Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — Page 7

'Hale and Hearty

Is the condition in which every hu-. man being was undoubtedly Intended to be, and whenetbr this is not the case there must be something wrong. Probably in a majority of cases the trouble Is in the blood, which ’<is become impoverished or impure by reason of hereditary scrofula taints'or from some other cause. In case there is scrofula in the blood there will frequently be eruptions of the skin, though sometimes the disease assumes a different form. In fact, avery large proportion of diseases are caused by ties inherited taint. That the cause is in the blood is proved by the fact that scrofula, salt rheum, rheumatism, catarrh, and other.like diseases are most readily cilred by purifying the blood. No medicine has such a record of cures as Haod’s Sarsaparilla, and yet Hood’s Sarsaparilla is always advertised as a blood purifier. The way to keep hale and hearty is ,to keep the blood pure, and if it is hot in a condition of purity and vitality there is no better remedy that can be,used than thts'same great blood purifier and strength builder, Hood’s Sa,rsa pari Ila.

Christianity's History.

A great feature of the Paris Exposition of 1900 will be a section devoted to the history of Christianity from the beginning'to thd’presenf day, with representations of the Temple of Jerusalem, the scenes of the life of Christ, pagan and Christian Rome, Constantinople and the lives of the saints.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Large bottles, 50 cents Go at once; delays are dangerous.

Body Had Turned to Stone.

Workmen are engaged in removing the bodies from a cemetery in Pittsburg. The other day they came across the remains of a woman which had turned to stone, and which required four men to lift it. The body had been in the ground ten or fifteen years, ,and during that time the hair had grown Six to ten inches. The body was in a perfect state of preservation, and appeared as natural as though death had Just taken place. As I approve of a youth, that has eoir ething of the Old Man In him, so I am no less pleased with an Old Man that has something of the youth.

“WORN OUT.” A COMMON EXPRESSION USED BY AMERICAN WOMEN. Hany do not Realize the Full Significance of Those Two Words. When a woman is nervous and irritable, head and back ache, feels tired all the time, loses sleep and appetite, has pains in groins, bearing-down sensation, whites and irregularity fV. ties, she is not “worn out,” S but feels jS&aiffisu as if she were. Such I symp1| 1T I Z/Tl toms jl teU / \ Mat ~ ** that a womb . is imminent, and she cannot act too promptly if she values her comfort and happiness. The experience and testimony of Borne of the most noted women of America, go to prove beyond a question that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will correct all such trouble at once by removing the cause and restoring the organs to a healthy and normal condition. If in doubt, write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., as thousands of women do. Here is a lady who says:— “ Let me add my name to your list of testimonials. For years I suffered with such a weakness of the back I could not stand straight. I had terrible pains in my womb. The doctor said an operation must be performed, as there was no other way to be cured. I was afraid to have the operation performed, and kept trying the medicines that I saw V \ TX advertised. At kS 1 - V) last I tried yours, 4 After ’tak- VSfll ing three bottles I felt like a new woman. I rec- < ommend it to every woman, and cannot praise it enough, for it saved me from the surgeon’s knife.”—Mbs. Mare Buch, .Dolgeville, N. Y. "cUREsWHtHfALLELSEFAILS. TTaT Kgßoet Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Umß tn time. Sold by dnigtieta |g|

The Same Old Sarsaparilla. * ■ • That’s Ayer’s. The same old sarsaparilla as it Was made and sold 50 years ago. I/i the laboratory it is different. There modem appliances lend speed ®nd experience. But the sarsaparilla is the same old sarsaparilla that made the record—so years of cures. Why don’t we better it? Well, we’re much in the condition of the Bishop and the raspberry: Doubtless,” he said, “God might have made a better berry. Bu> doubtless, also. He never did.” Why don twe better the sarsaparilla? We can’t. We are Using the same old*plant that cured the Indians and the Spaniards. It has not been bettered. And ., B , lnc ® 1 make sarsaparilla compound out of sarsaparilla plant, we see no way of improvement. Of course, if we were making some secret chemical compound, we mignt.... But we’re not We’re making the same old sarsaparilla to cure the same old diseases. You can tell its the same old sarsaparilla because it w ° rks I* I ,® aam ? old cures. It’athe sovereign blood purifler, and -it’s Ayer’s.

