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l?:? f GIANT AND DWARF. MYSTERY OF THE GROWTH OP THE HUMAN BODY. "Why Men Grow or Do Not?The Mechanism ot Increase in Dimension? Remarkable Examples ot Abnormal Growth. Why do we attain a certain size an 1 weight of body and thsn cease to grow? Why is one person limited in stature to a few inches while another stretches up several feet ? Why i* it that oue at maturity weighs not above fifty pounds and another attains a weight ten times as great? These are all questions of growth, and some marvelous examples are recorded. Nearly every nation has produce J its celebrated giant, and most nations more than one. Jame3 Toller, born at St. Neots, Huntington, England, "at the age of ten years had attained tbe surprising height of five feet and upward; at the age of eighteen years he had reached the 1 height of upward of eight feet aud one and one-half inche3, and was still in progress of growth." Two separate men, each of whom was eight feet in height, claimed the cognomen of "The Irish Giant O'Brien" at the same time. The skeleton of one of these is to be found in the Museum of I the College of Surgeons, London. It was bought by the celebrated surgeon, John Hunter, who paid $2500 for the body for the purpose of dissection. This O'Brien died from a debauch at the age of twenty-two. Tiie other O'Brien, whose real name was Patrick Cotter, earned a fortune by exhibiting himself, and attained the extreme limits of a giant's life?forty-six years. He took the precaution to have his grave chiseled out of the solid rock twelve feet deep and provided that it should be kept locked and constantly watched. This O'Brien used to amuse himself by light' L-' : ?~ -*. l.imns onrl Via IHg XI1S pipe UL LUC 3U?U uuiy.], . j quite terrified a high way man who on one j occasion had stopped O'Brien's carriage j by simply putting his head out of the window and stretching himself up to his full height. The skeleton of another Irish giant to be found in the anatomical room of Trinity College, Dublin, is seven feet six inches in height, and constituted the frame work of McGrath, born inTipperary, who made the tour of Europe as the "Prodigious Irish Giant." His enormous growth was said to have been the result of an experiment made by the j oplphrflted Bishon Berkeley, who DUtthe I boy?an unfortunate orphan ? through a fattening process with this result. Bernardo Gigli, an Italian, attained the height of eight feet when only j eighteen years of age. Big Sam, the i Prince of Wales' porter, who was nearly \ eight feet in hsight, is the tallest Scotch- j man, unless we credit the account given by M. Le Cat, who tells of the Scotch giant "Funnum, who lived in the time of Eugene II., King of Scotland," and who measured eleven and one-half feet in height. The giant of Utrecht, Holland, described by Dr. Diemerbrock, the : aDatomiit, stood eight and one-half feet in height. The king of giants, nowever, | was ChristoS Munster, born at Erlosen, j near Munden, in June, 1630, who, ac- j cording to authentic records, attained a height of nine and one-half feet, three inches talier than Goliath of Gath. He served in the body guards of the Elector and lived forty-four years. Rapid decay seems to naturally follow i rapid and excessive development. A re- I markable illustration of this is shown in j an account given by Dr. Dawkes, a surgeon of St. Ives, who published, in 1744, "An Account of the Gigantic Boy of Willingham." This boy was Thomas Hall, who, when two years eleven months old, was three feet and nine inches in height, and at the age of lour years, one month, was four feet five inches in height, so, had he grown to manhood at this rate, he would have at-?J *? WUn ho tameu :imc ui icu itsi. nuuu ?.v>. in his fifth year he had a thick pair of whiskers and -weighed about eighty-five pounds. That the period of growth is not limited to the legal age of maturity is true. A gentleman thirty years of age connected with a literary journal of this city two years ago was six feet two inches in height, and is now six feet four. He is in perfect health and presents a remarkably youthful appearance. The immediate factor in the stoppage of growth seems to be the hardening of the bones, particularly the long bones, through the secretion of lime'. But this is probably a mere incident resulting from the influence of food, excessive physical exercise, cold or some other force affecting the general system. Among the recipes given for checking the growth of children is that of anointing the backbone with the fat of bats and moles. This is said to have the effect of hardening the cartilage and thus preventing