Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 10 November 1893 — Page 3

One R'onro. of O«rm»n Btrongtn. There is no doubt that the Germans are the strongest people on earth and Srobablv the most prolific, and 1 l>eeve It is to their eating black bread. A groat deal of the nourishment must be wasted in relining Hour as it is now done by all civilized nat'ons. The bread Is made more palatable, perhaps xnoie digestible for weak, worn out stomachs, but black broad must lie the true staff of life. The Germans do not eat much fresh moat. There may bo some in other parts of the country, but along the Rhine you never see cattle grazing in pastures. I did not see one sheep Tn all my tramps, and the only cows I saw were the poor things bitched to heavy carts doing the work of oxen. There is no milk along the Rhino to speak of. I got no taste of cream and the oggs 1 had were stale. Black bread, then, is what this people live Oh, and with it they thrive and grow to be mighty conquerors.— Chamber s Journal. Down-East Chrlstlanlzers. An enterprising firm in Caribou purchased several dozen wire springs designed for holding the restive tail of a cow during the tusk of milking. A revival was in progress at the time, and all of one farmer's family and his hired man had “experienced religion,” but the old gentleman himself said he could never become a Christian while he had to milk the cows, for he couldn't help swearing when one of their tails struck hlhi across the face. This firm heard of the man, sought him out, and finally succeeded in disposing of one of their springs to him under solemn assurance that it would entirely cure him of profanity. And from that day to this those springs have never been known ns anything but “Christainizers. ” —Lewiston Evening Journal. Rise and Fall of the Bast He. The famous French" prison known as the Bastile was originally the Castle of Paris, and was built by order of Charles V. between 13'6 and 1383, as a defense against the English, When it came to be used as a State Prison it was provided with vast bulwarks and ditches. It had four towers, of five stories each, on each of its larger sides, and it was partly in these towers and partly in underground cellars that the orisons were situated. It was capable of containing from seventy to eighty prisoners, a number frequently reached during the reigns of Louis XIV. and Louis XV. The Bastile was destroyed by a mob July 15, 1789. On the site mow stands the Column of July, erected in memory of the patriots of 1789 and 1830.—Detroit Free Press. A Widely Prevalent Malady. While it is perfectly true that swamp vapors, morning and evening mists along the banks of alow, winding, turbid streams and the effluvium exhaled by the sun from moist and decaying vegetables beget malaria, it frequently breaks out where no such conditions exist. It is, in fact, a malady widely prevalent, of which it is tn many cases impossible to discover the origin. But though its cans s are often obscure, the testimony, professional and public, of the inhabitants of Ameri a and other lands leaves no reasonable doubt not only that Hos- ‘ tetter's Stomach Bitters uproots this tenacious disease when fully developed, but fortifies the system against its iirst attacks. Chills and fever bilious intermittent, dumb ague, and ague all yield to it alike. Liver trouble, always present in malarial disorder, dyspepsia, constipation, and kidney complaint succumb to the Bitters. Shop Talk. ’ They had asked Dr. Sandblast, the ' eminent surgeon, to carve the festal fowl, and he stood over it with the carving-knife held delicately in the first position. “The incision, you will observe, gentlemen,” he began, , dreamily, “commences a little to the left of the median line, and—oh, excuse me, Mrs. Parmalee, "I thought I was in the —may I help you to a little «ff the femur?” What. Indeed 1 When a member of the Church Congress at Manchester argued that the introduction of the custom of cremation would endanger belief in the resurrection of the dead, the reply of Lord Shaftesbury silenced any further doubt when he asked: “What, then, has become of the holy martrys who were cremated?” r HALL’S CATARRH CORE is a liquid and Is taken luternaPy, and acts directly upon the blood end mucous surfaces of the system Baud for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75e. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.; Toledo, O. True Repentance. One of the sovereign people broke a chair over hie wife's head. When taken to jail and conversed with by the chaplain, he displayed a good deal of repentance. He said he "was very eorrv that he had permitted his anger to obtain the mastery over him and to suffer him to do such an act, for the chair was a good one, an heirloom in hie family, and he knew he never could replace it. ” < “Plso's Cure the Best Ever Known.” I think "Piso's Cure for Consumption” is the best medicine for bronchitis ever known. W. D. Solomon. New Brunswick, N. J.. July 17,1893. You may put my testimonial in your Almanac and say that I thinkJ'Piso’s Cure for Consumption” is the best medicine on this earth for bronchitis and lung trouble. lam now in the drug business, and I will tell my customers if they want a cough cure to use "Piso's," I will recommend it to other people if they send to me for adviee. and I will tell them what it has done forme, William D. Solomon. Now Brunswick, N. J., Sept 26, 1893. . Setting the Fare. English Politician—You seem to be much faster in this country than we are in England. American Politician—Yes; here we run for Congress, while over there you merely stand for Parliament.—Exchange. There is one thing about grief: it is thoroughly divided up, and everyone gets his share. Sn “Colchester 7 ’ Spading Boot ad. In other column. It is not enough that a man intends to do a thing. head and shoulders above every other bloodpurifier, stands Doctor fiWwb Pierce’s Golden Medical WWW Discovery. Bee the evidenco of it It’s sold in ■MF every case, on tHal. If BKmt it ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your money back. In restoring yonr strength, when you’re •• run-down” and ‘usedup;” in cleansing your blood from every impurity, whether It’s a simple dBHBk eruption or the worst scrofula; and in building up wholesome flesh, when you’re thin and weak —there* nothing to equal the “ Discovery." In every y — disease caused by a torpid liver or unpuro blood, it’s -the only yuai-anteed remedy. Mrs. Euxabmth J. BnsnwAW, of Sidney. Ohio, writes: "My little. boy.was •o affllotod with liver trouble and other diseases that our family physician said ho oould not live. In and they saved his Ufa, We have used the Dtoooverr * for throat and bronchial trouble, and found suoh perfect relief that we can reooin•Misndlt very highly,"

