;UniIer?rouHl Rlrera Serre a Fnrpose.
i The French scholar Martel, who ha
long made a study of underground water
icourses, has recently been exploring' the
jcave3 a ad underground channels of the.
Peloponnesus, in Greece. lie says th&
ithese unJergro-.iad rivers serre a most
useful purpose, for through them a large
!a:nount ol water is drained away 'which,
would otherwise stagnate, make swampa
ind breed ill health in large district
that arc now healthful and devoted to
nijricultural purposes. It was Martel who
discovered aa underground river atTaka,
cot far from Tripolis,in Africa, bj meani
of which some enormous swamps that
had been the occasion of much sickness
"were drained aad fitted for agriculture
by the process of connecting them with
these remarkable underground channels.
Ikistoa Transcript.
Catarrh Can't beCared
With local application. as they cannot reach
thef-at of the disease. Catarrh a blood or
conditional disease, and in order to cure it you
Lave to tnke inteniH! remedies. Hall's Catarrh
Cure U taken internally.and act directly on the
blood nnd mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is no quack medicine. It was prescribed
by one of tLe lx.?t physicians in this country
for years, and is a regular prescription. It la
ccini;-os-d of the l-st tonics known, combined
with the bc.-t Wool purifiers, acting directly on
the inufons surta' t-s. The perfect combination
of the two into".' dients is what produces such
w 'idirf'il res 'ill in curing catarrh. Send for
lc:.-tiinori!:i!s free.
l J. Ciifskt A- Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by drujo-'ist", price 7"c.
f' EREi7EX3TEr?r, the phenomenal SL Louis
pitcher, measures almost six feet, and weight
180 i.oun Is. The pbenom is also red-headed.
To Cleanse the Cystous
Effectually jet gently, when costive or bil
ious, or when tha blool U impure or sluggish,
to permanently cure habitaal constipation,
to n vrnkqn tbe ki lneys an 1 liver to a healthy
activity, without Irritatinj . or weakening
them, to dispel headaches, cold or fevers, use
Ski ruo of Firs.
Pr.oTESsoit Fkaxz Lettz, known as the
Kestor of Herman surgeons, ia dead at
U:ui:-'u, JJavaria.
Ir your Hack Ache.", or you are all worn out,
rood for nothing, it is general debility.
I'.rown a Iron Hitters wll cure you, make you
strong, cle in-e your liver, and give a good ap
petite tones the nTves.
The maple suar counties In Ohio are In
creasing. Thk Mississippi I3 chanin Its course
near ilemr;hi, Tenn.
The Only One Ever Printed.
CAN" YOU ri.ND THE WORD?
Thee is a 3 inch display advertisement in
this paper, thin week, which has no two words
ai-:e except one word. The same is true of
each ne.-r one appearing each week, from The
Jr. HaMer .Medicine Co. Thishouse places a
t rescent" on everything they make and pub-Ii-h.
Look for if. send them the name of the
word and they will return you book, beauti
ful LITHUO'UPRS or SAM Pf,KS THEE.
PnoTESTAjrr natives in Africa are waging
n war ot extermination on Catholic mil-
tionaries.
Brown's Jron Hitters cures DyspeTila, Ma
laria. Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aids -Digestion, tones the nerves
create- appetite. The best tonic for horsing
Mother. ve-tk women and children.
Too much silver in Havana has caused a
great depreciation in the white metal
throughout Cuba.
Hh t 1 ,s .'5radvcrotine for heartache
th f,,. lH.t imagmable results. I state this
i U-'r , w,'r,i,no" - .J-V- Washburn, Abbe
v ill.-, ..i. All druggies, fifty cents.
Tiierk is a decided falling off in the cot
ton acreage iu South Carolina.
Who non.i) lc free from earthly ills must
t'liya hox of Heecham's Pills. 25 cents: box.
Uurl li iiguim a.
Within the past few weeks seals hare
beeu caught otl the Connecticut coast.
If arV.lcted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
wm's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25o.per bottle
W
TIIENEVER I see
Hood's Sarsaparilla
I want to bow and say
'Thank You.' I was
badly affected with Ec
zema and Scrofula
Sores, covering almost
the whole of one side of
my face.nearly to the top
of my head. Running
sores discharged from
both e.irs. M v eves were verv bad. For nearly
n i-ar I was deaf. I took HOOD'S SARSA
PARILLA and the sorts on my eyes and in
my t ars i.e; led. 1 can now hear and see as well
as !-.' Miis. Am ma Paisley, 17t$ Lander
Street, Xewburgh, N Y.
