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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. POITELLtl Eye and F.ar Infirm,
ary, No 6 South 6l_ St., Keding, Pa., open
dally 9 to 12 m and 2 to 5 p.m. ior the special
treatment of diseases of the eye and ear.
April 25-1 year.
JOSIAH FUNCK, Attorney-at-Law —
Removed to* 7_*i}£ Cumberlana Street,
second floor, (Funck's building,) corner of
Cnmberland street and Liberty alley, _eba-
non. Pa. May 27.1887.
YALE-TINE J. CURIUM, Attorney.
al-Laxv. Office, No. 813 Cumberland St.,
2 doors West of the Court Honse, Lebanon
Pa. march 10.1887
IBS! _. ORCM BINE, Attorney-at-Eaw*
J Ollice, No. 729 Cumberland street, half a
square east of the Court House, Lebanon, Pa.
J une 30,1884.
D—.KB —- FISHER, Attorneys-at-Eaw.
Office, Ho. 12U*>£ North Ninth Street* Lebauon, Pa. [I unuary 6,1886.
/ ' EOROE B. CEBICH.-Attorney.at
It Lawand DISTRICT ATTORNEY, office
7—ij_ (Sec'ond floor) Cumberland Street, Lebi
non Pa.
 , _e _i
[Nov. 19,1883,
HENRY T. BIBieHACS, Attorney-at-
Law, has removed his Law Office to the
sect.nd floor of A. Rise's Hat Store Building
nea rly opposite the Ragle Hotel, Lebanon, l'a.
Dec. 13,1876.
JOHN HEILT, jr„ Attorney-at-Eaw—
Office removed to bnllding of Geo. 11. Ul-
r.'Ch, Ksq., No. 742}*; Cumberland street, second
n oor. J uly 23,1884.
t' J   P. LIOHT, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
O.    No. 104,   N.  Ninth Street, next door
north of the Trinity 0. 15. Church, Lebanon,
Va.
Jan. 16,1884.
TOHN BENSON, Attorney-at-Law Ol-
(J flee next door to the City Hoteland opposite
uie County .ail, on Eighth street.
Lebanon, August 29,1883.
DK. 8. T. LINE WEAVER, Physician
aud Surgeon.—Oflice at residence, on
North N hi Ui street, two doors north of Guilford. [Lebanon, May 30, '83—6m«
HOWARD   O.   SHIRK.—Attorney-at-
Law.   Office removed to Hint— street,
uear Willow. [April 14,1886.
DR. -. F. PETERMAN, Homoeopathic
Physician and Surgeon.—Office. 904 Cumberland street, Lebanon, Pa. consultations
In English and German. Attends all calls,
nightorday. April 28,1886.iy*
CHARLES II. KILLINGER, Attorney-
at-Law, has removed his office to No. 112
—orth Eight— street opposite*—te old Lutheran
Church. April 14, 1886.
JACOB O. ADAMS, Attorney .at-Eaw.—
Office opposite City Hotel, and one door
*outh ol County Prison, on South Eighth
Street. Lebanon, Pa. Jnne 19,1878.
A FRANK SELTZER, Attorney-at-
. Eaw.—Office removed to No. XI North
Kighth Street, next door to Squire Kreider's office, Lebanon, Pa. March 21,1883.
DB. S. H. HEASE, Dentist.
Office, South Eight— street, opposite the
I all, Lebanon, Pa. Nov. 22,1882,
FRANK E. MEILT, Attorney.at-Law.—
Office removed to rooms lately occupied
i y Adam Grittinger, esq., dee'd., om Market
•■quare, North Ninth Street.
Lebanon, How. 1,1882,	
•fiBANT WEIDMAN, Attorney-at-Law.
\JT Office Nail, North Ninth Street, Market
square. Lebanon. Sept. 20,188*2.
BASSLER BOTEB, 1 Mill ■III tst I*a_
Oflice No. 28, North Eighth Street, threi*
uoors north of the Cat—olio Church, Lebanon.
May 28,1884,	
J   P. SHINDEE GOBIN, Attorney-at-
• Law.—Office No. 31 North Eighth Street,
Lebanon, Pa. May 28,1884.
PG. MABK, Attorney-at-Law.-Offlc.
• atNo.839 Cumberland Street, second floor
Ofl-8. Raber's Drug Store.    Scrivening ami
Conveyancing promptly attended to.
Lebanon, April 10.1878.	
C*1_FP ett SHOCK, Attorncys-at-Law.—
J  Office—No. 712% Cumberland street, sec-
oiid tioor.   Rooms lately occupied by J.Fund;
tt, Son, Esqs. April 30,1884.
DK. WM. M. BEABDSEEE, Dentist.-
Successor to Dr. W. A. HUB KR. Nitrous
Oxide Gas will be administered when desired.
Office Ho. 838 Cumberland Street, Lebanon,
Pa. May 14.1884.
JACOB E. KEINOEHL, Attorney-at
Law.—Office above the Valley Nation**.
Bank, North Eighth street, next building to
the Lebanoa Conservatory of Music.
_3_ All law business promptly and carefully
t ransacted.   Collections in Lebanon and ad fa-
cent eounties will receive diligent attention.
_%,C*m be consulted in English and German
Lebanon. JnlyM.1884.       	
TH   HARVET SELTZER, _%*L
VETEB1NARY 8TFRGEON;
Graduate of the American Veterinary Colli**—*,
New York.   Calls made taall parts ofthe City
and County, by day or night.
Of It ICE—lit rear of UU S. Cumberland Street,
April 6.1885-ly Lebanon. Fa.
DR. WH. X. BRUCE, Homoeopathic
Physician. Graduate ot Hanemaun Medical College, Philadelphia, 1876. Office and residence, south-west corner Tenth and Chestnut
streets, Lebanon, Pa. Can be consulted in
English and German. [April 14,1886.
T\T H. HOLSBEBG, M. D.,
TT 929 Cumberland Stbkbt.
Beside general practice, the EYE and Ea
will be made a specialty. Including the ado U
ation ol Glasses to difficult cases, to order, pt
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Time required 8 to _ mos.
The Best Equipped. Best
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erything.   Writ, far Circul__
KOHLER'S
Jewelry   Btora,
lias a well-selected stock of
WATCHBS,     JEWBLBY,     vLOCKf,
SILVER and SILVER-PLATED
WARE and MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
.^.Special   attention   given   lo adjusting
% ctacif s to the eye.
