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A CHINOOK DANCE.
—
How th® Yakima Indiuns
Propitiate the Diety.
Weird Iccantatmns and Grotasqno Dances
in Washington Territory.
A recent issue of tho Yakima (Wash¬
ington Territory) Signal says:
Yakima (W. T.) Signal .—The Indians
are by nature superstitious, but the ag¬
gressions of civilization in this quarter
have killed many of the old beliefs of the
Yakima tribes in signs, “hoodoos,” and
the efficacy of pum-pum and Turn uni urns
lances, and the incantations of medicine
men in driving away the evil spirit.
There are some, however, who refuse to
conform to the new customs and revel in
uperstitions handed down by their un¬
tutored progenitors. This factiou held
t.ieir annual Tutnanimus dance and feast
on Monday last, on the reservation just
>elow Union Gap. The Signal reporter
was on hand with the expectation of
capturing an interesting item, but the
mummeries which were weird and fasci¬
nating were at the same time entirely un¬
intelligible. At the head of the Gap on
a promontory a large white flag floated
from a pole, and two miles further on
blue, white and orange flags marked the
long, low building or shack where the
exercises were being conducted, The
medicine house, for so it proved to be,
was about seventy feet in length and
completely covered with the matting.
From the inside came the monotonous
chant of many voices and the steady beat¬
ing of Indian drums, but although the
Signal representative and a young lady
who accompanied him walked completely
around the structure they could find no
entrance, and were debating a plan of
action, when a fly of the matting sud¬
denly flew up immediately in front of
them, and the hideous painted face of a
fantastically clad siwash presented itself
to view and nearly scared the young lady
into convulsions. A friendly wave of
the hand, however, disarmed fear and
ushered the pilgrims before a scene of
barbaric grotesqueness which would tax
the pen of a Dumas to describe.
On a platform covered with skins, at
one end of the lodge, Indian children
were crowded, and in front of the little
ones was thc orchestra of six huge bucks
with instruments which appeared to be
made of sheepskin stretched over empty
cheese boxes. Along the length of tho
temple or lodge were ranged the bucks
on one side and the klootchmen on the
other. They were all clad in gorgeous
costumes and the many-colored blankets
and prints gave a rainbow appearance to
the worshipers. Their faces were paint-
ed with orange, blue, red and white
paints, and when there was any consider¬
able space of solid color there would ap¬
pear fairly well executed figures of
moons, stars, birds and beasts, in con-
trasting tints. All had fans of feathers
and many wore head-dresses of fine furs,
feathers, and even the horns of animals.
There are various pum-pum*
during the year for divers objects, tho
one just celebrated being Turn animus, or
Chinook dance, held for the purpose of
propitiating the Deity and bringing ou
the warm winds from the Orient to carry
off the snows. When the winters are
usually hard the Indians do severe pen¬
ance, and three years ago, when the cat¬
tle and the Cayuses were dying by the
hundreds, the Tumuuimus lusted for
ten days, and the self-inflicted punish¬
ments were of a rigid nature, Sa-lu-
skin, one of the head Indians, took a
dull knife and hewed out great blocks of
flesh Irom his arms, singing and dancing
all of the time in religious frenzy, The
next observance is the festival of the
“reburial of the dead,” when the bones
of Indians who have died or been killed
will be exhumed, covered with new
blankets and exposed to the view of rel¬
atives. Then comes the salmon dance,
at which the Great Spirit is entreated to
send a free run of that succulent fish
which form so prominent a factor in tiie
Indian food supply.
The recent Tutnanimus was under the
direction of Co-ti-ah-kin the head medi-
cine man, who directed the observances
by means of a bell. For hours and
hours the Indians would dance and chant
their songs, which are not devoid of
harmony, until tired nature could bear
no longer, and then they would fall on
their knees and offer up their “amons’
to the exhortations of the medicine man.
The singing and prayers were all in tiie
nativo language, and even the lookers-on
who were familiar with the jargon were
unable to catch the drift of the importu-
nir*e.
The Brakcman’s Peril.
The present method of coupling freight
ears is primitive, costly and dangerous to
life and limb, and for years the inventive
ingenuity of the country has sought to
produce a better way that would be ac¬
cepted by railroad managers. Over 4,000
patents for couplers have been taken out,
and yet the “man killer” has not been
displaced. Few people have the remot¬
est idea of the number of men who have
been crippled or killed coupling cars. I
venture to say that the casualties from
this cause for the last ten years far exceed
in number the killed and wounded of
any battle of the late rebellion. A num-
her of states have passed laws requiring
all cars built or owned within their limits
to be fitted witii couplers winch can be
operated without going between the cars,
but in none of ihem is any serious attempt
made to enforce the law. Everv year the
Master Car Builders’ Association and the
convention of railway superintendents and
the master machinists devote consid.rble
time to testing automatic couplers, with
but, little apparent progress, so far as
fctheir adoption by the roads is concerned,
w- Philadelphia Newt.
Making maple sugar by steam is a new
enterprise just started in Michigan.
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
The Beat Tree tor riantlng.
The locust is an excellent tree for farm
plantiug, because it makes the most dura¬
ble posts. It grows quickly, and when
cut sprouts from the root. It should be
grown 8 feet apart, which gives 080 trees
to the acre, and it is'not difficult to pro¬
duce trees to cut two or three posts each,
aud thus make 1300 to 2000 posts per
acre, wortli 25 cents each. The future
fence will be post and wire, as it is the
cheapest and most durable. Chestnut
ia the next best tree, and inferior to lo-
aust only in durability; but it grows
more rapidly, and tills may perhaps
equalise the two, as it is certain two
crops of chestnut posts may be grown
for ono of locust. This tree also sprouts
freely from the root and makes a second
growth more productive than the first.
