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? I . K ) Isolated. We^bold our dear ones with a firm, strong We hear their voicri, look into their eyes; And yet, -betwixt us in that clinging clasp A distance lies. We cannot know their hearts, howe’er we / may ftfingle thought, a piration, hope and pray- / er; We cannot reach them, and in tain essay To enter there. Still, in each heart of hearts a hidden deep lies, never fathomed by its dearest, besr, With closest care our purest thoughts we keep . And tenderest. But, blessed thought! we shall not always so In darkness and in sadness walk alone; There comes a glorious day when we shall know As we ere known. —Elinor Oray. THE RANCHMAN’S WIFE BY FRANK H. CONVERSE. “What! Anrther story about the ‘wild and wooly ■West?’ I should think you boys would gc-t tired of hearing of Indians and all that sort of thing. Well, let me think a minute. Your Aunt Bess isn’t anywhere round, is she? -No? For she isn’t over fond of Indians or Indian stories—and with good reason. It was w^y back in the seventies. .1 fitted out at Fort Caspar, in New Mexi co, and started off alone, fur trapping up among the foot hills. They told me I was crazy to venture so far, as the Indians were thicker than flies all through the section of country where I was going; but I was used to taking chances in those days, and game was wonderfully plenty round the Gila ranges. So I started off. Well, I reached the southern foot hills all right, without seeing a sign of a red skin. But for all that, I didn’t get careless. I used a boir and arrows, with which I was quite expert in those days, to kill what game I wanted, rather than run any risk of attracting the no tice of any prowling Apache by a rifle shot. I was very lucky with my trap ping, and in about three weeks had a mule load of pelts, with which I started back toward the fort. The second day of my journey brought me to the bottom lands in the finest sec tion of grazing country I ever saw. A branch of the Gila river wound along for miles like a blue ribbon, through buffalo grass half way to the horses' knees, while on every side there was willow and cottonwood enough to sup ply fuel for the biggest kind of a settle ment. I rode slowly along, with my pack mule plodding a few paces behind, think 5 , as I well remember, that I sh . -E^ >*7 a little ranch of my own in those parts, and settle down there. All at once from behind there came a yell—or, rather, a chorus of them such as* a man, no matter how much courage he may have, doesn’t care to hear more than once in a lifetime. Unslinging my rifle and turning in my saddle at one and the same time, I saw a score or more of mounted Indians coming up at full speed, whooping and yelling like so many fiends. Of course there was but the one thing to do. My horse was tolerably fast and in good condition. It was late in the afternoon, and if I could keep well ahead of my pursuers, I might hope to escape them under cover of the night. Leaving the pack mule and peltries to their fate, I gave old Reno his head, and then began a race for life or death. For an hour I seemed to gain little by little. Then poor Reno began to flag, while the Indian ponies, lashed to their highest speed, drew nearer and nearer. I swung half round and dropped a big “buck” with my 'Winchester at a hun dred yards as neatly as you please, but —so to speak—this was only a drop in the bucket. On came the rest with fiercer cries and mor^ hideous yells, ac companied by a fusillade from their car lines, as well as by some half dozen ar rows, one of which went fairly through r my right forearm just below the elbow. The pain was such for the moment that my fingers relaxed their grasp, and my rifle fell to the ground, leaving me, ex cept for a hunting knife, practically un armed, as, unfortunately, on the day be fore I had broken the main spring of my revolver. « “I’ll die hard if die I must,” I mut- . tered, getting hold of my knife with my left hand, for my right had all at once become almost useless—some nerve or cord having been severed by the sharp point of the arrow, as I supposed at the time. All at once my flagging horse rounded a big clump of cottonwood. I saw a neat cabin, with one or two outbuild ings, not a furlong away. But at that self-same moment old Reno's forefoot went down in a gopher hole, and I went flying over his head, very much after the -manner of a diver, only that my arms were outstretched as a diver's never ought to be. Luckily, I struck on my right shoulder; so, though