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TRADE-IN MEXICO. SINGULAR CRAFTS PURSUED IN THE STREETS. BeautiAil Pottery and Jewelers' Fine Work?Cheapness of Gold?HagBaby Making?A Mexican Weaver ? Trade Secrets. Writing from Guadalajara, Mexico, Fannie B. Ward says in the Troy Times: Various trades are carried on in Guadalajara with great success, particularly rilversmithing, blacksmithing and carpentering. Among the manufactures those of iron, steel, glass and a peculiar kind of pottery are celebrated all over the republic. Indeed, the fame of "Guadalajara potterj'' is world wide. The queerest designs of carafes, odd water jugs with two spouts or one, jars, mugs, pitchers with long noses and stubby handles, etc., made ol baked clay, highly glazed, with black, phle gray or darkred ground, paiuted with impossible flowers or figures, which according to ScriDture it would be no sin to wor 6hip, all quaint enough to rank high in any collection of ceramics. When new this ware imparts to the water it contains a strange flavor, which is CTeatly relished by Mexicans, but as much disliked by most other people. The gayest of serapes and the finest of rebesos are also manufactured hereabout; also paper and printed calico. The filigree work of the Guadalajara jewelers is simply wonderful, and ibay be seen any day in every stage of progress, because in all tropical countries, as in the far East, the majority of work. men follow their avocations in the open air. The gold and silversmiths ply their intricate trade outside their little shops, on the street corners, anywhere, undisturbed by the dust and confusion around them. They make exquisite bits of orA ?~ lrns%Tvn in PAm. nameniatioii ui mc gum nuum 1U ? merce as Etruscan, meaning the dark, rich, reddish-yellow variety. These works are much more popular in Europe than on this continent, and across the Atlantic no collection of jewels or ornaments is considered complete without a set of Mexican filigree work. It is not at all like the Fiorentine or Venetian,and is made after an entirely different plan. The threads of precious metal arc beaten v to infinitesimal fineness, twelve wires of gold twisted together making a thread no thicker than No. 24 spool cotton. The wires are all carefully traced on sketches or patterns, and the delicate manner in which each wire is soldered to the other is one of the marvels of human skill. From earliest days the 3Iexicans have been adepts in this kind of workmanship, but so behind the times are latter-day artificers that in improvident Mexico human labor counts for next to nothing, and a skilled workman will toil for weeks over a delicate toy which sells for a few shillings. The precious metal being here so plentiful, because of the remarkable richness of the surrounding sierras, ornaments of pure gold and silver are common among the poorest people?from great hoops in their ears to cigarette cases in their pockets. At every street corner are little 6tands where genuine treasures, in the way of antique jewelry or exquisite specimens of filigree work,may be bought for a song. There are bracelets, necklaces, combs, earrings, crucifixes; in short, every imaginable device?some set with the beautiful opals of Querelara, or *v?orlo from thp California ffulf: or tODaz. rv"*~ ? c t amethyst, garnets or "cats'-eyes" from other portions of Mexico. The Guadalajaran wood-carvers are also famed for the beauty of their workmanship. In a hundred little shops we find swarthy workmen patiently carving bits of wood into wonderful rosaries, every | bead of which shows a miniature picture of some scriptural scene?heads which are really perfect portraits for the tips of canes and umbrellas, rings, boxes, cigarette cases, buttons, etc. The cane-carvers, who have over 200 varieties of rich native wood to choose from, produce some wonderful sticks; and many of the most expensive umbrella and parasol handles known to commerce are wrought by these unknown and poorly paid workmen. One has a chance to study a good many quaint trades in this land of " The Fair God," jealously guarded by the Mexicans, having been handed down through successive generations from Indian ancestors, who practiced them centuries before the coming of Cortez. Among the most curious is the pottery making, in which the native "throwers," or moldcrs, by a mere twist of the hand, a turn of the wrist, or a twirl of the fingers, form the yielding clay into the oddest shapes. Still more interesting is the craft of making perfectly life-like miniature figures out of rags?an art which has exist ect in .Mexico at least live nunureu years. Dickens's Jenny "Wren, the dolls1 dressmaker, finds many a prototype in Guadalajara, for hundreds of native women spends their lives in making clothes for these rag figures, in the most accurate and particular manner possible. The rag-figure maker is an artist in his way, and produces perfect likenesses of men, women and children, representing all callings and classes in Mexico?from ragsred lepiros to senoritas of fashion, sandal-shod water-carriers and poultry venders, elegantly attired caballeros or gentlemen of leisure, nuns, priests and servants. Like the occidental uations, Mexico has a manufacture of textile tabrics peculiarly its own. The Mexican weaver of silk and cocoa goods uses a loom resembling nothing ever seen north of the Rio Grande?a primitive and clumsy affair, yet which turns out good work. As no tw?r ic nriflirmf. itc i??n i/? jrwij reboso and scrape; manufacturer, one may see 9cores of them in operation in almost any street of Guadalajara. One has only a chance to