The Sparrows of Washington. | Thero is less complaint now than formerly of the English sparrow nuis ance ; but no one can visit Washing ton without having the subject em phatically and offensively brought to his attention. That oity is over-run by tho noisy, dirty birds. The ap proaches to tho Capitol are kept in a positively filthy condition by them. The impudent, little pests appear to havo picked out the soat of the Na tional Government as a fitting place to putin evidence their bad breeding. If ever there shall be in this country ap anti-sparrow crnsado it might well enough take its start in Washington. —Forest and Stream. A Pertinent Parnsrnph. "Our eouniryif risrht, should be kept ritjht; if wronu should bo put right," is a political maxim which paraphrased applies to other conditions o( life, thus : our health if right, should be kept right; if wrong should be put right, especially in bodily ailments, such as pains and aches, which St. Jacobs Oil promptly cures. 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Says the National Dairyman: "If you would keep an account with your fields, you would find out that yon can produce corn, oats 1 , hay, or any thing cheaper on a well-manured field. You would find that tliere are certain expenses which are exactly the same whether you have a good crop or a poor one. These are: (1) Interest on original cost of land, buildings and fences; (2) cost of seed, and to b certain extent (3) cost of cultiva tion." WINTERING FARSNirs. Tho practice of leaving parsnips in the ground through the winter is very general, writes G. A. Woolson, of Vermont, to the American Agricul turist. The prevalent idea that freez ing and thawing add materially to the flavor of the vegetable is erroneous, as experience proves. The better way is to dig them late in the fall and ntore in a cool cellar. The rivan tuges to bo gained by this process are the early dote at which they can be placed in the market and consequent higher prices obtained, and the length of time they retain their flavor and freshness in spring and early sum mer. Parsnips thus cared for have been kept into June with marked suc cess. Furthermore it avoids the neces sity of hustling around to dig the roots in the spring before the tops havo made much growth; likewise worms and rot are unknown. GLANDERS. Glnnders is a contagious malady, which can be communicated from one nnimal to another by actual contact only; therefore, to prevent the disease from spreading it is necessary only to isolate all subjects which have betn exposed to the disease until the period of incubation has expired. The poriod of incubation, or, in other words, the time of receiving the contagion into llio system and the appearance of the disease is usually in tho acute form livo to ten days, whilo in the chronic form it may be two or three months. All exposed subjects should therefore be quarantined for from sixty to ninety days. Thero is no cure for glander?. In the neighborhood where the disease lias prevailed due precau tion should be taken to guard against the spread of the disease. All diseased subjects should bo promptly destroyed aud tho carcasses should be burned. All suspected animals should be kept isolated under veterinary supervision until they can be pronounced sound or destroyed. The stable where the diseased subjects have been kept, nb well as all clothing, utensils, harness, etc., should lie thoroughly disinfected. —American Farmer. POULTRY DUST RATH. Nearly if not quite oil species of fowls use the dust bath, says Albert F. Firestine. They choose a spot of tine, dry soil and scrape little holes, where they pulverize tho dirt until il is re duced to a fine dust. In this they roll and shake their feathers and allow the dust to penetrate to the skin. It ap pears that in some way this is deleter ious to the parasites wnich infest the plumage or tho skin. It has been said by some naturalists that as all in sects breathe—not through tho mouth as warm-blooded animals do, but through little openings in tho skin situated in row 3 along the side of the body—tho particles of dust close these openings, so that parasites die of suffocation as quickly as a quadruped would if held under water. This has been denied by some scientists, who say that these holes are defended by a very delicate but effective apparatus that makes it impossible for any foreign matter to enter, uo matter how minute it may be. lie this as it may, I know that wild birds take dust baths when ever the weather and the state of soil permit. Nature is a good guide, and whether tho dust bath is for the pre vention and absorption of effete mat ter which has become too odorous, or whether it acts us an insecticide, it is certainly advantageous to fowls or they would not use the dust bath. I say that tho curcful poultry-keeper wiil provide dust boxes for birds, filled with fine dust, coal ashes, thoroughly dried and mixed with insect power. It makes but little difference which of these varieties of soil you use; the principal part is to have it clean. That is, not a highly mauured soil, but u comparatively unfertile one is prefer able. The next qualification is that it must be perfectly dry.