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NATIONAL LIBRARY.
Und« Sam’s Immense Book.
Casein Washington,
FOR THE FARM AND GARDEN.
•Dw* Million Copies of Books, Pamphleti
and Sheet Music on Its Shelves.
In »n articlo on ‘‘Undo Sam’s IJook-
Caso’’ in tho Cosmopolitan, Frank G.
Carpenter says:
It contains five hundred and sixty
thousand bound volumes, two hundred
thousand pamphlets, and three hund
red and fifty thousand sheets of music,
nod It has tons of thousands of works
of art, maps and photographs. Its
annual increase from copyright alono
amounts to from twenty to thirty thou
sand volumes. It is tho groat brain-
reservoir of tho United Statoe. It con
tains :. complete indox of tho workings
of the American mind. Everything in
literature, music, or art, that is copy
righted, must bo deposited in it, and the
brain reels in attcmp.ing to edheeivo
how many livos of intellectual workers
ate packed away upon its shelves.
In company with one of Its librarians
I lately took a walk through its various
parts, and spent nearly a linlf-dny winl-
ing in and out through aisle nftcr aisle,
and wall after wall of books, picking my
way betweon groat stacks of volumes,
and entering room after room which the
eye of the ordinary visitor never secs.
The Natioaal Library is at tho west end
of the grant Capitol. Its thousands of
volumes havo long since overflowed its
capacity, until now every available inch
of space is utilized, ami every room in
the vicinity is stackod with books.
The very floors of tho L brnry nro
plied up with overflow, and tho shelves
seem almost bursting with their tightly-
packed contents. Tho Library proper,
Which is also the roading-room, consists
of a long hall-liko room with wings at
each end jutting off like tho lien 1 of a
T. Tho roading-room is ninety-ono foot
long, thirty-ono foot wide, and thirty-four
feet high. Its wails nro made up
of rectanguinr alcoves, oach about tho
size of a small hull bedroom, and shut
off from tho room by a door of iron 1st-
tioe-work. The walls of thoso alcoves
are filled with books, and tlioro are tliroo
galleries of them rising ono abovo an
other. In tba front of tho upper gal
leries are balustrades, and those havo
also been lined on tho inai le witli book
shelves, so that as you walk along tho
narrow galleries you almost ginzo the
books on either side.
The wings at the ends nro fitted up
with similar alcoves,and the whole looks
liko an immense bee-hive, with hun
dreds of cells of as many colors as you
will find in bookbindings. Tile visitors
are the bees. They nro not nllowod,
however, to go into these nlcovu colls,
and tho rending in tho library is done at
tables on tho lowor floor of tho main
room nnd of its wings. Tho library is
nlmost always full of readers, nnd on
Saturdays the crowd is so great that
many do tlioir reading while standiug.
The A. T. Stewart of L’hlrngo.
Marshall Field, who is known in nlmost
every part of tho globo a9 Chicago’s
“merchant prince," is a very handsome
gontiemnn, tail and well built, nearly
60 years old, extremely content with his
lot, with mustauchc which is beginning
to turn gray. Mr. Fiold is a nutivo of
Massachusetts, nnd went to Chicago
when about 25 years old with little or no
monoy. lie found employment as a
salesman in a dry goods house, nnd
from tho Btarl displayed n genius for tho
business. Before very long he bccumo
a partner in the house of Palmer, Far-
well & Co. A few years after this 1.
whole capital was wi|ied out by a gen
eral falling off in tho value of dry goods.
His sup-rior ability soon brought him
again to the front, and he formed a
partnership with Mr. Loiter. Be for i
many years the name of this firm was
known in commercial circles all over the
world. After the two gentlemen had
made several millhms, Mr. Loiter, who
was fond of society, i tired, and sine,
then Mr. Field lias conducted tho rs;ub.
llshment alone. A prominent New York
merchant says his house was the most
thoroughly organized of any similar es
tablishment in tho world. Mr. Field
still works as hard ns ever, giving per
sonal attention to his business and his
extensive railroad and other interests.
It is said that lie lias resolved not to
retire until ho is as rich as A. T. Stewart
was.
Alligators In (he Everglades.
The alligator, which has been nearly
exterminated in many localities, exists
in vast numbers in tho Florida Ever
glades and environs, writes Willinin
Hosca Ballou in Harper’s Wcokly. la
many places these nnimals follow the
canoe or other craft penetrating tho
grassy streams. At such times they re
semble a flotilla, imd are spoken of ns a
“flotilla of alligators.” Sometimes they
will approach a ennoo and “nose" it
with evident curiosity. If in the path
! of the canoe, or lying along its course,
they will dive under it are. j lin the
flotilla in the rear, 'rtiey nrc totally ob
livious to fire-arms, and evidrn ly 'nko
no notice of their members which have
been shot and are writhing in death
agonies. No doubt adventurous spirits
will some day find here a fertile field for
alligator-skins, which are now in fair
demand.
A Chinese Robin Hood lielfled.
