IN BRAVE DAYS OF OLD.
THE OLYMPIAN GAMES OP ANCIENT
GREECE.
They Embraced Leaping, Foot-Racing,
Wrestling. Itnxing, Chariot-Raring, and
Various Gymnastic F.xorcises—Tlio Box
ing Was Not According to Qtieenshurrj
Rules.
(JHE oft-quoted phrase
of the Latin poet,
"Mens saua in cor
pora sano" —a sound
miud in a strong bodj
—expresses tersely
tho value of physical
culture and the inter
dependence of men
tal and physical
strength. But the
value of bodily
strength and dexter
ity, great as it is, has
in our day, especially,
perhaps, in England, been somewhat ex
aggerated. Boys have been more anxious
to be good oarsmen than good scholars,
and to play in tho cricket eleven or win
the 100-yaid race than to be at the head
of their class. The undue importance
attached to athletic prowess was doubt
less the result of a reaction against the
almost complete absence of tho means of
bodily training and exercise in the
schools of a century or two ago. But the
clear-sighted Greeks in this, as in so
many other matters, drew distinctions of
which we in later days have somewhat
loßt sight. Bodily exercises were classi
fied by the Greeks in three groups: Gym
nastic, agnostic, and athletic.
Of all the public exhibitions of gym
nastic exercises in ancient Greece the
Olylnpic games were by far the most fam
ous, and an account of them will serve
to explain the nature of Greek sports.
They were first established in the year 776
B. and were not finally discontinued
until about 40!) A. D. They were held
Once in every five years at Olympia, a
small town in tho province of Elis, on
the western coast of Moroa. Mou of dis
tinction termed hellonodikrc (judges of
the Hellenes or Greeks), clad in purple
robes, presided over the games. None
but free-born Greeks were allowed to offer
SCRAPING WITH A STRIGEL.
tliti* elves as competitors, and in order
that none might be kept away by war or
political disturbances a general truce be
tween all the cities of Greece was pro
claimed and safe conduct to and from tho
games insured to all competitors. Tho
first competition was a sprint race of 125
yards, and to this were added from time
to time wrestling, discus-throwing, box
ing, and chariot-racing. Tho running
track was called a stadium and was a
little more than GOO feet in length. Tho
original race w.ts once up the course, but
in time races of double tho course were
added, and we hear of races twelve,
twenty, or twenty-four courses, tho last
making a distance of about 3,000 yards.
There were short races for boys of half a
courso.
As regards speed it is very doubtful
whether the Greeks equaled tho perform
ances of modern days. From what has
been said of the fieshinoss and grossness
of athletes and from representations on
vases, which show us men running with
their arms spread out—to incroase their
speed, ns the German commentators say
quaintly enough—we may fairly conject
ure that their performances were moder
ate, as regards time. Tho Greeks had no
means of taking the time of races at all
accurately, and ran merely to see which
competitor came in first, and not to beat
records.
Many instances of very long runs are
recorded in Groek history, but these are,
of course, tests of wind and endurance
and not of speed. As the runners wore
no clothes it was impossible to distin
guish them in any other way than by
means of a herald, who proclaimed tho
name and city of each competitor as he
advanced to the starting post. Tho races
were run iu heats of four, and the man
who drew a bye was thus often Raved a
treat. Tho winner of the final heat re
ceived the prize, thore being no second
or third premiums. For tho wrestling
the body was anointed with oil, and to
counteract the too great slipperiness
sprinkled with sand. This was dono in a
special room of tho gymnasium called tho
konistoriuro, or sanaing-room.
All kinds of feints and tricks were
used in wrestling, and many things were
permitted which modern rules do not
allow. The contest was begun with tho
competitors standing upright, hut was
continued after they wore on the ground.
A mnn was not defeated until ho had been
three times thrown. In the group shown
WEARING THE CESTUS.
in tho cut one of tho wrestlers has his
leg twisted around the log of his antago
nist, and is forcing his right arm up.
The third event was the throwing of
the discus, a piece of iron or stone of
circular shape, out of the weight of which
we have no accurate means of judging.
One specimen of a discus has indeed beou
found which weighs about four pounds,
but we do not know whether it was in
tended for the use of boys, youths, or
men, by each of which three classes of
competitors discs of different woights
were employed. The attitude of a discus
thrower is very clearly shown in tho
famous statue, of which a cut is given,
and every pose of which is enumerated
in a passage of Statius. describing a con
test of this kind. Tho distance to which
a discus was thrown is also doubtful,
though one author does mention a throw
of 100 cubits (150 feet) as a fine one.
