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RAKED FROM THE DEEP.
HOW SPONGES ABE GATHERED,
! PREPARED AND MARKETED.
It’s Really an Animal’s Skeleton One
Bathes With—How It Grows anil
j is Reproduced—Sponge Fisheries.
When a sponge is taken out of water it is
a soft mass of animal tissue surrounding
a frame work of horny, glass-like or limy
fiber. It is the horny kind that is the
sponge of commerce. The sort used for
bathing is the horny-fibered skeleton of a
most interesting marine creature, from
which all the soft parts have been re¬
moved, just as a human being might be
divested of his flesh, leaving his bones
behind. So delicately made is this horny
structure that it is soft to tho touch and
absorbs water readily. There ore thou¬
sands of varieties of sponges, but not
more than half a dozen are useful.
X sponge, as it is found growing on
the bottom of the sea, is composed, apart
from the skeleton that forms its frame
work, of a multitude of cells. Each of
these cells is occupied by an animal or¬
ganism, but there is dispute as to whether
the organisms are distinct individuals or
merely parts of one individual, which is
the sponge. This contention ia based
upon the same arguments involved in
the controversy as to whether each bud
on a tree has or has not an individuality
distinct from that of the parent stem.
But at all events, it may be as well to
consider the sponge as a single animal,
growing by the substance it obtains from
the water.
. If you will look at the sponge you use
for your bath you will sec that it is
covered all over with small holes, with
here and there toward the top some large
ones. Now try to realize that in life
this creature, the skeleton of which you
wash yourself with, was composed as to
its fleshy parts of small cells. The
whole structure as it was in life might
be compared to a city intersected by
canals. Ever so many little canals gave
entrance to the sea water, which was ex¬
pelled through the big orifices. Ia this
way it was managed that no large foreign
objects could be sucked in, while the
sewers, as they might be called, wero
wide enough to drive anything out by.
From all the cells that line the channels
In the spoige are projected little hair¬
like appendages, which keep up a con¬
tinual motion, the object of which is to
create a current of water in through the
multitudinous small canals and out by
the big pipes. So actively is this opera¬
tion kept up that, looking at a sponge in
shallow water, where it is growing, you
will often see a boiling and bubbling
going on as if there was a spring in
ebullition. The object of the animal in
passing this current through its own sub-
Btance is to bring within reach the animal
and vegetable matters upon which it
feeds. With the continuous current of
water that passes through the canals sus¬
tenance is carried sufficient for the
creature to thrive on.
The commercial sponges are found
altogether in warm regions, the chief
sources of supply being the Mediterra¬
nean, the Red Sea, the Bahamas and
Florida. It is from the Mediterranean
that the finest grades aro obtained, but
to these the best American sponges are
■ot very inferior. It is largoly popular
prejudice that causes the best European
sponges to sell for $50 a pound, while
the super-excellent American varieties
bring less than one-tenth of that price.
Altogether there aro six varieties of
sponges known to commerce. The
grades into which they arc divided are
determined not merely by kind, but also
by size, shape and structure. A sponge of
the most exquisite quality may be so
misshapen as to be worthless and un¬
marketable. On the nature of tho bot¬
tom upon which a sponge grows its
grade commercially may largely depend.
Of most interest to people in ibis
country are the sponge grounds of Flor¬
ida, which cover the reefs along the
south end of that State, extending up
the west shore as far as St. Mark's and
Apalachee Bay. These grounds have a
total area of 3500 square miles, and
sponge Ashing is carried on all over
them by a large fleet of vessels, which
rendezvous chiefly at Key West.
A sponge-fishing craft goes out early in
the week, returning at the end of six
days perhaps to the nearest shore and
depositing its catch in an inclosure built
out into the ocean, to which the sea has
easy access. The tides, rising and fall¬
ing alternately, leave the sponges to die
and wash away their soft parts, so that
at the end of the week, when the vessel
comes back with a fresh load, all of the
previous catch has been pretty well
skeletonized. Depositing the fresh-
caught sponges in the “stockade,” the
fishermen take the old ones and go
on another cruise for more, hanging the
decayed animals all over the rigging, in
order that they may become finally dried
and dessicated. In this way, bringing
in one batch and taking out auothcr, a
schooner usually manages to get a cargo
within a month or two and then sets sail
for Key West. There the sponges are
taken ashore and stacked in piles on the
beach according to variety. They are
sold to traders, who examine the piles
and give bids on them in writing. After
they are purchased in this way the
aponges aro packed tightly m bales by
hydraulic pressure and shipped to New
York, which is the centre of the Indus-
In the Mediterranean sponges are taken . ,
by dredges dragged along the bottom
and by divers, who go down naked and
have no difficulty in deUchmg them from
tho bottom On the American coast the
sponge producing waters are shallower,
not exceeding thirty-fivo feet in depth,
and the ordinary method pursued by the
fishermen is this: Two men go out in a
float. One sculls, while the other leans
over the bow with his face close to the
water, holding a spear in his hand.
