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/ ubby-prTson^ THE STORY OF A TUNNEL RVILT BY PRISONERS. Imprisoned Federal Soldiers Working' at Night?Some Escaped Safely and Others Were Recaptured?Leaving Richmond. Captain W. L. "Watson, of Brooklyn, commanded a company iu a "Wisconsin regiment during ^lie war, and was taken prisoner at Cliickamauga. To a Brooklyn Eagle reporter Captain Watson lias given the following story of an experience at Libby Prison: "Colonel Hobart, of my regiment, first conveyed the information to me that an escape from the prison was contemplated. The conception and execution of the plan was remarkable. The honor of first suggesting it is claimed by several, but I think Colonel Koce, of the Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania, is entitled to it Colonel I?ose is now an officer in the regular army, lie lirst favored going down into the sewer and tunneling out from that, lie stripped and went into the sewer, but reported against that project. The scheme lay dormant for a time aud then the tunnel was commence*!. The bricks from the fireplace were taken up and au aperture maae that would admit a man's body. I A rnno w<io 4kan nritll Tt*V?ipll JJL, 1VUV- ia\lV4Vl n?w luvu mcmv M??ii " I?4V? the diggers let themselves clown into the cellar. Ma jor McDonald always removed the biicks and rcplaced them himself. The dirt that was takvva out was concealed with straw which was u*ed for hospital purposes. About fifteen men were engaged in the digging. Operations would commence about 10 p. m., when the lights were put out and the men were supposed to go to sleep, and continued through the night. Colonel Hose, who had been engaged in mining in Pennsylvania, superintended the]work, and from the window of the prison indicated the spot, as near as he could, where the tunnel should end. When the time came to open the tunnel Colonel Rose crawled in and knocked out the earth at the terminus. On poking out his head he found that he had nii>calculated and that he was iuside of the fence instead of outside of it and very near the beat of the sentry. He quickly pulled his head in, had the hole plastered up and the tunnel was extended. On the night before the escape Colonel Rose went out through the tunnel clad in citizeu's dress, walked about the streets in Richmond and returned to the prison | again. He was challenged several times, but managed to get through without arousing suspicion. February 9, 1804, was the night set for the escape. I had been preparing for it for several days by by saving up rations which we thought would serve us uutil we reached the Union lines. Not more than 300 of the 1,500 i prisoners knew anything about the tqn- j nel. Of this number 110 went out, fifty- j three escaped and the remainder were re- i * captured and brought back. "It required a great deal of diplomacy to satisfy the claims of the various men , who had been engaged in constructing j the tunnel and to arrange for the escape in such a way that suspicion would not be aroused. This duty was performed in a masterly manner by Colonel Hobart, of my regiment. The warring factions, which threatened at one time "to disrupt the whole scheme, were, through his inetrumentality, reconciled and a clear and concise plan of escape decided upon. As I remember it, the plan was as follows: The men who had done the digging, with one friend apicce, were first t to be allowed to go out, and then the tunnel was to be closed for one hour, ! then it was to be opened again and others who had been notified were to fellow. After another lot had gone out the tun- j nel was not to be used again till the fol- . lowing night, upon the presumption, of course, that those who went out would escape. Myself and Colonel Morgan, were among the second detachment to go out, and we went down into the basement, where a number of comrades had gathered awaiting an opportunity -* to go down the rope ladder to the tunnel entrance. While "landing here someone raised the cry, ' The miar/lc ovfl /'j minn-' ' nn/I umic n terrible stampede lor the stairs. Men ran like mad, turning over pails and kettles and making a great din. It is surprising that the suspicious of the sentries were not aroused. The men sought their accustomed sleeping places with the harrowing thought that all chances of : escape were gone lor that night at least.., After Lieutenant Morgan and myself had been lying still for a while we concluded to mate a rcconnoissance, and, going down the stairs again, we found the basement almost deserted and peifectly still. * We were soon joined by half a dozen others. I was requested to go to the 1 front of the building and see if I could j discern anything unusual going on among j the sentries. Upon listening attentively I heard one Confederate say to his companion : 'The Yanks have been having 1 a great raid in there to-night. Didn't' you hear the kettles rattle?' This con- i vinced me that their suspicions had not been aroused, and we proceeded. As I was about to ?o down the ladder I heard the guard sing out: 'One o'clock anil all's well; more corn bread and beef.' The latter part of the sentence being thrown in with the intention of guying j the prisoners. The tunnel had been ' worn smooth by those who hud preceded me, and by laying flat and dragging myself along I managed to get through. At one point I got wedged i and was obl:ged to do some squirming to extricate myself. The tunnel opened l , near an old shed and in close proximity to the sentry's beat. We were obliged to ' make our final exit through