St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 June 1888 — Page 4

TOM BHSmjWE. BY “THE MAJOR." CHAPTER XXL DEATH AND DELIVERANCE. That night had found Randall Belmont comfortably domiciled at the widow's cottage. Mrs. Van Wyck had retired, the house had been closed, and he had gone to his room. But he knew that he could not sleep; so, instead of going to bed, he sat by the open window. The night is mild, as well as still; it seems to invite thought. And he thinks—of her. He can think of nothing else. Long had he sat there, when he felt himself urged by some powerful monitor within. Voices seemed crying in his ears • “Fly to her! She is in dangea!” He hesitates; he resists. He says to himself, “Did she not, with her own lips, tell me not to come to her?” And again and again those mysterious promptings seemed to fill his ears: “Fly to her! Oh, delay not! She is in danger!” Whatever the influence was, whether the yearnings of his own heart or an angel messenger from above, it speedily became too powerful to be resisted. Quietly leaving the house, he waited only to bridle his horse, and leaping upon his bare Lack, he sped down the road like the wind. The mysterious voices in his ears seemed to cry, “Faster! faster!” He shook the reins, and shouted to his noble steed; there was an answering neigh, and such tremendous speed as would have unseated a less expert rider. As he tore along the highway, a bright glare above the trees in the direction of Bryson’s house met his eye. He clung to the horse, and increasing its pace with his cries, he turned into the lane, thundered through the wood, and dashed up to the flame-wrapped house. He leaped to the ground just as Tom Bryson, singed by the fire and half-blinded by the smoke, came staggering out at the front door. “Jessica—where is she?” Belmont cried. The father shook his head, and pointed in a bewildered way up at the upper windows. Frantically did Belmont dash at the door; but a thick volume of smoke and flame drove him back. With distracted eye he marked the window of her room; for once he had stood in the hall above outside her chamber, and more than once since had he scanned the unsightly building, to see which window was hers. The fire had not yet penetrated beyond the story above the cellar. It was rushing out from the doors and windows below, but could the rooms above be reached at all, it could only be through enveloping smoke and fire. “In God’s name is there no ladder here?” Belmont cried to some of the people who had come up. “Oh, yes ; here’s one that we have just brought around from the back of the house,” replied one of them. “But it’s madness to go up there now.” “Rear it up—quick!” was the command ; and, impelled by stout arms, the upper end of the heavy ladder lay against the sill of Jessica’s window. The lover sprang up it, and burst bodily through glass and sash. The chamber was filled with smoke, and it drove him back: but, filling his lungs with fresh air, he leaped in again. Groping blindly about, his hands encountered the water pitcher, with a towel over it. He shook out the towel, plunged it in the water, and bound it over his face. Able to breathe now though the floor was trembling under his feet, he found the bed. His hand rested on the maiden’s face; but she neither spoke nor stirred. Taking the wet towel from his own face, ho tied it over hers; and clasping her motionless form in his arms, he made bis way again to the window; he emerged upon , the ladder, and holding his dear burden to his breast with one arm, he came unsteadily to the ground, where eager and willing hands relieved him of his charge. Then, scorched aad stifled, he fell unconscious, and was borne away and laid upon the grass. Quite a crowd of people had by this time gathered, and the attention of some of them was turned to the resuscitation of the sufferers. Bryson had inhaled smoke enough on his way out of the burning building to bewilder him so that he knew not what had happened; but when his head and face had been bathed in water, and some of it forced down his throat, he sat up and looked about him. The crackling flames were right before him. With a startling scream he leaped to his feet, and started to run toward the house. Strong hands seized him and held him back. “Fool, where would you go?” one asked him. “Do you want to throw yourself into destruction ?” “Let me go! It's burning up! I will save it!” he yeiled. His eyes glared like the eyes of a mania?, and the strength of one seemed to possess him. Half a dozen men threw themselves upon him, striving to pinion him down. With one superhuman effort Le tore himself loose from them r” -nd rushed to the house. A cry of Ic* r followed him as he disappeared ft - ght through the flaming doorwav. The eye of man never beheld hiL. Agim. The flames swept swiftly through the house, and burst out at the roof. With a great crash it fell, sending up a volume of sparks. The ruins were fiercely consumed, and ere morning nothing but the foundation stones, the stones of tbe cellar, and a pile of gray ashes were left of the old Brvson house. In time the spot itself was lost to men’s knowledge. The stones were removed; new soil replaced the ruins; year after year crops covered the place; the people’s recollection of the old house grew dim; and now, almost