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Ve never did: but we hsve

seen trie eiotring at tms time of the year so covered with

dandruff that it looked as if it

bad been out in a regular snow

storm.

No need of this snowstorm. As the summer sun would i

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melt these flakes of dandruff in the scalp. It goes further than this: it prevents their formation. It has still other properties:

n it will restore color to gray hair

in just ten times oui ot every ten cases. And it does even more: it feeds and nourishes the roots of the hair. Thin hair becomes thick hair; and short hair becomes long hair. We have a book on the Hair and Scalp. It is yours, for the asking. If yon do not obtain nil the benefits

you expected from the use of the Vlcor, write the doctor about It. Probablr

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DSL i. C. AXES, Unll. Haas.

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Sherlock: Holmes 30O Year Ago, Dr. John Donne, the famous English divine and poet, who lived in the reisn of James I., was a veritable Sherlock Holmes in bent of mind. One of his exploits Is as follows: , He was walking iu the churchyard while a grave was being dug. when the sexton cast up a molderin.s skull. The doctor idly took it up, anil in handling It found a headless nail driven into it This he managed to take out and conceal In his handkerchief. It was evident to him that murder had been doue. He questioned the sextan and learned that the skull was probably that of a certain man who was the proprietor ot a brandy shop, and was a drunkard, being founo dead in bed one morning after a nigbtin which he had drank two quarts of brandy. "Had he a wife?" asked the doctor. -Yes."" "What character does she bear?" "She bore a very good character, only the neighbors gossiped because she married the day after her husband'a funeral. She still lives here." The doctor soon called on the woman. He asked for and received the particulars of the death of her first husband. Suddenly opening his handkerchief, he showed her the telltale nail, asking in a loud voice: "Madam, do you know this nail?" The woman was so surprised that she confessed, and was tried and executed. - Well Done. Recently a boat's crew from a wrecked steamship were driven about at the mercy of the sea. A gale was bjowing, it was bitterly cold, and the suffering of the poor men was beyond description. Their hands and feet were frost-bitten, and finally, crazed with cold and pain, some of the men wished to commit suicide. Then Sailor Green, although suffering as much as the rest encouraged them. All through the terrible night be told fuuny stories, sang cheerful songs, ami kept up the spirits of his companions by every possible means. In the morning he and his companions were rescued. This man, undaunted although wet hungry, benumbed and exhausted and thinking in his extremity not of himself, but of his comrades, teaches a lesson that is worth remembering. Youth's Companion.

Striking. "Ol sac," said the janitor philosopher, "that there's a new business woman's club in th' city. Here's luck to it, and If it's Inyfing loike th' business club me ould woman hou'd-f whin Oi'm scarchin' fer th' kaeliole it's bound to make a viry tlapc Impression."

A Story of Sterility, SUFFERJNQ AND RELIEF.

lxttka to iu. riitx&ftjft sro. 69,186! "Dbak Mrs. PiSKHAal Two years ago I began having such dull, heavy dragging pains in my back, menses were profuse and painful, and was troubled was leucorrhcea. I took patent medicines and consulted a physician, bnt received no benefit and could not become pregnant. (Seeing one of your books, I wrote to you telling yon my troubles and asking for advice. Yon answered my letter promptly and I followed the directions faithfully, and derived so much benefit that I cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound enough. I now find myself pregnant and .have begun its use again. I cannot praise it enough." Mas, Coba. Gn 303, Yaxxs, lCaJOCTEB, Mica.

"Tonr Medicine Worked Wooden." " I had been sick ever since my marriage, seven years ago; have given birth to four children, and had two miscarriages. I had falling of womb, lerjcorrhcea, pains in back and legs; dyspepsia and a nervous trembling of the stomach. Now I have none of these troubles and can enjoy my life. Your medicine has worked wonders for me." Mrs. 8. Babkhabt, New Castle, Pa.

PORTO RICO! Am yon inmiml nUttdtyrWoiinpnt'f tht f-rtiii tJ'.nd? Do (u leak tutor mall-m einrnlnr IU rsrf) tM?alb:llU? O ,c rnsof i! aiM t w.-r.enr-fl meu M t jw rrTT Wril ir. for Information la any aim of bustnew. finplovmeat or ptrwir - waking I rlM postal ordrfr 3.X,-ti c-erianrv I'ortu Rico It areata Inferuuitfton. Sao un. I'iZ.

CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) Delight's most unusual mood of nervous depression vanished as if by magic at This reference to Archie. SprinRing to her feet, crimson with alarm ami linger, her blue eyes Hushing ominously, she opened her lips to speak. But the violent of her emotions choked her. Before she could control her nttoraiioe, Sylvia was out of hearing, on her wny to offer what small comfort she might to poor, unhappy Pave. She fouml him lying ta-v downward on the grass, l'ink ami white petals from a late blooming apple tree were thick around aim. Now and then one fell softly, pityingly, it seemed to her, upon his thick, waving hair. Sylvia tiptoed along, not making a sound. Then, like the friends of Job of old, she sat down beside him in

