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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 21 Nov 1883, p. 7

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Tfnow him?" Yon bet I know html Who doesn't know Abe'lom Jcmes? He's the beat passenger, that mam, that this 'ere comp'ny owns. (Look at him, now, a feed In' that kid!) Know Urn!! Why, 111 be blowed If he ain't oar favorite, all 'round,--the Jolllest man on the road! Travels with M an close on time as clockwork, you might my. 'Boot every other Monday we find him down this way. Brings us a blessin', an' leaves it; an' when he stows his grip ^ On tbis-here train, either day or night, We look for a bully trip! I ain't religions--afnt (tot the time; but, stranger, we're all of us Dead certain that Providenoe sends him, too, whenever we're in a muss. If you'd a ben there at Kankakee, when last year's smash took place, Toad owned that he was religions--Jones--a reg'lar child of grace: For there, in the midst of the bllndin' steam, an' shrieks an' groans an' prayers. He traveled 'round to the sufferin* ones, an' lifted all their cares, (Leastways, the heaviest: took their names an' sent their things to the wives). An' worked like a' hern. Oh, pshaw, boss! he oonldn't save any lives! Bnt yon bet your boots, there was easier deaths, in face of that feller's smiles! I reckon that he'd give me a start of 'boat four hundred miles, If I was a-takin' the final trip, an' he was around to laugh!-- Yes: that s his mission; to cheer folks up;--u^' 1 can't tell you half. That's an eloptn' party, then. Well, now* he's braced that girl Til! she's chock-full o' courage. First, she was all of a whirl, eared the old man'd catch 'em 'fore they got coupled.--See?-- e never oils no man's track; that's the kind o' man for me! Oh, that's his laugh! I'd know it if I was in Timbuctoo. , " Now he's axnusin' the country cuss that's always so blue. There he goes, fo'ard-- Jones, I mean,--into the • smoker, p'r'aps; Well, there's some blue onesthere, I guess; hell medicine all them chaps. Jest as I tell you, stranger, that man brings sunshine in: One o' his stories livens a man more'n a gallon « o'jpin; Never s no long-drawn faces where he hangs up for a chat. Instructin', too, 's most all his talk; no drum­ mer beats him on that! "He. Is a drummer?" Well, I should smile! Travels for Sheet & Shroud (Chicago firm in the line), 'n I tell yon he does 'era proud: Works off more caskets in a year than'd hold our whole blamed load; I reckon business an' pleasure meet in the Jol- Uest Uau on the Road. -rOwnmereial Travelers' Magazine. WEATHER Facts and figures show that 80 to 90 per cent, of the signal service predic­ tions are correct. At the same time the service has by observation and the simple law of average discovered many of those conditions which antedate and consequently indicate storms. Among other matters, those winds which are most and least likely to be followed by rain or snow in the Upper Lake region have, by. the observations of ten years, been conclusively demonstrated to be as follows: Most : ' likely rain or snotc. January. 8. W. to 8. E. February .............a W. to 8. E. Least likely rain or snow. E. to N. N. to W. N. to W. N. to W. N. to W. N. to W. N. to W. N. to W. N. to W. E.to N. E.to N. £. to N. March. .8. W. to N. E. April .8. E. to N. E. May* S. toE. June" 8. W. to S. E. July a W. to 8. E. August. 8. W. to S. E. September. 8. W. to S. E. October 8. W. to S. E. November W. to 8. December W. to 8. These signs may be considered re­ liable. Of conrse it cannot be assumed that when a southwest to southeast wind blows at Chicago in October rain is inevitable, or that when an east to north wind prevails it cannot rain. By the establishment of these facts con­ cerning the wind it removes that class of phenomena out of the domain of what are known vulgarly as "signs," and establishes and declares their cur­ rent worth as proven by tests. . THE CLOUDS. What has been done to test the indi­ cations of the wind directions as indi­ cative of future weather has also been done with the clouds, sunset appear­ ances, halos, aurora, and all the meteorological phenomena until a per­ son skilled in the interpretation of all these indications can read off the future weather with accuracy eight or nine times out of ten. The Signal Service states, however, that "the ablest meteorologists of the present day, aided by the most perfect meteorological instruments and the result of years of accurate instrumental observations, are still unable to give reliable forecasts of the weather for a longer period than three or four days, and frequently not longer than twenty-four hours." ANIMAL INDICATIONS. Besides these phenomena manifested by tlie atmosphere with which the Sig­ nal Service has had to deal exclusively is another class, embracing the whole range of animate and inanimate nature. It is by no means incredible to sup pose that an approaching storm may communicate itself by the conditions of atmosphere which it induces to the delicate and unerring instincts of the animal world before or as soon as it is denoted by the less sensitive instru­ ments of man's creation. How often the sense of approaching foul weather sends one to the barometer for a verifi­ cation of his infcution to find the instru- medt denying the teachings of his in­ stincts, but later making the same pre­ diction. Weather signs are generally held in derision by those who do not understand their philosophy. Ivesti- gation will, however, reval the fact they are by no means of necessity unreliable as foretellers of future weather. "Swine make nests on the south side of shelter before a cold