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PLATTSMOtfTlt WEEKLY IfERALl), 'TI!tMSDA JULY SI, 1887.
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FLORENCE AND SOME NOTABLE
FORENTINE8.
(BY UKV. U. O. OHAS8MUKCK.)
A great city is a great poem, a poem
whose utory unfolds through tlie ages,
and whose characters are striving ami
suffering human hearts. Unheard often
amid the rattle of its busy streets there
aro plaintive undertones of rarest music
Beneath its outer life there is an inner one
in which tragedy and passion, pity and
enterprise, wrong and sorrow, are the
daily actors. If, moreover, the city has
a history, if it has passed through those
sharp transitions which wring the hearts
of nations as they wring the hearts of
men; if it kindle with the memories of a
glorious past, or, amid present sorrow,
glows with the prophecy of a more glor
ious future, the future, the melody be
comes more audible and strong.
With this intent let me lead you for a
while to what, until lately, was the capi
tal of the new kingdom of Italy beauti
ful for situation, affluent in annals of the
former times, far renowned in song.
There are some pictures, world-wide
in their reputation, the first sight of
which disappoints the eye, and it is only
by the study of their various parts that
you grow into perception of their won
drous beaty. Of such is Florence. Its
river is the" golden Amo"only by a strong
poetical license, and its narrow streets,
Unfinished churches, and massive prison
like houses, look sombre to the stranger
oftcr the artistic symmetry of Milan, and
the superb palaces of Genoa. Each day's
Bojourn, however, lessens the impression
of disappointment until it is not difficult
to emulate the Tuscan enthusiasm for
"Fircnzc la bella." The loveliness of
. Plorcnce does not consist so much in sep
arate gems as in the extiuisit harmony of
the whole. If you wish to see it to per
fection, fix upon such a day as Florence
owes the sun, and climbing the hill of
Bcllos Guard o, or past the stages of the
Via Crucis to the church of San Miniato,
look forth upon the 6cene before you.
You trace the course of the Arno from
the distant mountains on the right,
through the heart of the city, winding
along the fruitful valley toward Pisa.
The city is beneath you, "like a pearl set
in emerald." From the midst of it rises
Brunelleschi's dome, high above all the
minor spires which flash back the noon
tide rays.
The hill behind the city is Fiesole.
This is where Milton and Galileo met,
neither of them then blind, but both
lieirs of such darkness as only purges the
the vision of the inner eye; patricians of
tlie nobility of Genius, whose meeting
wasrander than that of monarchs on
some field of the cloth of gold. On the
extreme right, dimly discernible, is the
sanctuary of Vallombrosa, hidden in its
wealth of beecli and pine some twenty
miles away. Far to the left is Pistoja,
with the pillar of Catiline, and the ma
jestic Apennines close up to view. All
colors are in the landscape, and all sounds
arc in the air. The hills look almost
heathery. The sombre olive and funeral
cypress blend with the graceful acacia
and the clasping vine. The hum of in
sect and the carol of bird chime with the
blithe voices of men; while dome, tower,
mountains, the yellow riyer, the quaint
bridges, spire?, palaces, gardens and the
cloudless heavens overhanging, make up
a panorama on which to gaze in trance
of rapture, until the spirit wearies from
the exceeding beauty of the vision.
Florence is said to have sprung out of
tle ruins of the ancient Fiesoli. It is
supT056 haye been originally the place
whei e tlie markets of Fiesoli were held,
the co tnmercial spirit of the age being
now slo w to perceive that there were few
er facilities for barter on the mountain
Enmmifc t uan on the fertile plain. In
pursuance of the wise policy of the time,
upon which after aes have been unable
to improve, it was speedily colonized
from Rome. The dwellings of the trad
ers gathered other dwellin round them
It was politic to dwell in co mpany, both
for accommodation and for dt'fense- By
cultivation, also, the earth is cleared
from many noxious vapors, th' ftir is
purified from the kindling of hous ehold
fires, and so places formerly unhealthy
become fitted for the habitation of man-
In the sixth century the new city was
destroyed by Totila, king of the Ostro
goths. It remained in ruins fr two
Lundred and fifty years, when it was re
built by Charlemagne. From this it grew
in number? and influence; not rapidly,
because of the oppression of its many rul
ers. Its history for a long series of years
is but a record of the alternate triumphs
and misfortunes of Guelph and Ghibel
line, Bianchi and Neri, Cerchi and Dona
ti. As we read these stormy Florentine an
najs, and remember that those of other
nations can f uruish pa rallels, it is humil
iating to think how long great nations
linger in the swaddling-bands and prim
ers of their childhood. The logic of the
fist is a very juvenile branch of study,
and is resorted to only until boys and
nations become wise enough for the logic
of the brain
v The history of Florence does not need
' to be followed until about the end of the
fourteenth century. Cosmo de Medici
awDeared upon the etatre. lie was
born day of St Cosmo, in the
year 1 s early years were full of
troti' , . tIo discipline prepared him
for t' 3 ; :rnment. He learned in cap
tivity t: uile the prudence which gain
ed Iiitn a fortune and enabled him to
wield an influence over a distracted state.
