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THE MOUND-BUILDERJFE •jpjw Original Native Americans--Inter- eating; Italics at the Centennial. [From the Philadelphia Press.] In addition to the many interesting relics of the American stone age, already described, the Smithsonian Institute's collection in the Government building continues on into the age of copper, many rare and valuable specimens of •.hi« class of products of aboriginal skill being shown, me implements include oelts or chisels, axes, hatehets, and other catting tools, all hammered out of cold metal instead of being cast. The In­ dians never shaped copper by ar,y other process than the tedious one of slowly hammering it into the form required, and yet it is strange that, although in placing it upon their funeral piles they mast have seen the copper melt and as­ sume the shape of surrounding obsta­ cles, the idea of casting it never occurred to them. There are also displayed a large quantity of large beads, bracelets, tubes probably used for pipe-stems, and other articles of utility and ornament, all roughly shaped, but s«me of them finely polished, Passing on, the visitor finds a large number of implements and ornaments mude of bone and shells. In this collection are included smoothing tools, wedges, finely-polished perfora­ tors, harpoon-heads, Heb-hooks,* knive --or rather, instruments sharpened like knives, but without an edge--and a great variety of whistles, The whistles are made in all sorts of forms, from many kinds of shells and several party of the skeletons of animals. What their use was can only be conjectured, as some of them give forth a mere squeak, while others sound loud and shrill. Several are made of birds' bills. Near this col­ lection is a number of shells used as cups for holding asphaltum, a substance largely employed by the Indians as a kind of glue, and some of the cups still have the asphaltum in them. The beads are globular only in exceptional cases, generally they are large, flat discs,coarse­ ly made, and as inartistic as they must nave been useless. The next row of oases contain many valuable relics left by the mysterious mound-builders of centuries or ages ago. These mounds have been found in many different por­ tions of the country, but all are made on the game general principle, and all con­ tain remains of the dead, curious old pottery, strange weapons, eto. The mound-builders were evidently a to­ tally different people from the In­ dians of the North and West, and some enthusiasts have endeavored to identify them with the Toltecs, who were afterward conquered by the Aztecs, the theory be­ ing that as they journeyed south they erected these mounds on the way. But one of the first lessons deducible from his­ tory teaches that mental advancement or culture always begins in warm countries, where food and clothing may be ob­ tained without labor, and the mind is therefore left free for reflection. Then as the seeds of advancement are carried North they are more and more devel­ oped by people who seize upon every improvement which can minister to their necessities. Again, Indians and the iBound-bailders ornamented their pot­ tery with figures impressed with basket- work or cut with a curiously-carved stone called the "cartaush," a stamp which, being cylindrical in shape, was rolled around the vase so that the raised surfaces could follow in any direction in regular lines. One remarkable speci­ men of a funeral urn exhibited was found in Georgia in a low mound always (so far as the record extends) covered with impenetrable cane-brake lying be­ neath a vast swamp forest, which is sub­ ject to the yearly overflow of the Oconee river. The urn is only two feet in height by a foot in diameter, and is or­ namented with l>asket-work figures. When found it had an arched