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NflfflMffllP SWIHDLE. |»W C|FNNII P«I«r HM OWTFAWD U .. . teqMm VwtaaMhM of the HaftQi- l • ' giy impoiltioni Ever Pcrpelntod Upon : - CNew York World.] One of the greatest swindles that kAve ever been perpetrated upon man­ kind is the work of a German dealer in old postage-stamps. There are in the World abont 450,000 persons making collections of postage - stamps--one specimen of each issue of each oonntry ;--who may be classed as retail buyers. There are several thousand dealers, big •nd little, who buy to sell again, and about 1,000 publications devoted ex­ clusively to postage-stamps and their history. Some stamps are very rare and very high prices are paid for them. The purchase of stamps in bulk from tho non-philatelist is A lottery. No tean knows when he is going to get a prize in ant loose boxful that may be sent to him by some person not ft col­ lector. About ten years ago a dealer in a Mb all German town, whose capital was his brains, conceived the brilliant idea of making all the world collect stamps for him witliput charge, and send him, alsp without charge, vast collections to aort out and sell agaiu. Other dealers have to pay for this work and have to charge high prices for their stamps. He would have all but the sorting done for nothing. To-day this dealer has a capital represented by seven figures and a million enthusiastic agents col­ lecting in every section of the civilized Slobe. His daily mail contains hun- redls of thousands of postage-stamps sent to him without cost. He has the largest stock of any dealer and his prices cut under all others in the trade. How has he done it ? This was his brilliant idea: "People who are not Drilling to give money will give work to help the poor. I will represent the Kor, and they shall work for me. I ve a brother in Palestine. He shall start" a 'Syrian Orphans' Home* on the Mount of Olives or in his imagination--• but we will advertise it as the Mount of Olives. We will send a description of this great charity to all the churches throughout the world, telling tljem that for 1,000,000 stamps we will board, clothe, and educate an orphan until old enough to support itself. The stamps "Will come to me. My brother will sup- . §>ly the orphan--in his mind." His happy thought found a response wherever .a Christian congregation gathered. There is not in any little hamlet in the United States," or En­ gland, or India, or Australia, or any civilized country a Christian congrega­ tion that has not from one to ten mem­ bers saving up postage-stamps--beg­ ging, borrowing, and even stealing them in order to help make up the million that will go to clothe and edu­ cate a Syrian orphan in this mythical "Syrian Orphans' Home." But there are many people, not <lhurch members, who do not take much interest in Syrian orphans. They re­ quire a little stronger meat. The Syrian orphan dodge worxed so well that our little blue-eyed German stamp- dealer five years ago started an imagi­ nary mission in the city of Chang Kiang, China, tho holy sisters of which agreed, for every million stamps sent to him, to save from the jaws of the crocodiles of the Yellow River at least one Chinese baby. Furthermore, they agreed that after saving it from the jaws of the crocodiles that they would support, educate, and Christianize it. All the stamps, however, were to be remitted to Munich or Stettin. They were not to be sent to the asylum at Chang Kiang nor the Orphans' Home at Jerusalem. If any conservative soul did send them there they would not be lost. The brother or an agent secured them, sorted them, and sent the prizes to Stettin. New circulars have gone out lately promising that for 1,000,000 stamps a Lome will be found for an old lady or an old gentleman for the remainder of life in one of three homes--one located in London, another in New York, and a third in Cincinnati For half a million stamps a bed will be endowed in a hos­ pital. For 100,000 stamps a home will he found for some fatherless or mother­ less child for one year. > This is a bolder game than any of the Others. No address is given for either of the homes, but the names of reputa­ ble people are given--clergymen, physicians, well-known philanthropists, society ladies--to whom the stamps ard bo sent, to be forwarded. Inquiry shows that in every case those whose names are given have agreed to forward the stamps to some one else/ and that they know nothing about the location ~^of the home or hospital, except that it -- is in New York or Cincinnati Twenty scattered inquiries revealed agencies in Boston, New York, and • ~ Philadelphia to receive these stamps, the ultimate destination for all that are valuable being Btettin. It is estimated that this swindler has , ,collected over 100,000,000 postage , damps in the United States alone, and that he has obtained among them rare stamps worth from $500,000 to $1,500,- . OQO. Tennyson's Early Love. V. • Those who are familiar with the story • Of Alfred Tennyson's life will smile on * reading his latest work, "Locksley Hall -Sixty Years After," over the spirit of , self-deception which runs throughout the verses. To the world, "Maud" and "Locksley Hall" are beautiful poems only. A few know that they are some- . thing more than poems of the imagina­ tion--they are heart records. In the Wquel to "Locksley Hall," just pub­ lished, the poet tells his grandson that he could never have loved a worldling like Judith, who has played