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Tho Weekly Expositor. J. A. M7.iK!', Killtor aad Proprietor. KUOCKWAY CRNTKK, MICH. fcipoakiug' of tho statue of (Jen. Cass rooently put in statuary hall in Washington, tho Omaha Ilea say: Michigan may well feel proud of her adopted eon, who for half a century Bcrvod hU country in high olice. While it may bo true that Cass has not left the impress of h'a individual ity upon tho history of tho Unltod Btates such as was stamped by Web tor. Clay or Calhoun, nivorthelestf, ho wus lookol up to us ono of tho leaders of tho democratic party during his long period of publie service. Tho irai'oor of Cass was a most notable one. In tho war ot 1812 he was a brigadier general. Two years later ho was ap pointed the Lirst governor of Michigan territory and served in that capacity for sixteen ye irs. Under Jackson he boo-ame secretary of war. Van l'.tiren honored him with tho Trench mission. On his return to tho United States in 1812, ho was eloeted s-enator of Michi gan and after serving his stalo in con gross for many years Cass closed hU long publie li!o as hocretary of utate tmdor Uuohanan. Tho bistro of his. ramo h:Ls been dimmed on account oi his attit.ido on tho slave question, but hid plaoj as a stitesrnan of the nation rannot be disputed, and Michigan ha? littingly honored his memory. An ecam!natio.i of tho Wright di vorco tables show Homo very curious facts. It will hardly surprise any body to learn that Illinois leads all the states in the total o! divorces for twenty years, tho number being 30, 072. It is surprising, however, to find tiio rtnid old state of Oliio coming nost wiLh a total of 2G.307, which is 1,200 more than Indiana has to show. Michigan, we are sorry to say, comes next to Indiana, with a total of 1S, 433. Tho mode. state of Iowa eomo3 after Michigan, with 1K,5G1, whilo the wicked Kmpire stato has only 15, "ol. Massachusetts, to which Michigan has often been likened, ean show but a little over half as many divorces as tho Peninsular state. South Carolina is tho lowest in tho list, with a total for the twenty years, of on'y 1G3. Acorrospondent a-.ks an explanation of the direct tax bill. An net was passed by congress in 18G1 providing that direct taxation to the amount of twenty million dollars annually should be collected from tho people of the United States by assessment upon real estate, and that these taxes should be apportioned according to population. t as required by the cons'. itution. All of tho northern states and a few of the southern states paid tho tax in who'o or in part, tho aggregate amount thus rocoived by t!ie government be'ng about twenty million dollars. The direct tax bill provides for tho refund ing to tho states and territories th? sums thus paid to the general govern ment, and for remitting and relinquish ing all moneys duo tho government under tho a.'t of 1861. Tho Iter. Dr. Sunderland, pastor o' tho First Presbyterian church of Washington, has been much annoyed of lato by people who visited his church on Sunday simply to kod Mrs. Cleveland. On a recent Sunday a party visited his chur h, but upon learning that Mrs. Cleveland was not present they went away noisily. Ad vancing to tho front of the platform Dr. Sunderland said: 'It is impossi ble for me to stato how grieved I am at tho exhibition of cxtremo rudeness just exhibited by a few chanco visitor to this church, who, being disappoint ed in their curious desires to look upon the faco of ono of our number, have loft our midst for tho more ploas ureablo though loss hallowed enjoy ment of thoir Sunday papers. Mrs. Garrett of Topeka, Kansas, loft her four year old child in the house and tho little ono secured a bx of matches with which to amuse itself, lloeult: A roas'ed baby and a sorrow ing mothor. Such carelessness is nothing les than criminal. Of course sympathy is ox; ended, but there must In justice bo a strong measure of con demnation, yet to-morrow some other mother will probably bo guilty