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. >>. *. IN THE HEART OF BRAZIL. DE8CR1PTI0H OP A TYPIOAL DIA. RUBBER OAK P. A Sourco ot Profit to Many, Dot the l'oor Indian Gcta Practically . Nothing for His Perilous Ltabor. WHITING from Maoaos, Brazil, to tbo New York Advertiser, Kannie B.Ward says: Being in any of theso Amazonian towns, where everythiug recks of iudia rubber?wbcro it is tho ono engrossing industry of the people, tho ono topic of conversation, the one thing constantly seen, smelted and tasted?you are suro to be seizod by the spirit of discovery, sooner or later, and a burning desire to turn hunter yourself and become a babitante, if for ever so brief a period, of a genuine rubber camp in the wilderness. And nothing is easier than to gratify that laudable ambition, especially if you are "taken" with it at Manaos?a thousand miles up tho mighty river, in the heart of the greatest rubber producing section cf the globe. In our case it was particularly easy, for our host is a rubber merchant (as aro most of tho substantial citiz -us of tho place), who keeps from 'ifty to one hundred Indians constantly employe 1 as Collectors, under f he leadership of a "captain," or head collector, of their own choosing. Tins following facts, stated bricly as possible, arc a 9U nmary of the inform ition we have picKcd up in Brazil, from divers sources, relative to the rubber trade. Like other industries in various parts of the world, it appears to bo controlled by capital on the Scriptural plan of "to him that hath shall lie givou," while the actual toilers are very poorly piid for their labor. Hereabouts it ir cudomaty for a wealthy man to obtain i gr nit of land of greater or less extent, according to his political influence and iiii.inciul [lowers of persuasion, with the cxcliiMVc right of gathering rubber thereon for a stated number of years. The entire river trade of the Amazon is run on tlie credit system. The rubber hunters, who are mostly Indians, arc litted out by their employers much as American miners used to be supplied with "grub stuke'* in their search for precious metals. Each hunter, before he sets forth ou a Irosh jouruey, is provided with a gun, a rjuautity of ammunition, blanket, hammock, and enough provisions to sustain him from two to si\ months; all of which is charged to his account at the highest market price, nil i in return 11c stipulates 10 sen to tins b line accommodating denier, at some fixed si.111 per pound, nil the rubber he may collect during his trip, after paying what he owes for the outtit. But lie seldom gets the debt paid up, nn 1, according to the laws ot Brazil, us long as lie owes a penny tho man to whom he is indebted can claim him for work, holidays and all, in a bondage akin to slavery. They nro engaged in the first place for n term of years, and the majority of hunters, in consequence of their debts and propensity to drink up all available cash iu tho form of chichu, arc practically never released from tho contract. The employers, in their turn, aro bound to be in debt to the small traders in the river towus, to whom they sell the rubber. They pay absurdly high prices lor inferior goods and get little for the product of the enterprise as compared to the price of rubber when it gets out of the clutches of the "middle-men," whilo those who do all the actual work and endure the risks aud hardships get next to nothing. The small trader, likewise, is iu debt to the wholesale dealer in Para; and the wholesaler is evon more deeply indebted to the New York, Baltimore or London firm which furnishes hiin with supplies and tinally secures the rubber, bomcbody makes heavy profits out of every transaction, but it is not tho poor Indian, upon whoso courage and powers of endurance all depends, nor yet tho smaller traders. The auuual exportation of India rubber from Para is said to be upward of 20,000,000 pounds, worth from $0,000,1)00 to $0,000,000. Tnc rubber tree of Brazil (siphonia elasticn, a near relative of the licus clastica of the East Indies and the urccoln clastica of Asia} is re illy a giant species of milkweed. It begins to yield wlien