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Boulders Moved by Ice. Uoder the heal of "A Moving Boulder," in a dispatch frotn Winsted, Conn., iu the New York isuu, scieutitic pcrsous are invited to explain the phenomenon of a large stono apparently moving itself in West Hill Pond. There is no question,! thiuk.saya a corresp >nd- 1 nut. tll lt t.hiji ia pnililnn.l Ku. tl.n , ? "Jice which forms in wiutor. As the char- b actcr of ice is to expand, contrary to the rule in nature, which is laid dowhi, that j \ heat causes cxpausion and cold contraction, the force exercised by it thick mass , of ice is uuusuully great. Successive heavy foiiuutious of ice iu winters have . pressed the stono forward toward the shore. A similar pheuoiueuou may be J' observed in the Twiu Lakes, iu Coauec- 11 ticut, where several iar^e boulders which were once near the centre of tho b lakes have gradu illy approached the ri shore, until some oftnem are tio.v almost v on the bank. The advance each year is very sli^h*. but oi l inhabitants in that p section remember well when these rocks u were in deep water. The ice theory is, u I believe, the only true explanation of tho remarkable phenomenon. I V Brwore of Olntmciiin for f'ntnrrh That \ i'outulii .Mercury, ' ^ .mercury will surely destroy tho sense of and cniuidetely ueraiiKe iho whole sys- i . 'jxt.n entering it throiuck tho mucous sur- ' v * .m h articles should never be used ex- t .r-?s 101 | r<-M ri|.lions from reputable tilivsi- . ,lf ... . the ilaiua.ee they will do is ten fold to 1 mi grr )on can |?>s? ilily derive from tliem. redlicsd Oilarrh Cure, manufactured by K. J. anJ - jvy A' 1'?., Toledo, l>..contains no mercury, f , .nl is taken internally, ami acts directly ii|ion " tbe bloiiil unit mucous surfaces of I lie system, ii In bu> inc 1 lull's i 'atarrh I 'lire Ihi sure j on net \ the tiliuinc. It in taken inl??rii?llv .....i ......i in Ttili ilii, t >l? i, by K. .1. 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A Texan's pony found tho watch his instur had lost and brought it to him in tis mouth. Au Oil City (Peau.) snake's cyei, on eiug photographed, showed an exact aproductiou of the face of tho farmer rho had killed it. A California!! is goin^ to start an eleilraut ranch, lie intcuds to train tho lephauts to pick oranges and hire them iut to orauge growers. The fiat pieces of iron shaped like the ettcr S which are frequently seen ou the vails of old brick buddings is the an:icut symbol of the sun. Tho savant Trainer has asserted his beicf that the celebrated library of Ivan ho Terrible was not destroyed in tho turning of Moscow, Ktissia. The women in Bridgetoo, Peon., have orin illy petitioned tho Mayor for pernission to carrv red nennur with thnin vhen they go out after dark. Tlie mouth of February, 1836, was mown among the lovers of the rare and :urious in nature as the "moonless nouth" from tlie fact of it liaviag no full noon. This can only occur eight times u a century. The liuest white pearls are from India, he Persian Gulf and Panama; the liuest lack and gray pear's from tlie coast of jower California. Remit it ul pink and ed pearls are often secreted by the comnon creek mussels. The deepest trustworthy sea-sounding ;vcr made was 26,850 feet, this depth icing found twenty three miles due north if New Guinea. Deeper soundings have leeu reported, but geographers do not lonsider them reliable. Albinus, one who coateudecl with Scvtih for tlie itoman Empire, was tho greatest gluttou of antiquity. For one irea&fast ho ate 50J tigs, LOO peaches, en melons, twenty hunches of grapes, LUO small birds and 400 oysters. WISE WORDS. "A son that sleepeth in harvest causes limine." When people do not love they arc not it to live. Hatred is a tire which burns, but consumes not. Wherever there is ignorance there is >clt-conceit. Meeting and overcoming ditlieultics makes character. An hour lost will get behind you aud diase you forever. If work is growth, the world is full of icoplc who are very small. The test of true manhood i3 what ho s willing to sutler for others. No bad man ever m-ikes himself any tetter by churning to be a saint. The poorest of noor are verv nftpn hose whom their neighbors consider icli. You can't tell by the length of a nan's face what he ean do in a horse ra !e. There is no more wretched life than hat of a child that has to live without yinpathy. LInle.