OAWT l iGHT IN THE OPEN. Apacho Hul'llevs Found Wanting Whim the Lino of Buttle Is Drawn. Tbo Aptu'ho problem hat been a thorn io the side to the commanders of the depfiitiuout of Arizona, save a writer in iho San Francisco Chronicle. There are ton large tribes In the territory, making an agg euatc of some 4(),()00 persona Os all these, the Apaches alone have given the Government any trouble within the past quarter of a century. There has not been a year since the white occupation that some Apache renegade was not off the reservation, making lite interesting for some one. With the end of the Gercnfino campaign the authorities/ adopted a new policy toward these implacablea and the formation of the Indian auxiliaries is a part of the new program. Gradually the more lawless chiefs have been vanquished until now there is harirty a corporal’s guard of the ' old warrio s to be found In all the tribes which comprise the Apache nation. Then supplementary proceedings were began by enlisting all the able.-bodied young bucks between the ages of 16 and 30 into regular companies. Under these conditions—with ail the old men deported and ail the youngsters underbill eyes of the regular soldiers —it is hop d that the solution of the Apace trouble is not far distant. While the question seems in a fair way to be settled with regard to the Indian, the new deal does nut give universal satisfaction in arinycirc es. Uegu ars who have been for years fighting the wily Apache from behind rocks cannot readily accustom themselves to the idea of messing and sha ing quarters with their hereditary foe. The officers, as a rule, are not very enthusiastic over the innovation cither. As to the merits of the Apache as aAoldler he doesn’t seem to have many. He can withstand an incredible amount of fatigue. A body of Apache infantry will make a forced march in better time than the average regular cavalry. When the line of battle is drawn up Mr. Apache is not there. From time immemorial the Apache warrior has fought only from ambush an 1 no amount of military discipline can compel him to face a tire in which he has no better chance than his enemy. The one thing which lures the Indian from the rerervation into the army is his love of the uniform. He cares more for bright colors and gilt trappings than for his wives—even more than he does for his eating. Then they like the evolutions and military maneuvers. They enjoy the music, especially lively spiritsd martial airs. The number of Indians now serving in the department of the Arizona is in the neighborhood of 500. They are o ganized into companies of fifty each, with white officers, though there have been some few promotions to junior grades. The companies are not ail full, however, by reason of occasional desertions and natural causes. A well-known officer, in speaking of the situation, says that while the experiment has not proved so successful as its originators prophesied, the new companies will not be mustered out, but enlistments will be constantly encouraged.