of a similar act Whflo in life every movement of tho lato MilTonairo Flood was chronicled by tho press all over tho world, jt-t tho stir mado by his death wns hardly noticod outsido tho apartment whe-e tho event occurred. A millionaire king on a doath-bed ia only a poor weak creature, and his fellow-men teem to rcallzo the fact. At a hugging bee for tho benefit ol tho church in Kingston, N.Y., afcw clonings since a man, while blindfold, cd, hugged hla wife for several minutes without knowing who ho was hugging. When ho did find out ho wanted his 15 cents bad:. MR. AND MRS. HAEEOEODGH BILL NYE AND THE EMINENT BUT IMMORTAL DUKE. How the Much Ad vet bed Englishman Married The Sad Awakening of the American Duchets Swapp ng Broken Heart for a Ducal Cor onit Sad Thoughts anl a Sti.l Sad ter Poem. AM named to re- .eeivo later intel ligence from dear old Bleri li e i m w h i c h JA, leaves til o no clianco tououm " that a eioun about the size I ioint schoo isirict has ob- siirS!75r soured the honot moon oi the DiicIum of Marl borough and the eminent but nawstx Duke. It is only a little while mmc they were married in the mid-t of al the initio and grandeur of Muo Hewitt's ollice, suirounded by t!c max or himself, anil supported by th 'anitcrof the build. ng, n cssengi-r bos in full panoply, In a Is of department-. I tter he-ids, corned heads and lii heads. As the happy coup e left their horse car, driven by an eminent savant in a rubber oven-oat, ami niovec proedly across City Hall park, thct were preceded by a beaut it ul womai. C3 years of age, and wealing a black arfi tan breakfast shawl, who scatter ed Ibnvers to tho lna-es at 5 cents :. bunch. It was a soh mn and iiupres 6ive s:ght. Men standing on tho steps ot the court house near by, wa ting to be summoned as jurors for tho ensninp term, meantime, trying to forget what information they had ever acquired, eo that their minds would bo t oi ough ly lilted for the arduous duties o! jurors, looked up in a vacant way. Mayor Hci.ttlooled out the window and taw them coming. Hastily up ending his cull's and milling hi hair bo as io have a distinguished and dis lit y lied appearance, he instructed the otlicial or,;an of the city to p. ay tin wedding march. There uas al iv, gurgling knock on tho door, and when Max or He win opened it there stood the duck. Mo toning the ma'. or out into the hall Marlborough took him around be land tlm wood -bi x, where they could be en tirely alono. Then he whispered to Mayor Hewitt: "Abe, are vcu busy?' "Well, not so all-tired busy. What Is it Duke?" "1 wanted to get married if you've got time to attend to it. How soon could you wait on us?" "Oh, 1 can do it now, I guess. I was writing a picco for tho paper, but 1 can put that oil'. Come in and take oil your thing till I have time to cotu paro a little impromptu thought or two and send out lor a package of c;irdi mon seeds. I hate to kiss a Ditches as a general thing, unless my breath is as sweet as a violet." Dy this time tho wedding party hail entered, and now stood about the oflice reading the acts of the legislature, or vainly seeking to look through the opalescent windows. "Is Duke all the front name you've got?" asked the mayor an he beg m to write in a red account book and rc gaid h m closely with a keen, search ing glance. Marlborough said it was not, and went on to state at some length what his full name was. 1 will not trv to give it here, because this is simply a short, hasty article for tho paper. It is not a city il rect ry. "Well, then, if you aro ready," said tho mavor, briskly wiping his pen with the tail of his linen coat, "you cm Ktand up over there by the register and take hold of lv.xu s." "Which side do you want me o!" eays the Duke, trying to look cool. "Oh, erry sido. It don't make any odds to me," says the mayor. "I don't know what the practice is among a pasle of Dukes, but as regards the statutes it don't make any difVercn.