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gBut gjerald and gttotisci;. Newnan, Ga., Friday, July 27, 1888. TATTOOING IN BURMAH. How It I* Performed—Opium as an An- jesthetlc—Desiuns. Of all Burmese customs, one of the most singular is that of tattooing the E erson, from the waist to below the nees, with figures in black ink. Every man in the country is thus adorned, and unless his skin lie unusually dark, he looks at a little distance as though he were clothed in a tight fitting pair of knee breeches. The custom is said to be falling into disuse, but I have seen very few Burmans without this “mark of manhood,” which is conferred upon him when lie is about 12 to 14 years old. The operation is a painful one, and I was glad of the opportunity that now offered to see it, though aware that it takes at least two or three days to complete. Plio My in, the subject, is lying on a mat quite nude, with a dazed look in his half closed eyes, and breathing heavily. Moung Daw nods at him meaningly. “He has taken much opium,” he says, grinning to me. I am not surprised at it. If the Htok- winsayahgyee was going to exercise his art upon me for four or five hours, I should follow the Bur man’s plan and take opium by way of an anaesthetic. The tattooing will show well upon the plump, fair skinned lad before us, and the professor evidently thinks he is a subject to take pains with, as he 6its carefully mixing his ink in a joint of bamboo and preparing his weapon. This is a brass rod nearly two feet long and about half an inch thick; it is weighted at the top with a little ornamental figure, and at the other end has a hollow point divided by two cross slits into four fine pricks. The professor examines the “business end’’ critically, and, having satisfied himself that it is sharp enough, tucks up his putsoe and squats at Pho Myin's side. Selecting a spot on the thigh, he places both feet on it a few inches apart, and stretching the skin tight, draws the outline of the first figure—a tiger rampant—with an inky splinter of bamboo; this is soon done, and relieving himself of a large mouthful of betelnut, the professor set tles down to work in earnest. Leaning forward through his widely parted knees, he balances the brass 6tyle daintily, and, clasping it with the finger and thumb of the right hand, makes a “bridge” of the left, which he rests on the surface be tween liis feet. After sliding the instru ment through his fingers once or twice, as if to take aim, he makes a start and pricks away steadily with a light firm touch that is wonderfully quick and true. In less than five minutes the tiger, with its surrounding border, is finished, and the artist removes his feet from the dis tended skin, and washes off the superflu ous ink to see how his wprk has come out. Everybody presses forward to look at the picture, which shows up in bold relief on the rapidly formed swelling. Moung Saik exchanges a remark with liis wife, and the tattooer resumes his working position to draw the outline of the next figure. The boy, stupefied with opium, lies in sensible to the pain, while one figure after another gradually appears on his skin. Deep as the points of the style sink, they chaw little blood, but the limb swells in a manner that would alarm any one who did not know it would return to its nor mal size in a day or two. Fever some times intervenes, and in that case the pa tient waits for a time before the work of illustration is resumed, so it often ex tends over a period of a week or ten days, ■during which the inconvenience suffered is considerable. Without the aid of opium the process would be a much longer one. I found that I could not en dure the application of the style for more than thirty consecutive seconds without flinching so much as to interfere with the operator’s movements; for the skin is pricked over so closely that it becomes too tender to sustain their repetition. . Eight rupees is the usual fee paid to a tattooer for endowing a lad with breeches. The figures that compose them vary little, consisting as a rule of tigers, “nagas” (dragons) and “beloes” (devils). Each one is surrounded with a border of sentences, generally illegible, invoking good luck . upon the owner of the skin whereon they are inscribed. The waist and knees are neatly finished off with a tasteful edging of point or scroll pattern; these sensitive parts of the body are the last to be done, and tattooers have told me that the pain caused frequently arouses the patient from liis torpor.