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august.
Flower

used August Flower for Loss OF
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles I gained 69 lbs.
I have sold more of your August
Flower since have been in business
than any other medicine I ever kept.
Mr.. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use of August
Flower, recommended by me. I
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they ever
took. GEORGE w. DYE, Sardis,
Mason Co., KY. 8
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is no use in overhauling suspected ves-
sells of that sort. No trace of a compro-
missing article can ever be discovered,
the contraband has been slowed away IN
double walls, or otherwise concealed in
a manner to defy committee of ferrets,
and as a last resort the smugglers
would not hesitate to consi9n their car
90 to the sea after weighing it sufficient
ly to insure its instant disappearance.
By land, too, the illicit traffic is
carried on with an activity that has made
the custom-house officials suspect every
stranger of smuggling till an exhaustive
search shall have proved either his inno-
cence or his scrutiny-proof cunning.
Respectfully dressed and by no means
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JELLIEs AND MARMALADEs.

Jelly making requires skill and cares
only the best quality of fruit should be
used for making it, writes M. j. Ashton
in the New York Observer. Many
housewives cook jelly too long, which
makes it strong and dark colored. Some
fail in making jelly who have good sue
cess in canning and preserving. A few
rules will be of use to them: Use the
best quality of white sugar; cook in q
granite or porcelain lined kettle; boil
the juice five minutes or more before
adding the sugar; skim as often as any
scum arises; dip the tumblers into hot
water just before filing; have jelly
bag made of strong crash or white han-
mel; drain instead of squeezing the
pulp; strain the jelly after 1t is cooked
through cheese cloth just before put
ting 1t into the tumblers.
Apple Jelly-Tart, juicy apples should
be used. Maiden's Blush and the fall
pippin are excellent for jelly. The
Duchess and Rhode Island greening are
good for late-made jelly. Wash and
wipe the apples, and cut in quarters
without peeling, cook in porcelain
kettle with water to cover until soft;
keep covered closely. Pour in a jelly
bag and hang up to drain. Never
squeeze or you will have marmalade in.
stead of jelly. Measure the juice and
put over the fire, allow allow three
fourths of pound of sugar for every
pint of juice, heat the sugar in the oven !;
when the juice has boiled rapidly ten
minutes add the sugar and boil five or
ten minutes more, then try with the
skinner, dipping it in and out quickly;
if it runs off in only one place it is not
cooked enough for Jelly; if it drips in
two or three places it is ready to take
of.
Green Apple Jelly - Green apples
picked up in September before they are
ripe, make nice jelly. Wipe and cut
up with skins on, stew with enough
water to cook well, pour into a jelly
bag and drain over night, measure the
Juice and allow three-fourths as much
sugar as you have juice. Cook the juice
ten minutes rapidly before adding the
sugar, then cook five minutes longer and
test with the skinner the sane as the
other Jelly.
Plum Marmalade-Take ripe plums,
pour boiling water over them, take of
the skins and take out the pits, then
weigh, allowing one pound of sugar fol
every pound of fruit. Let them stand
ten minutes before cooking; boil from
fifteen to twenty minutes and dip out in
tumblers; when cold, seal.
Apple MaImalade-Peel, quarter and
core pleasant tart apples, COOK in water
until tender, then squeeze through o
co.arder. Measure and allow half as
much sugar as pulp, and cook together
until thick; then pour into bowls and
tumblers.
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|or other. Tobacco, cut up in narrow
strips and rolled up with bundles OF
straw, was for years carried across the
|Tournay canal bridges on hay wagons
lin broad daylight before the douaniers
the trick. though in pursuance
|of regulations they had always taken the
|precaution of prodding each load of hay
with long-pronged forks.
A still more ingenious stratagem was
tried in the Ardennes between Philippe
willie and Rocroy. Finding that many
|of their matadors were personally known
ito the French gendarmes, band of
Belgian smugglers conceived the idea of
training dogs for the purpose of crossing
|the line in moonlight, or even in day