such sad havoc with the susceptible youth's feel- ines, but this is precisely what he did. When Tennyson was a promising young poet, crowned with Oxford's academic laurels, he wooed his first cousin, the story of which wooing he wove into beautiful verso and gave to the world. Another author, the wealthy heir to the Earldom of Boyne, however, appeared the scene, and the fair Amy, after- irard so liberally adjectivedas "false or • gervile." became a peeress. t ._ * Lord Boyne, who !s the owner of large estates and valuable coal mines in the County of Durham, the heart of the Horthern coal-fields of England, freely extended his hospitalities to his bride's - Cousin at Brancepeth Castle, a modern hut imposing mansion. The poet re­ paid the kindness by satirizing the good-natured peer, his brand-new title, and bis recently-acquired wealth most mercilessly in hiB "Maud" and "Locks- ley He,11." Independent of his wife's very natural indignation, Lord Boyne was not gratified to find his beautiful home described by a recent guest as a *gewgaw" castle, or at having the world . informed in verse, however harmoni- :i,£tis, that his wealth had come from the "iireat of miners. Neither did he enjoy the thought that the tongues of the . world were wagging over the stonr of wealth "having bought hint a wife who preferred another lover. It is pos­ sible, too, he failed to see the beauty of thqw Bemlirandt-like touches wherein he is described as a clown and drunken. It might* be beautiful poetry, the out­ raged host urged, but it was not good taste and it was not true. His lordship is oertainly one of the most common­ place and uninteresting of peers or of commoners, but he is neither coarse nor drunken, and Brancepeth Castle, with its shivering larches, knew Tennyson no more.--London Cor. The Detective Bureau of the New Talk Police. The detection of crime is a secondary function of the police force, but is one of such romantic and morbidly fascinat­ ing character that it possesses absorb­ ing interest for the great majority of readers. The Detective Bureau with apartments and records at police head­ quarters, includes forty detective ser­ geants, under the orders of Inspector Thomas Byrnes. This officer, whose celebrity vies with that of Fouche and Vidocq, has been in command since 188a On May 25, 1882, the Detective Bureau as now constituted was created, at>the urgent solicitation of Inspector Byrnes, by the State Legislature, and the salary of each detective sergeant raised to $1,600. Ward det ectives serv­ ing under the captains of their re­ spective precincts are not included in this particular branch of the force. Inspector Byrnes is » native of Ireland, but is of American training. Entering the force in 1863, he rose through its se.vcr®l f^des to his present office. Weeding out all the worthless and in­ efficient, and supplying their places with young, active, and intelligent men, he instructed and organized the latter on his own plans. The Detective Bureau soon attained to national im­ portance. Special attention was paid to Wall Street. Skilled thieves, the "best men" of their nefarious occupa­ tion, prized it as the richest of their hunting-grounds. Fat purses were ab­ stracted, tin boxes containing money, bonds, and valuable papers fell into their hands, and knavery was jubilant.- Now that district is to them as paradise to the lost spirit in Moslem legend. They may view afar, but may not enter. Any thief found below a line drawn across the city through Fulton Street is seized at once and compelled to ac­ count for himself. If the explanation be not satisfactory, the grip of the law tightens around the culprit, and the familiar jail again becomes his home. Ten or twelve detectives are always on duty at a room in the Stock Exhange. On call, one or more oan be sent any {Race in the lower section of the city within two or three minutes. "From the 12th of March, 1880, up to date, they have not lost a 10-cent stamp in Wall .Street by a professional thief-- not a penny, not a cent," is not an empty boast. It is sober truth. -- Harper's Magazine. Well Situated. s A traveler in the Missouri River bot­ toms came upon sn old fellow sitting on a log, nodding. "Halloa." "Hy," replied the old fellow, lazily lool-.ing up. "Do you live near here?" the traveler asked. "Over yan," pointing. "What, down in that low place?" "Ah, hah." * "It's a wonder you don't die." "Would, I reckon, if I didn't keep on erlivin." , "Don't you have chills and fevers?" "Shake a little sometimes, but er fel­ low don't mind it ef he ain't got nothin' else to do." • - "Yes, but I should think that he would have to do something else in or­ der to make a living." "Ya8, do look er leetle thater way." "Why don't you move away from here?" "Look here, whar do you live ?" "In the blue-grass regions of Ken- tucky." , "Why don't you move away?" "Because I like the country." "Wall, I don't move because I like this here county "But, my clear sir, there are many things to induce a man to live where I do. One of them--and I suppose it would strike you harder than any of the rest--is that a man does not have to work very hard for a living." "Podner, that's just the very reason I stay here. It ain't no trouble ter ketch fish enough ter eat." "Yes, but this bottom overflows. You can't catch fish then." "No, but then the picnic comes, fur yer see, the Government sends us meat an' meal. Podner yer may talk erbout your blue grass an' all that, but thar ain't nothin' like