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Habit of Snuff Taking. ,ve had a very considerable acquaint srith snuff takers of every degree. whose acquaintance I made pfentleman living at I Reading Eng many years ago. was the way in which the old gentleman d his nose from a supply he m ... ‘d Ins that vvaistcoat his . , waistcoat . pocket. , , pocket 1 T afterwanl . [with I leather for the better keeping snuff, and also that he had a little a table standing by his bedside with pff box, from which he refreshed ilf in his wakeful moments through tX tv was about one pound per week, lasted, hich I should think at least half for from his chin to his shoe Us you could not teU what color of es , he wore they ,, were all „ so . be kled with Hanison s Brown. other phenomenal snuff taker that |)\v well used half a pound a week, lid not scatter it about. He told me lie had an affection of the lachrymal of one of his eyes, and he found relief from his snuff taking. Only A I spoke to a snuff taker of twenty standing, whose consumption nver about five ounces a week. I have snulf taking myself for two First, I was told I could not I f^lt sure T could, and I did: ft ftded second, I found my speaking voice by the particles of tobacco get ■into my throat. I once took a pinch ■ a friend’s box which caused me ex ■te torture, setting up an inflamma involved my whole face and ■me from business for a week. That Btvhat Rfwas adulterated. I have seen noses disfigured by the too long con ®d use of Irish and Welsh snuff.— :co. s S\ Crows as Pets. fege has sprang up this summer al feu of the country places for crows as 1 those who have adopted the , Kd IjjtouUaiuk-s The 'of 6 has this^much proved i| crow ®re ea«ify domesticated. Once his ^|t clipped and lie is well fed he I g> very far away. Though at These Vo iiay exhibit signs of timidity, in Its leave him altogether and he one of hLs chief characteristics l^e lere of company. Wherever people |t he will prefer to be, and in this is not unusual for him to become bance. B%iief, He is, moreover, an incor The and will carry away every Kg can lift with liis big beak, pre \ those things which are bright and to duller objects. He is a glutton, p,nd a piece of meat held at a tantal ■ distance from the bird will mvari provoke a loud and demanding fv.”—Philadelphia Bulletin. A FEW STATISTICS. ■ people of the United States use about ■000 lead pencils a year. C old earth of ours travels over 11,000, VO miles every seven days. |t764 St. Louis was laid out in town lota t8|settlement commenced. Jpries VII of France in 1445 established modern standing army. schools of the United States to 320,000 teachers. * cold cut iron nails were manufac in Cumberland, R. I., and it is said tpfere the first made in this or any other .17. Good Advice. be too eager to show- off your tal son. Keep dark. Many a man has eputation for himself by just doing it all. As long as a man doesn’t try thing people are ready to believe le Is equal to do everything. When he san attempt and fails in one direction jehu eved to be incapable in all direc —Boston Transcript. Reviving Persons Apparently Dead. At scientists a jpeeting this of the subject last congress discussed, of Ger¬ man was and Dr. H. Frank mentioned that there are but first is considered dangerous by him, us it may easily destroy the last power of contrao tion remaining in the organ. But what is termed “pectoral concussion” is decidedly preferable. Dr. F.’s method is as follows: Ke flexes the hands on the wrist to an ob tus^.angle, places them both near each other in the ileo-caecal region, and makes vigorous .strokes in the direction of the heart and of the diaphragm. These strokes are repeated "r a 10 ss* trikes the chest over the heart repeatedly with the P alm of bis hand. In favorable “ 8e «. this me ‘ ho !* j s «>riy successful, and *”“*“?!. angles of the f, mouth appears . <* with llds surprising or . «"> * rtt idity as the first sign of returning life As soon as the symptoms aro noted, the simple manipulations above described must be earnestly continued and j>er severed in from half an hour to one hour, for, with their cessation, the phenomena in¬ dicating beginning return of lifo also cease, Generally the face assumes a slight reddish tint, and at the same time a faint pulsation may be felt in the carotids. Bv this method Dr. F. has seen life return in fourteen cases, among whom were such as had hung them selves, drowned and asphyxiated by carbonic oxide, and in one case by croup. lu. three cases of asphyxia by coal gas and in one case of apparent death by chloroform the method described alono succeeded.—Medical and Sur gical Reporter'. All Broken Up. Charlie Knickerbocker—What’s tho mat¬ ter, Gus? You theme all bwoke up. Gus Snobberly—Yeth, Chollio, I'm .1 pwe feet wreck. Cawt cold lasth night. “Gweatheaventh! have you been expothin yerself?” “I went to the opera, Chollio, and the scoundrelly usher gave me a pwogwam that had just been pwinted, and it w.T-h tho dem moist and damp that I got cliiiicd Urn and ttai. -Texas .Sifti ng s,......... Canada expects to furnish homes to u large number of Iceland emigrants this win^t --- HYMEN’S QUEER FREAKS. -- At Gardiner, Mo., at a recent wedding, thi groom was but 19 years of age, while his bride was GO Mrs. Jay, 05 years old, was married to the Rev. Mr. Sargent, 26 years old, at Camming, Ga., recently. A genuine sensation was caused recently in Sheboygan, Wis., by the announcement of the marriage of Mr. Joseph Keller, aged 73 years, and Miss Mary Baucknecht, a charm tag damsel hailing from Man itowoc, aged 10. Remedy for a Black Eye. There is nothing to compare