time. during the prevalence of noun
|tain fog. With little practice stout
dog could manage to trot and gallop with
IA lead of twenty pounds, distributed
evenly in small, pack-saddle-like bags,
and fastened in the way that in stress Of
circumstances the four-footed messenger
could dash through the tangled under
brush without losing his cargo. Dogs
|selected for that sort of work had ac-
|companied their masters on many prev
Eous expeditions and came to understand
The danger of the road SO we'll that
kbey would now and then retrace their
stems and hide in the thickets ill the
Evening twilight enabled them to resume
kheir Journey with better chance Of
Safety. Frontier guards who hal acci-
5entally come across these four-legged
|contrabandists reported that they would
kyod the public roads as much as posi-
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strategic erudition of our best military
academies would be match against the
tricks of border outlaws whose skill In
outwitting the vigilance of their adVer-
saries has often been perfected by the
constant practice of many years.
The plan of employing the soldiers OF
the regular army in the service OF the
Revenue Department was repeatedly
tried by the French Government IN the
smuggler districts of the Pyrenees, but
had at last to be abandoned as a sheer
waste of time and trouble.
In the more dangerous localities line
of picket posts has often been extended
for miles on both sides of the headquar-
ter camp, the interval between the SEN
tries being so close that they could COM
municate without an extraordinary vocal
effort, and in order to test their vigil
ance it had been made rule that the
hours and half hours of the night must
be called out by the corporal of each de-
tachment, and repeated from post to
post all along the line.
ABOUT q .to a. NJ Ill q epSSiiJ oN
night, the sentries near St. SauVeur, IN
the Department of Haute Pyrenees,
shouted out "Three o'clock" with dis
tlnctness that awakened hundreds of re-
sponses and brought out half dozen
non commissioned officers at double
quick to ascertain the cause OF the un-
timely vociferations. Angry discussions
followed, and few minutes later gang
of shadowy forms passed the line within
few steps of poor recruit who had
been leprimanded out of his wits and
would not have ventured to run the risk
of another false alarm if the whole force
of Don Carlos had passed by with all
their field guns and ammunition wagons.
The smugglers themselves had set the
sentries a-shoutiug, for the double
purpose of pro6ting by the ensuing con-
fusion and of ascertaining the exact
position of each picket post.
On another occasion troop OF
mounted strangers challenged sentry
in good French and warned him to give
the countersign more promptly in future,
and, after ordering him to repeat his in
struct:ons, trotted of, leaving the be-
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bic, and at sight of stranger would stop
to reconnoiter, and at the first suspicious
symptom would turn aside and disappear
like wolves in the gloom OF the forest.
Brussels lsces were smuggled in on
similar plan. A few lean sheep were
wrapped round and round with rolls OF
valuable dry goods and then covered
with an artificial fleece so cunningly ad-
iusted that the trick could not be easily
detected if the woolly contrabands were
driven along with herd Of stall-fed
wethers.
In the free port of Gibraltar English
merchandise of various kinds can be
bought about three times as cheap as IN
the neighboriDg cities of Malaga and
Seville. The result is an irrepressible
contraband traffic, carried on by land
and by sea, by night and by day, but es-
pecially in winter, when sea fogs and
long nights favor the smugglers. Fish
ing smacks hover in sight OF the haroor
and manage to approach northbound
steamers at the first peep of dawn, when
nine out ten passengers are fast asleep
and no indiscreet eyes are apt to notice
such little private transactions as the
picking up of "foat"-a package,
varying in weight from twenty to hun
dred pounds, wrapped up in water
proof oilcloth and buoyed up by means
of cork strips. Half dozen such floats
can be dropped in an unobtrusive way
after an exchange of preconcerted sig
nails, and few hours after the crew of
the smack will transfer the consignment
to accompllces awaiting their arrival in
some unfrequented cove. Revenue cut
ters have found by experience that there
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pA1NrILY ATTRACTIVE CURTAINS.