In the collection of idols in tliu Pres
byterian Missionary rooms in New York
Chinese deity of the name of Woo
Bing, who had a way of his own nf re
lieving the prisoners of poverty, lie was
1 a famous hero of the thirteenth century,
and was mado a god because he rubbed
the rich to give to the poor. He was
not a gambler although hois reported as
getting the better of a tiger.
nestrorlnc Itnbblsh In Gardens,
Gsrdens are commonly visited very
early by the various kinds of noxious in
sect* that destroy tho vegetables grown
in them. One reason for this is that
they remain dormant in their hiding-
places under weeds, pieces of boards or
clods of manure. It is a common prac
tice to change the garden spot occasion
ally, so that tho plants when they appea-
will not be immediately disturbed Ly
their insect enemies. Tho better plan is
to remove ail the weeds, litter and rub
bish from gardens. Then late in the fnll
plow the soil, leaving it as loose as pos
aible, and somo time during the winter
covor liberally with manure. Tills will
give plenty of time for tho soluble fer
tility of the manuro to leach into and
be Incorporated with the soil.
Poollrr Manure.
A correspondent of tho Rural New
Yorker, after careful experiments, givos
tho following estimate o' tho valuo of
tho innnurc mado by a fowl in ono year:
Tho average full grown fowl consumes
in a yosr the following quantity of food
or Its equivalent: 50 pounds of corn, 80
pounds of wheat, 23 pounds of bran and
an unknown quantity of hay in winter,
grass in summer, bugs, worms, ground
•hells, bone, lime, broken crockery,
gravel stones, etc. The following tablo
gives tho vnluo of manuro from 100
pounds of cnch of tho above-named
grain foods: Corn, 83 cents; wheat, 85
cents; bran, 73 cents. Thus wo have,
leaving out fractions, from 60 pounds of
corn, manuro valued at 18 cents; from
80 pounds of wheat, 10 cents, and
from 25 pounds of brnn, 18 cents—
total 46 conts, to say nothing of all
tho otlior articles consumed, Tho waste
need not ho rnoro than with any other
•tock. With mo it is less, for I have
learnod tho valuo of tho manure, ami
am careful to savo nnd properly sUgu
it. For corn nnd many other crops, it
has equaled Peruvian guano, pound for
pound, on my farm.
Potato Onlltare.
Potatoes may bo cut and iproutod
wherovor they can bo placed upon a
heap of horse innnurc, covered with a
few incites of soil, and then taken up
and set in the hills where they are ready
to grow. Homo fanners plunt lurge fields
in this way. It makes considerable
extra labor to do this, ns tho sprouted
pieces must be taken up nnd handled
very carefully to prevent breaking off of
tho sprouts or roots, and must be set In
thetr places by hand. Those who havo
tried It claim that tho extra price* paid
for tho earliest potato in tire market will
pay for this extra labor. They also
| claim another advantage in gotting ilia
crops out of tho v ay boforo haying and
In season to put In a second crop upon
tho same land, which is an objoct whero
land is high priced and gardens arc
■mall. Many gnrdoncrs upon such lauds
i claim Hint they would make no profit if
they only grow ono crop in a season upon
their gardens, nnd often contrive to grow
three, by having ono planted nnd par
tially grown before tho otlior is removed.
Tho farmor who 1ms plenty of Intel usu
ally considers that it takes more manuro
and labor to grow two crops upon ono
aero than it does to cultivate two acres.
Maintaining th* Senility nf Molls.
There uro a few rules in regard to main
taining fertility which should be fol
lowed. Ono is that all the unsold or
unfed portions of crops should, if possi
ble, bo returned to tho soil upon which
they grew, or nil equivalent should bo
returnod. Tims, if wheat is raised, the
grain sold nnd tho straw composted with
nnimals, wo form a manure
. ... ...ui.ii much that was removed
by tho crop. If the straw be partly or
wholly fed to animals, still a largo por
tion naturally finds its way back to tho
sod. A portion of the plant foo l sim
ply of the soil is irrecoverably lost In Urn
grain sold, in tho bones of the animals,
in the inilk sold off tho farm, etc. But
we cau calculate very nearly what this
loss is and make it good at small expense ’
if wo do not delay too long. It is much
better to feed tlmn to sell liny and straw, |
because the tnx upon the soil is sn much
less, and whoever does sell these pro
ducts should surely plan to hay ferti
lizers to make good his drafts upon tho
soil. Near cities it is always easy to huy
stable manure, anil ttiis is ordinarily tho
most economic il. T io liny, grain and
straw are thus returned, the loss is not
only mado good, but the condition of
the land is improving all tho lime, for
this is the natural result of tillage,
— [American Agricu tunst.
Kconomy and Waste.
Most farmers claim to be economical,
nnd doubtless they think they are; but
when ono comes to think of the vast
amount of money invested in mnohincry
which goes to ruin every year simply be
cause of lack of proper care, he must
conclude that, no matter how economi
cal the nverngo farmer is,in somo respects,
in others he is recklessly wasteful.
Go through any neighborhood nnd
you will see plows and harrows and cul
tivators standing in the field where they
were last used. All through our western
country, you will sen reapers, mowers,
and threshing machines left out-of doors
all winter. Wagons seldom have shelter.