about fifteen years old, and the Government has repeatedly suggested plaits for cultivating it by planting large areas with trees and conducting the business like that of codec and sugar plantations. But Brazilians seem to ho peculiarly devoid of the power to take "a long look ahead," and so far nobody has been found willing to wait fifteen years for tho first returns on an investment. Hereabouts the rubber hunters are called Siringuerios, as in Central America they arc known as Yularoes. They usually go out in small parties, having chosen one of their own number as "Captain;'' and as soon as the rubber swamps are reached they select a suitable spot i. Wit MIU TWBtr oT opctmiou* mi?i proceed to j construct a rude camp, which serves ai the general rendezvous. They then wander od, singly nnd in couples, searching all day for new trees and returning to headquarters at nightfall. The "camp" consists of a central hut, br.llt on stiltlike supports toelcrato it above tho malaria haunted morass in which rubber trees most abound, with palm thatched roof, projecting all around like that of a Swiss chalet. Tlifre urn neither windows n ir door to this ru le home, nor any interior furnishings except hooks upo i which hammocks may be suspended w ien rains drive their owners inside. O. iinarily ' all outdoors'' serves well for a kitchen, rind the men prefer to suspend their sleeping paraphernalia from the trees around the central fire, built for the triple purpose of frightening away prowling heasts, counteracting the ofTects of deadly dews and miasmas, and keep5ng ofT those troublesome pests, mosquitoes, gnats and garripotas. All around the little camp arj boundless forests, so dense that it is impossible to penetrate to the distance of a ro I beyond the hut except in those paths which the hunters have partially clcare 1 with infinite toil. But I can a-sure you that a visitor feels no "call" to walk abroad in spongy marshos v.hero every step sinks him in above the shoe tops, and poisonous water snakes are kno.vn to lurk and jaguars prowl in search of prey. Jerusalem is still supplied with water from Solomon's Pools, through an aqueduct build by the Crusaders. < I * * * . ? 'i-?* ?4r*/CrY ;"*??/ SELECT SIFTINGS. St. Louis export* quail to London. Over 600 rario'ies of cotton are said to exist. Mauaa Loa, Hawaii's great rolcano, is aqain actire. A stolen wad o( $1000 was lately found hidden in a roll of butter in Minnesota. In olden times deformed people were frequently thrown into prison to bo kept out of sight. All tho gold in (he world, it is said, could bo stored in a roona twenty-four feet square and twenty-four feet deep. A wedding notice in a Maine paper the other day cndel with th* words; "No cards, no catce, nobody's btislnc?s." J unes McVeigh, of Waycroif, Qa., is elghty-aercn years old, has twenty-three children living and has never been sick a day in his lite. A red fir tree in Ciehalis County, Washington, is 400 feet high, and nearly fifty four feet in clrcu.nferouco six foefcfrom tho ground. Colonel Rcediland, of Mexico, rccontly married Miss Bossman, of Minuciota. Tiio groom is seven feet two iochos iu height ami the brido six (cot eleven. Charlotte, N. C., boasts o( a doublefaced potato. Oaa side is claimed to be a perfect representation of a bear an I the other, it is said, is a fair moid of a calf. Mount Ararat, the resting place of the Scriptural ark, is, in reality, two mountains separated by a alloy. Tiio higher poak is 17,210 feet, and the lesser 13,000 feet above sea Wei. The coyotes in Cook County, Oregon, are becoming too high-toned to live exclusively on mutton, and are cultivating an alarming tasto for veal, and consequently calves are disappearing in large numbers. C. O. D. are the initials of an expiw messenger at Atchison, Kan. Signed to his vatious documents they may bo, probably sre, the innocent cause of embarrassing mistakes, but undoubtedly in the safe side always. Probably the smallest painting over made was the work ot the wifo of a flemish artist. It depicted a mill with tho sails bent, the miller mounting the stairs with a sack of grain on his bick. Upon