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.ii OF FUBUC ---- - *. BT BKH: PKRI.BT POOBK. \ The &lost prolific author in the istrict of Colombia is Mrs. Emma e E. Nevitte South worth, a Dative f Maryland, and from early outh a resident of the District, he married yocmg and was the mother f two children when she first began to her pen for a livelihood. Her hus- nd had deserted her. and her only eans of support was what sums she uld collect from the parents of young > Children who attended a primary school x which she established in that part of ^Washington called the island. 'Her Annual receipts were but little over »200 when she first wrote for the Sat­ urday Visitor, published m Baltimore, ,4nd afterwards for the National Era', ~ Sf* Baile.v'8 Free Soil newspaper at S ^?|Wa8hington. When she began to re­ ceive liberal pay for her literary work, - ^ifehe built a picturesque cottage home on |feeorgetown Heights, perched on the f^dge of a bluff, overlooking the Chesa- - >%}eake and Ohio canal and the Potomac t a 'jjliver beyond: For many years she has - I Vritten almost exclusively for the New 'ISTork Ledger, which paper has recently Republished several of her stories en- |oyed by a former generation. Mrs. Boutliworth is near-sighted and some­ what absent-minded, but those who know her speak of her as an interesting, lovable woman, who lives to do good, •and repays the cruel blows she has re­ ceived in the battle of life by munificent charities and good works. :? Henry Clay always liked the undi­ vided attention of his audience. One y, when he was speaking in the Sen- . te on the tariff, he quoted a good many commercial statistics, and saw * v:s3that some of his hearers begjtn to show symptoms of weariness. This he did not like, and he determined to enlist their attention. Taking a pinch of snuff, he said, very slowly, "I Avas glad, Mr. President [Mr. Calhoun was pre­ siding], that in the remarks that fell from the Chair, there was nothing said against the constitutionality of the tariff." Mr. Calhoun said, very promptly, "The Chair considers the tariff decidedly unconstitutional." Mr. sClay replied, very'cornteously: "Alas, this reminds me of what I would gladly forget in these halls--the mutability of human opinions; for in 1816 there was no abler advocate of the tariff than the gentleman who fills the chair." . Mr. Calhoun excitedly said, rather contempt­ uously : "The Chair informs the SsMpa- tor from Kentucky that the consWtu- tionalitv of the tariff was not discussed in 1816." By this time Mr. Clay was fully roused, and fixing his eves on Mr; Calhoun, with that peculiar expression which almost made one believe he could see through a stone wall, he rejoined: "Very true, sir, very true; and the reason was there was no statesman then so reckless as to dispute it." Thus the colloquy ended, and Mr. Clay, having secured the attention of everybody, re­ tained it to the close of his speech. It used to be irreverently asserted that the Boston Daily Advertiser was like a porous plaster, "good for a weak back." In those days there was much deception practiced bv morning papers in the fabrication of bogus news, but Mr. Hale, who edited the Advertiser, never had to sbate that he was mistaken in an announcement of the day previous. Hence arose the saying among the re­ porters of those days that the Adver­ tiser never heard of anything "till the day after it happened." Among the good stories told at Mr. Hale's expense, was one of him and Hon. , David Henshaw. They were fellow soldiers during the war of 1812- 13, with Great Britain, in which they belonged t > the same military company, . and were present together at the battle of Plattsburg, on the 11th of Septem­ ber, 1814. At the cloge of fie v av they . * became separated. Alx. Hale was a Federalist, and Mr. Henshaw was a Democrat; Mr. Hale was a man with a large family; Mr. Henshaw was a bach­ elor. After a season they became as­ sociated upon the first Board of Direc­ tors of the Boston and Worcester Bail- road, and were appointed a sub-com­ mittee to attend to a certain matter, and met at the point designated for that purpose. Various lories of conversa­ tion were introduced, and among them the battle of Platysburgh. Mr. Hen­ shaw stated that it occurred^n the 11th of September, 1814. "No," says Mr. Hale, "It was the 12th, the day after." Mr. Henshaw insisted that it was the 11th, and Mr. Hale was equally posi­ tive that it was the 12tli. After several mutual contradictions, Mr. Henshaw inquired of Mr. Hale why he was so positive that it was the 11th. "Well," says Mr. Hale, in his usual slow and deliberate manner, "I recollect very dis­ tinctly that the battle of Plattsburg oc­ curred on the very same day of the month, September 12, 1814, that my eldest son was born." "Depend upon it," replied Mr. Henshaw, "that your eldest son was born the day before, the 11th, but yo;ir wife did not tell you of it till next day! You never did hear of anything until the day after it hap­ pened. " There was a great deal of amusement created at Washington in the Spring of 1857, when two correspondents who had been retainedrtjy the India rubber patentees, then at loggerheads, wrote private letters to Mr. Bennett, of the New York Herald, in which each de­ nounced the other as a blackmailer and a ac.mndrel. Mr. Bennett very coolly published the letters of both, with im­ posing ho.ul-lines, and when the paper arrived at Washington the anger and mortification of the two correspondents mentioned can be better imagined than described. Each had thought he was writing confidentially and