NiK ART OF TAXIDERMY.
low TUB FORMS OF lIIRDS AND
ANIMALS ARE I'KKSEItVKU.
XHteiiHy in Retaining; llio Natural Line*
- A Rig; OUHIIIOSH in Stuffed Skins—
It In Now a Fine Art in the Way of
Pregjrvi.tiou.
is not a business
l§ycalculated to bring
EH its followers into pub
yl lie prominence. The
|j| busy world bustling
WfSjjjS/W J streets does not care
fjf/SjSm \ ft straw tor taxidermy.
MffßjAV ' The ordinary man
jjfk has something else to
think of. Yet there
are those who are
■jBN deeply interested in
the preservation of
the forms of bird and animal life.
Some are so from sentiment, as it en
ibles them to retain the substantial
shadow of a pet. Others are enlisted
jn a scientific basis. One may love
birds and not be a taxidermist. Audu
bon illustrates this: He was a devoted
ornithologist, one of the greatest
America has yet known; but he
paid no attention to taxidermy.
When he bagged a bird it wan
his practice to pin it to a tree
and make a drawing reproducing the
natural tints of the plumage, with
colors. After this the skin was removed
and dried. The collection of drawings
and descriptions left by Audubon serve
as criteria for sportsmen, but the value
would have been much increased it
supplemented by the actual forms ol
the birds. Charles Waterton, tlio En
glisli naturalist, has left far more tc
posterity through practicing taxi
dermy. The specimens he gathered,
now in the museum in York, are o)
inestimable worth jn showing tlu
natural posture and action of life. On
careful examination it will be found
TAXIDERMIST AT WORK.
I hat ft bird's body is not completely
covered by feathers, There are places
about the shoulders, under the wings
and on the thighs where the skin is
about bare, and fits the cavities or
rounds out with great nicety. Usually
these parts are stuffed full, the result
being a marring of the symmetry and
proportion. Wnterton gavo particu
lar care to such points, trying to get
them exact to nature.
The best way of preserving a bird's
skin demands careful attention from
the moment it is killed to the time of
mounting. The wounds should be
tilled with cotton, an'l feathers discol
oic d by blood should be softly wiped
with a wet sponge. In hot weather
the skin should be taken off at once,
b' t in autumn or winter the bird can
be allowed to get cold. Beginning at
the breast bone, the skin is slowly
separated by forcing a blunt instru
ment between it and the tlesh. The
bones of the wings are cut at the
shoulder joints, and when getting the
skin from the skull the vetebrie can be
unjointcd. Then remove the brains
and eyes. The tlesh is taken from the
under bill, using care not to mutilate
tho openings of the ears or eyelids.
The skin should then be rubbed with
DUCK WRAPPED TO DRV.
a solution of arsenic or corrosive sub
liniato and prepared for drying.
Before beginning stutling, the skin
in the interim having been dampened,
wash the skull with corrosive sub
limatc, and reconnect to the neck with
wire. The wings and legs are also ad
justed with wire, and connected with
a central piece running from head to
tail. A fault common with stuffed
birds is the apparent lengthening ol
the legs. The three bones of the logs
should be articulated to almost form
a letter Z, as the upper joint of the
thigh is never straight. Chopped llax
tow or cotton is the best for stutling or
sewing up. Cotton is put in the orbits
of the eyes with fine forceps, and the
eyes are fixed in with cement. After
being stuffed anil the i ose decided,
thread is wound plentifully around the
plumage to hold the feathers in posi
tion until the skin has again dried thor
oughly.
"The old custom," said the taxider
mist, "of mounting birds 011 branches
or moss-covered bases has been pretty
ranch given up. MORS is a great place
to breed insects and for moths to lay
eggs, so a T of some nice wood is now
preferred."
The preservation of fish forms 'is a
distinct brunch of taxidermy, and is
but little done, it is necessary to
treat the tisli as soon as taken from the
water, and even then it is dithcult to
retain the color and luster of the
scales.
