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CHIPS.
A Galveston artesian well was sunt
8,000 feet without encountering either
rook or water.
Four Yeinnese have been fined for
jeering at a lady for wearing crinoline
in a publio garden.
Mary Burton, a coy maid of 101 sum
mers, was married in the Grimsby,
England, parish church a few weeks
ago.
Some of the Comstock mines are so
deep that no means have yet been de
vised to overcome the excessive heat.
Of tho whole length of the Suez canal
Bixty-six miles are cuttings, fourteen
were made by dredging through the
lakes and eight miles required no la
bor.
One of the first tunnels in the Unit
od States was on the Allegheny Portage
railroad in Pennsylvania. It was 900
feet long and finished in 1831.
Tbo little island of Iceland, with
about 70,000 inhabitants, has the same
number of newspapers as the great
Empire of China.
The sheep industry of Missouri has
dwindled steadily from 1882 to 1893,
the uumber of animals, it is reported,
falling from 1,092,700 to 920,950.
More than $70,000,000 have been
sent out of tho United States since the
first of January last. Tho gold kings
of Wall street are taking care of them
selves, and the people will bo “left
with tho bags to hold.”
According to the reports of the com
missioner of immigration, the 152,360
immigrants abovo 20 years of age who
arrived at New York in the first half
of 1892 brought over S2O each on the
average, or $8,060,908.
More relics of George Washington
have turned up. This time the arti
cles are two army pistols that were
presented by tho general to Kosciusko,
his Polish aide. The pistols are in tho
possession of Dr. Edward Thomas, of
Vienna.
The Most Interesting Thing in America.
An English traveler passed through
New York on the way to London. He
had spent three months in the United
States sooing things. A friend asked
what was the most interesting thing he
saw in the country, and he answered
without hesitation that it was a mule 1
Then ho explained that fie had visited
certain mines where mules were used
to haul the tramcars, and their won
derful patience and intelligence had
.made on him a deep impression.
Some of the tunnels were so low
that the animals had to hold their
heads down and partly stoop to go
through, but there was never any
trouble. He pointed out a character
istic of tho mulo that makes him un
like a horse. Many Americans have
noticed it. If a horse touches his ears
in going under a low bridge or
through a tunnol he will invariably
throw his head up and receivo a hard
knock. When a mule’s ears touch
anything his head goes down. In some
parts of this country it is a high com
plimont to a man to say that he has as
much sense as a mule.
It is seldom that a performer offers
to sorve at a theatrical benefit in vain,
but such was the case recently when
Lottie Gibson tendered her talents in
behalf of her husband, the Comedian
Ward, who had just come from jail for
beating her and setting fire to her flat.
Tho committee in oharge of the event
positively refused to let her appear.—
New York Sun.
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A HORRIBLE SCENE
SCORES OF DEAD AND DYING
AND HUNDREDS INJURED.
Tbc 014 Fori Opera Honse ip WasMiigton
City Collapses
AND CARRIES DOWN IN ITS
RUINS OVER 400 CLERKS
Who Were Employed iu the Record aud
Pensions Office.
Ford’s old theatre, the building in
which Abraham Lincoln was assassi
nated and which has been used by the
government for many years as part of
the offico of the surgeon general of the
army, collapsed Friday morning at
9 :50 o’clock with a terrible result in
loss of life and injury. The building
stood on 10th street Northwest, be
tween E and F streets, and not far
from Pennsylvania avenue.
It had been condemned at least fif
teen years ago and had been repaired,
propped up and renovated from year
to year. There were 475 persons,
mostly government clerks, employed
in the building, and nearly all of these
were ot work when the building fell.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
An excavation for an electric light
plant was being made in the cellar of
the structure—a three-story affair—
and, according to the best information
attainable, the workmen on Friday
morning had dug beneath the founda
tion supports in front of the building,
weakening them to such an extent that
the walls gave way before they could
be jacked. This explanation of the
cause for the accident is the only ono
advanced, but it seems somewhat
strange, in view of the fact that the
top floor gave way first.
WITHOUT A WARNING.
Men who were in tho building say
the crash came without a warning.
Those on the top floor were suddenly
precipitated to tho floor below and tho
weight of the falling timbers and fur
niture carried the second and first
floors with it. Fortunately, only the
forward half of the floors gave way.
The outer edges of the floor and the
rear part of the structure remained in
tact. The walls did not fall.