— Cornhill Magazine. IN A SAFETY VAULT. Bismarck’s Personal Habits. Though considerably past 70 years old, Prince Bismarck still works as hard as he did when he was twenty years younger. He never goes to bed until 2 in the morning, and eats a hearty supper shortly before midnight. He rarely rises much before noon, as he has always been a heavy sleeper and is often disturbed during the night by the arrival of dis patches which require instant attention. The chancellor is becoming a rich man. The salaries from his offices are by no means extravagant, but added to the revenues of his estates and the profits of his saw mills and distilleries, they bring his income to between §100,000 and $150,000 a year. And, as the prince is notoriously economical, a very large pro portion of this comfortable income is an nually saved.—New York Tribune. The Place Where People Keep Bond*, Jewels and Valuable Papers. What looks like the iron railed door of a cell may be seen just beyond the en trance to the Lincoln bank. It is the passage way to the vault for money and valuables. The cell door is always locked, and in the daytime a man is al ways in the vault. Besides the open iron railing door, there is a set of others of steel plates, which close in the passage way. The vault is lighted by gas. and except for a small desk, there is nothing to be seen in it liesides steel and iron and copper. The floors and walls and ceil ing are of steel four and a half inches thick. The vault is on the ground floor, and it is believed that if the building should fall or be burned down by fire, the vault room would remain unharmed ijitoct. Debris as thick as the layers at Pompeii might fall upon it, but the vault would still be there all right. And the bank people tliinK that w ith a little defense by guns the place would be mob proof, too. The room is not much more than twenty feet square, and a tall man can touch its ceiling with his hand. There are 2,500 large and small safes built in its walls. They rent for from $8 to $1,000 a year. People keep bonds, stocks, mortgages, deeds, other valuable papers a*l jewels and money in them. When a man calls to cut off his coupons or look at his papers, he is identified by the keeper of the vault, who stands by him while he unlocks his compartment. The man takes out the tin box, and is ushered into one of a series of little rooms off the vault. They are about as big as a Turkish bath disrobing closet, and contain a desk and one or more chairs. The minute of the arrival of the man, his name, the box number he opened, and a few other things are re corded in a book kept by the vault keeper. The little closet he is shown to is examined to see that there is nothing in it except the desk and writing mate rials and chairs. When the man has clipped his coupons and brings back his tin box to put it in his safe, the time of his departure is recorded, and the closet he occupied is inspected to see that he left nothing valuable behind. Some of the rich men come to look at their papers only once in a month or two. Others go there once in the morning, when they are going down town to their offices, and then stop there again in the afternoon, when returning home. These are the men who leave there whatever extra actual money they have from day to day. But gold and silver and treasury notes are not largely left in the vault. The contents of the boxes are chiefly the papers representing money. However, at the time of the Grant & Ward failure plenty of people got frightened and brought big rolls of bills from down town banks and stuffed them into their compartments. Lots of men who don’t rent boxes permanently did hire them then for short periods. Many of the safes are used by trustees of estates. These safes cannot be opened by one person. For as many trustees as there are there are as many keys, and whenever the Bafe has to be unlocked all the trustees have to come. Each key performs a different service in opening the lock. The keeper will insert his key, twist it and thus prepare the lock for the insertion of Trustee A’s key. Trustee A’s key is put in by him and turned, and this makes the lock ready for the key of Trustee B. At last the bolta are turned and the door may be opened. This mechanical device has to be resorted to in order that no single trustee may get access by himself alone to the papers of the estate.