lid and was hermetically sealed; on opening the strange relic, remains of teeth, fingers, toes, etc., were found, but they soon orumbled to dust when exposed to the air. There is no way*to estimate with any degree of certainty the age of this funeral urn, but very fortunately a dis­ covery has been made which shows con­ clusively that all the mound-builders did not diesomanyjages ago as some theo­ rists would have us believe. Dr. Swift found in mounds in both Maryland and Louisiana the same typical vessels, and with them the remains of the sus serofu*, ornmoii hog. As the hog was not own in this country until introduced y the Spaniards in the middle of the venteenth century, it is very evident hat the mounds in question must have n of still more recent date. In ex- loring another mound Dr. Swift came pon the remains of a horse coll­ ected with several vases and iwo chipped and polished jasper Its. As the horse was introduced by r.he Spaniards at about the same time, d as the relics found in it correspond osely to those discovered in places here it is impossible to fix a date, it is resumable that the other mounds are ot of much more ancient origin. Only bout fifty years ago the Sioux chief lackbird was buried in the presence of iveral whites after a fashion not greatly Tering from that of the mound-build­ 's. The dead chief was mounted on his vorite pony, spear in hand, and with the weapons or implements which tild be of -any possible use in this or e next world, and over him was piled a ound eighteen feet high. Among the uthern Indians the same kind of ounds are found, and all contain pot- iry oells, perforators, stone hammers, tc.i while some of them hold the re­ ins of Jesuit fathers, who came over the seventeenth century. Between [50 and 175 years ago Del Pratz saw the outhern Indians manufacturing the ng-necked pottery and ornamenting it 'th basket-work. Taking all the evi- lenoe afforded by both theorists, it ms more than probable that the ange specimens of mound pottery in e Government building must have m the work of Southern Indians more vaneed than the tribes left behind by e northward movement. Many inter­ ring carvings in stone and ornaments " earthenware are also exhibited, some them showing marked artistic genius mbined with considerable skill, and hers having but faint resemblance to e objects intended to be represented, any of them, though rudelj designed, e evidently of a nature which proves ost conclusively that the moral stand- d ©f the aborigiaes must have been the lowest possible grade, and it is not matter of regret that the artists were not always able to clearly express their ideas. A collection of pottery orna­ ments and carvings by the Mexican In­ dians bears a close resemblance, in gen­ eral design, to antique Japanese ware, and, in fact, this Mongolian influence can be traced all the way from the Northwest Indians to the aborigines on the gulf coast. There is the same evi­ dence of patient, imitative labor, the love of ornament, the same incongruous idea of beauty, and, in some oases, al­ most identical designs. MAP-DBA WINK BT U«HTHIN«. Bow a Man's Signature Mi^ht be Sent One Thousand Miles. There is now in operation between the Signal Service section of the Centennial Exhibition and the Chief Signal Office at Washington, on a circuit about 150 miles long, an instrument which trans­ mits by telegraph the weather maps of the Signal Service, heretofore produced only in Washington. This invention reproduces the map entire, with its lines and figures. The map or message to be sent is first written upon ordinary paper with ink in which a little glycerine has been mixed; then before the ink is dry it is sprinkled with some powdered shel­ lac, which adheres to the ink. The manuscript is then passed between roll­ ers, with the face against a