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j i; ii!- . ~ - . BOBIUBLB •IWAH 8ACEOTCBS. ittlw Md 8b«cklB| Cbiitani Still te V«f»# 1b West Afrhuk ; [iUtteYett Boand ] It is in Wat Africa that the personal "cvstomft* still survive in all their hor­ ror. Again and again an English trader or traveler haa had to look on these "customs," but the horrors were never fully described until 1873, when the German missionaries, Bonnat, Kuehne, and Bamseyer, were prisoners in Coo- massie at the time of the native Crown Prince's death. As soon as he was seen to be dying the executioner began to cKJOur the streets for victims. When they caught any one two of them would oome up behind and each thrust a knife through the cheek, the blades passing over the tongue and a handle sticking out on each side. This is to prevent the poor creature from "swearing on the life of the King"--that is, swearing that if he dies the King must die too-- in which case, instead of being killed ho would not only be spared but ranked among the "okra --courtiers whose life depends on that of the Kin#, and who, killed when he dies, hold ••ill hit* death places of trust and honor. Besides those thus caught every chief had to offer a victim; but the number was chiefly made up of slaves and prisoners of war. The wives--painted white and covered with gold ornaments--sat around the coffin, flapping off the flies. They were strangled at the funeral. So were six pages, who, similarly painted and adorned, sat by the dead man. They had known their fate some days before, but none ran away save three wives of low birth, whose places were at once sup­ plied by girls. For nine days, the slaughter went on, the people fasting, with shaven heads and bodies painted red, but drinking all the more. And this death wake was to be repeated forty days after. When a king dies the victims are slain' at the rate of 200 a week fbr three months. But there have been "greater customs" than these. A king's mother died in 1816; her son slaughtered 3,000 people, 2,000 being prisoners just cap­ tured from the Fantis. To make up the tale, every big Ashantee town had to give 100, every small town ten victims. A royal burial is in this wise: At the bottom of a huge grave are laid the heads of the slain; on them the coffin rests.' Then, just before the earth is thrown in, ona of the bystanders--a freeman, if of sotne rank so much the better--is suddenly clubbed, a gash made in the back of his neck, and he is rolled in upon the coffin. The idea is to send along with the crowd of slaves and prisoners some cce who shall look after them as a ghostly "ftajor domo." For a king there remains yet another "custom." At the end of the thirty moons the grave is opened, the royal bones fastened together with gold wire, and the skeleton placed in a long build­ ing divided into cells, the doorways to which are hung with rich curtains. Then on his birthday, the King of Ashantee goes early to the house of the royal dead. Every skeleton is taken from its richly ornamented coffin,^where it has lain surrounded by the tilings which had been most pleasing to it in life, and is placed on a chair to welcome the visitor. As the King enters each cell with a meat and drink offering tft the departed the band plays the favorite melodies of that particular king, and, unawares, the royal visitor signs to 1 he executioners, who have followed him, and an attendant is pierced through the cheeks and killed, the Kiug washing the skeleton in the warm blood. . The eame work goes en at the next cell, and so on, the fearful work going on far into the night. The band plays a signal as each victim is slaughtered. Two blasts of the horn metup "death, death;" three drum taps, "cut it offone beat from a big drum, "the head has fallen." The signal is taken up by other bands, and all through the city horn-bloving and drum-beating goes on unceasingly. The Ashantees always say of a drum, "it speaks," and every traveler admits that they manage to.elicit from that unman­ ageable instrument a most varied range of sound. The sounds form words, tile whole rhythm a sentence, readily un­ derstood by native listeners. Eacli chief has his own "call," just as each Highland clan has his own battle tune. Of course this constant killing makes the people callous to suffering and bru­ tal to the prisoners. Their feeling in regard to death is not courage but apathy. The spectators are as de­ lighted at these revolting "customs" as the Roman populace was at the gladi­ ators' show. Now and then a victim is tortured. The missionaries watched one who, besides the knives through his cheeks, had a couple of forks thrust into his back. He was then dragged, before the King, gashed all over the body, his arms cut off, and in this plight com­ pelled to dance for the amusement of the royal savage. Won by * Cow. In September, 1871, Griffith Joiies, a farmer of Forestport, Oneida County, purchased at tax sale a tract of 300 acres of land in the town of Allegheny, Cattaraugus County, says an Olean (N. Y.) letter to the New York Sun. The tract was wild and barren, in an isolated region, and its owner, James Hill, had ceased paying tazes on it, and had removed' from it. Jones, who was a man of limited means, paid $150 for the property, but after visiting it he