badly bruised and shaken, I was on my feet like a cat in a second. And the instinct of self preser vation, as a matter of course, led me to run at full speed toward the cabin, though I could see no sign of life about the premises. But, run as fast as I might, the pur suing ponies were faster. The red skins, who, as I afterward knew, were to a man Apaches—the most barbarous, murderous race on the face of the globe -—could easily have tumbled me oyer by a carbine shot cr an arrow; bat no, they wanted a white man to torture. And if you will believe me, when I was within 50 yards of the cabin, the chief, who was rather better mounted than the rest, was so close at my heels that, leaning forward with a devilish grin on his painted face, he prodded me gently in the rear with the point of a long feath ered lance, which he carried in addition to the carbine slung over his naked shoulders. He smiled on the other side of his ugly mouth a second later, though, for all at once a little puff of smoke from one of the two cabin windows was fol lowed by the crack of a rifle, and the Apache chief pitched forward to the earth—as dead an Indian as neid be! Another report followed almost like an echo,and another Indian bit the dust, while a third discharge an instant later drew a howl of pain from another, whereupon the remainder wheeled sud denly round and took up a position some little distance away—far enough to be practically out of range. Between the increasing pain of my wound, and be ing almost winded, for a moment or two after I had stumbled in at the door of the cabin, which, thrown open to ad mit me, was as quickly closed and barred, I was silly enough to fall to the floor, whore I lay for a moment sort of dazed faint, I suppose some would call it. “Here, drink this,” said a woman’s voice. It was spirit of some kind, and though to this day I don’t know one kind of liquor from another, that happened to be an occasion when I felt justified in tak ing it. Any way, the fiery draught gave me renewed strength, and brought me to myself in a measure. I saw that the woman who held the flask to my lips was young, and the handsomest woman —so I then thought and think to this day, that I ever saw in all my life. Oh, you needn’t laugh, boys, your Aunt Bess knows • all about it. She says she has forgiven me for thinking so a very long time ago. I got on my feet in a hurry. “Where are your men folks, ma’am?” I asked, quick and sharp, as, looking around the room I saw that she and I were the only occupants. Her voice had a curiously hard sound. Somehow it seemed to match a sort of wild, unnat ural look in her eyes, which were just the color of those of your Aunt Bess. “My husband—Jim Rainsford—was shot down in front of our own door yes terday morning by that .” Her seemed to fail her, but sfie pointed through the substitute for a -window to the outstretched body of the ict'jd Apache'chief lying stil Dice' "r'bds away, killed by away, killed by her own avenging' band. “There is no one else,” she added, re covering her speech; and though I have never been called a coward, I have to confess that my heart sank at the pros pect. But all the while Mrs. Rainsford was speaking she stood by the window, rifle in hand,' watching the Apaches, who, in a sort of huddle some eight hundred yards distant, were evidently holding a consulta tion. And this of itself made me pull mj-self together. 1 ‘I think I can manage that Winches ter with my left hand and arm,” I said, for my right hand had already swollen all out of proportion. She turned quickly, and, seeing .the condition of the wounded member, uttered an excla mation. “Good Heavens!” she said, short and sharp; “you’ve been hit with a poisoned arrow! I know, for Jim was wounded the same way the year after we were married, when we were living in Mon tana. Keep your eye on those fiends— I know just what to do!” And before I had an idea of her pur pose, 3Irs. Rainsford dropped on her knees and applied her warm, fresh lips to the ragged puncture, which, owing to the presence of the poison, perhaps, had bled very little. My expostula tions were in vain. Ejecting the poi sonous fluid, and repeatedly rinsing her mouth with the raw spirit, of which she forced me to drink from time to time, this bravest of women continued her pe culiar treatment till I felt a sensible de crease in the pain, and the swelling it self began slowly to subside. “You’ll do now,” she abruptly re marked, rising to her feet with a glance at my face, to which I knew the color