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THE AMERICAN ANTELOPE. _ -" FX BET-FOOLED OAX1 NOW AI* | 2S03T XXTIJJCT. Their Markln(?-Tlif Faintly to Which They Belong?Hunting the Antelope ? Long-Uange shooting. IT is a peculiarity of autolopes, especially as shown in their headquarters of South Africa, that they stand out conspicuously as connect'log links. s They grade off almost intlistiDguisbably into sheep, goats, deer And even the ox. Often in the hornless females dissection is necessary for distinction. The horns, which are always present in the male and usuully in the females, aje round, without sharp edges, nuu buuu^u tuui^icoouu aic inuaujr uunutated, while those of the goat and sheep have abrupt edges and are usually grooved longitudinally. Those of all v the bovines come out sideways and are <<f cvlindric and smooth. Deer's horns are all rough, much branched, solid and ^ deciduons. Antelopes are like the sheep % in the general presence of the gland be- * ^ tfVeen the hoofs and under the eye, and li they arc like the goats iu the presence ot horns in both sexes, which have no n tendency to, recurve forward. They n share with the dear the tear pit and p many other peculiarities of form and v anatomy, while some are like the ox in li bulk aud body. Oar pronghoro, however, differs much from the Old World n genera. With it tho tear duct is absont, a as in the goat; the horus are branched, v as in the deer, aud tho accessory hoofs h are wauting as in no other ruminant ex- c copt the giraffe. It lacks, also, certain groin glands found in the African kind, li and the British Encycloped a states that s it drops the sheaths of its horus annually, c I have been unable to find auy American v record of this fact. If the statement be n true, it forms, in this respect, a con- \ necting link between tho hollow-horned and solid-horned ruininauts not found t elsewhere. s The horns of our prongbuck arc apt to t vary much with age, tho protuberance in front being often wanting in tho young, I which would anrue to some extent the annual shedding of tho sheath. Tho < eyes are bright and prominent, enabling ' it wcli to see its pursuers during flight und to keep & good lookout before. Ia 1 the adult, it iu\ke3 no attempt atomcealuient and from its enemy it expects nothing but a knowledge of his approach. Tho color of the pronghorn is generally a tawny brown, shading off below and backward into a light fawu color. ? Beneath it is white. Wliile this would I argue a certain amount of color-protec- ' tio i when lying down, tho two transverse white bars across the breast, and 1 the conspicuous white disk around the > tail argue that on approach or tlight no ' attempt at concealment is inteuded. 1 The rear mark is claimed by Mr. Wallace, * the great English naturalist, as au example of a guiding mark specialized for the purpose of enabling the young and weak i to follow better in tlight, but he leaves i the purpose of tho breast bars uuexplained. In keeping with the theory, they may better enable the flock to reassemble, or the young to run to the mother as she returns to its hiding place, for, like other rutniu mts, she often hides her young while she feeds. To a naturalist the marks would at once imply that the animal was a night feeder, or at least crepuscular?a fact borne out by actual knowledge. She kids are never spotted ?not even at any stage before birth?a fact hinting no close relationship to the ! deer. The hair, resetnbliug coarse rotted mauila strands, is hollow like feathers, ' and crushes into fragments readily be- ' tweeu the fingers. They stand out on 1 end like bristles iu a brush, varying in length from one inch on the sides to four to six inches on the neck, where they form a sort of mane, erected during anger or excitement. The antelope is about cxtermiQated from the plaius east of the Rocky Mountains now, where it recently ranged from Central America to about, latitude fiftythree degree? north. It migrates slightly north and south with tho seasons. It was no uncommon thing a? late as 'SI to '83 to see small herd? Q ;eiug fro a the trains as they crossed the plains, aud very fair long-range bunting could be had then, Hut now oue must go higher uo into the less freoueuted mouutain I pnrKs, and even tnwo tliey are getting ? source. From October to December is the season, with perhaps November as the favorite. Of course one ta'.ces a wagon or packs, but fair saddle hbrses are a necessity, for the game is often found in rather inaccessible places. The cool nights will require all needful comforts for camping. While a sneaking stalk is the usual method of hunting, antelope have been killed on the plains by direct chase and a pistol shot, as Washington Irving killed his butfalo, but an unusual horse, of course, is required for this. For the distance of three or four miles, perhaps, no fleeter animal runs than our pronghorn, but if pushed to its utmost withiu this limit it soon shows