—Western Garden. FALL CALVES THE REST TO RAISE. There is no longer any use disput ing the extra value of fall calves for raiding. And they constitute one of tho oliief sources of profit to tho but ter dairyman, who has his skim milk and raises his own cows, finely bred. It is no wonder that uuch wise men esti mate the valuo of skim milk at one cent per quart. And they have learned how to employ it to the best advan tage. "I always feed it with bran," says one. But bran alono would not do, although it is essential to rapid growth because of its bone-producing elements. A little flaxseed, properly prepared, returns to tho milk u part of the fat removed by skimming, and keeps the bowels in order. Boil it in six times its bulk of water for twenty minutes, or until it makes a jelly. Two tablespoon fills of thin jelly placed in each gallon of milk fed tho calves, with u handful or two of bran, accord ing to the age of the calf, will make large, sleek, choice animals. Too much bran fed to very young calves is not dvsirable. There is no o>ia- parison between fall calves cnrofnllj reared in the barn in this way for the first six months, and spring calves turned ont to battle with flies inside of two months after birth. The evi dence is wholly in favor of the fall calves. And it is surpriring bow soon they begin to eat hay. Give them the best early cnt. Many are beginning to find a similar course satisfactory for veal production, slightly increas ing the jelly with full rations of milk, but not enough to cloy the appetite. Some feed a little corn meal in con junction with the ration when fatten ing veal. This must be used judi ciously—not more than half a pint at a meal to the oldest, biggest calves. Such veal at this season and until veal begins to be low in price will sell nt readily and for as much money as veal fattened on expensive butter fats. Look ont for well-bred heifer calves. —American Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Many farmers begin soiling without proper preparations in advance. Tight horse collars are opt to pro duce permanent swelling of tho throat. If any little pigs are expected on your farm be sure tho sow has warm quarters. Use tho Bprinkler of kerosene at least once a week and keep tho roost 3 always saturated. When fattening an animal push from the start—gradually at first of courso —and save time and feod. Potash is the chief fertilizer to be applied to fruit trees, particularly after they come into bearing. With proper management medium weight hogs are tho most profitable to grow for the general market. Over-feeding is a waste —for indiges tion is the result and food that iB un digested, unassimilatcd, is wasted. If tho young stock are not thrifty when they go into winter, it is doubt ful if they will como out thrifty in tho spring. Tho boys and girls of tho farm ought to l>e allowed a plot of ground wherein they can grow something for themselves. Give your children good, sound, en tertaining aud morally heathful read ing. Subscribe for the best magazine for your wife. How are tho cow stables? Full of cracks or well battened? Winter is here and you ought to have the stables in shape now. Laj ing hens will always give better results wheu supplied with plonty of sharp, gritty material with whioh to grind their food. Never allow a hog to eat or sleep in the dirt. It is naturally a clean ani mal, but it does not always havo the opportunity to bo so. All animals enjoy a clean, dry bed at night. Do you know of anything better than good straw and plenty of it to furnish 6uch a bed? It is a serious mistake to keep the teams in almost complete idleness un til spring opens, aud then force them suddenly into hard work. To grow plants in living rooms is not difficult. Success depends upon choice of plants, and upon tho care and attention given them. The New Jersey Experiment Station says that grades, crosses and especially natives, appear somewhat less subject to tuberculosis than pure-bred cattle. There is no money now in big, fat pork. The market calls for lean bacon. The weight of the carcass should not exceed two hundred pounds. This is the time of the year when tho milk yield is apt to decrease. Un less great caro is taken to milk out every drop this tendency will become more pronounced. Look well to tho young calves, that they do not go into the winter stunted. Two months' good care through tho winter will put thom on grass next spring in good shape. The capacity for