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SALE OF 3,000 TOWS. -A POEM m aff£ BLSS. $ INOSYLLA TAKE JTwtt'sTiny Pills J ^ #mfc AMtiiNlarioa iha In. ̂ FOR SUMMER COMPLAINTS PERRY DAVIS' PAIN-KILLER BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. The fair frail blooms -which lovod the Grow faint at touch of cold. And cb'Iled and lisle, fell one by one, _ Dead in the dust and mold. Ib yon tall tree, now bleached aad thlnaefl,' A noat iwln|4 fraved and lone. All eoafced with ruin and rent by wind--» .<*/\> Its fair freight fledged and flown. Where are the birds, the moths, the bailfe' . And scores of glad freo, things Which thronged the ground, the gnu, the tme, Or thrilled the air with wings! Gone v.itta the wcraith and bloom and Mori) of the sun and fikv, Ere jet, there fell this grlet and blight, Arid the chill nights drew nigh. On the low bough that arched the gato When ditys were warm and long, A wren, that has no net.t or mate. Droops, all too sad for 6ong. Shorn of Its fruit still clings the viae; Its fair rolies torn and-sere; Mo tint is left, nor s«nnd. nor sign, Of all that June held dear. Bnt here, where do * n the dtoa wet walks The blanched leaves whirl and beat. On: rcae looks through i lie hare bro«n StaMffc, . And chsrmft'lhe air with sweet-- A« one brave hear*-, when nil the truth ,Ou earth seein «le«d or lost. Still keeps the faith ami Are of youth. Au<i t-Jiiilcb in fe^jite of Host. Ah. though the friend* I once held dear Ate far, or fa'se. or flown. I need not gritfve, for yoii are hero, My hope, my love, my own I A FAMILY OF llUUGLARf?. in a lanre town in the North of 1 island many burglaries and robberies had been committed and many de­ tectives set to work, and many fail­ ures had been the result before I was sent down to investigate the affair. The fact is, the rascals who had Committed these depredations were so well up in their business, so cun­ ning and shrewd, as Well as bold and daring, that they left no trase of themselves anywhere by which a clue could be gained to fix a reasonable suspicion. And yet the nefarious work went on at irregular intervals, sometimes only a day or two elasping between one burglary and another, and sometimes a period of weeks; but the dark busi­ ness so certainly continuing that IIQ master of a house felt perfectly safe behind his locked and boltc I door, wnile ladies everywhere became ner­ vously timid and afraid of their own shadows. Yet no one of these latter, as far as my knowledge trues, was ever itao- lested, or ever got even a sight of a midnight robber. Money, watches, jewelry of all thing else. Of these valuables not a trace could subsequently l;e found, showing that the scoundrels were too well oiT and too cunning to dispose of them in the usual channels. When I was sent for to try my skill in ferreting out and bringing the guilty parties to justice, ancl had everything explained to me, 1 agreed to £nter upon my task on condition that every other detective should be recalled; that it should be given out floe style, keeping horses, carriages, and a host of servants, and giving grand entertainments, could not long be ignored by the most exclusive of the old families, and the ice once broken, the footing once secured in society, everything rolled along as smoothly as if they had lived In the town for generations. Having myself entered society at the top, in the manner I have shown, I naturally came in contact with the M'Lysaghts; and after closely study­ ing each member of the family for a while. I allowed myself to become in­ fatuated with the bewitching sisters, without designating either as my choice. I talked with t.iem, rode with them, sang and played with them, and had the vanity to believe that I had become the favorite of both, and that 1 was equally preferred by the stately dark-eyed Nonih and ' tftcf sweet-voiced, blue-eyed Mary. But then 1 was figuring as a millionnaire. Was I losing sight all this time of the business that called me to town? I did not think so myself, though it might have baxi that appearance to another. J One day, ^vnen riding out with the two ladies we passed a Hue mansion half a mile from the town, the owner of which I shall call Mr. Kerjeick. The Kerwicks, besides beints- the o'dest family in the locality, were also known to be very wealthy. They bad been the victims of