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llircr /alls Journal.
C. R. MORSE. I’ub'.sher.
RIVER FALLS? T WIS.
IF MOTHER WOULD LISTEN.
I? tivtber would listen to in*- <’esr».
She would freshen that t»*l**d z-.wn.
Eh* would som* times take an hour's rest.
And sometimes »trip to town.
And It shouldn't be all for the vbildr n.
The fun. and the ebeer and Ute play;
With the patient drooo on the tired tn »nrX
And the "Mother has had u*-r day *
True, mother has had her day. dears.
Ween you were babi~s three.
And she stepped about the farm and the
As busy as ever a bee.
W u»n she reeked you all to sleep, dea-s.
And sent you all to school
Anu -»< re herself cut. atd did without
And lived by the golden rule.
And so, your turn has o ne. dears.
Her hair is growing white;
And her eyes are ga.ung the far away look
That p- era beyond the nigbr.
One of these days in the morning.
Mother will not be here.
She will fade away into silence;
The mother so true and dear.
Then, what will you do tn the daylight,
And what in tne gloaming dim;
And father, tired and lonesome then.
Pray what will you do for him?
If you want to keep your mother.
You must make her rest today;
Must give her a share in the trolie.
And draw her into the play.
And. if mother would listen to me. dear*
She d buy her a gown of silk,
W.:h buttons of royal velvet.
And ruffles as white as milk.
And she'd let you do the trottinr.
Waile she sat still .n her chair;
That mother sbou’d it hard all through.
It strikes me. isn't fair.
—Margaret E. Saaffster tn Interior.
JOB
’Jr ‘ 1 HOME. In-
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V..4»c x lioiiie." '.aid
the man on
i l **** vrac^er '
-;i » 1 box. “this is
the hour for every sneaking s«»n of a
Winnebago to >ay his leetle ‘now I lay
me in the reservation. Git!” and he
pointed to the door of the rendezvous
with a gesture that admitted of no de
lay.
"Them copper-colored coyotes would
set thar like aial*a-.ter images all night,
and the hull of ter-morrvr. if there
warn t somebody to boot them off An'
they Hauen an" don’t onderstand a word,
but look so pizen know in’ you'd think
they wuz drinkin' it all in "
The Indians tiled out an.l without a
sound disapp *arv«i into the night, and
the usual complement of visitors gath
ered at the stove with the in 01 on the
rraeker-box as centerpiece. There was
a man who was selling patent elothes
reels. and another who was selling
Bibles. old Capt Lemming and the
postmaster and a man from the Mis
souri bottoms, whose team was hitched
outside. He told them that he expect
ed his “old woman” and “little gal”
by the stage, which was usually late.
“Speakin' of the stage.” said the man
on the cracker-box. “I'm regularly
glad 1 ain't in it. Onct over them
driveways twist here ami Omaha was
enough for me. No, thankee, pard. if
I can't go by steam, then I stars where
1 be. I've no notion for travelin' with
witnmen arid sick babies in a stage
coaeh. ”
“Tell us ’bout it. can't ye?” sug
gested the clothes-reel man. who was
dying of what he called “endway” at
being stranded in such a forlorn place.
“’Tain't so much to tell.” said the
cracker-box man, cutting .off a gold
sized chew from the "pig" of to’oaceo
offered to him, "an' I guess I can wind
it up afore the stage gets here, but the
doin’ an 1 the sufferin’ of it is what
hurts my feelin's to think when I
warnted to whoop and holler, that I.
kept it all in just on account of that
good-for-nothin' say! I'm gettiu'
ahead of my st. »ry.
“Boys, <i ye remember when the
b-idge over I’lgeou river was built an'
what a lot of money an' work an' po
litical slienan. fa'i it took, an’ how
picters of the .Lie structure, as they
called it. wa> m them New York pa
pers, an' how sot up all the fellers on
the prair.e felt cause they didn't have
to take •■ff th»i." shoes an' stockings
an' ford the cri- k. An' how the work
was well under way when the five
thousand dollars necessary to finish it
off was flit out by speshel messenger?
Say, I was on the stage when the fel
ler with that money started to come
through. There was four or five of us
on the inside of the coach that day.
and one woman with n sick baby—she
was t yin' to get it home to her folks
afots it died, she said. She were young
an' | retty. but her eyes were red with
cryin' an' takiu' care of the young tin
day an' night She didn't have much
to sir to any of us. bnt when she
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b»:>-d at «s with them big sorrowful I
eyes our hearts just went down into •
our loots. and we would have laid
clow ;» an’ let her walk over us.
••‘I lie baby was wrapped up in shawls i
an ve Is and lay on a pillow an’ was
fed with one of them nnssin’ bottles, an’ !
il whined an’ cried a leetle. in a faint, j
sick way. an' the mother kissed and j
cooed to it an’ sung leetie hymns that !
made us all get colds in our heads, an’
she feared it was gettm’ worse and
would die afore she got home! She
was goin’ to the fur end of the stage
route, she said, with her voice full of ,
tears.
"The tother pass* nger that interested ■
us r-d on the box with the driver. I
don't know how it was that we saveyed
right oft that he was the feller that
had the money for that bridge! 1 guess
It were on the same principle that the
birds of the air know when to get to- ■
gether an’ go south—a kind of instinct.
Fact was. we didn't cotton rightly to
that bridge scheme, tie thought the
next county were putting on airs with a
wrought iron bridge out on the prairie
for the cows to hoof over. But twern’t
anvof our funeral an' we didn't make
it one.
"But that feller, with a cloak with a
cape to it. sot up on deck a seein’ the
landscape o’er, as the old hymn scs, an
a lookin' kinder rich an' satisfied, jes'
told on himself, an* we kinder won
dered whar he kept the spondulics, if
he hed ’em in his boots. or in a belt. or
his hat linin'. An' we got to talkin' it ■
over inside, an' the leetle woman spoke
up kind o’ quick an' ses she: ‘Don’t,
please! my baby is worse." an’ sure
enuff it were, an' had a kinder convul
sion that made us feel as if we were
murderers fur disturbin' of it.
“Aa' taea somethin' happeaed The j
horses fust took to gallopin', an' there
were a pistol shot, an’ the stage
stopped so quick we was all in a heap.
The little woman grabbed her baby
an’ its piller an' laid 'em both on the
scat an’ hung over them. Jest then the
door of the stage Hew open an’ a head
was stuck in. It were thet of a man
with a mask on an' he had a pistol pint
ed ahead of him.
" "Get out. you fellers,' he says, in a
tow vo : ce. but as plain as ye ever heard
in “er life; ‘be lively, now. We're in
urry: wc ain't goin' to hurt yer, if
so ye obey orders.’
“ 'Sh-sh-sh!" said the leetle woman
who was hanging over her young un,
her face down close to its lips. ’Gentle
men. my poor child is going: let it die
in peace.’
“ 'Bother the brat,’ says the man,
brutally, ‘we ain't enny business with
wiinmen an' children. This way. fel
lers.'
“When we got out there was three
highwaymen an' they had the driver
an'the young feller with the overcoat
covered with their pistols, an’ were
swearin' like troopers cause they didn't
find any money: that is, not the big haul
they expected. They took what we had,
an' after abusin' us all they dared an'
tearin’ our clothes off to search us they
let us go. firin' a reg'lar fusillade after
us an' emptyin’ their revolvers. I
might have bin very differently situated
if I hadn't met with such misfortune,
but it can't be helped nor-."
