Bloomington Progress, Volume 21, Number 14, Bloomington, Monroe County, 1 June 1887 — Page 4
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MIMOST. nunt a. nun, My tort approach aie'a western slope ; Abo ms.lMnds the noonday ikies. Beyond me ipre&ds ths real&l of hops. Behind, the land of mammy lies ; I know sot -what toe years may bring Of dangers wild, orjoya serene; Bnt, turning to the east, I sing, "lord, keep my memory green." Oh land of wtater and of bloom, Of singing bird, and moaning pine. Thy golden lights, thy tender gloom, Thy Tales and mountains, all are mine I Thy holy loves of other years With beck'ning hands toward me lean. And whisper through their falling tears, -Lord, keep my memory green." Dear Memory ! whose unclouded gaze Can pierce the darkest wilds of space, I see her morning watchftre blase, I fool her breezes fan my face ; I would not giro the light she flings Across my future's landscape scope For all the pomp and power of Kings "Iiord, keep my memory green." Xjet Memory near my soul abide, With eye and -voice to warn and win. Till Hope and Memory, side by side, Shall walk above the tides of sinTill from life's western lakes and rills The angol lifts the strciet sheen. And hangs it o'er the eastern hills "Ijord, keep my memory green."
MY OPERA TOR. BY W. H. 8. ATXraSOX. Some ton yean ago I was in the service of Spotem Co., one of the beat-known detective firms in the West. Even so long ago as that I had achieved more than ordinary fame as a railroad detective, so that, when a letter was received by the firm from
tha General Manager of the Missouri River
Broad Gnage Railway requesting the services of a "live" man, I was not at all surprised that Mr. John Spotem should instrnet me to prepare at once to undertake this especial business. That afternoon I was aboard the train.
on my way from Chicago to Omaha, and
next morning reported at railroad headquarters. The sitnaiion was explained to me by the General Manager. "We axe being robbed right along, Mr. Sharps," said he, "by a gang of thieves, evidently with an expert at their head, and, I am afraid, with some of our people acting in collusion with them. The freight trains axe mostly robbed when side-tracked, and, notwithstanding that the trainmen have orders to use extra vigilance, the thefts still continue to go on. Nor are they confined to any particular section. For, while one day a robbery will be reported on the west end of the road, two or three days later will come news of a raid at the east end, throe hundred miles away. Mostly dry goods and other equally valuable articles of merehanaise are taken, but in such onantWes as to leave no doubt that many
men, and even teams, are in the employ of the thieve." More information was given me by the official, and I then left to go over the road, to M to enable me to understand the "lay" of the land and form plans for future action. Three days later I again reported at headquarters and suggested that I be installed as (supposed) assistant trainmaster at Prairie Flower where the company had large shops and yards, midway between Omaha and the western terminus of the railway. I also suggested sending for two trusty aflffjutfin" from Chicago one to travel east and the other west of me and, lastly, requested the services of a telegraph operator. For, though I understood telegraphy myself, I wished to have an operator wbicouM receive messages whether I was
To all my plans the General Manager as-
andl was soon located at Prairie
Two weeks passed, during which time we made very little progress, although several robberies were reported. I learned
MMioli to convince me that Jim Kali, a
notorious crook who formerly ' 'worked several Illinois railroads, had a linger in
Mb "roe. And that was almost all I did
leam the first two weeks. I mistrusted my operator, too. I did not actually detect him ia any crookedness, but I did net like his looks the more so after I discovered that
he had been dismissed from one of the very
Illinois railroads which Jim Ball had made
to suffer. So I decided to dismiss him and advertised for a lady operator. I thought if I took a lady, and especially one who
was unconnected with the railroads, I
should be on the safe aide and have mere confidence in the correctness of messages
received and dispatched. Within a week I had installed at the operators' table as pretty a specimen of young womanhood as
ever I set eyes upon. She was, pernape,
twenty-two or three years of age, was of
rnaAinm size, ett-edueated, and smart, and looked as strong and hearty as she was pretty.
In forty-eight hours I was desperately in love with her. In. another forty-eight hours I had made a fool of myself (even detectives, being men, occasionally act the fool), ofiemd her my hand and heart, and
was refused: though that fact did not
seriously discourage me.
Meanwhile the robbers were playing fast and loose with me, aa well as with the company's property. I was vexed, because I had hoped to "nail" the culprits in a much shorter time than had already elapsed since I undertook the task. I even began to suspect my own especial assistants of
being unfaithful; for, just as sure as I re
ceived a message from one of them, giving
information of an expected raid at a cer
tain point, so sure (after going to that place with officers) would a robbery take
place in an entirely opposite direction.
When a man is foiled in the main object, for the time-being, of
hW life is bad eno
but when he is also in love it goes rather hardly with him. I was greatly worried
and hardly knew what course to pursue.
Miss Avery, my operator, noticed my
anxiety and was very kind to me relieving
me of all the work which she could under
take, such as letter-writing, etc Apart
from our duties she was also very pleasant.
She seemed so well pleased to spend much
of her time "off duty" in my company that
I began to think my "love affair" would
come out all right yet.
One day, when I had been at Prairie Flower about a month, as l.sat at my desk, writing, I heard the click-click of the tele
graph instrument. I have said that I was
myself an operator, and, though I did not
often handle the instrument, I did on this
occasion listen to the message aa it was
clicked over the wire. This is what I heard
"Bed Creek to-night at nine, for number
twenty-two. "IiSWxencs.'
Lawrence was my man whose territory
was the eastern end of the railroad.
