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* A QUAINT PEOPLE. CHAR ACTKItlSItCH OK THE! VI'.NNSYIjVANIA DUTCH. A Religion and Language ol Thelil Own — Kven In Courting Thnjr Ha.e Original Idea-—The Ouilsh and Dunkards. EOAHDINO t b o I* on n b y 1 v a ni a Dutch, thctr Man ner* and customs, y/.W a writer in the Now Y»rk Press hav thi« to 8#y rowan, people this race ii ti myth and n Ac tion. The whole nationality, for in many respects they are a separate na tionality, seem to be shrouded by a mist of uncertainty. About tho Pennsylvania Dutchman there linuers not a trace of sentiment, not a vestige of poetry. Ho livo.«a. ho has for a century, obscure, jet, Serene, paying no attention to the outside world and receiving none in turn. His ambi tion in lifo is to have a small farm and enough to eat, moro than that doesn't fntere.t him unless it be that he would like to leave when I10 dies a farm to each of his sous with jut n mortgage. If there is anything a Pennsylvania Dutchman bates it is a mortgage. These quaint people liavo lived for more than a century in various portions of Pennsylvania. They huve no written langungc whatever, and many of tho.n in fact in some communities the largo mu- joiity can neither read, write or speak English. Their own garbled tonguen, which is a cross between tho so-called high German, low German and English, is suflicient to answer all their demands for communication. Among them there are a number of peculiur religious sects whoso strange creeds and customs arc a marvel to the uninitiated. One of the most poculiai among them is the Ornish. The personal appearance A rjCNNSTLVANIA TJtJTCII PAMII.Y, of these people is certninly very striking. The dressos of the women are ns plain in their appearance as they can possibly lie made. Always of some dark materinl, they tire made without any trimming and aro not relievod by any trace of color. In tbu house ull the female members of the family woar a plain white cup that envois up the ears and is tied under the chin, giving tho young girls tho appear ance of youthful grandmothers. No jewolry of any. kiud is ever uied as a means of personal adornment, for, say they, ndormnent loads to pride and van ity, which are torrlblc sins. For ilia same reason buttons are not used to fasten any article of apparol oitlierby the men or woinou. Hooks and eyes are em ployed iustoud. Even shoo buttons aro discarded, aud lace shoes or congress gaiters arc always worn wlion they wear any siloes. The men aro oven more striking In ap pearance than the women. They wear their hair so lung that it falls below their coal collars, and is cut evenly around the head, whilo over the forehead it is '‘banged." “'The Ornish, as do most or the Pounayl- vania Dutch, have the most fantastic!; .idea of color. Ono farmhouse, which is regarded by tho neighbors us thu most beautiful in the country around, is painted a most gorgeous pink, with black trimmings and green shutters. These people regard it as a great sin to .read anything that borders on Action. No novels are tolerated In their houses. Their library Hold consists of the Bible, historical books and newspapers. ( The Ornish hold their religious services at varying intervals, sometimes ouce in two weoks, but oftoucr their meetings are further apart. They have no rogu- larly installed ministers. They elect at intervals one of their own numbers to net in that capacity for a stated term, uud when his time expires Home one else is chosen. Tho minister is almost al ways one of the most prosperous farmers in the congregation, but his ministerial duties do not interfere with his lay occu pation. srOtnBM atta sisters arranges in » aemt- ilrcle. Tho women wearing their white laps and the men with their long hair, with solemn, almost Bid faces, presented l remarkable pieturo. On a table In the ntddln of the group is placed a largo >owl of what looks and smells very much ike plain, ordinary soup. Each one eats i little out of this bowl, and then after tome singing and prayer, basins of water tnd towels wore brought, aud then in am the feet of eaoh Were washed by an- Ither, tho greatest solemnity prevailing hroughout the whole ccreniorty. A TYPICAI. OMISn MAID. A SUMMKIl FESTIVAL. Another of the remarkable sects that wish among the l’ennsylvauia Dutch the Duukards. These people are iu i*y respects like the Ornish, but their in of worship is the most peculiar uud nteresliug part of tlu-ir religion. They lire sometimes rallcd ’l'umblers,because of icii practice, when baptizing a eouvert, to have him kneel and then push