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THE DEMOCHATIC FLATEOUM. As Adopted by tho National Oouvcoi tlon In Session at Chtcugo. We, the Democrats of tho United States, In national convention assembled, do reaffirm our allegiance to those great essential principles of justice and liberty upon which our Institutions are founded, and which tho Democratic party lias advocated from Jefferson's time to our own; freedom of speech, freedom of tho press, freedom of conscience, tho preservation of personal rigths, the equality of all citizens before tho law, and the faithful observance of constitutional limitations During all these years tho Democratic party has resisted tho tendency of selilsh interests to the centralization o"l government power, and steadfastly maintains tho integrity of tho dual scheme of government established by tho founders of this republic ot republics. Under its guidance and teachings the great principle of local self-government has found its best expression in tho maintenance of the rights of the States nnd in its assertion of tho necessity of confining the (jcucrai government TO UIO CXerclsO OT tho powers granted by the constitution of the United States. The constitution of tho United States guarantees to every citizen the rights of civil and religious liberty. Tho Democratic party has always been tho exponent of political liberty and religious freedom, and it renews its obligations and rcnlllrms its devotion to theso fundamental principles of tho constitution. Recognizing that tho money question is paramount to all others at this time, we invito attention to tho fact that tho Federal constitution names silver and gold together as the money metals of the Uuited 8tate,s, and that tho fir.-t coinage Inws passed by Congress under the constitution made the silver dollar tho monetary unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio based upou the silver dollar uuit. We declare that the act of 1873, demonetizing silver without tho knowledge or approval of the American people, has resulted in the appreciation of gold and a corresponding fall In the prices of commodities produced hy tho people; a heavy increase in tho burden of taxation and of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the tnouey-lending class at homo and abroad; the prostration of industry and the impoverishment of tho people. We are unalterably opposed to mouo- metallism, which has locked fast the prosperity of an industrial people in tho paralysis of hard times. Gold mono-metullism is a British policy and its adoption has brought other nations into financial sovltudo to London. It is not only un-Amoricau hut antiAmerican and it can be fnstoned on the United States only by stifling tjiat spirit ami love of liberty which proclaimed our political independence in 177C and won it in tho war of the Revolution. We demand the free and unlimited nnlnomi of both sil%*cr ami gold nt the present legal ratio of lGto 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the future the domoca'.i^tJon o 1 any * * of legal tender monev by private contract. We are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the vbligations of theUnitod States the option reserved by law to the government of redeeming suet obligations in either silver coin or gold coin. We are opposed to the issuing of interestbearing bonds of the United States in time of peace, and condemn the trafllcing with hanking syndicates which, in exchange for bomta and at an enormous profit to themselves, supply the Federal Treasury with gold to maintain tho policy of gold monometa'lism. Congvess alone has tbo power to coin and issue money and President Jackson declared that their power could not he delegated to corporations or individuals. Wo therefore denounco the issuance of notes intended to clrculato as money by national brinks as in derogation of the constitution, and we demand that nil paper which is made a legal tender for public and private debts or which is receivable for dues to the United Htntes shall be issued by the government of the United States and stinll be redeemable in coin. We hol i that tarifT duties should be levied for the purpose of revenue, such duties to be so adjusted as to operate equally throughout the country and not discriminate between close or section, and that taxation should be limited by the needs of ^tho government, houtstly and economically administered. We denounce as disturbing to business the Itepublienn threat to restore the McKiuley law, wnich has twice been condemned by the people in national elections, nnd which, enacted under the false plea of protection to home industries, proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriched the few at the expense of the many, restricted trade and deprived the producers of the great American staples of access