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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1884)
A Temperance Readln o KIXG ALCOHOL'S SOLILOQUY. In the broad light of day my grim vlsapo I Noroiit'ln rny Uniterm once dare I ride slum?''1 WlUl t!'C bW1 o1 & I've "" wah?anS,CS with lcar likcre "Jew oa the That 11 i victor I am thr-ro is none to denv 1-or who rule; aud run,., mi many ,1- 1 Md lowTU thclr Ini!ISou dust have IJut ol ail that ! holy am I the arch Joe K!" n,,,le ",,: ,lu,lt-' " vitl Ir com-TSm-i' faU l'y the why should rCrnton "S a,WayS raJy COmt! I"te IIO"o!:if:at "Cr lhC'r revc!r-p. J0 ihe.r I sim n.7t content with aught sav. the !.c-t, miT"t.l !"ast l' '-"- "-ihir ail uiust UUtiuii.,U"Ie dr:,u"!,t-aJ I conn: them " tti'v uiav'k1.i5t C"roU ,bcm' cre the trulh Out or'the -i.cic that falN in the tiil inwdl1""" l "lake tSlC::i lhc bJaves of InhM?" hiS ,hro,,e and tho rrsiice in Va homa-e and bow before Kin- Alcohol in duntreons the iri4iivra h.iv.- inned s llU'.VUII'iI. and ISut their siurits were free and all bondage de jit'vl; Hut my chains bind in manhood the GoJ-jriven w.i; Tliouirh t!iey long to be free they are nr:wi- TS Mill. l're---; ch.-oly. O! mother, your bov to vour lre:i-t. Tlium-li i oi:r arms may be we.irv, vour h'-art now may re-.. " " I're- aaiti to our btw lhiw tinv -lin.- f lor Pi! c.iu-t; tin. in. to tail and to la.l in til the -ireei. l.i-Icii: Hon- with thv nai!i(: sweet accent he now lis; I will t-ach him his Jlaker and thino to de laine I'll a;at him in banquet, in home and in h.i 1; That iteautitu! boy, by mv oath he shall fall: 1 hear the ii.r:-5:ii ot men o er the hind -Aga.nst my uoiuiuiuub u host thev com- m.iud. Hut at ail legislators aud "logons" I laush While with my lu'talion my n-on I uiaT. IJut them i-.om name. I mii-t whiSier it low, "I'l htliiintiitv's. refuge, bat mv drea led toe That name I can't t.iieuk it I 11 trvto toryc. Drink u-rain, o: my boy,, ere the ttur.- all are si-r, I have lot from my force zomc I thought were my own. s the looked and were aved by the Cruel tied One. Then rouse ye. my children, find joy in the Uw I. Ye must not grow tender nor think of the tout. AVhen ttie toniriic cries for liijuor, lot no Irayer be said. Though tne children are crying and praviug lor bread. If the thought of a mother, wife, sister or child Mingles pain with the draught let your mirth crow more wild. DriiiK again, OI my boys and again, one and a. i Tor you are my chive I am King Alcohol. lldirit A. .Niitvcr, tit L'num zi-jiittf. TEML'CRA.CE TALK BY A CIIICAKO LAWYER. There was a Moody audience in Kar tell Hall last night the lirsi fine it has resembled a sardme-bo since the evan gelist left the city. The attract .on was W. W. O'lJrien, the criminal lawyer. who is one of .Mr. Murplry's convert-. After the tibial ever ises, prayer and j-inginiT, President Hobbs stated that since Ir. Murphy's advent fully live thousand had Mgncd the pledge, the c-pen-e having been about ten cents apiece. .Mr. Murphy introduced Mr. 0'IJriea, who was given an ovation, the applau-e aud waving of handkerchiefs lasting several minutes. A large number of the three thousand people he laced were fellow-countrymen members of the Catholic Temperance, societies. After acknowledging the k ml expressions of smpath anil encouragement, he said he was not on the platform of his own volition, but at the request of friends, particularly of one who had led him out of the land of Kgypt and out of the house of bondage. Applause. Within the l:tt few days," he went on. " many kind friends have taken me by the hand and said: O'lJrien, are you going to stand lirm? Are you go ing to keep that pledge? How do 3011 feel? This is a great trial. J hope you will be equal to" the emergency.' Tor the benefit of those friends, for the ben efit of those who have already signed the pledge, and for the benefit of tuo-e who are still in doubt and wavering as to whether they hall come forward or no. 1 will athis: 1 have taken the pledge in good faith: I .