the robbers about a year previous, and had lost in money, plate and jewels to the amount of close upon seven hundred pounds. "Experience with some people goes for nothing," I remarked, looking to­ ward the house, which stood in the center of grounds of considerable ex­ tent, and was surrounded by lofty trees; ' the more they learn the l*ss they seem to know, and 1 sometimes wonder how they manage to keep out of the fire." "What is the matter now, Mr. Cynic?" inquired Norah, with a laugh. "Why, I was just thinking of this stupid Kerwick." "What of him?" "In my estimation, he lacks good sense." "Most people do, in your estima­ tion/' joined in Mary. "You seldom have an approving word for anybody." "Therf you ladies should appreciate what I say of you all the more." "What we hear, we do," said Nora: "but we tremble to think what may kinds, and valuable plate were the ,)e b go sarcast{c a jUdge when articles usually taken and rarely any-^0^,^ „r„ » lit!es» than half a morel had securely clicked $.he haadculu upon their wrists. Then a lamp wits lighted, and ( tore the masks from their faces, re­ vealing the features of the brothers M'Lysaghtv "Good-morning, eentlemen!" said I, in iiiv most courtly style; "I am glad to see you. It is hardly neces­ sary to say that you were expected, since you find us all here to receive you. II6w are the dear girls? I hope thev have recovered from their fa- tigue of yesterday." "You are a low, treacherous vil­ lain!" cried the elder brother. •;I beg your pardou s r; 1 am not. but only a humble detective, at your service." . The two men, looked perfectly thunderstruck. "The fact is," I continued, "wo three have been playing a little game, and you have lost. I set a trap for you, and you have fallen into it. There were no two thousand pounds here, as I led those dear sweet sis­ ters of yours to believe. That was onlv a little romance of mine, con­ sented to by Mr. Kerwick, in order to catch the burglars who robbed hiiu before. But I will jiot detain you with further explanations; you will probably hear more about your little indiscretion at your trial. The four women were apprehended later in the day; and the house the family had occupied was ihorougly searched; but as no stolen property could be found on the premises, and no incriminating evidence could cbe brought against them, they were dis­ charged. In less than a week after their re­ lease from custody, the women left the town;, the two men got long terms of penal servitude; and I received much praise--beside something more tangible from Mr. Kerwick--and felt much satisfaction at having solved a mystery which some of the most ex perienced of my professional brethren had failed to unravel.--Yankee Blade. we are absent "Oh, if I only dared to speak as rapturously in your presence!" "Faint heart never won fair lady," quoted Nora. "I shall remember that axiom," returned 1. "And in the meantime pray don't forget your stupid Mr. Kerwick," said Mary, with a slight pout, as if from a touch of jealousy. „"Ah! Mr. Kerwick--true. Well, now see if you do not agree with me as I state the case. About a year ago that the mystery was too deep to l»e i iie was robbed, as you probably have solved; that it should not be known ' I was anywhere in the neighborhood; and that 1 should be left to take my own time and pursue my own course, with money enough at my command to earry out any plan I might adopt. 1 started out with the theory that these burglars knew, before operating, exactly where valuables were con­ cealed, and what they had to do to get possession of them; that they had no ordinary means of concealing their plunder till it could be disposed of at a distance--perhaps across the chan­ nel; and that to tind the operators I must look for them in high than in low life. Upon my arrival in the town, I en­ gaged rooms in a tlrst-class hotel, dressed myself like a gentleman of means, and descrilied myself as Frank Henderson, of Dublin. After that I soon managed to let it be understood that I had been an officer in the army; that I had only retired on coming into possession of a large fortune left by a deceased uncle; and that I was now traveling, partly for pleasure and with a view to pur­ chase an estate, my uncle having made it a condition of his bequest that I should buy land and settle down. Of course I requested