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A NATION OF TATTOOED MEN
STRANGE HABITS AND SUPERSTI*
TIONS OF TEE BURMESE.
A Mountain of Gold Erected to Bud.
dim on a Hill Overlooking the City
of Rangoon—Offerings to the Idol.
Burmah is the land of the tattooed man,
says Prank G. Carpenter in a letter from
Rangoon. In my visit to the great prison
here, which contains more than three
thousand men, I saw 6000 tattooed legs.
These pen and ink sketches on human
canvas peep out at you in every crowd
you enter. The origin of the custom I
have not been able to find out. It is here
the Burmese sign of manhood, and there
is as much ceremony about it as there is
about the car piercing of the girls which
chronicles their entrance upon woman
hood. There are professional tattooers,
who go about with books of designs, and
who will prick a flower or beast upon
your leg or arm for a slight consideration.
The instrument used is a pricker about
two feet long, with a heavy brass head.
The point is split into four prongs, and in
these the ink is held. The tattooer first
outlines his sketch, and then, taking the
skin up in his hand, pinches it while he
puts in the punctures which are to dis
color it forever.
The coloring matter used is lamp
black, which turns a purple with age and
which when finished makes the man
look as though he was dressed in kid
fitting tights of dark blue. The tattoo
ing is not all done at once, but figure by
figure, as the boy or man can stand it.
When finished there is a complete mass
of figures from the waist on a line to the
knee-cap, and you often see in addition
to this specimens of tattooing on other
parts of the body. The people are super
stitious about it, and certain kinds of
tattooing are supposed to ward off dis
ease. One kind wards off the snake-bite
and another prevents a man from drown
ing. In 1881 a man so tattooed tested
the efficacy of his tattooing by allowing
his hands and feet to be tied and himself
to be thrown into the river. It is need
less to say that the current carried him
away, and neither tattoo nor man was
ever again seen.
The only tattooing affected byjvomcn
is that which produces love in th*e heart
of the desired one of the other sex. This
is a triangle of peculiar color, which is
put on between the eyes, upon the lip, or
upon the tongue, as the tattooer prescribes.
Its color is made of a mixture called by
the Burmese “the drug of tenderness,”
and it is a compound not much different
from the hell broth brewed by the witches
in “Macbeth.” Another kind of tattoo
ing is affected by school-boys. It pre
vents, it is said, the boy feeling the whip
when he is punished at school, and it is
universally affected by the bold, bad
boys of every Burmese town.
The Burmese are Buddhists, and every
Burmese man is supposed at some time in
his life to be a priest. The education of
the children is by the priests, and the
bulk of the population get their educa
tion in the monastic schools. You find
Buddhist monasteries and Buddhist tem
ples everywhere, and there is here at Ran
goon the finest Buddhist monument in
the world. It ranks with the Taj Mahal
ns one of the great curiosities of India,
: nnd jt is the oldest and finest place
of worship in IndoChina. It is the Shway
Dagohn pagoda or “thegolden pagoda.”
Imagine a mountain of gold, rising ter
race after terrace from a mighty platform
and growing smaller as it goes upward
until at last it pierces the skies in a
golden spire, the to]) of which is 370 feet
from the ground. Make the base so
large that it is a quarter of a mile around
jts outer golden rim and let the slope
of the terraces go upward in bell-like
stories to the distance of 100 feet from
Jhe ground. There is not a block in
Itew York as large as the base of this
monument, and its top is higher than any
bufldtng in America save the monument
at Washington. Its spire is taller than
that of Sit, Paul's Cathedral at London,
and the wY.ole glistens under the blazing
sunlight as though it were solid gold.
At its top there is now a scaffolding, for
the great golden umbrella, which the last
King of Burmah before Thebaw gave to
it, is being restored to its place and the
jewelers are working upon this in the
sheds at its base.
' This umbrella is a great circular piece
of go(4 which is studded with jewels, any
one of which would be a fit wedding
present for a Princess. It cost more than
ivo hundred thousand gold dollars when
jt w/is made eighteen years ago. But
not long ago the winds shook it from its
moorings rad jewels and gold came down
to the ground. This mighty pagoda has
cost millions of dollars. It is of brick
and stucco covered with gold leaf as fine
as that ever put into an American tooth
fend a f costly as that which covers the new
gold frame which surrounds Mrs. Haves's
picture in one of the White House parlors,
if has been regilded again and again, and
if tons of material could be put through
fine ,of the great quartz mills of Denver it
would vi/dd as much good ore as a Cali
fornia mine.
