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Y. aoOff ~~?~7;:?-: DYSPEPSIA. liTiiA, Mi.n.. . < J. uts : I now y write to let you \ know that 1 have ..; 1 )?.???!! using yon ,.i\ .-<; Burdock Blood V&\ ' \ x B.tiers, and also [gal^r to roll you what .._k-e done for me. 1 have been /bled with dyspepsh for year . 1 toenced the use of your Burdock Sod Bitters and th? / "have brought "b out all right. The use of three ties conferred the .great benefit, br which I feel profoundly grateful. w?Bnever Ii*1 without it. ml l d ly V7M. 11 D ELK KB. ?llf?l ?lul? LuilulJ. Denyei% Colo., Si<' > ti or< prizes than any other Com-j ^- pany. 11 . it. -11,500 "fckets 5} Cents Each. $20,BAID-. EACH MONTH. A WONDE?E?L RAGE. That Is What a Detroit Man Calls tho Jay-cuieso, Interest! u? T'.iiiri* Seen In the Land of the MJk ido ? ?? Japan for the Jap k?es?" tiu> Fopntai Sentiment?A Decidedly Itoceptlve Popple. Mr. Frederick Steams, of Detroit, has returned after a year's residence in Japan and has somo interesting tilings to tell of that wonderful people. Tu a l-'rco Press reporter Mr. Stearns said, among other things, speaking of their agricultural methods: "Their met hods are unliko ours in every respect. We can teach them noth? ing in.the lino of agriculture; on tho contrary, we have many things to learn from them: Our plows, harrows, reapers, mowers, etc., while not unknown to them, have not beeu adopted, as they consider their own ideas superior, which they undoubtedly are." '?Are the streets in their cities laid out in similarity with ours?" "Yes, in much the same style, and each is named after a favorite god or deified groat man. The houses of tho majority of tin- pcoplo are but one story in lu itriit and are constructed of bamboo poles fastened together, sur? mounted by a thatched roof. There aro no walls, the Japanese paper, which serves the double purpose of providing shelter and light, being substituted. Glass windows .-ail shingled roofs may be seen on some few houses. All views from the house open upon the garden, the street being entirely closed up. The Japanese will have his garden if it is but half the siv.o of aa ordinary billiard table. The love of tho beautiful iti nature and art is inherent with tho whole raccH?absolut it part of their existence. On all sides ?.f tho houso are built porches, it b< sag the especial delight of the Japanese to live in tho open air as tauch as possible. Rich foliage and flowers may ho seen la these gardens. The >?' rysantheroura is the imperial fl r. but the cherry blos? som is the most i apular with the people "Japan is populated with an aggre? gate of 3S.O00.0 i souls,_a martial race that has u< v< r yet be< n invaded. The people are re- - lute, full of courage, and are very patri Since the revolution of 1805 they have had a constitutional government. 'J ho Mikado i.-. the nom? inal rttler. his ? ? ? rs being limited by a body of men divided into two brandies, which corresponds to our Senat" and Bouso of Rcpreson' .ives. Their form of government i- even moro liberal than that of Gr 'at Britain; ''There are fewer social distinctions there than i'i other-countries, the people living upon ???.?:. <-f equality. The men have adopU-d the n rulation En? glish dress, wher hi I think they made a mistake, b. . their uwn peculiar costume is mtieh prettior, lighter and more comfortable, allowing greater freedom to vac .? moats of the body. 1 noticed that, a! hough they wear tho European c >stum ? in the daytime, they discard it and don their own attire in tho evening: ... ? women have refused to adopt the dress of tho English and American ladies and cling to the gar? ments they havo been accustomed to Wear, although the court ladies wear tho French cost-antes." "Aro the people possessed of abun? dant educational facilities?" "They are, indeed?tho men. 1 mean, for tho women are not allowed the ad? vantages of acquirement of knowledge. They are beautiful and virtuous and make excellent mothers, but are looked upon as inferiors. 1 s.;i 1 t.vthc Japan? ese: 4Your great- --. ambition is to reach a point where ;? ?: can b con udcrcd tho equals of the Europeans, but you can never attain that end until you alter your treatment of your women, educate renr.p ?. a: t con ,:J-.-r them as good as yourselves.' "Ti: ? Japane; ; aro t?