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HI EDITORS UHHAPPT LOT. a Paper Lively Ud 4ggnitfnh>A Fateful Tale With a Moral. I met a man the other day who, two years ago, was running a small paper at Juarrabie's Slougli. He was then in his Bieridian as a journalist, and his paper was frequently quoted by such widely- lead publications as the Knight of La­ bor at Work, a humorous semi-monthly journal. He boldly assailed the silver dollar, and with his trenchant pen he wrote such burning words of denuncia­ tion that the printer had to set them on foe before he could use the copy. Last week I met him on a Milwaukee Hid St. Paul train. He was very thin in flesh, and the fire of defiance was no longer in his eye. I asked him how he «ame on with the paper at Larrabie's Slough. He said it was no more. "It started out." said he, "in a fear­ less wav, but it was not sustained-" He then paused in a low tone of voice, gtilpcd, and proceeded: "Folks told me when I began thAt I ought to attack almost everything. Hake the paper non-partisan but ag­ gressive, that was their idea. Sail into everything, and the paper would soon be a power in the land. So I aggressed. "Friends came ip very kindly and fold me what to attack. They would ' /neglect their own business in order to tell me of corruption in somebody else. I went on that way for some time in a yaefiant mood,, attacking anything that - happened to suggest itself. "Finally I thought I would attack the •liver dollar. I did so. I thought that . friends would come to me and praise ' toe for my manly words, and that I ejpuld afford to lose the friendship of the . dollar provided I could win friends. "In six months I took an unexpired •amual pass over our Larrabie Slough Narrow Gauge, or Orphan Road, and with nothing else but the clothes I wore, I told the plaintiff how to jerk the old Washington press and went away, fhe . dear old Washington press that had More than once squatted my burning words into the pure white page. The • dear old towel on which I had wiped my soiled hands for years till it had al­ most become a part of myself, the dark blue Gordon press with its large fly wheel and intermittent chattel mortgage, ft press to which I had contributed the first joint of my front finger: the edi­ tor's chair; the samples of large busi- , ness cards printed in green with an in- 'flamed red border •which showed that we could do colored work at Larrabie's Slough just as well as they could in the large cities; the files of our papers; the large wilted potato that Mr. Alonzo G. Pinkham, of Erin Corners, kindly laid on our table--all, all had to go. "I fled out into the great, hollow, mocking world of people who had re­ quested me to aggress. They were the people who had called my att?ntion to the various things which I ought to at­ tack. I had attacked those things. I bad also attacked the Larrabie Slough Narrow Gauge Railroad, but the man­ ager did not see my attack, and sp my . pass was good. "What could I do? "r "I had attacked everything, and more especially the silver dollar, and now I was homeless. For fourteen weeks I rode up the narrow gauge road one day ftnd back the next, subsisting solely on the sample nice pecan meat that the ttewsboy puts in each passenger's lap. "You look incredulous, I see, but it 18 true. "I feel differently toward the cur­ rency now, and I wish I could undo what ' X have done. Were I called upon again - to jerk the Archimedean lever I would not be so aggressive, especially as re­ gards the currency. Whether it is in­ flated or not, silver dollars, paper cer­ tificates of deposit, or silver bullion, it does not matter to me. "I yearn for two or three adult , doughnuts and one of those thick, dap­ pled slabs of gingerbread, or a slat of pie with gooseberries in it. I presume that I could write a scathing editorial ob tli3 abuse of our currency yet, but I , ain not so much in the scathe business ft8 I used to be. "I wish you would state, if you will, through some great metropolitan jour- * Hal, that my views in relation to the silver coinage and the currency question bave undergone a radical change, and t|iat any plan whatever, by which to make the American dollar less skittish, will meet with my hearty approval. "If I have done anything at all through my paper to injure or repress the flow bjf our currency, and I fear I have, I now take this occasion to cheerfully re­ gret it." He then wrung my hand and passed from my sight.--Bill Nye. Dumas the Elder. , M. Houssaye's chapter on Alexander Dumas opens with a few lines concern­ ing Dumas senior, and continues thus: "I do not know whether his son has much gold, but I know that he has many pictures; a fortune for the eye until they become a fortune that can be realized. The son is the very reverse Of his father, and dwells in his own ftbode; he must have a key to a Louvre of his own in his pocket. This wholly modern man, who has created more than one of the masterpieces of the modern stage, and has renewed modern wit, could not incline to the ancient or antique. Hence he has only amassed contemporary works. Life, "life again, ever life, is the motto of his achieve­ ments. What should we do for the in­ side history of each century if the writers and painters all came back from Athens and Rome ? Some must raise the curtain of antiquity, but oth- ' era must throw upon the boards our living passions. Alexander Dumas has always wished to dwell in his own house because of his love