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'V « A - . / -- V _,V • . 1 . i • •? " «* • - -V , . . \v. wv.j, .. ' AN IDYL OF THE HA1DCOCK. Wtare sitting in the hammock, she and I, May udl. And the gentle blowing broe*, jr*,' ' * Through the ow. i.ng n" trees, *•<:» , / With a sad and mourtal sigh, ' » Whispers by, f ' * Rustles by. Coolly, sweetly, sadly, gently rustles by. "We in swinging in tbe hammock, lovers two, MayandLew, And her tiny feooted feet, Wiih the branches nearly ttM>, Ana see In eyee of bine, i Love so true, Fond and tree. Brightly (lowing, gladly beaming, fond Mid tame. 'We are sitting in the hammock, lores* fair, foolish pair, AntL my careful arm around, Her delightful waist is wound. Just to keep the little dear From a fear. Haunting fear, From a tumbling, toppling-over haunting, lean : • e e e • • » fWe joe lying In the grasses, she and I, May I % wnd I, And the maiden, blushing red, 'Bitting squarely on my head, |TJtters one affrighted ory-- . . i jt) "Hammock down, ' Broken down. Oh,the horrid, horrid hammock's broken down! r-t,ioston Globe. CORN-SHUCKING SONG. 43btusk erlong, nigger, shuck dls co'nl t Dtr's meuuy er tiar'l in dls ya pile; Dar"« nicnny er rashtn, HI O'R yo bo'n, Ter feed all de han'e w.d arter 'wile. Luk at Busing, da* fat gal! War she git da ballymeral? . > If us* er rot hit fum ole Mi-aSsli Bhack erlong, sh ck dis co'n. • * . C h o r u s . • : ' ' • v flbuck a ruck a shuck! shuck a rack a shuck 1 .Pars dat tickler 'own dis way. Bfauek a ruck a shuck! shuck a ruck a shack! • Ain' Kwiae home ez long ez I stay. Hyar dar bo' pis, bow he squeal! Wishin' fo' de s ops ter-morrer mo'n; 3Et he hatter srot in dat dere Set', ; |ftggers, we'dveber bij shuckin* dis co'n. Luk at Mo«e«, how he grin! Ain' nutlin' ob him but de wool an' chin; Mouf ez big ez dat co'n bin. Shock erlong, Bhuck die co'n. Chorus. Bhuck a rnck a shack! shack a rack a Bhnok! 1'arK dat tickler down dis way. Bpuck a ruck a shuck! shuck a rnck a shack! Ain* gwine home ez long ez I stay. .*•« ft Cromwell, in Editor'* Drawer, Harper's Magazine. DESPISED ACCOMPLISHMENT. Old Mr. Brown stood in his private office with his back to the lire nnd his coat-tails balanced in either hand. He was a bald-headed old gentleman, with a ruddy complexion, keen black eyes, and leg-of-mutton whiskers,which were as white as snow. And Miss Nel­ lie Torrance stood looking at him tim­ idly from the depths of the big arm­ chair in which he had beckoned her to seat herself. "So you are my cousin Adrian's daughter?" said he, after a long pause. "Yes," said Nellie, wondering what was all those mysterious tin boxes, and whether the monster iron safe was full of gold and silver pieces. "And you want something to do?" "Yes, please." • • "Humph V" said Mr. Brown. Ifelly glanced shyly up into his face %ut," she added with some spirit, "I ain not asking for charity. I am will- ing to work for my bread." "You mean that yon would like to daub canvass, or sew yellow flowers on green plush screens," sarcastically ob­ served the old gentleman. "I don't call that work." "Nor I, either," retorted Nelly. "Then what do you mean?" said Mr. Brown. "I mean that I shall be glftd to un­ dertake any sort of honest work by means of which I can earn mv own liv­ ing." "Humph!" again interjected Mr. Brown. "Can you cook ?" "Yes," Nellie answered. % don't believe it." •-••'S^But I can." "Very well," said Mr. Brown, releas­ ing his coat tails and sitting down at his desk as if the question were defin­ itely disposed of. "My cook went away this morning. I haven't engaged any one in her place. You may come this afternoon and see what you can do for me." Mr. Brown fully expected that his young cousin would recoil indignantly from this proposal, but she did nothing of the sort. She simply said, "Yes, Cousin John," and asked him for his private address. "Mind you're punctual, my dear," said he, as he handed her the penciled card. "Iam always punctual," calmly re­ sponded Nelly. Mr. Brown watched her out of the office with a quizzical twinkle in the corner of his eyes. "8he won't come," he said to himself. "I've seen the last of my fine relation." And Nellie Toirance went home to a little second-floor room, the cheapest which the widow and her daughters could possibly find. Mrs. Adrian Torrance was dressed in Black--a fair, delicate piece of human china, who had been like the lilies of the field, in that she toiled not. neither did she spin, and Lucetta, the eldest daughter, was trying, unsuc­ cessfully enough, to trim a black crape bonnet by the window. They had some up from the country, at Lucetta's suggestion, to appeal, in their poverty, to the rich cousin of the dead father and husband, but none of them anticipated any very satisfactory results from the experiment. "These rich people are always miser­ ly', said Miss Lucetta. "And I've understood," sighed the gent little widow, "that he was rot pleased when poor, dear Adrian mar­ ried me instead of Miss Goldage, the rich pawnbroker's daughter." "Well?" cried Mrs. Torrance, eager­ ly, as Nelly entered. "What