was fast returning. But the situation was an almost desperate one. Night was fast approaching, and though the Apaches were making no definite move toward dislodging us, we of course pre sumed that they only waited the cover of darkness to carry out their purpose. ■\Yhich shows how easy it is to be mis taken—especially in reference to the movements of the wily Apache. For, unperceived by either of us, ouc of the red fiends had separated himself from the rest, and making a long detour un der cover of the willows along the river bank, crept up in fhc rear of the build ing and fired it at the two corners. The first intimation we had of this new disaster was the cloud of stifling smoke that came pouring through the chinks of the cottonwood logs, which were as dry and almost as inflammable as tinder by their long exposure to the baking sun and rarified air. Immediately following we heard the sharp crackle of the flames, kindled into additional strength by a strong westerly breeze, and above all rose the exulting yells of the Apaches, who of course expected that we should very shortly be driven from cover. “I don’t know how you feel about it,” said my companion in the same hard, unemotional voice, “but I had rather burn to death a hundred times than fall into the hands of those fiends.” Before I could reply, a great tongue of fire burst through into the interior. A sudden thought seemed to come to the brave woman at my side. “This way—quick!” she exclaimed. And pulling up a trap door in the rough flooring, she dropped lightly through— I following—letting the trap fall back to place. There was no time for standing on peremony. Reaching out a small hand, that was icy cold, though firm as a rock, Mrs. Rainsford, taking my <Jwn, drew me to the further end of the rude cellar. In those parts it was customary to construct a sort of' vegetable cellar a few feet away from the house, in addition to the one under the dwelling, for winter use. But Rainsford, from some whim of his own, had dug his place of winter storage in one end of the main cellar itself, roofing it over on the outside with slabs of gray sandstone from the river bottom. All this his widow hastily explained as we groped our way to the heavy door of thick planking in the side of the cellar wall, and, having entered, pulled it to after us. It was indeed a last resort, and it is no wonder that for some time neither of us was inclined for conversation. Over head was the roaring of flames, followed a little later by the crash of falling tim bers and beams. The heat was almost stifling, but luckily the wind blew the fire and smoke directly away from the covering above, or else, despite the apertures left for ventilation, we should have been smothered. We could hear the Apaches’ cries of fiendish joy as they stood about the burning building, expecting to see their victims bursting through the flames, and it was a trifling satisfaction to know that they were doomed to disappoint ment. As the anxious hours went by, and the intens ity of the heat decreased some what, I drew from Mrs. Rainsford her simple story. She and her husband, who was twice her own age, had moved southward from Montana. “He was al ways good to me, Jim was,” she said, with a little sob, and so they had lived in quiet contentment on their small ranch till the terrible tragedy of the previous day. War Cloud had ridden up with his party and demanded whis ky, which Rainsford refused him with out ceremony. Whereupon the Apache chief deliberately shot him through the heart, and, strangely enough, the band away r wi thou t, offeringjany violence- to his horrified wife, who, all alone, had dug a grave under the cottonwoods, and buried her husband’s body out of sight. She was intending to make her way to the nearest settlement on the following morning, and after communicating with her people in Montana, decide upon her further course of action. Then I had appeared upon the scene. In return, I told her of myself as far as seemed necessary, and I need hardly say, placed myself entirely at her service, as the faintest of returns for all she had done for me—saving my life in a double sense, as it were, for not only had she afforded me protection from the fury of the savages, but had undoubtedly prevented my dying a hor rible death from the poisoned arrow. It is probable that the Apaches pre sumed that we had both perished in the flames, for, after day dawn, when I ven tured to push aside one of the slabs of stone covering our retreat, they had gone. And two