The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, June 22, 1894, Image 4
SOKE STRANGE SIGHTS AND QUEER
EXPERIENCES.
Tftilor-made costumes are as popular
m erer.
Pointed toes are seen on many of
ihe oUra-iaaluonable shoes.
The centre of the throat is no longer
tn important point in drese.
essmtm
tree hundred is the
of gifts received tr
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Effects of Gigantic Waves—Sub-Ma
rine Eruptions and Storms—Show-
ers of Fish Bones.
range among
strange experiences. We do not refer
to those waves which am the unmet
those single waves of immense height
which show themselves suddenly in
the midst of a sea comparatUlhly
smooth. A vessel may besMont tOng,
in line weather and with 5 ' Bo hWlr bn
worth mentioning, when, without the
least warning, comes sweeping along
a wave that towers like a mountain,
falls on the deck, nrtre«fWlr'«ir*y
everything movable, members of the
crew among the rest.
The steamer San Francisco was once
struck by a tidal wave of this sort in
the Gulf Stream, and 179 persons swept
into the sea and drowned. In March
last all the crew save one of the bsrk
Johann. Wilhelm were washed over
board by a single wave. In June last
year the ship Holyrood encountered
another such sea which is said to have
risen up "suddenly like a wall” and to
have flooded her decks lore and aft.
i The Cunarders, Etruria and Umbria,
have both encountered the phenom
enon, and the former had one man
killed and several others injure!. The
case of the Pomeranian will be fresh
in the minds of all. Sometimes these
waves are the result of submarine
eruptions and land earthquakes occur
ring in close proximity to the sev
An English bark crossing the North
Pacific met with one of these big
waves and immediately afterward the
ocean seemed to be boiling, add the,
sulphur fumes that emerge ! from the
water were so powerful ss to drive the
crew into the rigging. Clearly there
was an eruption here as the ship sailed
over, and the wonder is that the great
wave did not do more injury.
' Again, the American schooner Dora
J. Ward, while on a voyage to Seattle,
Wash., from Cooper Island, was sail
ing quietly along, when suddenly she
was lifted as if a whale had struck her
bottonj, and then experience! a eitg-
cession of shocks wjuqh bast every
thing loose about their feet. There
were • fe# big waves eucceeding the
maid one, and then everything was
smooth again. The biggest solitary
wove ever known was that cause! by
the Peruvian earthquake of August
18th, 1868. In no other instance, we
are assured, has it been known that a
well marked wave of enormous propor
tions has been propagate! over the
largest ocean tract of the globe by an
earthquake whose action has been lim
ited to a relatively small region not
situated in the centre but on one side
of the area traversed by the wave. At
Africa it was fifty feet high, and en
veloped the town, carrying two war
ships nearly a mile beyond the railway
of the north of the town. It inuudat-
ed the smaller members of the Sand-
wioh group, 6303 miles away, aud
reached Yokohama, in Japan, in the
early hours of the morning, after tak
ing in New Zealand on the way. It
spent itself finally in the South At
lantic, having traversed nearly the
whole globe.
A singular occurrence was reports 1
recently by the English ship Cuoi-
parn. She was about midway between
the Cape and Australia when she en
countered a hurricane. About mid
night of August 4 last the sea sud
denly fell glmopt calm. "It appeared
as if the sea was ft too ted by, so mb
tremendous grass are," when ssflfleaiy
the whole vessel fore and aft was en
veloped in sheets of flame that rosi
half way up the masts and overran
the decks for three-quarters of an
hour. It was an electrical storm, and
the crew, never having encountered,
such a thing before, were panio
stricken, and very naturally so. They
expected every minute to see the
masts go by the board. After what
must have been a very cheerful forty-
five minutes the flames suufted out
num-
n de
A LION TAMER’S WAYS,
THE XING OF BEASTS MANAGED
BT SUPERIOR CUNNING.
suddenly, and left darkness so thick
that it might have been cut.
Another -singular occurrence was
that of the hark Peter Pridelt, which .
was off Valparaiso when a whirlwind
passed over her stern, taking away
everything movable, sails and all, dn
the after part of the ship, leaving the
forward part untouched. Here was
the sharp end of a storm with a
vengeance. Almost as surpriaed at
their good fortune and narrow escape
must have been the crew of the barken-
tine Fortunate, which, while on a
voyage from Bio Grande to Liverpool,
felt a tremendons shook that could
not be accounted for until the vestel
was put into dry dook, when the
sword of a swordfish was found to
have penetrated some feet into the
wood of the hull.
