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DEAD* LETTERS.
rho Office to Which They nro
Sent In Washington.
'inding All Sorts of Articles in Missivos
That Go Astray.
Among the many places of interest to
visited in Washington, perhaps there
no other that is so absorbingly inter-
ting to the great mass of visitors as the
lead Letter Office and the museum con-
peted here, with it. There is nothing to bo
fcen but everyone is capable of nn-
lerstandiug and appreciating. Just in-
Ide the large hall a space is railed off,
rherc visitors may stand and observe at
teir leisure the work that is going on so
lisily. Over 15,000 letters a day to be
Jtatnined, assorted and disposed of!
that a large corps of clerks is needed
)r the work, and how quickly, skillfully
nd mechanically it goes on! In the
rst room the letters are opened and as-
>rted, those containing money or arti-
ies of value going one way and all the oth-
rs going another. A simple motion slits
pen an envelope with unerring precision,
he letter is withdrawn, unfolded, re¬
laced. The next letter the same. How
East the heaps of the examined letters
rrow, but the work docs not end, for the
ppply b' replenished is never exhausted, the letters but passed constant-
as are on.
Here, as in many other departments, the
Fork is several days or weeks behind
lime, and fresh appropriations are need-
id for more workers.
I The opened letters containing inclos-
bres of value are restored to the senders
Ivhen practicable, otherwise they arc re¬
korded aud filed away, and may be re¬
claimed at any time, Other letters are
pot recorded. They are returned to the
writers, if possible, and when the writers
Cannot can be found, the letters are de¬
stroyed. In the year 1884, more than
17,000 letters contained money, amount¬
ing to nearly $34,000. Some 20,000 let¬
ters contained drafts, checks, money or¬
ders, etc., to the value of more than $1,-
500,000. Some idea of the growth of
khe postal service in the United States
for a century may be formed, when we
bonsider in this connection the state¬
ment, quoted from a postal report in
1788, that “365 valuable letters have ac¬
cumulated in the department since 1777.
Many thousand letters are received an-
dually containing photographs, postage
stamps and merchandise. Thousands
yf letters arc deposited yearly in the Post
Office bearing no superscription what-
jver, and all such of course are forward-
id to the Dead Letter Office for examina¬
tion. Easter cards and Christmas cards
pre received by the gross. These are dis¬
tributed once a month among the child¬
ren in hospitals. All reading matter re¬
ceived, papers and magazines, are dis¬
tributed among adults in hospitals.
Interesting as is the work that is be-
ing carried on in the Dead Letter Office.
the museum of articles collected there is
infinitely more so. An inconceivable
variety of interesting objects, beautiful,
horrible, attractive, disgusting, amusing,
pathetic, valuable and worthless, are ar-
ranged in the glass cases. Some nice
jewelry is displayed, brooches, lockets, a
watch and chain, the latest addition be¬
ing a fine gold-headed cane, brought in
the very day of our visit. There are a
number of pretty rings, slender and
dainty circlets! How many an unwrit-
ten romance may they not have repre-
sentedl Were they betrothal rings, long
looked for with vain expectancy and
hope deferred? Did the senders wait for
a response, till the ardor that prompted
the gift grew cold? Who can teU?
Only the sibyls, sworn to secrecv, who
have persued the messages accompanying
the gifts .—Boston Transcript.
Americanisms.
There are three terms very often quoted
as American “slang” which possess cer¬
tain peculiarities of locality. These arc
“guess,” “calculate” and “reckon.”
One may travel through what are known
as the Southern States for five years and
never once hear either of the first two
words, unless spoken by a northerner
or a man from the West. The Southern¬
er “reckons” everything, except, perhaps,
consequences, and they are left to take
care of themselves. “Guess” is more or
less universal in the states, and ‘ ‘ealeu-
■late” is common only to the North and
extreme East. “Stranger” is frequently
erroneously used by English writers and
speakers as an ordinary colloquialism of
all Americans. It is the property of the
South and Southwest only, and even
Biere is rapidly becoming obsolete. But
fo these expressions it is hardly fair to
append the stigma of “slang.” Now-,
there are plenty of slang words and
ohrases in vogue in America which prob-
!y are meaningless to English minds,
>dy has purchased an article for con-
tffily more than its value, she shows
ir 5apness. husband, proclaiming its beauty
lie, seeing that she
*er <i overcharged, endeavors to per-
that such is the case, vainly,
,fo quite satisfied with her bargain,
-;ht,”says he, “it’s not my fu-
This is slang, pure and simple,
■ V
f derivation. It is an unin-
Itest against the elaborate ob-
• taonies indulged in by all
: be United States, and it is a
* t t4ce to one of those not unfre-
wzidies” that take place in weet-
Btlns, from which the men who
a (■ their whole skins have reason
W eir stars that “it is not their
h .Chambers's Journal.
,',Vhen He Gets Round.
•John, dear, I notice that your
nines never makes a friendly
dS unless he is intoxicated,
. nd—No, my dear, he doesn’t.
■remind* me of the moon.
$ 4 -—Reminds you of the moon?
■ -sband—Yes, dear; he never geta
A till he’* ivXl.—Botton Courier,
FOK THE FARM AND HOME,
Choice of Fruit Trees.
