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THE OYSTER. A Few Observations on . Habits of the Bivalve. Lntareitinif Features of Oyiter Planting and Cultivation Explained. Os all the va't army of opter caters but wry low give any thought to the cultivation of thia aholl-bah or ever •top to consider what an important in dustry it is. It requires tho investment of millions of dollars of capital and tho employment of thousands of men, and is a business thrrt. is constantly and rapidly Increasfug. From a purely local trade it has grown to enormous dimensions, and to-day the markets of the Atlantic coast •hip extensively to Europe, California and all the cities of this country. The principal oyster marts of the country arc at Boston, Provxb nce, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimoje, Crisfield, and Norfolk. Large quantities of oysters arc brought every spring from Ches qw ake B ly to tho North and planted here. The reason for this transplanting is that oy t r* in Chesapeake Bay are very chean, and oven after adding the cost of transport ing ami transplanting the Northern dealers cun sell them nt a profit for a lower price than tin' native oyster. Th'y arc very hardy, thrive well here and the ordinary oyster enter cannot tell tire different between them and the natives. One peculiar feature is that oysters transplant'd to waters where there is n marked (hinge in tempcriture will thrive well cnongh, but will not propa gate. Thus, oysters from our Atlantic coast when put into English waters, or even in the Pac.flc at (California will not spawn, nor will Ches.ipr ako Buy oysters •pawn in Long Island S nnd, but oysters from the Bound will propagate in New York Harbor and surrounding waters. To cleanse the oyster ns well ria to freshen an I fatten it, the planter takes it near where a elenr, pure stream of fresh water empties into the salt water and lets them remain there over one tide. Tho oyst< r fattens quickly and n few hours in fresh water will serve to make I the poorest oyster plump and solid, and purge It of impurities which it may have absorbed. An oyster will grow thin more quickly than it can bo fattened and it is very sensitive to sudden changes of shocks. A heavy thunderclap will kill an entire boat load and the approach of a boat to nn oyster b <1 will cause each oyster to close his shell. Au oyster can not see, nn<l this knowledge of any out side Influi nee or pressure cun only be attributed ff> its remarkable sensit ve ncss. A sudden cold stirin will make a f it oyster thin in a very short tim ■. Oysters spawn nt different seasons, taking on fat rapidly. A planier under standing the business, having beds located in various depths of water, mny have oysters in proper condition for the table the year round, n few feet in depth hastening or prolonging the spawning period one or two weeks. The spawn of oysters make a thick, cloudy appearance in the water, which is scattered fur and wide unit * the spat find Some solid body to which it can at tach itself. Last season n lot of pat was carried by tho currents and tides from the spawning bods on the Connecticut coast to the north shore of Long Island, where they lodged on the gravel of a bench, where they were afterwards dis covered, taken up and planted in the private beds of planters in that section. That oysters can ho grown in different shapes is a well-known fact to planters. Planted thickly mi u muddy bottom they will grow long and thin, while planted thinly on a hard or gravelly Imttom they will grow round and thick, and ono cut thus have his oysters shaped according to his taste. The principal kinds of oysters used in the New York market are Blue Points, K 'Cknwnys, Slm w -burys and East R v era. The B.W Points come from the south shots' of Long Island, between Bellport mid Bay Shore, mid get their name from a peulnsula called Blue Point. The taking up of Bin Points is pro hibited by law until the 15. h of Septem ber. but as a prominent oyster dealer mid: “Most of us manage to have a few on hand for our friends at least at th' opening of thu season." New York H _________ Hoctora in Russia. The practice of medicine in Ru-sia is exceedingly onerous and unremuncrative. A physician who fails to respond to the summons of a patient is punished by a fine of from sto 100 rubles. If tho case was a dangerous ouc, and the physician knew it, he may be imprisoned in the jail for three months. The legal foe for an ordinary visit is from 7 13 to 16 rents; for an accouchment, 75 cents. These laws are strictly enforced. An . sldcrly German physician, an invalid, was called on a stormy winter night to attend a case cvi:i miles distant. He objected to go utile-» he was reasonably remunerated, naming his fee. The nv.s seuger left t ■ a» , rtam whether this amount would be paid, but d d not re turn. The physician was subs qu-ntly air-sted, tried and vend meed to eight days’ imprisonment. Besides, he had t > pay bis lawyer fJS ;i -vlvanee. —CS ■<*>/• Jvta » fteventr-rilfht Wiles nn Hour. The Cincinnati CvmmrrcM (Jateflt aars: The day is very recent when tho talk of a loconi tivc making a mile a min ute was received with a due amount of doubt, being almost universally ilialre- Ucvcd. To-day, however, sixty miles an hour is not tho limit, and locomotive builders now essay to increase the speed from ten to fifteen miles ab >vo that fig ure. The latest novelty in this lino is a locomotive designed by M. E trade, which is to be experimented wilh on tho southern lines of France. 