Gazette News-Current from Xenia, Ohio • Page 5

THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM BECAUSE IT REACHES THE PEOPLE, DAILY AJXTD TORCHLIGHT. te(W 53K SIXTEENTH YEAR. XENIA, OHIO, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1896. THE GAZETTE HAS A DAILY CIRCULATION OF SIXTEEN HUNDRED. PRICE 3 CENTS.

Soon What Shall We Buy HANDKERCHIEFS To select from, and the importers have surpassed all seasons in quality, price and quantity. 500 bought at a great bargain. 25 ct. Embroidered Hankerchiefs at Our 5c Handkerchiefs are not the same as you get elsewhere for 5c; see ours and you will see difference. Initial Handkerchiefs for misses, gents and ladies.

Hand-made Initial Handkerchiefs only 15 cts. Black Silk Scarfs 49 cents; are worth 75 cents. Many Styles, Shapes and Kinds, From 5c to Linen Embroidered Table Scarfs, Kider Down Pillows, Linen Doylies and Damask Seta. Tablo (Jloihn and Napkins to match. This department attracted more customers the past season than ever; the quality seems so good for thy money.

Two yards wide, iho price has been $1 25, now 874- cents. KID GLOVES Anyone who will buy our $1 00 Kid will buy again. Marseilles (guilts, excellent SI. miles' Klder Down Sacques. ItcHdy-mmlu and lined Sateen Skirts il.f»o S1.75, Wool Skirls, rejuly- mude, Merrill imiKo, to All Wool Skirts ready to make and 31.

Heady- made Flannelette 51 -to Calico to SI. Mills Instead of marking them down at last of the season wo give low prices DOW 10 to cents. mas anfl New the Route," Route," wltli its time- will sell tickets from nolntM low rutf of one ana round trip, on December and January 1, 1807, good re- a'uuarya, 1807. C. WOOLSEY, SECOND 8TKEBT.

tion given to women's and ohll Office hours 0 to 11 a. m. to 8 p. m. SILVER dainty Christmas present, to SILVER ASH the thing for smokers, $2.25 to $3.

SILVER PHOTO to $4.50. SILVER to $4.00. SILVER INK STANDS. Very handsome. SILVER gold pens.

PEARL PEN-HOLDERS, with with gold HOLDERS, pens, from $1 to $3.50. NEW MEDALIONS, very fine, $400 to $8 00. Some handsome Ostrich Feather Fans; prices very much reduced to close out the stock. Young people should be encouraged not only to read good books, but to own them. The sense of proprietorship lends a peculiar charm to a book, and a boy or girl can hardly indulge a wiser or more delightful purpose than that of having a library.

Start your children early in this direction. Uncle by Harris, Ills $2. The Pot of Gold, by Mary E. "VVil- kins, $1 50. Daddy Jake, by Joel Chandler Harris, $1.25.

Trumpet and Drum, by Fields, $1, Water Babies, Kingsley, $1. Prince Dimple, Mrs. Paul, $1.25. Schouberg Cotta Family, 50c. Little Prince, 75c.

Foster's Story of the Bible (sales over 500,000 copies) $1.50 book for $1. Birds' Christmas Carol 50c. Little Twin Roses, Mary D. Brine, 75 cents. Julia Horatio wing's and the World, Flatiron for a Farthing, Jan of the Wind Mill, Jackanapes, and others at 50c eacb.

Little Lord Fauntleroy, $1.75. Mias Alcott's Men, Little Women, Old Fashioned Girl. Under the Lilacs, $1 25. Oliver Optic's Works $1 each. Frank on a Gunboat, series, $1.00 each.

Daniel Boone, David Crockett, Crusoe, Swiss Family, Anderson's Fairy Tales, etc. TOY BOOKS. We have all Books, Panorama Books, Dissolving Views, imported Books, with magmficent'illustrations. Cheap Toy Books 3, 5, 10, 150 and on up in price. BEAUTIFUL BOOKS IN SETS.

