Nickel Savings JtSanks.
Begun purely as a philanthropic
movement, without the expectation of
profit to their managers, savings banks
have grown to prominence in financial
systems. The first of these institutions
of which there is any account was es
tablished by Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield,
in England, in 1801, under the titlo
1 neudly Society for the Benefit of
v> omen and Children," and was in
tended to encourage thrift among the
wage earners. Sixteen years later,
under government control, thero were
seventy-eight of these societies to tako
charge of the savings of the poor.
Afterward "banks for the poor" were
organized on business principles under
regular bankiug rules until, as shown
by the statistics of 1889, there were
14,000,000 depositors whose savings
amounted to $1,000,000.
In 1810, at Boston, the first saviugs
bank was started in this country, and
was known as the Provident Savings
Institution. In 180S it had. deposits
amounting to $9,818,880. The scheme
of savings bank has been verv popular
in this country, and the number of those
institutions is almost co-extensive withl
the number of towns and cities. The
United States has greatly surpassed the
old world in this particular, and the
superior condition of the working classes
attests the practical good results of
them. In New England alone 594 sav
ings banks in 1880 had $824,515,102 in
doposits. It is observed, however, that
the poorer classes do not much avail
themselves of the advantages of
institutions, tho depositors being in the
groat majority tho middle or eomfort
ablo classes. In Europe, on the con
trary, savings banks appeal chiefly to
the humblest wage-earners. The prac
tice of thrift and economy where they
are most desired is correspondingly
greater in Europe than with us. Thero
penny savings banks are numerous;
hero tho nickel savings bank is tho
minimum. But these banks are in
creasing, and though but recontly in
troduced, it is believed they will prove
of very great service in bringing into
line tho classes that have hitherto ig
nored savings banks altogether. Tho
first nickel savings stamp system was
started in Detroit two years ago, follow
ing the plan iuaugurated in Frankfort,
Germany, in 1882.
It is now in a flourishing condition,
aud about 70 per cent, of the pur
chasers of stamps are children undor 15
years. This begins in the right place
with the lesson in economy and saving.
The plan is simply to buy the stamps
issued by the bank aud paste them on a
special page of a prepared book. When
a page is filled with stamps it repre
sents sl, and the page is then mailed
to the bank, when the sender is ac
credited with the sl, which straightway
begins drawing interest at a rate 4 per.
cent. Tho plan is simple aud recom
mends itself well. The system is
spreading and will in time bo a feature
of ovory city in the Union, sinco it is a
good financial scheme and appeals to
the poorest wage-earner as a convenient
medium for saving.— lnter-Ocean,
The Hug; niul tlio Klcpliunt.
A Bug Tvent to tho Lion, who hail
been made Kiug of a certain district,
and with a groat show of Indignation
and Outraged Innocence Demanded
that the Elephant bo summoned to
stand trial. AVhen the Behemoth was
brought before the Tribunal the Bug
said:
"O King, I charge tho Elephant with
obstinately standing in suoh a Position
as to exclude my sunlight, and I pray
that he ho punished."
"How is this?" asked tho King of tho
Elophaut.
"I am very sorry, O Sovereign, but it
was at the end of the l'ath and I could
go no further."
"But 1 ordered him to go backwards,"
protested tho Bug.
"A Treo had fallen, 0 Sovereign, and
I was temporarily shut in," answered
the Elephant.
"But I ordered yon to remove the
Tree!" insisted the Bug.
"At what hour of tho day was this?"
asked the King.
"At high noon, Most Worthy," replied
the Bug.
"Aud it was a hot day?"
"Ono hundred and two degrees in tho
shade, OKing."
"And the Elephant stood between you
and tho Eierco Sun?"
"He did, O High ond Noble, and lie
paid no attention to my protestations."
"I see. My Decision is that tlio Ele
phant should have liespected your
Kiglits, hut did not, and ho is Sentonced
to pay a Fine of ten cash."
"Good! That's Bnh'y Old Justice
and no Discount!" chuckled the Bug.
"And on the oilier hand," continued
the King, "1 find that the Elephant was
Magnanimous Enough to stand between
you and a Sun which Might have Pros
trated you if not caused your Demise,
and my Decision is that you pay him
twenty ensli for his Praiseworthy Action.
