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Alligators Hard to Eill. .In alligator's tenacity for life is remarkable. I have no doubt that when its brain is pierced by a bullet the animal does not long survive, but sinks into deep water, where it cannot be seen. I have never succeeded in killing and bagging pn alligator by a shot in the brain. The structure of the skull provides so much protection of the brain, and a bullet might easily be deflected by the hard bones. It was not my vocation to go about killing alligators, but on one occasion I was a witness to the great difficulty of taking the animal's life. nn o cVinnfiric nurfv near ?/c ntiv V" p I the Pointee Indigo Factory, on the Ganges, and one day -when we returned from our morning's round in the jungles after deer and always a possible tiger or a wolf, we found that some fishermen had brought in an alligator about r.ix feet long, securely bound on a bullock cart. The animal was still alive, but had evidently been Beverelv beaten to make him quiet on the bullock cart, so the order was given to tie a stout rope around its loins and to turn it into a small tank to refresh and recover itself while we were taking our baths and our breakfasts. Breakfast over the alligator was hauled out of the tank, and was quite lively, so that it had to be fastened to a tree. Tben operations for killing it began, but bullets from a small rifle or an ordinary twelve-bore gun seemed only to irritate it. A Sontal brought a large spear, one of the lato venabula ferro which they use, and drove it down the alligator's throat into its vitals, and this had more effect, while another man got an ax and chopped away at the neck till the head was separated from the body. The body was then cut open, and the heart was lying on the ground by its side, but still the tail continued to move. But here we withdrew, and the mob of Sont'^s, who had been eagerly waiting, rushed in with their knives and cut up the body and ate everything eatable, so that in a short time there was nothing left but the skin and bones.? Longman's Magazine. Hunting Foxes With Dynamite. A fox hunt with dynamite was the Hovel sport of farmers near Point Pleasant, Bucks County, a few days ago. For a long time the farmers had suffered from the incursions of some adroit thieves upon their poultry reserves. The thefts were so daring, yet so mysterious, that it was decided to set a watch. So when John Swopo heard a racket in his hennery he ran out. He was just in time to se<> a big fox, with a nice fat pullet in his mouth, scamper away. The alarm was spread, and a number of Farmer Swope's neighbors assisted him in tracking the fox. They trailed him to his den, under a huge rock, and were then confronted with the problem of routing him. They got some dynamite, fired it, and in a few minutes out came, not one, but four foxeB, half stunned and blinded. The animals were killed as fast as they Appeared and then the den was walled up.?Philadelphia Record. Rainmakers' Cars. The rainmakers' cars, used by the Bock Island Railroad Company, are ordinary box cars. In one end of the car the operator lives. In the other there are retorts, hnge bottles and jugs and various contrivances which belong to the science of rainmaking. A battery of twelve jars capable of producing forty-five volts, the amount of electrioity required, is ranged close under the roof. On the opposite side of the floor are six large jars arranged in sets of two. From these sheetiron tubes extend through the roof through which 8000 gallons of gas are ehnt. infrt tViA air Avftrv hnnr. Three cars are now being operated, one at Beatrice, Neb., one at Horton, Kan., and one at Pawnee City, Neb. It costs SI 00 a day to operate a car.? Detroit Free Press. Chemical Effects in Freezing. It has been long known that frost plays some part in the production of maple sugar, that a peculiar sweetness is imparted to potatoes by freezing, and that persimmons do not lose their &8tringency and become sweet anH delicious until after the first frost. A still more striking instance of phemical change due to freezing has been added by a recent observation. The canaigre roots of Mexico contain so much tannin that they are likely to supplant tree barks entirely for industrial purposes, yet after being frozen, it is stated, not the slightest trace of tannin is left. Just how the frost acts is a problem now to be solved. ?New York Telegram. Nevada shows in ten years an absolute diminution of population of 26.51 per cent. Dr. Kilmer's Bwamp-Koot cures. all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y. China is to have a new telegraph lino 3000 miles Ion?. A Ueauiilul Souvenir Spoon Will be sent with every bottle of Dr. HoxtWi Certain Croup Cure. Ordered by mail, postpaid, 50 cts. Address. Hoxsie, Buffalo. N. Y. HhII'd Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c. Actors, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Karl's Clover Hoot, the great blood purifier, gives freshness and clearness to the complexion and cures constipation. 