the terraco where the mill stood was a cart and a horse, and in the road lead ing to it several peasants were shown. The picture was beautifully finished aud every object was very distinct yet it was so amazingly small that its aurfneo could be coveted with a grain of corn. WISE WORDS. A sore eye hates tho light. Culture is only polish. It doos not change tho heart. The man who most deserves a monument does not need it. What is tho good of good that does not do somebody good? When sin trios to hide it forgets that it cannot cover up its trucks. If you want to live long, don't try to I live in?i? thMk o?? at a time. Every step the wicked man takes is a step toward his own destruction. The soul that is to live forever should not try to live on things that perish. When you want to see the crooked made straight, look at a railroad map. It does not take an eloquont tongue to give a pleasant sound to good news. A good man always brings more into the homes he visits than he takes away. How straight we would all walk if we knew how many eyes were watching us. Que of the hardest, things in the world to do is to tell a miser that be is one. The fact that a man wants more knowledge is proof that he has some already. There is nothing for which men havo to pay so dear us for the privilege of being 9tingy. If you can bear all your small trials you will never break down under your great ones. It always makes a bad man feel better when he finds out that there is somebody else just like him. It won't help your own crop any to look over the fence and count the weeds in your neighbor's garden. The moment a man finds out he has been making a fool of himself be has learned something valuable. Men will skin one another alive In trade who would starve rather than go into housebreaking as a business. Whenever a bird goes to fly, it looks up, but some men shut their eyes whenever they take an important ste^.? Ham's Horn. ? ? i Idaho's 1'recloas Storms. 'jollcclions being made in Idaho afford unusual opportunity for studying the geological and mineral production. The exhibit for Custer County contains a beautiful specimen of onyx. Indications are that an agate field exists in the ounty. Sapphires have also been found there, one lot of which sold' for #1 100. But recent efforts hare failed to produco one for the exposition. A sample of rock has been received from Lewistoo, the exact character of which has not been determined, but which appears to be a variety of jaspar. This specimea cuts glass more readily than the diamond, and is so hard that ten minutes' grinding on an emery wheel has scarcely any effect on it. It is variegated in color, with pink and green tints. It is quite small, and efforts are being made to secure a larger one. The value of the rock is not known. The variety of opals will be very largo. Thoro two mines in Latah aod one about forty miles from Boise City. They are the genuine fire opals, and are said to be of a very superior quality. Petrifications are very numerous In the State. The chief specimen in this * la - /--? ?1 a_:al. J ucpmuuouv u a naupio iruru mo pcirniou forest in Custer County, near Cballis. This distinctly shows the bark and wood of a conifer, a specie* of pine. Ths stump from which it was taken is fourteen feet above the ground, twelve feet in diameter at the top, and fifteen at th* base. The bark is six inches thick. It was discovered about five years ago.? New York Times. ? i A doorkeeper of the House of Lords, ' after forty jeara' service, is retiring on a pension of #1000 a year. rfW,.i ,/v? BREAD FOR ALL WHO ASK. DAILY EARLY-MORN I NO SCENE BEFORE A NEW YORK BAKERY. Human Wrecks Sliufll(n? Pa*t a Big Bakery Door In Dock Mop lor Stale Loa?r?-.