*ry receptive and imit-tive. They hare adopted many of our own commorcial ideas, and carry on minings manufactures and build their own steamships and railroad cars. The lo? comotives an l rails are imported. Every in:pc-rtant point in the country can now be reach, [] y railroad; Tho Ja pane so aro very jealous of foreigners and will al? low no outsider to obtain a foothold in their country for 'he purpose of engag? ing in business?and they are right. America for tha Americans and Japan for the Japanese is my somiaica:." U Ti D E ft"" PITTTic 0 AT RULE. A Siotw Ctiter Who Botri Meefcty to Iiis White Wire's Will. It is twenty-five years since Bruginer, the Sioux chief, cut away from his abo? riginal moorings and married his pres? ent wife, tin accomplished woman and the descendant of St. Louis pioneers. Now he is ending his eventful lifo in a modern home. His is noted among the best equipped and most productive of Missouri farms. Mis. Brugineris very much younger than he, and, whatever his kingly prerogatives among tho Sioux may have been, she is certainly now the ruler. Like most frontiers? men, Bruginer i> famously extravagant. Three or four fortunes had slipped out of his bands in a misty way, when Mrs. Bruginer took the reins, and to her eco? nomic skill and managem? r.t is duo his financial regeneration. They are rich again, and it is almost pathetic to hear this old man talking about going to Paris and around the world somo day. In spite of his .years and hardships tho spirit of adventure is as strong in him as ever. Do is wonderfully preserved in health and strength. Iiis voice is still as sonorous as a grir.rly's. His unflinching gray eyes, deep set beneath shaggy, frowning brows, aro tho un dimnted mirrors of what was once a re? sistless, unyielding will. "Zo Siourc!" ho exclaimed at the outset of a rccen-t conversation, "I am zo King." And, seemingly not quite satisfied that this sufficiently emphasized his supremo relation, he added: "By gar, I am ze Emp'r-rsor!" At the leave-taking ho was asked by tho visitor if thoro was any probability of scon meeting him again in tic city. Be glanced deferen? tially at Mrs. Bruginer. "I don't let him go there any more," said she. "Xo," he supplemented, apologetically, '"bhe zo.'' SALEM'S SNAKE WOMAN. Leading ? Hermit's Lifo iritlv Il.ntlera as Her Only <.'om;>anious. Martha Ann Tillsor, tho singular character who died at Salem, Ind., re? cently, was known as tho "Snake Wom? an." Many were tho stories afloat about her during her lifetime, as she would associate with no ono. She lived in a little cabin at tho foot of Twelve O'clock Knob, and led a hermit's life, having no one to sharo her abodo except snakes. By the few who wero ever al? lowed to ?ee the interior of her cabin it is said to have, literally swarmed with her strange companions, with which she ato and slept, and wid th were to bo seen lying in h^r bosom and coiled about her neck, body and limbs when? ever she was caught sig^it of. Ilcr extraordinary predilection for theso unpleasant croaturcs is supposed to havo arisen from a morbid feeling that sho was, like them, hated of men; for, naturally deformed, sho recoiveddn addition an injury to tho spino while tin infant, and, though perfectly soundJof Sho was observed to stoat away ovoiy : day with a pan of mllkT and on being fallowed was found to bo caressing a dozen or so hideous rattlesnakes, while they drank from the vessel which sho h> l.I in her lap. florriflod, her parents' tried to reason with her, then to pun? ish, and finally to conllnc her in an en? deavor to break her of her fondness for tho reptiles, but sho pined so for tier pets that they feared sho would die if kept from them. Sho evinced even stronger distaste for human society as sho grew older, and, sinco tho death of her parents, has withdrawn entirely ! from any association with her kind, liv? ing wholly on tho product of a small '? garden cultivated by herself and of half a dozen chickens, which tho snakes seemed to know wero not legitimate prey, and left unmolested. Sho was a little, fair woman of about forty-fivo, with sandy hair, very abun? dant and long, which sho woro in a num? ber of tight plaits, which, combined with her deformity and the odd, miscel? laneous stylo of dressing, the result of her refusal to hold any communication with a fellow-being, served to make her a most remarkable-looking object. Sho was looked upon as a witch by the ne? groes about, who declared her to he pos? sessed of tho evil eye, and hated and feared her accordingly, though