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CAKCUiO© POSTAGE STAHP^L gome Onfcei Whloh the PoatolBe* De­ partment Hu Tried. [Waahington Oor. New York World.] Every year in something over 30,000 offioes the Postoffioe Department cancels a thousand million postal stamps of one sort and another. It was really a little more ih*o this last year--1,049,797,507 --but a few thousand more or lees make small difference. The thousand minion give work enough. €tae third the stomped envelopes and the postal cards cancel themselves, in » sense. Ho one can use them twice. The stamps no body has been able to cancel fairly and completely, and within the past month the department closed two years of esc periment no wiser than it began. Ho one has got past the pad, the stamp and the printer's ink with which the depart ment began thirty years ago and which it uses otill- Down in one corner of the Postoffioe building there is a room full of some 400 or 500 fruitless inventions. A new ink is generally the stronghold of QMWjliiig genius, and to the fat inks --printer's--and metallic inks--.writing fluid--the three principal acids, ©SBBMO potash and a drug-shop of other chemi­ cals have been added by genius at work on a letter-stamp. There is sulphuric acid ink there which came from (Jincin nati; warranted to cancel a stamp, and which eats & hoi© through the envelope into the bargain. There is one of caustic potash, backed by ^ a distinguished chemist which blis­ ters a man's fingers at touoh and IIM its effects on the glass bottle which holds it. Nitric acid is at the bottom of another ink, and fills the air as it is used with the fmnes familiar to labora tories. All these inks do too much. Most of them do too little. Your aver age inventor never tests his invention. A shelf full of inks--warranted to stand acids--have been washed clean and dry from canceled stamps with ordinary soap at the wash-stand in the corner. One such ink a man brought a precious bottle of from St. Louis. "Was doubt ful about trusting the bottle out of sight, for fear of losing his "secret." Saw some stamps canceled with it in his sight by Mr. Hazen, in charge, and the stoops washed clean ten minutes after with soap and wateir. Of the whole bottled array of inks not one has stood the acids and the alkalis of the Patent Office chemist Last, on the list, is his ink; a Smithsonian chemist set­ tled him, and the department still uses printers' ink of the best quality. No one improves on that. There are other ways to cancel stamps by genuine cancellce. They have all been invented--a* good many separate times. People in small offices have in­ vented hooks to harrow the surface of the stamp. That takes too much time. In a large office a single motion from pad to letter must dispose of stamp and postmark, Men with a vague idea of this have put together an elastic stamp, which jabs a stamp full of holes. A ht^ tie steam and a flat-iron smoothes that. And there is one ingenious contrivance which brings a disc down with a half- turn at the stamping--a slanting slot ' does the work--and rips half the features off G. W. or Franklin. Somewhere along the ten-thousandth letter this dulls and takes a blow like a sledge-hammer to do its work. The New Yojk office can­ cels 200,000,000 stamps a year, and the New York clerk takes more kindly to the firm, light tap of a wooden stamp. No invention has displaced that any mor than the ink. Golden Jubilee of Pope Pius IX. Preparations on a grand and extensive scale are being made by the Catholics all over the world, to celebrate, by a great and imposing religious demonstra­ tion, the approaching golden jubilee of Pope Pius IX, Two columns of pil­ grims will start from America--one from the United States, under the charge of the Xavier Union of New York city, and the other of Irish Oatholics from Mon­ treal. The latter will visit the celebrated grotto of Lourdes on the way. Fifty years ago, come next 21st of May, the present Pope was called to the Archbish­ opric of Spoleto, and this anniversary of his preconization is to be celebrated with all the pomp and pageantery of the Bomish Church. The Pope