| SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
f ACOfDRVTS AND INCIDENTS OF
EVERYDAY LIFR
f Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven
tures Which Show that Truth io
Stranger than Fiction.
of the most curious places in
New \ ork city on Saturday from
about noontime until midnight is what
is known as "Paddy's Market." It lies
between 34th and 42d streets on both
" sides of Ninth avenue, and there are
fully live thousand people who go there
as 'purchasers within the hours named.
Thertf is no massive municipal structure
covering the three or four hundred huck
sters who make the neighborhood reson
ant with their peculiar cries aud the
description of their wares aud merchan
dise. The wagons are backed up along
the sidewalks, and a sorrier set of horses
and vehicles could not be found in any
other section of New York. When
Saturday noou arrives and a thrifty
huckster finds that his stock is still upon
his hands, whether of vegetables, meat,
tish. or what not, he hurries to I 'Paddy's
Market," pretty certain that the hundreds
of housewives from the big west side
avenues hunting for bargains will give
him a chance to dispose of his surplus
stock. From oto 10 and 11 o'clock the
and loudest war of words
f between the hucksters and their cus
tomers takes place. After that time the
white customers generally drop away
from the wagons, and toward midnight
the negroes from Sixth and Seventh
avenues fill their baskets with what is
left in the wagons, almost at any price
they offer to the weary peddlers. Taken
altogether, "Paddy's Market" is well;
worth a visit on Saturday night.
YooziiANiNof Kiev reports an incident
of the most revolting barbarity which
charateriz.es the Hussiau peasants of some
districts? A peasant of the village of i
Potrovsk, near Odessa, sold his aged
father and mother for 25 roubles as
slaves to a peasant of the neighboring !
village of Balovaunoye. A written
agreement to the transaction was made, 1
aud the seller received one rouble on ac- i
count, promising to deliver the slaves on j
a certain date. When the time came
and the slaves were not delivered, the
purchaser came to Potrovsk to claim
them. The poor old couple were per
suaded to go with their new master, for
they were told their son would be sold i
out of house and home if his contract
were not fulfilled. But their grand
children would not let the old woman go
because she had brought them up and
they were fond of her. The seller, then,
for the sake of his children, offered the
purchaser a compromise; he would give
an old aunt who was iu the house instead
of his mother. But no sooner did he
make that offer than lie came to grief, i
The old uunt, uuwilling to go slaving!
for a stranger, kicked up a row, and at
last ran away to the Natehalnik (Gov
ernment agent) of the district and re :
ported the whole story. Three police-!
were sent to the house aud the whole '
party was arrested. Both purchaser aud ;
seller received deserved chastisement, !
and their written agreement was torn up.
ON top of the account of the recent
horrible massacre by the Hova Governor
of Nossive, Madagascar, comes another
story illustrating the ferocity of those
people who are nominally under French
protection. It appears that Rannisilofo,
Governor of Mahanoro, had an unfortun
ate native tortured in the most horrible
manner because he refused to obey liitn. j
The victim was bound to a pole and in
that position paraded through the village
for two whole days. When freed fr< m
the pole lie was placed in a sort of coffin,
hollowed from the trunk of u tree and
covered with a plank in which there wfls
nothing but a small hole of about three
inches for his mouth and nose. The un
fortunate native was kept screwed down
in this coffin not less than two months
and actually lived during that time. Me
was fed through the aperture, his rela
tives being permitted to give him food.
At length, upon tho payment of luO
piastres, the Governor allowed the man
to be released. In addition TO these |
brutalities the llovas are everywhere ag- ;
grcssive against the French, aud Euro- j
pcans arc not safe even at the port of
Tamatavo. The question whether France
will enforce her claim of authority over j
the island is becoming an important one
to other nations that have commercial ;
interests in Madagascar.
Two or three miles west of Iliawussce, !
on the mountain dividing Hiawassee and
Brasstown, on lot of land No. 87, iu the !
seventeenth district and first section, and
on the west side of the mountain, .Mr.
