Bloomington Progress, Volume 14, Number 43, Bloomington, Monroe County, 9 February 1881 — Page 4

STRIKE MOW

There's nothing more thou canst command, The past has gone beyond thy hand, With many a broken tow, The coaling moment is not thine; Life stands between, a narrow' line, Strike while the Iron's hoc strike now. Now is the time to do the deed, Now the time to uproot the weed, Act, nor pause to ask the how ; Each passing moment chills the glow. Good forginz twins the thought and blow Strike while the lion's hot strike now. Plan as we will, strike as we may, AH power, hope, growth from day to day, To the crushing now must bow. Results of reason, feeling, tact. All are surmise, the now but fact, Strike white the iron's hotstrike now Greatness the now has always won, Well sowed, that this Is all the suns Of life, who can disavow? Work in the now from first to fast, 'Tis always with you, never past, Strike while the iron's hot strike now.

WHISKY BOB'S CLAIM. Whisky Bob was dead broke, very tired, and wanted to sit down and study his situation and what waa beet to be dona "Here I be again, the same denied fool as ever, rained by whisky after makhi piles of money; I just deserve it What a doggoned jackass a human can mate his self with whisky." - Taking up his pack, Sob toiled slowly up the ridge tinder the trees until he came to the top, where it flattened put in the level places and slight depressions. Birds were singing and flowers blooming around him; and, as he sat tlown to rest, he heard, to his astonishment, not very far off, the clear sweet voice of a female, singing. Peeping cautiously under the young pine tree, there, in a little open flat, sitting on a rock, was the singer. It was a pleasant picture to look at for a lonely man a tall, shapely, buxom young girl, with light, golden hair, blue eyes, and very regular, pretty features. She was dressed in a short calico dress, with mocassins on her feet, and a sun-bonnet thrown back on her head. Her hand rested on a long Kentucky rifle. She was a representative of the better class of Western girls, who were continually in - those earlier days arriving in the mountains of California from the long trip overland, emigrating in families from Kentucky and other States. Whisky Bob listened to the song with delight, and gazed at the singer in admiration; and then, with his pack on bis shoulder, coolly walked out into her presence, and, putting his pack down not far from her, satrdown himself. Then she spoke to him: "Well, Mister, who might you be, that walks into a young lady's drawing-

room without Knocking, even on the bark of a tree?" "Please, Miss, I'm called Whisky Bob out prospecting, " "No 'miss' about it, Mr. iJobb. please. Hy name, for short, is Nell Green to all friends, and to others well, I've a shooting-iron," said the girl, and continued: Your name of Whisky is a bad one, young man, and I reckon shows you are being ruined by corn juice. Is that so?" "Well, Nell, that's a fact but rather rough," said Bob, who saw the girl had a half smile on her face. 'Now, Mr. Bob without the Whisky it seems to me," said Nell, "ye're throwing yerself away, and there might be something better for yer, if ye'd seek it," and she looked at him with an expression of some interest. WI know it, Nell, if I could only do it" "Got no folks, no family, to keer for you?" saidNeli "Narry one," repliedBob; "never had. I toted myself and pack up this ridge to jest seek my luck once more, and quit the com juice and reform. I said to myself, "Bob, if ye could only meet a woman anywhere in these diggins, and stake out a claim where she stood, it would bring ye fresh luck and ye might turn over a new leaf, and be somebody once more. And here, sure enongh, Fve met you "Ye mean right, I'm sure," said Nell, softly. 4But down the trail away yonder I see my folks are coming along, with their fixings and plunder, pan, man and the rest ov'em. I must put ont, stranger, bnt Mr. Bob, let me say a kind word to ye on parting from a short acquaintance. You say a woman brings ye luck every time. Now I just hope I'll bring good fortune to yer, and you may take your pile out of this 'ere spot, though I can't see where it is. Mr. Bob," said the girl, Hesitating, "ef ye do not find it, and act up to yer good intentions about the corn juice well, then, Mr. Bob. my folks are raising log houses and shed fixings down on the opening at the foot of the creek, away there yon can see a break in the trees. We mean to locate." And walking up to Bob, she put her hand on his shoulder, "and Mr. Bob, if ye raise yer pile yer can bring jest a little piece of cold down for Nell to remember she brought a better life to ye. n He took his rocker and put it in running order down the ridge by a little pool of water, fed by a small stream, where he could bring his dirt and wash out for half an hour, and then pack down more, while the pool was , filling with water again." Next he went and rolled away the rock where Nell had been sitting and -singing by the dry pebbles of the rrmlet, and. taking his pick, began digging ont a ditch in the grass, about two feet deep and two feet wide, down stream, and took the dirt to his rocker. He worked until sunset, only finding about six bits of coarse gold, but in his last bucket, when washed out, he found a good solid piece of gold weighing three ounces.

and after his breakfast of fried pork and coffee, ending with the usual smoke of his pipe, he went to work again, determined to work the gold ont for Nell's sake, if he did not make a fortune. He worked hard and steady through the day. only stopping: at noon for some coffee and a smoke beneath the pine tree camp. The sun was very hot, but he didn't mind it. At night, when he washed out the result of the day's hard toil, he only had a dollars' worth of coarse gold, but he found a little piece of blue ribbon Nell had lost from her hair. This consoled him. amply, as he kissed it and said to himself, ft Bob, better luck to-morrow." His claim was what miners call "very spotted," for the gold was scattered in spots here and there. The next day az.d the next, his labors brought him the same result about enongh to pay expenses, or as the miners call it, "grub money. The fourth day, just before he washed out, in his last rocker of dirt, at sunset, he found two pieces of gold, one worth $150, the other full $200. Bob was happy that night, and tied the blue ribbon with a leather string round his neck, so that it could rest on his heart The next two days brought no big piece, bnt the seventh he took pieces of gold from the clay-like cement weighing about $700. It was dark colored gold, pretty solid, and twisted into strange shapes, with holes in it, bnt not appearing much worn, or, in mining parlance, "washed." When the miners passed him daily on their way to the divide, they stopped to ask what his luck was, and when they saw a very little coarse gold in nis pan, they laughed at him. . But Bob kept his lumps of gold in his pocket, or buried them beside the rock in his camp. In this way he worked on, taking sometimes large pieces of gold oat, half as large as Nell's little fist, and then for days very little. He now examined and weighed his cold, and found that he had about $8,000, mostly in heavy pieces. This was a pretty good fortune for seven weeks' digging, and Bob felt an unconquerable longing to go and tell Nell all about it. The next morning by daylight he cleared np, packed up his things and started down the ridge to the nearest trading tents.