-s you think more than you talk, lerhnps it would he just as well not to alk much. Tiie higher the ln.ihliug is to i?e, the nore c ue there must be in prepaiiug the ouudation. Complaining about the hard times you ire having docs not make it easier for mybody else. If an old man only knew as much as a fouug one thinks he does, how this old jlobo would whirl. Whenever you knock down a man vho has opinions of his own, you tumble a whole crowd over. When a dog is in his own dooryard, ic doesn't have to be very big t.? be rave enough to bark at an elephant in lie street There never was a son who had a ithcr who loved him, who could ask as inch for himself as his fatiior wanted lim t > have. The man who goes around looking for pots on other people never likes to look ii me mass to see li >\v lie looks himself. ?ludinuapolis (1 n<I.) Hani's Horn. Machine-.Made Music. Harp-playing by tnuchincrv is one of he latest novelties. The harp is arnnged so that the plane of its strings is lori/ontal, the inslrmnrnt lying on the able, after the 1 ash ion of a zither. Then, as regards the written music, the lotation of the traditional stave has >ecn abandoned, and sheets upon which re imprinted mysterious groups of num>ers are used in its stead. When one of liese sheets is slid into a frame made for iic purpose ino meaning ot the figures is ntcrprctcd. Kaeli of them fulls under n string of be instrument, and by picking at them n numerical order with a bevelled penil of ivory the operator produces a tune, rime and phrasing are indicated by the pacing and alignment of the numbers, or are the re piircmcuts of harmony urgotten When the melody of the air is a 1tidged insullicienl one of the figures is ccoinpanicd by a letter, indicating that button attached to the instrument, and earing the same symbol, should be at Iris juncture pressed. This action, by ringing a small saw of ivory points into day, produces a cord suitable to the ocas ion ?l'all Mall Gazette. Ever)hotly May Hav?! Wnito Hands. Take a pound of white Castile or brown Windsor soap, stir it on the firo with a little water. Add lavender water or any other kind of essence when it in melted lo a smooth paste, but do not thin it too much. Stir in half a cup or more of ilinond meal or of common oatmeal. Keep it in jars for use. This is an oldlime preparation for keeping the hands smooth arid white, which was used by the belles oi the olden time.?New York Journal, . - -r-m A ,la at dawn. Each leaf, another wakening, s!gh\ "Sweet sister, it is day! The Inst night-bloomin ? glory die.% And oheresoe'er a jH-tal lies, The oust grows warm ami gray. The bir.ls are still asleep; an i yet, Amul the silent throng. Like dnslcy vapors thut l?oget The dew, dream-wingerl shades have set The germs of heavenly song." ?John B. Tnbb. in Lipuineott. A IIlLlTcUifNTRY IDYL, ?* TUOM13 DUNN K.NG 1,1311. /i ITTY MKISSB5I I /J looked at her brotliijtefcx \/4 or an<* sighed, mid [R& /\ 'he sigh was ac\r Jj |(0\ com p-^uicd by a -AVViVv/1 I l\ ts,iU,ce 01 aunnraI1 ',ou*^uS^ M'Kissen KvjvjiyVA 1 a was certainly a tine 5 v\lcL /J * specimen of young i'.\ J;/? ?t mountain manhood. VM Ta)l aru? mU8CU,?r. l(ll\k\ Wr'i with a lithe and sin I SvVwfln cwy form, whose Jl/1? 