livin' in a country whar the Government makes it er p'int ter feed yer. Cattle mout die, cotton mout fail--an' all your work be lost, but thar ain't no danger uv the Govern­ ment goin' under. Say,, whut's ther river dcin' erbove?" v "Rising." "Thank ther Lawd. Nancy," arising and shouting to his wife, "I b'leve ther., Lord's gwine ter answer our prai^"-- Arkansaw Traveler. ; English Aristocratic Estates. It is impossible to find anywhere out of England more extensive and superb' proprieties cle hixe, by which is meant estates of noble and gentle men, of which a large area is unproductive and unremunerative in an agricultural point of view. In mere matter of acres, Rus­ sia, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary can show far wider lands belonging to the same owner, but a more considera­ ble proportion is given up to self-culti­ vation and return. The land pays for itself and feeds its tillers. Here in this rich, prosperous, admirably-kept, gar­ den-like England, park joins park, woods and forests are given upfco game, boundless moors are preserved for the sportsman, ornamental grounds sur­ round the noble mansions for many acres. The dwellers in the cottages, the villages, the outlying districts, nay, the inhabitants of the small adjacent towns depend, directly or indirectly, ou the fact of the mansion being occu­ pied. When the house is crowded with visitors, when stables and kennels have their full complement, when forcing- houses, conservatories, and vineries are rich in fruit and heaped with exotics, when the law us have their velvet smoothness, then the little nation of gardeners, keepers, helpers, grooms' laundry, and dairy maids, and all the old hangers-on of a large establishment, reap the little benefits which compose the only comforts that fall to their Io\ The closed castle or hall means to the•< i stagnation, if not poverty, starvation, perhaps finally emigration or the work­ house. To see it open is the harhuigcf of the windfalls they can ill forego.-- London Cor. New York Sun. WHERE there is room there is always room in Mom^i • in the heart the house.-- CHINA. A FletUM^w ClmMfc^Bw^ger--Carrytag "Church-begging" is very common in China. The temples advertise their wants by posting on walls in the neigh- berhood square pieces of yellow paper, whereon is the-exact Chinese equivalent of the scriptural, "Ask and ye shall re­ ceive," together with the name and lo­ cation of the temple where prayers are always answered. But there are also more personal forms of begging. The writer of an ar­ ticle in the Youth's Companion has seen in Peking a priest whose cheeks had been pierced, and the teeth knocked out so that an iron rod, as large as one's middle finger, could be passed through, to project an inch or two beyond either cheek. An iron half-circle was hinged to each end of this, and passed around the back of the priest's head. Attached to the half- circle was an iron chain, which was so long as to drag on the ground several feet behind him. His business was to go from house to house, beating a small drum, asking help to repair a temple. Sympathy would be wasted on him. He was a "pro­ fessional church-debt lifter," who had monthly wages and a commission on his collections--and the rod and chain were his stock in trade. There is another way, still more pe­ culiar. A priest stands in a small box­ like structure, placed in front of a temple, through the boards of which spikes havo been driven, so that the imprisoned priest can move no part of his body, except his right arm, without being pricked by a spke. With his right hand he rings a bell to draw at­ tention to his pitiable condition. Charitable persons give so much for the privilege of drawing out a spike. The highest-priced spikes are those which point at the vital parts of the body. The priest is supposed to stand in his kennel day and night until all the spikes have been bought and drawn, but no one believes that he really does so. A single incident will show how much hardship and self-inflicted suffer­ ing some of these heathen will undergo to fulfill a religious vow. One intoler­ ably hot and dusty afternoon in 1871 the writer was resting at a wayside tea house to the southwest of Peking and saw approaching a man and a woman. The man would first take one long step, then bring his other foot up and meas­ ures his whole length in the road. Having knocked his head three times on the ground, he rose, took another step, and again prostrated himself. The woman was his wife, and was waiting upon him." In answer to questions, he said that he had made a vow that if Buddha would restore to health his son, who was desperately sick, he would make a pilgrimage to Wu-tai-shan and home again, a step and a prostration all the way. Not mifffi than three miles oould be made in a day. He had traveled about 600 of the 2,000 miles of his double journey, and would be two years longer in completing his vow. As he was 78 years old, and almost worn out, it was easy to see that he would not live to fulfill it. A callous lump as large as an egg projected from his.forehead, raised by his knocking his head upon the dusty road. Yet this man was shocked and angry at a suggestion that he should abandon his useless pilgrimage, and passed out of sight measuring the road with his infirm body. How to Live Without Eating. Henry Howard explains in his article on "Fasters and Fasting" in the Cos- "mopolitan how it is that some people and and animals can get