does he say?" questioned Irocetta, dropping the fold of orape which she was vainly endeavoring to fashion into what the fashion-plate called "an oblong bow." "I have seen him," said Nelly, unty­ ing her bonnet strings; "and I'm to go to his house in Grandpver Park this afternoon." "You don't mean," cried Mrs, Tor­ rance, with a spasmodic catohing for breath, "that he is going to--adopt you?" "Not in the least," said Nelly. "Now, mamma darling, don't jump at conclus­ ions. Just hear my plain, unvarnished tale. I went to Cousin John. I told Ihim I wanted something to do. He asked me if I could cook. Thanks to that course of lessons I once took of !Signor Silverspoon, I was able to an­ swer yes. Then he told me that his cook was gone, and asked me if I would come to his house this afternoon and take her place." . "Aud you?" said Mrs. Torrance. I "I said yes--of course." "Eleanor," cried Lucetta, "I am scandalized! You will do nothing of the sort!" "Certainly not," said Mrs. Torrance, developing strong hysterical symp­ toms. "If your Cousin Brown intends to insult us--•--" "But he doesn't mean to insult ns," pleaded Nelly. "He intended the offer in all good faith, and I accepted it in the same spirit." "You surely do not mean to degrade yourself," cried Lucetta, "by turning- cook--for any man living!" "I don't see" argued Ngilv, "that it is any more degrading to cook lor Cousin John than it would be to embroider slippers for him or read the newspaper aloud to him of an evening." "Eleanor never had any proper pride," said Mrs. Torrance, wringing her hands. "Never!" echoed Lucetta. "And," added Nelly, "my cousin would have every righj to believe me an imposter if I had told him I wanted work, and had then refused the first , offer he made me. It will be useless for you to remonstrate, Lucetta, and I hope mamma will not place any obsta­ cle in my way, for I am quite deter­ mined to go to Grandover Park this afternoon." And she adhered firmly to her reso­ lution. It was six exactly when Mr. Brown let himself into his house with the latch­ key, which always depended from his watch chain. The gas jet burned softly behind the rose colored shade in the hall, the fire clicked cheerfully in the grate of the parlor beyond. "Humph!" he muttered. "She hasn't come. Thought so. There's no such a thing as a practical woman now a- days." At the, same moment a light, white- aproned little figure came Out of the dining-room beyond, and Nelly Tor­ rance's voice uttered the words: "Dinner is ready, Cousin John." The old man smiled. He had a pleasant expression of the face when he smiled, and Nellie wondered that she had not before noticed what a handsome man he was. "Oh," said he, "you did come, then." "Oh, I always keep my engagements," said >!elly. "Punctuality is the soul of business, isn't it, Cousin John? At least, that's what I used to write in my copy-books at school." . Mr. Brown patted her hand as she helped him off with his overcoat "You're a good girl," said ibe. And in his secret mind he/decided to put up with any deficiencies in the cooking of a girl who had such excel­ lent business principles. But, to his infinite amazement, there were no deficiencies to overlook. The soup was on the table, flavored like a dream of Soyer's own. The first course was baked trout, swimming in wine sauce, the second a pigeon toast. A small and compact roast of beef ribs was flanked by a dainty giblet pie, and the desert was fruit, tarts and Bavarian cream. Mr. Brown ate and relished, and wondered by turns. "My dear," said he at last, when the cloth was removed and tbe wine and walnuts brought on, "all this is very nice. I'll ooncede that you are a tip­ top housekeeper. But of course you or­ dered all this from Mouerate's retaur- ant?" "But of course I didn't, Cousin Brown," said Nelly, decidedly. "I cooked it all myself." "What, that soup?" "Yes, that soup!" "Did you prepare that trout sauce, and broil that pigeon ?" "Yes, Cousin Brown." "And the giblet pie? Was that yours?" "Yes, and the giblet pie! Don't look so astonished, Cousin Brown," she added, laughingly. "I may as well con­ fess that I took a course of cooking les­ sons last summer." And I like it of all things, especially in a household like this, when one can command the very best materials." Mr. Brown closed his eyes and made a hasty calculation. His life had been "worried out of him," to use a mediocre expression, by capricious house-keepers inefficient cooks aud untrained servants. Here, at last, was a gateway out of all tribulations. "My dear," he said, "I should like to have you com9 here and live." "As cook. Cousin Brown!" "No--an my adpoted daughter and housekeeper. I need some one to take the helm of my affairs. By Jupiter!" he added, as he recollected the flavor of the giblet pie. "I haven't eaten suoh a dinner in ten years." "But my mother," heytated Eleanor, "and mv sister Lucetta." "Let them come too," said Mr. Brown. "Bless your heart there's plenty of room in the house. Can they cook, too?" "No, Cousin Brown," confessed Nelly. "Well, perhaps it's just