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INTELLIGENT ANIMALS.
Alt A I'll 1(7 ACCOUNT OF HOW TIIKV
HItnVVK BKI.ATKI) Til A VBI.KKM.
Fhr> Wonderful Oeeda of the Si. Ilernnrd
Do.
“Home yearn ngo 1 visited Rome of tha
monasteries of tlio monks of Bt. Bernard
for tlio purpose of scoing tho manner in
which fliftHo famous dogs are trained to
their life work," said a famous dog
trainer. "Tliero I realized for the first
time what a grand, noldo thing the
education of even a dog may lie wlion it
hoa a high and lofty aim. Tho monks
Begin to teach their dogs in the earliest
stages of puppyhood, and not only is
physical and mental training included
in this teaching, but spiritual culture is
by no means neglected. At meal time
tho dogs sit in a row, each with a tin
dish before him containing his repast.
Orace is said by one of the monks, the
dogs sitting motionless meanwhile with
reverentially bowed heads. Not one of
them stirs until the ‘Amen’ is spoken,
If some young novitiate should venture
to taste the contents of the dish ere the
arrival of the proper time some of the
older dogs forthwith cause him to desist
iy deep admonitory growls and sharp
pullings of the ear.
“The intelligence displayed by these
animals in rescuing travelers is simply
marvelous, though perhaps you will say
it is only memory Mint they show, for
all that they do has been mo.it carefully
taught them hy the monks. After a
severe snow-storm or an avalanche two
dogs are sent out from the monastery
Around the ruck of one is fastened n
Itask of cordial and to the back of tho
other is bound a heavy blanket. If a
traveler lies buried in tlio snow their
keen scent soon brings them to him.
Then they search for the place where
the snow is softest, for they know that
it is the warmth of Hu' traveler’s breath
that Ims made it no and that beneath
that spot must lie his head. They
scratch away the snow and when the
unfortminte’s head and breast are ex
posed they devote all their efforts to
arousing him from Hint lethargic slum
ber into which he has fallen, the sure
precursor of that terrible end freezing
to death. With their powerful paws
they smite him on the chest and face.
With their mouths close to bis ear lliey
givo vent to loud barks and cries.
Meanwhile other dogs, accom| anied by
tho monks, have left tho monastery
a short time after the former ones,
whoso trail they follow, tho result being
that the almost froson traveler soon
finds himself well housed and fed and
restored to warmth and life.”
“Salt Horse “ in the Navy,
HOW JtKOniJITS Alt 15 STAKVKD AND HOBRF.D
ON THK KICOJ. I VINO HHII’H.
*'l)o you know that Hivilorti In the
United St ft tei Navy am halt utarved?”
remarked a recruit of a few montha to a
reporter.
“What do you moan ?” naked the re
porter.
“I mean aim ply what I nay. They
are starved aud alao robbed, and if their
treatment was generally known there
would not be one recruit where there
are now ten.”
“Of what do you chiefly complain ?”
“Of ilio food. For breakfast we
have hard tack which has to be broken
with a hammer and so-called col Too, a
decoction more nearly resembling burnt
Miwdunt and hot water. Once a week
toast beef is served, and while it in of
the poorest quality it ih really the only
tueal we get. At other meals we are
given cuts of salt pork with live inches
of fat, and of twenty pounds of it We
have only about one pound of lean. It
is impossible to cat the fat, and the moil
throw it overboard. One day in tho
Week wo are dealt out so-called boiled
beef which is as tough as a piece of can
vas. But of all the stufl' served to us
sailors the worst by far is the alleged
corned beef, known among tis as salt
horse. This ts our Friday dish. It is
simply impossible to eat it, and the
chief duty of the cook on that day Is to
throw the stuff overboard. This is tho
bill of fare of the receiving ship, Ver
mont, and on seagoing ships it is even
worse. Fach man is compelled to pay
*a n month into tho mourn to buy a little
extra food In order that ho may be able
to live. There ought to lie no trouble
about fording the recruit' on the rr
eoiving ehi)* if the men lind their righta.
"The men receive $0 a month, and
many of them spend it all rather than
eat salt horse, V>ut after their money is
gone they mnst eat it or starve. The
starvation and privations to which a
sailor is subjected prompt many to
desert. That is why the Powlmtan can
not obtain recruit*. No man will enlist
in the navy if he oan get anything else
to do, or unless he knows nothing about
the way recruits are treated."
Origin of the Word “Boss.”
“Boss,” or “to boss," was, according
to some philologists, originally intro
duced into the New World by Irish or
Scottish immigrants, from the Gaelic
him, the hand. But this is erroneous.
The word is derived from the Dutch
settlers who first colonized NtWv Am
sterdam, first called New .York by tho
English when the oolony changed mas
ters by ooming into the possession of
the British Government. Haas, in the
Dutch language signifies a master or
the foreman of a workshop. Perhaps
even the English-speaking population of
the State, if they had known that “boss"
was no other than Dutch for '‘master,”
might, in their republican pride, have
repudiated the word and invented an
other.
Wombs in China are deeply interested
in avoiding divorce, as the divorcee
loses the honorable position of a wife.
The Chinese lady, strongly developed,
avoids both scandals aud intrigues.