spell." "Sheep ascend the hills and scater if the weather Eromises to be pleasant." "Gulls fly igh before a storm." "House flies coming into the house in great numl>ers Indicate rain." Such signs as these are in the bounds of reason. How the swine, the sheep, the gulls, and the fiies know what the weather is going to be is not necessary to discuss, but that they may by their instincts detect in the atmosphere the first heralds of a coming storm is not unreasonable.but altogether likely, since Nature has provided them in all other respects with the capacity lor self care. WEATHER PROVERBS. , A little volume has recently been is­ sued by the Signal Service which em­ braces a collection of weather proverbs. Some of them are quite amusing from their absurdity, as that in regard to the moon, for instance, which says that if the point of the crescent be turned up­ ward the weather will be dry; if dowy, wet; the theory of Indian origin being that the water cannot run out if the crescent is not turned upside down. Another explanation is that if the In­ dian hunter could hang his powder- horn upon the crescent he did so and stayed at home, because he knew the woods would be too dry and the twigs too brittle for him to still-hunt. If lie could not hang his powder-horn on the crescent he went hunting, knowing that the woods would be wet and he could stalk game noiselessly. The majority of popular weather proverbs, however, are within the bounds of rea­ son. The increase of aqueous vapor in the atmosphere is indicated by its ef­ fect upon the animal and vegetable or­ ganization. Animals are observed to become restless before *the rain, and many prognostications are based upon the action of birds, beasts, fish, reptiles and insects. In fact, any act of an ani­ mal which should in human judgment be taken as a precaution against a storm may be assumed to indicate a storm. Among the signs most in favor are the following: SIGNS MOST IN FAVOR. Preparatory to a long winter the beaver cuts his wood and prepares his house a month earlier. This is a hun­ ter's sign, and of but little value where there are no beavers. An indication of rain much more easily observed is the sneezing or snoring of cats, or an unu­ sually electrical condition of their fur. These signs appear to be reasonable, but when an old lady on Cape Cod in­ sists that a cat washing itself behind the ear is the only sure cat sign, the ten­ dency is to doubt cat signs generally. Cats are thought by the superstitious to be weather-wise, and this belief is par­ ticularly noticeable among sailors, many of whom believe that cats not pnly know what tlie weather will be, but take a hand or paw in preparing it. Cows give many signs. If they go under the trees, when ordinarily they would be grazing, erpect rain. If cows fail in their milk, or bellow in the evening, or gaze at the sky, or scratch themselves, a storm is coming. The signs are within the bounds of reason, but to believe that when it is going to rain a cow will stop and shake her foot requires too great a stretch of faith to be believed. Dogs eat grass, refuse meat, howl when any one leaves the house, and dig in the ground just before a storm. When the donkey blows his horn @ Tis time to house your hay and corn. But what if the donkey blows his horn about the middle of May ? "Do­ mestic animals stand with their heads from the coming storm"--a somewhat doubtful test, as animals wil>not stand, if they can avoid it, facing strong wind or hot sun. THE SAME OLD GROUND-HOG. The ground-hog test is one of the best known for remote future weather: "If on Candlemas Day (2d February) it is bright and clear, the ground-hog will ptay in his den, thus indicating that there will IKS more snow and rain; but if on Candlemas Day there be snow and rain he will come out, as the winter is ended." This proverb is from the Ger­ man, and is the basis of our own relia­ ble ground-hog proverb, which says that if the ground-hog can on the 2d of February see his shadow he will re­ turn to his hole and stay there until the 1st of March. The ground-hog in this case has, of course, nothing to do with the verity of the proverb, but is only coupled with it to give it popularity. The theory of the proverb is simply that if the weather is fine about the 1st of February in order to give the full share of winter which Nature provides it will have to storm more between that time and the first of March. %?he same idea is conveyed in the proverb, "If March comes in like a lamb it will go out like a lion," and which is often veri­ fied. Hogs build nests on the approach of a storm, or rub themselves with un­ usual energy. Horses' coats roughen up. Liveliness in horses and mules in­ dicates cold weather. Moles dig deep­ er when a cold winter is to be antici­ pated, and throw up the earth when a storm is coming. When a pig's melt (spleen) is biggest at the forward end a cold beginning of winter is to be ex­ pected, the reverse condition of the or­ gan a winter ending very cold. To physiologists who cannot determine the functions of this organ is respectfully commended this supposed power to forecast the winter. Prairie-dogs stop up their holes before a heavy rain with apparently sufficient knowledge to come in out of the wet. Bats and mice make a little more noise than usual pre­ ceding a storm. Squirrels lay in a big stock of nuts when the winter is going to be long and cold. There signs ap­ pear to be reasonable, and so did the country editor M-hen he predicted a hard winter because the dudes in his lo­ cality were wearing extra high collars. There is a great difference between pre­ dicting the character of a winter and the approach of a