Shakespeare, small s'xe $4.5 same 8 vols morocco, round corner, for $12 same 3 gilt top, $2.50. Autocrat of Breakfast Table, 2 illustrated, $5. Constantinople, by Edmonds De Amacis, 2 many photograveur illustrations, $5- Ivanhoe, 2 handsome vols illustrated $3. And many others. SINGLE VOLUMES.

We have a regular feast of good things in general literature, at prices to suit everyone. Elegantly bound Books at 25, 50 750 and oo. BIBLES. Vest Pocket Bibles, and all up to the Family Bibles. CHINA NOVELTIES.

Cut Glass, Rook wood Ware, Japan ware, Lemoges, Wedge wood, Royal Boom, Royal Dresden, Doulton, Royal Worcester, and other Wares. No such stock for variety is displayed in this city. You can get an elegant Christmas present from 25c up, at WEST'S BOOK AND ART STORE. WINTEE EXOUEBIONS, Oalifornia and the West, Florida and the South, and ticket ncntfl of the PRODDED WEONG- STEEE, Nelson Morris'Came Very Near Being Q-ored, CHICAGO, Dec. Morris, the millionaire packer, had a narrow escape from being gored by a Texas steer to-day, and J.

C. Bohart, of the Bohart Commission Company, was badly hurt. Mr. Nelson Morris and Mr. Bohart went into a cattle pen at the stockyards to inspect a consignment of cattle, and things were agreeable all around until Mr.

Morris prodded with his cane a steer with abnormally wide horns, that was lying pown in a corner of the pen. The steer charged. There was a wild rush for the fence, Mr. Morris leading, Mr. Bohart a close second, the steer third and gaining rapidly.

Mr. Morris just managed to get on the correct side of the fence, but he had not more than three inches to spare. The first object that met his eye as he turned around to look at things was the form of Mr. Bohart coming down from up in the air somewhere. Bohart fell with a mighty splatter into the feed trough, and to this face he owes his life.

The steer made frantic efforts to gore him, but its horns were so wide it could not get them down into the trough where Mr. Boharb lay unconscious. Mr. Morris pounded the steer over the head with a piece of scantling, but could not drive it away. Mr.

Bohart's shoulder was dislocated, he was badly cut on the head and neck and terribly bruised. His injuries are not fatal. ticket ngcntfl of ncH 0 ut LUc low rate cliUJB HorviOx ftm i quick Lime over thlH reliable route. I'M ble way to information free. will lf yoa contemplate trip.

If not con 0 cOm inunlcato with local representative or 0 onnHy ivanla Lines near your ho tte, nddi, AHfitfitnn't burg, for red an Dusou, C'hlof SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS, New Translucent Fabric for Skylights and Vault The translucent frabric recently brought out by a New England firm to take the place of glass skylights has, after a continuous experimental service of seven years bean pronounced to be in as good condition as when first put in place. The material has many aclfan- tages claimed, for it, chief of which Is that by its employment in train sheds, freigMhouses and similar buildings having skylights of large areas, the light weight of the material permits of a simple, inexpensive and light form of skylight construction. The joints are made water-tight by a special form of construction employed with this material. The fabric is said to have marked advantages over glass in being practically unbreakable, and for this reason leaks on account of breakage or cracking are not experienced. The translucent fabric consists of a transparent material spread over steel wire cloth, with twelve meshes per inch, which gives the panels a flexible and elastic property, permitting adjustment to any shape that the roof structure may take owing to the expansion and contraction of the framework.

The manufacturers state the the skylights mentioned as having been in use for over seven years have never leaked during that time, nor have they coat anything for repairs. Several Jarge industrial establishments have been fitted up with this material, among others the General Electric new shops at Schenectady, N. and the new forge shops of the Berlin Iron Bridge of Connecticut. The fabric is strong and in panels 18x36 inches in size, haB carried a weight of over 400 pounds per square foot. The amount of light transmitted is flfjual to thai 01 ribbed glass one-quarter of an inch In thickness.

The material will not burn unless set five to at the edges, when It will burn very slowly. Brands or coals dropped upon it will not set fire to it. Its cost is much to 30 per that of ordinary glass Inquirer. A PRETTY THEATER BAG. Dainty to Look ut and.