-hnll keep that pledge. Applau-e. 1 have cros-ed the ilnbicon, and burned my boats. fApplausc I have accepted the Spartan command never to retreat in the lace of an enemy. rApplau.se. I have accepted and received the com mand of the Spartan mother to her son on his way to meet the enemies ot his country:" My son, return whh thv .-hield or upon thv shield. Vic-ton- or deathl' I have put my hand to the plouvind w-1-1 God's help I shall not go back. As to how I feel, and the terrible ordeal. 1 will say, 1113- friends, that I never felt better in my life. Applause. I have evperieneed no urdeai. I have not felt the least trouble. I made up my mind I would do. I wor.ld not think. 1 have done, ami it shall remain done. Applau-c At the age of thirty I did not know the the ta-te' of liquor. My friend s:rys: Were -ou not more happy then than you are now." 1 say no. It is true 1 was prosperous ami happy. The sun of Heaven seemed to rise" but for my aappiness. Everything I put my hand to yielded to my wishes. 1 was happy, but I didn't know what was in store for me: I didn't know the ordeal through which I had to pass. I didn't know that the burning furnace was being heated o-er seven times more for mv misfortune and uivdislruction. I have t!i teen vouu" men (he being one of tfcnil who studied law in Peoria many ;ars ago, headed by George ('arsonaVillianfTfellou- wluo boasted that he coud take a drink or leave it alone .as he t!eascd. Tne others followed his exampl- and all but three were now in frunkards" graves When he came to Chicago he joined the "Knight, of the Svrew," which started it Dublin. where Hie memLcr.-inp embraced sncii xaea as our.au. orattan, tmmoii, Shiel. The ornaments of the liar wero member:, convivial men. each followed in the footsteps of the other, and near ly all to-day filled the dishonored sjrave of the drunkard. He asserted, chal lenging contradiction, that intemper ance was the eau-e of nine-tenths of the crime committed in the United States. He told of his experience among criminals, who almost invaria bly .said whisky was at the bottom of their troubles. Why would not drink ing men open their eyes and see what was before them that they were going d-jwn the path of shanie.'humiliation. di-iriace and death? He deprecated the abuse of saloon-Keepers, since it did no g .oil. The only way to break up the bu.Miiess was to atop drink'ng. He closed with a strong appeal for total ab-.-tinence, urg ng those present who had n t already done so to come forward and sigu "the pledge. About fifty took his advice. Chionqo Tribune. A Father's 3iar!yrdoiu. "My sou a -aloon keeper! dealing out draughts of poi-011, death and destruc tion 10 his le lowmen! O, tiiat I have lived to see this day:" Tne speaker was an old. gray-haired man of eighty years, who had tried to bring up his children to be respectable men aud women: and to a certain ex tent he had .succeeded. ISut now when he was s near life's setting sun. this bitter kiMwle-ige. r.iu-t be ihru-l upon him. to rob him of that calm content which tin aged alone can feel when all is well. The love of Cod was strong within him. and he felt that there v.':is still a work for him to do. so he hast ened up t Salem, where his -on lived, and tried by praver and entreaty to turn him from his shameful work. Although the son seemed totalled by his aged father's appeal, et he went on with his vile tra'lic :n before. Tin old gentle man now tried to buy his saloon, offer ing him the stun ot tuo thousand dol lars, which was all the money he had in the world. You don't want to run the thing your-elf. Jo you. father.'" said the sou, :n a mirthful tone. ' Yes. if you'll let me have it, I'll run it off the fa- e. of the earth,'' was the old gentleman's readv reply. IJut the son would not sell, and the old gentleman's uet move was to follow his -on up t -".vn in the morning, and when the sa loun door was uuloeked, he stationed him-elf. with eane in hand, in the door way. The -aloon was on tie' corner, ami men began to lio"k aroung it as 1 ee- do around the hive: but the old man who stood there, lean'ng heavily on his cane, with sadness depicted on every lineament of his kind old face, Ms hair white a- the snow, pre-entcd