as well," said Mr. Brown. "There can't be more than one head to a household. I hope you have preserved the recipe of that giblet pie, my dear. It was really something extraordinary." So the Torrance family found a com­ fortable refuge for the soles of their feet, and Nelly's despised accomplish­ ment proved the sword wherewith she opened the world's oyster. And Lucetta sighed and wondered why she, too, had not taken cooking lessons. "Nelly is the old man's first favorite," said she. "He'll leave her his money when he dies; and all because she ac­ cepted his ridiculous offer of turning cook for a living." Mr. Brown, however, looked at this matter in a different light. "Nelly is a trump," lie said. "Nelly is not too lazy to work, and too proud to beg. She is one who ennobles the humblest task, and does, with all her might, whatever her hands find to do." So the proverb came true; "Heaven helps those who help themselves." A Great Empire. Ont-seventh part of the land surface of the earth, and one twenty-eighth part of its whole area, constitutes the do­ minion of the Czar of all tbe Bussias. More than one hundred millions of peo­ ple call him father, and are under his absolute government. In Russia a child is born on an average every eight seconds through the year, and a death occurs every eleven sec­ onds. At the present rate of increase the population will double in about six­ ty years. But Russia is very far behind most civilized nations in the care of children, and in the preservation of life. Statis­ tics show that 60 per cent, of all the children die under the age of five years. The average duration of life in Rus­ sia is only twenty-six years, which is much below the average in the western countries of Europe, and in the United States. Dio LEWIS says we must give the "old folks at home" soft foods, savory and well cooked--not heavy masses of butcher's meat. To give old, inactive people butcher's meat every day, he says, is to load their systems with waste products--with material which is virtually poisonoug. It is not probable that any arrangement can be made to have Dio Lewis and the butcher take tea together. SlUUtSTIOXS OF VALUE. ... " .1 ..... To CLEAN hair brnshes wash them in water in which soda has been dissolved. IT may be difficult to restore the gloss to patent leather when it has once lost it, bnt to retain it from the first is a very easy matter. Never touch the blacking brush to it. Bub the mud off with a damy sponge, and dry with a soft cloth. * Rub with a little cream or castor oil. To OLE AN vegetables of inseots,make a strong brine of one pound and half of salt to one gallon of water; into this place the vegetable'(with the stalk ends uppermost) for two or three hours; this will destroy all the insects which clust­ er in the leaves, and they will fall out and sink to the bottom of the water. To crKE corns apply a piece of linen saturated with olive oil, night and morning, and let it remain on. It will be 1ound to prove a slow but certain cure; they will wear out of the toe, and some of the coums may be packed out after the oil has been used for a time; but care should be taken not to irritate the toe. PIECES of layer cake that have become too dry need not be thrown away. Steam them for five minutes, and serve as dessert with a nice pudding sauce. The layer cake made with boiled frost­ ing and chopped raisin filling makes a delicious pudding. Cream sauce for this pudding is made oL one cup of sugar and a half cup of outter beaten together and thinned with a cup of rich cream. Flavor with vanilla. PRETTY catch-alls are made of paper fans, with the rivet which holds the sticks together withdrawn and a cord substituted. The fan is drawn together and one stick lapped upon : he other and fastened, thus making a cone-3haped receptacle. A cornucopia of coarse strong paper is fitted into this, and ribbon passed in and out between the sticks forms bows in front. A ribbon loop is attached by which to suspend the catch-all. OCR old friend the smilax is giving placo to ivy and Japanese ferns. The ivy lasts better, and is a deeper green, and the Japanese fern i* more delicate. The new smilax, which looks exactly like a marabout feather, and is a species of asparagus, is a popular novelty just now; but the gardeners do not think that it is destined to be a great favor­ ite. Tulips are in vogue for table decoration if ladies desire a centre­ piece ; but the latest fashion is against the oontre-piece. EXCELLENT sauce for fish is made'by putting one cup of milk and one cup of water on the fire to heat. When it is hot, stir in a heaping teaspdbnful of flour that you have mixed with a little cold water, so that there are no lumps left in it. Beat and then strain three eggs, and stir them in with two tea- spoonfuls of butter, and pepper and salt to suit your taste. Pour this over the fish. It you choose you can vary this in this way; instead of putting the eggs in the sauce, boil them ten min­ utes, then remove the shells and cut the eggs in slices, and lay them over the fish; then pour the sauce over