"Lose much?" asked the Bible ped
dler as he lighted his pipa at the stove.
"All I had.” and the cracker-box
man sighed heavily, "an’ a bull's eye
watch my grandfather carried in the
revolutionary war.”
"Did the baby die, an' what become
of the young feller and the money?”
ask*"d the clothes-reel min
"The l*aby died right there an' then.
The mother were a fannin' it when the
stage were started up again and we
weren't more'n out of sight o’ them
robbers when she liegan to scream,
and says she: ’My baby’s dead!’ and
she drew the shawl over its face and
wouldn't allow one of us to lay a fin
ger on it
"Then the feller on the outside, who
hud been putty roughly handled, came
in, and it 'peared that he was her
brother, tho’ why lie didn't show up
afore was kind o’ queer. Howsumever,
he says, says he:
“ ‘lt's all over, is it. sis?’
"And she looks up kind of strange
hi poets off into a tit of highstrikes.
that scared us most as bad as the other
performance did."
"What became of the money?” asked
the Bible peddler.
"I’m coinin’ to thet. When we got
to Decatur I stopjied off. cause I’d got
home, an' so did some of the others.
Bat the Icetie woman kept on, an' I
heered later that the baby wasn’t no
I al»y at all. but a bogus one. made of
wax. an’ the cry was put into it, and so
were the money, every dollar of it. an'
the young feller were loaded, too, so if
the roblxT* had touched the kid
there'd hail bin some sharp shootin'. It
was a shame. I 'low. to work on our
feeiin's as that leetle woman did,
keepiu* us all anxious as a revival
me* tin', but she got the funds through
safe an' •sound, when there wasn't no
banks nor express offices in that part
o ’ the country. She were the wife of
the man that were building the bridge.
It were a sharp racket, though, an’ she
worked it for all it were worth. That's
the stage now humpin' itself. G'night,
gentiemen.”—Mrs. M. L. Rayne, in De
troit Free Press.
Ortting Even with the l.indlord.
“Every traveler who stops at a Paris
lodging house.” said a woman the
other day, "has a candle story, and
livre is mine: We were served with two
candles every morning, which we
never half used up: these would be
taken out. however, and fresh ones ap
pear in their places. Knowing that we
were being charged for every candle,
we determined at least to enjoy added ,
iiluinination. and my husband looked !
around for a place to hide them during ;
the daily doing up of the apartment. '
On the top shelf of a cabinet arrange
ment in a corner stood a large Japan
ese rase, wide and deep. Up to this
Mr. climbed, to discover 'hat we
had liven forestalled, for in its capacious
hollow we found seventeen candles,
every one burned down perhaps an
inch. Some former lodger had resented
the candle swindle, like ourselves, and
had put his daily allowance where it
would do the proprietor no good. That
night a brilliant illumination of nine
teen candles, each set in its own grease
on the marble-top tabl , gave us some
thing like light. During our stay we
hid the accumulated caudles so that
we had always enough to read by and
when we left we deposited our over
stock in the vase for the benefit of
some searching successor." —N. Y
Times.
IVlioi ldlene«s Is a Virtue.
There is a kind of idleness w hich is a
virtue and which should be often in
dulged in by those who feel the desire
to imitate the works of genius, to "get
before the public" in some capacity, to
achh ve fame. It is idleness of the
hands the cemmunion with the ‘inner
self." the examination of motives and
resources. The world of science, liter
ature and art does not need more
workers, but better workers, those
who r«‘Ver*‘Dee themselves too much to
set upa painted straw image and gull
the public into the belief that it is a
divine creation. We need not glaring
outline but careful detail, not sketches
but finished pictures. Tbe woman who
I perfectly perforins her duty w ithin the
home, conscientiously ami scrupulous
ly orders het domestic affairs, is a
'thousand times more worthy than the
writer of poor verse, the painter of
mediocre pictures, or the performer
upon a public stage of life thither
driven by vanity. The man who con
structs even a perfect b<M>t-jack. who
builds a good house or who follows the
plow to some purpose, does far more to
drive the world "down the ringing
groove of change than the parasitic
imitator of greatness w hose vain and
foolish imaginings make angels weep
and men disgusted.'’—Chicago Graphic.
Au Arixollisii st His He .
To see an Arizonian at his jest you
must see him when he has uc money
at ail. An eastern speculator, who
has invested thirty or forty tl msand
dollars in a mine aud lost it. is down
right certain that life is not worth liv
ing. Bnt take an Arizona miner who
has invested lbs all in a mine. He will
. put in labor as well a, capital. He
will sink his own shaft an 1 do his own
' blasting and work the whole year
; through on nis bauds and knees in a
j hot stifling drift, with the water triek
' ling down upon uini from the sur
rounding walls. When the mine fails,
as it often does, and all the year’s
work is lost, the Arizonian does not
stop long to bemoan his fate. He first
. relieves his mind by swearing, then
' hastens to dispose of his belongings,
, only reserving for himself a burro, a
pair of blankets, a canteen and a gold
pan. Now he is a prospector equipped
for work, ready to search out new
mines for himself or to prospect on
shares for anyone who will "grub
stake” him. And should you meet him
a week later you would not be able
to tell whether lie had lost a m ; ne
or found one. —N. V. Post
tlxrrm Fare.
Readers curious in culinary matters
will be interested in the following des
cription of a favorite dish in eastern
harems. It consist, of a Isinb roastad
whole, after the manner of a che«t of
Chinese boxes each smaller that the
' other, the lamb being stuffed with a
whole turkey, the turkey with a whole
chicken, the chicken with a pigeon, the
pigeon with a quail, the quail with a
becafico. which is the smallest bird ex
cept the humming bird. Such a dish
might be considered especially suita
ble to occasions when all the members
of a family ueet together, as there is
something to suit everyone's taste and,
what is more, there is sure to be plea
(Votik—bk Louie Republic.
HUMBLING A FATHER,
An Inntrurtive Tale of ra <»l«i Merchant. ■
Happy I’arent anil a Hail Hoy.
As soon as father and son sat down
it was evident there was going to lie
trouble. The youngster immediately
examined minutely everything on the
table within reach. He took the stop
per out of the oil bottle and asked his
father to smell it.
"Funny vinegar, ain’t it?” he ex
claimed.
“You musn't do that,” said tbe fa
ther, timidly. "You are a bad boy and
I shan't take you out again.”
When the waiter brought bread and a
napkin the father gently tucked the
latter under the son’s chin. Then the
elder gave his order. He asked the
youngster what he would have, and for
the answer he blurted out:
"Ice cream.”
There was no mistaking his order, for I
he gave it in such a loud, shrill voice ;
that everybody in the room looked |
around.
The waiter departed.and paterfamilias I
again remonstrate*! with the dear little
fellow in the conventional manner and
again informed him that he was a bad
boy, glancing at an old merchant sit- ;
ting near as if expecting an approving
smile.