such a sad picture of age and helples-ness, that the would-be tipplers turned away in shame. IJut there was another class o de bauchees who were ti"t able to be out so early in the morning as the former. They came at last, with unsteady step and'hlood-shot eye-. What did they care for this little old man. who stood as a barrier between ihem and the sub tle poi-mt that robbed them of strength and will? Don't come hrc!' said the old man. a- they at tempt -d to pass It's the gate-wav to death and !um. des- miction; think -'" j I'm thinking of a dr'nk ut now." , yel'cd an old toper in an angry tone. I and as he said this, he caught the old man by the arm. and threw him on the pavement w ith great force. j IJciore the bar-tender could realize , what w:is being done, he saw hi- father j lying bleed ng and senseless on the sidewalk. He wa- owr the counter and out of the -aloon in a moment, and, picking his lather up, he carried liim tenderly across the street to a doctor's olliee. Seeing that he would receive proper attention, he rushed out of the olliee, like a lion let loose in his rage, burning hit'ier and th'ther in search of the villain who had con initted the outrage: but this mouster in human form was not to be found, and it wa well for him that he could not The old gentleman was soon restored to consciousness. There was a slight cut on his temple. This, and the shock that he sii-tained to his nervous svstcm, rendered him incapable for a time. IJut, when he was again able to he out, he tok his stand in the .-aioon door again, -aying to his son: "1 shall stand here until I am again thrust out, or. if need be. until I drop dead in my track-, if (Jod so wills it." It is needless lo say the saloon was closed. Lydui A. Iltsfol, in Church aud Home. Significiut. That able exponent of physiological research. Dr. Carpenter, h:usgien us in the Sife'ccnth Centura a matter of fact that has its lesson no less than if found ed on total abstinence premises. There were, he says, two Jrcgiments in India, one a remarkably temperate regiment, the ! iglity-fourth, and m it the normal death rate was 12.1. There was another regiment that was not so temperate though not altogether intem perate, the Sixty-third, the death rate of winch was something like 7.2. Now, thc-e regiment had to inarch from the same place tn another place, but in different directions, in a very unhealthy season. It was very wet. and there was a good deal of cholera prevailing at the time. The temperate regiment the Eighty-fourth, got to the end of its march without suffering any sickn'-ss. whereas the sickness which attacked the SKty-third. or intemperate one, was so great that it filled all its own transports and w:is obliged to borrow the sick palan uins belonging to the Eighty-fourth. This account ought to bcpiit up in every soldiers barrack in the country and in every hospital. 1 ..-.. .-....,. i intern UJJH-. Oexcink alcoholic liquor are dead ly, but the drugged and adulterated liniri(rnc nnu- to use are far Vorse. He that lets them alone is safe. He who ttcs a single drop may find in him ll"J appetite of drinking ancestors, which onlv waits a spark to kindle it into a HeVoiirinir llaiue. Men differ. Some can drink, and stop vf hen they Plwf. Others can, uot- Yw can set "'pht to a stick of wood, anl put it out wi.cn it is half burned; but jf you u Qwtake to burn half a kegof powder VOU will mr K.. it-.!., to StOD RUSt on the line. Keen iire awav from jJowdcr. and whisky awav from men. H, - - t.Y t sr c. r. a wuciin. HOME, FJLR3I AXD UAUDEX. Sprinkle hellebore and water on rose bushes to kill the insects. A. Y. Herald. Every bunch of grass or weeds that grows in the garden is just so much nu triment taken from the vegetables. Cincinnati Times. Baked Milk: Tut a half gallon ol milk in a jar and tie it down with wriv ing paper. Let it stand in a moderate oven eight or ten hours. It will be like cream, and is very uutritious. IJuitlixl Weekly. Every garden should contain a few rows of small fruits, not only for useful purposes, but for ornamental. On rich garden soils the product is sometime! large