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Brief Bits 6f Interesting Information
Abcnt All Sorts of Enter
taining: Subjects.
A journeyman tailor in Constantino
ple receives 50 cents a day.
It is only 300 years Since the potato
was introduced into England.
A peregrine falcon was taken a short
time ago at Mertonn, England.
There ure in all 39 miles * f book
shelves, all filled, at the British 1 mu
seum.
Russia already rants as sixth among
the wine producing countries of the
world.
There are 2,457 different varieties of
fire escapes and ladders to boused in
emergencies.
Tunis, the famous black charger of
General Boulanger, lias been accidental
ly burned to death.
Gerard, author cf the famous ‘•Herb
al,” first planted potatoes in his gar
den at Holborn in 1590.
Se veral Italian princes are expected ;
to mate the tour to England this sum- •
liicr, but at their own expense.
In Hungary there tire thousands e.f
villages and hundreds (f small t v. ns
without a doctor within ten miles.
Russia is not a large silk j'reducer.
The amount of the product in IMS7 was
800, 000 p tmds, valued ut £1,800,000.
In the year 020 the niultier-y five was
first cultivated in tireeoo an l the Le
vant far the benefit < f the silk'.vi nr.s.
An ediit e.f the Emperor Tiberius
foil ado I. •mail c’czais to wear any
garments ita.ue in wig a ] art < t silk.
The siikwc an is 3 inches long and
is well p.'i vided with legs, having no
less than 10 ef these' valuable members.
The official executieucr ef the sultan
of Turk* y uses a silken rul'd in stran
gling persons ordered tube put to death.
Eggs and mulberry trees were sent,
out to Georgia by the British govern
ment shortly after the settlement of the
ceil* uy.
Nearly 20,000 h< rses—aged, infirm,
weak from overwork, starving and ia
tigued—are said to 1 ■ fed to leech* s an
nually at B ldt an x.
Tlit' Irish Tourist association proposes
to hold u lihotoKi aphic exhibition ami
competition, at which prizes \> ill be
offered for pliot' rjraphsof Irish scenery.
Jarnth vr*.d piles, 2 fett- 2 indies
square, driven 22 \\ urs ace at the Lairds
bay pier, v.- re 1 a: :.l i :i examination to
be as sound as the day they were put in.
13; me specimen of the karri wood
taken from a fence vrer, recently s tit,
to Loudon, and tliouph the wood had
hern underground for 20 years, it was
perfcctly sound.
About. 40 umbrellas and sticks are
handed to the L lide.n metropolitan po
liee by cab drivers every day. A laiye
linnilier of baps are also left behind—
-2,260 in tin' 12 mouths.
Oswald Nerlitip i, a German, made
a cup of common peppercorn, which
holds 1,200 other ivory cups, with a
handle totaeh, all ;ti!t on the edges,
with room for -100 mm \
A strange bird captured on the River
Tyne, 40 y ars ago, bullied taxidermists
until ree* litly, when it was discovered
to be the barred lm voateris, a native of
the Himalaya luouutai::.',.
The parchments and papyrus used by
the ancients sn ni to have laid a special
preparation by virtue of which they ab
sorbed the ink and thus caus; and the v.rit
im/ to be almost indelible.
"Familiarity breeds contempt’’ is a
proverb found in one i rm t.r another
in every European or Asiatic language
having a literature. Its earliest form is
believed to be the Sanskrit.
Timber of the tamarisk or filiittim
wood has been found p< rfcotly sound in
the ancient temph s of Egypt in connec
tion with the stonework which is known
to he at least 4,000 years old.
According to the annual report of the
Cremation ;-m ciely of England, last year
there w ere only 203 cremations carried
cut in the United Kingdom—lso at
Woking and 68 at Manchester.
Professor Dali < f Washington, who
discovered what has been described as
the “blue” or “ice” bear of Mount tit.
Elias in Alaska, has also found the
flesh of a mammoth preserved in ice in
Alaska.
The whale’s nose is on the top of the
head, at least his nostrils are situated
there, through which lie expels the col
umns of water during the action known
as “spouting. ” Whales only spout when
they are feeding.
The average production of wine in
France for the last ten years has been,
in round figures, 080,290,000 gallons,
and the figures as to last year’s yield in
France and other countries indicate that
France is again the largest producer.