Javelin-throwing was performed at first
with sharp-pointed spears, and was in
tended as a preparation for actual war
fare, but in the latter times pointiest
spears were used. For throwing at n
mark, however, it is probable that light
spears with points woro employed. Disc,
throwing thus tested strength and dis
tance of throw, and javelin-throwing ac
curacy of aim.
The leaping was probably what we uow
call tho broad of lnna tnmn for mnntion
is maue ot a certain Pnajlius who jumped
"beyond the dug ground" (which was
lumen up wnn a spade tnat the point
reached by the jumper might easily be
seen), clearing a distance of fifty feet.
This was probably a standing jump, and
as tho modern jumper can, with a run,
olear only twenty or twenty-one feet, it
is perfectly incredible. To assist them
in standing jumps, the Greeks carried in
choir hands pieces of metal or dumb-bells.
The five enumerated contests formed
the Pentotblum or five-fold competition,
and the prize, according to one authority,
was awarded to him ouly who had been
victorious in all. According to Mr. Ma-
WRESTLING ON FOOT.
uany victory in tnree contests was sum
cient. but it appears that sometimes the
running and wrestling were omitted, and
it may have been on these occasions that
three successes constituted a victory.
The most dangerous sports of all re
main to be considered—the boxing and
the pancratium. Greek boxers were not
content to use the naked fists, but bound
their hands and wrists with leather
thongs. Later on these thongs, which
were termed mild or gentle, were studded
with pieces of metal, and then the blow
must have been frightful, though inten
tional killing of one's adversary was not
commended. It seems that, though great
skill, endurance, and courage must have
been required for such contests, the
Greeks did not understand the scientific
principles of boxing. We road of a boxer
getting up on his toes in order to deal a
deadly blow upon the fop of his adver
sary's head, and a boxer was commonly
spokou of as a man "with his ears
crushed."
A most terrible contest is related by
Pausanias. Two boxers of great skill
and strength could neither of them get at
the other, and therefore agroed to receive
a blow turn and turn about. The first
struck his adversary full on top of the
head, while tho other drove his fingers
into his adversary's stomach and pulled
out his entrails. The dying man was
crowned victor, on tho ground that the
five-fingered blow was a foul one.
After the competitors had thrown each
othor the contest was continued on tho
ground, and sometimes combatants were
choked or had their fingers and toes
broken. The pancratium was the lowest
and most brutal of Greek sports and was
not in favor with the Spartans, who con
sidered it, as well they might, an un
gentlemunlike business.
Of smaller and less violent exercises
we may mention ball-playing, which was
much recommended by Greek physicians.
PANCRATIASTS.
It was practiced by men, boys, women,
and girls in a part of tho gymnasium
specially reserved for it. The balls varied
considerably in size, and the rules for the
various games were numerous. Bathing
was much indulged in by tho Greeks, and
hot, cold, and vapor baths were attached
to the gymnasia. After violent exercise
the athletes scraped off the dust and oil
with 6trigels or scrapers of metal or bone.
Tho cut shows an nthlete thus engaged.
Warm baths were taken in the public ox
privato bath-houses as refreshment aftei
tho day's fatigue.
The Olympic victor, in early times at
any rate, received very substantial re
wards. He won a money pr.zo of con
siderable value, and was welcomed back
to his native city as a hero and enter
tained in its town hall by tho dignitaries
of the state. Tho great sculptors of the
day executed his statue, and poets snug
his praises in odeH which in some in
stances have become immortal. But in
later days public opinion altered very
much in this regard. Tho polished Greek
oamo to value intellectual strength more
than physical, and to esteem mental gym
nastics more than bodily exorcise. The
severe training for prize-winning became
more and more exacting, and tended to
usurp an athlete's whole attention, to the
exclusion of more liberal culture.
Athletes fell into disrepute in much tho
same manner ns professional runners,
boxers, and scullers have dono at tho
present day. Tho athleto was no match
for the polished thrusts of the philoso
pher's wit, and his heaviness, dullness,
and stupidity were a constaut target for
the comic poet's subtle humor. Another
argumont against athleticism was tho
brutalizing tendency of such contests as
tho pancratium, in which the vanquished
competitor was put to tho humiliation of
suing for mercy at the victor's hands.
