THEY LEFT A RECORD. TIIK PI AS A IIIRD PRESENTED TO THIS COUNTRY CENTURIES AGO. lOtltl Outline** of tlio Aiiimul Graven on Stone by Phoenician* Wlio Preceded tlie Spaniard*--Iteiieiiihlance Ilotween tlio Famous "Man-Eater" mul the Chimera of Cyprus and Asia Minor. HE Stnto of Illinois 'lJ\ possessed, until within a few years, aßwgwrinS.rttf'iK i tho sole frnil momo- Fi jT rial in existence that mimy tbo famous^ ' land in the most \ remote antiquity. There are many ob -181 Jects made by tho ||l 'M MF' M Peruvians and Mex j hrw icans prior to the | arrival of the Span iards which show trnces of Phoenician inspiration, hut there is nothing from Green and to tho Hermit of Cape Horn which the wildest conject ure cau attribute to the Ph<> niciaus save the pias.i bird. Thin remarkable object, say* the Chicago was sculptured on a bluff of the Mississippi, near Alton, and was destroyed either wholly or in part by a superstitious Yankee comman der of a tin-clad, who made it the tar get for bis parrots and columbiads, be lieving it to bo what tradition declared a memorial of a devilish hying creature that carried off bisons aud human boinga with ease and devoured them in its bone bestrewn lair. It is to be hoped that enough remains of this sculptured form to repay the iu estimation cf some trained archieologist, for there can bo but little doubt that it was ono of those polyform symbols which the Phoenicians loft among tho peoples whom they visited. It be longs to the same order as the chimera of TIIE MAN-EATER ON THE ROCKS. Lydia and Cyprus, tho sphinx of Etruria, Greece, and Egypt, the winged man headed bull of Assyria, the human-headed harp of old Ireland, tho griffins of Europe, Asia, nnd northern Africa, the centaurs of the Greeks nnd the ancient Picts, and the wyvorns of the heraldry of northern Europe. "It was," tho nrch- Bcologist exclaims with bitter grief, "our only polyform monster, our only one; it was in a perfect state of preservation, and a blundering brute of a naval officer made it a target for gunnery practice. Oh, inexplicable folly! Oh, irremediable l 088!" Fortunately it has been thoroughly described by a gentleman who seems to have been perfectly competent for the task, nnd who undoistood its real charac ter. J. It. Miles, of Miles Station, 111., made a drawing of it, which is presented here, nnd accompanied this with a written description obv ously of tho most au thentic kind. He wrote: "I first saw it iu 1833, and since that date have seen it many hundreds of times before it was destroyed during the late civil war. I must say that it is a mistake lor any one to say that it was painted on tho rocks. It was not painted on tho rocks, nor was there a drop of painf used in its construction. The bird, if bird it was, was cut or chis eled or picked into the solid rock of the bluff, but how or by whom I know not. Its body was that of a lion, its head and horns that of a door, and its wings that of a bird. Is there anything about this that looks liko a honible man-eater? Ido not believe that such an animal evor existed. I deny thnt its existence is compatible with natural laws, and I assert that tho piasa bird was made by some race well acqua'nted with sculpture to commemo rate tho noblo floods of some great per , sonago of ancient times." Humanity is indebted to Father Mar quette for its first knowledge of the man eater of the Mississippi, and he wrote a description of it in 1703, from which an engraving was made in Paris. Mr. Miles made his drawing on the spot, but the French picture which is here presented was ushered into the world under condi tions that made it dubious. The good father described it from memory, having learned all the Indian traditions about it, and being influenced vory much by those traditions. Tho engraver made it as frightful as ho could in order to be in teresting. Thus between the two was evolved an object which, as any one can detect, never could have been sculptured, which perhaps accounts for tho pcrsist- AS MARQUETTE REMEMBERED IT. enoo of the boliof that it was a painted image. Marqut tto's idea of it was that it hud the head of a bear, tho horns of an elk, the body of a fish or a dragon, oi something with scales, and a bear's logs, with o glo's claws. The tail was fifty feet long, coiled several times round the body, and terminated in a Bpearhead. The parallelism to tho chimera is marked, and