—New York Sim. New Fashion in Bookbinding. Boston has a new fashion in bookbind ing; the colors of the volumes in large sets are varied. One of the leading binders has just finished a set of Dickens for a private library in sixteen different colors. “Each novel,” safs Arlo Bates, “was bound in an individual hue. the only ' duplication occurring where a tale came in two volumes. Red, brown, orange, light and dark blue, lemon, fawn, ma roon, brown and black were among the tints chosen, and with each went a har monious gold line English paper. The effect of this fashion is very pretty and even brilliant. It is used to break the uniformity of a, score of volumes in single tone.”—Home Journal. An egg of the great auk (now extinct) was recentJv sold in London for $800. Hard Work in a Mail Car. The German makes the best mail route gent, but you very seldom find an Irish man or American who will submit to the severe discipline that is necessary to per- ect him in distributing. I have seen beginners, on the run from St. Louis, nter Kansas City with the blood stream ing from their hands and the fingernails tom off. The injuries are regularly in curred in working the newspaper mail. The sacks become filled with all kinds of refuse from the floors over which they are dragged. After standing the motion of the cars for fifty miles the papers are frequently coated with particles of iron, iteel, glass and splinters, and tear a man’s band to pieces as he dives blindly into ;he sack for the packages. A few days ire always necessary to cure a novice of ?ore hands. The second day he is crip pled, as his fingers are drawn up. and he cannot open his hands without the most excruciating pain.—St. Louis Globe- Demccrat. The Deep lunged Recltationists. The feature of recitations at receptions has developed into a colossal bore. Peo ple are supposed to go to such places for the pleasure of meeting their host and hostess and others, and having some little conversation with them. But frequently the deep lunged recitationists are all there and the evening goes by like unto one in a hall where there is a regular programme of elocutionary exercises. This puts a stop to conversation and forces everybody who has ears to hear. If the recitationist took to the humorous the weariness of their auditors might not be so apparent; but many of them lean very strongly toward the tragic—so strongly, in fact, that their props do not always sustain them.—New York Press ‘Every Day Talk.” Hone Power la Whales. Sir William Turner, the eminent pro fessor of anatomy in the University of Edinburgh, recently delivered a lecture to the members of the Philosophical in stitution of that city on “Whales; Their Structure and Habits, ” in the course of which he referred to a point of consider able interest to engineers, which was the horse power exerted by the tail of a large whale. Regarding the length of full grown whales, Professor Turner re marked that the porpoise was four or five feet long, whereas the Greenland right whale was from fifty to sixty feet long, and lie said that the great fimier whale, which frequently visited the British seas, reached the length of eighty feet or even more. An animal of the latter sort was stranded at Longniddry, some years ago. After speakmg at some length on the structure of whales, the lecturer made some remarks on the rate of speed at which they traveled. It had been esti mated, he said, that the Greenland whale could attain a speed of nine or ten miles an liom - , and that the finner whale at tained even .a greater speed. In all probability, the Longniddry whale could propel itself through the water at the rate of twelve miles an hour, and the sperm whale was capable of driving itself along at the same rate of speed. He had asked John Henderson, of Glasgow, the well known builder of the Anchor lines, to assist him in arriving at the horse power which must be exercised by one of these great whales so as to acquire a speed of twelve miles an hour, and he put the case of the Longniddry whale before him. It was eighty feet long, weighed seventy-four tons, and bad a tail eighteen to twenty feet across from the extreme ends of its flanges. With these data, Mr. Henderson calculated that a whale of the dimensions men tioned, in order to attain a speed twelve miles an hour, would require to exercise a propelling force of 145 horse power.