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i^tT / \ 'v RICH. tde by **tme 8b«n Fealtb. thing of the faoion» Rocky Mountains led [ year* ago, to paw a portion of my mramer vacation in the vicinity of the world renowned Com stock Mines. While idling a boot and absorbing, as it were, in formation throngh the pores of my skin, a similarity of tastes brought me into dailv contact with one of the Flood, Mackey Sc O’Brien syndicate of Bonanza Kings, and the inelegant but forceful philosophy of bis great accumulator of wealth made & lasting impression upon my mind. Sitting ane evening in his room and enjoy ing at once his quaint humor and his fragrant Havana, I remarked, “Captain, one of the old proverbs recites that ‘there is no short road to wealth,’ but you have found one. You are still a young man, com paratively, and are quoted a multi-million aire.” “Yes,” he said, “and of all the un true sayings some of the proverbs, pop ularly supposed to embody the wisdom of the ages, are the most false and misleading. Look, lor a moment, over the list of wealthy men whose fortunes amount to $50.- 000 and upward, and point out to me, if you can, one single individual who has not ac- n ' 'Mg money by some short road to wealth.” • i ue days of man are few, and time is not given in this age of the world for men to ac cumulate much wealth except by means of special openings, and by taking advantage of the nigh cuts.” “You may be right,” I said, •*tut where one man succeeds in reaching his goal by a cross country road, do not the many fail?” “No,” said he, “Didn’t I see you starting out yesterday by the main road to the camp on the other side of the moun tain?” “Yes,” I said. “Well.” he replied, “you could have taken the trail over the hills, saved probably two hours' walking, and reached the camp in absolute safety and Certainty, only you did not know of the trail. It is just so in business, the man that wants to travel with an ox team and ride in the wagon, must go by the big road, while the fellow who goes by the trail will get there first, and if there is only one supper to be hat at the station the cross country traveler is the one who will eat it. Take my own experience, which is simply an il lustration of the way every fortune has been made. 1 was keeping a little store here and barely ‘making tongue and buckle meet,’ when I had an opportuntity to get holt of a block of stock in the then infant Comestock Mines, ‘i chewed it over’ for three days and decided to take it in, and that move lead naturally to all that 1 have done since, and proved the foundation of mv for tune. I bought more stock, as 1 had money; bought stock in other good mines, and before I knew it 1 was well fixed.” “But,” i said, “prices here are so high that there is little chance for a man of small means.” “That’s true,” he replied, “but there ara plenty of good properties about here, and their success is only a question of means and good management. Then, too, if you want to do something in mines, I will tell ycu of a field where you can do better than here, and one that in my opinion is the bast on the Americin continent. I should have gone myself to it if I bad not been so heavily interested here that I could not get away. I refer to the gold region of North Georgia. There is the first, an 1, as I said before, I think the best mining region in this country.” “Why,” I said, “is not more beard about it?” “Because,” he replied, “planting was the great absorbing industry of the South before the war. That region during the war was the battle ground, and miners were forced into the West, where, in the meantime, the centre of the industry has become establBhed. In Georgia you can get hold of mines on the basis of $100,• 000 that in the West would be worth a million, and to make them success ful you only nee I money to operate and efficient management. There you can work out doors every day in the year; labor which is high here is cheap there; fuel and water are abundant, and the ores generally in larger bodies, equally as rich or richer than ours, and the cost of mining, owing to the softer walls about the veins and lower wages, is less than one-quarter of the cost lor the same worx here.’ 1 Naturally I was interested to look up the history of the Comstock, and I found that stock quoted atfS.OO per share in the early days o» operations, sold soon after as high as $li 8) per share, and that upwards of $300,- 000,000 were paid out in dividends to share holders. . 1Y) a iMir>wlnrlgp of these fact®, and a sub sequent'-thorough acquaintance with the Georgia gold region, which my friend, the Captain, has not overtstunated, may be di rectly attributed the formation of the At lanta Gold Mining Company. The company has carefully selected its property, has placed in management of the same men of experience, tried in the busi ness, and now places before you the oppor tunity to secure some of its shares at fifty per cent, of their par value, or $5.00 per chare. The money you pay for these shares will be used in erecting complete and suit able reduction mills, and the officers of the company teel sure that at the same time thar. you are furnishing the funds to put the property upon a paying basis; you will be planting your own feet upon one of these “short roads to wealth” which have enabled every rich man in this country to reach his pr* sent position. The stock is fully jai l up and non-assess- able; the total amount of stock is $l(X),0J0, and $50,000 of this amount is devoted to the uses of the treasury of the company. The company has reserved the right to advance the price-ot its shares