The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 10, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 January 1896 — Page 3

X * A-l ..K- -“ CHAPTi'Jt XU— coxrrxvra. , “One night Maj. Sholto lost even more heavily than usual. I was sitting-in my hut when he and Capt. Morstan camo stumbling along on the Way to their quartern.' They were bosom .friends, those two, and never far apart. - The major was raving about his losses. ‘“lt's all up; Morstan,’ hje was saying, ns they passed my hut ‘I shall have t > send in my papery I am a ruined man.’ . “ ‘Nonsense, old chap!" said the othgr, slapping him upon the shoulder..' •I've had a nasty facj’r myself, but— That wir all 1 could hear, but it was enough to set me thinking. “A couple Os, days later Maj. Sholto was strolling on the beach; so I took — the chance of speaking to hitn. " ‘I wish to have your advice, major,’, ■aid L “'Well. Small, what is It”’ he said, taking his cherpoi from his lips, t ‘• ‘I wanted to ask you. sir,’ said I. ‘who is the proper person to whom hidden treasure should be hagded over. I know where half a million worth lies, „ and. as I cannot use it myself, 1 thought perhaps the best thing that I could do ' would l<e tp hand it over to the proper authorities, and then perhaps they would get my sentence shortened for me.’ " ‘Half a million. Small?’ he gasped. < ’locking hard at me to see if 1 waa in earnest. •_ - ‘ ‘Quite that,' sir—in jewels and pearls. It lies there ready for anyone. And the queer thing about it is that the real miner is outlawed and cannot bold property, so that it belongs to the first comer.’ • “ ‘“To government. Small.’ lie stammered—‘to* government.' But he said it in a halting fashion, and I knew in my heart that I bad got him. .“‘You think then, sir. that I should give the information to. the governor •* general?' said 1. quietly. ‘Well,’well, you must not do anything rash, or that you might repent. lA‘t me hear all about it. Small. Give me the facts.' ‘.‘l t-ddliim the xvhnle story.with small changes so that lie. could not identify the places. When I had finished he stood stock still and full of thought. I ■ r. -, I. ' ...-tfe • “I WISH TO Yul ll APVICK, MAJOR." eouhl see by the twitch of his lip that there was a struggle going on within him. “ ‘This is. a very important matter. Small,'he satd, at last. ‘You must not ’ say a w6rd to anyone about it, and I shall see you again soon.’ “Two nights later he- and his friend Capt Morstan came to my hut in the dead of the night with a lantern. ’■ ‘I want you just to let Capt 1 Mor-' Stan hear-dhat story from your own ' - lipa. Small.’ said B®. . ,“1 ycpcated it as I had told it before. " it rings true, eh?‘ said ha. - ‘lt's good enough to act Upon?’ ■ “Capt. Morstan nodded! -,“‘!.<*>k here, Small.' said the major. ‘We have been talking it over, my friend here and I. and we have come to the conclusion that this secret of yours is hardly a government matter, after all. but is a private concern of your owu, which of course you have the power of disposing of as you think best Now. the question is, what price would you ask. for it? IV <• might be inclined to take it up, and at least look into it. if we could agree is so terms ‘ lie tried to sjs-.ik in a pool, car. way, but his eyes were shining with excitement and greet!, ‘‘ •Why. as to that, gentlemen,’ I answered, trying also to be cool, but feeling as excited as he did. 'there is only one bargain which a man in my position can make. 1 shall want .you to help me to tny freedotit, and to help my three companions to theirs. We shall then take you into partnership, and give you a fifth share to divide between you.’ f* ‘Hum’’ said he. ’A fifth share! That is not very tempting.’ “‘lt would oome to fifty thousand apiece,'said I. ‘“But how can wc gain your freedom? You know very well that you ask an impossibility.' ‘“Nothing of the sort,’ I answered. ‘I have thought it all out to the last de-* tail. The only bar to our escape la that we caa get no boat fit for the voyage. and no provisions to last us for so long a time- There are plenty of little yachts and yawls at Calcutta or Madras which would serve our turn well- Do you bring one over. VVc shall engage to get aboard her by night, and if you will drop us on any part of the Indian coast you will have done your part of the bargain.' •“If there were only one,’ he said. ‘“None or all,’ I answered. ’We b hare sworn it The four of us must always act together.’ ‘“You see, Morstan,’ said he, ‘Small is a man of his word, lie does not flinch from his friends. I think we may very well trust him.' “ ‘lt’s a dirty business,* the other answered ‘Yet. as you say, the money would save our commissions handsomely.’ •‘‘Well. Small.' said the major, ‘we must, I suppose, try and meet you. We must first, of course, test the truth of ■* your story- Tell me where the box is bid, and I shall get leave of absence and go back to India in the monthly relief-boat to inquire into the affair.’ “‘Not so fast,’ said I, growing colder as be got hot. ‘I must have the consent of my three comrades. 1 tell yon that it is four or none with us.’ “ ‘JCocsefisc!’ be broke la. ‘What haw three black follow* to do with ow agreement* “ ‘Bieck or blue,’ said I. They arp It Whh aa, and wt fill so together'