Finally we may say that though tho
pancratiast at auy rate was not much
above tho level of the modern prize
fighter the Greeks contrived, by the com
bination of literary and musical con
tests with physical and by tho aid of
sculpture and poetry, to throw around
their games an unequaled splendor. Tho
greatest painters and sculptors found
their models and the greatest poets their
heroes among the competitors at tho
Olympic games.
LETTERS FROM THE CORNERS.
NECK on NOTHIN' HALL, I
KILKENNY CORNERS. (
fa fall. EDITUR: The
jh '' °' the nito wus
breakfast we sturt-
ag * u * or iisau
The man sod
A w AIIA I'M r< > I f,
to tho roil'll< 1 .'lll
ridin in to a lombar wargin an runnin
arfter the widder.
Sally an Willam Henery wus es spry
es you please, an hed '2 or 3 scrimages
afore wo got sturted, sech es her a put
tin salt in to his coffy, and him a put
tin bugs on to her, but thay wan't no
serus dammidge dun, so I didn't say
nothin. "When wo sturted up agin tho
widder Rot with me, an she tole me
that the driver wus a marryed man an
hed 11 cliildern, an ses she:
"I reckon that is why he is so tract
able," an I s'pose it air.
Well, long bout 9 o'clock or nigh
! thar we kim to a reel purty-lookin lit-
tie winte 110u.se an the anver sea he ]
reckoned thet wus the place, an so we |
all got out, but thay wan't no one to
home; but I seen a tub a-standin by
the corner of the house full of rain
water, so I node thet thet must be the
place; so the man watered the team
an went back to town an left us a-set
tin on the stoop a-waitin fur Susan
Jane to kim home.
I got awful hot thare arfter a while,
an Willam Henery he vowed he wan't
a-goin to stay thare an be plumb roast
ed alive like a ole turkey gobbler. "I'll
be hanged ef I hain't so hot now thet
I sizzle," ses he, "an I'm a-goin to see
ef thare is any way into the house;" an
he got up an sturted aroun the house,
an purty soon he hollered "kim on,"
an we went an he tuck us down-suller
an up threw the trap-dore into the
house, rite into the buttery.
My! what a lot o pise an cakes Su
san Jane hed baked, jest like as tho she
wus a axpectin us.
"Susan's man must be a awful good
purvider," ses the widder, a holpin
her self* to a creem tart. An her an
Willam Henery fell to an et most ev
erv thing thay could see.
While thay wus yit a eatin, I heerd
a teem drive up.
"Thay've kim," seel to the uthers;
but afore thav hed time to say "Jack
Hobison," the buttery door flew open,
an thare stud 3 men an '2 wimming, an
thay wus armed with the hoe an ax
an broom an butcher nife an clubs! I
tell you, Mister Editur, thay looked
purty skeery, an I bet you'd a trum
bled sum to. I jest fairly shuck in my
boots—or shoes, ruther.
"Les take em alive, Bill," ses one of
the men.
"Alrite," ses Bill, an thay kim
fur us.
"Whare is Susan Jane?" ses I, a
trumblin.
"I'll Susan Jano you, fur eatin my
cumpany bakin," ses one o' the wim
min, a fetchin tho broom down on to
Willam Henery.
"Ouch!" ses he, "madam or miss,
yuro mistook in the porsen; we haint
no bugglers, we're Susan Janes Paw
an Maw," an he dodged the broom
agin.
"I'll Paw an Maw you," ses the man,
a gougiu him into the ribs with the hoe
handle.
"See here, mister, don't you tetcli
my pardner agin or I'll have the law of
you, shore es my name is Hester Ann
Scooper," ses I, sturnly, while the
widder peaked out frum behind the
cubbord dore, whare she wus hid.
When I tole em my uaim thay all jest j
stood an looked.
"Be you Mis Scooper her self?" ses |
one of em.
"I be," ses I, firmly.
"Furgive us, we didn't no," ses thay,
"an you must stay fur dinner; an how
air all the folks to the Corners ?"
We tole em thay wus well the last
we heerd.
"I gess wed better be a goin, Hester
Ann," ses Willam Henery kiiuly cold
an hotly like, "ef these good people
will tell us whare our'dotter is wc'l j
go to her, Mis Susan Jane Padding
ton." ses he.