But the merchant didn’t smile. He |
tried to eat his dinner and read his pa
per. In the meantime the good little :
boy hail bis napkin out two or three
times and was trying to kill flies with
it. The dinner came, while papa from
time to time repeated the assertion,
which he felt sure was untrue, that his ,
offspring was a bad boy.
They got through, and the little one
was using his napkin for a bandker- :
?hief md was mopping his brow with
it. I'he stout business man was sipping
his coffee and puffing on his cigar.
The merchant had been looking in the
lirection of tbe child, who at that mo
ment had left his chair and was in
dustriously trying to climb up his
father's back.
"How old is your son?” inquired the
merchant of the proud father.
You could see the father was proud.
His faee was a bundle of smiles —if any
□ne ever saw such a parcel.
"Tell the gentleman how old you are.
Alfred,” he ordered the boy.
"No. I won't.”
“Come, now! 1 won't take you out
again;” Shakes him a little and tries
to look severe. "He’s nearly six."
"I should like to adopt him," the mer
chant continued.
"Hear that. Alfred?" remarked Al
fred’s pa to the youth. “This gentle
man wants to adopt you. Will you go to
him?”
"Naw. He's got whiskers." This was
spoken very violently.
Paterfamilias looked tired, and his
cheeks burned after this’inexpected out
burst. He tried to shake Alfred again,
but the boy evaded him.
“What makes you fancy him?” in
quired the proud father.
“Fancy him?” echoed the business
man. "1 did not say thaL”
"But you wanted to adopt him.”
"Yes —to give me authoritv to spank
him!”
The syin|s>sium dispersed, paterfamil
ias scowled at the merchant, grasped
Alfred by the hand and made a hasty
exist. The waiters smileil, the guests
laughed and the merchant continued
smoking his after-dinner cigar. Phila
delphia Ledger.
OUR COUNTRY.
There Are Mhii.v Ni»ok« mid Corners ot
Which Ainrricacß Know Nothing.
We live in the most wonderful land
in the world; and one of the most won
derful things in it is that we Americans
find s*> little to wonder nt. Other
civilized nations take pride in know
ing their points of natural or historic
interest; but when we have pointed to
our marvelous growth in population
and wealth, we find little else to say,
and hasten abroad in quest of sights
not a tenth part so wonderful as a thou
sand wonders we have at home anil
never dream of. It is true that other
nations are older, am! have grown up
to think of something besides ma
terial matters; but our youth anil our
achievements are poor excuses for this
unpatriotic slighting of our own coun
try. There is a part of America—a
part even of the United States—of
which Americans know as little as they
do of central Africa, and of which too
many of them are much less interested
,to learn. With them "to travel" means
: only to go abroad; anil they call a man
a traveler who has run his superficial
girdle around the world and is as igno
rant of his own country (except its
cities) as if he had never been in it. I
hope to live to see Americans proud of
knowing America, and ashamed not to
know it: and it is to my young country
men that I look for the patriotism to
effect so needed a change.—C. F. Lum
mis. in St. Nicholas.
Marraiyr Among the Crackers.
Mr. Marsh says he often finds a fam
ily of six or eight Tennessee “crack
ers" living in one or two rooms. He
says, as a rule, they are shiftless
ami lazy, ami that "to be content is
their natural desire. They ask no an
gel's wing or seraph’s tire.” He is
amazed at the iiumlier of mere chil
dren who marry there—boys of seven
teen marrying girls of fourteen! The
ueighlsjrs fix them up a house of one
ro.im and give them an acre of corn.
Possibly the father of one can give a
pig to Im* fatted for next year's meat,
ami perbajis the father of the other can
spare a heifer calf to share the
"sciaps" and swill with the grunting
pig. Somehow, we know, the bride
groom's mother must spare a chicken
or two to lirovide her sou's wife with
fresh eggs uuw ami then for batter
bread for breakfast; ami the bride's
mother, if possibl* , will provide a
feather bed. maoe of careful savings of
' chicken feathers, aud a fancy patch
work quilt or two. Mr. Marsh sziys
these children brides and grisnns begin
life with all its stern realities in this
i miserably-provided sort of way. ami
I that the children born unto them se’
I Join laugh ami romp joyously like other
' children, but look as if they were born
; tired and were in a hard world; that
married women at twenty look as old
as their more fortunate American sis
ters or Englishwomen at thirty-five or
forty. —Atlanta Constitution
Influence «»f l.migiiag** on < heructer.
I am quite certain that if to-«lay
i France ami Germany were suddenly
! and miraculously to interchange
> tongues, the two nations would shortly
i undergo some un-looked-for altera
■ tions. I have known several people
whose superficial characteristics were
quite different according as they spoke
French or English, although they were
as fluent in the one as in the other. I
know of one woman who is common
and ill-bred as an Englishwoman, but
| who. when she speaks French, which
she knows well, is apparently well
mannered and rather attractive Nor,
as we reflect, does this seem altogether
strange when we consider how much
national character has to do with the
evolution of language, ami how impos
sible exact translation is. 1 have
heard a man say that, to read or speak
French made him feel gay. and that
the effect of like uses of German was
quieting. —Dr. Weir Mitchell, in Cen
| tury.
An Insulted Alderman.
Conti actor— Did you offer that aider
man five hundred dollars, as I directed?
Secretary—Yes. sir.
"How did he act?”
“He looked insulted.”
“What did he say?”
“He said I ought to be in the peni*
tentiary."
"What did he do?”
"He took the money."—N. Y.
Weekly.
A Matter of Taste.
She—He says he hasn't proposed tn
her. as his father desired, because she
is too rich for him.
He—WelL she is pretty well sea
soned. bbs's been through twelve.—
Jmige.
A DOMESTIC EPISODE.
She stood st tbe gISM with n glowing cheek.
And looked at the face reflected there.
And I thought that the mirror, it it eould
•peak,
Would *>be was very sweet and fair.
As Bbe turned with a smile to her husband he
Remarked, and his tones conveyed a sneer:
" It pleases you very much, I see.
To look at yourself in tbe glass, my dear."
She bad learned the art ot keening cool.
So she answered him in a gentle tone:
*' 1 am glad to know I am beautiful.
For my busband's sake, and not my own.**
A flush of shame bis face o'erspread.
And crossing over to where she stood
He kissed her warmly, and gently said:
“You are more than beautiful—you're good.”
—Cape Cod Item.
ABOUT ALLIGATORS.
Their Habits and How They Are
Hunted in Swamps.
Naturally Timid. Sometimes They Be
come Ferocious Mill Haters —One
Night's Work In Which
Five Were Killed.
So great has l»een the demand of
fashion of late years for alligator skins
that in some parts of the south the
hunting of these animals forms quite a*
profitable industry. Men band them
selves together in couples and in com
panies of half a dozen, provision their
bouts for a week's or a month's trip
ami seek the wilder and more secluded
streams and bayous.
So thorough are such hunts and so
crafty and cunning are the hunters
that a locality that previously con
tained from ten to fifty 'gators will at
the close of a hunt be either totally de
populated, or at best, possess but one
or two cautious, wary old fellows that
are next to impossible to get a view of.
to say nothing of a near enough a|>-
proach for a shot.
This mode of systematic hunting has
had a tendency to make the alligator
extremely rare in many sections of the
country.and to forever drive th'cm away
from some. They are queer, uncanny
brutes, and a few facts in regard to
■ them may prove interesting.