But in his blankets, carefully strapped out of sight, was a heavy bag of gold in place of a whisky bottle. It was early in the day yet, and Bob set out to find the ranch of Nelly's people, leaving his pack, except the blanket containing the gold, which was slung over his shoulders on his pick handle. In a little over a mile's walking he found a pretty valley at the month of the creek, where some new log houses, fences and clearings indicated Nell's home. In aback room, with her white, strong, beautiful arms Itare to the shoulder, stood pretty Nell at the wash tub, very busy in a stream of soapsuds aud Kentucky jeans, singing free as a bird. Bob put down his pack and walked in, bnt Nell's quick ear heard, and she turned and saw him, and her cheeks flushed and her eyes sparkled. "What! Bob, is that yon come at last? in store clothes, too?" said she, glancing with bright eyes at the young man, and with poorly disguised pleasure. "Certain, sure, Nell; yon said I might oome." "Yes, Bob! but how about the whisky?" " Nell, I haven't touched a drop since you saw me; if I have they may shoot me. And what's more, T don't mean to if yon say so," replied ho. "Atf Bob did I bring luck to yer? Was there gold up thar?" 4iNWl, thar'a flix thotisftnil dollars and more, rolled in them blankets thai. I owe to your pretty self, or I'm n nigger. And, Nell, just look hero' and Bob took from the breast of his shirt a package carefully wrapped in paper, which had rested on tb bow of Nell's blue ribbon he had found, end which she piaiuly saw. Unwrapping it, there w:ts a piece of gold, iu the shape of a spread eagle, almost exact in every part weighing over six ounces. "Nell, you said I might bring yer a specimen from my pile, and bore 'tis." "Yes, Bob, but what guTs bit of ribbon is that yer so keerfnl about?" said Nell, with a loving look, bnt turning her face from him mischievously, and stirring the soap-suds. "That ere," replied he, "broke loose from the bar of an angel that met me on the mountains, yonder, and said some kind words to a dead-broke man, that gave him new life, and what's more, brought good luck, the thing ns a charm to lighten his thoughts when he felt downheartened. " "Yes, Bob," said she, "but ain't that talk kind of airy?' Angels don't flit round these diggins, as I ever heerd ov.' "Yes, Nell, that's so; but any woman's an angel to man that's going wrong, who, in the loving kindness of her heart, encourages him to do right, and that's what ye've done for me. That ere gold came to me by luck from you, and if ye'd only take it with something else" "With what. Bob?" but Nell still kept her face turned away, while he was edging still closer to her. "Well, Nell, if I must make the riffle, just hike Bob with the dnst and make him a happy man for the rest of his life. He loves yer, and would die for yer any time." and Bob stole his arm around her slender waist Nell at test turned her blushing face, and looking roguishly at Hob, said: "Don't yon think, "Bob, it would be better sense to say you'd live for Nell than to die for her?" Bob did not speak, but drew Nell to him, and kissed her. Nell, somehow had her hands so entangled in the soapsuds and clothes that she couldn't resist, but she pouted her lips, and Bob took his kiss back from them. Three years after the above events happened, in that same valley, was a very pretty cottage,, with a garden and flowers around it, that indicated taste and refinement, and tjie whole clearing had become extensive, with its buildings and improvements. Here resided Mr. Robert Stinton and his happy wife, the handsomest and happiest couple in the northern counties. Mr. Stinton was a prosperous cattle dealer, well-to-do, and few remembered that there ever was such a uimi as Whisky Bob. Youthful Criminal. A New York Herald reporter visited the Jefferson Market and Tombs prisons, in that city, where youthful offenders against the law are detained. Warden McDermott informed him that their average age is from twelve to sixteen years, but sometimes they are as young as eight One "boy ol fourteen was sentenced for twenty days, and his crime was stealing a pair of sctcks. The weather was bitter cold, and it was clearly evident that the child took them to keep from perishing with the cold. One of the boys, about thirteen years of age, said he had been arrested for stealing a zine sign, which was insecurely fastened at the doorway of a large building. He admitted that he had been with several other boys, who started away with.it, but on discovery had dropped it This boy did not run away, and was arrested. His father went to a lawyer to secure his services for his defense, and was told that for $30 he could get the boy acquitted. The father was veiy poor, but in the belief that his son was innocent he pawned a number of articles, and managed to scrape together the requisite 330, which he handed to the lawyer. The latter, just before the trial, told the father it would be necessary for him to have $10 in order to secure the boy's acquittal, and that the $30 paid was simply his fee for legal services. The father had no means of raising the additional $10, and the boy got thirty days in prison, while the Toombs lawyer got $30 of the poor father: One cell was occupied by a mere child of ten years. Unlike the cells in the Jefferson Market Prison, which are used for a like purpose, these cells in the Tombs are dark, dismal, and repulsive. The corridor in the part now under notice is narrow, low, and dingy, and the whole aspect of the place as repellant as Murderers' Bow on the other side of the prison. "What're you here for?" was asked of a boy in a cell "Stealing." . "What did you steal ? "Apocketbook." " "How much money was in it?" "Dollar and thirty cents." "Didn't you know that you would be sent to prison if you stole it ?" "No, sir." The boy was apparently of average intelligence, but very pale and thin in flesh. He both looked and spoke as if he were in ill health, and liis appearance did not indicate more than eight years of age. Close questioning developed the statement that he had never stolen anything before, and that he went to church and attended school. And yet this mere child was incarcerated hi this gloomy cell just a3 were adult murderers in the other aide of the prison. A Shocking Oversight. When a man living on Galveston avenue came home to dinner the other day, his wife told him that their neighbor over the way had sen to borrow an ax. "What did yon do? " heartlessly exclaimed the husband. " As we didn't have any ax, I sent them word to that effect" "Mother of Moses ! we are a ruined community. Send right off to a hardware store and buy a gilt-edged ax, and carry it over yourself. Didn't you know that our neighbor's wife's uncle lives in Ohio, and the whole family are obliged to have fat offices or starve ? " Galveston News. Mr. Sassoon, of Belgravia Square, London, stables his horses in the topmost story of his house, and carries them np and down on an elevator. The purpose is to save the cost of ground, which is valuable in that fashionable neighborhood.