When he sees a sponge he spears it and
drags it into the boat. If tho water is
rough the man with the spear uses a
water glass, which is made by simply
knocking pail out tho bottom of an ordinary
and putting a pane of glass in place
of it. The spearsman weurs this water
glass it hanging around his neck and sinks
below the surface so that he can see
the things below as well as if there wa3
a calm. When he sees a sponge he jabs
at it.— Washington Star.
Thomas Silverthorn, a hotelkeeper at
Coral, Mich., has a spectacle case five
inches long which dates back to the misty
past. The lid and bottom are of brass,
the sides of copper. On the lid and op¬
posite side are seven rude engravings,
and under each is written in the Polish
language birth the Scriptural account of the
of Christ. It is claimed to bo from
500 to 600 years old.
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Some of the new evening dresses aro
deluged with lace.
Jeweled nets will be much worn in the
way of draperies this season.
The tcagown is becoming more ornate
as well as more popular every day.
A butterfly calendar of celluloid,
trimmed with ribbon, is very pretty.
Silk chair scarfs in all colors and
highly transparent show gold embroid-
cry.
Mrs. Garrett Anderson, M. D., of
London, advises elderly ladies to play
ball.
Towel racks of celluloid rings and
ribbon are a useful adjunct to every
Lome.
Miss Ellen Terry, the actress, has be¬
come the Prcsidcntof the Ladies’ Cycliug
Club in London.
Mrs. Langtry, as Cleopatria, the role
she is now playing in London, is said to
“look” her loveliest.
Postmistresses, hitherto prohibited
from marrying in France, have now been
granted this privilege.
For aesthetic women who go in for
physical culture, pretty dumb bells urc
now made of cut glass.
The question of higher schools foi
girls in London has recently been at¬
tracting much attention.
In New York City home weddings arc
quite the fashion, as church ones are
voted so very “ccinmon.”
Some of the women of Paris are wear¬
ing entire dresses for fur, which do not
require any cloaks or wraps.
Many of the new morning wraps aro in
the new turquoise color. This is rather
trying for morning complexions.
Clever draughtswomen arc in demand
by dry goods houses to make pen and ink
sketches of gowns, furs and the like.
There are now women students at the
Russian universities of St. Petersburg,
Moscow, Kiew, Charkow and Odessa.
Irish poplin is a fabric—a most excel¬
lent and really beautiful one—which for
durability will outlast two silk gowns.
Women were admitted to the Oxford
(England) examinations for the degree
of bachelor of medicine by a single vote.
Winter dresses for day wear are made
of wool rather than silk, though some¬
times there is a combination of the two.
The so-called bebe dresses,which have
been designed expressly for ladies in the
bloom of womanhood, are very popular.
The Queen of the Belgians is au ex¬
cellent linguist and has just accomplished
the task of learning the Walloon lan-
guage.
Some of the designs in passementerie
comprise five pieces—a collarette, up
3rescent s for tho shoulders and
deep culls for the wrists.
The fashionable young woman who
has a dog and a bangle orders a collar
for her canine’s nock, to match the bau¬
ble she wears on her arm.
Fashionable women are undecided
whether to employ the Russian samovar,
the English teapot or the Dutch kettle
at their live o’clock teas.
The Duchess of Portland is endeavor¬
ing to revive the woolen industry,
which is carried on in many cottage
homes about Langwell, England.
Tho Princess of Wales is said to bo ex
tremely partial to white flowers, it aud
whenever she carries a bouquet consists
of white orchids, roses, carnations oi
gardenia.
Miss Grace Harriman, an English
woraau who has started a scheme foi
employing women as market gardeners,
has subscribed all the capital for starting
the work.
According to a decree of the Arch
bishop of Santiago all bridesmaids ii
Chili must dress in black. White glove:
and veils are permitted them, bu
no colors arc allowed.
The Silver Cross Circle of King'i
Daughters proposes soon to open a houst
in New York City where apartments ol
one, two or three rooms will be rented at
tho lowest possible rate to widows with
children to support.
Pink velvet strings are said to be a very
becoming feature of dress bonnets. They
always accompany hats which are orna
mented with pink rosss or other flowers.
Great clusters of soft pinks are worn on
white bonnets.
Among the many varieties of hats for
young girls fashiouablo this season, it is
noted that the English “pork pie” has
returned in the original shape after an
absence of twenty years. Thus does
fashion history repeat itself, too.
A. decorative bow showing two colors
! satin ribbon and covered with a spider
web, whose realism is euhanccd by the
presence of two spiders, aud an autumn
leaf is one of the prettiest designs of the
season which no ingenuity can discoun¬
tenance.
Mrs. Lynn Stevens, who was known
fori v years ago by the name of Yolaudt
j) a rie Louiso Duvernav, us one of tha
grca test dancers in Europe, has defrayed
t h e ent i ro expense of a §500,000 Roman
Uatholic church on ground Norfolk given priuci-
pu i ly by the n u k 0 of at Cam-
bridge, England,
A New york mil , iner ig maki a
com f ortable profit oa transieDt bonnets.
