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PEOPLE WHO WERE REALLY RICH. BSstoricnl Peraanagea Jlesitle Whom Hi* LateJIr. Var.iki !)ilt H as u I'nuper, Throughout all historical time there bftve been only isolated millionaires here and there. It may be interesting to tell of a few of these. King Solomon was literally the first merchant prince, but Solomon was not n self-made man. His father, David, made him the trustee of a fund for building the temple esti­ mated by Prideaux at $4,165,000,000, and if Solomon was like a good many trustees since his time he ought to have got a good start in life with such a sum in his hands. As it is plain that this was but a single item in the catalogue of his wealth, it is probable that at the time of his accession to the throne he was worth, all told, not far from $8,000,- 000,000. Was he satisfied? Not a bit of it. He at once 'took steps to monop­ olize every kind of trade known at that time to the world. He dealt in horses, chariots, linen; the commerce of the Red Sea was entirely in his hands; he controlled the entire lumber interests of Lebanon; the mines of Ophir and Tarshish yielded their treasures only to his myriads of slaves. Solomon was essentially a monopolist. If there had been any Knights of Labor in his day he Avould have been boycotted. Still, he was of some good to somebody. For several years Solomon's annual income is estimated to have been*"at least $3.- 000,000,000, in round numbers." And right here I want to cite a fact that I do not think has been noted by any previous biographer. In the thousand and one females who, in the light of modern ways, may have had some claim on Solomon, there was not one who attempted to contest his will after his death, or if there was, his family hushed it up'before it got to the ears of the public. Another rich man of antiquity was Croesus--King of Lydia. Crtesus was not so rich as Solomon, but he was rich. He was a great conqueror, and he robbed everybody, right and left. Rennel puts him down at $2,000,000,000, ""approximately." Herodotus tells of some votive offerings that he saw in the Temple at Delphi. They had been sent by Crcesus as a sort of contribution- box donation. The intrinsic value of these little presents was $15,000,000. Among them was a "suspended gold statue of the woman who baked bread" for the millionaire. It is plain that she had not learned cooking at Yassar, under Miss Parloa. In that circum­ stance Croesus would probably have suspended her in person. Calculated from the relative size of rich men's gifts to churches at the present day, Croesus' donation of $15,000,000 would indicate possessions of greater value than the $2,000,000,000 set down to his credit by "Rennel. It is possible, though, that Herodotus lied in his accounts of the gifts in the temple; Herodotus is the Tom Ochiltree of ancient history, any way. Xenophon, in his "Memorabilia,^' says that Croesus was a glutton: lie actually shed tears once because . a vessel he had dispatched to Crete for a load of kuamoi did not return by the time he had hoped for, and what do you suppose these kuamoi were ? Truffles, or mushrooms, or reedbirds? No; beans! What an inspiration for a Bos­ ton artist! Alexander the Great was very wealthy. True, he got his wealth by a system of robbery, but he does not stand alone among rich men in that respect. He brought back from his expedition to Susa and Persia alone over $800,000,000, and during his whole life he continued to pile up wealth like the owher of a gas-house. When lie died he left a will that looked like the inventory of a bric-a-brac sale. Ptolemy Pliiladelplius, who came not so very lohg after Alexander, is the first literary bloated bondholder of whom we have-any record. He weighed 450 pounds, anil had a private purse of $1,385,000,000. The historian Appian is authority for this. In order to keep this wealth in the family, Mr. Pliila­ delplius married his grandmother. He was so economical in money matters that he never paid out a piece of gold until he hail caused it to be "sweated." There was a Persian, with a name suggestive of swollen tonsils and hereditary asthma, who must have been well oli', from all accounts. I refer to Dareoios Hystaspes, who was king about 480 B. C. His strong point was not so much his capital as his income, about $1,500,000,000 per year, accord­ ing to both Gibbon and Rennel. It is with pleasure that I write the name of a ladv, the story of whose wealth looks like an arithmetic page in the throes of delirium tremens--Semir- amis of Babylon--of course you guess at once. You have heard of the story of Semiramis and the bull, but you must not judge from that that Semira­ mis had anything to do with stocks. Besides, Semiramis was homely, and if she was anything in that line she was a bear. It would be indelicate, perhaps, in the case of a lady, to inquire just what her fortune amounted to, but Diodorus tells of some statues that Semiramis erected in the Temple of Belus, the value of which the good Abbe Barthelemy places at $60,000,000. But it is not only in tales tinged with tlie warmth and color of the Orient that records of colossal fortunes are found. There was a Roman, Licinius Crassus, whose wealth was such that he fre­ quently gave al fresco suppers to the whole Roman population. And they were real slippers, too--banquets--no mere measly offerings of sandwiches, from which the waiters had previously abstracted a wafer of meat. Rollo gives Crassus' fortune at .