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A FAMOUS BUSHWHACKER. I \/ CAREER OF BILL ANDERSON AND HIS MISSOURI FOLLOWERS. Becoming the Terror.of Missouri in the Civil War?Deeds ol Blood? His Last Fight. "Did you ever hear of Bill Anderson of Missouri*" This was the question of an ex-Confederate Major General, with whom I was not long ago discussing the story that an attempt was made during the war to bribe .Mosby. lie continued: "Moshv was never half such a terror in Virginia as Bill Anderson was in Missouri. "When the war began, Anderson, like about half the people of the State, was for the Union. I have no doubt he would have gone into the Union Army but fcr an event which changed the whole current of his life and transformed the nature of the man completely. He lived in a county which was about equally divided between the I'nion and the Confederacy. In an adjoining county, which was strong for the Union, resided his two sisters. Their sympathies were entirely with the South, and they gave very open and injudicious expression to them. Party feelings ran so high in the neighborhood that these two women were taken from home by some Union men and locked up in a house by themselves on the pretext that they might give information to the Confederates. While they were thus imprisoned the house fell, killing one of them and crippling the other for life. It is said that the pillars on which the house stood were sawed in two by some cowardly creature, who did notsrruple at the murder of a woman. "When Anderson heard of this outrage he almost went mad. As soon as the tirst burst of hisfnry was over he determined to avenge the death of one sister and the crippliug of the other. lie organized a band of eighty men and be gan bis work of b!ood and destruction. He did not enlist in the Confederate service, because he wanted to be free from all orders and iu his own way to work out his burning desire for revenge. He was about thirty years old, but nearly every one of his men was younger than he. Host of them were boys from eighteen to twenty years of age, sturdy boys from the farms, who could ride like Indians and shoot with deadly precision. They had superb horses which they soon trained to wonderful control. Their only weapons were six shooters. Not a man in Anderson's command. from first to last, was ever seen with any other weapon. Every one of , them carried four revolvers, two in his belt and two at his saddle. They were expert pistol shots at the start, but they soon became so skilled that they could shoot a man's eye out at twenty paces, and could kill a man fifty yards away as they rode at full gallop. Their first act was to kill a dozen men who were supposed to be implicated in the outrage on Anderson's 'sisters. They then began scouring the country, burning and plundering the houses of Union men and spreading terror over half-a-dozen counties. Hand after band was organized to meet them, but they | all shared the same fate, death and rout. Andwooa. a?d alLitis J>oys knew every ^ foot of the country perfectly, and when they were too hard pressed by superior numbers they would disband. Each man would take care of himself, and next day they would meet at some appointed rendezvous to begin their deadly work anew. "When they went into battle each man would take the reins of his perfectly trained horse in his teeth. He coulu guide tne animal wnerever ne chose simply by the motion of his body. Then, with a six-shooter in each hand, they would dash right into the enemy's ranks, firing right and left and making [ every bullet tell. They could shoot with the left hand as wel as with the right, anil in many an engagement they killed ^7 ^-^aore than their number. \ "Anderson was a swarthy little fellow who did not weigh more than 120 pounds. He wore his raven hair down on his shoulders, and in battle his little black eyes glowed like fire. He fought more like a demon than a man His one ; thought was to kill. He never took any ' prisoners, and not on ^ of his men was ever captured alive. They had riiised the black Hag, and it had been raised against them, and they fought with the furious courage of desperation. Anderson never wore a uniform of any kind. He was usually attired in a diner auit of ieans and wore a broad-briafmed, black wool hat with a long white feather in it. His men were attired in black velvet coats, gorgeously embroidered, jean breeches, w^iich were for ever stuffed in their big boots, and big felt hats. They all had j long hair, and as they scoured the country w^re the very picture of a gang of highwaymen. "There is no telling how many men they killed. I should say a thousand was a small estimaie. Once, after they had been terrifying a Captain Johnson of the Federal State Militia started after them with a force of 310 men> Johnson met a farmer and acL-orV Via 1-naw trh#?rp> A nrJnrenn was. He replied: ' 'Yes. He is in a ravine about four miles from here, but you had better le.tve him alone.' 