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Physician M tte Cnm Cnr« of Bltedaesa. 51 A practical lecture on -the eye and its • i | j w o r k v i a - - - - - -Fit h gate recently before the , , "oman'*> Physiological Institute re- ..^'j.lsreoently by Dr. Fannie Dickinson, who , supplied some excellent directions in legard to the care of thw all-important " organ. She affirmed that blindness [it-;w*s increasing at an alarming rate with other physical disabilities, stating that •' ' Mdnring the interval in which the popu- ,latk>n had doubled the numbers of in- \l< rtpane, blind, or otherwise afflicted peo- had increased five fold. In 1880 there were 9,000 blind persons in this poultry and in 1880 they numbered 48,- ; ; To improve this condition Dr. Dickin- ; *jw>n thought we shonld first study to V-Jknow its causes, then inquire if they «an be removed and seek to' cure dis­ ease, The four chief causes were classi- te" y ' -lied as: 1. Those known to be con- 1 » (V ,genitaL %. Diseases of the eye proper. fz, p. Accidents of various kinds. 4. Re­ sults of secondary causes, such as fevers ' » f>r other diseases. < ' '• Congenital causes are marriage be- ^i^iSotween relatives, fright or anxiety on the K ' , jnother's part, or unhealthy parentage. ^ - , jMbsfc of these sources of blindness arc W ;**Wr3y preventable. Inflammation can .y lisuaiiy be cured, so that blindness from K - this cause is generally a result of neg- ] lect. More care should be taken to ^void accidents and. the injuiy incurred f. in some kinds of work. The German i . government, according to the lecturer, « ^provides suitable protection for the eyes !f stone-breakers, who are especially * liable to injury. In the last class are ||i|^3j;hose cases due to measles or fevers, IX", Which can generally be cured. r* ' ;* Directions given to school children V "Sit upright, sit square. 'g\ "Keep your eyes at least twelve inches ^ from your work. '&•,,* i • "Write on a slope, not on a flat table. E v . "Read with your book placed well Tip, fej*" " do not lay it down flat/ . . • "Do not read very small prinfc^j; "Do not work in a bad light. £ „> "If you cannot see your work properly ;i Amtell you teacher." *,• ' To teachers the lecturer made these ^ • fcuggestions: "Healthy eyes, if used properly, will o much work without injury, but if improperly may be strained and , even permanently injured. t *, "The child should be taught from tlie t' beginning to maintain a healthy attitude t{; Avhile at work, and this is not difficult if • * .|lie following conditions are observed: 'yi\>, "He should be placed so that there is : ' ft good light upon his work and that he Js not dazzled by light from ill front; the ^^---^hief light shonld come from the left Side n he writes his copy-book or aper should be placed in front of him pon a slqpe and slanting a little toward right, and he should be taught to ;#it square and upwright, not stooping fi>r twisting to one side. "When he reads his book should be well up in front of him, so that he Inay not stoop forward over it. "Things which are difficult to see, • f tuch as small type atld fine stiches, thould not be looked ak for many min- iites at a time. • "If a child is unable to see his work ^asily at the right distance his parents >' - .should be informed of the fact in order ifhat he may be properly examined." A Brave Congo Boy. - There" never was a more touching ftory of filial devotion than that told by . % Congo chief, Essalaka, to Capt. Co- -' quilhot: & "You know the big island near my * - town," he said. "Well, yesterday, soon after the sun came up, one of my wo- r men and her little boy started for the „ island in a canoe. The boy is about twelve years old. He says that, while liis mother was paddling, she saw some- ' *4hing in the water, and leaned over to / • -look at it. Then he saw a crocodile f feize his ipother and drag her out of the canoe. Then the crocodile and the Tlvoman sank out of sight. "The paddle was lying in the canoe. < : , $?he boy picked it up to paddle back to r ' fhe village. Then he thought, 'Oh if I ' «ould only scare the crocodile and get ' * |toy mother back!' He could tell by the moving water where the crocodile was. £ ; ;;®e was swimming just under the sur- S • ifface toward the island. Then the boy '"followed the crocodile just as fast as le could paddle. Very soon the crooo- lile reached the island and went to id. He laid the woman's body ©nthe 3und. Then ho went back into the iver and swam away. He wanted his Senate, and started out to find her. « y- "Then the little boy paddled fast to "Ivhere his mother was lying. He Jumped out of the boat and ran to her. jThere was a big wound in her breast. Her eyes