him head first into the water. Like the Quakers, the Dnnkards are very simple in their language. They wit! not take an sat!), neither will they tight or go to go sw, and until very recently they were sot allowed to receive any interest on money loaned. It is their “love feasts," however, tlist are most singular, if sot picturesque. Their meetings occur (uartcrly, and are always atteudeo by 'a-! crowds of curious people. I p iu front of the pulpit lit the The Pennsylvania Dutchman cannot he Bald to be gifted with a keon intel Icct. Homo of thorn when they aro young go perhaps to school for u year or Iwo, but the rest of their iutellcctual training is received on the farm. The social customs of the Pennsyl vania Dutch are so positivo that they caDnot be passod ovei without some notice. No young nlan ever calls on a girl unless he's “goln’ a courtin’.” If he meitns business ho usually dresses up in his best on Bnturduy afternoon, gets cut his buggy that lias been washed for the occasion, hitches up his horse ind drives to the home of his host girl's father. Tho old man and all Ids sons upon hie approach- rush out “pul up” the horsu and tho stranger Is invited in to stay to supper, which usually consists of fried ham and potatoes and pic, which iattor Is tho stall of lifo among the Ponn- lylvania Dutch. After supper the whole family gathered In the sitting room and talked crops anil gossip about the neighbors. About nino o’clock the family withdraws and leave tho two lovers to do their courting all done. The call doesn’t last till ten, sloven or oven twelve o'clock, but tho roung tnnn, If lie is properly trained In itiipietto, will drive off just ns the sun oogins to uppear above the bills. This s what they call “sittin up with a girl," md a man who can't oontinue Ids call intil morning Is not regarded as being titlu-r a very ardent lover or a very no- toptable suitor. With all their peculiarities and oc- icntrleitics, however, tho Pennsylvania Dutchman make good citizens. They tre as a rule sober and industrious and moral. They don't know much about (tie glorious privilege of American citizen ship, but tlioy are loyal and honest, aud If they can’t speak English it isn't be- tnuse they pay a greater allegiance to mother country. Honor Columbus mnl Cinzano. The Spanish-Americans of New York have decided to commemorate the dis covery of America by Columbus, and the Clrculo Colon Cervantes, a Spanish incioty, has two scliomoB under cousid- (ration. The (list is a historical proces- lion, planned by Imre ICir.dfy, but this llio society tuny give up. The other is !o-present to Coutral Park a fountain slid group ol statuary representing NO WONDER THEY PERISH.) SOME TERUIBIjE REMEDIES USED! BY BARBARIANS. PROPOSED COliUMOUS FOUNTAIN. Columbus and tho Pinzono brothers in discovering America. The plans for this fountain have been prepared. The member* are determined that the anni versary of tbu discovery of America shall not pass without some honor bo ug done to the memory of the captains Pinzono. Whilo Columbus was chief -if Itio expedition of discovery which gave a uew world to Castile and Leou, and commanded the Santa Maria, one of tho Pinzoucs commanded tho Pinta and the other tho Nina, the Santa Maria’s con (oils. Olio of the Pinzoues, it should he remembered, claimed tlio reward for having seen tho laud before Columbus, but was ruled out of court by the ad miral. It is proposed to place this fouutaiu ueui the entrance of Central Park and to unveil it, on October 12. Mrs. Custer, tho Indian tight* r's widow, is locturiug in the West ou “Buffalo Hunting." Mrs. Custer is de scribed as a woman of youthful appear ance, fall and slender, with brown eyes slid hair and a sweet voice. She still wears her widow’s weeds. A female dentist lias opened an ollice in Boston, and is doing a thriving busi ness, even without display-lug a sign. The Fatuous “Untor don Mnden." It is the widest street of the capital (Berlin). Ill the middle there is a broad, unpavod,but excellently eared for prom enade, bouudod ou oue side by a riding path, and upou the other by a stone paved road, designed particularly for heavy vehicles that might interrupt traffic. Enclosing this central avenue aud tho two side ones are four rows of liudens, which have given tho street its name. But you must not think of the huge, wonderful lindens of our Northern Germany. The old trees have suffered a gieat deal from time and the hostile in fluences of a groat city, especially from the gus—always fatal lo vegetation— and they are now a very shabby, mean and melancholy sight. The electric light lias here for some years dispossesse I its rival, and gleams -town Irom tall, beau fully shaped posts, that are really urn a mental Parallel with tile outermost rows of liudens there are two more road ways,asphalt on one side aud excellently paved upon the other, and also a broad sidowalk ou both sides; so that the street has consequently seven divisions— two sidewalks, three roads for vehicles, n biidle path aud a promenade.