own issue. China services are covered with the portraits and illuminated borders of stamps and then coated with varnish and baked m the usual way. The stamps are not usually pasted on whole, but are artistically cut up and the beautiful designs of borders used with great effect. The secretary-general of the society says that the demand for the articles made by the institution is greatly in excess of the supply, and it wants all the old stamps it can possibly get, for, she says, "its only resources are in the sale of old postage stamps given to us in charity." The correspondent be lieves there are several other worthy charities oithcr solely dependent or largely helped, in like manner, by the collection of old postage stamps. Only liis Scars Remain. "Among the many testimonials which I ee in regard to certaia medicines perform ing cures, cleansing the blood, etc.," writes 11 e.n it y Hudson, of the James Smith Woolen Machinery uo., Philadelphia, Pa., "none impress me more than my own cum. Twenty years ago, at the age of 18 years, I had swellings come on my legs, which broke aud became runulug .urea. Our family physician could do me no good, and it was feared that the bones would be affected. At last, my good old mother urged me to try Ayer'a Sarsaparilla. I took tlirce bottles, the sores healed, and I have not beeu troubled since. Only the scars remain, and the memory of the past, to remind me of the good Ayer's Sarsaparilla has done me. 1 now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in tlie best of health. I have been on the road for the past twelve years, have noticed Ayer's Sarsaparilla advertised in all parts of the United suites, and always take pleas ure in telling what good it did for me." For the cure ol all diseases originating in Impure blood, the best remedy is AYER'S Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Maei. Cures others, wi!l cure you ill N 1 WANTED. tE I Wtrir l.ADY, employed or noewployed . V.SAVftLrti can mike tltufT a few hour, work each (Uj. Rnlarv or commission. flO inmplei lre Addrcii H. BENJAMIN & CO., 822 P.neit.,St.lou.if Mo. Dp. Hush's Belts & Bp - t a elertro-silv.i . fry bodied into - ieo. tia.1 Applianc. , ..... ... Cores Rhem.iat.tfm, iUver and TCtdney Oouiplaintrt, Iyftpinia. .Errors o Youth, Lost ManhorM.. Nrvousnenn. Sexual Weak aestt, and all Troubles in Mal or J em ale. Question Blank and liook free. Call or jrite, Volta-Medlca Appliance Co., tftS Vine Street. - &T. LOUIS. MO. mm. ai-r.r-M Foot-Prints on tlie Path to Health. Everyone needing a doctor's advioe Bhould read one of Dr. Foote's dime pamphlets ou "Old Eyes," "Croup," Rupture "Phimosis," "Varicocele," Disease of mtn, Disease of Women, Rtid learn the best means of sell-cure. M. Hill Pub. Co., 129 East 28th St., flew York. STOCK BRANDS. While rou koeD yonr subscription paid up you can keop your brand in free of charge. Alkn. T. J., lone. Or. Horsee Gii on left shoulder; cattl ec-me on left hip, under bit on right ear, and upper bit on trie leu; range, Mor row county. Armstrong, J. C, Alpine, Or. T with bar un- dr it on left shoulder of horses; cattle same on left hip. Allison, O. D., Eight Mile. Or. flattie brand, O L on left hip and horses same brand on right shoulder, liango, Eight Mile. Adkins, J. J., Heppner, Or, Horses, JA con nected on left flank: cattle, sameon left hip. Bartholamew, A. (., Alpine, Or. Horses branded 7 K on either shoulder. Ranee in Mor row cuuntv Hleakman, Geo., Hardman, Or. Horses, a flag on left shoulder: cattle same on right shoulder. uannistPr, J. W., Hardman, Or. Cattle brand ed B on left hip and thigh; split in each ear. Brenner, Peter, Hooseberry Oregon Horses brandnd P B on left shoulder. Cattle same on right side. IsurKe, fll Ot j, Jjong vreeK, ur un came, MAY connected on left hip, ciop off left ear, un county, dor half crop off right. Horses, same brand on leift shoulder. Kange in Grant and Morrow BroHinan, Jerry. Lena, Or. HorBes branded 7 on right shoulder; cattlevB on the left Bide. Left ear half crop und right ear upper slope. Barton, Wni.. Heppner, Or. HorseB, J B on right thigh i cattle, eaino on right hip; split in each ear. Brown, Isa, Lexington, Or. Horses