HOOD'S PILLS cure all Liver Ilia, jaua
dire, Mi-k livadache, itiliousncss sour stomach.
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A reliable cure for Contagious
Blood Poison, Inherited Scro
fula end Skin Cancer.
A3 a tonic for delicate Women
and Children it has no equal.
Being purely vegetable, is harm
less in its effects.
A treatise on Ilood and Sic! n Dis
eases mailed fkkk ou application.
Druggists Sell It.
SV.'iFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
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Miss-C.G. McClave, School
teacher, rzi Park Place. Elmira. N.
Y. " JThis Spring w hile away from
1.. 1 r . . . i
uumc icacumg- my nrst term in a I
country school I was perfectly
wretened with tliat human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that I
take August Flower. The very next
day I purchased :i bottle. I am de
lighted to say that August Flower
helped me so that I have quite re
covered from my indisposition." &
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ill aii nil 1 I 1. .mi M.m ma liit
nrlutarinmn FENCES. CC3 h
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Dutcher's Fly Killer Is certain death. Flies are at
tracted to It ana killed ai onee. Ther do not live to
iret away. Use it freely, destroy tbeir eirgs and pre
vent reproduction. Always ask for Duictier's and
Cet best r)i!t'.
FRZD K DUTCHEB DBTTQ CO.,
, St. A lb a its, Vt.
0 0OOOGOO
(If on have no appetite. Indigestion,
Klatuleiiee, Niek-lleiwlache, "all run
down" or losir-s lles take V
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1 liry tM. 11 p the weak stomach and O
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BETTER DEAD
MAKING STATUES.
LIFELIKE REPRODUCTIONS IH
BEAUTIFUL COLD MARBLE. ?
now Clay Models and Piaster Cost
Are Made Instruments lor
Reproducing In Stone
Pointer and Drill. .
"V'ARVINQ a statue is like cooking
I a rabbit the first thing is to.
0 get tin subject for a statue ir
nearly alwajs the copy of an'
idea 6rat worked out ia clay, except ia
a few remarkable cases, at where Michael;
Angelo and other master-hands have cut
a finished statue direct from the marble,
block without the aid of a copy of any
sort, though this was a remarkable feat
even for them.
The clay moJel may be considered
the biais of all the artist's work. It is
made, whenever possible, from the living
model in plastic clay, with the aid of the
fingers and a few simple wooden or horn
knirei. When the subject is dead or
absent, death masks and photographs are
the artist's guide. While this work is
perhaps not the highest order of art, it
require mora than a mere imitative
faculty of eye and hand. Tho moods
and temperament of the subject have to
be studied aud emphasized . to save the
work from degenerating from a living
likeness into a mere dead model.
The linal marble is not copied from
the cly, ho.ve7er, as that is an unsatis
factory substance from which to work,
and between the two stages of the work
a plaster cist has to intervene. But
from an artistic point of view there is a .
liveliness and expression about the first
clay model that the cast never show3,
which has ivearise to the artist's sayiug
that the "ciay is the life, plaster the
death and mar.)lethe resurrection."
For takin ; the plaster cast what is
known as a "piece mold" is made. The
cast is divided into sections, over each
of which a plaster mold from two
four inches thick is nude. These when
fastened together form a hollo-v mold
into which th s fluid plaster of paris is
poured. When this hardens the outer
crust is broken away and the white, firm
cast stands forth ready to b3 copied by
the carver. Some artists do their own
carving from the first rough block, but
in most cases the rougher work is turned,"
over to a skilled mechanic, who chips,
the work down almost to size, leaving'
only what is known as the skin finish to!
be done by the artist. Indeed, such is!
the skill of some of the Italian workmen'
that they will turn out a finished copy
of any cast given to them without the
artist so much as touching a chisel.
But this copying of the cast in stone
is by no means a matter of the eye alone.
It is measured . with mathematical ac
curacy in every part by an ingenious de
vice known as a "pointer." This is an
upright rod standing on a firm base and
carrying two sliding arms with a num
ber ol ball, and socket joints, which can
be turned and clamped in any direction,
and, like the claw of a lobster, can be
made to touch any point within its own
radius. In the end of each of the pointer
arms is set a needle graduated to frac
tions of an inch and moving in a collar
with a set screw so that it can bs
clamped at any point.