-c. Here in America we don't ( are much for frills. We care little hero for what the world calls pomp. We scorn the little forms and funny business of a false and swelled up but tottering dy nast v. If you're ready now say when, and I'll show you a style of splice that I I an recommend." Then, as the Duke pulled hw stop watch and gavo the word, the mayor ate another cardimon seed and, read ing a selection from tho "Mail and Kx press," instead of opening the exercises bv means of a kit of burglars' tools. ! Proceeded to d. aw out the Duke as to lis intentions for tho future, and to quiz him a little as to whether he would love and cherish, support, maintain, foster and encourage his wife, pro vided ho had ono, and whether he would be wilhng to divide her private fortune with her in case she needed money, (jetting the Duke's views on this subject, ho chatted with tho bride in an oil-handed way, meantime trans acting other business, ever and anon, as pcoplo came in from time to time to see him about opening up a new street or getting out a license for exhibiting a tame bear in a quiet little town. COMINO TO TIIR K1J-8. All being satisfactorily arranged, tho mayor said: "I now desir brietly lo pronounce you man and wife, and what I have joined together as mayor of New York it will bother a plain citi zen to put asunder. I cannot refrain at this time from making a few re marks which I havo thought up while standing here. It is these: The duties of a duke and those of a duches aro A 3D J.tfl a Wi " "52 SKI d imjl ., i almost entirely diffo'Tnt, as I finder stand it. As Duke it will be yoi r dutv to receive and account for all such moneys as may come into your hands, paying them out oidy on an order from the worthy chief You will bo r- quired to do tho chores or seo that they are done by others, see that eutli-ei-nt coal is laid in during tho month of August, while it is cheap, to keep the castle hot till spring; also to keep the taxes on your dukedom paid up and not allow tho same to becomo de linquent. You Will eject tho cat at half past nin eac i night, lock tho front door carefully and wind the clock. It will also be your duty to love your wifo all tho time, no matter wh it tno customs of cmiti'Mit people mav be. Do not think because you are a 'ul;o that you can come .ver hero and corral a trusting American girl, lead her away, to your nrjo stone smoke-house, put up a l.ght board f n e around your premises and neglect her. If ton do that 1 will correspond with you and thus ii ako your liln a perfect hell. Try o live doxvu the d sagn cable reports t hear aboi.t you, Marlborough. Come home to your mea s. A low our wife to see all your mail. Head "tiie mar riages and deaths to her from morning paoers. Ak her advice in matters ot ousinrs. and then do as mu like. That's the way I do. It phases your xvite and doe-not hurt your business I'o a goi d husband, even if vou have 0 neule tyoiir duties as a duke, ami good luck io you. "To ou, Duchess, I need say but lit tle. You can reason to a man and possibly improve him in that way, but 1 woman's great success or failure ests in her own heart. That's why I .iced not talk to you at length. Tor iwhile t will seem odd w en youxvill et up from day to day and tind your--elf a diiches, but ou will w'et Used to it at last just as a man gets used to a wooden leg until at la.-t it seems on rirelv natural to ldm. And now, Duchess, adieu and God bless j'ou. So ong, or boo jour, as wo say in dear old Fi ance." "And now," said the Duke, as ho picked up his umbrelia anil felt appre aeiisively in his vest, "Mr. liowitt, now much aro you out. on this?" "Oh, any time will do for that," said the mayor, "and if you don't pay it at all, that will be ah light, 1 gue-s." "Well, then, if you don't want to take my thing for it. I am much obliged, anyhow, and if lean do you a favor my time, just press tho button and you'll get waited on." It wa-i not long til the eminent but immortal Duke returned to his estates Nobody welcomed him. He got oil' at he station and had to carrv his