SELFCT SITTINGS.
A Frenchman has found that by placing
few drops of clyw'110 ttn(l vatcr into
ths corners of the eyes of dead persons
their lifelike nppenrnnce is restored.
The inhabitants of Morocro, as well as
others along the North of Africa. blacken
themselves around the eyes to avert
ophthalmia from tho filaro of the hot
sand.
Wh:it will be tho largest bronze raso
ever made in Japan has been commenced
at Osaka. It will bo thirteen feet high
end over three feet in diameter at the
mouth.
The earliest of monumental painting
in Komo relates to the decoration of the
temples of Ceres, Liber and Libera by
the tJrei k artists of lower Italy, Gorgasos
and Pamophilns, in 403 H. C.
Southey record in his "Commonplace
Hook'' that a physician who has seen
more thau 40,000 cases of smallpox said
lie had never met with the diseise in a
person with red or light flaxen hair.
The luxury of strawberries and cream
was not always known to tho world. As
an interesting fact of tho season it may
bo mentioned that in 150!) Cardinal
AVolsey first combined strawberries with
cream, in au exalted moment of supreme
inspiration.
Tho bull rinrjr was not put down in
England bv act of Parliament until 183.T
In that year peoplo were forbidden to
keen anv house, pit or other placo for
baiting or fighting any bull, bear, dog
or other animal, i This did away with a
practice that had existed for seven cen
turies.
Tho late King of Bavaria's favori'o
beverage was a mixture of white wine
and champagne, prepared in a bowl with
a thick layer of fresh, strong-scented
violets floating on the top. The violets
gave a delicious pci fumed flavor to the
mixture, much to the Jmgs taste, as
Ludwig was so fond of scents that the
air around him was generally redolent of
perfume. This fancj cost him quite 10
daily. . v ,y ,.
A phi'Gfst writes that ale as a name
for mah iu im probably first intro
duced im-j England by the Danes, ns the
name ol is still the name for malt liquor
among the Sandinavian nations. The
Anglo-Saxons used the word beer until the
irruption of the Danes, but the word was
gradually disused, and the name ale was
genoral until the introduction of hops
from Germany in the reign of Henry VIII.
With tho hops came again into use the
Gtrman or Saxon word bier or beer,
which was at first applied only to the
hopped liquor to distinguish it from ale
that which was hopped.
Adipose Tissue.
Fatness, or stoutness, is still loosely
mentioned as evidence of health, al
though everybody acquainted with the
laws of hygiene knows that it is, nothing
of the kind. "You're getting fat." is a
common form of greeting intended to be
complimentary ; but if it be true, it is
seldom so regarded. v Stout persons, par
ticularly women, are very sensitive on the
point, and would be glad to forget it, not
to be continually reminded of it. Tney
are but too well awaro of, the inconven
ience, awkwardness and discomfort of
the condition to be pleased by 8 ay refer
ence thereto. --Not only this, any ex
cess of fle.'h is a sign of disease, if not
disease itself. Itia altogether preferable,
on every account, to be thin rather than
fat, to have too little rather than too
much avoirdupois. Stoutness, although
not so called, is unquestionably a mis
fortune. Everybody that is stout wishes
to be otherwise, and many that are stout
are trying various ways to reduce them
selves. A man of ordinary height and build
who weighs 200 pounds generally weighs
more than hi ought to, and is made con
scious of it in divers ways. There are
exceptions; but such is the rule. One of
the extraordinary exceptions, as reported,
was the noted Daniel Lambert. In youth
he was very strong, excellent in athletic
exercises, and gave no indications of cor
pulence. But, before twenty, ho began
to increase rapidly in size, which he
ascribed to sedentary habits as keeper of
the prison in Leicester. At twenty-three,
when he weighed 418 pounds, he walked
from AVoolwieh to London with little
fatigue. lie excited fo much curiosity
that he decided to exhibit itself, and he
drew crowds in the chief cities of Eng
land. He was five feet eleven inches
high, measured nine feet four inches
about the body, more than three feet
around the leg, and weighed at his death,
which oeeurnd at thirty-nine, 740
pounds. No doubt his immense bulk
was due to some organic disease, which
an autopsy would have disclosed. Pathol
ogy was not nearly so well understood
seventy years ago as it is now. It is pre
posterous to suppose that any man of so
extraordinary accumulation of rlesh could
have been in good health. If a very
stout man were healthy, the fact of his
(.toutness would, after a while, bo very
likely to cause some physical disorder.
Neu York Commercial.
A Chinese Superstition.
I saw a Chinaman burning paper in his
doorway recently when I chanced to be
passing his house late at night, in a back
street in llrooklyn, and I had the curios
ity the nevt day to ak an explanation
from an intelligent Chiibtiuuied .Mon
golian. Ho wiid that devout Celestials,
particularly thoie who have just urrived
frum China, always burn paper in each
doorway of the house before retiring at
night. They believe that the progeni
tors of the present Chinese dynasty were
dissatislitd with the Chinese customs
whicii grew up at tho close of their dy
nasty, of permitting aliens to enter tho
Flowery l'in;:lon, and attribute tho
success of tlv) Turtaitf to that custom.
