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iik .< \cr- **&• • : iri saifl •was ns in* wast dressedl teffitf*; • with B&WCRK about „ for the motning II had been hustled : of the army of morn- aimers until its damp oat of it. fresh supply on the his sweeping of the iting of the corners ,energy. sr," said a tall, solemn ke stepped tip to the 3 his handkerchief of Ylang Ylang. sir," said the drug- ^ Jttle and stopping his preserved centipedes 'Mr assistant had been iof selling for leacbes sir, some perfume ; -will last through two |Baan, "in that case I none for a week or TouVe got in that tes?" druggist shortly-- endra, gigantea." ig customers. They guess I'll tell you e in your line." lied out the senna himself wearily on the Middle States," l, "and the weather I AN EDITOR'S FIRST JOB. iy aqtukl wWdTCorporal Ibirched forth to drill, ami the dUt man's face wore a fatherly smile as be kept calling: "Hay foot--straw toot--right face-- loft face--front!" If he had a home-- a wife--children --we did not know. We wondered if he had left anybody behind who would mourn if his life went out on the field of battle; but he never talked of such things. He had a way of putting us off when we began to question of the past. We believed that some dark cloud rested over his life, and#we agreed among ourselves that it was a my which must be held sacred. To the men he was stern and dignified; to us boys he was so kind and gentle that we grew to look upon him as a father. 4 It was Corporal Jack who cured' the blisters on our feet; who laughed our homesickness awaj*; who took part of our loads away when the knapsacks galled our backs. When he counted us after Bull Bun and found that three of his ten boys had been left dead on the field, we missed him for a time. When he re­ turned to us his eyes had the look of one wAo had been weeping. Later on, whev Company "Q" swung into the slashed timber at Williamsburg, and mejl went down by twos and threes under the fire of sharp-shooters, it was c/rporal Jack who whispered to each o/leofus: /"Steady, my boy! I wouldn't have #ou give ground now for the world I ,t. There was two*of/More *? *he riSht a bit--that's #--keep ,rkin' at the hayin' (jj corered l£ £on l A 7 I remember how the light of battle blazed in his eyes that day as he faced the enemy, and Began that time), and we wi work, too, now I) only wore shirts, ovf"* straw hats." / Jim and me we stayed along .$# pith at the side of the telcl to thf mi^ip of bushes where we'd left ourgitnh." '7 "Two ceMLl^>rth er coarse ? fine snuff, 'n fine. 'n Pf 80?ie scent a small, shr* ^ol^e from lere under the fro* of the led it a*- Then pan, an blew the ^ m/hadroooT- • oonMquent t of sneez- *7- . run along 'd taken our ded to work bushes after eounfwr* THm he totik loose After th« ered ing, n© "Well, as I the m* „T ... pitchforks 'cause, we in1 on the other vUe of dinner. X d^tf% knop>hat m&d? think of fl0n,A pile of stones, old bish in the fence self--what a p saw a frontier, "Yes, I have < druggist. "Well, then j pretty birds. J there pile of ru iny leg like jumped ten screech you Then I stood just poured "Jim com lered to hi/tol< that it was fll °* & rails, andrub- I says to my- or snakes--never u, doctor?" a bottle," said the ow Ihey ain't very I got abreast that somethin' shot up to'. I believe I into the field and let a have heard for miles. ik stiU and the sweat e nin'y«ack a&d l hoi' out for the pile-- Ices, ind, says I, •Jim, ther^ one <? the d6vilB jgq^ up the leg of jy overpls. Here tin junior assistant tfo, finished hr swee#g and took to ing the abw-easiOear the si who, afte' stoppM* to chew a cardamot seedj^ent; on agam. "Wellj^ir/' fdhe, "I was so sciredl dassent tnovo nor Jim neither, mad --there \vfstoo/P»ie as ghosts; me all over cAd fA'ers- hair °n end, and waiting seA^at the thing would do, and «^m ytin ttt see what I would ^'.o'l.ippJim looked on the ground and We! that would have done rrrj, .IJT FN /atamount. « i^eit is,' he screeched; 'there stone!' M^u"r/i°ugh it was, and a nastier, • ,<ookin'thing I never saw. you had 9 t'rant'ler in a idn't you ?--well, a frontier's aside of that thing. Mj/as nearer me than Jim, so v\ as nearer me tnan Jim, so he pitslifork, aimed carefully, ngin' like it was his last chance tli, stuck one of the tines into it. 'ter waiting long enough to be by hittin' the fork and movin' it ;tle once in a while--that he had thing good and fast, we grew bold ugh to examine it closer. It was a dirty gray color generally, t there was round darkish spots all ver it, and some places seemed to be f a moist - brownish appearance, alto- ether Tjout the size of a teacup only flatter. • "Well, sir, it was the nastiest, dead­ liest " , "What was it?" asked the druggist, breathlessly. "Did you put it in alco­ hol V" "Put it in alcohol!" said the tall man, scornfully, "no, sir, we chucked it into the rubbish pile. You see I'd worn it till it curled up and fell off just as I got to the fence corner. . "My mind bein' on snakes at the time, I lost my head the moment I felt the thing move, and naturally thought it was somethin' runnin' up my leg. hain't worn another since." " Worn another!" gasped the druggist, "another snake?" * "No," said the tall, Solemn man, *faii* % tother porous piaster." The druggist slipped off the «fuul hit his head on the shelf, "^iie recovered, the tall man an<l was button-holing the ' ^%cr°s» the street. Then the druggist made the Assistant sweep the floor all over %--Boston Globe, % He Wave It Away. "Dan," said Grover, who had ffstening from the head of the ^ a colloquy between some callers J jiis private secretary, "did they syboseeme?" "They did, sire." ' r " And what did you tell them ?