THE WIZARD OF MLNLO PARK. Au Incident of Thomas A. Edison's Early Career—His liirtliday Gift* I?* ia^ac gHOMAS A.EDISON recently celebrated 44tli birthday at 1"8 home at Monlo ion Phonograph Works, in honor of ijgA&Zxf a. the occasion, made \J and presented to him the most perfeot phonograph possible. They -worked on the machine for oyer two months. Every part of the in strument capable of it is plated with gold and silver, and the parts are fin ished to the utmost possible limit. At tached to the machine is a water-motor of improved construction that has been one of the recent triumphs of the great inventor, and that runs the machine Steadily and noiselessly with a mini mum consumption of water. The case is of rare inlaid woods, and is a marvel of painstaking workmanship. The phonograph, if not the most use ful, is certainly the most wonderful of all the wizard's wonderful inventions. When it was first exhibited at the New York Academy of Sciences, a few years ago, a murmur of admiration was heard, which was succeeded by re peated applause. Some of the skep tical members started the rumor that the Academy had been mystified by a clever ventriloquist, and repeated ex periments were required to convince these incredulous persons that no chi canery was used, and that the "talking machine" could bo readily manipulated by anyone. Edison's birthplace is Milan, Ohio. While yet a boy in his teens, telegraphy took great hold upon him, and having one day snatched a station-master's child from in front of an approaching train, the giateful father taught him telegraphy, ami from that time he be came a systematic student. His ready ingenuity suggested all sorts of adapt ations. One day the ice jam broke the cable between Port Huron and Sarnia (on the Canada side); tho river at that point being a'mile and a half in width, all communication by telegraph was out off. Young Edison seized tho valve of an engine that controls the whistle, which he teotod into long and short notes, like the doth and dashes in telegraphy. "Hello, Sarnia, do you get meV" he tooted; no answer. "Hol lo, Sanaa, do yon hear what I say ?" A third and a fourth time the message Was sent over, and finally came the an swer from an engine on the other side; the connection had been made, and communication easily carried on until the cable was repaired. Edison's many inventions are legion, but his phonograph, megaphone, the quadruplex and duplex systems of tel egraphy, his telephone—which alone netted him over one hundred thousand dollars— railway and in candescent electrio light, are but a few of the best known of his most wonder ful and valuable inventions. lteligious ltuimrrs in Russia, When a Russian is converted and feels called upon to turn from his evil ways, as often as not ho joins a sect called the runners (begoonee,) and, taking up his bed, walks about the country for the re mainder of his nutural life and seems to thoroughly enjoy it. No conscien tious member of this peripatetic and pro gressive persuasion can pitch his tont for long anywhere on this transitory earth. A day and a night is the usual thing; a week is exceptional; a month's halt would be evidence of lamentable backsliding, while a still longer sojourn would leave no doubt that the impious loitorer had committed the inoxpiablo sin, writes a correspondent. For once a man has been received into the ranks of the begoonee he can no longer be fastened as a nail in a sure place, but is straightway a fugitive and a vaga bondin the earth, and can take nothing for life's journoy, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in his purse, and only a suspicion of spirits in his ca pacious bottle.— New York Journal. "Fail- Tiny" Is all that Is asleep tot Dr. Piorco'a Goldoa Meutcal Discovery, when taken for catarrh In (ho head, of for bronchial or throat affection 4, or IUUK scrofula (commonly known as con sumption of the lung's) and if taken in time, and given a fair trial, it Will cure or the tooney yald for it will bo refunded. It is the only Qiiarantced cure. Qleanso the liver, stomach, bowels and whole system by using Dr. Pierce's Pellets. —When a womnn fancies to herself tho hus band she would like to have, he is generally different in important respects from tho hus band that she litis already. —Truly the ways of women are past finding out, but they are dear, delightful creatures for all their lack of continuity. Watch for Murray's Buggy ad. next week. J5J— It seems to be a divine right of women to nave a mnn all to herself