Newspaper Page Text
THE STAKED PLAIN.
A Wonder in Texas Which
Baffles the Geologists.
It Is Surrounded by Ercarp-
ments Resembling Palisades.
Tho geological mystery of Texas is
lhe Llano Estacadoor Staked Plain. It
lies loath of the Canadian and oast of
the Pecos and west of tho 101st me¬
ridian.
“In iurface feature*,” Prof. Hill
•aye, “the northwestern half of this
plain is similar to tho plaint of Color¬
ado, Kansas nnd northward. Iiut
there is this difference: Instead of ex¬
tending to the Rocky Mountains oil
tho wost or imperceptibly grading
Into the level of tho caiterii areas, it
Is surrounded on every side, except a
tew miles nt Its souihenst corner, by
a more or less precipitate e*cnrpment
of erosion resembling pulUades. This
isolates it from tho surrounding re¬
gion excopt the Edwards plateau,
wbicli is its southeastern connection
already mentioned.”
The Staked Plain is there, a great,
steep, sided island in au ocean of land.
This elevated surface ombraees 50,000
squaro miles. The geographical tradi¬
tion is Hint tho Spaniards gave the
namo because (hey hnd to drive stakes
to mark tlioir way ucrots. This nc-
cords pretty well witli Prof. Hill’s
description. Ho say* tills vast sur¬
face is perfectly smooii), with tho
exception of an occasional depression
—so much so as to resemble the level
of the ocean at dead calm. It is un¬
broken by trees or bushes or deep
drained channels. It is carpeted witli
a rich growth of grammn grasses.
Tho new railroad* of Texas and
New Mexico lmvo mado accessible to
the geologists this largest of all Texas
plains, and perhaps the greatest and
least studied plateau of our country.
The smnll amount of surfaoo water
which is not drunk up by the soil is
in a few widely distributed pond*.
Two streams flows around tho plain.
They are the Canadian and the Pecos.
Both have cut nearly 1000 feet below
the level. Neither of them receives
any surface drainage from the plain.
Yet the rainfall on the Staked Plain
from June to September is from
twenty to twenty-five inches. Tho
soil is rich and from six to thirty feet
deep. It seem* like a lake deposit,
and it differs from ali other parts of
Texas.
Notwithstanding the rainfall, the
plaiu is covered with nutritious grass.
As one approaches tho edge the wall
of the Staked Plain rise* like a preci¬
pice, This wall can bo seen at u dis¬
tance of fifty miles. The edge is
serrated and cut into by the rnin
washes to such a degree it is evident
the wearing away process is going on
rapidly. This extensive washing is
the same kind at that to bo seen iu
the edges of the Rad Lands of the
Dakotas. The geologist easily esti¬
mates that the Pecos and the Canadian,
flowing around the west and north
sides, and the Red, Brazos and Colo¬
rado, heading hear the eastern border,
have aircadv worn away great slicos
of the Staked Plain.
The top of a book resting on a flat
table gives a good idea of the Slaked
Plain. This plain, taking it from the
top dowuward, consi-ts of first,
porous sediment of soil, sand, gravel
and saU in horizontal layers to a depth
of 200 feet. 'I lien comes a grost floor
of sands, clays nnd granites. Part of
the floor is composed of the Trinity
sands. Part of it, where the sands
bnve been worn awuy by the convul¬
sions of nature, is of the red beds.
The conditions nrc very curious to
the scientist, but tho main question to
a practical generation is about
the water condition of this
great plain. Running water
in Dickens county is the only
stream on the vast plain. It is a bright,
sparkling stream that suddenly breaks
out of the ground, ripples over pebbly
bottoms for n distance of ten miles
and then mysteriously disappears.
How is this absence of running water
to be accounted for on 50,000 miles of
country possessing a fair rainfall?
The auswer is, tho great capping
strata of the Staked Plain are as porous
as a sponge. Every drop of water
cither evnporates or sinks downward
througii tho soil. Until recent years
the Staked Plain was considered utter¬
ly waterless. But there have now
been dug into these porous strata
more than 1000 wells. These wells
do not flow, but the water from them
ia pumped freely by windmills, and
the Staked Plain is thereby made a
pasture tor conntlea* herds of cattle.
These wells have been obtained in all
part* of the plain. Digging is no
longer regarded as an experiment.
The water soaks into the ground and
is stored in the mortar beds and grits.
It is kept from going further down by
the underlying red beds. It consti¬
tutes one of the most remarkablt
sheets of underground water in thia
country.—[gt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Biones—I want you to subscribe
something toward sending au expedi¬
tion to discover the North Pole.
Bjeuks Not much! But I suppose
I shall have to subscribe something
toward sending out the rescuing
©arty—[Somerville Journgj.
A SARATOGA CO. MIBAOLE.
HBI.P1.EHH FOR VBA RH AND EX.
Cl.L'DKD FROM IIOHPITAI.H
A8 INCURABLE.
Th* Rkmarkabi.e Kxpxnrxirok or ('has.