her lifo was a most harmless, quiet ono. Sho bad been dead somo days \vbcn discovered, and her dead body was liter? ally covered with a writhing mass of snakes, which had to bo killed beforo it could be removed, for thoreptiles turned viciously on all approaching tho re? mains. On hoi heart \va*toufcJ coiled a large rattlesnake, dead. The Inquest proved that the woman's was a natural death, and It is probablo that the snake died of grief for its mis? tress. Sho left no heirs, and u few nights after nor burial tho nouso was burned down. It is supposed by somo of her neighbors, as tho greatest horrcr was felt for the place, which was still infested with snakes. A CONVICT'S REFORM. It Is Effected b.r tho Recollection of III* Mother'* Words. Apropos of the movement to furnish books to the prisoners in Auburn jail a Norwegian lady, resident in Auburn, f. lls in her picturesque way an episode which occurred in Charleston, S. C, ', says the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Years ago a mother took her five-year-old boy ! into prison when sho went to see his father, committed for some trilling ol | fenso. The little fellow stepped into ::io adjacent ceil, having over it the number OS. To tense him tho warden shut the door, but quickly opened It at ! the little fellow's screams. His mother soothed him, saying: "Nobody shan't j ever, ever shut my littlo hoy up In a dark prison." Years passed. The boy's father nnd mother died. His uncle helped him and gave him money to get to New York. He fell in with bad compaay, squandered his mon? ey, and Sn sheer desperation at ti mpted to commit burglary in his uncic's house. That relative was so en razed ho handed over his nephew to tho authorities. Looking at the number of his ceil, lo his hurror ho saw "OS," and knew that it was the self-same coll that had Inspired his boyish terror. When hia mother's words came back: "No? body shan't ever shut my little boy In a dork cell," and be wept as ho had not sinco bcr death, for'ho had loved that mother. The warden's wife had found bim in a melted condition, lie told her his story and sho gavo him tho utmost sympathy and kindness during his long term, shortened by his good behavior. As be left his cell and took a last look at those terrible numbers "CS," bo de : tcrmined ho would mako a man of I whom his mother should be proud. By ! his trade, learned i:i prison, he pursued an honest and lucrative trade, and his rt?sx^.f6r.Uxc,rature, also formed by tho warden, provvi'vl fv leisuro hours. j Ten years afterward no ca'.li*!- en the j warden's wife, and she could hardly be ' lievo that it was be who bad occupied i "0s,T' HOW SHE ESCAPED, :.i ii: Wind that Doesn't Blow <;ooti to Somebody. "Early in the '00s I was a railroad telegraph operator down in Georgia," said ho to a Philadelphia Inquirerro ; trter, "and I had a mighty narrow es? cape from being lynched one day. It was in the afternoon. A gang of darkies came along to where my station was, about throe miles from any human habitation. They had In their grasp a beautiful young white girl, and they tied berfast to one rail of the track, right be? fore my eye s. They then stood there, and p In ting revolvers at my head said if I interfered in any way they would murder me. Five minutes beforo the Atlantic express* was duo they departed, leaving tho girl on the track to be cut in two by tho train. I was in terrible suspense. I knew I would he called a C-oward and a cur if I allowed that girl to bo killed, but I was afraid to signal the train to stop, becauso I knew the darkies would kill mo if I did. But I was going to save my position anyhow. Just as the train passed my signal sta? tion I ran down tho track and with a pair of pliers cut tho wiro connecting the signal to tho station. By doing this I thought I could toll tho railroad officials that tho vandals had cut tho wiro so that I could not signal I tho train. Sco tho fino point? Wcdl, while I was cutting tho wiro the wind camo up suddenly and blew a perfect tornado. Big oak trees wero blown over so that their tops touched the ground, and I had to hang on lo the track so that I wouldn't bo blown away. Well, when I went up tho track I saw those darkies running away, and I supposed that tho girl had been cut in two. I was prepared to look upon a horriblo sight, but, to my great joy and utter astonishment, sho was still alive. I cut the ropo with my pliers and released her. I carried her tenderly up lo tho signal station, hound up tho gashes made in her limbs by tho rope, and?" "And what?" asked somebody. "And I asked her to bo my wifo." "What did sho say?" "Sho thanked me for my bravery, and softly murmured: "Yes.