perhaps Mr. Miles may have been mistaken in supposing that tbo tail was the bona fide tail of a lion. The error is on-* into which almost every one fell who saw tho painting of tho chimera on tho famous Hamilton vase, which was found noar Naples during the Napoleonic war. It is here given according to an ac curate copy made for the Museo Borbon ico before Sir William Hamilton, the English Ambassador at Naples, sont it to England. It novor vouched its destina tion, for the vessel foundered, and the famous vase reposes in Rome dark, un fathomed cave of the Mediterranean. At first it was supposed that tho lion's tail was simply drawn with an exaggeration of its sinuousness, but some one who mis trusted ibis view carefully examined what was thought to be the knot of the lion's tail and found that a scale of dirt covered the eye of tho snake. Very dainty washing revealed the mouth also, and it became apparent that the dragon part of the chimera was not formidable, and did not offer any special danger to the hero Bellorophon upon his prancing Fegasus. The discoveries of Gen. Di Cesnola in Cyprus gaye to tho world another repre* sentation of the chimera in which the serpentine character of tho lion's tail is absolutely unmistakable, as will be seen by the drawing. The coil is something which could not b) found in a genuine ' caudal appendage of a lion, and the snakines.H of the end is obvious. This finding of a genuine chimera was a sad blow to a school of thinkers who have I been endeavoring to explain everything by relerenc -s to natural objects, and who claimed that the polyform monster was only on exaggeration of a special kind of lion that once existed iu Asia Minor. Human beings have a goitre, a horrible swelling in tho neck, and if a lion had goitre thou tho swelling might have been j taken by the unsophisticated shepherds of Jjycia ror a supplementary goat s head. But the serpent, instead of a tail, did not admit of any naturalistic expla nation, and the chimera is now admitted to have Leon a national symbol. In the treasury at Curium, Di ( esnola found ear-rings, rings, and bracelets of gold fashioned liko the chimera, only that the form of the lion disappeared entirely and the body was purely serpentine, to suit the requ roments of the objects. These jewels were of Phoenician manu facture, in tho opinion of all experts. Tiffany of Now York declared that in them all the processes known to modern gold-working wore employed, and with exqnisite dexterity. It is to be remarked that the legends of the Ind'an tribes dwelling on tho Missis sippi about the piasa bird wore exactly the same as the legends of the Greeks CYPRIOTE CHIMERA. concerning tne cnimera. until ueller ophon put a stop to its evil career, tho latter monster behaved precisely as the piasa is reported to have done, sometimes carrying off a fat cow, sometimes a tough agriculturist, nometimes condescending to trifle with its appetite by bolting a baby. The Greekß, too. ascribed to the sphinx a most reprehensible fondness for human flesh, which she gratified in a polite aud cnltured fashion. She invited people to call upon her, and asked them conun drums, and if they could not answer cor rectly she ato them up. CEdipus, tho Turanian, paid a visit to her cave, and answered lier questions correctly, where upon she fell into his power, and he slow her with his darts, nil of which was made the subject of a noble picture by the Fronch painter, Ingres. Notwithstand ing the weight of Greek tradition, there can be no doubt that with the Egyptians the sphinx was tbo symbol of royalty, and with the Etrurians it was a faithful guardian of the tomb. Nor is there any adequate reason for doubting that all polvforms were symbolical, and that no representation was intended of any mon- TIIE IiYCIAN CHIMERA. ster whatsoever. Noris there n single poly form that ia not found upon objects known to be Phoenician, although they are also found in the most diverse places. ANECDOTES OF GREAT MEN. How lio Kxcelleil Hi in self. | HIE lamented Sar- "j S. Prentiss, of HBMississ ip pi, lias V U3rightfully been con g. JeZifJj-r] Isiderecl the most Li_-. orator of Jr this nge. Ho is to * American oratory what Chatterton was to English liter ature. I'or his years he was a phe nomenon which promised to outblaze the brightest sun in his sphere. A characteristic anecdote is related of ono of his