study the ingenuity of the wax workers, who are eternally fashioning fruits and jfl,owere,?'large as life'and twice as natural." as Mrs. Partington observed "of the stuffed crocodile. Ask one of these dark-skinned " workmen for an apple or an orange, and with incrcdible rapidity he will manufacture one which would tempt the gods to be deceived by its exact shape and delicate fruity bloom. It is merely a layer of wax ovt^r forms of papier mac-lie; but the soft substance is so deftly manipulated and the colors so accurately applied that one is lost in asioHisument. Mexican gold and silver embroidery, thread lace, "drawn'' work and intricate needle-work also command universal admiration. But the richest and most curious of all is the plunutje, or feather work, which is made only in Mexico, and nowhere better than in Guadalajara, the Becrct of which is known only to certain families in which it has been preserved for centuries. In this city, there are elegant mansions decorated something as were Montezuma's palaces with featherwork the most elaborate, which is neither tapestry nor applinue, nor is it woven into or sown upon the foundation. There r?? magnificent curtains also, besides altar cloths, scarfs, hangings and othei decorations, made of some heavy matarial, ornamented in an indescribably brilliant manner by leaves and foliage of embroidery, in which birds stand out id bold relief, because the latter are made of the natural plumage of the birds them selves. By some mysterious process, known only to the artists, these real feathers are wrought upon the stuffed surface so naturally that the bird from which the plumage comes is perfectly reproduced. The same art is also exercised upon cards, large and small, scarf-pins, hair ornaments, etc., and the tiniest humming birds to the tallest of the stork family an accurately represented. Language of Finger-Nails. He who keeps his nails well rounded at the tjps is a proud man. - Nails which remain long after being cut level with the finger ends are a sign of generosity. The owner of very round and smooth nails is of a peaceable and conciliatory disposition. He who keeps his nails somewhat long, round and tipped with black is a romantic poet. He who has white spots on his nails is fond of the society of ladies, but is fickle in his attachments. If you come across a man with long and pointed nails you may take it that he is either a player of the guitar, a tailor, or an attorney. Transparent nails with light red, mark a cheerful, gentle and amiable disposition. Lovers with transparent nails usually carry their pass'on to the verge of madness. He who has the nail of his right thumb slightly notched is a regular glutton, even nibbling at himself, as, when not having eatables at hand, he falls to biting rwxm n?Yor.nnils ?.l* v,.. ? ' He who keeps his nails irregularly cut is hasty and determined. Men who have not the patience to cut their nails properly generally come to grief; most of them commit suicide or get married. lie whose nails are detached from the finger at the further extremities and when cut showing a larger proportion of the finger than usual, ought never to get married, as it would be a wonder if he were master in hisx)wn house, for short nails betoken patience, good nature and, above all, resignation under severe trials. ? Chicago Neias. Beautiful Work in Ivory. With improved methods of carving came a more general demand for small ivory figures which could be used as ornaments and as a result the subjects became more varied and less conventional. We now have beautiful toilet articles with carvings of flowers and arabesque caskets of ivory worthy to inclose gems; little statues of genre designs; birds and grayhounds and miniature figures of humanity. Striking groups and scenes from life are carved out of the white substance, and the whole inlaid with differently colored ivory, which gives the picture a realistic and beautiful appearance. The more delicate of the carvings have to be executed by a trained nana ana an artistic eye. Many women are employed in this work, especially in the ivory manufactories of Europe, where they are paid good wages for their labor. The rougher work, such as making billiard balls, rings for harness and ivory handles, is done entirely by machinery, but since the demand for fine household ornaments has grown so steadily, a large number of gifted women have been given employment in the manufactories to do the fine polishing and designing. The ivory used is taken, not only from Africa and Asia and the fos il mammoth of Siberia, but also from the horns of the hippopotamus, the tusks of the walrus and the sword of the narwhale. The grain of the several kinis differs very materially, and in proportion to the delicateness of the lines is the price paid for it. The elephant tusk represents the finest specimens of ivory. When the tusks are brought into the workshop they are cut into shapes necessary for carving by machinery. The objects are designed beforehand and a suitable piece is cut out * ** * i x A! 1 1 irom me sneei at one turn 01 me wucei. These pieces are then taken by the artists, who design and polish them until fashioned ready for the store. The carvers sit at long desks facing windows of light, and they use salt and water beneath the touch of their fine tools. The polishing is accomplished upon wheels or "buffs" corercd with Canton flannel, and there are vats of colored liquid for staining tints. When the carving is finished it represents exquisite work.?Mail and Express. Labor in Japan. The year before last, says a writer in the Japan Mail, I had to