work of the horse depends, in no small degree, upon the condition of his shoulders; henco by preventing galls and sores he is able to do the field work faster. Apples may be kept in cold storage for niauy months if perfeot, unbruised fruit is selected, carefully wrapped in paper and kept at a temperature of not over thirty-eight degrees. The wiso farmer looks into the future. He does not do this because he is unduly anxious, or because his faith in farming is weak, but becauso it is a precaution which his business demands. With present prices for wcol and muttcn, as compared with the cost of fodder, tho keeping of old sheep can not be made profitable. It is a good time to dispose of all that are getting along in years. The fall months are importaut as providing a time during whioh the food of the stock may be gradually changed from the succulent grasses of summer to the dry, concentrated foods of winter. With a large flock of chicks, abun dauco of milk, a good-sized patch of strawberries and vegetable garden, the health of the family may virtually bo assured and tho provision dealer's bill greatly reduced. Tho class who had common breeds of cows ten years ago, and still have them, must eventually succumb to the spiril of the times. They will be forced to capitulate from necessity if not from conviction. The wide-awake dairyman who has stocked his farm with the best of cows and feeds them intelligently can pro duce milk much more cheaply than his neighbor,' who is still beating along on the old track. In pig-keeping the breed is not of t>o much impoitanee as the type. The kind wanted is one that will finish off symmetrically at troin six to oight months old if pushed, as market feed ing in general should be, making good weights without excessive fat. IiOUSiSHOLI) AFFAIRS THE OOOD HOUSEKEEPEM* How can I tall her? By her cell'ir, Cleanly shelves and whitened walls. I can RQOss her By her dresser, By tho back staircase and halls. Aud with pleasure 'fake her measure By tho way she keeps her brooms 5 Or tho peeping At tho "keeping" bur hack and unseen rooms. By her kitchen's air ot neatness, And Its goneral completeness, Where in cleanliness and sweetness ?he roiu of ord'ir blooms. —St. Louis Star-Sayings. "STREAKED BUTTER. " Streakod butter indicates a reten tion of buttermilk. It may be pre vented, says a writer, by adding a quart of water to every two gallons of cream after the granules of butter be gin to appear and before churning is completed. Washing tho granulated butter in the churn with cold water several times after drawing off the buttermilk is also a cure. Streaks sometimes result from uneven mixing in of salt. Reworkiug after tho salt bas dissolved will correct this. A CONVENIENT SPONGE BAQ. A spoogo bag, which is a most con venient thing to own is thus made. Take ten inches square of oiled silk with pieces of red braid laid on the under sido to cross oach other all over it. Wherover they cross fasten with a fancy stitch in worsted. Around the edge sew quilled red braid and from each corner haug a ball made of tho worsted, and half a yard of braid. Fasten these four pieces of braid together with two more balls and twisted loops. TO CLEAN BLACK DRESSES. Hero is a preparation that is excel lent for cleaning soiled black dressos: Tako two parts of soft water to one part of alcohol, or if there bo paiut spots on tho stuff, spirits of turpen tiuo. Soap a sponge well, dip in the mixture and rub a breadth at a time, on both sides, stretching tho material on a table. Iron on the wrong sido, or that which is to be inside when the stuff is made up. Spongo off with water, hot, but not scalding, boforo you iron. Irou while damp. This proceeding will make the material ap pear liko new.- St. Louis Star-Sav ings. ON THE CARE OF FUEL. It is simply waste to fill up tho grate with coal aud then puuch and poke it till it nearly melts the top off tho stove, only togo through the process agaiu when it is all burned out. When tho fire is burning a small shovelful at a timo will keep the oven in prime condition and cook everything on top of the stove just as fast as though tho vessels were dancing a jig from tho intense heat. When a thing is cook ing you can't tnako it cook any faster without spoiling it or drying it up too fast. So it is with a heating stove. If you let tho coal in the latrobo all get on tire at once it will drive you out of tho room with heat, but it all burns to white ashes in au hour, whoa by feeding down properly it would have heated the house, and tho one feedcrful would havo sufficed for r whole day.