all this to be kept a profound secret because 1 wished it to De known: and, of course, it was made known far and wide by heard, and lost property to the amount of £700, as he himself told me. Now, what do you think? With that experience so fresh in his -mem. o.v, you would hardly suppose he would want to tempt late again. But he does, or will, In spite of my ad­ vice to the contrary. This morning he received £2,000 from his son, an extensive pork-curer in Chicago, to be invested in good securities. He intended going to Belfast to-day to consult a stockbroker, but something came in the way. Having called to see me on some business, he inci- rather dentally mentioned these facts. " 'But this large sum of money you have, of course, deposited in the bank in the meantime?' said I. "•No,' he answered; 'I merely locked it up in my desk. It will be quite safe there.' " 'Not if your servants know about it, or someone brea:ks in, as happened to you before,' I replied. " 'My servants know nothing about, it,'he returned; 'and as for burglars --well, lightning never strikes twice in the 6ame place yoii know.' "Now," I observed to the ladies, "I should feel ashamed of risking so, much in so reckless a manner." As 1 concluded, the two charming girls exchanged glances; and then Norah said with a half-concealed yawn,-- If people will IKJ so stupid they every man or woman who heard of it; ought to lose their money; but in this telling it to sou-'e other man or wo­ man a? a profound secret. In the course of the next two or three weeks I found quite a number of the best townspeople making my acquaintance, and received numerous invitations to visit at the houses of the foiemost gentry. During the next month ray visiting list became so extensive as to include all the leading families in the place: and as I encouraged gossip of all kinds, I soon became conversant with all the prominent incidents connected wi£.h these families during the pre­ ceding decade. Among a gre it many facts of more or less interest--but which, as they have no connection with my story, I shall not here record---I learned who were old families and who Wore new; who were rich and who were comparatively poor; who bad property to sell and who had not* and last, but not least who had been during the fcast two years. Among the newcomers who had taken lip their Residence in the town within that period was a family of the name of M'Lysaght, consisting of a venerable mother, her married sou and his wife, another son, and two blooming daughters. Curiously enough, their house had been broken into and robbed shortly after their arrival, and as a consider­ able sum of money and much valu­ able jewelry had tjieen taken, the married son, as head of the .family, had at once offered a large reward for the detection and punishment of the villains, but without result. John M'Lysaght was a man of about thirty-five years of age, comely and of good address, and had, it was said, an ample private income. His wife was beautiful, accom­ plished, and, refined, and so were his two charming sisters; and as for his stately, high-bred, aristocratic brother, he was one to shine and dazzle in the proudest society,--to be the envy of men and the admiration of women. Such a family as this, living ik case, if Mr. Kerwick has not men­ tioned the matter to anybody except you, of course his money is just as safe in his desk as it would be in the Lank." • vvTi, if! Well, if careless in one thing he may be careless in all. He may have told a dozen of others for what I know. However, it no affair of mine, and I really beg pardon for mentioning so uncongenial a matter in so charming a presence." On reaching the home of my fair companions, shortly before dinner, they did not press me to remain and take "pot luck" with them, as they usually did; but Norah had a headache and Mary was "drqudfully tired;" so we exchanged good wishes and rwcet g >od-bys, and I rode back to the hotel. Curiously enough* Mr. Kerwick was there, waiting to see me,and I at once took him into my private room and robbed j closed the door. I "Well?