without for mal notice, and the demand for stock is such that an advance is now iu contemplation, but is not as yet ordered. The Southern Banking and Trust Co., of Atlanta, Ga., one of the strongest financial institutions in the South, acts as transter agents lor the company, and to it all orders for stock should be aduressed, accompanied either with New York exchange or post- office money order for the number of ihares ordered at $5 each. There are now 143,000 nautical miles of cable under the different oceans, which require thirty-seven specially equipped telegraphic ships to keep them in order. HARRISON’S LETTER Denmark has a system of benevolence by which the honest poor of sixty years of age are insured against want. It i£ on the presumption that they have always paid taxes. Indigestion Cured “ 1 have for years been troubled with distress in my stomach and indiges tion. When I took Hood's Sarsaparilla the effect was surpris ing^. It gave me great relief, and I now eat - without that terrible dis- \N m. Wade. tre«s. I also rest well at light and am in itood general health, for all of Seed’s Pills cure liver ills, constipation,bil- ouanessjaundice and sick headabhe. Try them- -\ Y N -37 CURES RISING .. BREAST .. “MOTHER’S FRIEND’ is the greatest blessing ever offered child-bearing woman. I hate been a mid-wife for many years, and in ea»'i case where “Mo/.her’s Friend’’ had been used it has accomplistipil wonders and relieved much suffering. It is the best remedy for rising of the breast known, and worth the price for that alone. Mss. M. M. Bruster, Montgomery, Ala. I can tell all expectant mothers if they will use a few bottles of Mother's Friend they will Leo through the ordeal without any pain and "’erine. Mrs. May Bkaxham. Argueville, N. D. Used Mother’s Friend before birth ot my bth child. Will never cease its praise. Mrs. J. F. Moorx, Colusa, Cal. | Bent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt f price, $1 JO per bottle. Ibradfirld regulator CO., Id by all druggists. atlarta, G a He Formally Accepts the Re publican homination. The Principles and Policy of Hit Party Endorsed. t’f v.. v BENJAMIN HARRISON. The following is in substance President Harrison’s lett?r accepting the Republican nomination for the office of President of the United States: “Washington, D. C., Sept. 3, 1692. “Hon. William McKinley, Jr., and Others— Committee, Etc. “Gentlemen—I now avail mvself of the first period of relief from public duties to re pond to the notification which you brought to me on June 29, of my nomination for the office of President of the United States by the Republican National Conven tion, recently held at Minneapolis. I accept the nomination, and am grateful for the ap proval expressed by the convention of the acts of the administration. “The great work of the Fifty-first Con gress has been subjected to the revision of a Democratic House of Representatives, and the acts of the Executive Department to its scrutiny an 1 investigation. There has sel dom been a time, I think, when a change from the declared policies of the Republican to the declared policies of the Democratic to the Party involved such serious results business interests of the country.” Here Mr. Harrison writes at length on the currency question. He continues: “Few subjects have elicited more dis cussion or excited more general interest than that of a recovery by the United States of its appropriate share of the ocean-carrying trade. This subject touches not only our pockets, out our National pride. The great ships—the fastest upon the sea—which are now in peace profiting by our trade, are, in a secondary sense, war ships of their respective Governments. “It was plain to every intelligent Ameri can that if the United States would have such lines, a similar policy must be entered upon. The Fifty-first Congress enacted such a law; and, under its beneficent influence, sixteen American steamships, of an aggre gate tonnage of 57,400 tons, and costing $7,400,009 have been built, or contracted to be buiit, in American shipyards. “In addition to this it is now practically certain that we shall soon have under the American flag one of the finest steamship lines sailing out of New York for any European port. This contract will result in the construction in American yards of four new passenger steamships of 10,000 tons each, costing about $8,000,000, and will add to our Naval Reserve six steamships, the fastest upon the sea. “The Democratic Party has found no place in its platform for any reference to this subject, and has shown its hostility to the general policy by refusing to expend an appropriation made during the last admin istration for ocean mail contracts with American lines. On the subject of reciprocity President Harrison writes: “Another related measure, as furnishing an increased ocean traffic for our ships, and ot great and permanent benefit to the far mers and manufacturers as well, is the re ciprocity policy declared by Section 3 of the Tariff act of 1890 ar' 1 now in practical opera tion with five of the Nations of Central and South America, San Domingo the Spanish and British West India Islands, and with Germany and Austria, under special trade arrangements with each. “The removal of the duty on sugar and the continuance of coffee and tea upon the free list, while giving great rebef to our own people by cueapening articles used in creasingly in* every household, was also of such enormous advantage to the countries exporting these articles as to suggest that in consibacation thereof reciprocal favors should be shown.in their tariffs to articles exported by us