growth. "Sweating," the process used for reducing the weight of jockeys, is another means employed for checking | development. It is said that dwarfs have been artificially produced by the horrible practice of feeding infants on sour cider instead of milk. As in the caso of giants, the stature of these little people h.s, in most cases probably, been the result of accident. Contrary to their huge rivals in interest, dwarfs frequently attain great aze. Richebourg, who died in Paris in 1S53, was ninety years old. He was only twenty-three inches high, something less than the stature of our own most celebrated dwarf, General Tom Thumb. The first English dwarf of whom there is authentic recoid, was only one and a haif feet high till thirteen year? of age, though he afterward attained ti e height of three feet nine inches. This wss Jeffrey Hudson, who was presented to Queen Henrietta by the Duchess of Buckingham. Hudson on that occasion surprised the company by stepping out of a pie. He is said to have fought two duels, one with a turkey cock and one with a Mr. Crofts, whom he sI?ot and killed. Mme. Teresia, known as the Corsican fairy, was thirty-four inches high and weighed only thirty-six pounds. She lived to a good old age, though the exact period is unknown. When growth is attained, the skeleton having reached its proportions, any adverse influence affectmg the lymphatic system or nutritive supply in any way tends to produce leanness. A welldeveloped man, having drunk lye by accident, after a prolonged illness and recovery found himself a living skeleton. A dissection of this man after death disclosed the fact that the thoracic duct bid bees nearly closed up. .... Oa the other hand, any influence which stimulates the nutritive mechanism unduly degrades the secretive and assimilative functions and tends to produce abnormal fat. The living skeleton, with his limited capacity for food and assured income as a freak, enjoys some degree of happiness, but the fat person deserves commiseration. The statistics of this class are quite extensive. Mr. Bright, an English grocer of Maiden, weighed a trifle of 610 pounds, aud an Irishman, Roger Byrne, who died in ISO J, was "several stones heavier than the celebrated Mr. Bright." Mr. Spooner, of Tamworth, though of medium height, weighed 6S0 pounds. The traveler in London something less than a century ago might have noticed the following poster. Mr. Daniel Lambert of Leicester The Heaviest Man that ever Lived! Weighs upward of Fifty Stone!! Mr. Lambert will sea company at his house, number 53 Piccadilly, next Albany, nearly opposite St. James Church, from 11 to 5 o'clock. Tickets of admission, One Shilling Each. Mr. Lambert had been keeper of the old county Bridewell at Leicester, and despite of his physical immensity, wa3 a very intelligent and active person. A Kentish innkeeper named Palmer,weighing only 350 pounds, visited Mr. Lambert, and appears to have been deeply mortified at his own inferiority, for, on returning home, he was suddenly taken ill and died. Mr. Lambert weighed 759 pounds just before his death. Though rules for the reduction of fat are more easily given than followed, we are assured by a once "heavy" man, who tried the experiment successfully for twenty-four days, that absolute abstinence from food will cure it, and to those who possess sufficient determination to follow his example this rule is therefore commended. ? 2Veu> York Times. Two Girls Sara a Train. There are two young girls now in St. Paul who are deserving of honorable mention for a recent prompt and heroic act. of theirs which resulted in saving a passenger train from wreck with the probable loss of human life. The two girls are Lizzie Barron, of this city, and Carrie Butcher, who lives near Shakopee. The former was visiting her friend at Shakopee not long since, and it was during this visit that the act of bravery was performed. The girls were one day taking a stroll, and about four miles east of Shakopee they came to the track of the Hastings and Dakota division of the Milwaukee Railroad, along which they started to walk. They had not proceeded far when they discovered that the beams of a wooden culvert had caught fire and almost entirely burned away. There was nothing left but a shell, which would scarcely bear up under the weight of a hand car, but, a few rods away, nothing amiss could be detected, as the rails were still in their proper positions. At the time of the discovery it wa3 inst: nhout time for the exDress to pass. and the situatiion at once flashed upon the minds of the two girls. Instead of becoming panic scricken and running away to find help, which, they