Gall the next case on the Docket 1"
MOHAL :
Elephants have rights as well as Bugs.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE oldest woman minister in the
United States is the Rev. Lydia Sexton,
who has been preaching for forty-two
years in various portions of the country.
She is ninety-two years of age, but her
memory is excellent and her sight re
markably good. Her voice is clear and
melodious in the hymns she delights in
| singing.
FEW close students of the times are
aware how deep and wide is the influence
of the peanut upon the circus of to-day.
A 15-year-old New Yorker has conclus
ively proven it to be a fact that the only
animal in tho great Barnum-Bailey show
which refuses to eat peanuts is the llama.
The ponies who used to despise the hum
able nut now cut them greedily. Even
the elephants tantalize their stomachs
with the occasional ones that come their
way.
WHILE the number of farms in the
United States increased ninety-six per
cent, from 1800 to 1880, the average
number of acres in each farm diminished
during this same period thirty-three per
cent. During tiiis poriod of twenty
years, while the asregatc number of acres
iu farms increased thirty-two ner cent.,
the improved land iu farms increased
seventy-five per cent. From 1878 to
1878 the number of acres in the principal
farm crops increased 85,841,772; from
1876t0 1883,48,880,501, and from 1888
to 1888 only 21,851,589.
THE discovery of rich diamond fields
in British Guiaua will be a surprise, for
though the country is rich in mineral,
there has never been any suspicion that
it contained diamonds. In fact, much
of South America has not been pros
pected, for, like Mexico and Central
America, the climate and tropical vege
tation have prevented anything like
careful exploration. With the railroad
building that is now going on in 'Colom
bia and some other States, there will fol
low a great development of the mineral
resources of lands that have been as re
mote for all practical purposes as though
located in East Africa.
AN important change in the French
mode of punishing criminals is clTccted
by a law lately promulgated. Hence
forth a great distinction is to be drawn
between a first offence and those follow
ing. In case of condemnation to im
prisonmcnt or line, if the prisoner is
brought up for tho first time, the crimi
nal court is authorized to postpone the
execution of the punishment. If for five
years the criminal is not convicted of
any offence, the postponed sentcucc will
fall to the ground. If the criminal, on
the other hand, commits a second offence,
the first punishment will be carried out
independently of that following on the
second offence. The presiding judge of
the court is directed, on suspending the
sentence, to warn tho criminal of the
consequences of committing a second
offence.
A MAN just back from Germany says: ;
"The only way of stoppiug the danger- !
ous practice of carrying canes and urn
brellas horizontally has long been known ;
to the people of Berlin. There a man j
no sooner tucks his walking stick under j
his arm than he feels a quick blow on it ;
from behind. It either drops to the :
pavement or assumes the only proper and
safe position in which a stick can be car
ried. There is no use in his getting
angry with the person who struck the
blow or in his trying to do liiui up, for
public opinion is with the regulator of
the barbarous and indefensible practice
of which 1 speak. I have seen dozens of
Americans treated to this discipline in
Unterden Lir.dcu while they were endan
gering the eyes and discommoding the
bodies of the crowds there. Most of
them whirled about with fight bristling
all over them, but a glance or two at the
angry faces around tnem usually sufficed
to caliu them down.
"AMATP.ru photographers," says a
photograph printer, "sometimes take
queer things. Recently 1 was called
upon to make prints of an ossified man
who has lain helpless in bed in a Nov
Hampshire farm house for thirty years.
They wore for his people, and by their
instructions the plate was returned to
them. Dogs, cats, naked babies and
children wading in the surf are favorite
subjects. I recently made prints of a
remarkably fine picture of a litter of pup
pies straggling about. So fine was it
that a friend of mine, a leading Boston
artist, offered me a good round sum to
let him have a priut, that ho might
paiut a picture from it. Of course I
couldn't do that, but I sent him to the
amateur. But it was no use; the ama
teur wouldn't have it. The 4 Me-ad-
Jaek' attitude is another favorite of pic
i turc-takcrs—the rear view of a naked
small boy and a big dog sitting side by
side ou a log that overhangs a stream."