Mnny a dollar will be saved to the far¬
mer’s purse, and many years of fruitless
waiting spared him, by nttention to the
facts: that varieties arc influenced by soil
and situation;—that experience of prac¬
tical fruit-growers in the same locality is
a valuable guide in selection, and that
local nurserymen should be safe advisers,
unless self-interest impels them to work
off undesirable stock. Moreover, nearly
every state has one or more horticultural
locictics, often subsidized by the state,
for the express purpose of gathering and
imparting just such information as is re-
ferredto. While self-interest may not nl-
ways be wanting here, it is kept well un-
der, and the published opinions of horti¬
cultural societies may always be consulted
with profit by those who contemplate
setting out fruit trees .—Professor William
Trelease.
Contagion In tlie StRhlei.
Contageous diseases of a most virulent
diameter may be perpetuated for an in¬
definite length of time by feeding horses
in stalls where the disease has existed.
Of this kind we may mention glanders
and Spanish itch especially. Either of
those most fatal disorders may be con¬
veyed to other horses by feeding in a
stall where horses suffering with them
have been kept. To destroy the virus,
take a pint of sulphuric acid and put it
in a bucket of xvater, and with an old
mop wash all parts of the stall, especially
the trough and manger, as well as the
sides of the stall. Then put ft few
pounds of stick sulphur in an old iron
pot, and, stopping the stable as well as
possible, burn it, so ns to fumigate the
stable thoroughly, takingdue precautions
against fire. It is a good plan to set the
pot in a tub of water; then whitewash
with lime and carbolic acid. This will
protect them thoroughly. — Spirit of the
Farm.
Treatment of Sheep.
There are many reasons why the few
growers who still persist should abandon
the habit or washing their sheep before
sharing, and we know of not a single
nrgument in its favor. The practice was
inaugurated at an early day, and it is a
relic of old times, when the wool shorn
from the small flocks in the Eastern
Rtatcs was largely used up at home. Then
it was necessary to wash it either before
or after shearing, to prepare it for card¬
ing or spinning. Those days are past,
aud both the sheep and the owners
ought to be glad of it.
The yolk in a healthy fleece is nature’s
preservation of the fibre. It is a soapy
matter, with a strong potash base, resem¬
bling no other animal secretion ; it is, in
fact, a soap, with more or less free oil. It
preserves the elasticity of the fibre and
should be left in the wool until it is
wanted for manufacturing use. Manu¬
facturers well know that scoured wool,
ln tlm< ‘’ bcCOmeS brltt,e and loses its
clastlclt y> whlle '("washed retains all its
good qualities indefinitely. It is doubt¬
ful if anybody ever saw- a moth in un-
washed wool. It is, as a rule, free from
all vermin. The percentage of yolk in
healthy flocks of even grade is quite uni¬
form, but varying in different breeds
from 25 per cent, in the Leicester and
other coarse bree'ds, to 60 to 75 per cent,
in the very finest Saxon, the bucks always
carrying more than the ewes.
The system of washing in cold water
on the sheep’s back never results in a
washcd flecce fit fov the manufacturer,
but on!y t,le eradication of an unknown
and uncertain part of the yolk, contained
m flecce, which is thus changed into an
unmerchantable commodity to be sold on
its uncertain merits as to shrinkage. The
name or designation of washed wool has
ceased to have any charm, and the sooner
the practice of washing is entirely aban¬
doned the better it will be for the sheep
and their owners and the trade generally.
— Wool Journal.
lultrestliiK Eiptrlmrnti with Onta.
Among other interesting experiments
conducted by Prof. II. C. White, of the
University farm in Athens, Ga., under
the auspices of the State Commissioner,
and recently reported upon, was one test¬
ing the effect of different manures under
oats and of different top dressings.
The plot selected was a section of an
oat fidd 835 fc(,t lon «' and 133 fe( t wi,1c >
containing in all 2 1-2 acres. A strip 825
£?ct long and 49 1-2 feet wide was ma-
nured in the fall with well-rotted stable
manure alone at the rate of 20 bushels
per acre. A strip 825 feet long by 38
feet wide was manured with cotton seed
a ' onc *' le rll * ( ‘ °f 20 bushels per acre.
A strip 825 feet long by 49 1-2 feet wide
was manured with commercial fertilizers
(ammoniated) at the rate of 300 pounds
per acre. The plot was divided into ten
sections across the three strips, each sec¬
tion containing in all 1-4 acre, and sub-
divided into three parts, a containing
3-32 acres; h containing 2-32 acres, and e
containing 3-32 acres. The top dressings
( includin K cotton-seed meal, acid phos-
phate. nitrite of soda, sulphateofam-
monia an(1 TOuria te of potash) wore ap-
I’ lied at the rate of 100 l ,ounds P er acre
u P on each section on the same da y> im -
mediately preceding a shower.
The conclusions arrived at, according
to the ref:ults P res€nted in a table accom-
P an y in g the re P ort - and not given here
^ or * ar ^ s P ac c> are:
First—Where no top dressing was ap-
P bcd stab * e manure gave best results,
commercial fertilizer next best, and cot¬
ton seed much lower results.