for paintings and ' statuary. In an apartment no one has ft home. It is the tent of the Hebrews and Arabs, that never cultivate art, . while the Greeks and Romans had pal­ aces, and villas, and statues. When Dumas was npt wealthy he neverthe­ less had a house to himself. Many of us still remember his tiny residence in the Rue de Boulgne. When a third visitor came he had to be received in the street. Now Dumas possesses a ho­ tel that contains the 'tout Paris' of first nights. In the gallery one is treated to ftn air on the violin. In other words, Meissonier, seeing Mile. Janine Dumas playing with the juvenile grace that bids defiance to the grace of wisdom, desired to present a violin to the charm­ ing musician. So lie set about painting In water colors a genuine Stradivarins that would sell better than a Stradiva- rius. But how to convey with a few strokes of the pen, a broad idea of the 600 pictures expressing all the charac­ teristics of the modern school? There are six pages by Meissonier * » • Alexander Dumas is the contemporary par excellence. He does not venture into the resplendent gloom of history, Mke his father, like Victor Hugo, like Alfred de Musset, like Victorien Sar- doti. He devotes himself to the faces and personages of the day. In his works, more than any others, will be found the school of manners of the sec­ ond half of the nineteenth oent&ry." Exchange. The Peppermint King. - .this potentate was born in Oneida County, New York, on June 10, 1810, and his name, which has fdr many years been kept standing in type in the chief market journals of the world, is Hiram G. Hotchkiss. Now 75 years old, ho is robust and plump, bustling with activity among his peppermint bottles during the season of oil production, and in every way master of his specialty. When he was seven years old liis parents removed from Oneida County to Ontario county, which adjoins Wayne, and settled in the town of Phelps. At the age of 18 he started a small country store, to which later he attached a flonring mill, thereby becoming a gen­ eral furnisher of food material. About 1837, 10 or 12 years after Burnett had put a practical appraisement» on the now famous Wayne County weed, Mr. Hotchkiss bfegan to buy peppermint oil of the farmers about Lyons, who took it to him as the most enterprising mer­ chant they knew. He also got into the business of buying the raw material, a3 it would be offered to him in connec­ tion with wheat taken to his mill, and distilling the oil himself. He presently saw a iuture for Wayne County pepper mint, and, disposing of his business in Phelps, removed in 1841 to Lyons, here gradually to assert dominion over the peppermint oil business of the world. There are two or three other dealers in the county, but the bulk of the crop goes to market through the hands of Mr. Hotchkiss. The mint is raised chiefly in the towns of Huron, Sodus, Galen, Marion, Arcadia, Williamson, Lyons and Rose. The loam soil of the flat lands of these towns is naturally adapted to it, but the richness of the plant in oil varies so greatly that producers cannot mix their crops for distilling, taking a pro rata share of the oil, as dairymen mix their milk in a common pool at the cheese factory, and take a pro rata share of the cheese. The mint acreage of the country is estimated to be about 4,000 acres. Peppermint long ago ceased to be looked up as a weed in these parts. It is a legitimate agricultural product, planted and attended as systematically as a crop of wheat or potatoes. The oil is sent to market from Lyons in wholesale quantities, but a small part of each year's product is put up in phials "to give away to my colieky friends," as Mr. Hotchkiss says. The bottles for commerce contain 20 ounces, and 18 bottles are packed in a case, the current worth of a case at first hand being $96.--New York Evening Pout. BuddhLst Morals. The leading principle of Buddhism is to acquire merit. There are a good many ways of doing it, some of which are good and others not quite so good. You may lay up a store by giving abundant alms to the yellow - robed monks as they come around in the morning with their alms' bowl held be­ fore them in their clasped hands, and you may add to it by flinging stones at the unregenerate who walk about with their boots on in places where they ought not to. You may build a rest- house, or a monastery, or a pagoda, or have a bell or an image caste, and enter a good sum on the credit side toward another existence, and you do not lose any of this if by chance .your plan should have been too ambitious, and you find that you are unable to pay for the material you employed on the task. The purveyors should be content with the share they have had in a good work. To take anv life at all, even a scorpion that has bitten you, or any smaller and less dangerous creature that, may have done the same thing, would be a griev­ ous i#n. The Manicliscans say that the soitls of farmers become herbs, so that they may l»e cut down and threshed out. The baker becomes bread, and is eaten. The killer of a fowl becomes a fowl, and of a rat, a rat. The Budd­ hists go nearly as far. Fishermen are represented as dangling by the tongue on a fish-hook, while demons draw him up and let him down again into a lake of boiling pitch; but though you may not catch lisli or kill animals for yourself, there is no demerit in buying the flesh of them, if a fore-doomed hunter or fisherman, or any of those who have not become