concluded that it was not worth putting any more money in, and he paid no more attention to the purchase beyond secur­ ing his tax deed on the 22d of Septem­ ber, 1873, two years after the date of purchase, which gave him legal title to the land. In 1879 petroleum was dis­ covered in Allegheny. Hill assumed control again of the tract he had aban­ doned, and transferred it to the Brad­ ford Oil Company. This company drilled wells on the tract, and it proved to be a valuable and large producer of oil. Jones was ignorant of the sudden great value the tract he held th'e deed for had been given by the oil discovery until 1880, when it had yielded more than $300,000 worth of oil, and was still a great producer. Jones brought suit in the Cattaraugus County Court to re­ gain possession of the tract, and for an accounting for the oil that had been taken from it and sold for the benefit of the company. The company disputed Jones' title to the property in the clause In the tax sale law of New York State, which makes a tax deed invalid if the purchaser does not seive on the occu­ pant of premises bought at tax sale, no­ tice to redeem the same within two years. The oil company asserted that Hill was occupying the premises when the deed was passed to Jones, and re­ ceived no redemption notice within the required time, and the occupancy was claimed as the novel point of law, that although Hill was not living on the tract, he had left a quantity of hay in a shanty on the place when he moved off of it, which gave him legal domicile. This , maa thg> -R a tint daiauin to His BuSt, and the Cattaraugus Court decided that if the simple fact of there being hay on the place, as claimed, could be established, it would be ample proof of occupancy law, and would destroy Jones' title to the property. The trial resulted in favor of the oil company in 1882. A new trial was granted, and Jon^s proved by six wit­ nesses that on the 22d of September, 1873. one day before he became entitled to the property under tax deed. Hill's caw had entered the shanty and eaten all the hay that Hill left there, thus depriving Hill of legal domicile, and leaving no one in occupancy of the 1 renames on whom redemption notice could be served. By this act of Hill's cow Jones' title to the property was es­ tablished, and Jones obtained a verdict for an accounting for the oil, which amounted to nearly $500,000. The oil company obtained an order for a new trial, but Jones was- again successful, and his judgment was affirmed by the general term, and a de­ cision was given by the Court of; Ap­ peals sustaining all the points in the case in favor of Jones. The Honeymoon. "My beautiful Clioolia, I neffer tire of luking at your lofely hair." The young couple sat in the elegant parlor of a hotel, enjoying a tete-a-tete, says the Chicago Tribune. They were on their wedding tour. Julia Van Slan- kins, the beautiful Pennsylvania heiress, who had met the distinguished foreign nobleman, Count de Bergamot, whik on a visit to her friends in the metrop­ olis, had yielded to the impulsive ardoi with which the Count pressed his suit, and after a brief courtship the two were married. Life looked blissful and ro­ mantic to the f cstatic young couple, and a future full of rose-embowered vistas, endless moonlight reveries, and the dreamy dolce far niente of far-away tropical Edens, whose existence was gfiessed by both, but unspoken by either, rose before their rapturous vision. The head of the beautiful bride rested confidingly on the shoulder of her hus­ band, the noble Count de Bergamot, and at the sound of his voice she looked up. "I am glad, my dear Count," she said, "that my hair pleases you." Lifting the lovely head from his shoulder, the noble foreigner ran hit fingers through the wavy masses of hex golden hair for a few moments in silence, and then, with a deferential, suggestive inflection of voice, he ab­ sently said: "Have a shampoo, sir?" Recovering himself as his bride looked at him with a start of surprise, he drew from his pocket a rather lean wallet, took a banknote from it and handed it to her. ' My dear Clioolia," he said, "let me haf te happiness of giffing you my first present of pinnmonish." The fair bride took the note, looked at the figures that indicated its denomi­ nation, tapped it in a mechanical way on the center-table, and called out in a shrill voice: "Ca-a-a-s-h!" ^ Berry Names. "Strawberry."--A fruit. The word is made up of "straw" and "berry." The Aryan root of straw is a star, which means to strew--the star being a strewer of light. By the time the Aryan root has passed through several changes in passing from Asia to the Anglo-Saxon land it has become strae. Straw is a corruption of strae, which means tc stray. The strawberry is a straying plant--is a stray-berry in reality, but owing to the corruption noted known as strawberry. So star and strawberrv are both from the same Ayran word. Both are beautiful. "Berry" comes from the Sanskrit bhas, to eat. In the Anglo- Saxon it - is berga, and in the Gothic, Vlias. the same as in the older tongue, the Sanskrit. The sense of bhas seems to be "edible fruit." "Raspberry."