Second —Cotton seed docs not appear
to be a good manure for oats, either with
or without subsequent top dressing.
Third —The largest yield, which was
1,518 pounds of grain and 2,742 pounds
straw per acre, was obtained by ma-
nuring with stable manure and top dress-
ing with nitrate of soda.
By manuring with stable manure and
top-dressing with muriate of potash,
wore gained 1,876 pouuds»of grain
8,820 pounds of straw per acre. By ma¬
nuring with stable manure and top-dress,
ing with kainit, were obtained 1,250
pounds of grain and 2,570 pounds of
straw per acre. Sulphate of ammonia ap¬
plied as a top-dressing with stable raa-
nurc gave 1,086 pounds of grain and 2,-
406 pounds of straw per acre.
Skillful full Ivn (loll.
Skillful cultivation should be the aim
of every one who raises plants and crops.
To make gardening and farming profita¬
ble, it is necessary to have something in
return for every stroke that is made, and
for every dollar invested. Even when
only a few house plants are cared for,
we expect to see growth and bloom in
repay for our care; if not, our interest
would soon be lost. We devote an acre
Of 01 land * an to t0 a a certain certain cron- crop, it it cost, costs for f th the
season the interest for a year on the in-
vestment made for it, beside the expense
of preparation manuring, cult.vating,
narvesttng, marketing, etc. Our crop is
but half what it might be, or what good
cultivation has proved what might ° bo
obtained. ,, . , The rl „ „mo . ond , oxpn,™ o( .
prt para ion, of sowing, and of cultiva-
tion, have been as much as for a full
crop, and the cost of harvesting and oth¬
er expenses but little less; but a part of
the land was too wet, and the planting
could not be done early, as it should
have been, and on the same account the
manure that was applied, though there
was not half enough of that, could only
produce partial effects; and so,from these
combined causes, we get back for our
season’s work, perhaps the expenses and
a little more. The interest and expenses
were $50 on the acre, and our returns all
told, amounted to $60, giving a profit of
$10. At this rate per acre on the whole
place, with what it provides for tho
table besides, with great economy, one
may perhaps, live along for awhile, and
the land is growing poorer, and the val¬
ue of the first investment is lowered—
the place is running down. But at a lit¬
tle more expense in preparation, perhaps
$10 on the acre, enough to insure tho
best results, making the whole $60 in¬
stead of $50 as before, the crop is twice
as great and perhaps further-enhanced in
value by its superior quality, All of this
success then, is profit—$60 or more, in¬
stead of $10—an amount that makes
prosperity and success instead of failure.
— Vicks Magazine.
llouseliold Hints.
Tough meat is made tender by lying a
few minutes in vinegar and water.
Cold tea should be saved for your vine¬
gar barrel. It sours easily and gives
color and flavor.
To soften the hardest old boots or
shoes, apply the fat from roast fowls with
a cloth or brush.
If a child offends table propriety,
promptly send him out of the room and
let hint take his meal alone.
Paint brushes may be cleaned perfectly
by putting into soft-soap for a day or
two, when the paint can be washed out.
Care should be taken that the soap does
not extend up over where the bristles are
fastened, as it will cause them to fall
out.
Kccipvs.
Stirred Bread .—One quart flour,
two large teaspoonfuls baking powder,
two teaspoonfuls salt, two eggs and sweet
milk to make a stiff batter; bake in a
loaf in a biscuit tin. To be broken, not
cut, and eaten hot. Water may be used
instead of milk by adding a spoonful of
butter.
French Fried Potatoes .—Pare the
potatoes, cut in blocks an inch long and
a little larger than a lead pencil, soak in
ice water an hour, drain and dry with a
towel, have as much hot lard as you
would to fry doughnuts, put in as many
of the potato strips as will go in without
overlaying and fry until a golden brown,
stirring them up often that they may
brown.evenly, take out into a colander
and dust lightly with salt.
Salad Dressing .—One heaping tea¬
spoon each of salt and mustard, two
tablespoons of thick, sweet cream, one
tablespoon of butter, three of sugar, one-
third of a cup of vinegar, the well-beaten
yolks two eggs; add mustard to eggs,
beat well; add sugar, salt, cream; stir
all well together and place over the fire,
and stir constantly until it thickens;
add vinegar last, pouring the dressing
over the salad and mixing it well. This
is especially nice for cabbage salad, but
can be used on other salads also.
Brown Bread Pudding .—Six ounces
of stnl. brown b^dcrumb., .lx ounc.
fresh butter, four eggs (the yolks and
whites whisked separately), onc-half
ounce powdered cinnamon, one-half
pound coarsest brown sugar. Cream the
butter, then mix well with the sugar till
quite smooth, add the well beaten eggs,
raid stir in gradually the other ingredi¬
ents. Steam the pudding for two hours
or even more (it cannot be too much
done). When turned out pour mol ted
cherry jam over it and serve hot.
Barricaded.
Champraineau orders a cab and gives
his direction to the driver. As they are
about to turn into a certain street he
opens the window with precipitation and
cries out:
“I say, driver don’t take this street.”
“Why not? Tire street is free.”
