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CHAPTER XV. STRAKQE HUMORS FROM NEW YORK. In obedien :e to Capt. Penhani's last ordeis. as wli as in anticipation of be ing soon ordered to eoa, Lieutenant. Hedges, now in command, set all the crew to work, painting and tarring an i greasing, so ihat the Sea Hawk looked like a huge floating hive, about which ,i great numbor of strange bees wers working with restless industry. Squire Cocdit was not a seaman; h? couldn't tell ;he difference between tho martingale and pennant halyards, but, as Balph Denham's adopted father, hi felt that a great responsibility had been imposed on him by that young gontloman's absei.ee. He rowed out--or, rather, had himself rowed, for he went "catching cribs," as falling backward is called, whemover he got an oar in hi 3 hands seveial times a day; and ho would climb up to the deck, and stand with his feet" apart and one oyo shut, and his face upturned to tho men aloft, in a way that was highly amusing. Every man on board knew and liked the squire, and all doffed their caps to him when they came near; and he, in charming ignorance of naval forms, would shake hands with them, call them by their Chr stian names, and present his snuff-box to their paint-stained and grimy fingers , As the prospective father-in-law of Second Lieutenant Valentino Dayton, the squire felt it incumbent on him to encourage that young gentleman to greater industry. Valentine, as was his right, made it ii point to visit Ellen every evening, and at such timet, the squire would exclaim, with the surprise he assumed when saluting an old toper, who had been brought before him for the twentieth time, for reprimand or fine. "AVhatJ yoi here, Valentine?'' "Here again, squire," would be tho cheery reply "And you lire quite sure everything is shipshape and quite snug, sir, aboard the Sea Hawk?" "Yes, squire, everything right as a trivet" "Sure you've forgot nothing that ought to be i.ttended to?" "Quite euro, squire." "Because If you have, you know. It is not too late to go aboard, sir, and fix up. Though Balph Den I mean Captain Denham is o T to New York, I know he Is forever' thinking about the ship, and how she's " "Oh, she's well, squire, and I'll bet she's thinking about him as hard as she can "Why, you young rascal, I am speaking about thuship." And I'm speaking about Cousin Lea." "Oh, indeod; and then the Squire would go off and draw his wife to one side, and chuckle, as he whispered to her: "My dear, I fear our future son-in-law is addicted to levity, and inclined to make light of life, which, as the dominie telh us, is a solemn thing, and not at all to be laughed at " Squire Condit knew Valentine DayIon, .ever sir ce that young gentleman, without any volition of his own, appeared in the village church for baptism. He -knew Valentine Dayton's father and mniliAr hAfol'A thftv WflTfl marriAd. and inoiner Deiore the former cut if And he would give many reasons, the principal ones being that h i was a warm mend of the senior Dayton, and was himself in love with another girl at the time. If Doctor Hedges had known tfalph Denham's father and mother he would not have dreamt of refusing him his daughter; O'T the oontrary, he would have placed their bands together and repeated something like the thieadbare formula, "Bl'jss you my children. If he had known lialpb Denham s lather and mother, even if they were not so good I. stock as his own and he flattered himself, as every otbr man of good standing in Sag Harbor did, that his own faciily was just a "little" bit better than any one else's why, he would have offered no objections. As a man who firmly believed the days of miracles had passed for some centuries, and he knew nothing about the doctrine of "spontaneous generation," and wouldn't have telieved it if he had he was fully aware that Balph Denham, lil'e every other man of his acquaintance), had a father and a mother. As the tree Is known b its fruit, he might have reasoned that Balph was a scion of gO')d stock; but the mischief a'aout prejudice is that It does not rea son. So the more he thought it over, and the more he discussed the matter with good Mrs. Hedges, who was not at all averse to Balph, tho more settled be came his conviction that .Lea should not marry the young Captain. With this determination firmly fixed in his mind it follows, as night does the day, that, from warmly liking Balph Denham, Do;tor Hedges gradually grew to dislike him, and with positive natures dislike is very near to liata. The Doctrir went about with hls.eyes open, and during Captain Fox's stay the attention to, and the evideht prefter, did not escape his notice, and in his heart he favored the suit of the Wanderer's captiiin. He did not know Fox's father, but Fox was a man of wealth, a captain in the regular navy, and, without doubt, connected with or a member of one of the great aristocratic families of England, in all of whose veins it was at this time claimed the blood of royalty flowed. "You are my only child. Lea," said tbe Doctor one day to his daughter, when the question uppermost in both their minds was being discussed. "I live only for you, and it is due that you should respect my judgment and obey me." "Have I ever disobeyed you, my father?" asked Lea, quietly so quiotly and firmly, indeed, that the Doctor would have been better pleased had she shown some excitement. "Not until of late," stammered the Doctor. "And wherein has been the disobedience of late?" "You pendst in loving, against my will, Balph Denham, about whose origin I know nothing." "And about which I care nothing, with all due respect for you. And again, let me say, thai we do not love or cease to love in obedience to any one's will, not even onr own. I would be false to myself and a hypocrite to you if I promised not to love this man." "Then you give no thought to his ancestors?" "No; if they were all living since the flood, I am tmre there is not ono of them I could love as I do Balph, or would care to mar-y." "You are alking nonsense," said the Dwetor, getting angry as men usually do when thoy persist in a debate in which they :re being worsted. "Did you not tell me that you would not marry Ralph Denham without my consent?" I did, father?" "Then why do you keep on loving him?" "Because, as I told you before, I could not help it if I would, and wonld not if I could." "This is rank disobedience!" cried the Dootor, rising. "I certainly do not intend it as such."