hours later a party of homebound prospectors with a four horse mule team and complete outfit hove in sight, and I need hardly say, after hear ing our story, they extended every kind ness toward us. We reached El Paso with them in about a fortnight, and their I said good by to Mrs. Ransford, for a time at least. Did I ever see her again? Why, yes. I married her the year after, and we came East to live, for it’s your aunt Bess I’ve been telling you about—didn’t you mis trust? No? Well, those are the facts in the case, as the lawyers say, but— there she comes across the street. Better not mention that I have told you the story; she never likes to talk of that ex perience, or hear it mentioned. But her hair has been as white as it is now ever since that night in the cellar of the burn- The Argosy. Grotesqneness of a Camel-Train. The first time I met a camel train near Peking, writes a correspondent of the Washington Star from China, I reined up my pony and feasted my eyes upon it. And although I have seen thousands since then, I find them just as amusing as ever. The two-humped or Bactrian camels of northern China are much bigger t.han those we know at home, and I have seen few sights so picturesque as a string of them approaching over these brown plains. * A dozen are fastened together by a cord attaching the nose of one to the tail of the other; a bell, a couple of feet long, is hung round the neck of the last to warn the driver in front by its ceasing if the line breaks anywhere; a medley of bales and boxes and clothing is slung onl their backs; ruddy-faced Mongols,dressed in scarlet and yellow, with ornaments of gold and silver in profusion, sit up aloft and smile at you as you pass; the great shaggy beasts step softly along,ingenious ly out of step, lifting theif sponge-like feet and dropping them again with per fect and unvarying deliberation, the whole train moving with the silence of a dream broken only by the jang-jang of the solitary bell. Their big brown eyes look you straight in the face, and there is something pathetic and reproachful in their glance. “You are laughing at me,” they seem to say, “and I know I am an extraordinary looking creature. But then, if you only knew it, so are you, and it would be kinder to think of my services than to laugh at my shape.” All day long one street of Peking is filled with these picturesque processions, gaunt, wretched creatures, with worn-out coats and covered with coal dust, carrying sacks of coals from the Western Hills into Peking; and the far finer and better kept animals bearing tea away up into the north. During all my stay in Peking I longed for the moment when I too should ride away at dawn toward Mongolia, in the worn tracks of these strange beasts and their merry masters. The Appraising of Diamonds. The appraising of diamonds by the Government officials is one of the most delicate of all the tasks they are ever called upon to perform. It is done in ab solute quiet, the scales being so delicate that even the vibration of the human voice would stir thenf, and an eyelid ac cidentally dropped on one of them would send one side or the other flying up. Every gem is examined with the most ab solute precision, powerful magnifying glasses being used to detect any flaws. This has to be done, and most particularly with the larger stones, for flaws invisible to the naked eye but which, according to their location, seriously affect the value of any of them, are discovered by the mag nifying glass. This tries the eyes severely, the many different colors of the stone dancing continuously ^before the eyes. From the judgment’ of this Government expert no appeal is possible, and so well is this understood that there is seldom a false invoice made on the stones sent into this country. Millions of dollars worth of stones are annually imported by us. They come in small wooden boxes about six inches long and three inches wide and deep. An air of mystery and secrecy pervades the appraising room when these are opened, the experts being shut in be hind carefully closed and guarded .doors. Commercial Advertiser. . The drain of Salt A lady finding a beggar-boy at her door gave him a meal of coffee, meat and bread and butter, which be sat down in the area to timetables. The question as to the proper classifi cation of beans under the tanff was in volved in the case of Robertson,Collector, vs. Solomon et al., decided recently by the Supreme Court of the United States. The record of the case discloses a singular difference of