In a minnte or so Miss Avery handed me her official transcription of the message, on
a slip of paper.
"Bock Creek to-night a nine, for number
thirty-two. "IiAwaracB.
I read and re-read the message as writ
ten out by my orperaior. Could I possibly be so much out of practice as to mistake
Bed for Sock and twentg-iwo for thirty
tmoT It made all the difference in the world. There was a Bed Creek station and
also a Bonk Creek station, but they were ninety miles apart; the number of the train,
loo, was different to what I thought
that there is some mistake here. Let me take a hand."
I tanned the kev. called up Lawrence
and wired "Bed Creek to-night at nino, for number twenty-two. Is this correct? Answer." Then I paused for a reply and turned in Ely seat. As I did so my eyes rested upon a very neat, bnt very wicked-looking revolver, held by my fair operator about two yards away from mo. It was just far enough off to render ft "grab" impossible. "Miss Avery's" eyes flashed with anger otherwise she was cool and collected as an old veteran as she said: "Don't move! You have played a good card in asking a repetition of that message, but I hold a better one for the present. Let me introduce myself. I am Jim Ball's wife, and a dead shot. You have spoilod Jim's game and mine; now, for a white, I must spoil yours. I will not shoot you unless yon force me to do so. Listen! It is now i o'clock. In one hour it will be out of the question for you to reach Bed Creek before 9 o'clock. In two hours the operator there will have closed his office and gone away, so that you cannot commnuiaate. During those two hours I propose to cover you with my gun, and if in that time yon move your hands toward the "ticker" or your pockets, or attempt to leave your seat, I will shoot you dead, so help me God!" I saw that I was cornered, and -I must confess that I felt sheepish as well as sore over the turn affairs had taken. For ten minutes I said not a word, nor did my captor. Then as I gazed upon the handsome woman before me and thought on how I had actually fallen in love with her, and (worse thought of all) Bad told her so, I could not help smiling a sickly smile, perhaps. "It's too bad, Mr. Sharps, after all your kindness to me," laughed Mrs. Ball, "but it is a clear case of self-defense, yon must admit. Two hours will soon slip by, anyway." Notwithstanding which remark, however, they were the longest two hours I ever spent. It was a quarter past six, perhaps, when Mrs. Ball backeu toward the door of the office, which, by the way, was a small, isolated building in the center of the large yard, all the time keeping me well covered with her pistol. Then, quick as- lightning, she opened the door, slipped out and turned the key on the outside. I rushed from my seat and tried to force the door, but it would not give way to my repeated efforts, and I was compelled to make my escape through a window. It was late in the fall, and darkness had already settled over everything, so my smart and pretty operator and erstwhile Bweetheart escaped. The robberies on the Missouri River Broad Gunge came to an end; bat, alas for mv professional pride, I never caught the
culprits, and I am afraid I never told the
whole truth of the sudden disappearance
of the operator.
Seven years later business took me to a
small mining town in the far West While there a notable crook was captured, on account of a big robbery which had involved the perpetrator in murder. A night or two
after, when I was in my bed sound asleep,
the landlord of the hotel came to me and
asked if I would like to see Judge Lynch at work if so, to get up at once and follow
him.
Half an hour later we were in a lonely
gully outside the town, where the-brilliant light of the moon revealed a strange, weird
te. Instead of being hung the prisoner
was to be shot, and he stood erect, with
his hands bound behind him and his feet tied together. About fifteen paces away stood the firing squad of five
men, with their Winchester rifles loaded, awaiting orders to fire. Perhaps fifty or sixty masked men were in the immediate vicinity.
Midway between the culprit and his exe
cutioners stood Judge Lynch's head man, who presently asked in a subdued tone,
All ready?"
A dead silence was apparently taken as
an affirmative reply, for he proceeded:
"One!" "Two!" "Three!" "PireT
Five flashes, but only one report and
at that very instant a shrieking woman ran
up to the doomed man and threw her arms
around his neck. Every one of those five balls told with fearful precision, and both the man and the woman who clung to him
fell dead.
I sauntered up with the rest of the crowd
out of curiosity to see Judge Lynch s vic
tims. The man was Tim Ball; the woman
was his wife, who had been my operator at
Prairie Flower, seven years before.
ELEGANT ATTIRE.
I was about tired of all this misunderstanding and check-mating. I was in dead earnest and proposed to tackle this new
lead and follow it for all it was worth.
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THE BLACK
r I KG IN IN CUUKVU.
A. CUBAN
The churches are an interesting study
in Havana, and you may spend hoars in
the hoary old cathedral, where the
bones of Columbus are supposed to be
entombed, most pleasantly. There the
church rules with a rod of iron as it
does wherever ignorance and supersti
tion prevail. The Bine Convent at
Begla is devoted to the black or negro
Virgin Mary. The scene is thus de
scribed by a writer who witnessed the
ceremony of a public festival at Begin
"The representative of the sable Virgin
sits on a throne above a lofty altar hold
ing an infant Jesus in her hands; a
formidable line of followers supports
the sable Queen, all supposed to be angels; some in short tunics with helmets and feathers, others decorated
with plumes and flowers, the whole gorgeously covered with tin foil, cop
per, hieroglyphics, and plated orna
ments such as are seen on a coffin.
