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Is I I 10 THE SUN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1899. BEST HOUSEMAN IN MAINE. ATTESDAXCE AT BILL WALKER'S lVSliUAL SHOWED HIS WORTH. no ffu One of tli Rhreiwilnet Men In tlie Mito-Uifnrmeil After lie Won Hneent lll Wlfn'a unernl-llls MothoU of Aecu- 1 niulrttliic Wenltii-lle Died a l'oor Man. i Nor.

25. Nearly trro Ibon- unl iwrsons drove thclf horses through the mud I i and rnin In order to Attend the funeral of DIM Waller, who was burled In rrerdom cemeterr la.it Sunday afternoon. They becamo drenched wlili rain and spattered "Hh mud lu order tu show ihelr rcsix-ct for the abilities: of Walker as a i horse (orkcy aud a Christian Kcnllemsn. Thero 1 havo been Homo other men In Waldo county who understood how to trade horses to adtantage.and rj other men hare llrcd who know how to train II burses, and Htill other men hare been familiar with tho ways of drlWnir horses, but for all-round I horscmanshlp.for tralnlnc as welt as for trotting', I I and for dlrlnir to nln, Illll Walker was tho best I man that eter lived In Maine, lie was horsey I i. from his heel-taps to the bristling- gray scalp- I If lock that tufted tho top of his head.

Men who 1' knew him best and admired him most called I I bim tho "Centaur," a term nhleh In Walker's case I itascnnvcrtodintoahiclicompllmcnL Strangers i who traded horses nilli him for the first time called blm a rascal, which pleased Walker 1m- i Densely, and advertised his business more than I any words of praise. 'r Iff Tht sneers a cf Walker did not come until the CUlt War was well unlcr way. Uefore the war jit ha had swapped hotsas, bought and sold oxen I 'H snd het on scrub races wl varyluir results, ael; ill dom B'ttlnic new dollar til he bad parted Kill from the old one. and so accustomed IK I A todibt ami that he always felt lonesome 111 when l.io icr II dtln't call around to see lilm till two or three iirne wcclr. Durlnc a hotpoHll- 'I'D ealrampilziiln 1803.

Wal er supported Turlter I'fll ol Llnrolrmlle lor ShertO nni did such.Eood 'IJP work lha this man a.s elected, whereupon Waiker 111 was appj.mol a deputy as reward for Iiim ser- Ii Tires. I lie horse Jockey fitted into his new duties as perfectly as a ntopper fits a )ur Havlng- VV dixljoj sheriffs with hicccbs for a dozen years -L'lJ he reversed bis welcadiusted machinery and be- Mil 71 came tbe most iltroroun and most Jreadedffli-r III! in tin-county. Ho nl-o found the i flic of (treat i ni adrantsirs to him In swappl i(r hordes, thf profits I'V In a trade llnc much arrester while iravelliiiir on mileage at the ii.alntllf'a expense than (hoy had i beeu when he was obliged to foot tbe bills out of his own po.ket Ills physical and financial Prosperity was th? talk ol two cnuntle. He I 1 nullt new stslis nnd csrrlares hr- 1 I neas fixings until his door-yard looked like the suburbs of some Croat racing park Meantime i his waist ilouhled its diameter and his pale thin I' far rounded out and blossomed like a rose. Hrmtnnbrrins his old days of financial stress Walker was never severe with men who made an 1 elforl to pay, but to those who dodced him or lied if to him he was a terror, exacting the last cent and Isji pursuing hLs Ticllms with ferocity Most of his Lfi eamlnirs came from the poor debtors, whom ho bad lodged In JalL lla ins; put a man behind VI bars for a trivial debt augmented by heavy costs Jf ieratonceslo4kel up his most worth-i less horse, and putting It Into a shining- harness and carriage, drove away on a visit to tho debtor's family, where he held a sympathetic.

conference with tho ror man's wife, lie was jlM very sad for tho unfortunate prisoner. It nearly I in broke his heart to take him to Jail, hut duty was I JH ilutv and he must obey orders. 01 course the iII debt was nothing, everybody ran in debt sooner Bit or later, but tho disgrace of going to tail was a Hot that would remain for life. In fact, there iW was only one course of conduct that would wipe JJ away the stain and make the debtor a free and honorable man. When the wife asked what her fcl husband nmld do to lie saved.