sigus of fagging. Coursing it down on the plains with greyhounds was once a favorite form of capture. The best means of approach (necessary in any form of hunting it) is by concealment in ???? fHwna m uguiilw ifugcsr A. good tieldglass is a great help. By noting at long range the direction they are feeding, they may be intercepted as they pass if the grouad be favorable, but their senses are all so acute that every precaution must be taken. The sound of horses' hoofs a mile or more away will often alarm them. In peeping over an eminence always remove the hat -ud if possible intrust this delicato rais < Bion to the fuirhaired man of mrin ^ ? "?j. By no means pass to tho windar d of them. Frequently long detou.s will have to be made afoot or on all fours even, so it is well to have a boy bring up the horsca at a si.na!. Tho old method of decoying this game within close gunshot by means of its curiosity cannot now be depended on. They have had too much experience. It is only tho long range rifle that makes their capture notv at all possible.?St. Louis Republic. A ivival ofche Groat Eastern. L ndon.Knoi, \ni>. ?The Campania, the largest s'cninship in the world, was launched on the Clyde. The spectacle was witnessed by nn enormous crowd and the aflair whs in every respect successful. The Campania was built for the Cunard Steamship Companies for New Yord and Liverpool service. Lady Burns christen- J a/1 fka nklrt VM VMV IU lUt UDUdl 1VI III. 8tcp* arc 001114 tn.?u < to i-^tulilish u council 01 ftgricultv, .- I'twmjuiia. colored man Uvea longer in the South than be does in the North. m A SONO IN THt NIGHT. Yesterday's sunshine Was so bright! Yesterday's burdens Were so light! Yesterday's hand-clasp# Were so sweet! Yesterday's hours Were so fleet! Well-a- lay! Yesterday drops her rose Fetal by petal, aud softly goes Beck to the boso-n of Gol's repose. ?iaiael Jordan, in Youth's Companion. BRIER ROSE.,' HE Weeping Wilv : low telegraph office v fhced the level A prairie. Up and * 'i V \ down before it. like shining ribbons, lay the railroad tracks, c -<*&&&. -a'-s. converging rnya~x teriously until disluce blended them into one. Back of it dared the wide main street, rith stores and cottages indiscriminately linglcd, which marks the disconsolate rairic town. Beyond, inclosed by a irliite picket fence, straggled tho desoitc graveyard. The only thing in plenty which mture supplied was room. There was ,u nbundauce of space. It was quite a valk to cross the street. Neighbors' iouscs stood aloof. Nobody was rowded, even in the graveyard. The telegraph operator, satiated with andw-ape, leaned back, stretched himi elf prodigiously, yawned audibly autt ollapsed in his chair, which creaked in cxed remonstrance. Ho tossed a renark over his shoulder, "So this is vhat you are ycarnin' for, Dave?'' Dave took his cane, and, limping to he door, viewed the inertness in lilcucc. Then he roused himself and a'.d cheerfully: "A telegraph operator is all I'm gooc\ fur since I got hurt." Seems like the com'ny might have done more for you when you got smasher^ up in their owu accident. 'Twouldn't have hurt 'cm none to keep you as 4 conductor," grumbled his frieud. Suddenly the afternoon stillness was broken by excited voices and the sharp barking and yapping of dogs. Joj brought his feet to the floor in a hurry. "I can't leave the machine, Dave. O i and see what the rumpus is about. ) bet Brier Rose is up to somethin.' It takes that there girl to stir up the boys. No, Foxy," he said to his terrier, who was whirling around in an ccttacy ol anticipation, "you stay here. If Briet Rose is at the bottom of it. a little [elier like you migbt get lost in the luUfile." Dave obediently limped up the street, where, in the midst of a crowd of rough men, stood a girl holding some little animal high above her head, while the dogs leaped and snapped around her. The girl, with scarlet cheeks, begged and scolded and threatened them all to their infinite amusement. "Call off your dawg, Jim," sho said fiercely to the owner of the largest, whose leaps sometimes almost reached the quivering 'ittle object in her hauds. "Throw down the beast an' 1 will," ho answered. "If that there dawg gives anothei jump, I'll pi/cu him before sunup," she said, slowly." Jim untde a iuuge for the dog, and sat 011 him to keep him down, while the crowd hooted in derision of his obedience. "What's all this," cried Dave, coming up and piisliitig his way turougu their midst. "Urier ltose is beiug held up!" crier a voice. '1 he crowd yelled with delight. Th? giri's whole face became white with rag< as she singled out the speaker. "You'll pay for that, Ben Miles, a; you've paid beforA," ?he said. "Call of those brutes," cried Dave rapping the nearest dog with bis cane. "For shame, to tease a woman!" "Look a liyer, stranger," said i young giant, menacingly. He towered above Dare, who stood his ground. said Dave; "but half ft man afnT goTnj to see a woman tormented." "Who