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A POSTAL CAR.
OPERATIONS OF THE FLYING
POSTOFFICE.
i
How the Clerk's Handle the flails?
Catching Mail Bags on the
FJy?An Arduous
Occupation.
tHE wonderful facility,
rapidity and accuracy
which has
been attained in the
transDortation and
f jfr- I V?J| Hi, delivery of our daily
\^y?\}\mails, although of
11 , fcuch immediate lm'
|' portance are,says the
V7 \ j San Francisco
J \ Chronicle, one of
if i \ tbe most ill-appreciII
\\ atct* benefits which
(Jr^ | an indulgent and pro
SL gre?sive Government
ever bestowed. The mighty stride from
a lumbering stage coach,dusty,uncertain
and slow, with cne man for driver, mail
clerk and postman, to the rushing special
mail trains?grabbing and distributing
the pouches as they tear along at sixty
miles an hour, and with nearly 7000
railway mail clerks working like beavers
to land the mail on time, has come
bo gradually that man,woman and child
regard it as a matter of course,and rarely
stop to wonder how it all happens.
Through the courtesy of A. H. Merrill.
AmiotAnt Sunerintendent of Rail
way Mail Service for this, the Eighth
Division, a Chronicle representative was
ipermitted a few days ago to ride with
ithe mail to Sacramento and return to
this city, and watch the whole progress
of newspapers, business and love letters
(from their authors to the happy recipients.
At the Oakland mole a great pile
of at least thirty pouches and tie sacks
iwas thrown into the car, and those not
being "worked" were piled in a corner
ito make room for an installment of
.twenty more that were loaded in at Sixteenth
street. The mail clerk on this
particular day (Sunday) was fortunate
enough to have the assistance 01 anotner
clerk, who was enjoying a rest of live
days after a five days' run, as the ungual
weight of Sunday's big paper mail
required two men. Both boarded the
train an hour before it started to work
up the first installment of mail. They
had each a pair of overalls on, sleeves
rolled to their elbows, and before the
train started the perspiration streamed
from their brows.
WORKING UP THE MAIL IN LETTER CAR.
Along in the middle of the car.
ranged on both sides, are the racks for
pouches, with thirty huag up in each,
and a box-shaped receptacle is arranged
to slide along on ways between the two
racks, so that they can get at either end
readily to throw mail. It can be lifted
out when not in use. Into this box the
contents of every sack are dumped. All
of those sixty pouches, strung openmouthed
in the racks, are labeled for
every town or city, be it great or small,
along the route with others named fcr
roads and still others for destinations far
beyond California. Now those clerks
must inspect every paper, parcel and
bundle of letters, for letters are sorted
at the main office and many of them tied
in bunches for different towns, for
which they are labeled, and throw it
into the correct pouch as fast as he can
work.
Papers, bundles, letters?everything
I fairly flies in that car. Cold Spring is
away over m a corner sack; bang! goes
ten pounds of papers, and then comes a
THE CLERKS DIPTH1EUTING MAIL"handle-with-catc1'
box of bonbons before
the first Las hit?cxactly where it
belongs. In the mean time the train is
thundering along and the whistle gives
warning of an approaching station. The
clerk grabs a pouch, stu&s the last letter
in, hurriedly locks it and rushes to the
door to heave the sack out and grasp the
handle of a queer-shape-! contrivance
that hangs on the side of the car. It is
the "catcher." that crabs a pouch as they
fly along. Tip! something hits the car,
and in the crutch of the iron catcher a
.pouch doubles itself up like a jack-knife
and is hauled in to be dumped and
worked up.
This catcher is a great invention. It
'is simply a sort of two-tined pitchfork
fastened to the door iambs, so that it
will turn, and a handle is provided to
turn it with. The mail at a by-station
is done up in a special sack, strapped in
the middle to make it oarrow-waisted,
so as to sup way into inc catcner anu ooi
fall, and is hung on a scaffolding bymeans
of turning hooks, which arc placed
in rings at both ends of the pouch.
When the catcher is turned horizontally
?one tine, as it were, sticks out, and
the narrow part of the sack glides up into
the crutah, when the catcher hits it,
sometimes sticking so hard that it is difficult
to remove it.
Mail received on the route has to be
opened and distributed instantly, as there
may be something for the very next station,
and where the train runs fast it re
quires some lively worK to get tue poucucs
ready.
The letters that are scattering?thai is,
few for any one town?are tied in a
bundle and addressed simply to the road,
as "Ogden and San Fran." These are
r
THE MAIL POUCH CATCHER.
placed to one side in the distribution and
have to be "worked*' in the letter case.