ACCORDING to the New York Tribune,
"The enlistment of Indians in the Army
is by no means a failure. Few people
understand the difficulties attending the
inauguration of the scheme and the dc
lays incident upon the completion of
details. Assurances hnvo come from two
sources, Rosebud Agency and Cheyenne
Agency, of the enlistment of nearly 100
Indian recruits at those points. When
the formalities regarding similar enlist
ment3 at Mount Vernon Barracks are
completed, forty of the Geronimo cap
tives will be recruited. The companies
of the 12th Infantry at.Mt. Vernon, Ala.,
are under the division of the Missouri,
although the post is in the, division of
the Atlantic, and it is desired to have
these ludian recruits also under the for
mer command. The question of status
has not come up as yet, but there seems
to be no doubl that the prisoners who
enlist under the Indian recruiting pro
vision become free, for the dual role of
captive aud soldier is not accepted as
possible by the military authorities."
A MEXICAN geutleman lately gave a bit
of curious history with regard to the
proposed Nicaragua Canal. lie said that
in the early days of the Spanish occupa
tion there was talk of.a canal across the
isthmus, and a Spanish explorer named
Gomara in 1551 indicated the Nicara
gua route as the most feasible between
the two seas. The Spanish Government
did not at the time give the matter at
tion, but 1781, desiring the quicker
communication between the oceans, sent
out an officer named Galisteo to make a
survey of three different routes, and
among them that through Nicaragua.
He also reported in favor of the latter,
but Spain could not raise the funds for
construction. In 1888 the route was
again surveyed, this time by an English
man named Bailley, who was employed
by the State of Nicaragua, and again in
1851 by Col. Childs for a company which
proposed to undertake the canal. Noth
ing came of it hut in 1878 an officer of
the United States navy made the surveys
which resulted in the choicn of the route
by the company which is now engaged
on the work of the canal.
LUCY HOOPER gives some interesting
information regarding early marriages
among the crowned heads. Queen Vic
toria was married when she was not quite
twenty-one, and the Prince of Wales es
poused the charming Princess Alexandra
before he was twenty-two. The Emperor
of Austria took to wife the radiant Eliz
' abeth of Bavaria when he was not yet
twenty-four. The present Czar ot Russia
was twenty-one whet he gave his hand
to Dagmar of Denmark, who was two
years his junior. King Humbert of Italy
was twenty-four at the time of his mar
riage to the fair Marguerite of Savoy,
then a girl of seventeen. The present
King ana Queen of the Belgians were
the one eighteen and the latter seven
teen at the time of their wedding. And
the late King of Spain, Alphonso XII.,
was very little older when he formed his
brief union with his charming c ousin
Mercedes. He was only twenty-two
when he married his second wife, the
present Queen Regent. And it was at
the same age that the present Emperor
of Germany was united to Augusta Vic
toria of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustcn
burg. The unfortunate Prince Rudolph
of Austria was twenty-three at the date
of his ill-starred union to the Princess
Stephanie of Belgium.
AN ELEPHANT FIGHT.
The Smaller Tusker Was Soon Killed
by His Antagonist.
It was my good fortune to spend sonic
mouths every season in a fine forest and
hill country in India, where my duties
gave me chances of seeing a great deal
of elephant, buffalo aud other big game
that frequented those parts. Our camp
p as onja partially isolated hill a good deal
above the surroundiug country. We had
teen some days in camp, but had not
been visited by our friends, the ele
phants, when one afternoon the sudden
bellow of one evidently in pain roused
every one in the camp.
A hill man presently came up to say
that two large tuskers were hard at it
close by. Every one turned out onto
the hillside, from where it was easy, even
with the naked eye, to see what was go
ing on, while with a glass even the
movements of a startled deer could be
made out.
About 700 or 800 yards below the
crowd watching the tight were two
tUbkers. The one somewhat nearer us—
a burly, stout-built beast, with short,
powerful tusks—was evidently getting
much the worst of the combat, aud the
white and red furrows in his sides and
rear plainly indicated seams run by his
antagonist's tusks. Blood could be seen
trickling down his head and shoulders.