£71,614,588 6s. 8d. in real estate alone. He estimates his personalty to have been fully four times that amount. Rollo, by the way, is an artist in his line. A man must have an artistic conception of how to live when he ventures to get down to shillings and pence in estimating the value of Roman real estate 2,000 years ago. Rollo ought to have gone as advance agent to the 40-year-old "star" who tells the re­ porter that her "ma won't let her travel alone."--C. F. Nirdlinger, in New York World. Dismissing a Bore. „ l)id,you ever come to a dead stand­ still for the want of something to say, and then, while taxing the brain for some subject of attack, would feel a wave of silence growing between you and your guest, like one of those widening circles caused by throwing a pebble into a stream? And then, from fear of being in some way submerged in the circle, jump at the subject your eyes rest upon ? I have a young friend who is just l>eginning to have evening call­ ers, "all to herself." A young gentle­ man called upon her one evening. Before she came down stairs the mother came in and entertained him. While talking she was asked: "How- is Miss Lillie enjoying her first winter out." She answered that she thought Lillie •was doing very well, and that if she protected herself from bores through life as well as she had succeeded in doing so far she thought there was no dnngcr but that society would always be interesting to the child. "Why, how does she do it?" said the wonder-sti-uck young man. "Oh," said the proud mother, "she has a story that she picked up some­ where, about a young man who lost the affections of his lady-love by letting her see too much of him." The story when she tells it, never fails to send her companion--to other quarters. The door opens; in sails the radiant Lillie. She talks to Mr. Noodle. She sings to him. She tells liim little anec­ dotes. She yawns a little behind her handkerchief. But in spite of herself that awful silence obtrudes, itself upon them. It grows and grows until poor Lillie slowly and solemnly says: "Mr. Noodle, did you ever hear that story about the young man that " "Ah, Miss Lillie, excuse me; I had no idea it was so late. Shall I see you at Mrs. J 's to-morrow night ? Ah! so glad. Good-night." And the bore took his departure, while Lillie's story remained untold that night.--Satl Francisco Ingleside. The French-Italian War of 1859. This war was between Austria on the one side and France and Sardinia- aided to a certain extent by the other States of Italy--on the other. The main instrument in bringing about the war was Count C&your, Prime Minister of Sardinia, and the object which he had in view was that of overthrowing Austrian dominion in Italy and uniting the Italian States under one ruler. At this time Italy was divided into several governments, all overawed by the mili­ tary power of Austria, which now held possession of Lombardv and Venetia, occupied the papal territory with troops, and virtually controlled several of the other States. Though one of the smallest States inr point of population, Sardinia was by far the most advanced in industries and military power. The ability of Caf our's administration of the affairs of this small kingdom soon gained for him the admiration of all Europe. While representing his country at the peace conference in Paris in 1856, he succeeded in winning over Napoleon III. to a promise of active cooperation in his plan for the unification of Italy. At a reception at the Tuileries January 1, 1859, a few words spoken by Na]>oleon to the Austrian minister gave full no­ tice of his hostile intentions. France and Sardinia had been secretly prepar­ ing for war, and now waited only the hostile movement of Austria. April 28, an ultimatum from the Austrian Gov­ ernment ordered the disbanding of the Sardinian army. This being refused, war was declared and the Austrian army under Marshal Gvulay crossed over into Piedmont. May 3 France declared war against Austria, and a French army immediately set out to the assistance of the Piedmontese, the Emperor himself in chief command. The first important engagement Mas that of Montebello, fought May 20, in whicl^ the Austrians, after obstinate resistance, were driven back. The allies now assumed the offensive, followed the enemy across the river Tessin, and June 4 forced the battle of Magenta, in which the Aus­ trians were defeated with a loss of about 10,000 men against nearly 5,000 lost by the French. The Emperor, Francis Joseph, now took the chief command of his army in person, and the evacuation of Lombardv began. Before it was complete, however, the Austrians were again obliged to give battle,to the allies on the field of Sol- ferinoi Here in a hotly contested en­ gagement of sixteen hours, the allies lost about 18,000 in killed and wounded and the Austrians 20,000, besides 6,000 prisoners and thirty cannon. It wafe a complete victory for the allied army. Julv 11 Napoleon III. concluded the preliminaries of a treaty of peace with the Austrian Emperor at Tillafranca, without consulting Victor Emanuel, the Sardinian King, or Cavour. A full treaty of peace was concluded at Zurich November 10 following. By this treaty Austria gave up Lombardy, but re­ tained Venetia, and the cession of Savoy and Nice to France was provided for. All the States of Italy were to be formed into a confederation under the presidency of the Pope. How far the Italian patriots were from being satis­ fied with the Zurich treaty is shown by the revolt in the following year. At the close of the second war, in March, 1861, all Italy, excepting the States of the Church and Venice, was united under King Victor Emanuel, and Cavour saw his dream realized for a brief time before his death, which oc­ curred June 6, 1861.