“Well, ths matter ended by a second meeting, at which Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan and Dost Akbar were all present. We talked the matter over again, and at last we came to an arrangement. We were to provide both the officers with charts of the part of the Agra fort and mark the place in the wall where the treasure was hide Maj. Sholto wns to go to India to test our story. If he found the box he was ; to leave It there, to send out a small yacht provisioned for a voyage, which was to lie off Rutland Island, and to which we were to make our way, and finally to return to his duties. Capt. Morstan was then to apply for leave of absence, to meet ns at Agra, and there we were to have a final division of the treasure, he taking the major’s share as well to his own. All this we by the most solemn oaths that the j mind could think of the lips utter. I ! sat up all' night With paper and ink, . and by morning I had ,the two charts all ready,, signed with the sign of four —that is. of Abdullah, Akbar, Mahomet i and myself. J “Well, gentlemen, I weary you with my long story,' and I know that my friend Mr. Jones is impatient to get | me safely stowed in chokey. I’ll make,; «it as short as I can. The . villian. ' Sholto.; went off to India, but he never ; came Mck again. Capt. Morstan showed me his name among a list of passengers in one of the mail boats j very shortly afterwards. Ills uncle | had died', leaving him a fortune, and he had left the army, yet he could stoop to treat five men as he had treated, us. Morstan went over to Agra shortly afterwards, and found, as un expected, that the treasure was indeed gone. The scoundrel had stolen it ail. without carry ifig out one of the conditions on j which we had sold him the secret, i From that day I lived only for vengeance. 1 thought of it by day and 1 nursed it by night. It became an overpowering, absorbing passion with me. I cared nothing for the law —nothing | for the gallosvs. To escape, to track down Sholto. to have mv hand upon his throat-jthat was my one thought. Even the Agra treasure hod come to be it smaller thing in my mind than the •laying of Sholto. a K “Wellt I'harO set my mind on many things in this life, and never one which I did not carry out. But it was weary yenra before my "time came. 1 have told you that I had picked up somethieg df medicine. One day when Dr. • Somerton was down with a fever a little Andaman Islander was picked up jby a oonviet gang in the wood*, lie j I wa* sick to death, and bad gone to a ! lonely place to die. I took him in hand, though he was # *s venomous as a : snake, and after a couple of months I I get him all right and able to walk. lie [ took a kind of faficy to me then, and would hardly go l>ack to hia woods, but was always hanging about my hut. I learned a little of his lingo him, and this made him all the fonder of toe. “Tonga for that was his name—was j a flue boatman, and Owned a big, roomy ; cbtoc of his own. When I found that ho Was devoted to me and would do anything to serve me, I saw my chance Os escape. I talked it over with him. He wan to bring his boat on a certain ' j night to an old wharf which was never J.guarded, and there he was to pick me up. 1-gave him directions to have severr.’ gourds of water and a lot of yams, •mrtanuts and sweet potatoes.,, “He was staunch and true, was little Tonga. No man ever had a more faithi fill mate. At the night named he had ; bis boat at the wharf. As it chanced, h<>v ever, there was oneqf the convict gtinrd down there—a vile I’nthan who had never missed a chance of in- | suiting and injuring me. I had always vowed vengeance, and now I had my chanbc. 1 was as if i ■fate had placed h’.m in my way that 1 | migl t pay my debt before 1 left the ! islar. 