*' "But how was it tho train didn't kill her?" * "I ate'/er fouud out until two years afterward. Then I met tho engineer of that very train. Ho explained to mo that just as tho train was about to striko the girl that heavy gust of wind camo along. It was so powerful that it lifted one side of tho train over, making it run on ono rail for about five uuadrcd feet before it fell back on tho other rail. It so happened that the girl was tied to the rail from which the wheels raised, and that's how sho escaped." X Rpmarknblo Escape. At Parkcrsburg, W. Va., a contractor i took part in a frolic that ended in a fight, all hands being drunk, and a man un j dertook to assault him with a hatchet : Uo rushed to a third-story window, and, ; suspending himself by his hands from I the sill, would have dropped to tho i street and no doubt been crushed to j death but for tho fact that his feet were , caught on tho top of the sash in tho sec j ond story and tho sash gave way just as he lot go his hold_g| the sill. Ho sank ~"irf?ev.-ifuiow .rnri his feet slipped in- , _ 4? carrying him into thojrooar1>clow fcape unhurt. EXPECTATION. Under the trees ray ll(?art and I together Await tho stop tliat nevermore will como; Await tho grecnng word forever dumb I I know not how?whether wo dreamed, cr. wliotUcr M}- Heart and I. seeing tho now-blown heather, Touli hope from Its full glory; or the sum Of earth's wide joy, moving our pulsc9 numb, Drew us abroad Into tJj5 sweet warm weather. We donned tho lesson well, long, long ago, My Heart and I?we conned the lesson well lu summer h.-at>. In winter's mum orn coldl Tliat bo will come no more, we know, we know; Yet we oxpect him more than tongue can tell. And listen tor tils coming us of old I -Ida \V. Bcnbara, In N. Y. Independent. AX ODD PROPOSAL. My Lady Love Re-scuod by a Bit of Short-Hand. . t?\A". /*i (r^? ?n m ] oard" %_ ? or," said Miss _ Cathca r t, w h o *74n' ^T.'^f^K sat ?ext mo at 'r\'-#0$#& the table; then l%ZMp'^Z in :i lower tone, "1 doh'1 si o what M rs. Matthews can bo thinking of. I was told this was a very select place" "So it is, Isn't it?" I answered, in true Yankee fashion, with an assertion and a question. "Judge for yourself! This latest ac? quisition to our number is a stenograph? er and type writer in Lawyer Butler's office." 1 looked down tho tablo at the very pretty young lady sitting there, and thought to myself that sho might prove a very charming companion. Miss Catheart?thirty years old and attired liko a girl of eighteen?looked faded and old in comparison. That evening, in tho boarding-house parlor, I was introduced to Miss il n hoi Stone, tho "new boarder," and in half an hour we were on very friendly terms. I hud touched upon tho subject of short band early in the conversation, saying that, as a lawyer, I had often thought I would liko to take my own notes in the court-room, and a most enthusiastic ad? vocate of stenography I found. She up- J sot all my theories about shorthand, de? claring it was not hard to acquire, and 1 that it was a most delightful and fascin? ating study. "Why not give mo some lessons?" I i said, laughingly. Miss Stone took me up at once. Not that she would entertain a proposition to give tho regular lessons, but she assured mo if 1 would got the proper books 1 could pursue tho study without a teacher. "In any difllctdty,"she sai'.. "1 should be very glad to render you assistance." Now. to be quite honest, I full in lovo with tho new boarder in that very tlrst | hour, and as a natural consequence, I returned homo the next evening with tho necessary books in my possession. 1 am ashamed to confess how oft? a 1 feigned ignorance just to enjoy her pretty, eager way of explaining the dif? ficulty. It was not long before tho lines and curves and hooks began to mean some? thing to me, and one particular phrase had a peculiar fascination for mo. I used to write it ovi r and oy r again? "1 lovo you, I love you." It was so easy to make?a tick, two curves, and a miniature croquet wicket, all joined together in one delightful . ie ogram. It came to bo an understood thing that after supper Miss Stone and 1 , should sit at a small table in a corner of the parb-r and talk over the short? hand. Mi.