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Show t BRITISH PENSIONS. Tm H B , Their A Brttibh officer who loees a limb or an eye at once receive a sum equivalent to a year's pay and tbe price of sa artificial limb. A year later he msy be (ranted a permanent annual pension. graduated- according to bla rank. receives 12,000; a A lieutenant-genera- l a colonel, 11,750; tnajor-eenera- l, fl.600; a major, ft, WO; a captain. 500, and a sulalteraa, f 350. When an officer la sounded very severely be may receive a gratuity, varying from Ibret to twelve montbe pay; and It tbe la likely to be permanent be wilt receive a pension of one half that granted to his rank for tbe loee of a limb or an eye. These peneiooe and gratuities, kaown in gloomy pleasantry la tbe British army as blood money," e are additional to tbe ordinary to which officers are entitled to la tbe normal course of events Tbe widows and children ot officers are not technically entitled to penalons; they receive them as a matter of grace and not of right Takt tbe esse of tbe widow and children of a colonel. If Be dies from tbe effects of a campaign tbs widow receives 1750 and each child flOO per year, but if ba is killed In action or dias of hie wounds she draws 11.000 and each child 10 annually. Tbs seals for killed and died of wounds runs thus: A majors widow draws 1700, a captain's 1500, a subalterns WASTR1CKEDBYFATE rwnu In-ju- ry pen-alon- two; their 1175. -- from children-var- y 1125 18 xmmrWRr fbsy Weat Aiwaad Hla Ufca Be Wo a Swamp. New Tork Tribune; board a capital story last night," Mid Georgs C'abel of St. Louis at tbs -- Hoffman House, "Tea re ago la a western frontier town - a traveler, footsore and weary, arrived ods afternoon, and gnade hla way down the one street ot the burg, lie was suddenly startled by tbe sound! of shots, and looking up discovered four men shooting at one another. The men were standing at tba four corners of an imaginary ' square, end each Mooting at tbe man estacorner to him. Being in what he supposed a aafe poeitlon he paused to watch the outcome ot the fray, when a bullet, going wide of Its Intended nark, cut by hla ear. That roused hie Wrath, and drawing his pistol hs dropped tbe man In his tracks who had .I WRONGLY IN PRISON TWENTY-TWYEARS. ! O Uehed. years in After spending twenty-tw- o be which crime a for Sing Sing prison did not commit, a blind error of Justice being responsible for bis conviction snd confinement. John C. Baldwin walked out of that Institution a few acdays since relieved of the horrible cusation of murder in the first degree. Jt was in 1877 that Baldwin was convicted la Port Jervis of the killing of Although it William Springsteln. vm on tbe narrowest thread of cirwas cumstantial evidence that be foi.nd guilty, he was sentenced to die oo the gallows In expiation of hi supGov. posed crime, Tbe clemency of RoHnson was extended to him and the sentence commuted to life Imprisonment Hie friends believed Btancbly in bis innocence and continued a search for propf of his marestyrdom. This they substantially tablished five years ago. So complete was their exoneration that nine of the Jiving Jurors who had convicted him professed to believe that the evidence had pointed falsely to his guilt. But even this could not release him, for Cor.. Flower.rtJrdto pardon him. So the search Was resumed for Ihehfie missing link In the ebaln which, when It was discovered last month, led Gov. Roosevelt to order his pardon, A mors remarkable atory of the damning of a man by chance has rarely been beard -The In American criminal annals. circumstance that convicted him was a small finger stall. He was at Port Jv-vl- s with Springsteln at tbs time of the latter's murder. Tht two men were on good terms and were never seen to disagree, let alone to quarrel. Bo when Springsteln disappeared and Baldwin professed to know nothing ot him it was not thought that any foul play bad been Indulged. But when, shortly after,- - Baldwin disappeared aa completely, an active Investigation was begun. After a brief search tbe body hannlM previously, comparatively amusement, owing to the poor marksmanship of the contestants, but the man who could shoot hsd arrived, and the inhabitants, although they turned ont to greet him in a body and grant him tba freedom of the city, did to la BMilwl aw and CrautdaUoa.