These bonnets are rented for tho night,
the customer paying from fifty cents to
ono dollar and the cost of relining, in
the oil frora hcr hair Boits it . No
d £ it j, requ ired, but the borrower
m t be Produced by a regular cus-
tomer
Miss Alda Proctor Otis, the .. editor ... of .
today Recuw, hasher bread and but-
ter day love for dolls. Mrs. Platt, wife
of the cx-Senator, is another devotee of
t10 doll, and in one corner of her h ath
^ vcnuo H° tel P arl ° r ’ 10 New Yo ™ ^
w a small stand, where a group of talk-
ln £ doll-babies sit wdh staring eyc3 aud
P 3rt ed lips.
j A curious custom prevails among the
] bridesmaids of Silesia. Each bridesmaid
plants a twig of the bride's myrtle wreath
immediately after the ceremony and
watches and tends it until it roots. The
first twig to show signs of life and
growth is supposed to bring good luck
and a husband within the year to the
girl who planted it.
Miss Lillian Baird, aged nine years, is
becoming famous as the youngest pro-
blem composer in the world. She has a
fine instinct for chess, which has been
cultivated byunuch practice andanhered-
itary’ talent for problem 'composing,
Her first problem f composed before she
was eight, has been printed in about
twenty and chess columns Jlugland, Ger-
many
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
SCURVY LEGS.
Scurvy legs (or scabby legs) will Bp-
pear now more so than in tbo summer,
but it is easily cured and prevented.
Fowls with scabby legs aro very unsight¬
ly, and should be treated at once. Sim¬
ply apply melted lard on the legs once a
week, for four or five weeks, and the
scab will disappear, it being the work of
a minute parasite, which is destroyed by
oil of any kind .—Farm and Fireside.
SOI,n)8 IK MILK.
The fact that milk is liquid in form de¬
ceives muny persons ns to its nutritive
vnlue, as well as regards the character of
food needed to produce it. Farmers
know by experience that mangolds or
other beets, while often promoting a
large flow of milk, cither make it of poor
quality or rapidly reduce the flesh of the
cow. This fact is explained by the
chemical analysis of milk, which shows
only eighty-five per cent, of water,while
the mangolds have ninety-one per cent.
Fodder corn when green has eighty per
cent, of water, but it contains even less
proportion of nitrogenous matter thau
the mangolds. Good milk is rich in two
important and valuable elements. Its
carbon is in the form of fat, and is shown
in cream and butter. Its nitrogenous
matter shows when the milk is soured,
making curd and cheese. Unless both
these elements are furnished in the food,
the milk can only be good at the expense
of the cow .—Boston Cultivator.
MAINTAINING FERTILITY OF THE FARM.
In an addresss before one of the New
York Farmers’Institutes Secretary Wood¬
ward had the following to say on main¬
taining fertility of the soil:
“Rotation will not save land. It puts
off the calamity of exhaustion. It sim¬
ply equalizes the ratio of exhaustion. It
is said ‘tillage is manure.’ Tillage does
not add any manure. It works it out
faster. Weeds are better than bare land.
Summer-fallowing is a very expensive
process. I had rather grow weeds and
plow them under. It would be better
for the land. Bare land loses its am¬
monia. Sow rye in the corn to conserve
the fertility. Naked earth is a losing
earth. How shall we make fertility!
We can do it by the purchase of com¬
mercial fertilizers; but this system is too
costly, ,unless for special crops. Another
way is by means of stable manure. ‘I
have,’ Mr. Woodward said, ‘banished
the word barnyard front my vocabulary.
A barnyard is a nuisance. My stable
manure paid $1 me last winter, by feeding
stock, over a load profit over and
above all it cost. I buy cottonseed nnd
linseed meal, middlings and bran, and
my manure comes from these foods fed
to animals. By this system the farm is
getting richer all the time.’ ”—New York
World.
THE ASH PLANTS.
In some parts of plants there is but
very little ash, while others may contain
a large per cent. This ash is a complex
compound containing a dozen or more
substances. There are two classes of
ash ingredients, namely: the essential
and tho non-essential or accidental.
They all come from tho soil, and someof
the essential ingredients of the ash are
required in larger quantities by the plant
than others. The non-essential sub¬
stances obtain entrance because dissolved
in the soil water, and the plant has no
power of excluding them. The follow¬
ing are the essential ash constituents:
pota3sium, magnesium, calcium, iron and
phosphorus. These elements may enter
united with acids of various kinds, or
the last acting as an acid may, for ex¬
ample, be in union with the lime
(calcium) as phosphate of lime. Tho
potassium may bo united with sulphuric
acid, nnd called sulphate of potash.