The base of this pagoda is on a hill over
looking the city of Rangoon. It consists
of two terraces and the upper is paved
with flags of stone. This is 166 feet above
the level of the ground, and it covers
about fourteen and a half acres. The
great pyramid near Cairo has a base of
thirteen acres, but the base of this monu
ment is bigger. It is 900 feet long by
about 700 wide, and this fourteen acres is
covered with little temples with hundreds
of Buddhas of all shapes and sizes, some
of which are of gold and others of which
have been gilded again and again until
the layers of gold upon them are in places
ns thick as wedding-rings. It is impossi
ble to estimate the wealth that stands
upon this platform. The shrine has been
a noted one as far back as five hundred
years before Christ was born, and during
twenty-three centuries the Buddhists have
been laying their offerings upon it. They
1m VP added to it all these years, until it has
risen from twenty-seven feet to its present
height.
During the last century one of the
Kings of Burmah vowed he would give
Iris own weight in gold to this monu-
ment. He hopped upon the imperial
scales and pulled the beam at one hun
dred and seventy pounds. The vow cost
him §45,000 worth of gold leaf and it all
went into this monument. The monu
ment was regilded in 1871 and it is now
being again polished. It is, all told, a
mass of brick and mortar mixed with
gold, and its outside plated with gold.
It has no interior chambers and it is as
solid as a gravestone. Its surroundings
are those of worship, and you may any
day see dozens of women cliid in bright
silk gowns and white vests kneeling and
bowing before it. They bring offerings of
rice and flowers to it and the air is filled
with the perfume of the roses which lie
at its base. This base is surrounded by
stone figures of kneeling elephants, each
of which is the size of the baby elephant
in tho circus. These have flat places
upon their backs, and it is upon these that
the offerings are often laid. Here and
there are little dovecot-liko shrines, be
fore which incense always burns and the
roofs of which have been turned by its
aromatic smoke into soot. No matter
how hot the day these women and men
here kneel, and under the blazing sun
prostrate themselves before this golden
mountain and before what they imagine
constitutes its elements of sanctity.
These are four hairs from the head of the
great Buddha himself.
WISE WORDS.
No thoroughly occupied man was ever
yet very miserable.
Whatever is obtained by deceit cheats
no one but the getter.
Women distrust men too much in gen
eral and not enough in particular.
One is never more on trial than in the
moment of excessive good fortune.
Of all the heavy bodies the heaviest is
the woman we have ceased to love.
Women are constantly the dupes or the
victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
If you amuse a man he’ll be likely to
forgive you for cheating him afterward.
Sometimes it is the man who carries the
lantern for others that fall into the ditch.
Wit should be used as a shield for de
fence, rather than as a sword to wound
others.
Love that has nothing but beauty to
keep it in good health is short-lived and
apt to have ague fits.
In preparing anonymous contributions
for the newspapers always be sure to write
only on neither side of the paper.
Mind is the great lever of all things;
human thought is the process by which
human ends are ultimately answered.
There is nothing more universally com
mended than a fine day; the reason is
that people can commend it without
envy.
Never build after you are five and forty;
have five years income in hand before you
lay a brick, and always calculate the ex
pense double the estimate.
The great source of calamity lies in re
gret or anticipation; he, therefore, is most
wise who thinks of the present alone, re
gardless of the past or future.
Appetite is a relish bestowed on the
poor, that they may like what they eat,
while it is seldom enjoyed by the rich,
because they may eat what they like.
Two Great Inventors at Law.
The great lawsuit involving the owner
ship of the incandescent-light systems in
this country, brings into legal collision
two of the most remarkable inventive
geniuses of this or any age. These two
men are Thomas A. Edison and George
Westinghouse, Jr. Both have a world
wide fame, and both deserve their great
fame. Edison is, perhaps, the broader
minded philosopher, but Westinghouse
excels him in practical management of
affairs, being a shrewd business man and
actively engaged in the direction of a
vast mechanical industry.