"Why, laws! thay live rite over the
hill thare, an she is a cummin hear this
arfternoon, so you must stay an sprise
her," ses the woman reel cordyal. "I'd
no idea you wus the Scooperses frum
the Corners," ses the woman; an she
felt so reel bad to think she'd treeted
us so bad, an baiged so hard fur us to
stay thet we finelly did.
An Susan Jane kim over that arfter
noon to see them an wus dretful
Bprised to see us, an glad, too.
"I told Andy I bet you wus a cum
min, when he fetched out a letter fur
you to-day," ses she.
It were a letter frum Bon which I'll
tell you about next time. Yours in
haste, HESTER ANN SCOOPER.
How to Dress for the Hall.
dancing dress
jjSsS'to-day is a thing of
(Bk.l gauze and othor
'TnSr 0 Glimmer of gauze
I and sheen of silk
W wi I are * or ie time
§L ve ded by materials
like the flimsy
fr*" l *' l * l of Indian
w cave, "floating
air" and "woven
mist." but made in
HaDaß the land of France,
and called by the
less poetic name of chiffongnes. A few
dresses for married ladies are made of
brocades and satiu, but for young
women the embroidered liases and
tulles, or tho spangled gauze, which
look as if they might have belonged to
tho wardrobe of an Oriental princess,
are made into graceful dancing gowns
called "Josephine dresses," with sim
ple), straight full skirts of gauze over
satin, and low, square-necked bodices,
which might have been modeled after
tho familiar portraits of the beautiful
Empress.
Tho severe style of this dress, with
its high sash of soft surah, is consid
ered especially suitable for a debutante,
though in such a case the square neck
is veiled with lace. There is a decided
objection among mothers to the adop
tion of tho extreme decollete styles
worn by tho older women of society,
by girls in their first or second season.
In many cases tho evening bodice for
young girls is merely pointed and
filled in with lace, while the sleeve is
entirely omitted or is an elbow sleeve.
Other dresses for young ladies are
draped with figured net or gauze and
caught up with rosettes and garlands
of ribbons in tho flat effect now usu
ally sften.
His Voice Charmed Her.
Joe Mik, the Burlington depot pas
senger caller, is noted for his sweet
toned voice and lamb-like disposition.
Among tho passengers at the depot,
yesterday, was Miss Jennie Smith, the
railroad temperance evangelist. She
kept an eye on Joe, and noticed all hi. J
good traits, not mentioning his good
looks.
Presently tho Eastern train was
about duo and Joe, in his bland, urbane
manner, advanced to tho center of the
room and in a silvor-toncd tenor voice,
sang out "All aboard for Plattsmouth,
Pacific Junction, Red Oak, Burlington,
Peoria, Chicago and all points east.
Passengers will now pass out to the
cars and secure tlioir seats, as the train
leaves in fifteen minutes."
Joe started to retreat when Miss
Smith, in an enraptured tone, ap
proached him and exclaimed: "Oh, you
dear, lovely man! What a lovely voice
you have to sing praises unto heaven.
Won't you please come to my meetings
and sing for us ?"
Joe is very bashful, but this flattery
was too much and ho promised to go.—
Railroad Gazette.
FRANKLIN was the first man who
tampered with lightning and he's dead.
The last man who fooled with elec
tricity is also dead.
Ral lier Rich Soi'i.
Col. Sapp of Nebraska was talking
with an Eastern gentleman, whom he
met in Washington the other day
"Haveyou a fertile soil in Nebraska?"
the Eastern gentleman asked.
"Fertile!" exclaimed Col. Sapp; "I
should say we had." And taking from
his pocket a paper containing an ac
count of the finding of $7,000 in a box,
dug up on a farm out there, he ex
claimed again: "Fertile! Read that."
—Washin<jton Post.
A New (torment.
Mr. Mushroom —Well, my dear, 1
suppose you have all the fixin's you
want to make a swell sensation at
the opry this week. I paid a good many
hundreds for that there box and I want
to show up in good shape.
Mrs. Mushroom—l only think o' one
thing. I'd like to wear one of thim new
wood mantels I see advertised. I think
they must be awfully sweii.— America.
The Editor's Advice.
"Dear editor," wrote a poet to a well
known journalist, "please read with
care the accompanying, and give me
your unbiased opinion while I am still
in the mood to put more fire into the
poem."
"Dear poet," answered tho editor,
"there is no occasion to put more fire
into the poem; all that is necessary is
to put tho poem into the fire."