storm, as a knowl­ edge of the latter may be conveyed by existing conditions, while that of the former cannot. In regard to that class of signs indi­ cating the character of a coming winter, Dr. C. C. Abbott, in a paper read before the Trenton Natural History Society, stated that he had kept a careful record for over twenty years regarding the building of winter-houses by muskrats and storing of nuts by squirrels, and found that they bore no relation what­ ever to the ensuing winter. SIGNS GIVEN BY BIRDS. Pretty much the same kind of signs are given by birds as by animals. Early migration indicates an early change in the season. A dry summer follows when birds build in exposed places. A solitary buzzard at a great altitude indicates rain; so do chickens that flap their wings, crow before sun­ down, come down trom* the roost at night, and cocks crowing more than usual. If crows fly" singly, rain; to­ gether, sun. If geese have heavy plu­ mage a cold winter is impending. "Everything is lovely and the goose honks high," originally a proverb, is now a slang phrase. The word "honk" indicated the cry ef the goose. THE GOOSE-BONE, The goose-bone sign is widely known and much believed in: "If the breast­ bone of a goose l>e red, or have many red spots in it, expect a cold and stormy winter." This sign is perhaps the most popular of any sign as to the coming of a winter. The relation ol a goose breast-bone and the weather must at best be remote. But if it be true that the bird is better feathered in advance of a bad winter it is not unreasonable to suppose that its whole anatomy is ad­ justed to the same scale. Martins ap­ pear when winter is broken. The hooting of owls indicates a change. Pea­ cocks announce rain by their cries. Pigeons hurry home in advance of rain. Prairie-chickens come into the woods or sit on the ground with ruffled feathers in advance of a storm. The note of a quail in the evening indicates a fair day to follow. Robins singing in the morning indicate rain. "When the roosters go crowing to bed they will rise with a watery head." Insects manifest the effects of an impending storm. Ants raise their walls and are generally very busy; if on low ground they migrate to higher. Gnats bite; crickets are lively; sparrows come out of their nests; bees remain near their hives and quit work early; "a bee was nerver caught in a showercrickets sing louder when rain great numbers; glow-worms are plenti­ ful ; gossamers are abundant; and fliet oome into the house. Katydids crj three months and locusts six month* before frost. Spiders strengthen th#ii webs before rain. WHAT THE TREES SAY. When the ash leaves before the oak a wet season will ensue. The African marigold closes before the approach ol a storm. The leaves of the aspen trem­ ble in the calm • preceding a storm When the bushes are full of berries a hard winter is on the way. The flow­ ers of the chickweed contract before rain. Double corn-husks indicate a severe winter. Frost soon follows brown cockle-burs. Early blossoms in­ dicate a bad fruit year. When flowers are unusually odorous a storm is near Fox-fire indicates cold. Frost was never known to catch the blackberry or cockle-bur in bloom. If in the fall leaves show a disposition to eling to the tree a snowy winter is predicted. When the foliage of trees is full the wintei will be cold. Nuts with a thick cover­ ing denote a hard winter, likewise thick onion skins, the peeling off from the sycamore tree of white bark. When the sunflower raises its head expect rain. The silver maple shows the lin­ ing of its leaves before a storm. The north side of trees covered with mosa indicate cold weather. , WEAK DAILY AND MONTHLY PROVERBS. Perhaps the most unreliable signs' are those relating to months, weeksWd days. In regard to these, however, it should be borne in mind that in a great measure the weather adjusts itself-- that a long dry spell necessitates a long wet spell, etc. It is probable that the amount of moisture in the upper strata of the earth in the United States and the amount of vapor in the atmosphere is not greatly different from what it was 100 years ago. A constant equali­ zation has been going on, notwithstand­ ing the seeming capriciousness of the weather. While on general principles the theory of compensations is un­ doubtedly true, ^ it is not necessarily true as regards weeks and months, sc that proverbs that say "a January thaw brings a July freshet," etc., are not re­ liable. There are many of these pro­ verbs, however. "The month that comes in good will go out bad." "A favorable January brings us a good year." "Is January wet remains empty the barrel." "Much rain in January no blessing to the fruit" "January wet, no wine you get." "Fog in January, a wet spring." "If the grass becomes green in January the worse it will be for it the whole year." **A summerish January indicates a wet spring." "Double-faced February." "There is always one fine week in February." "February makes a bridge and March breaks it." "In the beginning or the end March itsgifts will send." "As it rains in Marenso it rains in June." "A cold April the barn will fill." "Snow in April is manure; snow in March de­ vours." "Wet May, dry July." "Dry May brings nothing." "If May acts the gardener he will net fill the gran- ery." "A hot May makes a fat church­ yard." "Rain on Jt. John's Day (June 24) assures a wet harvest." "If it rain the 2d of July it will rain four weeks." "As July so the next January." "As August so the next February." "When it rains in August it rains honey and wine." "As September so the coining March." u OCTOBER SIGNS. "Much rain in October, much wind in December." "October frosts and