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u / i / A Hindoo tiold Ba?. , The ancient annual ceremony of “Tal- Ubbaram,” or weighing the Maharajah of Travancere against an equivalent weight of gold, has come round again. It ap pears to have been conducted this year with great pomp and ceremony, for the present Maharajah is a Hindoo of the orthodox type, who appears to keep up the traditions of his home. Some months before the ceremony, the Government purchased through its commercial agent at AUeppo, about 2000 pounds’ weight of pure gold, the greater part of which was converted into coins for this pur pose. After presenting an elephant and offerings to the shrine, the Maharajah entered the building prepared for the oc casion, and having completed the pre liminary ceremonies, mounted one of the scales. The sword and shield were laid in his lap; in the other side of the scale gold coins struck for the occasion, were placed by the first and second princes till it touched the ground, and the Maharajah rose in the air, the priest meanwhile chanting Yedie hymns. Volleys were fired, the band played, and the troops presented arms. The Maharajah wor shiped at the shrine and then went to the palace. Subsequently the Dewa n •nd other officials distributed the coins from the fort gates to about 15,000 Brahmins. When Snake Poison Is Harmless. Nature stems to have provided that no poison which acts externally shall have any effect internally, and vice versa. Thus the most deadly snake venom can be swallowed with impunity, the juice of the stomach presumably decomposing it and rendering it harmless. Many ex periments have been made to prove this. On one occasion recorded by Humbold* one person swallowed the whole of the poison that could be obu ihed from four Italian vipers withoutrufering any bad consequences. In tor same way the poison from the envenomed arrows of South American Indians can be swal lowed with safety, provided only that there is no wound on the lips or inside of the mouth.—Washington Post. Eyesight SAVED. “My boy had Scarlet Fever when 4 years old, leaving him very weak and vijdh blood poison ed with canker. His eyes became inflamed,his sufferings were intense, and for 7 weeks he could Jnot even open his eyes. I m-xr j i ‘began giving him JJUfford Blackman. HOOD’S SARSA- w'hieh soon cured him. 1 know if not his very life.” Au- *■88 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. _ ' ~ HOOD’S PILLS are the best after-dinner Pills, assist digestion, cure headache. JOHNSON’S Anodyne Liniment. PARILLA, which soot it saved his sight, if bie F. Blackman, *8t m ORIGINATED IN I8IO. -. r TeHTS or XT! ALMOST A CENTUS X * Every traveler, Every famllv should keep It at hand, for the common ilia of life liable to occur to any one It la Soothing. Healing andTenetrating. Once used al- waya wanted. Sold evervwhere. trice 36c , aix.S2. full particular, free. 1. S. JOHNSON & OOa Boston. Mass. ‘German Syrup Regis Leblanc is a Frencl 99 Regis Leblanc is a French Cana- lian store keeper at Notre Dame de >tanbridge, Quebec, Can., who was xred of a severe attack of Congest ion of the Lungs by Boschee’s Ger- lan Syrup. He has sold many a >ttle of German Syrup on his per sonal recommendation. If you drop lim a line he’ll give you the full facts of the case direct, as he did us, tnd that Boschee’s German Syrup wrought him through nicely. It [iways will. It is a good medicine id thorough in its work. Q A SICK LIVER i the cause of most of the depressing, pain- hi and unpleasant sensations and suffer- pgs with which we areafflictedi and these ■ fferings will continue so long ns the Liy- ’ Is allowed to remadu in this sick or slug- tsh condition. To stimulate the Liver and other diges- re orgaas to a normal condition and halthy activity, there is no better medi ae than ADWAY’S PILLS aost perfect, safe and reliable Cathartic that per been compounded — PURELY VEGE- i positively containing no Mercury or othei dub substances; bavjng all the beneflcla! i that Mercury Is possessed of as a cathartic the danger of any of its evil consequences superseded Mercury,and have become th< lerii Science. Elegantly coated and with , there Is no difficulty In swallowing R A D. r '8 PILLS; mild and gentle or thorough 1c Iperatlons, according to the dose, they are tin (tes of the present time. cure all disorders of the Stomach, Liver . Kidneys, Bladder. Nervous Diseases, L«*so flte, Headache, Cost.veuess, Indigestion. Dys L Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of ttae Bow ■It s, and all the degrangements of (he Interna la. 'IS cents a box.