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is hotur. Yak on* can never be if the price is ditnuitd in adirtHiee, without at least half an hour's argu­ ment. If one is taken wfftMnt pptrious •pMDeiit as to price, sad a* Am eou- eiaston of the servioe the proper fare be offered the driver, he will invariably demand more. If thiB is refused the driver wUl generally go quietly sway. Bat if through ignorance or inistaken generosity alarger sum be offered the driver flies into ft rage, throws the money on the ground, demands three times*as much, and a threat to appeal to the police or an hour's argument is necessary before quiet is restored. A wealthy American gentleman, be­ ing in Pekia in his journey around the world, complained to me of the high twices charged by the Chinese inn­ keepers for rooms. He had, so he said, offered $2 m payment for a small room without bedding or furniture in a wretched inn. The landlord demanded for a single night Along wrangle resulted, and finally the gentleman of­ fered $3, which the landlord, after more words, consented to accept. The customary price for such a room, food not included, is 20 cents, and if the gentleman had offered this sum it would have been accepted without much discussion. The lack of laws or of their enforce­ ment for standard weights and meas­ ures goes far to facilitate tricks of trade in China. Cloths of all sorts, whether of silk, linen, wool, or cotton, are sold by the foot. But the merchant invariably uses one foot when he bnvs and a shorter one when he sells. The foot for cotton goods is longer than that for woolen, whioh in turn is longer than that used to measnre silk. . Steelyards are regularly made and sold in the markets, having two sets of pounds measured on them, one for buy­ ing and the other for selling. I have seen a respectable Chinese gentleman and a fisherman quarreling over the price, or, rather, the weight, of a live carp, each having his own steelyards, whioh made a difference of a pound and a quarter in the weight of the tish, whioh at the utmost could not have weighed over fotir pounds, unless, in­ deed, as is sometimes the case, the hon­ est fisherman had forced a pound or \two of coar.se gravel into its stomach. In buying various grades of cotton­ wool one gets a varying nnmber of ounces to the pound. For the eoirse grades one gets sixteen, a full pound; for medium qualities but twelve, while for the very finest twenty-two ounces are called a pound. Of course such variations, regularly established by custom, praotically counterbalance themselves, the price varying in accordance with the weight. At the same time it is quite impossible to find either reason or sense irf such , pratices. If an explanation is asked of the most intelligent Chinese he has none to give beyond the remark that it is an old custom. 1 have'often been trapped into the purchase of articles which I did not want in the following manner: A dealer in "curios," as they are called, old porcelains, cash, bronzes, etc., would come in and offer some object for sale, making a little speech about its rarity, beautiful form and color, snd close by saying that the price was only $5. Not wishing the article at any priee I would say: "I'll give you 10 oenta" •••r*'.-. . "*«•« • "Oh, look at it; see how fine it is," says the merchant . ~ "Can't, I'm busy, don't want it," I . say. « "Well," says the dealer, "I want to sell it to you very much; give am $1.50." "No; go away." "All right; it is yours for 10 cents.* Pranks or a Boyish King. An amusing story is going the rounds of the foreign papers about the King of Greece, who is, us is well known, the Princess of Wales' youngest brother. When Prince George was chosen King of the Hellenes he was a lad of seven­ teen or eighteen,and in a state of tutel­ age at the royal navy school of Den­ mark. His father had not attained to kingly honors until some months later than the time of which I am writing. The story goes that the yonng Prince one da i', when luncheon time arrived, flung down his books gayly and rushed out to the pastry oook's in schoolboy fashion to buy some tarts, and sat on a bench eating them and swinging his feet, without any thought, I suppose, beyond the present moment The tarts had been wrapped np in -r*-. _ • ^®o^L Were _ ; Wtenonthecosttof: m to breed, the 801,00^000 5,000,000 «%|s every ,000,000,-" " Other fish, though not equalling the it would give a yearly 18(^000,000,000,000 young of codfish. a piece of newspaper, and Prince Qeorge was just in the ao« of shying the paper at the head of a school-fel-1 paper, if its tone be judged to be detri- mental to the public peace or existing cod, are wonderfully productive. A herring weighing six or seven ounces is provided with about 30,000 eggs. After making all reasonable allowances for the destruction of eggs and the young, it has bean calculated that in three years a single pair of herrings would produce 154,000,000. Buffon calculated that a pair of herrings could be left to breed and multiply undisturbed for a period of twenty years, they would yield an amount of fish equal fit bulk to the globe on which we liveu A Fine Point in Duelia?. My Virginia friend--I was going to say my old Virginia friend, but he is only 45, and doesn't live in old Vir­ ginia, but in West Virginia--was tell­ ing me of the code duello in the South, says a writer in the Harrisburg Tele­ graph. He raised his hat, and, with his forefinger, traced a deep scar on his forehead just at the roots of his hair. It looked as if made by a red- hot brand. "That," he said, "was received in a