a covered carriageway which had a large gate which filled up the whole space. \\ hile I was trying to unfasten this gate the perspiration poured off my face though it. was a cold night in February. At last I j found that there was a small gate inside the large one, and this I unfastened, i passed out and left it open for my com- j j panions. (ireat care was taken to elude the sentries who came down to within a j few feet of us. But bv watching close : uuiii iuc> iiau ouu ivu iu nu direction, we darted out. and by keeping in the lee of buildings we managed to i getaway. Lieutenant Morgan and Lieu- i v tenant Moran, ol the Second Fire Zouaves, j were my companions. As we were getting j out of Richmond we were several times : challenged, but always stated that we i were friends and were allowed to pass 011. I One sentry insisted upon our giv- 1 ing the countersign, but we told j; him that we were new troops who had just J1 arrived in Richmond and were out for a little rackct. 'All right,' he replied, 'go ahead and enjoy yourselves all you can.' We procceeded in the direction of Will- , iamsburg, intending to walk by night ( and sleep in the swamps by day. We ] jumped over many fortifications and j once walked into a cavalry camp and ] again into a picket guard." We pushed ( along until daylight and then went into j, a swamp to secrete ourselves and sleep. , About "5 p. k., a dog came along and ! ^ snitffj] & mv foer, and soon nfier we mw |? n squad of eight men with rifles puss at , some instance from us. ?oon we heard ' a low whistle, and then the armed men | M whom we had previously seen rose up all around us and demanded onr surrender, wea and of course wc were obliged to com- Tl ply. It appeared that the squad were *or.c' really searching for some escaped pris- j | oners from Castle Thunder, and knew J ! nntliinrr nf t>in I'scnnp from I.ibbv. Tliev ' bare spied us, however, as we lay in the j char swamp and went for us. We were , aS marched back to Richmond and were j ; remanded to the dungeon in the ! 8h0l ! prison." D< bloo Persian Astrologers. win< The monajem, cr astrologer, is a power bus? in Persia. He is recognized as a man of alwi science, a member of a learned profes- 1 sent sion. The chief astrologer is a high court , hear | officer, from whose ruling there is no \ appeal, for his decisions are based upon pati( knowledge that is commuuicated directly atioi from the stars. Thus, if he decrees that : j the Asylum of the Universe must not start on a hunting expedition on Thurs- j jj. j day, but that half an hour after midnight was on Saturday will be the fortunate hour, j sam< he is able to give iirefragable reasons for j to"?*1 his conclusions by showing that Saturn ' ' is in the ascendant in one case, while on 0f tt Saturday night, at the precise time men- j acid tioned, there will be a happy conjunc- I tion of Venus. I 0j A If another astrologer is consulted, he exco will give the same story. Every hour oi of d< the day. and every day in the year, is j the thus worked out as fortunate, indifferent, an(] - . , ,______ and: or unlucky in tne astrologer s dooks oi ; tjme ; fate. * j Mi i Besides tbe?e calendars they have as fame their stock in trade a plumb line, a level,'j was< a celestial sphere and an astrolabe. The ^gjj ' astrolabes are in the form of a g'gantic \y watch and are often beautifully made. Th Every large town contains at least two ( the e astrologers, and they are very far from being poor. A Persian may find an as- ! gujt trok>gcr very useful, especially if he be to re an officer and desire to evade some re- cure, spousibility. Thus, suppose a provincial : by A (Jovernor is ordered to the capital and j that he does not want to go, what more ti,e u powerful reason for delay in starting than furtt to reply that he is waiting for a fortunate ' Mr hour, and what easier than to induce the 8rea< astrologer to fail to find one? In the . p ^( meantime the officer has time to admin- ! autee I ister tlie necessary bribes at court, and but the storm blows over. j th *" Istikhara, tossing up, or the drawing . of the lot, is done with a rosary. A ; bead is grasped at hap-ha/ard: "Good," it is ? ' Bad," "Indifferent," is ejaculated at each bead, till the big terminal one is reached, and that decides the question. Answers are given in conversation, bar- | gains are made or refused, and serious i "I acts are undertaken under the guidance ' ested of this formula. Another way is to | wive thrust a knife into the leaves of the koran ! leave or one of the poetical books, and be | keep guided by what is found at the place. ! I use The diviners arc real quacks and gain and i their suoccss by working on the fears of years the people. The guilty parly in a scan- grap< dal or criminal inquiry in his nervous- them ness is provoked to do some act that Grap brings about his detection.?Popular 8ci- anytl ence Monthly. once and ( Hr!