PROF. HALE SIIAW shows that the
whole face of nature would change if
friction were suddenly to cease. Fire
or warmth would be impossible, cloth
ing would fall off people or be resolved
into original elements, none would be
able to move by ordinary methods, to
guide their action, or if set in motion,
stop. The waters would cover the face
of a lifeless world, and human bodies,
with all heavier substances, would soon
disappear forever.
The Biggest Nugget of Gold.
The largest piece of gold ever taken
from the earth was discovered May 10,
1872, at Hill End, New South Wales, on
the claim of Beyer and Hultman. It
was an irregular shaped slab 4 feet 0
inches in length and 0 feet 3 inches in
width, with an average thickness of about
3 inches. It weighed something over 600
pounds, and, although not virgin pure,
assayed $148,000. The most remarkable |
part of the story is that the men who found
it did not have money enough to pay their !
board bills the week before. —[St. Louis
Republic.
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—The most, direct method of determining
horsepower—tickle his hind legs with u
briar.
Old smokers prefer "Tansill's Punch" 5 cent
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—Titles of nobility are as old ns the human
race. Adam was the first bare 'un.
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—Why is the centre of n. tree like a dog's
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i Sir John Lubbock maintains that there
are insects, aiul very likely even higher
animals, which perceive colors of which
we have no glimpse, and hear sounds
which to us are inaudible. Vet we never
hear of a human retina that includes in its
vision those colors depending on vibra
tions of the ether which are too slow or
too rapid for our ordinary eyes, nor of a
human ear which is entranced with music
that to the great majority of our species is
absolutely inaudible. Again, we never
hear of a human being who could perform
the feat, of which we were told only re
cently, of a bloodhound. In a dark night
it followed up for three miles the trail of
a thief, with whom the bloodhound could
never have been in contact (he had just
purloined some rolls of tan from the tan
yard in which the dog was chained up),
and iinally sat down under the tree in
which the man had taken refuge. Why,
we wonder, are those finer powers, which
so many of the lower animals possess, en
tirely extinguished in man, if man be the
real heir of all the various genera which
show powers inferior to his own? We see
i no trace in animals of t hat high enjoyment'
i of the finer scents which make the blos-
I soming of the spring flowers so great a dc
light to human beings, and yet men arc
entirely destitude of that almost uner
ring power of tacking the path of an
( odor which seems to be one of the prin
! cipal gifts of many quadrupeds and some
birds.—f Chatter.
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culiar to the weakeraex. It is guaranteed that
if it does not effect a cure money will be re
funded. It is caro/uhy compoandod by ah ex
po, loaned and skillful physician, and adapted
t woman's deli cat© organization. It is purely
vegetable in its composition and perfectly
hanuloss in its effects in any condition of the
system, and is sold under a putUivo guarantAc
of satisfaction in every case, or money paid
for it refuadod.
For Const nation or Sick Headache, use Dr.
Pierce's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. One a
dose.
—The scientist says nil absolute vacuum j
cannot exist, and yet the dude lives.
A Remedy for the Influenza.
A remedy recommended for patients afflicted i
with the influenza is Kemp's Balsam, the spe
ciflc for Coughs and Colds, which Is especially ]
adapted to diseases of the throat and lungs.
Do not wait for the lirst symptoms of the dis
ease before securing the remedy, but get a bot-
I tie and keep it on hand for use the moment it
is needed. Jf neglected the influenza has a
tendency to bring on pneumonia. All drug-
I gists sell the Balsam.
—A young bachelor is an odd fellow, and
j some young woman is always trying to get !
| oven with him.
If afflicted with *nr eyen uae Dr. Isaac Thomp
•Oil's Eye Water- Druggists HHII 250 per buttla
—A slow match—four yours of courtship.
Tou rind,
Whether on pleasure bent or business, should
take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as
it acts most pleasantly and effectually on tho
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers,
headaches and other forms of sickness. For
sale in 50c. and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists.
—Know Thyself—lf you can't get tho requi
site information, run tor office. U7.
RyjMPTLYAN DTERMArfEHILY
PAINS AND ACHES.
Spont 8;iOO. in Vain,
Wakarusa, Ind., Aug. 22.1888.
I suffered all over with pain and spent
8300. on doctors without relief; two or three
applications of St. Jacobs Oil relieved me.
CONRAD DOERING.
At DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Md.