winds, a mild January." "Warm October, cold February." "As the weather of October so the weather of March. " "A» Novemfyer so the following March." "Thunder in November indicates a fer­ tile year to come." "If there be ice in November that will bear a duck there will be nothing thereafter but sleet and muck." If Christmas finds a bridge hell break it; if he finds none he'll make one." "A green Christmas a white Easter," and so on almost without num­ ber are the signs from the months. The days, too, have many signs attached to their weather: "As the Friday, so the Sunday," an absurdity on the face of it. "There is never a Saturday with- sunshine," equally absurd. None of them are worth repeating, because the week, not being a natural and only a conditional division of time, cannot be expected to right itself as a year may. PERSONAL SIGNS. These signs which relate to the per­ son are quite interesting. "When the table is swept of food it indicates a clear morrow." Rain is indicated by "a sour stomach," "bad dreams," "broken rest" and "aching corns." Ringing in the ears indicates a change in the weather. Headaches arise from those conditions in the atmosphere which sour milk, "Human hair become curly just before rain." Toothache indicates a change of weather, as also does rheumatism. There is nothing, however, that sur­ passes the fine and unexplained instinct that gives a human being an intuitive knowledge of coming rain. To sup­ pose that animals have a sense yet su perior to this that enables them to pre­ dict the character of a season months away is to suppose something that would require a verv strong demon­ stration to prove. To suppose, how­ ever, that all nature, animate and inan­ imate, is sensitive to the conditions that for a considerable time precede a storm is to suppose nothing but what is rea­ sonable. That animals should rnb themselves, or seek shelter, or evince in other ways their sensibility to these conditions becoming perceptible in the atmosphere is not to be doubted.--Chi­ cago tribune. The Blue and the Gray. In the spring of 1883, two great armies were encamped on either side of the Rappahannock, one dressed in blue the other gray. As twilight fell, the band on the Union side played "The Star Spangled Banner," and "Bally Round the Flag," and that challenge of music was tafen up on the other side, and they responded with "The Bonnie Blue Flag," aud "Away Down South in Dixie." It was born in the soul of a Bingle soldier, in one of those bands of music, to begin a sweet and more tender air, and slowly as he played, there join­ ed in a sort of chorus the instruments on the Union side, until finally a great and mighty chorus swelled up and down the army--"Home, Sweet Home." When they had finished, there was no challenge yonder, for every band on the father shore had taken up the lovely air, so attuned to all that is holiest and dearest, and one great chorus of the two hosts went up to <Xxod, and when they had finished, from the boys in gray came the challenge: "Three cheers for home," and they went up, resound­ ing through the skies from both sides of the river. Something upon the sol­ dier's cheek washed off stains of pow­ der.--Exchange. TRACES ol snakes, lizards, frogs, and insects are marked on nearly every; is coming; flees bite eagerly; flies hang I stone lying on a farm in the island of on tenaciously; fire-flies "are seen m S Wolfee, St. Lawrence river. r a Bvrnlng Mine Re­ peats* la Mm rkysteal System. A tow /Mir* i(« one of the most important ooal mines In Pennsylvania caught fire, it started slowly, but soon obtained such head­ way that It spread through the greater por- ion of tho entire mine. To flood it with wa- er would extinguish the fire but well nigh ruin the mine; and still the flames continued o increase. At that Juncture a young man -topped forward and suggested that all the •ntraners and vent holes of the mine be cov­ ered and secured, thus shutting off the sup- >ly of air. His advice was followed and/ the James were finally subdued. To compare the condition of this mine with many plmses of the human system is most natural and appropriate. " Fire in the blood" s not a nii r.> expression, it is a most serious fact. How It originates it may be impossible to say; but Jin; It burns and rages with an increasing fury, the one who is Its victim only too painfully knows. The blood is the life. Beaevaleace ef Flewers. In the culture of flowers there cannot, by their very nature, be anything soli­ tary or exclusive. The wind that blows over the cottage porch sweeps over the grounds of the nobleman; and, as the rain descends over the jnst and the un­ just, so it communicates to all garden­ ers, both rich and poor, an interchange of pleasure and enjoyment, and the gar­ dener and the rich man, in developing or enchancing a fruitful flavor or a de­ lightful scent, is in some sort the gar­ dener of everybody elae. -- Charles Dickens. ••Put up" at tlt« Gault House. The business man or tourist will find first- class accommodations at the low price of 13 and $3.50 per day at the Gault House, Chica­ go, corner Clinton and Mndison streets. This far-f amed hotel is located in the center of the city, only one block from the Union Depot. It is designed by nature to purify, strengthen I Elevator; all appointments first-class. ind sustain the system. It is too often made .he channel through which poison nnd death are transported. Poisonous acids coming through the veins and arteries inflame and cause a Are just as real as the one which ex- sted in the mine. They burn and irritate, causing the brain to become weak and the nerves unstrung; they carry pains to the muscles and leave agonies in the joints; they bring destruction instead of strength; they devastate the very portions of the body that most, require help, and they hasten the ap­ proach of death in its most horrible form. These thing have been i'elt by innumerable people who have been the victims of rheu­ matic disorders, and the agonies they have endured confirm this description. There is but one way by which this Are in the blood eau be extinguished, and that is by shutting off the supply of these poisonous acids. The lactic, lithic and uric acids come H. W. HOYT, Proprietor. WHO wrote Shakespeare/ queries a contem­ porary. Probably some fellow who wanted William's autograph.