A Horn Inside of a Tree.

Not long ago a huge dak tree was cut down In a Michigan forest. 4 As the woodman split it up his ar struck something hard, which he thought nt first was a knot. But when it knicked the edge of the steel blade he made 1 up his mind that it must be something very much harder than a knot. ' So he cut around it carefully, chipping and splitting until he laid the object bare.. It was a huge deer horn, buried, in the very heart of the big oak. How It came there is a mystery. Perhaps some pioneer hunter or some Indian of

A DEER-HORN IN A TREE.

a hundred years ago had shot a deer, and, to keep it from the wolves, had hufig’lt up -by the horns in the limbs of a young oak, expecting to come back-soon and claim it. But either he forgot where he left it or else some accff&ent, happened which prevented Iris return, and the horns remained in tiie tree year after year,, until the wood grew entirely around them. The part of the tree containing the horns wast-sent to the museum of the Michigan Agricultural College, where it now is.

Current Condensation.

Dr. Adam Clarke devoted nearly a quarter of a centiiry to his “Commentary.” Mary Cowden Clarge spent sixteen years on the “Concordance to Shakspeare.” Raphael enjoyed a life of 37 years, from 1483 to 1520. His period of active work covered about fifteen years. The life of Murillo lasted from 1618 to 1652, but most of his great paintings were executed in less than ten years. Mulhall, the noted statistician, spent over forty years in accumulating the material for his one volume of statistics.

Gibbon’s massive history occupied over twenty years of his life. Compared with this, his other works are insignificant. Emerson was born in 1803, and died in,'lßß2. ills literary life continued from 1841 to his death, a period of for-ty-one years. Leonardo da Vinci lived from 1452 to 1519, over forty years of his life being devoted to the practice of Ids profession as an artist. t The famous Prince Eugene lived from 1663 to 1736, a period of seventythree years. His military career lasted about twenty-five years. ’ .' ... 1,.-,.., - The life of Chaucer covered a period of 72 years, from 1328 to 1400. His literary career was from 1384 to 1398, a period of fourteen years. Edmund Spenser lived about 47 years, from 1552 toTS9P.- His literary efforts. Including the writings of “The Faerie Queene,” covered about fourteen years. The life of Palestrina lasted from 1540 to 1594. but most of the great musical works by which he is now remembered were executed in about thirteen years. Although the Duke of Wellington dived- from- 1769, “the year of great babies,” to 1852, his reputation was made in one day on the field of Waterloo.

Schiller lived but forty-six years, and the poems which have made his name immortal were written between 1781 and the date of his death in ISOS, a period of twenty-four years. Wagner lived from 1813 to ISB3. Hls active labors in the production of the operas Which have made his name known throughout the world were confined to about thirty years. For several centuries the purse was always worn fastened to the girdle. A cut purse got its name from the fact that rather than take the time to loose the purse from the belt; where it was secured by .buckles, one eut the straps. There is a Spanish proverb that on “Tuesday one should neither travel nor marry,” and this superstition is so ingrained that, even in Madrid, there are never any weddings on Tuesday, and the trains are almost empty.

Spectacles were fashionable In the sixteenth century They were-' costly, the usual price being an equivalent of $5. It was believed that the larger the lenses and the heavier the rims the greater the dignity added to the wearer’s ftppearance. An inclosed park of about 100,600’ acres is proposed by bertain English naturalists and sportsmen for the preservation of South African mammals, such as the giraffe, zebra, eland, gnu, kooddo and other antelopes that are now threatened with extermination.

MANY BILLS PENDING.