The magistrate often compo-ee quarrels
instead of pronouncing a decree of di
vorce, and the wife lias an unfailing
source of consolation in the upbringing
pi her children.
TIIK STRUGGLE FOR FOOD.
From n London Nrliool-Tencher** Olnry,
To-night I saw one of my lads sitting
on a doorstep, donblad np over ills slate,
ami ho screwed his head this way and
that in his vaiu endeavors to avail him
self of tho light of the street-lamp.
When I took his slate out of his hands,
I found that tho poor little man had
worked out his sums in a sprawling
fashion. Tho light was so very uncer
tain and his little fingers were so oold
that anything like neatness wos ont of
the ipiestion, but he stuck gallantly to
his post—or, rather to his doorstep
and grinned all over his face while I
patted him.
f asked him wlmt ho was doing out on
the street on such a nasty evening, and
he replied:
“We ain’t got no candle, sir. Father
and mother lias got to sit in tlio dark,
and I came out under tho lamp to get
my home lesson done.”
As J walked into a better neighbor
hood, I saw tho bright lights in pleasant
rooms, and heard the laughter of chil
dren and the tingle of pianos, 1 thought
rather kindly of my poor little man Hit
ting with cold fingers groping through
his sums by tho yellow light of tho gaH.
It is a curious kind of topsy-turvey busi
ness altogether.
That little boy is as bright as bright
can bo. When I first knew him lie was
in dire distress liecimso lro could not
read his little book right away. I ex
plained to him that there were certain
formalities and drudgeries to Ire gone
through before one could tell what was
insido books, and wo had great fun while
he was learning his alphabet. He
christened tlio letters by names of his
own. The small and he culled “belly in
front,” and the small b "belly behind.”
And ho was charmed when ho lmd be
come able to tell tho difference between
and p, b and <| with absolute certainty.
lie begged the loan of hooks to take
home; tie never played, and even when
he was walking to and from school ho
puzzled himself over various "Renders”
until ho had mastered all wo hail in
stock.
Tlio lad was fit for anything, but bis
parents managed to make only about
nine shillings (2.26) a week at tho best
of times, so there is not much clrnnoo for
him in tho future. 1 have to do witli
lazy boys who need to he scolded into
learning; but, this poor little solll - tho
son of a costermonger and a collar-maker
—would go without his dinner to get an
hour with anew book. Yet, I rather
fancy, ho will end an a laborer, or some
thing of that sort. The struggle for
food will crush ambition ont of him, and
very likely by the time ho is twenty
yours of age lie will not care for reading
even the Sunday newspapers.
A Memorial from Temperance Women
W. O. Donnan, of lowa, presented to
the Republican National Convention a
memorial and petition from the National
Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
After some debate it was read. It bears
the signatures of the officers of the Wo
men’s Christian Temperance Union in
iorty-eight States and Territori* s, and
reads os follows :
“We, the members of tho Women’s
Christian Temperance Union of tho
United States, hen in represented by tho
signatures of onr officers, while believ
ing that while the poison hab
its of the Nation can be largely re
strained by an appeal to the intellect,
through argument to the heart, through
sympathy, and to the conscience
through the motives of religion, believe
that the traffic in those poisons will be
best controlled by prohibitory law. Wo
believe that the teachings of scienoe, ex
perience and the golden rule combine to
testify ngainst the traffic in alcoholic
liquors as a drink, and tiiat the homes of
America, which are the citadels of pa
triotism, purity and happiness, have no
enemies so relentless as the American
saloon; therefore, as citizens of tho
United States, irrespective of sex or
religion ot section, but having deeply at
heart the protection of our homes, we do
hereby respectfully and earnestly peti
tion you to advocate and adopt such
measures as are requisite to the end that
prohibition of tho importation, exporta
tion, manufacture and sale of alcohoiio
beverages uiny become au integral part
of the National Constitution, and that
your candidate shall bo by character and
public life committed to a national pro
hibitory constitutional amendment,”
Hie Piaster Experiment.
A farmer can never certainly know what
plaster will do for him till he tries it on
his own fields. There is hardly a farm
crop which, if everybody’s testimony
oan bo accepted, is not under.some con
ditions improved by a dressing of this
substance; and, on the other hand,
there is not a farm crop that ha* not
failed on somebody’s land to give any
satisfactory return for such an applica
tion. Very few advocate it for potatoes;
its use on clover is more common thau
on any other crop, while there are many
witnesses to its excellent effect on In
dian corn and grain—applied on corn in
(lie spring when it is two or three inches
high, a tablespoonfn] to the lull, and on
wheat in the fall. It will not do any
good on a poor soil, for it is not manure
itself; in general, it only helps tho crop
to make a better use of the plant food
provided for it in the soil or in real ma
nures. A bushel to the acre is a com
mon dressing, while some apply twice
or even three times as much; on grass a
bushel applied at least once a year is re
garded as better than a larger quantity
even at longer intervals. A moderately
dry soil is far more likely to give a good
return for plaster thau a wet one; ou
the other hand moist weather after it is
applied is welcomed as beneficial.
Dr. G. 0. Caldivxu,.
