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Ktc., Kte. THE almond is a nut which has been > known from the very commencement of history. It is mentioned in Genesis, and allusions to it are frequent through­ out the Old Testament. Aaron's rod, - which swallowed up the rods of the - Egyptians and magicians, is stated by commentators to have been,an almond ( switch. The tree was grown all over Palestine. Fine groves of it Are still in existence Yet the almond is a dan- i gerous fruit. Both the kernel and the leaves of the bitter almond contain hy­ drocyanic acid, which is a rank poison. | A small dose will kill a dog; a large t dose of the distilled water of the bitter ! almond produces instantaneous death in • the human species. Even the sweet ; almond, which is so agreeable to the > palate, is extremely difficult of diges­ tion. The importation of almonds into the United States amounts to about 3,500,000 pounds yearly. California \ imports none. She raises, one year ' with another, about 2,000,000 pounds, j the great bulk of which goes East for j consumption. The European almond ; is mainly grown at Malaga and Valen- = cia in Spain. It is from there that Bos­ ton and New York get their supply. If ' we devoted a little more attention to the cultivation of this valuable fruit, we might take this market from Spain. • There is no reason to fear that the <• market will ever be overstocked. It is curious that the Hebrew word for almond should be shaked, which also . means hasten. Commentators explain that, when the almond blossoms, the ( fruit hastens to appear and mature. Those who are satisfied with this ex­ planation aire welcome to it. It is borne ' out by a passage of Jeremiah, where ; the Lord appears to the prophet and asks: "What seest thou?" Jeremiah answer^; "The rod of an almond tree." It is not to be supposed that , the inspired writer would have conde­ scended to make a pun.--San Fran­ cisco Call. THE following is a -simple French test for telling whether eggs are fresh or not: Dissolve two ounces of kitchen . salt in a pint of water. When a fresh- laid egg is placed in this solution it will descend to the bottom of the vessel, while one which has been laid the day previously will not quite reach the bot­ tom. If the egg be three days old, it will float in the liquid; and if more than three days old, it will float on the surface, projecting above the latter more aad more as it happens to be lighter with increased age.--Cassell's. NOTHING, perhaps, could give a better idea of the distance India was from England between seventy and eighty years ago than the fact that George Ill's, jubilee was celebrated out there the year after its celebration at home. It was kept in the summer of 1810. Cal­ cutta Avas illuminated for the battle of Waterloo on Monday, December 18, 1815, the news having arrive a few days before. Nowadays 6porting men do not leave the club at Allahabad for bed before they have heard what horse won the Derby that afternoon.--London World. ORDINARY card-board boxes are apt to give at the edges, and boxes are now being made with metal edges, an im­ provement which makes them stronger, although still light, and suitable for the parcel post. We may also state that metal is being substituted for card­ board in bookbinding. The metal is in thin sheets, and it is covered with the leather usually employed in such work. The result is a thinner binding than card-board, and known as "British Pellisfort."--The Gatherer. THE Tagrieff petroleum fountain which burst out on October 5 last, at Baku, in Bussia, is believed to be the largest known. It spouted to a height of 224 feet and delivered nearly 500 tons of oil an hour, or about 11,000 tons a day. The roar of the gas from the orifice is said to be terrific.--Cas&ell'# Mpga- tine. ^ • • Russian Tea-Gardens, The Oriental domes and mosque-like pinnacles of Odessa suggest Constanti­ nople or Bagdad, and the filthy beg­ gars who lounge.within the court-yards of the sacred edifices make the illu­ sion disgustingly real. It is in this great wheat-market city, called "the Chicago of Bussia," that the stranger gets his first glimpse of Eastern life. The stately public buildings, the lazar- like shop-windows, the abject appear­ ance of the beggars, the ferocity of the fleas, and the infinite number of dogs are more real than the "Arabian Nights" to an imaginative mind. The summdr nights are cool, but during the day the sun floods the earth with its scorching rays. The evenings are usu­ ally spent at the tea-gardens, which are a feature of all Russian towns. They are like the large beer-gardens of Ger­ many, only tea is drunk instead of beer. It is called "chai" (pronounced "chi"), and served in Bohemian cut-glass "tum­ blers," with lumps of loaf-sugar and slices of lemon. Chai is the universal " drink, and the samovar in which it is made is a symbol of Bussian hospital­ ity. This curious teapot is a brass or