TOPICS OF THE DAY* The apple and peach crop through out the West is very light this year. The peach crop is almost a complete failure. The plum crop is also very light. The Rural World thinks that next year will probably be the big fruit crop of this decade. Pennsylvania is in no Immediate danger of a coal famine. A recent survey of the coal fields discloses the fact that there is enough anthracite coal alone to last 300 years at the pres ent demand—3o,ooo,ooo tons a year. It is evident that the present genera tion, at least, will be able to keep warm. Dr. Pasteur says that the only safety for large cities from the great and con stantly increasing danger of typhoid and malarial fevers, consists in having the sewers air-tight and terminating in an inclosed space far beyond the city limits, where extensive chemical facto ries should receive and convert the refuse without delay into useful pro duets. All other systems have proved to be failures more or less glaring. Miss Ada Parker is a girl of nine teen, who lives on a cotton plantation two miles from Monroe, La- For the last four years she has had exclusive charge of the place, upon which her widowed mother, sister and two young er brothers reside, supporting them all by her industry. She is her own over seer, supervising all work done in per son, and no brawny son of Ceres knows better how to raise a crup or handle labor. That marine elephant, the Great Eastern, after lying idle for many years, is about to be employed again. "A company has been formed," says the St. James's Gazette, "to purchase the vessel for the coal trade between Queen's Ferry (Firth of Forth) and the Thames. It is intended to put 120,000 tons of coal on board, in sacks, at each voyage. The vessel is described as being in splendid order, having been carefully and expensively maintained." The opera-going portion of the Swedish population must be exceeding ly honest, for a visitor to a Gothen burg opera-house says that every one hangs up his hat and coat in the lobby, without apparently any watchful eye over them. No tickets were given, and those who chose to take fresli air or anything else between the acts, passed in and out witnout return checks or any heed being paid to their movements, and this in a house packed by 18C0 persons. The ostrich farm near Costa, Los Angeles county, Cal., attracts crowds of visitors who are curious to see for themselves the results of the experi ment. Thus far they have been suc cessful The birds are in excellent condition, and have already been de spoiled of feathers worth S7OO. The Los Angeles Herald says that 125 more ostriches are about to be shipped from Buenos Ayres to New Orleans, j whence they will be distributed through the Southern states and terri tories. Two hundred and thirty-seven Young Men's Christian associations in Amer ica report libraries, with about 200,- ; 000 volumes, worlh $191,000, and fur niture worth $17*2,000. Three hundred and fifty associations report annua] current expenses exceeding $400,000. There are 387 general secretaries con- j stantly engaged in the work of the associations, with salaries averaging between SBOO and S9OO. Associations are organized in 174 colleges, and 494 associations, among other duties, sup ply visits and ministrations to jails and hospitals. The Angler's Favorite Bird. The kingfisher is specially dear to the wandering fly-fisher in the "shires," j says Belgravia. In the most lonely spots on his stream, from bush to dis- . tant brake, this bird flashes by him like a streak of emerald light. He follows, and in a quarter of an hour or so it darts past him back again. Thus it is identified with grassy meadows, scat tered hawthorne bushes, willow holts, and other abodes of peace on the angler's beat. Itself well answers to its name; a friend has seen it dive through a thin covering of ice for its prey, and once shot one which fell on the other side of the stream, and had a stickelback an inch and a quarter long, and still alive, in its mouth on his crossing to gain his prize. lie gave the little fish its liberty, and it swam off as if nothing had happened. The French legend accounts for the king fisher's brilliant coloring, and its habit of darting along the water courses, by the following scrap of folk-lore: When Noah sent the dove out of the ark, knowing the kingfisher's fondness for water, he let it out also. It flew so high for gladness that the sky turned its back blue, and the sun scorched the lower part of its body to the rusty red it bears at present. When it returned the ark had disappeared, and ever since it has been seeking it with plaintive cries along the streams and rivers. The angler finds that his favorite bird in creases in interest as he thus garners up any scrap of old-world lore connect ed with them, and many a gilly and ancient water-watcher can be com municative on these subjects if proper ly questioned. A QUEER RACE. People Who Had Six Finger* and Six Toes—Stecent Discoveries In Sonora. Ancient