* "I told them you were engaged, „ "Dan," said the President, sup rIng an emphatically simple Jeffersoi remark, "I didn't think you'd give me iiway like that. You know I have never even admitted it myself."--Pitt* Chronicle. MOST writers try to be comic, tjiut only one in a thousand can do it Mid not disf^ist others first and themselves soon after. Good sense is about forty degrees ahead of poor humor. There H is nothing that I can think of just now ; 40 slow to gain public favor as good ^ humor at its best. Some people are K , Hatural-born humorists and others nat- 0" jiral-born fools, and I have known of l* such a thing as the two getting mixed '^'up in the denl, and the fool to even- f tually get away with the pot an/I all. I Chicago Ledgh•. L 0, MAN blushes from guilt; women innocesce--sometimes.--iijffc I"' k ' • r ; r:.- U how that light was changed to one of unutterable sorrow as we answered to our names at night­ fall and only six "ayes" were heard. The seventh lay dead in the timber, with the whip-poor-will uttering its sad night-call in the branches above him. As we came into battle line at Meclian- icsville there was a look of pride in Cor­ poral Jack's even His boys had grown to be soldiers. Our faces' were 110 paler than those of the sturdy, middle-aged men further along the line. As we knelt beside the log breast-works and opened fire I heard the Corporal say­ ing to himself: "Good! That's it. Joat see how oool they are!" ^ We broke line after line of the gray as they advanced upon us, but by and by we were forced to yield. A bit of shiver ran along the lines--the first symptoms of a panic--but the old Cor­ poral was close at hand to say: "Steady, now! Fall back in good order! We are not beaten, but only falling back to a stronger position!" The head of the company broke back --the center fell into confusion--our end of the line simply shivered and then became as firm as a rock. We knew not who had come out alive--who had been killed--until the old Corporal gathered us under his wings, as it were, long after darkness had shut down, and in a broken voice said: "There are but four of my boys left, and I cannot sleep!" After the fierce tempest of war had passed over the fields and forests of Savage Station there were only three of us. Corporal Jack bent down over the fourth, who lay dead in a pool of blood, cut off a lock of his hair, and said, as he reverently placed it in his pocket: "This is for his mother, whose heart will be breaking over his loss! I pray God the rest of yon may be spared!" After Glendale there were but two of us. We toiled wearily over the highway with the stars shining above us and the sullen crackle of musketry in the rear. Corporal Jack marched with us, but for a long tune he was silent. At last lie said: | "Only two left! After t6-morrow^-- What?" .t Malvern Hill he M ould have been breastwork to receive the bullets was falling, and we had en and hurled back the lines of l$|gruder again and again, when a move by the left flank . somehow sepa­ rated the three of us. There was a fierce and determined advance--a fierce and desperate 'resistance, and night shut down and the roar of battle died away. I went out with those who suc- corejluihe wounded and mourned over thej&nd, and I found them--Corporal my boy comrade. They were side, and dead, but in his dying dear old Jack had thrown an the poor boy, as if to shield him. • those were the days iVhen ts ached and women's tears Could not be dried.--Detroit Free Presx. in Ancient Plant. • ant has long been known s among the Peruvians, addicted to it as a pleas- erate stimulant and in- e leaves are rolled up lime in them, and are „ ^ saliva, which is swallowed, produces iQtoxication and a strong in- clinatioi^M'reat. As the native work- coca tour times a day, Www jpd rest which it encourages i*'E WtiroWwawback to their industry, '.file 9ew«se of cocai however, is of the ce to the human race, ss, an alkaloid, or cocaine, has been ^leaves. This drag producing local in- lain upon any part lieh it is applied, een chiefly used in upon the eye with its use in the treat- it brought it into has popularized its It is exceedingly sold for several costliness pro- _ in rare cases, shrub, about live bears thick form of the and nai> shrub grows where it is the leaves, r domestic in a dried pound. The id when the which an an- leaves are America; ini- largely planta- quite grow of the and chewed. W 8 first ahyubis mjjgl ia#tr aira ue culture W*|cSt todo Wgtterson Tolls How He N«w«|iaper Work. The last time Col. Henry Watterson was in