copper vessel, shaped not unlike an urn.' The ordinary household samo­ var is from one to two feet high, and ten inches in diameter, polished in the highest style of art. It is so ingeni­ ously constructed that, with a hot char­ coal fire burning in its little furnace, it may stand on a table for hours without scorching the cloth. Some of the very expensive samovars are as large as a barrel and as high as a man's head, but all are made on the same principle; that is, a straight pipe or flue runs per­ pendicularly through the center of the vessel, which is filled with water. The flue projects at the top of the samovar like a little round chimney. When the charcoal is well kindled and the water boils a few spoonfuls of black tea are put in a small china teapot, which is filled with hot water drawn from the faucet of the samovar. Then the tea­ pot is set over the chimney, in which a series of holes just below its mouth prevents stoppage of the draught. When the tea is thoroughly "steeped" and the liquid very dark, a little is poured into the guest's glass, which is then filled with boiling water from the samovar. There is a saying in Bussia that hospitality never ceases while there is water in the samovar. The water in the teapot in never allowed to boil, and only the best tea that the host can afford is used. It costs all the way from $1 to $30 a pound, and mer­ chants make a business of bringing it overland across the deserts from China by expensive tea caravans. It is gen­ erally believed in Bussia that a sea voyage destroys the peculiar flavor of the chai. The best quality--such as is used for the imperial table--is trans­ ported in leather bags inclosed in care­ fully sealed cases, to prevent contact with the atmosphere. This kind of tea is worth from $30 to $40 a pound. Va­ rious grades of Bussian tea are sold in PftjnB Tplioro alan flumnvftra »>f Kgaiifu ful designs can be pnwliMod for $90 $S0apieoc. The ordinary tea of Bus- sia is far superior to any tea drnnk in thiii country or in England; in fact, its delicious flavor is unknown and cannot be imitated by the most skilfnl prepa­ ration o{ English tea. Crystallized white sugar is used by the Bussian tea- drinkers, and a slice of lemon gives the liquid an exquisite flavor, but cream or milk is never seen on £, tea-table. Wealthy'people often use jellies. From six to twenty glasses of chai are often drunk by a single person at a sitting, and at private parties the guests re­ main until very late. In the tea-gar­ dens bands of musicians play regular programs during the evenings, while the fashionable ladies and gentlemen of the city drink tea and discuss the gos­ sip of the hour.--Ralph Meeker, in Harper's Magazine. The Chicago of Mexico. ' Guadalajara is one of those places which produce an impression difficult to describe, but which are never for­ gotten--from which the visitor carries away vivid mental pictures which come to him afterward in quiet moments like the phantasmagoria of a dream, so unique and charming are they, yet so dream-like and unreal when recalled amid other surroundings. As early as 1551 Gaudalaxara, as it was then called, was a town of consid­ erable importance, and in 1570 it was created an episcopal city. Being first settled by Spaniards from the Castilian Guadalajara, an attempt was made to build a cityin the new world as nearly like that in the old as possible. To this end the churches of San Estaban (Saint Stephen) and San Francisco were reproduced in the new Guada- laxara in even greater splendor than those of the parent city, which Mas easy for the impoverished grandees, since they were built by wealth wrested from conquered Aztecs, whom they also compelled to tear down their own temples and labor unrewarded in build­ ing those for the conqneror's God. Even the Government "Palaciq" was built in imitation of the palace of the Mendozas (the feudal lords of ancient Guadalajara), and tlie oldest tombs in the Panteon are exact copies of those in Castile which hold the bones of the Mendozas. Guadalajara--upon the left bank of the Rio Grande de Santiago, just 275 miles west from the City of Mexico and 140 miles from the Pacific--has been called "the Chicago of Mexico" because of its enterprise and liberal ideas. Its present population is officially recorded as 93,875, and, though so remote from railroads and little known to the outer world, it has street cars, electric lights, telephones, a fine system of water works and other adjuncts of an advanced civilization. It lies in the midst of a region HO fertile, where fruits, cereals, and vegetables grow in astonishing abundance, that the outlying haciendas yield as high as fifty bushels of corn to the acre twice in every year, the first crop being planted in February and the second in July. The city boasts of no fewer than fourteen. plazas, more than a dozen public fountains, innumerable churches, a fine opera house and several theaters, an elegant, casino or club-house, a mint, a city hall, a splendid universitv, and the only academy of fine arts in liexieo, except that of San Carlos at the Na­ tional Capital. The grand Cathedral-- a magnificent structure, situated on the Plaza de Armas--was completed in 1618; but its outer appearance was greatly impaired by the earthquake of 1818, which destroyed the cupolas of both its towers.