WORK FOR THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS TO DO. -■ ■ , ‘ • r • ' I ■■ ' I The Dlnsdey Measure in the Hands of the Senate—Pacific Funding Legislation Likely to Be of Great Inter-est-Other Laws Wanted. Little Legislation Likely. (Vaßbtngton correspondence: 1. It is improbable that the House at this session of COhgress will dispose of much of the proposed legislation which encumbers its calendars. Little is usually accomplished at the short session, beyond the passage of the regular supply bills. The question of legislation for additional revenue for the Government will depend pn the Senate, to which body the House sent the Dingley bill almost a year ago. If it should be impossible, or deemed inexpedient, to press that measure through the Senate, .there is a pbssibiiity that the proposal to increase the revenues by an additional tax on beer ortho Imposition of a duty on tea and coffee, may take tangible form, and, if so, such legislation must originate, under the Constitution, in the lower branch of Congress. Thereg&re on the several calendars of the House 1,465 bills reported from the various committees, and the proportion which wilt pass at the coming session must be necessarily small. The private bills number 1,100, but there are also 256 bills on the calendar on the state of the Union and ninety-nine public bills on the regular House calendar. Some of these are of very great public importance, and those interested will no doubt do all in their power to secure action upon them. Power Of the Bules Committee. The powers lodged in the hands of the Committee on Rules, which give its members control of the House program, will make that committee the practical arbiter of what shall be submitted ,to the House for its action. That committee is composed as pt present constituted of the Speaker, Mr. Henderson, of Iowa; Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. McMillen, of Tennessee. The death of exSpeaker Crisp makes a vacancy at the head of the niihbrity bf the committee which must be filled by the Speaker. The names principally mentibned in connection with the vacancy are Mr. Bailey of Texas, Mr. Catchings of Mississippi, Mr. Turner of Georgia, Mr. Richardson of Tennessee, and Mr. Dockery of Missouri. The bill, which in many respects, is of most interest and which will press hardest for consideration is the Pacific Railway funding bill. The bonds guaranteed by the Government are payable early jin the coming year, and either an exten[sion or a foreclosure stares the roadfc in the face. For eight years funding bills have qccupied a good share of the attention of The present bill, of which Mr. Powers of Virginia is the author, was reported shortly before the close of the last sessioq. Everything will be done by those interested in it to secure consideration. The friends of the Nicaragua Canal also are bending every energy to secure action bn the bitt reported by Mr. Doolittle, which provides for a guaranty by the United States qf SIOO,000,000 of bonds for the construction of the canal.

The War Claims Committee, which showed fight on several occasions at the last session, promises to renew that aggressiveness this winter, especially for the passage of the claims awarded under the Bowman act and the French spoliation claims. These claims—the former amounting to $56-2,450, and the latter to $2,708,196 —were put on the sundry civil bill at the last session as a rider of the Senate, but the bill was vetoed by the President, and they were then dropped. Mr. Mahon, who is chairman of the War Claims - will also press the Pennsylvania border claims, which have been pending in Congress for years. Other Legislation Proposed. The Loud bill, to cure the abuses of the law relating to second-class matter, under which newspaper matter is transmitted at 1 cent a pound, and which has been the subject of much criticism of the Postoffice Department because of the advantage taken of the law in various ways tor "the transmission of books and pamphlets, will also be pressed, as will the Pickier service fusion bill, which occupies a favorable position on the calendar as a privileged report. Among the other bills are the Wadsworth bill for the creation of a bureau of animal industry, for the inspection of meat and the regulation of the transportation of live stock; the immigration bill, the Chickeriug bill, for ascertaining the feasibility and cost of a ship canal from the great lakes to the Hudson; several important public-land bills, the bills for the admission of the territories, and many others of especial interest to particular localities. There are also several important measures in the Senate which might come over to the House for consideration.

A TRUST BURSTS.