1 Y«t another of the curiosities of the
sea is the occasional shower of fish
bones or the like, falling on deJk
when many milts from land. TbMe
showers are easily explained. ' The
fish are taken up in waterspouts, and
come down in more or less rarefied
condition. But perhaps the most
awful of all things that can happen at
sea is a fire. A severe squall break
ing over a vessel unprepared lor n,
and with all her sail, set, is bad, but
the experience is short, sharp anl
S enerally decisive; but for long-
rawn-out agony there is nothing like
a fire, especially if it is ameng coal,
and there is also dynamite or gun
powder in the cargo. —Pall Mall
Qasatt*
nd.jil3
Three hundred is the average
ser of gifts received by rich
‘eel ‘
Babies 4re o^jqd Ipr ipf (pecial
oom in the new Congregational
Ihurck at Middleboro, Mass., while
;heir parents attend the service.
yiM*. Seflio Grant Sortoris met Mrs.
cMdelam^il* Ether day, for the first
;ime, and enjoyed a chat and a lunch
with the mistress of the White House.
Turned down white linen collars are
rery fashionable for young ladies, par-
ncularly if they have clear, enongh
iomplexions to admit of the severe
ilainness.
Girls in Norway sell their long hair
;o itinerant dealers, who pay them in
gaudy dress stuffs and paste jewelry.
These Norwegian tresses bring a big
price in the Paris and London mar-
sets.
All sorts of ornaments are worn oi
chatelaines, unique and antique ones
being the most chic. Old-fashioned-
scent bottles as well as old-fashioned
•eals are'hung on the bit of gold cord
called, a chain.
Women’s suffrage is a success in
Kansas. At Spring Hill and Morton-
rille they swept the town, and filled
every municipal office with women.
These towns now have mayoresses,
alderwomen and jndgesses.
Marriage dramas" are novel and
picturesque entertainments invented
by a Boston woman. In a..series of
"r&saSfSfaKs
ages and countries are illustrated.
Ouida’ is fifty years old and dresses
in the most outlandish manner. No
color is too pronounced for her, and
whether or not the color suits her
complexion matters little to her. She
still refuses the friendship of Ameri
cans.
Bose Bonhenr, upon whose breast
the Empress Eugenie personally fast
ened the Gloss of the Legioa-Af Honor
in 1868, has jaat boen promoted to the
gr^q pf office* in that^orier-the first
Woman artist upon whom fnat distinc
tion has been conferred.
An elegant draped overdress is made
with several circular box pleata. It
may be made of the same material of
the dress, or of some other fabrie in
harmony with it. Each pleat may
also be lined with silk or satin in the
same shade. The back is plain.
A ladies’ drum and fife band is a
fact in London society. A party of
charming girls meet at each other’s
honses and play and practice together
under the guidance of a Drum Majoi
from the Guards’ regiment. The noisy
musicians prononnee the scheme very
diverting.
Blue and violet are the latest mix
tures of colors for bridesmaids’ cos
tumes. The dresses Me of eky-blne
silk, and cream straw hats are trimmed
with a profusion of violets ar.d a cream-
white bow. The combination may be
new and distingue, but it is oertainly
irritating to look upon.
Mrs. Humphry Ward says that be
fore she finished her first novel she
was seised with writers’. cramp and
that every word of the novel had to be
dictated to a shorthand writer. She
has since recovery! the. use of her
hand. Mt-u, Ward oftfn *eWr|tes a
page twent* times before she is satis
fied with the result.
Miss Heleu Gould, eldest daughter
of the late Jay Gould, is not only
amiable and charitable, she is also ex
ceedingly pretty. Her eyes are large
and gray-blne, her mouth has a charm
ing expression, and her complexion is
good. Sue wears her hair, which nas
an auburn tinge, combed back from
her forehead, without the suspicion of
a bang. Her teeth are rather large,
hut dazzlingly white.
The wedding dress of the unfortu
nate Queen Marie Antoinette has
lately been discovered in the aabtent
A Sod Market.