Mr. Westinghonsc’s name is identified
with the air brake, which caused a revo
lution in railroading. It has been esti
mated that this single invention doubled
the capacity and value of railroads, as it
enabled them to run trains at far higher
speed and with greater frequency. Re
cently he has been engaged in perfecting
his brake so as to apply it to freight
trains, and when this is done another
great step will be taken in transporta
tion.
Within a few years Mr. Westinghouse
has applied his fertile mind and tireless
energies to electricity in its business as
pects. Ho is one of the largest manu
facturers of electrical apparatus and ma
chinery in the world. He also claims to
control the system of the incandescent
electric light, and it is here that he
comes into antagonism with the Edison
interest. The present suit is of supreme
importance, involving §25,000,000. —.
New York Sun.
An Encampment of Laps.
At Tromsoe, the sheltered capital of
northern Norway, our steamer remained
just long enough to allow us to visit an in
teresting camp of Laps and their rein
deer in the neighborhood. The company
we visited had pitched their tents on the
side of the mountain, and about a dozen
or more seemed to live comfortably
enough in a space we might portion off
for so many hens and chickens. Both
men and women were remarkably short,
seldom more than four feet high, with
eyes wide apart and flat, expressionless
faces.
They wore reindeer garments, with
leather boots up to the knee and bright
colored hats in the form of sou’westers on
their tangled locks. At our request the
men called loudly to the Lap-in-Chief,
who was waiting for a summons upon the
hills to bring down his herd of reindeer,
and very soon the cries of the dogs and
the rattling of the horns of the deer were
to be heard, as the beautiful creatures
answered to the call of their master and
bounded down the hillsides toward us.
The patriarchal Lap, after we had made
a few vain attempts at exchanging courte
sies, signified he expected a handsome
donation for his trouble, and on saying,
“good-bye,” we noticed that the Nor
wegian sailors who accompanied us each
gave his coin in turn, it being considered
mslucky to part with the Lap without
offering some smtill gift. —Temple Bar.
A MIND READER’S CAREER.
ASTONISHING FEATS OF THE LATE
WASHINGTON IRVING BISHOP.
Naming; tho Numbers on a Bank Note
—Finding a Hidden Br'ooch Alter
ft lioiiff Drive.
That the late Washington Irving Bishop
possessed some peculiar mental and phy
sical powers the most eminent scientists
who have studied the man and his per
formances freely admit.
Erratic to the last degree, somo of
Bishop’s intimate friends claimed that he
was wildly insane. Yet they could not
but admire the results of his oddities.
He cared nothing for money for mere
money’s sake. He spent the income of a
Prince every year, and although he made
half a dozen fortunes by his work, at his
death he left virtually nothing beyond a
life insurance policy for his child.
In his thirty-three years of life Bishop
lived the lives of half a dozen ordinary
men who had reached tho limit of three
and ten. Four times he had been
married and twice divorced. He had
traveled all over Great Britain and the
Continent, through North and South
America and Mexico and through the
Pacific islands.
Although under tho medium height and
slightly built, he possessed the muscular
strength of a giant. His pale face and
thin, white hands and general feminine
appearance belied greatly his real
strength.
Bishop was born in New York on
March 4, 1856. He attended the public
schools, and later Fordham College, from
which he graduated. His first start in
life for himself was in a downtown drug
store.
When nineteen years old he became
acquainted with Anna Eva Fay, a noted
Spiritualist at that time, and in 1875 he
started out as her manager. He learned
all the intricacies of the Spiritualistic
business and later started on his own ac
count, making his first appearance at
Steinway Hall.
After a few performances he com
menced to introduce some mind-reading
exhibitions, but in view of his previous
connections these were regarded with
suspicion by his audiences. Bishop
shortly after left the country and went to
England, where his fame spread. He
traveled through Great Britain and the
Continent giving exhibitions.
Bishop had always had a great fond
ness for music, being a skilled performer
on the piano, and a composer of some
success. At a private exhibition in the
Royal Palace in St. Petersburg he told
the Czarina to think of some air and he
would reproduce it on the piano. The
Czarina decided upon an old Russian love
song which she was certain Bishop had
never heard of before, yet he executed it
upon the piano with artistic accuracy and
expression. He again told her to think
of any picture in the palace and he would
pick it out blindfolded. The Czarina
decided upon one which had only a few
days before been taken down irom its
customary place and removed to another
room some distance from the one in
which the performance was being made.
Although entirely unacquainted with the
arrangement of the rooms or corridors in
the palace, Bishop sought out the correct
room and found the picture.