The seeds may be planted in the fall,
and the ground should be plowed early
in the fall and replowed before planting.
It is a good plan to drop the nuts on the
plowed ground four feet apart both
ways, then cover them by the second
plowing two inches deep, and then cut
the first growth when large enough for
stakes .—New York Time*,
h’raii SitetlltiK.
An exchange says that whether to seed
to grass iu spring or autumn depends on
circumstances. On some lands when the
weatuer is favorable fall seeding will
seem to do best. But often when the
autumn months are dry the grass gets
such a poor start that unless the winter
is very favorable it makes but a poor
showing the following spring. Crickets
and grasshoppers often do much damage
to fall seeded land. In dry weather the
young grass starts slow, and makes but
little growth, aud at such times these in¬
sects are usually very plenty, and on the
borders of the new seeded land they often
eat the tender grass as fast as it grows
until it is entirely destroyed. By seed¬
ing in the spring w T e avoid these ei.uses
of failure. By seeding in spring with
graiu we save the ploughing and harrow¬
ing of the land for one crop, as two crops
are sown together. When grass seed is
6own in spring with grain on good, well-
prepared land it is almost sure to start
and grow well till tho grain ripens and
is harvested. If the grass fails it is usual-
ly at this time. We have noticed that
when the gran was cut gre n for fodder
the grass did much better than when it
was left to ripen.
]tii>e Experience.
An old man who has tilled the soil for
for , year8( and is out of debt, prosper-
oug and happy> has given the world
geTCn Taluable Maxims. They constitute
a wry good creed .
1. One acre of land, well prepared and
well cultivated, produced more than two
which received only the same amount of
labor used on the one.
2. One cow, one horse, mule, sheep or
hog, well fed, is more profitable than two
kept on the same amount necessary to
keep one.
3. One acre of clover or grass is worth
more than two of cotton where clover is
raised.
4. No farmer who buys oats, corn or
wheat, as a rule, for ten years, can keep
the Sheriff away from the door iu the
end.
5. The farmer who never reads the pa-
pers, sneers at book farming nnd im-
provemants, always has a leaky roof, poor
stock, broken down fences, aud com¬
plains of bad “seasons.”
C. The farmer w’ho is above bis busi¬
ness, and intrusts it to another to man-
ag e . soon has no business to attend to.
7. The farmer whose habitual beverage
is cold water, is healther, wealthier and
wiser than he who does not refuse strong
drink.
; Purciiaftliig Farm Implements.
If the farmer goes to the city to buy
iris farm implements, lie finds them in
such great variety that it is very difficult
for him to determine which will prove
; best for his particular farm. When a
farmer can do so, it is a safer way to get
; a chance to try a machine befor purchas-
ing it. Even then he may make a mis-
take, aud buy one that is liable to get
out of order, or is so constructed that
some parts of it will wear out in a short
time. Fortunately for the farmers, tho
; manufacturers of agricultural implements
are much more particular in construct-
ing and finishing machines now than
they were fifteen or twenty years ago, so
that now there is r.ot the risk in purchas-
1 ing agricultural implements that there
formerly was; but the improvement in
the work on the machines lias kept the
price up where it makes it very burden-
I some for the small farmer to buy a com¬
plete set of improved farm implements;
many farmers do not feel that they can
afford’it, so they use their old ones; thus
the large farmers have the advantage
over the small farmers, unless several
small farmers unite together and pur¬
chase a set of improved implements. This
may be done to good advantage in good
neighborhoods, but there is always dan¬
: ger of having some one of the number
thus united who is so selfish that it is
very difficult, if not impossible, to get
alon P with him UIlles9 hc ls ^ iven h «
own wa v ’ as to how an<1 when he
-
usc tho mnchlncs of J 0]nt ™'nersh.p. I»
sorac neighborhoods it us the better way
for each farmer to l,u - v a dlffercnt lua P le -
1 ment i,nd let the llst: of 5t to thc otllcrs
who have a differe nt machine that tIle >'
I let him; this . each farmer is
can in way
master over his own l )ro l ,crl v ’ If " werc
-
oul y thc cost of the niachmes that the
farm(i r has to meet, a much larger num-
would be able to buy a full set; but
5t is important that all farm implements
should be housed, so extra store room
has to be built at an expense that often
j equals, if it does not exceed the cost of
! thc implement;; then there are the re-
pairs and taxes to meet, all ol which the
farmer has to consider when he settles
tko question os to what number of im-
proved implements he will buy. This
question cornea up every spring, and ia
usually decided by the amount of cash
or credit the farmer possesses, and not by
the real saving which ho can make.—
Ploughman.
Protect the Well*.
The idea that the water of our wells is
the purest obtainable was long ago ex-
ploded. Well water may be pure, but
its degree of purity depends wholly upon
its distance from all filth. It is now ad-
in it ted that in many soils both air and
water travel very freely under the sur¬
face. Some are so porous and deep that
water will easily settle through them and
the bulk of the filth be retained in the
top loam; and in such cases it may be
said that ordinary cultivation and the
{^rowing vegetutiou will absorb the ob-
jectionable element. Water in such lo-
cations is regarded pure and safe. But
wherc wells sre shallow and dug in clay-
ey or impervious soil, having near to or
at their bottom an impevious stratum,
they are likely to be receptacles for filth
contamination for many rods around. It
docs Dot follow that because the contents
of sink drains soak out of sight that the
deadly element therein is gotten rid of;
it too frequently finds its way to the
water which the family are prone to ex¬
tol as the very perfection of purity. It is
never safe to depend upon taste in this
matter; if there is a source of contamina¬
tion near the well rid yourself of it with¬
out delay; at least do not rest content
until you have had the water subjected
to a thorough chemical analysis. Dr.