—New York World. HECIPES. Duchesse Potatoes Take cold mashed potato, roll out and form into biscuit-shaped cakes using a little flour to form them, but do not mix the flour through theui. Arrango cake» on a pie-plate, glaze them over witli beaten egg, and bake to a delicate brown. j| Spiced Apple Pudding—Three tea cups bread crumbs, one pint of boiliug milk poured over them, three cups ot shopped apples, one cup seeded raisins, one cup of sugar, two eggs, one tea spoonful each of cinnamon, cloves, mace and salt. Steam halt au hour and bake twenty minutes. Squash Pie—A cupful of cold squash is sufficient for one pie. Beat into it half a cupful of sugar and two eggl and add enough rich milk to fill the pio plat*. Flavor with a dusting of nutmeg on top. If the squash has not been salted add a pinch of 6alt. Bake in one crust until tho egg is fully set. Escallopod Tomatoes—Plaoe a layer of cold stewed tomatoes iu the bottom of an oarthcru pudding-dish, then a layer of fine bread or cracker crumbs, with salt, pepper and butter. Repeat uutil dish is full. If liked a scant;) quantity of finely chopped onion ma,v be mixed with tho tomatoes. Have 1 layer of crumbs on top. Bake a light brown. Rice Muffins—Two cupfuls of cold, boiled rice, two eggs, a little salt, 1 tftblospoonful of melted butter, on; cupful of sweet milk, and two cupfuli of flour in whioh is sifted a heapin j teaspoonful of baking powder. Benl nil thoroughly aud bako in gem irons. These are delicate aud nice, but muM bo served as soon as bakeil, if left 11 stand are apt to fall. Sponge Cake—No cake is mon easily mado or more delicious thr> this, if successful; if a failure th-. opposite is true. Practice is necessary to always succeed; until this is th; case, great caro should bo taken ir making it. Beat three eggs light ant add one teaspoouful of sugar, on, tablespoonful of milk, or more i' necessary, to keep tlie dough from becoming too stiff; one teaoupfnl ol flour mixed with ono teaspoouful ol baking powder. New Trick ot tho Usurer*. The usurers of BerliD, Germany, haven new trick. Parties who seek « loan through advertisements iu news papers are informed that thoy cat have the money, by paying an inter est of six per eeut. —and by reutiug 1 floor of such and such a house belong ing to the money lender. If the bor rower accepts, he is compelled tc sign a lease running for a number o' years, at a very high rent. In thu wise, many a horrible or hardly fin ished house is filled from cellar t<! garret in a very short time. Thet everything is tried to soil the house, and as tho leases uro apparent cvi dence that tho property is a pay in < one, dupes aro generally found.—Nov York Press. Pukin, China, is frozen tip for si months of the year, aud thj inhabit ants eujf>y ice sledging at Chriftutv. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report Royal, ABSOLUTELY PURE A Boa Constrictor Swallows Its Mate. One of th? strangest incidents in the experience of the management of the Zoological Society's menagerie has ocourred in the reptile house, the scene being one of the compartments in which the boa constrictors are con fined. Two large boas occupied the ohamber, one snake being nine feet and the other eight feet long. When the house was opened in the morning only one boa was found in the cage; the other had disappeared. Though the survivor was only a foot longer than tho other snake, there was no reason to doubt that it had completely swallowed its companion. It was so distended that the scales were almost separated, and it was unable either to coil itself or move. There is every reason to believe that iu accomplish ing this almost incredible feat the snake acted by mistake, and it de voured its companion by what de serves to bo called an accident. The large boa was fed with a pigeon before the house was closed for the night. It swallowed tho bird, and the other boa was then given a pigeon, which it | had begun to swallow whon tho snakes wero left for tho night. It is bolievod that the larger snuke then caught hold of the part of the pigeon which pro jected irom tho other's mouth, and gradually enveloped, not only the bird, but tho head of tho other snako. Once begun, the swallowing process ' would goon almost mechanically. As | tho swallowed snako was only one foot : less in length than the swallower, aud 'of nearly equal bulk, weighing about 1 fifty pounds, tho gastric juices must have dissolved tho portion whioh first ; entered tho snake's stomach before 'tho remainder was drawn into the jaws. Though still rather lethargic, tho surviving boa is not injured by its meal. It coils itself up with diffi culty, and its scales have tho bonuti ful, iriddeecent bloom peculiar to the skin of snakes when in perfect health. —London Despatch. Some Valuable Scissors. A remarkablo present has just been made to tho Kaiser—namely, a pair of scissors, but scissors so exquisite as are seldom seen, and valued at ijfJtOO. The giver, a steel merchant at Soliliu gen (where all tho best Gorman steel comes from), has had tho scissors— manufactured, of course, out of line steel—engraved with a portrait of the Kaiser, with historic buiidings and other things; tho engraving alone took a practised worker fivo yoars to completo. His Majesty was very pleased with the strnngo gift and ex pressed his thanks. The Kaiserin Augusta ouoe had a similar present made to her, which is exposed to view in the palace, only in this caso the value of tho scissors is estimated at exactly double.