-- . W haw, j ewr he told the story afterward hs Used to wind it up Impressively by saying: And, boys, la that town after that they went around ms as If I bad been a wp," A UUL F m have been relieved ot female trout! oa by Kirs, Plnkhzm's advlso and mediates. The letters of a few aro printed regularly in this paper. If any cno doubts tho efficiency and sacredly confidential character ot ; f.lrs, Plnkham's methods writa for a booh she has recently published which vcntclr.3 lettersst from thS mayor of her master, and others cf care made who have city fut Investigation, and who verify all cf firs, Pink ham's statements and claims. The Ptekham claims aro sweeping. Investigate Lynn,-4hajio- Tir.rtTY YSZAflS la wL the Indian Territory are looking forward to the marriage of Mary In Corn-droppe- tbe only daughter of Frank Corndropper, with great pleasure. According to the custom in vogue among the Osages from time immemorial she will be sold to tbe highest bidder, tbe compensation being made In ponies. Chief Corndropper lives about forty-fiv- e miles southwest of Independence, Kan., and, owing to big farmer official capacity, Is one of the best known Indian braves in the Territory, Of course, he and bis wife are can In and as only termarry In this tribe only that ctosi of Osages will be allowed to bid on tbl girt. Mary is an exceptionally good looking squaw; she is twenty-tbre- s years old, but has not much education She has been twice before sold In marriage, and because of her b lauty brought "heaps of ponies, both limes Her first husband whs Tall Chief, whe paU IOO ponlesT Jolsh lAgan; promt-nen- t member of tbe Osage council, wat the second husband, and he paid tot Ponies. Both marriages proved ' un happy and separation followed.- - Tbit ia why she is to be put upon the block again. In accordance with an Ironclad rail among tbls tribe the parents of th competing young men will have to dt the bidding, and tbe bride, who will bf arrayed In blankets trimmed wltb ailki and beads of tbe gaudiest colors, principally scarlet, will announce tbe result by riding into the arms of tbe bidder. The marriage ceremony is then completed by the parents ol the trid taking her Into thebouse. where she will be stripped of her clothing, which will then be torn in two and divided equally between the parents of the bride and groom, who will retain them as long as the coupls live happily together. After the marriage ceremony a big feast will be had la which many beeves will be consumed and the festivities will be concluded with A dance lasting three days About 800 guests will be invited to attend tbe wedding and dance. Miss Mary, like the rest of her tribe, ia quite rich,, and 1,200 acres of land will go to her husband as soon as they are wedded. full-blood- full-bloo- ds ... CF CURES Wm P4 th I ttanalU fra by Thtm for Eatabilabad. It is not given to many tourists .in India to catch even glimpse of t native lady, and that k why we hope to be forgiven for watching her so loosely as she picked her dainty way down through the terraced line ot worshipers upon the massive steps. About her slender, shapely form a cloud ot silk of the hue ot pal heliotrope fluttered and clung. Upon her neck was a circlet of rubles. Gold set with diamonds few, but brilliant-flash- ed upon one small wrist Her fefel were slippered in gold. Her face wai almost as white as my own a proud face, yet gentle and exquisitely fashioned. She stepped out ot her ellppert What a beautiand into tb water. ful picture! How romantic! you say Yea, but wait another second; remember this waa In India. She stooped to begin her devotions by drinking from the stream. Then we say that three feet from her there rested, at the waters edge.the backbone and a few ribs a human body, newly thrown from nearby pyre. Two crows were perch- ad JPPOJtJW