to boss and tanta lize at her own sweet but illogical will. Wo recommend "lansill's Punch" Cigar. —lt's a pity, girls, that this year isn't loap year. The prevailing influenza has brought luuny a hardened old bachelor to his sneeze. QBJSS UNJOVa Both the method ml rewrite whea Syrup of Figs is taken j it i pleasant and yefresb ingto tho taste, andaotfl gently yet promptly on tho Kidneys Liver siid Bowakg cleanses the ays* ten) eflkctually, dispels colds, head ncbee and fever? and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is rha only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste ana a ceptabj* to the eiomgch, proamt ia ite action and truly beneßoialinito effects, prepared only irom the most healthy and agreeable subrtanoes, lbs many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known- Syrup or Figs is for sale in two and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggwt who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not acoept any substitute. CALIFORNIA HO SYRUP CO. POPULAOi SCIENCE. A VARIETY OF CURIOUS AND INTER. ESTING FACTS. Cliaract.rl.ltas of Animal Eifo —The Sphlei and Its Curious Ways—The Quantity ot Fooil We Eat—Precious Woods—History lu a Pack or Playing Cards—Eto., Etc. BY PROF. J. F. ELSOM. Characteristics of AU Animal Eife. In the beginning the student of nat ural history is taught that there are Wrious ways of distinguishing the lower forms of animal life from the vegeta ble. In the struggle for existence, for life itself, even, which is going on per petually throughout the whole of ani mate creation, as the rivers of life murmur ceaselessly of the storied past, it is perfectly wonderful to notice the phenomenal provisions made by nature for tho preservation of the weaker and more helpless animals. In many cases the color of the creature is adapted in a wonderful way to its mode of living and its place of concealment, contrib uting very materially to its safety. All .who live among the green fields, which, by tho way, is the way to live properly, know how diffioult it is to distinguish the grasshopper from the leaf or blade of vegetation upon which he is at rest, until he betrays himself by moving. Those birds which sing in the hedgerow have feathers upon their backs which harmonize with the color of the leaves about and among wliioh they ilit, while the feathers 011 their breasts borrow the white hue from the clouds above them. The partridge can hardly he distinguished from the stubble where it makes its nest, while in tho more northern countries the winter dress of tho hare and ptarmigan is white, liko tho snow with which tho land scape is usually covered, and upon which these animals are seen. Among marine animals the same natural pro visions prevail, aud go down, however deep, into the water, animal life the same color will he found. The frogs, living in the stagnant pools and muddy ditches by the roadside, are known to vary their color in order to harmonize with tho sand or mud in which they live. The little tree-frog, on the other hand, is green, and thus is with diffi culty distinguished from the tree to which it adheres. Fish, especially those which inhabit fresh water, are so like in color to the weeds and stones among which they lie that it is often very difficult to detect their presence. One of the most wonderful instances of nature's care in providing for the protection of the more defenseless creatures is found in the apparatus foi defense with which the cuttle-fish is provided. The very instant its quick eye catches a glimpse of an approach ing enemy, knowing by instinct alone it is absurd to speak of reason in con nection with these low forms of animal life —the impossibility of seeking safoty by flight, aud having no means of de fense whatever, it prepares at once to seek safety in concealment. To this end it sinks downward rapidly, throw ing out from a vessel with which it is provided, aud nature taught it to use, a stream of fluid with which the blackest paint is light in comparison. This soon colors the water far around, and effect ually conceals tho animal and at the same time is very repulsive to all forms of animal life feeding upon it; and, as it takes considerable time for this to disperse and the water to clear itself, the enemy is generally baffled. If, however, as is sometimes the case, a reasoning animal—man—is in pursuit, and the cuttlo-fish is still in danger, it pours out another and larger flood of ink, and remains perfectly quiet until the danger is past, when it