sixty years after, the exact location of the place has passed from the memory of the few aged survivors of the events which we have been recording. But over and over again has the truth of the saying been proved, “Mur der will out. ” In what way the secrets of the old house were brought to light, is yet to be related. CHAPTER XXII. HOPES AND FEARS. The efforts of the few women who had come to the scene of the conflagration to revive Jessica met with but little success at the time. The cool breeze blowing across her face after she was borne from the burning building and wrapped in shawls, gave her a little consciousness, so that she was able to understand the meaning of what was passing before her eyes. As she reclined upon the grass, she saw the flames leaping through the roof, hissing like serpents. And she j

hoard one of the bystanders say to another, “Poor thing, what'll she say when she knows that her poor father was burned up alive?” The unconsciousness that followed lasted for days. Randall Belmont revived sufficiently to direct that both Jessica and himself should bo conveyed to Mrs. Van Wyck’s. It was done the same evening. There was a week of severe suffering before him ere he was able to leave , his bed, and not in all his after life did he lose the scars of the burns upon ( his arms. When he was released from the doctor’s care, and was able to leave his bed and walk about the house, he found himself weak and thin with his sickness; but he thought the sacrifice a cheap one, if by it he had preserved Jessica. It was long doubtful whether his heroic efforts and sufferings had saved her. He begged the doctors to be allowed to see her. He met with a peremptory refusal. “I will not speak,” he urged. “I only want to look at her face.” “No,” was the firm reply. “We dare not allow it. Her condition is most critical. The least excitement might kill her. Should she happen to see your face, I know not what effect might be produced. While her poor brain is in its present condition, no one but her physicians and Mrs. Van Wyck must see her.” “But she'll live, won’t she?” the lover asked, with white face and trembling voice. “Doctor, save her, and you may ask me for anything.” “She is in the hands of God!” was the solemn reply. “All that our skill and experience can accomplish shall be done; and Mrs. Van Wyck, besides being devoted to Miss Bryson, is the Lest nurse anywhere about here. Yet, I must tell you candidly, no one but this poor girl’s Maker can predict the issue. ” Belmont had protected Jessica from the contact of the flames, receiving in this way his own injuries; but the smoke which she had inhaled in her sleep had well-nigh killed her on the spot. All that night she lay as one dead, and it was only when the next day had worn on well toward noon that a faint sigh from her lips betokened that her fluttering spirit had returned to the cares and trials of earth. For some days after life hung doubtfully in the balance, while the good physicians and the widow wat lied incessantly beside her. Then, when life had again asserted itself, a fever set in, and the ravings of her delirium were pitiful to hear. Disjointed sentences, unintelligible to those who heard her, but which really spoke of the sorrows of her life, fell fast from her lips. Again she knelt at the bedside of her dying mother, and her tearful promise was repeated, to be faithful and true to her father always, since there was none other left to love him, Again she gave her reluctant consent to marry Edgar Van Wyck, because her father urged it. Then there was her appeal to another not to seek her, or her father would do him harm; language which the widow should have understood—but the kind, anxious soul was too much occupied with the dangers of the sufferer to take much heed of her delirious words. Other broken sentences there were, which no one could have translated. When this stage of her fever had passed she lay perfectly < onscious of her surroundings, and of all that had happened, but weak—oh, how weak! For days she lay thus, taking little nourishment, too feeble to move a limb, white as a snowdrift. Plainly could it be seeu by the grave aspect of the doctors that they feared that this stout battle for a precious life had been fought only to meet disaster at its close. But youth and previous bodily health were on her side; and Time, the great physician, at last triumphed for her. There came a time when the leafage of that June was all out, and the birds were filling the woods with their melody, that Jessica was permitted to leave her room and go out into the sunshine. Randall Belmont found her upon that perfect morning under the maple trees, drinking in all the wonderful beauty of nature. He stood by the rustic seat, mute and anxious. He felt that after all that had occurred she would wish to speak first. She smiled a little and held out her Land. He kept it when she would have withdrawn it. “You are my preserver,” she said. “I may thank you for your courage and devotion, even if the life you have saved is a worthless one.” “The life I have saved will be my blessing, even unto the day of my death, God willing! Without it, my own existence would be worthless; with it, I have a heart for any fate. ” His voice, his earnest manner, impressed her as always before, with