The plaster cast that is to bs copie 1 ,
resting on a square pedestal, is placed,
on a revolving platform like the turn
table of a railroad, and alongside of it,
resting on a similar pedestal, i3 placed
the rouh block of marble from which
the statue is to be made. The pointer
is set between them and the needle in
the upper arm adjusted to read to zero
and brought to bear on some prominent
point of the cast, say the no?e. The
lower arm is adjusted to an arbitrary
point on the pedestal, and the corre
sponding point is found on the pedestal
bearing the marble block. The pointer
arms are then swung round till the lowe?
one bears on the mark and the upper one
touches the marble block, which is larger,
of course, than the finished statue, and
the distance which the graduated needle
is pushed back throujh its collar sho.vs
how much of this surplus or "stock" is
to be cut away to reach the point where
the nose of the statue is to b3giu. This
point is marked, and with the bow drill
u hole is drilled into the block to within
one-sixteenth of what ia to be the fin
ished surface of the statue, assho.vaby
the reading of the needle. Several simi
lar points are then taken over all the
prominent features and the work of
roughing out is begun.
The bow. drill is a moat rimitive in
Ktrument and is practically the same as
has been used for ages by savage tribes
for the production of fire as well as in the
mechanic arts. Its simplicity is its rec
ommendation, and in a practiced hand it
can be made to do very delicate work.
The general roughing out of the face
is done to make sure that there are no
black veins in the block that will show
upon the surface of the finished work,
and if any are discovered the tlock ha J
cither to. be. turned and the face worked
out of a new part of it or else it is dis
carded altogether.
There are insurance companies that
make a business of guaranteeing, the
blocks of marble against defects of this
sort, and as the best Carara statuary mar
ble costs something like $35 a cubic foot
it will be seen that the risk involved in
buying a rough block for a large statu;
is considerable and the artist is gla i to
pay a premium on - a guaranteed stone
Sometimes there will be a dare vein or
spot apnear in the very last stage,, or, a-.
it Is called", trie "skin finish of tne
sculpture, marring, if not mining, the
whole work.
After the roughing out of the statue
by a few of the prominent points, innu
merable minor points are taken all over
the cast and their positions noted with
the bow drill on the marble block. Then
the steel point and the hammer are called
into play and the superfluous material
between the drill holes is cut away. As
all the drill holes have been sunk little
ihort Ql. their full depth there., is left a
thin crust of uniform thickness all ovs
the work, which acts as a protection
against any chance blows of the hammer
or slip of the steel points, for marble is
a delicate substance to work with, and
vigorous blow of the hammer would cause
the stone to spawl and crumble to a depth!
of perhaps an eighth of an inch and
finally to fall out, leaving a hole where
there should be a smooth finish.
This last surface work on the sculp-t
ture is usually the work of the artist
himself, but it does not differ except in
point of delicacy from "the work of thj
mechanic. The tools are slender points,
and delicate chisels of different shape
that vary according to the work and the
taste of the sculptor. Sjine toothed
tools are used for the working out of
hair and cloth textures, and for the fin
ish of smooth surfaces marble file3 are
often used.
The artist is usually his own tool
dresser, having a little charcoal furnace
and anvil for heating the steel and beat
ing it out into - shape. He also does his.
own tempering, drawing the tool fo the.
proper color in the gas flame and cool
ing or "quenching" it in a lump of bees
wxr. Tne U3ual"narane3s Tonrae marine
tools is a light straw color, or about the
same temper as used in working iron.
Modern artists, as a rule, give no
higher finish to tbeir work than can be
produced with the files and chisels, which
is a cool and rather dead white. But it
is certain that the ancients did not scru
ple to avail themselves of the polished
finish, produced by powdered emery or
hartshorn, fas is shown by some of the
inore noted older marbles that have been
wholly or in part protected from weath
ering and on which such a finish is still
to be seen. Washington Star.
A Carious Fessil Unearthed.
Kansas has long been known among
icientists as the centre of some of the
most remarkable fossil remains ever
found in this country, and nearly every
year expeditions have been sent to the
region about Goodland by various
colleges and scientific societies for the
purpose of getting specimens. It had
been supposed that the "cream" had
been skimmed oft. by those who have been
digging in this vicinity for the past tea
years, but a discovery made by William
Johnson a few days ago shows that there
is still a large field for investigiticn.
Mr. Johnson reports that he has found
the fossil remains of some gigantic ani
mal in a swamp on his farm, the like of
which he has never seen or heard of.
While digging a trench through the
wamp for the purpose of reclaiming
the land, the workmen threw out a bone
which at once attracted atten
tion by its peculiar formation and siza.
It was evidently the leg bone of some
prehistoric animal, and a search was at
once begun for the rest of the remains.