Walker replied -ftj "It him enlist and so to tho war. Ills term In lall will be forgotten and forgiven when ills fl patriotism Is known. When marchlnc tx-neath fill the folds of his country's banner and facinp tho II traitorous foe, your husband will lie called a hero. la a few months the war will end and cur bus- baud will come home covered with trior)" and drawing a pension that will support you and him for the rest of your lives," After bearing Walker talk the wife would sign paper transferring her claims to the bounty money to Walker, whereuiwn Walker would iclro her his horse and carriage nut of pure admiration for her loyalty. Then ho would coll on the debtor In Jail and say.

"bee here, my lino covey, your Jig is up, and we may as well talk business. our wife bays she won't mortgage a thing to get )ou out if you stay In here till you rot. our father and brothers have all they can do to look out for them Kelcs. You're in here until Doomsday unless you enlist and turn your Imunly money over to me for getting you out of a bad scrape. After you are mustered In and get your uniform you i an have two weeks at home to ride around with wife.

The war won't last a year, anyhow, and then you'll come home a blooming hero with Mraps on your shoulders, a medal on 5 our wrskli and a pension ol i'M month as long as you live. I What do ou lu nk of that, eh? Hotter than rotting In Jail, Ian ItT" In the end the debtor enlisted and signed oil his bounty to Walker in payment for services, An tho town, State nudl'ederal bounties amounted to more than Jl.J'JU. Ualkrr felt well paid for his kindly act, while tho debtor, finding a new turnout awaltln him when he went home wtlh his uniform, tlieved that Walker was the kindest and most man that ever lived, lnsldo of two years Walker cleared more than tiu.uw by liberating prisoners from Jail and getting them to enlUL Hut prosperity brought its tempta- tions. Walker, who had net or Ixen a teetotaller, I began to drink h'avily. going from dram-sliop to dram shop until lis fell asleep In his larriage.

when lus horse would take him homo. As soon as Walker had recovered enough to be able tu ft write, he would till out and sign warrants for tho arrest of every man who had Mild liquor to him. II tho dealern would pay Walker tlOO costs tu i hand, all proceedings would bo nol pruwd Ulher- wise ecry lan must go to Jail and await trlaL when cuufnmtod with a dilemma nf this kind. the men were not lung in making a choke. They paid Walker tho husu numey and were not disturbed again lor a when the vigilant deputy came around and levied another atAefcsraent.

I the close ol the war heavy drinking and iti hlgn living bad begun to tell upon Walker. He grew lal and short-winded and was prone to pick t- a quarrel at slight provocation. Ono night in i tbe fall of lWVl ue had Ins car bitten oil and his facepuund-sltoajclly tu a barroom light In Hum ham. '1 his row lost him hts Job as deputy therilt MS and kept him sober for almiwt a month. When ho broke out again he abused Ills wile, who was In lix-blo heallli, until the ueiguliurs were cm- pellcil to Interfere, and Walker went away and 1 did not come home ugain until called to attend II his wife's funeraL I ho friends and klndnsl R'S ol the wllo wcro already as.tcmblsi at tho house l'J svhou Walker drove into the ard behind a speoiv (j horse and fell from the wagon.

He admitted tt that be was drunk, but begged lor a Neat at the head of tho coflln, promising to conduit himself properly. Ho slept all through the services. On the way to the cemetery on tho further side of the town Walker rodo behind Iho hearbe with lib wife's sister In the wagon behind him was frV his brother in law. a wild young lellow who mr.f loved a horso rai-o Iwtler than an thing else. Iff As the procession climbed a long hill in the middle IP of a cml autumn alternoou Walker lookext back If! at bis brother In law and said: "That's a sleek looklug horse of yours." j' "1 think so," was the reply, "Uo anyr "Some "Del you J10 I rt to the grave before you do." K' Tbe words were hardly out before the brother- I'i law bad hit bis horse with a whip, cut out Into the ditch and galloped past Walker and tbe hearse.