something like a sense of fate. And still she struggled, and would not submit. “It is better that it should not be so. You will not believe me; but 1 tell you that you will be happier without me. Go your way; forget me, while I pray for the richest blessings of life to be with you.” She spoke against the swelling promptings of her heart; tears that she could not hide filled her eyes. Once more the music of Randall Belmont’s voice, the eloquence of bis words, were exerted upon her. Again he drew a glowing picture of the future that awaited her as his wife; of the beautiful city home, and all the attractions that surrounded it. He implored her, now that every possible ob- ! stacle had been removed by the death of her father, no longer to thwart the happiness of both of them. He had taken both her hands; she trembled; she was irresolute; her eyes avoided his; she would have fled from him. but he held her there. “I am weak yet,” she said. “You overcome me; I know not what to say. Let me go back to my room.” “But an answer J must have.” “You shall have it.” “When?” She was silent. Watching her face with intense anxiety, he saw she was struggling with an intense emotion powerful enough to stifle her speech. Was she about to yield? His hopes soared joyously up; he yielded her hands, that she might voluntarily restore them. He was cruelly disappointed. “You shall know—l will tell you,” she murmured. “But when?” “To-morrow. ” (HAPTEK XXIIL farewell! She did not leave her room again that day. Randall wished to talk with her again, but she refused to se® him. j In the afternoon he sent up a note to I her room, asking to be admitted, and j promising to say nothing upon a for- | hidden subject. Her sole replik, pen- j

ciled upon the same paper, was: “You must wait till to-morrow. ” By this time the sympathetic widow had begun to see the drift of affairs, snd offered some advice to the anxious lover. “Don’t trouble her any more to-day, Mr. Belmont,” she said. “You men are so headstrong and impetuous! It is just as she told you; she hasn’t any strength yet, and she don’t want any love-making at present.” “It is not that,” he said. “She gives me no hope; she never has. I can’t understand her. At the same time, I know she loves me. ” ' “She’ll feel differently, after a good night’s rest. You must wait till to- ' morrow.” At ten o’clock the widow softly came into her chamber with a lamp. The girl lay motionless, with her eyes closed. ‘Toor dear!” said the former, as she went to her own room; “I hope she will rest so all night.” But Jessica was not asleep. Shejhad not been. f She waited an hour longer. Then she rose and lighted a lamp. She dressed herself, made up a small bundle, and putting on her bonnet, placed her hand on the door-knob. Then came a moment of irresolution. She stood for a moment in deep and anxious thought. She went back and sat down. Her reflections were deep and distressful. She had thought, upon lying down that evening, that she had settled everything in her own mind, and that her course was perfectly clear. But now a new and troublesome suggestion came—now at the last moment. She did not find it easy to decide. But at last her resolution was taken. “He has a right to know the reason,” she thought. “It will be painful; but it is only one more pang. He must not think me ungrateful. And it is the only way to keep him from pursuing me.” There were writing materials in a drawer of the bureau. She placed them on the table and began to write. Slowly and as if restrained by deep agitation she at first wrote. But as she proceeded her pen moved rapidly, and sheet after sheet was covered with her firm, large characters. The compression of her lips showed that the task was indeed painful; but she persevered until it was finished. She gathered up the pages, placed them in order, folded them, and wrote on the outside, “For Mr. Belmont.” Then she placed the package in a conspicuous place on the bureau. The hour was past twelve. She extinguished the light, noiselessly went out into the hall, descendj Oil the stairs, and let herself out at the front door. At the gate she turned and looked back. As one who throws her past life all behind her, but turns for a farewell glance at familiar scenes and places which shall never be seen again, did she look back at the cott ige. Only the strongest, sternest resolution carried her through that moment of agony.. “It is best,” she whispered And gaining the road, she walked away. [TO BE CONTINUED. ] She Ibayed Poker. A drummer who visited Taunton tells the following story at the expense of himself and two comrades, who were stalled on a passenger train at Indian Orchard, near Springfield, in the storm recently. The three drummers had seats in the parlor ear, very naturally, and wanted to get up a game of whist, but all the males in the : car were averse to playing, owing to other attractions, and they were about to give up the project, when a welldressed lady arose and offered to take a hand if nobody else would volunteer. They gladly accepted her services, and soon the four were deep in the intricacies of the game. The lady showed herself to be a good player, with a remarkable memory, and the quartet was really enjoying itself, when, in an evil moment, one held up his hand and made the simple remark that he held a