SCHOOLS N THE COUNTRY.
TJWTISB T TBI MTATIOVAl.
BUREAU Of EDUCATION.
'tYhtit I Needed to TOnke Rnml
Kr hoots Kfltrlrnt In l.vrry He.
peel lnterpatina; rliatlallrs.
The National Bureau of Education hw
issued a very interesting treatise upon
rural schools, their progress in the past,
and meant of improvement iu the future.
It places great stress upon the fact that
the. rural schools should bo made as
efficient as possible. They furnish in
struction for more than half the school
population, all the formal instructions
that they ever receive. The typo pre
sented is a familiar one:
"A. school composed of scholars of
both sexes, ranging in study anywhere
from the primer to Euclid, housed in a
school house and provided with ono
teacher, upon whom devolves all the in
struction and discipline. Fossibiy the
teacher changes every term; probably no
systematic record of studies, classes or
progress is kept, and each teacher takes
up the work as if nothing were to fol
low. The teacher may bo a person of
excellent education, wise, conscientious,
firm, loving and versatile; many such
there are, nnd 'their works do praise
them;' but a school may be favored In
this respect one term and the next pass
into the chargo of a callow youth, a
crude girl, or a man or a woman of in
ferior mind and a harsh, unsympathetic
nature, who, for a consideration, makes
confusion worse confounded' in juvenile
Intellects. Of supervision there is lit
tle, of inspection less, and of standards
of scholarship and tests of work none
but those the teacher has wit enough to
supply."
This picture, while it may be drawn
too harshly to correctly represent excep
tional instances, is certainly truthful in
the main. Many of the best and great
est minds in this country started the
foundation upon which their fame is
builded in the country school, the "lit
tle red school house" dear to the heart
and celebrated in song and speech ; but
that the possibilities of the rural school
are susceptible as a rule to great im
provement is an undoubted fact. One
great drawback to the greatest success
f the rural schools as educational fac
tors is that the best teachers have not
been obtainable. In 1881, in Rhode
Island, thirteen per cent, of the teachers
'had only a common school education.
In Georgia out of 6,128 teachers, 6,000
were possessed of only a limited educa
tion. In all the States it has been diffi
cult to find candidates for teachers who
can easily pas the moderate grade re
quired. In Michigan, in 1881, the State
superintendent roportsd that twenty-six
per cent, of the applicants failed in the
lower grade or first trial, and that
twenty-ono per cent.j were unable to
stand the test of the final trial or exami
nation. It is easy to see that there must
be better teachers before we can have
better schools.
The normal schools are great helps in
improving the standard of school teach
ers, but the normal schoo) system is now
far from complete. There are 293,294
school teachers in the United States.
Of course a large proportion of these
are employed in ungraded schools.
There are ninety-eight normal schools in
tho country, with an attendance of
80,000. At thirty per cent, of . the
teachers are changed annually, it is easy
to see that the normal schools afford but
a small part of tho provision required for
training teachers. No doubt the small
salaries usually paid the teachers of
country schools has a great effect in low
ering the standard of the teachers ob
tainable Special training is needed.
The teacher who has a normal school
education cannot be secured j for the
country schools, because his talent is
better paid elsewhere. To obtain better
teachers, better salaries must be paid. and
there must bo more schools for the train
ing of teachers. Communities should
take a livelier interest in their schools,
and aid their teachers by all legitimate
means in their power. It is only by
united action that the best success
can bo obtained, and country
and city and county and State should
work together in harmony, with tho
tame hitfh objects in view. Teachers
should not be the creation of accident
nor made by the force of circumstances
They should be especially fitted for tho
great work of education. Though the
common schools are among the proudest
boasts of the country, vet thev mav be
said to be almost in their infancy as
regards their possibilities. Teaching is
a proiession In itself, and reau res aoti-
tude and preparation as much as any
other.
There is hardly anything in which
time and money can be more profitably
spent than in improving the country
schools, in teaching and the methods of
study, and it is to be hoped that far
more attention will be paid to the sub
ject than is now the case. liurlinoton
Ilavktye.
The Trumpet.
The trumpet is a universally popular
musical instrument, and appears to have
ieen Known in all ayes ana all countries.
It is said to have derived its name from
turbo, a shell. It is constructed in mod
ern times several feet iu length, doubled
up in a parabolic form aud sounded bv
a mouthpiece. The trumpet has always
piayea a prominent part in battle, as an
alarm or summons; few things are marc
inspintin'' than a flourish of trumneta.
The old Eastern custom of proclaiming
decrees or public notices with the sound
of the trumpet has bequeathed us the
vulgar saying with regard to a loud,
boasting person: "Is his trumpeter dead?"
The twin brother of tho trumpet, the
horn, owes its origin to the custom of
blowing through the hollow horn of an
animal.
Davy Joiub's Looker.
Suilors call the tea "Davy Jones's
Locker" because the dead ure thrown
there. Davy is a corruption of "duffy,"
by which name ghosts or spirits are
known among tho West Iudiun negroes,
and Jones is a corruption of the name of
the Prophet Jonuh, who was thrown into
the sea.