repllod Lea, still calm and firm, adding, "I never have, nnd I promise now never to introduce the subject so disagreeable to you. " "Hear mo. Lea." Dr. Hedges sat down and pulled his high-back chair closer to his daughter. "I am listenlug, father." "Next to tho duty I owe my Creator, you aro the one object in lifo for which I live " "You forget my niothor. " "Oh, " replied tho Doclor, with much adroitness, "she and I are one one und the same person, ns Squire Condit wi-uld say. If I cou'd see you well married nnd settled before I passed away, death would be robhn ' of nil his terrors. " "I believe what you say." "Now, I havo a husband in my mind; he Is rich, ho must be of noble Inniily, and Ian sure he loves you. " Dr. Hedges stopped nnd looked at his daughter, confident that she, with the curiosity which is eoM to distinguish her sex, would ask him who the man was. Hut she went on with her sewing, and seemed as indifferent as if she had heard an allusion to the man in tho moon. Tho Doctor wa-i perplexed, and lie made up his mind to have her manifest more interest in the man of his choice. "Do you not know who the gentleman Is?" ho asked. "I do not." "Don't you want to know?" more angrily. "Why should I?" "Because all tho chances aro that he will be your husband;" wilh great veheraonoc. "My own consent is essential to my marriage. But, dear father, why plague yourself with troubles that exist only in your Imagination. Let us wait. I will be dutiful, loving and obedient to you. There Is no danger of my leaving you so long as you and mother need me. There, and there, and there. " And she came up behind him, and, throwing her white arms about his neck, kissed his knotted brow with every closing word, till the wrinkles melted and he went out, not quite sure that ho had not been making something of a fool of himself. Five days since ltalph Denham sailed away in the Wanderer, and a reply should have come from him in three days. "There has been a fair wind all the time, either for coming or going," said Lieut. Hedges, addressing his nephew, Valentino Dayton. "There can be no doubt but the captain got up to New York the night of the day he left here, yet there is no woid from him." "It isn't like Iialph to write at once," said Va'cntine, thoughtfully, adding: "But depend upon it, ho has a good exouse. " "No, there can be no ox( uso for neglected duty, unless it Lc in oaso of strong sickness," said the bluff lieutenant. "But the captain may bo sick." "No danger of that." "What makes you think so, Uncle George. " "Because if he was to get sick ho'd send a post through with all speed to tell the officer left in command of the ship." "But supposing he was unconscious?" "Then some one else would do it for him. Capt. Balph Denham is too big a man to bo hid away in New York City, to which the Gov'nor ordered him, and be sick, and us not told of It at once." "Why, Vncle George, you talk as if you blamed the Captain." "Do I, now?" "You certainly do." "Then I belie my intentions. The man as blamed Cap'n lialpli In my comp'ny would find himself keel-hauled in no time." said Lieutenant Hedges, bringing his big brown palm down heavily on his knee. "But I'll tell you, Val, XUtiifTVeuiV Vidsy '&ucmie iuarfeft " Wfc in my thoughts by day, and at night I dream and dream, and koep'on dreaminn 'bout him." "You are nervous," suggested Valentine. "Norvous!" exclaimed Mr. Hedges, who