ruins have recently been discovered in Sonora, which, if reports are true, surpass anything of tho kind yet found on the continent. Sonora is the norehwestern state of Mexico,antljis bordered by Arizona on the north and the Gulf of California on the west. The ruins are said to he four leagues southeast of Magdalena. There is one pyramid which has a base of 1850 feet, and rises to the height of 750 feet; there is a winding roadway from the bottom leading up an easy grade tothe top, wide enough for carriages to pass over, which is said to be 23 miles in length; the outer walls of the roadway are laid in solid masonry from huge blocks of granite in rubble work, and the circles are as uniform and the grade as regular as they could be made at this date ly our best engineers. The wall, however, is occasionally ox posed, being covered over with debris and earth, and in many places the i sahuaro and other indigenous plants and trees have grown up, giving the pyramid the appearance of a moun tain. Tothe east of the pyramid a short distance is a small mountain about the same size, which rises to about the same height, and, if reports are true, will prove more interesting to the archaeologist than the pyramid. 1 There seems to be a heavy layer of a species ot gypsum about half way up the mountain, which is as white as snow, and may be cut into any con ceivable shape, yet sufficiently hard to retain its shape after being cut. In this layer of stone a people of an un known age have cut hundreds upon hundreds of rooms, from 6x30 to 16 or IS feet square. These rooms are cut out of the solid stone, and so even and true are the walls, floor and ceiling to plumb and level as to defy variation. There are no windows in the rooms and but one entrance, which is always from the top. The rooms are about eight feet high from floor to ceiling; the stone is so white that it seems almost transparent and the rooms are not at all dark. On the walls of these rooms are numerous hieroglyphics and representations ot human forms, with hands and feet of human beings cut in the stone in different places. But. strange to say, all the hands have live fingers and one thumb and the feet have six toes. Charcoal is found on the floors of many of the rooms, which would indicate that they built fires in their houses. Stone implements of every description are to be found in great numbers in and about the rooms. The houses or rooms are one above the other to three or more stories high; but between each story there is a jog or recess the full width of the room below, so that they present the appear ance of large steps leading up the mountain. "Who these people were, and what age they lived in, are prob lems. Some say they were the ances tors of the Mayos, a race of Indians who still inhabit Southern Sonora, who have blue eyes, fair skin, and light hair, and are said to be a moral, industrious and frugal race of people, who have a written language and know something of mathematics. Forms of Lightning. A flash of lightning is a very large spark of electricity, just the same thing that one sees given by an electric machine in a lecture on natural philos ophy, the only difference being that the best machine will not give a spark more than a yard long, while some flashes of lightning are estimated to be several miles in length. Accord- j ing to their appearance various names have been in these sparks in the sky, though in reality all the several kinds are one and the same thing. On a warm summer evening one often sees the clouds on the horizon lit up with the brilliant glow of lightning unac companied by any sound of thunder. To this appearance the name of "heat lightning has been given, and the warm weather is often assigned as its cause. In point of fact, the heat light ning is only that of a thunder shower so far of that, while the observer sees the flash, no sound of the thunder reaches him. and the intervening clouds veil and reflect the flash until it becomes a glow, instead of the sharp streak usually seen. When the flash, starting from one point, branches out and divides into several parts, it has received the name of "forked light ning." This is usually seen when the discharge is near the observer. .Sin gle flashes bearing a zigzag of crinkled aspect are denominated "chain light ning," probably from their resem blance to a chain thrown loosely on the ground. Again, when several dis changes occur from about the same place at the same time, and are screened by rain or clouds so as to light up the heavens with a broad, bright glow, the title of "sheet light ning is applied. These four comprise ' all the common forms. There is, how ever, one manifestation called "ball lightning." In this phenomena a small globe or ball of apparent tire rolls slowly along the ground, and after a time suddenly explodes, scattering de struction around. There are few in- , stances of this on record, and no very satisfactory explanation has ever ac counted for the curious