St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 February 1888 — Page 4

BI TELEGRAPH. THE WIDE WORLD. A Catalogue of the Week’s Important Occurrences Concisely Summarized. Intelligence by Electric Wire from Every Quarter of the Civilized World. LATEST DISPATCHES. A CANAL TO COST $3,000,000. The Latest Scheme to Connect Lakes Michigan and Superior. Some months ago a plan was conceived whereby the distance by w ater from ports on Lake Michigan to Lake Superior could be reduced about 300 miles, says a dispatch from Escanaba, Mich. A party of capitalists considered the feasibility of the project, and about decided to carry the plans into execution. For unknown reasons, however, the matter assumed no definite shape. The proposed plan was to construct a canal constructing the two great bodies of water from the head of Big Bay de Noque, in Lake Michigan, to South Bay, in Lake Superior. The distance is forty miles. It is now authentically stated that New York and Minneapolis capitalists have revived the project, and that a survey will soon be made, locating a route with a view to commencing the construction of what would prove an important waterway. Competent engineers, whose attention has been directed to the plan, pronounce it perfectly feasible. Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, and Marquette would be particularly benefited by the proposed canal. The distance would be reduced fully one day. Besides, the dangerous passage through the Straits of Mackinac and the “Soo” would be avoided. The estimated cost of the canal is $5,000,000, and if sufficient capital can be secured, and the plan meets the expectations of those interested, the work will soon be inaugurated. Vessel owners and Captains speak highly of the scheme and pronounce it a grand achievement if perfected. THE DEMOCRACY. The National Committee Decides Upon July 3d as the Date for the Meeting of the National Convention. The Democratic National Committee convened at "Washington on Wednesday, the 22d of February, and, after considerable debate, fixed the date of the convention at July 3. Mr. Scott and others supposed to represent the administration wanted the Democrats to take the initiative and prepare a platform before the Republican Convention. This program was to the liking of St. Louis and Cincinnati, but San Francisco, aided by some of the Eastern States, laid Mr. Scott’s proposition on the shelf. The fight for the location of the convention then began. M. P. Tarpey made an effusive speech on behalf of San Francisco. He promised all of California, the Territories, and Alaska, too, in case the convention went to the coast. S. S. Cox spoke for New York, Mayor Francis represented St. Louis, Samuel F. Hunt Cincinnati, and Melville W. Fuller Chicago. The balloting began after the orators had concluded their efforts. There were eleven calls of the roll without choice, and the committee, realizing the fact that an agreement was out of the question, adjourned for the day. The last ballot resulted as follows: Total vote cast, 47. San Francisco, 17; Chicago, 15; St. Louis, 14; Cincinnati, 1. MOUNT VERNON. Buildings Destroyed by the Cyclone—Proclamation by the Mayor. A Mount Vernon (Ill.) dispatch says the committee on information has reported the following: The committee on information desire to submit the following report as to the number of buildings injured and destroyed, together with the number of occupants contained therein ; 378 one-story frame dwellings and business houses, occupied by 870 persons; 88 two-story frame dwellings and business houses, occupied by 281 persons ; 42 two-story brick residences and business houses, occupied by 94 people; 5 one-story brick residences, occupied by 17 persons. Summary : Total number of houses destroyed and injured, 518; total number of occupants, 1,842 ; estimated number of homeless, 1,000. Mayor George H. Varnell has returned from the South, and has issued the following proclamation: To the People of the Country : Only those who have seen can conceive the great distress and destitution visited upon this once beautiful and prosperous city. Fifty persons killed and fully 200 wounded, maimed, ant crippled tells a fearful story of death and devastation everwhere. The loss of life and property can not now be estimated, but it will reach at least $1,000,000. Help and assistance are sorely needed if ever it was in any day or age. It is now needed by our grief-stricken people. In th* name of humanity wo make —in this hour of broken hearts, and desolated, obliterated homes, amid scenes of despair unknown in history—an appeal to each and all cities, towns, and villages, and individuals. We beg you to come to our aid and assistance. Send us all the money you can. George H. Varnell, Mayor, Feb. 22, 1888. ‘.TENNESSEE PROHIBITIONISTS. • A State Convention Appoints National Delegates Instructed for Fisk. The Tennessee State Prohibition Convention at Nashville was attended by eighty delegates. Twenty-four delegates were appointed to the National Prohibition Convention to meet at Indianapolis, and instructed to vote for General Clinton B. Fisk as tho nominee for President. A convention was also calle< 1 for