“No it isn’t; it’s barricaded, I have
a creditor who lives just below .”—French
Fan.
To Keep Boots I’lluble.
A mixture of mutton tallow and wood-
chuck oil is excellent for keeping boots
pliable and excluding water, If the
boots have become thoroughly water-
soaked fill them over night with dry oats,
which will absorb much of the moisture
from the inside and at tlie same time
swell so as tc keep the hoof in shape and
prevent ii* shrinking,
.LUTINGS FOR THE FURIOUS.
An electrical signal travels at the rato
of 16,000 miles per second.
i The American cats eight times
average
! as much sugar as the average Russian,
who prefers lemon juice to milk and su¬
, ■ gar in his tea.
Is it true that, when washing thoit
faces, men always mb up and down and
j snort ^ < *t while °ke women tly downward? apply the water and
u ‘ n r K rn
The American family is falling off in
j numbers. In 1850 it contained 5.56 per-
sons; in I860, 5.28; in 1870, 5.08, and
in 1880, only 5.04.- At present the av-
crage may be taken to be barely 5.
The farrago in ancient Romo was a par-
ticular kind of green crop, consisting of
i together c l’ T" broadcast 7’ and cut while ^ green S ° Wn
j as fodder for cattle during the end of
winter and beginning of spring, whence
the term xvas metaphorically used to sig-
nify a confused jumble of things.
Plate-glass was discovered in an acci-
uentai way :» in usog 1088, , by a man named ,
Thov.rt. It i. attributed to the break-
ing of a vessel containing melted glass ’ ■
portion of which found itg WRy under
large flag-stone, which, when subsequent-
, y T ov od „„ found to never a plate
ot glass. Ihis suggested the idea of
casting glass in plates.
At the beginning of every session of
Congress a new pine top has to be placed
on the speaker’s desk. Pine is used be¬
cause the ivory gavel produces a louder
sound upon it than upon some tougher
wood. Oak was once tried, but the oc-
cupant of the chair complained that a
sharp blow produced a stinging sensation
in the hand, consequently pine has been
used ever since.
A snider 1 , Mshnwn . hown k.,n by an estimate by ,
means of actually weighing it and then
"onfinimr -onnnmg it It in in a !. cage, ate four ,• times its ..
weight for breakfast, nearly J nine times *
tts . weight . , . for , dinner, thirteen times its
weight lor supper, finishing up with an
ounce, and at 8 p. m„ when he was re-
leased, ran off in search of food. At this
rate a man weighing 160 pounds would
requ ire the whole of a fat stoer for break-
fact, the dose repeated with the addition
of a half-dozen well-fatted sheep for din¬
ner, and two bullocks, eight sheep and
four hogs for supper, and then, as a lunch
before going to his club banquet, ho
would indulge in about four barrels of
fr 'sh fish.
Tim Japanese House.
The first sight of a Japanese house is
disappointing; it is unsubstantial in an- 1
pearanee, and there is a meagerness of „
color. Being unpainted, it suggestspov-
erty; and this absence of paint, with the
gray and often rain-stained color of the
boards, leads one to compare it with sira-
ilar unpainted buildings at home-and
these are usually barns and sheds in the
country, and the houses of the poorer
people in the city. With one’s eye ac-
customed to the bright contrasts of
American houses, with their white, or
light, painted surfaces; rectangular win-
dows, black from the shadows within,
wtth glints of light reflected from the
glass; front door with its pretentious 1
steps and .. portico; red chimney
warm sur-
mounting all, and a general trimness of
appearance outside, which is by no means
always correlated with like conditions
within—one is too apt at the outset to
, torm a loW estimate of Japanese house. ,
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An American finds it difficult indeed to
consider such a structure as a dwelling,
when so many features are absent that go
to make up a dwelling at home—no doors ;
or windows such as he had been familiar
with; no attic or cellar; no chimneys and
within no fireplace, and of course no cus¬
tomary mantel; no permanently inclosed
rooms; ___ and, j as for t furniture, no , beds , !
or
tables, chairs or similar articlcs-at least,
SO it appears 11 at first sight. p
One of the chief _ points of difference in
a Japanese r . house, compared i with ,
as ours,
lies in the treatment of partitions and
outside ... walls. ,, _ In houses , these ,
our are
solid and permanent, and, when the
frame is built, the partitions form part of
the framework. In the Japanese house M i
1
on the contrary, there are two or more
sides that have no permanent walls. !
Within, also, there are but few partitions
which have similar stability; J in their !
, !
stead arc slight sliding-screens, which
run in appropriate ______ . . in . the .. floor . i
grooves !
and overhead. These grooves mark the
limit Of each room. ihe screens may be
opened by sliding them back, or they
may be entirely removed, thus throwing
a number of rooms into one great apart- \ j
,k « **”« th » M.
a boUSr ma ^ ^ un ff °l >en sunlight I
and air. For communication between I
the rooms, therefore, swinging-doors are
not necessary. As a substitute for win¬
dows ' the outside outside screens screens, nr or thnii Moji, are ni-e !
>
covered with white paper, allowing the
light to be diffused through the house.—
Popular Science Monthly.
