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Rlalae** Credit Mobilier ConnetMon.
Washington, April 10, 1880.
One of the gr> jt<*st sensations in Amorioan
fiolities prod lie ii by t.lie investigation of
She Ciedit. Mobilier in its relation to members
•t Congress, w inch occurred during the win
ter o£ 1872-8. During the political campaign
•f WW. charges were made in certain news
papers >hat tiakos Ames, a member of Con
(rrcss from Massachusetts and the leading
mind in tho Union I’aciflc itailroad enter
firiw, had used the stock and dividends of an
nSKjc corporation known as the “Credit
35v;!>s!irr of America ' to advance the inter
ests ot the enterprise in Congress. Home of
theso publications went so far as to give the
names of the beneficiaries. The following
names were included in the ist.: dames G.
liiaine, of Maine; James W. Patterson, of
How Hampshire; Henry Wilson, of Massa
chusetts; Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana;
•9&ou,as D. Elliott, of Massachusetts; Henry
J„. Pawcs, of Massachusetts; George S. ilout
weil, of Massachusetts; John A. Bingham, of
Oh o; James A. Garfield, of Ohio; Gleunie
**'. Schofield, of Pennsylvania; William I).
Kelly, of I’ennsylvania. The charge did not
attract much attention ut first, but, after a
while, several of the gentlemen mentioned
denied that they ever received any of the
Stock or bonds of the Credit Mobilier from
Oakes Ames, as alleged. Soon after the elec
tion it began to be understood that tnis ran
dom newspaper charge was the beginning of
a very serious matter.
On the first day of the short session of the
Tarty-third Congress, in December, 1872,
James G. Blaine, of Maine, tho Speaker of the
House of Representatives, left the chair to
which lie called 8. 8. Cox in his absence,'and,
taking the Moor, moved the appointment of a
committee to investigate “accusations made
in the public p.ess, founded on alleged letters
of Oakes Atnes, a Representative from Massa
chusetts, and upon the alleged affidavits of
Henry S. McComb, a citizen of Wilmington,
SJeL. to the effect that members of the House
were bribed bv Oakes Ames to perform cer
tain legislative Hcts for the benefit of the
Union Pacific Itailroad Company by presents
of stock in tiie Credit Mobili r of America, or
by presents of aialuable character derived
therefrom.” Mr. Blaine moved the appoint
ment of a committee of five, and Mr. Cox,
whether of his own motion or of Mr. Blaine s
Is unknown, appointed Mr. Po and, of Ver
m nt; Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts; Mr. Mo
•Crary, ef Iowa; Mr. Niblaek, of Indiana, and
Mr. Merrick, of Maryland. The committee
Keid its first, meeting on Thursday, December
J 2. and at once the Speaker of tho House of
Representatives appeared and made the fol
io A’ing statement, the committee sitting with
doses! doors;
With the leave of the committee I will sub
mit my testimony in writing for the sake of
accuracy, and when 1 have finished 1 shall, of
course, answer any questions which the com
mittee may desire to ask by way of examina
tion or cross-examination. And I wish to
State that 1 never owned a share of stock in
tde Credit Mobilier in my lile, either by gift,
purchase or in any way whatever. Nor did I
ever receive, either directly or indirectly, a
single cent d 'l iv cd in any manner from the
Credit Mobilier or from the union Pacific Rail
road Company. No person holds or ever did
hold for me any stock in either corporation,
agent, trustee, or in any capacity
whatever. I wish my testimony to be taken
as exhaustive and as intended to exclude
every form or phase of ownership in
the' Credit Mobilier or the Union Pacific
Kailioad Company, both past and present.
I desire further to state that some time in
the spring of 1888, the precise date I wilt
not affirm, Oakes Amos asked me one day if I
would like to purchase some stock in the
Cre lit Mobilier. He said it would prove a
fou i investment, Mild he could soil me tea
sii: res of the Mock at a rate somewhat above
par—l thiuk ro.ne $1,1160 for the ten shares.
\Ve had some conversation in regard to the
in a ter, and Mr. Ames told me very frankly
that in regard to these share) there was a
lawsuit either pending or threatened, though
tie said his right to sell the shares was perfect
ami undoubted. I concluded that I uid not
tics re to purchase the stock, and therefore
dec.ined Mr. Ames'offer. I bOJ to say, how
ever, in justice to Mr. Ames, but more espec
ially in just ce to myself, that it never once
Get Ti red fo mo that he was attempting to
bribe me, or in any way influence my vote or
action as a representative. I understood him
to say that he was the owner of more of the
stock than he wished to carry, and was offer
ing it to some of his friends at cost and inter
es to him, a slight advance above par value.
The amouut offered me was very small, and
mule little impression on my mind; indeed
m »cii nigh lix-gotten until recalled by the
investigation. Mr. Amos never offered me
.any of the stock at any other time than as
iJhas been narrated, nor was any of the stock
evrt offered to me at any time by “any other
person or corporation.”