New York he told a story about his experience in Cincinnati. He said: "I arrived in Cincinnati one bluster­ ing winter night, a ragged, hungry stranger, just out of the rebel army. I had just enough money to pay for a night's lodging. How well I remember wandering about the»streets of the city, wondering what the next day would bring me. I believed that I had ability as a journalist, and I was sstisfied that if I had an opportunity I could prove it. I was in the act several times of entering the different morning news­ papers and applying tot work, but I was so downhearted that I did not have the courage to do so. I took a good sleep that night, and did not get up until late the next day. My case was a desperate one. and I felt that I must secure employment. I never felt more determined in all my life. I felt as if I could face the sternest editor in the land w ithout a quiver. In this frame of mind I started out to make a tour of the various offices. At the first office the editor, in a blunt way told me that his staff wa3 crowded and then resumed his work. I visited all the newspapers with the same result, except the Times office. That paper had a large job- printing office*attached to it, which did a great deal of theatrical printing. I also noticed that the paper had a mis­ erably-written dramatic column. I called cn Col. Starbuck, the editor and propietor, and asked if there were any vacancies on his staff. " 'There are never any vacancies on a good paper, but there is always room for a good man,' said the Colonel. "I shall never forget that reply, and it is one I have always made to appli­ cants for positions on the Courier- Journal. I told Col. Starbuck that I thought I could improve upon his dra­ matic column, and proposed to write it for nothing if he would give me 25 per cent, commission on all the print­ ing and advertisements 1 secured from the theaters. He declined the propo­ sition. As I was about to leave he turned to me and said he would give me $12 a week to perform that service. What a change came over me. I im­ mediately felt myself rich. I told him I would accept it. He then said I must not feel offended if at the end of the week he found that I did not suit and dismissed me. I knew I would suit, for I knew the full extent of my abilities, and I told him that if I was not competent I should consider it an offense if lie did not discharge me. "This was the first of the week, and I started in that day. I never under­ took a task with more enthusiasm. I attended the theaters every night. Be­ fore the end of the week Col. Starbuck expressed his approval. On Saturday afternoon I went to the theaters to col­ lect the money for printing and adver­ tising due the Times. At the National Theater, after collecting the money, I was handed an envelope addressed to me. Supposing it contained an item of nlews or a ticket, I put it in my pocket unopened. At Pikp's another envelope bearing my name was presented to me, and the same thing occurred at Wood's Theater. When I returned to the office I opened the envelopes and found the one presented to me at the National and Pike's each contained $10. The one received at Wood's contained $5. I told Col. Starbuck the circumstances and tendered him the money. He said that it did not belong to him and he would not accept it. I said it certainly did not belong to me and that I would not accept it. I returned the donations to the theatrical managers. They said the money had been given in consider­ ation of the favorable notices I had given their performances. "Col. Starbuck, a short time after­ ward, made me managing editor." Boys Showing Off. Every boy Avho mingles much with other boys knows the meaning of the words "showing off." It is a common foible of human nature, but it is most noticeable among young persons, be­ cause they do their showing off' so awk wardlv. Every one sees that they are showing off, even when they are not iVstinctly conscious of it themselves. People of mature age, who have even a moderate amount of sense, have dis­ covered that it is of no use for any one to pass himself off for anything lie is not. We are all seen through by our companions--every one of us. * The measure of our worth is taken correctly; if not to-day, then to-morrow, or the day after to-inorrow. Every individual makes about the right impression upon others, and has, sooner or later, about his just measure of respect. No one need trouble himself concerning the opinion others form of him, because it is almost sure to be what it should be. How often one sees a quiet boy in school, whom no one particularly notices, and who even may be unpre­ possessing in appearance, making his way to universal esteem without trying for it, or thinking about it. He goes along doing his duty, making no pre­ tenses and no claims, but all the while he is gaining in the esteem of others, until some incident of school-life re­ veals that he is the boy whom every one has been observing, and in whom every one confides. There is a tendency, perhaps, to lie a little unjust to boys that show off. Society is full of very good fellows who had this pro­ pensity when they were young, and who out-grew it long before they left school. Youth is the time to get rid of this folly. A farmer said, the other day, when he was reminded of his boy's habit of showing off, "I am glad Tom has this fault so young, as he will have the longer time to conquer it." A sure cure for showing olf is to notice how- silly other people look when they are doing it. We all have vanity enough left in ourselves to recognize it in others, and we are all good enough to detest our faults when- we see others practice" them. -- Youth's Companion. diving Himself Away. Mose Scliaumburg was as mad as a moist hen one day last week. In a voice that quivered with rage, he said to his clerk, Ike Silverstone: Sit down dot desk at, and write a ledder vat I dictates dot Jake Oppen- heimer at. • Write : 'I have written to you. Who has not answered dot ledder ? Jake Oppenhcimer. Who hash I dunned dime and again ? Jake Oppen- heimer. Who has baid no attenshuns to dose duns? Jake Oppenheimer.' Have you got dot down, Mr. Silver- stone?" - "I have dot down." "Den conglude: 'Who vas a tam scoundrel?' Have you got dot down?" "I have dot down.", "Den give dot letter to me so I puts my name to it." The clerk did so, and hence the con­ clusion of Mose's ledder read: "Who vash a tam scoundrel? Moiw Shmim. bvrg:9^~Texa8 Sifting •; ••••4. : _ Wi •- • : n* ,w r ; »<f* 4. dent at ^ p. A care the dinner appar­ ent ruin of lacnHHRpSfrelvets worth large sums of e*y. If the lady tries to clean theoi liarself she makes mat­ ters worse, and aiakes it impossible for the professional cleaners to do any­ thing with th*u afterward. These cleaners h ave peculiar methods in reno­ vating these felioate fabrics, and many of them they will not reveal, as they; are secrets of their trade. "The treatment of fine laces," ftflid a cleaner, "is an expensive and trouble­ some process. A thick blanket of soft rags is sewed around a bottle, and on this the lace is pinned. It is quite im­ possible to rub lace, as it would tear it to pieces. The bottle is then placed in a bath of soapy warm water. After soaking for twenty minutes it is boiled for some time, and . then allowed to cool. It is dipped in several baths of clear water, until all the soap seems to be removed. The lace is then removed from the bottle, and after part of the water is driveifeout by gentle pressure it is hung up to dry. "After a time it is laid on a soft cloth to dry still more. When still slightly damp it is placed on a hair cushion covered ^ith flannel, and is fastened there with lace pins. This is a work of skill and patience. A pin is passed through each loop, and a twist is given before the pin is fasten­ ed. Sometimes the loop is drawn straight, and sometimes not, the oper­ ator seeming to follow the original de­ sign of the lace. When quite dry the face is sponged with a weak solution of gum arabic, and when dry again it is almost as good as new. "The method of cleansing velvet is a secret. It can be greatly freshened by steaming it over boiling water, care be­ ing taken to expose the wrong side of the velvet to the steam; but this is use­ ful only where the damage is not very great. I can tell you only that the process is a dry one, and chalk is used in it. Velvet that has been wet is hard to treat, but we have been able to do wonders with it. "It is a very common thing for ac­ tresses to bring elaborate silk and satin costumes to be renewed, and we also have many fine ball dresses. We do not take them apart, but cleanse them as they are. They are first dipped in a bath of naphtha, and this removes ink, champagne, and many other stains. Then they go into a bath of pure ben­ zine, which takes out all the grease. They are softly rubbed in these baths, and any spots remaining are treated with oxalic acid. They are rinsed out in warm water and dried over steam coils. To iron them would harden the silk and make it shiny, so it is run over steam rolls or ironed between flannels. We have ironers whose business it is to iron dresses, and when they have fin­ ished a dress it looks new. Mildew is removed by oxalic acid. Barnum and Pig's Feet. The late Harrison Phabus was an epicure about everytlitng\. else. The creator of a new dish was to him a greater man than he who won many battles. Among the guests at his ho­ tel, at old Point Comfort, a few years ago, was the veteran showman, P. T. Barnum. He, too, loves the good things of this life. One afternoon the two were sitting together on the hotel veranda. Barnum was spinning one of the yarns for which he is famous. He broke off suddenly in the middle of his story with the remark: "Say, Phoebus, why don't you ever serve pigs' feet for breakfast?" "Because they're not fit to eat," la­ conically replied Mr. Phoebus. "They're not, eh? I'll cure you of that belief. Got a cook you can trust?' "Several of them," responded the astonished Phoebus. "Send the best one up to me," said Barnum. The cook came. "Now," said Mr. Bar&um to the astonished chief, "get some pigs' feet--fat ones; wash them clean--very clean; then wrap each one separately in a piece of clean muslin that hasn't