The first ones to establish a business
of stuffing anything and everything in
natural life to supply museums and
mercantile calls were the Yerreaux
Freres, in Paris. Before that a muse
um had to collect jls own specimens,
hut the Yerreaux opened a sort of
pi earing house for wild beasts, birds,
fishes, and reptiles, frqni which
stuffed elephant or cottpn-fillpd rodent
oould be ordered. The Yerreaux
passed away and were succeeded by an
American named Ward, who to-day
TITIOPER FISH MOUNTED.
supplies the largest museums with
stuffed specimens. His American
headquarters are at Rochester, N. Y.,
where there are thousands of birds,
mammals, fishes, and reptiles stuffed,
or ready to be, if wanted. He has
agents in all sections of the world
looking for rare specimens and collect
ing others as the general stock needs
replenishing.
Among taxidermal curiosities is a
collection made by the late Henry
Bergh to emphasize his stand against
cruelty to animals. By stuffed speci
mens, the sufferings of the dumb
brute from various forms of man's bru
tality is reproduced. A number of
celebrated horses have had their skins
made subjects of the
art. Rienzi, ridden by Sheridan to
"Winchester, twenty miles away," had
his hide stuffed, and it is now at Gov
ernor's Island. Sherman's Tecumseh,
that carried the General from Atlanta
to the sea, can be seen at the Madison
University. Robert E. Lee's war
horse, Traveler, is in the Lee Univer
sity, of Virginia, while famous trotting
and running horses have in several in
stances also been thus honored.
"I am called 011 a good deal," said
the taxidermist interrogated, "to stuff
dead canaries. They have been house
hold pets, but gone the way of all
flesh, and the women of the family
think it would bo nice to keep some
thing that looks as they did when alive.
I always ask for a deposit in advance
for such jobs, as it is a tedious bit of
work, and often by the time it is done
the loss of the bird has been partially
forgotten. There is a parrot on the
shelf there a woman cried over when
she left the body, but got over her
mourning so much in a week as to re
fuse to pay for the job."
Animals as Actors.
Many animals have the dramatic in
stinct; that is, they enjoy acting a part
and "making believe" as much as some
children do. All English gentleman,
who had once been in the cavalry ser
vice, used to toll me a great many an
ecdotes about a horse that belonged to
his regiment.
"Old Sal," as she was called, had
innumerable tricks and devices of her
own, and was quite the practical joker
of the company. A very common one
with her was suddenly to nip with her
teeth the man who was grooming her;
and when he looked up angrily after
such an unprovoked attack, ho would
always find her gazing innocently iuto
the distance as if she never dreamed
of doing such a thing. She knew how
to turn her cleverness to her own ad
vantage, too. The horses wero fed
from a long trough, with a swinging
bar between each two to keep them
apart and secure the proper division of
the oats. Old Sal would quietly blow
lior own oats into tlio fartlierest cor
ner, and then putting her head over
the bar, blow her neighbor's oats
within her reach, eat them, and then
return to her own sharo.
Logs are very fond of pretending.
I know a little dog, the especial pot ol
his mistress, who will assume five or
six different parts in the course of a
game. ( )ne of his favorite plays is to
rush at his mistress as if he was going
to make a furious attack upon her with
his teeth and claws, but he takes tho
greatest care never to really hurt her.
Then he will be exceedingly mournful,
and in an instant all life and fun,
changing quite as suddenly into an air
and attitude of resentful indignation,
and all these with the same ease that
a comic actor on the stage might show.
But tho best acting I over heard of
was done by a dog of the kind called
a "lurcher." He belonged to a famous
poacher, who is a man that steals par
t ridges, hares, and pheasants from his
rich neighbors. Many a fine lot of
game did this dog help his master tc
secure. Tho laws in England are very
severe against poaching or stealing
game ; for the gentlemen wish to pre
serve it for their own pleasure. So a
great effort was made to bring this
man to trial and convict him. Very
little proof could he brought against
him. however. Ho had never actually
Leen seen with the game in his pos
session, although this dog had, when,
as the gamekeepers believed, ho was
carrying it to his master, who had
trained him for this purpose.