THE HOME DOCTOR.

A Remedy fob Rheumatism. Four ounces of saltpeter in one pint of alcohol ; shake well, and bathe the parte affected ; wetting red flannel with it lay it on. It does not cure, but takes away the redness, reduces the swelling, and relieves the torment and agony, Ri0 Ionrrra , Ointment This is the most Useful ointment for the tmre of splints spavins . ringbttnes and hardened tumors. It is made as follows : Vin iodide of mercury, one drachm ; bog's lard, one ounce; mix well and apply once in five days. If used oftener it will cause the hair' to fall off and not grow again. Treatment of Woukds. It is recommended to treat inflamed wounds by smoking them with burning woolen cloth. Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool, it is said, will take the pain out of the worst woundj and if repeated once or twice will allay the worst case of inflammation arising from a wound. This kemedy is certainly Very simple, and within the reach of every one. Hot Sand a Good BKn-FisntiOw. The comfort which a hot-water bag, or even a hot brick, may afford a person on retiring, chilled, is very great, and, beyond this, the use of some such warmth-producing appliniieo is useful As a health preservative and restorative ; but one of the most convenient articles to be used as a bed-warmer and in a sick-room is a sand-bag. Get some Clean, fine sand, dry it thoroughly iu a kettle on the stove, make a bag about eight inches square of flannel, fill it with the dry sand, sew the opening carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and will also enable vou to heat the bag quickly

bv placing it in the oven or on the top of the stove. After once using this you will never again attempt to warm the feet or hands of a sick person with a bottle of hot water or a brick. The sand holds the heat a long time, and the bag can be tucked up to the back without hurting the invalid. It is a good plan to make two or three of the bags and keep them ready for use. The Feet. The odor of pure perspiration is not unpleasant, as may be proved in clean and healthy babes. When, however, the other eliminating organs those that strain the waste matter from the blood do not duly perform their functions, their work is attempted by the skin. Then a disagreeable odor is generally given to the perspiration. Even in these cases, the odor is produced mainly after the perspiration has been absorbed by the clothing. This last fact is generally true of the bad odor which is associated with the excessive perspiration of the feet of some people. Dr. George Thin, of England, has been ivestigating the matter, and has communicated the results of his experiments to the Royal Society. The perspiration of the body is generally slightly acid. That in the soles of the stockings and boots he found to be alkaline. In this there is a rapid development of a class of bacteria (microscopic vegetations) characterized by a fetid smell bacterium Joetidttm), The fluid in the soles of the stockings and of the boots examined by the doctor was found to teem with them. Thus the odor is supposed in some cases to be due, not directly to the perspiration as it comes from the feet, but to its subsequent putrefaction. The afflicted will be glad to learn that this odor can be wholly destroyed by boracio acid the acid of boron. The. stockings should be changed twice a day. When taken off, they should be placed for some hours in a jar containing a solution of the acid. They are again fit for use after drying. To prevent the odor from getting into the boots, cork soles should be worn, and placed at night in the jar and dried the next day. Washing the tender and sore parts of the feet with the acid will relieve the accompanying feeling of heat and pain. English and American Homes. Mr. Joseph Hatton, the novelist, in a letter from London to the New York Timet says: "At present there is no comparison between English and American homes. America has not the houses, the servants, nor tifc inducements that belong to the home life of England. In the first place, the wooden house of the country districts of America is a poor substitute for the English cottage or villa. This will be strikingly apparant to Americans traveling for the first time through Great Britain. There is no exageration of settlement in the tributes which poets have invariably paid to 'the cottage homes of England.' The humblest peasant househololdev in the country districts has often a picturesque little home, with a flower and kitchen garden, altogether superior to the American villa one sees at outlying places along the railway routes. io have a house of his own is the chief ambitions of an Englishman. Except in London and other large cities, no young man dreams of marrying until has furnished a house and can' literally takes his wife "home." Even in large cities it is a most rare and unaccustomed thing to see a family dining out at a restaurant. Home means more in England than in America and tiie home life in New York bears no comparison to that of London, The lack of a thoroughly settled class of men and women devoted to domestic service in America has much to do with this; so also, of course, have the heavy rents of good houses. The artisan's cottage and the middle class house of England are almost unknown in the great cities of America. Boston, Philadelphia, and Chicago have more to show in this direction than New York. Yet with these advantages on the side of England, where the sanctity of home is a sort of religion, we exhibit to Americans at every street corner a sight which is peculiarly sad and lonthsome women drinking at public bars, women with babies in their arms taking gin at all hours of the day, women often reeling into the streets in a state of drunkenness. There is no deeper stain on the moral escutcheon of Great Britain than this public scandal, except it bo the open and shameless solicitation by a crowd of prostitutes in the West End streets from dusk till long after midnight of every day that comes. It would seem as if the highest virtues and the lowest vices traveled along side by side in the English metropolis. Poverty and wealth meet here often face to face and exist closes together than in any metropolis the world has ever seen. A Pessimist's Corpse. The singularities which marked the existence of Schopenhauer, the German pessimistic philosopher, did not cense on -his death-bed. Ho expired on the 21st of September, 1860, and two persons were appointed by the medical attendant to watch the body until the funeral. They agreed to perform their task by turns, and one of them, who had been the barber of the deceased, sat down the first night to watch at the foot of the bed, while his companion took some rest on a sofa. The moon was shining brightly through the windows of the room, which was on the ground floor. The, time and the circumstances rather awed the oor Figaro, who was of a timid, superstitious nature, and, while his companion was snoring on his couch, he was absorbed in fearful considerations on the immortality of the soul. Suddenly the clock on the wall struck the ghoslly hemr of midnight, and the' last stroke, was followed by a sharp sound f.om the bed ; the head moved, and then came u noise, of something fulling on the ground. Braver men than the barber wouM have been dismayed. No illusion was possible ; the head of tho corpse must have eomeolV. In a moment the harbor had opened the window and leaped into the descried Ktreet.