had an idea that nervousness was a variety of sickness brought on by fear. "I don't brag, Val, but there's them as has known me, man and boy, i for five and forty years, and even them that didn't like me never dared to say I 1 was nervous." j "You misunderstand me, Uncle ; Gesrge," said Valentine, and he proceedod to explain the more modern 1 meaning of the word, after which tho Lieutenant was much mollified. "Yos. lad, I'm unstrung, that is the downright truth, and I'd give all my ' share of the prize money made on the '. last cruise if I saw the Captain coming j up that path." Mr. Hedges pointed to the path load- i Ing from the veranda on which they wore sitt ng before Squire Condit's door, to j the road that went down to the town, and out to the land of the Montauks. At that instant the gal. swung open, and the messenger or post-rider, Thrasher by name, who had brought ', the order, on whioh Ralph Denham left, appeared with his garments travel- : stainei, and his saddle bags over his shoulder. CHAI TEH XVI. ISCUSATIOH VEKPUS DOTV. On first meeting this man, who proved himself weak and faithless to his trust in the presence of gold, Fox offered to take him to New York on the Wanderer; but as the pirate's plans became matured he changed his mind, as ho found other uses for the man. Had Thrasher gone to sea on the Wanderer, as tie was more than willing to ;o, he would have been tied up in a shotted bag and dropped overboard tho first chance, lor Fox believed in destroying bis useless tools. Captain Fox found in Thrasher just the man to aid him in one of the grandest schemes he had yet plotted, which was no less than to get possession of th cruiser, Sea Hawk, and by the easiest means to rid himself of such of the officers and crew as did not enlist under fa s piratical standard. Alr; ady the reador is familiar with the identity of Captain F. x with the traitor and pirate. Captain William Kldd of tho Adventure Galley. There was scarcely one species of villainy In whioh he was not proficient, and where he failed, ho found a most willing coadjutor in Guy Frenauld. A good specimen of Kalph Denham's handwriting was obtained in that officer's reply, accepting Fox's invitation to sail in tho Wanderer to New York. Frenauld was an adept in the imitation of handwriting, so that it bt came an easy matter to forge a letter from Captain Denham. Such a letter was forged and given to Thrasher with due instructions just before tho Wanderer sailed. The better way to carry out these instructions. Thrasher was given a large sum oi money, witn promise ol a fabulous amount if be succeeded. Ho was to prevent, by death as a preference, any other post-rider from getting through the forest to tho town of Sag Harbor. He was free to associate any other man of like charaotor with him, but he was advised against It if he could get on alone. At a certain date he was to appear in Sag Harbor, with a letter from Captain Denham to Lieutenant Hedges, and this date had now come. Mr. Hodges and Valentine Dayton, as well as Squire Condit, who had just oomo out with his wife and Ellon, recognized the post-runner as he came up the walk. "Hello, my man, where do you come from?" asked Mr. Hedges, in his anxiety going out to meet the courier. "Fiom New York," was tho reply, given in the voice of one muoh exhausted by the journey. "Have you a letter for mo?" "You aro Lieutenant Hedges?" "Iam,"

