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f , •> #. " < V* itm 'MtW 4 ' / < *** w^j* yd •3' '**$, t -®-v £; 11 f f % f , ' t . W* of the Confederacy. l^Tke first evidence of ilie coming fMwer of this remarkable man, savs a writer In the Courier-Journal, vm ex­ hibited at Willington, a small village in Abbeville District (as the present ooantias were then called). South Caro­ lina. Gen. George McDuffia, the only representative of Demosthenes in this country since Patrick Henry, lived near there. MoDuffie was harnessed light­ ning. He forged the chain of logic at a white heat. He was the most nerv­ ous, impassioned, and thrilling tribune of the people of that day. He demon- * strated the political problems as Euclid did geometry, while foaming at the month and screaming like a painted Creek Indian. He had married the only daughter of Dick Singleton, the celebrated millionaire turfman and rice planter, and he owned 400 slaves and made 800 bales of cotton a year. He had been a member of Congress, Gov­ ernor of South Carolina, and was after­ ward United States Senator. The ^ people, before making up their minds on any political question would say: "Mr. McDaffie is going to speak at Morrow's old field two weeks from now, a n d I w i l l w a i t t i l l I h e a r h i m a n d there they would come forty and fifty miles, and camp out the night before to hear him, and hia speech would de­ cide the politics of the entire country once a year. On this Willington occa- aion it was said that "the everlasting- mouthed Bob Toombs was coming over to meet him." Four thousand people were there when that rash young Georgian crossed the Savannah to meet ^ the lion in his den.to beard the Douglas ' in his halls. Toombs rode a horse, and it was remarked that his shirt bosom was stained with tobacco juice. Yet he was. one of the handsomest men that ever had the seal of genius on his brow. His head was round as the celestial globe. His abundant, straight black hair hung in profusion over his iUnple, marble forehead. He had as many teeth as a shark, and they were Whiter than ivory. His eyes were -- black as death and bigger than an ox's. . His step was as graceful as the wild- % cat's, and yet he weighed 200 pounds. His presence captivated even the idolators of George McDuflfie. He bounded into the arena like a black- maned Numidian lion from the un­ known deserts of Middle Georgia, to reply to the Olympian Jupiter of the up-country of the proud Palmetto State. It was the most memorable overthrow that McDnffie ever sustained. This was in the Harrison-Van Buren a* election of 1810. His argument, his invective, his overbearing torrent of irreverent denunciation, is a tradition in that country even now. McDuffie said: "I have heard John Randolph, of Boanoke, and met Tristam Burgess, of Rhode Island, but this wild Georgian is the Mirabeau of this age." After that South Carolina admitted that Georgia was something more than the ' refuge of South (Carolina fugitives from justice. This was the beginning «rf Toombs' immortal Southern fame. <> A Since the death of ex-Senator B. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, Senator Reagan, of Texas, and ex-Gov. T. H. Watts, of - Alabama, are the only surviving mem­ bers of Mr. Davis' Cabinet. Reagan was Postmaster General and Watts Attorney General. At Montgomery, Ala., there was a secret session of the Cabinet to decide whether Fort Sumtey should be bombarded. Toombs w&s then Secretary of State, and regarded as the most rash, headstrong, and violent man in the Confederacy. While in the presence of Mr. Davis the bal­ ance of tha Cabinet gave their opinion in favor of the bombardment, Mr. Toombs was, as was his custom, pacing the floor. When it came his turn to express his opinion, to the amazement of all he vehemently opposed the at­ tack,and made one of the most remark­ able speeches of all his life in opposi­ tion to it. He said it would be the doom of the Confederacy. He said: "Let Charleston go. Give up Sumter. Let it be provisioned, but never ex­ plode the volcano that is under our feet." He said it was suicide and mad­ ness, and would lose us every friend in all the North, and exhibited all his magnificent powers in opposition to the attack. He said: "Mr. President, you will wantonly - strike a hornets' nest that fills the North from ocean to ocean, and legions, now quiet, will swarm out to sting us . t o d e a t h . I t i s u n n e c e s s a r y ; i t p u t s u s "v'in the wrong; it is fatal." And so it was. Toombs was thp wisest and the neatest of all the statesmen of the Southern Confederacy. A Vegetable Cutlet. • This fungus, which resembles a great red tongue protruding from three - stems, when oace known can never be mistaken for anv other species. When young it is a dull, pale purplish red, bftt becomes more red, and passes through brown to black as it decays; the under side is cream color with minute red points, occasionally becom­ ing yellowish red as it grows. It gen­ erally confines itself to old (and often prostrate) oaks; but in Epping iorest it is not uncommon on the beech, and it has been observed on the chestnut, walnut, willow, and other trees. Al­ though such a large fungus, frequently weighing four to six pounds, its growth is very rapid, soon appearing and again disappearing, on ancient trunks in Au­ tumn. When out, broken, or bruised it distils a copious red juice like beef gravy. "When grilled," says Dr. Bad- ham, "it is scarcely to be distinguished from broiled meat;" and Berkeley de­ scribes it as "one of the best things he erer ate, when prepared by a skillful cook." There is a very slight acid fla­ vor in the fungus when cooked, which adds considerable piquancy to the dish; it is extremely tender, succulent, and juicy, and resembles tender steak or tongue in a remarkable manner, the juice it distils being in taste and ap- Eearanee like gravy from an excellent roiled rump steak. Of course it should be gathered when quite young, fresh, and clean, and at once prepared for the table in the following manner: Wash and dry, cut into inch slices half- inch wide, soak in scalding water for five minutes, and stew with butter and herbs; yolk of eggs may then be added, and serve hot or simply stew with a good steak, adding a soallion and pars­ ley, salt and pepper.