moves off in a circle, making a larger and larger turn until outside the black water its ink lias made. Two Ways. Speaking of spiders, I will relate another little instance that is very in teresting and appropriate in this con nection. Some time ago I noticed a fat old spider camo to feed regularly on a blossom in the laboratory window, and invariably a little honey bee would appear on the blossom at the mue time. This being repeated a number of days—nearly a week—to make sure tho same visitors came every day, the spider and bee each were marked, aud every day the marked insects appeared regularly, would feed often in close proximity to each other without mo testation or desire to intrude, each seeming aware of, but not caring for, the other's presence; and generally about the same time, apparently satis tied, would go away—the spider to his network of traps in an adjoining win dow, and the bee to its hive. Finally one day I caught them both aud mtli lessly killed them. By means of tin microscope, spectroscope, and chemical analysis, found that these insects oh tained from the same flower substances widely dissimilar. One (the spider sought the most energetic poisor known, with which to slay his material for food—the flies; the other soughl that perfect tincture of sweetness (hon ey) upon which to feed when the flowers of the harvest had passed. Each had 0 desire, each sought its gratification, each obtained it from the same flower, obtained its fill, and went away satis tied. A moral should adorn this storyj foi tho truthfulness of which I will vouch. For instance, two persons, without distinction of sex, will meet and talk of a third (perhaps a friend, at least an acquaintance of each); one will linvo discovered all that is pure, good and noble, the sweets of life, as among the attributes of the third person's character; the other all that is low, vile and loathsome, the bitter, noison ous dregs of all human proclivities. Each of these persons is, like the spider and the hie, in soarcli of some thing; tliey find what they desire, perhaps, in the character of one of the most beautiful human flowers; each gets gratification and goes away satis fied from the feast of reason, and, again, liko the bee and the spider, uses tho substance obtained, one for intellectual food for elevating, inspir ing and ennobling fellow-kind; the other for blighting the affections, blasting the aspirations, and ruining the prospects of others, merely that food may ho created from the loath someness this ruin has wrought. The comparison does not end here by any means. But let me ask, reader, aro you a bee or a spider? Tho Greedy Sphler* The ordinary spider, tamed and taught to come for its food, which is not difficult or troublesome to do, will consuuio an immense amount of food in twenty-four hours, amounting, in the aggregate, to a trillo over six times its own weight. At tho same rate of con sumption, a person of average weight, say one hundred . and fifty pounds, would take for his food as follows: Breakfast, a dressed beef, ten gal- | lons of toa. Dinner, twenty dressed sheep, five barrels of potatoes. Supper, fifty loaves of bread, a bar- I rel of butter. Lunch, two hundred pounds of cako, a barrel of wine. And even then would waka at mid night feeling as though he had not eaten a square meal for a week. Hap pily, though, men are not spiders. . A Pack or Playing; Cards. What a history is represented in a pack of playing cards. They contain a spot for each day in the year, a card for each week in the year, a picture for each month in the year, a suit for each season of the year, a numerical color 1 for each minute in an hour, and value, in whist, for each degree of the circle. A hand in an ordinary game of whist would not he rejieated in 154,413 years. The Amount oi* Food We Eat* Every person must eat, sleep, and ■ have some sickness. A person at I seventy years, now not considered very I old, has eaten provisions that would require a train of seventy cars, heavily j laden with food, to transport, has Blept twenty years, and been sick ten j years. Strange, hut not less strange than true. Taken in general, the foregoing is a trifle below the average, j To I fore a llole Through Glass. Very often it is necessary to make a liolo through a jdate of glass. This is very easily done if you only know how. Make a solution of— Tarts, i Oil turpentine 5 Gum camphor !2 Carbolic acid 1-1(3 i Moisten tho drill, and it will work 1 in glass like wax. Cutting Glass* FOR many years it was