employ two plasterers to repair a place in the wall of a house where a piece of plaster of about two feet square had fallen out. The two artists turned up at 10 a. m., and, sitting down upon a couple of empty wine cases, lit their yipes. At about 10:30 a. m., one approached the damaged place within a yard, took a mental photogiaph of it, and sat down again. At 11 a. m. a mutual friend appeared, who was warmly welcomed, and, after smoking a pipe or two, amused them by standing upon his head, and by that time they haa got very hungry, and made a pause of two hours for tiffin. Pipes again. Then the one who had carefullv sounded the wall knocked another piece of plaster down. Pipes again. By 5 p. m. they had made the hole about three times its original size, and were so thoroughly exhausted that they left off. Next day astray drop of water?wherever it may have come from?lighted on one fellow's nose, and made them conclude it was going to rain, so that no work could be done in the afternoon. Well, to cut matters short, those two square feet of plaster, that is river mud, cost me $3 though wages are but forty-live cents per day. A Clerpj rnnu's Rnse. A good, true story, now current in New York, tells how a yonng assistant minister of a Fifth avenue church has made his way rapidly into great social fovAr Wo rlirl if hr moHnrr tial ladies of his congregation believe that they were responsible for the best points in the sermons. In making a pastoral call, and when the conversation turned on religious topics, he would pick out some utterance af his hostess, declare it admirable, and promise to use on the next Sunday. On that occasion she would proudly hear him introduce an embellished form of the conceit with such aa introduction as, "One of the brightest minds I know." or, "From a beautiful source comes the idea." Could she thereafter fail to pet him? He is the lion of a hundred parlors.? Philadelphia Times. The pressure of fourteen tons per square inch has been found to render soft wood suitable as a substitute for hard wood, as for making loom shuttles?" FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. j 1 Snails, shut in a box with air, closo themselves in their shells, and live in a : I cfofo for mnnths. or vears. and . revive in water at seventy-two degrees. | The national dish of the ancient; Egptians was the goose, and they had thirty kinds of bread. The common drink was beer, and the women got tipsy on it. A Pennsylvania physician says that he has patients who will relish broth made from the English sparrow after they have refused to take all other nourishment. Perhaps the smallest man of his age now living is James Hoag, of Cedar Springs, Mich. He was born in 1815, and was one of the smallest babies, known, weighing only nine ounces. He now weighs but seventy-six pounds, and is only forty-five inches in height. The resolution declaring the independence of the colonies was passed July 2, 1776, and it has been thought that this should be the date of the first national anniversary; but the great declaration, asserting the reasons fcr that resolution aud the principles upon which the action was founded, was promulgated on July 4. On a "division of the house," which is a method of voting in the English Parliament, the members of the contending parties file into the lobby, registering oc fiiAT? mcQ nnf Wh?n the 1I&C11 tvio UO VUVJ ^/wwv House is cleared it shows that all have voted, and then the members return to their seats and await the announcement of the result. The CoDgo method of execution is most .revolting. Among certain tribes the person to be executed is taken out into the market-place, where he is buried to his neck in the earth. His brains are then dashed out, and a cord fastened j around his neck to which is attached a 6tick. This is driven perpendicularly into the body and both left there to decay. An old German of Salem, 111., well educated and perfectly sane on all subjects but one, thinks that he is continually surrounded by witches, and wears a belt filled with chunks of lead to prevent them from flying away with him. He also weights his ankles to such an extent that it is difficult for him to walk. His house is crowded with bottled toads, lizards and other curious objects, which he keeps to protect him from witches. One of the largest men of modern times was Samuel Murfitt, who died in England a few weeks ago. He was six feet one inch high and weighed 5UU pounds. The girth of his waist was nearly ten feet, and it took a tape-line twenty inches long to encompass the calf of his leg. No hearse could be found large enough to carry his body, and it took twenty men to lift the coffin through the window to an open wagon. He was a native of Wirablington, Cambridgeshire, and wa? fifty-ti re years old. WORDS OF WISDOM. The good we have received from a maD should make us bear with the ill he does us. It is a strange desire to sck powei over others, and lose power over a man's self. Bashfulness has as little in common i with modesty as impudence has with ! courage. Anxiety is the poison of life, the sure destroyer of health; parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In all negotiations of rti/hculty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once, but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees. fteal merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man's M " * * ? *A ? TmAtr nlnrotro exploiting it ninisvu. xi< mnj u\jI be rewarded as it ought; but it will always be known. The weak man is he who forms many purposes and drops one after another in the face of difficulties. The strong is