PATENTS! NOTICK TO INVKNTORS. There wjs never u time in the history of our ooautry when the demand f'r : inventions Bnd improvements in the nrts sud scienoes generally was so great as j now. The oonvemencea t ropjKiim ip the faotory nnd workshop, the household and on the farm, fti wl! an in oCB. ial life, require oontinuiii ucooseioun to the appurtenauce ana implimeiits of each in order to save labor, time ami expense. The political change in the administra tion of government does not affect the progress of the American inventor, who being on the alert, and ready to per ceive the existing detiaienmes, does not permit the affaire of government to de ter bim from quickly oouooiving the remedy to overoome existing discrepan cies. Too great oire cannot be exer oed in cLooaiug a competeut and skill ful attorney to prepare and prosecute an application for pateut. Valuable in tereats have been kmt aud destroyed in innumerable instances by the employ ment of incompetent counsel, and es pecially is this advice applicable to those who adopt the "No patent, nt. pay" sjstem. Inventors who entrust their business to this class of attorneys do so at imminent risk, as the breadth and strength of the patent is never con sidered in view of a quick endeavor to get an allowance aud obtain the fee. THE FKESS CLAIMS COMPANY, John Wedclerburn, General Manngei 018 t' street, N. W., Washington, 1). C, representing a large number of impor tant daily and weekly papers, and gen eral periodicals of the eouutry, was in stituted to nrotect its natrons from the unsafo methods heretofore employed in this line of business. The said Con pany is prepared to take charge of all patent business entrusted to it for rea sonable lee, and prepare and proseoute applications generally, including me chanical inventions, design patents, trade-marks, labels, copyrights, interfer ences, infringements, validity reports, Bnd gives especial attenion to rejected cases. It is also prepared to eutor into competition with any firm in securing foreign patents. Wrile for instructions and advice. John Wkudkhbiiiin. MS F Street, p. O. liox 385. Washington, D. C. GOOD ADVICE. Every patriotic citiien should give his personal effort and influence to increase the circulation of his home paper which teaches the American policy of Protec tion. It is his duty to aid In this respect in evory way possible. After the home paper is taken care of, why not sub. scribe for the Amekican Economist, published by the American Protective Tariff League? On ol its correanon dents says I "No true American can get along without H. I consider it the greatest and truest political teacher in the United States." Bend postal card request for free sample copy. Addrasa Wilbur F. Wake man, General Secretary, 135 West 23d St. New York. Ore ox Vc& cause o; PrcfrecfV'um 0 Ourner'xean. WeresYa 1 Are you willing to work for the cause i.t Protection In placing reliable infor. nation in the hands of your acciuaiu. lances ? If you ire, you should be Identified with the American protective tariff league, 138 W. 230 ST., NEW YORK. Cut till notice out and send II to the ly-auo. biting your position, and five a helping hand. IF VOU WANT INFORMATION ABOUT a.l'lri'" a It'lter or i.nMKt ennl to tiik mrw i.AinN i-ohpat, I0HN WEOOfcRBUHN, - Managing Attorney, i"o. hot 4a. VASiiiM.ioN.n.c. lM'NSltiSS l'KOt'l'KKl) FTT SOLDIERS. WIDOWS, CHILDREN. PARENTS. Alio, for 8cil1UT mim! Hallom ill-mMi'il In the Mm of duty In the rrirulnr Army or Nn; tnrMu' war. survtvon nf iV ImlUii war of 1W lo IHTJ, mi their widow now fiitltli'tt. OM mid rt'lertcil i.li.tiiu t i.ooliillv. 'I Ihmiiii1b i-itt It U'iI to htk'litT rHtt's. 'tnl f.-r iww law. No cUHrif for advice. Nottio .rllt,,..Mfil IE With tH ttasil roiitctiuerx-M, trn(urr. 0l of tnrrjty. nanrnui tiiittit, utsrvom tlelililiy, vniialurak dtactmritM. lost inm liuoti, d,onUiioy, unfit B itto nmry, wiitini wv ol the crafts, certainly ftnd tapliHv nirtd by fu and ty method i. I'tirni poiltWtl uDti.d. Uufit.oti llittukatid UtKikfnM. Call or writ. DR. WARD INSTITUTE. 120 N. Ninth St., ST. LOUIS, MO. OI.IC IN HOUSES. aUARANTElO. Kvery owiiar ii a hortt ti.u'ii krp it in 1 ttamt. Ittna- avr l'u ul. ui a valuable animal One i4i k-t w':' cur-uiKni 'u trn vkkvi 1'cu'fi flVX Hint l'j inali i i'rv. Our Ai ton lit Ituult, w iili coiittliia hinlt 1$ tatU kvt'Ltfii, tntl d trra U. iiJiJAMlN C'.. tux Pint 8t. trr. Louis, Ho The Old Reliable JEltabMilied . yars. Trat mnlo or rtmi Jl, marrlixl or .mule. In case, of axposura, abu.es, xc.8s or Imitruprletl. MKll.L GUallANTKKI). Hoard ami aimrtlimnti furni.liwl wli.n doalrml. guesUou Ulauk nuX Ituok fr. Call or wrlta. Hi I" 20 years past, my wife and 1 have used A jot's Hair Vigor, and we attribute to it the dark hair which she and I now have, while hun dreds of our acquaint ances, ten or a dozen years younger than we, are either gray-headed, white, or bald. When HfM VlF retained Its color and .l.-J fullness, we reply, ' By the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor nothing else.' " "In 1868. my affianced was nearly bald, and !gj8 the hair &mm kept fall- ing out every day. I Induced her to use Ayer's Hair Vigor, and very soon, it Dot only checked any further loss of hair, but produced an entirely new growth, which has remained luxuriant and glossy to this day. I can recommend this preparation to all in need of a genuine hair-restorer. It is all that it Is claimed to be." Antonio Alarrun, Bastrop, Tex. AYER'S HAIR VIGOR THE OLD DOCTOR'S LADIES' FAVORITE. Buno fin usrd by thou lands of woman all ovei- tb Uilltod States, In the Mil DOCTORS private maU prncMco, lor 30 veara, and not a Blnglj baa rn.uiu Mon.iy returned If not as represented. Bend . cent (Stamps) lor aoalod particulars. St. WASH HTOTITUTI, 120 H. Math St., St.LsslJ. lit SBTnnrn' RitperlBnce In troating all Tart' ties of itupturuonablns us to xuarantee a positive euro, (iuesllon Blank ond JJooi ties. Call or wrlto. V0LTA-MEi)IO APPLIANCE CO., 323 Pine Streot, - 8T. LOUIS, MO iqV1ar FOIvKJS - Hcflucpd 1,1 to ?A pnuntli per month. No tnrvlne, no liicimvpnit'iH i;, ro l.ttd rcniilta, no naw"a driiHfl. '1 M-ntiiii'iit iw-rd'ctly liurmloat and itrirtly ctuifl deutial. tiui Ktion iil nH nn-I Hook lre. Call ur wrfta. IU. 11. 