Any one who has ever looked into tho
matter knows that exposure to the ele
ments does more to spoil a machine than
all the wear it gets in doing
its work. It seems strange
thnt hard working men, men who
pride themselves on their prudence and
economy, will allow so much valuable
property to go to wasto because of neg
lect and car. lessnoss. It is that, nnd not
ignorance, which brings about so much
damage to farm machinery yearly.
Every farmer should have a she I, at
least—a building enclosed on all sides
would lie better—under which to store
machinery when net in uie. Ee 'should
make it a point to have everything
brought to this shelter. It will not only
bo protected iu a grent degree from the '
weather, but it will bo where he “knows
where it is” when lie wants to use It. If
ho will treat the wood-work to a coat of
paint occasion ally, and go ovtr the |
metal parts with oil, he will be invest
ing money and labor to most excellent
advantage. In this way he can save
enough on bis machinery in ono year to
pay for » good shed.—[Our Country
Homo.
Haw to Use Halt.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman is authority for tho following:
Salt should not bo used on cold, heavy
or moist soils, and if any ono doos, he
will be disappointed in the result, a* its
tendency is to keep the ground cool and
moist. It will do such soil more harm
than good.
It should not be cast upon very young
nnd tender plant! of any kind, as it will
bo very sure to kill them.
Judgment should bo employed in using
so strong nnd activo sn agent, but I
think, indood I know, that some men
do not use any. I had a friend in Htark
who heard me in a lecture recommend
salt on onion lied*, when I strictly urged
that it should lie dragged or workod in
before tho scod was sown; but forget
ting what I said, or thinking it would
make no difference, lie did not salt until
the onions wero about two inches high,
nnd it klllod them all; which ho laid to
inc, and meant to giro mo a fearful
scolding, but sowing another root crop
Hint turned out splendidly, he gave up
tlie scolding. Had lie waited until the
tops were as big nsa largo plpo-stcm, he
might have covered tho ground an inch
deep, and hit onions would have done
finely.
Onions should bo sown on tho same
ground year after yoar, ns they continue
to improve. Tlio.o are ynrds n hundred
years old, nnd their yield would aston
ish tho common grower. Tho tops wlion
cut off slioutd bo scattered ovor the
ground (do not lonv* them in lumps), as
tiiey make the best food for tho growing
onions; then sow salt, and then put on
n cent of manure.
I do not think salt Is much of a fertil
izer in itself, though plants take It up,
ns you can toll by tasting and by the
stiffening nnd glazing of straw of a plant
grown In snltod ground. I think it acts
upon and nssimilatos tho gross matter
in tho soil so as to mako it available
food.
Having a hlll-sido pasture which could
not lie easily ploughed, I thought I
would try salt, which I did on ouo-holf
of it, casting on also whnt little wood
ashes 1 had, and tho result was surpris
ing. It kiilod all the woods but tho
thistles, and caused a rapid and great
growth of grass, and I doubt if ono of
my horses, cattle or sheep went on Hie
unsaltod part to feed during tho whole
season. Tho next season I sowed the
other part in tho snino way, and so on
for two or three years, until thoroughly
redeemed.
Wheat, grass, onions, potntoos, nnd
most root crops will stand a ton nnd a
half to tho ncre, though it is not necos-
sary to uso this qunntity, as thoy will
tlirivu well wtlii less.
CLIPPINGS FUR THE CURIOUS.
Serpent Lore.
The inarvollous stories told of serponti
nro innumerable. Tlicro is ono reptile
nliout n yard in length, ns thick as tlx
upper part of a strong man's arm, which
haunts dry wooded places. It is so
venomous, especially in May, thnt not
only will tho first person it hites iu that
mouth die himself, but any ono who
stands beside or comes to help him will
share tho same fate. If ho falls beneath
a tree, that, too, or, if it be very large,
at least one half of it will be killed.
Again serpents of all kinds are very
fond of milk. In tho old days before
tho railway wns built, a coachman, who
used to drive on tho road between Fog-
gia nnd Naples, onco fell asleep outside
a little inn while his horses were baiting.
His mouth was open und/n snake crnwlcd
down his throat. After this ho felt un
well, though lie did not know why, nnd
none of tho doctors could tell whnt wns
tho matter witli him. At last lie con
suited tho professors of tho University at
Naples. Thoy hung him up by his feet
and placed a great bowl of milk beneath
his head. The snake, attracted by the
smell, crept out to driuk, but still kept
a gieat part of its body iu the mouth
and throat of tho coachman. A young
doctor sprang forward and pulled it out
and throw it away, when it was killed.
It was about two feet and n half iu
length. After this the patient wns as
well as ever, —Wnlford’s Antiquarian.
A Highly Flattering Comparison.
Children are very sympathetic.
There's one quite young who's got nn
aunt whom she loves very dearly, but
tlie child does not understand everything.
The mint is single, but she dots not hope
to be so long, although judging by the
child’s remarks the position of wife is
likely to bo a very trying one. The
gentleman who is the object of flattering
interest has been in the habit of making
long nnd frequent calls. These calls the
child has studied with some regard to
tlie aunt she adores. Tlie last ono the
child asdsted at ended abruptly.
“Aunty,” she sni.l s idly, “which
would you rntlier do, talk to Mr. .1 .nos
or go to a funeral?"