51. Eitrado, convinced of the value of large wheels, has fitted his engine, tender and conches with wheels eight and a quarter feet tn diameter. The engine is of the outside cylinder type, with slide valve on top of the cylind'-r, and all the gearing carried outside. This h,com dive is expected to make an average speed of from toventy two to seventy-eight miles per hour. The coaches arc peculiar, in that they are carried maid" iron girders, while the wheels run under the centre of the longitudinal seats. Two axles, sixteen feet apart, support, through elliptic springs mounted upon the oil-boxes, Hies ■ longitudinal girders, which have ends curving towards tho ground. Ear h girder carries three other elliptic springs, from which is suspended by means ot iron rods the lower frame on which the body of tho car il supported. The coach is separated into two stories, the lower of wh ch ii inode in three pendent sections, with doors, which may be used as baggngi -rooms, < tc. Above is a single compartment with central passageway, reached by stairways nt each end r.f the coach, and communicat ing with the oth r portions of the train by hingeil platforms. The result of flic trial of this new locomotive will ho watched with great interest. The Tumble-weed. The tumble-weed is n peculiarly western institution that grows on the prairie and looks big and round and green all sum mer. If it is anything of a season for tumble weeds it gets as large as a bushel basket. When fall comes it breaks off Close to the top of the ground, jumps up and < racks its liecls together a few times and then begins turning hand-springs across the prairie and over barbed wire fences. It is not ns fast as th- jack rabbit, which when there is political or other ex citement around only touches along on the tops of tho hills, but it has better staying powers than the jack nnd will go five hundred miles and into tho British possessions with a southeast wind nnd 1 I come back the next (lay w th a north west wind. Oa the trip it wilt frighten titty horses, help spread twenty prairie liras, and tire out several young and in experienced dog’. A professor from nn eastern college once cam ■ out her and began to chase a tumble weed. II ■ granted to classify it and put a collar on it. He took the bit hi his teeth mid followed that weed for two days. Then he cun' hick and said that while il wis doubtless a line botan ical specimen, it did not appear, on tho other hand, to be fond of the society of polished and cultured college professors. It might be all right from a scientific stand-point, but socially it was far from n succ'ss. While interests of scientific research might demand that it be cap tured and analyz 'd, till he doubted tho propriety of attaching a Latin name to it mid having it jerked around over the prairie like a two-year-old steer tied to the hind end of it special train. Fltell ine (Duk.) H<l'. Loss of Life n! Sea. Mr. Thomas G ay, Secretary of the London B aril of Trade for Statistical Pinposes, divides the nine years from 1871 to 1883 into throe triennial periods. During the first of tiles' periods the loss of life resulting from wrecks or from casualties to British ships amounted to J 7687; in the second period to 7105, and in the third to the greatly increased total of 0784. The 10-s of ve-scls during tho nine yeais rose from 3173 to 3713. Mr. Gray sustains the stat 'mo'.'.t that in 1881 the loss of life amounted to the alarming total of 1 in 60 of the total number of lives employed. We see, therefore, that while the dangers of land travel are ditn tni'hii g because of tho more scientific management and better construction of railroads, the chances of loss of life at sea are becoming greater, despite tho efforts of legislation to remedy the evil. —ASinl' LnUtt. Paper Boots and Shoes. Some very attiactivo specimens of paper slijqwrs, sandals, and other cover ings for the feet— a substitute for leather, etc. —have been brought to notice in London, where their manufacture has been recently undertaken. For this purpose paper, paper pulp, or papier macho Is employed in making the upper, which is moulded to the deaired form and size; the sole is made of paper or pasteboard, leather board, or other adapt, d pap r mat rial, a union of this sole to the upp r being < fl ite.l by means of cement, glue, or oilier adhesive mate rial; the plan is to have the upper creased, embossed, or perforated at the I mstep and sales, so us to prevent any 1 breaking or tearing while in use. The i sole my made wi.h ot without a heel. |_ZVpe.