Vory Useful to Carry. A pretty bag intended to be carried to the theater to hold opera-glasses, vinaigrette, handkerchief, purse, and bonbonniere, was a pale green. The bottom was a circle of pale green brocade, about five inches in diameter. The sides, of velvet, measured about 13 inches in depth and about 21 in width. These were pleated on the circles, the two ends joined up, and the top was turned over three inches to form a frill.

Below this was a casing, through which was run velvet ribbon one inch iu width, to draw up the bag. Decorating the sides and concealing the openings, where the drawing strings came out, were two bows of wider ribbon, and over the velvet point d'esprlt lace was arranged, In double box pleats, the upper edge tacked to the velvet frill to keep it an upright position. The bag was lined with pale green China silk, and the Prenchy decoration put on as a finishing touch was a cpray of pink silk chrysanthemums. Save The Children. When children are attacked with cough, cold and croup, Dr.

Bull's Cough Syrup will prove a quick and sure cure. Mr. Elmer E. Baker, Blandon, writes: Wc have used Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup Tor cough, cold and croup, and i'ound it the bcsc cough medicine and cure for tlicso affections.

Wo never run out of it, but always keep it 011 hand." Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is sold everywhere- for 25 cents. Insist on having it. thought you said that a mackintosh was impervious to water. are.

much. I had mine soaked before I had it a Life. TO 13 A COf.O IIV ONE Take Luxntlvo Jiromo Onlnlno Tnbloto. All Klatu rofimd tliomonoy if to cuvo. 25'c.

ONLY FOUR THREE MEN AND ONE BOY Live to Tell the Tale of a Lost Ship-Silver Pulled the Captain Down, SAN DIEGO, Dec, terrific storm occurred in the gulf of on the 10th and 12bh of this month, and among other casual ties reported is the wreck of the bark Jamaica, with twelve passen gers and most of the crew lost. The Jamaica was bound from Campeachy to Vera Cruz and had a valuable cargo and some treasure aboard. She encountered a norther on the night of the llth, but got through till the afternoon of the next day, all the day westward toward Vera Cruz So long as the ship remained in good condition she was sent scudding before the wind and at one time Vera Cruz was sighted, but one accident after another finally occurred to the rigging, finally making it IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE Iia the enormous seas. With almost all the sails blown away the Jamaica returned and attempted to get back to Campeachy, but without success. The passengers took to the boats, which were repeatedly swamped.

Most of the crew simply put on life- preservers and JUMPED INTO THE SEA. The captain was one of these. He strapped 100 Mexican dollars upon him and clinging to a barrel tried to reached shore. The survivors saw him sink owing to the weight of the metal. The sight was a terrible one, as one passenger after another sank, the boats proving unmanageable.

The crew was all drowned and only three men and a boy escaped of the passengers. Th'e vessel sank soon after she was abandoned. The wreck occurred off the. port of Dos- rosa, Tabasco. MRS, HARRISON'S WATCH, It Was Stolen, But Was Returned in a Package, INDIANAPOLIS, Dec.

weeks ago General Harrison's house was robbed of a gold watch, belonging to his wife. He offered a reward for its recovery, and to-day he received a package from Chicago containing the watch. The local police had nothing do with the recovery, and General Harrison would say nothing except to admit the receipt of the watch. has taken violently to the human skin fad. If you want to show your devotion to a dear departed friend, in a way that will leave no doubt of your love, you secure as large a section of his cuticle as possible and proceed to have it made up for a tobacco pouch, a pocket book, or cigarette case, or prayerbook.

The prayer book is the most correct form of the memento. There is a fine blending here of love and devotion and many a trim Paris maid to-day repeats her prayers from a tiny, volume that is artistically bound in a portion of the mortal remains of a dear friend or relative who has crossed the Styx. Another phase of this strange craze Is the use of criminals' is, great criminals. When a murderer or anarchist of national renown finds his way to the guillotine there is an eager scramble for enough of his skin to cover anything from a franc piece to a cigar case. The executioner makes not a little extra money from this as the souvenir hunters are able to pay o.

fancy price for the coveted treasure. A TEEEIFIO EXPLOSION, Two Blown to Atoms Montpelier, Ind, at MONTPELIER, Dec. explosion that shook the earth for fifty miles around occurred here this morning at 7 15 o'clock, when the Empire Glycerine Company's magazine, containing several hundred quarts of mtro-glycerin, blew up. The magazine was located near the town. Harry Woods and George Hicock were at the magazine at the time, and were literally blown to atoms.