duel. The duel is going out of fash­ ion in Virginia, but there are still some hot-headed men who think that their wounded honor can only be satisfied with blood." Said I: "How did you get that scar?" Said he: "I'll tell you. I was mak­ ing a stump-speech one night in the heat of a political campaign. Excite­ ment ran high, but I was keeping my temper right along, and never got angry at the frequent interruptions. In the crowd was a man who was a power in the community, and he was just drunk enough to be offensive. He had interrupted me several times and I passed it off good-naturedly, until at last he said something that stung me. Well, I am a Virginian born and "bred, and I answered him back that when he was made his mouth was put in the wrong place; that it should have been fastened on top of his head and filled with hog's lard and sawdust There was no wit in the reply--it was brutal-- but it tnrned the lau-jrh on the fellow, and I knew I was in for it The next day he sent me a challenge, and I ac­ cepted, naming pisto's at ten paces. He was a eood shot, and I know that I am. We were both excited, and when we got the word to fire both pistols cracked at the same instant I shot him through the lungs, and the ball fror* his pistol struck ma on the fore­ head, plowed this scar, and glance 1 up­ ward. I had aimeil to shoot him through the leg, but the pistol jerked up with the pressure on the trigger and my ball went through his body. He had aimed to shoot me through the breast, but his pistol went up from the same cause and Btruck me on the fore­ head. I'm glad to say he did not die, aud I haven't a better friend in the world." Then my Southern friend explained to me that a short-armed man fired quicker than a long-armed man be­ cause the distance from the brain to the finger tip was Us?; and be also said that the better-class of people in the South were bent ou extinguishing the duello, and its death was oqly a matter of time. Newspaper Law* in Japan, A new law for regulating the press has been issued by the Japanese Government It provides that the nafaes and ages of editor, publisher, and printers shall be furnished with every written application for permission to publish a newspaper; that the appli­ cants must be over 20 years of age, Japanese subjects, and shall never have been deprived of their civic rights; that the editor and printer must, be different persons, and must deposit as caution-money a sum of between £200 and £70, unless the paper is to be devoted wholly to science, art, statistics, or curreut market prices. If any person sends a denial or contradic­ tion of any statement that has appeared in the paper, the editor must insert it in extenso, in the same type as the original statement, and at the head of the same column as that in which the latter appeared. But if the denial is more than twice as long as the original statement, the extra matter may be charged for as an advertisement The exceptions to this rule are when the wording of the denial is offensive, or if the denial itself is annoymous. No I newspaper is to publish an article de- ! fend ng an offense against the law, even though the law is confessedly bad. No official documents of any kind may be published, or even alluded to, without the consent of the department con­ cerned. The home minister may sus­ pend, prohibit, or confiscate a news- low, when he saw his own name in big letters at the top of a column. George carelessly read it, and it is not difficult to conceive the lad's amazement when A few lines in a scrap of paper ac­ quainted him with the destiny before him, and that he had been chosen by the great Powers as the King of Greece. But his gracieus Majesty was evidently still but a schoolboy, for we are further told that on his way through France to Marseilles, where the young King was to embark for his new dominions, the Emperor of the French had placed a j sumptuous saloon carriage with dining compartment at his Majesty's disposal. King George was charmed with the novelty of the affair, and presently i took the idea into his head that he would like to test the speed of the ' train by throwing a plate out of the window, and found this such a satisfac- : tory way of passing time that be kept the attendants busy supplying him; with crockery. Keeping up this novel entertainment, the natural result was that when the train reached Marseilles not a piece of crockery remained. In .the possession of a boyish sense of humor, I fancy, Prince George of j Wales must take after his uncle, for j the story goes that when his customs, however open to attack these cust oms may be. Very heavy penalties are attached to breaches of the regu­ lations, which are, however, described as much more lenient than those previously in force--London Times. Didn't Scare Worth a Cent. He was a little baby boy, only 2 years old, and his home was at Daven­ port, Iowa, on the banks of the Mis­ sissippi. The wide river had ft wonderful at­ traction for him, and his fond parents sought in vain to keep the tiny, patter­ ing feet from wandering to the river's brink, and wading in. Various devices were tried, but "Lit­ tle Henry" evaded tbem all, and every opportunity found him wading in the water, and laughing, and "crowing" to h.'s i e-ir 's »oatent The solicitude of the parents became great At length one of his father's c erks suggested a plan which, he thought would forever cure the little fellow of his love of the water. So, one day when the baby boy toddled down to the river, as usual, young . Morehead followed and concealed him- , Royalj 8ejf until the fearless