This search was successful, and the en
tire animal was unearthed. It proved
to be much larger than a mastodon. The
bones show that the animal must have
stood not less than fifteen feet high, and
was evidently of the dear kind, as the
bones are slender and not of the ordinary
elephantine structure of th30 which
have previously been foun I in that
vicinity. Ne.v York Telegram.
Writing With tha Left Hand.
The number of mea who can . write
legibly with the left hand is very small
in this country, where the fact of being
ainbi dexterous is not appreciated at its
full worth. Sir Edwin Arnold remarked
while in St. Louis that in Japan every
child is taught, to write with either and
both hands, and he hinted that this was
not the only evidence of souad common
sense he met with while in the kingdom
of the Mjkado.
I learned to write with my left hand
some years ago, in consequence of the
impression created in my mind by read
ing the arguments of Charles Reade on
the subject, and now I change my pen
from hand to hand on the first impression
of weariness.
There have been many remedies sug
gested for what is known as writer's
cramp, and many writers alternate be
tween the pen and the typewriter, but
the simplest plan of all is to acquire the
art of writing with either hand, and
change from one to the other ou the first
suspicion of fatigue.
It is quite easy for a child to leirn
to write with the left hand, and although
after the muscles have got set with age
it is more difficult, almost any rain can
learn to write, with his left hand in a
week, and to write about as well with
one hand as the other in less than a year.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A New Delicacy. 5
Here's a new delicacy, A Geraiav
ving in Pottstown, Pena., recently ate
. dozen angle worms. He says he
earned to eat them when a lad, and that
with vinegar, pepper and salt they are as
al a table as raw oysters. The season
or angle wcrms has just opened and the
crop ought to be a large one. Utica
bsrver.
A QUEEN'S STABLESj
FINE HORSES AND COACHES
FOR ENGLAND'S ItULEK.
Costl State Carriages and Thor
oughbreds Where the Royal
Children Iearn to Ride An
Expensive Establishment.
w
HEN I first lived in London
I could not at all underi
t
stand the meaning of the
word "mews." Walking
along the aristocratic, half-retired, out-j
of-the-way as well as the poorer (or shall
we say the more sordid?) thoroughfares'
I constantly saw "mews" "writ large",
over some archway leading, . for all I
knew, to a blind alley beyond.
I learned that the word "mews" comes
naturally from "mew," which is the call
of baby falcons. The place where royal
falcons were housed in the early days of;
falconry in England, therefore, was
known as "the mews." From the time
of the second Richard kigs kipt a
private mews. In that same Richard's
time Sir Simon Burley, Knight of the
Garter, was falcon-keeper of the royal
mews, and the name has ever siuce been,
passed down without a single break inj
the office. The position is an ancient
one, and in early days was a valuable
gift of royalty. '
The practical man at the mews is, the,
superintendent, Mr. Norton, who comes
next to the crown equerry, Colonel Sirj
George Maude, K. C. B., at the royal
mews, or, to explain, the royal stables,
Buckingham Palace. His duties are to,
attend to the general working details of.
the establishment, and the position, as.
there are nearly eighty men . busy con
tinuously, is no sinecure. There are half
a dozen coachmen, five irregular helpers;
to them, five -and-thirty livery men andj
as many more outliveried ones. This is:
outside the Windsor coachmen.
( The royal stables shelter an almost in
credible number of horses as well as car
riages, and the royal riding-school, where
all the children of the royal house learn
"to ride very early in life.
Of course falcons are no longer thej
reason for the existence of any raews.j
Instead, there are 350 horses to be looked,
after, outside of the Queen's private
stock of thoroughbreds.
In 1825 George IV. built the present
commodious quarters at Buckingham
Palace, on the north side of the Buck
ingham Palace road. They are not par-
ticularly attractive from an architect's
standpoint. A lion and a unicorn guard!
an iron gateway. Then comes an arch-J
way of stone, and then a good-sizedj
quadrangle, nearly a hundred yards'
square. This is surrounded by brick j
buildings with stone facinsrs. Two sides
are devoted to the stabling for twenty'
small horses used for general work. Onj
another side are the houses were the ;
coaches are kept, one house being de
voted to the care of the great state coach
others are used lor the semi-state coach,'
the eleven dress coaches, the celebrated
gubilee landau, and other carriages.
Another side is devoted to stabling six
teen horses and holding the state har
ness. At the north end of the quad
rangle are the stables for the state horse3,
thirty -two bays, the eleven creams and
the eleven blacks. The stablemen livci
in comfortable apartments over the Eta-
ble3 and coachhouses. A fine reading
room is provided at one corner of the'
building. This is supplied with books
and magazines and daily newspapers in
plenty. The riding school, already:
alluded to, is fifty yards long by twenty!
wide. Letus now leave the school and
glance briefly at a few of the coaches.