'Then, sir, I have a letter for you from Captain Kalph Denham, of the orniser Sea Hawk." Thrasher camo up on the veranda and took the saddle-bags from his shouldor, and Ellen got him a chair, and M-b. Condit went off lor a glass of eurra at wine. Thrasher had not been thirty miles from the town; during his absonoe ho hud n companion of like kidney watchin i the road for gonuino post-riders. !5o anxious was Mr. Hedges for news

i from his well-belov5d Captain thftt ho W!i.s about to stoop down and help Thrasher to open tho pouch, when tho la'ter handed hiui the latter. h, there could be no doubt about its genuineness; there was tho doar fellow's handwriting, and the impress of the seal on the wax was all right; it bore the dosign of the provincial Impress. Mr. Hedges realized how anxious the peoplo about him were to li ar from the Captain, but lie was tuo yood an officer to road nloud an official communication, tho ontonts of which t.e was not familial with. As he read the letter, all eyos, Thrasher's included, wore on his face, which reflected his emotions as a limpid laKo does the foliage overhanging its hu ii ks. " Is Balph well?" asked the Squire, unable to stand the uncei.ainty. " He appears to be, " said Mr. Hedges, hi- eyes still on the paper. ' Any bad news?" Iro n Ellen. "I can't exactly say." "Is it unusual?" asked Mrs. Condit. "Unusual? Well, yes; upon my soul, it is the most unusual and altogether the most extraordinary thing that I over camo up with in the fiv.'-and-forty years of my lifo, mostly spent at sea where surprises ain't uncommon. I'll tell you about it after a bit," said Mr. Hedges, wilh a glance in the direction of Thrasher, to indicate lhat he was the obstacle that prevented his telling them ail about it at once. ITO BE CONTINUED. 1 Notes on Medical Science. ' One hundred years ago American medical literature comprised one medical book, three- reprints, and about twenty pamphlets. 'vhis wai; the beginning of a medical ?ratuni which now challenge!- the .ofoundest respect of the scientific world To-day exclusively American literature comprises between six and seven thousand medical books and reprints and twenty thousand pamphlets. New medical books and monographs are now appearing from the American press at the rae of one a day, and the members ol the American medical profession, in addition to the above, are contributing annually six thousand articles upon professional subjects to the medical journals of the world. Ono hundred years ago we had no hospitals, no medical colleges, no medical libraries. Yes, there was one small hospital in Philadelphia known as tte Pennsylvania Hospital, and it had a medical library of 250 volumes. Now hospitals crowd every city. There are 120 medical colleges, several hundred valuable medical libraries, an.j 100 organized training schools for nurses. At the breaking out of thi; Revolutionary war there were only 200 men practicing medicine, the Sangrados of that day, and to-day thero are 100,000 in the medical profession. The advance in medicine and surgery has been greater in the lTnii,ed States than anywhere else on enrth. The man who takes a survey of the field as it appeared a hundred years ago, and tries to make a like survey of the field of medicine and surgery to-day, is simply appalled at the advance made. Sit In the Mid lie Cars. "I'm very particular," said a commercial traveler to a Washington Star reporter, "what car of the train I select, l travel tn jusands oi miles a year, and have made it a rule to observe in the accounts of railroad accidents which cars of the train are the most often demolished. The result of my experience for I have been in a dozen smash-ups and observations are that the middle cars are the safest. I never under any circumstances ride in the rear car. I avoid the car next to the baggagecar, though this is selected by many as the safest The greatest danger at present in railrcad traveling is telescoping. When i man has been in a wreck and has seen the engine of the colliding train half way inside of the rear car, or rather what's left of it, it impresses him most forcibly. The baggage-car is usually hearily loaded, and in the col ision its weight, together with the ponderous engine, generally smashes the next car to splinters, while the central cars are comparatively uninjured. When tho train is derailed the baggage car and next coach, as a nil i, go over. The roadbeds of our great 'transcontinental lines are so solid, ea;h section is so carefully examined, the rolling stock is so much improved, that a broken wheel or axle and Ike mishaps are reduced to a minim am. But where trains follow on a m nute or tvro leeway and the blocks or automatic signals don't work well, look in the Star the next day for further particulars and see if my judgement is not correct " During the season of 1890, the Agricultural Department at Washington distributed in forty-two States and Territories 800 ounces of silkworm eggs, divided into 2,250 lots, the largest number, o00 lots, going to the State of Kansas. Full Instructions as to the best manner of raising the worms and caring for them accompanied every package of eggs. From this seed, 16.954 pounds of fresh cocoons were produced, Kansas alone producing 3,738 pounds, and Missouri 3,161 pounds, and these cocoons broughtabout SO cents a poind. Silk can be raised in all the States, but the people so far do not pursue the industry with that patience and persistence necessary to the highest success. Every truth or principle which Unite man fancies he possesses must stand the searching tests of the most advanced philosophy, and the, philosophy of one age is but a stepping stone for a clearei and more advanced philosophy of a succeeding age. The Immutable custody of anything by a Unite thinking subject, Involves an evident contradiction; the very contact with human intelligence reduces universal truth to partial truth, the permanent to the variable, the presumably sejire to the contingent. It is only in the essential unity of reason arid conscience in every age that we find the means of still further correcting the aberrations and verifying t le Insight of all particular men. To skt up and idclize the life and thought of any one time as an unquestionable rule fur all times, and stereotype, for unmodified production, is to treat the evanescent as the permanent and durabls, and to build upon whatever chinees to stand above the water, heedless whether it be quicksand or rock. H'.v this is exactly what our forefathers did in making and handing down to us a political constitution which we cannot change. In 1800 plague visited Morocco; 1,088 died in one day.