Seeing he was likely lolose his bet, Walker whipped his horse into a gallop and went up tho road, T. leaving the funeral prweealon far behind. hoy ft raced up and down hill for two miles. Sometimes tbe two horses ran neck and neck for hall a mtn-ft nte. Then one would fail Iwhind.

and the leader would go for a space in undtsturbnl posseisHloii of the road. The hnrso ol the brother In law had the advantage until they struck a long level I- road that led to toe cemetery, when Walker's horso, wlilch was gaunt Irum long training, came lit up aud pnssed the trailer, which waa short winded, having Ju-H up from puMurc Wnlker rlruvo up to the oiien gravo two lengths ahead ol Ids brother in law. winning Slu and a reputa- tion tha' Issttsl him 'hroiigh Jlle. The re orm of Walker datos from the day of his lo'j funeral. He never took another glass of liquor, but signed the pledge as soon as he became -wilier He professnl religion and Joined Hie church niter a year's probation.

Though X. Walker Ixcaina a model I'lmstlau, he never lost his inlcrcMt In horses. Thirty jears ago ho lm- I P'rlwl I'erchi-ron and Clydcclalo slock from Europe ami bred them on a largo srale, telling J' them to tho lanuers on easy terms and olltrlng haniUiome tirirci to the men who raised the best lj, colts and fillies. Though an old man he took X' a courso in ved-rlnary surgery at a New York HChool. and received a diploma His services 8.

were in grcil demand, Ixilli as a horse doctor and 6 Judge at raios. and though ho could hae nuide much money out of his nations, lie would never accept any iav Late lile he U-camo deeply 1 Interested in trench i.wch horses, spending much money to bring this breed Into general use. 4 Al tho time of Ins wife's death Walker was known to havo J.iuiio,) in (ioerninenl bonds. 'I he cic'-utors of Is estate- found barely enough money to lmr hint Ml ol his Inrlunn had been spent wlien I thought It would do tho most goul J'PlKi Leu Mil Ihclato H. (Hailstone.

Major I Ilicla-y, of 1'ort Kent and Illll Walker. thohore I Jockey, were born lu the ramo year. I War lrinrtmriit Wlrelras Telogrniilij. I'i Card. HobiTOl tho blgnnlriervlco Imi I been working lit Oovornois Isliunl for soonil 1 weeks iihiKh- thodlifotlon of (tin War Dtfpnrl- WL nioiit on tho Mirlnnsprobli'msolwliolosstoli'c- raphy.

mid Isnt proent iMiimutxl liu'iirrylugon a si-rli-s o' I'xpenmiMits betwocn tiiivcrnor Ishind nnd 'lompkinsxlllo. Tho ottjcut o' tlm DepniMueiit Incondii'titii: thpjo experiments Mi(iiovlsi, It possible, praellenl stem of wiit'li. tpirurnpliy that enn bo of tiso on any ihsmsIiiii iimi miller nnr olreumstniu'P apt, Hi'iu-r work is, how nvor. only in the cxivri- nientnl st go at pri-osnt. In short time, whn hi obtiuns snrnn more nppnriittis it is ox.

Vsluabl'l10 It U'0t b0lU, lutctellDB 0''J 1 shnms J. 454 FULTON STREET, BBOOKLYN. Fine Furs. i 0 My Far Stock selected for the season's trade with great care has never before contained such choice selection of high grade goods, consisting of Alaska Seal, Russian and Persian Lamb, Hudson Bay Chinchilla, Sables 1 Stone Marten, and Mink. 3 The Backwardness of the season has caused the post- ponement of many purchases of furs, and I find myself overstocked toith the finer goods.

I propose to make a sacrifice and to offer these goods at extremely low prices I for the balance of the season. It tbill repay you to take advantage of these offerings at once. Telephone Main 677. 4 Klnm Co. L.

Fnlton, Orn and IHEalb TUtbuih. Third Ave. an.t Putnam and llaliay car paaa lbs door. All olbar llnu will trauit.r direct to tho store. si TIIIICD AY.