Locker, in seaman's parlance, means
any receptacle for private stores. Ho
that' when a sailor nays, "HeV gone to
Davy Jones's Locker," he means, "He is
fuue to the place of safe-keeping wbtre
ufl'y Jonah wag sent to,"
Sealskin sad Seal Catch Inf.
"Peal fur will never become cheaper,
said a New York dealer to a Mail and
Erpreu representative. "They may get
higher priced though, unless some new
seal hunting places are discovered in
some part of this globe."
"Why will it never become cheaper 1"
"There are only four seal grounds, of
any importance in the world the islands
of St. George and St. Taul in Hehring's
sea, which belong to tho Territory of
Alaska, and the other two are the Com
mander islands, lying TOO miles west
of these in tho czar's dominions.
The first two islands produce the great
est number of seals. During the months
of May and June they come to these
islands in flocki of thousands. Then
tho great slaughter takes place to supply
the fashionable world with sealskin
sarques. The Alaska Seal Fur company
kill about 100,000 seals annually. They
pay the natives forty cents for each seal
they kill and skin. No firearms are
used, as it would drive the animals away
and spoil the island as a seal resort.
They are killed with a single blow of a
club on the head. Then tho skins are
quickly removed, partially cured and
prepared for shipment tp England, where
they are dressed and dyed.
"It takes a great deal of care and
work to bring tho fur to the rich and
glossy perfection it shows when wrapped
around the form of a fashionable lady.
First, all the coarse hairs are rcmovrd
and then the fur is dyed tho shado re
quired. But it takes experts to do this,
and in London only tho art seems
to be well understood. Now, the
value of sealskins depends entire
ly upon their successful treat
ment, and the color and smoothness of a
permanent nature attained. It takes
ihree of the sealskins to make a full-sized
cloak. They should last the wearer
seven years without losing their rich
color, and at the same time retain their
perfect appearance. The best cloaks are
worth over $400 apiece. The finest fur
comes from young seals, between tho
ages of two and three yean. When they
get beyond the age of four the fur be
comes stiff somewhat. At six years of
age they are utterly worthless. Now,
the great question is, how long will
these seals last? and if they take a notion
to desert these four islands, where will
they go? Tho United States, it is true,
has restricted the number to be killed
annually at 100,000, yet at this rate will
they not finally become extinct! Some
think they increase so fast that this num
ber is scarcely missed. "Well, that may
be true. But the great danger is that
they may take a notion to emigrate to
unknown parts of the world. In that
case the sealskin sacque that figures so
prominently as an article of dress and
fashion now will become obsolete and
added to the history of the dodos."
A Choice Morsel.
"We take the following choice morsel
from a little book entitled "Poultry for
Pleasure and Poultry for Profit :"
All things are given to us lor our
pleasure or our profit. As soon as thing
ceases to be of one or the other.it is of no
use;and as long as it does give us pleasure
or pront, it is good tor us. liy pleasure,
1 wish to be understood the innocent.
harmless enjoyments of life, which, make
ono better, aud no one worse: by profit,
that which is of gain to us, at no other
one's loss.
We are so constituted that we desire
and must have some kind of recreation.
The professional roan, man of business,
merchant, clerk, mechanic, and all oth
ers, after a day of work and application,
enjoy rest : and it is the best form of
rest to have something to enjoy some
thing to look at and care for that is
pleasing. It is like the cool drink of
water from the old oaken bucket to the
tired laborer. It is both rest and re
freshment.
To this class of men there are two
things which seem especially well adapt
ed. They give rest and reward. One is
a good garden, the other is a . woll-kept
nock oi fowls. 1 believe a good garden,
with flowers and growingvegctables.will
almost insure happiness indoors; and a
flock of clean, healthy, cackling fowls
will make a pleasant husband or wile,
and happy children. It i hard to cal
culate the value of such a flock.
On the other hand, it is not a wonder
there are so many quarreling, brawling
families, when we consider how many
ill-mated, quarreling and diseased flocks
of fowls there are; some sneezing with
the croup, and rolling to get rid of the
million of mites whibh infest their quar
ters, black hens, dirty white hens, yel
low hens, brown hens, speckled hens;
some with top-knots, some with none;
some with tail feathers, some with none;
combs and toe frozen ; they roost on the
wagon, and lay if they lay at all in
the wood-pilo; they look scrawny, dirty
and saucy, and seem to hate them
selves. When we see a yard like that, nine
cases in ten the man of the house never
calls his wife Dy loving, tender names,
and the children speak of the father as
tho "old man." Is it a wonder that a
man who has such a flock of fowls goes
to the insane asylum?
A young man who does not love choice
fowls is an unsafe person for a girl to
wed.
