NOTES AND COMMENTS. MR. BILKS, the English naval expert who visited this country and examined our new ships, reports to his country men that the fastest F.nglish cruiser is slower than the fastest American cruiser, and that our new guns are better than theirs. THE I nited States is said to be the greatest candy country in the world, $5, 000,000 worth being consumed every year. "Candy has beeu getting better in quality ever year," says a dealer, "and now, since the tariff has been taken off of sugar, glucose and other ingredients that were formerly used will be entirely done away itli by first-class manufactur ers and nothing but the genuine article used." THE oil trade is much interested in a report that the Peruviaus have entered into the oil export trade in competition with the United States and Russia. A sailing vessel has been chartered to load oil at one of the Peruvian ports for Japan and the first and only vessel that has ever left SouthAmerica with native petroleum. Oil men have known that there was oil in Peru, but have never looked for compe tition from that quarter, and the charter ing of a vessel to carry Peruvian oil to Japan is a general surprise to them. "THE music of the future,"says acorn poser of comic operas, "will be a blend ing of the German and Italian, not one, but both. Harmony is what the public demands. We have not at present any distinctive American music or school of music. The only distinctive school we have are the negro melodies, the great composer of which was Stephen Foster. These melodies embrace the 'Suwanee River,' 'Old Folks at Home,' 'Gentle Annie,' and other well known tunes. Beyond these we have developed no separate music. Our music, like our race, must be composite." A PROMINENT music teacher is authority for these facts: There are no less than two thousand singers employed in the choirs of wealthy churches of New York who receive but $1 a week for their ser vices. About one thousand are paid $2, and less than two hundred receive $4 a Sunday. This means attendance at j morning and evening prayers, at least j one rehearsal a week and occasional work | at the sociable oi reunion, for which the ; chorister receives a plate of salad and a ! biscuit or a saucer of ice-cream and a lady linger. Mile, do Yere, the Patti of • church choirs, gets SIOO a Sunday, which | is unprecedented in the church world of i music. THE ladies of the present day who ' flatter themselves that they dress ex pensively should read about Lollia Paulina, Sabina and a few more of their Roman prototypes. Paulina, for in- j stance, is known to have had a gown that cost $1,000,000. Pliny records the i fact of seeing her at a plain citizen's wedding supper covered with pearls and emeralds valued at 40,000,000 sesterces, j equivalent to $1,500,000. Sabina was j the fair Roman dame who never trav- \ elled without a train of 500 asses so that j she might not miss her daily bath in asses' milk. The object in raking up these old personalities is to show our American ladies that they are really j dressing in a very common way. A MONUMENT is to be erected over the remains of Davy Crockett, the famous I Tennessee hunter, who killed 108 bears j and peiformed various other deeds of | valor. It is now more than sixty years j since this picturesque old character was buried. The shaft will be of Tennessee 1 grauitc and over twenty-seven feet high. ! At the front base of the column the em- 1 blcmatic bear keeps faithful watch in front of the bronze medallion of the set- j ting sun; on the right part of the shaft i a bronze medallion with the distinctive badge (the rifle and knife crossed) of the : pioneer settlers of the State is represent ed, and a corresponding medallion on the left side shows the agricultural im plements, early symbols of Tennessee's prosperity. One other medallion repre sents the grand seal of Tennessee, ami on the front of the shaft a bust of Colonel Crockett looks down over the grizzly he loved to hunt so well. The bust will be as true to life as it can be made. THE Indians are often spoken of as j paupers, dependent upon Government bounty for the food that keeps them j alive. But there are in round numbers ! about 70,000 red men in the Indian Tcr- | ritory, belonging to the civilized tribes, : that do not receive rations front the j Government. There are also many In- j dians elsewhere who are self-supporting, such as the Pueblos of New Mexico, i numbering more than 8,000; the Six Na- i tions and St. Regis Indians of New j York, more than 5,000, ami the North j Carolina Cherokees, about 2,900. Then, on the reservations are many who sup- j port themselves by hunting and fishing. ; by farming, herding, or horse raising, ] by lumbering and the sale of timber, and by other occupations. In California, for one Indian who receives rations there are ten who do