appearance. Selma. Ala., has over sixty artesian wells, and the water from no two of them alike. LA 1 ICS I NEWS. LONDON, August 19. --There wee nnolhei stormy scene in the British House of Com mous Saturday, and several of tho Irish members were called to order by the chair man. The government notilied Mr. Parnell that only£3o,ooo would be devoted to immi gration purposes. Fresh anti-Jewish outbreaks are reported from Russia. There were 310 deaths from cholera in Egypt Saturday. The King of Spain is visiting the large cities of his kingdom. It is reported that the French began the bombardment of Hue on Saturday. Casamicciola, which was overthrown by the earthquake, is being rapidly rebuilt. Ihe Kcator Lumber Company at Moline, Ills , ■ ustaincd a loss of .p'oo.ooo by tire. A fire in Crawford, Miss., destroyed twelve stores ami six warehouses The total loss i • $loo.ooo; insurance, Ifi.ooo. Daniel M. Karchers' Sons, manufacturer.- of furniture and cabinet ware, Philadelphia, have made an assignment. Liabilities, $50,000. It is reported that a package of jJHo.ooo was recently found on the floor in the treas ury building, and $4.H> in sso bills were picked out of a waste paper basket of money. Mr. Peter Dillard, Common wealth's nttor ney of Henry county. Va., has been arrested and held in SIO,OOO not to engage in a duel with Col. W. E. Sims, of Pittsylvania county. Particulars of the Yosemtie stage robbery (C.ow that one of the passengers, a Knight Templar, was robbed of a gold watch and a Masonic symbol. He requested the return of the latter, but the robber replied : "You are a Mason, and know how to get along without it " The dedication of a handsome monument to the memory of George Washington took place near Boonsboro, in Washington county, August 19, in the presence of an assembly of persons from Frederick and Washington counties numbering probably between 4,000 and 5,000. Governor Hamilton was present. Mr. Nelson was the orator of tho day. The Italeigh (N. C.) News and Observer publishes a card from ex-Governor William W. Holdon, withdrawing from the Republi can party, an 1 stating that ho is not a mem ber of the liberal party. Ex-Gov. Holden was provisional Governor of North Carolina, and was then elected to the same office. Being impeached, he left the State, and be came one of the editors of the Chronicle, at Washington, D. C. For the past ten years he has lived at Raleigh. An unknown schooner is reported to have sui.i off Beach Haven, Long Bench. N. .1 , Friday evening. She was of about 3x> torn burden, and is said to have been pursued by a steamer. Report says that both vessels were putting on shore under full sail and steam, and when about five miles out the schooner suddenly snnk. and all on hoard were supposed to be lost. The steamer re mained at the spot where the schooner sank about a half hour, and then steamed away to the eastward and to sen. The schooner is said to have carried a black flag. The cremation of the body of Charles Alt man. of Washington. D. C.. took place in tho Lemoyne crematory at Washington. Pa.. Saturday evening. The remains were accom panied by a son of the deceased, who re turned to Washington as soon as the body had been placed in the retort. The HSIWS will be sent to the son to-day Mr. Altman was of German birth, and a clerk in the War Department. Capt. Rhodes, of Buffalo, N. Y., says he will swim the rapids at Niagara, but stated that no one except his wife and brother should know the date when the attempt would be made. He stated that his main ob ject was to obtain the government prize of $•>0,000, and that if he were snccessful in the attempt, he would build a monument to Capt. Webb's memory to cost 5,000, and that the widow of Capt. Webb should have an equal amount. J. N. Patton and E. E. Hartsook. sub-pro fessors in the Virginia Military Institute, have been arrested at Lynchburg on suspicion of being about to engage in a duel. They were bound over to keep the peace. The cotton caterpiDer has appeared on plantations near Columbia, S. C., in Sump ter county, and is boring the young blooms badly. Planters are making efforts to save the crops with Paris green and night lights. The Second National Bank of Warren- Ohio, suspended Friday, the cashier, Kirt land M. Fitch, confessing that he had lost $30,000 in stock speculations in New York. The bank can pay all depositors in full, and the stockholders will receive from 3o to 4o per cent. Shortly before Judge Black died he said to his wife, "How can I fear to cross the dark r-ver when my father waits for me on the o her shore," and added, "Would I were as comfortable about all I leave behind unfin ished in this world." arid then breathed the following earnest prayer: "Oh, Thou beloved j and most merciful heavenly father, from whom I had my being, and in whom I have ever trusted, if it be Thy will, grant that my suffering end, and that I speedily be called home to Thee. And O, my God, bless and comfort Thou my Mary." The news of Judge