The report of tho evidence states that Mr.
Blaine then turned to Mr. Ames and said : "I
desire to ask him whether the statement I
ha;e just made is correct." Mr. Aines is i©-
ported as answering: “Yes, sir, your state
ment corresponds, substantially, with my
recollection of the facts.” That is all that is
given in regard to the examination of Mr.
Ilia ne, and ttiere is the best authority for
eta ing that the report was so altered that it
completely fails to refioet wliat actually oc
curred in tho committee room. Jeremiah S.
Black addressed some important questions to
Mr. Baine which, with tho answers thereto,
\*tre omitted altogether from the report Tho
committee did not press Mr. Blaine at all, but
devoted its time entirely to the other gentle
men who were mentioned as the beneficiaries
of Mr Ames, Several of these gent emeu
stated the truth in regard to their deahugs
with Mr. Arnes, and had no difficulty. Others,
like Mr. Colfax and Mr. Uatterson, after at-
tempting to induce Mr. Ames to swear to tes
timony which was not true, made such fabri
cations In regard to themselves as to
lead to their ollicial disgrace and degradation.
But Mr. Blaine was the only one whose name
appeared on the list and who swore that he
had no dealings whatever with Mr. Ames.
He made this statement in the faee of the
following testimony bv Henry S. McComb,
■who was the second witness (after handing
tl>e list of names to Mr. Poland): “I wrote
th ose na.n esas Mr. Ames read them to me from
his memorandum-book. He sat on one sde of
the table and i sat on the other in the oiliee of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company in New
York, just as we sit opposite each other now
at this table. When be read I wrote the
names. This was early in February, 1868."
The listof names was as above given, except
that there was a newspaper correspondent
and one or two other persons hesid s those
mentioned. Mr Blaines name had the fig
ures “3,000' against it on tiie memorandum*
book, meaning <lO shares of tlie Credit Mo
bilier. Mr. McComb, also produced an ac
knowledged letter from Mr. Ames, dated Jan
us ry 2s, 1868, in which be said: “l have as
signed as far as 1 have gone to 4 from Massa
chusetts, 1 from New Hampshire. 1 Delaware,
1 Tennessee, 1 Ohio, 55 Pennsylvania. 1 Indi
ana. 1 Maine, and I have 3 to place, which I
shall put where they will do most good to us.
I am here on the spot and can better judge
where they should go.”
Recently the writer had a conversation wilh
a near fiiend of Mr. Ames, who has a ways
defeuded his memory and eh illenged any
proof of the assertion t hat he was an untruth
ful man. 1 had not asserled lo him that l
thought Mr. Ames untruthful, but I told him
that I always had great difficulty in reconcil
ing the a icged tes imony of Mr. Amos before
the Polan I committee, relative to Mr. Blaine,
■with the facts as showu by Mr. McComb's
statements and the memorandum book itself.
“Vou, yourself, well know," 1 said to him,
**that Mr. Blaine's name was on Mr. Ames
memorandum book with the other names, aud
that he was a sharer with others in the distri
bution ot the Credit Mobilier stock?" The re
ply was as follows: "If you knew what I
know, you would say that Mr. Amos was a
perfectly truthful truthful man. 1 was in the
committee-room when Mr. Blaine made his
statement, ana I know all that happened.
The record makes Mr. Ames corroborate Mr.
Blaine. It is not truo. He did not do it. I
was stand ng beside Mr. Ames when the
question was asked him whether Mr, Blaine 8
etafemeut was in accordance witti Ins recol
lection, nnrt I ircmlAed for him then, but he
never opened his lips—no matter what
the report of the evidence may say—he
never opened his lipsi" The gentleman
who made this slatement is a man
wliose woid will be taken anywhere, and his
testimony that Mr. Am •« lips were closed
when the record made him vindicate Mr.
Blaine, startled me. When the latter pro
ceeded to make a detaiied statement to the
committee he said: "V'ou have heard Mr.
Blaine s testimony in advance of mine and
my acquiescence therein. He declin' d the
«toek, and nothing more need be said." This
was a peculiarly worded statement, but it
g?i eg further than the memorandum book or
the facts will justify. Mr Blaine was con
®inntly with Mr. Ames during the winter of
18,1-3. He spent much of his time with him
*i the Arlington Hotel, and, to use Mr. Ames'
own words: “He watched me like a cat."
Mr Ames positively refused to allow anybody
to look at Ins memorandum book, which boie
the name of Mr. Hlaine, and there is no doubt
that he used his efforts to dofeiid ami save the
reputation of Ihe Speaker of the House of
Hepresentativc3. But why, it may be asked,
did ihe distinguished man who listened to Mr.