Muriate of potash is a common form in
which potash is applied to the soil, it be-
ingsoluble and quickly taken up by the
plant. Water, which is the solvent for
them all, makes up a very large part of
every growing plant, and is the sub¬
stance from which oxygen and hydrogen
are obtained for making the plant tissues.
—'American Agriculturist.
BERRY GROWING.
The grower of such perishable articles
as berries is subject to a nervous strain
while the season last, and should, in the
nature of things, be better remunerated
than the stolid laborer or the producer
of nonperishable products. Some fruit
growers are so happily situated that they
can employ women as pickers, and then
there is no need of foreman or tickets,
as each picker can keep her own ac¬
counts, and pick in separate crates, sub¬
ject to inspection at noon or night.
The trouble with children 13 generally
a lack of mature judgment, but some are
tricky and dishonest. -Most every ex¬
tensive fruit grower is subject to strikes
when the picking gets poor, and I have
found it best to have a contract with
their parents, subject to penalty if
broken. This is enforced by withhold¬
ing pay until the close of the season,
with forfeiture of a portion if contract
is broken.
I once visited a large berry-growing
firm, near Philadelphia, who had erected
a cheap two story barrack of twelve
rooms, where were housed their sixty
pickers. They cooked for themselves
on an old stove in the open air, aud the
escape from the hot city to the open
fields and profitable employment was a
rare picnic to them.— Vick’s Magazine.
SKUNKS EAT GRUBS.
Recently, wandering in tho famous
Forest Hills Cemetery, near Boston,
writes L. B. Pierce, I essayed to view
tho „ t, tto ,” a mass of artificial rock-
work eon8tructed in the side of a con-
* lomerato lcdgu an d suitably planted
it h ferns and underbrush. 1 was pre¬
vented from critical examination by an
overpowering odor of skunk. An era-
p ) oyeo explained that some of the water-
p00 ; s ; u tbe <r ro tt 0 leak, and, becoming
d ry , form traps into which skunks fall
and cannot get out, nnd when thus im-
prisoued they arc killed, sometimes kill two
or three a week, 44 Why do you
them?” “Because they root and dig little
holes in the grass”—and he showed me
a 8 i opc full of the places where t'ne
sharp noses had prodded for grubs. yards. The
grass was dead for several square
U nd could easilv have been rolled up
like a blanket, the roots having nil been
severed by white grubs, and it was
these enemies ol the lawn that the
skunks were after. I was surprised that
in intelligent Boston such ignorance of
the value of the skunks should prevail,
and advised the man to destroy his
skunk traps aud thus get rid of the
grubs as well as the iob of killing the
skunks, with the attending drawback of
unwelcome perfumery. — New Tori)
Tribunt* t
•RAFTINO GRAPEVINES.
The opinions . and . practices ,, of vine-
yard is ts vary gTeatly m regard to the
best well tho best time . for
way as as
grafting tho grape. Somo propagators
have excellent success in grafting on
roots below the surface of the ground in
December, or before the ground freezes
in the fall, protecting the cions by heap-
ing soil over them. Others have tried
fall grafting and failed. The most com-
mon practice among vineyardists is to
graft vines late in spring or after tho
leaves . begin , to expand, , . dormant
using
wood for cions, or that which has been
retar Jed by storing in a cool cellar. The
cions or canc3 to be used for that purpose
are cut in winter, tied in small bundles,
and packed in moist sand, moss, or tan-
bark, then stored in a cool place. When
the time arrives for use they are taken
and washed clean with cold water and
cut up into the lengths desired.
The mode called crown grafting is the
one usually employed; that is, inserting
the cion into the crown of the old stock,
which is cut oil close to or just below the
surface of the ground. The cion should
be tied in place with strips of basswcod
bark, and the soil banked about it, leav¬
ing the uppermost bud only exposed.
No wax is used in grafting the grape by
this mode, as the soil drawn around the
cion is a better and more natural pro-
ection than grafting wax .—New York
Sun.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The best butter in the world is made
in private dairies.
The largest prices paid in the world
for butter are for butter made in private
dairies.
Make lattice work if you like, but
vines will hold perfectly on smooth verti¬
cal wire.
Making the feed of young chicks one-
third sand is said to be sure preventive
of gapes.
A large flock of fowls running with
sheep keep them free from ticks; they
gobble them up.
Cut tho wire between each pair ol
staples; you will have trouble if you try
to draw it through a number.
Cottonseed meal appears to be a very
desirable thing to feed, along with other
me sis, in making gilt-edge butter. .
Belter weigh grain occasionally before
taking it to mill and the grist on its re¬
turn—you may be surprised at the dis¬
crepancy.
To water young chicks safely, punch a
hole near the open end of a fruitcan, fill
with water and invert the can in a shal¬
low pan.
Let no one in Northern latitudes ex¬
pect anything of the osage orange. II
grows in Arkansas, Texas, etc., and de¬
clines to survive the Northern winters.
Farmers have nothing, as to economy
and health, equal to pure, rich milk (no!
to skimrailk), specially for children, in¬
valids and the aged—prepared every
way.