1 I graccTui proportions ' Ml II \\ U'ven 'he half ecat, /i > llivt 'mlvr Ihalf-sack, called "? & it W m ll, u ., t i n g-s h i r t,' could not disguise; a frank and pleasant expression, and a voice that, in spite of a rather uasal tone when its owner was excited,was full and musical?Hugh was worthy of fcuiiuinc admiration, lie was siugularly ignoruut of his attractions, and, though hold in peril, fearing neither man, bear nor catamount in single tight, was timid in the presence of women, his mother and his sister cxcf ptccf. The owner, (subject to his mother's life-right, of a thousand acres of mountain land, of which one-third was rich "bottom," or level laud, with horses in stall, cattle in meadow and steers ou the hill-range, he was at sevenand-twenty a bachelor, while his fellows were heads of families by the time they had come to manhood, lie loved his mother and sister, who worshiped him, and he was content. Kitty M'Kissen was not his sister, however, nor was she his k'liswomuu. Eighteen years before, John Markham came there from the East, and bought a little "bottom-patch" of sixty acres, and settled on it with his wife. He built a logcabin, set to work awkwardly to cultivate a few girdled acres, and tried to accommodate himself to an unusual position. Folk around, naturally suspicious of strangers, thought he must have done something wrong to make him leave home. He brought books, not over a hundred in number, which the neighbors deemed to be a great library. His house was neat, owing to his young wife's taste. I he neighbors said: "It's stuck rouu' with thing-a-iuajigs till it's a plom sight!" HI..-1.1. I I 1 I 1 -- .1: . 1 jimii iwmm ?wuu'u lUllvi, <11111 su 1II1I Ills wife, and, soon after their coming Kitty was born. Klic was christened Catharine Burnett. Three mouths after her birth her ' mother died, and Mrs. M'Kisscn, who had just lost a child of nearly the same age, offered to uursc Kitty?an offer thankfully accepted. But John Markham caught cold by cxposuie, it settled upon luu lungs,and iu less than a year he died,leaving his little possessions to his child. Kitty thrive I and soon became known as a M'Kisscn, the circuit-rider's baptismal ccrtilicatc to the contrary notwithstanding. She aud Hugh,who was a utne-year-old boy when she came,had been brought up together. When she was half-grown, Peter M'Kisscn was killed by tho fall of a girdled tree,and Kitty became the mainstay of the house, for old Mrs. M'Kisscn, who was tea years senior to her busband, had been half paralytic for years, aud passed her time in hobbling between her bed, the kitehcu-table aud the lireside. Frank and good-natured, as well as athletic, Hugh was a popular young man ?his fellows accepting his lead and young woireu receiving his attentions courteously. But he never threw the handkerchief at any particular fair one, treating all with a shy deference. They did not come up to tho standing ol Kitty, who had inherited some of the rc| lincment of her mother; and who, hav ing read her ratlicr'8 books over and over again, was credited with a vast amouut of learning. That kind of knowledge did not iuterfere with her housewifely qualities, for she was known to be the best cook and baker as well as the best buttennaker and neatest housekeeper in the county. Huge measured all other girls by her Procrustean stand aril. Beside, Hugh was not matrimonially inclined. His home was too comfortable, and lie was in 110 hurry to briug ti strange woman there. But Mis. M'Kisscu thought it high time for her >011 to marry, and spoke to him about it. "What's the need, mother?" he responded. "I'm comfortable, and so are you. Why should I bring a strange girl here?oue that ain't used to in and our ways, upsetting things?" "You needn't do tlint neither," said his mother. Hut Hugh was too obtuse to take the hint and went out to salt the cattle. But lie communed with himself as he went. "I might spark Lucy Campbell," he thought. "She's been Last to school, and she's a sort of hig.i tlyer, but she's pretty. Old Jim Campbell's well oil, and he has only young Jim and Lucy, i duniio. I'll speak to Kitty about it. And there she is at the cows, now." Kitty was there with her milk pails,and Hugh broached the subject at once. She looked up, blushed ;i little au l then looked down, and listened. "Lucy Campbell!" she eric.I. "So, Hoys! Why don't the cro'tur' keep still? Lucy Campbell's a nice girl; a little sharp tempered, hut you're not; .urn hiiu uuvur iurns a nana to anything around the house, but you're uot looking for n housekeeper. Give down, I Joss!"' "Well, there's Nancy Stalling. Nancy's people arc not so well off as Lucy Camphell's; but they do suy that Nancy is tnc moat industrious girl in tho noghb'r'd." "Vc," said Kitty; "ves, she's a worker. She never cleans up her dirt, rrough; and she?she chews snuff. You don't like tobacco iu thnt way, do you, iluoh?" "Minph I" ejaculated Hugh. "Well, 1 dunno what to do. Mother, she's at no to marry, and I declare, except the two, I can't think of a girl I'd ITTco to have, unless?well, there ain't one." "You stupid!