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jfk. ESI IT Smce your blood IS your llfe lt behooves you to keep it pure. That person who goes through the world with} r r
I 1 I Baa Ea | £ a ,arl y Purifying his blood gets an affliction. Nine ailments out of ten have their origin in thin, impoverished blood a
—'ll ,i I'-I will mu attempt to remeoy them by preparations recommended especially for them is to lose sight of their cause, and th r*
not permanent, bor instance, an ointment may be/prepared that will relieve eczema, but this ailment will have another outbreak. Dyspepsia may find temporary relief in certain
edies—so may rheumatism—so may scrofula, cancer, erysipelas and women troubles, but the final cure only comes when the blood is purified. Pure blood builds up th a corrrit 1
Pure blood strengthens your digestive organs so that food becomes nutritious and dyspepsia will disappear. Pure blood is clear of all acid from which rheumatism aets its start
blood contains no poisons that gives rise to cancer, eczema and scrofula. Pure blood disposes of the causes of a thousand petty diseases that render you uncomfortable and unh
Graybeard Is the PUREST BLOOD PURIFIER Mad
It has cured Cancer.
It has cured Eczema#
It haa cured Rheumatism.
It has cured Catarrh.
It has cured Dyspepsia.
Mind you, these were not trifling ail
ments, but every one an ailment which
doctors had failed to cure.
G-raybeard Is made of fresh herbs, blos
soms and berries. It contains no mercury
or potash. For eradicating old and deep
seated ailments as Cancer, Catarrh, Ecze
ma, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, it has no
equal on earth. You want nothing else to
take. Try nothing else. Nothing else to
necessary. In Graybeard you have every
thing to build you up and make you stron
ger than your disease. It will crush out
your disease. It will leave you as you were
before the ailment seized you.
There Is nothing a hundredth part as
good as Graybeard to do this. There Is
nothing made like Graybeard—none ever
will be. It is one of the great inventions
of the world.
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Catarrh of Stomach
"I take Graybeard and know It helps me
more than anything I con get. I have ca
tarrh of the stomeoh and can’t find any
thing to relieve me but Graybeard.
"EUNICE FOUNT* 'N,
•'Leesvi..c, Ind.*’
A Drummer Cured.
Mr. J. M. Brown, many years a drum
mer In Batesvtlle, Ark., writes: "I have
been troubled for a long time with rheuma
matlsm In my feet and Joints. When I sat
down I could not get up without exper
iencing great pain. When I stood on my
feet any length of time I was compelled
to wit down and oven even got no relief.
"In spring this aliment increased
"I began the use of Graybeard a few
weeks since and am pleased to say that
now I am all right. Nothing ever gave mo
relief but Graybeard.
A Conductor Cured.
I contracted cold a few years ago work
ing on the bridge gang over In Alabama
and was laid up with rheumatism. I tried
a great many remedies all of which eeemed
to relieve me some, but none cured me
All did soma good as far aa they went. but
they did not go far enough.
Graybeard cured me before I had taken
ane-thJrd as much as of other remedies.
■Wm. w. McDaniel.
C. R. R. Conductor.
Get GRAYBEARD at a Bottle--6 Bottles, $5.
Or write to Respess Drug Cos., Props:, Savannah, Ga,
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
SEWS AMD VIEWS OF THE DAY IM
TWO STATES.
Jfew Bank for Dalubridse—Younfr
Darkle* fluriflnrlze Stores In Pair
■ on—Boy Stabbed at ThontHsville.
Epperson Wan Seriously Hnrt—\V.
A. Blabee Deported on After a
Street Railway Franchise In Jack*
aonvllle.
At a meeting of the Macon Volunteers
Dr. William J. Little was elected company
surgeon, and will go with the company
on their Cumberland trip.
Bank for Klninhrldge.
The People’s Bank of Bainbridge has
been granted a charter. The capital stock
is $25,000. The incorporators are: J. L.
Hick*. J. A. Reid. J. D. Chason and H. C.
Draper, all of the city of Bainbridge. W.
S. W'itham of Atlanta is president of the
institution.
Wan Seriously Ilnrt.