got any starch in it. Then boil 'em. Boil 'em hard and boil 'em long; not less than seven hours. Do you understand--seven hours? Then take them out and put them in a cool place. When they're cool unwrap 'em and split 'em. Understand ? Split 'em right in the center. Next day boil 'em and serve 'em hot --the hotter the bet­ ter, but for heaven's sake don't fry 'em." The cook followed instructions, and the next day Mr. Phoebus took break­ fast with Mr. and Mrs. Barnum and the friend who tells the story. Mr. Phoebus ate of them, and ate heartily. They just touched his taste, aiyl "sup­ plied a long-felt want." When the pigs' feet had disappeared, Mr. Phcebus' comment was, "Say, Barnum, that's food for a king." And that is ho# it came about that the visitor to the various first-class hotels finds on the breakfast bill of fare set before him, "Pigs' feet boiled a la Barnum." Mr. Phoebus had in trodnced the dish to his brother cater­ ers in various parts of the world.-- Hartford Post Trying to Fit a Round Peg In • Square • Hole. Another great mistake of parents is made a little further on, when the edu­ cation the child is to receive and the work he is to do in life begin to be con­ sidered. Most parents have precon­ ceived ideas of what their children shall do in the world, and it is sometimes very hard to modify or change them in accordance with the child's natural tastes. They are like the parents of a boy with whom I had acquaintance, who had determined, I think even be­ fore the boy's birth, that he must be a lawyer. The boy proved to have no taste whatever for the law or for a student's life, but seemed possessed of real mechanical genius.. From a child he could do anything with tools re­ quiring delicate manipulation, was al­ ways contriving and inventing new machines "to work with--in short, was a decided genius of the inventive order, hut he was laboriously drilled in Latin, wept unavailing tears over it, was sent to college at great sacrifice on the part of his friends, graduated, was made to study law, did study it and was ad­ mitted to practice, and tried his best to do what he was unfitted for. Hav­ ing now come to man's estate, he took the matter into his own hands, turned his law office into a machine shop, and began successfully the work he should have been encouraged to undertake in the first place.--Raltie Tyng Chris- wold. A Dutiful Daughter. The pretty maiden fell overboard, and her lover leaned over the side of the boat as she rose to the snrfaoe, and said: "Give me your hand." ImpMWR. When yon visit or leave New York City, save baggago, sxpressftge, and 93 carriage hire, and stop at UM Gnai Valea Hotel, opposite Grand Oentral Depot 613 rooms, fitted up at a ooat of one million dollars, 91 and upwards per day. European 1 lan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the est Horse cars, stages, ana elevated rail­ road to all depots. Families can live better for leas money ae the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel in the city. Prizes for Base-Ball Players. For losing an ear, appointment as usher in the grand stand. A broken finger-joint, lay off until it is well. Scraping skin from one elbow in stealing a base, promise of an increase in salary; both elbows, two promises. (i etting second on a long slide (base­ ment of pants must remain intact), au­ tograph of manager. i'or having wire from mask driven into the skull half an inch, loud ap­ plause from directors; for getting kill­ ed, set of resolutions, without frame, to relatives. For twisting the ankle in trying to make an impossible play, a monkey- wrench ; it will be found a useful im­ plement in such cases. Bruising the shins, the right to rub them. For losing the sight of the eyes in trying to catch a Hy in the face of the sun, release, with back pay. For having spike in an opponent's shoe driven through the instep, two days' vacation. For having toe-nail ground off by an opponent's heel, the privilege to limp. For not making up a face or saying "Oh!" when a hot liner lands on* the fingers' ends, sympathy of stockhold­ ers. ' Foul ball in the pit of stomach, per­ mit to stoop. Having teeth knocked out and con­ tinuing play, the privilege of being called "tough." For killiug a scorer, a f1,000 United States bond. For kicking against the umpire's de­ cisions, when he is known to be right, two shoes from a mule; this is an em­ blematic trophy. The management, in offering the above prizes, does it for the purpose of encouraging the players to put forth their best endeavors, as by so doing the games will be more entertaining; and with the hope that dividends will be larger than they otherwise would be.