valise and hat box up to the castle. There all was hu-hed and tho Duke had to rawl in at the front window and un fasten tho door before ho lould let the Duchess in. A proud duk hates to do that. D makes him hot. People go by and b o him tearing his small domes on a nail as hr hangs by means of his stomach on the ledge of the window, it unmans him and makes him say things which would sound better in tho allidavit room of a newspaper. BRINGING IIOMH TUT. I'LUNDEK. And so the whole matter has been in auspicious from the start. Th Duchess found tho basement of tho cas le alive with rats. The seed corn in the spare room hid been almost entirely carried off and a can of strawberres, which had been placed too near the furnaco, hal "worked" and blown its brains out all over a roll of stair carpet, the potatoes in tho donjon tower had most ly all sprouted and a lackey had" to i tin a lawn mower over them before they could be cooked. Ants were in tho sugar barrel. Moths in toe clothes pre-ses and Satan in tho servants. AM the bcip had i con e it ng in tho ducal dining room, as tho casual observer could at oiuo discover. Not only that, but the thinking mind immediately jumped to tho conclusion that the ser vant who had done tho carving was an amateur and th at the gravy did not match the wall paper. That is no way for an Ameiican duchess to bo welcomed in her own house It is an indignity to our fl.ig. When one buys a ducal coronet, she does not wish to bo welted over the head with it. Sho does not care to be greeted with coldness in her own castlo or fail to tind the key to the front door under the door mat accord ing to agree men , or find the draw-bridge tied up and have to wade across the moat. It is all sad. It is pitiful to see a social wreck at his best, but it is doubly sad to see him matry one of our wealthiest and most desirable American girls and, having taken her home, proceed to desolate her life by a course of blooded cussed ness which would mako talk and call forth ad verse criticism in Satan's addition to Tex a 3. And fo I cannot close this letter in a more appropriate way, it seems to me, than to dash ofi' a little poem whi h I havo thought up myself, and which is -imposed to be the wail of a soul or the moan of a duchess, it breathes a spirit of extremo sadness and melan choly which I think will touch each heart, even though expressed in fault oithography, syntax and prosody, as I am oidy just beginning to wiite ver-e md mj muse, as one may say, has not as yet pot her f ea limbs on. TI1K WAIL Oi' A HI ATTKUKD IltCART. tMNTO riltST. Oh. I hum rnmi' far.o'er the cft, Ttnt tou'to wont i lrciu me, jUikI 1 wll 1 1 jr. wtl.HV - il irt, Th n .'h I know linn' ort, Al ih.uk Hint 1 havo w nmo far away. canto f rricfn. Tint, oh. I ran't b (taf Whn thiiro we tr . . From nil mr frti and klndroit, oh to dear. 1 or I I m!iln tl Uh Vlinleliii ijrrtt'M Ami llitl why 1 m ike the rtatemont bcr. KANSAS VIGILANTES. Remlnlsconcos of tho Early Days of tho Prairie State. Tho depredations of horso-thlcves in southern Kansas was for a timo some thing appalling, and kept tho wholo country alarmed, writes W. 15. Holland in tho Detroit Free Tress. For the past thirty years the Indian Territory has been tho rendezvous of many of tho woi'bt citizens in tho west. Fugi tives from Kansas and Texas, as well as from tho eastern Btates, Hocked in there, where they were sure, to find protection and congenial companions. A man's Hocial standing in this lawless community depended on his readiness with a gun,1' and tho number and atrocity of the crimes ho had commit ted. Tho word "gun'' refers to a re volver, but theso we i'o of such an enor mous s'o that tho terni 'gun" Kcemed to Huit b tter. A residence of a few days with these people would mako an a'liioslie arguo I ho necessity of a hell md ho could easily show the utility of Rich a piii' o. While tho inhabitants v.eio la::dcd together to resist tho law, they had no conlidenco in each other fiul no fear of any