This case has innumerable pigeon-holes,
each one labeled for a town or a mail
route, and there again the accurate
knowledge of every burg in the State is
required; for all those letters must be
separated, examined and posted in the
case without the slightest delay. Subsequently
they are again tied into bundles
j and thrown into sacks for their destination.
Errors are rigidly checked against
every clerk and he never ceases to study
' Viimualf Cnmohmpo nor?.
I ttUU UlipiUTC IHIH.1W11? wv/uivwiuiw
! pie write a horrible address or only half
a one; perhaps there aw several town3
of one name in a State or similar names
in different States and the State is left
out, or again a new town springs up in a
night. Tliese worry the poor clerk to
death. Then there are the ''nixies."
These are letters addressed to places that |
do not exist, papers and parcels from
which labels have become detached,
bundles unwrapped and the address destroyed
and many other things.
All of these are buuehed aud sent to the
nearest main division office marked
"nixies" and perhaps reported to tbeir
senders, as it is impossible to tell where
they are to go.
Another convenience to people is the
! car "drop," where a love letter, still
warm and perhaps still throbbing, is
deposited?maybe because just finished,
and maybe 60 that the young local postmaster
in a village wont know who is
corresponding with whom. These letters
must be kept out as fast as they fall.
The stamps have to be "killed and the
letters distributed immediately. Each
road has a different stamp, so that receiving
offices know who handled that
mail.
Of course the small stations occur at
very short intervals, and the consequence
is a continued jumping about of the
clerk to land things on time. After the
first big receipt of mail is worked up the
sacks lrom these stations keep coming
along and intervals are very short.
However, rests come once in a while;
and then a portion of the trip report
embracing every transaction is written
up, or a lot of sacks are tied
and locked. The lock that Uuclc
Sam uses is very cumbersome and slow,
often vexing the clerk more than the
mail itself. A number of new devices
F'
A MAIL POUCH READY "OR TIIE CATCHER.
1 have been patented, bat the Government
| does not care to buy them. The labor
; of locking sixty sacks and dragging
I their henvv weitrht alons to Dile them lit)
ready for dumping is itself a big job,
' aud as fast as hooks are emptied new
pouches must be spread open on them to
receive more mail. j
Registered packages are treated with
unbounded precaution. Every man who
receives one in its transit must examine .J
its condition and then give a receipt to |
the last man, make out and forward one
for himself, keep a special record of it
in a boot? provided for the purpose and
include it iu his trip report. He is required
to keep a receipt for it for five
year?, as in tracing a lost one every receipt
must be shown until the responsible
person is found.
The postsl clerk has need to be robust
in health, active in mind and body aud
endurijjg of fatigue above almost any
other calling. Frequently they arc
obliged to work steadily for from twenty
to thirty hours, and this in a close,
stulTy car, rocdng and swaying along
while they toil like troopers and eat and
i ' Icq. when and where they get a chance.
A Clock Made of Flowers.
A littie masterpiece of mechanism, and
; at the came time a model of garden decoration,
is the floral clock which decorates
the garden of an ingenious Parisiau.
i The aDDeaiance of this oddest of time
pieces is shown in the accompanying cut.
The dial, which is not less than thirty
feet in diameter, is composed entirely of
choice plants of various colors. The
hands, which actually move over the
face of the clock, are made in the same
manner, and the whole effect of the
arrangement is that of an immense basket
of flowers. The mechanism which
i drives the hands is lodged in a large
chamber built in the garden immediately
beneath the dial. It is composed
of the usual machinery employed in operating
large clocks, except that it is
paiticukrly constructed to move the
V
great weight of the earth which must be
supported by the revolving hands. This
si
a cunions floral clock.
is clevcrly accomplished by making an
ordinary clock tram release a volume of
water every minute and this by its gravltv
operates the wheels that send the heavy
hands forward. The whole arrangement
is exceedingly ingenious and interesting,
and, according to the Philadelphia
Record, is the daily admiration and 'ponder
of hundreds of the inventor's townsmen.
Remarkable African Coiffures.
The accompanying illustration of a
young unmarried woman of the upper
Mobangi River region shows a remarkable
arrangement of the hair, which is
not found elsewhere in Africa. On the
upner Mobangi and its large tributary,
the Romu River, the young women en'*
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courage toe growin oi tncir uair, auu it
usually falls to their shoulders. They
then lengtheu it artificially by braiding
into it hair that has come from their own
heads. The long and heavy braids often
sweep the earth. The braid is saturated
with oil, and when a
^I youDg woman is at
5^ J work or on the
9* march she rolls it
J' around her arm.
a(s^\ \vY\ Usually the upper
w >o\\ ^Ps ?* ^e8e S^8 are
M \V\\ p^erce^t an<^ a veir
Kl\ \ small piece of quartz,
ffMX \ \\ ivory, or iron is in^
troduced into the
! opening.