--Letter from Guada­ lajara, Mexico. A Left-hand Far Glove. In a quiet village on the Contffectient Biver, in Massachusetts, where the good people have been in the habit of sending a "missionary box" to the West every year for half a century or more, this very remarkable incident oc­ curred: The usual notice was given from the pulpit requesting the families to send their contributions of clothing, etc., to a family named, to be appraised and arranged for shipment to a clergy­ man's family in the West. The articles of clothing, in usual variety, were re­ ceived, and among them was a very fine fur glove for the left hand, the right- handed glove having been lost. The lady donating the glove accompanied it with a note explaining why she sent it, and asked the ladies in charge of the "box" to exercise their judgment as to the propriety of putting it with the rest. The matter was discussed by the ladies who packed the box, and they finally decided to send the odd glove, attaching the donor's note to it. In due time the clergyman sent his letter of acknowledgement, stating that the articles were very nice and accept­ able, just what they needed, and they were made happy and warm by the generous gifts of their Eastern friends, adding: "I want to thank you espe­ cially for the left-hand fur glove. Dur­ ing the late war I lost my right hand, and this glove is my great .comfort as I drive over the prairies when the thermometer ranges far below zero. Please thank the donor for her oppor­ tune gift" I know these are facts. No one knew anything in particular about this minister, not that he had been a soldier even. It is a remarka­ ble coincidence, and may interest those who notice providences. "Those who notice providences will have provi­ dences to notice." So says Matthew Henry. --Evangelist Noses as a Science. The nose, we all know, forms a prominent feature in everybody's ca­ reer, but it has been left to M. Sophus Schack, a Danish disciple of Lavater, to find out that it is an infallible index to human character. He tells us in a book just published that his discovery is the result of a long and patient study of this facial organ among peoples of all nations. According -to his experi­ ence the moral and phys:cal nature of a person can be gathered from the forma­ tion of his nose. A well-developed nose, he savs, denotes strength and courage; a little, turn-up nose indicates cunning and artfulness; a delicata, straight nose, taste and refinement; a curved nose, judgment and egotism; and a thick, misshapen nose, dullness and want of tact. But this is not all. "The nose," proceeds our physiogno­ mist, "discloses to the intelligent ob­ server the faculties possessed by the owner. It also indicates the intensity of his intellectual activity and the deli­ cacy of his moral sentiment Finally, the nose, which belongs both to the mobile and immobile parts of our visages, reflects faithfully the fugitive movements of our inclinations." If all this be true it is evident that people who desire to disguise their character or dissemble their passions n- ist in future beware of their noses, or,lather, they must wear false ones.--Pall Mall Gazette. OPR sorrow is the inverted image of nobleness. Why HI* Portrait Did Sot Go West to Gn« Up wltli the Country. [Pittsburgh Tiiuas.] It seems that some artist about three or four years ago painted a portrait of Gen. Sheridan that proved a dismal failure, but nevertheless was hung in the General's private office and there continued to hang until it became so familiar as to cease to cause comment Finally, after the portrait had been hanging there for two or three years, a request came from a G. A. B/Post in Ohio for a picture of the hero of Win­ chester with whioh to adorn the walls of their rooms. The General was meditating as to how he could fill this request, when his eye lit upon the caricature of himself that hung upon the wall. "The very thing!" sprang into his mind, and, as it is well known, with him to think is to act, he straightway tapped his bell and bade his orderly take down the picture and box it ready for shipment. That night at dinner he informed Mrs. Sheridan of the request from the Ohio post and the manner in which he intended complying with it. "Oh, Philip," said Mrs. Sheridan, "not that horrible thing that has been hanging on your office wall for the past year or so?" "The very same," responded the General. "But, Philip:, if you send this picture out it will be placed prominently on the wall and labeled as a present from you, and that awful daub