Blaine’s statement in the committee room
tremble tor Mr. Ames when Mr. Blaine asked
bim to corroborate his story? And why were
Mr. Ames' lips then closed? Ana why was an
answer put into his mouth in the reixvrt o '
♦he evidence? The statement has befen made
fey friends of Mir. Ames that Mr. Blaine, when
offerod a share in the Oedit Mobilter stock,
8-muted the bargain on account of the small
ness of the amount and demanded fltH-fittOi)
worth of it, Whatever inav be the facts his
name stands in Mr. Ames' memorandum
book with the figures "8.0 JO ’ against it, and
Mr. Ames’ remark: ‘‘You have heard Mr.
Blaine’s testimony and my acquiescence in
it,” is certainly a remarkable one He doe*
not say that Mr. Blaine's statement is true,
but only that he acquiesces in it. Mr. Ames
was in a very difficult position at that time
He knew that be would be threatened with
expulsion, and the Speaker’s infiueqce was
very valuable to him. Besides, he tel* kindly
toward Mr. Blaine, while he did not feel so to
ward. Ms. Colfax and some others, who were
trying to place him in a false attitude. So ho
left Mr. Blaine’s statement pass with his “ac
quiescence." But this does not prevent num
bers of people who believe themselves con
versant with the facts from saying and be
lieving that the memorandum book was cor
rect. and that Mr. Blaine did receive the divi
dends on thirty shares of Credit Mobilier
stock. Mr. Blaine recently, when squarely
confronted with the statement that there was
proof in the possession of the heirs of Oakes
Ames to show that he (Blaine) was interested
iu the Credit Mobilier, did not deny the fact,
but replied; “Do you suppose the children of
Oakes Ames are going to mako public any
thing that will cast everlasting disgrace on
the name of their father?”
When Jay Cooke &Co. ofjl’hiladelphia failed
in October, 1878, their estate went into bank
ruptcy. A list of their assets was afterwards
published, and in it anpeare 1 an item of a
loan on a mortgage of the residence of James
G. Blaine, 831 Fifteenth street, Washington,
ot SB3 833.38 M, which, together with unpaid
interest, amounting to some $7,000 made a
claim of about $40,000. which the estate hail
against Mr. Blaine. The debt was soon paid
up, and not much ever said about it. Wnen
the fact came out in 1879, that Mr. Blaine
had boon one of tho agents of Jay Cooke A
Co. for disposing of blocks of securities of
tho Northern i’acific Railroad Company, it
was remembered that a very large quan
tity of these securities had been divided up
into amounts of $88,888.88b;, ami hail been
marketed in those amounts. It was also
thoughtto bo singular that Mr. Blaine, who
was already a very wealthy man. should have
allowed his interest money to have remained
unpaid for over two years. Some surprise
was also caused by the fact that so shrewd a
financier as Mr. Blaine should have a mort
gage on his residence largely in excess of the
cost price or selling value of that residence.
But as this appeared to be a private mat
ter, no attempt was ever made to investigate
it officially.
Mr. Blaine has been given a great deal of
trouble at different times by a record in a
case in the Supreme Courc, originally filed
several years ago. in which he appeared as the
owner and recipient of a quantity of stock of
the railroad corporation afterwar 1 known as
the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company. His
cousin, Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, was one of
the counsel for this company, (and it was an
applicant for Congressional favor. When the
fact that Mr. Blaine’s name was down as a re
cipient of the securities of this company be
came semi-public through the court proceed
ings, Mr. Blaine became very nervous about
it. Efforts were made to have it understood
that the recipient of the bonds was John E.
Blaine, a brother of the Senator, who is now
a paymaster in the army. A young attorney
named Knowlton (now dead) who had wit
nessed a transfer of some of these bonds, to
which Mr. Biaine was a party, in the office of
Stewart. & Riddle, in this city, having divulged
the fact, Mr. Blaine was put to considerable
annoyance. Tbe facts are now well buried
out of sight. The scandals growing out of
his dealings with the Little Rosk & Fort
Smith Railway, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railway, the Union Pacific Railway and the
Northern Pacific Railway, have caused the
minor incidents of his interesting financial
career to pass out of view.
One of the most annoying experiences Mr.
Blaine ever had hero resulted from the fail
ure of tho Jav Cooke banking concern. The
cashier of that bank, named Huntington,
was intimate with Shepherd and all the Dis
trict ring magnates. In fact, he was one of
them He died and left in his wife's ban is a
lot of papers, among which were some that
interested Mr. Blaine. These papers were
passed by Mrs. Huntington to a voting man
named Frank Ga-saway, formerly well known
here. Mr. Blaine became greatly interested
in Mr. Gassaway’s welfare, and sought
numerous important appointments succes
sively for him. He finally obtained for him a
Government position in California.—Cor.
opringfleUi (Mass.) Republican.
A Magnetic Candidate.