admired both by friends and enemies for
his consumate skill. He was as gener
ous as he was wealthy, and as moderate
as he was powerful. At the head or the
state he remembered that he was of the
people, a mighty ruler, he had sagacity
to see that the strength of his power lay
in the discretion with which he used it;
and amid a people so given to change as
to be proverbs of inconstancy, he held
his position until a generation had faded
by his side. lie encouraged the learned
to make lForcnce their home, fur he had
that prescient wisdom which foretold by
how much the glory of letters transcends
and will survive the glory of war. Some
of his sayings are notable as indicating a
sprightly mind, with some portion of the
gift of prophecy. The rebels who had
been banished gave him to understand
that they "were not dreaming," lie said
he believed it for he had "robbed them
of their sleep." Rinaldo, his great rival,
to warn him sent the enigmatical mes
sage that "the hen has laid." His only
reply was that "she did ill to lay so far
from her nest." After his own return
from banishment he was told by some
citizens that he was injuring the city by
driving out of it nobles and monks. His
answer was "it is better to injure a city
than to ruin it; two yards of rose-colored
cloth will make a gentleman, and it re
quires something more to direct a gov
ernment than to play with a string of
beads." In his later years he suffered
much from bodily infirmity, and from
apprehension lest the glory would de
part from the Florence which he loved so
well. As his illness increased be shut his
eyes as he quaintly said, "to get them in
the way of it;" and so died in the zenith
of his power, leaving a name honored
by princes and people, and justifying the
proud title of the "Father of his Country"
which the people inscribed upon his
grave. The state of Florence, during the
long years in which the Medici governed
her, was in the main peaceful and pros
perous. There were many conspiracies,
of course, and all the rulers were not
equally competent, but Florence became
a power in Italy under their ambitious
rule.
Of the character of Lorenzo de Medici
it is not easy to speak, so conflicting
is the evidence upon which any opin
ion must rest. His detractors are loud
in their censure, his admirers indiscrimi
nate in their praise. An air of romance
attaches to him and his doings through
whose brilliant cloud one can hardly see
him as he is. Judged by the light of his
age, he must have been one of the Ana
kim, alike in thejfaults which were charg
ed upon him and in the qualities which
add lustre to his name. Intent upon the
aggrandizement of his family, and dread
ed for his overshadowing authority, he
made Florence a city of palaces, her
neighborhood a garden of delight, so
that he seemed to rise only with the rise
of the commonwealth, and was at once
trusted by the citizens, and the friend and
counsellor of princes of ancient blood.
With consummate address he rescued
himself from the jaws of a conspiracy
which lrad assassinated his brother, and
won over, by his eloquence, the whole
city to his side. With like address he
concluded peace with the King of Naples,
cajoled the Pope, courted the clergy,
strengthened himself by alliances among
the nobles, obtained diplomatic relations
with other states, and had a son in the
Roman conclave, a cardinal of the holy
church, not yet fourteen years old. . In
his 44th year, when the impetuosities of
youth are commonly over and the infirm
ities of age are yet afar, when the speed
of the spirit is not that of the breathless,
when the eye can look calmly forward,
nor be dazzled by a broad sweep of vis
ion he was called to sicken and to die
When he died all Italy grieved, as though
smitten by a common trouble.