1J. illJTTitlii'inebtreet,Ut.Jouia,AlO. aa t D II II Ths worrt forma port, T III I L.I Otilr tared 89 Jfr sjfF ittoi eilful iiraetirc. Treatment conldentlal. Curci ty mall or at oflke. Teruii low. Queitiun lllank aai liuok tin. Call ur wr!t. DR. WARD INSTITUTE, 120 N. 8th 8t.,St.LoulS.Mo FREE TRIAL'S I 1 1 1m la and loit vlmlltj Hut I A packrigo ol out treat t lor weakntM and y, nervona debility vitality Hut Irea (or l'l oanta pontfU'e. WARD INSTUTUTE, 120 N. 9tb St. 8T. LOUIS. SO. a .Pill l1 cured In one PA.INf.lBfl traa 8!tt&wl I" X witltout knife, Ion ui $Sr rlLtO fn.m tiu-m.i, riatuU, I fjl J etc., also cured. IK) yeai traatninnL tit lima Ulcer, in ex. Queitlon Blank mid Hook free. Cull or wrlta. UK. 11. It, IH TI M, 622 Fine Stiver,. Bt. Louis, Mo. Cancer;: ilTDIfl.siPiCliUFl) without t AND OTHEI 11,1 CI N AMI the uaa at tiuustioti lllank and Hin,ik free. Call f 1 R 33 E 3 Ji sasi.sssiiiiisisMsiiiiiiisiiM C mOO wnrttmf lovely Music tor Forty aB jill,, Centi. tonsistlnjr of too jiHes -i VIW fu sill! sheet Musk of liic a Infest, brightest, liveliest and most popular 3 selec tions, hoth vocal anJ Instrumental, gut ten up In the most elegant manner. In- cliullng four large size Portraits. 9 CAfiMENVITA, the Spanish Dancer, PAVtHBWSKI, the Great Pianist, JP- AUEUNA PATH and o t: MINNIE SE Li OMAN CUTTING. Tm y ADDRCBS ALL ORDIRt TO THE NEW YORK MUSICAL ECHO CO. . lirodiiway Theatre HIJp;,, New York City. CANVASSERS WANTED. 3 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. XoitTllW I.MTKHN t N1VKHH1TV llUR 2,500 students, uml lias nddod citfht'now pro fessors this your. Thk I'nivt'rsity of Mit'hiffiin has 600 wimu'ti students, two slapanesii girlH beinp ainon the number. Of the tiO.000 students in the Ameri eim universities and colleges, Ohio has one-tenth, New York ranks next, then iVnnsylvnnia, fourth Illinois. lirssin.i, Saiie of Now York has up provetl plans for a dor in it 013' whieh he proposes to ereet for the Troy female seminary. It wilt cost 100,000. WILHELM AS DRILLMASTER. Ncvrri' Ortlcul ImpoNeit I'.mhi One of th OIIUmth of thti llritKoiiis (ItiurtU. The otlierday. says the Loudon Daily News, Emperor William had the sec ond regiment of dragoon guards called out suddenly on to t he Tempelhof common, lie then called an otheer, Count von Wedel, known to he a tfood rider, and handed him a message for the kiuy of Saxony witlt the order to ride at once to Dresden and piv it to him. Ctnint von Wedel set out imme diately, attended by a sergeant, and arrived after a twenty-two hours' ride at Dresden. The ride took so lontf a time, firstly, on account tf the severe cold and the slippery state of the roads, and, sec ondly, because Count von Wedel was not allowed to ride on the hih road from llerlin to Dresden, but had to take, roundabout ways, the supposition be iiiLr that a host ile army had occupied the territory between the two capitals, and that the rider had to pass unno ticed through the enemy's lines. Count von Wedel arrived in a very exhausted state at the royal castle, and. Immedi ately after the audience with the kinir, fainted away. lie was taken into an ndjoinintr apartment, where he soon recovered. His horse was also very fatigued, though the attending ser geant and his animal were not much worse for the ride. At the king's re quest Count von Wedel did not rituru to llerlin on horseback, but by rail. A .hipiim'Mt (llrt of th IVrlotl. Another incontestable proof of the rapid advance of the Japanese in civil inthmof the est is the following advertisement, which appeared in a Tokio paper recently: "A young lady wishes to get married. She is very beautiful, has a rosy face, whieh is sur rounded by dark curly hair. Her eye brows show the form of the half nuHu, aud the mouth is small and pretty. She is also very rich, well reud enough to admire the tlowers in the daytime at the sidot a life companion, or at night to sing to the stars in heaveu. The man w hom she w ill choose must tilso be young, handsome and well ed ucated, and be ready to share tha'same grave with her." A Gentleman Who formerly resided in Connecticut, but who now resides in Honolulu, writes : "For Jl m -ai SMAUPOX PATIENTS. .n-. . -a How they Are fiandlod in tils Stfl Oity of Chicago. Tha t'nrnTlable Job nf th Ma Tran.fer the ktltn. of the lrei Il.eiii from Their Honif4 to th Pent HoiiMr. Who When the electric cull bell rings it is fur no pleasure drive on which the ofli cers of the health department are about to embark. It is one of (Treat l:iu(f'r. Kvery precaution has to be taken to prevent the disease from which the patient they are called upon to remove is MinVrinif from seizing themselves. At the ambulance barn are two suits of clothes one for each man which they don preparatory to sallyinjr forth on their duty. Each suit has first to be thoroughly disin fected that no trace of a single small pox microbe may be found in the folds of the jrannents. The same is true of the van. That must also have been made perfectly free from any infectious matter. It is quite an easy mutter, says the Chicago Herald, for a person uttacked with small)"! to be removed to the hospital before the disease has reached its confluent stage. In that case noth ing is necessary but that the patient shall put on his