—Scrib DOT. Holding Infants Oaf In theOold Ralnl to Cure the Measles—A Doctor’*' Diagnosis ttt Siam N O matter how much bl how lit-] tie encouragement missionaries! meet in spreading the Gospel, (y among heathen, their efforts to* Introduce science are nearly always] crowned with success. The worshiper, of idols or the follower of Mahomet will] resent any effort on your part to interfere] with his idea Ot a fUture life’, but It ybii fcsrl sho^r him anything which he con-' eiders will ameliorate his present condl-; tion, ho is eager to adopt it. Anil the' btanch of science which appeals to him more quickly than any other, perhaps,! is tho healing art, medicine, surgery. Missionaries all over the world have! grasped this Idea no#; fbr experience] hits taught them that all doors are open- to the doctor. Iu one of the central provinces of In-! dia not long ago measles broke out amongi the natives shortly after the arrival of two women missionaries from America. Children were soon dying in such num-] hers that the missionaries Wished they had Ibuhicd something about medicine be ore they came. They knew, howover, that children with measles should be kept’ warm and not allowed to run any risk 1 of catching cold. The mortality caused by so simple a disease, as tlioy had known' it, astounded them, and they made in quiries as to how the little patieute were treated. It was in the rainy season, and they found that these poor peopld thoilght the host way to cure measled was to strip the babies perfectly naked,' and bold them out in the cold rain till] tho water should wash all the measles eruption off the skin, No wonder they died. A fatal chill struck the frail,' fevered, little body, and the mother could only moan and beat herself in de spair. In Siam, when one fails sick, the doc tor’s diagnosis of the disease is a serious mnttor. He generally comes with hi*' mind fully made up that the patient is possessed of an evil spirit. Td Arid Jiist whtero tho booy this evil spirit lies is the diagnosis. The doctor takes a tiger's tooth from his pouch. The tooth is a long caniuo one, sharpened to a needle point. This he jabs into the sink man in various spots. If the sick man yells with pain moro loudly when he is punc tured here than he docs when is punc tured there, then the evil one lurks here. Preparations are made ta drive him out, bill generally the patient’s spirit deserts fhe tortured body before tho Imaginary one. In Africa a yoiirig missionary, who Wortt out from this citv some time ago, penetrated far into tho interior, where no white limn had over been seon before. Tho tribe hud a curious tradition that some day a white man would come to them and do wonderful things for them. So they built a hut, the best kind they knew how to construct, to havo it ready for thu paleface when he should arrive. Whet) this ardent youtlg Americau sud- dently appeared one day, they welcomed him with opbn arms. To say that he was surprised, is putting it mildly. The same dny two women catno to him, each with a child in her arms, and besought him to cure them. He looked st tho Imbcs and found they woro dead. He told them lie could do nothing for ileal babes, aud thereby st once fell off con siderably iu their estimation. He asked wbnt hud been done for the children, and was told that tlielr bodies had beon scored with sharp stones to let the evil spirit nut. Ho counted on one little body 400 cuts, aud then there were more, Those mothers loved their chtlclron pas sionately. Fancy whnt pain they under went while inflicting agony on tbeif babies in the vniD hope of doiug them good. Some idea of the manner In which lunatics uro treated may be gained from tho following thrilling narrative. Mrs. Peoples writing from Siam, says: “Two of their number boearae crazy, and as was their superstitious cU9tom, they were tied up for a time, but as they grew no better they were taken out and buried alive, in spite of their cries and pleading. There are thousands and thousands bouud in just such horrible superstitions all around us." Another writer from Korea, to “The Medical Missionary