—London Society. Worms novor frequent tho eucalyp tus tree, nor the earth to which its roots reach. BEECHAM'S PILLS (Vegetable) What They Are For Biliousness indigestion sallow skin dyspepsia bad taste in the mouth pimples , sick headache foul breath torpid liver , bilious headache loss of appetite depression of spirits | when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and con | stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. One of the most important things for everybody to learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick ness in the world; and it can all be prevented. Go by the book. Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New York, for the little book on CONSTIPATION (its causes con sequences and correction); sent free. If you are not within reach of a druggist, the pills will be sent by mail, 25 cents. BUSINESS YOUNFMEN COLLEGE, Foughkeopsie, N. Y. t On-thc-Hudson, 13 (ho most celebrate 1 schoo' n the United States devoted to the specialty of training Youlu Men and Hoys for a?°cccMful sUrt iEu™. Iness life; teaching them how to get a living, make money aud become enterprising use?ul clMten- It. course of study U practical, and lis graduates are prompt,y osslst.-d In obtaining'lltuMlon?Exrau! e" ° ther A< " lre ' 3 " Use the Means and Heaven will Give youfhe Blessing." Never Neglect a Useful Article Like SAPOLIO I Babies and Children] thrive on Scott's Emulsion when all the rest of their food Y seems togo to wasto. Thin Babies and Weak Children grow ▼ plump and healthy by taking it. w Emulsion j overcomes inherited weakness and all the tendencies toward V Emaciation or Consumption. Thin, weak babies and growing 0 children and all persons suffering from Loss of Flesh, # Lungs, Chronic Coughs, and Wasting Diseases will receive i untold benefits from this groat nourishment. The formula i for making Scott's Emulsion has been endorsed bj thj4 mod- m ical world for twenty years. No secret about it. S m I Send for pamphlet on Scott's Emulsion. EREK, X eoott * eowno, H.Y. g'g J The Bnln ot the Ragpicker. The cliiffonneirs of Paris have lost their trade—at least it has become BO totally modified that they no longer pursue it in its ancient form. The waste and dirt from every house used to be poured out into tho street be fore the front door each evening at 9 or 10 o'clock, and the chiffonnier, with his lantern and his hook in his hands and his basket on his bock, arrived at once and raked the heaps over, to see what he could find in them. But it became forbidden cither to throw the refuse into the street or to bring it out at night. It was prescribed that it should be carried down in tho early morning in a box, which is placed, full, at the door, and is emptied before 9 o'clock in the dust carts, which go round each day. Tho cliiffonniers, therefore, have no longer the opportunity of picking over the dirt, for it has ceased to offer itself in an ac cessible form; they have, for the most part, to carry on thoir trado after the refuse is dischaiged from tho carts at tho depots, and, conse quently, have almost disappeared from tho streets. They cannot be re garded as a loss, for they were, of necessity, dirty and bad smelling, and looked, as they prowled about with their dull lanterns in tho dark, liko spectres of miserable evilness. But, all tho same, they were thoroughly typical of old Paris.—Blackwood's Magazine. Onr National Habit ot Whistling. Tho right of a person to whistle, to the paralysis of other persons' nerves, is bocoming almost as burning a ques tion as the right of persons to smoke, to tho mental and bodily detriment of others. Wo Americans aro probably —next to our own colored peoplo in tho Sonthern towns, whom we have educated in tho art—tho whistlingest peoplo in the world. Thero are, ap parently, two reasons for this. One is, that wo are tho most nervous of people ; we have got to bo doing some thing ; wo can't go down stolidly at our work liko Europeans, or sit silent and contemplative; so wo work off our ligets with whistling. Tho other rea son is, that wo aro really a cheerful and expressivo people, in spito of all that has ever been said in the con trary. The national whistling habit has resulted in tho production of a great number of really skillful and musical whistlers. With one consideration and another, thero is a tremendous amount of whistling. It seems cheer ful, aud sometimes, to tho whistler, it is really cheerful. Now, undoubtedly, this would be very nice if every one's whistling were heard only by himself. It would be a blessed way of working off one's nervousness. But tho other fellow has nervousness too. What about that? An ordinary whistler's performance gives absolutely no pleas ure to any ono but himself.