-- Boston Record. Advice to Consumptive*. On the appearance of the first as general debility, ions of appetite, pallor* chilly sensations, followed by night-sweats and cough--prompt measures for relief should betaken. ConsnmpttM Is scrofulous d.soase of the lung's;--therefore use the great anti-serofula. or blood-purifler and strength restorer,--Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery." Superior to ood liver oil as a nutritive, and unsurpassed as a peo> toral. lor weak lungs, spitting of blood, and kindred affection5!, it has no equal. Sold by druggist* the world over. For Dr. Pierce's treatise on consumption, send 10 cents in Stamps to World's Dispensary Medical As­ sociation, 663 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. SEVEN deaths from injuries or phys­ ical break-down during the playing of the game of foot ball have occurred in England in less than one year. If the deaths from hydrophobia had been as many there would have gone up a cry for the banishment of dogs, or their wholesale destruction. Why not give foot ball "the grand bounce J)r. Footfs Health Monthly. Youthful Indulgence In pernicious practices pursued in solitude. Is a most startling cause of nervous and jjeneral debility, lack of self-confldence, and will power, impaired memory, despondency, and other attendants of wrecked manhood. Sufferers should address, with 10 cents in stamps, for large illustrated treatise, point, ing out unfai In? means of per.ect cure. World's Dispensary Medical Association, 60S Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. THE most gigantic sharks in the world are said to be found near Australia. Of course this discovery makes the New York bar mad, but facts are facts. , y?u 8««fer with chills and fever, take Ayer s Ague Cure. It will cure you. A KANSAS editor bas carried phonetic spelling to a fine point. His paper alludes to llwortb." ABOUT ANSW.; if Uns"w?T ttSPw.a.K far wmah arapotabb PIIIIMIM ebuiiiii that iron Is nhwir brf&a •ry<* BROWN'S IRON BITTERSSr.£LS hnilThs nc prnlhii n IMIW)I|MHH ILL nedlctaea 4m. BKO WN*8 IAON B cures BMsw--e--,W Prtrepaia. Hslsrts, (Mils mod Tiiwtf FeatfaubdMeral DcMHtjrJMsl Side, B*dtorLM(.BMlae|* sad Ni •la--FOR all thass SBMMIS tasbM BROW'S MM BITTERS. botUbnanradMav. Thawi Snaar, the dlcMtloa iapiomtki In wan thsiaffaet isOMuOb M»npidS T!m am Win atones to brishten: tMl np; healthy eolar cornea to the cheat*; « disappears; functional " lax, and if a norainir n hsnpplied for the child. Bitten in the ONI.T iron medicine njvlOQI, fhyticians and Druggists The Genuine ha* Trade Mark and on wrappar. TAKE NO > Restful Nights, Days Free flrom Torture, Await the rhcumatic sufferer who resorts to Hostetter*s Stomach Bitters. That this benig­ nant cordial and depurent is a far more reliable remedy than colchicum and other poisonB used to expel the rheumatic viruB from the blood, is a fact that experience has satisfactorily demon­ strated. It also enjoys the advantage of being-- unlike them--perfectly safe. With many persons a certain predisposition to rheumatism cxints, wiiieli renders them liable to its attack-> after exposure, in wet weather, to currents of air, changes of temperature, or to coldwhen the body- is hot. Such persons should take a wineglass or two of the Bitters as soon as possible after incurring risk from the above causes, ns this superb protective effectually nullifies the hurt­ ful influence. For the functional derangements which accompany rheumatism, such as colic, spasms in the stomach, palpitation of the heart, imperfect digestion, etc., the Bitters is also a most useful remedy. It is only necessary in Obstinate cases to use it with persistency. A Dangerous Game. The Buffalo Courier tells an inter­ esting draw-poker story, and insists that it is true. The game was played in a Buffalo hotel by seven men. One of the players had won $200 and was about to jump the game when he picked up a hand of four kings and an ace. It was invincible because they were not playing straight flushes. All came in, one of them raising the ante $10. Mr. Four Kings just chipped along, not wishing to keep anybody out. The others staid and all drew cards, the man with the kings throwing away his ace and draw­ ing one card rather than spoil his chances of getting bets by standing pat. The man who had made the $10 raise took two cards. Then the bet­ ting began. All were driven out ex­ cept the man who had drawn two cards. They whacked back and forth at one another until at length, having exhausted all his chips and gone shy for many dollars, the man with the kings felt that he had won all he wanted to, and called. To his horror his opponent laid down four aces. The beaten man howled and claimed fraud, for how could the other man have four aces when he himself had one before the draw ? The explana­ tion was simple. There being seven players there were not cards enough to go around after the first deal, and so the discards were shuffled up and dealt for the draw. In the draw the man who took two cards and was drawing to three aces, got tbe ace that the man with four kings had discarded, and was thus able to beat him out of his boots. n^"ilfcK.[e8nl,ta are derived from Hall's Hair ewer than from any similar preparation. A SAILOR need never starve while at sea. He can get bread at the Sandwich Islands and milk at Cowes. "KOUGH ON ITCH." "Rough on Itch" cures skin humors, eruptions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chil­ blains,'itch, ivy poison, barber's itch. 50c. jars. "ItOl'GH ON CATAURII" corrects offensive odors at once. Complete curs of worst chronic oases: also unoqualeil as gargle for diphtheria, sore throat, foul breath. 