An excellent milkingstool is made by
nailing a board eight inches square firm¬
ly on the end of another thiolc piece six
or eight inches long. This is firm enough,
and you can tilt it about to suit conven¬
ience.
In planting raspberry tips, great ad¬
vantage has been found in leaving them
until new growth has put forth four to
six inches. When removed only a short
distance they are taken up with a ball of
earth.
Plenty of new varieties of fruit are 3old
at enormous prices for a year or two, or
three, and then are never heard of again.
But if the truth is told about them al
first, why do they soon disappear? Let
the nurseryman tell.
Loss of horses throughout the country
—here one, there another—is very seri¬
ous. Overdriving, irregular and over
feeding, exposure to drafts in stable, to
wet aud cold outside, are fruitful
causes. Overwork, too, depletes the sys¬
tem aud invites disease, inflammation, etc.
The question, “What is the most
economical method of storing coarse feed
and feeding coarse grain to stock to get
best result?” wns iutroduced by Amos
Phelps, who said: “I have been trying
for forty years to solve this problem, and
to-day am at a loss to know whether ]
have tho right solution of it.”
A recent speaker favored premiums
for fast-walking horses; if a farmer by
increasing bis speed can do ten hours 1
farm work in eight hours, lie has two
hours saved for recreation, rest or read¬
ing, all or combined. An old gentlemen
claimed that first-class ploughing cannot
be done with a fast-walking team.
Old bulls are the favc rites on which
the Chicago canning factories feed, be¬
cause the lean iu their carcasses is in
much larger proportion to the fat than
in steers, and also because when a 1600
pound fat steer sells for six' cents a
pound live weight, old bulls equally fat
are not worth mere than two cents.
A good and durable trellis for vinos
is made by bending stout wire nails into
staples, pounding the heads flat on an
iron, and driving one set into the house
near tho ground, another row into the
cornice, etc., then stringing them with
“fence wire,” as the stout gauge is
called which all farmers keep on hand
nowadays.
A Self-Boring Well. I
An artesian well, now partly completed
at Pcsth, Hungary, has reached a depth
of 1400 yards, and by the time it is fin¬
ished will be the deepest of its kind in
the world. It is intended to supply hot
water for a great bathhouse connected
with a large hotel; at present that which
is obtained has a temperature of 164 de¬
grees Fahrenheit, aud it is expected that
1500 yards will raise the temperature to
180 degrees or 200 degrees. The most
curious feature about this well is the
adaptation to it of automatic machinery
for boring, the water-power for which is
supplied by the well itself. By this
means the boring ba3 been conducted at
double its previous rate. Surely this is
a great age, when water spurting from a
well can be so harnessed as to increase
the depth of the well from which it
comes .—New Orleans Picayune.
A sham ... ... Mixture. ,
P 00
A mixture for shampooing the head
consists of one pint of water, five cents
worth of powdered castile soap, two
tablespoonfuls of alcohol, half the quan-
tity of borax and the yelks of two eggs,
Advantages claimed for it are that the
eggs contain iron, which will be dis-
solved.; the .soap and borax will cleanse
:he hkiu and the alcohol supply heat to
prevent taking cold .—Brooklyn Citizen.
All Sorts.
Au, watches arc said to be compasses;
point the hour hand to the sun, and the
sou t b j 9 exactly half-way between the
hour and the figure XII on the watch;
f or instance, suppose indicating it is 4 o’clock, then
point tho burul IV to the sun,
and II on the watch is exactly south,
the Natu „ e producea ‘ the light H hundr given edth by
flrefly at about onu fou r . expended
par t of tho cost of the energy
in the candle flame, and at electric aninsignifi-
cant fraction of tho cost of light,
0 r the most economical light yet devised,
Ik Buenos Ayros tho police alone have
| be r jg b t to whistle in the streets. Any
other person caught whistling is at ouce
arrested. Some of the “McGinty” and
“Annie Rooney” warblers will doubtless
thank heaven that Buenos Ayres is not
New York,
When Ilaydn received from the Uni¬
versity of Oxford a doctor’s degree,
■which, since 1400, had been conferred
on four perse ns only.he sent in acknowl¬
edgment a piece of music, exhibiting a
perfect melody and accompaniment,
whether read from the top, the bot'.om or
the sides.
said JTije biggest workshop in the world is
to be that of Herr Krupp,thc famous
gun maker of Essen; in 1833 it employed
nine workmen! in 1848, 74; in July, 1888,
20,960 men were employed, and the
families of workmen numbered 73,700
souls; of these 21,193 reside in dwelling?
provided by the firm.
A novelty in the washing-machine
lino has just been invented. It is con-
nected with a child’s swing, and after
the soiled garments, with the proper quan¬
tity of soap shavings have been put in
the. which tub, is a set child in motion, is placed and in the swing,
moves auto¬
matically, and turns the washing ma¬
chine.
Walt a Little While.