pretty good poker hand. The lady smiled across the table, and after looking at her cards innocently said she thought she had a good poker hand, too. “Do you know poker?” asked one of the drummers. “Yes,” was the quiet answer, as she scooped in the trick with the ace of trumps. “What’s the matter, then,” said another, “with throwing up whist and trying poker awhile ? It’ll be more exciting. ” , The trio looked at the lady as if to get consent, and the consent came quite readily. “I’ll break up some matches for chips,” said one. “Oh, no. you needn’t,” said the lady; I have something here which will answer tbe purpose much better.” She reached into her sachel and pulled out a box of the genuine article and threw them down before the astonished drummers. They began to think that they had caught a tartar, and to wish they hadn't done it, but they were in for it, and, besides, tho woman was quite evidently a lady, even if she did know hew to play poker. They started on the game, and the consequence was that the lady came out ahead, and one of the drummers had to borrow enough from one of his friends to carry him through to 1 rovidence. At the end of the game she smiled just as pleasantly as when she so kindly offered her services to help the poor lads out of their scrape, but she tucked her gains away in her pocketbook with a decided air of business. Then she took the seat which she had vacated, and presently one of the drummers ventured to take a seat near by her, and to converse with her after the style of these festive creatures, until she was forced to call him to order. And this was what she said : “My dear sir. we are here in a sad predicament; let us enjoy ourselves as best we can. But please don’t make any mistake about me. I have given I you cause to think badly of me because I play poker, but I did it with all the innocence in the world, and only because I was willing to aid you in passi ing away the time in as pleasant a manner as possible. lam going on to join : Nat Goodwin’s company, but it needn’t matter to you what my name is. Wouldn’t it be as well if you joined your friends in the smoker now? By the way, here are some cigarettes for which I have no use at present; you may take them with you.” The poor fellow arose, speechless, took the cigarettes, and left the car in a daze. The trio didn’t play cards any more on that trip, nor did they bother the unknown female again.— Taunton । Gazette.

EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD. The Sioux City Corn Palace Second Annual Festival. The managers take pleasure in announcing that the Sioux City Corn Palace (second annual festival) will be formally opened on the 24th of September, 1888. President Cleveland made his sole departure from his route as pre-arranged in the fall of 1887, in deference to the entreaties of Mrs. Cleveland, that they might feast their eyes on the wonders of that year’s Corn Palace, and at the same time witness the marvelous progress of Sioux City, “The only Corn Palace City of the World." President Cleveland, in an outburst of admiration, said: “This Corn Palace is the first really new thing that has been shown me.” Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, standing with Cornelius K. Vanderbilt and other gentlemen, referring to the Corn Palace, said: “I have been all over the world, ami have seen the principal natural and unnatural curiosities, but 1 have never before seen a Corn Palace.” Encouraged by the compliments of these great men, and by the popular enthusiasm and admi ation that made the Corn Palace of ’B7 such an unparalleled success, the business men of Sioux City have formed a stock company for the purpose of repeatI ing it on an immensely grander scale, intent upon making it one of the solid and enduring institutions of the country, and an attractive feature of Sioux City. In the i light of valuable experience it is their de- | termination that the Corn Palace of 1888 | shall outrival in design, construction and I beauty any building ever before erected; I that it shall be ‘he eighth won- ; der of the world; a temple to } Mondamin, surpassing any structure erect- : ed by pagan hands to any other of the ! deities. The idea is unique and absolutely ; original. No other Corn Palace was ever before built, nor was the design therefor ever conceived in the brain of man. ’Tis the one new thing under the sun. Those who invented it “builded even wiser than they knew,” for the marvelous creation exceeded in beauty, in magnitude.and in originality, all the wildest dreams of the originators. Hitherto the hand of man had erected palaces of stone, and marble, and ice, but the Sioux City Palace was like Victor Hugo’s conception of Waterloo, “A change of front of the universe,” an event that altered the course of empire and forever crowned Sioux City as “The only Corn Palace City of the World.” It is the realization of an idea that fixes Sioux City for all time as the seat of empire of King Corn, the centre of the great corn belt, with its illimitable resources, its tireless activities, with its unparalleled prosperity. The Palace will open Sept. 24th and close Oct. 6th. It»will be a national event, occurring at the loveliest time of the year in one of the most interesting cities of the country. Excursion rates will be made from all