piece of hot zinc; the latter takes up the shellac, and a negative is produced in shellac, the best non-conductor of electricity, upon zinc, a good conductor. This plate is then bent around a cylinder, which is rapidly revolved, while a metallic point connected with the conducting wire is held to its surface by a spring and makes a spiral line over the face of the cylinder. At the receiving instrument a similar point traverses the surface of a similar cylinder upon which is placed a piece of chemically-prepared paper. As the transmitting point comes to the line of writing, the receiving point makes a dot on the paper by decomposing the chemically-prepared paper; and as every portion of tne writing is touched by the transmitting point, the result will be a fac simile of the original writing or de­ vice. To produce this result, it is neces­ sary, of course, that the two cylinders should revolve exactly together, as, if one should go faster than the other, the discolored paper would be a confused mass of dots. In this consists the great novelty of the invention. Isochronous motion of the cylinders is secured by a magnet at the leceiving station, winch at each revolution of the transmitting cylinder accelerates the motion of the receiving cylinder if too Slow, or retards it if too fast.--Philadelphia Ledger. A Pint Wasn't Enough. John Jarvis was a native of Dublin, where he practiced the aft of painting on glass for some time, and then re­ moved to London, where he soon gained for himself a high reputation. When the bacchanalian propensities of Jarvis had rendered him rather an unequal, if not an unsafe, artist, he was em­ ployed by a gentleman to paint his wife's portrait--a miracle of plainness -- tinder the stipulation that a pint of wine at a single sitting must be the extent of his potations. Jarvis assented, and in a short time produced a perfect fac-simile of the lady. On exhibiting it to the husband, ne seemed disap­ pointed. " Couldn't you have done it," said he to the painter, "a little less-- that is, couldn't you give little more " "If you expect me," re­ sponded Jarvis, seeing the husband's drift at once,' " to make a handsome portrait of your wife, I must have more than a pint of wine at a sitting. I couldn't get up imagination enough to make her good-looking under a quart at the very least." The Oil Territory, The Titusville (Pa.) Herald records a rapid and marked appreciation in the value of oil during the third quarter of the present year, and adds: " We are shipping 40,000 barrels of crude per day, and have only a production of 20,000 barrels per day Our stock on hand in iron tanks is estimated to be a little over 3,000,000 barrels. In order to supply the home and export demand for the next three months it will require this 40,§00 batrels per day of shipments to be kept up, or a draft upon the stocks of over 1,250,000 barrels before Jan. 1, provided our production does not mate­ rially increase during the interim. By the close of this month the number of drilling wells on new and old territory will have reached some 800 to 1,000, which, from the steady decline in ex­ isting wells, is inadequate to keep up the production, unless, perchance, some new and prolific territory in the mean­ while is discovered. For the first time in the history of the region, therefore, we are compelled to fall back upon old territory to keep up the supply. An Honorable Ration. The prospect of war between England and Russia brings to mind a peculiar fact in their last contest in the Crimea, which shows the honorable character of the Russian Government, and which, moreover, is said to be unprecedented in history. Previous to the outbreak of the war, Russia had made several heavy loans in England, the interest upon which was payable in London every six months. Although the