Mr. Jones felt like making a subject
for a funeral right then.—San Frnncis-
co Chronicle.
(Julie Friend'y.
"Don’t you find tlie people around
here very soc able," asked Cobwigger o
a new neighbor.
“Yes, indeed, I do," was tho hearty
response. “O.ily a moment ago, 1 met a
beggar and he held out his hand to me."
— [Bazar.
Tradesman in Ireland means merely
an artisan, a bricklayer, a carpenter,
etc.
The invention of Hie mowing machino
dates back to 1831, when tho "Mr.tinlag
Mower” was perfected.
Near Muskegqn, Mich., there is a piece
of land which, from somo old surveyor’s
blunder, is in no town or county of tho
United States.
In Burnish a man’s rank is known by
the number of umbrellas lc' is allowed
to carry, tho King limiting himself to
24.
The ides of taking pictures in profilo
originated with that taken of Antigonns
830 B. C., who, having but one eye, leu
to this kind of picture to conceal his
physical defect.
“Tabby oat" is all unconscious that
her name is derived from Atnb, a tnmous
street in Bigdnd, inhabited by tho man
ufacturers of silken stuffs called atibi or
tnffety, the wavy markings of tho watered
silks resembling pussy's coat
Ilnndcl’a oratorio, “Tho Messiah," re
ceived its first perforinnneo in Dublin
April 18, 1742. Tho grent composer
completed this masterpiece in twenty-
threo days. Tho work of composition
was begun August 22 and finished Sep
tember 14, 1741.
Among tho Copts tho descendants at
the inhabitants of ancient Egypt, tho
notion 1* cntcrtainol to tills day that
twins (until 10 or 12 yours of age) if
they go to bed hungry roam about in tho
gulso of cits, tlioir bodios lying at homo
apparently dead.
A mechanical oxpert given to curious
investigations estimates that tlie tooting
of a locomotive on tho New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad, in an or
dinary day's run, involves a waste of
steam requiring tho consumption of 280
pounds of coal to renew, lie estimates
tho whistling expenses of Hint particular
railway at (15.000 per year.
The hump on tho back of tho drome
dary consists chiefly of hard fat, and Is
a storo of nourishment provided against
tho day of want, to which tho animal, in
a wild slate, is often exposed. The
dromedury or camel can exist for an ex
tended period on this bump without any
food, and it will not dio of want until
the hump lias bcon cn.iroly absorbed.
Removing tho brain of a pigeon doos
not destroy its mcntnl faculties. It can
•oe, bear, feel, swallow food put in its
mouth, but Is incupablu of originating
any impulse. It wilt stand still in tho
attitude in which it is placed until it
dies of starvation, but throw it iu tho I
air and it. will fly.
Change of llnse.
Yesterday G I looly tol l bis landlndy
I that ho was going to with I raw from tho
canvass nnd pqt up at some other hoard-
, ing house. ,
“Why, Mr. Gilhooly, what can be tho
matter? Isn't (lie bash t io best tho
market affords?"
“It isn't thnt, hut tho young lawyer in I
tho room next to mine is tho cause of it
i all. He urn' es speeches all day to an
imaginary jury.”
“I see, lie disturbs you.”
“On the contrary, ho puts me to sleep,
so tlmt 1 um lute in'getting - o.vn to the
office."
“I don't know whnt to do," said tho
j landlady, “unless you were to change
i rooms with him.”—[Texas Siftiugs.
({uick M ilos nail Small I’lnflls.
“James," said tlie druggist to the new
boy, “ifyou can induce a customer to
purchase a quantity of anything by offer
ing him u small discount, you may do
so. It is a good business principle,
Janies, to turn your capital often, al
though tlie margin of profit is not so
i large."
“Yen, sir,” replied James,nnd tho pro-
! prirtor went out to 1 uick.
On his return he loarr.cd, with more or
less satisfaction that intelligent James
had induced a customer, who only
wanted ono two-ccnt postage stamp, to
buy tlie entire stock at a cent and a lmlf
apiece.—[New York Sun.
Dogs of War.
The Prussians who toe in to pross
everything into tho seivice of their army,
havo now impressed “watch-do rs.” The,
“watch dog battalion* 1 is trained to |
carry news from the advancj posts to
the main body in despatches tied round .
their necks. They are also employed to i
warn the outposts of an advancing
enemy in the night, nnd to hunt up I
wounded men or stragglers. Tho dogs
are attached to each company of chas |
sours. — [Cassell.
Besmlnfly F.rniiltMrd
With rej Mated and powerful dost A of detain#,
chills and feVfer/in some one of tit various
f* r s, Aitringn into Active exlt'enct sg&ln,
otto » without tbe slightest apptre »tpr« voca-
i on. To oxtii.g iiLh the smolderl g ember* o f .
t .1-ohsti into and recondite malady, no lew
thAt to ml duo it wheu It ra^es fiercely lu tlie
• ‘•tom. lio tetter's Stomach Hitters iiallauf-
f:« ent. When every resource of the pharma*
copefiift ha« been exhausted against it in vain,
tin l itters conqsAAr :t wi 1 remove every lin*
rn hm vestige of it. Nay, more, the H'tteit
\v li protect those bronght within the influence
<T ti.e atmospheric pota n that begeti malarial
<liftcH«e, fiom its itiUjk*. Disorders cf the
t> < much, liver and bowels, are among the com-
p a ma t > b .• appro! e »ded from the use of mi-
iJBinn tainted water. These are both cured and
prevented by tlie Hitters. ItheumatiMn, con*
■dipa’lon and renal complaints y.eld io its
action.