You win CATARRH
Money, MfltfTT I ""*ll
Pain:
•SI- I|
CATARBHr Fm %||
ELY'S
CreMßalm.S^rev^
, : A particle Is app lied into each nostril and is agrees
, : hie. Price So cts. at druggists; by mail, registered,
j OUcta. ELY BROS., fitf Warren Street, New York.
GRATEFUL-COMFOR TlNd.
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST.
"By a thorough kn iwlodgb of tho natural laws
which govern the operations of digestion and nutri
tion, and hy a careful application of the line proper
tics of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Eppa has provided
jur breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bev
erage which mav save us ma:, iieavy doctors' bills.
It is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet
i tlmt n constitution may be gradually built up until
' strong enough to resist • very tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us
ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point.
We mav escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our
selves well for tilled with pure blood and a properly
i nourished frame."—"C<e Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In half-p >uud tin , by Grocers, labelled thus:
JA.HES Kl'l's A CO., Homoeopathic Chemists,
LONDON. ENGLAND.
DETECTIVES
I evpryConntr. Shrewd men toacl nnSe r mtr uctions
flrianu Detectiro Bureau Co. ii Arcaio.Cincincati.O.
I've Cot It!
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Colored Mar of each Htate and Territor- In Hie
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cities: average temperature; salary of officials nml
the principal postmasters m the State; number of
farms, with their produi tionaand the value thereof;
different manufactures and number of unlove*,
etc.. etc. Also lh.- area of each Foreign Country;
form of government ; population; principal products
and 1 heir money value; amount of trade; religion;
size of nrniy: miles of railroad and telegraph: num
ber of horses, cattle, sheep, and a vast amount ol in
formation valuable to all.
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE ONE
All newspaper render* are constantly U'edin.
Atlas for reference in order to intelllgeniiy un
stand the artie e tin y art pei using. It is surprb
how much information is thUH stored away in i
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the Chief point* concerning all the Nations of
. hooil P HOU8?!" I,'h'uwn'id St.. NV. CI
THE GERMAN AN D HIS CLOCK.
Tha story is told of a German who took
tho hands of his clock to the maker to have
them fixed, because they did not keep proper
timer Of course, the clock maker demanded
the works , as in them lay the trouble. Boils
and blotches, pimples and other eruptions
011 the exterior tell of a disordered condition
of tho blood within. Bo you man or woman,
or aught else human, if you have these in
dications, be wise in time and take Dr. I
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It puts !
the liver and kidneys in good working order, j
purifios the blood, cleanses tho system from
all impurities from whatever cause arising, I
and tones up tho functions generally.
"Golden Medical Discovery" checks tho |
frightful inroads of Scrofula, and, if taken
in time, arrests the march of Consumption |
of the Lungs, which is Lung-scrofula, puri
fies and enriches the blood, thereby curing i
1
■' l B UTii.; I l for an incurable case of
Jl 3 Catarrh in tho Head by
the proprietors of DR. SAGE S CATARRH REMEDY.
SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH. -Headache, obstruction of nose, discharges
HgpL falling into throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, ,
tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid ; eyes weak, ringing in ears,
ijf deafness, difficulty of clearing throat, expectoration of offensive mntter;
breath offensive; smell and taato impaired, and general debility. Only a
ftw of these symptoms likely to be present at once. Thousands of cases ,
result in consumption, and end in the grave.
By its mild, soothing, antiseptic, cleansing, und healing properties, Dr. Sage's Rempdy i
cures the worst cases. This infallible remedy does not, liko the poisonous irritating snuffs,
" creams " and strong cuustic solutions with which the public have long been humbugged,
•imply palliate for a short time, or drive the disease to the lungs, as there is danger of doing ,
in the use of such nostrums, but it produces perfect and permanent cures of the
worst cases of Chronic Catarrh, as thousands can testify. "Cold In the Head" j
is curod with a fow applications. Catarrhal Headache is relieved and cured as if
magic. It removes offensive breath, loss or impairment of the sense of taste, smell or hear,
tag. watering or weak ryes, and impaired memory, when caused by the violence of Catarrh,
as they all frequently are. By druggists, 50 cents.
fififipLOßED RUQ PATTERNS and MACHINES,
wwwirculars free. Al. RUG CO., Biddeford, Me.
I'he best Plaster made is Ira A. Potter A C'o.'s. Cure.
Rheumatism, Backache, Kidney Complaint, Heart
Disease, Consumption or Weak Luug*. Mfg. at Water
town, N.Y. Sold by Druggists. By mail 15c. Try oue.