1b Worst Thing to Do and tbe Xott Sensible. ' 3ommenting on a burning casualty in Philadelphia, bv which a young lady lost her life, the Public Ltager makes (hose pertinent observations ; The first thing to teach a girl in this matter is ihut fire makes headway more rapidly in burning clothes when the endangered person is standing up. The dif-

i feienco in progress between a burning uuuijuguier oi twisittu paper iieia in tho hand perpendicularly, flame down, anil in the same paper laid flat on a mcrble hearth can be seen in a moment. Ti e first thing to do when clothing cat ob.es firo is to lie flat and cover up tho flames, if tliero is nothing within reach to smother it. If, as is probable, there was a bed in the room where Miss Mimahip was standing, getting into the bel, between the blankets, and rolling up in them, would have been a sure way of putting out the fire in a burning sk:j-t or sleeve. Tho worst, the very worst, thing to do was to run down stairs. Opening the door made one draught, the flight down stairs another, an l rushing out into the street, in tho last frenzied moment, the worst of all. Ti e impulse to get out of doors is very stiango in all such cases, because within the house there aro always means for putting out a Are, a id outside there are none. Rugs, rag carpet torn off tho kitchen floor, a heavy overcoat, blankets from the beds, even pieces of bedsido carpet, put round the person in the twinkling of an eye, while water pails anl pitohers are there to hand, ready to be emptied. In every case let the person whose clothes or hair has caught firo throw herself flat upon the floor and roll upon the flame. If there is anything in the room of thick woolen or carpets to smother it, even a gossamer waterproof cloak, snatch these and mother the fire while calling for help. If the fire has caught in the hair, bury the head in the bedclothes. Fire cannot burn without air, and by shutting out all air from the flames they must gi out. But an open door fans the flames, ani a standing position gives them headway. Girls are much more liable, from their long, flowing hair, theix cotton aprons, and, altogether, thinnei an 3 more loosely bouffant dress, to be sel on fire than boys, whose stout cloth jacketa are not easily ignited. The rales for putting out fire in burning clothing mity not be taught in the normal school, but every teacher ought to know them, and so thoroughly that even the fright of mounting flames will not drive them out of mind. Unique Names, irbe Boston Globe mentions as curiosities among Hawaiian names Mr. Scissors, Tho Man Who Washes His Dimples, Tho First Nose, Poor Pussy, The Tenth Heaven, and The Husband of Kaneia. We would remind the Globe, however, tbat Hawaii has not a monopoly of unique names. Among the living citizens of our own country who have recently figured In the papers are Oggle Mi Jones, Dink Hotts, Pod Dismuke, Pot Sans. Pom patio TaRliaterro Scobbs, Raudulph Gooney, Dr. AnaxagorasTott, So ferino Slubs lex Postmaster of Coon Cut. Ga.,) Col. Simp Jim, Hack Hullpopper, Jabo Fluffs, Siko Loobluf, and Tbe Husband of Mrs. Lease. Louisville Co iricr-Journal. When Young reople Grow. The year of greatest growth In boys is the seventeenth; In girls, the fourteenth. While girls roach full height in their fifteenth year they acquire full weight at the age of twenty. Boys are stronger than girls from birth to the eleventh ve;irs; then girls become superior physically to the seventeenth vear, when tho tables are again turned and remain so. Fram November to April children grow very little 'and gain no weight; from Afril to July they gain in height, but lose in weight, and from July tc November they increase greatly in weiifht, but not in heisht. --- "A'Bitiisiieu i'airon. A grimy tramp came up to Passenger Aeent Dowlinir of the Burlington yesterday and asked: "Are you paying for feats?" 'Not yet. What havo you done?" Well, I've rode all the way in from Denver on a brake beam of ono of your passenger cars, and for a ticket to Chicago I'll give vou an affidavit of the smoothness of your track and let you photograph me." Hodidn'tget it Omaha World-Herald. Too Late. Stranger I am a literary man, madam, and am looking for a room. Have you aii i'thing that wilt suit me? Landlady No, sir. I've lust rented my last hall bedroom to a poet. Exchange. Lexicographers I'leaso Not. Whlpper Can you tell mo just what a "virlotv actress-' is supposed to do? Snapper I think by that name one usually refers to a person whose acting varies between bad and worse. Puck. Getting Hlffh-Tonetl, First Shirt Think i shall go to the opera. Second Shirt Seems to me you're putting on a good many frills. Exchange. A Ulstlnotion. i'ack Would you elope with anybody? Kosalio (coylyl Xo, not with anybody bu;- I might with somebody. Truth. Mr. Geo. W. Twist Coloma, Wis. All Run Down A Puzzling Case How Health Was Restored Gained from 136 to 1T6 Pounds. "A few years ago my health failed mo, and I caiisulted several physicians. Not one could clairly diagnose my case, and their medicine ; fatted to glvo relief. After much persuasion I aoramenced to take Hood's SarsapariUa. Have taien seveial bottles and am muoh Improved. From an all-run-down condition I have been restored to good health. Formerly I weighed HOOD'S SarsapariUa CURES 135 pounds; now I balanee the scales at 110 pounds. Hood's Barsapartlla has been a great benefit to me, and I have recommended It to friends who realize good results by Its use." Oej. W. Twist, Coloma, Waushara Co., Wis. Hood's Pills cure liver Ilia, sick headache, jaundice, Indigestion. Try a box. 250. YSHILOHS 1 niDF "'if if Cares Constunptlon, Coughs, Cronpf Sore Throat Said by all Druggist on a Guarantee. for a l4me Slda, Back or Chest Sbiloh'u Porous lasts will give gnat iilUfactioa. JJ ctats.

