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'
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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.