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?-rv; ~ T*I - 11 f \' » <•<*• 'fP * % - rf? /l?$~> Jp -r" 2Jj ; ? ! ^ -^w^r sp^r; ̂ ;g,v ^IpoaUMiwMkMi Mi impnetfaaMBtr Of fits l&roiia refonutoiT Nhnm vUah bm been In^swtad, and of certain pmponi ragnlatfus t- v riung appointments to (oblk crfflos, he efficiency of audi ngalations baa eon dis mated «aainly bceause tkey bar* f uiod to exalt msre educational and abstract a I ove general business capacity, and even Special titn at f«r th® work in hand. It set-ma lo me t<iat the rules that riiould be applied to |hu management of the in >lio « rviee "may •roperly conform, in the main, to such as reg­ it, te the condition of raceessful private bust- r" i •hot iu" Hess. Original appointments should be based , %pc;n ascertained t-taess. The tenon: of office ' aould be B table; positions of respon4- ;ity should, so far as practicable, _ _ filled by the promotion r of worthy and efficient o Hcera. The investigation of al' t .ir plaints sad the punishment of all miscon­ duct nliuiild be prompt and tlioro,gh." i'he views expressed iii the fott-^oing letter •ro tlio^e which will govern mv administration of the executive otiice. Xhey hre doubtUss »L:.rtd by all intelligent and patriotic liuztns, however divergent in their opinion as to the bent methods of putting them in^i ptrtiotl operation. . tor example, tbe assertion that ori-mal an {Ciutm«iui8 should fc^i l>a>-e<5 upon ascer- fcuned truss i* not open to dirpu'e " but \li6 question bow, in practice, such litii'.-.-s cm be most effectually, asc rt$meu is on- which ii&n for yejirs «\eiUil in te it at an.l cusi-iou. The measure which, With slight yam turns in its details, has lately' Ixen farmed upon the attention of Congress and the Executive has its principal feature in t:e scheme of competitive examination, fcavs lor c»rtsm exception, wLuclj n-ed not here be K;>< ciiic d, tl::N pLi . wo ild give ad- missio'i to the s.*r\ o < n!y ui i s lowest grade, and would accordingly demand tliat all vaean: cles In the higher fjositiocs should filled by promotion alono. In these particulars it if in ©oulormity with the existing civil-service sys­ tem of Great 1'ritam, and indeed ti o success which has attended that system iu the century Of its birth is the strongest argument which has been urged for its adoption here. lh.- fact should not, however, be overlooked that thf re are certain features of the Engli.-h sy.-'tern Which have not generally been lAceived with favor in this country, even among the fore­ most advocates of ciVil-serviee reform. Among them are: First, a tenure of oflke which is substantially a life tenure. Second, a limitation of the maximum age at which an applicant can enur the service, whereby all men in middle life or under are. with some exceptions, rigidiy excluded. Third, a retiring allowance upon going out of office. These three elements are as important factors of the problem as auv of the others. To eliminate them from UJO English system would effect a most radical rhange in its theory and practice. The avowed purpose if that system is to induce the educated young men of the country to devote llieir lives to public employment, T>y an assurance that, having once entered upon it, they need never leave it, and that after voluntary retirement they shall be recipii nts of an annml pension. That this system, as an entirtty, liHt~ proved Tery successful, in Qreat Britain seems to be generally conceded, even by fiose who once opposed its adoption. To a statute, which should incorporate all its essential features. I should feel bound to give my approval, but whether it would be" for the best intores s of the public to fix upon au < xpedieui, for innne.'lite ami extensive appii.'Miun. which embraces certain features of tue l'nglisb system, but excludes or ' Ignores others of tq-.-.a' im»rrtr.nce, m .y be eeriously doubted ovea Vy those who are im- pr< ssed, as I am myself, with the grave import­ ance of coir««ung the evils which inhere m tUe present mettio N of nppeiiitmeiit. If, for tx- aniple, tlio English rule, whi -h t-huts out per- «ous at:ove tue age of 25 rears frou a large number of pubji emi)loyme:it>?, is not to bo made an essou.ul p.u't of our svstein, it is qutibtionable whether tne attaisaaeiit of tho highest number of murfcs at a compi'c.tive examiuati JB should be tho cruel 1011 by winch all applica­ tion: for ajipomtmeut should be put to test ; and ntider sambr conditions it may also l>e 'Questioned whether admission to the service sheulH be strictly limited to its lowest ranks. Tht-je are very many characteristics winch go to make up a moid civil servant; promi­ nent amour? them are probity, indn-try, good i>euse, good habits, good tc:mpcr, patience, arilor, courtesy, tact, sell-relianoe, manly def­ erence to superior otlioera. and manly considerations lor inferiors. The absence of those traits is not supplied by a wide knowl­ edge of books, or bv promptitude in answering que>tions, or by any other quality likely to be brought to light by coin letitivo examination. To make success in such a contest, therefore, an indispensable condition of ,[iublic employ­ ment, wonld very likely result m the practical exclusion of the older applicants, even though they might possess qualifications far superior to their youtiKor and mi>re. brilliant competitors. Thone suggestions niust not be regarded as evincing aiw spii it of opposition to the com­ petitive pliuii, which has been, to seme extent, successfully employed already, and which may hereafter vindicate the cLntts of its most earnest supporters, but it ought to be seriously considered .whether the application of the suine educational standard to persons of mature years, as to young men fret--u from school and college, would not be likely to exalt more intellectual proficiency above other qualities •of equal or greater imports tioe\ .Another feature of the proposed system, the selection by promotion of all oiticera of the Governm« nt above the lowest grade, except suoh as would fairly be regarded as exponents of tbe policy of the Executive .and the prjaci- pies ot the dominant party, t« afford encour- .agoment to faitntul public servati: s bv txcitiug in their luinds the hope of promotion, if tliey are lonnd to merit it, is much to be desired, but would it be farciol to adopt a iule so rigid as to permit no other mode of supply­ ing ihe ii.Uiuitdiiite wants of the service? Tu-rd are many i>er*oiig who till si'bor- dinate positions with great credit, lut lask those qualities which are requisite for the higher posts of duty, and, beside ihe modes of thought and action of one whose service in a Government buceau has I'c u long and contin1- ued. are often so c.