A llagc for Tattooing.
A gentleman writing from Yokohama
says: “The Japanese have acquired such
a passion for being tattooed that a law
h as been passed forbidding the marking
°f natives. The law does not apply to
foreigners. It is quite the thing now to
tattooed, and elaborate designs are
traced on many travelers as an indelible
reminiscence of their sojourn in the east.
The sons of the Prince of Wales, when
here a few years ago, were tattooed, and
several Russian dukes and sprigs of no¬
bility have undergone the process. The
son of Longfellow recently submitted to
a very elaborate tattoo decoration, and
for more than three months was in the
hands of the tattooe r, who did an amount
of work on him during this time that is
usually spread over a period of three or
four years. This caused, of course, a
severe nervous shock which he was only
' able to withstand by application of
i hypodermic injections of morphine.”—
1 Ron Jork Tribune
Eight Subject^
The inventor of photography was
Matthew Boulton, who died in 1809. lie
took some picture! previous to 17'Jl.
It is a familiar and yet It always
sllikea one HS a marvelous fact, that
worlds ■ — ------ may J have --—.V been — v ». .. for .... . year* j V ... •* in i - ■ X tx- -V
istence, • the . light . . of which . has not yet
I had tune to reach our earth, ami that
Mar^tua^hav^^beon Dir’a^on' 1 * Etnt^'ex-
tinct.
UNE „ of . the curiosities .... of .... light and
heat is the fact that rays of the sun
fiuOUlu pa w H through ft cake of ice with-
cut molting it at all, HS is the case when
the thermometer stands a little above
i | zero. That the rays of heat actually
Pirate the ice is shown by the fact
I that a lens of ice K ay be used for set-
\ ting fire to inflammable sub-tances.
| i T seem8 to be a verv commonplace
! V1 «bk) by reflection ^ but have
; you ever
lbou fi ht j ,l * k what this implies? If it
Turface possilile , , tw , make , a perfectly „ , smooth
it " would ’ ’ ’ be invisible 1 " • But ~ 1
as a
, matter of fact, nothing is perfectly
i smooth, and it is the little roughnesses
0 ?. th f ™ rfac e which break up the rays
1, ‘'gilt, and thus render the object visi-
be to .repioduS'b, our senses Wondprful S docen- bS
Son. u» of
polished mirrors, with the most startling
and magical effects.
Lv .^cent electric lighting experi-
1“;!'1" .
is reported, and portability has been
I gained by the use of a battery of great
I power and small size. T he elements are
a small packet of chloride of silver and
two plates of zinc, which are placed in a
cell with a weak solution of caustic pot'
ash, forming what is known as the
Skrivanofi’ primary battery. After a
time the chloride of silver is reduced to
metallic silver, wheu it is easily restored
by washing in a mixture of nitric and
hydrochloric acids. Willi each renewal
tJelvehours^ feed a gl ° W lam ‘'
—— ... „ --.
Bowen's Batlget. Fort Plain, N.Y., for March,
1886, says: Iff the multiplicity of medicines
piaceiluponthemarket.it is sometimes dlffl.
cult to distinguish between the meritorious
and the worthless. There are at least two ex-
I 1 cellent remedies widely used, We the efficiency of
whi li are nnouestioned refer *„ ^
Jacobs Oil and Red Star Cough Cure .
■ n n phVas^’o^lS^ _ . ,
^ D-if.mn, -rcantile wj,o sofa V nd° sulZ
manytooU a shoes
^ *tbbrc\ , ; : inte ^CrU d, ,1 de;,^r;" r ^ a "rtJn'ulus |
_
Solicitor of Patents F. O. McCleary, of
Washington, D. C., says the only thing that
dal him any good, when suffering with a se¬
vere cough of several weeks’ standing, was ,
Red Star Cough Cure, which Is purely veget- i
able and free from opiates and poison. !
Eli Orozier, who recently died at Wilming-
ton, Del., was noted for eecetricity. For the
past forty years he had worn the same white
hat, u hich lie once vowed tie would wear until
Henry Clay was elected President. When band
Lincoln was assassinated, he put a black
on tile hat.
Only Thlrty-lx p er Ceat.
of those who die. fiom consumption inherit the
disease. Ill all other cases it must either
he coutrrcted through carelessness; or ac-
Am^aS^
the disease in iis early stages. Itisde-
shortness of 1 breath!' spittln^of'bhwSfnight-
You can always tell a gentleman by where
llc spi,s -
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No lady should live in perretual troubles fear, that and
suffer from the more serious so
nften appear, when Dr. Kilmer’s Complete
Female Remedy is certain to prevent and cure
Tumor and Cancer there.
Hadabilious attack and one of those inde-
®
Knowledge , , is power, but powwow is not al-
ways knowledge.
T,ie 8 P*«*»dor of Dress
These d^blmy^ranyX^of‘feSwLak.’ be leached by inward
ne ?. 8 - must appli-
cation, and not by outward attempts at con-
cealment, and the ladies may take hope from
maVe Htem^lvesmS?; 1 radiant‘and 8 'be”utifrl
lIi eaid of the appliances of th e toiiet.
gene^ib'knowTyhi^nnp, pieCB °' cloth ’ is
A KingS lint.