sympathizing silence. Whether her patience would hare lasteil through seven Jays of mute vigil it is hard to say. The one hour before he moved his head and aw her, perhaps seemed as long to her as the whole week did to them. Her warm, loyal heart was aching to express its indignation and sorrow, but a certain instinctive delicacy kept her from speaking first. At length he asked: "Po you know, Sylvia?' "Yes, Pave." Then, after a moment ot ineffectual effort to keep it all hack, she burst out: "It is a shame. Pave, a wicked, sinful shame!" "Hush! lon't talk about it yet!" '"Xo, I won't,' she answered, softly. For a good while nothing was heard under the apple trees but the twitter of some sbug birds in its brunches and the occasional hum of bees among its blossoms. "1 must go now, Dave. Father will be waiting for me." He made no reply, and she left him more troubled and perplexed than ever before iu her sixteen years of life. "How can Delight do such a thing? How cau she?' was the question which rang over and over again in her ears, and to which an answer never came. At the same time Peiight was asking hersalf, with ever-increasing uneasiness: "How did Sylvia know who the peddler is? What made her suspect? Will she tell father?" When they met with the others of the family and Aunt Salome in the best room at two o'clock, Sylvia's steady look at Delight was of burning disapproval ami reproach, while Delight's furtive glances at her young sister betrayed her disturbed state ot mind. She had, however, small chance to wonder further at the source of Sylvia's information, for her father almost immediately culled on her for her decision. "I will not leave home with Aunt Salome, father," was her prompt response. This was what the uncompromising patriot would fain have heard from the lips

of his eldest (laughter, but its saying lack

ed the -spirit he expected of her. His calm, searching gaze detected her heightened color and downcast eyes, but he little dreamed of their cause. "And you. Desire, what is your wish in the matter?" he asked, kindly. Desire's large, beautiful eyes did not waver nor fall before his, as her sister's had done. With quiet composure, she answered him. "It is not my pleasure to accompany my Aunt Salome to England, father." Mistress Salome's eyes flashed fire at this. She turned upon Desire, showing her disappointment and vexation without disguise. "And is this the return you make for all you have eu joyed at my home?" she inquired, pointedly. ' "It was God and not you, Aunt Salome, who gave me the great happiness 1 knew in your home. If He wills it, I shall know it again without planning of yours."

esire s unruffled mien, her earnestness

the mysterious meaning hidden bo

th her singular reply, filled her hear-

with amazement.

Rash girl," cried Mistress Leland,

lite outdone by so unexpected a behav

ior on the part of the girl she thought she understood thoroughly; "will you never learn wisdom from your elders? Can you not see that unless you come with me there, I had nearly spoken out, and I've a good mind to lo so nov and to compel you to decide as shall be for your best advantage. And if you were my girl it had not been left to your deciding at all," and she gave Timothy Lcluud a glance of disapprobation. She pansed then to see what effect this little speech would have on Desire. To all appearance it had none. At this point Timothy Leland spoke up. "Sister Salome, it sounds ill to my liberty-loving ears when you, who are not the mother of Desire, speak of compelling her to any course of action. How come you by any right to such a power?" "By virtue of my love for the girl and my great wish to sec her settled in life more suitably than can !) possible in this desolate region," :ame her prompt retirt. "Her mother lias given free consent to this, and I have reason to know that Desire herself longs for mulling else so greatly. It is by reason of some whimsey for which I have no morsel of patience that she answers you as she does. If I told you the whole truth you would see quickly enough that her true wish is far otherwise than lies under her smoothly sounding words!" Mistress Salome's anger had vented itself freely in this declaration, for which she was now ready to bite oh her tongue. Already she was casting about in bor luiud for some speech which might offset it, when all other feelings were swallowed up in incredulous amazement. "I will tell yon the whole truth myself, father," said Pesiro, calmly. "Lying ill at my Aunt Salome's home, ill of wounds received here in Lexington on the nineteenth of last April, is Gilbert Merridalc, whose promised wife I am." Had a broadside from tho British man-of-war Somerset, riding at anchor iu Boston harbor, struck the house, it could hardly have caused greater consternation than this avowal. For a long moment deathly silence prevailed, "And when do you intend to redeem this promise?" asked Timothy Leland, sternly, his keen bine eyes gleaming like steel blades, his hard hands pressed close upon each other. "When you give me willing leave, father. Until then I shall remain here and be to you the loving, iluliful daughter I have ever tried to be." Almost doubting the hearing of his ears, he bent a long, piercing look upon her fair, serene countenance. She met his gaze fully. It was impossible to suspect her of insincerity. Equally sure was it that she would be loyal to both father and lover, but bow would she endure the terrible strain of such a course? A mist suddenly dimmed his vision. His heart melted within him. He could not yield this beloved child to the embrace of bis country's enemy, and yet at what cost to her might his refusal he? Trembling, with uncertain steps, he arose and crossed the zoom. Laying his hand lovingly upon

