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A Verj Bare Whale. Some days ago there wtu fonnd stranded on the beaeh near Corson’s Inlet, N. J., a largo 1 mammal, which was at Urst supposed to be a porpoise, but has since been found to be some thing more rare. Dr. Greenman, of the University of Pennsylvania, wont down to look at the luckless monster, and after examination pronounced it a pygmy, or Japanese whale. He was very much surprised tp see this ttieci- men in the Atlantic, as these whales are rare sven in their nata.'al habitat, the sea of Japan. The whale was nine feet long and weighed about 60U pounds. This is the second specimen found on the Jersey coast, the other having been found at Spring Lake in 1875, and secured by the Smithsonian Institution. —Picayune. It is proposed to erect a new build* fng for the Chamber of Deputies in Paris to cost 4,500,000 francs. The present hall is so small that members are much crowded. There are to be a great many comforts and conveniences in the new chamber which are lacking in the present one and badly needed. Whaa Travelins Whether on pleasure bent, or business,take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as It acts most pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fovera, headaches and other forms of sickness. For sale In 50 cent a and SI boUlos by all leading druggists. < Tka Bell Tolephone Company last yeat earned M,M5,48R69 net end paid W,J89,1K la dividends. Thiars Are l.eoklng Belter. Yes, every day shows cheering signs of Im provement In nvery hranchof hnsinos*. If yon ore ont of employment, or have spare lime oc casionally, write without delay to B. F. John son & I ’o., Klchmond. Va., who can make sug gestions that will be worth your consideration. > Oriat Britain has annexed Fondoland, South Africa. 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I is agreeable to taste am easy of assimilation. wmmnSSniOTnmmMmnSiimMsaalsHnnmBn THE WATER Lll-Y, ]n the slimy bed of sluggish mere Its root bad bumble birth, And the slender stum Hurt upward grew Was coarse ol flbef, dull ot hue, * With nought o( grace of wo.thi The goldfish that floated near Saw alone the vulgar stem. The clumsy turtle paddled by, The water snake with lidless eye— U was only a weed to them. But the butterfly and the honey beo, The sun and eky and air, They market Its heart ol virgin gold lu the s-ttln leaves of spotless fold, - And its odor rich and ran*. So the fragrant soul in Us purity, To sordid life tied down, May bloom to heaven nnl no man know, Seeing the coarse, vile stem below, How Qol hath soon the crown, —James Jeffrey Roche. THE WINDMILL, OWARD summer one day, in the years when Burke swayed admiring senates by hi* elo quence and pas sion, and Wilkes thundered against civic abuses, and ret all London aflame; in abort, when George III. was King, ona Ed ward Gray, scrivener, came down to his native village to spend n fortnight with his sweetheart, Lucy Deal There were many pretty girls in the country around, bat she was the beauty of them all, and as gentle as she was Rood. Her father had died when she was r. mere child, and his wife faded away some four years later, leaving to little Lncy only the mem ory of that tender love which had cherishe l her earliest years. Ho it happened that when Edward Gray, her schoolfellow an 1 playmate, was turned eighteen, and prepared to. seek his fortune in the great city by the river, ho and L'tiy plighted their troth under the windmill on the hill, and it was settled they should be married as soon ns Edward was rich enough to set up a home of his owu. He had worked hard nu l prospered since then, and had made the long journey to Pen- rave this summer to press her to re deem her word and marry him forth with. But Lucy hesitated. Tho times were sir.tngely ont of joint; rumors of war were heard on every side; there were riots at Bristol-breadriots, what not; the pru lent warned Iter to be careful. “Better wait a little, dear,” she said, as they started for a walk tho morning after his arrival. “Wait? Why should we wait? Are you not satisfied with me?’’ ‘ O course I am. Still another year will s j m pass if you are only patient.” The lover could not see it in this light. “It is needless to delay any longer,” said he, decisively. “Heaven favors tho bold, and I miss you sorely when far away.” Lucy smiled, but undo no answer. They had come to a rising ground, and high above them rose the old mill The great sails were motionless, and the whole building—gaunt and grim — looked like pome relic of the past set iu a background of blue sky. Ho old it was as to be almost decrepit; the very beauts which supported it were worm-eaten and crumbling, and the wonder was that it had not tumbled iTowu long ago. The girl’s eyes rested on it with a wistful interest. “Yo t remember the