—-old by druggists. DK i AY « CO., 32 Warren street, N\ Y. City. iung Mothers! IF. Off** You a Remedy which fixtures Safety to Ztife of Mother and Child. [OTHER’S FRIEND >• i Robs Confinement of its fain, Horror and Risk. fngonebottleof “ Mother’* Friend” I 1 jt little pain, and did not experience that afterward usual la such cases.—Mrs. |tK, Lamar, Mo., Jan. 15th, 1:91. xpresa. charges prepaid, on receipt of :r bottle. Book to Mothers mailed free. IFIELD REGl LATOIt CO., ATLANTA. GA. bold by all druggists. FLO’S FAIR CUIOF FREE. id Kxposuion ground! lap of Chicago and , . _ xpt land description of ali the Fair bulid mile and as good as those sold foroOcts self you mention this paper and as) i»fonr 81150 lots on S4 monthly pay IFFITH, Chlcag o’s coming ruc- >, if you also promise to show the pla ersons. Will you do ItT Write to-day i CO., 490 Ckaaber of toaaerce, Chicago, lit It’s Pills oao often astonishes the ip valid, ticftjr of mind, bouynney of body, ID DIGESTION. grele anH solid dealt. Price, 2dCo NICARAGUA CANAL Concise History of a Great Mar itime Project. Estimated Cost of the Works Is $100,000,000. For many years—in fact, it might properly enough be said for several centuries—one of the world’s grea maritime projects has been a ship canal across the Central American is'hmus. The question was discussed by navigators as long ago as 1540, when Europe wished a quicker route to the East Indies. From time to time efforts have been made to arrange for building a canal, but for one reason or another all the early plans encountered obstacles and were abandoned. Meanwhile the commerce trans ported between the Altantic and Paci fic oceans was increasing. Much of it went, and still goes, by the long sea route around Cape Iloru. Some of it, later on, was carried by rail across the Isthmus of Panama, and put on another ship in the opposite ocean. Not many years ago Ferdinand de Lesseps, the builder of the famous Suez Canal, persuaded the French people to undertake the building of a canal at the Isthmus of Panama. An enormous amount of money was spent in the work, but the Panama Canal has never been, and possibly never will be, finished. Although twice the amount originally estimated has been expended the canal is not one-fourth done. Eight years ago an eff->rt was made to provide for the construction by our own people of a canal in Nicaragua. The isthmus is wider at that point than at Panama, but half-way between the two oceans is Lake Nicaragua, one hundred miles long, while running from the lake to the Atlantic is the river San Juan, navigable for much of its course. This made a far simpler problem than that of De Lesseps. In 1884, a treaty was proposed by which our government was itself to build the canal, in conjunction with the Nicaraguan Republic. This treaty failed of approval. President Cleve land withdrew it from consideration by the Senate on the ground that it committed this nation to ownership of territory outside its own limits, and made promises of protecting a foreign nation against outside aggression; a promise which the President con sidered dangerous, as it might involve us in the future disputes of foreign nations. Two years later, then, a private cor poration was formed in this country to build the canal without government aid, and it is this company which is now building the canal. The company made its own arrange ment with Nicaragua, was guaranteed certain exclusive rights and privi leges and agreed to finish the canal in ten years. The Nicaragua Canal, when finished, will traverse twenty-five miles of country from the Atlantic coast to the San Juan river. As this is high ground, several great locks are to be built in the canal. The river is then to be used for sixty-five miles to Lake Nicarigua. From the western shore of the lake the canal will descend the slope, by way of three more locks, and thus by a route of less than eighteen miles reach the Pacific Ocean. Only a few miles of the canal have yet been dug out. There was much work to be done at Greytown, its At lantic terminus. Moreover the line of the canal westward had to be cleared of a dense tropical growth, and ar rangements made for carrying in ma terial and supplies. But the work is going forward busily, and five mil lion dollars have been already spent. The sum was raised by sale of the company’s stock to private investors. The whole work is estimated to cost a hundred million dollars, or about the same as the Suez Canal. The greater part of this money still re mains to be raised. It has been pro posed that the United States Govern ment lend its aid by “guaranteeing’’ the company’s bonds and taking a majority of its stock. The argument for this is, that it would prevent the canal’s ownership from going, by purchase of its stock, into foreign hands. But this is a matter for future discussion.