1. lie stood on the bank with, his i . buck to me and his carbine on his •boulder. I, looked about for a stone to beat out his brains with, but none could I see. Then a queer thought came into my head and showed me where I could lay tny hand on a weapon. I sat down in thie darkness and unstrapped toy wooilcn leg. With three long Kops I was him. He put his carbi te to his sKeuldcr, but 1 struck him fall and knocked the whole front, of hi? skull in. You, can see the split .in the wood now where I hit him. We ’ both went down together, for I could not IVep my Im lance, but when I got up I 'oundhim still lying quiet enough, i I maffe for the boat and in au hour we were well, but, at sea. Tonga bad ' ' ' Jj*!- ■ 1 i rrat ix him full. > brought all his earthly precessions I with him. his arms and his gods. > Among other things, he had a long II bamboo spear and some Andaman cocoanut matting, with which I made a sort of a rail. For ten days we were beating about, trusting to luck, and on the eleventh we were picked up by a trader which was going from Singapore to Jiddah with a crowd of Malay pilgrims. They were a rum crowd, and ■ Tonga and I soon managed to settle down among them. They had one I good quality—they let you alone and ; asked no questions. • “Well, if'! were to tell you all the adventures that my little chum and I • went through, you would not thank me. for I would have you here until the sun was shining. Here and there we drifted about the world, something > always turning up tb keep us from Ix>nt t don.’ All the tirqp, however. 1 never t , lost sight of my purpose. I would i . dream of Sholto at night. A hundred ■ times I hare killed him in my sleep. • | At last, however, some three or four years ago, we found ourselves in Eng- ■ j land. I had no great difficulty in find- • ing where Sholto lived, and I set to I j work to discover whether he had rcali iaed the treasure, or if he still had it. , I made friends with some one who could ■ help fito-I Qfim# M far I doo’t w»at to get anyone else in • hole-nnd i ! toon found that he itill bml the jew •la Then I tried so get •» hi® In

way*; but he was pretty sly, and had always two prise-fighters, beside* hit sons and his khitmntgar, oh guard over him. “One day, however, I got word that he was dying. I hurried at onre io ihS garden, mad that he should slip out of toy clutches like that, and, looking through the vVindow, I'saw/him lying in his bed, with his sons on each side of him. I’d have come through and taken my chance with the three of them, only even as I looked at him hia jaw dropped, and 1 knew that he was gone. I got into his room that same night, though, and I searched his papers to see if there was any record of where he, had hidden our jewels. There was not a line, however, so I came away, bitter and savage as a man could be. Before I left I bethought me that if I ever met my Sikh friend* ■ again it would be a satisfaction to know I that I had left some mark of our hatted; so I scrawled down the sign of the four of us, as it had been on the chart, : and I pinned it on his bosom. It was 1 too much that h* should be taken to the grave without some token from the. j men whom he had robbed and befooled. “We.earned a living at this time by > my exhibiting poor Tonga at fairs and • other places as the black cannibal. He would eat raw meat *nd dance his war dance; so we always had a hatful of pennies after a day’s work. I still I heard all the news from Pondicherry f Lodge, and for some years there was no news to hear, except that they were hunting for the treasure. At last, however, capie what we had waited'for so ; long. The treasure had been found. It was up at the top of the house, in Mr. Bartholomew Sholto’s chemical laboratory. 1 came at once and had a i look at the place, but I could not see how with my wooden leg I Was'to make my way up to it. I learned, however, about a trapnloor in the roof, and also about Mr. Sholtq’s supper hour.' It seemed to roe that I could manage the thing easily through Tonga. I brought him out with me with a long rope wound round his waisL». He could climb liken cat, and he soon made his way through the roof, bnt.'as ill lock would have it, „ Bartholomew Sholto was still in the root?., to his cost Tonga thought ho had done something very clever in killing him, for when I came up by the rope I found him strutting about as proud as a peacock. Very much surprised was h 6 when I made at him with the rope’s end and cursed him for a little bloodthirsty imp. I took the treas-ure-box and let it down, and then slid down mvself, having first left the sign I of the four upon the ■ table, to show : that the jewels had come back at last • to those who had most right to them. Tonga then pulled up the rope, closed the window, and made off the way that he had come. “I don't know that