Black's death which, though not un expected, was a shock to thiscommuuity. Judge Jeremiah S. Black died at his resi dence, "Brackie," near York, Pa., at ten min utes past two o'clock, Argist 19, in his sev enty-fourth year. The illness which culmi nated in his death began about n week ago. Operations for stricture of the urinary or gans were performed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for the purpose of affording temporary relief, and the final operation on Thursday morning. Notwithstanding the favorable bulletins in regard to his condition, it was the opinion of those best qualified to know that he could not survive. The direct cause of his death was taxremia, a poisonous condition of the blood, caused by absorption of retained urinary constituents prior to the final operation. GENERAL NEWS. IxmnoN, Aug. 17.—The French troops in Annam made an attack on the Annamites tho 6th andsTth inst., driving them from their earthworks in confusion. It is reported from Berlin that Mr. Sar gent, the American minister to Germany, will resign. England will ask Russia to explain why a British Jew, connected with a London busi- | ness firm, was recently expelled from RUB- ' sia The Emperor William of Germany has contributed 50,000 marks to tho fund for the relief of the sufferers by the earthqurke on the Ischia. There was a heated debate on the Irish question in the House of Commons onThurs- ■ day night. The session lasted until 6 o'clock ! yesterday morning. It was stated in the House of Commons yesterday by Mr. Dodson, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, that it was an undoubt ed fact that the foot-and-mouth disease had been carried from England to America. A dispatch from Sim Francisco says the announcement that Mr. Mackay has taken so prominent an interest in the Postal Tele graph Company, and has induced Mr. Fair I to join forces with him, excites considerable j surprise. It is said that both of them have their hands full of business on the Pacific coast, and that it is not probable they would enter into any financial scheme they could not fully control. The Galveston Herald expresses fears of a civil war in the foiled States of Colombia. The commander of the forces at Harran quilla refuses to give up his The 1 chief of the Panama Garrison, it is said, re fuse* to obey the president of the republic. National troops are expected at Panama and Bolivar. Biota have occurred at Bogota. < Molora has retired from candidature for the presidency, and it is believed Gen. Wilehes will again become a candidate. The st itement that yellow fever had made its appearance at Pens icjla, Fla., is incor iect. The navy yard at which the ferer pre vails is seven miles from that place. Yellow fever raged at the same yard nine years Hgo, but was successfully combatted and kept out of I'ensacola, while the fever last year at lYnsaeola was kept out of tho yard. The Kscambia Hi ties nnd other volunteer organi zations have established a picket around the ; city. Judge Jerrie Black's condition is critical : and fears are entertained for his future. The Standard Gil Company has at last ab sorbed the Tidewater Pipe Line thus dis posing of its only rival as a transporter of crude oil. The telegraphers' strike has completely collapsed, a despatch having been received from Master W'orkmau Campbellnnuouticing that tho strike is a failure. The Second National Hank of Warren, Ghio, closed its doors recently. K. M. Fitch, the cashier, is reported to be a defaulter to the amount of $70,000 or SBO,OOO. The reorganization of the First National Hank of lud., was completed. The 6tock of the bank has been increased from $400,000 to 5800,000, paid in capital. W.H English is the president. llonry L. Evans, a young man em ploy eu in the Philadelphia pustoftice, has been ar rested on the charge of embezzling a letter containing a check for S3B. It was charged by a young man named Farley that he ad vanced ten dollars on the check to Evans. The coinage at the Philadelphia mint dur ing the last month aggregated 3,056,0)0 pieces, valued at $1,228,800. This amount was made up of $1,200,000 silver dollars, 25f,000 five-cent pieces, and 1,800,000 one cent pieces. The new postal notes wilt be ready for cir culation on September 3d next. They are now being received in books of 600 each from the Homer Lee Bank Note Company, and are being distributed through the regis tration division of the New York post office to the postmasters of the country. The barn attached to the Mountain City Hotel, at Fnirmouut, W. Va., took fire, cans iug much alarm among the guests, among whom were some Baltimoreans. The town has no fire department, but by the hard work of citizens the fire was kept from the hotel, although the barn and a dwelling house were burned to the ground. Washirgto^ The conrt-martinl in the case of Cot Ilges. charged with duplicating Ins pay accounts, has found him guilty nnd recommended his dismissal from the army. The acting comptroller of the currency has authorized the American National Hank of NaHiville, Tenn., to begin business with a capital of SBOO,OOO. 1 he question whether or not grass seed i.