Naturally the first coach to view is the
"state coach." This vehicle has figured,
for over a hundred years' in England's
pageants. It is au elaborate, unwieldy
old affair, with panels painted by one of
the greatest artists of the eighteenth
century. To an American it looks like
a circus coach in a menagerie sawdust
play.. It is undoubtedly splendid, as it
cost altogether nearly 3000, or, in our
Yankee reckoning, about $40,000 a
tidy sum that. It was used at the crown-j
ing of George III., Geitge IV., William
IV and Queen Victoria. Tho3e sov--.
ereigns generally employed the coach to!
open Patliament. Qneeu Victoria neverj
took to it much. She used it when she(
dined with the Lord Mayor of London!
soon after her marriage. J. wa3 also usedj
at the opening of the Great Crystal Pal-i
ace Expositiou of 1851. It wa3 drawn'
by eight "cream-colored horse3, with har
ness trappings of red morocco and blue
ribbons. It was jsuch.aaaiacomf or table i
old affair that the Queen had to" have
the seats made thicker and softer, and
foot-stools provided for her feet. It
rumbled along on its too-strong springs, j
and made the Queen by its motion a3'
seasick as a Calais steamer acros3 the
channel would have done. Therefore!
the Prince Consort arranged a semi-state
coach on the royal visit to Dablin in
1852. The Lord Mayor of London was,
a retired coach builder. The Prince
XJonsort ordered this carriage built at
once.' It is a grannr coaca, ana Is pamtea
and decorated in most exquhite deiga?,
and, more to the purpose, it i3 delight
fully comfortable. Never since th
Prince Consort died has the Queen used
any but this for extra state occasions. )
Its last use was on the marriage of the '
Prince of Wales's eldest daughter' with.
the Duke of Fife. It was then drawn
:by two favorite bays t-f the popular
Prince of Wales.
dress coaches are used generally,
and of these there are eleven very like
the' semi-state, save Chaf they are less
decorated. They were used by the Shah
on his London visit, also the German
Emperor.
Of all the ccaches the "public landau":
is the most interesting to those Ameri
cans who were in LondoK during the.
jubilee summer and who saw the Queen
drive to Westminster in that landau.
This celebrated vehicle is a posting ;
landau, and drawn by six of the cream-1
colored horses so dear to her majesty. It'
is driven by postillions. Along with the
landau there are seventy oraer carriages
for private use. These are driven by
postillions as well. San Francisco
Chronicle.
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Uncle Sam Wanted Hit Se:ret.
Hermit George Clinton Crosby, of
Stockbridge, Mass., has just been takeu
to the insane asylum by tho State offi
cials,and that section of Berkshire region
has lost one of its most famous an unique
characters. Crosby has been an interest-.
ing personage from three facts: He was
a hermit of long standing, he was the
victim of pnre turned love and he possesses
a secret that the Government has several
times offered many thousands of dollar
to acquire, but in vain. .
Crosby is sixty-seven years old and
was born in Stockbridge. From his
earliest boyhood he displayed marked
mechanical genius. When a young man
he worked in New York for a piano
manufacturer, and somethirty-five years
ago he went to the village of Great Bir
rington, Mass., and built the house in
which he spent more than half his life.
This house is in the wilderness at the
foot of East Mountain. Love, unre
turned, for a pretty Connecticut -girl in
duced him to take up his lonely dwell
ing, but he would never talk about that
.maiden. He had plenty of money always
and no one knows where he got it. This
has excited the curious . many times to
make futile searches In the region of his
home, hoping to find his treasure, for by
his own confession it was buried in tha
ground at the foot of East Mountain.
For many years Crosby occupied him
self by repairing guns and othey firearm?,
and he was known the country round as
the most capable man for -such work.
His fondness for firearms led him to
make several for his own use, and these
are the ones that excited the desire of
the Government, for they were guns of
wonderful manufacture. Such examina
tion of them as the gun-makers were
permitted to make by the not over cor
dial old man showed that they were twist
bore guns, and the hermit's secret process
of making a twist-bore gun was what the
Government wanted 10 know. The
Springfield armory officers were deputed
to obtain the secret, but their attempts
were always fruitless. The hermit saUl
that his secret should die with him and
it probably will.
