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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
Those "Sweet Sacred soncs.-

We believed when we secured the
sacred Songs" TO furnish our subscrib-
ers that when they We're once thoroughly
introduced there would be q great de-
mand for them. They are going rapidly
Orders are coming in from all directions.
Almos; every town in Oklahoma is rep
resented. Hundreds have been sold in
this city, where the music-loving people
have an opportunity Of examining them.
They only cost % cents. Postage stamps
will do.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
CRIPPLE CREEK.
THE GREAT GOLD FIELD OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Is easily reached via the Great Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway. either by way OF
Pueblo or Colorado Springs. or both.
Colorado express leaves Wichita daily at
sis D. m, arriving at Pueblo or Colorado
Springs for breakfast. Cripple Creek 70
only a few hours ride from Pueblo or Col
orado Springs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The fac n
49, asisa&X2zzza 1 -
Still They Go.

Still they go-those Sweet Sacred
Songs One has only to see the book. to
be convinced of its superiority and merit.
We have the testimonials of number
of the leading musicians in the city in
this issue. Read them. Come and see
for yourself-take one home and give it
a thorough examination. If it is not su-
perior TO anything in the sacred song
line that you have in the house, return
it. Out of the hundreds that we have
sold not one has been returned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

Mrs. WILSON'S Soothing Syrup
Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS Of MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES
the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. AL
LAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND collie,
and is the best remedy for
DIARRHOEA. Sold by Druggists in
every part of the world. Be sure and
ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty
five cents q bottle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
The Zohe CIub.

The ladies of the Endeavor Presbyte-
rian chulch, corner Eighteenth and
Marker streets, will give an ice cream
Social on the church lawn this evening,
July Is. The Zobo club will sing. Ice
cream and cake 10 cents. 4S-1t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
ANNUAL CONVENTION NATIONAL
FRISCO LINE.
ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO RAIL
ROAD COMPANY

Tennessee Centennial and International
Exposition.
Esshvili@. Tenn. May ! 20 Oct 81. 1897.
The Frisco Line nov have On sa5e
round trip excursion tickets 20 Nashville.
Tenn. Gar he above a. exceedingly low
rates.
For faE Information cal on or al
dress z c. HOAG.
Cr.v Ttc.e. eRen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
DIS
GENERAL STEAM SHIP AGENCY.
NO. PAC. TICKET OFFICE,
LA North Main Street,

LA North Main Street.
WICHITA, Kansas.
We can sell you through Railway and
steamship tickets 10 ell points In the
world.
We are agents for tie following lines
Of Ocean steamship companies. ana keep
the original tickets always on hand. 80
that upon purchasing We can hand them
TO you at once.
American Line-New York TO South
ampton.
American Lln-Phliadelphia to LIVER
pool.
Anchor Line-New York TO Glasgow.
Cunard Line-New York 20 Liverpool
North German Lloyd-Ssw York to
Southampton. Bremen. Genoa. Naples.
Gibraltar. Austria, China and Japan.
White Star Line-New York 20 LIVER
pool, Cape Town. South Africa and
South American points.
We elso make a speciality OF prepaid
ocean tickets. So that any one desiring
20 pay for a ticket here 70 bring over
their friends from the Old countries can
DO so safely and ehesply. We attend %
the delivery OF the ticket on the Other
side. E. z. BLECKLEY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

One OF the leading attorneys Of the
state, living two hundred miles away,
writes to leading attorney Of this city,
sending him copy for a hundred page
brief with the statement that the last
brief the Eagle people printed for you
was the finest ] ever saw.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

Last summer one OF our grand-child-
rem was sick with severe bowel trou-
BILE" says Mrs. E. G. Gregory, Of Fred
erickstown, Mo. Our doctors remedy
had failed, then we tried Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which gave very speedy relief" For
Eale by Druggists.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
HALF FARE EXCURSIONS VIA
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND

DETROIT. MICH. tickets on sale
July 4ih and 5th. and 10th and 18th.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. tickets on
sale July 18th, 18th and 14th.
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE. n. Y. tickets
on sale July 10Th and 11th.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND. tickets on
sale Angus; 10TH and 18th. and Septsm-
Der 7th and sth.
Ask Rock Island Agen; for particulars.
HAL S. RAY. ID. p. A.
DIS Wichita, Kansas
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

Recently woman in New York City.
who went into a store TO buy a we'll
known medicine, was persuaded 10 take
something Just as good" She took II
and died from the effects of =. A sui,
for damages is pending.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
Phone 1879.
REMEMBER.

THE ROCK SLAND ROUTE 10 the
ONLY LINE running through SLEEP
ERS and CHAIR CARS from WICHITA
TO CHICAGO WITHOUT CHANGE
Best line east and west
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
FACTS WORTHY OF STRONG
EMPHASIS.

The time from Wichita TO ST Louis
via Santa Fe route and Kansas City in
GLIDING thirty minutes lay over at Kan
Gas City, is only 15A hours. making the
actual running time 144 hours. This q
the quickest time to st. Louis Smooth
track, elegant equipment and every
thing for comfort.
- II going TO st. Louis or beyond try
the quick time Santa Fe Route.
Phone 139 L. r. DELANEY. Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

In buying medicines. food products,
kitchen preparations. or anything else
that concerns health, see that no strange
Inferior goods are recommended by ir-
responsible persons.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
CHEAP RATES TO NASHVILLE.
TE~~

For Tennessee Centennial The Rock
Island Route VII sell every Tuesday
excursion ric<sts. good Cor twenty days.
az rate q sz5-S5. BAL = PAT.
D. p r.. Wichita. Kan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
Exchange Stables.

Exchange Stables az Orlando and
Saltwater Make a specially OF carry
ing passengers between these points
Also do a general livery business. Trav-
cling mems patronage solicited.
SHIVELY, VAN WYKE & SHIVELY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

II retailer found that every attempt
at substitution cost him a customer he
would soon be tired Of 1t and would sup
ply what the public asks for.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

''It is no false pretense." says DR.. D.
S. Henson, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Chicago. ito claim that Sweet
Sacred Songs is collection of the bes.
and most popular devotional selections
gathered from the greatest composers Of
sacred music. 1t is casket OF precious
gems that ought 10 be in every choir.
and in every home where there are low
ers Of sacred song"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

Have you tried DR.. Peppers Phos-
Ferrates-the most delicious drink.
nerve tonic and blood maker? Only at
Behring's fountain, 400 East Douglas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
WICHITA TO ST. LOUIS.
IN SIXTEEN HOURS AND FIFTY
MINUTES VIA MISSOURI

THE Kansas and Nebraska Limited"
train leaves Wichita daily at 2Io p. m.
and arrives at St. Louis next morning at
100. No need OF hurrying yourself 20
catch a morning train. Eat your dinner
at home Take your afier-dinner nap.
after which you can take the Missouri
Pacific Flyer and reach St. Louis for
breakfast. Same time as though you had
left on a morning train. Quick time.
Elegant service City Ticket Office lls
North Main street.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

The tradesman who resorts TO imita-
ton and substitution deserves no con-
eideration. Show him none. Get what
sou ask for when you go 10 buy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
TAKE THE MISSOURI
PACIFIC. KANSAS AND SEBRA5-
Ka LIMITED FOR ST LOUIS.