all. Marriage and Money. Married life presents as many differ­ ent phases as there are married couples in the world, but there are a few char­ acteristics common to all. If all the wives were to make out a list of their hardships, upon each one would be found a complaint in regard to money. It is really the most annoying thing married women have to contend with. The sacrifices of married life ore about equal. It is not necessary to discuss them. The advantages are, perhaps, the same, rather in favor the woman. The pleasures, in the abstract, are pretty evenly balanced. Among wealth v .people, the husband, as a rule, works harder than the wife. Among the middle classes the labor is about alike. Among the poor the women work more hours than the man. But it is not the labor which constitutes the grievance^ Men never "strike" be­ cause they have to work, but because they are not satisfied with the wages. The majority of the husbands provide for their families as well as they are able. Women do not complain because they are deprived of the necessaries of life, but there are two sentiments of the Heart which cannot and should not be suppressed, the love of indepen­ dence and the desire to own something. It is the constant struggle with these two aspirat.ons that makes women dis­ contented. Men would feel exactly the same under similar circumstances. To make a practical application of this: A man gives his wife a certain sum of money. Out of this she fondly hopes to save enough to buy some long-cov­ eted article, it may be of dress, house­ hold furniture, bric-a4)rac, a present for a friend ; no matter what, it is some­ thing she very much wants. But she is in duty bound to pay the grocer, the butcher, the servancs, buy some neces­ sary article for the children, and the money is gone. The next week thf> result is the same. If, by careful man­ agement, she succeds in saving a little, she is compelled to replenish the actual necessities of her wardrobe, and thus, month after month passes by and she is only able to meet the imperative de­ mands of daily life. Although she mav disburse quite an amount of money, she does not feel justified in spending any of it in the little private luxuries her nature craves; in fact, she cannot do this, for there is nothing to spare. And, all the while, she sees her hus­ band indulges his various tastes, good cigars, meals at the restaurant, while his own are waiting at home; wine sup­ pers when he chooses; a fast horse if he wishes; a new suit if the old one is yet good; in fact, he gets what he wants, if it is within his means. If his wife remonstrates, there is not a husband in the world who would not reply: "Well, I'm spending my own money." Aye, there's the rub. It is his own money, and she can not but ask herself: "Since I do my share Of the work, where is my awn money?" Although wives are often unreasonable and fault-finding and dissatisfied, yet they cannot be censured for wishing some slight de­ gree of financial independence. Hus­ bands ought to understand thia feeling, and sympathize with it. If they will set apart for a wife a certain sum per month, no matter how small, and let it l>e her very own, subject to her own wishes, they will find that in every re­ spect it is the best investment they ever made.--Ida A. Harper. PEOPLE laugh at Oscar Wilde be­ cause he will inhale the fragrance of a flower for a few moments and declare that his hunger is appeased, but just let one of those people inhale the am­ brosial flavor emanating from a little piece of limburger, and we venture to say they won't want to eat anything the rest of the day. THE feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it,the ikillful direct it. Lb Important Becfafai Affecting Trade- larks. In the suit of The Charles A. Vogeler Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, U. S. A., against Parrott & Co., of Lon­ don, England, the Court of Appeals has granted the plaintiffs a perpetual injunction with costs. The action, which grew out of an alleged infringe­ ment of plaintiff's well known trade­ mark, St. Jacobs Oil, was originally heard in the High Court of Justice, where Vice-Chancellor Bacon, without going into the merits of the case, con­ sidered it was one that shqpld go before the Comptroller of Trade-Marks. From this opinion The Charles A. Vogeler Company appealed, claiming that they were being injured by the goods of the defendants, entitled St. Davids Oil, being mistaken for theirs, and that while they had taken steps to bring a case before the Comptroller of Trade-Marks, months would elapse before a decision oould be obtained, and, as their business would be seriously injured by such delay, a restraining order should be granted at once. The result of the appeal was that a perpetual injunction was made, with costs. The proceedings before the Comptroller have been abandoned by the defendants, and the Baltimore house has thus achieved a double vic­ tory. By the order of the Court of Appeal, Parrott & Co. and their agents are perpetually restrained from using the term "St. Davids