thought by! scientific men that nothing hut the real diamond would cut glass, but steel can ho made sufficiently hard to cut glass readily, and a substance called zabaslieer, found in the joints of tho bamboo, will, when dry, cut glass read ily. It hardens into a solid lump when exposed to the air. Valuable Woods. SOME woods are more valuable even than the most precious metals. Among the aloe family of trees this is very evi dent. The heart of one of the species of the aloe tree, called tumbac, 1 believe, that grows in tropical coun tries, sells in India for its weight in gold. A l!,i<lget of Curious Farts. THE child begotten by tho matri monial alliance of science aud religion is now declared legitimate. A THICK plate of brass maybe cut by making a mark on its surface with a solution of mercury and nitric acid. A WASP'S nest contains fifteen thou sand cells. How this insect determines the number I will not explain. IN one hundred years ordinary turf grows thirty inohes. By this wo may approximate the age of peat. ALL have noticed the caterpillar that infests tho willow tree. Each indi vidual has over four thousand mus cles. THE drug called capsicum by tho druggist, pepper by the grocer, is ob tained from sixty species of the same tree. AWAY on the top of some mountain ranges various temperatures are found. The Peak of Toneriffe has five zones of vegetation. COLOR blindness affects a greater proportion of our population than most people imagine. Five per cent, of Americans are color blind. EAGLES are long-lived birds. A warty old chap has been an heirloom in a New Albany, Indiana, family for nearly a hundred years. COLD follows heat at extraordinary depths. In a silver mine in Norway over three hundred feet deep the bot tom is covered with snow. EGYPTIAN architecture becomes more marvelous as time passes. A temple and an altar havo been discovered buried j far beneath the surface in front of the great Sphinx. IT is not generally known, hut true nevertheless, that gas is produced by striking a piece of iron with a hammer; and if tho blows, however light, are | continued long enough, the iron, how ever largo and tough, will eventually crystallize and break. THE rates of transporting heavy freight, merchandise, and the like, have changed. Less than a half century ngo the railroads of Great Britian made a very careful estimate, and it cost just a penny a ton per mile for carrying coal. This, with the price of English ! labor and mechanics, seems high. NEW ALIIANY Ind. A Suitor. Many anecdotes are rolated about the droll sayings of the late Jonas Hill of Fayette. He had a peculiar way of speaking, which those who heard him will never forget, hut his pronunciation can hardly he represented in print. Ho was at one time a suitor for the liaud of a young lady whose parents did not favor him. Her father did not think that the social standing of Jonas was sucli as to render him a fit match for his daughter, hut ho told the young j man that if he would bring him high- | toned references lie would consider liis claim. Jones said nothing, hut felt in dignant, and resolved to have his re venge. Bo he procured tho best of recommendations as to his character and standing in society. The old man examined the credentials and was sat isfied. "All right," said he, "you are welcome; walk into my parlor, and your horse shall be stabled and fed." 'Not by any means," replied Jones, "iny (th) horse is neither hungry nor (tlx) dry, and I shall never (th) darken your (th) doors any more. Good-day, sir." And putting the whip to his liorse, he drove out of tho dooryard, leaving the old gentleman glaring after him.dumfounded.— Lewiston Journal. No Attraction. Dramatic Agent--Yes, sir, I'm advance agent of "Held for Trial," the great sensational drama, with safe burglary in it. Guess you've heard of it. Got a regular cracksman in the company, too, you know; just out of the penitentiary, and he opens a safo on the stage. Great success. Crowded houses everywhere. You'll ho around to see the performance, won't you 1 Country Editor (sadly) —l'm not in terestod in safes. THE perfect combustion of coal seenm to have been effected by Mr. William Gilibs, of Essex, England. By means of a fan and suitable openings, the ex act quantity of air necessary is sup plied to the furnace chambers, and the products of combustion issue as hot air, free from smoke or odor. HUMOR. | J AN ante-room —G amblers' don. TUE buckwheat cake will soon coino to the scratch. NOCTURNAL melody—Wo shall meet in the