enough to supply a family from a very small area with all they requite. Clccclnnd Leader. In sowing seeds in the garden it if well to remember that though the soi' should be deep and finely pulverized, yet a loose condition :s unfavorable tc good growth. After the seeds ares-.wn a heavv rolling would be a great ad vantage. Cfticaqo Tona. A delicious -ide dish is made of ap pies and is called apple omelet. Peel and stew, stir in a large lump of butter, a little sugar and four well-beaten eggs; add tine bread-crumbs and fry in hot lard on a griddle, dropping from a spoon. If you have no stale bread u- Hour or cracker crumbs. X. Y. I'oL -If possible, buy an oil-cloth which has been made forscveral vears, as tho longer it has lain unwashed the better it will wear, the paint being harder. Never scrub. Sweep with a soft hair brush, and wash with a soft cloth dipped in milk and water. Don't u-e soap. Hub dry with a handful of rags. Detroit 1'vsC Orange custarC : Boil the rind of an orange till it is t.'iider, pound it in a clean mortar and add to it the juice ol two oranges, eight ounces of loal sugar, the yelks of four cgs and the whites oi three, beat altogell er for ten minutes, then add a pint of milk, stir over the fire until it is set, then pour into ghis? dishes or cups. A. Y. ILrahl. A line, lustrous polish for delicate cabinet work can be made as follows. Half-pint linseed oil, half-pint of old ale, the white of an c, one ounce Kpirits of wine, one ounce of spirits ol salts. Shake well before using. A lit tle to be applied to the face of a .-oft linen pad, and lightly rubbed for a min ute or two over tle article to be re stored, which should lie first rubbed ofi with an old silk handkerchief. It will keep any length of time if well corked. L'zdiuiujc. Encourage the Bi.ils. War is being waged by farmert ;gaitist all birds, except a few populat songsters, and most boys are taught that birds and birds' ne-ts are the'i rightful prey. These little creatures dc Eonie damage it raust be admitted. They will pick up seed that iias not been well covered, but that ought tc teach the farmer lo sow his seeds more carelully. Thvy will feast upon the ripe grain, and sometimes destroy more than they eat: but the farmer seldom considers that he iright not have anv grain to hanest, were it not for these same feathered intuiders. During the time between sowing and harvesting, birds must live upon something besides grain, and 1 fancy that farmers seldom think that that something Is principally in-ects, and the eggs of ir sects. They rear their 3'oung on these, and one can nardly estimate the immense numbcrof insects thus destroyed. Were it not for this safeguard that nature has kiud ly furnished us in tlie form of the feath ered race, the world would, according to the best calculations, be completely over-run in a few years of unin crrupted propagation, with crawling, stinging pests. Birds have an important work to do, and we should aid them with all the means at our command: certainly we can not afford to destroy our pro tectors. Every fanner should teach his cWVlrcn to cherish and protect their fea nered friends Encourage the birds, and children too, by building bird houses about the farm" buildings. Teach the boys to build these houses, and thus serve two purposes at once accustom ing them to the u-e of tools, and im bu ng their minds with humane sentiment-. Maivy a farm home knows naught of music but that which floats on the air from nature's own orchestra. Let us have all the sweet sounds we can. to soften and lighten our rural toils. Hr. D. lioynton, iii Amcruan Ag riculturist. m Clorer Hay. It is a prevalent and well-founded bo lief that clover hay is not a desirable food for horses, and that it provoke the common disease known as 'heaves. It has been supposed that it is the dust in the hay which produces the disease by irritating the sensitive lining mem brane of the bronchial tubes. This supposition is probably a mistake. Clover hay is not necessarily dusty, not nertrly so much so as timothy cut be fore it is ripe, in which the immature blossom exi-ts