Yes, take your time for it is better late than
never, and if you will not at once try tlie prop¬
er remedy to restore your health wait until
your doctor says you can’t live and tin n try it.
Doctors mako a mistake quite often and doctor
symptoms plains instead of diseases. A patient com¬
of mysterious aches and paiiiB, sleepless¬
etc. ness, He gloomy is forebodings, liniment nervous disquietude,
given a for his aches, a
nurcoctic for his sleeplessness, whisky to make
him cheerful, and nux vomica or other poison
to quiet his nerves. Verily, the last condition
of that man is w r orso than the first. How raany
fall into tho whisky or opium habit and te-
nlain confirmed invalids until death brings
relief. You don’t nee ! such stuff. You need
an alterative. You need a remedy that will
merely assist nature in regaining her equilib¬
rium. You need a remedy that will assist and
strengthen You need the natural functions of tho body.
tion and assimilation a remedy that will assist the diges¬
of food you eat, a rem¬
edy that is easy and kind to the stomach,
kidneys and liver. Such a remedy is Dr. Bull’s
Sarsaparilla. Try it and you will then get
well iu spite of doctors and erroneous treat¬
ment.
_____
A man who is always talking about men and
measures—the tailor.
disorders, For Dyspepsia, Brown’s Indigestion, Iron and The Stomach Best
use Bitters.
Tonic, strengthens it rebuilds the system, cleans the Blood
and tonic for and the debilitated muscles. A splendid
weak persons.
Taken by siorm-a town swept out of exist¬
ence by a cyclone.
Deafness Can’t be Cared
By the disoasod local applications, as they car,not There reach
portion deafness, of the and ear. that is by is on y
one way to cure con¬
stitutional remedies. Doafness is caused b>
an inflamed condition of the mucous lining ef
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube rets
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or 'im¬
perfect hearing,and when it is entirely Inflam¬ closed.
Deafness is the result, and unless the
mation can be taken out and this lube re¬
st destroyed red to its forever; normal ninn condition, hearing ten will be
cases out of are
caused flamed by condition catarrh, of which the is nothing surfaces. but an in¬
mucous
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free. Co., Toledo, 0.
• F. J. Chen ey &
Sold by druggists, 75 cents.
Hood’s Calendar for 1891t
To convey briefly an idea of the magnitude
of our Calendar business, we will say that the
edition for 1891 is 5,OIL),0001 the To labor make of this enor¬
mous number requires and various fifty other peo¬
ple, ten printing seventy presses days, manufacturing
machinery for
at the rate of 60,000 Calendars per day!
It Is superfluous for us to praise kind the words Calen¬
dar for 1891. when so many are
spoken by all who have seen it. In fact, it is
almost unanimously have pronounced the hand¬
somest Calendar we yet issued.
The subject represents three children play¬
ing musical instruments, and the positions,
expressions, coloring and general But finish make
a most charming picture. Ask to be appre¬
ciated it Sarsaparilla must be seen. Calendar, your druggist send for six
Hood’s for or for
cents in stamps one copy, or ten cents
two, to C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Do You Ever Speculate?
Any person sending us their name and ad¬
dress will receive information that will lead
1oafortune. Ben,j. Lewis & Co., Security
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
A simple but ingenious C. B. Curlee, Hay Press, Rienzi, Portable, Alcorn
manufactured Miss. by will for it.
county, 3 tons of hay pay
Freight, $5 per 350 miles. Write for circular.
Lee Wn’s Chinese Headache Cure. Harm¬
less in prepaid effect, quick receipt and positive of SI in action, bottle
tent on Kansas per Ci Mo
A de It r&Co., 522 Wya ndotto at., t y,
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold. Tyler & Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Oklahoma Guido Book and Map sent anr wbora
«n receipt of 50 cts.Tyier & Co.,Kansas City,Mo.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp¬
son’s Eye-water.Dmggists sell at25c per bottle.
Beecham’s Pills act like magic on a Weak
Stomach.
Cause of
Rheumatism
An acid which exists in sour milk and cider, called
lactic acid, is believed by physicians to be the cause
of rheumatism. Accumulating in the blood, it at¬
tacks the fibrous tissues in the joints, and causes
agonizing pains. What is needed is a remedy to
neutralize the acid, and to so invigorate the kidneys
and liver that all waste will be carried off. We can
honestly recommend Hood’s Sarsaparilla for these
purposes. It has cured others of rheumatism and it
will cure you.
Hood’s Sarsaoarilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
the Sores, Restores Taste and Smell, and CureBB / ^TARoJjjj
A A
IT/
Gives Relief at once for Cold in Head. Absorbed. j SsET vrf.- rV’'.O*''
Apr!y into the Nostrils. - It is ijuiekly
60c . Druggists or by mail. ELY BROS., 66 Warren St, N. 50o
mmm CURE BiliousnesSf
Sick Headache,
This Picture, Panel size, mailed for 4 cents. Malaria.