GOT HIS IDEA AT A CHOP DINNER Perrla’ Wheel the Outcome at the Inspiration of a Moment. “Where did you get the idea for your great wheel?” was asked of Mr. G. W. G. Ferris the other day. “From a chop dinner,” he replied with a sm.le. “We u-ed to have a Saturday afternoon club, composed chiefly of engineers, at the World’s Fair. 1 had been for some time trying to devise something for tlie fair that would be as unique and individual as the Eiffel Tower. Suddenly it struck me that I would build a monster wheel. I got some paper and began sketching. Before the dinner was over I bad sketched out almost the entire detail exactly as it stands at present in the Midway Plaisance ” So the Ferrlstwiieel is an inspiration of a moment. But it took time to actualize the inspiration. Engineers laughed at the idea of a tension wheel 250 feet in diameter—a wheel, in other words, with “tension” and not solid spokes. In the first place, they thought there was noway of revolving such a huge mass; in the second place, that, even if it could be made to go, it would become an ellipsa But gradually capital was enlisted in theenterprisa Then the World's Fair directory demurred. They, too, doubted the practicability of the scheme. A concession, reluctantly granted, was revoked, and not till four and a half months before the opening of the fair was the final permission given. It took just six months to get the wheel constructed. June 21 was the first day fixed for starting it. Then came a moment of anxious suspense. Would it answer the touch of its driving gear? A finger was lifted and throttle opened. The great wheel began to revolve! A burst of applause went up. Mr. Ferris had justified h s confidence in himself. The new invention was a success. What the spectators saw was a monster wheel, somewhat resembling a huge bicycle, revolving between two towers. Around it, suspended between the two crowns by great steel trunnion pins, were thjrty-six cars, each capable of seating forty people. The entire structure was of steel. The great axle is the largest piece of steel ever forged, being thirty-three Inches in diameter, 45 1-6 feet long, and weighing flftv-six tons. The cost of this piece of steel aloue was $35,000.—New York World.

Tramps Allowed to Ride Free. Vice President Crocker, of the Southern Pacific, has announced that bis company does not propose to make any fight against the hordes of tramps who are beating their way westward on freight trains. He has arrived at the conclus on that it is useless to unload the ticketless tour- j ists because they get aboard again In . sufficient numbers to overpower the | trainmen. Therefore Mr. Crocker ( belieVes t'me can bp saved and blood- i shed averted by allowing the tramps to ride so lond. as they are peaceable. No proclamation to tjliat effect has been issued from tha company headquarters, but it is ta be mutually understood that the trainmen are not to molest the “hobos" except in self-defense. is likely that the

other line* extending from the Rockies to tlie I'aeltic will follow the Southern’* example in this re pect, if they have not already done so in a quiet way.—Oregonian. Thirty Years In n Hut. The door of what has for yea's hccn known in Ashland. Ohio, as the log hut hermitage was open the other day for the first time in thirty years. It was forced open under the suspicion that the hermit was sick. The hermit’s dog, by a peculiar Instinctive method of communication, led a neighbor to the hut. While no person had been permitted to enter this but for thirty years, if any one approached it the hermit would come out yf his dwelling, fasten the dog and talk with the visitors.