in the form of fine dust, which, being partly pollen, has a Tcry irritating effect upon the membranes. And yet we are recommended to feed only timothy hay to horses and keep the clover hay for cows. Now, heaves is a nervous disorder, and docs not arise from irritation of the bronchial membranes. This condition of the mem branes, with the resulting thickening ol them and consequent obstruction of the air passages, produces the disorder known as roaring, or wheezy, noisy res piration, but not the heaving of the Hanks, which is the effect of the spas modic action of the diaphragm, produced by disordered nervous ac,;ou, and which is known as heaves. It is more probable that the nitrogenous quality of the clover hay is the real cause of the disorder, as food rich iu nitrogec stimulates the nervous system, whilt food rich in starch, as potatoes, for in stance, has a very favorable effect upon a horse that is troubled with heaves. Cotton-seed-mcal and peas are also highly nitrogenous foods, and these, il their use is persisted in, will cause heaves in a horse in a short time. It is a valuable thing to know wherein and how loods differ in respect to their ni trogenous and carbonaceous character, for much of their value in feeding de pends upon litis difference. A. T Times. A grand festival was recently held m 2Ho de Janeiro, Brazil, in honor of tlc emancipation of the slaves in Ceara, The cereinouies were continued through two weeks. The work of freeing the 8hiTes in Rio city is being rapidly pushed, and h. Is expected that the 33,- 000 slaves now held in Kio de Janeiro will all be freed in two years. There was great enthusiasm during the "festi val of the redemption of Ceara," and the name of the Emperor was hailed with the wildest acclamations ami shouts of "Viva Brazil!" There are now about 1,200,000 slaves in the empire. Ceara is the first province to be entirety free. The BIr Brewery. Mr. J. Hirsch. Collece Point Brewery, L. I., X. Y., writes that he employs a largo number of horses and hands, nd 'having tried St. Jacobs Od, the jjreat pain cure, for rheumatism, aches and pains ot his men, aed for gulls, splint, thrush, wind-call? and oilier affections of his hors-s, finds it superior to all remedies, aud would not be without it. "VTht is a United States Treasury noto like a caterpillar? Bc4un it is hard to counterfeit lcuut-her-feet.) Chicago Tribune. NOT F1VB DOLLARS FOR DOCTOR IN FOUTY-FIVE YEAR. Watsosville, Sakta Cnrz Co.. Cal., Feb. 3d, 1SS4. I I am eighty-four years old and my wife is seventy-seven. We have raised a fam ily of ten children. I have used Braxd retu's Pills for the last forty-five j-ears a my only family msdicirie, and my doc tor's bills have not amounted to fivo dol lars in all that time. I hare used hun dreds of boxes of Brandrktu's Pills; with them I have cured my boys and girls of Scarlet Fever, Measles, Croup, Colds, Mumps, Diarrhoea and Constipation. I hare recominonded them to hundreds of other families, and neror knew them to fail where ever they were usod for disease of any kind. When my wife was seventy-three yoars old she was troubled with a very bad Couh, and it looked as if she would die with Consumption. She would not call 111 a doctor, but commenced taking Braxd kith's Pills, two and three every night. In throe weeks she was completely cured of her cough, and her general health is very good. I am sure that Bra dreth's Pills have preserved and prolonged our lives. My health is particularly good, and before 1 die I wish you to publish this letter, as I want trie world to know and profit by my experience. II. S. Day. . . Is IT proper for an old teper to speak f his drunken companion as bis booxtr-um lriend? Gouverneur Herald. Insurance. Insurance is a good thing whether ap plied to life or property. .No les a bless ing is anything that iuures good health. Kidney-Wort does this. It is 11 aiure's great remedy. It is a mild but efficient cathar tic, and acting at the same time on the Liver, Kidneys nod Bowels, it relieves all these orgaus'and enables them to perform their duties perfectly. It has wonderful power. See advr, It