— Safety Valve. Destruction of Disease Germs. Cleanliness is a great enemy of bacterial jfe. Secure, as nearly as possible, per fection in drainage, ventilation and water mpply. Overcrowding, stagnant water, lecomposing animal and vegetable mat ter, and foul drains, furnish very favor able conditions for the development, or rather the breeding, of germs; for, re member that the specific germs are never spontaneously generated. Bad hygienic surroundings may induce disease, but not the specific contagious diseases to which we have referred. Finally—the most important point—exclude the germs; for as a field, be it never so well plowed and fertilized, will not yield a crop without seed, so, however favorable the conditions for breeding fevers and diphtheria may be, they will not occur without the intro duction of germs. To exclude them re quires constant and painstaking watch fulness. The enemy may gain admission through the milk supply, through im properly disinfected clothing, or through personal contagion, which it is almost im possible to avoid. Many germs possess great vitality, and when once they have gained access to a bouse, or any of its contents, resist de struction most persistently. They may be destroyed in various ways. Bi-chlo- ride of mercury in solutions of 1 part to 2,000 to 5,000 is efficient; carbolic acid. 1 to 20 to 50, and heat, es pecially in the form of hot steam, are all useful. Fumes of sulphur are also good in closed rooms; but nothing can take the place of cleanliness and watchfulness igainst the introduction of disease germs. —Francis P. Whittlesey, M. D., in Good Housekeeping. Sweden's Cut Iron Coin. “Ding it!” ejaculated a gentleman who had dropped a twenty cent piece on his foot while showing it to a reporter the >tlier day. “That’s enough to make a iaint swear!” And he sat down upon a ;hair and proceeded to nurse the unfor tunate pedal. The gentleman was a well known coin collector, and the twenty cent piece was an old and rare specimen of the hard iash used in Sweden years ago. It was a piece of cast iron about six inches square and a half an inch thick, and bore a number of strange figures and hiero glyphics, about as easily transferable to paper as the diagram of a western bliz zard. “This piece,” said the numismatist, “is, or rather was, when in use, equal to about twenty cents of our money, and if you wanted to borrow $5 from a Swed< you would have been obliged to sene, vour horse and wagon, or at least a .vheelbarrow, after twenty-five of them. A man in Sweden, when such hard cash ivas in vogue, would never be obliged to fumble in his vest pocket with a heavy pair of gloves in cold weather for suf ficient clxange, and Swedish legislators of any party might have beeh justified 3eventy-five years ago in advocating the rag baby.—New York Evening Sun. A WORD IN SEASON. , f •n’t light other remedies, because B. B. B..takes care of itself. Ify the public, o oinrrio hnttio will nnon vnnrAVfis. It is nonsense to try to argue witn me puuuc, Everybodv wants to claim something extraordinary for whatever they have as a, . B. B. is too well-known now foi can produce its superior. We don’ fwir if q cmcrip iNir.r.m win nnpn vimi HveSk xt 10 Bead these certificates : PREACHER CURED OF DYSPEPSIA. the matter with your blood, try it—a single bottle will open your eyes. It is nonsense to try to argue and we don’t do it. One bottle will do you good, no matter how you suffer. IMPURE BLOOD. A Case in Florida Cured by B. B. B. Everlyn.Near Brunswick, Ga. May, 1887. My blood ad been impure for a number ol years. 1 broke out in u^.y sort-s over my bead and body and I could iret nothing to heal them or purity my blood (though I T ried other so- called medicinesj until I found that most val uable medicine (Botanic Blood Balm) B. B. B. 1 have been using it lor near.y a year, and in that time have taken nearly one dozen bot tles, and I feel that I am nearly cured ; the sores on my head and body all healed. My health is good and I can eat anything that I desire. Yours respectfully, Edward Glover. FROM A DRUGGIST. Palatka, Fla., May 31, 1SS7. The demand for Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) is such that I now buy in half gross lots, and I unhesitatingly say that my customers are all pleased. R. Kehsting. 