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BUDGET OF FIN1.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Not Quite the Same Thing?A Tewible
Revenge ? Circumstances
Alter Cases?A Kicking
Mule Cured, Etc.
Indignant Customer?"Look hero, I've 1
been waiting here for the last half hour." |
Waiter?"That's nothing. I've been
waiting here for the last two years, and
I ain't kicking about it, either."?Hit'tingt.
A Terrible Revenge.
Gray?"Smith insulted me so terribly
to-dav that I feel mad enough to kill
him.''
Green?"What's the matter?"
Gray?"Nothing. A mere matter of ten
dollars I owe him for a couple of years
or so. The mean fellow that he is, called
me a swindler and a scoundrel, and a
great many other names.'*
Green?"And vou feel mad enough to
kill him?"
Gray?"I do."
(ireen?"Then do it. Pay him his ten
dollars and the surprise will kill him."'
?Boston Courier.
CircumsS-ances Alter Cases.
"See here. Garibaldi." said a gentleman
who was having his boots shined,
'"haven't you breathed aoout enougn ou
those boots? I'm in a big hurry."
Garibaldi hastily completes the job,
and in response to a dime says:
"Notta centa change." /
,'Well, go and get it.*'
Garibaldi goes and gets two nickels,
one of which he reluctantly turns over.
"Caramba!" says Garibaldi," "ze signor
in no too bigga hurry to w&ita for ze
change."?JVr'c York Sun.
A Kicking Mule Cured.
A crowd of boys,men and women were
surrounding a man, a cart and a mule up
in Brewerytown this morning. The man
was trying to induce the mule to pull the
Anf nf fKo rnf Wr tVlO TTAV nf ill.
ducement he several times attempted to
hit the recalcitrant animal with a short
cowhide. Ab the distance he kept was
too respectful the mule was never
touched, but he kicked all the same.
"Yy, you don'dcure dot mool of kickin'?"
asked a rotund resident.
"Mnles can't be cured o' kickin1," replied
the owner of the cart and animal.
"Oh, yes dey can, my freund. ?fery
/ dime he dries to kick just ketch him py
de hint legs fen dey are inde air. I know
a man vot dried it uud he has nefcr seen
a mool kick since."?Philadelphia Call.
At the Panorama.
Little girl: "Is that you, papa, on
the brick-coloreJ horse that is up on its
hind legs?"
Parent?"Yes, my child, that is
usually pointed out as me."
"And did you cut that other man's
head off and ride right straight over into
the fort?"
"Yes, my dear, I presume I did."
"But o'amma didn't say anything
*hnnt it. when I nsked her what vou did
in the war."
"Why, what did she 6ay?" (looking
around at the spectators proudly.)
"Oh, she said that all you "did that
anybody ever heard of was to fool
around and get kickcd by an army mule,
and that now you haven't sense enough
to gel a pension."?Dakota Bell.
Not Sarab.
A messenger boy who camc up Lafayette
avenue Ihe other day found a young
man waiting for hirn at Shelby street,
and when the boy halted he was anxiously
asked:
"Well, did you deliver the basket of
flowers?"
"Of course."
"Did she smile V
"Not a bit."
"She didn't? She must have seen the
card."
"Oh, yes, 6he read that the first thing,
and then she called the cook into the
hall and told her to heave the basket into
the backyard."
"Great Scots! But could that have
been my Sarah?"
"Oh, no, sir. It was your Sarah's
mother."?Detroit Free Ptm.
Forgot to " Beller."
* . 3 a.! 1 1 LJ J
An undemonstrative iiusuauu causi-u
his wife some chagrin on board a train
recently. A Chicago journal says that
in a railroad accidcnt near that city a
woman was shaken very severely and
could not speak for some time, although
conscious of what was taking place
around her. Some of the passengers
thought she was dead. Her husband
feared so too, but instead of giving way
to unavailable grief he flew around doing
all he could for his wife's recovery. When
she was pronounced out of danger she
said, reproachfully:
"John!"
"Well, Samanthy?"
"You didn't beller a bit there when
they all thought I was dead."
"Well, Samanthv,"said John, in some
confusion, "ye see I was flying around
trying to bring ye to. I didn't have no
lllliC IV
"Yes, John,'* said the old lady,feebly,
with a suggestion of tears in her voice,
"but couldn't ye beller u little bit now,
John, jest fer the looks of things?"
"Why, Saraanthy, if I was to beller
now,folks would say I was doin: it "cause
you was going to git well."
"I never thought o'that," said the old j
lady sadly. "J wish to goodness, John, j
you'd bellered some at the right time! !
:Twor.ld have been real comfort in' to
me.1'
Not in Confidence. j
"If you are going -around alone you I
had better look out for confidence men,"
said the special officer at the Detroit, j
Grand Haven and Milwaukee Depot to a j
green-looking young man who was wait-1
ing to go to i'ontiac.
"Oh, I know all about that racket," I
replied the stranger, as he slanted his hat
a little higher over his ear.
"All right?don't blame me."
The young man went up Brush street
and was gone three-quarters of an hour,
and when he returned he said to the officer:
"I'll huve to wait over until to-morrow
to get a check cashed."
''Have you got a check?"
"Yes?look here. Lent a fellow $32
to pay duties on some horses and he gave
me his check for $60. Purty good exchange
for a greenhorn, eh?
"Young man, you have been confideaced!"
"No!"
"But you have? That check is worthless
! I told you to beware of the confidence
game."
"And I did. No one has my confidenee.
This was simply a business
transaction. I lent him $32 in cash, and
he gave me his check for $60. Where's
the confidence about that!''