place?” sbe raid. “We used to plsy here as chil dren, and later—” She paused, with a becoming blush, and her eyelashes drooped under his gaze. *'I cannot help fancying one f*te is somehow concerned with that of the mill; in deed, I thought so from tho b< -in ning.” E Iwaid laughed outright. "Sny, goodness forbid 1” he cried, gaily- “What can we possibly have to do with such a wretched owl-roost? Forty year a hence may bo— Why. dearest, what is the matter?” Bhe turned pale with fear, and he felt her fingers tremble as they rested on his arm. His eyes followed herr, and there, confronting them, was an elderly man, in a dark blue uniform, with a sword at his side. The stranger bent his brow sternly on Edward. “Who are yon, fellow, Mid wkat are you doing here?” he said. “Fellow yourself!” replied Edward, his dark face flushing with anger. “What insolent boor presumes to ad dress me in such terms?” The other drew back and clapped hia baud on his sword. There was a wild scream Irom Lucy, for Edward rushed at him savagely, and struok at him with all his nervous forou of youth and strength and rage. The blow caught the man on the chin, and felled him senseless to the ground. “O, Edward! Edward!” “I have only dealt with him a* ha deserved,” said Edward, somewhat ruefully, and repenting of his ire; -‘but 1 meant not to strike so herd, either. ” “It is not that, dear. Let ue awav and hide.'” “Why?” “The press gang. ’ At those two ominons words Edward shivered, and grew cold in the noon day bent. For in a moment he saw the imminence of his peri), and all it foreboded—seizure, separation from Lucy, exile, perhaps death. His first consciousness, when ral lied from the momentary stupor that hail fallen upon him, was of her voice, breathing encouragement and hope. “Come,” she said, “we will make for tho glade yonder, and consider what is to be done next. There is no coach to London till the end of the week, and you must hide somewhere iu the meantime. See I he begins to revive; he moves; there is not a mo ment to lose. Come!” He caught at the words instantly, though only murmured, and it was as if a new spirit possessed him. He took her by the hand, and, half-run ning, they glided along till they reached a group of trees abont a mile away. There they stopped. For a long while neither spoko. The diowsy hush of the perfect summer day brooded in this secluded spot, un disturbed by movement of sound of any kina. On the trees the sunlight flickered, fled and returned again, playing fantastic tricks among tT leaves. Above stretched the seren and cldtidlesa ftky. '‘If I had only that one man te reckon with,” said Edward, at last, “I akould not care. But there mar ha others as well, and if the worst befall me, he has the law at his baok to ex cuse and condone him. ” “You’sro not in his power yet, nor need you be it yon are prudent. I heard that strange men were seen iu th* neighborhood, but understood they were some distance away. Let me go baok to the village alone, dear, and ascertain the truth." Her face was Composed | he? expres sion had recovered its natural charm while she spoke to hint; All at. bnce she wheeled found with a stifled cry, jiantiag like a hunted hare. Thre men were hurrying across tho open space behind to cut off their retreat, and in the foremost of these Edward recog nized his enemy. His eyes flashed. “We must run for it, sweet I” he muttered between his clenched teeth, and he clasped her round the Waist. They were out of the glade and into the open without drawing breath. The sun was level overhead, and its bright ness almost blinded them as they emerged in its full radiance. Never pausing an instant to glance baok, they sped away. The ground was rough and Uneven i hard task, in sooth, were it to run fast in such a place. And it seemed to them as if they were fleeing for their lives. Fortunately, they had gained a few yards in starting, for Lucy’s cry o( alarm the men paused in donbt, and before they oonld the two were well ahead of them; Edward drawing her along and encouraging her t j do her best, But the sailors’ hesitation did not Isst long; they were used to such work, and in a minnte more were in hot pursuit Had Edward been alone, hs would soon have distanced them, there being but one of toe number whose swiftness need havo caused him any uneasiness as to the result This man quickly shot out iu advance of the other two—a loan, lithu figure— and the thud of his footsteps sounded perilously near. Soon that one runner was scarce a dozen strides off', and slowly, but surely, gaining ou them still Ed ward groaned. Though almost breathless by this time, Lucy heard him. “Have your self and leave me, ” she said. Edward laughed aloud at the sug gestion —a laugh so fiyroo and despair ing that, as the swift pursuer beard it ringing in the air, he had a misgiving, and