COR* IWROIBESTTYI * A French Journal announces ft eWMfc for obesity. This is to never eat mor« than one dish at each meal, no matte?; What that dish may be, and a perso^ Uay consume a sufficient quantity tdf fully satisfy the appetite. No condi- B»«nt8, soups or desserts are to be al«. lowed. v. ' -^UDDEN CHAHOES OF WEATHER cause Throat Diseases. There Is no more effect-*^ toal remedy for Coughs, Golds, etc., than BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TBOCHM. Soid only in hwfli. Price 25 cts. Temperate Soldiew. In India the Army Temperance Asao- «ltion has 141 branches, with over 12,- 000 members. FOB sick headache, dluineaa orawlmmtnj fat the head, pain in the back, body, or rhea malism, take Beecham's Pills. A WESTERN' medium has just had * long interview with the spirit of Adam. He reports that Adam still blames the whole business on Eve. ' An£ YOU iri ifr Ton criticize your neighbor's WttSt * You criticize her daughter. You help to swell the scaudals rite, "Sfou wade in foreign w»ter BO stop and think before you apeak; - J u s t c o g i t a t e a m i n u t e ; ; ' It makes nil the difference in the If you're not in it. • Ton rail at playlna cards and ftMfc, ~ -w You swear at "decoration," r. Society yon scorn to touch, ~- Wbate'ver niny lie yonr station. •„ ; t The chances are, cntiid yon «et in. You would the first begin it; -"••It it 11 the difference in the If you're not in it. Ton find fanlt with the churches, too; The members and the preacher;- Th> Ir creeds msy eoem vtnwlse to yon. You wicro-coj>ic creature. Take off those plnsses ;look ai^onnd Unprejudiced a minute; ' It make f 11 the difference in the world If you're not in it, A funeral went bv to-day: Ton called the flend "a Blnner;" • I wonder what the world will say When \ ou forget your dinner; When you ride by in such a coach, A long pine box within it 1 ---•" It makes all the difference in the wor.d If you're not in it. / There's not a thing wpon the earth, Or over you in Hex ten. But you mutt weigh its little worth, Insert the gossip's leaven. I wonder fclien yim view the Throne What flaw you'll Ami within it? It makes R11 the difference in the world If vou're not ia it. --XewYork World IMMORAL PROVIDENCE. JR disappear* thts worst fonns of catarrh, with i the" use of Dr. Sago's Catarrh Rem- |«4y* It's mild, soothing^ cleansing land healing properties effect a per- ,|£ect And permanent cure, no matter IIKJW bad the case, or of how Jong standing. It's a remedy that suc ceeds where everything else has : failed. Thousands of such cases can be pointed ant. That's the waiAn its proprietors back their I faith in it with money. They offer $500 reward for a case of catarrh •which they cannot cure. It's a medicine that allows them to take •each a risk. Doesn't common senso lead yottoto take such a medicine? "An advertising fake," you say. * Funny, isn't it, how some people preEer sickness to health when the ' lemedy is positive and the guaran tee absolute. Wise men -don't put money back cf "fakes." ' And "faking™ doesn't pay. Common Soap Rots Clothes and Chaps Hands. IVORY SOAP DOES NOT. AT J "TAKE PLEASANT THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW AND IA/ COMPLEXION SS BETTER, Itv doctor says it acts frently on the stomach, liver anil kidneys, and Is a pleasant laxative. This drink U made from herbs, and Is prepared for use as easily as lea. It Is called LANE'S MEDICINE All druggists sell It at 50a and $1.00 per package, ay one to day. Lane'a Family Medicine moves bowels each day. In order to be healthy, thla w "SS I necessary. __ A Woman's Remedy for Woman's Diseases. ^.ydia E. Pinkham devoted a life's studv to the subject of female C o m- plaints, working al ways from the stand point of reason, with a firm belief ithat a. " woman best understands a woman's itlls." That she has done her work well is plainly indicated by the unprecedented euccess of her great female remedy called £.ydia E, jPinkham's Vegetable Compound ̂ 3>fo one remfdy in all ' the world ha6 done . so .mucii to relieve the suffering of her sex. Her compound goes to the very root of Female Complaints, .drives otrt disease, and re-invigo- eatcs the entire svstem. % All T>riiE£l*U tell It, or «rut t - " • form of rS^fi (SI nail, ^oeengen, on rrcrint of® 1 OO. i-Arrr Pitta, %.»