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PARLOR MAGIC. I AMUSEMENT FOR THE LONG ! WINTER EVENINGS. I Broil Tricks and- Exhibitions of Natural Science.?Performan- j oes that are Entertainine and Simple. I The Boston Htrald gives a number of ! droll tricks and curious exhibitions in j natural science for j arlor entertainment' during the long winter evenings We make the following selections: A DROLL TRICK. You take six pieces of paper; place three of them on the back of your hand, and, as a preliminary operation, blow them away with an air of great mystery, ; informing your andicnce at the same time that you are about to explain to 1 them some new kind of magnetism. Then, placing the other three pieces on your hand, you say: " AVhich of the three pieces do the conipitny desire shall remain on my hand when I blow on them ?" When one has been selected, j you place the forefinger of your other hand upon it and blow the other pieces j i way. The absurdity of this mode of solving this problem is sure to create j much merriment. j i TIIE WOXDKKFI L HAT. 1'nnn a table nlacc three uieces of bread, or any other eatable, at a little : distance from each other, and cover each j with a hilt: take up the lirst hat, and ' removing the bread put it in your mouth, I letting the company see that you swal-j low it; then raise the second hat, and < eat the bread which was under that, \ then proceed to the third hat in the same ! j manner. Having eaten the three pieces, j ask any person in the company to choose ( which hat he would like the three pieces f of bread to bo under, and when In- has , made his choice of one of the hats Mil , it on your head, and a-k h m if he do s not think they are under it. rvncuiMi'VTfl IV k'l fcTTTliriTV. Take a piece of common brown paper, I hold it before the fire until quit? dry i and hot, then draw it briskly under t lie 1 irm several times, so as to rub it on both : ] rides at once by the coat. The paper i will be found so powerfully electrified 1 that if placed against a wainscoted or ; 1 papered wall of a room, it will remain : there some minutes without falling. i warm two pieces 01 wane p;i|>i;i ai me < fire, place them upon each other, on a ; 1 table or book, and rub strongly the upper ! 1 paper with India rubber,when the papers will be found so stronsjly electrical as to ! 1 be separated only by force. If torn ' i asunder in the dark, they will give out ] the electric spark. j ] MiMfira ?nTrnv? i 1 Procure a basin of milk warm water, I throw into it lialf a dozen pieccs of cam- ; fthor about the siz.e of a pea; in a minute . hey will be^in to move, and acquire a j , rotary and progressive motion, which will continue for a considerable time. Cam- j 1 phor, being hi<rhlv combustible, will burn, if ignited, while floating upon j water, producing a singular effect. RING 8USPKNDED BY A IM'ltNT TFIREAP. ' Put a teaspoonful of sal! in a wineglass- '. ful of water; stir it up and place it in i lome coarse sewing cotton, say No. 10; in about an hour take the thread out aud dry it. Tic a piece of tins prepared cot- j ] ? -?11 ? v..1,1 :< , *uu tu <1 oiuaii ii'.'ivi iv uiiu ow 11 iv> . < to the thread. When it h:i9 burnt out, j ; the ring will not fall, but remain sus- j i pended. TO STAND AN EGO UPRIGHT. j \ The unceremonious manner in which : the greAt navigator performed the feat; I 5f making an egg stand upright, by i breaking one end. is familiar to all who J have read the anecdote of "Columbus and 1 the Egg." Evidently at that time it was 1 ?onsiciered impossible to stand an egg on its point. Su h is not the case, however. | ' By taking an egg (u long one is the best), i1 ?nd well shaking it. so that the yolk may i be broken and mixed with the white, it ' ;an be balanced by any one with a steady ! band upon its broad end. A piece of;' ilate or any smooth and even surface is (: bes?t adapted for this experiment. THE DOUBLED COIN. Half fill a glass with water and put j 1 t dime or quarter into it ; cover uie glass with a plate, upon which placc one hand, , f while you hold the glass with the other; i turn the glass upside down, so that none 11 Df the water may escape: place it upon a < table, and you will see the coin at the ] bottom larger than it is in reality, and s mother will appear, of the natural size. ] I little above it. TIIK INVERTED GLASS OK WATER. j This little experiment affords at the ?ame time amusement und iustrur *ion. j Wipe a wine glass perfectly dry, then j ] {lour water into it until it is full; inded, ( f care be taken to have the glass qm.e i bright, it may be filled above the brim. ; j Now take a card, carefully place it upon i , top of the water, and press it on the rim of the glass. If this be cleverly done, ] there will be no air bubble between the ] card and the water; and if the glass l;e , more than full, this can be with cer- . taintv