Hamilton, of Athens, Ga., is mining for
corundum. On a recent day he found
that his supply of water, with which he
used to wash his corundum, had ceased i
to flow. One of his workmen was dis- 1
patched to find out the cause, lie quickly
returned and said thut the mountain was
sinking. Soon the alarm spread, and :
parties started to explore ana solve the
mystery. They soon found that a very i
large fissure was opening in the earth iu I
the shape of a semi-circle, and large trees 1
were falling in every direction. Tho |
amount of land encompassed was about i
forty acres. This looked like it might i
be a slide, but by examining closely they j
found that other fissures were opening on |
the southwest and northeast, crossing |
the mountain. The opening in some |
places is as much as six feet wide and !
the depth is unknown.
THE exhibition by a New York doctor
to a few friends soveral days ago of a
singular relic in the shape of an Indian's
head from which the bones had been re
moved recalls to the Recorder another
remarkable curio now in the possession
of a well-known lady of the metropolis.
The original owner of the head in tho
doctor's possession, it is said, was an In
dian of Ecuador, and it had fallen
through the fortunes of war into tho
hands of an enemy, who preserved it and
wore it at his belt as a trophy. The
lady in question is the proud owner of a
pair of eyes ODCC belonging to one of the
old Incas. These eyes were at one time
set in a brooch, but as they arc extremely
frail and delicate they are now preserved
with great caac, and kept from exposure
to light and air. They are ofjilniost im
perceptible weight, in the shape of a per
fect sphere, of an ainber color and devoid
of any trace of the iris or pupil, and in
Zixc and general contour resemble a pig's
optic, which occulists say comes nearer
than anything else to the human eye.
OLD TOM TRENT, the trapper, is the
name and litlo of a harmless and eccen
tric character who lives in a cave about
four miles from Sweet Springs, Mo. His
house is merely a hole about ten feet
square in a hill or bluff faciug Black
River. His only means of livelihood
consists in the fur and game he captures
during the winter months, and the iish
he catches during the summer season.
Among other eccentric notions or habits
which he has, or. perhaps with him it
might more properly be called a mania,
is that of training small animals. He
always keep two or three pet coons, and j
when any of his friends come to see him |
nothing seems to afford him so much
j pleasure as bringing forth his pets and
I have them go through tho various antics
j lie has taught them. Tom is not a first
j class muscian, in fact knows nothingabout
I music when it appears iu the shape of
| notes, sharps, flats, etc.. but he can play
1 with ease such tunes as "Arkansas Trav
i eler," "Mississippi Sawyer" ami the
"Devil's Dream." With his fiddle,
which sometimes lias five and sometimes
only three strings, he whiles away his
idle hours, teaching his little household
of peta how to keep time to his rustic
music. So soon as he gets a coon or a
fox well trained he offers it for sale, aud
usually finds a purchaser at a fair price.
BUT few men have ever fallen into a
pot of molten metal and escaped with a
lew trifling burns, but Jolm Adams of
Tacoraa, Wash., did it the other night,
lie is an employee of the Ryan smelter,
working on the night shift, and it is
only through great presence of mind
thut he was not burned to death. By
some misstep he lost his balance and
i started to fall head long into an immense
I pot of molten metal. As he fell he
j caught the r in of the pot, and although
jhe was immersed almost to his armpits,
'he drew himself out, an with an almost
superhuman effort thicw himself into an
adjoining pot filled with cold water.
Some ol his fellow workmen saw him
cast himself into the second pot, and
rushing to his assistance, rescued him.
| His hands were badly burned, but other
; wise he had hardly a scar on him. The se
cret of his escape was that he had on
heavy woolen underwear and outer
clothing, and before it had been burned
through Adams was in the pot of cold
water.