DAlNTlLf AIIhhSllNE SOHAh1N
The woman whose artistic ability has
to compensate for the slimness OF her
purse is never more successful than when
she is arranging the draperies for her
summer room. Window-curtains of un-
usual daintiness and pretty effect were
made by such a woman the other
day.
Fine cream-color cheese cloth was
bought for eight cents yard, which
was to be used for bath curtains. The
deep hem across the bottom was outlined
with three rows of gilt thread. Ox-eyed
daisies, bright yellow ones, with their
dark brown centres, were painted with
water-color paints here and there over
the curtain, which hung in graceful
folds from brass rod. The side was
caught back with a cord formed Of
twisted gilt thread. The curtain was
light and airy and of just the shade to
temper the glare of the sun.
Homemade curtains of white French
lawn are pretty. Dsiuty ones have a
design of forget-me-nots painted across
the bottom. At each side they are held
back with blue and white ribbon cord
formed of No. ribbon twisted to form
q rope effect and finished with ribbon
rosette.
Curtains with narrow ribbons run
through a deep hem at the bottom are
also new and pretty.-New York World.
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Fsed just right
Liver, Stomach, and Bowels, by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
do it in just the right way, too
by using Natures own methods.
That's why they're better than the
dreadful, old fashioned pills, with
their gripping and violence.
But they're better in every way.
In size, for instance, and dose.
They're the smallest and the cas-
lest to take; only one little Pellet
is needed for a gentle laxative
three for a cathartic. They cleanse
and regulate the system thoroughly
but it's done easily and naturally.
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements of
the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are
prevented, relieved, and cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned. You pay only for value
received.
Something else, that pays the
dealer better, may be offered as
"just as good" Perhaps it is, for
him, but it can't be, for yon
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wildered conscript under the impression
that his cross-examiner must have been
the commander OF a cavalry patrol from
some neighboring military post.
The French Government derives a
large share of its internal revenue from
the duty on tobacco, and it has been
estimated that an average of 1850, 900
pounds a year are smuggled across the
Spanish and Belgian border in some way
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Dlue. Inc tDlDR 10 dFOIu ioi 'bS"> "N
fetes is all approach to the conventional
street gown with its tailor made look.
Strive as lar as possible 10 attain the quaint
and picturesque.
The illustration depicts an empire gown
in embroidered batiste. made up over SKY
blue glace taffeta, the batiste being OF q
lighter shade. The guipure collarette ana
cuffs are in salt gray. Io7 will note how
the pleating is done at the front; at the BACK
there is 4 Vatican in gaufred pIeatlrg'
The sleeves are also in gauired plcatlnE'
The ribbon used is in light green velvet.
Some Of the combinations Of manve ana
cream are delightful. For instance, al
exquisite cream muslin printed with maHVe
sprigs OF flowers is set oil ny a deep sash OF
ma,ve and cream ribbon. The front OF
the corsagr las Il .:chu of lace brought down
under the sash and the bottom of the sklrl
is garnitured with TWO tiny nounces, lace
embroidered.
The illustration depicts lovely summer
costume in barege and tatleta glace, very
appropriate for a garden party or lawn
party of any kind The tafleta not only
serves to make the plastron, the collar, the
reyers, the sleeves, and the bias bands on
the skirt but il also serves as ioundatlot
for the baregc. This gown must be maze
princess and be glove fitting. The plastron
Is peated over lining and the dress material
cut from under it, The puffed sleeves are
caught up with bow of ribbon.
Garden and lawn parties promise to be
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
SMOKING FISH.

Fish that are dried for use are first
salted lightly, and then smoked by hang
ing them in a smokehouse and burning
bark or wood under them. But little
smoking is given unless the fish are in
tended for long keeping. The smoking
preserves the fish by means of the pyro-
igueous acid produced by the smothered
combustion of the wood and deposited in
the flesh of the fish as the smoke cools.
New York Times.
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ART OF SMUGGLING.
1T IS EXTENSIVELY CARRIED
ONIN EUROPE.
Ingenious StratasemS of Contra
bandists-t;vading' the Soldiers
Four-Footed SmuGSiers-Con-
traband Traffic on the Sea.