10 YEARS WITH RHEUMATISM. Newton, N. .Tune 25, 1SS7. Gentlemen : J iim pleasured 'n saying 1 lave been a great suirerer from rheumatism 10 years, and 1 have exhausted almost every known remtdy without relief. I was torn to try B. B. B. which I did after long procrasti nation, and with the experience of three bot tles I am almost a healthy man. I take it as a part of my duty to make known your won derful Blood Purifier to suffering humanity, and respectfully ask you to mail me one of your books of wonders. Respectfully, W. I. Morehead. ITS USE FOR KIDNEYS. Jesup, Ga., May, 25,1887. I have been suffering from kidney disease fora month past, and the pain in my back was very severe. My occupation requires a good deal of writing at night, and I suffered all the time. I saw one man who said he was cured by using Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B) and L commenced using it, and the pain is a great deal less. I have only used two bottles, and I believe it will effect a cure by the use of a few more bottles. Yours respectfully, J. E. Coleman. THE BEST PURIFIER MADE. Damascus, (3a., June 29, 1887. I have suffered with Catarrh for about four years, and after using four bottles of Botanic Blood Balm I had my general health greatly improved, and if I could keep out of the bad weather I would be cured. I believe it the best purifier made. Very respect fully, L. w. Thompson. TWELVE YEARS AFFLICTED. Bluffton, Ind., Feb. G, 1SS7. I have been afflicted with Blood Poison for twelve years- Havejused prescriptions from physicians offered me during that period. Through the druggist, W. A. Gutelius, I pro cured one bottle of B. B. B. and have since used three bottles, and I am satisfied that it has done me more good than anything I ever used. I am almost well, and am sure within two or three weeks I will be periectly well, af ter twelve years suffering intensely. Write or address, Joseph Feist, Well’s Co. Ind. Baker and Confectioner. SPLENDID FOR A SPRING TONIC. Arlington, Ga , June 30,1S87 I suffered with malarial blood poison more or less, all the time, and the only medicine that has done me any good is B.B.B. It is undoubt edly the best blood medicine made, and for this malarial country should be used by every one in the spring of the year, and is good in summer, fall and winter as a tonic and blood purifier. GIVES BETTER SATISFACTION. Cadiz, Ky., July 6,1887. Please send me one box Blood Balm Catarrh Snuff bv return mail, as one of my customers is taking B. B. B, for catarrh and wants a box of the snuff. B. B. B. gives belter satisfac tion than any medicine I ever sold. I have sold 10 dozen in the past 10 weeks and it gives good satisfaction, If I don’t remit all right for the snuff write me. Miccsukee. Fla., Leon Co. July 20,1887. 1 have been a sufferer from indigestion and dyspepsia for a long time, and have tried many remedies, but until I was induced bjj friends to try your B. B. B. received no relief, _ but since using it have found more reliief and comfort than from any other treatment I have used. Hoping you will forward to my address your 32-page book for prescription, also evidenced' cures. Send at earliest con-,, venieuce. Rev. Rob’t C. 4 REMARKABLE SHOWING FOR B. B. B. AGAINST OTHER REMEDIES. Yours, W. N. Brandon. Putnam Co., April 27, 1887. I have been suffering for most thirty years with and itching and burning all over my face and body. I took eighteen bottles of one. blood medicine and it did me no good. I com- 4 menced last January to use B. B. B., and af ter using live bottles I felt stouter and better than I have in thirty year3, my health is bet ter, and I weigh more than I ever did. The itching lias nearly ceased, and I am confident that a few more bottles of B. B. B- will cure me entirely. I am sixty-two years old now and can do a good day’s work in my field. I consider B. B. B. the best blood purifier that ; I have ever seen, for it certainly did me more good than all the medicine I have ever taken I had, in all, nearly a hundred risings on my face, neck and body. James Pinkerton. 2 BOTTLES CURE RHEUMATISM. Boughton, Ark., June 4.1887. I cheerfully state the following facts in re gard to the use of your medicine in my family. My little son, 14 years of age, suffered from an ? acute attack of rheumatism,caused by undue l exposure and chilling of the blood. I heard ' your remedy highly recommended, and pur chased a bottle from Moncrief & Bro., Pres cott, Ark. In about one month, after using this bottle he became so much better that I got the second bottle, which is now being us ed,'and my son is nearly well, and I think by removing him to a cooler summer climate (which I will do) and continuing its use, a perfect cure will be effected. I consider B.B. B. a most excellent blood purifier. Chas. H. Titus, t R. R. Agt. Boughton, Ark. m Send for our Book of Wonders, free to all. Address, BLOOD BALM COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga. THE WORLD CHALLENGED. To produce anything like an approach to our now justly celebrated Blood Remedy, B. B. B., we make bold to , claim the following special points of value and advantage over any other remedy on the market: 1. That it consists of the most valuable remedies known to the medical profession. 