The married wof'/^M
men and the men of
the upper Mobanjji
WvJL also wear their hair
ttgf lou? and in braids,
^jtA -which are profusely
adorned with colored
ir beads, woveu in and
out among the locks. This coiffure excites
the astonishment of all travelers
who see it. Coquetry is the privilege
of the sex under the tropics as well as in
civilized lands, and the women arc very
proud of their headdress. The arrangement
of their hair requires a number of
days, and, while it is in progress, or
when ttey fear that it will be disarranged,
they cover the hair with a finely
woven net of wood fibre. Ivory needles,
handsomely carved, keep the arrangej
ment in position ana give it, some ex-.
| plorers say, a truly artistic aspect,
j Among the Sakkaras the women
twist their hair into flat braids, which
are literally covered with cowry shells
or bead?, and the ends are then gathered
above the head, forming a sort of bonnet.
The whole is drenched liberally
with palm oil and sprinkled with red
powder. At night the women go to
sleep with their necks resting in a concavity
that has been dug out of a small
log, thus keeping their headwear from
touching anything and thereby being
disarranged. Sometimes this uncomfortable
pillow is hollowed out, the top
of itbeiug a lid which, when lifted off,
discloses a receptacle in which arc kept
the hairpins and other objects of the
toilet.
The natives of the lower Congo wear
their kinky hair short, and women and
men grease it with palm oil and sprinkle
over it the red powder of cam wood.
They often shave the head with little
kuives, which they whet upon th<; palms
of their hands. When the women have
lost parents they have a Biugular custom.
They mix powdered charcoal with
oil and plaster the hair with this ingredient,
having previously divided their
locks into many little braids. The effect
is that of a lot of black, stiff sticks
growing on their heads, and is anything
but pleasing.
On the upper Congo thf; natives give
a great deal more imagination and labor
to the arrangement ot their headdress.
Some of them, however, like the Ban
gala, Keep their neaas ci03eiy snavea,
except for little tufts of hair 011 top and
at the 6ides. On the middle Mobangi
Kiver the Datives also shave their heads.
This is a very general custom among
cannibal tribes. Not all cannabals on
the Congo shave their heads, but it is
certain that all tribes which follow this
practice are cannibals.?New York Sun.
The grant Triplet*.
nri*** woll br?AT*rn ^Iranf trinlofc of
Torrington, Conn., Matthew A., Daniel
A. and William A. Grant, reached their
i seventy-first birthday anniversary on
Friday.
i The three were born on September 23,
1J1821, in an old two-story farmhouse in
centre of Torrington, and must have
been strong and healthy children, for
they have had hardly a day of sickness
in their lives.
William and Daniel look much alike,
and are very often mistaken one for the
i other, but Matthew is of a little differj
ent type, being shorter and more thick
J set. They all have light-gray eyes,
white hair, and bronzed and weather!
beaten countenances, and look uncom|
monly well for men seventy-one years
old.
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William and Daniel l??e together in
Torrington, but Matthew is by himself
in a house in West Burrville.? New
York Sun.
9
THE KAISER.
A GRAPHIC PEN PICTURE OF
GERMANY'S EMPEKOK,
An Imposing Presence ? His Heformed
Lelt Hand and Strong
Right Hand?raking the
Kaiser's Photograph.
I
I HAD this illustrious man under
my mental magnifying glass for
fully one hour, and not his slightest
movement escaped my rigid observation,
says H. W. Fischer, in Harper's
Weekly. He is not a tall man, as
you know, but his presence nevertheless
is imposing. His limbs are powerful
and his chest broad. On a somewhat
short, stout neck sits a ruddy and firm
face, the forehead expansive and full of
meaning. His Majesty has a fine nose,
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ana large iiquiu uiue eyes, mm,, uespuu
the semi-inquisitive directness with
which they look into the world and the
imperious mien they so often assume,
are capable of looking kind and considerate.
After the first pitting Mr. Russell
whispered to me, "I have caught his
eyes splendidly, just at the moment
when they fell on that little dog yonder.
I am so glad." There was a little
dachshund chasing about the veranda,
who seemed anxious to get on the Emperor's
picture. Neither the alluring
tones in which the lackeys called to him
from a distance nor a well directed but
kindly kick from his Majesty were able
to divert the little beast from his purpose.
So much devotion seemed to
V IV- -n ??_ ?<
LUUCLL LUC J^UJpciUi a AJcaib at xaov, auu
when the dog tried to climb up his leg
for the tenth time, looking into his face
pleadingly, His Majesty bowed down,
lifted up the little creature in his arms,
and ordered Mr. Russell to photograph
him in this position, "for his boys, rota
bene, not for the Marine Exposition," as
he laughingly remarked.