her dark hair, he said, in deeply moved tones: "God bless yon and keep you. my daughter, and give you strength to do His holy will." Looking neither to the Hunt nor to the left, he withdrew immediately to seek the help hp himself needed for the bearing of this new burden. As soon as lie had gone Peiight slipped around to her Aunt Salome's side and whispered a few words. On hearing them the Irate dame's face brightened. " 'TIs well. I had no! thought of Ftieh a scheme," was her murmured response. Then, aloud: "Bid the younger girls leave us, Esther. I pray you. I would speak only with these two and yourself." Much against her will, Sylvia obeyed her mother's bidding. Leaving Polly to wander ilis.-.iiiiit'.atch- ai ;:icl the jiival kitchen, she hurried off tc the orchard. But Pave had gone, am", she sat down alone in the pleasant place to think over the happenings of the day. Her disapproval of Delight's conduct was no stronger than her admiration for Desire's courage. "I would be like that if I had :i lover." she confided to an inquisitive robin, who. perched on a low limb, scanned her sharply with his bright eye. "I'd bo just as brave as Desire was, wouldn't I, birdie? Gilbert Merridalc is such a pretty name, and I know he is a goml nan or she would never have cured for him; but how can he be good when he's a British officer? Oh. dear me! Things do seem so mixed up and queer!" She was still pondering over these problems in a g""d ileal of bewilderment when Polly cmtie running to tell her to come iu and bid Aunt Salome good-by. The lumbering green coach stood before the door of the weather beaten farm house, t.'sto, on the drive:-'-' sea;, held the reins, and had some dilliru'iy in restraining the mettlesome chestnuts, who felt their bountiful country cats. Mistress Salome, wrapicd in a long traveling cloak of clarct-toloied camlet, wearing a large bonnet of shirred green satin, trimmed with nodding black plumes perched high ill front and drawing on her black silk gloves, w is an imposing personage on the doorstep. She was sur rounded by the entire faii.il v. with exception of the two sons, who Were with the little nnny before Boston. The adieus were made with affectionate gravity, for all felt that they were linal, and an air of constraint hovered like a thick cloud about the group. Their hearts were sore and heavy, distracted by conflicting emotions. It was a relief to each one when at length Cato cracked his whip and the coach and pair whirled r.wny down the Boston road, trailing a pathway of dust iu the air behind them lis they went. Delight linked her arm within Desire's, and they walked slowly to their favorite retreat in the orchard. Here, almost on the very spot where Dave had lain in his misery prone on the soft grass, they hail poured into each other's ears the woes and the joys of childhood and girlhood. Hither they come to tali; over the woes and joys of womanhood. Delight was the first to speak. "Why did you tell father, Peslre? How did yon dare do it? I expected he would turn you out of the house on the instant. You know how strongly he feels about things." "But he loves me. Delight. I was not afraid. I could not be happy in loving Gilbert Merridalc if father uud mother did not know of it." "You know very well that he will never consent to your marrying him. You'll have to disobey him in t he end." Desire grew pale. She shook her head sadly. "No, Delight. I shall never disobey my father. No blessing would follow us Gilbert and me if I became his wife through disobedience. We must wait a while as patiently as we can. trusting that all will come out as we wish." Delight regarded her sister curiously. "I cannot understand you, Desire. You have grown to he so strange. You are brave enough to tell father openly of yonr promise to marry a man lie would kill hi a minute as his own and his country's foe, and yet you have not the courage to leave home and join Gilbert." "Because it is right to toil father all that happens to me, and it is wrong to disobey him. I see nothing Strang, about that," said Desire, simply. The elder sister dropped her eyes from the pure, earnest face she had tried to read. Her conscience Muote her. With quick impatience she sprang up and walked back and forth as though shaking off some undesired influence. "I've something to tell you, Desire," she said, coming close to her and sitting down again. "Your ideas are all very line, hut the time has conic when we must act. Archie was here last night. I met him never mind where. Some time very soon he is coming again, and we are to go to his aunt's home in Dorchester and be married. Gilbert is coining with him to take you nway. Everything is arranged. This Is what I whispered to Aunt Salome. She understands and will be ready to receive you. We are to be on the watch any night after the thirtieth of June." Desire listened with absorbed attention. A swiftly drawn breath when Gilbert's name was mentioned was all the sign she gave of deep feeling. After a short time she said: "It is not right. Delight. Let me implore you not to attempt !lrs rash thing. The memory of the way you left your father's house, secretly and against his will, will never leave you all your life. Oh, my dear sister, send word to Archie that you cannot stoop to do such an action, even for love of him!" "I shall do nothing of the kind," retorted Peiight. rising and showing open anger. "And 1 think little of the love yu bear for Gilbert Men-dale, if yon will take no risk for his sake. 1 intend to do exactly as Archie and 1 have planned, ami If you choose to go and toil lather, you can." Desire's tear-tilled eyes and quivering lips showed how this taunting little speech Woundcil her sensitive heart. "I shall not tell him of your part in this matter, Delight. But I sluill certainly never see Gilbert here nor anywhere without his consent. 1 wish so much oh, so muck, dear Delight, that y hi would feel as I do about this. "I will save you untold sorrow," "Since you have stieli sei-nplcs, 1 wonder how yon ever let yourself care for him since father was not by to say you might," Raid Peiight, sarcastically. "I did not know it myself until he was brought home so ill an J wounded. Then I found that all unawares a de?p, true love for him had filled my whole heart." "And yet yon can deny him ami force him to miss you, and perchance to be killed in this dreadful war without ever again seeing you! Ilow think you he will value such a paltry love when he comes for you, lit peril of his life, and finds you unwilling to brave our father's displeasure?" "He knows already that I cannot go contrary to my father's will. My love for him came unbidden into my life to be forever a part, n sweet, dear part of it. Obedience to my parents was laid upon me my Heavenly Father. I muts yield . first, though it separate Gilbert and fox our earthly lives, lie is too noble i;

value love which could be untrue to a

daughter's duty."

"In very truth. I do believe yon have taken leave of your senses in holding such strange opinions. Desire. Does not the Bible say that a man shall forsake all oth

ers aad cleave to his wife alone'.'"