--English Me­ chanic. Taken at His Word. Prince Bismarck is a great smoker, | sad on one occasion, when about to ; light his cheroot, observed to a friend that "the value of a good cigar is best understood when it is the last you pos­ sess, and there is no chance of getting another." This reminds us of an anec- dote the late Judge Loclirane used to tell on himself. "I was journeying," he said, "be­ tween Augusta and Atlanta with Judge As I smoked one cigar after another I handed the mate, al- Bost automatically, to mj traveling companion, who put the weeds I gav* him into the upper pocket of nis vest When we reached Stone Mountain I felt in my own pocket for a cigar, but ; none could be found. The desire to smoke growing by the prohibition from exhaustion of the supply, provoked me to exclaim emphatically, 'I would give $5 for a cigar this very minute.' Judge pulled out the half dozen Victorias I had given him from time to time, and said: 'Loehrane, you oan take your pick of these at the sum named!'"--Annixton (Ala.) Hot Blast No Placa Like Heme* That a man's house is his castle is an old and very much battered tradition supposed to be a common law. But the due and full understanding of the precept is not common. It is not al­ ways from foes or disturbances without that the castle needs defense, for the inner furnishing and comfort also require to be diligently looked after. When this is done, for "castle" we sub­ stitute the word "home." And the home should be in the highest sense the "castle," for man, woman, and child. That good old household word comes to us from the Saxon and the relative languages; and there is no room for doubt that it is a power among all peoples in whose languages the world is at home. An old English poet says, "home is the sacred refuge of life," and no modern poet laureate, or other, has compressed into one line more truth and poetry. But home is what we make it It may be a sacred refuge, or it may be a mere place of call for breakfast and dinner, and a shelter for the sleeping hours when there was nothing abroad to keep men awake. It may be desti­ tute of attractions, a tolerated spot in­ stead of a comfortable haven. If this be the case, the fault is with those who, by their conduct, make it uninviting. Home may be a mere prison (well fur­ nished or otherwise) for the women of the household, while the men look abroad for their interests and diver­ sions. If the women do break bounds sometimes and find their amusements abroad, what truant husband has a right to blame a truant wife ? And when husbands and wives are runa­ gates, continuing in scarceness, who need be surprised that the children prefer "all outdoors" to all that they oan find indoors? While there has been a tendeincy among men to seek "club*life," and the women have to some degree retaliated by getting up societies of their own, to ouly some of which the latch-key or other "open sesame," there never was a time when the apparatus for home occupation and enjoyment was more absndantand accessible. Never were dwellings of all grades in expense more comfortable and convenient. Whoever desires to make home attractive, can, with his wife and other women and girls of the household do so. The man is, however, most happy who, at the door as he enters, "relaxes his ponder­ ous strength and leans to hear," and hastens tc do whatever the mistress of tho castle home directs. We are mak­ ing no plea, however, for tame and sleepy stay-at-home-itiveness. .Go abroad at proper times, men and women, and children too; only make home a nice place and much desired to come back to. But men, women, and children have different views and pursuits. That is all the better for a union, where neither has anything to conceal. The strength of a rope is in its many strands, and a united household and a happy one is that in which the thoughts and pursuits of the inmates are well twined together. Well, "everybody concedes that," some one will say Yes, but if the concession is only in words, commonplace as those expres­ sions are, there are people who do not act their thoughts. The proof of this is found in the daily story of the faults, follies and even crimes of men, high and low, rich and poor, who did not get their first inspiration for evil deeds at home. Certainly there are some wretched homes, where the spirit of evil seems to be in possession. But the members of such households commonly learn their evil out of doors, and their bad nroficiency and united experience reverse the line already quoted, and home is a sacred refuge. Of few homes, however, can it be said that there is no good controlling influ­ ence in them. And in all homes there is room for a constantly rising appreci­ ation of the sacredness of the earliest bond which binds human beings to­ gether--the family tie.--Ledger. Sounding by Souud. On some parts of the coast of Sums- tria and the neighboring islands, writes Mr. W. Mattieu Williams, the fisher­ men test the depth of the sea, and also the nature of the sea bottom, by the noises they hear on applying the ear to one end of an oar of which the other end is plunged in the water. At a depth of twenty feet and less, the sound is a crepitation, similar to that pro­ duced when salt is thrown on burning charcoal; at fifty feet it is like the ticking of a watch, the tick-tack being more or less rapid, according to whether the bottom is entirely of coral or alter­ nately of coral and mud, or of sand. If the bottom is entirely of sand, the sound is clear; if of mud, it resembles the humming of a swarm of bees. On dark nights the fishermen select their fishing grounds according to these in­ dications. The Alderman and the Mnyer, Once upon a time an Alderman in a certain city went to tlu Mayor thereof and declared his willingness to make affidavit that certain other Aldermen were guilty of jobbery. He felt that such corrupt officials could not be pub­ lished and punished too soon. "Ah--exactly," replied the Mayor, "but you are a little lata. Those very officials have already furnished me proofs that you engineered all the jobs and received the biggest whack." "Then, sir!" exclaimed the boss boodler as he drew himself up in his native dignity, "I shall at once go to Canada in order to prove my innocence and establish my integrity. Address me at Toronto!" Moral--If he hadn't gone the Mayor would have had to.