denouncing the other side, and each found hilhself in a very unpleasant situation. Beverly Tucker had, thirty years ago, f;,' . a terrible quarrel with President Frank f*h v * Pierce. For a month or two Tucker's " paper, the Sentinel, was filled with ar- ticles denouncing the New Hampshire | brigadier. "We shall continue," he said, in the conclusion of one of these articles, "to employ our pen in tearing ; the mask from Franklin Pierce and his administration, and exposing its weak­ ness, its imbecility, its corruption, ^ " its bad faith and its utter rottenness. we shall aid in accomplishing this * end, so devoutly to be wished, we shall s. .To feel no common consolation in the fact •"' , that we have done something in our dav and generation for the great party with which it lies always been our pride to be connected." The key to this de­ nunciation was that Mr. Tucker had been an unsuccessful applicant for the position of United States Marshal of the District, and also for the Congressional printing. "Hence these tears!" The elephantine David Davis was ; Judge of an Illinois Circuit containing fourteen counties, when his old crony, Abraham Lincoln, called him to the Supreme Court of the United States in " 1861. There ndvcr was a more just or populpr Judge than Davis. He did not "pfcT'ifljtUf T'l™* rigid rules of order in ' r \0 ¥ .iff:*1 if his Court, but saw that everything waa done with propriety, with which he did not think a little humor now and then at all incompatible. He often ques­ tioned witnesses himself and was very severe on those who tried to prevari­ cate. "Man," said he once to a witness who had long avoided replying to a ques­ tion as to his feelings toward a party, "man, you know you hate the defend­ ant ; why don't you say so, say so, say so, and stop your lying!" A young man of desperate character had been convicted of robbing and cruelly treat­ ing an aged man. The Judge's man­ ner in sentencing him was absolutely terrible, and he closed by sending him "for seven years to the Illinois Legisla­ ture!" He directed the clerk, his at­ tention being called to the slip of the tongue, to correct it on the record. During his long career on the circnit bench very few of his decisions were reversed by the higher courts, and on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States he won laurels as a jurist. Unfortunately the Presidential maggot got into his brain, and he accepted a seat in the Senate, where partisans of both sides found fault with him as be­ ing neither fish, flesh, nor fowl, nor yet good salt herring. He would not per­ mit Henry B. Anthony, the Republican caucus nominee, to be elected President pro tempore of the Senate, but he had no scruples about securing hir own election to that position. --r- j " Sew Zealand Mud Volcanoes; Visiting innumerable springs, wa passed the base of a mountain , about one-third mile long and three hundred feet high, the side of which was honey­ combed with smoking and steaming openings so close together, and the crust so thin, that even the Maoris dare not venture to climb the liillsi le. Leav­ ing this remarkable place, which is sug­ gestive of a traditional region where un­ quiet spirits aro remanded, we passed a cave, the entrance to which was formed by two large stone posts and heavy stone caps, and the interior walled up similarly; it was quite small and very pleasantly warm, and is said to have been the birthplace of some distin­ guished Maori chief. f One feature of these remarkable springs and geysers was a boiling spring about eight feet in diameter in a rock recess, which seemed indisposed to perform while we were there, but after several false alarms and waiting about twenty minutes, it burst forth with a volume of boiling water several feet in diameter--throwing itself fifteen to twenty feet in the air--making us, anxious waiters, beat a hasty retreat into the brush out of harm's way. Thence descen<0ng the hill to a sort of mud flat, we came into the valley of Botokanapanapu, a region of mud vol- canoes, active and dead, presenting a deplorable appearance of irritated dry and wet mud and dirt in all forms. There Avas the same gurgling, vomit­ ing, and spewing that we saw in Sodom and Gomorrah. One of these mud volcanoes--Te Hnka--spews forth a very plastic and fine paste, which the natives eat and enjoy. It tastes like flour paste very slightly sweetened. I do not like it, and doubt if it is fattening. We were by this time quite hungry, but this edi­ ble mud did not tempt us, and we moved on to the margin of Lake Roto- mahana, where lunch was waiting us. The Maoris had cooked potatoes and fresh-water crabfish for us in the steam of the boiling springs, covering the opening with cross sticks, placing the potatoes, etc., on these, and covering the whole with grass, which sufficiently confines the steam. I sat down on a flat stone, and enjoying my lunch and surroundings, gave myself up to the quiet pleasure of the occasion, when I felt an increasing warmth where I was sitting, and suddenly had to spring from my seat, an unexpected burst of steam from under the rock giving me the hint to leave. Lunch finished, we stepped into a canoe of the flimsiest kind. The party consisted of ten whites and natives. All but the pad- dlers squatted down in the bottom of the canoe, and brought the edge' al­ most to the level with the water. Women's Worries. If you are of a nervous, excitable temperament ponder upon these lines, fresh from the ready pen of Lady John Manners: "Certain worries are sup­ posed to belong especially to women. The management of servants