One of the sacred spots which no
stranger in Florence should omit
to visit is the church of Santa Croce,
where are grouped the cenotaphs of the
illustrious dead. In this "temple of si
lence and reconciliation," the Westmins
ter Abbey of Florence, lie or are com
memorated some of the greatest names in
the history of the fair city. Alfieri, the
sweet poet, Lanzi, the historian of the
arts, Raphael Morghen, the engrayer,
Aretino, the illustrious scholar, live in
company on the walls of this hallowed
shrine. Here also is the monument of
Galileo, sturdy Protestant of the pre-Pra-testant
ages, whose "Yet it moves, "utter
ed in the moment of enforced recantation,
startled the conclave who had condemn
ed him, like thunder out of a clear sky.
Boccaccio has his tablet here, whose De
cameron is among the classics of Italy.
nere also, by the effort of an English
nobleman, is perpetuated the memory of
Nicolo Machiavelli, who has had charged
upon him, as the tempter, political crimes
without number. Niccolo Machiavelli,
"out of whose surname," says Macaulay,
"we have eoined an epithet for a knave,
and out of his Christian name asynonyon
for the devil." Here also, mourned by
the three sister arts Architecture, Sculp
ture and Painting is the tomb of Mich
ael Angelo, the site said to have been
chosen by himself, that when the doors
of the church were open it might be in
sight of the cupola of the cathedral.
Here also the remorseful gratitude of
Florence, swelling like the tide about a
stranded wreck, too late, has given to the
memory of Dante a moment, something
less than a grave.
Modern Florence is not backward in
her recognition of the memory of Dante
and this is a name so illustrious that we
may not pass it hastily by. In the nar
row Via Ricciarda, a marble slab over a
modern Gothic door tells you, "In this
house was Alighieri born, the Divine
poet." In the cathedral is his portrait,
placed there by decree of the Republic
in 1463. In the Palazzo del Podesta,
which has an ancient chapel of its own,
there is a fresco by Giotto, which with
Vandal barbarism was covered with
whitewash, nearly two inches, and with
equally Vandal indifferene was so suffer
ed to remain for years, until English and
American liberality subscribed to reveal
it. In the centre of the piazza of Santa
Croce, on the 12th of may 1863, six hun
dred years after his birth, and on the
spot where, just before he came into the
world, the Florentine republic was pro
claimed, his statue was uncovered amid
flaunting of banners, and salvos of can
non, and vivas of an enthusiastic people
by the King of a free Italian kingdom,
holding his court in the Florence which
the passionate exil love d so long and so
well
At the time the poet politician was
born, Florence had become a considerable
city. There were 100,000 inhabitants
within its walh. Few cities exerted so
imperial a command, and but for the in
testine strifes which distracted it, it might
have climbed to well-nigh unapproacha
ble renown. There was much in the as
pect of affairs, in a past of tradition and
legend, in a present of tumult and hope,
to fire a youthful imagination witch pa
triotism and valor. With the romantic
love, all free from passion, which filled
him for the Beatrice of his dream and
song, he had no room for meaner attach
ments, and the young Guelph partisan
rode iu the forefront of the battle, and
was a trusted counsellor when victory
had purchased peace. So great was his
reputation for wisdom, even in eraly life, j
that he was nominated to many foreign
embassies, and indeed it was during his
absence on one of these that the wheel
of fortune turned his adversaries upper
most, and he was summoned to appear
before theprodesta within forty days, and
pay a fine of 8,000 livres. The charge
against him was that he had resisted the
pacific J mission of the French prince, to
which was added an unworthy innuendo
that he had misused the public money.
We can fancy the high-souled scorn with
which he would treat an accusation like
this. Failing to appear at the summons
he was declared a rebel, and banished
from the city for ever. Then began those
long and regretful wanderings which
ended only with his life, and which caus
ed him to lament over the bitterness of
the bread which is eaten at the table of a
foreigner, and the weariness of the feet
which travel up a patron's stairs.
There were many considerations which
hindered the early popularity of his
works. Men could hardly read poetry
while its most tragic scenes were being
enacted around them. The poet had
mingled too sternly in the strifes of the
day to be favorably judged by all.