in thunder?" began hi threatcncr; but Ben Miles laid a hand on h's arm. "Hold on, Jim," he said; "that there's Dave Comstock, conductor o the smashed up No. 7." "Not the feller that got hurt savin the baby?" "The same." "Sko, stranger 1" said the mollified Jim. "You're welcome to interlere. cjiti us jer hand. We wouldn't hurt her fei notbin'. Bless my stars! Brier Rosi can take care of herself better'n nios1 men." The clogs were all held now, and the girl put her tired arms down. Shf looked curiously at the man, whose brave story she knew by heart, as sh? heard him defend her. iu uc stile, bug una utgu tioicuuau UC fore; there was hardly a man vrhc would not have risked his life to sav? hers, but tbey teased her unmercifully when they got the chance. Dave's in lerfereuce was on a new line. She did not quite understand it, but it appealed to her at once. When Dave went hack to the station to toil Joe, the latter roared with de 1 'h**1" "Just like her! Eizrttly like her!'1 he cried, slapping his leg so inhumanly (hat his lame friend winced for him. "Who is Brier Hose?" he repeated, in answer to Dive's question. "You don't Know much if you don't know old Bryau's daughter. She's the best known girl from Horseshoe Gap to Powdet Crik. Old Bryan's becu engineer on the road ever since the track was laid. All eyes she was then, as she is now. What wiuu't eyes was temper. Bame now, snviu" that new she Losses the boys in addition to old Bryan. She can run an engine with the best of 'em. Bryan't taught her all the tricks, and he thinks the sun rises and sots for just her." "Strnnge she would defend a gopher, when she's so hard on the boys," observed Dave. "That's just it. That's Brier Hose1 She's j/ot more tame pets; she's friendlicr v. iili every hens) in Weepin' Wilier i n wifh any of tli<* hoys. She ain't ' v n get ? head fur anybody but olo Bryau; you notice 1 make no mention of heart concern in' Br.er Hose; I don't l;eci to talk of what she ain't got?and i / ftuf now #tic's specially bewitched about biro. After keepiu' straight for forty years he's taken to drink. ThC girl knows he'll lose his job if the oompany gets wind of it, and she watches hiip like a hawk." What's Bryan's Runt" Horseshoe to Powder Grik. Sh? knows every inch of track and aiding. And I wisli you could see her handle tb? ciitter. She knows all Bryan does, end she's a heap sight quicker calc'latin' than the old tnan. It's wuth while to see her oil and clean the machine. 8he goes over it spry as a kitbeu." "She's handsome," said Dave, slmEly. Humph! Handsome is as Jxandsome does," observed Joe, grumpily. "She is cold as ice aad hard as a rock. It's my belief that she ain't got no heart same as other wimmin. And sassy t Lor't" In spite of what he had heard, or perhaps, because of what he has heard, all things, evon the melancholy town itself, grew rose colored to Dave's sunny eyes. With his unfailing cheerfulness he waited hopefully for news of bis appointment at Red Valley, and hovered, as if fascinated, around engine No. 44. Neither the boys nor old Bryan were tiow to notice rnis, toe latter naving accepted such attentions periodically trom all tho young men. It was so inevitable a proceeding that up to the time of the Middleton's dance they paid no attention to it. But that night something extraordinary occurred. The next day, as Brier Rose rode down the street on her hardy little pony, the boys gathered around her oagerly, notwithstanding the fact that she had a stout little whip in her hand. They had something new and strange to tease her about. "Brier Rose," called out Jim, as she drew rein, "you don't care nothin'about danpin!, do youf" "You'd ruther sot all the evenin',* would'nt you, now?" "D'you like the namo o' Dave, or do you reckon you'd rather x have Cometock?" * * Rose looked from one to the other as the bottled-up taunts fell rapidly upon her ears, her cheeks and lips growing acarlet. For once her ready tongue failed her. Small need to ask them what they meant. Too well she knew. But was her subjugation apparent in such a tride? And so toon? And Dave ai yet had said nothing. Emboldened by her silence they went further. "What does he say about itt" The shamed crimson leaped to her very temples and receded, leaving hei face pitifully white. Her wounded pride now pante I for but one thing?a way out. Probably he knew it, too. She saw him comiug down the street. "Do you love him? Say, Brier Rose, do you love Dave?" cried the one furthest from her whip, rier courage came back at Dave's approach, and the spell of her unwonted silence was broken. "Do I love him?" she cried, looking him fairly in the face. "I come nearer* to hatin' himl" She turned her home sharply, and the blows the boys had expected fell on her fiery litt'e pony. He craned his neck and went up the street on a dead run, but fast hi Hose flew the grieved look in Dave Comstock's blue eyes kept pace with her. That night Joe fidgeted around, unable to decide