Mr. W. O. fcpperson, who vgas struck
by lightning in Florida a few days ago,
has been in Macon for the past two days,
visiting his father, Mr. B. C. Epperson,
superintendent of the Atlanta division of
the Central Railroad. Mr. Epperson was
injured more seriously than was at first
thought by his family and friends in Ma
con. The lightning broke hit* breastbone,
one of bis ribs and paralyzed his left side,
but aironge to say he is fast recovering,
and expects to be allright in a week or
two.
.
Negro Boy Stabbed.
Joe Washington, a negro boy about S
years old, was seriously cut In the abdo
men Saturday on the outskirts of Thom
asville. He was giyen the necessary med
ical attention. Ills wound Is very seri
ous. but he will likely recover. Harry
Hoblnson, a white newsboy, was arrested
and locked up, charged with the cutting,
but at a preliminary hearing It was shown
that Robinson was not In the vicinity
where it occurred, and he was discharged.
The witnesses In the case implicated other
hoys, but as yet no other arrests have
been made.
Voaiig Darkey Ilnrgltira.
Probably two of the youngest burglars
ever arrested in the stale, were Jailed In
Dawson Monday. Friday night T. O.
Whltchard & Co.’s store was entered and
the cash drawer robbed and several arti
cles of merchandise stolen, and Sunday
night the store of C. G. Lewis & Bro. was
entered, through a panel knocked from
the rear door and robbed of a dollar In
change left from Saturday’s sales. When
Mr. C. G. Lewis opened the store and
discovered the burglary, he began lo In
vestigate. and found the tracks of a small
boy, which led him to suspect Arthur
Robinson, a negro boy 12 years old. Ac
• companled by Deputy Sheriff Slade, he
went to the home of the boy. where they
found goods from the store of Whltch
ard A Cos. The boy was Jailed, and con
fessed the burglaries, implicating JefT
Davis, another negro boy about his own
age.
FLORIDA^
Street Railway Franchise.
The reported withdrawal of the Atlan
tic, Valdosta and Western Railroad of
Ita propositions asking for a atreet rail
way franchise, has caused considerable
djscuuloq aU over the city, and many
Letter from Texas.
Ballinger, Tex., Jan. 29th.
**l thought I would write you what your
wonderful Graybeard has done for me. I
had catarrh of the head about 35 years,
and suffered a great deal. I have tried
many kinds of medicines and have been
treated by doctors, though all of them fail
ed to cure me And I being so old and
my disease so chronic, I didn’t think there
was any medicine that would cure me.
But more than 2 years ago I had very
plain symptoms of cancer on my nos© and
face and decided to try Graybeard not
thinking that It would cure my catarrh
os well as c*anceT. I bought 8 boitl©6 from
Mr Pierce, and less than 6 cured me.
This has been more than 2 year? ago now
and no symptoms of the old diseases have
appeared I can praise Graybeard for
what it has don© for me. Persons need
never think they ar© too old for Gray
board to cure them. I am now 75.
"MRS. RHODA DEAN/*
Graybeard
Cured Him.
"I would here cay for the benefit of the
public!, that I was troubled with rheuma
tism in my hips for three months, and
aa I handled Graybeard I concluded to
give It a trial. I took two bottles and a
half and was cured. I do believe It to be
a great medicine.
’Also Sister DeLoach took It for paraly
sis and It helped her surprisingly.
"Rev. A. R. STRICKLAND,
"Easterling, Ga.”
Eczema.
Do you know when you have eczema?
Do you itch? Is your skin rough? In
warm weather does this stinging sensation
increase? When you scratch do large blis
ters and soros form? Do they torment you
when you work?
Eczema Is an putbreak of bad blood A
person afflicted with eczema cann-ot take
undue exercise without aggravating the
Itching, or get worm in bed without feel
ing on fire. The blood is aflame with the
peculiar poison that creates the disease
and calls for a powerful alterative to re
move It. Nothing short of a BLOOD MED
ICINE will accomplish a cure.
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Ectema.
Lafayette. Ala., May IS.
I have tried your Graybeard and know
for a truth that It is effectual.
It c’ured me of eczema and a severe at
tack of Indigestion.
I do not hesitate to recommend It. All
who try It here will not he without it.
6. A. JARRELL
rumors are afloat regarding new fran
chises that will be asked for. One of these
rumors is to the effect that W. A. Blsbee,
aided by several of JacksonviU’e most
enterprising citizens, will ask for a char
ter from the Council next
month.