war continued over two years, yet Russia regularly sent the money to meet her obligations, due to her open foe. She declined to act the part that is usually played in war, that is to injure the enemy as much as pos­ sible. As a consequence her credit has ever since been exceedingly high on the English market. The old money-lend ers of London remember the act as a rare one, and have been very ready to let go of their cash when asked for it by that "most honorable country, Russia." Matias Romero, when he was in Washington as the Mexican Minister, married an American woman. Lately she eloped from their home, in Mexico, with Clestino Negrete, a journalist, who left a wife behind and took a fortune with him. Romero is a member of the Mexican Congress, and he was informed of his wife's flight just as he was about to deliver an address.' He went on with the speech without embarrassment or confusion. * AT our request, Cragin A Co., Phils - delphia, Pa., have promised to send any of our readers gratis (on receipt of 15 cents to pay postage) a sample of Dob- Try it. bill's Electric soap. A Compliment to American Industry* The Grand Niebelungen Orchestra at Bayreuth, under the leadership of Hans Richter and August Wilhelmy, have presented to Richard Wagner a beautiful Concert Grand of Messrs. George Steck & Co.'s make, New York, which is not only a high compliment to the well- known firm, but also to American indus­ try. This is the same firm that was the recipient of the only Goid Medal for best pianos at the World's Fair in Vi­ enna, 1873, and which wa* also just now awarded the first prize at the Centennial Exhibition, George Steck & Co.'s name being placed at the head of the list of .awards for pianos, theirs having again proved to be the finest in tone and of greater durability than all other instru­ ments on exhibition. The Steck pianos stand thus acknowledged before the world as being above all competition, and are therefore prof arable to purchas­ ers who wish to secure a strictly first- class and reliable instrument. * Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ De­ clared Best at the Centennial. Medals and diplomas have been so numerously awarded at the Centennial in Philadelphia that they indicate noth­ ing a» to the comparative merits of exhibits. The Judges' Reports alone determine rank in excellence. These unequivocally assign to the Mason & Hamlin Organs "the first rank in the several requisites of such instruments," which " is as much," says the New York Tribune, "as to say they are the best reed organs exhibited, in all important qualities." Steinwaj'8 Victory and Laurels. The following official report of the Judges of Awards, aocompanying the Medal, shows con­ clusively that the highest honor* in the gift of the Centennial authorities were unanimously awarded to Stkinwat & Sons, Yiz.: 14 For greatest concert capacity in Grand pianos, as also highest degree of excellence in all their styles of pianos, tHz.: largest volume, purity and duration of tone, and extraordinary carry­ ing capacity with precision and durability of mechanism; also, novel disposition of the strings, and construction and bracing of the metal frame." The'report then minately describes and em­ phatically indorses the six principal patented improrementa which have made the Stein way the standard pianos of the world. Referring to Stein way's exhibits in Machinery Hall of samples of hardware, metal frames and patent tubular actions, the report farther states: "These articles of composite metal show the highest perfection of finish and workmanship and the greatest firnmees and uniformity of metal structure, a steel-like and sounding quality with a tensile strength exceeding 5,000 pounds jer square centimetre, a« demonstrated by actual tests. The full metal frames of cupola shape