The news that the building had fall
en spread with lightning-like rapidity,
and soon Tenth street and the adjacent
thoroughfares were crowded with peo
ple. Within an hour the news was
known all over Washington and hun
dreds of anxious relatives and friends
swarmed to the vicinity of the old
theater. Women appealed anxiously
to every bystander for information
about some particular person, white
men came with tears in their eyes and
imploringly besought the policemen
to let them through the police lines
>that they might obtain some knowledge
of their friends and relatives.
A general fire alarm was turned in a
few minuteß after the crash, and then
all the ambulances in the city were
summoned. As quickly as possible
the police and firemen formed a rescue
brigade, and ready hands assisted
them to tako out the killed and wound
ed. In less than an hour, about twen
ty-five people had [been taken out and
every few minutes thereafter some still
form would be borne on a stretcher
from the building.
Ann THE HOSPITAES UTiniZED.
All the hospitals in tho city were
utilized in caring for the injured and
scores of physicians volunteered their
services for this work. The commis
sioners of the District of Columbia
took possession of the building and
vicinity in person and helped direct
the police and rescuers. Col. Corbin,
assistant adjutant general, of the
army, was sent by Major General,
Schofield to represent the war depart
ment and to decide if it was necessary
to call out the troops. Owing to the
excellent police regulations, the res
cuers were not hindered in their work
by anxious crowds, aud it was not long
before the debris had been cleared
away to such an extent that the work
of rescue could be carried on without
hindrance.
Both the military and naval autho
rities took prompt action. General
Schofield ordered two troops of calvary
from Fort Myer, just across the river,
and two companies of infantry from
the arsenal to the scene of the disaster.
The secretary of the navy ordered out
all the naval medical officers stationed
at Washington and also opened the
hospital to receive the injured. The
commandant at the navy yard was
ordered to render all the assistance in
his power.
About half past 11 o’clock a com
pany of the Fourth United States Ar
tillery, from the Washington barracks
arrived on the scene of the accident,
and the men were distributed about
the ruined structure to guard against
interference with the workmen.
Clerks who escaped were pressed
into service and went willingly to work
removing bundles of valuable docu
ments. A great deal of the work of
the pension office is dependent on these
records, and their value to the govern
ment and to individuals is inestimable.
They cannot be replaced.
TAKING OUT THE BODIES.
Every few minutes during the first
two hours after the accident dead and
wounded men were taken out of the
debris.
THE FIRST BODY FOUND.
Those who were early on the scene
found the body of a colored man in an
alley in the rear of the building,
where John Wilkes Booth had his
horse tethered the night he killed Lin
coln. This was George M. Arnold, a
well-known colored elerk, appointed
from Virginia.
There were many very narrow es
capes from death. A number of clerks
whose desks rested directly upon the
line where the floors broke away,
saved themselves, while the desks at
which they sat were preoipitated down
thfi awful chasm.
Within a very few moments a hun
dared or more men, stripped for hard
work, jumped into the building and
began throwing out the wreckage in
front and under the floors.
SCENES AT THE HOSPITAIi.
Most of those first taken out of the
ruins were carried to the Emergency
hospital. About 10:30 o’clock the
dead and injured began to arrive fast
er than the corps of surgeons could at
tend to their injuries. Carried in on
stretchers, they were dumped at the
most convenient places. Those who
were most seriously injured were at
tended to, while the others, groaning
and crying from the pain of broken
limbs, lay iimpless, beseeching the
doctors to dress their wounds.
HEARTRENDING INCIDENTS.
Shortly after the arrival of the firs*
unfortunates, a crowd began to as
semble in front of the hospital, many
of them being the wives, daughters
and relatives of the dead and injured.
Their weeping and frantic cries for in
formation were heartrending. They
greatly interfered with the work of the
physicians and Dr. Keer, in charge of
of the hospital, determined to shut
them out.
Load after load of wounded, blind
from the debris, and with limbs bro
ken and maimed, were dumped at the
door. They had to remain outside
for some time, as the force and facili
ties of the hospital were unequal to
the emergency. As quickly as the
surgeons, who were shortly reinforced
by the young men graduates of tho
city, could do so, they examined and
dressed the wounds and they were
then sent upstairs to more comfortablo
quarters.
Priests and ministers were soon on
the spot, and being at once admitted
to the cots of the injured, where they
administered spiritual consolation.
THRILLING EXPERIENCES.
The hairbreadth escapes narrated by
the survivors were numberless. One
of the most thrilling scenes of the
whole affair was the sight of a dozen
men who were loft in the corner of the
third story, clambering down on a
hose pipe to the ground.