The Shall of Persia smokes a pipe
valued at 8400,000. We may expect to
hear at any time that tho bank of which
the Shall is president has failed for
8*2.000,000 or $3,000,000. Xori-istou-
Herald
HUGE ELECTRIC BATTERY.
< AUK K.Y r.HCIMP.fI IN KKKPINO TIIK
,II;TAI.H AI'AKT.
ItnrilioMl'n Hfninn of l.lbrrfy nnd Nome
I'ecNllnrltlei of ft.
In erecting tho groat Statue of Lib
erty, two tilings had to ho considered
that seemed very trifling, nnd yet, if
neglected, might destroy tho ntatno in
one day, or cause it to crumble slowly
to pieces. One ts tho sun, the other is
the sen breeze. Either of those could
destroy the great copper figure, and
something must bo done to prevent such
a disaster. The heat of the sun would
. xpaml tho metal and pull it out of
shape, precisely an it docs pull tho
Brooklyn bridge ont of shape every
day. The bridge is mode in four parts,
and when they expand with tho heat of
the sun they slide ono past tho other,
nnd no harm is done. Tho river span
rises and falls day and night, as heat and
colli alternate. Tho great ooppor statue
is likewise in two parts, the frame-work
of iron and the copper covering; and
while they are securely fastened togeth
er they can move one over tho other.
Kacli bolt will slip a trifle os the oopper
expands in tho hot August sunshine, and
slide, back again when the freezing
winds blow and the vast figure shrinks
together in tho cold. Besides this, the
copper snrfneo is so thin and elastic
that it will bend slightly when heated,
yet keep its general shape.
The salt air blowing in from tho sea
Ims thin fingers and a bitter, biting
longue. If i- finds a ernek whereitoan
creep in between the copper surface nnd
the iron skeleton, there will ho trouble
at once. These metals do not agree to
gether, nnd where there is salt moisture
in the air they seem to quarrel more
bitterly than ever. It seems that every
joining of points of copper and iron
makes a tiny battery, nnd so faint shiv
ers of eleetrieity would run through all
the statue, slowly corroding and oating
it into dust. This curious, silent, and
vet sure destruction must ho pre
vented, and so every joint thronghont
tho statne, wherever oopper tonohes
iron, must be protected witli little rsgs
stuffed bet ween tlio metals to keep them
from quarreling. It is tho same whom
ever two different metals touch each
other. Imngiue wiiat a tremendous
battery the Liberty would make, with
its tons of copper surface and mdnstrous
skeleton of iron. However, a little
care prevents nil danger, as provision
will lie made, of course, for keeping the
metals from touching cacti other,— Hi
Kicholnn for Juli/.
The fins Wells.
Natural gas has long been utilized for
beating and lighting purposes in all the
towns of tho oil regions. At I’ittsimrg
attention is now seriously turned toward
economizing it nnd making it serve upon
a large scale. This gas is brought to
the oily in five and eight inch mains
from as far ns twenty-five miles away ;
it flown with suicidal wastefulness nnd
many wells give out in less than five
y< ars.
The gas is used in all kinds of furnaces
for making steam, iron, glass, etc. Its
value as a heating agent is high, and
the best method of burning it has been
found to be by numerous jets in oontset
with the whole heating surface of the
boiler. Household use lias begun, al
though it is almost impossible to make
tight joints iu the pipes, and no method
of removing the vile odor of the gas lias
yet befell contrived. From it also are
made electric light carbons and the
finest lampblack for printing inks.
Erie, Warren and many other towns
have long used natural gas either alone
or mixed with artificial coal gas as an
illuminator, tho only object being the
had smell. Tho committee wliioli lately
reported upon tho subject to the Society
of Mechanical Engineers stated that the
value of the gas as compared l>y evapo
ration tests with coal at 51.40 por ton,
is only eight cents per thousand foot. —
The Hour.
The Hogardus Kicker in War.
While Colonel Jenkins, of Con
federate cavalry fume, is not remem
bered to auy great extent as n tighter,
he did a bit of v <>rk at Hagerstown dur
ing the Pennsylvania campaign which
caused General Mead to say that he
should be treated tike a gentleman in
case he ever fell into Federal hands as a
prisoner. Tho colonel was left in the
town for a day or two to hurry up Con
federate stragglers nnd pick up news,
and half a day after the last regiment
had passed on six or eight Federal sol
diers, among whom was a lieutenant
and a first sergeant, appeared at his
headquarters and desired to surrender.
Come to question them, Jenkius ascer
tained that they had deliberately left
their regiments nnd hidden themselves
away for just this opportunity. He was
so indignant that he refused to receive
their pnrolea, but, ou the contrary,
ordered them to be taken to his picket
line and kicked ont of sight. A detail
of champion kickers was made for this
purpose, and the sole leather was ap
plied with all the vigor possible to be
had from leg muscle. The otlieer was
held up by two meu and booted by
a third until the kicker could kick no
more.—At. Qr.r>.
The Landlord’s I’ets.
An incident of English country life is
thus given: A certain noble lord keeps
colonies of rooks- a crow-like bird
greatly given to thieving—because they
ore au interesting addition to his
park. A farmer near by sees his barley
disappearing under the attacks of the
birds, and puts down poisoned grain.