Record,” says “Tho astonishment of the native doctor is quite oquul to that of the pationts wheu the foreign surgeons coolly and carefully severs flic living tissues with his keen knife or unites them with ueedle and silk. 1 was intensely amused last week by the open-mouthed wonder of a group of soldiers and chair-bearers who stood about tho door of my drug-room to are me tie a spurtinz artery and bring together tho gaping edges of a wound incurred by one of their comrades. Equal interest and amazemout aro dis played upon every use of my pocket-case. Almost every wound brought to me td dress has been previously plastered with mud or with some powder supposed to possess healing properties, and my first step in treatment must be to dense the part of its filthy incumbrances. The sight of blood for which lie is responsible quito unnerves the Koreau, and he looks with awe upon (he toruierity of the foreigner, who works rn coolly smid in creasing streams of the red liquid which lie himself draws and which he seems able to stanch at will. “So it is that the Koreans have un bounded confidence in foreign surgical skill. They believe that we are quite capable of miracles and Hre amazed when we refuse to perform them. Not long -nice a mau came 200 miles in order that might place new eyes in his empty -ockets, aud would not be put off with •lie first assurance of its impossibility. I ive been asked to restore withered i inds, sightless eyes, limbs deformed - om childhood, fractured bones united i malpositions, and to remove countless cars and facial blemishes of various de scriptions. “So much confidence was lelt in mv surgical skill that I was allowod last mouth to attempt the removal of a needle iiroken oil in tin- palm of a woman of i -ink. The baud was passed through an i iwrture in a screen, and held by her i- (band, while I s.xt on the floor beside Ion aud wiel led the scalpel, it was - I'uioal to see the puzzled faces of her : vo sons as they saw me draw blood -ely, and heard her declaration that ic felt no pain, because of the cocaine l had applied.”—Now York tribune. A none With an Eye to Rnilnes*. There is an old, raw boned, spavined gray hnrse that stands over on Canal street, near Randolph, evory day, and what he doesn't know nboutoats and the express business it Would not be worth While for A holt that cdUtemplates haul ing Hunks at tWodtjr-flve cents fl haiil td bother about. The corner of the streets is a sort ol Waiting place for expressmen, aud a dozen wagons may be found in line there daily. The wagon at the head of the line secures the first business that comes in sight, and when it moves away, as only express wagons can; th* others move tip, the wagon that went ot! taking • place on the end of the line when it returns. Yesterday the old gray hnrse was fourth in line. Tho first wagon was hired, and tbs driver left bis companions who were, as usual, congregated on tho tnruer, apd drove off Horses No3. Stand 3 promptly moved up without having ah informal invitation from their respective owners. The old gray never moved, lie was quietly munching his oats from a tub on the sidewalk. The horse behind him, a dilapidated-looking bay, began to grow restless and poked his hsad over the end Of the Old gray's wagori After due cod Mdoidtion be came td the conclusion tho old gray had no inteulioti ot moving just then, and pulling out he passed him at a slow trot and took the vacant place [Ahoad of him. The others movol up in order. When the old gray finished his noonday mea! ho looked about and saw at a glance that something was wrong. He probably discovered it before, but- preferred to eat his oats and settle the matte) afterwards. He lost nd time id pulling out of lino, and soon he was standing beside the old bay that took ini placo. He commenc-4 to bite at him, and tried to make hi a back, but it was no use, He was bound not to be cheated, however, and he quietly marched along and took s plica at tho head of the line. Just, then a call came, and the old gray started of! with a neigh and his tail in the air, whilo the other horses hung their heads in shainc.