N\ by is a lint like a king? It lias a crown.
The crown virtue of Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry
Cordia l is that it is the great Southern Remedy
for children teething and bowel affections.
Snuffles Mind the Babies.—C olds in tho Head and
develop into a Catarrh which ruins
cur »: u i ?., not a > ic l ui ' 1 or a, snuff, but is easily
applied , with the , finger. All druggists have it.
cts - Hy mail go cents. Send lor circular,
Ely llros., O wego, N. Y.
Has Bekn g . k. Ever Since.
Messrs. Ely Bros.: Gentlemen-My cold boy which (three
years old) was recently taken with
seemed finally to settle in his head. His nose
was dSGfiTu foVhfmTbreLtb^andrtec^ ti^d'rligst^fe 1 I
“ a w^TZ
d I
got a bottlo ot your Cream Balm. It seemed to
work like magic. The boy’s nose was clear in
two days, and lie has been O. K. ever since.—
E. J. Hazard, NewJbrkcity^Jan. 27, 1884.
livers, and sweet. upon the Patients seashore. who It have is absolutely taken pure
once it
prefer cided it it superior to all others. to Physicians of tho have de-
any other oils in
market. Made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New
YarIt ‘
CnAPPEP ---________ face, pimples and
cured by hands, using Juniper rouah
skill I?ew Tar Soap, madeby
C “ we11 ’ Hazard A Oo.. York.
smU^Uoivarerte 01 " 011 in aU h iS g '° ry never
The cleansing, antiseptic and healing quali-
SSJ&£'- ' “* -
Time will come and time will go, but the
swallow-t ail coat has come to stay.
Lyon’s Patent Heel Stifferners is the only
invention that will make old boots straight as
new.
If ft cough disturbs your sleep, take Piso’s
Cure for Consumption and rest well.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
WILL CURE
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS and FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN in the BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
KIDNEY AND LIVER
TROUBLES
FOB SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
Th?. Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red
£,ineA on wrapper.
TAKE no other.
A luxuriant head of hair adds to hnauty and
Comeliness. Use Hall's Hair Henewer. warranted
Hemember! Ayer's Anue Cure is
to cure fever and ague. It never tails.
When the poet rnnr of somethin'* that was
"stroll* without hands," he probably referred
to butter.
p r »teriin« Their nidus, has ad-
Probably anr >neern lu tht determination country to
bored more strictly to ih» printer's
j j achieve fo* success hits by Brmvii Ine liberal use of of of
than the mvn Chemical chemical Company ComDRnv
Baltimore, .Mil. starting business about live
matter, more than half of which has been paid
| for newspaper advertising. All this lias been
done to make known the virtues of tlieir cels-
brated Brown's Iron Hitters, ^
re £. iron asstftple
Hrown’a Hitter* is about in many
dnip-stores HR ^miilterT^e'^unsrru^ is flour at the corner grocery.
lous manufacturers who cater to just this sort
made on fraudulent than on Bonuine medi-
ernes, they are wilitna to delude the publto by
extensively, that the Company, finding all
etcr-
mined to try a little cold law to put a stop
to them, and suit, for heavy damages have
therefore — been — commenced. — We wish the
.. 1 every th£<T success in
Ume wim
f^omthiethoK have pluck enough to carry largo enterprises
and things.that effort, but by been copying and standard counterfeiting and
have mado val-
of An old adage says that tin; hardest is also operation of
a war is to stop it—the same true
a chicken tight.
Another Life Saved.
J. C. Gray, of Dadeville, A la., writes ns: “I have been
using your Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for tub Lungs,
and I can say, of a truth, It Is far superior to any
other lung preparation In tho world. My mother
was confined to her bed four weeks with a cough,
and had every attention by a good physician, but he
failed to effect a cure; and when 1 got one bottle of
your Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam for the Lu.vos, she
began to mend right away. I can say in truth that it
was the means of saving her life. I know of five
cases that Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam has cured, and my
mother is better than she has been for twenty years.”
12
j
$ ft
* TvAL
1 >
L
It ir THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY for the
bowels. Itis one ofthemostplcasaiit andeiri-
cacious remedies for all summer complaints. At
The wearied mother, losing deep in nursing $$£*£ the
Taylor, Atlanta, Ga., for Hid.lie Hook.
gumption. Trice, 25c. and $1 a bottle.
Br.kilmi III a o
£
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g=f=p WILSON'S
CHAMPION SPARK ARRESTER
Ijest he world. open draught No more arrester gin liuusei? In
L burned From engine wparks. Sold
■ pn guariintee. Write forCircu-
In r. 'I'. T. \\ IN DSOK A < 'O., Nos.
23 A25 Wayn e ?t. , M iiledgcvilie, (*tt.
Scrofula of Lungs.
I am now 49 years old. and have suffered for the
last fifteen years with a lung trouble. 1 have spent
thou sands of dollars to arrest the march of this dis
e ; but temporary relief was all that I obtained.
1 was unfit for any manual labor for several years.