net; in Oregon and Washington the Indians arc self-sup porting; through the lake region of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota the same is true. In short, out of an Indian population, excluding Alaska, of 244,- 000, about 180,000 are self-supporting. This leaves only about 58,000 who re ceive rations, or fewer than one-fourth of the whole. Of these more than half ore in the Dakotos and Montana. The Indians and Noali's Flood. The Sacs, Foxes and the Musquiakie Indians are located in a small reservation in Tama County, lowa. They know nothing of Jesus Christ, though they have a"tradition (aud it it is said that this tradition is only common to the tribes named above) concerning the De luge that compares favorably with the theory generally taught aud accepted by the teachers of the Christian religion. One day in talking with them, their agent, Mr. Davenport, explained the coming, the duration and the subsidence of the great flood. He referred to Noah's Ark, and told about the dove that was sent out and came back with the olive leaf. "Hump," said one of the dusky chiefs, "we know that long time. We was in canoes, all tied together. We float on top heap water. We sent muskrat down one, two—many times. He dive; he come up. Last he go down and he come up with mud in his claw. We know water eo down; soon land on big hill, all right."—[St. Louis Republic. The Portland Vase. The original Portland vase was found in a sarcophagus (dedicated to the Em peror Severus, who was killed A. D. 825), three miles from the city of Rome on the road to Laurentim. It is ten inches high and six inches wide, made of dark blue glass ornamented with opaque fig ures in white enamel cut in bna relief. It is supposed to have been made at least 200 years before Christ, and brought to the imperial city as a trophy of one of the numerous Roman conquests. The enamelled figures have been cut out the same as a cameo is cut, which taking into consideration their intricacies ana delicacy, and the extreme hardness of the glass, must have been an enormous labor. When discovered it was bought by the Barberini family, purchased from them by Sir William Hamilton and sold by him to the Duchess of Portland, who placed it in the British museum. When first placed in that great repository of relics of bygone ages it was left exposed and a lunatic knocked it down and shattered it into hundreds of pieces. It has been nicely restored, however, and is now carefully looked after. A copy of it, made by expert glass workers with high-grade modern gravers and chisels, cost SB,OOO, and consumed nearly two years' time. The Portland vase is considered the triumph of ancient ornamental glass manufacture.—[St. Louis Republic. NATIVE INDIAN POLICE. Organization, Salary, Uniform and Discipline of the Force. It was discovered a number of years ago that the Indiau agent could issue orders, but that only he himself was likely to enforce them. There were sol diers and United States marshals in plenty, but none of them admitted the rule of the Department of the Interior. So when an agent wanted anything done he was obliged to do it himself or call on the uncertain aid of the friendly Indians or the employes of the reservation. This worked very nicely when the friendlies or employes desired to see the order enforced, but if it displeased them it had better not have been made, for they on ly laughed at the agent and even occa sionally refused to obey the orders of the Indian Commissioner, unless the "Great Father" backed it up with an array of bayonets and deputy marshals. So the force, which lias lately for the first time gained notoriety, was found to be a nec essity. An order from the Secretary of the Interior first allowed the agents to em ploy friendly members of Hie tribe or tribes under their charge to "preserve order and protect the property of the Government and its wards." At first two or three members were chosen on each reservation. The police were some times under the charge of a native cap tain; more often they were captained by some white man. They were paid the munificent salary of $lO a month to offi cers and $8 a month to non commissioned officers and privates. From the time of the appointment of the police the discip line of the reservations became better. Only the best men. morally and physi cally, were accepted by the Government which was thus able to secure the best material for its force at the smallest re muneration paid to any of its numerous employes. The entire Indian police now muster about 1,000 men, who a:e the sole agents of the Interior Department for the enforcement of its rules and the preservation of peace. Besides their sal ary they receive the usual rations and supplies of the wards of the Government. Their duty, as prescribed by the gene ral orders, is "To obey the instruction of agents, protect the Government and the natives against cattle thieves, prevent the sale of liquor, the inroads of outlaws and bad whi es, and to suppress every kind of vice and lawlessness on the res ervations.