JU 11. VUISU ITU BEST. rrnmlies to Open Its Ilroniln ny Line Abovit Seveutvflr.t Street by Dec. 10, Lawyer John McDonald, of counsel for the West End Association, mndo cubllo yosterday tho results of the confere-ace on Friday bo-I tweon President Cyrus Clark of tho usoela-1 Hon, Mr. McDonald nod 1'rvaldont Ellas and other offlcers of the Thlnl Aonua Ilallroad Company concerning tho work which tho railroad company la doing on tho llrondwar lino betwoen tho Fort Leo ferry and I'orty-aecond itreet In putting In the under-trolley srrtem.

Tho work waa gone over In detail by all theie at the conference. I'rcsldeut Ellas finally stated positively that tho company would havo cars running from tho Fort Leo forry through Manhattan street down llroad-way to Seventy-first street and thooco to Fifty-ninth street by way of Amsterdam nvenus on Dec. 10. This announcement, so Mr. McDonald said, was eminently satisfactory to him and to Mr.

Clark, Tho railroad's engineers showed that tho work In Forty-second street, which has been torn up for some lime, was of great magnitude, tho workmen had come across a perfect network of pipes nnd conduits not marked on any i mop. These old pipes will be roplacod by new i rlrcs which will bo rut In order In a large con-, i.ult. 1 lit work will take a lone time, but Mr. McDonald and Mr. Ulark who 1ml looked oor I the ground carefully were convinced that tho railroad company was doing all It possibly 1 could to complete the work.

I They were also convinced that tho work I would hae been completed In many instances long Bgolf tho rallrond had not been delayed by falluro to recnlvo Intricate switches uml Iron work, which would havo been delivered but for the provulllng great demand for Iron work. Mr. McDonald said yesterday that he snd Mr. Clnrlc had been treated with all posslblo consideration by President Ellas nnd th other railroad of3cprn. who hud put nil available Information nt their disposal, nnd who had called their engineers tu tostify to every point brought up In the conference.

MOHE VOUCH VI3TOL DMl.U rollre Piltola Are Appearing In tbe I'nwn-ahop Windows. Thero has not been a pistol drill so long In tho Polico Department that it has coma to bo taken for granted br the men that thero Is an end of the whole business, and consequently they havo grown careleasabout their revolvers. They havo Ilttlo use for them anyhow. Tbe rules require that they shall carry thom whon on duty, nnd tho roundsman Is supposed to tun each man's pocket when he Inspects tho rquad boforo It goes out on post: but as a matter of fact ho docs not do It. Of late police Pistols havo appearod in several pawnshop windows, suggesting that tho policemen bare rosorted to "hocking their sunn" as a means of raising tho wind towurd tho end of tho month.

It Is said that tho Depnrtmnnt revolver, for which the policeman puys flu, can bi-pawtid for The-present board has taken no Interest In tlmtnrget practice which mado good marksmen under the ltoosovolt regime. Tho aver-live ol mnrksmanshlp wag raised In threo months of practice from 1U In possible 75 at ten yards to in 75 ut fifteen yards, and forty-soven policemen earned sharpshooters medals. Mince thu drill censed the Department tudget has contained an annuul Item ol 1,000 for this work, but It has not beau spent, Chief Devory it marksman with it record himself, which makes It nil the more strange. Ho said yesterday that hu did not qulto nnprnvu nf tint system of drill by platoons irnl thought aiivhow Hint a policeman ought to bo nblu to hit the side of a hnrii without drill. Hut ho that lm had not given tho mutter mueli thought and might cbiiugo his mind.

One difficulty Is with the new boroughs, the squuds In which would hnvo to buy new pistols to conform tu the adopted pattern, If tho matter were taken up systematically. That will plther be done, though, or tho appioprlation will bo dropped. O.VK Of SOTIIl-HX'X JOKES. Ilow lie Knterlnlned Himself and Mrs, Wunil In Hparo 3Iuuient, h'ron (Ai ifojrort Journal. Mrs.

John Wood appeared with the elder Sotli-crn in the same company for several seasons. On one occasion, whllo the company waa playing in Uirmiugham, Mrs. Wood met Mr. Sothcrn In the street. They were near an Ironmonger's shop, when he shook hands with her and bade her good morning.