For this exhibition Bishop was re
warded with the title of Baron, and was
also presented with a cross of honor and
medal, one from the Czar and the other
from the Czarina.
It was in London, in 1883, when his
fame was at its zenith, that he entered
into the controversy with Henry La
bouchere which eventually made him fa
mous. Bishop was performing before a
large audience in London when Mr. La
bouchere, who believed that the mind
reading was the result of vulgar trickery,
said that if Bishop could tell the number
of a bank-note in a gentleman's pocket in
the audience he, Labouchere, would give
him SSOOO. Bishop said he would ac
complish the feat under special conditions,
but as Mr. Labouchere refused to accept
them the challenge was never tested.
Shortly after Labouchere attacked Bishop
through his paper. Bishop retaliated by
instituting libel proceedings, and in the
subsequent developments Bishop received
unlimited advertising.
At a performance in Boston, given
three years ago, Bishop performed the
bank-note feat which caused the trouble
with Henry Labouchere. Sub-Treasurer
M. P. Kennard was in the audience, and
had a note in his pocket which he was
confident no one had seen but himself, as
it w r as taken fresh from the Treasury.
Bishop wrote the numbers 18 3 40793
on a piece of paper, and when they
were compared with the bank-note they
were found to be correct.
The feat which made him famous in
America was accomplished here two and
and a half years ago. He invited a num
ber of ladies and gentlemen to the Hoff
man House, and said he would allow any
of the gentlemen present to hide some
article of jewelry in any part of the city
and he would drive blindfolded to the
place and find it.
Drs. Robinson and Hough borrowed a
diamond brooch from Mrs. Frank Leslie,
and driving over to the East Side, hid it
in a tenement. On their return Bishop
was blindfolded and, going into the street,
he jumped on a driver’s seat of a coach in
waiting, and although blindfolded, drove
down Broadway and across town to the
tenement house and discovered the brooch
hidden in one of the rear rooms.
Some time later while at the Bijou
Theatre one of the gentlemen in the
audience took a needle and, going down
the street, hid it between the leaves of
the directory in the Sturtevant House.
Thoroughly blindfolded, Bishop later on
started out with the whole audience at
his heels and found the needle without
a moment’s delay.
These feats he subsequently repeated in
all the cities in the United States and in
Mexico. Usually after some uncommon
exertion he would fall into a cataleptic
trance, the same as the one that ended in
his death. His mother said that these
trances w T erc hereditary in the family.
She has frequently been stricken down
by them, and has lain apparently dead for
three days. Her sister one time lay in
trance for seven days, and she said that
after his exertion in Scotland at the rail
way accident her son lay in a trance for
three weeks.
For the hist year Bishop had performed
mainly in the West. In Minneapolis, a
few months ago, while performing the
feat of driving through the city blind
folded in search of a hidden needle, the
horses collided with a post, as he had be
come helpless and had dropped the reins.
He continued the search and succeeded in
finding the needle after much suffering
and exertion. Immediately after he fell
in a cataleptic fit and lay for some time in
a trance. —New York Journal.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
It is tho female wasp that stings.
“Spuds” is California for potatoes.
Myles Standish’s first name was Patrick.
John Wheel, a Dawscn (Ga.) boy eats
flies.
French army horses are shod with shoes
requiring six nails.
It has been found that the best thing
to disperse a mob is cold water.
A Toledo (Ohio) cat has been born
with three eyes and four nostrils.
Hon. John A. Curtis, of Richmond,
Va., smokes twenty-five cigars a day.
The first book printed with Greek type
was the production of an Italian press in
1476.
Mr. Taylor, of Massachusetts, has been
awarded §6OO damages for being called
“Muskrat Taylor.”
There is a colored man in Hart County,
Ga., whose foot is fourteen inches long,
actual measurement.
The number of churches which burned
last year was 182, aud all but twelve of
them took fire from their own furnaces.
The deepest coal pit in the world is
said to be the St. Andre in the Charleroi
(Belgiuml district. It is 3084 feet deep.
A number of reindeer have been im
ported from Norway and turned out on
a deer forest in the north of Scotland in
the hope that they may become acclima
tized.
The Emperor of China has a new um
brella which requires the strength of ten
men to carry it. It cost him twice as
much as a circus tent, and is not near so
large.