--The old name was raspixe-berry. In fact, as may be noted in Bacon's Essay, the fruit was called ratspeA, without the berry, which seems to have a modern addition. In Italian it is raspo, a rasp, a rough im­ plement, which quality this fruit is sup­ posed to resemble--hence its name-- raspberry. "Gooseberry."--The word has noth­ ing to do with goose. The proper name is groise-betij. The word is krus, or A'roex, crisp, curling, or frizzled-- which relates to the condition of the surface of the rougher kinds of the wild gooseberry. "Huckleberry."--The same as whor­ tleberry, both variants of hurtleberry, which is but a oorruptiou of the old English heorot, a hart (a male deer] and yerige, berry.--Davenport Demo­ crat. The Poor Relations' Paradise. There is one thing that has often come to my notice here that I feel 1 must mention, and that .. is the great trust and confidence one relative places in another. Even if he be only a twen­ ty-fifth cousin the tie is recognized, and be he poor or rich he is made one of the family. The more fortunate possessor of large estates will invariably, instead of employing a stranger to look after liis possessions, call on some poor cousin to take the position of superintendent, with a liberal remuneration for hie pains. Most all large estates through­ out France are cared for in this manner, and it generally insures the owner a large income. There is one great charm to me in the French character, that of their kindness and generosity to their kindred--the poorest is never forgotten at simple or grand entertainments; nc shame is felt if they are not able to dress quite as well as the more fortu­ nate members of the family, and the least slight shown them by guest or friend on account of their more modest position would be received by the host or hostess as the grossest insult.--Paris letter. About Diamonds. . "George, did you receive my note thanking you for the beautiful diamonds you sent me?* asked a fashionable young lady of the youth to whom she was engaged. - "Yes, Clara, I got your note, and you will excuse me if I call your attention to a little mistake you make in spelling," was the reply. "What is it, George ?" "You spell diamonds with two m's." "I did that purposely to preserve the unities." "How so?" "I wanted to make wr spelling corre­ spond with the diamonds. If the dia­ monds had been genuine I would have spelled them with only one m. Going already ? Well, good morning 1"--Texas Siftings. TEN tons of cancelled tickets, that ac­ cumulated during the past two years at the office , of the Boston and Albany Railroad, in Springfield, Mass., are be­ ing cut up preparatory to nailing them HAWlNtijUAWWlEBS. Haw the City of V{«k«lHirs Wu fflads a . Hipli-Grndr .Mural Tow*. [Indianapolis Journal. 1 "Ever hear of the hanging of the gamblers at Vicksburg? I'll tell you about it. An a piece of nmateur limmei- p&l justice it took high rank in i«j day. To begin at the beginning I have to go back to Nfttchez. The place was, in its day, the n.osfr beautiful upon the Missis- sippi River between New Orleans and St. Louis. It is on a bluff 200 feet high, called the North Chickasaw Bluff. It was. before the war, the home of wealth, many rich ] lauters living there. The se men owned large cottym plantations in Mississippi, others had large sugar plan­ tations i;i Louisiana. Up in the city the societv was polished and aristo­ cratic. There was a little bottom next the river, and under the bluft a narrow strip where was a large business done in the way of merchandising of various kinds, commission and cotton-shipping. Silver street, next the bluff", between that and the water, was occupied by whisky sellers, gambling-houses, dance- houses, and other bad resorts. This bluff had been gradually settling for three or four years. Every now and then there would be a landslide, in 1834 a great slide made it. necessary for the Silver street occupants to seek other haunts. The gamblers and the other disreputable***denizens went to Vicks- burg, which had up to that time been rather an orderly town, and desirable place to live. After the arrival of the gamblers Vicksburg began to be no­ torious through its new population. Many outrages were committed. It came to such a pass that the good peo­ ple of Vicksburg held a public meeting to correct the abuse. A committee, with Dr. Bodley at the head, visited the gambling-houses. Hand bills had been posted, ordering the gamblers to leave town inside of twenty-four hours. When the committee appeared a fight took place, in which Dr. Bodley was killed and two or three other citizens badly wounded. This murder aroused the most intense feeling and tlie high­ est excitement. I do not think a mob was ever organized in a shorter time. Five gamblers who were most promi­ nent in the attack that resulted in mur­ der were tak^n upon the hill and swung up. It was a great day for Judge Lynch. When they were dead they were taken down and thrown into graves at the foot of the gallows, a quantity of their gambling implements being thrown into the ditch ami buried with them. The lynchers then took an old scow, and putting ten or • a dozen more gamblers upon it w ho were not directly connected with the murder, pushed it out into the Mississippi with­ out oar or pole of any kind and sent them adrift. The remaining gamblers left the town in great haste, glacl to es­ cape with their lives, and for many a long