Florida’s Capital.
Jacksonville Metropolis: According to
the Times-Unlon and Citizen, Ocala, St.
Augustine and Gainesville all want the
capital. If either of these towns can offer
a betteij Inducement than Jacksonville,
it should have It. The people of Florida
mean business, however, and want no
shams in such a contest. Our morning
contemporary is hereby notified that
Jacksonville Is also in the contest, and
Is in it to win. The Metropolis assures
the merchants that It will perform a
noble work In their behalf when the time
for action arrives.
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South Carolina Cotton.
Columbia, S. C„ July 4.—The general
condition of cotton is poor, on account
of too much moisture, lack of cultiva
tion, and the prevalence of lice. Some
Helds have been abandoned, or plowed up
and planted to peas, while the complaint
of grassy fields Is now general, except as
to sea Island, which is in excellent con
dition. Cotton on sandy lands looks sick
ly. In the western portion much has not
been chopped to stands. It is generally
small, and not fruiting well, although re
cently Is growing nicely and blooming
freely.
Krivs From Kinnnul.
Gertman, Ga., July 4.—A heavy rain
fell here Monday, followed by a heavy
wind, doing considerable damage to fruit
trees. The fruit crop In Emanuel county
Is the best in many years. There is one
third more cotton planted in Emanuel
than there was last year.
RICHEST CHINAMAN.
Chin Tan Snn Lends Ilia Race la
America.
(San Francisco Letter- to (he Denver
Times.)
The most remarkable millionaire In
California is a Chinaman. His name is
Chin Tan Sun, and he Is the richest Chi
naman in America.
Millionaires are not necessarily Interest
ing. But here is a novelty In the six
ciphered class. Where else on American
soil may be found a millionaire with a
queue, who thinks nothing at all of own.
Ing whole towns; who employs hundreds
of white men and women In his factories
and eancries; who pays taxes on ranches,
city real estate, gold mines and dia
monds; who runs lottery games; upsets a
city charter whhn he wants to; Imports
contract laborers by hundreds from China;
Is a power In a highbinder tong; con
ducts a real estate business in Hong-
Kong and several merchandise stores In
San Francisco, and- is a genuine Monte
Carlo In his business methods.
Chin Tan Sun does all three things,
and more. He Is a self-made man. He
la wider awake when he Is asleep than
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor.
OCALA. FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up te any
depth. We use flrst-class machinery, can
do work on aaart notice and guarantee
satisfaction.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900.
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GByDME® & [BGtaJILJEVp •
WHOLESALE
prints, Produce, pao c y oroc®roes, Jobbers,
Ml COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
13 V/EST MITCHELL STREET * . ’*
g=— ■ t JEU, >.,. . th,.}
T-ospass Drug Cos.,
Dear Sirs:-
•
Tor three years I suffered great pain and annoyancs froa
Catarrh and Blood Poison and found no remedy that would relieve ■,
GRAYBEARD was recommended to tie and three bottle* cade anew
tan of me I actually weigh 20 pound*more, and my health le more
vigorous than for years. I think It Is the greatest remedy that {
ever saw.
Ttour.
many of the persons with whom he comes
in contact during business hours. Some
thirty years ago a long-legged lad from
the Orient came across the seas to this
coast in the steerage of a steamer. He
had first opened his almond eyes in the
province of Sun Ming, a farming district.
Farmers in China do not live on the land
they cultivate. Space Is too precious.
They bunch jheir families into
compact little houses separated by
alleys, and go dally forth to their till
ing of the soil. In California, where
ranches cover thousands of acres, a farmer
turns a colt to pasture in a ten-acre lot.
In China a man who owns ten acres is
considered wealthy. The boy farmer had
heard fabulous tales of the New World.
They lured him from the raising of vege
tables. He left his ancestral home and
traveled to Ogden, Utah. There he went
to work in somebody’s kitchen as a cook.
But Chin Tan Sun, amid his new sur
raundings, thought of other things than
bread making and stove polishing and
dish washing. He dreamed of wealth
and power, though none would have
guessed that he was other than an ex
cellent household machine, content to go
no further afield than the slip-slip sandled
feet on a kitchen floor would carry him,
until he could save enough from his wuges
to insure the sending of his bones baek
to China should he die in the’land of the
white devils.