To begin with, stories of alligators
measuring fourteen and sixteen feet in
length may safely be put down as ex
aggerations. 1 doubt if such a one
exists: twelve feet is a tremendous size;
and rarely, very rarely, they run to
twelve and a half.
1 have measured alligators innumer
able, and fully ninety-eight per cent
run from nine to eleven and a half
feet So scarce is one attaining the
mythical fourteen feet that a reward
of tive hundred dollars for one of this
size has been unclaimed for the last
twenty years.
The part of the skin used for com
mercial purposes is cut from a line
along the side, just where the heavy
scales begin, and includes the sides
and belly, the back being so tough as
to lie utterly worthless and almost im
pervious to a rifle balk
In fact the two vulnerable points are
the eyes and just behind the fore leg,
■ while a ball striking his coat of armor
I in any but a direct line will glance off
us if from a metal plate.
Although denizens of the water, they
have the most abject horror of rain,
and no sooner does the first faint
sprinkling manifest itself than, plung
in - from the bank or log, they seek
dry quarters beneath the surface. On
warm, sunny days they bask on the
i banks for yours, but even when cloudy
it is unusual to see one.
As a rule they confine themselves to
I what nature has provided for food, oc
i easionally varying their diet with a
stray deer or calf, but at times they
become man-eaters, and are then
terrors to all. Like the tiger, having
once tasted human 3esh, they prefer it
to everything else, and v ith watchful
! eye envy all who come within reach.
At times the community organizes
and institutes a regular siege, which
sooner or later ends in capture.
It was my pleasure in the winter of
! 'B7-SB. together with a friend, to be
! more or less intimately associated with
I a party of alligator hunters on the up
per St. John's river in Florida, and
upon one or two occasions to partici
pate in some remarkable hunts.
We were encamped on a sluggish
little creek lieneath a group of pal
mettos a mile or more from the river,
and for some weeks past had lieen in
| vestigating the bird life of the sur
; rounding region. Alligators were par
ticularly numerous, and their roarings
and liellowings could be heard on still
nights from creeks and sloughs tive
miles distant.
i One dark night just as we were
about to turn in a bright light came
suddenly around the l>end and a boat
; with three men. armed and equipped
l for “'gator shootin',” pulled up to our
■ camp. They proved to be just out
I from Voluria. and, an accident having
happened to their coffee can, they had
come up to borrow of us.
They informed us of their intention
of remaining in the neighborhood for
some time and extended a cordial invi
i tation to join them in the chase.
There are ’wo modes of alligator
hunting. First, and best of all, is tire
' lighting or tire-jacking: second, by
i floating in the daytime. For the first
a strong reflector light is placed in the
i t»ow of the boat anil provided with a
i dark slide or door; the man who is to
i shoot for tbe evening sits directly be
hind it. while his companions propel
I the boat.
■ The light, flashing full in the ani
mal’s face, appears to blind him ami
make him insensible to all danger, but
the slightest soond proceeding from
the boat is sufficient to arouse him.
Nearer and nearer the boat creeps
until the distance is a minimum, when
the rifleman, taking a careful aim.
i |>ours a murderous discharge into the
most available part of his body.
Those killed at night are pulled out
|on the beach and skinned the follow
ing day. while those killed in the day
time are usually skinned on the spot.
i The second method of floating con
. sists <>f stealing softly within range of
I a sleeping 'gator >y day. It is a difli
. cult thing to no, and. on the whole.
' unreinunerative. Il is usually prac
ticed by local hunters, and very rarely
i by professionals.
' Our party tried the first method,
i Stepping into the boat the light was
trimined, the rifleman took his accus
tomed position in the bow and the
party started A mile from cainp the
stream widened out into a flat marshy
prairie, tilled with small islands and
quantities of driftwood.
Tin uing the light full ahead an im
mense fellow was seen lying on a pile
□f drift au-1 intently watching the
steering apparatus. With gentle pad
dling the boat approached closer,
twenty feet, fifteen, ten —would the
man never shoot?
A flash, a roar, and tbe gre it beast
dropped suddenly into the water, shot
through the heart. Instantly some
part of the body is grappled with the
boat hook to prevent its sinking for
?ver, and with pulling and hauling it is
got ashore.
The next one shot was swimming at
» little distance, only his eyes and
jnout bein ' above water, but an ex
plosive bullet sent with unerring aim
crushed into his bnti' and after a few
minutes' work he, t * was lying on
;he bank.
Occasionally the animal sinks to the
bottom and is lost, oftener he is only
wounded and crawls away to die by
uches, while occasionally a sharp fight
ensues between hunter an l hunted,
xnd a pair of jaws crunching the gun-
I wales of the boat is no laughing mat
ter.
Proceeding up the creek about a
mile we came to a place where two
streams met and on a point of land lay
three, varying in size from seven to
ten feet Approaching in the same
manner as bt fore, two shots svere
fired. apparently killing one and
wounding a second.
I The wounded one slid into the water
and swam softly by the bo?t; as it
passed I blew the top of his -,<.ad off.
but before I oould cab him he sunk.
All this kook but a moment, but that
was long enough for some lively scenes
to be transacted on land. The appar
ently dead 'gator was the smallest of the
three, but he was the liveliest corpse I
ever saw.
One of tbe men landed to examine
him and inadvertently got within reach
of his tail, which appeared suddenly to
become possessed of extraordinary life,
and in an instant he was lying sense
less on his back a dozen feet away.
The blow was a light one, however, as,
under ordinary circumstances, it is suf
ficient to break the legs of a horse.
A second shot finished him. The in
jured man gave place to another at the
rifle and the sport continued until long
after midnight. Five ’gators iu all
were killed, the sk>ns of which, when
cured, represented about s7s—not a bad
night’s work.
An alligator is naturally timid, but a
mother in defense of her eggs or yonng
is one of the most furious animals im
aginable. After the eggs are deposited
in the spring they are covered with dirt
and debris of various sorts, the whole
forming a mound about two feet high
aiTIl four feet long; over this the female
watches for weeks until the young ap
pear, when her vigilance redoubles.
Ciumsy in appearance they can, when
occasion requires, get over the ground
with remarkable swiftness, progress
ing in long leaps. Under these circum
stances the best thing is to take to a
tree and call for help. Escape can also
be made by turning quickly, care being
taken to keep out of reach of the tail.
No inan has any business alone in the
swamps; he can never tell at what mo
ment In- may need help, and that, too,
when miles away from any human be
ing. and where, perchance, months
afterward another hunter may come
upon his bleaching bones to tell the
tale. This is why two men invariably
hunt together in the great wilderness
of the south and why -o few ocriouj
accidents occur. —Washington Star.
NOT ALL IN GIVING.
A lew Timely SugKe»tliin» for the Ite
eeivern of Gifts.
From the receiver's standpoint all
gifts may be divided into things that
we want and things that we don't want.