Oil," or any simi­ lar term, as well as the words "The Great German Remedy," %pd any words or marks similar to those used by The Charles A. Vogeler Company in con­ nection with their St. Jacobs Oil. The progress of this suit has been watched with interest by tlie mercantile and manufacturing community of Great Britain where thousands of trade­ marks of almost incalculable value are owned. It wj»s shown by the evidence that plaintiffs had sold during the past few years over seven million bottles of St. Jabobs Oil, and had expended as high as five hundred thousand dollars in a single year for advertising through­ out the world. Their success in this suit is regarded with great satisfaction in business circles. Eminent English i»nd American legal talent figured in the case. The counsel for The Charles A. Vogeler Company, of which latter Mr. H. D. Umbstaetter was personally present, were Queen's Counsel Theo­ dore Aston, assisted by John Cutler and Theodore MacKenna, of London, Rowland Cox, of New York, and Gen. William Henry Brewne, of Washing­ ton, D. C. . '• ' The Pension Machine. At the close of the war there were about 100,000 pensioners; now there are 300,000. Then there were 169 clerks in the Pension Office; now there are 1,500, Then the annual payments were about $1,500,000; now the office expenses alone are greater than that sum by $400,00O, and the payments reach $60,000,000. When a great build­ ing is started the men work for weeks getting up the derricks; thus the vet­ erans must nowadays watch the muster­ ing-in of a preliminary army of 1,500 and the preliminary expenditure of nearly $2,000,000 before they can hope to get a cent of a grateful nation's money. The whole thing is stupendous and previously unheard of. In 1882 a Representative arose in the House and said: "I move that the rules be sus­ pended and the pension appropriation bill be passed without debate." It wras so done, and the bill appropriated $100,000,000--as much as Napoleon used in going to Moscow and starting with a million men--the cost to him of Eylau and Wa gram put together--more by twenty million than had been paid to all our pensioners previous to the firing on Sumter. This Pension Office is too large and its cost is excessive. Besides, all the stump-speech buncombe and flapdoodle of recent years has been pigeon-holed in its divisions. The states­ men should lend themselves honestly to the task of simplifying this pension ma­ chine. Put the Indians with the veter­ ans, and send away some of the work of the Washington offices. More could be done at twelve agencies. The thing is too highly centralized and too highly organized. The public treasury is no mulberry tree on which tax-eaters are to spend a luxurious existence spinning red tape.--Chicago Current. A Kind of Lethargy Sometimes fastens upon tbe kidneys and blad­ der, rendering them torpid and inactive. De- Jay in restoring their energy is fatal alike to their individual health and the general welfare of the system. To arouse ttiein from a state of inaction, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is about the safest and niopt effective renal tonic that can be ased. It does not over stimulate them like the alcoholic excitants of commerce, it never disorders, bat invigorates and regulates the stomach, and it is an incomparably fine laxative. The changes it effects are not abrupt and vio­ lent, but natural, easy and progressive. It con­ tains no ingredient by which hurtful after con- •eqncnces can be produced, and its genial influ­ ence for good is soon felt in improved appetite and sound rejwse. Fever aud ague, rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation,and otlK-r ailments, also yield to it. // Tattooing Among Alaska Indians. A man who had passed much time trapping and hunting in Alaska says: "Although the Yukon Indians have abandoned many of their old customs, under the teaching of occasional mis­ sionaries, all of them still keep to the queer habit of tattooing. The way they do this is different from any I ever saw or heard of. Instead of prick­ ing the stuff in with sharpened bones or needles, they make a paste out of charcoal and grease, soak a thread in it, punch a needle through the flesh so that it comes out at a different hole from the one where it entered, and then draw the thread through under the skin. The operation is painful, for the flesh swells up and looks very much inflamed. Men tattoo only their hands and wrists with pictures of the nobler animals or fish, but the women tattoo their faces also. These latter begin the process when they are quite young, making birds, turtles, or some other insignificant things on their hands and wrists, while they draw lines of different kinds on their chins and the lower part of their cheeks. As a rule this tattooing is done entirely in blue, but now and then there is an Indian who has dotted red spots through the blue." BOTH the Mason & Hamlin organs and pianos exoel chiefly in that which is the chief excellence in any musical instrument, quality of to tie. Other things, though important, are much less so than this. An instrument with unmusical tones cannot be a good musical instrument. Yet all are not good Judges of such a matter. An inferior quality of tone will often please the uncultivated car best, at first, though time and use will reveal the su­ periority of really good tone. Hence in se­ lecting an organ it is safer to choose one from a maker whose reputation is thoroughly established, and whose productions are ac­ knowledged to have superlative excellence, especially in this phief tlWng.