The Wire Nall Manufacturers* Association Goes to the Wall. Not every trust formed for the purpose of stifling competition and raising prices is successful. A tion of this we hare in the Wire Nail Manufacturers’ Association, commonly known as the nail trust, which has gone to the wall, and which wound up its business Dec. 1. This trust started into life in June, 1895, the guiding hand at the helm being J. H. Parks, of Boston. During that time it ruthlessly forced the price of wire 00-penny nails from 80 cents to $2.55 a keg and of cut GO-penny nails from 70 cents to $2.25 a keg. Its net profit during the period of its existence has fieen $1,000,000, exclusive of the royal salaries drawn by its officers. The trust started by controlling a large number of manufacturers‘Sind buy-. ing up and subsidizing rival concerns. From the manufacturers in the pool it exacted sl.sb for each keg of nails uiannfactured. Of this sum 65 cents was used for the purchase of rival plants and the Valance was rebated to the members of the trust. Then from each of the jobbers, or those to whom it sold its stock, it took 15 cents for each keg sold. This sum was held on deposit to insure against a cut in prices, and at certhin periods a rebate in full was made to thpse who had remained faithful. Those whohad cut prices received no rebate. To further guard against competition it sought to control the manufacturers of nail-making, machines.- .But new and more economical machines were nevertheless out and competition in manufacturing nffils became so keen and constant that the trust .was forced to allow the jobbers to tut prices, and hence the collapse.

HOW A PATRIOT DIES.

Coloma la Shot Like a Dog in Laurel Ditch at Havana. There was another frightful scene In Laurel ditch, in front of the Cabana fortress, at Havana, Saturday' afternoon just as the sun was hiding its head, as if ashamed to lend its light to such a cruel deed. The victim this time to Spain’s heartless custom of dealing with prisoners of war was Antonio Lopez,. Coloma, Well known as a Cuban soldier since the very outbreak of the revolution. - Coloma wu a white man captured at Ybarra, in

Matansas Province, Feb. 24, 1895, the day of thel outbreak, together with the mulatto journalist, Juan Guijlburto Gomez. The poor fellow had been locked up all these long twenty-one months, hoping against hope, which at times passed into certainty that he would not.be executed. 1 There were the same great cliffs, which constitute one side of the ditch, ( black With the crowd, Which had come to see a Cuban patriot die. Below was the ditch itself, more than fifty yards in width, and on the other side the stern ramparts of the Cabanas, with the gate leading into the ditch, which is so narrow that tour men can hardly pass through abreast. Once through the gate, Coloma gave a quick look around. In an instant his glance swept the cliffs abovp, and then fell to encounter that array tof Spanish soldiers, everywhere pitiless faces, a thousand’ to one. • Two more steps he took forward, then,i» raising his head proudly, “Vive Cuba libre!” About to die, he defied them all. As the words left his lips the officer Of the guard drew his sword, and with the uplifted blade sprang toward the manacled prisoner, but before the sword’could fall, the priest, holding up. the crucifix, stepped between Coloma and the coward, who drew back. Undaunted, Colonia Again cried out, “Viva Cuba libre!” This time he was seized and gagged with a white handkerchief tied oyer his mouth that he might utter those hateful words no more. Then With a firm tread he marched in the hollow square to the spot where he was to die. Then shots rang out, Coloma fell forward on his face, and another Cuban hero hay dead, shot like a dog in the Laurel ditch.

FINANCES OF THE NATION.