opinion regarding the proper classification. The CoUector levied duty on the beans at the rate of twenty per cent., on the ground that they were garden seed. The Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York held that they should be admitted free of duty as seed not otherwise provided for. The Supreme Court of the United States reached still another conclusion, holding that they were vegetables, and as such dutiable at ten per cent, ad valorem. The Court said that, although beans are often planted as seed, yet their principal use is as an article of food, and they should therefore be classed as vegetables. —Brad&trecVs. ing house, The President’s Exchange Reader. The official at the White House who does the President's newspaper reading and clipping is Benjamin Montgomery, the telegraphic secretary. He is one of the most valuable officers of the force, as in addition to his knowledge of tele graphy, he possesses a wonderful ac quaintance with men and measures, and is singularly active in clerical work. He now attends to a duty that was for merly performed by Col. Lamont, name ly, perusing the newspapers of the country and transferring to a scrap book all articles regarded as worthy of the President’s consideration, either because of their praise or criticism of his ad ministration. In Donbt. Wife: Ny new bonnet came home this afternoon, Charlie, won’t you take me to see Mrs. Baker, to-night? Husband: Do you want to see Mrs. Baker, or do you want her to see you?— Time. Utilizing Goat and Deer Hair. -—A concern hag-just been established at Gloversville, N. Y., for the manufacture of an article from the hair of goats and deer, which was formerly considered worthless. The raw material is scraped off from imported hides used by glove manufacturers, and nearly all of this hair, has for many years been cast aside J as worthless. This castaway article is now taken to the shoddy picking mills,* where it is washed clean, dried, cleansed of all impurities and then picked up into fine fibrous material. In this state the manufactured article resembles felt, and is being used extensively in the manu facture of felt hats. It is soft and re sembles fur as near as anything can.— New York Telegram. For the transportation of green fruit from California eastward in 1888, the sum of $840,840 was paid to railway companies for freight charges. The ship ments included 2184 car loads, 1,616,000 packages and 43,681,180 pounds. It is said that there is just $5,000,000 invested in special cars in these United States. The Chief Kernses fer the marrsUoos sne- •ms of Hood’s Sarsaparilla is found In the fact that this medicine actually accomplishes all that is claimed for it. Its real merit has won Merit Wins a popularity end sale greater than that of any other blood purifier. It cures Screfula, all Humors, Dyspepsia, etc. Prepared eady by C. L Hoed A Ce~ DowuIL Xass. its being open* upon his heart: “If I had but a little salt I should be perfectly happy.” Of course he got the salt. Human nature is always lacking some thing. Oftentimes it were better off without its wishes, yet it is universally conceded that no permanent enjoyment canoe had without the savor of health, which keeps good cheer fresh and preserves and sweetens life for the future. The great, ruddy farmer pines because he has not won fame or position. The famous man longs for the lusty health of the sturdy farmer. The grain of salt is wanting. How to secure and retain the savor of health in the midst of this rushing, nervous over-worked generation is a problem worthy of our closest attention. It cannot be done with stimulants, which but spur on the over worked nerves to fresh efforts, only to leave them more jaded and shattered. Nor with narcotics, which temporarily soothe, hut to create an unnatural appetite, the terrors of which a De Quincy has so graphically por trayed. It may be asked, what is the cause of this extreme nervousness, lack of appetite, lung trouble, deficient heart action, failing eye sight, apopletical tendency, etc. We reply, poisoned blood, caused by diseased kidneys, and the troubles indicated are, after all, but symptoms of advanced Kidney Disease, which is but another name for Bright’s Dis ease. Unless remedied there will be a com plete breaking down of the great blood- purifying organs, the kidneys, and they will be excreted piece-meal, through the urine. Now, in the spring of the year, oaring to the extra work which has been put upon the Kidneys and Liver, through a meat diet dur ing the