May 16, the same day that the Repullican Gubernatorial Convention meets to nominate a candidate for Governor. The nomination of full county, legislative andiCongressional tickets was urged. The platform affirms allegiance to the National Prohibition party, demands a free ballot, restrictions of immigration, and liberal appropriations for education. EAST. A woman living in New York, formerly Miss Callan, of County Cavan, Ireland, says Gen. Sheridan is the heir to a fortune of $150,000 left by Mrs. Blake, who died about ten years ago in Ireland. Graff, Bennett A Co., iron manufacturers, of Pittsburgh, have filed a deed of assignment to P. IL Miller, of Pittsburgh. In 1883 they failed for $1,200,0(10, but weie granted an extension. The secured liabilities are about $600,000, and the unsecured liabilities from $600,000 to SBOO,OOO. The .latter consist of notes for ore and other materials. Among the liabilities is a mortgage for $450,000 held by the New York Life Insurance Company, which is not yet due. The assets are believed to be about SBOO,OOO. Young Duncan, the champion featherweight of Delaware and an “unknown" of Philadelphia, fought a stubbornly contested mill in Wiimington, Del. The battle lasted one hour and forty minutes, Duncan knocking out his opponent in the ninety-second round. Both pugilists were terribly punished and had to be carried from the ring. Fire at Holland, N. V., destroyed an entire business block, causing a loss of $50,000. George H. Corliss, the famous me-

I chanical engineer and engine manufacturer, died suddenly at Providence, R. 1., aged 72. WEST. William B. Tascott, the stylish, blueeyed young burglar who murdered Amos J. Snell, tile Washington boulevard millionaire, and sought safety in flight, has not yet been arrested, says a Chicago telegram of Monday. He is still secure in his place of hiding, but an army of spies is on tho watch for him, wherever he may be, and will follow him wherever he may go. The police say that he cannot escape. It is alleged that he was seen at Leaf River, Wls., and detectives have gone there to search for him. Sunday last there was arrested in this city the man who was Tasoott's companion, who stood on guard on tho outside of tho Snell residence while the youthful burglar was inside committing murder, and this man bus made a full confession. He places the guilt on William B. Tascott, against whom so much damaging circumstantial evidence Has already been piled up. Tascott wanted him to engage with him iu a life of crime. Tho night that tho Snell burglary was to be committed this man and Tascott weut to the house together. Tascott put on his felt slippers, and, after boring the holes to open the kitchen door, went inside to open tho safe aud secure the plunder. His accomplice remained outside, watching for tho police, to prevent any interruption of tho dangerous undertaking. Ho heard the shots tired and was alarmed, but remained at his post until Tascott came out. The latter was pale, excited and trembling. He grasped his friend by the arm and told him of tho murder. Then tho two skulked away together, and crept up the stairs to Talcott's lodgings at No. 474 West Madison street The next morning they sneaked out and separated, when Tascott weut to the Northwestern depot and boarded a train for Oak Park, where he has a brother and sister living. Tho accomplice was horrified by the murder, and so alarmed lest he might be arrested and held for complicity in tho crime that he refrained from giving information to tho police. He has made a sworn statement, aud satisfied the police that ho bad no direct connection with the Snell murder, or with any other crime that was planned and executed by young Tascott. The name of this man is withheld at theearnest request of tho police. The officers at the Central Station Sunday were all busily employed addressing aud mailing to all parts of the world copies of the following revised circular, which gives tho very latest description of the man wanted: TWO THOUSIND DOLLARS REWARD. Department of Police, City of Chicago, Feb. 18, 1888.—Look out tor aud arrest William B. Tascott, alias T. A. Cat*.right, alias Moore, alias Scott, alias Clark, the supposed murderer of A. J. Buell, who was killed ou the night of Feb. 8. Twenty to 22 years of age, 5 feet 9or 10 inches high, 150 pounds weight, slim built, very erect, full rouud lace, heavy eyebrows, verv fair complexion, light brown hair, thin on top of head, cut short, prominent blue eyes, small thin dark mustache, may be dyed, may have some front teeth, upper jaw, tilled with gold, lower jaw receding. Wore when lust seeu brown and gray striped pants, stripe one-half iuch wide, dark coat, vest, aud overcoat, with silk hat, square top ring, set with garnets aud pearls, one pearl missing. May carry cane with a round gold head, engraved with W. B. T. iu monogram ; also a rus-set-colored oval valise eighteen inches long and eight inches deep, hung by a strap over his shoulder. Claims to be a newspaper reporter. Is also said to be an expert pool-player, and will frequent pool-rooms. He converses freely about his travels through the country. The above reward will be paid for his capture