ftcromnlished NTnw dovterotislv turn the glass up-idcdowu,kecpingthelin- 'j per on the curd the while. This beingdouc, , the finger can l>e removed from the card, ?nd yet the water will not run out. nor j will the card fall away. No air can get into the glass, and, as a consequence, no . water can run out. If the glas<3, still inverted, be placed upon a tray, the card j i can be slipped away, and yet no water | flow out. In this way you can hand a ;: glass of water to a friend, but he can not !! remove it without spilling the whole. rO TLACE WATER IN A GLASS VPSJDF. j DOWN. Procure a plate, a tumbler :iud a small ! piece of ti&sue paper. Set the plate on ? table, and pour water into it up to the j first rim. Mow, slightly crumple up the : paper, and place it in the glass; then set t it on the fire. When it is burnt out, or, j rather, just as the last flame disappears, ! turn the g'ass cjuickly upside down into the water. The water will rush up into , the glass. IMMOVABLE CARD. | Take an ordinary visiting card and ! bend over each end about a quarter of an irtr>h stand it. noon the tnlile na the two feet thus made, and a*k any person to | blow it over. This seems easy enough, i but it may be tried a long time without j success. It i*. however, to be done by i blowing sharp!y on the table at some dis- I tance from the card. GETTING A DIME OCT OKA WIKE GLA?6. How to get a dime out of a wine glass without touching either one might seem A difficult task to one who did not know the trick. The feat is at cotnplished by putting it into the glass, mid over it u rmall silver quarter dollar, and then blowing into '-he glass very hard. LIOnTlXO THK CAXDI.K. Plarc two persons on their knees, opposite to earb other. Ea-h to kneel on ?oc knee with the other leg in the air. Givfl to one of them a lighted candle, and request him to lighttbfitof tlieother pejroa, This is exceedingly difficult to do, each being poised on one knee, and i liable to tumble over at the slightest dia- J arrangement of position. WORDS OF WISDOM Evil-doers try to get others to do evil; j they do not like to be alone. Those who would be kept from harm should keep out of harm's way. ' ? * ? <? " -* nf "An l'llP f A? 1 n . Cleverness is ? suit ?n gcuivu iui ?" i strumentality. It is the brain of the hand. There are those who never reason on what they should do, but on what (hey ! have done. 1 He who says there is no such thine as . an honest man. you may be sure is him- ! self a kuave. Most of the shadows that cross our path ! through life are caused by standing in : our own light. Better to be despised for too anxious i apprehensions, than ruined by too con- ; lident a security. rn^L-nnintr mdlrm lnstinff frifitld9 ! U.v;.. . e . and the way to make reckonings even is ! to make them often. The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he under- ! stands their arguments and sympathizes : with then feelings. A good souled child is a fortress cf I strength between its parents and sin. j The barest stump is beautiful when overrun by the honeysuckle. ti _ .1 Ze..l ,1 ' J>e uxicuriiu, null OCCIV uut v.*vv?u?i ; help, nor give the tranquility which others give. A man must 9tand erect, | uot be kept erect by others. Good nature shows virtue in the fair- j est light, takes oil in some measure from the deformity of vice, and makes even folly and impertinence supportable. He who longs after good precepts is quickened in his imagination and itrengtiicned in his expression. The vine j .< liir.li rrvnnra in tllO Clin it; (}lA fllliPSt. fit iuvu fs*""-' : ap :ib(1 sweetest of fruit. Self-Murder by Explosions. The suicide of the Anarchist Lingg, l)y means of a detonator exploded in his | :n until, is not the first self-murder of its ; kiud. Thus, in 1870, a native of Alsace | put a dynamite cartridge into his mouth I vtid tired it, with the result of blowing I liis head and the upper part of his body to pieces. In June the same year, at Wickham Market, in Suffolk, a woman named Solomon, the wife Of an oil mer- ! :hant, purchased a quantity of gunpower, j ind having made a circle of it and placed j herself in the midst she fired the powder, j l'he experiment was unsuccessful; only slight injuries were inflicted on the wo- j nan. Thereupon she went to an out- ! liouse, and putting a quautity of gun powder into a pail, placed herself over : the bucket and applied a match. On j this occasion her injuries were more j severe, but for her purpose the explosion I was again a failure, and so she hacked at Iter throat with a knife. She was found 1 in a most lamentable condition, and died : next day. At JNltsiiin, in ocotiana, in uciooer ui ; Lhc same year, n miner named Duucan j obtained some dynamite and blasting : fuse aud went into the street, where he j placed the dynamite on the ground, i leaned over it and lighted the fuse. At ! this moment