--Inter Ocean. President Eliot's Curiosity. ... President Eliot, of Harvard College,is a man of marked ability as an executive officer. He is weak on the scholarly side. His communication to the world that Gen. Grant had never heard of Oliver Twist reminds me of a rather good storv on himself, the authenticity of which t can vouch for. When Bonamy Price. Profejwor of Political Economy at Oxford, was being entertained in Cambridge, Price and Eliot were thrown together at dinner. Bonamy, who was an intolerable bore and on his old hobby, "The Basis of Civilization, What Was It?" loudly de­ clared that the only one who hail suc­ cessfully answered the question was a young girl of Cambridge, England. So that I may arouse no unnecessary curi­ osity, let me say at once the answer to Prof. Price's conundrum was simply this: "Progressive desire." But, val­ uable or not, Price did not choose to divulge the wonderful answer on the occasion in question. He merely pro­ pounded it as something every one should know. The Boston men laughed uneasily, as if to say: "O, yes, we know it," and the subject of conversation suddenly changed. The next day President Eliot sought out Price, and, after a little conversa­ tion, began in an embarrassed way to broach something. "Prof. Price, I was much interested in the turn the conversation took last evening " No answer from Price, except a slight raising of the eyebrows. "You spoke, I believe, of a young lady who, who " A downward look from Price. "Who successfully answered the question, 'What was the true basis of civilization ?'" Price nodded in the affirmative. "I forgot to ask you about it at the time," continued Eliot in the agony of his literary pride, "but I have been haunted by the idea all night. Would you mind telling me what is the true basis of civilization?" "No, sir." answered Bonamy, promptly, "find it out for yourself!"-- Ingles hie. THAT grace will carry us, if we do not wilfully betray our success, victor­ iously through all difficulties.--Ham­ mond. What to Do with the BOJI. We often hear the question asked: "What is to become of our boys?" This is indeed a serious question for fathers and mothers to answer. It is a start­ ling fact that far too many boys of the present day are permitted to grow up, and that, too, with the consent of their parents, without preparing themselves for the hard, rough-and-tumble fight that life surely has in store for them. Few boys of well-to-do parents are learning trades. Young men reach their twenties, who, if they were sud­ denly thrown upon the world and their own resources, would l>e as helpless as the child in its teens. Why is it that so few of the boys of well-to-do par­ ents are learning trades ? Is it because it is no longer considered honorable for a boy to learn a trade ? Again, it used to be that young boys would go to work for $2 and $3 a week, at some trade, counting that, in addition to his small wages, the knowledge he acquired was worth much more than the yearly .salary he received. Now it is hard work to get a young boy to work for less than $(i to $10 per week, his parents often upholding him in the demand, seemingly preferring that he do noth­ ing unless he can get the , wages de­ manded. Many voting men are struggling to­ day with the meager salary of clerks, or eking out a miserable existence in some of the over-erowdod professions, who would be a thousand times better off had th-?v put their pride to the rear and learned sonie one of the useful trader Money expended to educate a boy, if the education is going to fill his head with the idea that it is not honorable for an educated man to work, is money poorly expended. Education should be just as honorable in its shirt-sleeves, work­ ing at some one of the useful trades, as it is in a shabby-genteel Prince Albert coat loafing al»out a lawyer's office. And it would be if it wasn't for the tyrant called "Society." Can any sensible father or mother tell us why the boy who is clerk in the postoffice or a clerk in a dry goods store, measuring tape and selling em­ broidery and corsets, should l>e admit­ ted to the drawing-rooms of society, while the door is shut in the face of the brother--son of the same father and mother--who is at work in the macliinfc- shop, the carpenter-shop, or on the lo­ comotive? People say this is not done; but it is done, and every day, in this city and every other city and town in the country. Is this the reason that more young men are not learning trades? Is your daughter less safe in keeping company with an honest young man who wears a check shirt^at his honest toil all day than she would be with the young man who does nothing and who decks himself out with celluloid shirt fronts and cuffs of the same ma­ terial ? > We often read of men who have grown suddenly rich by some lucky turn of the wheel of fortune, who dis-, own tlieir sons because of their mar­ riage witl» some honest but poor girl, whose parents are in every respect, ex­ cept wealth, the equal of the parents of the young man. This is italicized vulgarity such as • only a wealthy vul­ garian can assume, and such only as the tyrant Society seems 'to demand. Wealth is no crime, neither is it a vir­ tue. The father or mother who makes it a test of respectability in choosing husbands and wives for their children are fathers and mothers scarcely worthy the name. Some writer, in giving ad­ vice to young men, put it in the follow­ ing words: "Be and continue poor, young man, while others, around you grow rich by fraud and disloyalty; be without place or power while others buy their way upward: bear the pain of disappointed hopes while others gain the accomplishment of tlieir.n by flat­ tery ; forego the gracious pressure of the hand for which others cringe and crawl; wrap yourself in your 6wn vir­ tue, and seek a friend and your daily bread. If you have in such a course grown gray with unblemished honor, bless God and die."