were shut. He felt sure she Ivas dead. He is strong, but he could *iot lift her. He dragged her body to the canoe. He knew the crocodile might come back any minute and kill him, too. He used all his strength. ' ' Jlattle by little he got his mother's body , |nto the canoe. Then he pushed away . tfrom the shore and* started home. >\i "We had not seen the boy and his - %$nother at alt Suddenly we heard . "Shouting on the river, and we saw the 'fcoy paddling as hard as he could. jfCvery two or three strokes he would „ ifook behind him. Then we saw a croc­ odile swimming fast toward the canoe. Jtf he reached it, 'you know what he %ould do ? He would upset it with a |)low, and both the boy and his mother jivould be lost. Eight or nine of us lumped into canoes and started for the 4k»y. The crocodile had nearly over- , |aken the,canoe, but we reached it in . time. We scared the crocodile away, ||md brought the canoe ashore. The lP>oy stepped out on the ground and fell |owD, he was so frightened and tired. v/fiVe carried him into one^ of my huts, tod took his mother's body in there, too. We thought she was dead. "But after a little while she opened ** her eyes. She could whisper only two •#r three words. She asked for the boy. > We laid him beside her on her arm. ; 1$he stroked him two or three times <-frith her hand. But she wa% hurt so •adly! Then she shut her eyes, and «id not open them nor speak again. Oh, fcow the little bov cried! But he saved ais mother's bidy from the crocodile." --Boston Herald. The Skull of a Cobra. , The skull of a cobra lies before me. jprom the tip of the snout to the back «f the skull the length is an Inch and a quarter, but from the tip of the snout to where the lower jaw is hinged the length is more than an inch £nd three-quarters. The brain case is f a ivory casket of great solidity, but the iw bones are loosely connected, and uring life^are capable of a good deal of r io % lotion. The two side pieces of the wer ja-w are in the snake, only united front by elastic tissue. Behind they not hinge on the brain ease itself, "a* rw o but fit km fftppowtng ones wi ont at thehisbk of the skull, and th^se are capable of motion outward, so as to widen the spaqe lietween th!em. Not only are there teeth on the lower jaw and along the out edges of the upper jaw in the python's skull, there are also extra rows of teeth implanted in the bones which lie one on each side of the palate. The teeth are not for crushing, or tearing, ojf chewing. They also slope markedly backward add are for holding the prey. Your finger will slip into the mouth of a. small python easily enough; but try and draw it out again, that is a different matter. • The cur red teeth are constructed to prevent that. --Murray's Magazine. Origin of Elephants. The origin of the great proboscidian race in general and of .the mammoth and elephant group in particular, like the early history of Jeamesde laPluche, is "wrop in obscurity.'* All we can say about them with any confidence is that they form a comparatively late order of mammals, whose earliest recbgnizable representative in geological time is the monstrous dinotherium, an aquatic ani­ mal with a long trunk and with two im­ mense curved tusks, projecting down­ ward paradoxically from his lower in­ stead of his upper jaw. The dinother- mm makes liia first appearance upon this or any other stagte in the Miocene, period, but as he couldn't, of couAe, have appeared there (like Aphrodite and Topsy) without parents, and as he was then already a fairly specialized and highly developed animal, we must take it for granted that his earlier an­ cestry though ancient and respectable in its own time, had long passed away, leaving not a wreck behind, so far as yet shown, in the matter of tangible geological vouchers. These unknown ancestors in all prob­ ability, gave birth during their earlier and more plastic stage--for species, like individuals, are most readily molded in their green youth--to three'main family branches. The senior branch produced the dinotherium, a vast brute, who find­ ing the world too full to hold him about the close of the Tertiary period, de­ mised suddenly without "issue, leaving the honors of the family in subsequent ages to the junior members. The second branch produced the mastodons, huge creatures of elephantine outline and majestic tread, most of them with tusks both in the upper and lower jaws, though the under ones were always the smallest. The third branch produced the true elephants, including our modern Indian and African species, as well as the mam­ moth himself and many other extinct congeners. All the elephants proper have but one solitary pair of tusks and that pair is quite correctly located in the upper jatv instead of the under one. Thus is evolution justified of all her children. The true elephants made their first appearance as far as known in the Pliocene period, that is, the epoch preceding the great ice age. They blossomed out at once into an alarming number of species.