power, human or divine. They would have been unable to havo told Sunday by the aid ot tin nlman e and tho entire nb-enee of razors ci.u-ed their fa e.i to havo a heavier hirsute adornment than a bearded woman tit a show. It was a i easy matter fer one or more of thefe outlaw to enter Kansas, tcal a horse nnd bo back into tho Territory before tho loss would be discovered. With such facilities for horso stealing jit hand, it is no email wonder that tho farmers in southern Kun-as living close to the state line, were able to keep uny horses nt all. The result of so much crime resulted in the formation of "vigilance commit tees," the object of which xvi:s to causo a Rispen.-ion of horse--te:iling by sus pending the thieves. The members of those committees were called "Vigi lantes," nnd tho beauty of their method was found in the fact that they never ha.l to punish a man for tho eccond of fcns Whilo a grrnt deal of fault may be found with mob law in general, there is no doubt but the vigilantes in Kansas had an elevating effect on the horse thieves. When a horpe was sto'en, the nclgh oorhood was notified and men started out in squad s from three to six. They all went into tho Territory, each sual iclecting his own route. A noticeable part of the outfit of each squad would bo a now halter ropo of a size euflicient to hold three or four horses, and per haps thirty feet long. Just why such a ropo was necessary to hold a pony that at other times was crfuetly gen tle did not appear, but the ropo was taken along at any rate. In two or three days tho squads of vigilantes would begin to return. Fin ally one squ-ul cam? In loading the horse that had been stoler.. It might also be noticed that while all the other men had brought back the raassivo haltcr-rop , tho squad that brought tho horco bi-ought no rope. "We found tho hor. o, but tho thief got away," the successful men said, apologetically. "Did you see tho thief?" Somo ono would a.slc. "Yes we saw him and tho last wo noticed of him he was going through tho brush," would be the answer, some times varied eo as to havo tho man "drown while crossing a river." The truth was apparently tfcld, but to the farmer who h;ul been a member of a similar squad tho careless words told of a tragedy and he knew that somewhere in the wild country just south was a corpse hanging to a 1roe, a note pinned to the bosom and fluttering in tho wind. lie knew that a soul had been hurried to its Maker; that ono desperate man had struggled with others us desperate and determined as himself and had succumbed to tho odds against hiin. Ho knew also that It was a horse-thief that had been hung and that his own animals were so much safer. Conscience was stilled by tho thought that it was his duty; ahorriblo task, but none tho le-ss a bounden duty, due to himself, to his neighbors and to hlfi family. When starting on such a trip, each man hoped that it would not be his squad that should overtake tho solit iry man riding tho stolen horso. lie clos ed his eyes to shut out tho remem brance of the t'mo when ho was a mem ber of tho successful squal when ho was one of tho four who captured tho sullen criminal on the tiivd and worn out horse. He could still hear tho poor fellow l)eg and plead for mercy which all four were about to errant, until ono of them whispered "our oaths," and from that moment tho doom of thothler was sealed. Ho hopod that he would nevor bo a party to such another hid eous crime, but he knew that ho would do what his neighbors cxpectod of him and what he expected of them. Dead men tell no tales, and neither does a vigilante, so he know he was safe from all human law and punishment. But nil this is past and horse-thieves nnd vigilantes are almost unknown in Kansas. Tho Missouri Pacific nnd tho Santa Fo railways each cross tho Indian Territory and it is no longer a den of criminals. The pioneer farmer of Kan sas speaks of the vigilantes with n far away air as though dim'y remembering something of them and their