warmest clothes and step into the van, where he will take a seat on a chair in which he will be en sconced until he arrives at the hos pital, where he is turned over to the doctors and nurses. To avoid any dan ger of infection or the currying about with them of disease germs the driver and attendant disinfect themselves and change their clothes. When the case is a confluent one the arrangements necessary become of a more complicated nature and the two officials concerned have a much harder tusk before them. The patient has to be dressed, a great ditliculty in many cases, for the attendant has, as far as possible, to avoid touching an exposed part. The patient, too, is usuully per fectly helpless, a state of affairs that it is difficult to contend with. All this done, there is still the getting out of the patient to the ambulance, and that is done on the stretcher. The greatest trouble, is caused by de lirous patients who constantly kick off their shoes and make bleaks for the door of the van. The attendant, who always travels inside the vehicle to look after its patients, hus then a hard time of it. lie cannot knock his charge on the head or resort to any kind of force except to seize him by his clothes and forcibly hold him down on the stretcher. Sometimes, too, he is quiet ly humorous in his conduct while in a delirium. The gloves are useful in more cases than one. If the boxer wears them to protect his knuckles, so docs the person who attends to the burial of the corpse of a person who has died of smallpox. The very worst cases are scarcely ever removed alive from the home to the hospital. Neither are. those of persons who to can afford pro vide for them in their own houses where they can bo thoroughly isolated. Should the medical inspector of the health department pronounce recovery impossible the sutterer is isolated, the house carded and none but the regular attendants of the sufferer are allowed 011 the premises. When death occurs outside the pest house the attendants put on their gloves to pay a call. The gloves are of lieavy leather and the cull is upon the dead and not upon the living. It is not with a desire to pay their respects to anyone that it is made, but it is that the living and otherwise healthy mil lions of the city may not have a plague spot in thir midst an hour longer than is absolutely necessary. The two men carry with them a plentiful supply of carbolic acid, for the corpse must be wej.1 sponged with that. Kvery tissue of the body is saturated with the pow erful chemical, and as far as possible every truce of the dreud disease which caused death is removed. Kven when the hotly has thus been treated suflicient care has not been taken to prevent the disease from spreading, and the body has to be w rapped in clothes provided by the de ceased's friends all saturated with caiv bolic acid, and on the top of every thing is put a sheet saturated with carbolic acid. In the meantime the meusurements have been tuken and a coflin provided either by the city or by the relatives. The corpse having been place'' this, it is then inclosed in a zinc-lined box, which is always neces sary in smallpox cases, lloth coflin and zinc-lined box must be sealed up and then it is immediately placed in the hearse aud driven to the cemetery. Collar of Honor for Noble Dog. In France there exists an ortler of merit, founded by the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of which the members are dogs who have distinguished themselves by deeds of bravery. A tastefully designed "col lar of honor" is awarded to the nom inees of the order. Among the ani mals already decorated in this way one of the most celebrated is llucchus, a large bulldog, whose specialty it is to stop runaway horses by jumping up ami seizing them by the bridle. It is calculated that the intelligent beast has already saved the lives of eight persons, if not more, in this way. l'a taud, another bulldog, received a col lar in 1SS7 for saving his mistress from the attuck of a footpad, aud Turk, a splendid Newfoundland, has had a similar honor for saving three young children from drowning on differeut occasions. Worked Hull a Dy. The people of Manitou were enter tained the other day, says a corre spondent of the Denver Republican, by the spectacle of u man carrying a stone around a triungulur track, letting it drop ami shouldering it again at (very turn. The performer was a man who has a reputation for a disinclina tion to labor, ami the incident was the outcome of a wail he was making about the hard times aud his inability to get work. A citizen told him he would not work if he got a chance, and offered him fifty cents an hour as long as he would carry the stone. To the surprise of all he accepted the offer ami held out for five hours. A targe crowd gathered to watch the perform anee. ADDITIONAL, UK' A US. . ,, j- a n. . at P. 0. ThompaoD i .' lUad. tid the pUo for barsaiDi. a The Keley institute, al Koreet Grove oarea liqnor, opium, morphine, oooaine and lobaoeo habit. Bee ad. THE MIKADO'S k)6f HER IN-LAW, tt.r lllorii Was una to the Introduc tion of Railroid.. The mikado of .In pan has a mother-in-law, ami that inother-in-lav ujts lately attached bv a serious illness. So grave were the svmntoms that four j hundred and twenty-three specialists j were at once summoned to the sick tally's bedside. This, however, is not , quite the right way of putting it. ine doctors being so numerous, ine gincei and whose eyes grow "luridly patient had to go to them. and. though jant" at the approach of a thunder the case was not a surgical one, the Ktnrm operating theater of the largest hos pital was selected as the only suitable arena for the united labor of the four hundred and twenty -three. It is not surprising