<] )! fiKtmns I Among the customs peculiar to wed- J wate ding occasions, the ling and bride-cake iay t seem to be of the most remote antiquity, | They the latter being a modern improvement bet,te on the heathen practice of using a cake i eise>' of wheat or barley at a marriage. The i presenting of the gifts to the bride is | also of very old origin,the favorite pres- | jjc ent in the Middle Ages being a pot of j that butter, which was brought" forward as j be m soon as the happy couple returned home | brain from church, and which was supposed \ 0f pr to presage plenty and an abundance of i Two ( good things. Other bridal gifts peculiar Qne t to the olden time, were scarfs and laces, One g and, what is 8trauger still, a pair of Halfi knives, which it was the fashion for women to war sheathed and suspended ga}t 6 from their girdles. Among the Greeks, Mixi Romans, Jews and many Eastern nations, Then it was the custom for the bridegroom to S?6?,* place a considerable sum of money in a purse or plate and give it to his wife at : jf yoi tlio time of the wedding; but in early j Toim ftmna iVick l\i>i/1n ocl'/ifl OnXT Doilll amount she pleased, which the husband ' could not, in honor, refuse. This t Not very long ago, so much were wed- All th ding gifts thought of in Cumberland, Kay it England, that when a poor but respect- Goo<l able couple decided to marry, they ad- ^ vertiscd the fact in the county paper, Qicor heading the "Invitation," as it was Andc termed, with some such couplet as: The li " Suspend for one day your cares and your ^,a labors, i And come to this wedding, kind friends and j good neighbors.-' The people for miles around would then, ! CJi: on the eventful day, flock to the bride- three groom's house, and there be entertained bed i by various games and pastimes; after pint which each guest would drop ai onc-b contribution or "gift" into a bowl : spoon or plate set for the purpose in a con- | stiff i venicnt place. By this means enough ! cut it money was often collccted to set the I Tc newly-married pair up in housekeeping. ; some ?American Agriculturist. a hal ^ I addet A Do? With a Conscience. I and ji I have a little silver-mounted Malacca ' ounce cane that I sometimes carry when walk- i full o ing out with the dogs. This stick | are lij Smith is never allowed to carry, as his pepp< teeth would leave too m:inv traces be- ; l>our hind; and his most eloquent pleadings j and v to have it "just once'' are always met j Ovs with a steady denial. One day I had | ters, ] accidentally left this cane lying upon the j the st lawn, and I saw from an upper window boil, < a struggle of Smith's conscience over | all th his wishes that really did hira the great- | put ii est credit. | of bu As he was playing about the lawn by j peppc himself, he suddenly came unawares j where upon the long-covcted treasure. Jle | salt t stopped and stared at it eagerly, and serve then looked carefully round him. I up so was hidden behind the window curtain Salt s and there was nobody in sight. Then into ji began the buttle with himself. He milk looked at the stick; he smelt it care- Oyste fully all the way along; he drew back a scald* i.- .1 ... .1 1* 1_. J 1 _ 1! 1 1 mite iu gaze ai u, ana iickcu. uis lips shrinj with the delight of anticipation. Then he approached and smelt it once more, and it seemed just as if he must take it , Ke< up and pull it to pieces, as he loves to 1 a tin do. But all of a sudden his better na- I yin ture came to his aid. He turned his n;s]ie( back upon tempation, and sat down with 1 j.jntjs his head the other way, guarding the ! fajj treasure till his mistress should claim it, | but not touching himself what he knew I he was not allowed to have. I ?0<K'S This may seem a small victory to those ! so^ v who do not know Smith's passion for a i au<* stick, but such of his friends who are | Boi aware of this trait will appreciate his j a plat self-restraint. ? CassrWs Magazine. or ma i ' heape A Lake Turns Bed and Fish il'.e. I night. At uastro uiovanui, in r. t rrovmce A ii of Caltanisetta, in Sicily, a lake has be- j pipe c come red in color, and quantities of fish I prcvei have come to the surface. The inhabi- J grease tants attribute this to the influence of j every lightuing that struck the lake. In the | ]ror ;arlv part of th<e year a similar phenome- zjne , jon'was reported of the I.ake of Lugano, ate ivhich was attributed to an earthquake safely hat occurred some days preriojjflj. furniti ? I Ami!oil Tiuif'. moths faYffijiiiflr iiMli'" ~ i i' . .. - . is man a barometer? p In It Thnt Ccrtnln Wlndu Always ' nkc Rheumatics Criusc With Pain? ghty-six per cent, of the signal service ther predictions are accurate! le only indications our fathers had for telling weather were aching limbs, iging joints and painful corns! lese, though crude, were usually correct, j body is unquestionably an excellent meter, and physicians often prescribe a lge of air, so that the system may find an , feable atmosnheric condition. i eather changes indicate themselves by | s called rheumatism. Why bad weather > ild cause such pains is a mystery 1 >es the pain really lie dormant in the d, to be made active only when the i i blows from some unfavorable quarter? kst week a prominent man left town on a ness trip. Two days later he, who had lys been apparently strong and well, was home a corpse?"Rheumatism of the ! t!" aeumatism is like the Indian in ambush, | to kill you if not killed bv you. It is to J ?nt and physician one of the most vex- 1 lis of diseases. i first many thought it to be a trouble of joints, but all outward applications left ;ause unbenefited. len, making like pains in the muscles, it thought to be a muscular disease; but the j 5 unsatisfactory results followed external ;ment. >w, however, it is universally acknowl- [ d that rheumatism is "a fiery condition ' ie blood caused by the presence of uric | in the system !" erybody dreads rheumatism. is very prevalent at this changing time , ie year. It was formerly seldom known pt among those who worked much out >ors. Now it invades the hut, the palace, ATamif iro moncmn fha conn ft* fliamhor WAVVUVA ?