Hn-f-bftJl King Mike Kelly of the “Boatoni*
received a $A00 watch from his admirers.
*‘I l.orc ller lletter than Islfto*’”
Wcp, then, why don*, you do something te
bring back th* ro-ui »o her cheeks And the
lglit to her eyes f 1 >< n t you see she la puffar*
ing from nervous debilly, the rreu t of famAle
weukne»»«? A bottler; hr. Pierce's "Favorite
Pi ever p'.ion'* will brighten those pale cheeks
and m ml new 1 fe thiough that wasting form.
If you love her. take heed.
(ju'*en Victoria ha* offered the sum of $&,-
MQbOOO for the great Cape diamond,
Del lent* Children, Nutiint
Mot her* Overworked Men, and for all diseases
where the tissues are waat ng away from tht
Inability to digest ord narr food, or frem over
work of tho brain or body, all such should
take Scott’s Kmui.sion of Pure Cod Liver Oil
witli Hypnphoaphites. “I us id the Emulsion
DAIkdyWho WAS dettonto* and threatened
*lth bronchitis. It puther In such good health
ind flesh, 1hat I must say It is tlie best Kmul-
ion I ever used.**—L. I*. Waddbm* M. P.,
Hugh's little, >. (.
Tin* d pendent pension bill will goto Con-
•<»•«»» In October again in a new form. *
If you h iv«3 catarrh, use the surest remedy -
Dr. Hugo’s.
Mr. F. E. Hush, Adrian, N. Y., says: “My
father was very lame with rhe imatibm. Now
after using St. Ja< obs Oil he la no lamer than
I am. He was cured.” Price titty cents.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
of Hamburg, N. V., has adopted resolutions
congratulating Mis. Frances Folsom Cleve
land for having drank cold water at a diplo
matic dinner, and because "she has the
moral heroism to prove loyal to God, the
church and temperance. 1 ^
At Bleber, La/nan County, Cai., resides Mr.
Thomas P. Ford, who writes: “I can truth
fully aay I have used St. Jacobs Oil In my fam
ily for years, and find It a never failing rem
edy for all painful complaints.**
The police of New York City oauaod a “dry
Sunday*' by raiding the rum ■hup*; one saloon
keeper dressed his shop in crape and black
ribbons, and liu:.g out a plsckard inscribed.
“Closed on Account of the Death of Liberty!**
How Pole You Are!
N frcr.u ntiy the exclamation of cm lady to
a tlu i. The act l^ not a pleasant one to
a ment on d, but the act nmy be a kindly
ono, tor i s ti tlie « no uddr< sx> d to thinking,
il pri o♦ lit-** of tin f ict tlmt alie s not 111 good
hua 111, a: d loads her to see k a reason therefor.
Pallor Ih a I moot always attendant upon the
fits' stag * of cons inipt on. i he system la en-
tcchlo'l. and tlie b o »<l is Impoverished. Dr.
I 1 ice’s “Golden Mid cal D scovenr’ will set
a^ a tonic up in tlie sj .-tern, will inrich the ira-
ovorlshod blood, an 1 reetoro totes io Uie
check.
Tho King of S um has conferred the highest
honor* on nil Americ ill di nt at.
Hnmethlng New
And moat Important. Hallett A Co., Portland,
.Maim*, can fui n •* you work that yo n nB do
at rcat nr * tundlne it homo, win lew >ou
uro I c • ted. Kit her a> x all ages. A*a P.
I and, \\ c thorn, .Maan.. wri esua.hst lie made
$ui pro it In a single dnv. Every worker can
mul e from f»to s^aiid upwards per day. All
m new ( hi It a I not required; vir. aie earted
f •« Full i articular* free, tend your ad-
dre.-is a? once.
Foi n mnkes Illood and Blood makes Beauty,
Improior iliui*«tton of food ne< esasrilv pro-
duces h d bio.nl, resulting In a feeling of full-
ness ,n hi atoiniic i, a< Lilly, heartburn, sick
bead » h . rml i tlier dyspeptic rvmptnma. A
cl"*ol\ on ' i el life cantos Indigos* o», con-
« ipiition. bll mono * and loss of appetite. To
remove these trmbloa there is no remedy
enuai to Prickly A*di H Morn. It has been
tried and proven to I s a specific-
If you have tumor, (or tumor symptoms)
( 'hin »*r <or cancer mptoms),Scrofula.Erysipe
las, Sult-Klicuni,Chronic wi akneHMCM.Nervous-
nc 4 or oilier «ompluints—Dr. Kilmer’* Fa-
MAi.it Hlmkdy will correct and cure.
All Men nrc not nnd,
Neither nro all prcnnrnd reined lea unrellab'e.
