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j|| Why a Horse Eats Dirt. *here was a block in the street up town H other day, and a crowd of people and H number of carts, street cars and carHe s were generally mixed up and deBd for some time. B)irectly in front of one of the cars was Hirt loaded with fresh dirt from some Bar. The passengers on the car noticed mnn > nfnwflpfflri l> UUU U1 IUC cm UJ13C3 <? (U luttl wim he load of dirt. Finally he stretched neck out and picked up a small ithful of the clay, which he seemed ry to dissolve in his mouth, with con:rable satisfaction. Why, that horse is eating dirt!" said assenger with some astonishment. "I er seen the like." 'Nor I," said another man. 'Reckon you gentlemen don't know ch about horses," said a quiet man. hoss," he went on, "knows as much my animal about his own stomach, l if men knew as much as animals do v wouldn't have dispepsy. A hoss in country if he can get a bit of grass h his dirt he takes it that way, but e in the city I suppose he must be d to get the dirt clean. That's why t boss is eatin' that dirt. 4I don't pretend to know what they dirt for," the man went on, "but I dw that they do eat it ouce in & while, i it must be for the good of their machs and that they know what they doing. 'Animals is knowing things, and so is ds. A hen will eat clam-shells and ckle over them if you'll pound them fine. A dog will hunt out certain bs when he is sick. A cow knows ten she wants salt as well as a man es, an' it's the same way with any ler animal except a man."?New York ul and Express. TT.l U Tl IT em iii IUC A/CSCI II? In the year 1857 the French engineftr, Jus, demonstrated that that portion the Sahara Desert included within the >a of French Algeria contained large derground supplies of water, and the mber of wells bored since that time in e departments of Algiers, Oran and mstantine amounts to more than 13, 0. These wells vary from 100 to 400 et in depth, and the pressure of the iter forces it a couple of feet above the rface of the ground. It is then led to ditches, and is carried in this way the vineyards, date trees and wheat Ids. No fewer than twelve million res of barren land have been made uitful in this way, an enterprise reprenting perhaps the most remarkable ex nple of irrigation by means of artesian ells -which can anywhere be found, lgeria owes to this method of cultivaon that it is becoming a most im>rtant wine-producing country, as may ; gauged from the fact that it sent to ranee in 1866 10,500,000 gallons.? hambers's Journal. A couple of drops of camphor sprinkled 1 a toothbrush are said to make one of ie best and most refreshing of tuothashes. Officer .4.^T Bra. ley of the Fall River Police, llghly gratified with Hood's Sarsaparllla. Be waa lly ran down, had no appetite, what ha did eat wed distress and he felt Tired all the Time ew bottles of Hood's Sarsaparllla effected a maroas change. The distress in the stomach U ently gone, he feels like a new man and can eat any? ng with old-time relish. For all of which he inks and oordldally recommends Hood's Sarsa:111a. It la Tery Important that In the months of March v [April may n blood should be thoroughly purl fled and thesy*% be given strength to withstand the debilitating Dtec't of the changing season. For this purpose iood'S Sarsaparllla possesses peculiar medicinal rwers and It Is the Best Spring Medicine The fojlowtng, Just received, demonstrates Its "omderful blood-purlfylng powers: C. L Hoo<f.* Co.. Lowell, Xass. "Oentlemfn: Ibavehadaalt r hen mi for anumlerof years, and for the past year one of my legs, rom the knee down, has been broken ant Terr tadly. I took blood medicine for a long time with to good results, and was at one tlma obliged to Walk With Crutches [ sally concluded to try Hood's Sarsaparllla, and before I had taken on$ bottle the Improvement was ?- ? ? ? nl,t]i t hftd taken three JO mOTKoa buaw x u/uv?uuw >- ? Wttles.and am now better than I have been In year*, the Inflammation has all left my leg and It is sntirely healed. I Have bad such benefit from Hood's Sarsaparilla iiat I concluded to write this voluntary statement." ?. j. TKJtrLc, Ridgeway, Mich. Hood'* Pills cure all Uvsr Ilia. ^ORKILMEFTS ^ ?Jg(p nooi Kidney, liver and Bladder Cure. Rheumatism, lumbago, pain in jointsor back, brick cfcistlQ urine, frequent calls, irritation, intiamation, t srravel, ulceration or catarrh ot bladder. i Disordered Liver, Impaired digestion, gout, billious-headache. SWAMP-BOOT cures kidney difficulties Jja Grippe, urinary trouble, b right's disease. Impure Blood, Scrofula, malaria, genT weakness or debility. fiotrtatfe-UN content* of One Bottle. :t not oe?> CCted, Druggist* will refund to you cha pnee Mid. At Drusclat% 50e. Size, $1.00 Size* moraHdr Ordde to Heatth"fro?