to their markets. “Great credit is due to Mr. Blaine for the rigor with which he pressed this view upon the country. We have only begun to realize the benefit of these trade arrangements. Toe work of creating new agencies and of adapt ing our goods to new markets has necessarily taken time, but the results already attained are such, I am sure, as to establish in popular favor the policy of reciprocal traie, based upon the free importation of such articles as do not injuriously compete with the products of our owu tarms, mines ol factories, in exchange for the free or favored introduction of our products into other countries. “The~Obv!cus efficacy of this policy in in creasing the foreign trad© of the United States at once attracted the alarmed atten tion of European trade journals and boards of trade. The British Board of Trade has presented to that Government a memorial asking for the appointment of a commission to consider the best means of counteracting what is called ‘the commercial crusade of the United States.’ “The Democratic platform promises a re peal of the tariff law containing this pro vision, and denounces as a ‘snam reciprocity’ that section of the law under which these trade arrangements have been made. If no other issue were involved in the campaign this alone would give it momentous import ance. “The declaration of the platform in favor of ‘The American Doctrine of Protection’ meets my most hearty ap proval. The convention did not adopt a schedule, but a principle that is to control all tariff schedules. There may be differ ences of opinion among protectionists as to the rate upon particular articles necessary to effect an equalization between wagei abroad and at home. “Once or twice iu our history the produc tion of tin plate had been attempted, and the prices obtained by the Welsh makers would have enabled our makers to produce it at a profit. But the Welsh makers at once cut prices to a point that drove the American beginners out of the business; and. when this was accomplished, again made their own prices. “But in spite of the doubts raised by the elections of 1690 and ef the machinations of foreign producers to maintain their mono poly, the tin plate industry has been estab lished in the United States, and the allianea between the Welsh producers and the Demo cratic Patty for its destruction will not suc ceed. “This tariff law has given emploment to many thousands of American men and women, and will each year jrive em ployment to increasing thousands. Its repeal would throw thousands out of employment and give work to others only at reduced wages. I regret that all employers of labor are not just and con siderate and that capital sometimes takes too large a share of the profits. But I do not see that these evils will be ameliorated bv a tariff police, the first necessary effect »f which is a severe wage cut, and the second a large diminution of the aggregate amount work ro be done in this country. “No inte’lsgent advocate of a protec tive tariff claims that it is a v ile, of itself, to maintain a uniform rate of wage-, without regard to fluctuations in the supply of and demand for the products of labor. But it is confidently claimed that protective duties strongly tend to hold up wages, and are the only barrier against a reduction to the European scale.*' In regard to the Federal Election bill Mr. Harrison says: In my last annual message to <!oagress I said: We must yet entertain the hono that it is |Arssiore xaj a c:un. oaLC.onc consiaer- ation of such Constitutional or statutory changes as may be necessary to secure vhe choice of the officers of the Government to the people by fair apportionment'- and free elections. I believe it would be possible to constitute a com mission, non-partisan iiK its mem; ■s lip and composed of pa trio •>, wise and irtial men, to wmm a consideration of QU3stions of the evils connected with om ttion systems and methods raizht be com mitted with a good prosp?ct of securing unaaimity in some plan for removing or mit/gatiog those evils. The Constitution would permit the seleo tiocj of the commission to be vested in the Supreme Court if that method would give thej best guaranty of impartiality. This com- I mission should be charged with the duty of inquiring into the whole subject ef the law of elect ions as related to the choice of officers of the National Government, with a view tjo securing to every elector a free and un molested exercise of the suffrage and as near J-'an approach to an equality of va’ue in each ballot cast as is attainable. * * * The demand that the limitations of suffrage shall be found in the law, and only there, is a just demand, and no just man should re sent or resist it. It seems to me that an appeal to our peo ple to consider the question of readjusting our legislation upon absolutely fair nonpar tisan lines mignt find some effective re sponse. Many times I have had occasion to say that laws and election methods designed to give unfair advantages to the party mak ing them would some time be used to per petuate in power a faction of a party against the will of a majority of the people. Of this we seem to have an illustration in the recent State election in Alabama. There was no Republican ticket in the field. The contest was between white Democrats. The Kolb party say they were refused the repre sentation guaranteed by law noon the elec tion boards, and that when the courts b- mandamus attempted to right this wrong, an appeal that cou’.d not bs heard until after election made the writs ineffectual. Ballot boxes were thrown out for alleged irregu larities or