suet by and by. IT was the man who couldn't button ; his coat who hadn't clothes enough to go round. TRAMP—Madam, can I get a warm I bite here? Woman—Yes, sir! Here, j Tiger, sio him I A MARRIED couple may be ono, but that one cannot travel without two railroad tickets. " HE—Miss Wayting, yon are a puzzle to me. I never know how to take you. j She (shyly)— You never tried. A NEW YORK girl who was attending j cooking sohool got so infatuated with I the culinary art that she wont off and married a "supe." J THERE'S nothing very doleful about [ it; still when a maiden has sifted a kiss through an incipient mustache she is j apt to get down in the mouth. THE modern critic: "Have yon seen . Ibsen's new play ?" "To tell the truth, I have not had thq (ime, I have been so j j busy writing my criticism upon it." | MINNIE—I heard that you were going to epter the lecture field. Mamie—The | idea! I am engaged to be married, i j Mignie—Well, I knew it was something ! of the sort. I lion—My dad's a squire and gets his ! name in the paper every dav. Tom (contemptuously)— That's notliin'. My | dad took Jink's liver jiills and got his pioter in the papors. t > FIRST Tramp (on country road) — ' How are the folks down this way— ' friendly? Second Tramp—Well, I can't | say much for the folks, but their dogs do beat all for helpin' yo to get along. ABSENT-MINDED : Brown (at the tele phone)— Hello! who's speaking? Voice —Don't you recognize me ? Blown— Well, er—l know your face, but I don't ! quite recall your voice at the moment. I JIMPSON—Prof. Knowitall, the lec turer, alwny3 wears a mustard plaster when he goes on the platform. Why do you suppose he does it ? Jampson —To draw the attention of the audience, perhaps. SCHOOLMISTRESS —Tommy, what did you disobey me for? Tommy—'Cos I thought you'd whip me. Schoolmis tress—What did you want me to whip you for ? Tommy—'Cos pa said ho would if you didn't, and he hurts. FAIR customer —ls this Western beef? Kasteru butchor (proudly)— No, madam; wo don't deal iu ill-ninu nered steers from the rowdy West. This beef, madam, is from a highly cul tivated and very refined cow, formerly of Boston. "MY dearest Laura, what is the mat tor? Here you are bathed ill tears and only four weeks after your wed ding." "O, Clara, my husband is a candidate for Mayor and I have just found out by this morning's paper that he is a paragon of all the vices." MISTRESS—Did you buy a stamp and mail the letter, Bridget? Bridget—Oi j did, mum, and here's the change. Mis tress—How much did you pay for the stamp? Bridget Wan oint mum. The boy said he had 'em all the way j from wan cint up, an' it's not the likes of Bridgot O'Toolihan wot goes about wastin' money. NO FLIEB ON HIM. •Down with a tyrant foe," said ho, "That seeks this happy laud; All tho onergy that 1 possess My country may command. •No arduous labor would I shirk, No task would I disdain, To chock invasion's hateful way And liberty maintain." And whon he Auished his addross Aud moved each hoarer's soul, His wife had built tho kitchen fire And carried in tho coal. CHICAGO five-year-old boy (only child) —Mamma, I wish you'd got mo a little sister, I'm so lonosome. Same boy (at a subsequent period, sitting up right iu his bed at 11:30 p. m., aud shaking his fist at his sweet little sister in the next room) —If I'd known what a howler you w ere goin' to bo, you can just bet your lifo 1 nevor would havo ordered you. nncre nonius Didn't Work. He was just a plain tramp, unadulter ated with soap, and ho carried over iiis shoulder a wooden snow-shovel sevoral sizes too big for him. He pulled the boll in a business-liko way aud when she opened the door ho said: "Are yon a Christian ?" "Ye-es" (in surprise). "And do you believe that honest, oar nest endeavor should he rewarded ?" "Ye-es." "Heretofore I've had a largo and lucra tive practice in my profession, but this year the elements are against me. I know there's 110 snow on tho premises, but it's going to rain this afternoon, and rain hard. Now I'll come back and shovel tho rain off your Bidcwalk for a quarter if you'll givo mo ten cents ad vance money. Is it ago ?" "Yes, it's a go," she Baid, as she slammed the door iu his face. "And they say that genius and tact win every time," he sighed, as hWshuf fled down the stoop. IN an isngnsn tueaier, recently, tno orchestra between tho acts was playing very loudly, and two ladies in the front row were endeavoring to converse at the Bame time. They had to raise their voices considerably, and as tho orches tra