\ Weird Spectacle. THERE is a weird sccqo ever; morning, while the tired city is fast asleep, at Broadway and Tenth 6trect, which tells in eloquent silence oi tho depth of human woe and misery. It is probably known, but not always remembered by persons who have loving families, cheerful homes, downy beds aud well-slocked larders, and who live in an air of luxury, that there is a half-starved army iu this city against which tho doors of organized charity are closed. It lives?no one knows where, aud it comes out on the streets, like rats from a hole, after dark, seeking food and everything that it can devour. It is only tho night workers who fco the big city when tho lights are turned low whe catch a glimpse of the starving army, and the sight is not pleasant. It was between 2 and .'I o'clock in tho morning the other day. The wind came piping with a North Dakota chill through East Tcuth street, and nearly ripped tho tattered clothing from an old man who carao stumping along Fourth avenue with a Tceblo step. Ho stopped at the Tenth street comer. Tho lamplight showed the skin peeping through his clothes in many places. 1 fo sank n little doeper into his rags after a quick glance up tho street and moved slowly toward liroauway. 'Just wait for n little while," sr.?d Policeman McConnoll to a reporter who was on his way home after his night's work, 'and you will sec the strangest gathering that you ever looked at iu this town." Tho old man kept moving until he reached tho bright light whicu shown cheerfully from the windows of the Vienna Bakery, midway ott tho block. Ho looked wistfully at the scene of good elisor within, theu leaned against a lamp post with head bowed low, violently trembling from cold and hunger. lie's the first on the lino," aai-.l Mr. Council, "nod lie's not missed the honor for over a year." Tho policeman's remark was vague, but in a little whilo the explanation came. The solitary tramp soon had plenty of company. Men with want and poverty etamped ou every feature ol their gaunt faces and every shred of their eloquent rags turuod into Kast Tenth street from Fourth avenue and Broadway. They came siugly and it groups, and fell iu behind tiic first arrival. At 3 o'clock the line extended around in front of Grace Church, and then wore over 2)0 men standing closely together, waiting, apparently, forso.ne signal to march. It was a silent crowd. There was not a word spoken abovo ? whisper, Some of the men wero drunk and hardly ably to stand, but they wero held in place by their comrades in misery. One fellow dropped on the walk and rolled into the gutter. N< one disturbed him. Not even the po | liceman. Thero was a flutter of excitement along tbo line as the doors/if tho bakery were thrown open with a loud bang an< scvernl bakers in white caps and aprom rolled a half dozen big boxes tilled with bread on the sidewalk. Tho bakers handed out the bread to the men, and the line moved slowly along with th? shuffle of tho lock step, well known, apparently, to many of the gang. T< every mun was given a loaf of bread t day old. There was more than enough to go around and some got two loaves. The long wait in the open air seemed to have added an extra pang to the hunger of tho men, and almost every one took a rr venous bite from the loaf as soou as it reached his baud. Thcj acted liko hungry wolves in sight ol prey, and to many of them the dry bread appeared tit for a kingly feast. Some sat dowu on the curb, broke ofl large chunks of the loaf and fairly crammed it into their mouths until every morsel of it was gone. Others, after i few bites, stowed the bread away among the rags which covered their bodies, and few hurried away without touching ii at all. In fifteen "minutes the street was deserted and no sound was heard savo the merry song of the bakers as they piled up big stacks of bread for theii customers with tin feeling that steal* into the human heart when a good act has been performed. "That's tho best objoct lessou," said Policeman McConnell, as tho last bundlt of rags moved away, "of what rum will bring a man to if be sticks at it. Mos' of these poor chaps come hero night after night, and many of them have told me it's the only food they have had in twenty-four hours. Thi gang is made up of ox convicts wh< have lost even the desire to steal, and drunkards who havcjWMjhcd.till? bottom of the ladder. Among tho Uttor an men who havo boon in good circumstances, and there is one who about tec years ago owned u largo wholesale gro eery in Washington street. This charity 1 x . *1 1 fit. .11 ^1. II a gOUKDU M> llll/'ui, unu IV a ?u niu no cent treatment tliey get during the day. They are kicked and shunned by every body, sheek shelter wherevor it cad bi found, nod most of them will wind u| in Potter's Field. No questions an asked here if these men arc worthy ob jects of charity. They are all hal starved and drunkards without homes, and thieves have to cat as well as an; one else. Although they are a hardened lot there has not been the slightest disorder on the block during the years thai they have been coining here."'