Near the center of the church is a figure
larger than life of ourSavior on the cross,
in a flaxen wig and flowing curls, the blood oozing from the wounds in His
hands, feet, and side, while below stands
the Virgin, of a white complexion,
fat-faced, highly-rouged, portly figure,
with auburn tresses, perfumed and dressed in the last mode, her clothing
a fashionable bine embroidered gown,
lace mantilla, white satin shoes, and in her hand the characteristic fan; large
wax tears stand out in bold relief under her eyes, and to represent the pain she is enduring a dagger appears in her left side, the hilt projecting from beneath her breast. " I saw in the Church
of St. Augustine and others these hide
ous effigies of the Savior and the Vir
gin, bnt only in the Begla Church is the Virgin represented in one effigy as
a negress. Havana letter.
ItONBT BUT KVDC
"Tm thinking of writing for the
press," said a lady to a crabbed old ed
itor.
"Well, you a Detter go at space
work."
"Do you think I would succeed best
at that?" "Yes."
"Why?" "Because all yon women know how to pad so welL" The Earth. No rules can make amiability; our minds and apprehension make that; and so is our felicity. Jeremy Taylor. A bronze statue of John C. Breokenridge will be erected next fail at Lexington, Ky.
Stylish Adornments of
Feminine Form Divine.
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LATEST DECREES OF FASHION.
What to Wear, and How to Wear It-
Styles in Costumes, Hats, Bonnets, Ste., Ete.
Brides ami Bridesmaid. Rich satin and faillo Francaise of a
delicate ivory tint, says Demorexls Magazine, are the preferred materials for fashionable bridal dresses, mado with extreme simplicity, the train long and usually untriinmed, tho corsage
high, with the neck cut out square or in V-shape, and. elbow sleeves. Hand
some lace, point or Duchesse, and
pearl-beaded tulle are used for orna
menting the front and sides of the skirt, to which the garniture is principally confined. The foot of the skirt in front
finished with a full niching, some
times of tulle, through which loops of satin or moire ribbon are interspersed, or of lace or the dress material, and sometimes the French fashion is followed of using a garland of orange blossoms set in lace.
A notable bridal dress is of rich ivory
satin, made in the style of the sixteenth century, with a long, perfectly plain court train, the front ornamented with three flounces of point lace, each headed by embroidery of pearls and silver, and the foot finished with a garland of orange blossoms. The pointed bodice is embroidered with pearls and silver and finished with a high Medici collar, similarly embroidered. Another
is of ivory-white faille Francaise, with
square, perfectly plain court train, the front draped with Duchesse lace, over a foot-rucking of tulle and satin loops, and the corsage cut square in the neok and trimmed with ruchings of tulle and
ribbon and sprays of orange blossoms.
A bridal dress of white gros grain has
a beaded tulle front, outlined by nodding plumes of white lilacs, and revere embroidered with pearl beads finish the
square neck and ornament the elbow sleeves. Another toilet is of satin and faille Francaise in combination, the latter material used for the petticoat, the front of which is embroidered with silver, crystal and pearl beads, one side
ornamented with a cascade of satin,
from which depend sprays of lilies of
the valley, and the other aide almost covered with a Geek drapery sustained by a Marguerite pocket embroidered to match the tablier. The train is of satin, slightly pointed in shape, and falls over the petticoat. The corsage has the pointed front covered with embroidery like that on the tablier, and is completed by a unique monture of lilies of the valley, and quillings of
satin.
Six is a favorite number of brides
maids this season. At a recent wedding their dresses were of point d'esprit net, two heliotrope, two corn-color, and two rose-oolor, made over satin of the same shade; and each carried a basket of flowers similar in color to the dress.
They wore charming capotes of point d'esprit lace like their dresses, trimmed with flowers matching those carried in the baskets. These dresses had short skirts, and the drapery was voluminous and snstained by flat bows of moire ribbon.
At another wedding the bridesmaids
were all dressed alike, and had demitrain skirts of white crepe de Chine over white silk and pointed corsages of
white moire antique, made severely plain, and completed by elbow sleeves. They wore short veils of tulle, and carried, by twos, bouquets of lilacs,
apple blossoms, and daisies. At a wed
ding to take place very shortly there will be eight bridesmaids, who will all
be dressed alike in white satin veiled
with white point d'esprit, the skirts
short and the drapery on one side the side that will be visible as they walk in
couples held by a Marguerite pocket
made of rosebuds, two pink, two yel
low, two red, and two white, each fin
ished by a Matching fringe of smaller buds and sprays reaching almost to the foot of the skirt. They will carry handsome feather fans, the gift of the
bride, and bouquets of roses matching their pockets, which will be presented
by the bridegroom
Jlibbons for Bonnets.
Among the ribbons adapted for sum
mer bonnets are handsome qualities in gauze and grenadine, bordered with a narrow satin stripe, and showing a
tufted picot edge bevond. These come
in all the new shades of yellow, ciel
blue, cream color, several lovely lilac shades, the pale chartreuse tint, and also in many rich dark colors. There
are also many beautiful ribbons in has
kot-weave, and others showing gaily
plaided designs, these specially 'adapted
for producing the Persian so prominent in French millinery. The new Hernani
ribbons are very beautiful. Some of
these have plain, thick satin stripes in
the same colors, and the very wide ones are unusually attractive. They come in
all widths, from two and a half to ten
inches.
less fashionable than formerly; instead, the back hair is waved across mid carried up easily not too tightly from tho nape of the neek to (he coil. The straight bang is convenient in warm weather, and will be worn ajrain quite short, not covering more than half the forehead, as nil dressing for the front hair now .shows more of tho -forehead thau formorly. The pointed or curved Bussian bang is still popular. Tho newest fancy is to brush the short front hair up from tho forehead, curving it slightly and lotting it rest against tho long hair back, which is puffed upward slightly, but without a roll or cushion underneath, and is drawn back to tho coil without parting.