On a recent morning the neighbors could not call out “Un le Fred,” so he attempted to get in, but could not He then attempted to look In through the window, which consisted of but one pane of glass six by eight inches in size, but he could see nothing. He then called other neighbors, and after breaking open the door by the aid of a lantern they found the hermit dead in front of his fireplace, on the ground, for h’s hut had no floor and no bed. He had slept on the ground for thirty years. His hermitage had but one room, ten by twelve feet, which was tilled with sacks of nutsand barrels of garden products, and was hung full from its low ceiling with herbs gathered from the country far and near. The floor was filled with geological specimen’. The hermit, whose name was Matthews, died in the room in which he was born. He had taught school in Holmes County, studied medicine at Mansfield and had pra- ticed as a physician among his neighbors, and was highly esteemed professionally and as a teacher. He married at about the age of 40 a young pupil in his school in Holmes County, wjio on being taken to his home, which he had told her had four sections of land with a mill on it, was so enraged when she found that it had but fourquarters of an acre of land and a coffee mill, that she left him. He then vowed to be a hermit. He would nol permit any one to enter his hut. He was a man of strong mental powers, strengthened by his hermit study and inspiration. He came out of his hul often to lecture on politics. He had evolved free trade in his study and other subjects of interest The County Infirmary Directors have made him an allowance for years. He had not had his-hair cut or beer shaved for years.

The Great Striker. The exact position of Fox’s grave has long since been forgotten, though a modern stone marks its conjectured site. As a memorial, that plain slat is amply sufficient: anything more costly one feels would be incongruous. His true monument is th( labors, for two centuries, of Quakei men and wome i; in the figure oi Penn carrying through the American continent the fiery cross of completf toleration, in the story of the devoted labors of Eliza eth Fry, and in the echo of the stately eloquence ol Bright a It may be said that Foxes succes sors were greater than himself, and no doubt they possessed gift’, as thej possessed opportunities, which wen denied to him: but they could not one of them have done his work. Carlyh could find for him, in all history, bul ■one peer, the philosopher Diogenes “Great, truly, was that Tub; a tem [ pie from which man's dignity and di vinity were scornfully preached abroad: but greater is the Leathei Hull, for the same sermon wai preached there, and not in scorn, bul 1 in lover” —Macmillan’s Magazine.

The Old Men -of Hotels. At a desk in a downtown hotel yes terday a fussy old man came up and rioted with the clerk over a grievan ( he claimed to have. He grew red it the lace spouting it, but the < lerh answered him good-naturedly. Aftei he had gone the clerk said: “Thatt nothing: he does this nearly every day. He is the oldest boarder in the hotel. Every house has one of him. He stays so long he thinks the place is run only for him, and gets mad al almost anything. The proprietor al ways humors him, and he really doenot do any harm. Once, at anothei hotel, I called him down and the next day he left. The third day he was back again, and was tractable toi a time. Ido not think it would seem right in a house if there were no oldest boarder, and he didn’t tight with everybody now and then.—Pittsburgh Commercial. Couldn’t Help Being Seen. A great many native American girls from the back districts of Maine are now being employed as servants in Boston, ami their “greenness" sometimes brings about amusing situations. Ke> ently a lady called at a JBeacon street house where one ol these girjg was employed and rang the bell. Samantha Wayback answered the call. “Can Mrs. Urrsus be seen?” the visitor asked. “Ken she be seen?" snickered Samantha. “Weil, I rather guess she ken—she’s six feet high and four wide! My sakes! you can't see much of anything besides when she’s around." —New York Tribune. Average Height of Men. According to Topinard the average height of Laplanders is 60.7 inches; of Bushmen, 62; of Chinese, 64; of Frenchmen, C 5; of Russians, 65.4; of Germans, 66.2; of Danes, 66.2; of Irishmen, 67; of Englishmen, Scotchmen, and Swedes, 67.4; of American Indians, 68.2; of Patagonians, 70.3.

A Military Joke. A lady who ha 1 been told that Lieut. Schuyler was the commissary of the regiment, and who was unfamiliar with military titles, amused her escort and i.ietit. Schuyler’s party in an uptown restaurant, by asking her escort, "isn’t that Mr. Schuyler, j the connoisseur of your regiment?" “Why do plots thicken on the stage?” asks a Western exchange. He- ■ cause they can’t very well be any thinner. That’s one reason. It is unkind to make a lest of rria l navigation before inventors of allships. It is a soar point with them. Musical conductors beat their way through the world by scores.