realized, would probably come too late, they rushed down the track toward the approaching train, the roar of which could already be heard in the distance. They had not proceeded far when the train dashed around a curve at full speed not far away, and with a shriek of the whistle rushed toward them. Older persons than they might well have quailed before the approaching monster and sought personal safety in flight, forgetful of the danger of which they would warn the engineer. But their hearts never faltered and they rnmainpd sfcandincr unnii the track, swing ing their bonnets and gesticulating wildly. Soon another shriek from the engine told them that their signals were comprehended by the eugineer, and they stepped aside, while the train rushed by them with the sparks of fire flying from the wheels as they were gripped by the steel shoes of the air brakes. The train was brought to a standstill before the ruined culvert was reached, and the girU modestly received the thanks of the passengers and trainmen for their prompt action in averting a serious wreck. When the Milwaukee officials became aware of the facts in the case the general manager issued orders to suitably reward the two girls, which has just been done by the local officers.?St. PuuZ Pioneer Pras. Pictures of Running Water. If we ask a person who has not thought about the matter to represent with a pencil, from memory, a stream or tan or water, in nine cases out of ten he will return the paper after having timidly ventured upon a few parallel scratches, looking as much as anything else like the ruts in a road or the hairs of a horse's tail. Yet we see liquids every day flowing along the gutter, and from bottles or pitchers; and we have all played near brooks and cascades. The persons who trace the parallel lines we have spoken of suppose they are representing the path traveled by the particles of water?that is, a movement, an immaterial thing which by its very nature deSes all graphic representation. It is true that a luminous point in very rapid motion leaves on the "retina the impression of a line. We are thus authorized to represent a flash of lightning, the course of a shell, and a gunshot; but we hesitate to resort to that artifice to represent the flight of an arrow through the air or the movement of a sword to strike. It will be well to make only a moderate use of it in representing water. In fact, these parallel lines do not exist, at least not under that form. Furthermore, lines do not show whether the stream is going to the right or to the left, or vice versa. ?Popular Science Mo.itkly. Heavy Woods. There arc 413 species of trees found within the limits of the United States and Territories, sixteen of which, when ! perfectly seasoned, will sink in water. : The heaviest of these is the black lron! wood (Condaiia ferrea), found only in | Southern Florida, which is more thau thirty per cent, heavier than water. Of the other fifteen, the best known are the lignum vit.e (Gniiacuui sanctum; and the mangrove (lihizophora mangle). Texas and New Mexico lands, full of queer, creeping, crawling, walking, and inanimate things, are the homes of a species of oak (Quercus grisea) which is about one and one-fourth times heavier than water, and which, when green, will sink almost as quickly as a bar of iron. It grows only in mountain regions, and has been found westward as far as the Colorado desert, where it grows at an ,, elevution of 10.0'JCl ieel. . . WOMAN'S WOULD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. THE AUTUMN COLORS. Heliotrope is a favorite color for autumn, the Cloak Revieto says, and so is gray. Pink will continue in favor in all its shades?salmon and rose pink, azalea pink, aubergine and a variety of pinks with a violet tinge. There will be flax blue and light gray blue and bright egg yellow and marigold and maize. There will be shades of tan and coffee color and dark bright blues and brilliant crimsons. Navy blue and crimson will be used together, and black silks will be brocaded with crimson. Brown and deep red are being put together in many combinations, and dove gray and red frequently appear. A $4000 LINEN CHEST. Mrs. Crawford writes from Paris: "A verv fashionable wedding wa3 that of Mile, de Riquet Caramen and Comte de Mortemart. M. de Mortemart made some handsome presents to the bride. So did the Duchesse d'Uzes, whose hand is still always in her pocket. "The youug lady's parents gave her a trousseau of house-linen that cost $4000, j and the Comtesse's coronet of brilliants, pear-shaped and round pearls, which the j Comtessee de Caramen used to wear at ! the balls of the Tuileries. "Her late grandfather's