--Comhill Magazine. How a Boy Was Reformed, A few year? ago, says a gentleman, I was sitting in a large dry goods store in Chicago, waiting for a friend. It was storming a little outside, and the clerks were not very buy. Not far from me stood a cash-boy, with his back against a pile of prints, and his elbow carelessly resting on the same. I no­ ticed his handsome face, set with* dark hair and eyes, so expressive, his cheeks bespeaking perfect health. A lady at an opposite counter, while paying a bill, let fall some fractional currency, such as was then in circulation; that fluttered and fell to the floor, and was picked up by the gentlemanly clerk in attendance, except one, a 25-cent piece, which noiselessly skimmed along and fell near the cash-boy I have alluded to. With­ out changing his |^>sition, he set one foot upon the money, and seemed un- oonscious of everything except the sky­ light, and stood gazing up into the open space while searqh was made for the money. 1 * I watched him with a sickening thought in my mind, "What will be his end?" I went swiftly to him and whis­ pered in his ear: "Boy, will you sell your soul for a paultry 25 cents? Don tyou know well that the money is under your foot? Re­ store it, and never, never do such a thing again." The boy turned pale, stooped and picked up the money. "Sir," he gasped, "don't tell on me, I pray--I beg--and I will never do so any more. Think of my mother." I presume he thought I knew him. I did not then, but afterward I found out wht> he was; and from the fact that he stayed with his employer several years and was raised to. a high position, I think the offense was never repeated. Boy, the first theft is the longest step you take toward prison; the first glass takes you nearer to a drunkard's grave than all you may swallow after; often the first oath clinches the habit of pro­ fanity. A stained soul is hard to purify. There are virtues you can lose, bnt once lost they are gone forever. * A Racer of the Seas. Has the reader ever stood in the en­ gine-room of an ocean steamer when she was plunging through an Atlantic gale at the rate of seventeen or more knots an hour ? Even if he has done so, and been awed by the experience, it is not likely that he has been able to fully realize the immensity of the power ex­ erted. He needs some standard of com­ parison, and for that purpose we may offer him an ancient galley, and repeat a passage from the address made by Sir f'rederick Bramwell at the meeting of he British Association last September: "Compare a galley, a vessel propelled by oars, with the modern Atlantic liner. * * * Take her length as some 600 feet, and assume that place be found for as many as 400 oars on each side, each oar worked by three men, or 2,400men; and allow that six men under these con­ ditions could develop work eqfial to One horse-power; we should have 400 horse­ power. Double the number of men, and we should have 800 horse-power, with 4,800 men at work, and at least the same number in reserve, if the jour­ ney is to be carried on continuously. Contrast the puny result thus obtained with the 19,500 horse-power given forth by a large prime-mover of the present day, and such a power requiring on the above mode of calculation 117,000 men at work and 117,000 men in reserve; and these to be carried in a vessel less than 600 feet in length. Even if it was possible to carry this number of men in such a vessel, by no conceivable, means could their power be utilized so as to Impart to it the speed of twenty knots an hour.--William fL Rideing, in Scr tones'8. » EARLY rising was ence an indication of thrift, now it indicates that * man is thirsty. There is probably no country in the world where the public power occupies a wider field, plays a more important part, or touches the private personal life of the citizen at more points than it does in Russia. In a country like En­ gland* or the United States where the people are the, governing power the functions of the police are simple and clearly defined, and are limited, for the most part, to the prevention or the de­ tection of crime, and the maintenance of order in public places. In Russia, how­ ever, where the people are not the gov­ erning power, but hold to that power the relation of an infant ward to a guardian, the police occupy a very dif­ ferent and much more important posi­ tion. The theory upon which the Govern­ ment of