To mark their displeasure they placed in
the sky a star of death-dealing influence,
which, if it should shine into their doors
or upon the Moors ten nights in succes
sion, would cau.-e the death of all who
inhabit the house. Led, which to the
Chinese mind typifies all that is good
anil righteous, is the antidote; hence the
red curtains hung before every Chinese
house mid laundry. Fire, which pro
duces a red liuht, expels tho demons,
hence tho custom of burning paper in
doorways. Aeto Yurk JVcwa.
The piles of old London bridge, put
down in llm year LOO, are still sound, the
water ami the blue mud of tho ThuineJ
Laving preserved them.
FOR VICTIMS OF ALCOHOL.
TUB METHODS USED ITU A PRIVATE
HOSPITAL FOB WOMEH.
Drunkennens Classified an ft Plscoae
How Patients aro Treated A
Striking Peculiarity.
"The patients here are all women,"
said the manager of a quiet, unobtrusive
private hospital In tho noighhornoou ol
Central Pork. Fromthe outside of the
building nothing could bo seen to indi
cate the character of the occupants, and
it could easily have been taken lor the
homo of a business man of means.
What aro tho special foalurcs of the
institution?" continued the manager.
"There is only ono disease treated here,
and that is drunkenness. Drunkenness
a disease? I'ndoubtcdly, tho same as
any other disordered condition of tho
body. Aicohol is a poison and people
who take it habitually suffer from chronic
poisoning just as tho man does who
works in a white lead factory for any
length of time. The patients are all
wealthy here, and, confidentially, this
place is nothing more than a high-toned
inebriate asylum. It would never do to
call it bo as it would ruin the business
entirely. It is a peculiar thing about
many of our patients, that is, those who
come willingly, that if there were any
thing said about this being a retreat for
drunkards they would never come here.
They are sensitive on this point, although
they know what is tho difficulty with
them. The hospital is always full, and
in fact, patients have to be turned away
every day, and I understand that places
similar to this have been started further
downtown, to tike care of the increase
in the business. I cau't say that drunk
enness among wealthy women is on the
increase, but there is no doubt that the
number of peoplo seeking treatment is
larger than it was a year ago. Some of
the cases are bad, and .women who have
formed the habit of taking morphine to
quiet the nervous condition induced by
alcohol are the worst. Some are brought
here in the wildest paroxysms of delirium
tremens, after the treatment of the fam
ily physician has ceased to be of benefit."
"Are the patients cured? That is hard
to tell. The object of the treatment is
to break the habit. Patients have been
sent homo seemingly strong and all
right, who after a time come back worse
than ever. Lut little medicine is given
in tho plan of treatment, and no substi
tute for the alcohol. Medicine to take
away the appetite for alcohol is nonsense,
for by giviug something for this purpose
another habit will usually be formed
equally as bad. hatever tends to
strengthen tho body is used, and no
patient is safe to discharge until the in
flammation of tho stomach caused by
alcohol has been removed. Fresh air,
baths, exercise, light food and agreeable
mental occupation do the work if a cure
is possible. There is a class of patients
who do not want to stop drinking. They
spend a few weeks with us, get patched
up somewhat and go back to their ex
cesses with the vigor of youthful indul
gence. All the patients are benefited
by treatment, unless there is too great
an organic derangement of the kidneys
and liver. I know of some absolute
cures but they are but a comparatively
small percentage of those treated. Tho
ttoublo is that when thev leave here, as
soon as there is a reaction, however
slight, from the cessation of tonic, they
feel depressed and take a little stimulant
to drive away tho dullness and counteract
the low vitality. AY hen this is done
once, it is only a question of time when
stimulants are taken in large quantities
for every little ailment. This sets up an
inflammation which is the cause of the
craving for alcohol, and the habit is
formed. I have had patients under my
charge whose relatives would willingly
pay any amount of money to have the
habit broken. it is not a question
of money at all. Millions could not
cure a person who did not have a stronger
desire to stop drinking than to dunk.
This is the real secret of a radical cure.
"The patients cannot as a rule be
trusted. The will lie about their con
dition, make themselves appear to be
well and strong, only that tho restraint
they are under may be relaxed, so- that
they may have a chance to get something
to drink. Even when they are brought
here physical wrecks, trembling with
shattered nerves, wild eves and wander
ing minds, thev will declare that thev
have not drauk in months, and ftaiin that
they re being persecuted by theirfamilies
or friends. There are many sad cases
where the habit of driuking has been
formed innocently and perhaps under
tho advice of a physician. Then there
will usually bo a a honest effort to break
away from the grip that is tighter than
a band of iron, and the mental torture
induced by the effort to keen straight
and the lack of confidence in the ability
to do so is something horrible at times,
and can only be appreciated by those
who have seen cases frequently or under
gone the agony themselves.
"There is one strikiucr peculiarity
about alcoholic patients. Thev will
agree with every statement made con
cerning the injurious effects of alcohol.
and will acknowledge that drunkenness
is the worst habit that could bo formed.
