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I * MEN OF MUSCLE. FEATS THAT STROXG MEN HAVE / PERFORMED. L Athletes "Who Pulled Against. Horses ?Tricks by "Which Strength is Pretended?Electi-o31asnetic Girls. Many stories have been toM of the strength of certain characters among the ancients. Of this number one was 01 a Roman tribune who went by the name r? Qnnniwl A/*>1t 111/ic w!>/i l'c c<iiil tn have killed at different times three liundrel of the enemy, and who, when treacherously set upon by twenty-five of r his countrymen, although then past his sixtieth year, killed fourteen of them before he was slain. 3Iilo, of Crotona, is ' said to have lifted an ox weighing one thousand pounds, and when he stood upright a number of men could net force him out of his place. Pliny tells of one Athanatus who walked across the stage loaded with a breast plate weighing 500 pounds and buskins of the same weight. But of all the men of prodigious strength of whom we have any account in history is Maximin, the Emperor of Rome, is to be reckoned the foremost. He was by birth a Thracian and a simple herdsman. He was nearly nine feet in height, and said to be the best proportioned man in the Empire. He used the bracelet of his wife as a ring for his thumb. In the ; theatre, in the presence of all the citizens, he overthrew twelve of the strongest men in wrestling, and outstripped two of the swiftest horses in running i all in one day. He could draw a loaded chariot which two strong horses could not move. He could break a horse's ft jaw with a blow of his fist and his ribs rwith a kick. This giant gradually rose through all the gradations of office until he came to be Emperor. lie reigned for some years, hated by everybody, but so feared on account of his brutality and his physical strength that no one dared f to put him to death. He conspired against Alexander Severus and caused him to be murdered in his tent. He also put to death a Roman Senator with four thousand other persons for an alleged ! conspiracy. Finally the soldiers mutinied and killed him A. D. 238. Fumus, a native of Seleucia, who was ' executed by the Emperor Aurelian for t espousing the cause of Zenobia, was cele' brated for his strength. It is said that he could suffer iron to be forged upon an anvil which was placed upon his breast. This he did by lying on his back, resting his feet and shoulders against some support, thus forming an arch with his body. P In 1578 there lived in Lancashire,England, a man by the name of John Middleton, who was remarkable for the largeness of his stature and for his remarkable strength. His hand was seventeen inches long and his height nine feet three inchcs. A stnrv is tnlrl nf nil Knrrlish minor in ( the eighteenth century, whoso linger being caught in a chain at the bottom of a miDe, by kecpiug it forcibly bent he supported by that means the whole weight of his body (150 pounds) until he was drawn up to the surface, a height of six hundred feet. About the year 1703 a native of Kent, Englaud, by the name of Joyce exhibited such feats of strength ' *in London that he received the name of r -^the second Samson. His own personal strength was very great, but he also dis-1 covered various positions of the body in which men even of common strength could perform very surprising feats. He : drew against horses and raised tremen-1 ? dous weights, and exhibited himself sue-1 cessfully for eight or ten years, but his ft methods were eventually discovered, and I many individuals of ordinary strength * exhibited a number of his principal performances. A German named Van Eckeberg traveled through Europe in the early part of the eighteenth eenturv under the n.n ? ?0 J -r pellation of "Samson," which then as now, was a favorite name for strongmen. This man was of middle size and of ordinary strength, but by certain methods and devices he was able to perform the most extraordinary feats. For instance, sitting upon an inclined board, with his feet a little higher than his hips, the latter being placed against an upright board, well secured, a strong girdle with an iron ring in front was placed around his loins; to this ring a rope was fastened; the rope passed between his legs through a hole in the upright board, against which his leet were braced, and several men or two horses pulling