Russia proceeds is, that the citizen not only is incapable of taking part in the management of the affairs of his country, his province, or his district, but is incompetent to manage even the affairs of his own household; and that, from the time when he leaves his cradle and begins the struggle of life down to the time when his weary gray head is finally laid under the sod, he must be guided, directed, instructed, restrained, repressed, regulated, fenced in, fenced j out, braced up. kept down, and made to do generally what somebody else thinks is best for him. The aatural outcome of tliis paternal theory of trov- ernment is the concentration of all ad­ ministrative authority in the hands of a few high officials, and an enormous ex­ tension of the police power. Matters that in other countries are left to the discretion of the individual citizen, or to the judgment of a small group of citizens, are regulated in Russia by the Minister of the Interior through the imperial police. If you are a Russian, and wish to establish a newspaper, you must ask the permission of the Minister of the Interior. If you wish to open a Sunday-school, or any other sort of school, whether in a neglected *nlum of St. Petersburg or in a native village in Kamchatka, you.must ask the permis­ sion of the Minister of Public Instruc­ tion. If you wish to give a concert or to get up tabeaux for the benefit of an orphan asylukn, you must ask permission of the nearest repre­ sentative of the Minister of the Interior, theh submit your program of exer­ cises to a censor for approval or revision, and finally hand over the proceeds of the entertainment to the police, to be embezzled Or given to the orphan asy­ lum, as it may happen. If you wish to sell newspapers on the street, you must get permission, be registered in the books of the police, and wear a num­ bered brass plate as big as a saucer around your neck. If you wish to open a drug-store, a printing-office, a photo­ graph-gallery, or a book-store, you must get permission. If you are a photog­ rapher and desire to change the location of your place of business, you must get permisssion. If you are a student and go to a public library to consult Lyell's "Principles of Geology" or Spencer's "Social Statics," you will find that you cannot even lpok at such dangerous in­ cendiary volumes without special per­ mission. If you are a physician, you must get permission before you can practice, and then, if you do not wish to respond to calls in the night, you must have permission to refuse to go; further­ more if you wish to prescribe what are known in Russia as "powerfully acting" medicines, you must have special per­ mission, or the druggist will not dare to fill your prescriptions. If you are a peasant and wish to build a bath-house on your premises, you must get per­ mission. If yon wish to thresh out your grain in the evening by candle-light, you must get permission or bribe the police. If you wish to go more than fifteen miles away from your home, you must get permission. If you are a foreign traveler you must get permission to come into the Empire, permission to go out of it, permission to stay in it longer than six months, And must notify the police every time you change your boarding-place. In short, you cannot live, move, or have your being in the Russian Empire without permission.-- George Kennan, in the Century. America's Frnlt Industry. No industry in America has grown faster than the fruit industry. No mat­ ter how fast the gardens and orchards are planted, the demand increases faster than the supply. What is better, the bulk of consumption is by the laboring classes. The costly California products go to the tables of the rich, but the poorer classes not only eat abundantly of home products, but of the orange and banana. We even know of small clubs of laboring men who send South, club orders for choice oranges. A large wholesale dealer reports that his orders from one small town of mill operatives are nearly $2,000 for fruits and vegeta- •fcdes in a year. There are two sides to the sanitary problem--one the removal of filth and poison, the other the furn­ ishing of health inspiring foods, especi­ ally fruits.--Globe Democrat. Wise Thief Knows Bis Boodle.' First Chicago Burglar--And so you robbed the lady as she was returning from a shopping tour. Secured yon her piurse? « . Second ditto--Yes, Frederick, and it was well lined. "I anticipated as much. It lightens not a lady's purse, this shopping, Harold. But I doubt not you also ob­ tained her reticule ?" . "Not I.. Why should " "Simpleton, dunce, fool! Know you not that contained the samples she • col­ lected while on her predatory excursion ? The contents of that bag, I would wager much, were Worth many times the money in the purse you secured."