whether or not he should speak to Dave about the occurrence of the afternoon. Dave's genial smile and cheery hopcfulnois were gone. He sat with his face buried in his folded arms. Joe coughed noisily and said nothing. Dave looked down at his poor maimed | foot. "Joe, do you know that little baby I saved from the wreck had brown eyes like Brier Rose? I remember the baby smiled when I held it out to the men. You know my foot was caught and 1 couldn't move. I've never seen Briar Rose smile at me that way. If I had saved her perhaps 9be would. Do you think so, Joe?" At home, Roso was thinking of the story of Dave's bravery in the wrecked train, of the lives he had saved, of his defense of her. And to day in return she had mocked him. Aye, if the look he gave her spoke truly, she had cut him to the heart. Tears?tears ia the eyes of Brier Rose I The position of telegraph operator at Red Valley was given to Dave Comstock. The afternoon freight, heavily loaded, had just pulled clumsily out of the Weeping Willow station, with Dave on the rear platform of the way car. The ii, having come down on the rear of the freight as second engine, now stood on the siding, waiting to go back to Horseshoe for the midnight express. Old Bryan was up in a crowd of meu in front of the postoffice. Brier Rose watched him anxiously. Aa long as he kept away from the Owl she felt easy. He knew she was watching him. He also know that she would not hesitate to come after him if the Owl proved too strong an attraction. Therefore he kept away. flhn foftrloaalff olAnrr #Via m\tI* of the Doiler, rubbing the band rail with a black oil sod den cloth. She touched the engine as if she loved it. Every part of it shone like the sun. Every valve worked with precision. Every screw was secure. Joe laughed to see her fling a shovelful of coal into the furnace like a born fireman. His own machine called his attention from the 44. Then Rose heard him cry out, and, springing down, she rushed into the station. "A runaway engine coming this wayH he said hoarsely. "Spite work of a discharged engineer. No one on her?going twenty-Ave miles an hour?a single track ?Dave's train only going fifteen ?the 44 and that ore car on the only siding between here and Red Valley. My Ood!" "Where is it?" cried Brier Rose. "It broke away from Horseshoe Gap. Messa.e is from Prairie City. It's already r? i.u /its- i i j -a?? -t. A - jiu^bcu i iniuu vujrt ucuucu sinti^ni ior here. It's bound to catch Dave before His train gets to Rod Valley." Rose turned white to her very Hps. J5ho covered her face with her brown hands. Only for a moment, though. Then she flung back her head and looked Joe full in the face. "I can save hi in?" she cried. She sprang for her engine and climbed into the cab. Rose! Rose!'' roared Joe in dismay. Ro?e turned her white face towards him imploringly. "He at the switch, Joe, and listen for my signals, as you value Dave's life!" she cried. Then she palle^l ?he .vkfottle valve out to Its full extent. the engine shirered all over, and at fifty-two mile* an hour the 44, driven hy??rier Roso, leaped down the track to runaway. There wef hot a moment to lose. A certain naafcffor of miles lessening evory raomenV-lto. between the ltimbering freight, .wMfc'Davo on board, and the cruel, senseta* runaway engine. Between them twpBrier Rose, with juft a chance of MtttnLj- ' / phe knew WbHa loosened rail or any obstruction vfculd hurl her to her doom, and still not overt lisaster. from Dave. The whistle of the 44\ahrilled out a un *LI_ -1_ . - - ?*-- A_ a* _ A screeon continuity 10 warn even the birds from flutteraig too near tho messenger of life. \ The engine rooked flpm side to side at the dizzy rate of speem For the tirst time the odor of hot oil bade Rosa feel faint. She hung half oLt of the cab window panting for bnath and her hands clinging orasily t<A the window for support. \ Suddenly she saw sniokl in the distance. Larger and largi- grew the black speck on the track. \ Faster and faster flew the 44 to meet ?. Nearer and nearer came the runaway. Wheu she could plainly see the shkpe of the approaching engine she closed the throttle with a rush that made the 44 tremble She reversed her. engine, and at little less than twenty-five miles an hour began running away from the runaway. Slowly, *W"tf Imparr-Aptihly/ gained on her bravo engine. A horrible fear took possession of her that it was coming too slowly, and that they both would reach Davo's train before sho stopped the runaway. She changed tho speed and let the engine gain on her faster. "I can signal for the siding if I fail," thought Brier Rose. "Joe will oboy my signal." But she shuddered. In sight of Weeping Willow at last. The 44 whistled frantically. Rose signaled for a clear track, and only a train length apart the 44 and the runaway flew Past tho little station platform. crowded with every man, woman and child in town. Joe understood her plan now. Ho bounded into the station, frenzied with