THE mountain canyons play curious
pranks with the weather of towns situ
ated at their entrance. In Boulder, Col.,
one day the sky was bright, the sun was
shining serenely aud the air was abso
lutely without motion. It was a perfect
morning. About 10 o'clock a strange
roar could be heard afar off in the moun
tains. For half an hour it grew louder
and louder, but not a breath of air
stirred the dust on the streets of the
town. Then there came a rush of wind
that almost took men off their feet.
For an hour dust, sticks and scraps of
paper were hurled with blinding force.
Locomotion was nearly impossible.
Then the wind lessened, the atmosphere
cleared, and iu a few moments the day
was as placid as though the great moun
tains had given no manifestation of their
mysterious forces. The canyons act as
funnels. They gather the wind in the
big end, as it were, and shoot it out
through the little end with its power
multiplied a dozen times. It's a start
ling freak until you are used to it.
IN the shops of the C., 11. and D. R.
R. at Hamilton, Ohio, is a cracked loco
motive bell that has a history. It was
attached to a locomotive presided over
by a strong, manly, handsome engineer,
whose great objects of pride and adora
tion were first iiis sweetheart and then his
faithful engine. He loved them both
devotedly, though, of course, in quite
different ways. One day at Hamilton he
stood in the cab of the engine, bell rope
in hand, ready to move the lever and
start the train, when he saw a bridal
party approaching. He glanced at the
bride; it was the girl he loved. His
hear stopped beating, he gave a groan,
and dropped—dead. As ho fell with
the bell rope iu his hand, he gave the
bell a loud ring that cracked it from top
to bottom, and it was found afterward
that he had died literally of a broken
heart. The bell in the shops at Hamil
ton is still called "the bell of the broken
heart."
CAPTAIN E. E. WILSON, of St. Louis,
tells an odd story of frontier life, which
is corroborated by ex-Governor S. T.
Ilauser of Montana. Mr. Wilson had re
cently seen a newspaper account of tho
death by shooting of l)rury Underwood,
a noted Western character. Said he:
"Underwood was once shot by anjlndian
so that one bullet made eight holes in
his skin, and passed on to wound anoth
er man. lie was a large man, weighing
upward of 300 pounds, and used to sleep
on his back witli his anus folded over
his chest, the flesh of which was thus
thrown up in two high protuberances,
lie was sleeping in a tent along side of
Governor Ilauser, of Montana, when the
Indians attacked them. A bullet passed
through both of his arms and the two
fleshy piles on his chest aud hit the Gov
ernor on the other side of hira."
A KANSAS paper tells an interesting
cow story. The cow in question recently
lost her calf. After it died she trans
ferred her uffections to the fourteou-ycar
old son of her owner, for whom she
manifests a strange fondness. She licks
him just as she would a calf, and no oue
but the boy can do anything with the
dumb creature. The other day the lad
•had occasion to go to town, and as he
renwiiued away until after milking time,
bis sister put on a suit of his clothes and
went into barnyard, and succeeded in
deceiving the cow until she (the cow)
happened to see the boy coming up the
road, when she kicked the pail over and
made a bound iu the direction of the
youth, showing the most unmistakable
evidences of delight.
AN original mode of sounding a fire
alarm is adopted fn a town in Colorado.
Iu that region the revolver is considered
an indispensable article of daily wear,
aud nffords the quickest means of an -
nouncing to the rest of the community
the impending danger. AVheucvcr a lire
is discovered a rapid and promiscuous
discharge of this firearm spreads the news
through the town. This method, though
crude, is found to work fairly well. °lt
has, however, one drawback in that the
fire department, as well as the public, is
often uncertain whether a fire or a light
is in progress, and whatever the truth
may turn out to be somebody is sure to
be disappointed.
SOME of the English papers tell a
rather curious story about the doings on
board the Russian man-of-war Mirwin
at Kingston, Jamaica, recently. After
two of the crew had deserted aud been
recaptured the commander asked the
British authorities for permission to hang
them on the ship while at anchor in the
harbor. On this bciug refused the Mir
win put to sea. the executions took place
and the vessel returned to port. There
was, of course, no infraction of British
or international law in this, a Russian
man-of-war being Russian territory, but
if the tale is true it will have its effect on
public opinion in England.
