A boy of fifteen was arrested at Richmond, Va., for having in his pos session $50,000 worth of Confederate money. He declared lie had no in tention of putting it into circulation I and was released. The United States Army is said to | havo over 200 cases of scurvy every j year. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-BOOT euros all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamplilet nrnl Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, Y. A NIOHTINO ALE'S song can bo heard at a dlstaneo of a mile. FOB a Cousli or Soro Thront the lies! medl * cine is Hair's Uoney of Horehound and Tar. l'ike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. IN 1850 "Brntvn'K llrnnehinl Troche*" were in troduced, and their success us n euro for Colds, Coughs, Asthma and Bronchitis has been un Hhiloli's Cure IB sold on a guarantee. It cures Incipient Con sumption; it Is the Heat Cough Cniv: 35c., 00c., 81 A Bciiutllul Souvenir Spoon Will he sent with every bottlo of l>r. lloxsWi Certain Croup Cure. Ordered by mall, post paid, 50 cts. 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I WELL ARMi CO., BOSTON, MASS. { fc %%%%%%%%%%% % % % » % % %. % » % % % % 4 Imm OUNKtI iuiii. Iryiiiiiai. Isany, S«lt Nh«u.h. lenlMii, its. tut. Otfi lil lllli I Fid# Fiumi ii'lt M I' M * I ♦% I# A I 4 • 49 I *## Currying Secret Arms. Tn Mysore) nnil Hyderabad tho bich'liwa (scorpion)—tho doulile curved misericorde of tho East—is carried by tho lower classes hidden up llio sleeve, and is made right oir loft- Landed to suit all tastes. It is a fav orite and effectual weapon of assassi na tion, being driven downward from be hind, inside the collarbone, and is sometimes double-bladed and poisoned, the poison being carried in a suitable hollow in the hilt. Tho double curvo af the blade, deiived from that of a cow's horn, and resembling that of a scorpion's sting, recurs in the khanjar and tho chilanum and throughout Afghanistan. With a variety of this weapon Lieutenant Willis was killed in the bazaar at Candalmr. The strangest of secret arms is, per haps, the bagh nakli or tiger claw of tho Mahrattas, with its two rings for tho first and fourth lingers and tho three to fivo curved steel claws, destined to protrude from the closed hand between the fingers and to rip open or manglo the victim. Tho hand half open shows only two bright rings round tho fingers; the clenched fist becomes the armed paw of the human tiger. Mr. Egerton tells us how the Mahratta leader Sivaji murdered his enemy, Afzai Khan, after inviting him to a conference, in which each should come with one attendant only. Sivaji wore a mail cap and coat under his turban and cotton gown, had a bich'hwa in his right sleeve and a bagh nakh on his loft hand. The Khan had only his sword, and sent away his fol lower to reassure Sivaji, who was of Bmall stature and counterfeited tim idity. "In the midst of the customary embrace, Sivaji struck the bagh nakh into tho bowels of Afzai Khan, who quickly disengaged himself, clapped his hand on his sword, exclaiming 'Treachery and murder!" but Sivaji instantly followed up tho blow with his dagger. The Khan had drawn his sword, and mado a cut at Sivaji, but tho concealed armor was proof against the blow. The whole was tho work of a moment, and Sivaji was wrestling the weapon from tho hand of his vic tim beforo tho attendants could run toward them."—London Saturday Re view. Coir an Use for llimintltair. Human hair is in great demand in some of the countries of Europe, and the supply is said to be inadequate. Our consul in Corea points out that there is plenty and to spare in the hermit kingdom. "The Coreans," ho adds, "have remarkably fine heads of hair, and they put their combing to a use that 1 have never seen elsewhere. A very large number of the saddle clothes placed under the packs of their ponies are made of hair woven into coarse mats or bags, and the halters and head ropes of their animals are largely couposed of the same material. I believe that human hair is largely exported from China to Europe, and Corea could furnish a largo and cheap supply did the people know there was a demand for it."