The matter was explained to him, and
the way he started for police headquarters
made i'he sidewalk smoke.?Detroit
Free Pracs
Ho Wont Back.
Fie was a little fellow, not over twelve
years old, and be was sitting behind ?.
box over at the Umana uepoc mc ouil-i
morning softly crying and looking very
dirl^and forlun.
" What's tho matter?"' tvc asked.
"Hain't nothin" the matter," he said
defiantly, sitting up straight, hastily
| brushing away his tears and pushing
back his jacket so as to display the
handle of an old revolver in his pocket.
Then he looked off across the river at the
strange buildings and lost his bravery,
and buried his head again and sobbed
through his tears:
u Oh, mister, Tve been a runnin1 away
an' want *o go home."
"Whatmade you run away?1'
"I thought it would be nice, but it.
hain't, no, it hain't,1' and he rested his
face in his hands and looked the picture
of woe. 4'Dick Dagger had heaps o'fun
but I hain't had a bit.1'
"Who was Dick Dagger?"
"Didn't you hear o' him? He was the
boy scout of the Rockies, ax1 I wanted
to be llk-e him. There hain't Indians
whafll hurt a feller round here, is
the re P
"Xo.-"
UT w-Anl/ln^f eT?AAf */vm if TCJ19.
Dick shot 'cm, but I don't -want to. I
want to got back home, but mebby I
uCVer -will again,'' and once more his
tears flowed.
"Where did you live?"
"Oh, I lived uown at Marion, in Illinois,
and it just about killed me riding
in that old freight car, an' I hurt my knee,
an' I'm cold and hain't had no breakfast,
nor supper, neither. I wish I'd never
heard of Dick?I don't 6ee how he got
along so well?and if I ever get home
airain and see my?my?my?" but the
thought of his mother was too much
for him.
"I don't want to hunt Indians or bears
or nothiri', nor rescue no maidens, an'
I'm tired of that old thing!" and he
pulled a rusty revolver out of his pocket
that hadn't "been"fired for ten years and
threw it across the track. " Please, i
mister, git me something to eat, an' I'll
work all day for you," and he looked up
pitifully hnd straightened his little cap
on his curly head.
We took turn along ana ne axe mree or
four meals in one, but ever after that he
didn't say a word about exterminating
the Indian. The next day a grave-looking
.father arrived looking for a very
homesick boy, and they went back
together. So the Government lost
another scout, but an anxious mother got
back a boy who will never run away
again.?Dakota Bill.
A Cask That Holds 30,000 Gallons. I
Work was begun in 1883 on the great
wine tun of Toledo, Ohio, writes a New
York Times correspondent, but the solid
American oak of which it is built was
drying in a kiln for six years prior to
that. Its oaken staves are twenty-one
feet long and six inches square. In the
rough, six of them formed a load for a
two-horee team. With the utmost nicety
they were put in place until, as a whole,
tbev measured over sixty feet in circumference.
Through the centre of the tun,
where it curves outward in a huge swell,
it measures twenty-one feet; the diameter
at the ends is eighteen feet. It contains
3(5,000 gallons of dry wine. To
withstand the enormous pressure of this
bulk, three iron rods are carried from end
to end, where they are riveted in oaken
beams of great size and strength. The
Virionc nf iron TViprft ;irfi fourteen of
them, and tbev weigh three tone. Each
hoop i6 six inches broad and about a '
third of an inch in thickness. They are well
groomed hoops, and shine as if in constant
contact with an emery wheel. But
everything about the great tun betokens
the great care that is taken of it. Its
oaken surface is polished to such a degree
that the sun loves to creep in
through the prison-like windows and
dance upon its shining bulk. The huge
brass spigot glitters like gold from the
coiners hands. The oaken platform that
faces its tremendous head, and the oaken
stairway that winds around the base and
enables the visitor to look down upon
the mammoth, glisten under frequent
coats of varnish. A blow upon this iron
ribbed body makes no impression unless
the ear be placed close to the wood; then
the sound is like the last gasp of a thunder
clap. Days and days were occupied in
tilling it with catawba made from gra]X>s
that grow on islands in Put in Bay,
where Commodore Perry taught John
Bull a lesson some years ago.' And when
the tun was full, when 3G,000 gallons of
wine had been poured into the vast interior,
there was much rejoicing in the
immediate vicinity, and all who witnpcsrul
thf cnmnletinn of the rtrocess felt
in duty bound to drink to the health of
the Toledo tun, and to do so in such unstinted
measure that the occasion is
likely never to be forgotten by those who
participated.
Chinese Juveniles at Play.
In and about the plaza, says ths San
Francisco Chronicle, there is nearly every
day a bobbing of little pigtails and a
clattering of little shoes along the alleyways
and graveled walks,and they are not
the least pleasing of the sights and
sounds in that neighborhood.One catches
a glimpse there of Chinese juvenile life.
The Chronic!# says:
There is a Chinese game, however, that
never fails to arouse the interest and
envy of the white boys. It is played
The game is to keep the cork in the air.
The iir<t. player throws up the shuttlecock
and before it again reaches the earth
he twists his foot ana gives the descending
objcct a kick with his heel, which
sends it up into the air, sometimes as
high as twenty feet. When it descends
again he tries to keep it within the range
of.his heel as long as possible, but the
play soon fails to be exclusive; other
bovs standing anxiously about manage to
get a kick at it. sending it away from the
first player, who then joins the outsiders
in a general scramble to gain possession.