I have anything else to tell you. I had heard a water; man speak of the speed of Smith's launch, the Aurora, so I thought she would be a handy craft for our escape. I engaged with old Smith, and was to give him a big sum if he got us safe to ! our ship. He knew, no doubt, that j there was some scre w loose, but he was not in our secrets. All this is the truth, and if I tell it to you. gentlemen, it is not to amuse you—for you have not done me a very good turn—but it is I because I believe the best defense ! '■can make ii just to hold back nothing, but let all the world know how badly I have myself been served by Maj. Sholto, and how innocent I am of the death of his son.” # . “A very remarkable account. ’’ said Sherlock Holmes. “A fitting wind-up 'to an extremely interesting case. There is nothing at all new to me in the latter part of your narrative, ex- : cept that you brought your own rope. That 1 did not know. By the way.T had hoped that Tonga had lost aH his j darts; yet he managed to shoot ope at I us in the boat.” j "He had lost them all. sir, except the one which was in his blow pipe at the j time.” “Ah,' of course," said Holmes. “I hail not thought of that” "Is there any other point which you would like to ask about?” asked the convict, affably. L "I think not, thank you,” my comI panion answered. “Well. Holmes.” said Athelncy Jones, “you are a man to be humored, and we all know that you are a connoisseur of crime, but duty i.sdnty, and I have gone rather far in doing what you and your friend asked me. I shall feel more at ease when we have our story-teller here under lock and key i The cab still waits, and there are two j inspectors downstairs. 1 am much obliged to you both for your assistance, iOf course, vou will be wanted at the trial. Good-night to you." “Good-night, gentlemen, both,” said Jonathan Small. "You first. Small." remarked the wary Jones as they left the room. ‘'lll take particular care that you don’t club me with you wooden leg, yon may have done to the gentleman at the Andaman Isles.” "Well, and there is the end of our drama." 1 remarked, after wc had sat some time smoking in silence. “I fear It shall be the last investigation in L which J shall have the chanceof studying your methods. Miss Morstan has , done me the honor t.> accept me as a husliand in prospective.” lie gave a most dismal groan. “I feared os much." said he. “I really cannot congratulate yon.’’ Iwasa little hurt. “Have you any reason to- be dissatisfied with my choice?" I asked. “Not at all. I think she is one of the most charming young ladies I ever met, and might have bei'n most useful in’ •uch work as we have been doing. She had a decided genius that way; witness the wav in which she preserved j that Agra pfan from all the other papers of her father. But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which 1 place above all things. I should never marry myself, lost 1 bias | my judgment." trust,” said I, laughing, “that my. judgment may survive the ordeal. But you look weary." | “Yea, the reaction is already upon me. I shall be as limp as a rag fnr a week.” “Strange." said I, “how terms of what in another man I should call laziness alternate with fits of splendid energy ami vigor." “Yea,” he answered, “there are in I me the makings of a very fine loafer j and also of a pretty spry sort of fellow. I often think of those lines of old i Goethe: "Scbade dan die Xatur nur else* Mensch ass dirschtif. Denn zum wurdlrea Maaa war und nx> Sebelmen dcr Stofl.” I By the way. apropos of thia Norwood business, you see that they had, as 1 surmised, a confederate in'-the house, who could be none other thhn Lal Rao, the butler; so Jones actually has ths undivided honor of having caught one fish in his great haul.” “The division seems rather unfair,” I remarked. “You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remain* for you?“ ’ 1 “For me/ eaid Sherlock Holmes, "there nil! rem»ln*th««**ic*-bottl*.* Aad h* stretched U*u»f white tad iwforlt mm