and detention until officer with papers can arrive for him. Send all information to GeorgeW. Hubbard, Acting General Superintendent of Police. Marcus Aarons, a drummer for a Philadelphia house, who was a passenger on a train which was passing through Mount Vernon, 111., at the moment the ill-fated town was struck by the cyclone, thus describes the appalling scene: “It was a terrible calamity. I never witnessed anything so frightful in my life. Ou reaching the Mount Vernon station it began to thunder and lightning. Presently it begun to rain aud hail, driving every one to shelter. Just about this time a portentous black cloud, funuel-shaped, was seeu over our heads. Some of the people kuew iu a moment what was coming, and began to cry out words of warning . The cloud burst iu a minute after forming. It came with tbe roar and crash of a mighty battle. Houses of ail descri] tlous went down like wheat before the sickle. Men, women and children tan hither and thither, screaming and praying in their peril aud fright. The County Court House was utterly wrecked aud a three-story mil! win blown across the track just behind us. Our train was lying in the track of the cyclone, and it was taken at a flying rute down the track. The engineer could not control the train, and, fortunately for ue, tho brakes were not on. Trees were uprooted and cars lifted cleanly off their wheels. The pas ago of the cyclone must have occupied ut least two minutes. A strange thing was that three minutes after the cyclone the sun was shining brightly and serenely on tho scene of desolation.” A Mitchell (Dak.) special says the Republican of that place forwarded circulars to the County Treasurer of each of forty-three counties in South Dakota, with a request for the exact facts as to the loss of life in tbe storm of January 12, and replies have been received from nearly all. This is the summary: Aurora County, 5 deaths; Brown, 1; Bon Homme, 19; Brule, I; Beadle, 9; Buffalo, none; Campbell, 3; Charles Mix, 1; Coddington, none; Clark, 4; Davison, 1; Dickey, none; Day, 1; Douglas, 2; Edmunds, none; Faulk, 5; Hanson, 1; Hyde, 2; Hand, fl; Hutchinson, 6; Hughes, noue; Jerauld, 2; Kingsbury, 1; Lake. 1; Lincoln. 6; McCook, 1; Minnehaha, 7 ; Potter, noue ; Spink. 4 ; Sully. none ; Sanborn, 4 ; Turner, 9 ; Walrath. none ; Union, none ; Yankton. 3. The losses iu stock will fall short of two thousand by a most liberal estimate, the heaviest fatality being in Douglas County, where five hundred are reported as missing, and the next heaviest in Aurora, two hundred. In the other counties where losses occurred the number ranged from three to 100. The Supreme Court of Dakota has rendered a decision affirming the constitutionality of the local-option law passed at the recent session of the Legislature. The decision is one of considerable importance, because it is tho first adjudication of the question whether a Territorial Legislature, under the “ police regulations ” idea, has the power to pass local-option laws. The indictment against Miss Josie Holmes, late exchange clerk of the wrecked Fidelity Bank, was nolled at Cincinnati. The Kansas encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was held at Winfield. A large crowd was in attendance. The reports show she order to be in a flourishing condition. SOUTH. G. A. Lathrop .t Co., tobacco dealers at Richmond, Va., failed for $2,000, and William Ewan & Son, clothiers at Montreal, failed for SIOO,OOO. Four unmasked men entered the bank at Cisco, Texas, shortly after midday, took charge of the cashier and other officials, collected $6,000 in cash, then locked the officers in a back yard and decamped, firing their revolvers as their wagons dashed through the streets. F. B. POUBORT, an employe of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, left the city suddenly, after having disposed of $20,000 worth of bonds belonging to the Exchange. He had pledged the securities to secure money to invest in the Louisiana State Lottery. WASHINGTON. A bill has been introduced and favorably reported by the House Committee on Postoffice to provide for a Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, says a Washington dispatch. The investigation which preceded the reporting of this bill furnishes a very interesting exhibit of the growth of the country since 1836, when a similar bill to relieve the First Assistant Postmaster General was passed by creating the office of Third Assistant Postmaster General. In that period the number of postoffices has increased from 11,000 to 55,000; the extent of post routes from*Uß,264 miles to 473,142 miles; the revenue of the department from $3,408,323 to $48,837,609; the expenditure of the department from $3,841,765 to $53,006,194; the amount of salaries to Postmasters from $812,803 to $11,929,481; the amount paid for transportation of mails from $1,638,052 to $29,806,508. It is stated by a Washington correspondent that Mr. Randall has prepared a revenue reduction bill by which he reduces the revenue $20,000,000 by placing certain articles on the free list; $30,000,000 by the repeal of the^tobacco tax; and $30,000,000 by the reduction of the whisky tax to 45 cents per gallon.

