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w : ,.. a t.X - -t" i v .-'-.- SAttORS SOfEESTTOON. -iODP .'FANCIES UVE ON OF. THE THOSE OCEAN. WHO i fapm the Spirits of the 4cAilimy TaftbaUngt-Ymtt of the .frfed Ship" Friday Bird of the Sea. - . iftuweaiait Sallora. -. -.Sailors "believe 'that the spirits of the .' departed, as in life, possess all their own ". peculiar ways of warning or .communi- - .eating to their friends- on earth such Jn ';" 'formation as they deem essential to their welfare and happiness. It is not an un- common occurrence for'them.'to credit the shades of some friend with many of those : trifliuj Htflo changes in the flowing and ebbing of the sea as indicative of some .prospective ill luck or joy. " ' "Barely does it happen that the etymol ogy of their superstition contains a pre .cursor .for joy. Such gloomy forebodings as thcy'aro capable of interpreting are in variably omens, of misfortune. .Truly . may it be said that superstition forms the .- ".- alphabet of the seafaring man as one ignorant of .its varied branches is gener - ally looked upon as "green," and becomes .. 'a butt of bis more fortunate and enlight ened ""chums." Their transformation into the ethereal . realms of space does not. in the belief of ' those whom they havo left behind, alter their ideas one iota, and hence it Is that the -several trifling mishaps and. other cir cumstances incidental to a voyage are In terpreted by the sailors into realities which would.CU a, volumo in themselves. In justice to them, however, be it said, that hueh fatnitions conceptions are not without foundation, as the loss of the steamship "Friday many years ago will testify to. KATH OJT THE FMDAY. This vessel was a huge ironclad, built in .Scotland regardless of expense, and named after the unlucky day. She was manned and commanded by capable and experienced officers, selected for their ...capabilities, and altogether thoroughly - adapted for such a task as the trial voy age of an ocean steamer. She set sail on Friday, and when ncaring the Cape of Good Hope a few weeks afterward on that very Bamo day, sank, drowning all her crew. It is believed that owing to this disaster seamen havo considerable fear of putting to sea on Friday, and some go so far as to hay that , their fears date from this sad catastrophe. Captains of small vessels havo always dreaded the prospect of sail ing on Friday, while thoso of larger ones look upon that day with the greatest non chalance and unconcern. The sailor on land and on sea are two distinct characters, each possessing his -own singular attributes. On land no other being has a more utter disregard of premature danger or mishaps, -as his'daily actions and nocturnal orgies demonstrate, bo when once on sea he blossoms, .out again into smiles of excessive obsequious ness. There when danger dogs his foot steps at every track superstition is 'Ids' idol; to it ho sacrifices every selfish senti ment, and in it ho trusts for those happy presentiments which may afterward' save ..him from destruction. . Even while partaking of -their; meals' sailors rarely lose an opportunity "of .dis- - cussing and rehearsing stories which the average man would regard as the product of a maniac's brain. The day's happen-' ings aro interpreted by each and notes ex changed. The most gifted romancer is then looked upon with feelings of rever ence and -respecL A "visit to their sleeping quarters will reveal a miscellaneous col lection of horseshoes, nails, palmlike leaves and numerous other articles, each Of which has a history of its own. When birds aro swept aboard in a storm they are invariably left untouched, as sailors eye them with delight and satisfaction as the spirits of somo dear departed friend met--amorphosod. Tho birds of the sea, notably tho petrel, immortalized by Proc tor;1 and the sea gull, aro held sacred in consequeuco of the latter apparently rest ing on tho surface of the sea after the manner of tho Saviour on the Lake of Qcnessreth. i 'Whenever this occurs in tho hnmedlat -vicinity of a ship a calm is predicted, ana tho jolly tars loso little or no time in notifying the .captain of their glorious - vision. In sailors' eyes "tho porpoises aro t never-pleasant objects to contemplate. When they suddenly appcarduring a calm the sailors look for another wind from the samo quarter as that which was blown out, and if they skip about it means that 'agalo la coming. 13? -AWE OF TOE SHARK. ;. .. Tho common bamoclo which adheres to ' " a ship's sldo becomes, according to their belief, -later on in life a goose. But among -.' all thoso signs nothing is so well calcu- " lated to fill them with awo as the appear- ancoof a shark. When this monster of ' tho deep is seen to follow a ship for several days -a death is to occur on board, and while clambering up the rigging extra pains aro adopted in making their journey a safe and successful one. The ship is then evidently haunted, and tho facer of "her crew, but recently smiling, are now decorated with expressions at once thoughtful and lugubrious. The common mirago fills sailors with dread,, and betokens an early death to some of its observers. Carrying a corpse on board appears to them to be inviting disaster, and cases are on record 'Where tho crew havo become mutinous and re fractor? until tho distasteful freitrht was lowered into the pea. Norwegian sailors aro inveterate slaves to a form of superstition exclusively their own. They believe in the existence of a heck or merman, a sea animal represented as having a fish body with tho head of a van and the flowing ringlets of a boy. The merman sits upon the waves, plays the harp, and, following tho example of '. .many of. tho Norse fishermen, wears a red . cap. It is nover seen more than once in 'seven years', and no matter how many ". .vessels appear in its sight they all must - inevitably perish. The crew, according to their belief, are ; then .transplanted in the merman's re gions, where, after a brief stay, they go ' to swell tho shoal of hecks, ana are then in themselves as disastrous as the origi V$aL. Tho kraken, a sea monster whose ...".existence has been .so often attested by .'.. the evidences, of .allwrad. eve witnesses . tfcafone is at a loss to know whether it is L real or has a oeing only in the minds of superstitious, sailors, is a constant source : . .of alarm to them. -".. ; . Many assertions, which have been made - it times regarding the -existence of this - leviathan, which occasions so much' dread :-" : in the minds-of. tho Norse fishermen, have - -.been'rjejected as mere superstition. Still '-someuthentic grounds' for a belief in its -existence are on record. Tho Norwegian - -differs from his English brother only in .. thi? particular belief,. but in all other es ".' sentuu respects sailors' of all ages and '". nationalities worship, the. samo superstl- -' tious -creed. James W. Gavan in New " York Press. i" ' "- fHONUNCJATIQN IN ENGLAND. .xToper Ilj"te4 Beyond 'Beeog. -;'ltIeB. A Partial. list. . ..... "-"'Persons "who are entirely educated ' ";- through the eye without reference-to the . -- ' eafand on whom 'sound has ho effect .are vcpntentto pronounce 'names as they .have .