posness an u^equaled degree of resistance, permitting a vastly increased ten­ sion of strings without the slightest danger of bre&k or crack in said metal frames, thereby considerably increasing the vibratory power, and augmenting the lasting qualities of their instruments." PiMPiiES on the face, rough skin, ohapped hands, saltrheum and all cutaneous affections cured, the skin made soft and smooth, by the use of Juniper Tar Boap. That made by Caswell. Hazard & Co., New York, is the only kind that can be relied on, as there are many imitations, made from oommon tar, which are worthless. A missionary, just returned, says he regards Jo'insoris Anodyne Liniment as beyond all price, and efficacious oeyond any other medicine. It is adapted to a great variety of special cases, and is the beet pain carer in the world. Fevers seldom make an attack without warning, and may often be thrown off by soak­ ing the feet in warm water, wrapping np warm in bed. and taking two or three of Parsons' Purgative Pills. The Ohio State Fair awarded the first premium for pianos to the Ohio Valley Piano Company, of Riplev. Thev are manufacturers of the celebrated Valley Gem. the most popular instrument now sold in the West. 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COULTER 4 OO..Uhioaca Bnn^F.V'5 CHEAP MUSIC. Full JOV' J, - J Al-i JL k? Catalogues free b.v mail. BOOinKI & < OT, 3a East 14th Street, New York. per day sen- nice territory. New York. A /V\ #55 A WKEK TO AGENTS. Something en­ tirely new and magnificent. Send for Descrip­ tive Catalogue. RKDDING & CO., Publisli»rs Standard Masonic Works, 73L Broadway, N. Y. f. L. n aydkn. Teacher of Guitar, Flute, Cornet m Ajct.forTiltpn PatiQuitar,the best in Uk. ^Dealer in Musical Instruments, Music, Strings. Catalogues free, li# Tmuont St Boston. We will start you In business; you can Highest Honors! REMARKABLE LETTER AT THE CENTENNIAL! I MASON & HAMLIN Cabinet Organs Unanimously Assigned the "FIRST RANK n 1ST THE SEVERAL REQUISITES Of Smv m instruments! MRDAijS OF EQUAL MERIT harr bren awartferf all articltt deemed uorthy of recognition, so that it will b« easy for manj makers to advertise that they have received - highest medals." It is by the JUDGES' REPORTS, ONLY, that competing articles are assigned their com­ parative rank in excellence. From these report* the fol­ lowing is an extract: •' THE MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO.'S exhibitof Beed Organs and Harmoniums shows instruments of the FIRST R.WK IX THE SEVERAL, RE­ QUISITES OP INSTRUMENTS OE THE C-IjASS, vil, s Smoothness and equal distribution of ,:tone. scope of expression, resonance and singing quality, freedom and quickness in action of keys and bellows, with thoroughness of workmanship, combined with sim­ plicity of action." (Signed 6# ail the Judt/et.) The MA SOX <£ HAMLhX OhGANSarethus declared to JiAXK FIRST, not in one,or two respects only, but in ALL the IMPORTANT QUALITIES of such instrument*; and they are the OXL I"organs assigned this rank. This triumph was not unexpected, for the Mason Jt Hamiin Cabinet Organs, have uniformly beon awarded tile lU(fiie*t honors in eouspftin.rns in America, there hiiviu^ ttecu scarcely six exception* in im-idri'tls ot c.mi- IK-Uti.m;. Th-y were awarded HKiUKST HONORS nut! first mod lis --PARIS, 1?67 ; VIKNN A. 1873; SANTIAGO Irtiu: HH [ l.Al)K I,PH 1A, 1h76 ; and iiu%o ttius been award­ ed liighrtit honors at every World's Kx|K>sition at which Uie.v have been exhibited . Iwing the only American Or­ gans wntcti have ever ohtaiueu any award at any compe- n" !i ivim l>est Kuropean uiakei«, or in any Kurcpean World's Kxposition! /«.