Buddhists, should offer it to you. There is no sin in set­ ting snares to catch and kill tigers or cheetahs that may come after your ocen or fowls; you even gain small merit by doing so. You must not tell lies, on pain of torture in one of the eight hells; but if you are brought up, whether you like it or not, to bear witness against a man being tried on a capital charge, you are held guiltless if you diverge from the truth in order to save the life of a fellow creature, especially if that man be a co-religionist. It may be con­ cluded that the more pious a Buddhist is, the more capable he is of demon­ strating that any religions matter is en­ tirely ri^ht or entirely wrong, and that whichever way lie acts he is sure of de­ riving merit from it. He Needed Practice. "Look here, Anderson," said a man, addressing a friend, "I didn't know you would take such chances." "How so?" "Why, the other night I heard v<jQ make an assertion in the presence of several educated gentlemen--let me see, you said .you could read the Ilaid in the original, when, in fact, you couldn't read a sentence of Greek to save your life." "You simply misunderstood me," Anderson replied. "This is what I said: 'I confess that I am very much behind iti Greek, but with practice I could read the Iliad.' Those are the exact words I used." "Even then, Anderson, you took des­ perate chances. You know very well that you might practice three months, and even then you couldn't read Greek." "That's a fact. I reckon." "Well, then, you agree with me." "Oh, no. I said that I could by prac­ ticing read Greek, and I stick to it." "Yes, but how long would you have to practice ?" "Well, let me see. About ten or fif­ teen years, I reckon."--Arkansaiv Traveler. AN old lady visiting the Antiquarian Museum in Edinburgh the other day, on inspecting the old weapons very earnestly, and failing to find what she was apparently looking for, asked a visitor if he could tell her whereabouts they kept the Axe of the Apostles. IT may be one reason why woAan-- geAtle being with seraphic eyes and quick-moving chin--fe so frequently pointed in her remarks, is because she is so generally given to carrying pins in her mouth.--Chicago Ledger. VICE pan never know itself and virtus but virtue knows both itself and vice. MS. BOOMERS MICE. How an Italian'* Industry Wan Rewarded. XJpon the conclusion of a wearisome search after authorities a coterie of lawyers gathered together in the Law Library and discussed old times. Sev­ eral interesting stories were related, and finally one remarked: "I think the best joke ever played in this city on any attorney in a practical way was on C. C. Bonney. It was shortly after the fire. Before that event he had an office at No. 156 Washington street, and upon rebuilding secured his old.quarters, two fine rooms, with quch improvements as lie chose to suggest. He was very nicely situated, and then, as now, did an excellent business. The, only drawback to his prosperity was the fact that his office became infested with mice. The vermin whisked about in every direction, and had an especial fondness for the binding of the new tomes in Mr. Bonney's library. It was not legal lore they were after, but paste and mucilage. \Vhen he would appear in court with his authorities stacked up the backs of his volumes would look as though they had passed through a peg- ging-macliine with the pegs left out. His fellow-lawyers guyedliini with ques­ tions as to whether his lore was as di­ lapidated as his books until he became discouraged. "At that time there was a young Ital­ ian known as 'Tonv' acting as janitor of the building. One morning Mr. Bon­ ney called his attention to the condition of affairs. 'My books are being ruined by these infernal mice,' he said, 'and I'll give you 10 cents a head for every one you catch.' "The son of Sunny Italy had not been long in tlxis country, could hardly talk English, but seemed to understand the financial proposition. In less than an hour he had obtained a job lot of 100 mouse-traps at 5 cents each. In the afternoon he nipped two or .three pounds of stale cheese from a neighbor­ ing dago shop for bait and in the evening business was started. The traps were placed in every room in the block. The morning when Mr. Bonney entered his office a peculiar spectacle greeted his vision. On the mantel above the grate were two rows of the little traps. Out of each One protruded the tail of a mouse that would neither gnaw books nor nib­ ble cheese any more. Carefully and even tenderly he took them out, and by the caudal appendage carried them to the sink. He made an even fifty trips. When 'Tony' came in he handed him $5, congratulated him on his success, and thought he would have little more trouble. He believed they must b? nearly exterminated, but was apparently mistaken. The succeeding morning forty-five occupied the same relative positions, and $4.50 was forth­ coming. From that time on until the end of thirty days the number decreased gradually until twentv was reached, though in the meantime the traps had been set in all the blocks in the neigh­ borhood, and even in the court-house yard. Upon footing up his books Mr. Bonney found that the mice account was almost heavy enough to balance the receipts, they being more prolific than clients. He accordingly sent for 'Tony' again, and told him that thereafter he would only pay for one mouse per day. This continued for a month more, the mouse and dime being mutually pro­ duced, and then, finding his books were no longer injured, the agreement was dissolved by common consent. "I don't know what has beoome ol that Italian," continued the narrator, "but he is probably a Count now and the husband of some rich American girl. At least he had thrift enough."