44 'How many men has he?' " 'About eighty, I guess, but you had better not fool with him.' "Johnson pushed on,confident that he would soon annihilate Anderson's band with his superior force. Before he knew it he was in an ambush, and withiu two hours from the time he met the farmer he was killed, and over 200 of his men lay dead about him. Only about forty of the 250 escaped the merciless fire from the revolvers of Anderson's men. Anderson lost only about ten men, whose places were soon supplied. Tie 200 Union soldiers thus slain were buried on the spot, and Congress has erected a monument above their graves. 9 "General Guitar, who bad command of the Federal troops in that part of the State, issued an order that no quarter should be given to Anderson or any of his men. A few days later Anderson captured a tram on which there were twenty-three recruits for the Union Army. He filed them out on the side of the track, shot them dead, ,?ad on the breast of each corpse pinned a piece of paper with these words written on it: " 'Done by order of General Guitar.' "On the same train was Congressman Rollins, of Missouri, who was troinc to K y* \ - ' I ' ffe A Washington. AriflSo went up to him j and said: " 'I reckon ?OWa fetter take you, too. I suppose $>ii-iire a> Union man?' "Rollins, who^tMnjsek-looking fel" 'No: I am a mmlier of the Gospel. I have taken no jSffte-iflTthe war at all.' Anderson said he wasn't /killing preach crs, and the CMBUjBMttan escaped, though it is certait?Gcwij|f any man in the bloodthirsty crtiwd-had recognized him he would have been shot instantly. "Once Anderson and his men dashed into Fayette and surprised 200 Federal troops who were encamped there. They drove the Federals out of the trenches which they had bmjfcjaraund the court- , house, and finally fCKM&them into the tourt-honse. They TMMtafe at full tilt around the square times, | firing into the wind0^daK*'he court- j house. Marks of thn^miets are still visible on the walls an&,^indow-sills of "Anderson never leram?tturi during the war. Only onceidraiN^aje did he light with the ;c_ular C^raj^terate army, and then it was by aceifie4ifc?Ee refused to obey orders from ttdjgiddj, and followed his own wild tttdreafetHKiy career in his own fearful waj^^HMlaat he met j his death after a hundredifllfcdst miracu- . lous escapes. His last battle was fought ( after Lee had surrendaHHK the news had reached Missouri. knew that he would not be 'sQpKjjKT to surrender and that he would-be hung if he was taken aiive. Hia plan was to escape with his men into Texas and then .-.-.oL-o Trm* in Motion "When he was trying to get out of .Missouri he was one | night surrounded by several hundred j Federal militia. As he led his men in a desperate effort to break through the enemy's ranks he was shot in the neck, fell off his horse, and died in a few minutes. Not another one of his band was killed. They shot their way through, killing twenty-five or thirty of the ! Federals. ".Most of them did get to Texas, where they disbanded and scattered in all directions. This is, in brief, the bloody story of Bill Anderson and his band of bushwhackers.''? Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. Devil Fish. "Some of the biggest 'squids' or devil \ fish that have ever been caught," said an j old sailor, "have been found around I West India Islands in the Gulf of Mexico and Carribbean Sea. I was first mate on ! a little chunk of a sugar drougher, as the vessels in that trade are called, and was K<v,.n/4 tmm \'o?r Vnrlr t,n .Tnmaiofl. J l/VUUU AiVlU * w..a There was fever at the time, so we laid ! o!l in the roads and the bark was loaded j by coolies with lighters. As we could j j not go ashore, we rigg(d sails in the I long boat and used to cruise around j through the little islands hunting for j turtles and eggs. One day we towed j : the dingy behlud the long boat, intend- ! ! ing to split the party at one of the | j islands. When we reached the big island, we separated, part