—Westminster Ga zette. I Brinps comfort and improvement and i tends to personal enjoyment when I rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling cold*, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and | met with the approval of the medical j profession, because it acts on the Kid ! nevs, Liver and Bowels without weak i enmg them and it is perfectly tree from | every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in s<(c ami #1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed uu every package, also the name, Syrup of Kips, and being well informed, you will nut accept any substitute it oilcicd. i . * I i y I * l | ML i i NEW METHOD OF rRESEBVTNO 8008. The desirability of shipping eggs from Victoria to England has led to tho discovery of a new method for pre serving them. They are first rubbed with grease and then placed with bran, flour, lime and pollard in small cases. When opened they are fonnd to be perfectly sweet and fresh.—New York World. STIFFNESS IN A WORKING OX. Overworking and exposure to the weather afterward will easily prodnce rhtfnmatism, and this will cause stiff ness of tho limbs, with pains that move from one limb to another. The treatment in such a case should be to foment tho parte with bot water, and then apply some strong liniment, giv ing thirty drops of tincturo of aconite three times a day in some acceptable drink, linseed or oatmeal gruel, for instance. The animal must rest from work, but moderate exerciso will be nseful. It should bo kept warm aud dry.—New York World. Qt'ALITY OF EGOS. There is a great difference in tho original quality of eggs, and this has much to do with their capacity for keeping well. Generally, tho best flavored eggs are laid early in the sea son. Then the diet is mostly grain. After the fowls begin to find young grass growing, thoy will pick at and eat it, and of course consume less grain. In summer much of the food is grass and insects. These are not good egg-producing foods, aud though a large number of eggs may be laid, their quality will not be as good as it is early in in the season. It is not the differenco caused by deterioration 011 acoount of weather, for an egg cookod tho same day it is laid in July is gen erally not so good as ono that is cooked fresh in March or April. Hence there is good reason why oggs should be dearer in early spring. Thoy are bettor then, and for their price fur nish a cheaper and better food than tho same money invested in meats. The fact may also explain ono reason why limed oggs are so generally unsat isfactory. They are always tho cheap and poor quality summer eggs. They are inferior when put up, and cannot be expected to improve by keeping fivo or six months, oven whenuir is ex cluded. —Boston Cultivator. SEED WHEAT. Heavy weight seed wheat contains a larger quantity of more valuable food materials for tho young plant in the form of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash than light weight wheat of tho same variety. Experiments at tho Minnosota station by H. Snyder show that this additional reserve food is | supplied to the young plants aud pro duces a more vigorous growth. The | additional fertilizer material in a bushel of heavy weight wheat is worth : from three to five cents more per I bushel at the markot pricos of com mercial fertilizers. Hellriegel in Ger many lias also proved that the heavier tho seed the more vigorous is the young plaut, and where there was not an over-abundance of plant food in tho soil tho difference in vigor of the plants aro seen even up to the timo of harvest. Tho Minnesota experiments provo that tho same characteristic differences that aro noted between heavy and light weight seed wheat aro observed betweeu healthy and vig orous, aud poor and sickly wheat plants, both iu growth and yield. The wlieat plnnt takes up over three fourths of its food from the soil bo fore heading out. Tho soil should be cultivated and managed iu such a way BO as to supply tho growing wheat crop with at least three-fourths of its mineral food, aud seveu-oigliths of its nitrogen compound before it blooms, which occurs in Juno or early iu July, accordiug to tho latitude. American Agriculturist. TRAINING A HORSE. In training a horse for the saddle, says the New York World, the animal is made obedient ami gentle, and liis good qualities best developed, by pa tience, kimluesN aud encouragement, and, above all, fearlessness; punish meut should be resorted to ouly when absolutely necessary. No puuishmeut should lie administered to a horse iu auger. l T ndt-r harsh trontimut he will first beoomu timid, then sulleu, aud at length violeut ami unmanageable. AH one horso is apt to be governed by the aetiousof auother, Well-trained horses that are luditfereut to sights and sounds should lu> interspersed among the new oues until they aro al so accustomed to the soitu Is of truiu pi-U, beating of drums, tinkling of sabres, tie. Every action of a rider should teud to illduco full uoultdeucu lli it uu harm is iutcnded and that but kind treatment is to be etjicotod. TUu