50c. ••ROt'tiH ON PILES.1' Why suffer Piles? Immediate relief and com* plete cure guaninteed. Ask for "Roach on Piles." bure euro lor itching, protruding, bleeding, or any form of Piles. 50c. At Druggists' or Mailed. A Most Liberal Offer J THE VOLTAIC BELT Co., Marshall, Midi., offer to send their celebrated VOLTAIC BELTS and Electric Appliances 011 thirty day*' trial to any man afflicted with Nervous "Debility, Loss of Vitality, Manhood, etc. Illustrated pam­ phlets i:i sealed envelope w ith lull particulars, mailed free. Write them nt once. "Bough on Bats" clears out Rata, IQoa 18a "Rotuzh on Corns, "hard or soft corns, bunions, lS<x "Boughon Toothache." InBtant teliof. 15a WELL'S MAI It HAL SAM, If gray, restores to original color. An elcgani dressing, softens anu beautifies. No oil nor grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair com­ ing out; strengthens, cleanses, heals scalp, 50a "ROUGH ON JULK" PILLS •tart the bile, relieve the bilious stomach, thick, aching head and overloaded bowels. Small gran­ ules, small doso, big results, pleasant in opera­ tion, don't disturb the stomach. 25a Wliy go limpinjf around trlth your boots run over when Lyon's Heel Stilleners will keep them straight. DR.RADW THE ONLY OKHPME SarsapariHian Resolvent! THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER For the Cure of all Chronic Diseases, sntort M. RI.OOD TUNTS. ( HROXIC SIRERAITISM. TABS. CWSF VKIIVS, BROM HITIS. I ONSV*l"TH». tltlliL 1IKH1MTV, klllMY AMI RLAMKS tearLAINTS CI RKI) BY Itadway's SarsapariHian ftasolvMrt. Humors and Sores of sU kind*, particularly chronic diwasea <>( ti p R*- ID, are cured with great oertamtv BY a course of KADWaY'S KAltS.U'ARLL UA\". We mean cbntinnte cast s that have resisted all other treatment. BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small dotes Of Piso's Cure for Consumption. UNJOST fiercest resentment is always the The Bilious, dysp?ptIo, constipated, should address, with 10 cents in stamps for treatise. World's Dis­ pensary Medical Association, 603 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. . A SCIENTIST says that a very strong so­ lution of salt applied boiling hot will pre­ serve wood. This is important to whose wood pile has to spring gun. those >e protected by a THE red flag is righteously transformed into the fled rag. ' THE GREAT REGULATOR! R Another Life Saved. Mis. Hsrriet Ciunmings, of Cincinnati, Ohio,writes: "Bsriy last winter my daughter was attacked with a severe cold, which settled on her lungs. We tried several medicines, none of which seemed to do her any good, but she continued to get worse, and finally raised large amounts of blood from her lungs. We called in a family physician, but he failed to do her any good. At this time a friend who had been cured by DR. \VM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS ad­ vised me to give it a trial. We then got a bottle, and she began to improve, and by tbe use at three bottles was entirely cured." **"PERR Y DAVIS"®* P A I N - K I L L E R IS RECOMMENDED BY Physicians, Ministers, Missionaries, Man­ agers of Factories, Workshops, Planta­ tions, Nurses in Hospitals--in short, ' everybody everywhere u/ho has ever given it a trial. TAKEN INTERNALLY, IT WILL BE FOUKD A NEVER FAILING CURE FOB SUDDEN COLDS, CHILLS, PAINS IN THE STOMACH CKAMPft SUMMER and BOWEL COM­ PLAINTS, SORE THROAT, &o. APPLIED EXTERNAJ^LT, IT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND BEST LINIMENT ON EARTH FOB CURING SPRAINS, BRUISES, RHEUM A TISM .NEURALGIA TOOl9B» ACHE, BURNS, FROST­ BITES. See. Prices, 25c, 50c, aii $1.00 per Bottle. FOB SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALEBS. wBeware of Imitations. DIABETES CURED! _ _ LOUISIANA.. MO. DR. RADWAY--J>ear Sir: I h»Te used ail your rents dies with great succesii in practice, and the way I found favor w.tli your Resolvent it cured me of Diabetes alter three physiciano had Riven Hie up. I detected a chance in my tim e in two hours after the flrvt dose, and three bottles cured lue. Your friend. TTIO-S. G. PAGE. A remedy loiuposed of ingredient* of extraordinary medical i>roi>ertieK. eRsential to purity, heal, repair, and invigorate the broken-down and wasted body, fctold by all Druggists. fl.OO a bottle. OR. KADWAY St CO., N. Y.. Proprietor* of Railway's Heady Rrlfatf iti O*. Mttdway's 1'Ula. QURE of Hay Fever ASK LI G i l I ' 0 S C H O O L O F E C L E C T I C 0. 11111 d Short-hand and type-writing. ** ™ " Unlimited course, M0. Send for circulars. Positions furnished.20KX. Clark St..Chicam. I AKAMKKI) by llay er Curt* Co., . N.V . St-ml tor circular. YonrHewaaeaisrmrTHE CHICAGO LEDGER, the BEST STORY PAPKS In tin* country. Read it. PATENTS R. 8. & A. P. LACET, Patent Attorneys. Watthirnrton. P.O. J. A -.«.^.ln8truction" and opinions as to patentability FREE. M~17 year*'exper ience. * anna Han or uam u» eaen coanur P.WTZIEOLEB <ft OO. GMoago. Ill §••••••••••••• Sore relle DDEff8HlgTIUlg^.