slackened his p to let his com rades overtake him. Crafty as well as bold, ho saw the folly of leaving them too far behind in au emergency. But even this assisted Edward noth ing, for Lucy suddenly succumbed. He still held her rouud the waist, and bore her ou some distance, but tho strain was too groat; no man so laden could rnu far. She looked np pityingly into his face. Elward stopped, and, careless of all risks, spoke words of comfort to her, but Lucy only sobbed and held him tight. The other man stopped also, and was signalling to the laggers to make haste. Seeing the quarry at bay, ho could afford to take his time, and was disinclined to incur any unnecessary danger. Edward raged inwardly to think that he was powerless; and the precious minutes were flying fast, never to be recalled! “If I could only see a way out of this,” he said. “Ah, if!” eehood Lucy. A change came over his face. “Listen, dear,” ho said. "I doubt the power of those men to capture mo if I were aloue ami uninjured; but I havo you to protect, for they might iusult you ou my account. We are ueariug the hill agaiu; let ns try to ascend it, ami take refuge iu the windmill. Who knows what may happen after?” Meanwhile the other Wo had come up with the comrade who had heade d them, when, just as the trio were in peep consultation, the fugitives started the race anew. It was their last effort. A tierce shout escaped tho astonished watchers as they dashed headlong after the prey. The shout ceased abruptly, for Lucy and her lover had suddenly vanished. “Down the valet” called the leader, in explanation. The words were hardly ont of his lips when they reach the edge of a hollow which none had noticed unil now. There, right before them stood Edward, poising in his hand a great lump of dried earth. Rage and de spair tore at the young man’s heart, md gave strength to his arm and steadiness to his aim as he hurled the huge missile at his nearest foe. Down went the varlet backwards, his com rade’s head falling cracked under his falling weight; and in a twinkling the two strong men were rolling helpless on the ground. So sodden was it all, that the third man stood like one benumbed. Then, with a bitter langb, Edward disap peared. With one impulse they ran to the other side of the hollow, which commanded a view of the hill, snd saw the faithful lovers already half-way up the side, at a distance which showed the folly of continuing the pursuit. They looked at one another. “Best give it np, skipper,” said one of them addressing the man in nni- form. "Tisa smart youngster, and has benten us cleverly. What then? One can easily find stout hearts for King George elsewhere, and I bear no malice." “Nor I,” said the second. The skipper eyed each in turn with a contempt which ho made no effort to conceal. No creature is so touchy abont his dignity s.s a petty officer. “Mighty flue,” ho sneered, “but you msy as well keep your sentiments to yourself; they won’t suit his majesty’s navy. Besides, the scamp struck me iu the execution of my duty.” “Oh, as to that, if you’re going to drag private quarrels into our busi ness, why, ’tis neither hero nor there', and if yon ask my opinion, skipper, I say, after the bother we’ve had al ready, it’s sheer waste of patience to go on. Evidently the lad and tho lass know the country well, and will lead us a rare fool’s danoe before we have a chance of parting them. Small blame td either of them 1—iu their place I would dd the lintel ’ And the speaker folded his arms, and glared defiance. The skipper felt like a captain whose crew revolts, and hia aatonishment quickly turned to anger, but he bridled his wrath. “How do you know what my design is?” said he. “Do you take me for a clown, bent on wasting my own valu able time and yours into the bargain? We have only to wait a little, and the mad| or most likely the girl, will be forced to go back to the village for food j they can’t sit and starve on the hill. Than£ your stars that you have to dd *ith i mail whd understands his business, for your worthless ttiis Urddid never keep your skins whole for a sin gle hour.” He looked round with a sudden start as he ended. “Lie down, both of you,” he laid peremptorily. The geeture and command was so significant that tha men dropped on the green in mute obedience | then the skipper advanced a little way, and, at the risk bf being observed, scanned the road closely. No, his eyes had not deceived him. At a bend in the path, he saw Lucy mining quickly along towards the tlaoe where he stood. He waited to aake sure, and then turned round with riumph written oa every line of his ’ace. It was as he had guessed, Deaf for ittee to the prayers of her lover, Lncy tad insisted on ventnring back alone, itrong in her love she feared nothing. “They dare not harm me,” she said troudly, and so broke away from him