United State ß Treasurer Morgan Submits His Themnnual report of Daniel N. Morgan, treasurer of the United States, shows the net ordinary revenues of the Government during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896, to have been $326,976,200, and the expenditures $352,175,446, leaving a deficiency for the year of $25,203,246, or $17,601,977 less than during the preceding fiscal year. The report shows that during the last fiscal year there was an increase of $7,863,134 in the receipts from customs, an increase of $3,341,192 from internal revenue sources, an increase of $2,479,622 from miscellaneous sources and a loss of $97,823 from the sale of public lands, making the net increase in the receipts $13,586,125. The decrease in the ex'penditures twnounted to $4,015,852. The report shows the total receipts from the first $50,000,000 loan of 1894 to have been $58,660,917; from the second loan of $50,000,000 of 1894, $58,719,710; .from the loan of $62,315,400 for 1895, $65,428,056, and from the $100,000,000 loan of 1896, $111,355,612.. From the first loan there was realized $52,850,264 in gold coin and $5,810,420 in gold certificates; from the second loan, $53,651,188 in gold coin and $5,608,410 in gold cettificates; from the third loan, $65,428,051 in gold coin, and from the fourth loan, $109,327,455 in gold coin and $2,026,810 in gold certificates. The total receipts from the several bond sales, therefore, were $294,164,295. The public debt outstanding June 30, 1896, is shown to have been $1,769,840,323, and on June 30, 1895, $1,676,120,983. According to the revised estimates of the department the composition and distribution of tjie monetary stock on June. 30, 1896, is as follows: In treasury In circulaminits. tion. Gold coin . .$112,589,974 $454,905,064 Gd bullion. 32,102,926 Silver dols. . 378,673,137 52,116,904 Frac, silver . 15,767,056 60,204.451 Silver bul. .. 120,933.958 1,032,565 Tot. riietallic. 660,067,051 568,258,984 .U. S. notes . 122,431.148 224.249,868 "Trees. n’s ’9O 34.638,033 95,045,247 -Nat-b’kn’s . 10,832,125 215,168,122 Gold certif. . 620,070 42,198,119 Sil. certif. .. 11,962,313 330,657,191 Cur. certif.. 320,000 31,910,000 Total paper . 180,803,989 939,208,547 Aggregate .. 840,871,040 1,507,467,531 The total stock, therefore, is $2,348,338,571, as compared with $2,399,704,688 on June 30, 1595. Since the close of the fiscal year this loss has been fully recovered, chiefly by the importation of gold.. The net proceeds.the nations 1 bank redeemed during the year were. 5107,891,026, the largest amount tor any like period in ten years, and, with the exception of three years, the largest since 1879. The expense to the banks ,of redemptions will be $1.12% per SI,OOO. The appendix to file report contains a number of new tables, which will be found exceedingly valuable to persons specially interested in the financial affairs of the Government.

OUR CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN.

Counter Claims Against Us Which Spain Will Present. There are being laid before the treasury officials by the Spanish legation a formidable list of what Spain claims to be violations of the neutrality laws, most of them being founded on filibustering operations from this country. The Spanish Minister is keeping close watch on the claims being laid before the State Department for damages to American citizens in Cuba, and. will be prepared when the claims are presented to offset them with counter claims, based on the damage to Spain caused by the outfitting of filibustering expeditions in this country. The claims of Americans for damages, already filed, amount to over $12,000,000, but Spain will present a damage roll even larger than this.

DECREASE IN REVENUE.

Collections for the Month of October Aggregated Snm of 913,275,205. The monthly statement of the collection of internal revenue shows the total collections for the month of Oct, 1896, to have been $13,275,205, a decrease as compared with October, 1895, of $475,008. The receipts from the several sources of revenue arehgiven as follows: Spirits .$7,908,945 Tobacco 2,633,167 Fermented liquors 2,597,599 Oleomargarine t 97,874 Filled cheese v 813 Miscellaneous 36,805 For the four months ended Oct. 31 there was a decrease in the total receipts of $424,600. 1 —,

News of Minor Note.

lowa State officials held a post mortem on-seven eattle which died at, Washington, and decided that death was due to hydrophobia. President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, has Issued a decree making lard duty fgpe frotn October to April. Flour and cofti. which are scarce, are also made free of duty. Later reports- from that, part of the Seminole nation swept by prairie fire indicate there were no fatalities. The loss to property w£s considerable, tyft no estimate is given. i ° News from Manilla, Philippine? Islands, is to the effect that the Spaniards have had a brilliant victory over the rebels, and have captured their, strongly fortified positions at Novelets after desperate fighting. The rebels had 400 killed and the Spaniards lost thirty-three killed, according to the official report.