along without food: Auto-suggestion, or a belief that one is nourished when one is not, is a great thing, and accounts for many phenom­ ena otherwise inexplicable. Sedillot relates an incident to prove its existence in the animal kingdom as well: "A tortoise weighing one kilogramme and a half had been captured and permitted during several weeks to wander around the garden, subsisting on flies and other insects. When weighing two kil­ ogrammes the creature was recaptured and eviscerated from behind, its head, members, and shell being left intact. It was the&^restored to its liberty weighing fifteen grammes less than at the time of its first capture, and, al­ though entirely hollow and open in its posterior aspect, it roamed about as be­ fore, snapping up flies that, after being swallowed, readily escaped from be­ hind. After two weeks the animal was taken and again weighed, when it was foand to be five grammes heavier than at the period immediately after its evis­ ceration. The creature was a croijant --that is, it believed it was taking into its system an abundance of aliment; it was growing fat. What was this mys­ terious energy that worked an apparent impossibility if not auto-suggestion?" On the other hand, this sensation of hunger is, at least, in a certain meas­ ure, independent of the state of inani­ tion. In other words, ID cases of nerv­ ous diseases hunger may be felt acutely, with all its distressing effects, in a body sufficiently nourished. In support of this distinction, M. de Parville says: "We are acquainted with a lean lawyer and a fat engineer, both of them neu­ rasthenic. If the lawyer does not take a glass of Madeira and a sandwich at 5 o'clock he becomes livid and has an at­ tack of vertigo. The engineer is tougher. For about a year he guarded himself against his indiosyncracy by smoking, but toward half past 7, when he came home and smelled the odor of the dishes, if he was not served on jhe instant he could not control himself, and went into a veritable fury. He be­ came positively and in spite of himself furiously ravenous. And yet he was fat, and had no need to repair the losses of the organism that was already too well nourished." So also numerous stories are found in all ancient medical dictionaries relative to those great eaters whose insatiable stomachs engulphed enormous masses of solids and liquids. Such was the case of Tararus, who went so far as to drink the blood of his patients and eat the flesh of his cadavers, and who was suspected of having devoured a 4-year- old child; yet he had a most sweet dis­ position when he wasn't hungry. A 1IB WHICH FAMOIS. Otl|ia of tin Saying "and Xt Wasn't a flood Day Car Ooeks, Xlthrr." In 1860, the year before the was, a party of Northern Illinois hunters hied themselves to the lakes of Minnesota for an annual duck hunt of a few weeks, says the St. Louis Qlobe-Demo<rat, making the joorney to St. Paul, which was at that time but little more than a frontier village, by a steamer from Dubuque, Iowa. Among the party was a chap named Truax, a proverbial liar, but a jolly, good-natured fellow withal, whose predominant weakness was read­ ily excused, if not entirely overlooked, by those who knew him well. Abe, that being his first name, seemed to struggle more recklessly and naturally with the truth when talking about his prowess as a hunter of game than on any other subject. One afternoon, as the steamer was plowing its way through Lake Pepin, a number of the male passengers were seated forward on the boiler deck in lit­ tle knots, passing the time away in con­ versation. Abe was a prominent figure in one of the groups, and had already astonished himself fairly by the whop­ pers be had successfully got of, when the subject of duck hunting, the mis­ sion which himself and friends were out on, was advertised. "I've shot a few ducks in my time," broke in Abe, during a momentary lull in the talk. "How many did you ever kill in one day ?" queried a cross­ eyed passenger from down about Bur­ lington. "You may no* beliove me, sir," replied Truax, "but in the late fall of '57 I went out alone one morning about seven miles, with my dog and gun, and brought home 2U0 ducks by actual count, and it wasn't a very good day for ducks, either!" "You did that all alone, and in one trip ?" asked the cross-eyed man as he put down some figures on an envelope with a pencil, he had carelessly taken from his vest pocket. "Yes, sir, I did," said Truax, with a tinge ef ill-humor to his tone. "Those ducks, wou'd weigh about two and a half pounds apiece, wouldn't they ?" casually remarked the Burling­ ton man, as he kept on making charac­ ters with his pencil. "I should say they would," remarked the unsuspect­ ing Ab€5®| "Well, then," said the per­ sistent querist, "you killed just 650 pounds of ducks; and if you can tell me how one man is able to lug that weight seven miles, and carry a gun at the same time, you can do something that no other liar in the Northwest can match." Abe reflect^ a minute, and with "That's a Whopper, isn't it, gentlemen?" he invited the wholefmrty in to the bar to take something at his expense. The remark "And it wasn't a good day for ducks, either," was used banter- ing'y on Truax during the remainder of the trip, and in time it became com­ mon on tho Mississippi, whence it spread until it became one of the proverbial Americanisms of the times. He Surely Wenld Hare Taken It. "Daniel." j "Yes, sire." "The newspapers report large dis­ coveries of gold in Arkansas." "Yes, sire." "I wish you'd ask Covey if the re­ ports are correct. He ought to know, as he comes from that State." "I did, sire, and he said he took ito stock in it." "Took no stock, eh? Then there has been none offered to him."