--Boston Courier. , WHBN the man with the deep voice sings, he.is sure to get off his boss.--Boston Pust. FORT STCVENSO*, DAKOTA TER.--Rev. James McCarty saysi "Brown's Iron Bitters • cured me of severe dyspepsia." THE first and last end of mail is to get boxed--first by father, then by the under­ taker.--Cari Pretzel's Weekly. MENKMAN'B PEPTONIZED BEKF Tome, the only preparation of beef containing its en­ tire nutritious properties. It contains blood-5 mukmcr, forced-generating and life-sustaining irtl< into the blood through the liver and kidnevs, ! Parties; Invaluable for indigMtion rtys- . ° ™ o nai•wrtiio nvrtOTMrtAn ann oil Vnvfna and they remain in solution in the blood pro­ ducing inflammatory rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, neuralgia, gout and all rheumatic fevers aud affections. When they are depos- pepwa, nervous prostration, and all forms; of per.eral debility; also, in all enfeebled? conditions, whether tLe result of exhaustion,,, nervous prostration, over-work, or acute ited as gritty crystals in and near the joints, disease, particularly if renting from pulmo. -• • • • - • • >nary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by drugyista THE Chicago girl who wears number tens, is still able to stand considerable x-hcr-slze.-- BobUin Traveller. tliey cause articular rheumatism; when in the muscles, muscular rheumatism and lumbago; when in the tissues covering the nerves, sci­ atica; when in tho face, head and nerves generally, neuralgia. In every case they are painful; in most instances, dangerous. In­ flammatory rheumatism is likely to locate in some joint and become chronic, or suddenly attack the brain or heart, causing apoplexy or heart disease. The Are in the blood must be extinguished--the supply must be shut off. This can only be done by guarding the portals to the blood--tho kidneys and liver; and no means lias ever been fonnd for accomplishing this which can equal Warner's SafV Rheu­ matic Cure. It aet6 directly upon the scat of the disorder; it extinguishes the tin; by con­ trolling the supply and removing tne cause. The well-known standing of H. H. Warner & Co., of Rochester, N, Y., the remarkable success which Warner's Safe Cure has achieved, being indorsed by no less a person- FARMINOTON, II.L.--Dr. M. T. Gamble says: "I prescribe Brown's Iron Bitters in my prac­ tice and it gives satisfaction." A MAN don't have to live long in Paris to learn the road to Bouen. Humor In the Stomacli. 6 . Much of the distress and sickness attributed to dyspepsia and chronic diarrhea is occa­ sioned by humor in the stomach. Several cases, with all the characteristics of these complaint*, have been cured by HornVs 8ar- sapaiillu. Wonderful cures are effected by this medicine, which is a specific for all Ca- . . „ . . . . . _ , i t a r r h s a n d f l o w s o f V i t i a t e d h u m o r s . S o l d b y ?.ge.,th«" n DeT ?f th* druggists. *1 a Ix.t lo of 1( 0 deses. I nited States Medical College, New York, and 1 the fidelity with which they have carried out all their promises to the public, should be a sufficient warrant that the above statement* star are true. Ttar- ' ! WOULD a law inimical to the fr ilnst tight lacing be iom of oontraot*?--Boston key, however, guarantee to cure I 95 per cent, of all rheumatic troubles, espe- ' cially acute, knowing full well that the demonstrated power of the remedy justifies them in so doing. Nothing can be fairer than this, and those who suffer in future from rheumatism with such an offer before them, do so on their own responsibility, and can blame no one if living pain and untimely death are the results. Changing the Color in Flowers. Our knowledge of the chemistry of vegetable pigments is not yet sufficient­ ly advanced, for which reason the effect of artificial influence upon the color- tone of flowers has not yet received its merited attention. According to my view, tannin is an important factor in the generation of vegetable colors; it is found in almost every plant, the petals not excepted, and by the action of the most varying reagents--alkalies, earths, metallic salts, etc. -- it assumes the most manifold hues from pale rose to deep black. A darker color, therefore, is produced in flowers rich in tannin, when manured with iron-salts, since, as everybody knows, tannin and iron-salts dye black, and produce ink. A practi­ cal use has been made of this fact in the raising of hortensias and dahlias. The former, which in ordinary soil blossomed pale-red, became sky-blue when transplanted into soil heavily manured with iron ochre, or when oc­ casionally watend with a dilute alum solution. English gardeners succeeded in growing black dahlias by similar manipulations. It is well known to every florist that a change of location, that is, a change of light, temperature, and soil (replanting,) occasionally pro­ duces new colors, whence it may be deduced that an interrupted nutrition of the flower may, under circumstances, effect a change of color. We see no valid reason why the well-authenticated fact of the change of color produced by manuring with iron oxide, thereby changing tlie nutrition of the plant, should not be practically employed by the hot-house gardener. Another very singular and successful experiment, in producing a change of color in a bird, has recently been made. A breeder of canary-birds conceived the idea of feeding a young bird with a mixture of steeped bread and finely pulverized red Cayenne pepper. Without injuring the bird, the pigment of the spice passed into the blood, and dyed the plumage deep red. The celebrated or­ nithologist Buss believcs'that the color of the plumage of birds might be altered according to desire, by using appropriate reagents. -Popular 'Science Monthly. Happy Once More. ST. LOUIS, Mo.