T Is h nrovoti b. tho re-mits follow ng the tiae
o' !>•-. I farter’* Iron Tonic for DyNpopsla.rheu-
n I in, scrofula, jnun lice, torpid liver and
*•11 ri' weakness.
A Wonderful Machine nnd Offer.
To i itro lu-e in iu w givo a \ay l.OD Sdf-
op‘*mting Wasting da^nine*. No labor «r
wadibatd. ltD-.Hu ' be world- if you want
one, write The Nut onal Co., *J7 Dry 8t., N. Y.
Pii light era. Wives nnd Mother*.
Send for Pnmphhd on Pern ii»* Di«»'nee, free.
sccur. lv sonic.I. Dr..!. H. M ir h .i. Ciioa. N. Y
tlellof Ih immediate,
Remedy for < ’ <fifci rh.
Biliousness
t« more k* n
biller taste,
hcAtlAcho, dr»
make tho vl
iiumIIc
at tlit- souHiHi tlwin any other. The
1'iiHht* breath, costed tongue, nick
du »H:4. rllxRlncKi nn I lo<u of appetite
ii nihcrahlc. nu t dlsa^reenlilo fc>
Sarsaparilla combine* the tK*»t anti
s of tlu' vegetable kingdom, In niu’S
pmpnrtlcn as to derive their best medicinal effects
without the h>aat (IlMur-.anee to the whole »y»torn.
ThU prepnrat'on la so well balanced In It* r ffu to
that It brln. uhout u healthy action of the eutlre
human or^anlMii). restore* the appetite, ami over
conics that tired feeling.
Dysnepsia and Malaria
"I had l»een *l«'k for several yearn, being troubled
ch!eil> with dvsptfpal • and malaria. I had medical
attendance, but only gr.*w v.or-e uutil one day is
February my wife brought me a bottle of Hood's
8nn*upnrllln, which hoc him to have entirely cured me,
as I have not been troubled by any ailment slue* tak
ing It." .Ioii.n Kkmkink, Chillloothe, Oh o.
" I havo taken not quite n b attle of Hood'* Sams-
parllla and must *uy It Is one of the best medicines
forgiving nn appetite nnd r gulating tb« digestive
organ* that I ever heard of. It did me a great deal of
good.' Mr* N. a Stanley, canaitota, N. Y.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
•old by all drugglNM. $1; fix for $3. Prepare I only
by U. L HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mas*.
IOO D0303 Oils Dollar
Aii Infant's IVelglit.
The Jmumil. f E Incatiun says that nn
infant loses from three to six ounces in
weight (luring tlie first four to six ■
days after birth; hy tlie seventh dsy it
should hnvo regained its birth-woight; j
from Hint to th- fifth month it ought to j
gnin about live ounces per week, ot
about six drums ii dny; after the fifth!
month nbout four drams n dny; .it the!
fifth month it ought to have doubled its
birth-woight, uni in sixteen months
quadrupled it.
A Djiuostlc’s Jltr.lake.
Omiilm man—What's tlie mutter with
the windows. 1 can’t see through them. j.
Omi.hu (Inme—It’s thnt new girl.
“Did site get mnd nnd plaster them
with mud?”
“No, she washed them.”—[Omiihs
; World.
Tics thnt Rind.
“Bpeskin- of tlie tics thnt bind,
1 there nre ties which lire not often men-
j tioned," observed tlie Judge.
“Whnt nre they?" asked the Major.
^ “They lire tho ties tlmt bind thi
merchunt to his customers—advertise.'
—Tid-BiU.
w
BITTERS
AU.D?8EASES0FTHE
LIVER
KIDNEYS
STOMACH
AND
BOWEi
PRICK& *'frichlya'
5ENNA-MANDRAKE-BUCHU
ami ctmcr tnuAurericiDiTsiMiDics
has stood the Test of Years,
Curing all Diseases of th*
EL00D, LIVES, STOM
ACH, KIDNEYS,BOW
ELS, Ac. It Purifies the
Blood, Invigorates and
Cieanses the 8y item
IpriceTdouar i
Vr 7*
DYSPEPSIA, C0NSTI
IPATI0N, JAUNDICE,
SICKHEADACHE.BIL-
lious COMPLAINTS, ke
disappear at once under
I its beneficial Influence.
It Is purely a Medicine
as its cathartic proper
ties forbids its use as a
beverage. It is plsas-
nutto tho taste, and as
easily taken by child
ren as aduits.
PRICKl Y ASiTbITTERS CO
Hole Proprietor*,
Hr.Loui* find Kansas OlTT
pg/yv c i N E
SALE OF LOTS i
East Sheffield Land Company.
Beginning Thursday, 9th Jnne, 1887,
ON THE PKOPEKTY ADJOINING OIIEP-
FIELD, ALA.
The East Sheffield Land Oo. own about 1,200
acres of land, laid off into lots and blocks, and
which in,mediately adjoins tho Sheffield prop
erty on tlie East.
There are three Railroads or tlie property of
the East Sheffield Co., besides a Street Railroad
running dummy engines, and extending from
Sheffield to Tnseumbia, tl.rongh Ea»t Sheffield.