year thereafter Vicksburg was noted as a high-grade, moral town." How Soil Was Made. Prof. Agaseiz says that all the ma­ terials on which agriculture depends are decomposed rocks, not so much rooks that underlie the soil, but those on the surface and brought from considerable distaeces, and ground to powder l»y the rasp of glaciers. The penetration of water into the rocks, frost, running water, and baking suns have done some­ thing, but ice vastly more. In former ages the whole of the United States w;is covered with ice several thousand feet thick, and this ice moving from north to south by the attraction of tropical warmth, or pressing weight of ice or snow behind, ground the rocks over which it passed into the paste we call the soil. These masses of ice can l»e tracked, as surely as the game is tracked by the hunter. Among the Alps* glaciers are still in progress. The stones and rocks ground and polished by the glaciers can easily be distin­ guished from those scratched by run­ ning water. The angular boulders found in the meadows and terraces of our rivers not readied by water can be accounted for in this way.--Popular Science News. . Jack! Scene in a private boarding-liftuse. First boarder.--There's some one in Mrs. De Boots' room; I hear her talking. Second boarder.--It's a man. Listen. Mrs. De Boots in her room.--Kiss me, Jack. Chorus of boarders in an undertone. --Oh! Oh! Oh! and her husband's name is Charlie! Mrs. De Boots %ithin.--Do you love me, Jack? Deep masculine voice in response.-- Well, I should smile! Boarders outside.--Heartless creature 1 We shall leave this very day. Let us confront her at once. They knocked and opened the door simultaneously. Mrs. De Boots con­ fronts them with her parrot on her finger. "Oh!" they exclaimed, "we heard your parrot talking and came in to see him." "Speak to the ladies. Jack," says Mrs. De Boots with a quiet smile. She had boarded before.--Detroit Free Prena. Taking a Broader Ground. Have you observed how the rising generation is tackling hefty subjects? I have been looking over the commence­ ment programs in various parts of the country and the change seems to mo significant. The young women in white muslin dresses, who used to read from small white fluttering sheets tied with blue ribbon impassioned essays on such themeff as "Bury Me Amid Nature's Beauties," "Give Me Back My Mount­ ain Home," "Take Hopo for Thy Guide," " 'Tis Too Late," now stand up in broad-toed slippers with foolscap in their handsand ask if "Protection Protects." or talk about "Tenement House Reform," "Ownership in Ideas," and "Socialism as the Last Word in Political Economy." It is truly mar­ velous the grip of these fragile creat­ ures. I have observed another thing, that whereas New England used to be the airing-ground for woman's views, it is these Western slips of* girls who are getting abreast of the world's topics. --Xeic York Graphic. Ate Ten Carloads of Potatoes. The funniest thing in town is the mis­ hap of a gentleman whose wife runs the store bill. He has been in the habit of having his cigar bill charged up as po­ tatoes, and the other day his wife took her pencil and began to reckon. She finally found that they had been whoop­ ing it up at a regular starch-factory rate in potatoes. Why! they had eaten over ten carloads of potatoes this winter and the past year, and she just didn't believe that the account was right. The grocer and the smoker are just now between the upper and nether mill­ stones, and it is hard to tell who will be pulverized the finest at the dose.-- Levels ton Journal. Tin-Types from Astsa. On the occasion of -the Deb Bajan, or one of the powerful chieftains of Bhutan, j Asia, traveling in the country the news Hi sent along the line to be "traversed, and all villages en route are compelled I to burn fires and seen ted wood to purify • the air. Long processions are formed by ; their retainers, the order of march ! 1 • /* . .i i ' • .« • i- ouuu luru uceu o> uiuu u«iure VO llic*ri« being, first, the luggage carriers; then i c*Uy cumulate their jutted appetite, oveaouu soldiers in various colored K&rbs: next < their lnenitudo, ul.d renew thoieatof exis:enc». rlrnm nn.1 l Tbev and < t:.ers upou wheal the world r enjoy- i tne nag Dearer, arum, ana Me Land, mtnts are bcRinuiug prematurely to Pill, Wiil ! and beaters; then a long string of' flu<* Hoetetm-« stomach Bittern a wuoiesome horses and-mules richly caparisoned: aPP»-• % ii i tin « . . * ' i live Klkll ilS then the lower officials; then two buf- Inflwiiii uing CnmwItetU of «tim) Hp," Fir Charles CoKUtmm, a blase man of fashion, la made to dspneste everything in which everybody else ia supposed to take an interest, with the languid lemark that "Upre is re*l|y nothjng in it." He even extended his criticism to the crater of Vesuvius, down which he looked but saw "nothing in it." Such characters are scarcer on tiii * side of the Atlantic than abroad, but they exist here notwithstanding. ;ed a -fillip to nature" to luodi- Wrra man* and sighs tod dtalad eyefc. He seeks the EOOOLT and down te HOT; Natmea and tttartam ia him rise, - (Such men nee Brow-racking pains i Sick headache 1 But ere long comes ease. His stomach settles late usees, Within his head the throbbisn eease Piece's Pellet* never tell him! NOR will