--Detroit Free Press. ' A Promising Young Capitalist. Miss Sleepy, of St. Louis, to her cousin, Miss Sprightly, of Kansas City, who has come down for a little rest-- Antoine is 16 years old to-day. He has discarded his knickerbockers, will remain home from school all day, and will dine with the family. He is so grieved that you did not bring your brother Bob. They are just of an age. Miss Sprightly--Oh, Bob couldn't come. Just at the last minute some Boston capitalists arrived, and he is figuring with them on a big deal. Then, too, he is just closing out 'Sprightly Place,' and getting the iron down on his dummy line. It's too bad, but business is business.-- City Journal * , • •. . - ( ' % gjgBBRYnre I>EAP HEROES I Mmw This Was Done by Ike People of Alaska and Ethiopia. (Philadelphia Reoord.] In Alaska up to comparatively mod­ ern times the dead have been mummi­ fied. Mr. W. H. Dall, in his recent work on the Northwest coast, tells us that within the last half century bodies have been eviscerated, cleansed from fatty matters in running waters, dried and placed in cases, wrapped in fur and woven grasses. The body was usually doubled up into the smallest compass, and the mummy-case suspended, so as not to touch the ground, in some con­ venient rock shelter. Sometimes,") however, the prepared body was placed in a life-like position, dressed and armed. Some were made to look as if ongaged in a congenial occupation, such as hunting, fishing, sewing, etc. With them were also placed effigies of the animals they were pursuing, while the hunter was decked in his wooden armor and provided with an enormous mask, all ornamented with leather and a countless variety of wooden pendants, colored in gay patterns. All the Alaskan mummies wear masks, so arranged that the wearer, if erect, could only see the ground at his feet. These were also worn at their religious dances, from the belief that the spirit which was sup­ posed to animate a temporary idol was fatal to whoever might look upon it of Dmf *aars Old--Is UvliWa iiMt A*t? Is life worth living? „ d a y * o f l o n g S R O p e o p l e s e e m e d t o ttunk It was, if the length of time thev de- Tbtod to becoming acquainted with its lights and shadows is any criterion. It would teem m though life must hare afforded much of enjoyment in the good old days. Sophocles hong on until he waa 13G yaus old, then perished by m accident Attila was DM when he died of the oonse- qnenoe of a revel on the night of his seoond marriage. This is a warning to young men. Epsmenidaa was 15? at his regretted decease. Crowns did not sit so heavily on the browa of monarch* as they seem latterly to da Fo- hv the founder of the Chmesft Bmpire,_reiRn- "lebes lived for 500 years, according to Alexander Cornelius. The art of living ssems to be one of the many "lost art."," which the dark ages covered over, and modern civilization naa not yet been able to uncover. It is oertain long life was not secured by naingmineral poisons as remedies for disease. That is essentially modern practice. The ancients doubtless drew on the laboratory of nature for their medi­ cines, hence the upaq of their lives wss nat­ urally extended. We know that our immediate anoeatora found their medioines in the fields and for­ ests, adjoining their leg cabin homes. These natural remedies were efficacious and harm­ less--left no poison in the system. Physicians were rarely called in. and the people lived to ' old age. la it ragged and hearty old age. Is it not worth while to return to their wholesome methods of cure for oommon ailments)* H. H. Warner A Co., proprietors of War- a line of Log Cabin remedies, and their name indicates their character. They include a "Sarsapsrills," "Hops and Bnchn Remedy," "Cough and Consumption Remedy," "Extras! ose Cream " Catarrh, "Baalptae," for the Hair, "Livei and "Porous Plaster." They are care- Remedy, for External and Internal Use," "Bo for " Pills, fully compounded from actual reoipps, the most efficacious in use by our grandparents, and those who would like to try the virtues of old-time remedies, have an opportunity to secure the best in "Warner's Log Cabin Rem­ edies." FUN AT SOME FUNERALS. while so occupied. Probably an exten- I ner's Sate Cure, have introduced to ths public sion of this idea led to the masking of ~ ' * * -- - those who hod gone to the land of spirits, and that may also account for the silver masks found the other day upon the Aztec mummies in Arizona. To this day the Aleutian Islanders embalm dead men with dried grass and moss, burying them in their best attire. in a sitting posture, and decora­ ting the tomb with colored mats, embroidery, and paint- in?. With women they use much less ceremony. A mother will keep her dead child thus imperfectly embalmed in her own but for monius, washing it continually, till at last the intolerable stench reconciles her to parting with it. While on this gruesome subject it may be mentioned, merely as a matter of curiosity, that Carv's translation* of Herodotus describes the novel man­ ner in which the Macrobii Ethiopians preserved their dead. He says that their sepnlchers were all prepared from crystal. Their mode was as follows: When the body had been dried, after the fashion of Egyptians, they plastered it all over with gymsum, and then painted it to resemble life as nearly as {>os8ible. Then they put it into a hol-ow column of crystal, which was easily wrought and could be dug up in abun­ dance