-ampea by routine pro ea- ure as almost to < Equality hnn from instituting changes rt quired.by the public interests, and inlttM -n ot new biood from time to time into the nu die ranks of the service niij4ht be very benej'icial in its results. The subjoi under dib- CUbsioii is one ot ^rave lmporsanoe. The evils which arc eoinpi.tinod of cauntft l>e eradicated at onoe. Tuu work must be gradual. The present English system is a growth of years, and was not erected by a single stroke of executive or legislative action. Its t e- ginniugs are found in an order iu council pro­ mulgated in 1855, and it was after patient and cautious scrutiny of its workings that, hfteen years later, it took ils present shape. Five .years after .the issuance of the order in oeuncil, and at a tune when resort had In en had to com­ petitive examination .as an experiment uiuch .more extevsiveiy than has yet been the ca<j( in this couniiry, a seksat comujiiut) of tbe House of Commons made a report to that House, whdcii, declaring its approval of the competitive one!hod, deprecated, nevertheless, any precipitancy iu its general adoption, as likely to endanger its ultimate success. During this tentative period the results of the two metiiods of class examiuuUon .iuid eoai[>etitive examinati-so were clusejy watched and oampared. It may be that be­ fore we coufi/w ourselves upon tbis import- ant question witliiu the stringent bounds of statutory enactment, we may pioiitably awwt the result <>f further inquiry and ex­ periment. Tbe subuussion of a portion ot the nominate >u<; to a central board of exaiRiutrs Btlict»id solely for Jesting the quali- flvati«.> s of appi;".'ints, may, {.uirbaps, wnnout resort to the cotapetitive tesc, put an end to the mischief which attends tbe present system • of appointment, and it nuiv be feasible to vest in such a board a wide discretion, to asccitam the c'.i&racteristics and attainmitits of candi­ date- iu those partieu-iars which 1 have already rcf, rrod to as beiiig no less important than n>cr« infci lloctual attainments, if Congre-s shou'd daem it advisable nt the present session to estabiis.i compei.iti»e tests for admission to the service, no doubts such as hav* b'en sug­ gested shall deter me from giving the measure my earnest support, and I urgently recommend, should tlw.ro be a failure to pa*s"any otuer act upon this (.abject, that an aijoropriatiou of .ir25,(*)ii per year may­ be made fijr the cuforcemeut of section 1.753 of the Itevisei Statures. With tbe a.d thus af­ forded me. I shall strive to exes-utc :he pro­ visions of that law according to lis letier and spffit. _ l am unwilling, m Justice to the present eiril service of the Government, to dismiss this sub­ ject without declaiing my dissent from the severe and almost indiscriminate censure with which they have been reoently assaulted; that they are, as a clas«, indolent, inefficient, cor­ rupt, is a statement which has been often made and widely circulated, but, when the extent, variety, delicacy aud importance of their duties are considered, the great majority of the em­ ployes of tbe Government arc, in my judgment, deserving of hign oominen lation. nx XXRCHANT snncz. The continuing decline of the merchant line of the United States is to be greatly de­ plored. In view of the fact that we furnish so birgo a proportion of the freights of ikSttaau" liitrcinJ worldt the) our shipments an |>|ls> tiffc I 1M Meestssy mt SMSM> t)« PIImm Life by Pisylni ike "('mpak." A small boy leaned out of the rear third-story window of his father's house in Brooklyn, looking at the skv, and at times breaking out with the song, " In the Norili Sea Lived a Whale." His noise attracted his newspaper neighbor, | The parenthesis is never to be used ; nt who also leaned cut and said, " Well, j most not more than once a week by a Georgie, how are you ?" , 4 constant writer. The duqb. or conjma is " 1'se a prisoner locked up <m bread«tax eift Stive fltibstita,ie. % finally, let it $and water," George replied, *' just 'cause be Ininie in mind that much punctna- I didn't know it stesdfly and rapidly increasing, it is a Oaosa of surprise that not only is our navigation interest diminishing, but it in less than when our ex­ ports and imports were not half so large as now. either in bulk or value. There must be soa:e peculiar hindrance to the development of this interest, or the enterprise and en­ ergy of American mechanics and capital­ ists would have kept this country at least abreast of our rivals in the friendly contest for ocean supremacy. The substitution of iron for wood and of steam for sail have wrought great revolutions in th- carrying trade of ttc* world, but these changes eould not bave been adverse to America, if we had given to our navigation interests a portion of the aid in protection whi -h have been so wisely bestowed upon our manufacturers. I commend the whole subject to the wisdom of Congress, with the suggestion that no question of greater magnitude or farther-reaching importance caa engage their attention. onnaRATToif. In 1875 the Sui reme Court of the United States ck-clared unconstitutional tbe statutes of certain States which imposed upon shipowners or consignees a tax ol $1.50 for each passen­ ger arriving from a foreign country, or."in lieu t:ivr».of, required a bond to indci.inify the State an J local