*. Corn>- ^ /K- a£. •Hndfnc# fr c r 1 'r ctwwercd. AiMmi in confidence, - --• ^ LTUIA !•:. PINKHAM MKU.COi ) A sinjtf dose produces beneflrial r<>-^ suits, givingcheerfulnpss of mindand buoyancy ofbody to which you were « I before a (stranger. Tlier enjoy a pop- ̂ ularity unparalleled. Price, ".Vt*. ANAKJ5 SIS (tives instant relief, mid is all INFALLI BLE CUiiE for PILES, Price, $1; at drugKistB or by mail. Samples free. Address "A NA KKSIS," Box 2416. NEW YOBS CITY. lKK>k_free, I was attracted to Pi n key by Ttiis great loveliness and the fact that he wore a portion^ of the uniform of a district messenger-boy. "It may be," 1 thoupht, 4-that all messenger-boys are not born tired, but that that is a condition affecting them only when on duty." Pin key, I concluded, was not on duty; he was uniformed only as to trousers, and he was, as I have said, most agreeably vivacious and alert. I first saw him emerging from a basement coffee-shop, from which, as he passed a table near the door, he acquired an extra doughnut, with •RTeat skill and neatness. On the sidewalk, he met a uniformed com passion. "Hullo, Stubby." •••'Hullo, Pinkey." They were passing each other with this when Pinkey produced the doughnut and gnnned. Stubby looked at it, then lit* tiiic concc stiop, and then he grinned. "Give us a piece." Pinkey broke tho cake and was passing half to Stubby, when he hes itated, and asked: "Got a cigarette?" "Naw." •'You're a lia>!" Then Stubby grinned, produced a package! gave Pinkey a cigarette, took half the doughnut, and departed, slowly. 6 Pinkey lighted up and started rapidly down the street, but stopped suddenly in front of a hand-organ, on which was seated a little, shivering, pink-nosed, white poodle, holding a tiny basket in its mouth. Pinkey made a motion of depositing money in the basket, and the shivering poodle made a motion of kissing his hand. It was the poodle's.onc poor little trick, and it amused Pinkey enor- nibusly; he mode the dog do it over and over again, and to the rage of the organ-grinder. "Go away, you leetle-ahoodlum-a!" Then Pinkey was in a rage. lie glared at the organist, with eyes con tracted and chin extended, and said, in a low, threatening, growl: "Soy, you call, me a hoodlum agin, an' I'll take a fall out of you!" The Italian--who was a big, mus cular fellow,' with two sound legs tucked under him, and two wooden §tumps strapped to his knees stick ing out in front of him--looked ready to spring to his feet and demolish Pinkey. "Sov, I'm on to you, voung felly. If youse jump me, de cop will seeyer wood legs is fakes, and run you off de beat. See?" Pinkey grinned after saying this, and made the poodle k:s> his hands again, and then discovered that it was ravenously interested in the greasy doughnut Pinkey still carried. "Oh, de purp's hungry: let's feed him," and he took the basket and be gan feeding the famished poodle, while the Italian nearly had a lit from rage. "Well, so long, young felly!" ex claimed Pinkey. when he had fed the poodle poddy; "I'll be along to-mor row, an' if youse have whaled depurp fer eating de sinker, I'll put decopon to yer fake legs." Pinkey replaced the bas'cet in the poodle's mouth, patted its head, grinned at the organist, shook his flst at him, and started down the street at a sprinting pace. I hurried after him from the show-window I had been pretending to examine, but his pace was such that I surely would have lost him. had he not come into Violent collision with a youngster about his size, who was superintend ing the progress of a mechanical toy across the sidewalk. "Who you running into, kid?" ex claimed the toy-vender, picking up his sample toy--a yellow ostrich, driven by a green man, in a red cart--and placing it by the side of his stock of goods, on the edge of the sidewalk. Pinkey really had the wind knocked out of hi in by the collision, and could not reply at onoe. He was rubbing iais hands ia front of him--I had seen that trick before, and suspected what nin over, I d better gi . A. a' n --: t i_ rl/»ll!ir c!iirl mv frinn/1 whr lies, an' he triC3 to tump me atl'-- The crowd giggled aud the officer scowled. * "Pinkey," he said, "you are a little liar. Go on ahout your business or I'll run you in for ttghting; and