destroyed, and it is asserted on behalf ot one-half, at least, of the white voters of Alabama that the officers to whom certificates have been given were not honestly elected. There is no security for the personal or po litical rights of any man in a community where any other man is deprived of his per sonal or political rights. The power of the States over the question of the qualification of electors is ample to protect them against the dangers of an ignorant or depraved suf frage, and the demand that every man found to be qualified under the law shall be made secure in the rights to cast a free ballot ana to have tdat ballot honestly countea cannot be abated. Our old Republican battle-cry, “A fr«e ballot and a fair count,” comes back to us not only from Alabama but from other States, and from men who. differing with us widely in opinions, have come to see that parties and polit ical debate are but a mocsery if, when the debate is ended, the judgment of honest majorities is to be reversed by ballot- box frauds and tally-sheet manipulations in l the interest of the party or party faction in power. These new political movements in the States and the recent decisions of some ot the State courts against unfair apportion ment laws, encourage the hope that the arbitrary an 1 partisan election laws and practices which have prevailed may be cor rected by the States, the laws made equal and non-partisan, and the elections free and honest. The Republican Party would rejoice at such a solution, as a healthy and patriotic local sentiment is the best assurance of free and honest elections. I shall again urge upon Congress that provision be made for the appointment of a .non-partisan commission to consider the subject of apportionments and elections, in their relation to the choice of Federal offi cers. In conclusion the President remarks: “It is not possible tor me to refer, even in the briefest way, to manv of the topics presented in the resolutions adopted by the convention. Upon all that havo not been discussed I have before publicly expressed my views. ^ “A change in the personnel of a National administration is of comparatively little moment. If those exercising public func tions are able, honest, diligent and faithful, others possessing all these qualities may be found to take their olaces. But the changes in the laws and in admiaistiative policies are of great moment. When public affair^ have been given a direction and business has adjusted itself to those lines, any sudden change in volves a stoppage and new business adjust ments. If the change of direction is so rad ical as to bring the commercial turn-table into use the business changes involved are not readjustments, but reconstructions. “fhe Democratic Party offers a pro gramme of demolition. The protective policy—to which all business, even that of the importer, is now adjusted—the reciproc ity policy, the new merchant marine, are all to be demolished, not gradually, not taken down, but blown up. To this programme of destruction it has added one constructive feature, the reestablishment of State banks of issue. “Tne policy of the Republican Party is, on the other hand, distinctively a policy of safe progression and development—of new factories, new markets and new ships. It will subject business to no perilous changes, but offers attractive opportunities for expan sion upon familiar lines. Very respecially yours, Benjamin Harrison.” [ORLD’S FAIR J NOTES. brick worth $23<J,000 will be ex- the World's Fair jby Montana * ■*r of $139,000 ifp cash has been for th. exc usive rJF.vilege of selling peanlnts at tne Worla’s Fair. HaT^ti, next « point of time to the United^itates m declydag its independence of European rule, win xr8kn a notable ex hibit at theVVorld’i THiRTY-n^bsilk mam France, have Riecided the World’s Fail make the finest The International* 1 recent session in cided unanimously to b in Chicago at the time THE NATIONAL GAME. Gumbf.RT is Chicago’s winning pitcher. Baseball is getting a foothold in Ger many. The New York’s infielders are playing a very weak game. Miller, of Pittsburg, has only struck out twice this season. Terry, the Brooklyn’s cast off, is Pitts burg’s star pitcher. Pitcher. Cuppy was the luck’iest find Cleveland ever made. Latham, of Cincinnati, has been having his arm electrically treated. The veterans are being crowded out fast to give way to young blood. The Cincinnati Club has engaged Pitcher Duryea, late of Washington. Forty players have been on the St. Louis pay roll since the season opened. Virtue has developed into one of the most timely hitters in the Cleveland team. Glasscock has played every game of the year but two with the St. Louis Ciub. In Cincinnati Cross, of the Philadelphias, isconsidered the best all round player in the country. The Washingtons have tried ten Pitchers this season. Cincinnati comes next with nine experiments. Ex-Pitcher Galvin has applied to Presi* dent Young for the first vacancy on the League umpire staff. Young, of Cleveland, is probably one of the best wet ball pitchers in the League, as he uses curves but little. The Lou svilles have tied the Clevelands for the best record of consecutive victories in the second season—eight. There is no immediate necessity of Anson giving up his position as a first baseman for tbe Chieagos. He is playing as good as he ever did. A noticeable thing about Stratton’s pitching lor Louisville is rijat he nearly always throws a strike on the first ball to a batsman. Virtue, of Cleveland, and Comiskey, of Cincinnati, are having a tussle for the honor of being the best fielding first baseman in tbe league. RECORD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS. Per; Club?. Won. Lost. ct. Clubs. Cleveland..35 12 Pittsburg..26 20 Boston 27 -0 Brooklyn...2fi 22 Philad’lp'a.25 23 Chicago 24 24 Per Won. Lost. ct. .745 Cincinnati .24 .583 Louisville. .23 .574 New York.22 .542 Haiti more.. IS .521 St. Louis..IS .5001 IVashius’n.H IT’S A EUROPEAN PEST.’ The Texas Fly, Imported in 1886. is Now Troubling Connecticut Cattle. Professor B. F. Koons, of the Storrs School, says that the Texas fly, which is now troubling cattle in the vicinity of Hartford, Conn., does not eat into the horns of the animals, as has just been reported, but that it lays its eggs around them. The fly is a blood sucker, and worries the animals so that they cannot feed. The insect comes from Europe. It first made its appearance in this country near Philadelphia in 1887, and is believed to have been imported with the large shioments of European cattle in 1886. From Philadelphia it spread in all directions. iries at Lyons, ike exhibits at Vne is striving to ^ongress, at its dtzsrland, de- lits yiext meeting le VjTorld’s Fair. Seats will be provided at r the World’s Fair dedicatory ceremonies in r October for 1500 newspaper correspondent^, it having been estimated that about that, number will be present. Germany’s buil ling at the World’s Fair will cost about $125,090, and wi'ci be a com bination of typical styl«s of Gejrman archi tecture, such as are ssen in perfection in Nuremburg. ’ From the applications already on file it is estimated that more tlan 100,(JX) men will participate in the grea; civic parade at tho time of the dedication of the World's Fair buildings in October. The Austrian wood carving industry will be specially representel at the a Chicago Ex position by thirty-fourexpert wc,od carvers from Vienna, who wil exhibit ;their work in its various branches L Among the exhibit, to be iKiie at the World’s Fair by foreign Nationslthe visitor will doubtless find tha. of Persislpne of the most interesting. It vill includenrare speci mens of art industry vork. A National Ex'oi’ition is now- m prog ress at Quito, Ecuadc.’, and a Commissioner of the Chicago Exhit tion writes that almost the entire exhibit is t> be sent to Chicago to constitute Ecuador’s .xhibit at the World’s Fair. The chief govarnirg body of the World’s Fair i« row a newly reated Council of Ad ministration, composid of two members of the National Commision anl two membei s of the Chicago Direc ory, or local organiza tion. A company has leen incorporated with , $100,000 capital st-pk for the purpose of erecting near the World’s Fair a $75,000 club house, which stall be maintained dup ing the Fair as heelquarters for wheslmen from all parts of tb) world. Plans for the Vorld’s Fair passenger station at Jackso: Park call for a mala station 150x300 ft$r with an annexed train shed 100x672 feet* Provision is made tor loading and unloaing thirty-six trains at one time on reservd tracss. Applications fc space in the Electricity builoing at the World’s Fair aagregate 388,000 square feel while only 165,000 feat are available. Fceiga Nations have al ready been assigne 68,000 feet, and several of them are urgemy asking for more. On each side of he MacMonies mammoth memorial fountainin front of the Adminis- tiation building atthe World’s Fair will be a huge electrical fantain which will throw a stream 150 feet ligh, brilliancy illumin ated by variously oloreJ electric lights. Chief Smith, o the Department of Trans portation, has secred the promise of two monster locomotiYs to adorn the entrance to the Railway Wrld’s Fair passenger sta tion, inside Jacksa Park. Each locomotive Will weigh 160,00i pounds, and be mounted on a pedestal, ley will stand one on each side of the main etrance. The Japanese fovernment has arranged to send to this contry 2000 Japanese of the middle class, wluare to be here during the Worla’s Fair ancafterwari make a tour of the principal cits of the United States. Instruction and iformation as to the indus tries and custom of the American people constitute the ob;ct desired to be attained. The French Coimission wil 1 send to the Worm’s Fair to spenntend the horticultur al and floricultuil work iu the French sec tion M. Le Fevi, the superintendent and head gardener fr the City of Paris, who has charge of le gardens in the Bois de Bologne. U. Le’evre was in charge of the gardens around he Trocadero at the Paris Exoosition in 181. colonel DE ajatschek, the Austrian Comrmssioner-tiieral. writes that the world-famed gssmakers of Austria, es pecially of Boheiia, and the china manu facturers of Casbad and the surrounding neighborhood hra agreed upon making a grand displav otheii-industries at tne Ex position. Themanufacturers of stained glass in Tyrol wt join in the exhibit. The World’s lir souvenir coins, some of them, it is now xoected, will be issued in November, prohjjy by the middle of the month. The tposition authorities have offered quantitisof them to oanks through out the country . the uniform rate of cat dollar each, and is oeiieved that those in stitutions wilt » prompt to avail them selves of the opp-tunity to get a suoply for their customers, rders for them are'already being sent in at b rate of $5090 to $10,090 a day. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. PENNSTLV.NIA SOLDIERS. Colonel Volkun Reports to the War epartment. The United Stat War Department has received a long a interesting report by Colonel W. J. Voinan, of the Adjutant- General’s Depar ent, on the National Gunrd of Pennsyltiia. The report dwells at some Ismrtn onhe mobilization of the militia at Homestd ami speaks highly of the efficiency and iscipline of the State troop:-. After criticisipghe equipment of tbe troops and the iiination of some of the militiamen to we starched linen and patent-leather sho in aciive service, the colonel commends 3 activity displayed in calling out the troc and says: The system for tifying men is unique and very interests. A captain in a Western regimentexplainei to me his method, which, if 1 uniform throughout the entire Guard, iiuostantially followed by many officers. The company was divided into squads, ch under charge of a sergeant, corporals a privates of squads being grouped, as fas practicable, accord ing to residence or pfe of employment. In one regiment tte was a company con sisting entirely of cl miners; when the captain actually reeed his orders, Mon day morning his n were miles under ground, among sbaftnd galleries of mines, yet the orders were mmunicated to the men, who dropped tr mining tools, as cended to the surfaced were soon in their places in the ranks. The colonel gives c,it for the discipline in the Guard to Govior Patterson. Col onel Volkman has tl to say of the lams case: When the Guard ived at Homestead the inhabitants prepd an adroit plan, well calculated to hce the troops to affiliate with the poj»c.-*. With quiet, soldierly dignity the (imanding General frigidly decline 1 to ertain such over tures, and be instantly ;ame the target for abuse. Matters reached a cax one day when the hand ot the assasswas raised: for a moment no one could 1 who would fall beneath the next shot 1 great excitement prevailed. In Hom-ad the provost guard speedily dispersecrowds clustering about posted telecrap bulletins, while enlisted men disposed gather in groups were ordered at ones to?ir tents. In defiance of this 01-. one man pro posed cue-rs for the ass.n and was dealt with surnmar.iy if not i xact accordance with forms oi law. Th* are times when immeiiate example is alutely ncc-ssary, and although the one touch I al ude has brought down on the Peyivaaia National Guard, as a body, most nerited obloquy, it is certain that hesitaticiight have easily resulted in gatherings wt could have been dispersed only by orderione part of the force to fire upon auorhe Philadelphians are arjng themselves to grow uneasy about Lieuant Perry and his wife, the Arctic explrs, because tbe cryolite traders, woo us-y come from Ivigtut twice a year, are r a little over due. This, it is thoughteans that the Greenland ice pack has tuned navigation, and. if so, the relief steam Kite may not have got up to Whale Souos promptly as was hoped, if, indeed, she § reached her destination at all. I Nothing i? difficult; it is only t** who are indolent. A jest loses its point when he who makes it is the tirst to laugh. The great end of all human indus try is the attainment of happiness. There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many. The most valuable gift which can be bestowed upon woman is something to do. Individuality is everywhere to be spared and respected as the loot of everything good. A woman would be iu despair if nature had formed her as fashion makes her appear. Ignorance, in the midst of the re finements of society, is the most hate ful of all mixtures. A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a womaifs softness. Getting money is not all a man’s business; to cultivate kindne-s is a valuable part of the business of life. It is a shameful and unseemly thing to think one thing and to speak an other, but how odious to write one thing and think another Grief sharpens the understanding and strengthens the soul, whereas joy seldom troubles itself about the for mer and makes the latter either effem inate or frivolous. Life in Twelve Hours. A wonderful piece of mechanism, consisting of a watch dial of unique construction has been finished and put on exhibition by one of the deft-fin gered artists belonging to one of the large watch factories at Waltham, Mass. ft contains, instead of the usual numerals, twelve small but distinct silhouette figures, beginning with a woman with a very small child in her arms. At 1 o’clock the little mother and her miniature baby are clearly depicted, the infant being in ‘dong clothes.” At 2 o’clock the same fig ure appears, but the child has peretp- tiblv grown. At 3 o'clock the little mother is still tho same, but the baby is in “short clothes.” At 4 the child again appears, and so on up to 8 o’clock, when he goes to school for the first time. At 9 he is seen in college gown, standing beside the now elderly mother. At 10 o’clock the death bed is brought to view, the young man taking leave of his loved parent. A$ 11 o’clock he is aged with the snows of many winters. At 12 he makes his final appearance, an old and de crepit specimen of humanity, praying for the end. During the next 12 hours the same scenes are again enacted. The little machine is a wonder all around. [Philadelphia Press. Disappearance of the Little Toe. Physicians have at last decided that the small toe of the human foot must go, and that civilization tends gradu ally to crowd it out of existence, and to depend more than ever for locomo tion upon the great toe. After a cer tain period of life it has been ascer tained about nine-tenths of the little toes have the two end joints anchy- losed. Even in childhood it is a poor^ deformed appendage which does not seem to be of any earthly use to the owner. It may be pretty in the babies, but when the child begins to wuIk around the big toe grows out of all proportion to the little toe. That the big toe is all that is needed for good walking and running is easily proved. The strength of the fast runners and football players is gradualfl* increased along the line of the great toe, and many of them wear shoes that are so narrow that the little toe could be of no earthly use. The feet of civilized humans are thus gradually changing under the pressure of the modern shoe, and if the little toe is destined to go, the so-called tight shoes will | not prove such a great disadvantage 1 afier all. They lessen the strength of the little toe, but thev increase it ! along the line of the big toe, which j seems to be all that is necessary.