Folsom who was so long connected with
the Massachusetts Board of Health, Lun¬
acy and Charity said that “it is impossi¬
ble to say that a well is safe at any or¬
dinary distance from a source of constant
pollution to the neighboring soil, like a
privy, cesspool, barnyard, etc.” lie fur¬
ther remarks that “there is always a
risk,’’and that “the ordinary privy should
be abolished.” There is no doubt that
many cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria,
etc., have ofteii their parentage in the
cesspool. Typhoid fever, which lias in
so many cases beep traceable to polluted
wells, was some years ago found to be
most prevalent in the rural districts. To
provide proper sanitary measures, will to
be sure, take a little time; but it need
involve very little expense. Where there
is an abundant supply of running water
near by, underground drains will satis¬
factorily dispose of animal filth from a
sanitarian point of view; but on the farm
it is desirable to use this for fertilizing
purposes, and an abundant supply of peat
or ashes daily thrown into the vault,
sink-drain, barnyard, etc., will keep
noxious odors from the air. If you seek
a rule as to how near a well may safely be
located to any filth collection, know that
if you describe a circle about the well as
a centre, with a radius three times its
depth, and if there if no cause of pollu¬
tion within the circumference, the water
is probably uncontaminated. — Cultivator.
Household Hints.
To cut warm bread or cake, have -your
knife quite hot.
Fried slices of apples are good for a
spring breakfast dish.
A stale loaf of bread, dipped quickly
iuto cold water, then baked for half au
hour, is better thau when fresh, Half a
loaf is generally enough for a family of
three.
Bread and cake must be thoroughly
cooled before being put into box or jar;
if not, the steam will cause them to mold I
quickly. Pieces of stale bread can be
used for toast, griddlo cakes and pud¬
dings, and for dressing for poultry and
other kinds of meat. Stale cake can b-
made into puddings.
Lime slaked with salt water and
then properly thinned with skim
milk, from which all the cream
has been taken, makes a perma-
„cnt whitewash for outdoor work, 9
nnd, it is said, renders the wood incom¬
bustible. It is an excellent wash for pre¬
serving wood and for all factory pur¬
poses.
Recipes.
Broiled Potatoes .—Cut whatever num-
ber may be needed oi cold, boiled
potatoes into slices lengthwise, about a
quarter of an inch thick; dip each slice
in flour nnd lay them between a folding
broiler. Have the fire clear, and when
both sides are nicely browned, lay the
slices on a hot dish, put a piece of butter
on each, and season with popper and salt.
Stetccd Steak .—In a small saucepan
place about Half a pound of thick and
tender steak, with a little of the fat left
on. Pour in a cupful of boiling water,
shred a tiny onion very finely and season
with pepper and salt to taste. Then put
all over the top of the steak small pieces
of celery heaped up. The saucepan
should stand about two inches above the
level of the fire, and by no means ought
to be uncovered until the ste.ik is to be
removed to the dish. Half an hour is
sufficient time for it to be done to a turn.
Mushrooms instead of, or even with, die
celery are an improvement.
A]flee with Rice .—Wash a pint of rice
thoroughly, scald it with hot water,
drain and cool; add to the rice a quart
of rich milk, a quarter of a pound of
sugar and a saltspoonful of salt; simmer
gently an hour. When done, beat it
with a wooden spoon. Wet an oval mold
with water; press the rice in it and keep
on ice until wanted. Peel, quarter and
core five fine apples; put them in a stew
pan with three half-pints of water, three
cloves, two slices of lemon and half a
pound of sugar (dissolve the sugar in the
water first); simmer until the apples are
tender but will not break when removed
from the pan. When done strain care-
fully and boil down the syrup until quite
thick. Now turn out tho rice on a glass
dish, add the apples as a border, aqd
pour the syrup over all.
! ' CLIPPINGS FOR THE CCEIOUS.N
The largest ventilating fan in the
world is in the St. Hilda Colliery, South
Shields, Wales, Its diameter is fifty
; feet.
The French tliink of sending ever to
the United States to borrow for tho ex-
hibition in 1889 the key of the Bastilc.
Layfuyettc presented tho key to Wash
j n g( ~ 0n
According to the London Practical .
Confectioner, “the potato introduced in
England in 1000 wns first eatan as a
sweetmeat, ’ stewed in Back wine and
sugar."
, In (Inna . and , Japau _ girls . , are named ,
after some beautiful natural object, and
8U( ' , h namC8 . are common M Cherry-flow _ a....... or,
P^blossom Plum-blossom, Bamboo-
leaf, I me-woods, sugar, etc.
The vault of the Cloaca maxium, the
great sewer of ancient Rome dates from
the sixth century B. C., but it shows,
even at this early period, a perfeetio#
»hkh pm vi i»gF»vi»
use.
_ In _. Italy . living ... . . dropped , «
a scorpion is
into a wide glass bottle which contains *
few . drops , of ... olive oil „ of . the finest . . quail- ..
ty. More oil is poured on instantly,
until the bottle filled and , the . .
is scorpion
dead. In its struggles to free itself it
ejects . all its , . into . tho oil, aud ... this
poison
poisoned 1 oil forms a sovereign remedy
for the 6ting of a scorpion.
.... When , batch , , of . , bread , made , .
a was in
the household of the Hebrews, Syrians
and , other ,, A Oriental . , , . of , the ,,
races, a piece
dough was made into a cake and baked
under , the ashes , . order , to . be , presented . ,
in
as an offering to tho priest. This was
called ,, , qiantpnnla . , . the „ Syrian language,
m
whence the word, and ; probably the cus-
tom itself, .... adopted , . . by the ancient . ,
was
Romans.