«»•«< O.I hating a Mason A HaMMX OBOAN : do not take any >th'l. Venlrrt often r*r„mmend inferior organt becan'i they are paid larger eomnti.ivioiifi.for u llim/ tliem. NKW STYLES, with EXTENDED TOPS, very ele­ gant, and other improvements, exhibited at the CKN- N IaL; elegant new cases in great variety. Prices *ery I >** est consistent with best materlii mid workman- snip Organs sold tor cash or installments, or rented until rent pa>S. f'ceri/ On/an utirrantid to (/tie mi,i^/ar- ikiji f ertru r-a.-onablr purrhaKer or THE Money re- TUHNED. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES sent free MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO,-13* Tremont Street. Boston; Union Squar*. New York: SO and 84 Adams Street, Chicago. THE BE8T PAPER -IS THE- fllllCAGO IEDGER Only 01*00 a ys&r, and 15c for post&fe, will mcqti you toe Best Story and Family Pager in the United States. It is larger and better than the great weekly papers of New York, and is sold far one- third the money. Address THE LEDGER, Chicago, Illinois. ji A i-f Male or female. Nocapi- <TpO! " J3L Tf jtCiJCi tal. We give Steady work tlw« will bring yon IO a month at home dav or ev'ng. INVENTORS' UNION, I Jo Greenwich St., New York. 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From a Gentleman Known f nd Hon- ̂ orwl/rom the Atlantic to U» || Paoiflo Coast. Messrs. A POTT sr., Wholesale Druggists, Bos­ ton, Mass.: Gentlemen,--I have for some months felt it a duty that I to suffer!»c humanity to write von, stating tho »rroa; benefit that! huvp derived from the use ot Sakfoed's KaniCAi, Cckejor Catarkh. For more than years a have been amiw(i wiin iiiis Vttv troublesome complaint. I have tried all the remedies that I coald find. Dut without material or permanent benefit. Last fall the disease had arrived at that statu that I must have relief or die. The entire mem'oran. ouft system luui become so Inflamed, and the stomach so disordered, that St was a donhtinl niattve- \vl>ptl;cr I could go to the Facific coast, or if I did co whether I should live to come back or not. I smv an adver­ tisement of this medicine, and tieinij very incrodulous about specifics or nostrums of any kind, yet In sheer dcBperation I tried this, and wrs at onca benefited hy It. The changes of climate, a chronic disease of tne liver, and my ag-o--over TO--may pre­ vent Tt'.y entiaf- ifaiuiwvn, !>ui iiie bent-tit i aerivo from its daily use is to me invaluable, and I am hoping to be completely cured, and at last arrivo at a respect­ able old age. If this statement of my case can be of any service to those afflicted as I have been, and enable you to brlug this remedy into more general use, especially on the Pacific coast (where It is much needed), my object in writing this note -will be obtained. Very truly yours, HKNUV WELLS, Ackoba, N\ V., ,1 une, 1736. of Wells, Fargo & Co. Each package contains I>r, Stanford's Improved In- Tnhe, «td lull directions for use in all caaee. For salo by all wholesale and retail haling Price 91.00. ..vw , ..w. * vt oniv *»|| WIIUIVOOIV w... - "S'iout the United States. WEEKS & POTTEU, General Agents and Wholesale Druir- gi?U, Boston, Mass. COLLINS* VOLTAIC PLASTERS For Iiooal Fains, Lameneaa, Soreness, Weakness, JJumbness and Inflammation of ^^^^KS^weivKidneyB. Spleen, Bowels, Bladder, Hoart and Muscles, are equal to an army of doctors, and acres of plants and shrubs. Even in Paralysis, Epilepsy Tor Fits, and Nervous and Involuntary Mus- cular Action, this Piaster, by Rallying the ervous Forces, has_efltected Cures when •very other known remedy has failed. SOLD BY ALL DBPQQIST3. Price 85 oents. Sent on receipt of price, 25 oents fbr One, $125 for 8ii, or $2.25 for Twelve, to any part of the United States and Canadas, by WEEKS & POTTER, Proprietors, Boston. A Ali'lT'nQ FOUR f 10.00 Chromos FRBK* Awiafl 13 J. M. MUNrox A OO., Pbllada., Pa. S. F. BUSNHAM'S 1874 Tarbtn* WATER WHEEL Ho* (I I iplHceri hundrsda of othsr Turbines, but Iih< never been it- acll' displnced. Pamphlet