They will deliver temperance lectures to
eacn oinep Dy tho hour, ana weep Ireely
as iney recount their misery and suffer
ings. Owe the most earnest protestor
among them a chance to get a bottle of
wnisKy, anu she will seize it eagerly
Tiie tuought of whisky starts the ma
chinery of desire going so strongly that
uuimug tuu resist u, unu usuauy, until
a patient s stomach is healed, she will
drink whisky, if she'ean get it, until in-
scusiouiiy is prouueea." Jew York Tri
bune,
A Hume Salmon.
Colin Woods hooked a salmon in the
North Esk, Scotland. It was a large
and obstinate fish. After Mr. Wood
had played with it for ten and a-half
hours he gave out, but the fish was as
game as ever. Mr. Woods' friend, An
mew isrower, took the rod, ami it was
thought that tho fish must yield surely
but at the eud of nine hours more the sal
monmadea vigorous run, and the hook
came out of his mouth with a piece o
rue nsu attached. Mr. Woods think
the lish weighed sixty pounds.
It is SJid that the colored people of the
United States maintain more secret and
benevolent societies than any other peo
ple on the face of the earth.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL
It is said that buttermilk mixed with
fine sand and applied to new woodwork
outside, will stand for many years, and
give a good imitation of stone and with
it absolute preservation of timber.
In many parts of the country there are
unusual complaints of destructiveness by
insects, but in the city of New York it is
remarked that tho trees throughout are
this year remarkably free from insect vis
itations, with a green and glorious foli
age in consequence.
Among tho usrs to which porpoiso
leather is being advantageously applied
is that of shoo "leather, tho rescmblanco
to French kid being, very marked. It
has a long, tenncious ;librc, and as it will
not crack or tear is very durable and
waterproof, and makes an excellent
leather.
M. Ilcllrieccl hns ascertained by a
series of experiments that rye and win
ter wheat germinate at 82 degrees of
heat, barley and oats at .15 degrees, In
dian corn at 48 degrees, turnip at a'i de
grees, flax at 35 degrees, tho pea and
lover at 0 decrees, Uean ana lupin at
U8 degrees, asparagus at i!5 degrees, car
rot at 38 degrees, and the bean at 40 de
crees. A French ceolocrist lately called the
attention of tho Paris Geological Society
to tho effect gravitation has in heaping
up sea water about tho land. Tho con
tinents are thus all situated at the tops
of hills of water; and in crossing the
Atlantic ships have first to go down hill,
then cross a valley, and finally to climb
another hill. Tho calculation hns been
made that in mid-ocean the surface may
be more than half a mile below the level
it would have if the continents exerted
no attraction.
"While malaria has its ordinary habitat
n low-lying regions,' it may under favor
able conditions-exist at great elovations.
On tho Tuscan 'Appenincs it is found at
a height of 1,100 fest above tho sea; on
tho Pyrenees and Mexican Cordilleras,
5.000 feet; on tho Himalayas, ii,4UU leet;
cn the island of Ceylon, 0,500 feet; and
on tho Andes, 11,000 feet. At present,
tho elevation of entire security; has been
thus approximated for various place: In
Italv, 400 'tp. 500 feet; in California,
lT0w fcetinlong tho Appalachian chain
of the United Mates, HOC) feet; in the
"West Indies, 1,400 to 1,00 feet. In any
of theset regions, however, malaria ma)
drift up ravines to an indefinite height.
A curious application of tho magnet ii
describe in a Frencli journal, tho sub
ject being a clock recently patented in
France. in appearance the ciock con
sists of a tambourine, on the parchment
head of which is painted n circlo ol
flowers corresponding to tho hour sign!
of ordinary dials. On examination, two
bees, one large ana the other small, ar
discovered crawling among tho flowers.
The small bee runs rapidly from one to th
other, completing the circle in an hour;
while tho large ono takes twelve hours tc
finish the circuit, lhe parchment mem
brane is unbroken, and tho bees aro sim
ply laid upon it; but two magnets con
nected with the clock work inside th
tambourine, move just under tho mem
brane, and tho insects, which are of iron,
follow them.
Uncle Sam Has Got the Tin.
The arrival of a shipment of tin or
from tho Black Hills of Dakota at Chi
caso is an important event in the mining
Annuls of he country. Precisely this
commodity has been hitherto lacking to
round out jho category ol useful metals
that are yielded -by tho mines of the
United btates. '1 hew-, value ot tin
a factor in our manufacturing
operations has been constantly growing.
Its use in various new industries -nota
bly that of the food-canning description
hns mado it indispensable, while the
cost of this metal has increased pari
passu with tho demand. Last year alone
not less than !iJU,uuu,ouu was paia out,
mainly to Great Britain, for the sheet tin
which is largely consumed in the canning
factories of this country. Tho discov
ery, therefore.of large deposits of tin ore,
of excellent quality,, iu Dakota, and also
in Montana, is a fact of wide-reaching
consequences to the general welfare.
The tin deposits of Dakota, from which
the first fruits have now been placed on
tho market, are reported to cover au area
of more than 7,000 square miles. They
are situated at Harney's Peak, and the
oro is louna within a belt varying in
width from two to four miles. The ore
crops out, it is said, in veins from ten to
200 feet wide, and is very easily mined.
The geological features of tho region nro
not dissimilar to those of Cornwall,
England and other well-known tin pro
ducing localities. Newark (JV. J.) Ad
vert iter.