A Talk With a Photographer. '
" It is the hardest thing in the world
to got somu folks into any kind of a
natural position, or expression of counte
nance. They will put a kind of J'm-to-be-photographed
look on their faces
when they como into the gallery and it
generally stays there. Then the way
some women dress! They have an idea
that the more colors they get on, the bet
ter they look, nnd the result is that when
they see their photograph and the curi
ous effect produced by the colors, they'll
blame the photographer, though we al
wuys tell them belorehand. Nearly all
persons look better in a picture than in
reality, except those having clear com
plexions. Homo ladies, for instance,
would be considered beautiful in side
view of their features, while a front view
i.s decidedly disappointing. Of course
in photographing them, we take the side
view. Some look better with a hat on
and some in full outdoor costume. But
there is one thing vou mav not know,
; aud that is very few ladies look well
j photographed in white, yet the only pic
i lures many have taken are in their grudu
j ation or wedding dresses," Kochenter
, Deinocra t- Ch ron tele.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTIIIAL.
ACknnan engineer has invented an
electrio target on which a hand indicates
the exact point where the bullet strikes
It. That ingenioua arrangement will do
away with human pointers, and effectu
ally prevent many accidents to life and
limb.
A process has been invented by Pro
fessor Eder of the State industrial school
at Vienna, which ho calls orthochromatio
photography, and which enables tho
photographer to reproduce colors in ex
actly tho tame tones as thoy appear to
the eye.
Cork, when carbonized, produces
63.80 per cent, pure charcoal, the great
est por cent, of any known wood. Wil
low, wheat straw and oak rank next in
tho order named, whilo maple and poplni
are 3U.7,'i and 81.12, or at tho very foot
of tho list.
Several agricultural chemists of Ger
many havo been studying to improve
heavy soils, and now recommend liine as
a dressing. Tho crop for tho first season
should be potatoes; for tho socond.oats;
for third the tares, or peas; and for the
fourth potatoes again.
There are nineteen known metala val
ued at over f 1,000 per avoirdupois pound.
The most costly is vanadium, which is
said to be worth 10,000 a pound. Of
these nineteen metals only ono is pro
duced or used to any considerable ex
tent, and that is iridium, which is valued
at ft. 090 per pound. It is sometimes,
but very sparingly, used in electrical ex
periments. Temper ATfRK Perception. A Ger
man physiologist, Professor Euleaibcrg,
has found that different parts of the
body are very unequally sensitive to dif
ferences of heat and cold, the sense of
temperature being most acute in tho
forehead and the back of the hands, and
least active in the back and the upper
part of the abdomen. At tho former
spots differences of about a third of a
Fahrenheit degree were distinctly per
ceived, but at the other two points dif
ferences were only detected when reach
ing nearly two degrees.
When lie Came Home.
"Hand mo that collar button," de
manded George Wellsby, turning with
an annoyed air toward his littlo girl.
Learn to let things alone, will yout
There now, tune up and howl."
"George, don't speak to the child that
way,'6aid Mrs. Wellsby, depositing a
shirt on a chair.
"Well, why can't sho behave herself?
Every time she tecs that I am getting
ready to go any place, she makes a point
of hindering me. Lot that cravat alone."
"Put down papa's cravat, darling.
She's too young'to know any better."
"No she isn't. Other people's children
know how to behave. I'll bet I'll miss
the train. I am sometimes tempted to
wish that she had never been born."
"Oh, George," exclaimed tho wife,
"I wouldn't say that."
"Confound it, she worries me so. I
haven't more than time to catch tho
train," hurriedly kissing his wife.
"Kiss me, 4oo, papa."
"I ought not, you are so bad," stoop
ing and kissing her. "Good-bye. Will
be back in three or four days."
Mr. Wellsby is a commercial traveler,
a kind and tender-hearted man, but sub
jected at times to nervousness. Seated
with vivacious acquaintances, speeding
over the country, a littlo voice would
steal in between the roars of merry laugh
ter and say :
" Kiss me, too, papa."
In the sample room of the village hotel,
between the inquiries of purchasers, he
could hear the voice, and at night when
he lay down he could see the little hands
reaching toward him and could hear,
"Kiss me, too, papa."
At morning when the sunbeams fell
across his bed he thought of tho bright
little face at home and said :
"God forgive me for wishing she had
never been born."
" Wellsby, what's the matter, old fel
low? " asked a companion.
They wero in a conveyance riding to
ward an interior town.
"I don't feel very well to-day."
"Do any business back here? "
"Yes, did very welL"
"I didn't do anything, but I won't let
it weigh me down. Got a letter from
the house this morning. The old boy
Is kicking about expenses. Got a bottle
of cocktail hero."
"I don't care for any."
"Then there must be something the
matter with you."
On a night train going home. He
could see tho little bauds. "Clack,
clack, clack kiss me, too; kiss mo
too."
"What's the news?" he asked of a
friend, when ho had stepped upon the
platform and called a hackman.
"Nothing, I believe; everything's
quiet."
iNo scnrlet fever or diphtheria raging,
is fhere?"
"No, not that I have heard."
The familiar scenes brought rest to
his mind. He looked back upon his
trip with a shudder, like one who
awakes and contemplates a nightmare
through which ho has jutt passed.
"Good night," he said, paying the
hack roan. "A light burning. Julia is
expecting me," he mused, ascending the
steps.