WORK OF THE SESSION SEVENTEEN BILLS, SIXTEEN JOINT RESOLUTIONS. Summary of the Doing. es Hie National Legislature—Few It< soils for So Long a Term Matters Which Will Confront the Regular Session. What They DkL At the extraordinary se’-lon, closed Friday, tixteon joint resolutions and oventeen bills became laws Three of ihnso joint lesolutlons wire Bignod Friday and nine of tbo bills. The last proposition ■to become law was the joint resolution amending the act approved April 25, 1890, relating to (he idmiHsion of articles intcnled for the World’s Columbian J xt'osition. Other bills signed were us follows: the model Hllnolfl to 'he State of Pllnois a- '• n vsl arm_ry■ donatM atre-uloncd cannon to the G. A. R., ffi. > tmlurc Pa.-, act nmendi'iK the Geary < hlneselaw; io regulate terms of tie United States < It onit ind District Courts In the State of South Dacota; increa-fng tho nuu.her of officers of the irmv and naw to Led-tailed tocollores-to emulate the fees of the clerk Ot the United States Court for the Indian Territory, intending an act to prov d ■ for holding terms of United Stn'-s Conrt 1n Idaho wtd Wyoming: amendirg section 2’2, ot Revised Statutes relating to mining c an a, providing forth« const-net on of steam reve-nue-ent ter for service on the greit lakes: and in act in regard to th- Worlds I-air PrizeWinners’ Exposition to be held at New York City. Additional important bills which wero‘igned by the Pre ident during the extra ses-inn included the famous diver bill leneal'ng the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. Also tho following: Authorizing acknowledgment to the v-rinna foreign governments who participated In die commemoration of t'- discovers- of America bv Christopher Columbus: for the reporting, marking, an I removal of dere let«: act in at of the California Ml Iwlnter International Expnsltinn: act to extend the time for completing the work of he eleventh censn-: act Amending the net to reneal timber cultnre law-- several bills relating to the < h-roken outlet, and a bill to settle th”. Mormon Church fund.

One of tho first measures presented to the next House will emanate from Ccncreesmrn Met ann s C< mmitlee on Labor. It will be a favorable report on a, resolution of inquiry as to the c imperative effect on labor and cost to consumers of labor-saving machinery. “The resolution of inquiry, said Congres-man McGann, . “was n't prompted by any spirit of criticism, but was set on foot to secure information on a point that is becoming of vital interest to all classes of people, including employer and empioye." It is the intention of the majority of the Wavs and Means Committee to submit the new tari.f bill as scon as it it is completed to the Republicans, who will be given ten days to consider it, and frame a minority report. The bill will probably be ready by Dec. 1, just before the opening of Congi e-s in regular session. By reason of a joint resolution passed bv both houses to have all enrolled and engrossed bills printed it is probab'e that a printing office will be established at the Capitol. It is thought by having the bills printed many errors can be avoided. The New A ork and New Jersey bridge bill will not be passed until the next session of Congress. It is now in conference. Routine Froceeding*. The Senate Is taking a re<t after ft’ exhaustin’ struggle with silver. All day a bare quorum was all that could be mustered The House bill providing for the time and place of holding Circuit and District Courts In sou h Dakota w passed. The Senate bill extending the time for final payments On de-ert land entries was amended to extend the time of payment for me year instead of three, and to make it anply only to entry men who 'ere unable to nay. As amended the bill was passed. A resolution authorizing the Committee on Agriculture and Foresty to continue during the recess the investigation on the state of agriculture, authorized by resolutions of April 19. 1892. and March 3. 1893, was agreeo to. In the House the Senate joint resolution transferring the model of the battle-hlp Illinois at the It ond's Fair to the city of Chicago was a-reed to. the bill to remit the duties on the ammunition Imported for the use of the navy during the trouble between the United States and Chili was passed, and debate was then resumed cn the bankruptcy bill. After a short, and sharp but Ineffectual fight on Wednesday the champion’ of silver were routed in the TI use. and the Voorhees measure from the Senate was . nssed by a vote of 193 to 94. Within two hours It had received the signature of President. Cleveland, and tho purchases of silver by the Governm”nt ceasefi. Work in the Senate was unlm ortant The House Thursday passed World's Fair prize winners' exposition to be held in New York City from Nov. 24 to .lan. la The Senate passed a bill extending the time tor the reristration of Chinese In the United State’ and doing away with the necessity for the Columbian museum of Chicago paying duty on any ot the exhibits it may require for its own use. Tl.e Senate bill granting to the State of California 5 per cent, of the net proceeds ot the cash sales of public lands in that. State to aid in the support ot its public or common schools and making an appropriation forthat purpose was also passed. A batch ot nominations received the approval of the Senate, and that body then adjourned. Congress has finished the extra t=®*'k>nBut little business was transac ed trlda.t bv either bouse, andthat little simply perfunctory. The session closed without confirmation by the Senate ot the nomination of Jnd -eH ornblower to the Supreme bench.