Wynkyn de Worde was the first Eng
lish printer.to use the round Roman letter.
It was cut by Sweyheim and Pannartz,un
der the patronage of tho sub-librarian of
Paul 11.
There is a pet coon in a Washington
(Penn.) hotel which exhibits a strange
fondness for cats. Every time he gets hold
of one he squeezes it until it howls, and
seems to enjoy the sport greatly. He was
never known to harm one.
French fishermen, who cast their net!
a few dayß since near Biarritz, made s
haul of 100,000 sardines, which not only
loaded their vessel but compelled then]
to call upon a steamer vsWi was near by
to take a part of the frai aboard. The
catch is the largest on record.
Inhabitants of Interlaclien, Fla., saw a
solid column of fire rushing through the
air the other night, maJdng a whirring,
hissing sound like thaWf a shell, only
louder. All at once it exploded, noting
a sound that shook the earth ancßhat
could be heard fifteen miles.
The village of Harper’s Ferry, Va., ac
cording to a Pennsylvania dealer in nitro
glycerine, is situated so nicely that five
pounds of the stuff exploded in the centre
of the place would shatter every house.
The hills would catch and fling back the
waves of concussion.
There is a lady in Irwin County, Ga.,
who has a novel way of making her hens
set. Whenever she gets ready to set a
hen, it matters not whether the hen is
ready to set or not, she catches it,
breaks one leg, puts eggs and hen in a
nest and nails them up. She says there
is nothing like breaking one leg to make
them set. By the time the hen hatches
the leg is well and she is ready to care foi
the chicks.
Buenos Ayres.
On entering Buenos Ayres from the pier
one can hardly realize that it is the chief
city of South America, and one of the
most flourisliing places in the world. The
streets are narrow and badly paved, holes
several feet deep being not uncommon,
and the houses are mostly only ground
iloor; some have one upper story, but
very few have two. However, it im
proves on nearer acquaintance. The
streets, though not wide, are straight and
uniform, and far better than those of Se
ville, Cadiz, and a great many other im
portant European cities, and between the
shanties which still exist in many of the
principal streets are edifices which would
not disgrace the best parts of London or
Paris. Indeed, several well-known Eng
lish and French firms have branch estab
lishments here quite equal in style to their
head offices. Buenos Ayres is the most
European-looking city of South America,
yet it is far from being English in ap
pearance ; I should rather describe it as
“Mediterranean,” though it would be dif
cult to say whether it is more Spanish,
Provencal, or Italian. The great major
ity of the working classes are Italians, and
the inscriptions on all the shops near the
water are in that language. But on ad
vancing into the town, one hears quite as
much English, German and French spoken
as Spanish or Italian; and English book
sellers, German Bierhallen and French
hotels abound. The restaurants are al
most all French, from establishments equal
to the best on the Paris boulevards down
to estaminets, whose chief delicacies are
sauerkraut and snails. Every nation’s
tastes are consulted. The Marseillaise can
get bouillabaisse, the Neapolitan ravioli
and macaroni, made and cooked by his
fellow-countrymen, and an Englishman
has a better chance of a good cut of roast
beef than he would have in many Euro
pean towns. —London Globe.
The Russian Government has given or
ders for the construction of two ironclads
larger than any at present existing in that
service.
Human Beings Sold.
The Japan Mail speaks of the traffic in
women and children among the desti
tute as follows: Tho sale of women and
children has become a regular occurrence
in the famine-stricken districts of China.
“It is as much a matter of notoriety,”
writes a missionary, “as the selling of
mules and donkeys.” The women and
children are not brought to market,
however; the traffic takos place private
ly. A woman between 20 and 30 years
of age is sold for from $5 to §10; a child
under 10 for §1 to §1.50. What is the
meaning of this traffic? Is it entirely
owing to the demand for female chattels
in the great cities, or has it a more di
rect connection with the famine? Some
people incline to the latter view. They
declare that the famished people, in their
pressing heed, have resorted to canni
balism, and that though pnrents will not
kill and eat their own children, they are
less scrupulous about selling them to
other persons to kill and eat. It is im
possible to credit this. If we were told
that a family, roducod to utter destitu
tion and brought face to face with death
by starvation, had eaten one of its mem
bers, tho thing might be credible. But
that money, with which other food
might be bought, should bo spent on
the purchase of human flesh, is wholly
beyond the limits of belief. The strong
probability is that the famine regions are
merely supplying cheap victims for the
brothels of the cities.