thereabouts. The body, being in the middle of the transparent col­ umn, was plainly to be seen, and it did not emit an unpleasant odor or become in any way offensive. The nearest rel­ ative kept the column in his^house for a year or more, offering to it the first fruits and making sacrifices before it, after which time it was carried out and placed somewhere near the city. This appears to have been an improve­ ment on the modes above described, for evon the Egyptian mummies could only be seen in front, the back having been covered by a box or coffin, while the Ethiopian bodies, snug in their columns of glass, could be seen all •round. . . - Hints to Inventors* Inventors of marked ability may toll all their lives on some grand problem in medicine or physics, with scarcely enough of this world's goods to keep body and soul together, and die just on this side of pauperism; while a sharp, shrewd fellow will, in a week, hit on some popular and commonplace thing --a hinge, a knife, acoffe pot, a window shade, a kitchen utensil or farming implement, or even a toy, which just "fills the bill"--something which every­ body wanted--and accumulate a very comfortable if not an enormous fortune. All the great prizes in life undoubtedly go to men whose intellectual grasp is gigantic, but the moderate prizes are more frequently laid hold of by those who understand human wants and how to meet them. The man who refuses to oonsult popular taste, who thinks he knows better what the public wants than the public itself knows, will not succeed in forcing his wares into their hands. He may, and doubtless will, think them imbeciles for wanting some­ thing else; he will fancy himself supe­ rior to their weakness, and refuse to gratify what he regards as bad taste or want of common sense. If he doss this from conviction, and because he cannot bring himself to cater to people's trivia] but harmless preferences, well and good; but let him not at the same time complain that he is not successful, and that he is a persecuted and unjustly treated martyr. Let him not be disap­ pointed at his ill luck. If a man goes fishing for trout with the wrong kind of bait let him not talk of his bad luck. If he would rather catch trout with lemon peel than to succeed in catching them with the fly, which they like the best, let him stay at home and not grumble at those who come in with a long string of fish as the result of their knowledge and skill in the art.--Eontoil Exchange. A Chinese Raia-Maketv A Chinese newspaper says: "Before the rain was obtained in the Pao-ting prefecture the draught was severely felt by the peasants, who, having been unsuccessful in all their efforts to ob­ tain relief, engaged a Taoist priest, who ereoted in the open street a wooden stage covered around with mtitsheds. Incense-sticks were kept burning in the front, and a coffin was prepared with four gentry or elders of the people standing at each corner of the coffin, while the priest prostrated himself, murmuring and burning some papers. After that the priest laid himself in the coffin, enjoining that the lid be held tight by several men. Should the rain still fail to appear these performances were to be repeated three times, after which it was believed that the rain would certainly coma One difficulty was that the priest might die in the course of three years from causes known to the gods [i ei, through the vengeance of the gods,] and consequently he often demanded very liberal remuneration,, for his services."--New York Post. They Will Be Framed in Steel. Experts say that curtains an^ fine laces can be made of malleable iron or steel. At the Centennial exhibition a piece of steel rolled by a mill in Pitts­ burg was so thin that it weighed less than a book leaf and could be blown off the hand easier than paper the same size. The sheets for steel lace will be rolled down to a low guage and the patterns pressed into them. The lace can be made light or heavy, and is suit­ able for ladies' and children's under­ wear, and perhaps for trimming hats, wraps, and dresses. The statement that "all's fair in love" is repudiated by the brunette-- Binahamvton Leader. <• •; Tb* Widower Who Went to Sloop Be aide His Wife's Oram. The signals of prosperity were flung out on the figure of a thick-set man with a lustrous nose as he sat among his coffins and mused in his down-town undertaking shop yesterday. There was an air of soft melancholy which seemed to pervade this man's well-fur­ nished office as if from habit. The man himself showed the remarkable protean faculty of reducing his facial expression from the flippancy of mirth to the somberness of gloom with the rapidity of a lightning change artist The one is his social phase, the other his professional. "Is your business a pleasant one?" a reporter asked. "Undertakers are a jolly enough lot when they get out among themselves," he replied. "We are much like other men in that respect. Our associations have their meetings, and we always make out to have a good time. We go to amusements the same as other folks, and if throats be dry and business be slow now and then we take a nip to cheer us up. But, speaking from a stri t'y business point of view, I can't say t i a pleasant trade. What do we sei< iu it, after all, but grief and death! No, I wouldn't be an undertaker if I had to choose my calling over again." "It is said that there are no under­ takers nowadays, but only funeral di­ rectors. Has the name been changed?" "Not in the West. It may be that the name undertaker was not high- sounding enough for some of the East­ ern chaps, and they may have taken up 'funeral diiector,' but it don't 'go' here. Our associations do not countenance these high-sounding names." "What special training is required for an undertaker?" "All a man needs is to possess a good character to begin with, for our calling is next to that of the minister. Then he may rent a rodb and set up shop. Of course it is better to begin as an undertaker's boy, like Oliver Twist, and learn how to wash and prepare a body. We