Children find several dead birds, and, in
the scarcity of meat which makes any
flesh coveted by the peasantry, take
them home to be eaten. The noble
lord’s gamekeeper has everybody ar
rested, and sifts out the farmer who
laid the grain. The magistrates "com
ment on the daugeroas nature of the
case,” and impose fines and penalties
amounting to nearly S6O
THE STAGE-DRIVER'S STORY.
flow Uoneral Hroll*, l.flH was Hayed and
How III*. Ilrlvrr Twirl. Kneapcd Drain.
Tho traveler of the prmeiitday, os tie is hur
ried along by the lightning oxmi la its buf
fet cars and palar- •'. rpi-is, seldom reverts in
thought t/i the time when ttie stage coach and
packet were I hr only iiu-unsof communication
between distant poinis It is rare that, one of
the real old 11 nil- -t'l e ilrivers is met. with now
a-days, and when the writer rc-i-ntly run
across Fayette Haskell, of l/iek[sirt, N. Y.,hr
felt like ifhlhli-.gmplier over tie- discovery of
some rare volume of “forgotten lore. ’ Mr.
Haskell, although one of the pi- .n mt-s in stage
driving dm formerly ran from 1 H-wiston t/i
Niagara Kalis and BulfftJot, i.s halo and hearty
ami bids fnir to liv< for many years 'l ie-strange
stoncHof hi ionriy mb entnres would fill a vol
urne At one time w hen going dnw n a riioun
lain, near Is wgton. with no !■ -a p ■r-'to: ■■
than General S, ,-t n- a no r, the lira.n
gave way anti th h came on the heels of
tho w ins ! Into"- Tie only dy wis to
whip tho leaders to it gallop. Gaining addi
tioniol momentum with * aoh nwolution >d the
wheels tho coach swayed and pitched down
the mountain sill,-and into Ih< :r>.-t of lew
is ton Straight abend at the f* •• .t of Ih'- steep
hill flowoil the Niagara river, toward which
tho four horse-, dashed, .apparently to
certain death. Yet tie- firm hand never
relaxed its hold nor the ei< ar brain
its conception of what must l.e done in
the eniergeney. (hi dn.-iied tie lea ea until
the narrow dock we,- retchisl on the rivei
bank, when by u Masterly 'otiiibition of mu ve
and and n'ing, tin-eoa -i va , tin n and in - ai ■ ■ ’
own length, and the ii- I a : .1 1 1 ton stand
still la-fore the jull * - look <-on ,nu!d n aii/s
wiiat had oeeurn .1. \ puts , was raised I.V
General Scott and pin- -nnd to Mr. Ha-kell
with high compliments tor lii.s skill and bra
ry.
Notwithstanding nil his strength and hw
robust constitution, th. train of continuous
work imd expisiire jit' . 1 1 too nint h for Mr.
Haskell's constitution. The constant jolting
of the coach and the m- arily ' rariip"! p>
sltion iii which la* was obliged to sit, eon
tributes! to this cud, and a' times lie wav
obliged to abandon ih o. iur altogether.
Hpmking of this jm ri -1 he ml:
'I found it alt imp*, sit.le to sleep at
night; my appetite left me entirely, and I had
a tired finding which I never ki.- w bel'ore,
and eonld not. a. count fa
“Hid yon give up driving entirely?”
“No. 1 triisl to lii-cp up, hut it. was only
with the gi-nlc: 1 idlort' T his state of things
continued lor nearly tw nty year until last
’ ictols r, w hen I went all to pi. 'o
“In w hat wav ?'
*1 Wi, 1 don I ded alt up. ■ oidd tel wad: with
iut a cane uu I was inrapnl.lr > I any < !f* .rt or
I X -I't ion 1 had a‘■ .1 • s:t d-:l ■■ io Cl It 4
lioth day and night and although 1 felt like
passing a Oftllotl ev I'!’. ! I.:: Ml IV ; I low
ilrojis could <■■ ins'and tiro thick with s.-di
rnent. Kinaliy it, rcn-. ito tlo-.v entirely and 1
thought di nth win v, , in t
"What did you do then :
“What I should have,lime In,, ; la-fore : Its
ten to my wife, I nder n i mb i >■ I tezim a
new ti eat ns at/'
“And w ith what result T'
“Wonderful It imstooju.l t. c .. loa-d pas
sages, and vvhnt was still more wonderful ta g
ulatesl Ihe flow. Tho osliinent vanished; my
up|svlile returned and 1 am now well and
gwd for twenty more ve,:-. wholly through
the aid of Warm-IS,’ Sal, (Jure that has dona
wonders for me as well ius foi so many
others.”
Mr Haskell's experience is r* [-ot.sl ererv
day in the lives of thoiis mdsof A nieriean men
mid women \ti unknow nev il r- uuderniin
lng tin* existence nf an ipmiuieralde number
who do not reiilr/e tin, it.:],..,'! i h' v are in until
health lias entirety departed awl death jier
haps stores them iu tile lane. To lu-e
--9ct such important matters is like drift
ing in the current '> i. 4 .: •' above the
falls.