fttipjj -- Harper's Mag In rank. OFF 41m p Ma4a Hom-bol- d la HrUnd Snd Skies ut pi! (Special Letter ) The question whether we are advancing in the mechanical arts, and great schemes of engineering Is often suggested when we are confronted with the work of the ancient. The pyramids are the most stupendous works of man ever contemplated, and there appears to be nothing new under the sun. Interest in irrigation in tbe southwest dawned wlthlp the last twenty years, yet In Arizona and New Mexico there are traces of a civllza-tiu- a eo old that the mind falters In following it back. We see beds of streams cut through miles of country, even mountain raugts, and a maze of Irrigation stream crossing and re-- c rowing the land, male unknow a ages in the past years, so perfect from an engineering standpoint that the experts of today are emptying them Of the sand and debris of centuries and using them aa the arteries that shall bring new life to this fertile part of quarts knives to worit with. With these rude Implement they carved out an object th shape of a camion bill and as large as a football Gradually this was picked away until finally It hung by a narrow stem, wbk'h was broken off. Tbe inside was then slowly dug out with the tame rude tool and In time the oils acquired the smooth and often artistic form so familiar in all the museum collections. The common shape Is round, but One mortar shapes three feet la height we; not unusual. The writer some weeks ago tent over tbls old manufactory very carefully and found U most Interesting Hers was an aboriginal manufactory an outdoor workshop In the Immediate vicinity of which were found verde antique Implements in various stages from the oils just outlined to the one that had been broken off, leaving the scars in the rock. In s word, tbe complete evolution ot the oils could be traced here, especially at the head of Cottonwood canyon, back ot Potts valley, where verde antique crops cut in ledges in every direction. On many of there can be Been the work of the native carvers, while beneath tie the pilts and heap of chips as they were left centuries ago. The early Spanish navigators, and Vizcaino, who discovered the Island 200 years ago. described tho fine canoes of the natives. These, There U every good tcaeeswby - St Jacobs RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA LUMBAGO SCIATICA for the reat of the century . On pus amount reason m u does cure, SURELY AND PROMPTLY two 6S$4 Thttitklng Mod Ftrcis kj The conduct of men m great emergencies often rebukes the ingratitude and lack of la every-da- y Ilfs. Nansen's countryman. Dr. Bvea Hsdin, after suffering from hunger and thirst tor days In unexplored Asia, 1 thankfound a pool of clear water. ed God first," save he.. ''ead then I felt my puls. I wanted to see the effect that drinking would have on it Then I drank. Religion and science la the face of the Imperious demands of the physical nature, thus asserted their cootrolling power. Youth's Companion. Hl CMart Kkna. General Fltzhugh Lee received much attention during his recent visit to the United States. He had stones to tell, and on of them concerned his name. It was after he had gone to Cuba, sad tb manipulators of tbe telephone were not very familiar with his name What name is that!" and reputation. Lee Fltihugh asked one epsrator. Spell It, Lee, was the response. pleare. Thank you. Plague take these Chinamen. Philadelphia Post. Labor!, Drerfuss lawyer, will lector In tbls country this summer. SUCCESS FOR THE DAIRY. To secure the tet results fitt the enre of, milk end I Utter attention mu be gives details The milking rnuet be properly done, and all veere.t used must be kept self-contr- ol z&'iriSgF A j SERPENTINE i Oil thoeld cure 8 a. - :aiCOanbnteif All the efforts made to release him sine. proved esiniii, and th hopes ot redoubling. - Hava th. Illchnt IIM-- r C Ha 4 af Tale la Ilea The aristocracy of tbe Osage Indlaw - Deep - JOHN C. BALDWIN. ;. poured of 8pringstein was found buried not to are sure hearts forth from burning 50 yards from the barn back of th Jtlndle