On the rise of the hill was his rival,
a still larger animal, possessing the ad
vantage of longer, gleaming tusks. It
was a lost fight, and in a few minutes
the victor, with a quick rush at the other,
made a good thrust at the side, and,
though there was a severe struggle, the
tusk went its full length in the now
beaten brute, aud, using all his weight,
the victor pressed him down the hill,
where they disengaged themselves and
prepared for another bout.
The wounded tusker's roars of pain
aud rage were pitiful to hear, and though
lie would have escaped if he could, the
other kept close behind aud adminis
tered thrust after thrust, but not in any
vital part. Presently, wheeling around
they came together with a mighty
smash. This was about the only stand
made, and the weaker was quickly over
powered by tho more powerful and
fresher victor. Tho thrusts, now put
behind the shoulders and into the body,
quickly disabled the poor brute, and in
fact in a few minutes the great beast
rolled over dead.
Next morning, on our proceeding to
look for the tuskers, we found a large
herd in an excited state, almost on the
spot where the finish had occurred. In
it were several small tuskers, besides the
big conqueror of the evening before, who
seemed to instil a great deal of fear into
the youngsters, lie came now into the
open glade with a line young female,
and as he approached even the other
cows there was a general stampede out
of his way.
We came on the dead beast, which had
bceubuttcd and rolled, after it was killed,
into a clump of bamboos. It had
been a line burly animal, but was marked
from forehead to rear and top to foot by
rips and cuts, lie measured nine feet
and six inches at the shoulder, and the
tusks taken by the hill men proved
slightly over 100 pounds to the pair.
The victor, uhich in the tight seemed
to tower over his foe, must have been
quite ten feet high, and had the longest
tusks I have ever seen clear of the sock
ets. 1 tried to get him, but what with
his harem about him, and the difficulty
of getting a clear view in the long grass,
I failed to get a shot.
Our Trade with Australia.
The tirst direct and continuous trade
between this country and the Australian
colonies wasjin 1852. Its growth up to 1870
was steady. Then the very creditable
exhibits of the colonics at the Centennial
Inhibition drew attention to them. As
a result of these exhibits American
manufacturers sent their exhibits in turn
to the Sidney and Melbourne exhibitions
of 1378 and 181)0. In consequence trade
has largely increased, so that, last year no
less than DO vessels of DP, 158 tons regis
ter, and with a capacity of 18-7,000 tons,
cleared from the port of New York for
Australia, to say nothing of the trading
| from the Pacific Coast.
( The new Commonwealth of Australia
| is certain to seek closer trade relations
with this country. Let the great Repub
lic meet her half way, and the end of
this century will witness the greatest
imaginable iucrease of commerce between
the two richest branches of our great
family. Then instead of 100 ships of
200,000 tons' capacity thero will be 1,000
ships aud 1,000,000 tons of exchangeable
commerce. The history of both coun
tries aud peoples for the past quarter of
a century shows that the increase of each
in the production of wealth and in com
merce has far surpassed the most san
guine expectations, and history in this
case as in others will repeat itself. —[The
Forum.
King of Crabs.
The Japanese waters arc frequented
by many species of the crab family, and
have the honor of enveloping frhe largest
of all crabs, the iuachus Kempferi or
spider crab. These grow to an enor
mous size, and from the point of one
large claw to the other, with a well
grown crab, the distance is fully ten
feet, while the front legs are quite five
feet long. The body is triangular in
shape and small in comparison with the
length of the legs. Clarence Greathousc,
when American Consul-General to Japan,
sent a good specimen to the State Min
ing bureau, that is a veritable curiosity.
The front legs are five feet and three
inches in length, while the body is at
least two feet wide. At the end of the
great long spidcr-liko legs arc sharp,
knife-like protuberances and the front
legs have powerful pinchcr-liko claws,
aimed with sharp teeth. As it is placed
against the walls of the museum it looks
liko a gigantic spider. These crabs arc
eaten by the Japanese.
East India doer skins bring five cents per
pound.
A rrobUm.
Almost every newspaper we take up
contains a notice of the death of some
individual killed by railroad cars. "He
was walking on the track, and beiug
quite deaf, it is supposed that he did
not hear the approach of the train."
This sentence, or its equivalent, usu
ally ends the paragraph; and then rises
the query iu the mind of the reader:
Why will people persist in walking
on railroad tracks?
Especially deaf people?
Are they not aware they are deaf?