winter months, these symptoms are more pronounced and the danger to the pa tient correspondingly increased. It is there fore imperative that the poisoned blood be eradicated and that the Kidneys be put in complete health, which can be speedily and effectually accomplished by the use of Warner’s Safe Cure- a tried and proved speciflc'in hundreds of thousands of cases. Pursuing the path we have marked out you will possess the salt of content, without which life’s banquet is “flat, stale and un profitable.” A Prehistoric City. News has been received at the City of Mexico of a discovery of great archaeolo gical importance in the state of Chiapas, near the ruins of Palanque, being noth ing less than a large city hidden in the depths of the forests. Some buildings are five stories high and in a good state of preservation. There is a well-paved road several miles in length still perceivable in the midst of a tropical forest. Very few particulars have reached here, but the report comes from good sources. Palanque is said to be a mere village in comparison with this lost city of prehistoric times. ftEi tale DT^ . At DftUMISTt AND DSALBM. j(MI CHARLES A. VOfilLER C®., BsWaws, HE. N Y N IT—ai JVi A -h - w.i . *4 S' ■ • l/} « • , * a ^ c/i 30 J. In 18831 contracted Blood Polaon of bad type, and was treated with mercury, potash and tareaparilla mixtures,growing worse all the time. 1 took 7 small bottles S. S. S. which enred me entirely, and no sign of the dreadful disease has returned. .. ... 4. C. NaHce, Jan. 10, Hobbyville, Ind. My little niece had white awellinf to such an extent that ahe was con fined to the bed for a long time. More than 90 pieces of bone came ont of her leg, and the doctors said amputation was the only remedy to save her life. I refused the operation and put her on S.S.S. and she la now up and active and in aa good health as any child. Mias Ajimib Gkclino. Peb. 11, *80. Columbus, Ga. Book on Blood Diseases sent free. Swift Skcifio Co. Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga, uramytyt Tt*S. I prescribe and tally en dorse Big G as the ealy specific fer tbs certaia car* of this disease. G. M. INGRAHAM, M. D., Amsterdam, N. Y. We have aold Big G fer maay years, aad it ha« given the West ef satis faction. D. R. DYCMK A CO.. Chicago, Ilf. I «!.••. Bold by Druggistr TOO NEED IT! "I have a htyre Dictionary, but It is so much work to U.t it for examination that lam Inclined to shirk ‘ - ... desirous of knowiedKs. la Impressed on my mind.”—Correspondent. Webster’s Illustrated HANDY DICTIONARY Thousands of Words Defined. HundredsofPIctures. Abbre viations Explained. Ordin ary Foreign Phrases Trans lated. Metric System of^ Weights and Measure*. Printed in small. c!ear type, on fine -ps laid psper; bound in haudfomeclstli. 320—3 -320 Who that reads doesn’t every day come across words whose zneanln* he dees not know, and which he cannot pronounce or spell? Hence the demand for a moderate-sized Dictionary which can be kept at hand always ready for reference. Such a work will be used a hundred times as much as a large un wieldy volume, and therefore is a greater educator. As the Spelling and Pronunciation of many com mon woros have been changed during the last 30 years, people owning the old-fashioned Dictionaries need a modern one. Here it is at a trifling cost Postpaid for 23c. in 1c. or 2c. stamps. BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE, 134 Lesaard St., N. Y. City, k—Every one to investigate; 85 Judiciously invested wlU lead to a fortune; an opportunity for people with limited means. Send stamp for par- tlcuEmu TYLER 4c CO., Knnana City, Me. WANTED f: ST & ASLEW ON THE RAILROAD TRACK. A little child, tired of play, had pillowed his head on a rail and asleep. The train was almost upon himjvhen a passing stranger rushed forward ... ^ ej .. and saved him from a horrible death. Perhaps you are asleep on the track, toa. You are, if vou arc neglecting the hacking cough, the hecno flush, the Lobs off appetite and growing weakness and lassitude, which have unconsciously crept Wake up, < ' ‘ upon you. Wake up, or tho train will be upon you ! Consumption, which that insiduously fastens its hold upon its victims while they are unconscious at Mi approach, must be taken in time, if it is to be overcome. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery has cured thousands of cases of this most fatal of maladien If taken in time, and given a fair trial, it will cure, or all money paid far it will be promptly refunded. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis, As4fc» ma, Severe Coughs, and kindred affections, it is an efficient remedy. Copyright, 1888, hy Wori.d’s Dispensary Medical, Associattok, Proprietors. OaparaSMTO for >n incurable mm at Catarrh in the Head by tfcB proprietors of OR. SAGE’S CATARRH REMESV. 6YVPP01I8 Of OATASBR.—Headache, obstruction of nose, discharges Sailing Forced to Leave Home. Over GO people were forced to leave their homes yesterday to call for a /red trial pack age of Lane’s Family Medicine. If your blool is bad, your liver and kidneys out of order, if you are constipated and have headache and an unsightly complexion, don’t fail to call on any druggist to-day for a free sample of this grand remedy. The ladies praise it. Everyone likes it. Large-size package GO cents. Laredo, Texas, will soon have the largest railway shops west of the Mississippi River. The object of the manufacturers of Dobbins’s Electric Soap has been for 24 years to make this soap of such superior quality that it will give universal satisfaction. Have they suc ceeded? Ask your grocer for it. Take no other. ^ Compulsory education laws are likely to break up child labor in several States. • x Connumptien, Wasting Diseases, And General Debility. 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HKAR- ACHK, TOOTHACHE, er as»y ether **- TRRNAL PAIN, a few appllemtioes eeS like magic, causing the PAIN ta IN STANTLY STOP. ^ Fer CONaHSTIffffe'INPLAlUfiCS SORB THROAT/’BRONCHITIS, < la the CHEBT RHEUMATISM, RALOXA, LURRAGO. SCIATICA. ' in tho Small ef the RaeR, etc*, i toadod, longer ceatiaaed and i application* sure necessary te care. All INTERNAL PAINS (la Ota RewcSs er Stomach), CRAMPS. SPASMS, SAMIR STO M AC Is, H A UJS K A, VOMITING HEARTBURN, D XARRHOBA, COjtM. FLATULENCY, FAINTING SPELLS. AM relieved instantly aad RUINKLY CURED hy taking internally as dlrees ed. field by Draggle to. Price, Me. PILLS THE If BEST IN THE WORLD ” Set the Genuine. GREASE Sold Everywhere, PENSIONS! ■ FITZGERAL 1 and all War Claims for soldiers end > heirs. No success, no fee. N. WARD FITZGERALD, Attorney, Washington, D. C. te S8 n day. Samples worth S3.15 Free, i lines not under horses’ feet. Write Brew ster Safety Rein Holder Co., Holly,Mich who have used Piso’s Curb for Confirm ptlou say it is BEST OF ALL. Sold everywhere. 25c. H |||S C STUDY. Book-keeping, Business Forms UISC Penmanship, Ari'hmt-tic, Short-hand, etc thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars tree i, 4 5Y ' Bryant’* College, Main St. Buffalo, N. Y. DIaiv’* Dillm Great Enilish Gsut and Diair S rlllSs Rheumatic Remedy. Oval Bex, 34| reaad 14 PHI*. PemobS say Piso’s Cure for Con sumption is THE BEST for keeping tho vole* clear. 25 cent*. Par the ear* ef all disorders mt the STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS, KID NEYS, BLADDER, NERVOUS DISEAS ES, LOSS at APPETITE. HEADACHM, CONSTIPATION, COSTIVENESS, INDI GESTION, BILIOUSNESS, FEVER, INFLAMMATION of the BOWELSJPILEN and all dorangemonts ef the Internal Viscera. Purely Vegetable, contain tag no morcary, minerals, or DELETER IOUS DRUGS. PERFECT DIGESTION WlU bo OO- eompltshed hy taklag RAD WAY’S FILLS. By so delag DYSPEPSIA, SICK HR AD AC HE, FOUL STOMACH, BILIOUSNESS, wlU ho avoided, amd tho food that is eaten contribnte Ho nourishing properties for the support og the nntnral waste of tho body. BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price SSc. |mr hex, or, oa receipt of price, will ha coat by mall. 5 boxes tar Oa* Dollar. RADWAY Si CO H 33 Warrca St., N. R, CANCERS SUCCESSFULLY REM6VE0 Without pain or the us* of the knife. IW dents will receive every home comfort Charges reasonable. Send for circulars. Holland Medical and Surgical Inaiituta, 64 DELAWARE AYE., BUFFALO, N. T. 1WI WANT A-~J I GOOD MANS V-iwr# —^ PRICE * FOR (§tfSv/TO FOR BV ALL. PRUGCIBTS. PEERLESS >TES tZSt. Gentlemen AND Ladies JJr *ay of wy •hoes advertised frost ttots to ttoto ta tab vapor, that oaaoat bo proearod from Boolort Faotory. *a reeoipt at price. W FroadBleat whoa a wlU ho (not style) a garwsat that will HMD pas DHH nln dry Is the hardest storm quits'netting, not only feels chagrined • ™ ■ Cow-bey all ever the UuT.^Wlth et being se badly taken In, hat also ■ ■ —ShB the ooly perfect Wind feels If he does not leek exactly fits Igm ^1 HA Coat is “Tswer's Fish The man whs has Invested from to fire dollars in a Rubber Coat, and at his first half hour's experience in a stem finds to his sorrow that it is hardly s better prelection than a Ask (or the “FISH BRAXD” (