will hold audienco in the Vatican, and the Soman aristocracy, the Catholic youth of Italy and foreign deputations will take part in the ceremonies. Cardinal McCloskey, of New York, has called upon the faith­ ful of his jurisdiction to contribute to a testimonial which will worthily show "their affectioQ and homage for the Holy Father." This testimonial, and other presents and donations, vill be ex­ posed in a hall of the papal palace on the occasion of the celebration. On June 3d next, the anniversary of the Pope's con­ secration, another grand religious festi­ val will take place, this time in the basilica of St. Peter in Chains, that be­ ing the church where he was conse­ crated. The Pope is now 85 years old, and very feeble. He may not live to the day of his golden jubilee, but if he does it is safe to say that no event in the later history of the church will be celebrated with more extravagant rejoicings and solemn services than this anniversary of the Holy Father, who has now occupied the Pontifical chair longer than any of his predecessors. A Strange Story. The New York Herald publishes a most remarkable story, of which the fol­ lowing are the main facts: Elizabeth Mary Sanxay was born ia Mulberry street, in 1827, and was married in 1841 to her cousin, Louis Gordon Keith, a naval Captain in tho. United States ser­ vice. On the death of her husband she remained in Baltimore under the care of her cousin, Archbishop Egglest^ who placed her in Vincent's Asylum ** Orphans on First street i*1 A year later Mrs. and her infant daughter were kid­ napped and conducted by one Lpvegrow to tiie Mount Hope Lunatic Asylum, where the mother was forcibly detained for seven years, being mourned as dead by her relatives. She finally regained her liberty through the interferencs of Archbishop Hendricks, and returned to her father in this city. In search of health she went to Williamsburg, Va., where she was again kidnapped and con­ fined in a lunatic asylum for eighteen years. She was finaHy liberated by a military commission, appointed by Maj. Gen. Hanoock, by which she was pro­ nounced sane. Even then she was de­ tained on various pretexts for some months, but was finally restored to her brother, R. fcelby Sanxay, who had been informed of her existence. A eLITTERIHq TITLE. The 9Mmu •( the Blkok Hills Ask tor s Hew Tenltoqr. The white inhabitants of the Black Hills now number pome ten thousand. Living in a chaotic state, with no laws to protect them and their capita! save the prompt law of brute force, they are begining to manifest a desire to oome to some underatetidlng with the Federal authorities ©oneemaing a government such as the people of other Territories enjoy. At the present time their situ­ ation is peculiar, inasmuch as under Territorial laws and Indian treaties they are virtually without representation either in National or Territorial affairs. In fact, by the Sioux treaty of 1866 they are interlopers, to whom the Gov­ ernment at Washington is not bound to afford the slightest' protection. The miners, however, claim, that they are not trespassers, as the later treaty of • 1872, by which tho Black Hills oonn&ry was set apart as an Indian reservation, was never ratified by Congress. Fail­ ing in an attempt to oome under the Government aad laws of Dakota, they have now hold an election and appoin ted Dr. C. W. Meyer, one of the editors of the Slack Mills Pioneer, to first repre­ sent them at Yankton, the capital of Dakota, and then proceed to Washing­ ton and lay their wants and wishes be­ fore Congress. They will ask to have the country extending from the 101J to the 107th degree of longitude, and from the 43(1 to the 47th degree of latitude, embracing about 80,000 square miles, erected into a new Territory, to be known as Eldorado. The Black Hills proper only contain about 40,000 square miles, but the new settlers have an eye to agricultural as well as mining pur­ suits. To the northwest of the Black Hills country is a district as finely tim­ bered as any in the world. Red and white ash, pine, spruce, cedar and oak are very plentiful. It is a rich agricult­ ural land and capable of