excitement, telegraphed to Red Valley what Brier Rose was doing; then, from sheer nervousness, ho squeezed Foxy until he yelped wildly. Out of sight of Weeping Willow and Dave's train ii^Jtbe distance, nearer and nearer came tne runaway. The 44 snorted in defiance of being caught. Rose braced herself for the shock. Crash 1 came the oowcatoher of the runaway into the unprotected rear of the gallant 44. Rose had loosened her bold, and the concussion flung her to the floor, with her soft cheek against the cab seat. Faint with her fall the gathered herself together and shut on the steam. The with the nose ?f the runaway viciously pushing the 44, Brier Rose crept like a cat over the tender, down over tho trembling engine, and on her hands and knees she crawled over to the runaway, up along the boiler aide into the cab. and crashed the throttle abut when the 44 was within a car's length of Dave's train. When she came to herself she was in the Red Valley station. Dave was bend ing over her, and calling ber name with trembling lips. She opened her eyes And smiled into his face. 4lO'n, Brier Hose, how could you do itl" he whispered with a shudder. "I did it for you, David?for you,"? Now York Press. MRS. FALUKR'd HAMMER. With I( She Will Drive the Last Natl in the Woman's Buildings tHE design for that much-talkcd-of hammer with which Mrs. Potter Palmer is to drive the last nail in Iho Woman'i Building h a t been fixed up on, says the Chicago Tribune. To determine what tire hammer should be like lias heen the II ft work of many I months bv the ' , > \ . women or Ne - [ \ hrnska.but the> i ' \ have succeeded 1 at last and the , 1 precious imple I 1 ' ment in beinp 1 I executed by ai 1 l Omaha Jeweler J 1 No liammei ,1 of the like o 1 g-lB thin one ha 1 |8 ever pounded i M9 nail. The hand le will be com po-ed of ligh and dark woods altematinK and encircled bj a broad band of gold, on which wif bo engraved: "From the Womei of Nebraska." The head of tin hammer will be of solid silver. On the fa? of the head will be the seal of Nebraska ii gold relief. Draping the hammer and han die will be the flag of the Union wrougnt it gold. For each State in the Union then win i>? a diamond star, and the Angaraf will be of pes*'., by a golder eagle. The idea of a h ammer originated aftei the women of Montana had proposed a de sign for the last nail. This last nail is to bi manufactured of gold, silver and copper, th< most nrominent native minerals of th< State. The head of the nail will tonsist ol n representation of the real of the 8tate This seal happens to contain mountains rivers and valleys, as well as the sky, T< properly represent these features diamondi and sapphires will be used. Mn. Eliza J Richards is the originator of the nail idea. After the nail story had been circulalec the Nebraska women took up the hammei idea. Last come the women of Colorado They did not want to fail in doing some thing on the line of finishing tie Womai'i building, so they will present the casket in which the hammer ana nail are to be kept This casket will be a miniature model, it precious metals, of the Pusble miners enlace. Smallest of Palntiaga. Probably the smallest painting ever roads was the work of the wife of a Flemish artist. It denuded a mill *llh the sails beat, tha miller mounting the stairs with a sack of grain on his back. Upon the terrace yfcere the mill stood was a cart and horse, and on the road leading to it several peasants were shown. The picture was beautifully finished, and every object was tory distinct, yet it wss so amasingly grnall that its surface, so the story goes, could be covered wltb a grain of corn.?New York Dispatch The Russian Government has decid to permit ireo importation of the Bibl in othei language* tbau Russian, but n Russian Bible cau circulate unless prints by authority of tba State churcu. v i t THE LABOR WOBLP. A HW compositor* an both hoods. A Boston girl runs a printing ottos. English mines employ 0119persons. England has bed 970 strikes in ten monttu Thb 33,000 newspapers in this country so ploy 100,000 men. Labor in Cbloago is better organised thai it ever was before W yomino, Kansas, Idaho, Nebraska an< Indiana have eight-hour laws. ? An adult laboring man uses op about fln ounces o^his muscle every day. Tas Herman Ttiners' Eederatfoq has at present 299 local branches in Geratihny. In &uony about seventy per Mot of th working men earn lees than fUM) per year. Thk Job printers at Pulutb and Superior Miun., have formed an eight-hour league. Tub London Building Trades Council i compos sd of delegates representing 18,50) members. Thk street railroad employee of Philadel {bi? are about to revive their lapsed K. ol i. assemblio3. Qt D...I w; ji-U?AS- ^ *n uv. x aa>, iUIUU., UO uuuacuon 18 mftdl in wages of male and female teachers in tlu public schools. The percentage system for the pay men of uuion dues is being discussed by the laboi organizations of Boston. Ik some of the briokyards at