It takes no parricular skill or grace to
receive things that we want but as, in
times of general giving like Christmas,
the larger part of the gifts we get are
things that we don't want, that branch
of receivership is worth attention. The
two ordinary reasons for not wanting
things are the vulgar one that they do
not strike us us intrinsically desirable,
am the more complex reason that we
don't want to receive them from the
particular giver. A general remedy ap
plicable to reluctances due to either of
these causes is to keep strenuously
in the mind, the happiness of
the giver in giving. Remembering
that you are delighted with a
trifle from some one you love, because it
makes you happy to have been even
passively instrumental in procuring
him the happiness of giving; applying
the same principle, you car accept ever
so costly a gift from some one for whom
you care little without any irksome
sense of obligation, since, of course, the
giver had the best of it. any way, and
it is a great deal kinder and more gen
erous to sacrifice one's personal inclina
tions and accept than to refuse. Re
member persistently that by receiving
with due grace you secure to another
person a desirable form of happiness.
After all, little children do it best.
They are the superlative receivers, and
itisbeeause they are that we delight
to give them things. They are frankly
and delightfully appreciative. Obliga
tions set as lightly on them as the air.
They value their gifts simplj- by the
pleasure they get out of them, and pre
fer a rag baby to the deed of a brick
house. They take a jumping-jack from
Mary, the laundress, and a jeweled pin
from Aunt Melinda Croesus, without
the least distinction of happy approval.
The nearer we get to their guilessnet s,
the nearer we approach perfection in
receiving, and in all the Christmas at
tributes besides. —Scribner's Magazine.
NO MAN'S LAND.
A County That Owes Allegiance to No
State.
In the circuit court of Hughes coun
ty. Dakota, at its present term the
question of the jurisdiction of the court
over Nowlin county came up on a de
murrer to the indictment in the case
against one Matt'iiesoa for maliciously
shooting and killing a steer in that
county in the spring while separating
the herds from the round-up. The
court. Judge H. G. Fuller, supported
the demurrer on the ground of the
want of jurisdiction of his eotirU
He cited that in territorial days
Hughes county was nfthe Fifth judicial
district and that Nowlin county was
attached to it for judicial purposes;
that by the acceptance of the constitu
tion under statehood Hughes county
1 became a part of the Sixth judicial cir
cuit and Nowlin a part of the Seventh
judicial circuit, and was attached to
Meade county for taxation purposes
only, ami that it has not been attachtd
to any county for judicial purposes at
all: that Nowlin county is not organ
ized and therefore has no legal resting
place, either in the state or in the United
States, for judicial purposes, and con
sequently his court has no jurisdiction
in the ease.
The quory arises: “Where does Now
i lin county belong?’ It is very like the
quondam county. No Man’s Land hav
ing neither a parent, government nor
any attachments. Ifoa murder is com
mitted in Nowlin county, by this deci
i sion. the murderer cannot ba arrested
■ either by a state officer or by a United
States officer, as neither has the right
to issue a warrant nor to arrest oa view
lor on information, but it is believed
that in such a ease the privilege of ar
rest would not be asked. Chicago
News.
I’urioim Origin of a Name.
(in the Peoria »t Eastern there is a
I station known as Carlos City. Possibly
! there are few of its inhabitants who
know how it received that name. The
I town was originally called Bloomings
; port, and there were several pl ices of
I the same name iu this country. The
result wi s that many cars of freight
intended for some of the other placer
would go to this point. It liecame a
proverb on the road that when a car
was lost and could not lie found any
where else it would be sure to turn up
lat Bloomingsport. Superintendent
: .Ison, then in charge of the road, was
! greatly annoyed and announced one
I day that he proposed to change the
' name of the town. But what to call
it—ah! a happy thought! "Every lost
car is found at this place. I'll just call
it Carlost City." And Carlost City it
was for a long time. The t was
dropped out. and t.ow it is Carlos City.
Bow Monkey" Sleep.
“Do you know.” said the monkey
man at tbe Zoo. "that few people ever
saw a monkey asleep I suppose there
I are people who imagine they never do
sleep, as they are usually alert in the
I presence of visitors." It was on an
: afternoon when the drowsy Sep
I tember air had exerted its influence
upon a sleepy mustached monkey, and
. the delegate had a good view of the
I sleeping beast He lay upon bis shelf
■ upon his back, with his arms thrown
carelessly about: but the pretty fea
ture was the position of the long tail.
It was curled alxui*. the body, and just
under the head it made a double curl,
and upon this soft roll rested tl.
monkey’s head —a pillow fit for a king
"When alone they always use their
tails for pillows," said the keeper, "but
if two or more sleep at the same lime
they huddle close together, resting
their heads upon one another." —Cin
cinnati Times-Star
English money-lenders have to get
up very early in thi morning to be
ahead. One of them has been detected
sending a circular to the eldest son of
a Sussex magistrate. It so Imppened
that this son was nine and one-half
years old. but that did not make smy
difference.
FARM AND GARDEN.
MODEL POULTRY HOUSES.
They Are Ilailty Cleaned and I’ut Up
Without Mu<-h Trouble.
One of the most successful poultry
men we know of has houses (see cut)
12 feet wide by 4>> feet long and tt feet
high, having a shingled roof with a 1
foot in :• feet pitch. The sides and ’
ends are double boarded, so as to break i
joints, with tarred paper between.
The plates, sleepers, ete., are of 2x4- ■
inch scantling. Each house is divided i
the long way by a partition into two j
equal compartments each, and has a
yard adjoining which accommodates i
60 fowls. The two perches, which are i
along the north side of the house, are ■
placed 13 inches apart and IS inches
above the platform which catches the ■
droppings, and also serve as a cover tc !
the nest boxes. Everything in the
building is easily removable. The floor
is cleaned once a week and the parti- I
tion under the perches is cleaned ■
twice a week and plastered daily.
Cleaning under the nests is accom- |
plished by lifting the perches and
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scraping the trough. The eggs are |
gathered by lifting the hanging board i
door which forms the sides and rooi
platform. A dark passage way leads
along the back of the nest boxes and
affords a secrecy and exclusiveness
to the laying hen which is highly de
sirable.
The feed trough is made by nailing
together 2-inch boards. 16 feet long by
•i inches wide, in the form of a V
trough. Water is kept in a pan. over
which is placed a round flat box (see
Fig. 2), through the sides of which the
fowls can reach for the water ami still ;
cannot soil the wat -r nor over- !
turn the pan. The dust box is made {
by nailing a Isiard across one corner ol .
the room. Two windows, each con- i
taining six 10xl2-ineh lights, are I
placed in the south side of each com
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partment. More glass would make
the house colder at night and warmer
during the day, owing to the rapidity
with which glass radiates heat No
other ventilation is provided, except as
the windows are opened by sliding.
The floor is laid without an airspace
over a bottom of fine stone and gravel
and is made practically air tight by
the dirt whi?h fills the cracks. Well
drained earth floors were first tried,
but proved unsatisfactory, because of
the moist condition of the soil, which
kept the floor cold and damp and made
it necessary to remove the soil fre
quently. replacing it with new earth.
The yards are 2xS rods and contain
12 thrifty plum trees set in a row
through the middle. Every two weeks
during the summer the halves of the
yards are alternately plowed. The
fence is 6 feet high and is made by
wiring two chestnut posts panels made
by nailing pickets 2. 1 .; inches wide the
same distance apart. The entire cost
of each building, including the fence,
did not exceed <IOO. The fence alone
cost for material 70c per rod. —Farm
and Home.
KEEPING POTATOES.
How to rreserve Them in Edible Condi*
tion for a Long Time.