"But we arc not men. dear sister," re

plied Desire, gravely: "we are girls, and to u- is giwn ihe ..'.ur.'.aml 'honor thy fatlor and thy nocher,'" Pe '.igbl shvo-ied h.-r shoulder. "t IlMllilH!"! tier l,.-i:i;ill :th';is .-a'd you

Were the -M-ltctl 1:11!.- :N . ever saw.

wilh all oiir nieek way-;. a;el I aio certain hat sin- .-puke the truth. One might

us wcil try t" couvin.e an oak slid, as to

move you when you have uro-e made up your mliid. I'm sorry for Gilbert, and 1 only hope that before he comes something will happen to change your views." So saying, she walked rapidly away, leaviiu' poire to gird herself anew for the laities with herself which the coining days were to bring. tTo be continued.) Copyright.

OUTWITTED AN ELEPHANT,

A Hunter Saved by Ilia Knowledge of the He ist's Hahits. Only those familiar with the "mariners and customs" of the elephant have any nic-a what a nimble creature it really Is. Massive ami slow-footed as it looks, it Is capable, when roused, of feats that would lie difficult foi much tleetor animals. Fspecially is this the case with African elephants, which, 1 hough taller, are generally lighter than their Asialic brethren. Moreover, ucoitstomod for aires to lead a wild life, an.l often depending on their alertncss and speed of foot for their very existence, they have acquired it skill in gymnastics which lias occasionally taken even old elephant hunters by surprise. In illustration of this fai t we are reminded of a story told by one of the noble army of British sportsmen in Africa, He was "out after elephants," timl bad just, fired at and wounded a magnificent specimen. I'lifoi'tunatoly for iiiin. be had i nly succeeded ill slightly wounding it, when, infuriated by the attack, it dirtied ami charged 1 1 i tii. It was a ten ifj ing sight. With its enormous ears spread out like sails, am! omitting shrill notes of rage, it canio tliumlei ing over the ground like it runaway locomotive. The hunter fired another shot, but missed; his nerve was shaken, and. throwing down liis "express" rifle, lie sought safety in flight. Near at hand was a steep hill, and to this he directed his steps, for, being but slightly acquainted with the climbing power of the elephant, lie thought his pursuer might bo baffled by the steepness of the ascent. It was a terrible disappointment to find that the elephant could climb :i hill just as quickly as the hunter, nimble runner as he was. Tho fugitive, indeed, would have soon b-oii overtaken if ho had not thought of a really ingenious ruse. He kuvw that elephants never run, or even wnlk, down a steep incline, but always crouch down, gather their feet together, lean well back ami slide down. Just as the ferocious animal had got within a few yards of him, therefore, the wily hunter suddenly doubled and ran down tho hill again! Quick its a flash tho elephant turned, gathered himself together, and, trumpeting with baffled rage, slid down alter his victim. The hunter bad just time to spriug out of the way its the groat beast came "tobogganing" after lii in , smashing trees mid shrubs and carrying everything before it, like nu avalanche. Then once inure the hunter dashed to the top of the bill, while the elephant, unable to stop Itself, went careering down to the very foot, where, apparently feeling

very sore and disappointed, It rose and.

walked wearily back to its native woods. Chums.

The Real RcnHon. "Almost all De 1'ouilleton's work is so disjointed. His essays are always broken up by lines of stars. What's the sense of that?" "They indicate the places where ho dipped his pen Into the gum bottle, nnd st-.ippcd abruptly to make n few remarks. The stars represent the remarks."

Domestic Thrills, "Have you ever experienced the excitement of being aroused from sleep in 'a house at night when it was ou fire?" "Xo, but I have several times goii; through the excitement attendant upon my wife's announcement of her belief that the baby had swallowed her thimble."

Might Be Better. O'Batch Do you find since your marriage that life is one grand, sweet song? Benedict No, not exactly. A girl who lives in tho flat just under ours plays rag time music on her piano with a persistence that is worthy of a butter cause.

His Guess. Lariat Lem Podner, what makes you think crime is a-goiu' to increase in this here camp? riacer Petes I seen iu the paper this tnornin' that they was a eastern perfesser comin' out this way to give lessons on the piatiuy.

Ifopelcns Case. Toor Chollio!" said the girl who was iu a sympathetic mood. "He cuu't say no." " "Ho might shako Ids head, then," said the practic.il girl. "No, poor fellow; his collar is too high for that."

Her First Hope. Mr, Smiley Did you see that Item about the telegraph Instrument which sends 4,000 words a minute? Mrs. Smiley No; Is there really such an instrument? How lovely! Now maybe they will not try to make ou say all one wauls to In ten words.

All UouiIh I.cmc! to the Dressmaker. Mr. Hornlilll Do yon know, darling I could pick you out of a crowd of women just by your style. Mrs. Hornlilll I don't wonder, am! mo with this same old dress for tho lasl two years!-Brooklyn Life.

Why They Are So Culled. "Pa, why do they call thorn slump speakers?" 'Because they arc generally stumped when anybody asks a question rcquir lug an answer that the public can understand." I test Distlnculnliintr Mark. "How could you distinguish the Aval tors from the guests?" asked oik gentleman of another. "The waiters were polite," was tut reply. Jlint 110 rt-ononilcftl. "Would you call i:ncle Amos a stingy man?" "No, ' should say be b;id nil bis gen crous Impulses under perfect control.' Kuhurlmii Snort. i.i ., ' i-. . .t your way yet?" e . i i ; it as wo go home w i ; i. i.eii ut of the mud."

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK.