Quart as Irv*rtioat*d bt ar Al-
BART (If. Y.) JounNAL RgPOBT-
xb—A Btory or Sub-
PASSING iRTBKEBT.
Albany, N. Y. Journal, JIaroh XSth.
Saratoga, there March llth —For some time
peat have been reports here and else¬
where able—indeed, in .Saratoga County of a most remark
so remurka le ax to be miracu¬
lous—cure of a moat severe c.se of locomotor
ataxia, or creeping paralysis, simply by the
use of a popular remedy known as ' Pink
PHI* for Pale People, 1 ’ prepared and put up
by the Dr. W fllmina Medicine Company,
Morristown, N. Y., and Brocltville, Ont.
The story was to tbe effect that Mr. Chaa.
A. Quant, of Oalwav, who for the last six
or eight years has been a great sufferer from
creeping who (airalyaia become and its attendant ills, end
had utterly ix>werleaa of all
self-help, the Pink Pill* had, by tbe use of a few boxes of
for Pale People, been so fully
restore.) to health as to be able to walk
about tbe street witbou the aid of crutches.
The fame of this wonderful, miraculous cure
wae ao great that tbe Evening Journal re¬
porter thought it worth bis while to go to
Galway to call on Mr. Quant, to learn from
hi* lips, aud from the observation and testi¬
mony of bla neighbors, if bis alleged curs
wax a fact or only nn unfounded rumor.
An I so he drove to Galway and spent a day
getting and a nizht bis there in and visiting Mr. Quant.,
neighbors and story ledow-townxinen. interviewing it bis
may be
proper to say that Galway is a pretty little
village of about 4W people, delightfully
locate! near the centre of the town
of Galway, in Saratoga County, and
about IT miles from Saratoga Springs.
Upon inquiry the re»i lence of Mr.
Charles A. Quant was easily found, for
everybody him, seemed be to know him,.peak well of
and to overflowing with surprise and
satisfaction at his wonderful cure and restor¬
ation to the activities of enterprising citi¬
zenship, for Mr. Quant was born in Galway
and had spent most of his life there. Mr.
Quant was tounu at his pretty home, on a
pleasant In street nearly opposite the academy.
response to a knock at the door it was
o. ened by a man who. in reply to an inquiry
if Mr. “I Quant lived there end was at horn*,
said: am Mr. Quant, Will you come inr
Alters littie general and preliminary conver¬
sation, and alter be had been apprised of tbe
object for which him, the Journal reporter hod
called U|>on he, at request, told the
story of himself and of his sickness and
terrible sufferings, aud of tbe ineffectual
treatment ho had ha I, and of his final cure
by tho use of Dr. Williams’s I’iuk Tills for
rale Teople, and rheeriully gave assent to
Itsuse for publication. He (-aid: “My name
is Charles A. Quant, lam 37 years old. I
was born in the village of Galway, and. ex-
ceptir.g while traveling on business and a
little while in Amsterdam, have spent my
whole life here. My wile is a nntive of
Ontario. Up to about eight years ago I had
never been sick and wax then in perfect
health. 1 was fully six feet tall, weighed
180 poundsand was very sti oug. For twelve
years I was a traveling sale.-injii fora piano
aud organ company and bad to do, or at least
did do, a great deal of h-nvy lifting, got my
meaJs beds’ very in irregularly ami slept in enough
’spare country houses to Ireeze any
oruinury man to About death,or at least give him tho
rheumatism. eight years ago I began
to feel distressed m my stomach and con¬
sulted several doctors about it. they ad
said treated it was dyspepsia, by and for dyspepsi a I
was various doctors iu differsnt
places, and took all the patent medicines I
could hear of that claimed to be a cure for
dyspepsia. But 1 continued to grow grad¬
ually worse for four years. Then I began
to have pain in my back and legs and bccains
Conscious that my legs were getting weak
and my walked. step unsteady, aud then i staggers i
when the 1 of Huviug received no benefit
from use put cut medicines, aud feeling
that 1 wax constantly growing worse, 1 then,
upon advice, began the use o, electric belts,
pada an l ail the many different kinds of
electric appliances I could hear of, an l spent
hundreds of dollars for them, but they did
me no good. (Here Mr. Quant showed the
Journal reporter an electric suit of under¬
wear for which he paid $134.) Iu the tall of
18B8 the doctors advised a change of climate,
so I went to Atlanta, Ga., and acted as agent
for 1 the E»tey Urgan Company. While there
took a i borough e'ertnc treatment, but it
only seemed to aggravate my dise-ise, and
the aud only distressing relief I could get from tue sharp
pains was to take mor¬
phine. i be pain was so intense at times
that it seemed as though I could not stand
it, and 1 almost longed for death as the only
oertain relief, in September of 18S8 my
legs gave out entirely side, and my left ev I e was
drawn to one so that had
double sight and was dizzy, My
trouble so affected my whole nervous system
that 1 had to give up business. Then 1 re
turned to New York and went to the Roose¬
velt hospital, where for four mouths 1 was
treated by specialists and they | rouounced
my case locomotor ataxia and incurable.
