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Mjr- ~ f HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. I TEACUP TOWELS AM) DISHCLOTHS. ' ; ' It is difficult to announce the amount i of evil that may be visited on a family ? through means of unclean dishcloths, p Typhoid fever and kindred diseases have ^/been traced directly to the unwashed B Tags which play the parf of dishcloths in W the kitchens of some intelligent women ^ ("who do not visit their kitchens. If serl rvants are provided with neatly hemmed f |dishcloths and teacup towels marked ? with the housekeepers name they will ' be more likely to treat the kitchen towel T?cv>of>f if. than if nn > hemmed rags are given them for this purpose made of any old soft material. | It is very difficult to get servants to treat anything respectably that does not look respectable. Every kitchen girl should be given at least two dishcloths and a sufficient number of kitchen towels and glass towels, and be told distinctly that they must be washed out every day, and dried, when possible, outdoors. At the end of the week the first supply of towels should be put in the family wash and washed and ironed and sent to the linen f closet till the next week. By such a method as this, keeping two sets of kitchen towels in use in rotation, the housekeeper can see at a glance whether they are kept in order. It does not cost over $1.50 a year to keep the kitchen in a small family supplied with hemmed towels and dishcloths. The petty amount saved by using cast-off flannels and other old pieces for this purpose is l more than counter-balanced by time lost j in making up these pieces, which hardly t give a week's serviceable wear. [ The very best material for a dishcloth is 1 linen stair crash. Four good dishcloths of linen crash will just cost six cents ^ each, and will last a year, if they are not Jfcused to scour knives and to wj*sh the "bottoms of iron pots. A large cork is I the best thing to scour knives with, and a dishcloth should hang in every kitchen to wash the bottoms of kettles that may be sooty from being used next to the fire. Some servants will insist on plunging these towels into the dishwater and in using fine glass , towels for wiping coarse dishes, but such careless ways will usually be abandoned if a little judicious oversight is kept of the kitchen. ' Where the housekeeper does ker own work it is as necessary to have , neat, strong towels in plentiful supply in 1 the kitchen as where a servant is kept. Large towels of heavy crash for handling articles above the stove are very convenient, and can be more easily washed . than a holder. They are, moreover, more convenient than & holder in lifting large baking-pans and many other dishes, and pots and pans.?2feu> York Tribune. "" BECIPES. I' Beef Loaf?To one pound of beef (from the round), chopped fine, add one egg, one-third of a cup of fine bread crumbs, salt and pepper. Make into a loaf, with a little flour on outside, and roast with frequent basting. When , 6ervecl garnish -with parsiey leaves. 1 Mint Sauce?To be eaten with roast mutton or lamb. Take the youngest leaves of the spearmiat, cut away all the steins, chop very fine, put a teaspoonful : of sugar to two or three of the mint, and use sufficient vinegar to be thoroughly flavored by the mint. Make at least an ^ hour before it i3 to be used, b Scup?Pick over one pint of split : peas, wash and soak over night. In the , morning turn off the water and put them i in the soup pot; add four quarts of cold " water, quarter pound of lean salt pork, Jone small onion, celery, salt and a little !pepper. Boil gently four or five hours, being careful that it does not burn, i Boiled Onions?Two dozen onions, salt, pepper, butter and milk. Peel, wash and boil in salted water until tender: ten minutes before the water is drained off, add one-half teacup of milk, which will give the onions a clear, creamy appearance. Drain; season with pepper, salt, butter and one small cupful of cream ' or milk. r I Plain Rice Pudding?Scald two tablel spoonfuls of rice to remove the earthy taste. Add one quart of milk, a little salt, half a teacupful of white sugar, one teaspoonful vanilla, a small piece of butter cut in bits and scattered on top. Bake in a slow oven two hours. Half an hour before it is done pour over it half a j teacupful of cold milk; this will make it creamy. A soap tha' is so t is fxi'l <\f water, half or two-tliirds its we ght probably, thu3 y u pay geven or eLrht cents per p mad for water. Dobbins'* Klectric Soap is alt soap and n > aduli teration. therefore the cheap:#: and Oc*t. Try Dobbiiu'e. It C03ts 52.50 per carat to cut diara nds. A box safety matc'ics frco to smokers of Vnnrli*' hr Ciirar. Purify Your .Blood t WkCTi spring approaches, It a very important that ipse Mood should be purified, as ot this seat-on lmPpurities which hare been accumulating for months br even years, are liable to manifest themselves and Eolously aitcct the health. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is <jmdoubted'~ tin best blcod purifier. It erpels every tftlnt, drives out scrofulous humors, and gives to the blood the qu Uty and tone essential to good health. JKow Is the time to take ^Hood's Sarsaparilla ^JT?Jfy daughter suffered terribly wtth sore eyes, f caused by scrofula humor. We were obliged to keco ut of school for two years. We had medical Attendance, but she failed to gain relief. At last, knowing that Hood's Sarsaparilla hod cured my gpother of rheumatism, and believing it must be good jfor the blood, I concluded to have my daughter try Jt, and it has entirely oured her." Corseucs Yraasa, 412 East Main Rtreet, aarshalitown, Iowa. * Purifies the Blood t fHpod's Sarsaparilla has cured me of stlt rhenni, ^rhloh I have had for years. I do think It is a splendid medicine. I am <0 years of age and my skin Is aa smooth and fair as a piece of glass." Mrs. y.TT.r k Clark, South Korwalk, Cons. ^ Hood's Sarsaparilla flold by all drugglsta. fl; ?lx fer $5. Prepared anly fcy.O. {. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. ICO Doses One Dollar CATABBH.|s-f.yJ ^ric^'so^ceix ts. t Apply IJala into cach aoitrIL ,;ELV liROS., 56 Warrea St.. -V. Y.ft2ffi~\>^^5Scl A*TC TO Sri50 A .MONTH can be made workic? , v I w for us. Persons preferred who can furu'sk boras and Klv* their whole time to the business. jSpare znonient-i may be profitably employed also. [A few Tacanej ?11 towns and cftlp-s. U. I". JOU.V SON St CO., :C0t Main St., Hichmoad, Va. pea/ioa "without ^ E-.&? R ftii fa delay, put your B <fl ^rv fjaln; l:i the haaiU *srTott^PTrririn7ifTEir. ATTORNEY, H WASHINGTON, 1>. V. REE 1IA N A' MONEY, Washington, D. 0. flMn^y^ATENT^M^.v, Claim and Land attorneys. years Member of Congrej?. year; Asa't P. 3. Att'y-Oen. JUIIN 77 ,ffiURK13| BB^MaMfflMBMLProsocut^B claim?. SJ#yilK|^B8QKC^Btfi?r U. B. P ?a*!on Baren?. BUMLflHSHKBpftttsf %xtj iaio$. AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. PASTURING RVE IN WINTER. Rye may profitably be pastured by sheep in some of the Southern States, but in the North, where cold withers its leaves, they are not worth enough to offset the 1 poaching of the ground that is sure to I occur in midday even in cold weather. If, , | however, the rye is getting too large a . j growth pasturing with sheep or calves is I necessary. If there is any danger of its j getting into joint it becomes tender, and , | a slight amount of cold destroys the crop, ' I as it would of the most tender vegeta j ble. APPLE WOOD KOU FUEL. In most Old orchards there are some , trees that have become stunted, and ex I cept with extraordinary attention will j never pay their way. Tke better plan is ( to dig them out root and branch and use i them for fuel. The extra care concen- 1 trated on the remaining trees will bring , far larger returns. Most orchards are planted much too closely for the best re- , suits. Where the tree was dug out fill in with rich dirt from the roadside, and the j | trees on all corners from the old one will j show in their increased products how , much they appreciate the wider range j given their roots. Apple tree wood ] makes cxccllcnt summer fuel, and is es- , pecially rich in potash. ( ] FLOWER POTS. j It may be well to remember that there 1 are other uses for old fruit-caus than i feeding tnem to goats or niang gutters; 1 they are just the things for home plants i of many sorts. They will retain moisture ] much longer than an earthen pot of the 1 same diameter on top, they hold more i soil, consequently a larger plant can be ( grown in the same sized pot. We have seen all manner of house plants, including hyacinths, in the windows of ordinary farm-houses, growing in tomato cans, , that would put to shame many of our florists' productions, and mainly because the plants were in better quarters than in porous earthen pots. Try tin cans, after pounding holesfcn the bottom for drainage, painting them nicely, not red?but some neutral tint that will not detract from foliage or flower?and mark the result.?New York Observer. ONION CULTURE. Twelve years' experience in raising onions, and no trouble from maggots and worms. I have sown and raised on the j same piece for six years, and the crop grew better every year. When the time comc3 to sow onion seed in the spring, generally about the last of April, as early as the ground will work, I spread on thickly rotten manure, plow it under, and then rake the ground off and mark i it out in drills fifteen inches apart. I next sow unleached wood ashes in the drills at the rate of forty bushels per acre. I then sow the black seed on the 1 ashes and cover with earth. They -will come up black and keep so. I have no 1 trouble from worms and maggots. Unleached wood ashes and onions arc great friends. 