you"--to the other boy--"keep your toys off the sidewalk, or I'll nin you in." Then the officer moved off, slowly, and still with dignity. , While Pinkey was weaving his little romance, every eye was fixed 6n his e»oqueut lips; every one's eyes except mine. I had discovered a peculiar motidn of Pinkey's feet. The tin ostrich and driver were being skillful.y drawn apart from the stock of toys, and, when the officer moved off, the toy was between Pinkey's shoes. As the officer disappeared, Pinkey dropped his soft hat, with which he had been pretending to wipe his eyes, and, stepping back as he did so, the hat fell over the toy. When he picked it up, and resumed his dabs at his dry eyes, I knew the toy was his, and wickedly rejoiced. Then Pinkey darted off again, and I would have had great difficulty in following him had he not stopped ,every time he came to a toy-seller-- the street was lined with them--to inquire ir they were suffering for a fight, to blackguard them, and some times to snatch off their caps to shy them under the wheels of passing vehicles. Suddenly we came upon a toy-seller surrounded by a group of smiling people. Pinkey edged in, and I followed. The prettiest child you ever saw, a girl four or Ave years old, was crowing and laughing in mad delight over a strutting tin ostrich drawing the accustomed green man ani red cart. Her joy was so hilari ous, a crowd of smiMng people had stopped to share it. • "Oh, mamma, 1 want it!" she ex claimed, at last, and she grabbed up "the toy and hugged it to her bosom in an ecstasy of happiness. A woman, very poorly, but carefully, dressed, answered, in a low voice, in which there was sadness, "Come, Dorothy, mamma won't buy it now; some other day." "But, mamma, I love it: please dive it to Po'thy." , The woman took from a very small purse a dime, and offered it to the vender. "Dem walking-toys is two-bits," the boy said, with scorn. The woman replaced the coin, flushed slightly, and, taking the child's hand, said: "Come, Woroi'thy, put down the toy. We'll buy some thing else, pretty." Dorothy's eyes filled and her lips trembled. "Noting else is booful," she said, and, putting down the toy, walked away with her mother, chok ing, but determined not to make a scene. Pinkey and I followed them. It was several blocks before they turned into a quieter side-street, and then Pinkey overtook them. "Here, little girl, dis is fer youse," said Pinkey, producing the toy he had sequestered. The child uttered a cry of delight, and had the toy in her arms iu an instant. ' / ' "I--I cannct buy it; I am sorry," the mother said. "'Tain't fer sale," replied Pinkey. "It's a Christmas present." "You are a very kind boy," the lady said, smiling sweetly: "but my little gin must not take your toy.'* The situation .was becoming in volved and set about with social com plexities which were too intricate for Pinkey's primitive understanding. Ho looked a puzzled moment at the woman, grinned very good-naturedly at tlKTchild, and then, with startling suddenness, turned and ran as if for his life. I lost him then, for he turned like a rabbit at the first corner. Having devoted three-qaar- ters of an hour iu a profitless but pleasing study of Pinkey, I found my self just that much late for an en gagement at my club, and hurried there, making up a proper excuse as I went. Just as 1 reached the street entrance, I was overtaken by the man my : engagement was with, who said: "You got mv note, then?" ', Your note?/ "I sent one here an hour ago, say ing I should be detained. Heavens! what a racket!" Down the street surged a mob of men and boys of all conditions sur rounding two lighting dogs. Nearest the lighters was Pinkey, and over all the other noises came his voice: "Leave 'em alone. I soy! de'reeven match, even weight. Let'em fight!"' A policeman irrupted, and as a pre liminary means of securing peace, aimed a kick at Pinkey. He avoided the. kick neatly, so as to let it land on an inoffensive old gentleman, and squi rming out of the crowd, to my surprise, darted toward me. "Here conies the very boy I gave the note to. Here, you young brat! Didn't I give you a note an hour ago I to deliver at this club?" Not for any snace of a second was Pinkey embar rassed. "Yes, sir, but I'm sorry to