Montour American j FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor, Danville, Pa., Nov. 19, 1908. $30,000 FIRE ATJT. GABRIEL A fire involving a loss of $30,000 or- j ourred at Mt. Carmel Tuesday night. 1 It broke out at 10:80 o'clock in the rear of Ai Holshoe's saddler shop on j the corner of Third and Oak streets, i one of the principal sections of the town, aud was probably of incendiary origin. It spread rapidly to the con fectionery store of Frank Shoeuer, the jewelry Btore of Henry Greisiuger.the millinery store of Miss Anna Long,the grocery store aud dwelling of Ueorge MoKae.the barber shop of Harry Schutt and the Lyric Moving picture theatre. All of the buildings except the last were gutted iu turn. The fire was stopped at the theatre. The cause of the spreading of the flames was due to the lack of water pressure. On account of the drought the Mt. Carmel Water company is economical in its distribution of wat er aud after six o'clock shuts down on the pressure. On Tuesday night the \ Centralia dam was shut off and there j was not enough force from the other darns from which water is drawn, to* j throw fair sized streams from the noz- ! zles of the hose. By the time the i watchman at the dam had been gotten by telephone and told to open the wat- : er mains the lire had such a start that ; it could not be gotten under control | until it caused damage amounting in j all to f!i(>,000. THE BASTILLE. Men and Methods In the Famo.is Old French Prison. The Bastille ns a prison was appar ently better kept ami cleaner than slttaer Bicetre or the Chatelet, and im prisonment within its walls did not, it would seem, dishonor the prisoner or his family. A great many prisoners ■were charged as mad, and under this elastic term the violent maniac, the ambitions madman, tho young spend thrift, the megalomaniac, the reacher for the philosopher's stone or the se cret of perpetual motion all these tiresome persons might be and were Included. How, then, did these prisoners live? In the underground cells or dungeons, as in the ceils in (he towers, the prison ers were on bread and water, as a rule, In the other rooms in the main build ing three meals were served a day, with drinkable wine—"vin potable." In cer tain cases, according to the quality and distinction of the prisoner, he might supplement the meager furni ture of his prison and get a provision of books. Very favored persons were allowed their own servant if he would consent voluntarily to undergo con finement. Voltaire began to write the "Ilenriade" as prisoner In the Itastille; Abbe Morellet of the Encyclopedia speaks of the great fortress as the •cradle of his fame, but we must re member that It was perhaps not ad visable to say much about the Bastille when you were still living within Its walls and that, as M. Mouin has re minded us, "the old Spartans offered sacrifices to fear." Prisoners, more over, had to sign on their release an elaborate declaration by which they swore never to divulge, directly or In directly, anything they might have learned as prisoners concerning the Bastille.—Mrs. Frederic Harrison la Nineteenth Century. Queer Talismans In Malta. There are still to lie fouinl in Malta e number of small stones shaped and colored like the eyes, tongues and other parts of serpents. The superstitious among the Maltese connect these with the tradition that St. Paul when ship wrecked was cast on their island, and it was there that while lighting a bun dle of sticks for a lire a viper fastened on the apostle's hand. St. Paul calmly shook the reptile off into the flames, and 110 harm followed. The natives wear these stones as talismans, in which character they suppose them serviceable in warding off dangers from snake bites and poisons. They are found in St. Paul's cave, imbed ded in clay, and are set in rings and bracelets and when found to be in the shape of a tongue or liver or heart are huii'; around the neck. They are also taken internally, dissolved in wine, which method is attended, according to some people, by more immediate re sults. Islands In New York City. "I was showing an Englishman our city a week or two ago," said a New Yorker, "and was surprised to hear him express astonishment at the num ber of islands within our municipal boundaries. Ms this entire island a part of New York city':' he asked as 1 took him on several trolley rides over on Staten Island. 'And all these is lands, too, are they New York city?" he Inquired another day as he went up the Enst river. His remarks pit me to thinking, and I've discovered that not one of the really great cities of the world lias so many islands within its boundaries as New York. Staten Is land in itself would make a good sized city. Some of the other islands, of course, are liardiy more than specks, but they belong to New York city just the same." The Darkest Hour. Tho proverb which tells us that "the darkest hour is that before dawn" is Inaccurate, for light increases in the morning ns gradually as it decreases in the evening. The saying should be "the coldest hour." etc., which Is per fectly true and is owing to causes connected with the deposit of dew. Hoarfrosts, too, usually take place just before daylight and are an addi tional cause of the peculiar chilliness «112 this time.