His comrade woke up and followed in no less ha.sle. Both were pale ns death. But after some reflection they began to comprehend the gravity of the situation. What would be said the next morning if they were not at- their post? Mutually encouraging eaeli other, they decided on returning and (Hearing up the mystery-. Ttto tajers were burning in the room; and at one of these they lighted a candle and approached the bed, and their surprise was great when on looking on the ground they saw, not the head of Schopenhauer, but a set tf teeth. The philosopher, who was Tl years of age, had worn false teeth. The spring of them had caused them to become detached frot. bis month, and then to fall on the git.und. causing the terror of the, watchers. Proiliiititf !aicitlK The aitwt wonderful And marvUniB sUoltss in oas oh when1 jwf&miH alo nik or Wasting any from a condition of niworobUHirSfl. that, no one knows What aiU them ('irotitnhl jmtfaiitK for doctonO, is obtained by the use of HoplMttcrs. They bogiu to cure from the urt doe and keep it up until perfect health is restored. Whoever is afflicted in thin way uood not wiffer, when they can get Hop Uittera. Chwinnati Star. Baby is licnd, "Baby fa dead!" Three little words passed along the line; copied somewhere and soon torgotton. But after all was quiet, again I leaned my hand upon my head and fell into a . deep reverie of ail that those words mean. Somewhere a dainty form, still and cold, unclasped my mother's arms tonight. Eyes that yesterday were bright and blue as skies of .Tune drooped tonight beneath white lids that no voice can ever raise again. Two soft hands, whose rose-leaf lingers were wont to wander lovingly around mother's neck and face, loosely holding white buds, quietly folded in confined rest. Soft lips, yesterday rippling with laughter, sweet as woodland brook fulls, gay as trill of forest birds; to-night unresponsive to kiss or call of love. A silent home the patter of baby feet forever hushed a cradle bed impressed. Little shoes half worn dainty garments shoulder knots of blue to match those eyes of yesterday folded with aching heart away. A tiny mound, snow covered in some quiet grave-Yard. A mother s groping touch, in uneasy slumber, for the fair head tbat shall never again rest upon her bosom. The low sob, the bitter tear, ns broken dreams awake to sad reality. The hope of future years wrecked, like fair ships that suddenly go down in sight of land. The watching of other babies, dimpled, laughing strong, and this one gone! The present agony of grief, the future emptiness of heart, all held in those three little words, "Baby is DeadJ" Indeed, it is well that we can copy and soon forget the words so freighted with woe to those who receive and send them. And yet it cannot harm us now and then to give a tender thought to those whom our careless peu stroke is preparing such a weight of grief. Kokomo 7W&e. A Single Ksono from a running brook slow the. giant Ciuluiih, and millions of noble lWiUiucc that t ilia have died from a Kindle stone in the bladder, whii-h Warner's Safe Kidney Mid Jjiver Cure would have dissolved and carried uwav.

The Tnrkish People. A Constantinople correspondent writes as follows of the Turkish people: " The commonest form of a rich lady's cloak h entirely native as regards material and shape. It is a piece of heavy silk, rarely good in color, upon one end of which formal and meaningless devices have been worked hi gold. The character ol them suggests that in forme? days this out-door garment consisted of twt pieces, one a golden scarf for the head, with pendant fringe and tassels, the other a mantle of plain silk. In process of time the scarf and tassels were incor porated, as it were, in the mantle, surviving only as a cumbrous ornament. It is not necessary to describe the appearance of the Turkish woman thus apparelled. Every one knows how they stride along like animated sacks, showing more than enough of coarse white stocking on a leg that is never pretty, ili-made French boots, or trailing yellow slippers. Not a few wear socks, always down at heel, often trailing in the perennial mud. Pine eyes, both gray and black, are common, and quite enough is seen of the features to assure one that beauty of face is not sparingly distributed. While lightly digressing in this by-path I would point out the exceeding fairness of the race. The Turkish peasant has a whiter skin than the Greek townsman. Southern Italians even ara more dusky of complexion. Pair hair and light eyes abound in all classes, ana, unless it be a man evidently crossed with negro blood, you wiU never see a Turk so brown of skin as are the vast majority of Greeks. In height and strength of build, also, they are superior to all their subject peoples, excepting the Albanian. This magnificent race, the Skipetar, is the Pathan of Europe, but vastly above its Asiatic antitype in all the finer qualities of man. &o unprejudiced observer can doubt that the Albanian, with all his shortcomings and his faults, is the most hopeful, as he is most inter estin g, of the nation alities subject to Turkey. Above all, he is artistic, xermeated with a sense of fitness and beauty, which ho displays in manner, hi dross, in all and every one of the many arts cultivated by this nationality, which the utilitarian Greek calls barbarous.