Something that is, perhapr, not
known to evfrybody, (hough it hoe
been established for eight or ten
years, is what mar be- called Hie sod
market. Thia is located in the broad
space where Sixth avenue end - Broad
way come together jnat above Thirty-
fourth street. Tiio observe! will usu
ally find there on pleasant days at this
season four, or fire spring wagons
loaded with soil for sale. It is sold bo
city householders for renewing front
grass plots or sodded back yards.
This sod comes from Astoria and
other nearby places on Long Island.
It is sold at two cents a square foot
delivered at.the wagon, or at three
cents a foot laid. —New York Son.
urch of
-for many
-custom for Ansfriaf
thefr wedding dresses to a ciittri
the adornment of an image of the
Holy Virgin, or to be made into vest-
man to.
For summer wear nothing looks
prettier than a neat dimity dress.
These dimities come this season mostly
in tinted grounds, although white
grounds will be extensively worn.
Satin baby ribbon, narrow velvet rib
bon and ruffles of fine tinted linen
lawn edged with narrow Valenciennes
lace, are some of the material* em
ployer* ns trimmings.
Fourteen women, known as “The
Gray Ladies of London,” have dedi
cated their live* to working among
the poop of Blackhaath. The papula
tion of this district amounts to over
70,000, and the Gray Ladies, so-called
from the habit they wear, visit the
sick and try to educate the well They
have one day a week for rest, but with
that exception devote themselves en
tirely to the people around them.
Miss Matt Grim, the yonng Georgia
girl, whose short stories and character
•ketches have attracted much atten
tion in the leading magazines, is a
thin, pale slip of a girl, with gray
eyes aud blonde hair, and not at all to
be suspected of evolving such power
ful and passionate characters even in
her imagination. She has posse!
several winters in New York, and this
season has been msde much of in
Washington literary circles.
Oil the day of her recent marriage
to Ttuxton Beale, late Miniater to
Perwiia, Miss Harriet Blaine sent to
the State Department at Washington
two magnificent bouquets, with the
request that ons should be placed
upon the d> ,k once used by her father,
the other on the desk used by her
brother, Walker Blaine. On the pre
ceding day she had placed with her
own handa a profusion of beautiful
flowers on her father’s grave.
The horn of the rhinoceros Is not
Joine l to the bone of iue htad, but
grow* ou the wun like a wart or ".oru.
HERBS FOR MEDICAL USE.
OUHTASHIONED FOLKS WHO
TRUST TO SIMPLE REMEDIES.
Iksv tk£fileS-* .-iStqasdl
No Gratitude In Savage. Beasts—An
Expert Teffs Exactly How Ani
mals Are Controlled.
B. FBED D’OSTA, who re
cently exhibited in Wash
ington his wonderful trained
lions, is the nephew of the
noted Sir Charles Wombwell, who is
known as “the Barnum of Europe,”
and who supplies the zoological gar
dens in all parts of the world with
animals. During^ his stay in Wash
ington a representative of the Star
called upon Mr. D’Oita. He was
found in the cage with his three
"babies, ” as he calls them— "Bmtus, ”
“Victoria,” and “Spitfire”—enjoying
himself apparently as well as though
he were m company with his most
trusted friends, while the three beasts
were growling and gnashing their
teeth, as though they might make
"hot sausage” of him at any minute.
Although Mr. D’Osta does not appear
in the eage during the shows, he is
the owner of the animals, having
trained them and reared them "up in
the way they should go.” His wife,
who is known as “Pauline Nana,”
does all the honors of the stage, while
he does all the ‘ ‘breaking in. ”
This plucky young Englishman gave
a detailed account of his eventful life
end of his methods of training all
sorts of wild beasts,- but especially
outlined the course of education of
his lions. His treament, he claims, is
entirely original, and he considers it
the only honest method of managing
the treacherous beasts. "There is no
such thing,” he said, "as taming a
lion. You can raise them from cubs
and be with them every hour in the
day, but when they attain a certain
age they are sure to be treacherous. I
always import my beasts from their
native countries after they have entirely
matured, and I know they are healthy
and that their faculties are fully de
veloped.
“My first taming, or rather, doceiv*
ing, process is to put them in large
cages, in groups, just as they ore to
work throughout their careers, for a
strange lion would soon devour a
trained one if they came in contact.