He denied stoutly that the dog was
his, or that he knew anything about it.
So the Judge had the dog brought
into the room, thinking that he would
immediately prove the falsehood of
this by a joyful recognition. But, to
everybody's surprise, the dog did not
look at the man or notice him at all,
nor would he even come near him. So
the man was discharged as innocent.
But the dog was his, and had only
been taught by his master to pretend
not to know him when anybody else
was present. If you have over no
ticed how instinctively a dog's tail be
gins to wag and his ears to twitch with
pleasure when he hears his master's
voice, you will understand what a fine
piece of acting this was. Tt is a pity
li.s cleverness should have been used
for such bad purposes.
About a Big (.mi.
; Oliver Cromwell, on returning from
the field of the first battle of XVorces
: ter, had occasion to pass through that
1 city, and stopped for a few moments at
■ the Bishop's palace.
Tho Bishop remarked that the bat-
I tie had been "waging very hotly over
I yonder."
; To this Cromwell replied: "Oh! I
I suppose you heard the roar of the ar
i tillery ?"
I "No," rejoined the Bishop; "I knew
!of it from the report of a Canon."
"My lord," said Cromwell, "I should
advise you to obtain the dismissal of
that gentleman from his office."
"Oh! why?"
"Because a cannon is of no use un
ions discharged."
"J prefer," answered the Bishop, "to
let my Canon off." London l'ick•
Me-Up.
THE use of nitro-glycerine M cases
of emergency instead of alcohol is rec
ommended by an English physician.
A drop on the tongue rouses a fainting
man, and it may restore life in the caso
of apparent death, as from drowning.
It has quickly relieved headache, heart
pains and asthma and strengthened
weftk jmlse iu levers,
OLD STYLES IX STICKS.
*llls WALKING. CANES OF FORMER
GENERATIONS.
Carried ly the Dmlislily Inclined us
rar Rack us the Fifteenth Century-
They Were Expensive and Did Not Ma
terially Differ from Fanciful Creations ol
Co-day.
f .|) HE DUDE OF THE
clay is gradually
growing cold in his
adoration for the
walking stick fashion
ed after the Eugliab
riding-whip, with the
buck-horn handle,
1 and i*4 bestowing his
I fleeting favor on H
•1 still more fanciful
article. According
"1 to an unquestioned
1 authority 011 such
R matters —the organ of
' the haber - dashery
trade, walking-sticks
are now being made
that are "useful as well as ornamental,"
From one a silk umbrella can bo drawn
and screwed to the stick; another has a re
ceptacle for nickels and cents, and is con
venient for those who ride on street-cars;
another contains a measure for the height
of horses, and has a spirit-level attach
ment, and still another has a watch set in
the handle.
The contrivance of making a repository
in the hollow of a walking stick, accord
ing to the San Francisco Chronicle, is
very ancient. The bourdon or pilgrim's
stall' of the middle ages was a strong and
stout stick about five feet in length, armed
at the lower end with an iron spike, anil
evidently intended as a balance and sup
port to the body when climbing up steep
acclivities. In it may be seen the proto
type of tho alpenstock. About twelve
inches from the top of the staff was gen
erally a largo protuberance, on which the
hand of the pilgrim rested withoutdanger
or sliding downward. The upper part of
tho staff was hollow ami capable of
holding small articles, but the lower
portion was entirely solid It Is very prob
able that in the cavity of the upper part
fcho pilgrims originally kept relics of saints,
which wore sold at tho tombs to which the
pilgrims traveled, and which wero consid
ered as satisfactory proofs that the pil
grims had been to the spot indicated. In
the latter ages of pilgrimage, howovor,
this part of tho staff wus converted into a
kind of pipe or musical instrument.