From the Chicago Tribnne. Thomas O. Thompson, Esq., the Mayor's Secretary, who, some lew days ago, slipped on a banana peel and sprained his knee, writes that SI. Jacobs Oil " acted like a charm." A French Woman's Valor, Visitors to Paris cannot fail to have Been in the great central market an old woman seated behind a goodly array of cabbages and cauli (lowers, wearing the Order of the Legion of Honor on her breast. Her name is Annette Drevon, and her history is a remarkable one. in her younger days she was Cttntinhyre in a regiment of Zouaves who served in Africa, in the Crimea, in Italy, and on the banks of the Rhine. She was present at the taking of Magenta, and during that mrtrc saw a couple of Austrian soldiers lay hands on the flag of the regiment to which she belonged. Undeterred by the whistling of the bullets, the courageous Frenchwoman rushed forward to save the flag, killed one Austrian, wounded the other with her revolver, and returned triumphant with the standard she had saved from the enemy. For this act of courage she was decorated; but it is not her only one. During the FrancoPrussian war she followed the Thirtysecond Itegimeut- of the Line as cantinU re. One day after tlj armistice had been proclaimed, she was insulted by a Bavarian soldier, near the gates of Thionville. The plucky cantuuerc drew out her revolver and stretched tho Aggressor dead on the ground. For this she whs arrested, tried by a court martial sitting at Mete, and condemned to death. On the day she was to be executed Prince Frederick Charles happened to be passing through Metz. Having learned that a woman was to be shot, he inquired into the circumstances, granted her a respite, and four days later sent her back to France, pardoned. Since then Annette has established herself as a market woman, and. aided by a pension allowed her by the State, manages to live, as she is proud of saying, independently.

Proper Karnes. Before the reign of Elizabeth, English names were few, simple, short and familiar. If a person had a new name of some length it was very sure to be shortened or nicked. In ordinary life few names wero heard but Tom, l)ick, Hurry Half Jack Jlobj Mobj Dobj Phip, infancy; and .similar abbreviations. Putin the. year 1560 an event occurred which in a few years changed half the names in England. Tho Bible was published in the English language, and one copy of the same, if no more, was soon to be found in each parish, perhaps chained to a desk in the church. Before that time, the English Bible was a forbidden book, and if a family had a copy, it was kept most carefully hidden, and never read except with great precautions. The Bible waa sometimes fastened under the lid of a stool, and, if danger threatened, the book was concealed by closing the lid. Sometimes the odious detective, when lie entered would be invited to take a scat on that very stool. If you wish to make a book uuivei sally desired, you have only to put the ban ot the law upon it In 1558, Elizabeth became Queen of England, and soon after this passionately loved and long-forbidden book was spread all ovei the kincrdom. Peonlo read it as it had

never boon read before, ami has never been read since. Peasants in remote parishes may be said in the most literal sense to have searched the scriptures ; they ransacked them front Genesis to Revelations, and particularly the chapters containing little more than lists of names. People in general regarded every word and syllable even of the English translation as the veritable language of Jehovah. They soon began to name their children from it. The old English names rapidly went out of fashion, and Bible names succeeded thorn. Although the new fashion lasted little more than two generations, soma of tho old names never returned. Hamlet, for instance, was common in Hhakspeare's day. Amice, Avis, Colet, Sibyl, Dinah, and many others are now scarcely known. Even Barbara, with its nick-name oi Bab, Dorothy and Dolly, Olive and Olivia, Cecilia and Cicely, are no longer the favorites they once were. Some of the old forgotten names wero no great loa?. We read in an ancient parish register of a certain "Original Bellamy, who had a son named Original, and his son was also named Original. The discovery of this entry led to that of other Originals of tho same century. There was a John Babington iu 1550 who gave his son and heir the nanio of Original. Many parents, it appears, have given their children something ridiculous in the way of a name. Mr. Bardsley copies from the London directory tho following, all of which must have been given with deliberate intent to fasten a oko upon the unfortunate children : Cannon Ball, Dunn Brown, Friend Bottle, River Jordan, Jolly Death and Sudden Death. A " Mr. Sudden Death " appeared as a witness in a Loudon trial about two years ago. In this country we have had odd names like the following : America Spairow and America C. Tabb. A certain Robert New christened his two sons Nothing and Something. We have had also Christmas Carol, Pepper Mixer, Opportunity Hopjcr, China Ware, Lemon Peel, Salt Cod

and Always Gentle, ; Not u Beverage "Theyaie not n beverage, but a medicine, ith curative properties of the highest degree, containing uo poor whisky or poisonous jnga. Tiiev do not tear down an already debilitated ! sYtftem. but build it up. One bottle contains

more Hops, tnat is. tuoru rt-ai up tfirvugiu, thau a barrel of ordinary beer; Every Omggtet in Kohestertlls them, and the physician prescribe them," Ktvniiuj Kxpns in Hup iiiUryfi. The Spirit tinl Realm. I stated that two demand exist in th spiritual realm a demand for a pt rson to appreciate religion, and a demand for a religion worthy of being esteemed. The power to love is valuable only when the world has something lovable. Tht religious sentiment must bo kept alive in our era and continent ; but, that this may come to pass, theivligion must be made admirable for the new times, rt will not be enough if the old monks and the old Puritans and the Pilgrim Fathers loved certain ideas and laws for a sanctuary. The old Germans used to inherit the friendships and feuds of their fathers ; but the modern mind cannot assume the love and the hate of tha far-off yesterday. All the arts have hnd to undergo great change's in ordei to find a welcome from the passing cent nry. Painter and sculptor and music hm have changed subject and treatment. The poet has changed his verse, The ponderous heroic of Pope has been dis placed by the lyric measures of Tennyson. The orator has made the short sentences overthrow the rolling propositions. The schoolmaster has flung aside tli rod and frown, and risks the sway of kind words and a smile. Men who once cut down trees now wish theii weak hands could replace the fallen giants. Our era inherits no hate or love. As in John's vision, he that sits upon tho throne of the present world says, "Behold, I make all things new," and in obedience to this decree the religion of America will have to become as new as the nation, as fresh as its industry and inventions and hopes. It must be made worthy of public regard- David Almost DiKCOiirngred ! Such expressions arc very common among those afflicted with a Ooiuh or Cold. They have palled on the dc-jtor and he has prescribed. They hav tnod nearly everything which has been riconmu iidcd, tut are no heller. Hope abandons tiie-n. and they look with distrust upon all mtdieiiu:.-. Hut there is an old family remedy advertiwd in thin paper which postseason true merit. Allen's Lung Balsam will cine your Cold or Cough. Try it, and you will receive no hope and a perfect cure. It is pleasant to take and perfectly bannlest;. The city druggist all sell it. Eight's Extbact of Tah anji YVii d Cukbbx has b-en u.sed for twenty year, and timing that tirao has saved many very valuable. lives. Do not neglect a cough or cold until it is too late. Try this excellent remedy, and we are Hure you will bo convinced of it merit. Chronic Coiigha, and even Consumptives, are cured by following the directions. Every bottle in war-, ranted to give satisfaction. Prepared by the Eimnert Proprietary Co., Chicago. Sold by all ojtl druggists.