parts of the United States, Canada and the South American republics, giving to the people of this continent an opportunity to view the Corn Palace, and to see for themselves the future great city of the northwest. withits wonderful achievements and boundless possibilities. Slips of the Tongue. The list of words, phrases, and expressions to be avoided by young ladies of Wellesley College includes the following : “I guess so,” for I supj>ose so, or 1 think so. “Fix things,” for arrange things, or prepare things The use of ride” and “drive” interchangeably. “Real good” or “real nice” fur very good or really nice. “1 have studied some,” for studied something, or “1 have not studied any." for not studied at all. “Not as I know,” for not that 1 know. "Try an experiment.” for make an ex periment. “11..4 rather,” for would rather, and j “had better,” for would better. “Right away,” for immediately or now. “Well posted,” for well informed. “Try ami do.” for try to do, ami “try ami go,” for try to go. “It looks goods enough,” for it looks well enough, or “does it look good enough,” for does it look well enough. "Somebody rise's." for s< melsrdy s else. Wasted Sunbeams. Under the title “Wasted Sunbeams" Dr. Gouverneur M. Smith attempts to revive in an article contributed to tin 1 Medical liecord Dr. Reilly's “fad” of I converting the upp» r story of the city residence into a solarium, or sun-bath room. Dr. Smith is a little more radii cal than Dr. Reilly was some twenty years since, ami would not only provide solaria under the roof, but would convert the thousands of acres of housetops —especially of tenement houses into । airy retreats for recreation ami the eni joyment of fresh air and sunshine. In ’ constructing their homes the early Orientals thus utilized their housetops and made them into salubrious plateaus. The roofs, gently declining as watersheds, were covered either with tiles, bricks, or cement, making them as durable as pavements. Beddings of turf, I prettily distributed, made these artificial deserts to “blossom as the rose.” Dr. Smith asks the question: “Is there ; anything, either in our climate, or state j of civilization, which prevents us from, I in a measure, imitating such ancient, I useful, and fashionable airiness?” Nothing Half-Way About John. John Half, of Westbrook, Ga., is evidently a humorist, although he has not yet become known to the world as i such. His first baby was christened ; First Half; ami the next, Second Half; the third, Other Half: and the fourth, Best Half. He has a big sign over his j cabin door which reads: “The Whole : family of John Half lives within. A half family is better than none, but if ■ you want to see six halves in one hole, : come inside and see what is left of us. God bless our home. Jack and Jill each took a pill. Old-fashioned kind—full grown ; Jack’s went down—but with a frown— Jill died from “cause unknown.” Smiles will supersede many frowns, and j many discomforts will be unknown, when Dr, 1 Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets entirely | supersede, as they bid fair to do, the large i and less eflic cut pill of our forefathers. I Every day they gam new laurels! Most popular when mo it ills abound. Laundry-women are forgiving beings. ' The more cult's you give them the more they will do for you. BEDBUGS. Begin now to fight them with Rough on Rats, i Mix with grease and smear about their haunts. To clear out roaches, water bugs, etc., sprinkle : Rough on Rats, dry powder, down the waste ' pipe leading from sinks. 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Wife (to second busband, who is rummaging in a closet)—Don’t disturb that bundle of letters, John. I would not have anything happen to Wiem for the world. Husband (fondly)—Oh,dear, then you didn’t burn those foolish love letters of mine after all, as you said you did. Wife—Yes, John, I burnt yours; but these letters are from my first husband. —Epoch. Quite a Family. “I look out for No. 1, always,” said Richelieu Rusher pompously. - 1 “I did, too, until I was married,” Be- j pl ied McPelter. “And now you look out for No. 2?” * facetiously. . - i “For No. 2? You mean for au even half dozen!”— Detroit Free Press. , Symptoms of Catarrh. 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PAINT YOUR BUGGY for ONE DOLLAD V g Faint Friday. run it to Church Sunday The original and only reliable is COIT* CO'S ONE-COAT Brnnv a ■■ ■■ • * M K white and ro wear at least one year Eight Fashionable Shades. No Varnish necessary. Brie.b.7d w-.F Warranted not to crack, blister, peek or turn fl I B Shops. Will deliver, fee of expense, enough to paint your Buggy upon receipt of One D ol u r •••’>"'■ Ind.spei'sab'e to Farmers. I.irerv Men an/Repair- II I -a-A-' «*r O’.. Mfrs., CHICAG^fIIUnoiS

Our Next President. I SICK OR WELL,, HIBBARD’S A You should know what you /V RHEUMATIC SYRIID are taking. Wo submit our I serrl"^ FORMULA for your kind con- HLfIST tRS. i sideration. It is not a peculiar No romedion known so highly 5 remedy put un to sell for a cent ^v its homo people in « ado... iMtaMdgF to produce a modicino equal to Medical Bainphlet, treating on it in merit as a family remedy. c:iii Rheumatism imd all Bi<xxi and The combination makes it tho ,ro ° on Blood Medicine RliMahc Svrnp Company j B IN THE WORLD. JACKSON, MICH.