* he said. "I have set the trap and baited it," was my answer, "and if we clou'fc catch one or two foxes before morn­ ing 1 shall be surprised." "Good," he commented. "Is everything complete on your part?" I asked. "Everything." "Then I will be at your house an hour after dark." We conversed a minute or two longer, and then he went home. At the appointed, time I entered Mr. Kerwick's house by a door in a lane which was sheltered from observa­ tion. There I found half a dozen stout fellows waiting. We seated ourselves and awaited the result. Somewhere atiout 1 o'clock in the morning a shutter of the library win­ dow was pried open, the window soft ly raised, and two masked men entered and struck a silent match. The instant they did so, and before they had time to look round or de­ fend themselves, they were both firmly seized by our men. * The Gold Spent by Tourists. How Italy, a country'without gold mines, finds the gold to pay the ten millions a year due to foreign holders of her funds, has been something of a mystery. The secretary of the British Embassy in Rome, declares that the only solution of the question at which it is logically possible to ar­ rive is that this amount of gold is annually brought into the country by foreign travelers, who swarm during the four seasons of the year in one part of Italy or the other. From calculations made by the United States consular representatives in various parts of this country, it has been computed that for the last ten years the average annual expenditure in Italy of American citizens has been about seven millions sterling.. It would scarcely be an exaggeration to place the collective expenditure of British, French, Austrian, German, and other foreign travelers at double this amount. This, we are reminded, is irrespective of the money spent in the country by the fifty to sixty thou­ sand pilgrims who anuually visit the Eternal City, and of the amount of which they are the bearers in the shape of donations to the Jloly See.^ Thieving Dogs. It is well known that dogs are readily taught to steal. Outing the last century when sheep stealing was a very common crime in Scotland, the thieves were always much assisted by their collie dogs, which were very carefully educated for the purpose. It is recorded that one fatuoiiil thief on the Borders used to go about ac coiupanied by his dog pretending to buy sheep, and while handling them pointed out to his collie by certain signs the animal which he wished to steal. At night the dog went to the flock, singled out the particular sheep, and conducted it to its master by by­ paths and unfrequented routes. Eveutually both the thieves--hu­ man and canine--were discovered, and both were public!v hanged. Some­ times the dogs stole sheep on their own account, killed them, and buried their carcasses, on which they after­ wards supped with their own familiar cronics. Solaroincter. The solaroineter, devised by Lieut. W. H. Beehler, of the United States man-of-war Pensacola, is a new scien­ tific instrument for the use of navi­ gators. It consists of a stellar globe three feet in diameter, giving the fixed stars and constellations, and having the meridian lines, the equator, the eclipt ic for the year, and a horizontal ring carrying simn^ ap­ purtenances, the apparatus being mounted as to be kept constantly level. The claim is made that with the aid of a chronometer, a book of azimuth tables, and the nautical al­ manac. a ship's position may be quickly and accurately determined by the solarometer at any hour of the night or day when any celestial body can be seen. Elaborate calculations arc obviated; and the invisibility of the horizon line plays no part in the observations, as in those with a sex­ tant. Ho Didn't Care. It was Sunday morning in a good | old town of New Hampshire. The farmers from far and near had duti­ fully driven their wives and children to church, and now stood on the steps ' of the "meeting-house" talking about the crops and other matters of absorb­ ing interest. It was the presidential year, and political feeling ran high. Demo­ crats and Republicans aired their re­ spective candidates as zealously as the occasion would permit. It was noticed, however, that one man took no part in the conversation. "Who be you'goin' to vote for?" queried his neighbor. "I dunno," replied the man indif­ ferently. "I don't care who's Presi­ dent. I'm goin' to move out o' town!" --Free Tress. How Politics Affects Japanese Women. Feminine interest in elections is strong enough in our own country, but the most enthusiastic American woman would hardly follow her