child had waded iUghnessis at home he keeps Marl- j jnto the water nearlv up to his neck; borough House, or Sandringham, in a then, with a bound, and without the state of the liveliest commotion with least warning, he sprang into the river, ft series of wild, practical jokes, and the Bn,i, matching little Henry up in his other day, when in the Mediterranean, J arms, threw him jusfc as far as lie could being requested by the Duchess of * gend biui, and then swam,out after him, few violets, * j thinking the little boy'would be nearly frightened to death. Edinburg to send her he sent her a small ship-load, and the violets literally arrived in car-loads, at Clarence House, to the mingled amaze­ ment and amusement of his august ftunLeeds Mercury. ?v All dripping and punting Morehead swam back to the shore with his tiny charge, who was sputtering, kicking, i ;^i and choking at a great rate. The young clerk became alarmed, fearing the lesson had been too severe, wbeu little Henry suddenly straight­ ened himself, rubbing the water from his eyes with his dimpled fists, gasped: "Do--it--a-den-- Mo-head-- do--it--a- den."--Detroit Free Press. Fecondity ef Fishes. Fishes produce so many eggs tfiif if vast numbers of the latter and of the fishes themselves were not continually destroyed, these animals would finally fill up all the waters. For example, man annually takes 60,000,000 or 70,- 000,000 eod fish from the sea around EVE was a calculating little body, and the shores of Newfoundland. But even J knew how many animals there were in that quantity qeems small when we the garden long before her lord and consider that each cod yields about master did. Keason--because she was 45,000,000 eggs each season, and that { the first to Add'em. --Detroit News. • P I * . . . lUm-rrt cdaa, I would piaoe Benj lin's * AutoMography." son this book sever helped me, cause I never read it I should to' leas have learned to "stick" type at an early age; should have spent at the compoeitor's case and the reporter's desk, the vears I frittered away in college, grubbing at the science* and "humanities;" should have escaped some years of the grind of school teaching; and should bave become, far sooner Mian now seems at all possible, the editor of a critical journal of my own. I have felt a sort of personal grievance against Benjamin Franklin ever since I found out what his book is like; not because he wrote it--that would not be fair or logical--but be­ cause he did not leave directions that I should read it at the proper age. In the second place, among the books that have not helped me, pecuniarily I mean, I must put the books I have written. They have never bean pub­ lished yet and I am beginning to <?oubt if they ever will be. Another book that did not help me, pecuniarily or otherwise, was "Titus Livy," especially the preface. Just why they put freshmen to reading that abominably constructed puzzle, I don't know, unless it is to make them home­ sick. I liked the lost books of Livy better than any of the rest because they did help me--to get through with the volume. •"Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" has never helped me, either, to any great extent. I never felt that I had money enough at one time to buy it; the publishers never sent me one, and I prefer Worcester's spelling any- how. Two other books that have not helped me are "Lemuel Barker's Ap­ prenticeship" and "April Hopes"--ex­ cept indeed, as they helped me to get disgusted with those varieties of the human species the author essays to photograplu Of course there are plenty of other books that never helped me--such as the "Proceedings of the Board of Ald­ ermen," the Congressional Record, and the books of the British Museum and the Lenox Library, and other places inaccessible to a New Yorker; but these don't oount What I set out to do was to tell of some books that emphatically and in some special way have not helped me. If others confess as frankly there may be gathered in time a body of facts sufficient to form the basis of a general induction; and thus we may get logically at a com­ plete list of the "hundred worst books," which will be more scientifically com­ piled than any of the "hundred best book" lists, and will be fully as helpful to the student and the general reader. -- W. A. Piatt, in the Epoch„ Japanese Girls in English Gowns. The government school for the in* dustrial education of women, where sewing, embroidery, tapestry weaving, lace making, and the making of European garments are taught, is filled with these purple-frocked young ladies, who have also progressed as far as dressing their hair in a low, Grecian knot, and ornamenting that with an artificial flower. A few of these girls wear foreign dress al­ together, and are the envy of all their class-mates. An English woman was brought over to teach them the occult and intricate science of dress-making. The ability to sew up the few long seams of Japanese kimono was no preparation for dove-tailing together the intricate curved pieces of a dress waist, and the teaclier'found her pupils sewing in the darts at the back aud taking the collar for extra side bodies. Any woman who has been puzzled with the queer look­ ing scraps. of cloth of which a tight- fitting waist is made can imagine the effect of them when laid before a Japanese, who has never known any­ thing but the straightest and longest of seams. With misguided ambition these poor girls work hard at foreign dressmaking, and have a pride in wear­ ing the ugly clothes that saddens any one who sees all about him the artistic dress they have