on the rope were unable to draw him out of his place. Again, he fastened a rope to a high post,having passed it through an iron eye fixed in the side of the post lower down, and secured it to his girdle; he then planted his feet against the post near the iron eye, with his legs contracted,and suddenly streteh^iug out his legs broke the rope and fell ^backward on a feather bed. He would lire on the ground while a stone of huge dimensions was kid upon his breast and 1 broken with a blow from a great hammer. He would lie down upon the ground, and, & man being placed on his knees, would draw his heels toward his body, and raising his knees lift the man gradually, till, having brought his knees perpendiculary under him, he raised his own body up, and placing his arms around the man's legs, rose with him and ?et him down on a lew table. Finally he was elevated on a framework and a rope fastened to a scale which hung below was attached to his girdle, a heavy cannon resting on the scale which lay upon rollers upon the floor. When all was ready the rollers were knocked away and the cannon remained supported by the strength of his loins. It is said that the porter6 of Constantinople will c arry burdens of six hand re I and mne hundred pounds weight with ease. Feats of strength have always, whethei in real life or iu fiction, great attraction and interest for the huevan mind; and .one of the most strikingly sensational scenes in any novel is that vi Victor Hugo'* "Les 3Iiserables, where Joan Valjean lifts the weight of a wagon iwcder which a turn is being crashed to d*>fcth. Washington p&tsessed great strength ^ and was a note<2 athlete, especially in leaping- Perhaps & is not as well known j that the late General George 1J. McCIellan possessed also unusuaKtrengtli. remarkable, particularly, for a man who, though cornpact, wjry and well built, was rather .under size. General 3IcClcllan could .bend a big old-fashioued .cent double f between his thumb and forefingerStanding on a tabic he could lift a man weighing 160 pounds from the floor by his coat collar and hold him at arm's I length, and it is related pf him from <t fee tut authority that on c;>? cccwiec whfc | riding a powerful charger in battle, the horse got maddened with excitement and undertook to run away with him, when the General stopped him still in his tracks by the terrible pressure which lie exerted on the animal's ribs by simply pressing against them with his knees. One of the oldest and at the same time most remarkable exhibitions of mechanical strength and dexterity is that of supporting pyramids. It is described by the Roman pott Claudian, and has been known in Europe ever since. The celebrated Egyptian traveler, Belzoui, before he began his career as an explorer in Egypt performed this feat in various parts of Great Britain. After all, one of the most extraordinary feats of this nature, seeming to be an exercise of strength, and which is really nothing of the sort, is that in which a heavy man is raised from the floor with the greatest r.?:i:?_ 1... ?..i ?????? uiuiulj .vocuu |;vi?s/iio one or two fin ire rs under him. The way this is done is as follows: The heaviest person in the party lies clown, say upon two chairs, his legs being supported by one and his head by the other. Four persons?each at one leg and one at each shoulder?then lift the body, and they find the dead weight to be very great, from the difficulty which they find in supporting him. Now let the four persons take hold of his body as before, responding to two signals, to be given by the person to be lifted, by clapping his hands. At the first signal he himself and the four lifters begin to draw a long aud full breath, and when the inhalation is completed the second signal is given for raising the person from the chair. To his own surprise and that of his bearers, he rises with the greatest facility as if he were no heavier than a feather. "When one of the bearers performs his part illy by making the inhalation out of time the part of the body which he tries to lift, is left, as it were, behind. This is a trick easily tried and very amusing. A f/?w vfi.irs ricrn n rrrpnt. rlp;i I nf excite " J ? o~ ? o " meat was created by the exhibition of a young Georgia girl alleged to be electromagnetic or otherwise specially gifted, who