25 cts.. 50 cts., SI. Impure Blood Manifests itself in hot weather in hives, pimples, boils and other eruptions which disfigure the face and cause ?reat annoyance. The cure is found in Hood's Sarsaparilla which Hood's Sar,?* *%%%%%% parilla makes the blood pure ? \ <g f and removes all such A Ulv3 disfiguration?. It also gives strength, creates an appetite and invigorates the whole system. Get Hood's. Hood's Pills are prompt and efficient. N' y N U? 29 TjfcOfitS WHERE All ELSE FAILS. ? Q IBS Bert Couah brrup. Tww tfwl CkH WHAT WOMEN WEAR STYLES AND NOTION9 IN FEMININE APPAREL. A Charming Cotton Gown for Summer Wear?Dress for a Girl of Fifteen ? Trim Blouse Waists# ^ | f i?E two-column cut nicely il\ I f lustrates about the simplest j and the prettiest style for G making cotton gowns that has ' ?T\ AMmman A uccii uiikcu up iuio ouiumci* iug | bodice has a blouse front effect. The top has a collar of folds, with a rosette on th? right side. There is a bretelle effect with butterfly bows on the shoulders, The centre of the bodice is full J m A CHARMING C and the sides are plain. A belt of folds with a rosette finishes the waist, below which two long bands of ribbon trimming descend to the liem of the seven-gored skirt. The sleeves of the bodice are of the large leg-o' mntton size, with close wrists. The skirt hangs very gracefully and has an organ-pleated back. The effect of the bands of ribbon shown in our picture, terminating in large butterfly bows, is very novel and pretty. The skirt is made wide at the hem by the large pleat at the back. All the Biimmer materials look well in this design. The foulards, creponettes, cret>ons and the ginghams having a stripe of lace, as well as the cotton batiste*, and the lawns, and the dotted Swiss muslins, make up beautifully aft 21- this design, but if a more expensive dress be looked for the new taffetas are charming in this model. There are many new cottons which show lovely colors and designs, and which may also be cited as suitable to the design above described. Ab regards color, all the exquisite violet tints and delicate greens, the "doe," fawn and wood tints are all fashionably worn. Pale green, light gray, violet and light red are most worn of all. BLACK HOSIERY iS DOOMED. In Paris the cry has gone up: "No more black stockings," and the shops in Faris are eager to please, and, obedient to the voices of their fashionable customers, exhibit now heaps of silk and thread hosiery, all of the camo hnt l'nfinitslv varied ill w?> ?- J ? shades, from the dark gray, called steel jfray, to the palest dove tint; a few white articles are seen among the lot, and far away, in a remote corner, a thousand pairs of black silk stockopen worked, as thin as the webs of the most artistic spider, lovely, but i disdained and snubbed by their friends j of old, are given away almost for ! nothing. DRESS FOR GIRL OF FIFTEEX. Here is a dainty summer gown for a i girl of fifteen. The material is sheer white lawn, striped with a fine line in pale blue. | The whole frock is rather loosely ac- j cordion plaited and trimmed with j horizontal bands of white lace ineerA 1 1 V I J _ * 1^1., ^ lion, a uroau Den 01 paie-ujuc iui:iic, , scattered with blurred pink blossoms, I encircles the waist. Narrower moire j ribbons are used as shoulder straps, i being finished on top with French rosettes. ease vt> DiGxrnr. A very natty and becoming garment, combining the ease of the jacket i with the dignity of the coat, and i thereby losing the negligee appear- j ancc of the former, is a new style of blouse. It is close fitting and completed by a waiscoat and chemisette, and combines well with any sort of skirt. Brown or tan colored covert cloth is the best material, with revers of brown moire, and waistcoat of changeable moire in blue and brown. JAPANESE a OWNS. The prettiest thin dresses are tue Japanese ones. All the readers of old romances will remember how the heroines always wore pineapple gauzes at their first balls, and the prettiest gauzes are those imported direct from Japan. j One I 6aw was of white, with a heliotrop'e 6tripe, and had been brought over from Japan in a trading ship a great many years ago. It had been laid away in an old trunk, whence it lOTTON GOWN. was brought a few weeks since, with a lot of other treasures, that until now have been voted mere lumber. The dressmaker made it up over a heliooo+in clir* Att/l Inw Anf WAlRf",. The gauze itself was gored on the hips, but