Wly not, indeed? When the Royal Baking Powder makes finer and more wholesome food at a less cost, which every housekeeper familiar with it will affirm, why not discard altogether the oldfashioned methods of soda and sour milk, or home-made mixture of cream of tartar and soda, or the cheaper and inferior baking powders, and use it exclusively ?

An Underground Country. Travelers and scientists are greatly interested in the recent discovery of wonderful caves on the Island of Corsica. A miner who undertook to explore them a few weeks ago found It Impossible to do so. He discovered various small caves close together, which led to a mammoth .-avo some alstance from the original openings. " The rooJ of the mammoth cave was between sixty and seventy feet high. After traveling underground for some time he came upon an Immense lake, which made further progress impossible. According to bis estimates, the lake Is situated under the mountain chain La Revollata, near Calva, and gets Its water from ths ocean. In support of bis theory asmall grotto was discovered on Cape Reveliata, on a level with the sea, which is believed to be connected with the caves Some peoplo estimate the length of the caves alorig the coast at thirty miles. An ItnpreRtlontst Sketch. One of tho good deacons of a certain church is also tho superintendent of the Sunday School, and although he is not an artist ho frequently illustrates points in the lesson by the uso of the blackboard. These exercises are for the special benefit of the younger portion of the schoo!, and the superintendent has a habit of arousing the children's interest by asking questions about what be has drawn. Having drawn the representation of a clown ono Sunday, much after the stereotyped stylo of all such royal appendages, he said: "Ne w, what one of the little folks can tell me what this is?" Several raised thnlr hands, but the superintendent's eye was caught by a little fellow in the front seat. "Well, Johnnie, yon may tell." Prond of his distinction above his fellows the boy rose smilingly and shouted: "A pin cushion?" Boston Journal. Made Hlin Doubt ol Omnlsclenoe A little boy, son of the most exemplary parents, wanted a bicycle, and kept the matter constantly before the consideration of tho family purchasing agent. His mother told him to pray for the desired gift, and that night a petition was sent up in the most persuasive of childish voices. While the little fellow slept a tricycle was smuggled Into his roo-n and placed beside his bed. In the morning the father and mother were concealed within hearing to learn how tbe little hopeful would accept the answer to his pntyer. Ho rolled over, fastened his staring blue eyes upon the miraculous appearance, and In a surprised tone said: "Jood draclous, Mr. Dod, don't you know tho difference 'tween a bicycle and a tricycle yet?" Boston Transcript. A Divided ToirnFor many years the States of Virginia and Tenciossee have been engaged In a legal controversy as to which holds the town of Bristol. The State line ts supposed to run along the main street of Uia tavn n4-wsctt1imitt -Af thA disputed point Is as far off as ever. There aro in Bristol two City Councils, two Mayors, and two sets of police. &n Awlul Abbreviation. A sculptor of a non-poetic turn of mind, being directed to engrave on a tombstone the words, "A virtuous wife is a crowa to her husband," and finding himself somewhat pressed ior space, executed his task as follows, "A virtuous wife is 5s to her husband." Premature Wisdom. It by no means follows that ''smart" children will develop Into wise men. When they commence having whiskers they leavo off having brains. Boys that are philosophers at 6 years of age are generally blockheads at 21. Great Need. Rivera Ido I see some fellow gave a cool 10,000 for the first Columbian halfdollar. Upson Downes Well, ho must have wanted half a dollar worse than I do. Puck. WHAT YOU WANT IS A FIRST-CLASS ADDRESS J.I.CASET.M.CO.. RACINE, WIS. CATALOGUE PRES. 'T MISS THIS CHANCE. A re&JtuiftbU amount of money will putvfcme the sole Mtftte right (or Indian. Ohio, or M i chi ihii. tor ths BEST and CHEAPEST MECHANICAL CABINET, in which nil oewftpa iiers can be sold extensively at big profit by dropping price In a iloL When placed In bote1, railroad statlona, publisher's officers new deitou. poet office, etc.. permanent buntwm can be iiadr i! yon oecure the right at onoa. For full particulivTR, aldraw C. A. COOK & CO., Proprietors, 201 Herald BuHdin&r, Chicago. ITHE LATEST SENSATION World's! FiTr Houvemr Plavinir Cards, contlstliur ol k of & Cards, vie. Kituz. Oueen. Jack, and Knot Car da. On the face of eack Curd t Uthoyravhed, in, seven colors, one qf the l& iUfetent Xaittmal, Portion ami Slate Huiidiiuik of tht n'ai ld'a Fair, mikins fh r oretan, moat beautiful and unique Deck of Playing Carda ever put on the market the beet-belling novelty yk Sroduccd. Agents wantfd Sample Deck, M cents, puclalt? Pithl'ug Co., m S. Habited Ht., Chicago, 111 tlctep (.riTatcUn). No lUrHtf.iT f Ti rituinds rurni. SmJ fV Id stamnA Wf I J O. W. V. KNYlKli, M. I)- Mw.ll Dept. 4, cVlokLU-'oiTboatoi', Cliicairo, 111. bNolUllWaihliiKton, B.C. 'SiirwrflMfuilv Prosecutes Claim. iAtaPric r.lnfti Bxamlnar U.S. Paxtslon BuTwa. ayrsinlntwar, UaiijBBicaUngolaliBS, attysjaoa. rviuuL.ii o run i iuhh iabrmaU. Stow StcwellAGa,

