A CITY OF CANAL BOATS. A COMMUNITY THAT COMES AND GOES WITH THE SEASONS. A Vast Fleet of Boats Tied Vp at Jersey City The Family Lire on Board. The honk of the wild goose is heard far to the south when the tow-path mariner hauls his craft through tho gap into the Morris Canal basin at Jersey City and begins to make thing snug and tight for the winter. He finds in that tide basin, where the mud is bar twice a day except in the channel, nearly half a thousand other boats lying as close to gether as sardines in a box, and, hauling up alongside the fleet, he makes fast to his neighbor and becomes a part of the oddest winter city in the world. If he gets in early and has luck he secures the t berth at the wharf, and the others take their places outside of his boat as fast as they arrive, and all are lashed together so as to form a solid mass. As canal boats are bluff-bowed and almost square stcrncd, there is very little open space be tween them, and one can walk over the whole fleet as easily as over a raft. For greater convenience, and to prevent ac cidental slipping of a foot between the sides, planks are laid from rail to rail and sometimes from deck to house, and every boat's deck is made a thorough fare for the inhabitants of the winter city. Landing at the western end of the Lib erty Street Ferry and walking up the railroad track past tho dry docks, where big vessels are being scraped, coppered, and generally overhauled, one can look across the narrow-gap channel and see the great canal fleet as one vast deck with innumerable cabins and houses built upon it. Here and there, at low tide, an isolated hulk lies, rotting in the mud, its broken ribs and shattered planks telling the story of its departed useful ness and abandonment to slow decay. To reach the fleet the gap must be crossed, and there is no bridge. The traveler who passes that way has the choice of three methods of getting from one sec tion of the street to the other, lie can make a detour of a mile, swim across, or whistle for the ferryman. On the south ern hand of the gap is a plaiu board shanty and a gang plank running down to a small float stage, that sometimes floats and at other times rests in the mud. Chalked on the end of the shanty, in rude style, is the legend: "Fair2 sent." This sign and a flat-bottom punt at the float indicate that a ferry is maintained here. A whistle brings out the ferry man, who will scull the punt across the gap, not disdaning the assistance of a passenger who may feel inclined to take up the two oars, coveniently lashed to the thole-pins, and pull a few strokes. At the other side, if the passenger be active and the tide low, he can grasp a hanging chain and scramble up tho wharf timbers to a rough ladder, and so up to the street, and if he be not agile he may get a boost from the ferryman. Access to the canal fleet is had from the wharves on that side of the gap, and from the gang plank to the first boat all the others may be reached. As spring approaches the boatmen begin making repairs and alterations on their craft, and the sound of hammer and saw is heard from all directions. On board one of the boats near tho wharf a lank, grizzled skipper is hauling up potatoes from tho hold and selling them to a peddler whose Wagon stands near. There is little of the sailor in the appearance of the average tow-path mariner. Ho generally looks like a Jersey farmer and dresses like one. The old fellow standing on the canal boat's deck, selling potatoes by the peck, looks more fanner like than the average. The cabin of a canal-boat is a honse in a very small compass. It is situated well aft, and is about fifteen feet fore and aft, and almost the width of the deck, the house rising about three feet above deck and leaving a narrow pusntge way on each side. Usually the cabin is di vided into three compartments a large living room, a sleeping-room, and a kitchen. Under the deck, on the port side of the large room, is an extra berth, and lockers, called closets by the i-nnal men, are plentiful. As these cabins me inhabited and cared for generally by wo men, the wives of the skippers, there is nothing nautical about them. Rocking chairs, sewing machines, pictures, bird cages, and pot plants give them a home like appearance, and banish all sugges tions of a life on the rolling deep, lint the canal bout does get a bit of rolling once