Didn't Hare a Fair Chance.
If bo'd bad a fair chance and a fair oppor
tunity he suitl hu d have startled the en
tire community ; and the great name of
John Alexander MeCrary would have
echoed o'er valley and hillside and
prairie, and from Timbuctoo to old Tip
perary his name would flaunt wide on
the banners of fame'
If be hadn't been rubbed out by fate's merci
less friction, he'd have shown 'em a man
like they read of iu fiction, a man of un
questioned superb intuition, an Amalek
giaut of great erudition, and fitted to till
any earthly position and startle man
kind with the noise of his name.
If he hadn't been so cornered by bad circum
stances he'd have shown 'em a man like
they see in romance; for the bulwarks of
fate c ould never resist him, for the muses
bad bent o'er his cradle and kissed him,
and genius exuded like sap form his sys
tem, like the dew of the night in a tropi
cal clime.
For he felt lutent forces within him propel
ling, and geysers of power forever tin
swelling, he d s-'ilts, like the purse of old
Kortunatus, and his soul was possessed
by a lurid alllatus, and an engine of
thought was his brain apparatus which
could thunder and pulf through the de
pots of time.
Ah, to many like him 'tis a great consolation
for the hard knocks of lite a serene coiu
jwusutioii, to brag of supreme and super
nal transactions tht-y would have per
form hud not fata's exactions held tfiem
bark from these hypothetical u -tious to
whose lotty level they surely could grow:
For had they come into the world unencum
bered their acts hud Lkmju grand, and
uuiiue and unnumbered; tney d nave
blurt lo:l the gloom iu the Temple ot
C'loi y, und built up a name to f row ttu.
eieut and hoary; on the beud-roli of fame
they'd have written tuir story and run
the whole earth if they'd had a fair
show.
Lynn Union.
How to Tell a (J ood Melon.
A irood water-melon mnv b known-
by pressing tho thumb on the rind near
tho center. If the melon yields a little -to
the pressure and the indent made by
that pressuro disappears after it is re-
movut the melon is ripe and healthy. If
no indent can bo msdo tho fruit is not.
ripo; if the indent is easily made and:
remains alter the thumb is lifted fronn
tho melon it is over-ripe and unfit to be
cnten. AVhen tho water-melon is thor
oughly ripe and of good quality the in- '
terior of tho rind should bo greenish
while and tho meat reddish pink in color.
The rind of a water-melon generally be
comes hard Riid the pulp brittle. If left
in tho vino until propeily matured tho.
part in ci utait with tho ground will be
changed from a white to a pale yellow,
nnd upon closo examinntion numerous,
(mall pimple somewhat liko tho measles
will be not'eed on tho surface, particu
larly on the outer edge. 'With these,
i-igiis , if the melon bo gently pressed and
it cracks inside, it may bo regarded a
ripe. The top side of n ripe water-melon,
is of n dull, lifeless brown color.
A good musk-melon is known by its
color and odor. The rind is Generally
divided into nine ridge. Tne ridges,
are rough, but tho spaces separating;
them are narrow strips of smooth skin,
Whin the melon is ripe tho rough skin
is of a brownish-grey color and smooth
skin of a greenish yellow. If tho smooth,
skin pcparnting tho rough ridges is
green the fruit is not ripe. If the melon,
is yellow all over, or nearly so, it is over
ride ar.d in a stato of decomposition.
The quality of the musk-melon is known
by its odor. It should be smcllod at the
end opposite the one to which it was at
tached to the stalk "the far end'1 fruit
erers call it. The quality of the melon
will depend upon the strength of its
odor. If there is no odor, the melon is.
coarse nnd only fit for cattle. If it has
a sweet unell, the fruit is good. The
stronger tho musk odor, the better and
finer the fruit. The meat of a musk
melon when it is of fine quality is of a
rich mellow, yellow color; in some varie
ties it has a greenish tinge, in others it
approaches orange. Airis York JS'eie.
A Pretty Tough Snake Yarn.
A recent communication from Louis
ville, Ky., says: I'nclo Ephraim Smith
was a veiy important personago in the
motley audience present at the unloading
of a car of "rnt:lcsnako'' melons from
Georgia at tho ('., O. nnd S. W. freight
station, at Twelfth nnd Rowan streets,
yesterday afternoon. As the beautiful
eucurbituccous fruit was tossed fnom
hnnd to hand, I nclo Ephraim's mouth
watered. Finally a huge melon waa
tnur.d with a small hole in one e dL
Uncle Eph hnd-managed to get into the
good gri.ee of tho Italian receiving
clerk by sundry learned remarks on
melon culture, and the fine prospects for
the market, and the melon was accoml
inply handed over to Eph in exchange
for five cents which ho nnd managed to
borrow. Last night a select number of
guests assembled at Eph's residence, nt
Fourteenth nnd Congress alley, and lifter
duo preliminaries the old man's ior
crushed through tho luscious fruit., and
as it opened n huge diamond-backed rat
tlesnake reared its head from the "heart
of the melon and prepared to strike. As
it coiled for a leap Uncle Eph disap
peared under the table and the rest beat
a hasty retreat. A philosophic member
of tho company, aware of the fact that a
"rattler" can only strike one-third ita
length, finally persuaded two of the men
to return with him, and the reptile was
killed. It was live feet two inches in
length and about tho thickness of a man's
wrist. The snake is of the venomous
kind known as the diamond back, and is
found c.nly in the swamps of Georgia
and the palmettos of Southern Florida.