to read that after the first hour she showed symptoms of the great est exhaustion. The specialists refusing to give any precise opinion, the patient did what our own patients often do in similar circumstances. She asked for the consolations of religion and a Hud . tlhist priest was summoned. This eccle siastic, considering doubtless that there should beiiothing secret between a priest, and a pe-iitent. upplied him self not only to th diagnosis of her spiritual condition. !ut also that of her malady, and he suet -eded in discover ing the cause with ;. promptitude that shamed the four hundred and twenty three. "Malady du' to the intrtxluc- tiou of railways inl :) Japan" was his speedy verdict, and the strangest thing is that his patient and all her doctors at once declared he was per fectly right. llartly Hlbfirlan llutitera. In some parts of Siberia there are various tribes who live principally on what they can obtain by hunting. During several months of the year the hills and plains are covered with a deep snow and the only way the people can travel from one place to another is by means of sledges drawn by dogs and reindeer. The inhabitants of this region are strong and hardy, capable of enduring hardships that would be fatiil to others. They are experts in the use of the bow and arrow, with which they kill their game and also defend themselves from the bears and I wolves by which they are often at tacked. In the long winter nights they amuse themselves by playing cards and chess. Their chessmen, which they form from the teeth of wild animals, are elaborately carved in the most curious patterns. TALE OF AN UNSIUNbL) CHECK. The Amount Wa na-l.noo and It Was Caahed by a New York HhiiU. The story of a check passing through a number of channels without anyone discovering that it was not signed was related to a lioston (llobe reporter a few days ago. It appears that a cer tain Hostoniau, while in New York, found it necessary to pay the I'nion Trust company, of that city, thirty-four thousand dollars, which he did by giv ing it a check on one of the lioston banks. The cheek wu t accepted and was deposited in that company's bank for collection. The following day it was presented at the lioston bank, when it was discovered that there was no name signed to it to show by whom the check had been issued, as it was written on one of the blank forms of checks of that institution. It looked us if there was nothinir to be done but return the check to New York, when the cashier thought he recognized the handwriting, and going to the tele phone called up the party who he be lieved had issued the check. "Were you in New Y'ork last week?" asked the cashier. "Yes," said the man at the other end of the telephone. "Well," continued the cashier, "did you give the Union Trust company a check for thirty-four thousand dol lars?" "Y'es," was the reply; "what's the matter? Have yon not charged it up to my account?" "1 would have done so," said the cashier, "but there is no name signed to it." "Great Scott!" was the answer; "can you hold that check until 1 get up there?" The check was held, and in a few minutes a man came in all out of breath and atlixed his signature. MANU FACT URI NG ANT IQUITIES. II Ha. lleen a FlourlHhln Trade for at Lea.t Four Centurion. Much curious information is con tained in Sir John Kvans' article in Longman's on the "Forgery of An tiquities." Iloth counterfeits and forgeries, he says, abound in every de partment of archeology. The fabrication of lapidary inscrip tions is said to have begun some four centuries ago. The number and veri similitude of the forgeries in the first half of this century was so great as to reduce considerably the value of genu ine antique gems. It is probable that more than half of the old Dresden china now exposed for sale is counterfeit. The forgery of ancient carved ivories has developed two distinct schools, one in southern France, the other near Cologne. The German Keeker seems to have been the modern prince of antique coiners, lie engraved tlies for upward of three hundred types of coins, princi pally Koman, and as most of these were struck in gold a metal that does not change in appearance with time he realized large sums from unwary collectors. How to take off the appearance of novelty from the freshly-struck coins I was a question of dimcult solution. . He solved it thus: He hail a small box constructed, whieh he partly filled with iron filings, and screwed to the springs of his car riage, anil in this box he placed his newly-struck coins, ami then, as he ex pressed it, "took his old gentleman a drive" on the road between Frankfort and Offenbach. The coins came out of the box still fresh, but with the too-glaring bloom of youth judiciously toned down. Wherever excavations are carried on . . . when coins are intpiired for they are sure to be prtHlueett. The making of "paleolithic" imple ments takes rank as one of the fine arts in the valley of the Sonmie antl in the neighborhotnl of London. So w-ith neolithic implements. A certain arti ficer of this craft, nicknamed "Jack Flint," when from their abundance his forgeries lost their sale, earned a somewhat honest pennv bv publiclv xposinff his tricks of trade. Objects of the bronze period are also obliffing-ly rrt" oared. I1IC WIIU'I LIUItllllirB W illi iiir i-uii I -?h" rerif ct!" thl pna! " b,e I the ,ortfr s 8klU not one of h,s fraluls j in a thousand escape detection." and that the existence of fraud sharpen and tests archeologteal discernment. " . STRANGE AND CURIOUS. DntMO a cyclone in Osfofd, Jf. C, a two-room dwelling was carried off 200 yards without injuring the occupants. A trained elephant in the Manches ter (England) "zoo" drops a pennyin the slot and takes out a biscuit. The