Between 10 o’clock and noon the
ambulances were kept busy carrying
away the dead and injured. The faces
of many of the victims were covered
with pieces of cloth, an old coat,
newspaper, or whatever could be had,
but some of the mangled bodies were
carried out with their faces exposed to
the gaze of the great throng that sur
rounded the building.
THE CAPITAL IN GLOOM,
The terible catastrophe has cast a
frightful pall over the whole city.
Politics and the affairs of government
are completely lost in the discussion of
this, probably the most shocking ac
cident in the history of the govern
ment.
AT THE MORGUE. I
At the morgue the sight was one
horrible to behold. The little build
ing w r as not near large enough to hold
the dead bodies brought from the
wrecked building. When the morgue
was filled tho stable was turned into a
reception room for the bodies. Blank
ets were spread on the floor and the
remains were laid out as respectfully
as possible under the circumstances.
The president was informed of the
sad event just as he reached the en
trance to the white house by one of
the clerks, and ho at once interested
himself in relief measures and noted
with satisfaction what had been done
by Assistant Secretary of War Grant.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The following list of the dead thus
far reported, with the names of their
states, contains twenty-two names, in
cluding the unknown and one proba
ble duplication, only twenty-one bod
ies having been taken from the ruins.
The list of the dead is :
Unknown man, evidently a clerk;
George Allen, Pennsylvania; George
W. Arnold, Virginia; J. W. Boody,
New York ; Samuel P. Barnes, Penn
sylvania; Johnßussius, District of Co
lumbia ; J eremiah Daley, Pennsylvania;
James B. Fagin, Kansas; Joseph B.
Gage, Michigan; David C. Jordan,
Missouri; M. M. Jarvis, Michigan;
J. Boyd Jones, Wisconsin: F. B.
Loftus, New York; F. B, Meader,
Howard S. Miller, Ohio; J. H. M’Fall,
Wisconsin; E. G. Shull, Kansas;
William M. Scriever, Maryland; H. S.
Wood, ; F. B. Williams, Wiscon
sin ; J. E. Chapin, South Carolina;
One man taken from the ruins was
identified by a bystander as old man
McAuley, w r ho lives in Virginia, but
this identifiction was not verified.
LIST OF INJURED.
The injured are: A. L. Ames, Iowa;
L. C. Calvert, Maryland; S. J. Dewy,
New York; Louis Dusapy, George W.
Davis, Missouri; H. B. Esterling,
Fort Scott, Kas.; Washington Fry,
W. S. Gustin, Ohio; Dr. James H.
Howard (colored), Maryland; C. F.
Hathaway, Ohio; J. N. Hammer, Tenn. ;
George Handy (colored), Thomas
Hynes, Missouri; J. G. Johns, W.
Kugler, New Jersey; Clifton Lowe,
Iowa; William L. Ecture, District of
Columbia; E. Leger, Mississippi;
Frank Metcalfe, Massachusetts; G. M.
McLaughlin, Tennessee; J. P. Mc-
Cormick, Wisconsin: M. McLaughlin,
K. M. Petrick, — Pody, police officer;
G. L. Pruce, Texas; P. K. Pendleton,
Alabama; Charles Robinson, Col
orado ; A. C. Black, Indiana; Charles
B. Moore, District of Columbia; B.
F. Driscoll, New York; J. A. Miller,
District of Columbia; J. A. Stewart,
J. F. Sims, J. D. Shadbolt, (colored),
Missouri; F. B. Smith, Tennessee;
R. A. Smith, Connecticut; F.
F. Sams, Illinois; William M.
Smith, Baker, South Carolina;
William R. King, Mississippi; C. A.
Johnson, Missouri; P. U. Summer,
Ohio; John H. Thomas, Sedalia, Mo. ;
F. W. Test, Illinois; C. R. Weller;
N. T. Worley, Tennessee; James
A. White, of Georgia; A. G. Young,
of Pennsylania.
VALUABLE PAPERS BURIED.
It is thought that when the debris
is cleared away all the papers of value
will recovered.