Uncle Eph takes pleasure in exhibiting
the body of tho reptile.
Care of the Eyes.
Keep a shade on your lamp or gas
burner.
Avoid all sudden changes between
light and darkness.
Never begin to read, write or sew for
for several minutes after coming from
darkness to 4 bright light.
ever read by twilight, moonlight, or
on cloudy days.
Never, read or sew directly in front of
the light, window or door.
It is lest to let tho light fall from
above, obliqutly, over tho left shoulder.
Never sleep so that, on first awakening,
the eyes shall open ou tho light of a win
dow. Do not use the eyesight by light so
scant that it requires an effort to discrim
inate. The moment you are instinctively
prompted to rub your eyes, that moment
stop using them.
If the eyelids are glued together on
waking up, do not forcibly open them,
but apply saliva with the finger it is
the speediest dilutaut in the world; then
wash your eyes nnd face in warm water.
One anions the many eminent church digni
taries who have given their public endorse
ment the wonderful eftleacy of til. Jacobs Oil,
in case of rheumatism and other painful ail
ments, is the Kltfht Kev. Bishop Gilmour.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' photographs aro
everywhere to he seen in ixnidon shop win
dows, and tlie people are still talking of him
a the lion of the ear, as treat a success iu
Knglaud as Diekf na was in America.
The only cough mixture before the people
that contains no opiates or narcotics is Hed
Star Cough Cure. Price, twenty-dye cents.
Some Chinese miners recently found a nug
get of gold in Sierra county, California, Unit
weighed 1M ounces. They sold it for $:W,Uiju.
'J'liis is the third in size of the largest nuggets
found in the world.
t!iumeboily'a Child,
Sombbody's child Is dying dying with the
flush of hone on his young face, and somebody's
mother thiiikiiiK of the liu.e when that dear
face will be hidden where no ray of hope can
brighten It bemuse there was no cure for
consumption, header, if the child be your
neighbor's take this comforting word to the
mot her's heart before it is Ikj Tate. Tell her
thai consumption is curable; that men are
livintf to-dav whom the tihvsiciatm iimnnnnr-.Hrl
i 111 11 1 able, because one lung had been almost
destroyed by the disease. IJr. 1'ierce's "(iohl.
en .Medical Discovery" has cured hundreds;
surpasses cod liver oil, nypipliophits, and
other medicines in curing this disease, bold
by druggisiH.
Thehi are now upward of 40u,uuu registered
American patents.
lleaulilul Wouieu
remade pallid and unattractive by functional
li'i'ek'ulaiit ies, which. Dr. fierco's "Favorite
1'rescriptiou" will infallibly euro. Thousands
of testimonials ilv druggists.
It Is seventeen years since the first railroad
across the tout Inent was c lupleted.
llalil nem u 1 1 iTduiidrulT cau be prevented by
nslng Hall's Hair Kenewer.
Quinine relieves only temporarily in fever
and ague. Ayei-'s Ague Cure cures permanently
"What Krery On Phoald Knew."
Among the ISO kinds of Cloth Bound Dollar
Volumes glren away by the Rochester (N. Y.)
American Rural Home for every $1 subscription
to that great 8-page, 4S-col., 16-year-old weekly,
(all 5i7 inches, from 300 to 900 pages, bound In
cloth) are:
Law Without Law
yen, Family Cyolopedla.
Farm Oyolopedta.
Farmers and Stock
breeders' Guide.
Common Sense in
Poultry Yard.
World Cyclopedia.
What any on should
know.
Dan elson's (Medical
Counselor.
IVya'l7seful Pastimes.
Five Years Befora the
Hast,
People's History of
United Htatcs.
Universal History of
all Nations.
Popular His. of Civil
War (both side).
Any on book and paper one year, postpaid
$1.14 only 1 Satisfaction guaranteed. Refer
ence: Hon. O. R Parsons, Mayor Rochester.
Sample So. Rural Hons Co., Ltd, Rochester,
N. Y.
TnRna are about 8,000 registered cattle brands
In Montana.
Dr. PUrre's "Pellet" the original "Little
Llvsr Pills" (atigar-roated) cure sick and bil
ious headache, sonr stomach and bilious at
tacks, iiy druggists.
StNCa 1790 Pennsylvania has had slxteea
Governors, elghtof whom were Hermans.
We Appeal te Experience.
For a long; time we steadily refused to pub
lish testimonials, believing that, in the opinion
of the publio generally, the great majority
were manufactured to order by unprincipled
par tic as a means ot disposing of their worth
leas preparations.
That this view of the case Is to a certain ex
tent true, there can be no doubt.