did some remarkable feats of apparent strength. This young woman inaugurated an epidemic of Georgia girls, who frolicked over the country doing all manner of curious feats and tricks of strength, pulling averaged sized young dudes and mashers around the stage, sitting on chairs, absolutely discomfiting all efforts to lift tbem, etc. At length Pennsylvania broke out with a similar disorder, the principal instance being a Miss Flora Coyle, a pretty young girl of fifteen, who went to the public school in Pittsburg. This young woman would twist a stick two feet long held by a stout young man, brought up from the audience, quite out of his hands, no matter how much effort he might make to keep hold of it. She did not clasp the stick, but held the palms of her hands against the ends. Two young men, weighing 190 and ITS pounds respectively, essayed to hold an ordinary chair down to the floor, but the little miss, by placing the palms of her hands against the chair, forced them all over the stage. Three men, weighing in the aggregate 533 pounds, then mounted a chair, but ; she forced them around the stage with apparent ease, though the chair broke with their weight. Four men were then placed upon it, but she did the same with them as with the three, and then the audience howled themselves hoarse over the performance.?New York Herald. The Best Wearing Leather. 3ut very few people who wear Cordovan shoe3 have any idea where the leather bearing that name comes from, hence the question is often asked: "What is Cordovan?" "Cordovan," the name by which leather known, was first finished in Hamburg, Germany, under the name of Ross leather. In combination with it the hide has four layers of muscular skin which, with the "shell," give to the horse the great and tremendous pulling power that makes the animal so serviceable to mankind. This "shell," if properly tanDed and shaven clean of its siuewy matter?a most difficult task?makes the best wearing leather in existence, and proves the theory of old-time shoemakers?that only leather of a long fibre will wear?to be a mistaken one, as the "shell" has no fibre. In this it has a decided advantage over calfskin with its fibres; the breaking of any one throws additional strain upon the other, and a break in the leather soon follows. Experience has demonstrated that the "shell" will wear two or three times longer than calfskin. Cordovan possesses another great advantage in being nearest waterproof of any leather made. The Oneness of texture also permits its taking a very high polish.?New York Journal. Nothing Wasted Iu Ivory Manufacture. Almost as much care is taken in the manufacture of ivory to prevent waste as there is in the working of the precious metals. Nothing is lost. The skill of the turner shapes the cuttings and corners so that they can be put to the best use. Even the scrapings and sawdust are not thrown away. Such trade-refuse is converted into charcoal, and forms the well-known "ivory black" of the artist; and, most amazing of all, is even boiled into a jelly which is said to equal calf's foot. London is a great centre of the ivory industry. Billiard balls are, of course, turned out by the thousand. T!icn many small workers in brushes, mirrors, boxes, combs, etc., carry on the trade in their own homes. They buy a tooth, or part of one, from the wholesale ("ealer. use such nart of it as thev may require for their special branch, and dispose of the remainder to a brother craftsman. Many Germans are engaged in this work, but in these artistic days it is strange to hear that they do not obtain much encouragement for carving and the higher forms of their industry. The Offiee of Iron in the Blood. Iron exists in the blood in the red corpuscles, and gives them color and the power of absorbing gases. The fact that I peroxide of iron is one of Ule readiest absorbents ol'ga^cs, and parts with them at readily on exposure in thin layers to the air, so that it can be used over and over again for that work, gives a flew to its special function ijj the red corpuscles of the blood. It enables them readily to I absorb oxygen as they pass along the minute blood-vessels of the lungs and to carry it to all parts of the body, where tbey part with it as it is demanded. It is supposed, also, to take up carbonic acid in exchange for the