2. That the combination of the remedies has never been equaled in any medicine that has ever been known. 3. Its beneficial results can be felt sooner than by the use of , anv other remedv. 4. It takes less quantity and less money to produce a cure than any other remedy. We are willing for B B. B. to stand on its own merits, and as our words are unnecessary in proving its efficiency as a blood remedv we simply invite a careful perusal of the following voluntary certificates from the thousands who have tried it. They are eloquent tributes, and speak for themselves. To the skeptical, we would further say : Inquire of your neighbor who has tried our great remedy. Here are the certificates A REMARKABLE LETTER. SHE HAD TRIED EVERYTHING ELSE. Down Two Years With Rheumatism and Now Entirely Well. I have been troubled with rheumatism for two years; had gotten so I could scarcely walk, and was in pain nearly all the time. At night could not sleep for the excruciating pain. Theboueinone of my legs was very much enlarged, and I feared that amputation would be necessary. After trying many dii- ferent patent medicines claiming to cure rheumatism and other complaints, I was al most discouraged until about two weeks ago, when I had to give up business, Mr. W. J. Willingham, of your city, hearing of my com plaint, advised the use of your medicine, and assured me of his confidence in it as a cure for rheumatism. I at once purchased a bot tle, hoping it might relieve me, but not having much faith in it., or in anything else; but, thank God, I am very much relieved, and I firmly believe I will get entirely well. The swelling has gone down and I am in no pain whatever. Am at work agaia, and have been for several days. Can run up and down the stairway in factory as nimbly as ever. I thank you for this earthly salvation to me. I write without your solicitation, or any knowledge of you, except through your med icine. I write because I feel grateful for what lias been done for me. I am yours, very truly, W. A. Moore, Foreman for Willingham Lumber Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. If any one should doubt as to my being cured, or as to my statements, I refer them to the firm I am with and have been with for many years; Mr. Phillip Young, ol Chatta nooga; Mr. Hamilton, foreman of carpentry, with W. L. & Co., Chattanooga; Dr. Acre, of Chattanooga; Mr. Phil Hartman, shipping clerk for W. L. Co.; F. B. Cheek, Chatta nooga ; Mrs. Cooper, Chattanooga, and one hundred others in factory and in city. Clover Bottom, Sullivan County Tenn., June20,1887—Blood Balm Co. Atlanta, Ga.— Sir: I have been thinking of writing to you for some time to let you know of the wonder ful cure your B. B. B. has effected on myself and daughter. She, a girl of 16 years, was taken with a very sore leg below the knee. I used about 30 bottles of other medicine to no purpose. The doctors said the only remedy left was amputation. That we all were op posed to. I was in Knoxville the 8th of Jan uary, 1887, and while buying a bill of drugs called for a good blood purifier, and Messrs. Sanford, Chamberland & Co. recommended the B. B. B. I purchased one-lialf dozen bot tles, and, to my utter surprise, after using three or four bottles, my girl’s leg was entire ly well. I also had a very ugly running sore on the calf ol my leg and one bottle cured it, after trying all other remedies. I wish you much success, and I do hope that all suffering humanity may hear and believe in the only true blood purifier. I have tried three or four blood purifiers, but the B.B.B. is the only one that ever did me or mine any good. You can use mv name if you wish. I am well known in this and Washington county, also ail over Virginia. R. S. Elsom. BLOOM TAINT FROM BIRTH. Booneville, Ind., January 27, 1887. I shall ever praise the day that you gentle men were born, and shall bless the day that your medicine was known to me. I had blood poison from birth, and so much so that ail the doctors of my town said I would be crip pled for life. They said I would lose my low er limb. I could not stand in my class to re cite my lessons, and eleven bottles of your Balm cured me sound and well. You can use my name as you see fit. Iu my case there were knots on my shinbones as large as a hen’s egg. Yours, Mibtle M. Tanner. A GOOD EXPERIMENT. Meridian, Miss., Juty 12, 1887. For a number 0/ years I have suffered un told agonies from the effects of blood poison. I had my case treated by several prominent physicians, and recivedbut little, if any relief. I resorted to all sorts of patent medicines, spending a large amount of money but getting no better. My attention was attracted by the cures said to have been effected by B. B. B., and I began taking it merely as aexperiment, having but little faith in the ultimate results. To my utter surprise I soon commenced to improve, and deem myself to-day a well and hearty man—all owing to the excellent qual ities of B. B. B. I cannot commend it too highly to those suffering from blood poison. J. O. Gibson, Trainman M & O R. K AFTER TWENTY YEARS. Baltimore, April 20, 1887.