Damaging Drought.
Visitor (at dairy farm) —Well, what
kind of a season have you had in the
milk business?
Milkman—O, poor, poor —haven’t had
such a drought in twenty years. Why
there was actually one spell when we had
to depond on the cows to supply our
c ustomers.— Epoch.
Husband of a popular actress—My
wife has decided to retire from the
stage.
Friend—lndeed 1 At once?
II. —N’ —no, not exactly at once. We
have not yet decided upon tho exact
year, but she will begin her first farewell
tour next season. —Boston Courier.
Every third person you meet is troubled more
or less with biliousness, and don't know how
to vet rid of it. The causes are ea-ily recorded.
A lack of sufficient exercise, eating too much
by persons of sedentary habits, indulgence in
too rich food, a sluggish torpid liver where the
blood does not do its duty, and hiie is allowed
to accumulate: these cause the whites of the
eyes to turn yellow, the skin to look thick and
coarse,and the complexion yellower dark.
These are suro indications of biliousness.
Brown’s Iron Ritters is the remedy you want.
It acts directly upon the blood, cleanses and
purifies it, ana sends it on its journey through
the channels of tho liver, giving to It activity
and clearing out the bile. It will remove tho
yellow tinge from the eyes and the complexion
leaving tho latter fresh and clear.
There Is no reason In the world why a “baby
show” shouldn’t be a howling success.
Why They Lead.
Dr. Pierce’s medicines outsell all others, be
cause of their possessing such superior cura
tive properties as to warrant tholr manufac
turers In supplying them to tho people (as they
are doing through all druggists) on such condi
tions as no other medicines at e sold under, viz:
that thoy shall either benefit or euro the pa
tient, or all money paid for them will bn re
funded. The “Golden Medical Discovery” la
specific for catarrh In the head aud all bron
chial, throat and lung diseases, if taken in
time and given a fair trial. Money will be re
funded If it does not benefit or cure.
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets—gently laxative or ac
tively cathartic according to dose. 25 cents.
The fastest pair on record—The City of
Paris on land and the City of Paris on water.
What do you chow ?
“LUCY HINTON!"
Why?
Becauso it is tho best I can find.
Who makos it ?
T. 0. Williams Co., Richmond, Va.
Who sells it ?
Aii dealers.
How can I recognize it ?
1 ho name Lucy Hinton is on oyery plug.
Positively Delicious.
So delightful to tho taste are Hamburg Figs
that they could be placed upon the table for
dessert, and no one would suspect that they
were more than very superior crystalizod fruit.
This property is what mukes them so popular
with ladies and children for the cure of con
stipation, piles, iudigestion.and sick-headocho.
25 cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co., N’. Y.
Oregon, tlie l’uradisc of Fanners.
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country In the world. Full Information free.
Address Oreg. Im’igr’t’n Board, Portland, Ore.
A 10c. Smoko for sc.—"Tansill’s Punch."
True Economy
It is true economy to buy Hood’s Sarsaparilla, for
“100 Doses One Dollar” Is original with and true
only of this popular medicine. If you wish to prove
this, buy a bottle of Hood’s Sarsaparilla and measure
Its contents. Ton will find it to hold 100 tenspoon
fnls. Now road the dircctldßb, and you will find
that the average dose for persons of different ages
is less than a teaspoonfuL This Is certainly con
clusive evidence of the peculiar strength and econ
omy of Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
“I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla for loss of appetite,
dyspepsia, and goner at languor. It did me a vast
amount of good, and I havo no hesitancy in recom
mending it.”—J. W. Willevord, Quincy, Ilk
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only
by O. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Hass.
100 Doses One Dollar „
IS YOUR FARM FOR SALE £
If so address CCBTIB A Wright, 238 Broadway. N.Y.
tw. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE centsPemen.
Rest in the world. Examine his
85.04* GENUINE HAND-SEWED SHOE.
84.00 IIAND-BKWGD WKLI SHOE.
83.50 POLICE AND FARMERS’ SHOE.
82.50 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE.
82.25 WORKINGMAN’S SHOE.
82.00 GOOD-WEAR SHOE.
82.00 and 81.75 BOVS’ .CHOOL SHOES.