Leave wichita al 40 p Il. arriving
Al 8. Lou.s nsxt morning 7s,9. making
direct coanecsi0ps With al naes ess,
No change o, cars Eiezan; service
City Ticx<t ofacs i1t North Main street
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

The substitution Of one article for an
other is kind Of green goods game tina.
the public can pu. an end 20 by refus-
ing 10 trade at stores where i. IS prac-
ficed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

The best cigar for the price is the
Kossuth. For sale by G. Gehring, C. ].
Mackey and Hettinger Bros. 1t is a
scent cigar for 10-cent smokers.
fii-f-sof.1Ef
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
Western Passenger Agent
REMEMBER WELL AND BEAR IN
MIND

That the Missouri Pacific railway IL the
shortest and quickest route 10 all Colo
RADIO points. Leaves Wichita at Sis
p. M. arriving al Pueblo $50 a. m. Col
orado Springs 800 a. m, and Denver at
l2 noon. One hour quicker than any
competitor. City ticket Office LA North
Main street. Telephone 21l.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
Piano Tuning
Mrs. wtnslow's Soothing Syrup

]. L. Sheldon is at the Manhattan
hotel Please order there. 3S-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
Iho<e -.<re.I sonx.-

No Scaooi .esczss attending ;Ae ins.i-
TUE czz Afford . cave tae ely zliaoas
a copy :. RE '1Szes; szesss so-<s~ Ak
Mia cl4.k. yO2: nss!e las;Facsss. 4ssz.
sasn-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
SPECIAL EXCURSIONS. ONE FARE
FOR THE ROUND TRIP VIA

IHE sANIA n ElLI IL
DETROIT. MICH. tickets o. sac
:1iy +,a ard s;h. ana i9fn and i2th
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. tleks;s 90
sale July Izta. Ian and is5.
cHAUTArQCA LAKE. ~ 7. scke.s
On sale JAY l5sa AMI TIA.
TSDIASAPOi.is. IND, ;lekrss On
sac August Ists ana I7sa. sn5 sey.en-
Ter 10 and s.n.
SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. ,lckess On
saie July ssn AMI issa. i7.a ard ls,a.
E2z3rih league Easl01sl coaven.5oa.
Toronto. Ont. JAY iSfh % lsfa. isg7-
For 30 zoove oecsssoa TIE SANTA Pc
Route .i1 So roand ZIP ;lcke.s a. rae
q ore fare sz3-so. Ff5si T~ssrn h,.lt.
Asz1z, tzya- Z ~ DEi-zSEY
Pzoae iz<. ks~as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

London. July lo.-It is reported that
one OK the chief features Of Moaseignor
Sambucettis special repo-. 20 the pope
on the growth u Catholicism in England
is the Astonishing conclusion tina; the de-
crease oc Me,hodism is largely due 10 the
;ransferenoe OF membership in that body
10 membership in the church o: Rome.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE

TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND
INTERNATIONALLY EXPOSITION.
MAY 1ST TO OCTOBER s0TH. 1897.
For this occasion. commencing May
Goth and continuing daily thereafter TO
and including October 18th. 1881, the
Missouri Pacific railway will sell tickets
to Nashville and return for 1856. limit
ed for return passage 60 November I'll.
1897.
fast express :rsins daily. making close
connection in 81. Louis Union depoS
with trains to Nashville. For particulars
call on or address
+ 4 pTECxr Ey y n r
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
E. E. BLECXLEY. p. & T. A..
WHEN PLANNING YOU

TON ask Rock Island ticket agent
abou, the low rates this summer and
fall Some one OF the many cheap ex-
cursions viii probably suit ycu. The
Rock Island Route have them 10 almos,
all points.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES

THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Toronto. On;.-Epworth League meet
ing; one fare for the round trip. Sold on
July IL, Is and II. 1897.
Chattanooga. Tenn.-ses-1o for the
round trip. Tickets viii be sod July Il.
Is and IA. 1897.
indianapolis. Ind.-Ore fare for round
trip; on sale August is and II. 1897.
indianapolis, Ind.-One fare for round
trip: or sale September and S. 1897.
For further information call or or ad-
dress E E. BLECKLEY, P. T. A.
ia N Main street, Wichita, Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