Sometimes in the heat of the play, when
the crowd is bunched together,the ?ehuttlccock
is struck by the hand, but that is
not allowable unless it is in danger of
striking the giound before the heel can
strike it. Expert players keep theirhands
in their sleeves, hitting the feathery object
only with the heel, and thus keeping
it from the ground for hours at a time.
Great skill is necessary for this game,and
where American bovs have undertaken to
play it with the heathen they have always
cut* a sorry figure.
The process is revived of applying
strips of adhesive plasters along the margin
of wounds, and by drawing the edges
of the wound in apposition pass the sutures
through the plaster only, thus
avoiding the pits and creases left in the
skin when the sutures are passed through
the skin itself. The edge of the plaster
along the margin of the wound should
be folded upon itself, so as to keep the .
piaster from the raw surface. 1
MliSKRAT HUNTING.
THREE WAYS OF CAPTURING j
THE WILY RODENT.
A Muskrnt's Nest?Shooting the Lit- |
I Ip Animals at N'iirlit?The Trap- !
per's Methods?Usmff the
Destructive Spear.
The large area of marsh land along the
Patuxent liiver and its numerous inlets
form favorite hunting grounds for muskrats,
and they are now being captured in
large numbers. Next to the beaver, the
muskrat is one of the most ingenious of
rodents in the construction of its houses,
and its mode of life and habits are very I
interesting. They select the low river |
marsh lauds as their dwelling place, and I
there they build their houses. A loca- j
tion is>preferred which is flooded at high
tide/ but which is clear of water at low I
ebb, and every creek and almost every |
little inlet to the river affords innumcr- I
able positions that are favorable. After I
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their house, the nits burrow leads or
miniature tunnels from the water's edge !
at low tide to the spot upon which the
house is to be erected.
Then they set about collecting material
for their dwelling. The tall canes and
coarse marsh grass are cut down and
pulled in place, and the marsh mud is
used as a kind of mortar. A large circular
foundation is laid, and the ground
floor arranged on a level with the leads.
This completed, an upward lead is made
like a spiral stairway to the second floor,
which is made into a room similar to the
first, but of less circumference. A third
and sometimes a fourth floor is built with
tiie spiral lead running from the level of
the marsh to the top of the house, each
succeeding room being of somewhat less
diameter up to the roof or dome, which
acts as a water shed. The height of each
floor from the level of the marsh is regulated
by the successive heights reached
oy me nae, me top noor oeing always
I higher than the highest water mark at
I flood tide. The rats are social in their
habit9, audat extreme low ebb, when the
accommodations are greatest in the
houses, quite a number may be found in
the same hut. At flood tide fewer are
found in any one house, as the accommodation
is limited then only to the upper
stories, which are free of water, but these
are all the more easily secured by the
hunter.
There are three ways by which the
rats arc captured: By shooting, by trapping,
and by spearing. A few may be
secured at night by creeping as noiselessly
as possible along the creek edges.,
and watching for them to crawl up on
the bank to feed. In this they are very
daiutv. Having secured a favorite root,
they approach cautiously the water edge
and dip it in and rub otf the mud, dip it
in again and again until it is perfectly
clean and suited to their taste, when it is
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sportsman is sufficiently interested in the
process to wait. A boat, however, is
usually used, as the rats can be more
easily and quietly approached on the
water. In this case two persons occupy
the same boat, the sportsman requiring a
pusher, as in the case of ortolans. As
this sport can only be engaged in at
night, the sky must be comparatively clear
in order that the sportsman may have the
advantage of the moonlight, or, better
still, bright starlight. A headlight with
reflector is, however, sometimes used on
the bow of the boat, and this arrangement
is frequently quite successful during !
the darker nights to one sufficiently well j
acquainted with the hunting grounds.
Trapping is another of the modes by
which the rats are secured. The traps are :
made of boards about six inche9 wide
and three feet long. These are nailed j
together like an ordinary box trap, the.
open ends being secured by swinging
doors of wire network, fastened to the
upper part of both entrances. These
doors allow easy ingress to the trap, but,
once in, the rat cannot get out without
opening the door by pulling it to him,
which secret they seem very slow to discover.
These traps are put in the leads
running from the houses to the water
when the tide is at low ebb, and the rats
are out feeding. On the return they crawl
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wire doors of the trap, which immediately
opens into the trap, but he cannot
go farther, as the next door opens toward
him. Before he can gnaw out,
the tide makes up and he is drowned in !
the trap By having a number of traps,
and watching the tides closely, a trapper !
can capture a large number in this way. ;
The most destructive mode of capture j
is by spearing. Four or five rods of iron !
three or four feet long are secured in a |
cross section frame of wood or iron and
their poiuts are well sharpened, and with
this the hunter approaches the rat home
as quietly as possible, as the inmates are
constantly on the alert, and if alarmed
will quickly run down their spiral stairway
and run out into the leads. Stepping
to the side of the house, he rushes up over
it and plunges the spears down through
it as far as he can push them. With a
pick he pulls the house to pieces,and frequently
finds two or three muskrats, and
sometimes more, impaled by the spear.?.
This destructive method is, however, not
looked upon with favor by sportsmen, as
I 4- 4/in/lp fn /I v! I'O fKrt r<l t O OWflr
ib icuuo iu viiitg uuv iuvo unmj
from the more accessible parts
of the marsh. The muskrat is somewhat
similar in appearance to his
dry land cousin, but is incomparably
larger. The brown muskrat, which is
larger than the black muskrat, when full
grown will measure twelve or fourteen
inches from the tip of the nose to the
root of the tail, and his rat-like caudal
appendage sometimes attrinsa length of i
eight inches. Muskrat skins are valuable
for their soft, glossy fur, and are bought
by traders at from six to ten cents each
and sold to furriers. The flesh of the
muskrat is said to be quite palatable, acd
it is sometimes eaten. These river rats
are speciticd by a peculiar kind of musk
inclosed in a little firtty sack just under
the skin in the lower part of the body.