"Would you mind going In here with me? I want to make some small purchasts," he said. Slio accompanied him. Ho went up to the counter and said: "I want come 'Macaiilay's History of The assistant said: "Wo do not sell liooks sir: tills Is an Ironmonger's shop." "Well, I not particular," sold Sothern, pre. tending to lw deal. "I don't euro whether It la loiind in tall or Kusala." "Hut this Is not bookseller's!" shouted the assistant Ml right," said Sothern.

"Wrap It up neatly. Want to have it sent down to the hotel, It's for pretwnt I wish to make to a relalhc. I'm it up nliely don't keep III" shouted the assistant, getting red in tho face, while Mrs. Wood stepped aside and took a chair in anuther part of tho Miop, almost overcome with suppressed laughter at the i hrerf ul, Irani; expression on Sotlurn'H and the mad, puulrd look on tho bhupkrejicr'a assistant "Do it up as if it were for your own mother. I don wnnt anthlng better than lhai," said Sothern.

"1 would like to write my name un the lly leaf." "Mr'" bawled the assistant at the lop of his voice, "we do not keep books." "Very wrll," said the actor, quite undisturbed nt Hie emotion he was creating, 'I will wait lor It" I'ndrr tho Impression that Ills customer was el her stone oralunatic. the assistant bounced oil to the lower end of the shop and asked his master to come, saying: "I can do nothing with the man, I think he must broil his head Whereupon the principal marched up tu the spot whero Sothern was standing and asked very loudly tt hat is it, sir' What do you desirer "1 waul to buy a We," returned Sothern quietly, a plain We about four or live Inches in length. "Certainly." said the principsl, with a waller-iiu look at his assistant, and producing at once the article whiijli hud been asked for, I BURT'S Shoes For Durability, Style, Comfort; Mnterial and Workmanship tho best; appearance rarely procurable in other than the Jiurt Shoe. 9 9 Ladies' Cnlf Lace, double Bole, for bad weather. S- Ladies' Pat.

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4 9 a Winter russet, with waterproof! 6olc, Bluchcr cut. Slippers of nil kinds and all) styles. The Burt Shoe Fulton and Hoyt Brooklyn. too stvcit mzi.va at hhoitx. Students and Faculty Want to Reform tho Fraternity Initiations.

rnovinENci. R. Nov. tho faculty of Drown University succeeded soveral yeurs ago In abolishing tho sophomore-freshmen hazing, tho old custom survives In ovsn mors fl.igrnnt forms In fraternity initiations. Complaints aro coming from cltlzons of Providence calling the attention of the university authorities to tho "disgraceful proceedings on our streets" and prophesying that a scandal will result unless hazing Is restricted.

Tho hazing season has Just olosed. For a month the barbarian candidates for admission to tho Oreok Icttor fratornltles hnvo been mado to do ridiculous things In tho streets. That callod tho "outside" Initiation Is Intended to provide sport for the mom bora, to euro tho candidate's freshness, and to make lilm nppreelato fraternity fellowship, Aotlng at goneral errand-boy for the Oreekswho aro In charge of his initiation Is the loast tantalizing of tho candidate's troubles. Soms of tho other things he may hnvo to do aro to mnko a gospel othnrtatlon or a political speech In the Tost Oftlce; blindfolded to mako lovo violently to young women to noddle "trats" (or literal translations) (mm houso to house among tho professors; In dunce cap and pajamas to parade Westminster stroet evenings, sucking a big nursing bottle and followed by upperclassmen and street urobilin who kick and paddle lilm asthn "1'loasoKick thoFooll" placard on Ills baok directs; nnd, In tnttordomalton garb, to solicit cents on fashionable stroets, as ho grinds at a squeaky hand-organ or plays a jowsharp. Tho warning advice given by one of tha head professors to his own frutornlty recently Indicates that the faculty Is considering the hazing problem.

It Is understood that President Pnunco favors radical reform. One of his main endeavors Is to dignify college llfo In all Its phases. lie has, for example, mado a great Improvement In tho Impresilveucss of the dally chapel corvlce, It Is against the rooro dangerous nnd time-wasting features of tho hazing that tho protests are made, mainly by students, ns well as professors. A common performance Is for the blindfolded barbarian to jump from a fonco the height of which ho does not know. Sprains nnd damaged skulls often rosult.