Alter I had beeu under treatmeut by Trof.
Starr and Dr. Ware for four months, they
told me they had (lone all they could for me.
Tuen 1 went to the New York hospital on
Fifteenth street, where, upon examination,
they said I was incurable an I would not take
mein. At tbe Presbyterian hospital they
examined me and told me the same thing.
In March, 1SU', lavas taken to St. I’eters
hospital in Albany, where Prof. H. H. liun
frankly told my wife my case was hopeless;
that he could do uotliiug for mu and that
she had better take me hack home aDd save
my money. But 1 wanted to make a trial
of Prof. Hurts famous skill and I remained
under his treatment for nine weeks, but se¬
cured no benefit. All this time I had been
growing worse. I had become entirely
paralyzed from my waist down and had
partly lost control of my hands. The pain
was terrible; my logs felt as though they
were freezing and my stomach would not re¬
tain food, and I fell away to l‘JJ |rounds.
In the Albany hospital they put 17 big
burns on my back one day with red hot
irons, and after a few days they put 14
more bums on and treated me with eleo-
tricity, but l got worse rather than better; and
lost control ot my bowels and water,
upon advice of the doctor, who said there
was no hope for me. I was brought home,
where it was thought tbat death suffering?. would soon 1-ast
come to relieve me of my
Nepteniher, while in this helpless and suffer¬
ing condition, a friend of mine in Hamilton,
Ont., called iny attention to the statement
of one John Marshall, whose case had been
similar to my own, and who had bein cure l
by the use of Dr. Williams's Pink Puis for
Pale People. Mr. Marshall, who is promi¬
"In this case Templars a
nent number of the ltoyal of
Temperance, had after four yean of con¬
stant treatment by the most eminent Cana¬
dian physicians been pronounced incurable, claim
and was paid the S1000 total disability
allowed by the order in such cases. Boms
months after Mr. Marshall began a course of
treatment with Dr. Williams’s Pink Pills,
and after taking some 15 boxes was fully re¬
stored to health.
"1 thought I would try them, and my wife
sent for two boxes of the pills and I took
them according to the directions given on
tbe wrapper on each box. For the first few
days the cold baths were pretty severe, as I
was so very weak, but I continued to follow
instructions as to before taking I tho had pills used and treat¬ the
ment, and even up
two boxes of pills I began to feel beneficial
effect* I from them. My pains bead were felt liettor; not so
bad; felt wurmer; my
my food began to relish and agree with me;
1 could straighten up; the teeling began to
oonie back into iny limbs; I begun to
be able to get about on crutches; my eye
came back again as good as ever, and now,
after tbe use of eight boxes of the with pills—at the help a
cost of only $4.00—see!— lean,
of a cane only, walk all about tbe house and
yard, can saw wood, and on pleasant days I
walk down town. My stomach trouble is
goue; I he ve gained 10 pounds; I feel like I a
new man. and when tbe spring opens ex¬
pect to be able to renew my organ and piano
agency. I cannot speak in too high termsof
Dr. Williams's Pink Pills for Pale People, all the
as I know they saved my life after
doctors had given me up as incurable."
Other cit’zms of Galway, seeing the won¬
derful cure of Mr. Quant by the Pink Frederick Pil’s
for Pale People, are u»ing them.
Bexton, a sufferer from rheumatism, said be
was finding great benefit from their use, and
Mr. Schultz, who had suffered Irom chrooic
dysentery lor years, said he had taken two
boxes of the pills and was already cured.
Mr. Quant had also tried Faith cure, with
experts of that treatment in Albany and
Greenville, 8. C., bat with no beneficial re-
sulta
A number of the more prominent citizens
ot Galway, as Rev. . E. Herbert, of the
Preibytemuchurch; Pro:. James E. Ksliy,
principal Cronch, of the academy; John f. and Har-
▼ey and Frank and Edward Willard,
merchants, and many others to whom Mr.
Quant and hta ao miraculous cure by the u*e
of Dr. Will lame's Fink Pills for Pale People
ore well known, were pleated to hare the
opportunity of bearing testimony to tho high
character of Mr. Quant, and of verifying
th» story of hie recovery from the terrible
affliction from which he had for ao long a
time been a sufferer.
Truly, life, the duty of the physician is not
to save but to heal disease.
The remarkable result from the use of Dr.
WlUuuns’s P.nk Pill* in the case of Mr.
inquiries Quant- induced the reporter to make further
tained concerning th-ra anl be ascer¬
that they are n >t a patent medicine
in the sense in which that term is generally
used, It but a highly scientific preparation,tha
i M of years of study nnd careful experi-
ment, * They have no rival as a blood
builder and nerve restorer and have mot
with unparalleled success in the treatment
of such disooioi as paralysis, rhou natls n,
sciatica, Bt, Vitus’s danc?, palpitation of I hs
heart, that tired feeling which affects so
many, aud all diseases depending upon a
watery condition of the blood or shattered
nerves.