--Boston Transcript. - ' Electric Cigar Lighters. Electricity is now applied to cigar lighters. On ordinary gin cigar lighters down town one now finds a button Or a I lever which, on being pressed, throws | an electric wire against another wire on I the burner, turning on the gas at the ! same time. . When a cigar has been lighted the l^ver is thrown up and the ! gas is turned off. The thing amuses I the public and saves gas bills for the store-keepers.--New York Sun. Extortionist. ^ 9 "Why do you call that colored man a blackmailer?" "Because he is employed at the post- office. And that ain't the worst of it." "No?" "No, sir; his wife takes hush money." "You don't say so!" "I do. She's a child's nurse."--Chi­ cago Ledger. ^ - Even the young woman who is most adverse to being questioned does not show any marked resentment when the young man she takes the most interest in asks he: "Will you be my wife?"-- Somerville Journal. "No MAN'S land"--A female seminaiy. ,„<» £ RECONSIDERATION. ; \ • She--If you attempt to^kiss mem call mamma. ^ He--All right, call her! I'd rather kit* two than one. "Then I guess I won't call hjffi. A HOPEJHJI« SIGN. ' Mother--That young man seemed to be very affable last night. Did he pro­ pose before he left ? Daughter--No, he didn't propose ex­ actly, but he blew rings of tobacco smoke,, so he must have been thinking of engagement rings^ or something, of that^Srt. \ BOSTON MODB8TY. SmitK--The most modest lady in the world lives in Boston. . Jones--What makes you thinks she is the most modest lady in the world ? "I just guess so. In her library she has one bookcase for the works of male authors, and 4 separate one for female authors. A PBOMI8INO YOUTH. Teacher--Do you know the difference between right and wrong? Boy--Naw "If you were to take your little brother's cake from what would you do?" "Eat it up." ^ J STEERING NECESSARY. A.--A dirigible balloon has been in­ vented at last. 5 B. -Is that ft balloon that ean be steered? * " "Yes." • ' "Bah! What a waste of time. Why don't somebody invent a wife or a mother-in-law that can be steered? STREET ETIQUETTE. Teacher--How is a young lady to act when she is alone on the street? Rosebud--She must look around every once in a while to see if any handsome young man is following her. HE HAD HAD EXPERIENCE^ Jeweler--You sav you want some name engraved on this ring? Young Man--Yes, I want the words: "George to his dearest Alice" engraved on the inside of the ring1. "Is the young lady your sister?" "No, she's the young lady to whom I am engaged." "Well, if I were you I would not have 'George to his dearest Alice' engraved on the ring. If Alice goes back on you you can't use the ring again." "What would you suggest?" "I.would suggest that the words be: 'George to his first and only love.' You see with that inscription you can use the ring half a dozen times. I have had experience in such matters. *--Texas Si flings. • Russian Prisons. The Odessa correspondent learns from an authoritative source that a re» cent official inspection of Russian pris­ ons has revealed a sad state of over­ crowding. Statistics are not easily ob­ tainable in Russia, but the jails there themselves bear sufficient evidence of general increase of crime. In one prison in the Caucauss there are--or were a few weeks ago--no fewer than 360 prisoners huddled together in a building constructed for the accommo­ dation of only eighty convicts. The at- ^ tendant evils, moral as well as physical, are terrible. Surely it might be possi­ ble to make the jail deliveries of those unfortunate prisoners destined to trans­ portation to Siberia or Saghalien more frequent. One chief and lamentable cause of the annual increase of convic­ tions is the widespread drunkenness which now obtains in the village com­ munes, and is demoralizing and impov­ erishing the peasantry. * The Govern­ ment does nothing to check this grow­ ing public evil. On the. contrary, where some of the communal authorities have arbitrarily but wisely dosed every drinking house in the commune, strangers have obtained licenses from the provincial authorities, and have re­ opened the taverns. These licenses haye been avowedly granted for the reason that the revenue would seriously suffer were such optional powers left to the best guardians of the community. And yet we were told that the Russian .commune is a self-governing body. It is nothing of the sort. As it is autonomy exists on>y in name, and soon it will have lost the last vestige of the auton­ omous powers with which the Emanci­ pation act of Alexander IL invested it. Lord Palmerston's Early Days. Some of his earliest