It was customary in oriental countries
for lovers to testify the violence of their
passions by cutting themselves in the
Sight Of their adored ones, and the
fashion seems to have been adopted in
England about 300 years ago, when
young men frequent.y . , stabbed . . , their , . arms
with daggers, and, mingling the blood
with wine, drank it off to the healths of
their wvn endive™
Earrings, according to Bibic&l record,
were worn by women from the earliest
times, but by men more rarely. Hebrew
slaves, indeed, suffered their ears to be
bored as a figure of their optional servi-
tude, but no ornament was worn in the
holes thus made. Xenophon 1 informs us
the males of Lybia were often subject . to
reproach on account of their corringsi
and that in Greece females alone wore
ornaments.
The Favorite House Page.
There is a suuuy-haired little page in
the House of Representatives who has be-
come quite a pet among the members,
says a Washington correspondent. He is
a a little little tnt tot of ol a a itlloxv, follow- with witii a a hriizht might,
open face, large blue eyes and sunny
blende blonde hend hum of ol hair hair, die He wears wears little litue
knee breeches and is as lively’ as a crick-
et at all times. When the members want
an errand (lone fast and well they always
try to get this little fellow to do it. His
very politeness and good manners have
brought many little tramps to his feet,
because the members all want him. But
lie does not mind an extra run, and goes
ss chirpy and happily on a new errand as
possible. He never seems to grow weary,
and always is polite. But this is not the
worst part of his troubles. His very np-
peorancc is pleasing, and every time any
one secures him, they tap him on the
head or run their hand over his hair.
Now for three or four people to do this
would not amount to much but to have
823 members and as many more strangers
to rub his head only once a day, it is not
only tiresome but is having a serious
effect. When the little boy came here
I his hair was long * and thick, ’. but this con-
^ . , P att ,, > a g a nd mbbrng ... 18 weanng . .. his
hair off. He begins to fear that before
tlie , session . ends, , if ..... this ... thing . keeps up,
he will be bald.
Not that Kind of Boy.
For an hour yesterday afternoon a
woman walked up and down the ladies’
waiting room at the Third street depot m .
i K - r Olorts to hush the screams and yells
^ () f 8 about two years old. The lit-
tie one was hopping mad about something
nnd could not be soothed by soft words
.......
moment when eveiybody saw the moth.
er’s face take on a look of grim determin-
ation, and at that moment a newsboy
who had been warming himself at a reg-
ister broke for out doors.
“What’s the row?” asked one of his
outside friends as he joined them.
There’s a woman in there goin’ to
spank her young’un.”
‘Why didn’t you stop and see tho
fun?”
“Urn! ’Spose I want to be hauled up
as a witness in an assault and battery easo
and have the lawyers savin’ . sass?”—
me
Detroit r, . Free .. l t> rest.
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In the Night Wntches.
The clock was on the stroke of twelve
nnd old man Stuffey was awakened by
muffled voices in the hall below,
“Wife,”he said, “what is that?”
“it’s Sary and her young man,’’replied
thc wife,
“Taint morning, is it?” hc asked.
“I 1 don’t know what time it is.”
1 “I will see about this,” he said, get-
ting up and putting on his boots,
Ina few minutes his wife heard a dull
thud down stairs, and shortly after the
old man returned,
“I am not an astronomer,” he said,
and I cannot explain it, but I saw the
Son rise a few moments ago, and it is
now midnight.”
Then he looked reflectively down
the toe of bis boot, took them both
off, blew out the light and wept bacly to
beH.—Merchant Traveler.
WHAT SCIENCE SAYS.
The “Fea rful and Wonderful" MerhnnUnt
of lire lluuiuii Hj atciu t. m phi.-oily I'm-
trnyrrf.
[In the editorial columns of the New Vojk dnetysf. la-autl
H. l,M«ln*. description M. !>., editor,writes laboratories the following
ful of the of the liuumn sys
tom. We tli ink we nave never read a liner or more
trustworthy one.)
"Mail is the greatest of nil cbomieal labor-
atorics. Magnify the smallest cell of the body
and what u facto y is spread tit hefoi*o tiie eyes
—count ess chambers which are globes of
I air, masses of solid matter, globule.-, of dying
liquid; a flash cornea and tlw whole is con
sums 1 and n- e " ul heat is carried into every
part of ih-t syst -s a. Electrical forces also
generate and are convoyed to the brain, the
muscles and tho various nerve centres.
a- tion tin s < ar» t hang <1 and mirtticd in the
tungsand the skin. Tlio bio ad we often say
is a groat living river. In its current are
masses which the air in tho lungs did not af
feet: blocks of chalk; slabs of tartar; pio e.
of bone-ash, stiings of albumen; drops of
molasses, and linos of alcohol. How iue
th-se waste masses dsi.i.s-d of) Begin
where you will in this great stream, you
^ ^id Tn invX
force rea -boa out into the stream seizes and
a 'TinaMer''n.“,-I' voir!^^'! 'hnalTy
Into a lar.er reservoir, which regularly dr>
limo, uric add andoth^r
waste material from the blood, without rob-
j sass«aaKi.“i'.a»ahia purifying is carried without
! knowledge. process The in which on it is done our
organs whoso
are faithful servants work is silent a>
long “People as health strangely remains. wait until . strikes
j pain a
nerve before they will realize that they have
any trouble. They do not know that pain
concerns chioflv the exterior, not the interior
j o( the i )0 j y , A certain set of nerves connect
'J They 11 *'' blood-purifying organs with the brain.