ways. Tho scattering troe.s that have borne such horrid fruit are still there and may be known by their 11,111103 and local tradition. "Dead Man's Tree," at tho head of "Horse Thief Ouleh," Is a well known place in the Territory on tho Arkansas river. Years ago when going south from Wichita on a stage tho horses would be changed nt a station known as "Three on a Limb," but the railroads havo done away with the ttago just as civilizntiori ended the necessity for vigilance committees. Canon Taylor s Theories. Theorizing on mis-donary procedure is heavily discounted, in our day, by practical men. I offer Canon Taylor nnd others who may bo fond of figured on arithmetical problem. Ho speaks of tho "lavish" expenditure of missions and their meager result. Missionary wurk hai io tv departments evangel istic, publication, education, philan thropy, including free medical service, hospitals, famine, relief and the like. Tho problem I propose is this: find tho total value of allohurch property of tho Church of Kngland and sot down tho en tire annual oxpensosof tho cstablisment with tho interest of the samo at 3 per cent. Do tho same with the I'stablish ed Church of Scotland. Mako the same computation in tho case of all the Non conformist bodies. Set down tho inter est on the original cost of all education al property from Oxford iind Cambridgo and Edinburgh and Glasgow universi ties to tho common f chools; find tho to tal of annual expenditure; go through with a similar computation in tho case oT all hospitals, asylunins and eleemos ynary institutions; calculate thee xpo.nd iture of all Uiblo nr.d other societies publishing either Christian or school literature and tho work of all famino and relief boards; and when you have added up the column you will tind a to tal of something quite different from the paltry .Voo,,i that is called "lavish" expenditure for the conversion of tho world with its 1, 1HO),),000 souls. There aro single men within the pale of the Chri- tian church who could carry that load for one yt at and not serious ly trench ujvm their capital. Now turn to the Church Year Hook and the year books of tho several Christian bodies and find the number of additions not from heathens, mark, but from Christian horn -s to the Christain churches, and find the average cost! Js Christ! mity then a failure? Are churches and tho Christian ministry a fiilur? Is education a failure? Is philanthrophy a failure? I am no pes simist. Our day is not worse, it is bet ter than tlioo that have gone before. But the problem of sin is dai k enough. Wo need no jeremiads; wo need bugle calls and cheer answering lo cheer along the ranks. orotic of Arneriem missionaries In Turkey 1 1 roper was begun in is."?. At that timo it was the midnight of hope for all races, especially for the three subject Christian races -the Bulgarian, the Crock and tho American numbering altogether a little more than 10.K)0,00 souls. Education among all these races hardly existed. The priests were, well nigh as ignorant a? the masses of the people. Schools were few :ind poor. I'nder 400 years cf oppression aspira tion had died out. Not ;il.one as a sav ing influence but. in elevating nnd oducr.ling power the free Bible in the living tongue of men is beyond all comparison to be pl iccd firs. The first great work, therefore, undertaken by American missionaries in Turkey was to give t all races the wholo Bible in their living speech. This was to bo dono for Christian as well as Moslem, for Moslem as well as Chri.