--Pittsburgh Chronicle. HEADSTRONG people invariable think it nfuch pleasanter to give than to re* oeive--advice. 77 ~ f V X - - f X M Man Want* a Tonic When than is a lack of elastic energy in the system, shown by a sensation of languor and unrest in the moaning, frequent yawning during the day, and disturbed sleep at night. Hostet- ter's Stomach Bitters infuses unwonted energy into the enfeebled and nervous, endowing them with muscular energy, an ability to repose healthfclly and digest without inconvenience. Nervousness, headache, biliousness, impaired appetite, and a feeble, troublesome stomach, are all and speedily set right by this matchieaa regulator and invigorant The mfheral poisona, among them strychnia and nux vomica, are never safe tonics, even in infinitesimal doses, The Bitters answer* the purpose' more effectu­ ally, and can be relied upon as perfectly aafe by the most prudent. Fever and i|u, kidney troubles and rheumatism yield to it Look Out for Your Wells* It becomes mere and more evident each year, says the Amtrican Agri­ culturist, thai much of the sickness prevalent in the country is directly at­ tributable to the quality of the water. By carefully studying the matter it is found that in nine cases out of ten typhoid fevers originate in families whose water supply is from a well into which impure water comes. This may be fiom the farm-yard, and quite gen­ erally such is the case. For some years the water in a well near the house may be pure and wholesome, but by-and-by the soil between it and the barnyard will become so impregnated with pol­ lution that an unhealthy qualitv will be imparted to it, and disease will re­ sult from its use. 'ihis is almost sure to be the case when the distance be­ tween the two is not great, because, as a general thing, the bottom of the well is lower than the yard, and the drain­ age from the latter will extend in all directions through the most porous strata of soil, and when it reaches the well it will naturally flow into it *as a reservoir. No matter how pure the water may have been when the well was first du?, sooner or later it will be contaminated by water flowing through the soil from barnyards and cesspools located anywhere near it. We have in mind a case in which four children died from diphtheria. <An examination by the physician proved that the slops from the kitchen had so filled the soil for a distance of twenty feet between the back door, out of which they were thrown, and the well, that the water in the latter was polluted by foul gases, and from the use of it diphtheria had certainly resulted. When making is well have it, if possible, above the barn-yard, and let the drainage be from it rather than into it. Arrange a place for slops, with cement bottom and sides, from which glazed p'pes, ce­ mented together, allow the unhealthy matter to flow back and away from the well. BODILY pains are instantly relieved by the use of St. Jacobs Oil. Dr. B. Butler, Master of Arts, Cambridge University, En­ gland, says, "It acts like magic." Cake anl Theology. A Detroit lady was teaching her ba­ by girl the prayer: "Now I lay me." She had learned it as -far as "If I should die," when there was company expected to tea, and the little one was given her first lesson in table eti­ quette. "Now, don't forget to say If -yon please' when you want anything,' com­ manded the mother. "Me won't fordet," answered the baby. < But she forgot all about it, and ask* 5 «d for the cake without any prefix. "If"--prompted the mother. "If I should die. Now div me turn cake," responded the wee one prompt­ ly.--Detroit Free Press. WHAT is now known as Harrison avenue, Boston, was formerly called Front street. The name was changed shortly after President Harrison's death. . • • weakneae orloee of ihdtic?cL Inclose 10 ,» Organic power in either sex, however speedily and permanently cured cento in stamps for book of particulars. Vor>d'i£NP3M!T Medical Association, Buf­ falo. X. Wtojjalijfc. If Moxie Nerve Flood can tab th« plaoe of drugging and stimulating. It bti come to stay, ind many of the doctors say it actually does. After thirteen or fowtna months on tt>e market its sale is said to be the largest ever known. The large cities are talking; Mox.e forever, and every nervosa woman or over­ worked person thinks it is the last half of everything that has just been found. Poor little Moxie weed, it never dreamed before that it was a son to be queen of the medical world. It Broke Up the Game. In 1862 six railroad conductors sat down to enjoy a game of draw in a room in the second story of a building locatedjabout where the National Hotel now stands. Having no poker chips they utilized watermelon seeds. The man who acted as banker placed the melon seeds in a glass goblet, after counting them, as the floor was well covered with seeds which could be used by any player who might run short. After proceeding a few minutes the goblet cracked, making a sharp report which did not attract much attention, however. The seeds were placed in another goblet which shortly afterward cracked with quite a sharp ring. At this one of the players shook his head and said: "Boys, that's enough for me. I'm through." The others laughed at him and insisted on his continuing the game, but no go; superstition had close bold on him. The third goblet was then filled with the seeds and termin­ ated with the same crack as the two preceding goblets, and so on until the sixth and last goblet in the room had cracked. Several who were members of the party now reside in Atlanta, and some of them are yet running pas­ senger trains and can vouch for the correctness of the story I have told. 1 wish some one would explain the affair. Maybe we can get the facts when the glass factory begins to run.