—For over twen ty years I have been troubled with ulcerated bowels, and bleeding piles, and grew weak and thin from constant loss of blood. I have used four bottles of B B. B. B., and have gained 15 in weight and my general health Is better than for ten years. I recommend your B. B. B. as the best medicine I have ever used, and owe my improvement to the use of Botanic Blood Balm. EugeniuS A. Smith, 318 Exeter St. t AN OLD MAN RESTORED. Dawson, Ga., June 30,1887.—Being and old man and suffering from general debility and rheumatism of the joints of the shoulders, I found difficulty in attending to my business, that of a lawyer, until I bought and used five bottles of B. B. B., Botanic Blood Balm, of Mr. T. C. Jones, of J. R. Irwin & Son, and my general health has improved and the rheuma tism left me. I believe it to be a good medi- jcine.J J.H. Laing, 1 i We regret that we have not one thousand pages of space to continue our list of certificates. ’ Pc' " ~ JHL_ All who desire full informationabout the cause and cure of Blood Pofsons, Scrofula and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh, etc., can secure by mail, free, a copy of our 32-page illustrated Book of Wonders, hlled with the meet wonderful and startling proof ever before known. jAddress^ COMpAjryi Atlanta _ 0a . COMMON SENSE. The dav has nassed when the world can be humbugged by nostrums. We give you PLAIN FACTS—common » ^ * V f» -1 J1 J ^rri fh rXllf fAfl V nf OAYtf T»0 Irif 1 All f Kof it 10 til A VlQot rATY» AtItT T?AT? sense tacts—about < THE BLOOD in t everywhere, and your druggist will ^11 you tributes, and speak for themselves as to the efficacy of B. It. B.. CHEERY WORDS. IT REMOVED THE PIMPLES. For the Citizens of Tyler and Smith County, as Uttered by John M. Adams, of the Firm of McCay <fe Adams, Druggists. Secretary Bayard’s Day’s Work. The secretary of state begins liis day’s work before breakfast, at his house, where he receives the early mail, and it usually takes him till 10 o’clock to read it. If he has any time remaining he an swers his private letters with his own hand, and at 10 the official carriage calls to take Bim to the department. Reach ing there, he spends the rest of the morn ing receiving the public, and the after noon in attending to his official corre spondence, and in holding conferences with his assistants. About 3 o’clock the official letters and other documents which require liis signature are placed upon his table, and it usually takes him an hour or more to read and sign them. His work for the day is not often finished be fore 5 o’clock, when he goes for a horse back ride into the country with his daughter, a daring and graceful eques trienne.—Washington Cor, New York 1 Mail and Exprea. St. Petersburg’s Fire Towers. Conspicuous about the city are peculiar looking towers, rising far above the roofs of the houses, and crowned with flag staff s. to which tackle is attached. These are the fire towers, ancient institutions still retained as lookouts, for watchmen, who, when a fire alarm is given, run up a red ball in daylight, a red lantern at night, with a system of signals by which it may be known where the danger exists, tt is a clumsy and inefficient way of operating a fire department, and is about the only feature of the administrative system in which the Russians have not introduced modem improvements. They have electric lights and telephones, but their system of fire alarm has been used since the time of Peter the Great.