they fail any one in such a dire predicament To the dyspeptic, the bilious, an.l the constipated th-y are alike "a friend in need and a friend indeed." THE Prince of Wales is said to be I^IQ- totely unhappy about his baldness--not his badness. fons, gayly attired with gaudy, colored silks, follow capsring, dancing, and beating small drums: after which comes the rajah, or chieftain; a large follow­ ing of minor people bringing up the rear. On arriving at any place of im- dytpeptic and bilious symptoms disappear, the nerves c ow strong, and tlit hour cf retirement, in unfr«uRtit with Hpprehtnsion of miea«y rtnio..e when this euperiativetouic is eui- plovtd. It reniMlies itvortuJa^-ue, riieu^ntiBm mmi iuUuey trouble*. The Customer Had Eaj|| A' foreigner who learns yourlahgnage portance small ordnance are fired off I U8es ifc 0JLtl never get it through his in hocor of the traveler. ! 1 ^ u Muzzle-loading guns are manufac­ tured in Bhutan as well as imported from Nepaul, and flint-locks as well as percussion caps are used. Tiu- native manufactured swords are formed of high­ ly tempered steel and are very piiunt. Shields form also a part of the"military equipment, and these are proof against guns of local manufacture. When two powerful chiefs are a& oj en feud with each other, they as often as not, stake their respective olnima on the issue of single combat. The lamas, or priest# of Butan, wear caps, and the laymen wear" puggarees; their clothes reach down to the knee, while long gaiters or woolen stockings cover the legs, and leather shoes pro­ tect the feet. Females wear clothes down to the ankles, and carry numerous ornaments, which are eschewed by men. Both men and women in Bhutan, as a rule, shave their heads, though the Chingmi women wear their hair long. Tliroughout Bhutan women enjoy perfect freedom in their movements, and are not kept indoors. Marriage care- monies, where money is spent, are con­ fined only to the richer i*irtion of the population, and then the parents of the bridegroom are expected to give money for the dowry, clothes, and jewels of the bride in proportion to the rank and means of both the contracting parties, j Sometimes as much as 800 reals is t given. Since the days of Capt. Pem- berton, polygamy has been much on the decrease. . • Thej Nerer Fal| . No. S FULTON MARKET, NEW Tost VTTT, l Jan. 1884. f I have been using BRANDHF.TH'H PII/LS for tho last ten years. They are a won­ derful medicine. There is nothing equal to them as Blood Purifiers and Liver Begiilators. But I wish to state how re­ markably they cure rheumatism, and how easily. I was affected by rheumatism of the legs. My business (wholesale fish dealer) naturally leads me to damp places. I was eo bad I conld not walk, and at night I suffered fearfully. 1 tried Bal­ sams, Sarsaparillas, and all kinds of tinctures, but they did me no good, and I was afiaid of being a cripple. I finally commenced using BBANDRETH'S PILLS. I took two every night for ten nights; then I began to improve. I continued taking them for forty days, and I got en­ tirely well. Now, whenever tsick, I take BBAXDBETH'8 PIXJXIS. They never fail. J. N. HABBIS. The Poor Mail's Plea. Voice from inside--What do want? " , McGarrahan---"Oi will water garrden fer a quartlier. Voice from inside--Don't you ssie it's raining? ' ! w; McGarrahan--Oi do, but hi via knows youse orter kajie th' elilouds out o' comphetition wid a poor man!--Juilge. A Modest, Sensitive Woman often shrinks from consulting a physician about fuuctio.ial derangement, and j ri feru to suffer in silence. This may be a mistaken ieenug, but it is one which its largely preva­ lent. To all such women we would *ay that one of the most skillful physicians of the day, who has had a vast experience in curing d.s- easoe peculiar to women, has prepared a remedy winch is of inestimable aul to tlieni. We refer to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip­ tion. 'lliia is the only remedy lor wonun 8 peculiar weakuesses and ailments, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from , the manufacturers that it will gave satisfac­ tion in every case or money refunded. See guarautee printed on bottle wrapper. bead that you understand his. He was going traveling, and he stopped in on the way to the ferry to buy a cheap overcoat. Thvre were an old Jew an„l a ycung Jew, father and son, and the son waited on the gentleman. He finally found a coat to suit. "How much is this?"..,; fifr* "Twenty dollars." W "All right, I'll take il§%^ Then the old man, using Jewish jar­ gon, held an animated conversation with the young Jew. This was what it wire translated and the purchaser under­ stood it, which the Jew evidently thought he did u°t. "You will never make a merchant, Samuel, never." "Why. father?* "Why, you might have got $25 for that coat just as easy as $20." 0 "Well, I think I'm a good enough saleman. It's marked $15, and I thought I was doing well to make it $20." "No;you're no good, no good at all." In the meantime the coat was being brushed a little for the customer. When -lie put it on lie said: "That'll do beautifully. "Now, since it was marked $15 I'll pay you that and no more." The young Jow snickered and the old 'Jew tore his hair, but the boy had the best of the old man.