THERE was a notable funeral at Buoy
rus, 0., the other day. Frank, the pet
dog of the men employed on the Toledo
& Ohio Central Railroad, died. His
body was in a handsome casket,
and on the day of tho funeral au engine
and car were draped iu black, the casket
placed in tho car, and the train bore
Frank' 3 remains to the grave, while all
the engine bells in the yard were tolled.
Frank was an ugly dog in nppcarauce'
happy in disposition, and be had barked
in a neighborly way and wagged bis tail
socially among the trainmen for years.
Some men came fifty miles to attend the
funeral.
AN East Nashville, Tcnn., colored
man, who sells poultry for a living, re
cently found himself without any stock
in trade and minus the money to buy
any more. He had an old gray eagle,
though, which he had received from his
former master at the close of the war,
and this he determined to kill and sell
as a turkey, despite the fact that it was
known to be about forty years of age.
lie killed the bird of freedom, sold it
for a turkey and was arrested by the
irate purchaser, who had cooked and
vaiuly tried to eat it.
ROSARIO.
Scenes in a European City in South
America.
Rosario, is a vast business town, laid
out geometrically, with straight streets
and blocks of uniform dimensions, and
situated on a plateau commanding the
Parana River. The situation is admir
able, and the city is certainly destined
to become one of the finest in South
America. At present, however, it is a
doleful place for tourists, who requite
only a few hours to visit the plaza and
the public buildings, and to stroll
through the principal streets, where
there are some flue shops and handsome
business blocks. On one side of the
plaza is a large church, whose white
dome and tower.4 are conspicuous from
afar, but when you approach you find
that the dome and towers are "the only
] arts of the building yet completed; tho
rest of the edifice is rough brick, which,
us I was informed, has been waiting for
its stucco facing for the past eight years.
But in Rosario nobody cares for
churches; it is a city of business
j men, and particularly a city of young
men, who, after office hours fiud
distraction in clubs, bar-rooms, im
mense cafes and billiard saloons.
Such establishments seem to be pe
culiarly frequent in this town. The Port
of Rosario, on the Parana River, is at
present in a terrible state of disorder,
but from morning until night there is a
din of pile-driviug and dredging, and in
the course of a year or two we may ex
pect to see there a line line of quays.
Meunwhile the quantity of ships anchored
in the river, or lying alongside the ware
houses and wharves, bears witness to tho
commercial activity of the town.
Rosario is the natural port of the
provinces of the interior of the republic,
Santa Fe, Cordoba, Tucuman, Santiago,
Salta, and Jujuy, with which it is in
direct railway connection. In course of
time, too. railways will place it in com
munication with Bolivia and Chili.
About the great future of Rosario there
can be no doubt. Even now, although
its population is only a little over
50,000, the vast extent of the city, its
business ardor, the shipping iu its port—
including vessels of the Mcssagcries
Maritimes, the Chargcurs Rcunis, and
Lamport and Ilolt, that camo directly
from Bordeaux, Havre, Antwerp, and
Liverpool—impress one with the present
importance and the greater future of this
modem and thoroughly European city.
—[Harper's Magazine.
Sharks Tortured to Death.
"The people of Galveston hate sharks
more than poison, and you would think
so, too, if you saw the numerous logs of
wood bobbing up and down in the bay
there," said Hubert E, .lames, a hard
ware merchant from the Texas metropo
lis to a Chicago Tribune reporter.
"The sharks in the bay of Galveston
are about three feet long," continued
Mr. .lames, "and spoil the good fishing,
or what would be good fishing, by eating
or scaring to death about all the fish in
the bay. This so provokes the fisher
men that they go out in parties and
catch all the sharks they can. They
never kill one immediately, but bore a
hole through the upper fin of each one,
and with a piece of rope about three
feet long tie Mr. Shark to a log of word
heavy enough to keep him from going
far, from the surface of the water. The
unwelcome occupant of the bay is kept
a prisoner until he becomes so hungry
he turns his stomach skyward. The fish
in that way is tortured to death, and it
is hoped that other members of the tribe
will take warning and give the bay of
Galveston a wide berth.