---. -" bejBnaccustomcd'to hear them pronounced, '. !.; without taking the trouble to observe or - -even-to notice how they are spelled. So :".'.'.' what we.-aJl.bad 'pronunciation of: names ;-.' "by those mbving'.-in good, society that Is .::".tosay, the'educated classes is their good '". - pronunciation, -and in almost every in '. - stance'-the'-ehange'is for the worse' to "the "-.4nated.-American -critic;, for instance,- vChumley"- for Cholmondeley, "Marsh - .. Banks'.'.'fer "Majoribanks, -"Bech'mp" for ' '-Beanchamps, and so on.- Nothing- but I .- p utk uui ukj- jmupwi in xaig- ; . land, speak different dialects .in "dif- "ferent. counties,-- that- they cannot -: understand' , one" :" another, must. "ae- ."count "for the fact that Blytho is '.' pronounced "Bly.." -Nam waring is called -. ."Mannfrring," so "Guy Mannering is . ". ; -really "Quy Maiawaring; "McLeod", is ' MeCloud: In' Molyneux tJie x is sounded; '-. : in Vaax' the" final x is also sounded, but .' InTievereux the final xis not 'sounded; isi'Des Yanx the final x is dropped. In - Heaxthex takes the sound of "Mews." " Ker-.is-pronounced -'Kar," and is would ..- be-very bid style to call it "Cur. Coek- - . Varn is called "Cobnrn.r Cowper. the aaat of the "Sofa" and "John ffiinha." Is tmmmmmmimmmiSS)ammmtsmmll called "cooper always, a waiaegrave the "do" should be dropped. It should be called "Walgrave," a slight accent on the first syllable. In London always say "Berkley" for Berkeley. Only the Lon don cabmen call it what it is. They say "Berkeley square," but my noble lord says "Berkley square." The Derby is the Darby. In Dillwgn the "w" takes the sound of "n;" It is pro- ; jounced Dillun.- Leveden is called live den. Pepys should be pronounced Penis, ( the accent on the first syllable. Evelyn ' is called Eveclyn, with tne accent on the first syllable. In Monson the o takes the sound of u, and it is pronounced Munson. Tho same in Ponsonby, which is always Punsunby. ' Blount is always Blunt, Brougham is Broom, Buchan should be , pronounced Buccan. Wemys is always Weems, D'Eresby -is always' Dersby, St. John is "Sin Jin," as a surname' or a Christian name, but as a locality or a building it is pronounced as spelled St. ' JohnT ""Montgomery is Mungomery. In Ejgin tne g is nam ana supjaxa no pro nounced as the g in give. The g in Gil ford is soft, as Jiflord. They talk of "JuTord's History of England," and the g in Nigel is also soft, as the Forames of Nigel. InConyngham the o takes the sound of u and should oe pronounced Cunning ham. In Johnstone the t should not be sounded, Strachan should be pronounced Strann, Heathcote is called Hethcut, Hert--f ord is called . Harford. Seymour is pro nounced Semur, Albergravenny is called Aborgenny, Bourne is Burn, Colquhoun is simply Kooboon, the accent on the last syllable. Coutts is called Hoots. Du chesne is Dukarn, Eyre is called Air, Goner is Got, Geoffrey Is ealled Jefry, Hamo is Hume, and Knollys is Knowles, Lehigh is Lee, Menxies Is Myngies, Mac nemera is pronounced Macnemra, Sandys is pronounced Sands, St. Clair is funkier, Vaughan is Vorn; but St. Maur is called St. Jiaur, Viiliers is called YUlers. Ville bois is still pronounced like a French name. "Vealbox," Tyrwhlt is Tlerret In all this one is reminded of the English lord who gave his card to an expressman. "Mr. Gaboon," said the expressman. When he looked at the card it read Col quhoun. "That is one of them adventurer fel lers," said the expressman. Bethune is pronounced Boston, Dalxiel is pronounced 'Decal, Charter's is called Charters, Geoghegan is called Gaygen, Ruthven is called Bivven, Hides is called Filedes, Bicester Is called Bister, Cirencis ter Clsester, Belvoir is Bever, Pontrersct is simply Pomfrct, Bokeby is called Rookby. In Bardett, Hennaird and Parnell the last syllabble is emphasized. In Trede gar, Bredalbane, Clanricarde, only tho middle syllablo is emphasized. For Tra falgar square tho old Londoner says Tra falgar square. This difference of nomen clature reaches also to tho very different names of things, as no ono in' London asks for an "apothecary shop;" ho asks for the "chemist s' if he wants a doso of medi cine. Apothecaries existed in Shak spere's time, as we learn from "Borneo and Juliet," but they are "gone out" since. As eoon as an American can divest himself of saying "baggage" and learn to say '.'luggage' the sooner will he be un- derstoodV Mrs. M. E. W. Sherwood's Letter. WoaaaS's BJtita la France. Some millions of Frenchmen have re ceived a shock; not an electric nor an .earthquake one. It belongs to the moral order of phenomena, but it has none the less, spread consternation. The highest court in France the Cour de Cassation whose function is to decide knotty ques tions of law by a direct appeal to the moral principles from which all laws ore in theory derived, has declared that a man, having promised marriage to a woman, incurs the liability to pay her a pecuniary indemnity In the event of his refusing to keep his promise. The shock is contained in this decision, for which the public mind was quite unprepared. A breach has been made in a fortress that was held to be impregnable and everlasting, and through this breach it is feared the whole army of Frenchwomen will march, feathers and ribbons flying, and that they will re fuse to lay down their arms there are no longer distaffs until a new revolution has been proclaimed in favor of their sex. Breach of promise cases in other coun tries, especially in England, have hitherto proved an Inexhaustible mine of humor to the French journalists. They havo told us again and again that the principle of assessing a pecuniary indemnity for sen timental damage may seem natural enough to John Bull, to whom time is always money, including the time spent in unsuccessful love making, but that it is much too revolting to the instinct of Frenchmen for it ever to bo admitted in tudicial practice here. Revolting to 'renchmen the principle undoubtedly is,, but not 60 to Frenchwomen. They hold that all weapons that can bo used against tho male who profits in many ways by tho unfair division of power between the sexes aro good to keep in reserve. Paris Cor. Boston Transcript. A XUllM of Years. To tho human understanding the vast stretches of time involved in geological history are utterly incomprehensible. It is not easy, indeed, to form an idea of what a period even a million of years Is, though Croll tells us how a striking im pression of such a lapse may be conveyed to tho mind. Stretch a pieceof paper