He had two guns iu particular, made
entirely by himself, that are marvels of
gunmaking. They are not elaborately
finished, but their shooting qualities are
wonderful. Ho called them "Old
Smoke" and "Baby." Both are rifles,
and often he would permit a favored
visitor to take "Baby" out and shoct at
a target he had fixed up. Chicago
Herald. I
Mere Dangerous Than the Cabra. -
It is said that the Egyptian charmers,
when they convert the cobra into a rod,
give the neck a squeeze, which endows
the snake for the moment with a con
vulsive rigidity. It is to the cobra is
mainly due the fearful Indian mortality
from snake bite of 20,000 people a year.
And yet the cobra is not aggressive.
There is at least one Indian snake which
is far more dangerous than the cobra,
although fortunately le3s common. This
is the hamadryad, so named, we presume,
from its being found in trees. This i3
said to be the largest and most danger
ous poisonous snake known, with the
possible exception of the bu3hmaster of
Brazil. It is sometimes fourteen feet
long. This story, if true, may give some
notion of its disposition. An intelligent
Burman told the Rev. Dr. Mason that a
friend of his had stumbled upon a nest
of these snakes, and that an old female
save chase. The man fled far and wide
over hill and dale and at last plunged
into a river, hoping that on the other
side he should escape his furious enemy.
When he reached the other side, the
hamadryad emerged from the river and
rushed upon him. The man bethought
himself of his turbau and flung it at the
serpent, which darted upon it and for
some moments wrecked vengeance upon
it with furious bites and then departed.
New York Times.
The Niagara ot Artificial Waterfalls.
San Francisco, Cal., is to have an arti
ficial waterfall said to be the highest
of the kiud in the world. It will start
froai the upper reservoir of Strawberry
Hill and have a fall of seventy-live feet.
A gorge is to be cut in the face of the
hill as nearly like a natural ravine as
possible. Tais will be aligned oa either
side with semi-aquatic plants and flowers,
and at the base lire boulders will be
arranged to throw the water into separ
ate streams and dash it out in sprays.
About one million gallons of water daily
is to be devoted to this waterfall, and
the expense of getting it into working
order, it is estimated, will not exceed
$25,000, which amount hav been given
by a wealthy San Francisco gentleman.
Boston Transcript.
. -.i-t-T-n'.fv Unite. Montana
AUreaiJiiuiHa
Butte has more than 30,000 inhabi
tants, and 5000 of its men work in the
mine; to produce a mineral output whica
is within fire millions of dollars of the
value of the total yield of Colorado. The
laborers who repair the streets get
ft day, and the miners earn from 4 to
$7 When the shifts or gangs of men
change at night for the work never
ccasel-tbe main street of Butte is as
crowded as Broadway at Fulton street at
noon. At two or three o'clock in the
morning the city is still lively. There
t the town. It na3
few notable or expensive building?, and
it is without a good hotel. Deadwood
and Butte are the only considerable
towns I saw out west of which that could
be said. It gives the reader a hint of
the "beginnings" of Butte to be told
that the site of the best brick and granite
buildings on the main street was won by
a man who happened to hold only two
"Jacks" at the time he was "called.'
There are sixteen licensed gambling hells
in Butte, and the largest ones are almost
side by side on the principal street. They
are as busy as so many exchanges. Thej
are large, bare rooms, with lay outs foi
faro, craps, stul poker, anu oiuer S:iuics
Hia t pvprv few feet alonir the
walls, each table faced by a knot of men,
and backed by a "dealer" and "watcher."
The gambling hells keep open all the
time except from Saturday midnight to
Sunday midnight. In summer the doors
stand open, and the gambling may be
seen from the pavement. The liquor
stores never close, neither do the barber
shops, nor I fancy the concert halls
Harper's Magazine.
increasing favor is shown by British
ftockmen for cotton oil as a fattening
Ingredient in stock rations. Rape oil
has fallen in value rather badly, and lin
seed oil barely holds its own.
A PRIZE PICTURE PUZZLE.
The above picture contains four faces, the mu
and Lis three daughters. Anyone can find the
man's face, but it is not so easy to distinguish the
faces of the three youne ladies.