is said that boots ran be blackened with a banana peel. So -nn eye, if you happen to fall right. Boston Transcript. Glenn's Snlpliar Soap Is used in Hospitals ax a disinfecting agent. Pike's toothache drops cure in one minute. Objection is made in New York to drowning stray dogs for fear so many sunken barks may obstruct navigation. Ir you feel yourself growing weaker, your strength lal.ing, the functions of your body becoming iuijaired, take warning in time! Your blood is starving for want of lourishment. Dr. Guysott's Yellow Dock aud Sarsaparilla is food for the blood. It purities thin stream of lift? and strengthens every part of the body, rebuilds a broken down constitution, 'producs dreamless slumber, end retoros wtd energies and a shattered nervous system. A trial bottle will convince. Xo other remedy equals it. 'Cak the ball-plaver. who 'steals bases ! be called a base deceiver?" asks the Bos ton Star. Ho ladt need be without Mrs. Plnkbam's Vegetable Compouud because she is lar distant from diug stores. The proprietors send it postage paid by mail from Lynn, Mass., in the form of lozenges or of pills; price, $1 per box, cr six for $5. Send for the " Guide to Health" which gives full particulars. Ant man can make money go. IF7ufe hall Times. What will cure Wbooping Cough ? That Is a question asked every day. We can answer that we have found the remedy in Papil'.on Cousjh Cure. It never fails, and can be a-limnlstered to infants without danger. It is perfectly harmless. Mix who hate long sentences Crimi nals. This is a Life sentence. RKETS. .iun24. ls4. 4 2.1 Oj, 4 73 a 10 rs 4 .'iG 4 2T. & .1 25 4 Ol & 5 15 4 HI d(. 4 8.1 1 (12 Si 1 (Et 70 f5 70 42 & 44 2i! (& 2!l Tf) a jvi 2 33 & 2 40 7 (X) & 7 Wi H (A 10 11 12 HI &. 12 11 (ft 12 7'Sfp fc:. '." y 9 60 10 1.-1 a is 43 at, 4s 6 G5 & 7 00 r. uo (t, t; 00 5 20 to. 5 43 2 23 "ft 375 3 73 W 4 50 1 OT'-i-ti 1 08, V &. 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CATTLE Good shlppimr HOGS Good to choice SHEEP Fair to choice FLOCK Common to choice WHEAT Xo. 2 red So.2 Spring Q LO O Jt 1 n POUK Xew Mess NEW YORK. CATTLE Exports HOGS Good to choice COTTOX Mlddllnir FI.OUK Grod to choke WHEAT Xo. 2 red Xo. iSpring- OOilN--No. a.... ......... OATS Wotern mixed POUK Standard Mess THE STAGE-DBITER'S ST0R1. Hew General Scotfe Uta TTa Saved and How His Driver Twice Escaped Dears. The traveler of the present day, as he is hurried along by the lightning express, in its buffet cars and palace sleepers, seldom reverts in thought to the tima when the stage coach and packet were tho only means of communication between distant points. It is rare that 0110 of tie real old time stage drivers is met with now-a-days and when the writer recently ran across Fayette Haskell, of Lockport, N. Y., he felt like a bibliographer over the discovery of soino rare volume of "forgotten lore." Mr. Haskell, although one of the pioueers in stage driving (He formerly ran from Lowixton to Niagara Falls ana Butfalo) is hale and beany and bids fair to live for many years. The strange stories of his early adventures would fill a volume. At one time when going down a mountain near Lvwiston with no less a personage than General Scott as a passenger, tho brakes gavo way and the toicb came on the heels of the wheel horse. Tne only remedy was to whip the leaders to a gal lop. Gaining additional momentum with each revolution of ths wheels the coach swayed and pitched down the mountain side and into the streets of Levriston. Straight ahead at the loot of the hteep hill flowed the Niagara River, towards whiou the four horses dashed, apparently to cer tain death. Yet the firm hand never re laxed its hold nor the clear brain its con ception of what must be done in the emer gency. On dashed the hori-es until tho narrow dock was reached on the river bank, when by a masterly exhibition of nerve and daring, the couch was turned in scarce its own length and the horses brought to a stand still before the pale lookers-on could realize what bad occurred. A puio was raised by General J-cott and presented to Mr. Haskell wiih high compliments Tor his