— [Youth’s Companion. Coyote Strategy. In the dim light of the early morn ing in certain parts of the Humboldt, Peranegat, Mason, and other valleys may be seen a queer tawny army, marshalled in some places by dozens and in others by scores. The army is called together by a reveille, and soon thereafter the strange music which breaks the stillness of the desert swells into a chorus participated In by all the members of the tawuy troop. It Is the gathering of the coyotes, and they are out, their appetites sharpened by the crisp air, to gain their regular breakfast of jerked jack" rabbit meat. There is a sniffling among the sage and greasewood by the avant-couriers of the sharp-toothed brigade. Meantime ail the others Lave been deployed in such a mauner that when a fleet-footed jack has been f PROHIBITION* CONVENTION, raised from his lair lie is passed on and on. The coyotes usually arrange themselves in the form of a long elipse. Thus the jack, however large and strong, and whether fleet as the wind, is sure to at last weary him self. He cannot get out, for a wily coyote at every turn checks him and keeps him in the elipse and in the lead of his pursuer. When the coyote in pur suit tires, another, fresh as the air of the morning, takes up the chase. Thus an untiring Nemesis is always after him. and in due time the tired, panting rabbit falls a prey to the yel low troop. At the death they all rash in, their jaws working like fast-flying shear blades. The rabbit is cut in pieces, snapped up and eaten, and then an other weird reveille is sounded, an other jack is started up, and thus they go for two or three hours sometimes until the hunger of all is appeased. This huntiug in troops, as is pointed out by Colonel Joseph Grandelmycr, the sagebrush pioneer, enables each of the brigade of coyotes to get a good meal. If but one of the coyotes were to start after the rapidly flying jack he would become quickly winded with out affecting the jack whatever, but with relays of coyotes, and one always to take up the chase when the other is tired, victory soon perches on their banner.—[San Francisco Examiner. ■ .. - ; Proceedings ot the National Assem blage at Cincinnati. The Proh bition National Convention met in tbe Music Hall at Cincinnati, Ohio. At 10 o’clock every delegation was in its plac?. Chairman Dickie, of the National Commit tee, called the convention to order and intro duced the Rev. J. G. Evans, of Illinois, who led in prayer. The Rev. Dr. Lockwood, pastor of the First Baptist Church, delivered the address of welcome, and was cordially received. The recommendation of the Na tional Committee of John P. St. John for TemporaryCbairman made the hall ring with cheers. At the conclusion of his speech on taking the chair the convention adjourned. It reassembled at4p. M., when the Com mittee on Permanent Organization reported the names of Colonel Ed Ritter, of Indian apolis, for Permanent Chairman and the Rev. Sam Small for Secretary. The committee reported a recommendation that the votes cast should only represent the delegates in actual attendance, and that the votes of de.egates who had not come to Cin cinnati should not be announced by the Chairman of State delegations. On behalf of the Minority Committee Sam Small submitted a minority report, author izing the casting of the full vote of each delegation. For nearly two hours the con vention debated the question. Groo, of New York, moved to substitute the minority report for the majority. At times the uproar was deafening, and Chair man St. John almost splintered his desk and lost his voice in an effort to secure even a semblance of order. Finally, after the previous questions had been ordered by 200 delegates and the Chair had been unable to decide which side had the best of it on a viva voce vote, a call of the roll was ordered and the amend ment was defeated by 721 to 359. The majority report was then adopted amid prolonged cheering. At twenty minutes to 7 the conven tion took a recess until 8 o'clock. In the evening Eli F Ritter, of Indianapolis, was presented as permanent presiding_officer. He made a long address. At 10:15 o'clock the convention adjourned until 9:3J next day. Curious Mud Fish. “Two curious little fishes live in the mud,” said Prof. Theodore Gill to the writer. “One of them was only discovered recently. It was called after myself, by way of compliment, being named the ‘Gillichthys.’ My namesake is a sort of goby, from six to eight inches long. It digs a hole in the muddy bank of a tidal creek, at the bottqm of which it sits and medi tates, being kept wet by the percola tion of the water through the sur rounding mud. It feeds on small crustaceans largely. One remarkable thing about the Gillichthys is its mouth, which is about one-third the length of the body. It is good to eat, and the Chinamen in the neighborhood of San Francisco dig in the marshes for specimens. “The other mud tish is a native of the South Sea Islands, and is found on other tropical coasts. It hops about on the mud-banks when the tide is out, being apparently as much at home on land as in the water. People call it the ‘jumping fish.’ Sometimes it will climb the roots of trees on the shore, making its way upwards by means of its pectoral fins. Often it occupies the holes made by fiddler crabs. When it is hopping about in the mud it is usually in pursuit of crutaceans or of a peculiar kind of slug that affords its favorite diet.”— [Washington Star. Horrors of the Sea. Many ascertained facts of well-nigh incredible horror would seem to sug gest that the sea commuuicatcs some thing of its own cruelty to those who live on or near it. Was there ever a tale inspired by the imagination of the romancer more dreadful than the true story of the “Palatine,” which left Holland for America in 1749, car rying as passengers many rich Dutch people who intended to settle near Philadelphia. For six weeks in pleas ant weather the ampiy-provisioned vessel sailed up and down the Dela ware coast, while the officers and crew cut ofl the food supply of the passengers, the pangs of hunger com pelling the unarmed and starving wretches to buy at exorbitant prices the miserable fragments which their tyrants chose to deal out to them. Twenty of them died of starvation before the storm came up that wrecked tlie ship on Block Island. In 1825 Congress made it a felony punishable with ten years’ imprisonment and $5000 fine to show false lights for the purpose of causing shipwreck.— [Boston Transcript. . A Great Sturgeon. W. II. Vianen, ihe pioneer fisher man of the Frazer river, hud on exhi bition today a sturgeon fourteen feet long and weighing nine hundreu pounds, which was caught in an oola- cIumi net last night. Notwithstanding the size of this fish and the interest it created Mr. Vianen did not at all feel proud of his catch, for the reason that it cost him the tidy little figure of $200. The sturgeon got tangled in the ooiachan net and ripped it into pieces in a very few minutes. Tli- 1 net was a new one and probably the best one on the river. Sturgeons sell at three cents a pound and the 900- pounder is valued at 627, which leaves the loss almost total. Though glad at any time to make a heavy catch Mi. Vianen hopes lie may never again win fisherman’s honors at such a price.— [Westminster (British Columbia) Co lumbian. The second day's session opened with Per manent Chairman Eii Ritter, of Indian apolis, Ind., in the chair. A prayer of re markable brevity was offered ly the Rev. J. C. Quinn. \V. W. Gibbs, oc Virginia, offered this resolution: Whereas, The Prohibition party is not a sectional party, but a National party, and Whereas, ’ihe issues of the late Civil War were settle! and settled forever; therefore Resolve J, That it is the sense of this con vention that speakers who are accorded the honor of addressing this convention be re quired to refrain from unnecessary refer ences or illustrations that could be construe-d as a reflection on any of the participants in the late strujgle. Gibbs made a speech in its behalf, urging that the issues ot the war were ended and buried and ought not to be resurrected. His resolution was adopted by nearly a unani mous vote. The raising of the sinews of war was the next business. After two hours’ exhortation and appeal it was announced that $20,000 had been handed up or guaranteed, one- fourth more than the amount secured at the Indianapolis Convention in 1888. At 12:15 a recess was taken until 2 o’clock. At two o’clock the Resolutions Committee presented a majority and minority report. The platform proposed by the majority of the committee declares for the entire sup pression of the manufacture, sale, importa tion, exportation, and transportation of alcoholic liquors as a beverage by Federal or State legislation. No citizen should be denied the right to vote on account of sex, and equal labor should receive equal wages. The money of the country should Le issued by the General Government only. An increase in the volume of money is demanded Tariff should be levied only as a defense against foreign Governments which levy tariff upon or bar out our products from their mar kets, revenue being incidental. Railroads, telegraphs, and other public corporations should be controlled by the Government. Foreign immigration has become a burden upon