A girl of Scandinavian parentage, good
looking and industrious, was employed as
domeslk in a neighboring family. Chin
Tan Sun courted and married her. They
came to San Francisco and commenced
housekeeping on Jackson street in China
town with the dollars that had been earn
ed ill the Ogden kltcfren. Chin Tan Sun,
keenly on the alert for an opportunity to
begin the amassing of a fortune, con
ceived a clever idea. This idea was the
originating of the "little lottery" scheme.
There were at this time fifteen Chinese
lotteries running In Chinatown. Each con
ducted two drawings daily. Chill put his
Idea Into immediate practice and brilliant
success followed. He opened what he call
ed the American Lottery Company, selling
tickets with numbers duplicating those
of the fifteen gambling concerns. He
sought American patronage and white peo
ple began to play the Chinese lottery. He
paid with instant promptness all winning
claims, and in a year became a compara
tively rich man.
Chin Tan Sun developed marvelous busi
ness capacity. He bought a small interest
In numerous stores. He learned to speak
English fluently. His dealings were In
variably oil a cash basis, no mailer how
large the sum involved. He opened up a
dozen gambling houses in Oakland, whose
windows displayed fans and punk
sticks and bazaar articles In general as a
"blind” to conceal the unlawful operations
In the locked rooms back of them. He
kept the police busy raiding the gambling
Joints and himself busy lugging coin Into
court with which to deposit cash bail for
his employes who had been gathered In
by the blue-coated arm of the law. Fines
he paid with stoical Indifference.
One day an Oakland Judge imposed a
fine of ten times the usual amount In his
determination lo teach Chin a lesson.
Then Chin showed fight. Through his
attorney he had the municipal records
searched and the result turned Oak
land upside down, for, to relate briefly,
It was discovered that the fcharter was
Invalid; that the court In which Chin’s
agent had been convicted was not even
a de facto court; nor would Chin con- I
sent to have his man set free, though
the Superior Court Itself, sitting en j
banc on the case—an event that had
never occurred there before— wanted to
dismiss the troublesome matter. And
so Oakland had to provide Itself with a
brand-new charter, while the shrewdest
Chinese that the law had to deal with
laughed In his flowing sleeve; laughed
•nd went on piling up wealth that could
Picture of Health.
"Graybeard d’id me more good than any
thing I ever took In my life. I was troubled
with Indigestion, shortness of breath, and
was given a great deal of medicine by my
doctor, but It did me no good. I saw Gray
beard advertised and bought it, and it
cured me. I began to gain flesh and weigh
twenty pounds more than I did a short
time ago. MRS. J. G. BROWN,
"127 Lee street, Montgomery, Ala."
Sound and Well.
“I had congestion of the stomach-acute
Indigestion. Last August when I wa bo
bad off, I heard of Graybeard and got
my daughter and son-in-law to send for
the medicine for me. It did me more good
than all the doctors ,and I continued ita
use until now. I am sound and well; I am
truly thankful for the discovery of bj
great and wonderful a medlclno.
“MRS. MARGARET A. OLIVE,
Mt. Pella, Tenn. |
buy every little garden patch in his na
tive province, and still have enough to
burn out all the punk sticks that China
town could Import.
During these years the Influence of
Chin Tan Sim had been Increasing until
it made Itself felt with respect and fear,
not only in the Asiatic quarter, but be
yond i< limits. He was a member of
the Chinese Six Companies. He was
one of a trio at the touch of whose yel
low fingers the fortunes of their coun
tryman were molded, made and un
made. These three were Big Jim, Lit
tle Pete and Chang Chung. “Big Jim”
was now the name by which Chin Tan
Sun was known throughout San Fran
cisco. The long-legged lad from the
Orient had grown into some six feet of
very good-looking, smooth-shaven
Chinaman, better proportioned than the
majority of the Chinese. In business
matters he was regarded as the soul of
honor. Said a man who knew’ him well:
“If Big Jim were to tell me that he
would meet me at a certain place wlh
in the hour to pay me SIO,OOO in coin I
would know' that he would be there if
he were alive. ’’
When Big Jim was starting one of his
fruit canneries he went downtown and
negotiated with a firm for $15,000 in ma
terials. Then he gave directions for the
supplies to be shipped at once.