Turn we to another shrine. In the Via
Gbibellina is the Palazzo Buonarotti, the
house, the veritable home, of Michael
Angelo. It has been preserved inviolate,
and much of the furniture is as it was in
the artist's time. Here, in a snug little
closet, are the table at which he used to
write, his inkstand, his sandals, the sword
which he took on his journeys, the crutch
handled walking-stick which he daily
used, notched with strong iron ferules,
to prevent his falling on the slippery
pavement; many of his original drawings;
the model for his "David;" his sketch
for his greatest work, "The Last Jugd
ment;" his autograph correspondence
with Vittoria Colonna; an early sculpture,
chiselled before he was sixteen, the bronze
bust of him by John of Bologna, his
favorite pupil. He was born at the cas
tle of Caprese, in Tuscany, of a good
family, and his father was greatly cha
grined at his son's attachment to art, for
no amount of argument could teach him
the difference between a sculptor and a
stone-mason. The astrologers had cast
the nativity of the young Buonarotti,
and had predicted for him great distinc
tion, because at the hour of his birth the
conjunction of Mercury and Venus took
place, and they were received into the
house of Jupiter with benign aspect.
After this starry prophecy his father
could not brook the idea of his following
a pursuit which he deemed fitted only
for the lowly born. Genius, however, is
not always to be restrained, even by par
ental authority, so the youth won his
father's reluctant consent that he should
be placed in the studio of Ghirlandago,
that sculpture and painting might con
tend for the mastery. Here he devoted
I himself to art with an assiduity which
I soon led him to distance all competitors
and was even bold enough to correct his
master's errors. Tlie death of Lorenzo,
after three years of friendship, affected
the artist so much that hu retired to Ca
prese, brooding over his loss uutil lie
became misanthropical, but was softened
at length by the tender preachings of na
turo and by the wise patience of the
healer, Time. Pietro de Medici, Lorenzo's
unworthy son and successor, was one of
those feeble princelings whose rank is so
much larger than themselves that their
small souls crouch behind it. Though
his taste was corrupt and his manners
overlcaring, he had just wit enough to
know that a great artist would be an
acquisition to his court. Hence he invit
ed Michael to return, and lodged him in
the same departments which he had oc
cupied during the tim-; of the Magnifi
cent. His estimate ol his guest, however,
may be gathered from his recorded
boast: "I have two extraordinary per
sons at my house; the one a Spanish run
ning footman who is so rapid on foot
and so long breathed that I cannot get
before him when riding at full speed;
and the other is Michael Angelo."
Upon the later years of this great man
we may not longer dwell.. His paint
ings in the Lestine Chapel established
his fame as a painter. His conspicuous
share in tlie building of St. Peter's as
sures his architectural reputation. His
works, as master of the ordnance in
Florence, are monuments of his engin
eering skill. Michael Angelo lived
through a. pilgrimage of ninety years,
and then, in his will, committed his soul
to God, his body to the earth, and his
possessions to his nearest relatives, add
ing that he died in the faith of Jesus
Christ, and in the firm hope of a better
life.
In the church of San Marco is tho. pul
pit from which Lavonarola spoke in
in thunder; in the adjoining convent is
the cell iu which he wrote, and in the
Piazza Gran Duca the fountain of Nep
tune stands upon the spot where his soul
went out in tire. Just a generation after
the ashes of John Huss had been given
to the waters of the Rhine, he was born
at Florence. He was early steeped in the
works of Aristotle and Plato, Daute and
Petrarch; the masters of Grecian philos
ophy, the masters of Italian song. In
early life also he entered a Dominican
convent. After a seven years' novitiate
he entered upon priest's orders, and as
the brotherhood of the monastry felt that
the reputation of Friar-Jerome reflected
honor upon the order, they encouraged
his desire to preach, and he accordingly
essayed in the church of San Lorenzo at
Florence. His own mind, altough it
had largely freed itself from the errors of
morality, was still, and indeed always,
bound by superstitions of Doctrine. He
stood among the ages, midway between
two great periods, orphan of the old,
prophet of the new, like Noah among
the worlds of God. Under his influence
the reformation of morals in the city
was wonderful. Monasteries became
pure, the churches crowded.
The present state of Florence, and in
deed of all the cities of the free Italian
kingdom, is one of solemn responsibility
upon the witnesses for God. The suc
cessive blows which have been already
struck at the papacy, and the bolder po
litical changes which are sure to come,
have of necessity brought with them
much spiritual unsettle ncnt and inde
cision. Among the people of to-day, there are
few indeed, who have not heard of the
merits of Prickly Ash Bark and Berries,
as a household remedy. Teasand drinks
have been made"of them for centuries'
and in hundreds of families have formed
the sole reliance in rheumatic and kid
ney diseases. Prickly Ash Bitters now
tnke the place of the old system and is
more beneficial in all troubles of this na
ture. (16ml)
The Only Objection.