SITUATION IN KENTUCKY. A Ohanoe for Republican Success in tba Coming State Election.
The Jfaeorile Basque. The basque with a long point in front, short on tho hips, and having a narrow plaited postilion that sits up well in tho back, is still the favorite style, as it is also on almost universally becoming one. In the newe-it models no darts appear on tho outside ; they are made in tho lining, however, in tho usual way, and tho pliable outer material is stretched and molded to the figure over the fitted lining, which gives a bias effect to the lower parts of the fronts that is strikingly noticeable when tho goods are striped or plaided, as so many of them are this season. Waists aro made as long as the figuro will permit, and are thoroughly boned so that even a suggestion of a wrinkle is avoided.
Gray the Lending Color. It is predicted that gray will be a leading color during the spring and summer. This is a shade always popular with French women, and it. is a
color pre-eminently becoming
women with roseate complexions. Dark women can likewise wear gray with advantaga This color, like brown, is found almost universally becoming, if only paius bo taken to select the shade that harmonizes best with the intended wearer's complexion. "Fender smoke" is now much worn, and, mado up with panels of velvet striped with wine, blue, or Boman-red, it forms a tasteful and useful afternoon toilet, unobtrusive but elegant.
Stripes and ytaids.
The new Persian striped or Eoman
plaided goods in silk and wool, which are now exhibited, are strongly recommended to women who wish to remodel
their own or their children's last year
dresses with comparatively little outlay. Granting that these goods may seem a bit high-priced, it requires but three or four yards to transform a dark dress in monochrome into a bright, attractive costume, as mingling the gay-
hued fabric with the plain trimmings on the skirt, with vest, collar, and cuffs of the former goods added to the bodice, quite changes the simple dress into a stylish costume suitable and appropri ate for any ordinary occasion.
rompadoHr n oaten.
There are many Pompadour patterns
in the velvet-fignred woolens which
will bo chosen for "dressy" costumes,
where a display of color is not out of
taste. Soft primrose-tinted woolens aro cross-barred with chaudron velvet
and striped with wide bands composed of the tiniest rosebuds. Other wools aro brocaded with bands of silk in flower and leaf. There are other wool
ens figured with rectangular blocks of
velvet and striped with bands com
posed of polka-dots of velvet, gradu
ated in size and in the medley of
bright colors and chine effect. These gay Pompadour woolens will be made into watering-place costumes in combi
nations with heavy laces and embroid
eries. How to H ear the ilatr.
The back hair is now worn only me
dium high in a small soft coil or braided
round and round, says Harper's Bazar.
Very young ladies wear a very small Greek knot or braid extending out
from the head, but this is a severe
style, and is becoming only to wellshaped heads; the larger round braided coil close to the head is more generally
becoming, and is used by young and elderly womon. The French twist is
; ICoviittun (Ky. special. Thee is uctnal danger that tl-a Denio- , cratio pauy will lose ht-uttn-ky fl.is year, i Tin' condition 01 uffatis in tins State war- ' rants th. conclur.ion that tho Kejiiililicans have a fair cluuiw of snccoss. Never 1 ofore have the 1'einocrats lrei-u iu null a demoralized condition. Vltni tho I'cmoernts assumed ceml i o! of (lie State twenty years ago Kentucky was flue liom debt, i with a halanee of Sl.Win.OOO. At the rej eut liuio the surplus has not only bten exhaunted, but the ,ho lo tiro facing a deficit i of SI, i on, ar.d theie it! no satisia- torv j explau ! on of how tho money lias ineii ! e-qionded. Tlie policy )m filled by I he ! ttnrtv in nowei- lias retarded the inati-iial
progress of tho Stale, and oven the Democrats neknowldge that the Ho uklieans have a strong argument against them iu contrasting the condition of Kentucky with other States. A large element in (lie northeastern part of tlie State is opposed to Cleveland's administiat on. They are led by Couuressmau Taulbee, wi,o re resents ,ono of ihe monnlaiu districts. In the Democratic convention which nominated liuckner for Governor Taulbe had a large following in refusing to indorse Cleveland. The great obstacle in the way of the Bourbons is 111 wowing strength of the Prohibition and Labor parties. It is couetd-d by all we'l-p-isled politicians that the temperance people will cast from 20,000 to 50,00(1 votes in the August election. At least 75 per cent, of this will be drawn from the Democrats, as f bo Prohibition element is most numerous in the rural districts, which have always given overwhelming Democratic majorities. It is becoming more and more apparent daily that it was a mislako to nominate ISuckuer. The l'n;.on wing of the Democratic party in Kentucky have no use for a man whose slock in trade is bis Confederate war record and the resolutions of '!!. A leading 1'nion Democrat from Xexingtou said: "We are iu a bad pred eament in Kentucky. The Treasury is empty, th r is no ell'orl to improve or develop the resources of the State, and we have the Pro-
to fair I hibition and Labor vote to contend ag dust.
oeu'-rai utii-Kiiei can uui i-umimeuu iuqkui party strength by several thousand ami the
llepublieans have, in nominating ueuerat V. 0. ISradley for Governor, selected the strongest mail they have. Heck and Carlisle, realizing the serious dang r. are coming home to stump tle State. Every Kentucky Democrat approached on the subject of tlie election concedes that it wilt bo the
losest light they have ever had. Keutou
and Campbell Counties, in which Covington and Newport are situated, and the home of Speaker Carlisle, will both bo carried
by the I'nion Labor party. The wor!i-
ingmen have thorough organizations in
Louisville, Lexia-.ton. Somerset, and other
Democratic strongholds. Jhey will now
their State convention in a few days and
nominate a full ticket, which will in all
probability bo headed by George II.