*'said Kitty, pettishly. "Kh?' "This Boss is tho most stupid cow ] evci'b&w. Now, Bullfacet" ) mm i J i t mmmmmm Aud Kitty stoopel at her pail, i began a fre3h milkiuB "Seo here," said %fagh: "Did j ever see such an uacAtain chap as t Si Doss? He's becu*hero four tie this week about b\A%' ? cow, ?t around hours nt a tCko, and ain't mt up his mind yet. 'Fibre to me he do know a good thing '/hen ho sees it." "There are a got* many young n in the same fix, I a%*w," said Kit "Si Doss appears to m?%ot to bo one that kind. He knows ho wauU fancy." ^ Aud then, with her filial pail, K.i moved oft loathe spriugdrousp. Hugh Htno.A - - salt-bag hand, forgetful ot W c?we, when *aw Si Doss/riding up and then d mounting. Iyi tethered his horse to t pendant liiuty of n beech tree, and tl strode forwArd. Ho had tho rcputati of being t^>e inost forward young man the country; hut ho had a very e barriisscd air now. "HoWdy, Hugh." "Howdy, Si." "Folks all well?" 11 Yes. Your'n?" , "Fus'-rate, lhaak f* Our h brootl sow's sort o' (impish. I alt she's been catin' ho lethin' aforo liroiicrlit her nuteii ho .voimIb " I "Gikcly." And then the two stood like < hausted reccivoia. At last Doss brc out'i'l'rebccD allowiu* to git married." "Yefl" "I'd liko you to put-in a word me." "Mo? ( Who's "Kitty M'Kisscn." "Not?our?Kitty!" "Yes. I'm not quite sure whetl she favors me or uot. 1'vo boon aro some, but soineho ,v I ain't got the nei to speak out. Couldu't you soun' I an' find out?" "Our Kitty! Wliy, Si, she's a lit girl. She's too young." "She's eighteen year old. I hec Miss M'Kisscn say so. You kne though, I'm tol'rablc well-to-do, i don't owe no mau n dollar. I lovo I very grouud she walks on." "Well," said Hugh, after a pau "we'll sec about it. Anything new?" "There just is. There's a fellow do' to the town?a furrincr from the East got up in store clothes an' mighty sas; lookin', an' he's been inquirin' abi John Markhaut's folks. Scz he's a 1 to 'em an' 's gwine to come and hunt Kitty." "No! What's his name?" "Calvin Burnett. He's a law; where he lives." "Burnett? Must bo kiu to Kitt mother. You told him whar she is?" "Yes; and thar ho comes now, on ! Dingess's clayband mar'." It was a sprucely dressed stranger w rode up, and, loading his n\arc, came ward them. It was not necessary to I his kinship, for he "favored" Kitty. they say in the hills. The same c, ami forehead, but ho had a square eh lie explained his business. "Come into the house, Mr. Burnet said Hugh. "Kitty will bo back fr the spring house, presently." Doss was anxious to learn evorythir but as no one asked him to remaiu, w< oil reluctantly. Presently Kitty ca in, and the newcomer introduced him; as her first cousin,the sou of her mothi brother. "Of course," said iiuruett, <4I very glud to know a near relative, csp ially when she's a pretty girl; but I ( not come for that. I am here on bu ncss. Do you know anything of y< father's history?" "No, sir." "Oh, don't 'sir' me, Kitty; wo i own cousins. Call me 'Cousin Ci Your fathor ran oil with my aunt, havi married her against grandfather's co uiand. Grandfather disowned her, a was very bitter. But when he died, left one-half of his property to fatl absolutely, nnd the other half in tru I The nature of til* trust was explained a sealed paper, not to be opened ui after father's death, and to be carr out by his executor. I believe fat knew its nature. The trust money creased "\inder my father's prudent ra agemcnt, and that share of the est amounts to more than what I inherit, i is nearly twice as much. I opened paper, and the instructions arc tha< am to pay it over to the heir or heirs Catherine Markham. I am satisfied fr inquiry, that you are tho heir, Kit and I am ready to transfer to you, un the proper legal form, nearly nin thousand dollars. I congratulate y Kitty. You will be able to live East, comfortably as possible, on an incc i sufficient, 1 suppose, for a single geui woman." 