to their natural markets. Until the'.money question is settled we are opposed to any agitation for further changes In our tariff laws except such us are necessary to meet the deileit in revenue caused by the adverse decision of th? Supreme Court on the income tax. Hut for tlii-? decision by tiic Supreme Court there would In* no deileit in the revenue under the law passed by n Democrat Congress in strict pursuance of the uniform derision" of lliat court for nearly one hundr* d years that court having in that decision sustained constitutional objections to its enactment which had previously been overruled by the ablest judges who have ever sat on the bench. We declare that it is the duty of Congress to use ail the eonstitu tionni power which remains after that decision or which may eoaie from its reversal by the courts as it may hereafter bo constituted so that Urn burdens of taxation may be equally and impartially laid to .ho end that wealth may bear its due proportion of the expenses of tin* government. We hold tlint the most efficient wr v of r.ro lectin# American labor is to prevent the importation oi foreign pauper labor to compete with it in tho liomo market ami that the value of the home market to our American farmers and artisans is greatly reiiueed l>y a vicious monetary system which depresses the prices of their products helow the eost of production. and thus deprives them of tho means of purchasing the products of our home u atrilacturcrs, and as iahor erentos the wealth oi the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may bo necessary to protect it in all its rights. We are in favor of the arbitration of differences between employers engaged in interstate commerce and their<employes. anil recommend such legislation as is necessary to carrvout this principle. The absorption of wealth l>y tho few. the consolidation of our leading railroad systems and the formation of trusts and pools require a stricter control by tho Federal government of these arteries of commerce. Wo demand the enlargement of the powers of tho interstate commerce commission and such restrictions and guarantees in the control of ruilroads as will protect the people from robbery and oppression. We denounce the profiiga'e waste of the money wrung from the people by oppressive taxation and the lavish appropriation of recent llopuhljcan t.'ongri sscs, which have kept taxe> high while th<? Inner that pays them is" tue mployod and the products oi th? I p.i i >i> are do res-e l in price till t he jio longer repay the e. ist of pio luction. We demand a return to that simplicity and economy which beiiis a Ilernocrntlc government and a reduction in tho number of useless oilicers, the salaries of which drain tho substance of the people. We denounce arbitrary Interference by Federal authorities in local afTairs as a viola of the constitution of the United States and n crime against free institutions, and we c.s ialty object to government by injunction ns a icw and highly dangerous form of oppression by which Federal judges, in contempt of tlie laws of the States and rights of eitiV.ons, bc"o:no at once legislators, iudgos and executioners, and we approve tho hill passed nt the last session of the railed States Senate and now pending in the House tf j;?.pri"-...jp,t ,vc- < ' "*v t-: in federal Courts'and providing triuia by jury fu certain cases of contempt. No titseriminntiog should he Indulged by the government of the United States i:i favor i<f any ?>t it* debtor*. We approve of the to- j fas :t of tlie Fifty-Third C??::i?n-ss to pass tlio | P.ieitle P.tilrond funding I'ill ami denounce J the efforts of tho present liopubliean Oou- J Cress to er.net n similar measure. lieeof?ni?.in? the just eluims of deserving Union soldiers, we heartily endorse tire rule of the present Commissioner of Pension? Hint no names shall l?o arbitrarily dropped Irom the pension roll; and tho fact of enlistment and service should lie deemed eonslusivo < vidcacc against disease und disability before enlistment. We favor iho admission of the territories of Mexico, Arzouan and Okluhoma as States uad wo favor tlio early admission of all the territories liavinK tho necessary population and resources to entitle them to Statehood, and while they remain Territories we hold Hint tlio oflleials appointed to administer thogovmentof any Territory, together witli tho District of Columbia niel Alaska, should bo : itrtnn into residents or me Territory or ms] trict la which th? duties arc to l>o performed. Tho Democratic party believes la home rulo ni.d that all public lands of the United States should bo apportioned to tho establishment of free homes for Atnerieau citizen?. We recommend that the Territory of Alaska he grautcd a Delegate to Cnngress and that tho general land and timber laws of tho United States bo