Blrdm and leathers to the Bear. In millinery garniture there prom
ises to be a tidal-wave of French flowers which will send to the background the use of birds and feathers on summer hats and bonnets. Every sort of material that can be utilized will be seen in flowers and foliage, mosses,
fruits, and tiny vegetables. These materials include plain and fancy velvets.
plushes, changeable satins, crape,
tinted-silk muslin, etamine, grenadine,
and crape with transparent beads, diamond-dust, and metal powderings.
Late 1'anhlonabtc Fads. Wraps grow shorter. Jet is not mourning unless it is dull. Antique oak is the craze in furni
ture at the moment.
Black lace bonnets in oottage shape
are preferred by elderly ladies.
The correct furniture for a Qneon-
Anne cottage is of antique oak.
Mocsselijjes, delaines, and challies
will be much worn this summer.
Plain and barred zephyrs are admir
ably combined in summer frocks.
Yellow is the dash of bright color in
millinery and accessories of the toilet.
The wrap of the passing moment is a
decoration, not a necessity, of the toi
let.
A little jet is necessary in every
dressy black toilet that is not mourning.
New Japanese fans come in fanciful
forms, crescents, clover leaves, squares, and diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs.
All the draperies of an elderly wo
man's dress should be full, and any ap
pearance of scantiness of material must
be studiously avoided.
Note and letter paper, to be fashion
able, must be plain, cream-tinted, or
white, of good quality, and not decorated oven with a monogram.
Handsome purses, crocheted in silk,
with or without beads, are coming into favor, but the portemonnaie holds its
place among sensible, practical women,
Many of the small shoulder mantles
e composed almost entirely of jet
motifs, with long fringes coinposingthe
Bhoulder pieces, which are attached to
a very small, long-pointed yoke of vel vet.
Black dresses are tlie preferred
wear of elderlv ladies, but they look
charming also iu gowns of dark shades
of green, navy blue, nut brown, and
even purple when it is of a dark rich,
ruddy wine hue bordering on garnet.
Thrice one-yard square tidies of Hus-
siau lace inane a covering lor an oiu lounere that converts it into a cool and
effective piece of furniture for a sum
mer cottage or little box down by the
sea or out in the mountains. Tho cost
is a mere trifle.
An ideal window drapery for a sum
mer cottage on a green lawn is of pale blue for the sides and white or cream for tho centers of the curtains. Tho
material may be veiling, scrim, Madras
muslin, or silk, according to tho de
mnnds of the cottage and its other fur
niture.
While mixtures of color in dress
amount almost to a harlequin or rococo
style when they are well chosen, well
thought out, and well carried out, the
effect is highly artistic, and, of course,
beautiful, but it requires rare taste and
experience besides to manage such a toilet in all its details, and it requires
conscientious thought as well as an in
tense application to compose a really
fine toilet out of the varied materials given a woman for that purpose this year and this season, jVew York Sun.
Disease ami floatli Foree their way into many a household that mlt!lit be. protoctort from thoir Inroails, by tlie simple jirecuation of keeping iu tho houae that benign family medlciuo and safeguard of healcb, Hostrtter's Stomach Elttors. Particularly where tlvro are children, should it bo kept on hand, aa a prompt rouiedy for inf antllo complaints, in their outset easily oonquorablo. but which, if allowed to engraft thomaolvos ou tho itolicato childish organism, aro not easily dislodged, and speedily work grievous mischief, frrogalarity of tho bowels, indignation and biliousness, aro ailments of common oc-cui-voiico in tho bousehold. CliiMron living iu malarious regions aro more liable to be attacked with chills a-id fever than adults, ami the ravages of that foil disease in their system are speedier and uioro serious. In remote localities, far from professional aid, it Is especially desirub!o. Primitive Currency. Schweinfnrth has mentioned that toy hose aro used as money by tho NiamKiams, of Africa. Tippoo Tip now describes a remarkable tribe of skilled copper-workers on the Congo, among whom copper spears form the standard of value. Knormous spear-heads, some six foet in length, serve as currencyLike bank notes with ns, these spears are given a conventional value, the largo ones, though of small intrinsic worth, being reckoned at one thousand dollars in the purchase of ivory.
A VETEUAN, Mr. Seorgo MeKona, Ashbnrnham, Mass., writes: "Whilo suffering with chronic rheumatism 'result of Andorsonvillo). I used St. Jacobs Oil which gave immdeiale relief." Sold by Druggists and Dealers. TTrvw ovTEs von saa a eountrv tavern
with the sign hanging outside on tho inn !
side. Oahl Otto SonoENWCH, Captain Oriole Yacht Club, Baltimore, Md., writes: "The Club, during practice cruise, used St. Jneobs Oil and it cured several eases of sprains and bruises." Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere.
fhobe. who came so near defeating
Speaker Carlisle. The llepublieans are
splendidly equipped for the contest.
It is a siguincant iaec mat were
was a spirited contest tor tlie nomination
for every Ktalo ollice, and some of the most brilliant and influential m n iu the
State gladly accepted places on ihe ticket.