skill and bravery. Notwithstanding all his strength and his rubust constitution tho strain of con tinuous work and exposure proved too much tor Mr. Haskell's constitution. The constant jolting of the coach and the neces sarily cramped position in Tvhich he was obliged to sit, contributed to this end, and at times be was obliged to abandon driving altogether. Spoakiug of this period he said: "I lound it almost impossible to sleep at night; my at.petito left me emirely and I had a tired feeling which I never knew be fore and could not account for." "Did you give up driving entirely?" " Xo. 1 tried to keep up but it was only with the greatest effort. This s:ato of things continued for nearly twenty years until last October when I went ull to pieces." "In what way?" "Oh, I doubled all up; could not walk without a cane and was incapable of any effort or exertion. I had a constant deshe to urinate both day and nightand although I felt like passing n gallon every ten min utes only a few drops could ecape and they thick with sediment. Finally it ceased to fiw entirely and I thought death was very near." " What did you do then?" "What I should have done long bafore: listen to nij- wife. Under her advica I be gan a new treatment. " "And with what result?" " Wonderful. It unstopped the closed passages and what was still more wonder ful regulated the flow. Tne sediment van ished: my appetite returned and I am now well and good for twenty more yearswholly through the aid of AVarner's Safe Cure that has done wonders for me as well as for so many others." Mr. Haskell's experience is repeated ev ery day in the lives of thousands of American men And women. An unknown evil is undermining the existence ef an in numerable number who do not realize tin danger they are in until health has entire ly departed and doatb perhaps stares them in the face. To neglect such important matters is like drifUng in the current of Niagara al-ovo the Falls. It is leap year and everv god rirt should have a kir prize. Jetroit Free Press John A. Smitii, the largest merchant in Gainesville, Ga., says: "I suffered for vears from the combined effects of Ery sipelas and Eczema. 1 continued to grow worse- under medical treatment aud by taking medicine containing Potash. S. S. S. cared me thoroughly and absolutely. My appetite, strength and flesh returned as I was cured witn it." When' an old bee wants to punish lit tle bee sle gives it bees whacks. Warm Weather Wit. GJ-You will be Happy. Make your old things look like new by Using the Diamond Dyes, and you will be happy. Any of tho fashionable colors for 10c. at the druggists. Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. Excursions let a man go cheap to places where he does not care about going. X. O. Picayune. Kidnet Complaints, Female Weakness, and Debility are absolutely cured by Pap- illon Blood Cure. . - Evert one has a right to drop a line to a fish. IHcaywie. - Ir afflicted with Sore Eyes, ue Dr. Isaic Thompson's Eye Water. Druegivu soU it. 23c. It is a cold day when tne chunk of ica doesn't get left. . Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is a certain cure for that very obnoxious disease. 4 THOFgULY! FIRE U WORKS SOMBTmivTGr 1M.LJW. Wemtlicupfreclalwn for Prliattud Fam ily ue. cun:ulD!se a fibc mmrtnitst of Kirenorkiof !l nrti. 0r 5 OO cae con!ni JtOO n!r cm. Our ! ttncAte cumalns 4'.x rircf. Our 15.iecie eoctula 500pl.cu. w 111 expr any or the Uve catr on rrcrlpt of mount. N Firework m-iu C. O. 1). j c.ui?. LB ""d ,',nd f"r " nJ we know thtv will de.lgbt bulb jouug uJ old. K. E. ME.VGES & CO., 131 a 1X3 W. Fifth m Kaunas City, Ho. H0SH Fortify the system. All who hve experi enced snd wlmcfffd the oOecx of Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters upon the wtafc, brok en down, difpondlnj Tlctlmsof dyspepsia, . Itrer complaint, fever -rranJ agnc. rheurna- s-tlsrn, nervousde- hlllty, or premature ? decav. Vnow that In 5 this scnn-nie tonic anl aittraitv there eiirtsa specific prin ciple vrhlch rrxhei the veryourrcof the trouKe. and r fleet s aa absolute and perma nent cure. For tale bv all Vttrmrixtm