-- Chicago Tribune. Mjile-Breediug in France. Mule-breeding is one of the most flourishing agricultural industries in France. Its center is in Poitou, which not only furnishes three-fourths of the total of all mules bred in France, but about four-sixths of the number of those exported, not only to Europe, but to America and Australia. About 22,000 mules are annually reared in France, the principal regions of the industry, after Poitou, being the center and the east of the realm, Gascony and the Py­ renees. Spain, Italy, India, and Amer­ ica also breed mules largely. The fillip given to mule-rearing in France is due to the excellence of the animal for army trains and drawing mountain ar­ tillery and cavalry. The locality where a mule is bred affects its development and qualities. In Poitou the mules are best for draught; the same observation applies to those of La Mancha and the Pyrenees. In many parts of Italy and especially in Spaili a couple of mules are preferred to a pair of horses for carriage purposes. Mule - breeding has been an institution in Poitou since the middle of the tenth century. Despite the advantage of the industry, the Government discourages it, as it is considered to absorb too many mares from the production of horses. Toward the close of the eighteenth century only mares of small build and inferior qualities were al­ lowed to be employed in mule-breed- ing, while later the hostility was so great that a ukase was issued to cut all the male asses in Poitou, where 30,000 males were kept for mule-breeding. The mules reared in the other regions of France are ranked, as W?ore suitable for pack, or weight, jDs&rrving. As a transport animal the pack-mule, being smaller, more sure-footed, and given to taking shorter steps, has the advantage over the horse. Then it is less deli­ cate ; supports the variations of climate better, and is more handy. It resem­ bles the ass in point of freedom from disease, save in the case of glanders and lockjaw.^ The female mules can be more depended upon for work and are more even-tempered than the male. The latter lias a proverbially bad repu­ tation, and castration is often resorted to as a remedy against his viciousness. The female lives longer than the male, and both are much esteemed as beasts of burden when of medium height, say between thirteen and fourteen hands. A Street Car at Sea. There is a lawyer in Boston who is in the habit at times of addressing indi­ vidual jurymen when inattentive or restless, and sometimes his argumen- tem ad hominem is effective. Soma time ago he was trying a case against a street railway company, aud there was an old sailor on the jury who seemed to give no heed to what »either counsel said. The lawyer made his most elo­ quent appeals, but all in vain. Fin&llv he stopped in front of 1;lie sailor and said: "Mr. Juryman, I will tell you just how this happened. The plaintiff was in command of the outward-bound open car, and stood in her starboard channels. Along came the inward- bound close ca?, and just as their bows met she jumped the track, sheered to port, and knocked the plaintiff off and ran over him." The sailor was all at­ tention after this version of. the affair, and. joined in a $5,000 verdict for the injured man.--Exchange. Important. A When yon visit or leave New York (Sty, save baggage, expreesage, and $3 carriage hire, and atop at the Grand laiM Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot. 613 rooms, fitted up at a eost of one million dollars, |1 and upwards per day. Enropoan plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the best Horse cars, stages, and elevated rail­ road to all depots. Families can live bettor for leas money at the Grand Union Hotel at any other first-class hotel in the city. Birds and Pens. Between forty and fifty years quill pens were in general use in schools, and the pupils who could make X or mend a pen were considered quite accomplished. The qhills most com­ monly used for pens are those of the goose. Swan quills are considered bet­ ter, but they are expensive. Other quills, such as turkey, eagle and others, have also been used'more or less, while crow and raven quills have been used for drawing purposes and for making fine lines. Only the five outer wing feathers of the goose are used for quills, the second and third being the best, while those of the left wing are pre­ ferred to those of the right wing, from the fact of their curving outward from the writer using them. Quills plucked from living birds in the spring are the best, those from dead, and especially fattened birds, being useless. Quills have to be prepared for use by heating in a sand bath (from 130 deg. to 180 deg. F.), aud afterward scraping away the outer fatty membrane. After cooi- ing, the quills are elastic, somewhat brittle, and are then cut to suit. What Locality Is Exempt From malaria? In eity and suburb, village and hamlet, in the mining districts of the West, the bottom lands of the South, in regions teeming with the fruits of husbandry, in trackless wastes inhabited by half-naked savages, itoxista. But travelers, sojourners, old settlers, all who are liable to it, can uproot from the system the dis­ eases to which