(Jen. Dranley, who has been in tne loriom hoj e for years, is confident of election.
ihe llepublieans nave a strong weapon m
their oppos lion to the present iniquitous
system of contract pr.son labor, and then-
approval of the Blair educational bill. '1 hey will also capture thousands of votes in Southern Kentucky by their plank in the platform denouncing the Green liiver monopoly and other monopolies wl ich the
liemocrats toistea upon the Mate, xue
selection of liuckner will drive 10,(MK1 votes to Bradley, and four-fifths of all the out
side party votes will be taken troni tne
Democrats. Senator Beck will make an
active canvass for Buckuer, as be wants to
be returned again. The friends of Carli-le
will attempt to interfere wan l.ecKs ar
rangement, whllo Dr. ht lddiiord, a Louisville man with plenty of money, also wants
the senaiorsinp. it is useless lo uisguise
the fact that John G. Carlislo has many
biiter enemies in his own party, particularly in his own dislriet. The unpopularity
of the Federal appointments in Covington
ana Newport has driven many ot the best workers ;nto open revolt against him.
Premature Cleveland Boomers. The Democratic politicians, particularly
those who do not want Mr. Cleveland renominated, arc indulging in a good deal of absurd gossip over the question whether he did or he didn't say that 1 e would be a
andidate for a second teini. itesio;y
seems to have been started at a dinnr of
Western Democrats in the midst of char
acteristic Democratic hilar.ty. Then came
Senator Vesi and stated in an inter lew
that he knew the President would not be a
caud.date from sundry remarks he had
made in a conversation. Then came Sen
ator Gorman with the statement that the President had frequently expressed him
self against a second term twice as strongly as he is represented to have done by the
press, men came air. uorsneimer wiia his story that the President wrote a letter for publication, refusing to aceopt a renomination, which ho induced bim to suppress. Then came Smith M. Weed, who,
like all t!ie others, is ot course ou lnumaie
terms with the President, and says (hat
Mi-. Cleveland told him he didn t wan: to
rim again. Ana so tne goss p runs.
Meanwhile those who don t want him renominated fall back ou his own statement in his letter of aecepta:ioe:
"No means tending to tne iuii realization
of a form of government by the people would bo more effective than an amend-
mont to ihe Constitution disqualifying the President for re-election. We recognize in the eligibility of tho President for leeloction a most serious danger to that calm, deliberate, and intelligent political action which must characierize a government by tho people."
Meanwhile mo rresiuent nimseu is as mute about tho matter as Pharaoh's mummy. His friends try in vain to draw him out. The correspondent of the Louisvilio Conner-Journal probably gets pretty near the truth of the mailer when he says that the President is in bad humor at this constant nagging by his own paily papers and will not talk to anybody, and, moieovi r, that he gets into such tits of irritation that now and then he declares he doesn't care a snap for re-election. While the managers of the Hill and Ca: lisle
booms are thus trying to force him out, the mugwumps lovall' come forward and notify the ollioe-brokers that it is o! no use for them to begin at this early period laying any wires for the uomiuaiiug convention. Tho Boston Herahl pluuiply says: '"The talk that tho Presidency is a burden to Mr. Cleveland is all nonsense, lie likes the office; ho wo .ld enjoy it a second term foriis own sake." Tho Ntw Yor. .i' Post says tbat Mr. Cleveland s renomination is a foregone concl aion, for two reasons, lirst, because the arguments against renominating bim cannot be revealed; and, second, because he is tho only candidate the party has got and the only one it can elect; though in this connection it hedges in the following significant manner. I'lKiuestionably the mugwumps are in the right about tho matter. Whether all this Democratic gossip h is any foundation or is a mere blind makes little diliort nee. When it comes to tho pinch tho Democrats had rather bo b ateu -vtih Cleveland than w.th any other candidate. He will be renominated alter more or less chatter from the malcontents, and lie will gl idly take the nomination. It will not have to be carried to him ou a .silver platter either. Meanwhile the most siiiiiie.tnt feature of all this party go-sip is tlie positive refusal of the oouni-y to get excited over it. If it were intend) d lo latin -h another Cleveland boom it has sign illy failed. The people have sized up the President and aio not disposed to go iulo politics for some time to come. The nuinipulatois h-id better house- llic-ir boom. It is premature.- 'hi cago Ti iinim . Kknatoi: MniiHii.i. of Veimont takes a very hopeful view of (he political situat.on. Ile'says: "1 am convinced (hat Ulnitie or any other man who may bo nominated by the itepubltcan convention can be elected. The liepublicau party to-day is harmonious and united, and its candidate for tho Presidency next year bus every prospect of success, no matter who he may bo." SKSATOB CocKiiF.t.f, is the latest suggestion for Vice President on the ticket with Cleveland. His name is projected
into the pool by tho ashmgton correspondent of the lioatou tliruhl, but Unit paper is of opinion that if a Southern man is taken his name will be Join G. Carlisle.