free. «. V. BURNMAM. YOB*. Pa. Mi T Every Honsetolll SMi Keep fl I nt is a remedy to cure without * c illina the doctor. Colds, Ooujths .ind Consumption previnl in almost every family. A JjUKX'S \v ill ouro the colds nnd cougUB, und prevent consumption. AS »n KXS'F.t TOH AXT it Itns NO KQ.UAL,. It. ii« liurinh ss to the most tlcllcnte child. It eniitiiiuw no Opium in any form. Directions acciftnpnuy each bottle. It is sold by all druggists and medicine dealers. REMOVAL-ISO.. ORGAlfsn w ot six lirst-t'lasB mak«'Vt«.lm'Sii«iiiiu WATKRS& WIS, will *><• «< «'\lram<linarj' low prlwn r« close out 'Itr cut ir«' litoc'k, in « > ii>us in UKM<1\ Ah '•'their Xtw Ston . iO Kast lislt St., i nion S(|uuv< ,(h<. Miioicu' HnIf-urice.nonid «t •* etx. |»ev jnige. Illustr:it< <i ( ataioiriiea inniletJ. Ai(( i>l«^Viinli'(l, Slieeiul inrluee- m«iils to Tfir '1 rude. IlORAOi2 WATERS » SOXS, Jflunufaeturera and Dealers. 481 Broadway, New York. ChmrMnglM 20Q SUPERB ENGRAVINGS. 8ERVICE the Mails in the Post-oflflce Department, br P-"• WOOD- WAUD» eltv«n years in th«; s«-rv umlChiof Spuria I A pent under P. M. Gbn'l Jbwki.l, The most reinarkn^lr r>n»] t b«>ok on detection everwrittva. Wonderful Exploits oflheSecel Service AgenU in ilie niir«»ilt and capiur«»of Po^ialThieTet. Now Mviof ao unparalleled Ouf laive illuttrated circulartfrec Doivui.OieMAN A Co.. Hartford, Ct., Ohlc«ro» iiUCibdiBilUOb Buy the Corrugated STOVE-PIPE ELBOW. Don't lake any otlu^r. It is better and will last Mr than any Elbow made. Ita .Qfi-fpfyp -THE CENTENNIAL EIPOSITION PESCIilWlill1 IXO II.LL'STKATED. A gnipijK-. kit in as lii>iory.«rutin tiuilii* iiiK*, v<tiiiiii'i'tuS I'xhiltitM. riiriONi!h-s, duys.etc. rro%futely illllHt riltcd, thot on<jhIy popular, •My. iys, . il very (Mienp. AiJlCNTW wanted. Send for full jiarticulars. This fell iinmt-iiNc! •»,ooo will 1"' 'he eh'iure of 1(N) years to rnilt IllOliey tnNt. (Jet the only reliable history. Hl'BBAKI) iil'.OS., Pubs., 86I.aSalic-et , ('liicngo. HI.,or 14! \V. 4t ti-bt., Cincirmati.O. fi A TTTTfllV "I* not di-ceiviMl l>y promattiro vilv! llUil • books, nsBumiug to lie "officiiil," and telling what will happen in Autfuat and September. EUPEON! If you have rheumatism, neuralgia, headache, a burn, or a bruise, procure a bottle oi Eupeoii. It will give instant relief; aa thousands can testify. For sale by all Druggists. H. A. HURL- BUT & CO., 75 and 77 Randolph street Chicago, Agents for the Proprietors. UMD8 FOR SALE SMI,ON Acres ii Mlivest MM. FIRST-CUSS STOCK FARMS, Excellent Agricultural Lands. and boat TOBACCO REGION in th# Weat. SHOW WINTKR8.NO GRASSUOFPKKS, «<x>d Mark»t.ao4 a Healthy Country. Prices $2.80 to 010.00 an Acr*. Tiixi : On a-tenth down. balaiiM to aa.au nan ai 1 par oant Interaat. FBBE TRANSPORTATION to tha landa fnmiahad pnrehaaan. For airoolara, gutd» roapa, ate., addraaa A. L 0EANE. Un< C»«ll*!jii«r. Si. Loula Whether Tou Travel or Not, INSURE AGAINST ALL KINDS OF ACCIDENTS, .. bt a yearly policy in the TRAVELERS LIFE AND ACCIDENT IKS. CO. OF HARTFORD, CONN. w v w Xiere. WOOD'S IMPROVED What It Does! Hra>- TTair to Its pl..S5> Xaiiird IU"!"rins the Hair to premfe- * •! Dandruff. the Sc:ilp. It jw* color. It has tin t'irel.v Iinlil Hp i ic. all Eruptions from vents Irritation, Dryness of the laded, dry, harsh If renews.dresses, vi«orto the«rowth accomplishes more a short t ime t hun ever made, always soft, lively and Itchinx «n<i Scaht- Skin. It K>'..'r>r«to Hair. ' softens nnd kiw of the Hsir. || desired effects iifct niiy Rest<jrati?