—Boston Transcript. Search Lights in Warfare. Whether or no the powerful search lights used as safeguards in coast de fense and on board ship are of much practioal service against attacks from torpedo boats is still on open ques tion. Tests recently carried on by the Government show that a good tor pedo boat carefully managed can ap proach to within 800 yards of the pro jector before being sighted, although she may bo directly in the beam of light. This distance is the maximum torpedo range, and, as guns cannot bo trained instantly under the most fa vorable conditions, a boat would have timo to moke great progress, and per haps inflict fatal damage, before sho could be fired at. The German Gov ernment is having its boats painted blueish gray, as this color seems to be least visiblo by electrio light.—New York Mail and Express. *i° m j nerv °' usnes^j . . sm an( j g 00( j spirits take flight. _ It is time to accept the help offered in Doctor Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription. It's a medicine which was discovered and used by a prominent physician for many years in all cases of 'female complaint" and the nervous dis orders which arise from it. The " Pre scription" is a powerful uterine tonic and nervine, especially adapted to woman's delicate wants for it regulates and promotes all the natural functions, builds up, invig orates and cures. Many women suffer from nervous pros tration, or exhaustion, owing to congestion or to disorder of the special functions. The waste products should be quickly got rid of, the local source of irritation relieved and the system invigorated with the " Pre scription." Do not take the so-called celery compounds, and nervines which only put the nerves to sleep, but get a lasting cure with Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. "FEMALE WEAKNESS." Mrs. WILLIAM HOOVER, of Bellvillt\ Richland Co., Ohio, ~ writes: " I had been ( -vW|Bfcu. [ a great sufferer from no good ; I thought I was an invalid ibr- w\ ever. But I heard - \ vorite Prescription, lit #7 and then I wrote to p§jl him and he told me I took eight bottles, (BUM!* I now feel entirely well. I could stand MRS. HOOVER. on my feet only a short time, and now I do all my work for my family of five." WALTER BAKER & GO. The Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HICH CRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES rtuft.Oa thin Continent have received HIGHEST AWARDS from the grrst IH Industrial and Food I EXPOSITIONS , I; S|;l!iE«rßpcao«Awica. jjjSl th« Ihi Irh lVocni.ro Alk»- Their delicious CtiCO\fi absolutely pure and soluble, and cosu lets than one cent a cvp. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER & CO7OOKCHESTER, MASS* Imperfect Drainage is a fertile source of disease. Is YOUR blood suffering from defective sewerage ? Impurities cannot ac cumulate if you will use ordinary, precau tion and Ripans Tabules, the modern rem edy for a sluggish condition of Liver and Blood. Try it now ! Don't procras tinate. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 nosouza"^ #5. CORDOVA**, FRENCH&ENAMEUEDCALT Mm- A *4. 5 3.5P FINECAIf&KANSARQt _ jJa $ 3.1s POLICE, 3 SOLES. *os?*2-WORKIN6MEN9 ■Big *\ I EXTRA FINE. * 2^l-7 -BOYSSCHOOLSHQEi SEND FUR CATALOGUE W-L-DOUCLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. V«a enii nn money by wearlnc td» W. L. Dons la* 83. OO Shoo. Ilecame, we aro the largest manufacturers oi this grade of shoos in tho world, an i guarantee theli value by stamping the name and price on the bottom, which protect you ajalnst high prices and the middleman's profits. Our shoee equal custom work In style, easy fitting and wearing qualities. We have them sold everywhere a; lower prices for the value glv«gi than any other make. Take no sub* atltute. If your dealer cannot supply you, we can. / ENGINES ;; ; AND BOILERS \ r For all purposes requiring r A i»owev. Automatic, Corliss A 9 & Compound Kurines. Hor- W \ izontal & Vertical Boilers. A r Complete Steam Plant*. V ( B.W.PAYNE&SQNS, i J N.Y.omJi lmira N - Y * ) # 41 Doygt. j and PreventT tu-HtfoaUon, •• a Dyspopsla, Heartburn, C'atarra ant Asthma. § 112 Useful lu Malaria an t Fever*. Cleause* tbo T A l'eeth au l Promote* tho Appetite. Sweetens A 112 the Breath, Cures the To (MXCCO Habit. Eudorsod T ••by the Medical Faculty. Semi for ll\ 15 or 25 •• J eent package. Silver, xtrtmpi or I o.ttal JVofe. A 9 UKO. !!. HALM, 14tl Went iitftu St., Sew \or)c.
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