he who forms a few purposes, but, in the face of all opposition carries each one through to successful issues. Our healing is not in the storm or in the whirlwind, it is not in monarchies, or aristocracies, or democracies, but will be the still, small voice that speaks to the conscience and the heart, prompting us to a wider and wiser humanity. Muke thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation. When thou goest up into the mountain, leave this servant in the valley; when thou goest to the city, leave him in the suburbs, and remember the servant must not be greater than the master. It is not necessary or right that all men should enjoy art, nature or music to make them useful or honorable. When i we go a pleasuring at least let us be i honest, aua not pretend to a liking for white bait, when we hunger for a good meal of wholesome coarse bread and salt herring. The Importance of Hearty Breakfasts. ' 'A large proportion of intemperance in the use of stimulants," philosophized a * # *- * ? 4l?,. pnysician in a iree leuiurc tu mc uuumu ExprtfA?, "may be laid to light breakfasts eaten by most people. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and sufficient importance is not attached to it in the majority of households. After the long fast enforced between supper or late dinner and 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning a person in good health should feel hungry, and it is at this hour of the day that the hearties* meal may be eaten with the least probability of bad results. The man who starts out in the morning after eating a hearty breakfast will seldom, unless suffering from chronic indigestion, experience any of the discomforts which might follow a similar meal at any other time of day. The chances are he will also enjoy a happy frame of mind all day; whatever may be his custom he will find himself with an excellent appetite. Eating creates an appetite. The very opposite results will follow the other cause in this matter, and the man who lias not had a good breakfast will not enjoy a good dinner. I have treated a good many cases of i habitual drunkenness, and in a great many of them I have found that the evil practice of tippling was begun to satisfy a gnawing,faint sensation in the stomach in the morning, which was nothing more or less than disguised hunger." What Killed Croquet. Many of us remember that fifteen or twenty years ago croquet was a pleasaut, if not very exciting, pastime for a summer afternoon; but when enthusiastic players discovered that the way to Avin the game was not to make the running of your own hoops the first object, but rather aim at preventing your opponent from running his, by leaving his ball behind a peg or wire; and when they developed systematic methods of carrying out these tactics, the game was at once changed, for all ordinary people, into as disagreeable a form of amusement as ever was devised; aiid croquet died of scientific play, and lawn tennis reigned in J jts stead.?Temple Bar.'J A Famons Detective. 1 James Jackson, the famous State detective, resides in Sing Sing, and is generally in attendance at the prison. His duties arc to examine caretuuy tne ]ace 01 every convict ns he enters, and to scrutinize every visitor in order to prevent any discharged convict from seeing his pals. Occasionally he has to make long journeys in pursuit of runaway prisoners or to identify criminals convicted in other States. He never makes a mistake; if once he looks a man in the eye he will know him under any disguise, as he tells his man by the look of his eyes. Once an escaped convict had his nose pared down one-third, but Jackson detected him at once, notwithstanding this remarkable change of feature. Mr. Jackson is about 5 feet 8 inches iu height, about 35 years old, of a light andsiinewy build, with black hair and piercing black eyes, and is altogether remarkably handsome. He knows about 10,000 criminals, and it is simply wonderful that he can distinguish the features of every one. On his long journeys he eats very moderately and always takes one Branclreth pill at night. When much fatigued by the jolting of the cars on his tiresome trips he uses two Allcock's Porous Plasters on the small of the back, which give him renewed vigor and quickly relieve him of all weariness. These are the only two remedies he uses, an? he attributes his vigor and remarkable health to Allcock's Porous Plasters and Brandrcth's Pills.? Sing Si?)g, N. Y., Daily Register. Things Seen in Alaska. Nowhere in ray home travels, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico, from Washington to Sitka, writes Governor Swineford, have I seen a more luxuriant vegetation than lu-re in Southern Alaska. I find the hardier vegetables all growing to maturity and enormous size, with turnips weighing ten pounds, cabbages twenty-seven pounds, and ns fine potatoes as can be found in all of the Eastern markets I found growing in Wrangell, Juneau and here in Sitka. While timothy and redtop grow to a height of from five to seven feet, and iu this vicinity all the hay was cured during the past summer that will be required during the winter, and I am satisfied from personal observation that hundreds of tons more could have been harvested. The few cattle I have seen are sleek and in the best possible condition, and I unhesitatingly give it as my opinion that the country is well enough adapted to grazing purposes to render wholly unnecessary the importation of beef, even when the population of the Territory shall have grown far beyond the number requisite to its admission as a State. On the other hand, while I am not prepared to speak advisedly on the section known as Southwestern Alaska, I may be nermitted to say that the reports I get from the most trustworthy sources indicate the existence of large areas of valuable grazing lands on the Aleutian islands and some parts of the peninsular, where the hardier breeds of cattle do not require to be fed in any season of the year. If this be true the prediction which has been made that Alaska will eventually furnish the Pacific coast with its beef may yet be verified. And this is true of a country embracing more square miles than the fix Xew England States and New York. How Jay Gould Travels. . Mr. Gould travels like a rocket while inspecting his roads. In this way he get.