brilliant efforts. Ho was to defend a man accused of murder, aud the evidence appeared to he plain. No one expected he would be acquitted, and almost every one was sure ho would hang. Prentiss had told some intimate friends that ho could only hope for a long sentence, instead of hanging, even if he could obtain this much. But on the day he was to make his speech he was, as too frequently occurred, helpless from drink. But he was 011 hand, in spito of the protests of his colleagues in the great case. When his name was called, he got up in a dazed sort of way, aud insisted on speaking. He made a most power ful speech, but, to the amazement of his colleagues, and to the horror of the prisoner, he made a terrible speech on the side of the prosecution. It was said that there had never been heard such a convincing argument made to a jury bj, Now Orleans, where tho trial occurred, against any man. As ho closed with one of his matchless bursts of eloquence, he started to take his, seat, as tho other lawyers for the de fense exclaimed: "Great God! What have you done? You have hung your own client 1" It flashed on Prentiss all at once that he had, in his drunken stupor, mnde a speech for the State instead of for his client. He was thoroughly sober now. Beaching for a pitcher of water standing near, he said, as if lie. had only paused for new strength: "Mr. Sheriff, give me a glass, please." He then took a drink of water, sot ; the pitcher down, looked around on the jury, the Judge, the lawyers and the audience, amidst a profound silence. Every one, who had been under tho spell of his argument and amazed nt his change, was breathless with expectation at this strange conduct. They all knew that something unusual was about to take place. What, they could not gnoss. But that they were to be treated to something great, even for Prentiss, all felt, and not ono in tho vast throng so much as breathed for a few seconds. The fiery orator did not keep them waitiug but a mo ment. He settled himself on his feet,' slowly wiped his mouth, raised his hand, pointed it at the array of talent, and learning on the side of tlio prose-' cution, and began; "May it please the court and gentle men of the jury, I have given what I believe to be the strongest arguments that the prosecution could possibly bring agaiiißt my oliont; arguments which, I admit, seem to involvo him in a network of convicting evidence more' inextricable than the meshes of the silk -011 web woven about his victim by the cunning anil alluring spider. But, gen tlemen of tho jury, I will now addrOHs myself to the arguments in favor of the accused, and I think I shall he, able to sweep away the entangling web,< even as tho hand of man sweeps away the spider's silvery threads of silken fetters and sots free the captive fly." He then proceeded to make not only the most oloquent, most remarkable speech 110 had evor made, but the most remarkable, perhaps, in the English language. The jury, judge, audience, and oven counsel for tho prosecution were dumfounded, overwhelmed with amazement. Applanso and tears came at the bidding of the great orator. When he ceased speaking he fell back exhausted; and, when he recovered his strength, he was told that the jury, without leaving their seats, had brought in a verdict of "not guilty," as the prosecution submitted the case after his speech without making further argument. When asked how he came to be in spired with the idea of making such a speech for the prosecution, and then knocking it all to pieces, he remarked: "I was never inspired with such an idea. I didn't know what I was about until my colleagues told me what I had done. Then my brain seemed to take fire: I saw that I must redeem both my reputation and my honor, and had to" do something quickly. The only thing I could do, without acknowledg ing that I had played the drunken fool, was to protend that X did that on pur pose, and then try to undo my blunder. That's all there is to it." But we have only had one Keats, and one Chatterton,. and one l'rentiss. As a gentleman once remarked to a young man who excused his drinking habits by saying the brightest men wo had drank, and naming Prentiss especially: "Yes, my young friend; we see what Prentiss is, in spite of drink. But, great God, just reflect what he would have been had ho not drank intoxicat ing liquors at all." A Delicate Compliment. Perhaps