--Boston Journal. WHAT is that which Increases the effect BY reducing tbe cause? A pair of snuflers. "A Perfect flood of Sunshine" will fill the heart of every suffering woman it she will only persist in the use of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription." It will cure the most excruciating periodical pains, and relieve you of all irregularis >s and give healthy action. It will positively cure inter­ nal inflammation and ulceration, misplace­ ment, and all kindred disorders. Prioa re­ duced to one dollar. By druggists. VISITOR (looking at antique marble clock): How very beautiful! Louis XIV. time, isn't, it!" Mrs. Shoddy: "So, indeedy; that's standard time." Buptnre Cured permanently or no pay. Our new and sure- cure method ot' treating rupture, wit! out the knife, enables us toguariinteeacure. Truces can be thrown away at last. Send two letter stamps for references, pamphlet and torms. World's Disptnsary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Birds Which Soothe the Sea. " Often, while sailing among the South Sea Islands, I have passed flocks of birds, principally terns and whale- birds, resting, in vast numbers, on the sea. It is remarkable that, however rough the sea may be at the time, yet, where the birds rest there is not a rip­ ple to disturb them. This must be caused by oil, but whether it is pur­ posely deposited by the birds with the intention of quieting the water or whether they do so from natural causes is a question the answer to which I think would interest many of our read­ ers. ̂ --Cor. Manchester Courier. Horsfbrd'g Acid lfiosphato, UNKQUAIJKO. > Or. B. M. Alexander, Fannettsburgh, Pa., 8ays: '• I think Horsford's Acid Phosphate is notoqualed In any other preparation of phos­ phorus." " THINOS one would rather have left unsaid: Dearest Friend (admiring the new portrait;-- "How sweet! How charming! How pretty! And jot so like!" Consumption. Notwithstanding the great number who yearly succumb to th s tembie and fatal dis­ ease, which is daily winding its fatal coils around thousands who are unconscious of i s deadly presence, Er. Pierce's "Goltlen Medi­ cal Discovery" will cleanse and purify tho blood of scrofulous impurities, and cure tubercular consumpt ou (which is only scrof­ ulous disease of the lungs). Send three letter stamps and get l)r. Pierce's complete treatise on consumption und kindred affections, with numerous testimonials of cures. Address World's Dispensary Medical Associat on, Buaalo, N. Y. As BUFFALO BIU, Is such a fine marksman it is something of a wonder that he doesn't •hoot that liat he wears.--Philadelphia Call. IT is truly wonderful to see how the name of Mrs. Pinkhatn 1A a household word among the wives and mothers of our land. Alike in the luxurious homes of our great citics and in the humble cabins of the remote frontier one woman's deeds have borne their kindly fruit in health for others. Goci.n tbe pitcher of a base-ball team be •ooken of as "the power behind the thrown?" PURF. Cod-i.tver oil, made from selected livers on the sea-shore, by CASWILL, HAZARD 9c Co., New York. It is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who have once taken It prefer it to all others. Physicians have de­ cided it superior to any of the other oils in market. , AN exchange says: "The first lady of the land was Eve." Not of this land, she wasn't. Bve was a "furriner." A Severe Winter. All of the noted weather prophets pre­ dict a long and severe winter. Nothing adds more to the comforts of a home on cold winter evenings than plenty of good reading matter, and so much cannot be obtained for so little expense in any other manner as by subscribing tor the best story paper in the West. F.ach uumber contains not less than eight stories, some complete and others con­ tinued, writ.en by flrst-class authors, and mailed to any address one year for the sum of one dollar. Sample copies of the paper re­ ferred to will be mailed free to all who send the.r name and address to THC CHICAGO LEDOKK, Chicago, 111. item. Geo. B. Brown & Co., Aurora, 111., at the Illinois State Fair, at Chicago, won the fol­ lowing prizes on their Holsteins: First on cows 4 years old and over, with Lou value, H. H. H. 788; 1st on cows 3 years, with Susie Clay, H. H. B. 1590; 1st on heifers, S years, with Tyrolia, H. H. B. 5901; 2d on yearling heifers, with Alpena, H. H. B. 3016, out of Louvalne, 788, by Hyron, 1101; 1st and 2d on heifers under 1 year; 1st on bull, Sir Joseph, out of Minerva II., by Byron, 1101; 2d on yearling bull, Van Tlel, imported the last of