gift is a silver ! and a rock-crystal centre-piece tor a din- | ner table. He left it to her mother in trust to be hacded to her, in sign of his great affection for her, on her wedding day." children's frocks. Children's frocks are made in the simplest style, the yoke top with straight widths set in' full, hemmed and tucked at the edges, and confined onty by a sash: or for older girls, leather belts have been i much worn. The yoke is lined, but the I lower part is simply straight and uu; lined, and these frocks are so pretty an I j bo easily laundered that they ?re deserv! edly popular. The sleeves consist of a j straight width of material gathered on : over a shaped sleeve lining. For very I young children the Tudor front is made ! in this yoke fashion, and no sash i3 worn: I or the pinafore over-dress is set into a low yoke of insertion or trimming, and the under-dress is high, and has full j sleeves, and no sash is worn. This is very . effective if carried out in two colors. j AN ENTERPRISING WASHINGTONIAN. In Washington is a young woman in one of the departments, who, knowing I the demand for flowers there, turned her spare moments to floriculture, and last year she sold over a hundred thousand violets at good prices. She bought a little farm near town and in the morning and evening she gives it her personal j supervision, and, while it is not yet sufficiently remunerative to warrant her in i giving up her place at the desk, it will | be so within a year or two, and ever after j she will be an independent woman at a | work she loves. Another, living in the ! country, set about making old-fashioned J pound cake for the city trade, and within three years has built up a business which pays her a handsome profit, and gives her so much to do that she has no time to thank of voting and steering the ship of State.? Truth. NOTE8 ON GLOVES. A new dressy glove has a point on the wrist, plain or embroidered. If gloves are even dampened with perspiration, pull them in shape, dry in the air and pull in shape again. Mend a break with cotton of thn same shade. Gloves are stitched with cotton ?'to make tnem wear longer, tne giovers ay. When gloves are laid away in a box they should be wrapped in paraffine tissue paper. Never lay gloves together, clean and soiled. A fad of the season is the use of yellow, pearl, white and lavender chamois gloves, plain or stitched with black. They cannot be worn as close fitting as kid gloves, as they are not elastic. They soil easily, but the yellow and white especially wash well with a little care in using refined soap and drying on the hands to keep them in shape, if not the owner of glove lasts.?Fashion?. A YOUNG WOMAN ENGINEER. Chicago is a great city, enterprising to an astonishing degree, and in more than one respect is unlike any other city on this continent. She gained the World Fair site over all her competitors, and she now has 9. woman engineer, who has successfully passed the ordeal of a rigid examination. A contemporary eays she was not let [ off easily either because she was a woman; | in tact, tne writer says ner cxazuiuanuu | was, if anything, a little more severe than usual. The young woman walked into the Board of Examiners' room in the City Hall, presented her application in a manly way, deposited the official fee ($2), and then made .her way into the line of the applicants to await her turn. Among other questions she was asked was as to the 6ize of the blow-off required for a seven-horse power engine, and what she would do if the valve stuck fast. When the examination was finished the examiners wrote at the end of her paper "accepted," and Miss De Barr is now a full-fledged licensed steam engineer.?Scientific American. women's clubs. All over our land women arc finding in their social and intellectual club a vitality, stimulus, strength, and inspiration which their grandmothers hungered for end never found. The scholarly woman finds in her club the social companionship which she demands, and the appreciative working force which cannot be. | reduced to any set terms. Women's | clubs have taught women to know tlie.a! selves, to understand the highest duties j of motherhood, to feel the sacredness of ! home life, to see existing wrongs and to apply needed remedies, to attempt reforms on the broadest basis, to value the power of higher education, to discuss measures amicably and logically,to value social duties and business habits, to think earnestly, and to express their thoughts clearly. In small towns and villages the club has been a special providence to many a weary mother, or to the woman of few early advantages and large aspirations. In our great cities