_»,U<)|)air__iK a specialty,  All work  and
oods warranted to give satisfaction.   Don i
forget the place.
830 Cumberland St., Lebanon, Pa.
Nov 4. 87.—1 yr.
REMOVAL!
ATKINS _s BRO., have removed tbeir.
Store to tbe new building, north-east,
coriier of N inth street and Walnut alley, where*
hey have jnst received a fresh stoek oi Gro-*
oeries. which they are determined to sell.
cheap. All they ask is to give them a trial,
and be convinced.
We would c»ll special attention to our stock
NEW RAISINS,
CURRANTS,
CITRONS,
DRIED PEACHES,
APPLES.
We are selling th best
TEAS,  (XJFFEES,   SUGARS
8YBUP8,  PURE SPICES,   QUEENS
CLASS,    WOOD,   AND   WLL-
LOW     WARE.
__>Being determined to render satislaction
t. customers we Invite all to call and see us.
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Between Third and Fourth,
PHILADELPHIA,   PA.
IN response*—i the requirements of the times
I have reduced the rates of thi.- llotel to
92.00 per day. The high renut—lion ofthe
house •will be maintained in all respects, and
the traveling publio will still flnd tne liberal
provision lor their com fort.
The house has been recently refitted, and ls
•mnplete in all its appointments. Located In
the Immediate vicinity of the large centres ot
business and ot the places of amusement, and
accessible to all Railroad Depots and other
parts ol the City by Street Cars constantly
passing its doors, it offers special inducements
to those visiting the City on business or pleas
ure.
JOS* M. FEUS a. Proprietor.
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MULE, SAGACITY.
I was oce of tbe first of tbe hunters aod
trappers who made headquarters at Fort
Laramie, aud as that post was established
fully thirty years ago, yon rest assured
that the man who -went ont by bimself
had to run the gauntlet of danger every
hour ia* the twenty-four. The spirit of all
tbe Indian tribes has been broken during
the last decade, but twenty-five years ago
each western tribe was at its best, and no
man 'was looked npon as a warrior nnless
he could shake the scalp of a white man in
the face of his challeuger.
It was against sueh wily foes, not one of
whom had the least mercy in bis heart for
a white man, that tbe hunter and trapper
as years ago had to pit hte craft snd judgment. Scores of them yielded up their
scalps in the struggle, but others beat the
red map at his own game. It wasn't so
much for the valne ofthe pelts which the
hunter would aconite, bnt there were men
wop loved the feeling of danger and tie
wild, free life. Tbe best of the trappers
hardly came ont even at the end; but, nn-
less rubbed ont or laid np, they never
changed the avocation for one less danger,
ous.
Whilo it seemed the height of, folly far
me to head for the Niobrara river, over
100 mites away, stark alone and right iato
the heart of the Indian country, it was a
rule of oommon sense that one man left
fewer tracks than two, and that two might
be discovered "where one "wonld dip past.
I had thirty steel traps, some extra ammunition, blankets and provisions, and these
were packed ou tbe back of a stout mule,
who waa to be led or driven. I left tbe
fort soon after dark ono evening in June,
and beaded straight away for the Dog
Mouutains. where tiie Red Cloud ana
Spotted Tail agencies were afterward
established. It was a backward season,
and the weather was by no means summer
jet. Indeed, I had been waiting for a
week for the last snow to disappear.
It was predicted at tbe post that I would
lose my hair before morning, for the
Indians Vere alert and in force all around
us. Only three days before my s*,art a
squad of soldiers, sent out after wood, had
been fired on ahd driven in at midday, and
the redskins had oome within riflle shot
and dared the garrison to oome out. I
won't say that I wasn't a little nervous aa
I left the post behind me la the darkness,
but had I been afraid, I could have abandoned the undertaking. It was rough stony
ground, with little chance of leaving a
trail, and we kept up a pace of abont three
miles an hour all night, pausing three or
four times to rest.
. My. mule was what was termed "an
Injun mule." That is, he had been oot
on three or four expeditions, was well
broken in, and conld be trusted almost
like a roan. As soon as we were clear of
the post I walked on ahead and he followed like a dog. He realized the danger
almost as fully as I did, and there was
hardly a minute in which his ears were
not working back and fourth to catch
every sound stirring. Every now and
thet( he'd throw up his head and sniff, and
had he scented Indians or a fire, I should
have known tt pretty quick. In my time
I've seen half a dozen mules who'd smell
Indians further than a dog, and a file
twice as far as a man, but I never yet saw
a horse which was of any help 'tint way.
For sagacity, endurance and companionship a mule was worth five times as much
as a horse, and tof these reasons no trapper ever Cook a' horse when a mule could
be had.
I guess we made fully twenty-five miles
before daylight began to show. We were'
then on the tolerably level plains, and
after a look around I entered a gully and
followed it up until it spread out a bit and
furnished plenty grass. Here, ten feet
below the general level of the plains, I removed the pack from the mule and went
into camp for the day.
The beast slaked his thirst at the water
hole aad then went for the grass, wbile I
made a break fast out of some grub brought
from the fort. It was risky lying hy in
snch a place dnring the day, for hunting
parties were crossing and reerossing the
country, hut I had to take tbe risk. Tbe
day passed off withont an alarm, and
when night oame I took np my journey
again. It was not until the morning of
the fourth night out from Laramie that I
reached the spot where % Intended to
camp. It was on the banks of a little
creek running into the Niobrara, near ita
headwaters, and so shut in by the mountains that it didn't seem.likely tbe Indians
would discover me.
Almost the first thim; I discovered after
sunrise was a cave. Its mouth was well
hidden hy bushes, and I blundered upon
it by simple accident. The opening extended Into the mountain I never knew
now far, but I explored it a good 500 feet,
aud found no signs of termination. There
was a draught from front to rear, aad thn
first fifty feet of the cave were as dry as
any room in a honse.
I saw at once that it was a rich -find,
and I lost no time in taking possession.
From midnight on I had found snow, and
therefore left a trail, -hat a warm sonth
wind came up with the sun, and before 10
o'clock the snow had slushed until the
trail was obliterated. After unpacking the
mule I turned him loose to go up the
valley and shift far himself, and after a
long look around, as if to impress the
location on his memory, he trotted.off.