rith a last embrace and a promise to ■eturn after sunset. The skipper made a sign to his men, tnd went forward to meet her. Tha itbers reluctantly followed hint. To lo them justice, they wets ashamed if their work. Absorbed in thought, Lncy took no lotico of them till they actually mot, md even then her look was quiet and tomposed; no changing color betok- tned fear. But when she saw tho ierce eyes of the skipper fixed steadily ipon her, then, indeed her courage ilmost failed. She looked at each of them in turn snd then waited. “Yon are the girl that was with that nan a while ago?” the skipper began. "Where is he now?” JLmcy made no answer. “Arc you his sister, or his sweet heart—which? Best speak the truth, tr it will bo worse for yon in the end.” “Bravely said,” retorted Lucy scorn fully. Then sbe paused. The thought jrossed her mind that it would be visor to conciliate than defy him, .."I nve done no more than I have a right ;o do," she went ou. “After all that las passed, you surely cannot expect no to stoop to betrayal.” This time no one answered; she dipped quickly past the skipper, and luickened her pace. But he soon overtook her. “Come, my lass; it is idle to jest with us; be not so foolish is that.” Ho reflected a moment. "Matos,” said he, “my life on it, but our bird’s not far off. I have taken * thought, and I mind me of that windmill we passed yesterday. Let’s have a look at it; the chance is worth trying for” Hho turned pale directly. This change of countenance did not escape him, “You must accompany us, lass.” He caught Lor by the arm. As she felt the touoh of his hand aho drew back. “Release me, and I will go with you, ” she said quietly. The party walked on in silence till they reached tho clearing in front of the mill door. Here tho skipper bade them stop, and warned them to keep near him. Ho then lifted tho latch and went iu. They looked eenrehingly round, bnt discovered nothing. The place was dim and close. Now the sunlight reached the floor at intervals. Now again it was veiled in gloom. “Stay you there while I take a peep at the floor above,” the skipper scid, stepping toward the winding staircase in the opposite earner. Hoeing, this, Luoy lost all nerve, and, careless of consequences, tried te prevent him from going further. “Away I” cried the skipper, and pushed her roughly aside. At that moment an active figure sprang on him swiftly as a oat; a heavy blow sent j him staggering hack, and there,. con fronting them all, was the man they sought. The shook of surprise smote them dumb; but before they could speak or move, a low, rumbling sound swept through the building, the walls bent inward, swayed, tottered and sank. With one simultaneous convulsion the old mill fell crashing down in a clond of dust that hid the daylight, and threw a sudden darkness over the scene. Then, in the darkness and stillness, and the horror of it all, a woman’s voice was softly audible: “Dear Edward, only you and I are left now 1” Bhe nestled dose to him—closer still, and burst ont crying. • • * • * • From tsx Parish RxaisrxT. Marriage. The year 1795. No. 41, page 12. Edward dray, of this parish ol Penravs, *nd Luoy Deal ot the same parish, were married m this ohurch by ban as. this 2d day ot August, In the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, by me, Alfred Mavkrs Vicar This marriage was sol-mnleed between us: Edward Drat, Loct Deal, tn the presence of: Grobuz Edwards, Eliza Joses, Yell County His Monument. Yell County, Arkansas, bears the name of a hero. It was named after ArohiLald Yell, who was once a Fed eral Judge in the Territory of Arkan sas, says the Arkansas C ’.ette, and was electen to Congress the year the Territory wos admitted into the Union ns a State. The year James H. Berry was born Yeh was inaugurated Gover nor ef Arkanixu. When Berry was learning iu Alabama how to speak that sweet Southern accented languv^e, Yell was again elected to Cor,'.•ess. After serving one year of this Urm in Congress he resigned to tight lor his country in its war with Mexico. He led the First Arkansas Cavalry at the battle of Buena Vista, and while en gaged in a charge at the head of bis column he was killed. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. The circulation of the blood is af fected by music. An ordinary ioddmotiva is said to consist of 5416 pieces. A new metal named powellite has been discovered in Idaho. The only quadruped that lays eggs is the ornithorhyehns of Australia. It would take abont 1200 globes as -large as onr earth to make one equal in size to Jupiter. Pasteur’s patients for treatment against hydrophobia sometimes num ber os many as 129 a mouth. Dr. T. C. Duncan, of Chicago, says that smallpox epidemics are coincident with great atir ospherio changes due to sun spots. It is estimated that by improper methods in the Pennsylvania mines, thirty to forty per cent, of the an thracite coal was formerly lost. Professor E. E. Barnard has pub lished two striking photographs which indicate that Brooke’s comet collided with some other body on October 1st, 1893. ' Tho fastest time recorded was hy the Empire State express on the New York Central and Hudson River Rail road, May 11th, 1893, one mile being made in thirty-two seconds, equal to 112 miles an hour. The phosphate marls of New Jersey have been worked for fertilisers since 1768. In surveying marl beds a bor ing apparatus made of half-inch gas piping is used. It gives good results to a depth of thirty feet. It is said that a red parasol destroys in a great measure the actinic power of the snu and must therefore keep the skin from freckles. Photogra phers long ago availed themselves of this peculiarity of light transmitted through a red medium, and it seems reasonable to suppose that a red shade might protect the complexion. Mr. Chandler, the astronomer, in recent investigations into the period of the star Algol, which is subject to remarkable diminutions and eclipses, says that there is no doubt that the eclipses are produced by afar distant and larger body than Algol. It is pos sible that this is a now world so far distant that light Irom it has not yet reached this earth. On Wednesday, January 17tb, at Brocknell, England, the Rev. C. W. Laugmore observed a beautiful lunar rainbow. It appeared in the shape of a circle of brilliant white surrounded by a broad baud of brown, next came another band of violet, followed by a bright baud of green and a narrow one of yellow. The whole series was en circled hy a band of brown-orange. If there was no dust haze mbove us the sky would be black. That is, ws would be looking into the blackness of a limitless space. When in fine, clear weather we have a deep, rich blue above us it is caused by a haze. Tho particles iu the haze of the heavens correspond with those of the tube in tho kouiscopc, and tho blue color is caused by the light shining through a depth of the haze. Kansas Welt Bounties. Owing to the losses every year of so many sheep, pigs, calves and fowls from depredations by wolves, coyotes, wildcats and foxes, the Kansas Im proved Stock Breeders at their annual meeting in January, appointed a com mittee to work for such legislation as would authorize a higher bounty, at least for wolf scalps—the amended law of 1889 authorizing county commis sioners to pay not to exceed $3 for each scalp. To aid the committee, at least to the extent of knowing definite ly what has been done under the new law, Secretary Coburn, of tho State Board of Agriculture, has interviewed each one of the county clerks in tbe State os to the amount expended by his county in each of the four years mentioned toward the extermination of the predatory prowlers. From tho 105 counties ninety-six reports were received; nine counties failed or declined to report. Seventy- three paid and twenty-three did not pay bounties. In 1890 fifty-two coun ties paid $11,910; in 1891 fifty-eight counties paid $15,233 ; in 1892, fifty- seven counties paid $14,931, and in 1893, sixty-five counties paid $17,591. The total amount paid in the four years by seventy-three counties is $59,668. Tho foregoing figures include the bounties paid on • a few fox, wildcat and rabbit scalps, but in the main rep resent wolves or coyotes. In the vari ous counties tho amounts por scalp have been fifty cents for cubs and from one to three dollars for grown wolves. Secretary Coburn says that tho asses sors last year reported 157,0P0 dogs in the State, and he thinks if these were what they ought to bo and used to the best advantage there would be less need to pay bounties and fewer varmints on which to pay them.— Farm, Field and Fireside. Blowing Wells ol South Carolina. South Carolina has a large number of “cold'’ or “blowing” wells. They are situated in the celebrated “Sand Hills region,” and the majority of them are of enormous depth. The force of the current of air which con tinually comes from them varies in in tensity according to atmospheric con ditions, being particularly strong for several hours before and after heavy thuuder-stornis.—St. Louis Republic. Why not, indeed? When the Royal Baking Powder makes finer and more wholesome food at a less cost, which every housekeeper familiar with it will affirm, why not discard altogether the old-fashioned methods of soda and sour milk, or home-made mixture of cream of tartar and soda, or the cheaper and inferior baking powders, and use it exclusively? ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. Hew Chinese Do Things. The men wear skirts and tho women trousers. The men wear their hair long and the women wear it short. The men carry on dressmaking and the women .carry burdens. The Chinese begin dinner with des sert and end with soup and fish. The Chinese compass points to the south instead of the north. The Chinese launch their vessels sideways and mount their horses from the off side. Books arc read backward, and what we call footnotes nro inserted at tho top of the page. Tbe Chinoso surname comes first instead of last. The Chinese shake their own hnnds instead of tho hands of those they would greet, Tho written language of China is not written and the written language is not spoken. The Chinese dress in white at funer als and in mourning at weddings, while old women always serve as bndemaids. —New York Advertiser. The Paris Academy of Medicine has decided that milk and cheese are great brain restorers. .Pure casein contains 753 parts iu a thousand of organic phosphorus. How He Spelled His Name. The late Ottiwell Wood, one of the leading characters of New England, was ouce summoned as a witness in court. When he was called and sworn, the Judge, not catching his name, asked him to spell it, whereupon Mr. Wood began: % “O, double t, i, double u, e, doable 1, double n, double o, d.” The Judge was too thick-witted to grasp the meaning of this string of words and letters, and, throwing down his pen iu despair, exclaimed: "Most extraordinary name I ever heard; will you write it for- me, Mr.—Mr.—Mr. Witness."—St. Louis Republic. Curious OM Law ii Maryland. Maryland has a peculiar statute (» relic of the ancient days when tha planters ruled the State) providing that in' tho choice of United States Senators, one must ho selected Irom the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay and tho other from tho counties west of tho bay. In tho old days there wai something of an equality of the popu lation, but at present the eastern shore counties havo only 186,099 people, against 995,000 in tho western coun ties, and the inequality is so glaring that there is a movement to have tho law repealed,—Hartford Times. If the foUc wlng letters had been written t v your best known and most esteemed in-ijubors they could be no more worthy of your confidence than they now are, coming, i s they do, from well known, intelligent, and trustworthy ritizeiu, who, tn their several neighborhoods, eutoy the fullest eoufldence an.T respect of all who know them. The ribject of tho above portrait is a well known and much respected lady, Mrs. John G. Foeter, residing at No. 30 Chapin Btreet, Canandaigua. N. Y. Sbo writes to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Instituto at Buffalo, N. Y., ns follows: “ I was troubled with eczema, or aalt rbeum, seven years. I doctored with a number of our homo physicians and received no benefit whatever. I also took treatment from physicians In P.ocbester, New York. Philadelphia, Jersey City, Binghamton, and received no lienetlt from them. In fact I have paid out hundreds of dollars to the doctors without tienefit. My brother came to visit m from the West and ho told me to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Ho had taken it. and it hod cured him. I Itavo taken ton bottlco of the ‘Discovery.’ r.nd am entirely cured, and If there should bo any one wishing any information I would gladly correspond .with them, if they enclose return stamped envelope.” Not less remarkable is the following from Mr. J. A. Buxton, a prominent merchant of Jackson, N. C., who says: “I had been troubled with skin disease all my life. As I grew older the disease seemed 1 o be taking a stronger hold upon me. I tried many advertised remedies with no benefit, until I was led to try Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. When I began taking it my health waa very poor ; in fact, several persons have i.-inco told me that, they thought J had the consumption. I weighed only about 72."i pounds. The eruption on mv skin was i ccimpanied by severe itching. It was first routined to my fr.ee, but afterwards spread over the neck and head, nnd the itching be came simply unbearable. This was my con dition when I began taking the ‘Discovery.’ When 1 would rub tho - arts affected a kind brai ny scalo would . ill off. For o while I saw n change or benefit from taking the ‘Disco ./,’ but I persisted in its use, keeping my bowels open by taking Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and taking ns much outdoor exercise as was possible, until I began to gain in flesh, and gradually th* disease released its hold. I took during tho year somewVj-e from fifteen to eighteen bot tles of t‘u. Vlseovery.’ It has now been four years since I first used It, and though not using rcarcely any since the first year,. my health continues good. My average weight being 155 to ICO pounds, instead of 135, as it v. as when I began tbe use of the • Discovery.’ Many per-ons have reminded mo of my improved appearance. 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