-OoBWlUtion fit* Db. KHJOEB & Co* BuiGHAJflOH. N. y. THE PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINERS. The professional entertainer is the go just now. Hostesses consider that it saves them an immense deal of wear and tear, as she is not obliged to consume her time and lessen her own enjoyment by endeavoring to make people have a good time. This fad is an importation from England, where it has long been practised.?St. Louis Republic. HISTORY OF MOURNING CRAPE. IfAiiiinin.v PFono coomc fA VlQVP fit iUVUt UlUg HVVWV ?V ? Japanese origin. Ia 1743 it was extensively produced in England by the Huguenot refugees. There has always been a secret in the manufacture, and in old days apprentices and assistants promised not to reveal certain processes. It is made of silk from which all the gloss has been taken. The lightest kind of crape consists of filaments of silk lightly twisted technically called "singles." In the thiclcer kinds two or three filaments are twisted, and the subsequent dressing is with a gummy preparation. The custom of dispensing with crape is mu^h on the increase, and many women we content with perfectly plain woolen stuffs.?New York World. LACE I>T FAVOR. Lace of all kinds will be employed upon all sorts of garments this coming season. Thp nni-p r?f t.h* imitation rruinure is marvelously cheap, some of the houses running out lines of wide guipure for twenty-five and forty cents of a deep width and quite good enough to make a handsome trimming for cotton and erepon dresses. I saw a lovely new lace recently called Point de Gaze, which is one of the handsomest laces I have seen, and not too expensive either. The tinted guipures?real and imitation?in ecru, gray and green, are very popular. Cloth dresses an<? all sorts of woolen stuffs will be adorned with lace in preference to any other trimming. Capes and pelerines, cascades and corselets of lace are arranged as the wearer fancies on ?nv snrt r>f fRhrir.?New York Herald. SHORTER WAIST8. There is one thing for which we have great reason to be thankful, and that is, that some women have the good sense to shorten the length of their waists, whether in the interest of comfort or' convenience, it really matters little. A glance through the pages of some of the most approved fashion publications shows us that the true dress reform, which consists, first of all, in raising the dress line, is certainly gaining ground. Talk ^ WC iiia^) 10 10 tug IVU^, wwnuvu-vivnu, compressed waist, the waist drawn in below the ribs that gives the discomfort, and lays the foundation for more ills than even the enormous number of medical men of the day can correctly diagnose, to say nothing of being able to combat them even in a limited and imperfect fashion. And so let us send up a note of rejoicing that in one particular, | at least, it is to be hoped dress reform is in the ascendent, and it is to be hoped will continue to gain in favor until the long, spindling, pinched-in deformity that has for so long passed' as the fashionable waist shall be no more.?The Ledger. RETURN OP THE "BEEFEATER." In milliner-land the chief event is the return of the Beefeater. It is to be hoped, however, that beefeater crowns will not become such monstrosities as they did when last in vogue, some twelve years ago. At present they are wondrous moderate in size and Bhape. Cloth hats are most in vogue, and if well made, of a fine material, look ex actly like felts. A pretty combination was seen in one bonnet, which had a brim of soft, brown plush and a beefeater crown of pale blue cloth sewn with gold. Bows of gold galloon and blue-and-gold ospreys were its further adornments. Another had a brim of 6moke-colored velvet and a crown of pale-blue cloth. A win;; and one large single bow of the velvet trimmed it behind. A pretty hat had a flat brim of smoke-colored plush and full crow of apricot cloth. It is in these skilful combinations of materials and color that the whole charm of present millinery lies; and any one with an eye for color, a light hand (this is as essential in millinery as in pastry), and a few bits of bright-hued cloth may make herself as fashionable a hat as any.?Detroit Free Press. THE DOLL WOMAN OF BROOKLYN. There has just died in the City of Churches in her seventieth year a remarkable old lady, known for years as the "doll woman." She was Miss Margaret Ball, and there is about the story of her life a pathos which would have appealed to Dickens. Indeed, so like was she to the little doll woman whom he immortalized that she was known as "Jenny Wren." She was one of the early graduates of Rutgers College, was brought up in luxury and lived in the very shadow of the old Lorillard mansion amon<r the aristocracy of the earlv days of New York. Bat reverses came and she was left with an infirm brother and a crippled, decrepit sister to support. She opened a little shop at first, but the big stores crowded her out, her trade fell away and the wolf looked in at the door. Yet she had business ideas aad was ingenious, and from the fti'ie she began making her quaint little dolls she found a ready narket for them at the Woman's Exchange. 