.ARIBALDI, during
his exile on the ISL
and OF Caprera,
often used to say
It at there would
have been no great
difficulty in pro-
tracing his guer-
rilla campaigns for
years if he had
chosen to recruit his
troops among the
smugglers Of th e
Calabrian highlands.
1t might, indeed,
be doubted If in
practical warfare the
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Beware Of Ointments for Catnrrh That
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely dcrange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions. from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will dQ is ten fold to
Halfs R f0C Catarr6 M p Cure ' manIfactHred BY +. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O,contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, and actS directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney g. Co.
eI Sold by Druggists, price T5c. per bottle.
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The British Sunday-school Union re-
ports 6661 schools. with 152, ,977 teach
rrs and 1884, scholars, but the
large majority OF British Sunday-schools
do not belong to the union.
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HARMONIOUS suNsIIADE. OF a Ilch falile iran
caise and the bodice, oVerskirt and pulled
sleeves of striped wool crepe. The collar
tab and belt are of fine gold gimp. You may
make this gown up in dark and light
heliotrope.
The illustration depicts dainty gown for
8 lawn party. The material is a figured
foulard, pink geranium with white flowers.
The bottom of the skirt is finished with
narrow scalloped band and below 1.-two
tiny rutfles of lace.
The dress is set off with white lace figaro
and the sleeves are also draped with lace
The V-shaped neck is filled in with fichu
of pleated gauze held in place by fancy pins.
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bly, true by ordinary or common
methods. but NOT TRUE when
the effort ID associated with the
kind Of entei prise that appears Ia
this prospectus. Five hundred
thousand new nibsri'ibsr will
mean ~ us more than SiO0.000 VI
advertising revenues during the
next five years. We can AFFORD io
pay for them at least bnlf their
value to US. We ave willing 10 90
even more than this. II necessary,
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At Home Or Abroad

You cannot be guarded against severe and
dangerous attacks to throat and lungs without
that greatest of all family medicines, DR.. HoX-
sizes Certain Group lure. II d fS mt crTtutl
0piqlm In any form. Causes no nausea. Sold
by all prominent druggists. SOC. Manufac-
LIlred hY a. 2. Hoxsie Buffnlo. Y. Y.
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Mr.. Darius waterhonse, Chattanooga Tenn.
saws: ait cost but little TO try Bradycrotine
md a trial is all that is necessary to convinee
The doubling thousands that it will cure head
Eche." AL druggists, fifty cents.
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and TO that end have originated the 4
faiirst and most ingenious plan OF I
distributing Cash Premiums or
Rev ards OF Merit among new sub-
scrihers that the world has ever
known. Tie plan or method ts In Z
conflict with no law agsinst lotter-
irs or schemes of chance: 1t In
wolves nothing that Is illegal or Inn
moral. Il places u prrm;uD on
brains; It IA, In short. the very Z
esseiicc nf what Is cummenda Bile.
hoile,t {, liberal and attractive
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Pure and wholesome Quality

Pure and "hoIes0me QuuHty
Commends to public approval the California
liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs 1t is
pleasant to the taste and by acting gently on
the kidney, liver and bowels to cleanse the
system etfectually, 1t promotes the health and
comfort of all who use it, aud with millions it
is the best and only remedy
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! ARGUMENT. eIs IsT p1S11as: AaSs1:
- INC CoNIANY, Of Jersey City. n. j..
have undertaken TO guarantee TO
\ their Advertising patrons total
= circulation for their various papers
n Of not less than ONE MILLION.
This means all addition OF 500, 900 to
y that to scc,;re q half million new
y subscribers in six months ~ Misi.
"A n,ss imp0ssibllity. This is proba-
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The Italian Government has purchased
Caprera, the island that was Garibaldi's
home.
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The so-called Japanese crepons, large
and fantastic figures in blue on ecru grounds,
are also very appropriate for garden parties
saw one made up with huge bell sleeves
reaching to the elbows and with lace under
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THE REALM OF FASHION
WHAT TO WEAR AND HOW THEY
MAKE 1T.
The Harmonious Sur shade - a Garden
Party Costume - Other New Designs.