--Atlanta Constitution. BOARDS of Health indorse Bed Star Cough Cure as a speedy and sure remedy for coughs and colds. Scientists pronounce it entirely vegetable and free from opiates. Price, twenty-live cents a bottle. White Malleuble Iron Ore. A writer upon the products of Ark­ ansas, says: "The most remarkable and interesting mineral of all this re­ gion is the white malleable iron ore, re­ garding the existence and malleability of which a great deal of skepticism is said to exist. It is found in the corner of Howard County, adjoining the fron­ tier of Montgomery, Polk, and Pike." --Exchange. THE paper pipes for water and gas recently exhibited in Vienna are rolled from sheets of paper and coated on the inside with an enamel, the composition of which is a secret. In winding, the paper is soaked in melted asphalt, and the pipe is painted outside with asphalt varnish and dusted over with sand. It is claimed that the pipes will resist an internal pressure of *2,000 pounds, al­ though the material is only about half an inch thick. Especially to Women. "Sweet is revenge, especially to women," said the gifted but naughty Lord Byron. Surely he was in bad humor "when lie' wrote sucn words. But there are complaints that only women suffer, that are carrying numbers of them down to early graves. There ia hope for thoae who suffer, no matter how sorely or severely, in Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription." Safe in ita action, it is a bless­ ing, especially to women, and to men, too, for when women suffer the household is askew. THE enormously large hats worn by some very little girls make it difficult to decide which there is the more of--hat or child. An Offensive Breath Is most distressing, not only to the person afflicted, if he have any pride, but to those with whom he comes in ooutact. It is a deli­ cate matter to speak of, but it has parted not on ay friends but lovers. Bad breath and catarrh are inseparable. Dr. tiage'a Catarrh Remedy cores the worst cases, aa thousands can testify. PERSONS who take measures to enlarge their business--tailors. He Loved Her. "George, I am going to ask a favor of yon, and if yon love me as you have so often told me, you will grant it." "Mabel, you know I adore von, and will do anything you ask. 1 would peril my life for you. my dear." "My request is not a perilous under­ taking, George, but is something I very much desire. I want you to sub­ scribe for the Chicago Ledger for me. Indeed, I cannot get along without it. The Ledger is one of the best and cheapest story papers in the country. Will you do it, George?" "Certainly, my dear; you shall have the Ledger. I will send for it for yon this very day. It will afford me great pleasure to please you. I want you to read the story that will commence in the number for May 11. I hear it is to be a very interesting one." Itemember, sample copies of the Chicago Ledger sent you on applica­ tion. Address, Chicago I.edQer, 271 Franklin street, Chicago, I1L Posterity .a. Aifceatry. It is no longer questioned, it is admitted, that the bloou of man ia improving. The children of to-day are better formed, liave better muscle am richer mind.j than our an­ cestors. The cause of this fact is due more to the general use of l)r. Matter's iron Tonic than any other source. FOB dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits, ana general debility In tneir various 1 forms; also as a preventive against fever and ague aud other intermittent fevers, the "Fer- ro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Hazard, Hazard & Co., Mew York, and sold by all druggists, is the be«t tonic, and for patients recover.from fever and other sickness it has no equal. RELIEF is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 50 cents. HOOD COMPOUND EXTRACT y This ataadard preparation has by its peculiar merit and Its wonderful cures won the confidence of the people, and is to-day the most popular blood purifier and spring medicine. If sou it am made up your mind to buy Hood's SaaaapcrlUa do not be induced to take any other. Be anra to Ret Hood's Sarsaparilla, which is peculiar to itlelf. Hood's Saraaparilla sold by druggists, tl; six for tS. Prepared by C. I. Hood a Co., Lowell, "*•* li. B IOO Doses One Dollar -NEW TREATMENT* for Eye and Ear. Nothing 1. like it. If yim would hear how to give siptit to the I ENSIONS, or fiaJsgi. lor.arculara.aadjyrlaws. i •NVHHwi m WMHpB) W* wa§ m ^ m Stceraftri TUartj 6,^™" Hasal Catarrh Vast be non-irritating, eaay of application, and one that will, by its own action, reach all the remote sores and ulcerated surfaces. The ; history of the efforts to treat catarrh during ! the past few years demonstrate? that only one j remedy has met theae conditions, and that is ! Ely's Cream Balm. Tltis aafe and pleasant ! remedy has mastered catarrh as nothing else ' has ever done, and both physioiaas "td patients freely concede this fact. The more distressing * symptoms quickly