don't use ice anymore now­ adays. The embalming process is all the go at present. There is now no heavy and unwieldy ice box--just a little cooling board, a little gripsack to carry the fluid in, and you are ready to answer a call." "Is it a healthy vocation ?" "Woll, it has a tendency to make a man blue and morose during business hours; but the effect of open air exer­ cise more than counterbalances thai We are almost constantly in the open air, answering calls and riding to cem- etries. Another thing I want to men­ tion. The profits are considerable, but we have so many losses that yon sel­ dom hear of an undertaker getting rich. In Chicago there are about a hundred. Of these only four or five may be accounted wealthy. We are compelled to do a great deal of charity work, just like a physician. Sometimes we have to get up costly and elaborate funerals, for which we know we will never receive one cent. It may occur in the poor branch of some rich and in­ fluential family whose patronage we don't want to lose." "Are there not many types of grief?" "There are. When a mother loses her first babe it is generally the hard­ est to bear. For example, there is a marked difference between that and the grief occasioned by the death of a mother-in-law. A widow will show more grief than a widower as a general rule. I have many outstanding bills against widowers who have their second wives. The husband or wife who makes the loudest demonstration of grief is usually the quickest consoled und the readiest to marry again. Another thing I have noticed. People who have been happy in the married state are usually anxious to enter upon that state again when they have lost their partner. Those who have been unfortunate are in no haste to adjust the matrimonial noose about their necks a second time. "There are sometimes queer happen­ ings at funerals. An old gentleman I remember, who lost his wife, went sound asleep at the grave and had to be wakened up. He had evidently worn himself out waiting on her. Many women have superstitions about turning a coffin around in a room, and, to pre­ vent it, prefer to have it taken out through a window. Yes, we have people here with a mania for attending funer­ als--professional mourners. One is an old Hebrew who shows up at every big funeral and rides smilingly to the cem­ etery. Then I know four or five old widows who are always on hand, asking for Bpare carriages. I have read where Sydney Smith says: 'For the hearti­ est mirth and jollity in the world com­ mend me to the last carriage at a funer­ al.' *-- Chicago Mall. ^ From Wealth to Povertjf." "I ain't alius been pore as this," said an Arkansas backwoodsman to a stranger who entered bis cabin for shelter during a rain-storm. "Well, well," said the stranger, "re­ verses will come." "That's so," said the man, dejected- and thejVe give me a terrible lick, hfs pist^r, fopU it I've seen toe day w wouldn't thought nothin' of takin' four­ teen chaws of tsrfoacker a day, and now I'm in luck if I get six; my old woman useter have her snuff free as water, and we never had less'n sixteen dogs; now we ain't got but eight. I tell, you, mister, it's hard to come down to that, after being useter havin' everything heart could wish fer.*-- Puck. Women of the Frontier. Tho wife of a recent Governor of a far Western State used to take her blankets and go cautiously out, after nightfall, to some sheltered nook, there to sleep with the Btars for company. Her husband was obliged to make long freighting trips to some distant mining camp. She has recently presided in her husband's home at the State capi­ tal, while he filled the highest offioe in the State. And that capital has sprung from a few dugouts to 75,000 inhabitants sinoe her days and nights of danger on the river bluffy and her children, yet in their teens, have been enjoying the educational advantages of a State University. Another brave woman, afterwards the wife of a coun­ ty judge, was seized by an Indian lover who intended to place her on his pony and carry her away with him. She gave him a quick blow with the rolling- pin that she was using, then pushed him with all her might oat of the door and against his pony. Then she snatchod her rifle, took the cap box from her pocket, where she always carried it, and fitting a cap to her gun aimed at the Indian's heart. In the meantime he had mounted his pony, and now fell upon his face on the pony's neck. The cap snapped, for­ tunately, but she pursued him, deter­ mined to kill him. She was a good markswoman, frequently killing ante­ lopes and other game. The Indian, seeing her determined air, fled. Her husband said that if she had killed him there would have been no escape for them from the fury of the savages, who were camping near in large numbers, and his only conveyance being a slow ox team.--Mrs. O. O. Howard, in Daughters of America. Kate Hints In Geography. Hotel butter--Ancient Greece. A trip to Canada--Modern Home. American enterprise--Turkey in Eu­ rope. ' Something indigestible -- Bristol board. If you like a pretty girl--Bussia. The clergyman's trade--Plymouth. A nineteenth century Bourbon--New Orleans. The proper fine for outfielders' muffs Tenafly--Pi14.sburg Chronicle. Do qood to all, that thou mayest keep thy friends and gain thine ene­ mies. IK answer to casual queation, Bow easy and truthful to tell iff ' A eure for the worst indigestion. To take Pierce g Purgative PellSlp.. ' These is nothing so flattering in the world of art as tho picture of a summer-resort hotel.--Boston Transcript. v. Delleate Children, Nontag. . Mothers, Overworked Men, and for Sfl eases where tho tissues are wasting away from the inability to digest ordinary food, or from overwork of tho bram or body, all such should take Bcott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. "I used tho Emulsion on a lady who waa delicate and threatened with Bronchitis. It put her in fcuch good health and fleBh that I must say it is the bsst Emulsion I ever used."