years were spent in Italy. He was then sept to Harrow. A letter quoted by his biographer, writ­ ten when he was about thirteen years old, shows "how much of the man was in the boy." A youth, whose English was far from perfect, admiring a beauti­ ful passage in Homer, keeping up his Italian in an English school, feeling a greater interest in Latin literature from his recollection of the spots to which it frequently refers, voluntarily learning Spanish, stating that he had not made up his mind about wedlock, but that he regretted Italian oranges and Bologna sausages ripened naturally into a man who would turn his attention to foreign affairs, admired the classic oratory of Canning, speak a good deal without compromising himself, have a good ap­ petite, and be generally at once what is so charming and so rare--gay and thoughtful, manly and refined." Lord Palmers ton at Harrow was reckoned the best-tempered and most plucky boy in the school, as well as a young man of great promise. To hi» juniors he was merciful and. indulgent, but would stand up undaunted to a much bigger ad­ versary than himself. In these traits the "boy was father to (he m&n."--Our Own Country. Danger in Newly-Built Houses. Ther^ is too great haste in occupying a house after its completion. In many places there is such demand for dwell­ ings, and often business apartments, that, as soon as finished, they are occu­ pied. This is especially true of small dwellings. There is more danger in this than is supposed. There is no health in dampness and mould under I any circumstances, and in living apart-! ments, where the tendency is toward j poor ventilation, and dampness of newly- finished houses contributes largely to Ill-health. In the town of Basel, | Switzerland, a regulation has been adopted which prevents newly-built: houses from being occupied until four mouths after completion. Under .many circumstances, so long a time as above specified is not necessary, but it is often ! well to err on the side of safety. The size of the house, its location, surround-1 ings, the material used, and the state of j the weather enter into the considera- tion of the time necessary in which a | building should become sufficiently dry I for occupancy. -- Sanitary News. J LOTS .of people are inconsistent1 enough to expect mules to have horse sense. ... .. 1 run "Sis- Our readers ate doubtless all familiar with the Bobinson poisoning ewes, which have leoentlv coma to light in Bomerville, Mass., a suburb of Boston. It seems that eight deaths have oeourred arom arsenical poisoning, seven in one wntjy, and within live years. It is doubt-, nil if the murderers would have been brought to justice had not un organization In which the victims were insured began an mvestisration as to why so many persons had suddenly died in one family. But the sensation, from a medical point of view, connected with the case took place in Boston at a recent meeting of the .Massa­ chusetts Medico-Legal Society, when it was stated by IJr. Holt that there was general ignorance of the symptoms of arsenical poisoning,and because of such ignorance the Bobinson poisoning cases had gone on with­ out arousing the suspicion of medical men. The Robinson cases were all treated by reg­ ular physicians, with correct diplomas, men Supposed to know what they were doctor­ ing for, and to know the effect of drugs oa certain diseases. Yet. in the live deaths from arsenical poisoning of which we speak, certificates of death were given for pneu­ monia, typhoid fever, meningitis, bowel disease, and Bright's disease.* Such a commentary on the general igno­ rance of the medical profession, made by one of its own number, we believe to be Without a parallel. Is it any wonder that patients are losing with in their doctors? Here were five able- bodied people slowly poisoned with arsenio before their very eyes, and yet these very wise medical men were doctoring them for Sncumonia. typhoid fever, meningitis, bowel Iseaac, and Strut's disease. In iho very same manner thousands of patients are being treated this day for pnau- . monia. heart trouble, dropsy, incipient eon- sumption, etc., when those are but symp­ tom* ot advanced kidney disease, which is but nnother name for Bright's disease. The doo.tors do not strike at^the seat of the disease--the kidneys, and if they did nine times out of ten they would fail--as they- are on record as saying thev can not cure Bright's disease of the kidneys. Bather than use Warner's Safe Cure, awell-nnown specific for this and all other forms of kid­ ney disease, they wouM lot* their patients die, and then give a death certificate that death was caused by pericarditis, apoplexy, phthisis or cardiac affection. Is