—London Scraps. AIDED HE.. RIVAL Romance of a London Society Leader and s Diamond Necklace. Tlio jewelers of Bond street could if they liked tell many nn amazing story. There is uo need to dilute on the fasci nation which scintillating gems exor cise upon the feminine mind. That fas cination is a fact and may serve t«> ex plain a mortal enmity which existed recently and probably still exists be tween two well known society leaders. To one of them a highly placed udmlr ! or mentioned his intention to purchase a diamond necklace. Knowing that the lady possessed more than a superficial knowledge of the value of stones, he begged her to select for him what he required. The price he was prepared to give was £1.500. The lady jumped to the conclusion that such a request ;ould have but one meaning—viz, that she herself was to be the eventual re cipient of the gift. She thereupon vis ited the jeweler's shop and inspected his stock, but at the price she was em powered to give saw nothing that par ticularly took her fancy. A fascinating piece of workmanship, however, did at tract her, the price of which was 11,000 guineas. The desire to possess it be came irresistible. She arranged with the jeweler to send the necklace to the purchaser and invoice it to him at the agreed upon price, while she gave her own check for the balance. Then she went home and awaited the arrival of the gift. Some days passed, but there was 110 appearance of the necklace. A horrible doubt which assailed her be came certainty a day or two later when she saw the identical necklace she had helped to pay for sparkling on the neck of a younger and more beauti ful rival.—Grand Magazine. A LECTURE FOR HIM. Why the Bright Little Woman Scored Her Thouyhtiess Husband. A bright little woman was recently overheard lecturing her husband as follows: "Now I'll tell you why I wouldn't go bjto the restaurant and have a cup of coffee with you while we were wait ing for the train. 1 didn't like the way you asked me. Not half an hour before you said to Mr. Puffer, 'Come, let's get a cigar,' and away you went, holding his arm and not giving him a chance to decline. "When we met John Howdy on our way to luncheon you said: 'Just in time, John. Come take lunch with us.' And then tonight, when we had to wait an hour for the train, you looked at your watch, turned on me and said in a questioning way, 'Would you like a cup of coffee?' And I did want It. I was tired and a little hungry, but I would have fainted before I would have accepted such an invitation. And you went away a little bit vexed with me and had your coffee and bread and butter by yourself and didn't eujoy them very much. In effect you said to me, 'lt' you want a cup of coffee, if you really want it. I will buy it for you.' "You are the best husband in the world, but do as nearly as all the best husbands do. "Why do you men seem to dole out things to your wives when you fairly throw tlisrn to the men yon know? Why didn't you invite me heartily as you invite men? Why didn't you say. 'Come, let's get a little coffee and something,' and take me straight away with you? "You wouldn't say to a man, 'Would you like me togo and buy you a cigar?' Then why do you always Issue your little invitations to treats in that way to me? "Indeed, if men would only act to ward their wives as heartily, cordially and frankly as they do toward the men whom they meet they would find cheerier companions at home than they could at the club." San Francisco Chronicle. A Grateful Crab. "Alfred Souiinerlad, musical director of the Devonshire I'ark theater. Fast bourne, and Eilgar Bateman, the song writer, out fishing caught an edible crab," says an English periodical. "They tossed it back into the water. At that moment an accidental kick sent t l ie bait box after the crab. There was one fragment of bait adhering to 1 the hook, and this was lowered into | the sen, and the anglers left the rod for a time. When they returned they found their basket, which they had left empty, full to overflowing with fine flounders, soles, <»k, whiting end plaice. The explanation was soon forthcoming. Painfully making its way tip tho fishing line came the crea ture whose life had been spared bear ing in its nippers a fine young conger eel, which it placed with the other tish on the basket. Then it dropped back into the water. Apparently the grate ful crab, knowing that he had caused the bait to be lost, had deposited fif teen and one-half pounds of live fish in the creel as a thank offering for its life being spared." Piracy's Romance. Piracy is as old as history, but we think of it more particularly as woven