oxygen it yield* up, and to convey to the lungs that portion of thjg substance *']})<& is expired, / V 6> HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. i RICED POTATOES. ! Boil a dozen potatoes till they are just . done; dr^ia off the water; mash them in the pot till every lump is gone. Then I add half a cup of boiled milk, a large, heaped tcaspoonful of butter and a tea! spoonful of salt. Beat the potatoes now ' with a wooden spoon till they are light and creamy, and pass them as lightly as possible through a colander into the dish , into which they are to be served. Set j them on the slide of a hot oven for five j minutes to be touched with brown, and serve. They may be browned with a ; salamander or a red-hot shovel.?American Cultivator. PARSNIP FRITTERS. The nicest way to serve parsnip3 is in ( fritters. They are too pronounced in i flavor when boiled, or even stewed, i Takfi two or three larcrc narsnios?ac I cording to the size of your family?boil I them, without peeling or trimming, uu; til tender. Mash them up, and then pass them through a sieve to remove all strings and fiber. To every quart of the parsnip allow four eggs, well beaten, and four tablespoonfuls of sifted flour, or in like proportion for less or more parsnips. Beat the mixture together, seasoning to taste with salt and pepper and a good spoonful of fresh butter; when it is very light drop it by largo spoonfuls into boiling lard and when well browned lay on a hot dish before the fire. These should be served at once, as standing don't improve anything that has eggs in it, and is fried. Some people eat them with sugar, like fried egg-plant, but that is a matter of taste.? Good Houselceeping. LARDED BIRDS. A grouse, a partridge or a quail may be cooked by this rule: A grouse requires about thirty minutes' roasting in a I very hot oven, a partridge lorty ana quail | only fifteen minutes. Draw and wash j either bird with a clean cloth, not in a I pan, and inspect it well, taking out anj stray shots or feathers that have been driven into the flesh by shot. A bird that is torn to pieces with fine shot can never be made into as presentable a dish as one shot by a more experienced marksman. The wings of the bird are cut off close to the body, and the neck cut off, but the legs and feet left on. Cut strips of pork the size of matches and run them through the breast and thighs about a quarter of an inch apart; rub the breast of the bird with butter and dredge flour over it, and put half an onion in it. Lay it on its back in a dripping-pan, and roast it till done. Rapidity in roasting is essential to success. All game must be rare, not raw.?New Yorlc Tribune. TrrvnfiP'.TTOT/n Trrxnra. Cheese is almost invariable eaten with the fiugers by the most particular people. When cooking onions set a tin of vinegar on the stove, let it boil, and you will have no disagreeable smell. Be sure to keep your dish-cloth clean, j as some physicians claim diphtheria will I start from using greasy dish cloths. Flannels should be washed ia hot | soapsuds, and rinsed in hot water conj taining soap enough to soften it a little. I To take the ;'fishy" smell from your skillet after frying fish, put soap and water in the skillet and let boil for ten minutes. Silver should be washed with a chamois skin saturated with silver soap cach time after use, thus avoiding a general cleaning. A carpet sweeper is invaluable in a dining-room where small children eat, but should never be used for general sweeping. Windows should never be washed while the sun shines upon them, as it is impossible to polish them without leaving blue streaks. Take two large spools, drive large Dails through them in the wall, about two inches apart, and hang, your brccm up, brush end up. Silk dresses should never be brushed with a whisk broom, but should be carefully rubbed with a velvet mitten kept for that purpoBo only. When your oil-cloth is dull and beginning to wear out, give it one or two coats of varnish. It will be pretty again, i and wear much longer. ! Never out milk or butter in the cup j board where cooked cabbage, turnips or I onions are, as the smell from them will | taint butter or milk in a short time. I Chemists say that it takes twice as I much sugar to sweeten prsserves, sauce, | etc., if put when they begin to cook as it does to