REDUCED RATES VIA MISSOURI
PACIFIC RAILWAY TO ST.
LOUIS AND CHICAGO.
On July Is. II. IS. 10. 20. p. .. IS. so.
and August 2, s. and IL. 1897. the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway will sell enc way
tickets 10 s.. Louis at rate Of $1l.5o and
10 Chicago a. one way rate OF S15.eo.
For further information cali on or ad-
dress E E BLECKLEY. P. & T. A.
LA North Main St
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
Railroad Readers


NASHVILLE. TENN. AND RETURN
$685.
TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL AND IN
TERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
The Archison. Topeka and Santa Fe
viii sell daily. tickets to NASHVILLE ana
return at rate Of 1855 continuous pas
sage in each direction Final limit
November 5,h. 1891.
L r. DELANEY. Agent
Telephone 1s9.
Through tickets. baggage checked.
maps. time tables and fun informa
about the Santa Fe Route and Frisco
Line can be obtained from their ticket
Office at Douglas avenue station. which
Is open until ie:ao p. m every day. Al
questions cheerfuliy answered
L. R. DELANEY. Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

KANSAS CITY TO CINCINNATI
WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.
The Wabash railroad Is now running
through cars TO Cincinnati on their fast
mail train, leaving Kansas City at $50
every evening. making practically no
change Of cars from Kansas City to
Louisville. Cincinnati. Washington.
Baltimore and Philadelphia. and short
en;ng the time to Ell above places from
five to eight hours. The Wabash II the
only line that does this
II. " GARLAND,
W,oyeru Do SSspper A0ant
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
FRISCO LINE"
ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO
RAILROAD COMPANY.

Interstate Chautauqua Assembly. Car
;hage. Mo. June n 70 July 9. 1881
For this occasion the FRISCO LINE
will have on sale round trip tickets at
exceedingly low rates and will also on
special days during the assembly run ex-
cursion trains. For full particulars ad-
dress +. G. HOAG.
City Ticket Agent
Cor Main and Douglas. Wichita. Kan
ANNUAL CONVENTION NATIONAL
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE OF THE
UNITED STATES.
DETROIT. MICH. JULY i3-l5. 1887.
For the ABOVE the FRISCO LINE viii
sell round trip tickets for one hrst-class
standard fare. Tickets viii 5e On sale
July slh 20 12th inclusive. Final return
Imi: July 20,h. Z. G. HOAG.
City Ticket Agent.
Corner Main ard Douglas. Wichita.
Kan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

THE HUNTING AND FISHING
GROUNDS
OF Colorado quickly and comfortably
reached via the Santa Fe Route. Low
rates during the season. Write W. j.
Black, G. P. A, Topeka. Kan, for copy
of A Colorado Summer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

The best way to Colorado is over the
Santa Fe route. The fast train which
leaves Wichita at 3:45 p. m. arrives at
Colorado points the next morning. For
information call on or address
l.. r. DELANEY. Agent.
Phone 1879. Douglas Avenue Depot
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
YAeI.E WANT ADS

rssca s1s zsos; people ans 5rsa<
NJ ses- r~ssi;s a riAl 2lSsys
conT sc<x
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

$3.50 10 California. June %. 30. July I.
and 3, via Santa Fe route.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
ARE YOU GOING TO KANSAS CITY
REMEMBER THE MISSOURI PA
NII,IC ID AZ w CnNIPANX

REMEMBER THE MISSOURI PA
CIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
g the only line that runs a strictly
Wichita-Kansas City train. Leaving
Wichita at $40 p. m, arriving at Kan
sas City next morning a, 7:2o. This
train Is made up at Wichita and there
fore always leaves on time Nice chair
cars and Pullman sleepers.
Notice the leaving time. and the next
time you go to Kansas City take the
Missouri Pacific Always on time.
Never late. Fine equipment. Leaves
Wichita at a reasonable hour and ar
rives at Kansas City neither too late
nor too early. Depot corner Second and
Wichita streets.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE,
WICHITA TO CHICAGO AND PEORIA
sls %
WICHITA TO ST. LOUIS r2.se.
PropOrt.snzteiy !ox rates 20 Ell ss0!7-s
east
Tickets 81 sale July is;h 20 21s.. IN
elusive. siso July 23rs. essn. s9ih. Aug
ID. s;l. s1n and izra.
Phone 80 HAL :. RAY. y. 2. a.
Wlchl.a. Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