gathered very full at the back. The "waist was fulled in from shoulders to belt, and was trimmed with broad ruffles of the same over the shoulders, and in jabot fashion down the front of the waist. The customary belt and sash finished the gown, which had to wear with it a broad Leghorn hat, trimmed with heliotrope gauze the exact color of the heliotrope stripe. Why heliotrope and white should look so cool is beyond my comprehension, but? it certainly does, and is at present the most fashionable combination of color. BLOCSE WAISTS. Shirt waists are trim aud tidy ; they give a full figure slim lines. But everybody can't make graceful connections. The average woman is hollow in the back, her skirts sag, and the waistbands yawn. To cover the difficulty, the blouse waist has been adopted. Some of the handsomest summer silks and open-worked cottons are now made with a blouse or basque effect. The waist line is marked, but the belt need not be over baby-ribbon width. SOME !?EW COIFFURES. To-day th? hair receives greater care, perhape, than ever, and it submits to endless changes in arrangement, but there is next to no falsity in it The modish woman may change her coiffure 300 times in nineteen years, as was 6aid to have done a certain Roman queen, but it cannot be rejjroached to her as Martial reproached a woman of his time: "You are a composition of fulsities; while you live in Rome your.hair grows on the banks of the Rhine.A woman nowadays grows her own hair, making /V ^ " 4" r. 11 imfifv uu prcteuae ui It is wonderful bow small the fashionable knot is. Merely large enough to centre tho lines from nape and forehead, rather below the crown into a knot bound round with a golden circlet. This circlet is formed of two or three gold-bound combs, permitting the wared spaces to be loosened about the ears or neck, or wherever there may be a defective form to be hidden. It rolls loosely oft* thy forehead and temples and drops half over the ear. Sometimes it is parted and combed down over the ears each way, because great width is the fashion, but not every face can 6tand the "part." This width accentuates the oval of the face andhintuat intellect, and is a long way better than the high narrow 6tyle, with its brazen display of the ear and its suggestion of "rooms to let, unfurnished." France, Spain and Great Britain have now recognized Abdul Aziz as Sultan of Morocco. A NAVY'S COST. ' MODERN WARSHIPS COST A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY. What Uncle Sam Has Paid For His Sea Fighters?Premiums and Penalties ?Our Ships Are Fast. ~7fT GREAT many people have / \ asked why so much money has been spent on the navy, <?"" and -why there are bo few ships to show for it. They cite the fact, says the New York Times, that Congress votes enormous sums of money at every session for ships, and *1- "W i. 1. I KJUC UttVj x/cpai tujcui AO wuwuuMiij asking for more. If one 'will carefully examine the following table he will readily see where the money is expended. A modern war vessel oannot be built for a few thousands of dollarB, as "was the case a quarter of a century ago. In fact, the interior fittings of a modern war vessel cost more than an old-time frigate, which was built of wood and propelled by sailB only. In addition to the contract price of the vessel, the Government offers large premiums for speed, which in a modern cruiser is one of the greatest factors of efficiency. If the speed falls below the contract requirement the Government exacts heavy penalties from the contractors. When all the ships now being built are completed, the United States will have a navy consisting of forty-five ships of all classes, from the battle ship Iowa of 11,300 tons displacement to the torpedo boat Ericsson of 120 tons displacement. The following tables will show lists of ships built and in commission, shins buildin<7 bv contractors, and o / 1 Ships building at Government navy yards, together with cost of vessels and premiums paid or penalties deducted for failure of contract in regard to time of completion or inability to make the required speed or horse power: PenalCost. Premiums. ties. ' 1. Atlanta $617,000 2. Baltimore.. 1,325,000 *106.400 3. Bancroft.... 250,000 45,000 4. Bennington. 490.000 8,600 5. Boston 619,000 6. Casline 818,000 50,000 7. Charleston.. 1,017,500 $33,300 8. Chicago.... 889,000 9. Columbia... 2,725,000 850,000 ...... 10. Concord.... 490.000 450 11. Cushing.... 82,700 12. Detroit 612,500 150,000 13. Dolphin.... 315,000 14. Machias.... 818.000 45,000 15. Marblehead 674,000 125,000 16. Monterey... 1,628,900 32,800 JU. m mxumerjr un,ui/u zuu.uuu 18. Newark 1.248,000 86.800 19. New York.. 2,985,000 200.000 20. Olympia.... 1,796,000 800,000 21. Petrel 247.000 450 22. Philad'lpbia 1,350,000 100,000 23. San F'ncisco 1.428,000 100,000 24. Vesuvius... 