J. F. SMITH & CO., BILE BEm
Makers of “Bile Beans,”
255 &. 257 Greenwich St., N. Y. City
PEMYR0NJdi*P\U\iS CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH, RED CROSS DIAMOND BRAND A A
rvtnv pdf/ Ladles, .THE ask ORIGINAL Druggist for AND Chichester GENUINE. The only Safe, Sure, and reliable Pill for sale. VW \
fjg) boxes sealed with blue ribbon. Take « Bnglish other Diamond Brand in Ked and Gold metullio V
no kind. Refuse Substitution* and Imitations, v
All pill! in p.«»bo»ra boxes, pink wrappers, «rt dfne-rom enunterfelt.. At Druggists, or tend ne
V- 'arsyaraKSk i n ’‘Y'P’ for PMtlouI.re, testimonial., »nd “UelTcf for Ladle.,” in later, by return Mkill.
CH,CHt6Ttn
■^ IDISO’S REMEDY f uR t ATARRii.—Rest. Easiest to use
Cold Cheapest. tlie Head Relief it lias is immediate. A cure is certain, l or
m no equal.
CATARRH I
nostrils. It ls an Ointment, of which a small particle Is applied t6
Price, 60e. Sold by druggists or sent by mail.
Address. E. T. Hazklti.ve, Warren. Pa.
The Judge was Witty.
Mr. Justice Maule once addressed a
phenomenon of innocence in a smock
irock in the following-words: “Pris¬
oner at the bar, your counsel thinks you
innocent, I think you innocent, in but a
jury of of your such own countrymen, they the ex¬
ercise common sense as pos¬
sess, which does not seom to be much,
have found you guilty, and it remains
that I should pass upon you the sentence
of the law. That sentence is that you be
kept in imprisonment for one day, and as
that day was yesterday you may now go
nbout your business.”
One of Gould’s Schemes.
It is said that Gould, anticipating ad-
verse legislution from Nebraska this
winter, has arranged to send all his
through traffic around this State via
Denver and the Kansas branch connect¬
ing with the Missouri Pacific and Kansas
City. Then he proposes to contest the
right of a State legislature is to chartered regulate
the Union Pacific hecau c it
by the federal government. — Nebraska
State Journal.
Physicians informed me that I wns threat-
curd with paralysis or apoplexy. I suffered
headl’espedali'y when IwouVfr^or wr!^
and on rising to my feet would become perfect-
ly blind and had toboid to Bomething to Bull pre-
vent my tailing. I am happy to Bay that s
Sarsaparilla has entirely relieved me. My
appetite ouLh1e°k'J is good and for the first time iu
R!wr* l 1 n>r dlnner9 - _ ' Wr - K a
itaeis, Lnutsvuie. i Ky.
__
If a airl knows she is pretty it is not because
any other girl told her so.
Fob impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Biliousness Ma-
larin. Neuralgia, Indigestion, nnd strength, ,
take Brown’s Iron Bitters—It gives
malcing old persons feel young-and young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
Where you will ...... find the girls , , and . hoys , in- .
duatriously paring—at an apple bee.
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Worm medicine! The very name puts a bad
troyers. These little candies taste good.
A man, deserted feeling by his friends, him is apt to have
an ali-gone come over at times.
FITS stopped free by Dn. Kline’s Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day’s trial
use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and
i Ciltie lree. Dr. Kline. 981 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Shifts
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ONB KAJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup and refreshing of Figs is taken; the it is and pleasant
to taste, acts
gently Liver and yet promptly Bowels, cleanses on the Kidneys, the
effectually, dispels colds, head¬ sys¬
tem
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. only remedy of Syrup its kind of Figs is the
ever pro¬
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac¬
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beuenciai fc its
effects, prepared only from the most
tlealthv and agreeable substances, Its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all aud have made it the most
popular , remedy 1 i known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles by all leading drug-
gists. Any have reliable hand druggist will who
may not it on V™
Cure it Dromntlv * y J for any one Who
Wishes . . to , try it. Do t, not accept , any „r>Tt
"
SUDStltUte.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAIV FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KV. NEW V 0 RK. N.r.
a Flower” August
The Hon. J. W. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., Del., and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap¬
ital of the State. The sheriff is a
gentleman fifty-nine years of age,
and this is what he says : “I have
‘ ‘ used your August Flower for
sev-
‘ ‘ eral years in my family and for
“ and found it does my
own use, me
‘ 1 more good than any other remedy.
“ I have been troubled with what I
“ call Sick Headache. A pain
comes
‘ ‘ in the back part of my head first,
“ and then soon a general headache
< < until I become sick and vomit.
“At times, too, I have a fullness
“ after eating, a pressure after eating
“at the pit of the stomach, and
i < sourness, when food seemed to rise
“ up in my throat and mouth. When
( ( I feel this coming if I take
on a
little August Flower it relieves
me, and is the best remedy I have
- ever taken for it. For this
reason
I take it and recommend it to
others as a great remedy for Dys¬
pepsia, &c.’’ ®
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A.