Above tho tube the staff was surmounted
by n small, hollow globe, and it was als;
furnished near the top wiih a kind of
crook for carrying a gourd of water. If
(■ 1 is, however, unques
r 9 tionable that the re*
' //IK ceptaole at the top of
( TOM a P il ß rim ' s staff wa '
\ frequently used for
Nfijj secular purposes. Twc
of these occasions, and
very remarkable ones
ord. The first is found
"1 the Chronicles of
AJJJIL I Honsbed, where lie
* Mllll 1 1 states that in tho hoi
/jjr \ low of a pilgrim's
' 'II \ staff the ilrst head of
saffron crocus was so
-7 cretly brought from
\ . Franco at a time when
rftj Yfr It was a capital crime
/
1 i / plant out of the coun
pß try. Tho other refers
1-413 L to tho introduction of
the silkworm into
Europe in the hollow of a pilgrim's stair.
Two monks who resided in China as mis
sionaries wore the heroes of tho incident,
bringing the eggs iu triumph to Constan
tinople.
The earliest walking-sticks ot which
there is any record, literary or pictorial,
was simply used as u
support for old ago. jf ac
Jacob leaning on his 1! J/W
staff is a familiar J\
figure, while it must | r/iA
have been known in i
the heroic period, h*/
siuco it was referred | h&io/i
to in the enigma pro- | ICiV~ J
pounded by the
Sphinx and solved by j
(Kdipus. "Thoreisa |j uF
being," said the quos- ! qgA
tioner, "which has
four feet, and it has I j
also throe feet, but its 11|1 J
foot vary, and when \
it has tlio most it is
tho weakest.'' 4 'That VJ?
Is man," was tho ho
ro's answer, "who, when he is an infant,
crawls upon his hands and knees; when ho
is grown he walks upiightly, and when he
Isold ho totters witli a stick." In the daya
of Pliny tho stem of the giant fennel was
used for a walking stick, the tough light
ness ot tue wooa rendering it especially
fitted as a support to need oersons.
Walking-sticks or walking canes, wheth
er as the condition of tho pilgrim's burden
or the oriental symbol of authority, wert
certainly common in tho hands of tho gal
lants of tho fifteenth century. Fortunate
ly wo are able to see what kinds of canet
were carried then, ana strangoiy enough
tho elabo ately "garnished" affair of today
is found to have oeen tne "correct thing'
more than 4TO yours ago. The Harlein
manuscript (1412) contains an inventory
of the contents of tho royal palace ol
(ireenwich, in which, among the belong
ings, is tho following: "A cane garnished
with goldo, havuiugo a perfume in the
toppe, under that dial!, with a pair of
twitchers anil a pair of compasses of golds
%nd 'oot rule of gold -, a knifo and a
file, the haft of goldo, with a whotstone
tipped with goldo." Thsre is also "a cane
gnrnishort with silvor and gilto, with as
tronomio upon it, six walkyng staves,
one covered with silko and golile."
In tho portraits of many of tho emlnont
porsonagos of English history, painted ID
the sixteenth century,
there are to l e per
ceived numerous in
stances of the richness
\s\ °' t ' lo stick!
f wMkb n c n rril "' Ht . ,hat V me '
/ Al/r\ appearing to have
ft been tall, stout, and
Vj j/VV®v 1 mounted or adorned
From the middlo ol
(1 the seventeenth con
/ Ml tur y walking stl-ks
/ //fl appear to have in
( ]/ I both in respect to the
1 1/ B mounting and mate
\ 1 U rial, tho improve-
J W. B ments being mainly
- derivod from France.
'Ntfx— In tho early portion
of the following century the most fashion
able kinds were made of fine marbles and
agates, exhibiting either a fine variety ol
color or a semi-opaque tint, which was
most expressivoly described by tho word
elouded. These sticks wero of slender
proportions, but often richly mounted
with gold, silver, amber, or precious
tones. Such were the "clouded canes" of
the time of Pone, which worn so greatly
valued as often to bo preserved 111 cases of
thugreen or shaatbs of the lear.