Beatrice Express..
The discussion of the name of Senator
Allison, of Iowa, in connection with the
presidency, and the many favorable com
ments upon his probable candidacy, are
quite flattering. The country could do
no better, perhaps, than to take a western
man for the presidency, and none would
fill the bill better than Senator Allison.
His western location is the principal thing
that will militate against him if he should
finally go into the race.
Saved his Life.
Mr. D. L Wilcoxon, of Horse Cave,
Ky., says he was, for many years, badly
afflcted with Phthisic, also Diabetes; the
pains were almost unendurable and
would sometimes almost throw him into
convulsions. He tried Electric bitters
and got relief from first bottle and after
taking six bottles, was entirely cured,
and has gained in flesh eighteen pounds.
Says he positively believes he would
have died, had it not been for the relief
afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold at
fifty cents a bottle by F. G. Fricke & Co.
(6)
Misses laced serge shoes 33 and
foxed 50 cents only, at Merges. 14tf
COUNTY LOCALS.
We want a numbrr of additional
Correinndmti throughout the County.
Can't you write us the news from your
neighborhood f
WAItASII.
From tlio Item.
Tho small grain is being rapidly har
vested.
The prospect for an excellent crop of
honey is good.
A h'irvost picnic to take place in two
or three weeks is talked of.
Miss Eva Warrcl has been attending
the institute at Plattsinouth.
Miss Etta Pipes attended the teachers
institute at Plattsinouth last week.
Valentine Hay, living about two miles
south, has been very sick with cholera
morbus, but is much better now.
LOL'ISVILLR.
From the Observer.
Harvest is in full blast in this vicinity.
Henry Milton has moved back into
town.
Joe Fitzgerald has the dandy pair of
young coons.
Mr. E. Palmer, one of our first-class
merchants is considerably under the
weather this week, we arc sorry to state.
Elder Henry is holding a successful
meeting at tlie upper church. Preach
ing every evening. Come out and hear
him.
Oliver Ward accompanied by Jesse
Livingston have gone to Greenwood.
They were called to the bedside of Mrs.
John S.iyles who is not expected to live.
LYNN.
Corn is looking fine.
Tanners are very busy harvesting. The
grain is all ripe and harvesters are run
ning day and night.
It is most too hot to pick up items for
the paper. Tho thermometer registered
from ICO to 113 Thursday.
Well, our 4th of July picnic passed off
with only one or two mishaps. Lis Aus
tin sprained his ankle playing ball, and
another fellow got his face hurt, but not
by a ball.
The R. R. bridge builders expect to
finish their work on tlie Weeping Water
bottom this week when we look for the
tracklayers up here again.
Is it not about time for tho candidates
for county oflicrs to be abroad with ci
gars in their pockets and bottles under
the buggy scat (just for our friends, you
know?)
The surveyors set the corner stakes for
a depot building the other day and we
expect the mn along in a few days to
put the building up. Then look out for
a boom in our town and lots of subscrip
tions for the Herald.
Jakk.
THREE GKOTKS.
The harvesting is about half complet
ed. Quarterly meeting was held at Union
Saturday and Sunday last.
Mrs. Doc Wiley went down to Nebraska
City on Saturday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Kirkpatrick accom
panied bv their daughters from Nchawka
visited Three Groves on Sunday a week
ago.
James Wiley Esq. is out at York look
ins: after the building of a dwelling to
which he intends to move as soon as
completed.
The corn crop i3 looking quite well
and promise a large yield notwithstand
ing the dry weather is threatening it to
some extent.
Mrs. Edward Wiley has been quite
sick the last few days. But she was im
proving some yesterday; her recovery is
somewhat doubtful.
Miss Jennie Ruthford. living over on
the Rock Creek side, has been quite ill
the last few months and from all accounts
she will not get up again.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cole lost their lit
tle babe one day last week. The funeral
services and burial took place at the
Three Groves M. E. church.
About all the self-binners are thrown
idle through this section for the want of
twine; some will have to fall back on to
the old reaping machine to cut their
grain.
Mr. G. W. Worley from Elmwood has
been down the lat week attending to
some unfinished business. Mr. Worley
reports times pood and crops looking
well in his vicinity.
Tlie sound of the locomotive of the
construction train on the new rail road
from Weeping Water to Nebraska City,
can be heard quite distinctly in this part
of the neighborhood.