Dr. Williams’s Pink Pills are also a specific
for trouble peculiar to females, such as sup¬
pressions, weakness. irregularities, and nil forms of
They build up the blool and re¬
store the glow of health to pile or eallow
cheeks. In the case of men they affect a
radical cure in nil cases arising from mental
worry, overwork, or excesses ot whatever
nature.
On further inquiry the writer foua 1 that
these pills are manufacturei by The Dr.
Williams Medicine Co., Brockvillo, Ont.,
and Morristown, N. Y., and are sold in
boxes (never in bulk by ths huadrei), at 50
centsa box, or six boxes for $2.50, and may
be ha 1 of ail druggists or direct by mail
from Dr. Williams Medicine Co., from
eitiier address. Tho price at which these
pills nre sold makes a course of treatment >
comparatively inexpensive as compared with |
other remedies, or medical treatment. !
I’ilc Drlting in New Balnea-
In “Two Years Among the Savages of
New Guinea,” VV. D. Pitcairn describes
how the natives of that country drive
piles:
The people have a curious way of
driving piles. We gave them a rope,
which they fixed round the head of the
pile, leaving tb3 two ends dangling.
Several natives got hold of each end and
pulled alternately, until the pile was
worked down to the required depth.
The piles are mtde of white mangrove,
and in order to prevent the ravages of
the cobra insect, it is b"st to tar the piles
well, or better still—though very expen¬
sive—to copper them all over.
The flooring of a house is of cane, the
w lls are mide of the bark or akin of the
pa m, and the roof of the icuves of the
sago palm, which have to br put on sep-
Hr tely, the leaves overlapping a little,
and on the outside are placed Gome
branches of tbe cocoanut palm.
The Law’s Delay.
Lawyer—Hurrah, let me congratulate
you. You arc the luckiest of morlals.
I hunks to my skill, I have obtained a
judgment in your favor in the supreme
court.
Client--After nine long years.
“But, my dear fellow, better late than
never."
“How much do I get?” asked tho client
anxiously.
“The court decrees that you shall re¬
ceive $2,000. The costs and my fee will
only am uat to $3,000, so all you will
have to pay me is $1,000.”
“Merciful h avens! and I must lose
iny money besides?”
“Of course you lose your money, but
console vourself. Yon have gained your
case. You can’t expect to gain every¬
thing. —Texas Siftings.
He Never Takes the Papers-
He never takes the papers, for “they’re dull as
all creation,”
And, he* des, he's “up” with everything
that goes.
That’s the way the train has left him when he
gillop* to the station,
Aud his fr.eudg are dead a year before ho
know * 1
Ho never takes (hr papers, for he isn’t a be¬
liever
In tho nows and the sensations of the
day ; tho
That’s why they’ve put his business in
hands of a receiver,
And his creditors are hauling him away.
—F. I> Stanton.
Ilotv Often tho M atch Ticks.
Many watches make five beats per sec¬
ond. 300 each miuute, 18,000 every hour,
or 432,000 per day. Thus it wilt be seen
that a half dozen turns of the key once n
day, taking up but a few seconds of time,
stores up a modicum of power in the
spring which is cut up into nearly a
million of beats. If we multiply the
daily beats by 365i, the number of days
in a year, we find that the watch ticks
157,788,000 rimes while the earth is mak¬
ing one annual trip around the sun.—St.
L iuis Republic.
An Unfortunate Accident.
A loaded gun was lying in a wagon
which jolted along over a road in New
Mexico the other day. The wagon jolted
>00 hard and the gun went off. Mr. B.
R. Young, with his family, was fi Row¬
ing in another wagon. The bullet went
through Mr. Young’s shoulder, then
through his son’s in hip, then Roberts. a baby’s body The
and then lodged and Mrs. hurl,
baby is do d the rest severely
and nobody to b'auie for a pure accident.
Woman’s Mistake.
It may be that the tale of Darby and
Joan was a mistake, for the Columbian
Ass ciatiou of Housekeepers, of Now
York, a s iciety composed of womeu, has
decided that men are better house keep¬
ers, better cooks aid better dn sstmkers
than the members of the opposite sex
are. As this is tho verdict of the women
themselves, it should eetrio the m it ter,
though there iv no doubt that many an
appeal will be taken from the decision.
The Mother’s Fault.
Small Boy (c griddle mpiainingiy) — “Why
i n't thur any cukes this morn¬
ing?” (reprovingtj)—“Because
Mother you
neglected to go to the store yes’erJay
and get me some eggs, as I told you.”
Small Boy (with an injured air)—“You
didn't tell me they tvas for griddle
cakes.”—Street * Smith’s Good News.
Proposed Spelling Reform.
A member of congress wants an appro¬
priation of $50,000 to inaugurate th-
spelling reform. According t > his idea,
if the nf Tin should ever come, this w.ll
be a fair spec.men of the new method :
“The old sistems. A sin ov the dan (a
sign of the da*n). Publik opinytm.