Ail made In Congress, Button and Lace.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 & $2 SHOES LADIEB.
Best Material. Beat Style. Best Fitting.
W. L. Douglas’ 83.00 Shoe,shown In cut below. Is
made of fine Calf, on lasts modelled for the toot; smooth
Inside as tiand-sewed shoes, aud no tacks or wax thread
to hurt the feet. Every pair warranted.
F* Jt TTRIVniT W. L. DOUGLAS’ name and the price are stamped on as jm
II I lISIN the bottom of all Shoes advertised by him before leaving Iris cemlemeh*^
wit G A Avan factory; this protects the wearers against high p Tires and
Inferior goods. If your dealer offers you shoes without W. L. DOUGLAS’ name B siwwfSTS
and price stamped on them, and says they arc bis shoes, or lust as good, do not be
deceived thereby. Dealers make more profit on unknown shoes Unit are not war- S sySSS J*
ranted by anybody: therefore do not be Induced to buy shoes that havecorepota- .JL -'iSSS*®
tlou. Buy only those that have W. L. DOUGLAS’ name and tba price jf/S)
stamped on the bottom, and you are sure to get full value ftr your money, S&3W 40 a
Thousands of dollars are saved annually In this conntry by the wearnß of _ anEWf as m
W. L. DOUGLAS’ SHOES. AskA .jflOH
If your dealer will not get yon tho kind or style you want, send youro-der t~i Ojjrglkfr m
direct to bis factory, with tho price enclosed, and they wlu bn sent von by jf o,
return mall, postage free: consequently, no matter where you lhre, you Jr v
can always get WTL. DOUGLAS’ SHOES. Be sure and state «ze -eS**. -c
asd width you wear; it not sure, send for an order blank emm aWk....gstfi&gOjl
giving full instructions how to get a perfect fit.
W, L, DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass,
Bo of Cood Cheer.
There is one remedy that has brought health
and strength to many a failing constitution,and
restored many suffering blood-diseased mortals
to lives of usefulness and joy. It has boon
tried with success after extensively advertised
specifics and sarsaparillas had miserably failed
to bring relief. if you suffer from failing
health, brought on by an impure state of the
blood, you do yourself and your friends groat in
justice if you fail to try this proven cure. It is
called Id. Id. Id., or ldoianic Blood Balm, and can
bo obtained from any druggist, Should
your druggist not keep it for sale, insist on his
getting it for you. Bo not be persuaded to take
anything else for your blood. B. B. B. is tho
best. It is the only safe, quick and complete
cure. Send io the Blood Balm Co., Atlanta,
Ga., lor hook tilled with certificates. If you
suffer from sores, aches, weakness, lameness,
dyspepsia, catarrh, etc., Id. B. Id. is tho remedy
you need, and the only remedy that will restore
yon to perfect health, menially as well as phys
ically. Try it.
Scientist—“Do you believe la spirits?” Ken
tuckian—“ Thanks, don’t kceref I do.
1,000 OASES
TINWARE.
$15.00 Per Case. Freight Prepaid.
RETAILS FOR. 825.00.
CONTENTS AND BET AIL PRICES:
6 Coffee Pots, 1 quart @.lO |0.60
IS Coffee Pots, 2 quart @ .15 1.80
(5 Coffee Pots, 3 quart @.20 1.20
6 Stamped Wash Basins, 10 in .. @.05 .80
6 Stamped Wash Basins, 11 % in... @ .10 ,60
6 Stamped Wash Basins, 18 in .. @.15 .90
48 Cups, 1 pint @ .05 8.40
12 Cups, 1 quart @.lO 1.20
12 Covered Buckets, I>j pint @ .05 .60
24 Covered Buckets, 2 quart @ .10 2.40
0 Covered Buckets, 3 quart. @ .15 .90
6 Covered Buckets, 4 quart @ .20 1.80
6 Milk Buckets, 4 quart @ .10 .60
6 Milk Buckets, 8 quart @ .25 1.50
12 Stamped Dippers, >, pint @ .05 .60
12 Cocoa Shape Dippers, hl’k handle @ .10 1.20
18 Stamped Plates. 9in @.05 .90
12 Stamped Milk Pans, B>a in @ .05 .60
12 Stamped Milk Pans, 11 in @.lO 1.20
6 Stamped Milk Pans, 13 in @.15 .90
6 Stamped Milk Pans, 15 in @ .20 1.20
3 Dish Pans, 8 quart @.io .30
6 Dish Pans, 10 quart @ .20 1.20
3 Dish Puns, 12 quart @ .25 .75
Total Retail Selling Price $25.05
Shipped promptly to any point In your State,
and freight prepaid, on receipt of $15.00.