TVent ns i.xprrss Matter.
uorace 11, Buell, of Chicago, not hav
ing sufficient money to buy a ticket, con
ceived tlio scheme of being sent os
express matter to Manhattan, Kansas,
and was successful. He arranged a box
so that, he could sit in it, and could, if
necessary, release himself. Ill' got into
bis box and was placed on board the
oars. He left Chicago and arrived in
Manhattan shortly after midnight two
days later, ami was dumped out on th<
platform witli other freight.
His expectation was that lie oould es
cape iu the darkness, but tire l>ox was
set down bottom side up, with the lid
against tho platform, ami his scheme
was frustrated. When ho was rolled
Into the express office at the depot a
Still worse misfortune attended him, for
the Ihix was so placed that he stood on
his head. The clerk then began check
ing up, using the box for it table. Buell
Stood it as long ns lie oould and then
made his presenoe known, greatly
frightening the agent, who was going to
shoot into tho box. At length, however,
they released him. He paid the ex
penses charged—s9.2s. A ticket would
have oost $18,54.
It Stii.i, Works, —A good amateur
actor carried a satchel into a Baltimore
groggery and displayed its contents that
seemed to he money to the amount of
$25 ,000, at the same time pretending to
be demented. A companion soon inti
mated to the rtimseller that the treasure
ottght to be taken care of, and agreed
to leave it in his possession if he would
hand over S6OO as security. “But this
must be your own money,” said the
friend, “for nothing in the l>ag mnst be
distnrlved.” The sum was eagerly ad
vanced by the saloon man, who, of
oourse, intended to keep the hag, in
wbioh he subsequently found nothing
but waste paper.
Tmt Punch.—“ Make it very strong
and close, Uncle John,” said the lady of
the manor to the negro who was building
anew garden fenoe; “my Christianity
can’t stand the test of my neighbor's
pigs and chickens." “I blieve yon,
mistiss,” was the old man's emphatic re
sponse, “kase I bin alius notice dat dar
was an end to all peaoo an’ good will, an’
oeighborliness, an' Tlgions whar dar
waro’t no fence.”
Pretty \Vom*o.
Ladies who would retain freshness and rirao*
tty. Try ‘•Wells' Health lienewer.’’
TO FKRSF.VKRK 1R One’s dnty, Olid bo
jrflent, is the answer to cainmny.
A Denison. i\hs, man pawned a cork left
witli a pawnbroker for an advance of twenty
five cents.
Gold In Our Old Fir Ids.
When we consider the health to be better
than wealth, then must we consider the old
field mullein better than gold at least the
medical world so recognize it. and attests its
merits over cod liver oil for lung troubles.
Made in a tea and combined with awe. t gum
presents in Taylor's Cherokee Remedy, of
Sweet idum aiti! Mullein, a pi- .ismt and elect
ive eim for Croup, Whooping-cough, Colds
and Consumption. Sold by all druggist* at
26c and SI.OO a bottle.
Middh Florida ’-.rap' nan v- n * : ' ;
-sount on a y< ally income of one hundred dvl
lars per acre.
I'hough ninety-five years have passed
s l l ice tht‘ organization ot the Govern
ment, the method of selecting Presi
dential candidates by national conven
tions has been in vogue only some fifty
years. The first President who was
nominated by a national convention was
Martin Van Bureii, who received the
Democratic nomination for that office iu
1835.
Young men who ride bicycles have
had a convention recently. Those who
wheel wheelbarrows were not invited*
A Simple Twist of tlio Wrist
‘‘lt was a good aa a circus," said Ser
grant Mulhollaud. “I was walking
along Broadway the other morning when
I saw a bl nek-and-tan cab coming furi
ously tip Murray street; tho driver
seemed to be doing his best to stop
animul, but it was unmanageable. A
tall, well-built man, who did not see the
runaway, was crossing tho street.
Everybody cried out to him, but the
horse was close u|>on him before he saw
it. Qniok as thought he put ont his
right band, seiz ’d tho horse by the
nostrils, gave a sudden twist, and tho
runaway was lying flat on his side on
tho crossing. The cab driver was too
much astonished to say a word, and the
stranger picked up his hat and walked
off as coolly as though nothing had hap
pened. I learned that ho was Mr.
Lemuel It. Sturgea, the owner of a cat
tle ranch in Texas. He know a trick
that the cowboys have of throwing a
steer by giving its bead a little twist.
He practiced it on Broadway, and that
runaway horse got a lesson that he won’t
forget if he has any sense.” —New York
Sun.
A Cincinnati girl was arrested for set
ting lire to a house. Although this in
leap year the girl who takes this method
of catching a llame is carrying things
too far.
Th* Hucklcbrrry Cordial.
For a long time it wax thought that th®
liih’lilet'< rry was milr for table uae, but it was
known during the late war in the hape of a
cordial it wa?. wuperior t<> the blackU rrv. I)r.
Ui-KMV Huckleberry Cordial in the (IREAT
HOri HERN KI.MF.DY for rcutoring the httl®
one from the i-flVet* of teething; and cures
liarrh<na, Dys utrry and all bowul affections.
For sale by all druggists at 60 cents a bottle.
Der r are In ing niaughuml rapidly in
Florida that it ih b in-v. and they will become ex
tinct in a few yearn.