A friend strongly recommended the use of Swift’s
Specific (S. S. S.), claiming that he himself had been
greatly benefitted by its use in some lung troubles,
l resolved to try it. The results are remarkable. My
cough has left me. my strength has returned, and I
weigh It has been sixty three pounds years more .since than I stopped I ever did the in use my of life. tho
I T I • ' dicine, hut I have had no return of the disease,
and there are no pains or weakness felt in ray lungs.
I do the hardest kind of work. T. J. Holt.
Montgomery, Ala., June 25, 1885.
Swift’s Specific Is entire! y vege table. Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases i mailed free.
Tiik swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.,
or 157 W. 23d St., N. Y.
Free Farms in SAN Sunny LUIS.
The most H onderful Agricultural 1‘ark in America.
Surrounded by prosperous mining and raanufactur-
Ing towns. Farmer’s Paradis■! Magnificent crops
rrused in 1885. TSioiiflumltt of Acres of (iovern-
r ncnt Land, subject to preemption and homestead.
Lands for sale to actual settlers at $3.00 per Acre.
Long Time. Park Irrigated by Immense canals. Cheap
railroad rates. Every attention shown settlers. For
LOAN mai s, pamphlets, CO., House etc., a I dross COLORADO Col. LAND .4
Opera Block, Denver, Box 2390.
■imiTi 5 TON
til WAGON SCALES,
ir»a Levon, Stool Bearing*, Braaa
Taro Beaai and Beam Box.
AND
I, JONE8 ho payo tho frolght—for froo
Prle« Llot mentloa this paper an4
•rfdrc. Rfuchamton, JONES OF BINGHAMTON, N.Y.
a
CONSUMPTION l have poeltlve roraedy for the above
a d lsenae; by ite
veo.thnuBauils of cases of the worst kind and ravfaitS of long
etaading haro been cure d. Indeed./oetr onglu
In Its efficacy, that I wl I lendTWO BOTTLES thfidlSlIi FREE
together with a VAI.UABLKTUEATISB on
yBufToror. Give express «nd V O.nddr rb.
DU. T, A. SLOCUM, 181 l»l i’ PexrlBt., New York.
ASTHMA CURED!
German Anthimi Cure nevor fails to give
j fortable ® “ immediate sleep; effects relief in the where worst cases, all others insures fail. com¬ A\
\trieil cure*
$1.00, convinces the most skeptical. Price 60 eta and
[stamp. of Druggists It. I||FFM or bv mail Sample FKF.K for
IMF M \N. M. Paul. Minn.
^ W aUrWhea I Hi [^stoies ^^
Vis l*T I Prices DtlMmrMSaffiafiSl wonderfully low. Send for WggMflll g
U rg« ctuloguc. Meution thiit paper.
Dr. ward a, co.. lolisiana; mo.
THDRSTOfTS SMOOTHPOWDER
K repine Teeth PeiTerr and Cum. Ilealtliy.
SURE CURE
Pensions ■ ¥H ¥ 1 VH¥ HAM, Klr-TT Aliy, Washington, ”” 5 ® d. O. 1
a The Best
Waterproof
fosa brM^ Coat.
Tho PISH BRAND SLTCKER is warranted waterproof, and will koep you dry In
the hardest ttnrm. Tho new POMMEL SLICKER Is a perfect riding coat, and
covers the entire saddle. Beware of Imitations. None genuine without the “Fish
Brand” trado-rnsrk. Illustrated Catalogue freo. A. J. Tower, Boston Mass.
MUSTANG
Survival of the Fittest.
A FA511 IT MEDICINE THAT IIAN IIKALBD
MILLIONS DURING 35 LEAKS!
m
A BALM FOB EVEKI LVOCAII* OF
MAN ANH 111.AST I
The Oldest & Best Liniment
EVER MADE IN AMERICA.
SALES LARGER THAN EVER.
■ Tlio Mexican Mustang Liniment hns
if t>ccn known for more limn Hiiily-tlve
if years hs the liest of nil l.lnlmenta, for
■ Man mill Hciist. Its salts to-ilpy are
■ larger than ever. It cures when alt
■ ■ others fail, ami penetrates tiro skin, tendon
and imisclc. to very hone. Sold
■ everywhere.
DROPSY
TREATED FREE!
DR. H. H. GREEN,
A Specialist for Eleven Years Past,
Has treated Dropsy and Its complications with the
most wonderful success; us'* vegetable remedies,
entirely harmless. Removes all symptoms of dropsy
in eight to t wenty pronounced days. hopeless
Cures patients by the best of
ph' sicians. the rapidlv disap¬
From the first dose svmptoms
pear. and in ten dajs at least two-thirds of all S 3 mp-
toms arc removed.
Some D 18 V cry humbug without knowing anything
about it. Remember, it- does not cost you anything in g
h o realize the merits of rav treatment- for yourROlf. “ir
In ten days the difficulty urinary of breathing is it •liovftd. <HgZ
lie pulse regular, the sleep is organs made to
charge llieir lull duty, restored, the swelling
all or nearly gone, the strength increased, and appe¬
tite made good. I am constantly curing cases of
ioug standing, cases that have been declared tapped a num¬
ber of times, and the patient days’ unablo to
live a week. Send for 10 treatment; directions
nd terms free. Give full history of case. Varna
sex. how long affiicted, how badly swollen aud where.
is bowels costive, have pamphlet, legs bursted and dripped
wafer. Send for free containing testi¬
monials, (locations, etc. furnished by
Ten da a treatment free mail.