--£4 P. WiDODX. M. D., Hugh's Mills, a Q THE small feet of American girls are out ef all proportion to the immense largeness of the country.--Puck. GREAT EXCITEMENT At *llfr^a11«y City MUls, Which tIMPsM- man Kxplalns as FoUom. Deab Friend--Yours of the 26th instant was raoeiveJ, and I bog pardon for not an* swering it sooner. The fact is I am worktn day and nigbt; have not been as well in fil teen years. That trouble with my stomach and the rheumatism which nearly killed me has been entirely cured by Hibbard's Rheu­ matic Syrup ana Plasters. Mother is now taking it, and thinks there is no medicine in the world equal to it AW. THOMPSON, Dec. UU, Valle^Oity Mills, Grand Bapids, Mich. The world may expect more from an in­ dustrious fool than an idle genius.-- Arkansaw Traveler. NERVOUS DEBILITY. A Sure and Positive Cure for This Com­ mon Complaint. 8ufPerers from nervous debility complain of physical and nervous weakness rfnd exhaus­ tion; there is prostration of the physical strength, a tired feeling with no inclination for exertion, and the powor to work is diminished; the patient wakes mornings tired and unre­ freshed; there is an extseme nervous and irri­ table condition, a dull, cloudy sensation often accompanied by disagreeable feelings in the head and eyes; the thoughts wander easily; there will be gradual failing of strength, with weakness and pain in the back ; bad taste in the mouth mornings, the vision becomes dim, the memory impa rad, and there is frequent dizziness; often the patient is gloomy and de­ spondent, and the nerves become so weakened alter a time that the least excitement or shook will flush the face, bring a tremor or trembling or palpitation of the heart For these symptoms Dr. Greene's Nervura Nervo Tonic, the great etrengtbeuing and in­ vigorating remedy, is a sure and positive cure. Under the u-»e of this wonderful restorative, which is pui ely vegetable and therefore harm­ less, the dull eyes regain their brilliancy, the pale look and hollow cheeks show renewed health and vitality, the weak and exhausted feelings give place to strength and vigor, the bruin becomes clear, the nerves strong add steady, the gloom and depression are lifted frotn'tho mind and perfect and permanent health is restored It is tin abioluie and cer­ tain *p?cific for nervous debility. Young men with wanke-ie l nerves and exhausted vitality ca:i regain their wtreugtli by its usa It re­ stores lost energy and invigorates the weak­ ened vital power* in old and young. No one nee>! despair of a cure. Use Dr. Greene's Nervura N tvo Tonic, and an absolutely cer­ tain cure will result Druggists ksop it Prioa $1 par bottle Be sure and get l)r. Greene's Nervura Nerve Tonic; take no other, for this remedy has no equal. If your druggist does not have it, he wll gft it for you. Dr. Greene, 85 West 14th St, New York, the great specialist in cur­ ing nervous sod chronic diseases, can be con­ sulted by letter free. Write him about your Itching Piles. Symptoms--Mc siure; intense itohing and stinging; most st night; worse by scratching. If allowe I to continue tumors form, which ofien bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore, fcwayne's Ointment stops the itohing and bleeding, hetils ulceration, and in many cases removes the tumora It is equally effioacious in curing all Skin Diseases. Dr. Bwayne Jk Sou, Proprietors, Philadelphia. . Hwayne's Ointment oan be obtained of druggist̂ or by mail. Catarrh Cured. A clergyman, after yean of suffering froa that loathsome disease. Catarrh, and vainly trying overy known remedy, at last found a prescription which completely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease Bending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. JL Lawrence, 212 East Ninth street, New York, will receive tb» recipe free of charge. Consumption Hareiy Cored. To the Editor: -Please Inform your rsailsrs thai I have a positive remedy for ths above- named disease. By" its timely ose thousands of hopeless cases have been pennaaentty oured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy riuue to any of your readers who have consump­ tion if they mil send me tfceir Express and P. O. address. Respectfnllv. T. A. SLOCUM. M. C.. 181 Psarl St.. N. T. L¥on's Patent Metallic Stiffeaers prevent Arx yea ssd, dsspeateit, gtoomft Are you sore disUos--d? Listen to the welcome bidding-- "Bs at rest * Have you aohes and pains unnumbered. Poisoning Ufa s tiotden Cup? Think not there's no balm In Gilead, sad 'Gveltmp.* A Golden Bemedy awaits you-- ̂ Golden not alone in name-- Keaoh, oh, suffering one, and grasp it, Health reclaim. Tbere is but one "Golden" Remedy--Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It stands alone as the great "blood-purifier," "strength- renewer" ana "health-restorer," of the age! The Liver, it regulates, removing all impuri­ ties. The Lungs it strengthens, cleansing and nourishing them. The whole system it builds up, supplying that above all other things most needed--p T -pure, rich Blood Soke people are so sensitive that they seem to have corns all over them.--Judge. "I Don't Want Relief, Bat Care," is the exclamation of thousands suffering from catarrh. To all such we say: Catarrh can be cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It has been done in thousands of cases; why not in yours? Your danger is in delav. In­ close a stamp to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y., for pamphlet on this disease. A PRiNTMt, as well aa a lawyer, Is glad to reach a point where he oan rest his ease. Ifo Safer Remedy can be had for Coughs and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat, than Brown?* Bronchial Troche*. Prioe 25 ota. Sold only in boxes. It is only when iu love that the gambler is satisfied to hold a small hand.