it gives birth, or. prevent them, with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Chills and fever, bilious remittent, dumb ague and ague cake, are each and all overcome by this potent and searching speoific. It is not less efficacious for liver complaint., dyspepsia and costiveness, ailments not xinfrequently complicated with malarial attacks. Rheumatism, kidney and bladder troubles, end u want of vital strength, are also remediable by it persistent use, App*. tite and sleep, always seriously impaired bv the nervous disturbance and biliousness consequent Upon fever and ague, ax* invariably restored by the Bitter a. Foolscap Paper. Paper of this kind and size had from the thirteenth to the seventeenth cen­ tury a water-mark representing a fool's head, ornamented with a cap and bells, such as the jesters of the old nobility used to wear. It has been intimated that the idea was suggested by a cor­ ruption of the Italian name for this size of paper--folio-capo, meaning folio- sized sheets. But this is not probable, as such an error would not have oc­ curred except among those speaking the English language, aud this paper was not made in England until nearly the close of the sixteenth century. Up to that time it was manufactured in France, Italy, and the Netherlands only. The use of the foolscap water-mark was given up about the beginning of the eighteenth century. Three members of my family, Fays Mr. James A. Sample, Cash Room, office of the Treasurer, TJ. S., who were suffering from aggravating coughs, have been much bene­ fited by taking Rod Star Cough Cure. None of the ill effects so noticeable in other cough remedies, have followed the use of this. PUNY mentions the belief that when the cuckoo came to maturity it de­ voured the bird that had reared it, a superstition several times alluded to by Sliakspeare. Thus, in "King Lear, the fool remarks: The hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it httd its head bit off by its young. In every land and clime, the merits of St. Jacobs Oil as the only conqueror of pain, are being acknowledged ^}' the press and people. Not So Mechanical After All. At the "Mikado: She--How in the world do they man­ age to do this 150 nights in succession without tiring to death of it ? He--Oh, they do it without any thought of it at all. It becomes purely mechanical with them. She (reflectively and after a slight pause)--Do you think Nanki-Poo's hug is merely mechanical? He was obliged to admit that in one respect, at least, the action was charac­ terized by an eternal freshness.--Bos­ ton Record. The cleana ng, antiseptic, and healing qualities of Dr. cage's Catarrh Remedy are unequaled. SHOES THING S on the latest foot-wear may bs considered point-lace.--Maverick. MANY a mother has found Ayer's Cherry Pectoral invaluable in cases of croup. t To AN alligator--"Thy sweet a mile haunts me still." BBABH and wirv hair becomes soft and pliant by using Hall's Hair Itenewer. 'Tis the early worm that eatchas the idlest. nut _____ The Great German Physician. The remarkable phase in the practice of Dr. Peter W. Schmidt (frequently called Dr. Pete) is, he never asked one to describe their disease but tells each one their trouble without asking a question. His success if* phenomenal. His Sraetice enormous. He is sought after by liun-reds wherever he goes, because he cures when every other physician and remedy have failed He has allowed liis great medicines, Golden Seal Bitters and Lung Food for Consumption, to be offered to the suffering, and we assert without fear of successful contradiction that there is no disease they will not cure. Thousands of bottles have been sold Thousands of broken- down and discouraged invalids saved. Send to Golden Seal Bitters Company, Holland City, Mich., for Facts for the Million! Free. Very Well Put. Why do we defer till- to-morrow what we should do to-day? Why do we neglect a cough till it throws us into Consumption, and Con­ sumption brings us to the grave? DR. WM. HALL'S BALAAM is sure to cure if taken in season. It has never been known to fail. Use it thoroughly, according to directions. Per­ severe till the disease is conquered, as it is cer­ tain to be, even if it should require a dozen bottles. There is no better remedy for pul­ monary disorders. Free to Ministers, Lawyers, Doctors, and Teachers* If you will get your dealer to order from his wholesale druggist one dozen bottles WABXER'S WHITE WINE OF TAR SYRI P-- the best remedy in the world for Coughs, Colds, Asthnui, Catarrh, and Consump­ tion, I will send two bottles free. Recom­ mend to your friends. Send name of druggist who gives the order. Map of Holy Land free with medicine. Address Dr. C. D. WARNER, Chicago, 111. All druggists. Tlie result of ST5 years' Catarrh: The bridge or division of my nose was about half goue; I obtained a bottle of Ely's Crram Balm; have used four bottles, applying It to the affected parts with a swab, which has about cured up the nostrils. I had previously tried all other remedies on t'le market.--J. A. IVood. 