with the tincture or a strong infusion of capsicum annum mixed with an equal bulk of mucilage of gum arabic, and with the ad dition of a few drops of glycerine. This should be painted all over the bruised sur face with a camel’s hair pencil and al lowed to dry on a second or third coat mg being applied as soon as the first 1 dry. If done immediately after the in jury is inflicted, this treatment will al most invariably prevent the blackening of the bruised tissue. The same remedy has no equal in rheumatic, sore or stiff neck. -St. Louis Medical Journal. Brace Up. Yon are feeling depressed, yonr nppe tile is poor, yon ere bothered wilh Head¬ ache. you are fidgetfy, nervous, and gen¬ erally out of sorts, and want to brace np. Brace up, not with stimulants, spring medicines, bitters, which have for their basis very cheap, ba<^ whisky, and which stimulate you for an hour, and then leave you m worse condition tb»n before.What you want is an alterative that will purify vour blood. staTt healthy action of yonr Live and Kidneys, restore your vitality, and give renewed health and strength. Such medicine you will find in Electric Bitters, and only 50 cents a bottle at Cook Bros. HOW DO WE DIG OUR GRAVES ? We must eat or we cannot live. This we all know. But do W6 all k >T that we die by eating 7 It is said we dl o onl * graves With OUT teeth. How foolish this sounds. Vet it is fearfully true. We aro ter riiied f at the npproach 1.P 1 ° ttcn ° of r the tlio ciiolera cholera nlld huei, , yet there is a 018 ease constantly at our doors and in OUT houses far more dangerous and destructive. Most people have in i heir own stomachs a poison more ^ but m Tr thegerms of those maladies \ v Inch sweep men mto eternit 01 ' by thousands without warning demies. in But the it times of great epi- if is a mercy that, we are wfltckful i i r t »•«“» tell ; when , > " r e are threatened. , The following are among the symptoms, yet they do not always necessarily appear in the same order, nor are they always the same in different cases. There is a dull and sleepy feeling; a bad taste in the mouth, especially in the morning; the appetite is change a fil e sometimes poor Olid again f* it seems as though ,, , the patient ,. could , , not eat. enough, and occasionally no appetite at all; dullness and slug gishness of the mind: no ambition to study or work; more or less head ache and heaviness in the head; dizziness on rising to the feet or moving suddenly; furred and coat ed tongue; a sense of a load on the stomach that nothing removes ; hot an( j dry skin at times; /. yellow tinge 0 m -lx the eyes; scanty l and liigh-colored , , , urine ; sour taste in the mouth, fre quently attended by palpitation of the heart; impaired vision, with epcts that seem to ^ SV vimiiimgin the a ir before the eye«; a cough, ' vlth » greenish-colored expecto ration; poor nights rest; a sticky about the teeth and gums; hands and feet cold and clammy; irritable temper and bowels bound up and costive. This disease Imp. p UZZ ] e d the plivsicians and still puz zles them. It is the commonest of a ;i mentg anf i J V fit th« most cnmnli. n P“ 1 ’ filled , , and , mysterious. . Sometimes it is treated as consumption, some times as liver complaint, and then again as malaria and even heart dis ease. But its real nature is that of constipation and dyspepsia. It arises in the digestive organs* and soon i.u„ ^1.1 1 11. n , ough 1 the ,1 J corrupted - and A poisoned blood. Often the who e body—including the nervous system—is literally starved, even when there is nc emaciation to tell the sud story Experience has shown that there 1* t one remml J that ca „ c „ rtain ] J y cure th ‘ a disease v in . all n its Mages, namely, , Shaker , Extract of Hoots or Mother Seigel s Curative Syrup. II never fails but, nevertheless, no time should be lost in trying other so called remedies, for they will do no good. Get this great vegetable preparation, able (discovered by a vener¬ nurse whose name is a house hold word in Germany) and be suit to get the genuine article. GIVEN UP BY SEVEN DOCTORS, Shaker Extract of Roots or Sei crOQ el's Syrup has raised me to good ealtli after seven doctors had given me up to die with consumption.— So writes R. F. Grace, Kirkman ville, Todd Co., Ky. HE HEARD OF IT JUST IN TIME. “I had been about given up to die with dyspepsia when I first saw the advertiaenwnt of Shaker Extract of Boots 01' Imitfiss Sei el’s Syrup. After using four I was able to at tend to my business as well as ever. I know of several cases of vhixls and fever that hum been cured by it." So writes Mr. T1106. Pullum, of Tayv lor, Geneva 00., Alt... WORTH TEN DOLLARS A BOTTLE. Mr. Thwmus P. Evansz, of the firm‘ of Evans 8: Bra, Mercimntfi, Horn‘ town. Acmmm-k (30., V9... ‘xn'ites that he had been sick With digestive had diserdem for many years mu’i tried many physicians and medi cines Without benefit. He began to £1533 Shaka Elxh‘myt, of {touts 0r Sei gel‘s Syrup about the lat of Jan. 1887, and was so much bettar in three weeks that he considered him self practically a well man. He adds: “I have at this time one hot tle on hand. and if I could not get any more I would not take a ten .tlodar billfor it." ' , 1 W», Imme 3% ,1 1 iV i fl iWrll E 9 SKI Aft«r Forty years' T eiperionce in the preparation ot more BW than Oue Hundred Thousand appUeattons for patents in the United publishers Stales and of Foreign the Scientific coun¬ tries, American the continue to act solicitors as for patents, caveats, trade-marn, copy _____rights, etc., for the United States, and to obtain patents in Canada, England. 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