—Chi cago Tribune. Reckoning Time by the Stars. The astronomers at the National Ob seivatory, Washington, do not calculate timo by the sun, but by the “fixed” stars, which are so “fixed" on account of being so far away from the earth that in some instance,l they do not change their rela tive positions to our little planet in years. Tills being the case, the ultra-exeat as tronomer remarks that star time is the only true timo to go by. In calculating “stcr time’* the Observers use a large sized telescope And watch for A given stat to cross the plAne of A certain known meridian. As the star crosses the ob server records it to the moat minute frac tion of a second, using a star time clock with a twenty-iour hour dial for that pur pose. Tlie clock and the star may or m»y not correspond, but the simple fact makes no difference to the Star gazer, who is re nowned for till ability for Using A half n bundled figures for expressing the die taneo Ih miles to h!a so celled “fixed" clock regulators. Tho error, should cine be detected, although it is but the twen tieth of a sccon', Is corrected later un. In his next calculation, computation and operation, the observer reduces the time ns shown by his star clock so that it cor responds with sun time, which is no small mnthomakicat feat, especially wbsn we take into consideration the fact that the sidereal or star year is about one full day longer than the solar or sun year. A “standard" time clqck staUds near the timepiece whose regulator iB the stars, and tho amount of variation between tho two is calculated, aud the next instant vxnct time is transmitted all over the laud. A Washington writor, who knows whereof he sp9»ks, says that it takes twenty-one weeks to properly regulate and test the ohronoraetors used by tbs Navy Department of the United States. During these tosts they aro subjected to every kuown degree of heat and cold with which they are at ail likely to ooms iu contact.—8t. bouis Republic, Sungs and Their Writers. “Tho composition of a really popular song, ono that catches t.he fancy of the classes and masses, is a feat that is gov ornnd more by luck than knowledge," recently remarked a well-known music publisher. “From a literary point of view tho majority of successes in this lino are atrocious, wtiile their sentiment—if they are of tho sentimental order—is gener ally inclined to bo both iusipi t an i mawkish. “A well.written piece of verse, con veying nu unconventional soutimental idea, would have about oue chance iu a thousand to succeed. The quality of tho entire composition must lie moder ately bad,viewed from a high-class staml jpoint, but exactly h-»w bad only the 'fates can decide. “In comic songB that catch on original jideas are absolutely necessary, though any humorous ballad in which the char iacters aro knocked down and dragged out with great frequency appeals strongly to the popular fancy. “ 'Down Went McGinty' and 'Throw 'Him Down, McL'Ioskey’arc beautiful ex amples of this type. “Some song writers make a great deal of money from their composiF^ns. Tho author of ‘Iu the Gloaming' raked in about $15,000 from it, but the greutei number do not realize much Irom their work. “Blit it is like gambling in a way, and the knowledge that some day they may stumble ou a song that will bring them fortune it not fame—for nobody ever remembers the author of a popular song —keeps them at it. And it’s almost s leertninty that they’ll never be able to re peat their first success."—New York iCommerciul Advertiser. Japanese Crystal Bulls. Crystal balls, the most valuable stone which Japan furnishes, arc those called rock crystal, or sni-sho (seki-ye) crystal- Ized water. These, balls, which are cut out of colorless crystal, reflect beautifully the fortfls Of objects around Their Value incieazcs With the ptirity Of the itone. They are found in many of the mountains, and are ground and polished ihto perfection only by the use offkongo- sha) diamond sand, which comes in the form of little round grains and whieh show more or less distinctly the garnet structure. These crystal balls are very fine and handsome, and add gieatly to Any cufio Collection They are hard to distinguish froth dlattiopds, and range In price from about four doliuk to six hiin, dred dollars.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Another National Park. The Alpine Club of Portland, Oregon, wants the Government to teservo Mount Hood as a National Park The only valu* that the land possess is the magnificent timbers that covers them, as they are too mountainous lor settlement, and the ob ject of the Alpine Club is the preserva tion ol these timbers and the water that has its sources in them The denudation of the land would pfobfibly have A disas trous effect on Hood River and injure the agricultural conditions of Hood River Valley, which at present is one of the most delightful and productive spots in the State.