tbs hearts of others. A tearhouse In which he lived. Suspicion It and little yet Is a very thing, drop wm directed toward Baldwin and, eland Hearts that ts a thing of power. his being located, he was arresteverything else are often melted by a upon wm proven very conclusively ed. It la heart every tbe Let tear. palpitate bad been with SpringBaldwin that worL-rEn- ob line and burn in every steln shortly before bis death. There Pond. waa no one else to whom the finger BanxlN M Oms Cables. of suspicion could be Justly pointed, for cable so It needed little to fasten the crime The recent Investigation laying in the Pacific Goean haa revealed upon him. And that alight circumtbs fact that It not upon rock bottom, stance waa not lacking. Baldwin was they become enorusted with seaweeds, known to have cut hla finger a few heavy enough to break tbsu. Tbla la dike dyspepsia, which grows until it days before the murder. He waa wearbreaks down th health, llostetter's ing a finger stall upon it When tbe Btomach Bitters wilt cure it, as well as body of Springsteln was unearthed a leather stall was found beside him. indigestion, liver and kidney troubles was believed to be the clinching ' As thf conviction grows In Great This end upon Jt a verdict of evidence, Britain that the war will be long, the wee rendered in the first degree. guilty efiorta for providing for the tick and Baldwin wsa tried, convicted end sen- v ounded and the families ofthe sol- tenced to death. Later hie punishment them. BRIDE ON AUCTION BLOCK, TM Biercd Hath. One day, when we were feasting our eyes upon the wondrous daily morning aeeaer t tb ablution ot the pious multitude at tbs sacred city ot Benares, Burmese princess joined the throng She was as royal in beauty and attire Hoart EsnMlMMi j believe la heart earnestness. testing Is contagious. Words Are QUARRY OF VERDE. la thir abut out from the world, event he will be teken in band by Lit friends and given a home which I Tip ( a Clave 'leeev Ceevteted C. Hal4wla nl Noarlf See Mlee trick of fate has 1: pt from bla thegr the Oallawa Iaacaea Ftaailf Beieb- many years. Dying wide from Its mark, but near to the stranger, caused him to Uy nut one ot the other pair, and tbe two remaining men sought safety In flight In that particular town duels had been diers at the front twenty-tw- o years oat of a man's U A la no Inconsiderable period and Bald wIb may not be able to stand ut against the buffetlngs which mark the ON ISLAND OF CATALINA, CALIFORNIA. epoch that has dawned since be war QUARRY AND WELL. e. what was the old American, desert Everywhere we follow In the steps of of the ancients, and on the lslar Santa Catalina there la an Interesting Hlastrstion of rihtsr When the whites first visited southern California they found In use among all tbs mainland Indians richly shaped ollaa or mortars of steatite or serpentine, while scores of articles were .formed of finer grtdeg of. the same, which experts have pronounced verde antique. In almost every grave ollaa were found, and hundreds had been handed down and were Jn the possession of the Mexican descendants, of th .Indians. There were flat tones, perforated to hang on pea, quaint ornaments, sculpturing of various animals and tally etonea with tinea cut In them. Ont found, by tbe writer at Santa Crus Island on tbe breast ot a skeleton bore fifty or more straight marks which might have been the man age and were all that could be made out Verde antique was valuable, and a search waa made for the point of supply. Finally Prof. Schumacher of tbe Smithsonian discovered It on Santa Catalina aland, which ties off southern California, in a locality named Pott's valley, about fifteen miles from the little town of Avalon. Prof. Schumacher found on this Island a perfect treasure house and carhundreds ried to th national-museuof object representing the ancient Cal tfornta Islanders, All the Island of this group were Inhabited by a hardy m with alias, crossed the Santa Catalina channel, and th natives exladen changed them for gam and skins not found here. The present owners of Ifie