The Kaiser's movements were swift,
almost rapid, but not without grace. He
never aeciucu iu iicsiMiiic iwi uuc uiuiucuu
about his wants or his doings, and chatted
with the photographer about his (the
photographer's) art with a freeness and
precision that were, indeed, amazing.
He seemed to be fully aware of the effects
of light and shade in photography,
and took his positions with a fine appreciation
of these elements.
Time and again I have seen it stated
in print and heard it remarked that one
of the great cares that make life a burden
to the Emperor is hi9 constaut endeavor
to conceal his disfigured and
withered left hand from observation.
During the hour I was in attendance upon
the Kaiser I found that just the op*
posite was the fact. Mr. Russell and
myself exhausted every conceivable
scheme to induce his Majesty to assume
a position which would hide his de
formity. He frustrated them all, in a
kindly manner, a9 if he saw through our
little game, and took special delight iu
spoiling ft.
The left hand of the Kaiser is not deformed
so as to be unsightly. It is small
and apparently weak like that of a child.
The arm is at least four inches shorter
than the right arm, but its upper part
seems well built. It is not true that the
Emperor is obliged to lift and carry his
left arm with his right hand when, perchance,
he wants the left to rest on his
omnrH or ait. nn liin hin whilfi nn hnr?#>.
back. The left hand works quite naturally,
and the ?mperor uses it quite
freely.
Hi? Majesty's right hand is very
strongly developed. It is red, almost
massive, and reminds me of the "terrible
right" of John L. Sullivan. The Kaiser
lavishes on this right hand a surprising
superfluity of rings, that sparkle with
immense diamonds and brilliants.
"Have you ever seen the uniform of
my Garde du Corps?" asked the Emperor,
when we had exhausted the possibilities
of the Admiral's dress.
Mr. Kusseu naa not, out i assured tne
I Kaiser that it would look very well indeed
on a photograph.
"If that is the case,"said the Emperor
"please have your instruments carried
to the park in the rear of the palace,
and await me at the beginning of the
high-road to the commons. I will ride
over to the parade in fifteen minutes,
and will give you a sitting on horseback
before leaving."
The Kaiser was ns good as his word,
and, before a quarter of an hour had
elapsed, appeared with his cavalcade of
adjutants, court officials, and lackeys at
the point mentioned. It was a most
A. ?nt "XT * J.A
picturesque sigai. me inustur vi uac
Horse in his scarlet and gold uuifortn
rode at the head of the proud column,
followed by a number of grooms in the
splendid livery of the royal house. Then
came two of the Kaiser's adjutants, one
of whom wore the gorgeous Garde du
Corps dress, with the black iron cuirass
and the eagle-crowned silver helmfct.
The other, Herr von Moltke, >i nephew
of the late Field-Marshal, and a young
man of immense proportions and a kind-.
ly face, wore an infantry uniform set off
by much silver ornamentation. Immediately
after them followed the Kaiser
on a graceful black charger.
He looked the very perfection of a
picturesque and heroic rider. His
Btrong, bronzed face baa perhaps a less
pleasing aspect under the heavy silver
helmet, but it bespoke the man's high
position and his quality as the "war
lord," the title given him by the copstitution
of the new empire.
Trealinent of Earache.
There are simple remedies for most
common disorders requiring no skilled
attention, and even experts arc ofetn
willing to give away cures that anybody
can manage. No doubt many people
have tbanked the man who published
without a patent thij easy relief for the
earache:
"I am afraid I have greatly interfered
with my own practice," said a celebrated
artist, "by giving the following
advice to many of my friends:
"At the first symptoms of earache let
tUU puiicut xic uu iuc ueu wilii mc jjuiu ?
ful ear uppermost. Fold a thick towel
aud tuck it around the neck; then with
a teaspoon fill the ear with warm water.
"Continue doing this for fifteen or
twenty minutes. The water will till the
orifice and flow over on the towel.
Afterward turn over the head, let the
water run out and plug the sar with
warm glycerine aud cotton.
"This may bo done every hour until
relief is obtained. It is an almost invariable
cure and has saved many cases
of acute inflammation. The water
should be quite warm, but not too hot."
?London Tid Bits.
Cowards in the Dark.