“\yhat security have you to offer?”
asked the white merchant.
Big Jim drew himself up with scorn.
“I have no security to offer,” he re
idled. "I have money. I want credit
of no man.” From his pocket he drew
a wallet, out of which he counted the
$15,000 In gold notes and the trifling inci
dent of purchase was closed.
Big Jim Town, a Chinese settlement
near San Jose, was at one time owned
by Chin. He also has ranches scattered
over the state, and contemplates start-
inR a steamship line along the Chinese
coast. His wealth is declared *o reach
the multi-millionaire mark. A rich
Chinaman lives his allotted time. His
sons Inherit his wealth, and they do not
abuse the trust. Obeying the commands
of Confucius, must .pay all and any
debts contracted by the father, but the
father is not debts contracted
by his sons. A fleh Chinaman attends
banquets, where he drinks samshu and
eals birds' nests, sharks' fins, seaweed
and oilier' impossible delicacies near to
the Chinese palate. He attends the con
tinuous performance theaters. He em
ploys several valets to care for his ward
robe, which is magnificent. Sometimes
he is so fastidious that he has three
sets of coats and trousers embroidered
In the same flower—rich display of buds
!■ morning, blossoms for the afternoon
and full-blown flowers for evening. In
cidentally, he acquires a harem. Such
are the opportunities Improved by Chin
Tan Sun—not excepting the harem.
And what of the white wife? She Is
the white wife still. She Is living in
Chinatown in her own establishment,
provided with money and servants In
plenty. She has never borne any chtl
dr n by her husband. The calamity Is
paramount to all others In Chinese eyes.
Confucius has established a low that
each family must have sons to per
pptuate Its name. So a wife who Is
childless gives her eonsent to the taking
of other wives, who, however, are not
recognized as such, for her place Is
never usurped officially. The number of
concubines Is optional with her master.
The children of these women address
the childless wife ns "mother." For their
own mothers they have only a pet name.
The second "wife” of Chin returned re
cently from a visit to China. She has
two fine sons, of which the father Is
exceedingly proud. And the women of
Chin's harem dwell together In such
peace ns passeth the American feminine
understanding.
Every one remembers tht killing of
Dyspepsia.
Bloating after eating and a feeling of
weight in the stomach are dyspepsia's
symptoms—eructations of gas-—elck stom
ach. heartburn, vertigo, all come along.
Sour stomach, headache, general depres
sion and great nervous condition follow.
We hear women say that they cannot
sleep, and that they feel light-headed as
If at times they must fall. We hoar men
eay that they cannot work. The stoma ch
Is out of gear, they are restless and ner
vous and form the habit of drinking.
This is dyspepsia— .. .. V
It can be cured. ””
Graybeard Is a safe remedy for this
ailment. It makes food nutritious end
strengthens and Invigorates the digestive
organs by purifying the blood.
Don’t hesitate to take It. \’
little Pete when the See Yups and Sam
Yups were at war. Because they were
members of rival tongt?, although personal
friends, the enraged associates of the
murdered one suspected Big Jim, he be
ing a See Yup man, had put a price upon
his head. Between two days be discreet
ly started upon a visit to his native land,
from which he Is expected to return next
month.
Chinatown Is the habitat of domons
that never sleep Jn the demands of hat
red and revenge, lurking wherever the
foot of the highbinder treads. Who can
foretell the fate of the richest Chinaman
In America?
CARIOUS RESTING PLACES.
Animals Which Perch on the Backs
of Their Fellows.
Prof. Charles Frederick Holder, in the
New York Tribune.
Any one who has crossed the Atlantic
or Pacific cannot have failed lo notice
the land birds which seek shelter and
rest upon the vessel, often hundreds of
miles from shore. Sometimes it Is an
eagle that alights on the truck or yard
arm; again a troop of delicate sparrows,
or even a humming bird—all so weary
and exhausted that they have lost all
fear and almost seem to court the friend
ship of human beings.
A fisherman on the Maine coast who
dally sailed out ten miles from shore said
that he frequently was visited by shore
ttids, which alighted on hts dory and
made themselves perfectly at home. Such
birds, and those which visit the steamers
out at sea, have been blown from their
caurse dicing the season of migration.