staying on the J island and some of the men taking the two boats and going to other islands. I and two men stayed oh Devil's Kock and i hunted around tor whatever we could find. About 100 yards off was a small j rock, where the dingy and her crews had | gone. We could sec the boat tied up ?s.? mm IniltrTrrTrnuTrd "fhe isIalTd." | We got tired and sang out to them to come over and get us. They started to the boat aud pushed her oil, wading out a little way to keep clear of the rocks just covered at high tide. All of a sudden one of them uttered a fearful scream, and something blueish rose out of the water and encircled his body and neck, lie drew his knife and slashed at it, when another arm arose. It was a 'squid.' The other fellow was nearer the .^hore and was just stepping out of the water, when two long feelers wriggled up and around hia legs, and in another minute he. too, wa-being drawn under the water. Their shrieks and cries were pitiful, but we could do nothing. We had no boat and the other party were not in sight. The men fought bravely, but to no end. What could they do against fifty arms, from ten to twenty feet long, each with a grasp of steel. Slowly but surely they were first crushed to death and then dragged down. Their fighting seemed to have maddened.thc creature, for shortly after the men disappeared the long blue arms wound themselves around the little boat and crushed it as you would a nutshell beween your fingers. The horror we felt at the bare sight pf the poor fellows' agony nearly tlje men crazy who was witK^^^toicn the long boat came back we reported the matter, but after that wt allowed to go over to the is]iqtw|jf?veral times we hunted for the ?(l^l^twith guns and harpoons, but hec map. never seen again by any of our Herald. Gambling F|U Uliroads. "Talking about '^cjt'ftodes,-' said a railroad ma:., ".et. in<?3klfjQU one. Did you ever hear of two rtSlroaul^being wod i in a rot at poker? WeESjr&ve, and I'll "tell you about it. l^geBNf^rs or sc I ago two little rnilroadSMHOjE Illinois ! and one in Missouri, wert^Vnx^H- by two men who had some bnjsj^?Jfo]ations which brought them tog6#V$t ?ja St. Louis. One owned onei'jSOTO!^ or a otiorfl Af tlio tlAr>V .1 iL. I I wuuumug v anu tue i other owned the other road. ^Vhen they I met at the old PlauterslHoiigp in St. Louis, they, with some friends, sat down one evening to me of poker. At first the staWL^I^&e small, I but as the players warmed Ufa the limit was raised, and finalise/ Served altogether. The pace got wHBgthat all the players but these twagKMppad men dropped out. It was a gHmmt i)lood. 1 Fortune varied first onffi^ja^acd then another, and finally thejr^W^ ^ jacket in which the opener wa?y^fly raised $500 and was then raii^KiinKelf back. Before a card was dralff-tW^ot held $3,500. Bach drew on^tg^gEpd in a few minutes both Dlavers WoTt *nll tVioi* money on the table. The^ they pUt up Ped. blocks, i controllthe pot. wo pairs, ouri man railroads rere little afterward ystem."? ty is not nst where A TYPICAL SWELL DINNER.' HOW ONE WAS GIVEN BY "EXCLUSIVE" NEW YORKERS. Bills of Fare With Each Guest's Portrait Drawn by an Artist? | What was Eaten. In one of her New York letters Clara j Belle says: The anti-dance dinners are I careful affairs, it need scarcely be said, I for they are inevitably compared, con-* | trasted and discussed by the guests when they assemble immediately after, ward. Mrs. William Waldorf! Astor's dinner, on the last of these occasions, was | for only twelve couples. The long table had no cloth, the beautifully polished I mahogany being bare, except for a strip j of finely embroidered velvet through the center, on which stood rare flowers in art vases and wax candles in elaborate candelabra. At each guest's place lay a hand-j ainted bill of fare, with his or her name not on it, but instead a caricature portrait, by means of which locations were made. These pictures did not distort the faces, nor at all offensively exaggerate any personal pe uliarities but were merely big heads on small bodies, and" altogether rather flattering than otherwise. They were exquisitely drawn by some clever artist, and one who did not care to be known as having done such utilitarian work, for no mark of his identity could be discovered on the cards.-; To every lady was also provided a big corsage bouquet,tied with satin ribbon to harmonize with her toilet. A great va riety of colors must have been provided ? ? j a i * !