in a while, and presumably the kerosene lumps standing on shelves are then safely stowed and the furniture lashed. Some of the boats go through the canal to Lake Chumplain and are towed across the lake or down to some of the ports, perhaps a distance of seventy five miles. Storms occasionally arise, and the canalman in his flat-bottom craft gets a taste of navigating, being obliged to step a mast and rig up a storm sail in order to keep the bout's head up if the tow-line breaks. The perils of the lake passage and how the crew of the Eliza Jane remained up all iiiilit holding the deck cargo from rolling overboard are topics lor thrilling yarns spun by the ancient mariners of the canal aw they moke their pipes around the cheerful cylinder stoves, when icy blasts are career ing over the winter city. ine iiciy Housewives, accustomed to pure country air, free from smoke and dirt, regard the winter sojourn ia the basin as as an uftiietion. Twice a duv the boats near the whurves rest upon mud, which is not pleasant, una when the wind is in me right quarter the smoke from the chimneys of the sugar house covers every - umig wun soot una Keeps them busy scrubbing. "When this occurs on washin" day much treble scolding inav be hcar3 in the fleet, and the skippers, having learned wisdom by experience, bowse up jib and bear away for Jersey City on ur gent business, skipping over the decks and gangplanks like goats in Shantytown i" iL-a-uni winner, ine canal flirt is quite a lively village. Childreu and dogs ))luy about the decks and run from boat to boat; the men sit on the hatches and smoke or sell their produce if they happen to be lucky enough to have a cargo, and th-women go ubout duing their household work. Some of the housed-over boats are iitted up as stores forthesale of grucwics and piovUious, and the keepers d.i ipiite it thriving bu-i-UCSrt. If the fleet had u poslutlii e of its own, it would be a complete community und independent of Jersey City, except for its supply of frosh water; but Uncle Sam has not yet recognized tho winter city, and Boatville has no postmaster. In spring tha boats go out from tho basin and prepare for business. Some of them take in cargoes and go up the river, and those bound through the canals lie in fresh water at Troy and Waterford until May 1, when tho locks are opened and navigation begins. Lying there in run ning water and uncontaminated by foul smells and gases, the boats arc cleaned ami painted, and tho Captains' wives thank goodness that the washing can bo hung out to dry without danger of being flecked with soot from a chimney. JS'eie 1 ork Sun. Some Favored Birds. Some birds owe a large debt of grati tude to popular prejudice. which hasirono all in their favor; others, on tho con trary, have been from time immemorial so cvily spoken of and so persistently persecuted that it is a wonder that their species still survives. First among tho former class is, of course, the robin. AVo do not altogether agree with the author when he says: "The respect with which the robin is regarded throughout Europe is probably due to its color." Surely the fact that ho is the tamest and most sociable of all wild birds counts for some thing in the affection which he engenders, though it may be argued that his tame- ness is simply the hereditary consequence of the good treatment he has received. We are sorry to say that this good treat ment by no means extends throughout Europe. In Italy robins may be seen hanging up for sale in tho poulterers' shops with all the other little feathered victims. The only bird which is looked upon as in any way sacred in Italy is, so far as we know, the swallow, which is dedicated to the Madonna. In general sacred birds will be found to have two sets of legends, one of great antiquity, the other of Christian origin. The latter set represents them as having rendered some service to our Savior on the way to Calvary or on tho cross. By the earlier legends they are distinguished as fire bearers, and hence are sacred to the god Donar. In their connection with firo was seen the cause of tho robin's red breast and the woodpecker's red head. It seems singular that among the rewards promised to the robin in a Breton story, "blue as heaven shall be thy eggs," as every one knows that the bird's eggs are not blue, and the mistake is of a kind rarely found In folk lore. Watford's