The greatest bane of Queen Victoria’s
(xistence is the enormous amount of
original “poetry” scut to her from all
parts i.f the world. On the recent birth
< f the royal grandson nearly half a ton
of manuscript verse; was received at
Windsor.
Julius Caesar couldn't cat a periwin
kle; and Alexander always fainted at
the sight of a black beetle. Chaucer
would be unwell for several days if be
hoard the cry of “Mackerel!” and Spen
cer never saw a leg of mutton without
shivering all over.
New York has more Germans in its
population than any city < f the Ger
man empire except 12; mere French
than any city of France except 15;
more Italians than live in any city of
Italy except 8, and mere; Irisii than live
in any city in Ireland except 2.
The roonarchs of the- different Bud
dhist countries claim to be heaven born
and! i •v> th"ir spirits will never go
in;.; - except , ibGr white
...me-' ti -; : <•>!■ have one
on L it ail the t.me, and thus a white
elephant may be said to be a purgatory
for the spirits of the royal family.
Seven Months With Fever.
fronderfui Recovery of Health.
Mr. Baird’s rapid and marvelous recovery
from a mere skeleton to his normal weight,
270 pounds, was surely the fullest test of the
grandest strength-giving and building-hp
medicine ever produced, namely:
MKMM Her'i.e-
J. 11. Baird.
“Gentlemen—l wish to express to you my
gratitude for the great good that Or.
Mile#' Nervine has done for me, I was
taken sick with typhoid fever and 1 laid
in bed for seven months. After getting
over the fever i was thin, nervous and tired,
and did not regain my lost strength. I tried
several proprietary medicines, and finally,
after having been reduced in weight to 130
pounds, 1 began trying your Nervine, and at.
once beg auto improve. Was finally entirely
aired, and today \ can say 1 never felt net
ter in all my life, and weigh 270 pounds.
This is my normal weight, as I measure
G feet 5 1 , inches in height.”
South Bend, Ind. J. H. BAIRD.
Dr. Miles' Nervinr is sold on a positive
guarantee that the first hoi tie will Dencht.
All druggists sell it. t $l,O bottles for or
it will bo sent, prepaid, on receipt of price
by the Dr. Miles Medical Cos- 1 Iknart, xud.
Dr. Miles’ Nervine Re f. t0 H r e rß ith
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:i *> . ,i\\ nrh'tis natiip , an.i on ti e l<• fi siJe of inv .
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li.t t; iv e in.; inm It ;a n. / U food would not Jig-st, j
and it.y kiaueys werr v*r ! aJl> ou of order I was ■
'icaicd 1 v the best pin s:< ian-, anJ they • nd I C-hi .1 |
>I vc It.t'.i short • iI ilu n comm... ed u-uig |
koval (n rmetticr. Id three weeks I ton and ea> any- i
•!iinl> . and Jo as much 'work as ever 1 con.i m- J
the (i _riTift .:* r. ar. i can t. s’ifv that I am tuivly
cured, ai.J that Gcimetuor did tiie work.’
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lev rn a t llahinit. lit*:! my
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r.,r>mi ;<>!• s>. I‘tr. ItiMW
yilefoniM l> take •lennm <*,
and IniiliN up Irani il“ Sir*tt
It fiir-s distii.r l>y rc
ila* ruiisr.
tSiy Sold by Druggists, One Dollar.
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COMMEHCIAL COLLEGE Cl KY. UKIYERSITY
Annir< ! Mudal by W orld’ii Exposition
D’or of Uooh'keephi}; and IJenmil
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H i imv-< 1 oiir> • about S*.m. im lrdinu tuith 11, books
and hoar I. riionm;rn|h}'. T.i irwrllinc: and
To 1 *■•.•tnuaht. lo.'*mi siiccceaful yruiinutes
!"o j,, l.uiiks und too offlriulH. Bio Tucntlon.
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‘ In order thol imur h'tP r runy rcnr.h thin C'nllt'o4
:,nve thin notice and mlilri > an h.loic,
tVILBUR R. SMITH, LEXINGTON, XV.
A Miracle in Vermont.
THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF A
WELL-KNOWN CHLLSEA MAN.
fitrlcUcn will* nn Incurable lXlM’nne
mitl yet Cull’d.