this not the honest truth? Do you not know in your own personal history \rery many instances where physicians doeto'red the wrong disease and caused untold suffer­ ing. and, many times, death? Which leads os to remark that very much can be learned by one's self by careful observation, and that the doctors are very far from having a monopoly of the knowledge of medicine or disease. Promotion. * As young Smithers moved out the card-table, ne.asked casually: "Where is that bright red table-cover you used to have ? I always liked that table-cover." "Youll never see that table-cove#' any more," ihterposed little Tommy. "Tommy," said his sister Clara, awav and play, there's a dear." "I won't," answered Tommy. ter'8 » • ' "Sh! Tommy, hush," "I won't," answered Tommy again. And as he was bustled from the room he yelled: "Sister's Sunday petticoat's made outer that table-cloth." To Dlslodga the Enemy, • • Whan ft take# the form of disease of the kidneys or bladder, it a taak weTl nigh impossible of ac­ compli aliment, Renal and vesical maladies are jnore obstinate than any others. Counteract, therefore, the earliest indications of Inactivity of the many organs with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which possesses, among other excellent qualities, those of an efficient diuretic. The degree of stimulation apparent from its use reaohes, but never goes beyond, the bounds ot safety. It invigorates always, never irritates. Bright's disease, Hiabetes, catarrh of the bladder, are diseases successfully combatted in their in­ cipience with this benign medical stimulaut and tonic. Besidos reinforcing and regulating ths kidneys and bladder, the Bitters Is a apeoifie foe faw and ago*, constipation and dyspepsia, Ean Douce. Customer--"That cologne is very cheap at ten cents a bottle. Is it good? Shopkeeper -- "That depends upon what kind of an imagination you have." "How, is that?" "Why, if your imagination is vivid, the cologne is good." "And if I can't imagine much?" "The cologne is only passable."-- Yankee Blade. Deafness Can't Be Cured. By local application, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of ths ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu­ tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in- fliuned condition 6t the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. Wnen this tube gets in- 0anu'<%^on h&vs a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, anil when it ia entirely closed, Peaiuesa Is the result, and unless the inflammation can b«< taken out and this tube res orcd to it» nor­ mal condition, hearing win be destroyed forever; nine cases out of un are caused by ca'arrh, which is nothing but an inSamed condition of the mjn:u9 surfaces. Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of Denfuess (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure, bend for circulars, free. F.'J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. HE--Do you know, Miss Bessie, your father reminds me of the Czar of Rus­ sia. She--Indeed, Mr. Wilts? He-- Yes, but with this difference: The Czar has all the power in his hands, while your father seems to have it mostly in his feet. 100 Ladies Wanted, And 100 men to call daily on any druggist for a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine, the great root and herb remedy, discovered by Dr. Silas Lane while in the Bocky Mountains. For diseases of the blood, liver nnd kidneys it is a positive cure. For constipation and clearing up the complexion it does wonders. Children liko it. Every one praises it. Large size pack-c­ age, 50 cents. At all druggists. GRAY hair is now fashionable-ex- cept in butter. Consumption Surely Cured. To the Editor: Please informyourreaders that I have a positive cure for Consumption. By its timely use thousands of hopeless eases have beati permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy #REE to any of your readers who have con­ sumption, if they will send me their Express and P. O. Address. Respectfully. T. A. SLOCUM. M. C.. 181 Pearl St. N. Y. I CANNOT sing the old songs, As I have been requested; When last I tried to warble them The Mayor bad me arrested. If afflicted with Soce Eyes, use Dr. Iaaao peon's Eye Watsr. Druggists sell it 26a That Tired Feeling Is experienced by almost everyone at this season, and many people resort to Hood's SarMparilla to drive away the languor and exhaustion. The blood, laden with impurities which have been accumulate Ins for months, moves sluggishly through the veins, the mind fails to think quickly, and the body is still •lower to respond. Hood's Sartaparilla is just what Is needed. It purifies, vitalizes, and enriches the blood, makes the bead clear, creates an appetite, overcomes that tired feeling, tones the nervous eys- teiy. and imparts new strength and vigor to the whole body. "My appetite was poor, I could not sleep, had headache a great deal, pains in my back, my bowels did not move regularly. Hood's SarsapariUa In a short time did me so much good that I feel like a new man. My pains and aches are relieved, my ap­ petite improved." USOBOK F. JACKSON, Koxbury Station, Conn. •For years I waa sick evexy spring, but last year look Hood's SarsapariUa and have not seen a sick day fiiucfi.", ,.