?New Yoxk Recorder. Telephones in War Time). Successful experiments have oecu ma le in France relative to the introduction of telephones for use in warfare. Tho teli phonista are organized in sets of two men each, each set being provided with equipments for a mile line. The very simple receiving an-1 transmitting apparatus remain attached to the military cap, and the wire on reels in a sort of broastplate, being so light that a man's ordinary cquipmeut weighs less than six pounds. At a distance of fourteen miles an order for an assault, setting in motion two army corps, was received and put in execution in ten minute*.?Cleveland World. The walls of Babylon nro p.vd by Herodotus to huve been 350 high al<J 100 feet thick at the base. j iifc a!t w A Professional! Dog Exerciser. Another calling ui been hit on by a bright young follow uptown, and like the pioneers in any business venture he is the centre of idterest amoug thoso with whom he doab. He is a profsssioi al dog exerciser. Owners of kennel i who hare places of business on our p rinoipal streets are usually so engross* in their affairs that the dogs on exhibit pn in their pens receive little more awntlon than is neoessary for their welfwp. ExeroUo Is just as essential as fopdnuvater to a healthy dog, and has? is wftte the enterpnio of the young man found a place for his talents. He calls ik the morning at the placo of business oflsoveral dog fanciers and ono after the 'other the cages arc emptied of their occupants, who are given their constitutional. The various characteristic? of tho animal are betrayod by their behavior while promenading. The phlegmatic pug will strain at his lcashaud wrap it around every unwary pedestrian he meets. Tho spaniel bohaves us should a dog shortly to become ono of the "Four Hundred." Grave and philosophical is the mien of the mastiff and tho Newfoundland, while the collie enters into the spirit of tho thing and gets tho greatest possib'.o amount of recreation out of tho season of relief. When not busied f with walking about the charges from timjdores the professional ezcrcisor win&att at tho homes or thoao who own pcK' dogs, and if the ladies cannot takeVMtfkout for an airing the exerciser iwidertakos the task, and on returning (>$oggie" tq tho bosom of tho family rccoiTes a dime and frequently more. It requires certain qualifications to bo a professional dog exerciser, the mam requisite being responsibility. Then, too, there is a chance for tho shrewd young fellow to turu a nice commission, for everybody talks "dog" to him, and he speedily learns the addresses of possible purchasers, aim can bring out tho full beauty of tho disposition of the animal looking for a new mistress.?New York Telegram. J| On the Floorjrf thoSca. On the boftonr*jpthe , beneath a vast field f>T" wedKffUTcd with aolranla living and dying,Wk immeuso deposit cf animal and vGittfhblc^tom-xlus must bo gradually tormiag."" snoutu tutu part of the floor of thfc sea bo upheaved at sime future time by volcanic action it would furnish mines of iniuurc sufficient to fertilize the farms of the world. Supposing that it wens possible economically to fetch to Ejropo or America great quantities of this water plant which now floats useless it would ba enormously valuable as a fertilizer. Many ' derelicts"?i. c., deserted and water-logged vessel#?hud their way into tho Sargasso 83a, where thoy float about for a long time and'finally break up or sink. An important feature of the work of the hydrographic ollice is tho flnding of such dangers to navigation, the approximate location of which arc plotted monthly on the