women's clubs have been ihe first to institute social reforms an 3 to call public attention to crying evils. Txiej 'uove coc trolled superficial and selfish social customs until such customs have become obsolete. In borne government and the training of children they long ago struck the keynote of a grand choral of reform, which will become more and more harmonious a3 the years roll by. Out of the selfish "ego" they have evolved the progressive ;iwe." They have strengthened two weak hands with the combined power of twenty or a hundred; they have taken a dull,uncutI rrnm /\f tVl nil <rVl f Ollll ncilichpf} it Until it v?"3-w r ? has beeu fit for the purest setting in refined gold; they have mastered great difficulties, conquered absurd prejudices and solved difficult problems; and the grandest work of all ha3 been to teach the women their own possibilities and the glory of their own heritage.?Chicago | Herald. MAIDEXS IN RUSSIA. The daughter is a great pet in Russian families because there are generally more sons than daughters. Take the young members of the imperial family a3 an example, and we find twenty-three grand dukes and only seven grand duchesses, and this may be stated to be about the average proportion in most families. The necessity for men in the rural districts as assistants in the agricultural labore of their fathers has given rise to a sayins?: "One son is no son, two sons are half a son, but three are a whole >> | dull. Notwithstanding the pride and satisfaction with which the birth of a boy is hailed, the little girl is the darling, the object of the teoderest affection and care of parents and brothers, not to speak of other adoring relatives. Much is not ex! pected of her in the way of assistance to the family; she is indulged as far as their means and circumstances permit, and she takes it quietly as her due, but it is rarely that she doe3 not voluntarily and tacitly contribute her share in helping her mother. Her occupations are much the same as those of all European girls, but parish work in Russia existeth not for her. She cannot have classes at Sunday-school, as religion is taught by priests or deacons. It ^ould be thought quite extraordinary and improper were a young unmarried girl to visit the sick or poor in in towns, but in villages it is sometimes done under the direction of mamma and grandmamma. She is undoubtedly fond of pleasures, likes to bo well dressed, an<1 <?;?npml117 ndnres daneincr. Music is not the Russian girl's forte, nor is solosinging. Most o! the institutes, though they thoroughly know the theory of music, play like a child of twelve. Of course there are exceptions, but it is seldom you find a girl able to play a quadrille or polka of! hand. Girls marry very young in Russia, and there are very tew of those most estimable individuals called old maids. There are no colonies for tho Russians to run away to, and statistics show that the births of boys much exceed those of girls. Long engagements are not approved of; they seldom last longer than a few months, during which time the fiancee is the mistress of the house. Her girl friends assemble to help to sew the dowry, eominrr affornAOn nrpnPrftll\7 Andinorin I.UU o\,..iu0 J-, J O a dance after tea, when the bridegroom drops in with a few bachelor friends. Another wedding is thus often arranged, and so on, little by little, till, like the fifty-one cards in the game of "old maids," they pair off and one, generally of the sterner sex, is left forlorn.?Eaglink Magazine. FASHION XOTES. Paniere and fichus of lace trim dinner toilets. Velvet for peasants waists is worn with full bodices. Frills of real lace trim the glace striped silks. Ladies' driving gloves are of kid faced with dog-skin. Corded crepe is woven in stripes for garden parties. Black shoes, hose and gloves are worn with red toilets. Black velvet sashes go with striped wash silk gowns. A gieat deal of satin is used for lining transparent gowns. Silk mitts for young girls are worn with evening frocks. The bow knot pattern in black and white laces is popular. Rustic straw hats are trimmed with fruit and velvet ribbon. All muslin frocks are lacc trimmed. No other garniture seems appropriate. Tho bishop and mutton-leg sleeves hold their own with the enlarged coat shape. A wide variety of white serge and kid footwear is shown in the fashionable shops. Brussels net dotted with flue jets and bordered with larger nail-heads is made up over dull silk for evening dresses. Nets for the hair are coming in fashion again. These are of jeweled net, through tne uaesues 01 wuicu me wu uv??o ku advantage. Huge leghora hats, very wide as to brim and flat as to