T'this season Of the
year a woman's
thoughts are concen-
trated upon outdoor
effects. The sunshade
is such an effect
When it harmonizes
thoroughly with o
costume the result is
II st pleasing. In
the initial illustra-
ton the sunshade is
in harmony with the
u n d e T S k irt and
sleeves. In this cos
tune the underskirt
and tight sleeves are
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NERVOUS, bilious, disorders, sick headache,
Indigestion, loss of appetite and constipation
removed BY Beecham's Pills.
If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp.
pop Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle.
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;rI;,n Each dash appearing In the pn,
ExUIGEldliUII.l letter. and wIrn the proper i,
coch Ititldlr II, i.t fuuid complete ~ An Pi.F
this cusc the Untittc' etteis Ale "hu y, aid wle
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hVtSStkOAA. against even an appear.
ance Of irrecularity or COLLISION a copy Il the \
oE trn wGI d. srcf !" IN, MAKE uP The
SMITH. Superintendent Of the Jersey City Police y
ntr&r:mri j. under seal to he opened December \
6 lS III tie prese Ct0f "itn, sstS. after his
tst C!cSts. 1!r ccl:, ,ue l:st will b. printed In a
J. u u: ne u Er'ry ssECs Of our rmir papers. so
Hat al have Ul receive rewards for correct
aLs"tIs vii krow wherein they failed This Z
method Cf Iittctt ttion is cue uall concerned and
ahsG G!Ifcly DfrN Ncnts everything That is
srribrr.
risrCH&TE THE WORDS YOU ANSWER BY
Ti:Fii. %TrTTKs. anu tie wise and send your
answer al oEGc.
AGuiC.> ~ !s!;trs and make all remittanc4s2
payable Ia tie Treasurer Of the American Pub
l.shirs: Co., as fellows:
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-25
THE SENATORIAL BIG FOUR"
Comment on the Location of the Demo
cratic Convention

Comment on the Location of the Dem o.
cratic Convention.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The longer the
situation is considered the more it becomes
apparent that the selection of Chicago as
the place for holding the next national
Democratic cor invention was the work of
the senatorial Big Four German, Hill.
Brice and Barbour. There is some feeling
about what y % 'Jhwestern Democrats call
the combine and at meeting of the
leaders from innesota, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Michigan yesterday, it is stated that
an agreement was reached to make n
united effort at the Chicago convention to
prevent the combine from controlling
the presidential. nomination.
Tammany to BE Much on Hand.
While the talk was going on Thursday
night in the committee during the ballot
Bourk Cochran said that no city of
even 100000 inhabitants could ac-
commodate the next Democratic
national convention. Tammany alone
he declared would carry to the next
convention 1900 braves. and fully 5000
Democrats from New York city would be
there. From New York state fully 5000
men would 60 making New York's repre-
sentatiOn nearly if not quite 1l.C00 men,
Senator Villas inferred from this that this
army of men would go in the interest of
Hill, and he more warmly espoused the
cause of Milwaukee.
Call for tlie Democratic Convention.
Chairman Brice. of the national commit
tee, has issued the call for the national
convention a. Chicago, June q. Each
state is entitled to "A representation there.
in equal to double the number of the rep
resentation to which it is entitled in the
next electoral college, and each territory,
and the district of Columbia shall have
two delegates.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-25
War Among Frogs.

Many of the citizens of Vermont will re-
member to have seen on one dollar bills of
the Windham County State bank vignette
representing frogs fighting. This was en-
graved to commemorate what is known as
the Battle of Bullfrogs.
Many years ago, when the town of Wind
ham was newly settled there was very
dry season. There are two large ponds in
Windham, separated by a considerable
strip of land. Each of these ponds was in
habited by large number of frogs.
The smaller pond dried up, and its in
habitants started in a body for the lower
and larger pond. They were met in the
intervening space by a party from the
larger pond, and fierce and long contin-
ued battle ensued between the rival COM
munities.
The hideous clamor of the frogs during
this encounter attracted the attention of
several farmers, who witnessed the strange
spectacle of bullfrogs engaged in fierce
and deadly battle. The contest lasted
twelve hours, and nearly all the inhab-
itants of the little town witnessed it. The
war is now one of the traditions of the
place.-Youth's Companion