one of the wittiest things from the greatest wit of the world was that of Sidney Smith to the Duchess of Marlborough. Sho was a great lover of flowers, and had just procured a rare pea-vine from India. It did not seem to thrive, and when Sidney Smith came to the house one day she, know ing his fondness for flowers, showed him through her conservatory. Going toward the pea-vine, she exclaimed: "O, Mr. Smith, I'm so afraid my beautiful pea will never come to per fection." "Then permit me, my dear madam, to lead perfection to the pea," taking her arm and conducting her to the vine. —Chinaan J.e.daer Strange Monster or the Deep. On the little strand at Dugort, in Achill Island, on the west coast oi Mayo, now lio the remains of one of tho most curious creatures, perhaps, to be met with in all the animal creation. It was stranded for some months on one of the outlying reefs at the entrauce to Blacksod Bay, where the villagers took it to be tho carcass of a large wha'.e. It was afterward carried on the Achill strand by the lato gale. This largo sea monster is none other than tho gigantic squid or king cuttle-fish, and is rarely seen on our shores. To what species of the (Kmmestroplies it be longs will ever remain unknown, as it was too far gone in decay, and was shorn of all beauty. The suckers and horny rings had fallen off long before it reached the strand, and the parrot like horny beak, which is peculiar to this nuimul, was also missing. Tho animal, though shrunk and distorted, measured as follows: Length of ten tacles, or long arms, thirty feet each; circumference of body, including short arms, sixty feet; circumference of tentacles, in some places, four feet. 1 know of only four instances of the ap pearance of this strange monster in British waters. A very faiut idea can be gathered from what is preserved in museums of this curious creature, as it shrivels away almost to nothing except a large cartiluge pen, which runs across the body and branches off to the short arms. It would take a vessel as large as the hull of the Great Eastern, filled with spirits, to show off the animal for exhibition. Curious tales are often told by mariners about this sea mon ster. Its enormous arms or tentacles are armed with formidable suckers and horny wings, which are set with small teeth pointing inward. These long arms, seventy feet in length when out stretched, as they float about in the ocean, may liuve given rise to the story of the sea serpent.— London Stand ard. Left-Lcggcdncss. A paper under this title lias recently been read beforo an English scientific association, by a physician who says that man, generally characterized as a right-handed animal, is also popularly supposed to bo right-legged. Tho the ory is, however, as he maintains, not supported by fact. When a man is standing, and is working with the right hand, there is a tendency to use the left leg for balance. Many persons find it easier to go round circles to the right than to the left. Itace-courses are almost always made for running in circles to the right, and it will be noticed that tho majority of movements, like dancing and running, aro more readily per formed in that direction. Tho general rule in walking is that of keeping to the right, and it appears to have a foundation in nature. Of a large number of intelligent people who were asked about tho existence of this rule, only 07 per cent, among men and 53 per cent, among women were aware of it. This supports tho fact that it is unconsciously obeyed. All orowds tend to bear toward the right. The left leg being stronger, it is more readily brought into action, and for this reason troops start with the left foot. It is the foot which is placed in the stirrup of a saddle, or the step of a bicycle, in mounting, and it is that upon which a man rests in makings jump. In a Heries of experiments made by bandaging the eyes of boys and then telling them to "walk straight," the right-handed ones diverged to the right, and the left handed ones to the left. In short, all the evidence thus far obtained by this writer tends to prove that man, being either naturally or artificially right-handed and left legged, tends unconsciously to bear to the right, while the lower animals, on the other hand, appear nearly always to circle to the left. These are at present but curious speculations, and it may be that the author of the theory is too