86 N. Hijrb street, Columbus, Ohio. After using two and a half bottles of Athlophoros I am entirely free from all pain and rheumatism, after suffering from that terrible disease for the past Ave years. It is a most wonderful medicine. O. T. Smith, Waukegan, lil» H» Sptarior of Dress and the artificial effects of cosmetic*, no matter how deftly applied, can never make beautiful or attractive one who is subject to emaciation, nervous debility, or any form of female weakness. These must be reached by inward app'ication, and not by outward at­ tempts at concealment, and the ladies may take hope from the fact that thousands of their sister? have made themselves more radiant and beautiful by the use of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" than they could ever hope to do by the aid of the ap­ pliances of the toilet. FIBST Student (entering companion's room) --"Ah, I see you have been burning midnight oil." Second Student--"No; that's a couple of old shoes I threw into the stove." Only Thirty-six Per Cent- of those who die from consumption inherit' the disease. In alt other cases it must either be contracted through carelessne-s, or, ac­ cording to the new theory of tubercular par­ asites, received directly from others as an infectious disease, but, in either case, Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" is a positive remedy for the disease in its early stages. . It is delay that is dangerous. If you are troubled with shortness of breath, spit­ ting: of blood, nifc'ht-sweats, or a lingering cough, do not hesitate to procure this SOT* •reign remedy at once. A BASE-BALL player elected to the Legisla­ ture is said to have been very successful in catching the eye of the Speaker. ONE word: one step may make or mar one's whole future. Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic is the proper move when you have dyspepsia, bad breath, piles, pimples, ague, malaria, low spirits, headache, or any stomach or liver troubles. 50 cents. "WHAT is philosophy?" Well, dear, it if something that enables a person to bear with resignation the misfortunes of others. . LIVKR COMTLAINT is declared by many old sufferers, after years of medical experiment, to be incurable, and yet VINEGAK BITTERS has effected innumerable permanent and perfetsi cures of chronic eases. luvalids, do not suffer longer, but purchase a botde of the Bitters, aud judge for yourselves^ IF money could l>e borrowed as easily as trouble, how round-shouldered some people would becomo.--Ch icarjo Ledger. Do AS you please when you please to do right; and you will always do the proper thing in tak­ ing Bigelow's 1'osttive Cure for coughs, colds, and all throat and lung troubles. Pleasant to ake, and euro spoedy. 50 cents and |L THE first issne of Amcric&n sense was a bonanza for the world. "ROUGH ON ITCH.** "Bough on Itch" cures skin humors, eruptions, ting worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chil­ blains, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch. !V0c. jars. •'HOUGH ON CATARKH" oorrects offensive odors at once. Complete cure of worst chronic cases; also unequaleu as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul breath. 50c. "ROL'GH ON PIE, ES^' Why suffer Piles? Immediate relief and com­ plete cure guamutecd. Ask for "Rough on Piles." Sure cure for itching, protruding, bleeding, or any form of Piles. 50c. At Druggists' or Moiled. The disagreeable operation of forcing liquids into the head and the use cf ex citing Bnufls are being superseded liy Ely's Cream Hulin. u cure for Catarrh, Colds in the Heiul and Hay Fever. It is a safe and pleasant remedy, being easily applied with the linger. It is curing eases which have defied the doc­ tors. l'ricc 50 cents at druggists; 60 cents by mail. Kly Bros., Owego, N. Y. "Bough on Bats" clears out Bats, Mica 15a "Bough on Corns, "bard or soft corns, bunions, 16c. "Bough on Toothache." Instant relief. 15c. WELL'S HAIR BALSAM, If gray, restores to origiual color. An elegant dressing, softens and ieautilies. No oil nor grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair com­ ing out; strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp, 50c. "ROUGH ON IULE" PILLS •tart the bile, relieve the bilious stomach, thick, aching head and overloaded bowels. Small gran­ ules, small dose, big results, pleasant in opera­ tion, don't disturb the stomach. 25c. I find Ely's Cream Balm good for Catarrh of long standing.--M. N. Lasley, 1934 West Chestnut street, Loulsvillo, Ky. PREVENT crooked boots and blistered heels by wearing Lyon's Patent Heel Stlffeners. S mouths' treatment for 50o. Piso's Rem­ edy for Catarrh. 8old by druggists. •TAR RK. ffpUGHflURE jstnetlcs and Poison. 25% IVM /Y*MM Opiates, £meUc* and notion. SAFE. SURE. PROMPT. AT DUNIM in DULCBS. TH1 CHiaUM A. TQCILSK CO.. BALTISOtK. KB. ̂ Curss Rheumatism, Neuralgia, LAI* Uniit rill Wr Jk III 8»r»ln«, BralWh«(«_•*•. I III I Hill PRICE, FIFTY CENTS. • Wl a MSB! at DKUGOtSTS AMD DC A LIBS. THICIIABLIS A. TOGKLEK CO.. BAl.TllORK.aB. M A TPIITC It. 8. b A. 1'. jUaKT, Patent pA I r M I X Attonwa.WashlnKton, D.O. • n • IhSw • W_Iii8truetion« and opinions u to patentability OPIUM aa to patentability FREE. «JRIT rears'experiencs. JHublt, Vulckfy and I*altileaa» iy cured > t home Correspondence suilclicd BIKI frtr trial of run sent lionesi Invcstlgatore. Tnr HUMANB I;KJKI>V CoHfAX V, Lafayetu', LIUL STRICTLY PURE. Contains No Opium Form. UugbjisM' The BEST and CHEAPEST COUGH AND GROUP R E M E D Y . As an Expectorant it has no Eqaal. ALLEN'S LlC BALSAM! IN THREE SIZE BOTTLES, Price, 25 cts., 50 cts. and $1 per bottle. The 25-CENT BOTTLES are put up for the aooom modation of all who desire simply a COl'UH or CROUP REMEDY. TiiotM* (fesint)L' a remedy for CONSUMPTION or any I.T'NG DISEASE should secure ths large (1X0 bottle*. Directioua accompany each bottle. JMTSOLD BI ALL MEDICINE DXALKBS.'SS J. N. HARRIS & CO. (Limited), Prop'rs, CINCINNATI. OHIO. PACE, HANDS, FEET, Pml<H»BIIT, &• p«rfiona« Hair, Bint lluU, kiolw, wwta, Moth, Fnetlw, LUD MOM, ACM, Bteck Haad*. lorn, Pitting ml (Mr ImlnuL OH! MY BACK iTery strata or esl aad asarl BROWP VSnrj strata or arid attacks that m*k tack aad asarljr prostratas jmm. BITTERS, THE BEST TONIC Streactkens the Muscles, _ steadies the Nerves, Enriches the Blood, Gives New TI«or. MLBBLT-CTRAT, Ottawa. HI., nays: • I gaffered gPMtly with pain in my head, lameness in my side •pa back I ccm!d scarcely leave my roora, X qied orown s Irrtii Bitters and was entirely cured.1* MB. WM, BRAY , BlanrtmsnUe, III., says: "I and MOWN s Imn Bitters for Kidney trouble* and WM «heatl^ benefited. It greatly relieved tho pains inmj Miss NELUK NOBLE. Vandalia, Mich., sara: " I bave used Brown B Iron. Bitters for ennera] debflitf and a weak back, and always derived much relief.* Genuine ha* abore Trade Mark and crbased redliaM * Take no otlier. Made only bfT SHOWN CHEMICAL CO., IIAI.TIMrtKK, MD. It yoa wish a certain care for all diseases. Nothing was ever invented that ' cleanse the Blood and purify the System e jnal to Hops and ITI AI/T Bitters. It tosM up the System, puts new Blood in your veins, restores your lost appetite and sleep, and brings you perfect health. It never fails to {five relief in all cases of KI4MCT or Liver Troubles, Bflloasness, IsiH Keation, Constipation, Sick Headaches, Dys­ pepsia, Nervous disorders, and all FcBilt Complaints j whoa properly taken it is a sura cure. Thousands bave oeen benefited by it in this and other Western States. It is the Mat Combination of Vegetable remedies an yet discovered for the restoration to health of the Weak and Debilitated. Do not ret Hope and n ALT Bitters confounded wtth infe­ rior preparations of aimilar name. I presctttM Hops A Malt Bitters regularly in my praetjesw Robert Turner, M. D., Flat Bock, Mich. For aalt by all druggists. HOPS & HALT BITTERS CO, Dcnwr, fat A Gain in Weight Is very often one of the speedy and gratifying effects resulting from the use of ' Ayer's Sarsaparilla. 1 "Last winter, in eonwqoencc of over-S work, my system became very much dls-; ordered. I suffered from debility, loss of appetite, and indigestion; was nervous,* troubled with sleeplessness, lost flesh rapidly, and, before the winter was over, manifested every symptom of a decline.- Early in May I began taking Ayer's Sar­ saparilla, and seemed to improve from tlio first dose. I continued using this med­ icine, regularly, for uearly two months, at the end of 'which time my weight had increased over twenty pounds, and I was in perfect health."--William N. Bowker, Erie, Pa. " Indigestion' and Liver Complaint bad so reduced my flesh, health, and strength, two years ago, that I was unabic to work.; I took six bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and was cured. I am • now in better health, nnd weigh more, than ever be­ fore."-- J. R. Steele, Worcester, Mass. For disorders of the Stomach, Liver, and Kidneys, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Yrpnred t>y T>r. ,T. V. Ayr & Co.. T^owell, Maud, fold bv PmeiHetii. Prteefl; *!x bottles. §5. OWE A j. ftSH BUk*1 SLICKER The FISH BRAKD SLICKEB la wan-tnted waterproof, u4 will k**p you dry In the hardest ftnrm. The now POMMEL SLICKER U ft perfect riding coat, end co»«r* the entire « addle. Beware of Imitation* None greunlno without the "Flab Brand1* trade-mark. Illustrated Catalogue free. A. J. Tow«r, Boatoa, Mtu. The Best Waterproof Coat. WELL MAKING '•aleg.bjtr r*T.*t«ady work, no talk. fl nn hour for eithar sei. Ull.flO samples free. Send ntnmi> ami He- cure n pleasant summer's business. 'Merrill Mf'gCo.iGBaCirhicrtKoJll. DOES IT PAY1 l'reecatalogue tells what cus­ tomers sav: This Is the (>rrat " Ohio" tVell Drilling and I'roitiicctlng Machine. Drills all kinds earth and rock and IWA>T A. (iIRL, boy, lady, or gent Every village and town. Good pay. Ea*y won. bend «tann». >Ul.l.OTT. *8 ltoy sc. Saw V'otfa,, .. pump cuttings to surface at each stroke!--Tests the water without taking out tools. Drives tubing or enlarges hole below It. Kutis with wonderful ease, and drops tools 70 or SO times a minute! Horse or steam power used, i We also muke nia­ cin ms and tools for bortiic larce wells. LOOMISdcNYMAItf, TIFFIN, OHIO. CLYDESDILE AND ENGLISH SHIRE HORSES. The only stud mAraer- ica containing the Terr bestipecliueiiKot both breeds. Prizo-winnera at Chicago Fair, the World's Fair at New Orleans, the Koyal So­ ciety <1f England, etc. LarKe importation ar­ rived August 12, and more to follow. Our buying facilities belug inKHjuali'd, there is no El^5' such opportunity of- fatwd elanwhera to procure first-class animals of choloeat breeding at very lowest prices. Kverv ani­ mal duly recorded and Kuarantao.d. Terms to suit all ottatoraer*. Catalogues on application. GALimAtTH BltOS . ,Tnn«svlll«*. \VU. ; 3s A Skin or Beauty la a Joy Vormh DR. T. FELIX GOVRAUD'S Oriental Cream or Magical Beautifier Removes Tan, Pimples, FVee- kles. Moth pat­ ches, Itasli and Skin oiscaat-s, iand every b)e- liui»h on t eau- t.v, ami defies detection. It lias stood the test of thirty years, and is so harniU ss wn taste it to bo sure the prep­ aration is prop­ erly made. Ac­ cept no coun­ terfeit of simi- Icrname. Tho distinguished Dr. L. A. Sayre said to n lail.v of the hnut Um <a patient".I* tjuu tallies will use thru), I m innin'iid 'Oouraiul'i I 'ream' ax the leant hfii'in/ii' <</' all Skin preparation*." One bottle will last six luoutht,. iiHintr it every day. Also Poudre Subtile removes superfluous hair without injury to the skill. FERI). T. HOl'KINS. Manager, 48 Bond St., N. V. For sale by all drutrizistn Fancy Goods Dealers throughout the 1'. S., Oanailas. and Europe. Beware of base imitation*. *1,000 Reward lor amat and proof ot any one selling the same. h JAMES A. RRT, IMPOBTSR AND BMUtDKB OF FBSNCH DRAFT S0BSSB! I offer for aale the very bast specimens of Francfc Draft Horses 'bateau be found inrranoe. All partiea wisbint; (rood, reliable stock are iuvitod to call and soe my stock, whioli now nnmber about MO head. Terras and prices to suit purchasers. All stock sold Under a puarantee of lieum breeders. 