As a promenade, the truck of any
railroad doing au average amount of
business, is not a safe retreat, to say
nothing of its unpleasantness. We veu
ture the assertion, and believe it can be
substantiated by facts, that more people
are killed by railroad cars through
their own carelessness than through the
carelessness of the much-abused ciass
known as railroad employes.
They will get on trains after they are
started.
They will get off trains before thoy
come to a stop.
They will insist in crossing the track
in front of approaching locomotives;
and if anybody says anything to the
cantrary, then the American expression
of "Mind your own business!" comes
upon their faces, and you slink away,
feeling as if you had committed a
breach of the peace in trying to save
them from getting themselves in trim
for a coroner's iDquest.
We remember that we once got a deaf
man off the railroad track when two
seconds later an engine, running at
lightning speed, would have struck
him.
Ho was indignant at us, and angrily
wanted to know "if we thought lie was
fool enough to stay on that track and
let that engine run over him? He
guessed he'd got common sense."
Indignation seems to pervade the bo
som of a deaf man, if you hint to him
that a railroad track is not a safe place
for him. He will look at you, and take
your measure, and his expression will
seem to indicate that lie thinks you are
meddling with some of his recognized
rights, as a free-born American citizen.
If he is deaf', he has his rights! Y'es,
sir!
Every day, as we travel by rail, we
see reckless thoughtlessness as to life
and limb, displayed by our fellow-trav
elers.
Men will stand to talk with acquaint
ances until the last minute, and when
the bell has sounded, and the train
hands are all on board, and the train is
beginning to move, they will make a
frantic spring for the platform rods—
and if they fail to grasp them, what
then? The continual loss of life in this
way, with which we are all too familiar,
answers the inquiry.
Again—on approaching a station, long
bofore the train comes to a halt, the
passengers who aro to leave the cars at
that station will rush out, and crowd
tlio aisles and platforms, and spring
out beforo the cars have stopped; and
broken limbs, and sometimes something
worse, are frequently the penalty.
Let all persons who travel make
theso three rules, and adhere to tliem.
It will be better than life insurance.
Never cross a track in front of an ap
proaching train.
Never leave tlio cars while they aro
in motion.
Never attempt to get on board a train
after it lias started.
Meanwhile our problem—why do
deaf men walk on railroad tracks V—r
emains unanswered.
It seems to bo a sort of mania with
them; and we have no doubt, if we were
deaf, we should select the railroad as
our daily promenade.— N. Y. Weekly.
11 o Dot llie Vane.
The Alderman from Cleveland, na
turally desiring to take advantage of
the occasion, was showing the boys a
gold watch which his appreciative con
stituents had presented him for heavy
work dono in the interests of his ward.
It was still passing around when a man
in the corner, with a satchel between
his feet, handed out a gold-headed caue,
with the remark:
"Boys, I might as well show off. too.
This wasn't presented to me, but I got
it on a fair, square vote of a whole town
full of people."
It was a hoavoy stick, with a massive
gold head, and on the latter was an in
scription to the effect that the cane had
been presented to the handsomest man
in a certain town in Kansas. One of
the crowd looked at the man and the
cano and blurted out:
"Great shakes! but you don't claim
that this was voted to you as the hand
somest man?"
"J do, sir," was the quick reply.
"But you don't come within forty
miles of even being common good look
ing."
"That's also true, sir."
"Then how on earth did you get it?"
"I was the only man in town who had
over put up his dukes iu a scrap, sir,
and when I entered the race for the
cano the forty other fellers tumbled all
over each other in their hurry to with
draw. The purfesh is always respected
where it respects itself."
Ttio Descent of tlio Darings.
Two centuries ago there lived at Bre
men, in Germany, a pastor of the Luth
eran Church named Franz Baring, or
Bicring, says Spare Moments. Iu those
days the ministers of his order might ho
men of great learning, but their circum
stances were at the least moderate. His
son, John Baring, went to England and
established himself as a clothmaker
near Exeter, in Devonshire. From the
ranks of the cloth drapers and the linen
drapers, quite as often as from among
the goldsmiths, the merchants, and
bankers were then recruited. John
Baring's son, Francis, born in 1740, was
sent at an early age to learn the "art,
trade and mystery" of a merchant, and
boforo lio died ho mndo himself, by
consent, the first merchant iu the
world.