--San ^Francisco Chronicle. DON'T hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and diagnst everybody with your offenaive breath, but use Dr. sage's Catarrh Remedy and end it A BITTER experience, ed when h it liquorice. , , , . . as the boy re- a»' ked when he ate a worm lozenge think- in General Debility, Emaciation, Consumption, aud wasting iu children, Scott'a Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hyp<> phosphite* is a most valuable food and medi- c.ne. It creates an appetite for food, strength­ ens the nervous system, and Ludds up the body. Please read: '•I tried Scott's Emulsion on a young man whom physicians at times gave up hope. Sino he began U6ing the Emulsion his cough has ceased, gained flesh id f and st re up tli, and iife will be prolonged many years."--JOHH .trixiVAN, Hospital (steward, » 'm IN the grand court of the Kremlin at Moscow there is about to be erected a monument in memory of ths latje Czar which ill cost $650,000. , . THE croM-cut saw gets dull in ppite of its teeth.--Pwk, Why Don't Ton take Rood's SarHuparilU, if you have tmpurs blooil. have lost your appetite, have that tire<l feel- top or are troubled by sick headache, dyspepsia or biliousness. It has accomplished wonders for thou­ sands of afflicted people, and, If given a fair trial. Is reasonably certain to do you (rood, *1 luive been troubled a preat deal with headache, had no appetite, no strength, and felt as mean as any­ one could, and be about my work. Since taking H. od's Sareapariila I have not had the headache, my food has rchfclied. Slid seemed to do me Rood, and I have felt myself prowim? stronger every day." M. A. BTKIKMAN. IVUrand Avenue. Orand luiiids, Mich. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all drugcints. $1; sis for •'>. Pr.-nared only by C. 1. hOOli & CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass. (OO Doses One Dollar Silk and Satin Ribbons FREE * UIIA,Tin is FOS Tor1 * gift for the tadfrt. mmck tnonty and irrart tb« brat! !• very ltdy kaawitni appreriftua, tlM i r.Tiletfe ofkAT* a few remaaBts «f fiUbon. LanHv far th# thaxMud'asd t&atr aud useful far which •urbff oodft Rf • «m-4, end Which the ladies, uae'tc au< h advan­ tage. Id parrhaa* Wfett tsweatad at the ItMftl pcicti •orb taadi irt Mid M*. wtoll oraata a iarg* Mil of txpvtM, a»4 flhatalia defcara » great manyArom tndalgftif their tamea ia .this dirertto*. Haalls* taff that thera vrcre iho.aaads upcttt i heuaaaria *f rttwiiaura af rib- boil* th# Urge s to port tug fcatu»»ot •n htrh Uiey would of fa balk, ferncrm!] ft.-5'nr.p or thvirc*wt. Moxie has created the greatest excite­ ment as a b>'v<Trt£e, in two years, ever wit­ nessed. from the fact that it brings nervous, exhausted, overworked women tog«od pow­ ers of endurance in a few days; cures the appetite for liquors suid tobacco at once, and iuts recovered a lurpe number of oases of old, helpless paralysis as a food only. AT the poker table: MIHH Chicago-- Oh, my, wasu't that just too funny. Why, I won all that pot an<l I stood ou a pair of nines. Miss Manhattan--Yon generally do, I believe. IT is far more easy to acquire a for- titne like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman.--Col ton. FIVE CHEAP HARVEST EXCURSIONS. Rare Chance to View the Wonderful Craps of the West, Seuthwent, and Northwest. Tho most abundant ever known. Come and see for yourself. The GKEAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE offers you the inducements of lowest rates, and a delightful journey in its unrivaled palace cars. DATES OF EXCURSIONS: Leave Chicago August-21. September 11 and 25. and Octo­ ber 9 and 23 (1888). for Kansas, Nebraska. Northwestern Iowa, Minnesota, and Da­ kota. RATE: One fare for the round trip. Tick­ ets first-class and good 30 days for return passage. Improve this opportunity. You may never have another in a season so bountiful. Be sure your tickets read via the GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE, which has ITS OWN lines to principal points in all these States. For rates and full particulars, address E. A. HOUJROOK, J... General Ticket and Passenger Agen£ ; Chicago, fli. from all appearances his years."--Jot organs*, Pa THE girl who won't be won usually re- ma.ns one.-- Washington Critic. ExeoiKloa to Mammoth Cure, August 9,' The Monon route will run an excursion from Michigan City, Ind.. and intermediate points to Mammoth Cave on above date. Rate for round trip from Michigan City and Valparaiso, tfS.OO; other places in propor­ tion. Return portion good ten days. The excursionists will be accompanied "by Pro­ fessor Evans, of Valparaiso, who is thor­ oughly acquainted with the geological and legendary history of this remarkable cavity. CUK= r •--*r rial srsinia. iik.nii °-lj- - ~rT'„.r WW irasEir e e t h i n g S y r u p ^ FOR CHILDBI- W r:S%\ R*CT|ltte» the bawels. srststs dsatttion. rune <Hsr>- rba>» sod <lj urittery in tfes worstfoHb*, run •»sti> wr } sore utonti, >* a certain prr»e«tiv»- of dipTitltrrla,. • '•>-:l quirt < una coothes alt p in, Inrljrorafe* tba stomach - • and towK correct* all additv. saut ' *' " ati<] tone u< the ectSra systsm. Bold by at iS ct* p- r bottle. K1WMKRT HWIMBTAKT CO.. ChlfSCT. !»