extended to said Territory. Tho Monroe doctrine, as originally declared i and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents. | is a permanent part of the foreign policy of 1 the United States, and must at all times bo j maintained. Wo extend our sympathy to tho people of Cuba In their heroic struggle for liberty and independence. We are opposed to life tenure in tho public j service. We favor appointments based upon merit, fixed terms of office, nnd such an administration of tho civil service laws as will nfford equal opportunities to all citizens of ascertained fitness. We declare it to bo tho unwritten law of this republic, established by c?;stom and usage of one hundred years and sanctioned by tho examples of tho greatest nnd wisest of those who founded and bavo maintained our government, that no man should be eligible fcr a third term of the presidential office. ^ Tho Federal government should enro for and improve the Mississippi river and other great waterways of the republic, so as to secure for the interior States easy nnd choap transportation to tido-water. When any waterway of tho republic is of sufficient Importance to demand aid of the government such aid 6hould be oxtended upon a definite plan of continuous work until permauent improvement is scoured. Confiding in tho justice of the causo ami the nooesslty of its suocess at the polls, we submit the foregoing declaration of principles and purposes to tho considerate judgment of the American people. We invito the support of all citizens who approve them nnd who desire to have them made effective through legislation for the relief of the poopie and the restoratiou of tho country's prosperity. SOUND MONKY >7l"x OKOANI/.INO. Illinois, Texas and Other States Set on r<ooi a .uovciiiciit to Aomtuuto a Ticket. At ( hiengo, Saturday, the sound monej Democrats of Illiuois took the llrst .step tc call a National Convention which will repre. sent their viows, nud Texas is a close second A conference of leaders, representing the gold organization in these two States, has boon held, at which the following resolution* were adopted : "Resolved, by the sound money Demoeruti of llliuois, That we are in favor of calling a National Convention of the Democratic part} of the Uuitcd States for the purpose of nominating Democratic cHudidates for the ofllcc? of President and Vice-President of theUoitec States upon a Democratic platform, and tc that end we invite the advice and co-operation of the sound money Democrats ot tie Union-, und t>e it further "Resolved, That the chairman of the Sound Money organization of Illinois be directed tc appoint a commission to prepare an addresi I to the Democrats of the United States, statin), the grounds ami reasons for putting a national Democratic ticket in the field.1 The meeting of the State executive committoo was called to order promptly at 8o'clock. No out-ol-lown politicians had been invited ! to take part iu the session, which was secret, i the only persons who were there besides the members being a few sound money advocates from Texas organizations ami i number of sympathizers wph the movement from States whose representatives happened to be in the city at this time. Among those present were the following: Adams A. (Joodri-li, James II. Kckels; \V. T. llelly, Texas; J. A. Reed, J. 'I1. S< xtou. New York: Judge French, New Jersey; J. U. Everitt. Massachusetts; I-1. L. Mautati, St Louis; hidden Evans, Adolph Kruus. John 1'. ilopL-i. ... If VC..I- i. i kiicu, finlliv ft. IKJiUUDS, Thomas A. .Mo ran, 1!. I!. sspaintler. (!. A. 'iwinir, I 'ranktin i:uss<-i| Whitney, I'fiij uiiiii T. Cable, < Li..Iiidtp' Itohert ! Lincoln, K. Ahil?r.'i')!i, A. C. Hancock, guiury: J. .1. Knrmht, Detroit. The M.'lD'f represented were I Jeort'ltt, Mieli' itfan. New \ttrx. llhodc Island, Texas, Mas; saehunetts. Iowa, .Minnesota and lllii.ois. ! The resolution::, tie* adoption of which were j moved liy ex-.l udt'<; .Mornn, wero uuauj, mou.-ly adopted. I TUB CONDITION OB CHOPS. i _ A Decline Shown Almost All Along the Line. The July returns to the statistician of the Department of Agriculture at Washington make the following averages of conditions: Corn, 02.4 per cent: winter wheat, 7ft.fi; spring wheat, 03.3; eomluned spring and winter wheat, 8-1.4: oats, Od.3; winter rye, 83.s* spring rye. SW.tl; barley, 33.1: toba-co. 01.5; potatoes, 00.5: rye, 03.0;apples. ill.tJ: peaches, i fil.H. Average of potatoes eox pared with '0.">, 03.7; of tobacco, 03.c. The r?'porl on the acreage of corn. which ia preliminary, shows 08.7 as com|>aru(l with tliat of 1805. a de! crease of 1.3 points. This makes in round ' figures .31,000,000 ap'a^jst sj.noo 000 a plunted last year. The"averages for" {ho fcriuc cipal cprn 8tntc$ a;**' Ohio, iOh; Mlcbigifti, 1 fa>; Indiana, 103; Illinois, 103: Iowa, 07; Missouri, OJj Kansas, 105: Nebraska, 102; Texas, 33; Tennessee, 01; Kentucky. 