He was director in the Honorable
East India Company, then one of the
highest rewards to which a merchant
might hope to attain; for n time he was
the great company's chairman; for
twenty-two years he sat in Parliament,
tlieu a far more oxclusive body than it
has become under the extended suf
frage; iu 1793 he was made a baronet;
in 1810 he died. But his first title to
honor is that he founded the house of
Barings. His sous wore the first Bar
ing Brothers.
iii K l. l'Jacc,.
The highest place in the world reg
ularly inhabited is stated to be the
Buddhist Monastery lialne, in Thibet,
which is about 10,000 feet above sea
lovol. Tlio next highest is Golera, a
railway station in l'cru, which is located
at a height of 15,035 feet. Near it, at
the same level, a railway tunnel 2,847
feet iu length is being driven through
the mountains. Tlio elevation of the.
city of Potosi, in Bolivia, is 13,330 feel;
Cuzco, Peru, 11,380 feet; La Paz,
Bolivia, 10,883 feet; and Lcadvillo,
Col., 10,200.
A Watch's Long Bath.
A silver watch that appears to have
been resting on the bottom of the Mer
rimac river, near Lawrence, Mass., for a
century or two, was found by Charles
Black well recently, says the Jewelers'
Weekly. Attached to the watch was aj
long, heavy chain, both ends of which
were fast in the ring, but twelve inches
above the fastening of one end the chain
had been nearly cut in two. As the
chain is made of silver wire over an
eighth of an inch thick, it must have
taken a heavy blow of a sharp instrument
to divide it. The outside of the watch ,
was once finely engraved, but on the ■
side which lay uppermost the design can- ;
not be deciphered, as the action of the
water has nearly smoothed the plate.
The under side shows the engraving
perfectly. On the face ot the watch un
der the hands, in small letters is printed,
"John Bowles, Horologer to his Majesty,
198 Thread needle street. London." On
the inside of the outer case is engraved:
"Presented to Joshua Armstrong on his
twenty-first birthday by his loving
mother, Prudence Armstrong, April 10,
1020." The watch was found beside an
old musket, which bore evidence of hav
ing been broken in a hand-to-hand
struggle. Whether these relics mark
the scene ol au accident or tragedy cun
never be known. They were found near
a once famous hunting ground of the In
dians.—[Sau Francisco Examiner,
Self-Defense.
The following suggestive little dia
logue appears in the Home Companion.
A touch of surprise tends to fix the at
tention, and so to assist the memory.
"Do you think it would be wrong for
me to learn the noble art of self-de
fense?" a religiously inclined young
man inquired of his pastor.
"Certainly not," answered the minis
ter. "I learned it in youth myself, and
I have found it of great value during
my life."
"Indeed, sir! Did you learn the old
English system or Sullivan's system ?"
"Neither. I learned Solomon's sys
tem."
"Solomon's system?"
"Yes; you will find it laid down in
the first verse of the fifteenth chapter |
of Proverbs: 4 A soft answer turneth j
away wrath.' It is ■•.lie best system of j
pelf-defense of which I have ever !
heard."
The yield of quicksilver in California since
1813 has reached a total value of $70,500,- j
000.
Many prominent naval officers of Germany
are to be replaced by younger men.
Kentucky has spent 199 days and $200,-
000 in framing n new constitution.
If nfflicfed with sore eycsuEe Dr Jsnac Tlinmn
ion's Eye-water. Druggists sell at2sc. perbotdo
Jnpnn had on January 1 40,215 physicians,
nineteen of whom were graduated abroad.
Dobbins'* Kloctric Soap has been made for 24
years. Each years sales have increased. In
IKAs sales were 17,U2i hi.re*. Superior quali
ty. and absolute uniformity and purity, made
this possible. Do //'. usr it? Try it.
Indianapo'is, Tnd., recently held a mer
chants' carnival.