-s Catheart made herself ex? ceedingly disagreeable, and sometinn - Rachel?1 called her Rachel in my heart?would leave the room to escape her discourtesy. Sometimes we would make a little break in the shorthand ar.d t.:rn to i ?I I?m I-'EXCACKOJ" CA3PED m?s. MATTHEWS. other topic-, and in these eschahgi s of confidence I learned a good deal about Rachel's home, in a small New England town, ami of her only brother, a college Student of whom she was very | roud. I found it was to help this brother through college that she had sought a position in the city. Every day I fell more deeply in love, until I reached a point where there were no more depths to sound I hardly know why 1 did not make a formal proposal ?perhaps because nc very good opportunity presented itself, perhaps because I was in doubt as to her answer. Sometimes I would fancy her color deepened a little when I en? tered the room; hut there was a frank? ness about her treatment of me, and a business-like way of making shorthand the chief topic of our conversation, that did not tend to encourage, ma One afternoon I went homo earlier than usual with two opera tickets in my pocket, and in my heart, a d< termin? ation to know my fat: that night Surely I could manage a proposal dur? ing the walk home. As I stopped in the hall to leave my hat I heard Mrs. Matthews' voice through the pnrlor doer, it wr.s pitched high as though the speaker was an^ry or excited, 'i must have y-our room," sho was saying. "Somo of my best boarders will not remain under the cir? cumstances, unless you leave the house." "Under what circumstance-,? 1 do not understand you, Mrs. Matthews." It was Rachel's voice, and it sounded as though tho poor girl might break down and cry the next instant- 1 considered myself wholly justified now in playing tho part of an eavesdropper. "Your goings on with Mr. Hamilton under cover of that shorthand study. You could not spend moro timo in his comnanv if you were, engaged to him." An! ii my darling had been engaged to me how quickly I could step to her side and defend her from these cruel in? sults. The little phrase: "Iloreyou," flashed into my mind, and it was like an inspiration. As it happened, I held in my hand a book?a compilation of sten? ographic phrases I had just purchased? and with tho whito paper wrapnel about it and the lead pencil in my vest pocket, every thing necessary to carry out my plan was at hand. In bold, black characters, I_ swiftly wrote on the book tho words:" "'^^r*^ve you. Ee my wife," in shorthand. J<?ke next |nstant I stepped into the'"rbom.^fe "EAnse me, Miss Stone," J. S6wd,""'-^B you ar^ngagccL Rearing your voice -SAT pa.?d through tho hall I thought' ! that my poor lovo'a chocks wero hotly I flushed ami berlipsq ui vering: I wanted j to take her in my arms in tho face of ' tho frowning landlady. As sho took th? hook her eyes fell upon tho shorthand characters. They stood out Loluly on tho white paper, and to bor they woro, : as plain as print. Her head dropped an instant Then sho gavo me a.loolc?if eyes over said yes, hers did. We wero engaged, and now my way was clear. '?I have linen thinking; Airs. Mat? thews," I said, "that it would ho well for .Miss Stone's engagement to meto bo announced. Shall wo delegate you to make the fact known to the rest of the household?" "Engaged!" gasped Mrs. Matthows. "Is Miss Stone engage3 to you?" "It gives mo great pleasure to say that sho Is. Miss Stono will return to i her homo In a very short tima to mako preparations for our wedding, which will tako place tho coming winter." When tho landlady loft tho room, eager I know to carry tho news to Miss Cathcart, I look Rachel in my arms and begged her pardon for so summarily de? ciding her future for her. I fold her if her brother needed aid to complete his college course I would most gladly givo it, and that two months was just, as long as 1 was willing to wait. In a cortain littlo box my wifo chor Isbes tho keepsakes sho values the high? est, and among them is a bit of wrap? ping paper bearing a few stenographic characters?my shorthand proposal. .Would you like to sco It? Ib ra it I,: ?