_ Deiorenana ana Beieou-uus uuumv uumwcurately made by some expert after the arrivals, because no instance of a bad match could be seen the table round. The erentlemen got button-hole bunches of Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. Astor led the way into the dining-room, but separated and took places opposite each other at the centre of the board. The rest found their assigned chairs in pairs. The feminine toilets were beautiful and costly, but in no instance gorgeous. Simple elegance seemed to be aimed at. The repast began with raw oysters, tiny ones,opened on the deep shells, the outsides of which had been burnished until they were fit for iewelry. They were not served on plates, but in frames of twisted and silvered wire, each of these novel contrivances holding ten. The next course was clear soup in handpainted dishes. Boiled salmon, with white sauce and Parisian potatoes, came third, The fish was not thought on j dishes ornamented with pictures of fish. L Such crockery has gone out of fashion with the extremely swell, and now it is i not thought refined to have represents tions of anything eatable painted on dishes. Even flowers are not approved for such purposes. The idea is, that if, in lifting a morsel of delicate * food a rose should be uncovered, the highly educated and acute palate of the .eater might be offended, chicken croquettes and asparagus were fourth; next small broiled birds, then fillets of beef with mushrooms; then ices with cake, and finally coffee. It will be seen that no great variety was afforded, but the cookery was perfect. The dinner began at 8 o'clock and lasted until 11. Talk occupied much of the time, but there was hearty eating ^encrully for it is considered stylish now for women to have robust appetites. Was there alcohol in this dinner? Plenty. Total abstinence is not practiced in any swell Mew York family that I know of. A different wine was brought with puprv course And each wine had its separate and fanciedly appropriate glasses. Chablis came in a small glass, with a slender stem and concave sides, holding no more than a good swallow, which was taken down at one gulp by most of the guests. That was regarded as an appetizer, and accompanied the oysters. The soup was simultaneous with red wine, tasting like Macon, and served in stemmed glass whose sides were convex, thus holding enough to sip slowly during the course. The fish was contemporaneous witn a i\ueuisu ?mo in a green, thin tumbler, and in this case decanters were left within reach of all the diners, so that refilling was handy. "With the chicken came red and white Bordeaux in the original bottles. Just after the beef a rum punch was served in tiny cups of some rare China ware. The champagne arrived with the de>sert, and there was a choice of three makes. Embarrassed Clerks. The clerks in music stores often have laughable experiences. A young lady walked into one of the largest on Washington street and said,.or seemed to say: 4T want Willie Nye." A boy was sent to scour the store tor William, and when that ycung gentleman presented himsell it would be hard to say whether he or the girl look the more astonished. "Did you ask for Will Nye?' he said. "Certainly not," she replied. "I want that new song: 'Will and I.'" An entirely new clerk at another store came near fainting several times during his first day behind the counter. He had hardly_ taken his position when a young -lady" with blonde tresses and eyes whicbi seemed made of bits of Italian sky. walked up to the counter. Fixing he! orbs upon him, she said: "Kiss Me, Darling, Ere You Go." They had to take him out and place him under the faucei, while another clerk gave the customer the music she desired. He had hardly recovered enough to resume his place when a maiden, of perhaps seventy winters, remarked to him: "Ah! would that I could love thee less!" During the severe illness which lollowed his hair turned a raven blank. Rut to-dav this clerk is the most calloused man in the store. All day long girls talk to him like this: "I want a beau 1" ''Giveme back my heart, my love!" "Oh. tell me that you love me!" "Come, Birdie, come and live with me!" And he merely replies: "Fifty cents, please!" and wraps up the bundle. ODe can get used to anything, in time?Boston Herald. Conversation. c :orthand notes were taken of the following conversation at a recent fashionable reception: ' Dude?"Really, dow." She?"Yes, indeed." Dude?"Awfully funny, you know." She?"The drollest thing in