1 Ninety thousand dollars! The amo dazed Kitty, nnd struck the M'Kiss dumb. It was a fairy tale, and young lawyer looked like an enchanl Hugh was considered rich there, w less than a fifth of the sum; but nin thousand dollars! At last Kitty asked: "Mr. Burnett?Cousin Calvin?uius live there to get the money?" "No. You can live w''erc you iil but if you want to c^joy life, i East is the place for you. You are y< own mistress, or, at least, will be twenty-one. In the meanwhile, tho co here will probably let you name y own guardian aud trustee." "Thank you, cousin. I am glad know you; glad to have this unexpcc fortuno, and would be glad to see a pi; that I have hear I so much of. Hut only kin I ever knew, thouirh not of blood, arc door to inc. This is my o home. I may visit the East, but I co net stay thete." The news of Kitty's wonderful inhe k unco soon spread. Humor iucroasec by an additional cipher. It was he of with a thrill of awe and envy. It ' said that the doahiug "fiirriner'' was marry Kitty, and take her away imtu< ately; and Josiah (Joss was in the gull i despair. liugli kpew better, so fai Kitty's views went; hut be felt a sink j at the heart. ' Kvfty would stay, i with such a fortune in pois^ssiou i seemed out of rhc common sphere. Burnett,whiki the legal forms going . amused himself by studying this eon who was so readily accommodating 1 self to circumstances and the M'Kiss< especially Hugh. It rcquirod no pe tration to see that the latter was in I with Kitty, but Me nod not to quite alizc his own feelings; and that K loved Hugh and kpew it. That young roan is bright euougt some things, butlvery stupid in thi . said the lawyer to himself, "I'll i the good geniuft, for (be fun of mil The court at Kitty's instance,appointed Hugh M'Kissen her guardian and trus pou tee, to the scandal of the young folk, list who thought she should have chosen nes some older man. Hugh and Burnett had ijg divers conferences, before affairs were ido over. At one of those the lawyer saidt in't "What a very pretty girl Cousin Kitty is! Don't you think so Mr. 10Q M'Kissen?" ty. "Ye-es." of "She'll make a figure when sho gets >, I Into society, too. She is one or the rough gems that take to polish kindly." Itty M-m." "The fact is, 1 admire her the moro j0 the more (.know her. J I must try and he persuade her to leave she mountains." li*. "Kitty JM'Kisson isn't oue of thai he kind," aaid Hugh. "You heard her say icn that she would stay here, and she is tho 10n ?nc to keep her word." in "I beg your pardon, Mr. M'Kissen," m. said Burnett. "Her proper name u Catherine Markham, and she is not likely to change it?in this place. Nc offense to you; but tho namo is a good ouo, and sounds well; but it would sound bettor if it were changed tov Buricst nett, in my judgment." o\v And then Burnett walked off, to take wc a stroll through the hills, leaving Ilugt confused and indignaut. "Confound his impudence!" cried ix- Hugh. "Mrs. Burnett! lie's after >ke Kitty's money. Kitty marry him!" Hugh walked out to cool himself and ' met Kitty coming from the springhouse; for-Kitty was born to love cows for and chickeus, and her money had not changed her ways. Sho nodded. Hugh kept at her side, and as she reached the porch he said* "I?I waut to have a talk with you, tier lvitty." un' 44All right. Sit down ou the porch, vo then, and I'll listen." icr ,4Kitty?I?tlio lact is?" 4 4 Yes?" tla 4,The fact is? Yon don't care for Burnett, do you?" trn 4,Carc for him? Of course I do. Ho (\v, brought inc good fortune; he's my own an' cousin, you know, and he's a very nice the inan, too." 44Arc yon?goiug?to marry with 9c, him?" 44What a question! I suppose you wn can ask it as you're my guardian. I ,? don't see how I could; he's not a Moriy. mom, and ho has a wife already." >ut 44Oh, Kitty, you know I?" tin 44Woll, I don't know, till I. know up what it is I know." 44Kitty, I love you." ,4Of course you do; we were brought yer up together." 