- tiable to duty under the new tariff law is now before the Treasury Department for de cision. It came up on on appeal from tin •tction of the collector of customs at Bui • mgton, \ t., who assessed a duty of ten pc. jent. on a recent consignment of that com modity. Notice is given by the Treasury Depart ment that on the 22d inst., and on each Wednesday following, United States bonds embraced in the one hundred nnd twenty first call will be redeemed at the Treasury Department, in Washington to the amount of $5,000,000 without rebate of interest. A new counterfeit $5 gold piece has been submitted to the United States officials for inspection, which contains $4.63 worth of gold. It is said to be the best piece of work of that character that ever came before ex perts. The result of the examination wi'l be made at the earliest practicable moment. The Unit*! States consul for Koumnnta icports to the State Department that Ameri can petroleum can be adinit'ed into that country duty free if transhipped at a British port. The State Department has been ad vised that all prohibitory restrictions rrpoij the landing of colored persons in Cuba have been removed. Adjutant-General Drum has admitted, iD reply to questions, that ho has under con -iderution the establishment of a national militia, of which each State should furnish its quota, that might be called upon should occasion for their services arise. Plans foi such an organization are being prepared. HIE MMI Kins. BAI.IJMOUK. 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Buld not pass my water except in drops and with groat pain; and hare had to get up aa many aa tiftoen timna daring the night. 1 tried eeroral phyaiciana. they did mo no good, but a friend of mine, who had need Hunt's Remedy, told me to get a bottle and try it. lie had been cored of a severe case similar to mine, and that others had naed Hnnt'a Remedy in Cambridge and pronounced it a medicine of real merit- After being repeatedly nrgod I purchased a bottle, and before I had used all of it I passed a atone aa large aa a pea, followed by entailer ones. I have need in all ten bottles, and it lias completely cured me. My kidneys aretn excellent "ondition, and for one of my age (AS) sixty-eight years, I "in truly say I feel like a young man with strength and v..lity. My family nae the Remedy, and would n >t be without It, and never fail to recom mend it to our friends and neighbors in Cambridge and Boston. You are at liberty to use my name in praise of jhe beat kidney and liver medicine. Hunt's Rdmedy." " Did Wonders for Me." The shore words are from Mr. Lit vers K EfiV, No. 9 Highland Avenue, Maiden, Maea . April 38, ltH3. He says; '' I have been troubled for years with kidney and lirer complaint, followed by gravel, with severe paina in my back and groins. I had great trouble in passing water, it being scanty, and accompanied by terrible burning, the vessel being ooated with brick>dust deposit. I was recommended t-o use Hunt's Remedy by a friend who had I men completely curod of a similar trouble. I purchased a bottle at the druggist's, and commenced to improve at onoe. I have tiao 1 but two bottles, and It baa done wonders for me —no more kidney trouble, no more pain. It has given me new life, and I would not be without llunt'a Remedy at any price. It is all that it ia recommended to be, end I cheerfully give this testimony for the benefit of the many sufferers from kidney disease and gravel." A knight of the razor—Saturday night. 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Address Tkub It was one of the peculiarities of the old-fashioned Doctors that they never would tell patients what they were prescribing for them. They said it would do the patients no good to know, and that it would only be grati fying a foolish curiosity. In order to keep patients from knowing, they would write the prescriptions in dog-Latin, so that most patients could net read them. All that sort ofthingisnowover. Thepatientwantstoknowwhat he takes. He is weak, and wants to be strong, or he is dyspeptic, and wants to digest well. L Or he has a troublesome liver which he wants to put to rights. So he takes Brown's Iron Bitters about which there is no mystery at all. This is the best preparation of iron in the world, in com bination with gentle yet efficient tonics. It gives strength. *lt builds up enfeebled systems. It enriches impoverished blood. It removes feminine weaknesses. It casts out debility. It is what YOU want, and your druggist has it. 2 If and If •* It yon art raff*ring from poo* baa!th * or languishing on s bod of sickness, take * chevr, if you are simply ailing, or if ton * fool woak and dispirited. without ciaaxiy * knowing why. Hop Bitters will surely 'euro you." " If yon are a Minister, end have overtaxed yourself 'with your pastoral duties, or