A ghastly face met hirn at the door.
A voice in agony whispered: ''Oh,
George, our little girl is (lead." Louit
iilU Courier-Journal.
A lumber company operating in the
upper peninsula of Michigan, has been
seriously damaged, not by biped, but by
real quadruped bears, which often come
into the camp at uight and injure horses
and cattle. Six steel trans have been
set for them.
A Chancellor's Opinion.
Hon. James Harlan, ex vice-chuneelloi
of Louisville, Ky., a brother of Justict
Harlan, United Slutfs supreme court,
says of St. Jacobs Oil: "I use it, aud 1
know full well whereof 1 speak iu pro
nouncing it a must cxtruurdimiry'curt: U
all that is claimed for it by it proprie
tors. Every family bhould have it."
The manufacture of artificial ivory fiou"
bones and serais of bhoej ukiu i anew
aduitiy.
The tolal production of pure bar tin
in ail the countries of the world is 80,
000 tons a year, and of this 12,000 ton
are brought to the United States. It it
asserted that the tin mines in the Black
hills will soon bo In a condition io fur
nish 8,000 tons per year.
POCTORFURIois.
Shrill a rttyolrlnn Tell the Truth oi
Not! A INIre Point In F.thire.
A Sensible Health OfllHal.
Baltimork, Wo. A decided stir has been
mused here over thn question ns to the right
of a physician to certify to tho ineriU of a
remedy not in the niodorn phai-macopapin.
Dr. James A. Stouart. ono of tho moot emi
nent physicians in the .South, and Health
Commissioner of this city, had Bnnlyred a
newly-discovered article, and certified ofll
cially not only to its efficacy but to the fact
that it replaced old-time preparations of a
similar character which, analyses had proved,
were adultf-rutcd and poisonous. Tho inedi
cul and chirnrgtcal faculty, of which he is a
member, hold that he had violated tha code
of medical ethics, nnd much public interest
was aroused Iwnuso of the confidence
felt both In his professional stand
ing and official integrity.
It was argued that to thus place a limita
tion on the acts of a physician nnd especially
of a health officer, was opposed to the spirit
of the age; that such reasoning might have
been togicnl enough when it was to the inter
est of rulers or societies to invest themselves
with a supernatural halo, but now when
thought should be free nd untrnmineled, such
things savored of hm hat-ism. It was the duty
of a physician, especially of a health officer,
to condemn publicly any remedy which he
knew to be injurious, but it was not right to
Ray that he should lie debarred from testify
ing to the merits of anything which he knew
to be goxl If this wore so, the world would
not receive the benefit of half tho discoveries
made in art or science. Tims the people ar
gued, whilo the faculty threatened expulsion
nnd talked of time-honored customs, ethics,
professional courtesy nnd traditions.
But the mntter soon assumed a new and
surprising phase. A few days afterward a
certificate appeared In the daily pairs' bear
ing tho autograph signature of Oovernor
McLane, Attorney-General Roberta, Mayor
Latrobe, city postmaster Adreon. chiefs of
State and municipal departments, judges and
clerks of courts, Federal officials and Con
gressmen, emphatically endorsing; the action
of the health commissioner, and concurring
in his opinion ns to tho efficacy of tho remedy,
asserting that they did so from personal ex
perience with it and practical testa and obser
vations. There could be no gainsaying such evidence
as this,but,as if to cap tho climax, shortly af for
ward there appeared another certificate with
autograph signatures of lending practicing
physicians from all parts of tho State, includ
ing the physicians of all tho leading hospitals,
the physician to tho city lire department, the
port physician, vaccine physician and resident
physicians of infirmaries all endorsing the
discovery and stating that it bad been tosti
by them in hospitals nnd private practice for
weeks with wonderful curative effect,
and that analyses had shown no trace of
opiates or poisons, prevalent in other
cough mixtures. They further stated that
they had been induced to take this step in
view of the many hurtful prcimnitums which
contained narcotics nnd poisons uud of the
dangers consequent on their use. '1 he reme
dy in oiiustiou u lied Star Cough Cure. Such
a conclusive answer as this to the narrow ar
guments of the few, arrayed public sentiment
on the side of the Health Commissioner, and
it is signiilcont that Dr. Kteuart has since
been appointed to oflice by tho Mayor lor a
third term, and has had his appointment
unanimously confirmed by the City Council.
Owing to tho high professional reputation
of the gentlemen who endorsed his action, as
well as to the enviable standing of the owners
of tho remedy, The Charles A. Vogoler Com
pany, of this city, wide-spread interest has
already been created in tho subject, not only
here, but in Philadelphia, Washington and
other neighboring cities. Tho feeling is
generally expressed by professional men that
Hod Star Cough Cure, on account of its free
dom from narvotiin and poisons, inaugurates
a most desirable new departure in medicine.