vUitnrs nnnlv the Dennies. The ele- phant will not accept any other coin, Alabama , comes to the front with a woman wno was struck by lightning KTea years ago, has never spoken Fbank Austis, of Eckerly, Ind., had a collie dog that was very fond of him. He was going on a journey the other day, and the dog wanted to accompany him. Austin drove him from the train, and the dog was so dejected that he lay before the engine, and the train J passed over him. Tiiere is a chicken on exhibition at Galveston, Tex., that has lour beaks and three eyes. Another freak of na ture was born several days ago in Ma con, Ga. A woman purchased a dozen eggs and, shortly after returning home, she found a four-legged chicken in one of the eggs. PEOPLE AND EVENTS. It cost the German emperor 830,000 to make the trip from Home to Naples, go up the mountain and get back again to Rome. Since Mr. W. W. Astor settled down in London he has grown rather par ticular about being called Mr. Waldorf- Astor, with a hyphen. Col. Jonu S. Mosbv, the famous ex-1 confederate, is practicing law in San Francisco. He is nearly sixty years old, but stands straight as an arrow, and is full of vigor. Mns. Pboctor, widow of the late ' Richard A. Proctor, the famous astronomer, and the principal assist- ant in his professional work, has been appointed curator of the Proctor ob servatory at San Diego, Cal. Rudyakd Kir-LiNQ's father, J. L. Kipling, best known in England as the author of "Man and Beast in India," has definitely resigned his appoint- ment at Lahoe. He has been in in different health for some time past, and will probably take up his resi dence permanently in England. . won tu:: nn rniZE. A Book-K.'if I : euro Willi l I .., nod W It is not, will irKikr .1111 r st "rv.f! d, 1,: likely frequency happens, says tltr 'hica"0 (ilube. The other morning tin book-keeper in one of the wholesale I'Sti'.bHshments id' ilio eity went to hh desk looking so l.hio lhat, Ms follow t-lork.'. thousht ho r.niMt have lost somt of his relatives during t.h" nip-lit. Thfy :lelioau.'l,y inquired what tho (rouble was, and wt'vo somewhat ;i bashed tit the t-esnotise: (Ih, it is all my oursed luck," lie ex claimed. "I never koe'.v r.neh tin unfort unate fellow us 1 :iin." "Why, you have not, been toying witr tho tijer and fron-i dead broke?" lltoj asked, still tuoro i'.itenv.ted. Well, not exactly,'' ho replied. "The fact i:i. I bought a ticket for n nit'te, and won u horse and wa;:'cn.M 'lint what is there in that to tuakf you look blue?" they asked, in astonish ment. "Well, I will tell you. It is just this way. 1 was acquainted with an old ex pressmanhail kno"n ht:.i for fortj years, in fact, lit) had un old horse and wagon that ho drove all that tir.ie. Like their owner they were jirelty well worn out. Well, tho old man sickened and died, and his frienus tUaerniincd to raffle tho horse and v;.;o:i in order tc get enough to bury hir.i decently. Of course 1 had to buy a ticket, and woule you believe it, I won! Now, what 1 au to do with that horse and wagon is wha bothers mo. They are a perfect whit elephant on my bands. Nobody wotili buy them from me. 1 can not take then and leavo them on the street, and 1 cm not lot tho poor old brute of a horso tlii of starvation. Hn will out his head oh in loss than no time, and yet what can 1 do? I will give anybody five dollar; who will relievo mo of niy prir.o and cal it square." HE WINKED THE OTHER EYE. A I.Mmlnutlve Donkey DeleftM Two VI cIoim Dog. In a Flrco Duel. A fierce duel was fought a day or two ago at the Vallonia distillery, says u Mcadville (Pa.) letter, between an innocent-looking, sleepy little donkey antl two big and furious dogs that bad been for days seeking an opportunity to tackle his dcmlteyship. The donkey was running loose in the large, high fenced bullyard at the brewery. Hi.' owner, seeing the dogs growling and eagerly showing their teeth ;:t the bull yard gabj and trying to get in, con eluded that he would give the dogs a chance. If they had been Siberian blood hounds the barking brutes could not have rushed with more voracity upon the seemingly stupid beast with long, shaggy hair and ears. Prancing around bim on both sides and watcliing their chance to grab him by the throat to gether, the dogs, like a brace of raven ous wolves, encircled the donkey. Squinting lazily out of bis off eye, the donkey appeared most oblivious to bis danger. The dogs grew fiercer. As both were about to catch bis throat in their teeth, the donkey with the speed of a lightning Hash lowered bis bead and dashed toward the nearest dog as if with the long-eared bead to bunt hitn. A buzzsaw could not revotve more quickly than did the little jackass at this point. He fairly flew around as if on a pivot. lloth heels flew out. They landed squarely amidships on the Imdy of the nearest snapping aud snarling dog. At the same instaut one huudrctl ami fifty pounds of dog went spinning through the air and struck the earth ten yards away, a whining, yelping, whipped ca nine. The fate of dog Xo. 1 was only an ag gravation to No. 2. lie snapped and prowled more ravenously at the donkey than before. In two minutes more, however, the second sava.To assailant was cavorting over the turf i i somer sets, and the donkey had closed his eyes atfnin and rvtirod on his laurels. Neith er biff doc can bo coaxed near the dis- , tillery bullyard now. The general meronandise establish went formerly owned by Ooffin & Mc Far land, has lately changed hands, now be me nnder the control and management nf The MuFarland Mercantile Companv. wuiob oontinaee business at the old stand I with a larger stock than ever. a r-VJ A?