suddenly reached a low passage tho voice of one of tho ladies became cruelly distinot just as she remarked, "I wear silk undorclotlies." WHEN a man comes to time, does it llof. ni'OVftfhiit iirnfl \vnitsi for miini) mart V After 22 Years, cured a man of chron y il\ stroke, which took tho t *'/ 9 1 i orm chronic y OIL HEADACHE, which was completely cured as follows: Paragon, Ind., July 30,1888. I suffered with pains in my head from sun- Btroke 22 years. They were cured by St. Jacobs Oil and havo remained so four years. SAMUEL B. SHIPLOR. AT DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. THE CHARLES A VOfiEI.EH CO.. BnltltnorA MD. iMt OATAKKH BEST RE ME raininin'P^®^ uli ILDRE rirHAYFtvER^g BUFFERING FROM COLDinHEAD|f y *sJg SNU o, FLES CATARRH. A particle is applied into each nostril and is a get ea Me. price SO cts. at druggists: by null, registered. Wets. ELY iiROS., 66 Warren Street, Now York Going flic Wrong TTny- I Ex-Governor Andrew Shi" man en tered the smoking ear on a Chicago and j Northwestern train the other afternoon, ! says the Chicago Tribune, and took a scat facing toward the engine. The seat ! ahead of him was turned over. Mis | Shuman was smoking a good cigar and had an evening paper in his hand. As | he settled back an Irishman, with a clay pipe in his mouth, entered the ear. His breath was redolent with bad whisky and red eye tobacco. . " Good aveniu', it list her Shaman," said the Irishman, as he sat down on the seat opposite. "How are you, Pat?"said Mr. Shu i man. "Noicely, t'ank you," was the reply. ! Tat had probably hoed the garden for Governor Shuman at some time, j and ho was presuming on old acquaint ance. He leaned over, blew a little | bad breath and worse tobacco smoke in Governor Shuman's face, and asked: ! "How's t'ings in Ivanston, sor?" j "Very nicely," replied Governor I Shuman, trying to open the window to ge a breath of fresh air. j Pat leaned over again and allowed J another whiff of red eye to circulate I around Governor Shuman's head as he j said: "Oi am glad to hear it, sor. Now, Oi'd like to ax you " But Governor Shuman was des perate. "Where aro you going, Pat?" ho asked abruptly. "Ivanston, sor," was the reply. "Evanston 1" exclaimed Governor Shuman. "Why, you're going the wrong way. Can't you see you're faced toward Chicago? Turn the seat over." The Irishman gave a start, turned around and looked toward the engine, and then glanced out of the window. "Bo hivens. you're roight!" he ex claimed. "Oi'm faced the wrong n ay. Thank youMistlier Shuman." He turned his seat over and Gover nor Shuman buried his head in his paper and enjoyed the rest of the trip. In fact, he was seen to smile once or twice. Tcnclier Bs Cornered. In one of the city schools a teacher, with all the patience and powers of per suasion she could command, was en deavoringto instructja class about a right angle triangle. After several attempts she called the scholars to account for inattention, with the remark that what she was saying seomod to go iu at one ear and out the other. Again she re peated her description, following it by asking, who can tell what a right angle triangle is? Up went a hand, and the bright boy to whom it belonged shouted "Something which goes in at one ear and out the other." — Worcester Spy. How's Tills! Wo offer One Hundred Dolla™ reward for any ensoof yetarr.l lliat cauwft be cured by taking H ill's Ca'.arrli Cure, F. J, CHENEY A" Co., Props.. Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, bare known F, ,1. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly boborable in all business transac. tions, and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by tbolr ilrm. , , West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio, W aiding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, OMo. , „ , E. H. Van lloeren. Cashier Toledo Natmna. Hank, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's CfiiurrhCuro is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent l'rec. Price 76c. tor bottle, fciold by all Druggists. —A tea set—The Chinese. For washipg flannels, Eleotric Soap is marvelous. Blankptp euid woolens washed with it look like nev\ find there 1$ absolutely tw I mrinltlno. No other Koan in the world will do such p er/cc.t work. Clive it a trial fiotk — l Those fellows who dote on their girls sometimes Hml mutrimony a powerful anti dote. U 12 March April Mav Arc the best mouths iu which to purify your blood, for at no other season does the system so much need the aid of a reliable