may not gnaw aud bito as does the
tooth-ache or a set .-it li but they regularly,
silently these report. indicut \\ hun t ieso organs are faii- tho
lag blood from nerves the face and ■ it cheek, by drawing leaving the
■
lip and eye blaucbed, by sending uric acid
| poison into the smallest veins, the skin then
becoming gray, yellow or brown. They also
lungs prevent the purification of the blood in tho
| and . auso pulin. .nary ditliculties,wcari-
ness and pa n. Who enjoys i erfect health,
' especially in this laml where burn the
we
• candle iu one massif The athlete breaks down
in the race: the editor falls at his desk; the
j merchant succumbs in his counting room,
These everlt , should not have been un-
i expected, for naturo long ago hung
out her ‘lanterns of alarm,’ When the
“accident” finally com©;, its fatal effect is
seen iu a hundred forms; either as conges¬
tion, chronic xveakne: s, as wrong action, as
variable appetite, a; head trouble;, as palpi¬
tation ami irregularities dryness of tho heart, as
premature decay, ns and harshness
of the skin, causing tiie ha : r to drop out or
“Put no faith then in I he wiseacre who
says there is no danger trs long as there is no
pain. I ut no fait il m tlio physician, who
ever ho may be, who say.v it is a mere cold
Or a S igtit mdispositl' 'll. do lie knows little, if
any, more than you about it. He can
neither 9ee nor examine those organs and de*
entirely upon experimental tests, that
you can make as we l as he.
“If the output is discolored or muddy, if it
contains albumen, lymvh. crystals, sweet or
morbid matter, is red with es aped blood, or
roily with gravel, disease mucus and froth, some¬
thing is wrong and and death are not
faraway.
tJ^length.^l^ame tteytemfto
, most important ones in tho human sysiein,
' fl>«°aesin which a large ma jority o’ human
ailments original > ami are sustained, are th»
kidneys. They because have ni t 1 een mu'h discussed
in public, it is conceded that the pro¬
fession ha; little known pritvor over them.
What is wanted for such organs is a simple
medicine, which can <lo no harm to the most
delicate, but must be of the greatest benefit
to the nff’kted. Such a remedy, tried
and proved the world, by many is Warner’s thousands safe all
over
euro. With those in \\ bom diseaso is deep
seated it is the only specific. For those in
whom ihe seeds are sown and the beginning
ot illness started it is an unfailing reliaive.
It may bo recoran ended to the well to pre-
vent sickno s. and the sick to prevent death,
With its keep aid the great in their Altering silent engine, of the
system on work without
interruption; without it they get out of gear
ftnd then (]}sease am i ,( eat h open the door
and c oss the threshold.”
Such writing ought not only to please, but
toca-ry conviction that what Editor I.as;*
mg, M. I>.—so high an authority—says is
true, and that his counsel is worthy the at¬
tend u and heed of all prudent, light-
tuiuded people,
Language of I’rccoius Stones.
Tho quality of turquuis imparts a
prosperity in love.
Chrysolite was used as an amulet
against evil passions aud d.-spondoacy.
The opul imparts apprehension and in-
an ^ ts the emblem of unt'caliz.-d
hope.
The topaz friendship, was thought to promote
fidelity an 1 aud to calm in¬
ternal passions.
The properties of the amethyst are to
calm the passion of the body and pre¬
vent drunkenness.
ism . Th of « f.^nd’haa ligot and purity, the mystic faith and symbol-
rightness of character.
The bold stone was thought by the an-
dents to impart courage, prudence, for¬
titude and stability of character
Garnet or carbuncle represents con¬
stancy of purpose and fidelity to duty.
it i s p re eminently the soldier’s gem.
The moonstone was the emblem of the
merchant prince and signified well di-
reeled industry and the art of peace,
The ruby was thought to
against unfriendliness, and
that form so com n -n in antiquity-
The sapphire signifies modesty , , ami ,
charily of opinion, and was thought to
6 ^°" F "* ' '' l l ls l ! sl "
ofmeic 0f ^
u’D
ih e athlete aud physician, aud imparts
longevity and health.
The emerald symbolizes truth, and
was believed to secure good faith
happiness in friendship aud home. It
was also tho appropnate emblem for
judges or lawyers.
"Men must work and women weep,
So runs the world away !”
But they need not weep so much if they use
Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription,” which
cures all the painful maladies peculiar to wo-
men. Bold hy druguists.
The licet public school Superintendent in
West Virginia isa blind man.
Get Lyon’s Patent Heel stiffeners applied
to those new boots an-1 they wilt never run
over.
Icebergs have been seen off the Labrador
toast two mi les long and aoo feet high
“Hafl’s Hair Rcnewcr keeps my hair in good
condition,”—Mrs. 8. H. Scott, Stoddard, N. H.
\yt-rs Ague Cure is a purely vegetable com¬
pound, and is free from dang -rous drugs.
1 'i' A. BEST IN THE
^ WORLD. .
For larn® until fitlagazine Rifle.
or pr«me—all sires. T^f! strongest shooting rifle i made. Perfect
oceur.K’j* guaranteed, a i : e 1 • y absolutely sale rifle on the i market.
BALLARD GALLERY, < SPORTING AND TARGET RIFLES, world renown*J. Bend for ^
Illustrated Catalogue. _MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO.» New Haven, Conn. °
—
h ihe FISH BRAND SlACK^RSn ICKERw I
[the liard'T.c storm. Tho TmiMKI, w»,rrant«*d PIJCCEU wat-rpronf, and yerfret will feepp you dry to
Jn-w ts a riding enst, smli
Lv.ver® tboeutira saddle. Dcwaroof Imitation a. Kane genuine without the
{Bra nd** fade-qta!k. lUu6tr*tvd OoUlogue froo. A. J. Tower, Bostoa, Uu*. 1
“tllood Will Trll."