say, sir, dere was a runaway an----" '•And you were killed, I suppose," interrupted my friend. "No, sir; it happened to be me poor old father, sir: his legs was broken, sir, and I had to tell the ambulance- driver where to take him, sir." "If the little beggar's father was ive him a CARPETS AND INFECTION. i£v«rj X Jtwvaatah e Kiak to ITh'eh I •mlly U Cxpowit. the wonderful progress ih the science and practice of hygiene that' has come about during the last ten years, it seems strange that so little attention has been directed to the contamination of carpets, an evil of which the effects can only Vie serious and extensive. Formerty hospitals were ornamented witli carpets, but Moral by Spells, n It has been said that New York Cfty only on occasions awakens to a sense of the great immoralities going on in her midst, and then only after the shock caused by s succession of murders, high way robberies, or some other crime. Business men, to a certain extent, do not like these periods of extreme moral ity, as they say it has a damaging effect on business. One man said to a ^porter: "Not less than 20,000 strangers are staying in New York to-night be cause it is New York, and there are as many every night in the year. Not less than 10,000 of them are slumming •frgas :^eVViVf£: the teachings of bacteriology speedily _ _ made it clear how and t<? what ex-; around every night in the yew 'seeing tent danger lurks in these so-called; the sights.' During the twenty-four comforts, and ill hospitals, at least, i hours they are at it, they drop from $10 carpets arc a thing of the past. What, apiece. Put it at an average of is true of a hospital is certainly true, though to a ljjgs extent, of the home. We know that every nook and corner not readily reached in the daily or fre quent dustings is a nidus for the lodg ment, growth and development of disease germs, and perfcct sanitation would require the reduction of these ad minimum. Of all such deposit ories, none can be more productive of harm than carpets. Here is an excel lent bed for the breeding of germs, and in thecase of fluids, as, e. g.. ex pectoration, for their subsequent dry ing and dissemination as dust. The very warmth that commends the use of carpets is a potent factor in the pre- Tli* Omlr On® KfwMhM-CM T«*Ha# ih»Wwd? There la a 3-tnch display advertisement In tills paper this week which has no two words alike except one word. The same ia true of each new one appearing each week from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a "Crescent" on everything they make and ^publish. Look for it, send them the name of the word, and they will return you BOOK, BKAtrrirui. LITHOGRAPHS, or SAMPLES TRH. MOTHER (reprovingly to little girl jwst ready to go for a walk)--"Dolly, that hole was not in your glove this morn ing." Dolly (promptly)--"Where waa It, then?" "German $20--there's $200,000 a day. A quarter of a million a day would not be too high a figure, counting hotel bills. Now, that is, l^l's see"--figuring on a card-- ?that is from $70,000,000 to $90,000,000 a year!" The T«inptat!on To so ont of door* ia rough weather la not strong, bnt we are, many of us, compelled to face rough weather frequently. Diseases which arise from a chill are peculiar to no season of the year. This is true, therefore there should be in the closet of every household--^what? ?*ot an unmeditated stimulant, absolutely devoid of anything tint an excitive action, but a tonic combining, in the effective forna of an in vigor- ant aud an alterative, the .quality of defense against changes of weather. Hoetotter's Stom ach Bitters has three or four properties that no ! other article of itsclsjs« >;•„>! only does :t relieve the complaints 'which it eventu- servation and multiplication of the1 ally cures, it fortifies the system against the bacterium. ,TW» is but one aspect of i SJ the question, though a serious one. i it produces a radical change in the / weakened condition of a svttem peculiarly lia~ Carpets are arihWei able for- yet] ble to be attacked by it, anii it t'nds to provida Other evils. Originally devised, 110 : W's*1 the danger resulting from an impover- doubt, as much for /warmth as for I Sw "d * dJsorder*i ornamentation, they have come to I A ; -- take the place Of that solidity Of