authorities againat expense for the futu^fc relief or support of such passenger, Since this decision the expense attend­ ing the care and supervision of immigrants has falieu. on the States at whose ports thev have landed. As a large majoiity of such immigrant-, immediately upon their ar­ rival, p;,xved to the inland States and the Ter­ ritories to seek permanent homes, it is ipani- fe-ctiy unjust to impose upon the State whose shores they first, reach the burden which it now bears. For tins reason, and because of tbe national importance of the subject, I recom­ mend legislation regarding the supervision to transitory care of immigrants at the ports of debarkation. // auaMUL I regret to state that the people of Alaska have reason to complain that they are as yet unprovided with any form of govemment'by which lite or property can be protected. While (lie extent of its population does not justify the application of the costly machinery of Territorial administration, there is imme­ diate necessity for constituting such a form of government as will promote the ed­ ucation of tbe people and secure the admin­ istration of justice. The Senate at its last, session passed a bill providing for con­ struction of a building for the library of Con­ gress, but it failed to become a law. The pro­ vision of such able protection for this great collection of books, and for the copyright de­ partment connected with it, has become a sub­ ject of national importance, and should receive prompt attention. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The report of the Commissioners of tho District of Cojuml»ia, herewith transmitted, will inform you tullv of the conditkm of tho affairs of the District. The vital importance of legislation for the reclamation and improve­ ment of the marshes, and for the establish­ ment of the hurl>or lines along the Totomsc river fiont is undoubted. It is represented that in their pro^nt condition these marshes i kcriouslv affect tho. health of the j residents of the adjacent parts of the i city, and that they greatly mar the gen; ral I aspect of the patk in 'which stands tbe Wash- j ington Monument. This improvement would i add to that park and the park south of the • Executive mansion a large ar<* of valuable ! laud, and wou d transform win.t is now bo- j Leved to be a dau^erous'iiuisarije into an at- i tractive landscape extending to the river front, j They recommend t!ie removal of t.ie sre.iin 1 railway lines from the surface of the streets I of tbe c tv. snd the iceation of the necessary i depots in such places as may be convenient for | thu public accommodation. They call sttcntion i to the deficiency Of the water supply, which ' seriously affects the material pns|ierity of she c tv and the health nnd CUM fort of its iuh'tin- ! tants. I commend these subjects to your care- ! Jul oonsider.tiioa. j | The I m poll a nee of timely legislation with j j rc.-ii, c to the seel bailment and declination of : I THE VOTE FOB I'BKSIUKXTLAL EI.ECTOH3 j was sharplv called to the aiieniion of tbe I I people more tlum iour years ego. It ' j is to too hoped that some well-defined | measure may bo devised oel'oie anotner j j nat.icria! election, which will render uuneces- ' | sr.ry a resort- to any expedieat of a tempo- I larv character for the de erminstion of 1 I questions upon contested returns. Questions i which concern the yerv existence of the ! GovoriUiiciit and the liborties of the people I ] were su-'mested by the pi'oionged illness of I j the late President, and Lis const quent inca- ! I pacitv to per form the functions of his office, j j It is provided bv the socoad article of the con­ stitution. in the fifth clause of its first section, j taut iu ease of the removal of the President from o&ice, or of his death, residua'ion, ina­ bility to discharge the i>owers and du­ ties of said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President. What is the intention of tho const L tu. ion in its s|«ciiication of "inability to discharge the powers and duties of said office,* is one of the con­ tingencies which calls the Vice Presideut to the exoscise of Presidential functions, is the in­ ability delegated in its nature to long-continued intellectual incapacity, or has it broader im­ port ? What must be its extent aud duration? How must its existence :be established V Has the President, whose inability is the subject of inquiry, any voice in determining whether or not it exists ? Or is tbe deeison of that mo­ mentous and delicate question oonfidod to the Vice President, or is it contemplated by the constitution that Coagrass should provide by law precise^. WBifcT SHOULD OOKSTBSUTE INABILITY, and how and by what tribuual or authority it should he ascertained ? Lf the inability proves i temporary in its nature, and during "its oon- j tiniiance tha Vice President lawfully exercises the functions of the Executive, by what tenure does he hold his office? Does he continue •a President for the remainder of the I four-years term, or would the elected | President; if his inabi ity shonld c*-ase in the I interval, be empowered ts resume his office ; i and if, having such lawful anthorbv. be should ! exercise it, would the Vice President be there- i npon empowered to resume his powers and i duties as stichi' I cannot doubt that these im- • port ant questions will reoaive your early and thoughtful consideration. I Deeply impressed with THE (1EAVITT OF THE RBCPONSIBrttTIES which bavu so unexpectedly devolved upon me, i it will be my constant purpose to co-ojierate j with yon iu such massures as will promote tbe A SKILL BOY. mation point to tell the reader where to be astonished, though if he feels so dis­ posed he may possibly learn to be shocked on his own hook.; the interro-, gataon point; now and then even ;a comma to prove the imperfection of language at the point of a mere *hum ui pen. But every comma is an apology offered by the writer to the render. was loaded. You see, father was iu the army, and last week when you heard him flrin' off his pistols he was a shootin' at a cat. He shot five times, and the cat looked up and smiled when he got frou'. Says I, 'father, did you ever kill a man when you were a sol­ dier?' thinking, you know, that he couldn't shoot fur a oent. He says, *1 s'pdse so.' 