con­ victions so far as her Japanese sister. Mrs. Ishijima Sazayemou, living in the Nagano District, was so affected by her husband voting for the wrong candidate that she dressed-herself In white as a sign of mourning, retired to a store-room, and cut her throat with a sword. "Wagner Couipmini; Mnste* Havden, when in the mood for com­ posing, use J to make an elaborate toilet, put on his best coat', and otter a brief prayer that he might be in­ spired. Then seating himself at his writing table, away from the piano, he would begin to write the score. Beethoven's study was given over to muddle and confusion. Sitting at the piano, be wrote, erased, re-wrote, and again scratched out. His favorite eraser was his forefinger, with which he smudged the notes that did not please him. Wagner wore in the house an ele­ gant velvet dressing-gown, and a square cap resembling the blretta worn by Roman Catholic priests. His 6tudy w;is tastefully decorated, well arranged, and neatly kept. Compos­ ing with him was a work of labor and excitement. He reflected, worked out his idea, and then went to the piano. "He did not seek his ideas at the piano," writes Irs biographer. "He went to the piano with his idea al­ ready composed, and matV the piano his sketch-book, wherein he worked and reworked his subject, steadily modelling his matter until it assumed the shape he had in his mind. IIo felt chained to the piano until he had found precisely that which shaped it­ self before his mental vision." Now and then a composer shakes his notes from his pen as one shakes pepper from a caster; but Wagner painfully elaborated his ideas. Not spontaneity but perseverance made him a composer. Ideas came to him, over which he brooded until they as­ sumed a form. This form he pounded on the piano--the word describes his vigorous style of playing^-until it took the shape that suited him. One day he read to Praeger the legend of "Tristan," and spoke of its fitness for operatic treatment. The next morning at breakfast, as Wag­ ner was reading a Leipsic paper to his wife and to Praeger, he suddenly dropped the paper upon his knees, gazed into space, and began nervously moving his lips, as if in a trance. Not a-word wa* spoken until Wag­ ner moved; then Praeger said, "I knowtwhat you have been doing." "No, how can you?" "Yes, you have been composing the love-song we were speaking of yester­ day, and the story is going to shape itself into a drama!" "You are right as to the composi­ tion, but the libretto--I will reflect." Such w^ire the promptings of Wag­ ner's great musical drama, ••Tristan and Isolde." t-'SM Tli® Skill and KoonlMtirk Essential to tiie production of the most, perfect and popular laxative remedy knoiFfa, have enabled the California Fig Syrup Co. to achieve a great enecess in the reputation of its remedy, Syrup of Figs, as it la conceded to be the univer­ sal laxative. For sale by all druggists. AN irreverend critic is said to have* shocked Augustin Daly greatly by ob­ serving of Baron d'Eynecourt'a recent , sylvan drama: "Tennyson is in no sense a Sardou. Nor, for matter ot tluitrUt be a sardine." Wstotei'i Dictionaries. O. 4. G Merrlam Co. having won their •ult a?atn&t the Tevas Sittings Co. of New York, for offering a 40 years old reprint of the edition of Webster's Unabridged as premium for subscribers for their paper, are devoting their aitantion to several other suits of a like nature now in the courts, the Tote »a Capital Co of Topeka, Kansas, being one of tbe latest. They claim they are comrelled to do tills In jus­ tice Mlike to the jubllc and to themselves, and, have therefore given 'directions to their attorney to prosecute in every case where a publisher makes use of misleading announcements. A 1'lilloHopher i'nrilrdt The proprietor of a tan-yard de­ termined to build a sort of stand or shop for the purpose of vending his leather, buying cow-hides and the like. Having completed his building he began to consider what sort of a sign it would be best to put up for the purpose of attracting attention to his new establishment. After Accupv- ing some time in thinking on the subject ahappy idea struck him. He bored an auger hole through the door posts and stuck a calf's tail into it, with the bushy end tlaunting out. Some time after he noticed a grave- looking personage standing near the door with his