*' The Indian police wear a uniform, or at least are supposed to. This uniform, which is made of the national blue cloth, partakes of both the civil aud military habit. It approaches the cavalry in the cut of the blouse, and the trousers with the high-top boots. But the military aspect is lost iu the broad sombrero and the cartridge belt and Winchester. Occasionally the uniform is discarded, and then the members of the force dress as they please. Sometimes a cast-off cavalry suit, or a coat belonging to a missionary or agent, finds the back of a member of the force its last resting place before being cast into the ragbag. But among this brigade, the members of which stand between the natives and their white guardians, the most absolute discipline is maintained. Most of the men belonging to it are married, aud live near the agency of whatever reserva tion they may be attached to. They have no general headquarters, being dis tributed among the various agencies.— [Philadelphia Times. Learning to Walk. People sometimes ask: At what age can we seat a child in a chair; when put him on his legs; how old must he be be fore we teach him to walk? The answers are easy, lie must not be made to sit till he has spontaneously sat up iu his bed and has been able to hold his seat. This sometimes happens in the sixth or sev enth month, sometimes later. The sit ting position is not without danger, even when he lakes to it himself; imposed prematurely upon him, it tires the back hone and may interfere with the growth, so the child should never be taught to stand or to walk. This is his affair, not ours. Place him tin a carpet in a healthy room or iu the open air, and let him play in freedom—loll, try to go ahead on his hands and feet, or go backward, which he will do more successfully at first; it all gradually strengthens and hardens him. Some day he will manage to get upon his knees, another day to go for ward upon them, and then to raise him self up against the chairs. He thus learns to do all he can as fast as he can, and no more. But, they say. he will be longer in learning to walk if he is let go on his knees or his hands and feet indefinitely. What difference does it make if, explor ing the world in this way, he becomes acquainted with things, learns to esti mate distances, strengthens his legs and back, prepares himself, in short, to walk better when he gets to walking? The important thing is, not whether ho walks now or then; but that he learn to guide himself, to help himself, and to have confidence in himself. I hold, without exaggeiatiou, that education of the character is going on at the same time with training in locomotion, and that the way one learns to walk is not without moral importance.—[Popular Science Monthly. Marriage in Australia. In Australia the mother and aunts do not speak to the husband all the rest of i his life. If by chance they meet him, j they squat down, covering their faces t with their hands, and if obliged to j speak in each other's presence use a fun ny kind of lingo called "turn tongue," When the married pair have been taken to the new hut prepared for them, for two moons the bridegroom and his " best man " sleep on one side of the fire, while the bride and her maids sleep on the other. They are not allowed to speak to each other, and are all that time a huge joke to the rest of the young people around, who amuse themselves all day by peeping in and laughing at them.—[New York Press. WHERE MEN BEST THRIVE. Population as Affected by Rainfall and Temperature. The explorer, when speculating on the possibilities of the colonization of a newly discovered land, must first con sult his thermometer, next his rain gauge. There may be the likelihood of future greatness in a land when the mercury stands during the year at such a given height, and no chance at all when it either ascends or descends above or be low a certain mark. Not satisfied aloue with mercurial expansions or contrac tions, the annual rainfall must have careful consideration. The politico economist in the future will have to ask two leading questions, as follows: "What is the average temperature and what the annual rainfall in your new country?" The meteorologist must ans- | wer and inevitable conclusions will be drawn from his replies. Mr. Henry Harnett, in Census Bullet ins Nos. 82 and 88, presents two reports on the "distribution of population in the United States in accordance with the mean anuual rainfall," and "the distri bution of population with reference to mean annuai temperature," and in both bulletins comparisons are made between the years 1870 and 1880 as to the distri