CASCARA SAGRADA. As a laxative it will restore AULVER’S ROOT is powerfully cholagogue. work. 1 the bowels to their normal condition without U mg with great energy on the liver. It 1, pain or griping, and has remarkable virtue in also an excellent tonic, laxative and alterative tho treatment of habitual constipat on, indigos- acting upon the secretive and absorbent gland^ ^l^ tinn HTifi mh a ton : c for tho stomach it has no of the boay. | rival Ts uLd in this syrup. MANDRAKE is powerful in its action, working BLACK COHOSH, as lised in this syrup, is a M with great energy upon the liver and smaj| •B powerful and useful remedy, acting prima- intestines, and is invariably used for habitual rilv mi th« nervous HVbtcm kidneys aud uterine j constipation. organs tho uer ' ous y nUROOCK has no equal for the cure of R heu . UNICORN ROOT Tn all diseases of women it O matis.n. Syphilis, Kidney, Liver and all Skyj stands first and foremost as a tonic and reg- | Diseases, us used herein. ; ulator Its value cannot bo overestimated as UOKE ROOT is cathartic r ’ anti-scrofulous; used heroin. ■ highly esteemed for it .rtues in curine TAMARACK is tonic, diuretic, alterative and Gout, Rheumatism, Syphilis, Scrofula, Cancer ' laxative ' anti 1,11 Sklu I )18 °aBeB. ’ IN ADDITION to tho ABOVE, which are everywhere recognized by the MEDICAL FACULTY us being the best^nowu Blood Tonics, our medicine contains RARE DRUGS, rendering Hibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup UNRIVALED in merit. It is a SAFE FAMILY MEDI . because it contains no poison or opiates. 1 Children invalids and delicate persons will find it tho best medicine aud tonic they can use. No homo should be without it. Always in season, Spruuj Sionmt r, Autumn uwl Jluifer pgl ' If jou cannot procure it of your druggist, send direct to us. 1 rice 81, 6 bottles Su. Plasters, 25c, • TESTIMONIALS WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE. | K

’ M/daught"T Maud has used Hibbard’s Rheumatic 4 Syrup and I’la'ters, which you so stroucly recommended her to try for inflammatory rheumatism. Iler limbs were badly swollen and the poor girl was in terrible agony. In the midstot the pain we wound the Plasters about her limbs, and as a result the swelling was reduced, and she became quiet and res.I id. The syrup corrected her indigestion, cleansed the rheumatie p ison from her blood, and she is now able to be around the house. Hibbard’s Rheumatic byrup and Plasters are remedies of great merit. Rev. J. Kobebts. Pastor First M. K. Church, Fremont, Mich.

DR. OWENS BODY BATTERY! A NEW DEPARTURE IN THE CURE OF DISEASE. I|l*U awn U/nMAN A NATURE’S PROMPT REMEDY FORfmflF VVUIHAHi ... , , ii , This Body II ittery and our appliances wm j il i /\. VJ l I /ii . cure, among man v otbera. the following diseaMaj Va d a U>\xVl\ 1/ ■■ a Jn / / »y. «ll Kidney Uiseuses. l.umbugo, UeK V \‘^ Vi, I, L A.Vy, ernl mid Siei-voue Debility, j W I I —ll kWcwXAV / V '^4 Atleelloii* of lhe M Ind and Body ill old an J fl -rd - ’* -Z-ssSEJH ,Lt young. Neuiusthenla. and l.ost Vllulltv I 11 ife>- ‘ I- As a l.ndy’« Keniedy It i« uneimulled fj-. x/ Irregular Monthly Menses, and 1: ' Av/ 1 Z / \ \ lomplalnts. X'K i '• V\ V.//V / 1 h a \ ■ 1-''^ T his Electro-Galvanic Body Belt was rau ' Y /AV* Z 'A / cti ts c‘ —ented Aug. 10. IHS7, and la superior to all ' I VL 14-\W C J 7 ^7 J others. The i rrent is under the perfect eon. - 1 Yvhp 1 ! nCGAG , se- , ttol of th.- wearer, and can be KEVEKHFn R “vA ? -T DE I At II Ell. made Mll.U or NTRoAg »• L'. y at will to sun any complaint. The Suspensory foe ' ;-r ‘ weuKne-s it men is connected directly to A > i ***<<' Battery, the disks arc so adjusted that by the / .. means ot our appliances the Electricity can b^ / pt. 