"No, the Humane Society doesn't
disturb itself about the slow death that
is dealt out to the sharks. Everybody
takes part in the good work. I have
seen at one time as many as forty logs
being dragged aiound by the captives.
Some of the bobbers were tearing over
the bay at a terrific rate, while others
would scarcely move, so near death were
they. As soon as a shark dies the corpse
is relieved of its log and rope, which
are used to torture another intruder."
Fire.
According to Pliny, fire was &
long time unknown to some of the un
dent Egyptian tribes and when a cele
brated astronomer made them acquainted
with that element and how to produce
it, they were wild with delight. The
Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks and sev
eral other nations acknowledge that their
ancestors were once without the comforts
which fire bestows ; tho Chinese confess
the same of their progenitors. Pompan
ian, Mola, Plutarch and other ancient
writers speak of nations which, at the
time when they wrote, knew not the use
of lire, or had just recently learned it.
The inhabitants of the Marian Islands,
which were discovered in 1551, had no
idea of fire or its uses. Their astonishment
knew no bounds when they saw it applied
to wood; most of them tak ing it to be some
kiud of an animal which the sailors had
brought with them, and must be fed ou
wood.—[St. Louis Republic.
Refused His Own Medicine.
An amusing story is told of Sir Wil
liam Thompson, the great English phy
sician, who has been ill for some time
but who is now mending. His medical
attendants declare that they never had a
worse patient in the matter of obstinacy.
He would not take his medicine for days
together, and it was only by the doctors
threatening to abandon him altogether
that he reluctantly consented to swallow
the prescribed draughts. The leadin"
physician expressing A disbelief in drug's
as a remedy when his own ailments are
under treatment is somewhat of A novelty
and calculated to rouse many suspicious
and misgivings iu ordinary lay minds.—
i Chicago Ilerald.
Nature's Beautiful Handiwork.
A very beautiful piece of nature's han
diwork has been discovered at Tate Ga.
It is a cave large enough to hold sixty or
eighty persons, which has been found
under the quarry. The opening to this
cave is small, and after a descent of four
or five feet iu mud, one finds himself in
a room beautified by frescoes of various
crystalline formations, which shine and
glitter in the light like so many diamonds
making a beautiful sight. A river runs
through the cave. There has been
some talk of placing ladders in the
opening of the cave, so as to make it
more accessible to all, and charging ad- I
mittauce.—[Atlanta Constitution. I
xne nai, ttiA .iioutn and tiro Trap.
One Day a Well-fed and Sagacious
Rat came across an Object made of
Stout Wires, and its Sole Occupation
Seemed to be to take Care of a Liberal
Piece of Cheese. Having had Several
years' Experience with Men and Their
Machinations, the Rat Looked the
Ground over with Great Care, and Ho
was still Engaged in this Occupation
when a Mouse Appeared and Wanted to
Know what was up.
"Why, the fact is," replied the Rat,
"I have more Cheese here than I can
possibly Eat at one meal, and as Cheese
spoils quickly in this climate, 1 was
waiting for some one to come along and
Accept of a Portion."
"You are very, very Generous," said
the Mouse.
"Don't Mention it. Just Step inside
and pass the Cheese out, will you?"
The Mouse had no sooner nibbled at
the Bait than there was a Crash and he
found himself Trapped.
"Ah! that's the Way it works, is it?"
queried the Rat. "I couldn't just make
it out. Uml I see. Spring there
somewhere. Very good idea."
"But I'm caught!" exclaimed the
Mouse in great Agitation."
"So I observe."
"And what's to be done?"
"Well, I leave that to you to Decide.
I let you in on the ground floor, and
my Responsibility ceased there. Fine
day to-day ? Hope we shall have an
early Spring."