This is the pronounced opinion of authorities
like Dr. Fawcctt, who has been for
thirty-three years resident physician of tho
Union Protestant Infirmary, in this city, and
Professor John J. Caldwell. M. I., member
of medical societies of Baltimore, New York
and Brooklyn, and with a long experience in
civil and military hospitals. Both of theso
gentlemen, together with no less than tilty
other practicing physiciaus. of Maryland,
have publicly put themselves on record as to
the evil of narcotic, medicines, nnd tho conse
quent value and importance of the new dis
covery referred to. It is conceded that pub
lic opinion has completely vindicated Dr.
Steuart in his action, and that in his whole
course he was actuated simply by an earnest
desire to benefit the community at large.
Great Britain gave last yoar for its for
eign service 4,iY.H),ilO, Italy ei,WI(),000, Spuin
11,000,000 and tho United Ktetesi". 000.
Above all other earthly ills,
I hate the big, old-fashioned pills:
By slow degrees they downward wend,
And often pause, or upward tend;
With such discomfort are they fraught,
Their good effects amount to naught
Now, Dr. Pierce prepares a pill
That just exactly fills the bill
A Pellet, rather, that is all
A pleasant Purgative, and small;
Just try them aj you feel their need,
You'll find that I speaktruth, indeed.
Thk desire for Egyptian curiosities has as
sumed the proportions of a craze iu London.
The Mornluc Preea.
It is suid thut a lady s standing in society
can easily be determined by her dress at the
breakiastrtnble;au expensive, showy costume
indicating that the wearer has nut yet learned
the proprieties. But no one need bo ufraid
of being culled "shoddy" if her loveliness is
as apiuirent by daylight as at the bops.
Perfect duty is never the attendant of dis
ease; above all, of those diseases peculiar to
women, and which tind a ready cure in Dr.
Pierces "Favorite Prescription." Price re
duced to ono dollar. By druggists.
Henry Irvinu says much of the mortality
of this country is due to buckwheat cakes.
Tho "old reliable"
Kemedy.
-Dr. Snej Catarrh
"Fresh American oysters" is now a famil
iar sign in many placw in Iximion.
'lnua;b on Kais.
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flies.antn.bed
tmgs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. Pic. Drta,
For a splendid Magazine and chance for em,
ploynient, address . 11. Thompson, Phila. .Pa.
Kik n rim."
Ask for Well' "Uounu on Corns. "15c. Com
plete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts bunions.
1'se Dr. I.vuio Thompson's Eye Water if af
flicted with sore eyes. i. a Un tie. Druggists.
Tyi-e setting is taught in Jnp.iuese prisons
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Colonel Keller T.JH Wale'.
Ths colonel nover made a ucc of tha
Eyo Water buslnoss, but C'arbolino struck
a bonanza with Petroleum as Its base. If
your hair it thin and falling out, try it.
Heart Pnlns.
rnlpltntlon. Dropsical Swelling, Piralnesn,
Indigestion, Hendaelio, Slecpleesnes cured by
"Weils' Health Uenewer."
Vnr.rr Asle Jrnio.
Use tho Fraier Axle Urease, 'tis tho be -it In
tha world will wear twli-e as long ns nny otli.
or. ABk your dealer for it, nnd take no other
Mknsmsn's riTTOi7.r.n hf.kf tonio, tho only
Jireparstion ofboef oontainlnglU en'irw nufri
tout prvprrtifD. It contains blood-making
force generating and life-snstaining properties)
Invaluable fnr indigestion, dysMpia, nerroni
prostration, and all forms of Ronnrsl debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether tlis
result of exhaustion, nervous prostrstion, over
work or acute diseaso, psrticulsrly if resulting
from pnlmnnaryeoinplsints. (XiswelL, lliant ,
Co., Proprietors, New York. Hold by drugtiutt.
, . "nurhn rath"
Quick, complete cure, nil Kidney, Bid dor
and Urinnry Diseases, SonMinjT, Irritntion,
Ktone.Gravel, Catarrh of bladder ! I. Druggists.
Housewives, shop girls nnd sales women nil
suffer from Weak Back nnd Sideache, Apply
a Hnp I'orotta iYdster and get instant relict.
A famous strengthener. ."ic. druggists.
NKW York has l.0 professional tea tasters
Import ssl.
Whm too Tint or ! Kn Votk oltr. .hrrT,
sipn'Mn and S3 cisrrus hir. snrj aiup st tas lirtni
t'nloo Hotel, opposite (.rind Central depat.
Mmnlesitn rooum, ntled tin at s rMt of one mil
I1n si a w1 i, ,,w . I ir... . . i . ..
Tennessee has twenty-five Mormon ciders
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Combinaa in a proportion peouliar to ItaeH. the actlre
mediolnal properties oi tha boat blood parlfrlni and
ftrensihenlng remedies of the Tctahle klncdom. It
will positively cure when in tha power of medicine
Hprlng Debility. Scrofula, Halt Klirvlm, acrofnlona and
Oanoeroas Humors, Pimples, Boila, Drapepsia, Ull.
.oneness, Indigeation, Bick Headaehe, Catarrh. Rhea
mat! am, and all diseaaea or affections caused by Impur
ity of the blood and low state ol the eyntem.