cighty threo feet four Inches long around tho walls of a room somewhat over twenty feet square, recall the events of lifo to givo somo conception of a hundred years, and then consider that a mark one-tenth of an inch broad at one end of the paper represents the century, while tho whole strip gives place for only a million yearsl This illustration is worth trying. Could we stand, continues tho author of "Climate and Time,' upon the edge of a gorge, a mile and a half in depth, that had been cutout of the solid rock by a tiny stream scarcely visible at the bottom of this terribleabyss, and were we informed that this little streamlot was able to wear off annually only one-tenth of anineh from its rocky bed, what would our conception oe ox tne prouiglous length of time that this stream must have taken to excavate the gorge? We should certainly feel startled on finding that the stream had performed this enor mous amount of work in something less than .a Bullion of years. Arkansaw Traveler. Horace Qieelej la CalMecala. Greeley was a revelation to California I -was in Sacramento when the great edi tor appeared on the scene from the over land trip in tho early fall I think it was in 1859. He had been advertised to SDeak. and went direct from tho stage coach to the hall, where a large audience was im patiently awaiting him. Without removing his hat, which perched as usual on the back of his head. Mr. Greeley, In his long white overcoat, strode down the aisle amid thunders of applause. Still keeping his hat upon his head, ho was mtroduced to the chairman of the meeting, and turned to speak. As he didso he took off his hat. but began talking as ho did so, and not- knowing ex actly where toplaee it, put it on' the desk before him. The sight of this uncouth, 'add, earnest .man, queerly garbed, with' odd gestures, instructing and entertain ing a large mass of Ills fellow men for an hour and a half, was most suggestive. Ashe proceeded, warming with ids sub ject, continuing his talk, 1m took off his overcoat, and tossed it on a chairin the rear He made a great hit, with the old timers, especially, and. during his brief stay was lionized to his hearrs content. I sav to his'heart's content because there was' a great deal of -human nature- in Greeley. He was much more partial to praise, and much more easily -affected by it than many people magine.-rJoe Howard in Once ja De Win The day will come in this country when the man who carriesa cane under his arm and'the man who carries- an umbrella on. his shoulder will-be takenout and hit' with' a aquash,-and hit hard enough to kill! Then the woman with the baby cart .wants to look out, Detroit JTree England Yegards Pfeajdent Cleveland's essige as -smw political buncombe. She bnotataUaaxknstoeagageinwar,and regards Americans tar store favorably than Canadians Mhweapolia Tribune. Mfmmm Mffsfd THE TUNEFULNESS OT H' . LOITER ERS OF A SUMMEi.o DAY. Heart la the HayAeht Crlchets sad ' Katydid. Some animalt abhor music, at least some music; but most animals love music A cow likes nothing better than fdnging and whistling, and her milk flows gladly for a chap that will sing to her, as she turns her head and kisses him with her tongue. A dog, so far 'as I know, hates music, except singing and whistling. A piano sets him on'edge, and a drum or fife makes him howL Horses, I believe, love martial music best. ' "Every horse is nat urally a war horse, and likes parade and the dash of military life. Next to this he is in his element running with a firo engine. I know of no decent music that he dislikes. Cats, unlike dogs, like Sianos and organs. Of course, we nn crstand that nearly all: birds have some musical taste, although few have real skill I know of but two real masters of. song in our northern states, the bobolink and catbird; although there are many more really sweet singers. The liquid, silvery notes of the bobolink are like the dew of the early, pure morning. One al w ays associates them with waterfalls and the musie of silverinstruments. But the catbird is the marvel of all musicians. He is able to do about what he wilL But what led me to sit down to write was tho music of the- insects "tiny loiterers of a summer's day." It Is a mis tako to suppose the chief occupation of theso dipterasand hymenopteras is eating and working it is making musk. Yon should go out in haying time and sit down on a cock of hay in the middle of the day; and then again in 'the evening, and you will If you give yourself to listening, havo- revealed to you a new world. No, yon must not be thlnkingof other things. Close your eyes and lay your head back on the sweet hay. There! Are you not now conscious of several stratas of music, reaching far up into the sky? The upper sir is full of bees hornets in part, it may be and there are millions of them. Then lower down are all sorts of flies and work ing bees, while In the trees and grass there is fully as vastanumberof crickets, katydids and other musie makers. Now yon must open your ears as carefully as you close your eyes, and listen attentively; for I assure you there aro myriads of sounds close by you that you never heard. Is it not so? Yon are surprised. Indeed, we live inside a big music box; and you never knew it. Tho fact is these musical notes blend together about us in a vast harmony, that lulls our sense of hearing instead of quickening it. I am sure our hearing neeas a great deal more education than it generally gets. If you try you can sep arate tne sounds tnat now yon discover, and pick out the different instruments in the orchestra. Plainly enough I was right, that working and eating do not predominate as employments of the insect world. Here Is, a cluster of humble or bumble bees, bent on sport, as you can seo. Flics dance about in circles under that apple limb, and are playing at some game, quite like tag. There is a very soft and gentle murmur of their wings, hardly audible. They have no other musical instruments, but I am quite sure they enjoy not only tho motion, but the sound. Crickets, however,- are real musi cians, using their wing covers as instru ments. When ho wishes to pipe tho cricket raises these covers and moves them together lengthwise, so that thev work as a boy's cornstalk fiddle works. I confess the music is not sweet, but it is better than a Scotish bagpipe or ahurdy gurdy. But tho fun of a cricket's music is in its clement of ventriloquism. I should like to seo you select one of these fellows just now and go directly to him, following up his music Yon wUl go half a dozen ways before yon find him. Nearly all the insects have this power, and it ie. no doubt used in self protection. The handsome green katydid plays an instrument more Ukethesheepskin drums of the Africans, or a primitive taboret.. In each wing cover there is a triangular space, over which is situated a thin mem brane. Tho