4 'Use them freely" is my motto, and I have never failed of raising a good crop of onions.?American Cultivator. THE USE OF FEBTILIZERS. A farmer a few days ago made a good suggestion about the proper use of fertilizers, and as he is a successful planter it is worth giving for the benefit of others. "I find," said the farmer, "that a great deal of money is wasted by a too lavish use of fertilizers when the crop is ? * - i-i t/ i. i. /-u.- _ pianteu. u you waui to iuiiuu a pig yuu do not give him all the food at once, simply because it will be wasted and destroyed before it can be eaten up by the pig. So it is with food for the plant. Put on part of your fertilizer when you plant your crop, then every time you work it add a little more. If a drouth comes, and you find it will not be needed, you save that much. It frequently happens that a crop is injured more than it is benefited by the improper use of fertilizers. Then again by putting the fertilizer on later in the season you get more tr^on 4-V*n nrnr\ to inofnnnrr onrl UCUCJ1U3 n UV,il t'UU u Mittvuiiujj UHU fruiting." Apparently there is good sense in the suggestion.?Atlanta Constitution. disease nt fowls. When fowls become stupid and sleepy with the feathers bunched up and the | excrement is yellow and green in color, j the disease is anthrax, or., ss it is com- i monly called, cholera. It is a disorder ! of the liver and contagious. It usually happens when fowls are kept in damp and filthy houses and are overfed, as these faults quickly produce such an unhealthy condition as to make the birds susceptible to the contagion. It is scarcely worth while to attempt a cure. The sick fowls should be killed without bleeding and buried away from the house and the house thoroughly disinfected by burning sulphur on hot coals in it with the doors closed. It should be -well cleaned and kept clcaned. Feed the remaining fowls with scalded meal, dissolving for each twelve fowls one dram of hyposulphite of soda in the water used. Continue this for a week and feed no more than one ounce of meal lor each fowl daily. After the week feed whea; and buckwheat, chopped cabbage and some broken bones. A little salt and pepper should always be given in the feed of hens two or three times a week, and some vegetable food should be supplied. Chopped cabbage is the beat food of this kind.?New Fori World. TO SAVE GRAIN IN BINS. Every year a good deal of grain is spoiled by molding or becoming musty after being threshed. This year, unless threshing is delayed until very late, the losses from this cause are likelv to be I unusually hea?vy, owing to the wet weather of harvest time and the bad condition in which much grain was got under cover. We heard a few days ago a practical fanner describe a method by which lie put up grain, however wet and in any .'.mount, without injury. He kept a lot of common brick under cover, so as to be ' always dry, and when the grain was put ! iato the bin he interspersed brick through : the heap enough to absorb the euper- ' ;Iuous dampness. Almost every one 1 knows that kiln dried brick will absorb 1 i great amount of water in proportion of 1 their size. The brick in a heap of damp 1 or even wet grain will, if numerous enough, dry it out, saving all danger of heating. After serving their purpose the t brick should tv carefully put oceside for j use another year. Our ipforiMflt's.father c had used the same pile of brick many years, and however dry the grain, he usually threw a few brick in the bin to insure greater safety. It is possible that this would prove a good method in drying out corn or to keep hay or grain in stacks from being spoiled by heating through. KEEP YOUNG STOCK GROWING. If properly fed and kept warn in winter, young animals gain more from the same feed than they will at any later period of their existence. The necessity for good feeding must therefore be apparent. For the young stock, if not fed or cared for as it should be, becomes ?j ?,7? 5IUI1LUU) UIIU ULLUCr lUid uuuuiuiuu buug iss scarcely anything more vexatious and disheartening-. The cause of stunted growth is usually impaired digestion, though this is followed by, and often confonndcd with, attacks of scurvy in pigs, lice in calves or colts or ticks on lambs, all of which arc serious evils. They generally proceed from the one source of insufficient nutrition. We use this word nutrition rather than feeding advisedly. There-may be enough or too much fed, and there may even be enough eaten, but it does not digest. It is only the food that digests which does an animal any good. Where digestion is ruined easily the animal never recovers to what it might Lave been. Starving and surfeiting are equally injurious. It is just these extremes that the careful fanner avoids as belonging to the wild state. No wild animal produces as much gain in flesh as one under intelligent and painstaking human care. The wild animal gets its food as best it may, and in latitudes svhere cold winters prevail it is reasonibly sure to become pinched and stunted the first winter. It is quite likely that if the buffalo is domesticated and given food and shelter winters, it will attain larger size than the buffalo that formerly ran wild over our western plains.