i A Washington dispatch says: “The special committee appointed to investigate the workings of the Government printing office held its first session Tuesday evening. Mr. Benedict testified, giving the statistics of his department, going to show that with a reduced force more work was being done than under his predecessor. He has been compelled to retrench on account of the extra expenditures made by Mr. Rounds. No employe had been discharged through political influence, and when he found that in a few instances honorably discharged soldiers or sailors had been dropped he promptly reinstated them.” POLITICS. The Philadelphia Public Ledger of । Friday publishes an editorial iu regard to i the persistent rumors that its proprietor, I Mr. George W. Childs, would accept the j Republican nomination for President. Mr. Cbilds emphatically repeats his refusal to be a candidate, or to be voted for, and adds i that he would be compelled to decline the | office, honorable and exalted ns it is, if ; by any chance in the chapter of unforeseen j ovents, he should happen to be elected. The lowa Republican State Committee has set Wednesday, March 21, for the meeting of the State and District Conventions at Des Moines to select delegates to Chicago. A dispatch of Friday, from Marquette, Mich., says: “Seymour’s plurality is less than 200 now, and the official figures will be needed to establish the result. Breen, the Democratic-Labor candidate, says he will contest the seat, and that the Knights of Labor will back him up. He claims that there was fraud, intimidation, bull-dozing and ‘boodle’ employed in Seymour’s behalf.” LABOR. A Shenandoah (Pa.) dispatch says the destitution among the families of the miners that is being developed there is terrible and such that it cannot longer be hidden. One family of nine was found to have actually been without food for two days, aud the children were so weak from fasting that when relief came it bad to be sparingly given to avoid killing them. Another family of six was in the same state, and a third was almost as bad. They are but instances that have many parallels. It has been established that most contributions intended for the miners have been absorbed by the railroaders, who have been living in clover while their allies starve. FOREIGN. The exact relation which Englandoccu- j ' pies to the Powers composing the triple { alliance, says a London dispatch, may be ■ defined as not an engagement but an un- : derstanding. 'I here is no treaty, no prom- । ise, no written undertaking by which Italy ■ I could in the event of war call upon Great I Britain for help. But Lord Salisbury has I j given both Prince Bismarck and Sig. Crispi ! I assurances which they regard as satis- | s fnctoiy. They may be called personal, but they are binding on the Prime Minister so long as he remains Prime Minister. Should I Italy bo attacked, an English fleet will protect the Italian coast. This is some thing more than mere conjecture. It has twice been affirmed by the leading Conservative organ, which, as a rule, dis- ’ cusses ioreign affairs in accordance with | Ministerial wishes and not without official ; knowledge. A leading Vienna paper as- ; serts the same thing, aud extends the j English obligation to the defense of the | Austrian coast. A Paris dispatch says that extreme ac- I tivity prevails at all of the French arsenals, and that a lighting fleet is being fitted for active service. In a few days, it says, the state of the naval stores will be far better than at the beginning of the year. Advices have been received in London that thirty-six trains, conveying troops, have left Odessa and proceeded in the di- , rection of Kiseheneif. The firm of Fratelli A Moroni, contractors at Rome, have failed, with liabilities of 59,099,909 liras. GENERAL. O^E of tho witnesses in the tally-sheet cases at Columbus testified that Isaac R. i Hill, one of the assistant sergeants-at-arms of Congress, had offered him $3.999 if he would throw out the missing precincts. J. P. Donaldson A Co., ship chandlers, Detroit. Gustav Ranger A Co., cotton merchants of New York and Galveston; liabilities, $159,099. John A. Dusbane A Co., paper dealers, Baltimore; liabilities. $290,909; assets, $199,909. Church A Graves, sash, doors and blinds, Minneapolis; liabilities, $75,009; assets, $69,001*. The Presidential party left Washington on the morning of Wednesday, February 21, by the Pennsylvania and Atlantic Coast lines, for a visit to