raising all kinds of vegetables. The Belle Fourche, Spearfisb and other streams abound with fish of several species, while be­ yond the foot hills no man considered a lunatic who cannot kill three or four deer and elk in a day. It seems to be now well understood that every gulch in the hills is rich in gold to a greater or less degree, and nothing but the protection of a stable government and the introduction of hy­ draulic machinery is needed to make the new Territory worthy of its chosen name--Eldorado. Dr. Meyer says : "The quartz formations have puzzled the oldest miners in the West as well as some of the foremost scientific men in the country. All the theories of the past have been that clearly-defined walls are necessary to protect the precious metal by nature's supreme law. All our quartz is conglomerate in character, and instead of going in veins is built up in mountains, and seems to have been located in the present shape when in a softg lava-like state. It all contains free gold in greater or less quantities. I have picked specimens that would pay $1.60 an ounce. From eight ounces I have extracted $6, $4.10 from seven ounces, and $2.40 from ten ounces of this conglomerate rock. We have the quartzite that contains free gold, but in minute, floury particles. The gold dis­ tricts of the Black Hills are Dead wood, White wood, Custer, Bear and Sand gulches, which form the boundary lines of a large area where gold abounds on every hand." The silver districts are Custer, Bear Buttes and False Bottom. The supply s considered inexhaustible, and the doc­ tor declares that he has known the galena ore to assay $830 per ton. The ore contains a small quantity of arsenic, but not sufficient to render its working detrimental, and is easily reducible, even by the most crude method. Should Congress refuse to organize the Territory of Eldorado, then the peo­ ple will ask to become a part of Wyc- ming, as their interests are more nearly identified with those of the citizens of that Territory than with these of Dakota. A Sew View of Hard limes. A wingnlftT reason is now given for the hard times which are pressing so heavily tipon all the civilized countries of the world. It is alleged that they are large­ ly caused by labor-saving machinery, the Pacific railroad, the Suez canal, ocean steam navigation, and the electric telegraph. The London Economist--a high au­ thority--reoentlv stated, in support of thia nove theory,that the tonnage of the sailing crafts thrown out of employment by the mining of the Snez canal reaches the enormous figure of 2,000,000. That would be 2,000 vessels averaging 1,000 tons each. It is stated that the time and expense of transacting East India busi­ ness in Europe has been reduced four fifths by the Suez canal, steam naviga­ tion and the teh graph. Corresponding reductions have been made in the time and expense of transacting the commer­ cial business of the globe, the Pacific railroad having done for the new world what the Suez canal has done for the old. The merchant in London, New York or Paris can now order goods by tele­ graph, as he wants them from any part of the commercial world, and the regu­ larity of steam communication enables him to depend upon their arrival a c e r t a i n t i m e . T ^ o o d s ^ ^0fe7^»rcial cities, mtli ftieir mouses and trains of employes, which have hitherto entailed such an enormous expense upon commerce. Owing to all these changes, and to the productiveness of labor-saving ma­ chinery, hundreds of thousands of peo­ ple have been thrown out of employ­ ment, and a general dislocation of busi­ ness affairs has occurred. But a re ad justment of all these matters is now rapidly going on, and when everthing RhwU be on 3e more got into good run ning order the benefits of all these changes will be felt in every channel of trade. A WESTERN clergyman's wife received thirty-six sugar spoons from different persons as Christmas presents. They hadn't a pound of sugar in the house as she counted up the spoons. THE POWER OF PRAYER. oh flesh Woadeifbl Restoration ot a Paralytic fhraogh Its InfloeBM. The Chicago Tribune give* an ao- oount of a lady, Mrs. Janette M. Robin­ son, living in that city, who had for years been in a paralyzed condition from the effects of a fall, being ifestored to full health and strength through the medium of prayer. The lady ited by a representative of the 2 and the following is given as her Tne extent of the paralysis ' that when, they stuck needles in it had no effect on me whatever,"juid I wouldn't have known they were doing it if I hadn't seen them. Well, it was getting on th« end of sev­ enth year of my paralysis, whfen one day, the 24th of July, 1874--ho^ well I remember it!