industry; therefore our immigration laws should be revised and strictly enforced. The time of residence for naturalization should be extended, and no naturalized per son should be allowed to vote until one year after he becomes a citizen. Speculation in margins and cornering of grain, money and products should be suppressed. The report of the minority submitted by Col. Basdon, of West Virginia, favors the issue of legal tender Treasury notes exchangeable in gold or silver bullion on a plan similar to that which now floats $349,00 ),090 of green backs on $10,000,000 of gold reserve, and makes them more acceptable and convenient than either gold or silver coin. The majority report was adopted, and this from the minority report was added to the platt'ornv: “Recognizing and declaring that the pro hibition of the liquor traffic has become the dominant issue in National politics, we invite to full party fellowship all those who, on this one dominant issue, are with us agreed iu the full belief that this party can and will remove sectional diff-rences, promote Na tional unity, and insure the best welfare of the entire land.” At the evening session Chairman Fitter announced that the roll of States would be called for nominations for President of the United States. When California was reached ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas, took the stage at the request of the delega tion, and placed in nomination Gen. John Bidwell. of Chico, Cal. W. Jennings Demorest, of New York, was nominated by J. Lloyd Thomas, of that city. Ohio, through L. B. Logan, presented Gideon T. Stewart, the venerable Buckeye Prohibitionist. General Bidwell was nominated on the first ballot, taken at midnight. The vote^on the first ballot for President stood: Bidwell, 590; Demorest, 139; Stewart, ITS; Bascom, of New York, 3. Necessary to a choice, 487. Joshua Levering, the wealthy coffee mer chant of Baltimore, was nominated for Vice- President Talking. If a man talks about others, he is a gossip; if he talks about himself, lit is an egotist; if he talks about some book he has read, he L tiresome to all who have not read it; if he talks about the weather, he becomes stereo typed. Does anyone really know what he can talk about to be rat.sfac- tory? —[Atchison Globe. THE TEXAS LAUNCHED. First of the Hattie Ships ot the New American Navy. Twelve thousand persons faced the rain storm and stood ankle deep in mu 1 to wit ness the launching of the battle ship Texas, at Norfolk, Va. The Navy Yard gates were thrown open at 9:39 o’clock, and the throng that had been gath- ing for an hour was admitted. At 10 o’clock all work was stopped in the yard. At 10:20 o’clock Miss Madge Williams, who had come all the way from the Lone Star State to christen the vessel, was escorted to the launching stand by Lieutenant Hillary P. Jones. On the stand were General Meredith, Chief of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving; Lieutenant W. S. Cowles, Pay Director Luca, Paj* Director Eldridge, Commodore A. W. Weaver, the Commander and otner officers of the Brazilian man-of-war, Ai- mirante Borroso, which is now in port. As the Texas started, slowly at first, to glide into the water. Miss Williams’s voice rang out: “I christen thee Tt-XaS.” Then came the hurrahs and yells, the salutes of steam whistles, and the tunes of tbe band. The ship shot with great rapidity into th® water. She was swung aroun l with lines, and tugs towed her to the dock next to the Raleigh, which was launched recently. The battle ship Texas is the first armor- clad battleship ever put into the water by the United States. It has taken six years to construct her. She is double turretef, with a length between perpendiculars of 29J feet, an extrema breadth of sixty-four feet one inch and a molded depth of thirty-nine feet eight inches. Her mean draught of water will be twenty-two feet six inches, while with 509 tons of coal aboard she will be ab!e to steam seventeen Knots per hour. The vessel is bui.t of steel through out, with a double bottom so arranged that the compartment may be used for water ballast. The principal armament consists of two twenty-six inch and six six-inch breecbloading rifles, the secondary battery comprising twelve six-pounder and four onv pounder rapid-fire guns, four Jiotc'ikiss re volving camion and two Gatiinga, Her armor is a foot thick. The vessel will be lighted throughout by electricity and will carry four powerful search lights, two of which will be for boat use. She is designed for a flagship and to carry a comp.ement ot 368 officers and men. > Eating the Flesh of I’uisuueil Animals. The subject of the use of the flesh of animals killed by poison has been