There were wolves and bears in plenty in
that locality, but he must shift tar himself. Just so long as I remained tbere he
would not go away. That waa another
point in favor of a mule. A horse would
get terror stricken or homesick, and head
for civilization, while tbe mala would
fight off'his enemies and stick like a
brother.
- I had fouud a house already built for
me, and as soon as I had unpacked my
traps and trinkets I started eat for a scout.
I went up one side of tiie creek and down
tho other for several miles, and was rejoiced st its prospects. It was a paradise
for the trapper, w ile not a sign ef the
presence of Indians could be detected.
Another thing greatly cheered me. When
I came to build a fire in the cave I found
that all the smoke was drawn to the rear.
Where it finally escaped I never knew, bat
reasoned that it was from some opening
high UP on *be mountain, and by the time
it reached- the air* there could be littie of it
to see or smell. I went to bed that night
as well pleased as a hunter could be, and
a sounde;* nap I never bad. Next day I
set all my traps, went up tbe valley, and
found the mule all right, and next morning took up my traps to find twenty-eight
captures. I had struck it rich, and no
mistake. Mink, beaver and otter were
just aching te become victims, and with
my how and arrows I could knock over a
rabbit or partridge at aay hour in the day.
For ten days I was not disturbed. Then
one morning soon after I had opened' my
eyes, the mule walked into the cave, or
would have walked in had the opening
permitted. As it was, he thrust his bead
in and uttered a snort whieh brought me
to my feet in an instant, for I took it to be
the "woof!" of a bear. When the mule
saw me coming he backed off, pointed his
head up the cove where he had been
pasturing, and his looks and actions plainly indicated that he had flushed game of
some sort. I ran after my rifle and
pistols, and as soon as I -returned the mule
started ofi and plainly directed me to follow. , I had not explored the upper end of
the cove or valley, but supposed it to be
shut in by the high walls of tbe mountain.
When we had gone a quarter of a mile,
well hidden by the bushes all the way, the
mule baited and stood with ears pointed
straight ahead. I patted his neck, and be
lay down. - Then I crept forward on hands
and knees to the edge of the fringe of
bushes, and what do you suppose I saw ?
A camp of four redskins not over 200 feet
away 1 They had come into the cove
through a ravine at the upper end, probably arriving the evening before, and were
now just awakening from tbeir night's
sleep. - They were out fora hunt, as their
outfit showed, and as soon as they began
to move about they mask discover the
tracks of the mole and suspect my presence.
I was mad all the way through. Even
if I could, pack op and change locations
befoire being discovered the redskins
woujld follow on after me, and rest not on*
til they had lefted my hair or I had returned to the walls of Laramie. I must
either saddle   up and hold „ straight
course for the fort, or the fonr hunters
must be wiped out. They were four full
grown men, eacharmad with rifie and bow
and arrows, and the only advantage I had
was in having a couple of single barreled
pistols, each good for a man .in case of a
hand to hand fight.
When I saw them building np their flre
to cook their break fast by, I hurried back
to the cave to get a bite myself. The
mule looked after me as I retreated, but
made no effort to follow. He seemed to
feel that I had left him there as a sentinel,
and the last I saw of him he bad his head
pointed toward the Indian camp.
The Indians had no suspicions of the
presence of a white man iu that neighborhood. .The grass was thick and heavy and
the mole had left no track to catch their
eye. They had not entered the cove until
evening, and of coarse had no chance to
look around.
- While I was knocking breakfast together I had little time to get over my first
alarm and do a little planning. My mind
was made up not to go, and to stay meant
that somebody wonld be wiped out. When
I bad bolted my breakfast I returned to
tbe spot wbere the mule was still standing
sentinel. The Indians wore taking it
mighty easy, and it was half an hoar before they finished breakfast. Then they
had a smoke, and it was fuliy nine o'clock
before one of them shouldered his rifle
and set off for the creek, while-the others
proceeded to clean their rifles and oil up
their traps. The one who was coming
down the cove would strike my "signs"
■• soon as he struck the creek. All my
traps were out, and as soon as he came to
the first oae he'd know that a white man
set it. I realized that I'd got to get to the
creek before him, and that Fd got to prevent his ever going back, and I ain't joking a bit wben I say the mule realised it
too. He was lying down and couldn't see
the redskin, but be heard and smelt him
coming, and he turned to me to see if I
wsn alert. When I knew for sure that tbe
red wah found for the creek I rose up and
ran on before. I was well sheltered by
the bushes, while he was coming down
without shelter and without suspicion. I
knew where he would first bit tiie Creek,
and I reached the spot ten minutes before
he came up. .
Jnst wbere be left tbe cove was a mass
of rock, whieh had fallen fiom the cliffs
above, and it was behind this mass that I
waited. It wouldn't do for me to fire my
rifle, and I must also prevent him from
doing the same. I crouched there with
my tomahawk in hand, ami by and by the
fellow came along aud stopped on the
bank of tbe creek, back to me, and only
four feet away.
Was it murder? Well, had the quartet
made me prisoner, they woald have ent
'iff. my ears and note, cat my tongue out,
pulled off my sclalp, and lighted a fire on
my bowels, and tbey would have called it,
fun. I was hesitating to strike when the.
follow gave a sudden start of surprise. He
had noticed a broken twig or some other
slight sign, and in a moment more would
have been the worrior instead of the
hunter.
I carried tbe body on my shoulder about
ten rods down tba ereek and dumped it
into a natural grave made where a tree
had been uprooted. Thaw I returned and
carefully effaced all signs of tbe brief
straggle, and with -the dead man's rifle
and knife to add to my armory I made my
way back to the mule. He hadn't moved
a foot. When I patted him on the head
and let him smell the Indian's rifle, he
knew what bad happened just as well as I
did.
By thia time the three hunters had finished cleaning up and one of them picked
up half a dozen traps, shouldered his rifle
and came down the cove at a slouchy gsit
•rati other two, as I saw before I left,
stretched out on tbeir blankets in the
warm sun for a nap. I was in ambush in
the same place a*, ain when the second man
came up, and he stood almost iu the
other fellow's tracks and whistled to
locate bim, aad I disposed of the body in
the same grave. When I returned to the
mule, carrying the second Indian's rifle,
he tried his very slickest to grin and
chuckle, and then be softly got np and
pointed at the two sleeping hunters as
steadily as a pointer dog. I knew what
he meant to say.