80 she lived comfortably in her little home with her "babies," as sbe called her brother and sister, until just before Chrismas she was taken ill, and after lingering some weeks. died. Now the infirm brother and the decrepit sister are left alone in the world, but with childlike trust they believe that they will bo taken care of.? Chicago Post. woman's greatest charm. And this virtue is the innate womanliness that is the distinct charm of every womanly womau, be she as fair as Helen or as homely as George Eliot; as graceful as Psyche or as unprepossessing as Mme. de Stael. The charm of woman ha3 ever been the uppermost theme of poets, painters and philosophers. They have dwelt on her beauty of expression, of color, of motion, of mold; on the delicate beauty of her mind and heart; on her almost supernatural instinct, and her natural tendency toward the right rather than the wrong; each in his own way celebrating these attributes of womanliness as the intangible something that sets her above and apart. It is this womanliness that wins love and commands respect; that makes her strong in helpfulness when concerned for those she loves, yet clinging and trusting as a child on the stronger nature necessary for the rounding out of her c cvi'ofonAo tVio ?nm?rilinp.M thflfc is her ? shield in dubious places, and her defease in danger; that makes her gentle and loving, quick of sympathy, patient in endurance, eager to forgive, generous and self sacrificing, and that makes the world lovelier and purer for its existence. The womanliness that makes her beautiful in the eyes of the men who live for her and die for her as mother, sweet heart and wife, and "whose price is fa) ' above rubies."?New York Press. * THE NEW 8TVt.ES IN PAKA90LS. Plain coaching parasols and eux touf have gone into retirement to give place to more fanciful parasols that are necesonrw oHiunr?f.q tn the elaborate C03tumes soon to be worn in the park and foi afternoon visits in town and country. Thin light fabrics?gauze, chiffon, silk mulls, crepe de Chine and net?form the greater part of the parasols,and are made up in puffs (vertical, horizontal or pyramidal) bv shirrinsj or pleats, with one 01 two selvage frills finishing the edge like a flounce. To prevent the shielding canopy being too transparent, these diaphanous fabrics are usually gathered over an inner layer of thin silk. A puff or large chou is around the top, and another is on the handle. The new shapes are of medium size, le3S like an umbrella than those of last summer, and have eight gores gracefully curved from centcr to tip. A great deal of jet is used for decorating parasols, in ornaments of fleur-delis shape, stars or bow-knots. For allblack parasols moire will be liked with a plain edge, or bordered with lace, also 1 polka-dotted satins with large and small 1 dots together. Turquoises as large as j nail-heads are on the black net parasols < to be used by those wearing colors. ' Small sprays of heather or other flowers : are fastened in net covers that are gath ered over surah gores. Chevron-striped silks make pretty waving lines around j plain parasols of tan, cream, blue-gray or cardinal shades. Changeable taffeta I silk parasolB for general use are in the 1 closely rolled shapes, or with club sticks ' and tops. Sun umbrellas of blue, car- ] dinal or black silk in twenty-four to i twenty-six inch sizes are rolled slenderly, { with natural twisted handles of cherry, ( furze or Madagascar wood. Filigree ( silver is applied to other plain wood 1 ' -31- ? ?4l?A??A awaaI/o nf i xrr\TTt I ^ uauuitsa, wuuc tuuao vyiuu wuuuu VI * ?j, or colored horn are studded with Bmall fleur-de-lis of gold or silver.?Harper s Bazar. : FASHION NOTES. Jet bonnets are fashionable. Princesse effects are very stjlisb. Brocaded silk for party dress is the j rage. Sponged cloth is used for hat trimmings. Blue and medium shades of green are ' in favor. > j Gauntlets reaching to the elbows are , exceedingly fashionable. i The present fashionable bodice is as nearly seamless as possible. I White silk, coiduroy and velvet are ] * * J popular ior evening ureases. i Heart-shaped lockets, in gold and silver, are tho fancy of the hour. Blue serge makes uae of the prettiest and most serviceable street dresses. Girdles of jet, dull gold and silver are to be worn upon the street as well as in the house. For informal outing3, driving, and so forth, the loose-fitting jackets will be in general use. A new fashion in color is a combina tion of blu? and yellow, or black and fawn color. Very few of the new costumes show a lining, being