'Well,' I Says, 'you muster bin close enough to hit him with an ax and he sent me into the house. Well, I seed where he hid his pistol in his over­ coat, and yesterday I got it out, an' there was an accident. I felt sure it wasn't loaded, for didn't I hear father fire it off? I put it under my piller, 'n* I waited for supper to be over, cause I wanted to scare the girls. Girls always holler when they see a pistoL Well, our min­ ister come to tea. Ministers are ihe greatest bauds to come to tea; it's half their work to go 'round an' eat supper with the ladies. Father went down to the convention, aud Bess and Lily, them's the girls, went into the parlor to eee the minister didn't get sleepy. 'Bess,' says I, 'lend me your blanket shawl fer a few minutes. 1 want to be a Indian brave.' I wrapped the shawl 'round me, put father's cane over my shoulder fer a gun, V then I got the "pistol, crept softly down to the parlor so they wouldn't know Indians was skirmisliin, 'round their camp. I pushed open the door, 'n* there was the minister and Bes* sittin' at opposite enas of the sofy, 'n' Lil was crocheting a lamp mat All was still,'n' I says, 'The hour has oome.' Then 1 give three war whoops, 'n' rushed iu 'n' said, 4 Surrender, or 1 shoot 1' There was a panic. The girls weut into hysterics, 'n' the preacher said, ' My son, mebbe that pistol's loaded.' " Says I, ' S'render, pale chief, or I'll •hoot yer dead in yer tracks.' They all made a rush at me to take the pistol away, 'n* 1 fired. Lordy, what a noise. I was akeered most to death. The bullet went into a picture of the signers of the Declamation of In­ dependence, and took off the head of one ot the signers. Tho preacher turned pale 'n' said I was a wicked boy. I knowd it, 'u' I knowd what I was goiii' to ketch. The girls cried like as though there was :i fun'ral, V I was whipped. I dreamed all night I was tii'htm' tiie In­ dians, n' when I woke up this mornin' I felt sure my name would be in the papers. They ga\e me bread 'n' Valer for breakfast, 'n' wouldn't let mtvi* a newspnper. So I thought 1 d esoai>e> I tore up the two sheets, tied one end to the bureau drawer, aud was climbin' down like lulks do st a tire, when soiae- thin' gave. w ay. 1 fell about a thousand feet, I thought. 1 come down so hard, 1 hit the stone area, 'n' it seemed to me as if it was niyht HIKI I was lookin' AT a million stars. I-didn't know uothiir for a miimte. Then I come to." •"What broke?" " Nothing broke; the bureau «tanrei cotme out. i ougbter tied on to the gas lixture. Father wouldn't give me a newspaper, but lie gave me another liekin' and some more bread and water. I s'pose now I'll be a month ou bread 'n' water. "But you mustn't make so jcaucli noise." •" That was op'ra I was singin*. Don't you like op'ra V Well, you don't care il I play the umpah ?" " What is the umpah ?" " Why, didn't you ever hear a brass band going down the street ? One man with a little horn goes 'Ta-te-rent-ta-.ta- ta-ta,'aud a man-with a big horn goes ' um-pah, um-pah, um-pah.' That's the umpah I play." As the neighbor drew in his iiead the small boy began oa the "umpah," and he was playing it when the reporter went.away.--New York Sun. tk»4 ia the infallible sign of poor writing. --American Queen. The SclMtUnttttr. The curiosity I have to shew you to­ day, children, is perhaps the most •wonderful in the collection. He beats all. The schoolmaster, it is said, trains the young ideas how to shoot. He is not himself takes more delight in the rod than the gun. The schoolmaster is snppoeed to know everything. This is a mistake. There it one thing he does not known. He doee not know how soon the school committee will lind a man who controls more votes, to take his plf.ee. Ovljle and the Small Boy. [From the Atlantic.] v We passed a spot where seRne tteble- man's grounds were being appropriated for a public park. It was only lately that people had been allowed to cross them, and all was in the rongh, prepara­ tions for the change having been begun. Part of the turf had been torn up for a roadway, but there was a little emerald strip where three or four ragged chil­ dren, the oldest not over ten, were turn­ ing somersaults in great delight. As we approached they paused and looked shy­ ly at us, as if uncertain of their right on uiese premises, and I could see the old­ est, a sharp-eyed little London uoy, reviewing us in ono keen glance, as "if j selecting him in whom confidence might : | be placed. Now I am myself a child- j loving person; aud I saw with pleasure I Mr. Fronde's kindly ways with his own . . voutiiful household; yet the little gamin j dismissed us with a glance and fastened [ on Carlyle. Pausing on one foot, as if ! ready to take to his heels on tho least discouragement, he called out the daring i question: ] "I say, mister, may we roll on this j here grass?" i The philosopher faced around, leaning stnft, and replied in a homelier Don't Die In the Htnn 'Ask Druggists for "Rongh on Bate" It clears out rats, mice. 15 cental. Ota Thirty Day*' Trial. The Vtitafc Be>t Co.,. Marshall, Mich., "ill Mud ti.^ii*tlectro-Voltaic Belts and other Elec­ tric Aoplianqpa on trial tor thirty days to aay person ^ill.cted with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality jinit kindred troubles, guaranteeing complete restoration of vigor and manhood. Address as above without delay. N. B.-- No risk ia incurred, aa thirty days' trial is allowed. FOB Headache. Constipation. Liver Complaint and all bilious derangements of the blood, there 1 is no remedv as sure and safe as Eikrt's Dav- ; lif hi. Liver Pills. They stand unrivalled in re- ' moving bile, toning the stoniju h and in giving : healthy action to the liver. Sold by all druggists. • A* ENORMOUS TRAJTIC.