Through an opening in the top of the
cage the dummy figure of a man is
lowered with a rope. This is my time
to watch. If a lion springs upot it
instantly and tears it to pieces the 11
know that he is to be looked out l or,
but if he creeps up to it slowly and
then mokes a grab for ft I know he
can be resisted by constant dodging
and moving about in the cage; and i.*
he at once backs off in a corner I know
be is my' man, and that I can scars
him into almost any laud of submis
sion.
“This dummy,” he said, “is pul
into the cage every day for several
days, or several months, until the
beasts are thoroughly understood. Ons
day we dapoe it around, dodging
every attack of the animals, and no
ticing every characteristic of their
movements t another time we appar
ently walk the thing around, and see
if it is closely pursued, or whether the
beasts can easily overtake it while go
ing around the csge. Still another
time the figure is made to pounce
upon the beasts, ride them and cut up
all sorts of “ahinet.” in the cage, get
ting them used, day by day, to this
sort of torment, which they finally eae
can’t be resisted. Thus the brutes
become more o: less careless of this
treatment, and ’ en the interesting
part of the traini Degins. ,
"When a man first enters a cage
filled with strange lions,” he con
tinued, "he must be on the lookout,
of course, as this is the most precari
ous period. The beasts by no means
take him for another dummy, as they
can smell the very blood circulating
in his body. ' Several men are station
ed at the doors of the cage, which is
held either open or shut with strong
ropes, others are put at almost every
opening between the bars, with rails,
with which they can partition off the
man from the beasts, in case of great
trouble.
“At first the actions of the brutes
must bo studied again, but they are,
almost without exception, the same as
they were in the first place, with the
dummy. Thus, from day to day, I
have become thoroughly acquainted
with many of the wildest lions, until
at last, after hard work and plenty
of patience, I have made them jump
over bars, sat on their hind legs, an .1
perform all sorts of tricks, simila> to
those which you have seen theso fel
lows do.”
Mr. D’Osta said he had be- a rvised
among wild animals, havinr inherited
the love for them fro(n his father and
his grandfather, who hnvc all been in
the business, but none of whom have
ever been so int imately associated with
them as had he. At the age of three,
be savs, he was first put into a cage of
cub lions, and ever since that time he
had not been satisfied unless he has
been handling them continually.
He also described the methods used
by most show companies, who have
cages, the floors of which are metal,
connected with an electrio battery,
keeping the beasts benumbed and
scared as soon as the current is turno!
on, although they were ferocious and
making hideous noises before the so-
called "tamer” enters the cage, ond
starts the machinery going. T u many
instances, he said, ether is used to put
the beasts to sleep, and they are made
to perform just after they had awak
ened, before they have recovered the
nse of their limbs. In most cases in
these "fake” showe, he said, old.worn-
out lious arefouud, which are so badly
used up and crippled that the slightest
touch of a whip brings them into sub
mission.
Oil of Eggs.
Extraordinary stories are told of
the healing properties of a new oil
which is easily made from the yolks
of hens’ eggs. The eggs are first
boiled hard, and the yolks are then re
moved, crushed and placed over a tire,
where they are carefully stirred until
the substance is o.i the point of catch
ing fire, when the oil separates and
the oil may be poured off. One yolk
will yield nearly two teaspoonfuls of
oil. It is in general use among tha
colonists of South Russia as a means
ot curing cuts, bruises, etc.—St. Louis
Star-Payings.
Plants Which Bring Healing amt Res
toration to the Sick Without the
Doctor’s Prescription:
EVERAL large wholesale drug
^ houses down town find it worth
JL’ 3 J while to keep in stock a large
assortment of herbs for medi
cal use, and at least one such house,
more than fifty years in existence,
(lexis in such articles alone. These
houses supply druggists all over the
East with the raw materials of which
many standard medicines sre made,
and with the traditional herbs, roots
and barks of our grandmothers. The
trade ill these things even in this city
is large, and they ate sold wherever
household remedies still have a place
of honor. ’
One of these wholesale houses issues
a catalogue that is in some sort a rough
guide to the art and mystery of herb
doctoring. It is these remedies that
are compounded by the so-called bo
tanic druggists, or "botanists,” as
they are sometimes styled. Many of
these remedies are well-recognized
medicines, nnhesitatingly prescribed
by physicians of scientific education,
and some such physicians still cling to
inherited formulas and traditional
herbs.