-dinri. It w-ns well understood that there could bo no successful work among Moslems except through n reform ;;nd cvangel lizing of the Oriental churches. The corruption of c irly Chri-tianity gavo Islam opportunity and scope when it rose. Tho corruption of Christianity, both east and west , in the middle a res, the ugly excrescence of Christianity in tho twelfth century. Ihe Crusades, thrust with such baleful moral ctlect ujon tho attention of the Moslem wor'd, had steeled the heart against all Christian influence. Therefore, Ameri can missionaries, understanding tho m 'gnltude of the task they had under taken, began with tho translation of tho Bible and with the creation of a Christian literature about that center, and began with the Christian races. The great Bible societies joined hands with tho mis-Ionary sodety. Tho Bible has been translated into all lan guages, published in many editions, sold by tho ten thousand, now by the hundred thousand, cooies a year, nnd goes everywhere: and with it go the religious books and tvhool books for all grades of school, publisho.l in editions of three thousand or five thousand copies. liev. George E. Derrick, D. D., in Missionary Herald. MoJorn Proverb. Pl.T.it seeds of knowledge, early and late; pull error nnd foolishness when ever they aro in sight. Trials may lead us safely up life's hill, but, if the driver don't object, I shall ride. The milk of human kindness is pres ent in forno folks about as nutritive properties arc in turnips. I 'would be willing to sell my best dog, in order to find out why it is that so many eoplo choose nnd wear thy paste, instead of the genuine diamonds of thought. Vexation is but a lad; with timo and opportunity ho will grow to be Mr. Mad. If I wished to get rid of a bad habit, with as little, trouble as possible I'd go for it! I'd go crobs-lots! and Fd bhoot it at short range. Sad, very sad it is, to seo people, literally, starving to death, for want of fun. All things are of value; but eo llttlo do some things seam to p hsoh, tli.it I have concluded not to inventory them when I tako stock, hereafter. Of .nil tho prefixes and Hiiflixes to my name, I am bothered exceedingly, to find out as to their availability, i s han dles, lo lift me into heaven. Haw Bright in Yankee Blade. 'I1k Kobin. But though not much of a singer in captivity, the robin Is a pleasing pet. He thrivcM best if allowed the run of a room, but h i is always cheerful if he has only n. large cage with plenty f gravel, nicely prepared food and half a dozen meal worms daily. If not c.iged he grows very tani; enjoys coming to the tablo and partaking of the food as well as tho life about him; in fact, mak ing himself ono ol the family. Ho is not slow of expressing his opinion of things that go on about him, nnd though you may not always understand just the point ho makes, you can readily seo that lie has clear ideas of his own. He has also well-defined notions about tho fitness of things. Ono that I know of, seeing sliced cucumbers in a dish that ho considered suitable for his bath, deliberately lifted out each "e, threw it on the floor nnd then pros-coded to batho in tho water left il diiih. Uomc-Makcr. Fidgety, crotcLtty, cranky, maybo full cl ftchei aud jwlui, isn't that a realistic description ot ouu who is "all BerreiT" Itolne'i Cclt-ry Com pound will Boothe tho irritated, utrernftbea tbe weakened, and. traco up tho that tered nerves. Uuli in its combination of nervo reiocdic, unique in lu lnviKor- ftttng action upon tlie whole ytcin, unique in lu wonderful cures of nervous disuses. Paine's Celery Compound run ho Implicitly relied upon to do oil that It promisea. "I was Ktiflt-rtnR with nervousness nnd pen mil bronkdoH n of my entire fysiem, a.nl found l'ainc's Celery Compound to qiiiexly quiet my rj-rvouMiit und re.tore my w liole tsjhti-in t IiKor and euerzy aKuln." I. H. K"BM;ts.n. teed Station, V11. tl. i-'lx for IniKj?lts, Wklla, UnaiA:'.isoN.";(. l'rop., Isurllugtou. Vt. LACTATED FOODT t'oMtlvrlyciH-e t:i2 IlifM. Utile Tl'f y al.o relieve tr.