life." Dude?"Why, to be sure."" She?"I was so surprised." Dude?"Nothing surprises me." And thus do we keep up our reputation as the Athens of America.? Boston Globe. ! NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Entire dresses of English craj^ are made for widows. I'rogrcssive jackstraw parties are the rage in Louisville. The tournure is neither greater nor less?it remains stationary. Skirts of fur are worn by a few American women of rather loud tastes. A Maine lady refused $2,000 for her tresses, eight feet one inch long. coia a ays quicitiy teu upuu nuiucu uut of doors whose complexions are spurious. A fashionable wedding present is a do^r-plate with the bridegroom's name on it. Tlovcr, the pet dog of the Princess of Wale?, has just died at the age of twenty ! years. Mrs." Cleveland says that the reports of I the beauty of Baltimore ladies are not overdrawn. .Muffs and boas of light, yellowshaded badger fur are popular with young ladies. Some of the newest black gloves are heavily embroidered on the backs in bright colors. The fashionable household pet is the j cat of European origin, a very staid and I dignified beast. Street gloves come in from four to | six-button lengths. Evening gloves j/rom fifteen to thirty. | \ Skirts are short for the street, demiI trained for evening and full trained for j dinners and receptions. I.ast year, as criminal statistics show, twelve young women were shot for re; fusing offers of marriage. Plaids in artistic colors are very fashionable. The old-time, brilliant-colored plaids are considered vulgar. When Honolulu women walk out In the rain the escort carries her umbrella, dress and shoes, according to Gail Hamilton. Gauze or crape party dresses for young girls are literally covered with ribbons, satin or moire, arranged in perpendicular or diagonal lines. It is still the reign of plush?plush here, plush there, plush everywhere, from seats in railway cars to the parlor Jootstool and piano cover. New French sateens show Pompadour designs in bright colors, artistic groupings. and finelv drawn flower, leaf, and tendril patterns, on tinted grounds. Braiding in fern-leaf patterns is much in vogue for tailor-made costumes. The designs are brighteded by threads of gold or silver woven into the braid. The black-and-white striped silks are used for basques and demi-trained skirts, and make striking toilets. They are combined with black satin, velvet, jel or lace. Primrose and heliotrope, primrose and pink, primrose and blue, primrose and black, primrose and brown, and primrose with every color and shade, is the feature in spring -zephyrs, sateens, percales, andetamine3. , Tailor jackets which are made to accompany calling costumes are so lined with a delicate tinted silk a? to give a brightening effect to the dark cloth where t)^e lining is made to show here, and -flfer*. This is a very pretty idea for young ladies. The fashion of low inner bodices, with the outer waist of transparent material, high in the neck and with half-easy sleeves, is returning and promises to be popular. This i9 worn at formal dinners and those occasions in the evening where decollete would seem more than the occasion required. The low Charles IX. shoe is favored by stylish young ladies for house wear. These pretty slippers are of bronze kid, and are fastened by a strap of bronze velvet, which crosses the instep, and is held by a tiny Rhinestone buckle. Golden brown silk hose should be worn with these dainty shoes. The dresses get more and more voluminous, aud these full skirts, unless draped by the hand of an experienced moaiste, are apt to have a bunchy and awkward effect. Almost all the smart, short frocks, not only ball gowns, are fulled right around the waist, and when they are of very rich material the effect is beautiful. Mrs. Mackay paid $240 for a box at the representation of "La Patrie" for the benefit of the flood sufferers, and went from London to Paris to attend it. When she got there her doctor prohibited her wearing a low-cut dress, so she ordered and had completed in twenty-four hours a splendid Directory costume of blue velvet and satin and lace. The Progressive West. According to the exchanges "the fish hatchery at Petoskey, Mich., has 22,000,000 young whitefish waiting to be planted in the spring." So they plant whitefish in the spring. We alwaysthought they were planted in the fall, began sprouting in the early spring and , ready for harvesting about June. fiS^^fashioned agriculture seems to be m^ne rage now in the West.?New ? Graphic. No More of That. "That last butter was very bad, sir," said the cook, as she left an order for groceries. "Was it? Why, Mr. Blank and his wife were both in here yesterday and had no complaint to make." i "Ah! sir. but I had a little uartvin the kitchen the other night, and you should have heard how the coachmen took oh about it! Please be a little more carefu1, for I feel that my reputation is at stake."