44It's not that, Kitty; but why can't y's we marry?" 44 You never asked me, Hugh." Sol Hugh asked then with a vengeance. ne poured out his feelings in a llorl of ho words. ICittv didn't interriint him to- She liked it. But when lie pause 1 for :cll sheer want of breath, she quietly put us her hand in his, and said: yes "You ought to have k& >wn that I in. loved you, Hugh." When Burnett came back he divine 1 t," the state of nttuira at once, om "Mr. M'Kisscu," ho said, dryly, "I presume Miss Burnett will have the apig, proval of her guardian in this matter." jnt Kitty did go to the East, but it w is a? me Kitty M'Kissea, and with her husband, lelf After their return there was a house put jr's up oil the M'Kissen place which was tho wonder of the neighborhood, bcth am of itself and furnishings. oc. "Such doings!" said Nancy Stallins jjd to a gossip. "You know the house, igj. built outer bricks and rocks ? i sorter )ur cross utwix' a co't-Uouse au' a muctia' house; an* enough rooms in it for a tavern. But I was iuside; six wagonftrc loads o' things was put in; tho floors are ? kivercd all over. Yes!" continue\ [0" Nancy, with tho bitterest clinux, in? "kivered with kiverlids!"?The Ledger. ind ho About Pianos, tier "How times lmve changed! Thirty ist. years ago the family that could own a 'J1 piano was considered to bo well-to-do, but to-day it is a poor family indeed ied which cannot afford to own a piano of 'icr some kind," remarked L. C. Farley, who ,u" represents an Eastern piano manufactory an* and is stopping at the I'almer House, ate ??ju those old times a piano was an exI' pcusive luxury, and so it is to-day foi that matter, if one of the be3t quility bo t ' purchased. Thore are only two or three of of the hundreds of piano factories in this otn country that can honestly claim to manuty, facture pianos from begiuniug to finish, dor Pianos are simply put together by nan<-'ty ufacturers, not made. The diiTcreut ou. parts of u piano are not made by the i as tirins under whoso names the instruments ?me are mauulactured. Piano making was tie- wholly revolutionized a few years ago, when largo establishments sprang up unt which manufactured particular portions ens of the instrument. A dozen linns make the ouly cases; a like number make the deliter. cate piece of mechanism known as the 'ith 'action,' and as many foundries cast the iety heavy iron plates which sustain the Rtraiu ot the strings. There are also manufacturers of sounding boards and it I of wrest planks into which the tuuin<j pius aro sot, carvers of legs, lyres and to; trussers, importers of felts and cloths, the winders of wrapped strings for tholowei jur notes, and drawers of thinner wires foi at ihe upper notes. Pianoforte hardware Li >urt a B|>ecinlty of a large number of houses, our while other lirms supply complete key boards, with black keys of ebony and [ to white keys of a medium quality of ivory ted However, keys are quite extensively much nee of celluloid and various other composi the tions nowadays. Ivory, of course, ii my used still in the more costly instruments lily Kvet. the s'cncil plates for the mime art uld often supplied by the varnish maker, s< there remains nothing to be made at tin rit- factory except the name itself. One o 1 it the largest firms iu New York, whicl ard has a capacity of turning out from sev was enty-ftvo ta ninety completed iustru i to meuts per week, makes no part of tin ?H- piano but the name, and frequently tba ! of is supplied by the denier who buy rni laigely enough to justify having his owi ing namo put on as maker. Sometimes th but ingenuity of a name maker is taxed t she manufacture one closely resembling tha of some one of the best known mnkeri on, so as to entrap the unwary. But all in sin, struments put together in the manner ier- have described aro not inferior."