Our Favorite Medicine
"1 know that flood'a Sarsaparilla has done me a great
deal of (nod, and we esteem It In our family an old and
rallied friend. My buaband has been aunjected to
erere headaches, but Is greatly benefited by Hood's
earaaparilla. My aon Buffered from apring debility and
loaa of appetite, and was restored to health aa soon aa
be began to take our farorite mediotue Mas. Ta.Lli
E. Smith, Sciplorille, N. Y.
' 'I oonelder llood'a Karaapanlla the beat blood puri
fier, for It tared my life." J.H.Mabtin, Dnllght.Kau.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Hold by all Druggiata. at ; alt for J. Prepared only
by u. 1. IHMJU (JO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Maaa.
IOO Doses One Dollar
A l.rttrr el TbnnUa.
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkhnm Very dear Madnm:
My wife Ario A. Ureen hns suffered with a
displacement which caused her unknown
pains till I had almost given up all hopes of
finding any rolief for her. But the Guiding
Spirit referred me to your Vegetable Com
pound. I went 13 miles to purchase a bottlo
and thefir.it two doses gave her immediate
relief, and after the use of tno first bottlo sho
declared herself a new person; two bottles en
tirely cured her. Your medicine is Invalu
able to 1110. It was indeed a messenger of
peace In my house, it cured my wife, and Ood
knows I am tho happiest man alive to-dav.
Words cannot express our feelings towards
you.
Geo. W. Green, Campti, La,
TkiM rMMsViu OfsHrsiiiia tin ' .'. Jt, .m
ELt'S CREAM BALM.QATARRH
whan atmlifwl lufn flm titu.. 'ws
whnn ip1ic(. Into tho irw
mm. wilt w tti'Mirhfnl, uV
tuully Wt'ttnmiiK the lint.
oi rutArrhiil vimn. t'&itMiiu
healthy fuH-rptiuuu. it at p
wj" iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuii, I'rmfM'ir
thn nnmtrn from Ire-)
cold, rnmph'tfly btnln ili
nrv ami rtwtnrfM the hiim'i
of ta-sto, smell and hearm
It ia
Not a Lianid or Snuff
A few applications n
lifVO. A thttrouifh tratmrn
vill urn, Agreeable to ue
Price 60 re u u by mail o)mm m . .
aruKK,.. Sena ,urelr HAY PcVcK
THIS PLASTEH
Aclsdlrectlyapoe. the nija.
clea and toe uarvea of tua
back, Hit erst of all fa's.
10 It ALL
I.nng Trouaira. whether
local or deeply aeatrd tun
1'laiter win be found le
lire Instant relief It ap
lilvlni between Ike shoul
der bladra
SHARP
" Far Kidner Trouble,
Rlieumallain. Meuraisia.
Paiuui tua Side and Back
Acba. tber are certaia
aud apetdr rur.
PAINS.
Sold by bruitiiitts for V
oanta. er Ore for SI.
Milled on receipt of
price br wraith, ieollt-
PWTtM
- - "".., uvatrai
Aienta. oloa.
CONSUMPTION.
1 hare a poaltlve remedy fur the abore disease ;br lie
eae thonaendeoreeaaaol the worat kind and of long
standing hare been cui ad. Indeed, kostrniig m mr fsliu
la Its emceer, thai I w 1:1 sendTWO Kom.ES rKKK,
together wlthaTAl.UADl.KTaKATIbKoe tats disease
to aiif eufferer. tileeeipress and P. . addr. as. ,
1H.T. A. bLUCc'U.mr.urlSL., hear Tors.
Dyspepsia Sufferers
rihoulT try Nrgjiipy.ul, the stirfl cure (or I)tHejHi,
riloinwh limn-,ir. sut'h sa Hoiirntiw of Jlreittb.
Water llntali, (tastrttia, Hi-aiiax-he, Flatulency, elc,
sriHinir lroiu iliHHiiiation or other cauno. :ae iSpi.
ne.al liniiii-diute relief; vreiwrcit lessaul to tbo
lufite. Sent oosltiaiil on rer'itit of -Jarontn.
B.OI. I. O.. iil Ilrrkman Nt., N. Y.
ALL IMPERFECTIONS. "
of me Face, llsnds at Feet, hi.nar lluns
Hair. Molea, Warta, Fracklna, Moth Kd
Kuee, Acne, lll'k Hearts, hears, Pittin'ganit
treatment. Dr. John Woodbury. 3T
N. larl Ml., Allmay, IS. V. iCaUb
lislied l;u. bond luo. for Book.
I Oi llavauat igar ().... 67 Bruad
onlirWyMe .. way, Ny. ASK FOK IT.
THE OPIUM-HABIT
K.twllVYtTKMi. AUVICK FlfKF.
DrJ.C. HOFFMAN. Jefferson, Wis.
BR U CE LI NE I
Chant HTitjr tit. it u iu naiumt color. lUouiuiuuDdei
by loadinu puytnuun- mid 'lit)iuiia. Baud fur mruular
ami isnitiiiHinialit. Hru-f, (1.