John and Frank Carrell will soon com
mence to thresh, as they have bought a
second hand machine lately and are pre
paring to do up all the threshing in this
part of the neighborhood this fall.
It was learned yesterday that Murray,
the great city of the west, has struck a
boom. McStory and a Mr. Latta ot that
burg, commenced there Monday morning
to sink a hole for coal. They think it
can be found at a depth of 300 feet.
Something resembling coal sticking out
along the bed of the creek has caused
these gentlemen to set at work prospect
ing. Reporter.
WEEPING WATER.
From the Eagle.
Miss Minnie Iladsell of Tobias. Neb.,
was the guest of C. C. Iladsell, Monday
Mrs. II. D. Travis is very sick with
scarlet fever, n. D. ha9 had much sick
ness in his family this summer.
Misses Lucy and .Crecla Wolcott took
the evening train for Lincoln, Monday
They will visit friends there a week.
Mrs. II. B. Fleming started for her new
home in Colorado last Friday, she will
visit her two sisters Mrs. T. E. Calvert
and Mrs. Chas. Hunter for a few days.
John Burnes has secured li is liberty.
S. Ripley,; Dr. Root, Ashmun Bros., and
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Dr. Butler, going on his bond of $1,000
for his appearance at tho Distrtct Court.
Miss Cora Murfin went to Falls City,
Monday, to visit her sister. She will b
gone two weeks, the Y. M. who hhould
have swung on the Q. G. was absent Sun
day night.
The firwt victim to bo caught in the cm
brace of tlie mower this year, was Win.
Sclleck, one linger was nearly severed
from hi hand Monday evening. Who
will bo the next?
The ground plans for the new school
house has been received, if built accord
ing to them it will be a credit to tho town.
The contract for its erection will have to
be let soon, or the scholars will get too
long a vacation.
From tlie Republican.
Dr. Butler talks of paying n visit to
Indiana soon.
A A. Miller's new residence is about
ready for occupancy.
E. E. Day will start for Ohio in a few
days to return with his family.
Mrs. Geo. Ashmun wus very sick for
several days, but is better we are glad to
note.
Miss Jessie Saunders has been very sick
with billions fever, but is getting along
nicely at present.
Mrs. Morse nnd little daughter, of
Yankton, Dakota, are on a visit to her
daughter, Miss La Verta, and sister Mr.
Oscar Torrcus.
E. T. Comer erected a w ind mill for
E. E. Day last week on the Willow Spring
farm, water will be pumped from tlie
sping into a tank on the top of the hill
at the rear of tlie house and a complete
system of water works put in for tlie
house and barn.
The repairs on the Gibbon House are
progressing nicely. When completed,
the repairs, Mr. Cromwell says will have
cost him $"00. On the out nde the limine
is painted a light yellow and looks much
better than ever it did before.
Mr. A. II. Thompson, on Monday, be
gan the erection of a lar ge boarding house
for the Lime and Stone company at tlieir
works. The building is to be 21x2(5, and
two stories high. This company w ill also
have a neat dwelling built for the family
who will run the boarding house. Win.
O'Brien will we are told do tho carpenter
work on the latter building.
The ii"w members of the school board
took tie ir seats on last Monday. A ma
jority of the board failed to acquiesce in
the proceedings of the old board in tic
election of W . T. Cline us principal, and
the principalship was given to J. E. Wil
son, of Alexander, Indiana, who arrived
here a f w days ago. Miss hlla Worn -ford
was elected assistant principal. The
under t aehers are Miss Theo. Klcpser,
Mrs. I. K. Wilson, Miss Maggie Clclaud
and Miss Miranda Palmerton.
Cleansod. Purified and Beautified r
tke Cuticura Remedies.
I'nr el.-.twliii' the Kkin and Scalo of DiHUirur-
tng Humors, for alia) ing Itch I g. Burning and
intlaiiiitiatl n, lor curing llie nrsi sympioius m
K;zeni:i. I'sori his. Milk Crust. Scaly Head,
ui.it i.ther inherited Skin inn! Blood Diseases.
Scroftil i, Cuticura, tlie great skin Cure, and
Cuticura Soap, and exqu site skin Beautiuer,
externa ly, and Cuticuka Kkoolvent, the
uew Blood runner, interna1 ly. are miauiuie.
A COM PI KTI! CP ItK.