The belief that Mr. Blaine is “a mag
netic man” is the primary article in the
Republican creed. It is remarkable
how thoroughly that attribute of his—
i it it is an attribute—supplies the place
of every desirable characteristic in a
Presidential candidate. Five-sixths of
his admirers admire him because iie is
j “magnetic.” They have, in fact, no
| other reason to give for their adruira
| tion. Occasionally they start out with
j the declaration that he is “smart” or
j “mighty smart;” and once in a while
| they suggest in a flabby, feeble kind of
i a way that he is a “statesman.” But
if they have any real enthusiasm about
{ their candidate they do not think of
finishing their eulogy without assuring
their hearers that “Blaine is a magnetic
man.
Precisely what they mean by “mag
netic” none of them seem to know.
The Free lias caused several
prominent Blaine men in the city to be
interviewed on the point with a view of
apprising tbe’public exactly jwhat is it to
be a truly magnetic candidate. The re
sult, however, is far from satisfactory.
A leading Federal officeholder, ap
proached on the subject, was supreme
ly confident that “ Blaine is the most
magnetic man, sir, that has ever been
known in the history of America, sir.”
Being pressed for a definition ot the
phrase, “ magnetic man,” he lost his
volubility somewhat, but seemed to
think that a “magnetic man” was a
man with magnetism in him, or some
thing of that sort. Being further
pressed, he could only add that he
could not tell exactly what the words
meant, but that “Blaine is a magnetic
man, and don't you forget it.”
To another Republican leader, a
candidate since yesterday for a Stale
oiliee, a similar question was put.
“What do I mean by a magnetic
man 3 ” said he; “ why, 1 mean a man
that is magnetic—that magnetizes peo
ple, don’t you see? A kind of a masr
netizer; that’s the idea.” “Yes,”
said the interviewer, “ L hear what you
say; but Ido not seem to get a per
fectly clear idea of what you meaD;”
and he started after a county official
who supports Blaine on “ magnetic ”
grounds. gp
The county official was more com
munative. “I regard a man as mag
netic,” he said, “when he sort of draws
people; in short, when be magnetizes
them.” “Is it anything like the Georgia
wonder,” asked the interviewer; “does
it push men around with an umbrella
or a billiard cue and yank them out of
chairs that they are trying to hold
down?” “Not exactly,” said the county
official; “it’s a kind of an influence—or
an effiuence—that 1 don’t understand
anything about; but when a man has it
he is magnetic. Blaine’s got it big
ger’n a hippopotamus.”
Encouraged, but not quite hopeful,
the interviewer tackled, as a last resort,
a young Kepublican limb of the law
who professes great admiration for the
magnetic Blaine, and plumply asked
him what he meant by a magnetic can
didate. The “limb” seemed surprised
at being attacked with so easy a conun
drum and gave at once an off-hand an
fwer; “A magnetic man—er, that is to
say, a magnetic candidate—er is a can
didate -er that is magnetic—er. a can
didate with magnetism in iim like
Blaine —er —why, j'ou know what he is
as well as 1 do. ’ ’ — Detroit Free Press.
The Thermagion.
The extraordinary cheapness and
abundance of petroleum has time and
again suggested its possible usefulness
as fuel as welf as light. Iu San Fran
cisco they have been trying an experi
ment in which petroleum and water are
combined. The fuel is placed in a tank
outside or on top of the house, ami jll
that is necessary is to turn a faucet a&l
the material is conveyed to an attach
ment that tits any ordinary stove. In
this arrangement there is a saving of the
carriage of the coal as well as the re
moval of the ashes. This tliermagon
will heat a house or cook a dinner at
one-third the expense of bituminous
coal. It is said to l>e safer than any or
dinary tire. As petroleum is being dis
covered in all parts of the world, it may
yet become one of the principal fuels of
mankind. Its cheapness is shown by
the fact that its wholesale rate is rarely
more than a dollar a barrel, and during
the past spring it has been selling in
New York as low as fifty-five cents a
barrel. — Demorest's Monthly.
Giving a Hint to Xature.
Again, in “Murphy’s Master,” I got
rid of a great number of disagreeable
characters on au island in the Indian
Seas by the simple though startling de
vice of submering the island itself ; the
few respectable persons who inhabited
it (including the hero and heroine) be
ing most properly and providentially
saved in a tishing boat. Some critics
thought it audacious; but nature was so
favorably impressed by my little plan
that she used it herself two years after
ward, and in a more comprehensive way
than I should have dared to invent; an
island in the Bay of Bengal, with the
Kinshra Lighthouse upon it, with seven
scientific assistants, being submerged in
a precisely similar manner. I do not
wish to be hard upon nature, and, with
out givirg details, which could not but
—Gen. Davis, of the British army,
ho was a famous insect collector, once
pivked up a wheelbug in West India is
lands, and received a blow that paral
ized his arm fftr sorn t time. As he shook
the insect oft he. noticed where it had
stood on his hand six red marks, the im
pression of its feet. Kirby and Spence also
refer to this peculiarity of the insect,
and other naturalists have received
shocks from certain luminous beetles.
Capt. Blakeney took up an unknown
caterpillar and immediately received
such a shock that his entire right side
became paralyzed, and for a long time
he was dangerously ill.