Inextricably into the romantic youth of the new world. The word itself suggests first of all to Americans at least such names as Captain Kidd, Bartholomew Roberts, Captain Ed ward England. Captain George Low thor and that terrifying and dashing buccaneer Sir Henry Morgan, and the chief exploits of these men were ac complished at the expense of the coast of North America and the much har ried shores of the Caribbean. The his tory of pirncy is full of drama, stir ring action and daring deeds, and it Is on this account rather than because of its darker side of fire, murder, killing and inhuman cruelty that children even today, years after the last of the genuine pirates lias been swept from the seas, are constantly playing In imi tation of piratical exploits and that men and women still find a unique fascination in reading of the followers tif the black flag.—Jackson Cross in Metropolitan Magazine. Those Menl "I went Into tlie oflice looking like n fright," said the woman. "I didn't have a chance to straighten my hat or pat my hair or anything. I had intend ed to primp going up in the elevator, but there was a man standing before each mirror twirling his mustache, and I couldn't even get u peep at myself." —New York Times. ODD WAY TO REACH POLE. Explorer Baldwin Would Use Portable Houses and Ice Floes. What is pronounced by experts to be the best plan for north polar research is the novel one proposed by Evelyn Briggs Baldwin. "I am soon to lay this plau iu detail before the Harvard union at Cam bridge," said the explorer recently at New York, "but I'll tell you this much now: "Give me a cargo of logs, another of casks partly filled with emergency sup piles and a single vessel specially con structed, and we can go from Bering «trait to the pole and right across the Arctic ocean. Scatter the logs, portable nouses, casks, etc., upon a group of heavy ice floes surrounding the ship, shifting the supplies if necessary by means of windlasses, motors or dogs, and we'll succeed. A single crew can manage the three cargoes. "Had the Jeannctte expedition adopt ed this plan it would have won. In my support Rear Admiral Melville stated to me that, a small house erect ed on the ice nt the beginning of the drift of the Jeannette having been blown away before it had been fas tened down was found two years later less than two miles from the ship, thus proving that the ship and ice proceed just as a balloon moves with the at mosphere in which it floats. "With portable studios and laborato ries our artists and scientists may work in tranquillity. With balloons wo will view a wide belt of territory and, as did the Baldwin-Ziegler expedition, frequently dispatch messages home ward. With our logs as fuel we'll bar becue the walrus, seal and polar bear. With the casks as emptied we'll form j a flotilla filled with duplicates of our { collections. I "'Good scheme,' said Admiral Schley j the other day." 1 THE DEVILFISH. Wow These Monsters Are Caught In the Gulf of Mexico. There is 110 more thrilling sport than harpooning the devilfish, the giant raj or manta, which has its home in the gulf of Mexico. Some of these fish, which are very grewsome to behold, measure from twelve to eighteen feet and weigh more than 1.500 pounds. It requires tremendous skill to harpoon them and infinite tact to land them once they are struck. It is not unusu al for the fish to run for three hours or more, and they can tow a ten ton sloop. The fish is wily and will often goto the bottom to rest, to prevent which he has to be kept in a constant state of panic by hauling the tow in close to him. At a moment of weakening an other harpoon and a rifle shot will dis patch him. During a recent run it was three honrs before the cable could bo fas tened to the boat's windlass iu orde! to pull the devilfish under the bow where another lily iron was secured in him, and then followed a rush of extraordinary impetuosity. Following this method and only after there were three harpoons in his back and a shark hoop attached to one flipper was it felt that he was secure. Half an hour Inter his struggles were finally stilled by a lucky rifle shot in the head. As night came on the sharks began to come in and long after dark could be heard lighting over the stranded carcass.