forsaken. The adoption of foreign dress by the Japanese can only be defended with any strength on the claim of its greater warmth in winter, but with woolen un­ derwear and shoes the Japanese dress could be as well worn at this season. It makes one feel most uncomfortable to see the half-clothed people in the streets with red noses, ears, and heels, and their numb fingers drawn up iu- side with airy bag-sleeves, and no amount of argument can make one be­ lieve that they do not suffer St, Louis Globe-Democrat. The Earth's Supports. In the early gropings of the human mind probably no problem was more perplexing than that of the earth's foundations. One of the most prim­ itive ideas represented the earth as a vast fiat island, surrounded by an in­ terminable ocean; and this view was subsequently modified by giving the ocean a circular boundary, with end­ less roots stretching downward beneath the whole. The priests of Veda as­ serted that the earth was supported on twelve columns, between which the sun passed. Anaximander regarded the earth as a cylinder floating in com­ pressed air. The idea that the earth floated long prevailed, even the early Hindoos, who supposed the hemispher­ ical earth to rest on the heads of four elephants standing on the back of a tortoise, maintaining that the tortoise rested on the universal ocean. Aris­ totle and Strabo conceived the sphe­ ricity of the earth, but what supported it as the motionless center of their universe puzzled them. Cosmas, A. D. 535 propounded the system of a square earth, resting on nothing, and supporting the heavens on solid walls. The venerable Bede, who lived in the eighth century, regarded the earth as a floating egg, and this notion lasted many centuries. These crude theories have come down to a surprisingly re­ cent period--so mnch a thing of to-day is our modern science. -- Arlcansaic Traveler. His Only Straight Flush. "I have been playing poker for twenty-five years, and I never held a straight flush but once in my life," said a gray-haired veteran the other day. "Then it didn't do me any good. There were seven of us playing, and a jack­ pot had passed around fire times with­ out any one having opened. - On the sixth deal it was my first say. I nearly fainted when I beheld a pat stra:ght flush. I thought some one' would snrely open it, and made what I con­ sidered a nice play by passing. Well, dog-gone my buttons, if every man around the board didn't pass, too. The next time some fellow captured the boodle with a pair of jaolMt"--OLfuul Olobi :r • I Of few jMii aaaMtt-iotow wmituaft few," a cumulative nlpML atalMB 4**g thai haaroined man? eaas«tta> Wfifeoak ttday a remedy whish phrstaJan* ft Aasarlsa have we­ ft* ever thirty fears past--Hostet- isrl Manieh Bitters. Dumb «gu« and ague us tor* mwsnai aisaase, ate promptly relieved and alttoiSly apcoote* by it Ja the tropic*. vbmlUm eotnplaiau at this sort are more for aad remedial tffloaoy whiob compe.itton baa not bees <»bleto affect preju- aieUUly--aay, has even serve t to atrengtbea. Disorders at the stduiach and bovrela, particu­ larly those to whioh malaria gives ilse, axe relieved by It. Kidney computnts, aerroasuees, *«»J fleopieesneaa. i, and comUpetfon yield to IT AD- pebte mad sleep ere both.improved by it. What the Early Presidents Wore. President Monroe was the last Pres­ ident who carried a cocked hat under hia arm and clothed his shapely thighs in knee-breeches. George Washington wore yellow gloves, and a pair of his silk stockings exhibited at Mount Ver­ non are longer tKan the longest femi­ nine article of the same nature used to­ day. PreaSdant Buchanan invariably wore a sw&Uow-tail, and he had a big fob at his wateh ohain which hung out of lua watch pocket.--Washington Correspond eme. FUMIGATION IS said to have originated with Acron, a physician of Agrigen- tum, who is said to have first caused great fires to be lighted, and aromat- ios to be thrown into them to purify the air, and thus to have stopped the plague at Athens and other places in Greece, about 478 B. C. "Just Hear That Child Scream!" Said Mrs*. Smith to her sinter, Mrs. Davis, as tin- sound of a child's shrieks ctme across the garden from a neighbor's honee. "What kiud of a woman have you for a neighbor? Dues she atnwe bar chuslren?" "No, indeed," re­ plied Mrs. Davis. "She is one of the most louder inoUier* m existence. But you sae, * he behoves in ttie old-iashioaed styles ot doctor- ing. Wbeu a child needs physic, she tills a spoon with some nauseous dune, lays the little victim II it ou her lap, hoKts his notse till ho is forced to opeu hie mouth for breath, when down goeB the dreadful mess. Theu come the yells." "No wonder/* said Mrs. Smith, '"Why doesn't she u«e Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purga­ tive Pellets* They are effective without be- itiK barsb, and are as essy to Uke as sugar pinms. I»I ways «ivo theui to my children." "Aud so do I," said Mrs. Davis. HAVEN'T dismonds and rubies be cor­ rectly called htcata-gems? MXlftY AND FAST TIME. TIio First snd Only Una Rwnlng Vesti­ bule Ksprws* Trains lhitwoFii Chicago snd Conucll IS 1<Ift'*. Aia^diticeut VESTIBULE EXPRESS TEAINS-- built expressly for thi-t service with all the im«4t m.provemeutB--now run daily each way bc-tweeu Chicago a'.id Council lilnff*, over the (i its AT I.00X ISLAND HOCTE--TIMO 10 hours. 'HUB I» & splendidly appoint© I series of <H»U- tiuuoui p&rior« on" wheels, including elo^ant Dining and Palaco Sleeping ears. No noise, no du-st, %no swayiuR of coacne.