--Judge. Make No Mistake If yon hste made up your mind to bur Hood's Bar- sapaiiUa do not be Induced to take any other. Hood's Saraaparilla is a peculiar medicine, possessing, by vir­ tue of its peculiar combination, proportion and prep­ aration, curative power superior to any other article of the Und before the people. Be sure to get Hood's. "In one store the clerk tried to induce me to bny their own instead of Hood's Sarsapsrills. But he could not prevail on me to change. I told him I knew what Hood's Sarsapsrills wss, 1 had taken it, was perfsctly satisfied with it, and did not want any other* Mbs. Ella A. Go»f, «i Terrace Street. Boston, Mass. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by dl druggists. |i;slxfor|9. Prepared only by C.I. HOOD k CO.. Lowell. Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar 'uME Study. Secure a Business Education by mtil __froni Bstaky's Business Collxoe,Buffalo, N.z. MENTION THIS fATCa was* nitua «• iKTsanua*. GOLD is worth cm per pound. Pettif s Eye Salve $i,00ft, but is sold at 35 cents a box by dealers. MENTION THIS PArKK wmmm 1 te unimiH, WPWLTftWa to Boldlers and Heirs. 1.. HINO-F AJNSMUCIS ham. Att'y, Washington, IXC. MENTION TUB FAPSa P i S O S C U R L F O R C Q N S U M P T I 0 N $250S ONTH. °JAV BKONSON, Detroit, Mich. Agents wanted. 80 bests'li­ the world. 1 sample FREE. MENTION THIS FAFE* ' $5 J4KNTI to S8 a day. Samples worth $1.50, FREE, fines not under the horse's feet. Write . Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co., Holly, Mich TION THIS FA PER «au wairua to »>t<u>uiu. ESBIlgi* . P. LAOST.Patent .Washington. D.O. ns and opinions years' experience. SOLDIERS w relieved; success or no tee. Uwi sent free. A. W. XsGenaisk * Ssa. WatMutM.». «•„» (Wima a. i Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment ' is a sure cure tor blind.b]eeding or aaranteed. list's or mailed toy AGENTS WANTED W ~ PA1TKRNB, 1 or making Rues. Tidies, Caps, Mittens, etc. Ms- chine sent by mail for $1. Send for late reduced price-list. K. BOSS * CO.. Toledo. Ohio. DETECTIVES WutH Ik iwi CMTY. fffcr«wt mi to art na4«r ltatraettoaa UMr8«ntB«rvlot. ICiptrkiMBMMNmiy. FarticnUrs fr«e, drsaaas MmIIti Bsreas CS.ii Arcats.CHDMU.0. ELY'S CREAM BALM It Worth $1000 to my •an, Woman or Child suffering from CATARRH. Apply Balm into each nostril, ELY BROS., 2S5 Greenwich St., N. T, JOJVES PAYStteFREICHT 5 Ton Wans Scales, Iron term, 8le*T Inrliii, Bnut Tare Bmm and Brain Box fc Imr ilieftcale. for prioe tUI aenitoa thia paper sal a4Srm jams ar aiiaiuirrai. BINTIHAMTON. N.¥. NORTHERN PACIFIC HuWHUBEMIUMBUaM* FREE Covemment LANDS. A BIB OFFER I A |> WASHING! MACmRB FREKSt Last r*ar ws placed upon ths market ths ftvat- est labor-saving Invention of the 19th oentarr. It was a setf-opeietlnf Washing Machine. It washes ths clothing clsaa TOHODT THE WASHBOARD OR AOT RUBBING WHATEVER. Ws advertised a few handled free to Introduce them, and tiuoaffh these free samples sold ever SO.0OO, One Isdy In Chicago (Mrs. MeDer- Inott 338 w. 15th 8t.) was so wsll pleased with her sample that she became an agent and sold over 1200 in four months. W. C. Hamilt, Box ST, Toronto, Out, ordered over 400 alter test­ ing his sample. We have scores of Ju*t such •samples ns this. It pays " to cast your bread upon ths waters." OUR GREAT OPrKR. Ttils vesr we intend to sell not less than ONE Mile LION WASHER*, and to do this we will first start off by GIVING AWAT1000 ssmples. AH we ask of those who reoslve one is that they will rive it a good trial, and If satisfactory recom­ mend it to their friends. Agents are coining money. We have asreral who are making Sill per day and upwards. " First come, first served." So If you want one from the lot we are going to give sway, send your name and address at once. Address, MONARCH I.AlINDRY WOIIKS, 00 Wabash ave^Oilcago, I1L (Mention this peper). READ THIS! The New Yoric "Christiau at Work " says: 'We have personally examined a great many letters received from all tactions of the country from those whe are usm^ this wonderful Washing Machine, and all unite in com- mendineit In the bfirhest teems." We also have similar reference from the"Farm and Fireside,"Hie "Hone and Fans,' and scores of other papers. Cires and Prevents Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Stiff Neek, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Headacho, Toothache* Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Asthma, Bruises, Sprains, •luicker than any knnwn remedy. It was the first and U the only I'aiu remedy that instantly stops the most *xi-ru iatiiur pains, allays inifaiuLuation, and cures Congestions, whether o£ the Lungs, stomach. Bowels, or other k a-Kis or organs. No matter how violent or excruciating the pain the Rheumatic, Bedridden, Infirm. Crippled. Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated Willi diseases may suffer. MDWAY'S READY RELIEF Will Afford Instant Ease, Internally a half to a teisDoenfuI in half a tumbler of water will In a few minutes cure Crumps, Spasms. Sonr Stomach. Nauspa, Vomiting. Heartburn, Ner­ vousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Diarrhea. Colic, Flatultaicy, and all interna! puius. Malaria lnlts various iorni!< chreil aud prevented. There Is not a remedial aeent in the world that will enre fever and SKue ami all other fuvers (aided by Rad way's Pills) so quickly as lta<tway's Ready Relief. ACHE8 A>D PAIAS. For headache (whether nick or nervous», toothache, neurabria, nervousness and sleei lessiNss, rheuma­ tism, lumbago, pains and weakness in the back, spine, or kidneys, pains around the liver, pleurisy, swelling ot the Joint*, snd pains of all kinds, the ap­ plication of Baa way's Rea iy Kelief will afford im­ mediate ease, and its continued use for a few dsn affect a permanent cure, Pi ice, 50 cents. Sold by all drnjtzlsts. fit* GREAT REMEDY FOR PAIN* Cam .jag1-; f WHAT IT IS. let ft i* in one word a cmv; it IB not) l*l« a relfc" ' relief and In ho sense a cure-aU^5 is the product of scientific research. MIt strengthens while it sootMs and soft* • dues, heals and cores; it literally cob» quers pain. QH Its effects are curative and permanent.!