-Etta F. Martin, In Chicago News. FACTS AEOUT LEAVIS. Special:;' MofllfliMl by N'utnr? l .r Some I'lirllciUar PurpoHn. Even the mot cursory observer of vegetable 1 if.? must have been often struck with the various forms of leaves. Why they should bo so variously formed docs not, however, often sug? gest itself, though there is a rcasi n for the S] octal sliapo and texture of almost every leaf in existence: Plants, such as grxsses. daffodils an 1 others which usually grow in clusters, havo gen? erally narrow leaves growing upright, so as not to overshadow ono another. Other plants, of Isolated habits, havo an arrangement of follago which secures to themselves tho space of ground necessary for their develop? ment. The.daisy,.dandelion and shop herd's pur--?which may mostly bo seen in ; as tun s?are examples of this. A circle .d broad leaves pressed against the gr< tin I, forming what Is known as a rosette growth, effectually bars tho approai h of any other plant and keeps clear from all other roots tho space of ground necessary to its own nutriment. Floating leaves, and leaves of marsh plants, aro usually of sitnpio outline, for, having few competitors; they are not liable :?? get in one another's light Submerged plants have mostly loaves of narrow segments?the reason for winch is not very well under? stood, though it is assumed by naturalists that it is for the purpose of exposing as large a e irface as possible, i:: order to extract tho minute proportion of carbonic acid dissolved in a vast bulk of water. Leaves on the bough > of trees are often much divided, ;o as to fold easily, to prevent.their being rent and torn by high winds, while the glossy surface of evergreens is intended to throw olf rain an i which might freeze on thorn, and s.i cause injury to the tissues with? in. But hairs on the surfaco of leaves are perhaps tho most interesting study of all. With the aid of a micro sc : the beautiful r.nd systematic ar? rangement of. thoso can bo easily dis? cern" i. and their uses understood. Ua many plants there arc glandular hairs, to cuteh or deter small creeping insects; on others there are hairs set so as to act as effectively against young animals as . spike palisade against obtrusive boys; ???c^otji?'?rs. hairs which arre;.t tiio drop3 . forco lown '<;. ? iseriesjof poisoned stings. Tlie oro? ary nettle is an c-xampio of this?.and tho beauty ami ingenuity of its mechan ism is truly wonderful. Each nettle .lair is armed with a brittle and pointed siliceous cap, which breaks elf in tho wound; and the poison i.i then able to flow out through a tubular hair, from a reservoir at its base. There- is scarcely h form of 1- af but is specially modiliod by nature for somo particular purpose, ana the diseovi ry of this purpose Is a source of very pleasant as well as profit- j able, study.?Horticultural Times. MADE RICH BY OIL. A Coujjrefi-tttoii's Mr;r;;lr- En-led anil m Sfcw Dojcologj Born. The Fori >t Grove Presbyterian con? gregation is in l?ck, and aU its mem? bers promise to become rich through a strike in oil made on a few acres of ground surrounding tho rickety old chapel calli d a church, says a Pitts? burgh dispatch to ti." Sau Francisco Chronicle. Tho site is legated about eleven miles from Pittsburgh, and is right in the center of tho new Grove oil fields. For years Deacon Ueacom has been pastor of tho congregation, and it took the combined receipts from a few acres of farming land, the district school and tho offerings of the small congregation to keep t! i r> good mar. alive; but by good fortune this is all changed. Three good oil producers havo been struck during tho past week, with an avi "age output of about 1,000 barrels a day. This gives the church people a daily income of S125 from royalties, in addition to a cash bonus. rJ>.o now wedls are being sunk, which will increase tho . church income to 100 a month. Ono of tho new wells has bee n dubbed "Old Hundred," be? cause of the follo wing roviseil version of tho familiar hymn which ono of tho drillers has tasked upon the derrick. Prat? God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise Li.n for putting oil below, Prai.