much occu pied in finding facts to support it to see those which teach tho reverse of his doctrine. Certainly tho left legs of all right-handed persons are not tho stronger, llight-handed men and boys kick a football with the right foot, do they not ? An English temperance lecturer, de termined to lose no chance of deepen ing the impressions ho sought to make on the minds of his auditors, called to his aid the powers of the magic lan tern. He threw on a screen a magni fied picture of a drop of water, in which wriggled animalculic of a par ticularly lively nature. To this pict uro of active life succeeded the gloomy view of a drop of water with spirit added, and behold the poor aniinnl culic all curl up and die. "Lor!" said an old man in tho audience, "bo 'e sure, mister, I sha'n't never drink a droji of water after seeing that, unless I qualifies it with lots o' spirits to kill the beasties." The lecturer's satisfac tion with his experiment is not en larged upon. A NOVEL DICE TRICK. How a Young Politician Manages to Win a Little Money. Several young men were in ft South End resort recently shaking for the drinks when suddenly one of the fellows, a young man who is reckoned as one of the coming lights of the political arena, said: "Let me take thftt dice-box for a minute." It was handed over to him, and taking out four of the five dice which were in the box,lie handed them to the bar-keeper, and turning the box on one end placed the remaining dice on it, ami taking his hat from his head covered the box and dice with it. " Where is that dice now?" He asked one of the men standing about. "On top of the box, of course," was the reply; " tlmt is, if you havn't shifted , it since you put the hut down." " I have not," said the young politic ian, and he lifted the hat again, and sure enough there sat the dice on the box, just as it had been before. He sat the hat down again and took his hands away from it, while he asked the same question he had in the first in stance. "On top of the box, of course," re peated the man who had been questioned. "You saw it there, did you?" " Certainly." " Would you bet that it is on the top of the box?" " Of course I would." " I'll bet you a dollar that it isn't where you say it is." "All right," and the men put up their money. The first man lifted the hat and there I sat the dice as before. "What did I tell you?" exclaimed the second. "I've won. There is the dice on top of the box." "Hold a minute," exclaimed the young politician. "When you come to think of it, wouldn't it be rather a difficult task to set up a dice oil the top of a dice box when there is only a very narrow edge to, set it on. If you will look very carefully you will see that the dice is resting on the bottom of the box instead of the top. I guess the money is mine, Mr. Stake holder." " That's so," exclaimed the other man who had bet; "it is the bottom of the box, isn't it." 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The officer then announces that he has come to challenge the owner of the watch and he hopes that he will have the "daccncy" to claim it and take up one of the pistols. ''Take the watch round, John," he said to the servant. "Is it yours, sir, or yours, or yours?" turning to one after the other. j "No, sir," is the invariable answer from each put to this cruel test. At length it comes to the owner. "Is this watch yours, sir?" "No, sir." "Well, then, John, since no one will own the watch put it in your pocket, and as we do not seem to have fallen among jintlemen, bring out the horse and we'll ride on another stage." Woolley thus lost his watch and gained a reputation for cowardice which he never lost.—[Chicago Times. Likes and Dislikes of Elephants. Head Keeper By on, of the Philadelphia j Zoo, says: "These animals are half human, I believe. Why, they have their likes and dislikes. 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PERFECTLY HARMLESS AND SAFE. The above is nil illustration of the VACUUM TIPPED AltltoW PIM'IOI. Nhilo perfectly liann less, yet it is us neeurnte as a revolver, and although we do not (1 vert he it for children to shoot *t each other's eyes, yet we call salely sny that should such an acrid ( nt happen it would not hurm the most deli cate child. I'ltlfl'!, Solely I'nckeil mid Forwarded lav l>liiil, Piniol, Arrow nnil Target, Com plete, ONLY 75 CENTS. REMIT BY POSTAL NOTE, on ic. or 2c. STAMPS. AH a parlor amusement (for young niul old) it has no equal, mid for outdoor t-poit it is far superior to any Joy <iun < r Plst<d ever plueed n the market '1 he cut w litch you see i-. an exact pictu 11 the Pis tol in full size taken from a photograph. 