% no cold draurhtsof air, uo slamming: of donrx, but refctlu! com fort the entire journey. No po­ tentate of the old world travels in a more princely style, or cotnniandi greater luxuries or more of thent, thsu tho*e xoin:; We^t can now ••njoy, if ticketed to or from Council BlufN v.a the CHEAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE. This train *'«o connects at Omab* with the "Overlaud Fiver," KOinp through to aud from Chicago and" San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and Liw Angeles in 87 hour-. Tickets snd rate* by the Ro-k Istsnd Vestibule no higher thxn are charged by linos having greatly in. ferior accommodations. "ROUGH ON RATS,"for rata, mice, bugs. 15a "Hot'onoN CATAUBR." Only absolute cure. 50c. "l.ouGU ON ( OBXS." Hard or soft coma 15a "I.OOOHON TOOTBACH*." Instaut relief. 15a f**h; Mod's wraHi; ski fftflt * SJl tha wiuter'e'blastk --'twas only light; 'night; A little AIM* Shoot A little Then a A little A little chill shivered the hours of A ilttle p*ia came and began to gro Thea oonsrunptkBi laid all hia breve strength low.' Be wise in time. Check the little cough, curs the little chill, dispel tho little pain, ere the little ailment becomes the stroag, unoon- mierable gisnt of disease. Dr. Pieres's (ioliea Mescal Discovery, taken in time, is a remeJj for .use ilia Pnrrociocs boy--Mamma, who was Shake* >eer? Mamma--Lord to be suTw.--Lift. ^'ns^lssnsing, uttiseptic^and heating quali­ ties of Dr. Sage's Catarr equaled. Remedy are un- UNKA&T lies the heid that wean a Presi­ dential hie on its crown Epoch. {f SnAircrs from Consumption, Scrofula, Bronchitis, and Oenersl Debility will try tScott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oik with Hvpophosphitee, they will fiud immediate re­ lief and permanent benefit The Medical Pro­ fession universally declare it a remedy of the neatest value and very palatable. Bead: "I nave used Hcott's Emulsion in several ease* of Scrofula and Debility in Children. Results most gratifying. My little patients take it with plewure."--W. A. Houuon^ M.D., Salis­ bury, III THB owners of the hotel weighing- machines believe in St. Nickel-us.--Boa- ton Bulletin. KbiemeAes tinliiseil lij lis the treetmmttof b and «1 Blood Pls e--i Medleal ~ ftbetuastisBi. Vtmmim Plsins, 8ICK OB WILL, Tea thahld tat# vfcat yen are taking. We nAanlt W* FOBXOLA far year kind sidsration. It ism*a paeon** remedy put np to sell toe a con* a dose. We challenge the world to prodacs a medicine equal to it in merit as a family remedy. The combination makes it the greatest Blood Medicine IN THB WORLD. AASCAM SAGRADA. As a laxative ft will restore V the bowels to their normal condition without pain or griping, and has remarkable virtue in the treatment of habits at oonstipat on, indiges­ tion, and as a ton'e for the stomach it has no rival, af aged iu this svran. BLACK COHOSH, as used In this syrup, is a : powerful and useful remedy, noting prima­rily on the nervous system, kidneys and uterine organs. ||NI"0RN ROOT. In all diseases of wnam ft |l stands first and foremost as A tonic and reg­ ulator. its value cannot be overestimated as herein. VAMARACK is tonic, diuretic, alterative and I laxative. JAC&SON, MICK. AtlLVERY lt60T is powerfully e It lag with mat eneisy on also an excellent ton-e, luaM acting apob the scci-etire and of the body. ttAKE !• poVrrfnl in Its & energy upon tho liver i and is invariably used fn •ROUGH ON NSACRALGIA." ft. Druggists. "liouaH ON RHEUMATISM." IL.VX Druggists. •HOUGH ON ASTHMA." $1.53, Druggists •BOUGH ON MALARIA." fl.53l Druggist^ or prepaid by Express. E. & Wells, Jersey City. Ytou will get more comfort for Sic. in Lyon's Heel Stiffemw than in suy other article you buy •ROUGH ON ITCH" Ointment cures Skin Hu­ mors, Pimple#, Fleeh Worms, Ring Worm, Tetter, Halt Rlicum, Frosted Feot, Chilblaius, Itch, Ivy Poison, Barber's Itoh, Scald Head, Ecse ma 50a druggists or mail E. & Wells, Jersey City, N.J. If Van Feel Tired Weak and weary, worn out. or rnu down from Usrd work, br'irapoverisheil condition ot the blood or low stste ot the srstem. rou should tike Hood's ttarsupa- parilla. The peculiar tomtir, purifying »n<l vitalizing qualities cf this Kurcesstul lueclioiue are soon felt throughout the entire syst in. expolliuz disease, sud irivhifr ('uii-k. healthy action to ever; ortfsn. It tours the stomach, create* au appette. snd rowvs the liver and kUlnejrs. Thoussnds who have taken it with twaeftt testify th .t Uood'a Sarssparill* "niukus the wesk s rouif." Hood's Sarsaporilla "I lisve taken not quite a bottle of Hood's Sampa1 rilla, and must nay it i< one ot the lieat medicines for Kivitif.' an appetite, puriiyimr the blood and rejrulat- lup the directive orjaus that I ever heard o;. It did me a h'reat deal of good." Mss. N. A. hTAKLKT, Can- astotx. N. V. Makes the Weak Strong •Feclinu lannulil and dU*y, having no anpet:te and no ambition to work. I took Hood's Karsanarllla. witi the best results. As a health fnvhiormtor and for general debility I think It auiicrior to anything slss." A. A. Kikkh, Utica. H. Y. Hood's Saroaparllla Bold by all druertrist*. fti: six for $.1. Pmnarod only by C. I. HOOD M CO., Apothecaries, Ixiwell, Mass. Doses One Dollar HANMAK SerfEU* oooattpatic BURMCK B msUsm DllMMf. • AOKE ROOT Is esSfa r tdghly esteemsd IJoatv Rhoumatlnm. and all Skin Disease fire every where reeo is, our medicine eooti Hibbard's Rheumatic UNRIVALED In merit It Is a SAFE FAMILY MEDICM*. because it enntalns no . OhildrenTrnvslidn and delicate persons will Had it the best medicine and touic they east wst home should be without It. Always in season. Spring, Summer, A*t*mn*nd WlwlSiC It j-oueannot procure it of your druggist, send diroK to us. Prise SI; 6 bottles S3C ~ TESTIMONIALS constipation. has no equal for the cur* of. mstlsm, Syphilis, Kidney, Liver and fl as used lv rein. Is Cathartic and anti-a for its virtnes ha i Sypliilii, and all Btln Diseases. ?