The muskrat season opens early in winter
and closes in May.?Baltimore 6un.
Too Much for the Dominie.
An aged dominie way back in Illinois
used to look carefully over his congregation
every Sunday and note who was ab
sent. Then Monday he would call on
the delinquents and find out. why they
were away. On Sunday he missed old
man Cooney, and true to custom called
on him the following morning. "Brother
Cooney, you were not at church yesterday?"
"Went fishiuV' said the old man, going
right on with his hoeing.
"Why did you stay away?"
"Preaehin' too long."
"Brother, there will be no preaching
in hell "
" 'Twont be for want o' parsons."
And the dominie gave up calling on
delinquents.?Inter- Ocean.
In one of the French schools there is a
natural magnet capable of lifting four
times its weicht.
THE HOME I'OCTOR. I
The proper time for taking cod liver
oil is ;it meals, just after taking soup. !
It is, also, tvell home cn the stomach if |
taken the last thing on ?oing to bed.
A medical authority says that in
warm weather people will find their sys
tems cleaned ana cooicu very com i on a bly
and beneficially by swallowing ! goblet
of fresh water, not iced, with a little
table salt dissolved in it.
For snake bites, says an eminent
physician, various internal remedies may
be recommended, of which the best is
carbonate of ammonia in doses of ten or
twcHty grains every half-hour. Friction
to the surface of the body, with pieces of
flannel dipped in hot alcohol, is also beneficial.
These remedies cannot be applied
too soon.
Nuts would be valuable as food if they
were "not so indigestible. They should
always be eaten in extreme moderation,
not after a hearty meal, but rather between
meals, or with a light lunch,when
the stomach has but little else' to do but
to act upon them. If raw, chew them
long and well before swallowing them.
They are innocent <nough if wcl:
iooked.
Those who are fond of the cucumber,
that too common causc of colicky and
diarrheal attacks, should remember that
in the raw state it is not a suitable ingredient
of a heavy meal, ;is the quantity of
woody fibre in it adds to the burden of
the stomach already loaded, with all it
can digest. If eaten at all it should beat
lunch; then, if salt, pepper and vinegar
are freely used to stimulate the secretion
of the gastric juice, the cucumber
occasions less disturbance.?Boston Herald.
"It is not difficult to preserve yout
health if you only knew what to take," i
said an eminent physician, recently.
"Your prescriptions, I presume," said his
friend, jocularly. "You are wrong," returned
the physician. "If you wish to
live long pay ten visits to the grocer to
one to the doctor. "When you feel ill
change your diet, and always cat plenty
of seasonable fruit. Strawberries in
March are detrimental. Remember that
nature fits your stomach for its burden.
It is money out of my pocket to give you
this advice, but I'm ricli enough to stand
it??Philadelphia Call.
Odd Means of Livelihood.
One of the highest salaried skilled
workmen in Chicago is an expert safeopener
employed by a hrge safe and lock
manufacturing company there. He was
once a well known burglar, but reformed
when released from the penitentiary a
few years ago. He then secured employment
with the firm under heavy
bonds, and has b? 'ii with them ever
since.
The chief industry of Kilbourn, Wis.,
is the exportation of the trailing arbutus.
The flowers are made up into
bouquets, the stems being wrapped in
moist cotton and tin-foil. They are then
placed in boxes and nailed to all parts
of the United States, including the &DUth
and California, arriving there as fresh
and fragrant as when gathered in the
woods of Wisconsin.
A citizcn of Pasadena, Call., kept the
wolf from the door during the winter by
furnishing the village druggist with all
the horned toads he could capture. Altogether
he brought in several thousand
and received good pay for them. What
the druggist wanted with them nobody
eise kdows, dui ne is supposeu iu iii*\ c
utilized the oil extracted from them in
the manufacture of a patent medicine.
Two men of Burnett, Wis., trapped
3,000 muskrats and sixty-five mink at
Hairon Marsh last winter. They were
paid eleven cents a piece for the muskrat
skins, and sometimes received $1 each
for the mink skins. Their receipts last
season were $800. Other trappers on
the "Wolf River, in Wisconsin, have been
equally successful. One trapper caught
166 muskrats in one week and sold the
skins in Oshkosh for eighteen cents a
piece.
A tramp recently arrested in Jackson,
Mich., for disorderly conduct, was found
to have a capacious wallet in his inside
pocket, stuffed full of two-cent postage
stamps, lie confessed that he had been
making a tour of the State begging a
stamp from every person he met, on the
plea of wishing to send a letter to his
wife. - When a stamp was not forthcoming
he usually got two coppers or a
nickel to buy one with, and was able to
live in comfort on his revenue.
A man in Birmingham, Mich., invested
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$<3U, an me money ue uuu in uiu wunu,
in a double-barreled shotgun, on
Christmas Day, and entered into a contract
with a local restaurant-keeper to
furnish him with an unlimited supply of
fat sparrows at once cent apiece. The
agreement has been Ihe cause of great
satisfaction to each of the parties to it.
The hunter has made more money per
week than he ever cid before at his
trade, and the reputation of the restaurant
man's quail on toast, at 20 cents a
brace, keeps his dining-room crowded.
Many of the-Montana cowboys who
were out of employment during the
winter made a good living by "wolfing."