IB on the right stifle; cattle sameon right hip; range, Mor row nimnr.v. Brown, J. C, Heppner, Or. Horses, circle i; with iior in nei ter on ion nio: cattle, same, Brown, W.J. , Lena, Oregon. Horses W. bar over it, on the left shoulder. Cattle same on loft hip. Boyer, W. G., Heppner, Or. Horses, box brand on rr,;,ln hip cattle, Bame, with split in Borg, P. O., Heppner, Or. Horses, P B on left shoulder; cut lie, same on left hip. Hmwn e. W.J.. Kox.Or Cattle. J H connected on left ide; crop n left ear and two splits and middle piece cut out on ngnt ear; on norses same brand ou the left thigh; Itauge in Fox valley, lirant county. ( nr-Hiim- Warren, w aarner. ur. Horses Drana- ed O on right sliHe ; cuttle (three bare) on right ribs, crop and split m each ear. Kange in Gram and Morrow counties. Cain,K., ;a.eb,ur. i ii on noroes on lert atme n with nmirlur circle over it. on left shoulder mui ri Vft. Kline on all colts nnder 5 years: on left shoulder only on all horses over 5 years. All range iu Urant county. Cijirk. Wui. H.. Lena. Or. Horses WHO eon- nected, pn left shoulder: cattle same on right hi ii. Bat ute Morrow and Umatilla counties. Cate, Cha. K Vinson or Lona, Or. Horses H C on right shoulder; cattle same on right hip. KjirwH Morrow and Umatilla countien. Cecil, W in., Douglas, Or.; horses J 0 on left shoulder; caHle same on left hip, waddles on tiach mw and two bits in the right ear, Carl . T. H.. John iJav. Or. Double cross on each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit in right ear, split iu left ear. Range in Grant cnuiuy. On slieop, inverted Aatid spear point on shoulder, .cur markou ewes, crop on lett ear punched upper bit in right. Wethers, crop in right and uuder half crop iu left ear. All ranga in ira"t county. Cook, A. J. ,Lena,Or Horses, 90on rightshonl der; Cattle, sameon right hip: ear mark square crop off left aud split in right. Carriu.it. CurrinsviUe, Or, -HorseB. to on left stitic. Cox Kd. 8., Hardman, f)r. Caitle, C with Fin center; horses. CK on left 'lip. Cochran, H. h., Monument, Grant Co, Or. Hordes Lianded circle with bar beneath, ou left shoulder; cattle t-aute brand on both hips, mark under tdope both ears and dewlap. Chupin, 11., Hardman, Or. Horses branded on right hip. Cattle brauded the same. Alo brands CI on horbes riht thigh; ctutle saiue brand on right shoulder, aiid cut off end of , riuht enr. l'lCKens. too norses oraraea wiin tnree tin 1 fork on If-ft stitie. Cattle same on left side. Douglass, W. M .. Galloway. Or. battle, It Don right side, swai low-fork in each ear; horses, K D on left hip. Douglas. O. T., Douglas, Or Horses TD on the i lght vtitie; cattle same on right hip. Ely, J. B. it Sous, Douglas, Or. Horses brand ed L'LV on left shoulder, cattle same on left hip. hole in right ear. Elliott. Wash., Heppner, Or. Diamond on right shoulder. hmery, t . o liartiman, ur. Horses branded reverned C with tail on left shoulder ; cat tle name on right hip. llange in Morrow county. t'leek, Jackson, Heppner, Or. Horses, 1 oouuected on right shoulder; cattle, same on right hip. Earmark, hole in right and crop off left. Floreuce, L. A., Heppner, Or. Cuttle, LF on right hip; horses. V with bar nnder on right shoulder. Florence. 8. P. heppner. Or Horses. V on right shoulder; cattle, I on right hip or thigh. French, George, Ueppuer, Or. Cattle branded WF, with bar over it, on left side; crop off left ear. Horse, same brand on left hip. Gay, Henry, Heppner, Or. GAX on left shoulder. Gilman-French, Land and Livestock Co., Fos sil, Or. Horses, anchor 8 on left shoulder; vent, same on left stine. Cattle, same on both hips ear marks, crop off right ear and nnderbit in left Range iu GiUi&iu, Grant, Crook and Morrow counties Gentry, Elmer, Echo, Or. Horses branded H WHY THE PRIEST TREMBLED. Assistant Chanted to Him during Service That He Had Urawti a Prize. An interesting incident has just oc curred in Lima, Peru, awakening equally human sympathy and fanatical fury. A Dominican father celebrating mass in La Merced, having reached the most imposing part of the cere mony, when, the Gloria was resounding through the lofty arches of the oldest temple on the continent, was seized with