The proprietors of Ford's Prize Pills will
give an elegant Gold Watell to .the first
person who can make out the three daughters' faces ;
to the second will be given a pair of genuine
Diamond Ear-IUnRS( to the tkirda. hand
some 8111c Dress Pattern, 16 yards in any
color; to fourth a Coin Sliver Watch,
and many other prizes in order of merit. Every
competitor must cut out the above puzzle picture,
distinguish the three girls' faces by marking a cross
with lead pencil on each, and enclose same with
fifteen U. S. two cent stamps for one box of
v UKU & .FK1Z1S flLLS, (which will be sent post
laia, amy iree;, addressed to IMJi F QS SlhU CuM
'AUt.WelliaztoaSt.TorOntO.Can. The person whose
envelope is postmarked first will be awarded the
first prize, and the others in order of merit. To the
person sending the Inst correct answer will be given
an elegant Gold Watch, of fine workmanship
and first-class timekeeper ; to the next to the last a
pair of genuine Diamond Ear-Ring's; to
the" second to the last a handsome Silk Dress
Pattern, 16 yards in any color; to the third
to the last a Coin Silver Watch, and many
other prizes in order of merit counting from th
la5h rW SHALL GIVE AWAY
100 VALUABLE PREMIUMS (should
there be so many sending in correct answers). No
charge is made for boxing and packing of pre
miums. The names of the leading prize winners
will be published in connection with our advertise
ment in leading newspapers next month. Extra
premiums will be given to those who are willing to
assist in introducing our medicine. Nothing is
charged for the premiums in any way, they are
absolutely given away to introduce and advertise
Ford's Prize Pills.'which are purely vegetable and
act gently yet promptly on the Liver, Kidneys and
Bowels, dispelling Headache, Fevers and Colds,
cleansing the system thoroughly and cure habitual
constipation. They are sng-ar-coatetl, do
not gripe, very small, easy to take, one pill a
asse, and are purely vegetable. Perfect digestion
follows their use. As to the reliability of our com
pany, we refer yon to any leading wholesale drug
gist or business bouse in Toronto. AH premiums
will be awarded strictly in order of merit and with
perfect satisfaction to the public. Pills are sent by
mail post paid. When you answer this picture
puzzle, kindly mention which newspaper you saw?
it in. Address THE FORD PILL COMPANY. Weh1
lington SL , Toronto, Can.
OO YOU READ ADVERTISEMENTS?
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO FIND OUT.
To tho first 20 who mention thin paper and ask
for free plat of our ISO lots on $1 monthly pay.
menta in CRIFFITH, Chicago' coming facto
ry Suburb we will send a receipt for fftlO, pood
on any lots hereafter boupht of us; to the next 10 a
free admission to the "World's Fair Try Hi
I1T DWICGEiS A CO. 409 Chamber ut CoouBeree, Chlemc.
HO NAT BE DECEIYFfl
with Pastes, Enamels, and Paints which BtUa
the hands, injure the iron, and burn off.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish is Brilliant, Odor
lets, Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or ciasa package with every purchase.
i I
LOVELL OIAMQHD CYCLES
For Ladle and
in
Pneumatic
Diamond Frame,
Tubing, Adjustable
Bleycto f !( kk.
JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.,
IT IS A DUTY yon owe your.
,aelf and family to get tbe best
anae for yonr money. Econo
mize in yonr footwear by pur
chasing W. Lm Donglao Mhoes,
which represent the beat vaine
for prices asked, as thousands
will testify.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
L-s-ir out
u.
ASK FOR W I nnilGl 10 cunrc such subrtltnttoM are irauumeui uu 7 '"T"
on MJK W. L. UUUGLAS SHOES, ttoa by law for obtaining money under falae Pencetl,
1t ot for sale In your place send direct to Factory, stating kind, size
wanted. Postage free. Will give exclusive sale to shoe dealers teuton Blass.
chants where I have no agents. Write for Catalogue, W. I Douglas, Brockton, mass.
1 1
copyright i9i
i
There's a wide difference
r.ntwm the help that's talked !
and the help that's guaranteed.
Wliich do you want, when youVa
buying medicine? j
I If you're satisfied with words, yon
get them with every; blood-purifier'
but one. That one is Dr. Pierce''
Golden Medical Discovery.
that, you get a guarantee. If jt,
doesn't help you, you have your1
money back. On this plan, a medi-1
cine that promises help is pretty1
sure to give it.
Dut it's because the medicine ij
different, that it's sold differently.
It's not like the sarsaparillas, which
are said to be good for the blood
in March, April, and May. At all
seasons and in all cases, it curea
permanently, as nothing else can,
all the diseases arising from a tor
pid liver or from impure blood.
It's the best blood - purifier, and
it's the cheapest, no matter how
many doses are offered for a dollar.
With this, you pay only for tha
good you get.
Can you ask more ?
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is the
Best, Easiest to Use. and Cheapest,
Sold by druggists or sent by mail,
60c. E. T. Hazeltlne, Warren, Pa.
CA PUI C QUICK ! R'ys advancing will
double value. Fine timber and
rich soil underlaid with coal. Well adapted for
Voultry .Vegetables, Fruit. SO.OOO acres lands, low
in all plateau towns. CUJIBEItLAMl l'L.A.