sweeten after the fruit is cooked. Even the leg or other small pieees of a bird is taken in the fingers at fashionable dinners, and at most of the luncheons ladies pick small pieces of chicken without using a fork. To keep your hanls from chapping, get equal parts of benzine and glycerine, shake well and nib a few drop on the hands after washing then. It will keep them soft and white. When your pies with upper crusts arc. ready to put in the oven to bake, take a little sweet milk in a cup, and with a bit of clean cloth wet the upper crust and rim. When baked it will present a shiny 1 J ?:ii 4. ~cr sunacc, anu win uui iiun.c uu. It is said that bathing the ey?s freely in cold water at the morning bath and rubbing them toward the nose with the fingers will prevent the flattening of the eyeball and diminish the need of artificial aid. Some tribes of Indians are said in this way to preserve their sight to old age. For inflamed eyelids bathing in hot salt water is very effective. A Find of Flint. Tear by year fresh traccs of the earth's early inhabitants are beijg revealed. One of the most importaut of recent discoveries is that of Armand Vire, who, in a French valley through which runs the the Luuaiu Kiver, has come across the remains of at least ten prehistoric settlements. The immense (juantitv of flint implements ami refuse at one place, near the village of Lorre-le-Bocage, some sixty miles south of Paris, seems to justi'y the conclusion thai there must have been located a prehistoric manufacturing village, the flint was worked into various shapes used by the primitive people of the early Stone Age. Some of the implements are of types hitherto unknown to science, including very small stone hatchets, which are supposed to have I been funeral or votive offerings, and fiint hooks from one to three inches ! long, the smaller probably having been designs*} .HS fish ?New York 'T.dtqram. The Value of Old Coins. Old coins now form the basis of one of the most pronounced crazes in this coun try. Tnese coins, in 00111 silver aau copper American issues, occasionally appear in a general trading or are purchased at very low prices from persons in pressing need of more than their face value. It seems, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, like finding money to realize on such coins, or like getting a $5 gold piece in change as a nickle. The prices in some i instances are very good. Half cents, for J instance, may run up to $3, while cents | are valued as high as $5. A ccrtain silver quarter dollar is valued as high as $20. Dimes are lower, the best price being $2.50. Half dollars come up to $20, and dollars to $250. Half dimes do much better than dimes, and run up to $25. UNITED STATES COPPER HALF-CENTS. 179 3 $1 00|1836 to 1848 $2 00 1794 to 1811 05 1849..., 05 179G 3 00 1850 to 1857 03 1831 100! 1852 . 2 50 UNITED STATES COPPER CENT3. 1793.... $15011804.. *2 00 1794 to 1798 05 1817 to 1857 03 1799....# 5 OOj 1856 (nickel flying 1800 to 1816 05| eagle cent) 2 00 UNITED STATES SILVER QUARTER-DOLLARS. 1796 $2 00,1822 to 1838. .....$ 30 1804.: . 1 50|1832-1833-185r.52. 30 1805 to 1807. v* 30 1853 (without ar1815 - ^ 75 rows) 2 50 1823-1827.. .-A. ;.20 00;1863 30 UNITED STATES SILVER HALF-DOLLARS. 1794 (flowing hair). $ 200 1795 (flowing hair).. 55 1796 (fillet head, 15 and 16 stars) 20 00 1797 (fillet head, 15 stars) 20 00 1801-1802 ? 150 1803 to 1814 n 60 1815... ? - .... 2 50 1817 to 1822-1828... - . 55 1836 (milled edge) . ?. . 1 50 1838 (with 0 under head).. 4 00 1839 (with 0 under head).,. * ... . 55 1852 .200 1853 (mnotft arrows) . . 10 00 UNITED STATES SILVER DOLLARS. 1794 (flowing hair). ?25 00 1795 to 1803... . . .. 125 1804 ... r . ...V- .250 00 I 1836 (name in field) "t . 3 00 I 1838-1839 (flyiuc eagle)....' V4-. .. 10 00 | 1851-1652.'. .15 00 I 1853.. ..v .. 'v 8 00 1804 'ft 125 UNITED STATES SILVER UALF-tlMES. 179 4 $1 50;1846 $ 1 00 1795 to 1801," ... 50I1S60 (with stars) 10 11802 a-.oo;i8C7 10 j 1803-1805 ... 1 501 UNITED STATES SILVER DIMES. 1 1796-1797 $1 00! 1822 $ 1 00 ' 1799 to 1801...... 75|18i8 15 1802..** 2U01SJ6..,. ...... 25 180 3 % 1 00;1S53 (without ar180 4 .... r<>. 2 50 rows)...... 1ft 1805 to 1814.*. .. 25]1860 (with stars) 15 1820-1821 .... . 15;1S6G 15 I UNITED STATES SILVER TWENTY-CENT PIECES. 1 1876 $ 25(1878 1 50 ! 