What the Doctor Said. Patient Well, doctor, how's my pulse ? Doctor (counting) One, two, three, four, five, six, soveu, eight, nine, ten, king, queen, jack. Patient What, doctor, what'er you doing? Dootor Beg pardon. Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen a very bad case, sir. Patient Yes, I should think so. Er
how long have you been affected this way? JuiUje. "The Blood Is the Life." Thoroughly cleanso Iho bloo.l, which is the fountain of health, by utn.g Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and good digestion,
a lair sKin, buoyant spirits, vital streugtu, and soundness of constitution will be established Go'cton Medical Discovery cures all humors, from the common pimple, blotch or erupt, on, to Ui wor.-)t scrofula or blood-poison. Especially has it proven its efficacy in curing fall-rheum or totter, fever-sores," hip-joint disease, scrofulous sores and swellings, cnlarsed glands, and eating ulcers. Golden Medical Discovery cures consumption (which is scrofula of the lungs), by its wonderful blood-purifying, invigorating, and nntritive properties. Por weak longs, spitting of blood, shortness of breath, bronchitis, severe coughs, asthma, ami kindred affections, it is a sovereign remedy. It promptly cures the severest coughs. l-'or torpid 1 er, biliousness, or "liver Compla:nt," dyspepsia, and indigestion, it is an unequaled' remuly. Kolcl by druggists. Made No Effort "Colonel," said a well-known citizen, "I'm sorry that thoy beat you lor vestryman the other day." "I didn't make any effort to get the place," tho Colonel replied. "In fact, I told tho boys the other day that I was out of politics." Arkanmw Traveler. A Glasgow physician reports a curious experience of a patient of his who was troubled seriously with foul eructations from the stomach. Early one morning he lighted a match to see tho time and in blowing out the match his breath caught fire, burning his lips and giving him terrible surprise. Probably the gases formed in his stomach wen chemically analogous to the inflammable gases formed in coal pits. Dr. Fooie's Health Monthly. Take all the sorrows out of life, aud you take ayvay all richness, and depth, and tenderness. Sorrow is the furnace that melts selfish hearts together in Jove.
Hick and bilious headache, and all derange-
mo..t of stomach and Uoweis, cureu ijy Dr.
l,ier -es 'Pellets" or anti -bilious granules. ents a vial No cheap boxes to allow waste ot virtues. By druggists. Working for bare life Making clothes for a now baby.
A Wise Child. Mother Tommy, how aro you coming on at school 1 Tommy First-rate, ma. "Mention tho names of some of tlie domestic animals." "Tho horse, tho dog, the pig." "Mention some more, Tommy." "Tho goose, the hen, and tho duck." "Yes, I was thinking of four-logged animals. What animal is that which lives mostly in the house, but which often makes a dreadful noise so that people cannot sleep?" "Four-legged animal?" "Yes." "Don't let people sleep?" "Yes." Tommy, triumphantly The piano. Texas Stf tings. Delicate diseases of cither sex radically cured. Send 10 cents in stamps for book. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, K. Y. "Goop-ny, tweet tart, good-by!" sang the baker's apprentice when his master discharged him. No opirst !n Plso's Cure for Consumption. Cures wbero other remedies fall. 25c.
cases
The nest and surest Remedy for Cure of!
all dlaeaaM caused by any derangement of the layer, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels. Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation, Billons Complaints and Malarlaof all kinds yield readily to tho beneficent influence of
AZti
It to pleasant to the taste, tones op the system, restores and preserves health. It is purely Vegetable, and cannot fail to prove beneficial, both to old and young. Aa a Blood Purifier It Is superior to all others. Sold everywhere at $1.00 a bottle.
t honitanda of
of those chronic weaknesses ana oiotcsbw ailments peculiar to females, at toe InyaueH. Hoiel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, H. has afforded a vast cxperieuoe In nicely iidapting and thoroughly testing- remedies, for tne cure of woman's peculiar maladies. r. Pierce's Favorite PrcacrlJWloj is the outgrowth, or result, of thin great and valuable experience. Thousands of testimonials, received from patients and from pnyaiciutis who Imvo tested it in the more as8g&vated and obstinate cases which bad raffles their skill, prove it to be tho most wonderful remedy ever devised for tho relief and core ot sufrcrliitf women. It Is not remtronaea asa "cure-all," but as a most perfect Bpealnc for woman's peculiar ailments. As a powerful, invigorating tonle, It imparts stremrth to the whole system, and to tho womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked, "worn -put, ''run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstreases, "shop-frirh," noosekeepers, nursinir mothers, and feeble women generally. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Piescriptton Is the greatest earthly boon, being unequaMe as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonle. Ax a aootblna and trenffthenlmaT
lie r V 1 11 C, ruvtiriui 17 1 ewji 1 1, 1 1, ,u is wotauulcd and is invaluable in "allaying and aubuing nervous excitability, irritability, exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organ w disease of the womb. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxietjrand despondency. Dr. Pierce' Favorite PreaerlpUon Is a tceUlntate medicine, carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. 16 is purely vegetable In Its composition and perfectly barm leas in it effects In any condition of the system. For morning sickness, or nausea, from whatever causo arising, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia and kindred symptoms, im use, to small doses, will prove very beneficial. " Favorite Prescription) Is a positive euro for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak bac. ' female weakness, antoversfon, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, innammation, pain and tenderness in ovaries, accompanied with " internal heat." As a regulator and promoter of functional action, at that critical period of change from girlhood to womanhood, "Favorite Prescription" la a perfectly safe remedial agent, and can produce only good results. It is equally efficacious and valuable in lis effects when taken for those disorders and derangements incident to that later and most critical period, known as "The Change of IJfe." Favorite Prescription, when taken In connection with the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxative doses of Dr. Pierce's Purgative Pellets (UtUe Liver Pills), cures Liver, Kidney snd Bladder diseases. Their combined use also removes blood taints, and abolishes cancerous and scrofulous humorfii from the system. " Favorite Prescription is the only medicine for womea, sold by druggisUk, ulfder a positive fruarantce, bom the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction In every case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried out for many years. Large bottles 000 doses) $14)0, or six bottles tor $5.00. For large, illustrated Treatise on Diseases of Women (W0 pages, paper-covered), scud ten cents In stamps. Address, World's Bispusar! It&tl Issoeiitin, 663 nam s buffaio, n.y.