TEA if LAND OFFICE, ltoslin 1 O., llul
bcrt Park, Tenn. -
CHILD BIRTH
MADE EASY!
" Mothers' Friekd " is a scientific
ally prepared Liniment, every ingre
dient of recognized value and in
constant use by the medical pro
fession. These ingredients are com
bined in a manner hitherto unknown
"MOTHERS'
FRIEND"
WILL DO ah that is claimed for
it AN D MO RE. It Shortens Labor,
Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to
Life of Mother and Child. Book
to " Mothers " mailed FREE, con
taining valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
Sent bv express on receipjpf price $ 1.B0 per bottl
BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Gt.
SOLD BY ALL DHUaQISTa.
A Sample Cake of Soap and 128
page cook on .uerniaioiogy
ana Beauty; illustrated;
on bkin, fecaip, .Nervous
1' and Blood diseases sent
CIAlSbAPi
sealed, for 10c; also
Disfigurements, like
Birth .Marks, Aloles,
Warts. India Ink and
Powder Marks, Scars, Plt
tlnKS. Redness of Nose, Su-
perfluous Hair, Pimples.
UJoiin II. Woodbury,
liSP Dermatologist, 125 W.
fflB 42d St., New York City.
id
On" enc uonsuiiauonirce,aiomce
jkMJB or by letter.
RIPANS TAPUL.ES regulate!
the stomacb. liver and bo well, J
purify tbe llood. are safe and ff Z
fectual. The best general family,
mediciue known for BUiouaneea.
Constipation, Dspepgia, Foul
Breaui, Heaaacne, HearxDurn, Lomw
of Appetite, Mental Depression,
Painful Digestion, Pimples, Sallow;
rVimrilpTinn Tirml Fpelinir. nd
symptom or diaease remitting from impure
. or a Tail ore br the stomacb. liver or intestine T
5 to perform tbeir proper functions. Persons given toT
Z over-eating are benefited by takine a T A B TLE after!
each meal. Price, hy wail, 1 srossp: 1 bottle 15c. Ad
i dress THE RIPANS CHEMICAL CO.,10 Spruce St ,N. Y.
AgenU Wantedi KIG1ITY per cent profit, a
RELIEVES all Stomach Distress.
REMOVES Nausea, Seuso of FuHnfifit
CONQMTIOTf, PA IK.
REVIVES Failing ENERGY.
RESTORES Normal Circulation, and
Warms to Tos Tips.
3. KARTER MEDICINE CO.. tt. Loalf B
8 N
(0)
Cents. Sis styles
1
Cushion and Solid Tires.
Steal Drop Forking. Steel
Ball Bearings to ail running parts,
r
Jerery
.blood
Kb
r r ri
including reoais. suspension saddle.
Strictly HIGH GRADE in Every Pa.rticulnr.
Send 6 cents la stamps for oar lOO'paillastratVdtavl
logae of tiBBj, Kllles, BeTolfcn, Spotting Goods, etc. I
Mfrs.( 147 Washington St., BOSTON, MASS-
L
imimnmsi A
0 immjujiuaEBi-iiw
GENTLEMEN,
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY.
A genuine sewed shoe, that trt7I nof rip, fine calf, eam'j
smooth inside, flexible, more comfortable.stylilsh and durable than
any other shoe ever sold at tbe price. Equaia cub torn made sh'jf a
coating from $4 to $5.
21 and 85 Hand-sewed, fine calf shoes. Tbe mot styiisn.
easy and durable shoe ever sold at these prices. They equal
fine imported Bboes costing from S8 to $12. . . ,
CQ 50 Police Hhoe.worn by farmers and all of!?
want a good heavy calf, three soled, extension edge snoe,
easy to walk in, and will keep the feet dry and warm. ,,.
J 3 Fine Calf, 82.25 and 82 Workingmen m Ss
-mm give more wear for the money than any other maae.
They are made for service. The increasing sales show that wora
lngmen have found this out. . ...
DAVCI 82 and Youths 81.75 Hchool Shoes are
DIT9 worn by the boys everywhere. 1 he n.it service
able shoes sold st these prices. . af
I ArICC 83 Hand-Sowed, 82.50, S3 aud 8 1.7.5
LAD IE. 9 Shoes for Misses are miuiecf tbo best Don-
a The &r very My linn, com-
fortable aid I durableT The 3 ahde equal custom made
lAHJ"-'' . , .iu..nnlr.iihnllm.
W. L. Douglas- name " .