The Washington Star, commenting
on the accident says:
Then la innocent blood on the head of that
intangible power Known aa the goramment
9f the United States. The miserly Angara .are
red with the blood, which but a few hoars ago
oonrsed through the bodies of men. The
widows and the orphans wsep for ths hus
bands and fathers sacrificed on the altyr of leg
islative economy and administrative disregard
At a meeting of citizens Friday af
ternoon, $5,500 was subscribed. Pres
ident Cleveland, who had been asked
to preside over the meeting was unable
to do so, because of a pressing official
business engagement, but sent his
check for SIOO, and Secretary Thurber
his for $25. The newspapers of the
city are actively engaged in the good
work, and the clerks in the depart
ments are contributing liberally.
TWENTY-FOUR DEAD.
The total number of dead is now
known to be tw'enty-four, and the in
jured, so far as ascertained,aggregates
fifty-two. The hospitals report all pa
tients doing nicely.
ANOTHER DEATH.
The death roll received another ac
cession Saturday morning, when A. M.
Gerault, a clerk from New Jersey, gave
up the struggle which he had main
tained against awful odds for nearly
twenty-four hours.
The report made by the superintend
ent of the Emergency hospital is en
couraging. Most of the patients show
improvement in their condition.
The jury of inquest empaneled Sat
urday morning consists of practical
business men of high character. In
vestigation by the war department will
also be had.
President Cleveland did not go to
the white honse Saturday morning, but
remained at his suburban residence,
“Woodley.” The president is said to
be much perturbed over the calamity
and will give his personal attention to
the matter of securing a full investi
gation.
A SAD DAY AT WASHINGTON.
The remains of the dead victims of
the horrid wreck of Ford’s theater,
have nearly all been disposed of.
Washington was a city of funerals
Sunday, and all day long mourners
were going about the streets. Ev
ery one knew what the sad
processions meant, and the sym
pathy of all was extended, albeit
unexpressed in many cases, to the sor
row-stricken ones. Inquiry confirms the
statement that none of the Victims
were men of property. Most of them
lived on their salaries entirely, and
left little for a day like this. Most of
them were married, and some had
large families, who are now left, if not
entirely, dependent upon friends and
relatives, at least lacking in funds for
immediate use.
THE INQUEST WAS EXCITING.
Government Clerks Wanted to Lynch
Colonel Ainesworth.
The inquest over the bodies of the
victims of the Ford theater disaster
was commenced at Washington Mon
day at 11 o’clock, in Willard’s hall,
adjoining Willard’s hotel, in a room
capable of accommodating about five
hundred people. Just at 11 o’clock
Colonel Ainesworth, chief of the rec
ord and pension division, who has
been placed on the defensive by im
plied accusations that he was re
sponsible for the presence of clerks
in the old building, entered the hall
and engaged in a short consultation
with his attorney. About a hundred
persons were present, most of them
clerks of the record and pension divi
sion, with a sprinkling of war depart
ment officials, doctors, contractors and
policemen.
Dr. Schafer, the deputy coroner of
the district, introduced the inquest.
Near the table, around which the
jurymen sat, was a smaller table, at
which was seated Colonel Ainesworth,
his attorney and a stenographer from
the war department. The district
attorney’s office was also represented.
The deputy coroner called the jury to
order and prefaced the [investigation
by a statement, that holdihg an inves
tigation in a public hall was something
of an experiment, and he admonished
the public present to keep perfect
quiet. There was nobody on trial, he
said. The jury would simply endeav
or to get at the facts in the case.. He
stated that the inquest was to be held
over the remains of J. A. Chapin,
whose body had been selected for that
purpose.
Much bitter feeling was entertained
by the clerks against Colonel Aines
worth, and during the taking of testi
mony a government clerk should that
Colonel Ainesworth should be arrested
for murder and not allowed bail.
On this announcement the tempest
broke in full blast. “Hang him !” was
shouted from a dozen throats. Every
man in the spectators’ seats rose up at
the cry, “Hang him ! hang him !” and
the howl grew .louder. Colonel Aines
worth sat cool and collected. Some
body said after the uproar was over
that his hand moved to his inside coat
pocket and remained there. His fea
tures seemed absolutely immovable.
It was with considerable difficulty
that quiet was restored, and Dr.
Schafer quickly adjourned the inquest
until 10 o’clock Tuesday morning at
the central police station.
AN INDIGNATION MEETING.
The department clerks stood about
the hall talking excitedly over the ac
cident. Colonel Ainesworth sat in his
chair for a minute and then walked
out of the building, entered a carriage
and was quickly driven away amid an
gry expressions from the crowd.