—lllustrated Tx>ndon News. SURGERY BY ELECTRICITY. Noiseless Spark From Knife Point Said to Excel Scalpel. Surgery by electricity is what is al leged to be possible with a remarkable electric knife just devised by a firm ■)( medical instrument manufacturers tn Herlin. The knife is now undergo ing exhaustive trials at the hands of Professor Bier, the head of the uni versity surgical clinic, with the view of demonstrating its eflkacy. It is claimed for it that operations can lie performed more quickly and that the healing process is more rapid than is the case where the ordinary scalpel has been used. To one end of a six or eight inch glass rod, through the center of which passes a conducting wire, is fastened the blade without a cutting sdge of a form similar to that of the commonly used surgical knives or like the simple probe. A high frequency current is employed, and when this ia turned on a noiseless spark half an inch long appears from the point of the knife or probe. The spark incises the soft tissues with the same ease as a hot knife goes through butter with out any apparent cauterization, but Professor Bier's experiments have so far shown that a more profuse hem orrhage ensues than by the use of tho common knife. It is further claimed for the instru- TOenf that it sterilizes as it cuts, re quires no sharpening and can be easi ly cleaned. Very Careful. Indulgent Vnclt l .lack, are yon care ful about your personal expenses these days? .lack- Yes, sir. I manage, with some effort, to make them balance my Income to the exact ceiu. Chicago Tribune. The world doesn't really grow worst every time you need medicine. Gnlve ton New*. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup R«H«VM Cold* bjr working Cmm aol *4 tbs system througk a ooytowa Ml hssUthy action at th« bowola. Raliavea coughs fey aissjMtai 9m mucous mambranM t4 Dm ftiMt, and krone Mai tubas "At fhinsl Is Ml as Hapta Children Like It R« IANAOM-VUI nm * QtSßfi KMwf Ml IMtar Mb—. Jackson, 1001 Chapel street, Cincinnati, who was born and reared in Dearborn county, Ind, prompted by her love for her late de parted brother, George W. Jackson, and other members of her family now resting in the family lot in Greendale cemetery, at Bawreueeburg, Ind., de sired to erect something new and beautiful to their memory. A happy idea came to her. She would have a large vase constructed, containing pots of flowers, and set it in the center of a flower bed. Within the vase there should be a tfank of water, which by its own automatic force each day would water the flowers in the pots and also the flowers in the bed planted nround the foot of the vase. Accordin: she went to work, em ployed aii lanic, superintended the eonstruciio: herself, anil in a few weeks her ieuals were realized. The original vase may be seen in Green dale cemetery. The tank has a capac ity of about one-half barrel of water anil must be filled evary two weeks. During the lieat of the day the water slowly drips from the large tank into a smaller one. By evening the small tank is filled, and by its weight it closes the valves of the large tank and opens the valves below, thus al lowing the water to flow from it and refresh the flowers during the cool hours of night. By morning the small tank is empty, and the weights lift it Into position again, the lower valves close, the upper ones open, ami the tank tills as oil the previous day. When Miss Jackson completes the ornamental design of her vase and perfects the mechanism as she has planned it will be a thing of beauty. THEATRICAL EXPOSITION. Whole Field of Music and the Drama to Be Exploited. The Italian ambassador at Washing ton has furnished a copy of the an nouncement of the international The atrical exposition to be held at Milan In 101.°, in honor of the first centennial of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, the composer: The exposition will be divided into three sections—the theater, playhouses and productions; music, composition and interpretation: artists anil theat rical literature, relics, biographies, manuscripts, etc. The theater section will Include re production of ancient, mediaeval and modern playhouses or theaters; an cient, mediaeval and modern produc tions or play*, a special division being devoted to moving picture apparatus, heating, illuminating, etc. The music section will include an cient and modern instruments and ac cessories, writings of the different pe riods or elicits among the different races and nationalities. The third section, which will lie de voted to performances and theatrical literature, will include all that which pertains to the performers, to their work and to their memory, such as photographs, autographs, reproduc tions of monuments. Divisions will be devoted to sacred isnsic, national hymns, patriotic song, war song proportion to the material from whi 'i • they are made. A ton of steel made r into hairsprings when in watches i worth more than twelve and one-half times the value of the same weight in pure gold. How He Managed It. The bishop of Richmond told a good story about his father. "He was a farmer," said Dr. I'ulleine, "and a nice old gentleman too. One year he took i into his bead to grow tlax, so he soweil the seed and, having a good crop, sent it away to be made into a tablecloth Some time later when seated at dinner he remarked to a lady near him, 'Di you know. I grew this tablecloth my self!' 'Did you really?' she answered, with the greatest surprise. 'Howevei did you manage it?' 