is some­ times considered very difficult It used to be said, 'A good mistress makes a good servant,' and undoubtedly kind- Vie ss and consideration always draw people together, even when in different positions. Though we should save our­ selves much worry by once for all recognizing that no one is perfect, yet I think, by studying our servants' little peculiarities, we may hope to avoid the frequent changes which are so trying. For instance, if we have any reason to think a servant's memory is defective, it is a very good rule to give every order in writing. Indeed, many people make a point of writing orders for their carriages and horses; and I remember a gentleman who thoroughly under­ stood the art of dining, who always had a slate beside him at dinner on which he wrote any remarks he wished to make for the chief. I knew a cook- housekeeper in a family which was un­ avoidably rather harum-scarum, sudden orders being sometimes given for many additional places at table. The orders were given by word of mouth, but that remarkable woman never made a mis­ take during the many years I knew her. When complimented one day on ber good memory she pointed to a slate on which she always wrote every detail at once. Perhaps some of us women have too great a tendency to adore our friends and worry them, as well as our­ selves. by l)eing too demonstrative, and expecting too much in return for our attachment. Aiways let your presence be desired, was the advice given by a man of the world to a lady anxious too keep her friends. Always treat your friend as if he might become your enemy, and your- enemy as if he might some day 1)8 your friend, is a maxim that would save mu h heartburning. Among minor worries dress certainly is one t<5 some women. But if we re­ membered that ever period of life has its own charm I think this anxiety would be lessened. To delicate per­ sons the little precautions essential to preserve health are often very worry­ ing; but if tliev recollected how pre­ cious their health is to loving their friends tliev would probably recognize that in taking care of themselves they are sparing much anxiety to others. The warm wrap may be taken by the delicate person in order to spare friends anxiety; while perhaps the busy man of letters will take more exercise for health's sake if he knows that those who love him will be grateful to him for so doing." - The Sabbath is the golden clasp which binds togethor the volume of the week,--Lonufellow. BILL KEY'S APT ICE BAG. Antou Questions Aniftrrd--The Vanu In the Sleeping; CoacU-Calm Be*aoalaff Dealt With. Early Rose, Mankato, Minn., writes: "Is it proper to mark passages in a book of poems loaned to one by a young man in whom one feels an interest, or should one be content with simply expressing one's admiration of certain passages in the book." I think the latter plan would be pref­ erable, Rose. I am sure that young ladies make a great mistake when they mark the earnest and impassioned pas­ sages in a book of poems |>elonging to another. I once loaned a book of poem# written by a gentleman named Swinbourne. In this book Mr. Swin- bourne had several times expressed himself as being violently in love with all the works of nature, especially those people whe differed with him in the matter of sex. He wrote so fluently and So earnestly regarding the matter of love that I loaned the book to* a young lady, hoping that she would take this as a vicarious expression of my sentiments. It was a costly book, and so when it came back with Mr. Swin­ burne's sentiments emphasized by means of a blue pencil, and his earnest thoughts underscored with a crochet hjok, punctuated with tears, and stabbed with a hair-pin, I regretted it very much. I was led to believe, also, by re-reading the book that she was in the habit of perusing it at the breakfast table, and that she was a victim of the omelet habit Do net mark a borrowed book unless you have more friends than you can avail yourself of. " Savant, Tailholt, Ind.: You can get Indian arrow-heads now almost any­ where except on the frontier. A good hand-made Indian arrow-head is now made in Connecticut, and the prices are not exhorbitant I believe that if you can get manufacturers' rates, delivered on board the cars at New Haven, you can secure enough Indian arrow-heads for $25 to frescoe the side of a house. See that the name of the manufacturer is burned in the shank of each. You will have more trouble in secur­ ing Indian skulls. The manufacture .of Indian skulls has not arrived at that de­ gree of perfection which we hope for it in the future. You can get an Indian skull made of celluloid now that looks quite nice and ghastly, or you can secure a bear's nose made of hard rub­ ber, with pores in it and little drops of perspiration standing out on it. These noses have been used with great success in securing bounties in the New Eng­ land States, and several counties in Maine have a large stock of rubber bear noses on which they have paid large bounties, and which they would now sell at a great sacrifice. Aztec pottery recently excavated from mounds in the Southwest can now be purchased in any large city or made to order at the leading potteries of the country. Niagara Plummer, Tutewder's Cross­ ing, Tenn.. asks: "Is it proper to use the following expression, which was made in our colored debating society three weeks ago ? If you will answer this inquiry you will confer a blessing on two young ladies who's got a bet up on the question. The expression we agree was as follows: " 'He's entitled to pay me for them pair of license.' "I