medicine like Hood's Snrsa parllla, as now. During the long, cold winter, the blood becomes thin and Impure, the body becomes weak and tired, the appetlto may bo lost. Hood's Sarsaparilla is peculiarly adapted to purify and en rich the blood, to create a good appetite and to over come that tired feeling. Hood's Sarsaparilla "Every spring for years I havo made It a praetkv to take from threo to flvo bottles of Ilood's Snr sapnrilla, because I know it purifies the blood and thoroughly cleanses the system of all impuri ties. That languid feeling, sometimes called 'spring fover,' will never visit tho system that lias been properly eared for by this never-falling remedy." W. H. LAWUKNCE, Editor Agricultural Epltomist, Indianapolis, Ind. The Best Spring Medicine "I havo taken three bottles of Hood's Saysnpa rllta and consider It tho host blood medlelno I have ever taken. It lniilds mo up, mnkos mo sleep better, gives no a good appetite." Mr 9. A. P. Lsion- TON, Portland, Me. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. §1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. I GO Doses One Dollar The Pope Favors Convalescents from the Influenza with exemption from Lenten rules (1890). Ayer's Sarsaparilla Restores Strength and Vigor. Take it now. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. TC Your l.lfe worth 30ct*.f If so seud for a EH pair of Nickel plated Trace Fnl ener* that win prevent your Traces from unh • dtlni Bj mull, 50c. PolyteobnlqueCo.,Bridgeport, A.;'l- WA;• I low iteet nrr> nr t -Are mull A '•Oinpleto buijaer, prepared by "rliotoV'not A 'lMldtf or an/otie lnnmW to build or otU"rwi :o interested thftt can nfiord to be without it. It is a f-rneileal Wbrk ond it. The boat, cheapen! and mojtpdpumr vork OVW MM on Wilding. Yearly foul A #5 book in slz and style, but wo have determined to make It meet the populiir demand, to suit tho liUiek, o thit It c;n be r a-dly cached by all. 4 . , ThJobook contain* in pasrs H*H inches in size, •rid consists of largo oxl2 P^W.PJ^iK} 1 v 1 i _ u Pjgfi elevations, perspective views, descriptions, o.wicrs nnni'-s, act mil cost of oonsti ueilun.np RVT*" on the erection brandings, of eite. oto. Wiientlon Thl* Taper..** The Dead Marine. Captain Mark Welch, late of Belfast. Me., was nn old time ship master, and many amusing stories are told of his sea life. Captain Welch had a great abhor rence of tobacco, and disliked to find tobacco "quids" about the vessel's deck. One night he found an immense "quid" on the quarter deck alongside the house, which had been recently painted. The captain called all hands. The watch be low turned out, and as then night was pleasant, they could not imagine what the difficulty was. "Get the watch tackle, AN OLD MAID'S SOLILOQUY. "To tako or not to take it, Is the question Whether it is better to end this earthly career A spinster—braving tho smiles of those who would insist That lack of lovers caused my lonely state,— Or take tho remedies my sisters take, And see iny eyes grow bright os tho' I bathed In the immortal fount Do Leon sought In vain in Florida's peaceful shades. 1 oft have heard my married sisters say That good old Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Would bring back color to a faded cheek Restore the health of ono who fain would die To rid herself of all tho pain she feclß." The aforesaid spinster took tho remedy—and forthwith took a husband also, having regained her health and blooming beauty. Thousands of women owo their fresh, blooming countenances to the restorative effects of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion. It is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of loucor rhea, excessive flowing, painful menstrua tion, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back, female weakness," anteversion, retroversion, l>ear ing-down sensations, chronic congestion, in flammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness in ova ries, accompanied with u internal heat." As a regulator and promoter of func- Dr. Pierce's Pellets regulate and cleanse the liver, stomach and bowels. One a dose. Sold by druggists. Boat Cough Medioine, Recommended by Physicians. K+J Cures where all else fails. Ploasant apd agreeable to the RB taste. Children take it without objection. By druggists. i|piii .11. nmillA HABIT. Only Certain and lIPIIIHW en*y CURE In the World. Dr. wl iWlfl J. L, STEPHENS. Lebanon. 0 nninrn Pmai.l FRUiTe, immense htrck cheap. 