-rW Or La Grippe, thoricTi oornsionally epi iWiir, is fihvitvs Twm1 or less prevnlenT. Th" i-cst rcni(ly for tins complaint U Ayer's Cherry l'ectoral. T.;ist Sprlmr. I was takmi down with Lit Grippe. At times I was completely pros trated, ami so (liftienlt was my breathing that my hreast seemed us if confined in ait iron eatre. 1 procured a bottle of Ayer' Cherry Pectoral, and no sooner had I began titkins it than rolW followed. I could not be lieve that thet-fit'ct would he so rapid and the en so complete. It is truly a wonderful med-icine'-W. II. Williams. Crook City, S. I. AVER'S Pectoral Prompt to act, sure to cure WANTED. $IC liapCIf ANY LADY, employed ornnemployatf, lUA fvLCfri v&n iiako ll.iafr r a feu- houri work ech day. SMatv o-commission. ?!0 sum plea fre- Addrcsi H. rJNjAV.,litSiC0.,82Pinebt.fSt.Louii,Mo. D?. Hash's Belts 5 Pp hdltB&iM Brits, Snap. vr-1 n.il Appiiacc.., ... ., Mlw' a J Supporters, Vests. S?5Mii-i3 werM, Office Caps, 1 Insult!, oire. Cnres Bhcumatifmi, Liver and Kidney 'JoHinlniiiirt. DvrmniiRiii Errors if Youth. SoF,t Man hand, Ke-rvounness, Sexual Weak :rs, nurt an J rouMea in jiaie or j emaie. f imeiiou IUank aud Book free. Call or Volta-Medica Appliance Co., :3 Fine Street. - ST. LOUIS. MO. Fuift-Hi infH on Nip Palli to Ile."llli. KvttryoEe needing- a doctoi's advice should read one t-f Dr. Fonte's dime pamphlets on "Old Eyes." 4,Onup," ,'RupturV' 'ThiiiitMis," 4,"Hiicct;elH,M Disease of men, DiHBne of Women, nud learn th beat means nf Rel:-eme. M. Hill Pub. Co, V2.) fct,t 2S!b Hr., New York. STOCK BKAM1S. While yim kenpy;ir tmhscript ion paid up y'0 can keep your brHii.i in freeof cliurgr, AHyn. T. J.. lone, Or. Horses H(i on loft shoulder; cattie Mime on left hip, under bit on riffht ear, and upper bit on tiie ift; raiiK. Mor row comity. Armstrong, J. V., Alpine. Or. T with bur un der it on ihft fihonluor o horno&; entile same on left hip. Allison, O. D., Kight Mile. Or. Cattle brand, 0 D on left hip and hows name brand on right Bhoulder, linnse, Eiht Milo. Adkins, J. J., Heppnor, Or. Horhes, JA con nected on lelt iiank; cattle, wimeou left hip. Bartholamew. A. (!., Alpine. Or.-- Homes branded 1 K on either shoulder. Kane in Mor row countv Bleakumn, Goo., Ihndirian, Or. HorseH, a flag onleft shoulder: cattle name on right shoulder. bannister, J. W H aril man, Or. Cattle brand ed B on left hip and thigh: Bp! it in each ear. Brenner, Peter, (locscberry Oregon Horses branded V ii on left shoulder. Cattle same on right side. linrke, M 8t C, Long Urenk, Or On cattle, MAY connected on left hip, ciop off left ear, un der half crop off right. Horses, same brand on letft shoulder. Itange in Grant aud Morrow connty. Hroeman, Jerry, Lena, Or. Horses branded 7 on right shoulder; cittlo B on tho left Bide. Left eur naif crop biid right ear npper slope. Barton, Wm.. Hf ppnor. Or. -Horses, J Eon right thigh, cattle, same on right hip; split in each ear. Brown, Iaa, Lexington, Or. Horses IB on the right stifle; cattle sumo on right hip; rango. Mor row county. Brown, J, C, Heppnpr. Or. Horses, circle C with dot in net ter i;n left hip; cattle, same. Brown, W. J., Lena, Oregon. Homes V. bar over It, on the left shoulder. Cattle same on left bin. Buyer, W. G., Koppner, Or. HorseB, box brand or. i:gh hip cattle, same, with split in each ear. Borg, F. ()., Huppner, Or. Horses, P B on left shoulder; Htth same on left hip. Browulee, W. J., Pos.Or ( -attle, JB connected on left side; crop on left ear and two splits and middle piece cut out on right ear; ou homes same brand on the left thigh; Itange in l'oi valley, Grant county, Carsner Warren. Wagner, Or'Horsea brand ed O on right at i fie ; cattle (three bare) on right ribs, crop and split in each ear. Kange in Grant aud borrow counties. Cain,K., Caleb.Or. 1" D on horses onleft stifle TJ with quart r circle over it, on left shoulder and on left stifle on all colts under 5 years; on left shoulder only on all horses over fi years. All range in Cirant county, Clark, Wm. H., Un, Or. Hurst WHO con nected, ou lfft shoulder: cattle same on right hip. Kar'ge Morrow and Umatilla counties. ('ate, Chas. li Vinson or Lena, Or. Homes H C on riaht shoulder; cattle same on right hip. Kange Morrow and Umatilla counties. Cecil, W m., Douglas, Or.; horses J C on left shouldnr; ca'tie same on left hip, waddles on each jaw and two bitu in the right oar. Curl, T. 11., John Day, Or, Double cniss on each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit in right ear, split in left ear. llange in Grant county. On shevp, inverted A aud spear poim on shoulder, tar msrkoii ewes, crop on left ear puuehed uppr.r bit in right. Wethers, crop iu right aud under half crop in left ear. AH rang iu Grant couulv. Cook, A. J.,Leua.Or. Horses, UOon ri;rhtshoui der. Cat tie, same on right hip: ear mark square crop oil left and bplit in right. Carrin.lt. I 'urriiiuvilie, Or. -Horses. on left stifle. Cox td. y., Hardnmn, Or. Otitis, C with F in center; horses. I'K on left hit'. Cochran, U. ii., Monument. Grant Co, Or. Homes branded circle with bar benwith, on U-ft Bhoulder; catLiu t-auie brand ou both hips, mark under slope both earn and dewlap. Chapin, H., litmtmau. Or. HorseB branded on right hip. I 'utile hrauded the same. Aliu brands (.1 on horses light thigh; ca t e sne brand ou right shoulder, ai d cut til end of riht ear Dickens, Kbb Hoi sew braided with three tinea forh on ift btirte. Cattle sa-ne on left side. Doufili.ffc, W. M .Galloway. Or, Cattle, tt Dou right sid-, bwn low-fora to each ear; horses, K D on left hip. m Douglas, O. T., Douglas. Or Horses TD on the right stifle: cattle same on right hip. Ely, J. B. i Sons. Douglas, Or. Homes brand ed EL on left shoulder, cattle same on left hip. hole tr right ear. Elliott. Wash., Heppner, Or. Diamond on right shoulder. Emery, C. Uardman, Or. Horses branded reversed C with tail on left shoulder; cat tle same cn rinht hip. Kange in Morrow enmity. t'lek, J ava.tM.in, Hejj.'ner, Or. Homes. 