--Chicago Mail. A fLIDEDQWK THB BAKUTXBS. Sliding down the banisters, though a swift and delightful way of getting down stairs, is not a popular method of descent except among boys of the hobbledehoy age. When, therefore, Mr. Dolph Hotchkiss, a solid citizen of Peoria, 111., adopted that style of coming down from his room re­ cently it augured that something out of the nsual line had happened to him. Such was indeed the case. Mr. Hotchkiss explains as follows why he preferred the railing to the stairs: • "It was last winter, during the month of December. One evening after getting home from the store I was taken with a severe pain in my ankle. It felt at first as if I had sprained it. I was np stairs when the trouble first came on and I wanted to%go down. The pain, however, had increased so that I found that it was impossible to walk down the steps, and so I slid down the railing. From that night I began to grow worse, the pain became more severe; and my ankle gradually swelled np until it seemed as if the flesh would burst. It was almost impossible for me to lie in bed, and | the least noise or attempt to move me would cause me the greatest agony. "After.being in bed a month I could not stay there any longer. I folt that I must have some kind of a changc, and so I was moved into an easy chair, where I lay for two months, suffering more tliau words can express. My trouble was rheumatism. The doctors could do nothing for me. I used about every medicine I had ever heard of for rheumatism, and many different reme­ dies recommended by my friends and neigh­ bors, but nothing afforded me any relief. A lady friend living in Chicago, hearing of my affliction, wrote me, saying: 'Try Ath­ lophoros. It cured me.' "I was very glad to fay anything. I had tried many different sorts of medicines, bbt this was new to me. I sent at once and bought a bottle and began using it. I had a terrible buzzing in my head at first, but as it was said in the directions I would have this if the medicine took hold of the disease, I stuck to it. The buzzing was nothing with my sufferings. I think it was on a Monday evening I first bopm with the Athlophoros. By the following Saturday the pain was nearly all gone, the swelling was very much reduced, and with the aid of a pair of crutches I went out for the first time in three months. "I continued taking the Athlophoros un­ til I had used four bottles. Mv pain and swelling had then all gone, ana I had no further use for crutches. I have not felt any rheumatism since. Athlophoros is a very valuable medicine. I recommend it whenever I have a chance, and never want to be without some Athlophoros in the house in case I should ever again be so afflicted." Mr. Hotchkiss' residence in Peoria is at No. 610 Hancock street. Greatly as he re­ grets the loss of three months' valuable time, not to speak of all the suffering and mental anguish he endured, he feels that there is some slight compensation in the fact that he was made acquainted with a medicine which can cure rheumatism and rob that disease of all its terrors. Mr. Hotchkiss, it is almost needless to state, has never had occasion to repeat his ride on the railing. If you cannot set ATHLOPHOROS of your drug­ gist, \ve will Bend it, express paid, on receipt of regular price--one dollar per bottle. Wt prefer that you buy it from your druggist, but if he hasn't it, do not be persuaded to try something else, but order at once from us, as directed. •THXIOPHOBOS CO.. 112 Wall street, New York. A Pointer for tlie Tramp. "The world owes me a living, and I'm going to get it," exclaimed the tramp. "You are," said the police justice; "the county will support you for six months. You must remember, how­ ever, that the World hag ho open ac­ count with Farmer Roberts' hen-roost.n Smallest Printing Press in the World. A firm on Wall Street has in opera­ tion and on exhibition what is prolmbly the smallest working printing press in the world. It is an interchangeable cylinder, printing from a continuous roll, with a cut-off. It is but twelve and a half inches in length and seven and a half inches high. Its width in the widest part is ten and a half inches. At the office where it is in use it has been necessary to furnish brokers and others a daily letter of financial news. Until the invention of the press this service was performed by the manifold system. Nine manifolders were re­ quired, working very rapidly. By simple hand power, after the type is set, 200 copies per minute of any cir­ cular can be printed. With a dynamo machine to furnish the power over 500 copies can be printed at the same time. --Xew York Star. A PLANT has been discovered in Ari­ zona which carries a lare proportion of tannin, and which, when used in the manufacture of leather, is found to give extra weight to Clio article produced. This plant is of annual growth, indig­ enous to the deserts and dry uplands, and is known as gonagra. It has a root somewhat longer and more scraggy than the cultivated beet, though resembling it in appearance, and practical use has demonstrated its tannin properties to l»e about three times as great as the ordi­ nary oak bark, and that in all essentials it is superior to such bark in the manu­ facture of leather, and immensely cheaper. A LARGE quantity of belt, says the American Machinist, is required to transmit a little