pilot chart distributed to skippers. Four years ago great alarm was felt on account of a gigantic raft of logs which went adrift south of If nut ticket. It w*?t?0mt)Qjed of 27,000 trunks of trees from titty to ICO rent long, bound with iron chains in a cigarshaped mass 5G3 feet long and weighing 11,000 tons. It \yas constructed in Nova Scotia, starting from tho Bay of Fundy for New Ycrk in tow. Tho hawsers parted in a hurricane, leaving the raft in the direct track of commerce. The biggest of the occau greyhounds, on striking such an obstruction, would have gone down nt once with all on board. Two Government steamers nud a tug started at once in pursuit of tho raft, winch had luckily boon brokcu up by tho storm, the remnants of it oeing found scattered over n wide spaco about 10) milos southeast of the point where it was lost. For some time it was imagined that tho floating logs might do damage, but, though many vessels encountered tho.n, no harm resulted.?Washington Star. Artificial Quinine. Among the gr^nt discoveries of tho year 1S92 in medicine and science will be recorded that of artificial quinine. Scientists have long sought to manufncturc artificial quinine so that the mcdical profession need not depend upon the supply of the trees from which the* drug is obtained for their important anti-fever medicine. Doctors Grimnux nnd Arnaud, of Parts, have succeeded in obtaining an artificial substance similnt to quinine In its effects, nnd tho incthcd of making it is given as follows. Tho base cuprein contained in the shrub Hemijiu pcdunculata found growing in Brazil is treated vith sodium, and then the combination thus obtained is treated with chloride of notbyl. Tho result of this combination is a drug that is identical with the sutytancc which we know > mm quinine. It has the 6amc effont whnu i given in fevers, nnd it will answer the snmo purpose as the natural product when applied for other purposes than reducing the tcnuicrature of naticnts. Tho result oMUjHkrery which has long been nnJ^^^^^Hlbe the cheapening the ( ^^^^^^ togulation prices The dis< cover?, I to more important rc^Ea^^HR^^^^fccnabling chemists toJ^H^^^^HHH&crticinca An Opinion. Our readers have doubtless noticed the numerous discussions by the scientists and hygienists as to the rela'ive valuo of the various talcing powders. A careful sifting of the evidenco leaves no doubt as to the cuperiority of tho Royal Baking Powder in j jurity, wholesomeuesa and strength, from a scientific standpoint. An opinion, however, that will hitve perhaps greater influence with our practical housekeepers, is that give, l-y Marion Harland, the well known and popular writer, up->n matters pertaining to the science of domestic economy, of housekeeping, and of home cooking. In a letter published in the Philadelphia Ladies' Home Journal, this writer say -:. "I regard the Royal Baking Powder as tho ix'at manu'nclured and in tin market. mi far ph I l nvo any experience in the um of Mich compounds, Since the introduction of it inio my kitchen 1 have used no other in tonkin^ biscuits, cakca, etc., and have entirely difccurdc I for bu?j1i purposes tlie homeSiade combination of one-third aeda, twothirds cream of tartar. "Every I ox h is been in perfect condition when it came into iny hands', and the content! have given complete satisfaction. It in an act of aimplo justice, an i also a pleasure, to recommend it unqualifiedly to Amurcan houMW.ves. M a mow Hahlamd," - -?7^ w wmmnm wrmwM&az?. Mrs. Ogtlen Snyder Albany, N. Y. " I Owe May Life to Hood's Sarsaparilla " " Wor?ls are powerless to express the gratitude I feel toward Ilooit's Snrsni>niilln, for under (Soil, l/rtl and know that to this medicine t* I ntrr. litv life. Twelvo yenrs ago I l>epan to l? bloat, followed by nausea at tbo stoinncli, and Inter with swellings of the. limbs, accompanied by seven? pain. This gradually grew worse until three years ago. Physicians told me the trouble was Caused by a Tumor u For several months I had been unable to retain m any fowl of a solid nature. 1 was greatly 3] emaciated, ha 1 frequent hemorrhages, S( and was satisfied the doctors were rigid In wyliu mi < /.? is?