ON® ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup ofFiga is taken; itis 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 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
j healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup ot Figs is for sale in 50c
end 81 bottles by all 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.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
_ USmViUF. tot. NFltt YORK. N K
i If you Ik we a j
COLD or COUCH,;
J acute or leufliii? to *
I
1 SCOTT'S I
IMULSIOi
{OF PURE < ■> LIVEtt OHq
( AND HYPOPHOSPHITBS {
{ OF LIME AND SODA
( is STJRNA CUH.B FOR IT. {
( This preparation contains tlio silmuln- f
t tine pro pontes of tlio Itmmphoaphltea {
2 ami flue Nonwolun Co,I liver Oil. Us.-d
2by physicians all tlo w>rltl over. It Is as }
( pal,liable an milk. Throe times as rfflca- t
j clous as plain Cod Liver Oil. A perfect (
f Emulsion, better than nll others made. For f
2 all forms of Wanting Disrates, Bronchitis, 2
( CONSUMPTION, t
! Scrofula, as a Flesh Producer (
E thcro Is nothing ll'to SCOTT'S EMULSION. j
i It Is sold by all Druggists. Let no one by [
i profuso explanation or Impudent entreaty f
f lnduco you to accept a substitute. {
| "beech AMS pills" I
| (THE BREAT EKGLI3H REMEDY.) g
f Cure BILIOUS and B
Nervous IIXS.H
| 25cts. a Box. I
| OB" ATX DHUQ-CriSTS. g
SUOCESTIONS TO
(MORTGAGE HOLDERS]
B FItEF.. AddrcßN, wltli Htnmp.
jThe Topeka Commercial Security Co.,i
j BAXHEKS, TIM'EKA, KANSAH. j|
SICK Wrli." "//r.'/t)," '//Wp",
Wl3£lm tells bow. to) els. n year. Sample copy
free. Dr. J, ||. j\ , .lilt. UutTii!.., V V.
VU,. CLIMAX CBATEB and
' flow's Tlifs "
Wo offer One Hundred Hollars reward for
' Any case of catarrh that cauuot bo cured by
taking Hull's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CIIKNKY & Co., Props., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known R J.
Cheney for the last 15years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions, and financially able to carry out any ob
ligations made by their firm.
WEST & TKUAX, \N holesale Druggists, Toie
fflo. O.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggist s, Toledo, O.
Halt's Catarrh (Jure is tukon internally.act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 76c. per Lottie. Sold by all druggists.
A nionuin' nt to the Confederate Admiral
Seinn.es is to be ertcted at Mobile, Ala.
fITS stopped fro • by Da. M.INB'S (JURAT
NBUVE RESTORER. NO tits after first day's use.
Marvelous euros. Treatise au i $1 trial not tie
free. Dr. Ivliue, U3l Arch St., PhiliUj fa-
Texas, California. Montana and New Mexi
co are each larger than Italy. U 10
What is lacking is truth I
and confidence.
If there were absolute truth
on the one hand and absolute
confidence on the other, it
wouldn't be necessary for the
makers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy to back up a plain
statement of fact by a SSOO
guarantee.
They say —"If we can't
cure you (make it personal,
please,) of catarrh in the head,
in any form or stage, we'll pay
you SSOO for your trouble in
making the trial."
"An advertising fake," you
say.
Funny, isn't it, how some
people prefer sickness to
health when the remedy is
positive and the guarantee
absolute.
Wise men don't put money
back of " fakes."
And " faking " doesn't pay.
Magical little granules
those tiny, sugar-coated Pel
lets of Dr. Pierce — scarcely
larger than mustard seeds,
yet powerful to cure active
! yet mild in operation. The
best Liver Pill ever invented.
Cure sick headache, dizziness,
constipation. One a dose.
PAINT.
REQUIRES ADDITION OF AN 1
DhBZZf EQUAL tfJ~
r(j ni* MAKING COSTCaII.yJ,
ADVERTISED IN 7348 PAPERS!
Where we linve 110 Agent will nrrtuige
with any net ive Mrrcliimt.- 1.. A' Dl.-N. Y.
HELPERS WANTED!
Men, women, boy P. girls,to introduce our i£ sc. and
AOr. goods in 1 very house mulolUce. Nooxiwrieuee or
talking ivjuli eel. No risk. Success and big pay sure.
Full particulars ami sample b mailed lor 10c.
Till. INDI A CO., is .v t:, Lyndon, Vcriiimil.