Antiquarian. Delnsive Labels. In New York city is a large printing establishment whose work is well and favorably known to its many patrons. A large portion of its trade consists in sup plying labels to bottlers, grocers, drug gists and saloon-keepers. Over a thou sand kinds are kept in stock, while a thousand others can be produced at forty eight hours' notice. These labels may be classified into criminal forgeries (i. e., copying a label protected by a trade mark) ; simple forgeries (copying a label not protected by a trade-mark) ; imita tions of well-known labels; and simple lies. The skill displayed is admirable. The clumsy wood-cuts, and awkward print ing or tho Khine; the inartistic drawing and comical heraldry of Italy; the high colored and graceful designs of France ; the queer type and paper of Russia, and the plain, business-like labels of England arc all counterfeited in a manner that would deceive an expert. As the sales man opens his sample-book, the .wine- cellars of all Europe are before your eyes. Ihe Chateau La Jtoso and Chateau Latitte of Bordeaux; the Beauue and Clos Vougeotof Burgundy; the Josephshoefei of the Moselle; Stein wein and Scharlach berger of the Rhine; Szccszardi and Tokaya Maslas of Hungary; Lachrymao Christi and Barrolo of Italy; these, and hundreds of others, are all there, waiting anxiously to be bought and used by dis honest dealers. American Analyst. The Appetite of Birds. Of all animals, birds possess the quick est motions, the most energetic respira tion, and the warmest blood, and they consequently undergo the most rapid change of substance and need the most food. Although few creatures are so pleasing to the tcsthctic tastes of a poeti cally inclined person as birds, the breeder knows that most of them are to be looked upon as hearty or excessive eaters. Any one who closely observes birds and their conduct will soon remark that all their thoughts and efforts, aside frpm the few days they spend in wooing und their short periods of resting, are directed to getting something to eat. With what restless earnestness do titmice plunge through the bushes and the trees! Not a leaf is uninvestigated, every chink in the bark is examined for whatever eata ble it may be hiding, and a sharp look is cast into every joint ot a branch. How industriously does the ousel turn and thrash the leaves on the ground of the woods all the day long, spying its game with a glance of its sharp eye, and snap ping it up on the instant! After observ ing a few such incideuts we can easily believe the stories that are related of the tish-eating powers of the cormorant and of the lruit-eatiug birds that are able to consume three times their weight every day. J'ojoiLir Science Monthly. Catch ins Robins With Seines. This is the season for the red-breasted robin, as toothsome as he is pretty. Abun dant as these birds are in the up country, they are as nothing compared with the number of those on the coast. In the morning und evening they fly up and down the "banks" in gangs of millions. The strips of the beach are narrow, and it is always easy to know just where tha birds fiv, since they pursue a certain route. So tho fishermen this being the dull season employ their seines in latch ing birds. They set the seines between tull poles ou the beach and catch thou sands of robins in a morning or afternoon. Atone "flight" a man caught over two thousand. lie put away half for food for his family and shipped the others. On Bogue banks, with a small net, last .Monday, u Mr. Ross caught 500 robins. The birds fly quite low und elo not ob syrve the net utull. The people who have bet the nets ure always concealed near by. - ItUliuiUHil JlinfjuMi. There are 1,(M) undertaken in New York, und only 700 bodies u week for them to bury less than a corpse a week for each man in the trade. Thlnps Seen In Alaska. Nowhere in my home travels, from Lake Superior to tho Gulf of Mexico, from Washington to Sitka, writes Governor Swineford, have I seen a more luxuriant vegetation than here in Southern Alaska. I find the hardier vegetables all grow ing to maturity and enormous size, 'with turnips weighing ten pounds, cnbbages twenty-seven pounds, and as fine pota toes as can be found in all of the Eastern markets I found growing in Wrangcll, Juneau and here in Sitka. While timothy and red top grow to a height of from five to seven