—TheYirgina (Nev.) Enterprises ays
that mattfe's at the Coeur d’Alene min
ing district continue in a bad way.
boom,” it says, “of a few
months ago has come to an untimely
end, caused mainly by the reports which
have lately got abroad, declaring the
new mines a fraud and perfectly worth
less, so far as the yellow metal is con
cerned. Indeed there is a sort of a
stampede setting in the opposite direc
tion, great streams of immunity being
daily strewn along the trails east
ward bound—all going back to (Sviliza
tiOD-” J
—The project of an America# expo
sition in London in 1886 attracts more
attention in the press of England than
in that of this country.
A pretty girl up town says the cholera
is like a traveling tnan, because it never
joes anywhere without its grip.— Merchant
traveler.
THE MARKETS.
Cl Cl > n ATI, September 8,1884.
LIVE STOCK—Cattle—CßHi 11101143 00 @ 300
Choice butchers 4 25 @ 5 00
HOGS—Common 4 2.5 @ 5 25
Good packers 5 50 @ 5 85
SHEEP—Good to choice. 325 @3 75
FLOUR—Family 4 25 @ 4 75
GRAlN—Wheat—Longberry red 81 @ 82
No. 2 red @ 80
Corn—No. 2 mixed @ 58
Oats—No. 2 mixed @ 28(4
Rye—No. 2 & 55(4
HAT’—Timothy No. 1 1100 @llsO
HEMP—Double dressed..* 8 75 @ II 00
PROVISIONS—Pork-Mess 18 00 @lB 50
Lard—Prime steam @7 75
BUTTER—Fancy Dairy 16 @ 18
Prime Creamery 24 @ 26
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES—
Potatoes, per barrel 1 75 @ 2 00
Apples, prime, per barrel... 125 @3 00
NEW YORK.
FLOUR—State and Western $2 65 @ 3 3045
Good to choice 3 70 @ 6 001-,o 1 -,
GRAlN—Wheat—No,'.’Chicago. @ 88
No. 2 red 90X@ 00-'g
Corn—No.2 mixed 68 @ 70
Oats—mixed 33 (<$ 44
PORK-Mess 18 00 @lB 25
LARD—Western steam @ 7 82(4
CHICAGO.
FLOUR—State and Western.... $5 50 @ 500
GRAlN—Wheat—No. 2 red @ 81
No. 2 Chicago Spring 77 @ 78
Corn—No. 2 55(4@ 58(4
Oats—No. 2 @ 2514
Rye @ 54
PORK—Mess 18 50 @l9 t)0
LARD—Steam 7 ii‘i@ 7 37(4
. BALTIMORE.
FLOUR—Family $4 00 @5 00
GRAlN—Wheat—No 2 8888
Corn—mixed 60' ,@ 61|
Oats—mixed 30 @ 32
PROVISIONS —Pork—Mess @l9 25
Lard—Refined @ 914
INDIANAPOLIS.
WHE AT—No. 2 red $ @ 7814
CORN—mixed @ 5114
OATS—mixed @ 25(4
LOUISVILLE.
FLOCK—A No. 1 $ 4 1.3 @4 25
GRAlN—Wheat —No. 2 red.. 75 @ 80
Corn —mixed @ 56
Oats—mixed 28'j@ 29
PORK —iness @lB 50
LARD—steam @ 9(4
BAFFLED i
On® of the Mont UuaccountaM® an rf Dan
gerous of Recent Deceits Dis
covered and Exposed.
There is some mysterious trouble that is
attacking nearly everyone in the land with
more or less violence. It seems to steal
into tho body like a thief in tho night.
Doctors can not diagnose it. Scientists
are puzzled by its symptoms. It is* in
deed, a modern mystery. Like those se
vere and vague maladies that attack; horses
and prostrate nearly all the animals in. the
land, this subtle trouble seems to menace
mankind. Many of its victims have pains
about the ohest and sides, and sometimes
in the back. They feel dull and sleepy;
the mouth has a bad taste, especially in
the morning, A strange sticky slime col
lects about th® teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling like a heavy load upon
the stomach; sometimes a faint all-gone
sensation is felt at the pit of the stomach,
which food does not satisfy. The eyes
grow sunken, the hands and feet feel
clammy at one time and burn intensely at
others. After a while a cough sets in, at
first dry, but after a few months it is at
tended with a greyish colored expectora
tion. The afflicted one feels tired all the
while, and sleep does not seem to afford
any rest. He becomes nervous, irritable,
and gloomy, and has evil forebodings.