I left one rifle right there, wormed myself through the bushes nntil opposite the
reds and twenty rods away, and then left
the cover and advanced upon them. I
was within pistol shot wben some noise
or other alarmed them, and both setup
facing me. My flrst shot knocked one
down, bat as I changed rifles .tho other
cap snapped and the man bounded to his
feet at-d grabbed his gun. It wasn't loaded, and as he saw me poll a pistol he
started like a streak of lightning for the
upper end of the cove, uttering signal
yells at every jump. He hadn't taken five
jumps when tbe male rushed past me with
a squeal of rage, and in a minute mora be
knocked tbe redskin down. When I got
up there "was no occasion for bullet or
knife. -The Indian was as dead as a door
nail, crushed to a jelly under the hoofs
and knees of the mule. .
That's about all, gents. The fonr had
been whiped out almost without an alarm,
and all danger was over. I knew from
their outfit that they had come a long distance, and it wasn't likely they would be
looked fii^during the summer, and I went
te work again feeling pretty safe. Wben
I quit tbat cove I had the biggest bundle
of furs ever taken into a frontier post, and
on tbe top of it were tbe belongings of
four redskins, who had no doubt lifted
many a white scalp. The mule? Well, I
owned him for several years after that,
and when he finally passed in his checks
I gave him as decent a burial as any
pioneer ever got.
A MENAGERIE AT SEA.
 *
I was one of tbe crew ef the African
coasting brig Antelope, and on one voyage front Masimba to Cape Town we pat
in at Quilimane for water, some of our
casks having been stove. We had scarcely made fast at a wharf when a German
came aboard to offer ua. some queer
freight. He was an agent of a great wild
animal firm at Hamburg, and- had just
come dowa to the coast with a rare lot.
There Was a black two horned rhinoceros,
or borele, three lions, two panthers and
three monstrous serpents. He had expected to find tbe firm's ship at this port, hot'
throught some misunderstanding she had
not shown up. He wanted to get the animals to Cape Town as soon as possible,
and waa willing to give as a good pries to
take them. We were chock full below
batches, and the idea of taking tbe cages
on deck was far from pleasant.
Thcragent was a persistent fellow and a
good talker, and before we had our water
in the captain had decided on taking the
freight. A couple of natives were to go
along to care for them, and tbere would
be no expense to the brig. We looked
over the cages and fonnd them apparently
strong and secure, and when the work of
loading began we had very little trouble.
The rhinoceros was transferred to a pen of
wood and iron, wbich gave him very little
room to spare, and he behaved himself
like a gentleman while we were getting
bim aboard. Indeed, the whole collection
seemed to be under a spell. Tbe lions
acted like frightened dogs and the panthers
never uttered a snarl, while the big serpents seemed to sleep through it all. We
made our offing about sunset, and darkness bad no sooner settled down and the
brig got ber motion ia the seas than we
found ourselves treated to a concert whieh
made every man's hair stand on end. It
may be that the animals were seasick, or
that the motion of tbe ship frightened
them. They broke oat with bowls and
roars and yelps and screams, and nothing
would quiet them.
Tha rhinoceros didn't propose to stand
neutral in that affair, and he uttered such
snorts and "woofs" aad made snch efforts
tb break oot of bis pen tbat some of the
men were ready to make for the crosstrees.
It came on a darkish night, with the wind
blowing in gusts, and not a man aboard
that brig closed his eyes in sleep. When
the lions wero not roaring tbe panthers
were screaming, aad abont once in five
minutes the borele would utter a load
"woof!" and made an attack on his pen.
It did no good to throw feed to the brutes;
hanger had nothing to do with their coh-
dnct. Each one had been captured singly,
ahd each one was full grown and dangerous. The near presence of men, the sight
of eaob other and the rough motion of tbe
brig conspired to thoroughly excite each
and every one. The serpents were wid*
awake and vengeful, and the rhinoceros
was mad clear through. A more dangerous and vindicitive creature than the black
rhinoceros cannot be found on earth. He
jis afraid of nothing under the sun. He is
boiling over* with the sulks twenty-three
oaf of tbe twenty-four hours each day in
the week. Odds is tho difference to him
whether he charges—in elephant*-a lion.
[The first thing whieh comes in sight sets
him off on a mad charge, and he will never
cool down wbile there is a show to reak
vengeance.
The fellow -we had on deck was a piece
of ugliness weighing from 1,200 to 1,400
pounds. Be had been caught in a pit, and
there had been no and of trouble to get
him down.to the coast. While be was in
close quarters and had little show to smash
things, it was evident from his actions that
he would do the best he could. He kept
raking, his great horn back and forth
across xbe bars of his pen, and whenever
any doe went near him he exhibited hia
anger in a dozeu ways. •
The night wore away at last and when
daylight came the; beasts ceased. their
rarlcet. They were less noisy on the second night, aad os*nka* third we had no
trouble at all. Oil .the fourth morning
after leaving Quiltoane, having had a
good breeze all the time, wo were tothe
south ofthe lower end of Madagascar, and
well into the Indian ocean. Soon after
breakfast the breeze died away, and by 9
o'olock we were in a dead calm, and it was
hot enough on deck to start the pitch in
the seams. Every sign indicated that we
had lost the wind for some hours. The
surface of the ocean was like glass, with
only a ground well running, and we had
scarcely lost sterage way when we were
surrounded by sharks. I believe that fully 100 of the monsters came prowling
about us, and we bad little or nothing to
do the captain readily granted us permission to bait*them. We threw over the
shark hook, baited with a piece of salt
beef, and it had scarcely touched the water when a fifteen foot shark ran away
with it. We tailed on to the line and
hauled him alongside in order to get a
noose over his head to lift on, and we were
about ready to heave and haul when there
was a great crash on deck behind us.