yield to it, and a multitude 1 of persons who have for years borne ail the ! worry and pain that catarrh can inflict, testify to radical and permanent cures wrought by it Ely's Cream Balm ia perfectly soothing,excites no dread, dissolves the hardened accumula­ tions, lessens the extreme sensibility of the nerve centers to cold and all external irritant% •nd^ foUowed by no reaction whateve^ T . XLT8 CREAM BALM 1. ' tt nW'iftfei/itf, tnnff or powder. Applie<t \n to the nostrils is quickly abnorbrtl ft cleanse* tJu head. Allays inflammation. Heals th» tores. Restores the senses of taste and smell SO cents at Druggist*; bp mail, registered, 60 Amis, ELY BROTHERS,Druggists,Owego,y.T Coras nssrlsy, WMUBOtitBi, Liubt _ Ssckachs, WwHss, CoMs I ffcsCh«s> MirilAihurtttalM., CA.P C I .NE S«w»r» of t»tuilo«s nsdcrshtOar nruciftuc Bend for Pension Law* to (J. S. rrRNIIIIIX Claim Agents KITZGKKAI.O I MIOWIIO ft l'OWhll, Indianapolis. Ind. S5H Samples worth ttjaiBBK the horse's feet. Aiiihsaa water's Safety Rein Holder. Holly, lOeh, •8 a daic not under TCI I BUflllC for private lines. Hold outright. I KlaKniWIIEw C rculars free. Awents wanted. Address HARDKBT TKI.. CO., l'.fi JLaSaile St.. Chicago. MENTION THIS rAPKR <M> «urn no TO IMHW. . Buys New Silver-plated Singer Sewing I Machine, war ranted 5 year*. FerparticB- ' lars, address C.6. AKAM.ChlcagoIlL, I1XNTION THIS rim warn nniM «o »>• PATENTS GP* as to oatontabOitT FKKKT&P171 p. LAon, Patent . .Washington, D.CJ. cms and opinions ' rears' experience. I ATC NEW TOWN of BKKIAMIX, Wis. On. R.B. bU I W PISTS apply MILWAKTKKF. MININO EXCHANGE, Milwaukee, Wis. Gogebic Stocks bought and sold. MENTION THIS PAPER van wamiis TO tMitmsn. A TB jpur home. We will send CvvKA I Ei Hand-Painted Panel Oil Painting forflOc. (lOOfoneited it not as represent­ ed. Fraser & Hweetlaud, Bos ST, Milwaukee. Wis. Yonr last invoice of "Tansill's Punch" 5e cigars came in yes­ terday. I was out of them for lialf a day. anil had to call on the Governor for a company of militia to prevent a riot. Have already retailed over .SOtMMO. li. C. MAN LEV. Lincoln, Neb. Address IV. WILL & CO, Chlc«|t. *300̂ to Wwl that ca •L i" JBAU REWARD WC7VW any person that can far-tab aa lit«utl« 8wlagt*f Straw blacks* " can do better work than the IMPERIAL STACKER that we are bnlldlnr. Send foe circular and price liat which will be mailed free. All are war* •anted to do food work ornoaale. NEWARK MACHINE C0M CSmln,(h WRITING PAPER, ENVELOPES, PUYINFI CARDS. Buyers will consult their interests by sending to _s for samples and prices before ordering goods, aa we are manufacturers' agents, and can offer induce- us for samples and prices we are manufacturers' age ments in quality and pries. $1.00 Six Sample Packs Playing Cards, Assorted 91.00 PRICE & L0NGLEY, Chicago, III. MENTION TWB fUtt FOR HORSES. UVILLA, W. VA.,^3 Nov. 17, 1886. % | Recently I bought a young horse. He was taken very ill with Pneu­ monia. I tried to think of something to relieve him. Concluded what was good for man would be good for the horse. So I got a bottle of Piso's Cure arid gave him half of it through the nostrils. This helped him, and I continued giving same doses night and morning until I had used two bottles. The horse has become perfectly sound. I can recommend Piso's Cure for the horse ascr| well as for man. N. S. J. STRIDES. U R E f O R CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good, to time. Bold * Use WIZARD OIL 'Concert* Haw been enjoyed bycttiaens of every town and city in the U. 8. Marvelous Cures have been wit­ nessed by thouaanda of people, who can testify to TKA WONDKBTCXI nAUN& POWEB or Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Neuralgia, Toothache, Haadache, Earacha, Catarrh, Croup, Sore Throat, Lane Back, Stiff Joints, Contracted Cords, RHEUMATISM, Sprains, Bruises, Burns, Fever Sorss» Wounds, Old Sores, Chilblains, Frost Bites, Sore Nipples, Caked Breasts, and All Aches and Pain8f are qulokly relieved by this magical remedy. Try it once and you will never be without St. For sale by Drusaists. Price. Me. Our SONO BOOK free to alL Address WIZARD OIL COMPANY, CHICAGO. , Do you feel duO. languid, low-soirttod. life, less, and indescribably miserable. Both phyiis- cally und mentally; experieae* a mmm at fullness or Moating after caHam, o ness," or emptiness of ttodMeft In the 1 in#, tongue coated, bitter oar bad tei mouth, irregular appetite, die ~ headaclipe, blurred eyesight,**' before the eyea. nenrooa f haustion, irritability of temper, alternating with chif biting-, transient pains feet, drowsiness after disturbed and unrefreshinff ahmn. « indescribable feeling of dread, or of inr calamity? If you have all, or any considerable; f these symptoms, you are suff« * that moat common of American Bi : 1.iuU^Dy8,!?l?