claim that the word 'them' should be 'those,' while my friend, Miss Bone- setter Jackson, says that the sentence is correct. Which is incorrect?" Where both have done so well it is hard to say which is the more incorrect. I will withhold my opinion till your de- ' bating society puts in an evening de voted to the discussion of this question. Please let me know when it will occur, as I would like to be there. Etiquette, Chicago, 111., asks: What remedy would .you prescribe for the great nuisance while traveling of being compelled towait all the forenoon for the female fiend who monopolizes one end of the sleeping-car half the time and the other end of the car the other half ? I am a lady, and nothing tends to discourage my efforts in trying to continue such like this constant cqptact with the aver­ age female brute who bolts herself into the ladies' dressing-room in a sleeper and remains there all the forenoon cal- cimining her purple nose and striving to beautify he chaoticieatures. Do tell us what you would suggest" That is a question I have been called upon to settle before, but I am still worrying over it I do not think we oueht to fritter away our time on the tariff and other remote matters until we have, once for all, met and settled this vital question which lies so near to every heart. I have seen a large woman take her teeth in one hand a shawl-strap full of hair in the other and adjourn to the ladies' dressing-rooin at Camp Douglas and finally emerge therefrom, with a smooch of prepared chalk over each eye, at Winona. All that time half a dozen ladies in the car gnawed their under lips and tried to look happy. I have known a timid young lady to lose her breakfast because this same ogress, with bristles along the back of her neck, as usual, moved into the dress­ ing-room and lived there till the train reached its destination and the dining- car was detached. Some day this dressing-room will be made on the plan of a large concer­ tina, operated by means of clock-work, and af.er this venerable hyena has laundried herself, and primped and beautified and upholstered herself, and waxed her mustache, and insulted the plate-glass mirror for an hour or two, by constantly compelling it to reflect her features, the walls of the apartment will gradually approach each other, and when that woman is removed she will look like the battle of Gettysburg. Bill Nye. Socialism Defined. The colored population of Texas take a great deal of interest in Socialism, but their ideas on the subject are a little mixed. "What am dis heah Socialism, anyhow?" asked Jim Web­ ster of Austin Thornton, who is re­ garded by the negroes as well posted on all such questions. "Lemme 'splain dat ar'," replied Thornton, assuming an altitude. "Yer see, ef we goes into Sam Johnsing's saloon and you order two drams, one for me an' one for you, you has to pay for 'em bofe; ef I, being a Socialist, orders the whisky, you has ter pay; you ain't no Socialist; does yer see^" "But s'posin' I'se a Socialist myself?" "Den de barkeeper has ter pay for de drinks." "But s'posin' de barkeeper am a Socialist ?" "Den we falls on him an' jess pound de life outen him, bekase somebody has ter pay for de drinks; does yer see?"--- Texas Sifting8. • Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society. INJUSTICE CORRECTED. Convlaetag Verification of WlJiMit Fafc- lle Statement*. In common with many publishers and ed­ itors, we have beou accustomed to look upon certain statements which we have seen in our columns as merely adroit advertising. Consequently we feel justified in taking the liberty of printing a few points from a private letter recently received from one of our larg­ est patrons, as a sort of confession of faith to our readers. We quote: "We have convinood ourselves that by tell­ ing what we know to be true, we have pro­ duce 1 at least a permanent conviction in the ' public mind. Seven years ago we stated what the national discaaj of this country was, and that it was rapidly incrtoning. Three years , ago we stated that a marked check had been given it j "Tht> statistics of one of tho largest life-in- 1 enrance companies of this oountry show that 1 in 1888 and 1S84 the m6rUlity from kidney disorders did not inert*ute over the previous vears; other companies stated the same thing. It is not presumptuous for us to cla m credit for checking these ravages. "Seven years ago we stated that the condition of the kidneys was the key to the condition of health; within the past five years all careful life insurance companies have conceded the truth of this statement, for, whereas, ten years ago, chemical analysis to determ ne the con­ dition of the kidneys waa not required, to-day million* of dollars in risks are refuted, be­ cause chemical examination discovers «*- *itspccted diseases of the kidneys. "Seven years ago we stated that the ravages of Bright a Disease were insigniftca at com­ pared with other unsuspected disorders of ihe kidneys of many misleading names; that ninety-three per cent of human ailments are attributable to deranged kidneys, which fills the blood with uric acid, or kidney poison, which causes these many fatal diseases. "Ihe uric acid, or kiduey poison, is the real canse of the majority of cas?s of paralysis, Important. When yon visit or leave New York City, save baggage, expreasage, and #3 carriage hire, and atop at the Grand llnlra Hotel, opposite Grand Central Depot 613 rooms, fitted up at a cost of one million apoplexy, heart disease, convulsions, pneu­ monia, consumption, and insanity: over half the victims of consumption are nnt the