—New Orleans Picayune. SfOO Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded dteeaae that science has been able to stages, and that Is catarrh. Cure is the only positive cut the medical fraternity. Catarrh being acon- •tttutinnai disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Haifa Catarrh Cure Is taken in tetnalJy. acting directly upon the blood and tnucone surfaces of the system, thereby de- : foundation of. the disease, apd :n all Its _ Halt's CaUfC cure now known to fclvin* file patient strength by building up the consutuiioB and easts! I ng nature fn doing its jroprfel-.-rS .have so much faith tn powers {hat the? Offer One Hue- that it fl’!* ta cure, constl work, xm Its curattv. . dred Dollars for any case 6cud for list of testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Toledo, O. £9~ Said.hy Dnigidste. T5c. Ha.vs von Bclow caili fllsiBarsk lb i Bo> thoven of politics. Tie Oaly One Ever Primes. CAS YOU FIND IH* FORD! .Ih4s*!sl2 Inch display advertisement tn (Ala pap-r, this week,. Which hse no two -Norde silk e except one wofd. TI paper, this week DP one wofu. .— _ one appearing each v r Medicine Co. This on everything thtV he mime Is true ot W*ek, from The house place* * maaeatsd putt er the r *UTf- t'lfir jr ■ h pells Why the “Rid Sea " Many person t have puzzled their braius. tVdfideHng why the “Red" Sea should be so called. The narhd WnA orijgi nally applied to it because portions of il are covered with patches from a few yards to some miles square, composed of microscopic vegetable animulculae which dye the waters a blood red. When not affected by these organisms th* “Had" Sen is intensely blue, the shoal WBteil showing Somo shades of green To Clenok* the Hr men. Effectually yet gently, when costive or b!!- iotlfi, of vrbitl the blood is Impure or «luggl*h, to permanently ctlfe habitual coHetlpitl on, to awaken the hi fl nays an 1 livef to n be iltby Activity, without irritating or weakening them, to dispel headache*, cold or fever*, use ftvruD of Flap. Bngnsb peoplo oat more butUr than tny other nation iu the worl'i. BhowN’s iron Bitters Urla, Dlllousnope and fi Strength, aifia Digestion, tones the frenltH appetites The bent tonic for Mothers, weak women and children. each now _ Dr. H&rter “Crescent” on even t hi liKh. Look for it. send iuuu< **.„ word and they will return you book. fCL LITBOOKAPM 01 BA MPI.KB UiKE. The total coat of the World’s Pair at Chl» ^ago is now eetimateJ at $22,000,000. i fefci dutr to write you in regnidto the benefit your BfMj'tTotut*: b/t* wen to my wife. Everelncca rhlld a lie lii”- rk<tji BUbjVt tn the mofit dreadful head itches, usually v*-^! timet a month. -Phe han fried doctors from California but none could prevent th running their rourse. Bradyrrotine failed io effect a cure in a hir.gle instant e, one dope ukuhIIy being PiiftP ient. Oscar F. Frost. Monmouth, Main** All diugghte fifty ceufp. W* arc tifporting between three and foul millions bu«hels of wheat every week. Brecham h Pima quickly cure pick hrnd erhe. weak stomach, impaired digestion, ff'v *tipatiofl, disordered liver, etc. A deficit of ofer S1,000 bales 1b reported in the March movement of cotton m ngalnnt la fit. xrair . Jr your Back Aches, or you are all worn out, good for nothing. U 1* general debility. Brown's Iron Bitters Will cure you, make you Strong, cleanse your liver, and give a good ap- t>etite—tones the Tfft bhrdCF 'jf the Cheyenne reservation It lined with aniious h (fate-seek art, If afflicted with eore eyee uee L)r.feast* Thomp son’s Eye-water. Drutglate cell at 25c.per bottle Can be counted on to cure Catarrh —Dr. Sage’* Catarrh' Remedy. It’s nothing new. For, 25 years it has been doing that very- tiling. It- gives prompt and com plete relief —but you want mor® than that. Anti you get it, with this Remedy — there’s a cure that is perfect and permanent. Thet worst chronic eases, no matter of ho# long standing, yield to it® mild, southing, cleansing aud heaf- ing properties. " Cold in tlie Head ” needs but a few applications. Ca tarrhal Headache, and all the troubles that come from Catarrh, arc at ouce relieved and cured. Von can count on something else, too — $500 in cash. You tan cotint on it, but it’s more than doubtful whether you earn it. The proprietors of Di Sage’s Remedy, in good faith, offer that amount for an incurable case of Catarrh. Don’t think that you have one, though. They’ll pav you, if v they can’t cure you. That’s certain But they can cure you. ' That’s just about as certain, too. Can you ask more ? IACiITt 8$lo95par das Outfit FREE AVI Civ I v Laundry Supply Co. Marshall, Mich Dysp«fB!n,M I Debility. Olv As a Drowning Man Clutches nt a 8tratt So Mr. Powell Took Hood’s SRrsapnrllla And !