A AH ANIA ANGI A DOCTOR'S CONFESSION, He Doesn’t Take Much Medioine and Advises the Reporter Not To, “Humbug? Ocourse it is. The 80 called sclence of medicine Is a hum. bug and has been from the time ot Hip- pocrates to the present, Why the big- gest crank in the Indian tribes is the med!eine man.” “Very frank was the admission, es- pecially 80 when it came from one of the biggest young physicians of the city, one whose practice is among the thousands, though he has been grad. uated but a few years,” says the Buf- falo Courier, **Very cozy was his of- fide too, with its cheerful grate fire, its “Queen Anne furniture, and its many lounges and easy-chalirs, He stirred ths fire lazily, lighted a fresh cigar, and went on,” “Take the prescriptions laid down in the books and what do you ind? Pos. ons and nauseating stuffs that would make a healthy man an invalid, Way in the world science should go to pois. ons for its remedies I cannot tell, nor can I find any ore who can.” ‘**How does a doctor know the effect of his medicine?’ he asked, *'He calls, prescribes, and goes away, ‘The only way to judge would be to stand over the bed and watch the patient. Thais cannot be done. So, really, I don’t know how he is to tell what good or hurt he does, Sometime ago, you re- member, the Boston Globe sent out a reporter with a stated set of symptoms, He went to eleven prominent physicians and brought back eleven different pre- seriptions. This just shows how much science there is in medicine,” There are local diseases of warlous | characters for which natore provides | positive remedies. They may not be inciuded In the regular physician’slist, perhaps, because of thelr simplicity, but the evidence of thelr curative power is beyond dispute, Kidney disease 18 cur- ed by Warner's Sife Cure, a strictly herbal remedy. Thousands of persons, every year, write as does H, J. Gard. iner, of Pontiac, R. I., August 7th, 1800: **A few years ago I suffered more than probably ever will be known oat- side of myself, with kidney and liver ¢omplaint, It is the old story—I1 vis- ited doctor after doctor, but to no avail. I was at Newport, and Dr. Blackman recommended Warner's Safe “Cure. I commenced the use of it, and found relief immediately, Altogether 1 took three bottles, and I truthfully state that it cured me.” A Poet’s Home. NOT AFTER A DAY JOB, —Past-com- mander James S. Fraser, of the Grand Army of the Republis of this State, told some friends, the other night a story about a mun he sent dwn to the cus- tox-house to get a job as night-watch- man, Collector Erhardtsent theman to the civil services board to be examined, The man was quite intelligent, aud an- until he was asked what the distance was be- tween the earth and thesun, HH» hesi. tated for a time and finally acknowl “You dont know?" said the commis ioner, severely. ‘*Mister,” sald the applican*, *'i thizk I'd have to answer a I'm looking for a RL To00O visioNARY.—**Your father re- **He does, Harold,” **Nothing seems to beleft for us then, elopement, Do you think, Myrtle,” said the young man, swalloa- could leave this banish your.elf for- ver from your paren.s® heirts, and go “I think I ¢,uld Harold.” “Then you are not the practical girl I have take : you to be,” sald Harold, THE FAILED CROP.-Young lady-— How much is this ribbon a yard? Clerk—Ten dollars, madam, and going up every minute, Young lady — Mercy me! l didn’t sup- Clerk (with dignity)-That ribbon, lor, le SHE WAS A SUMMER GIRL. —Jack— Amy—But remember, Jack, that this is the season when the sunshine loses its A MISAPPREHENSION, — Hisnibs— What did that aubura-haired girl snub Hisjags--I cant imagine, I waited for her at the cloak room dvor, and when she appeared I offered her my arm and “Ready?"' andshe went off as though 1'd Insuited her, Among th nobility of medimval times, ladies took their **coustitutional”’ incarriagescalled whirllcotes; the moth- er of Richard II, so took her rides abroad. el m——— One Canse and Ore Remedy, disease