violent trembling and would have fallen but for the service of an as sistant. Investigation shows that while the service was proceeding an altar boy had conveyed a piece of news to the assistant und he. profiting by tbe noise of the (iloria. had chanted, so as to be heard by the father. "Von have drawn the twenty thousand dollars." being tlie quarterly grand prize of the na tional lottery. The poor friar had been in great pov erty and suddenly saw himself pro vided with the means of supporting tlie mother of his children, a joy too irreut for hit, simple human soul. The assistant has been sentenced to ''se clusion" for three months and the friar to one month. The woman has already been made comfortable by the friends of the priest, who have taken charge of his fortune to save it from the ra pacity of hi superiors. Proposed Ship Channel In Franee. The proposition for a great shipway through France, between the English channel and the Mediterranean, came before the chamber of deputies again recently. The plans submitted at tracted much attention and were re ported as "favorably considered." Na poleon III. was vastly interested iu this magnificent project and favorable to it, but the national exchequer was never in a condition to warrant his be ginning the word. The project turns up every once in awhile, and it is pre dicted that it will surely be accomp lished and at no distant date. Italians, as is well-known, are par tial to harmless snakes and have no 8. with a quarter circle over it, on left stifle. objection to ..ting them cooked. A , SSTM f rittura, composed of the common i wjtn quarter circlA over it, on left shoulder. wood serpent's Hesh, is even regarded , Hum a. k nudge, yr.-iatue, rouna-top & ' 1 . irh nnrtp eiti' U mirier if on the ncht hm. iwiiiue in Jiormw anu tEuuiui.ut'uuiit. Hale. Milton, Wwtiiwr. Or.-Horses branded -O- (circle with rrallel tailn) i i-tt (.boulder (Vttlesame ou Ifft hip iuo large circle on left side. Hall. Edwin, John Day.Or. Cattle E Hon right hip; horses same on right shoulder, tongeii. Grunt county. Howard, J L, h alloway. Or. Horned, -r (cross with bar above it) on right, shoulder; cattle Ruuteon leftside. Range in Morrow and Uma tilla counties. Hughes, Mat, Heppner, Or. Horses, shaded heart on the left shoulder. Range Morrow Co. Uuneaker, B & , Wagner, Or. Horses, H on left shoulder: caitle, on lft hip. Hardisty, Albert, Nye. Oregon HorseB, A H connected, on left shoulder; Cattleun the lert nip, crop off left ear, Humphreys, J M. Hardman, Or. Horses, H on Inr flunk Hayes, J. M., Heppner. Or. Horses, wineglass on left shoulder cattle, same on right hip. Huston. Lather, Eight Mile, Or. Horse H on the !eft uhoulderand heart on the left stifle Cat tie same on left hip. Kange in Morrow county. Ivy, Alfred, Long (reek. Or Cattle 1 O on right hip, crop oft Ipftear and bit in right. Horses name brand on left shoulder. Hange n Grant conntv Jones, Harry, Heppner, Or Horses branded H J on the left shoulder: cattle baunded J on right hip, also under bit in left ear. liatige iu Morrow ceumy. Junkin, S. M., Heppner, Or Horses, horse shoe J on left shoulder. Cattle, the same. iUitge on Eight Mile, Johnson, Felix. Lena, Or. Horses, circle T on left slide; cattle, same on right hip, under half crop in right and split in lft ar Jenkins, I W.,Mt, Vernon, Or, J on horses on left shoulder; on cattle, J on left hip and two smooth crops on both ears. Range in Eox and Hear valleys Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Horses branded KM' on left hip. cattle same and crop off left ear; under hIo.M) oa the right Kirk, J. T., Heppner, Or. Horses on left shonwier; cattle, 'A on left hip. Kirk, J (;, Heppuer. Or. Horses, 17 on either tir'.k-oattie 17 .n right side. Kiik, Jt;sse, lit -ppner. Or,; horses 11 on left bLiou.der; cattle fume on right side, underbit on riiiht ear. KuniberlKiid.W.G.. Mount Vernon. Or. I Lou cuttle on right and left Bides, swallow fork in k ft ear and under ciop iu right ear. HorseB sauio brand on left shoulder. Itange in Qrant county. Loften, Btepnen, Fox, Or. 8 L on left, hip on cattle, crop and split on right ear. llorsns same brand on left tthouldor. Hange lirant