* the whole group of muscular miseries and nervous agonies. AtH " J?069 not mei*ly irritate the outer sat* •tills face, nor does it merely soften oar m)sT s constricted muscle. To its » superior curative virtue is superadded. Cfh It penetrates deeply but gently; search- wllk mgly and surely, seeking the peitt spot in an effort to conquer. Ctji Each constituent of the formula has a Will, recognized intrinsic virtue to StfVt most surely the cure of pain. * bf DruggUta and Dealer* Jfraynftg*, WICHMHJB A. V0CELE1 CO^I 5 ̂ ran j woi--iiiM OK %mmm eaknesses and tllrtinsalns The treatment of many thousands of o f t h o s e c h r o n i c w e " . . . . ailments peculiar to: Hotel ana Surgical : has afforded a vaat experience in nicely adapt­ ing and thoroughly testing remedies for Qm core of woman's peculiar maladies. . Sr. Pleree*a Fkvorlte rrescrtfrttoa Is the outgrowth, or result, of this nest and valuable experience. Thousands of testimo­ nials, received from patients and from physi­ cians who have tested it in the -more aggra­ vated and obstinate cases which had moled their skill, prove it to be the most wonderful remedy ever devised for the relief and cure ot Suffering women. It is not recommended ssa "Cure-all," but as a most perfect Specific for woman's peculiar ailments. As a powerful. Isvifustlsg «•»!«* It imparts strength to the whole system, and to the womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked, "worn-out," ** run-down," debilitated teachers, milliner* dressmakers, seamstresses, Mshop-*irls," house­ keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women generally. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly bom, being unequaled as an appetUinjr cordial aria restorative tonic. As a (ooulaf and Mres|tli<^sc nervine. "Havocke Prescription" is una. oualed and Is Invaluable in allaying and sub­ duing nervous excitability, irritability, ex­ haustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms com­ monly attendant upon functional si disease of the womb. It induces deep and relieves mental anxiety . ®r. Pferee*s Favorite Preserlptlos la a lealtlasate medicine, carefully A r am ' ' oompoui physician, an organisation. Iclae, carefully meed and skttlftO to WNnaa's organisation. It is purely vegetable la its composition and perfectly harmtaa In ita effects in any oondltion of the sjitea For nausea, from morning cause i pepeiai _ stoknesa, or nausea. weak Itomach, indjceattoa,dy£ and kindred symptoms, its use, in small will prove very beneficial. avorlte Prescription " Is a _ tlve care for the most oemphcated and ob­ stinate cases ot leuoorrhea, excessive flowing. painful meostnwtion, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak tack, " female weakness," ante version, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, ehronio congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, in­ flammation. pain sad tenderness la ovaries, arw>mri«Ttt«wl ** lnfawnfll Iloaft ** accompanied with " internal heat." As a regulator and promoter of tional action, at that critical period of c from girlhood to womanhood, "Favorite Pre­ scription " Is a perfectly safe remedial stmt, and can produce oqlv good remits. It Is equally efficacious snd valuable in Its effects when taken for those disorders snd derange­ ments Incident to that later and most orinesl period, known as " The Change of Life." ** Favorite Prescription.** when taken In connection with the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and aBMJt laxative doses of Dr. Pierce's Purntlve VlpMaiEittla Liver Pills), oures Liver. Kidney MjalniMer diseases. Their combined use also blood taints, and abolishes cancen scrofulous humors from tho system. '* Favorite Prescription ** is the only KIMr.'SSS^tSB'Si'SaSK facturers, thatltwiil give satisfaction In every case, or money will be refunded. Thlsguaran- For large, illostrated Treatise on en (MO Women ^..i^jsrissssr^ wanni.awmaas I say eare I do for a time and then hare radical core. I have made IJtPB ̂ disesas of ni&M Y or FALLING 8ICKNKS8 a Ufe-loa* stady. 1 warrant my remedy to oaf* the worst cssei. others have failed Is no reason tor not now re cure. Send at once for a treatise and a FYee _. myLnfsJUfctojramedj. ttjge*£^oa» H. G. ROOT, M 1SS1 c R The OLDEST MEDICINE la the WORLBis j probably Dr. ISSSC ThoapSN*! •lebratad Eyt Watal This article is a carefully prepared phyaieian's pi*> scriiition, and hM been In constant ns* for neariy a century, and notwithstanding the man* other prepar­ ations that have been introduced into the maraet. the sale of this article is constant.? increasing. If the di­ rections are followed it will never fail, we particn- larly invite the attention of phyailiana to its merits. John Z» Thomptun. Akms « O., TBOY, R1 '35. Ostf< , . y-.t. : *\*'£ W Pi OB V d r Y m /lDYS jl/iTARRI CATARRH (aa Bo Cared. Yes,sir; audit isn't netensnrto so to Oahtornia or Florida t> •fecompl.ah it either. 11R. CAI>1nft 1-AIAKKHll'fKKwaS1KK spe iScforth*can o this terrible disease, ii need it in hia ten-rat practice for yt a *, and iiKV ICR failed to cure. It -S compounded now w.th his i wu hand-< to insure pos­ itively tiiat chemical y puie. hfcth-c a le remedies are used in its ui aim lecture. Tour patience way b«*e Ivtvi exhausted byn* n* some, on all. of the i trir.usso Urvrly a^Yt rti-ied. but let it revive us • o£ this, for it is a suru sp- ciflc. Y'OlT may l _ mttii'lod in this resard ; if :.ot. please rvcummrUi! i to some one wiio is, and tans coaler a favor i ends of the lice. The most obstinate, paluful snd lone-stand* ing caves readily yield to its curative power. It Is recommended upon its merits. No valueless cs(» tiflcates of cure, no pictunnx the fr gbtftil renults OC the diaeaae, or unprofessional dap-trap are uw»i m increase its sale. Follow lUwctma* ssd it via euro you, otherwise money cheerfully refunds*. It la yerftetly nais. apeeaMs. asd < plied. One ptdta^ewilTdo the work. Don't " "* yon by artieiea i TIC LBS -- Catarrh Cure is UKSl'lNK. and is worth times the price. Sent with full directions, by r mail, to any address in the Pnited Stita or C -- -- - ••••* BUT HOSTB1SS CBOWX >X1M tor sariltst sad larfMliwsm. Tteartndpsfft •tosks. Woof aieamawsa. Sand stamp tor catalog. JOMH A. HIJIS, V-,̂ 3 C.H.U.