some boys, attracted by his ! unusual attitude, came toward him. j "Keep back," shouted Duncan, "for the 1 love of God, or you will be blown into I eternity!" The boys slood aloof; in a few moments there was a loud explosion j md Duncan was blown to atoms. In September, 1881, a miner at Runcorn i tilled his mouth with gunpowder, ignited it with a match and succeeded in blow- J ing the top of his head off. An almost j identical instance occurred in 1883 at Canterbury, when a waiter named Simmons destroyed himself by exploding a quantity of gunpowder in his mouth. A more elaborate application of explosives to the purposes of suicide and j murder combined was recorded tne same year. At Dunedin, New Zealand, a ; ilurk named Stephenson, who had l>een i separated from his wife for some time on ' iccount of drunkenness, met her in the ! street, and exploded a dynamite cartridge . close to her head, his own head being 1 placed at the same moment very near to tiers: Both were almost completely bl'jwn off. In the year 1884 three suicides of this sort wore recorded. One was committed | in June, at Munich, by a soldier of the ! Havarian Field Artillery, who had mis- [ conducted himself and wished to avoid ( punishment. lie loaded a cannon with j some gunpowuer ana pieces 01 iron, ana, placing himself in front of it, filed it. 1 .\nother case occurred in the Bois de j Boulogne the 6amc month, when a man : blew himself to pieces by exploding an I iron box capable of containing about ten i pounds of gunpowder. But the most i remarkable case occurred on the West i Coast of Africa. The King of Falaha i being attacked by a Mohammedan force, I ind finding resistance impo ssible, he as- ! >embled his family and principal officers, i uid al ter addressing them and intimating } liis determination never to accept Mo- j liainin<-dani.sin, and inviting those who j lid not agree with him to go away, he j innlied a match to a lanre Quantity of gunpowder collected for the purpose.and j blew the palace and all who were in it to pieces.?H. James's Gazette. Costly Dinners. The fees demanded by eminent New j York lawyers are seldom small. A prominent lawyer relates that in a matter of litigation he recently called in the ^er.iccs of a distinguished Wall street , attorney, whose career in public life has ; given him great prominence. The affair j terminated in a settlement outside of the court, perming wmcn some uinners were i given, at which the principals and their | attorneys came together. When tlic banker asked for his bill from the attorney i the figures were $15,000. It struck the { man of money that this was a trifle high, ! and he asked for an itemized account, j The itemized bill read as follows: To retainer ?5,0* 0 , To attendance 011 five dinners at Delmonico's, $2,000 each 10,CO) Total 115,000 The banker is not likely to invite law- I yers to dinner hereafter. Great Peaks Still Left to Climb. Although Dr. Meyer has succeeded in 1 making the a^ent of Kibo, the highest ; jR-ak 011 the lvilima-Njaro range, there is , An/toumn f/\r nnv nnfp.rl A Ininp rlimhcr IJU Vl-V/rt^V?l ?v. ??J V.....WV. | to sit down and weep because there are ! 110 other mountains to conquer. The Alps, the Andes. Mt. Cook in New Zea- [ laud and Kilima-Njaro arc all giants, certainly, but they are dwarfed by some of j the Thibetan mountains. Mr. Graham I ascended one or two of those a few years ago, but he failed to reach the top of the Kinchinjunga, which is 8,000 feet higher than Kil>o, and Mt. Everest, the highe-t peak in the world, is still virgin soil. In the Himalayan range there are more than jifty peaks that rise to a gieater altitude than Kilima-Njaro, which Dr. Meyer es- ' tiniates close upon 20,0<i0 feet. The Alpine clubs should eatuhlish branches In Central AsiaJameft Gaxtte. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. ' Sweet Potato Pudding Recipe. j Oh, bring me from far in a Southern clime i The 6weetest potatoes that ever grew; Such apples of earth as the olden time In its visions and prophecy envied the new I And wash them with lady-like, lily hands, Till they look as pure as the saffron light, i Tnat falls in the summer on fairy lands, JbYoni the moon in the aeptn 01 a ciouuie? | night And let them be next of their skins be i guiled, But tenderly strip off the earthy vest, As if you were flaying a sleeping-child, And cautious of breaking its gentle rest And let them be pulverized next by the skil' i Of the same white hands and the grater> power; And a heaping-up tablespoon five times fill j With the precious results of their goldt1 ] flourOf boiling not milk add a full quart cup, And next, with five eggs in a separat bowl, Beat five tablespoonfuls of sugar up, And stir them well in with the foamin whole. nf oqi 1 Aa rnsfl* Of Bait a teaspoon f ul; and after these, Of butter an egg-sized morsel; and close With