350,000 25. Yorktown.. 455,000 39,800 Total 122,843.100 $1,852,030 $60,550 Subtracting penalties from premiums, we have $1,785,500 net premiums given to contractors for speed and horse power. Cost of 25 ships 122,943,100 Net premiums 1,785,500 Actual cost 124,628,600 Now take into consideration the ships being built by contract: Contract Price. 1. Brooklyn $2,986,000 2. Ericsson 113,500 8. Indiana ? 8,020,000 4. Iowa 3,010,000 5. Katahdin 930,000 6. Massachusetts 3,020,000 7. Minneapolis 2,690,000 8. Oregon 3,180,000 n xt? n i oon nnn V. UUUIJUUi 11U. #. ?OU,UUU 10. Gunboat No. 9.... 260,000 11. Gunboat No. 9 280.000 Total $19,789,500 To this can be safely added $1,000,000 for premiums. This Rmount is, in reality, very low, for the Minneapolis will make at least $350,000 and the Brooklyn 8200,000 in premiums. This will then give a total cost of eleven ships building by contract, $20,789,500, or a total cost of $45,418,100 for thirty-six ships. In addition to the above there are nine ships being built at the various navy yards, or now completed: 1. Maine, nearly ready for service, New York. 2. Texas, nearly ready for service, Norfolk. 8. Cincinnati, nearly readv for service/New York. 4. Raleigh, nearly ready for service, Norfolk. 6. Terror, building at New York. 6. Amphitrlte, building at Norfolk. 7. Puritan, building at New York. 8. Monadnock, building at San Francisco. 9. Miantonomoh, in commission. In regard to the speed premiums, the money has been well spent, for the Bhips are known to be the fassest of their class in the world, and are ships that any country would be proud to own. In the Columbia and Minneapolis the UnitedStates has two commerce destroyers, the fastest ships in the world, which can overhaul and capture any Atlantic liner afloat. They have enormous coal endurance, being able to steam half way around the world without coaling?in fact, baincr able to keen the sea almost con u _ ? * stantly. In tho New York and Brooklyn the United States has two ships of the Blake clasB in 'he English Navy, having the combined qualities of the cruiser and the battle ship, namely, great speed and fighting ability. The battle ships Indiana, Iowa, Oregon, ! and Massachusetts will be eeconcl to ' none, and the cruisers and gunboats 1 are the best in their respective classes. Sonr and Sweet on the Same Tree. "Upon my place at home is an apple tree, the fruit of which is sweet on one side and sour on the other," said C. E. Harrington, of Baltimore, at the Emery. "It has been known for many years that these apples existed, but no one has ever been nble to explain the phenomenon. The tree in my yard is an old one, and I do not believe that it was ever grafted. I think that it is a peculiar original kind of fruit. One of these apples is about the sise of an ordinary 'limber twig,'one sido being green and the other having a slight rosy tinge. The green side is sour enough to put a person's teeth on edge, while tho other is sweeter than is usually liked. Except as a curiosity the fruit is not very desirable on that account, but I have submitted it to a number of leading horticulturists and have ne*er yet found one who was able to explain and classify the fruit. "?Cincinnati Enquirer. CURIOUS FACTS. The pineappk is an American. In Queen Anne's time soap was taxed $140 a ton. Camels are being imported into Australia for use in the gold field. The most extensive mines are those of Saxony. The galleries have 123 miles of length. Dull colored eggs are the freshest and brown ones are the best flavored and have the largest yolks. Aristophanes, in his "Ekklesiazousai," gives a polysyllabic -word which contains seventy-seven syllables and 169 letters. Cincinnati, Ohio, was formerly uttJieu puirnupuiiB, iruiu i/iie pruuiinence of its packing industries. It is no longer entitled to the name. Arthur Bentz, a six-year-old boy of Lebanon, Penn., died from the effects of swallowing a tadpole, which his little companions had forced into his mouth. Silversmiths used to bind books in the ancient days, and when a book was so valuable as to be likely to be stolen a blacksmith was called in to chain it to the wall. Wisconsin has an alleged black cat which divides his time between catching woodchucks and playing shepherd. He can drive the sheep better than any dog in the State. Some people call the stormy petrel the "lamp bird." It is so oily that the fishermen of St. Kilda stick a wick in the mouth of a dead specimen, light it, and it burns for an hour. An old album of stamps collected thirty years ago in Savannah, Ga., and recently discovered by an heir of the collector has revealed a number of valuable issues, some of them worth $10UU. A log of African