Mother, worn out with 'care and work, or * man of businers or laborer weak ' ened by the strain of your every day duties, or s man 'of letters, tolling over your midnight work, Hop ' Bitters will sorely strengthen 700." " If yon an suffering from * overeating or drinking, any ' indiscretion or dissipation, or ' are p ung and growing 100 ' fast, a* la often the ones." " Or If you are In the workshop, on the •fann, at the desk, anywhere, and feel 'that your system needs cleansing, ton ' trig or stimulating, w.ihcut intoxicat n t; 'if yon ate *d. blood thin and impure, 'pulse feeble, rertei urs'eady, faculties * wai mr. Hop Bitters is what yon need to 'gtreg".u row life, health and vigor." If you are costiTO or dyspeptic, or suf fering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stc mach or bowels. It is your owi fault if you remain ill. If you ate wait ng sway with any form of Kl tney disease, stop tempting death this moment, and turn for a cure to Hop Bitters. If yon are aick with that ter rible slcknew, Nervousness, you will find a "Balm ia Gi'oud" in Hop Bitters. ft you are a frequenter, or a resident, of e miasmatic district, barricade your ays- , torn against the scourge of all countries— malaria, epidemic, bilious and intei mt tent fevers— by the use of Hop Bitters. ff yon have rough, pimply or sallow skin, bad breath, Hop Bitt -rr will give yon fgir akin, rioh blood, the iwecteit breath and health. (500 will te paid for a case they will net cure or help. Thit poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, motberor daughter, can be made the picture of health by a few boitlea of Hop Bittern, costing but a trifle. BND34 VAsympatmze wrngjns THE HOPE m LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VESETASLE COMPOUND. A Bare Care for all FEMALE WEAK.* J* ESSES, Including Lencorrhoru, Lr rrgalar and Painfal Menstruation, Inflammation and Ulceration of the Womb, Flooding, PRO LAPSUS UTERI, Ac. ff Pleasant to the teste, eficaciotis and Immediate In its effect. It is a great help la pregnancy, and re lieve* pwn during labor and at regular periods. rtiTsii. M rsfi IT HI Ptttiut IT r*in.T. nrFom six WnAMjmers of the generative organs of either sex. It is second to no remedy that has ever been before the public t and for all diseases of tbs Kipsnrra tt la the OnaUtt Remedy in the Worin. PTKIDNEY COMPLAINTS of Either Sea Find Great Relief In Its Use. LY!I A E. PTNKHAM'A BLOOD PrßiriEß will eradic ate every vewtiflre of Humors from the Blood, at the same time wlli gtve tone and strength to the system. AsmarveUousin results aa the Compound. tf Both the Compound and Blood Purifier are pre pared at SO and Western Avenue, Lynn, Mars. Price of either, gl- Six bottlea fbr $5. The Compound Is sent by mall in the form of pills, or of losenges, rm receipt of price, 91 per box for either. Mrs. Plnkham freely answers ail letter* of inquiry. Enclose 8 cent Stamp. Bend for pamphlet. Mention this Paper. tf LTDLA B. PRVXITA*> Lira PILLS cure Const!pa gon. BUioosneas and Torpidity of the liver. • cents. 9- Sold by all Dnllisu.fl (i> M DIAMOND DYES. 'I'M HI 0 Best Dyes E?er Pads. FOR BILK. VTOOL, OK COTTOY.-F DRESSES, COATS, BCARFS, HOODS, YARN, STOCKINGS, CARPET RACS, RIODONB, FEATHERS, or any fiabrio or fancy article easily and perfectly oolored to any •hade. Black, Brown, Green, Bine, ttariet, Cardinal Red, b"nvy Blue, Seal Brewn, Olive Green, Term Cetta and 90 ether beet colore. Warranted Past and Durable. Each package will eolor one to four 1 be. of goods. IX you have never uved Dyes try these onoe. Ton will be delighted. Bold by druggists, rr send us 10 oente and any color wan tod sent post-paid. 94 colored samples and a act of fhney cards sent fbr a Bc. stamp. WELLS, RICHARDSON A CO., Bmrliagtes.Ti. GOLD and SILVER PAINT. Bronze Paint. Artists' Black. Far gilding Fancy Baskets, Frames, Lamps, Chandeliexs, and for all kinds of ornamental work- Equal to any of tho high priced kinds and only lOcta. apockage.atthe druggists,or post-paid from WELLH. RICH ARDSON A CO., BarllngtemVt. mVPVaillw Hostetter's Btom rem besides sas.nrrtt'ss tem- FOT sale by all 0 e^n^r R. G. is the quickest, pleasantest, surest and best remedy for kidne-, liver, stomach, bladder and blood diseases, and only real curative ever discovered for acnte and chronio rheumatiem. gout, lumbago, sciat v>/ •. lea, neuralgti, ate. Haeon si hepv lass cr,s Bnglit's disease and dyspepsia in 3 weeks—all foimsof rheumatic disorders in 2 to 19 weeks—relieves inflammatory in I day. Can refer to huodn d of tella ble people cured who had tried ia vain everything els*. Purely botanic, harmless, and nice to iriak. Ask your drugs st to get it; if be declines send to as for it—tale nothing else. Kim ire. Adams k 00., 106 William at., N. Y H" - CUR E r*" ' "E7 ™AHS! fRI Best Cough Byrap. Tastes good. IM Use in lime. Sold by druggists. Us ADIII ML SOD WHISKY HA BITS cored ■ w Iwsat home without pain. Book of par ttculars sent free. B. M- Wooi.UT, M- D . Atlanta. Ga.