EPWORTH LEAGUE. ATTENTION.
TO TORONTO. ONT. AND BACK.
VIA CHICAGO. FOR $3.50. GScLUD-
ING VISIT TO NIAGARA FALLS
AND A TRIP ACROSS LAKE oNTA-
RIO BY DAYLIGHT on Juiy y. II
and "a THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND
ROUTE viii sell rourd trip tickets from
wichita for s50so. good for return unaI
Aug. L. For fur particulars aj4sezs
HAL 5. RAY. d +. a,
Wichita. Kan-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

Altitude and low temperature maks
summer travel pleasant. Go % san
Francisco In July via Santa Re.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

Chicago Man By the Chemical Treatment
of . Fibre has Cosssructsd . Coat
which Stops Bullets Fired From .
Heavy Pistol Ten PAGES Away, With
Great Ease-A Number of Skepticai
People See It Work aud are Convinced
He Hints ut the Way in Which He
Made It
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
REMEMBER THIS:
THAT THE
SANTA FE ROUTE

Time 10 al points Eas; and Southeast
quick.
Most Popular Line n All Points
Phone 1s9. L. r. DELANEY. Agent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

ing. The detectives saw The situation.
saw the unassailible position OF the Ton
ga. Banks. and went back 10 their ship.
As the ship slowly sailed away the de-
tectives. down behind the horizon. saw
back there a the tip OF a mighty cocoa
nu, tree small flag. the emblem OF an
organized nation o. 700 people: The
house flag % a great trading institution
and private pennant Of Banks.
More than once the corporation tried
me United States court. Even the Con-
gress OF the country was oeseigsd.
Banks, the absconder. was amenable
under a hundred laws. but Banks. the
Tonga King OF me Herveys. was an
o.her individual without sin
So Banks lives or his island home and
amssse- wealth. Time end time again
The grea: nations % the earth in their
grabbing cruises over the seas have
sighted Raraionga and gone in. Always
there was the King. Always there was
ne flag. Always 20 the overtures Banks
has shaken MS head. M3-qusszs. So
cissy. the Cocks. Hawaii. have sucrurn D.
ei - the pressure which would reve-
give up. and have gone under the flag
and direction % zrsa: powers. Ba. Ia
the Heryeys YVES Banks. or,nipotents AMI
unsre-ving and all TIE diplomacy u
the world failed - move him He rsus-
be King . zae end
Should you vislt Ra-z.ongz the Tonga
viii entertain you He u always glad
20 see Americans You viii be fed IKE
a king and you Viii drink as god cham
payne as YOU drank q, aor1e- Goo3
ships hrsaz the xorid-s sxe-s tnings "a
tie King. uoo wears a -ps-fs1 ard
ta->s his te<s 20 the SUI His Ho5ss-
Haasz girls Sway = shsir graceful danes
ard crosa Enesr so: ss1gs fcr asI He
SIS II :ae saz1e a. as o8n Tree an Il
saaaed q conso-s sns s.esp ~ a-s aosse-
aoi5
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13

PRESIDENT Zeiaya. o. Nicaragua, YES
terday gave a reception In honor Of the
fourth anniversary OF the revolution
which made HIM president o. Nicaragua
ana placed the Liberals in power. Among
the guests were Lewis Baker. and John
r Baker, United States minister. and
secretary Of the United States legation,
respectively, ana all the foreign consuls,
excep, the English.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-12-03
MATING FOR THE FLOOR.
IN inexpensive and Hygicnic Coy.
cring.