hufse'a ladauuo and his light VMM in hiiud depend largely «m tie propel carriage of his lit *d aud noult. \ youuM horso a ill usually try to resist th* bit, uither by beuding his Uoi to one Midi; of by setting his iaa> again*! the bit, or by carrying his Uumi too high of too teW. I tending iMHtitil a ill Sel Vu to uttfeoUM thin habit and make the horse conform to the movement, uf tilt, it tit. Andy easily t«< the p(e**uie o| thu hit. the legtitnistu gaits •<( thu .s idle hoi are Iho a silt, li<>i, mantel and yaliup, the msUounviittg Hot i* at tb> isU of eight utiles an Imm Mho* trot it at lk» 1 SWJ uf sis twite* an h><tii Clot out is at thu til* of eijjhl mill s an llMttt* I lie -M>.1 1 11. ul life I hi' >'i eight Wile* ah h »ii, 4 M ,l t. U 1.l Lt mdrndwai ii»»|j»«. tt <n Wan- «»«Mig Mtiik'i* i* at ib 1 «t» ot tat in miles sit I. u | lb .4 ». * 1..1 M..1 beats, each foot being planted in a regular order of succession. The trot has two distinot beats; the horse springing diagonally from one pair of feet to the other: between tho steps all the feet are in the air. SOURCE OP THE BUTTER FLAVOR. Tho butter aroma appears in the bntter as the result of tho ripening process. Sweet-cream butter does not have this delicate flavor, and whilo there is a demand, in our markets, perhaps a growing demand, for a sweet-cream butter, it never develops the delicato flavor known as the but ter aroma. During ripening certain changes take place in tho cream, some of which we understand and others which are at present beyond tho reach of chomical knowledge. Tho composition of cream is essentially tho same as that of milk excopt in the higher proportion of fat. It is mado np chiefly of butter fat in the form of globules, of casein in a partial sus pension in the liquid, of milk Bugar in solution, and of a small amount of al bumen, probably partly in solution and partly in tho form of an extreme ly delicato network of fibers which we call fibrin. Cream always contains a largo number of bacteria, yeasts and molds, which are the active agents in ripening. The sources of theso micro organisms are varied. They are not present in the milk when secreted by tho cow, but find their way into it in a variety of ways. Borne come from the air; some from the hairs of tho cow ; some from tho dust of tho barn ; somo from tho hands of the. milker ; somo from the milk vessels, and others from other sources of contamination. Tho chances of contamination are suf ficient to stock tho milk with an abundance of theso organisms under all circumstances. By tho time the cream has reached the creamery il contains a quantity of organisms varying widely with temperature ami other conditions, and it is to these thai the subsequent ripening is due. During tho period of ripening, the organisms are growing and producing profound changes in tho cream. Bac teria are primarily destructive agents. During their growth they are pulling to pieces some of tho chemical com pounds of tho cream and reducing them to a condition of greater sim plicity, giving rise in thiß way to a great number of so-called decomposi tion products. Chemistry has not yet explained all of these changoß. A few of them wo partially understand. Wo know that somo of tho organisms act upon milk sugar, converting it into lactic acid, with tho production of carbonic acid gas as a by-product. AVe know, also, that sometimes butyric acid is produced, and that sometimes ferments, similar to rennet aud tryp sin, make their appearance in ripen ing cream. Alcohol is also a common product, so much so that tho butter flavor lias sometimes been attributed to this product alone.—Storrs Agri cultural Expel iment Bulletin. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. If the boos are restless give more air and water, aud sweep up the dead ones. Eggs stored in a damp place will often taste musty even though the test bo clear. A safe rule with peaches is always to set thorn on an elevation, the high er the better. Hood prices and increasing demands aro reported for high-class heavy draught horses. Lameness always indicates soreness, I stitl'uess or weakness, and domands | immediate attention. | Unless you aro giving up breeding, do not bo temptod by a good price to ' sell off tho good mares. There is no reason to fear that elec tricity will ever be able to take tho I placo of good horses of any breed. A hen will eat about a bushel of ' grain a year. At that rate she pays a big profit ou what she eats if she does her best. Whoa the dairyman has learned how to produce Juue butter at uuy time of the year he in getting up to the art of butter making. Hy keeping the trash iu the garden or orchard cleaned up a largo number of pests that injure the fruit* and trem may be destroyed. In nearly all eases thu earlier the fruit in thinned the better. It is not a good plan to allow thu trees to ma- . turn too much fruit. After an orchard ha* come iuto full 1 bearing otto of the beat plans of man- | Hoot pruuiug i* doue by takiug a | sharp spade aud dlggiug a circle ttrouud the stent of the tree* deep j cuouhU I j eat od a portiou of tho Paula If the farmer doea uot like poultry, |i:t the wife have charge of it, aud let Iter have all *!