ANXIOUS TO RISE, From tho La Fayette Daily Journal. There's plenty of room upstairs, as Daniel Webster said to'the young lawyer anxious to rise, but despondent of Ids chance to do so; but no owe need injure himself either in climbing the stairs of fame or those of his own house or busbies.'; place. The following h to the point; Air. John A. Hutchinson, Supl. Downer's Kerosene Oil Works, Boston, -Mass., writes: Sir. l'atlon, one of our foremen, in walking up stairs last week sprained his leg badly. I gave him a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil to try. He used it. and an almost instantaneous cure was effected. Hf.cretary Evarts says there are more Bostonians in Brooklyn thau there are in Boston. Joseph H. Ohoate, the Secretary's law partner, says he has lived in Brooklyn a good many years, and out of 60,000 .Brooklyn people he has never been able to find a single one who was born within the city limits. Boston W.

Fon 'nvfiVKiwA, indigestion, depretssittn of Kpirits and general debility iu their various forms, hIho ns a preventive jt gainst fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, the Fmiu Pin ki'iiouatkdEi.ixik of Camhaya JUhk, made, by Cauweli, Hazard k Co., New York, and sold by all drnggintrf, is tho best tonic, and for patients recovering from fever or other sk'knt ss it has uo equal. Uncle Sam's Condition POwukus are recommended bv stnek-ownerd who have used them as the, best Horse and Cattle Medicine to be had. If the ammal is Scraggy, Spiritless, or ban no appetite, these Powders are an excellent nincdv, and every owner of stock will do well totry'tlH-m. They aro prepared by tho Eniniej t lroprietarv Co., Chicago, 111., a very reliable lirm, and sold by all good druggists. Tuicditmmid bots and shoen are perfect lifting, good styles, honest work. Koseiithal Bros., Chicago. The Fia.er axle greaao is tho best and only genuine. YYo inow it.

The cheapest method to carat the undertaker (who is generally around when Coughs and CoIdH prevail) is to buy and use Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, Jt always cores.

GREAT GERMAN REMEDY roa RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBABO, BACKACHE,

SORENESS CHEST, SORE THROAT, QUINSY, swELLisraa SPRAINS, FROSTED FEU ABB EARS, BUHNU am

General Bodily Pain TOOTH, EAR HEADACHE, JJTB ALL (Will! jure ACHES.

No Prorimtioa on irth equali Bt. JiOOH On. u tXTTL tuns, simple and cueaf External Remedy. A trial ntail bat tho comparatiTely trifling outlay of S0Czm and Tn on inffaring with pain can hai ehaap and potitir prf m (U claim. pnUCnOKS 15 UJKTK5 LAKSCAOU OLD If ALL DftUGOlSTS AND DSALEAS M MEBI61IL Am VOGELER Si CO.

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IVo Time should Bo Lost, If tli stomach, liror and bowels are affected, to adopt the sure remedy, H(toiterVStomaeh Bittern. Diseases of the organs named beget others fox more serious, and a delay Is therefore hazardous. Dyspepsia, ttver complaint, chills and fever, oirly rheumatic twinpa, kidney wenknfisB, brinst serious bodily trouble if trifled with. Lose no time ill lining this offectKe, aafo and leng-known uitMlicine. . . ,. rsr For sale by all Druggists and Dealers gtmerally. Free A Musical Journal. Adilrs.F. Breluu, Krif , Pa.

WNTEI 1"0 Agents. Sp!emlid Photo. Family Record ; beat paying thing out, O. h, SHOK 1, Chicago.

Homlilne ITnblt Cured In 10 to 20 days. Sit pay till Cured. Uk. J. ytJti'UKKa, Lebanon, Ohio.

R1?0 FOX. Wkiitik. Hnrcooii, Mint, houRht for Cash: Highest Prke-. Kwui fr Circular lull par. Ucnlan. K. t BOUG11TON. 5 Howard St., Jiew York.

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AKYLAXD FAltMS.STto per Acre.

Catalogue

Short winters, breezy summers, healthy riixnato.

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VnilMG MClJIraTelfgraphj! Earn $40 to $100 a lUUisQ MlEU month. Graduates guaranteed pay ig offices. Address Vausntixe Bkos., Jimoavule.wi

$350

MOTII ! Atrent "Wanted t Best-Sellim? Articles in the world: asanv

ej'ne. JAY BRONSOJJ, Dotroit, Mich.

777

A YEAR and expanses to agents. Outfit Free. Addreu P O. VIGKBKY. Artgusta, Mains

TURKIC UTTLEGIIU.5 CNOKlt I2wUlbe tiken as boarding pupils in a school whoso number of day pupils is limited. Exceptionally pleasant home, Cuii&tmit care, thorough instruction. ReSerences. Ad dress AII.SS ti. ELK INS, Station B, Brooklyn, N. Y.

iii u n c a l ,Tirunr Ilatra, now rrailj. It t tight. Aeta Wu(i &eod kt pirtiruHn. 8cti Uuddu cod, Kt. Templtr outfit.

bi.i1 tooi ai DiMlin puce, ncnu tor iimnriwa cia. liEt. KliUlKQ & CO., Muooiu PaUUhers, T31 firud war, Kw Vuik. fi4ui of ipuxio11" wcji.