There is a giddiness, a peculiar' whirling
sensation iu the head when rising up sud
denly. The bowels become costive, and
then, again, outflux intensely; the skin is
dry and h«t at times; the blood grows
thick and stagnant; the whites of the eyes
become tinged with yellow; the urine is
scanty and high-colored, depositing a sedi
ment after standing. There is frequently
a spitting up of the food, sometimes with
a sour taste, and sometimes with a sweet
ish taste; this is often attended with pal
pitation of the heart. The vision becomes
impaired with spots before the eyes; there
is a feeling of prostration and great weak
ness. Most of these symptoms are in turn
present. It is thought that nearly one
third of our population have this disorder
in some of its varied forms, while medical
men have almost wholly mistaken its nat
ure. Some have treated it for one com-
Elaint; some for another, but nearly all
ave failed to reach the seat of the disor
der. Indeed, many physicians are afflicted
with it themselves. The experience of Dr.
A. G. Richards, residing at No. 4(sßTremont
street,Boston, is thus described by himself:
“Iliad all those peculiar and painful
ymptoms which I have found afflicting so
nany of my patients, and which had so
>ften baffled me. I knew all the common
y established remedies would be unavail
rig for I had tried them often in the past.
. therefore determined to strike out in a
lew path. To my intense satisfaction I
'ound that 1 was improving. The dull,
;tupid feeling departed and I began to en
oy life once more. My appetite returned,
ily sleep was refreshing. The color of my
ace which bad been a sickly yellow grad
tally assumed the pink tinge of health. In
he course of three weeks I felt like a new
nan and know that it was wholly owing
o the wonderful efficiency of Warner’s
Tippecanoe The Best, which was all the
nedieine I took.”
Doctors and scientists often exhaust
iheir skill and the patient dies. They try
verytliing that has been used by, or is
mown to, the profession, and then fail,
iven if they save the life it is often after
;reat and prolonged agony. Where all
his can be avoided by precaution and
are, how insane a thing it is to endure
uch suffering! With a pure and palatable
■reparation within reach, to neglect its
ise is simply inexcusable.
For the Cook.
Restaurant proprietors are not al
ways bad masters. “Here!” called a
man. making an impatient gesture
which quickly brought the negro waiter
“This is the worst piece of beefsteak I
ever saw.”
“What’s de matter wid it, boss? Ain’t
it healthy?”
“Healthy! why, it was fed on the
Banting system —all muscle and no fat.
Can’t j ou bfing me a betterpiece?”
“No, sah, dat’s de bes’ we’s got.”
“I saw a boy go through here just
now with the finest kind of a steak.”
“Yes, sah, but dat was fur de cook.”
“For the cook!”
“Yas, sah. We’s sorter behind wid
do cook’s wages, sah, and we haster
feed him well ter keep him frum leabin’
us in de lurch Come ’roun’ some time
when we’se squar’ wid de gennerman
an’ we’ll feed yer in great shape, sah.”
—Arkansaw traveler.
—A school teacher, having occasion,
a few days since, to punish one of his
pupils for some misdemeanor, placed
him on the platform to wait until he had
heard some classes recite; but the cul
prit took advantage of the teacher's en
gagement and escaped from the school
house. The teacher, being somewhat
vexed, promised another scholar a re
ward of twenty-five cents if he would
bring the runaway back to the school
house. Before this could be accom
plished, however, the boy who had
escaped heard of the offered reward,
and sent word to the teacher that he
would “return and take the licking for
ten cents—gash down.' I —Xew York
Ledger,
“ Rough on Corns.” 15c. Askforit. Com
plete cure,hard or soft cor.ns,warts,bunions.
Burnt offerings —Cigar stumps.— Mer
chant Traveler.
“ Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup,” for fev
erishness, worms,constipation,tasteless. 25c
A rare specimen Restaurant beef
steak.—Boston Post.
J. C. Gray, of Dadeville, Ala., writes us!
“I have been using Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam
for the Lungs; it is far superior to any
other lung preparation. My mother was
confined to her bed four weeks with a cough;
when I got one bottle of Dr. Wm. Hall’s
Balsam, she began to mend right away. I
can say in truth that it was the means
OF SAVING HER LIFE.”
The woman who powders her face and
bangs her hair should wear a shot silk
iress.— JV. Y. Journal.
Skinny Men. ‘‘Wells’Health Renewer” re
stores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia,sl.
- ♦
Who of us ever untied a knot in a cord
of wood;'— Lumberman's Record.
It is truly wonderful to see how the
name of Mrs. Pinkliain is a household w. rd
among the wives and mothers of our land.
Alike in the luxurious homes of our great
cities and in the humble cabins of the re
mote frontier one woman’s deeds have
borne their kindly fruit in health for others.
If carbolic acid doesn’t suit you as a
disinfectant, then bi-chloride of mercury.
—Ht. Louis Critic.
“Buchu-paiba.” Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, fcl.
The policeman is arrestive sort of •
character .—-Marathon Independent.
If you want a fine looking face,
And a Skin rosy and clear,
Use “Beeson’s” Sulphur Soap; all Trace
Of disease will disappear.
J3“Sold by druggists, etc., everywhere.
“I have just returned front a tour
through Cork,” as tbe corkscrew said to
the stopper. *
Glenn’* Sulphur Soap.