Moral—Experience acquired at the
expense of Others is Soothing as well
ts Valuable.— Free Press.
The English govern inept has about deci
ded to recall the Grenudi er Guards Irom
Bermuda.
In Belgium one out. of every two hundred
of the population is a monastic brother.
Germnny is credited with over seven bun
dled beef sugur factories.
Every five years a eonsuH of the whole
population is taken in France.
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j _ Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery cures the "do
3 believes" and the "don't be
t There's no hesitance
3 about it, no "if" nor "possi
. bly."
a It says—" I can cure you,
3 only do as I direct."
3 Perhaps it fails occasionally.
The makers hear of it when it
does, because they never keep
• the money when the medicine
, fails to do good.
' Suppose the doctors went
, on that principle. (We beg
i the doctors' pardon. It
wouldn't do!)
Choking, sneezing and every
i other form of catarrh in the
head, is radically cured by
Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Fifty cents. By druggists.
Confederate Prisoners at Iho North.
One of tho Northern illustrated pa
pers published a picture of one of the
Belle Isle prisoners which certainly
showetl an extreme stato of emaciation.
Some of the mess suggested that I com
pete with him, kindly offering to back
tho Confederate entry. I think thev
would have won their hots; for, though
regretting that I must acknowledge the
fact, I am confident tl a I was the
worse-looking specimen of the two. I
had entered the prison weighing over
140 pounds, and then weighed less than
100. To a demonstrator of anatomy I
would have been invaluable as a living
osteological text-book. The prolonged
confinement had told soverelv on us,
and the men could not but yield to its
depressing influence. There was little
to.vary the dreary monotony that made
each day the repetition of the day be
fore and tho type of the day to follow.
This alone would have been sufficient,
but when scant food and cold were
thrown into the scale it is little wonder
that both mind and body should yield
under the constant strain. Many of us
were far into the second winter of our
confinement, and with all hope of re
lease gone wo had nothing loft—only to
wait for the end, whatever that end
might be; audit was weary waiting.
It was generally known among us that
some mitigation of our condition would
be afforded such as took tho oath of
allegiance, and as this meant increased
food and better clothing some few
availed themselves of the offer. But
one case came under my notice—that of
a momher of the mess; he, 1 presume,
could not help it, as it was with him
simply a question of endurance, and ho
gave up. It was said of him that iio
froze uu oarlv in the first November,
and did not thaw out uutil the following
tlune. The prospect of a repetition was
too much for him. Century.
\ FITS stepped fro* by L>n. Ki.ixb's (lurat
Nekve Hbstokkb. No lite aftoriirst day's nsa.
Marvelous euros. Treatise and SI ll'ial uuUlu
Ires. Or. Kliuo, IKb Arch St., l'hiltu, I'a.
——.—: ; '
Alfred Tennyson's school titles sold for
I £45 at a recent Mile in London.
Sixty voyages nround Cnpe Horn have
been made by Captain Holmes, of Mystic,
! Conn,
i Herman emigrants to America in January
i and February, this year, numbered 7,047.
-Many sorrows aball tto to the wicked."—Pa. 3k:l
! N'ICANOII: I'osltlve rare. N.-rv..its .x Physical J),..
! tilllty. Mental Depression, lack of Confidence, Pulpl
j tatiun Heart, Weak Memory, etc., by mail, (to one inn.
! treatment. Dr. Duutevy's treatise scaled, free, 11VN
lkvy Medicine Co., 134 Washlnjrt'a Ave, Scranton.Pa
PROF. LOISETTE'S NEW
MEMORY BOOKS.
CtWclrttir on two recent Memory System*. Heady
about April l*t. Full Table* of Content* forwarded
onlv to those who send damped directed envelope.
Also Pro*pcotu* POST FUF.F. of the Loi*ettlan An
i l of Never FornettlnK. Addren*
Prof. I.OISETTE, 237 Fifth Ave., New York.
Best Truss Ever . Used.