TO REFORM CURRENCY

INDIANAPOLIS CONFERENCE ISSUES. A CALL. i Meeting? of Board of Trade Representatives in the Hoosier Capital Takes Action Upon the Question of Holding; a Convention. Monetary Convention. The preliminary conference in Indianapolis of representatives of the leading commercial bodies of the Middle Western States issued a call for a general convention of commercial bodies of the United States, to be held in that city Jan. 5, to consider the reform of the currency and banking laws. The vote, by which it was decided to call the convention, was unanimous. Chicago and Indianapolis were the only cities suggested for the convention. In view of the fact that the call for the preliminary conference had gone out from Indianapolis, it was decided to take the general convention there. The detailed work" of preparing the call and fixing the basis/>f representation was left to a committee composed of one from each city represented in the conference. . , President Justus C. Adams, of the Indianapolis Board of Trade, called the meeting to order, and in a well-timed address referred to the importance of the subject which it had been called to consider. J), E. O. Stannard, of St. Louis, ex-Gov-ernor of 'Missouri, presided after Mr. Adams had finished his speech. Ex-Gov. Stannard said that he felt assured that if the commercial bodies of the country offered to Congress a financial system that would not be subject to change it would be accepted. The principal address before the conference was by John •Rf Wilson, of Indianapolis. He said there was a practical demand for reform. Expedients adopted by Congress in the stress of, war as temporary measures had become an enduring system. Theelegislatipn of Congress on finance had been from hand to mouth since 1861. E. V. Smalley, who represents the St. Paul Board of Trade, said the people of the Northwest, irrespective of party, were heartily in favor of the proposed national convention. The resolutions he introduced provide for a- national convention of representatives of all commercial bodies in cities of more than 25,000 population, “for the consideration of the currency system of the country, and to recommend to Congress such measures for the remedy of such defects as will command the indorsement of the business public.” The conference agreed to that part of Mr. Smalley’s resolution providing for a convention, but there was ’much discussion as to how large the convention should be, and it was decided to leave that question to a committee composed of one representative from each city present. In the call, as finally agreed upon, it is proposed that, the convention shall be composed of 1,251 delegates. The basis of representation is calculated upon the United States-census of 1890, and gives to cities of 8,000 to 10,000, one delegate; 10,000 and less than 15,000, two delegates; 15,000 and less than 25,000, three delegates; 25,000 and ! l6ssthanso,ooo,four delegates; 50,000 and less than 100,000, five delegates; 100,000 and less than 200,000, six delegates; 200,000 and less than 400,000, seven delegates; 400,000 or over, eight delegates.:

AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN.

World’s Total of Wheat Decreased 360,000 Bushels Last ,Week. Special cable and telegraphic dispatches to Bradstreet’s, covering the principal points of accumulation, indicate the following changes in available supplies last Saturday, as compared with the preceding Saturday: Wheat—United States and Canada, east of Rockies, decrease, 2,670,000 bu.; afloat for and in Europe, increase, 2,304,000; total decrease, world’s available, 366,000 bu. Corn —United States and Canada, east of Rockies, increase 104,000 bu. ' Oats—United States and Canada, east of Rockies, increase, 335,000 bu. The more important decreases in available stocks of wheat last week not included in the official visible supply statement were 1,050,000 bu. in Northwestern interior elevators, 541,000 bu. at Fort William, Ont.; 172,000 bu. at various Manitoba storage points, 82,000 bu. in Chicago private elevators, 49,000 bu. in Milwaukee private elevators, 40,000 bu. at Louisville and 23,000 bu. in Kingston, Ont. There were very few increases in available stocks worthy bf note last week, aside from these reported in the official visible supply statement, the more conspicuous being 253,000 bu. at Pittsburg. 69,000 bu. at Rochester and 20.000 bu. each at Syracuse and Fulton, N.. Y.