7 F connected on rtrflit shoulder; cattle same on right hip- tar mark, hole in right and crop off left. Florence, L. A., Heppner. Or. Cattle, LF on right hip; home F with bar under on right Bhoulder. Florence, H. P. Heppner. Or Homes, F on right shovJdei ; cattle. 1 on right hip or thigh. iw'h OiMtrue. h-Mntr. Or. Cattle branded WF, with bar over it. on left side; crop off left ear. Horsts, same brand un left hip. Gay, Henry, Heppner. Or. WAX on left shoulder. Oilman-French, Land and Livestock Co., Fos sil, Or. Horses, anchor 8 on It-ft shoulder; vent, same un left tine. Cattle, same on both hips ear marks, crop off right ear and underbit in left Hange in Gilliam, Grant, Crook and Morrow counties Gentry, Elmer, Echo, Or. Horses branded H. 8. with a quarter circle over it. on left stifle. Kange in Morrow and I' mot ilia counties. Hayes. Geo.. Lena, Or. Brand J H connected with quarter circl- ever it, on left shoulder. Hiatt A. B., Ktdg, Or. Cattle, round-top K with quarter circle under it on the right hip. K&nKe in Morrow and I'maiilla counties. Hi n ton & Jenks. Hamilton. Op (. at tie. two bn on either hip; crop in right ear and split in left. Horses, J on right thigh. Itange in Grant county Hughes, Samuel. Wagner, Or ( (T F L couHecttxDon ruiht shoulder on horses; on cattle, on right hip and on left side, swallow fork in right ear and slit in left. Kange in Haystack ditrict Murvv ooontj. Hale, Milton, Wkui. Or.- Horses branded 'Wnirrfn with i umllrtl tilsl on left Bhoulder Cattle same h-fi hip also larg circle on left side. Hall. Fdwin. John l!n.Or.--( attic- K 11 on right hip; homes same on riht shoulder- i mikiu Grant county. Howard, J L, i ailoway. Or. Humeri, t (cross wiia bar lnve it) on right shoulder; r:tle aipeon leftside. Rnuge in Morrow aud U ina li 1 in counties. Hughes. Mat, Heppner. Or. Horse, shaded Iterttt on the lefl shoulde r. Kaoge Morrow Co. Huneaker, B , Wagner, Or. -Horses, 14 on .eft shnuldbr: eaitla, b on left hip. HaidiHtv, Albert, Nye, Oregon Horses.A H connected, on left Bhoulder; Cattle on the left ;jip. crop off loft ear, Humphreys, ) M. Hardmau, Or. Horses, ii ub 1M Krtflk. Haven. J. M.. Hermner. Or.-Horww. winton on left shoulder cattle, aaine on right hip. juistou. ijnrnor, ftigj.t .line, Dr. Home H on the left shonldorand heart on the left stifle Cat. tie HKine on Inft hip. Hange in Morrow county. Ivy, Alfred, Long Creek, OrCattle 1 1) on right hip, cropuff left ear and bit in right. Homes same brand on left shoulder Hange n Grunt countv Jones, Harry, Heppner, Or Horses branded H J on the left shoulder: cattle ttaanded J on right hip, nlo underbit in left ear. liango in Morrow cennty. Jutikin, b. AI., Heppner, Or Horses, horse shoe J un loft shoulder. Cat tie. the sain?.. Hange on KightMile. Johnson, Felix, Lena, Or. Horses, circle T on left t-title; cattle, same on right hip, under half crop in right and sol it in left ear Jenkins, D W.,51t. Vemon,Or. J on horses un left shoulder; on cattle, J on left hip and two smooth crops on both ears. Itange iu Fox and Bear valley h Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Homes branded KNY on loft hip, cattle same aud crop off left eat; tinder slope on the right Kirk, J. T., Heppner. Or. Horses 6D ou loft shoulder; cattle, tiH on loft hip. Kirk. J C, Heppner, Or. Horses. 17 on either flank: cattle 1? on right side. Kirk, Jesse, Heppner, Or.; horse? 11 on left shoulder; cattle same on right side, underbit un right oar. Kumberland.W. G,. Mount Vernon, Or. I L on cattle on right and left sides, swallow fork in 1( ft ear and under ciop in right ear. Horses same brand on left shoulder. Itange in Grant countv. Loften, Stephen, Fox, Or. H L on loft hip on cattle, crop and split on right ear. Homes same brand on left shoulder. Kange Grant countv. Lieuallen, John W., Ltwi-,r'v Or. Horses branded half-circle JL connected on left shoul der. Cattle, twine on left bin. Kange, near lex uigion Leahey. J. W. Heppner Or. Horses branded L and A n left shoulder; cettlo same on loft hip, wattle over rht eye, three slits in right ear. Lord. George, Heppner, Or. Horses brandwl double H ooi.necti Sometime called a awing n, on ibii Sliouiuer. Jiarkliain. A. M Heppner. Or.-Cnttle large m on loft side both ears cropped, and split in bo'h. iloraes M ou left Jiiu. Haute, Cia-k can j on. Minor, fK-ear, neppner, Or. rut tie, M 11 ou rijrht lnp; homo. M on li't shoulder. Morgan, tl. Iv, Heppner, Or. Hones, ,i ) cn Iffi shonui"! cattle same on left hip. rrtcOumbor, Jas A, Echo, Or.Hoix-, H v'-h bar (ivcif on l ight shoulder. Morgan. Thos., Heppnor. Or. Homes, ein-is T on left shoulder ami left thigh; cattle, L on right thigh, Mitchell. Oscar. lone, Or. Homes. Jl ou right hip; cattle, 77 on right side. McOJaroii, D. it., Brownsville, Or. Hom t igtiie 5 on each shoulder, cattle, on hu MuCariy. David H. toho Urr Homes branded D7tl connected, on the left shoulder; cattle same on hip and side. iMuUirr, Frank, Fox Valley, Or. Mule shop with toe-cork on cattio on riU aud under in each e;ir; horses same brand on loft stifle, Mc11hLj , w. ., Hamilton, Or. on Horses. with half jircle under ou left shoulder; on Cattle, four bars conueoted on top nn the right side Kange in Grant County. KenbAndrew. Lone Itck,Or. Horees A N con nected on left shoidder; cattio same un bothhips Nordj ke, t., tSilverton. Or. Hoi-aes. circle 7 on, left thigh; caitle. same on left hip. Ol on left dip: on hoi-aes, HHrne ou lefl tlah. liuaife m ftrru.t couiity Olitir, pBiij-. Lexiniiluii, Or. 1' I) uu loft Blwiu.'fi. Olp, HeruiHn, Ptairie City, Or. Ou cnttlo, ( LP u-oiuiMtwi un left hip; norma on lofl hi ills aud want on uuee. Uhukm in tiront county. I'l'arson, Olatu, KwUl Mil. Or. Hoi-hum, cjuur tur iuri-l shield on left aliouldur ami on left hip. Cuttlo. fork in left ear, right cropped. 