simply faced and woru over a petticoat of silk. Velveteen is to be used for seasonable suits. Narrow passementerie or gimp is used for trimming. Handsome cashmere 9hawls are being made up into street gowns, the border ' forming the bottom of the skirt and u side panel. Some skirts have a width of four and a half, or even five breadths at the lower part, narrowing in the sloping to three or more, according to the use or not of gathers or plaits. The breakfast and louDging jacket has grown in importance until it has succeeded in capturing the prettiest fabrics in the market. A lovely material especially fancied by those women who can buy without counting the cost has the appearance of highly wadded silk. The favorite tint is an ivory white surface -J powuereu wiia ueucuieiy toneu unburns. ^ A profusion of lace and knots of ribbon 1 add to the beauty of these house fancic?. J A great many jackets with pelerine I effects will be seen upon the promenade ^ during the coming season. These wraps L are so constructed that viewed lrom the c front they appear to be composed of a f series of shoulder capes, but a glance at * the back shows that they end just at the > arm-hole. When the background of the r material will allow the combination, two 1 and even three shades are employed, but ot course, the harmony must be perfect ( if odo doe3 not wish the prsUineas of the s ti'uy capes utterly destroyed. . - -Jit. 'i ?> 5 m 1 SARATOGA CO. MIRACLE. 3ELPLESH FOR YEARS AND EXCLUDED FROM HOSPITALS AS INCURABLE. 'he Remarkable Experience of Chas. Quant as Investigated by an Albany (N. Y.) Journal Reporter?A Story of Surpassing Interest. Albany, N. Y. Journal,, March 12th. Saratoga, March 11th.?For some time >ast there have been reports here and elsewhere in Saratoga County of a most remark ible?indeed, so remarka le as to be miracuous?cure of a most severe esse of locomotor itaxia, or creeping paralysis, simply by the iseof a popular remedy known as 4'Pink ^ills for Pale People,'' prepared and put up >y the Dr. Williams "Medicine Company, iorristown, N. Y., and BrockvilJe, Ont, The story was to the effect that Mr. Chas. L Quant, of Galway, who for the last six >r eight years has been a great sufferer from reeping paralysis and its attendant ills, and vho had become utterly powerless of all elf-help, had, by the use of a few boxe6 of he Pink Pills for Pale People, been so fully -estored to health as to be able to walk ibout the street without the aid of crutches, rhe fame of this wonderful, miraculous cure pas so great that the Evening Journal reporter thought it worth his while to go to Jalway to call on Mr. Quant, to learn from lis lips, and from the observation and testinony of his neighbors, if his alleged cure vas a fact or only an unfounded rumor. \nd so he drove to Galway and spent a day md a night there in visiting Mr. Quant, getting his Btory and interviewing his leighbors and fellow-townsmen. It may be >roper to say that Galway is a pretty iittle rillage of about 400 people, delightfully oca ted near the centre of the town >f Galway, in' Saratoga County, and ibout 17 miles from Saratoga Springs. Jnon inauirv thB residence of Mr. Charles A. Quant was easily found, for ; very body seemed to know him, speak well of lim, and to be overflowing with surprise and latisfaction at hiB wonderful cure and restorition to the activities of enterprising citi:ensbip, for Mr. Quant was born in Galway ind had spent most of his life there. Mr. 3uant was founa at his prettv home, on a jJeasant street nearly opposite the academy, [n response to a knock at the door it was )^ened by a man who, in reply to an inquiry f Mr. Quant lived there and was at homf, said: "lam Mr. Quant, Will you come in?" Ifter a little general and preliminary conversation, and after he had been apprised of the >bject for which the Journal reporter had allied upon him, he, at request, told the >tory of himself and of his sickness and &rrible sufferings, and of the ineffectual treatment he had had, and of his flual cure yy the use of Dr. Williams's Pink Pills for Pale People, and cheerfully gave assent to tsuse for publication. He said: "My name s Charles A. Quant. I am 37 years old. I was born in the village of Galway. and, excepting while traveling on business and a ittle while in Amsterdam, have spent my whole life here. My wile is a native of Dntario. Up to about eight years ago I bad lever oeeu hiun emu nos wcu m nV? wealth. 