All that remains of the magazine is a hole in the ground. The damage done to property here by the concussion is considerable. There is scarcely a house iu town in which the windows and crockery are not broken. A team of horses near the magazine was killed by the shock. JAMESTOWN, Offenders of high rank at the Russian court were punished in a singular way by Peter the Great.

It was the diity of everybody else at court to consider and treat the delinquent as a fool. When Anne, the daughter of Peter's elder brother, Ivan, came to the throne she originated an even queerer form of punishment. She decreed that a certain prince should become a hen, and for this purpose she had made a large basket, stuffed with straw, and hollowed into a nest, with a quantity of eggs in it. This was placed in a conspicuous place in the queen's palace, and there under pain of death, tihe unfortunate prince was obliged to set day after day, imitating the cackling of tohe fowl he was supposed to represent. When most needed it is not unusual for your family be away from home.

Such was the experience of Mr. J. Y. Schenck, editor of the Caddo, Ind. Banner, when his little girl, two yeard of age, was threatened with a severe attack of croup.

Hesajs: "My wife insisted that 1 go for the doctor, but as our family physician was out of town I purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which relieved her immediately. I will not be without it in the Twenty-five and 50 cent boUles for sale by all druggists. of Is on ororj wrapper. Scaly eruptions on the head, chapped hands and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds, burns are quickly cured by De Witt's Witch Hozel Salve. It is at p-esent the article most used for piles, and it always cures thorn, jOunninghani Co, Time waits on no man; make'good use of your opportunities and have your photos made at the Biddle gallery.

OuA.eTOn.3C-A.. limilo llgTUtUN 6t Dec. 23, '96. A. McLaughlia was in Dayton this week.

Christmas eve will be celebrated at the Schular Block by a ball. Mrs. S. T. Baker is slowly recovering from a severe attack of erysipelas.

The Cyclone City Club are contemplating a pool table in their club room. Mrs. J. C. Toland is suffering from a suffering from a severe attack of erysipelas.

Al Wickersham and M. Eisernan are spending a part of the week in Cincinnati. Carpenter, Hite Simes are doing an extensive business in shipping hogs this week. Joshua Slade, of Sandusky, is the guest of his son-in-law, Mr. Clint Binegar, of Cottonville, Mr.

and Mrs. Kiley Jobo, of Xenia, will be the guests of Miss Mary J. Ballard the latter part of this week. Mrs. Emma Gordon, nee Clematis, is reported as being much worse at present.

She cannot live many days. Arthur, Stanley, Mamie and Ma son Taylor are the guests of then- grand parents of Coviiigton, this week. Mr. James Watson, our photographer, has sold his gallery to a Win. Giugry, of Greenville, Dark O.

Mr. Lester McKillip will' spend a week in of hid Mrs. W. A. Johnson Walter Miss Ada Sieole, teacher of phya-.

cal culture at the O. S. ri. O. Home, Xenia, irf visiting friends of he village this week.

Mrs. James Tull and children, of Kansas, 111., are the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. 11.

Palmer, jf West Main street. Mr. J. B. Christopher, wife, son and Miss Ora Glass will spend Christmas in Dayton, the guests of Mr.

IT. 3. Pease and family. Paul and Mamie Larkin return rom Earlham collago, this week, to ipend their vacation with their pa- Mr. and Mrs.

Maurice Larkin, of Madison county. Miss Pet Galvin, of O. W. U. of Delaware, Miss Marie Ross, of Oxford college, and Miss Mary Pennington, of Earlham, have returned rom college to spend their holiday vacation.

The Sabbath-schools of several of he village churches will give enter- aiumonts Christmas eve. After the entertainments the pupils will be reated to candy, oranges, nuts and popcorn. Mr. Harry Pen field, of Hunfcing- on, at present a student of a dental college of Chicago, will be the guest of Miss Grace Carpenter, of Limestone street, the last of this week. Mr.