spectacles-gating in­ tently on the sign. And there he continued to stand gazing and gazing, until the curiosity of the tanner was greatly excited* in turn. He stepped out and addressed the individual: ••Good morning," sa4d he. "Morning," said the other, without moving his eye frotu the sign. "Do you wartt to buy leather?" said the store keeper. "No." "Do you wish to sell hides?" "No." "Are vou a farmer?" "No." "Are you a merchant?" "No." -. ^ * "Are you a lawyer?" v "No." "Are you a doctor?" "No" "What are you then?" "I'm a philosopher. ' I've been standing here for an hour trying to see if 1 could ascertain how that calf got through that auger hole." It I'ieases the Ooullsta. "There's a good time coming foi oculists and opticians," remarked an eye specialist to the reporter. "A while ago the blackboards in the public schools aided us greatly in sending to us round-eved children foi treatment for near-sigtitedness. The p:e=s all ov^r tbe country cal'ed at­ tention to this fact, and the method of instruction in our public schools has been changed for the better in that respect. Hut a new class 9I patients is coming on. These cheap editions of standard authors, where thousands upon thousands of impres­ sions are taken from one set of stero. tyed plates, are ruinous to eyesight. The letters are blurred and gently smeared so that they run into each other, nothing being clean and dis­ tinct. The same is true of the cheap editions of the 'Encyclopedia John- bullanica,' which may not be so bad for occasional reference, but will, if stuck to, put out the eyes of the in­ nocents, who, if they knew the dread­ ful fate before them, would plead as pathetically against this cheap edition as little Prince Arthur with Hubert against having his eyeballs seared with hot iron at the command of cruel King John."--Indianapolis Journal. Jiees and Pigeons. In a race between bees and pigeons, one would suppose that the latter would.prove winners in every in­ stance, but facts prove that this is not the -case. A pigeon fancier of Ilamme, in Westphalia, made a wa­ ger that a dozen bees, liberated thiee miles from their hives, would reach it in better time than a dozen pigeons would reach their cote from the same distance. The competitors were given wing at lihynhern, a village nearly a leaurue from Hamnie, and the first bee tinisheu a quarter of a minute in ad­ vance of the first pigeon, three other bees reached the goal before the sec­ ond pigeon, the main body of both detachments finishing almost simul­ taneously an instant or two later, says the Cornhill Magazine. The bees, too, may be said to have been handicapped in the race, having been rolled in flour before starting, for the purpose of identification. Til* Only One Evar Printed-- CM Ton Find the Word? There Is a 3-inch display advertisement In this paper this week which has.no two words alike except one word. The same is 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, BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS, or SAMPLES FHEE. THERE are people who saem to lose all their religion the minute they can't have their own way, BLOOD VSESSLA Aiut. Roxmim BUBBT by •whooping CO-jgh. H&LK'S HONEY or HoiuuiotTNU A&D TAB relieves ft. PIKK'3 TOGTTIACH* DBOPS Cure In one Minute. It never helps ustowa k any straight- er to watch another man's feet. NKBVOUB. bilious disorders, sick head­ ache, Indigestion, loss of appetite and con­ stipation removed by Beecham's Pills. A WOMAN dreads ridicule as a slave dreads the lash. HALL'S CATARRH CURB la a liquid and to taken internally. Sold by Druggists, 75o. HUNGER makes honey of mo'asses. As Large AK a dollar were the scrofula sores on my poor little boy, sickening and disgusting. They were especially severe on his lefts, back of his ears and on his head. I gave him Hood's SanapariUa. In two weoks the sores commenced to heal up; the scales came off and all over his body new and healthy flesh and t&in formed. When he had taken two bottles of HOOD'S SAKSAI'ARIl.I-A lie was free from Bores." HARRY K. EVBY, BOX S5J, Columbia. Penn. Joseph Kuby. HOOD'S PILLS are a mild, gentle, paiuless, sate and efficient cathartic. Always reliable. 