crown, wired and bent into many and divers shapes, are much in vogue. Velvet wvaps in the styles of the Charles H. and V capes, richly trimmed, are among the most fashionable of the season's mantles. It sounds incongruous to trim a simple spotted or figured print with a flounce of deep lace round the skirt aud the basque, but so fashion dictates. Linen lawns with full, round, belted bodices, very full sleeves and skirts bordered with three narrow frills, are both fetching and fashionable. ij'acc veils match the hat or its trimming in color, drawing the line at red veils, which, at the minute of writing, are thougiit not to be in good taste. Jacket bodies are on the top wave of success just now, whether cut square or round. The tiny fronts are oI lace, passementerie, velvet, silk, wide sash rib! bon, e nbroidery, etc. Short reveres are made by turning the upper corners back, aud another style has the upper part of the jacket fronts cut down to meet in a point over a plastron. Paris dressmakers add a deep band of water-proof goods to the underside of sti^et dresses that sweep the ground. This band can then be sponged each time it has dragged the mud and debris after it. This cleaning process must be a most distasteful task for either mistress or maid, but it is undertaken, if only half accomplished, as nothing but fire or fumigation could remove the odor. * A Man Who Palms Tilings. Two gentlemen shook hands in the ' street a day or two ago, and as they un; clasped their hands a email wad of paper I fell to the sidewalk. "What is this?" . said one of the men, stooping to picK ! up the wad. ''Oh, that is my five dol lar bill," said the other man. "I made ! a ball of it, and palmed it when I left the house in order that I would not forget to stop in at my proccr's and pay a bill. But I forgot all about the confounded thing." "Do you mean to say that you have carried that wad in the palm of your hand for an hour or two without realizing that it was there?" "Certainly; I frequently carry small articles in the palm of my hand for several hours. They never fall out, and they don't bother me. I learned the trick of palming wheL I was a boy, and I have practiced it ever since. I can palm half a dozen coins at the same time and retain them concealed in my hand all day if I want to. I can eat my dinner, smoke a cigar, rend a paper, and do almost everything, except shake bauds, without disturbing the palmed coin9. I find the palming knack very useful some times, particularly when I want to conceal any small article temporarily."?yew York Times. jire norms rosiagu. There was recently published by the French Ministry of Finance an interesting pamphlet in relation to the cost of the world's postage, which gives some very significant figures. The total cost of the postal servica the world over is a little less than $500,000,000. Of all nations the United States is the most liberal patron of the postoffice, with an annual expenditure of $66,000,000. Germany ranks secoud, spending $50,000,000 ; but this also includes the telegraph service, accounts not being available for the separation of the two services. Great Britain spends $49,000,000 for postal service, and France about $28,000,000. * Thus it can be seen that the United States is far in the lead. Another feature of our service that renders it better than that of any other country is that the department does not wait for a demand to spring up, but that in all of the less settled sections of the country, the postoffice ha* preceded the population, and immigrants are never without postal facilitiesID this we differ widely from Europe, wheie only considerable villages have regular postoffices.?St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. "The Fatal Patient." Two years ago, it is said, a woman afflicted with catarrh visited the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, to be treated for her illness. Dr. Johnson, who at that time had charge of Cabinet D, treated the case, and two days afterward he suddenly died. The patient was relieved by the treatment, but six months frot- he first date, on a return of the malady, she again sought the institution. Dr. Pond, then in charge, attended her, and in two days after ho Hiprl of heart failure, as the record states. A week or so ago she again applied for treatment, and Dr. David Phillips prescribed for her. He dined the same day with a friend, went home not feeling very well, and was found dead in his bed the next day. Whereupon the story is published far and wide, and the poor woman is set down as "The Fatal Patient," whom it is dangerous for any physician to treat. And yet n > person of ordinary intelligence would see anything very remarkable in the ( :,icidence described.?American Analyst. Tlie Last of the Miamis. The death is reported from Fort Wayne, Ind., of James R. Godfrey, formerly a chisf of the Miami tribe of Indians and the last fool-blooded survivor of his tribe. His father was Francis ioairey, once a powenui uuu ravage chief of the tribe. Many years ago the Government allotted to the old Chief Godfrey a tract of several hundred acres of land near Fort Wayne. This land i3 now very valusble and is yet held entirely by Godfrey's descendants.?Neuo Orleans Picayune. 