^ HHIIHIHIBWuiiMto' Stowell 4t O0k iwn,I" ~ JAMS, JELLY, ffabl# Stmp, Swwi VtntgiT, Cfttnn, Preserves, •*4 Krant-M*king for fartnm' wives--n»Uta ire* with erery paper of F*ll Turnip Seed (»li ports'). of Fall Turnip Seed (all F of* WINTER BEETS thrown So. JAMfeS HASLKY, Se«MJrow*r, Madiao*, AHu fllto W saM W* 90m, MM M MMM *t Mtfiag M GbrSlltertastaZtM CMNTwdlMi, mm i ail IMH RAX for seo if 8cik For fh Iras Uvm, Tare Btaa KTerrmte entioa thf* tut* paper at»a atirw J0RCS erlfil«UNTM. RINUI1A.MTON. N. T. FRAZER AXLE GREASE. Best Is the World, (iet the (enalie. lEIMGE'S MENDS EVERYTHING Wood, Leather* Paper. Irorr.Glara, China, Furniture JBrie-a-Brao, Ac. 8tnmg as Iron, Solid as a Bock The total quantity told daring tbe pa*t Mve yearn amounted to ov* . bottl^^vJm'IouV It dealers can veil it. Awarded _. inouneed Strongest Glue knows . . .. Send dealer's eard and 10c. postag* r<ontllM M Ads. " for sample can FREE by mall, wiuaw •» aw* BcuuCumnCo.Gli "Please ask, sank for Courier: she said, as she time.--Boston isiaZ&tMpi* ARE YOU BILIOUS? TkeRetjulator never fail* to cure. I most cheerfully recommend it to all wlio suffer from Bilious Attacks or any Disease caused by a disarranged state of the Li^er- ^ „ W.^K. BERNARD. Kansas City, Mo. DO YOU WANT GOOD DIGESTION ? I suffered intensely with Full Sit,much. Heartache. etc. A neighbor who liad taken Simmons Liver Hok- ulator told me i1 was a sure cure for my trouble. The first do»e I took relieved me very much, and in one week's time I was as strong and hearty a« ever 1 was. It fx thr bent medicine I ever toukjvr Ot/Kpevia. Richmond, Vs. H. O. CKE.NSHAW. DO YOU SUFFER FROM CONSTIPATION? Testimony of HIRAM WAKNER , Chief Justice of (la • *1 have used Simmons Liver Regulator for ConsUpa-tioii of mv Bowelt*, caused by a ment of the Liver, for the last thivo or four yian. and always with decided beneJU." ***** HAVE YOU MALARIA? I have had experience with Simmons Liver Resu- lator Fince 18«5, aud rejrard it as I fie Uteace*c medMiie the t lines for disrate* peculiar to malarial ret/ions. So Kood a medicine deserves universal rommeiida-tlo£' o . c llEV/ M. B. WHARTON. Cor. Sec y Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. ARE YOU SUBJECT TO SICK HEADACHE? I ttse Simmons Liver Regulator when troubled s ri- oufejly with Headaches caused by Constipation; it pro­ duces a favorable result without hindering my reuu- larpur«Hitx in buntness. W. W. WITMER. Des Moines, Iowa. Always look for the % Stamp in red* ou front of Wrapper? aud the Signature of J. II. Zeiliit &, Co. on •Ma* 9taae other Is genuine* •; Raw IlluMM loimau. and Maatla SOOUT.tlx Ci r\Tn "an* Qtncs for Prof. MMdr'i Hill U Hook on Driu Maklnf, New Doll KJCultioc, KB. ilttllMll IDldaj. PrftKOO av to as a day. Samples worth $1.30. FREE. IJnee not under the horse's feet. Address 10(1 Brewster's Safety lieiii Holder. Holly, Mich. DROPSY •r TREATED FREE. • DR. xi. ir. A so^rs, Specialists for Thirteen Tears Past. Have treated Dropsy and its complications with tbs most wonderful succesH; use vegetable remedies, entirely harmless Kemove all symptoms of dropsy In eight to twenty daya. Cure patients pronounced hopeless by the best ot phyiMciuiiH. f rom the first doe* ths aytnptoms rapidly disap- -- ar. and in ten days at least two-thirds of all symn> It®®! OPIUM TELEGRAPHY 1 furnished. Writ* VaiaatlBS I and Morphlae Ilablt Cured tn lO to 80 (layn. Keforto !o<K> patients e*ire4 in aii parts. Br. Karah, (luioo7,Kiilu Learn here and earn good pay. Situations Broa., JanMTiUs, Wis tonis are removed Some may cry humbug without knowing anvtiting about it. Remeinbrr.it does not coat you anything to realize the merits of our treatment for yourse t. la ten days tile difficulty of breathing is relieved, tiaa pulae rerular. the urinary organs made to diachalM their full duty, sleep restored, the swelling all or nearly irons, the strength iticreseea, andSBpebte mads ttood. We are constantly curing caass ox long stand- intr--caasa that have been tapped a DUB bar of times;, and the pstient dsclaied unable to livsS week, (iire full historr of eaae. Name aex. how lona afflicted, how badly swoUso and where, ara bowel® oosti»». have legs Dusted and dripped water. Send for tree pamphlet, containing tevtimonials. questions, etc. Ten days' treatment famished free by mai . Epilepsy (Flta) poaitivel.v rum . If jou order trial, loce^ts rt stamps to MBS Postage. II. H. (iKKKV ,v M I>s.. Kti .Fnii#*- v *-- .... • • BY THE 6ARVANZA UNO COMPANY OF LOS AN6ELES, CAL., C»n*Bter», Mason*. Brlck-Makera, Plumbers, and Laborers of all kinds. 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If jretir ntoteksspsr Sol nt have tlio "rtsn muwn". Sf nd for A ,1. TOWER-» a OPIUM Muhii, tiulcfcty and ly vured t home Correspondence so> I c 11 cil and f re* trial of current hot,es iuvestlgstors-TanlltTaAKS IUJEHV (oxPAJir.Lafayette, lnd. •hiuauff CONSUMPTION. I have a poaltlvo rented/for thesbs*sSlaeaae;b/Us thnasan !s of casesof tbe werat kind and of Ioa> iaahavo been cured. Indead. fcoatronff lam^ falls ctBearj.tlmt I wi .1 tend TWO BOTTLES 'nil, I.D.A RI.E TKBATI8I on thl» dissass OMifth Syrup. Taste* good. Ow i Sold by draiaistt in tune. C. N. V. Ha. WHITING TO ADVERTISERS* ' ife" i -4 iiwsi" - • ..i M'y;