♦ Ih • ued Him From Hanger “A vertr ago I was in vbty bad condition, f tuh down to 125 irtf The trouble was dyfi in ifcs worst form, accoiripartted S Nervous Prostratiori 1 fcould not cut. F could not and at time# f could enure!y fnove my hands. I felt thet un- lees F could get relief g..on that I ehould surely die. I nt length concluded to Hood*? Bursaparilla, for Like a Drowning; Man 1 could catch nl h Htmw Wheu I began taking It my face and hand** were covered with sore*, which are *»l! gone, tfter I had bnen taking It a couple of weeks I could not deny t hut I felt heller, t hrtve riow irtken A bottle# and as it re sult 1 weigh !•**) 11»*., am nble to work sgrtin and feel n ihmiHjtnd tittles bettor. I ilm certain Ihkt jU n short lime by continuing tbe medicine I stmll be completely cured h« l am now mo near It. My friends nil express surprise lo see such a change, Hood's Sarsaparilla Is indeed s. wonderful medicine. »nd Its claims a re Hilly justified in my experi ence.” B. C. Powell, Bigelow. N Y. Honrl'ft iMll* H»e ihe best after-dinner fdlls, assist digestion, cure hoAdituhti. They all Testify To tho Eltlcscv of tho World Rtnowntd {Swift’s B ED BUGS Specific Tbe old time (dmplo remedy from the Georg!* swamps tn I field* haa gtffie forth to (he antipodes, ofitonUhtoft the skeptical *nd founding ta5> thcprle* pf nut the BEr II DOS or will the Beil Hags drive out you ? This query Increases in in tensity as the warm weather advances. BUTCHER'S DEAD SHOT I* o powertm killer. It curl* then* up a* fire does a leaf, Is n sure preventive of return, mod Is a 'promotor of “ Bleep In Pence. M Price 43 Cenr*i et Mtoro* or t*y mail. PH ED’ K IM TCUEU A HONS, Ml. A lbs* nn. Vt* jMteee ••••••«•• “ — ftl •nfoundlng theprle* those who depend sole!? oft tbd phy«tcian'sskllL There I* no blcsd | taint which ltdoesnoj lumodlately [ •radicate. Poisons outwardly absorbed or the | result of vile dUeai** from within all yield to thb ! potent but simple remedy. It 1* an unequaled ] tonic, builds up the old and feeble, cure* all dls«MM arising from lmtmre blood or wonkened vitality, •end for a treatise. Examine tho proof. Booktrn "Blood aud Skin Disease*" mailed free. Druggist* Sell It. 8WIFT &££ClFIf> CO., | Drawe* 3, Atlanta, Qa. •••••••••••ess PANS TABULES. regulatef stomach, liver and ivow*!*,? purify th# blood. rofo nod ef-J feetn* 1 The beet general fomllyj medicine known tor BiUonsueas.Z Cooitlnution Dyri*ejmla. Foul5 Breath, Tlcadarhr, Heartburn, Lossf of Appetite. Mental PiprrMilon.f Painful Digestion, Pimples, Fallow# Complexion, Tired Fceltnsr, and# or dUwaee resulting from impure# Ui . e by tho •tomaz’b I'v. r < r lut-ratlne*# Price, bv mall. 1 groeet? . I bottleIMc Ad-I X' Bn via A II MISSION to *ell a lemonade ntatn tartaric acid . territory ll, New Bedford. Mas*. CATA R R a pis Caks of Soapauil 12* Book on Dt-rmatolouv ind Beauty; IHufitrattn; Hmdstrei't’* now inclines to the opinion the reiiuctiou iu cotton acreage will ■carer 15 per cent, than 80 per esnt.. A Sbitno of President Arthur. A moJel of a statue to President [Arthur has been completed by the New York sculptor, E. Kcyser. Tlie statue will cost 5120,000, aud be placed in some !p:*rk of that city. The figure will be ■nine feet three inches high. Mr. Arthur is shown standing in his favorite position. The figure is oreot, the shoulders are [thrown back, and oue foo* is thrust shrad of the other. The Prince Albert coat is buttoned close to the tigute, the right arm is bent at right angles at the elbow, and tho fingers toy with the eve Iglnsses. The other arm hangs by the side, and there is a paper in tho hand. The bared head is thrown slightly track ovarii, aud the eyes gaze out on an a-* at ml mg plane.—New Orlesu* Picayune, siflUE.®sa und Flint* which stain | tbe hands, Injure the Iron, and bum off I Tbe Rising Sun Stove Polish la Brilliant. Odor- 1 loo*. Duiable, and tho consumer pay* for r- •*- glas* package with every purchase. || 11 |« LEO. rancor*,nicer*,Skin I>i*oa*o*. Pone ffVILn niTceilou*, nil Incurable *oro*,cured.Write co. Jno.W. Rhine,Chamberaburg,Franklin Co.,Fa Tutt’s Hair Dye A Sc m: ago nd Beauty. on Skin, hcalp, Nervous and Blood dieoaocosent waled for lOc.J also PlflfUnrcmcntN. like Birth Mhfkf*, Mole*. Wurt*. ludla fhk nhn (Powder Mark*. Bears. I’l* 4 Hn»*.Redness of Now, Su perfluous Hair, Pirnpleo. John II. Woodbury. Dermatologist. \\, 4’id St,, New York City, Consultation fret,at offloa or by letter. LITTLE LIVER PILLS BO HOT flBIPI non ftfCElf. Bute cure fof SICK HEAD* ACHE. Impaired .Mgsrtloa,const!