*'I was in the British army when a
young man," saifl an Englishman the
other day, " and was stationed for some
time in India. Our Colonel, an old
campaigner who had won his spur in
the Crimea, became involved in a difficulty
with a fellow officer, and a duel
was the result. The Colonel, being the
challenged party, selected pistols as the
weapons and elected that the affair
should occur in a darkened room. "We
6ccured a room twenty feet square, closed
every crevice that would admit light,
placed our men in corners diagonally opposite
and withdrew. Each man was
provided with three charges and when
these were exhausted we rushed in to
gather up the mutilated remains. Each
man stood erect and soldier-like in the
corner untouched, but directly behind
the head of the Colonel's opponent were
the three bullet bole6 made by the
Colonel's pistol. 'How is this'? said 8
grizzled old Major. 'Had you been
standing here when those shots were
fired you would have been killed.' The
culprit was compelled to admit "that lie
had dropped to one knee. 'You are a
coward, sir, and unfit for the company
of soldiers and gentlemen,1 snorted the
Major. 'Hold on, Major,' said the
Colonel. 'It is a stand off. While he
was on his knees in one corner I was on
my stomach in the other.'"?New York
Dispatch.
Wonderful Blade 8.
The most wonderful weapons in history,
uniting miraculous sharpness with
wonderful elasticity, are undoubtedly
the blades of Damascus.
The sabre of Japan, though as hard as
a diamond, with an edge so acute that
it will go through a pillow or a poker
as if it were air, cannot compete with
the old Syrian swords, because it has no
elasticity. This elasticity i? not alto
gether a lost art, as to-day one may Bee
in Toledo, Spain, blades packed in coils
like watch spring*.
Swords have been made during the
present century in Ruesia that rivaled in
edge and bending qualities the famous
Damascus blades. At the imperial factory
of Zlatoust, in the Urals, some have
been turned out which bend till the
point touches the hilt, and which would
also cut through an iron bar. More than
this uo blada has ever done, or can do.
?Yankee Blade.
The area planted to rice in Queensland
was 456 acres in 1891, yielding
22,914 bushels. The industry is being
extended.
A Correspondent Answered.
I. N.?The factoir town of Griffith lies nine
miles southeast ot Chicago and has four railroads,
one a complete bnlt line, and two fuel-ail
pipe-lines. A full description of this growing
town can prohnbly be had by addressing its
founders. Jay A. Dwiggins dfc Co., of Chicago.
Japanese fruits have proved of great
value in many sections of the United
estates.
? I Can Walk a Mile"
Easily, although for a rfiftTfffrn
long time before talcing
Hood's Sarsaparllla J
could not walk a
step. I had a terrible ? f
running sore on my leg, jjfak && *k
resulting from milk leg. I. "7 fy
Nothing did me any good L/
till I began taking \ " fm
Hood's Sariaparllla.
The pain . ceased gjBBwMMSMSffl'
wholly, th? dark color Mrs. Chaa. Atbell.
disappeared, the sore has
healed, and the limb is perfectly healthy.*1
Mrs. C. a. Abbell, Avon, Maes.
Hootfm lttlm should be in every family
medicine chest. Once used,they are preferred.
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KIDNElLIVERS BWS?!.R
Biliousness*
Headache, foul breath, sour stomach, heartbum
or dyspepsia, constipation.
Poor Digestion,
Distress after eating, pain and bloating in the
stomach, shortness of breath, pains in the heart
Loss of Appetite,
A splendid feeling to-day and a depressed one
to-morrow, nothing seems to taste good, tired,
sleepless and all unstrung, weakness, debility.
Guarantee? Use contents of One Bottle, If not be a
fited. Druggists will refund you the price paid.
At Druggists, 50c. Size, $1.00 Size.
'Invalids* Guide to Health" free?Consultation free.
Dr. Kilmer & Co.- Hinghamton, N. Y.
"German
SvruD"
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I must say a word as to the efficacy
of German Syrup. I have
used it in my family for Bronchitis,
th* result of Colds, with most excellent
success. I have taken it my>5elf
for Throat Troubles, and have
?vjrived good results therefrom. I
therefore recommend it to my neighbors
as an excellent remedy in such
cases. James T. Durette, EarlysviUe,
Va. Beware of dealers who
clferyou "something just as good."
Always insist on having Boschee's
German Syrup. 0
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Ki SAFETY
to LIFE of MOTHER and CHILD.
My wife, after having: used Mother's
Friend, passed through the ordeal with
little pain, was stronger In one hour
than in a week after the birth of her
former child. J. J. McGoldrick,
Beans Sta., Tenn.
Mother's Friend robbed pain of ita terror
and shortened tobor. 1 have tho healthiest
Child I erer saw.
Mrs. L. M. Aherjt, Cochran, Ga.
Sent by cnttn. chirfet prepaid, on receipt of pricr,|i.j*
frr b?ttLe. B*ok "To Mctiieri* nailed fit*.