{/•'rori <hr. Aryua and Patriot , Montpelier, I i.l
verira Hutchinson rnovi'd
froin° I Jjloitl tV. CinjlsoH, \ t., undhouglit
tin- saw mil lat tlx* latter place. lie was
known as one <>t tin* strongest men in that
BC'.’tion. On Dee. 10. U J2 while at work in
tli • mill, h ■ was struck in the back hv a
flying hoard, which reriously him
and ‘.ncapacitatcd iim tor work of tiny
fciwl. Asa result of this, Locomotor Ataxia
set in, (this is a form of paralysis • liicn
depnres the pali'dit of all use 01 hi . lower
limbs.) The Argun & Patriot interviewed
Mr. Hutchinson to-day, and hi i story is
here given in his own wor<U.
“ My back aclu’d eoiitinually and'inylcgfl
beg'c.i to grow numb uml to be lea and leys
ti- : d)lc. i3y th • loth of \pril ! could do
at) lolutcly nothing and was scarcely able to
Btand. My nhysiciaas aflvised me to go to
the Mary Fletcher Hospitnl ut Hurlii glon,
to be treated, and I took their advice. \Vlien
l 1 ft home 1117 friends bade me good-hyo,
never expecting to sec me alive again.
The physicians at the hospital told me that
my case was a serious one and 1 was coin*
jjlet.NV di'tcouraged. i remaimd at the
It os pita! seven weeks and took the medieirsea
which th” doctors gave me. I felt b iter r.{
the lit>: pitni an 1 thought that 1 was recover
ing, and went li< ii..- •-> continu their treat
ment, which 1 did lor two znontha, and uLo
h-ail an rlectrir, battery und* r their advice.
Ti. - i'oprovcment, however,did not continue
end I ran to give ii|> hope. August lvt,
- I • add not get out of mv chair without
• ,a afl if I got down upon the floor. I
'"•t tip alone. About thin time 1
, read an account of the wonder*
> powers .if Dr. William- ’ Pink
Ml People in cases similar to my
and and not have any faith in the Pills
’ t j trial could do no harm, so I
• ithout telling anyone what I
.>. After I had been Miking
• I found that, for the first time
• • is able to walk down to the
•■iv neighbor# began to dis*
i -l uiprovernent in my health.
m .(d the medicine I continued to
and soon recommenced work
mi ) fit, first very lightly, and in
m.* as I was able and as I gained in
■. and spirits and now for the past
•■•months I have been working ten hours
■ day almost as steadily as I ever did.
1 re-1 w 11, cat well and sleep as well as I
' '1 and I have no pain anywhere. ,,
r , • reporter talked with several other gen*
1 re '4**d to the case of Mr. J lutcliin
r-tared that anv statement he might
•'ll b* entitled to entire credence.
. Williams* Pink Piils contain all the
■; to give new life and
-s to the blood .and restore shattered
n r . They are for sale by all druggistS|
iie !,ftd by mail from Dr. Williams*
M Company, Schenectady, K. V. f hi
My,, jier box or (? boxes for
Lu DISEASES of the blood are
1 cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which
.- j's vitalizinyr, enriching, and alterat:ve
■ makes only jPU R 5 Ql .0-0 O.
PftSY guarantees th . iuture.
. t not v;h.it we say, but what
..xsds i>. rsaparilla does, that tells the
story. Remember HOOD’SOUSES
Mil 1 111
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Ayers,
BLACKSMITHS
and
WOOD WORKMEN,
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Old Buggies and Wr.gons nin.lt
good as new We do all kind of
work in "wood and iron at reasonable
prices. Horeshoeing a specialty, J
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The strong poimt about
the cures by Hood’s Sarsaparilla is
that they are permanent. They tart from
(he solid foundation Pure Blood.
ay OT WHAT WE SAY, but
■ “ what Hoodh Sarsaparilla Does, that
tells the story of its merit and success
Rimember HOOD’S CURES.
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Positively guaranteed to cure the most
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Superior
TO ALL
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building up run-down sys
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"V.’nsn rheumatic eufterer for 13 month",. Derived rohcrteSt
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Ark My doctor <!t-oUre'l my ronditton lioorU'-“, hut an a last roaort
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two years; now I sleep soundly in Tet .
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“.Suffered for years with a disagreeable ernpflon cp my fare.
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