Kathrine Clemmons.

The young actress to whom Howard Gould is engaged. His family oppose the union and it is said that by the terms of Jay Gould’s will Howard may lose a large part of his inheritance by marrying against the wishes ofxhe others.

Telegraphic Brevities.

An unknown, man and woman were asphyxiated in a New York hotel. Sir Charles Stavely died at Dublin. He’was conspicuous during the Crimean and the Chinese wars. t While exploring an onyx cave -neap Mansfield, Mo., a party of hunters unearthed four human skulls. The Alabama Senate has passed a bill permitting women to practice law in all of the courts of Alabama. A committee of investigation has found that great cruelty is practiced in the Waterbury, Vt., insane asylum. A locomotive that will run 200 miles an hour has just been completed at the Baldwin locomotive works in Philadelh ia.' Bondsmen of ex-County .Treasurer W. J. Dawell, of e Omaha, hate been called upon to make good an alleged shortage of |3,500. A- flowing oil well has been discovered at the bottom of San Franfcdsco Bay. it is located about 500 yards to the south of. Goat Island. , Robert A. Whitehand, proprietor of the “Old Curiosity Shop” store in Washington, committed suicide by blowing out bis braiM. " , ~

Welsh Water for London.

The proposition which is now being considered to bring from Wales the water used by London, is rather appalling to the average mind. But the scheme is not a new t 'one. The suggestion is revived at this time by the fact that it is proposed that the city goVfefnment buy up the water works companies in London and control the watej, supply. It Is estimated that betweeif qmount which Is asked by those having the monopoly in their hands and the cost of bringing water from the mountains of Wales $500,000,000 could be saved.

Fortune Seeking Emigrants.

Many a poor family that seeks' the West* ern wilds In.the hope of winning a fortune Is preserved from that Insidious foe of the emigrant and frontiersman—Chills and fever —by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. So effectually does that incomparable medicinal defense fortify the system against the combined influences of a malarious atmosphere and mlasmibtalnted water, that protected by it the pioneer, the miner or the tourist provided with It, may safely encounter the danger.

Antiquity of Soap.

Soap has been in use for 3,000 years, and is twice mentioned in the Bible. A few years ago a soap boiler’s shop was discovered in Pompeii, having been buried beneath the terrible rain of ashes that fell upon that city 79 A. D. The soap found in the shop had not lost all its efficacy, although it had been buried 1,800 years.

To California in 72 Hours.

The California Limited, via Santa Fe Route, leaves Chicago 6 p. m., Wednesdays and Saturdays, reaching Eos Angeles in 72 hours and San Diego in. 76 hours. . Returns Mondays and Thursdays. Connecting train for San Francisco via Mojave. Through vestibuled equipment of superb Pullman palace sleepers, buffet smoking car and dining car. Most luxurious service via any line. Dally California express, carrying both palace and tourist sleepers, leaves Chicago 10:25 p. m. For descriptive literature address G. T. Nicholson, G. P. A., A. T. & S. F. Ry., Chicago.

Fire Escape Net.

A new fire escape consists of a net attached to three iron rods and having two rods to support one side on the ground, the other being fastened to the side of the bouse.

$100 Reward, $100.

The reader of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith fn its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. EWSold by Druggists, 75c.

Barrel Holder.

A new barrel-bolding device for grocery stores, etc:, swings the barrel under the counter when not in use.