- IT rs f. NATURAL GAS. How It is Utilized in Many Ways at Pittsburg. Bringing the Gu Through Pipet from Wells Twenty Miles. Away. Tl.c greatest curiosity about Pittsburg, •ays a letter to the Chicago Herald, is the working of the natural gas and the varied uses to which it is put. In the early morning, ns the train ’[reeds along the left bank of the Alleghany, the hun dre Is of flaming lights which adorn the hillsides affor I a curiou spectacle. Pipe stick up from the ground perhaps twenty sci t or more,and from them shoot up into ; the heavens great tongue* of flame—n | hundred times greater in volume than the i electric light and ten times us brilliant. These pipes are the air vents of the main conduits, which carry the gas to its point of utilization. These vents are necessary, otherwise the condu ts would burst from | the tremendous pre- ure of gas from the . wells. On most of the gas pipe linos the 1 vent pipes ar ■ left burning night and day, nnd the effect at night is m >st bril’iaut. Few people realize the extent to which the natural gas is now used about Pitts burg. It has taken the place of fuel at all the glass works, in all the blast furnaces and steel work, and is rapid ly being intro duced into the private houses, hotels, etc., for heating, cooking, and lighting. Th re are several companies that have the right to pipe the streets, and the old gas companies have about yielded up the ghost. For purposes of illumination the new gas is not yet perfected, but for heating and cooking the mysterious va por is all that could be a.skcd. The gas burns with an interne heat and hence is especially valuable at blast furnaces, and for all other uses where high temperature is required. So hot is the flame from a three-inch pipe that a man cannot ap proach it. No man can light a five-inch exhaust pipe, for it would burn him up before he could get away. All such [lipes are lighted by firing a sky-rocket through the escaping gas, w hen the sud denly ignited vapor shoots hundreds of feet into the heavens. Most of the natural gas in use about P.ttsburg cones from the gas wells of Washington County, from eighteen to twenty two miles away. The gas is con veyed ia twenty-inch in fins of cast-iron, made two inches thick, to stand tho enormous pressure of the vapor from nature's mysterious reservoir. It may seem incredible, but I was told that the pressure upon these mains at tho point the gas comes up from mother earth is from eight hundred to one thousand pi unds to the square inch. At the first vent-pipe, which may be a mile away from the well, the gas shoots up like steam from a safety valve, and with al most as much of a hissing noise. Light it and the flame is carried a hundred feet in the air. It would be impracticable to use the gas at all under such n pres ure. So, when it gets to the city, recourse is had to a division of the force by means of pipes within pip?s. A series of pipes, one within the other, are laid within the larger main, and these take up the gas and dirtribute it, each division lowering the pressure according to the size of the pipe which holds it. Thus a half-inch pipe will carry gas enough and with force enough to run a blast furnace, and a pipe no bigger than the stem of a qlay pipe will carry enough to light, warm and provide cooking fuel for a house of twelve to fifteen rooms. The supply of gns seems inexhaustible. ■Wherever petroleum is found, there by sinking a few hundred feet below the oil belt will be found the gas in its rock ribbed reservoir. They usu ally get oil at about 1000 feet, but for gas they must sink at lent 1,500. So far the sinking has jieen easy enough, for the gas men have only to hunt up tho abandoned oil wells, and continue them on down until the curious | vapor is struck. That is all there is to be done, except to imprison the escaping product nnd confine it to the mains. Nature does all tho rest. There seems to be no diminution of the flow or pres sure, even from those wells that have been longest in use, and hence capital which when the discovery was first made was chary of investing in pipes and mains, Ims now quite recovered confi dence. The idea that the time may come when the gas will be piped and carried away to other cities is already being talked up in Pittsburg, ami the prospect of lighting and heati. g Cincin nati and perhaps Cleveland with natural gas is not so remote as one might im agine. If the Standard Oil Company can pipe oil four hundred miles to New Y’ork, why cannot natural gas be carried an equal distance ' y the same agency I IHplomitic Peddling. Colonel Bowser met Jenks the other day and asked him what he was doing for a living. “S Hing a deodorizing power.” “Last time I saw you you were selling nn insect-killer, to be sprinkled on the floors. ’’ "I know; n >w I'm going around to the same houses selling this disinfectant to get the smell of the insect powder out of the hens'. Next week I’ll loom up wilh a mixture to drive nway the smell of the u.siufcctant." —s‘. Z u * Whip. Prob bio Cause ot Earihqnakn*. 