mahogany, said to be the largest ever landed in England, was recently sold in London. It measured thirty-Bix by forty inches, and was 41* feet long, free of knots, shakes and all other defects. A pair of rubber shoes made in 1844 are ehcn in the window of a shop on lower Broadway. New York City. They are exceedinly clumsy and thick, and are decorated with fancy scroll work designs. Fish in the Paget Sound cities are cheaper than ever before. Large halibut sell for twenty-five cents each. Many fish of unusual size are being taken by the fishing boats. Recently a halibut weighing 170 pounds waa brought ashore. Two 'century plants in the Royal Botanic Gardens, London, have sent up spikes. An incredulous visitor who doubted that the plant bloomed but once in a hundred years, has pur cnasea one, so mat ne may De satisfied by ocular demonstration. Philadelphia has the name oi "Mother City of Photographic Portraiture" because it was the first city in this country to adopt photography after Daguerre, and was the first in all the world to a]>ply the new art to the reproduction of human faces. A Huge Potato Plantation. A potato plantation of 700 acres on which two crops, aggre rating about 50,000 barrels, or 125,000 bushels, are annually grown, is difficult to imagine. Such a one exists, however, and its virgin soil is so rich that abundant crops are raised without the use of any fertilizer. This great potato farm is in Aehwood. Maurv Conntj, Tenn.. about six miles west of Columbia and fifteen miles south of Nashville. It is a part of the old Polk estate, owned by the ancestors of President Polk. Colonel William Polk, originally of North Carolina, a Revolutionary officer, took up 5000 acres of Government land in 1787 and 'gave each of his sons 1000 acres. Among the sons was the Rev. Leonidas Polk, once the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana, who was a Confederate general during the Civil War and was killed at the battle of Pine Mountain, Ga. His 1000 acres and an equal number owned by one of bis brothers, were secured by Claweon & Stevens, a firm composed of two enterprising young men from Indiana, about ten year3ago, with the intention of ultimately using it all for raising potatoes. When Mr. Clawson and his partner acquired their auuu acres ot iaucl it was in a state of complete neglect and densely overgrown with shrubbery and tangled briars. The native whites laughed at the young "Hoosiers" and predicted their complete, failure. The partners set resolutely to work, however, cleared the land and cultivated it as fast as possible. The first crop of the year is from 28,000 to 30,000 barrels, and the second crop, for which only 500 acres are planted, from 20,00U to 22,000, making a total of about 50,000 barrels, or 125,000 bushels a year. Clawson <fc Stevens employ about 100 colored people, many of whom are women, and have eighty-five giant mules. They have a factory on the plantation in which all the barrels used by them are made. Mr. Clawson says their present crop is unusually large, but that, as the crops of Kansas and Mississippi are short, he expects to find ready and profitable sale for his entire product. ?New York Tribune. Finds Haws in Metals. A Frenchman named Captain de Place has invented an instrument, according to the London Iron, that it would be well enough for the Government to have to examine with it the armor plate manufactured by the Carnegie Company. It is said to be able to detect at once any sort of a fl iw in 1 /%f fa 1 wrtrlr ?nrl f.A lrkf?a.ta ttlljr JYIUU ui im .WM.V it infallibly. It is called a schiseoplione. It consists of a small pneumatic tapper, with which the piece of metal to be tested is tapped all over. Connected with the instrument is a microphone, which exaggerates the sound, and a telephone in another apartment, at which an expert listens to the sound of the tapping. As long as the sound is normal, he does nothing but listen. Directly a false sound, which is very distinct from a normal, is heard, he instantly signals for the spot to be marked. It is asserted that this instrument will locate blowholes and other defects, of which no sign appears on the surface.?New Orleans Picayune. I Take no 5u I Royal Baki I It is Absol H Ail others contain Foolliardy Occupations. A young woman lies in a critical nondition at Conev Island horriblv mangled and disfigured by the lion she was supposed to hold arnler an absolute spell. The other day an aeronaut fell fron a parachute out West and was picked up a lifeless and shapeless mass. Recently a noted Spanish matador was gored to death in a bull ring near Madrid and in the sight of multitudes of spectators. Not long ago in New York a woman snake charmer was bitten by a poisonous viper during a public