T have suflered all my life with skin diseases
of different kinds and have never fund per
manent relief, until, fv the advice ol a lauy
friend, I used your valuable Cuticuka Kt ui-
m km. I gave mem a morougu inai umuik
bottles ol the Cuticuka Kkhoi.vkmt. two
linYCM of itiiticii h A nnd seven cakes of l!uTl-
ccka Soap, and the result was lust what I had
been told it would be a romiiuie cure.
BELLE W AUK, iticiimona, a.
Reference. . W. Latimer, muggist, luch-
moiid, a.
KAIT K II KIM CUKKIK
T wi troubled with Slt Rheum for a num
ber of years, so that the skiu entirely came oil
one of my hands from tlie fiiiKer tips to the
wrist. 1 tried remedies aud doctors' prescrip
tions to no miroosK until I commenced taking
CU'iicuka ltKMKDiKs, and how 1 am entirely
cured.
E. T. PARK Ell, 379 Northampton St., li.ston.
uai:(;(;iHTH kviouk thkm.
Have sold a quantity of your Cuticura Rem-
e.lief. iick of my customers, Mrs. uenry
Kintz. who had tetter on her hands to kucii au
extent as to came the kin to peel off. and for
eiulit years glie suffered ureatly. as complete
ly cuied ly tlie use oi our ineuicinea.
C. N. NYE, Druggist, Canton, Ohio.
1TCRIXO. MCAJLV, PIMPLY.
Forthelast vear I have had a enee'e" of
itch UK. scaly and pimply humors on my faco
to which I have applied a (rreat many methods
of treatment without success, and which ws
speedily and entirely cured bv Cuticuka.
Mm. ISAAC PHELPS, Kaveiua, O.
NO MF.(CIK LIKE Til KM.
We have s 11 your Cuticura Rf.medieh for
thela-t fix vars, aud no mediciues ou our
shelves give better satisfaction.
C. F. ATHEKXON, DruggUt. Albany, N. Y.
Cuticcra Remedies are sola everywhere.
Price : Ci th.i ua.Hi cents : Kksoi.vkit,1.0o ;
Soap. 25 reuts. Pre i are d by tbe Fottfb
Dru and Chfmical Co., Boston. Mans.
Seud for ' How to Cure Wkin Iltea.ei."
Gt-itttj-i Pimples, Skia Blemishes, and
tlUij.Uaby Humors, cured by Cuti
cuka Soap.
Catarrh in its destructive force stands next
to aud undoubtedly leads on to consumioion.
It is therefore sin-.'Ular that those alllicted
with this fearful disease should not make it an
bjectof their lives to rid themselves of It.
Deceptive remedies conoocteU to by ignorant
pretend -rs to medical knowledite have weak-en-d
the confidence of the great majority of
eu3erers in all advertised remedies, f hey bo
come resinned to a life of misery rather than
torture themselves wilh doubtful palliatives.
But this will iiever do. Catarrh uiust be
met at every tage and combated with all our
niiulit. In many cases the liea.se has asutn
ed danjierous symptoms. The bones and the
cartilage of the nose, the organs of b arinpr, of
seeii.g and of taxiing so atlected as to be use
less, the uvula so elongated, the throat so Ir
ritated and inflamed as to produce a constant
and digressing couirh.
Samikokd's Radical Cvrk meets every
phase ol Catarrh. fr-m simple bead cold to
tbe most loathsome au t ii lru:tive stages.
It is local and on-Mui ioual. Instant in re
lieving, perm:irent iu curing, safe, ecoui-uiical
rnd uever-f -.iling.
Each package contains one bottle of tho
tc apical. Cuke, ore box Catakkhal Sol
VKNT. and an iMfiwvki) I.miaikk, with
tr-attfe ; prb-e. 91.
POTTEK DltUO AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston
KIDNEV PAINS
IN 0. U yt I I'TK, that weary.
lifeies. all-gone sensation ever pies
ent with those of Inliamed Kidneys,
Weak Hack and Loins. Aching Hips
and Miles, Cterine Pains, Weakness, and J i.-flamtiiati-'ii.
is relieved :iiid hpe-d'ly cured by
the Cuticura .ntl-Pain IMnwter. a 11 w
oricimtl. elegant and inf i libb antidote to pain
and lull limitation. Ar all rtruif?ist. : 11 vh
lor $1.(i ; or of Poller Drug aud Chemical Co.,
Boston --7-7-lr.i.
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