JsIand, recognizlng 'tha value of the stone for commercial purposes, have followed out the- - mate- suggestion of the ancients by establishing at Empire Landing a sawing plant, opening np a valuable quarry and one that la unique, it Is believed, having no prototype at least in this country. The verde antique resembles soapstone in the crude rock and would easily escape observation. It ts of different degrees of hardness, and while en soft that It can be readily worked, It has great tensile strength, 1U chief value being in th remarkable manner in which It can be worked. Almost every possible object can be made from It from boat to a screw. A great valu lies In Us imitation when polished of the darker grades of marble; and owing to Its cheapness and durability it 1 in demand among architects for mantels, lining, electrical slabs and where a perfectly polished surface ia required with the strength of marble. The new city hall of Los Angeies and many of the fine buildings In that city and San Francisco are finished in It, the etone taking a rich polish, abounding in greens and yellows, grays and black. A visit to tbls quarry U most interesting. Here, 800 or 900 feet above tbe sea. Is an elaborate plant and a series of saws that are eapable of cutting out hundreds of feet of verde an- - ecrupuloiw y clean byr washing morning aad night in hot wat-- with Ivory Soap, than riii ng we in cold water and setting out to air and tun. ELIZA R. PARKER. 1 Porto Rico, about ns large in area Great Salt Lake, has60,o0 people. la Wla tar Cm Allan's Foot-EaA powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable, nervous, and often cold and damp. If you have sweating, sore feet a. r tight shoe, try Allens Foot-Eas- e. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores, 85 cent. Semple sent tree. Addree Allen 3. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y. Tbe wheat crop in Brazil will than ever before in its history. THE Pleasantest, most powerful, effective fail ng REMEDY for end never Rheumatism Kk. UEIPPK n4 CATARHHI If all knew what thousand know of tbe efficacy of 5 IUmIUI DROPS aa a Curative aa well as a Preventive of any Ache or Pain known to the tinman body, there-woulnot be a family in all America, without a bottle of 5 DROPS! Send. for trial bottle, 25c, or large bottle, taining 300 doses. 1.00, 6 bottles for 5. LA RHEUMATIC CI RK CO, SWANSON 1IU.UI B. Uka8t,Cfclofo, 1U. . AdvtatarM at On Yeung Haa. hie friends were dying when the doctor Lee Hervey, who has Just been arwho had examined the body ot the murdered man made affidavit that he rested at Newark, N. J., for deserting had found the finger stall la the pocket hie wife, has had e series of adventures of the Jctlraaud bed himself thrown such as few men can boast of. Two It upon the ground, where It was sub- and halt years ago Hervey was hurt sequently found. This removed the In a trolley accident and was on the anmain prop ot tbe prosecution that had point ot suing for damages when-Iconvicted the man, and waa thought to other trolley collision he waa so badly be sufficient to secure his release. It InJuredThat his life was despaired of. was not, however, and matters rested When he had recoveied somewhat and until a woman who had for years been It seemed certain he would be disfigured for life, the trolley company setIn the west unexpectedly returned tled with hln tor about 18,0e. Port Jervis and proved Baldwin' nocence beyond peradventure. It waa Against his own wish he married Mlsi ot Edith Snellgrove, whom hs promptly by tbe merest chance eh had heard Hervey wen the conviction of th prisoner and ah deserved. It Is alleged. Immediately cam east to testify that west and then to Cuba, where he en she had mad the finger stall which listed In the Cuban army and wai Baldwin wore at that time. As he had wounded. Then he enlisted Is th worn. It wm mad or blue denim United 8tites volunteers and was shot overall cloth, and waa wholly different five times In one leg, and lay monttr from the one found on the ground by In a Kentucky hospital, Jor every bul let wound he received. Having seer the murdered man. The facta were laid before Gov enough of war he went to the KlonRoosevelt, with the result that Bald dike. 