?Detroit Free Press. As the greatest pain-cure, St. Jacobs Cfl la recommended by publie nn-n of America and other countries. Hon. Billa Flint, Life Senator o* the Dominion Parliament, Canada, lonnd it to act like a charm. Among the remarkable woods of South Afrit a is snee'.ewood (Ptcroxylon utile;, which In durability Is sairt to surpas-i even iignumvittp,producing machine bearings which have been know n to outlast those of both brass and iron. Ex-Mayor Lfitrobe, Baltimore, Md.. says the best cough medicine is Red Star Cough Cure. Dr. Samuel K. Cox, D. D., of Washington, D. C? after a careful analyse. pronounced it purely vegetable, and most excellent for throat troubles. Price, twenty-five cents a bottle. The slaughter of lobsters at Prince Edward Island i* something astounding. Tnere were expoitid the past season ill,COO cases, mostly to Europe, which involved the killing of 35,000,000'lobsters. 'Roval Gwje' mends anything! Broken Chi. na. Glass. Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro ? A *! .s ; \ / Momrthlnc tbnt will Interest the Afflicted. (JVwm Wis TTeeJMt/ Record, Dundee, N, Y.) There are many people in this country who ? are suffering untold agony from the ravages o of diseases, who have been medicated until ? the very sound of the word "medicine" sends t a thrill of horror through their sensitive jj n./f.ninm OM/1 vrnf ffiATr orft oHIl lnoklnflT? S '46BU'OUJ? fit to tfeir shattered constitution and restore d to them their health. To this class of sufferers the Record., without solicitation, desires to n say a few words, not with the intent to ad- 5 vertise a man who to-day is doing more for this class of sufferers than Den can describe, but because we know, not only from personal a experience, but from the experience of ? others, that what- we are about to ? say in regard to Dr. Kilmer, of Bingham- ? ton, N. Y., and his Herbal Remedies are ? facts, asd it is a pleasure to let the sufferer g know that there is a Medicine that has done, c and is still doing so much lasting benefit to ii the afilicted. Dr. Kilmer has been represented in the advertising columns of the i Record for over two years, and during that ! C period we have received many communica- t tions asking if his Remedies were as repre- ? sented, and have always felt that we could safely recommend them. Dr. Kilmer is one of the best-read Physicians of the present f day. He probably has the largest practice, i and examines ana treats personally more pa- 6 tienta at his large and fully equipped office ? in Bingham ton yearly, than auy other phy- * sician in the country. 10 These Herbal Remedies which he sends out j C are prepared and prescribed by him in hisj ; own private practice. Their component parts | are carefully selected from Nature's great labcratory, and are compounded in a scientific manner so as to be especially adapted to [ the different forms of diseases for which they are used. They are the result of years of J' bard, patient study of the science of medi liinn> There seems to be at the present time a tendency toward a great many Kidney, Liver and Bladder troubles with the people of this ( country, and we wish to speak more particularly about Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Kidney, Liver and Bladder Cure. We will say on the outset, we are not writing sensational "gush" for Dr. Kilmer, but knowing personally as we do, of many important cure3 wrought from the use or this medicine, we believe it to be our duty to the afflicted to encourage them to avail themselves of the use of this valuable Remedy. We know a Mr. Chas. E. Roe, of Unionville, Steuben Co., N. Y. who had Bright's d'sease, and was told by the best Physicians of Hornellsville. N. Y., that there was no hope for him, who was prevailed upon by a friend to try Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Kidney Cure. He did so, without the least idea or being benefited, but the result was most gratifying to himself and family, for he was cured. Saved from death by that dreadful disease. Another