Best Truss Ever Used.
mall every where. '^Seiul
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THE LUBURC IVIANUFACTUR'JN'C' CO. PHILADELPHIA??#.
Pent. A 10.'!. KIM. 331, 383, 33F1 North HI It Mirer I.
(-air in hhe lighrof"
their works, especially if
| JHKMB they use 3"A P Q Li 0:
It"is ansolid of scouring
®r^ so °' P useci /"or evil cleaning*
purposes. All grocers Keepih
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST tc please her household and
works horscll to death in the effort. II the house doos not LOOK as bright as a pin, she
gets the blame—it things arc upturned while house-cleaning goes on— why blame her
again. Ono remedy is within her reach. II she uses SAPOLFO everything will look
clean, and the reign CL house-clcanino disorder will be quickly over.
JRRJKJV CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH, RED CROSS DIAMOND BRAND A.
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A If 1 ToatlmonUi*. Name Put>er. CHICHESTER CHEMICAL Co . MndNon Njtiart*
"—a <,!<! Ru< ull l.ot'ul UrucyrlaU. Pllil. knV. l.l'llLL Fi.
1 rVAcußsog
REMl^ftK&Alll
CUBES PROMPTLY AND PERMANENTLY
RHEUMATISM.
Lumbago, Headache, Toothache*
NEDHA LQIA,
SOTO Throat, Swellings, Frost-bites,
SCIATICA,
Fprains, Brulm, Ilurng, Scalds*
THE "HfIRLES 0. VOOELEK CO.. Bal'.lmors.BA
"German
Syrup"
For Throat and Lungs
" I have been ill for
Hemorrhage " about five years,
"have bad the best
Five Years, "medical advice,
"and I took the first
" dose in some doubt. This result
ed in a few hours easy sleep. There
"was no further hemorrhage till next
"day, when I had a slight attack
" which stopped almost immediate
" ly. By the third day all trace of
" blood had disappeared and I had
"recovered much strength. The
"fourth day I sat up in bed and ate
" my dinner, the first solid food for
"two months. Since that time I
"have gradually gotten better and
"am now able to move about tbe
"house. My death was daily ex
'' pected aud my recover}' has been
"a great surprise to my friends and
"the doctor. There can be no doubt
"about the effect of German Syrup,
" as I had an attack just previous to
"its use. The only relief was after
" the first dose." J.R. LOUGHHEAD,
Adelaide, Australia. ©
UNEXCELLED!
Al'i'LIED EXTERNALLY
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pains in tbe
Limbs, Back or Chest, Mumps, Sore
Throat, Colds, Sprains, Bruises,
Stings of Insects, Mosquito Bites.
TAKEN INTERNALLY
It not* like n charm lor Cholera Morbus,
Dim rlio'ii. DyNcntrry. Colic, Cramps, Nnn
-Bt*n, Sick Hcadnclif, Ac.
Warranted perfectly harmless. (Her oath
accompanying encli bottle. nlo directions
for one. lik Mill 1111 M. and PENETRA
TING mutinies nre tell imincdlutely. Tty
it and lie < on vinced.
Pyice '23 111111 30 cents. Sold bj* nil drng-
DEPOT, 10 .IICKKA V ST., NEW VOltli.
m i EWIS' 98 % LYE
9 Powdered and Perfumed.
strongest and purest Lyemade.
Makes the first perfumed Hard
Soap in 20 minutes without boil
ui{/. It is the bust for softening
water, cleansing waste pipes,
disinfecting sinks, closets, wash
n iug bottles, paints, trees, etc.
U. PENNA. SALT MFG. CO.,
(*en. Agents, Phila., Pa.
FRIZEi? AXLE
I sb: §9 PCK ftCE
j REST JtN THE WOkkD Kj Ifc KB H E
SW' Dot the (Jesoias. Bold INrerywher*
DIPPV l/IICCC I 'M IIV I I.T REMEDIED.
DAUUI MILLO Crcely I'nnt Stretcher.
Adopted BY STUDENTS sit Ilarvui ■!, Amherst. And otbei
I Colleges, a I NO, bv professional and business msu overy-
I j where. If not for sale in y ur town send 35c. to
|L B. J. UUKEI.Y 71--. Washington Street. Boston.