-^Amerizan Cultivator. GRAFTING THE CHESTJxCT. In some old works on horticultural operations the grafting of the chestnut is referred to as a rather difficult and uncertain operation, and this may have deterred many otherwise good propagators of trees from attempting it. But any one who can successfully graft the apple and pear need not hesitate to graft the chestnut, thereby saving several years in procuring a crop of these excellent nuts. The cions snouia, 01 course, De xaxen from bearing trees if possible, and only the young healthy shoots used, and these taken from the terminal points of large, vigorous branches. After thecion is set, cover every part of the exposed wood on both stock and cion with wax, using plenty of it, inclosing all with waxed paper or thin cloth, to prevent admission of air or water when the stock begins to swell with growth in spring. I much prefer spliefl grafting upon small stocks on branches of larger trees, to the ordinary cleft-grating, but-have good results from both. It is not at all rare to see the cion set in spring blooming at the usual time thfl first season, and bearing a few nuts th? second, and more the third. By having a few seedling chestnut trees growing in the orchard and garden we can always avail ourselves of the opportunity for oty taining cions of choice varieties found in the forest, or in the grounds of friends and neighbors. The same is true in re*! gard to fruit and ornamental trees, and q man handv with the buddinc-knife can always obtain of his friends choice an^ rare varieties without cost, if he is known as a liberal man ever ready to return Buch favors.?Neva York Tribune. CABE OP HOU K PLANTS. At this season of the year window plants require considerable attention to maintain a healthy condition. Care has to be taken in watering so that too mucb be not given and a saturated condition of the soil result. Do not allow water to remain in the saucers in which the flowei pots are standing, as it causes the soil to get too wet, and no plant will remain long healthy in such a condition. Stii the surface of the soil in the pots, and occasionally wash the leaves by spraying when they are smooth and large, and bj nrr orn cmoll nn/1 OJiiUglU g I covered with hair. Also keep the pot! : clean. It is just as necessary to keep the breathing pores of the leaves in good working condition as it is to keep the skin of the human body free from dirt. Pick off all decayed leaves and keep the plants free from insects. Green fly, that inveterate enemy of all window plants, should have at all time close attention. Syringing will keep them oil when thej first make their appearance9 il j regularly attended to; but should they get on in large numbers th* only method of destruction is tobacco smoke, which can be applied by placing the plants under a barrel or box and filling with smoke; or, if the barrel or box is perfectly tight, fill with smoke first, then place the plants under by quickly ! turning the plants on one side, as enough smoke will remain to destroy the insects. Bulbs of hyacinths, tulips, etc., which have filled their pots well with roots can be brought into light and heat, when they will soon expand their flowers. When watering newly expanded flowers of any kind, do not allow any moisture to remain long on the blooms, as it causes premature decay. Those who were fortunate enough to secure a few bulbs oi fuschies, and have them nowcominginto bloom, will at once be convinced that I this is one of the sweetest of recently introduced bulbs. They are so easily managed and bloom so finely that they havo ; already become general favorites among j all lovers of flowers wherever introduced. During their flowering period give plenty of water, but as soon as the foliage begins to ripen gradually withhold water, and finally allow them to dry off altogether until next August, when they can again be 6tarted into growth.?Ohio Farmer. Eest as a Cure for Lockjaw. Professor Rcnzi, of Naples, has re- : ported cures of tetanus by securing ab- ! solute rest for the patient?that is, rest ] for the senses aa well as for the body. The patient's ears are closed with wax, his room is dark, and the floor is heavily j carpeted. liis nurse attends him with a j shaded lantern; he is served food that j requires no mastication; and sedatives ! ire given to relieve pain. It is not pre- | tended that this treatment shortens the j period of the disease, but that it lessens ;he force of the paroxysms, which eventually cease. The last census in New Zealand reveals j he fact of a profession of religion on the j | >art of no lew than ninety-five ppr cent, j j >f the whole population. \ T ."