uouutv. Lieuallen, John W.t Leyi "- Or. Horses branded half-circle JL connected on left shoul der. CalUe. mint on left hiu. Kange, near Lex ington Leahey, J. W. Heppner Or. Horses branded L and A on lett shoulder; cettie same on left, hip, wattle over nht eye, three slits in right ear. Lord, George, Heppner, Or. Horses branded double H coi.nect Sometimes called a swing n, on left shoulder. Mark ham, A. M., Heppner, Or. OatUo large Mon left side, both ears cropped, and split in both. Horses M on left hip. Itange, CUrk'a canyon. Minor, Oscur, ttsppner. nr. rattle, M 1) ou right hip; horse, Mon left shoulder. Morgan, H. N Heppner, Or. Horses, At ) on left sliouldi cattle same on left hip. McCnmber, Jan A, Echo, Or. Horses, M. with bar over on right shonlder. Morgan. Thos.. Heppner, Or. Horse, circie T on loft shoulder und left thiuh; cattle. on right thigh. Mitchell. Oscar, lone, Or. HorBes, 77 on right hip; cattle, 77 on right side. MeClaren, D. (i lirowneville, Or, Horses, Figure 5 on each shoulder; cattle, M2 on hit McCarty. David H. Echo Or. Horses branded DM connected, ou the left shoulder; cattle same on hip and side, McOirr, Frank, Fox Valley, Or. Mulo shoe with toe-cork on cattle on rifa and under in each ear; horses same brand on left stifle. McIIalej, o. ., nauiiiMn,Or. un florae. with half circle under on left shoulder; uu cattle, four bars connected ou top on the right aide liimgfi in Grant County. jNeul, Andrew, Lone Hook. Or. Horaeu A N nmi. neeted on left shoulder; cuttle same ou both hips, Wordy ke, E., Silverton. Or. Horsee, circle 7 on left thigh; emtio, tume on left hip. Oliver, Joseph, Umyon t itv. Or. A 2 ou i::.Mh on left hip; on horses, same ou left thigh, itauge in it run i ooiiiiiy uuer. rerry. ijexiiiAfton. Or. p o on tihou.dei. Olp. Herman, Frame City. Or. On cattle. Ii LP connected on left hiu: homes on left Mtifln and wartle on nose. Hange in Grant county. Pean-on. Olave. Eight Mile. Or. Hrntw (mu ter circle shield ou left shoulder and V.4 on left hip. Cattle, fork in left ear, right cropped, on left hip. Itange on Eight Mile. Farker & (jleaeou. hardman.Or. Hoi-hah 1 P tin h'ft shoulder. Piper, Erueet, Lexington. Or, Horses brand E (L E connected) on left Bhoulder : nut tin s me on right hip, Kange, Morrow county. iioer. J. u.. Liexinifton. Or. UortwH. .u mm. nected on left shoulder; cattle, saute on left hip. unoer un in eacu ear. Fettys, A. C, lone, Or,; horses diamond V oa shoulder: cattle. J 11 J connected, on t.liA left hip, upper slope in left ear and slip in the right. Lowell. John T.. Dawille. OrHorses. JP con nect ed ou left shoulder. Cattle OK couuected on left hip, two under half crops, oue on each ear, wattle under throat. Kai. ge in Grant county. Hood. Andrew, Hardman. Or. Horses, sonare cross with quarter-circle over it on left stifle. tteumger, chns, Ueppuer, Or. Horses, C K on left shoulder. liice. lan, Hardman, Or.; horBes, three panel worm fence on left shoulder; cattle, 1)A!N on right shoulder. Itauge near Hardman. Itoyse, Aaron, Heppner, Or Horses, plain V on left shoulder; cattle, same brand reversed ob right hip and crop oft right ear, Itauge in Mor row county. Rush Bios., Heppner, Or. Horses branded 2 on the right shoulder; cattle, IX on the left hip, crop off left ear and dewlup on neck. Kange it Mot-row and adjoining counties. Kuet, William, Kidge, Or. Horses It oa left shoulder; cattle, K on left hip, crop on right ear, underbit on left ear. Hheep, it on weathers, round crop otl righ ear. itauge (J ma tilJaand Morrow o 'un ties. lteauey, Andrew, Lexington, Or. Hoi set branded A It on right Bhoulder, vent quartet cii-clo over brand; cattle same ou right hip, Hange Morrow county, Itoyse, Win. H, Dairyville, Or HK connected with quarter circle over top on cattle on right hip and crop oil right ear and split in left. Horses same brand on left shoulder. Itange in Morrow Grant and Gilliam counties. Kector, J. W Heppner, Or. Horses. JO ol left shoulder. Cattle, o on right hip, 1 Spieknall, J. W., Gooseberry, Or. llorue branded ill on left shoulder; isnge m Mo"1 comity. Wailing, C (3 Heppner, Or Horses bif Jidd on left shuulder; cattle same on left hip. Hwaggart, ti. E., Lexington, Or. Horses