-truck by a l.lglitoiiiu Ilnlt-HtirnI Muil Delivery System to l'e Intended Cuuuhi by n rudcreurrent New Trial for l-'lory f oretold His lliatli. l:;ii:i' a heavy thiiiulcrl..rni Karl D. Simp-Mii met death in a Uitirie manner lie. iu , - uiiiioy wilh Ldw-ar.l Junes, was living from the Chester liiver SteamPeat Company's wharf at Chestertow n Tin- m. humor had mounted a pile twelve loci high fur the purpose of making a the. and lie rto... poised for the lunge the final Hash came from a coinaratiioly clear sky uud the young mail fell to ihe wharf dead. His companion nid a teamster and four horses thai stood -ear. i ly twenty feet away, wen? shocked, itit in no degree stunned by the current.

Kural Delivery in Indiana, Il'.oal fi nail delivery, which has occii iu successful oiHiathm ill several joints in the State foi some months past. nay be greatly extended within the next rear. K. H. Hathaway, special agent for ;he w.rk in Indiana, has begun reorgan uing old routes and establishing new .ines. Many places have applied for tin felivcry ,f mail in the cur.it ry districts but Mr. Hathaway does not think ail can ffl their petitions granted, although most jf thein have Ihe indorsement of Con ,rressimn. Me thinks that perhaps tweiiy new routes will be established within i:c ticvt year. Hoys llrowriril in the Wab;sh. I'ive boys were in bathim; iu the Wa 'lash at Lafayette .ami three of theul-Chnrb-s .ink. Walter Vellinger i.nd Paul lle-il Wife drowned. Two Itoys named Snyder weie hcron-tilly rescued by anattier b.i.v named lii-ogc Mill.-r. The boys were drowned by the under current at the month of Durccc run. the most treacherous place in tin- Wubash. Nolle were over 12 years 1.1. l-'lory (liven a New Trial John l-'lory. whom the jury at l'aoli

.ciitciu-ed to life imprisonment for tin Killing of Jessie Burton at Mitchell lasl November, was granted u new trial by I'm- court on iiccouul of errors made in Instructing the jury. I'lory was inker, o the reformatory nt .Icffersoiiville foi -ale keepiug, owing lo some fear of mol ioleiice. Preacher Foretells His Heath, ltcv. (juilh-r Purtec died at Marlins ville. :,ged ."" years. He preached at oasket meeting a few days ago. and remarked that he would n ake no I'm the' ippointiueiits. as lie did not expect to liw I ,uir. The net day he was seized wit! loam lever ami his premonition was vori Within Our liordcra. I liphiheria is raging in Patricksburg. Martinsville will have a street fair in August. liair flour bill, Princeton, damaged .vlo.iHHi by lire. (ieorge (ieiitry, 17. Boonviile, drowned while suinimiiig. 111. Mon Hood. 22, drowned while sein ilig iu Haw creek, near Columbus. C. T. liodford, fanner lo ur Brazil, drowned while fishing in Kel river. North Vernon has seven hurdles ami eleven saloons, the crap shooter's limit. Jiinic!. Cook. Carbon, says robber chloroformed his family and stole SltiO. Harrison Kurz was seriously stabbed near the heart by Allien Blake near Pilot Knob. Alpha McDowell, ,'i, Kokomo. set lire o her clothing while playing with a bos .!' matches and is dead. Ten cattle belonging to O. M. Tusti ion. i'lituuio County, licked white lead rroin a paint keg and died. James T. Held, an influential citizei of Sullivan, is dead in Denver whilhel :ie had gone for Ihe benefit of his health The Peerless Hour mill at Mount Ver .ion. the property of KiiuH'muii Brother! . f St. Louis, was destroyed by lire. LosJ $.' Iii.ikxi. insurance $75,11(111. I.Irs. William A. Cullop of VineeuneJ has been appointed by llov. Mount au liom vary commissioner to the Pnris expo silion to represent the women of Indiana. Jacob Kllis of Audersou, aged 85 years, has bMoiiie father of his sixteenth child, The i-iother is but lo years old. Tlx yoiiim-itvr is sturdy aud has good lungs It weighs ten pounds. Klmc. Interreiileii .late of the l.'llth Indiana volunteers, cuiuiuitlcd suicide b hooting himself through (he head while standing in front of his father's place of business a" Yiwvniics. (!. T. MciCini of Thornlown lias reeeiv ,'d a letter fi un Stephen Fell, formerly ol that place, i.nled from South America, which says tint for twelve years ' tuH been a slave in a tribe on the upper Amazon. The l'airmouut zinc spelter works at Fail-mount were destroyed by tire. Tin.' lire was caused by nil explosion of gas liout. IHO nun were employed in the obmt. There was no insurance. Tin nhiht will be rebuilt at once. iluiitsvillc, the town built on uilcgct! magnetic iron ore, has been torn to pieces jgain by an electrical storm aud out Jeatli -that of Mrs. James Kodgers resulted. The town lias been the mark ol light uiug each year. Kvery great storu: Is certain to center its worst bolts at that point. Joseph Mosely, colored, a enrpenter Has the victim of a peculiar accident ut Kvausvillc, ami his death wilt lie the result. While engaged in repairing the roof nf a house he started to saw a board foi scaffold. He carelessly sat on the outet .dge. though, and sawed between himseli mill the fastened end. As a consequence .vlicn the board broke he plunged down head foremost a distance of eighteen feet between two houses. Martin Crapp was bitten ou one thigh in three places, the hamstring being totally severed, during a light at a picnic ,ioar Sodom. Death from gangrene is an Ueipated. Italph Schclley, S years old, died al Montpolier as the result of a vicious at nick on him ty 'four of his playmates. The boys were all playing together whet some diflleulty arose over a trifling mat

ter ami the four combined I thrash him Two of them held Italph Schclley whih the others kicked him and pounded hill. .mi the neck, head and back with stones Lockjnn- followed, and then death. Wife .r ltcv. J. I' McDonald, Craw fordsville, found dead iu bed. Daniel Whitehead uud wife, Peru, were poisouod by eating dried beef. Small freight wreck and four hours' de lay on the Big Four nt Yorktowu. D. A. Jennings, Campbells!. org, iut.(

,.- nnd !f-M.tS0 in costs for not paying hie

dog tux. Plcsilent McKinley has accepted ut invitation to bo ut Klwood labor day, ii is said. (i.,rdoii will, involving $7 .(Km, taken ol change of venue from Franklin Count) to Liberty, is busted, and all the kiufolk?

get it grab.