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Xcvci DC, ' T"1 T\ T\ T"l uefore lias tne future great I II uesxofu young city ueeu to J III apparent aud attsured. All | | II .-tutes have their laruec-it. I II. ten, and Pierre 1b the Cap! I III tai uutt the Commercial r i "^*\ Metropolis of the New i SmCe^ouTBTCTouIrTrii'vatiteemy uatronsaprollt Good Kesidence I.?ti? s?7-> ?*acu. write for partlo I ular* and reference.*. I IIAS L. IIYOE, In* j TMtmeat Broker, 1'lcrre, South Uakatu, *? r.i"i *v j'i,'i Curious Case of Color Blindness. ? The London Lanut publishes a carious case of color blindess. Tbe patient was an engine-driver in Russia, about forty years of age, whose vision was perfect until 1889. Then he began to 6uffer from violent headachcs, due to overexertion and insufficient sleep, which were followed by a loss of all power to distinguish colors. Everything appeared to him to be red, and he was obliged I to throw up his position. Dr. M. Reich, who examined him, could discover no 0 disease, but found his sight, focus, and sensation of light normal. In May, 1890, . the man again submitted himself for ex- 11 amination, declaring that his sense of color had beeu restored. This proved to be the fact. The Lancet thinks that " "this case seems to show that sensation G of color is perfectly independent of ti physiological function." I C ~~ C J. C. Simpson, Marquess, W.Va,, says; "Hall's Catarrh Cure cured me of a very bad " case of catarrh." Druggists sell It, 75c. g, Kiicpp will rut up a gun foundry in China, o Excellent Opportunities 8 For a personal inspection of the magnificent e resources of the territory tributary to the + Chicago & Northwestern Railway will be at- * forded by a series of Harvest Excursions to p points in northwestern Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyom- D lng, Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Montana, for e which tickets will be sold at greatly reduced rates. Circulars giving full information will r be mailed on application to W. A. Thrall.Gensral Passenger & Ticket Asrent, Chicago, III. c Tickets can De procured of your nearest ti cket tgent. Children Tease For It. Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure is a boon to J i children who are attacked with croup or acute t congestive colds. Sold by druggists or mailed on receipt of 50 cts. Address A. P. Hoxsie, J Buffalo, N. Y. ? FITS stopped free by Dr. Klixe'4 Great t Serve Restorer. No .Its after drst iv?'* ma. f UarvelouscuriM. Treatise aai Si criil bactls 1 tree. Dr. Kline. i>31 Arch SU Phil-u. t'j. g If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thornp ion's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 26c.per bottle. ?? 1 CvfcflP'fllGft < * ON? ENJOYS s Both the method and results when i Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refresh ing to the taste, and acts ^ gently yet promptly on the Kidney^ t Liver and JBowels, cleanses thesys* ^ tern effectually, dispels colds, head' ? aches and fevers and curee habitual \ #?rmotitn>t?nn firnin nf FNora in rJiA only remedy of its tind 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 Figs is for sale in 500 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. SAM FRANCISCO, CAL. I tamvtuE. ki. new roin. it. \ QMHi-ELV'S CREA.VI CA'.K Fwia{??t All*y: P;Jn ou r ^^BtheSore?, Bwtoreg_^oi|?j ^^^^^GIve^Relle^^ncel Apply into the Nottr.X* !9GBB0IHHHI|50a Druggists or by mafl. EL* ? "ft-meybeh-ue whe frmaunbehauyg #t?uc2 endorses^pi Ih is & solid ca^ke of1 . CO?rm?Hr? * For many years SAPOLIO best article of this kind in the olfViz-MirrVi it mctc a triflp n I AllU) OJUlVUgti AW WK/w v* V. ...w .. outlast two cakes of cheap r :heapest in the end. Any j 'easonable price. __ DISO'S ftEMED* FOR CATAli EgS JT cheapest. Keliel 5s immeaiaw t'oia in the Mead it has no equaL jyaa It is at) Ointment, oi which a. sm; nostrils, i'nce. 50c.^ Sold by dru^gi CHICHESTER'S (NQUo.t, RE Ptwwm rwr ORIGINAL AND GENUINE I'A'lIca, ink Drugrlct far CMeke*ter's &+9II1 Uuxc? realtd with blue rihtou. T*Lp no oil All pill* to J vul'oanl bow?. pink wrapptr !