Overflow of News. Fire at .Tonesb’i'o. Ark., consumed sixteen buildings and caused a loss of $30,000. Helen Zuchswerdt committed suicide at St. Louis by hanging. She was demented. The Phonolite Gias Company, incorporated at Denver with $500,000 capital, will manufacture glass by a new process. The fight against tho coal combine in St. Paul has taken shapfe*in the organization of the Minnesota Coal Company- 2 On Octolxir 29 Philadelphia celebrated the 211th anniversary of the landing of William Penn. In a quarrel over the possession of a ranch in Missoula County. Mont, Tom Cummings was shot dea l by Ike Langress. A 7-year-ODD daughter of W. S. Bothwell, of Clay City, 111., w.v burned to death while playing around an openair fl e. Illinois Canal Commissioners are moving on Congress to have the Illinois River deepened and the dams removed. By tho bursting of a fly-wheel in tho Peoria. 111., electric light plant, the main b uilding was wrecked. The damage amounts to SIO,(XX). The barn of George A. Chandler, in the town of Sharon. Ohio, was destroyed by Are. In the debris were found the remains of two men. Women raided a “blind tiger" at Pino Hill, Texas, ani with axes broke in tho heads of liquor barrels and emptied tho whisky into tho street. Mrs. Kate C. Blood, who was connected with a St. Louis building association in several official capacities, ii under arrest on a charge of fraud.

| Cream of Tartar and Soda | ® Have uses in cooking well known to every housekeeper ; but tho method of refining them to make them chemically pure, v J? and of mixing them together so as to produce their greatest € A leavening power and best results when combined, is a matter of £ great exactness, requiring tho most expert knowledge and skill 8 Royal Baking Powder | Is the product of this knowledge and experience and the ® J expenditure of many thousands of dollars in patents and Q 7M appliances for its preparation. It is a compound of strictly pure V ft grape cream of tartar and absolutely pure soda, combined with exactness and care by famous chemists, and it will produce more wholesome and delicate bread, biscuit, cake, rolls, etc., than can ft be had where this modern agent of cooking is not used. < 9 Beware of the cheap compounds called baking powders to 5 catch the unwary. They are made with alum and are poisonous.