I iy l"'
A Canadian Kailromt I'D . f.
That the spirit of pootry is not yet
dead is proved by a circular just issiiod
by a Canadian railroad, of which the
following is a sample: "Nature has
showered on this land her choicest
gifts, the countloss charms which make
this earth so fair and beautiful are here
in rich profusion, aud as of old, when
God creati the world, one may say,
'Behold! it is very good,' Not the least
of our attractions are wild flowers,
which adorn the prairies from early
spring to autumn, ever changing, vet
ever lovely, from the palo lavender c'ro
cus, which in nature's floral book is the
opening leaf, pushing its way through
the brown earth and blossoming into a
lovely flower to gladden the settler's
heart by proclaiming that spring is I
here, to the go'.den-rod which lingers
after the other flowers are faded and
gone. Come, oh, come
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
sou ■ Eye-water, Druggists sell at 2!io. per tx.tiio
The Hussion Cznrs hove exile,l 643,000
perno 118 to Siberia Irom 1807 to 1881.
Can the sale of an inferior article constantly
Increase for 24 years'; Dobbins'* Electric Soap
has been on the market ever since Ihos, ami is
to-day as ever, th* best ami imrr*t family soap !
made. Iry if. \ our grocer will get it.
The only pea mill in the United States is
at Port Sanilac on Lake Huron.
STATU oc OHIO, CITY OF lOI,EL>O, I
LUCAS COUNTY, I
Frank .I. Cheney makes oath that ho is the
senior partner of the firm of F.J. Cheney <fc
Co., dolnK business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of gluifor each and every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hull's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, thiaUth day of December, A. D., JSN>.
( , A. W. GLEASON,
J SEAL }
7P77: ' Xotaru Public.
Hull H Catarrh Cure is taken internalh and
acts directly on the blood aud mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, fru*
_ F. J. CIIKNKY V Co., Toledo, O.
Pr Sold by Druggists, 76c.
London's messenger service cannot cnrr.v
<■ OTSFE> ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches aud 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 m 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
end 81 bottles by ail leading drug
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.
BAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
_ J6UtBVtU£. Kt. NEW YORK. Nf. '
FRAIERAfM |
£N TUE \VOKAJ> E |
VN Oet ttio (tannine. SioKl i>errwhr* I
Vi ISMwißial
"AHEW-DEPFTKTURE BUFfAIO.H.Y. *
EWIS' 98 % LYE
|| Powdered and Perfumed.
fLa (PATENTED.)
Strongest and pu rest Lye made.
Makes the best perfumed Hard
Soap in 20 minutes without boil-
It is the boat for softening
water, cleansing waste pipes,
disinfecting sinks, closets, wash
ing bottles, paints, trees, etc.
PENNA. SALT MFG. CO.,
(ien. Agents, l'hila., Pa.
PT DOWN WITH HIGH PRICES.
WKI \ not buy from the LnrirrMt Factor) of
——— im kind in the e\ir Mlddlvmcii'N or
| \^^W r orld, uml uAVt Dralrrit' profits. REFRIGERATOR!
TRICYCLES. ~|
' ° rriCC """ i ~
i- Write at once for UMalugut' —FOLDING BIDS, |
Send stamp* and mention gotxU wanted.
THE LUBURC MANUFACTURING CO. PHILADELPHIA PA.
"<'i"- A lOlt, N. 321, 3. 396 North Bth Street.
"When slovens get Hdy they polish the
§ bottoms of" the p&nsV-When
never tired*of* clea^Tg
Two servants in two neighboring houses dwelt.
But differently their daily labor felt;
Jaded and weary of her life was one,
Always at work, and yet 'twas never done.