%/ v?v ?v.? ?v 1 | the throne room; all sorts and condition? races of men and women it attacks at all s, and all fear it! s. Swift (wife of Dr. Lewis Swift, the >us comet finder of Rochester, N. Y.) :>ne of its recent victims; and how very non it is among ladies! e suffered great anguish and fear! hy does this acid remain in the system? e kidneys being diseased cannot remove icid as in health, hence the system is ined by its presence,and rheumatic pains, joints, tendons and muscles are the reThere is but one scientific treatment, igulate the kidneys by Warner's safe and to "put out the fire in the blood'' Varner's safe rheumatic cure. These i renowned remedies, taken by bottles ternation, as theyfshould be, neutralize iric acid already in the blood,and prevent ler accumulation. s. Dr. Swift used these remedies with i success, in alternation, and was comly restored to health. j understand that the proprietors guar! them with the strongest assurances, this was scarcely necessary, for is not praise in everybody's mouth ? 5 cannot prevent the ill wind blowing, re can get the better of it by so fortifytie system that we can ignore it when ioing the worst to "give us a pain." HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. A Use for Grape Leaves, wonder," says a lady who i9 inter1 in household matters, "if houses generally use fresh, green grape fs to put on top of their pickles to them sharp and free from mould, d to cover them with a flannel cloth rinse it out every other day. Two ; ago a friend of mine told me that e leaves were much nicer, so I tried i, and shall never try cloth again, e leaves keep pickles the best of iiing I ever found. I change them a week, and the vinegar keeps sharp ilear, and imparts a nice flavor to licklcs. I rinse tho leaves in pure r,and let them drain quite dry, then hem over every place in the jar. exclude the air perfectly, and arc r and cause less work than anything ? Corn Bread in Rhyme. re is a rhymed recipe for corfi bread like the rhyme of the months, will j uch more likely to linger in the busy j of the housewife than any amount | ose on the subject: I'ups of Indian, one cup of wheat, up sour milk, one cup sweet, ;ood egg that well you beat, j i cup molasses, too, , % cup sugar add thereto, . I one spoon or Dutier new, ind soda each a spoon; ip quickly and bake it soon. you'll have corn bread complete, >f all corn bread you'll meet, 1 make your boy's eyes shine j like that boy of mine. 1 have a dozen boys c-rease your household joys, le then this rule I should, ! pou'il have two corn cakes good. i you've nothing else for tea he very thing will be; 1 e men that I oavo seen ; is of cakes the queen? enough for any Icing a husband home can bring; ling up the human stove, ing up the h arts you love; >nly Tyndall can explain nks between corn bread and brain. husband what he likes ave a hundred household strikes, Recipes. s'ger Nuts.?Three pounds of flour, -fourths of a pound of butter rubuto one-half pound of sugar, one of treacle, two ounces of ginger, air a nutmeg, one-fourth of a teaiful of cinnamon. Make the douyh ind kuead it bard lor ten minutes: lto cakes and bake. p.nips in* Gravy.?Peel and boil turnips in salted water, to which f teaspoouful of sugar has been 1. Slice them half an inch thick mt them in a stew-pan with two is of butter to a large vegetable dish f the turnips, shake them until they !jhtly browned. Season with salt, ;r, and a trifle of mace and sugar: over a pint of good, brown gravy, i'hen quite hot serve them in it. steii Soup.?Put two quarts of oysliquor and nil, in a pan, set them on ove to heat, but do not let them or come very near to it. Now draiD e liquor into the soup kettle, and x a pint of new milk, half a pound tter, and a little whole allspice and :r. Have the oysters all this time i they will keep warm, and then o taste, just as you are ready to the soup, and put into the boiled up before the oysters are added, hould always be the last thing put my soup, stew or fricassee where is used, or it is apt to curdle, rs should never be boiled, but only ?d; boiling makes them tough and | ks them up. Useful Hints. ;p salt in a dry place and cheese in box. legar and salt will often restore tar J. nre-seis anu uniss wors ox an , when even the patent preparations remove machine oil from cotton i i rub the spots with hard soap and j rater, as toon as they are observed, I liey can be easily taken out. led potatoes ought to be laid out on I e, and are thcu as good for frying I shing as if freshly cooked. If left 1 d up they will often spoil in one j limp of soda laid upon the drainlown which waste water passes will , nt the clogging of the pipe with ' i, especially if the pipe ??e flooded week with boiling water. removing stains from oilcloth and use kerosene, it win soon evapor- j id Jeavc no odor. Kerosene may j be applied to the most delicate' ^ are sod carpets for ex term footing 1 "vv' - 7 How a Day Is Gained. A 'writer in Chamber'? Journal explaii how a day i3 gaited in a trip around tl world: According to ihe way in whir this arrangement is now carried out, ti first land that the new day dawns on Easter Island, about 230 miles west < Chili?i. c.: The 2d of July breaks hei within a few hours of the first havin broken on the American coast to tl east, and the two days run on alongsic ?the 2d on Easter Island and plan west, the 1st in all places on the Amc ican Continent. AVe may, therefor realize this idea: That at 7:20 o'cloc any morning of our lives in Great Britai the' next day is commencing on tl world, and is to be found in this litt island in the Pacific Ocean, whence i due course it will travel around to u