1 was fully six feet talL weighed 180 poundsand was very strong. For twelve {rears I was a traveling salesman for a piano ind organ company and had to do,or at least lid do, a great deal of heavy lifting, got my Reals very irregvJarly and slept in enough 'spare beds' in country houses to freeze any ordinary man to death, or at least give him the rheumatism. About eight years ago I began to feel distressed in my stomach and conmi ted several doctors about it. They all said it was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia I was treated by various doctors in different places, and took all tbe patent medicines I ;ould hear of that claimed to be a cure for iyspepaia. But I continued to grow gradually worse for four years. Then I began bo have pain in my back and legs and became conscious that my legs were getting weak ind my step unsteady, and then I staggered when 1 walked. Having received no benefit from tbe use of patent medicines, and feeling that I was constantly growing worse, I then, upon advice, began the use ot electric belts, ?montr rtiffor#nt bin Ha nf paw) OUU OU WUV UMMJIJ VI ?V. VM. | ?Jectric appliances I could hear of, ani spent hundreds of dollars for them, but they did me no good. (Here Mr. Quant showed the I Journal reporter an electric suit of underwear for which he paid $124.) In the fall of I 1888 the doctors advised a change of climate, ] so I went to Atlanta, Oa., and acted as agent Tor the Estey Organ Company. While there [ took a thorough electric treatment, but it only seemed to aggravate my disease, and the only relief I could get from the sharp and distressing pains was to take morphine. The pain was so intense at times that it seemed as though I could not stand it, and I almost longed for death as the only certain relief. In September of 1888 my legs gave out entirely and my left eye was drawn to one side, so that 1 had double sight and was dizzy. My' trouble so affected my whole nervous system that I had to give up business. Then I re turned to New York and went to the Roosevelt hospital, where for four months I was treated by specialists and they pronounced my case locomotor ataxia and incurable. After I had been under treatment bv Prof. Starr and Dr. Ware for four months, they told roe they had done all they could tor me. Then 1 went to the New York hospital on Fifteenth street, where, upon examination, they said I was incurable and would not take Af Via ProoKTTtnHon haurnto 1 tliair I examined me and told me tbe same thing. Iq March, 189J, I was taken to 8t. Peters hospital in Albany, where Prof. H. H. Hun frankly told my wife my case was hopeless; that he could do nothing for me and that she had better take me back home and save my money. But I wanted to make a trial of Prof. Hun's famous skill and I remained under his treatment for nine weeks, but secured no benefit. All this time I had been growing worse. I had become entirely paralyzed from my waist down and had partly lost control of my hands. The pain was terrible; my legs felt as though they were freezing and my stomach would not re* tain food, and I fell away to 120 pounds. In the Albany hospital they put 17 big burns on my back one day with red hot irons, and after a few days they put 14 more burns on and treated me with electricity, but 1 got worse rather than better; lost control ol my bowels and water, ana upon advice of the doctor, who said there svas no hope for me, I was brought home, where it was thought that death would soon 2ome to relieve me of my sufferings. Last September, while in this helpless and suffering condition, a friend of mine in Hamilton, Ont., called my attention to the statement }f one John Marshall, whose case had been similar to my own, aud who had been cured by the use of Dr. Williams's Pink Pills for Pale People. "In this case Mr. Marshall, who is a prominent member of the Royal Templars of l'emperance, had after four yeara of constant treatment by the most eminent Cana* lian physicians been pronounced incurable, 1 ?*1 AAA fnfo 1 rlion hilitn o)nirti ! xuu was paiu luc viuw uutui uiouwuivj viu4u* i lilowed by the order in such cases. (Some uonths after Mr. Marshall began a course of Teataient with Dr. Williams's Pink Pills, mrt after taking some 15 boxes was fully restored to health. "I thought I would try them, and my wife sent for two boxes of the pills and 1 took ;hem according to the directions given on ;he wrapper on each box. For the first few lays the cold baths were pretty severe, as I was so very weak, but I continued to follow nstructions as to taking the pills and treatnent, and even before I had used up the ;wo boxes of pills I began to feel beneficial effects Irotn them. My pains were not so md; I felt warmer; my head felt batter; j ny food began to relish and agree with me; i could straighten up; the leelins; began to :ome back into my limbs; I began to je able to get about on crutches; my eye :ame back again as good as ever, and now, ifier the use of eight boxes of the pills?at a :ost of only $4.00?see!?lean, witn the help >f a cane only, walk all about the bouse and rard, can saw wood, and on pleasant days I r/alk down towr. My stomach trouble is jone; 1 btve gained 10 pounds; I feel like a ie\v man, and wnen the