-e aim, ye drillers, give liearty tnanks, Praise Lim for the overflowing taaks. A Famous Woman Sc.r~cou. Sfrao. Ribai-t, the exgrisette, who was the first European to practice medicine in the Turkish harems, was as skillful as most of her contemporaries. Tho woman's career is more romantic than most fiction. Her lover in Paris was a medical student; sho devoured his text books with more avidity than he did hei novels. She passed a brilliant examina? tion at twenty-six. and went to Cairo to practice; her patients were soon num? ber by the hundreds, but tho excesses into which sho plunged resulted in her incarceration in a lunatic asylum. Sho then sought a new career in Cochin China, and at onco won the admiration of the French inhabitants. So speedily did her skill as a surgeon mako her famous that she in a short time became physician to the court, and was to have operated on the Queen mother of Annara for a cataract Tho day before sho was , to have relieved tho old Queen, who had jjtbeen blind for yo'ars, tho wonderfully autiful and s?faful Dr. Eibart died? lably f romS early excesses, jrd jgJtiar youth and had ru ?islan and Orion' UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION. 0CO,Cft(kDl ?TRIBUTED. < i V EI iciiiSiiDa Slate tilery Coia^aiiy Incorporated l>y if, > Legislature, for educational and charitable pur? poses, its franchise made ;i part o. the-present State constitution in 187) by ;t:i overwhelming i>opular vote, and To Continue Until January 1, 1895. Its mammoth drawings take place semi-unnually, (June and December), and its Grand Single Number Draw? ings take place in each of the other ten mouths of the year, and arc all drawn in public at the Academy of Music, New (Orleans, 1 a. FA M LI? FOB TWENTY YEA US For integrity of its drawings, and prompt payment of Prizes. Attested as follows: '?\Vo do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangeineut for all the monthly and setni-tinnual drawings of the Louisiana State Lottery Com? pany, and in person manage and con? trol the drawings themselves, and thai the some are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward- all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with f.ic similies of our signatures si i inched, in its advertisements." Commissioners. d? the undersigned Hauls und Hankers trill pay all prizes dr;iwn\ in the Louisiana Slate Lotteries which tiiinj !>i presenli <l <ti mir counters. It. M.Wahusli y,President Louisiana National Rank. 1'ierre Lauaux, Preshh u1 State Na? tional Hank. .\. Baldwin, Presi lent New Orleans National Bank. ? !arl Kohn,Pr< sident Union National Bank. Grand Montlily Drawing. I At the Academy Of Music, New Or i. ,mi>, Tuesday, Augusf?12th, 1890. CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000 lOO.OOOTTickets at ^d?* each; Halves $10; Quarters, $5; Tenths, $2; Twen? tieths, si. LIST OK PRIZES. 1 prize of $300,000 is.$300,000 100,000 is. 100,000 50,000 is. 50,000 1 prize oi 1 prize of 1 prize oi 2 prizes ol r, prizes of 25 prize.- ol 100 pri, ? - of Jon prizes of 500 prizes oi 25,000 is 10,000 are 5,000 are 1 000 are. 500 are 300 are ?,'DiJ are APPROXIMATION PRIZU 100 prizes of $500 are.... ... mn 1.00 of dm i.are. of 200 are. TERMINAL IN fl .' prizes of $100 an i.f o an 25,000 20.000 25,000 2?;??0 50.000 00,000 103,000 $50,000 30,000 20,000 $00,900 .$99,960 3,1*1 prizes, amounting to.1,05-1,800 NOTE?Tickets drawing capital prizes are not entitled to terminal AGENTS WASTED, for club rates or any further information desired, write legibly to :!:?? undersigned, clearly stating your residence, with State, county, street and number. More rapid return mail delivery will be assured by your en closing an envelope bearing your full address. IMPORTANT. ii Addrese U. A. DAUPHIN ^^^^^???^^^^^NewCrleans, La., or M. A. i >A rT^Trv^^Maa^B?j^ Washington, D. O. ~ Bj ordinary letter containing money order issued by all express companies. New W>rk exchange, draft or postal note. Idilrus IJECIsTEBBHETTEPACilSlUSlSC CCMEEXCI to New Orleans National Bank, New Orleans, La. Remember that the payment of piizes is guaranteed l>y four Na? tional Hanks of NewOrleans, anil the tickets aro signed by the president of an institution whose chartered rights are recognized in the highest courts: therefore, beware of all imitations or anonymous schemes. Remember that the present charter of the Louisiana Stab'Lottery Com? pany, which the Supreme! !ourt of the United states 1ms decided to beacon tract with the State of Louisiana, and part of the constitution of the State, does nor expire until the 1st of Jan? uary, 1895. The Legislature of Louisiana, which adjourned on the loth of July of this year, has ordered an amendment to the constitution of the State to he submitted to the people at an election in 1S93, which will carry the charter ot the Louisiana State Lottes? Com? pany up to the year nineteen i^ndred and nineteen. 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