The captain and first mate were below,
and the second mate, who had the watch
on deek, was bossing the job ot hauling in
our captive. We were all aft- on the port
quarter, and for a few minutes the animals had been left to themselves. The
cause of the smash was the rhinoceros
breaking out of his pen. The beast worked
it in a cute way. He leaned his whole
weight on one side, and by and by, as the
brig lifted and then went down heavily iu
the next hollow, the great jar, added to
his dead weight, broke the fastenings of
the bars. As we turned he was iust
emerging from the pen, and at the same
moment the lions aud panthers began to
roar and scream. They knew the ugly nature of the beast, and they probably suspected what was coming. The natives
rushed forward, shouting and gesturing,
and hoping to drive the borele back, bat
be was not to be intimidated. Hte eyes
began to snap and his tail to switch, and
all of a sudden he lowered his head ahd
charged at as. Being a small craft,. the
space between the cabin roof and tiie bulwarks was not wide enough to admit of
the body of the borele, bat he made several determined attempts to, oome at as
before he turned away.
You would have thought the rise and
Call of the brig would have thrown him
down, or* at least mado him careful how
he moved about, but he never minded it,
and his legs were as firm under him as an
old sailor's. We were after ropes to lasso
him when he drew baek, wheeled around,
and charged forward; Tbe first thing he
came to was the cage containing the ser-
pents. It had a compartment for each.
He struck it on end, gave it a toss in the
air, and as it. came down the three big
snakes, hissing like geese, glided in different direction*. One ran under the cages
containing the panthers, a second ont on
the bowsprit, and the third darted into the
forecastle. The natives called ns to took
out, as the borele would attack the other
cages, and while some of the men sprang
down the companionway into the cabin,
the others ran up the maiumast shrouds.
I was one of tbe latter, thero being fonr
of ns, and when about half way to the
crosstrees we paused to watch the further
actions of the rhinoceros. The lions and
panthers, were raising an awful racket,
and the confusion was deafening. The
big beast cleared hia horn of a portion of
the cage hanging to it, and then struck
that containing the panthers. The beats
were liberated in a moment, and as they
ran about the deck the lions roared and
raved until we had to stop onr ears. One
of the panthers rah aft and leaped into the
yawl boat at the davits and crouched
under the thwart, and the other hid under
the bedding We had brought up to air and
spread at the heel of the bowsprit.
The borele was now thoroughly enraged,
and, without deigning a glance at the pan-
theis, he smashed into the pen of lions ahd
made kindling of it. Tbe largest ofthe
three lions sprang on the bor ele's back as
he came out of the pen, and perhaps his
sharp claws inflicted some damage. He
had no sooner leaped to the deck tban the
big beast chased him aft'to the cabin, bat
had to stop there.- Ono of the other lions
disappeared down the forecastle, While the
third crouched down by the Water butt
and kept up a fearful growling. No ship's
crew ever found themselves in a stranger
situation, lt was pretty hard to say what
should be done, and it was a full hour before we got any word from the captain.
During this time the borele drove the
other lion aft, smashed the water butt,'
drove the panther oat from under the bedding into the forecastle with the third
lion, and then destroyed our bedding and
everything else which would yield to his
terrible -horns. Just before the captain
called oat to us one of our men pulled himself across to tbe foremast by the triangle
stay, slipped down the lee shrouds, and,
waiting until the borele was headed aft,
he dropped to the deck and slid the cover
ovei the forecastle companion. That act
imprisoned a lion,a panther and one of the
serpents, and was a display of judgment
and nerve which the captain well awarded.
The men shot ap in the cabin Anally
hailed ns to know tbe situation. The
other two lions were crouched down at the
wheel, and the panther in the boat had no
idea of leaving it. The three beasts kept
up a low growling and snarling, and would
have picked a fight but for the presence
oi a common enemy. It was tbe rhinoceros whieh must be taken care of first. By
order of the captain another man crossed
to the foremast, and then the two decend-
ed the shrouds and shouted and gestured
defiance at tbe borele until he was brought
to the bows. Tben three men, armed
with guns and revolvers, slipped out of
the cabin and into the shrouds of the
mainmast, and it began to look as if we
had the advantage. While we were try-
ing to draw the borele aft again, that they
might make a target of him, one of the
lions leaped into the yawl, while tbe other
ran for the bows of the brig. The one
had scarcely entered tbe yawl when the
panther tackled him, and for a minute the
two bounded over the thwarts aod thum-
bled about in the fiercest confusion. The
yawl rocked abont as it it would upset,
and the screams and roars of the beasts
were something awful. "Glancing
for an instant from the combatants to the
water below, I saw the sharks gathering
astern of as almost as thick as they could
pack. Could one of us reach the tackle
and lower away, we would be rid of two
more of our enemies. The man below me
on the shrouds moved down % little, thinking to earry out the idea, but just then
the fighting beasts reared np over the'
thwart amidships, seized each other 'with
a fresh grip, and as they tugged and tussled, tiie rooking ofthe boat dumped them
out, and the sharks snapped them up in a
second.
The fight drew the attention of the rhinoceros. On his way aft he came across
the lion, who was skulking under tiie bulwarks, and drove him back to his former
position at the wheel. As I told you before, the big beast could not crowd in between the cabin roof and the bulwarks,
bat now, seeming to be madder than ever,
he saw a new route before him. The roof
of the oabin was about two feet above the
'deek, with a heavy glass skylight in the
centre. After a few terrific snorts the bo-
{role [started to walk over the cabin roof.
He got his full weight upon it, when his
'forefeet went through with a crash, and
he rolled sideways into the narrow passage
and was stuck fast, feet in tbe air, and the I
maddest rhinoceros on earth. While he
was struggling there the men began firing I
upon tbe lion. After being hit three times
he bounded over the cabin and ran forward
out of sight. I think he attempted to go
out on the bowspirit and was attacked by
the serpent.* We heard something of a
struggle, followed by a beavy splash in the
water, and that was the last of either. All
of us now clambered down to attack the
rhinoceros. He was helpless to defend
himse'.f, and v, e used axes and bullets to
rid him of life. Indeed, we chopped him
in pieces in order to handle the body and
get it overboard.
There were now a lion-, a panther, and a
serpent in the forecastle, and we proposed
to let'em fight it out. It was long after
dinner before we cleared the deck, and we
had not yet washed out tbe blood when a
breeze sprang up, and we held onr course.
Had it come an hour sooner we shonld
have been in a bad fix, as nobody could
have touched the sails. Such bedding as
could be spared from the cabin was passed
up, and it was arranged for us to sleep on
deck during the rest of the voyage. Not
a sound had been heard from the forecastle
during the day, but just before dark there
was an awful rumpus. We eould hear
the hiss of the serpent, the screams of the
panther, and the growls of tbe lion, and
tbe row continued for a quarter of an hour.