An Extraordinary din. About five miles from Platte City, Mo., structure that alone can secure healthful warmth. The flimsy, poorly joined floorsand doors of modern I dwelling-houses make carpets a ne-1 cessityfor barest comfort, and have] been made cndurable only because of; these defects. This is the serious as pect of the question in point of rem-1 edy. An uncarpcted floor means draughts, cold, and every circum- j stance of discomfort: and until houses! are better built, no matter what elaboration of painting, staining or; polishing is bestowed upon the floors, ! their imperfection of structure would > still make rugs or carpets a neces- i sity. We are not aware of any sta-j tistics to prove the carpeting, nor isM way reliable data coul yet we are none the less convinced that carpets exert an evil influence, especially in the propagation ol our dreaded scourge, tuberculosis. That the sputum of phthisical persons may be dried, preserved and disseminated in the dust of the room is a proposi tion that in the present state of our knowledge needs only to be stated to believed. How often has this hap- J/jpened--indeed, is happening every day--and how often such infections pass for casesof family tenc.eticy and the like can only be surmised, but there can be little doubt that theory and fact are in close accord. What can be done to remove this evil? Lit tle, we confess: nothing without scientific agitation of the matter. Perhaps a radical cure is not to be ex pected, but a compromise may be effected. The necessit ies of our do mes! ic architecture, the warmth in sured. and the quiet that carpets se cure, will effectually prevent any at tempt at removal: but the same' ob jects may be obtained from small rugs, which can t>e frequently •ousted and at somewhat longer intervals taken to the cleaners for thorough steaming. Large carpets fastened to the floor, and to a less extent large rugs, not easily taken up for dusting, should be condemned. A general spread of knowledge concerning the growth and diffusion of micro-(mjan- istns will do much to securer the needed reform, but untilpublinatten tion and fear are aroused noting can he done.--American Analyst. r lives a wonderful girl. She eah read j letters without breaking the seal and also closed books. Dr. Porter, an old | and respected physician of the county, ] determined to test the girl's powers, j He wrote a letter at his office, sealed it, | took it in his pocket to the house, and called the girl. She came to him and shook hands. As she did so she said: "Doctor, you have a letter forme, and you wrote it." She then held his hand and read the letter which was still in his pocket. He further brought a medical book which she had never seen. He gave her the book closed and told her to read a certain page. This she did, only stumbling over some long technical words which, she said, she could not pronounce. STATIC OP OHIO, Ctrr or TOLEDO, ^ LVCAS CorNTY. ( FRANK J. CHENF.Y makes oath that he Is the senior partner of Uir arm of F. J. CHI NKY & Co., dolnp business In the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each aud every case of C atarrh that cannot be cured by thu uacuf HAUL'S CATAHHH CUHK. FllANK J. CHENEY. Fiwrn to be'ore me and subscribed in my presence, thia. Cth day of December, A. D. 188(5, , ~, A. W. OLE A SON, ^ T-EAI- • Nobiry Public, Hall's Catarrh Aire Is taken internally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of tbe'system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHJENKY & CO., Toledo, O. O-SaW by Druggists, J5 cents. No Stomach Ca 1 long stand abusive ireattnen* such ss toi h ar j and rapid eatii a. toe mnch rich too J. hnrryina to and from meals, overuse ot stimulant** or fiar oties •tc. Ths ttMvlt.ble result mu-tbe io^Urcstion. and later Dyspepsia, with all the horrible snffrrln* so many people kn~>w too w* 11. Dyspepsia dots not Ret well of 1 self. It requires careful attention to diet and a good '8 8arsapari:ia which tenuis teg ths stomach, liver and bowe s, s imulatts secret on of tbe gastric juice, moves acidity and tones the sa'tre syatem to health. Hood's Pills cure liver ills. Prioe SSo. $ ¥ - ,\ w. Boschee's German Syrup is iilORi successful in the treatment of Con sumption than any other remedy prescribed. It