a flavor of nutmeg, as much as yoi' please. Then bake it?tis pudding?I pause at tL name To reflect on the puddings of days that ar j past, And the prospects of more, which, aspirin to fame, And failing, I've lost to go hungry at last ?New York Knickerbocker. Sirs. Cleveland's Brown Brea Recipe. The following is the recipe of tb President's wife for making brown i bread: I One bowl Indian meal. One bowl rye flour. Oue bowl sour milk. Oue large cup molasses. One teaspoonful so la. One tablespoonful salt Steam two and one-half hours, and bake from twenty minutes to one-half hour, de \ pending upon heat of oven. F. F. Cleveland. i Useful Hints. Rubbing with celery is said to remove : the smell of onions from the hand. Highly-polished brass may be kept absolutely bright and free from tarnish by thinly coating the articles with a varnish nf bleached shellac and alcohol. If a bedstead creaks at each movement! of the sleeper, remove the slats and wrap j the end9 of each in old newspapers. This will prove a complete silencer. Never wash a jelly bag with soap, or a . strainer cloth, a pudding big or dump-1 ling nets. The next thing that is put j into or passed through these things will surely taste of the flavoring of alkali. To tell cake in the oven, draw it gently forward and put the car close to the loaf; if it is not done there will be a * 1 1 - ? ? - ? ^ ?"? -? in Utile sputtering suuuu; wucu n, 10 mvioughly baked there will be no sound. To brighten a Brussels, or any carpet that is faded, sponge in a mixture of one part ox-gall to two parts water. This is excellent. A lady recently bought a j nmch faded carpet (Brussels) at a second- I hand store, and restored it to almost its original beauty in this way. To remove " red mites" from canaries, hang a piece of new white flannel in the cage at niyht, next the perch, so that it shades the bird from the light. In the morning you will find a few mites on the flannel; wa-h, or put in a new piece the following night, and continue doing so until they are nil removed. It is also j well to scald the cage. The perches j should be of red cedar wood. Prof. Brinton says that the very ocst; thing for a sprain is to put the limb into a vessel of very hot water immediately, then adding boiling water as ic can be borne. Keep the part immersed for twenty minutes, or until the pain subsides; then apply a tight bandage and order rest. Sometimes the joint can he used in twelve hours. If necessary, i use a silicate of sodium dressing. I Somet mes the lnmpwiek will obsti- j nately refuse to be turned up in an or- i de:ly manner. It will seem firmly wedged i at one side, while the other will run up j Ill a |;OJni, CUUblllg WCUIIIICW anu | tion of spirit. To overcome this depravity take a new wick, draw out a single tlirea.l near the selvage, and the wick will be found quite tractable when introduced into the burner. The cogs will take it up p operly, and it will appear in good form and give an even flame when lighted. The Sacred Bo Tree Shattered. A letter from Ceylon tays that the sacred Ho tree of Anuraithapura, the most ancient and authentic relic of Gaut:ima, and probably the most aged tree : ? *l... m/M.l/1 l>.,c lwmn cVi!>(ti>r?>rl in n stonn. The district of Anuradhapura suffered the pa>t year, as it frequently docs, from a continuous drought of eight months. October 4 the inhabitants were biiblim by b--at of tom-tom to assemble at the lio tree and pray for rain. The same night, apparently before the invocation, the storm broke with viol nt wind, lightning, thunder and rain. The ma.n branch of the sacred tree was severed, leaving only a stem of four fcct. Whennver a nart of the Bo tree dies it receives last rites similar to those paid to kings and priests, the most honored of mankint ?it is cremated. This ceremony took place with full honors October <>. Early in the morning two men called kapuwas -(cutters), arrayed in suits of black, arrived at the tree. They covered 1 p their mouths with black handkerchiefs, tying the ends at the back of their heads, and with a small crosscut saw divided the broken b:anch. Two tom-tom beaters supplied the music. The branch was sawn into convenient pieccs and loaded in a cart prepared for the purpose with white cloth ceiling, etc. Thus was it borne in j>erahera (solemn procession) to the Thuparama Dagoba, wliere the cremation of the lo.al chief priests is wont to be held. The ashes were reverently carried to Ihe tank of Ttsawena, hard by, and there dissolved. The remnant of the tree now ic< eived its appropriate treatment. Women bore water for the bathing of the bleeding trunk, and on the following night the Pirit, service, for the exorcism of evil spirits, was solemnly performed at the time-honored site, where the remaining stem, though probably un ,:ii blgllliy LUrt, ?III it! HIII15 nau ' all the vitality of the Fieus religiosa. Harnessing a Snow-Slide. Captain Jackson, of the Belle of the West, has a novel idea. High up in Full Moon Gulch, in a point almost inaccessible to animals, the Belle of the West people have secured some timber. In midwinter this gulch is a prolific breoder of untamed snow-slides. The captain's plan is simply to fell the timber on the newly fallen snow in the gulch and let each successive siide carry its burden to tne parK dciow. nnow-nuucs, ime ngin,ning, have often been instruments of destruction, sure and pitiless as fate itself, but. this is the first time we have heard man propose to use their latent power for useful ends. The next thing we know, scsne daring individual will be hoisting ore with a wuter-spout.?