Nearly five hundred herbs, roots,
seeds, flowers and barks are kept in
stcck by the largest botanic druggists,
and ntw remedies are still from time
to time added to the list. The plants
thns kept are not only those known to
the pharmacopoea as containing the
active principles of standard drugs,
nearly every familiar flower and plant,
wild or cultivated. ' Not only the dan
delion, May apple, bonesst and pepsis-
eway of our grandmothers aud the
liquorice root, slippe’y elm and gin-
sing of the orthodox materia median
must be kept on hand, but as well hun
dreds of othert known to those deeply
read in the science of eimples.
Favorite flowers and famous plants
take roles strangely uiif-.milinr to
those unlearned in herlv, snd drugs.
The bark of the tulip «ree, according
to the catalogue, >*- a re8 hysterics and
dyspepsia. ThhtleHea "strengthens
the system ar.t excites perspiration.”
Water lili<>„ of one sort or another
are gosd for pectoral complaints and
su jfula. Watermelon seed is "ex
cellent for dropsy," doubtless on the
homoeopathic principle. The white
willow is a substitute for Peruvian
bark. The wild sunflower is set down
as "invaluable in bilious colic” and
like complaints. Sweet clover is for
swellings. The strawberry, no longer
a table delicacy, furnishes in its leaves
a remedy for sore throat, and in its
wandering stem a cure for jaundice
and fevers. Seven kinds of snake root
furnish remedies for rheumatism,
scrofula, hives,’ croup, fevers and
some complaints of the stomach.
The Irish shamrock; losing its em
blematic significance, is nsed to
make an infusion for scurry. The
familiar skunk cabbage, earliest and
most ill-smelling of blossoms, is good
for hemorrhage of the lungs, eoughs
and asthma. Rosemary and rue figure
in this materia mediea, the former not
for remembrance as according to
Ophelia, but for nervous and hysteri
cal affections. Ophelia’s rue, called
"herb of grace o' Sundays,” lays the
unpoetio part of a cure for epilepsy,
hysterics, hiccough and disorders of
the stomach. Galen, according to
the commentators of Shakespeare,
ascribed somewhat different curative
properties to rue. Ophelia’s pansies,
under the name of heart’s ease, are
not ‘tfor thoughts,” but are "excellent
for asthma, aud good in colds and
fevers.”
Many plants ye enumerated os hav
ing the properties of quinine in great
er or less degree; there are several
substitutes for opium and like doubles
for other familiar drugs. The num
ber of plants that cure rheumatism is
marvelous, and there are more than
two dozen remedies for incipient con
sumption of the Inugs. Boxwood
bark is “nearly equal to quinine.”
Cedar apples, which Walt Whitman
discourses upon as cedar pin ms, are
useful in a common complaint of chil
dren, and cedar berries, the aromatic
and slightly sweet little blue fruit of
the cedar tree, are recommended in
tincture or infusion for dropsy. Four
parts of varieties of the dogwood arc
(.-numerated ns of medicinal value, nud
as many ferns arc named. The male
fern is a remedy for tapeworm, and
the female fern is good for lumbago
snd coughs.
All the old-fashioned flowers and
several table vegetables find place in
the list of remedies. The lady slip
per is for the nerves, especially in
hysteria, and the larkspur seed is for
dropiy. Lettuce is for colics and
coughs, and asparagus root for the
kidneys. The blossom of the ox-eyed
daisy is recommended for asthma, con
sumption and dropsical complaints.
The peony is for weak nerves and the
red rose is for "hassik hemorrhages
aud catarrhs.”
Most of the patent medicines are
represented in the stock of the botauic
druggist by their original elements.
The makers of such remedies deal
largely with the wholesale houses,
aud so do the makers of drugs, tinc
tures, ointments and embrocations.
Forty or fifty herbs, plants and flow
ers indigenous to California aud Aus
tralia are among the new additions, to
the stock of botanic druggists.