Too Much or a Good Thing.
Scene—Office of The Daily One Mil
lion.
Caller (to business manager)—" Ye
sterday I put an advertisement in your
paper for a servant."
Business Manager (blandly)—" Yes,
sir. And what was the result?"
"I had many answprs ipy
front stops wero worn out and tho bell
pull broken. Will yqu please have
them repaired?"
THE way of tho world is to make
lawa, but follow outturn.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
IF the sharper who exercis s his in
ventive genius for tlie sake of d'slionest
gain should use it for legitimate ends,
he might become as gieat a benefactor
of mankind as Fulton, Morse and Edi
son. A new racket has been invented
by confidence operators which has been
successfully worke 1 in various parts ot
the West. A gray-haired, rcsj e lably
dressed woman of p. rhaps fifty yt ars is
put off the train at the next station bo
cause she won't pay her fare. She tear
fully relates her story to the bystanders,
and exhibits a dispatch which t lis her
to hurry home to attend the last hours
of her dying husband. She threatens
to walk every mile of the way home—
-100 miles—rather than not minister to
the dying mm and speak a word of love
and comfort before lie breathes Irs l ist.
Tlio sympathetic listeners are too gen
erous and kind-hearted to let her walk.
They take up a collection and pay her
faro. Perhaps they hear afterward that
she is a fraud. Perhaps they don't.
But that is exactly what she is.
A "PENNY famine" is what now
threatens the large cities of the West
and Southwest. The p opie have lemn
ed to use the long-tu spised one e.-lit
coin, and the needs of circulation have
increased far beyond the power of the
government machinery to supply them.
The Philadelphio mint is about two
months behind with its orders for these
pieces, iu spite of keeping at work night
and day turning them out. The result
of such scarcity is that the poor people
suffer more than the rich. Where
change cannot be readily made for pur
chase's, prices of small comm slities
adapt themselves all too promptly to the
existing conditions and 1 e *OlllO multi
ple-r of five—the one two or three cen's
of difference inuring always to the profit
of the seller and not of his customer.
The seller, in his turn, cannot make s 1
many sales, and the producer feels a
pinch. All that Congress can do in the
way of remedying this shortcoming
ought to bo done without delay, by
liberal appropriations for tlio coinage
and shipment of copper cents.
IN a little town near Chicago there is
a school house close to the tracks of a
trunk line railroad. The consequence
of this juxtaposition of tlio two things is
one that never would occur to any but
the boyish mind. The boys got up a
game which consisted in their seeing
which 011 c should be the last to jump
across the track in front of the express
tiain that parses thereat fifty miles an
hour just after school lets out. This !
game has already cost at least three !
lives. The other day a railroad 0111
ployee went to the mother of one of the
boys to tell her what her son was doing.
She told him she could take care of hei
own cliildien and wanted 110 interfer
ence by tattletides. She gave him a
scolding lie will never forget. Out
reason why ho will never forget it is
that the boy wns killed by the ex pi ess
train one vo'k afterward. The engine ei
said he saw the hoy standing l y the |
track, but never dreamed he meant to j
try to cross it ahead of the train.
TIIE latest London wrinkle in the
way of insurance is a scheme to insurr j
against burglary. A private residence
with the whole of the c rat nts of the
house arc insured (against loss only)
for 62 cents a year. When the content.'- !
are insured ngaii st both loss and dam
ago done by burglars, it costs about 7£
cents a year. Articles specially insured,
like jewelry-and plate, cost extra. TLU
Company agrees to pay the amount in
sureu within thirty days after the losf
is proved, subject to ihe provision I hat
there is no claim 011 tlie policy if the
whole loss on any 0110 oe ntsion does noi
amount to £5, or that the robbery has
not l oon committ d by any meir.b r ol j
the household or a servant therein, j
One of tlio lm st astonishing tiling* 1
about this company is that it is doing n 1
good business.