Thomas llotchkiss, Butler, instautl)

killed by a passenger Irani.

The property of the Indianapolis am1 llroad Kipple Knpid Transit Compaut was sold to W. F. Brown for S2i'i,iKli at receiver's sale. lirow n iepii-.,-nte Baltimore capitalists. Clifford Felts, aged 12. sn of the sup eriiitendetit of fbe county asylum, dirV at Fort Wayne of lockjaw. He shot himself in the Inind July I while celcl.rutinj with a roolvei- uud blank cartridges. Frank Page of Iiidiunnpnlis shot ami killed his daughter's suitor, a young unit iiaiiied Ilex Faulkner. Pago was repri niumliug Ik? daughter for being out sc

faLv. when Faulkner interfered.

AFRICAN'S TRUE PKEDICTlON. Wizard Tells of Kvcnta Uappcuin f Hundreds of Mile Array. Here i.; a ycrn that has been pickeo up by the Society for Psychical liesearch. Dr. It. W. Felkln, who had accompanied Finiii Pasha on a tour through l'g:tila and adjacent territory is responsible for it. He says that some time last year his party had got back to Lildo, about boon miles south of Khartoum, and that he had been w ituow, letters from F.tirope for a year. Naturally he was impatient for tidings. In that part ol' Africa lie had often (oiiie across wizards who pretended to traijffnrm themselves: Into lions or other aiiimafs at night and lo travel Immense distances in this guise. They also assert that tin y aciiiire information at such Cnn s about stolen cattle uud oilier lost property. Dr. Feltlu says that, although he lias no explanation to oiler in regard to these alleged feats, he had a chance to verify one uf their stories. Due morning .after his arrival nt I.ado a man came io his tent, evidently iu great cxc.toment, and said that the local wizard, or "m'logo," had been roaming illrtjut (be country the night before in the form of a jackal. During his rambles the "m'logo" had visited Mesehera 1-Kek. fuPy 500 miles away, between I.ado and Khartoum. The wizard declared that two steamers had just ainvod at ill's point and had brought mails. He also described minutely the appearance of an English oiiicer accompanying the boats. Dr. Felkln ridiculed the story. But Kinln Pasha took the thing more seriously. Hi- directed that the wizard be 'brought before him, ami iiueslioiied the fellow. "W here did you go last nlghtV" 'I was at Meseheia-el Uek." "What were you doing there?" "I went to see some friends." "What did you see?" "1 saw two steamers arriving from Khartoum." "Oh. this is nomieiiso! You could not possibly have been at Mesehera -el-B.-k." "I was there," the wizard replied emf'liatic.illy. "And with the steamers was an Knglishman, a short man with a big beard." "Well, what was his missiou?" "He says that the great pasha ot Khartoum had sent him and he has some papers for you. He is starting overland to-morrow, bringing the papers with him. and he will be here about thirty days from now." Dr. Felkln says that thirty-two days later the Englishman did arrive at

I.ado. aud that he brought letters for

Ib.y. tif the wizard Dr. FelUiu says

thai Le Is satisfied that the man was never outside his native village lu his life. New York Tribuue.

Huip Cop Violin Bow. norsc hair used iu making violin and other similar bows Is Imported from (lormnuy; a considerable part of the hair thus imported, linwevcr, coming eriginally from Russia. Horse hair for these purposes Is white ami black; the black is the heavier and stronger, aud Ibis is used in making bows for bass viols, because it bites the big strings better. Iu preparing the strings for use in bowinakiug the white hair, used for violin bows. Is bleached to bring it to its filial whiteness. The standard violin bow is twentynine inches In length; longer bows are made lo order. Shorter bows are used by young persons; but the bow commonly seen iu the hands of a violin player is twenty-nine Inches long. Horse hair for violin bows is imported in various lengths, but mostly in lengths of thirty-six incites. Hair sufficient for one bow is put together lu what is called a hank; the banks are tied up iu bundles of n dozen hunks; these are bundled In grosses aud the gross bundles are put together in great grosses, in which shape the hair is imported. There are grades aud qualities of the horse hair, but Hi.; best is not ve y costly. A hank of the best white hair can be bought for twenty cents; it might cost thirty cents more to have it put into the bow. To repair a bass viol bow costs more, the bulk of hair required being greater. New York Sun.