— 1 [New York It reorder. Search Llgltts Versus Torpedo Boats. It is stated that one of the most ef fective means of protecting a ship in these days of torpedoes, the grouping together of a number of stationary search lights, each illuminating its own section so that the ship is sur rounded by an unbroken circle of light is to be adopted in the new American war.-hips. This has been suggested by a very pronounced de fect in the usual search light practice. In order to afford sufficient time for a careful^ examination of the water’s surface at points removed from the ship, the beam of light must be re volved very slowly, and hence during a great portion of the time any par ticular section of the water is left in darkness. As it takes only five min utes for a torpedo boat to rnu a dis tance of two miles, it will be seen that the conditions are all iu favor o.. the attacking force. Before the revo lution of the search light is completed there is plenty of lime for the torpedo boat to run in and discharge her dead ly weapons.— [New York CommerciJ} Advertiser. Steel Mai:As That Wane. Steel magnets^ise their permaneu magnetism at the boiling point of almon< : oil. Steel not only loses its magnetism, but becomes non-magnetic when heated to an orange color. Silvanus Thompson says that the sudden slamming on of the armature of a permanent magnet is liable to deteriorate the magnetirm, and that the sudden detaching of the armature i- of advantage to‘the magnet.—Boslot Transcript. Autumn in Come, And with it aching bones, chilly feelinps, rack ing coughs and catarrhal colds. All the-* symptoms count as nothing if you nseDr. Hox- sie’s Certain Croup Cure at the first appear ance of them. Tht urfiiiest ot al remedies for serious corniestive attacks. Sold by prominent druggists. 50c. Manufactured by A. P. Hqx- sie, Buffalo. N’. V. In a choir of si.xte u little girls at St. James’s Mission, New York, eight na tionalities are said to be represented : Poles, Swedes, Danes, Bohemians, Hun ganans, Germans, French a *1 English A. M. Priest. Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind.. says: “Hall’s Catarrh Cure gives the best o‘ satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials. 2a ^. .. ... 1. . v ' T t »• 11 1 r. r-t .. as it cures every one who takes it.’ sell it. 75c. Druggists Scurvy and scorbutic affections, pimples, and blotches on the skin are caused by impure blood which Beecham's Pills cure. Have you Rheumatism? Atkinson’s Gout and Rheumatic Remedy will surely cure it. For sale by all first-class druggists. r '7~rT o:vi3 kjvjoy® Both the method and results -when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts f ently yet promptly on the Kidneys, fiver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it thd most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8AH FRANCiSCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. K1. SEW YORK, IY.V. ~— DR. K I L. M C R’ 8 sw Kidney, Liver and Bladder Cure. Rheumatism, Lumbago, pain in joints or back, brick dust in urine, frequent calls, irritation, infiamation, gravel, ulceration or catarrh of bladder. Disordered Liver, Impaired digeation, gout, billious-headache. SWA.tlP-ROO.T cures kidney difflcultie*. La Grippe, urinary trouble, bright’s disease. Impure Blood, Bcrofula, malaria, gen’l weakness er debility. Guaraatee—Cm eontenta of Ooc Bottle, it noibeiv eflted. Drureists will refund to you ike price paid. At Druggists, 50c. Size, $1.00 Size. “InTalldsi' Guide to Health "free—Consultation troa. Dr. Kilkxb & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. ADWAY’S READY RELIEF. NEVER FAILS TO RELIEVE PAIN. The Cheapest anl Best Medicine for Family Use in the World. ft surpass** &11 other remedies ip the wonderful power which It pok»es*e» of curing RHEUMATISM, NEURALBIA. Th* ajvli'^tjou of the READY RELIEF to the pvt er parte where the dlfileulty or paia exltts will afford e.-ne an 1 comfort. For Sprain*. Hrui.es Backache. Pain in the Cheat •r Side* Cold*. Congestion* fnflamtnatloa*. I.umba go. Sciatica. Hca iache. Toothache,or anv other Pain, a few.- applications act like majlc, causing the pain to lastantlv *top Thirty to s.» drop* In half a tumbler of water will In a few minutes cure Cramp*. Spasm*. Kour Stom ach. Nau*ea. Vomiting. Seasickness, Palpitation of tbe Heart, Chill* and Fever, SUPER COMPLAINTS, Diarrhoea Dysentery. Cholera Morbus, Faintness, Heartburn. Sick Headache, Colic. Wind la the bow el.