but ion of population. Mr. Garuett, through the aid of Gen. Grecly, has been enubled to obtain the latest* and most reliable meteorological data from the 2,000 stations distributed over the coun try. As to the annual rainfall in the United States the average is 29.0 inches, variations ranging from 0 to 125 in ches. Where the rainfall is between 00 and 50 inches is to be found that region where lives about three-quarters of"the entire population. Where the rainfall shows from 40 to 50 inches on the an uual average, the density of population is the greatest, being fifty-nine inhabi tants to the square mile. " In the eastern portions of the great plains, stretching from Texas to Dakota, where the most rapid increase in popu lation is taking place, the r&infall aver ages from 20 to 80 inches." Where the rainfall increases or diminishes over the standard of from 80 to 50 inches popu lation seems to decrease. Where the rainfall is less than 20 inches, "a region which comprises two-fifths of the entire area of the country," this area contains less than 3 per cent, of the population. The mean anuual temperature of the United States being 58 deg., the greatest density of population follows the ther mometrical indications of from 50 to 55 degrees. Taking this as the climatic standard, increase or decrease of tem perature is followed with a diminishing density of population. In 1890 more than half the population was living under a temperature between 45 and 55 degrees, and between 45 and 00 de grees 70 to 75 per cent, of all the inhabi tants. A trifle over one per cent, can 9tand a temperature greater than an average of 70 degrees, but above 75 de grees the number of inhabitants is in significant. It is upparent that, since 1870. white men have thrived best in temperatures ranging between 50 and 55 degrees on an average, and from this us a maximum, "it diminishes rapidly with both increase and decrease of tem perature." Men live in Alaska and in New Mexico, but population never can be dense there, any more than Northern Siberia or Central Africa will be peopled by whites. It is all a question of too much or too little sun, or too much or too little rain. —[New York Times. Lizards as Large as Cats. The exhibition of Simony's Lizard, more than four centuries after it was first mentioned in literature, has proved the truth of what was long held to be a mere "traveler's talc." When Mcssire dc Bcthcncourt had conquered the Canary Islands, his chaplain wrote that lizards were found there "as large as cats, but harmless, although very hideous to look at." Hulas no naturalist could procure a specimen, dead or alive, the story was disbelieved. But last year two specimens, obtained by Canon Tristram during a visit to the Canaries, were presented to the London Zoological Society by Lord Lilford. One has since died, and the survivor is now in the Reptile House. Those lizards came from the rock of Zulmo, at the cast end of Ferro, which is only accessible by bouts when the sea is smooth. They arc said to subsist on crabs, but though these were provided for the new arrivals they were left untouched, and the survivor does well on a diet of raw meat and fish, varied with grapes and bananas. Dr. Stein ditch nor, who lias examined several specimens in spirit, says that the length of the male is from eighteen to twenty inches, the female being much smaller. The color of the back is a dark brown ish gray, with two rows of yellowish green spots on each side; the under sur face is yellowish or greenish blue, like that of its nearest ally from Tcnerifc and Madeira.—[ 1 'hilndelphia Record. How Coal is Formed. Most of the plants which are found petrified in the coal measures, says the Popular Science News, are land plaut*, especially tree-like ferns, and trees which existed between these and the pines. These plants seem to have been partly torn from the then existing forests by floods, and to have been collected to* gcthcr at the bottom of lakes, rivers, seas or in narrow gulfs, and there trans formed to coal. Probably most of the coal beds were formed on the place where the trees and plants had grown. The vegetation passed first into the con dition of peat moss, was then Hooded by the sea, in consequence of the sinking of the land; was covered with a layer of mud and sand, and by a subsequent ele vation the mud was converted into dry land, and was fitted to produce a new forest, which then in process of time again became peat moss. By the recur rence of this process the alternate layers of coal, sandstone and slate were formed which constitute the strata of the car bon ilerous period. Gas Made From Wood. The local gas company in the town of Attleboro, Mass., has recently put in an apparatus for the manufacture of gas from wood and crude Lima oil. It° is claimed that wood gas is not only the most healthful, but the brightest gas made. It is said that one cord of ury wood and 800 gallons of Lima oil will yield 00,000 to 80,000 cubic feet of gas of twenty to thirty candle power, with a residue of nearly two barrels of fine tar and sixty-five bushels of merchantable charcoal. tfhe gas is made in retorts in from two to three hours. The retorts differ but little from those used in the manufacture of ordinary coal gas. The wood used is maple.