< . in (or particular*. U'HtirasoUlt, i 10,000 Ti'?Uraoalal?. Same Pnper. Sold Dt si) Lor^J OrugtliU. ?SJPeT j ==0FUULY WARRANTED0? | 5Ton Scales $ 60 Freight Paid I '^ONES* Bl.1EIIAMT0N.NY jGRASe. SEEDS i We pi tiu ('lover mi'l <Jra?iK .?ccil?, tnkln/ ' :-> ?UCA.' tui u? \V litli M-.Ml* iy i I mi-moil* 'Oiir i ami li vi iii ?-i l 11 y.-uWANT fl'HK ! 1'lil.sll Slllir.vrltr lulrc -atr-ph**, will I r ?>;in I I circular. p?,f" ( L'J I li ! oi. I: t trii. not anonattain. J j Whi titer* iivph >ee<l n.. I'inouastox X V FRA2EMM V"T..."gbe*se Sjt~ vit't tile kicnuiiio. OOIU tvervwirru UAV CCUCD CURED 10 STAY CUREU II ?% | E E w & SI We want :ne name anc ad- ; aressol every sufferer in the &A CTU Rfl h U.S ana Canada. Address MO * niVlft t. Eireld Hayes. iO.: iinffalo.H.I. flENSION^KiKrK , ^Successfully Prosecutes Claims, I Lute Principal Examiner U.8. Pension Bureau. i 3 vraiu last war. 15adjuUieatitij;claims, atty Hiuce. j PSJWSIOWa-iine all VOLUItlUl: 1 'A disabled, rj fee for increase. ?i years ex- ( pertence \\ rite for Lawc. a w Micomccs 1 | Sons. Washington, D. c, & Cincinnati. 0. I -i . V.',. . ..v... . . ..... '. . /. Wiu?r.ij) * V * There's dangtf i a ccmgh?more than ever when our blood is "bad." It makes linfTg easv for Consumption. But iere's a cure for it in t)r. Pierce's rolden Medical Discovery. A posiive cure?not only for Weak .ungs, Spitting of Blood, Bronhitis, Asthma and all lingering Joughs, but for Consumption itself i all its earlier stages. It's re*> onable. All these diseases depend n tainted blood. Consumption if imply Lung-scrofula. And for very form of scrofula and bloodaint, the "Discovery" is a certain emedy. It's so certain, that its lakers guarantee it to benefit or ure, in every case, or the money ia efunded. With a medicine that i$ ertain, this can be done. ? v.Sa There's a cure for Catarrh, too, 10 matter what you've been led vo elieve. If there isn't, in your case, r/\n'11 trot, ftsno ciwh. It's a bona ide offer that's made by the pro>rietora of Dr. Sage's Catairfc m lemedy. There's risk in it, to be are, bat they are willing to take he risk?yoa ought to be glad o "take the medicine. >%' .-J August I Flower" 1 How does he feel ??He feels >lue, a deep, dark, unfading, dyed- |j n-ftie-wool, eternal blue, and he ; nakes everybody feel the same way -August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel??He feels a } leadache, generally dull and con- ;*j tant, but sometimes excruciating? \ugust Flower the Remedy. ? U~.*. U?#AA|0? UA 1? fA nvw uyoo no i oyi i nt riolent hiccoughing or jumping of he stomach after a meal, raising )itter-tasting matter or what he has :aten or drunk?August Flower :he Remedy. ; How does he feel??He feeli he gradual decay of vital power; le feels miserable, melancholy, lopeless, and longs for death and )eace?August Flower the Rem" Jdy. How does he feel ??He feels so is ull after eating a meal that he can lardly walk?August Flower the Remedy. G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer, rT?nrth?irv, New Jersev. U. S. A. MY S U?36 POULTRYB00lt' UUL I II I FAN'CIKK*. CLKMEirro.T, N. J. : IIHII ? .NSSTOUU, WRXTCHZO inuruui d|, wei. ml KNp well. tUiptt JIWI% teUsaow. mat*, a yo%r. dampl*:jjf ree. Pr? J. ll. DYK. Alitor. Buffalo, X. fc wlcanoo* tue j 2-*h8 IBOsl. ' iLbsomemcnsay. 'wh&ha! men say," PPINIOH >|S&poIio.? * ^scouring so&p? " v 4; ' has stood as the finest and world. It knows no equal, "ilii lore its durability makes it nakes. It is therefore the jrocer will supply it' at a i iii? i?* - ?uoo? M uc. v\ ,rrfl - ? i. A sure is certain. for SH I m 1MB r\ vM ?f MHWH ill particle !s aprliod to the ran sts or sent oy mail. flgfi Hazeltise- Wiirren. Pa. d CROSb Diamond Brand a \\i * r\\i\is The only 8>fo. Sure, ?nd reliable PI'.l tor ulc \ lOf (A IHampnd Brand in Kcd ?n<l Gold metallic \y ler V Ind. Rt'vtc Svl.ttitulilmt anit Jmitanone. v l. are donfirerou* rmiiitorfeltfc At Drugjt?i?. <t? ?eod lod "Jttellef for l.udlM>." m Mtf, l<T return Mailt CMICMESTCft fcWCM'c?V,COv, M?dl;ontl*Tuy% ** MY WORK SHALL BE PERPETUATED-** TIip perpetuation of Mrs. Pinkham's wor* w* piardi-il by Iter foresight from the start. Ererj fuiroriu.tr woman apnlyinjjto her received person* attention, and the detail* of every case were I* corded. These records are to-dav the largeat ia the world, om'aiu facts not fouud elscwbera dow opeu to all women. LVOiA E. PINKH.flM'S Compoun* Is the only LrpIHmote and Positive Remedy Cot those peculiar weaknesses and ailments incideal lo women. rinlham'a book. " (fl TT^aHh lai) ?*- brantirnltj 1:1 vtnUcd, ? meipt oflvo 2?. lUaft. Jrdia E? Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn. Maik . ..... .