the Sub-tropical Exposition at Jacksonville Fin. The party consisted of President and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary and Mrs. Whitney, Colonel and Mrs. D. S. Lamont, Sinclair, the President's valet, and Mrs. Cleveland’s maid. They used a special train composed of an engine, a baggage-car, and a drawing-room car. The latter was elegantly finished and appointed, and was provided with everything that could add to the ease and comfort of the distinguished passengers during their long journey. The fast mail train, which preceded the Presidential train by about twenty minutes, conveyed a large number of distinguished persons, also en route for Florida. MARKET REPORTS. NEW YORK. Cattle $ 4.50 @ 5.50 Hogs 5.1 D & 5.75 Sheep 5.00 i£4 7.00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 89 & .89*4 No. 1 lied 92'4 <4 .93)4 Corn—No. 2 60*^@ .Gl* 8 Oats—White 42 @ .47 I’ore—New Moia...V 15.00 @15,75 CHICAGO. Cattle—Ch< ice to Primo Steers 5.25 @6.00 Good 1.25 @5.00 Common to Fair 3.75 @ 4.5 J Hogs—Shipping Grades. 5.00 m 5.75 Sheep 4.75 @ 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Rod 80 l -@ .81 Corn—No. 2 48 "@ .49 oats—No. 2 28 @ .3) Barley—No. 2 78 @ .80 Butter—Choice Creamery 26 @ .28 Fino Dairy 23 @ .25 Cheese—Full Cream, new 12*4@ .13 Eggs—Frosh 19 @ .20 Potatoes—Choice, per bu 88 @ .95*4 Pork—Moss 13.50 ©14.00 TOLEDO. Wheat—Cash Bt'4@ .85kj Corn —Cash 50 @ .51 Oats—Cash 33'4 @ .34 Clover Seed 3.95 @ 4.05 KANSAS CITY. Cattle 4.25 @ 5.00 Hogs 5.00 @ 5.75 Wheat-No. 2 79 @ .79*4 Corn—No. 2 43 @ .44 Oats —No. 2 30 @ .30(4 MILWAUKEE, Wheat—Cash • 76 @ .76*4 Cohn —No. 3. 46*4@ .47'4 i Oats—No. 2 White 33 @ .33'4 ; Rye—No. 1 61 @ .63 Barley—No. 2 7G @ .78 Pork—Moss 13,50 ©14.25 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Rod 80%9 .81J4 Cohn—Mixed 45)4 <4 .4614 Oats—Cash.... 29)4@ .30*4 ’ Rye 57 @ .59 ) Barley 76 @ .78 i I’ork—Mess 14.25 ©14.75 BUFFALO. Cattle 4.00 @ 5.25 I Hogs 5.00 @ 5.75 1 Sheep 5.00 @ 5.75 [ Corn—No. 3 Yellow 55 @ .56 i EAST LIBERTY. ‘ Cattle—Primo 5.2> 0 5.75 Fair 4.00 @ 4.50 Common 2.75 @ 3.25 Hogs 5.00 @ 5.75 • Sueev 4.75 @5.75 , Lambs 5.00 @6.30 OMAHA. • Cattle—Prime 4.25 @ 5.00 ) Common 3.75 & 4.50 Hogs—Heavy 5.00 @ 5.50 Light 4.50 @ 5.00 ; Sheep— Prime 3.75 @ 4.50 Common to Fair 3.25 3 4,00

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This would make him very much the wealthiest man in the world, for that sum then was equal in influence to $200,0(10,000 now. No sovereign of his time could begin to approach him in ! personal fortune. Marshal Soult, the ' last of the imperial marshals (whodied ■ in November, I S M, just about a year • before his great antagonist, the Duke lof Wellington), told a venerable ! French general officer, who repeated j it to the writer, that when tho Fmperor went to Kiba ho had 60,000,000 j francs covered up iu Paris alone. Os the $12,000,0**0 hard cash paid ' over at one time by tho United States I to Napoleon as First Consul, in 1800, it j was common rumor not very general, i you may be sure, however that 7, 00,- i : bi*o francs of the sum was never ae- i counted for iti vouchers. This might i easily have been. Napoleon was then | First ( onsul for life. He could do just i w hat ho cliose, and nobody dared call him to account. It is n< t very difficult to hide money, in large sums, too, so it cannot be found, be the search never so careful. i Ferdinand Ward has some millions thus : i covered up, and no human being has ever found a clew to the stolen treas- I uro. It was said, and believed by many i people, too, that Stephen Girard of Philadelphia had a largo sum in his hands belonging to Napoleon 1., which he would have handed over to him had he succeeded in getting away to tho United States after Waterloo, as he j tried to do. Louis W ill., through i his Minister of Finance, did all ’’i les I power to discover this hidden treasure, but those who knew would never tell They probably took it themselves when the Emperor died in I>2l. But: it is u very interesting and romantic j story, the disappearance absolutely of | tin' greatest fortune in the world's Iris- ! tory up to that time, leaving not a trace i behind. -Washington Herald. Old-Fashion al Propriety. Those “society balls" were con- | I ducted with great propriety and re- | i serve. The claim of every person of ; | both sexes to bo admitted having been previously determined by the respon- : sible and trusty committee, there was a sort of temporary and