—i Philadelphia Record. The membership of the Farmers* Alliance in North Carolina has reached 100,000. "The Bible on Wall Coating*." plague be iu the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days. ♦ * And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an un clean place.'' This matter of looking to the sanitary na ture of wall coatings seems to be considered of much importance of late. A supplement to tbe Michigan State Board of Health con demns wall paper and kalsouiine for walls, and recommends Alabastine as being saui tary, pure, porous, permanent, economical and beautiful. To each of the first five persons in every city and town, who write the Alabastine Company of Grand Rapids, Michigau, giv ing the chapter containing the above pass age of scripture, will be sent an order on the Alabastine dealer iu the town for a package 0/ Alabastine, enough to cover fifty square yards of wall two coats, tinted or white. To test a wall coating, take a small quan tity of it, mix in equal quantity of boiling water, and if it does not set, when left in the dish over night, and finally form a stona like cement, without shrinking, it is a kalso mine, and dependent upon glue to hold it to the wall, the feature so strongly objected to by sanitarians. Continuing this sanitary wall-coating re form the Tribune offices have been nicely decorated with Alabastine. The effect is pleasing, and the rooms are very sweet aud clean.— Detroit Tribune. Slaking Children Mind. A mother should be careful to make only reasonable demands upon liei child's obedience, but, when once made, to enforce them implicitly. One should be very careful never to enter into a eoutest over a point that cannot be en forced. A child may be made to do certain things, but no power on earth can force him to do others, or to say words that he has made up his mind not to say. The prudent mother will en force her authority and teach obedience n ground that she is sure of being able to bold. Points that she knows she cannot carry she will avoid until the iabit of obedience is formed, aud then Ihere will be no discussion.— Ladies' Home Journal. Good Blood Is absolutely Essential to Good Health You may have Both by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla The best Blood Purifier. It possesses Curative Power Peculiar To Itself EvERffoTHE* Should Ilnvo in Tho Houqe. Dropped on Sit (jar, Children Lore to take JOHNSON S ANODYNE LINIMENT for Croup, Colds, Sore Throat, Tonsllitis, Colic, Cramps ami Pains. 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B— ELY'S CREAM BALM—^Cleanses the NasaI■BPTYhTTTMB PHAPUKCH, Alloys l'ain aud Intlnmimitlon, Hoals^M^ k t *"tC the Sores, Restores Taste ami Smell, and Cures W>4TARflVnl D in Ht^l jmmß M ™ Kwraßfj)^ Relief tit, once for < Apply into the Nostrilg. It is Unickly Absorbed. 50c. Druggists or by muiL ELY UliOS., 60 Warreu St., N. Patent medicines differ— One has reasonableness, an other has not. One has repu tation—another has not. One has confidence, born of suc cess another has only " hopes." Don't take it for granted that all patent medicines are alike. They are not. Let the years of uninter rupted success and the tens of thousands of cured and happy men and women, place Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription on the side of the comparison they belong. And there isn't a state or territory, no nor hardly a country in the world, whether its people realize it or not, but have men and women in them that're happier be cause of their discovery and their effects. Think of this in health. Think of it in sickness. And then think whether you can afford to make the trial if the makers can afford to take the risk to give your money back as they do if they do not benefit or cure you. The Widow Who Was "Business." A rickety old wagon drawn by a pair of lean old mules, came around the cor ner of the freight house. A little old woman was holding the lines and three or four tow-headed childen were behind her. "flee-up, Jerusalem!" she called to the jff mule, who shied at a freight car, and with a twitch and a yank and a cut she wheeled the team around and backed up to the platform. "Whar's the express feller?" she isked as she jumped out and came along tracking her whip. "Oh, you are the chap? Wall the old man's thar in the wagon. I want to ship him up to Erin." "I don't j-ee him," replied the agent, as he looked into