Property admirably and conv, nlently located,
and tua Company doe re to sell olicnp lots to
sctual residents, who will Iisve suburban homes
in elos - and quick communication with Shef
field by street car line.
Terms of sale, one-fottrth cash, »nd balance
ih on«, two an I three years, at six per cent.
OftX-HAI.F the purchase prid returned to all
buyers who improve the lots bought iu twelve
mouths from date of sale, and oxi-roi-RTH re
turned to these Zho Improve in eighteen mouths
from da c of sale.
Donations of laud nmdo to Churches, Schools
end Manufacturing enterprises.
For further information. Pamphlet and Map,
write to
EAST SHEFFIELD LAUD CO.,
HIIKFFIBI.D, A I.A.
Wrmm the Artist wh« Tnk O. O. Btfhsi's
Phileirmh.
Hicsost, N. C.
I lead yea to-day half doses photographs of Q.
Q. Hoffman, of Conotrsr. N. C., end I most say that
yonr modtcUt has done wondsrs for Mr Hoffman.
Il mi. Itk* raising tht dead to ltfs; ht look* 1st
snd hoarty now, and they toll me when he com-
issneod yoar med'clnt he wst nothing but skin snd
bonsn Ths sore on his brssit If healed over, snd
yon nan mo the on* on the foraheid It healing up
from th* top. I with il hsd been to that I conld
havo token It when he wst at hti wont, but I could
not tear* my oHeo, and he IIvm tome dlatance from
hero. Tours Respoctfally.
A. McImtom.
Thltmss, S. O. Hoffman, has rtron by tho no* et
Solsnle Blood Bolin (B. B. B.) to his present won
dorfully Improved condition. In o short t'me ht.
be*elate fonhosd will be fully heeled, end ho will
•lend e mosament of humanity railed from the
verge ef death. Pew person, ever recorer fro*.
The treatment of many thousands of ruse*
of those chronic wenkncssca and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids
Hotel mid Hurglral Institute, lliiffalo, N. V.,
has afforded a vast experience In nicely adapt
ing and thoroughly testing remedies for the
curn of woman's peculiar maladies.
irn of woman s peculiar maladies.
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Proscription
I* tho outgrowth, or result, of this great nnd
valuablo exporleroe. Thousands of testimo
nials, received from patients and from physi
cians who have tested It In tlie more iiggi-*-
•nrh slew elate, bring on a dying bed from that .''“T 1 ’ P"/, 1 obstinate rases which had baffled
- - * . _ , ., their skill, prove It to bo the most wonderful
remedy ever devised for the relief nnd euro of
suffering women. It Is not recommended a* a
“eure-nU," but as n most perfect Bpcctflo for
fell destroyer, L] od poison, with the bonee of Mil
forehead rotted end token ont, »Vi3 Inches, by the
doctors, end given oat to die From skin end
konef, wrecked by blond polfon, to health
toned lloth. la the work of B. B. Ik
Not many such desperate cate, may be found,
bn. when they ere they ehould not deepslr of re
covery. at B. B. B. will core them. j dresemnkers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," lion—
When this medicine can enre tuch extreme care., ! keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women
MU not reasonable that It will cure ell r ..o. nf i generally, Dr. Plcrco'i Favorite Proscription
* . *, , , W1 " , Fs tho greatest earthly boon, being unequnlod
blood potion ef leu violence, as It has done In
. , woman's pocullnr ailments.
*'■ As a powerful, Invlgornllng tonic.
It Imparts strength to tho whole system,
end to tho womb nnd jts^ nijpcndngea ^ln
^■run-down,'
iMouaesd* ef lutlaacee ?
The Mayer and Declare of Conover will
verify the awful condition from which Mr.
Hifnu was raised. B. B. fe.
I.it.lire | Those dull
tln.l look* nnd feelings
stK-uk volume.I This
licinrdy corrects all con
dltlons, restores vigor
nnd vitality and brings
, back youthful bloom
% Ve and lienuty. lh-ugoi*In.
rrfpaiv.1 at l»r. kilm«-r>t>u-
pun.aRY, a jiliuriutinton.N. Y,
tatter* nf Inquiry an*\
(Juitlu to Health (taut Free;.
TUB ONLY YROI
IRON
TONIC
SSHM
of Y
R of YOUTH Dfi|ap*U.Wiil
if App«tlt«, Indication,tack of
Stranffib Rod Ttrnd Fasting *b>
‘ Italy cured: Bona*, nn*
a* gnd narraa racaDa naa
foren. Enllffn* the mind
•nd supplies Brain rower.
LADIES
TONIC a yafa and *p«
thy complexion. Freq
Ing only add to tha pmaiariiy oi me onim... **
not ei pert meat—get thtOnioiniLiiiD Best,
iouv.fco.^?.TOv.vH^r,r, L . L n5 Slakt
I HeAdseke. flsmpls Do** and Dream Book ■
Imalled on reoe’pt of two canto In postage, f
THE DM.HARTER MEDICINE COMPANY.
8t. Louis, Mo.
EXHAUSTED VITALITY
A Great Modioal Work (or Young
and Middlo-Agod Men.
puia. ui" o' 'ii u' aine |>u>nmnr.i in tUV
igimge. Price only $l t»y mall, pootpatd,
i*lod In a plain wrapper. Illustrative
t If you oond now. Address a* above.