'r >. 'l -1 N.V ’ carried to any part of the body orwherever the I'7 -7* I gaXCyAv* A fl K V disease is located. This is the latest and H 7 * UrV' greatest improvement ever made in applying Electricity 1 W 9 ' r——— ‘/VI to the Body f< r the cure of disease. By removing the Sua. sj*® 1 pensorv whole family can tue same belt for all diseases. PRICE —^-7 ’ It differs from ail others, it is a Battery Beit coiitammg 10 ^-r gt .1—- ^--Galvanic cells, with 10 degrees of strength, except our Ao. 4 Full- ‘, r A A vV H* '’l—fower Guarantee Belt, which contains Two Batteries vkß® Illi "An -c- V; and Twenty Galvanic tells, with 20 degreea of strength, husa uwi WVIW , » t.osltlvv inidnvgutlve current, and current can be reversed. Th* ~ » I XNX <»w en Belt Is not a chain, wire. Voltaic, or Pud belt of any deicrip- | mi l And unuunrdc X/GJvA' tion. but a Portable Battery. It will cure all complaints cuva- ■ fTG auu upwniua s G v \ ' l»le bv electricilv or a galvanic battery. The Electric current can be 1 ' tested by any one before it is applied to the body, and te worn only j u«« n n four t.> six hours day or night, and guaranteed to give a current for one year. It is light, simple, ami superior to all others ever offered for sale. youiu rt rfiTnninilt our Large Illustrated Pamphlet, giving testimonials and complete Information as cq, tLtu I nU4UnC the mechanism and simple application for cure of disease, sent frefe. j Open Daily from H A. M. to H I*. M. Sundays from fl A. M. to 1 P. M. j THE OWEN ELECTRIC BELT AND APPLIANCE CO., 193 State St., Chicago, Ilk l! *’ 1 j ^eny A ^^sjssjojs. '<s^4<t^s{«>^^s4«^ The man who has mv. sted from three A* " e nfler th nan who wants servic* fl bl tin to live dollars in a Rubber Coat, and (not style) a garment that will ke<}p at h s first Imlf hour's experience in •*■ MB MDM him 4ry in the hardest storm. It la a sb'i'ni finds to lus sorrow that it Is | called TOWER'S FISH BRaNIK 1 hanlly a betler protection than a mos- WW “ SLICKER, ” a name familiar to every iiuito netting, irnt only feels chagrined w • ow-b >y all over the land. With them topOSt' Hl Ix nig SO bad’v taken in, but also ■ B Bk j iho only perfect Wind and Waterproof A feels .f be does not look exactly like ■■fl Hbd i>j| Coat is “ Tower's Fish Brand Slicker." Ask tor the “ Hsli BRAM)'' si n khi I I I W and take no other. If your storekeeper ■ d 'cs not have the fi^h brand, nvnd for descriptive catalogue. A. J.T<»w er. 20 Simmons St., Boston, Mass* ■ jwil

STEKETEE’S Dry Bitters! Make your own Bitters Why pay a Dollar for a bottle of Stomach Bitters, containing more j»oor whiskey than medicine, : when the undersigned will send you by mail one 4 oz. package of ROOTS. HERBS and BERRIES, which will make ONE •IA LLON of the best TONIC ! ; anyone ever used. Tho use of this Tonic has 1 I cured INDIGESTION. DYSI'EPSIA, FEVER and AGUE; as un appetizer none better; acts on the Kidneys aud general debility, and gives Tone to I the Stomach; in fact I challenge all other Tonica. 