11K M V* r N tend lie. for 3 sample vines. Cat'iogue 14 lin I L.U f r ce. c. P. Curtice k Co.. Portland,X.Y. PATENTS-PEHSIONSItoi w 's.S3f gest of Pension and Bounty laws. Send for Inventors' Guide or How to Get a Patent. Patrick O'Faruell, Attorney at Law, Washington, D. C. ] ASXH M'ASSS.@7FREE I 1 l.y Wall f .nT, W&hmtMiN, ftp rnl.Mlw PENSION H EEfE* jHfSuocessfully Prosocutes Claims. S Late Principal Examiner U. S. Pension Bureau. 3 .yvs in last war. la itd.judicatinn c!;iiun. ail v since. PIN MONEY. (lc lhiis wc kl.v \\ it I..nit in terference with other duties: t.o canvassing or agency. Call or send 10 cents for matt rial and par ticulars. C. C. (', Broadway, New York. ACTIVE MEN. SSftSSRSSS' a}?,, 8 hundred capital, may tccure Agency netting SI'JOO tip yearly, (.cods have tinlvj rsal sale. No samples. Address WOKKKK, rare 1M lA-onard St., New York. BRAZE R greasl DEBT SN THE WOULD ail t i m QettheGenutna. fflold Everywhere. BFor Coughs Colds There Is no Modicino like | DR. SCHENCK'S PULMONIC " SYRUP. It is pleasan to the taste and docs not con ain a particle of opium or any thing injurious. It istho Best Cough Medicine iu the ! World. ForSalobyAl Druggists, j Price, £I.OO per bottle. Dr. Kchenck'a Book on Consumption and its Cure, mnilcd free. Address I Sr. J, H. Uchenck St Son, Philadelphia. { TIZL© * "Star" + POCKET PRINTING OUTFIT. k COMPLETE MINIATUM Mill OFFICE. ' This outfit contains a changeable linen marker and ' Sj card printer for each member of the family. This it A 'i' eofxt. sensible article, It is especialy designed for hotne mmnmjM IIS' I Ib bold use. and the (tm usenient and instruction ot J children. As a household article, the family linen can bo ill e " sily ' quick,y 01115 indelibly marked. As a ctoil Ipj ij printer, any yuan., woman or c7n'M can set up n •iiMir ijijll name and print COO cards an hour, and it will be found hot 111 l only a source of pocuniary advantage, and also of great *"7* l v J amusement and instruction to the young, '' '' * i ".' 111 Tbt> outfit contains three alphabets of typo, ono bottle SlsSfe: SaJ of best black indelible ink, pallet for holding type, ink pad a) 1 one pair of type tweezers. The entire outfit . V j,-V ed to a substantial bor, with full instjotj- ti<'s tor be mailed post-paid toauy address oh it iSADDF :ss ALL ORDERS TO UNION STAIV P WORKS, 15 Vaudev .'i r it, New York. straps nnd a handspike, and bring Vhem aft," shouted the captain. The crew obeyed in amazement. "Put a strap around the main boom and hook on the watch tackle." said Captain "Welch. "What is to be done i" 1 asked the mate. "Sling that dead marine lying there against the house and hoist him over board," said the captain, pointing to the tobacco "quid." It was clone. No more dead marines were found lying about tlia decks after that.—[Lewiston Journal. —Lawyers are like ivy; the greater tlio 1 ruin, the more they cling. tional action, at that critical period of change from girlhood to womanhood, "Fa vorite Prescription " is a perfectly safe re medial agent, and can produce only good results. It is equally efficacious and valua ble in its effects when taken for those disor ders and derangements incident to that later and most critical period, known as "The Change of Life." For a Book (100 pages) on Woman : Her Diseases and their Self-cure, (sent sealed in plain envelope,) enclose ten cents, in stamps, to WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSO CIATION, 003 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. "WHO WOULD PUFFER?" DR. TOBIAS' Mn Liniment Acts llko magic In ca?ca of ocuto pain, tmch rwt it ben Hint Ihiji, Neuralgia, Pains In the Back, Cheat or .Limb*, Htiflbneil .1 uints,Arc, TRY IT ANQ lIE CONVINCED. Warranted for over forty years. A bottle has never yet been returned. Sold by all Druggists. Price 20c., 60c, DEPOT 40 MURK A V ST, NEW YORK. j&tiSS! ■KSi ccw tricurs- m Amsterdam, XJ- Jfo *1 .00. Bold by DrUggDti AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL ; CONSULT I)R. LOIIII, 320 North Fille*ish : Street, Philadelphia. Twenty years'expertei^cft In special diseases; cures the worst cases of NervMU I t omplaints. Blood Poisoning, Blotches, ! Piles, Caiatrh, Ulcers, Sores, Impaired Memoir,' ! Despondency, Dimness of Vlsloa, Lung, Llvffr' l-toinach. Kidney (Brlght'a Disease); confldenikM, s IjVUall or writ© for guest!©* list an d hovZt 1 PENNYROYAL PILLS ISfc 5 "? alwaysnllafiLalw j. I / U (it.iop*) for pMitoularf, MatlvfMaUttjl I jj; .-itvjleflbr Laiiea."** Utttr, t>t rwtnkn i "N—li'r uJ!UWr Ksfttoa
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