"On the Road" In Russia. Life "ou l!ie road" In England is not verything Hint could be desired, but wost would "commercials" over here think of certain regulations now In force in Itusafn? According to "Sell's Commercial Intelligence," by a law r. ;eutly enacted In St. Petersburg commercial travelers, both native aud foreign, are required to provide themselves with a license at the cost of 50 rubles (about 5 5s. (kl.j, and to obtulo nt a further cost of 500 rubles 53 4s.) i trading license for the Urui or company which they represent. To enable British commercial travelers to take out Ibis latter license they must produce a power of attorney or letter of authority from their employers, and must also possess a "certificate of license to trade," Issued by a British chamber of commerce. These licenses, which are Issued for .1 period of one year from Jan 1, and are renewable during November and December, are to be procured on entering Ilttssla from the nearest local treasury, town council, muucipal body or eoHoclor of taxes, and commercial travelers found pursuing their vocn tioti without having provided themselves with the requisite licenses will bo liable ro a fine of treble the amount payable thereof, or 1,050 rubles (about 175). Commercial travelers of the Jewish persuasion can only obtain Uiese licenses and engage in business In Russia by special sanction of the ministers of the interior, tinaucu and foreign affairs. London Star.

Care of Currant rlnahca. A sharp lookout should be kept for the currant worm, which where the bushes lire grown In clumps geuerally appears first on Die Inside stalks, and often matures and goes into the ground for. a second brood before any damage Is discovered. This explains the nonsuccess of some in using white hellebore on the bushes. It is very difficult to spray or dust (he whole plant with the hellebore, and it Is Ihe inside bushes that mainly escape Urn poison. For this reason growing currants iu t ee form w ould be the best method were it not for the currant stalk borer, which often destroys a hill where only one stalk is left. By growing two or three stems ami cutting; out all others, both these enemies can be made harmless.

Ptill More Connterfritlne, The Secret Service has just unearthed another band of counterfeiters and secured a quantity of bogus bills, which are very cleverly executed. Things of great value are always selected for imitation, notably Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, which ha muiiv imitators but no eounls

the party. The new-comer was LuplaHMLfor disorders like indigestion, dyspi'vaia ... .. . . .. . Kril.il i.ill.l i I,., I

Pio Hag tho PI a on ot Honor. Tho people of Bulgaria are cordial to strangers. In visiting a Bulgarian home you are expected to take off your shoes uud put on your hat. At the dinlug table the entire family sits crosslegged upon the ground around a table not more than a foot iu height. Meats, vegetables and other edibles nre cooked together ami so served. There are no potatoes iu Bulgaria. Pie is given the greatest distinction at the dining table and it is considered ill-mannered for one to accept a cut when It Is offered the first time. After two or three entreaties you may then accept a portiou. Hall's Catarrh Cure la a Cf oslltutioDiil cms. Fries 73 cento.

Tho Poet Did Not Contribute. "I am quite willing to contribute to the er uiuusemeut of the evening," Interposed the amateur poet, who was bursting to read his latest, and couldn't get anybody to take the hints he threw out. There was a sound like a groan from a corner of the room, and a guest weut out. The others prepared for the worst, except one elderly man, who pulled down his waistcoat with au unnecessary show of determination. "The title of this little effort," the poet went ou, drawing a roll from au unsuspected pocket, is 'The Raindrops ou the ltoof.' " "Well, of course It does," exclaimed the elderly man. "Where would you expect it to drop? When the rain drops on any well-regulated house, it naturally chooses the roof. Perhaps you expect people to take the roof off when It rains? Or you think that we Imagine that It drops on the foundation, or In the umbrella-stand? Everybody else knows that rain drops on the roof, young man, and they don't want you to write a poem to tell 'em. If you can write one that will explalu why it rains when a man goes out iu a new hut and without an umbrella, we're opeu to hear it." The poet did not contribute any further to the amusement of the evening.

Ten Spots, Ktc. "Doctor, my husband says black and red spots appear before his eyes every night. What do you advise?" "1 advise that he stop playing poker."

The ancient Danes ate wild bull, seal, beaver, periwinkle and birds.

Came Back, "Look here! Are you the man I gave a square meal one cold, bleak February morning?" ' "I'm the man, mum." 'Well, do you remember you promised to shovel all the snow out of my backyard nnd then sneaked off without doiug it?" "Yes. mum, an' me conscience smote me. Dafs de reason I tramped all de way here through de blazing sun to do de job." Chmitauqua Lake Excursion Via the Xickel Plate Eoad. Tickets will be available July 3Mh. good reluming until August 29th, at special low rates. Do not miss this opportunity of visiting this beautiful resort. A Peerless Trio of Fast Kxprcss Trains Daily. Palace Sleeping Cars. Superb Dining Car Service Elegant Equipment. Ask Agents.

Cuba was settled more than tlfty years before the first settlements lu the United States, yet there nre miles and miles of rich country land which has never been touched lu the island.

I'iso's Cure for Consumption Is our only medicine for coughs and colds. Mrs. U. Beltz, 439 Sth avc., Denver, CoL, Nov. 8, 1S93. In China there are large cities that have no municipal organizations and spend nothing ou public improvements or for otHclal expenses.

Eagle Linen Letter Paper and Envelopes are the proper thing. Tell your printer to use this bland on your next ordor. $2.00 Fort Wayne to Chicago and return every Sunday via. the Nickel Plate Koad.

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44 A Good Name At Home h a Tower of Strength Abroad." In Lowell, SMass., where Hood's SjwsspArilljL is nude, it stilt fins a larger side th.n all other blood purifiers. Us fdme and cures znd sties have spread abroad, and it is universally recognized as the best blood medicine money can buy. Kemembcr

Costly I isll. The most beautiful ami xy fishes ):i the world come from Chi i. and the rarest ami most expensive of all Is the brush tall gold llsli. Specimens of these bine been sold as high as $TlK each, and In Europe the pi -iocs range from jl'.-iO to $,"iiKi. The brush-tall gold fish is so small that a five-shilling piece will cover if, ami probably there Is no living thing of Its size and weight ilhat Is worth so much money.