00. Tin-a erngo condition of corn Is 02.0 against 00.3 in July last v?'ar. Tb? nvorugo conditiou in the principal States is as follows: Ohio, 100; Michigan. 10!); Indiana, 11; Illinois, OS; Iowa. 01; Missouri, Ml; Kansas. 102; Nclirasku, 10:1; Texas, 30; Tennessoe, 00; Kentucky, 07. The condition of winter wheat is 75.fi against 77.0 in Juno and 05.S I last July. The percentage by States are; New York. 70; I'eunsylvauia. 70; Kentucky. 04:Ohio. 50; Michigan, 73; Indiana, 00; Illinois. no-. Missouri. 75; Kansas, 75; ( alifornia, 100: Oregon, 05; Washington. 100. Th?> condition of -priug wheat is 0J;3 agar.-: 00.0 in Juno and 102.2 in July. 1M05. .state averages a re; Minnesota. KM; Wisconsin, 07: Iowa, 00; Kansas, of): Nebraska, 'JO: South Dakota, 00; North Dakota, Oil; Washington, 07; Oregon. . 03. Decline in Condition of Cotton. The July returns for cotton to the Dapart I meat of Agriculture at Washington make the average condition of cotton 02.5 against 07.2 in June, a decline of 1.7 points. Thoeondition July 1st, IK'1.5 was 03.30 per cent. I'lie averages for the States are as follows: Virginia. M7; North Carolina. 100; South Cnroli| na, OH; (loorglu 01: Florida, 00: Alabama, om; 1 Mississippi, 100; Louisiana. 100; Texas, M0; j Arkansas, 100: Tennessee, 107. Missouri. '( : 1 | Oklahoma ami Indian Territory. 02. I tillman's ~ j! speech.; i I BKFORK TIIK NATIONAL DKTtlO J CltATIC CONVENTION'. | Ho Was Itccdved With Cliorrs, ' Mingled With Hisses?lie Was j Allowed Kitty Minutes. j When Senator Ben Tillman c?f South , Carolina mounted tho stage to open j the great debate in behalf of free [ coinage. A striking figure ho was as ' ho faced his audience. With no pretensions in dress, clmbby coated, wearing u heavy silver chain across bin | ' breast he instantly drew the eyes of I the 20,000 people present. They \ turned toward him as if ho were an antagonist, ill's thick-sot, commanding form was full of dclinnce. His head, thrown back, was round and I compact. The features, strong and powerful, were cast iu u classical mould. The" nose was straight, tlio lips thin aud compressed, the jaw square and puguacious, but the sunken cavity which marked his loft eye gave to his face a sinister expression. It was a face seen never to be forgotten. On ouo lupel of his coat he wore a Cuban llug, on the other a pitchfork. One moment the 20,000 people held their breath as they gazed. Then they broko fourth. Cheers, mingled with hisses, rent the air. Mr. llichardson, who was wielding the gravol, with the aid of tho assistant ; Borgeaut-at-arms, quiekly suppressed tho demonstration. His first sentence showed that he had a good, well moduluted voice, but as ho proceeded he jiitched it iu a key so shrill that it grated like a tile. He was characteristic from the begiuuing. Ho realized that, so far as the galleries were conpornibl lu> un nndinnpn lwi felt wufl largely hostile. Ho intoduced himself to them l>y buying that ho came boforo them as he was not as "the lying newspapers hail represented him to be." A round of applause from the pit greeted this announcement, but it was drounded in tho storm of liissee from the galleries which wero increased to a perfect whirlwind of sibilunt sounds as he said: "I come from a State which was the home of secession." I Senator Tillman turned delluntly and fiercely surveyed tho vast congregation who wero hissing him. Then with a contemptuous toss ol i his head ho looked down at the silvet , delegates before him, his eyes blazing, and Baid with a sueer: "There ure only threo things that hiss," said he' with a curl of his thiu lips, "A goose, a serpent and a mau." Raising hie head nud addressing the galleries he shouted that the mau w ho hissed South Carolina, forgot the history of the revolution when that State kept alive tho tiros of liberty. This provoked a wild demoustrntion from the silver man. "South Carolina in 1860," he said, "led the tight in the Democratic party which disrupted it. Disruption," ho continued, while tho galleriei hissed, "brought about tho war and the war ' emancipated tho black slaves. "Now," ho added, sweeping his arm through tho air "above his head, "we aro leuding the fight to emancipate tho t white slavos." This time tho silver j men hud their innings but they did not applaud very lustily when ho declarod i that with conditions reversed he was if i 1 I i vi or in ti mi in una flw* Tie m tio I " iV/ Uj^iiiu a\j\j niu iitiv party disrupted. Ropeatedly, as he proceeded, the galleries hissed ami several times the ser] geant-at-arms threatened to clear tho I galleries. The silver men had a chance j to shout their approval when ho declared that they were adopting a new declaration of independence, "lGtol, or lmst." The storm of hisses issued from