'Weil.' most inys teriously, 'if you'll promise not to tell any one I'll tell you. I—planted a nap kin.' "—London Mail. The Earth's Visibility. As we look up through the trans parent atmosphere on a clear night and see the moon beaming brilliantly down upon us we may think, "What a wonderful sight the continents and oceans of the earth would present if we could view them from the moon!" But, according to the conclusions of the director of the astrophysical ob servatory of the Smithsonian institu tion, a man on the moon would catch but fleeting glimpses of the outlines of our continents. "The true radiating surface of the earth as a planet," says the scientist, "is chiefly the wa ter vapor at an elevation of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) or more above the sea level." In consequence the man j in the moon would see the features of the earth diuily outlined in the glare of light reflected from the atmosphere. —Youth's Companion. Camels and Campbells. An Irishman and a Scotchman were discussing the horrors of living in a prohibition state, when the Irishman remarked: "Sure, an' ye might get used to it after awhile. Ye know they say a camel can go eight days without drinkiu'." "Hoot, mon!" retorted the other. "It's little ye know about the Campbells when ye say that There is na one o' I them could go eight hours wl'out a i drap o' somethin'!" i Which ended the discussion.—New | York XI nips | What is everybody's business Is no body's business.—Walton , - , MOUNTAIN SLIDING. ** Hawaiian Small Boy* Simply "Drop Down tho Edge of the Scervery." Water sports are by no meaaß the only vigorous athletics Indulged In by the boys of Hawaii. Mountain cllmh lur Is a fuvorlte pastime, for there lire peaks 4,000 feet high within easy walk ing distance of any part of Honolulu, syid on the island of Hawaii there are two mountains fully 14,000 feet in height. Not Infrequently the Honolulu schools give picnics on the mountain sides that the pupils may gather land shells. It Is on these excursions in search of land shells that the Hawaiian schoolboys revel in the once national sport, mountain sliding. A very steep mountain side is se lected, where the grass is long and sloping downward. Every one gathers Ills own ti leaves. The tl leaf is some thing like the banana leaf, but not near ly so long. With a bunch of ti leaves in his hand the first boy steps to the edge of the side, grasps the leaves by the stems In both hands, places the leafy part under him and sits down, gives himself a start and drops down tho edge of the scenery like a flash. I was assured that, it was an easy mat ter to regulate the speed of descent by merely grasping the ti stems firmly I and lifting them upward, this acting as ' a brake. I longed for the thrill of drop ping down over tho edge of a moun | tain and upon my brief slod of ti leaves j began the descent I went like the wind. It seemed as though my breath would be taken away from me or that I would plunge head over heels, to be dashed to pieces among the trees be low. I thought of my brake and drew up on the ti leaves with all my might and came up with a jerk that jarred every bone In m.v body. There I sat. looking downward almost perpendicu larly, held in position only by a few leaves resting ou the smooth, slippery grass, but the gliding gras.s is nearly a foot long, and it is only after it has been repeatedly sliddeu over and beat en down that It approaches perfection ' la the eyes of (he Hawaiian small boy | and sometimes leads to accidents. When, for instance, the thin layer of tl I leaves wears out beneath the slide a gentle tug at the stalks parts the sled and sends the slider whizzing down ward in a most uncomfortable and un graceful manner, all arms and legs, j Lucky is tho victim of such an acciden I if he is not stopped in his downward | career by the trunk of a tree—St. | Nicholas. The Mere Formality Won. "Yes, sir," said the pule, youthful . suitor; "I havo come to ask you for your daughter's hand. She is'falr as I lilies, charming"— "Is that Mary you're talking about?" asked papa. "Yes. sir. It is a mere formality. I know, this asking for your daughter's hand, but we thought it would be pleasing to you if it were observed." Mary's papa stiffened. ! "And may I Inquire," he asked, "who 1 suggested that asking my consent lo 1 Mary's marriage was a mere formal- I ity?" j "You may, sir," replied the young j man simply. "It was Mary's mother." Paraguay's Sweet Plant. j A herb called by the natives caa I ehe, but botanically Eupatorium re , baudianum, grows wild In Paraguay. ! It is remarkable for its sweetness. In : deed, the native name means the j "sugar plant." It grows along the bor i dors of the rivoi Amambahl and at tains a height of only about five inches. The smallest bit of this plant when placed upon the tongue produces a surprisingly sweet flavor, which, it is | said, lasts for hours. The saccharine | power Is much greater than (hat of | sugar.