U. HUH. 244 SUiti Avr.t Nw York.
RACC00X SKUNK, MUSKUAT,
beaver, (Jixjmmiiii, Mini., bmiulu lor (ih ut liiKlit
l'l-it-stf.. ht-uil tw rin iiUC ftlinii mvt'H lull leiu'ta-ti.
far. K. . HOI . M . ON, 4 I bond (St., N.-w Vurk.
Dlair's
Great English Gout and
at Rhfliniatfo Rnmarlu
" t& .w t uuiiii. Vim
HO IK KFAI'TIFri.. -Mr. T. i. FAKNHAmT
in l.-t Mill ht.. New York. Cha-e! ilue iu
New York lor lie. oiulive Arl MuteriuU. S holi-Kale di
retail, hinii.il'. lot i-alalotiue. Fleune mention pair.
HI
! I
TEURSTON'SKTOOTH POWDER
Hrrplnal Tvelb rrrle. i ami l.uma Healthy.
flMIK WOltl.l.'S YOM)KI(Nl.id Official
I m IA l...'v r Jr lifiu.,. (.noiU new book m.1
a.'le a. Aijy. ,Wtow ur rem. to Aymtu. Write quick
lur rui '". lllMoru nl Piib. t o., Finis. , Fa.
CARDSA?ra
KirvcuiDebllltyavasVJ
Pownr.hfrncitT,
To permit yoursolf Mil family to
Slfrl', ,
With slrktiwus whan it can b rrntiJ
atvl ruml so rstllf
With Hup llltlem !!!
Italne Tirlnrrl a Rrfnt deal of
"TrMir.ltl',frtm Indigestion, no niurn
that I enmeiiMir liming my
life!
Mv troulila fil ways came after eating my
food
HownveT lipht
And ilit"stilile,
For two or tlirm htiurg at a time I had to
go through miwt
I'.xiTiii tfttinK pains,
"Ami thf only way I ever got"
"Kolinfr
Was liv throwlnff up all my stomach con-
tninp.1. o one can conceive the pain that
1 hml to go throne;)!, until
"AtlllHtf"
I whs taken! "Bo that for three weeks I
Iny In Iml anl
( oiilil rut untiling!
Mv kullorlngs were so thftt I calleil two
doctors to give nie soinelliing that would
stop the pain; their
r.iioru were no gootl to me.
At last 1 heard a go! deal
"About your Hop Hitters!
Ami determined to try them."
(Jot a ImiUIo in four hour took the con
tents of
One!
Next day 1 was out of lied, and have not
neon a
"Sick!"
Hour, from the same cause since.
I have reiimitiicinled it to hundred of oth
ers. You hnve no such
"Atlvoi nte as I am." George Kendall, Al
ititon, llofton, Mass.
I'olumlius .Iffi-m ofe, Toxns, April 21, S3.
Dear Kditor: I have tried your Hop Bitters,
end find they are good (or any complaint.
Tho best medicine I ever used in my fam
ily. II. TALKmr.it.
t3TNone genuine without a bunch of
greon hops, on the white litliel. Shun all the
vile, poisonous stuff with "Hop" or "Hop"
in their name.
N Y NO-I.
A Skin of Beauty I a Joy Forvr.
DR. T. FELIX GOURATID'S
ORIENTAL CREAM, 03 MAGICAL EEAUTIFIEH
Romornt Taa,
fimulM. Fro.
kim. Mot a.
fiuhM, Kaa
an! haia 4i
asm. aat
ry bim ih m
bautr, and
fim ds.tMt.OB.
U b to4
tha ImI of M
fi, and it
o banttlnM w
U.tfl it to tx
aura tha pra
ri(.AB M
tiruprlr nada.
iiitpt a
eoaatarfoit ol
(mllar aataa.
auisihad Dr. L,
A. harr uJ to a laly ol tho tow! la fa ttattont): A
yM lodiM will us Mam, I rtromm n4 tioruTt Oaao.'
a. tK 14MMI Aom m I m f all U Mi prtprm'tmm, Uu4
Itottla will laat ail mootha. m it ry dar. Ataa
Ptiutlra Nubtila rtmoTM auuvrttu Hia hair without lav
jiT toth aim. Mni, U. H. T. OOURAUL. Hala
.r-p., 4A H..ad rtt.. N.T. Foraaloht all Umaf iU aai
fan -f UuKla Ialara thrujbotit Uia l. H., Canadaa
ami Ruropa. aTHowaro of baaa imtatioaa. tl.UUOKa.
ward for arraai aud proof of any 010 aallim tha aaaaa.
Paynts' Automatic Engines and Saw-HKk
-I'll I VAOPH
Wi affT aa Bio to 11. P. iniKintfid Fnioa with Mill
IA-ib. aohd haw, M ft. aHia. aant-Ho'ka, rtc .wiplia
for auttr.tton, oa ara. $i.lO. Kncma oa a.M. t1
Imum. 8rnd for oirouUr (B. II. V. PAINK St
ISONH, Maoufacturtra of all atyUa Autainatlct t'-
Sliif a, from t to H . r. : alau 1'uIIa. ilaMcara a4
'VIBRATIIHU TrXKPHONE.