power. The sooner we investigate and believe tlie above fact, the better it will be for our shafting, machinery and coal-lieap. We may look at the fact as we please, it will bear it, and find that a slow-running belt to carry a given power must be very wide'. If running at high speed, we must have the same number of square inches of belt passed over the pulley, but the belt need not be as wide to do it. Jones--"Smith, you are the laziest man I ever saw." Smith--"Correct." Jones--"They say you sleep fifteen hours out of every twenty-four." Smith--"Correct." Jones--"What do you do it for?" Smith--"In order to economize. You see it costs nothing to sleep, but the moment you wake up expenses begin." --Boston Globe. Office Boy (to editor)--"A man was in while you were out who said he was the genuine John Wilkes Booth." Editor (hastily )--"He's a fraud. You didn't give him anything, did you?" Office Boy--"No. He left a dollar for six months' subscription." Editor--"Well, well. And so John Wilkes Booth is still alive. It beats alL"--Life. PROF. C. A. DONALDSON, of Louisville, Ky.. the well-known pioneer, in eighteen years spent $10,(MM) in trying to get rid of his rheumatism, and failed. At last.he used St. Jacobs Oil, was cured and sold his crutches. A VEIN of silver quartz is alleged to have been discovered on a farm "in LattsviHe, Ross County. Ohio. THE late State Chemist of Delawaxe, Prof. Charles P. Williams, says that Red Star Cough Cure is safe and valuable and con­ tains neither morphia, opium nor any other narcotie poison. The price is only 2o cents. Toboggan. There is some controversy going on as to the word "toboggan." Several authorities claim that it is from the In­ dian. A prominent Uti< an of Celtic ex­ traction, however, insists that it is an Irish word, and he gets at its origin thus: Once upon a time a poor farmer in County Cork discovered a valuable peat bed on the few acres he happened to own. His fortune was soon made, for he let the farming "slide" and went to boggin'.--Utica Herald. The Beginning or HIcfcneN. Never trifle with what are called •mall ail­ ments. A disorder easy of control at first, if neglected for a few weeks, may become a mortal disease. Be especially careful not to let debility gaiu upon you, for it is the door through which all maladies enter the system. If you feel languid, inert, and to use a common expression, "as if there was no life left in you," resort at once to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. That great vegetable tonic will supply the vitality you so urgently need. It is nerve food. By its tonic action tlie stomach is go invigorated that diges­ tion becomes regular, easy, perfect; while its niild cathartic properties relieve the bowels from obstructions, and its alterative operation beneficially affectB all the secretive organs. For the miseries of dyspepsia, and they include al­ most every unpleasant feeling that belongs to physical disease and mental wretchedness, this potent tonic is a certain and speedy batafc Arctic Coal. Commenting on Lieutenant Greely's discovery of coal within the arctic circle in Greenland, Mr. W. Mattieu Williams expresses himself as dissatis­ fied with the prevailing notion which demands a sub-tropical climate for the formation of carboniferous deposits. He has himself described the deposi­ tion of coal that is in actual progress at the present time in Norway, within four degrees of the arctic circle, and believes that similar deposits may be found farther north. No very violent alteration of climate, therefore, need be assumed to explain the Greenland coal. • Danger Ahead. There is danger ahead for you if you neg­ lect the warning- which nature is giving you of the approach of the lell destroyer--con­ sumption. Night sweats, spiitintr of blood, loss of uppetite--these symptoms have a ter­ rible meaning. You can be cured if you do not wait until it is too late. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Piscovery," the greatest blood-purifier known, will restore your lo <t health. As a nutritive, it is far superior to cod-liver oil. All druggists. "IT'S stew lonesome here," remarked the oyster at the church fair.--Merchant Traveler. SUVFEBERS from Bronchitis will find speedy relief by taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. IT makes a young man feel rather cheap to hear his sweetheart singing as he approaches tlie house, "Nobody Loves Ma"--Burlington Free J'rest. As A toilet luxury, Hall's Hair lienewer never fails to give satisfaction. , IT is enough to take away your breath to near of a California onion weighing nearly two pounds.--Boston Courier. _ BRONCHITIS is cured by irequent«mall doges of Piso's Cure for Consumption, Important. . When you visit or'lcavo New York City, save baggage, expressage, and *3 carriage hire, and stop at the Grand Uatoa opposite Grand Central Depot 613 rooms, fitted up at a oost of one million dollars, #1 and upwards per day. European plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the best Horse cars, stages, anil elevated rail­ road to all depots. Families can live better for toss money at the Grand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel in the city. The New Clerk* It was across a oounter in A dry- goods store that a susceptible clerk spoke blunderingly to a pretty shop­ per. He had that day been transferred temporarily from the glove depart­ ment, where he was long accustomed, to the hosiery stock, with which he was not familiar; and, besides, the love- lintas of the customer bewildered him a little. "This is a superior article," he said, as he stretched a stocking in the man­ ner he had habitually treated gloves in showing them; "the material is the best, and for durability it can't be beaten in the market. The model is new, and a perfect fit is guaranteed. The elasticity makes it conform----" At that poini the girl fled, leaving him to marvel why the phrases that had helped the sale of gloves seemed so worthless in the hosiery trade.