the wagon. "He 'un's in tho cofliu thar! I'm going up with it to Erin. How much to pay ?" They went to the oflice and arranged matters, and tho cofUu was taken from the wagon and placed on a truck. Then the woman returned to the wagon and said to the oldest boy: "Now you, lieube, you drive slow and don't worry them mules, and the rest of you all behave yourselves. Comedown fur me Wednesday, and bring a jag of co'n to sell with you. Hee-up, now!" When the wagon had gone she turned to us and explained: "Old man went off purty sudden, and I've had to move lively. He 'un wanted to be buried at home, and I wouldn't disappoint him." "Your husband?" I asked. "Sartiu. Lived together nigh on to thirty years. Beckon you ail arc amazed that I don't cry and take on, but thar's ' heaps to soo to, and it all falls on mo. j Only half an hour afore the train, and : I've got twenty things to think about." j We voted her full of "business," but • rather hard-hearted, but we had to change our mind about that. She sud- j denly disappeared, and as we walked along to the cotton bales piled high 011 1 the platform we heard a grioviug and sobbing, and thon a voice of lameuta- ! tion cried 6ut: "Oh, Jim, old man, it's the Lord's will, but 1 can't it! I'm a lioldiu' up and tryin' to be brave, but my old heart's being drowned out by tears which the eyes won't shed! I'm awaitiu' till I git back home wliar I kin slop down and hev it out with my sorrow!" And two minutes later she was stand ing at the ticket window aud saving: "lieckon those kivered kyars never do be 011 time, but I want 110 fussin' around i in this case or somebody'll git sued. Hain't got but two days to put him through and git back home." — New York Sun. Suci-PM In .1 ouriinlisiii. Genius in literature and journalism is the faculty of doing things much quicker and better than the ma jority can do them; and is not a thing that is easy to kill by obstruction or j that can be prevented from making it self known. It is the rarest of human gilts and it is not worth while for any body to imagine that lie has not it. It will always prove itself to others, and it ii just as well for its possessor to remain unconscious. For tho young man ol j talent and industry, but not of genius, j who desires to make liis way in the ! newspaper business, wo recommend study, intelligence, moral integrity, great accuracy in the statement of facts and of principles, economy in living, always paying your debts, lirst-rnte health and a power of work equal to a j steam engine's. With these he will get ! along, though he may never draw the | greatest prize in the list of professional : success. Tho newspaper business is | just iike any other. Those who sue- l eeed in it are fewer than those who do | not.— New York Sun. A Western man has a scheme for de creasing drunkenness. He would estab ' lisli a State inebriute asylum, and compel I those who make and sell liquors pay for its maintenance. He would tax the dis tiller SI,OOO. the wholesaler SSOO and the retailer SIOO a year in its behalf. Then he would trc;t drunkenness as in sanity, and confine all drunkards in the asylum until they arc permanently cured London will have an open-air theatre to , hold 5,000. FITS stopped frea by I)r. Ki.inb's (Jurat Nbhve KusTour.it. No tits after rtrst day's use. , Marvelous cures. Treatise aui %i trial ootile I free. Dr. Kline, 931 Arch dU, u*. It in reported that $40,000,000 of British capital is invested in Paraguay. For 24 years Dobbins'* Electric Soap nag ; been imUnte.d by unscrupulous 8<lp makers. I Why ? Because it is best of a I and uu.s an im mense sale. Be sure ami get DobMtM'x and take no other. Yonr grocer Ml it, or will net it. California will exhibit at Chicago the j widest plank in the world. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr IsaacThonip- ' son'B Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25e. per bottle I The rabbit war in New Zealand *oe* ' steadily on. A King iu the Family. Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure for cold, ooughs, croup and pneumonia has no rival. Cures without nausea or any disarrangement. Sold by druggists or mailed on receipt of 5'J r.tu. Address A. P. Hrxsie. Buffalo, N. Very largo steamboats are no longer built on the Mississippi river. Jlow'a Thin t We offer One H unci red Dollars reward for any case of atarrhthat cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Curs. ... F. J. Chenky A Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. C heney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transac tions, and financially able to carry out any ob ligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Waldino, Rinnan <<r Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. There is a veritable tulip craze raging in New York city. (J 15 111 o:vi3 ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup ofFigsistaken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 500 I and $1 bottles by all leading drug- I gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. J UWISVIUF. KV. NEW YORK. N.tL | For a Disordered Liver TryBEECHAM'S FILLS. 