-tm from Dj-upppula.lu-digestion and TrioHtart Katini:. A po-fct r-m-t'Ay tor rizziiKM.,XHtne:! IrowKini'sx, Jiad Tt- 1 M PILLS. in tlie Month, Cental TonijnH.Pa'n in tho H'de. ToiirLD IJVKIt. Ti iv:uJ.it tho Uowels X'ntTly VerrfaW". Price 25 Cents. CAMZB UEKCnTl SO., 1IST7 YOilS Small Pill. Small Dose. Small Price. CONSUMPTION SOfiCFULA. BR0N0HITI3 COUGHS GOLDS WastingDiseasGS Wondorful Flesh Producer Many havo gained ono pound per day by its use. Scott'3 Emulsion is not a se cret remedy. It contains tho stimulating properties of the Hypophosphites and pure Nor wegian Cod Liver Oil, tho po tency of both being largely increased. It is used by Phy sicians all over tho world. PALATABLE AS MILK. Sold by all Druggists. SCOTT & BOWKE. nmirtJ CHOICE TEKAS LAN DS Rare Chance for Settlers. Tho Uailrit Systotn ot Txa trnvlne developed 10 brine wiilnn f..y fcrrossof (;nl iutoriur atl -board luarkota tbu l.tnl uniatej in the HOUSTGf I &TEXAS CENT'LRY.CO. It hm bu KtriniuFj to oflVr t" itltlMi tha Renowned Agricult'l Lands Located a'ona tlm lm c f the Fort V.'orlh A IVsver City 11. ii.. l-kintiin with Utmr;,. lo'iLi). ctmipntubg 200,000 ACRES la fitntm of 1'.0 -ro mid upward. Tbrs lauili wr Itx-il-d l r the CJin;nuy mi.ichk tho .iri:-Ht, nub fO-cml ca'-e a to tuil. liiiitxr Mid vilir. 't bey r kdnpu'd to tue frn'' ih ci rttm, coi n, oat, w nii. Inrlny, ryn, 1-1' , rtrhanla ai.il gardens an J tl' varioun d. lu'e'ir kiitwi. KitoalKi Id iIih hirii m.d t'n'iby r-ci n knowb kotbe Soiithi-ra l'milmii'li of 'lxr, th-y hhi0 jtn'nl cluruir, lvinl!i- to liim. ami tK'am, ueu .n'.dior work rr lx f Arriod 011 tlm ju r ro.iiid. a'i.1 ro in nmikt c ntHnt v ith irclonn of early 'md lale fiunisor i.f -fin-live " lillzzHr'lM." upiimtioti in f-it iMurini: in. and loral rovernroeat ia hI ready tl.liHl.ed, v.Mtli ediocl. rhiiii l.", &a. Tkrx or Kali:: Oiw-filth cawh, bp lamf ii. funr rina yearly iMiynifiitH, with inui.t uafk'lmi-d iaynirnta. !-'or f ui thcr iiiloruii'tii'n urt to thrao aua l..iidiu i.u.ucciitroituti'M, nu ly to J. S. NAPIER, Vernon, Texas, , Lo ix proparot! to aho'f tJ rxtrThiUiurcj; cr to" C. C. CIDCS, Land Ag't, Houston, Tex. Swift a ppritl? cun'd me of mMtfiiMnt HI'M.d I'o' on altr I nnd tHn trciti.nl li.Jviiuiwlth old wallc I rrmedipn of Mcrccrr and J'omsh. 8. X. H. not on 1 ciiiI tno HIihkI lnon. I'Ut rxdiuTod tho Jtiieu uiatiiim whlcn i rnnid y th' oolwiniMi mlnorala. tint). KVKI.US4'Jjai Avcniio, N. Y. NlnayoaM Bir.i Hcn.fuU mt:ickf. iwo nf tnychiU llren, arrt tlu-y wTe bHiliy nttl!rtl with that 1t t!Ho, which i-oMhmiI iIih tri'iitmertt of my famSl t'hynlolHn. I was trrn)ll u ue Swift's Fnrcillu avotiiit nn ai'oiint of riiroa In m county cut'er. 'I'lia Impriivoiiifiil wnn npparont from th tirat few cloM'8. a. nl in u ih..r. tmi my rhlldrcu wcro curctl. and arC Hill nmn.l nnd well. JOHN V I I.M AMS. Txlnctn. Va. RwfrT'M Ppk I Kit l entirely u vfit.tntilo n-medy, nd ts Hid omy m"t;rtne which I frtniiiK'ntly cnrt-a ffrofiiN, BUkxI llumnrn, t ancrr nn.l (.i)t-'int l!!iMd l'olin. S'-nd for l"k n I'.lood and Skin Lnaeasea, nrullod free. T11K SWil-T M'KCIKIC CvA lruwcr is AUuuLa, (ia. 1 suffered from catarrh fj year. The droppings 'it j t.'tr throat were miM.se ling. My ose bird al not daily, S tree the f.rst 'ay's use of Sly's ( re.nn t tlm havt had ho blcrtiing, 'he sort urss is entirely govr.. K (i. Davidxtii, .iih the IJosfoit Undget. WAYFEVER fcjl KM IF USED BEFORB CONFINEMENT. riMK Tf "MoTnrns -MAH.riv K:rr. lli:AJHKLI KKtil LAIOK C., ati.a.n tajga. tlOM) II r AIXDUCUOISTS. Vlieii writing tr Alrcrliicrs ploao aity jrou aaw the advertlaenioux. in this l'rtprr. llow'i TiiU. WeofTcrCne IlunJrol Pollnrs Ucwanl for nnv t'nso of ('ntarrh Hint, cannot be cured by ttiklnff IIaH'h Cntirrh C'lro. F. J. Chknkt ic C, l'roi)8., Teredo, O. We, tho undersigned havo known V. J. Cheney for tho past 15 years and bMicro him perfectly honnrablo in nil buitlnesa transactlona nnd tin nt lally able to carry out any obllpriiiion mado by their firm. Wkt & Thuax, Wholesale Di urulsts, To ledo, O. Waumno, ICixvav Sc Mtuvi5, Wholesale. Dniffffists, Toledo, Ohio. E. II. Van II-pkv, Cashier Toledo Nation al Hank, Toledo, U. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken Intorna'ly, noting directly upon tho bloxl and mucus, surfaces of the s stem. Prico &c rcr bot tle. Sold by ail drupAtsts ; f - GARTERS PIP V:l'i foil'"'- Wll SCOTT'S mimim GURB 1 iaBTHERg'FBIEHn MAKESGSULD BIRTHM