Detaining tho candidate ten miles out In the country until tho last enr Ims stnrted for tho city Is un ordinary method of giving him oxerclse at walking, failures In studios have been unusually common this fall, tho midterm examinations showod. Very many of those who failed lay their misfortune to tho fraternity hazing. Thero Is among the stu lenta a feeling that fraternity huzlng at Hrnwn must bo restricted or abolished, even If tho faculty does not take tho Initiative, sUrnnhhm SVdvcrttjfemcixtK. ajrooMBn giflftrHutmetriu. fooMfln gntHnratntn.

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T. COUSinS, Brooklyn. 'I 498 Fulton Street (i Tl Philadelphia Store 1226 Chestnut Street. 6.4 TiLr-fo sssrtET eys-V 3w -i, fVa III Ml TAXKEE FEEIOUT CAK3 VOR EVROVB Kusala aud Franco Promise to Become Customer ol American llulldera. The Atnoricsn Car nnd Fouudrr Comrtny hits under consideration oyertures that have bosa made to It lu au Imlirect war br the Husslan QoTemmsnt to supply .1.000 frcleht cars and 200 combination dlulnn cars.

Trio fact was made known yesterday by William Korthrun JloMlllan of Putllli-Smlth, McMillan A Co. of Philadelphia and London, the Orm that jiandlrs tho export trade of tho American company. Mr. MoMlllan has Just arrived from T.urope. lie said that should the bis donl be closed It will represent an expenditure of about S4.000.000.

The cars are for use on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, now In rapid course of completion. The suggestion has been mado by the Russian Qoyeromentthat a Urge plant should be constructed by the Amorlenn company at some point oonvenlent to the Traiu-Hlborlau road where the cars, which would he shipped lit i-ectlonH from this country. could bo afsomtleit. Repairs could also he attHnded to nt this plnnt It Is rumored that the plans of the Russlun Uovorotnent contvinplatn the purchase alto-Kether of rnnrv than 20.000 cars. The American Car and Foundry Company la making effort tu enlarge Its foreign trade.

The Alteeu plants of the company havo a combined dally out put of care and aro now working actively nu domestto and foreign orders. An ofllui-r of the company said yesterday that rcoently In one week tho company tonic orders from American Railroads aggregating The company already has a vary heavy export bulnos with Hpnnish nnd Mouth American countries and Is paying most attention now to enlarging Its Kuropean export trade. It has sent a formal proposition to Franco looking to furnishing a heavy lino of froluht cars which will be neoded In view of the enormous IncreaBtf In trnlllo next yearouth Htnto rnllwaysof France becuusoottlie Paris Exposition. It Is understood that a prominent Frenchman, deputed by his Oouriimunt, Ims len In this country Investigating the fiicllltleit that American bulldiirs have for rapid delivery. These cars are to tie built on the French model, which ill (Torn entirely from the American model.

Unlivery mint bo mado br April imxt. It is ro-tHirted that the prospective French order Is for (1.000 freight care, including twenty-four different varieties, the contract bolng estimated as worth JJ.500,000. MESSAGE FltOM THE MKAIiE. Carrier rigeon Brings Rtory nf I'lani tn Entertain Soldiers on the Troop Ship. A carrier pigeon released from the transport Meade, which salted for Mnnlla five days ugo, arrived at Its loft nt tho Navy Yard yeitorduy.

It boro a message nddrcisod to William 11. Millar, secretary of the Army and Navy Department of the International Committco of th Y. M. 0. from John M.

Phlpim of tho same organization, who Is on tho transport. The mvssuga said that tho Meado was then eighteen hours nt soa, or almost 200 miles out, and that nobody was soaslck. Mr, Plilpps wrntoalso; "Plan now Is tn organize an association tote-cure a chorus and form a literary society on board at once and to enlist i much help from the ofllcors and men as possible. There are many men on hoard who h.ive seen service In the Philippine Islands and I have been able to learn from them something about the needs of tho soldiers in the camps around Manila. This, to all Interested lu our work, by carrier pigeon Mr, Phlpps took six pigeons with him.