55 e mint remember that we are dwell ing upon the surfneo of a little ex tinguished sun, which ages upon ages ago became covered with a rocky crust through the gradual loss of tem[»erature, but which retains in its inter.or a rem nant of the prestine heat that is slowly leaking out. Every schoolboy under stands that when a hea'ed body cools it shrinks in size. The earth docs the ame, and as the interior mass thus slowly contracts the hardened crust set tles upon It. But the crust cannot settle without thus breaking. Far back in geo logical time, when the cooling process was much more rapid than it is now, the cttling of the crust broke and contorted it with tremendous power, and the edges and sides of the cracked strata of rock were thrust up into mountain chains. Now, when the cooling is very slow and the consequent contraction comparatively slight, mountains are no 1 >nger created by tho stress upon the -cttling crust, but sow, almost im perceptible, changes of level in different parts of the earth’s surface result from it. So slowly, in fact, docs the interior of the earth contract at present, that the settling of the crust is accom p.ished for the most pirt without the knowledge of its inhabitants. Yet it docs contract, and the careful observa tions of earth tremors which have been i conducted of late years show that if a I complete record of the motions of the earth’s crust could be obtained, it would be shown to be' slightly trembling in some part of its extent most of th< time. There arc certain regions where the earth’s crust yields to this internal strain more readily than elsewhere. These re gions are usually in the ne ; ghborhood ol ancient cracks or faults in the rocky shell of the planet. The Atlantic edge of our continent has never, in historic times at least, been the scene of great and disas trous earthquakes; and yet the geolog- ' ical structure is such that disturbances of this kind could hardly fail to visit it. The fact is that many earthquakes do occur in this country, but they are usually so slight that little or no notice iwtaken of them.— Neu> York Sun. B.ildni'B’. A writer in the St. Louis Globe-Demo crat says of baldness: There are several varieties of baldness, due to disturbances within the nervous system. Thus there are cases recorded of total loss of hair, affecting the entire body, following severe injuries of the brain. In one case a man was struck by lightning, and the very next day not only all his hair, but the toe-nails fell off. I In some other instances the hair of one side of the head only fell off following concussion of the brain; in other cases the loss has been limited to the region , supplied by a single nerve, the trunk of ■ which had been injured. In the mclan- I choly form of insanity a general loss of { hair has been frequently noticed, not al- | ways amounting to baldness, and in cer- ; tain cases baldness in patches of varying ' extent has been observed. In the ex- i ceedingly rare disease called “progressive facial atrophy,’’ in which the skin, mus cles, fat and even the bones of one-half of the face become smaller and waste away, the hair has usually suffered in its growth on the corresponding side of the head, and partial or entire one-sided bald ness has been the result. If the hair does not fall it becomes gray in siripes or over the whole of the affected surface, and the loss of hair, like the whitening, may occur in stripes. Ofdinary “sick head ache” and other forms of neuralgia af fecting tho side of the face or head may be followed by whitening or loss of hair. These cases differ from the “bald ness in patches” in the fact that the bald patches when they occur are not distinctly separated from those still covered, and the baldness is generally not absolute, some soft, downy hairs re maining. The treatment depends en tirely upon the nature of the disease causing the baldness. A Dakota Banker. “Dakota banks have a queer way of doing business,” said a well-known mem ber of a wholesale firm the other day. “Some time ago I drew upon a man in that territory for sllO and exchange. A check was returned to me, but the ex change had not been collected, and the amount was stated to be seventy-five cents. I paid the exchange, but imme diately wrote the cashier of the bank about it. I knew the exchange should not exceed twenty-five cents, and so in formed the bank official, at the same time demanding the return of the re mainder. The reply was rather remark able. The letter said: ‘Dakota is a de lightful country, but we’re not here for our health. The fifty cents is to pay for the trouble of writing this k tter.’”