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In 1850 "J7com' Bronchial Troches" j were introduced, and tnoir success as a cure j for Colds, Coughs. Aitl.ma, and Broncnltla has boon unparalleled. j If every love affuir ended In marriage, there Is not a man In tho world who j would not be a Mormon. Economical, thorough, pure, safe, and i everything else lhat in good aro tho words j for Bile Boons Small j No man's credit is as Rood at a bank as he thinks it is. Fob sick headache , dizziness orsivlmmlng la tho head, pain in i he back, body, or rheumatism, take Beech im's Pills. Gold will put a (nit edeo on nearly everything. Hatch's Universal Conjrh Syrup is positively unequalled. Try It. 2So. Tiieue is always some one to take care of a prtftty man. Oat Small Bile Beans. 10 for 26c KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the'needs of physical being, will attest the value to heal th of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is. due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect laxative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling coldB, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met witbthe pji-rf-ti diel profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs U for sale by all druggists in 50c anil $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. THE BEST Is the btr. Blood Medicine, because it assists nature to throw off the lmDurities ol' tho blood, and at tha same time tones up the entire organism. This is just contrary to the effect cf the various potash, merenry, sarsapartlla mixtures, which buttle up the impurities in the system, thus producing muoh sickness and suffering. Therefore, for a BLOOD MEDICINE yoa cannot do better than take B. H. S. "As a physician, I oavo prescribed and nted S. B. S. ia my practice as a tonic, and for blood troubles, and havo bee a very successful. I never used a remedy which gave such general satisfaction to myself and patients. " L. B. Rrrcur, M. D.,Mackey, lad." Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed freo. 8WIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga, Mfl KM

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNI3RED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use oi

HALL'S CATARRH CURE.

Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence this 6th day of December, A. D. 1889. ov"-"v:v'V.:" . ...

j "roASca, a i A. W. w HAUL'S CATARRH CURE IS TAKEN INTERNALLY, and acts directly upon tha Blood and mucous surfaces.

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E. B. WALTHALL ft CO., Druggists, Horse Cave, Ky.. say; "Hill's Catarrh dura ourea rsry ons w takes I'l." CONDUCTOR E. D LOOMIS, Detroit, Mioh., says: " TiA tStH ot Hall's Catarrh euro ia wonderful." write him about it.