will go down to posterity as a likeness of yourself and some future day will turn up, to the unspeakable horror of your chil­ dren and friends, as a perfect likeness of how you looked when in your prime." Then followed a stormy scene, Mrs. Sheridan arguing that the picture should not be sent, and the General taking the side that he must, in some way, comply with the request, and, as he had nothing else to send, this picture should go. The argument waxed hotter and hotter, until finally Gen. Sheridan got up and marched to the door, and, having reached that strategio point, turned and said: "Mrs. Sheridan, that picture shall go. Now let neither of us ever mention its existence again." Having said this, he left the room before Mrs. Sheridan had time to say a word in reply. But he little knew his wife's pluck; for early the next morning, before any one was up, she went down to his office and surprised the orderly in the very act of boxing the picture. "Is there any paint or varnish here that will stick and not wash off" she sweetly asked. "Yes, madam," answered the unsus­ pecting soldier. "Bring it to me, please," said Mrs. Sheridan. The orderly fetched some black paint from the outer office and gave it to Mrs. Sheridan. Then she, deliberately turn­ ing the unlucky painting over upon its back, brnshed every semblance of a picture from off the canvas, only leav­ ing a dim vista of black paint. "Oh, do stay here until the General comes," was all the wretched orderly could gasp as he saw this surprising "proceeding. But he had no need of this request, for hardly were the words out of his mouth before Sheridan's light step was heard in the outer office, and in an instant his stout figure dark­ ened the door. His quick eye in a second took in the state of affairs, and turning red in the face, he said: "Mrs. Sheridan, what does this pro " "Stop, Philip," said she; "last night yea made the request that neither of us should ever mention this again," pointing to what remained of the picture. "Do not you be the first to break this request," and without an­ other word she swept out of the office, leaving little Phil absolutely rooted to the floor. It is, perhaps, needless to add that that picture has been a dead letter in the Sheridan household from that day to this, and bids fair to remain so. With repeated and powerful doses of chills and fever, in aome one ot Hi forma, springs into active existence atfaia, often without the slightest apparent pr0T0c&- tioa. To extinguish the smoldering embers of this obstinate and recondite malady, no lesa than to subdue it when It rosea fiercely hi the system, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is all suf­ ficient. When every resource of the pharma­ copoeia has been exhausted against it in vain, the Bitters conquer it--will remove every lingering vestige of it. Nay. more, the RJttera will protect those brought within tho in 11 uenoe of thu atmospheric poison that begets malarial digeHSP, from its attacks. Disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels are among tho com­ plaints to be apprehended from the use Of mi&sma-taintod water. These are b >th cured and prevented by the Bitters. Hheuwatism, constipation and renal complaints yield-to its action. The Sense of Humor, is somewhere in George Eliot a remark to the effect that a dissimilar taste in jokes is a great strain upon af­ fection, and innumerable families might serve as melancholy instances of the truth of the observation. Many a mar­ riage has come to an unhappy ending from the lack of a sense of humor to serve as a lubricating oil to the wheels of daily life. There was a profound practical wisdom in the advise given by a shrewd and worldly-wise old wo­ man to her granddaughter on the lat- ter's wedding day: "Feed your hus­ band well and learn how to amuse himand it is safe to say that if the bride succeeded in filling these two in­ junctions her married life moved on with smoothness and happiness. Some­ body has described humor as the sixth sense, and certainly the unfortunate mortal who lacks this is deprived of as large a part of the pleasure of life as a man who has lost one of the five which are reckoned the rightful inheritance of all humanity. It is true that a ma­ jority of mankind are more or less lacking in this respect, and that a gen­ uine and delicate appreciation of humor is rarer even than a musical ear; yet it is fortunately true that in most of us exist the rudiments which may be cul­ tivated into a very respectable capa­ bility of enjoying the ludicrous. Only one man in a thousand can compass a philosophical superiority which shall enable him to regard the accidents of life with undisturbed equanimity; but if one can cultivate the habit of dis­ covering in all things a subject for laughter or for smiles, there are few lots which may not be very comfortably endured. Upon him who persistently smiles at fate, she is very apt to bestow the