--I was feeling quit^badly. I knew I wasn't getting any better, and I began to think that I was just enter­ ing upon the eighth year, and ;I wm just as I was before. I was resting, I remember, in the twenty-first chapter of Matthew, and I stopped at thiaverse: " All things whatsoever ye ask and pray, believing, ye shall receive." That is just as it reads. I stopped righl there. It struck me so forcibly--that passage did--that I couldn't read any more. I thought God just said these wolds, and I laid hold on them. I thought God could help me. After I read that pas­ sage and studied on it, I then thought I should pray to God for help, because He says He will give it; and I thought I would wrestle till morning in prayer, in imitation of Jacob, to see what the Lord would do for me. I prayed men­ tally that He might restore my health, and I made up my mind that I would pray all night, as Jacob did, and maybe 1 would get. the blessing before Horn­ ing. After I had decided on that point, as I was sitting in the chair, I felt such a strong impression to kneel and pray. I was still praying in my mind, for I could not talk, but I did'nt obey the first call. The impression, however, be­ came so strong the second time--nmch stronger than the first--to kneel and pray, that I thought it was a call from God, just as Samuel was called. I felt that God called me. I never felt such an impression before. I went to the foreside of the bed, took my crutch, and pulled the pillows on the floor, and kneeled down on them. I said just as Samuel said, " Lord, here am I. What wilt thou have me do I" Then I played that the Lord might remove my Aflic- tion and restore me to health, this time I prayed in my tod, but all at once the blessing <b My jaws gave such a snap, and pay tongue gave a leap. My jaws snappy as though, they had been broken, aus so loud that you could hear it in the next room. The strange thrill went all through me, right down to my toes. The first thing I heard was the sound of a roice in the room. I knew there was no one in it but myself, but still I heard a voice. I opened my eyes to see who was in the room, and 1 found I was all alone. I still heaxd the voioe, and I put my hand up and put it right in between my teeth, and I found that it was indeed my own voice, and that it was repeating the Lord's prayer. When I felt that my frayer was answered, I remembered that was asking for the blessing, and it had come. I felt that all the contracted muscles and the jaws and tongue gave way, so that I could talk and praise God for his goodness to me. Every nerve and muscle seemed to feel touched with the divine power that imparted strength and activity to every organ in my whole system. It continued so, and found I could talk as well as ever. When I felt that the Lord had heard me, tliat my message had reached His heavenly mind, and had brought down the blessing, I laid my head on the bed and wept for joy as I thought of what He had done for me. Then I arose from my knees and went across the room, almost to the door of the next room, before I felt that I had no crutch or cane to support me. Finding that I was alone, I stopped, and saw that my hand, which had before this been turned in by the paralysis, as well as my limb, was straight, and I could open my hand freely, and I walked light along into the other room to see the woman that used to come in and sqa mo. She had been in a little while before, but I had fell so badly that 1 couldn't talk to her. I now walked in and called her by name, and as soon as she saw me she couldn't walk a step; she