'For awhile he lived In extravawin ba been pardoned. At the prison gant style In New Tork. staying most Baldwin Is known as HoTneat John' Of thetlme at the Imperial hotel H Baldwin. For year hi keepers have went over JO Newark to visit his fambelieved In his Innocence and wonderily and hla wife caused his arrest ed m by he wm not pardoned. He haa won the respect of all of them by hie On Kind. manly bearing and th cheerful percall me a Yon Byth to. him. forms n cent the tasks allotted Iff of Tharoahr l rtat'4 h confinement of his period During you are! You are a safe blower. Yot earned 61.57 sod expended 2. a bully who never tackles anybody are been the past fourteen years he ha he's smaller than yoa arejw unless making eoap and Is an expert at the Tribune. Chicago fifty-fonow Is business Baldwin In years of age and. while hie life Is Troobt I Clock Work years tense blasted by bis twenty-tw- o Hand-S-ay. Big The it's U oclocfc of confinement In Sing Sings gloomy walla he bas been taken In charge by Im all run down. Te Lltti, Rand-L- et's strike tor shorter hour New the friends who procured his pardon York Prees. and will be given a start safe-blowe- r! Hm Best SeddleCott SLICKER Keeps both rJ4f n4 s4dl por fectly dry Is thor hardest stones. Substitutes tetli disappoint Ask tm tier Bsh Brand Romaci Sticker- i ft Is entirely sew. If sot for sate is 7 yeuf town, wrtte for catalogue t A J. TOWER. Roctnn. A M., vJ A: 'fP IV, L, DOUGLAS Oo, S3 a 3.50 SHOES ROUND SCARS INDICATE PLACES FROM .WHICH OLLAS WERE BROKEN BY THE INDIANS. rsce that had camps In every canyon where there wm water, and Bant Catalina abounds in kitchen middens lived. and place where these people rae ! That they were a commercial and shown by the ollaa mad by them, who lupplied they were the merchantCalifornia with southern of races the their pots and wtluaeuiiliLwm atprof. Schumachers attention remark-.bl-e tracted at Pott's valley by th rock where th scare of oIIm that off br the islander have been broken The rock ll hHy see.ars plainly cenmsea of steatite that rise la the re eaUM ter of PH's MHeyr landmark from It Landing. Is overa long distance at sea and Em-ol- 1 tiqus a 1,MM,OOOwms bmV. L.I ariosi TaJtofc week. The rock is first bored aa MhulnM chiaio ta bs ' M km Ymr doalar Into with a steam rock drill, a modem Male keep thorn if on ths flint chips of ths wtu tcn4 a aair improvement aot, m nccipt at prioo and je. ancient owners ot th soil. A series ntm ior camaj-o- . Stau ka4 o laothaa ) width plrin or cod too. Cot faW of borings maks It an easy matter to SHOE CO, ImcktN, MUttM .L break off the slab, which Is then low ered by a hnge crane npon a car, run dsr tbe saws and blocked Tdr cutting. The saw Is a gang saw with a blunt surface and, worked by V steam engine, moves back and forth on ths edgs of ths stone, aot touching it but C ATAR RH-H- AY FEVER and COLD U tte cutting by the grinding Into It of HEAD poalttvely relieved and CURED by mans j)f steel shot, which srs really this wonderfully cleattsing ajtiatlc ths teeth of the saw. Tbe rapidity and Sealing Specific, price S aad Meta, ?4 1 RoiwaU Drag Ca, with,. whlchuthla..JaaccomnIiihed U W aW rear Srueiriato Imotm rk marvelous and large slabs are cut with SqiM Moaiq ease. .V ,. b,,,n half tm. Sow U I ha -- , an-add- ,,V 8 mm 4 vi(tu' OapriwkMMm. grown with cactus and various kisda hide vegetation; inieed. the cactus Intravat. an almost I res Sam I ses deys been a large portion of dit frlset. Eoap The scar chsvsux drownded In a bathtub, fr circular and are the marks where Perambulating Pete Yep; say, Petey. dem off. broken Ths were tke round ollu waa Is as dangerous as trolley. tYngs work primitive, very of method Philadelphia North American. the naUvss having tply slats X tSKSKSK", bSorw) bv mr euriYt.' i Itn. a ten, Ma rVm4,mrn. I C SSMthai CUImm ri.i DROPSY totimani D'SCOVEXYi give nm van! ml KSattUIISVM.Iai.wMk. Pook af ulck tallef aa aril la art a V J |