(}• W. SLOAN, Uiltoiii MMB. Hood's SarsapariUa Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only by o. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mint IOO Doses One Dollar PATENTS AT Draoim HI DSAUOMI OUILEt A. VMIICa C0H . - - ear* tar Consumption TH > BEST remedy in» hoarseness and to clear the throat. S2S&S L A D I E S L O O K ! i^s^TCsEisa say Agents wanted. K. ROaM * CO.. Ta£M*<K f .pfQMUltal widows* Ota f££2£Anm mail. Stowell * 0» S75 8S taSKI) 2SA can be made .W W- , 'sh * horse and give their whole time to the business. f>par» momenta may be prof-ftabiy employed also. A few vacancies in townn and cities, ii. F. .JOHNSON k <X1., 1009 Main St. Richmond. Va. .V. B.~Lmtie* employed aim. A'erer ntfnd atona »tnitit>o stamp for rtplp. Come. guicM, l onrtSor bit. B. f. J. <£ Co. I C U R E ADFIELD'Sfe BTmATiH REGULATOR .Oiseaus Peculiar to Women! *o "WOMAN" MAILKO FBKK. » REBlI-ATua «•„ ATLANTA, U. 8OI,D BY AI.L DRUGGISTS. My little hoy, 5 years old, waa rick with a disease for which doctors *""1 no name.'The nails came off his ers, and the fingers catne o9 to the middle joint. For 8 years he suffered dreadfully; is now getting well, and I am satistled Swift s Specific is the chief cause of hia improvement. John JDeim.. Jan. 12,1880. Peru, Ind. ulcers, the result of the salivn of a calf coming in ran* tact with a cut finger. Tl>e ulcers ware deep and pain­ ful and showed no inclination to heal, I gave him Swift'a Specific, and he is now well, Feb. 15, *89. Jons F. HCARD, Atibnrn, Ay, Send for books on Blood Poisons & Skin Diseases, T)M. fiwirr SFKCIFIC CO., Atlanta, Qa. WELL DRttU FOR ALL KftPeSlf. Bend SB eta. for maillM (sMoiaM«|tx f«;t ttoaiars 1% C. Aisth Hfg. 6l Wpenter St. and Carroll Am., Cfeiea«o, H. C H E A P H O M E S FARHMB BEGIOIS ."."SJ&VISSIIIM AND onn . «Ek^N55-Ji?sruip'1'IT* ciacuLA* TO S10 k DAY. AGENTS WAKTEDl CISCULABS mi. l.roo Brewster's Safety Rsln Holder* given away to introduce them. Evrar orse owner br.ys from 1 to6. Unas never under horses* ?>*•!. Send SB oeats in stamps to pay postage and packing for Nickel-Plated Sample that sells for ®c. Brewster Mts. Co., Holly, MUk scons EMULSION CORES OONSTJMPTIOi SCROFULA BlQN0Hm8S| COUGHS . GOLDS Wasting Dfwmtta Wonderful Flesh Producer. Eeott's Emulsion is not a secret remedy. Containing the stimulating Hypopbos- phitea and Pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, the pottney of both being largelj in­ creased. It is used by Physicians all over (he world. PALATABLE AS MILK. 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ROWTLSUAD. |H«M» m 11111m SWvViAi SISTERS. were were Ave ftur sisters, and each had an ate* Rora would fain be a fashionable damej fjchoiariy Susan's selection was books; Coquettish Corn cared more for good lo^M Anna, ambitious aspired after wealth: Bansible Sarah sought first for good health. Ofltate tteanty quickly faded ; Susan's eyesight stndy; Flora became nervous and fretful in striving after fashion^ and a sickly family kept Anna's husband poor. But sensible Sank; took Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and grew daily mora healthy, charming and beautiful, and married rich. j Moral.--To cleanse, purify and enrich the blood and insure a clear^ blooming, rosjr complexion, use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery^ Copyright, 1888, by WORLD'S DISRASAPT MKDICAL ASSOCIATION, Proprietors, % -Vi: ^ -is .-if}! REWARD -- . , mild, soothinjr, and Mage's Bemedy cures the worst cases, no matter of bow long standing. the Head which the^^cannot cureT^^ » Ry MsP- properties. Dr. - s* SOc^ by druggMa* Nome trennlae ttRlett itamped with tho above TRADE If ARE. SLICKERS Don't wa«te your nmrev on n rum or rubber coat The FISH RRA?TL> SUCKS1 '! isabsolutely tc,iter and triml moor, and will keen you Jrv in the hardest atoraa ! 10 iiuu ¥y hlnts aud r^r •HI MCI help* For complete limne ciire.rfM. VVS22 IVISSDr. B. F. Caton. BuxSOT, Bostooulln '^ ' .V," -I K - k ' 1 '* "? .. if.'. .* !.*:i r -v -K FISH BKAIw nrt for descriptive r^ulogtte to A J. TOWER. 20 nonotk ot have the '*n«H BRAND --,\ PRICE ' (o/fSVWio/I & A; IJSHMAIW, Washington, I>. C. 4^8end lor circular. •>V J