A Horae on Homebody. First American Bicycles aud automobiles. What show has the horse in Paris? You seldom even see him on the boulevards. Second American (who has just dined) No, he's In the soup.

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A Year of Important Events. "In looking over the events that hafs happened during the years of my life, laid an old resident to a Star reporter, 'I think the year of 1851 produced the greatest number and the happenings were of a greater diversity of Interest. Jenny LInd came to this country that year under the $50,000 contract wltll Barnum, and sang her songs with wonderful sweetness and equally wonderful profits to Mr. Barnum. The sloop America won the cup for the fastest calling, defeated the world, and the old ship still exists and can hold her own even against the modern boats with their extensive keels. Louis Kossuth visited America In 1851 nnd gare a sreat Impetus to national and International polities. The first world's fair, t he Crystal Palace at Loudon, was held In 1851, and though it was a long time ago it Is not forgotten and has not been surpassed by the world's fairs which have followed. Washington Star. Ladles Can Wear Shoe One ilxe smaller after using- Allen'. FouiEiibp, a powder to be nhikeu Into the shoes. It makes tlglit or nw shoes feel easy: slvas Iniitant relief to cor .9 anil bunions. It's the grteat comfort discovery of the age. Cares snollen feet, bi -rs nnd callous spots. Aim's I'ool En- a certalu cure for Infrowlug nnlia, aireatlog, uot. actilng feet. At all druggists and skoe stores 25c. Trial pa -Wage Klu-'.K by mall. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, I.eBoy, N. Y.

Siic'll Sar the Kest. "It's awfully late," I remarked to my friend, after a long wblst bout at th? club. "What will you say to your wife?" "Oh, I sha'n't say much, you know," wns the reply. " Clood-morning, deaT,' or something of that sort. She'll say ti.! rest." Roxbnry Gazette.

Niagara Kails Annual Excursion. On Tuesday. August 15th. tho Nickel Plate Road will run its Seventeenth Annus.! Excursion to Niagara Palls. Tickets are good reluming for fifteen days. Tickets to Toronto will lie sold in connection with tin's excursion at. $1.00 extra and to the Thousand Islands nt $B.60 extra. The usual privilege of stop-over at Chautauqua Lake will be granted without extra charge. Secure your Sleeping Car reservations ear y. Tickets good reluming on any one of our Peerless Trioof Pa ' Express Trains. Remember the dale. For further particulars inquire of Agents Nickel Plate Road. Hia Neceaaity. t Hasslt It's strauge you're so hard up, old man. I thought you owned half of Swamphurst. and had lots to sell? Il addit -1 have, but what I want 11 lots to oat. Brooklyn Life.

Mrs. Window's 8oontra Srar for CfelMna teetliloa: aoittina the im. reuu.-M inflaruniattaa. llara uaiii, euro wind ootio. a oaou a bottle.

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Man Turk, for 10 aurapli-t ami l.uuo traUmonlala.

The flights of the human mind are not from enjoyment to enjoyment, but from hope to hope. Johnson.

REGISTER OF TREASURY. Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Register of the United States Treasury, in a letter from W(i.9hington, D. C, says:

HO.V. JUD30X W. LYONS, REGISTER Of THE TUEASUBV. April 23. .1889. Pe-ra-na Drug M'f'g Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen I 6nd Pe-Tu-na to be an extellent remedy for the catarrhal affections of spring aud summer, and those win sutler from depression from the heat of the summer will find no remedy the equal of IVru-na. .Icdson W. Ltojts. No man is better kuown in the financial world than Judson W. Lyons. His name on every piece of money of recent date, routes his signature one of the most famil ar one in the United States. Hon. Lyons' address is Augusta, Ga. lie is s neiuber of the National ltepublican Committee, and is a prominent and influential iioliticiun. lie is a particular friend ol President McKinley.

Uviueiuber that cnoitra morbaa, cholera iufeutum, aaiumar complaint, billons colic, diarrhoea anil dysentery are each and all catarrh of the bowels. Catarrh Is tho only correct name for tlaeae affectloaa. IV ru uu la au abaoluto apectle for tueae alliueuta. hlcn are ao common In summer. Dr. Hantaan. In a practice of over forty yeara. uerer lost a alngla cane of cholera lafaatum, dysentery, diiirrhoea, or cholera morbaa. and kls only remedy waa Pa ru n. Tnoee deatrlag further particulars should rend for a free copy af "Summer Catarrh." Addr.isa Dr. Hartman, Columbna, Ohio.

HOME SEEKERS' EXCURSIONS To irYcsitrn Points, August 1 and 15, Sept. 6 and 10, Oct. 3 and 17, 1899. On ths above dates the WABASH will eu i roiu lb priueliiai kuttons Kast ot Chlosce and Tolouo. III., LOW RATE HOMB SBBKKKS EXCrnsiON Ticket, to poiata Wast, South, and Southwaat, grasUnf a nborai return limit. A postal card addressed to aay Wabash 'lltket Agent, or to either of thetoltowlsa Passenger UepreeeabkUree will brine yo prompt and explicit toforauuten reearanag rate . routes, Umo of trains, through aw aarr tee, condition of tickets, etc.. eta, REMEMBER The WABASH Is the only line east ot CfcteaM and .it. I.uuU givlDf Its natrons seats, without

to West enean, Oee

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