Is produced New York in a house which is literdlly | farnished with books. the parlors, be d- i § dining-room and rooms, line the library walls, the attic, in the halls. crowd and are piled in shelves even | It is said that | private residence in Gotham contains such & collection of books and cals. It would probably be impossible for Mr. Stoddard to state the number of samples of inspiration which pour upon him from all parts of the Conti- nent from the hands of the embryonie poets of the future. In this respect he shares the sorrows of other prominent men of letters, and accepts, resignedly, the bitter with the sweet of fame, other no i periodi- SHOULD Be ABLE To MANAGE IT. She—He seems to be a very methodical man. 1 suppose he understands hisbus. iness tho-oughly. He—Yes, She—DBy the way, what is his bual- He—He has none. ———— Frazer Axle Grease, The Frazer Axle Grease is the best and, nirins 1a pest, Don't work vour horses to death grease, Try it the el a ————————— There is no proof that lace making existed much previous to the fiftesnth century, oldest known pain'ing ie which lace appears is the protrait of a lady, in the Academy of Venice, | yey $u a 4134 died about 1523, anni. - A Bore Throat or Congh. if sulfared to pro gress, often results in an incurable throat or | jutig trouble. “Brown's Bronchial Troches” gives Instant relief. A single orange tree In Florida has been known to bear 8000 oranges in a year. Such a yield 1s excessive, as a grove that will yield 1500 to the tres is considered excellent, Senator Hawley possesses, in hand some binding George Washington's own copy of the statutes of the first Congress, whieh met in New York in 1789. Ths book is printed by Francis Childs and John Swaire, of Phnlade!phla, printers of the United States. It hasa large, Landsome page, but the paper has “changed eolor with curionsirregularity in the huadred years of its existence, Doe You Ever Speculnte ? Any person sendine us thelr names and ad. dress will receive information that will lead t+ a fortane. Hen). Lewis & Co, Security Building, Kansas City. Mo. Natives in the Soudan are obliged to semaln in the water most of the time, in <irder to secure relief from the intense | beat, Guaranteed five year eight per cent. First Mortgages on Kansas City property, inter est payable every six months; vrineipal and inter est eullegted when due and remitted Witte | a, veuse to lender. For sale by J, H, Bauneriein | Co. Kansas City, Mo. Write for particulars, | EE —————————— | It 1s estimated that when the season | at Baratoga, N. Y,., is at its heignt 1250 gallons of water are drank every «day. RL ey invested in cholce one Lund a iots in suburbs of Kansas iy pay from five hundred to one thousand per sent. the next few years under our . 825 ash and # per month without in t cons 8 desirable lot. P, sou, J. H. Baueriain & Gor Kanne he hace dol. will A ¥ 4 tad dis A sample of bie Pills will be se: dress St. Bernar d, Box 2418, The dahlia was known only as a flower twenty-five years ago, The first double one appeared in 1814. - -— Timber, Mineral, Farm in Missouri, Kansas, Te bought and sold. Tyler & Co la. “and Ranches a8 and Arkansas, , Kansas City, Mo. A straw hat with a brim fourteen feet in diameter has been made by a hatter in Wilkesbarre, Penn, If your house is on fire, you put water on the burning timbers, not on the smoke. And it you have catarrh you should attack the disease in the blood, not In your nose. To do this, take Hood's Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, which permanently cures catarrh. sm A MI MI ——— A fir tree recently cut down in Sno- homish county, Oregon, was 300 feet long and 12 feet in diameter, Lee Wa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harmless in effect, quick and positive in action. Seng prepaid on receipt of $l per bottle, Adeler & Co. SE Wyandotte 81., Kansas City, Ms The first city organized was New York, when in 1652 she received hercharter as New Amsterdam, “WOMAN, HE THEIR TREATME of seventy valuable itius } pages sant f oe, on cost of mailing, ete, Lilade -——— - a - Thera are more ducks in the Chinese Empire, says an authority, than in all the world outside of it. DISEASES AND NTS A iphia, I'a. f * land knew for herself of Ix ins’ Eleetrie Soap, ip could be sold. Millions sther mill & have never tried it, ASK your grocer for is, t § Ba » it. bu youf do nae Have A buyer of 8a New York wholesale house is said to earn $50,000 by his skill In forecasting the dry goods mar- ket, THE BREAT ENGLISH REMEDY, BEECHAM’S PILLS For Bilious and Nervous Disorders.’ “Wath a Guinea a Box" but sald for 25 Cents, BY ALL DRUGGISTS, PATENT Patrick O'Farrell, ASTHMA CURED. FREE wy atl bd Barer. De BR SCHIPFNAY, Be Fasul, Mine, FRAZER (AXLE: BEST IN Tw WORLD. Its wearing qualities sve nnsurpatsad, nety gs 0 boxes 47 any other brand, No}. ellected y beat, 29 GET THE GENU- NF. FORSALE BY DEALERS GENERALLY, OME SEL DY, BooR. coer a. Husinans Formas, h Penmanship, Arithmetic, short-hand, ete, thorougnly taught by MAIL, Clrosiars Tree Bryant's Coliege, 457 Main dt, Buffalo. N, ¥ PENSION NEW LAW CLAIMS, “55 Milo B. Stevens 40a Attorneys, 1410 ¥ Ki, Washington, D, Inventor's Guide, or How te Obinla an Patent, Sent Free Attarney nt Law, WASHINGTON, DD. © A — LE wh ¥ ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Byrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, iver and Bowels, cleanses the s tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers aud cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its fin ever duced, pleasing to the taste ao ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and trul benehoial I ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com- mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. f Syrup of Fige la for sale in 50s | and i bottles by all leading druge | gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- eure it promptly for any one whe wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute, CALIFORNIA FI6 SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCIBOO, OAL, . KV. Ew PORE RR i i ASTHMA. | Popham's Asthma | sSpecifie j rellef msms———— 3] vi fleut lieved to ARTHMA BEemedy | » humanity { we give FREE. is be 3 be the | ae if ckage ¥ Druggis " t by mail, po tpald for §l per Box, Address, THOS, YOPHAM 2x Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, fs 1 } i | { i { BE NR Enjoy It. SCOTT'S EMULSION f pure Cod Liver Oil hosphites of Lime and Sodas simost a8 pealstable ss milk, Children enjoy It rather than otherwise. A MARVELLOUS FLESH PRODUCER it Is Mndeed, and the little inde and lessles who take cold easily, may be fortified sgeinet » cough that might prove serious, by taking Scott's Emulsion after their meals during the winter sesson. ( Beware of substitutions and imitations, a with Mypo- © Pp ie There is no Medicine like DR. SCHENCK’S ULMONIC I" SYRUP. Tt Is plensant to the taste and dors not contain ies piumorsayth ngi 8 fo the Dest Cough Mo i World ForSalebyall Dro Price, $1.00 per bottle. Dr. Bchen Consumption and its Cure, malied free Address Dr. J. H. Behenck & Son, Philadelphia TW. I. Deugias Shoes are CAUTION, warrantod, and every pair has his name aad price stamped ou bottom, i W.L. DOUCLAS $3 SHOE ce 2imen EF send address on postal for valuable information W. LL. DOLGLAN, Brockton, Mass, VIRTUE REWARDED, “Here, my son,” sald a kinily-looking old gentie- man, meeting a boy who was whistling along the avenue this morning, **here is a dollar.” **Yes sir replied the boy, taking it hea'tatingly, “but what moet I do with ite “Keep it, my boy; keep it, and may Heaven's blessing go with it and with you.” “But, #ir, what for?’ questioned the ! boy in a very natural amazement, “Because, my boy,” and the tears were In the old man's volee and in his eyes, ‘because you were whistling “Lit tle Annie Rooney,” I — AVOIDING A MISUNDERSTANDING, MeCorkle—Did 1 tell you about a fish swallowing a snake that I saw while sway on my