25c. A SICK LIVER la the canae of moot of the depressing, painful and nnploaaant Herniations ami suflferinKswith which we ars afflicted; and th««e pufferlnica will continue ao Inn ; aa the Elver la al owed to remain In this sick or alugrlsh condition. To stimulate the Liver and other digestive organs to a normal condition and healthy ac­ tivity, there la no bettor medicine than DADWAY'S n PILLS, The meat perfect, safe and reliable Cathartic that haa ever been compounded--PURELY VEGETABLE,' positively containing no Mercury or other deleteri- oui-jfltbstances; having ail the beneficial properties that Mercury is posse.-tted of as a cathartic, without the danger of may of its eril consequences, they have superseded Mercury, and have become the Pill of Modern Science. Elegantly coated and without taste there is no difficulty in swallowing RADWAY'S PILLS; mild and gentle or thorough in their oper­ ations, according to the dose, they are the favorites of the preseut time. , They cure all disorders of the St >maoh. Liver Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Costiveness, Indigestion, Dys­ pepsia, Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bow­ els, Piles, and all the derangements of tfie Internal Viscera. 29 cents a box--sold by Druggists. DR. BADWAY & CO.. Si Warren Street. N. Y. City. VETo A NATURAL EEMEBY 7UK Epileptic Fits, Falling Sickness, Hyster« ics, St. Titos Dance, Nervousness, Hypochondria, Melancholia, ebrity, Sleeplessness, Dix- dness, Brain ind Spi­ ral Weakness. This medicine h&s direct action upon the nerve centers, allaying all irritabili­ ties, and increasing the flow and power >f nerve fluid. It is perfectly harmless ind leaves no unpleasant effects. -A Valuable tsook en Nerroos Diseases sent free to any address^ and poor patients can albo obtala m m m _ tlnls medicine free of el large. This remedy has been prepared by the Reverend Pastor Koenig. of Fort Warne, Ind- since 187& and (snow prepared underhis direction by the KOENIG MED. CO., Chicago, Ilk Bold by Druggist* at •! per Bottle. ItrH lasnre Sire. •LT5. 6 Bottles for •&. FREE li MOTHERS* FRIEND" MAKES CHILD BIRTH EAST. Colvin, La., Dec. 2,1886.- -My wife need MOTHER'S FRIEND before her third confinement, and says she would not be without it for hundreds of dollars. DOCK MTT.M Sent by express on receipt of price, #1.50 per bot­ tle. Book " f o Mothers " mailed free. BRADF1BL.D REGULATOR CO., rOR UU BT ALL DatMSiaTt. ATUUTTA. M. [TRADB SIARK.] DR. A. OWEN. CATALOGUE, TELLING ALL ABOUT IT. In English, German, Swedish or Norwegian will be sent to any address on receipt of 6 cents postage. The Owen Electric Belt tnd Appliance Co. 201 TO 211 STATE ST.. CHICAGO. ILL. PILES ANAHLKSISftives lustant reliel, and is an INFALLI­BLE CUKE for PILfcS. Price, f 1; at dniREistn or by mail. Sainplos free. Address "ASAKIISI-S," B01MI6. NEW YORK CITT. BARLOWS INDICO BLUE. Jilt Family Wash Blue, tor sale by ars. *' I am Post Master here and keep a Store. I have kept August Flower for sale for some time. I think it is a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond, P. M., Pavilion Centre, N. Y. The stomach is the reservoir. If it fails, everything fails. The liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the heart, the head, theblood, the nerves all go wrong. If you feel wrong, look to the stomach first. Put that light at once by using August Flower. It assures a good .appetite and a good digestion. ^ • " la ' A. * i Seasonable Hints. The present weatner has given rtac to a large number of cases of pnei*- monia, pleurisy, and rheumatism. AD of these diseases begin with a cold. This fastens upon the- kidneys and manifests itself in one of the maladies named above. If the sufferer will take REID'S GERMAN COUGH AND KID> KEY CURE he will be speedily relieved, for this great' remedy contains n« poison. It excites the kidneys to ac­ tion, stimulates the circulation, re­ lieves the lungs of their burden, and will thus cure the worst ease of pnet* monia or pleurisy, and will relieve w attack of. rheumatism quicker* than anything else. It is the only remedy on the market that will relieve the consequences of cold, or from anj malady that arises from a cold. Ask your druggist for it, and if he doe» not have it write to us and we will send it to you by mail or express Snail bottles are 25 cents, large onet 50 cents. SYI.VAN REMEDY CO.. Peoria, HL \ THE ONLY TRUE ' ' 41 *. A • j IRON TONIC Will pnrlfy BLOOD, rermlat* KIDNEYS, remove LIVER disorder, buiM strength, renew appctlie. restore health and vlgorofyouth. Dyspepsia,. Indipestion, thattireiifeeW I uif ahsoi u t rt v crad icated. Miud brightened, hraln< power increased,, bones, nerve*. luna­ cies, receive new force, suffering from complaints j»e- | eaiiar to their sex, nslnjr It, flnrt a «*fC, S!