Rangemen furnished the horses, rifles,
ammunition, strychnine and free board to
the "wolfers,'1 and the Territory paid the
bounty, giving $3 each for mountain
lions and bears, $2 for gray wolves and
timber wolves, $1 for coyotes, ten cents
for prairie dogs and five cents for ground
squirrels. In addition the boys found a
ready sale for the pelt of an animal, ranging
from ten dollars for a fine lion or
bear skin to ten cents for the hide of a
prairie dog.
Allen Landlords.
Another immense body of land has
been bought in the South by foreign capitalists
for speculation. An estimate of
the amount of land held by aliens in large
hnrlips was made notion? since, and t.hf I
following list prepared:
Acres.
An English syndicate In Texas 8,000,000
Holland Land Co., New Mexico.... 4,500,000
Sir Ed. Reed, syndicate in Florida. 2,000,000
English syndicate in Mississippi? 1,800,000
Marquis of Tweedale 1,750,000
Phillips, Marshall & Co., London.. 1,300,000
German syndicate 1,100,000
Anglo-Amer. syndicate,London.... 150,000
Byron H. Evans. London 700,000
Duke of Sutherland 402,000
British Land Co. in Kansas 320.000
W. Wharley, M. P., Peterboro..,. 310,000
Missouri Land Co., Scotland 800,000
Robert Tenant, of London 530,000
Dundee Land Co., Scotland 247,000
Lord Dunmore 120,000
Bengamen Neugas. Liverpool 100,000
Ix>rd Houghton in Florida 60,000
Lord Dunraven in Colorado <50,000
ifingush j^anuco., Florida 50,000
English Land Co., Arkansas 50,000
A. Feel, M. P., Liecestershire, Eng. 10,000
Sir J. L. Kay, Yorkshire, England. 5,000
Alexander Grant, London, Kansas. 85,000
English syndicate. Wisconsin 110,000
M. EJlerhauser, West Virginia 600,000
A Scotch syndicate in Florida 500,000
A Scotch syndicate in Florida 500,000
A. Boysen, Danish consul 60,000
Missouri Land Co., Edinburg 105,000
Total 30,777.000
?Albany Courier.
It is estimated that 12,000,000 trees
were planted in Nebraska on the lirst
Arbor Day in that State.
Selecting a Canary.
The main thing in selecting a young
canary,is to take one with a long,straight,
tapering body, and in nine cases out of
ten you will have a good bird. But never
buy a canary before hearing it sing. Go
to a bird store, and watch carefully the
birds as they sing. The bird man will
soon be able to start theih, and then if
you carefuily take notice you soon can '
detect which little fellow is the sweetest j
and at the same time strongest in voice.
Don't be in a hurry to select one with
the loudest song. A moderate, sweet
aud prolonged song is always the most ;
attractive.?Godty's Lady's Boole. ;
A remarkable needle is owned by :
Queen Victoria. It represents the column j
of Trajan in miniature. This Roman
column is adorned -with many scenes in
sculpture, which tell of the hcroic deeds
of the Emperor Trajan. On the little
needle are pictured scenes from the life j
of Queen Victoria, but the pictures are
so small that it is necessary to use a
magnifying glass in order to see them.
The needle can be opened. It contains
a number of needles of smaller size, which !
also contain microscopic pictures.
At Bieber, Lassan County, uai., r?siae? ->ji
Thomas P. Ford, who writes: "I can truthfully
say I hare used St. Jacobs Oil in my family
for years, and find it a never falling remedy
for all painful complaints."
The most extraordinary growth in the West
has been in Kansas City, St. Paul and Minneapolis,
each of which is now a city of 1-10,000
or 150,000 inhabitants, of which twothirds have
accumulated in seven years.
Mr. F. E. Hu h. Adrian, N. Y.. says: "My
father was v?ry lame with rheumatism. Now
after using St. Jacobs Oil he is no lamer'than
I am. He was cured." Price fifty cents.
An English paper mentions the remarkable
case of a child of two and a half years who,
while eating a piece of bread, was savagely attacked
by a game cock and so severely injured
that it died from blcort poisoning.
A Wonderful Machine nnd Offer.
To introduce them wo give away 1,000 Selfoperating
Washing Machines. No labor or
washb-ard. Best in the wo.-Id. If you want
one, write The National Co., 27 Dey St., N. Y.
'Royai? Glue' mends anything! Broken Chi.
na. Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro
If afflicted with ?ore eyes use Dr. Isaac ThomoBon's
Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure for
Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
Biliousness
Ii mere geieral at thU season than any other. The
bitter taste, offensive breath, coated tongue, tick
headachs, drowsiness, dltslness and loss of appetite
make the victim miserable, and disagreeable to
others. Hood's SarsapariHa combines the best ant!bilious
remedies of the vegetable kingdom, In such
proportion a* to derive their best medicinal effects
without the least disturbance to the whole system.
This preparation Is so well balanced In Its effect*
that It brings about a healthy action of the enUre
human organism, restores the appetite, and overcomes
that tired feeling.
Dysoepsia and Malaria
"I bad been sick for several years, being troubled
ehlefly with dyspepsia and malaria. I had medical
attendance, but only grew worse, until one day in
February my wife brought me a bottle of Hood's
Barsaparllla, which seems to have entirely cured me,
as I have not been troubled by any ailment since taking
It."?John Ebskine, Chllllcothe, Ohio.
"Ihave taken not quite a bottle of Hood's S&rsaparllla
and must say it Is one of the best medicines
for giving an appetite and regulating the dlgestlv*
organs that I ever heard of. It did me a great deal of
food."?mrs. n. a. 8taslxt, Canutota, n. y.