Clement son of Dr. S. M. Jones, of West Xenia street, will return from the O. W.

U. off Delaware, this week to spend the holidays with his parents. Clement has been a student of the college for more than two years and expects to graduate from that institution. The young people of the Christian church will hold a fair in the basement of the Christian church Thursday, Dec. 81, and serve lunch from 5 to 8 o'clock in the afternoon.

The proceeds go to the pastor 1 fund of the church. The young ladies solicit the patronage of the populace of the village and vicinity. James Watson is in Bellefontairie this week, looking up a location for his business. It is probable that he will purchase the business of a firm which has been located in the city about eleven y.ears. Mr.

Watson is good photographer and characterized Cor honest dealing. He will make Bellefontaine a good citizen. At present he is a member of the village council. THE FRANTZ TRIAL. TRY TO PROVE HIM INSANE The Defense Making a Rather Poor Showing on That Line as Well as Otherwise.

Blood Is Life, It if? the medium which carries to eveiy nerve, muscle, organ n'ntl Jlbro its nourishment and if the blood is pure, rich and healthy you will be well if impure, diflea.se will BOOH overtake yon. Hood's Snr- saparl Halms power to keep you In health by making your blood rich and pure. Hood's PI UK arc easy to take, easy to operate. Cure Indigestion, biliousness. All the talk iu trie'world will not give you an idea of Clio benefits of DIGESTING like taking one dose of it It is positively the best laxative ever offered to the public; it is guaranteed to bo unoqualod for indigestion.

It is having the best sale of any medicine in the market in this part of the country, because its merits are becoming known. All druggists sell it at 66 cents a bottle. The limili ligoitturt Of DAYTON, Dec. ninth day of the Frantz murder trial concluded this evening without features of special interest. The day was devoted to the testimony of witnesses to prove the peaceable character of AlberJ Frantz for years and to show the possibility of a suicide being able to fire a second shot.

Late in the afternoon session that part of the evidence to sustain the insanity theory was produced. llKKEUITAttY INSANITY. This revealed a long history of hereditary insanity among the Stu- dybakers, that branch of the family on the side of Mrs. Frantz, mother of Albert. At the opening of court this morning, Jacob Frantz, the father of Albert, was again put upon the stand.

He stated that he wanted correct his testimony of the previous day. On Tuesday he had fully detailed incidents of the evening of August 27 and said that Albert was ab home. He testified to-day that he had not seen Albert on that evening at all. This change on the part of the defense certainly made an unfavorable impression. Where the father had described as being at home for some time after his drive and that he was cool and collected the testimony of Rev.

and Mrs. Teeter was to the effect that Albert had broken into their presence later in the evening in a terribly agitated ondition. Sits A PEOTOGEAPHEK Before His Instrument Shoots Himself, and ALBANY, Dec. Pierce, a photographer, posed himself in the big plush chair in hie gallery with the utmost nicety one day last week. He presented a three- quarters view to the lens of the pam- era, which was focused upon him at close range.

A drop shutter was attached to the instrument and an instantaneous plate was in the When the photographer had adjusted himself to his liking he picked up a big revolver that lay on a table conveniently near, cocked it and held the muzzle against his right temple. In his loft hand ho gripped the bulb connecting with the camera. "All ready; look pleasant, please." Did some ghostly echo pronounce the words? As the forefinger of the photographer's right hand pressed the trigger his left contracted upon the rubber bulb. Simultaneously with the report of the weapon the eye of the camera winked, and that was all. The body of the man collapsed in the red plush chair.

The pistol fell with a clatter to the floor, a cloud of white smoke eddied up toward the skylight and slowly dispersed, all was silent. An hour or two later the body of the man was found. TEMPTED TO Mrs. Isabella Bessie Little at and Beesie invited her to call Hotel Cooper. When she KND HER LIFE.

Fowler once met the public library at the called Bessie told Mrs. Fowler that if Frantz did not soon marry her she would be tempted to take her own life. Bessie visited Mrs. Fowler several times, at each of which she was in distress, and the last time said Mrs. Fowler would not see her again, Elsie Boyer was another of the voung women to whom Albert Frantz had been attention.