(m ay (Cai.) Budget. A Magnetic Air Current. About three years ago the Texas and Pacific Railway Company undertook to sink an artesian well a few miles east of Sierra Blanco, which is a little hamlet ninety-five miles east of El Paso. The workmen put the pipe down about 000 feet, when suddenly an underground cavern was struck, the drill dropped about six feet,and a current of air rushed up the pipe. Drilling ceased and the well was abandoned, the (>00 feet 01 pipe remaining in the ground and giving a connection between the surfacc of the earth and the subterranean cavity a quarter of a mile beneath. The phenomenon did not at that time attract the attention of any one sufficiently interested to investigate. Recently, however, Superintendent Judy's attention was called to it, and his personal examination and inquiries have developed peculiar facts and testimony about the wonderful well. Governor Bfown stopped to see it on his wav here. ?T A 1. 4.x. ~ i>oi miiny peupie live ucai ius ?cn, uuthose who do reside near the neighborhood of it are thoroughly acquainted with it. Ever since it was abandoned, three years ago, the people near bj have been in the habit of going and sitting about the well in summer to enjoy the cool and invigorating air that rushes up the pipe. One of the strangest things is the fact that the currcnt of air ebbs and flows like the ocean tides. From 10:15 a. m. to 10:15 p. m. a current of air *?/>o r\f fVio niti/i ruitVi a sound that resembles the noise made by a locomotive blowing off steam, so loud that it can be beard forty or fifty yards. At 10: 1!) P. M. the overflow of nir cea?cs and a strong suction sets in, which lasts for the next twenty-four hours, this ebb and flow continuing day after day. It h:is been observed by horsemen that whenever they get in the neighborhood of the well strong magnetic forces are felt and sparks are given off if the horse's mane is touched. Recently amnn from Sierra Blanco was sitting close to the well, and on taking out his | ockct-knife found a nail which he had in his pocket clinging to the knife. He held the knife in the current of air, and found the magnetic property was greatly increase-!. Several weeks ago Superintendent Judy held his pocket-knife in the current of nir for four minntes, and the knife is still strongly magnetized from the effect. The outflowing current of air is bc'ievcd to possess remarkable curative proper-a? l.? Kit tits. lis cini'iiij in iu nc icsvcu uj *>apcriments upon cas<s of paralysis and other diseases. The people who live near the wonderful well call itthe "fountain of youth."?Oalve ton News. Gems in Ant Hills. "There is an original garnet mine, and the miner as well." said my companion, as we were riding among the mountains of New Mexico. Following the direction of his glance I saw a tall, well-formed Navajo Indian standing motionless by what appeared to be a small sand heap. Wishing to in estigate we drew nearer, and found that the statuesque native was watching one of the many ant hills that dot the country through New Mexico and Ari/ona as well. As we approached he hardly looked up, appearing indifferent after the fashion of his race, and his object was still an enigma, at least to me. The Navajo tribe had never produced a naturalist, and it was hardly possible that he had been studving the habits of the active inserts. Perhaps he was trying to collect enough for dinner?Indians nave ucen Known to eai anis. jjui mis Indian was after all, a close observer, and was reaping his reward, for when I asked him what he was do:ng he held out a small bag, the contents of which I turned ont upon my hand?garnets. Bmall but good, in great numbers, bits of quartz that gleimed like diamonds, here n bit of turouoise, large quantities of olivine and a single gem, an emerald, of but little value, but an emerald after all. An ant hill was a curious place from which to take such a strange assortment, but, as my friend had suggesred, this was the original native mine, ana tne real miners were the ants. In piling up their dome-like home they brought out the minute gems one by one and placed them among the