I nil °l PROFIT. By aeudlng 10 names from vour
|UU Jo vicinity aud $3 we will ship cases and
full outfit of l)r. Merrill's Vegetable Compound. Give
bole agency. Dr. Merrill, 38S Main St., Boston. Mass.
II ft ME STUDY. Book-keeping. Ii witness Forma,
UUHfiC penmanship. Arithmetic, Short-band,etc..
Ifl thoroughly taught by MAIL circulars rrse
Hryaul'i Uelleae. 4.57 Main hi., Buffalo. N. T.
■lf ■■■ || ■ Is the newest and fastest seller
Ml mmm lßf out. tSnormova profit, Partlca*
If h|| Stfof lar* 'fee to agents. Address E
■ ■ 1 ■■ mm pinK ki VarlckSt..N.Y.
mTO s'£so A MONTH can be made working
for us. Persons preferred who can furnish
a horse and give their whole time to the business.
Spare moments may be profitably employed also.
A few vacancies In towns and cities. B- F. JOHN*
SON A CO., PAW Main St., Richmond, Va.
IMPROVED EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR
llapU, rrfMt Ml Salf-BsgalaUog. cHaa.
red a in successfnl operation. Guaranteed
WH*jrWto hatch 1 * r f P*' rc ° **® ha f cVer '* S • ifd
■I im freef forlßuaV'auT •■a.° Ib STAHV, C <£iaej,W.
Fl EISISI
'Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Examiner U. S. Pension Bureau.
3 vrs in last war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty since.
FRAZERSI
ISBT 19 THE WORLD U R k #1 O C
7 er* Is the Oenttna. Bold Brwrstiara
A
$3 SHOE gentlemen, j
BEST IN THE WORLD.
Other specialties lor RENTLENEN, I,A*
DIES, MISSES and HOYS.
None genuine unlrss name and price art
■tumped ou bottom. Sold every where.
llf Send address 011 postal for valuable
information.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. ;
HAIR ON THE FACE, NECK, ARMS OR ANY PART OF THE PERSON
jggjjj IISSOLVEI ANB QUICKLY RCMCVtI WITH THE DEW SULITIU A
rl j nope he ; #rT
1 A In CoMrorouiso, an tnebmpicte mixture was sclidebHy spilled on
I \tl tth ,l? ° hftr " l, j' ° n W:U,hin * afterward it was discovered
1 ) ° V J°m'h parfe<d% cl /'r'*. |reo from aH
but suroly, und you' will be'stTrprieelf and delighted with the resnlts. Arply for a few
minutes, and th hair disappears as if br mafic. It haa no connection whatever with
JlYni'TlilinQr any other preparation ever use>l Tot' a like purpose, and no scientiflc nwroverv ever at-
MWrfl u lllls* tained such wonderful results IT CANNOT t'AIL. If ths growth be light one
application will remote it permanently, the heavy growth such n* the beard or hair on moles may require
two or more applications beforo all the roots ar destroyed, although all hair will be removed at each ap
plication. Young persons who tinil nn ambarransinafirowth of hair coming, should use Modene to de
stroy it* growth RE6BMMENBED It All WHO HAV TESTED ITS. MERITS<-USEB BY PEBPII Bf REFINEMENT.
Gentlemen who ilo not appreciate nature s gift of a heard will find a priceless boon in ali.der.e, whirl*
does away with shaving. It penetrates tho hair follicle or sac and dissolves the life principle, thereby
rendering its future growth an utter impossibility, anil is guaranteed to bo as harmless as water to the
skin. Modene sent by in all, In safety mailing casts, postage paid (securely sealed from cbsarv*ticn) on
reoelpt of price, l .00. Largest size bottle, containing three times us much Modene, and infbciout for
any case, ®.00 per bottle. Send money Uy letter, with your full address written plainly. CoTTosfondencw
sacredly private. Postage stamps received same as cash. ("EsuttKTOMF.NTioNTov.'acovnrT am;sthisavk*J
ASENTt ) MODENE MANUFACTURING CO.. CINCINNATI, O. ( BEHfR&L'BCHT.?
WAMTM [ MAriOFACTUHEIIS 0F THE HIGHEST QRAOE HAIR PREPARATIMS. ' \ "'""SS" 1 *
want Si, j (jytou o*s uuum votm at an posT-orvica AND isnukm ! a iAn buiybbt. I VtkMT [9.