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ILLt'STRATEl) GAUDKX GUHK, of the best Flowere Band Wiretulitaw, with prices of V, ...!.. 4,.4 li.mf In c-mur tlinm. TTH IS R

TO ATX. It fit! juvi to fcmljor U. COLE & BROTHER, Sexdsmjsn, Pkixa, Iowa.

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CELLULOID EYE-CLASSES,

Representing tho choiceat-soli'oted Tortoiseshell and Amber. Tho Ifcbteiit, handsomeaL nud 8tront nt known. S dd by Ontieiana and Jewolern. Mftdo bv tho 8 PENCE It OFIIOAL MT'G CO., 13 Maiden Lane. Now York.

OTr 1,000,000 Aoroft o( Choice Farming Landj in tho Near West

For nalo by the lowaR.R. Land Co. tVlar RurthlB. Iuwa.

Branch OiEce. 83 Uaudolph St., Chlca&O. X1U

II n ir !v e U the SAFEST jinti H K8T ; it acta hisiauta. netjusly.pruducinffthoinuat intmal 4haJa of Klaok ot Hiown: dot-a NOT STAIN fhaSlIlN and is easily ap

niOT innDAIOl'b'-d. Hlaa8tanlaidprpRISTADOnU Oatiun, and a favorite 0

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NOTICE! AS BLUE FLANNEL GARMENTS Of InJVrlm- futility of Good arn Buhl as tho ' genuine Middlesex, which are nut made by that mill, The Middlesex Iiuni-any, in "rdr to ini'tft tliir i-iistmupts and the puhlin, uivv ni'tlco that lmrt'ittL all ChilhiiiK made from TUK MlDDldCSEX STAN1AU1 INUliiO 11MJK 1XAXNKI.S AND Y At MIT t 'LOTUS inuat bar tho trademark ticket furuilifd by tho Selling Agents w all parties ordering the llvKKUELI', FAY A CO., fte.Ulnff AffCiiU, Mldflletwx ,ouniiny, 86 & 88 Worth St., New Yoik ; 37 Franklin St., Bostgn; 214 Chestnut 1L, Philadelphia...

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Tills is tho chanpest and only complete and reliable work im JLliijuUe and Butfimtss and Social Forms. It tolls how to perform all tho various duties of life, and how to appear to the best advantage un all occasions. A (rent il "Wanted. Snd for circulars containing a full desert lit i'-n of tho wurk mid extra torma to Agents, Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, HI.

BROWN'S ADHESIVE POULTICE New and wonderful article! Most marvelous curesl Chest Colds, Lama Backs and Neuralgiac Complaints; an emolli.mt tor Intlarued Parts, Bums, and stubborn Surfd from Fmst-Bites, Eruptive Diseases or Injuries. Viico 2o tents. Discount allowed and goods prepaid to the trade, by mail. Gratuitous pnckagB sent to drug, aidt-s maihiig us business card. Agents wanted. HROUN'S ADHESIVE Potli U K CO., ) iiold t.. Now Y ork. f& Please cut this out and pin it up till yon or your friends are nurturing, then have nearest druggist send for a free package, and most remarkable cures erar experienced will result.

TPrTDff1 TTflllTISENT

FREE,

ks? jjimuuis lh3.bil.ilx, jsi ii&nnooa. and Seminal Weakness cured by MATHKWS' Improved Electro-Magnetic Belt and Absorbent Pad combined; size of Pad, 7x10 inches four times larger than others. Do .not purchase any rld-t)le Belts v.hen you can net the latest improved fur $2. " Klectiio light," a 34oolumn paper, bent free unsealed; eenled. 6c. 1). S. D. MATHKWS A CO., 431 W. Lake Street, Chicago.

TEXAS

The Southwestern Immigration

Company.

IUb thenorposo of this Company to supply the need of a State Bureau of ImruiKrauon, ana not to subserve tho purposes of any Individual railway, or other corporation, fifyoiatuisbouffntorsota. Information furnished those wishing to settle m n si I .Itnli-jiA IHilncI

W. W.LANUroR. ( !j U HasterTexas State Grangt) or B. (i. Dcval, Sec. Austin, Texas.

THE NUUBSQN MILK COOLER

Will raise as much cream in eight hours, with a temperature of 65 to 60 dtfz.,as con be raised in twelve houifl with anv other, usintr tank, ice and

water, with a temperature of 45 to 0 dear. It cools tho milk from center

and below. Indorsed by prominent dairymen. Thousands in nse and giving satisfaction. State or Couiity rljrbfa for sale. For terms or information address T.BABBEB& SOK, Black Eartb.WU,

The Best Field EMIGRANTS, AN IMMENSE AREA OF RAILROAD ANI GOVERNMENT LANDS, OF CURAT FERTILITY, WITHIN EASY KKAWI OF PERMANENT MARKET, AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES, Im now oft'ered for a!e In EASTERN ORECON mid EASTERN WASH. 1NGTON TERRITORY. TIibno laiwU form part of the (Treat GRAIN BELT f tho Pucilic Slope, and are within n.n nvernsn diimire of 2oO to .(JO miles frouMl'ortliuul, whore sreuutBlila and sailiuir voaneU nro diri'Mly loaded FOR ALL PARTS OF THE WOULO. ;itAIN AT PORTLAND, OREGON, COM. HANDS A PRICK EQUAL TO THAT OB. TAIN ED IN CHICAGO. The eitrly completion of the Xoi'thern Pacific K. U now asswred, and gttarantee to settlers thenp and qttick transportation and good market both Rostand West. Th4 opening of this nmr overland line to the Pacific, together trith the construction of the network of 700 tnitrs of railroad by the O. A '& X. Co. in the valleys of the great Columbia and its principal tributaries, renders certain a rapid increase in the cttluv of the lands now open to purchase and prv-etnption. There is tvrrtj indication of an enormous movement of population to the Columbia Jiiver region in the immediate future LAX DS SHOW an AVERAGE YIELD ot 40 BUSHELS OF WHEAT PER ACRE. No Failure of Crops ever known. RAILROAD LANDS offered at the uniform rate of an Acre, CLIMATE MILD AND HEALTHY.