Send 7 (rents in s'ainns lor postage on medicine.
Epilepsy tits positively cored.
II. II. (dlKKN. M.
Mention this 55 Jones Avenue* Atlanta, Ga.
paper.
A Skin of Beauty is a Joy Forever
DR. T. FELIX QOURAUD’3
ORIENTAL CREAM, OR MAGICAL BSAUTIFIEi
2 asmstoe K emove* Tan, Pirn pies,
* Freckles. M oth Patches,
- 5 — Hush and Skin diseases, and
— CO • ^ every blemish on beauty, It
, J and deni's detection. on. has
5* toad the test ot
m j 50 years and is
no nannleas we
7 * * “ taste ii to be sure
*•* ‘■it W « is the properly preparation
‘ made. Accept
LA J no coi inter felt
of sindh *r name,
^ The disting i ish-
^— A ed Dr.L.A.Sa
3 snid to a lady of
the haut ton,
(a patient): ladies will “As
you them, I
use rec¬
ommend ‘Gour-
aud’s Cream' as
the leapt harmful of all the Skin preparations.” One bottlo
wiJi Will last six months, usinu it every day. Also PoudreSub-
tile e removes r superfluous Imlr without injury to the skin.
fllll f. H. B. T. <*Ol UAl I), Sole Prop., 4 S Rond SI.. New York.
For sale by Druggist* and Fancy Goods healers in the
\ s., Canada.', Europe. £ *T Be ware of tmse i mi tut tons.
1 , 0 Go Reward tor arrest and proof of any one sellin:; same.
^ioo^ ^ ^ JJss.-s^.isas ward 1
M ble can be made of the letters in the word Amer- pi
it i*'» ii 1 Proper names excluded, If
U SlOO RF W YRDf or a correct answer.
jj| " more ward will than be one divided correct among answer the is received, first twenty. the re-
| *! | If more than twenty are received, the next fifty
P will American each get their Hook choice List of IVo. any volume and from the last the
In twenty-five ed will 1, each get $1.00
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fl ftfnor cash. four Each months’ answer subscrip: in ust be tion accom to panied The New by 50cts York
i
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•f I best weekly newspapers American in this country. $1.75 Th >■ r eg.
ular price nothing of The for competing is for these a valuabl year, . s so
II V you pay closes
rewards. Competition June 15th, 1886. Order,
Send money oy Registered Letter, P. O.
ir Postal Note. Samplo copies of Tiie American Broadway,
« Free. Address The American, 171
i M v York.
N'iilii.VOU fiij
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Yon aro allowed Celebrated a free Voltaic trial of thirty days Elec of the Sus- ns®
of Dr. Dye’s Appliances, for tho speedy Belt, witn relief and trie
pensory of Nervovs Debility of Vitality per¬ and
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Manhood , and all kindred troubles. Also for many
other diseases. Complete restorat ion to Incurred. Health, Vigor, Illusn
and Manhood pruaranteed. No risk i.i by ad*
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& & dote hui orrectuiny*Th?oSfv for the Alcohol not iclrntl/lc Instan and anti¬ n/i
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ical profession Highly endorsed by the welt- med¬
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No Rope to Cut OR Horses' Manes-
Celebrated ‘ELLIPSIS’ HA I,TEH
and II It III I, E ( .unbilled, ennnol j*
be Slipped by any horse. Samplo Jr
Halter to any part of U. S. free, on A
receipt of $ 1 . Sold by all Saddlery, Dealers.
Hardware and Harness Trade. rvi‘
Special discount to the ,
Send for Price LIGHTHOUSE, List. \Ef jk
J. C. N. Y.
Kocliexter,
JKSJSElI *■ WuSon’R Patont). lOO per
1
try. * Also POWEB U MlTM n md Pl SKfiiSii
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honest Investigators. Tub Human ■
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Blair’s Pills. c il*.S" s Sd " 4
Ovwl Boat) SUOOi round, 50 ct«.
_
E^ATEfy r P^ntLau T 9 Q pbtalned. Send stamp W for
ham, y r .
PENNYROYAL PILLS
CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH.”
Ihe Oritrtunl mid Only Ucnnlne.
isasssa; i»w&inas«*asr«*
Za I a Madl.m, N^naro. I-Uiluda., Pa.
s*iiN^w| « has taken the lead !«
tlie sales of that class of
ii? remedies, almost universal and has satisfac¬ given
JS m MfQoaruDtrirtl not tion,
pSlfliF cause Stricture. ■ MURPHY Pans, BROS^ Te*
Mfd only by the ©haswon the favor of
Chscical Co. the public and no w ranks
among the leading Medi-
IML C!ncinnail,BB|| cine* A. of the L. oildom. SMITH.
Druggists. Bradford, Pa.
Sold by
Price $1.00.
m H Best, Piso’s ICuslest Remedy 1 Use, for Catarrh Cheapest. Is the H
.1 and
CATARRH
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