Then it died away, and nothing further
disturbed us daring the night. After
breakfast next morning we armed oar-
selves with cutlasses and capstan bars, and
stood aboat the hatch while the cover was.
slid back. There was an awful smell, tat'
nothing -moved. After a wbile one of the
men descended the ladder part way, and
it was presently discovered that a'.l ear
enemies were dead. There had been a triangular fight between'em, and it had continued until all were destroyed. The two
beasts were bitten and scratched in tiie
most terrible manner, and the serpent had
been bitten through and through a dozen
times. It took us a whole day to get rid
of the stench and clean up, and our captain would not have taken another cage
aboard the brie for its weight in gold.
ONE OF OUR CUSTOMS,
AND A BEAUTIFUL ONE, fOO, » THE-
SENDING   OF  FLOWERS.
Surprise of an English Cousin—They
Don. Do Hi "Ton Know"—Ethel and
Marion Discuss the Subject*-—A Great
Floral Show.
"WJiat lovely flowers," cried EtheL
"Are they really for me ? And from your
brother, too ? How awfully good of him."
She took tlie fragrant roses from their
box and held them close to her face.
"Don't mention it," laughed Marion.
"Everybody sends flowers hero—it is a
custom of the country. Don't you do lt
in Engfi-id?"
"Not often," answered Ethel, regarding
the huge cluster Of General Jaques with
renewed interest, -"unless a man has intentions."
"Intentions !" gasped Marion, turning
around from the beveled mirror, in which
she had been taking a critical view of her
adorable Psyche knot. "Intentions 1 My
dear girl, what do- you mean t I should
as soon think of expecting a man td propose because he paid me an after-dinner
compliment as to- dream that a Wos. of
flowers meant anything more than a mere
act of courtesy. That is the beauty of
them, don't you see ? "
"Really?" exclaimed Ethel, allowing
her patrician English voice to express
something like surprise. "How very odd.
America is such a lovely place, isn't it ?
Now in England we are so different to
you, you know. There are only a few
shops in London where one can buy cut
flowers at all, and then they cost tremendously. But then, you know, one always has one's own conservatory, so it
would be absurd to buy flowers, anyway.
But the great trouble is one's gardener is
always so tyrannical one is never allowed
to cut any roses for one's self. I think
old Dyer, at home, would have a fit of
apoplexy if I dared ask for so much as
one rosebud to wear. He cuts a certain
number every morning and arranges
them on the dining table, and there they
stay, as much a fixture as any other part
of the. decorat ions.''
..."I'm sorry for you; I'm sorry for you,"
sang Marion, putting on a stunning black
hat and tying* it down with a wicked
little tulle, veil. "We do these things better in America, don't we, dear ? Here, a
man■ with" any pretension whatever*to
fashion Sends'flowers on every possible
occasion to dowagers, debutantes and
chaperones, regardless of age or good
looks. "Very often it is the only way a
bachelor can return the favors ho has received. - It he is at all comine il faut he
embraces the opportunity and sends a
basket of roses and orchids at Christmas,
Marechal Niels and General Jaques to
(usher in the New Year, bride roses for
St. Valentine, and for Easter lillies-of-
_ie-valley, hyacinths, Mermet roses, and,
ih fact, all the fairest flowers that bloom.
If he is very.punctilious, he sends an occasional bunch of Parma -violets air a
Lenten offering, and. on Mi-Careme
spreads himself on a great basket of
gorgeous tulips and yellow jonqnills.
In this way, you see, he balances the
social scale and can accept- Madame's
hospitality, her kindness, __r champagne
and her patte de fois gras with a clear
conscience."
"Fancy," said Ethel, with more enthusiasm than would have been considered
strictly good form in lielgravia, "but we
in England have one rather pretty custom
shut I have not seen here. As soon as a
girl's engagement is announced all her
friends rifle their conservatories to send
the choicest flowers. Even the strictest
gardener never dares to interfere with
'engagement bouquets,' as we call them,
and every one makes a point of calling on
the happy girl before her flowers have
faded.   Not a bad idea, is it ?"
"Perfectly lovely. They doit in Boston,
I believe, bnt the fashion hasn't reached
us yet. Perhaps it will come in time for
my engagement. Here are your gloves
and your umbrella, and now we must
start.   We shall be awfully late."
"I say, Marioii," said Ethel, as they
reached Fourth street and passed a
florist's window gay with great jars filled
with gorgeous flowera, "I say, can't we
stop a moment and ask the man to show
us some of his roses ? I should like to see
if he has any new varieties that I might
Send home.
In another moment they were bending
over the counter examining all sorts of
lovely flowers, which the polite salesman
brought from the depth of his refrigerator and displayed with pardonable pride.
- "I hope the. young lady will stay for
tiie Centennial Exposition," he said,
smiling at Ethel's enthusiasm, "for Hqr-
Jipultural Haliwlll be laid cut in a sty lb
of ornamental landscape gardening, such
a.*i has never been seen in this country before. They say, too, that the sub-tropic
exhibit that has made such a furor ia
Florida will be transplanted bodily and
make the scene quite oriental. A fortune
is going to be spent in keeping up this
department, and the 'flower days' will be
one of the great features of the exhibition.
"Do you see this Marshal Niel ? Isn't
it a bfeauty?" And he held up to tho
sunlight a perfect blossom, twice the size
ef an ordinary rose, each golden petal
«_quisitc in color, lovely in outline and
heavy with perfume.
"The bride rose is a symbol of puritj
and innocence," added the florist, witli
genuine eloquence. "You see, the coloi
is a perfect white, the buds pointed and
the ends of the petals turned back, making it ns chaste as some vestal offering."
"And here, in striking contrast, we
feave the General Jaqueminot," and he
brought out a tray full of these brilliant
warriors, guaranteed to subdue the best
guarded heart and take it by storm.
"These are mf choice," exclaimed
Ethel, her eyes shining as she looked,
"these ln the brown ter," and she pointed
to a cluster of graceful buds, blushing to
the very heart and conscious of her admiration as a debutante at her first compliment.
"I saw you through the windows," exclaimed a deep voice at this moment, and
Ethel's brother, blonde and big, stood before the astonished girls.
"I've been looking everywhere for you.
metsj I get you a rose or twof.**
"Yes, if you haven't any deadly intentions," laughed Marlon, demurely.