spring opens I ex>ect to be able to renew my organ and piano igeucy. I cannot speak 111 too high terms of Jr. Williams's Pink Pills for Pale People, lh I know they saved my life after ull the ioctors had given me up as incurable." Other citizens of Galway, seeing the wonlerlul cure of Air. Quant by the Pink Pills or Pale People, are using them. Frederick Sexton, a sufferer from rheumatism, said he vas finding great benefit from their use, and Hi*. Schultz, who had suffered from chronic lysentery lor years, said he had taken two >oxes of the pills and was already cured. Mr. Quant had also tried Faith cure, with xperts of that treatment in Albany and Sreenville, 8. C., but with no beneficial results. A number of the moreprominent citiiens >f Ualway, as Re*, C. E. Herbert* of the Presbyterian church; Prof. James E. Kelly, principal of the academy; John P. and Harvey Crouch, and Frank and Edward Willard, merchants, and many others to whom Mr. Quant and his so miraculous cure by the use or Dr. Williams's Pink Pills for Pale People ore well known, were pleased to have the opportunity of bearing testimony to the high | cnaracter of Mr. Quant, and of verifying the story of his recovery from the terrible affliction from which he had for so long a time been a sufferer. Xrulv. the dutv of the nhysician is not to save life, but to heal disease. The remarkable result from the use of Dr. Williams's Pink Pills in the case of Mr. Qtlant, induced the reporter to make further inquiries concerning them, and he ascertained that the? are njt a patent medicine in the sense in which that term is generally used, but a highly scientific preparation,the result of years of study and careful experiment. They have no rival as a blood builder and nerve restorer and have met with unparalleled success in the treatment of such diseases as paralysis, rheumatism, sciatica, 8t. Vitus's dance, palpitation of the heart that tired feeling which affects so many, and all diseases depending upon a watery condition of the blood or shattered nerves. Dr. Williams's Pink Pills are also a specific for trouble peculiar to females, such as suppressions, ^regularities, and all forms of weakness. They build up the blood and re store roe glow 01 neaitc w ptuo ur bouuk cheeks. In the case of mea they affect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or excesses of whatever nature. On further inquiry the writer found that these pills are manufactured by The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockvllle, Ont., and Morristown, N. Y., and are sold in boxes (oever in bulk by the hundred), at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for 12.50, and may be had of all druggists or direct by mad from Dr. Williams Medicine Co., /from either address. The price at which these pills are sold makes a course of treatment comparatively inexpensive as compared with other remedies, or medical treatment. Perils On the Ocean. The Washington patent office alone contains some fifty different models of swimming belts, cork jackcts, life buoys, surf boats, life boats and danger signals, and, considering the elaboration of marine charts and safety arrangements in naval architecture, it seems rather strange that the number of shipwrecks of the northern hemisphere (not including the Gulf of Persia or the China Sea) should reach the enormous average of 2400 a year, involving a loss of 6000 lives. The fact is that new ocean perils turn up as fast as the contrivances intended for their prevention. The very speed of first-class passenger steamers increase che fatality of such disasters, asserts Felix Oswald in (he Chautauquan. Another new element of danger has arisen from the fact that the civilization of the American continent is working its way farther and farther up north, involving the establishment of steamer lines across the drift of polar icebergs. Ocean racers, indeed, have become as unavoidable evils as storms and sea fogs, and a plurality of passengers may continue to accept them as preferable alternatives, but considering the protests of an influential minority it seems hard to understand why their risk lias not at least been modified in the way proposed by Professor Marquard, of Hamberg, and Captain de la Gardic, of the Belgian navy, viz., the use of 4'companion steamers." In nine out of ten cases the worst consequences of shipwreck could have been averted if more efficient help than that of frail lifeboats had been near at hand, and as the chance against the probability of both vessels being wrecked at the same time would be as a thousand to one, the popularity of tho fleetiest "ocean greyhound" would be eclipsed by the plan of letting passenger steamers start pair wise and keep up communication by means of signal lights and fog I bells. Cost of Seeping a Warship. The first cost of a first class