CLEVELAND TO CAFFEPY. President Shows the Attitude of the Adihihisirwtlom Washington. Jan. 11.—Senator Cafof Louisiana, has mndc public a letter of the president to him which. Lad opportunity presented since .Monday. he would have incorporated in remarks which he intended to make in the senate on the bond bill, h reads: •‘Exwmtt'-e Mansion. Washington, Jan. S. IS*V—My Dear Senator : I have rea - * today. in the Consresslona. Recoid. th: de- | bate In the senate on F.iday, conce-nlng the rtnanc’rl situation ard bond issn-.s. 1 •in irnased at the intob ran-.e that leads even excited to adopt as a basis ot attack the unfounded accusa'iona and assertions o: a maliciously m-nda-•.lous and sensational newspaper "N > banker or finan-ier, nor any other humin being, lias been- invitee to tlslt Washington for the purpose of arranging. In anv way or manner, for the dispoj’tion of txinds to mcit the present’or future needs of the gold reserve ”Nj .nrrangement of imy kind has been made icr tne disposition of such l*onds to any syndicate dr through the agency of any syndicate. "No assurance of such a disposal of bonds has been directly or Indirectly given to an? person In point ot fact, a de< Med leunl >g towards a |K>pular loan and advertising for bids has been plainly exhibited on ms part of the administration at all time) wticn the subject was under discussion ‘Those charged witu the tespons.bility of maintaining our gold reserve, so far as legiila.iop rendeis It possible, have xnxiousiy conferred with each oth.ei, and as occasion permitted will, those having knowledge of financial affairs and present inopein.ry conditions, as to the lies' and most .aveirable means ot scll'ng bonis for gold. The unusual importance of a successful result, if me attempt U again made,' ought to be apparent to every American, citixen who bestows on the subject a mo- J men" »■ patriotic thought. The secretary of the treasury, from the that moment that tr.e necessity of another sale of bpnda seemed to be approaching, desired to offer them il. issued to the people by public adverturmenl. if they could thus be successfully '“posed of. After fall consideration he ctme to the conclusion to which 1 fully agree, that the amount or gold tn the reserve, “ing now LV.UWMW 1 there than it was In Fe'uiiary last, when a s-tleol bond.- was made Io a syndicate, and other cond l lions ditferug from those the-, existing. Justify us in offering the bonds now about to oe issued lor sale by popular subscription. This - the entire matter, and all these parllculsrs coulu have been easily obtained by at.y member ot the senate by simple Inquiry. .- ’ "If Mr. Morgan, or anyone else, reasoning from his own standpoint, brought himself to the belief that the government wouid, at length, be constrained to again sell bonds to a syndicate, 1 suppose ha •vould- have a perfect rght, if he chose, to tak- such steps as seemed to him prudent. io put hitnseil in condition to negotiate "1 expect an issue of bonds will be advertised for sale to-morrow, and that bid* will be invited, not only for tnose now allow’d by law, but for such othei an j different bonds as congren may authorise curing the pendency of the advertisement. "Not having had an opportunity to confer with you in person since the present session of congrosa began, and nat.cin* your _>articlpation in tile debate of last Friday, 1 have thought it not amiss to put you m possession of the taels and Ulormalloa herein contained. “Tours very jruly, "Cbover ..'ucvkuand. "Hon Donaldsoq vaffeiy." Uasliingtou, Jan. lu.—Secretary Carlisle expresses the .opinion that the new Lund issue will be a success. He did pot intimate whence the gold would •Vine, but he sjxike with a full knowledge' of the number. <9 inquiries for blank forms for bids and the informal effers already made. The mails brought in quite a number of inquiries fote blank forms on which to make bids and, in tome cases, persons desirous of subscribing stated the amount thej wanted and the price they would offer. These figures, of course, are withheld from publication. The bids are regarded as informal nnd where possible, those making them will be communicated with and blank forms will l»e sent so that they may comply with all the requirements ami make their bid in regular shape. A circular letter of instruction to prospective bidders was issued Thursday. It says: Tm subscriber should state p‘aln'y the amount of bonds desired the price which he proposes to pay and the plate where the ixinds -hould be delivered, w hich may be th-- tubscriber's home or any other more eonv*nlent place He shiuld, at the same time, state whether he desires to dci-oslt the<u-’tount of his subscription at thetreasury department in the cltv of Washington ur at one of the following sublteastales, vl*.; New York. Boaten, Phllade phia. lialla.iore, Cincinnati, Chicago. St. Iziuis. New M-ie’ans or San Francis, o Deooelts at said places must be with exchange on New York. Tne bonds will be issued tn the lollowing denomination'' via. Cmi>on bond tot. fifln. kwsml UM teglc-nd bonds, JSO. MOi. ll.0«i. IMMWand flO.uw." BUSINESS BACKWARD. Trade In a State of Hesitation Bather Than of Hopefulness. New York, Jan. 11. —R. G. Dun A d’o., in their weekly review of trade, say: ’ 'The new year begins with such uncertainty that busihesa is somewhat retarded. The proposed sale ot bonds offers ground for confidence in the future, but no one is able to determine what its earttest effects may be In the money market, and for the time it is a case of hesitation rather than hopefulness. Speculation tn products has not been active. Cotton is cot unchanged, although the receipts for the w.ek have not been very large, but some slackening appears In the foreign demand. Wheat is about one cent higher, and corn the same, without distinct reason tn either ’ case. The Industrial situation has not material-,, ly changed. There i« much hesitation in the iron business.' with some advance In Hessemer pig because of the expectation that Connellsville coke amt lake ore will both be dearer, and yet finlsh-d product* of iron and steel are on the whole quoted a little lower. Kv-rjthing turns on the contracts for ore which are still unsettled, but the great excess in production of p'g iron over the present demand is no longer denied, and it is expected that quite a num- , ber of the furnaces wilt presently discontinue production. “In boots and shoes the average of prices is a shade lower. Leather is a little • lower, but hides are.on the-whole about five per cent, stronger at Chicago, with scanty offerings. The demand for boots and shoes falls far behind expectations, and many ■hops have been Hosed fora time. •The volume of domestic trade indicated bv pa>“>* n ** through the principal clear-ing-houses shows the tlstial large Increase of It • per cent, over last year, but in comparison with the same week In ISSS. shows a d-crcase of IS 1 per cent. Part of this difference must be attributed to the shrinkage in prices, but there is also without doubt a considerable decrease In the dlstrtbirtton of goods to final consumers. “LlabUttles in failures for ths first two days of Januagy amounted to MIS.T9S. of which were of manufacturing and ftoi JSS of trading concerns. Failures for the week have been Ol In ths United States, against <S> last year, and M la Canada, against M test year." JtradfttreeCs say»: "General trade ha* not Improved appreelably. Some wholesale houses are •ending out travelers, while others have not completed taking account of stock. Mild weather at western points has interfered with business in some instances, and the week continues to present characteristics of a between-season* period. The Impression is general that uncertainty as to financial action by congress and disturbing political conditions have an unfavorable influence on the prospect for new enterprises Mercantile collections east, west and northwest are complained of, but at the south the comparative ease with which they are made forms a conspicuous exception. Demand for funds at various western centers is the most active for a year. Stocks of wholeselera at many of the larger interior distributing points are low. First advices of salesmen on the toMl «re of modrrats d»m*Rd for go«K improvemsnt •bowtog iiwit dry wta, fita*

LIKE A FLASH OF UGHTHING. ■- , ■■■■■ Mn Jones Could Not Movo Hand ot Foot. From the ihitS, t'nfiffl MOI*, Mitina. Learning that Mr. N. tV. Jones, a respected citisen of Willow Springs, 111., bad been restored to health after months of suffering with that dreaded disease rheumatism, a reporter of the .Vcica was detailed to investigate, and in reply to an inquiry concerning his illness and cure, Mr. Jones cheerfully made the following statement: “About three years ago, while running a steam pump for a railway company, I was attacked with a severe spell of rheumatism and became so badly afflicted that for along time I was unable to move even with the aid of crutches. A local physician whom I called in gave me such help that after being assisted from bed, I could walk around the the house by having two canes to lean upon. “I continued in this manner all winter thinking that when warm weather came I would be better. 