No specific for skin ailments can cope wita
it. Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye, 50c.
Men and horses differ. The latter is
worthless unless he is broke, and the for
mer is worthless if he is ditto.
“Rough on Coughs,” 15c., at Druggists. Com
plete cure Coughs, Hoarseness, Sore Throat.
.— _ -
An old-fashioned knight-cap—A helmet.
—A r . 11 Mail and Express.
Prso’s Ctntrc for Consumption does not
dry up a cough; it removes the cause.
Catarrh hay‘fever
-1 have beta t Haj
twtWPprA | Fcvcr sufferer three
jUffLx jd £A CM rW years; have often heard
■ 04 1 El >’ 3 Cream Balm spo
■ °* the highest
terms, did not take
IfUAVrFVFE? much stock In it bc
of the many
'ciL.'Y ,SH l uaok medicines. A
friend persuaded me to
/ fUffl try the Balm, and with
i the most woiuierfulsuc
cess.—T. S. G kki; Syra
jj 5Ad Ely’* Ci-eain Isn)m
a remedy oa3ed upon
UAYd FEVc a Correct diagnosis of
A iua> V “*V this disease and can be
depended upon. 50cts.
at druggists: SO cts. hy mail. Sample bottle by mail
10 cts. Ely Bros., Druggists, Owego, X. Y.
FEARFULLY COMMON.
Kidney Complaint Amonir both Sriei and
Age*—A Hrillinnt Recovery.
Dr. David Kennedy, of Rondout, X. Y., is often con
gratulated on the exceptional success of his medicine
called " Favorite Remedy" in arresting and radically
curing these most painful and dangerous disorders
Proofs of this, like the following, are constantly
brought to his attention, and are published by him for
the sake of thousands of other sufferers whom he de
sires to reach and benefit. The letter, therefore, may
be of vita, importance to you or to some one whom
you know. It i 3 from one of the best known and popu
lar druggists iu the fine and growing city from which
he writes—and doubtless where those may find Mr.
Crawford at his place of business on the corner of
Main and Union Streets;
Springfield, Mass., March 22, 1884.
Dr. David Kennedy, Rondout, A'. Y.:
Dear Sir.--For ten years I had been afflicted with
Kidney disease in its most acute form. What I suf.
fered must be left to the Imagination—for no one can
appreciate it except who have gone through it. Ire
sorted to many physicians and to many different kinds
of treatment, and spent a great deal of money, only to
find myself older and worse than ever. I may say that
I used 25 bottles of a preparation widely advertised S 3
a specific for this precise sort of troubles, and found
it entirely useless—at least in my case.
Your "FAVORITE REMEDY”—I say It with a per
fect recollection of all that was done for me besides—
Is the only thing that did me the slightest good; and I
am happy to admit that it gave me permanent relief.
I have recommended “FAVORITE REMEDY” to
many people for Kidney disease, and they all agree
with me in saying that DK. DAVID KENNE
DY'S FAVORITE REMEDY has not its equal
in the wide world for this distressing and often fatal
complaint.
Use this le’ter as you deem best for the benefit of
others. Yours, etc., Lyman Cr.AW'FOiiD.
|m| Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. H
Use in jS—
“THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST.”
s A w P ™ ER^
«For all sections arid purposes.) Write for Free Pamphlet
anti Prices to Thu Aultman & Taylor Co.. Mansfield, Ohio
jgUGh. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR,
Moles. Warts, Freckles, Morh Patches,
E/d&yk Kruptions, Sears.nnd all Disfigurements
SjyV *1 and ]in perfect ions of tho Face, Hands
*i>-i and Feet, and their treatment, by Dr.
.♦Jobn If. Woodbury, 537 N. Peart
wcxV-rt / St., Albany, N. V. Send 10c. for book.
PoiiM.cly Pure SICK-READACHE, Bllin.i.aa.s, and all LIVES and BOWEL m: ' .: MALARIA,
BLOOD POISON, and Skin Diseases (ONE PILL A DOSE). For Female Complaints these Pilla
have no equal. “I And them a valuable Cathartic and Liver Pill.—Dr. T. M. Palmer, Montioello, Fla."
“In my practice I use no other. —J. Dennison, M.D., DeWiH, lowa.” .Sold everywhere, or sent by
mail for LS cts. in stamps. Valuable information FIiEE. LS. JOHNSON & CO., BOSTON, MASS,
CUT THI3 OUT ANIP
Stores and EorseshoersT^O^N^^
/] If the y d 0 not haue ,t ’ send order direct. \ T
THKV AHh TUK NTA\I)AUI>.
National Live Stock Remedy Co., 175 dearborn street, CHICAGO.
i|m*/ |S TH« T iME.
■bl
H Ifl Js Dlieaßea/’ and to secure a whir*
Q soft ami beautiful Complexion, use
—BEESOftB'S=
Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap.