battle-ship is only a very small part of the expense which it entails upon tho nation, ships like the Chicago, Baltimore and Philadelphia carry about thirty officers, 300 enlisted men, and a marine corps of from forty to sixty men and officers. The officers of a first class ship of the line are the following: Captain, lieutenant commander, four lieutenants, one junior lieutenant, two ensigns, nine naval cadets, medical inspector, surgeon, paymaster,chief eDgineer.aasistant eagineer, chaplain, captain of the marines,gunner and carpenter. The expense of main' taining a first class modern cruiser, pay of officers and men, coal, repairs and | general supplies, is estimated at $1300 per day. This is in time of peace. If fighting is to be done the expense will, of bourse, be greatly increased. Repairs may run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars after an engagement, while the cost of firing one broadside from a ship like the Chicago, 900 pounds of metal at one discharge from four guns, is about $600.?Picayune. ymwm i ONB ENJOYS J Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is iaken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys , Liver and Bowels, oleansee the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habituaJ constipation. Syrup of Figs is U*e only remedy of its kind ever pro- ' duced, pleasing to the taste ana ao? \ ceptabie to the stomach, prompt 10 its action and truly beneficial id xte < effects, prepared only from the most aeaithy and agreeable substances. ?te many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Svrup of Figs is for sale in 50o and $1 bottles by all leading drug- I gists. Any reliable druggist who S j. L_- 1 j ~:ii 8 uiay iiub liitvtj jl uu iinuu wiai cure it promptly for any one who j wishes to try it. Do not accept J any substitute. j CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. I UAH FRAMCISCO, CAL. jjWjjiWMfc xv- hew rout. 9%PBlCIABI<>oliN w.aioukiin, i nCilldlvIl Washington, D. C. 3jrticlMt wm# Itft4Judic#Uuy;iiaixiia. tttty ainctx .... A United States Commissioner id Chicago, 111., having been called upon to pass judgment on a comic valentine case, found that there was no statute to cover this class of nuisance. The organized militia of the United States consists of 101,321 men commanded by 8879 commissioned and 1248 staff officers. ? , 1 Elsewhere in this Issue are published the particulars of a remarkable cure that fairly outrivals the celebrated case of John Marshall, of Hamilton, which created such a sensation throughout the country. The particulars of this case are vouched for by the Albany Eotnino Jour, rial, recognized as the leading newspaper at the New York State Capital, and one of tho leading papers of the United States. There is, therefore,no room to doubt that the particulars of the case are accurately and carefully set forth, in every respect true, and must therefore prove of deepest interest to our readers; the article is commended to their careful perusal. Belgium is the first country to make hypnotizing an offense against the law of the land. There is more catarrn In this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced It 'ncurable. 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 cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. T>rn?r rjfv*inn fnr Anv fOAfy It fails to CUTC. Bend for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 76c. The Famous Hot Springs of Arliausas. "The Carlsbad of America." Solid through trains from St. Louis. Elegant Hotels,Sublime Mountain Scenery. An ail year round Health md Pleasure Resort. W. E. Hoyt, G. E. P. Agent, 891 road way, New York. Mr. J. H. Estill, President Morning News Co., Savannah, Ga., says: " A member of my family who has been a martyr to neuralgic headaches for twenty years, has found In Bradycrotine an Infallable remedy for headaches." For Throat Diseases, Coughs, Colds, etc., effectual relief is lound in the use of "Brown's Br<mchtcU Troche*." Price 25 eta. Sold only in boxe*. Beecham's Pills will cure wind and pain In the stomach, giddiness, fullness, dizziness drowsiness. chills and io>s of appetite. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., are givinpr away a beautiful illustrated book, "Guide to Health and Etiquette." Lalies should send their address and stomp for :opy. The worst cases of female weakness readily rield to Dr. Swan's Paatiles. Samples free. Dr. Swan, Beaver Dam. Wis. FITS stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Kxryz Restorer. No fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S- crUl j free. Dr. KHnw. OT1 Arch ^r? Phllo.. Pa. A leading actress remarked to a reporter, "The last time I played here I was worn out. bat Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has since made a new woman of me." i ! MANY UK NEURALC cbdaimq _Constantme, Mich., F with pains in the bac time; no relief from other remedies. Atx and made about 14 applications; have tx done all kinds of work and can lift as muc DDIIICCC __760 Dolphin St., Bait the back stairs of raj bruised badly in my hip and side; uffere cured me." tterman Syrup" Justice of the Peace, George Wilkinson, of Lowville, Murray Co., Minn., makes a deposition concerning a severe cold. Listen to it. "In the Spring of 1888, through exposure I contracted a very severe cold that settled on my lungs. This was accompanied by excessive night sweats. One bottle of Boschee's German Syrup broke up the cold, night sweats, and all and left me 1 in a good, healthy condition. I can ' give German Syrup my most earnest If ^ ? cumuieuuauuii. yj : = oFUlikY WARRANTED?= 5Ton Scales $60 Freight Bmp *?^%loNES?r Bihshamtom.NY IJ tiam i || v headache pow. ] I IllPn I II T *>ER. A positive cure I IWhll lalki I for Sick and Nervous J Headache, SleepleSHnesa and Neuralgia. Safe, sure and speedy. Trial package of 4 powders, 10c. Box st *0 powders, 25a Sent free on receipt of price. Igents wanted. Liberal discount. tiger lily medicine co., , 354 East 12th St., New York. : CONSUMPTION j IS CURABLE. Also Asthma, Bronchitis,Catarrh. I The Inhalation Method. 90 per cent, cured , lurlnfr* years' practice. Testimonials furnished on J ippllcatlOD. Remedies for Impure Blood, Constlpa- ' Jon, Dyspepsia. Write for particulars. Agento ; vnuted. The Cb. Bergman Medicine Co., ' )fllce, Qlfford Building. Jamestown, N. Y. J CHLORIDE OF GOLD i lineniAAMiyC TABLETS, only sure cure ; llroUmARInt I lor the Alcohol Habit, lorphlne and Chloral, per Box by mall. May be ! ;lveu without puUeut'a knowledge lu boupor colter " Chloride ol Gold Medical Institute, ? i Weil 42d St., near 5th Ave., N. V. City, N. Y ' "DR. O. P. BROWN'S '' ^ aau J Si#*. AQAlilAH BALSAM ; cured my throat, stopped my cougb yb\_ .'V beuled my lungs, restored my voice." ThU old, tried, standard, Herbal L k. Remedy loosens, heals, strengthens; " - '/> cures coughs colds. >a grippe, asthma, weak lungs. 50 ct?. an.i SI. 9fii^Uih JUST OUT ALOOLE ot I I atfiuttpo P Watches, Jewelry and WWpirfj KSSentFree. KsTAm.it=HKD 196a) W.P?--?st.. Sew York. i r 9kltf ! asthmatic urn II. Irifir fT^iliTJ1 p.HaroldHaics.M.O. CURED TO STAY CUREp.^| mjFFAl-O. N1Y. , .1 MNSAS FARMS E ood prices. Farm* for sale at bargain*. LUtTrej. CHAS*. It. WOlll.I.EV. Owborne. Knu. m aputp make 100 per C'l. and win f74ft CASH PR12?H I H IjP N | Onn my cor brushesud<1 tnuJiciotM | < Ejsampleafn-e. Territory. Br. Ilrld^t.u, jffaB'Wuy. N.V. j | PATENTS ?i&i?srcfc' | ? I ^ 40-pave book !>? < Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is tbi- tow I Sold by druggists or btut by mail. Hj * 50c. E. T. Hazeltlne, Warren, Pa. H , I Ja : 1 ' r COPYRIGHT <291 ^ There's nothing Iqjt of Catarrh, when you use Dr. aage'f Catarrh Remedy. With the poisonous, irritating snuffs and strong caustio solutions, a good deal ?9 left. They may, pernaps, stop it for a time, but there's danger of driving it to the lungs. They work on false principles. But Dr. Sage's Remedy cures iL no matter how bad the case, or of how long standing. Not only U*> tarrh itself, bat Catarrhal Headachy Cold in the Head ? everything catarrhal in its nature. The worst oases yield to its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties. So will yours. Yon may not believe it, but the proprietors of Dr. Safe's Remedy do. And to prove it they make yot this offer: If they can't cure you, they'll pay you $500 in cash. It's a business proposition from a responsible house. But do you think they'd make it if they, and you, couldn t depenu upon their medicine ? Eve Should Have It in The Ronifc Dropped on Sugar, Children .Love / w to take Johxsoh'8 Axodtxi Umhkkt lor Crnqp,Coldfc Sore Throat, Tonsllld*, Colic. Crumps and Pains. Relieves all Summer Complaints, On is and Bruises Ilk* magic. Soldererywiiere. Price 36c. by mall; ebottla* jv* Exprem paid. <2. La JOHNSON&cS..BOfTOH. Mam. A torpid liver is tho source ofdjspep ula, alck headache, constipation, piles, M bilious fever, chills and Jaundice. w jTutfsTimjPiils; have a specific effect cm tho lifer, storing it to health j action, SActs* StoeseT"! I a _?ethan7> Mo., Aug. 4, 1888: ? I A* ??gaffed for years with nca- ? , - < ' r*!? ially cured by St Jacobs Oil." a 1 T. B. SHEEER. | < ; J| eb. 16,1887: "Was tronbled 30 yean J k from strain; in Dea lor v/eexa at a rat 8 years ago I bought St. Jacobs Oil i ;en well and strong ever since. Have J h as e?er. No return of pain in years. ; D. M. EEARIfcK. \ o., Md., Jan. 18, 1890: "I fell down <j r residence in the darkness, and wae S vag d severely. 8t. Jacobs Oil completely r WM. C. TTA kIjEN, | J Member of State Legislature. ^ i , ^ vg ttCLD MEDAL, PARIS, 187a . ; > ^ W. 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