* and all Internal Pains. Traveler* should always carry a bottle of RAD- WAY'S READY RELIEF with them. A few drop*Id water will prevent sickness or pain from change of water. It l.» better than French Brandv or Bitters a* a stimulant Price JJO<L_Fer_ Bolt le. Sold by Druggista. JOHNSON'S Anodyne Liniment. m ORIGINATED IN I8IO Tsnrx or iti almost a cestubi. Every traveler. Every family should keep it at hand, for the common ill* of life liable to occur to any one It is* Shothirur. Healing and Penetrating. Once used al ways wanted. Sold everyw here. Price 36c.,8ix. $2. FU11 particular* free. 1. S. JoHNSoN A CO*. Bo*ToX. Mass. “German Syrup” Justice of the Peace, George Wil kinson, of Lowville, Murray Co., Minn., makes a deposition concern ing a severe cold. Listen to it. “In the Spring of 18SS, through ex posure I contracted a very severe :old that settled on my lungs. This was accompanied by excessive night -weats. One bottle of Boscbee’s German Syrup broke up the cold, night sweats, and all and left me in a good, healthy condition. I can give German Syrup my most earnest com mend ation. ’ ’ ® DC Bt with Panes Enamels ana Paints which stain the hands. Injure the ,ror, and burn off The Rising Sue Stove Polish is Brilliant Door- toss Durable and the consumer payt foi ao tin i or glass package with every purebasa. CHOLERA Its Origin and History; -ITS- PREVENTION AND CURE. An interesting Pamphlet mailed to any ad dress on receipt ot Stamn. Dr. L H. HARRIS, Pittsburgh, Pa. Unlike the Dutch Process No Alkalies — OR — Other Chemicals are used in tbe preparation of W. BAKER & CO.’S BreakfastCocoa SJ which is absolutely ; . V; pure and soluble. I ‘f |"’,j It hus more than th ree t imes ■ ■ 111 the ttrentjth of Cocoa mixed | with Starcb, Arrowroot or _ Sugar, and is far more eco nomical, costing less than one cent a cup. It is delicious, nourishing, and easily DIGESTED. Sold by Grocers ercrywher#. W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Maifr 1 C^rO 1,1 JANSSEN'S ™ 310 Brondwoy. N. __ "BEST GOODS Al LOWES1 DRICES." Crated RAG LAN Bicycle* All part* and repairing, form*. Tenni*. Rase ban i Athletic and Bicycle Unl- . and Foot Ball Clothing and Supplies, Caps, Belts, shoes, Bath Robes and .'wcat er-. Photographic Supplies and Printing. Estimate* furnished. Fifteen years' ext>erlenee. FKEDF.KU'K \V. JANSSEN COMPANY, Qlfl 310 Broadway, N. V., 940 0 I U Manufacturers, Importers, Exporters. 0 I ll FRAZER G R^ ftl E BEST IN THE WORLD. ],* wearing qualities are unsurpys.se i, actually outlasting three boxes of any otuer brand. Not i,tlected by beat, iff (JET THE OENL'INE. FOR SALE BY DEALERS GENERALLY. ABULES reg-ulatex liver and bowels, T R’PANR T the stomach purify the olood. are safe and ef-S ’ectuai the oect genera. tamUyZ medicine known for rtiiiou.-mees.J Cons,-tpation Dyspepsia Foal* Breath Headache, fieaithurn Lon* ol Appetite Menta. Decreesion.* Painful Digestion Pimp.es gauow* ^ ™—- Feeling and* -ron T tnpur—•* itnpiexlon nreo reeu { every symptom oi disease resulting iron blood or a failure ov the stomach liver or miestinea' •tc perform their propel 'unctions persons given w>j { over-eating are benefited by takings IV Hi LE after J Aeachmu&i Price, ny mail, .groest- ibottlelac Adq 2 dress THE RIFaNS CHEMICAi CO .10Sprucedt Y., * AgeaU Wanted; EIGHTY per eent proflt. *VWW ww****************** ***> WHY DIE WIlFCHOLERr When YOUcan llve without It for 25 eta? A nevn simple and wonderful remedy. Guaranteed. X life saved for 25 .: (> lives saved for 81. Addres* A m-nenn Henlth A —ocinlion. Kukm xt, Ohio. GOING TO BUILD? Srnd for Illustrated Catalogue, containing 2« hand. some designs, FKEE. Address > H O I* PE b l.*8 MODE BN HOI SE8, 63 Broadway. New York c~gk|OC4r%ItB '*>iiN w.mokkis* P PATENTS Successfully Prosecutes Clainas. *te Principal Examiner U SrPension EuTfcau. ISadjudieutiugeiuliii-v atty nu-co. [ Late Principe ) vi» i u last VV. P. FUAtcrald \Yu-li ing; uu, !>.(.'• 40-p:igc uuu i li-ee. Con aum t>t 1 vr • ann neopie who nave weak -jng* i r Astn- .na. ebooid use Piro s Cure to- j | Consumption. It has eared tboaeunde. It ha* not :n)ur ea one it .r not bad to ;ake It is tho best cough ayrup. Fold everywhere S5e. CONSUMPTION IT IS A Dl’TY you owe your- •elfniid fiiiuily to get the beet value for your money. Econo mize in your foot wear hy pur- ebnaing W. L. Douglas fhoes, which represent the beet value for prices asked, ai thousands will testify. iy*rA KE NO STB-TITI TE $3 SHOE QENTLEMEN, IKE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD iOR THE MONEY. $4 A genuine sewed shoe, that trill not rijr. fine calf, -eumlesa, •mooth in.iue, flexible, more eomfortab’e.ftyl:*!. un ! durable tbaa any other su<>e ever sold at the price. Equal* custom made khoe* costing from 84 to $t,. and S3 IIand-sewed. flne call shoes. Tb" mo«t stvlisb. tu#y and durable -hoe-i ever sold at these ; ric- .. Tn. y equal ti-'C imported shoe* c' *t;ng from to f'.'L. Ct'i 50 I’olicc Shoe. Worn by farmers and all T,llicrs who w-a—• want a good heavy calf, three soleo, exii-Lsion edi c tboe, \ easy :o walk In. and will keep tne feet dry und warm. <tO 50 Fine fall. V2.25 and S2 'Workingmen's Sho** will give more wear for tne money than a*/other make. They are made for tervice. The ii.erea.ihg .ales v-ow that work ingmen have found thU out. C* S2 and Youths' S1.73 School whom aro- worn by the boys everywhere. The nio-i vcrvico- able shoe* sold at these price*. 1 A !>3 Hmid-Kevrod. S2.50, ?*2 tc : 81.75 ■w w shoe* for .11 i.ses are made of the igt*t Don- go'.a or fine Calf, as desired. They are very stylish, com fortable and durable. The shoe equal* custom niado *noe* costing fr >m $4 to $c. Ladies w ho -i.n to ccono- mli- in their footwear are finding this out. C A FTION. —Beware of i.eal* rs substituting shoes with, out W. L. Douglas' name and the price stamied on bottom- AQk FflR W I nnilPI AC’ cunrc t*uch substitutions fraudulent and subject to proseca- rur * ”• DUUULri.o oflUCo. I.on by law for obta ulng money under false | rt-tni.ee*. If not for aale in your place send direct to Factery. Mating kind, aizr and width free. Will give ekclaaire *nle to »hot- dealerm and general merw ahamta where I hare na agrata. Write fer Catalogae. W. L.. Daagias, Ureckioa, Maea*