vic­ tims of diseased kidneys. "When the recent death of an honored ex- official of the United States was announced, his physician said that although he was suf­ fering from Bright's Disease, that was not the cause of death. He was not frank enough to admit that the apoplexy which overtook him in his bed was the fatal effect of the kidney poi­ son in tho blood, which had eaten away the substance of the arteries and brain; nor was Logan's plivsician honest enough to state that Dis fatal rheumatism was caused by kid­ ney acid in the blood. "If the doctors would state in official reports the original cause of death, the pcople.of this country would be alarmed, yea, nearly nnfiic- strickcn, at the fearful mortality from kidney disorders." The writers of the above letter give these facte to the public simply to justify the claims that they have made, that "if the kid­ neys and liver are kept in a healthy condition by the use of Warners safe cure, which hun­ dreds of thousands have proved to be a spe­ cific, when all other remedies failed, and tliat has received the indorsement of the highest medical talent in Europe, Australasia and America, many a life would be prolonged and the happiness of the people preserved. It is successful with so many different diseases be­ cause it, and it alone, can remove the uric acid from the blood through the kidneys." Oni' readers are famdiar with the prepara­ tion named. Commendation thereof has often appeared in our columns. We believe it to bs one of the best, if not the best, ever manufactured We know the proprietors are men of character and influ­ ence. We are certain they have awakened a wide­ spread interest in the public mind concerning the importance of tho kidney*. We believe with them that they are the key to health, and that for their restoration from disease and maintenance in health there is nothing equal to this great remedy. Tho proprietors tay the}1 "do not glory in this universal prevalence of disease; but hav­ ing started out with the purpose of spreading the merits of Warner's safo cure before the world, becanse it cured our senior proprietor, who teas given ftp by doctors as incurable, we feel it our duty to Btate the facts and leave the public to its own inferences. We point to our claim*, aud to their public and universal verification, with pride, aud if tho public does not believe what we Bay we tell them to aek their friends and neighbors what they think about our preparations." As stated above, we most cordially com­ mend the perusal of this correspondence by our readers, believing that in so doing we are fulfilling a simpie public obligation. The subject of the spontaneous com­ bustion of wood has been discussed at various times by the French Academy of Sciences. Among the most interest' ing statements made on these occasions is that of M. Cosson, describing an ac­ cident which occurred in his laboratory, it appearing that, while he was working in his laboratory, a portion of the boarding of the floor spontaneously took fire; the boards were in the vicin­ ity of an air-hole, fed with warm air from a stove about fifteen feet away, on the floor below. A similar accident had occurred two years previously, and in consequence M. Cosson had the boards adjoining the air-hole replaced by a slab oi marble, the boards which subsequently ignited adjoining the mar­ ble slab, and although the heat to which the boards were subjected was •ery moderate, being only that of air at 77 deg. F., still the ooards slowly carbonized, and being thus rendered extremely porous, a rapid absorption of the oxygen of the atmosphere had re­ sulted, and sufficient heat had then re­ sulted to originate combust on. A sim­ ilar instance of spontaneous fire is said to have occurred at Passy a few days before, due to the action of the warmth from the air-hole of a stove upon the woodwork, thus showing the danger liable to rise from this source, and the necessity of attention to the same on the part of builders. In the United States Senate, during a re­ cent debate, Senator Vest, of Missouri, paid a high tribute to the merits of St. Jacobs Oil. Other prominent men have also found it prompt in its cure of rheumatism and neuralgia. Price, fifty cents a bottle. One of the forest curiosities of the Isthmus of Darien and lower Central America is the tree-killer (matypalo)., This starts in life as a climber upon the trunks of large forest trees, and, owing to its marvellously rapid growth, soon reaches the lower branches. It then begins to throw out many shoots, which entwine themselves all around the trunk and branches, and also aerial tendrills, which as soon as they reach the ground take root. In a few years this gigantic parasite will completely envelop the trunk of the tree which haB upheld it, and kill it. The whole of the inner dead tree will then rot away, leaving the hollow matapalo standing alone and flourishing. Throat troubles yield promptly to Red Star Cough Cure, as vouched tor by U. S. Architect Clark. Its ingredients are purely vegetable and free from opiates. 