--A Chronicle reporter was told by Mr. Alfred J. l'upin, of this city, that his nephew had the most obstinate case of inflammatory rheumatism, which baffled all kinds of treatment until St. Ja­ cobs Oil, the great pain-conqueror, was used. It cured the young man, and he rec­ ommends it as the greatest cure for pains is the world. •*<'* Acute Mrs. M' Vapid. "What did you think of tho opera of 'The Bohemian Girl ?'" inquired an Austin 1/uly of ton of Mrs. M'Vapid. "Pretty well," replied Mrs. M'Vapid, "but I notioed one stupid thing about it." "What was that,* inquired the lady, MWhy, that was where Thadeus asks Devilshoof what his name was. Why didn't Thadeus take the playbill and find out what his name was ? I had one of the playbills and knew all the time."-- Texas Siftings. THOSE who, without knowing UP, think or speak evil of ns, do us no harm; it is not ns they attack, but the phantom of their own imagination.-- La Bruyere. Dyipepala Mnrdera Sleep, Destroys appstite, renders life miserable. Well has it been depicted as a fiend which oeasclessly torments Its victim. Though it cannot be i.riven from its Stronghold, the stomach, by or­ dinary means, it may be annihilated with Hos- tstter's Stonuu h Bitters. Weakness of the di­ gestive organs lies at the root of dyspepsia. The natural chemical solvont of the food is insnffl- clcntly secreted by the organ whence It takes ita source, and the raw material upcu which it should act lies like a lump of lead in the stom­ ach, fermenting and causine heartburn, and the manifold tortures from which dyspeptics suffer. All this trouble is removed by the Bitters, which promotes a sufficient sec retion of the gas­ tric juice by stimulating and strengthening the ccllular tissue of the stomach. Debility,' }>il PUKE blood meads perfect health. Use Sa­ maritan Xcrviitc ar^l the result is certain, <.«,, health. 1 AN exchange Twenty-two wl Colt. 'tells of "a widow of M." it? Husbands?--Philadelphia GOOD health Is the greatest of fortunes; no remedy has so often restored this prize to the Suffering as Hood's Sarsaparilla. Try it A OOPNTBT where they have to bore for water Is a healthy ono--it is a well country. --Carl Pretzel's Weekly. -JLJ MRS.OIU.RNA MARSHAL,!., of Gran by, O., says: "Samaritan Nervine cured me of epilepsy." WHKN a giraffe wants a drink, he knows what a long-felt want Is.--Hew Orleans Ptcay- SINCK last October I have suffered from acute inflammation in my nose and head--often in the night having to get up and inhale salt and water for relief. My eye has been, for a week at a time, so I could not see. I have used no end of remedies, also employed a doctor, who said It was impure blood--but I got no help. I used Ely's Cream Balm on the recommendation of a friend. I was faithless, but in a few days was cured. My nose now, and also my eye, is well. K is wouderful how quick it helped me. MRS. GBOROIB 8. JIJD SON, Hartford, Conn. (Easy to use. Prioc 60 cts.). J. P. GAOKB, Route agent on the Ft. Wayne branch of the L. 8. & M. 8. railway, says: Agent at Reading, Mich., get me two more bottles of Warner's White Wine of Tar. I never used its equal for throat trouble. THOUSANDS, yes, millions, of bottles of C«r- bollne have been told, and the sale still soes on. If there were no merit in this great nat­ ural hair renewer do you suppose that the people would still buy, as they continue to do. W. B. SQUIRES, of Worthington, Ind., says: I have sold more White Wine of Tar Syrup than any other Cough Remedy. It is the beat 1 ever saw. "ROUOH o* RATS'--Clears ont rats, mloe, flies, roaches, bed-bugs, aiits, vermin, chipmunka. lfic. A CHILD that wakes with croup should have a dose of Piso's Cure. WELLS' "ROUOH OM COBMS."--15c. Ask for ft Complete .permanent cure. Corns, warts,buninns. To CURE a sore throat, gargle with Piso'a Cure for Consumption. 25 cents. "BUCHU-PAIBI. "--Quick, complete (rare, all annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseasss. fl. rear by ffenere. Owe pair of boots saved every • using Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel St! lousness, fever and ague, alimentspf the^nrinary rheumatism, are also remediable by organs and i the Bitters. BEER was made in Egypt 400 years B. C. But It didn't pyramid other nations until some years afterward.--Pittsburgh Telegraph. LADIES and all sufferers from neuralgia, hysteria, and all kindred complaints, will find without a rival Brown's Irog Bitters. SxtMNT Maw--"WellH'Health Renewer" restores health and vigor.cures dyspepsia,impotence. tl. HEJMOKS. The animal fluids of the body, when poorly new ished. bccome vitiated and cause eruptions to appear on tlie skin. They are objectionable from their dia- fljrurenient, and Tary in character from a constant, aneasy sensation to a positive distress and severa pain. Hood's Sarsaparilla corrects tho derangement Of the functions, enriches the fluids, purines the blood, and changes tlie diseased condition to one ol health and vigor. Flmptes. HaLroanVt.nm.of New York, had so many pimples and blotches on his face that he was ashamed. He tried •arioua remedies without effect. Hood's Sarsaparilla purified his blood, aud all blemishes disappeared. Bisufworni. My brother is a victim to a humor which brings ring- Wi".nss al! c.irsi ui« imue. He in usiua Huud'ri Iflla. and already is so much benefited that hix eyes are no longer affected. He will continue Its use'till he (eel* fully cored.