But to have thus the start of the world not an linmitifrntcd advantao-e to thei islanders. Suppose one of them sails eai to America, what is the result? He wi find they keep the day there under a di feicnt date, and he will have to recko oue day of his calendar twice over to pt himself right with their notions. On tl: 01 her hand, if an American crosses fror east to west this wonderful magic lie where the day begins, he will find th dates of this fresh part of the world ai one in advance of him, and he must neec strike a day out of his calendar to kee up with the times. Rice T9. Oatmeal. The Boston Rec<rr<l informs us that ric is taking the place of oatmeal in thi country, and that oatmeal is not ay proved by most thinking hygienists. "W are also told that rice is more easily d gestcd,nutritious and withal amiable fno than oatmeal. This is newspaper chcin istry, which is generally wrong. TIiji may be objections to oatmeal; but to sa that rice is more nutritious is simple nor sense. Oatmeal only lacks fat to make perfect food, and this can readily b t? k..4a? n:? ? 4."l? nuueu uv uuiifi. j\i\;u9 uu tuc utui: hand, lacks not only fat, but all al buminoids. See the analysis of the two Oatmeal contains a higher perccntag of albuminoids than any other grair viz.: 12.6, that of wheat bein 10.8, and of rice none, an less of starch, 58.4, as again? 66.3 in wheat and 86.9 in rice. It ha rather more sugar, 5.4, wheat havin only 4.2, and a good deal more fat, viz. 5.6, against 2.0 in flour, and in rice, O.t Lastly, Baits amount to 3.0 per 'cut. i oats, but only 1.7 in wheat, and 0.0 i rice. As the value of a food depends er tirely upon its albuminoids, it is clearl seen that oatmc::l i* infinitely superior t all other cereals.?Amaican Anah/t'. Delicate Disease* of either sex, however induced, promptly,thoi onphly and permanently c ured. Send 10 cent in stamps for large illustrated t reatise.World' Dispensary Medical Association, WJ3 Mai Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 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Tench Mori; Thnn Books. i " c Among otlier valuable lessons imparted by 1 s < e this teacher is the fact that for a very lone r] iq time Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" sj lias been the prince of liver correctives and p blood purifier.-, being the household physician i ? of the poor man,and the able consulting pliysi- j P' cian to the rich patient, and praised by all for i tc its magnificent service and efficacy in all dis- 1 a} eases of a chronic nature, as malarial poison- I Jj ing, ailments of tho respiratory and digestive , D< svstems, liver disease and in all cases where .% e the use of an alterative remedy is Indicated. ; m jg | 1 Even reckoning maken lasting friends, and I w the way to make reckonings even is to make j sc C them often. J w 1- ConnnniptIon Surely Cared. I 81 ,i To the Editor:?Please inform your readers pi that I have a positive reriledy for the above Ji i- named disease. By its timely use thousands of y ! liopeless caseshave been permanently cured. I | * sliH.lt be glad to send two bottles of ray remerty | j Kit EE to any of your readers who have con- ! n i- sumption If they will send me their Express ! P ? and P. 0. address. Respectfully, n a T. A. SLOCUM, M.C.. 181 f'earl St. N. Y. j ci e ? j _ |.r Chronic Catarrh |TI Cannot be cured by local applications. It is a conC stltutlonal disease and required a constitutional rem- T I edy like Hood's Sarsaparilla, which, working through ^ the blood, eradicate; the Impurity which causes and ^ promotes the dlseaso and soon effects a permanent j f' I cure. At the same time Hood's Sarsaparilla builds ; t | up the whole system and makes you feel renewed in IS I strength and health. Be ruro to get Hood's. <r I "I hare taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for catarrh and j . it has done me a great deal of good. I recommend it j ' to all within iny reach."?Luther d. Robbies, East ! ' Thompson, Ct. II n Hood's Sarsaparilla " i Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only j J | by 0.1. HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. j | IOO Poseo One Dollar I 1 MARVELOUS ! ! MEMORY i DISCOVERY. !.. s Wholly unllk* artificial systems. ^ r. Any book learned in one reading. . oi '> Recommended by Mark Twain, Richard Proctoi, ie the Scientist, Hons. W. W. Astor, .Tudah P. Bkmja- ' . mix, Dr. Minor, ftc. Class of 100 Columbia Law stu- w dents; 200 at Merlden ; 2VI at Norwich;:tfi) at Oberlln _ o College: two ciasws of aw) each at Yale; 400 at University of Tenn, Philn.: -ion at Wellesley College, and three lar^e classes at Chatauqua University, Jtc. Prospectus post krke from ; a PROF. LOISETTE, 337 Elfth At?~ New York. ! 't I If i n R F P 'R ~ A SURE CURE FOR - INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. I i, Over 5.000 Physician* hove sent us their approval of | i, DIOESTYLIN, saying that It Is the best preparation for Indigestion that they have ever used. Wc have never heard of n ease of Dyspepsia wher DIUESTYLIN was taken that was not cured. FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM. IT WILL CURE THE MOST AGGRAVATED CASES i r IT WILL STOP VOMITING IN PREGNANCY. I IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION. I For Summer Complaints and Chronic Diarrhoea, ! which are the direct results of lmporfect digestion, ? DIHESTYLIN will effect an Immediate cure. Talce DYGESTYLIN for all pains and disorders of the .stomach ; thev all come from Indigestion. Ask : \ your druggist for DIGESTYLIN (price fl per large J