The difficulty of keeping Irish pota
toes in edible condition after March
I is well known to southern house
keepers. farmers ami merchants. Prof.
Schibaux, of the national college of
agriculture of France, has recently de
vised a very simple, cheap and success
ful method by’ which he has been able
to preserve potatoes in edible condition
for over a year and a half. This proc
ess has been adopted by the French
government for preserving potatoes for
the army. The French minister of
agriculture publishes the details of the
process of the official Bulletin du Min
istere de 1‘ Agriculture for March, 1891.
The following is a translation of the
essential part of the scheme:
1. The method of preserving consists
in plunging the tubers, before storing
them away, for ten hours into a two
per-cent. solution of commercial sul
phuric acid in water; two parts of acid
to one hundred parts of water.
2. Ihe acid penetrates the eyes tc
the depth of about one-fortieth inch
(two millimeters), which serves to de
stroy their sprouting power: it does
not have any appreciable effect upon
the sk'n of tiie potatoes.
.3. After remaining in the liquid ten
hours, the tubers must be thoroughly
dried before storing away.
4. The same liquid may lx- used any
number of times with equally good re-
; suits.
5. A barrel or tank of any kind will
do for the treatment. The acid is so
dilute it does not affect the wood.
6. Chemical analysis shows that pota
toes treated by this process are as nu
tritious and healthful after eighteen
months as when freshly dug.
7. Potatoes thus treated are. of
course, worthless for planting —Her
ald McCarthy, N. C. Experiment Sta
tion, Raleigh.
A PROFITABLE CROP.
Cotisitlerable Money < an l<e Matte by Cui
tlvating Lentils.
Lentils are closely related to peas.
They are hardy’ annual plants with
erect, angular, branching stems a foot
and a half high. The pods are some
what quadrangular, flattened, usually
in pairs, and inclose one or two round
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LENTIL—POD AND FRUIT.
lenslike seeds. They grow best in dry.
warm, light soils. As green food for
stock, sow broadcast, but for seed sow
in drills 12 to 15 inches apart, the last
of April or first of May. The common
lentil is superior in flavor to any of the
other varieties, though it does not pro
duce so largely as tne large lentil.
Lentils are highly prized for food in
several European countries, and there
is quite a market here for them. —
I Orange Judd Farmer.
Prraerv. ilir Well Pare.
On light sandy soils the manure heap.
■ water close’s and waste drains should
i be as faraway from the well that sup
' plies water a c possible. If the soil is
very light all the water will naturally
flow to the well, as it is usually deeper
than any other drain. While the soil
will arrest and hold the insoluble ma
terial, much of the soluble matter w ill
be carried into the well by the water.
\Vnt< horses are fed on cut green
fodder care is to be taken to give it
I fresh. If left in a heap it is apt to fer
• meat in the stomach and cause colic.
DOMESTIC "CONCERNS.
—Mashed Potatoes: Tare and boil
nedium-sized potatoes: mash, season
with butter, cream, salt and pepper.
Serve hot. —Farm and Fireside.
-All groceries anil household sup
plies should l>e put away in their own
proper receptacles,and not left standing
around in paper bags. Keep rice, oat
meal. cracked wheat, tapioca, etc., in
levered glass jars; tea and coffee in tin
ranisters, meal and flour in covered
wooden buckets.
Fruit Cake: tine cupful of brown
sugar, one-half cupful of butter: beat
together one cupful of sweet milk, one
half cupful of molasses, two eggs,
three cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonfu!
each of allspice and ground cloves, one
tablespoonful of cinnamon, half a nut
meg, one pound of raisins, one cupful
of currants (rub them in flour before
using), two tablespoonfuls of cream of
tartar, one of soda.—Old Homestead.
—Boiled Leg of Lamb: Trim off all
the loose fat, cut off the shank, wash
and wipe it dry; dredge it with flour
and tie it in a clean cloth: put it in Iroil
ing water enough to cover it. The wa
ter should be salted in the proportion
jf two teaspoonfuls of salt to a quart
of water. Let it l»oil from two to
three hours according to its size. Serve
it with drawn butter or rich parsley
sauce, whichever may be preferred,
and vegetables of any kind which may
be in season.—Boston Budget.
Glazed Sweet Potatoes: Boil sweet
potatoes until they are done, then peel
them, cut in halves lengthwise and
place with the rounding side up in a
large square or hxig baking dish well
buttered. For a dozen people take nine
potatoes. Stir one tablespoonful of
sugar with one table-poonful of water
and one tablespoonful of butter over
the fire until it is melted. Sprinkle the
potatoes with salt ami baste them with
this mixture; place them in a hot oven
until they are browned and glossy.—
Prairie Farmer.
—One of the most toothsome of orange
jellies can be made as follows: To two
quarts of ealves'-foot jelly, that has
been well clarified, add three pounds of
loaf sugar, the juice of two lemons ami
six oranges, the thinly-pared rind of
two oranges, and one stick of cinna
mon broken up. Beat slightly the
whites of six eggs and mix ail well to
gether in a preserving kettle. Set it on
the fire and let it boil briskly for half
an hour, then throw in a cup of c *ld
water and let it boil twenty minutes
longer. Have a flannel jelly-bag. made
the shape of a V, scald it and pour the
jelly into it carefully. Tie it where it
Jan keep warm while the jelly runs
through. Then set the bowl of jelly in
a good placeflo get firm. Ladies Home
Journal.
NOTES ON THE STYLES.
small Mattern of Interest to Follower* of
the Firm bion*.
Velvet ribbon is a favorite garniture
for demi-toilets of various materials.
A basque of rich fringe, shaped to a
deep point in front and tapering nar
row to the back, is seen on some of the
handsomest dinner gowns.
Swallow gray with magnolia white or
Indian red, palest doe-color with dark
russet and Egyptian blue with pale sil
ver are combined in the handsomest
cloth gowns.
Velvet and wool are combined in
some of the most tasteful winter gowns.
The velvet often forms a peasant waist,
which can be worn with various
dresses, or a basque of graceful shape,
with skirt, vest and sleeves of striped
vigogne or camel’s hair.
I’ingot. the famous Parisian designer
of costumes, makes black velvet coats
of the prevailing three-quarters length,
with fitted back, large pockets on the
bides and the straight fronts to turn
back and show facings of black guipure
lace wrought with gold.
A new mid delicate shade of rasp
berry pink is called "salatnbo. ’ This
color, combined with Russian green, is
especially effective. A very beautiful
brocade, recently seen at a leading
shop, had a beautiful flowerdesign bro
caded on a ground shot with these two
colors.
Some of the new roun.l-waisted
French dresses are finished with sharp
ly-pointed lire tel les that reach a trifle
below the waist line, front and back.
Many are delicately embroidered at the
edge; others covered with straight row s
of gimp, ribbon or braiding in ara
besque patterns, and again the betelles
are made of velvet, studded with nail
heads.
Cloth newmarket coats that cover the
wearer from throat to foot are fitted in
the back, with lapped fronts fastened
by frogs that have miniature mink
heads set in them. The deep collar and
the edges of the front are of mink.
These are made of soft cloths, without
lining, except the silk lining necessary
in the sleeves.