snd Sitters Dealers generally. "ST. lEnKifiD IEGET1RIF PILLS.'' The Beat Cnre for I.lver and RtllnHa A.n.lAl..a- a I I Hcrf M . t: Dnirpi-ffc r br mail. Snnrle Tree. FARM DBaMTILK. Gsalocneacd Praw Lm sbjlUI fn-r. AdJreaa a. BaOCKKTT, Supt. Kjumm Ctr. Mo. IBYAHT I STMHOH'S & bUbtX-ittLi u (v man on ur ntn-:iirtl inarhlre in ont-tfiiitl Mfr ziJmaPE TFz iftnV A wtki lfcv5 VJ5sS &EZ3d (ATHHESHERS AsK.J.I.Case'EM.Ge-? T?aeine,Wis.for Catafoaift I "i-l- nre c wnlKmrt I H tuoio iivtifiify j FAPILLON "WHAT HON. J. C. BURROWS SAYS." For more thin five yean post a member of my f.iral ly has becuatnictid with Hay Fever, culminating lato In the fall with a hacking eolith, u hich would Inrrcaier In severity uaill the return of wunn wcathir. Eviry remedy proved futile, and relief was only found In a change of c!lma:. There was a recurrence of the dif ficulty list fall, attended with the usual eouh and violent rrotracted sneezing. Not half a bottfc of 1'ap llion Cavarrh Cure had been used before the cough en tirely disappeared, and jrnirat relief followed. ItU simply wonderful! Don't fall to try It. J C. BuKr.owa (Ei-Memb. Congress. 4thDIit., 31ich. Kalamazoo, tich.. March Uih. 1SSU "A DRUCCIST'S TESTIMONY." On the nth of March I sold Hanson Go Inf. (barber In Martindale'H UIocIc). oneliotile of PaplUoa CoagU Cure, and a wock later he told me that It hadnotocly -eltevedhU child, but had almost tntlrely cured it of Whooping Couglu J-Lirs A. II aao. . Denton House Dms; Stop. Ind'anapohs. Ind. ' . . LYOIA K. PINKHAM'6 . . VEGETABLE COMPOUND IS A POSITIVE CTJRE FOR k thrive painfal Cnmplaints "and Weaknesses no eominoa to our best female rori'Lvriox. ' Prist tl la Belaid, pUI or Ieaf fm. Ttt purpose s tolelu for thr Ugiltmate htaUng of divide and t'.r rrlirf vf rxim, and that it doti all it c.'-rru to do, tlwutandt of ladies cun aladl'j U'tifa. It wilt eute entirely all Orarian trtiuble, Inflainci tfnnnnrl Clnralion. FalUn? aril Iirntieemin:i. and cia-it!ent Spinal Wr-kncw, and in purticuUrly adapt e.1 to the Cl-in:re of Ufe. It rrmoTf-s Falntne.FUtnTecrv, deroyf all cralna; forstimiilintii, andrrliOTi's W-atneof theStotnMh. It cures BItxain?. Hwuiachcs. N:nrcui l'rc-tratlon, Uenrral IVhilitv, Slfplenexn, I'ree,,sl',n anrt Irull retion. That fcllnsrof bearintc ilown. caufln rain,, and backache. Is always pemmnrntly cured by iu um. Sid stmp to I.Tnn. laJB..forp.imph'et. letter ot (nqiilrr coriflilrnlldly answered. For talt at druaaiit. 20 Years! A CANCER FOR TWENTY YEARS. "Fortweatyjearslfufferedfroina Cancer on my neck. "atcnt.Pot.i6h and Mercury Mixtures' fed In stead of curing the Camcr. I !i-tibcuHeof myanu and the upper jrart of my body. My geniral health wa broken don n. and my life watdispaindof. S. S. S. cured mesound ami well. Tiito now leane of life It give to me can not be mr.ii.niTd by any iiionwsry alue. 1 owPinyHrVfin'Mh'-support of my family to Swift's Speciac' V. K. EOUtSOK. DavUboro, Ga. HOPES TO BE CURED. 'Mr. Brooks, near Albany, waa liopcksuly aOIcteo, with Canter. It had eaten through bis nose into Qla mouth and throat. The time of Ii.s death was only a question of a very short tune, nc praytd for death, his suffering was to Krcitr. S. S S. hxt had a wonder ful effect on him. Hi lmproemcii. Is so great tiiat wcall feel sure of his boh i rTf ctlv cured In Huip. W. tl. OlI.dr:P.T. Albany, Ga. Our TreatlM on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free toappllcanu. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawers. Atlanta. Gs. N. T. Office, 153 W. 23d St.; Philadelphia OQce, 12J3 Chestnut fcu BARBLESS FISH HOOKS. (' W. Oct sn, fir? ) CERTAIN TO HOLD EVERY FISH. SO?. :t."ic. 40cpcrdoz Kos . 1 . . a, 4, a. a, 1, , v. For Trout. FurBs For Pike. For tale by the rrloclpa! dealers inSt-Louis. If vou can not procure them, wlllinalj sample dozens on rtceirt of price, or en close stamp for d' script ne list. M .NU F- CT V I. r RS, WIX.I.IA1K MII.I Jt SOX. S FISHEJO TACKLS, 7 Warrsn 8t,K.T 5, LIFKOr BLAIME, by an author of h! own selection. U. J. Kii- nfLl- 'he dl'tlaarnislit Joarn.list. 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