1 was somewhat betterin the spring and returned to my work, but one day I became very much heated and took a severe cold which brought back the old disease with renewed vigor. “Sharp pains would start in one limb and run all over my body like a flash of lightning. When I tried to move the pains would seize me and I could not move hand or foot, and suffered all the tortures of the damned. “I tried the magneto-electric treatment for several mouths using the battery a number of times each day. This treatment, however, had but little effect on my malady; my general health began to fail and I was told that the only hope of prolonged life was to seek a different climate, and unless this was done I could not live another year. “About this time 1 was induced to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills by reading a testimonial of one who appeared to be similarly affected and was being greatly benefited by their use. I did not dare think of being cured, but hoped to gain strength that 1 might get to a southern clime, which appeared to be my only salvation. “I took one box and felt such a decided improvement that I sent for ihree more boxes and before they were used 1 was a well man and able to resume my work. Had I known of their virtues before I niighthave saved more than a yearof suffering and several hundred dollars besides. I feel that for rheumatism they cannot be recommended too highly. (Signed! . N. W. Jones. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2Sth day of September, !Sbs. F. N. Smith, • [seal. 1 Notary Mlle, In anti for I-a Porte County, 111. Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. . V itus* dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallo w complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, SO cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 (thev are never sold in bulk or by the 10u),by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. He (feeling pis,way to a knowledge of her accomplishments) —■“Can you darn stockings, Arabella!” She (with distant frigidity)—“l don’t expect to marry a man who needs to wear darned stockings.”— Illustrated Bits. o A I.ook Through South Missouri for 4 Cents. The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis R. IL Co. lias just'issued a magnificent book of sixty or more photo-engraved views of varied scenery in South Missouri. From these views an accurate knowledge can be obtained‘as to the productions and general topography of that highly-favored section that is now attracting the attentlonof homeseekers and investors the country over. The title of the book is “Snap Shots in South Missouri.” It will be mailed upon receipt of postage, four cents. Address J, E. Lockwood,. Kansas City, Mo. Not at Home.—“Vnless ho discovers me,” she whispered, as she shrank behind the curtainsof lier window, “he'll find me out.” With beating heart she listened, while the hired girl went to the door and made the talk.—Detroit Tribune. ts To California. Study all time cards and you will find no railroad carrying tourist cars make as quick time as the Phillips Rock Island Excursions. One hour ana thirty minutes quicker time t-han any other route Chicago to Los Angeles, ■ A. Phillips & Co. have carried over 125,000 patrons to and from California. Why! Because every well ported California traveler understands Phillips has the best regulated tourist system. Jso. Sebastian, G. P. A./ Chicago, HL Considerate—Father— “Why did you permit young Mashman to kiss you in the parlor last night!” Daughter— “Because I was afraid he’d catch cold in the hall."— Brooklyn Life. To California In TollmanTourUt Sleeping Cars.' The Burlington Route (C., B. & Q. ’L R.) runs pet-soually conducted excursions to California, leaving Chicago every Wednesday. Through ears to California destination. fitted with carpets, upholstered scuts, bedding, toilet rooms, etc.; every convenience. Special agent in charge. Route via Denver and Sait laike. Sunshine all the way. Write for deacriptivo pamphlet to T. A. Grady, Excursion Manager, 211 Clark St., Chicago. A bright boy in a Boston school was asked to name’ six animals of the Arctic ■ zone. With the confidence of a college professor, he-promptly answered: “Three polar bears and three seals.” AU About Western Farm Lands. Tbo “Corn Belt” is a monthly paper published by the Passenger Department of the Chicago", Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It is designed to give reliable information i concerning western farm lands, what can ■ be raised on them successfully, and the experiences of fanners who. live in the west. Copies of the paper "will be sent to any ad- “ dress for one year on receipt of 25 cents, i Postage stamps accepted. Address .“The , Cornßelt,” 209 Adams St., Chicago. How CALMLT we may submit ourselves to the hands of him who bears up the world.— Richter. Low Kates to the South. On the first Tuesdav of each month, the Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. will sell one way tickets to all points in the South at greatly'reduced rates. The fast train over this route itqw leaves Chicago daily at »:‘25 P. M. and rues through solid to Nashville, making connection there with ail trains for the South and V“'>theasL City Ticket Office , 230 Clark BL, Chicago.