Hood's Sarsaparilia
Sold by all dranlsU, $i: ?txfor$3. Praparal only
by C. L HOOD it C<X, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mm
100 Poses One Dollar
LIVER, BLO
Mrs. Mast a. McCi
I (VFH nitPiSP writes: "I addressed
urcn UldUuL in regard to my heali
IMn liver disease, heart tro
? *'lu , nesa. I was advised
HriRTTnnilRIP Golden Medical Di?
nun I IMJUDLC. aeration and Pelieta
of the 'Prescription,'
cry,' and four of the4 Pleasant Purgativo i
fan to improve under the use of your med
cam* back. My difficulties have all disappe
all day, or walk four or five miles a day, and <
I began using the medicine I could scarcely
most of the time, and I did not think I cou
I have a little baby girl eight months old. .
delicate in size and appearance, she is healtl
dies all the credit for curing me, as I took n<
beginning their use. I am very grateful 1
thank God and thank you that I am as wi
of suffering."
bmbm Mrs. I. V. Wxbbxr. of Yorh
I If- Y., writes: "I wish to saj
LIVER of your 'Golden Medical Dis
_ Purgative Pellets.' For 11\
HISPAQP taking them I was a gree
UIOLAOu. govere pain in my right s
unable to do my own work
I am now well and strong, thanks to your
Chronic Diarrhea Cured.?D. LaZj
Decatur Street, Kew Orleam, La., writes: "
the 'Golden Medical Discovery,' and It haj
diarrhea. My bowels are now regular."
"THE I
Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, am
Golden Medical Discovery cures ail hi
poison. Especially has it proven its effii
and Swellings, Enlarged Glands, and Eatij
Rev. P. Abbtjrt How?
NDISEST ON Church, of Silverton, N.
inuiko i iuw fllcU5d wl^h catarrh ud i
Uftlt KlntoKoB h/?iron fj% triflA i
DUILi, I gJcjn| an<j j experienced
HI OTRHFS I dullness. I began the
DLUIUllb?a I Golden Mcdlcal Discov
him for ?uch complaint
time I began to feel like a new man, and air
The * Pleasant Purgative Pellets' are the best
tick headache, or tightness about the chest,
mouth, that I have ever used. My wife coul
floor when she began to take your ' Golder
Now she can walk quite a little ways, and d
Mrs. Ida M. Strong, of A
HIP-JO NT little boy had been ti
nir UUini disease for two years. Whi
IlliCltC UB? Of your 'Golden Me<
UIolIoL. ' pellets,' he was confined 1
not be moved without suffe
now, thanks to your 'Discovery,' he Is able
CONSUMPTION, 1
GOLD** Medical Discovert cures Coi
ting and nutritive properties. For Weal
ana kindred affections, it is A sovereign
and purifies the blood.
It rapidly builds up the system, and li
"wasting diseases."
Consumption.?Mrs. Edward Nxwtc
Onf., writes: " You will ever be praised by
ble cure in my case. I was so reduced tha
given me up. and I bad also been given up bj
went to the best doctor in these parts. He t
* ? onlv a Dunishment in mv case, and woi
treat me. He laid I might 1
ft .?h lln Hked. aa that was the only th
nil hi lir bly have any curative ipower
_ far advanced. I trlea the C
th nip treatment, but I was bo weak
iii wit* on mvstomach. Mv husband
^ give m0 Up yet, though hi
everything he saw advertised for my complal
tity of your' Golden Medical Discovery.' 11<
and, to the surprise of everybody, am to-day
and am entirely free from that terrible cough
night and day. I have been afflicted with rheu
of years, ana now feel so much better that ]
tlnuation of your' Golden Medical Discover
to perfect health. I i^ould say to tbosq who
that terrible disease consumption, do not do
thing else first; but take the 'Golden Medic
early stages of the disease, and thereby save
fering and be restored to health at once,
still in doubt, need but write me, inclo6i
addressed envelope for reply, when the fore
be fully substantiated by me."
Fleer Cnred.?Isaac E. Downs, Es<i.
Rockland Co., X. 1*. (P. O. Box 28), writes:
Golden Medical Discorery is Sol
WORLD'S Dl
Why did th
of this country use over th\
Procter & Gamble's Lenox S(
Buy a cake of Lenox and you i
For the Ladiea.
Langhter i.s the poor miwi'? piaster,
flaking every burden light;
Turning sadness In'o it aines".
Darkest hour to May dawn bright
'TIs the deepest and the cheapest
Cure for ills of this descr.ption,
But for those that vfo uan's heir to.
Use Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription."
Cure3 all weaknesses and irrecu'arities,"bearing
down" tea at ions, 'internal fever," bloa'Ing,
disp'acements, Inflammation, morning
sickness and tendency to eanrerons disease.
Price reduced to one 'U>llar Hv druggists.
The most, obnoxious form of "light literature
is a gas b 11. _
I Had a Dreadful Cough*
And raided a considerable amount of blood and
matter: besides. 1 wa< very thin, and >-o weak
I could scarce y po abou the house. Th's was
the oa?e of a man with consumpti n ar sine
from liver complaint. He recovered his health
completely by the use of Dr. Pierre's "Golden
Me ileal IJi covery." Thousands of others bear
similar testimony.
A man born at se i cannot be proud of hlinative
land.
* * Delicate Diseases, affecting male or
female, however iniuc:d. speedily and permanently
cured. Illustrated bo >k for 10 cents in
stamps, woriu's uispensary ^jeaicai /tnix-iir
tion, 663 Main Street. Buffalo, N. Y.