MHADFICLO HKOUIJITOH CO.,
) tile toy *11 Dr?srf)?t?. ATLANTA, GA.
Fertile Alaska.
The nature of the whole land can be
roughly divided into three conditions:
Snow and ice fields bury the coast range
and choke up every hollow; to the immediate
north the valleys are rocky and
barren, but the vast interior beyond is
richly clothcd in luxuriant vegetation.
The scientific authorities theoretically
mapped out giant ice fields a9 spreading
over the entire land from the Fairweather
and Mount St. Elias ranges
north almost to the valley of the Yukon.
Colossal heights mantled in nevermelting
snows tower thousands of feet
in the air, but within the shadow of
these mighty uplancu, id tDe aneuerea
hollows beneath, lie immense valleys j
carpeted in richest grasses, and grace-,
fully tinted with wild flowers. Here in1
the summer a genial clime is found,!
where strawberries and other wild fruits'
ripen to luxuriance, where there are fourj
and a half months of summer and seven,
and a half of winter. In June and July:
the sun is lost below the horizon only for
a' few hours, and the temperature,
though chilly at night, has an average of
sixty-five degrees in the daytime.?
Century.
Berlin's 1,315,600 people have only.
26,000 dwellings, fifty persons living in
house.
! It Ait Wonder
That Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Cure should be so
universally popular.' Of course not; It Is so
pure in Its preparation, 601 otent in effect. It
ntnpn a cntflfram g -ing t/i hie lung# ItHe magic.
It is safe, sure, and sweet, and as delicate in
action as it is powerful to cure. Sold bv druggist*.
.Wc. Manufactured by A. P. Hoxsie,
Buffalo, y. Y.
The Hebrew population of Jerusalem
cumbers about 33,000 out a total of
100,000.
E. B.Walthall &,Co., Druggists, Horse Cave,
Ky., say: "Hall'd Catarrh Cure cures every
one that takes it." Sold by Druggists, 76c.
"Lira is a battle field on which we fight for
fame." To preserve health in this fight use
Beecham's Pills, 25 cents a box. ,
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Radwot
READY BELIEF.
NEVER FAILS TO RELIEVE PAIN.
The Cheapest and Best Medicine (or
Family Use In the World.
ft aurpuM* All other remedlet the womderfu)
RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA.
The application of the ItEADY RELIEF to the part
or parte where the dlSoulty or pais exists will
afford ease and comfort.
For Sprain*, Brulie*. Backache, Pain In the Chert
r Sides, Golds, Congestion!. Inflammation*. Lumbago.
Sclattoa, Headache, Toothache,or any other Fain,
a few application! act Ilka magi*, oauslnf tha pala
to Instantly (top.
Thirty to *0 drop* In half a tumbler of water will
In a few minutes cure Cramps. Spasms, Sour Stomach,
Nausea. Vomiting, Seasickness, Palpitation of
the Heart, Chills and Fever,
SUMMER COMPLAINTS,
Diarrhoea. Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, Falntnesa,
Heartburn, Sick Hoadache, Colic, Wind la the Bowels
and all Internal Paina.
Travelers should always carry a bottle of RADWAY'S
READY RELIEF with them. A few dropeln
water will prevent slckues* or pain from change of
water. If is better than French Brandy or Bitters
a a. affmiilnnf
Price 30c. Per Battle. Sold by Draniiti.
the hands, Injure the Iron. and Dura off. _ i
The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant,Odor- f
lees. Durable, and the consumer p?7? lor no tin
or gifts* package with overy purcfcaseu
IT IS A DUTY yon owe yonr- |ft|
elf and family to get the best
alne for yonr money. Econo- n
ize in your footwear by par
chminir W. L. Douelaa Shoeu,
which represent the beat #4% a
alue for price* a?ked, |U J
thousands will tetlifjr. ^
BTTAKK NO SUBSTITUTE.
TIEBES
tine Importe<
/Btf W $3.3?J
If I assy to walk
ASK FOR W. L. DOUGLAS' SHOES. ~ S
.If not for aale in your place send dir
wanted. PoMnire free. Will give excluni
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j Inforrr
11 Condensed Encyclopedia
H Being a handy Reference upon nearly er
n taining in a condensed form whnt <
V a great many large Encyo
A WITH A COMPLETE ANALYTICAL
I EDITED BY THE ABLEST TA
It tells about nearly every subject under the i
It gives wtmt nearly every one want* to know,
or paper there are frequent referee oes to a tnoui
would like to understand a lltUe more about, an
books to refer to. be oan learn nothing; but here,
Index and find toe page, and the wboie thing Is c
ant feature of the book la, that In addition to e\
that any one word can be MKMMiBMna
reader will find everything _ ^
>ect Is coUt-ctid lopriktr r W
fixation. For examples 1% I1 1J
one place, and everything " JF MM r
Ur; while, In the Complete I fa II M
aeter and reference la al- V M ?w A
enabling the reader to
ologr, or to refer, at a PROFUSELY I
oloipo&l character, aod
sfcort paragraph. Tbeaame In History, Phllosc.