The Englishman only looked bored at
this little attempt at a joke, and begged
the gjrls to name their favorite roses.
"Catherine Mermet roses for me,"
answered Ethel,** "'and bride roses for
me,** laughed Marion.
"What rose is your favorite ?" she
added, innocently, as she fastened a huge
corsage cluster in the folds of her close,
red bodice.
"_ty favorite tn he repeated, lifting a
luxurious pink rose from its moss-haired
tray. "This, I dare say, is as pretty as
any. I must have one. What do you
call it?"
"Oh, that," answered Marion; "that is
an American beauty."
"Ah, yes, to be sure," drawled the
blonde giant, fixing pretty Marion with
his single eye-glass, "that is the sort I
fancy, you know, even if they are thickly
set with thorns."
P. 8.—It is whispered that Marion will
be a transplanted rose before Easter tide
comes again, and mistress of a pretty
villa in St. John's Woods and a town
house in London. B. B. D.
JAMES  ALLISON, ESQ.,
President  of   the   Cincinnati   Centennial
Exposition.
There is no man in the country who
has a greater responsibility on his shoulders just now than the gentleman who
presides over the Board of Commissioners having in charge the affairs of the
Cincinnati Centennial Exposition, and
as such he is now known all over the
United States.
He was born June 30, 1843, at Frank-
_>rt, Pa., of Scotch parentage, and at the
age of twelve removed with his parents
to Jefferson county, Indiana, and for a
period'of five years went through various phases of farm life, with sucn opportunities of attending school as those
times afforded.
The log school house had its influence
in developing genius in other ways than
learning. With a natural talent for
mechanics and a craving desire for development, at the age of seventeen he
found his way to Cincinnati and apprenticed himself to the plumbers' trade
In the largest establishment of the kind
In the west. Two years later patriotism
mustered every other feeling, and the implements of the craft were exchanged for
the musket. He enlisted as a private in
the Twenty-fourth Indiana regiment for
the war, and during a period of three
years had a full share of the experience
it a soldier's life. '..   ¥."*'
Returning to Cincinnati at the close of
the war he again entered the house he
left, determined to finish Ids trade, and
his aptness, skill and ability soon made
him foreman and afterward a partner in
tbe concern. Some twelve years ago Mr.
Allison severed his business connection,
md has since been successfully conducting the plumbing business under his own
name.
Few men are better known in the west
in connection with sanitary affairs, and
tho impetus which sanitary science has
received within the past few years is
largely due to his efforts, winning tho esteem of his patrons and tho confidence of
the community at large.
For two years in succession he was
elected President of the National Association of Master Plumbers of tho United
States, and a member of the American
Health Association, a director of the Ohio
Mechanics' Institute and the Cincinnati
House of Refuge, in which he takes very
great interest. Having served as a member of the Board of Commissioners in
former Cincinnati Industrial Expositions,
under appointment of the Ohio Mechanics'
Institute, he was'again reappointed, and
on the organization of the present board
was unanimously elected its president,
and, in his official position, has been untiring in his efforts for the complete success of the Centennial Exposition of the
Ohio Valley and Central States, to be
held in Cincinnati this year. His quickness and clearness of practical conception
especially qualify him for the important
position
With a view of becoming informed as
far as possible on matters relating to expositions, President Allison took an extended trip to Europe lost summer at his
O—i expense, visitidg many such exhibitions, and the Exposition of 18)38 will
hsve the benefit of the knowledge thus
acquired by him.
FASHIONS FOR THE FAIR.
THE FESTIVE  SPRING  BONNET AND
GOOD CLOTHES TO MATCH.
A Giddy Girl*. Let tor to Her Country
Cousins On a Theme liver Dear to
Femininity—The Latest From Faris.
A fttuunin*- Hat.
I saw some new ideas in bonnets the
other day. To the frivolous mind they
were truly elevating, although less impressive than a Lenten service or the
glory of cathedral windows bathed in the
rays of the vesper sun. These particular
bonnets were swathed in white tissue
paper, encased in white band-boxes and
piled from floor to ceiling around the
walls of the room. It was only tho ' 'open
sesame" of the press that secured an entrance to where this milliner's treasures
are, for it is still too early to exhibit these
charming creations to the vulgar gaze of
the public. Therefore, dear reader, consider yourself especially favored.
"Bat the bonnets?" I hear yon ask,
impatiently.
They are adorable. Fancy a pale ecru
capote in fine straw trimmed merely in
the loops of pale ecru and paler green
picot ribbon. But the ribbon is
knotted with a skill and grace tbat ls
simply Inimitable. Caught in the knot,
as if by accident, were three white flowers
in the pale green stems and golden centers that looked us if a mere breath of
April wind would blow them away.
Could anything be more ideally springlike and shyly suggestive of the time
when the young man's fancy lightly
turns to thoughts of love? That bonnet
would settle-it.   '
And now let' me give you a pointer.
The most piquant and stylish hats and
bonnets are trimmed only in the huge
knots of ribbon—tho ribbon sometimes
almost concealing the frame. What you
want to do, dear girls, in the hours of
your Lenten devotions, is to select a hat
or bonnet of a becoming shape. That it
should be becoming is an important
matter. Then buy three or four yards of
picot ribbon from two or three inches
wide and of a superfine quality. Choose
any colors that suit you, only they must
be soft in tone and of contrasting tints.
Then knot the ribbon into a scries of
loops and bo<v3 very tightly tied at the
center, and voila tout.
A STTNXLVG HAT.
But the very simplicity of it all is its
success. The stumbling block is tying
the knot, for only one woman in a hundred can do that, even, as the old song
says, if she has no trouble whatever to
"fix a beau."
There are, of course, more elaborate
bonnets and hats, but they are decidedly
less chic for early spring wear.
AN ENGLISH BAT.
Here is a picture of an Easter capote
that is a special order from a certain
giddy dowager who adores pretty bonnets.
A DOWAG-ER'S B02S-ET.