Farwel old spelin book. Gali the truba-
dar tueht hiz gita. Farin ’.angweiez (for¬
eign languages).”
_
, It . said that » the , ,. biggest . . the .
is organ in
world, at Sydney, bus su b great vibrato
ry power that it caun.it be used to its ut
ternaoet for fe*r of injuring the JyuiU jng
Following Instructions.
Cheshire owns the stupidest man in th<
kingdom. lie is a fsrm hand, and wai
engaged to plow a ten acre field. Wish¬
ing him to mako a straight furrow, bit
employer directed his attention to a cow
grazing drive right opposite, telling him He tc
directly horses, toward that employer’s cow.
started his and his at¬
tention was drawn to something else, but
in a short time, on looking around, he
found that the cow had left her place,
while the sagacious plowman was follow¬
ing her, drawings ztgzig furrow all over
tbe field.—London 1 it-IJit*.
Tbe Mklll and Knowledge
Essential to the production of the most per-
feet ami popular laxative remedy known have
eniblel lhe California Fig Syrup Co. to
achieve a great success in the reputation of
its remedy. Syrup of Figs, as It Is conceded
to be the universal laxative. For aale by all
druggist*.
To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre;
• hough the wound may heal, the scar ever re¬
main*. ___
Ladies use in - a tonfc, or children who
want building up, should take Brown's lion
Biltor*. Jt is pleasant to lake, cures Malaria,
Indigestion, Biliousness and Liver Com¬
plaints. makes the Blood rich and pure.
Like clocks, ono wheel another must drive;
Affairs of diligent labor only thrives.
Elsewhere In this issue are published the partic-
ulars of a remarkable cure that fairly outrivals
tho celebrated case of John Marshall, of Ham-
ilton, which created such a sensation through-
out the country. The particulars of this case
are vouched for by the Albany tlviuing Jour.
nil, recognized as tbe leading newspaper at
the New York State Capital, and one of the
leading papers of the United States. There is,
therefore,no room to doubt that the particulars
of tho case aro accurately and carefully set
forth, In every respect true, and must therefore
prove of deepest interest to our renders; tbe ar¬
ticle is commended to their careful perusal.
C'ntnrrh Can’t be Cured
With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of tbe disease. Catarrh is a blood or con-
Itliutlonal disease.and in order to cure it you
have to take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is taken int ernally.aud acts directly on th*
Oiood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s proscribed Catairh
L ure is no quack medicine. It was
bvor.cof the best physicians in this country
(or years, and is u regular prescription. It ij
compoiedof tbe best tonics known, combined
with the best blond purifiers, acting dir. ctlv
on the mucous surfaces. 'Jhe perfect combi.
uation Biich wonderful of the i wo ingredients in curing is what catarrh. produce* Send
results
for esllinouials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Bold by druggists, nrice 75c.
The Only One Ever Printed.
CAN YOU FIND THE WORD?
There Is a 3 inch display advertisement In
this paper, this w eek, which has no two words
aU«e except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing each week, from Th»
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house p : acee a
"Crescent" on everything they make and pub-
Ibh. l/ook for it, send them the name of the
word and they will return you book, beauti-
VtJL LITHOGRAPHS or SAMPLES CUSK.
For strengthening and clearing the voice.
us«* “Brown’s Bronchial Troches.” —“I
have commended them to friends who were
publio speakers, nnd they have proved ex¬
tremely serviceable.”—Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher.
Signal, Mr. C. I). Payne, III., publisher writes: "I of the Union
Chicago, never saw
anything that would cure headache like your
Bradycrotine.” All druggists, fifty cents.
FITS stopped free by Dn. Kune’s Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day’s
use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and J2 trial
hot tie free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St„ Phila.. Pa-
Women are ever in extremes; they are
either better or worse than men.
Mart persons are broken down from over-
work or non-ahold caros. Brown's Iron Bif-
tors rebui ds of the bile, system, and aid* digestion, malaria. re¬ A
moves excess cures
ependid tonic for women and children.
The future destiny of the child is always ’
the work of the mother.
Beeciiam’s Pills are not a new remedy.
They have been used in Europe for 50 years,
ail well losted and excellent.
If nfflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp¬ bo*fti».
son’s Eye-water.Drne«i-<ts sell nt 25c per
-<■.
j
ui di
m
/to
Miss Mattie A. Cobb
of Providence, R. I.
For the terrible weakness and proitratlon
After the Crip, Diphtheria
Typhoid Fever, Scarlet Fever, Pneumoulft, Malaria
Fever* etc., Hood’s Sarsaparilla has been used with
wonderful sueoeM as a building-up medicine and
blood purifier. For example, read the following from
Miss Mattie A. Cobb of Providence, R. I., and her
mother. Miss Cobb 1 b a young lady of 18, a
Picture of Health
and a promising pupil in the High School. Her futho)
is a well-known police officer:
“Messrs C. I. Hood & Co.:
“I write to tell how much good flood's SarsApnrllla
has dono for me. I hail diphtheria aud was sick for a
year afterward, being
Weak, Blind and Helpless
I used one bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and II made
mo welt and strong.” Mattie A. Cobb, South Chea¬
ter Avenue, Providence, R. I.