--L. E. HOWARD. Temple, N. H. Rheum. My little boy was so badly afflicted with a humor that we had to mitten hiH hands to keep him from rnbbint; the no pen, wliirh itrlied and (Uncharged a watery matter. Before be hud fluinhed one bottle ot Hood's Samaparifla the lores were healed.--L. J. CuMtNT, Merchant, Warner, N. H. Hood's SHrMiiarllls. Bold by DniKKi»t*. |i; nix for tS. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO, Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass. wsos a Co.. Portland. J free, laiiie. For Two Generation* The good and stannch old stand-by, MEXICAN MUS­ TANG LINIMENT, has done more to aasuago pain* relieve suffering, and save the lives of men ana beasts than all other liniments pot together. Why! Became the Mnstang pene­ trates through skin and flesh to the Tory bone, driving out all pain and soreness and morbid secretions, and restor- : the afflicted part to soond THE GREAT II KM ED FOR PAIN RHEUMATISM, \ Neuralgia, Soiatica, Lumbago, BACBACIIl, H1ADACU, TO0TH ACH1, SORE THROAT, QOrNSY, SWELLINGS, SPRAINS. ; tartness. Cuts. Bruises, FROSTBITES, BURNS, SCALDS, And all other bodily achsa I and pains. FIFTY CERTS A BOTTLE. Sold by all Druncist-i and Dealers. Directions in 11 languages. 4 [ The Charles A. Vogeler Co. » A. vooaixa a 00.) Itallinora, SiL, I. S. A. ALLEN'S rmm Dr. Meredith. IVntlat, of Cincinnati, wm thought to be in the la»t il«pi rf CntaapUM ami wu in- bv bis frt«n<h to Allan's Lung U&ltam after the formula wu ihmrn him. We bare bis letter that it at MM rmi hU co«t|rh and that ho vu •bio to wait hb prac­ tice. Jtmiafe Wright, U*ri*a Ctntr, W. ^ write* as •*M> *y Mr ftfefctaa, ^ 1 r ty Mr ptnfctaa, I tor. Hewi3lMt2& HerviH® mm I UURUUCnVfla J liPEOIPIOFttR BV* EPILEPSY, SPASMS, CONVULSIONS, FAlilNB SICKNESS, ST. VITUS DUCE. ALCIOMUSII, OPIUM EATINfi, SCROFULA, KINGS EVIL, II6LY BLOOD DISEASES, DYSPEPSIA I NERVOUSNESS, SICK READA6NE, taEUHATISH. NERVOUS WEAKNESS, NERVOUS PROSTRATION, BRAIN WORRY, BLOOD SORES, RIUOUSNESS, COSTIVENESS, HONEY TROUBLES ADD IRREBUURITIES. M.50 per bottle/̂ Q For testimonials and circulars send stamp. The Dr. S. A. Richmond Med. Co. (Props., St. 3Xo. (11) Correspondence freely answered t>y Physicians. ti«14 by all Drsnlstii CONSUMPTIO P T I O N A. Graham 4 CITE ; • tale l>TOgfc|Mk,- ille, Ohio, wrwt w ' Wm Who I Zatir»vil!e, Ohio, of th«* car* «{ CATARHH ELY'S CREAM BALM 11 ally cleansing lie»d of catarrhal vlrua, rauHiiie health* tions. mation, membrane of 1 passsftes from nonal colds, complete- y heals the sores, and restores sense ot tasts and smell. SOT A LIQUID ot 8NIIFF. A tew applications relievo. A thorough treatment teUl (firs Agreeable to use. Send circular. Price 50 cent*, b v mail or at druggista BROTHERS, Drnjrpists, OWCRO, N.Y. Sin CiresKKKSiraJESiE; DIG DIVTo sell our rubber hand aUrapn. Terms DID rAltree. Taylor Bros, k Co., Cleveland,Ohio. chant, of Bowling Va., writ« April 4, 1?^?. thru he wuU us Ui know thM the T<nt>$r Balsam has hU aKlhfr af •nmptloa, after the phy- mn h*«l given her up at umblr. He taye otbasrfc knowing her e**e have taken the B*]sam i>e«a Cured. He think# all so a/- tkt-rU ihould p vc H a trial. ALLEN'S LONG BALSAI Is harmless to the* most lidHcat™ child! |t coMnins no Opium In any form! R«camme»<le4 by Pkyaletaaa. Minister* rmi ffaraoa. In hci l^rrytKHly who baa given It 6, gocd trial, U Sever Mis ta VHlp., - AH aa Expectorant it ha* no Kqml. SOLI) BY ALL MEDICINE DEALER^ PSAT .TVTS. [REVISED.] # HEAR this, all ye people, and giv* ear all ye invalids of the worlcL Hop Bitters will make you well and tP '; jrejoice. ̂ 2. It shall care all the people and pt|i fcickness and suffering under foot. ^ "J ; 3. Be thou not afraid -when yotj| family is sick, or you have Briprht's di$»' ease or Liver Complaint, for Hop Bifr> ters will cure you. 4. Both low and high, rich and _ know the value of Hop Bitters' Vilious, nervous and Rheumatic ^plaints. 5. Cleanse me with Hop Bitters and I shall have robust and bloomiqg " health. „ 6. Add disease upon disease, and let the worst come, I am safe if I use Hop Bitters. , 7. For all my life have I been plaguep with sickness and sores, and not ontilla year ago was I cured, by Hop Bitters., 8. He that keepeth his bones frofa aching from Rheumatism and Neuralgia ' with Hop Bitters, doeth wisely. * # 9. Though thou hast sores, pimplei, freckles, salt rheum, erysipelas, blood poisoning, yet Hop Bitters will remotff them all. ^ 4 10. What woman is there, feeble aha ~h sick from female complaints, who df- sireth not health, and uaeth Hap Bittelft , and is made well ? ; • 11. Let not neglect to use Hop Bitten bring on serious Kidney and liver confe r " plaints. Ttf 12. Keep thy tongne from being farad, thy blood pure and thy stonach from indjh gestion by using Hop Bitten. 13. All my puns and aches and diaeale like chaff before the wind when I ON op Bitters. 14. Mark the man who vas nearly dead , < UflTUPQA 4-wonna. (Tfcc Gr«*i Worm De«troy#r.) WUI IflU I nCflO* can your children. Gal It at Dngftat. ttc. S66 • AfllBft provided for dnrinc confinement. W E KB F. THAYER, M. DTK Wayne, Ind. •7") A WEEK. (19 a day at b nnis essay ms<1 e. Costly • l* outfit free. Address Time 6 0o» Augusta, Mains. VAiino learal*L«aaAP*Tbew Toung Ricn wewUl^vsyoaaaitus Orculan ftwl YlUOmKB BBC*. Ja&esvflls, $250 A MONTH. Agents Wanted. OO best Helling articles In tlie world. 