bottle), ir he does not have It send one dollar to us ! and we will send a bottle to you, express prepaid. I 1 Do not. hesitate to send your money. Our nouse Is 1 > I reliable. Established tweutyflvo years. | WJI. F. KIDDER & CO., ! I HInnufacturlng Cliemlgtn, 83 John 3t.? N. V. r. !! KES WASTE." f PI >ur washing ? I had much less than i-.! t soap do you use ?" j HE ; powder and you will get through ?j* r you." | * ? ron't last half so long; we've tried it. * ! :lcans more easily and quickly than othes last as long again. My folks Pj p 1 mine, but I use it anyhow. I don't lse of my time and back." , your laundress' time and back, or : 30* l l.i 1 Ij b Itu liCi K10V TIHOUlU^ yvnuvn . w ! * i vory Soap received from you is an | urity and more than average cleans- ; g ctfully yours, H. B. CORNWALL, Paorusoa or Chxmistkv. He WARNING. tin ented to be "just at good as the ' Ivor/dec k the peculiar and remarkable qualities of OI sist upon getting it. Procter L Gambia. " . DAYLIGHT. aK/) f If a gentleman by r the name of Day I -?.,>?/ volunteers to throw e %iJ f the light of his ex- B perience into the Hi darkened places of j misery, so that {'eer others muy go and mi "* ^ do as he has done fu and enjoy life, may rel not be reasonably called daylight? J? s for instance, take the case of Captain Cc irgent 8. Day, Gloucester, Mass., who c< rites April 16, 1881: "Some time ago I . as suffering with rheumatism. I used a nail portion of St. Jacobs Oil and was cured ; once. I have used it for sprains and never " ice have known it to fail. I will never be 3T? ithout a bottle." Captain Day also re:ived a circular letter, and in reply under ite of July 1,1887, he says: "I used the R il as stated and was permanently cured of ' leumatism by its use." During the inter- ' ? ;ning six years there had been no recur- P* ince of the pain. Also a letter from Mr. H. It Converse, of the barren (Mass.) rerald, dated July A4g t 1887, as follows: W >J-f \ r_ ?? i- * 'ik V. nit LI1 rcspwusc W fj-n IT i JTl %\\ ?f sure of June 22, \\ t,,, ould say that in \M 8r 80 my wife had a > X&^t^SSSx i!)W\ bu by ere attack of wLn. Jc tieumatism in Xg? Hi loulder and arm. > that she couJd . Dt raise her hand wt] i her head. A few xjr.~3g?S$2r Bil jplications of St, -> ?1 icobs Oil cured her j ermanently, and she has had no return of iar ." Another case is that of Mr. R. B. Kyle, j[i ower Hill, Appomattox county, Va., who 5jf rites. November, 1886: "Was afflicted for i iveral years with rheumatism and grew H orse all the time. Eminent physicians ivo no relief; had spasms, and was not ex- C acted to live; was rubbed all over with St. H icobs Oil. The first application relieved, le second removed the pain, continued use _ jred me; no relapse in nve years, and do as bo tuch work as ever." These are proofs of the Co erfection of the remedy, and, taken in conection with the miracles performed in other : "e isea, it has no equal. j t&i IE WONDERFUL "tWREH" EMEIIIES. K! he Greatest Discovery of the Age. % ~~~~~~~" : pr< J.i.mn "It's only a eo'd I shall be the Ab! how many have Mid ' <U.' BWr that to wnlce up lii the inorn- Pi] fTr^l}| lng with a raging fever and nil the 'V ^ mnd of the symptoms of that dread Fu SV4 yk v!5a3 destroyer, Pneumonia. Sir R?>- fZA flHf J Why not make assurance eat v2n doublv sure, and (tot a bottle Vi/ IB?rX8^MB of the wonderful K-Wren Pa iffmftmnarlW Balsam, w hich, If taken nei ln ">??, will cure a cold In n 1 u |U|Hnm single night. Testimonials b i S?Z5i the thousands, telling of the th< jr^HLT?5f?uB wonderful cures effected by i j these remedies, could lie given If space won?d permit It I- \ sh^er madness?It Is worse. It CI JWuilBBn Is suicide?to let that hacking 0,1 li>r*TJ' 11 rough go, when a bottle of tho ' |\li?l I 4 wonderful K-iVrcn Cough ' ^ AbkMaAMd Balsam will five almost in gtjuit relief. H The Troches are for day use, and the more powerful E ilsam to be used nt night and morning. B K-Wren Troches cure hoarseness Instantaneously. M A family where there are youug children might as I ell be without flour ln the house as the K-Wren I Dug n Balsam and Troches, for croup and sore throat I and no chance before them, any more than any I her disease of the throat and luugs. Clergymen, I ibllc singers, actors and lawyers pronounce them ] mply Indispensable. ' All druggists keep them, and In places where there e no drug stores the K-Wren Troches will be mailed i receipt of price, postpaid. The Balsam will be nt by express, charges prepaid, when ordering six more bott es at a time, K-Wren Troches, price 10, IS and 25 cents per box. K-Wren Cough fials m. price 50 cents and (1 per >ttle. CHARLES D. KEEP, Bole Agent. 49 Exchange Place. N. T. lei ffa . ,y igmAflMMMci be ha I ih.I Ha ||H alt i Don't allow yourself to break. Keep up ^ South, Health, Vigor. At first signs of going j\eJ back, begin use ofwells' Health Rxnewib. For weak men, delicate women. Renews en- ji, srgy. Cures Dyspepsia, Mental or Physical ?'