1 It is far the cheapest .’onic known. One package will equal one dozen bottles of ordinary Bitters sold at One Dollar per bottle. Full directitions on every package. Ask your Druggist for “STEKETEE’S DRY BITTERS." If your druggist doesnot keep them on sale, then send to the undersigned. I will send one package to any address within the U. S. on receipt of 25c. U.S. postage stamps taken in payment. Two packages 50c., and a trial bottle of STEKETEE’S NEURALGIA DROPS included. Address, GEO. G. STEKETEE, Grand Rapids, Mich. Use STEKETEE’S DN WORM DESTROYER, surecure. Price 25 cents. RMb Li.e athouiH anil m<k« ra»re xi»ey workisgforusthan • ■■■l al anything elaa in tba warid Either aax Coady outfit * IEHS. Terawraas. AUdraaa, Tnva 4 Co., Anguau, Maine. HAMP QTIinV Bookkeeping. Business Forms, UiTIL O I UM I ePenmanship,Arithmetic.Short- ] hand, etc., thoroughly taught by mail. Circulars tree. Bryant’s Business College, Buffalo, N.Y. QI ►-If ' liai-ni.les*. positive and permanent RecuperULLIx t 'eof Failing Manhood, and Strong Nerve and Blood Food. |I per bottle. Sold by d-ug ■MB fists. GLEK CO., 33 N. State St., Chicago, lil. 1 fee to SB a day. Samples worth $1.50, FREE, l ines nut under the horse's feet. Writs Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co., Holly, Mich GON nils PArKR wans wurm* to totmtusm. LEARN SHORTHAND AND TYPE-WRIJING At < ■ILL S Scliool ot E -lectioShorthand, 72(> Chicago ' | Opera House. Send for Circulars and Testimonials. i nE E.? 1 .. ” T , ;li . lor System ofDress ■ ■ ■ Utting. MOODY £ co., Cincinnati, o 3 MENTION THIS PAPER whbn w*m N « tu adybbtimm ’ ( K^EMHUHHHHHBNBUHHBI Su rt re! ief in tttv 1 KIDDER'S PASTILLEB.KST,S^ MENTION 1 HIS PAFEK wk*n « Mm>u to a i>v mnmna AGENTS WANTED^g^^i^ . A.VA.OMtNS. lor making Rugs, —J S 1 idles, caps. Mittens, etc. Mal>y mail for sl. Send ■ tor late reduced prjtxj-liMt. * K boss acu . i'. Ohio, siqo. to s3po us. Agents preferred who ean furnish their own horses and give their whole time to the business Spare moments may be profitably employed also! A tew vacancies in towns and cities. It. F JOHNSON & CO.. 1013 Maiu St.. Kichmond, Vu. I B>o great $ r faith we ca> cure you, dear | Ps/V W ghuflerer, we will mail enough to convince, fl. *1 a. &. Luudmuacb a Co., Nawuk, ™ J, ^STHMASUREpI M < er m tin Asthinit Cu re never faiU to gi ve tw- ■ ■ mediafe reliffm theworst cases-insurescomfort-fl ■ able sleep; effects cures where ail others fail A H ronvincen the most skeptical. Price s<>c. andfl ® $ 1.00.0 l Drugefists or bv mail. Sample Fit EE fl flforstanip. Db. It. SCHIFFMAN, St Paul, Minn.fl ORGANS. ““ nora at all Creat World’s Exhibitions since m Renud^^at'alo'gue. , 4to PIANOS, Mason 4 Hamlin do not hesitate to make the extraordinT r hi, C th»v , I> , ianos are superior to all others. ! I Ins they attribute solely to the remarkable improvement vW'PS ln uow known as the ” MASON 11ANO STRINGER.” Full particulars by ST J i BOS NFwIvn 1 vnu e J nO J2 t » t - AGO, 149 Wabash Ave. NEW YORK, 46 East Ulh St. (Union Square). «T prescribe and fullyen. r>rse Big G as the only reciftc for the certain cure f this disease. . H. INGRAHAM, M. D., Amsterdam, N. Y. We have sold Big G tor lany years, and it has given the best of satisfaction. D. R. DYCHEACO., Chicago, IH. I.oo* Sold by Druggists,

Albion, Mich.. Dec. 20, 1837.—While employed u agent ot the Michigan Ci-ntrai Railroad Company at . Augusta. Mu ll , about seven years ago, niv kidneya i b. ame iisem,. d.and I have been a great suffererevar I since. Have consulted the leading physicians of thia ! ' aaW® 1 • citv and Ann Arbor, arid ail pronounced my cas Q aL* H sight's disease. .Sufferin'.' under a very severe attaah a* fl in October last, liegan taking ILbbard’s Rlteumatio | 'Fr 1 Svrup. and am to-day a well man. It, affordu Ina I ®ir ■ i pleasure to render suffering humanity any good that 1 I . an. and in sneaking of the remedy allow me to say that I think it tho greatest medicine in tho world, I . FL I.ARZILEKK, Agent M.C.R. R. 1

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