bits of sand, where they gleamed and flashed as if inviting collection. The Indians have discovered their value, and in this way did their mining, allowing the ants to do all the work and takiner the gems as fast as they were brought up. The stones found in this way range in si/e from the head of a pin to a large pea, and. besides the one mentioned, rubies have been taken from the heaps. These stolen gems are sold in lots and used in various kinds of iewelrv. Nearly every nnt-hill is examined in this way and the mounds gone over, often the ants being watched and the gems taken from them as soon as they are brought up.?Golden Days. Novel Remedy for Rheumatism. A lady residing on South Main street arose from her bed last night, in response to the appeals from her danghter, who was suffering with rheumatic pains, to give her a vigorous application of some effective liniment which the family had been in the habit of using on such occasions. The fond mother rubbed her daughter's limbs and applied the remedy without stint. The pains soon disappeared and the daughter slept well until mnrninw wVion oho /lt<cpnvr>rf>fl thnt near ly '50 cent's worth of cough mcdicine had been wasted on her rheumatism. Her pains returned as quickly as they had disappeared.?Jackfonmll ' (III.) Courier. 1,0nn of Flesh nnd Htrrnirth, with poor appetite, and perhaps slight couch in morning, or on first lying down at night, should l>e looked to in time. Persons afflicted with consumption are proverbially unconscious of their real state. Most cases c mmenco w h disordered liver, leading to bad digestion and imperfect assimilation of food? hence the emaciation,or wasting of the flesh. It. Is a form of scrofulous disea e, and is curable bv the use of that greatest of all blood-cleans ing, anti-bilious ami invigorating compounds, k nown as Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery." Berlin' h s a Technical High School, built by the city at a cast of $4 800,000. _ Many imitators, but no equal, lias Dr. Sage's Ca arrh Remedy. Ilfafflieted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle. It is said that < he last Russi in wheat crop hftH been better than for ten years. Pains and Aches In various parts of the body, more particularly In the back, shoulders and Joints, are the unwelcome ludl cations that rheumatism has gained a foothold, and i you are "In for it" for a longer or shorter period. | Rheumatism ii caused by lactic acid In the blool, and l? cured by Hood'* Sarsapurllla, which era II oate* every impurity from the bljod and Alls It with richness and health. "I used Hood's Sarsaparllla last spring, and can truly say It helped me very much. To those suffer log with bilious complaints, nervous prostration or rheumatism I heartily recommend It."?lifts. E. C.\:t ntNTSR, Kalamaxoo, Hlch. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all cfrug^UU. (1; "1* for Prepare J n i! t by C. I. HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mast. _ 100 Poses One Dollar j iV V S l -ao I A LADY WRITES. That Terrible Fire fa Pnt Ont and as Symptom# of itn Returning. Ei.mira, Aug. 90,1887. Extr&med Doctor and Friend: I wrie to inform you of the condition of my health. You will remember of my sending to you for remedies for a complicated blood disease, which, at that time, was very aggravating. I received very promptly the package of medicine, and commenced taking as per directions. At that t'me I was incapacitated from labor. After using a few days I perceived a very material change for the better; in three weeks I was able to resume my usual labor, and have not lost a day since I have a portion of the medicine on hand yet. I take of it occasionally but not as regularly as at first. The terrible fire is put out, and that unendurable itching has all passed away,with no symptoms as yet of a return. My flesh, which was covered by a dirty icaly eruption, has resumed its natural look and flexibility?in other words it is clean and smooth. The swelling is entirely removed and I feel as well as ever, for which I thank God and Dr. Kilmer. I should have written you before but have been waiting to fee any symptoms of a return, which I do not Yours truly, Mrs. L. R. Thbat, 519 Perrine Stre >t. Diseases are made to crumble and fall, never to rise again, by Swamp-Root Kidney, Liver and Bladder cure. At druggists $1.00, six hotH aa i T\- T7il ? D. lies &O.w,(>r uy I'Apruo3,ivr. ivuixiui ul w.,^ii.6hamton, N._Y. A blood-red owl was caught in the woods near Jacksonville, 111., the other day. It 1b the only one of the kind ever seen In the State. IIow to Save Money, and we might also say?time and pain as well, in our advice to good housekeepers and ladies generally. The great nect>s lty existing always to nave a perfectly safe remedy conven-, ient for the relief and prompt cure of the ailments peculiar to woman?functional