There is an extensive importing
business connected with the trade in
medicinal herbs, and the druggists
keep, aside from the dried herbs in
their natural state, a quantity of
freshly powdered roots, herbs, barks
snd flowers, domestic and foreign. All
these articles sre sold by the pound or
ounce, and received by the whole
salers in bales, bags and boxes, great
and small. There is a small army of
men, women aud children the world
over gathering herbs, roots and plants
for the botanic druggists, and there is
mnch care and expense put upon the
culture of such things. Prices vary
from season to season, aud quotations
caunot long be depended upon. Many
of these raw materials are expensive.
Larkspur see! sells at per ounces
and sassafras pith, quaintly recom
mended in an iufusio i of rosewater for
sore eyes, fetches $l an ounce. Many
of the herbs that go to make familiar
patent medicines seem very cheap.
Tha botanic druggists keep also many
extracts worta from 81 to J3.3CJ per
pound, and scores of essential oils, as
of anise, of catnip, of golden rod, ol
horseradish, of rue, of sage, of cala
mus, of parsley and of pennyroyal.
The art of extracting these oils is part
of the herb doctors’ knowledge, and
as well of the manufacturing drug
gists’.—New York Sun,
SELECT SIFTINGS,
Wood is an article of diet in Siberia.
Illuminating oil is made from grape
seeds in Italy.
There are only forty miles of rail
road in Chine.
It takes an orange two years to
grow and ripen.
The rice paper tree of China is a
successful exotic in Florida.
One trained rooster in Belgium has
crowed 337 times in an hour.
If a snail’s head be <mt off and the
animal placed in a cool, moist spot a
new head will be grown.
The Greek Church employs two
rings ju the marriage ceremony—one
of gold, the other of silver.
There are 100 students taking the
course of electrical engineering at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
One of the oldest tunes in the world
is said to be the air sung to # the words
"We won’t go home till morning.” Ii
is known to date back to the time of
the Crusaders.
Ernestine Dittmar, proprietress of
a boarding-house in Milwaukee, Wis.,
has entered suit against Ludwig Carl-
voltbrecht to recover a thirty years’
board bill. The amount claimed is
85282.
Excavations iu Babylon have
brought to light a number cit bricks, the
•tamps on which prove them to be at
least 4')00 years old. They appear to
he as good now ss when they ware
first baked.
Mrs. Sarah Howar.l, of Honlton,
Me., has tamed two muskrats so that
they come into the house and eat out
of the cat’s dish. Tabby seems willing
to give up part of her milk, aud is as
kind to the muskrats as if they were
kittens.
Joseph Baker, a white-haired man of
seventy, who has spent nearly all his
life in prison, says he wants to end his
days iu the State Prison at Wanpun,
Wis., which he declares to be the
most “comfortable” institution of its
kin-1 in the country.
Oliver Ames, Jr., of Boston, has
built what is said to be the finest dog
kennel in the United States. It cost
$2090, is thirty-five feet long, is
lighted by ten windows, and the in
terior is finished in hard wood, pol
ished and shellacked.
The famous Darlington butter, made
in Chester County, Pennsylvania, by
the old Quaker family of Darliugtons,
has sold for $1 a pound for twenty years.
The supply is limited, and new cus
tomers have to wait for old customers
to die -before they can get auy butter.
Iu Naubinway, Mich., there is a
hen that will not lay except uppn a
feather bed. Every morning she walks
into the house, strolls upstairs, gets
on the newest counterpane, does her
duty, and then lights on the dressing
table to do her cackling. She is treat
ed as a member of the family.
A Flowery Epitaph.
Tn Mount Pleasant Cemetery, New
ark. N. J., ou a monument directly in
front of the entrance, is the following
inscription:
JOHN HAND,
Born March Ilth, 1842.
The Cherry Tree of luscious fruit be
guiled him too high, a branch did
break and down he fell and broke his
neck, and
Died July Pith, 1862.
Also Three Infant Children,
Borne Buds that never Bloom.;!.
—New York Tribunei
Where Dog Trains Still Run.
In the northern districts of Mani
toba dog trains are still iu use, an 1
very satisfactorv is the time made by
the animals who skim over the frozen
snow at a rapid rate. The last train
arriving at Stanley covered 359 milet
in four days—well on to ninety mile*
a day. The railway has opened up
communication with the settled dis
tricts in Southern Manitoba, but the
dog continues to supply the best meant-
of transit for passengers and mails in
the sparsely settle! regions. — ialifux
Critic.