opening and shutting of the wing covers, more or less rapidly, pro duces tho notes that sound like katy did. Only once in awhile there is as distinct a katy didn't. Perhaps both are true. Crickets and katydids of both sexes are musicians, and all night long, are to bo heard calling and responding like tho shepherd boys of eastern lands. The cicadas are musical only in tho male sex, and that is nuito enough; for If both sexes could beat tne kettle drums we should be dinned deaf with the noise. On their sides are membranes plaited over each other and covering hollows. - These are beaten with cords that relax and contract as boys pull rubber bands in contact with a resounding material. These fellows keep it up all day, however, ami as they aro abundant there is no lack of their music I have by no means recounted all the musical instruments one can hear at mid day or of evenings in July or August. Many of the tiny bugs have power to emit singing sounds. From the greatest to the least forms of life there u some way of expressing, emotion. So Hike to sit on these hillocks of hay and listen just listen. It is love that, after all, fills nature and gives voice to it. Only when love fails some harsh shriek indicates the presence of hate. Havo I forgotten tho frog and the tree toad? By no means; and you need not recall them with a sneer. A frog is a gentleman every way. and his music is far from being despicable. In early spring it is truly delightful to hear the first cry from the pools. It is thin and watery and full of Inquiry, but it means spring and green grass and flowers. Mary E. Spencer in Globo Damocrat SLAUGHTER OF FOWLS. A Dlffereaee Betwcea Aaaatear feajloaal Work The Chicago Way. Killing a chicken is a feat that few men care to undertake a second time. It is 'not half so easy as it looks. A man with out experience may approach, his victim confidently, seize it by the neck with a vise-like grip and swing it round his head' and shoulders until he is tired or until poor "chick" ceases to flop her wings or wriggle her feet, and the chances are that tho naif strangled bird will 'go cavorting all over the back yard the Instant it Is laid on the ground. Its slayer, tired and sweaty and covered with dust and feath ers, chases it around a cirele, and finally, after a number of desperate plunges, re gains his grip on tho -limp but unbroken neck. "Take the ax and cut its head off, John," suggests his wife, who has been an interested but silent spectator of the attempted slaughter. John acts upon the advice .with a promptness that proves that he knows a good thing. The ax. is procured, and again the wriggling bird is imprisoned. John carries it in triumph over to a block of wood; lays its neck'out as evenly as the muscular contortions of its body and legs will permit, and then raises the keen blade for the fatal blow. It de scends with unerring aim, and the severed head rolls off the block. But before John has time to congratulate -himself on the" success of his expedient .the head 'gives one flutter that Is its last, and a liny stream of blood hardly bigger than a darn ing needle spurts from 'the gaping wound like ageyser, and stains Ids white shirt front a deep red. -Then he vows in Ian-, 'guage.that 'will hardly bear reproduction that he .has killed his last chicken. If the victim .is an 'aged and .tough hen with a steel spring neck and -extraordinary vitality tne work of -slaughter is 'even more difficult This is the way a man kills a chicken intended for his own table. Down in South Water street there are. fourteen chicken slaughter houses that. turn out .an, average of about thirty I tnousana aeaa otrus every twenty-iour hours. The process is simpler and more rapid. There is an institution near the corner of Clark street which alone is ready to kill-off the feathered tribe at the rate of 10,000 a day if the eooATunption of chicken meat .warrants -the wholesale slaughter. The chickens are brought to the place by.thrwsands and' turned loose in immense 'eoops that occupy whole ioora. and theea thev erw and. elaceiand atcofnilhtlitherelDorselatJiiandoftM professional butcher closes on their necks. When this .happens there is no time for another crow. The needle-like point of the keen knife that the butcher earrlM in his right hand is deftly inserted behind lifeless body is shooting through a spout that leads to the floor where the "plump ing room is located. It is all done In the briefest part of a second, as will be more readily understood when it Is stated that this butcher, single handed and alone, can stab 10,000 chickens In a day of ten hours. It does not make any difference to him whether tho victim "is a spring chicken or a full fledged hen. One falls as-easily before the plunge of his knife as the other. But it is in tho "plumping" room that tho hen has a chance to exhibit its vitality. In one corner of this apartment, which is always.half filled with wet feathers, is .a big Iron tank full of boiling water. Into this tho bodies of tho birds aro thrown as fast as Ihey fall from the. butcher's spout,, 'and after they have been there half a minute they aro. hauled out by tho legs and stripped of their feathers. This pro cess -requires but two. sweeps of a ham like hand, and the 'bird, denuded, is flung. into a cooling box. .From there 'XI . . - . a a&1... , mey gu uuwiBwura w auuiuer cooler, anu then they aro packed for shipment. Chicago Herald. Baftale BUI oa the r"I don't know anything about Cossack Tiding," said CoL Cody, "because' I never saw any of it, but I will guarantee that our men can do anything that Cossacks can do and more, too. There is art in tiding just as there is in shooting, in writing or anything else that re quires skUl and training. Frost what yon tell me of the nature of the Cossack feats of- riding I should say that they were more in the line of circus riding than the feats of our men. You must remember that everything our men do is an exemplifica tion of the various feats performed by tnem in maiang men living. Tne tnrow ing' of the lasso needs no more than a reference, but the feat of picking up ar ticles from the ground while riding by at full speed is born of the necessity of re covering the end of tho rope attached to the horns of a flying steer; that is a thing that every cowboy must learn to do so that If after lassoing the steer the end of the lariat should slip from his hand he can recover it while both he and the steer are going full speed. "Then as to the riding of bucking po nies, that Is a necessity, too, as tho cow boy must break his horse to the saddle Buckimr is a natural trait of the mustang. J as the result of the movements it instinci ; ively gets through endeavoring to rid it ' self of its rider. All mustangs are buck ets at first, and they must be broken of i the habit before they can be mude of any use. What