®a' TorpW Lirwr,associated with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The mora complicated your disease has become, tho greater the number and diveraity of ayau> ̂ will subdue it, if taken according to direc­ tions for a reasonable length of time. If not cured, complications multiply and Consume tion of the Lunjrs. Skin Diseases. Heart IMMM. of or later, induce a fatal termination. Dr. Pierce's Golden Hcdleal Ms- covery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and through that great blood-purifying otmn, cleanses the system of all blood-taints and im­ purities, from whatever cause arising. It ia equally efficacious in acting upon the Kid. neys, and other excretory organa, cteatwiiMr, strengthening, and healing their diseases. A an appetising, restorative tonic, it promotes digestion ana nutrition, thereby building up both flesh and strength. In malarial districts, il mcdloine * " ' _ring Fteve Pierce^O olden this wonderful -- celebrity in curing Fever and AgU' Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred dl gained great ie, Chills and Br covery edlemi CURES ALL HUMORS, from a common Blotch, or Eruption, to tho worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, " Fever-sores,** Scaly or Rough Skin, in short, all caused by baa blood are conquered by powerful, purifying, and invigorating medi­ cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under its benign influence. Braecially has it fleeted ita potency in curing Tetter, A . Erysipelas, Boils, OarbunctaaLSore Ry<% Scrof­ ulous Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint Disease. "White Swellings," Genre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands. 8end ten centk la stamps for a huge Treaties, with oomed plate&on Skin Diseases, or the same an» for a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections. "FOSTME BLOOD ItlW LOI.' %8SSFi£Sl&*&2£Sgr£?7£i digestion, a fair skin, buoyant g| " strength and bodily health wfll be < CONSUMPTION which is Scrofula oflfee Laa and cured by this remedy, if taken ia tho earlier stages of the disease. From its mar­ velous power over this terribly Mil disease, when firstofferingthis now worid-fhmedrem­ edy to the pubikslilr.Pieroe thought eeripusly of calling it his "Oonoiinn» Cera,7 but abandoned that name as too restrictive tor a medicine which, from ita wonderful com­ bination of tonic, or i * ̂ " or blood-deanair nutritive aa a rem* Chronic Liver, Blood, and LIMIM. For Weak Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Short­ ness of Breath, Chronic Nasal Ghtanrh, Bron­ chitis. Asthma, Severe Qougha, and kindred affections, it ia an efficient remedy. Sold by Druggists, at |1 ̂or Six BoWsi forJ&OOw BrSend ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pieraell book on Consumption. Address, Watt's Blsposary Meal «e3 Main Sfc, BUFFALO, l ADVERTISERS sn ad»artMng tfada atas bi CMeagS, w» It SO *• * 4JM4} Randolph St, | thaMvwtiwngAgancyef I Dress Stay! Ine only Dreas Star to the Worid. Absolutely un­ breakable. Met 15 cants per yard. Tot sals every­ where. Alao. luat prepared for the market, new, ele­ gant Satin Covered teatherfaone. ready for attacking to the fineat dreaaea. * Black. White, ~ haa not yet sent, postpaid, on receipt ofpricea. Address WAJtHtN FKATHKRMONE COMPACT, Three Oaks, Michigan. rs THE OHLT »08 'IRON Will purif the UVtR an WS-Iifaf otAppalito, Iadiaaifloa.Lack I BtiaasUiand ItrsdFeanasa^ aolutahr cured: Bona*. elaa and aanea rscsiae asv fares. nlimttaiaM aad aanollee Brain Pawl. aafe. spaady ear*. Qlvaa a alaar, haallhr 4 All uttampta at conntarfaitia* only aMa lirity. Doaotaaparlmeat--jwt Oaiai»UV._a*» [Cure Headaeha. i mailed on raoetpi of two oeota la psstsn. THE OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. ST. LOOli, I R - -an who--not haviug ability 1 mm and pattern alter the leaders; thereby gaining prottt by pirating upon reputations i business fairly won by brains and snterpri* ON HATS IS A DKY POWU] • Headaeha. Sun pie Doe* aadDrasn Ml t mailed on reoetpt of two oeata la psstsn.1 OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. GT. LOOFT, W EWARE OF INITITORS, who--not haviug ability to crsate- follow KOI c; II HATS IS A DKY KOI prisa. Don't be deceived, see that you gat the genaina "Bough ou Rata." Take no substitutes. The 15c and 23c. sizes are in wooden basse only; $1 size in cardboard box. No agents, i partners; never pedtlleil from door to dm ItOl'tiH ON HATS gold all around the world in everv clime, is the most extensively adver­ tised, and has the largest sale of any article of ita kind oti tho lace of the globe. It does the work and gives universal satisfaction. I A N D S H A R K S , F R A U D S are trying to k benefit l>y imitations or siraalatiens of the world-famed "Rough on Rata." Worthless trash is put up in every form, calculated to deceive the public. These deceivers use every device, approach as closely as possible to inv style aI package, or use mv wording of adveittaements and labels. The English language has been ransacked to find a name equal to "Rough on Rata." So far all have failed to produce ita equal in merit, or fitness iu name. THIEVES have actually stolen the name and | boldly sold worthless trash under the naasa "Rough on Rats." WATCH WITH SUSPICION uteres** VV motives in any dealer who tries to indnoa '* --,v Uafta * ou tn take any other than "Rough on Hals.* *y Ci „. . Manufacturer and Proprietoro/ "BOUGH Olf £ £. WELLS, Jersey City, N. J., Originator. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS The Orlclnal and Only Qenuino. Safe and always Reliable. Beware of will Map lain ito 113. Ladies, aak your Jhmgalj* ftr-QI ill utart English" and take no other, or Moss le. («Ta«a)to DB for partfetflan J»Jett«RJH RGDM.Wfft JliM £j*a. CHKS] WIS Hadlaaa H--H> •••••••••••••Baailisnanbllaak RUPTURE MENTION THIS rarnt home, asad fls* Dr. J.A.WIHI laaali '.MwlSh PfsoM Kasssdy fcr Catenh latta • Isst.BMlssttouts,aadCbaafcsst. • CATARRH Alse gsodfcr OsM ta Ow Mesd. HeadaAtyiUy ISwt.'ift SSesats. WHEN WRITING TO AVI ."'ideas* njr jroa saw the U»thf* paper. jut * " w. Vy Ki PlSH BUK* Boat wssts year la absolutely _ Aak. tor the. FISH BEAK fordefertDti