Ball's Catarrh Cure Is Sold by all Healers in Patent Medicines, PRICE 75 CENTS A BOTTLE.

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August Flower "What is August Flower for r As easily ans wered as asked. It is for Dyspepsia. It is a special remedy for the Stomach and Liver. Nothing more than this. We believe August Flower cures Dyspepsia. We know it will . We have reasons for knowing it. To-day it has an honored place in every town and country store, possesses one of the largest manufacturing plants in the country, and sells everywhere. Tha reason is simple. It does one thing, and does it right Itcuresdyspepsia9

DO YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL! READ THIS ABOUT CALIFORNIA! The WABASH RAILROAD has placed on sale low rate Minnie and round trip tickets to all principal Pacific coast points, giving a wide choice of routes both going and returning, with an extreme return limit of Nine Months, Stop-overs are granted at pleasure, oa round trip tickets west of St. Louis and tho Missouri Rivsr, and by taking the WABASH but one change of cars is necessary to reach T.os Angoies, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento and Portland, Ore. Re me Tiber the WABASH to the peoples favorite route and is the only line running magnfScent free Reclinlnfr Chair Cars and Palace Sleepers In all through fast trains to St. Louis, Kansas City and Omaha. For Rates, route, maps, and general information, call upon or adi ress any of the undermentioned Passenger Agents if the Wabash System R. 8. SUTLER, D. F A., Detroit, Mloh. F. H. TRISTRAM, C. P. A.. Pittsburg, Pa. P. E. 00MBAUGH. I . & T. A., ToUdo. Ohio. R. G. THOMPSON P. T. A., Fort Wayne, lad. 1. HALDERMAN, M, P. A., 201 Clark St., Chicago, UL 6. 0. MAXFIELD, D. P. A., Indianapolis, lad F. CHANDLER. O. P tT.l., St. Louis, Mo. Duvls llilllil trfitm Separator Feed tloo Completest of outii machine has an attac! kt;r Combined. ls for a dairy fanner. Tbfc nrcnt which, when the bowl irooped into the Scpuatdrao has been taken out, is : that a belt can run to particulars. Davis Co., 80 to 254 TV he churn. Write for fartbet Hun kin Bid p. mud Mgr. . Lake St., Chicago, JUL Manufacture all kinds Dairy Supplies. (Afri ot Lrcamery MaauacrjaM :ms wanted m every county.) i mmm nm lAiitaa Ladies'and cunrc Children's dnULO if. FtMwlved tbe 1 I n'.vimls of merit evia gwea to a Shoe t'ouan. m Mnlalk at Boston, MM aal La;. Uiubta Atnioa, bw Orleans. 1880; BuflaUX UTOJ Boreetoni. Spain, IMS. Ladies who an It em will never Me any otter. Masutticmnd br . 8. CAHIX.L A CO., 94 Ijnoota m. For aalsJo alLShtfiPSlas. . COLLAt-'.a acuyrro. Th best and most KonomicI ColUrt and Cimi worn. Try them. Ypji wilt like them. Look well. Fit well. Wear well. Sold for 23 cents for n tm of Tea collars cr Vtvm alrb of cuffs. A aumj. le ixUar ami pair of cuff aOf bv mall for Six '?dte. Addreas Riving lae Btyie wanted. "At I- the dealer for fAm.V 1 1 EMUS' 98 oLYE I f ovrdereI ami feIA,rjt!D.) nt'ougHt and punrfLy mad Unltko other Lm it bain a fin powdrcnd vacked in a can with 'reiaov&l.le lid. the contents am always ready for dm. Will maka th fa t ierfumed Hard Soap In 90 rniaut e& ttiithout toiling. Itlatfe be it for cleansing waste-plpea, diplnffctlng links, closets, wan ing unties, painta. tre, etc '.leu. Agte., Phila., Perjasflce'w Pile Si.Meltlte y4a iuuiei auu l wiuiavwij or sen: by mall, postpaid. oif, a City of Toledo,) Lucas Co. j S. S. State of Ohio. !

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MM RhV. H. P. CARSON, Scotland, Dak., says: " Two bottles of Hall's Catarrh Cure ooniplt ly cured my little girl.1, .7. C. SIMPSON, Marquess, W. Va, say: "Hall's Catarrh Cure ovred mo ol a ver; bu case oi catarrh."

IKE ONLV GENUINE HALL'S CATARRH CURE IS MANUFACTURED BV F. J. CHENEY & CO.,

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