IN inexpensive and Hyeicnic Cow
crinE.
If only all houscheepers knew the
value and comfort Of mating, how
much worry and work would be saved.
how many dun houses would look
CHEEKY. If You your home. anG
have hardwood floors, thank kindly
destiny and dismiss the subject. But
II you live in a rented house, or cannot
afford hard floors, if for any reason you
are considering the subject of iloor-cov.
erings, pause long before passing over
the advantages of mating. 1t is clean,
fresh and easily cared for. IT is a per
feet floor covering in summer and ar
excellent background for rugs in win.
tcr-from the cheapest to the richest
adding to the checrfulnesS of a room
yielding all accumulated dust to light
brushing, possessing indeed almost
every advantage that a floor covering
can have, with no disadvantages. III
making Il move or retitting "A house,
every yard of it can be utilized. 1t is
easily renovated tby soap and salt
watcr), and can be matched or pieccd
using the whole parts in two rooms tc
make one good complete room. Lastly,
1t is cheap, its growing popularity hav.
ing so encouraged its manufacture OF
importation that il is to be had almost
everywhere in great variety at mod.
crate cost. To sun up its merits, mat
ts... .s,. - l-,-. r.-i -- - ~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-12-03
MISSED A
WoodsmaB who Refused n Tract Of
Land In the Heart of Chicago.

John Baptiste Lemieux, the we'll
known Muskegon (Mich.) lumberman.
is dead, says the Chicago Chronicle.
Mr.. LcmieuX was one of the best
known characters among the sturdy
pioneer lumbermen who had so much
TO do with N~uskegon's great industry,
Il French Canadian Injured to hardship
and accomplished in the woodcrait
which made of such men matchless
workers in the wilderness.
In early life at Montreal be learned
his trade as a shipbuilder, aid getting
nut timber on the Ottawa river his skill
in woodcraft and numbering. About
l840, or soon after, he went 10 Chicago
and worked ms a shipbuilder there with
Mr.. Morrison, now IA millionaire. Ii is
related that a customer who could not
pay cash offered lots on what is now
Clark street, near the court house,
Lemieux declined. but Morrison ac-
cepted, and through them became
wealthy. Mr.. Lemieux then tried farm
ING in Illinois, but soon abandoned that
lCf more congcnial occupations.
About 1913 he came to this vicinity
and built at Duck Lake a sawmill for
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-12-03
HEROIC TREATMENT.
a citizen Tells Of t"nntr, nrmrdic.
for supposed Internal Injuries.

Even nOriccs IN medicine run to the
experimental, as | have occasion TO re-
mrnihcr,' says u citizen whose word is
never called in question, ~ visited an
old aunt Of mine this summer. and.
while revrtiug in rural cnjovmcntg, /
zen out Of a cherry tree. There seemed
to be u genera inrriug and shaking I'm
OF the system, that ! thought demanded
the attention of a doctor, but aunt
pfldcS herself on knowing more than
half the mca who practice medicine,
and is committed TO the old school Of
economy. She woulG bring me round
all right. 1t would be u shame to send
for a high.priccd physician just TO re-
lieNe n few bruises. OF course was
sore internally, for that vas TO he cx-
pcctcd.
"Thc first remedy administered was
oatnlp tea, which | took with that 70.
beIiious spirit hcgotten of childhood
experiences, Then wild onion poul.
tees were scattered judiciously over
my person. Failure OF relief caused my
feet to be soaked IN hot water and wood
ashes, the I've distilled becoming SO ap.
rresSive that ! kicked the bucket over
aud ~rcpndiatcd the treatment.
This was accepted as Il prrmonition
OF brain fever, aud n red-hot mustard
draft was applied to the back of my
neck, TO the same end my head was
thoroughly soaked in sprIur vnter