1 sample FREM Address JAY BRONSON, DETBOIT, MICH. •\*T ANTK1) experienced Book and Bible Agents in 11 every County. Liberal Salaries Paid. Address, stslini* experience, P. O. Box x.Chicago, 111. ACJKNTS WANTED F.VERYWHKRB.--NO cflpit.il required. Agents make #gOO per month. Address LEE COPYING CO., Reading, Pa. HAIR Wholesale and retail. Send for price-list Goods Heut C. O. D. Wigs msde to order. E. BUltXHAM, 71 State street, Chicago AfiEMTS or Kan- S.rTui! /• In ll» SO Send 40cts. instsmps for outfit. COBBRK A NSWIUM I'm. Co., Chicago. 4L- For Business st thn Olden ft Best ^ _J75r"Comm«rcial College. Circularfres, jLdtiressC.IlAYl.iaa, Dubuque, la. I Bit return mall, hli Hoodjr'a Ksw Tatlur S^tma of Dress Cutting MOOUt a to, Mutuall,* $100 A MONTHS'* c"hamt Tlie filKte*t Kflll I ig book now pub- --z--...--r--r )iHi!<>d.1VriijsliheraLAdiir*sJno. Ayntw Vtmiteil. EJotter4.Co.,Pub!j>iiiladelplna Procured or no charge. 36 p. book patent-law free. Address. \V. T. FITZ- GKItAJLD, lOOfi F ntreet, Wiuliiim'ton, D. C. PATENT! ORGAN AGENTS Wanted In every County. REED'S TEMPLE OP MUSIC, 130 State Street, CHICAGO. PATENTS ?rR8S%EYD Send Sketch or Model. PATENTS BOUGHT or SOLI). Long experience. Send Stamp for Book. A. W. MORGAN & 00» Patent Attorneys and dealers in Patents, P. O. Box. B0, Washington. D. C. • >: "Pitl •M and H< 1 given np by the doctors, after Bitten and Deoometh well. Cease from worrying about nenrouf- ness, general debility, and urinary troabl|| for Hop Bitters will restore yon. <£>•§> OO =5? HOP PLASTER sad tent) earing Laase CrioklatlwBack, SMa or Hip, HemraMa» mm * aad Moacfes, Sore Chask ICMBST Xroob&a aadall | or aches«tthw localoedstp seated. ttfc»o«taa,anac ens and Bttmntsfe farts. Ha rtrtass ot fcofs co Maedwttfcpnaa elsaa sad ready to apply, tapsrtur UalBMata, lotions and sabres. Fries » seals ar • I w- A GREA" gists aad eoaatry stoics. Hailed on re­ ceipt of pries. Bop PtatUr CbMjNNtB, Pro­ prietors, Boston, Mas* SUOOE89 (V The bast (amity pill mad*--Hawtsytol liTcrPOIa me. PltmaaS la action aad easy I u couiiii mm Saaday M>III Ossaaatrjr, ssatalaiaxaM ssftta trtrj SaaSar a»»aol WatMagMaa U mr laall aCeb Will and ksetsaaysaa a Us* stall tk* SsaSw-sAasIBi rata ia Ike piao*. DAY1D G. ASSSMSUSSI. Okteags, 1UL iiklaaertsu '*TCt llMl iw Fur I he Cure of Tsasn, fflssss, _ and Sstx Disaasr uae of kniie or LOSS OP BLOOD, aad II TKFV.T' SSiK'ViKALTESZWr CENTS MAX 0 ICEIITfi ttfillTCn EVERYWHERE to sen nutn I Q WAN I CU the best Family Knit­ ting; Machine ever Invented. Will knit a pair of stockings with 3S23S2. and T15K j-oaplits 29 minutes. It will also knit a great variety of fancy, work for which there is always a resdr market, ttend for circular snd termx to the Twombly Knitting Machine Co.. 163 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. Free! Cards and Chiomos. We will send free by mail a sample set of onr large German, French ami American Chromo Cards, on tlnu-il and xold grounds, with a price- list of over 21HI different designs, on receipt of a stamp for postage. We will also send free by mail, as s&mules, ten of our beautiful Chromos, on receipt of ten cents to pay for p&eklner and postage; also Inclose a confidential price-list of our large oil cbromos. Agents wanted. Address F. GLEASOX <SC Co.. 4C Slimmer St., Bo 'ton, Mass. IBENTS ! ~ CMHISS1BS ! , A Live, Wide-Awake CAVYABSKB wanted incwry oinimunltr to fret up clubs for tlie most popular Hl MOKors and LITKKAltY JOUR­ NAL in tlie North. Extremely Libersl Arraagements suds with Afsats. <plf ropit*. and outfit, IK HOOSIER, ^Writo for/»tU tmrUeular*, mint, Tl l'ort Wayne, Ind. jaRES WHERE All ELSE FAJIS. Best Conch Syron. Tastes good. X.seinilme. Bold by druggists. . mam Cntll yaa ban "ttUET AM «ssii" TO SPECULATORS. II. UNDRLOM • CO., M.O. 5 It 7 Chamber of Commerce, Cbieago. GRAIN * PROVISION Members of all prominent Produce York, Chicago. St. Louis and "" We bars exclusive private tele*.--,.. _ Cbioiieo and New Ton. Will saccule orders judgment Wiien iDK particulars. lestsd. Bead (orditslan --. UNDBLOM * CO- $23 Reward! *e will pay the shars iswrtlw aarnssef Rl asm or JlmraigU wa «aa aal sasaTws csa icK ^•isrSi.7, xxsar.-Kj •irises and wain any saaafai ' t was til an BMa«r has. Im 11 besHw s» ashTW istaad *s I Tk&V SI WasaTtt 4*wm Jt A KBW. original, aheaptsatsnk N aula everybody. Send fnroarfallaadtNea t lluRiuv HILL PUB. Oo., BUS Ml N. T. City, N. V. C. Jt. U. W1 HEN W KITING TO please say yms as* I tatklspaiier. AD' ha adfsr The Peculiar Old Mystery 1 It was one of the peculiarities of the old-fashioned Doctors tnat they never would tell patients what they were prescribing for them. They said • . it would do the patients no good to know, and that it would only be grati­ fying a foolish curiosity. In order to keep patients from knowing, they |K would write the prescriptions in dog-Latin, so that most patients cotud not read them. All tnat sort of thing is now over. The patient wants to knowwhat / he takes. He is weak, and wants to be strong, or he Is dyspeptic, and wants to digest well. Or he has a troublesome liver which he wants to put to rights. So he takes Brown's Iron Bitters about which these is no 4 mystery at all. This is the best preparation of iron in the world, in com- * bination with gende yet efficient tonics. It gives strength. It builds up > enfeebled systems. It enriches impoverish ed Wood. It removes feminine' . weaknesses. It casts out debility. 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