Spring wells, Micb., scores of women. It is said, dig in th< pits :tud carry the molds. Sixty tin works are now olosed in Waiei au I 10,090 hands are idle. Many have sallec to tind employment in America. The secret work of the Knights of Laboi has been translated into the German, ltal ian, Swedish and Polish language]. Tan report of the New York Bureau of Labor shows an increase of over $6,000, 000 paid in wages and $31,000,000 in value o pro luction during 1301. The ooagrees of the workingtnen's social istic revolution party adopted a resolutioi in Paris, France, to send to America] miners an address of sympathy. Simon Wiko, a Boston tailor, for Preai dent, and Charlee Matohett, a Williamsbur] (N. Y.) carpenter, for Vice-President, hea< the Socialist Labor National ticket. At Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, alone 1300 men and women ate employed in th< lobster industry. Five millions Is the annna catch, which represents $180,009 in value. Great Britain has 1515 oo-operattT< labor societies, with 1,055,968 members, $55,. 999,070 of share capital, $3,929,705 of reservi fund and an annual business of $301,137,089 Mayor C. G. McMillen, of Dayton Ohio, issued a proclamation urgently a[ pealing to the population of that city t cease all kinds of labor and business oi Labor Day. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Gladstone is much addicted to the uset tea. Count Caprivi, Chanoellor of German; tips the scales at 216 pounds. The Mayor of Plymouth, England, r cently gave a public luncheon in honor < Dr. T. Dewitt Taltnage. C. H. Harris, who waa born and reare near Long Bridge, Ga., is now Chief of tl Cherokee Nation of Indians. The oldest officer of the United Stat Navy is Commodore Honry Bruoe, now It ng in Boston and on the retired list. Senator Casey, of North Dakota, hi 5000 acres uuder cultivation. He boas that he can plant 250 acres of wheat per da with his drilling machines. The wife of the Confederate Genera Thomas J. Jackson, when she registers at hotel, uses the sobriquet "Stonewall," as it had been her husband's christian name. The late Stephen States Lee, of Ball more, was decorated with the French cro of the Legion of Honor and with Prussia end Bavarian orders qf merit for service* i aid at the wounded in the Franco-Prussia war. Thomas Canty, of St. Paul, the notnin for the vacant Supreme Court Judgeship < Minnesota, is one of the seven children i ?n Irish dAy laborer. He got all the soboc ing In his reach, taught school, and work* through college. Congressman McKeiohan, of Nebraska lives in a sod house. 1 his singular dwellin which coutains three rooms, is boarded ov< a frame work, which is then entirely cover* with thick sod. It is warm in winter an cool in summer, and there is little danger I no v.w h}.! ma iiuiu cjcnnev. It has now been finally settled that Ola stone will acvept the peerage soon after tl preliminary work of nis assumption of ofl9< hall be finished, lie will bear the title i Earl Liverpool. This title has former been in the Jt nkinson family, and has bo. extinct since the death of the third earl. When Whitelaw Heid was a schoolboy i Ohio his teacher used to punish him and h fellow pupils for disobedience by thrusth peacock feathers down their backs, leavii the busby ends extended above their head Then the boys were made to line up ai march about the school room, the feathe , waving behind them like plumes. Tho new fourth class at West Poll J Military Academy will coutuia 2UtJ met bcrs. 8nni|il? I'ncluigc Mulled free. Address Am at' Bile Beans, New York. .,. . The New Zealand Government pr i poses starting n silk industry in its nort > cm districts. i Cure for Colds, Fevers and General Debllil Snuli Bile Heans. 35c. i>er bottle. The HAlvntiou Army tire about to bui a headquarters for Ireland at Belfast, cost $40,000. Guaranteed. Wo aro willing to stand the lose. If you b a. bottlo of Bile Henna Sviall and do not i double value writu us and we will cheoffu refund j our money. J. F. Smith A Co., Now York. N. V Clusters of clover, if hung in a roc and left to dry aud shed their porfuc through the air, will drive away flies. Melancholy promptly relieved by Small B ^it-ana. Northkrm Mexico is a^ain eon fronted a total oron failure. 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CAN YOD riVD TUB WOBDf These Is a 8 Inch display advertisement this paper, this woek, which has no two wo I alius excopt one word. The same Is true I each now one appearing each week, from 1 1 Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house place "Crescent" on everything they make and p lh-b. Ix>ok for it. send them the name or word and they w 111 return yon book, bbau nn, LiTiiooRAPtis or aa mplks vmeb. It doesn't take a bit of meanness ^off^ascaJ^tojjoli!