25 cents. Even seaweed has a certain value, and some day may be in considerable demand. A new English method of utilizing it consists in boiling it with carbonate of soda filtering, and treat­ ing with sulphuric acid. Xhus is ob­ tained a substance, to be known as Halguina," which has more viscosity than starch, or even gum arabic, and may be profitably used in stiffening textile fabrics; It is said to be also adapted for the making of syrups and for culinary purposes. From the mat­ ter left after extracting this substance a very good writing paper may be cheaply made. The Altoona shops of the Pennsyl­ vania Railroad Company have been making a freight-car every working hour for the past two months, so great has been the demand for equipment.. Self-delusion is ever averse to inquiry, though by inquiry alone can the charm be dissolved. road to all depots. Families can live better for less money at the Qrand Union Hotel ft" at any other first-class hotel in the c.ty. An Anti-Malarial Plant. It is announced that a healing weed has been discovered for malarial re­ gions. This is the anacharis alsinas- trum, which grows abundantly in swampy places in many sections of the country. The alleged discovery is based upon the fact that fevers of a malarial type prevailed in a certain re­ gion until four years ago, when this water plant was introduced. Since that time all ague lias fled the country. As the plant in question is easily ob­ tained and grows without any care at all, people in shaky latitudes* mav try the expenment for themselves without great trouble. But it is best not to be too sanguine. A few years ago the eucalyptus globulus was hailed as the coming preventive of malaria. It has been extensively planted in many ague- ish sections, but has not fulfilled the promises made for it.--Our Country Home. The Effects of Mental Exhaustion. Many diseaies, especially those of the ner­ vous system, are the products of daily renoweu mental exhaustion. Business avocations often involve an amount of mental wear and tear verv prejudicial to physical health, and the profes­ sions, if arduously pursued, are no less destruc­ tive to brain and nerve tissue. It is one of tha most important attributes of Hostetter's Stom­ ach Bitters thatrit compensates for this undue loss at tissue, snd that it imparts new energy to the brain and nerves. The rapidity with which it renews weakened mental energy and physi­ cal vitality is remarkable, and shows that its invigorating properties are of the highest or­ der. Ilesulei* increasing vital stamina, and counteracting tho effects of mental exhaustion, this potential medicine cures and prevents fe­ ver and ague, rheumatism, chronic dyspepsia and constipation, kidney aud uterine weakness and other complaints. Physicians also commend it as a medicated stimulant and remedy. When a babe is born in any house in Turkey there is great rejoicing if it be a boy. less if a girl. The wife is proud for a while; but Turkish women are not good mothers; they are too child­ like then selves. When a girl is born to a Sultan they fire seven guns; when a boy, twenty-one. The boys die early; the girls are more apt to live. This isr supposed to be a divine interposition of Providence to prevent too many claim­ ants to the throne. Babies are dressed like mummies in swaddling-clothes for six months. Then the boys are put in trousers, sometimes in generals' or colonel's uniform, regularly made. The "Favorite Prescription" of Dr. Pierce cures "female weakness" and kindred affec­ tions. By druggists. A man who fines a good desl to talk about--a police judge. It Costs Nothing to send to the Chicago Ledger, 271 Franklin street, Chicago, for a sample copy of that splendid family story pa­ per, and after looking it over you can make up your mind whether it is better to pay $3 for one of the Eastern liter­ ary publications or to take the Ledger at just one-half the price. The Ledger is the oldest, cheapest, and best West­ ern literary paper, and contains a great varioty of entertaining and instructive matter, including a page each week of war memories. It will pay you to look into this matter. Send postal, with name and address, and a sample will be mailed to you free. You Can't Bead This Without wishing to investigate, if you aro wise. Send your address to Hallett A Co., Tortland, Maine, and you will receive, free, full information al>out work that you can do, and live at hoin \ wherever you are locntod, at which you can earn from *5 to and up­ wards daily. Some have earned over f.YJ in a day. Capital not required; you are started froe. All is new. Both sexes; all ages. Snug little fortunes await all workers. The Cost of Ignorance. Absence of knowledge of the fact that physical and mental weakness, indigestion, impure blood, and sick headache can be avert­ ed by Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic, costs millions of money annually for uncertain and unre­ liable decoctions. "Rough on Pain" Plaster, poroaed, 10c. Besfc 'Rough on Pain," liquid, quick cure, 20c. "Rough on Catarrh." Cures al', worst eases. 50c. "Rough on Piles." Sure cure. 50c. Druggists. "Rough oil Dirt" for the toilet, bath or shampoo. Perfectly harmless. Nice for wash­ ing infants, children, or adults. For miners, machinists, and others whoso employment be­ grimes the clothing and hands, invaluable in hospitals, asylums, and prisons as a disinfect­ ant and purifier. "Rough on Bile Pills." kittle, but good. ICo, 2*0. "Rough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, tetter, "Rough on Worms." Sure cure. 25c. "Rough on Pain" Plaster, porosed, 10c. Best. Msnsman'8 Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing it* entire nu­ tritious properties. It contains blood-making, force-generating, and life-sustaining proper­ ties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia^ nervous prostration, and all f orms of general debility; also in all enfeebled conditions, whether the work of exhaustion^ nervous pros­ tration, overwork, or acute disease, particu­ larly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard A Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. •Rough on Rats" clears out rats, mica. 15o. "Rough on Corns," hard or soft corns. 