-- I'tica Observer. "I Would That I Were Dead!" dries many a wretched housewife to-day, as, weary aiid disheartened, i-he forces herself to perioral her daily task. "It don't seem as if I could get through the day. This drea lful back-ache, these frightful drajrging'down sensations, will kill mcl Is there no relief:-" Yes, madam, tbpre is. Dr. Pierce's "Favor­ ite Prescription" is an unfailing remedy for the complaints to which your sex is liable. It will restore ycu to health again. Try It. All druggists. A PECULIARITY of stage banquets is the great variety of HUPCS. * * * Delicate diseases of either sex, however induced, speedily and radically cured. Address, In confidence, World's Dis- tiensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. V. AN exchange has a poem "On the Birth of Twins," and didn't know enough to make the rhyme a couplet --St Paul Day. THK value of thought can not be told. Just so with the best of everything. Take Dr. Bigo- low's Positive Cure for all throat and lung troubles, if you appreciate a speedy and thor­ ough cure. Pleasant to take. aO cents and #L A BEATITUDE is not very happy when the bee-attitude happens to be on your hand with the sting ready for business. AT THIRTY-FIVE THE AVERAGE AMERICAN DBS- COVERS THAT HE HAS AN "INFERNAL STOMACH," and so goes into the hands of the doctors for the remnant of his life. Prevention is botfer than cure, but DR. WALKER'S CALIFORIA VIN­ EGAR IIITTKBS will both cure and prevent dys­ pepsia, diseases of the skin, liver, kidneys, and all disorders arising from bad blood. Ii" a joke can make a horse laugh, why can't it make a shay grin? BEWARE of worthless imitations of Dr. Jones' Bed Clover Tonic The genuine cures head­ ache, piles, dyspepsia, ague, malaria, aud ia a perfect tonic and blood purifier. SO cents. ONE man is really not much better than an­ other, and he may behave much worse. Tlie fireat (ifrnian Physician. Tlie remarkable phase in tlie practice of Dr. Teter W. Hchmidt (frequently called Dr. Pete) is, lie never asked one to describe their disease but tells each one their trouble without asking a question. His success is phenomenal. Hi» Sractice enormous. He is sought after by hun-reds wherever he coes, because lie curen when every other physician and remedy have failed. He lias allowed' his great medicines, Golden Seal Bitters and Lung Food for Consumption, to be offered to the suffering, and wo assert without fear of successful contradiction that there is no disease they will not cure. Thousands of bottles have been sold. Thousands of broken- down and discouraged iuvalids saved. Bend to Golden SCHI Hit tors Company, Holland City, Mich., for Facts for file Million! Free. Free to Ministers, Lawyers, Doctors, and Teachers. If you will get your dealer to order from his wholesale druggist one dozen bottles WAHNEK S WHITE WINE OF TAU SYIU'P-- the bent-remedy in the world for Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Catarrh, and Consump­ tion. I will send two bottles free. Recom­ mend to your friends. Send name of druggist who gives the order. Map of Holy L'and free with medicine. Address Dr. C. D., WAKXEK, Chicago, 111. All druggists. Uncle's f at mie. Why la the letter n like uncle's fat wife going up bill ? It makes ant pant (aunt), and cooling off too soon produces coughs and colds. Taylor • Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein will cure her. HENSMAN'R PEPTONIZED BEEF TONIC, th» only preparation of t>eef containing its en­ tire nutritious properties. It contains blood- maklng, force-generating, and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dys­ pepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled condi­ tions, whether the result of exhaustion, nerv­ ous prostration, over-work, or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprie­ tors, Now York. Sold by druggists. I am glad to be able to say that Athlo­ phoros has entirely cured me of all my rheu­ matism. I am perfectly free from pain, aud ascribe my good health to your great reme­ dy, Athlophoros. G. Washington Phippi, Pleasant Plains, 111. Is Your Blood Pare? For Impure blood the best medicine known, Sco- VILL'S BABSAPABILI.A, or Blood aud Liver Syrup, mar be implicitly relied on when everytliing elae tail*. Take it in the spring-time especially for the impure secretions of the blood incident to that season of the year, and take it at all time^ for Cancer, Scrof­ ula, Liver Complaints. Weakness, Boils, Tumors, 8wellinga, Skin Diseases, Malaria, and the thousand ills that come from impure blood. To insure a cheerful disposition take SCOVILL'S BLOOD AND LIVER STBITF, which will restore the mind to its nat­ ural equilibrium. TAR IK. Cough cure Wee from Opiates, EttusHe* and. Poison, 25% Tree /HM Opiates, SAFE. SURE. PROMPT. GERMANREMEOY Cores Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Backache, Hredarke, TeotfcaSi, Sprain, Frelsee, et*-ete. PRICE, FIFTY CENTS. neulNG 1. AMI'S for Spearing. Stud for Cir- rlSH cular. BAKEK k SON, KendallvUle, ladj (OR A WEEK made by ladiex selline our Cor- v'o si'ts, Stocking Supportorn, etc. Catalogue for stamp. The Frost Sn Hatch M'f'g Co., Cleveland, O. R. S. Ac A. V. LACEY, Patent Attorneys.Wasliinptoi), DC. Instructions and opinions L to patentability FREE. 49~17 years'experience. A sure remedy Inr nished every custom­ er. My DO choice va- PATENTS POTATO ROT. THC Z BEST TONIC. => This medicine, combining Iron with para vegetable tonics, quickly and completely Owes I^riptpaia, Inriicmtlan, Wtak« •*••» Impure Bloodl, Malaria, Chilli and F«Tfr», and XrurnlgUi. It is an unfRUiuu remedy lor Diseases of the Kidney wad Llrcr. It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. 