V'onritf lli’n! Itend Tills.
Tiik Voi.tajc Belt Cos., of Marshall, Mich.,
offer to wend their celebrated Ki.i/'t;<>~Volt\in
Rki.t ami offe r Ft k- thic Am.uvr km on trial
for thirty days, to men (young or old) afflicted
with nervous debility, loss of vitality and man
hood. and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu
matiHin, neuralgia, paralyni*. and many other
dineaM h. ( restoration to health, 'lgor
and manhood gua anteed. No rink is incurred
ft* thirty days trial i~< allowed. Write them at
onco fof illiwttali and pamphlet free.
A ninety-vt nr-dd colored man, of Tallahn-*
net, while ont hunting recently, killed three
Iti firH. an alligatvr, a rattlesnake, ten skunk.-*,
and cut three bee trees.
American worn* n are said to lie the most
cleo r, uetivc, and energetic to be found ; and
w di they need to lie. considering theenorraons
demnndH made upn them by modem schools,
housekeeping and society. Mrs. Lydia E.
I’ilikhnm, ill preparing her celebrated Vege
table Compound, had in mind all these count
h m demands on a woman’s strength, and her
well known remedy proves every day its i*er
f. <*t adaptation to woman’* special needs.
It cost-! £75 by the year to sell goods in Vir-
F<m vrnrs I have }**on afflicted with Ilay-
F, vr. " I gar l .ly’e Cp am JJaim a trial. The
relief was immediate. I regard inysi lf ctitcd.
- G. Bchukiukr, Hupt. of Cordage Cos., Eliza
beth, N. J. I‘rice 6<) cents.
The keeper of the New York morgue is dead.
Ih hns handled 40,000 dead bodn s during the
time he has been keeper.
llay-Fevf.a. I have used Ely’s Cream Bami
fur llsy-Fever, and have experienced goat r
lief, i recommend it as tlio best of all the
remedies I have tried. - T. B. Jf.nks, lawyer,
Grand Rapids, Mich. Price 60 cents.
Mr. Hendricks has entered the campaign
with spot of red paint iu his hand.
For a cold in the head, there is nothing so
good as I'iso s liemody for Catarrh.
The empress of Austria can set type and tl e
empress or an American farm can set a hen
(’n-buiis ditTer in diftYront count! ies.
gS^MpHcBEAMML!!
ran,os|,ftin
(ii™ at
c? j Once. Thorough
gl ~ , . ...
Um kJ 's .Z’ yS Treatment will
fejf / fa < llre ' sot a 1.tq
"i,,0r5,",,T - Ai “
Brnir\v N > 6^ v Vxju ply " mi Klnirpr
ffSr-FEVE'R ,ilT<> “ R THal
{s' rmiU t t*> cents by mail
tUtni'ln t'ottle t’J niull lOets.
KI.Y BROTHKRH, Drugsists. OwjQ, W. T.
Yltal Qneations!!!!
A*k th most eminent vhj/sirian
Of any school, what is the f*et thing In the
world for quieting and alluring ail irritation
of the nerves, and curing All forma of nervous
complaints, giving nntural, childlike refresh
ing sleep alwavs?
And thev wfll tell you unhesitatingly
“Some form of Hope ! ! P
CHAPTER I.
Ask any or all of the most eminent phyii
clans;
“What Is the best and only remedr that
can be relied on to cure all diseases of the kid
ney* and urinary organs .such as Bright’s dis
ease, diabetes, retention, or inability to retain
urine, and all the diseases and aiimentt pecu
liar to Women—”
“And they will toll rou explicitly and em
phatically, r ßuchu !! f ”
Aik the same physicians
“What is the most reliable and surest cure
for all liver disease or dyspepsia, ixmatipa
fcion, indigestion, biliousness, malaria, fever,
ague. Ac.,” and they will tell you;
“Mandrake ! or 'Dandelion !! I P
Hence, when these remedies are combined
with others equally valuable,
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such a
wonderful and mysterious curative power i*
developed, which is so varied in its operation*
that no disease or ill health - an possibly exist
or resist its power, and yet it is
Harmlees for the most frsil woman, weak
set invalid or smalleet child to use.
CHAPTER IL
“Patients
“Almost dead or nearly dying*
For rears, and given up by physician*, oi
Bright'* and other kidney diseases, liver com
plaints, severe coughs, called consumption,
have been curtxi.
Women gone nearly crazy !! 11!
From agony of neuralgia, nervousness
wakefulness, and various diseases peculiar tc
women.
People draw n out of .slmi*' from excruciat
ing pangs of rheumatism, infiaminatory and
chronic, or suffering from scrofula.
F.rvsipolas !
“Snltrheum, blood iKnsoning, dyspepsia, in
digest ion, nnd, in fa* t ,olmoet all diseases fra 1 .
Nature is heir to
Have been by Hop Bitters, proof oi
which can be found in every neighborhood ir
tin* known world.