Inmaterials for ordinary wear iron
gray woolen corduroy is a popular
utility fabric. It has a sort of pepper
and salt appearance, is a light-weight
texture and is warm and wear-defying.
Flecked English goods are as fashion
able this winter as last, some of the
more recent combinations of color lie
ing exceedingly attractive.
The old-fashioned knotted f'-ing.s
used years atro in various widths have
appeared again, and are used in grace- i
fill ways upon some of the handsomest
gowns of the season. Ruchingsof silk,
fringed at the edges ami laid in close
triple plaits, are also revived, and these
make a very good and becoming substi
tute for ostrich-feather trimming.
The accompanying accessories which
some with recently-imported fabrics for
?ver.ing gowns are in the form of lace
berthas and some rich Watteau ribbon
sashes. Brocades in flower designs pre
vail among the sashes. Among the
flower designs are red and white pop
pies of enormous size, bunches of pur
ple iris, marguerites and huge carna
tions.
Silk velvet comes to the fore this sea
son as a fabric pre-eminent for trim
ming. Velvet skirts are also highly
fashionable once again, and are worn
beneath very dressy open-fronted coats
of satin broc’ide that have vests of ecru
corded silk, embroidered and finished
with a lace fr.ll that goes around the
neck of the high collar, and is jaboted
all the way down the front of the vest.
—Chicago Post.
Fabrica for r.Veiling Toilet*.
Exquisitely beautiful are the fabrics
designed exclusively for evening toilets
this winter—the flower dresses of Per
sian mull, embroidered in blossoms and
leaves. The fancy chiffons, grenadines,
and costly India silk crepes are all suc
cessfully revived. They are lovely, but
they are equally perishable. This, how
ever, is of little account where "money
is no object.” They are in great de
mand by those who can afford to wear
a toilet once or twice and then put it
aside. These dresses are made up over
soft China silk foundations in order to
give them the required lightness jiecu
liar to all airy toilets. They are made
with a train, sad to relate - sad because
1 they are used almost entirely for
; dancing dresses, and every masculine
I fol’ower of Terpsichore knows what
I agonies, mishaps and mortifications are
' sure to follow in the train of a dancing
I dress. It has long been a matter of
I congratulation that trailing dresses
have been the exception in all fashion
able haunts, except upon portly dow
-1 agers. but the tide has turned, and
trained toilets come in on the topmost
wave. —Chi-.ago I’ost.
An Ancient UUea*e.
Dr. Perkinsis a noted linguist He
knows all the dead languages, and is al-
I way’telling the derivation of words.
Not long since, Hostetter McGinnis,
! feeling unwell, applied to Dr. Perkins
for advice, detailing his symptoms
I "You are suffering from dyspepsia.”
! said tl.e doctor.
“Dyspepsia! What does that come
' from?”
! “Dyspepsia? Why. that comes from
the Greek, of course; 1 thought every
, tody knew that.”— Texas biftings.
Ao Eye to lornrt Needs.
Small Boy.—“ Gimme a bottle of
terve tonic."
Clerk.—“ For yourself?”
Small Boy. “Yep. for myself'*
Clerk.—You don’t look as if you
needed nerve tonic.”
Small Boy. “Nop. guess noL but ex
pect to in less’n a week. You see, Tve
taken, lately, to lickin’ every boy in
our part o town, and ma says the very
next boy I fight, she’ll shut me up in a
room by myself where I’ll have to be
civil. That time is sure to come pretty
soon, and (with a sigh) I expect it to be
awful weariu’ on me.” —I’harmace. tical
Era
Insuring :t
Fangle—What are you cutting that
piece out of the paper for?
Cumso —I’m going to take the paper
home, and I’m very anxious for my
wife to read the article, as it is on
economy in dress. If I merely take the
uncut paper home, she won’t see it
Fangle—But I don’t see he .v she’s go
ing to see it if you take the paper with
the item cut out.
Cumso —Well, when she sees the place
where the article was she’ll be so curi
ous to know what was cut out that
she’ll send and get another copy.—N. Y.
: Sun.
Beware of Ointment* for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.
; As mercury will surely destroy the sense
I of smell and completely derange the whole
t system when entering it through the mu-
I cous surfaces, buck articles should never
; lie used except on prescript ous from repi«-
I table physicians, us the damage they will do
‘ is ten fold to the good you can pos-ibly de
' rive trom them Hall's* Catarrh Cure, inan
: ufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co . Toledo.
| O . contains uo mercury, and is taken inter
i nally, acting directly upon the blood and
| mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
I Hail's Catarrh Cure he sure you get* the
genuine. It is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F J Cheney & Co. Tes
“Ttonials free.
.'sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Tow sai> twilight you want to keep your
' own counsel, since it is about then that you
may expect the eve’a-droppiug. Boston
Courier.
A shabby Little Game.
Generally foiled by legal measures ere it
has attained any degree of success, and that
Is the palming off of fiery local bitters and
i trashy tonics ns akin to or identical with
Hostetter's Stoma, h Bitters. ‘1 he genuine
bears u vignette of St. George and the
■ dragon with a minute note of hand, with
i directions for use on a bron.o lalx;l. Hos
tetter’s Stomach Bitters eradicates dyspep
sia. liver complaint, kidney and rheumatic
troubles, malaria mid la grippe.
Pct a handle to a man's name even if he
lis a crank. A crank without a hand.e is of
' little use.—Boston Transcript.
The Orly One Ever Printed—Can You Find
the Word?
i There is a 3 inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no two
words dike except one word. The same is
true of each new one apnearing each week,
from The Dr. Harter Metiicine Co. This
house places a “Crescent” on everything
they make and publish. Ixok for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful lithographs or
samples free.
| It is eminently proper for a man who is
; loring for oil to sign his letters “your well
wisher.”—Washington Star.
■ Fou Coihhs and Thkoat DisonriEßs use
! Baowx’s BkoxcuialTkochbs. "Have never
! -hanged my mind res|iecting them, except
| [ think better of that which 1 began by
i hiiiiiiiur well of.”— Riv. Henry Ward Bather.
' Sold cnlv in boxes.
Hi—*'V»’hy is justice represented as a
I ivou.ati! ' She—" Because her work is never
; lone.’ —Elmira Gazette.
i Fox a Cough or Sore Throat the best med
icine is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
I Pike's Tootlia he DroosCure in one minute
I The man who ‘‘grasped ata straw" w asn't
frowning. He was trying to “drown his
sorrows. '—Boston Pose
Beecham’s Pills cure bilious and nervous
Illness. Beecham's Pills sell well because
thev cure. 25 cents a box.
“PROMPT AND PERMANENT!”
t <; THE PECULIAR EFFECTS OF
Ogc ST JACOBS OIL
Are Its Prompt and Permanent Cures.
A-vie v Jan. 17, 1883, GEORGE C. OSGOOD i CO.,
Rh LM AJI sz iVt> Dr-Tgists, Lowell, Ma—. wrote: “MR. LEWIS
DENNIS, 136 Moody St., desires to say that ORRIN ROBINSON, a boy of
Graniteville, Mass., came to his house in 1881, walking on crutches; his leg
was bent at the kins- for two months. Mr. Dennis gave him St. Jacolis Oil to
nib it. In six days he hud no use for his crutches and went home cured
without them.”