%. lenvins the telrv" Klossy, used ns a ItressinK upon the nat-ar«ri>a'iV7>r tinon"ttiS< <«'ir ,nA*lr""healthy condition ; thus rvnucrnii; jj_f1)r (lid and Youiig, an Article of nnequaled excellenco. J preparation offered to the public produces nach woim*4 'Ul ,?ry '* Try it!: Call for " WmW Ii proved l as it contains no injurious qualities. It was originally introduced 20 years apo by FVof O J wood, but the recent change of in^vedients in th* *,! tide is making a demand for if in all parte ot Jb* St-ates, Canadas and foreign countries r ANNOUNCEMENT TO CONSUMERS! The Rrfflt radical improverorut ir.tr* >dnc< <I in this ar­ ticle has induced us to take tho agency and advertif* i| virtues t« tho ivorl has lieen loll)? smif injf immi deci(i»^i than tins ev»r he­ ed. No DrUKK!; * kniws its compo- raake it; therefore It, "Wood's Im let any npprinci- vinc«*j'o« that. h<> Its effects naa Restorative cm •h* for and wanted for many years, Isl­ and satiiitactoqf , fore bern attai*. «n the woiiA sition, and rann«t when yon call fur proved." do thins it! insist upon h-tving £led dealer cni-as n a ttestontiv*- pM>d, or SO«M> there is none Mm- „ 'Wood'a Improved," and tUr ' no other, for j'our money! It will not bo long before *• dealers everywhere will have it. If you should fait • find it, you can send $1.0tt to us by mail for • hotUa. - $t>.0U for six bottles, and we will send it to you. pnraiiL, . , to any Kxpreas Station desired. " Address C. A. TOOK & CO,,ChleiMn>tto Solp Aa;cnt« for the United States annfa»> adaH. who will fill nil orders nnd numljr t,he Trade at Alannfartarcrii' Prices. J. B. KIMBALL, Proprietor. ,, i" C?lic««0' Milwaskse, Detroit si fiaal by all Wholesale Drualrti,|nd by Retail f6D6nmy. and It ! ! REDUCTION IN PRICE ! I RICHARDSON'S NEW METHOD F O R P I A N O . A CARD. THE PUBLISHERS, BELIEVING THK DKMAN|» OF THE TIMES SHOULD BE MET. HAVK R»> DUOEDTHE PRICE OF THIS FAMOUS MUTHOfr FOR THK PIANO-FORTE TO $3.45. THEY BELIEVE THE PUBLIC WILL AI CIATR THEIR ACTION. AS TO MERIT AND CKLLKNCR, THERE IS NO BOOK ITS EQUAL. IT- STANDS FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS ITS SALBB- OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WILL ATTEST. IS ATTRACTIVE, THOROUGH AND' SUCCESS­ FUL. IT IS CONSIDERED BY ALL FAIR JUDGE® TO BE THE PERFECTION OF A PIANO INSTRUC­ TION BOOK. PRICE 33.35. SENT POSTPAID FOR THIS PRICK. HTSOLD BY ALL MUSIC AND BOOK DEALRBV AND USED BY THK PRINCIPAL TEACHERS 0I> THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. OLIVER DITS0N & CO., Boston. C. II. Dltaon & Co., 111 BitoxDW^y, N»w Yoft. J. E. Ditsou & C<k* Successors to Lev Jk Walkasw Phlla. The ffaemy of Disease, the Foe of Pain to Han and Beast, It UM OrandOM MUSTANG- LINIMENT. WHICH HAS T^K.TKST OI'4l mRM. TBEKE Jl» NOliJB ITWIL1 mot r%«» st will WOT X«.» AC1< !•;, W«> PAll*. THAI A»'1'LICT« THIS HOP¥. OI THK BODY OF A KOBSE itTHKI DOMESTIC AWIMATJ, THAT ItOJEUI NOT. IIELR TO ITS JTCACSO .1, nuttlf coat I si k arje... 5<»c. or Si. )0,ban«ilttu htm th* life of A human bctnir, and reato' nd M Uftaud uiiftUuiMiuauyaTaiusbU horas* Itiaves CLOTHES and TIME. THE PEERiEB ̂ WRINGEE. [Established 1846.1 J.ESTET&OO. Brattloboro, V"t. t^"Send for Illustrated Catalogs* NKW WILLCOX & «IBBS " AUTOMATIC Latest Only rnachi®. Invention, and IJKI It P^"ctl0g Www M Antomatlc Marvelous *»-*• iS&.. Trade Mark in liaao of every machine. Stitch Indicator. «T«ry m«cbtae. SILENT SEWING MACHINE. Send Postal Card for Illustrated Price List, fte. Willcox & Gibbs S. M. Co., ^Cor. Bond St.) 658 Broadway, New York. Any one can takf TARRAST'S Al'BRlBiST. It is most agrwat>le to tbe Some iawui€Uirs really offensive, and tho st<>:u:wti rejects tii^in. Taiscaa be tuken by cliiiiirrn. Ii »ul pargt'fe'trntiy, ciire eoaaal- tution^l ctisti«enefcs, eradicate alfectians of tu«« remove iioaitiii >' tin? cause 01 rheuiu-trism. brace up tka nervous syMcm, wilhoatp or Tomitto£ In a word, tliis aperient if Nature's remedy, pre|>area la til* alemliiL- of the e.tttu tor SOLJ> JUY Ai,!, Oittm.lsI'S. I O. N. U. No. 43 ,» \v tilTUib IV AOVKETISKRft W plcaar aay y-- «aw ttw adlMUHtW* in •f>to paper,