was so perfectly overcome with wonder that she couldn't move or speak. She said to me, " Whathas happened to you f" and 1 told her to come and see what the Lord had done for me. She came in, and I showed her my limb, my arm, my teeth, my tongue, and I could talk just as well as she could. I frightened the woman so much that she was jast as still as a ghost. I then walked across the street to my neighbors and told them what had hap­ pened, repeating to them thfe Lord's prayer. They were as much overcome at hearing me speak as the woman had been. And they all wept, just as I did, for joy. Savage Warfare in South America. A letter to the Panama Star and Her­ ald, dated Palmira, Jan. 3, says : "On Dec. 18 it was reported that the Con­ servatives intended to rise in the cities of Cali, Palmira and other places. Oj* the 20th they attacked the city x** overpowered a small guar"* "*c Uuartel, fre«l the poHtica} -g fe0™^"dab™£ ceeded in o-~, ° ™ 300 Dadly armed» and began to f/tepare for resistance. Before many days, however, the Liberals surrounded Cali with a force of about 2,000 to 3,000, and on the 24th attacked the Conserva­ tives, who tried to defend themselves for a time, but soon succumbed. The Liberals were exasperated, believing the Conservatives had abused the confidence which had been placed in them. There­ fore -Gen. Pena, the leader of the Lib­ eral force at Cali, gave orders that no prisoners should be taken alive, and that the town should be delivered over to the troops. The consequence of it was that every Conservative that was caught, with or without arms, was cut down. The houses were sacked, all the furniture destroyed, and all other kinds of outrages committed. All the store­ rooms and warehouses of merchandise disappeared. Foreigners shared the same fate as the natives. It is reported that the number of killed reached 300, including women and children. Dr. Vinoenti Borrero, aged 70, one of Co­ lombia's earliest Presidents, was snot down. The town of Palmira was threat­ ened, but escaped by paying a heavy ransom. President Parra issued a proc­ lamation declaring that peace negotia­ tions in Antioquia have failed, and war, as the only means of reducing the re­ bellion, is an unavoidable necessity." Bad Times in England. I never recollect the time when the domes tit trade of England was in so de­ pressed and wretched a state as it is now. Go where you will, and ask whom you will, and you will hear the same thing. " There is nothing doing; we think our selves lucky if we can pav our ex penses." As for the demand from the United States for English sroods. it seems to be almost a thing of the past. The great steamers go out from Liverpool and London in ballast, week after week. --London Oor, New York World, This Oat. • The Grand Central Hotel, Broadway, TStow York, is in every respect a firat-claa* hotel. It has few equals, no superiors. Every line of •tagea pass the door. It is eaay walking dis­ tance to principal stores and places of amuse­ ment. The rooms are large, airy and elegant!? famished; the table and attendance all the most fastidious oonid desire, and laet, but, not least, the prices have been reduoed to #2.80 and $3 per day. An Kxt ended Popularity. Eaoh year finds "BROWN'S BBOXOHIAL TBOCHBS " in new localities in y&rioos parts of the world. For relieving Coughs, Colds and Throat Diseases, the Troches have been proved reliable. Obtain only "BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TBOCHES," and do not take any of the worth- leas irritations that may be offered. 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All Who wish sn alili'. niuvn.v inid fair-minded paper, representing the best phasesof Southern Republicanism, should read the LOUISVILLE COMMERCIAL, the leading and representative Republican Journal of the South. Onllv Commcrclnl, $10 per year; 85 cents par month. Try it one month. M i'i'lily Commercial, neatly arranged, clearly Print ed, ca refully edited--a capital fsmily newspaper; *ear, !Jt I for six months. In Clubs of tive, ti I .GO •Soil ptor ve;(r; Clubs of ten or more. !jSl.All each. One copy uf either edition sent free, postpaid, to any address. •*n Agent wanted in every neighborhood, to whom wa pay 5JO pet cent, cash commission, or a handsome and valuable premium. Send for Special Circular to Agents. BEST AOVKKTlssiXi .Xt'dliiia in the Sontk, rates and quantity and quality of circulation considered. Kate-earu and copies of paper tree. Address A. II. HlfiOFl<IKI>, Man,igor COMMKHCIAI,, I.ouINVIIUn IIY. 