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THE OMAHA DAILY BJSE-TOESDAf JUNE 12 , 1883. STRENGTH to vigorously push a business ; strength to study a profession ! strength to regulate a household , strength to do a day's labor with out physical pain , All this repre sents what Is wanted , In the often heard expression , " Oh I I wish i had the strength I" If you are broken down , have not energy , or feel as if life was hardly worth liv ing , you can be relieved and re stored to robust health and strength by taking BROWN'S ' IRON BIT TERS , which is a true tonic a medicine universally recommended for all wasting diseases , Sot N. Fremont St. , Baltimore During the war I was in jured in the stomach by apiece of a shell , and have suffered from it c\er since. Aboutfour years ace it brought on paraly sis , which kept me in bed six months , and the best doctors In the city said I could not li\c. I suffered fearfully from indigestion , and for over two years could not cat solid food and fora larpc portion of the time wasunablc to retain even liquid nourishment. I tried Brown's Iron Ihttcrs and now after taking two bottles I am i able to get up and go around and am rapidly improving. G. DECKEO. BROWN'S ' IRON BITTERS Is a complete and sure remedy for Indigestion , Dyspepsia , Malaria , Weakness and all diseases requir ing a true , reliable , non-alcobollc tonic. It enriches the blood , gives new life to the muscles and tone tothoneives , ni'ti. j K vorrbralnner'V . yo uw HnrlK Hun ) if ? ou iv\n i or jlSRlf , ol4 01 rr rlWit ! > orlnimi li , rely on H o p Utiosn ; roe " 'i trhxnvier JfOU fed . * < f grci .it I. j\i k\ to * > dtivkwi tliat r > v > ' OT tmi ; ! t"if fK miri oalt'ifizf Vlmelr t.v. Mop it t , VfJnet il M * ICtm lot , joauii Hop ltti ' t t . t m itrli .k It n w > your > ir it GOLD ainnAi , , FAIUH , istB. 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V T wle by lc dlu Itttull UoBler * evtirwh * * ) QUICAOO CUltaiiT CO. . Chicago , 1U. An ciccllcnt Tonic and App tizcrof I'xiui'lUilUuo * uenl t wliulourtil over. Cult's ) " ] * rla. hmcii DOKi , HimUuli , 1 Illlty. IT rand Airur * , 1 > I rrlu aiHlnil dl.xircUr otlla IIIc , Oru'niu. Jt li > | arti n diluK llsvor to a ( r'an of clminpnr l . ooda , and all drfi Try . . It. TI.O . _ . e > . Huino . . . . ' AnzotU Qitlcrs l < made by I i j ( j y all I > n l.llUOrl > JaU \V.\VUPPERHAN , Sola Agen 51 Croadwav , N. Y roe-cod k -FOR TABLE ; USE. " Tbo Natural Mineral , KAISER WATEF From Blrreabnrn on the ttlilnn BECOUUENDED BV TIIR IIIOIJVST MKI CAL AUTIIOUITIftf. FKVD'K HOLLENDEH & CO. , Bole agtrt or t U. a. and Canaia , HE , 117 , 111) ) | Qm at. , V A FOREST NEAR PARA. Endless Varieties of Trees in Brazil. Mighty Parasites \Vith Roots in the Air. Exuberance cf Vegetation * lh Wendirful. A letter from Para , U.'azil , ia The San Frnnolico Ohroiiiolu , Baya ; Only just hoyond the uctnal pruolnota of tbo city of Para you may Instnnlly bury yonraolf In the intricate tnazua of the donoo tropical foraat and loao night cf all indication of the ronldonco of man. You are bewildered to rotnora- bor yon were walking In the olty atroot only fifteen uilnatoa ace ; , and yon are reminded of the marvelona plrco nf tapestry which , In tbo Ara bian tale , ia eaid to have Instantly tMtiapjrtod thn happy posscasor to ftiuvLr phci ) ho doalrcd. Bat , iuji you him' boon wishing to on- tur the Brazilian fircat , yon are very nuni you have nut otupped upon the magio oloth , and the thought occnra that in thla foreign land there may bo wizarda of untold power , and the atrnngo ecoiio around may provo to bo only the work of enchantment. Yon panae , bnt the vision , far from fading , Increase * In distinctness as your eyes bccomo .ncouatomod to the ahado. The quick change In light la moro nnllcoablo than any change In temper' ataro at fust. Oataldo the sunlight la oven painful in ita Intunelty , and aa yon enter the narrow footpath will oh penetrates through every part of the toroat lying near to the city , there la a pleating sense of the coutraatcd ahado. THE BOA. But bowarolost yon grow nuddonly to 3 pootlcal to bo wary , for though the onrroundlng'proonory and the growing coolness of tha'atr Inro ing to unre strained enjoyment , thcro are low- hanging branchea to avoid , and when the way Booms moat open there may bo a treacherous loop of the strong , trail ing vinou that would quickly banlah all your ocatatlo idoaa of beholding a monkey or the great ant-oator In his tmtivonomo , especially If in striving to maintain or regain your equilibrium you should thrust out a hasty hand cgalnst the thorny trunk of nn armed tree. Familiar slnco chllhood with the Ideal Illustration o ! tropical foroata , yoii look , bnt in vain , for the tall tree whoso trunk la clasped In the ln < variable cells of a lingo serpent or the chain of monkeys looped so conaplcu oualy aoroaa a ravlno. However , few persons care to go alone to explore the depths of the forcflt , alnco thorc are etlil hngo boa constrictors to be found occasionally , and a few of the wild animals are quite as undesirable acquaintances. Near the city these dangers diminish , whllo another perl remains qullo as great. It Is notoasj to dotormlno whether it bo harder tc find one's way through a tracklesi wilderness or from among oonutlesi narrow