15e. "Hough on Toothache." Instant relief. 15a "Rough on Coughs." Troches, 10c; liquid, 25c. •'Rough on IHrt" is unequaled for dish­ washing, bouse and paint cleaning, cleaning windows, pails, pans, knives, forks, jewelry, wash basins, bath tubs, sinks, water closets, etc. Cuts the dirt without injury or discolor** tion. Keep it on the wash aud toilet stands. S months' treatment for 50o. Plso's Rem­ edy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists. Dyspepsia Does not get well of ltielf; It requires careful, periUtent attention and a remedy that will asaiit nature to throw off the cauie* and tone up the digestive organs till they perform their duties willingly. Among the agonies experienced by the dyspeptic, are distress before or after eating, loss of appetite, irregularities of the bowels, wind or gas and pain in the stomach, heart-barn, soar stomach,etc..causing mental depression, nenrons irritability and sleeplessness. If you are dis­ couraged be of good cheer and try Hood's Sar- saparllla. It has cured hundreds, it will cure you. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Made only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar PATENT ,'"OIt S ll E' 1'HK ADAMS" )N CO* $5 Vate it So'icaors Munc.e, ludinna. to S8 a diiy. Bsmple- worth FBX& fines not under the horse's feet. Address Biewster's Safety Rein Holder, Holly, Mich. nrilCMUC Bend for Pension I-aws to FfTZ-PtMSIuHS Is It Really Consnnptlmt Many a case supposed to be radical tang disease is really one of liver complaint and in­ digestion, but, unless that diseased liver caigi be restored to healthy action, it will so clog the lungs w.tli corrupting nutter as to bring oi» their speedy decay, and then indeed we hav« consumption, which is scrofula of the lungs, in its worst form. Nothing can be more hap­ pily calculated to nip this danger in the bud thin is Dr. Pierce's Golden M^di-pat Diaoov- ery " By ilraggista. Strange but true: A word in season is scarcely ever spoken by a man in a peppery frame of mind. Fire Hundred Dollars Is the sum Dr. Pierce offers for the detection of any calomel, or other mineral poison or in­ jurious drug, in his justly celebrated "Pleas­ ant Purgative Pellets." They are about the size of a mustard seed, there lore eamly taken, wliilo their operition is unattended * by anv griping pain. Biliousness, sick-headache, bail taste in the mouth, and jaundice, yield at once before these "little giant'." Of your druggist "There is a report around, Jinks, that you have inherited a landed estate." "It is groundless, my dear fellow." "Brown's Bbonchhx Tboches" are excel­ lent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore 'Ihroat They are exceadinaly effective."-- Christian World, London, Eng. A negbo minstrel, when nsked what his trade was, responded that lie waa a caulker. WORK FOR ALL. __ paid. Outtit worth trei Sftaweek and expenses rMi l partfen'ars Aueusta, Maine. OPIUM Morphine Habit Cnn4 In lO to 20 days. No pay till cored. Dr. J. Stephens, Lebanon, Ohio* AftflCflin IKON MININti IXVESTMKnTW. Illlhrlflll ^e.-iiritv ku iranWd. A litross H. VVUbUlU KiRK&Co.'.Ma kHlV .ViK»ulie<OVi>. VIRGINIA LAND AGENCY, Cheap Farms. Splendid climate. Short Mild Win­ ters. Good luarkcjR. Descriptive Laml List Free. 4Utlfr>'IN & JEKVIS, Petersburg, Va. Mailed FREE fkaincis b L.L. Hempstead, Long Isiand, N, Y. Won One Agent (Merchant only) wmtwl Inerery town Tat 5* ft My retail sates of your "Tansill's Pui ch" Voent cigar for last year (iSSi) were 182,' (10. This ve*r I expect Ui sell at lewt 250.000 of l*>iH j iistly popular brand. CHA8. S. I'ROWITT. Druggist, Denver, Ool. Address R. W. T1NSIIL & CO., Chicago. FREE ll'rettlost BOOK ever l*rintp<l. Thousands of Enjfiuvings. Host NKKI» & cheapest overgrown. I'kts lie Cficap as dirt by oz. it' !b. 100000 ;)kts. new sorts divided FRK.K to <*tixtomer$. I give away more than some firmssell. Send for my Catalogue. R» H. Shumway, Hock ford. 111* Cure* and Prevents V: Colds, , ^Coughs, wbre Throat, Hoarseness, Stiff Neck, Bronchitis, Catarrh. Headache, Toothache, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Asthma, quicker than any btiotni femedy. aud in the only frostbites, hilblains. It was the first PAIN REMEDY Tliat instantly stops the most excruciating pains, at lays Inflammation and cures Congestions, whether o| the Lungs, Stoni»sh, Bowels, or other glinds or op- guns, l>y one application. No matter how violent or excruciating the pain the Bheumatic. Bedridden, Infirm, Crippled, Nervous Neuralgic, or prostrated with diseases may suffer, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Will afford instanfease. Tliirtv to sixty drops in half tumbler of water will is a few minutes cure Cramps, Sija~nis. Sour Stom­ ach, Nausea, Votniiing, l'nlf>itation of the Heart, Mal­ aria, Chills and Fever, Fi-intness. Heartburn, Sick geadache. Diarrhea, Dysentery, Colic, Wiadiu the Dwels and all Internal Pains. I Ifty Cents per liottle. Sold by Druggists. DK. KADTVAY St CO., N. T„ Proline tors of Rsdway's Barsaparillian Resolvent and Dr. Railway's Pills. CURES WHERE ALL Best <3ough Syrup. T in time. Sold by Taatea good. HAnrcsTixxK, N. J* I i October 15,1886. Jr * E. T. Bazkltike, * | Warren, 1* | Dear Sir: I waa taken with a very severe cold last Spring, and tried every cure we had in the store, and could get no help. I had oar village doctor prescribe for me, but kept getting worse. I saw an­ other physician from Port Jervis, N. ¥., and he told me he used Piso's Cure for Consumption