— Min neapolis Preu. A Falling (tot. Augustus was manipulating the lawn mower in the < vening, byway of exer cise, and his wife sat on the piazza watching him. ‘■ss'hy is Augustus like one that is deceased I” she asked her sister, who I cou’d not tell. i "B o use he is no mower,” and now there is grief in the household. — Free j Preoo. Binis in Mura! Becoratiou. Y'oung housckc pers, and old ones, l too, for that matter, often find the deco ration of walls and ceiling a hard nut to I crack, even when the house is their own . and a moderate expenditure of money quite within their reach for the purpose. But when the apartments are rented, says an Eastern exchange, with the prospect if a flitting to some others at no very re mote period, staring one in the face, the 'Ucstion w hat to do with the bl.nk white I walls is a puzzler. It is worse still when m attempt at decoration, resulting in an , atrocious combination of colors, hud been made. To the young housekeeper who has all her furnishings yet to buy the solution is comparatively simple. She will, if she be wise, determine the color or effect which she wishes to carry out, and will then proceed with an eye single to that idea. The walls will be dealt with first, and the carpet nna hangings and uphol stery selected with reference to it. 55 here economy is the object, distemper may be resorted to, or flatted oil paint, which on account of the readiness with which it lends itself to thorough cleansing with soap and water, is recommended as pre ferable to distemper. Having settled upon either one or the other, the ques tion of tint sngests itself. Here the situation or the room, its size and height, [ enter in. Shall it be light or dark in i tone, a positive or a broken color ? sVhat is the color of the wood-work ? These are questions which each one must ask and answer for herself; but it is safe, in our climate, to decide upon a | warm rathet than a cold tint, of a medi- I um depth of tone and a broken rather than a positive color. Another safe guard is to make the walls lighter than the wood-work, and the golden rule to have the coloring to become lighter as it ascends must not be lost sijht of. Thus, if the frieze is strong and deep in color ing the walls must be much darker, and the carpet or other floor covering darker still. It is better to lean toward harmo ny of analogy than to contrasts when dealing with large surfaces, especially if one is not sure of herself. He Did Not IValk. Jabc Mathis, of the Thirteenth Geor gia, was a good soldier, but one day when the Confederates were retreating from the gory field of Gettysburg Jabe threw his musk-1 on the ground, seated himself by the roadside, and exclaimed with much vehemence: “I’ll be dashed if I walk another step! I'm broken down! I can’t do it!” And Jabe was the picture of despair. “Get up, man,” exclaimed his Captain, “don’t you know the Yankees are fol lowing us ? They’ll git you, sure 1” “Can’t help it,” said Jabe, ‘ I’m done for. I’ll not walk another step!” The Confederate passed along over the crest of the hill, and lost sight of poor, dejected Jabe. In a moment there was a fresh rattle of musketry and a renewed crash of shells. Suddenly Jabe appeared on the crest of the hill moving like a hurricane, and followed by a cloud of dust. As he dash ed past his Captain that officer yelled: “Hello 1 Jabe; thought you wasn’t going to walk anymore.” “Thunder!” replied Jabe, as he hit the dust with renewed vigor, “you don’t call this walking, do you. Mean Temperature. “This man stole up to my door and stole my barometer, officer.” “Barometer—phwats that, sab?” “It tells the weather, you see; if there’s a low barometric depression, the instrument records the mean temperature “Mane tempcratuie, is it? Och, an thin the thafe was joostified in staling it, because he was disgoosted with the climate. The temperature has been mane enough to make a harness maker lave traces of his work behind him. Ha! ha!” Be Did ring. “Pat McClure!” “That’s me, sir.” “Charged with disorderly conduct.” “How so, sir?” They complain that you alarm the neighborhood where you are working at carrying a hod at a new building.” “Yes, sir, I do sing; but it’s a quiet Bunday-school melody, sir.” “sVhat’s that?” “Still there’s mor-tar follow.” Asked to Be a Census. “Where’s President?” “Mr. Cleveland is engaged, sir.” “Thashso? Well, must shee him. P’rticTr business.” “You're after a consulship, I suppose?” “No, shir. I want to be a census.” “A what?’’ “Census. I see the shenshus embraced seventeen million women last year. Want to be a shenshus, sir. Musht see President.” No Difference. “It's very hard on the poor man— forced to work in heat or cold, storm or sunshine.” “I don't think so.” “Y’ou don't. Look at the luxuries the rich man enjoys; there's the full grate in winter, ice when it’s warm ” “Well, the poor man has his ice, as well as anybody else. “He does?” “Certainly; only the rich man has his in summer, and the poor man gets his in winter.” •♦» - - Trying to do business without adver tising is like winking at a girl in the dark. Y'ou may know what you are doing but no one else does. A Horrible Form Os malarial disease is dumb ague. Constant drowsiness, sleep interrupted by a chill, suc ceeded by a consuming heat, and that by an exhausting sweat. A sensation as of numbness from cold, but no shaking attends it. Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters invariably eradicates it, though ii is t he most obstinate form of miasma, born disease. To conquer it with quinine is as impossible as to batter down Gibraltar with a bowiiz r. Mular al disorders of every kind are attended with derangement of the liver, a fact ev need by the saffron tint winch the skin assumes in such diseases. For this symtom, as for its cause, the bit ers is a certain reme dy. Ccn*t pation, djrspepsia, rheumatism and inactivity of the kidneys and bladder,’ are also relieved by this fine alterative. SC.EN'TIFIC TRI TH REGAKDING THE FIAfTIOK- « IMPORTANT OKGAN. 0F Os Which the Public Know, n,., . . Worthy es <’ o ° n * l * < |" r^tl Ut«le To th« Editor of the Scientific America Will you permit ui to moke public the facts we have learned du ru L. h* past 8 years, concerning disorders a human Kidneys and the organs uhich t eased Kidneys so e isily break downs Y are conducting a Scientific paper and * unjn-ejudiced except in favor o/Truih ’o tj neeilltss to say, no niedi/al Journal e standing would admit these f,'- 1 for very obvious reasons. //. //. H\4/?NER d CO Proprietors of “ IParner’s Safe Cure.’” That we may emphasize and clearly plain the relation the kidneys sustain tothl general health, and how much is depeuient upon them, we propose. speaking, to take one from the human Udi place it in the wash-b wl before us and m amine it for the public benefit. You will imagine t' at we have More us a body shaped like a I earn sm<H th and glisten ing.aboutfour im he- in length, two lu width and one in thickne-s. It ordinarily weighs in the adult male about five oun es, but ii somewhat lighter in the 1 emale. A Slna ii organ? you say. Pur. understand, the body of the average size man contains about sea quarts of blood, of w i h erery dro < ni ft'r, through these, filters < r sewers, ixs they may be called, many times a day as often m through tho heart, making a complete revo lution in three ihini ts. From the blood they sej'-arate the waste material, working away steadily night and day. sleepin »■ or waking, tireless as the heart itself, and fully of as much vital importance; removing im purities from sixty-five gall ftns of blood each hour, or about forty line barrels each day or 9,125 a year! What a wonder that the kidneys can last any length of time under this prodigious strain, treated and neglected as they are'. We slice this deii ate organ open length wise with our knife, and will roughly d#- scrit e its interior. We find it to be of a reddish-brown <olor soft and easily torn : filled with hundreds 0/ little tubes, short stud threa 1-like, starting from the arteries, on ling in a little tuft about midway from the outside opening into & cavity of considerable size, which is called the pelvis or, rough y speaking, a sac, which is for the purpose of holding the water t> further undergo purification before it jiasses down from here into the ureters, and so on to the outside of the body. These iituio tales are the filters which do their work auto matically, and riyh'. here is where the dis ease of the kidney first begins. Doing the vast amount of work which they are obliged to. from the slightest irreg ularity in our habits, from cold, from hi ’h living, from stimulants or a thousand and one other causes which occur every day, they become some w bat w eakened in their nerve for. e. What is the result? Congestion or stoppage of tbe current of blood in the small blo°Hi vessels surrounding them, which become blocked; these deli at? membranes are irri tated; inflammation is set up, then jms is formed, which collects in the pelvis or ».