feet, and in this vicinity all the hay was cured during the past summer that will be required during tho winter, and I am satisfied from personal obser vation that hundreds of tons more could have been harvested. The few cattle I have seen are sleek and in the best possi ble condition, and I unhesitatingly give it as my opinion that the country is well enough adapted to grazing purposes to render wholly unnecessary the importa tion of beef, even when tho population of the Territory shall have grown far beyond the number requisite to its aelmission nsa State. On the other hand, while I nm not pre pared to speak advisedly on tho section known as Southwestern Alaska, I may be permitted to say that the reports I get from the most trustworthy sources indi cate the ex istence of large areas of valuable grazing lands on the Aleutian islands and some parts of the peninsular, where the hardier breeds of cattle do not require to be fed in nny season of tho year. If this be true the prediction which has been made that Alaska will eventually furnish the Pacific coast with its beef may yet be verified. And this is true of a country embracing more square miles than the six New Eng land States and New York. It is stated that there has been no in stance of the failure of oil to still troubled waters when the oil used was vege table or fish oil. . leading real estate agent private and hanker, Mr. Ira Brown. Chicago, 111., writes: "I feel it my duty to say ot St. Jacobs OU that I lay on my back three months with rheuma tism. I tried it, was cured, and have never been troubled since." A C'niNAMAtr has discovered that cast oil horss shoes mnko good cutler's steel. The wroucht iron of Ihe shoes having been con stantly hammered on the roails acquires hard ness, and the animnj lu-al from the hoofs has something to do with it. Mr, T. J. Murphy, til Deba voice I'lace, Brook lyn. N. Y., says: "I was afltirted with sciatic rheumatism and found St. Jacobs Oil very ef ficacious. - The tonnage of American vessels in the for eign trade has fallen from 2,4l,S!i tors in lHtSl to l,0s8,(Hl, and tho percentnge of American vessels entering our ports from tiu.35 per cont. In JStil to How I'nle Yoa Are! Is frequently the exclamation of ons lady to another. Tho tact is not a pleasant one to have mentioned, but the act may be a kindly one, for it si ts the cno addresnrd to thinking, apprises her of the fact that she is not ill good health, and leads her to peek a rea-on therefor. Pallor is almost always attendant upon the lirst stages of consumption. The system is ei feebled, and tho blond is Impoverished. Dr. Pierce's "(iolden Med cal Discovery" will act as a tonic upon the system, will lnrlch the im poverished blood, an.l restore lojes 10 tl.e cheek. . The distance from Xew York to Pan Fran cIbco by Cape Horn is 15,900 miles j distance by the Panama canal, 4,'M). "I I.ove Her Belter than Lire." Well, then, why don't you do something to brim? back th rosoi to her cheeks and the light to her eyes? Don't you rbo she ia suffer ing from nervous debility, the resu t of fema'e weakness? A bottle or Dr. Pierce's "Kavorite Prescription" will brighten those pale clc-eks and send new life through that wasting form. If you love her, take heed. Less than 2011,000 of the 15,0(10,000 native wo men in India ran read. If you have catarrh, use the surest remedy Dr. Sage's. TnE ITnited States colleges contain 18,000 women students. In the Spring Xaarly rrerrbody needs a good medicine. The Im purltles which Bs accumulated In the blood dur ing the cold month must b expelled, or when the mild days come, and the effect of bracing air li lost the body U liable U b overcome by debility or somj serious disease. Tho remarkable succets achieved by Hood's Saraparllla, and the many words of praiso It has received, make It worthy your confidence. Hood's Sarsaparilla "Wo hare used Hood's Sarsaparilla for several yean, and feel proud to recommend it as an excel lent iprlug medicine or to bo used at all timet as a blood purifier. For children as well as grown peo pla we consider It the best Wo set aside one bottlo for our boy to take In the spring. Ha Is n ne years old and has enjoyed good health ever since we began giving It tohlin."-!!. F. Ottuvaa, Ucehesler, K. H. That Tired Feeling "1 bars been troubled with dvspepslt. 