irregularity, constant pains, and all the symptoms attendant upon uteri e dis-rders?induce us 11 rccomm nd strongly and unqualified y Dr. Picrce's " Favorite Prescription "?woman's best fr.en I. It will save money. A Montreal youth 21 years old is serving his fifteenth t?rm in prison. Consumption Sorely Cored. To the Editor:?Please inform vour readers 1 that 1 have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their Express and P. O. address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM. M.C.. 181 Pearl St, N. Y. Itchino Piles.?Sympt/rmA ? Moisture; intense itching and stinging; worse by scratching. If allowed to continue tumors form, which often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. Sway.ne'8 Ointment stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes the tumors. It is equally efficacious in curing all Skin Diseases. DR. S WAYNE & o/NVT DKiln Do mall fnr RA ritnfa rxupiiciuiD, i iuia. vj ?V> W w..kVI Swayne's Ointment for Bale by druggistal By means of a solution and an instrument called a Nebulizer the cure of Catarrh is effected in a painless and pleasant manner. Foi particulars addres i City Hall Pharmacy, 284 Broadway, New York. 'Royal Gute' mend? anything! Broken China, Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro. KIDDER'S mm A SURE CURE FOR INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. Over 5.000 Physicians have sent u* their approval of DIQESTYLIN, saying that It Is the best preparation j for Indigestion that they have ever used. , Wo hftVA npvpr hAArri nf n pajip nf DvinvmilA whupi DIGESTYLIN was taken that was not cured. FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM. IT WILL CURE THE MOST AGGRAVATED CASES. IT WILL STOP VOMITING IN PREGNANCY. IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION. For Summer Complaints and Chronic Diarrhoea, which are the direct results of Imperfect digestion, DIGESTYLIN will effect an immediate cure. Take DYGESTYLIN for all pain* and disorders of the stomach ; they all come from indigestion. Ask vour druggist for DIGESTYLIN (prlcc 91 per large bottle). If he doe* not have It send one dollar to us and we will send a bottle to you, express prepaid. Do not hesitate to send your money. Our nousfls reliable. Established twenty-flve years. WM. F. KIDDER 4c CO., itlsnnfactarlBt Cltemlwt?> 83 Jol?" **?.? S.Y. MARVELOUS MEMORY DISCOVERY. Wholly- unlike artificial nyatema. Any book learned In one readlnv> Recommended by Mark Twaik, Richard Phoctor, the Scientist, Hons. W.W. Astor, JudaH P. Bkn.iaMiN. Dr. Minor, tc. Class of 100 Columbia Lair students; WQat-Meridcn i 250 at Norwich; 350 at Otorlln College; two classes of 300 each at Yale; 400 at University of Penn, Phlla.; 400 at Wellesley College, and three large classes at Chatauqua University, *c. Pro#pectus post rnk* from PROP. LOISETTE, 337 EJftH Ar?. Hew York. ^^THOUSANDS ifflh say that ELY'S CREAM BALM k. cured tiiem of %/jm CATARRH. ajtt#y^ol Apply Balm into each nostril. ujjUEly Bnm., 235 Greenwich St,N.Y. nniiniv iiiim PL1DA1 IJIII TO ETERYBODT. We will present to all who tend us their namo and addrooa b?fore the 23d of December. 1387. our elegant Holiday Edition, comprising sixteen paces of original stories, war sketches, anecdotes. fashions for ladies, gentlemen, and children, etc., by the best writers in the country. This edition will be e<iual to an ordinary book of 150 pages, and will cost only the crouoie OI wnung UiiUie auu *uuirw U|>HH - . card and mailing it to THK CHICAGO LEDGER, 271 Franklin Htreet. 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O. iest, uud drollest sarcasm on the follies of fashion." .lifly amusing book."?Hohe Elizabeth Cleveland. ,.. . funny we have had to Kit back and Utugh till the. uan oeationably her best"?Detroit Fbee Pbem. m n in 11 take3 off .Saratoga MHe$, Itirt* iii tinnt, low neckR, dudes, pug dove, eta, fOEDZSS The (1U0) Hetunnby "Oi^r" are ">3 *"*?''? People crozy to get ft. W EEJC. PRICE by^jai ,r A^ti,.^ jjfa - a OB., fuunansro, rniknL.b.r...n, 35^\evcc'sLn'??W * LIVER l.'s K ewels pills. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. AX WAYS ASK FOR DR. PIERCE'S PELLETS, OM LITTLE SUOAR-COATED FILLS. Being entirely vegetable, they operate without disturbance to the system, diet. or occupation. Put up in glass vials, hermetically scaled. Always fresh and reliable. As a laxative, alterative, or purgative* ./ 'J these little Pellets give the most perfect satisfaction. SICK HEADACHE, gg* 1 | Billons Headache, f1 Dizziness, Coustlpa- JEC,. tlon, Indigestion* M Billons Attacks,andall R T1/Ia of the 8torn ach and bowels, are prompt- ^ 9k ly relieved and permanently .ML, cured by the use of Dr. * . Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. In explanation of the remedial power of theaa Pellets over so great a variety of disease*, it may truthfully be said that their action upon the system is universal* not a gland or tissue escaping their sanative influence. Sold by druggists, 25 cents a vlaL Manufactured at tbs Chemical Laboratory of World's Diapknsast Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. , ^ amaa nrwiim ^^iJJJUUKS fflz 18 offered by the manufacturfy ' ers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh ffl \ ^ & $. Bemedy,. for a case of ( >*Jk J> Chronic Nasal Catarrh which they cannot cure. SY5IPT01WS OF CATABBH.-Dun, heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal passages, discbarges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes ars weak, watery, and inflamed; there Is ringing in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing to clear the throat, expectoration of offensive matter, together with scabs from ulcers; ths voice is changed and has a nasal twang; ths breath is offensive; smell and taste' are im. , paired; there is a sensation of dizziness, with mental depression, a hacking cough and general debility. Only a few of the above-named symptoms are likely to be present in any on* case. Thousands of canes annually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, result in consumption, and end in the grave. No disease is so common, more deceptive and dangerous, or less understood by physicians. ! By its mild, soothing, and healing properties. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worsl ^n'n'rh. "cold In tlie bead," I WUJCO VI VU?w> - ? 7 s Coryza, And Catarrhal Headache. Sold by druggists everywhere; 60 cents. "Untold Agony from Catarrh." Prof. W. Hausner, the famous mpsmeriat * Of Ithaca, N. y., writes: " Some t? n years ago I Buffered untold agony from chronic nasaJ catarrh. My family physioian gave me up a* incurable, and said I must die. My case was such u bad one, that every day, towards sunset, my voice would become so hoarse I couM barely speak above a whisper. In the moraine my coughing and clearing of my throat would almost strangle me. By the use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, in three months, I was a well man, and the cure has been permanent." "Constantly Hawking: and Spitting." Thomas J. Rdshinq, Esq., t90t p?ne Street, St. Louis, Mn., writes: "I was a great suffers! from catarrh for three years. At times I could hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking and spitting, ana Tor me hum, cj^ul muuiui could not breathe through the nostrils. I thought nothing could be done for me. Luckily, I was advised to try Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and 1 am now a well man. I believe it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now manufactured, and one has only t<? give it fair triai to experience astounding results and a permanent cure." Three Bottles Care Catarrh. Eli Rodbins, Runyan P. o., Columbia. Co* Pa., says: "My daughter had catarrh when she was five years old. very hadly. I saw Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and procured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it helped her: a third bottle effected a permanent cure. She is now eighteen years old aod sound and hearty." n'ROPSY i in ^TREATED FREE. H H Hiive ir.'.ite.t I'ropsy au<l lis complication* H^7 wlili uiosi wonderful bUCCCi*; use vcj tubl? remedies, entirely harmless. Rennve ail vuipiouisof Dropsy la <5 u> 20 days. Cure patients pronounced lio|wiesi Ijy tlie best p.iyslclans. From first dose symptoms rapidly dlsippear. and tu tea ilaj* at iea<t two-thirds of all symptom* are removed. some may fry humbug without knowlnj auytli:nK aiM>ut It. llemenilier It costs you uothln; to realize the " orit of oar treatment Cor yourself W are constantly curing cases of ion? siandlngraws 1 hat have been uippo I a number of t:m<;sand ilie patieut declared unuu'e to llv.j a week. Olr? full history of case, nam-}, axe. sex. how Ion* 1 filleted, etc. 8-nd for frc piamphtet containing testimonials. Ten days' treatment furnished fret by mnll. if you order trial you must return thi t adir?rfl&*nu?nt. to na wlfl* It) In ItAmn^ to um postage. Epilepsy (Kits) po Itively cured. II. H. (iltEKN rsONS, M. D?., Lentrgl otol, ri-il Jt !i.53 Caiiul >t.? > rCURE FITS! Wher. t nay cure I do n?t moan merely to utop them ioratimeandtlien have thnm return a*nin. ImKini radical cure. ! Imvt' made the diserje or FITS, KPUy KPSY <-r KALL1NC5 SICKNESS a lifo long study. 1 >arrr.nt my rwuedy 10 cure the wore* caws. BecaiiM "ihero have failed in no reason for not new receiving a are. Send atone* for a treatise and a Free Bottla >f my infallible rcm>tly. <Jivo Express and Post Office. '. (i. JUOOT. ,W. l'<-ar? 'St. New York. n A TCNTC Obtained. Soiid stamp tot IIA I C la I 9 Inventor*' CJitfde. i.. Bin* ( ii\?. Patent Att.unev. Wi'tihtuvum, 1). C. nnRBIRJ Morphine HaMt Cared ?n 16 BSS'bDiiSS io day*. ,\o pny iill oared. VI IV 111 tticvbcBs, Lebaaon, Obi*