-- Pittsburgh boast S that 849,7it> bottles of CABBOUNK u»ve b^t-n ! told within the last sis. mouths. Tins sJc-v.-v ! that the great army of ba'dheads wikaooni* ' | nduted to a oocporai's guard.. 1 * ~~ Fo* R)ieumatism, Sprains and Bruises, use Uncle Sum's Serve aud Bone Limmeut. sold by all dru£gi>tH. TEMPERANCiSA The icodinif urmpenmce •aser in «£• wwrMf wwa weekly drcDlstioa over tfinST VMpwiMiS WANNER'S SWISS B1LSIH! Oont*;n« neither nor all Biifjuw" of tli^ poison. tp a»n«l tlkla. It a( fely ipplfrd to thi* y tinifest chlM, will renn or«t ^rupti«>n in two weeka, rend^riag the skis It rradirat** Fmttimf * Out iff It tuft and itl£y growth, fl R Wil«. M velvet. .. _ T Af Hair, m*king It »>ft and itliy, and prodoost ve tfaMI rJ ... „ w ur Order tr roa^h your Dm«jrt»t. •• WaA.\KK A; ««., . >/}.;- 8 Barclay •«.. ft. 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Uv prices to do every restf. *od •banS- 9^0 KAved in buriii-g direct. Cat tfesf ~ ' «i_nM a Paving I seldom found. The schoolmaster thoroughly under- j stands the rule of three, but always in­ sists upon the rule of one. So you see his understanding is out of all proportion j to his rule. j Although the schoolmaster is a rulei! of the boys, he has his own ruler. If J he be no" stick himself, his ruler al­ ways is. I The schoolmaster is a very inquisitive j >erson. He is always asking questions. is is a question-able calling. The schoolmaster can be found in all classes. He is also given to classifying j knowledge. I sometimes think I would I be in his classify couid. The schoolmaster is good at figures. I He would cut a pretty figure if he were 1 not He is the iigure-head of the school, or should be ; but sometimes a boy gets i ahead of him. > He is also good at spelling. He can stand a long spell in a good situation without fliaching. ! He is always correcting the errors of his pupils, and consequently has but lit­ tle time to attend to his own. The school master is not a man of war, but lie often employs a monitor. He would be all at sea, without his monitor. He gets the monitor to see in his place. 0 slum misbehaving, children, or the see of the monitor shall overwhelm you. The sehoolin :ust?r tenches the A B C, but he cannot rnako a IK-* SE^e. Every sort of t»lo^y is taught by tbe schoolmaster, but tautology HO bettor ' coming from him taau from anybody else. * * ; In a school of young rascals the school- ; master is always the principal. Some 6okoolmasters are actuated en­ tirely by the law of love--love for their situations. Home entirely by hate-- hate to give them up. , The schoolmaster loves to have c&llerB ' at his school ; but habit has so possessed I him, that he not only coliaus ios scholars, ! but he also scholars his callers. j 1 usea to wonder «t t ie schoolmaster j during my school days, but my school , daze <will never return.-r-Boston Tram- j cripL BO2U« Cwttflcata*. ItM-aoviie drugged stuff, pretending to be made of wonderful foj* iga roots, barke, etc., and poffod up by long bogus certificates of pre­ tended miraculous cures, but a sinijdf, pure, effective medicine, made of well-known valua­ ble remedies, that famishes its own certificates by its cuies. We refer to Hop Bitters, the purest and best of medicines. See another columt.--/iVjiftWtYwi. (Jrit. The force of will is a potent elemeill in determining longevity. This single point must be granted without argument, that of two men, every way alike and similarly circumstanced, the one who has the greater courage and grit will b« the longer lived. One does not need to j practice medicine long to learn that men ! die w ho might just as well 1 ve if they ' resolved to live, and that myriads who ; are invalids could become stroug if they had the native or acquired will to vow ( they would do so. Those who have ne other quality favorable to life, whose j bodily organs are nearly all disease !, to I whom each day is a day cf pain, who are ' beset by life-shortening influences; yet j do live by will alone.--Dr. George M. 1 Beard. A UOY WAN'IS TO KM)W | the latest Pitri ian style of dress and bonnet;; a • new way to arrange the hair. Millions we f x- pt nd' d for artiikut' appliances which only-make i unispi uous the fact lhat eiuiiciatioii, mffvous | d^biluy aud female weakness exist. Dr. i'lerco a | '• Fi.vor.te Preacr.ptiou*' is sold under a j>osi- j tive guaritntue. It used as directed or/ c;in l>e j dispensed with. It willbvercoino those diboafcca ! pocuhar to ieinalas. lij' diu^sists. i Tbe Politest Man In Boston. The politest man in Boston has been discovered. He was hurrying along a i street when another'man, alsoii: violent 1 haste, rushed out of an alley way, and the two collided with great foKoe. The second man looked mad, while the po- I lite man, taking oiff his hat, wad: "My I dear sir, I don't know which us is t* ' blame for this encounter, but I am in too ! great a hurry to investigate. If I ran into yovt I beg your pardon; Sf you rna I into me, don't mention it"--and he toss j away at redoubled speed. --[Boston Journal grf 11 ayrj K«Tciv*i«. Ciuie(M fy««. aadra% JUT V JN 9 SrMt WM. <n Work*. PtlUborch. Ft «10 A wm. »U a «toy »t hon» wifr m»d>. Portly 9 fZ outfit five. Addraas Taua A Co., Annsta, •«. tir * rrtnTTTTC "**• *««"". |,iuii"n VV J>* 1 ABtrioka WiuhCo ,rilukurgfc,I*». AP i FTON P" <t«jrat home. Bamplwi worth MIM. fO tO vaU Addtm* STI>SOM A Co., Portl*nd, lt» fXR. Hl-NTKK, 103 8t»test.,ChleMO, tfjajasa* mJ --mtwj Tkrart and Lone Dt'inii b* InhalaMna. • WMI In yonr own towa. Tsrms «nd S5 out®* fi««. AddraM II. HAIJJET* A Co., Portland, Ma VniftIR IICD I' r>a wmiM Iwini Talofrrapny to LUUKU RICH four montln. and b« c«rt«io I'f > *11. aatton, >ddi«M VAUtNTIKE liROS., J»w»'ilK*s $66 A t-'WTS >V VNTKI» for T ft T>>»' LI: 1 Ar -_ S«iitnj| Bookn urid BP<tvtt.. NATIOVAL RVM.MSISU E .. ei'ic#so. tit For BiKlnrM at tlin O'uV'H A IVK , Circnlarfres. iis,l>uu>.