For pamphlet and maps descriptive of country. Us resources, climate, ronto ol travel rate and full information, address A. STOKES, Gen' I Eastern Pass'r Agent, 62 Clark St. Chicago, III.

BABY CABINET ORGAN SBW STYLE 10THHEE AND A QUARTER OCTAVES, In BLACK WALNUT CASK, decorated With GOLD BRONZE, Length, 30 inches i height, 33 in. ; depth, 14 In. This novel stylo of tho MASON & HAMLIN CAB. IXET ORGANS (ready this month) has sufficient compass and capacity for the performance, with fall parts, of Hymn Tunes, Anthems, Songa, and Popular Sacred and Secular Music generally. It retains to a wonderful citcnt, for an Instrument to small, tho extraordinary excellence, both as to power and quality of tone, which lias given the MASON & HAMLIN Cabinet Organs their great reputation and won tor them the H10 Tl EST DISTINCTIONS at EVERT ONE of the G UE AT WORLD'S INDUSTRIAL EX. 1UBITIONS for THIRTEEN YEARS. EVERY ON will ns FCLLT W&ttUAXTHD. CASH i'RICK 923 on receipt of which It will be shipped as directed. It ON P.KCEIPT AND TRIAL IT UOE8 NOT SATISFY TH PPIICIIASER, IT MAT 1K RETURNED AND TOT MOSJST VI LI BR BEFCNMEB. X JEIGHTY STYLES of Organs are regularly mada by (ho MASOST & HAMLIN CO., from tho BABY CABINET ORGAN at $23; to largo CONCERT ORGANS nt $900, and upwards. The great majority are at $100 to $200 each. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS and PRICE LISTS free. ' MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 164 Trenmnt St BOSTON ; 46 East 14tU SU, NEW 01tKiH9W&bM, 0HICAQO,

A GOOD FAMILY BEMEDT. STRICTLY PURE :

EN'S:

This engraving represents the Lnnga In a healthy state.

WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY!

recommend your I3nlnm' m preference any other

medicine lor coughs ana coias. i TATTWfriT ,rt Trji T11 Um a

some wonderful cures of C'ouhh nipt I on hi ilis asses by tho use of w Allen's I.nntr Haasum.

DR. J. B. TURNER, RlcmntsrUle, Ala., a practicing physician of twenty-five years, writes: " It is the best preparation for Consumption tn tho world. For nil TH-ac of the Throat. I.anjr cm Pulmonary Ortran. It will be fOUB excellent Remedy. AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL IT CONTAINS' NO OPIUM IN ANY FORM.

J, N. HARRIS 4fc CO., Proprietory

CINCINNATI; O. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGI8T8.

FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Beat In the World. IHnde only by the FriU per J,ubrfTiUor Company, at Jt'hlcMo, pmbw York, and St. Louis. SOLD rBrWxRS.

PAT EN lo M. M. ROHRER & SON, Attorney at Law and Solictor American and Foreign Patents, iVo. 500 Seventh Street, Washington Practice patent law in all its branch, in the Patant

re-issnes ana rejectee, cases. -

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Dr. Sy tea' Snria Cure"

"CATARRH"

Cures Without Fall. Ask your Drugg

Price of " Sure Cure and " Insufflator all

la only SI. 50. Valuable book ol fall lnfc i iL I. I J ,1

cen i. name luupaiwrauu uiuim DR. 0. R. SYKES. 169 K. Madison St., Ohlca, HI.

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Tonic and mild Stimuhuat,

.nable, without intOX-

The IParest and Best medicine ever maoe

Soft elmuw Voportiee "of eU other Bittora,

male est tho greatest mcoa runner, bitor J XI tor. and Life and Heaith Rtit?

mm vhmi Aim

To all whoso eWoymccansotenUrl

;i..iwMni.ml urinary organs, w

auirean Appetizer

Hop Dltters are inval

No matter whfttyourfemen" r "JyvT are what the disease or il Vnes u!e ?f tors. Don't wait until yon oa only feel bad or miseratde,tbem at ones. ItniaysaveyourUfe.UbAsVred hnndwd 8500 wiU be paid for a cal JSHLJffi"?' (mreoVhclp. Do not tousTSna? suffer.butuseandunre themJ "P Remember, flop Bitters to iwV

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n tannAhiolnteandfrresf9tiMecure

rrl5rurdenness,use of opium, tobacco ant li.tHot Ailsold by druerffista. Send

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Buy your Seed

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This

QT?T?TC-Choie0 selections from the rreO ri-Tj UO liable growers and Jmporrs. No nif ilutttri In store. Every variety testad belora hy mall. Seeds shipped by mall or gspreas to part of the United States. Referenee: Homo NaOonaa Sank. Chicaco: Furst A Bradley Mfg -. Chicago Klrby. iannter& Co.. Chafto jnd lor CJalofru4 of Seeds and Farm MMWowTj,A. B. BARNES. 46 A 48 W. Lake St, CMCttADX

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Lay the Axe

to the Root

If yon would destroy the cankering worm. For any exter nal pain, sore, wound or lameness of man or beast, use only MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT. It penetrates all muscle and flesh to the very bone, expelling all inflammation; soreness and pain, and healing the diseased part as no other Liniment ever did or can. So saith the experience of two generations of sufferers, and bo will you say when you have tried the 44 Mustang

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No. 6

T"E WK1TI1M3 TO ADVKKT1SKRH, Y (dense say you saw ihe advertisement In this paper .-