Carry Their Own Gaz Jets. “A pair of nippers and half a dozen elghteen-ineh gasburner tips,” was the order given by a jaunty young woman who visited an up-town hardware store the other day. “That lady,” said tho proprietor alter her departure, “is an , oetrass, and is ju-t going on the j road. All theatrical people, while ’ traveling, carry nippers und tips with them. The managers of hotels in small towns try to save gas by putting bits of cotton in the bedroom burners, thus impeding the flow. The minute an | actor strikes a light and detects this he pulls out his nippers and tips. Off comes the ‘faked’ burner and on goes one that lets the full hend of gas come through. Before leaving he arranges things es he found them and go s merrily along to get the better of the next economical landlord on his route.”— New York Sun. Neither a Laddie Nor a Laesle. A somewhat simple Scotchman, when taking his bairns to be baptized, usually spoke of them as laddies or lassies, as the case might be. At last his wife, possessed of the idea that the terms used were inelegant, said he must in the future say “infant.” The next time Sandy took another of his babies to lie baptized, the min ster asked: “Weel. Sandy, is it a laddie?” “It's nae a laddie,” was the answer. “Then it's a lassie.” “It’s nae a lassie,” said Sandy. “Weel, weel, mon, what is it tnen?” asked the surprised minister. “I dinoa remember vera weel.” said Sandy, “but I think the gudewife said it was an illefant.”—Spare Moments. A ThrlllinK Experience. Probablv few men have had a more thrilling Inteeh seconds or so than had the driver of a heavy load of giant powder in Oregon a few days ago. He was piloting a lour-horse team drawing a wagon containing 3.000, pounds of giant powder over a rough road into Tillamook. A rickety bridge spanning a narrow ravine gave way under the load, and the whole outfit was dumped down into the dry bed of the creek. There was no explosion, and the driver, horses, wagon, and powder word hauled out all right. The driver has not recorded his sensation as he felt the bridge giving way and during the few seconds between then and the time the load landed safely again. No Frank, No Clean Shirt. There are not many men in public life who can put away the seductive pass and the insinuating telegraph frank. The delegate from, say. the Cherokee strip, (not Mr. Flynn, of Oklahoma), has just come into possession of a telegraph frank. He was relating its manifold and manifest advantages. “I can frank anything with it,” said he. “Why, dang it all. “I'll frank n« shirts home to be washed.” “But you can't. Shirts can't be sent by wire.” “Can't they? (thoughtfully) well, then they don’t get washed,” —'Washington Pest. How to Throw a Horse and Kill Him. There is a certain way that experienced stocktneh know of throwing a horse down so as to break his neck and kill him at once. An ordinary halter is put on the horse, the lead strap from it passed between the horse s front legs, a turn being taken around the far one near the fetlock. The executioner then hits the horse a sharp cut with a whip, and when he jumps up pulls sharply and strongly on the halter strap. The horse strikes head first, with the entire weight on his neck. The fall is invariably fatal.—St, Louis Globe-Democrat. No Room for Them. Some years ago when Irving was playing “Faust” at the Lyceum, in the part of Mephistopheles. he<deScends through a trap-door in a cloud of llame; while doing so the trap jammbd-'fbr some reason, and a voice from the "gods” immediately called out: “Hurrah." boys! Hell's full: There's no room for us;” Mephisto was forced to smile. Contentment is a greater beautifier than any cosmetic.

o t M m 3 :V* .I a r. Nervous Headaches There are no people more miserable than those who suffer from this trouble, and there are none more happy than those who have been cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Read below: “I personally recommend Hood’s Sareaparllla io mv friends because It has been of great benefit to me. I have been suffering with dyspepsia and nervous headaches for several years. After using other preparations without success I concluded to try Hood’s, and am pleased to •ay I have been benefited more, by Rood’s Sarsaparilla than by all other medicines combine <. In fact, it has cured me. I have also used it as a blood purifier with marked success, and ! also find Hood's Pills verv beneficial." D. Wbbstxb Baker, is South Penn SL, York. Pa. Hood’s Pills cure Conetlpat lou by restoring the peristaltic action of the alimentary canal

Inllnitezlmal Sheet Iron. The thinnest polished piece of iron ever made is said to be a sheet', Bx.>) inches in size, 1-480 U of an inch thick and weighing 46 grains, which was recently turned out at the Upper Forrest Tin Works, near Swansea, in Wales. There has been much competition between Englisn, American, and French iron works in rolling iron paper since the first universal exhibition held in London in 1851, when a Pittsburgh firm sent a letter written on a sheet of iron which measured 1-1000 part of an inch. A CHILD EN JOYS The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing effects of Syrup of Fig’, when in need of a laxative, and if the father or mother be costive or bilious, the most gratifying results follow its use: so that it i’ the best family remedy known, and every family should have a bottle on hand.