L. F. BROWN, Charleston, S. C. t
Importer and Jobber of
Earthenware. Tinware. Glassware.
* DUTCH ER’S
FLY KILLER
Mukos n clean sweep. Every
sheet will kill a quart of flics.
Stops buxxlng around ears,
diving at eyes, tickling your
nose, skips hard words and se
cures peace at trifling expense.
Send 25 cents for 5 sheets to
F. DUTCH Ell, St. Albans, Vt.
m. ■ n , After ALT, others
Dr. Lob!)," 11 -
Twenty years’ continuous practice In the treat
ment and cure of the awlul effects of early
vice, destroying both mind and body. Medicine
and treatment for one month, Five Dollars, sent
securely sealed from observation to any address.
Book on Special Diseases free.
IXT. O. Y. lx.
Nasluille, Tend. College for Young Ladies,
Is the leading school of this section. Began 1888
with 50 pupils, without grounds or buildings of itlk
own. Now has 3 buildings, 160 rooms, 20 offices, 32®
pupils from 18 States. Full course in
Science, Art, Music, privileges in Vauderbuilt Unl2
versity. fully equipped Gymnasium, and all moderik
conveniences. For catalogue address President,
liev. G£o, W. F. Price, D. Nashville, Toon*
_ J&m Plantation Engines
/Aviwfoh#©« With Self-Contained
Otm-fijRETURN flue boilers,
M/;, '.f m FOR DRIVING
i ' :|S COTTON GINS and MILLS.
h IHubtratiM P.mphirl Free. Address,
iHEH§james leffel & Co.
:■ . awJRSW SPRINGFIELD, OHIO,
- or 110 Liberty Si, New York.
$Ti! JO 8250 A MONTH can be made working
v* * for as. Agents preferred who can furnish
a horse and give their whole time to the business.
Spare moments may be profitably employed also.
A few vacanclos in towns aud cities. B. F. JOHN
SON A CO., 1009 Main Bt, Richmond, Va. TV. B.—
Please state age and business experience. Never
mind about sending stamp for reply. B. P. J. dt Co.
WASHISTOrrNFORMATMIUREAO,
COLE .V DEEBLH, Proprietors,
932 1 Street N. W., Washington, D. C,
General information furnished.
Correspondence solicited.
Music-art-elocution aud
General Culture. Desirable Position,
open to progressive students. All Interested
Will receivo valuable Information Free,
by addressing IS. TOUR J EE, Boston, Hass.
iBEA MB ■ B IB and Whiskey Hab.
CjfiTßfc BJb h % ffl Us cured at home with
Sf**' ||E SVrSg out pain. Book of par
§Hi 1 IUIf H ticnlars sent FREE.
Bgjfl n iiiiT iffiim B- M.WOOLLEY, Ml).
Wr Atlanta, tlu. Office <m Whitehall fife
Large MARRIAGE fa per
A- AMJU aud particulars of our association
that pays over 81,000 AT MARRIAGE. Ad
dieaa THE CORRESPONDENT, Toledo, Ohio.
OAC A|| UnilQ made by oar Agones.
"** nUUII THE DR. PERKINS
MEDICAL CO.. Richmond. V*.
A■■ lo S 8 a day. Samples worth @>2.15 Free.
Lines not under horse’s feet. Write Ilrow
wwwHier Mutely Rein Holder Co.,Holly, Mich.
Agents wanted. $1 an hour. 50 new articles. CatMgue
and sample free, O. K. Marshall. Buffalo, N. Y.
PAI.U’H BUS. COLLEGE, Philadelphia. Pa.
Scholarship and positions, tHoO. Write for circular.
PEERLESS BYES Soi.dey Druooista
«I prescribe and fully en
arse Big G as the only
leclfic for the certain euro
t this disease.
. H. INGRAHAM:, M. D.,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
We have sold Big G for
iany years and it has
given the best ef satis
faction.
D. R. DYCHE t
I.OQ. Sold by Druggists.
A. N. U Twenty-seven,’B9