- " gland*- They xt-hm* I orear*, remove nsusea, d!«- alnesr Maxtffal effect ou KJd- lejs mudDiudder, conquer Billons nervous dls- yynorjf. Establish nat ural DAiLT AOTIOI* complexion by purlfylo® IFLT VCOKTABLK. irrly ad|u«trd to iult ease, at one Bill emu leh. Each v .l eonUlm 4S,carried In v«rt ftock-i. like lead pencil lluslnes* mnn'n treat Convenience. Taken easier than auitar. Sold every where. AM genuine goods bear *‘Creeeent." Bend t-eent stamp. You get 32 page book with sample. OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., St. Louis. M* F YOU OWN CHICKENS ’AY •r HEIR WAT dt*er*1nn. Inor- Tor WANT| T I1EM TO-* ...n If you m.retr S-rr U»-n 1*r to han-ll. Fi win JtltJtcl- iomvthltig about f selling a book Bivi of a practical p- p- , _ twenty flee > e„r« !» ns* written by nrr?*sti who pu« All bla mind! and time and money lo maxMgaaue- rets of Thicken raising—not a* a bat ■* *• buflnu** and ?r iou will profit by hi* twrnfy-flv* maiiv ( hick* auuuanz, mist know cf this want we ar* ^""ollOnly 25c. and make ffaUfna CMckens Fowl* earn dollars for ycu. Tho rrfnfu; that VOU must Nr able to detect trouble lar Cp*i“ Yart ta «on nadknow how to remedy !» This i cok will t- *' h %nti It tell* bow to detsv- t and < Urr dl«j acn- and slfto for fattening - —— nud - > feed for ivhlcH foe is to save for •rytblng, Indeed. cent* 2c, Book Publlshlne; Houza, 1.1.1 l.»px*K'i :-r v v ■ flrsv Iialr or whl*krr* < liaugeil to u glosep black by a single application of this Dyo. It Imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneous ly ami contains nothing Injurious to the hair. Fold by druggists, or « 111 Ik* sent on receipt of price, fl.OO. Office, 30 Park Placo, N. V. “August Flower” “ For two years I suffered terribly with stomach trouble, aud was for all that time under treatment by a physician. He finally, after trying everything, said my stomach was worn out, and that I would have to cease eating solid food On the rec ommendation of a friend I procured a bottle of August Flower. Itseem- ed to do me good at once I gained strength and flesh rapidly. I feel now like a new man. and consider that August Flower has cured me.” Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.» “MOTHERS’ FRIEND” DWELL DIAMOND CYCLES For Ladles and Cents. Six styles Pneumatic Cushion and Solid Tires. . OtA'uond Frants, Sts? Drop Forg'ngl. Slssl | Tub»ug Adi'j't ibl® Ball Beatings tu sN running i I 'uciudiug Pedals Suspvnaion Saddle. Stnrtly HIGH GRADE in Fvfry FurUcttl* Send rt cent* In itampa for our 100-jpoge Illustrated mf> | loguc of Wuns. Hlfi?«. Hevolvcr*. Sporting bond*, »it. | JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO.,Mfrs., <41 Wa.hl"gton St.,BOSTON. MZSS W. L DOUGLAS $3. 0D SHOE Por gentlemen Is n tine Call Shoe, made seamless, nf the best leather produced in this coon try There are no taoks or wax threads to hurt the feet, and Is ma^e as smooth Inside as a hand sewed shoe It is as stylish, easv fitting and dcrable as oastom-made shoes costing from $4.00 tn ^ft OO, and acknowledged to bo the Makes Child Birth Easy. Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Endorsed by tlie Leading Physician*. r jBook to "Mothers’’mailed FREE. BRABFIE1.D REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA •OLD BY ALL DRUQOIRTfi. Beat Por OENTLEMCN. •5.00 Gennln. Hand-Sew*-' •4.00 Hand-Sewed Wei* Shoe. •3.50 Police and Parnw.-. •2.50 Extra Vain. Calf 8ho' . *2.25 Working- man's Shoe. •2.00 Osodwear Shie. Rnr l A DIE 8 •3.00 *2.50 •2.00 "iSU. •1.75 .IS., F(t BOVS' t MOTHS. *2 it *1.75 SCHOOL SHOES. TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES. IT IS A DUTY you owe to yourself anil your family, iluritig these hard times, to get the most value for your money. You can economize in your foot wear if you purchase \V. L. Douglas’ Shoes, which, without question, represent i greater value for the money than any other makes. a-N sz | |Y| jn izj W. L. DOUGLAS’ name and the price Is stamped VM W I I IS a on the bottom of each shoe, which protects the 'consumer against high prices and inferior shoes. Beware of dealers who acknowledge the superiority of W. L. Douglas’ Shoes by attempt ing to substitute other makes for them. Such substitutions are fraud ulent, and subject to proseoution by law, for obtaining money under false pretences. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. If aal lor attl. In y.ur placo ...d Street Is Paotorr, .fail., hlad. .lx. and wldtZ wanted, fu.iait. iroa. A (J .NTS WAKTKD, Will six. inl.sri nlo i« .koo Ssalsra -kwr* 1 h.vo a* »*««** ud GimtM ckaa Sam la Iml amo,