25cts. a Box. OK ALL DI^TJGFQIi-tTH. FRAZERAfhfI HJUf'T THK WOILZJP UTt&9l d C OT* Got tho GftnulJM. Sold Everywbenx DIPPV 1/UCCC r">mvi I.Y REMEDIED. OAbbl Ml LLC Clreely 'nt Stretcher. Adopted by students at llurvtird, Amherst, and other Colleges, also, bv professional and business men every- Where. If not fur sale in your town send 25c. to 11. J. UKI'.I.I.Y 71'. \Vu*l: iiigton Street. Boston. i PATENTS SAg&SYI BET WKLI, FREE ■ ICTHMRP liAY "^^rrifFTF. ll PABtpiSW | W.Y. / TON SCALES \ / OK \ S6O I BINGHAMTON I Beam Box Tare Beam / U& N, Y, ,-0 He h&d smaJl skill o'hofsc flesh who bought-a.goose t-o ride onVDon't-foke Ord i n &ry s o&ps , MTi~ jSa^fatea is SA CD I—l O •Try a caJ\e of-ih&nd be convinced.= A fails to Accomplish sfltinfflctory OIH 111 On OCa p results in scouring and cleaning, and necessitates a great outlay of time and labor, which more than balances any saving in cost. Practical people will find SAPOLIO the best and cheapest soap for house-cleaning and scouring. fV CHICHESTER'B ENGLISH. RED CROSS DIAMOND BRAND J\ k. rwmoviui * r\\l\lS THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE The only Hufc, Nrs wid r. fi>r nale. \\fi/ box !^l"\i e'r Ibbon *''*TuLr mTo ther kind, iit/utt Sub.MluMotw and /wfcaiionj. Jf All pill* In pMttboard bo*c, pink wrappers are dangerous count i rfVlta. At Druggists or send • IB 4c. In stamps fi.r particular., teatimoulala, and "KelTcr fof La-llcn." in Uttrr, br return Melt /? 10,000 Testimonial.. A'amr Pnptr. CHICHEITCA CHtMICAL CO.. MtdUnn Nquar% r Mold b •!! l.ocal St JacobsOif •"ACHES Promptly "German Syrup" The majority of well-read phys icians now believe that Consump tion is a germ disease. In other words, instead of being in the con stitution itself it is caused by innu merable small creatures living in the lungs having no business there and ; eating them away as caterpillars do the leaves of trees. 1 A Germ The phlegm that is coughed up is those Disease. parts of the lungs wliich have been gnawed off and destroyed. These little bacilli, as the germs are called, are too small to be seen with the i naked eve, but they are very much alive just the same, and enter the bodv in our food, in the air we breathe, and through the pores of the skin. Thence they get into the ; blood and finally arrive at the lungs where they fasten and increase with frightful rapidity. Then German Syrup comes in, loosens them, kills them, expellsthein, heals the places thej' leave, and so nourish and soothe that, in a short time consump tives become getm-proof and well. ® Used. PROF. NOISETTE'S NEW MEMORY BOOKS. Criticisms on two recent Memory Systems. Ready about April Ist. Full Tables of t outents forwarded only to Uu.se who send stamped dim ted envelope. Also lYospeetus I'OST FREE of the 1-olsettUiu Art of Sever Forgetting. Address Prof. LOISETTE, £t7 Fifth Ave., New York. PAINT. I Requires Aodition of AMI : OLAPFC I EQUAL PARTOFOILA^ A U aiß-[MAKINC CQSTprCaJI Ol fcO Advertised in 7343 PAPERS! W here *ve have no .Agent will itrrimga will, it ny active l. reliant. I. A >l. N. Y. -VASBHIE FOK AON K-IMH.I.A K III!. I. sent us t, T mall we will deliver, free oi nil ebur ges, to any poi son In the Unit -d states, all of the care fully packei: {£ One two-ounce bottle of Pure Vaseline, - . lOctst One two-our ce txiltle of Vaseline I'ornade, - 15 " One jar of Vast line Cold < 'renin, 15 ' One f'i ke of Vaseline Camphor Ice, - • - • lu a One Cake of Vaseline Soap, unseonted, - - io" Olio Cake of Vaseline Soap, exquisitely seen te<l,£j - One two-ounce bott eof White Vaseline, - - 85 u Or forpout oq> stamp* any single article at fhejtrice ncxined. On no account hr persuade,! to accept from Voardntggist any Vaselin. <>r preparation therefrom vnles.l labelled with our name, because you trill cer tainly receive an imitation tch ich Aim little or no nuun llhesclirouiili All'u. Co., 2-1 Suite Si., N. Y. gTO^ s lias only t<"> be used to lie appreciated. It is warrautocl superior to any other article, or no pay. In Pint Bottles, at 90 Cants. FOP. THE CUitE OF | Lameness. Sprains, Galls. clipping Stifle, Sere tehee. Utilise*, Cuts, Over-dent ine, Sore Throat, folic. Nail in the Foot, Wind Galls, Splints, tfce. All who own or employ horses are assured that this Liniment, will do all and more than is stated in curing the above-named complaints. DURING FORTY YEARS IT HAS Never Failed to Give Satinfnctlon In a SINGLE INSTANCE. Sold by Druggists, Sn ldl rs and Storekeepers throughout the United States. DKI'OTi !( JUllll \Y ST.. \F.WYORK.
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