Yen. the old adage is right, hut If the liver la
disordered ami the blood becomes tell In thereby diseases cor- of
rupUd, the bad “blood «111
the skin and throat. In tumors and ulcers, and
In tubercles in the lungs (first stages of 0011*
gumption), oven although the subject be (!»-
V , ( i e ,j ,,, a ralicht £ line from Klchard Cieur
*?r , , „ e ob | t . gt Roman of them all.
setting the liver Jn order no other modi-
( , ilie j„ t |„, v ,,, r i ( i njuals Hr. Pierce’s "Golden
Medical Discovery.” Try it, and your "blood
w,il tell" tiio story of its wonderful enlcae.v.
Imprisonment for debt hat been aboiiaued
in New York St vte.
The purest, «wi»eto8t ami best Cod Liver Oil
In tin* world, manufactured from froth,
iivcif , upon tho * tinhorn. who It Imvo is absolutely taken pure it
and sweet. I # nfi©nt* Physicians pure have do-
prefer il l<> nil others
York. -----------
('ll M*prn iiamm, face, pimples nnd rongh
LADIE3! Thos-‘<tull tired . , look . h and , feelinwt r
m peak volume* ! I)r. Kilmer h reMAM vigor ItrM-
»„v cornet *< all <• 011 ( 1111011 ?', rrs'oru* slid
vitOty an 1 brings back youtl.tul bloom and
te'll.Oti (ll.ottiesy.tX.. _
traek The this pooll^ privile*, brought fSO.ttH. at.ho St. Louis race
v.".r
uttaineil In , _ Dr. Sage „ , Catarrh ,, , .
Perfection is s
liuncuy. It„u'dv
~ ___ : 77
Tho Fill li 1> r is til name of , ft min ... publica-
1 -
tionnt Ttxarkana. Ark.
I...Cindy Relieved.
Mrs. Ann haoour, of New Orleans, f a., wrlt"» : “ I
ha e a non who has been sick for two years: he has
hern attended by our leading phish-Iuiu, bul all to
no purpose. This morning he h»d W« iisuul .pull of
couglV-ntt. an 1 was «o (trvatly jirostrawd In rouse
quence lhat dei.th seemed Imml eiit. Wo had In the
home a bottle of Dn. Wjt Hiu.’s Kii.s*si for the
U-.NJS, iiur,-based by my hustaad, » he uotU-eil your
advertisement. Wo administered It and he was Us
stantly relieved.^____
:» mom bo' treatment for .'Hit. i’iso’s iU-medj
fort atari’ll. Sold by druggists
A QUESTION ABOUT
Browns Iron
Bitters
A NS JVERED.
Th® finest ion has probably boon asked thoniond*
of times, llow can Browr ’s Iron Bitters cure every-
thine?” Well, it d.*>en’t, But it does cure any disea«e
for which a reputable physician would prescribe IKO*
Physicians recognize Iron as tho best rwstoratJV®
agent known to tho profession, and inquiry of liny
loading chomical firm will substantiate tho assertion
that other there substance are more used preparations in medicine. of This iron than shows of con¬ eny
clusively that iron is successful acknowledged medical to practice. bo the most Jt is,
Important S3 factor remarkable in fact, that prior to the disoov-
wever a IKON BITTERS perfect¬
ery ly satisfactory of BROWN’S iron combination had been no found.
over
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS^S
haad.ch^ or produce cnnatir.tion-all other iron
medicines do. mto\\ N s ikon niTTl.KR
Tired Feeliiigr,Oeneral Debility,Pain in the
side, Barker I<:*r.bMlea<Uche»ndNenr»i;.
; gia—for all thesis ailments Iron is proscribed dally,
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS,SESfr:
minute. Like all other thorough medicines, it acts
slowly; benefit is When taken by men the first symptom of
firmer, renewed energy. The muscles then become
the digestion improves, tho bowels are active.
In women the effect is usually more rapid ana marked.
The eyes begin at once to brighten; the skin clears
disappears; up; healthy functional color comes to the chfeeks; nervousness
lar. and if ntireing mother, derangements abundant become regu¬
is supplied a for tho Remember sustenance
Bitter® child. Brown’s Iron
is the ONLY iron medicine that ia not in¬
jurious. Physicians and Druggists recommend it.
Tne Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed red line*
on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHER.
F WILSON’S
/ CHAMPION SPARK ARRESTER
7 Host lilfiiii a pen (trinifilil urroetor in
j l
! n*”R**i»o«M>iW« wanted for
j A *f n t-B «ale of Arreeter.
photograph n
1660.
from January l.
Kntrruved Taken m
Prof.s a&draX kiLmer. m.D.
BINGHAMTON. N.Y.
THE INVALIDS BENEFACTOR.
Discoverer of Dr. Kilmer’s
Complete Female Remedy _
H Ladies' Home Treatment a
U all Npcclal and Sneciflc treatment for
( omplnints atul Diseases peculiar to
■ Daujrhters, Wives and Mothers
H I;a< .‘i-P®’ «ge. , H j„ h .j bol<)rB>
t vr hnch kind is nlso sold seiiarntelv
r ouinlo 1 S<mii<‘<I.Y 9 < l ' ,0 od and System)$]
A li t (i m n-LoafE x f. ,(Loon t Trcatm't) & 1 *
IT Ac O A no! nIn»cuI,(External “ ,50
the three in one Pucknge$2.00.
Recovers the “run-down;” bcd-rldden”
or “abandoned.“ It Eliminates Humors
and Hlood Impurities that cause Scrofula,
Cancer, The Tumor, pimples and blotches.
«» for I’emarlo® nnd Expomre® ia past.
Woman s Health and usefulnef® again restored!
Dr, \ Kilmer afford treats internal Tumor, Cancer.
ou can t to neglect early symptom®.