opportunity of smiling with her. The sense of humor, moreover, serves as a common meeting-ground for na­ tures which without it must forever re­ main separate. It is the password to a secret brotherhood in which the good- fellowship is perfect. Those who pos­ sess it are never strangers after occa­ sion has bronght a recognition of this powerful bond of sympathy. No mat­ ter how diverse the tastes, the circum­ stances, the ambitions, the sixth sense makes of one race all who are endowed with it, and the fact that the exquisite delight they enjoy must forever remain a mystery to ordinary mortals increases the strength of the bond that unites them. A comforter in-sorrow and mis­ fortune, a lightener of life's burdens, a quality that heightens joy and light­ ens misery, there are few human quali­ ties so well worth cultivation as a sense of humor; and there is no other which does so much to render its possessor pleasant to live with or so much aids liim to avoid the sharp corners and un­ gracious characteristics of his fellow- itoortals who go through life endowed it five senses.--Boston Courier. •' * *' VC*\* r- >• . , • • • ' : • ' ' - s • , \ •r.fcw:--;'1 ' r koldi's Statue or "Liberty En- lightening the World" VT,Ub3 a reminder of personal libertv for •ges to <»ine. On jnst fiUre a "St " has Dr. Pierce s "Golden Mo.l cal Discovery" aD<1 " Wl11 8Uud trough tue cycles of tune as aamonument to tho physical e m a n c p a t i o n o f t h o B a a n . l s w h o . b y V U , w have been relieved from eon uinjian conI K.1'IL.T-9W0*TS bronchitis, ciughe, ii i of blood, wjak luugs ani other throat and luug affections. ' ' . SEVERAL deaf persons in A Massachu­ setts rural community are circulating a petition praying tbe Les&lature to give them a hearing. *. * * * Nervous UeUlitv-, premature do- c.ine of power in e.thsr HCX, KPL'O.IIIV an T per- manently _curoil. Large bouk, 10 ceuta ia The Accident Insurance Craze. Accident insurance has made a steady, running growth during the {•resent year, and seems to be a popu-ar craze. I know of canvassers who are taking in as high as twenty policies a day. All railroad men are going in­ to it, and I find the workingmen fol­ lowing. Men who can carry regular insurance on their lives only take acci­ dent policies when going on journeys, but poor men, who cannot afford regu­ lar premiums want some guarantee of support if disabled. Speaking about insurance, this branch of insurance has gone into many peculiar ramifications. Did you know that railroads insure more than other corporations? Bailroadcars are all insured, and the companies figure very close--so close that there is not much profit in it, the only inducement being the large amount that can be taken, owing to the Bmall quantity of property that can j be destroyed at one time. Then there ; are tornado policies that have a large j area of country to cover. When a ov- j clone strikes a district, the company's j agents catch all the farmers. There are also tornado companies, which in­ sure against loss by wind. There used to be live-stock companies, but several of them failed so easily that the others lost confidence. It was easy enough to insure an animal, but it was not so easy to identify a dead fceef or sheep as the same one insured. Then you can get window plate glass insured--well, I may say, anything Of any value.-- Globe-Democrat. AT Bieber. Lassan County, Gal., resides Mr. Thomas P. Ford, who writes: "I can truthfully say I have used St. Jadobs Oil in my family for years, and find it a never falling remedy for all painful oomplainta." Arab and Persian Horses. The general run of Arabs are no doubt first-rate horses, as far as they go, for military purposes, but they are too small to mount satisfactorily any but native cavalry. There are, of course, exceptional animals, which have size and power enough for anything, but they are so few that they may be left out of the general estimate which we take of the race. For any soldier whose weight is such that he can be mounted on an Arab he will be found the hardiest, soundest, and most docile of war-horses. He will do an enor­ mous amount of work on a very little and very indifferent food, and will al­ ways bear himself well and handsome­ ly. In one point only is he, more than other horses, susceptible to disease, and that is his eye, which is liable to cataract. His great characteristic is his undaunted pluck, which is never more clearly shown than when by any chance he is ill, when all veterinary surgeons will allow that he is a most' admirable patient, resisting and throw- j ing off the effects of illness or treat­ ment in a way that no horse of another ; race can equal. Persian horses have 1 always been found among the most generally useful remounts in India, and j they take their place both in the ranks j of cavalry and in gun teams. They j have more power and size than Arabs, j with much of the same constitutional : good qualities, and--a matter of great importance to the state--they are gen­ erally cheaper in price.