11 does not i uHi re the teet h, cause lieadaolie.or produce constipation--olhrr Iron wrdicinta do. It enriches and purines tlie Mood, Stimulates the appetite. <iids the assimilation of food, relieves Heartburn and llelchlng.and Strengthens the muscles aud nerves. For Intermittent Pevefi, LaMitsdii I*ck ot Energy, etc., it has no equal. tr The genuine lias al>ove trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other. MM» MIR B BROWN CHEIIL'AL I O_ BALTIMORE. |A ' Leorn here and earn imv. Situations furnished. Write Wi'cntinr llrus., JanesviP.e, Wia. KANSAS LANDS-CHEAP HOMES ! Bend for description and Price l.ist to KEAI. ft At- VOKIL. UI'IVFL, <;IWII«OIHI County. Hanoi*. & BITTERS. Tt win cure any case of Uver and Kldsejr troubles when property taken, i; la a perfect renovator and lnTigrorator. It cleanses the eya* tem of the poisonous humors that develop ia Liver, Kidney and Urinary diseases, car­ rying away all poisonous Matter and re­ storing: the Blood to a healthy conditioo, enriching it, refreshing and invigorating 711 nd ami Body. It prevents the growth to 8«rton* Vllnesa of a Danxeron* < ]a-s of Diseases that bej;in in mere trivial ail­ ments, and are too apt to be neglected as nuch. THOUSANDS OF CASES of the worst forms of these terrible diseases have be<»n quickly relieved and in a short time perfectly cured by the use of Hope malt Betters. Do not get Hops and Malt Bitters con­ founded with inferior preparations of similar name. Take Nothing but Hops& Malt ters if you want a sure Cure. HOPS & MALI BITTERS CtL, Damn, ia n r y n N A U R Q r i C K I b r P r o f . M o o d y ' s N e w l l l a s t r t t c S 1/ BooK on tire** Mulriac. K>otra&n. and Mffll KJCulting. etc. Agents soil 10 adat. Evergreens. Forty v.iri;!ti<-s, sizes, a lapt<>d all purposes, from S Trees, W)<eni» nor t.MO Catalogues free. GKOK<>K I'ISSKv. F.VI:I'.<;K!.KNS,Uoou Cousrv,WISCONSIN. WANTED-SALEMEH. Tfavi line and 1/n :il, to soil l.nhrk .itiinr Oils. E. F. PJI-TK! IOH«. O. Send s tat up for reply. »&le«,t)ift rK?1aften<ty'WoTk, no talk. (1 an hour rot either sax. $11..j0 sum pies free. Send ctampnnd QUICK cure a pleasant whiter'* buninew. B. Merrill A Co., Chicago, IN. CREAM_BAUpATARR H I have ttsrd tte< bottles of Ely's Crtati. Balm and considet myself cured, I dif­ fered 20 years froth catarrh and catarrh­ al headache and thi> to the first remedy\ that nfordcd relief--D. T. Hig\ ginson, 145 Lake St., Chicago, 111. A partirh- is applied into~ai*h nostril and is aereoable to use. Wee .VI (ts.. hv mail or at dnurRiHts. Send for circular. ELY 11KOTHKKS, Druggists, Owejro.N. T. TIC ritiiiff. s<uultwr HAYFEYER RL It Bui without writin^for /ifiir Catalone. Oar prtcea DEFY (KULwiTlTlON, and Needs are NEW, PimMSWD, RELIABLE. CDCB Catalogue* lmfalliable to all, r itBC ofl36 page*, iWladlng Plants, Praita, nnrprtee list, vrltfiNipO Illustra­ tions. L$CUH hear tram you. Kupeetfully, THrSTORRS & HARRIS0NXO. GAINESVILLE, LAKE < O„ OHIO. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF CURES AN1> PREVENTS Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Inflammation*, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache* Toothache, Asthma, l>ittlcult Breathing. Cl ltrs THE WORST I'AIN in from one to twenty minutes. Not oin» hour Htt/ r reading this need any one M l l l.lt WITH I'AIN. RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF la a Cure for All Paius, Sprains, Krulsea, Pains in the Hack, Chest or Limits. It was the 1'ii-Kt and is the Oulv PAIN REMEDY That instantly Rtops the most ex< lays inflammation, and ouivs Con the I.unns, Ntomaeli or l;owelH. iieiatins- pains, al- 'stions, \vlietlier of r other Klanus or ...i/uiw,. ... omtir Kiunas or prcans, by one applioation. A half to a tcaspoonful in uslf a tumbler of water will in n few nuuuten euro Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stonnioh,'Heartburn, Nervous- nrss, Sleeplessness, SicK Headache, Diarrhea, Dysen­ tery, Colic, Flatulency, and all internal pains There is not a remedial ai-ent in tile world that will cure Fever and Apue. and all other Malarious. Biliom and other fevers taided by RAItWAV'S I'll.LSI •onuici as RA1»WAY'S KEAI1V HHI.M.E. Fifty cents per ttottle. Sold by drutrKists. Dr. Railway's Karsaparilllan Renolvent Baa stood the test of nearly half a century as a rem­ edy for Scrofulous. Mercurial and Syphilitic Com- iilaints. Chronic Kheiuuatisni, Skin Diserfses, and mpurit'esof the Wood. Ithidldsup the broken-down constitution, purifies tlio blood, restoring health and Vigor. Sold by drugarists; $1 a bottle. DR. RADWAY'S PILLS, Tar the core of Dyspepsia and ail Disorders of the Stomach,Liver, Bowels, etc. Be sure to get liadway's. DK. KADWAY CO., New York. VINEGAR BITTERS !• the great Blood Portlier and Life-giving Principle; a Gentle Purgaiive and Tonic; a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. •n Vinegar Bitter* there is vitality but BO alooholic or mineimlpoison. Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name Or nature, ore literally dug up and carried out of the system In a short time by the use of the Bitters. Vinegar Bitters allays feverishness. It re­ lieves, and in time cures Rfieumatisin, Neuralgia, Gout, and similar painful diseases. Vinegar Bitters cures Constipation and prevents Diarrhoea. Never before has a medicine been com* pounded possessing the power of VIMKUAB BIT- TERS to heal tbc Hick. Send for either of our valuable reference books for ladles, for fanners, for merchants, our Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Cat< on Intemperance and Tobacco, which last He read by every child and youth in the land. Anr two of the above books mailed free oa leoeipt of four cents for registration fees. H.H. McDonald Drag Co., 632 Washington St, N.Y. RECIl'K FOR CATARRH. An Invaluable remedy. If persistently used will effect a cure in a lartre majority of cases, and afford com­ fort and relief by soothi^- and clearing the head and throat pas-ages in «-ot>t ones. Has ^'lveii satisfaction b.v whomsoever tried. The ingredients may be had »t any drug store at a small cost. Make your own remedy and save moncv. lii cipe forwarded by return mall lor one dollar. This will not appear again. U.M VTHI- SON, (iranvi'le P. <).. liritish ( dunihia, Canada. tt nil I 'C OF i:ci.t;c I Jf( UlLL U Short-hand and t^oe-wri , v. ,x. , Li' ;mitedcourse.!f;V>. Senu circulars I'os:U jnsfumished.Jft-N (lerkst Chi*- JONESl PAYStheRiEICll# 5 Ten \\ aeon Scnlee, Iron !«eVer*, hi»*ritic<, BlMt Tare Ream and Beam Hox for '« 860. »rr «*<• Scale. For Tw mention thi« p*p*r aud a<!4reMi V JONIS OF I1N6IUMT0II. * BIN<JHAJITON. N. T. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW 1.001 Important tli 1 ncs y nu never knew or thought of about the human body nod its carioaa organs, Jfow life in perpetuated, health tared,ditean induced How t<> avoid pitfalls a f ignorant*and iruittrretim, jF/oir lo apply Himie-Viire to aU form* of disease. How to cure Croup.Old Eyes, Itupturt, PnimosiM.ett^ JHow to mate.be hippy in marriage*, have prim babies H'PHRfe-TiMPffLm ••my Hill Pub. Co., ri» E. ssth St..Bew l«fc» " P I S O ' S C U R E F O R r • mu ait ust ran* Beat Cough Bynip. Tastes (rood. DM In tune. 8old by d "Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my MffL. L, WHiri.s, Drngffist, Eintner. Mich. IgWrSi ugh Syrup time. Sol 22BSZ] "Will buy no other Oough Heitcine as long as m* can get Piso's Cure."--C. B. I-ARIMER. Kirkwood, ID, SUMS Will Brat Co CoufhByrnp. Taatesgood. tTae In time. Sold by druggists. HLL - \ "Piso's Cure cured me of Consumption."--W*. E. lioBKRTsoK, Brandywiue, Md. 5 ts WMiii AH Cough Syrup. Tastes rood. CM In time. Sold b.v drumlata. "Piso's Cure for Consumpcion is the best medicate w e ever used."--O. L. KOPEB, Abilene. Kans. - 5 * PISO ' S CURE FOR r , CtiKtS WMUi Alt USE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use Intone. Sold by druggists. "Piso's Cure for Consumption is doing wonders for ne " -Hi II. STANKKI.I., Newark, N. Y. «"> PISO'S CURE FOR tUU WHtlt All CISC FAILS. Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Ui M cu" Bl Best Cough Syrup. IM in time. Sold by druggists. 4 IEPAGES LIQUID GLUE K MENDS EVERYTHING Wood. Leather. Pnper, Ivorv.Cln*, China, Furniture, l;rie-a-lsrae, Ac. Strong &s Iron, Solid u a Rook The total quantity pnM daring tfefc past five year* amounted to bo 11 VEKV ft UI >V IT. All (testers enn sell it. Awarded Pronounced Strongest ttlue knows Bend dealer's card mid 10c. postaM (VmfalM no Acid. „ I'irsnmplecau FREE by mail. RUSSIA(.CUECTCO. Uloucestor.llaafe *- ""T5" FOR COUGHS, CROUP ANQ .̂ CONSUMPTION USE OF SWEET SUM AID MULLEII The Sweet Gum from a tree of the s crowing in the South. Combined with ... from the Mullein plant of the old fields. _ br alt druggists at 2-i cents end f 1.(11 nor bottlfc WALTER -V. TAYLOR. Atlanta. TRAPS MARK. SLCKER Is The Best WaterproetCoat Erer Mai. Nnne genutne nni*«« D0rft waste your monev on a prum or rubber coat The FTPH BRAND SLICKK tanipert wltb the above absolutely \ntter^and «ind PROOF, and will Jceep you DRY in the hur.ic.-t Hturm iot have the "ri«n PRANP' 5k tor the "FISH KUANI)" PI.M'KKS and take no other, tf > our Murekeepcr •M. somHor*(l^prii>tive dialogue to A J. TQWEll. 20 Slmirion* St.. Hoston. MUSTANG Survival of the Fittest. A riMUT MEDICINE THAT HAS HEALED MILLIONS DlltlMi S3 TEARS! MICilHIHllEIT A BALM FOB EVERY WOOKD OF HAH AND BEAST! The Oldest & lest Liniment EVEB MADE IN AMERICA. SALES LARCiEETHAH EVEB. The Mexican Mustang Liniment has been known for more tlmn thirty-five years HS tlio best of all Liuimt-nts, for Man and Beast. Its sales to-day are larger than ever. It cures when all others fail, and penetrates skin, tendon and muscle, to the very BOM. Said everywhere. mNsujeiioi ate thnosaioiaof CU«*ot the wont kt:ID»»dof MIFF) .Maudlin;luivebe^ncured. Indent, •mtrontlim fs'.M. la liaefllcaey,UNIT I v.-L I »«n.|T«'0 Bom.tiS F'UKA together VLTH A VAT.U*.RI.ETREATISE on I'LIIDTMS aufferor. Clv<!CTr>rp«» V u. Ju:«!• !•«. !>*. T. A. KLOC11I. lit fearl St.. New ToriU rk&VOI&Y1iai<E*A JDKB1LITI FEliliA# DECAY. A Life Experience. Remarkable and quick cures. Trial Packages. Send stamp for sealed particulars. Address Dr. WARD A CO. Louisiana. Mo. IDEB)UTATED~MEH. You are allowed <r f)-f trial <>f t'lirir, "I tbl use of Dr. Dye's Celebrated Voltaic- B It with K lee trie Suspensory Appliances, tor the s|>e*»t!_v ivLief and luanent cure ot Xerroin Debility. Imfytirc-.i IV.' i itof. and all kiudred trou lej. Also for many other dfr> eases Complete rvstoratiou to Health aud V:jor puaranteed. No risk is tiK'urred. Ulustra'ed pam­ phlet, in Kfn/eii erirf/opt. mailed free, by addresssjMC Vol t \l< ItKl.r CO.. Marshall. >1 khl*i*|a. I P I S O ' S C U R E F O R CVtfS VNltt All IISI FAILS. Best Couch Syrup. Tasies good. Ds» in time. Sold bv, d rutKtHis. C O N S U M P T I O N WHKN WRITING TO ADVERT! 'M r 1 \ *4