- _ IN ADDITION to the ABO 5, which are every where recognized by the wsftl/ist. FACULTY as being the best-known Blood Tooies, our medicine eon tains RME DRUM, ssaAstfM * WORTHY OP eumst» Planters, which yon BO stronuljr reooir. Syrup ami ided. her to.try. for inflammatory rheumatism. Mrdaufrhtnrlfaud ha* iw<f Hibbard's Bheumatir ind try fi _ Her limbs were bsdlyswulii"< and the i>oor Kirl Van i't terrtl-e agony. In the midst of the pstn we wound the Plasters about her limbs, and a« a result tho swelling was reduced, snd she Ix-oam' qniet sad rent ed. Hie syrup corrected her i idwpetion, cleana«<i the rheumatic poison from her blood, and she is now able to be around the housv. Hiiilnrd's Rheumatic Syrup snd Piasters are remedies ot frreat merit. KtV. J. RoBKH'. Pastor First M. E. Church, Fremoni TS, lCMich. CONFIDENCE AUBIOX. JCich.. Dec. 30,18S7.--'While . agent of tab Michigan Central Railroad < Augusta. Mich., about seven yean aire,' became diseased, and I have" ' since. Hare doasnlted the 1 city snd Ann Arbor, and < Nimwnn by*': Kmm |MiHM •nlttt Urn)** witii lbs %t>ov« TRADS WARS SLICKER raj Ererlafc. sot have the "ri«H s»T<sn'^^mninjde«cr^ Don't waste your menevos a mm or rabbereest The FISH RKAXD tUCDD Is sh>«>lutely tmirr and i tW rsoor. sua will Iteep yen dry in the hsrJest i ~ A*W1or the"KISU BRAND" sucasa and take no other. If jroari' live r >) Hnm HflftfC CTIfftV Bookkeeinne. Business Forms, UIHC wIVIII •l>tnni»)iHliii>.Aritiiluetic,Miort-hand, etc.. thoroughly taught l.y mail. Circulars free. liRVAMT'e BOfciNKK* Coi.t.KtiK. Buffalo, N.Y DETECTIVES W»M«4ln«w» Cwntf, Shrari n«a to set «i4er iMtrsftta* Is •ur ferret H«r<rk«e>. Exi>?rUec« uot stcstssry. PsrtlistsratrMfc Scsaaaa USISCUTS Bsrsaa Co.lt itcthCbduttlA "OJsGOOli" U. S. Ctttttri Scalis. Srnt on trial. Freight luiii. l-'ullyWarrantcd. 3 TON $35. Other siies proportion- Stely low. Agent* well paiJ. Iliuairntecl Cut.logus free. Mention this Paper. OSGOOD k TEOHTSOH, BiatfaaSga, V. T. Dr. Owen's Portable Battery FOH MAN AND WOMAN. Contains 10 degrees of strength. Current can be increased, Ce- creased, reversed or 'at will and any part limbs by lly. Cures KluDER'8 P IKMrfiN THIN THIS It TO* CfttAT «aiv omo" M WELL MS 8MICKIE SELF CLEANING. MM SNSSMMSS thHl •ksrts. Mllns fKt LoonsAma t*PPIN, OHIO. Unatl«Mu<aikai fwsaMay<bra<haa asS op. « anytMaf elM In the world nilwr ass. Owil* oatlft AddraM, TSBS S CO., Sag^MOUlas. MASON SLHam 'I "'I • SBKk. Term* ruts Dr. Owen Belt Co., »S8tatsW (II Plf A harmless, positive and permanent Rernper- Kniliiie Manhood, and Strong Nerve and Blood F»<>d. $1 per liottlc. Hold bydrnsr- •MMVsists. OLKK OC>.. Sit N. State St.. Chicago. 111. Isllsht, Richest H MO utiUOmH . Ef iimi ummuwi*** P'AWOS lifcHtMUtSa ursKtUa ^JACOBS OH i. .*^r- --r-* tM Hog Cholera and all Dlsoason of Hog*. 4&-GENERAL blllKCTIOA'S.--Vmi freely in the hog swill. If they will not eat drench with milk into which a email quantity at the OU Is put. Sold by PnggitU and Dtalrrt Evenpchtm^ IHE CHARLES A. VCfiELfB CO.. Bilt«sisr«. Mi. I S O ' S C U R L F O R C O N S U M P T I O N GOLD .is worth 8.V*J per pound, Pettifs Kyc Kalyof Si.TO', but is sold st 25 oents a box by dealers. MENTION THIS PAPER WMRN w*ma« «o AVVIMVIM. and cured without tho knlfi •NO, TCflfi I A|||fe acres beat asricuV I KMw Willis tura) snd irulnt land for sale •ddreas.UODL.EV A PORT B R.nallaa.Tez. SWEEPIN8 THE MARKETS! Moxlp has rrest d the »rrentf st eiritement rif miuid and aale aa * btveraee. in two years, fver vvif.-- ue.'sed in the hlstorv of trade -Jroiu tho £sot that it liriri"B nervous, exhRuxted. overworked women toi pood iiowersof endurance in a few days; cures the* iinr-outrollahle ai lor 1 (jnors and tobacco at* once, aud has recover* d a Ixr. t number of cases of old. helpless paralysis ui a rood only. t || 1 linril xraated and curcd without the knife. STAMBEfiS^ ̂Osweco, N. Y. tnsoa aay. Samples worth tlJM, FREK. lines not under the hone's (set. Write _ BEE water Safety Bain Holder 0». Holly. Mich KNTlON THIS FAHtlt «as> wsmae t» tnaamiu. $5 TSiSt I800VERY. holly tullkt Rrtlnrmi «iymms» ac mind SOLDIERS W relieved: success or no ree. Laws sent free. , wauitortNB learned las one reaaln*. ; I st Baltimore. 1005 stltej^oit. 15UO st Pldladelphia. 111.1 atWMhin^on. IStB at Boston, lsrxe ela«ses of Columbia Law students, at Yale, Wellesley, Oberlin. Unlrerdw of Pran« lficli-an University, Chautauqua, Ac., *c. BndoMed by ICBASO Paocroa. the SC entlst. Hons. W.W.Asros. book Classes of LOM la A. W. ̂ Oormick A tea. wwMf--. s.c. a o«Smii,ft LTV BUG RUU AGENTS WANJED^W^x PA1TEKK8. H C.H. O. JDDAK P. BSM/AWM. Judge DLBSON. Dr. Baowx, B. H. COOK. Prin. M. sSito Norttsl Cohajre chiue seat i«y mall tor SI- Send tor late reduced price-list. E. K08S A CO., Tolsdo, Ohio akd L u w g Y Catarrh 1 Ely's Cream Balm | Cold in Head ELY BKOS.. '6 Warren at.. It. Y. $03 Sewing: ffiacMne Free! We want one jwrarti in rv*r? rlt'sf*. town kecpiuttieir liuxies a Hue of <n*r AKT !?A)*riXiS j to tboMf- Wlio Mill kff aud simjly sltfW Mmplv* to Ibose who cull, %rc vt ill rree,lbr best tiiae rrianufu.