None genuine with >nt a bunch of greor
Hops nil the white !aU*! Shun all the vile,
pois-mous stuff with “H*>p"or “Hoi>s”m theii
mums
Not Poor.—There is a general im
pression, says London / //V, that Hie
Empress Eugenie is \>oor. I can say
w itL c ’ taintv that she is rich. Besides
possessing large sums, well invested in
England, and the whole of the Prince
Imperial's fortune. Her Majesty owns
immense tracts of pine forests in tho
Landes, from which she derives a very
substantial income. Then, she spends
nothing.
A Burlington man calls his dog
Cork," because his bark is so light
FOR CURING CHILLS AND FEVER
AND
Removing the Distressing Effects of Wslaria,
AYER'S AGUE CURE
HAS BEEN FOUND SO
NE Alt LY INFALLIBLE,
THAT
We Authorize Dealers to Re turn the Money,
Tf the medicine is taken according to directions, without benefiting tho patient.
PREPARED BY
DR. J. C. AYER Sl CO., Analytical Chcrr ists, l-OWES-L, MASS.
Sold by all Druggists. Price fl, six b ittlcs f. r ft.
TOS
no, i ? oiol o-muioioOo lO.e®l’ , ' #4 Wenkae.i, OI B
irin. Impure 8100.1, Chill... 4
IN VALUABI.B /v i o.
■ FOR LADIES AND FOR AX.f. ,;t' JBj
9 PERSONS WHO LEAD A SEDENTARY LIFB./N
I m\. RtL stiok ouf ™
jV.*.- rei. 'V/fUuy '■ -li-J,
Iv ' A
I J § I KM
BrownN Iron Bitters c ;u- *T J Brown's f roil i LUorHis tho
Fines Iron vith f’iac v* . ttahle t->nio* H!IT >t r(‘-
It i a compounded -n tliorougldy i- j moves bile, el ’‘Hi’s tut? shin,
entific an l met!; innl principles, and _ I digests the LI LI.S
cannot Intoxicate. Iclebin^ t !l‘art>urn, Heat
All other prep > ■ >th us of Iron cm; - E ju tho Stomach 9 < tb*
headache, and pr luce constipate n. j t j s the W.-known remedy for
Brown’s Iron Bitters is th 'V fVinulc infirmities.
ONLY Iron incriieinc that , ~ . . _ , r \
is not injurious it.s use does not * , , ,- , ,
J /X and cr •. < 1 red lim-s on wrapper,
even rdaekon the teeth. , T • i
Nlake no other. Nlaile only by
Dyspepsia Lit insure, a l.earir ap- I Hroxvn Chemical Cos.,
petite and goo-l n. C Baltimore, M(L
f.lfr Preserver.
If ron aro l.isiD v .u- p.npon life, try 4r Welli*
Health Be newer.’ Guta direct to weak spot*.
In Hi ui’.H ‘ v.-f'.r-.-f it>’ *x townee the
Aii-' iTt au i>i* • •> ha .*usoino lea* than
4 : - • 1 n volumes, iir-Sudu,.’ Hiities. Testa
men ts aud portion* of the gospel.
‘ Rough on Tootliarhr.”
In-: tnt rt I • f for neura :ia, toothache, face*
acht . Ask for “Hough on iouthache.” 15 A 25c.
Oykh {750,000 was paid last year as duty
on patent medicines in Kngl&ndL
“Rn#r* nn Itrh. **
“Bough on Itch” cures humor*, eruption*,
ring-worm, tetter, salt rheum, chilblains.
Ei.kvkn clergymen sailed from New York
for Europe in one steamer on Saturday re
cently.
IlHtandiln Rrnnofk
fhat an oil devoid of all irritating properties,
that never becomes rancid, should make an ex
cellent. Hair Dressing. Bunh is Carboline made
from pure Petroleum. Ail druggists.
The population of the United States is now
not lees than 56,000,000.
Henry’s ( nrbullr Salre.
The b••St salve u. cl in the world for rots,
1 rui> a, piles, sores, nicer*, aaltrhmim, tetter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all kinds
of *kii eruptions, freckles and pimples. The j
an!tj is guaranteed to give perfect aattof&c- j
Mon in every case, lie sure you get Henry’s j
Curb li 1 S :lve, ns ail others are but imita
f ,or.s ii f ;•
tRU?- -UJ ITDU *• pixehjlK’s
fel TeietaWe Cupui
is a reanm on*
fa rnr p male Complaints and
/AWcaknewr* eo common to
ff oor beat female population.
It will core *nlir*ly tL* wont form of Jemals Com
plaints, all Oraxiaa trochlea, Inflammation and Clear*
Hti. Ji-Jltng ar.d IHfm’.aovment*, and tha ecnaaqcant
Spinal V.’eoan-u. ana i particularly adapted to tha
~na ns* of Lif*.
It will dissolve *nJ *rpl tumor* from th a Lem* In a
early of development. Th* tendency to caocarouj
humors them is checked eery speadily by lta us*.
It rem.ivr* faiatnws. flatulency, destroy* ail craving
or Stimulant*, and re.levej w**kneas of th* stotnvH,
.t cure* Bloating, Haadaohas. Nervotie I'rostraUon,
ione; Debility, Sirr; **neas. oepreastea and
Uou. That feeling of barir.g down. causing pain, weight
arul K <ar:.e, 1* always permanently cured by lta us*.