At last, several years ago, we came to the
conclusion that every intelligent person can
readily discriminate between spurious and
.bona fide testimonials, and determined to use
as advertisements a few of the many hundreds
of unsolicited certificates in our posses
sion. In doing this -we published them asnearly as
possible iu the wxact language used by our cor
respondents, only changing the phraseology,
in some cases, so as to compress them into a
smaller spare than they would otherwise-occupy,
but wit ho at in tho least exagc ratlngor de
stroying the meaning of the writers.
Weareglal to say that our final conclusion
was acorret one that a letter recommending
an article fiavliig true merit tluds favor witn
the people.
The orlg (nal of every testimonial published
by us la on ttle in our office, an Inspection of
which wi'fl prove ro the most skeptical that
our asner'flon made above, that only the facts
are giver, as they appear therein, is true.
Hut as It would be very Inconvenient, if not
Impossible, for all of our friends to call on us
for that purpose, we invite those who doubt
(it there be such), to correspond with any of
the par ties whose names are sinned to our tes
timonials, and ask them if we have made any
niisst itemnnts, so far as their knowledge exe
tends. In this article. In other words, if w
nave not published their letters as nearly ver
bati ai as possible.
Very respectfully,
K. T. HAZELTINE,
froprietor Plso's Cure for ('onsumpt ion
and 1'iao's Remedy for Catarrh.
We append a recent letter, which came to
is entirely unsolicited, with permission to
publish It:
DAVTOM, Ohio, Jan. 12, Issfl.
You may add my testimony as to the merits
of Piso's Cure for Consumption. 1 took a
Revere cold last February, w hich sett led oil my
lungs. They became ulcerated and Were so
painful that I had no rest for two days and
night. I got a bottle of Piso's Cure for Con
sumption, and was relieved by the time 1 had
taken half or it. Since that time I have kept
Piso's Cure in the home, and use it as a pre
ventive, both for lung troubles and crouii, lor
which I can recommend It as the bei-t medicine
lever used: and that is saying a great deal,
for I have used at least twenty others, bcslde-i
about as many physicians' prescriptions.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has never failed
to give relief in my family.
A. J. GRUBR.
H Springfield St.
The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oil
In the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
livers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely pure
and sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others. Physicians have de
cided it superior to any of the other oils in
market. Made by Caswell, Hazard tt Co., New
York.
Chappro hands, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell, Hazard Ac Co.. New York.
If you have Cutting, Scalding or Stinging
sensations in tne parts wlien vulillng urine-Swamp-Root
will quickly relieve and cure.
Men look slovenly with run-over heels. Ly.
on's Heel Stiffeners keep boots straight. Zx-
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
01 t iso s (jure ror consumption.
The Conflict
Between disease and health l.nften brief and fatal.
It Is batter to be provided with cheap aad simple
remedies, for suchoommon disorders as ooughM-olili,
ete than to run ths risk ot contracUnir a fatal dls
rate through neglect. Da. '. Hall's Biumlii
sure and safe remedy for alldUeaaraof thelunioiand
chest. If taken In season It Is certain to euro, and
may save you from that terrible disease, Consump
tion. It has been known and used for many years,
and It is no engnerstlon to say that It Is tho be.t
remedy in the world for Coughs, etc
Can't Got Away
If you cau't get away to take expensive vacation
trips to the seashore or mountains, you may be
happy and healthy at borne If you follow tills ad
vice: Be out of doors a'l you possibly can, walking
or riding, and getting all the fresh air possible 1 take
Hood's Sarsaparllla to purify your blood, regulate
your digestive organs, and give you that strength
and vigor which wtU overcome the depressing effects
of the hot weather.
" 1 have taken Hood's Saraparllle for dyspepsia
and as a touts alterative, with the most beneficial
results. I have also used It for rheumatism with
good effect. I regard It as one ot the very best fam
ily medicines, and would not willingly be without
It" A. B. Cvaar, Providence, B. L
" Being run down from hard work I tried Hood's
Barsaparllla and It so built me up that I have contin
ued its use. I have great faith In It as a blood puri
fier and regulator." J. A. Smith, Commercial Bul
letin Offloe, Boston, Mass.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggist. $1 1 six for V Preps red only
by C. I. HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mas.
IOO Doses One Dollar
igentj Vinted to
BMLL THK
Eagle
Steam
Washer.
juuu miu .1 kuuu cuorw.-ircMl RISKS Dig
moneyatbome. Kxcluslve territory guaran
teed. Sample Washer sent for one weeks' trial.
Return at our expense if not satisfactory. Will
wash 15 ShirUj iu 20 minutes, or no sale. Only
perfect Washer ever invented. Sells on its own
merits. Will positively wash Collars and CulTs
without rubbing. Clothes are placed in a hollow
tin wheel which revolves iu a square covered
boiler : stam penetrates the goods, thoroughly
cleansing them. Write for testimoniujs and terms
J. Ia FERRI8, Patentee,
1T1 Court St., It'klyn, N. Y.
THURSTOH'SKTOOTH POWDER
Keeplns Teeth Perfect end l.lun Healthy.
PATFHTC Obtained. Send stamp for
H I E II I O IUTentor's Guide. U Uisa
haS, Parent Lawyer, Washington, i). o.
-.-St
A.. ,-s.-la
C-A-rLXiI3Sr Magazine Rifle.