'I hodo-igu isentlrch new. liming been made especially for us. To suit the demands of all our customer* we have decided to make two grades of Pistols—< no being made of bronze with polished barrel, the other Imv lug a nickel Imrrcl and nickel handle. The Paragon Co., 15 VANIIIiWATBIt ST., NEW VOKK. fl i I ft IP! IfS m | j i! j|| MJM Di|jwil^ THE HEAVY END OF A MATCH. "Mary," said Farmer Flint, at the breakfast-table, as he asked for a second cup of coffee, "I've made a discovery." "Well, Cyrus, you're about the last one I'd suspect of sueli a thing; but what is it?" "I've found that the heavy end of a match is its light end," responded j Cyrus, with a grin that would have adorned a skull. Mary looked disgusted, but with an air of triumph quickly retorted, "I've i got a discovery, too, Cyrus. It was made by Dr. 1!. V. Pierce, and is called 'Golden Medical Discovery.' It drives away blotches and pimples, purifies the blood, tones up the system, and makes one l'eel brand-new. Why, it cured Cousin lien, who had consumption, and was almost reduced to a skeleton. ! Before his wife began to use it, she was a pale, sickly tiling, hut look at her: she's rosy-cheeked and healthy, and weighs one hundred and sixty-five pounds. That, ] Cyrus, is a discovery that's wortli mentioning." The farmer's wife was right, for the "Golden Medical Discovery" is in fact the only medicine for purifying the blood and curing all manner of pimples, blotches, eruptions, and other Skin and Scalp diseases. Scrofulous Sores and Swellings, and kindred ailments, possessed of such positive curative properties as to warrant its manufacturers in selling it, as they are doing, through drug gists, under a positive guarantee that it will cither benefit or cure In every ■ case, or money paid for it will be refunded. It also cures Bronchial, Throat and Lung diseases. Even Consumption ( which is Lung-scrofula ) yields to I its marvelous curative properties, if taken in time and given a fair trial. For Weak Lungs. Spitting of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis, Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred affections, it is an elllcient remedy. Don't be fooled into taking something else, said to be "just as good," that the dealer may make a larger profit. There's nothing at all like the "Discov ery." It contains no alcohol to inebriate ; 110 syrup or sugar to derange diges tion ; as peculiar in its curative effects as in its composition. It's a concentrated vegetable extract. Dose small and pleasant to the taste. Equally good for adults or children. WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, NO. 063 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. CATARRH ™ THE HEAD matter of how longr standing, is per manently cured by DR. BAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY. 50 cents, by druggists. F SESSION W'jip'li i\igt<ni,*ll.', "Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U. S. Pension Bureau. 3 yr.i in last war, 15 adjudicatingolainiH, att.v since GRATEFUL—COM FOR TING. IPPH COCOA BREAKFAST. "By a thorough ku nvlodge of tho natural laws whioh governtli 'operations of digestion and nutri tion, and by a carotin application or the lino proper ties of well-solectod Cocoa, Mr. Epps lias provided _>nr breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bev erage which mav save us many heavy doctors' bids. It is ly the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may bo gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle matndlcs are limiting around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. Wo may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our selves well fortllled with pure blood tind a properly nourished frame."— I "Civil Service Gazette. | Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only In half-pound tin , by Grocers, labelled thus: JA .UES El'i'S iV CO., Uoimeopathlo Chemist*. LONDON. ENGLAND. NORTHERN PACIFIC. 