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“COLCHESTER” SPADING BOOT. For Fa mers. Miners. R. R. h<ads S? an t oihers. The o iter o' tap sole extends the whole length of theeole d >wn to the heel, proteetiag th ' sha; k in dltc‘ ing. - Uglug and other wurk. Best quaaty throughout. ' ASK YOUR DEALER. The New Home Sewing Machine Company Gets the World s Fair Medal. The New Home Sewing Machine Company received the highest award at the Wor d‘s Fair, both ou ma* chin • and work All.point-, c. aimed were practically granted —Chicago Htraid. n a Vs ikVATHOMAS P. SlMrsOK.Waahtngtea. rA I til lO l ' C. No atty s fee until Paceut obL—JJSzZJLz lulued. Writ® for Inventor a Guida, WHtHE ALL ELSEf a7s7" Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use |H ta time. Bold by druggists.

“German Syrup” I am a farmer at Edom, Texas. T have used German Syrup for six years successfully for Sore Throat, Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, PaipSin Chest and Lungs and Spitting-ulp of Blood. I have tried many kinds of Cough Syrups in my time, but let me say to anyone wanting such a medicine —German Syrup is the best We are subject to so many sudden changes from cold to hot, damp weather here, but in families whera German Syrup is used there is little trouble from colds. John F.Jones.® Nickel Pate. HieMJ<rt.Cii«2jo| St Louis R.R. SOLID THROUGH TRAINS LOWESTseeTHROUGH SLEEPING CARS between Chiraao’ BiifFdkj, Nnw’Yurlc a.id Boton. / SUPERB DINING CABS. Cuisine Unrtvaledr For r tes oth r information, ca’l on nearest TicJat Aizpnt < r uddeoßq A W. JOHNSTON, B. F. HORNER. Geb’l Sapermtondent Ocn’l l an eagar Oaen» CLEVFILANK. O_ DR. KILMER’S SWAMP-ROOT CURED ME. Had Torpid Liver For 14 Years. Biliousness, Poor Digestion, Loss of Appetite." Dear Sibs:—“l have been troubled with Torpid Liver for 14 years and gone through courses of bilious fever; many times it has been impossible for me to do any kind of labor. Dr. Kilmer’s ’lg SWAMP-KODT was W first recommended to me ■ by Holthouse, Blackbum & 1 fry Co., (Druirgistsl Decatur. Ind. After taking one f bottle I was uncertain L whether I was really deriving any benefit or after taking the seeondf; bottle, however, I found ~'ltSrT \ J/' that my health was improving and I continued until I had taken G bottles I can now cheerfully recommend SWAMP-ROOT The Great KIDNEY, LIVER and BLADDER Cura to every one who has torpid liver, for it hat complete!’’ cured me.” F. W. Christianeb, Jan. ICth, 1893. Decatur, Ind. At Druggists 50cents and SI.OO size, “ Invalids’ Guide to Health ” free— Consultation free. Dr. Kilmer & Co., - Binghamton, N. Y. Dr. Kilmer’s U &. 0 Anointment Cures Pilei Trial Box Free. — At Druggists 50 centa. “About ten years ago I con-' i tracted a severe case of blood poison. Leading physicians prescribed medicina after medicine, which I took without any relief. I also tried mercurial and potash'remedieo, with unsuccessful results, but-which brought on an attack of mercurial rheumatism that s;".S RHEUMATISM After suffering ■ BWiiw four years I gave up all remedies and began using S. S. S. After taking several bottles 1 was entirely cured and able to resume work. 1 3 the P rcat€3t medicine for blood poisoning to-day on tbo niarkeU* Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. Ely’s Cream Balin WILL CUKE CATARRH Ol | Price 50 Cents. | Arplv Balm into each nostril. I ELY B’BOSm&J Warren St.»N.Y. VESEmhhmmbmml 1 A MONEYMAKER for AGENTS Josiah Allen's Wife's Xete Book, • “Samantha "«World’s Fair” ‘ ptves; over HX’ illu.-tr-. ion* bv <t- <Jr.n:ui: !e ‘. 00 capim surw to W J »ld. Cfoih. |2.W: Hall RuAm.t. |4 W. AzenU w.inted now Ap» ply to Funk & Wa«n4lU Co.. Hubs.. HL2V Astor Place. New York. r $75.00 to $250.00 u ootbly workins fd. B. I'. JOHNSON 4: CO.. Richmond. V».

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