21 on left hip. Kantti' on Eisrht filile. 1'arker 4 aieaaou, Haidiuan.Or, lloruetlPon l"ft Hiioulder. 1'ipcr, Krr.Bi-t, Lexington. Or.--Hoivca brand, e (L K cotiueoled) ol left ahoulder ; oattla p Die on right hip. Hange, Morrow cguiiu-. A'iper, 0. il Ijexington, Or. Horeea, JE con. nei-.led oi ioft siiouhier; cattle, same on left hip. under bit iil each ear. fettya, A. C'.., lone, Or.; horses diamond 1J ou shoulder; cattio, J H J connected, on the left hip, upper slope in left ear and slip in ths riuht. 1'owell, John T., Dayville, Or Horses, JP oou. neci ed on left shoulder. Cattle OK counectod on left hip, two under half crops, one on each ear, wattle under throat. KaLge in Grant oounty. Kood. Andrew, Hardman, Or, Horses, square cros. with quarter-eirole over it on left stifle. lleninger, OhriB, Heppner, Or. Horses, 0 it on left shoulder. Hice. lan, Hardman, Or.; horses, throe panel woi in fence on left shoulder; oattle, lAa on right Bhoulder. llange near Uardman. hoyse, Aaron, Heppner, Or Horees, plain V on left shoulder; oattle, same brand reversed on right hip and crop oil right ear. llango in fllor row county. Hush Bros., Heppner, Or. Horses branded II ou the right shoulder; cattle, IX on the left hip. i-rop oil loft ear and dewlap ou neck. Kange in Morrow and adjoining counties. I'.ust, William, Kidge, Or. Horses K on left shoulder; cattle, K on left hip, crop on" right ear, underbit on left oar. Sheep, it on weuthers, round crop off righ ear. itange Uma tillaand Morrow counties. llea.';ey, Andrew, Lexington, Or. Horse, branded A K on right Bhoulder, vent quartet circle over brand; oattle same on right hip. Hange Jlorrow county. lloyso, Wm. H, Dairyville, Or HK connects with quarter circle over top on cattio on right hip and crop off right ear and split iu left, liorsea same brand on left shoulder, liango in Morrow (irant antl Gilliam counties. iiector. J. W., Heppner, Or. Horses, JC oi left Bhoulder. Cattle, O on right hip. Spicknall. J. W., Gooseberry, Or. Here branded ill on loft shoulder; range m Jion-" county. Hailing, C C Heppner, Or Horses branded on left shoulder; cattle same ou left hip. HwHtigart, H. Lexington, Or. Iloraes with dash under it on left stifle; cattle U with dash under it on right hip, crop oft right ear and waddled on right hind leg. Range in Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla counties. (jwaggart. A. L.,Aihena. Or. Horses branded 2 on lelt shoulder; oettle same on left hip. Crop nn ear, wattle on left hind leg. Btraight W. K, Heppner, Or, Horses shaded Jo on iefi stino; cattle J a on left hip, swaiiow fork iu right ear, nnderbit in left. bapp. TliOB., Heppner, Or. Horses, SAP on left hip; cattle same on left hip. Shner.John, l!'ox, Or. NO connected ou horses on right hip; cattio, same on right hip crop oft right ear and under bit in left ear. itange in urant county. Smith Bros., Susxnville, Or. Horses, branded H. Z. ou shoulder; cattle, -ame on lef t shoulder. Squires, James, Arlington, Or,; horses branded JB uu left shoulder; caitle the same, also nose wiuldie. itange in llorrow and Gilliam cojiities Stephens, V. A., Hardman, Or-; horses SSoo right Btitie; cattle horizontal L on the right side Steveneon, Mrs A. J., Heppner, Or. Cuttle, 8 ou right hu ; swallow-fork in left ear. Swaggart. G. W ., Heppner, Or. Horses, U oo left sliouldei ; cattle, ii on left hip. Sperry, if.. G.. Heppner, Or. Cattle H ( on lett hip, crop off right aud underbit iu left year, dewlap; horses W C on left shoulder. ilionipsou, J.A., Heppner, Or. Hum, g on left tliouio, r; cattio, 2 ou left shoulder. lipiiets.S.T.,tnierpri8e.Or. Horsea. Con lr( Bhoulder. Turner K. W., Heppnor, Or. Small capital T lelt anouldei, horses; cattio name ou left hio with split in bow ears. ihurntou, H. to., lone, Or.-Horees branded 11 1 connected on left stitle; sheen same brand VauderpiKil, H. I'., Lena, Or; Horses HV eon nected on right shonlder;oattle, same on right hlv Walbridae, Wm.. Heppner. Or. Hi rs , U. L. on the left shoulder; cattle same on ri ,'ht hip, crop oft left ear and right ear lopped. Wilson, Jonu Q Salem or lieppner, Or. Horses branded Ju on the left shoulder. Itauga Morrow counu't V arreu, W B.t aleb, Or-Cattle W wiuh quarter circle over it, ou left sido, split in right ear. Horses same brand ou ieft shoulder. Kailgeiu Grant conuty. W right, ttilaa A. Heppner. Or. Cattle branded B W on the right hip. Bquare crop oil right ear and split in left, W ade, Henry, Heppner. Or. Horses bianded ace of space, on lett shoulder and left hip Cattle brandeo sajne on left side aud left hip. W ells, A. S., Heppnor, Or. Horses, " on lef shoulder- cat! e same W oihnger, John, John Day City Or Ou horsai three parallel bars on left shoulder; 7 ou sheeD bit in both ears. Kange in Grant and Malhuer counties. Woodward, John, Heppner, Or. Horse. CP con nectod on left shoulder. ' W'atiune, Ushe. Heppner, Or.-Uones branded Ct oonnecteo on left sutie. Wallace, Charles Portland, Or.-Cattle, W on right thiBu.holun left ear; horses, W on right shouluer sonif same on lef t shoulder. Whittier rjrue, nuniingiun. Baker Co.. Or. -Horses branded W B connected on left shoulder Williams vaaco, Hamilton, Or.-Qnarter oir S eJiTe thre,i,D&r" OD l't hip, botJ oatU. and horses. Hanaro Grant coonti. auu . WilUams, J O. Long Creek. Or-Horsea. guar tor circle over three bar. on left hip; cattle i and silt in each ear. Kange in Grant coontr Wr?n' & A-H'PPner, Or.-Horse, rnnninaA A on shoulder; Cattle, same on right hip. " rllk'Z Ii?btJh,.? 8on' Hardman Or. I aitle brande!! (fc W connecteii) EWon left siite. horses same on right shoulder. J. w