--Bla< kwood'd Magazine. MR. F. E. HUSH, Adrian, N. Y., says: "My father was very lume with rheuma­ tism. Now, after using St. Jacobs Od, he is no lamer than I am. He was cured." l'nco Fifty cents. Tj^ey Wouldn't ffitit for Him. \ Lady--Now, since I've given you a good meal, won't you saw and split a littie kindling wood for me? Tramp--Madam, nothing would give me greater pleasure, but I have got tot catch the through freight at a siding aj,' mile away, where she stands to permit the passage of the express on the main line. As I have sent no intimation of my intention to take this particular train it will at once be obvious to you that thev will not wait for me. They will proceed as soon as the express has passed and I--madam, I will be left. But in gratitude for your kindness, madam, let me give you this piece of advice: The next tramp that comes along, make him saw before he sees your food--saw! see? --.Boston Cour­ ier. • Ton Moltke Once Beaten. La Fran e has discovered by dint of rummaging over ancient history, that the great Von Moltke was once beaten by a Frenchman. It was in 1839-MO. Yon Molke was the military adviser of Hanfiz l'asha, the Turkish commander sent to oppose Mehemet Ali. But the Egyptian leader had as an adviser Capt. Beaufort d'Hautpone. In the opera­ tions on the Aleppo road this young Frenchman checkmated Von Moltke's moves, and his triumphant progress was stayed only by European interven­ tions and the treaty of London.--Chi- (ago Intrr 0>'ean. "THAT MUM Jones <A a nice-looking girl, isn't ehe?" ' • ' "l'es, and she'd lie the belle of tbe town if it wasn't for one thing." "What's that?" "She lias catarrh so bad it Is unpleasant to be near her. Hhe has tried a doeeu things au.l njthing helps liur. I am sorry, for I lite her, but that doesn't make it any less disagree­ able for one to be around her." 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A Good Appetite la eatentlal to good health; but at this season It ia often lost, owing, to the poverty or impurity of the blood, derangement of the digestive organs, and the weakening effect of the changing season. Hood's Sarsaparilla is a woaderfill medicine for ereating an appetite, toning the digestion, and giving strength to the whole system. Now is the time to take it. Be sure to get Hood's. Hood's Sarsaparilla "1 have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla, and am glaS to say It has cured me of a very severe pain in the small of my back. I also gave it to my little girl < She had very little appetite, but Hood's Bareaparilla has in­ creased it wonderfully, and from our experience I highly recommend this excellent medicine." MM. A. BAUSLIKB, 135X Van Horn Street, Jersey City. Makes the Weak Strong "I must say Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best medi­ cine I ever used. Last sprint; I had no appetite, and the least work I did fat gtied me ever so much. I began to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and soon I felt as if I could do aa much in a day as I had formerly done in a week. My appetite is voracious* Mis. M. V. BAYAKD, Atlantic City, M. J. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. |i; six for |5. Prepared only by C. t. HOOD ft CO.. Lowell, Masa. IOO Doses One Dollar KIDDER'S PMTUlSSS'yi: ••••••••••••••paiarlastowa.Maaa. IngrowingToo Nail* cured without pain, without cutt ng. Sent by mail on receipt oi (I by L. Tanner. Druggist, l'jymouth lad. Keterence, F.N.Bank, Plymouth RUPTURE tfyon want relief and ci cure at your home. Rend for _ _ Dr. J. A. Sherman's clrmilar ot Instructions. 3M Broadway, JS'ew Yurfe MENTION THIS PAP£K wain fimn ru loviKntiw, OLD CHRONIC HLES-SSSSSiSSaBt eases cured by measures iiiild.sare.andi ertiii'i. W rite tor ithmtiMs. M 1J..MMN.Clara st...Chicago. Cint Ftairlay, n<muln, Backache, TwkHH, ( tha Clival aad all Aetna eaAMrttaa. C A P CD I PM E www« or imitation* THE*BSST'lNTHErVVDRLD CNIIWHRIEK CMKVIC •SIS Mall-- Samre, 1' MM by Hranbtn everywhere. A« hVn P«n»ra«al PI'la. Cures Nearalfia Hstdache, Catarrh, C TootbadM, $5£££' Sunpiex worth $1.80. FBEJi. r the horse's feet. Addrvsa _ day. not under , _ - •'s 8*fetv iiein Holder, Holly. Mich. . VTiiiiwms' Indinn Pile Ointment a smv cure tor i iind.lileedim.' or ilteiiuit-' piles. Cure guaranteed, IMiftaijjOc an<t $t. At dritgsi CO.. Cleveland, O. Ot«Qten,wno wtati to uxamin% this paper,**obtain estimates laacne, utUtriH, Croup, 5«re TIKNL RHEUMATISM ̂ M Back, Stiff Joints, Sprains, MIL Bums, Wounds, Old Sores All Aches and Pains. The many testimonials netind by Mf!li!i3yj - - bw \ pruve alt we claim for ibis vaivtol. not^ only relieves the moat *eT*re aiijJ At dritjr^ist'a or 1DVERTISERS en advertising space when in Chicago, will on fil» at 45 to 49 Randolph St., • |||||| A T||A| the Advertising Agency of LUHB9 Of IIIVI PENSIONS. . _ moat patns. b It Cures You. Tint's tho IltiI / Sold by Druiwirta. METE BONG BOOK mailed fn§B Address WIZARD OIL COMPANY CHICMft • Metropolitan Block, Chlrneo, Ills. OAK. ZaAWN TIM trial Nursery of PERCHERON HORSES. 