>■- eau make out of it. Hh« will Mmu develop the bualuea* lUto pay tug |>ropottiou->. I'aiiin r* who ate now uaiug hay will »iu I tha soiue will be wuru highly rel (•hett I'V stock than Other portion*, j this dillt i> UUw IU iplallty I* due to the 1 •t*«<<4 of giowth at which tt ««■ eul, aud «Ue iu the luanuar m which tt *•« . u red. A (foul urop ti help out poof piitulu I* ihi umf i'« 4» that • «U bu ' llbvl eul oi pasluiu I ila yuit plau mua to itif soiit* ' It utakes a splendid - flip fof eutetgt tt eau he .iif t p.**iufed, uut lot hay, ui »1|..« I iu tu.tuta aud th< pv-a. thi* 4i.|ml lu tt i« no uiim <mv I w*m|i Whiia wh> at a*, t >'lUt.i 41 ***** hate .Ihu lb p|i.*>, Ilt i. la 14 c -aipiaiut lltati *»44» Itf* U || full) Up lt> .Va II 111 pit" « k,. *«. a'aay "> ..l« §«* iti 1 1 *t ut'i'ij!«»« iu4h|M| a >llt HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. X A NEW FLOOR COVERING. Among the fresher novelties for th® housekeeper is tho reversible rubber rug or carpot. Tho fabric consists of a thin sheet of perforated rubber cloth, similar to that used in tho manufac ture of boots. Tho yarn is forced through the little holes. It is then automatically spread on both sides of the rubber sheeting, and the rug is manufactured. Tho strong features of tho product are its durability and its reversibility ; also its low cost of manufacture. In appearance it looks exactly like a moquette or other pile fabric, and only an examination would reveal the difference in structure. Jute, as a filling, being done away with, the only expense is for yarn and rubber. —Carpet Trade. CHEMISTRY OF THK RAKED POTATO. Usually the first vegetable prescribed by tho physician for tho sick person who is beginning to use solids is a baked potato. A baked potato, however, may be no better than a boiled one unless it be done in so high a temperature that tho starch is affected. Boiled potatoes can not bo subjected to a higher temperaturo than 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Baked potatoes may bo done in such a way that they aro but a little better than boiled—for in stance, done in a slow oven. On the other hand if they are put into a tem perature of 380 to 400 degrees Fahren heit, or what is called a "hot oven," they will bo done in such a manner that the conversion of starch will in a degree take place and tho potato bo consequently palatable and easily di gested. Potatoes roasted in hot ashes or embers are delicious and for tdo same reason. Tho high degree of heat cooks the starch properly.—New York World. SENSIBLE TOILET COVERS. If a room needs new toilet covers after tho spring house cleaning, make them from white cotton point d'esprit laid over a color, aud edge each piece with a frill of the same, run with baby ribbons. A set seen recently was of white over pale orange. Cut a piece of white muslin or cheesecloth the size of the top of tho dresser, and other places for which you want tho covers, lay ovor them u thin layer of cotton sprinkled with violet powdor, then tack on a covering of colored sateen. Cut the piece of lace considerably larger than the linings, and catch the extra fulness here and there to the lining, so that, when finishod, the lace will lay up lightly and have a slightly crumpled look. Make a wide frill of the lace, turn in a wide hem, and over the hem and just above it sow on the baby ribbon. Set on tho frill with a hoading. Make a cover for your pin cushion, if you use one, in tho same way, but without any lining.