* arurfu otrr. One (lava P friend suggested that I try flood'sSar-nparllla; j| I did so, and for 3 or 4 days I wns sicker than ever, iiut'l kept on and gradually 1>cgan to feci * t or; 1 ? ?-? I Began to Feel Hungry ., Could,after a time, retain solid food, increased In weight, the saffron liuo left my skin, the ''' bloating subsided, and I felt better all over. 0 For the past two years my health has boon tl Hood's Shu; Cures v lulte good, and I have been able all the tImo r to do the housework for my family." Mas. Ooi>kn Snydkb, No. IO.Iudson St., Albany, N. Y, n Itooil's fills are the best after-dinner l'tlls, as- *' slst digestion, cure headache. Try a box. R 0 a Tito Ditratio i of n Dream. 11 Tho:o learned aud scientific gentlemen tvlio have gone into tho subject declare h tho longest drcnins hardly last a few ' minutes. The following iustaucc londs support to their views: One cveuitig C1 Victor Hugo was dictating letters to his 0 secretary. Overcomo by fatigue the n Krout man dropped into a slumber. A few inouuiuU afterward v haunted by a dream, wlncii, as nc " thought, extended over several hours, 1 and ho blamed his secretary for siLtin:? there waiting for him instead of wakening him or clso going away. What was his surprise when tho bewildered secretary told him that he had only just finished writing the last scntcucc dictated to him. Silver Statue of a l'crfcct Woman Editor Child*, of tho Philadelphia Ledger, owns a silver statue, tho beautifully molded figuic of a woman, exactly live feet in height. The proportions, it is said, nro absolutely perfect, and aU the sixty-eight requirements are fulfilled* though of course all are on a sinallci ?calo than the real figure of an averago woman. The womau stnuds on a Mexican onyx clock five feet in height, and tho pendlum of tho clock is suspended from her right baud. Tho statue cost ijfttSOO.?New Orleans Picafuuu. ?wr mtmp am ????wiw^? None Bui w Raking Powder is absolute it, or approaches it in leave wholesomcness. (See U. S. ( is made from cream of tartar chemically pure. No other finely-flavored, and wholesoi maintain its strength withou make bread or cake that \vi that can be eaten hot with im] No other is so economical. The Baking Powders nc vicinity, with the statement t Royal," have been shown by composed of alum and detrin" The official chemists of tlv ada, State analysts, municij physicians indorse the grea . Baking Powder. . , BEWARE OF FRAUD. , 111 ifit. /stbfir.JJWff.rfCR.SKl"? W ln? without n.L. Jiougfaa Bump and price mumped onbottom. Lo?k ?_ for It when you buy. A fl|M 4^ Hold every where, V J \ t 111 fI J " ci" 1>r*leif" B* MM, ?lu and width wno(?4- PmMii nrM. SAVED BYA SURE-FAST I OOO Tttl'SK HTRAI'W. www to Introduce, 50o. each, no bolt*, kuou or tonmirs; mny w?e your llfo tn ercntof flr?t: anybodvc?B "do-' them: WABRASTKD TWO YEA HS EASTER RASTERS tightenithrm ajjron walk along. Rend po?tng?toi>rrrav. Ill I WATm rr/r <rrr Mrvrrwf crrhr l< r* c6MpAitY,'b~kfartmkxrb 'k'a\sascitY, mv. If any on* tfonbta ,hlU wo <*?* blood poison ^aa'sss: ASPEouL^i ;:v ?' ,.r.rr,':: iH VMHHHKH ve?tiKnt?> our rollHliOlty. Our flnauHalhai-telnir l? 300,000. WIoti iiicmiry.lodklf'potaMiluin.Bnrftiiparltlaor Hntftprlnn ncnre ami our Magic Crphllcne la T1IK OSLY til iso that WlLhCPRK ik ft manknti.y. iimitim moor skai.ko, kkkr. cook mipt coitfa w y,c>k???.Tfl, PATENTS I???>? A * .. Mf'iVktoV Weoffer One Hundred Dollars UtiJ to OX oeee of catarrh that cannot be oured IV utlns Hall's Catarrh Cure. heney for the last 16 years, and believe him erfeotly honorable In all bualaeee transaoons. and flnancially able to carry oat any obgationn made by their arm. vist & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. filoiro, Kinkar A Maiitir, Wholesale Drutelata. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Core Is taken Internally, act IK uirecuy upon me oiooa ?na mucone miricm of the wyntem. TMtlmonlM) eoai free, 'rice 76c. per. pottle. tkdiLby. *11 druggist#. A. Paris stamp collector la said to bat* jot together a collection valued at ov? 5-500,000. A Couon, Cold or Soke Thhoat should not i neglected. Hiiown'r Bronchial Tuocnee re a simple remedy and glre prompt reliet i cents a do*. Woods ns Big as Trees. Sage brush is known to scientists as rtcinisia tridentata. Most persons who ro familiar with it think of it as an rdinary weed of small size, and even > high an authority ns the Encyclocdia Britanuic* refers to it us growing t "treeless valleys and slopes." It will stouish most persons to know that it omctimcs grows to such proportions as o provido a section' of country with rccs of its own wood, producing groves f thick-trunkcd aud comparatively tali rccs, instead of mere weed*. Professor ilwood Meade, the State Engineer of Vyoming, while exploring tho northern nd central parts of tlint State last sumicr, came upon a district where tho ige brush thrived thus gigantically, [any of the sage trees that he saw wore igbtccn feet high, with trunks at least foot in diameter. This was in the Big torn Basin, cast of the National Yellownnr? Pnrlr iiml nnrHmnof nf flm Winrl [iver Indian reservation, where the No food River joins the Big Horn. Professor Meade returned to Cheyenne nthusiostic in his praise of the basin ow little known except to the stockleu whose cows range there. It is as ig as some of the older States, and tili liver. 8evcral very lnrgo irrigable rncte have been surveyed already. No nilroads yet reach tho district, but the Surliugton and Missouri Railroad is luilding to Sheridan in the sr-unty of hat name, and has employed its agents o "spy out tho land" bcyoud. Profeser Meade had never seen such big sage rush oa he discovered there, but siucu lis return lie realizes the truth''of Solomfcvie assertion that thero Is no new liiug under the sun, because he has been nformed tbat at some point inCalfornia he same weed "grows to such proporions that the people cut it ior cord \ood,"?-Sau Francisco Examiner. Tho collection *>f coniferous trees vhich Mr. Huuuowoll bus been forming luring tho last forty years on his estate it Wollcsloy, Mass., is unsurpassed in, hn number of snccics and varieties of hese trees tbnt it contains, and in the ir.o nnd beauty of individual apeci uens. t Royal ly pure. No other equals ;ning strength, purity, or jov't Reports.) No other specially refined for it and makes such light, sweet, tic food. No other will it loss until used, or will 11 keep fresh so long, or punity, even by dyspeptics. >w being offered in this hat they arc " as good as tho official nnalvsos to bo. icntal to health, e United States and CanDai boards of health, and it qualities of the Royal 7LTD0UGIXS SHOE GENTLEMEN. lewcd shoe that will not rip; Calf, ss, smooth inside, more comfortable, and durable than any other shoe ever tii? price. Ivvcry style. Kquals customibocs costing from $4 to following of the h.gh.undn.dof oo and $3.00 Fine Calf. 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Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from tho most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and liavo made it tho most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any rcliablo druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who Vishcs to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAl. lOUISVILLF- '*K\N FORK. NuV. * A remedy which, X3L JL If iikiI by Wives ^ Mfly J'l II about to experience jU ipV\ tho (airtitl ordeal attendant upon / F \T Child-birth, proves A a -> nn infallihlo eped1 .ml Du. 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Chlcka* railing?not a. a paailm*. but an a SI i iod If you will profit l?y liln twenty-Ay* v I work, you oaa Mr* Chicks anDually, ^ i ?' W ra " Raiting Chteten*." I and nik* yonr Fowli earn dniinra for you. Th? * point la, that you mart bo able to detect trouble In ii tie Poultry Yard aa aoon at Itappeurr, nnrt know t I bow to remedy it, Thla I ootc will tertch )'<>? ^ * , It talla how to detect and euro rthonae; to feed for '? am and ?l?o tor fattening; wltlchfowia lo save for >o breed In* porporea; and erarjrtMnit. IndeOHl, roa ,,-J ' ahou:d Snow ou ttau fuiojaet to make It t>rofltable. ^ boat poatpaid for twenty Ave centa In )c. or to. *a?pa. Publl?hlna Houso, # *? 1 ? ? . 13J Laoyaa? BT? N. Y. clay,. *# ,