has been tried under every variety of climate. In tbe bleak, bitter North, in damp New England, in the fjckle Middle States, in the hot, moist South--every where. It has been in demand by every nationality. It has been em ployed in every stage, of Consump tion. In brief it has been usid by millions and its the only true and reliable Consuinption.Rqmedy. <S> :• -."TfP M f' w* * •; f V •* s PATENTS!W - T - Y H Z C . E R A L D , • ^ * -A WASHINGTON, D. G! POLISH BO NOT BE DECEIVED with Pastes, Enamels, an«» Paints which stain the hands, iriiure the !r°r>; and burn off, The Iiising Sun Stove Poiish is Bril liant, Odorless, Durable, and the con- susier pays for no tin or glass package every purchase. MAS AM ANHUAl SALE OF 3.00Q TONS. was to follow--and grinning, as he slowly approached the unsuspecting toy-bov. Without a word or sign of warning, Pinkey's right flew out and his flst landed hard and flush on the mouth of the amazed* vendor. There was a short but very lively rally at close quarters, in which Pinkey was getting all the best of it (belonging to the leisure class, he had more time for the practice of the manly art of attack), when the gathered crowd was parted by the slow and dignified entrance into the ring of a policeman. "Stop that!" exclaimed the'officer. The boys' arms fell to their sides. "What's all this about?" The toy-vender really did not 6eem to know what it was all about, and was silent, but Pinkey explained, without a second's hesitation: "Why, Officer Mullen, dis kid was blocking up de whole sidewalk wid his tin toys, an' a lady nearly fell over one an' broke her leg, an' I says to him, "Let de lady pass; does de whole sidewalk belong to yuse?' An' he says he pays de cop--de officer, I mean--for not running him in, an' knowing you, Mr. Mullin, I mys he dollar," said my friend, who is sym pathetic and credulous. "Give him a dollar, anyhow, I sug- gusted.--Argonaut. Fiction Alriio«t Parnilwleit. ' One of the professors in the Insti- tute of Technology made a _ rather neat thrust the other day at certain literary tendencies of our times. He was lecturing on the domestic re lationships which exist among the lower animals, and instanced, as one of his illustrations, the case of a pair of mallard ducks who hai^ lived to gether for three years in a state of high conjugal felicity. At the end of that time, however,, a male pin tail duck appeared upon the scene, and the lady mallard thereupon im mediately forsook her former lord for the newcomer. The latter resisted her blandishments a* first, but in the end consented to mate with her, and the unfortunate mallard was left dis consolate. "This anecdote," observed the .lecturer, "contains, you see, all the details of the modern realistic novel, unless it be in the temporary virtue of the pin-tail duck--Boston Journal. The ln»oc«nc Suft' r fur tlix Guilty One evening, hours past the usual time of closing the shop, when the long-suffering Mr. Miles (an American) was rapidly drifting into a state of starvation from the postponement of his dinner hour, there caiue in five Frenchmen., one after the other, each askdng the following questions:-- •"What is the price of the little clocks in yourAvindows?" Have they an alarm attaclk.d? X)o you warrant them to go well?*' .Upon being, answered, they would depart without purchasing. The fifth had left, and Mr. Miles was in the act of rushing off in quest of his much- needed dinner, when a sixth French man entered. This was too much for the hungry* and exasperated American. Without waiting to hear what the comer had to say, he clutched him wildly and said,-- "Sir, I know just what yon are going to ask. Those little clocks are American. Their price is one dollar each. They have no aiarm attached. They only strike the hours. AVe will warrant them for a certain time only." The Frenchman hurried forth and rejoined his wife, whom he had left looking in the window. "My dear," he said excitedly, "they have a regular lunatic asylum in there." A Russian Doctor. A Russian journal reports an inter esting case of a philanthropic phy sician. Visiting the patients of his district, the doctor found that in many instances their sickness was caused by hunger. To the most needy he prescribed "six pounds of rye flour in doses