^u<:, la M Fur BinlnrM at tTin rjfr y r- -.T^"Commeroi*l College. (£/ AJdre»sC. BiVi.i ii« OPIUM S 7 7 7 m •ure to aailrcM*GFO.PAT^s A Co., 4? HOP BITTERS? (A HMICIM, mmt a ooKTanra ' MOW, Bccnn, MUTOEAI* DAND£IJON| _ A-ww I-- FTNIT AHI> BBST "iprouQltH* lias or ALL OTBJIE Birtaaa. THEY CURE Alt t>t»e««esof thsStenjach, Bowels.BJ0«4> Llrer. Kttlney*,»ud Urinary Organ*. Ser- voosneM, Hpepiessiu'tfasd eapestslty iVmae; Complaiats. 8IOOO IN GOLD. Wtll be patd for a case they will not CT5I* w' belp, or for anyth'ix !ii i>ura orlujorlooa fouud la tiiem. A nk yonr (Jmpftlit for Hop Btttsrs and try ttit iii before you-deep. Take a« ether* r> I C.!»saab»otntesni!tn*«t»<tb!ecarefor iranirMnm uf» of onlum, tvtwceoaad Uirco;.'1!. Sav« roa CisctrLaa. At) teli by <ir*arVit». 'top SltUr. Mf,;. IV, Roc! tf3t..-r, N. V.. A Tcrw«t«,0»J» Morphine llnbltCnrw^l ta M to 1W day*. Nt» |M*y tlU Varcd, Uk. J. litai'HKN*. Lebanuu. Ohic. 12 VKAR Mid uponiM K Aitttai*. OW'St fn«a A klwn I*. ~ tokerv, A iitml.t. Me. !u«at' . iiu, Ijunii lt iurets Jity Branva, uotrott. Uielk •. "A VIOLET from Mofher*«Gr«ve" and 49^ib*t txipciii >ONOS, vsnrrts Ktid itt'sic entire, ."II fof tic. PATTEN t CO..1,3 li^rclny St., Ntw York. U S T A K G Survival of tlia Fitle i.1 M rOR THIS IIOI IDATH, , Anm-rcf, A". 9, compris.nff Ut'vC nod beat of fiioft pof.n'ar Pftper.^c,; clotti J hoi dny edition, National 8oh ol of kJkxu ion A Dvatorj. 1416 A 14IS ('ht^tnut St., PhiiaU^t*. I FAMILY HEDICETB1HAT IW HI MILLIONS URRASS SS MIRAI Pho' offrapliy, o»* F^oofilc >korikaitd. Cfttri ca« of wor ft, wrth f{j<tno r«phic nlphkbct ma4 t3urtrntVjn» for begi?innis, t n n Aaarc« hb.HS PITMAN, CinciunaU, O siSTBIl wm$ PASTILLES;; ranii. woll&Co i" UALH FOB. EVERY WOTOC O BIAH AKB iituip'ri GUIO & SILVER MEDALS AWARDED By >Vi.»^ao!iuB«tU t'liasKibln M "c^nnica' Eikibitinti U illlt at:«iiMl >1' ,(«.)>• i'T Kill «jit-uud M«Mur« uutl I prifUt Plnift-Fortn. GARFIELD'S mil ol Ot»«i|uiu8. Han<t»iro« Out (to. dr. wlng-rnon »(yir, Kttv'i ii .u«. $1.75. G ltodjce, A3.ii0 AaaqUi W* iu .id Kve:yWMn.«. .IddM J. A. A K. A KKTD, Publ.tlian, ProT:dotlJ«, R. I. :* WAWTED as •nrr> h«r«. Apply FFK OOw 64H i'ulun Su, Brwiklyn, N. T. ^YHEOLDEST&BESTUHl BTEH MAI)R IN AMERICA. Turkish Babies. [8. S-Ocx, in New YaSt Son.] ' Jfcs I pass out I see a eli£.ml>er full , r i* J i t • „ J i: i A1. Unlncby People. A genuinely unlucky man will entail •e much misery upon those who are do- pendent upon or associated with him, ee a genuinely wicked one. Tfcey eac never be relied upon. Their cjKieula- tions turn out ill wiien those of ctupidei men succeed. Their inventions are just a little anticipated by those they never heard of. Their books or plays do not become popular. Their crops are sure to be iiijur xl by the floods or the torna­ does, their vessels to be shipwrecked 01 burne*l, and their houses are certain to be consumed withiu twenty-foun after the insurance policy has expired, or tfcej • ^ . ... , . day before they had resolved to take one rt. ^WaBmNOT®*, D. C„ I>ec. 4. 1881. to tneir mt^m-,ts, and pines ajways , bring in verdicts against them. Their | letters are certain to go astray, and their ! baggsge or express packages are s«>re tc 1 be lout or stolen. It ie they who are cf ; alwaje looking for their missing knives, and who are constantly wondering wker^ their kats or tkeir umbrellas have gone to. The money they put into their pocketfoooks, or the packetbooks they put inte their pockets, mysteriously dis­ appear. liven when tliey desire to >l»e prudent, .and, with considerable sacrifice and piufifi, buy tLeir i>otatses, their eo&l and other stores in advance, at reduced rates, the prices el the succeeding winter invariably fall below wh«t they have paid. They are to be dreaded as Jonah was dreacWd. The Ixnighs «f the treee ithey elimb always break, and the boats <iu-y row or fail aiways capsisje. The trun they taite is by no means to be expected at its terminus urn time-- and even if late shonld cause gratitude that it got tliofle at alL Or, if tliey are not the victims, they are the authors, of ail torts of involuntiiry mischief. Alto­ gether. shrewd old Iiotfc scb ild WAS wise whec he eotmseied his sons to ^avoid nniufikv men." Italics and PnupUiatioii. Beswfer! when you ivriti' an article or any peiiodieal, or a letter to a friend, never n.w i'.alies except in some wry ; ntiUN'ial «-mergeney. for their employ­ ment implies that the sentenee 1ms b. en badlv constructed end nee'la artiMciai all sorts of tombs, big and little, i ery well neeoutered and eared tfor, but not regal lv :is those of Aziz and his fatiier Mahtnixd. "Wli;it and whose are they.'3" 1 aslfr?d of Diotivsius. Oar guitle is dazed at my cmpressmetct toward tbe Ottomnn with whom I ju>it j partt:&, or else liis English and F fen el are confused. ILe cn leavurs 1 > e.vo'atu I in a pw.ois made of Greek, Turkish, ! Armetuan. Freneit IUKI Kiiglinh, ihe latter j predominating and aittorly uiiin<elligil>le. i "You J;uow the Sultans have ausses--- I 'vet vou <":ill tliiMiiV he s-tid. ! " ;Vet I cull theai? Why, curses-- | women wi th babies; them 'vet,* I re- ; 3ponded. i "Oh, yes; 'vet neirses. T'H^ 'vet nusbes, vieii give rich nr.lk to th3 little , Sultans, vk;h vill be big SultaUi, they ! have little babies also, vieh ven they axuHs little Saifails, have life no mt>»i, so i Lhey are buried here with their mother. " j 'J his was clear; I asked him to try it again. He did. "You understand," lie resumed, "that when 'vet nurses suckle little Sultans ! and have husbaudsaud make new babies, ! the little babies have life no more, i>ut in seven years tliey get killed because | their mother mussed little baity Sultan, and mn^t not nurse no more baby." . .. , . | Ah, it dawns! These are tlie tombs before its meaning ean be i provided by the lords of the lands out of «^et stood. A e ,U1^ Ul Ha>.9 reverence to themselves, who alone J bears l< stnnouy o i" wrieis e urnsi- i should drink of the breasts of the nurse, I ^ «eneral . b^ctmttion. to be followed by no vulgar iittlo child Punctuate iitt.e a- J***41 >l£>- Punet- at the same matemal source; for after nanon murk, can usually be dt^a-nsed seven years all such babies are killed, as in