200 Imported Brood Mares . Of Choicest Families. 1 LAROB NUMBERS, All Agea, both Sexeg, IN 8TOCK. THE OMIT HUB of Appetite, LADIES !3& eafe, ipeedr core. Ot All attempt. larit*. Do not lore. Glnt. clear, Malta; at eonnterMtiac only adi t experiment--set OnMIN -4 THEM. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. ST. SOO to 400 IMPORTED ANNUALLY om Franoe, all recorded with extended pedigrees la the treheron8tnd Books. The Pereheron la the only draft reed of Fratoee poaaeeaing a rtud book that has the support and endorsement of the French Oorernntent. (end for 120-page Catalogue, ltlnetratiom by lioaa M. W. DUNHAM, Wayne, DuPas* Co., IllinolOe -r CBRfS WHHC B Beat Coweta Syrui |g| in time. ttB MfcMMEj Ail tlSt MM. a. Tasteagood. Q Ed by tnwMa ' •If* 4p Hi a. II. No. Sl-WI VLTHK.N WRITING TO ADVKKT1I I uleaae any yoa saw tin kdver In thin paper. ^SLICKER ^ TO. FTSH BBAKD BUCKS* «• ww-i*nU4 waUrerool; aa4«M yoa *yta a llYl the Imnint abum The now POMMEL aucMBU a aarfrc* tldteg ew«,jaa 4^/\ U Qu B si" eoeeratheeatireaaUl*. Bewareertmltatloes. ltaraBeantaevltheettlM,iMk D I » " Brand" trad.mark, niaatiated Catalogue freak A. J. CREAMY BALMHFTCYI?RH Gives relief at onctWWQDCkiM pMl and cures COLD In HEAD™ CATARRH Hay Fever. Not a Liquid, Snuff, or Pow­ der, Free from Injurious Drugs and Of-' fenaive Odors, ffj A particle is applied into each nostril andiaaareeabl% Price Wet*, at drujttfixta: by mail, registered, Kotg. CUvularn (r««. iXT BKOS„ DrujtKista, Owego, N. *. HWFEVER =FEVER 0 The following words, in praise of DR. PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION aa a remedy for those delicate dflwaaea an* wetfN i- - nesses peculiar to women, must bo of interest to every sufferer from such maladies. They are fair samples of the gpontanewp expressions with which thousands give utterance to their sense of gratitude for the inestimable boon ot health which DM . restored to them by thfe use of this world-famed medicine. 8100 THROWN AWAY. JOHN E. SEOAB, of Millehbeek, Va., writes s " My wife had been suffering for two or three years with female weakness, and had paid out one htindred dollars to physicians with­ out relief. She took Dr. Picrce's Favorite Prescription and it did her more good than all the medicine given to her by the physi­ cians during tbe three yean they bad been practicing upon her." Mrs. GEORGE HERGEU, of lVcnt.iif.Ul, N. I*., writes: " I was a great sufferer from leucor- rhea, bearing-down pains, and pnin contin­ ually across tny back. Three bottles of your ' Favorite Prescription' restored me to per­ fect health. I treated with Dr. , for nine months, without receiving any benefit. The 'Favorite Prescription5 is the greatest earthly boon to ua poor suffering woman." THE GREATEST EARTHLY BOON. THREW AWAY HER SUPPORTER. F. BO8WXIA, White CottaaeAt )k eleven bonlea of your jn -̂ ption* and one bottle of yvm Mrs, SOPHIA writes; "I took v vorite Prescription and one bottle of nv 4 Pellets.' I am doing my work, and have beea for some time. I have naa to employ help about sixteen years before I commenced twite*' ing your medicine. I have had to i supporter most of the time; this 1 wl Mil aside, and feel aa well as I ever did." Mrs. MAT G LEA SON, of iVtintea, Ottcnea Mich., writes: "Your 'Favorite has worked wonders In my case. . Again she writes: "Having taken sertaal bot­ tles of the 'Favorite Prescription * I have re­ gained my health wonderfully, to the MtoniriK * ids. I can .now be on my faft j IT WORIS WONDERS. mcnt of myself and friends. I can now be on my attending to tbe duties of my household. *11 da* TREATING THE WRONG DISEASE. Many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, as they imagine, one from_ another from liver or kidney disease, another from nervous exhaustion or prostration^ another withpainnerc OTUiere^ this way they all present alike to themselves and their easy-going and indifferent, or over-Busy doctor,^yg^*j™^dMttnOT W f o r w h i c h h o p r e s c r i b e s h i s p i l l s a n d p o t i o n s , a s s u m i n g t h e m t o b e s u c h , w h e n , i n r e a l i t * u womb disorder. The physician, ignorant of the came of suffering, encourages his practice until lai^ebilte^ made. The gu patient gets no better, but probably worse by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and wnB^ucntcoin^c^tions. Apro^crmed Uke Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, directed to the cause would have entirely removed the disease, thereby dispelling all 3 PHTSIOUKS Mrs. E. F. MORGAN, of Jfo. 71 Lexington St., East Bostmi, Ma**., says: "Five years ago 1 was a dreadful sufferer from uterine troubles. Having exhausted the skill of three phy­ sicians. I was completely discouraged, and so weak I could with difficulty