1 had but little appetite, and lu an hour after eating I would experience a falntaess or tired, all gone feeling, as If I had not eaten anything. Hood's Sarsaparilla gave me an appetite, aud my food relished and sat isfied Uis oravlug I had previously experienced. It relieved mo of that faint, tired, all goao feeling." Q. A. Faos, Watortown, xlavs. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all dragglsta, ! ; six for $3. Prepared only by C. L HOOD CO., apothecaries, Lowell. Mass. IOO Poses One Dollar N Y N U-lfc A Orent F.nllh Remedy. A famous physician, many years ago, with the aid of an Knslish chemist, formulated a preparation whic h effected remarkable cures of liver diseases, bile, Indigestion, elc, and from a small beginning t here arose a large de mand s"d sale furit, whlrli has ever increased until, after netierations have pased, its popu larity has become world-wide. The name of thin celebrated remedy is Cockle's Anti-Bil-iems Pills. To such traveled Americans as have become acquainted with the great merltsof these Pills (o unlike any others), and who have ever since resorted to t heir use in caesof need, commen dation Is unnecessary. Jfuf to thoee who have tint wl them ami have no knowledge of their wmilerful virtue, w mill) m'lt attention. The use of these Pills in the t'nited States is already lnrge. Their virtues have never varied, and will stand the test ot any climate. They are advertised in our columns not In a fla grant, manner, but modestly; for the great praise bestowed upon them by high authori ties renders it unnecessary, even distaste ful, to extnl their merits beyond plain, unvar nished statements. Persons alTlicted with Indigestion or any bil lons or liver trouble, should benr In mind "Cockle's Antl-Hilious Pills," and should ivsk for them of their druggist-, and if he has not got them. Insist that he should order them espe cially for themselves of any wholesale dealer, or wtinra they can tie nau. Money Makers Don't let golden opportunities pass unim proved; there are times In the lives of men when more money can be made rapidly and ensily, than otherwise can be earned by years cf labor. Write Hallctt & Co., Portland, Maine, who will send yon, free, full particu lars about work that you ran do and live at home, wherever you are located, at a profit of at least from $ to $:.Ti daily. Some have made over J.yi in a single day. All is new. Yon are tnrtod free. Capital not required. Either sex; aliases. 'Royal Gi.ce' mends anythingl Broken Chi. na, Ulass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & tiro If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaao Thomp son's Eye- water. Druggists sell ats&c per bottle If a cough disturbs your fleep, take Plso's Cure for Consumption and rest well. Joe Howard's "Life of rleeeber." Joseph Howard, Jr., the widely known Jour nalist and intimate friend of Needier for the fast fifty years, is writing a life of the great 'readier and Orator, which will no doubt be the standard work, and oneof perullar Interest and value. It Is to be brought out by Hubbard Hros. by subscription, will be finely Illustrated and should have an enormous sale. READ THE FOLLOWING LETTER j? Ctii-M FUtirl.y, , Vhnatlra, Lata bar. Backacba, WkDM, Golds li ihm ChHt sad U AebM asd Mi-slaa. i ti mis. B)Wau ot lmlutionfl adr similar sounding Bamta, As rm SZMSOX'a AMD TABS; . TKEBEST-IMIHEWDKLO m mm Jill til FMMEY to loan;:,' ItlUlls I dress, with parti low rate of Inter est on Mornrafco. Ad- nartlculars. Ml Si I. II A tSSIII'l P- O. POX 5S, or aU K. Wilts STRKET, El.MISi, N. Y. From a Well-known Gentleman of Lock art, and ei-Presldent of the New York State Fharmaceatlcal Association i Lockport, N. Y., April 16, 1888. Pardee Medicine Co: Gents : In reply to your communication of April 15th, I take pleasure in stating that tor yean physicians and druggist have been trying to secure a remedy for these obstinate and painful complaints, such as neuralgia, rheumatism and nervous headache, to which tvety one is liable who lives in this climate, and until quite recently the efforts of both chemist and doctor have been unsuccessful; but I am pleased at last that such a remedy is found in the compound of Dr. Pardee's Rheu matic Remedy. I recommend it to all who are suffering with rheumatism. I have yet to hear of the first case of rheumatism which it has not greatly relieved, and where the remedy has been used as directed, nearly ev ery case has been permanently cured. Respectfully yours, F. K. SWEET. Syracuse, N. Y. Dear Sim : I have been troubled with rhematism for the last five years, and until I heard of Dr. Pardee's Remedy I had no rest. After hearing of it I procured some of my druggist, and am now entirely free from the disease. Respectfully yours, MRS. ETTA HALE, 36 Baker Street. Jordan, N. Y. Gknts : For a year past I have been badly afflicted with rhematism, at times very bad, and for a month before I commenced using your remedy could hardly sleep nights. One bottle of Dr. Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy re lieved me of the pain, and I now sleep as well as well as ever, and feel like recomend ing it to all who are thus afflicted. Yours truly, MRS. ANN DARLING. Ask vour druggist for Dr. Pardee's Remedy and take no other. Price, $1 per bottle ; sis bottles, $5. Pardee Medicine Co., Rochester, N. Y. re Tftnn HMJ V S. tot r a si iift m, 'k .-1 - rv w LYDIA C. PINKHAAVS VECFTAILE COMPOUND, Is a Posit lie Cure For ALL of thois PsInM Delicste Complaint end Complicated troubles and Weaknttlst so common smong our Wives, Mothoim, and Dsughtsrt. it trill euro mffr.fr" aUwnrian or vaginal trouble; Infla m m o fi'on and vlMra. 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The followinir words, in praise of Dr. Piercb's Favorite Pukscription a a remedy for thoae dclicnte diseases and weak. nesscs peculiar to women, miiRt be of interest to every sufferer from such maladies. They are fnir aumplca of tho spontaneous. CXPrCRSlonfl With Which thoilfuindn irlvn uttornnnn tr IVioti. unui nf .m(Ii,i.i. 4nM.i.n., l,,.ai,u ..t.ll. Kuu vnn restored to them by the use of this world-famed medicine S100 Thrown Away. clans during' the threo years they had JonwE. Seoar, of Jlfffienberfc, Va., writes: "My wifo had been suffering for two or three years with fi-mnle wenkneea, and hnd pnid out one hundred dollars to physicians with out relief. 6he took Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and it did her more irood than all tho medicine grlven to her by the physi- The Greatest Earthly Boon. Threw Away Her Supporter. Mrs. Sophia P. Bobwfi.t,, iffiite Cottage.O writes: "I took eleven bottles of your ' Fa voritfl Prescription' and one. bottlo of your 'Pellets.' I am doing1 my work, and have been for some time. I huvo had to employ help for altout sixteen years before I commenced tak ing your medicine. I havo hnd to wear a si 1 1 'Porter most of tho time: this I have iai aside, and feel as well as 1 ever did." Mrs. Mat Glfason, of Kunica, Ottawa Co. Hich., writes: "Your Fnvorite Prescription bus worked wonders In my ense. Again she writes: " Hnving taken several bot tles of the ' Fnvorito Prescription ' I havo re gained my health wonderful! v. to the astonish ment of myself and friends. I can now bo ou my feet all day, attending to the duties of my household. It Works WOHDERS. en practicing upon her.' Mrs. GionoE Hunger, of Wettfleld. JV. 1 writes : " I was a greut sufferer from leucor rhea, bearing-down pains, and pain contin ually across my back. Threo bottles of your ' Favorite Prescription ' restored me to per fect health. I treated with Dr. , for nine monihH. without reel vin i an v rtnntlt. Tho 'Favorite Prescription' is the greatest earthly boon to us poor suffering women." TREATING THE VJRCKJG DISEASE. Many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, an they imagine, ono from dyspepsia, another from heart disease, another from liver or kidney discaao, another from nervous exhaustion or prostration, another with puln hero or there, und In tins way they all present alike to themselves and their easy-going and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, separate and distinct diseases, for which he prescribes bis pills and potions, assuming thorn to be such, when, in rcalitv, they aro all only symptom caused by some womb disorder. The physician, ignorant of tho causa of suffering, encourages bis practice until large bills aro niudu. Tho suffering Jiatient gets no better, but probably worso by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and consequent complications. A proper medicine, iko Dr. Picreo's Favorite Prescription, directed to the cause would havo entirely removed the disease, thereby dispelling all those distressing symptoms, and instituting comfort instead of prolonged