August, 1884. Honors enough for one show. Their new Importations of over 300 are dolnf finely. An Undoubted Blentlng. About thirty years ago, a prominent phy­ sician by the name of Dr. William Ha'.l dis­ covered, or produced after longexperimental research, a remedy for diseases of the throat, chest, and lungs, which was of such wonder­ ful edicacy that it soon gained a wide reputa­ tion in this country. Tbe name of the medi­ cine is Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for thc Lungs, and may be safely relied on as a speedy and positive cure for coughs, colds, sore throat, etc. Young Hen, Read Tills. THE VOLTAIC BEI.T CO., of Marshall, Mich., offer to send their oelebrated HLECTBO-VOL­ TAIC BELT and other EI.KCTUIC API-I.IANCBS on trial for thirty days, to men (young or old) atliicted with nervous debility, loss Of vitality and manhood, and all kindred trou­ bles. Also for rheumatism, neuralgia, pa­ ralysis, and many other diseases. Complete le-toratiDn to health, vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurred, as thirty days' trial is allowed. Write them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free. Th«y Will Surely Find You. They are looking for you everywhere. Drafts of air in unexpected places, going from hot rooms to cool ones, carelessness in changing clothing;--In short anything which ends in a "common col&in the head." Unless arrested this kind of cold becomes seated In the mucous meinbiane of the head. Then it is Catarrh. In any and all its sta ;es this dis­ ease always yields to Ely's Cream llalm. Ap­ plied to the nostrils with the linger. Safe, agreeable, certain. 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THOUSANDS upon thousands of bottles of Osrboline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, have been sold, and from all over the land comes one universal cry, "Carboline, as now improved and perfected, is the best hair re­ storer ever used." Sold by all druggists. CHAPPEP Hands, Face, Pimples and rough Skin, cured by using J UKIPER T VU SOAP, mad* by CASWKI^L, HAZARD & Co.. New York. Skinny Men.--"Wells' Health Rencwor'restores health and vigor.cures Dyspepsia, lmpotence.fi. Piso's <Remedy for Catarrh is a certain cure for that very obnoxious disease. "Rough on Toothache."--Ask for It. In­ stant relief, quick cure. 15c. Druggists. THE Increasing sales of Piso's Cure attest its claim as the beat cough remedy. "Rough on Pain" Porous Plaster, for Back­ ache, Pains in the Chest, Uhoumatisin. 25c. Ir afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaao Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c. "Boughon Corns."--15c. Ask for it. Com­ plete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions. DR. JOHN BULL'S Smi'sTonicSyni? FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, HMD ALL MALARIAL DISEASES The proprietor of this oelebrated medi­ cine justly claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever offered to the public for the SAFE, CE&TAU% SPEEDY and PEB> KAHENT care of Ague and Fever, or Chills and Fever, whether of short or long stand­ ing. He refers to tho entire Western and Southern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no ease whatever will it fail to curs if the direc­ tions are strictly followed and carried eat. In a great many eases a single dose has been sufficient for a owe, and whole fami­ lies have been cured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. Xt is, however, prudent, and in every case more oertain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two after the disease has been checked, more especially in diffloult and long-standing oases. Usu­ ally this medioine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, require a cathartio medioine, after having taken three or four doses of the Tonic, a single dose of BULL'S VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLB will be suf­ ficient. BULL'S SABSAPAMLLA is the old and reliable remedy for impurities of the blood and Scrofulous affeotions--the King of Blood Purifiers. DR. JOHN BULL'S VEGETABLE WORM DESTROYER is prepared in the form of candy drops, attractive to the sight and pleasant to the taste. DR. JOHN BULL*9 SMITH S TONIC SYRUP, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedlea of the Day. 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York, 46 K. 14t)i St.; Chicago, 149 Wsbuh A*. ARREST!! ALL DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS BY THE TIMELY USE OF ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM STRICTLY PURE, HftrmleMi to the no«t DeltclMtt By its faithful use CONSUMPTION HAS BEEK CURED when other Ileinc lies and 1'hyxiciana have failed to effect a cure. ARE YOU CONSTIPATED?! If you are bilious, dyspeptic or constipated, a few bottlê of Hops and Malt Bitters will cure you as they have many; others. An occasional use of I Hops and Malt Bitters giv&' tone to the blood, strengthens the nerves and promotes per- . feet digestion. Do not be: persuaded to try something else, said to be just as goocC but get the genuine. For sale by all dealers. HOPS & BITTERS CO., DETROIT. MICH. JERTCMIAH WRIGHT, of Marion County,W.Va., writes us that hi* wife had 1'ULMONAM CONSUMPTION, and was pronounced INCITBABI.K by their physic.an. when the USE of Allen's LU»K B'lsam KNTIHKLY CUHKB HER. He writes that he and his neighbors think it the best medicine in the world. WM. DIGUES, Merchant of Bowlinsr Green, Va., writes, April 4th", 1S81, that he wants us to know that the l.i NN BALSAM HAH CI 'BKD HIS MOTHER OF CON- BUMI'TION, after the physician had Riven her up as Incurable. He gays others knowing her ease have taken the Balsam and Iraen cured; he thinks all so afflicted should (five it a trial. DR. MEUEPITH, Dentist of Cincinnati, was thought tn be in the last STAGES OP CONSUMPTION, and was induced by his friends to try Allen's Lunjr Balaam after the formula was shown him. We have his letter that it at once cured his cough aud that he was able to resume his practice. WM. A. GRAHAM & Co.,Wholesale Drwrpists, Zanes- villc, Ohio, wr.te us of the cure of Matliias Freeman, a well-known citizen, who had boon afflicted with BRONCHITIS in its worst form for twelve years. The Lung Hulsaiu cured him, as it has many others, of BRONCHITIS. I' contain; DO Opinm In any form! Recommended by I'liyn cliins, Ministers and Nurses. In f.it, liy rverybo<ly who lias given it a good trial. It Never I'itils to firing Belief. Call for Allen's I.nnp Balsam and shun the use of •II remedies without merit and an established reputa­ tion. As an Kxj>eetoruiit i 11ms no Kijual! SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS. Remarkable Recovery Of a Lady of Millville, N. J., Who Was Pro­ nounced Iteyoiul Hope of Recovery--How It Was Accomplished. Mrs. 8. C. Dougherty says: *1 had been a sufferer from Dyspepsia from the time Iwaa 16 years old. t had consulted various physicians and been under their treatment during most of the time, but finding no relief, had given up in despair of ever having my health restored. A friend recommended Dr. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY, which I tried, and have been cured. It's the best medicine I ever knew of, and worthy of the greatest confidence." The above is but one of the hundred fucts which prove that Dr. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REM­ EDY is without an equal as a cure for diseases pe­ culiar to females. Bvft, if the reader desires more ev­ idence, read the following proof from Mrs. Carrie Key, the wife of Sergeant Key, Co. C, 3d N. i. Regt., who says, under date of March 1, 1884: "Two years ago my husband came home in the spring from Virginia, where he had been in charge of a schooner. He was taken down with M'llai iul fever. We were both sick with it. After consulting our fam­ ily physician and Uncling no permanent relief, we tried your FAVOK1TIJ KKMf.DY, and I can *ay that it com- pletelv cured us of malaria, and is the best medicine of its kind I ever heard of." Dli. KENNEDY'S FAV( >ltITE REMEDY is a positive cure for all diseases of the Blood, and habitual Con­ stipation. As proof of it. E.J. Sears, of Vineland, says, under date of Marrh 'J: "I have used Dr. KEN­ NEDY'S KWOKITi; KKMEDY, and I am willing to acknowledge it the best medicine in the world for the bowels I ever used, and FAVORITE REMEDY is a most excellent preparation for tlie Blood." These are facts which can but convince tie most skeptical that Dr. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY is an honest prtp'iration which no family should bo without. It is the result of the scientiHa knowledge of medicine attained only bv the vears of experience of an educated physician. It is a positive curt, for .Vniitria, Kidim/ and Liver Dlxeaxex, and all diseases peculiar to females. Price $1 per bottle. Any man or woman making under >50 weekly, send at once for circulars; $100 monthly guaranteed good worker.?. Kingston .V Co., 20 LaSalie St., Chicago. DOES WONDERFUL CURES OP KIPWEYPISCASE8 AND LIVER COiiPLAiMTO. Reeaaae It acta oa the LIVES. BtVOSal KIDXETS at UM aa«e thM. Beeanae 1* •IMUMM OM» ayatwa at fhepatm* oaa humor* that develope la Kkhuy and Vri- nmrj XMaeaaea, BUionmm, JaomUce. 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Prices rea<>o1iabl* and terms liberal. *g~Send for Illustrated Cata­ logue NO. 13. «3~MENTION- THIS PAPEB..£F CATA.BHH CiTiRRB, 'ill QMMV • disease of ibe mu- >AM DnAifll ecus membrane, it generally originates in the nasal passes ua maintains sfc* strong­ hold in the head. From, this point it sends iortli apoisoncus virus alonp the membranous linings and through the digestive organs, corrupting the biooa und producing other troublesome and dan- g. rous symptoms. Cream Balm ia a remedy based upca % correct diagnosis eC this disease, and can be depended upon. Sfr m -- -- - cents at Druggists*: 49 ccnta bv mail, registered. Sample bottle, by mail, IV cents. ELY BROTHERS, Drussrists, Owego, N. V. -FEVER The BUYERS' GUIDE is issued Sept* and March, each year: 224 pages, 8 J * 11§> inches, with over 3,300 illustration*--• a whole picture gallery. 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