THE Commisisoner of l abor at Wash
ington has just issued a volume on mar
ringo and divon ein the United States.
Some causes for divorce proceedings are
extremely suggestive. A few sample-'
of "extreme cruelty," taken at rnnd< m,
will illustrate this. One woman sued
for divorce—and obta'nol it—because
her husband cut off her bang; auothei
olaimed that her husband never took hei
out, driving. A man obtained a divorce
because his wife pulled him out of 1 ed
by the whiskers; anotbor complained
that his wife would not walk out with
him 011 Sundays, and entered asevidenc
011 another point a tuft of hair marked
"exhibit A." It is seldom that a statis
tical work has so much undo signet I hu
mor in it as the Labor Commissioner's
latest volume.
MR. TSUI KWO YIN, the new Chinese
Minister at Washington, is not at all
sociable and discourages tlio members
of his Legation from accepting invito,
lions to Washington drawing-rooms. Tin
Minister is a rcclnso, very fond of hooks,
nnd it is said that he spends half the
night poring over his favorite authors.
He is studying English and finds the
routine busine.-s of the Legation quite
oppressive. His pre d cesser spent
many thousands of dollars in entertain
ing, but Tsui Kwo Yin has no intention
of committing any such extravagance.
His subordinates stand greatly in awe of
him and his word is law at the Lega
tion.
THE scheme of the Hungarian Govern
ment, already in operation, of buying
up taverns throughout the country and
turning them into sclio >l-houßoß will be
watched with interest in all countries..
Of course it comprehends certain pater
nal measures which could 1 o practised
only in monarchical countrit s, but it is
a bold and interesting experiment in
social science none tho leis. Tho gov
ernment evidently buys up the places
for a valuation ffxed by a commission
and then supple sses them. The endeavor
has a noble ring to it, and was evidently
euggesed by a humanitarian of most
practical turn.
PRESIDENT CHARLOTTE SMITH, of the
Woman's National Industrial League,
has addressed a numorial to Congress,
in view of the World's Fair of 181)2,
asking for an appropriation to erect a
monument at Washington to Queen Isa
bella I. of Spain, who was the friend
and patron of Columbus, Tho petition
suggests that the monument in question
should be tho work of a Spanish or
American woman sculptor, and states
that it is destined to c*( mmomoiaty ihe
services rendered by a represents ivo
woman in counpction >yith the discovery
of Americtp
ORANDO, Oregon, is a town of eight
inhabitants, four men, three women and
a girl. As may be inferred, it has very
little present, h 4 S< past, but a most glori
ous future. At h ast the lively weekly
newspaper published iu the town says
AN electrical paper of New York re
cently publishe I a carefully compiled
list of the electric railw ys in operation
in the United States. The table shows
a grand total f 179 roads 1,260 miles
of track, and 11,881 ear-, !-orae 110 being
actually at work. Considering that at
th® end of 1885 there was < illy one elec
tric railway in opeiation, tlio growth of
electric tru tiou has bee 11 something
phenomenal, oven for such a go-ahead
country as America.
Tfcere is more Catarrh in thin section of tlie
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the hut few years was supposed to be
incurable. Fora ireatuiany y curs doctors pro
nounced it a local disea c e, and prescribed lo
ealremedies, and by constantly failing to euro
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to bo a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Cat irrh Cure, mnnti
facgired by F..J. Cheney &Co , Toledo. Ohio,
is the only yonstitutiorml c ire on the market.
Jt is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a teaspoonlui. It acts directly upon ihe blood
and mucous surfaces of tbesystem. The, offer
one hundred dollars for any cast' ii falls to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address'
F. d. CM k.n t:v A: Co., Toledo, O.
t=£T" Sold by D. uggists, 75c.