Hull's Cntnrrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
AmeuinAM locomotives have been adopted
• the standard (or Jupanode railroad*.
Karl’s Plover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives fre-ihuees and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation. 25 ct*., 50 cts., $1.
Th* manufactured product of Great Britain
Amounts to about $4,100,000,000 a year.
The Magic Touch
OF
Hood’s*. , ”
Yon smile at the Idea. But if you are
a sufferer Iroru
Dyspepsia
And indigestion, try a bottle, and be
fore you have taken half a dozen
doses, you will think, and no doabt
exclaim " That just hits it!” “ That
Sarsa
parilla
ures
J-Jood’s
soothing effect
is a magic
touch!” Hood's _
Sarsaparilla »%%%%%<
gently (ones andslrengthsusihestom
ach and digestive organs, invigorates
the liver, ereales a neural, healthy
desire for too I, gives refreshing sleep.
Hood’s PI Is are prompt and efficient.
THE PROGRESS.***
SELF-TRAMPING
"COTTON PRESS.
Quirk. AtruMg, durable A
reliable. Saves tramping in
, box, hence only one man re-
nuired with Press. Packer has
ohlv to raise handle to start and
follow block is automatically
Stopped. Alftosnle M'f’r’a of the
•i**t*J lined Idenl liny Prraa.
Prof TU'ir. f 0 Box P, Meridian, Mia*.
PI 3-1' S./G'J ’
C O IM S UJkl l J TIQN
The Royal Baking Powder is in
dispensable to progress in cookery
and to the comfort and conve
nience of modern housekeeping.
Royal Baking Powder makes hot
bread wholesome. Perfectly leav
ens without fermentation. Qual
ities that are peculiar to it alone.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK.
A Bug Six Inches Long,
The Hercules beetle is one of the
largest, if not really thulargest, known
apeoiesof theColeoptera or beetle fam
ily. They are not found in the United
States proper, but I understand that
a fine specimen is occasionally picked
up on the islands off the coast of
Florida and in the West Indies. I
have two dried specimens of Dynas-
tes, one of which is six and a quarter
inches in length, measuring from the
tip of his upper mandible or "horn”
to the end of its body. The head of
the “varmint” is jet black, and the
upper mandible or pincher is notched
and covered with still, golden-colored
bristles. The under mandible is per
haps an inch shorter than the upper,
and the two form a pair of nippers
that would cause the stag beetle or
common June bug to die with envy.—
St. Louis Republic.
A Home lor Truants.
Boston is soon to have a home
school for truants and troublesome
boys. They are to be gathered into
families of about twenty-five, under
the care of a superintendent and hia
wife. A teacher of rare gifts of mind
and heart is to be assigned to eaeh
group, and, under his direction, three
hours a day are to be devoted to stu ly.
The boys are to do all the household
work and to cultivate the estate of
thirty acres where the home is to be
placed. They are also to devote four
hours a day to training for occupations
to bo had in the city. The in
struction on Sunday morning is
to be moral aud religious, and
in the afternoon it is to be denomina
tional.—Scientilic American.
An interesting relic of the Bo-nan
occupation of England was recently
found in the Tyne, an 1 has been ac
quired by the British Museum. It is
the bronze boss of a Roman shield,
and bears the name of the soldier to
whom it belonged as well as the num
ber of his legion.
Influence of Color on Diseases.
Experiments have been tried with a
view to ascertain if color has an eftect
ou certain forms of disease. In mak
ing this test, a number of small pox
patients were placed iu a room to
! which only red. light was admitted.
: The patients were for the most part
those suffering from u iusually severe
attacks, and about half of them being
unvaccinated childrod. In spite of the
violent form of the malady, they all
made speedy and safe recoveries, with
i very little fever nu-1 but few soars.
| There has been but little enthusiasm
about colored glass since the famous
blue-glass excitement of some years
ago. But that certainly did benefit
certain cases, and at intervals ever
since then; have been revivals of in
terest iu the subject. - New York
Ledger.
A restaurant keeper says tliat tUB
'iV-it o.’ usiug a few drops of lemon
juice ou oysters, fish, etc. has greatly
increased the demand for lemons.