%il nnn Dr US." Ar? n To as* u retbop nbile of the mer Itg 0 f Modene, we send with each bo ft IS a (seal
*PI,UI.iU nIIVBMnU. Affrfl aiiient to forfeit $1 ,000 to any Purchaser if Modene faiifi to permanently
rem,,*. tT,|,air. or .Fi'-roTors or injures the skin in the slightest manner, or rondures any uiipleara.it e*nsa
tion or feeling w\ien applyingorevcr afterward EVEIt Y BOTTLK tiU AIiANTJCKB. (Cut this
"MURRAY" $55.95 BUGGIES $5.95 HARNESS
T HF fIFST IN THE WORLOI Xl JJK (THE BEST IN THE WCBLD
A • sold direct to the con- 3HgosEfrN*—- ''t iff I More "Murray" Buggies and
so Bier. o • 'Pools" or "Trusts" \ ' "•raess sold last year than any
for ns i A'e stand on our own | 'her two makes combined,
footing and sell tne Murray \ " ■ clilcb proyts that their miperlo*
S • ' lerlta and low "prlcS". |X& \/ *S, + ; .ualttfcaare appreciated.
buy of tuk mTnupaotumrr ANU sat* ' A "
JKriU'".' iUlofiuo And NtOathPrlcti. WIL BE R H FG.OO.CINCINNATI f P $
all Skin and Scalp Diseases. Ulcers, Sores,
1 Swellings, and kindred ailments. It is
■ powerfully tonic as well as alterative, or
I blood-cleansing, in its effects, hence it
1 strengthens the system and restores vitality,
i thereby dispelling all tho-e languid, "tired
1 feelings" experienced by the debilitated.
Especially has it manifested its potency in
curing Tetter, Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysip
elas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre,
or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands.
"Golden Medical Discovery" is the only
blood and lung remedy, sold by druggists,
and guaranteed by its manufacturers, to
do all that it is claimed to
or money paid for it will be promptly ro
; funded.
I WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIA* ''
TION, Manufacturers, No. GOo Main Street, J
I Buffalo, N. Y. J
Anillll HABIT. Only Certain and
fIPIIIM easy CURE in the World. Dr.
UI IUVTI J. 1,. STEPHENS. Lebanon. 9
PENSIONS
uf JUISKPH Hi UI NTKK. ATTAIKNKy,
WASItINIiTUM, O. C.
WALLira
Full information rappllod; how to operate on ataU
capital. Hatch ft KENDALL, 52 Exohango PL, lf,Y,
t JONES
Iron L*an. NMT Bejirtu**, Brass
Ikn Bo* fr
Rvary rice Scale. For free pr al lit
mraV.ua this paper and addrAa
JONES OF BtNGHAMTOVf.
JHfOHAMTON. M. Y.
NORTHERN PACIFIC.
LOW PRICE RAILROAD LARDS t
EE Government LANDS.
[VI 11,1, IONS OF ACKER In Minnesota, Nortfl
Dakota, Mouta no. Idaho, Washington and Oregbizi
rryn CAD publications with maps describing lira
OCLHU rUn beat Agricultural, Gracing and Tlitp
ber Lands now open toßettlers. Sent free. Addretfc
CHAS. B. LAMBORM,
IpTHE WONDERFUL If vo". i&'-ij'
LUBURG VC H AT R !
NGSA Rr IC LE S
POJii for on liSlTwry, VVHEHL CHUM
Bend a tamp for C*U- VvUIT f\
li*a, oKS.imp*
IXMDKS lIF6. CO.. 1U vtTk
AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT
DR. LOBB
3*A North Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa., for
tho treatment of Blood Poisons, Skin Eruptions.
Nervous Complaints, Brlght'a Disease. Strictures,
Impotency and kindred diseases, no matter of how
long standing or from what cause originating
UTTen days' medicines furnished by mall rner
| Beml for Book on SPECIAL Disease*. rltCta
JV 1 prescme and fully
dorse Big ( as the only
y e thS C d f fir° r
H-IANUKAHAII, M. D.,
jji wnwjßtrteiara - Anialerdam, N. Y.
CM Mrdaaly by lb. Wn have sold Big CI toe
MMrini Chcalcsl Ca tngpy years, and it baa
Ohio. D - u - DYOHE A CO.,
.tfi. Chicago, ill.
I 9OLD by Druggists