conventional equality on the terpsichorean floor; । and, therefore, every gentleman had the privilege to invite a lady, without the formality of an introduction, to fig- , uro in the dance as his partner. After ; it was over, ho escorted her beck re- 1 spectfullv to her seat, without presuming, if unknown and net duly presented, ; to remain standing before her, or to sit I by her side, to continue the eonver- ; sation, or to prolong the accidental ac- ’ quaintance. During the intervals of dancing, the gentlemen walked up aud ■ down between the rows of ladies that densely lined the hall, some merely bowing as they passed, to those whom they know, and others stopping to converse. No woman, married or single, . joined in this promenading with a male companion, as is the custom in these present days, and the eye of a lynx could not have detected the slightest : flirtation. The word itself was not known, for the thing it means is for Louisiana a modern invention which had not then been patented and , brought out for public use. In fact, > this peculiar pastime would have been impossible to attempt; it would have produced asocial earthquake.—American, Magazine. The Origin of Cla n Chowder. I am frequently asked, “What is clam chowder?” and I havo replied that more than thirty years ago 1 heard j the poet Longfellow urge a French lady to eat some clam chowder because it was French. The lady looked up iu astonishment and uttered a most significant, C'onimenl done! Unto which Longfellow replied that the French originally settled on the borders of New England, and Mother Necessity soon taught them how to stew clams and fish in layers, with bacon, sea biscuit (crackers) and other ingredients in a kettle (chaudiere). Now, from the French the Indians learned the Itoman Catholic religion and a little of the French language and a great deal of the dish "which the new-comers had invented. The Indians were not apt in the pronunciation or in the significance of Trench, and when they heard the Gaul speak of the chauddre the Indian supposed it referred to the food, and Iris nearest approach to the pronunciation was chawder—the name which early English fishermen and settlers learned from tho Indian, and which the Anglo-Saxon in the New World further corrupted into chowder. — Cor. Ameri< an Register. How Indians Dun. An exchange evolves the following theory: There lias been some philological doubt as to the phrase “After I him with a sharp stick.” It may have ' occurred to many that tho “sharp stick” referred to the much feared "January

bill.” And it would seem there was some ground for this. The Neeseenan Indians of California have not the brutal and disagreeable habit prevalent among us of sending bills. When one Indian owes another it is considered bud taste, as it is, for the creditor to dun the debtor. He proceeds with more delicacy. He procures a certain number of sticks according to the amount of the debt, and paints a ring around tho end of each. These he carries and tosses into tin debtor’s wigwam, and then goes away without a word. The debtor pays the debt and destroys the stick; it is considered a reproach to have tbe dunning stick thrown into the wigwam, and the creditor never uses them except with hard customers. A Saw that Wasn’t Seen. “Ticket,” said the conductor, holding out his hand. “Han’t got none,” said tho tramp. “How far are you going?” “To Chicago.” “Sixty cents,” said the conductor, still holding out his hand. “Han’t got no sixty cents.’’ “Then I shall put you off,” and the conductor reached for the bell-cord. “Hold on, conductor; don’t you believe in old adages?” “What have old adages to do with it ?” “Why, don’t one of them say you should never put off till to-morrow ” But at this interesting juncture the tramp’s coat-collar began to hurry toward the door and the tramp went with it. — Chicago Times. His Great Luck. “What a lucky fellow that Danby is !” "How’s that?” “Why, he’s always having lucky things happen to him. Only last week he fell down an elevator shaft ” “But ” “Struck on his head and knocked him deaf “B u t ” "Hasn’t heard a word since. Doctors say he never will.” “But I’m sure I don’t see where the luck c omes in.” “Guess you never happened to hear Dlrs. Danby get to talking, did you?” What It Means. To a man or woman who has never been ill the word “health” is meaningless. But to tho one who has suffered and despaired health appears us a priceless boon. To the thousands of unfortunate women