11 LOW PRICE RAILROAD LANDS S FREE Government LANDS. itilliLIONS OF ACHES lu Mlnnesotu, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon, nrun CAD publications with maps describing tho atlllU lUn best Agricultural, Grazing and Tim ber Lands now open to Settlers, scni free. Address CHAS. B. LAMBORN, Ktffir Ass BOWJJJ I FOR S!.CO. HOW' If you Rethinking of buildJhga house youought ♦o buy the new book, Pnllher'H Aiiiericiiii Arch itect ore, or every man a complete builder, prepared by l'ailis.T, Pallis'or "c ro.,thowollknowu areliltects. There la not a Builder or any one intending to build or otb rwiso interested that can aflord to ho without it. It is a practical work and everybody buy* It. The best, cheapest and most popular work eve* issued on Building. Nearly four hundred drawings. A $. r book lu size and style, but wo have determined to make It meet tho popular demand, toHuit tho times, so that it cau bo ra*iiy reached by nil. Tlii:* book contains lc4 pages 11x14 inches in size, and consists of largo oxl2 plato pages, giving plans, elevations, perspoetivo views, descriptions, owners nam-'s, actual cost of construction, no UIICNM \vorL, und instructions How to Itiiild 70Cottages, \illas. Double Houses, Brick Block Houses, suitable for city suburbs, town and country, houses for the farm and workingmen'n homes for all s etioiis of tlie country, and costing from fcWO to #6,600: nlso Barns. ! Stables, School House, Town Hall. Churches and odinr public buildings, together with specifications, I form ot contract, and a lir-'o amount of information , on the erection of buildings, selection of site, < m. ! Ployiiient of Architects. It is worth to any ona, i but we will send itiu paper cover by muff, postpaid, on re -, ipt ni' !?l.(Yi; bound in ■ n>t h i*'. „ „ . AItCUITEiT < (.. i.> Vaudewater St., New of"Menaon Thi* Papor..4Eß _ | * cc S"t:a;Z?" ★ POOSCET PRINTING OUTFIT. J A COMPLETE MINUTES PfiOTfi OFFICE. > r , Tliig outfit contains n ebangeablo liucn murker anil ]o£d&j* iitfill ISlllf C!>n ' P'iutor for each member of tlio family, Tbis is a IS fi ° o<l ' Bonsibl ° aniol °' 14 is especialy designed for housc mf*Jo&o2m\W h "''' " !0, " JO "ntunement and instruction of IRII Sl'ii As a household article, the family linen can bo easil >'' 'i" ick| y "<>' indelibly marked. As a card j]'' Pointer, any mall, woman or child can set up a ft name and print SCO cards an hour, and it will bo found not rS oUljr * 801m '° " f P ccuniar y ndvautngo, and also of great if' 1 amusement and instruotiou to tbe young, | *D ,e outfit contains three alphabets of type, one bottlo pp^^,J of Lost black indelible ink, pallet for holding type, ink pad jand ono pair of type tweezers. The entire outfit neatly PB.C tions for use, will bo mailed post-paid toany address on rc •fSH ceiptofonly 25 Cents silver or stamps. ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO UNION STAMP WORKS, 15 Vandcwaler Street, New York. II lOSJC - i TIT> V. Book-keeping. Bnslneaa Forma, MUIVIC Penmanship. Ari hm-tic, Short hand.etc., II thoroughly taught by MAIL. t'-irciilurß tr*o. Itrvuiit' ('•llrur. 4.77 Main St.. Buffalo, N. T. I ftniflllJ "AHIT. Only Certain and lirJllrai enwv ( I lIF In the World. Dr. WI IWM J. J,. STEPHENS, Lebanon, 0 niTrilTff WM. H. BABCOCK, 513 7th Nt., MIX I rnl I N Wash., L>. C. Formerly Assist. Kx- Ift I Lltl IU a m'u'r Fat. Office. 1:1 y'rs practice. Fees may generally be paid on allowance. Write. IA 0/ GUARANTEED. Al ir^( l iiVS^ air / A MORTGAGE, HANK AND IN* 8 lis 0 VEST.UENT CO., Furgo, N. Dakota, KE9T IM TIIK WORLD UIILHIJC T tr Get the Genuine. Bold Kvcirwhare. DETECTIVES Uranuan Detective Bureau Co. 14Ar:ado.Ciaciaaati,0. PENSIONS sill of .n>i.i'ii it. m:\TKit, ATTORNEY, WASHINGTON, D. C. f O I STREET till till INVESTMENTS I Full Information snpplied; how to operate on small j capital. IlATcn ft KENDALL, 52 Exchange PL, N. Y, t JONES HE PAYSTHE FREICHT. Taro bourn and lleam lio* for" - V.-ere *t m pr lit JONES U OF ' BING H AM TON, ItINGIIAftITOA. N. Y. AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT DR. LOBB !!'£!> North Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pn., for ihe treatment of Blood Poisons, Hklu Eruption* Nervous Complaints, Urlght's Disease, Stricture*. lin potency and kindred disease*, no matter of how long standing or from what cause originating BrfTen days' medicines furnished by mall trncc Send for Book on S$ FECI A L IHaenneH. rffCC, mSm itrd only by tho We have sold Big (2 lor Ohio. D. R.DYCJHE A CO.. I SI.OO. Sold by Druggist*
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