* a certain amount of excroisc, for, as travelers know, a heavy train drawn at thu rate of fifty miles an hour will make lit tie fuss in comparison with the antics of a single car tacked to an engine making the same rate. Mr. Gould often travel3 in the Convoy at a fifty-mile gait, and during such a trip he has been known to change scats?from one side of the car to the other?not of his own volition, 1 A ??l1 1 rtA?nfonnnf?P oui wmioui ciiuiijjiuy ~ long as Superintendent Kerrigan keeps his hands off the bell rope ilr. Gould makes no remonstrance, but accepts his shaking without a grumble. He changed engineers on one of his rcccnt trips without knowing it. The engineer had been running slowly, for reasons of his owe., in spite of numerous pulls at the bell I cora. When, however, he discovered that dinner was under way he pulled the throttle open, and the locomotive darted ahead suddenly as if going through space. The jar cleaned the table like a flash. At the next station the engineer was promoted to a freight train.?Nete York Times"l Love Her Better thuu J.ife." Well, then, why don't you do something to bring back the roses to her cheeks and the light to her eyes? 'Don't you see she is suffer- ] ing from nervous debility, the result of female weakness? A bottle or Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" will brighten those pale cheeks and send new life through that wasting form. If you love her, take heed. Lbss than 200.000 of the 125,000,000 native women in India can read, If you have catarrh, use the surest remedy? Dr. teage's. Tfie United States colleges contain 18,000 I women studente. A Great English Remedy. A ramous pntsician, many jcmo ?hsu, mm i the aid of as English chemist, formulated a preparation which effected remarkable cu: es of Jiver diseases, bile, indigestion, etc., and from a small beginning tiere arose a large demand and sale for it, which has ever increased until, after generations have passed, its popularity has become world-wide. The name of this celebrated remedy is Cockle's Anti-Bilious Pills. To such traveled Americans as have become acquainted with the great merits of these Pills (so unlike any others/, and who have ever since resorted to their use in cases of need, commendation is unnecessary. But to those who haw not wtd them and have no knowledge of their wonderful virtue?, tre now incite attentionThe use of these Pills in the United States ia already large. Their virtues have never varied, and will stand the test of any climate. They are advertised in our columns?not in a flugrant mariner, but modestly; for the great praise bestowed upon them by high authorities renders it unnecessary, even distasteful. to extol their me: its beyond plain, unvai? nished statements. Persons afflicted'with indigestion or any bilious or Hvfer trouble, should be<r in mind "Cockle's Anti-Biliom Pills." and should ask for tbem of their druggist, and if he has n t got them, insist that he should order them eapj- | cially for themselves of any wholeeale^dealer, i of whom they can be had. Dlouey iUnkera 1 = ? nnnnrtnnif.inq Dass unim. proved; there are times in tho lives of men when more money can be mado rapidly and easily, than orherwise can be eaneu by years rt labor. Write Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine, who will send you, free, full particulars about work i hat you can do and live at home, wherever you are located, at a profit of at least from $5 to $25 daily. Some have made over $50 in a sing'e day. All is new. You are started fre.?. C'aiu'al not required. Either sex; all ages. I Rob* (rennine onlaii Don't waste yoor money on iteuprd with the above {9 absolutely iratrr and irind r S5 TB1P8 MIRK. Xfit lor tlie "KISU BRAND" ^o^av^To^nj^^KD|^endfni^escrl^ivecata Why did tl of this country use over < Procter & Gamble's Lenox ? r t 1 Kuy a cake 01 Lenox ana yoi It is sfated that there has been no initance of the failure of oil to still troubled waters when the oil used was vegetable or fish oil. A leading real estate agent private and banker, Mr. Ira Brown, Chicago, 111., writes: "1 feel it my duty to Fay of St. Jacobs Oil that I lay on my back three months with rheumatism r tried it. was cured, and have never been troubled since." A Chinaman haa discovered that cast off horse shoes make good cutler's steel. The wrought iron of the shoes having been, constantly hammered on the roads acquires hardness, and the animal heat from the hoofs has something to do with it. Mr, T. J. Murphy, 61 Debavotce Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I was afflicted with sciatic rheumatism a id found St. Jacobs Oil very efficacious. The tonnage of American vessels in the foreign trade has fallen from 2,496,894 tons in 1861 to 1,088,041, and the percentage of American vessels entering our ports from 65.35 per cent, in 1801 to 22.58. How Pale Yon Are! Is frequently the exclamation of on'! lady to another. The tact is not a pleasant one to have mentioned, but the act may be a kindly one, for it sets the one addressed to thinking, apprises her of the fact that she is not in good health, and leads her to seek a reason therefor. Pallor is almost always attendant upon the of consumntion. The system is en feebled, and the blood is impoverished. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Med cal Discovery" will act as a tonic upon the system, will inrich the impoverished blood, ana restore roses 10 the cheek. The distance from New York to .'an Francisco by Cape Horn is 15,900 miles; distance by the Panama canal, 4,200. In the Spring Hearly everybody needs a good medicine. The Impurities. which have accumulate In the blood during the c?ld monthi muit be expelled, or when the illd day* come, and the effect of bracing air 1* lost the body is liable to be overcome by debility or some serious disease. The remarkabla success achieved by HooV* Saraparil'a. and the many words of praii: It has received, make it worthy your confidence. Hood's Sarsaparilla "We have used Hood's Sarsaparilla for several yean, and feel proud to recommend It as an excellent i print medicine or to be used at all times aa a blood purlfler. For children as well as (Town people we eonslder It the best We set aside one bettle for our boy to take In the spring. He Is alne years am and has enloved good health ever since we began giving It to him."?B. F. Grover, Rochester, N. H. That Tired Feeling "I bare been troubled with dyipepsli. I had bat little appetite, and In an boar after eating I would experience a falntneii or tired, all gone feeling, aj If I had not eaten anything. Hood'e Sarsaparllla gare me an appetite, and my fool relished and satia&ed the craving I had previously experienced. It relieved me of that faint, tired, all-gone feeling."? 8. A. Paok, Watertown, Vau. Hood's Sarsaparilla old by all druggists. |l; six for $3. Prepared only by C. L HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Masa. 100 Poses One Dollar ?? ? u-is COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, rHE GREAT ENGLISH BKMEDY For Liver, Bile, rndlgestfon, etc. Free from. Her eury; contain* only Pare vegetable Ingredient* Agent; C. K. CRlTTENTOfi, New York. The following words. In pralso of Dr baupm rwvniiar to women, must be of In expressions with which thousands give u | restored to them by th6 use of this world John E. Seoar, of J 0 1 AA "Mywife had been su: B*vW years with female wo Thmaiuu Im.u out one hundred dolli THROWN A WAY out relief. She took I ?WI. Prescription and it di< all the medicine givei clans during the three years they bad been Mrs. George Hero The Greatest rh^* Earthly Boon !*BswkS& LflmnLI PUUH. health. I treate nine month*, without The 'Favorite Prescription' la the great* poor sunering women. TREATII Many times women call on their faml another from, liver or kidney disease, an this way they all present alike to themselv for which he prescribes his pills and potic womb disorder. The physician, ignorant o patient gets no better, Dut probably worse 1 like Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, d distressing symptoms, and Instituting com Mrs. E. F. Morgan, o rHYSICHHS Eagt Boston, Mass., ea; rniOlblMO WM a dre^fuj iUfferer FAILED Having exhausted th< iwuu. siciana. I was complete weak I could with difl alone. I began taking Dr. Pieroo's Favi using the local treatment recommended 1 Medical Adviser.' I commenced to impro months I was perfectly cured, and have ha wrote a letter to my family paper, briefl health had been restored, and offering to k to any one writing me for them, and t velopc for reply. I have received over In reply, I nave described my case and and have earnestly advised them to 'do li many I have received second letters of th had commenced the use of ' Favorite Prei 11.50 required for the ' Medical Adviser,' local treatment so fully and plainly laid d much better already." THE OUTGRC The treatment of many thousands of caset ?i<n? />hrnnin vrmiknesses and distressing ailment* peculiar to females, at the Invalids Hotel ana Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., has afforded a vast experience in nicelj adapting and thoroughly testing remediei for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is the outgrowth, or result, of this greal and valuable experience. Thousands o! testimonials, received from patients anc from physicians who have tested it In th< more aggravated and obstinate eases whicl [ had baffled their skill, prove It to be th< most wonderful remedy ever devised foi the relief and cure of suffering women. Ii ' is not recommended as a "cure-all," bui as a most perfect Specific for woman'/ peculiar ailments. Am a powerful, invigorating tonic It Imparts strength to tne whole system and to the uterus, or womb and its ap pendages. In particular. For overworked f'worn-out," "'run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls." housekeepers, nursing mothi ere, and feeble women generally, Dr l Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the great! est earthly boon, bein* unjyyualled as on on/1 roit/iroflvA Ti appvuMUK .. promotes digestion find assimilation of food, Address, _ WORLD'S BISP k l> If Waterproof Coat ft In 11 ErerMaie, a gum or rubber coat. The FISH BRAN'D SLICREH noor, mid will keep you dry in the hHnlest storm slickxrand taker.o other. If your storekeeper doc! be Women thirteen million cakes of Soap in 1886? u will soon understand why. .loe noward'a "Mfe iif Boecber.'* ] Joseph Howard, Jr..