Cla apt a id aiitUrwa. Maaioo
bitanl 11)11 fr pf iMtld ' M
and t-sf safrfef lo WHk Ult-ejlf mm
ralumlad. Cattiu(-i4d oa aw a ad
itttiric finx.ifta.i wotk.1 Mttrvlf tf
Tlhfaittoa. Itioi iht mohU' (
uiiMtutho l 1 1 ifltaatia will l ur
uutiisTTit ft iDnaulatsi ttrivavist list. If il
AalLtB Ki tlMiK Itlrpfcso a-aU.
and wart-aatad to at ttirrumt
fnty rtmmttf AOIR1I caa
wiaka Isamaaaa praAu and gt all tha
wra thy 4n. Hm ptawiuoa aii-a-naaca
raoutiad. Waara I aav a aaami
Talaphoaaa aiajr ba ardart 4 dirr-t tot arl t ma aaa. Clrcalar
wca. H. T. JOH-fafoM,
10a t. DiTiaion at., Buffalo, Jf. T
How To Bui!
MODEM
LOW-COST
HOUSES.
JuatpabUahad. A largo book, an vim
plana, Tiewa, doaortpttoaa and r
ataia t of aU modara koea. tuii
ap to 4,6110, for ail ollmataa.
aoaapLataabook ol tbiatHaduanailf
uri rjucHuifieT owtM.
aant poat paid. Addreoa.
HUILUInii AM4MMA riftM.
Stiaiuaaaak.MoA 17 id.) J1. T.
Tha Strowbrldrt
ro a dealt Eecaeri
wa All fitlD and rraa
Bwrrta. iltwr, aan,
aad t-waiBteu'cul (wiint
a 1 a. Vttly warr. !!.
afatawaaifaiaail thla
popultur oiachia.
ailraa a (! Io fat
fori Htroa actios wnirswi
bava aa aaanla.awatl for
aalalegna Dtl ilt.t to . "
THK KtM 1HTON A W PprLL OOMPaMT.
Ml A fiaar bTRiaT, aUaouaa.it,, g, 1 , aj, T.
Lriar Atratita aaa flCTXand
uw ob vm,lt aud tira If yuw
t. a. bUAnuahu J
$60.5 TOH
WAGON SCALES.
Bara Bus. Tara tU-mun. Fraiaai
VaVill k PnM I i.e ft. a.
addxa. JC1IE3 Of 8 IVOHAMTJf.
uintiaAKlun,!,, V.
We will send you I'HIiK (INK COPY of the
HEARTHSTONE,"
FARM AND
ATION.
If you wlab KsnaloysBrnMi.trllmttnt aauinlM ajd Lai..
erdera f..r ,,s,rr and I'Kh Mll MS w. lll aubnli e
ftrepo.lllon for bu.lnr.. by wttlca yea eaa seeka
910,920, and $30 a week
aheald tnjoy for una aanutb, l Irut, tha hauda.. ai.
adiicd, illuitraiod journal In tha U.K. Una yf itb
aur aoiupliuitmu, plari jou uodar no obltailwia. AJdrtaa
W.N.Tbompioia r..PHl)i.. 404 Arch 11., rttrU, Pa,
WB WANT 1003 ROOK AIVT
aaTthanawbookTNll. 1 i-'lUKKK VKAKM AtNti
10Un WILD I.1DIAUS
Bt lien. DOIjQE m. lii-i. KilFliii 1 v
book OUU Jmlnnst'd h I'r. t Irtlo.r flJ..
'1 ba faUtOwt
atiaridaB, aad Uuunda oi fcininnt Judirra. Un
1 a Urut, rla
Aiiiora ate u " The litst and llluttrated
lAtL i'eT 'Y uhrtL " uk"JI likfl wl'lr. and .rrt
Solyl Mmt niaka It the b.-mva bouk fo
ylaendfwniviiUra. Hpfrlmen Plato, sVxUn Tarma. vfi
a. aVTe Tw VMK A Ul.tli A U IV mS
rUM iiitrudiirv and -vil tiio iin.il tho ucil-knt-wi
1 velt-brntfri Ciifaiaot tha NKW VuKK A I1AV
ClOAK IJOMPANV. Lil.rl arraiinomuuia. h
or t. om M lahlt'N putd to ihtt right ihuu. 1-oT tu
parliculuiB and tt-ruia a1(lr"N. il um.
i lit' New lurk iV llaviiua t'lgnr Co.J
R. U. AW ARC
THAT
Lorillard's Climax Pli
tiearlno; a rtd tin tau ; iiiui LorlllaT ,1'a
Nuyr llppliiKS. m.a tlml U.rillii'rd's Saullaj'.iw
-" wov e..u uuoiiik.1, quuiliy cuu&mereu
GIVEfl AWAY.
-:a Hrrs,
sKiiiliifur v
ATLANTIC TEA CO., Fitchburg, Maj
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