—Youth's Companion. — The Sleepless Seven. ! "There were seven of the twelve," J said one of the discharged jurors In i speaking of the matter nest morning, I "who didn't want to sleep themselves and wouldn't let the rest of us sleep | Whenever we dropped into a doze they j came around and shook us till we were nide awake again." ! "And you had to submit, 1 suppose. for they constituted the majority?" ; "Yes. They were a rousing majority," | said the hollow eyed juror, with a pen i nive attempt to be facetious.—Chicago Tribune. " A Life Note. I "Lift is what we make it," said the i philosopher. j "Alas," exclaimed the practical one. j "that we can't make It a million"' We ask Providence to make us ! thankful for what we receive and then I goto figuring on just how much Provi ■ dence is going to send us.—Atlanta j Constitution. A Present. ' "That's a very fine purse you have. | Henry." "Yes. My wife gave it to me 011 my j birthday." | "Indeed! Anything in it?" | "Yes: the bill for the purse." One Exception. j The Husband (during the quarrel ! You're always making bargains. Was there ever a time when you didn't? The Wife—Yes, sir; on my wedding day. ' Turn thyself to the true riches and learn to be content with little. - Seneca The Smart Set. A lady In a town lying under the j Kockles was much distressed at hear lug a small clique in Iter town refer to j themselves as the "smart set." She appealed to an ex-United States sena j tor and asked him what he understood |by the term "the smart set." lie re j plied: "I think I can give you an inkling. In the eastern part of Colt. : rado and in the western part of Ne j braska there is a large tract of land 1 known as the 'rain belt' It never rains there."— Argonaut. Discovery of Reed For Matting. Heed fields covering hundreds of square miles have been discovered in Saskatchewan, Cauada, says a Toronto dispatch. The reeds are said to be similar to those from which Chinese and Japanese matting is manufactured. The American government, it la added, has spent much time and money In leeklng such material. KEY WITH EVERY PAIR. Limit In Rah-Rah Shoes Is One That Locks on the Feet. When the men who decree the fash ions put a quietus on the circus effect that made rah-rah clothes scream last LATEST IN RAH-RAH FOOTWKAK SHOE THAT LOCKS OS THE FOOT, summer they forgot to put the muffler on shoes. Now the winter tan college oxford comes along to relieve the plainness of trousers that are not reef ed. This shoe raises the ante on any thing yet seen In footwear. It locks on the feet. Three nickel plated padlocks buckle the shoe across the instep. One key goes with every pair. If the key is lost while the shoes are locked on— "Will they sell?" the shoe man was asked. "They will. When the co'.leg boys get hep to those locks we cn.i't supply the demand." "When a rah-rah wears these will lii' have to walk lock step?" was asked. "I knew you'd spring that." the shoe man said. "Everybody els'* has." TORTOISE SHELL The Way the Plates Are Removed From the Animal. The comb of tortoise shell has a very pale and translucent yellow, the only really valuable kind of shell. "Many people think pale, un mottlcd shell the cheaper kind," the dealer said. "Do you know why? Be cause the Imitations are all made like this. "That is one vulgar error about shell. Another Is that the tortoise is killed to get its shell casing. That is as absurd an error as it would Vie to say a sheep was killed to get its wool. "What is done is this: The fisher men. having caught a tortoise, tie him and then cover his back with dry grass and leaves. They set !'♦' to this stuff, it burns slowly, and the heat causes tho thirteen plates of the shell to loosen nt the joints. With a knife the plates are pried off, and afterward the tortoise is set free. The base, or root, of liis shell is intact and will grow again. If tortoises were killed to get their shell they would long since have become extinct. "No, no. Every tortoise Is, as it were, a farm—a shell farm. Fishermen catch him regularly and with heat and a knife gently remove his shell."— New Orleans Times-Democrat. Golfthalmia. Golftbalmia Is a poisonous and in #iilious bacterium which, in my dreams, under (he powerful lens of my heated Imagination, assumes the shape of something between a niblick, a golfer's oath and a caddie's smile—my caddie's. i. strange, unsightly, grewsome, twist ed, creeping, muttering thing. -Throne and Country. The difference between a man's hand shake and the wag of a dog's tail is that the wag is always sincere.—Mar ion (Ga.i Patriot A Reliable Remedy for Gumnn Ely's Crasni Bate \ " is quickly absorbed. V* ■ Gives Relief at Once. It cleanses, sootl.es, / heals ami protects the diseased mem brane resulting from Catarrh ami Warren Street, New York. Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. < ->nitiitinlca tlons strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free, oldest agency for securing patents, j Patents taken through Mutm &. Co. receive 9pCi-ial notice, without t barge. 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