^?Chi jns, cago Herald, me0?3 ~~ re. Tho "Barley Syndicate," of Chicagi jtty HI., hits purchased 250,000 acres of Ian in North Dakota on which to settle Gei t in mans to grow barley for malt pu is," I****' A Michigan hatchery is incubatln * 11,000,000 white fish eggs, , . I Finger Tips of Idiots. Impressions of tbo finger tips of idiots have been found by Dr. d'Abundo to sbow very different markings from tbose of sane people. In n number of idiots the markings on the tips of all the fingers of each hand wore identical, and in one idiot tho tips of tho thumbs had the same markings as those of the fingers. Thero was a noticeable smoothness of the finger tips in all the idiots.?New York Jor~ \iul. Tho Only One Kver Printed. These is a 8 inch display advertisement in this paper, tbls Meek, which has no two words alike except one word. The same is true of each new one appearing each week, from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This bouse places a Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Ix>ok for it. send tliein the nsinc of tiie word and they will return you book, bkautirui. i.tTuoon a cits or samples rtttE. Thk trouble on tbo Mtjxigan border oontinues. Many persons are broken down from overwork or household cares. Brown's Iron Bitters rehui.ds the system, aids digestion, removes excess of bile, and cures inula. Su. A spviidhl toidc for women and children. jlskak uaspnr, wyotniug, a valuable vein of coal has been found just beneath the grass rr* ihn Is your blood poor? Take boccham's Pills. Is your liver out of order? Use Bccchum's rills. Ji'? centB a box. Thk manufacture of beet sugar is attaining large proportions in Nebraska. For Coughs and Throat troubles nso Bnoww's BttONCiiiAi.Tito<;iir;s.--"They stop an attack ot my asthma cough very promptly."?C. Falch, MLimtviUc, Oft to. Natural gas has been found near Salt Lake City, Utah. I.At>tes neollni a tonic, or children who want building tip, should take Brown's iron Bitters. It is ideas ml to take, cures Malaria, Indigestion, Bilio isnesa ami Diver Complaints, makes the Blood rich alul pure. Ik you would he correct in pronouncing Manitoba accent the last syllable. FITS stopped free by Oil. Ki.inb'R OlUIAT Nkiive Hkstourh. No tits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise antl trial bottle freo. Dr. Kline, 1*11 Arch St., I'hiln., Pa. ON? KNJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts Emtly yet promptly on the Kidneys, iver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, head- . , aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Byrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and 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 oommend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for Bale in 60o nd $1 bottles by all loading 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. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, tOVfSVlUE KY. NEW YORK. N.Y. Kennedy's MedicalDiscovery Takes hold in this order: Bowels, Liver, Kidneys, v s a "sea inside HKin, I Outside Skin, DltlH everything before It that ought to be out. You know whether . you need it or not. 1 BaU by every druggUt, and manufactured by DONALD KENNEDY, _____ ROXBIJttV. MAM. ; i w, bradshaw CUAiiijir.K. N. Mr ml for prices and ?nu. plci AIIIHIIMornhlno llal.lt < I In It IIVI11 H| to ,'(? <li?y*. Nnjmy till cured, I VI I vm or. J. STEPHENS. Lebanon,Ohio; I PATENTSlErSS III pitgr boolt Iree Fairaxonra - ?u? ail koldieui M disabled fi lee for Increase. Jt raan tiparlence. Write for UwL A.W. McOokmicx om, WAMnxtTON. U. CL Jk Ctaciaaaw. <X DOYOII INTFUII Tfinmi a a ? ? - w > viku r% UnilOO If *? byr your Ruk, Doori nUllu>L I Kogldlsp, Bnekih , n*lu?ter?, Newel*. and all kladi 1 Of Turned and Plalihed wood work from ua We an manufacturer* and hare the largest plant In lb State. Agent* wanted In every Town andCeuaty b the South. Price Hat* furnlahed. Try ua . f'harloite Hneh. Door aud Blind Mfg. Ca., I Oor. tlh and Street. CiiARaorra, if. C. ; PIANOS.-E However far away you liv t Bum down, balance in still > t send it on approval, to be r< a freight a both ways at our ex f understand. We take all the Ivers & Pond Pia A Hi LVlliill mhHHBG ki IJjfffJHJfljf] r- Inlllln inVnill MaajiLDaJL j **?U1 by nil Ut Mlrri - ?