Ill A: J.
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In reading over the literary items of
the week, I found not much to interest
me, until my eye caught sight of an
article headed “ Jenka ’ Dream.” Imag¬
ine my surprise to find it ended up with
a recommendation to use Dr. Pierce’s
Pleasant Pellets. Nevertheless, being
a g rea t sufferer from sick headache. I
determined to try them, and, to my great
joy, I found prompt relief, and by their
protracted 4 use, a complete immunity /
ftom SUCh , attacks. Fierce Pellets
8
often cure sick headache in an hour.
They are gently laxative or actively
cathartic, according to size of dose.
As a pleasant laxative, take one each
night on retiring. For adults, four act
j as an active, yet painless, cathartic,
I-r Cause no £ griping or sickness. Best
• p.,, j Krmllpst rhonre.
JAver 1 111 ever mane, smallest, ^heap-
est, Easiest to take. For Constipation,
Indigestion i, and Bilious Attacks, they J
naive uu equal.
Manufactured at the Chemical Labo-
ratory of the WORLD’S DISPENSARY
Association, No. 063 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
!irf:: : CD l n
1.V- J
UOIES I for
ft r. ^2.00 ? $
V i. % l.75
*1,75 Bovs
i ’eOt Mb
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S3 SHOE CENTLENISKU
Genuine nunil-seweil, an elegant and
w stylish dress Shoe which commends itself.
$ ■f J.00 Hand-sewed Welt. A fine calf Shoe un*
$q. equalled for style and durability.
50 Goodyear Welt is the standard dress
v Shoe at a popular price.
$o.50 Police in aii’s Shoe is especially adapted
v for railroad men, farmers, etc.
All made in Congress, Button and Lace,
$0.OO lor Ladies, is th he only band-sewed Sho»
w sold at this popular price.
80.50 & Don&ola. Shoe for Ladies, Is it Q6i
80*00 parture Shoe and promises to become very for popular.
for Ladies, and $1.75 Misses
still retain their excellence for style, etc.
All goods warranted and stamped with name on
bottom. If advertised local agent cannot supply you,
send direct to factory enclosing advertised price or
a postal for L. order DOUGLAS, blanks.
W. Brockton, Mass.
VASELINE
F01t A one-dollar mi.i, M u, t, T mu
wewllldeltwr, free o. all charges, toUowil to any person la
a “ of th9 * art!o,es '
One two-ounce bottle of Pure Vaseline, - - toots.
j One two-ounce bottle of Vaseline Pomade, - IB “
j One Jar of Tam llne Cold Cream, - .... II «
8Seckx*£: I 10 n>» “
, _
‘
or/or postal,tam P , any .invteartMe at
named. On no account be persuaded to accept from
Itour druffOtet labelled any Vaeelitle or preparation therefrom
unless vHth our name, because you totll cere
talnly Cfa receive an imitation xoMch tutu httif or no value
, .a.brougU Itfg. Co., ‘H State St., N. Y.
PURELY VEGETABLE. \ 25 Cents ser Box.
THOROUGHLY RELIABLE. I 3 Boxes for 65 ot».
( Sent by mall, peat-
ABSOLUTELY SAFE. J price. age froe, on receipt el
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. j
DR. J. H. SCHENCK &S0N, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
DROPSY
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Positively Cured with Vegetable Remedies
H nve cured thousands of cases. Cure patients pro-
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free by mail. If yon order trial, send 10c. in stamps
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Shortiiund, send to Crichton’s Shorthand School, get
h.G. V cata OHue an ' read it-it costs you nothing. Addr’a
Crichton, Prin., 4 9;4 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
Kg jw I B13 S 55P3 S&§* cured ,ml Whiskey Habits
H Hi is &VS Bis |fis BBSS at home witti-
El HlBP Ssla out pain. Book of par.
l^fnnHnwaan Psfl Eg s B.il. ticulars WOOLLEY,M.D. sent FKKE.
Atlanta.<>a. Office lltt y 2 Whitehall St,
BAGGY KlkJiS POSITIVELY Greeiy Pant REMEDIED Stretcher
Adipted bv students at Harvard, Amherst and other
Colleges, *'n. Niso by professional and business men every-
u
TELEGRAPHY AND SHORTHAND!
I LEADING SCHOOL SOUTH. Catalogue
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BJ flBA ^ Penmanship, UII V • Book-keeping, Arithmetic, Short-hand,etc., Business Forma
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‘lest us. Tacoma i M ; > TJIK.M' 10., TACOMA, HASH.
*0c.; best, 25c. Lemarie t s Silk Mill, Little Ferry N. I.
jg I prescribe and «Oj
specific for the certain cure
Q - U ' 1 ^Ariuerdam'," n.'v.
Os grd ealj by tb. We have cold Big G <ot
Mint, CU.1A1 C. fe-
DTCHE A CO 111.
« Chicago, Druggists.
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A. N. U. Four, 1891,