them again when ho repudiated the denial that this was a sectional contest. "I say it is a sectional issue," he cried, "and it will prevail." After th ese jVyrotochnical expressions, so characteristic of tho man, ho drifted into statistics to show tho bondage of tho Houth atid West to the East, and these dry figures gave tho hostile galleries another opportunity to cry him down. "Time, time," they shouted. This aroused tho Senator again to augrv resentment. lie paced the platform like an enraged lion. "I know, 1 know," he cried with arms nloft, ".you are against us. There is not a paper in this city that is not in the power of the money influences. They will not givo us a fair show. ! They characterize us as howling dervishes and silver lunatics." Many of the delegates crowded up tho uislos and stood at tho foot of the stage, studving intently tl;e features of tho remarkable man pcforo them. Continuing, Sonntor Tillman declared that the only way to avert revolution would be to select a man whoso record would lit the platform. Soon the hissing began again at somo radical utterance, and the South Carolinian took occasion to say that "Four years ngo the Now York Senator was hissed and I am now. Whero is Now York's leader?" From the gallery camo the cry, "In the soup," which brought down a wave of cheers for Hill topped with a foam of hisses. | Senator Tillman stood waiting for the noise to subside, and then using his hand before his mouth for a 'peaking trumpet, called like a fog born his deliancc: "You can just as ivell understand that I am going to iavo my say if I stand hero until sun3own." lie was permitted to go on with comparative quiet after tbo chairman had pleaded with the audience and threatened to clear the galleries, and then ho surprised his hearers by an attack on Senate r flill because tho Senator from New York had refused to make tho tin t speech on tho platform and give tho South Carolina man the reply. iucidcutully he said of Ilill: "IIo I lespiped tho President of tho United states in 18D2; -since then be has bad muse to more than despise him," and 5 scored Hill for assuming tho rolo of j ipologist for tbe administration. "But ' is CJ rover Cleveland stands for gold," I le began, whereupon n "Hurrah for 1 u Cleveland" was shouted which drew j ^ piiie a hearty response from tho gal- I | cries. Tho attack on the President jy vliich followod did not lind any mark- | f id demonstration of approval. "Now, ; I [ want you all to listen," shouted Sons- ! \ or Tillman, and then rend the substi- V :uto resolution, which is as follows: ,i "We denounce the administration of President Cleveland as undemocratic : ind tyranuical aud us a departure from nose principles wmcu are cnerisucu uy : j, ill liberty loving Americans. The veto I [lower lias been nscil to thwart the will | if tho people as expressed by their j 4 representatives in Congress. Tho ap- | pointive power has been used to 6ub- j * ridizo tho press, to debauch Congress j ind to overawe and control citizens in 1 the frco exc-rciso of their constitutional rights as voters. A plutocratic despo- i tism is thus sought to be established on the ruins of the rejmblic. Wo repu- j liato the construction placed on ihc kinancial plank of tho last Democratic National Convention by l'residcnl Dloveland aud Socretary Carlisle as contrary to tho plain meaning of Eng- 1 lish words and as being au uct of bad faith, deserving the severest censure. > The issue of bonds in time of peace, with which to buy gold to redeem coin l obligations payable in silver or gold al the option of tho government and the ( UBe of tho proceeds to defray tho ordi- t nary expenses of the government, arc both unlawful and usurpations of au- . thority deserving impeachment." ( The first sentenco was u firo brand which ignited a great biuzo of hiesca and a counter flame of oheers which 1 could not equal the hiBses and the en- 1 tire reading of the resolution woe fieroely hissed. Ho closed with a ] warning to the delegates that they < roust unite the jealous aud rival elements of the silver forces or victory ^ for Democracy wonld bo impossible. ] "You're no Democrat," shoutod some \ one in the galleries. Senator Tillman concluded by plodg- J ing the solid voto of the South to any ] good, straight, silver candidate. 1 THE CANDIDATES. Sketches of the Democratic Nominees ] tor President aud Vice President. Mr. Bryau wo3 born in Salem, Marion county, ID., on Murch 10. 18G0. At the ago of fifteen ho entered Whipple Acudemy, at Jacksonville; in 1877 ho entered Illinois t College, and graduated valedictorian iu ' 1881. For tho next two years ho nttended tho Union Law Colloge, Chicago, studying in tho olllco of Lvmnn Trumbull. After graduation ho began practice at Jacksonville. 