} ; ~ SIOUX SUN-DANCE. [ \ PECULIAR AND DANGEROUS CUSTOM OF AN INDIAN TRIBE. It is Dedicated to the Sun?A Barbaric Scene?Charging at a Pole?Accidents Which Resulted. j Lieutenant Schwatka contributes to the Century a curious custom of the1 Sioux. From the article we quote the following: ""When all had assembled' and the medicine men had set the date for the beginning of the great dance dedicated to the sun, the 'sun-pole' was selected. A handsome young pine or fir, forty or fifty feet high, with the straightest and most uniformly tapering1 trunk that could be found within a reasonable distance, was chosen. The selection is always made by some old woman, generally the oldest one in the' camp, if there is any way of determining,| who leads a number of maidens gaily dressed in the beautiful beaded buckskin gowns they wear on state occasions; the| part of the maidens is to strip the tree of its limbs as high as possible without felling it. "The selection of the tree is the onl^ apecial feature of the first day's celebration.1 After it has been stripped of its branches] nearly to the top, the brushwood and trees for a considerable distance about it are removed, and it is left standing for the ceremony of the second day. 'Long before sunrise the eager participants in the next great step were preparing themselves for the ordeal; and a quar ter of an hour before the sun rose above the broken hills of white clay a long line of young warriors, in gTogeous war paint and feathers, with rifles, bows and arrows, and war lances in hand, faced the east and the sun-pole, which was from five to six hundred yards away. Ordinarily this group of warriors numbers from fifty to possibly two hundred men. An interpreter near me estimated the line I beheld as from a thousand to twelve hundred strong. Not far away, on a high hill overlooking the barbaric scene, was an old warrior, a medicine man of the tribe, I think, whose solemn duty it was to announce by a shout that could be ! heard by every one of the expectant throng j the exact moment when the tip of the ! morning sun appeared above the eastern I hills. Perfect quiet rested upon the line of young warriors, and upon the great j throng of savage spectators that blacked the green hills overlooking the arena. Suddenly the old warrior, who had been kneeling on one knee, with his extended palm shading his shaggy eyebrows, arose to hia full height, and in a alow, dignified O 7 - w manner waved hi3 blanketed arm above his head. The few warriors who were still unmounted now jumped hurriedly upon their ponies; the broken, wavering line rapidly took on a more regular ap- j pearance; and then the old man, who j had gathered himself for the great effort, j hurled forth a yell that could be heard to ! the uttermost limits of the great throng, j The morning sun had sent its commands > to its warriors on earth to charge. "The shout from the hill was re* j echoed by the thousand men in the val- , ley; it was caught up by the spectators od the hills as the long line of warriors hurled themselves forward toward the sun-pole, the objective point of every savage in the gelling line. As they converged toward it the slower ponies dropped out, and the weaker ones were crushed to the rear. Nearer and nearer they came, the long line becoming massed until it was but a surging crowd of plunging horses ana yelling, gesticulating riders. When the leading warriors had reached a point within a hundred yards of the sun-pole, a sharp report of rifles scunded along the line, and a moment later the rushing mass was a sheet of flame, and the rattle of rifle shots was like the rapid beat of a drum resounding among the hills. Every shot, every arrow, and every lance was directed at the pole, and bark and chips were flying from its sides like shavings from to rotary bit of a planer. When every bullet had been discharged, and every arrow and lance had been hurled the riders crowded around the pole and shouted as only excited savages can shout. "Had it fallen in this onslaught, another pole would have been chosen and j another morning devoted to this per- I formance. Though this seldom happens, ! it was thought thnt the numerous assail- | ants of this pole might bring it to the ground. They did not, however, although it looked like a ragged scarecrow, with chips and bark hanging from its mutilated sides. "That such a vast, tumultuous throng could escape accident in all that wild charging, firing of shots, hurling of lances and arrows, and great excitement would be bordering on a miracle, and no miracle happened. One of the great warriors was trampled upon in the charge and died late that evening, and another Kmicoa anroina ! JLUU1UU Wtid OUUb. JL iiu ux * *** * l and cuts that might have been spoken of J in lessor affairs were here unnoticed, and nothing