Mr. Millar expects to hear from some of the others. THOUGHT BABY'S EAR WOULD BROPOFF Hotly and Ileud Muss Ulecdlng Sorrs. Suircreil Ileyond Description. I'liysl-clun Could Not Even Ilcllove.

Hnd to bo l'ut Under Opiates. Father Gives Up Utterly Discouraged. Head CI'TICUKA Testlmonlul und (Sot CUTICUItA Kemedlcri. Cured lu Seven Weeks. Mr infant boy waa afflicted with a ferritin akin dliaiic.

Tlia upper part of his body vraa ana raaaa of bleeding aorea uhlchaitanded tu lili luJ, aud on of hla cart waa to affected that na thought it would drop ofT, Ilia suffering were be) und he bad to be kept cnuttantly under the influence of opiate. Our phyalcian did everything for hla relief; hut Instead of tbe cblld gutting batter, the dlacaio seemed to bocoino more aititra-satod evary day, until I became utterly d.acottr-scul. I could find notnlng that would aren tellers my child till one day my attention mi called to a Curret'UA teaUmonlal published by ynu. I bought the Cu'Tici'm remedial, ualug tbe Cirnccna, CcTt ccba Bull', and Cdticciu ItcaoLVXhT. The rcault waa alaiplr manrcluua.

After the third day the oplatea were ducontlnuad, tha child naa freu from palu and tbe tarrlble Itching actuation. Trom day to day improamont progreaaeJ, snd in jrn lie Cuticuha reiue-dies l. child will curtd, tba araba falling off, leaving clean, imooth baby akin In their place. Aug. IS, J.

C. UAItliWICK, Clara, Oa. CiTtcrnaltcucmtahave eSTeclod the moat won, deitul iMircauf torturinir. dlrflgurinK, buuilPstlng aklu, ecalp, aud blood Innuoia, with hue of ualr ever lecorded. Warm la th citiui tn Hoav.

followed by gentle auolutlnxa Willi Clticiisa. inilntiif nmolllent aklu eurna, will afford iiittant relief, permit rest and aleep, and point to a apeadr, permanent, aud economical nun. whin tbe best phyalclaua, hoapitali, and all die fall, ItoM lhrubsl lbs worli rOTTH! 0 a Ml r. anur: rnor.t, bwo. "uw id cure hum SAVE YOUR SKIN MHLfN iiW OWJWT.

Sale of Desks. 180 DIFFERENT PATTERNS TO SELECT FROM. The prices we quote on all are from 25 to 40 per cent, below actual prevailing prices. To secure any of these bargains baste is the word. $5'00 jfT-ri $3.75 For this fine Oik Ar-jr Jjj Very nfJl Dk Dk, complete -n I 0lk or MlhoglIU I drtilL flne jj Finish; Carved.

il I I Carvings; Pol- If '-is-ff i ished. a $5.75 ppTTf $6.50 Tills is a very neat I tU Handsome Cirvrd Desk, Solid Oak. 1 Wfxa-rl, Oik Desk; French with Bevel Plate I Style Legsi Neil Glass Panel; neat Car vines; F.n. Carvlnw Highly JJ I mm. Polished.

If tS-J This style is Hand- This Is a very hand- 1 UpTll some m' some Desk; French rirxiHxi I Finish Mi fir" 1 Uss; nr'trHW Inlaid with Mar- Pantlsi I0 1 quetry Bevel Plate; 1 Brass Trim- (j I Cast Brass Trim. 1 7 1 9 en 00 .1 JSSLS.MMM! iirrvi This Is an Elab- Sj Kl ofte Desk in rffiW u. EH Oak or Mabog. WSWW'i itndiomt Burelu I any and Mar- I Desk; Oak and quetry; Highly 2iS Carved; Polished 3m -4t lsll Flnlsh I 1 These very low prices might excite your credulity, but an inspection will provo to you that they are all strictly high grade, fit to adorn any home, and ore really worth I from 25 to 40 per cent, more than above prices, I Cash, or Credit. I Brooklyn Furniture Company 559 to 571 Fulton Brooklyn.

N. Y. JMftHto.