For larn r aull rui J
accartu; gtiartvaUcd, auti k o
BALUBU UALLLKV
IHsuuad CaUtu,
i
rantl"
,..,., ,,,
a-.-.,-,,.,
" """" '"' '
25
tts. BUYS A HORSE
flook telling yon mutsimiM" "'
-1 in it iuskamk in this vslnssls ani
mal. Do not ran the risk of losing your Horse for
wset of knowledge te cure him, when'lWe. wll Ipst
for a Treatise. Boy one snd Inform yoerself.
Kemedles for sll Horse inseasee. nates '
sow to Tell ths Ags of Uorres. Sent postpsi fl
W cents in sis sips.
N. Y. HORB BOOK CO.,
1H4 Leonard hU, n. tiij.
Kill U-3'i
'Mori! Whntareyotil
ialklmr Hlmtiti"' What!
everv bodv talks about...
TheysBV tlmtforllrighta'l
l(nsci,Kldnov, 1 .Ivor or 1
Hlmblcr complaints, thtsB
remedy hns noqtiai.
II . r1l.t ta the ft-
ISV-rreiiared t IT. kllmer'
MsrFSsST,Plnp-ssnls.s 1.
l.ettranfinnulrv RSRWrefl.
Uuldoto Health Bcnt Krve).l
Rrinl your own Bone,
f 1 frilmllii's)lKA.I;DMriIs
1 - sa'i9r I K. Wilson's 1'sienll. 100 per
" ' r' rent, more msrte Iu kesplnf po"'
Iry.v glso rnwi.lt Mil.!.! and I A KM
rKaXIV MIl.l.O. ( In iiUri anrl Testimonials sent
uapplluallou. WII.NO.V II ROB., sslss, I'm.
as A V Asa eu... mwkA Corn
N ADVANCE
NEWARK, N.J.
ROOK AGETS WAMKD for
PL-ATFORM ECHOES
eriavlMQTKCTIiaroit HE A Ik AND UEAKT, ,
Bit JoJi 11 B, Gough. 3
nil Uit and ertiWTilnrIirork. brim full of thrilllur
I, humor and ptttioi. Urtichl, pur, and good, lull o(
'lanjrhfer nd ri it nt i.(ft to u, m ti aaciMi
th Lift and Datl. of Mr. Uttuet., hr IUv. LYMAN AH
MOTT. 10OO AjenU Want( d.-r-tn aad Wuinn. $IOO
IVI DloniQ niae. (J j iMiianti n minitrmnrm mm wm
Ti iVrfra T'rmt and rr:ttht: Writ ff clrrulara B
A. 1. WOUIUINUION 4?0.. II r ti-rtl, C.uav
STANDARD SCAL
awarded FIRST PREMIUM
AT TI1K tVdlll.lM KXPOKI1 o.. New Orlram.
(Four Oold Medal. All uther pHn-lMl nmkers
Si'lileil.eU-. 'important p.le'nt. d IMI'HOt'l MI.Mll.
BEST VALUE for TOUR MONET. ,31
IUFFA10 SCAU COMPAMY, BUFFALO, W.Y.
ERMAN ?L?
FOR ONE DOLLAR.
A flint dm Dictionary go ton out t am all
Eiire to eiicourHffH th atutljr of th Uernina
BniriinirH. It rlvpfl KnirllRh wortlH With th4
(lrmnn equivalent, and Uenimn wonUnHh Knurl. ah
(IpMiiI' ion, a vorr heap IhihU. Hend ft 1.00 t
HOOKITH. IIOl'HK, 13 1 l.roiinrd Hi., N.
Ye City- ftntl K't one of tm-m hotiki by return 1111 1.
No Rope to Cut Off Horse' Manes
Uelehr ne t T.r ls TK' It I.TKIt
and k K I if lK ('ombined cannot
rm niiLinea ttf any nor. Himpio
nailer u any pari or u. n. rr.in, on
reci'ipior i. rvM uraj.SAyii.iery,
A,eWAl dl'fount to ths irado.
tteud for I'rtce Lt-t
J, l MUM TffOTTEt
Ko'hrwier N. Y
i'hnplrs. Illntrhea, fScnlr er Oily Pitt.
Illemlshe and nil Skin Diseases Care
and Complexion lieautlneil by
Beeson's Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap.
Sold by Drufrftlsts or sent by mall on receiptor
iiaoents by WM. DU K V IXII'I'KI., Mann
lautarer, SjUSMurui rout .St., I'lillaUelphla. Pa. j
Ptso's Ttsmedy tr Catsrrh Is the
Best, Kaslesi to Use, and Cheapest.
Hi
(cirBJ&airjl
Also rood for Oold In tlie Hsad, ( 1 ;
Headache, Hay Fevsr, Ac to tent. II
F IS AZ E El A? JKjl
BKST IN TUB WORLD U It fa 10 la
I 1M th (it-niiliif. nlil Kverywhpre.
I fl HOM-ARH each for AWe and
I M WtVKhW INU MA( 1U KS.
I V arnuatMnv ynn. fcfnlee Iriftllfd
I Mird. fttuy tairacttsud urt ft! & to
GrrtMiir'"f aa irniiumi. Writ for FRKE cir
cular wnlh 10(10 IsMllwioiilaN 'rmn vrv rill.