of two pounds a day." He ordered his patient to get the medi cine at the drug store of the nearest village, where it would be issued free of charge everyday. The good doctor made arrangements with the druggist to supply the flour at his expense. In this way his patients will be kept; from starvation the whole winter. v Results of the Use of Tobacco. B. F. Cumniings, a train dispatcher of Oaklan i, Oal., is in danger of figuring as an awful example in the anti-tobacco erui-a le. He was a moierate smoker' but he abandoned smoking recently and took to chewing incessantly. One day recently he became totally blind. He recovered his sight after a few days, but entirely lost his hearing. Then, as suddenly and mysteriously, he regained hi« hearing, but because quite dumb. He was in delirium for some time, but final ly he recovered completely. The doe- tors said his afflictions were due to paralysis of the senses caused by the fthfiorpt4on of nicottnc ImU IDC BytilCDl through the excossive use of tobacco. DON'T give up and say there is no help for Catarrh, Ilay Fever, and Cold in the head, since thousands testify that Ely's Cream Balm has entirely cureJ them. I HAVE been bothered wit:, atarrh for about twenty years; I had lost sense of ameli entirely, and I had almost lost my hearing. My eyes were getting so dim I had to get some one to thread my needle. Now 1 have my hearing as well as I ever had, and I can. see to thread as fine a needle as ever I did: my sense of smell seems to be Improving all the time. I think there is nothing like Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh.--Mrs. £. E. Grimes Ren- drlll, Perry Co., Ohio. Apply Balm Into each nostril. It Is Quickly Absorbed. GIVES RELIEF AT ONCE. Price 50 cents at Druggists or by mall. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., New York. ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver pnd Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup cf Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale' In 50c and $1 bottles by all leading 'drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one whey wishes to try it. Do not accept any Substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. . / LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, M.f. / meat {t Cures t'ol«K Coughs. Sor* Throat, CrMMk Mfluensa, W hoopmi; Cougli, Bronchitis aS9 AsthniH. A cTtaiu cure f..r Consumption in flrat s'iutt'8, and m f-ur - relief in advanred Ktaares. Osa at nnVon will nee the excellent effect altM takiiiK the Hrst «lose. Soid l>y ues.ers evetywbSM, Large bott.ey. 5j cents and $1.(0. ~~ THE POET W1IITTIER. ~~ The poet Whittier says if he were a young man he would ally himself with some good and popular cause and de" vote his every effort to the accom plishing of its purpose. What nobler work could a young man assume than that of promulgating abroad the vir tues of REID'S GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY CUR^? This great remedy la a message of healing to thousands. It contains, no opiate, but in all cas3& of long and obstinate colds, hard, dry coughs, sudden attacks ofpneumonia, pleurisy and maladies of that kind it is a certain cure. It gives instant relief, and what is more, it does not simply dry up the cough, but it cures the patient constitutionally. It in cites the kidneys to action, relieves the overburdened lung tissue, aids the digestion, stimulates^ihe whole system, and thus enables the patient tp overcome the disease, no matter „how severe it may be. Get it of any dealer. SYLVAN REMEDY Ca, Peoria, IU. VgR-. THE ONLY TRUE i Newspapers In Oregon. Oregon has 129 newspapers an average of four to each county iu the State. CRAGIK & Ca. Philadelphia. Pa., will send, postpaid, for two Dobbins' Electrfc Soap wrappers0(Dobblns' Soap Is for sale everywhere), and ten cents, any volume of "Surprise Series," (best authors), '25 cent novels, about 200 pages each. Send one cent stamp for catalogue. Mention this paper. SUPERSTITIOUS barbers think that the money earned by shaving dead men is lucky to gamble with. A FBENCH woman's baby was so small that she used her shoe for ite cradle. •^ RID YOURSELF of the discomfort and danger attending a Cold by using Dr. D. 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