^^ Incliiriifttinn Ciim " 1 have for year* ) ff % troubled With- dlatrec fEt ^ H my stomach and indl P||8t M tlon. When I to y tQ Hood's SarsaparlUa \ ijfTV y ???ct was anrpi JP? lnjf. It Kave me gi relief, and I now wKmWtH^mOK without that terrible Wm. Wade. trtvs. I also rest we night and am in wood general health, for a ? which I thank HOOD's sarsapar ,> la. Wu. Wadi, Boot and Shoe doalei j Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass. Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipation ousneos Jaundice and sick headache. Try th h*T* at pnml boat 9000 members in Wut Virginia. . <2Lt> t*11'"* Kti watu core* weak or Isllamed oyer, or irtnuhtcd llda without pain. B cents. Jos* H. Pros kt Drug Co.. Bristul. Va. L Tn acreage of watermelons at the Sooth h is^twenty Are per cent. lev this year than ; 1 Tmttfrr sardine faotoriae la Maine he . dosed beoaose there is no ran of suitable stoedAsh to pack. J. fl. Parker, Fredonla.N. Y., eaysi "SlfsH not call on you for the $100 reward, for 1 believe Hall's Catarrh Cure will cure any case > of catarrh. Was very bad." Write him for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 76c. * BnvaxT girls are organising in Chloago ' and intend to strike for more wages during the World's Fair. [ For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Stomaoh disorders, use Brown'a Iron Bitters. Tho Beet Tonic, it rebuilds the system, cleans the Blood > and strengthens the muscles. splendid toni io for weak and debilitated persons t No Chinese hat been naturalized for r thirteen jeart. , Dyspepsia, impaired digestion, weal l etoroach, and constipation will bo instantl] relieved by Beecham's Pius. 26 cents a box. !TSii5 r /* (/fe~nwP^BB|BjB ON^ ?NJOYS i Both the method and results who Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant " arid refreshing to the taste, and acti a gently yet promptly on the Ki&ieys, i Liver and Bowels, cleanses the eys tem effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the f q>nly remedy of its hind ever pro duoed, pleasing to the tasto and acr* ceptable to the stomach, prompt in e. its action and truly beneficial in its >t effects, prepared only from the moel healthy ana agreeable substances, its ? many excellent qualities commend il to all and have made it the mosl m popular remedy known, v* 7 Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60? J AS L n1 * m ? M una *i Domes Djr ail leading drug u gists. Any reliable druggist whc l7 may not hare it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one whc a wishes to try it. Do not accept anj if substitute. tf, CALIFORNIA F/0 SYRUP CO. in SAM FRANCISCO, CAL. in tooisviui, sr. mew fork, a.r. in ? 3 Young Mothers! ^ Wo Offer You a SetttoS}f [Jj which Injures Safety to Zlfo of Mother ahd Child. t. "MOTHER'S FRIEND" "j . ltoli Confinement of U* ^ Pain. Horror and 1lisk. to After astngonebottteof "Mother's FrlenS" I suffered but Itttlo pain, and UJ<1 uotoxperlenoe thai weakness afterward usual lu such esses.?Mrs, d- Ajiniu Oaox, Lamar, Ho.. Jon. 15th, l?l. 10 Bent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt ol M price, $1.30 per boltlo, 1" ak to Mothers mailed Ire* bJ BBADBILLDI.EGULATOB CO., |T ATLANTA, OA. q BOLD dx all DHUOQ18TSL 1? I imiMFiLJ FAKRVIIIF Rl INIFTf la Houufkccpcn lb.. 93> Carolina's l'rkle, 7II IK ? per lair. l.eakHvllle llonei-t Jeans?(lrny, Brow ,5 amd Uliu k?'25c., 40c. and ?0c. per yard. Krrw *8 Ora.v, 32 l-'2c. Brown, 40r. a yard; voryuoo H. Wool Yarn, all colors. 3c. a hauk. If your deal id docs not keep these kckmIs ordorof J. \\ . Hl.'OT if! 4k CO.. Special Balling Ago , Orcc naborp, N. < - PATENT8?U^,';S "German ?. Syrup" Id Justice of tlie Peace, George Wi to kinson, of Lowville, Murray Co Miuu., makes a deposition concert ing a severe cold. Listen to it. "I uy t tie Spring of t888, through e> [} * posure I contracted a very sevei cold that settled on tny lungs. Th was accompanied hy excessive nigl ,m sweats. One bottle of Itoschee ne Gertuan Syrup broke up the colt night sweats, and all and left n in a good, healthy condition. I ca give German Syrup toy most earne: T commendation." i m mini phi lunuLcni a?t Its Origin and History; I PREVENTION | AND CURI An interesting Pamphlet mailed to an; r. to- dress on reoeipt of 8 tarn a Dr. L H. HARRIS, Pittsburgh, Pa ? jRiti SiiW ,v;,r:nii:; Uf J," valae far roar moncr. Eceno ?! mm la year ftoiwrnr brpar- If pk! W. L. DM(IM?|i*N. . rne ahtch Ttireieni tlin hen A A a value for erlrr* a?ked, J SS ' ! ? Will I?HIT. fll J !?* ITTAKI RO SUBSTITUTE. W out THE lit ,rn imn >lh lo<Mi g % tny othi-r ih: Sai >mbm jn^ floe huporir^ t (fKv IB U 11 tuy In w.il!; cm- i \ ! fto ao f iOk V\ /jCE^ji | ?P?? wIM tho ^ 'nuntivn **f FOR W. L. D0IJ6LAS' SH.1ES ~" bu- ?g?i^r to:iro vwr1wAranv^ ?m. Auiiwln* f Soto no ofento. Write loi ' & i " 1 B^VV|3f^B4, < v-fcSOTD n mVJ iW ^ti?^5^^Hi^iiro?puSiwSf2uH ^ Oio hnmlj. Injure tlie Iron.Mil burn off. IjH "Si Tb? Rising Sun Sforo Polish U Brilliant, Odor- *&& Ums, Durable, and the consumer pays lor BO tla I ? or iun pack ago with a*crj inirctat#. | ?'