performance and narrowly escaped death. Similar incidents are of frequent occurrence. It is improbable that men and women expose themselves to such deadly peril purely for the sake of gain. They might be excused if necessity drove them thus to trifle with their lives. This, no doubt, is often the motive in the case of hazardous pursuits. But in many instances the ruling cause is a love of notoriety and applause. It is the same morbid craving that prompts men to jump from the Bridge or to attempt to stem the Niagara rapids. Nor do these notoriety hunters general gain the end they strive to obtain. The world is too busy to keep in mind the name of every reckless adventurer. Often the reputation these people seek only comes with their death in some v olent form, and then it is a reputation for foolhardiness that few in+aHinront. nPTfif>TifJ PT1VV. Atlanta .-vv.-tjv-. r Constitution. The mother of Marie Bashkirtseff said, in a recent interview, that 6he still had much of her daughter's diary that had not been published, and that the journal would not appear in its entirety until she herself was dead. m Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet- ! ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the neeas of physical being, will attest i the value to health of the pure liquid j laxative principles embraced in the i remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect laxative; effectually cleansing the system, f dispelling colds, headaches and fevers j ana permanently curing constipation. T+ Vioa wiTTon an tivfartinn to millions and I met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid- I neys, Liver and Bowels without weak- I ening them and it is perfectly free from I every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. Have You? Mai accepl v ~ w tr}* hi r 7 Pcari< \ "iJ! ing. lifetin f\ ' J ^ \/\ h?use f [ 00 r \ accepi / r ow \\ withl A/, u y\ v \ inves* LM^nWJ mes 1 rj^v x/ic?increa don't e few *r ^ suited suits you, for it will suit you 1 ) Peddlers and soi r\/^\T7O as good as" or W ClI V> Pcarlineisnevei thins in place of Pearline, do the honest thing j JOHN P. LOVE I Boston, i HAS JUST KEC > HIGHEST AWARD I f FOIt Tl J LOVELL D1AM ' AT Tl | California Midwii AT SAN "PRAIM " Thrift is a Good Revenue From Gleanli SAPC ,"fjs /Bg ; i \ r bstitute for I! H ! ng Powder. I | utely Pure. I f alum or ammonia. fl I ':v Ambitions lor Fine Coffins. The first ambition of every Chinese is to have a splendid coffin. A poor man will starve himself for years to have one. It is always received with great ceremony on its arrival at the house and is regarded as the most valuable piece of furniture in the establishment. It is kept in the place of honor. No one is ever buried till there is ready money enough in the house to do so with out the family running into debt. There are many strange customs connected with the funeral rites. One of these is the burning at the tomb of paper horses, idols, umbrellas and clothes. These are supposed to be necessary anl useful to the man whei. he gets to heaven. By being burned 'm ? they undergo some material resurrection and meet him there. . VoliniaEfiBSSiSla^cl' For over a quarter of a century. Doctor Pierce'* Golden Medical Discovery ha* been effecting cures of Bronchial, Throat and Lung affections. Weak Lungs, Bleeding from Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, all lingering: Couarhs. Consumption, or Lung Scrofula mid kindred maladies, are cored by it. REDUCED TO A SKELETON. Mrs. Mira Mills, of Sordto. Big Stone Go* Qifinru, writes: " On# year ago I was given up by my family physician and friends; all eald I must die. My lungs were badly affected, ?od body reduced to a ekele* ton. My people commenced to give me your ''Medical Discovery* and I soon began to mend. It was not Ion* before I became weu enougb to take charg* of my household duties again. Mrs. Mills. ^ , re??Y'"T to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery." IVi iMI f ["Ti W. L. Douclas 1 CUnr ISTHCBCST. yy QflVb NOSQUEAKINCk *5. 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That's the way Dearline. The wise woman who igates, tries it; the woman who t continues to use it. A daily sing sale proves it. The truth :re's nothing so acceptable as ne. Once accept its help, and decline the imitations?they help you. It washes clothes or i house. It saves labor and it wear. It hurts nothing, but it's [ to everything. Try it when it hen you try it. Tie unscrupulous grocers will tell you, "this is "the same ?.s Pearline." IT'S FALSE? r peddled, and if your grocer sends you some ?send it back. *7S JAMES PYLE, New York, mm Mass.9 I 'EIVED THE A 1ND GOLD MEDAL J OND CYCLES! [IE iter Exposition, J CISCO, CAL. i. Great Saving Results iness and )LIO