-the widely known Journalist and intimate friend of Beecher for the past fltty years, is writing a life of the great ] Preacher and Orator, which will no doubt be the standard work, and one of peculiar interest and value. It is to be brought out by Hubbard Bros, by subscription, will be fine>y illustrated and should bare an enormous stuc. . Royal Glde' mends anything! Broken Chi. j na. Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro | ( If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac ThomD- j \ son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle If a cough disturbs your pleep, take Plso's ( Cure for Consumption and rest welL "?T" ^\LYDIA E* : PINKHAM'8 ] vegetable ||?1| COMPOUND, Is a Poiitire Core I jLS^. ALL of thou Painful j9a?) Delicete Complaint* and '\ftfL Complicated trouble! and wWfc Weaknesses to common tnnong our Wives, Mothers, " tcfU cure tnUrtlg ft Vm/ Novation or vaginal Weakntu, and U y TheJWoman^?8un^^ cXanq* of lift. J-ADDtS,?ITWILLKOTTntfOM 8CKOICAL OPEBATIOS8 OB cm Caxcx*, but it wnxtTHiint iix ctbcumstamcta, act ixiiabxokt with tub laws ofxatuti*. tyrnatnciusa or lUllSa bowk, causixo tish, weqbt and bacxach* is alwats rZXXAXXNTLT ctjexd bt it* use. W|l?ldby Drarfiiti. Price (1 .per bottle. 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Makes 5 gallons of a delicious sparkling temperance beverage, strengthens and purifies the blood, its purity and delicacy of flavor commend it to alL Sold everywhere. TRY IT. IIAI1F1I TA I nail at low rate of interNlllNrY I u Lu AIV est on Mortgage. Ad III V I I dress, with particulars, SI N I.OAN ASSOCIATION, ? O. Box 58, orJJU E. Water Strekt, Elmira, N. Y. ABIIIIfl Hnbit Cured. Treatment rest on tria UrllllW HUMANE REMEDY CO.. Lafayette, In 1 ? Pubce's Favorite Prescbtptioi* m a rem* tercet to every sufferer from such maladies. ttcrance to their senae of gratitude for the im famed medicine. ftUXtvbtchi Va., writes* Toiiruj Auiiv _ Bering for two or three | HREW AWAY ikncfia, and had paid n.ira to physioians with- HER ^r? Dr. Pierce 8 Favorite Oimnnn-rrn J her more good than SUPPORTER. w a to her by the physi- mwmJ ?,nr practi^g upon her." ^ d fed W?R[ IB, of Wutfitld, N. Y* mmmL?mmmm? .. it aiifTm-er tmra Ieueor- I I III | Mrf. i&lna, and pain contin- IT WfUIKS Mich., Three boftlea of your " nBnM haj w a' restored me to per- llfniinCBt Aga! d with Dr. , for nUHUEnS. ties oI receiving any benefit. gainei st earthly boos to ui ment of myself and fi attending to tha dutiei ig the wrong d ly physicians, suffering, as they imagine, one fri lother from nervous exhaustion or prostration ea and their easy-going and indifferent, 6r over-1 ins, B^euming them to be such, when, in reality, 1 f the cause of suffering, encourages his practice by reason of the delay, wrong treatment and com Irected to the cause would have entirely remove fort instead of prolonged misery. f No. 11 Lexington St., ? m, Jealous ly discouraged, and go i Doctors. i for a go Hculty cross the room hmmj annv of prite Prescription and 0f money, but receive in his Common. Sense persuaded mo to try ; ve at once. In three because I was prejudl d no trouble tinee. I they would do me no y mentioning how my he would get me sor snd the full particulars against the advice of m inclosing a slampe^ei^ -Favorite Prescription, four hundred letter, ten dollars. I took t I the treatment used. Favorite Prescription, kewige.' I^m a great years. I then gave the anks, stating that they Vas troubled in the a scription,'had sent the time. I hnve not ha< and had applied the four vears." lown therein, and were iwth op a vast ] i cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indir gestion, bloating and eructations of gas. ii Am a ioothln{ and strengthening \ , nervine, " Favorite Prescription" is un- s equalled and is invaluable in allaying: and ii I subduing nervous excitability, irritability, c , exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms 1 i and other distressing, nervouB symptoms a t commonly attendant upon functional and c r organic disease of the womb. It Induces I refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx- ii ? lety and despondency. C i Br. Pierce's Favorite Prescription t ) it a legitimate medicine, carefully (. r compounded by an experienced and skillful I c physician, and adaptea 'o woman's dclicate r 6 organization. It is pure.'T vegetable in its c i composition and perfectly* harmless in ita s; effects in any condition of the system. "Foxforim Prescription" it a po*i. n , five cnre for tbe most complicated and u obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or "whites," n , excessive flowing: at monthly periods, pain- ti - ful menstruation, unnatural suppressions, fi , prolapsus or falling of the' womb, weak o back, "female weakness," anteveraion, re- rf , troversion, bearing-down sensations, chron- (1 1c congestion, inflammation and ulceration $ i of the womb, inflammation, pain and ten; derness in ovaries, accompanied with "in- I1 ternal heat." p E.VSAItY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Wo. < III LI/6 OWN. wnwgio uiiorun?. ? HILL BROTHERS, 564 <fc 3?? BROADWAY, NEW YORK. ' Hata, Cap.'' anJ Straw (foods, at u>holt?ale only. PATENTS F. a. i.eiimann, Solicitor or Pithst*. Wuhlnptou, n C. No i haiye allien patentia gtcuied. Stud for Circuit! nrit^En&IC Officers' pay. bounty pro(Jl? nj\|l III N cured; deserter* relieved, f ? liWlUllWjJi year*' praet ice. Succesa or I no fee. Write for circular? nnd new lawa. ? " A. W. BleCarmirk d; Hon, Washington,D.c, '/ V. ,-h ! READ THE FOLLOWING LETTEB Prom a Well-known Gentleman of hock* port, and ex-President of the New Ysrfc State Pharmaceutical AiwciltiNi Lockport, N. Y., April 16, 1986. Pardee Medicine Co: (iENTS :?in reply to your communication of April 15th, I take pleasure in stating that For years physicians and druggists have bean trying to secure a remedy for these obstinate ind painful complaints, such as neuralgia, rheumatism and nervous headaches, to which Bvery one is liable who lives in this climate, and until quite recently the efforts of both chemist and doctor have been unsuccessful; but I am pleased at last that such a remedy is found in the compound of Dr. Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy. I recommend it to all whe are suffering with rheumatism. I have yel to hear of the first case of rheumatism which it has not greatly relieved, and where the remedy has been used as directed, nearly every case has been permanently cured. Respectfully yours, P. K. SWEET. Syracuse, N. Y. Dejlk Sirs I have been troubled with rhematism for the last five years, and until I heard of Dr. Pardee's Remedy I had no rest After hearing of it I procured some of my druggist, and am now entirely free from the disease. Respectfully yours, MRS. ETTA HALE, 38 Baker Street. Jordan, N. Y. Gents For a year past I have been badly afflicted with rhematism, at times very bad, > and for a month before I commenced using your remedy could hardly sleep nights. Oat bottle of Dr. Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy relieved me of the pain, and I now sleep as well as well as ever, and feel like recomending it to all who are thus afflicted. Yours truly, MRS. ANN DARLING. Ask your druggist for Dr. Pardee's Remedy and take no other. Price, $1 per bottle ; sii bottles, 15. Pardee Medicine Co., Rochester, N. Y. MASON & HAMLIN iMDRn\/cn MDDinuT PIANOS The Dew mode of ptino construction invented by Mason & Hamlin in 1882 ha* been fully proved, many excellent experts pronouncing it the "greateat improvement made in piano* of the centnry." For full information, tend for Catalogue. . MASON k HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO, _ BOSTON, 154 Trearot S^SZWTOn, iSlutHth* REGULATE Bowels * Purify Blood. Dr. Balrd'i Blood Granule*, 29c.; S boxes, SI. Or drigyiaia t 1 or by mall, prepaid, na. Baird, Wrthlngtoa N. J. ?dy for those delicate dlaeasea and weak* rhey are fair sample* of the spontaneous estimable boon of health which has beea t. Sophia P. Boswhx, white CottaMg* ea: "I took eleven bottles of your Pate Prescription' and one bottle of your lets." I am doing my work, and have been lometime. I have had to employ help for it sixteen years before I commenoed tak? your medicine. I have had to wear a orter most of the time; .this I have lai s I ever did." ' Mat Gixiflo*, of Nuniea, Ottawa Co. Writes: "Tour 'Favorite Prescription' orked wonders in my case. In she writes: " Having taken several bot1 the ' Favorite Prescription I b?ve r?l my health wonderfully, to the astonlsh lends, I can now be on my feet all day, i of my household. IISEASE. om dyspepsia, another from heart dlway, , another with pain here or there, and is busy doctor, separate and distinct dteeasra, they are all only symptoms caused by soma i until large bills are made. The suffering lequent complications. A proper medicine, d the disease, thereby dispelling all thoas arrelons Cure*? Mrs. G."F. SwUQC*, UiL, Mich* writes:, "I was troubled with weakness, leuoorrhea and falllag of the '.or seven years, so I had to keep my bed iod part or the time. I doctored with an different physicians, and spent large sums d no lasting benefit. At last my husband your medicines, which I was loath to do. Iced against them, and the doctors ?ld i jrood. I finally told my husband that if ne of your medicines, I would try tnem it physician. He got me six bottles of tha ' also alz bottles of the ' Discovery,' for hree bottles of * Discovery' and four of ' and I have been a sound woman for four balance of the medicine to mv sister, who uno way, and she cured herself In a short 1 to take any medicine now for almost EXPERIENCE. In pregnancy," Favorite Prescription " i a mother's cordial," relieving nausea, weakness of stomach and other distreedinr ymptoms common to that condition. If ta use 1s kept up in the latter months of ;estatlon, it so prepares the system for do- . . ivery as to greatly lessen, and many times lmost entirely do away with the sufferings if that trying ordeal. "Favorite Prescription," when taken a connection with the use of Dr. Pierce's olden Medical Discovery, and small laxaive doses of Dr. Pierce's Purgative Pellet* Little Liver Pills), cures Liver, Kidney and iladder diseases. Their combined use also emovefl blood taints, and abolishes canerous and scrofulous humors from ths jrstem. "Favorite Prescription" is the only ledidne for women sold, by druggists, inder a positive guarantee, from the lanufacturera, that it will give satisfaoiou in every case, or money will be re unded. This fruarnntee naa oeon pnniea n the bottle-wrapper, andI faithfullycurled out for many years. Law bottle* 00 do?et) $1.00, or ?ix bottles for C^-'send ten cents In stamps for Dr. Woe's large. Illustrated Treatise (180 apes) on Diseases of Women. B63 Main Street, BUFFAJLO, N. Y, Piso'a Remedy for Catarrh ie the RD Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. Bold by dragKiste or sent by mail. B BOc. E. T. Hazeltine, Warren, Pa. {flj n A TCMTC Obtained. Send stamp for HI A rtWTo Inventor*' Guide. L. 6 iw 1 ham, Parent lawyer. \Vn<lilni{tou D. C. jlft ^ Reward frr amy ffilOOO~H Hen tai or Pliyiical Wf?kB?o th?? BolanU N?rveBI((ertf.vlK>curi. 30CI?. Herb Mnliriat Co. IS a. lltb Ht.. 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