She regarded him as a peaceable, qaiet young man. She considered him her regular company. A NEW INTOXICANT. Results from Inhaling 1 Smelling SaltH. The very latest sort of drunkenness is that which, it been discovered, comes from the constant inhalation of smelling salts, says the New York Journal.

So great a hold has the smelling salts habit gained upon the modern woman that when she is deprived of them she experiences all the oravings that afflict the person who dearly loves liquor and finds himself deprived of it Some of the salts are of excessive strength and -produce a sort of stupor most gratifying to the victim. More than one woman has been suspected of drinking when really her Ineibriety has resulted from a too liberal use of the smelling bottle. Not long ago a titled lady was carried from the cloak room of a grand reception in London in a state of helplessness. A bottle was found in the folds of her gown containing matter of a strength sufficient to take away the breath of an ordinary person. The rumor spread with wonderful precision that my lady was a confirmed smelling salts theory being derided by the victim found it necessary to withdraw from the.social circle she had long graced.

Indulgence In this habit may become expensive, for the seasoned subject soon exhausts the strength of the salts. As stimulation of the olfactory nerves Is not alone the reason of this practice it becames necessary to renew the supply, and onco enchained the slave will accept nothing that does not yield full virtues. The story is told of an elderly lady who calls upon a chemist every two or three days and requests the replenishing of no fewer than eight smelling bottles, some o-f which are not of a diminutive size. A novel experiment, illustrating UK sensitiveness o-f the telephone to extremely small currents, was recentl.v made, in which a telephone line was cut and Uie two ends grasped in man's 'hands, after which the conversation carried on through Hie man's body as before, showing that despite the en or ous resistance offered by the 'body to the exceedingly feeble currents generated by the human Uie receiving telephone was still operative. OEDAEVILLE, Dec.

23, '96. Miss Mary Bra'tton of Chicago, is spending the holidays with her.sister, Miss Jennie. Miss Fannie Robinette, of Wilmington, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Hayes McLean. Pat Thompson and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a fine boy, the iirst at their home.

Mr. Jas. Anderson, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. J. B.

"Winters, returned to his home in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday. Mr. Oscar Evans has much to be thankful for this little Miss having arrived to make her home at his house. Geo. Iliff had his finger dislocated and wrist severely sprained Tuesday morning at the paper mill.

Dr. J. O. Stewart reduced the fracture. Mrs.

Mary Andrews who seriously a runaway last week is decidedly- -better complete recovery is only a questi of time. Bashford Chapter Epworth Leag Tuesday evening elected officers follows: Pres. Mias Maude Wo perr; 1st v.ce president, Hon Wade; 2nd vice president, Ze Negley; 3rd vice president, Ma 1 Templeton; 4th vice president, trucle Fields; Sec'y, Mable Owe Calvin Ewry; orgaui Cora Seigler; chorister, Alb Duflield. Mr. Earl Ustick received Tuesd a telegram announcing the sudd 1 death of his father, Mr.

William Ustick in Des Moiues, Iowa. Ti news has cast a gloom over ma persons here where he was well favorably known. Mr. Willi Woodbridge Ustick was about for eight years old and was born Washington, C. II.

In 1S68 he united in marriage to Miss Diant eldest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. Stewart. The family resided Springfield, till the death of -Mrs.

Ustick which occurred Nov. 24, '91. After the death of his wife, Mr. Ustick went west, where he has since resided, and three of the children made their home with their grandfather, Dr. Stewart, while! a son Bert, found employment in Cincinnati.

Mr. Ustick at the his death was employed in the general freight office of the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific road at I)es Moines. While on a visit to his children a month ago he was the best of health, but a letter frdm him a week ago gave no tidings that he was seriously ill, and for this reason the children feel the blow that much more keenly. The gram did not indicate the manner of, his death. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved children, Earl, Bert, Woodbridge and Miss Nellie.

The remains will arrive Wednesday evening and be convoyed to Dr. J. M. Stewart's residence where funeral services will be held Thursday (hour not set) by Dr. Morton.