•; the tubes are at first partially, and soon are totally unable to do their work. The pelvic sac goes on distending with th s corruption, pressing upon the blood vessels. All this time, rememl er. tho blood, which is entering the kidneys to be filtered, is pas ana through this terrible, di. gusting pus, for it cannot take any other route! Stop and think of it for a moment! Do you realize th? importance, nay tbo vital ne cessity, of having the kidneys in order? Can you expect wl en they are diseased or ob structed, no matter how little, that ycu can have pure f lood and escape discus / It would be ju t as reasonable to expect, if a pest-house were set across Break way and countless thou an is were compelled to go through its pesti ential doors, an escatie from contagion and disease, as for one to expect the blood to escape pollution when con tantly running throu ih a diseased kidney. Now, what i< the result? Why, that the blood takes u;» and deposits this jioison as it sweeps along in o every organ, into every inch of muscle, tissue, flesh and bone, from your head to your feet. And whenever, from hereditary in. uence or otherwise, some part of the body i s weaker than another, a count less train of dis as’s is established, such as consumption in weak lungs, dyspepsia where there is a delicate stomach; nervousness, in sanity, paralysis or heart disease in those who have weak ners es. The heart n ust soon feel the effects of the poison, as it re/uires pure blood to keep it in right action. It increases its stroke in number and force to compensate for the natural stimulus wanting, in its endeavor to crowd the impure blood through this ob structiou, causing pain, palpitation, or an out-of-breath feeling. Ln natural as this forced labor is. the heart mrst soon falter, becoming w’ aker and weaker until one day it suedenlu stops, and death from apparent “heart disea< ’is the verdict. But the medical profession, learnel and dignified, call these diseases by high sounding names, treat them alone, and patients die, for the arteries are carrying slow death to the affected part, constantly adding fuel brought from these suppurating, pus-laden kidneys which hero in our wash bowl are very putrefaction itself, and which should have been cured first. But this is not al! the kidneys have to do; for you must remember thatea'’h adult takes about seven pounds of nourishment eY’ery twenty-four hours to supply' the waste of the body whi< h is constantly going on, a waste euual to the quantity taken. This, too, the kidneys have to separate from the blood with all other de -om r o ing matter. But you say: “My kidneys are all right. I have no pain in th • back.” Mi-taken man< People die of kidney disease of so bad a char acter that the organs are rotten, and yet they have never there had a pain nor an ache! Why? Because the disease begins, as we have shown, in the int.rior of the kidney, where there are fewnervesof feeling to con vey the 7 en-at ion of pain. Why this is so we may n ver know. When you consider their great work, the deli'a v of their structure, the ease with which they are deranged, can you wonder at the ill-health of our men and women? Health and long life cannot be oxpe ted when so vi tal an organ is impaired. No w o ider some writers ay we are degenerating. Don't you see tho great, lhe extreme importance of kee nng this machinery in working order? Could the finest engine do even a fractional | part <»f this work, without attention from the engine r ■ Don’t you see how dangerous this hidden disease is? It is lurking about us constantly, without giving any indicate* of its presence. 1 The nu st skillful physicians cann it dete t j it at times, for the k idneys themselves can- J not be examined by any means we have at our command. Even an analysis of the water, chemically and microscope ally, re eals nothing definite in many case', even when I the ki ineys are fairly broken down. Then look out for them, as disease, no mat ter where situated, to 93 per cent., as shown by after death examinations, has its origin in the breaking down of these secreting tubes in the inter.or of the kidney. As you value health, as you desire loo? h» free from sickness and suffering, give these or .’ana some attention. Keep them in good ' condition and thus prevent (as is easily 1 all disease. Warner’s Safe Cure, as it become* year af ter year b ‘tter known for its wonderful cures and its power over the kidneys, has is doing more to increase th • average iura tion of life than all the physicians and medi cines known. Warner’s Safe Cure is a true spe ific, mild but certain, harmless but ener getic and agrees' le to tbe taste. Take it when sick as a cure, and never let a month co by if you need it, without taking a few b ttles> as a preventive, that the kid neys may be kept in proper order, the pure, that health an I long life may be vow blessing. H. H Warner & &>■ If the young man who insists on steal ing ki-ses doesn’t abandon the pricliw. he will soon find himself behind the • of wedlock. I Relief is immediate and a cure sure. Pte* 1 ® J Remedy for Catarrh. 50c.