in his practice. I bought a bottle, and before I had taken all of it there was a change for the better. Then I got my employer to order a quan­ tity of the medicine and keep it in Btock. I took one more bottle, and my Cough was cured. Respectfully, fftAKK JUAdJfUWfsv P I S O ' c« C CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAIL it Couch Syrup. Tastes good. Use In time. Bold by driUKists. O N S U M P T I O N i on IKA u A BIT absolutely cured. rlUIVI nHDI S y»t ai-artirle two* or self-denial. Pav when cured. Handsome book frae. DB. C. S. WEATHEKBY, Kansas City. Mo. inflr>r Ftazier's Msr'c Ointment wilt lllvrATriAira tiimnlfid li£>ad«t utirl pect ban arufreisi ireckle-i. It heals outs,bnrns.cliap- lianas and hps, an t cold gores. Price 50 cent*. At f s or mailed by WMS. MFG. Co., Cleveland. O. Cart Every • a •man,wo- PPPC • smECman.003IbH or girl rHEE man. 003 that sends tbelr name pot>tal carl before a c o p y o f T h e Story Piper of th«*i dress THE CHI FREE 22™ and address upon a March 1st will receive (•leatenl i arnil; rKK. . CAGO LEDGER, "amlly ' Wxat. KKJCK. Ad- iCAGO LEDGER, .""JL1- FREE RUPTURE Believt-d ami Cured bv Dr. J. A. ( Sherman's method. Those who cann't avail ttieiiis Ives of per- sou; 1 attendance can have home treatment appliance and curative sent for $10 oulv. Send stamp for circu­ lar. 2W Broadway, New Volt. inUCDTICCDC or 0tlMiS,wneMnah to examine All TCn I Ivbllv thii paps'.o> sbtain estimeiw on sdvertSsinf specs whsn in Chicago, will find it 011 fite at 45 to 49 Randolph St, | ||B|| ftTUflMIt tfcsUMrtUngAlsncysi LUItlf • I llUUdl A QUESTION ABOUT Browns Iron , Bitters ANSWERED. te - - - e# tinsss." How a thins?" Well. HdoMat. 1 {wwhich a rafmtabis plutfafaa Physicia-- rsMgataafiea as tks otnir sobetiSw?^^yS?«!5s. jR<s£s>tuur howOTsr. a mailable " nofBKOWNM "" ly aatMactocyiriia < BROWW'SIBOW he«d»ck«, or s>j|itiw »|| •etflelMM 4*. BROWN*S MUMV] WW Isflgseilee, BIH----1 DywyejMfo. .Ualarla, CUD* Bred Frallac.Grarta) 1 8Ms, Back or LlatsiHd *1*--lor ail thusa silissnls few b MMMMr. BROWN'S IRON BITTERS£rSt? mlnate. JUke an other ttusiiili msjWMKttaeta slowly. Whan takan by awn It* Int I baasiflt h ranowad mip. ThesmMsef irnar. thedigssUsn iapnnattsl In man the affect ta usually 1 Tha eyas begin atom to b " op; healthy color cobw to 1 diaapfMaim; functional lar, and if a tinning mother. , is supplied for tha child. Sat litters in the ONLY fcroa Injurious. /'Ayririanj aftdf Oi ii(i 1 Hm Oaantee hui Trade Mark and crnssiid nd ] TAKE NU OTHER. TIJE -OXVtt.- "'"k «v5 -4 fK\ Tbe Crime of tie Cupola. ; - ^ \ % PROF. WM. HENRY PECK. mM fi The opening chapters of this great novel can only be found fat The CklcagO Ledger of Feb. 18. Send for* it. •I . 5© per year. n m TrilTC R.8. ft A. P. LACXT. Patent PATENTS as to patentability FREE* JST17 rears' eiper' a Hts< WE WANT YOU! i-jassiisa profltaole employment to represent as In ewj county . Salary & per month and «Jfcnae»,. or a eommlnion on mum u piwwiett. uoooimpa im < teg* :w»r The Orsst Mnnery ef PERCHERON HORSES. 200 Imported Brood Hares k. Of Choicest Families. URGEliHlIGn, All Acee, beth SexMU IN STOCK. SOO to 400 from France, all Fereheron Stud biecd of France support and endorsement ct the Flench GovanM§Mt> Send for l iiO-patfe Catalogue, illustrations hy >a-- Ml. W« D ll 19 N A M§ Wayne, DuPage Co., Illinote* IHE ONLT RUB rIRON TONIC Mvitfr o?S"4oo'._ . ef Appetite. ladii W>OI of Apt 8trea«tb and TiradFeellagab-aolutely cored: Brass, mas-else sad earras receive napr fore*. Enliventliesaiud and amdias Brmia Power. UUIBO aumv ibox somio. • Headache. Bam pie Doae and Drewai Bock Emailed on reoelpt oft wo oenta la postage. W mple I mailed on reoelpt of two eenta la THE OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. ST. I WIZARD OIL ebbs Hare been enjoyed by citizens of every town u4 city in the IT. S. Marvelous Cures hare been vlk neaaed by thousands of people, who can testify te THE WONDERFUL HBALXKS POWBB OV Hamlin's Wizanl Oil. Neuralgia, Toothache, Headache, Earache, Catarrh, Croup, Sore Throat, Laae Back, Stiff Joints, Contracted RHEUMATISM, Sprains, Bruises, Bums, Fern Sores. Wounds, Old Sores, Chilblains, Frost Bites, Sore Nipples, Caked Breasts, aai All Aches and Pains, are quickly relieved by this macical remedy. Try IS onoe and you will never be wfthont It. For sale r ~ Druggists. Price. Me. Oar Suns Book free to Address WIZARD OIL COMPANY, CHI-- H'K.iK from Nervous Debit!tr. IV tal Wasting. Sec., sand stamp for Boafc of Remedies, sad cure yourself at home. Dr. i. Bkmkbbt. Kern, lad. KIODEireMSTtllE&ff KSSSZinU!. man. MesrattAQfc itfSMM n Why did the Women of this country use over thirteen million cakes of Frocter & Gamble's Lenox Soap in 1886? c- Jhiy a cake of Lenox and you will soon understand OUTUUCMltw 'only one in the world generating econttauoos Sltctrie it JfafUftM j • -"oirmt. Scientific, Powerful, Dttril /MComfortable and Effective. Avoid frr.utla. OverO.OOOcored. Send8t->mpfor pamphlet A1.M» ELECTRIC BEl.Tft rou »|VeA*£S. i. H08NE. INVUTM, 181 WMMS Mf. CThe OLDEST MEDICINE in the WORLD is M probably Dr. Isaac ThonpoM's U •lebrattd Eye Wat*II This article ia a carefully prepared phraiciao'« psw- scripti"n. and has been is conatant use for nearly a oentur?. aud notarithatandiiu the uianr other prepar­ ations that have been introduced into the market, the sale of this article ia constantly increasing. If the di­ rections are followed it will never fail, we particu­ larly invite the attention of phjrsiciaiu to its aaerita. Jvk* L. ThosyiM, Svhs i CoM TROY. 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