—Just after tlio first Atlantic cable was laid*
telegrams between Brituiu and America cost XL
\ word.
News About Town.
It is the current report about town that
Kemp's Balsam for tlio Throat and Lungs is
making somo remarkable cures with people
who are troubled with Coughs, Sore Till oat,
A*t lima, Bronchitis and Consumption. Any
druggist will give you a trial bottle free oj
cost. It is guaranteed to relievo and cure.
Hie Large Bottles are 50c. and SL
—Since the institution of the Victoria Cross
it lias be 11 bestowed upon three hundred sol
diers and sailors.
Ajnts Bonanxo. HIliN Champion Steam Cooker N'lee
work. Largo profits. 11111, Whitney £ Co. Boston, Mass,
—There are l.OfifiYouiigMen's Associations in
the United States, with 94,120 activo mem
bers.
None equal "Tan si IPs Punch" fie. Cigar.
—ln the British army, according to late-t
reports, there are at present 74,720 English
men, 13,594 Irishmen and 8.949 Scotchmen.
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable clhnat>■, certain and abundant
erops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun
try in the world. Full Information free. Ad-i
trees Oregon Im'igrat'n Board, I'ortland. Ore.
—Never show levity when the people areou
gaged in worship,
Pure soap is white. Brown soaps are adul
terated with rosin. Perfume is only put in to
hide the presence of putrid /at. Pobbiu.s's
Electric t-'oap is pure, while ami uusceiited.
Has been sola since 1005. Try it now.
—Never judge a person's character by exter
nal appearance. USO.
Last Winter
I was troubled so badly with rheumatism in mv
right shoulder and Joints of my leg as not to be able
to walk. I took Hood's Sarsaparllln, and no I
don't feel any aches or pains anywhere. I sell
newspapers right In the middle of the street every
day in tho year, ami have been doing so for five
years, and standing on tho cold stones no
picnic, I can toll you. And If Hood's Karsnpnrllla
cured mo It certainly ought to be good for those
people who don't stand on tho cold stones. I can
to soon overy day In the year at corner Tompkins
and DoKalb Avenues.— WlLLlAM W. HOWARD,
Brooklyn, N. Y. N. 13.—8e suro to get
Hood's Sarsapariila
' old by all druggists, fl; six for $5. Prepared only
I y C'. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, MASS.
100 Doses One DoMar
FEVERB-r^-I
50 Cts.
COLD-HEAD
ELV BEOTHJUiS, 00 Warren St., New York.
JOHN F. STF.ATTON & SON,
43 and 45 Walker St. New YORK, j
Importers and Wholesale Dealers In
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE,
VlolhiH, (Juitni-M, llaii jot, A ..or.lcons. Ilnr.
uionicu*, Ac, All kinds ol String*, etc., etc.
SEND luK 4 ATAl.niil'i:.
' hermometer below Freezing
and a fierce storm oi cutting siect which strikes lire
face like a thousand needles. Wind forty miles an
hour. You say a man couldn't stand such ex
posure? No, he couldn't, without just the proper
clothing. And there's only one outfit that can
keep a man both warm and dry at such a time, and
that is the " Fish Brand Slicker." They are
guaranteed storm-proof, waterproof, and wind
proof. Inside one of them, you are as much out of
the weather as if indoors. They are light, but
warm. Being re-enforced throughout, they never
rip; ami the buttons are wire-fastened. No rail
road man who has once tried one would be without
it for ton times its cost, lleware of worthless im
itations, every garment stamped with " Fish Brand"
Trade Mark. Don't accept any inferior coat when
you can have the " Fish Brand Slicker " delivered
without extra cost. Particulars and illustrat -4 cat
alogue free.
A. J. TOWER, - Boston, Mass.
best is not ea.sy- SAPOO®
■yHrawilt ease ih in path so"If you can'tbe
Jjlffl|Mr&sy, be as 'asy as you can"-;- Try ain
in your next house-cleaning-'
SAPOLIO is a solid, handsome cake of house-cleaning soap, which has na
equal for all scouring purposes except the laundry. To use it is to value it.