rive an Idea of the more important matters we e
Geology, ChemUtry, Mythology, Vegetable Creatl
log, European Literature, English Literature,
Bralah History, History of all Nations. .No one n
work at hand. Kvery person should poesess a oo
valuable information have been tne books most i
too many volumes aod too oostly for the general
TOLUME, at a low price, wltaln toe means of all.
covered: There are 288 paragraphs In Astronom
Chemistry, beat and
Light, Electricity, Hag- / ?
Motion: IflS on Veceta- ||| V CZf
tlok; IS# on Ethnology, J |^| ^ | 0\
gunge. Literature, etc.; %
man Philosophy. 57 on POHT
and Arts, lit on Liters
ny, Spain, Italy; 381 ^ssssssss?#?sss#?
Literature and the Fine Arts, 90 on British Cons
and Historical Explanations, 13ion Ancient Hlsto
Mythology and Grecian History, 4S on Auclent Gi
and Medieval History; 851 on History ot All N'atlc
travels 192,000 miles In a second?See page 50. Vi
Hramurlitfl wiu turn 1564: dled 1616?pttjfC 143. Ti
?page 330. Printing Invented 1487 by John Uutte
tomb* of the Pharaohs, and arc from 3,000 to 4.00C
of 1,135 feet per second?page 4J. ^Eaop, the fan
lived In the ?th century, 14. C?page 1US. Ambros
348. The great earthquake which pMm
50,000 Inhabitant* In eight minutes? pnustroyed
In the year 70?page 28a WJflf
lenses, each lea* possessingthe power iMn
au.OOO.OHJ square mile*?page 28. The ,nl'
etc., were fanciful notion* of the ~
Corsica, 1768: died 1821?111. Amazon River, Bout
navigable 3,S<0--25. "Order of Che Garter" was
were a nation of female warrior*?243. Croesus, i
>43. Philosopher'* .stone originated In Egypt, ant
Georga Washington, first President of the U. 8.; b
a prison In Pari*; destroyed 179V?40T. Mariner'* <
by Marco Polo, of Venice?300. The atmosphere i
dlan Knot" was a knot tied by King Oordlu* of F
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ONE ENJOYS (|J
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and act*
gently yet promptly on the Kidney%
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the syt?
tem effectually, dispels colds, head*
aches and fevers and cures habitaal
constipation. Syrup of Figs is &
only remedy of its kind ever pro*
I duced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable
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 rcade it toe moat
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for gale in 60ft
and $1 bottles by all leading drug*
gista. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro- 1
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAH FRAhClSCO, CAL. /' v 'M
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Unlike the Dutch Process
Qh So Alkalies
J|y Other Chemicals
are nse<Mn tfea _>jj?
BAKER & CO.-S
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Bg Jfjj; I. Kf] It has more than thrso timm
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BBm.. with Starch, Arrowroot or
Sacar, and la far more economical,
eotting lets than one eent a cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and XAMWT
DIGESTED. ______
Sold by Grorera (rerjwktn>
x V, BAKER & CO., Dorcheater, 11?.
FRAZERsreaIE
BEST IN THE WOBI.D. "J
Its wearing qualities are unsurpassed. actually
outlasting three boxes of anyjSXJ* '
affected by beat. tW GET THE GEKCINfc- , iSFfi
FOR RAT.F. BY DEALERS GENERALLY.
PATENTSHBH
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3 yrsln last war, IS?lju (Heatingclaims, atty flnsa.. ; jfiB
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H ConaamptlTcs ana people Q
I who have weak inngs or Aatn- M .?i
jaa. should use Plao's Cure for M
Consumption. It haa enre4 H
tboDMada. It Baa rot IdJot- H :.L
ed one. It la not bad to take.
It la the beat cough sjtup- V
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SHOE tENUEMEIIr
T SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MOHEY. '.
e a?wfd ahoe, that will not rip, floe calf, aeamleo, f },
e, flexible, more comfortable,stylish and durable thaa
>e ever sold at the price. Equals custom made shoea
<4 to $5. < v.SSB
IS Hand^rwtd. fine calf shoe*. The moat styliah,
nd durable ahoo-i ever sold at these price*. They etjuat
1 shoes costing from $S to |12.