“As my daughter wanted to write bow well she
liked Hood’s Sarsaparilla, I thought I would say a
few words. 1 think it is tho
Greatest Blood Purifier
before the people. Some of my friends sar ‘go away
with your medicine.’ I said the same oncu but since
my daughter has taken
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
My opinion has changed considerably.” Mss. Oeo.
N. Cobb, Providence, H. I.
Hood's Pills do not weaken the systemlikeothei
catliartloK, hut actually tone up and give krenglh.
I Kennedy's
MedicalDiscovery
Takes hold in this order:
BowgIs "
_ .
LlVCT »
UTi/lTwaTra XklUIiCyS,
* Tlicidp ° Slfiff
Outside « Skm, i •
Drlv tug everything before tt that ought tot* out.
You know whether
you need it or not
Sold by every druggist, and raanufactund by
DONALD KENNEDY,
BOXBIBY, MASS.
•Tutt’s Tiny Pills*
d stimulate the torpid liver, strengthen A
”,ho digestive organs, regulate the w
, ParlOUace,N^V.
| ‘ omce.jiO ~ A_4l ~ ^
I
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
A sheep has five stomachs.
Handkerchiefs wore first manufac¬
tured at Paisley, Scotland, in 1743.
Linen was first mado in England
in 1253, and only worn by the lux¬
urious.
In 1528 the Scotch Parliament passed
a law permitting women to propose
to men.
One of the scholars in a country
school at Grayson, Ky., is a Justice of
the Peace, aged 44 years.
St. Petersburg, Russia, boasts of a
talking clock, the marvol being due to
a phonogradhlc arrangement.
Australian eggs are now shipped to
Loudon, England, thanks to an extra¬
ordinary new process of preservation.
Tho first striking clock was im¬
ported into Europo by tho Persians
about tho ye:ir A. D. 800. It was
brought as a present to Charlemagne
from Abdella, King of Persia, by two
monks of Jerusalem.
Farmers near Leeds, North Dakota,
»rc complaining of tho depredations,
jf a herd of antelope that is destroy-
ing groat quantities of the unthreshed
grain, flax seeming to be tho favorite
food.
The first record we have of coal is
about three hundred years before tho
Christian era. Coal was used as fuel
in England as early as 852, and in
1234 the first charter to dig for it was
grunted by Henry III. to the inhabi¬
tants of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
By the will of Richard Berridge,
who lately died in England,$1,000,000
was bequeathed for educational pur-
poms, one-fourth of which amount or
g250,000, is to be employed exclusive¬
ly in the teaching of cookery iu vol¬
untary schools of England and Wales.
Louis Diebler, “Monsieur de
Paris,” who is soon to relinquish his
office because of old ago, has been for
forty years the chief executioner of
France and in that timo lie has decap¬
itated not fewer than 200 murderers.
His trade has made him detested by
his acquaintances, but he has had the
practical consolation of a fortune of
8120,000 amassod by it and for the
rest of his life a pension will be paid
him. Diebler is now seventy years of
age.
A wonderful mystery has always
been connected with the propagation
of eels, nor is it yet solved. To dis¬
tinguish the sox of au eel is only pos¬
sible by means of a microscope. All
that is known is that eels are hatched
or born in salt water, The shores,
bays and inlets swarm with young
wrigglers and they are found in great
abundance in places like Niagara
River, being unable to wriggle up the
falls. Unlike the shad and salmon,
which go up fresh water streams to
spawn, they go down to the salt water
to produce their young.
A Counterfeiter at Thirteen.
A novel counterfeiting case has beeu
disposed of at Lafayette, Ind., so far
as the preliminary proceedings go.
Samuel Wallace, a lad of about thir¬
teen, was before the United States
Commis-ioner charged with making
counterfeit nickels. Tho boy’s home
is at Marshfield, Ind. He purchased
a small quantity of lead, and boring a
long hole the size of a nickel,he poured
the led into it and thus shaped tho lead
into the size of tho genuine nickels.
Then he placed a nickel on each side of
the lead and hammered them until he
succeeded in making a fair impression
of the nickel on each side of the lead.
The-hogr* that he spent upon this
work must have been many, but boy¬
like he stuck to it with persistence.
At Marshfield, near his home, was a
store kept by an old man whose eye¬
sight was not of the best, and this
man soon secured all of Samuel’s
trade, lie made small purchases
there, and always paying for them in
nickels. At last the man discovered
what was going on and set about hav¬
ing the boy punished. The arrest of
tho boy followed. lie did not deny
making the lead nickels, aud af;cr a
hearing the United Slates Commis¬
sioner fixed his bond at $600, which
his mother furnished, and the little
shaver was allowed to go homo. He
is believed to be the youngest counter¬
feiter ever found, but bis work is
about as crude a job as any of Uncle
Sam’s officers have ever ruu across.—
[Chicago Tribune.