Thus in the fall and spring long lines of
migrating birds extend up and down the
coast. The majority fly at night, high in
the air. following the shore fine or a
mountain range; and If caught In a gale
arm blown out to sea they lose their
bearings, become confused and fly on,
alighting on vessels when perfectly ex
hausted.
When ships and boats are not Available
birds will alight upon almost any object.
1 have seen a gull standing on the back
of a sleeping loggerhead turtle In the
Gulf of Mexico, apparently much at
home; and the huge basking shark, which
Is often seen floating on the surface, its
brown bark exposed, has been observed
almost rovered with sea birds, which un
doubtedly thought a shark a log or a
piece of wreckage, discovering their mis
take suddenly when the shark rolled over
ior sang beneath the waves.
The Mnch nflfertn Pelican.
The laughing gulls of the Gulf of Mex
ico and Bouthern California waters have
a singular fancy for roosting upon the
back of the brown pelican, which I have
often observed. But this is not always lo
rest, as the gull reaches out when the peli
can secures a sardine and often snatches
It. Sometimes the gull roosts upon the
round head of the pelican. Its wings held
aloft in the effort to preserve Its balance.
A singular feature of this Intrusion and
impertinence on the part of the gull la
that the pelican never resents It—at least
not In the acores of Instances observed by
me, so far aa appearances went, being
aware that It was being trampled upon
by the Inquisitive, laughing gull, which,
when It had secured Its fish by the most
barefaced methods, went flying away
with a victorious "Ha. ha!"
The Santa Catalina channel. In Southern
California waters, Is a favorite field In
summer for the giant mola, or aunflah—
one of the most remarkable of all the den
lzene of the sea; a rotund, chopped off
creature which reeemblee nothing. Some
wit ha* described It as the fleh that was
originally very long, and waa chopped off
to suit Its requirements, and apparently
Rheumatism.
Rheumatism originates from excosa o!
acid In the blood.
Impoverished and Impure blood.
It attack© different parts of the body. It
is sometimes seated In the muscles, some
times In the parts surrounding the joints,
and sometimes in th© Joints—hence the
name muscular and articular rheumatism.
When in the hips, it is called sciatic rheu
matism; when in the muscles of th© bade,
lumbago.
Often when one goes to rise from sitting
or stooping the sudden "catching:" is eo se
vere that they some times cry out in pain.
The feet and Joints are someUmes swollen
without at first, causing a.*y particular
pain. This symptom la sufficient. The all- *
ment is getting a start on you. This is the
time to take Graybeard.
The safest euro for rheumatism is a
thorough blood cleansing.
Graybeard is a known specific for rheu
matism. It checks the formation of acid,
dissolves the acid deposit end produces a
normal and rich flow of blood. Don’t hesi
tate to ask for it.
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A Boy Cured.
Mrs. Hill, residing al 10’A W. Mitchell
street, Atlanta, gave Graybeard to her son
who was forced to stop work on account
of a severe attack of rheumatism, and It
cured him sound and well.
Lost Use of His Arm
"Since taking Graybeard I have regained
use of my arm which was he’plcss by
rheumatism. W. C. FLENNIKEN,
"Kingston, Tex.
You Get Strong.
Everybody who takes Graybeard tells us
they get stronger. They eat more and it
does not make them sick. This Is the se
cret of the curative powers of Graybeard.
The first thing it does is to make you go
to eating. You will eat more than you
have eaten in months, and you will find it
will not hurt you as it used to when you
ate heartily. By making you eat .it makes
you stronger. It makes you stronger as
the new blood and bone and tissue begin
to become port and parcel of you, and if
you are afflicted with eczema you will find
it gradually disappear. The same way with
rheumatism, catarrh, dyspepsia, cancer.
In short, Graybeard makes you stronger
than your disease and crushes out your
disease. -
Graybeard Did It.
"Like all others who are so unfortunate
as to become a prey to Indigestion and
bowel troubles. I tried various medicines
and a number of th- best doctors to treat
my case, but found only temporary relief
until Graybeard was discovered. Th med- J
this is what happened, as the fish has lit
erally no tail, its place being taken by
what appears to be a mere rim or frill,
which can be moved to a llrfilted extent.