1877.... 1 50j I UNITED STATES SILVER THREE-CENT PIECES. 1863 to 1872 - 25 1873 .'. ... 75 1873 U. S. copper two-cent piece 50 1877 U. S. nickel three-cent piece 25 j 1877 U. S. nickel five-cent piece. ? ., 25 These coins, however, must be in good condition and not defaccd in any way. i Where Some Nuts Cone From. The most important item in tne nut ; business is walnuts. Formerly tLese came ' almost entirely from Bordeaux, because ' at that time the afiiliations of New York trade in this branch were with France. But the French walnut is comparatively a ; poor article; the kernel is apt to be shrunken in the shell; the latter is often fiendishly hard, as well the youthful reveler knows, and the flavor of the meat I is inferior. The Chicago houses buy per haps one-tenth of their yearly stock from i Bordeaux, a trifling matter of 10,000 or i 12,000 bags. The very best come from I Naples, for the nuts are the cleanest, and ! the kernels arc full and of fine flavor. J Several houses in the trade buy 2000 or : 3000 cases each of walnuts from beautiI ful Naples yearly, and the traffic is conI stantly increasing. Next in rank come ' the California wdnuts, particularly those j of the Las Nietas district, and so much j are these liked that a 6ingle firm received ! twenty carloads at a consignment. The j Brazil nut, which resembles the meat of the cocoanut, but is very much finer, is i beloved in Chicago and in the United i States. All the Brazil nuts come from ! Rio Janeiro. I There was a time when a Christmas i dessert was composed of almonds, raisins, I figs and filberts, which the French called ; the four beggars, because no one would j touch them?that is, among the adults. To the young Americans almonds apd | raisins are as dear as ever, and probably i to the young French people also. The great rival of California is Spain, and the almonds of Tarragona come to Chicago | in considerable amounts. Both of these ! go to the husk!ng-house, for the bakers and pastry-cooks who use almonds in large quantities prefer to buy them ready for use. Those who have eaten German almond cakes must confess that they are almost as delicious as macaroons, which are nearly all almond. The shelled almonds come to us direct from Italy and through London from the Valley of the Jordan. "We get very little of anything from Palestine, but almonds we do get, and they are as good as any that come to the trade. But they have not acquired the art which the Californians have picked up from the Spaniards of making their boxes beautiful with showy-colored lithographs, and their boxes are plain, substantial receptacles, nothing more.? Chicago Times. A pocket pin-cushion free to 6mokere of "Tanstll's Punch" 5c. Cigar. Pains and Aches In various parts of the body, more particularly In the back; shoulders and joints, are the unwelcome indications that rheumatism has gained a foothold, and you ore "In for it" for a longer or ( horter period. Rheumatism Is caused by lactic acid In tha blood, and Is cured by Hood's Sarsaparllla, which neutralizes the acidity and eradlcalej every Impunity from the b!ood. "I mffered from acutc rheumatism maucea oy > severe sprain of a once dislocated ankle Joint which caused great swelling and Intense pain. Oas bottle of Hood's Sarsaparllla restored clrculatloa cleansed the blood and relieved the pa!n so that am nearly well."?L. T. Hunt, Springfield, Mo. Hood's Sarsapanlla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepareionly by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar ELY'S CatarrH CREAM BALM^Tvi^i Cleanses the WCTfAM BAv\-vJ*3| Nasal Passages, a^^CUR^CO^l Allays Pain andJjj^^Co^^ ^EADJ Inflammation, ^Avrri/rD(2*)l2 g A Heals the Sores,fA Restores the fit* , Senses of XastejW >/ ^cC??S and Smell. tbythTcure. A particle Is U<SX I into well nostra and la J AV- PPI/P OKre^&bU. Price 50 ct?. t V L IrTi at Druggist#: by mall, registered. CO cents. ELY , BROTflffls, Pniggiau, 56 Warrea fa, New York. ' j ^,.Z:< n-' Giant Dancers. The San Francisco Examiner says the atmospheric conditions of the deserts and high plateaus at certain seasons of the year produce strange phenomena. The dry weather in Nevada has produced a Lost of giant dc.ncers in Lyon County. These appearances are puzzlers to all scientists. How they brace up and hold together so long is a