Eastern aafl 1fffest«ra Tfcew. The New York Herald thinks the Miss­ issippi and Missouri rivers shonld be improved, but it dees not believe in the proposed method. The States bordering on these rivers, that paper thinks, -should be at the expense of their improvement. It s»y« ; " The ambition to improve the great water artery of the Mississippi ' Valley is laudable « *id worthy of al! sup- ; port. We should like to see it aooom- 1 plishad. We believe it would help the j enrichment of the Nation, but al the j same time we soe no sufllcient reason | why "the Nation should enter upon it. ; Ten States would be immeasureebly | benefitted. There would bo an increase in "the value of farm lands along the ! banks -of the great river such us has , never been seen in &U its history. Towns j would raise where now fchere are only i swamps. Mdlious of imtnigrants fi\nn Germany and France and England and i Keotlaud and Iridand would be attracted i towards the wastes and wilderuest-es oi | 4o-day, which would become so ii;a'm , p.\ru<iise6 to-morrow. But it is not clear I that it. is within the constitutional powei ! ol Congres.H, nor is it clear whether il ! Congress has tbe power it would be ,iust, to .accomplish so desirable a result at .the cost of the Federal Treasury." - Itseems lo us that this great metropol­ itan journal takes a esperficial view ol this question, lf the eontemplat tl itn- provement "-would help the enrichment of tive whole Nation," wliy should the Nation pay for it? The whole Nation has «spended mil­ lions erf dollars in the improvement erf rAT*M M-VED IS GAINED. ! Workiugmen will economise by employing t Dr. Pierce's mediomes. His "Pleasant Puryi»r j tive Pellets " and '• Golden Medical 1>ISCOVL'p;* " 1 cleaiihc the blood and system, thus prevt-ntuig I {overs and other s#nous diseases, and cum..; ( all Korofuluua and other humors, bold d y ; dmgfW*. , j, Bulls From German Papers. [ "After the door was closed, a sdft 1 female foot slipped into the room, aud j with her own hand extinguished tke J taper." * "The.chariot of revolution is tolling ; onward, and gnashing its teeth as its , rolls." "Tlie ladies' Benevolent Association . has distributed twenty pairs of shoot; 'which will dry-up mauy a tear*" : "I was fitting at a table enjoying t , cup of eoil'ee, when a gentle voice tapped j me on tbe shoulder. I looked arouni ; and saw my old friend." | Net Back S3 1ent. j " I wa* troubled for many years with Kidney | Ooiiiplainr!., Gravel, eto.; my Mood became thin> I was dull and inactive.; eould hardly crawl \ about; was an old, worn-out man ail ovi r; could get nothing Xo hi Ip me until I t'ot Hop " Bitters, at»d how I ain a boy again. Mv biood ^ and kidiicw are all right, and 1 am .as active aa t a uiun of Ml althot^h I am 12, and i have no j doubt it wiil do as m t-11 for others of mv age. 1 It is worth JI txial."-- (Pathac.)--Suwulay Mer- J •cury. | I AWSOTHRm * I JP -.(ft'Tiif tor tt.B «»1* of onrjp'oda evar r Brill ormntjon immcd .teiy AMKKli;/ K EXI K1^V»R <X)l' ! S4H I' uJun Su, fit Il Br^;. J^tMrature • Itre Ml *r*rti9* J V(^. I Jlinio roj. bur.'l»oaitt!y •• tmtahfma : ou)' bouod. *w oul> 6o eu. I « ft*. mUsHXTiAM H+'Jl CO . U W. ;4U» St., K.X. 1.0. Box UM of JEnc!u>0 •I ^eo itimi cloth A S T H M A (-rrnSHll AtKhaea I arr nnver j<t, t.i s:iv.> <m-mediate re>U*f in th* wonrt hwnnw eomt rt- slew); • rture* » l«r« aU fiwi. A thr m<+*t hkif.fiml. Pwhi, /»jid LWaxfiu'" or ra*tl. f-.r D» H. S( HI!-TMAK. St ratil. Miuu. F L O R I D A ! IAIiES LABOUR T.HAH fiP7ML The Mexican Mustan* I.lnl I been known toT more than tlurty-n Star* as the best of all Liniments, an and lioiipt. Its sales to-day 1 1 larg'T than ever. It a uros when I others fail, and penetrates skin, te I and muscle, to very bOttO*' IsrerywlMra. Atlantic and Gull t Caast Camai and ! Okecrhobe Isxnd Co. of fla. ISSi'E OF 60.000 SHARES OF $10 EACH AT PAR, Witt itontu <•/ 4S arrrs r <r r» ?i 10 i!,rtrt',jrom cjjOlM tornfc "J ihe "/.'I.... fi t i f.u0t. OrriCEH I hlr4 Ui,,i »<•.. PkllA. delnhlu; 1 Ifi RnwdwHt, X. ¥.. Rooms llJ-llil. t«l people cs or aslb- Ptso s tfure for has cured hat not irvtur- Xt!» not hatl to hike, rhe b«t cou?ti 5 Tup Soii-lewrvwhere, vj^c. SSj Vfho h;'Vt» weak U Lst. JTili, StiOUld iuu» Pt <'t>a«|.)niption. It I' ^ cbr.tmauOs. It t WJT W4ITI VOUITt Tewv www. If JT>HI »MT ft Usarlu) WMUCDI^ N'KVKK YIT to a\>\>] ORftU PTC -tHters or s br**T en " v M rtiRKfS. •" VJv^VnATKiha vvtwrt-l \y fT«St »t»wh ;-.'AiUft. O.N!.y Sil C£NT> O.H.0. WHKN WRITIJTM TO AOyRRTISKftS, , Please say ;•« ww lh* •iTtrHiinH In thin ptLUer. iPymprnmi BehUitv* y to fiuota an UiAt my ir.bor e aw much f at cr% tv;^rary, was 1 10 I bffgun rh« of yo*.;r I?^»x fr>>m i old :r£F r»xurp.no f [ V-und my o&tar*l I * T^oic. Sinc« usinfr It HjiTe donetwlo* There is <mly. ose woman we know of . who can let other women pass her by i without looking after t.lieiu <o see whether j thoir jjolonaises were shirrod in Hie cl- ; bow and cut bias on the watch-pocket. The woman in question is a tobaeoo sign • on IHne Street, says the Williaui^pttrt the rivtrs and harbors of the North aud | Breakfast Table. Eiist, and the gre it West hAe not gnun- tb th® tr. Josiakui 'c^or CTiHatUa Chiwcfc. lfth. Tociiehu " ~ . TrvZa GskCLEMEN:?! was suttertas from iiebil <®n?rig.i0 to A vacation of s dM not <•: lncr««A:fd aoi chisl?. Ai thijti allied fciinoiit icariodiate and Wk>od«rfui rwrtalt®. " suf/v parmHSJ"'! lly HiwUe'!. I Lave MM! tUwa botil^sof I '!».£ in tiie ii'u&e curing my 1110^.%.'?, »^d with doabta ttir tap and Tiiactr of bodj, has corns &!»«•» cImtiim* «f ttaoui{j>.'j new befor* •ajoyixi. »oA,Tk»«JW n,ii w'JST. I siv* S Owrr»d)t. J. P. WATSOH. Prt<or ( TH« Iron Tmnie tfe a' pre-puz-ff iom mf t»i4i eifirmm, g*eru-Httti om! Phmm p/intM, ammontat**I wUk iA« I'cMfaMe Aramectirm. Il»wi'e» «Vfry jM«rf>o*ct wker« • HoNto dm iMoawary. •AMfACTUft «V l«C OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., M. US MBTS HAM STIUI.ST."! 