we call a bucking mustang j is really a horso spoiled in the break j ing one that has never been success ' fully broken and is in consequence of no practical value. All of my bucking horses i are worthless for any other purposes. I i repeat, there Is nothing the Cassacks can do that the cowboys won't equal, if not ( excel, and I only wish the Russian gov ernment could send us a horse that tho cowboys can't ride. That, of course, i would be impossible, but if it could be tho horse would be worth his weight in gold. Philadelphia Times. Gold WaahlBf la CallfbrBia. What an earth scarring, devastatingpro cess that wholo system of gold washing has been to a portion of California! It has torn down hills and mountains, filled up lovely valleys and ravines with rock and mud and left only bare rock and piles of bowlders where were before shaded and fertile littlo plains. This has taken place over hundreds of miles of territory. But nature repairs such ravages very quickly, especially in California, where vegetation, wild or cultivated, grows after a rapid transit fashion. There it soon binds up these earth scars with wild vines and bushes. I have seen saplings growing through tho roofs and barring the doors of tho cabin in a camp which had not been deserted more than ten years. So far as outward "indications" went, no set or perfect rulo will work in finding gold. As to place or manner of deposit, the diggings In one locality would be a contradiction to those in another. The heaviest gold was generally f ound'deepest. But sometimes the heaviest gold was found on the top in tho very grass roots. Old miners finally dropped on an adage that developed itself like many other things out of the lifo and luck of the dig gings. That adage was: "Gold is gener ally where you find it." This worked. There is no getting outside of it. The Mexicans say: "It takes a mine to work amino." I would recommend these two texts to all who are disposed to embark in mining ventures. Prentice Mulford in New York Star. Artisea'a DwelUac to Fraaee. In connection with the strikes in France, and tho general movement among the working classes which they may portend, it is Interesting to note some recent efforts to improve workingmen's dwell ings. At Bouen a society has been formed, with a capital of 20,000, which has erected six blocks in the center of the town, capablo of accommodating ninety families. At Lyons a similar society has built five blocks, accommodating sixty families. The rents are fixed at about the average rate of tho several districts, but the tenants have complete sanitary arrangements, and a good water supply into the bargain. In each case a direc tor of tho company visits every tene ment once a week with a view of receiving complaints ana entering into kindly re lations with the tenants. The com panies have succeeded so far in paying 4 per cent on the capital invested. A feature of tho scheme at Lyons Is that a portion of tho capital was provided by tho local savings bank, and it is hoped to induce similar banks at Marseilles and elsewhere to do likewise. But even so it will be a long time before France can vie with England In provision of sanitary dwellings for the working classes. Paris Journal des Debats. Method, of Electric writlas. A small needle Is vibrated to and fro by the alternate currents. Attached to the end of the needle is a siphon about the hundredth part of an inch in diameter, through which ink flows constantly. The point of the siphon or pen rests on a strip ofvpaper which is automatically pulled under it, and as the needle vibrates the pen marks tho vibrations in zigzag lines on thepaper. -The operator reads -the signals off as they pass before him and writes them on the usual blanks, while an attendant coils up the paper atrip and files it away. "-Thero'is no noise ss.with a Morse Instrument, and no "calling.' The .paper goesalong continually and when' the operator at the other end of the cable has a message to transmit he goes right ahead with it The sending opera tor sits to the right of the Receiver and manipulates two keys side .by side, one for tne 'positive and the other for the negative current -There is no sounding instrument except the keys,v and ' the operator "has no means of knowing, how t we.ll he is doing,- except that whenTt does .not -reacn tne otner ena.aistinetly tho senaing operator .mere-nounes-tne re ceiver at this end, who- tells his associate where to repeat from. A Morse operator unacquainted with .cable1 work would think. the sending operator was merely "dninunmgon the ' keys, as there appears to bo no svstem about it to the'uninitiated. New York- vvorla. - . ''Antesthetie revelation -Is the. name which,'aceordhig to Mr. J&enee'CIark. has "been applied to the sensation of recovery from the anesthetic effects .'of sulphuric ether. For one brief instant, just before the eomnlete return'of eonsdonsnnM the subject invariably has an intense percep-1 true'explanatlon of the universe. Arkan saw Traveler. The bold declarations of Judge THurman againsjt tariff of every description- entitle, him to the .thanks of the Republican party. The judge is no hypocrite; he knows his party text and he sticks to it like a man. without deception or e-raaioa. ' Let Mr Cleveland follow his courageoas rrmpU PhihnUipiiiB Press. - I We laugh at the Iimw-e hoops, the an boaneta and poached waists of thirty years ago, and yet oar present fashions will appear quite as rldkoJous to oux grandchildren. Regarded frota a dis passionate point of view, could anything be more absurd than the women -of the day with their Immense bustles, like the humps on the backs of dromedaries, ris ing abruptly fross waists like those of attenuated wasps, and shoulders dis torted, by the compression of the corset? Ridjeule is of no avail, appeals to common sense are just as useless, and unless the woman of the future is a very different being from the woman of the past and Iiresent. hideous, uncomfortable and in urious fashions will reign with just as despotic sway as they have ever done. We are so swathed in the garments of conventionality that our forms., com pressed and distorted out of all semblance of symmetry, appear to us as beautiful as the free and natural 'limbs of the Greeks of old. Each woman should be independ ent enough to assort her own individ uality, and attire herself in garments that are at the .same time graceful, and becom ing. When the age of reason in.dsess has been attained, then, indeed, will women bask in tha nunllirht of thn antHttn un at I. m . . . . . coiuiort. Deauty and health. "" revel in the delight of limbs .unfettered with heavy, clinging draperies and. forms un compressed by stiff, ungainly stays A. de Montaiguin Dress. New Sect ef H ttal. A new sort of ..hospital buildina is -de scribed in Le Genie- Civfl, which seesas to have many advantages. - The