mystery. On a quiet, sunny day you see a little handful of sagebush soar aloft on a light breeze. Some more joins it, until it is as big as your hat, and then your body, aud thcu sand and rocks and soil by the bushel begin to roll into the mass from the ground, ascending upward like a column. It is soon as big as a telegraph pole, and all the time gaining, and ere long its top maybe reaches 1000, maybe bOOO feet. While you are watching this one probably three or four others Trill J sprijg up, or a half-dozen Trill come I waltzing down from the upper end of the ' valley, having traveled probably twentyfive miles and torn up the soil like a steam plow in their waltzing ami zigzagging. They tear up the hillsides, smash horses, and suck up wen Iiie waterspouts. They go to picoes in us strange a way as they are formed. It is stated as an .ascertained fact that there are 600,000 pupils in Catholic parochial schools in this country, and 150,000 in schools supported by the Lutherans. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, i ? Lucas County. ! Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the conirvr jinrfnAr nf thft firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co.. doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay ihe sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hai.l's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Chekzy. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this Gth day of December. A. D., 1888. () A. W. Gleason. < seal V NoturyPublic. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken interna'.ly and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o. "the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. \3f~ Sold by Druggists, 7cc. William Gwyxn, of Napa, Cal., carries a watch that is more than 100 years old. It keeps flrgt-ratj time. A Sennible Man Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lun^s. It is curing more case3 of Coughs, Colds, Astbma, Bronchitis, Cr>.up and all Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other medicine. The proprietor has authorized any druggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free, to convince you of the merit of this great remedy. Large Bottles 50c. and $1. One million dollarsof go d coin weighs3085 pounds avoirdupois, and $1,000,000 ot silver coin weighs 58,1)20.0 pounds avoirdupois. Don't Fool a wbv nrecious time and money and trifle with your liealth expei imenting with uncertain I medicines, when Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is so positively certain in its curative action as to warrant its manufacturers in guaranteeing it to cure diseases of the blood, skin and scalp, and all scrofulous afflictions, or money paid for it will be refunded. S500 Reward offered for an incurable case of Catarrh by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Remedy. 50 cts., by druggists. The total value of property in Massachusetts has increased fury-six per cent, since 1880. Are nny of the new faigled washing comBouiids as good as the old-fashioned soaps? obbins*s Electric Soap has been sold every day for 24 yearn, and is now just as good as ever. Ask your grocer for it and take no other. The fashionablo finger niil is said to bo longer and more pointed than ever. Oretron. tlio I'aradiso ol Farmers. Mild, equable climate, certain aud abundant crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock country in the world. Full information free. Address Oregon Im'igrat'n Board, Portland, Ore. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompfon'b Hye-wat er. Druggists eeil at 25c.per bottle ! ON? ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial unte effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable eubstancea, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known, Spup of Figa is for sale in 50o and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8AN FRANCISCO. CAL. WVtSVtLLZ. KY. HEW YORK, H f. AI1IIIB1 HABIT. Only Certain and nPIIIlM easy CURB In U? World. Dr. U IU l7l J. L. bTKPHKXS. Lebanon, u FbtCKI CinM JOHN W ^TIUHKIS, IcnOlvIM \VueIilncCon, D.C. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U. 8. Pension Bureau. 3 yra lu last war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty since. OPIUM HABIT. A. 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