—New York Post. A OOOD KITCHEN. The wiso woman makes her kitchen comfortable. If she is her own maid of all work she finds that tho trouble and thought she spends on that hum ble room aro very wisely spent. If sho has a servant she will find that tho comfort of the kitchen will often be the measuro of tho servant's stay and her willingness to work. The floor should be painted. There should be neatly bound mats or carpet here and there, but no tacked or "put down" rug. The walls, when it is pos sible, should bo covered with lino leum, tiles or something equally dur able aud easy to keep clean. There should bo light colored Holland shades at the windows and short sash curtains of whito dottod muslin. There I should be, if possible, a safe with glass doors through which tho blue and white crockery, the tin and cop per vessels may be seen without gath ering dust and smoke. There should be at least one shelf where cook books may repose and another where bright, hardy, heat loving flowers may bloom. A kitchen clock should provide the experiment of aceuracy for the culi nary experiments, and a big splint bottomed rocker should bo one of tho prominent furnishings of the room.— Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. RECIVES. Potatoes Frioil Whole—Take small, cold-boiled potatoes, dip them in | beaten egg and roll iu lino broad crumbs; repeat the operation, aud fry a golden brown in boiling lard. This makcH a uieo dish for breakfast or luncheon. Apple Tapioca Pudding—One and a half cups of tapioo soaked over uight in lukewarm water. In tho morning add a little water aud stir till it ais holvom, Add euotigh sliced apple to 1 till a small pudding dish, one teacup j of brown sugar ami a little lemon juice. Bake till it foruts a jelly ; if it , dries too much, add a little water. I Servo with cream or hard sauce. Flannel Cake* Melt a tabieapoou ful of butter iu oue quart of hot milk, i Stir well aud set away to cool. Heat j tlve eggs very light, aud stir theui iu |to the utilk, alternately, with three ; pounds of flour. Add a teaspooufulof nalt and two tableipooufllls of yeast. Set the pau of batter Uear the lire, aud if the yeast l» good, they will rise 111 ! three hours, tiukc iu a griddle or iu wuille irons. t'oru Mutllu* (hie piutof flour, one of Indiau lUeal, oue third of a cupful of uuu tcaspooulul of soda, two of cicaiu of tartar, two a pint of lullk, oUu tabh ;>pooltf ul of melted butler. Mix thu dry iu*re bout* to unlhtl aud sift thuiu- Unit thu egga light, add the tttllk lo th ut ttu I stir lat>> thu dry luure.lteitU Hake tawu ty utiuulus iu butteto-l UiolNu paus, Two d«>4uu uittttlu* CaU he utadu With thu Ipiaulltle* 4J!»i u lliiui t'he> >• > Ileal au I bullet your luu'Hu ir»<u», aud put a layer of well Hooked rlt.u IU lU« bull tiu ul ea>'h ling 11 vetllt la sprinkle Mil, a litiUi •ay - UUu aud bits ol litll- 1 Ntit put a lay at of giat* I etieu* , th u a • 1 ou I lay. 1 ol fife, —til, p»pp«t au I bultef, aud huaiiy a saeol+d U» et "I Ihe (jlsl'l tit !'!• th iiou tu • hot o**u, »'th a hot itu Metal Iha iliui' uuld lh eh** «* 11* tb"i><u*ni> >a'il l iuto th n*« lak« <d lit-t liu »••• 1 au I i<i«au Ite- .ly on top tIK vh'-vw.* uau h» u<a I. tfc gn*» t a-- lit h, u 11. 1 i«.u <i j , tftll* tM I II'SU <• M. a - Highest of all in leavening strength.— Litest 0.8. Go?. Food Report. Rpyai ABSOLUTELY PURE Economy requires that in every receipt calling for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW YORK. Preparing, in Time ot Peace, "The British Government in forever experimenting with its lighting ap purtenances in order to ascertain just what it can di in case of trouble with some other country," said Joseph Markcll, of Boston, at the Ebbitt. "For some time past it has been try ing to And out just how long it would take to get its men and supplies across the American continent in case of a difficulty with Russia. A short time ago a special train, carrying arma ment and supplies, was dispatched from Halifax to Esquimault, British Columbia, with instructions to stop only to take water and change engines, and the trip was made in less than five days. Mrs. Guelplx pretty nearly knows to a certainty just what every department of her empire can do in any kind of an emergency."—Wash ington Star. At Eddy, in the Pecos Yalley, New Mexico, tho farmers are cultivating canaigre, and are getting $lO per ton in its green state for all they can raise. From awav up in British North America comes the following greeting to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at lluffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Allen Skarrard. of Hartney, Selkirk Co., Manitoba, whose Eortrait, with that of lier little boy, eads this article, writes ns follows: " I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription for ' falling of tho womb.' I was troubled with bearing down pains and pains in my back whenever I would be on my feet any lor rt hof time. I was recommended to try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which I did with happy results. I feel like a now person cfter taking three bottles of it." As we have just heard from the