—Will iam Eleroy Curtis in Chicago News. Buried Alive by Mistake. Dr. L. Comeau, who published a work ten years ago on the certain signs of death, with the avowed purpose of “pre venting the interment of living persons,” says that he can cite ninety-six well authenticated cases who were buried alive by mistake. Here is one: “A French army officer, on Aug. 30, 1836, was buried at Saintes with military honors. The parting salute awoke him from ap parent death. He knocked upon the lid of the coffin, was heard, set at liberty, and marched back to the bouse of mourn ing at the head of the detachment that had been detailed to escort his body to the grave. ’ Bogtoa Budget _______ I have been a practical druggist In Tyler for a number of years, and in that time have had occasion to examine, try, and notice the eflect of nearly all the highly recom mended prepar ations or patent medic nes on the market, as I have suffered untold misery myself, the past number of years, from a severe form of in flammatory rheumatism, and could find nothing to care or relieve me. I had almost drawn a conclusion that all patent medicines were more or less frauds until about one year ago, I was induced by a friend now livmg in Tyler to try a preparation known as 3 B., or Botanic Blood Balm, and afteria long per suasion on his part, I finally made up my mind to make one more effort to rid myself of the terrible affliction; and now it affords me the greatest pleasure of my liie to state to the citizens of Smith county that I am entire ly cured, with no traces of the disease left, and all effected by the magic healing proper ties of B. B. B., which I consider the grand est, purest, and most powerful blood remedy . known to man. I have been subject to in flammatory attacks since ten years of age, and up to the present time have had four. The last spell came on me in November, 188o, over a year ago, at which i ime I was confined to my bed for eight weeks, passing the nights in misery, with no sleep except wUen produc ed by narcotics and various opiates. The week previous to using B. B. B. up to that time I had only eaten six meals and could scarcely sit up without support; but after us ing three bottles I was able to relish my meals and to walk up town, and after six bot tles had been used, thank heaven, I was en tirely cured, and not the slightest pain felt since that time. When I returned to business in February my weight was 145 pounds, but gradually increased until my regular weight was again attained, 210 pounds. The noticea ble fact in what I have so cheerfully stated is, that this unparalleled and remarkable dis covery B. B. B. cured me in mid-winter, at the very time my sufferings and misery were the greatest. I take it on myself as a practi cal druggist to heartily, cheerfully, as well as conscientiously, recommend this glorious blood remedy to all sufferers from rheuma tism or blood troubles, and not only myself,- but the firm of McKay & Adams, who handle it, will cheerlully indorse its superior merits. John M. Adams, of McKay & Adams, Tyler, Texas. All who want Complain us, Catarrh, Round Mountain, Tex., March 29,1887. A lady friend of mine has for several years been troubled with bumps and pimples on her face and neck, for which she used various cosmetics in order to remove theffi and beau tify and improve her complexion; but these local applications were only temporary and left her skin in a worse condition. i I recommended an internal application- known as Botanic Blood Balm—which I have been using and selling about two years; she used three bottles and nearly all pimples have disappeared, her skin is soft and smooth and her general health much improved. She expresses herself as well satisfied and can recommend it to all who are thus affected. Mrs. S. M. Wilson. TESTIMONIAL OF HON. THOS. PAULK, OF BERRIEN COUNTY. Would not Take $1,000 for it—Re lieved of Fifteen Years Suf fering FROM DYSPEPSIA. COULD HEAR A TICK CRAWL. Mr. C. E. 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Alapaha, Ga., June 22, 1887.—B. B. B. Company, Atlanta, Ga.—Gentlemen : I had suffered from that terrible disease, dyspepsia for over fifteen years, and during that time tried everything I could hear of, and spent over three hundred dollars in doctor’s bills, without receiving the slightest benefit, Indeed, I continued to grow worse. Finally, after I despaired of obtaining relief, a friend recommended B. B. B., (Botanic Blood Balm) and I began using it; not, however, expecting to toe benefited. After using half a bottle I was satisfied I was being benefited, and when the sixth bottle was used I felt like a new man. I would not take $1,000 for the good it has done me; in fact, the relief that I derived from it is priceless. I firmly believe I would have died had I not taken it. Respectfully, THOMAS PAULK. SUFFERED FROM PILES. Baltimore, February 5, 1887. 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