vacation? © MeCUrackle—No, *Is this a snake story or a fish story? ¢ Let every enfeebled woman know it! There's a medicine that'll cure her, and the proof’s positive ! Here's the proof — if it] doesn’t do you good within reasonable time, report the fact to its makers and get your money back without a word—but you won't do it! The remedy is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription—and it has proved itself the right remedy in nearly every case of female weakness. It 1s not a miracle. It won't cure everything—but it has done more to build-up tired, enfeebled and broken - down women than any other medi cine known. Where's the woman who's not ready for it? All that we've to do is to get thé news to her. The medicine will do the rest. Wanted — Women. First to know it. Second to use Third to be cured by it. The one comes of the other. The seat of sick headache is not in the brain. Regulate | the stomach and you cure it. | Dr. Pierce's Pellets are little regulators, the | THE COFFEE 8UPrLY.—Cuastomer— | (xive me a pound of Java coffee HUMOROUS, WHAT WAS THE MATTER, — He -Tn you think there is anything eff-miia e ahout me? Miss Willets told 1s last vveming thal my mannerisms put Ler in mind o’ lievael’, Bhe —Miss Willels Is a fool. WovLp stay BALp.—Agent—You are bald I see; now here 18 & prepara~ ton that will force out a luxuri-— Jimpson (glancing toward his wife) — [don’t want it, sir, I bave more hair now than I wast, WRATH TURNED AWAY.~—Merchant (angrily as Lis clerk enters three hours late) —W here in the name (Clerk offers him a twenty five cent Merchant — (contiruine)—of sense do you buy such good cigurs, HATEFUL PEOPLE. First Pede« rian There's &@ man I bate worse than the plague, Seeond Pedestrian —Why? First Pedestrisn—-He always pronoun- ces INy NANe wrong. Pp ————— A Contrast. ~He (before un arrage) I could die for you. death of me. ——— NOT IN HIS LINE —Post ~The new one thou=and-dollar bills have a protrait of General Meade, Friend—How in the world do you messin RECIPROCITY EXPLAINED, — Maud. What do they mean by reciprocity? if I were to kiss yon nu return, that Claude— Now, Maud — Why, its nice NO BREAD, --Philunth pose this laziness is bred in vou fellows, Tramp-—Not by a big sight. I'm rOpiste-] coffee bin{—Y . ssir. | Customer — Wait, I've changed mind, I'll take Mocha instead, New Boy(diving into the same bin)— | Yessir, Customer—See here, you started to New Buy— Yessir, th’ coffee, sir, only diff’rence in th’ - SHUT THAT DooR!!—The time is fast approaching when the visitor to thel sanctum wil! step in smiling and con-| fident and just as he is about to “*Here isa little thing I have dashed off,” he will be paralyzed voice exclaiming in tor es of thun “Go back and sha ir ' that dour! —— The largest reswry say: | ‘ i ir orartii § prepaid Address | ren Street New York, An auction sale of coffins took place the other week In Bartow, Fla. | Franklin Hart, Oklahoma Gu'de Boo saad Map sent anywhere | on receipt of Sets. Tyler Jo. Kansas Clty, Mo, | i —_— { The Heligolanders rarely lock thelr! doors, but when they do they leave] the key where it can be reached by any | one seeking admission, | ITS: Airam erve Hestorer, No Vilaalier first day's sea. Mar. | YeOUs cures. Treatise and FL 00 trial botiie frees | } cases. Bend to Dr. Kine 851 Area St. Pata. Pa | A — A ————. Manchester claims to posess the most ancient hostelry in the British kingdom, It isin Nutting Grove, near Corporation street, In the neighborhood of Victoria and Exchange Stations, The quaint old inn stil] bears iis anelent name of “The Seven Stars.” by which {© was called In A. D. 1350. The signboard over the! door announces that the house has pros. | pered for five hundred and thirty-eight yOATS, | Cann's Kidney Cure for Dropay, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright's, Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv- ousness, &c¢. Cure guaranteed. 831] Arch Street, Philad’a, $1 Aa bottle, LB | for 85, or druggist. 