frigid North, we will now introduce a letter received from the Sunny South. The follow ing is from Mrs. J. T. Smith, of Oakfuskee, Cleburne Co., Ala. Slio writes : " I was afflicted anil suffered v.nt«ld pains and misery, such a* no pen can describe, for six years. I was confined to bod most of the time. I expected tho cold hand of death every day. I was afflicted with leueorrhea— with excessive flowing—falling of the womb —bearing down sensation —paai in the email of my back—my bowels costive—smarting, itching and burning in tl- > vagina, also pal pitation of the heart. When I began taking your medicine I could not sit up, only a few minutes at a ti;: e, I was so weak. 1 took I>r. Pierce's Favorito Prescription three times per day, I also took his 4 Golden Medical Discovery 1 three times per day and one of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Fel'ets every night. I have taken seven bottles of the ' Discovery,' seven bottles of the 4 Prescription' and five bottles of the ' Pellets.' I took these medi cines seven months, regularly, never missed a day. These medicines cured me. I feel as well as I «ver did in my life. Four of the best doctors in th» land treated my cose four years They all gave me up us hopeless— they said I could not be cured, and could not live. Through the "ill of Wtl, and your medicines, 1 nave been restored to the best of health. ' Yours truly, ™SSCna 3H |, . i, ' . I . I I. li. < . . «. I ■ in I Milt HI 1141*1} tJI UlO wl % «»| »« II .» >» . .1. .. 1 n> till. !• Il». Ml - I 11*• v» ». .i. . I » *»• Mul i . in tl I I.i «ii. IMI »l Witt* U« Wot to i—k M l*« ftri|M SMI« •! Hn«|FT, UM SAPOLIO How (>ol<l Loses by Abrasion. Gold while in circulation is handled less than any other medium. It is usually kept in tho vaults of banks for demands rarely made, and for this reason the loss by abrasion is about one-half of ono per cent, in any twenty years. In a S2O gold piece, the standard weight of which is 510 grains, tho Government allowanco for loss by abrasion is 2.58 grains, but, except in cases where tho coins havo been tampered with by "sweaters," the loss rarely exceeds this limit.— New York Journal. Smallest Hook ill the World. The smallest book in the world i3 said to bo a New Testament. It was printed with type of very small size, which could bo used but once, as it was found to be impossible to distrib ute them after the impression had been printed. The page is an inch long by three-quarters of an inch wide, and the volume, including covers, is exactly a quarter of an inch thick. —Chicago Times. Mrs. W. O. Gunekel, of No. 1461 Soutb Seventh Street, Terra Haute, Indiana, writes: 44 1 bad been suffering; from womb trouble for eight years having doctored with the most skillful physicians, but finding only tempo rary relief from medicines prescribed by them. I WHS advised by n friend to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which 1 did, and found, in taking six bottles of the 4 Prescription' and two of the 4 Golden Medical Discovery,' that it has effected a positive cure, for which words cannot ex press my gratitude for the relief from the great suffering that 1 so long endured." Tours truly, As a powerful, invigorating, restorative tonic 44 Favorito Prescription" improves digestion and nutrition thereby building up solid, wholesome flesh, and increasing the strength of the whole system. As a soothing and strengthening nervine "Favorite Pre scription" is unequaled and is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, irritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, ueuralgia, hysteria, spasms. Chorea, or St. Vitus's Dance, and other dis tressing, nervous symptoms commonly atten dant u|«>n functional and organic of the womb. It induces refreshing she], and relieves mental anxiety anil despondency. Even insanity, when dependent upon womb disease, is cured by it. Dr. Piercs's Favorite Prescription is a scientific medicine, carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organi/ation. It is purely vegetable in its composition and iierfectly harmless in its effects in imyeomit (ion of (he ttjMtm. For morning sicklies*, or nausea, due to pregnancy, weak stomach, in digestion, dyspepsia and kindred symptoms, its use will prove very beneficial. Dr. Pierce's Book ( IBS pages, Illustrated) on 44 Woman aud Her Diseases," fivin* sue t essful means of Home Treatment, will be mailed in {Jain tnulape, it curtly seated from obterration on receipt of ten cents to |wy postage. See the Doctor's address near the bead of tlus article.
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