4 bled at the cost, although she has bee:i taxed her full shnre; 'nut now that \a tiemand has been made for something in return that it is acknowledged would be u benefit to the whole oountrr, we iu'e met with tho flimsy plea tliat "New Tork built her own canals" and the West shoulel improve her rivers ! Tliis ki'id of reasoning is pure nons'itise. In fact, it is no reasoning at all, but pure failiiev. Hie f-ar tbnt some tra.: - may be drawn off from New York is the secret of the Herald'* inspiration; Float tiie eonuaerce of this mightj- valley down the river to the sea, instead of arotui'l by the Northern lakes and railroads, and it wooid undoui'tr-dlv take away some­ thing of the trade erf New York ; but then, tikis exmutry will soon have coin merco enough to build up more than one gi-eat city. It is a matter of congratidi** tiou that the We->t iisid Southwest can make themselves heard pretty loudly in the halls of Congress, and have sufficient voting strength to make their demand* heeded.--Kansas City Journal. fer--no Wit* StaaA Upon Tkeir feet, whether men or women, are often troubltxl with , senotts pains aud weaknustes in the hack, loin-: I and other parts of the body. It had been proven iicyoud a doubt, however, that Wiuuet> safe Kidacy and Liver Cure is * certain 1*0- wntive of those troubles. "WHO ever saw a farmer," asks the Philadelphia Tiiium, in deep conviction, "stopping tiie plow "to ask himself if life were worth tiie living?" But did the Philadelphia Tunt* ever see a farmer when the ph>«v had .skipped him and lis lay elimbleel over between the handles ? Fraaer Axle Oreaae. Beft in the world. Made only by the Frazer Lubricator Co., at Chicago, New lork .and Bt Louis. Sold everywhere. vlsf ati-sf ftici«pe *&drc*lvin 4±y rA'l'og for br«*th, B tnytetf l>yc-.m-pt roota «R4_h@rt riJS;L x UM-it r j i'i & box Cllntsr jour *d«lrfACfor • trUi p*ck«ir« fj r«amdUt'r»i>tlAtreMlit( of thoprteo 4 l^ftT jHOHITO, mmaszM T euQuluw K!F« »-JOI><1 (1««cr:pilu». to dwpair I - r. n 1n»l«< l •oil tBlinj if» «k« m.dtelu tuct obUlMd. 1 fortaiuMljrdlM CATARSN, warmiiteti to rtliey* sltVtjwrs c&stofj ,Ov. li t«? t'.-fit slovp r<JBsfort*My, 4rj p#racc f r»tar® t^ie r^rrftifntar to (h«» proprtctur If'e monvy wH! h& r Should jronr drs^jUi not kee« Ifct mm*i by *21 Dt uejtlati. AA&m* D. UXSLL J Olm, !f*w Ti rk Otr. . 10 pre R/tt 8F HUME. en. • Sj .00. _P"r«»u br < , <• Arter INM (Mm, IMP no VF.MEyrS--NEW STYLES--NEW CA TAI.OGUE THE MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CQL, Wbosfi c. biv.fi tmr f» iiior >nr.r •; V-'T-• w.'»n y.'- nr. - v \t rvrnY ovr if ( ^ * r v;or.T^b*9 rwrsTRiA^ ,t -'j WbofiH c. b fXRiiiiri any I, iin.- ^•YKAH fh n»»v/ off*- mus "1 ixriu>\ttj> CA'lWl.OliUK.Mw O.'STAf'S. Tllle", Witd Qscful to wij on# th O'S rNT>rSTRIAfc •' X • -\UF> ' : \ ' ;-„HII<V, : 01 • .d w .ra«T of enob • y<»u:-: «R.I kiu* ATKU vkkctuwx.iy V.u.VMU F. tMHiiin r >EIR Or.-nisln T ^ LAST fim;! '!- peri'd *> f»of» th* Iir*t intT»»oti-lU»n«-x th's uiBlrurnvM by t»t>m, Me?tv <inee; *n«1 ! JANH OK UltiilEtt fcXCKIT fNOK ;»rd KNr.Arr.rjx CAp.M'riY; MKi It'XI and SMiUffl QUAi.lTkj ;«nd «r lowtu FUjr, tW,:id npT.rds. A N*,\V HXUSTUA ffti0 0 <oy IW41 1\\ y dest-ri • n*r nnd iliU«r*tlnir m*rr& th m Io0 ul tr3-. lit. in PK maoh inf nuarion a ^ut omns «*m r»U|. irhkh will * " HAMLIN OR« CO.. JM lVeinont St . BtiS^ON': <6 Ka*T 14th 6T„ SEW YOKK: or,'t« Watusb AT«.. e UleWiiO. iix Valuable Christmas Presents Free to All! tir u) irs ••••nt. in n# tuuoh inf nuarmn it ' wd bo a»>!}»•>*<j»* Addrww MA? there must not l>e two living oifspriugs f >d from the same lacteal fountain! I am to blame to not at once understand bet­ ter this now perspicuous statement, but I had tilled my fancy full of the fate of little dead Sultans and Sultanas, with tinv turbans and vails over their tombs," who, uuder certain policies of state, were strangled after birth in order to limit the line of succession to the throne. IT TAKES tho butcher to make both enfc meat. with if the reader be not too ignorant or to > indolent to construct rightly in the tirst plaoe the sentence in which they are employed. If the adverbial clauses of n sentence be properly dis­ tributed iu ielation to the chief state­ ments of which they are modifications the parer.tli s s becomes a crooked folly and the comma a trifling superfluity. Of course some punctuation mi< rks are needed : the period, to indicate the end of a sentence ; the semicolon, to indi­ cate where a sentence came very near ending and didu't; perhaps the excla- SEVKRAL of the fashionable hotels uj town are crowded with bridal parties, and at dinner the brides display the mosl magnificent costumes and the customary abundance of diamonds. Nowadays t bride without diamonds is no bride al aM.---New York Ultit FirTY-NOHT aaixzoH doUarg Is the estimated •sine of finger rings of this oountry actually worn, and still there are people mean enongh to go hacking and coughing because they do not want to invest 29 cuts for ft bottle of Dr. Ball's Cough Byrup. Da. WrNCHKu/s Teething Syrup has never failed to give immediate relief when used in cases of Summer Complaint, Cholera-infant am, or pains hi the stomach. Mothers, when your little darlings are suffering from these or kin­ dred causes, do not hesitate to give it a triaL You will surely be pleased with the charming , effect. Be sure to fcuv Dr. Winchell's Teething i Syrup. Sold by all druggists. Only 28 cents | ptr bottle. . FOB DYSPEPSIA, indicestion, depression of spirits and general debility in their various forms, also as a preventive agauibt fever and ague and other intermittent fevers, the FERBO rHpsPHOKiTEDEuxiK or CALISAVA IS ARK, made by Caswell, Hazard A Co., New York, and so'd by i'J! d|^i£f.'i£t8, is the best tonic, and for pa­ tients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal * .MOTHERS should nil.lurstand that DR. HUL- KAM'.H AOCE AX» R.m;u PAD is a ;>Frfcet pre­ ventive of Cholera infaututu and oiho» infantile and summer diseases without medicine. Bs sars and get the true Da. HOLXAM'S PAD-- ths vaij (mains. 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