studied by Schuidt-Muiheim with a view to de termine whether, if eaten by men, such flesh wfuld be injurious. As reported in the Revista Internazionale d’lgiene of Naples for June, 1891, it may be used without any danger whatever. Many savage races constantly use the flesh of the animals that h .ve been killed with poisoned weapons and have never been injured by that means. Harms has proved (Universal Medical Magazine.) that the flesh of animals that have been poisoned with nux vomica and with tar- tarized antimony is not at all hurtful; Feser has demonstrated the same fact in regard to strychine and eserine; Spallan zani, Zappi, and Sonnenschein have done the same for arsenic. Froehner and Knudson have made some experiments for this purpose with strychine and with eserine. They fed dogs with large quan tities of mutton poisoned with strychine and eserine, and they found that no in jury whatever was done to the animals. Besie.es, they themselves ate some of the poisoned meat and drank soup made from it, and found that the flavor was good and had no injurious effects whatever on the system. In regard to the alleged in jurious effects caused by the meat of animals poisoned with hellebore, and which had eaten belladonna leaves, the authors have shown that the accounts published in this regard have not been proved and require further tests.— Science. What Is a “Texas?” ‘Very few people know the origin of the word texas, as applied to a certain part of a steamboat,” said an old river captain at the Laclede last night. “All modern boats don’t have the texas, though it was an essential of the old system in the halcyon days of steam boating. The texas, you know, is that apartment of the upper deck just be neath the pilothouse where the crew shifts sleep. The word was first applied in the troublous times of the ’30s and ’40s, when Texas was first fighting for liberation from the despotic rule of Mexico, and afterward when the United States was plunged into war with the Aztecs to maintain the rights the brave Texans bad wrung from Santa Ana. Re cruits from the United States were car ried down the Mississippi to New Orleans, and thence across the Gulf to Texas to help the Lone Star men in their war. The boats that took them down the river were the first to construct the apaitment for the crew, and that sup ports the pilothouse. This innovation in boat building made it possible for traveleis to peer through the little windows from an elevation that enabled them to see a greater scope of country on both banks than they had before been accustomed to sweep with their vision. The innovation coming on just at the time that Texas was causing such a com motion all over the world, passengers and boatmen with one accord always re ferred to the apartment as the texas. The name has stuck to it ever since, and is about as good as any other, though I often hear people wonder at its origin.” —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The immigration from England, Scot land and Wales does not change much from year to year, but remains close to 60,000 annually. There's a wide difference between the help that’s talked of and the help that’s guaranteed. Which do you want, when you’re buying medicine? If you’re satisfied with words, you g et them with every bloodjpurifier ut one. That one is Dr. Fierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. With that, you get a guarantee. If it doesn't help you, you have your money back. On this plan, a medi cine that promises help is pretty sure to give it. But it’s because the medicine is different, that it’s sold differently. It’s not like the sarsaparillas, which are said to be good for the blood in March, April, and May. At all seasons and in all cases, it cures permanently, as nothing else can, all the diseases arising from a tor pid liver or from impure blood. It’s the best blood - purifier, and it’s the cheapest, no matter how many* doses are offered for a dollar. With this, you pay only for the good you get. Can you ask more? OR. Kl L. IS* C R V S waMD A Ncj lUe as Oiu us An Egyptian scythe, dug up on the banks of the Nile in IS? >, is exhibited imong the antiquities in the priva<e museum of Flinders Petrie, Loudon. The shaft of the instrur :nt is of wood set with a row of tine flint saws, which ■re securely cemented in a groove. This discovery answers the oft-asked ques tion : How did the stone age man har vest his crops?—St. Louis Republic. According to figures produced by the Bureau of Immigration 6,000,090 aliens have landed in the United States in the last twelve years. Huminor ColtN. Colds caught in warm weather are Just as Certain to make slow but sure destruction of the lung tissues as any other. Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure entes fiic most ileucate fibre ot the respiratory organs, and a miracu lous cure is promptly erfected. No opium. 8old hy prominent druggists. 50c. Manufac tured by A. P. Hoxsie, Buffalo. X. V. Constantinople, Turkey, is the drunk- enest city in the world. Catarrh Can't be Cured With local applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or eon- stiiutional disease, and in order to cure it you have to take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally.and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catairh Cure is no quack medicine. It was prescribed bv one of the i.est physi cians in tins countrj for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces, 'i he perfect combi nation of the i wo ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for lestimouia s free. K. J.Cukney & Co.. Pi ops., Toledo, O. Sold by ' r” ■'’ '■ts. —rir » 7J>c. “ I have found your Bradycrotine a sure cure for headache.” A. K. Hanks, Mountain Peak, i Texas. All druggists, fifty cents. Who would be free from earthly ills must I buy a box of Heecham's Pills. 25 cents a box. Worth a guinea. Flowers: If you are interested send address to S. H. Leonard, Box 425, Syracuse, X. V. ' WORDS UF ADVICE FROM A NOTED PHYSICIAN. A Former Student ot Sir Morrell Mackenzie, of London, England. Every physician of extensive practic: ad mits the difficulty—nay, almost hopelessness —of treating Nephritic (kidney) troubles successfully. After seventeen years’ ex perience in practicing my profession I had reached the same conclusion, and that our usual therapeutical agents were wholly inad equate to cope with such diseases, when my attention was called to Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp- Root. Both the method and results whett Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta f ently yet promptly on the Kidneys, aver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches aud fevers aud cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable 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 commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and SI bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAh FRAHCiSCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE. KY AfW YORK, h. V. N Y N U— DC NOT Bt DECEIVED with I’aftes Enamels, ano faints which s^aln the han<ls, injure the Iron, and burn otf The KlsIngSun Stove Polish Is Brilliant Odor less Durable and the consumer pays for mo tin or glass package with every purchase. C. F. BROWN, A. M., M. D. I have always been prejudiced against the use of patent medicines/a failure peculiar to the members of my profession), but hire was a preparation discovered by an old an i scientific physician whose wide experienc.*, extending over many years, had given him exceptional advantages for treating disease successfully. Was it not, then, possible that he had found a cure where others had fuilei? I determined to test the matter. Shortly after arriving at this conclusion a young man came to consult me who had been a great sufferer from Kidney and Liver troubles for many years. He had been treateil by a number of our lea ling physicians without obtaining any relief, an 1 came to me as a last resort though with very little faith in my ability to effect a cure. I prescribed Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Riot for him, and after taking the first bottle his condition was materially improved. He continued the treatment until he ha l used three bottles when he was entirely cured an 1 to-day he is the picture of robust health an 1 vitality. Since then I hive prescribe 1 Swamp-Root for a number of my patients, and alw ays with the most gratifying results, and now I believe it to be the best remedy for all Kidney, Liver and Bladder com plaints, both chronic or acute, known to the world, if not an actual specific. With Dr. Kilmer’s U. & O. Anointment I have cured the most stubborn case of hemorrhoids, or piles, of ten years’ standing which had been pronounced incurable after , all the approved remelies had been tried without avail. It is needless to add that experience has confirmed my entire confidence in Dr. Kil- i men’s preparations, which I frequently pre scribe for my patients an i invariably with the happiest results; therefore it affords me great pleasure to most cordially recomm m 1 them to suffering hummity and to the mi li- cal profession, as I feel sure they will ac complish all an 1 even more than is claimed for them in every instance. Yours Respectfully, C. F. Brown, A. M., M. D. Suspension Bridge, N.Y , April 23, 1892. mwwiiwi'ii/vi mmi/iQ I MONEY MUSHROOMS t (P More money in them for less outlay than ^ g any other crop. Any one with a cellar or sta- § ble can raise them. S' Our Primer & Price list tells the whole I story. Free. Send \ for it. 