The Tull Grass of Tucatan.
The sisal grass of Yucatan is one of
the most remarkable vegetable prod¬
ucts known. It grows in long blades,
sometimes to the length of four or five
feet, and when dry the blade curls up
from side to side, making a cord
which is stronger than any cotton
string of equal size that has ever been
manufactured. It is in great demand
among llor sts and among manufac¬
turers of various kinds of grass goods,
but as soon as its valuable properties
become known it will have a thousand
uses which are now undreamed of.
Ropes, cords, lines of any description
and any size may be manufactured of
it, and a ship's cable of sisal grass is
one of the possibilities of the future.
It is almost impervious to the action
of salt water, and is not readily de¬
cayed or disintegrated by moisture
and boat, and wiil, in time, prove one
of the most valuable productions of
Couu-al America, _______
I I I
r ;«
\
Jl f% v \ ‘ 1
CofynioMT ib«
All alone,
both in the way it acts, and in the
way it’s sold, is Dr. Pierce’s Favor¬
ite Prescription for women.
It acts in this way:
If you’re weak or*“ run-down,’’ ft
builds you up ; if you suffer from
any of the painful disorders and
it derangements and peculiar to your sex,
relieves cures. It improves
digestion, enriches the blood , die-
pels aches sleep, and and pains, brings flesh refresh¬ and
ing restores
strength. For all functional weak¬
nesses tive remedy. and irregularities, Hence, it’s a posi¬
It’s sold in this way:
It’s guaranteed to give satisfac¬
tion, in every case, or the money
paid for it is refunded.
the They’re the take. smallest, the cheapest,
easiest to
But all that would be nothing,
if they weren’t also the best to
take.
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets pre¬
vent and cure Sick Headache, Bil¬
ious Headache, Constipation, Indi¬
gestion, Bilious Attacks, and all
derangements and of the liver, stomach
bowels.
“German
I Syrup”
must say a word as to the ef¬
ficacy of German Syrup. I have
used it in my family for Bronchitis,
the result of Colds, with most ex¬
cellent success, I have taken it my¬
self for Throat Troubles, and have
derived good results therefrom. I
therefore recommend it to my neigh¬
bors as an excellent remedy in such
cases. James T. Durette, Earlys-
ville, Va. Beware of dealers who
offer you ‘ ‘something j ust as good. ”
Always insist on having Boschee’s
German Syrup.
“MOTHERS’]
! FRIEND”
I r HP To Young
iff)}] »4f _ Mothers \
/ \
I Makes Bhild Birth Easy. I
8 Shortens Lessens Pain, Labor, i
S
o Endorsed by the Leading Physicians. J
n BRADFIELD Hook to **Mothers REGULATOR 9 * mailed FJZ J2JE. CO. J*
* § g
ATLANTA, GA. J
J Z*VO4heO&*O SOLD W BY ALL *** * * DRUGGISTS. f ** W *099*t
Dr. S. O. Parsons, I
Blood Purifier. !
Cures Swellings, Syphilis, Itch, Hu¬
mors, Skin Dis¬
eases, Rheumatism, Pimple*, Catarrh,
Scrofula. Ma'aria,
Fevers, Liver and Kidney
Diseases, Old go es, Erupt¬
ions and all disorders result¬
ing irom impure blood.
Price $1.00.
s SOLD BY DBUCH5I8TS.
Dr. S. C. Parsons, “Family
Physician” tells how to get well and keep well;
100 pages, profusely illustrated. SaFFor pam¬
phlets, question lists,or private information free
of charge, mt. address C. PARSONS, with stamp, Savannah, Ga.
S.
<&ka tp %j* \Jr on sole agency for an article
« that is needed in
h every
A home and indispensa¬
ble in every office*
SELLS AT SI OUT, in
town days or and country. steady 9700 income in
00 a “Bonanza”
wBags S W 8 ® &Q IP® KgS afterward. A Ciood
for the light poi son. and
iu S3 SUr- Saaa Gw w ^ jobs taken* are scarce Write ot once.
soon Ohio.
J. W. JONES. Hlasaser, Sprinsflchl,
HOW TO BEHAVE IN COMPANY, !
ciw And r<M«rke Dirmlem ft»p rwmt
Samtera on all oee»»i«as, C’ouvorwiUon, La. i
»iat)v aiinply people because hare th«r barn had misjudged rieelectid for J
▼ears to i
perform tome little polite act at tto proper \
time; many young men and women i have
lo»t*he opportunities of a lifetime on account
of their ignorance of some trifling customary
'S3 Sw«it! flSf §L\ frajj rule Etiquette of society. tells Our all Haild-llonk. about it. 186 Of
W III sides, backs, 4kx7 pages,
k ' heavy board cloth size in.