In the way of matronly bonnets there
are some lovely things. One of the
prettiest of these is of black Milan straw,
slightly pointed in front, a sort of modified fish-wife shape, you know. There is
a full lining of vevlet inside, and in front
two upstanding, but not towering, bows
of black velvet. These are encircled by
a wreath of exquisitely beautiful pale
pink roses, which falls like a chaplet
over the edge of the bonnet. The effect
is awfully serene and lovely. Another
one is made in exactly the same way,
only of olive green straw and olive green
retret bows, surrounded by a wreath of
pale green grasses. Fancy how well this
would look on top of Aunt Rachel's soft,
gray hair. Among other novelties arc
little velvet bonnets, sans-strings and
sans-reproche, which are Surrounded by
half wreaths of -fay roses, arbutus blossoms, jonquils and pink hyacinths. One
small black capote trimmed with a
wreath of crocus blooms was very lovely,
and another in violet velvet was wreathed
in pale wood violets.
The princess bonnet Still holds its own,
this season crowned with flowers. They
will be much worn with walking dresses
of Henrietta cloth in the light spring
colors, and still later With white wool
toilettes. These bonnets are cut so as to
show the fluffy bangs in front and are
now rather short at the back for fear of
hiding, the shining coil of hair now
twisted up into a ravishing Psyche knot
and pierced by a silver dagger.
"Really!"
Yes, dear girls, that ia the very -latest.
Now don't misplace this letter, for yoa
must take these fashions and rumors oi
fashions very much to heart, "read,
made, learn and Inwardly digest them,"
as we say in Lent, so wljen you come to
stay with us through the Exposition no
one will believe that you are a lady from
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thing away.
What fun wc shall have those four
months, from July to November. The
town -will be filled with distinguished
people from all dver the country, and
there will be no end of gaycty.
I wi|h you could see the new Exposition
buildings. They are superb. The Exposition Commissioners are working like
beavers to make the thing a success—
and-snch concerts, such pictures and such
sight-seeing will never be known in this
part of the world again until we have
our second Centennial.
Adieu, dear girl, and as a parting benediction I send yon this picture of the
very latest Parisian fancy.
TIIE LATEST FEpil PAKIS
B. B. D.
CENTENNIAL   NOTES.
A  Few   Hard   Facts   Aboat   Cincinnati's
Jubilee.
Premiums will be given..
There will be a royal Forestry exhibit.
Glass fountains havo been imported
from Europe.
Illuminated vases will border the walls
of Horticultural Hall.
Mind yon, the '.'Cooking School" In
going to be a big thing.
The "Kindergarten" will be the place
where fond mothers will linger lovingly.
The plats ln Horticultural Hall will be
laid out iu the .flat, or English garden
style.!
Horticultural Hall wfll be one of the
most brilliant and attractive departments
of the Centennial.
The cascade will be a stunner this
time. Somothing new. Allison's own
idea.   Keep it dark.
Wall space, when adjacent to your
floor space, ten cents per square foot.
Other wall space fifteen cents per square
loot.
Payment to the extent of 25 per cent,
of the amount payable must accompany
the application, and the balance forwarded on receipt of notice of allotment.
Remember, the buildings of the big
show are right in tbo heart ef' the city.
No expense for hack hire, or even street
cars, will bc entailed by a visit from
your stopping place.
Word comes from all over the country,
and especially in tiie states comprised in
the Ohio valley. A man from a bock
county in West Virginia writes that thoy
are preparing already for *_■ grand excursion to the Centennial.
Handsome vases of flowers and plants
illuminated over the tops with electric
jets in colors will have the double effect
of both lighting anS illuminating the
vases. Something which' has'never been
attempted in this country before.
The third floor st Music Hall will be
set apart for pupils' work, apparatus,
school furniture, etc.; the north end of
Horticultural Hall, on the second floor,
for the Industrial Schools and Schools of
the Mechanic Arts, an- a ground floor
room iu one of the Elm street towers of
the Washington Park buildings for the
Kindergarten department.
CITY WORK  HOUSE.
A Notable Structure of tbe Ouoon City  of
tbe   —'est.
• This is an immense building, situated
on the Coleroin pike, in Camp Washington, adjoining the House of Refuge. It
consists of a central structure five stories
high with wings the height of threo
stories, in which are the cell rooms, each
iving ending in a building of four stories.
The frontage of the* whole edifice is 610
feet. The south wing contains the cells
for male prisoners, ranged in a singlo
block of six tiers, reached by iron stairways. The block has three hundred cells.
The north wing, similarly arranged, contains 240 cells, for female prisoners. In
the main building are the offices, the
family rooms of the resident superintendent (Mr. James I. Quinton) and the
prisoners' kitchen. A chapel stands immediately in the rear of the central
structure, into which a Catholic altar
can be wheeled when occasion requires.
Services are held every Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock, and, although none are required to be present, there is scarcely
any that are absent. The grounds back
of the prison are surrounded by a wall of
masonry fifteen feet high. Within this
inclosure are the work shops, foundries,
blacksmith shop, a laundry, tool houses,
guard and other houses ef sufficient size
to give employment to all prisoners the
place will accommodate. The grounds
contain twenty-six acres. The daily average number ef prisoners ia 56*-
—Robert Datesman placed 4,000 young
trout in a Union county stream last week.
Ilis brother, £. Datesman, placed the
same number in another stream, and
Thomas Swenk, Jr., put 3,000 in a creek,
wbere they will be likely to multiply like
unto the sands of the sea,
—Novel Scene.—Tbe Brighton Beach
Hotel, on Coney Island, 460 feet long, 200
feet wide, estimated weight 5,000 tons,
was recently safely moved back to a point
three hundred feet inland. Trucks resting on rails supported the building, and
six locomotives, attached by the ropes to
the underpining, furnicbed the motive
power. Not a particle of damage was
done to the building. A large crowd witnessed the novel scene.
—A Boy Kills Three Bears.—A week
or so ago a young son of Jacob Altemose,
of Tunkhannock township, Monroe county, discovered a bear biding nnder the
roots of a tree whilo he was out in the
woods cutting wood. The bear came out
to attack the boy, who used his axe vigor-
oi-sly and killed bruin. Then he noticed
two young bears aboat a year old under
the same tree, and theso hn also killed
wi_I his axe. All this was done in a few
m-iute8, and the boy, who always lived in
that wild forest, didn't think he had accomplished much or didn't seem to think
that he bad beeu in any danger.
—-Itch, Mange, and Scratches of every
kind on human or animals cured in 30 min.
utes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Thia
never fails. Sold by J, LJ Lembergcf,
druggist, Lebanon, Pa. Dcp. yQ-fti)