The sunfish. like the basking shark, has
a singular habit of lying on the surface in
the wash of the waves, and is almost al
ways taken for a piece of wreckage.
In August in the Santa Catalina chan
nel they are frequently broadside up, the
pectoral fin slowly fanning the air—the
only evidence of life about Ihe strange
object. Why the fish takes this position
is to a certain extent unknown, but I
think it is due in some instances to the
fact that the creature is infested with
many parasites'■which live in the thick
mucus which covers its skin, ami that ii
endeavors to destroy them by exposing
itself to the direct rays of the sun.
Hiifie Hunlbii.
These fish attain an enormous size. I
was spending some weeks at the mouth
of Ihe St Johns river some years ago,
when a sunfish ran tiground on the bar,
as would a ship drawing over ten feet of
water. As soon as it struck it keeled over
and began to thrash about, attracting so
much attention that a boat was sent out
to secure It. The fish measured from the
top of one fin to that of the other eleven
feet, ar.d must have weighed over one
thousand pounds. An equally large speci
men was taken off Redondo beach. Cal
ifornia. They are sluggish fish, so that
I have rowed alongside and hooked them
with a boathook or gaff.
One of the largest ever seen was har
pooned off Santa Catalina Island a fen
years ago. It was estimated at twenty
feet across and to weigh two thousand
pounds. The fish was lying prone upon
the surface, and was so sluggish that it
barely moved when the heavy harpoon
was driven inhj It. It soon began to set
tle, and It was the opinion of those in
the boat that if the rope had not broken
the giant would have dragged the launch
beneath the water. These fish afford an
excellent roost for various sea birds, and
the spectacle of a sunfish bearing several
gulls or a cormorant Is often witnessed;
in such a case It might readily be taken
for wreckage.
It Is possible that Ihe gulls aid In free
ing the Kgeat fishes of their parasitic en
emies, alighting upon them as the little
African bird enters the mouth of the croc
odile, which patiently opens it for the pur
pose. Such resting places are more or
less unsteady, but by continual practice
the birds become skilled in holding on.
This Is well exampllfied by the gulls,
which follow the steamers wnlch ply be
tween San Pedro and Avalon, Cal. The
birds follow (he steamer out and back,
a flight of forty miles, nnd when they
become weary they appear to take turns
in blighting on the round golden bail w ntch
surmounts the mast. This almost Impos
sible resting place pitches about In all
directions; now forward or ltaekward, or
from side to side, sometimes Jerking the
bird off; hut, as a rule, those feathered
acrobats retain their position, even In the
roughest weather.
When the Ox Riter Gets Intllannnt.
In Africa, especially In the great
swamps, certain birds employ a variety
of animals as roosts. A small white
heron has a speeial fondness for Ihe rhi
noceros, often being seen sitting on Its
baek. its pure while body In sharp con
trat to the black and mud-coverefl living
roost. The great water buffalo is often
known as ox biters, which run over Its
hotly, dining to the long hair, ears or
toll, hanging In dusters about the pa
tient animal, and rise above it in clouds
and flocks, uttering vociferous cries
when the roost, perchance to relieve It
self from the noisy throng, rolls In the
deep mud of the swamp.
The camel Is often used by several,birds
as a roost, and these birds
repay the animals by destroying the va
rious parasites which infest them. Dur-
Ccitcirrh.
The mouth, throat, posi-nj,
bronchial tubes and air re;; s 0( !
are lln/i with a network
vessels. When the blow! „ '*
blood vessels are healthy
arid exude nvucus which 1 Kirlcai,
passages and protects thnn fro
fects of cold, dust, etc.
When the blood is impure ir„.
by reason of their delicate
unable to carry It. The> i-. , ra ,
and hence results catarrh
Graybeard purifies the blood
these small blood vessels ani
them to discharge the foul ' olooj
stores health.
Catarrh will r.ot exist w: • - the
pure.
Ugfy Ulcers
Pear Friends—l have hern JU |
years with tin ulcer on my anlti
times in bed. sometimes - n
used remedies of my own ~.i |
make n cure. I cblled in rtlfr-ret
elans. They all said that they M
me, but found it to be of a stub
ture and failed.
I saw Graybeard advertised an
four bottles of It. two box.? of,
one l>ox of the ointment.