case, that of Russell Sandford, of Wayne, Steuben Co., who had a terrible bowel difficulty which would not vield to the medical skill of good doctors, who, at our own solicitation, tried Swamp-Root, and he told us after using several bottles his trouble was removed, although he had no control over his bowels for a year previous to using the medicine and had been told that he would never be any better, and that his earthly career was limited. Our druggists here in Dundee *>11 no thev have sold hundreds of bottles of this medicine and in no instance have they ever heard aught but praise from the persons using it. We might men* tion scores of simi.ar cases that, to our own personal knowledge, have been helped out of serious trouble by using Swamp-Root. We hope it will help some one, and we have no fears of the result of a trial, by any one who is Buffering with a Kidney, Liver or Bladder trouble. "It is worth its weight in gold." W. \V. Westcott, Editor. Carious White Iron. A writer upon the products and resources of Arkansas says: The most remarkable and interesting mineral of all this region is the white malleable iron ore, regarding the existence and majleaSility of which a great deal of skepticism is said to exist. It is found in the corner of Howard County, adjoining the frontier of Montgomery, Polk and Pike. Uunng tne war, it is siatea on gooa authority, the inhabitants of the vicinity used to take the ore as it was picked up from the ground, and in an ordinajy blacksmith forge, hammer it into horseshoe nails. Whether this be true or not, it is certain, and can be abundantly proved, that the ore can be taken, and, being heated in an ordinary blacksmith forge, can be welded and beaten into any desirable shape. The outcrop of this ore, as far as it has been explored, runs for two miles west to east, showing a width of from fifteen to thirty feet, with an unknown depth. There can be no doubt that this development of iron, in so pure and malleable a form, will some day be immensely valuable. The magic touch of a railroad will convert it into gold. A Terrible Fire. What a thrill of terror passes over us when we read tlio record of some fearful devastation by lire, and yet it is a fact that thousands are daily being consumed by the inward fire of fever, caused by consumption of the lungs, which could be subdued by Dr. P.erce's ''Golden Medical Discovery." The Duke of Sutherland owns land In this country aggregating, it Is said, 125.000 acres. Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription'1 is a most powerful restorative tonic, and combines the most valuable nervine properties; especlal'y adapted to the wants of debili a ed ladles suffering from weak back, inward fever, congestion inflammation, or ulceration, or from nervousness or neuralgic pains. By ariyfgists. New York City drinks 6,000,000 barrels of beer every year, at a cost of $&,400,c00. If you have a Cold, Congh, (dry-backing) Croup. Cankered-throat, Catarrh Dropping causing cough?Dr.Kilmer's Indian Congh Cure (Consumption Oil) will relieve instantly?heals and cures. Price 2Sc., 50c. and SI. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isa-ic ThoraDson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at3Sc- per bottle JVn Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption Cures where other remedies fail.' 25c. Get Hood's If you have made np your mind to buy Hood's Barsiparilli do not be Induced to take any other. Hood's Sarsaparllla Is a peculiar medicine, possess<ncr hv wirtiiA of Itm rutonllAr rnmhlnkilrtn nronortfon and preparation, curative power an perl or to an y other article or the kind before the people. Be aura to get Hood'*. "I had been taking Hood's SarataparQla for dyspepsia, and In one store where I tried to buy a bottle the clerk tried to Induce me to buy their own Inatead of Haod'a; he told me their1* would laat longer; that I might take it on ten day*' trial; that If I did not like It I need not pay anything, etc But I told him I knew what Hood'* SaraapirBla was, 1 had taken It, It agreed with me, I was perfectly satisfied with Hood'* Saruparllla, and did not rant any other. I am always glad to speak a good word for this excellent medicine."?Has. Ell* A. Gorr, <1 Terrace Street, Boston, ka,t Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggist*. $1; six for $3. Prepared only by C. L HOOD k CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Has*. 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