KNOW THYSELFu
pin
HoeVou, Mnmt. tVM. If. I'A HKiUt, M. Il.i
Contain tig rhyslolan. More than one mil .ton opie*
•old. If treat* upon Nervous and Physical Debility.
Prematura Decline, BxhHuati'd Vitality. Impaired
Mgor and I in purl tie* of the Blood, and ihp untold
mUarlea coasoquant thtrron. Contain* 10 phko*.
•ubountlal omliou d bln lln<, full gilt. Warranted
the boat popular nm Heal treatise puhllshr.l In tbo
Knillshlaagi ’ ** ' *' *
and conooah
«ample free If you
Name tm§ pai»rr.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE.
The boat Shoe lu the
world. BitMt material,*tyllsh,
perfect fltiCoagreas, Hutton
or Lone ;all styles Lie.taiualo
any $4 or W 8h«»e. Costa
nothlngto rxamlno them
at rour dealer's. I eeud ,
lnrormalion free .vj'
how to obtain theso •
reletjfatetl $3 Slkoeo
tf your dealer does
not "
keep ^
tb«m.
I»6lTbf,AS r '^W|*lSM^' SEWED.
I‘j.50 Shoo wiuats $-3 Shoe* advcrtlnod by othn
Arms. Boys ah wear W. L. Douglas' R2 Shoe, fit-
ware of fraud. None genuine unlett name and price
are ttampnt on bottom of each fihoe.
W. L. l>OUG'LAS. Bnckton, Man.
BJJF 1
as an nppctlxiug oordlal and restorative tonic.
Ah a southing nnd ■Iroi.nlbeiililff
nervine, "Favorite Prescription" is une-
qusled an.i Is lnvaluublu In allaying nnd aub-
dulng nervous excitability, Irritability, ex
haustion, prostration, bystcrat, spasms and
otlior distressing, nervous symptoms com
monly attendant upon functional anil orgnnlo
disease of tho womb. It Induces refreshing
sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de
spondency.
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Is a legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced oml skillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
organization. It Is purely vegetable In Us
composition and perfectly harmless In its
effects In any condition or tho system. Fotr
morning sickness, or nnusea. from whatever
cause arising, weak stomach, indigestion, dye-
S epsis and kindred symptoms, Its use, In small
uses, will prove very boncflclal.
I ’‘Favorite Prescription ” I* a poal-
I five cure for tho most complicated nnd nb-
I stlnate eases of lcucorrhen, excessive flow ing,
painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus, or falling of tho Womb, wenk back,
" female woaknoes, nnteverslon, retroversion,
bonrlng-down sensations, chronic congestion.
Inflammation and ulceration of the womb, In
flammation, pain and tenderness In ovarlcr,
accompanied with “ Internal beat.”
As a regulator and promoter of funtv
tlonnl action, at that critical period of change
from girlhood to womanhood, "Favorite I’re-
j aerlption " is n perfoctiy safe remedial agent.
and can produce only good results. It is
| equally efficacious and valuablo in Us effect*
When taken for those disorders nrnl derango-
I incuts incident to that later and most critical
period, known as “ Tho rimnge of Life."
! "Favorite Prescription,” v.hcn taken
In connection with tho use of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxative
doses of Dr. Pierce's Purgative relicts (Little
Liver Pills), cures Liver, Kidney and Rladder
diseases. Their combined uso nlso removes
blood taints, and abolishes cancerous and
scrofulous humors from tbo system.
"Favorlto Prescription” la tho only
medicine for women, sold by druggists, under
a positive Kuaranteei from the manu
facturers, thatTt will give satisfaction In every
ease, or money will bo refunded. Thisguaran-
I tee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper,
j and fulthfully carried out for many years.
I.argo bodies (100 doses) $1.00, or six
. bottles for $5.00.
I- For largo, Illustrated Treatise on Diseases of
Women (100 pages, pnper-covcred), send ten
cents lu stamps. Address,
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
003 Main M„ BUFFALO. N. V.
OAHLXjAWN
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200 Imported Brood Marcs
Of Choicest Families.
LARCE~Nl'HUKRS,
All Acofl, both BcxoSg
IN STOCK.
300 to 400 IlVIPOItTKD ANNUALLY
from France, all recorded wlthuxtunded pedigree* In tha
Perehpron Btud Books. The Purcheron 1* tho only draft
Jiwd of Franca jtoAnoMlnfc a stud book that ha* tha
mpi'ort and endoraament of thi. French Qoremmfnk
land for taO*i>atfe Catalotruo, lIluHtrntions by liooa
Seubeur. M. W. DUNHAM,
Wayne. DuPago Co., Illinois.
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i BY. Lincoln, Neb.
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have used them and not one but l* enibuslestlc ores
their wonderful properties. 25 cent* ; 5 boxes, f 1.
Of Druggist* or l y mail, postage prepaid. All In
valid* »hould *end account of cose, sympton.*, etc.,
with order and we will DO YOU GOOD. Address
Dr. \VM. M. BA IUD, Waablngton, N. J.
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