When the hall was emptied the ex
cited language of the clerks continued
on the sidewalks, and finally old But
ler Fitch mounted the steps and pro
posed an indignation meeting immedi
ately. The proposition was adopted
and the clerks took possession of the
hall. A committee was appointed to
wait upon the president and protest
against the proposed secret session
at the police station and to urge the
suspension of Ainesworth during the
inquest.
AS TO HAWAII.
Mr. Blount Hints That a Protectorate
Will be Established.
The latest advices from Honolulu
are to the effect that the annexation
party of Hawaii have settled it in theii
own minds that the United States if
going to establish a protectorate oven
the islands. Annexation, except at
something in the future, is not now
discussed, and the cry, “annexation oi
nothing,” is no longer heard. It if
reported that Minister Blount hae
dropped a hint that a protectorate is
the proper thing to look for. If the
constant protest of the royalists are to
be believed, they have no intention oi
makinga move until after the decision
of the United States is known.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
The News of tie World Condensed Into
Fitly and Pointed Paragraphs-
Interesting and Instrnctive to All
Classes of Readers.
The Joseph Binnis Chemical Works
in Williamsburg, N. Y., -were burned
Sunday night. The loss is SIOO,OOO.
The works of the Merriam and Mor
gan Company, at Cleveland, 0., were
partially destroyed by fire Monday
night. Loss, $200,000, partially in
sured.
The forty-first annual convention of
the international typographical union
began at Chicago, Monday. There
were fully 300 delegates present.
W. B. Prescott called the meeting to
order. Mayor Carter H. Harrison
made an address of welcome.
The second week of the Borden case
at New Bedford, Mass., opened Mon
day with an appearance of increased
interest. Over one-half of the specta
tors in the court room were women. A
notable feature of Monday’s proceed
ings Avas that Miss Borden’s inquest
testimony was excluded.
The Citizens’ National Bank, of
Hillsboro, 0., was closed Saturday by
order of Comptroller Eckels and placed
in the hands of bank examiners. C.
M. Overton is president. The bank’s
statement shows: Capital stock, SIOO,-
000; surplus, $50,000; undivided prof
its, $19,000; average deposits, $275,-
000; circulation, $22,500.
The Union Stock Yards State bank
at Sioux City, la., filed an asssgnment
Saturday morning, Howard G. Pierce
assignee. The assets of the bank are
placed at s4B2,667,liabilities $163,140.
The bank is capitalized at 300,000.
The clearing house committee, which
has charge of the failure, states that
it is- dire to loose methods of carrying
on business and will not affect anybody
else in the city.
A special cablegram of Friday from
Paris states that James Gordon Ben
nett, proprietor of the New York Her
ald, was dangerously injured on Wed
nesday. Mr. Bennett fell from a coach
on Avhich he was riding and was so
badly hurt that medical attention was
at once required. His condition grew
worse and Drs. Robin and Ledentu
performed an operation Thursday with
a vieAv of relieving him. Mr. Bennett’s
condition is now very dangerous.
Advices of Saturday from Madrid
states that a bill has been introduced
in the cortes providing for the reorgani
zation of the government of Cuba. It
prays to suppress the provincial coun
cil and create a council which will sit
in Havana and have power to deal
with the budget and frame laws
for reforms recommended by the Span
ish government. The conservative
Cubans, oppose the bill. The public
generally, although regarding it with
disfavor are less bitter in their opposi
tion.
A New York special of Monday
says: Drexel, Morgan & Cos. announce
that about 90 per cent of all classes of
stocks and bonds of the Richmond
Terminal company have already been
deposited, and that the outstanding
stock and bonds Avill be received by
June 24th, but only payment of pen
alties of 50 cents on common stock,
$1 per share on preferred stock and
S2O each on 5 and 6 per cent bonds.
They also announce the first call of
$1.50 per share on account of the as
sessment deposit on common stock at
their office on June 29, 1893.
The Kansas City, Wyandotte and
Northern railroad was sold at sheriff’s
sale at Kansas City, Mo., Monday un
der foreclosure of a mortgage for
$1,000,000, held by the Farmers’Loan
and Trust Company, of Boston. Jay
Gould came into practical possession
of the road about two years ago, when
he was obliged to take it to preserve
his interest in it, as he held a majority
of the stock. The sale was a mere le
gal formality. The road was bought
in by the Gould people and will be
made a part of the Missouri Pacific
system. It has a mileage of two hun
dred and thirty-eight miles, and runs
from Kansas City to Beatrice, Neb.
VIRGINIA POPULISTS
Making Preparations for a Ylgorous
Campaign in that State.