THE OHIT TCUB
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tt LIVER ana KIDNEYS jiB? Hiwtobi: ihi) HEALTH andVia-
oil or TfOUTH.. oy9ropia,vanj
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and suppl'w wrain rower.
We would ba pleased to know of a man or woman who lias never had headache or boon subject to constipation. Aa those -iceni to bo univorsal troubles a little advice may be in order. Why should persons cram thoir stomachs with nauseating purgative pills, etc., which sicken and debilitate when such a pleasant and sterling remedy as Prickly Ash Bitters will act mi'dly and effectively on tlie liver, kidnev, stomach, and bowels, and at tho same time tbne and strengthen tho whole system, causing headache, constipation and all such diBtrossing evils to quickly disappear. A liiwx party is pleasant enough until it begins to lain". Then it becomes a forlorn party. Puee v'oil ljyer Oil maelo from selected livers, on the seashore, bv Hazard, Hazard & Co., Sew York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have onco taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of tho other oils in market Sign of good breeding Getting the prize at a dog show. X.ocato In a Live Town. Cash bomi3 paid to all kinds of manufacturing enterprises. Live men in all kinds of businesses wanted. Address Hank of ViiAEr, Valley, Douslas Co., Nebraska. SUo Is tlio Idol of My Heart. Well, then, why don't you do something to bring back tho roBes to her cheeks and the light to her eyes ? Don't you see she is suffering from nervous debility," the result of female weakuossV , . ... A bottle of Dr. Barter's Iron Tomo will brighten those palo cheeks and send new Ufo through that wasted form. If you lovelier, take heed. ,
.v column Newspaper Outfit for $'!S." spot .'i Tho greatest bargain over olTer.-d .: . 1 -i ; material. Address box 831, Fort V.
- - . 8urtnc from complaints peon. I AllllV 2 UartotlSeir iil! find inSB, H ins TlFrTl uabttts-h tudn tonic a
afe, speedy cure. Gl7esaclear, healrh? complexionAll atiomiits at coanWrfeitins onlrmlao toH,J.g5" ,-Ut. Io not expnrtrooat i-t OltialX.AKHHK8T Care Coastlpatlon.iaver Comol&lnt and SlekB BHeadacho. Sample Dose and Dream Boolca Emailed on receipt of twooenta In postage. W THE DR. HAHTER MEDICINE CO., ST. LOUIS, HO.
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Safe anil always Ht-liaMe. new-nre ot worthies. Inula itous. J-iutic. alw your lruuraili)t for -thle-lit-stcr, Knit-ll-oV' anl t-u-o no otlu-r, or inrlom- 4.,-. stamps, ti ua rot- particularti in lt-tur ly return mall. Nasi tllM IIKSTEfe IIIEMICVL CO3813 MuellDen -Square, I'bilnda. Pa. Said by lrarirlt every where, , for '!!. Jtr. ter'e Ene;ll-li" IVnn,rol ll- I-'-' ' --
CD C ft If 1 CC PIMPLES, TAN, TETTER, etc., all rilCUnLCw removed and Complexion made "eirultOl by oar CHAMl'IOS HKJIIl At V(i.Ul'Ol'N'D Sent oy mall for CO e-t-nts. AS.lr.-sa C. IUBMICAI. CO-.M'niNOI'IKl.ll.OlXlo-
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to DteutMlitr FltKE. Ufl" r-mw'eun-erlenca.
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t,iKes l'rcmium at tne Great 1-rcheroiiShow oftus lU3.Statol'-tir.lMmClucago8cpt.lfies. Propertarof W- I. EIXWOOD, OfroBTsa aim bbjcedkb or l PERCHERON HORSES. Hie Largest Breeding EstabUsbjnentof Vmjton l'er, herons in tne United States. Five Inmelnd Mew of tare Blood and Grades now m ld. krae num1 1 r of which were Imported in July, UK fad anotter ton import "on of from IsOtoWe head will arriva about the middle of October. Viiiltoi-s.alwava wel-ci-:ne come and see them. I nondle mwrnjia. out eiM best, and take pride In showing stock. .T,K.-a Hon, J13 KALT), IXiXj. Is US miles west of Oilcake, on Omaha IMT, C. & N. W. Jiy. Sir band for CalaloctM.
Metropolitan Block, -'ll?-rago Ml"
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mailed bv '.Yaldtne;, Kinuau Marvin, W no:ea!a Agls . Toledo. Ohio.
to 88 it day- sswiilo worth (1JS0.FBKB. I lues not umt.-r the horse's feet. .Address BrewatiT's S f -ty Kcia llolder. Holly, ifich.
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It Is Economy To buy nood's Saraaparilla, for in It yon set mora real value for the nioncrtban in any other mcdi.ino. A bottle of Ilood'sSarsaparilU con tains 100 Doses and lat a 1110 1U1. whilo others will aycraire to last not over a week, and tho superior curativo powers of Hood's Sarfaparilla are also well known. Hence for economy, purity, strength and health buy Hood's Karsaiarilla. "AH I ask of any one la to try one bottlo Hood'a Sarsaparilla ond nee its quick cnoct. It tikon leas t.in-.- and quantity to show its effect than any other I.i-i aiuUoii 1 eve r heard of. I w uld not lie "thou t it ii ti. house." Mas. C. A. 51. Uuduaeo. lorth i::i,X. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla S .l.ti.va HlraB.'ift-i. $1 : i iw ". J'n-pared by I'.i. IUXI& CO., AiiOtln-.-anes, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar
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