-turtil. In tht> MorUt, nirL cit lite itn< tnit-ulf. Tbih wmrhine i» innde) af.er tlic tStNuKU pfctcnu, vt Lit h tipirf'l Kk*iur« Uie intents- run cut, llii* sfvle tn:u hine. itii the ^si soiU far •VIS: 5t TI< W for licftdtr, 1t mar to ycu tbf motfi' WONDEKFl L THING ON KAK l IL, Lut v«u CAB Mcare mic of tlm nutcbuie* AlisOLl-TCLV ^ru^{dcd jnour HfiplicAlion remet in l!rK,froiii your locality, amd If' ygu will keep iu y<»ur lifiiie'snU sbow to ihoae *»ho cr.u, • »et of our «»d ua- •qutiUd Art MRit'lcf. V»'© ri© : msk you to sboiv ihtie um< pics for more tium two tnoi.thi*, «tud thee tbey be^cmc vour wn i»ro|ien». 'I lie «rt sanî lo *re »< nt to YOU PiiEK of coat, iliwciu wedoill tLU?--e*hi!y ^fough. Wroftrtt fft a« mutli as fl',000 or f.'I.Ofc) in trmiie piece,, After our art Miniplea hove reniftiacd <M here Ihfj' could !>e «rik for • month or tn o. We need one person ia each Ivtaiitv, all over the country, antl take litis means of securing tbrm at onct^ Those wlio write to us st once, «il! secure. Plilb', tkt- *>17 best 6ew;np >^a< !<inc ^TtanufiK turet!. and the ftnevt grearral assort- •sent of w orks of high art erer sUowr. together Iu Au«€Hca. All partictilarsFKCK by return mail. Write alonce; a postal car4 Sh vijiich to ^ rite ton* vii!l coat you but one cent, andaftsrjoti know all,should vou conclude 1J#ro no further, wby no Iranti 10 Wvwtferfbl as it Nwa, yeu need no t spiral--«1I {sftv*. : ouca. TittK 4CX), AiutalA, " uuicker thmk wr knowa remedy. aud its tJte wily rati remMy that in Cures "d Preients ' Colds, Hoarseness, Stiff Neck, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Headache, Toothaches Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Asthma, Bruises, Sprains, .. It was the ttrst inxtsr.tly stops tli« most «x. i u iHtin.t pains, allsvs infianimstioR, and curesC'on^trstious. wiu ther <n the Luugs, btomach, Bnwfls, or other t a I>1K or ortraiiH. •Ni> matt-T how violent or en rurjstiDir the pain the Rlifciimatic, Uedridden. Infirm. Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with diseases uiay nutter, RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Will Afford Irtstunt Ease. Internal>y a balf to a fe.ispoonful in half a tumbler of water will in a f w minutes cure CramtM; Spasms, Sous Btoinach. Msu«k.-a. Vomiting. Heartburn, Ner-vousue-ss, Kleeplesaness, Si' k Headache, Uarrbea, Colic, flatulency, and ail iotenial p.iins. Malaiia in its various torras cured and prevented. There la not m remedial aeent in thewoda ttiat will cure lover and aRne and all other fevers (sided by Badwsy"s fills) so quiokly as B«dway's Ready KeLef. T ACHK8 ANJO PAI»8. For headache (whether side or nervous), toothache, neuraWa, Mrvousness and sleei>lessoaee,i„*he. tlsut, Imnip, pains and weak new in t pains and weak ' s around <be and pains STA ifelr^1^ r kidneys, paius rot the joints. SL„ -a ot MWM** Boa iy Keliet Oil Do you feel dull, huuruld, low-apirlted, llfeleos, and iadeocrlbobly miwnbte, both physioally and mentally: experience a sense of fullncM or blontini: after, estlna, ot- of "goneness," or emptineosof stomach In tho morning, tongrue qpatad, bitter or bad tuste Iu inouth, imauMur appetite^ dis- xiness. frequent lieadaohes, blurred eye- . aUrht, "floating specira" before tho eyes, nervous prostration or exhaustion. Irrita­ bility of temper, hot flushes, altaraaflna with chilly sensations, sharp, biting, tmo< " there, cold feet, drosr-.isieat pains lie re and sincss after meals, wakefulness, or dis- • Curbed and unrefreshing sleep, constant, wMiMM DAVID G. LOWS, Esq., of SI. Aaathe. Manitoba, Canada, says: w Beinr troubled with a terrible bil­ ious attack, fluttering- of the heart, poor rest at night, etc, I commenced the use of your 'Golden Medical Discovery' and 'Pellets,' and derived the very highest benefit therefrom." (OorraraRT, tar.) Indescribable feeling of dread, or ot lm- Deadinir calamity ? If jrou have all. or any considerable number of theso symptoms, you an suffering from that moat common of Aneriow maladies--Bilious Torpid Liver, associated or Indigestion. The more compl your disease has become, tho greater the number and diversity, of symptoms. No matter what stage it has reached. DR. Piaaoa's GOLBKN MKOICAL DISCOVKRY will subdue it, If taken according to di­ rections for a reasonable length of time. If not cured, complications multiply and OK common ox usJ)y»pcpiia.or tore complicated , jply and Consumption of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart Disease. Rheumatism, Kidney Dis­ ease,, or other grave maladies are quite liable to set In, and, soomr or latar. ia». duoe a fatal termination. _ Da. riaaca's Gouna Mamcuu. Daoo*>i aar aqta powerfully upon the Ltver, aal. through that groat blood-j * cleanses the system of all , _ impurities, from whatever causs It Is equally efficacious In acting 1 Kidneys, and other excretory 'organs, okanang, strengthening, and KCALÎ f UNW- dlscasta. As an awetizlng, nslaiatlrai tonic, It PTOSMtef 4 tlon, thereby building up both strength. In malarial dbtricts. derful medidno has gained rity in curing Fever itud and Fever, Dumb Ague, diseases. iota aesa ansa, lets, this west- 'JKS, cSat andkindreSk Mrs. L V. Waaasa, of Yorkrhire, CMtaravqm Co* N. writes: For five yean previous ts taking 'Golden Medical Discovery' and 'Pellets,* I was a great snffercr; bad a severe pain In right side continually; was unable to do work. I am now well and strong." " FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE." Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is Abe fountain of health, by using Da. •rizBCB's GOLDKN MEDICAL DIBCOVERT, a t'uir skin, buoyant humors, from a common Blotch, or Brap> tion, to the worst 8crofula. Salt-rheum, Fever-sores," Scaly or Bough Skin, in short, all diseases causod by bad blood, are this powerful, " medicine. conquered by this powerful, pi invigorating medicine. Great oers rapidly heul under its fying, and Ul- u-f nd good digestion, a t'uir skin, buoyant pirits, and bodily health and vigor will io vNlilinhcd GOLDBK MBDICAL, Ducovaar cures all f A medicine possessing the power to cure such inveterate blood and skin diseases as Certainly be credited with possessing properties capable of curing any and all akin a bbstiuate or difficult of cure than taut-rheum. icy, a ely n r froi ence. Virulent blood-poisons robbed of their terrors, teanifeated its usa, robt has it ta Tetter, B oles. Sore Ings, Hip- ted its potency in _ Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils, Osrbu»- •e Eyes, Scrofulous Sores ttnd Si Hip-Joint Disease,"White Swelling^" Goitre, or Thick Keck, and Enlarged tilanak, in curing IS, OWH«M> and SweB-. Rm-BllinML1*- aad Uo owing testimoi od diseases, for none arc moiSi "COLBMB08, OHIO, Aug. 18th, 1887. WORLD'S DISPENSARY MKDICAL AMOCIA- TIOK. 668 Main Street, UuIIalo, N. Y.: Gentkmen--For several years I have felt it telative of mine M been a great sufferer from salt-rheum for upwards of forty years. The disease- was most distressing in her bands, causing tue skin to crack open on the inside of the fingers «t the Joints and between the fingers. She was obliged to protect the raw places by means of adhesive plasters, salves, ointments apd bandages, and duriug the winter months bad to have ber hands dressed dally. The pain was quite severe at times and ber general „ badly affected, paving the way for other diseases to :p in. Catarrh and rheumatism caused a great deal of suffering In addition to the salt-rheum. She had used faithfully, and with health Creep in. the most commendable perseverance, all the remedies prescribed by ber physicians, but without obtaining relief. She afterwords began treating herself by drinking teas made from blood-purify- injf roots and herbs. She continued this for several years but de­ rived no beuettt. Finally, about ten years ago. I chanced to read one ot Dr. Fleroe's small pamphlets setting forth the merits of hie tGolden Medical Discovery' and other medksino*. The name struck my fancy, and seeing that it was essentially a bl<lod-purifier, I ii eoommended i' * - • -- sufferer from salt-rbeam. mediate f •purifier, i ins recommended it to the old lady who had been so long's. She commenced taking' it at once, ana . . . _ -Iwalissat However, took ono bottle, but seemed to be no better. tlmt it would tan time for any medicine to effect a change fbr tha- better, and encouraged ber to continue. She then pun-hascd baif-adosea bottles, and before these hod all been used she Ugwa to notice aa improvement. After taking about a dozen bottles «1» was entirely cured. Her hands were perfectly well and as suiootls and healthy as a child's. Her general iietutii was also greatly improved; the rheumatism entirely leu ber, and the catarrh wsa almost cured, so that it ceased to be much annoyance. She haa« enjoyed excellent health from tbst day to tins, and has had as. return of either salt-rheum or rheumatism. The IHscavety sec-ens to have entirely eradicated the salt-rheum from ber system. She is now-over eighty years old, and very healthy for one ot aMa extreme age. I bov see fit, hoping thau • -- - . _ „ read it and obtain relief by using your 'Golden >!(.<;ic ul Di»covcrJf! ive written this letter, of which you on make any use y« r that some sufferer from sult-rheun: u ^ lit eliuncei --for 'Golden' it is in its curative properties, and as much tbsia the multitude of nostrums and so-eaUed "pau i t uxedicinca,' aa- xenlou&ly ftt'ip'"11 before the public, as gvld is above the tsaa metals. Itespectfull^rours.^ WHKBLsa, 1MB tkt StrK-:: CONSUMPTION, WEAK LUNGS, SPITTING OF BLOODS * - ~ - .... - -- . tness of promptly cures tho severe* Coughs, ft Catarrh, strengthens the system and purtflia tlifr ed alec- blood. Goi.DEIF MKDICAIJ DISCOVERY cures Con- lmption (which is Scrofula of the Lun^), its wonderftil blood-purifying^ invi^ora- and nutritive properties, SOLOMOK BUTTS, of North Cla, Bum K IfimwiH--nai -1 wwnm iwa> | expraas my gratltu< 'Golden Medical D n with oonsumption, and af finally gave up all hope of it one dollar in the world, I Lungs, Spitting: of Blood, Shoi Breath, Bronchitis, Cltronio Nasal Severe Coughs, Asthinu, and kindred - _ tions, it is a sovereign remedy. While Co., Ohio, writes: Wife. She was taken tor after another I fi ' and having but poor an Er; Wife took I ton, Miami " I have not the words to id© for the good your Discovery' has done my and after trying one doo- relief. Being very prayed to God that ' some- now." Wsstlsg Piaeaae.--WATSON RCLABKB. Ksq,, of (Box lot), Sumnuntde, Prinze EStward Iatand, ~ WTAI "When I eommettced taking your Medical Discovery," I was not able to ~ was a burden to myself. At that time i 128 pounds, and to-day I weigh 147 - --* - -* -* now can swJBi Gouta a Flrt 1UK family, with good Mrs. N. W. RICE, of Kevfant, Vermont* says: " I feel at liberty to acknowi " the benefit I received from two the 'Golden Medical Dlaoovery,* a cough ot Ave years' (tending, and dj sh, from whkdi I had niftrnd for a i time. I have also used Sr. Pierce's Ext of_ Smart-Weed, or Water Pepper, in i rrmvn^ :toowledaa> iK^tties ef fami curai "-mpi be put back where Bkesvwy I1M, Six at BrtlrtUe, _ taken vour ^Golden Medical Discovery' and have " of consumption. I am now souaa and have only spent three doUars. would nc t̂alnttmthousand dollars ooderfH ^ f -f f **!V > ^ 11 ' • * j t U< 'ihJ. v \J 1^5jr v . -S , lM|sr(IMifep W0liU»'t IHtPCMAAV HCMOAL A580CIATI0II. PM*r*«, Ma. MS Matatt. MFFAL0. % lif-fe-