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.
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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