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Do not be deceived See that the book you buy contains 874 pages and 330 floe engravings. vim the new fecook N OW ro* BUSINESS; gjg![Secret 'Service^Timx. BvP. H. Windward, l ite Chief of P. O. rt»l£nveT.>rs s.' Tfia Having au tnmenw run< •verywhetei Illustrated t CO.,Hartfcd, Cu, Chicy*, HL. Cincinnati, O, Richmond* IF TOT DĈ 'T CATCH COMB BACK TO 95 n-Htifwl sis above* with blanic i for address, for jSc; with.aame & address PRINTED, 2ucts* Postpaid, inmr other comic designs, samei price. Sei!$ 88 Garden St., 0. BLADE Story Soil»nt 5 BLADE CENTO t Comi in newspaper each month. niokeL "lfni iSSSi"f£ Complete Novel by best Authon in nerc«pftp«rform for 5 Issasd each month. Send,postage^stamps or -f^lral •'Jlurchison Mystery, abeaotlfw storv of Amariosn Ufa, now resdy. $$3m BLADB C0..T0LXLX>,0«IA $5 to 120 MOW TO MAJLM $1. *sh«IIM •-- V&VsMisMh COM. rojrvs* 4HK.rn.lmAm* <25 &^VlSkaBCU'Rgg* nriffll IfPnS 7 shot 83.00. TDstylas. W. (toLfrm. H ii W UL1 CIl WMTKRS FLIM Wongs. Chios go. PI. $68 •40 rsuroiFPbo^Yw ̂ mn $55 g $77 raV&tSSfc TUni^UV made, taking ordacs for Mm ill.UiSAX Samplesfreo. Chas.CloeasAOo., POPHAM-* cpRr|CT(i B«st in tta Vorld. AtTHMAor"UMU i. POPHAM a a>., A DATatkma Aganto wantad. fit tannsma. fBUl «CO. juwmta. SALMAGUNDI WA1TT '&effi Skptobd? Mm A MADK FAHT AND EASY. Cp JL " " pies and full particulars sent postpaid for Mate, _ Address WHITNEY SMITH, Box 107,Troy, N. Y. WE JJSVS': THE SOC IAJ. YI8ITOR* Largest and Best Story Paper in the country, 3 Month* 00 trial,and B Pair Elegant Gold-Plated Sleeve Buttons. 1 Sat Studs and Collar Button, for 3d cents. A<Mrw VISITOR CO., Box 313!!. Boston, Mass, SMASHED YOUR THIMII. hey? Thensssi 25 cts. for Common Stnte Garptl Tmeke.r. AgsatB wanted. STATMMAH Aiw. Uc|it..,Ma>BhaH. MSctu S3 WATCHES. ABml irate* aM" ./Vw «• Said. A<MnasA. OOr~ $351 * -- -- a Mtaaie*#. tag urtteSss in tba world. OMnarilfHs, Addrsss JAY BBOlHOll.iyiAllMi fEN8iON8S™.TC fa*. T. MOUIOUIB AMj. !•» A mi TB Msn to ssU to Msrshsnti. A Year and Estnrase* no soad Aanraa^ who are wanted everywhere. In a strtotbr Ipgitimato and pleasant business. Parttewlam talk Address J. WOHTH & CO., St. A4 f|e6QC * <lRy snre mad. by Arrnts telllag oar Ckremw, •n lU^th^O Crayons, Picturt and Chromo CanU. m SSSI worth <>6. >cnt p..ftnxUl for Sfep, Hlasln- i*dCataloga*flree. J. H. BUFPORD' SSONS, BOSTON, KIDDER'S PA8TILU8.^ASS: ICharlostown, Mats. OPIUM nials. Describe case HABIT CURED AT HOKIi No publicity. Time short- Terms moderate. 1,000 testimo, I)K_ K R, MABBH, Qutncy, Mich. mf) pfl Seedlings,Krergreens* I.arah.NsrssfyOrswn, I Ivpi I'l one of the largrst & bent stocks ia tks V.C. Tree. Garden, Flower A Herb Seed., SandNr n s Price LiaiK. Addre.. H. M. THOMPSO* * K7AJiA2iJL/» SON, St. FranoU, Milwaukee 06., Wis. UIANTED WW and lamp gc NBN to traval and sell to Dealsn onr naw unbreakable trlass ohimnsga lamp goods. Wo Peddling. Sslsry UbaraL Business permanent. Hotel and traveling ipenssa paitt. MONITOR GLASS CO., 138 Vine S»», Cincinnati, Ohla. If Vflll w"' to distribute siMneof onr sAr- lF/<?l;» culaxs, we will send yon a t'hroma Is II (>ilt Frame, and a 16-page, 64-colnmn, illustrated paper free for 3 months. Inclose lO cents to r" postage. Agent* )runt«d. KENDAL A Co., Boston, I" $10 tO $1000 Addrsss BAXTER * 00~Bankais. IT WallBt..R. Y. Invested tn Wall St. StognmahM A FORTUNE Can ba made by » few smart men who can keap tMr«mi oonnsel. Addresi J. R. GLAI>DINU, Hubokan, H. Jl I rj.T'UfTlQ with exclusive right of territory. UM- 1 villi JL O niatum Coal Oil Burner--lighted, eitte. H guislied, trimmed without movinr chimn«v; nwhesafc U able glass ohiir.r.ryr.; wick 33 yards, and other laMB Specialties, Cirt'K/ar*. Uulid A Pratt. Cin*ti, O. jSrificiAi