H 13 nrkilmer s ? > en,ale.Diapenau-y, f ' o/i'iiry promptly WiiKhamton.N. answered I H
■ Invalids' Guide to Health" (Sent Y. I
^M»I.D BY .-\ I.I. liltlGGIST^J Free)
i I Asthma cured! V
\ss German Awtbimi Cure never fails to give
a/ immediate relit./ ia the worst cases, insures com¬
\trial fortable Bleep ; effects curea where all others fail. A
conviners the most sksntic.tU, Price 60 eta and
I$1.00. [stamp. of Ill*. Druggists li. SC1 or IIFFMAN, by mail- Sample I*muL FKF.K for v r
m. Minn.
CONSUMPTION, I have positive D>r thoabovodlBeassjby
housancis ft f remedy tho It®
o cases «t worst kind and of long
eundlntr have been cured. Indeed,/ontrungls my faith
Il ^ ■% O ■ 8 ■ ■ I n fi m UANSIIIUP SKUniffllreE
UrlUm H S hIbitcbSeo
« ■■■ A new
P R ’ J ’ ®- H OFFMA N, lege ry,. wtowA
MM WllOSlS, MHiSt8R88
ksKKvors WdkuILITY
A lifo experience. Remarkable nnd quick cures. Trial pROkr
ages- Consultation and Books by mail FREE. Addrci®
Dr. WARD &. CO.. 10U1SUXA, MO.
.
I I jf DOTJjARS XS each (3 for M A( New IIINLS. and m '
Perfect SK ! \
■ I fiosired. M Warranted fiv* yvtirt. Sf-flton tnalifds-
Poy direct ar.d wtve |!5 t* $36.
Orr*D*®lven a* piemiumi. Write for FREE cir¬
cular with 1000 testimonial* from every ■‘at*.
GKO. FAYNK A < O. 44 W.l!oiir(.»Si..('hl«®|®,
Blair’s PRIs.*SSSSr
Oral Hox. 81.00; round, &0 cti,
SURE CURES Charlotte, ,FS1A AddTPSfi oc l.'RT J. N. M C
PATENTS Obtained, Send stamp fo*
Pat L Washington, luvout.irVUulde. L. Binca-
ham , out awyer, B. 0.
M O ELECTRIC BELT for Kidne ys. Pain, Nervous A
wweak. Book freo. Fletcher, & Co. .Cleveland, O.
Gilbert Mf*. Co., 310 - 31 S Broadway, s.y,
1
.lr*
'-*•
1 fe.V, Thl "cut rrprmieita
' «■«»«him-thatpr.au
111 ®
hare a: son. Ufa fh. ey*ry b-u-At s snl of of tti. suo.ls dr.Miiiak,r.ud wr make w!
Ss&SSESSSss run In the biuy season night and <luv. liv*
tlistee umchiu.'fi, And eao of tUes' 1 machhi-gt-anprint
jjsyaid ' per school nunuifl. ami Now. bovs we should there llxe to know
how niauy gtr h rip in the i T «
Cor^lW i»X
worth av . or the “Three l.inle llni.l. i, „,J
K.-luMil.” We will nl-omnll Ire. to any atWraT
receipt of 13 -.. a Hmtort op tiik Unhid jiiatb.
contain ng pages, by Km -ry Childs, glvim, a i|
important time, event, the price. from Till, l«M book to 1885, should ami l,o well the worth
many for ,chou'» and in the hands text
hook of all t< a laws and
In every school library in the Inn nds._ t. I’ieaso ,how ihl» «o
l our male, nn.l frh
A Skin of aoauty Is a Joy Forever.
DR. T. FELIX QOURAUD’B
OHIESIJL CREAM. OB MAGICAL lEiUnFB
<o Removes Freckles, Tail, Pimple®, Patches.
* “ Moth
- .U Rash and blemish Skin diseason, and
tiMu SgCSkjand every delies detection. on beauty, It )iai
s stood the test of
[§$W A99 *0 years and l®
-5 * few. VJ so narmless w«
«» “ • T&I • IKy IwMk taste it to Ik- sure
* CQ O A the preparation
*. Ik is p r o p e r l j
m •W\'< f> J mAdv. Accept
| fU yj no of similar counterfeit
r name,
G Q| ^ -ahSt. b“'. l \ Tiie ed Or.I/.A.Mayer distiiinuish-
«U< ■ lid to ft lady of
the - 1 haul ton,
(a patient); vrfil "As
i you Indies
use oinmend them, I rec-
' v ‘Goar-
w flint’s < ream* as
the least harmful of all the Skin preparations.” day. Onetnyttli
will last six months, urine it every Also Pond re Sub
tile rei noveH superfluous hair without injury to the skin,
Brae. n. H. T. (.OI H U H, Hole Prop., 4* K ori New York.
For sale by l>nurpri«ts and Fancy Goods Dealers in the
C. 8., Canadas, Europe. Beware of hose imttations,
$1,000 He war d for arrest and proof o( any one selling mine.
Freo Inarms in Sunny
SA8 LUIS.
The most © Vomierfui Auricullural Kirk til America.
Surroim-lei 1 hv prosperous mining and inanufa :tur-
lag town*. Farmer * rnm'lii ' 1 Magntfl--ent rrop*
rawed in 18BS. Tlinu,ninlM ol Aci-c, i I (Jovern-
ment I,mid, subject topi-oeuu-ti m-ndhomestcad.
1 jinilN (or sale to actual settlers a*. $:UU canals. tier Acre.
bong rime. Park irrigated attention lie Immense shown settlers Cheap For
railroad rn’ea. K> ery
mate, pamphlets, etc., a dres. C01/)UADO LAND jt
LOAN CO., opvra House Block, Denver, Col. Boxgt»>.