misery. Mrs. E. F. Morgan, of No. 71 Lexington St., East Button, JUiwu., says : " Five years ago I was a dreadful sufferer from uterine troubles. Having exhausted the skill of three phy sicians. I was completely discouraged, and so weak f fiould with difllr'lllt.v (-riMi tlm rtimn alone. I began taking Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription and using tho local treatment recommended in his 'Common Sense Medical Adviser.' I commenced to Improve at once. In three months I was rfccUy cured, and have had no trouble since. I wrote, a letter to my family paper, briefly mentioning how my health bad been restored, and offering to send the full particulars to any one writing me for them, and enclosing a tamved-e n yelopti for reply. I have received over four hundred letters. In reply, I have described my case and the treatment used, and huve earnestly advised them to 'do likewise.' Hrom a great many l nave received second letters of thanks, stating that they had commenced the use of ' Favorite Prescription,' bad sent the 3 Physicians Failed. il.fi0 required for the ' Medical Adviser,' and hncj applied the local treatment so fully and plainly laid down therein, and were much butter already." Jealous Doctors. A IffarTelotta Cnre. Mrs. G.' F. Fpraoue, of Cryttal, Mich writes: "1 was troubled with female weakness, leucorrhea and fulling of the womb for seven years, so I bad to keep my bed for a good part of the time. I doctored with an armv of different Dbvaicians. and snent lurs-e sums of money, but received no lasting benefit. At lust my husband persuaded me to try your medicines, which I was loutb to do. because I was prejudiced aguinst I hem, and the doctors said they would do me no good. I finally told my husband that if he would get me some of your uicdiclius, I would try them against the advice of my physiciun. He got me six bottles of the 'Favorite Prescription, also six bottles of tho 'Discovery,' lor ten dollars. I took three bottles of 'Discovery' and four of ' Favorite Prescription,' and I have been a sound woman for four years. 1 then gave the balance of the medicine to my sister, who was troubled in the aame way, and she cured herself In a short time. I have not bud to tuke any niediciue now for almost lour years." THE OUTGROWTH OP A VAST EXPERIENCE. COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, j rilE QUEAT ENGLISH REMEDY I For Llrer. Bile. Indlfpitloa, etc. Free from Mer- I sury; cuntalus only Hur g. -table InitrilleuLS, Ageut: c. N. ClliTTfcNTON, Dew Vrk. I SOOO AIJK'I'K W A fcl-t-lftt fl.il lei I. ... i.-l-i . n 1 JOE HOWARD'S DCCPUCD aLiFEOFraraOfciUyiatSi JoSulul, the mimt t.lu.bl. boui:ie so eliiwly i rum the IiiDily circle aud by a ma.'rr kumi enrad iu& "i-at-cr vt lxTe." ri.'A'w Vi.'.r". 1. IhnK Ib.ri.ilt. ijmrfc iMl.u word lirl(.'OiM. vlrl'l.'"'. ( irculArn five ttumtkue. Ill IWIAKO II ;.-.. l'ub,l'l..:oJ,lpLlu- Tho treatment of many thousands of cases of those chronic weaknesses and ditrssiiig ailments peculiar to tcmitlcs, at the Invalids Hotel and Surgical Distiiuto, Buffalo, N. Y., has afforded u vust oxerienoe. in nicely adapting and thoroughly testing remedies for the cure of wmunn's peculiar maladies. Dr. PIproe'N Jruvorlte Prescription Is the outgrowth, or result, of this great and vuludblo experience. Thousands of testimonials, received from putients and from physicians who have tested it in tho more Hirgmvured and obstinate cases which had bullied their skill, provo It to bo tho most wonderful remedy ever devised for the relief and euro of suffering women. It is not recommended as a "cure-all," but as a most, perfect Specific for woman's peculiar ailment. Ah a powerful, Invigorating; tonic, it imparts strength tft the whole system, and to tho uterus,, or womb and its ap pendages, n particular. For overworked, '"worn-nut," 'run-down." debilitated teach ers, milliners, dres makers, seamstresses, "i-liop-jTii'ls," housekeepers, nursing moth er, end ferblo women ireneriilly, Or, Pierce's I'uvorilo Proscription is the great est earthly boon, being 11 :t M tail, 1 as un apneti.ing eonilai and restorative tonic;. It promotes digestion and assimilation of food. Address, cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi gestion, bloating and eructations of gas. A a soothing aud Ireiigtlieiiiiifr nervine," Favorite Prescription U uu equulled and ia Invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, irritubility, exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms aud other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon fiiuction.il and organic discaso of the womb. It induces refreshing sleep und relieves mental aux lctv und despondency. Br. Jierce Favorite Prescription la a legitimate medicine, carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. It Is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in its effects in any condition of the system. "Favorite Prescription n ia a post tlve cure tor the inosa complicated and obstinate cases of leuoorrheu, or "whites," excessive flowing at monthly periods, pain ful menstruation, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus or fulling of tho womb, weak back, "female weakness," anteversion, re troversion, bearing-down sensations, chron ic congestion, lntlummution und ulceration of the womb, inllauimiitinn, puln and ten. derness in ovaries, accompanied with " in ternal heut." In presninney, " Favorite Prescription " is a "mother's cordial," relieving nuusea, weakness of stomach and other distressing symptoms common to that condition. If its use is kept up In the latter mouths of f:estallon, it so prepares thu system forde ivery as to greatly lessen, and nmnv times almost entirely do awuy with the sufferings of that trying ordeal. "Fuvoi-lle Prescription," when taken in connection with the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Diaeovery, Hnd small laxa tive doses of Dr. Pierce's Purgntlvo Pellets I.iMlo Liver Pills), chits Liver, Kidney and Hludder diseases. Their combined use also removes blood taints, and abolishes can cerous and scroluiuus humors from the system. "Favorito Prescription" is the only medicine for women sold, by druggists under a positive iriuirniilcc, from the manufacturers, thut it will give satisfac tion in every case, or money will be re funded. This guarantee has been printed on tho bot I le-w nipper, und faithfully car ried out for many years. I.nryc bottles (IK) doses) $1.00, or alx bottles lor I r Send ten cento in stamps for Dr. Pierce's lHrge, illustrated Treatise (M0 pages) on .Discuses 01 women. if UOntlfS PISPF.NSAKY MEDICAL "ASSOCIATION, No. 663 Main Street, IIC FFAL.O, N. T. Nona tenuis) On lew THIK MiKI. Is Tic Best Uot rrnrnnf Pfts4 if m "aw" uuai um y si tivcr mm. Pnn't wast vour innnv on ft rum r ruhbtr ooaL Tho PISH HRANT SLICKEra It" Absolutely vntr mid v mH rKfor, mid w ill k vnu Urv in lht hanlcst Miirinl A-It lor I h' FISH HKAMJ" f i.irttKH and lak no othr. If vour tor keener doe-l tlif "nH rhimu'V "mi tor (!( riwiv ct m'o"iiH to A .1. TnV F It "JO ri'nrn"m fct KnOrm MnvJ Why did the Women of this country use over thirteen millio7i cakes of Procter & Gamble's Lenox Soap in 18S6? Buy a cake of Lenox and you w ill soon understand why. WELL DRESSED! Then you muit hav Hat with .-ur irutle murk in tt. inll a own." In a-ttmubl i Dior. AWvuYH the broad w ttyitylf. Ak your Hettirr for a, look at our Hprm? Hl e, or wi it Mhllft ha II I J H OWN writ to ua for one. HILL BROTHERS, 6M dc 5bU BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Huts, Caps a Straw UootU, mt whoUtaU only. n Plso's Remedy for Catarrh is tha f1 Beat, Easiest to Use, und C'lieupe1. I i t-nriisir'-iriiai sam1 itm 1 Sold tiy dract-ists or sent by mail, j BOc. E. T. Jluzell DATEWT8 Kenrt stamp tar L. liiNii- i. Eiaij y o nn i j oiitAinptl i I mam, r e.it Lawyer, Uuluust i i. C IXrwart for aa? rsu of Kidney Troubles, Ncr- attfirwr-ifOBt DebiiiiT, Aerv Itinera iiiteciir. 1 la. Hrt kUdicia Ctt. 16 S. 1Kb bl., Ftaladvlpiiia, l'a. buld bjr all iruWi F. A. I.KM M ANN, KoLii iToH o Fatkni, Wiiktiiuirtou. C. Ho i-liku'o uuk'ti p.xltft.t iti t-evui vd. ticiiti loi L'liculi Kil I.ATK UuwelK dc Purity Huod. In: iiulrU'sj bltrO.1 VIC UiiUi. ri, ViK'. , b iK'Jtt j. $ I. ( t liraLkt tilt, : ii liiu'l, i ipitl ,. Lh. lun. i , U'iifeti.ii vu. N.J. ill i-f in on trlft, Lafuyciui, la A K rtnitl'i 1 1 b i I Curril. Trraimc unum ut aud Morphine llubit rured In 19 tujiday. uefurto luuupullruuuiiRid In ah 1-Aft-. Uu. MiB.3ii.vulu y, ilicu lo SMo day. buiupirs wortQ $1.5) FREi Liui-j uot under tlio lior-e's lool. AdilreA biiiUMKU'.BAHiH Ktu Huluak. llully.ilwu tet SuMIith A Helm, bend rtsmu ir c!.. I. UlNii y, WabiuKlou. it. C S5 ensioossus
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