A turtle dies hard, especially the upper
part of h'.m.
- Gold fields,
That pan out richly, are not so abundant as in
tue aarly California d?ys, but tho.e who write
to Hailett <fe Co., Port anil. Maine, will, by return
ma 1, receive free. lullinlormationaoout
work which they can do and live at home,
wherever they are loc i e l. that will pay tnem
from $5 to ?26 per dav and upwards. Either
Bex, younjror old. Capital not requ'red; you
are staited in business free. Those who start
at once are absolutely sure of sn; g iLtle fortunes.
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$1000
Mental or Phyalcal Wrakaeii that Botanic
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UrIUffl HUUA.VE REMEDY CO., Lafayette. Ind
pi S LIC
iraaa naaina bd1??i Don't wasto yonr money oi
lUmped with th? abort a(jSOlutely unter and irt'inl ]
THiPB MIRK. Asklortl]?"FISH BRAND'
lot have the "nan iiuwd". send for d?v:r|jatiye^ati
nn amr i iiMfi
VI# Mill# kVllU
L.URM. Columbia, Kant., Mrs
you in November, 18S4, hPUPRil Lochiy
th, being afflicted with OtRtML
uble, and female weak- flcDII IT* sore t
I to use Dr. Pierce a UtolLITf. My liv
x>very, Favorite Pre- fcaKnananJ dygpet
, I uwd one bottle Medical Diacoveiy* i
' five of the ' Discov- ailments and I cannt
Pellets.' My health be- gay a word in refere
icinc, and my strength ^as proven itself a i
wed. 1 can work hard it haa been used in r
rtand it well; and when _ , _
walk across the room, ^ Dyspepsia.?JAi)
Id ever feel well again. Minn- writes: I wa
Although she is alittle heartily and grow poo
tiy. i give your reme- bout stomach, and^ m
> other treatment after to
Invigorates j|
TBE ItrSTEM. S3
covery'and 'Pleasant 77 __ ?ui
re years previous to do?? ?n *h? same lei
it sufferer; I had a tdloine that seem*
ide continually; was the whole system eqt
:. I am happy to say Dyspepsia.-The
medicines. "j was troubled one
i*r?. Esq., *15 and W "leeplegsness, but you
1 used three bottles of Chilla and Fev<
I cured me of chronio writes: " Last Augusi
I took your 'Discover;
ILOOD IS THE
is the fountain of health, by using Dr. Piei
1 bodily health and vigor will bo established
imors, from the common pimple, blotch, or i
cacy in curing Salt-rheum or Tetter, Fevertig
Ulcers.
uj, Paetor of the M. E. can walk with th<
J., says: I was af- Paln- ?nd can eat and
ndigestion. Boils and about three months e
on the surface of the J And words v
a tired feeling and benefit he has receive
use of Dr. Pierce's
ery as directed by 5H
a, and in one week's I A TlTDDIDir I ? '
i now sound and well. I A tnHIOLt I An*
I Icci mtinu I of a
, "?? I ?! I U1M I IWI1. |
d not walk across the Dear
i Medi^ DlBcover^.' the whole of
lo some light work. attacked the elbows a
irmcorth, Ind.. writes s After being treated b;
oubled with hip-joint comraenwd the uM O
;n he commenced the began to meia?
lical Disco verr' and A ATB?8^of
SUr"^ SSI'"SiS ?*5S r<irAtKov.
to be up all the time,
WEAK LUNGS, SPI1
lgumption (which la Scrofula of the Lungf), b;
t Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Shortness of Brc
remedy. While it promptly cures the se\
1 creases the flesh and weight of those reduce
,K' *ff Harrotfjmjthi ^th6thigh7 Affer trj
P? fQjJheremarka- procure<i three bottles
it my friends had all P rfect]y ? Mr. Down!
r two doctors. I then J
old me that medicine Consumption
^ Cod Uver^Hf I thank you for the rem
ing that could posai- blP, ,
sr^"?hs Wasted to
j Skeleton. ;s
b had bought for mo Umm* hopj,,
int. procured a quan- took flve months' trca
jok only four bott les, n)m08t discouraged: co
doing my oWi^orK, 'but the third month-1
i which harrassed me cannot now recite how
imatism for a number return} health grad
win be restored" T_^day f tlR the scales
i S&WI "}j <
ial Discovery' in the j 114 lf; Golden Medi<
a gTOilt dral of 8?f- ' PunanMBMH
Infjr a stamped. ? i; 11 Bleeding I -j*
galng elatrmeat will | ^ ^ g
, of Spring Valley, : abe ]
"The'Golden Medi- ' diacontinuod it."
Id by Druggists. Price $1.00 per Bol
SPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATII
No. 663 JM
117". !.
e vv omen i
irteen million cakes of ?j
jap in 1886 ? r.]
A*il! soon understand why. S
OUB FIELD IS THE WORLD.
Rochester, N. Y., March 17,1838.
Pardee Uedieine Co.
Gzrrrlimen:?I have snffereil with Rheumatism
in my shoulders and andl for nearly
four yeai-s. I hare tried many rtmedies, including
Rheumatic Syrup, none of. which
helped me in the least.
I finally tried Dr. Pardee's Rheumatic Earned
y, and I experienced almost immediate relief,
and continuing its use, I am SO trail
pleased with the results that I most cheerfaS}'
recommend it to others.
I am most respectfully yonrs,
A. WAND ELI*
Grooer, 81 Row* St.
Inflammatory Rheumatism enreA After
all the Physicians Failed.
Suspension Bridge, V. T.