«. "OSGOOD* V. & MM ante. Sent oa trial. ' Freight? paid. FaHyWarranted.. _____ 3 TON $35. Other tiscsproyortiaa»- ftely low. Agents weDpakL. Ul«»t rated CaUiogW On. Maatiaa this Paper. QNOQD A raOMFSG#, Sbfhamto, V. VE IEA1 VBtf IE UT t •ALO SPOTS THIN HAIR DANDRUFF THIN BCARD FALLINC HAIR FECKTEU KEMEBY CO.. Hew IUTCH. ('««. 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Ir>» QP I Taw Baasi and Baaaa Boa & 6 0 a n d JO*M ha |«ra lk«ln<|kl--(tor frM Prtas Uat BHIM taia papar aa< aMrasajjglHf BINMSQW, t'AKO, i'UL C.N.TJ. 1 prsacrlba and dors* Big 6 as the only Mtdle fortha eeitala cui*- W» haw sold Bl* O for mamy rtus, aad It fcaa fjws (Iw Mat at --tin*/ D^DTCHKACO.. OhlearslU.. M. soMtrMaMk:: . 'I!1 J'WlVi. Ho. S*-Wt WRITIMO TO . APVPPBBWK . *»• M« tke ainHSBS/ la thfa paper. BRIGHTINE HKIGHT'N DIKKANi: AMI KINUKKD jULMIMTl If rifffittne, anrf Jobbers In Keitrsl carry It. faluablcli Klst far It or wnd 91 to VVM. T. LINDLCf A CO., TBttSI, FO mvzoexxrot It L# mtjt tu send money to tkt» kowtt. Mention thit paper VAM yoa writ*. PT.TIABAOT REMEDIAL HOME. RULX, BTJJPV or EKPUIEltCa PtratUKISNKtHl' any CHRONIC DIlEAWSt ceMftally Treated wltfeoak - PcrRonal conaattattoia. iltUH' 1ITEL HD SHIIULIHSTITUTE, Ml liii IL, Baflili. L T. I f . The treatment of Diseaua of Che Air Paaaagea and Luu|», «uch as Chronic OatarrSs In the Head, LarTiigltl*, Brom-hitia, Aathma. and CoHauinptloit, both through oorreapondenee and at our institutions, constitutes an Importanl specialty. We publish three separate books on Nasal, Throat and Lunp Diseases, which give much vtiluablo in­ formation, viz: (1) A Treatise oa Consumption, Laryngitis and bronchitis; price, post-uuid, ten cents. (-) A Treatise on Asthma, * v ^ - --*--• 4--*----* • --post- cad; Nitu, TKMT in LMBIKUES. DISEASES. WE obtain our knovMi* at tke ' eaau by the ^plication, to th* pcaoUaa of medicine, of well-establiafced prianlpl--of science. The most ample resQurosa for lingering or chronic dlstasia, and tka skill, are thus placed within the invalids, howerer distant tbejr may rsslds. and describe your symptoms, tneloainv tSB (HWtft In stamps, and a complete treatise, on Tour par­ ticular disease, will be sent you, with our opts** t Ion «s to its nature and curability . . , > ̂ »,*• ̂ lc B or Ph Phthisic. Ktviii^ new and succ««ful_ treatment; BISUSESDF OUEtTHIL (MET fattti. tTany ouaspaMa of parebaaiay largalr iaiMivli, MSKlllnc la aar abtafai xr lln entire «l«rk et Mlk nod Sails Rlkkaa Kramaata f a»»»»«i«i ibn«rx»«»f tbaaii boaaaa, wka ia|>art«d iIm IhHt fMSa. Tliw i-vwU maj bt4ncnM uponIIi.i anrlatna *• hiici!. ndpt la Ik* ntjr baat atom of Aaidfaa. Tat (IKJ at* P«« awajr fr«4>l n.lkiuf Ilk* it knows. A yaiul for all iha ladlr*', lie«utiflal,alafa«t, rkafca frea. Wa IITT tipeudtd iliwutaik »R doll.1T Ill till. dirrrtifK, >n<1 can aOwir. innirnarlT, wtr4,a«4inoat mmrtmnil ofrib- fcaa*. Iu ercn coara(rat<<<aka4aan<l nrHlfli.an't >11 of nwlltrt auaiiiv, adaiitad far n«k-«(ar, bauaat "nuf", list trliaminra, bows,' aearfk, 4naa triaixiiiia>, (ilk nark. «c., ate Som •f thaaa raaaaata raa|r> tkraa taria aad ufiwartU la laafib. Thoa^h nauaM, all llu HltnM an nan- and lata atvlri, aad May ba dapaadad aa> u baaatUai. rrdard, AafclwnaMe a«a ala- nat. •awtocet a kax caataialHi a Oaaijalete jUaarMcat af tbaae atcfsst rTi.fc®»a Free. Th« Practical l<MHkfrr«r and Ladlrt* FlmMe Caatpaalaa, paUMtad moaikly 1»»», la aa- knovr'adgad, ky lhaa «>a>rM«at ta>i*gt, tv ka tke baat peri­ odical of tba Mad ia tka watd. V«j- huga aud kandaamely f iaafroted: racafcrprice 7»e»a. paryaar; ccni! MC centaand t ten cents. (I A Treatise on Chronic Catarrh post-paid, two cents. Dyspepsia, " lilrer Complaints"Ob" •tinate Ct»t»K«ipation, Chronic Diar­ rhea* Tssfuursm, and kindred affections, ire among those chronic disease*; in tlie suc­ cessful treatment of which our specialists have attiiiaed great success. Our Complete Treatise Ml Disesses of the Digestive Organs will be sent to any address Ot> receipt of ten cents iu postage stamps. HRIGIVT'S DISEASE, DIABETES, and kindred maliidies, liuve l«-en very lnrfrely trf-atoo. and cures effected in thousands of cases which had been pronounced beyond hope. These dis­ eases are readily diagnosticated, or determined, bv chemical nnalysis of the urines without a mal examination of patients, who can, therefore, enerallr bo successfully treated at their homes. PWA study and practice of chemical aniilysis and microscopical examination of the urine in our consideration of discs, with referenee to correct diagnosis, ia which our institution long wco ^aayma famnm, Uus naturally led to a very extensive practice tp diseases of the urinary organs. I These diseases should be treated only by a special- I let thoroughly familiar with them, and who is com­ petent to ascertain the exact condition and stage I ot ' idvanoement which the diseage has made firbich, can onlr be ascertained by a careful chemical and micro- SCOpical examftmtion of the urine), for medicines which are curative in one stage or condition do positive injury in otbers. Beinir in constant receipt of numerous inquines.for a complete Work on thenSwnf ftwJ curability of these maladies, written ma S t y l e t o b e e a s i l y u n d e r s t o o d , w e h a v e p u b l i s h e d a ^ i ? 