was heard of them." Expensive Flowers. The most costly roses which New York florists had for 6ale during the past winter were the Anne Alexiff and the Ulich Brunner. The first is of an exquisitely delicate pink, and the second has the rich j dark boauty of the jacqueminot rose, but is very much larger, usually measuring about five inches across the top. They came from Carlton Hill, N. J., and one of them was practically a bouquet in itself. They retail at $2.50 each, so that the gift of one of them was no mean present. A Paradox. He shivered as from a fearful cold, Because of her frigidity; For she said "No" and stuck to it With womanly rigidity. < . . .. ? ?i !iv iv.v I "xls strange," saia &e, --inai mm uiu wuaix, I suddenly am smitten; 'Tis paradoxical, but true? i No warmth is in her mitten.1' ?Chicago Times. LUMBAGO. the parts freely witS &. Jacobs Oil. It is commonly known as: BACKACHE. Victoria, Tex., June 22,1SS8. I vu in bed two months with backache; Buffered about three months. I was cured by 6t. Jacob# Oil permanently; no return in 14 months. G. W. JEFFERSONt At datj{CaiST8 and Dealers. THE CHARLES A. VCtfLER .CO., Battlmart. HI. Improvement in Artificial Limbs. The latest improvement in artificial limbB consists in forming the leg and foot part of a single piece of wood, having the grain curved naturally in its growth, such pieces being procured from the parts of the trunk contagious to the roots and branches of trees. Limbs made in this way are stronger with the same amount of wood remaining in them than when made of parts and glued together, and are made waterproof, which is a valuable feature when the occupation of the wearer exposes it to constant dampness, or to water itself, as in fishing, mining, dredging, etc. By making limbs in this manner from natural curves in the growth of the wood, it has become practicable to make light and substantial artificial feet, adapted to partial ampu tation of the foot. The advantage derived from lightness of artificial substitutes will readily be apparent -when the resistance to motion from inertia is considered. A Few Pointers. The recent statistics of the number of deaths show that the large majority die with consumption. This disease may commence with an apparently harmless cough which can be cured instantly by Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lung--,which is guaranteed to cura and relieve all cases. Price 50c. and $L Trial size free. For qple by all druggists. A Liverpool dentist extracts teeth, cleans them and restores them to their sockets to do further duty. Aboot 303,030 telephones are in use in this country. There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed tb be incurable. Foraureat many years doctors pronounced it a local disea~o, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional c.ire on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to ! a teaspoonfnl. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of thesystem. The. offer J one nunareu uoiia.ro lur au> utuse n ihji* vo uuru. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. t&~ Sold by Druggists, 75a In India the Government fixes railroad rates. Tlic Pride ol His Class. He was a bright, handsome boy of sixteen, sunny-tempered, brilliant and engaging, the delight of his parents, the Joy of his nome, and the pride of his class. Bat a shadow fell across his bright prospects. It began with a trifling cough; soon came premoniti ms of consumption, his strength failed, his cheeks grew hollow, and he seemed doomed to .an early grave. Then a friend advised Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. He tried it and was saved. Health and strength returned, his cheerful voice rang out again across the school playground, his cheeks again grew rosy, his eyes bright. He is still "the pride of his class" and he graduates this year with highest honors. Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. 50 cents, by druggists. Germany has 1SU76 postoffices, England 17,687, France only 7310. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompeqp'b Eye-water. Druggists sell at 26c. per bottle Watch for "Murray" Buggy adv. next week. ! ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when 8yrup 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, head- j ftches and fevers and cures habitual i constipation. Syrup of Figs is the | omy remedy 01 its Kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities com- ' mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup 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 pro- | cure it promptly for any one who 11 To-ialioci +rtr if T")rt nn+ flfPPnfr. any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. lOUISVtLLE, KV. l/EW YORK, .VST, | i tliat j Chronic Cough Now:; For It you do not It may becomo con- j j aumptlve. For Consumption, Scrofula, J I Oetuyral Debility ami ll'asllmj Diseases, j J thero Is nothing like j i scott's! Emulsion Ihbbbbbbhhb I Of Pure Cod Liver Oil and HYPO PHOSPHITES Of Xilme mid Soda. j |l It Is almost as palatable as milk. Far Ji ] Deuer witui oiner eo-caaicu iiuiuiaiuuo. ! A wonderful flesh. producer. j Scott's Emulsion j Thero are poor Imitations. Oet the genuine. AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL: CONSULT OR. I,OBB, 3if) North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia. Twenty years' experience In special illse-isca; cures the worst cases of Nervous ' Complaints, lllood Poisoning, blotches, Eruptions, Pllos, Catarrh, Ulcers, Sores, Impaired Memory, Dosp 'iiileuey, DiliiUfss or Vtaton, Ming, J.lver stomach, Kidney il3rlght's Disease'; confidential. t2f*Call or write for question list and b.iok. 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"MY WIFE IS A TERROR!" said a mild-tempered man in our hearing. one gimps gnu cuiai jo tuiu dpiui&o uti children, and finds fault continually. I can't bear it any longer." Don't be too severe on her, my friend; you little realize her sufferings. She has lost her former sweet disposition, and ill health is the cause of it all. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will make her welL As a powerful, invigorating tonic, it imparts strenrth to the whole system, and to the womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked, "worn-out," " run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. As a soothing and strengthening nervine. "Favorite Prescription" is unequaled ana is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, irritability, exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease of the womb. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. AATADDL V/M i Hnrvn manently cured by DR. SAQE'C CATARRH F Dlt. KOEHLKt for all domectlc nnlmaU) ?vil ulent or spasmodlo. Karely sdpate, rather acts a3 a mxa In more than 3000 case*, our treated promptly. when needed, and pcrhaj enclose 50 ?nw^or aample^i Xizturt" right along Kith* tl.i hit colic medicine 1 ha OVERT IN EMM Br J. Hamilton Ayera, A. M., 31. D. This Is a most valuable book for the household, caching as It docs the easlly-dUtliijulsbed sympomsof different diseases, the causes and means of >re venting such diseases, and the simplest remedies vhleh will alleviate or cure. 598 pages profusely Uustrated. 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For free pr.c-o list Y*s2*- \ mention this paper and address jfT WjsnJONES OF BINGHAMTON. ' BIWGnAIUTON, N? Y. DROPSY TtiKATEI) FRKE. Positively Cured with Vegetable Remedies. Have cured thousands of eases. Cure patients pronounced hopeless by best physicians. From ttrst dose symptom* disappear; In ten days at least two-thirds all symptoms removed. Send tor free book testimonials of miraculous cures. Ten days' treatment free by moll. If you order trial, send 10c. in stamps to pay post&ge. Dr. h. IL Green & Soss, Atlanta, Ga. iSi dr. SC m hhmmmbmh oSSL A STANDARD FOR 01 ^.FMm|PF|| Curo Indigestion ?fcWlSfctlf burn, Flatulency, C 1 the Stomach; Costi Diarrhoea, Piles, an< __ UI1J. Congestion, Bilious Tliffil'l' Headache, GiiUiine P UlulU dcring Painn, Mai _____ and all Diseases eri ^!ug>;l<h Liver. 1 lb a Positive Cure for routs, reduce corg tiona, br.'uk up ?tul DYSPSPStA *t,,ri free, healthy? give the ovilem a And all Disorder* of tlx* T>S-and strength. Th< gtstiv? Organs. It is likewise v n Curroboialive ur Strength- purely vi cnintr >le,iuint>, and ni?y lie crRirri V taken with benefit in all case# ?lnl^IL of Debility. For salt- by all and abso! Drug"iate. Price,51.00per bottle. Dr. Schick's New Book For Sale by all I on T.unp*, Liver ami Stomach per bo*; 3 boxes .mailed free. Adurt-ss, mall, pontage frei Dr. J.H.Schanck & Son, Phila. Dr. J. II. Sclienck < taste. Children take it wit / rmffWi rS 1 ^ m^*9M i 1H ' dn r 1 nr IlLvL^^S^k-^ ^5^?-I Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription fa I legitimate medicine, carefully compounded by en experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in any condition . - > of the system. < "Favorite Prescription" is a positive cure for the most complicated ana obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing,' painful menstruation, unnatural ruppree sions, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back, " female weakness," an Aversion. retroversion, bearinc-down fipnsation*. chronic congestion, Inflammation and ulcer-' ation of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness in ovaries, accompanied with "internal heat." : It is the only medicine for woman's pecu-' liar weaknesses and ailments,sold byarofgiste, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, to give satisfaction in every case, or money paid for it will be p jmptJj refunded. See guarantee printed on bottle wrapper and faithfully carried out for many years. 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