'V
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KNOWLEDGE
Brlnn comfort and improvement and
tsndi to penonal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
tor than other* and enjoy life more, with
lee* expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world’s test product* to
the neeoi of nhyilcal being, will attest
the value to With of the pure liquid
laxative principle* embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figa.
It* excellence ia due to ita presenting
in the form iroet acceptable and pleat-
ant to the taato, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
atlve; effectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curlsg constipation
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
professio-, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and >.wels without weak-
suing them and it ~ perfectly free from
every object, nable substance.
Syrup of Fin ia for sale by all drug
giatain 60c and*1 bottle*, hut It ia mao
ufactured by the California Fig Syru)
Oo. only, whoae name is printed on ever;
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed,'you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
IT GIVES WARNING
that there's trouble ahead
—if you’re getting thin.
It shows that your blood
is impoverished, and your
organs deranged, so that
whatever you eat fails to
properly nourish you.
And just as long ns you
remain in this eondition,
Consumption, Pneumonia,
and other Scrofulous and
dangerous diseases aro
likely to fasten upon you.
You should build your
self up with Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery.
Purify and enrich the
blood, rouse every organ into natural ac
tion, and build up healthy, wholesome,
necessary flesh. Qccoh Port, If. J.
Dr. R. V. Pierce: Drar Str-We have need
jour “G.M.D.” in#our family ana find nothing
else to equal it. One of our children had tho
S neutnonia. and one lung become eonsoli-
ated, but by tho use of tiio “Discovery” she
has entirely recovered, and is now in good
health.
S'/'cAJba
HORSE OWNER
ought to think enough of
his animal to wish to b«
able to care for it properly
lu health and sickness. It if
money out of his pocket i(
he does not. To accomplisli
this result we offer ojif
One Hundred Page AT
lustrated Horse amhi
lor 25 cents. It teaches yo«
to pick out a good Horse;
know imperfections and s#
guard against framd; de
tect disease and effect t
cure when same 10 possi
ble; tell the age bjr th«
teeth; what to call thf
different parts of tt« ani
mal; how to shoo a Worsi
properly, etc., etc.
All this and olher v»l«
nable information can br
obtained ly wading ons
One Hundrid Page Ulna*
(rated Horse Book, whic>
we will forward, post paid*
on receipt of price ii
stamps. JLiBnredly the Horse is too good a frleiif
to man |§ t>c neglected for want of knowledg*
which can be procured for only twenty-five e mts
Book PcBMainwg Horas, 131 Leonard St., N.Y Tity,
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McELREES’
SWINE OF CARDUI.1
I
; For Female Diseases, s
F. n r.- ‘.5
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
HUNTER MoGU,
, .M.D., LL.D., Prm. J US. A. WHITE, A..11., tl.U., Sec.Jk Trcas.
A HIGH GRADE INSTITUTION INDEPEXDENT'bEPAK^BENTSl
MEDICINE. DENTISTRY. PHARMACY.
A DIDACTIC AND CLIKICAI. COLLEGE, CONDUCTED Ha’ 46 INSTRUCTORS.
The Kegulnr He»s!«n begins Heptember INth and continues »«evfn month*.
For ( nt-ilogne aUdrew Dr. J. AI.LI^ON UOIMJFK Cor. •eo'y. Hlchmond, Va.
Diamond Cycles
ARE THE BEST MADE.
ALL THE LATEST 1.11 PROVfcMENTS.
HIGH GRADE IX EVERY RESPECT.
THE TOURIST’S FAVORITE.
w n y :
THE WONDER
OF THE ACE.
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I and shop-worn Wheels.
Send (or our Special
ave have T0 ALL. AGENTS 0VANTED.
infill nn a nr ntnuni r mo A4Q 7E We have a limbed number ot our past season's wheels
HliiH uKAUc OlllYoLt rUn iDtu. ID of HUud&r l make and blt<h grade quality, which we
are ctoeln; out at tho above low price. A rare chance to go a first-cl a a* durable wheel at a bar
gain. They aro full hIao gents’ wheels, ball bearing and fltto I with pneumatic tires. Send $5 to
guarantee express charges, and vrn will ship C. O. D. $38.75, with the privilege of examination, if
desired. Apply to our agents or direct to m.
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Send ten cents (the actual cost of mailing) la stamps or money for large illustrated four hun
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BOHTON.