It cured me well. And I have
left.
I say that I am well—no' near!
but entirely well. It has been ovi
months and no symptoms have rtl
I hot>e the suffering will do a,
use It. hnve faith In It and neri,
Mrs. JANE GEORGE, Ru kval.
Iclno being manufactured by (t|
mire and knowing it to he msdef
material of the forest, was Induce
It a trial. I used It six weeks aca
directions, and at the end of the
felt as well as I ever did.
"O. A CLIEI
]U y 1 , Ex-Alderman, Bullet
7,1"
Rheumatism,
Rheunrntic Swelling in the legs
by Graybeard.
Mrs. Jose ph Brown of Butler. Q
afflicted with rheumatism. It ran
great pain. Her statement ‘s that
swelled to unusual size. She wag
to relieve the ailment un'il she p
Graybeard. She 1* row sound at
•Acid in the blood produces
Nothing is half so good as Gray!*
rheumatism.
“My wife'was nfflicted four v
rheumatism. and\l was not she
anything to relieve her. Rhe too)
beard about a month and
well as ever. cured our lltt>
ailment. "\Ve cannot pnise Of
too much. , j GEO. BOfl
M r\ # *Carsonvilte
ing the present winter in ridii
country in Southern California
upon a flo<k of sheep grazing c
mesa. Many of the sheep < ari
on their backs from one to thre
blackbirds, which pTfheu evu
ently perfectly contented, on ar
cr.sion. iu the same country. 1
serving as roos's, instead of .-h*
ly every black pig was niounte
or two blackbirds. Some stoo
head, another clung to an ear,
another Instance four bl;e kidrd
upon the back of a pig, all r.ol
ing or sit eing in their peculi.tr i
A traveler in North Africa ha
eel a remarkable Instance of til
lar association. Lying in tl
watching for large game, he
preaching a fiook of storks, whit
slowly on w ith deliberate g.it. f
they came. When they rea< hed 1
ing not twenty feet away, to 1
ishment he saw that each -'ork
its back one or two small bin
occasionally flew to the
up a grasshopper, but invarlabl
cel to their strange walking ro
A Trip on a Tortoi**
Darwirj witnessed a singular;
esiing illustration of this phas
ma! life in the Gallapagos Bit
that >ine the large tortois* pecu
place was to he found ••very when
ing along over the trails hi*
made. Meeting one, Darwin
carried upon its back tml :•
were so tame that they made no
fly away. Whether they wen
taking a ride or had alighted oo
mal as it sat still It was difli ’Ult
mine. Darwin also observe and i '-’J
which swam out into the water
and was perfectly at home then
made its way through the Dip
gulls often alighted on its h-ad a
a proceeding which apparently
trouble the lizard in tac h-ist
If we go down to the sea we
many quaint illustrations of thn
Thus the fish remora literally rj
upon a variety of fish, especial*]
which frequently have from one
seven remoras clinging to tin 1 *
seen them attached to largo ft*
sheepshead, aml to turtles. (<
anemones are invariabl> buiu<i
roosting upon the backs of J r:
dredged off the New Ki-Dud (
<i light giver, or phosphorcso*®
crab was forced to carry j
to all intents and purpos*.-. •*
Another sea an* nione in Last J
* ters also adopts a crab as a
rides about ujton it. not upon i<‘
upon one of its big claws, in
tion that when the crab cat? \
of the wa anemone is brought l
whh the food. ■
This is one of the most rrma
stances of something akin to*
tween two low animals known,
peritnent of separating i- I '' n
The anemone was taken "!
the crab, which at once r , ' ,,1, “
replaced the anemone in •* '
This was repented, and - 1!i 1
placed the anemone in lie '" 1
Then the cruel experim- 11 llu \
the anemone and cut it in’"
whereupon the crab <H
them and replace them "pen
The animals which carry 0
for various reasons are numc.
volume could be wri f bn < ■ "
alone. „
—A Dace Unusurped !l '
Sirius Barker, with charuc’.tf
clam. "I'm glad they draw
feminine determination i ’ ' ■ .
of man In modem ; ;z
do you mean?" "I note 11 ' ~
movement afoot to have i ■
in town durian the sumnn' ' .
ey so as to send their hu*M
aeoahore.”— Washington fit-- 1