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Persons give- 1 ^- tTABl'LF.i ; l bottle 16c. iress ioe. ivii .x.,.j.. . 10SpruceSt., ® Agents Wanted; EIGHTY per tent pro* ••••e • vwwws • wCW • KILLER. Butcher's Fly Killer Is sure death. Every sheet wllF kill a quart of flies, and secure peace while you eat, quiet when you read and the comforts of a nap In the morning. Get Dutcher’s and secure best results FRED’K BUTCHER DRUG CO., Sr. Albans, Vt. FRAZER grea!e HEST IN THE WORLD. its wearing qualities are unsurpasse 1. actually outlasting three boxes of any other brand. Not affected by heat. OT GET THE GEN LINE* FUR SALE BY DEALERS GENERALLY. PATENTS " m * ■ 40-pitge book tree* TO 3I555SS Ins jpw*!ry, watches, tableware, etc.aPl&les liuest of jewelry good at new, oo ».l! kiodi of metal with gold,sllrer or nickel. No experience. No capital Keery house has goods ueeditig platiog. U.C.Dauio ft Cu.,Co1ul asu.O. Consumptives ami people who have weak lungs or Astb- | ma. should use Piso s Cure for [ Consumption. It bus cured thousands, it has not injur ed one. It is not bad to take. It is the beet cough syrup. Sold evervwhere. C5c. ijul: LOVELL DIAMOND CYCLES For Ladle® and Cent®. Six styles v tn Pneumatic Cushion and Solid Tires. I Diamond Frame Stee Oreo Forgir.gs Steei I Tubing Adjustable Ball Bearings to at' funning parts j nc'udmg Peaa.s Suspension Saddle. , Strictly HIGH GHADh m Every Particular. ! 8end 6 cents In stamp* for onr 100q>a*e Illustrated eataJ Birtcit catalogue Fkt:k. j logue of buns, Klflc», Bevolver*. Sporting Goods, etc. JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO., Mfrs., 14/Washington St., BOSTON, MASS Kidney. Live r anci Biadde^Cure. Rheumatism, Lumbago, pain in joints or back, brick dtiFt in urine, frequent call*, irritation, intiatnution, gravel, ulceration or catarrh of bladder. Disordered Liver, Impaired aige=tion. gout, billiou«-headache. SWATIP-IiOOT cures kidney difTi ultiea, ia Grippe, urinary trouble, bright’® disease. Impure Blood, Scrofula, malaria, gen’i weakness or debility. Guaranty*—t>e contents of One Bottle, il not ben* eflte'i. Druggists will refund to you the price paid* At Drug-iktH, 50c. Size, $1.00 Size. “Invalids 1 Guide tc Health*’free—Consultation frea Dr. Kiljixr Jc Co.. Binghamton, N Y. lENSiON- H> "■ f IOR - Is ’ r )Lia«9ivsm W at.liinj'ton, I>. ( . ^Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Pnncpal Examiner C S ’Penaion Bureau. Syraiuuiwtwai, IS a«yntiicaiujg ciauus, atty since. ITISAOLTV you owe your- self and fumiiy to get the be-t value for your money. Econo mize in your footwear by pur chasing \Y, I,. Oouglan Shoea, which represent the beat value for price* asked, as thousands will testify. t3T TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE eENTLEMEN, THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MOREY. A genuine sewed shoe, that icf/l not rip, fine calf, Reamlesa Fmooth msiue, Hoxible, more comfortable,stylish ami durable thau coding from #4Vo $ rKOi< * al tl10 I jrice - Equals custom made atoc? A and 85 lland-Bewed, fine calf shoes. The most Etvl.'ih y, eiiS y and durable shoes ever sold at these prlees. They eouai flne ImjKjrted shoes costing from $8 to $12. 1 *553 Police Shoe, worn by farmers and all others w e want a good heavy calf, three soled, extension edge shoe easy to watk In, and will keep the feet dry and warm. ^2 0 30 Fin© Calf, 82.and 8*J Workingmen’s Sho-s vveaa wl.i give more wear for the money than any other mast. They are made for service. The Increasing sales show that work ingmen have found this out. H ^ and N oaths’ 81.73 School Shoes are , w " rn by the boys everywhere. The must service- able shoes sold at these prices. >LAF)IEl^' *3 Hti^-^tewed, 82.50, 82 anr j gj.y- ■“ ■ ““ Ehoes for Misses are made of the be..t Dou- gola or flne Calf, as desired. They arc very stylish, com fortable and durable. The & shoe equals custom made shoes costint from $4 to $6. Ladies who wish to econo mize in their footwear are finding this out. C A L'TI ON.—Bewareof dealers substitutln.': shoes with out W. L. Douglas’ name and tbeprlcestamped on bottom, nntim cuncc such substitutions are fraudulqpt and subject to procecu- . tloa by law for obtaining money underfalsc pretences. ed t p f o«tn^!. e twJ OU \i P . , M' Ce , ,,end di r cr . t to Factory, Mating kind, size and wirfr.% l^ee. W*II *lye excluplve unle to ••hoe dealeri# and &;encraB mer chant* where I Lave no agent** Y% rite lor Catalogue* W. L. UougJu*, Brockton, ASK FOR W ft wanted.