1000 certificates of cures. Try it A genuine portrait of Columbus, painted by Lotto in 1501, has been dis covered, I Rupture cuareguaranteed by Dr, J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch St., 1*hil’a, Pa. Kase at onoe, no operation or de- lay from business, attested by thou. sands of eures after others fail, advice free, send for circular, The Emperor of Japan is having a state coacl: built for himself, at a cost of $175,000, ————— JafMicted with soreeyes use Dr, leans Thome son 'sEye-water, Druggiets sell at 23a, per Dottie Plate glass in London by Ven ———— A A HANS ———— for mirrors was first made tian artists in 1670, li ——— A A teachings itry ¥ Is the motto an = the £5 cia ro Catarrh Is & complaint i affects nearly «very body, more or less, 1t originates (0 8 cold, or sucess. sion of colds, coms ined with impure blood Diss greeable flow fraun ng in the throat, offensive breath, pain over and between the eves, ringing and bursting noises in the ears, are the more ciomanon symptoms. Cattarrh is cured by Hood's i which strikes directly at its cause by removing all impurities from the blood, uiiding up the dise 1sed tissues and giving healthy tone to the whole system. Hood's Sarsaparilla $1; six for &° Prepares only by C. 1. HOOD & CO, Lowell, Mass, 100 Peses One Dolinr the nose, ti SArSApa Bold by all druggists r—— '§ FOR FIFTY YEARS] { | MRS. WINSLOW'S |$ SOOTHINGSYRUP mothers for thelr children for over Vifty Years, It SoGLhes the onLild, softens the gums, allays all pain res wind ovlie, and ts the best retiedy for disrrbos Insane Perpone Beret ! has been used by while Teething i i i » STOPPED. FREE Twentr-five Cents un Bottle, Dr. KLINE'S GREA NERVE RESTORER for all Basis & Seerr Disgases sure wry for FNevve Afocim, Pus, FEpilesoy, eto, f takes sr directed A Fae after Trostise and $2 tial 2 = free to ¥ Payig expo charges Lox when 3 wus inee 0 spd exgevns ress of ing #51 Aved Sa ® ” EWAREOFINITAT IN ww FIA af Fes T prose ” iorse KE - > nes ITH HEN Paper ! Costs Only ress FARM - POULTRY, Box NS Lay RIDANS "ote a year; fis 218, Boston, Mass E, SEND TO US, doses Btriet's 8 Beatin * w a 3 i than outof the ~— [tig The best classes = ry TLY. GRATEFUL-COMFORTINQ. EPPS’S COCOA BREAKFAST. ‘Ty a thorough knowisige of the natura’ laws which gytatn the o ions of digestion aad nui thon, x by =o ul applioation of the fine PEOPer. ties of well-solocted Oooos, Mr. Epp has provided erage which roms save Us many bea itis by the judicious use of such articles of det that a constitution may be gradually built up unt | strong enough $0 resist every tondency to die Hundreds of subtle maladies are Sosting round ua keives well fortified with pure biood and a properd nourished frame, ios Service tiapelte, y ’ Made simply with boiilng water or milk, Sold anly in half-pound tne by Grocers, Inbellad thas AMES EF PS & C0, Homo spathieo Chemists, - Loxpox, Ensataxn NSIONW™ W. MORRIS, | Washington, Bb, C, Success i rosecutes Late Pasay fro u Sytes Claims, Arma in last wae, Ub adjudicating clatma, sity sino m— A A. AA A, WO -VASELINE- FOR A ONE-DOLLAR BILL sent us by maf we will deliver, free of all charges to poe iy in | the Unit-d States, ail of the peo Di care fully packe i: | One twoounos bottle af Pare Vaseline, + ets One two-ouree bottle of Vaseline Prsde, One jar of Vaseline Oold Cream, + « +» = Ome ©: ke of Venoline Cam phot see, ~ - = One Cake of Vasaltlme Soap, uneo tof, One Cake of Vassline ge gee wented BB One two-ounce Lotte of Vaselive, » =» B85 - wn Ow for povtaye sbamps any ring artic af » named. On no account be peryvaded *o from ad Arupote any Vaseline or preparation 8 unless dahelied sith our same, beonus pon oer | tainly reovive an imdtation which has Hie or no values C hesebrough Mfg, Co. 34 Sate Sg, N.Y, Write st onoe for PATENTS! J. B.CRALLE & ©. es Washington, B, Cy Ineirg Ene Tree tn Inventers. FREE TO 1891. SiEt S4aveus 158 tncludes the FIVE TED WERK LY RAS seston
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