>Ge<ty COTe. RetWHe rose bloom on cltceks, beautiilcs Complexion. Sold everywhere. A!! genuine poods bear "Creseouu" Bend us2centstawp for 32-pag* pamphlet, M. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St. Louto Km. 1 > • ^ ^ .4 -t >;i! |UL T. FEMX MM CBKAH UK «0«JBAVD H ORIENTAL HATILCAL BKAI'TINUU- ItrmoTfi Tan, Pimples, Frecklww * Motii Patc(.e», Huh and Bfcintiifft - asea, and e\« rjr blemteh o» , beauty .and defitad^K tectton. It haa al thu teat otvt yaaot-l and Is so liarmHaa" wvtasteitto kemw it is properly mad*. 'V Anx-pt no countw-f no<i8 Dealer* in the FlUU). T. HOPKINS, feu of pjimlarn Dr. L. A. Sarer r to a lutynf tnrhaoW- ton(a patient^ "ABfjJ; you will uw> them, I recommend! •GourauJ'o CreMB.** aa theU'artluiiBfail of alltheSMnprep­arations." PRUGNI^TSANDFANEY 1' Canada, and Europe. Prop'r, 3? Great Jones Street, M.T. EWIS' 98 % LYE II I Powdered and Pertained. JLg (PATENTED.) The stron(r**£ and purest Lye mad% Vnlike other Lye, it beiug a fin* powder ami packed la a can witlfe remoYRfols lid, the content! ar» always ready tor use. Will mtka the best perfumed Bard Soap in 90 minutes without bcilimj. It ia ike be«t for cleansing -waste-plpea^ disinfecting sinks, ctofeta. viib> ing bottlea, paints, trees, ete. MENNA. > \LT M'l 'U CO* Gen. Agtg., Phils . Pa. Tkt Oldtii Medicine in the World is pro&et&tf DR. ISAAC THOMPSON'S are •ubjecti more distressing than sore eyes, no&e, perhaps, for which more remedies hare bns tried without success. Forall external lntlammatlo* of the eyes it Is an infallible remedy. If the dlreo> tlons are followed it will never fail. Wepartiealaitjr invite the attention of physicians to Its merits, w JOHN L. THOMPSON, SOW sale by all d ft CO.. TROY, Y. Established 1197. constipation, dyspepsia, t«s!e j 1. headache.mentai depression, e 11 diaesUoo. bad complexion, e , and all diseases caused by failure of**, the stomach, liver or bowels to eform their proper function*. Persons given to Seating are benefited by taking vne aft ePrioe, t* s sample. ISe. At Drug-gists, 0 pin I wt nitvinni; rv, tA each RlPAMfi CHtMlCAL CO., W Spruce St.. New <STO- * % -. neat. ' V, ^eut bv mall., . *• $40,000,000 Earned by the Bill Telephone Patent in t39l. Tow invention may be valuable. Vou should protect it by patent. Address for full and intelligent advice, Jtm If charge, W. W. Dl'DLKV X CO.. Solicitors of Patents. Pacific Bide-. 63 r St. N. W„ Washington. IkCL Mention thia paper. •d 1 "mm wi Cat m for lus Jfci LYON & HEALY, 1 53 Monroe St»« Chlctffo. Will Mall Fr*© their r.cwly er.lirgvd Catalogue of Baud Instruments, Uni­ forms and Equipments, 40U Fine Il­lustrations, describing every required by Bands- or Drum Corps, Contains Instructions for Amatecr Exercises and Drum Major's Tactics m Uwt a Lufi of Hand M FOR EXCHANGE I For Baaterc Property. Good Fanning Tairti. . . Houaea and Lota. Orange Orovea. etc.. located la Southern California. For full particular* addrees f RALPH ROQ1CKS. 817 West First Street, Loa Angeles. Cal. • In the n:ck "f tine " come* l)ateh«r*» Fly Kil'e , Cer- "Vis • tain death to file*, •, No more biuziajr :• _ ^ around your earn lUMrgfa or diving at your none or colIsTl ng with your ejrae. -i L'st' treelj-: prevent repruductiou and secure peacat : FBED'K DUTCHER 0RU6 CO.. St. Albans.Vt. f Over* COM** retails •atla(;car«a Sick lleadatkat raat ornt'amplei toa :ea wCon.l Ipatlsa* |n4 f« ftm ua»U «• Ul VM tea bu«M» M Ivtfc Q%» FAT FOLKS REDUCED Un Aliee Mania. Oregoa. Mo., write* "My weight was S3) penjuda, now IE traduction of tiilbs." For circnlars address, with r.O. W.t\SN VDKii. HeYica»r'aTt>o«V*. ^aiOMjo.lU, PATENTS! PENSIONS! Send for Inventor's Guide or How to Obtain a Patent. Send for ihitest of I'eiisiwi a:iii Bounty Laws. PATRICK O'iWKi.Kl.l.. W;t>Jmi;tim, l» U HEMORDIA THE OXLY SI BECCBS. Price *1.09 by malt. BCISOBDU CO.. 11* Fulton St.. New York. FO K PILES. k' if ' WHKS \VKITING TO ADVERTISERS ̂please say yua nan tfcsr advertt*eiue«C la thi» |iai>er. Piso's Recie Best. Kasiest t s. Sold by tiE or »ii- »s mail, SOc. iL/iC> U»aelttn* Wati'tftt. Oa