cross the room alone. I began taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and using the local treatment recommended in his 'Common Sense Medical Adv&er.' I oommenoed to improve at once. In three months I was perfectly cured, and have bad no trouble since. I wrote a letter to my family paper, briefly mentioning how my health had been restored, and offerinp " J " ~ " "~"1 to any one writing me for them, velope for reply. I have received In reply, I have described my case and the treatment used, and have earnestly advised them to * do likewise.' From a great many I have received second letters of thanks, stating that they had commenced the use of ' Favorite Prescri"*1'1" * K"rl [.50 required for the ' Medical Adviser,' an A Marvelous Cure--- Mrs. G. V. S f rao tk of Crystal, Mich., writes: "I W B troubled wfch female weakness, leucorrhea and falling of ttj womb for seven years, so I had tokeep jjV M for a good part or the time. I docttMwl with ia army of different physicians, and spent large of money, but received no lasting benefit. At last my hw persuaded me to try your medicines, which I was loath toj because I was prejudiced against them, and the doctors* they would do me no good. I Anally told my husband that 11 he would set me some of TOUT medicines, I would try una Favorite Prescription,' bad sent the $1.50 required for the ' Medical Adviser,' ana baa applied tho local treatment so fully and plainly laid down therein, and were much better already." THE OUTGROWTH OF A VAST cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi- against the"advice of my physician. He got me six Dotties of tt» Favorite Prescription, alaosixbottjes of the D iscovery. ten dollars. I took three bottles of 'Discovery and four eg ' Favorite Prescription,' and I.havetorn years. I then i was troubled i time. 1 have four years." •, The treatment of many thousands of cases Of those chronic weaknesses and distressing ailments peculiar to.females, at the Invalids' Hotel ana Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., has afforded a vast experience in nicely adapting and thoroughly testing remediea -for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies. • Dr. Fierce* Favorite Prescription result, of this groat nee. Thousands of , from patients and from physicians who have tested it in tho fnore aggravated and obstinate oases which h*d baffled their skin, prove It to be the most wonderful remedy ever devised for the relief and cure of suffering women. It Is not recommended as a " cure-all," but /as a most perfect Specl&o for woman's * neouHar-ailments. fend to tbe uterus, or womb and its ap- ' "pendages, in particular. For overworked, "worn-out," •'run-down,'* debilitated teacb- era, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls." housekeepers, nursing moth­ ers, and feeble women generally, Dr. Pieroe's Favorite Prescription to the great- oest earthly boon, being unequalled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. It promotes digestion and assimilation of food. gestion, bloating and A* a (ootmng aud ,u*5l™eu'nI nervine, " Favorite prescription is un­ equalled and is in valuable lubduimr nervous 6icltAl)illty« irntioility* exfeustwn. ^ofitration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attendant up<Jn *lJ i J organic disease of the tariuoca refreshing sleep and re lie \ es mental • is a legitimate w"-- compounded by an expe- physician, and adaptea to woman s deliorte rganisatio- *' ••cdicine, catvfuliy by an experienced and skillful " adapted to woman's delicate It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfecty effects in* any conditionof the.system. "Favoriteprescription* to apoai- tfve care for the mcit complicated and . . -S AW •* 1 excessive flowing at monthly periods, pain- fui menstruation, unnatural suppressions prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak back, "female weakness," anteveraion, re­ troversion, bearing-down sensations, ^ron- lc congestion, inflammation and ulceratkjn of the womb, inflammation, pain and ten­ derness in ovaries, accompanied with "in­ ternal heat." -Sl. • In pregnancy, " Favorite PwniMliU* is a "mother's cordial," relievir weakness of stomach and other i symptoms common to that i its use is kept up In the la* gestation, it so prepucs the I very as to greatly lessea. M almost entirely do away with the I of that trying ordeal. "Favorite Preeeripil©»^» whra takas in connection with the use of Sr. Hnrcal Golden Medical Discovery, and soiaU laxft tive doses of Dr. Pierce'a_Purgattve {Little Liver Pilla), curea. Bladder diseases. Their • removes blood taints, i cerous and scrofulous VMNrtfttm?kte < medicine for women sold, " under a paaMtTC nan manufacturers, that it win tion in every case, or aaooey will funded. This guarantee baa. bee*; on the bottle-wrapper, and flWdoaeal VM fir Send ten VOKlVS 0XSPENSAHT JKEMGAIt ANOdATMK. Ho. MS *sd» Street. *• f • r- . - 'A; I Purgative NM| • •