It will at all tim-** and under all circumstances act la
haruaor.y with th* law*that govern the Female system.
For th* cram of Kl.lnev Complaints of either eex, thto
Ootnpouudlaumurpaaaed. Price SI.OO. Six bottle* for $&00
No family should be without LTDLA. E. PISEHA.IT A
ZJYK.R PILLS. They cum constipation, biliousness and
torpidity cf the liver. 85 cents a box at all druggists.
Medical Department University of
Louisiana
WKW ORLKAIfS.
Aa It it universal!? admitted that Pmctioal Medicine
and Surgery cannot be taught elsewhere than at the
bed-side *f the sick and wounded, tiua institution justly
olaims onriTailed ad*antflge in the introduction ot its
ela#**> into th* wards of th* great Chanty Hospital,
whose Kiowr Hckdbkd bed* and an annua! admission
of Eight Thousand patient* supply uni uni tea chem
ical material. Circular* e ut upon application.
HOW TO I CRB Arthma, IWOlhMfc Catarrh.
Sore Eyes, Falors, Ctußorrhoea, Orsvel, Painfui Men
**■• t>v*nan Diseases, Piles, Rheumatism. L leers,
VThite*. H.-morr *•-. lnflammati n, DysDer*’e. <> n *
ccr Wonderfully Effective and bibidis Rem “dim.
Fur roc:cm*, send |4-cts. to A. J. DIXON. B\ 47
Stannton, Vn., stating yourjsaee as well a* you can.
\t. - f‘*w \\ v nTI.I) rthe
mg Pictorial Bonks and Bibles. Prices reduced 33
percent. National PUULIBHI’ O Cos., Atlanta. Ga.
li t Madison Are., N. Y Family board. Low rates-
Pnf Thomaa I*. Simpson. W •
a tentS ~ do, rtri vT i uv.
\ IK. Write for In' e nl ora’ Bulde.
WANTED— Reliable book salesmen for es h c-’tinty
Sal > S4O per month. Unquestumaule reference r- -
qnirx-i. A: dress E. W. LoOMIS A Cos.. Atlanta -n
WAKD’S SliMlMiil
Nashville Venn.
< loertl Its IDth year wilh 354 young todies.
An a- tv,\ prgres*iT non-sectarian school. Thousands
of patents h*v.- tested its value, and rtiil it increa-er.
A KTvnd new building with a dining-room tit f> ra queen
was onvted diirinji tho year. Opens Sent. Ist Ad
dro.-vA. f>.r new catalogue, UK* .E. \VaKI).
StoJ'pkd.—A large district in Drog
heda, Ireland, was suddenly deprived of
water the other day and the water com
pany's men were puzzled to account for
the stoppage. Ou elimination being
made it was found that a pipe had been
stopped by an enormous eel several feet
in length and of unusual thickness.
Costly.—Ex-Senator Sharon publicly
admits that his employment of Miss
Sarah Althea Hill as his private secre
tary cost him in wages 8200,000, exclu
sive of the expenses of the so-called di
vorce suit
S, N. r Thirty, -l
*<;rVTS vy % \T!fi far th- Lives •.
' r • . ii'hrfi* c irnrwirtisl ( .. ■*. the />f *cd * henprM.
' '
Ootfl. fret Frrxv'.'t ; • . : for r.it- 1 , rrrnj, ■ ■ .u
UAUiH>I!U 1* t lil.lMl INti CO., ll*rlfMrd,
OPS UM "V:'v I vVPtU; - v ’
<TUB A KANTEFI),
T _ A •mrri- c. - --I ri •yc- n
n DIT bdential. K<>r Damulilotn aud
*1 MD 3 I Ce rt HOB .i irm.B
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f \ | | w gw* I> -t and P.iarmacwfi.
V U I C Swx F O Box lea ( olumbuft* 4 *-
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null! IIIAIi PPIUM HABITS
EASILY i TEED. BOIIK FREE.
DR : J L HOFFMAN, JEFFERSPV Wisconsin.
Aibssarle Fesals ktihts
Charlottesville, Va-
Full F*rn*ty. B”*t Equipment AecsiM, H**!tb*-
|ni. Beautiful Scenury. Term* veht low. For Cat**
“ ’ ’ XV. I’. nUKLSSON, Prlnrlpal.
AGENTS V' "‘U;
Oils. K. F nn-'.TMtn lit* ’lceland. Ohta-.
wmm gim
nilAfi'f* pft worn th* t- * forth* m^nav
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Pensions
SOLID SILVER STeM WINDINB
FULL JEWELLE G‘NTS’ SIZE
WATCH FOf? 512.61.
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for patent until - “and Invent ■■ li-.-Kl*
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Tbuuip'von ilro., ‘J-il >*■ ■
After enduring for years tho visits of
book canvassers and the rest of the
office-infesting tribe, a Glasgow firm
tried what banter would do, and issued a
notice as follow - —"The hours of attend
ance in this office ore—To canvassers for
church subscriptions, 10 till 2;
insurance agents, 2 till 4; commercial
travelers, beggars, and advertising men,
all day. We attend toourown business
at night."
The cotton crop of Texas last year
wan worth more than the cotton crop of
the entire United States in 184”,