1 In 1887 ho removed to Lincoln, Nel>., and I became a member of the law ilrm of Talbott : A Bryan. Ho was elected to Congress in the First Nebraska District la 1890 over W. J. Council, of Omaha, and was re-elected In 1892 over AUen W. Field, of Lincoln. In 1894, Mr. Bryan declined a third nomination, and was nominated by the Democratic State Convention for United States Senator by the Unanimous voto of tho convention. The Republicans, however, had a majority in the Legislature, and Bryan was defeated for the Kenatorship. 8incu Mr. Brvnu's Congress term expired ho hns givon his time exclusively to spreading tho doctrine of free silver. He llrst appeared in the political arena ol Nebraska in tho campaign of 1888, when he 6tumpod the First district for J. Sterling Morton, nominee for Congress. The same year he dccllnod a nomination for Lieutenant-Governor. On .luly 30. 1890, he was nominated for Congress and wrote a platform on which he rau. Nobody but himself thought lie could bo elected. He stumped tho district on tho tariff issue, and won fame as a political orator throughout the State. This beautiful language Ikls been used by an admirer to describe his graces as an orator: Mr. Bryna lives well in a commodious dwelling hi the fashionable part of Lincoln, Neb. His family consists of Mrs. Bryan, Ruth. aged eleven. William J. Jr., aged six; and Oraco, aged live. The study in which Mr. and Mrs. Bryan hnvo desks, is a very attractive room. It is filled will) hooks, slnunry, and mementoes of campaigns. There are two butcher knives which Mr. Bryan used in tho campaign with Field to refute the hitter's j, boast of the effects of high protection. AIlTHUIl SKWAl.L. Arthur Sowall was born at Bath, Me., November 25th, 1885. He has been a lifelong Democrat and has been chairman of the Maine Democratic State committee for many years. His residence is the Sewall estate in Bath, which has been in the possession of the Sewall tamily since 176!), when his greatgrandfather took title only three removes from a grant by King George. Mr Sewall married In 1831). His wife was I'.mma 1). Crookos, of Bath. There are two chiidrco? Horold Si. nud Win, I). Herold M. was appointed during Mr. Cleveland'sfir-t administration United States Consul General at Samoa, but has since gone over to the Republican party. Mr. Sewall has been engaged most of his lifo in ship-building and ship-owning. In the early days ho built wooden whalers anil coasters for which the State of .Maine was famous. Thellrm has been Sewall A Son for three generations. Mr. Sewall is president nud principal owner of the Bath National Bank. Ho was president for nine years of the Maine Central ltuilroad. Ho resigned the Inttcr position two years ago. He wns nt one time president of the Knstern lhiilrond tllwl luia otlll ? . i .. JO Hurt DbUI l|llUf tuuriu' mwio imuiisis 1U railroads uud In rallroad-buililiug. A Half Million Fire in Naslivlllc. At Nashville, Tenn., Friday, a firo broke out in tho center of the third floor of Rosenheim's dry goods store and altno; t an entire square of the best and most popular business houses in Nashville wore either burned to the ground, gutted or their stocks so horribly damaged by smoke and water that they were prnetieally ruined. Most of the houses and stocks came under the head of total loss and the loss will aggregate not less than ?500,000. The figure may be swelled t.i three-quarters i of a million. Several casualties reported. wMUMaaaaaii inn"""* n jb Eat Nattimtly, have a good appetite, keep ynnr blood pure and your nerves strong by taking Hood s Sarsaparilla The host?in fact the One Trf* P.Jood Purifier. Wood's Pi I Is euro biliousness, headache. ~S,c TRUMPET CALLC. Sam's Horn Sounds a Wnrntnjj Hoto to t!io Unredeemed. 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J. II. IhTKXlU?, Pastor Hetlicl A. M. E. Church, Ehnira, New York. Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills contain, in a-condensed form, all the elements necessary io give now life and richness to tho bloo*l and I'Psti.re i?r.?,t nn.ct. Th-.v ...... .... .... ? - '"V ?'v "W Vf failing speciiic lor such disease* as locomotor Ataxia, [mrtiai paralysis, St. Vitus' dnne*\ sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism; nervous headache, the after olTeet of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, jmlo and sallow com* plexiotis,. all fo;fns of weakness eitl\or. in malo or, female, rink.Pills are sold "by all ilealors, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for$?'J.50 (they are never sold in bulk or liy the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine "Company, Schenectady, N. Y . . Gladness Comes With n better understanding of tho transient nature of the.muny physical ills which vanish before proixw-efforts?gentlcefforts?pleasant offoiv*..? rightly directed. 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