. ' . ' ' " " * ^ COINC TO BUILD? Bend for Illustrated Catalogue, containing M hand- ". :+131 sum designs. FKEK. Address SHOI'PRI.I/H - 4? MPPKttN 0.1 Broadway, Kaw Tort ;^3 ? ' __ ?f >* A# l I ICaoiBBftlrci and people MM who hare weak lunge or Aetb mi, ehonld nee i'leo'a Cure tor Conenmptlon. It baa eared thousande. It haa not Injur* od one. It la not bad to take. It la the beat cough ayrup. ^M j> Bold ererrwhere. ?e. J ' .15 t nd ol?<lra lrw?ltr.wfh?a ETcrt'hoo?EWW^jl?e?4j i|Uu|>MfrtWMjhw ?;?"??^ "" ' 1 f"Ijr* aTpH?i?HJLvss?! a iiurlfr tho blood, are safe and nfa fcctual. Tiio boat jrrntrrol fainQe , a /q?^ / medicine known for "il' -" maaa. /!^M^/>..>CV Constipation . llTapcunta, Fool I^BSfUv' Breath, Headache, llrni-tburn. Loaa i of Appetite. Menial Depraaatow.i > Palnrtil nitration, Plmplaa, Sallow Complexion. Tired Feellnc, and 1 'eaerr symptom or dbcaao rcaulUnff from Tropnre 1 1 blood,ora failure by the rtomarb. Uxor or latamaM1 'to perform tbelr proper function*. Toraona frixen to , oxcr-eatlnwore benefited by taking a TABDCKafMr , icarhmoal Prlco.bimall.l prowiTji IbottUue. Ad, drera THEJUrAnSOHKUI(JALOO.,I08pro?a8trjf!T. i Agcnta Waaledi EIGHTY per cent pralt. Ha?aitaaaaatwataa?a>?Millliitll , ; Unlike the Dutch Process' (jrfc No Alkalies Other Chemicals I are used In tbe **_ preparation of v W. BAKER & C0.*8 j | llfireakfastGocoa i ffi ll* which it akeotutelp ' Rt [ II Mfl pure and ??!?((?. j, ' fflli ft; r* H 11 bas more than three timet t Esa Cft v II the strength of Cocoa mixed % ' tMLl JPt 'Paa wilb Starch, Arrowroot or ^ Suitar, and Is far more economical, coifing lees than one cent a cup. It is delicious, nourishing, and BAaiLT i DIQEATEP. Sold by Q-oror* rTerjrnhiri. , W BAKER & CO, Dorchester, Maw. ISP LIVER kij pills DO HOT C1RIPB HOB SICKEN. Ouir c*rt foe HIOK HEAD* ACIIK, Impaired dtgcatlon, conatl, ptilon.toiplil glands. Thcyuouw W Tlltl organ,, re mora naufea, dla3 lines, Magical affect on KUtj ^ nevaendl)lad<lrr. Conquer 3 oilioan nrrvom alno crrlrrr.. EiUblUS 3it4 \J \J uraJ Daily ACTION. ' Beautify complexion by purlfylnsr blorxl. ruKRi.v Vkoctabie. The dole li nicely adfuetedtoaultease, aa one pill can oeecr beloomurh. Each v'al conlaina *1, carried In vert pocket, like lend pencil. Ituaiitt'Nii innn'a |iat convenience. Taken eaaler than sugar. Hold everywhere. All genuine good, bear "Crerccnt." Send 2-cent at am p. You ft ft 32 page book with earn pie _ DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., St. Louis. Mo. i IF YOU OWN : CHICKENS I YOU WANTT3 A "V T U JJI B THEM T O-A JL W A Y en If you merely keep them u diversion. In ? ler to Iinudle Funis judiciously, you must know something ?l><->ut them. To meet tbU want wears selling a book giving llio experlenoe / An|H > . of n practical poultry raiser fnrlVIllW ?Wl twenty-lire yearn. It was written by a man who pm? nil his mln I, and time, and mnuey ta making* sue* cess of chleken raising? not as a pastime, but as business?and if you will profit by bU tWSnCy-ttv* years'work, you can sai s many chloks annualtyi " Kafafnp Chiekcni." and make your Fowl* earn dollar* for you. tV Klnt la that yon mint bo al>to to delect (rouble ta e Poultry Yard a* aooa a* It appeur*, and know bow (o remedy It. 1 Ma i ook will U ach you. U tel.* bow to detect nnd turr dl'eooe; to feed for ettge nnd biro for rattening; which fowls to save foa a breeding purposes; and everything, ludocd, yot I abou'd know on this subject to make It profitable. Bent postpaid for twenty-avo cent* In lo. or H, i(t. etninpa Bfl Book Publishing Houso, 135 Ltoitsnn St.. N. Y. OMy. _ 3 N U?37 m . i. nmicns SHOE SENTLEMEN, r SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY. r newfil ?lino, thnl irill not r(p, fine calf, eeamloee, 5, flexible, nunc eomfortAblc.etyllah and durable than >s over aold ai tlx- i>rlco. Kquala cuttoro made altoee f* 10 y>. 15 llaiiib*r,vnl. On*etlf ?N?m. The moat atyliah. iid Yuiatleinco.i ever rold at theaeprleca. Thrywqdel I MA ( < < ec'n* Hum 8# 10 SYO. olle.i Mhoe, worfl by farmer* and all othera who .a w< <Kt heavy calf, three aolrd, extenalon edge a hoe, lu, noil will ketii the feet dry and warm. 'Inf ( nir, Nsvt.U5 and St) Werklngmea'e Rhoea clve n r re wear for the money iban any other make, le for icrvice. The Increaalng aalaaahow that workfound ihl* out. " M L? 9') ad Yoiitba' 91.95 Mehnal Bban ara * worn by the boya everywhere. The moat m>ln? d at thee prloee. _ -* c Q? ? I linnil-Sewril, SD.aS, W aad 91.95 Jk Si C3 ' I M tnaes are mode of the beat Don- . A 8i t. no falf. a? dertred. They are vary atyllab, 00mM mi I durable I he #3 ahoa equal* ruatom made irovlli.K fr. in at tnS?. Ladlea who wlab to eeono1.. at. .r. 9. ..au?A. era An/1 In a thk Alii. k I T ION. -lUivmr# of draSarasubatltutlOf ahoeawlthc. I. OonRina' nnmo and Hie price "tenireo on bottom. NiiiMiiiurl.in* are fraudulent ami aubjcet toproaecuhv I n? for obtaining money under mite pretence*. 'Ml la Factory, mating klii, aire nndwHtb i?Jre ?nle lo abac dealer* and general jner< r Catalogue. IV. I.. Daaglaa* Brock la a. Mao*