? Weakness, Nervous and General Debility. zc! Fever and Ague. Nice to take, true merit, un- *5} squalod forTORPID LIVER and HICHT S?, BWEAT8, Leanness, Nervous Prostration, * , heavy labored or restless sleep, exhausted, * tired, languid, faint, "ALL GONE " feeling, co iistress in the back or head. Wind on bowels ( ?r stomach. $1., 8 for 55. Druggists or Ex- * press. E. S, Wells. Jersey C'fv.N. J.. U. ?. A. fro 1ROPSY1 In W~TREATED FREE. }? Have treated Dropsy and its complications pr, with most wonderful success; use vegetable ^ remedies, entirely harmless. Remove all JJl? nptoms of Dropsy In a to '?0 days. Cure patients | V mouueed hopeless by the best pnyslcians. From anc t dose symptoms rapidly disappear, and In ten etai is at least two-thirds Of all symptoms are ro- Dla vcd. Some may cry humbug without knowing farthing about It. Remcml>er It costs you nothing realize the n erlt of our treatment for yourself. tt * are constantly curing cases of long standing? r es that have been tapped a number of times and The patient declared unable to llvj a week. Ulve Go i nlstorv of case, name, age, sex, how long j; , lcted, etc. Send for free pamphlet containing "J?, ilmonlals. Ten days' treatment furnished free ,jlrl mall. If you order trial you must return thl j ad tlsement to us with 10 ccnts In stamps to pay tago. Epilepsy (Fits) positively cured. II. II. <iItEEN & SSO.VS, M. D?., whi ntral notel. vt51 G'nual St., N Y. and IE GEM CRXrOK. S,$ X DOIiLAKSj size .8x22, wlitli :t-lneh frame. wh< ir choice gilt or flowered oak. C. 0. D. charges edy freight and boxing. May Inspect and return If of satisfactory. Would cost $12 through traveling flwa nts. No deposit. Send photograph direct. THE _ n M CRAYON. i?S East 14th Street, Xew York City ? RAZER^ ; 1ST IN THE WORLD U el S. ft O fc If tar Get tlio Genuine. Sold Everywhere. j Ul USm'a Dill a Great English Gout and ! F( tail S rlllS* Rheumatic Remedy, j ^ Oval Box, 311 ronnd, 14 Pilla. afj,, npo* By return mall. Full Description j >S< V k fa Moodj'i New Tailor Kj?tem of l>reM ; for ) tb Cutting. MOODY 4 CO., Cincinnati, 0. | in Blft An Increase mav be due. Ad- boo P5aN!aH3c\dress Mn.o B. Stkvkns & Co., m bll Urorer Hdy, WimDlngt'n.D.C jf RBRAND FIFTH WHEEiriS'c.,?S5S ? rovement. II Kit BRA Nl> CO., Fremont, O. UyJIS' Dnsiuett* College, Phlla., Pa. Sliua R lout luii.i.c 5>caoiur.-;in?, $ 10. Write || 5 to SH a day. Samples worth $1.50, FREE , w Lim n not under the horse'* feet. Wrlto i?ra Brewster Safetyjleln Holder Co., Holly. Mich. Soldier* k Heirs. Send stamp iltftFfl PIS r"r '"Ireulars. COL. L. 1WNU othu a E9wiU IBw H AM, Att'y, Wauhlntfton, l?. r. 'jfjfil OLD Is worth $300 per lb. Tettlt'i Eye SalT* Is worm $1,(A>J, but Is sold at 25e. a box oy dealers _ MFU WANTED to handle .h.-Krer. Sail 33 "I"" )lo:ii.'y hu>iiig wurx, ci>iuI'lelf t * " ' J+M10 "llor-c liuok ?Xr StorU?l)or?or." puriiiieuls. ?M) KmmtvlnifH. Sales Fiire ami fast. HJl? layH lime. X. 1). Thqki-son l'm.Cu.. New York. KHL AnCj FOR ALL. J-i-.'a week aiitl c.\|>fnsiH [ ? H IKK Pald- Valuable outfit marl partli-ulhi'4 I Bft 4# a I la free. P, 0. VlC'KKHY. August^ M<*- VI 1888?EVERY LADY SHO PETERSON'S THE BEST AND MOST POPULAR LAI Among ITS CONTRIBUTORS aro Prank Len J C'lelland, Kdear Fawcett, Alice Bowman, Mm. Lucy H. Ho ITS STORIES, NOVELETS, etc., aro admitted to ITS STEEL-ENGRAVINGS ore tho fleet* publidh ITS FASHION AND WORK-TABLE DEPAR fa'; it also gives a FULL-SIZE DRESS-PATTER? oration, garden, nurecry. kitchen, etc., making It iiivalual TEK.MS) 82.OO A YEAR, with great reductions to 5TTINQ UP CLUBS. Banijjle-coplw frea to tho?e wist PETE etfci; tblfl paper. 30 rj Railway's n n Heady Relief .Jf n from one to twenty minutes never falls to rave Pnln with one thorough application. No mat how violent or excruciating the pain, the Rheu> tic, Bedridden, Inllnn. Crippled, Nervous, Neural: or prostrated with disease may suffer, Kadway's -ady Relief win afford Instant ease. It instantly levea and soon cures heumatism, Neuralgia, molts, Colds, tld in the IIea<l. Sore Throat, it limn, Bronchitis, tieumonia, Sciatica, end ache, Inflammations, wthache, Congestions, DIFFICULT BREATHING. adtcau's Readv Relief is a Cure r every Pain, Sprains, Bruises, tins in the Back, <he-at or Limbs. ten* the First and Is the Only PAIN REMEDY at Instantly stop* the most, excruciating pains, &1* Inflammations, and cures Congestions, whether the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels or other glands or rans by one application. NTERNALLY, a half to a teaspoonfui In half a nbier of water will In a few minutes cure Cramp*. asms, 80ur 8tomach, Nausea, Vomltinst, Heartrn. Nervousness, Sleeplessness, 8lck Hendache, irrhcea. Oolic, Flatulency and all Internal pains. MARIA IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS VUREO ANO PREVENTED. "here Is not a remedial spent in the world that I cure Few and Ague and all other Malarious, ions and other fevera. aided by RAD WAY'S KILIEF? QUiCkJy " RAD WAY'S READY LR.K. not only enres the patient seised with Msla, but if people expose.) to the Malarial poison v II every morning take 20 < r 30 drops of Beady lief In water, ana eat, say a cracker, before going t, they will prevent attacks. rice 50 cents per bottle. Sold by druggists. tADWAY'S PILLS The Great Liver aril Stormii HenjJ/ r the enre of all disorder* of tho Stomach, LIvj? wels. Kidneys, Bladder. Nervous Diseasss, Female mplaints. Loss of Am elite, Headache, Cons tipsn. Costlveneea, Indirection, Biliousness, lew, lamination of the Bo wo Is, Piles and all deraugeintaof the Internal Yiv-era. Purely vegetable, oo:ining no mercury, mineral! 0.' deleterious drags. iHFECT DIGESTION by taking Railway"! Is. By so doing SICK HEADACHE, spepsia, Foul Stomach. Biliousness will be avoided. d the food-that Is eaten contributes Its nourlshlnc i^ertles for the support of the natural wast* of r Observe the following symptoms rt suiting from ease of the Digestive Organs: Constipation, Inward es. Fullness of the Blood In the H?*d, Acidity of > Stomach. Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust of Food, linens or Weight lu the Stomach. Soar Eructai loci, iking or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or Suffo:lng Sensations when in a lying posture, Dimness o( ilon, Dots or Webs before the Bight, Fever and Dull In In the Head. Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellow is of the Skin and Eyes.Paln In the 31de,Chest,Umbi d Sudden Flashes of Eeat. Burning In the F eah. L few doses of RADWAY'S PlliLS wtl free svstem of all the above named disorders. *rlce25 cents per box. Sold by all drugtfita. ySend a letter stamp to DR. RAD WAT A No. 3'i Warren Street. New York, for r Book of Advice. *.'iiK >1 lit TO GET RAD WAY'S. Ill HAT |f AILS YOU? 1 Do you feel dull, languid, low-spirited, lifesa, and Indescribably miserable, both physilly and mentally; experience a sense of llnees or bloating' after eating, or of "gt?eaa," or emptiness of stomach In the mornar, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in suth. irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent adacnes, blurred eyesight," floating specks " fore the eyes, nervous prostration or exustion, irritability of temper, hot flushes, ernating with chilly sensations, sharn Jng, transient pains nere and there, cola it, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or iturbed and unrefreshing sleep, constant, lescribable feeling of dread, or of lmpendt calamity ? t you have all, or any considerable number these symptoms, you are suffering from it most common of American maladies? lious r%'8pep8io, or Torpid Liver, associated tb Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more vmplicated your disease has become, the jater the number and diversity of symprta. No matter what stage it nas reached, r. Pierce's Golden medical Discovery U subdue if, if taken according to direcns for a reasonable length of time. If net red, complications multiply and Consumpn of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart Disease, leumatlsm, Kidney Disease, or other grave lladies are quite liable to set in and, sooner later, induce a fatal termination. Or. Pierce's Goldeu medical Dievery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and ough that great blood - purifying organ, anses the system of all blood-taints and 1 rarities, from whatever cause arising. It is jally efficacious in acting upon the Kidrs, and other excretory organs, cleansing, engthening, and healing their diseases. As appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes :estion ana nutrition, thereby building up th tlesh and strength. In malarial districts, s wonderful medicine has gained great ebrlty in curing Fever and Ague, Chills and ver, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases. >r. Pierce's Golden medical Dls* very 3URES ALL HUMORS, ro a common Blotch, or Eruption, to the rst 8crofula. Salt-rheum, "Fever-sores," Jy or Rough Skin, in short, all diseases tsed by bad blood are conquered by this verful, purifying, and invigorating medie. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under benign influence. Especially has it manU ted its potency in curing Tetter, Eczema, sipelas. Bolls, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Scrof us Sores and Swellings, Hip-joint Disease, fhite Swellings," Goitre, or Thick Neck, I Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in rnps for a large Treatise, with colored tes, on Skin Disease, or the same amount a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections. OR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE." >roughlv cleanse it by using Dr. Pierce'* lden lUedical Discovery, and good estion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital ;ngth and bodily health will be established. CONSUMPTION, ich is Scrofula of the Langs, Is arrested i cured by this remedy, if taken in the lier stages of the disease. From Its marjus power over this terribly fatal disease, :n first offering this now world-famed rema it. 1,1:n LU LliU pu U1IL", JL/i. lllUUg lit, OCHWUQ1J calling it liis " Consumption Cure," but ndoned that name as too restrictive for ledlcino which, from its wonderful comltion of tonic, or strengthening, alterative, alood-cleaneing, anti-bilious, pectoral, and ritive properties, is unequaled, not only i remedv for Consumption, but for all route DiBcancii of the f ver, Blood, and Lungs. or Weak Lunm, Spitting of Blood, Shorti of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Bronis. Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred ctions, it is an efficient remedy. )ld by Druggists, at $1.00, or Six Bottle* 85.00. V~ Send ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce'i k on Consumption. Address, orld's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 ItXain St., BUFFALO, NJT. CURE FITS! Iter. L t.ny cure 1 (Jo u> t moan Barely to stop tbera time and then have them return again.]I mean * si cure, I have made tlm oi rlTs, Ll'Xlr Y or FALLING SICKNESS a lifolong btndy. I snt my remedy io euro the wore* ouea. BscaaM rs hnvH fulled is no reason for not new receiving a S nd at one* for a treatise and ft Free BottW t inti'HiMe remedy. I live Express and Poet Office. .'. U(K>'!'. l'?K l'eurl sr. New York. . T (T tfvJ T* S> Ol.talr.i'd. Sftul ?tamp for i i Si sw 9 *3 Inventors' Guide. I.. Dimsm, i'aient AUorr.ev, wu*lilni:t<>Tt. l?. r. %IS!2?UB Morphine HbIiII Cmvd in lO 'SSilifl lo diV4* mv "H ^orri. ItflfH I>r. J. blephcu*, 1-cbonon.Ohio. ULD TAKE IT?2838 RRAAA flfcir HIAbA?IN? )Y'S-MAGA2INE IN AMERICA. lenodirt, Rnborca Harding Davis, Miss M. Q, opor, and ? hoft of other talented writer*. tip the beet published. ed anywhere. 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