with dash under it on left atitte; cuttle H with dash under it on right hip, crop otf right ear and waddled on right hind leg. Kange in Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla counties. bwaggart, A. L., Athena. Or. Horses brainier' 2 on left shoulder; cettie same on left hip. Crop on ear, wattle on left hind leg. Btraight W. E., Heppner, Or. Horseu shaded J ti on lefi stifle; cattle J 8 on left hip, swhJIow fork in right ear, unaerbit in left. bapp. Thos., Heppner, Or. HomoB, S A 1J on left hip; cattle suiueon left hip. bhner.John, Eox, Or. NO connected on horses on right hip; cat tie, same on right hip, crop wtt right ear and under bit iu left ear. Itans in urant county. Hniith Bros.. Hasanville. Or. HurKM hmi.doil H. Z. on shoulder; cattle, .-ume ou left shoulder. Squires, Jamea, Arlington, Or,; horses branded J ii on left shoulder; cattle the same, also nose waddle. Range in Morrow and Gilliam eo.intit-9. Stephens, V, A., Hardman, Or-; horses fciriuu right stifle; cattle horizontal L on the light side btevensou, Mrs A. J., Heppner, Or. Cattle, b" on right hip; swallow-fork in left ear. bwaggart, G. W., Heppner, Or. Horses, 44 on left shouldei ; cattle, 44 on left hip. Sperry, E, G., Heppner, Or. Cattle W C ou left hip, crop off rignt and underbit in left yo,u', dewlap; horses W ti on left shoulder. Thompson, J. A., Heppuer, Or. iloreub, g on left shoulder; cattle, 2 ou left shoulder, Tippets,b.T.,Euierprise.Or. Uoiaee. C-ou left shouider. Turner K. W., Heppuer, Or. Small capital T lett shoulder, horeus; cuttle same ou left hip with split in both ears. Thornton, 11. M., lone. Or.-Horses branded H 1 connected on left stine; sheep same brand. Vanderpool, H. T Lena, Or; Horses UV con nected on right shouider;cattle, same on right hip Walbridge, Wm, Heppuer. Or. Horses, U. L. on the left shouider; cattle same on right hip, orop off left ear and right ear lopped. Wilson, Jonn Q,, balein or Heppner, Or. Horses branded J y on the left Bhoulder. liauge Morrow county. Warren, W B, Caleb, Or Cattle W with quarter circle over it, on left side, split in right. Har. nurses same brand on left shonlder. Hange iu Grant couuty. Wright, bilas A. Heppner, Or. Cattle branded H W on the right hip, square crop off right ear and Bplit in left, Wade, Heury, Heppner, Or. Horsee branded ace of spades on ieit shoulder and left hip Cattle branded same on left side and left hip. W ells, A. b., Heppuer, Or. Horses, 8wa on let Bhoulder catt'e stuue Wolnuger, John, John Day City. Or On horsee three parallel bars on left shoulaer; 7 on sheep bit in both ears. Kange in Grant and Malhuer as a dainty nv tne lower oruers iu Kome. Florence and Naples, and is often served up to them in the dingT restaurants. Parisians of the inferior classes are also (jreat eaters of fried snakes, but unwittingly so, for the i reptiles are palmed off on them as eels. 1 district, Morrow cmnty. Hi n ton Jt Jenks. Hamilton. Or Cattle, two bars on either hip; crop in right ear and split in left. Horv.es, J ou right thigh. Hange in Grant county Hashes, Kamuel. Wagner, Or- J (T F L connected) on right shoulder on horses; on cattle, on right hip and on left side, swallow fork in right ear and slit in left. Kange in Haystack Woodward. John. HeDDner. Or.-R. rru connected on left shouider. ' W atkius, Lishe, Heppner, Or. Horsee branded UE oounecteo on left stifle. Wallace, Charles, Portland, Or. Cattle W on nghtthigh, hole in left ear; horses, W on right ahotuaer. name same ou left shoulder. Whittier tiros., nnntingion. Baker Co. Or -Horses branded W B connected on left shoulder Williams, Vasco, Ham Ut on, Or. Quarter cir cle over three bars on left hip, both cattle and horsee. Kange Grant county. Williams, J O. Long Creek. Or-Horses. quar tor circle over three bars on left hip; cattle aame and slit in each ear. Kange in Grant county Wren, A A., Heppner, Or.-Horses running A on shoulder; Cattle, same on right hip. Walker Elizabeth 4 Song, Hardman Or. i attie branded i.E W connected) EW on left Mpe. horses same on right shoulder. J. W Walker Seattle, sameon left hip, horsei same on left shonlder. AH range U Morrow county pJ? J 8:' Gxeberry,Or.-Hor. branded