FOE SPANIAEDS IN CUBA, Blowing Them Up With Dynamite and Firing From Ambush Makes it Disagreeable, TAMPA, Dec. of ban leaders here received Havana to-night confirming port recently received of losses sustained near Santj other towns near by while ing to capture the cargOj bustoring vessel. Tin were routed, and thj Deschelaino, thirty aid. A train was once with great s( watchful Cubans the! and sent word out to gent camp. The mited as the train cai bomb exploded, causil struction, four cars blown into splinters.

SPANIARDS FLED. The terrified Spanish soldiers poured out of the wreck, only to receive a withering fire from the Cubans concealed behind the roadbed. The Spaniards fought bravely for a few moments, but the odds were too much, and they fied in all directions, the Cubans pursuing them for miles. Over forty Spanish soldiers were killed or wounded and forty were taken prisoners. The Cubans also secured a quantity of arms, ammunition and medical supplies.

The Havana authorities, it is said, are greatly stirred up over this, and say that dynamite is not a civilized agent to use. It is reported that the expedition landed all safely, and that all the cargoes were taken to Gomez's camp. OHILDEEN CREMATED, Locked Themselves in a Closet to Escape the Fire, PITTSIUJRG, Dec. children of Mrs. McKim, who lives near Franklin, were burned to death last evening at their home.

The mother went to visit a neighbor, leaving her four children in the o'clock and declare they will do so until the treat is forthcoming. 'Tis Midnight! Loved the Bottle Before He Had Teeth, At No. 82 Warwick Zanesville, Hves Mrs. B. H.

Mills, who relates the following experience): 4t have used Dr. Hand's Teething Lotion and find it all. that it clnnns to bo. Our liitle boy cut his teeth so hard that ho- almost had spasms. Bathing his gums with the Lotion would relievo him immediately.

He knew the bottle better than all others and would cry for it. I advise every mother who has teething children to Uso Dr. 'Hand's Teething Lotion." all druggists, 25c. The old way of delivering messages by postboys compared with the modern telephone, illustrates t'he old tedious methods of 1 colds compared with their almost instantaneous cure by One Minnte Cough Cure. Cunningham Co.

Hark All through the house ritigs the awful sound, once heard nefer forgotten, the sound of a chilp's croup cough. There is no time to lose. Croup a monster that Will not be trilled'with. Then is the tijne that if you have neglected to vide yourself with a bottle of lj)r. Hand's Congh and Croup Medicine you fully realize how careless Sjiid neglectful you havo been.

It is wofth its weight in gold at the critical njio- ment. And yet it costs only 25cj. a bottle at any drug store. T.lu> frequent complain of dtvfickmt. in New York cily Is due; to a natural enough cause.

The grow Hi of the city is very rapid, and the clfuss Immigrants coming of late yenra mostly brought large families The number of school children -has in-creased more rapidly than (he schools, ibut an attempt is to be made to overcome this discrepancy. Absolutely pure, perfectly harmless, and invariably reliable are the qualities of One Minute Cough Cure. It never fails in colds, CFOUJD a'nd lung troubles. Children like it bo- cause it is pleasant to take and it helps them. Cunningham Co, Here is a Chance To get your money back if you want it.

We make this assertion and can prove the truth of it, "Chappelear's Bronchini The Great Cough Cure" is the only cough remedy ever known that will always give relief instantly. Bronchini never fails, it will cure a cold, it will prevent and cure croup, always relieves irritation in the throat, it is the best family medicine for any throat or lung disease ever known, and if it don't do just what we claim for it you can rnoney refunded. at 2 'by Cunningh' "Excuse me," observed in spectacles, "but I am a and that is not where the liver "Never you mind where his liver retorted the other. "If it was his big toe or his left ear DeWitt Little Early Risers would reach it and shake it for On that you can bet your gig-lamps." Cunningham Co. The great laxative for the bowels is DIGESTINE, a remedy that cures headache, sweetens a eour stomach and makes life worth living.

Can be had at all drugstores at 50 cents a bottle. POWDER Absolutely Pure Celebrated for Its great leavening strength and health fulness. Assures Uie food again?" alum and all forms of adulteration cominc to the cheap brnmls. BOYAI. BAKING POWDJCH New York,.