5 " trated Treatise on these diseases, which will be sent to any ad­ dress, on receipt of ten cents in postage stamps. INFLAMMATION OF THE BLAD. DEB, STONE IN THE BLADDER, Cravel, Enlarged Prostate Gland* Retention of flrlne, and kindred affec- tionia may be included unong thos© in the euro of which our specialists have achieved! extraor; - - treated of in our Illustrated ItoimwL |; hSUUL tor 10OB. jSniiTWE. | _ t do in a fnr Saniiw. TkeVkore oSlnr ia kaaad aa tlaia Hrt --ilio»t who rrad tba pertadtral refrmd to, for aaw saar, waut it then iltrr, aad C. aa tin' fell ariea lor It; it ia A altar yr«». and not now, t wa Mka ann. We make Ibia gnat offer ia order to at Oilra eaeare HUW aaw auliacribera, who, not now, bat meat yaar, aad ir yaaia tbereafler, ahail rawmid aa wttb a prom, ba- aaaae the maiotlty of tkem wlU art* loreaaew Ikelr •uiwerip- tiona.aad willdoaa. The maaey lazuli ad ia lartaMUli ftactlon af tlMpriae yaa warid ka«mi « aaf ataaa ia» a faucb offer talMar nfabaaa. Baatbaigaia ere* baowa; yaa will aa» Baiiy aniinbla Haadl after yeuaaaaO. •tk daHaaey caamataad. ntadad to any aneaatpa*- betlj m«MM. Sanaa cat tkiaeal, or aasd f.E «a«,lkr|nk IU!u.liW "k^Su!^rviu»««ia, rOBTUKB.MAIVB. STRICTURES AND URINARY riS- TUIJAS.--Hundreds of cases of tho worst form of strictures, marty of them greatly anravatod by the careless use of instruments in the hands «f inexperienced physicians and surgeons, causing false passages, urinary flstutae, and other complications, annually consult us for relief and cure. That no case of this class is too difficult for the •kill of our specialists is proved by cures reported in our illus­ trated treatise on these maladies, which we refer ^i^ pride. To intrustthis class of cases to physicians of small Is a dangerous proceeding. Many a man has been ruined for Bfe" • • w tsstinnials. Epileptic Conwalalona. or V>ts» ralyaia. or Palay, Locomotor Ataxli. St. VltnM't* Daucc, Inaommla, or inabilit. to sleep, and threatened insanity. Ifarrosia Debility, und every variety of nervous ifeo- tlon, are ti-cated by our specialists for these dis­ eases with unusual success. £ee numerous coses reported in our different illustrated pamphlets cn m rvous diseases, any one of" which will be sent for ten cents in postage stamps, when request, for them is accompanied with a statement of a case for consult^*, tion, eo that we ma}' know which one of our Treatises to send. v We have a Special Department, devote# erriusit«eiv to the treatment of Diseases of" Women. Every ease consulting our specialist^ whether by letter or in person, is given tka, most careful and considerate attention. Ins»- portant cases (and we get few which have not.*, already baffled the skill of all the home physicians) have the benefit of a full Council of skilled specialists. Kooms for ladies in tba ' Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute are very private. Sena ten cents in stamps for our Complete Treatise on Diseases o#v Women, illustrated with wood-cuts and colored plates <160 pages).. HERNIA (Breach), or RUPTURE, no. matter of how long standing, or of ^ " ' is promptly and pormanei "" our specialists, without U without dependence upon traaaesb. Abundant references. Send ten cents for- DISEASES IF RIUUL CUE ofDUPTWE. our Illustrated Treatise. PILES, FISTUUE, and other diseases sffecting the iower- bowels, are treated with wonderful success. The worst cases of" pile tumors, are permanently cui-ed m fifteen to twenty duy% Bend ten cents for Illustrated Treatise. Organic weakness, n declme ef the manly nervous debility, prematura powers, involuntary losseiL " 7*^' impaired memory, "mental anxiety, absence oi > will-power, melancholy, weak t>ack, and all afeo»- ttons arising from ymthlui indiscretions and" ] ~ ious, solitary practices, are speedily, tt WeOFFEI No Inum and pcrsoanstatly cured. We, many years ago. established a Special Departmt ct for tfeOr treatment of these diseases, under the management of soiRoaF* the most skillful physicians and surgeons oti oar Staff, in c that all who apply to us might rect ive all the advantages full Council of the moat experienced specialists. We offer no apology for devoting attention to thia neglsflted class of _ believing that no condition of fiumanity too wretched to merit the sympathy ai beat servicee of the noble profession t*. which we 'x'tong. Why any medical Intent on doing good and alleviating Buffering, should such esses, we cannot imsgine. Why any one should it otherwise than most honorable to cure the wont these diseases, we cannot understand; and yet of all the otb maladies which afflict mankind there ia probably none aboua which physicians in general practice know so little. We shall,, therefore, continue, as heretofore, to treat with our best con* sideration. sympathy, and skill, all applicants who are suffering? from any of these delicate diseases. ^ Ounra IT Haur Moat of these cases can be treated by us when* (HIKB AT RSK. at a distance as well as if here in person. A Complete Treatise (19S pages) oa these dcBcate diseases sent arnica, in plain envelops, sssnrs from observation, on receipt of only ten cents, in stampa, far postage. All statements msda , - and secrets confided to us wUi be neidto be aacraly amMmMili.' " AMMtow of inquiry, or of consultation, should be addressed to 7 vnurt IUKIIui kiihl ksomtim, Ho. 663 Mala St., BI'FMM, K.1T. 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