Lane's Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. A harbor and a railroad on the Island of Reunion cost $13,500,000 instead of $6,800,000. The use of Hall's Hair Renewer promotes the growth of the hair, and restores its natural color and beauty, frees the scalp of dandruff, tetter and all impurities. The first stone paving for streets was laid in New York in 1658. We will forfeit $1,000 if any of our published testimonials are proven to be not genuine. THE PISO CO., Warren. Pa. There is nothing (unless it be the sewing machine) that has lightened woman’s labor as much as Dobbins’ Electric Soap, constantly sold since 1885. All grocers have it. Have you made its acquaintance? Try It. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children teething: sottens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle.

! i Mind this. It makes no difference, RHEUMATISMS g&| of the Muscles, Joints, and Bones is cured bv gnwlWlßl A LIGttTDI |k THE ILLS ” humanity. | K IJ • ] Hll •!* BtaZWMX io • as « jo ♦ All Druggists ■ .kill *7*ll[•]? stmil rn raiczj mimes MMinntL Sterling yeiiieiieiiiimiwMiiiiotioiieiii—omiitißm important Notice ! ; The only genuine “Baker’s Chocolate/* ■• ; ; celebrated for more than a century as a de- ; [ > licious, nutritious, and flesh-forming bever- < ! ;; age, is put up In Blue Wrappers and Yel- ;; '' bs MiVpL ’’ l° w Labels. Be sure that the Yellow X ran Label and our Trade-Mark are on every * ' > Ha I BlbH package. 1 ' WALTER BAKER & CO.LtcL, Dorchester, Mass. ! ' J TUM-SAItK. SAPOLIO LIKE A GOOD TEMPER, “IT SHEDS A BRIGHTNESS EVERYWHERE.”

Good Is Hood’s Sarsaparilla, because it cures the severest cases of scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia and rheumatism. If you are a sufferer try Hood’s Sarsaparilla The best—in fact, the One True Blood Purifier.! Pills cure L,Ter lUs : *• lIOOU S FIIIS take, easy to operate. 25e.j Gladness Comes With a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phyaical.ills which vanish before proper efforts—gentle efforts —pleasant efforts—rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge that so mant forms of sickness are not due to any actual disease, but simply to a constipated condition of the system, which the pleasant family laxative. Syrup of Figs, promptly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millionsof families, and is, everywhere esteemed so highly by all' who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the | one remedy which promotes internal’ cleanliness, without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its beneficial effects, to note when you purchase, that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, . and the system is regular, then laxatives or other remedies are not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, then one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. RMNb CUBItB AND FBBVKNT3 Cold*, Cough*, Sore Throat, Influenza. Bronchltlt, Pneumonia, Swelling of the Joint*, Lumbago, Inflammation*, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, FROSTBITES, CHILBLAINS, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE, ASTHMA, DIFFICULT BREATHING. CUKES THE WORST PAINS tn from one to twenty minute*.- NOT ONE HOUR after reading UU» adver* Uaement need anyone SUFr ER WITH PAIN. A half to a teaapoonful in half a tumbler of water will In a few minute* cure Crampe. Spasm,. Sour stomach. Heartburn, Nervonanesa. Sleenlestmew. Sick Headache. Diarrhoea, Dyaentery, Colic, Flatulency, and all internal pains. There l> not a remedial agent In the world that will cure Fever and Ague aud all other malartoua, Blllooa and other fevers, aid-d by KADWaY’* PJI.LS. quickly aa RADWAY’S READY RELIEF. Fifty Cente per Bottle. Sold by Druggist*. RADWAY k CO. 55 Elm Street. New York PATENTS? Examination and advice as to Patentability ut lnve» tlona. Send few Inventobs' Ovide, og HovroHBTA Patmnt. Patrick O’FarrelL Washington. D.Q. PENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS. JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHIH6TOH.O.C. Late Principal Ezamlssr V. *. Yraaln Bursa*. 3 yn. la laat war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty. «iaca ftwed. PR. J.L.STEPHEMB.LEBANOJLOILIO. KIPOERB —M—NW— Q>arlealown.Ma*> c. n. u n<> s °~ u<> WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS Tv please aay you saw the advertisement in thia paper.