The other walked out nightly with her beau,
But then she cleaned house with SAPOLIO.
f.X CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH. RED CROSS Tfh DIAMOND BRAND A
A VtHINROVAh * rtUUS M>
L"KjJ | ||™ E ORIG,N * L AND OCNUINt. The only^ n^ c ''uri', aridj-r/la6trill for tale. \Vy'
Jr All pill* In p*t* board bowi, pink wmi i rr are dnngcroiu counterfeit*! "xfllrnmtfutT'or send n
IS 4e. In a tamp* for particular*. te*tlmon'X, u%l "Relief for Indlea," n inter, t,r Return Mull.
NR IO,<MIO Taatimonlali. JVamrtti V er. CHICHESTER CHEMICAL CO . 1!a.t1..n Hquar
r Bold bj' all I*ocal DrureUU. !*MlLAlt:i.l*tliA ( I*A.
TteHSSICAUK
are cured b\j
DIRECTIONS witij BOTTI^A
WDIJNDS, CUTS, SWELLINGS
THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., Balti-iore. M 4.
"German
Syrup"
Those who have not
A Throat used Boschee's Ger
and Lung man P > TU P for , som . e
severe and chronic
| Specialty. trouble of the Throat
and Lungs can hard
ly appreciate what a truly wonder
j ful medicine it is. The delicious
sensations of healing, earing, clear
-91 ing, strength-gathering and rccover
; ing are unknown joys. For Ger
j man Syrup we do not ask easy cases.
Sugar and water may smooth a
throat or stop a tickling—for a while.
This is as far as the ordinary cough
medicine goes. Boschee's German
Syrup is a discovery, a great Throat
and Lung Specialty Where for
years there have been sensitiveness,
pain, coughing, spitting, hemorr
hage, voice failure, weakness, slip
ping down hill, where doctors and
medicine and advice have been swal
| lowed and followed to the gulf of
despair, where there is the sickening
I conviction that all is over and the
end is inevitable, there we place
! German Syritp. It cures. You are
a live man yet if you take it. @
ppfOßlAs
UNEXCELLED!
AI'FI.IED EYTEITNAI.I.Y
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pains in the
Limbs, Back or Chest, Mumps, Sore
Throat, Colds, Sprains, Bruises,
Stings of insects, Mosquito Bites.
TAKEN INTF.Ii N A 1,1,Y
It net like n olinnii !■< (KNLO,,, Morbn*,
I*l " 'J' 1 <V".■>Y.onl try, < NIT,-. Crump*, Nnu-
Hen, Mck llcudiielic. Arc.
NN nr.rnnti'd pci tccily liarm I!*•, iSceonth
ncroitiiinliving curb bottle. nUii ili reel inns
t**?"**'- Il" SOOTHING nml PKNKTKA
b mid lie ?o'n v'ini'Vil Try
Pride mid .70 cents. Sold by nil drug-
DKI'OT, 40 >HR It A V ST.. .NEW YORK.
PAINT.
REQUIRES ADDITION OF AN'
111 I S?r EQUAL PART OFOILA JOR
'UuLi MAKING COSTPrQnIi.SI tO
I ADVERTISED IN 7348 PAPERS
U here we linve no <\ont will nimnae
wiHi ,iv netive 3lciwl.nni. 1.. <\ >l. N. Y.
-VASELINE-
E? R .,A ONK-IXTL.L.AU 1111.1, Mnt U. by mill
I we will deliver, free o. ail charges, to any person In
the United States, ah of the following articles, care
fully pack© i:
One two-ounce tiottle of Pure Vaseline, . . lOcta
one twoouiice bottle of Vaseline Pomade, - 15 -
One Jar of Vaseline Cold Cream, 15 ■
One t'i ke or Vaseline Camphor Ice, .... 10"
One (Jake of Vaseline Soap, - - 10"
one cake of Vaseline Soap, exquisitely scented jg "
One two-ounoe bott eof White Vusellne, - .55"
Or /or pastao- stamp, tiny Hnatr arttclr. at 'tr'iirln.
named. On no account 6c prrsuarUd t„ arrr.pt from
uVi^ , StS& a^i
tatnly reunite „„ it lon which K> u liltlr or tu> rata.
I benchrouuli Co., v| State St., N. V.