Sold by Druggists. One cake will be sent on receipt
of cent** to any address.
WM. DREYDOPPKL. Manufacturer. 203 North
Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
E3STQT and most economical Laundry Soap for
DfiCaW ■ Washing.especially Merino. \N oolensand
Undergarments ■ cleans p rfect and easy: mak'-s clothes
V. 1 18 1)REYD0PPEL’S
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lAPhk >*P*v.^ TKrs RRA,ii)
‘*n OT bm * " r
Wltk dir»ctl.>al «*«Wd and poa.' am 2.. •
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IHE GREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
For Pain!
Believes and cures
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgia,
SCIATICA, LUMBAGO,
BACKACHE,
Headache, Toothache,
SORE THROAT,
QUINSY, SWELLINGS,
SPRAINS, (1)
Soreness, Cuts,"Bruises,
FROSTBITES,
IIV It NS, SCALDS,
And a!! other bodily aches
and pains.
FIFTY KENTS A BOTTLE.
Sold by all Druggists and
Dealers. Directions In 11
languages.
The Charles A. Yogeler Co.
(SacaaMon t, A. V(MULCH a 00.)
Baltimore, ffid.. U, S. A.
1
“I Have Suffered l n
With every disease imaginable for the last
three years. Our
Druggist, T. J. Anderson, recommending
“Hop Bitters” to me,
I used two bottles!
Am entirely cured, and heartily recom
mend Hop Bitters to every one. J. D.
Waiker, Buckner, Mo.
I write this as a
Token of the great appreciation I hare of
your Hop
* * * Bitters. «was afflicted
With inflammatory rheumatism ! ! I
For nearly
Seven years, and no medicine seemed to
do me any
Good I 1
Until I tried two bottles of your Hop Bit
ters. and to my surprise I am as well to-day
as ever I was. I hope
“You may have abundant success”
“In this gre.it and”
Valuable medicine:
Anyone! * * wishing to know more
about my cure?
Can learn by addressing me, E. M.
Williams, 1103 lfitli street, Washington,
D. €.
1 consider your
Remedy tho best remedy in existence
For Indigestion, kidney
—Complaint
“And nervous debility. I have just”
Returned
“From the south in a fruitless search for
health, and find that your Bitters are doing
me more
Good!
Than anything else;
A month ago I was extremely
“Emaciated I ! !”
And scarcely able to walk. Now I am
Gaining strength ! and
“Flesh I”
And hardly a day passes but what I am
|* ■» * * * * * *
t complimented on my improved appearance,
and it is all due to Hop
Bitters! J. Wiekliffe Jackson.
—Wilmington , Del.
None genuine without a bunch of green
Hopson the white label. Shun all the vile, poi
sonous stuff with "Hop" or “Hops” iu their
I name.
THE SURE CURE
FOR r """
KIDNEY DISEASES,
LIVER COMPLAINTS,
CONSTIPATION, PILES,
AND BLOOD DISEASES.
| PHYSICIANS ENDORSE IT HEARTILY. \
“Kidney-Wort ia the most suceesaiul remedy
I ever used.** Dr. P. C. Ballou, Monkton, Vt.
“Kidney-Wort is always reliable.**
Dr. B. N. Clark, So. Hero, Vt.
“Kidney-Wort haa cured my w ife after two years
suffering.’* Dr. C. M. Bummerlin, Sun Hill, Ga.
IN THOUSANDS OF CASES
it has cured where all else had failed. It is mild,
but efficient, CERTAIN IN ITS ACTION, but
harmless in all cases.
tlT It cleanses the Blood and Strengthens and
gives New Life to all the important organs of
the body. The natural action of the Kidneys is
restored. The Liver is cleansed of all disease,
and tho Bowels move freely and healthfully.
In this way the worst diseases are eradicated
from the system. q
PRICE, *I.OO LIQUID OR DRY, SOLD BY DRUGUIBTS.
Dry can be sent by mail.
WELLS, RICH ARDSON A CO. Burlington Vt.
iriiziyjßmmLiiMijjgigiiiiH 11 1 —i—
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SI,OOO
\\7TLL be paid to any one who will find a partlel.
VV of Mercury, Potash, lodine, Arsenic, or anj
poisonous substance lu
Swifts Specific
‘•I havo cured Blood Taint by the use of Swift's
Specific after 1 had most signally failed with the Mer
cury and Potash treatment."
F. A. TOOMER, M. D.. Perry, Ga. ’
•'Swift’s Specific has cured me of Scrofula of 1 !
years standing. Had sores as large as my hand, and
every one thought I was doomed. Swift’s Specific
cured me after physicians and all other medicine had
failed.'' R- L. HIGH, Lonoke, Ark.
On:' Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free
to applicants.
TIIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
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X. Y. Office. 159 W. 23d St., bet. 6th and 7th Ares.
Philadelphia office, 12u5 Chestnut St.
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SEND WITH YOUB OKDER.
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