A Richmond special of Wednesday
says: The Virginia populists will hold
their state convention for the nomina
tion of governor, lieutenant governor
and attorney general, in Lynchburg
on Thursday, August 3d. This is just
two weeks before the democrats will
assemble in Richmond for the same
purpose. The basis of representation
in the people’s party gathering will
be one delegate and alternate from
each precinct.
These matters were determined at a
meeting of the state central committee
held at Richmond Wednesday, with
twenty-one persons present, represent
ing all of the districts except the sixth
and eighth. The committee had two
long sessions and discussed the politi
cal situation in the state quite freely.
The executive committee reported an
address to the Virginia voters which
was adopted and will be submitted to
the state convention as a basis for the
party platform. The paper is quite
long and declares in favor of the free
coinage of silver, equalization of taxa
tion and the repeal of the Anderson-
McCormick electoral board law. The
party will also favor a dog law and a
graped income tax. Secretary Harris
states that the party is organized in
twenty-four counties, partially organ
ized in twenty more and has chairmen
in ninety-six out of one hundred
counties.
Mexican Corn Importations.
A San Antonio special says: Gen
eral Warren T. Sutter, consul general
of the United States for north Mexico,
has just completed his report, which
shows that the importation of corn in
to Mexico during the fourteen months
ending" February 28,1893, were 353,-
800,000 pounds, valued at $6,000,-
000. Mr. Sutter states that but for
the nearness of the United States and
the unlimited supply, thousands of the
very poor of Mexico must have died
for lack of food. As it was there was
much severe suffering and the effect
will be felt for years.
A Peddler’s Retort.
“Do you want to buy some pencils?”
asked a peddler of an old country
lady, who regards agents and their kin
as a very pestilence. “No,” she an
swered sharply through a half closed
door. “Tape?” “No.” “Shoe
laces?” “No.” “Paper and envel
opes?” “No.” “Needles?” “No,
no, no.” “No, no, no, no,” echoed
the saucy mendicant, “it’s a wonder
you’ve got a no-o-ose left on your
face. ” — Springfield Homestead.
Queer Japanese Animals.
The Japanese believe in the exist
ence of a crane which, after it has
reached the age of 600 years, has no
need of any sustenance except water.
Their mythical dragon has the head of
a camel, the horns of a deer, the eyes
of a demon, the ears of an ox, the
body of a serpent, the scales of a fish
and the claws and wings of an eagle.
—Philadelphia Press.
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?
It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders, j
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble ?
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
“German
Syrup”
Judge J. B. Hied, of the Superior
Court, Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When men of rank
and education thus use and recom
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
It is above suspicion. “ I have used
your German Syrup,” he says, ‘‘for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Tungs. I can recommend it for
them as a first-class medicine.” —
Take no substitute. &
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A troublesome skin disease caused
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I was cured some years ago of White Swelling
in my leg by using and have had no
symptoms of re Hs§i!BS3ii turn U lO dis
ease. Many prominent physicians attended
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Positively cure Bilious Attacks, Con
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25 cents per bottle, at Drug Storea
Write for sample dose, free.
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AND OPIUM
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At your home without pain or confinement.
Patients continue business while under treat
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Do Not Be TWftivod
with Pastes, Enamels and Paints whfeh stain the
bands, Injure the Iron and born red.
The Rising Sun StoTe Polish Is Brilliant, Odor
less, Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or glass package with every purchase.
The Caro of Windows.
It is surprising that women do not
more often adopt the method used by
storekeepers for cleaning and polish
ing glass. I have tried it myself foi
several months and found it especially
valuable during cold weather, when it
would not be practicable to use water
outside. I use it both in and out
Provide yourself Avith common alcohol
and whiting; make the cloth damp
but not wet, with the liquid, then dip
it into the whiting. Rub the glass as
you Avould if using soap and water
Polish with chamois. Windows cleaned
in this manner will shine and sparkle
and will keep clean much longer than
if done in the old laborious Avar of
rinsing and wiping and polishing."
In words we clothe our thoughts.
Eloquent, subtle, poetical or thrilling
as these may be, they are intangible
and invisible until arrayed in lan.
guage.
Do You Sleep Peacefully ?
“ Sleep! to the homeless thou art home;
The friendless find in thee a friend;
And well Is he, where’er he roams,
Who meets thee at his Journey’s end.”
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See Brass’Tag Registered Trademark on all
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gr-—nr
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