S fA. J I UTr^ fir? Eastern PHobFIPTY Printing CTS. Co. by mail 45,47,49 on receiptorprice Rose BLN. T.
KNNIONN—J»ae aided. all SOLDIERS! H di.-
S2 Fee fur increase. *261 /ears experience.
Write for Laws. A. W. Met A OR,VIICK Ac
SONS, W ASIIIN GTON, D. O. ClNtUNMATI. O.
MINERAL
PHILANDER BOOTH, Burlington, Conn.
P m- BICCBRS
v .V.
SJ"°d-pcUB L£S
* N cHil.0^ F > G -
‘SOLO By ALL D£ALERS\
ACCEPT AO SUBSTITUTE-
hrl CJ O to w w m X\ 0 CO > 2 $
t 3t - ? "3^ O a 3>»
£ Lb v- III! Ip M l| H l| J
H JK Clf C0 s 0) it § 8
III |lpa sill -:ggi !!f.£ ;i!l< fig §15 lli
il ! 2 1
T*4
OF
CARDU1
It Strengthens the Weak, Quiets the
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE DI8EA8E8.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
S1.00 PER BOTTLE.
CHATTANOOGA MED, CO.j Chattanooga, Tom,
7
ISp rJkAZwZ' \RON ONLY TRUE
EfTONIC reflate
vngiggM KIDNEYS, disorder, build remnvo I.IVEH
appetite, restore strength. health rcuoT
vigor and
Indigestion, or youth. Dyapepsln,
that tired fccU
'VBA iugahsolutely Mlud brightened, eradicated. brain
......'■"■him fe I FA IP A power bones, Increased,
fl ■IIII cles, nerves, mns-
If A receive new force.
LH U |Lu « suffering cullar their from complaints using It, j>e.
to sex, find
a safe, beautifies speedy cure. Returns
rose bloom one hecks, Complexion,
Sold ever ywhere. All genuine goods bear
“Crescent, ’’ Send us 2 cent stamp for 32**page
pamphlet.
DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St. Louis. Mt.
GOLD ME DAL, PA RIS, 1878.
_ W. BAKER & CO.’S
5^| Breakfast Cocoa
from which the excess of oil
has been removed,
Is absolutely pure and
it is soluble•
No Chemicals
are used in its prepara ion. It
has more than three times the
\J strength of Coooa mixed with
ii Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar,
and is therefore far more eco¬
nomical, costing less than one
centacvp . It is delicious, nour-
_ ishlng, strengthening, easily
digested, and admirably adapted for Invalids
as well as for per sons in he alth.
Sold by Grocers ev erywhere.
W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
Jackson’s
Wonder Vegetable THE GREATEST Introduction
Bean. , For Many Years.
It is a Bunch Bean. Prolific, Sweet, Rich
Flavor, Rood for lhe Table and fine for Forage.
A combination Snap, Lima and Butter Bean.
25c. per Papcr> by Mail. Special rates t»
Alliance Organizations. Catalogue. Send
lor Seed
MARK. W. JOHNSON SEED CO.
35 S. PRYOR St. ATLANTA, Ga.
PlSIto„ rL^jf ♦ ,
Stove
with Pastes, Enamels, and Paints which stain
the hands, injure the iron, and burn off.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish 13 Brilliant, Odor¬
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or glass package with every purchase.
A Sample Cake of Soap and Ui
fcw Bfeh. nags and Book Beauty; on Dermatology Illustrated;
SUED BBS* on Skin, bcalp, Nervous
and Blood diseases sent
ialSgap Disfignrementa. sealed for I OC.J also like
48SS^. vSiiBi ESuVTagwS . f 0i?iiIlS Birth Warts. Marks, India Ink Sides, and
ido l t*ov.( 1 t .i Xicrka, Scars,Fit-
aaBS^oYfctAl^ &bfflAlSZS!s2S££$' or by letter. < 2&
PISO’S CURE FOR,
Consumptive* and people
who have weak lungs or Asth¬
ma, should use Piso’s Cure for
Consumption. It has eared
thousands, it has not injur¬
ed ono. It is not bad to take.
It is the best cough syrup.
Sold everywhere. 85c.
CONSUMPTION.
DROPSY Treated FREE.
Positively Cured with Vegetable Remedies
0*3 E
*rmptoros rapi dly disappear; in 10 days two thirds of all
• ympton.s removed, fcsend for free book of testimonials
of miraculous cures. 10 days’ treatment Ire© by
mail. 11 you order trial, send 10c. m t tamps to pay post-
age. i)l£. H. H. RKEEN A SONS. Atlanta, Ga.
KING COTTON
Boy or sell your Cotton on JOHES
SlH 5-Ton Cotton Scale.
NOT CHEAPEST BUT BEST.
Tor term* add r.si
Big ^ JONES OF BINGHAMTON,
BINGHAMTON. M. X.
A. N. U..... ..... Fifteen ’92.