1 have alao some very fine If'Kf/or't Hull Calre*. all from Imported stock. JAMES A. I'lRRY. Rivorview 8tock Farm, VTilminjr- tou, III., 5i miles south of Chicago, on C. * A. It. R- WEBSTER. With or without Patent Index. WE8S7E$ mum* mnm. A l/BRARf m ITSELF IT IS THE STANDARD Authority with tho 0. S. Supreme Court and to the Gov't Printing OOce, and LB reeoinmeniiad by the state Sup'ts of Schools in It States. To ita many other valuable features we liar* JUST ADDED A New Pronouncing GAZETTEER OF THE WORLD, Eu Containing over iB.OOtt Titles, brld^V 2 describing the Countries, Cities, ^ Towns, and Natural Features OF EVERY PART OF THE GLOBE./ "jf- It is an invaluable companion in every Schoo^ and at every Fireside. C. ME3UUAM & CO., Pub'ra, Bpringdeld, Maw TREATED FREE. Mm. JAMBS BAGLEY, •eeClon foreman C. £ M. B. B^ Winkle, Ohio, had not tlcpt % jeer, bie suffering from Neuralgia^was to grttt. ses of ATHLOPHOROS cured him. Fearalfift always be quickly cured by tint* of Athlophoros. All Three doses of j •ead it «*pr?nn paid on receipt of price, $1.00 bottle. ATHIOPHOROB CO.. 118 Wall SL.Kew York. I GURE FITS! When 1 euro I do not mean merely to stop tEeoi lor • time and then have them return I JP|W AJjjl: cAl cur#. I hav& made tho dlesiM of flf& KPIHP8Y •r FALLING SICKN ESS a llfo long study, f warrant my tMBedv to cur© the worst casee. Beeanee ethere have (felled Is no reason for not now receiving a car©. Send;£ Mifle for n treatise and a Free Bottle of iny Infallible ftmed?. Q4v© Express and Poet Office. Il coete JW tetiilnir for a trial, and 1 will cure you. + •^^iddreee Dr. E. G. ROOT, iu Fearl Bt, New Yoim MUSTANG Survival of the Fittest. [A FAMILI NEDICIXB THAT DAS HKALEDI MILLIONS Dl'RIXG S3 IEABS! | A BALM FOR EVERT WOVHD OF| KAX AAI> BEA8TI [The Oldest & Best Linimentl EVEB MADE IN AMEBIC A. SALES LAEGERTHAN EVEB. The Mexican Mustang Liniment hasl Ibeen known for liioru tluin thirty-tivel [years as tlio best of all Liniments, fori I Man and lieast. Its sales to-day are! [larger tliftn ever. It cures when iilll J others fail, nnd penetrates skin, tcndonl land muscle, to the very bone. Soldi [everywhere. DR. H. M. GREEN Spwlallits for Thirteen YNII Past, Have treated Dropsy and ita complications with tlN meet wonderful success; use vegetable remedlMk entirely fearmlefB. Kemove all symptom* of dropay in eight to twenty days. Cure paht nts pronounced hopeless by the beat 01 physicians. From the flrafc doee the symptoms rapidly 1 pear, and in ten days at least two-thirds of all 1 toina «re removed. Some may cry humbug without knowing about it. ltf lucitilK r. it aoen not cost you oaraejf. Ia realize the merit*; of our treatment for jrooraejf. ten day* the difficulty of breathing ia relieved, tea pulse regular, the urinary oiyana made to diarharm their (ml duty, sleep is restored, tha awalliiur all at nearly prone, the strength increased, aad appetite mad* (rood. We are constantly curing caaea of lone stand­ ing- -ca*e» that have been tapped a nnmbar of timea. tuul tlio patient declared unable to liva a week. Oin full history of MM. Name sex. bow IOM afflicted. " ©weld coftiva. Ten days' treatment furnished free by mail. Epilepsy (Flta) i>o«ltlTety eared. If you order trial, wnd lo cents in stamps to pay postage. H. U..GKBEN ft SOKS. M-Oa, SO Jones Avcnne. Atlaata, Ga. G •lebrated The OLDEST • EDI CINE la the WORLD to probaMj Dr. but This article is a carefully prepared physician's l scription, and has been in constant nee for nearly a century, end notwithstanding the many other prepar­ ations that have been introduced into the market, the aale of thia article is constantly increaalnjr. If this di­ rections are followed it will never fail. ff« particu­ larly invite the attention of physicians to its merits. ./>>An I,. Thnntpaott, Sons Jt Co., TKOY. N. Y MtRYOUVlftLlwl lWULISffi J >DEBILITT%rFEliliJv DlflT. A' Life Experience. Remarkable and quick cures. Trial Packages. Send stamp for sealed particulars. Address Dr. WARD A CO. Louisiana, M(h You are allowed 1 fi t- t • • :i o f : •' ,>•;,/ .1 the use of l>r. I>ye's t'"lebrat,'ii VoltaU' B It wit!: Ueetria Suspensoo Appliance*, for the speedy rehe: and i>e*» rnaucnt cure ot -Wrrt>/?< rinpiin ^i I'MM and all kindred tr»u: les. Aiso for many otiicr <ue> eases Complete restoration to Health aud Vigor jniaraiiteed. No risk is iueurred. Illustrated palk- T'tilet. in xiraieti envelope, mailed free, by oddresatM Vol/I AIC BKLT CO., Marshall, MWllwa, . Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is 'tie HB Beat, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. C A T A R R H Alao mod Ibr Cold In the Hsad. Heedaefce.Hay Itover, te Mcaott. C.N. U. Xo. SS WHKS WRITING TO. ADVKKTISKK% please say ires aaw ike advorU»*a»eai in this paper. v'<! ,'2%