'slice Shoe, worn by farmers and all others wb*
S a good heavy calf, three soled, extension edge shoe,
in, and will keep the feet dry and warm. , :;-(l
"lne Cnlf, S2.&& and 82 Workingmco'a Sboer
(tlvo more wear for tne< irjney than any other make.
ie for service. The increasing sales show that work-found
this out.
i? S'i and Youth*' 91.75 School Shoes arr
' worn by tne boys everywhere. The most service
Id at these prices.
CC? *3 Hnud-Sewed. 8S.50, 81 and 81.79
Ei ^ Shoes for M icsen are made of the beat Donir
fine Calf, as desired. They aro very stylish, comblc
and durable. The $3 shoe equals custom mad*
; costing from $4 to $6. Ladles who wish to econoin
their footwear urc finding this out.
UTION. ?Beware of dealerssubstltntlngshoes with.
7. L. Douglas' name and the price stamped on bottomsubstitutions
are fraudulent and subject to prosecn>y
law for obtainiug money under false pretences.
ect to Factory, atatlng kind, aize and widtk MSI
ive aalo to Mboe dealer* and general mei?
Catalogue. \V. JL. Douglas, Brockton, Maa*
J I MVIIVI Ml ?
lation. [ 1
a of Universal Knowledge. I
err aabjoct that can be thought of. Cob- j
ran otbemldc be learned only front A
lopediat, Dictiunnrien. dkc.
INDEX FOR READY REFERENCE.
LENT THE WORLD AFFORDS. ' ? j
tun; and, Instead of long and diffuse chaptew A,
In a very few lines. In reading nearly any book H>
uind and one matters which the general reader >
d which, unless he ha* a large library of costly W
with this one roiume he can turn atonue to the X
ilearly and concisely explained. A very Import- A
'ery subject being carefully indexed by Itartf, so H
turned to at once, ihe ^
reiM'DJT woaeyeapraiiuw w
k ^fl ff vvdrt un* General Clasii- W
I I II ml Mytholoiry U treated of la A
l| * m about It U under one chap
M II 1111 /ntb-xeach individual char
hpstbatbd. ^ a
iphy, Geography, Art, A?trono?y. etc. Merely to
numerate tbe following: ArtronOmy ,G?<wraphy, M
oa. Animal Cre?llou, LAngrusnjfcedleTafi^ro. W
Klne Arts, Ancient History, Madleral A
,eed erer be Ignorant of any subject with this
py as s rule encyclopedias Ml works of real B
wusrht after, but, heretofore, U.ey hav* been In
!?Sr bui here a book is pubflsbed In ONE ?
MKE bow thoroughly General Knowledge Is *
r and Georraphy, 3to on Geology, Mineralogy, A
Atmosphere; 1SS on
> * *( * *% net ism, Matter and H
)f\ mm B| V C * ble and Animal Cre*- W
|j t, 1^1 I CI Chronology, Lan- I
w w?9?on Greek and Ho- A
paid, : Medieval Learning
1 tun-. France, Germs. H
> ? ? paragraphs In Knxltsb '
tltutlon and Law, 131 on Miscellaneous Subjects 1
ry, Hebrews, Babylon.aus, Assyrians, etc.; 98 on A
eece?Credible clstory; 286 on Ancient Voman fl
ius. Here are some abbrovluuxl extracts: Light H;
'iillam Shakespeare, tse gtvatent of all poets and
ic famous Spaulsb Armada vvus destroyed In 1588 W
nhoM?nan/. V* Cha P^nniMa UM WA?IU.IA..??I M.
I years Old?page 2S7. Sound travels at the rmt? A,
ious writer ot fables, wu> t Greek slave, who H<
la. In Mythology, wan tho rood of the Qods?page '
occurred at Llsbou, lu 1753, destroyed V
. CT c page 426. Solomon's Temple was de- X
l?fc I fc pye of a butterfly contain* 17,000 M
p y of an eye?page 77. Earth's surface is H,
E Al ckitdoQ Age, Iron Age, Bronze Age, H
Qreeks?page 342. Napoleon, bom In W
h AmprlcA; longest in the world; 4,000 mllee: I
a knighthood, instituted 1S44?122. Amazons A
i kin-; la AbU, renowned for Us great wealth? fl,
I supposed to oonvert baser metals Into gold?117.
orn in Virginia, 1733; died, 17W?428. Bafltile was W'
compass Is a magnetised needle. Invented 1380, T
eachcs to the height of 45 miles?17. The "Uor- A,
'bvrgla In the harness of his oxen?329. A'
teii the book, on any page, without becoming In- H
DENbEU MAS8 OF KNOWLEDGE, useful, In
satire field of Learning. Sent postpaid on receipt
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