M.EVANS ROSE GROWER'S COMPANION ANO FLORAL 6UI0B Tells vou how to grow Kosvs, tioraniumn, StS. MsilinK Planta a SiieeinHv. Send (k it. A. K. WlMilAMS. Snoceessr T.. V. TEAS & CO. Rirhmond. U»d_ I EASTERN OREGON LANI)N,-4»N1.000 J Arrr*. Soil rich, title perfect, crops mate unsurpassed. For sale at from $1.60 to $3.50 pgr acre. Terms easy. For Circular, Map Ao., apply to K. MARTIN A CO,, 4(18 Front St., San Franclsoo,Califoroia. B l T C I I T i a i n i N V K N T O K ® . rATcNTI EDSON BROS^. • n I tell I HP IT. 8. and Foreign PateA Agpnte.711 GSt..Washington,D.C. Kstab.inlSML Fsa nft«r allowance. Circular of instructionw.etc., sent frasu MONEY Capita). New Business. JAS. T. WILLIAMSON, Cincinnati, Ohl«. BOTTOM PRICES! GOOD STOCK! (Issue Plants. Evergreens, i.rspe ViMa* "tc. Send for onr prices before purobM* CRESWKLL A CO., KirkwoodTuL Applet Trees, Ac. Send for onr prices before purobsa> Kk BAKNKS. CRESWKLL A CO., KirkwoodTuL $100. BBWARD. $100. Tma MOU8TACHK produced oil a am@©th hoe BY tho use HKAHD Koxm wiUiout iujury, f*r wsll forfeit $100. Prko hy mail la sealed pooknge ^ oeuts, for tbree oenliu. A. L SMITH * CO., A|'U, PaUUne, IIL. Qh esnaaraall*. Ing by canTassing for The Illustrated Weakly, bpsriaw Is not necessary--the only raqnlsitas being, aa In all so* sassf ul businsss, Industry A energy. 8and lor parttcolazg. Address Cbsts. Clucaa «Co.. 14 Warrsa&,If. T. JL Prof. Ilull'a Magic CsaiasasA is the only preparation, one package of which will force the heard to grow thick sad ham )Ut ii\junrj in II days in csvery e«pe, w on the smoothest fece (wifHont 1 fandod. ii cents per purkaiK, postpaid; "3 fm aOeci.»f. Ii, W. JONES. Ashland, Mn smMUL! /«!*' «.M £Ktt;i*MIS yOU Db. J. P. FITLBB, beings worn, says: I srad° uilm 1SW, ara«lBtt< <• PMOHWft chair iMi Saw «TT--+ iIo.It.1t, Wlthmmaclm, Nimlilt, ti.ut, Uia( UIKM Da. rtTLIK-S EUSUMATIC UUMOT.K Iw PI Us, a fUHMt m, «r wiu nhM bim. MM* aaS ISSal idtia ANT kr •»***. Sade Sirattr - A BOOK for the MILLION. MEDICAL ADVICE Catarrh, Kupturr. Opium illbit, Ac.,SENT FKKE on rccein itamn. Addrois, T>r. Biittx' Dispensary No. I! N. 'thst, St. Louis, Ma VIOLIN STRINGS. Genuine Italian Violin Strings, also for Banjo or Gnitar, 11. and Site, oach, or $160 and $2 a dos. Sent by mail (MS receipt uf price. Dealers! Send card for oatalogon. J. SAENfiKlt, Importer of Musical Instruments mud Strings, liMf Chamber* Street, New Tmrk. ADDRESS rrn encuAR « CaaaM •.IVOEQEMCKfcCO. *3*. rZrJZTT.. DW. HATCH A CO.: I have sold your Universal • Cough Syrup nearly three years. It gives good fwitlafttction. and I have no hesitation in recomraendhi^ D. tNuuiiacuon, ana i nave no imsiutuiiu m mvuuiiwi it Ofi equal. If not superior, to other rwiiKHlies of IU< Youra truly/ A. W. BULLOCK. M. f. S --I have sold more Universal Cough Syrnp thaa my other cough remedy. A. W. B. 1 by J. BLOCK! i Sold OO., Chicago. UL HARRY HAZELS The matchless HTttMY BMl Sketch Paper. Full of ent@ifsla> YANKEE BLADE! ing, mirth-provoktng and matter. S!i.t50 a year. 5 oei copy of Newsdealers. 1 1 sample copit*. JOS 4 Liberty &]., Boston, }'<>r 3 CO. HOMES IN KANSAS*/ The State of Kansas. |*" | with her fertilo SOW, The kealihful climate, and water, otiers great ad-w i s h * c h a n g e o f health or protit. For homes, we have a and fruit Farmn at just a little more than tor. llpun application inll description ot the e-« CO e=cq CJS ahutidance of par* vaiua«i'» to th<jse wk* location, either f• r few good Kratn, very luw priccaal raw prairie is uH|g we will give yoa m c o u n t r y a n d f a r and satistactory reasons why W« CSU sell thMI at such i « <1 iirt il i n tea. J. B. WATKINS A CO.. Lawrenoa. Kanssa A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS. oar WE WANT 500 MORE FIRST-CLAM SkWINC M A C H I N E ACENTS, A M D SOO MENCFENERCY AND ABILITY TO LEARN THE BUSINESS OF SELL1MG SEW INC MAa CHINES. COMPENSATION LIBERAL*BUT VARY IMC ACCORUIKU AMILS I V, CHAR ACTER AMD QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ACENT. FOR PARTICULARS, ADDRESS YiM Suwinf Maciiii'j Co.. dcatoi] 33; k 829 33:A£WAT. Ntv Twi. cr New DUMB O. N. 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