Pardee Medicine Co.
Gextlemzn:?I cannot let the opportunity
pass without testifying to my appreciation or
your valuable medicine. Aa is well known
to all in this community, I waa for yean a
&nffar?r fi*nm Phanma^km mt
times being confined to my house for eeverel
weeks, and totally incapable of helping myself.
. ,
I have received the attendance of i i?erel of
our best physicians and have tried everything;
in the shape of rheumatic modfgfno that
was recommended, or that I could hear of,
but without benefit.
It was during one of these attacks that I
was induced to try Dr. Parpxx'8 Rhkuxa
tic Rkxesy, and before I had flntshad tin
second bottle I was so much improved, the)
1 felt no pain whatever. I contained its ase,
and now I am as well as ever.
I take great pleasure in recommending it tl .
all rheumatic sufferers, as I believe it to tl
the very best article of the kind in this, el
any other country.
I am, goutleuieu, vours most respectfully,
GuTTLOB MURB.
Ask your druggist for Dr. Pardee's Rone
j ily and take 110 other. Price, $1 per bottle
I six bottlts. $ ">.
Pardee Medicine Co.. Rochester. N. Y.
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If r k Waterproof Coat
IVbll EraMaie. ;
i a (pun or rubber coat The PI8H BRAND ELICKEI
raoor, and wilt keep you dry in the hardest storm.
' succxa and take no other. If your storekeeper dom
Uncu^^OOUm
DISEASES. ~
Paruwxi Bruhdagk, of ltl Lock Street,
art, N.. Y. write#: " I was troubled with
nervous and general debility, with frequent
hroat, and my mouth was badly cankered,
er woe inactive, and I suffered much from
)Sia. I am pleased to say that your 'Golden
ind 'Pelieta' have cured me of all the*
)t my enough in their praise. I must
noe to your 'Favorite Prescription,' as it
most excellent medicine for weak frmtiM,
ay family with excellent reaulta."
es L. Colby, Esq., of Yucatan, Houston Cos
troubled with indigestion, and would eat
r at the same time. I experienced heartburn,
any other disagreeable symptoms common
that disorder. I commenced taking your
>lden Medical Discovery'. and 'Pellet*/and
n now entirely free from the dyspepsia, and
in fact^ healthier than I have been for
i years, jl weign one nunurea aca evcniyi
and one-half pounds, and have done ai
ch work the post summer aa I have ever
agth of time in my life. I never took
d to tono up the muscles and invigorate
lal to your 'Discovery' and 'Pellets. "
:resa A. Cass, of Sprtngjldd, Mo., write*:
year with liver complaint, dyspepsia, and
r 'Golden Medical Discovery' cured me."<
sr.?Rev. H. E. Mo slit, Montmorenci, S. CH
1I thought I would die with chills and fever.
y' and it stopped them in a very abort time."
: LIFE."
ce's Golden Medical Discovery, and good
r.
eruption, to the worst Scrofula, or bloodeorea,
Hip-joint Disease, Scrofulous Sorts
5 help of crutches. He does not suffer any
sleep as well as any one. It has only been
Ince he commenced using your medicine,
rith which to express my gratitude for ths
d through you."
tin Disease.?The14 Democrat and New*,"
Cambridge, Maryland, says: "Mrs. Ftj7*
r Poole, wife of Leonard Poole, of ffilslrurg,
Dorchester Co., Md? has been cured
bad case of Eczema by using Dr. Pierce's
len Medical Discovery. The disease aped
first in her feet, extended to the knees,
the lower limbs from feet to knees, then
md became so severe as to prostrate her.
7 several physicians for a year or two sh?
f the medicine named above. She sooo
now well and hearty. Mrs. Poole thinks
1 her life and prolonged her days."
East New Market, DorcliaUr County, K&,
facts.
TING OF BLOOD.
y its wonderful blood-purifying, taviaromath,
Bronchitis. Severe Coughs, Asthma,
erest Coughs it strengthens the system
d below the usual standard of health by
id my daughter of & very bad ulcer located
ring almost everything without success, we
of your ' Discovery, which healed it up
i continues:
id Heart Disease.?"I also wish to
arkable cure you have effected in my cast,
three years I nad suffered from that terridiseaee,
consumption, and heart disease,
re consulting you I bad wasted away to
leton: could not sleep nor rest, and many
i wished to die to be out of my misery. I
consulted you, and you told me you had
s of curing nie. but it would take time. I
tment in all. The first two months I was
iild not perceive any favorable symptoms,
began to pick up in flesh and strength. I
r, step by step, the signs and realities of
ually but surely developed themselves,
at one hundred and sixty, and am well
*e in curing Mr. Downs' terrible disean
:al Discovery."
ieph F. McFarland, Esq.. Athene, Leu,
s: "My wife had frequent bleeding from
ungs before she commenced using your
ien Medical Discovery.' 8he has not
uuy since its use. For some six raontlis
lias been feeling so well thpt- she has
ttle, or Six Bottles for $5.00.
ON, Proprietors,
[aln Street, BUFFALO, N. Y.
IPiso'B Remedy for Catarrh Is the
Be6t, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest.
Sold by drnrrists or sent by maiL^B
50c. E. T. Hazcltine. Warren, Pa. Q
iss:?'"K^Bnnfbe FR
?1*. orrielh-ioua, *park- IIW I lltLll
nif, whul<dOi\'> i rverogo. SoM by <lrusgl?ta; mailed
r 2 c. C. K. Ml . KS, 48 XDola. Ave., Phi la , Pa.
fc p to ?fi a day. Sample* wortb $L5o I'BEK
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