GkJX frA YMv A CO. t rl.Hr.l'l Uau.,
I CURE FITS!
When 1 aay imitw 1 do not metun nin ty to atop thmn
for at) ma and then hare them return aff&ui, 1 mean a
railtral curfl. I hare inadv the tltacaM nf h ITS, tl'i
l.KI'KY or KAI.L1NO bK'KNhtvS a life ln Mudy. I
Tarrant my tvincdy to cure thowonttceuea. Becanao
oihera hate failed in no reaaoufor not uowreoeiii.ga
cure. Kend at once for a treat tie and a Free Jiottl ot
mv infalitl'le remedy. Uitb Kin-e and Poet Ottoa
ltooHta you nothing for a trial, atid I will cure you.
A,uinm Hn. II. t. mwT. 1M Pearl lit,, Men
ow in sv
STHMA CURED!
l tstrnaa Aalfam Cure BvTtv ti t
immtUmt r.i iu to worst eM, innr oota-1
Srortabw acp cneota rnrti wutra an amen iu. ai
trial convene n tka mini tkrptteai. Hrtoa bO Ma. aiid Z
i 1.00. of Drum-lit" or hr mitl. Strap) r K r K. (ml
f.utap. PH. It. M'lllr'KMAN, Hi. I'ul. MUm.
BONDS & Petroleum
VVJl Nought and Hold lor In.
VMlnrinr . i n Hhi-uIII.
JOHN It. 1'UH'K, 4 ominlsslon Broker.
fit liruitdwayi New 1 orU.
I lull I DRim Persons r-hmild Join the N. W.
rlmArirlir.U Itlumiil KiMluwinrul Morleiy
vav auil roi-elve $l.uuu wliru luuirlnd. i'm-ulnr free.
I. O. Ilox HIH, Minneapolis, ,llun.
Blair's Pills.'
Great English Gout and
Rheumatic Remedy.
Oval liox fcloo, round, 50 eta.
$5
A OK
Fll
to Ma dny. Bamplea worth $1.60 FRKB
Lmea not undr tho liorae'a feet. Addrera
liKKWHTKu'ct fcuKKTY Kki.x Hoi.tna, Holly.Mk'h.
A OKNTS double their money veiling Fureka Water
Filler. Keliutde. UuruMe, m-ut. M nd 'ite, for urn-
pie and term. C. D. Mot I, I'Z Coriiauilt Hi., N, V
Pensions;.
to hoi filer A Helra. Send stamp
lIl.;uiKrB. K V Lt. man
AM, Att'y, Washington, 1. C.
and l nrphlne Ilnbll cured In 19
t4:iday. Heferto luu putl nUcured
liittllpart . 1K. llAKsH.vuin y.Mlch.
$3
KLKCTKU1 HKI.T for Kidneys, l'alu, Nervoua ft
weak. Hook frwe. LKTLHicit tt Co., t it veluud.O.
fi hns taktn tti 1ca4
t)ic siej ct ilut cLt ol
jemUiei, aad hat t"vea
aimokt tuiivfal Mi'ifet,'
UwB.
MURPHY BROS.,
P:i, T
fibatwe th uvor ol ,
the puOJic and now rank,
aaianc the leidinf Mii
uuko(tht ci Idem.
A. i-. SVHTW.
Bradf. f, p.
Soldhy Diurt "Ue
rix.ee uu.
BEST IN THE
WORLD.
'"W-'-.'-ffiva...,
CC iaiiiiii.'!:-
.4 J ssi a fst -A STEP I
rwr-i rsw ai 1 nrursa
"fPVjr- JfBrrrre Nvuiiirr.
A &40Q rJr Kowt prices. t
wJ-W ' 1 A-f i EAsnsTtswe
Full VTNgft STjrZ
psa-rieuLaee to 74 sSfWsiw ZljAi
1. w
-jr rum la 1
l IO I LlYS.fl
.Ousrsol4 sol
4 MUMairlouus. V
I J ri'.-b7tk
V Ptui Chtslctl 0.
Clnolnuatl,sV-MaB
A Ohio.
as magazine Mine. XJcxv ri t?
eoly ftUtsluUly Mti nfU u l)im aimrktl, M
IV, HPOUT1NO AND TARUFT HfrXEX. worlJ renown. SaJ f. r A
MA it LIN eVlKK AKMti IP., Sew ilaeu, Conn. a
Tlie Best
Waterproof
1
Coat.
ilia 1 IS II HUaflUbLli tr.Kll wrtBntd WBttrii.oof, ud will p fv diy In
tbsj hftr'lAAt muum. Tt. utw fuMUt L HI.H'ktlt 1 m irfcr ruhaf c-:,
ori lha & tire taildU. Brwr o' Irultaiiuuk. kooe ctnmi.i witt...ut ii. u
rswl-R)eUk. IllualraUd OaUlocje) i,tm. A. J. 'iuwir. lioati -a
i,.,,,,.,, s-.''.'.TfTr'.siWVT'r' , ,.ae
---- -...... . -n-m L wt,yr'