Sarsaparilla Sense. I Any sarsaparilla is sarsaparilla. True. So any tea is tea. So any flour is flour. But grades differ. C You want the best. It’s so with sarsaparilla. There q are grades. You want the best. If you understood < sarsaparilla as well as jyou do tea and flour it a would be easy to determine. But you don’t. How J should you ? • £ When you are going to buy a commodity c whose value you don’t know, you pick out an old £ established house to trade with, and trust their c experience and reputation. Do so when buying q sarsaparilla. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla has been on the market C fifty years. Your grandfather used Ayer’s. It is a * reputable medicine. There are many sarsaparillas. < But only one Ayer’s. IT CURES.

In Olden Times People overlooked the importance of per manenUyXneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action, but now that it is generally Known that Syrup nermanentlyyurc habitual constipation, well-informed peoP l ® willnot buy o th " atives, which act for a time, but finally injure the system. There never was a truer saying than that the man wbo dyes his whiskers never deceives anybody but himself. —Somerville Journal. McVicker's Theater, Chicago. Mr. Frank Mayo will follow “Rory of the Hill” in his dramatization of Mark Twain’s novel, “Pudd’nhead Wilson.” AN exchange heads a local item: '.‘He pants for the bloomer girl.” That's what they are—“he pants.” Schiller Theater, Chicago. Extensive changes have been made In the Schiller stage to give“Sinbad” its full scenic value. Don't fail to see it. Hit makes no difference how hard he mav try. 1 doant bellebe data red-nosed man can look coldly intellectual. Peso’s Cure for Consumption has saved me many a doctor s bill—B. F_Hardt, Hopkins Place, Baltimore, Md. v Dec. 94. “Is marriage a failurel” “No; not as a means of grace.” “Er—what I ’ “It leans to repentance.” —Truth. Pleasant, Wholesome. Speedy.for coughs is Hale's Honev of Horehound and Tar. Pike’s Toothache Drops Curein one minute. Chieflt, the mold of a man’s fortune is 1.;. humk —Rnrnn.

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|■ 1 Loss of opportunity is Life’s greatest P [ loss. Think of suffering with <, I NEURALGIA | 5 IO 15 ;i; Years Years Years 5; R when the opportunity lies R in a bottle of > [ oST. JACOBS OIL.!-! ] 1 [ IT CURES. |i, ■ 108 pp. Slot Kd. Written dt sold ■ W V toy n farmer and Poultr, - ■ manoraoyears experience AsKSSa plain, practical system. Describes MyMoSKnWr their diseases.lion to make henslay. Cholera, G»pe« ■ A Roup yon need not have, a’33OV Price, -esc. FREE PAKTICULAXB. | A. M. I.AXG, Box SRI. Chicago. 111. WE HAVE NO agents. ww fa* ■ w ■■• but sell direct to theconsum-

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er st wholesale prices. Ship anywhere tor examination before sale. Every thing warranted. too styles ofCarriages, 90 styles of MarI ness.at styles Riding Sad* Idles. Write for cataloeue. 1 ELKHART . Carriage • Barnes Mf| Ce. Elkhart. Ind.