JBOOk-i. & in Jikia jt
PlATFSPJi ECHOES
„ LIVING TRETBS ITOII READ AX» HEART,
By Jolt n B. Gough.
Ilia and crowning life work, brim full of thrillintr inter-
e6t, humor and pat boa. Bright, pure, ami good, full ol
*• laughter and tc-ars. * it sell* at »lght to all* To ij io added
the Life and Death of Mr. Gough, by Rev. LY 55 AN AB¬
BOTT, lOOO Agents Wonted.-Men and Women. $100
to $200 a month made. Q^Pistance n > hindrance as we
cive Extra Terms and Pay Freights. Write for Circulars tC
A. I>- WORTHINGTON A CO., Hartford. Conn.
’i mum. A STEP IN ADVANCE
(Ws OF ALL OTHERS.
__ 3ETTER INSTRUMENTS.
LOWER PRICES.
EasierTerms
Write, ’-g, (f 'f A New Plan.
'i BEST
INCLOSING fey, V FT.
Stamp for
Full Particulars,
BEIN BROS. A CO.
N EWARK, N. J.
BHSiESSlSBU»S!
_-
PICTURE ASEITS
Stand In thel • own ii -,ht who do not sen t for circa
lara to V. II. ft IU.IA*K <V CO.,
083 nnd Broadway, Sew York.
mmm s t o h
WAGON SCALES,
payitlio freight— 1*t
mtntlea IIHBMAMTMf tM*
. _
LIiubmnreu, •» JPNES Of
Salvo CURES DRDIEIES5
but and Iniciiircrnucp. not instantly, anti¬
dote efUvttialfy. for tty? i lit* only Ifnbit scientific fund the
Afcohol trial
$ ©nly remedy tiiut (iarf-s to send
bottles. ical profession I-fijdh'y endorsed prepared bv the by med¬ well-
nnd Send
known New York physicians.
•5® stamps for circulars and referencefc.
Addreas ‘SALVO RhMEDY. York
w* No. 2 West 14th St.. New
,
-swkssl* -*i»ll>tc*. sa
IJIotdiOH, Srnly or Oily Hhin,
iliemiahca and all Skin OiHoascs CuroJ
and Complexion lieniitilieil by
Bessoa’s Arcmais Alaai Sulplmr Soap
SoM 2-1 by Druggists by WH. or sent by mill 0:1 receipt M o'j
centa DREYDOPPEL, *»'i-
facturcr, 208 North Front St, Phl'nde'phla I’? 1 -!
■■ MUMAN’S LAV/N PmP,
m Patented July SO. 1878. August 13, l«?l. an-1 J»n»»ry
19, 18*6 A perfect Pump; used by Farmers,- GarJcuer*,
Housekce pers, Store-keepers, Liverymen, Druggists.
tiers, Mac hinists. Plumbers, Ac. Pays a big profit and pells
everywhere oo its merits. Agents wanted in every county-
State and county rights for sale. Price §3.00, express charge
prepaid by U«. For deacriptivo circular and terms to tgents,
address, EXJBJSL & CO., Canton, O.
No Ropo to Cut UT liaises rdanes.
Celebrated ‘KCI.I l**>: ’ IIAJ.TKII
c? <1 HUIlt I.li ( oiiibiued. cannot A
fiJlpped by any hone, sample ff,
Halter to any part of U. 8. free, on m *
receipt of $1. sold by all Sad llery,
“ aware and Harness Dealer**
8pecla.l dlacount to the Trade.
•end for Price I .I ft t JIBE, V
J. C. I.I till TIIO >- „
Koclie'-lTr, N. »• ' m -~
yeur ©wa cone,
i n tin- tqt» t
*e»fc xnore.ma(fe < in keepi''i-'J > f, l 'J;
--•
Salary and Expenses !
WKIBM- PO RTAHU: KOMI K H «p. It putsout fires.
fcjplttllfc* \ Ir xmmmIimIL Price, |2. To Introducc it will wj"
tor ft]. AUVNTS WiNTKO oti wilary North ami Windham. cxp' ii^. Mjkijio.
pletroe to Agfente. A. L. H I PE IBS,
Black Heads. Sr«r», Pitting snd their traa h
37 "• <Wi*l JOHN H. WOODBUR** RrbM *_
*ih.» 7 .s.T. bivs isro. »«.<(»«■
WANTED S3-H.,™ i«n to Trove! Celr-
•,deour
Commits I’ijRrpitp®, ion. Address Ac. LlHpral orronjr uionts. NEW Salary YOJJ£ or
fcHAVANA riQAIICO.>No. immediately. 1 FonrthA v.
OPUM^^ ■ W■ ■ H g M ttDY Company , Lafayctui. Ind-
TBDRSTOrSSraOTBPflffBEl
RmdI n« Ta«tU Per Teel &od Q«nu IIoalfH*.
PensiGiis for HAM. It. hsA C Imi .. At* To v. nrs. u ,'l(*ll Wid COL -<. hi lift ton- L **• 'A
iias ukeit the 1 lead w
the sales of th lat class O
remedies , and has
i to 6 dayb.^H Almost U— iniversal
§ ^HHfQoftrmntoecl £&& causa Sti ictur®. not toW » ""kURPHT B*0S,
IU-1-. Crx
Mf Utssnon (hr U-<* '
d only by (h©
Clnclunali.fjKKBSI Cbomieal^ _ cilia of l be o ; Wfl*A
A. I----- Brad/vm, - .
Sctfri’T I>
}»n ( ' -
_
Plao’n Jtemwly (hr Catarrh is tl»
Beet, Kuaicel to Dae, anil Choopc* 1 -
CATARRH r
I Alno proof! for Oo)d in tbe Hea^t
tmm Hoadnche, Hav Ffvcr, Ac. socenta.