What will SAPOLIO do? Why, it will clean paint, make oil-cloths bright, and
give the doors, tables and shelves a new appearance. It will take the grease off
the dishes and off the pots and pans. You can scour the knives and forks with
it, and make the tin things shine brightly. The wash-basin, the bath-tub, even
the greasy kitchen-sink will be as clean as a new pin if you use SAPOLIO.
One cake will prove all we say. Be a clever housekeeper a,nd try it. Beware ofy
There is but one SAPOLIO,
The People
Aro not slow to understand that, !n ord-r to
warrant their nmnutacturery in guaranteeing
them to benefit or cute, medicines must pos
sess more than ordinary merit and curative
properties. Dr. Pierce's (1 olden Meiical Dis
covery is the only blood medicine sold,
through druggists, under a fxoiUve guarantee
that it will benefit or uro or money paid for it
will be returnod. In all blood, skin and scalp
diseases, and for all scr fulous affections, it is
specific.
SSW Regard offered by the proprietors of
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy i'or an Incurable
About some lives a quiet broods,
Like still dnysborn of Summer moods.
Most I-lest arc they, whose tranquil calm
Gives to their days a spacious charm,
lteplet" willi rest, I heir solace Care :
And their benign repose nh others share.
ON® ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
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and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, hi id
aches and fevers andcureshabitt.nl
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever -ro
duced, pleasing to the taste and rc
ceptahle to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial m its
effects, prepared only from the most
Healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in f>o
and $1 bottles by all leading drug- j
gists. Any reliable druggist who |
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do uot accept '
j any substitute.
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TV VOC WISH A - II .
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Manufacturedln calibresrwand ii-no. Kin- iv /MM
gloordoublo notion, Safety Ilnunncrlt-Hs and v?:v
Target modolfl. Constructed entirely ot h>M nunl-
If y wrought uteri. euiefully innpocte I for work
manship and stock, they arc unrivul. d for flni-h,
<1 u i'ii lit Ii * y II nil iicfiirni'v. Do not hedeeeivc.l by
cheap iiiullenblo eiiHt-iron imitation*, whicfi
ate often sold for 1 tnoguru no article and an; not
onlv unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH ft
WESSON Revolvers are ;*JI a tamped upon the bar
rels with firm's name, address ana dates of pat. nt*
and aro guiii-amccd perfect in every detail. In
gist upon having the genuine article, and if vour
doalor cannot aupply you mi order Hut to a ldivss
below will receive prompt and careful attention.
Deaorptlvecatalogue and prices furuUOm 1 upon up
pUakton. SMITH & WESSON,
KWMentlon this paper. Sprinulield, Mast*
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the Handle and the Screw '
lout a Ufctiuicf*jfyour
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Isl Best Cough Medicine. Reeominendcd by Physicians. gihw
fcrS Cures where all elso fails. Pleasant and agroeahle to the rr®
taste. Children lake it without objection. By druggists. RTfi
The Latest Craze!
JL UHCLE SAM s
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Whoever gives the trui scienti(l- explanation of this phenomenon will be a public benefactor.
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rrjACOßsojj
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STRAINS.
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A PLAN'I'A. Ga. lilllcu 66Jtf Whittib.ll St.i
AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT
DR. LOBB
:iJ!t North I'ilteeiilli St., Philadelphia, Pa., for f
j tho treatment of blood Poisons, Kkln Eruptions.,
Nervous Complaints, JJrlght's Disease, Strictures*
Impotency and kindred diseases, no mutter of how
long standing or from what cause originating,
if?" Ten days' medielnes furnished by mail parr
mi -I'M I \ I. Di-ca-e . rfltt.
: dorF* i w n ' B (^ Mlf
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CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
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