principle of construction seems to be the forsaation of an iron shell, to which is a wooden lining. capable of being -readily -removed and re placed. The lining keeps the room cool J la sutamer and warm far winter, while steam and water pipes can be carried through it. and. by means of a ridge venti- , lator, air can be withdrawn from the ; room at any desired point by catting open- i Ings into the space between the two . shells. After betna used for a suffi ciently long time, the structure may be taken to pieces, the Iron work sprayed with carbolic add and painted, and the wooden lining strips disinfected by baking or by washing with carbolic add or bichlo ride of mercury, after which the wholo can be put together again for renewed service. The expense of this complete disinfection is estimated at 6 per cent, on the original cost of the structure, which, in Paris, is about $1500 for each bed, for a twelve bed pavilion, inducting all the iron work, carpentry, painting and glaz ing, plumbing, gas fitting and steam heating, together with the bods and mat tresses. Boston Transcript. Hew Domestic life has been adapted to hot weather here as nowhere else. Lithe first place every thrifty housewife begins In May to prepare for hot weather. The carpets are all taken up and packed away from the moths, cool straw mattings are placed on the floors, or more frequently the floors are neatly stained and left bare, the portieres are stowed on the doset shelf and inviting linen covonput on all the upholstered furniture. The whole winter aspect of the house disappears, more air is admitted through the curtain lees windows, awnings are put over sunny doorways and in the larger dooryards rustic scats are placed in the shadows of overhanging vines and shrubbery. A sup ply of low seated, wickerwork chairs, with bows of bright colored ribbon effec tively tied to their backs, are brouffhtont on front stoops at nightfall and strips of carpet are spread from the top step to the sidewalk. It is here the family gathers as soon as the sun goes down, and late into the night, until the almost nnfatt'ng southern breeze springs up, nearly afi Washington may be found on the door steps. Washington Cor. Providence Journal. Frofcaalonal maA Aaaatear rfceteerayhera. It does not appear that tho sharp feel ing that characterizes tho sentiments of professional actors toward amateurs ex ists between professional and amateur photographers. Tho fashionable summer resorts on the seaside and in the interior aro literally thronged with amateur pho tographers, all loaded for game in any shape. The local professionals straighten out all the muddles and mictkf into which the blithesome amateur tumbles. The aid is given willingly, and not a trace of the bitter envy ana almost positive malice that is said to be rampant between professional and amateur actors and ac tresses is noticed. A highly interesting professional at the Thousand islands said all the recent great improvements in pho tocrraphy, the instantaneous plate par ticularly, were discovered by amateurs. "They have time and means to experi ment," he added, "and it is for onr In terest that the amateur photographic erase should continue. We, who are kept busy for money, take advantage of all these improvements. They bring us in more money and save us tune and many of the expenses incident to old days." New York Sun. Peaay Wise aad Posad FeeUak. That's what men are who plod along trying to do their business, when they feel half dead. Their eyes are dim and throb; their head aches; the children annoy them; their wives lose their charms; they lose their ambition; they make mistakes in their accounts and the whole world looks bine; they hate themselves and everyone else. And why? If you feel so, why don't you stop to think a minute or are you too stupid? Your liver and blood are out of order; that's all. Yon need a good regulator and tonic. Take a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and you will feel like a new man. In a few days your wife will be the prettiest and sweetest woman in the world; your childrens' dispositions will be exactly like your own; your business will im prove, and yon will make money enough to pay for the "Golden Medical Discov ery a hundred times over. Don't be' stubborn, but try it If yon suffer from "cold in head," or from nasal catarrh, use Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy. It cures when every thing else fails. To a crafty man, a crafty and a hall. The Commercial Travelers Protective 'Association of the United States, laa a membership of over sixteen thousand and is probably the strongest association ofihekind in the world. Mr. John R Stone, their national secretary and treas urer, 79 Dearbone street, Chicago, in a letter, states that he has been severely troubled at times, for the past twenty years, with cramp -and bilious colic which, would compel him to take to his bed-from three. to six-days while in St Louis at- their last .annual meeting he procured a bottleof Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy and has since used it with the best results. ' It is the only remedy he ever found that ef fected a rapid and complete, cure.. No one can safely travel without -it Sold by Dowty & Bechei. . " -He that is thrown would ever wrestle. - . . Tae-Pesalar Approval . Of the efforts .of the California Fig Syrup Company to present to the public an agreeableand effective substitute. for the bitter, nauseous liver medicines' and catharticy formerly used is as gratifying to -the. Company as 'it -is creditable ."to the good taste of the public :. The" 'large and rapidly increasing sale of. Syrup -of Figs, and the promptly beneficial effects of a.'single 'dose are. oonvincikg proofs that it'is the most easily taken- and the most pleasantly effective remedy known'. 1 For sale only .by Dowty k Becher. "Didn't Know 'twas Loaded" i May do for a stupid by 'a excuse ; bat what can be said for' the parent who sees his child laagaisliiBg daily and fails to recognize the want of a tonic and blood-purifier? Formerly, a course of .bitters, or sulphur and molasses, was the rule in well-regulated families ; but now all intelligent househblds keep Ayerfs SarsapariUa which is at once pleasant to the taste, and the most searching 'and effective blood medicine ever discovered. Nathan S. Cleveland, 27 E. Canton st., Boston, writes : " My- daughter, now 21 years old, was in perfect health until a year ago when she began to complain ol fatigue, headache, debility, dizziness, indigestion, and loss of appetite. I con cluded that all hereon! plaints originated in impure blood, and Induced her to take Ayer s Sarsaparilla. This medicine soon restored her blood-making organs to healthy action, and in due time reestab lished her former health. I find Ayer'a Sarsaparilla a most valuable remedy for the lassitude and debility incident 'tc spring time." J. Cast-right, Brooklyn Power Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y., says : "As a Spring Medicine, I find a splendid substitute for" the old-time compounds in Ajer's Sarsaparilla, with a-few doses of Aer V Pills. After their use, I feel fresher and stronger to go through the summer." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, rmsrABXDBY Dr. J. C. Aytr k Co., Lowell, Mass. FrlMai;eUtMtUM,a. Worth & m bottle. The B. MVRRhave arranged to run several Harvest excursions from the east to Nebraska points, including Co-lumbaa.- Any persons desirous of advis ing friends in the east of these excur sions can ttave tnem advised from onr Omaha office by addressing J. Francis, Genl Passenger Agt, or by advising C. E. Barrell, Agt, Columbus, Neb. Fair language grants not the tongue. Daily excursions have been arranged t'i over the Union Pacific Railway, to San Francisco, San Diego, Colton, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Jose, California, also to Portland, Oregon, at $80.00 for the round trip.. Tickets are good 60 days for the going passage and good for the return trip for six months from date of sale, with the usual stop over privileges in both directions within these limits. These tickets are also good by way of Denver and Salt Lake City in each direction. The Agent, Mr. J. R. Meagher, tells us quite a number are thinking of making the trip soon, and it would be well for those intending to go in select parties to see him and arrange for their accommodations. Mr. J. B. Frawley, Traveling Agent, Union Pacific, at Omaha, is arranging for these select parties, and will be glad to give any fur ther information in regard to these ex cursions. Parties who prefer can corres pond with Mr. J. Tebbets, G. P. & T. A., Omaha, Neb. A small heart hath small desires. Carleld Braaeh, On the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City, on the Union Pacific, "The Over land Route, was formally opened to the public on Decoration day, May 30th. Ample accommodations have been pro vided, and the Pacific hotel company will have charge of the hotel accommo dations at this famous resort under the supervision of the Union Pacific railway. No pains or expense have been spared to make this the summer resort of the west. It is only eighteen miles from Salt Lake City on the Utah & Nevada branch of the Union Pacific. Trains will, be run at frequent intervals daily between Salt Lake City and the Beach. Cheap trains, good baths, and excellent meals are among the attractions. 3tf An ill deed cannot bring honor. Tke Pameager Departauat . Of the Union Pacific, "The Overland Route," has gotten out a fiy-bill. design ed to call attention to the summer re sorts along the line of this railway. It is a good bill and tourists, pleasure seekers, sportsmen and fishermen should apply at once to J. S. Tebbets, General Passenger agent, Omaha, Neb., for in formation in regard to the points of in terest along the line, before deciding where they will spend the summer sea son, or vacation holidays. 3tf In doing we learn. English Spavin Liniment removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blem ishes from horses; blood spavin, curbs, splints, sweeney, ring-bone, stifles, sprains, all swolen throats, coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warranted. Sold by C. B. Stillman, druggist, Co umbus. G-ly Good land, evil way. The Passenger Department of the Union Pacific, "The Overland Route, has issued a neat little pamphlet, pocket size, entitled "National Platform Book," containing the democratic, republican and prohibition platforms, together with the addresses of acceptance of Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and Clin ton B. Fisk; also tabulated tables show ing the plurality vote, the electoral vote and an analysis of the vote as cast for Cleveland and Blaine in 1881. This book is just what is needed at this time and. should be in the hands of every voter. Jt- plainly sets forth what each party has to offer and every reader can draw his own comparisons. Sent to any address on application. Address, J. S. Tebbets, Gen'l Tassenger Ag't, Union Pacific Ry, Omaha, Neb. Good swimmers at length are drowned. UNION PACIFIC, Thx ov-atiiAjrr bocte," will sell excursion tickets at reduced rates, to persons desirous of attending the Swuri of Sxbastopojj, to be pro duced in Omaha, August 90th, Sept. 1st, 3d, 4th, 6th, 6th, -7th,- 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th; 13th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 22d, 25th and 27th. Tickets will .be; good, going date of sale and returning the fol lowing day. This will be ode4 of the greatest attractions. -ever offered -to the public and should be taken' advantage of by all. For. rates,- eta, call- on your nearest ticket agent. - T. Ji. KlaTBAXt., J. S.TKBBKT8, Acfg'Gen'l Man. . G. P. &.T. Ag! EI. toMAX, AV G. P:& T". A, . A j-ood'heart.cannot lie. A.. AtMoiate' Care- ' The ORIGINAL ABlETINEOINT. MENT is only put up fnlarge.two-ouoce' -tin boxes,' and -is an -absolute cure tor old sores burns, .wounds,-chapped- hands and all'kinds" of skin eruptions. Will' poaitrvely cure all kinds of piles.' Aak'for the ORIGINAL ABITiNE OINTMENT Sold by Dowty k Becher at 25 cents per box byaiail SO cents: ' : . mar7y Jaee-e'iae'M' Cle iTiYhG """ . .... . -.. : ". -' - i - """l'J ". . llhw'lhvi - J' -Sv. C---vx-S- t Sii-r.S -JS, 'S?aS5iy 2 ' 7Sr -KSi e-s. - i This is theTop of the Genuine": Pearl Top Lamp Chhnn'eyi" Allothers, similar :tre imitation 3IE This exact Label j is on each Pearl Top Chimney lAdealern-.aysay and thi:.k he. has oth rs -is gobU,. BUT IIP. HAG NOT. Insist upon the Exact Labsl end Top. Fob Sue EvtuY.-tEsc. Maje omy cy GEO. A. KAGBETH & GO., Pittstagft, Pa. Coat-ins also full and complets lives of both HARRISON & MORTON tbegKatitanitenl bearers. HUM. Ith nnmereusitipetbfwr . l3? A2eeml"rsiill l n,un I the imof Sctvi- MSIr.yS"IcK,n.,'lr'', Oln.viiies tm theVarlflr. Henry Cabot Lodge, an I a number of tlie oi a like proim"! ?". V. V ""'- Cum? nun &. ,m'wu4 1 itXat.Xef'..Cm. IXji t beln.l.1 i.Crr any other, Di taocenoninderance ase-.ir all h.iht tluirce. Send 50 cents In ic. stamps for outfit and !ilirllMtiiiMi.uj ..- 'r.f.ifi.tl ......1. a ... . ." w. WINTER: A CO., Pubs.. Sprlnafleld, Man 5000 Book Agents wanted to sell TBM UTS AND PUBLIC SBVICX3 0 "$:, over Cleveland Vail i imfUtm tmm ! tarnood to-bl. aoteliiatlfta la Si. IcmU, r!ia pmuaal remlnliernm, IncM.nt. m-l mmJoJ.. Fin nM.br lUaatralM with UmI t-nrtralU al -i .tutm.lng. Tto tok aha eoatalas a NMtb Portrait aa4 a full aadioBffeia XOT OT MBS. CUEVELANO. toctkr wit aeemftata Ej it f AbLEN a. TKUBMATf. Tkla-M ua aaJ fwiaDlyW aaaataoruwa Htm, tot Qib la tk rlrfctoaa. iaaea ao aMaraaea. aa we sav all baeaporiailoa orjw. m eeata la le. tuna aad t ta Int la U .feM, and thee 1 tlVk. Doattwuklucqd to s. My oupvr mmww .w Saaa aaat Ira. lo an. AUrw, WINTER CO., iiai im. HmtrarnuiwucBiinua nui special CO., vpnuBTiaia, mass For "run-down." debilitated and overworked women. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription U the beet of all restorative tonics. ltiiupt'nt Specific for all tboat Chronic Weaknwanna Diseases peculiar to Women : a powerfuK gen eral as well as uterine, tonic and nervuu. it imparts vigor and strength to the whole system. nauscn. oiispros- Dlcssness. in ciiner sex. It is carefully compounded by an experienced skaMlnlan aMl allMtAi1 wnmAft'a ftfaliataVaa iuj-Hi,iau. auu -tUa-a-cvs us wmimii a w tviv organization. Purely vegetable and perfectly termless In any condition of the system-. jravorite rmacrip. tleai is the only medicine for women, sold by dnnorista, wader m. -positive taar. aatee of satisfaction tn every case, or price $1.00) refunded. This guarantee has teen printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried ont for .many years. For large, illustrated Treatise on Diseases of Women (IflO pages, with full directions for home-treatment;, send ten cents in stamps. Address. World's Dispensary Medical AsaociAiiO-f, 663 Main Street, Buffalo. X. Y. tiCjaai ewa WAtcai TREE ui lately, neat w.i wwcaiaiaavoria. rar-i keeper. Wairaaled. Heavy fhetttna-l Holla uoia HBSim uea& Becaal and BacafSaemi. Both ladlea'aM (aala'atea with work an4 eaaaer of KMti aowl TalaaeaK KatM tnaaeh loeaWT can aacaraaaa wmmm. HovlataUpttslblef Wet newer wawaotc ft a tn aaeb lecalltr. tokeao la iM to thaae wbo can. a compute Hae ef oar r aaefal BWVHEaaui wutruu. wall aa the watch, we eend Iraaaad after joa a eoarhoatafcr .raooUeaadabowatlea who way aaee eallad.thef beeerae joar owm promty; tbie a make thle grt. oBer, etndina the iWUB at la waicaasacaa-wvaaaqaearree.aa ueaDowinjroe Ski awaaeaa m My locality, ai waja raetuta in a am ireo nc walaaaayc ftW to to tr.jl.from tha ' arraottBC eoaaitry. TMa,tha aieat wooderfal eke aaer kaowaJa Bawata orawf that onr aaftiptea oaf be plaewl at aoea ' where they caa .ke aaaa, all orer Aaaerlca. Wrtta at ooee, awl Bnkaainiflliartiara BaaderttwlU betanJlyaaytroaUar ayeaaahawwiiataajtotlioaawhoinayeaUatyonrhatoa awyoar r.wart will ha mot aatlalaetory. Apsatalcwiloa wMeaowrnawjeoaailleentajadallkoowaB,iy e ao can la ro Anther, why do bans, (a done. o" Joj aMyeve4dtwaatoeee. yoacaDaecoraFBIBEoBa rftha iMi aiilllnill watehea la the world aeacor larta Hae of M.iiaRUa. w nee all exoraea. fnlrhti eta.- -"- - -- -- ' r.. -i. . !. lwaoaTiairraainn,aTarirlT--TTi . RICHLY KEWAXQED. a-" tFiiM w)io retul tbix anI tif-o -act; tricjr will find lronrrille -nj-nloynient that wifl hot take UiCTii" from their horaen and fhniiliwt, - Tlie protitHare JrK anil sure- for-fVcrj-in'luftrityJ nemon. many have m.-ulo and are now niakinc hercmj Jrtinifrttl rlojlarn-a mnte. lt.i- pssi" furl anynnt t (nako $5 ann upwhni- ir ilay. wfufur wiilics? to work-. EiiliVr mi, in:w r old; citlli tnl not n."!": v-h Blart yon. 'Erj-ryt'iicn-ni'W. No ipW-i.-it ability riirir.-d;-yoiC p mIi-C. -un dr it a-wfll a tiny oU". - Wrlto to uh at ofi-tt,IVir foil iwti(.iilan, which a wail f.ro-.-.AdV'rt'r.H 8tinran-i"r'i.. PiirtI.imr.JtIf. tlfOy . $.-,K.) . -. ... li..r.rxl' .'ftZAYJti For a.ltlr ir uiorjj pI.uKint "relncdy for tha- tfiirf r vJiisniiiptfuH, l)j-Oi$t-"ii;ii troubles, oo!ii;h,.-croui anil wli'xirjj" VOurflKthan 'SA'X i'.V ABIE, tlw .Cali'foV n:.t kin iif-ootMii:i4ion. EioryI1oUf warrantfid. If jtifi would Iw curwl-'or that . disnstiti (li.iso. .catsirrh, "aiaar CALIFORNIA CAT-Ii-CUKESl a'jar; by mail 81.10. Santa- Abie and X'at.R' Curo'nre sold and "warranted by Dowty ABechen-..- ..--." ' He .that -serves well; need' not :'ask" his wrairaa T ...- - - . - - r . - .. ; ...-. . mf W """ umm rnVt ml m" tmmmV S mV 7AsmmmmmmmmmmmE$PrEam?v'T7SmmmmmV wsflBwHPt smmmmlitrBmmw?'': Elsmmmmsmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmlmmmmmmmmmmmw' mmmmsmmmBHsssmmmmmif. SWfcW. irsmmi trSSamaw? c - . A Weekly Newsj-qierissie-. every - .'- .-. "" -Wudiesiiyv , ,-. 32 (is ef readies matter - sistii f Nebraska State-News Items, Selected Steries aid Mfscellaiy. - t2T'SiimttocoiieB sept free to any ajlilre-M - u Subscription . price, " ' SI i yjMrhimKt.: . Address: M.'K. TuRNiiR Jc Co., Columbus,"-; -, - --' - ". ; Platte Cy.', Nvbr.- LOUIS SCiffiEIBER, BttitbiflWatoilM All kill's ef Repairing deie Shert Ntice; Belies, Wag- -V etc., wade t ocder, aid all werk inr- aitec-t.' ... Also sell theworld-famaaj Walter A. Weed Heweri. lejaraiCe-iia-ei Maclrdnes, HarvT-aters, - art Setf-buaert-the Vast iarshop opposite the ? Tatter sail," ea Olive St.. COLUMBUS. - 9a-m DSHENDERSON .09 4 WrMMk'SL. kJmUMSCfTr.M. Tt emit StKWtt ia-lA CUJmhiiia 9tutar GrmUaU.imMeduinex 0txr20wev'Prtic; 12. years la OWaao.i . THE HJESr m . IM-tST LUft AqtriQrizrd brNJae-ate) to treat Chronic. Neryoqaaa4 "Special IHa rascs." (icininal'WeakiieaM (nivM ioaea)3exaa) UeblHtjr (AM of truuit tccr),Jiervoa.peMlltr. -oiaona tuooa.ij icers annnweinuaa oi vrry kliut llrinnyv ftln nam anil to-fart. all tronbla -or draeaaca.fn IUir male- or female. Cure uaranuil wrBioacyraf untied. caargeatQW. Tfeoumnrla or cases cured., rlxperieaeels ImportaiiU Allmedl; cines are guaranteed tone pare-axterBcitctoaa, beiiiK compounded la any- perfectly appointed laboratory, aad are furn laaed ready for um. No runnliiK to drug stores to nave uncertain pie criptlona filled. No mercury or Injurious nlwli clneatiaed. No detention trombartDeaB.-l'aUents at a'diateBc treated by letter and eaprem. aieui cines aenteverywbere free from gaze or break age. State your case and send, for terms. Cun ultation free and confidential, personally or by letter. A M imire-llAATf-Fer Bath.- Saute, anit Illustrated BWa sealed n-plala envvh forte. In stamps. Every male-, froat tile age 4 IS to -IS. ohould read this beok. RHEUMATISM tk otaTTOMoa memvt am. A POSITIVE CCRR Sir-RHEl'MATlSlt. & fur aoy c thla treatmeat fail if care or help. Ureateu dUeoierr la anaale f meillcios. One irle rtilf ; ales I doees maore frrer aod eaia la oiaU ; I Care conIetei loiu7d.j- 8a4'.tare-l Drnt et caw aith idup fcr Circular. I Cll,or aitlrna I 0r.HEN0EIS0N0eW.ailiSL.Kaa4aaCrtr,Mo. FAUi;;.KA I'ltADSlhUVV (Suirtiofifdfv i-'ttuttli' it liuthell). btuck: makkrsT iyr"tvntractr nnil fuil4rv will -Unit, odr Ijick hri--:l.pH. audotferrd at "riimjla!"- rateM. Wfarc ii1h pri-prtn.il. to tlo nll'kimla-of brick Motk. -'lrriayi5nt yjrASTCT-cMTjoorfllif.iirt.- -rraiffiiSi s-l-- - rJ B. (&ti& Msn(m&ms, ! S" eV Ar tLTC&rrlite&A: - "r I J t J iwu r-'- z. - v .-.- mwrmv. Kamiuim: w THCONLY-i Y&V rrn'r Atf 2: MwSaeW . H -1 few.wu:!y. QUANXEED CXlR5:.0n: k;t0etCHtCUcA CATARRH mmmwQMm'uu siirriii( - cit-i cite TOR MALE BY: : ' -' y .' .. ' .7: ?.. ..Trada'soppliMTby the'H.'T. 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