* L* ' , *%* ? * vrv?** -C.V 7 - 7 TZ ' ' ??****mhh!' ITard to taJke ?the. big, old-fasliioned pill. It's pretty hard to have to take it, too. You wouldn't, if you realized fully how it shocks and weakens the system. / ' Luckily, you don't have to take it. Dr. Picrco's Pleasant Pellets are hotter. They're sensible. Thejr\ do, mildly and gently, more than the ordinary pill, with all its disturbance. They regulate the liver, ? Btomach and bowels, ns well a* thoroughly cleanse them. They're the original Little Liver Pills, purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, the smallest and tho easiest to take. t One littlo Pellet for a gentlo laxative?thrco for a cathartic. Sick Headache, Bilious Ileadacho, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of th? Liver, Stomach and Bowels are promptly and permanently cured. They're tho cheapest, too, for V they're guarantceu to give satisfaolion, or your in icy is returned. You pay onlv for the good you get- Jttp GET WMSm KING COTTON Boy er sell yoor Cotton 01 JOULES Ootton 8cbIb. II" I 'll HOT CHEAPEST OUT BEST. ETd I 1 f"or t*rmI atldr*? bFI 1B1B joirxs o? anroHAKTav, " W W BINGHAMTON", N. Y. ft '* ViVaNS*TAb""K8*TOral2Sj ; A6Gc?K """ '"iiuoh, liver ntut bowele, Iiuriry Ilia blood, nra mfe under ? The bout general family /IIP Zii^r 1 inntliin. known fir Hillouuma. -f ,la-V, .-f" Coittt ipn t Ion, Pjlpougta, r'oul llrmtli. iMiirbi', llMrtmiin. LoN i 9 of Appetite, Ucutnl DepreactoN. > Painful IilKCtlon, I'iuiplos, Sallow Complexion, Tired Keeliocf, udAfl Jcvory jjmptora or dlwut multlnir from Tmpurw^^ ?blood, ora failure by tlio rtonmeh, Urer or Intoetlnea# J to perform their proper function*. lYraone rrlven tor Zover-cat! njr arc benefited by takinga TABt'tK after? X each meal Price, by mall. IjrroiwtJi 1 bottle lie. Ad-t edrtwa THR 111 PANS CHEMICAL lO.,lOSpruce St. .N.V. a Agenta Wanted, KIUIITV prr Vcat prafw X *? ? . TBI II I III 11 HI I I MM Con ii ii in |> 11 vci uiul pcop,0 H who hnvo weak Innya or Asthma. should uso I'lso'sCuro for Consumption. It has cured H| thousands. it has not Injured one. It Is not bad ( > lake. H llistlio best cough syrup. Sold everywhere. 85c. fjp a the hands. Inlnre too Iron, and burn ofT. I The Rlrlug Sun titose Polish Is Brilliant,Oder-1 loos. Durable, and the consumer pays lor do Us I ec (Los* packago with every purchase. I COLD MEDAL, PAKIS, 187A | W. 1IAKEU & CO.m f? Breakfast Cocoa fiJWor) _ from which the excese of oil bos been removed, la absolutely pure end <( Is soluble. JI/JiRtv Chemicals /Urn || IjVn arc used la It* preparation. II | Iff! ' I II HI "tore man inrte nine* mm . * III I I ln| itrtngth of Cocoa mixed with Nt Iff i M Ull ^t"rc'1> -Arrowroot or Bugar, JJB1 | J| jell and U therefore far mora ecoHi I /| f| I a nomlcal, catting lt*t than on* I Jj ili LI eentacup. Itladullcloua.noarletting, ttrenglbeolDg, babilt diobbtbd, and admirably adapted for Invalid* aa well aa for peraona In health. Sold by Ororerajererywhara. t W. BAKER & CO., Dorcheater, Mass. 43f LIVER tag! pills %klA DO ROT GRIPS ROB KICK SR. lOA Bora rnra for SICK IIKAD* wKSflh ACHK, Impaired <life?lloe,eon?ti- - t i wBBSk patlon,torpid glnnda. They arena* IS ^EflSb vital organ*, teinora naurra, ilia. ii ainr??. Magical on Kidw v WHBk U' ya and 1)1 mli!?.? . e?iioi\ 3 Llllouo uorvnua ulat; orrlora. r?t*bll?h cat?a V V ural Daily AOTtoir. I _ BeantlfjMfomplejilon by nnrlfjlag blood. 1'nMi.Y Vr-orrraaLa. Thl (lOM Is nlffl* ftriiustp.l to suit emme. me am ral 11 aaw I, WHilNtMltiiiirh. Each vial roi.uiow C:, rmrrird In >ut L Socket. Ilk* lead pencil. liualnra* man'* |i?l | convenience. Taken coaler than auger. hold eeeryJ where. All ganuiu* good* bear "C,e*c*nt." Hand 3-cout stain p. You get 33 page book wltlieampta. 1 M. HART El HEOICINE CO.. St. Loalc. M*. asy terms: e you can get a piano for a email smaller monthly payments. We aturned if unsatisfactory, railway pense. Methods fair and easy to risks. Write us. MaHonic Temple, MO UUi) 183Tremoiit St., Boston. KMHI Ol , 'V V -yr ' ' *,?' ,* ^(, <Y| I r* iw JJ; j I k~ "'%'?-?. ' M. f ' *#,' T^*rK Jb1 *--4> * i. Accept no auballi