Lowell. Mass.. Jnly 9.’87: “The cripple bov ORRIN ROBINSON, cured
by St. Jacobs Oil in 1881, has remained cured. The young man has lieen and
is now at work every day al manual lalw-r.” DR. GEORGE C. OSGOOD
■ r Mim AUI/ Aberdeen, F. Dak., Sept. 26, 1X88: “Suffered several
LmIoEdALa, years with chronic stitch in the back: was given up
by doctors. Two tmttlcs ol* St. J.icobs Oil cured me.”
1 HERMAN SCHWAYGEL
PETROLEUM VASELINE JELLY -
AN INVALUABLE FAMILY P.EMKDY FOR
Burns Wounds. Sprains. Rheumatism. Skin Diseases, Hemorrhoids. Sun Burns,
Chilblains, Etc. Taken Internally. Will Cure Croup,
Coughs, Colds. Sore Throat, Etc.
PURE VASELINE 2-w. bottle Wets.
POMADE VASELINE 2-oz. bottlels *‘
VASELINE COLD CREAMIS “
VASELINE CAMPHORICEW “
FOB SALE EVERYWHERE AT ABOVE PRICES.
Rs cxre’ il to scceot onlv the genuine, put up and isbeh-d by u«. it you wi»b to te-eive value tor
yourmooe’y Jr any dealer oSera you an imitation or substitute, decline it. DO NOT BE CHEATED.
CHESEBROUCH MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
T W
ENJOYS
Both the method aud results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
E*ntly yet promptly on the Kidneys,
iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches aud fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever ,pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many "excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CAUFCRNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
stv FHANCISCO. CAL.
icn9vtu r . Kt. YOftir. n.v.
firLIVER
PILLS
SfcklN® PO SOT GBIPE SOP. KICKES.
3Prr **nre for BICK Ut.AD*
ACHE, impaired di«ertk>»,ronttf
pat.-.a,torpid gland*. Theyarou««
vital orgALfl, re»nov« r»UMfa dia
— Jdarieal effect on <1-
nt v* and madder.
•* oiliown nerv«»n* <IU-
2 orders. Etub i-h nau
§ U Vr ural Daily action.
complexion by purifying
Pl 3CLY % aorTAULK.
The do* nicely .dieted to *uit pa*. a> ore mH can
never Let oo mh. E*«'h via! rontaii.v <— earned tn vevt
txxke*. 1 ke lead pencil. Iliiain'**** man « great
eonvenier.ee. Taken ea»>r than aurar. Sold every
vbere. A.i ger uine good* bear ••€re»cent.
Send 2-eent rtainp. You get "2 page book wuh earn pie.
08. HARTER MEDICINE CO .St Louis. Ms.
i r von
|r IUU »b. luteijr »*f« ' h ?: *
I I
*»»u rxze F:*:» u.|.» .nU wit*Lull .mtructlon*
orsiuu lai* mw.
Stove p O ush~
*!th -a. EiudicK and Pilntji wbtcii stain |
the hand*, injure the iron, and burn off. j
The Knlng Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant. Odor-1
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for lo tin I
or glass package with •very purchase. |
IVORY
SOAP
Pure.
THE BEST fOR EVERY PURPOSE.
“August
Flower”
Mr. Lorenzo F. Sleeper is very
well known to the citizens of Apple
ton, Me., and neighborhood. lie
says: “ Eight years ago I was taken
“ sick, ind suffered as no one but a
“ dyspeptic can. I then began tak
’ ing August Flower. At that time
“I was a great sufferer. Every
“ thing I ate distressed me so that I
"had to throw it up. Then in a
“ fe .v moments that horrid distress
* ‘ would come on aud I would have
‘ ‘ to eat and suffer
Forthat “again. I took a
“ little of your med-
Horrla “icine, and felt much
Stomach “better, and after
“ taking a little more
Feeling. “ August Flower my
* ’ Dyspepsia disap
•‘peared, and since that time I
** have never had the first sign cf it.
** I can eat anything without the
•* least fear of distress. I wish all
“ that are afflicted with that terrible
“disease or the troubles caused by
“it would try August Flower, as I
“ am satisfied there is ao medicine
“equal to it.” t)
> GOOD NEWS <
.FORTHE MILUONSOFCONSUMERSOFg
, Tutt’s Pills.;
. Kfl ghRMi Dr. i h • i-urr toan-j
Fnoance that he ts now putting up a "
iTINY LIVER PILL<
which I* of c*cce<lini;l.v .mall mize, yet .
| retaining all the virtu*-* of the larger fl
ones They are guarantee <1 purely ”
| vegetable. Both sizes of these pills g
"are still issued. The exact size of "
TUTT’S TINT I.IVF.K 1'11.1.S g
’ i* shown in the border of thl* “ad.” "
VASELINE SOAP, Unscenled 10 cts.
VASELINE SOAP. Perfumed 25 “
WHITE VASELINE 2-oz. bottle 25 “
CAMPHORATED VASELINE 2-oz. bottle 25 "
CARBOLATED VASELINE 2-oz. bottle 25 “
Free Farms
If vou waot r FHFE F.IKM along the line of
railway In MANITOBA. ALBERTA or the
N.INILITCHEWAA, apply for part leu In r* to
L. A. HAMILTON.
•J-NIML THIS PAPER •»•*? MMywi ana
BOREfITM
WELLS?!
with our famou* Well 3*. Is *<Q.i
.Machinery. Th* only 1 , / j 1
perfect eelf-ciearing and > r
Taat-dr ppiDgtool* in use Ji #3*
LOOMIS & NYMtN. X?) dSgJfe* ataioaaw
tiffin. 01110 free.
BC’LING WATER OR MILK.
EPPS’S
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
COCOA
lABELLED 1-2 LB. TINS ONLY.
r» fl FAT FOLKS REDUCED
lato 1 ba. r»er month by hartnlam herbal
\X\ / IremediML No starving, no inconvenience
* ’ ‘and no bad effects. Strictly confidential.
Rr far rirrnlAT* and **w?lmf>ria l *. AddreeADt
Bid«. Ch k a«o. IIL
tats PAPfkmr.ftMrmrr'*
■ W a Want Name and
3 Addraaa of Ew,
I A6THMATIO
Harold Hayes, B.D.
| RUFFALO, W.V.
I ASTHMA
| CURED TO Sl-V CURED J
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DCIACinMC Ti»o«>*and« n<nde happy Hokllere.
rCROIUnO Widow* a 114 Heir* Advice FKEB
Write to W H-Oruen A Cu. Ci»l< ago or I'Biladelpbuu
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pa a Ts? AITG Q • “•* obtained. N
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PIBKEUI Mot t.hi»M- Habit < ured in IO
ll|p|ll|M to 2<» day •>. Vopaj till « ure<L.
WB I VIT9 DR. J. STEPHENS, Lebanon.Ohio*
MTSAMC M* VAI *R t>«w pa
COLD FEET
th,' r*r». wr<»». »*• <»•*
■ I Iso’s Retnedv for Catarrh is th© M
8e... Easiest to Use. and
CATARRH
Solil bv dniKßists or sent by mall,
B.'”. E - T. Huzeltine, Warren, Pa.
2 A. N. K.-£. 137?. 7
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