who are suffering from some of the many forms of weaknesses or irregularities peculiar to their sex, Dr. I’ioreo's Favorite Prescription holds forth tho promise of a speedy restoration of this “priceless boon.” During the deluge Noah was in the habit of calling bis wife au ark angel. AN OPEN LETTER. Which Is More Fully Explained by One from Kev. .1. Roberts, I‘uator First M. K. < liurch. Fremont, Mich. Kheumatic Syruu Co., Jackson. Mich. : Gem i tuts-From tbe fact tint several roI markable cures by Hibbard’s Rheumatic i Syrup camo under mv observation, among which were those of llev. J Berry, of Morj ley, and Mrs Harrington, of Altoona, 1 rooommeuded Bev. J. Roberts to have his daughter giv >t • remedy a trial. As lox p< eto I, it broke u > the disease, as the following letter explains; O. C. I’KMBEUTON, Druggist U. C. Pemliorton; , My daughter Maud has used Hibbard’s I Rheumatic Syrup aud Plasters, which you so strongly recommended her to try for lutlammatory rheumatism. Her limbs wore badly swollen, and tho ]>oor girl was iu terrible agonv. In th midst of the pain we wound tlie P.asters about her limbs, and, as a result, the welling was reduce I and she became qui U aud rest >d. Th • Syrup corrected her in li.' sti :i, cleansed the rheumatic poison fn>m her bloo 1, and sho is now able to bo around the bouse. Hibbar I's Rheumatic Syrup and Plasters are remedies of great merit Rev. J. Roberts, Pastor First M L Church. Fremont, Mich., Oct. 26, 1887. Tiirnr are no rounds of drinks in tho ladder of success. I’uck. •*1 have been si Hi i<• t «-<i with an affection "f the I hroat from ctiddhood, caused by liphtheria, and havo used various remedies, but have never found anything equal to Hi.' V. s s Brom hial Troches ”—/frv. G. .\T. 1- . Piketon, Ky. Sold only in boxes. : If love is blind, how cau there be such a thing as love at first sight. Itching Pilee. Symptoms—Moisture; intense itching and stinging; most at night; worse by scratching. If allowe 1 to continue tumors form, which often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. Swayne’s Ointment stops the itching and bleeding, heals ule ration, and in many cases removes the tumors. It is equally efficacious in curing ail Skin Diseases. Dr. Swayne A ■ Sou, Proprietors, Philadelphia Swayne’s : Ointment can bo obtained of druggists, or by j mail. LOOK YOUNG, prevent tendency to wrinkles or ageing of th ■ skin by using I.eavkeli.e Oil. Preserves a youthful, plump,fresh condition of | the features. A transparent alabaster skm, 31. Druggists or exp. E is. Wells, Jersey City, N.J. Consumption Surely Cured. To tho Editor: Please inform your readers that I havo a positive remedy for the abovenumed disease. By its timely use thousands es hopeless eases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send mo their Express aud P. 0. address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, M, C.. 181 Pearl St., N. Y. “ROUGH ON ITCH” Ointment cures Skin lluj mors, Pimples, Flesh Worms, RmgWorm, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Itch, Ivy Poison, Barber’s Itch. Scald Head,Eczema. 50a Druggists or mail. E. S. Wells, Jersey City,N.J. Catarrh Cured. A clergyman, after years of suffering from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last foil prescription which completely cured saved him from death. Any sufferer fror dreadful disease sending a self-addr stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. 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^Those ACHES’ ' I your Jimps RHEUMATISM.NEURALGIA • OR KINDLED ILLS • ft MCkc J' (U Ol Mil iIEM I il» IrasHllb WHAT AILS 'sasassi voo? Do you feel dull, languid, low-spirited, life, loss, and indescribably miserable, both physl. cully and mentally; experience a sense ot fullness or bloating after eating, or of‘-gone, liens," or emptiness of stomach in the morning, tongue couted, bitter or bad taste in mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent headaches, blurred eyesight, “ floating specks’* tiefore the eves, nervous prostration or exhaustion, irritability of temper, hot flushes, alternating with chilly sensations, sharp, a biting, transient pains here and there, cola 1 feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or disturbed ami unrefreshing sleep, constant, indescribable feeling of dread, or of iuiptmding calamity? It you have all, or any considerable number of these symptoms, you are suffering from that most common of American maladies— Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. Tho more complicated your disease has become, the greater the number and diversity of symptoms. No mutter what stage it lias reached. Or. Pierce’s Golden medical Oiscovery will subdue it, if taken according to direc- ' Gons for a reasonable length of time. If not cured, complications multiply and Consumption ofthe Lungs. Skin Diseases, Heart Disease, Rheumatism, Kidney Disease, or other grave maladies are quite liable to set in and, sooner or later, induce a fatal termination. I»r. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis« covery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and through that great blood-purifying organ, cleanses the system of all blood-tamts and Impurities, from whatever cause arising. It is equally efficacious in acting upon the Kidneys, and other excretory organs, cleansing, strengthening, anil healing their diseases. As an appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes digestion and nutrition, thereby building up both flesh and strength. In malarial districts thia wonderful medicine has gained great ; ! celebrity in curing Fever and Ague, Clif's and Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Jledical Dis> "cWRES ALL HUMORS, from a common Blotch, or Eruption, to the worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, “Fever-sores,” Sealy or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases caused by bad blood arc conquered bj' this powerful, purifying, and invigorating medicine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under its benign influence. Especially has it manifested its potency in curing Tetter, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrofulous Sores mid Swellings, Hip-joint Disease, “ White Swellings,” Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in stamps for a large Treatise, with colored plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount for a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections. “FOR THE BLOOD ES THE LIFE.’ 1 Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. Pierec’s Golden Medical Discovery, and good digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength and bodily health will be established. CONSUMPTION, which is Scrofula of the Lungs, is arrested and cured by this remedy, if taken in ths I earlier stages of tho disease. From ts marvelous power over this terribly fatal disease, when first offering this now world-famed remedy to the public. Dr. Bierce thought seriously of’ calling it his “Consumption Cure,” but abandoned that name as too restrictive for a medicine which, from its wonderful combination of tonic, or strengthening, alterative, or blood-cleansing, anti-bilious, pectoral, ana nutritive properties, is unequaled, not onlv as a remedv for Consumption, but for all Chronic liiseascs of tho Liver, Blood, and Lungs. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, lironchitis. Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kiudrea affections, it is an efficient remedy. Sold by Druggists, at SI.OO, or Six Bottlei for $5.00. , l«“Send ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce 1 book on Consumption. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Ma n St., Hl IFALO, N. VCThe OLDEST MEDICINE in the WORLD is TO probably Dr. Isaac Thompson's U elebrated Eye WateFl This article is a carefully P re P a r«d Physician's prej scrinti n, ami has been in constant use tor near ^nturv, and notwithstanding the many “ther^ amrns that lune been mtroduyed into tha mark th! naled this article is constantly increasing, lit**** l " rection- arc followed it will never tail, t epa < larly invite the attention ot physicians to ib। iuei> • John 1.. Tlmnipson, Sons A Co., IRQ I, JU; Dr. 8. Owens, of tbe firm of S. Owens A H Co., druggists, Ashland, Po., writing Sept. IlnA H 1«, 1887, says: “Flso’s Cure for Consump- JlljX H tion gives more satisfaction than any other Cough medicine. I prescribe is f H in mv practice in all caeca of Lung N and Bronchial trouble.’’ /If//!///& I Piso’s ^^B coßsyeO 10 1 P rc !f. rlh < p . T 1 /“•' dorse big (< 6= -tnincuio >^^r. s i7Wl specific for the ewta" TO 6 PAYS.TH of this diseaspj- . v u D., gaum stricture u Amsterdam, Ls Nt 4 o^y th. We have sold Chemical -."'Xr?the' best of DYCnß*^ Ir »d^kll^Grllsi.oo. Sold —- “ j;,,. 8-S8 C. N. U. -7-7 ' Tv hen" WRITING TO please say you »« w ,he *“*' , m this pap er «

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