Intersecting paths to chooai , the only right ouo , which has nothing to distinguish it from inunmerabli others. T1IK DANGER OK O01NO AHTBAY. The thick Impenetrable masses ol forest growth are snob that , once being ing left there is llttlo probability thai ono will roach the point from whlor ho started , so that it becomes a rea peril instead of only a childish fear o being lost , and there are a few knowi Instances of wanderers never bolnj found , though an Immedlato soarol was continued for duya. Near tin olty of Para the forests and rubbe swamps nro crossed with a network o paths which Intersect each other si often that a compass la a necessity t < thofo who tread among them. Ye the beauties of a Brazilian forest , cs peclally If it bo in the valley of tin Amazon , are far too powerful an at traction to bo foregone without at effort ' The forests that swoop ovorywhon about Para are of primary growth am far tailor than any bnt the pine wood of the eastern United States. Thi greatest wonder hero Is the Wdlcs variety of the trees. Ono forest , In atoad of being compose' ! of a slngli family ( Ilko beech or maple groves litho the north , or the oak lands and plni barrens cf the west and south ) , gathers ors so many sorts within a small com pass that one can ecarcely find toi trees alike in a whole acre. This fac renders lumbering especially dlflioult and Is ono reason why the varinu wooda of Brazil are so little known ti commerce. TUBES. Many flowering trees are found ii tbo deepest fastnesses that hare booi explored along the banks of the Amazon zen , and at various seasons of th year they hang ont clustering wreath of huge blue , white , purple or yolloi blosioms , Strange plants spring iron the ground , to clasp leafy hands vrltl tailor shrubs , which , la tarn , roioh a ; to the overhanging branches of th high trees whoso giant limbs ar mingled with the interlacing twigs c others , whllo over all and leapln from ono to the other the colling vine iwlno their strong tondrllls , leavln no gap In the luxuriant masses c vegetation. Tbo hngo trunks of th tall trees are cf deep brown rathe than gray , and there la the grontci number that boar their loaves at tb tips of the lofty branches , so that tb general outline of the tree Is Ilko thief of a huge umbrella. Stems of vim are often leafless till they clamor awa to the top of the mass , where the mingle tholr glossy foliage with thi developed on the trees , clasping hum cso closely that as yea look upwai 110 from below you cannot dtstinguleh tl loaves of the tree from thosu of tl vine , Underneath this green roof t' ' dense shade develop ! few floworo or m U. . the gaudy colors ouo oxpedts to B ira II are wanting , except as they are sec lilt on the beautifully painted wings bird * or radiant buttoiflios floating b From above , so high that you cann BOB the starting point among tl thick , clustering leaves , drops su d 'Uly a strong vine hanging in a do r utlo awing , that , whllo the stem t rJO inches In diameter , seems p Snt as a ciblo , whllo other vines taller liza are rigid or brittle t o irdlng to the family to which th may belong. PERMS ADD OUCUIDS. h A very marked feature In this p ! ' " ture of forest Ufa Is the numerous pam aeltcs putting forth tholr leaves among the brown twlga of strong vines or , hanging on the trees , Ferns , too , find crovtccs In the bark of the treo- trunks and wave tholr lovely fronds in rlchont profusion high above the head. Numerous orchids nro thickly sprinkled on the trees , where they bloom year after year unmindful of the fact that the Indian blrd-huater , or the still moro prosaic rubber col lector , may piss and ropats tholr porches with no quick glance of admi ration or stolid look of satisfaction , Twining among vines nro also sev eral varieties of climbing ferns , and to the botanist there can scarcely bo a greater puzzle than the tropical fern , Some specimens rcsomblo certain or chids so olosoly that It la exceedingly difficult for even a practiced eye to distinguish between them , They mimic northern moesca , common brasses , and even develop tholr fronds in the form of delicate loaves which grow like strawberry leaves , from run ners , and twine their small , velvety atoms around the twigs of trees. More than one of the ferns growing entrees trees have thick , stiff fronds , bearing no resemblance to the fern family to the eye of n northern botanist. Look ing more closely ono finds the tiny uorolls just unrolling and then , turnIng - Ing again to the fully developed frond finds minute spores , like tiny hairs , and thus discovers ho has a legitimate member of the fern family , whoso most distant relatives can claim the name as long aa clrcluato vernation and Sporangia fall to bo found In the other order of plants. Several Ama zonian ferns are very similar to those found thousand of miles away to the north. Ouo that grows , Ilko a well- behaved acnsiblo fern , In the gronnd has a stem almost as woody as a raop- berry can which strong thorns are de veloped. TliOIlNB IN ABUNDANCE. Thorns , however , are hero common to almost every member of the vegot- nblo kingdom. Some palms boar as many thorns as over was found on a rose , only on the trunks of palms the opines are sometimes six Inches or even moro in length. Qiant eousl- ilvo plants , which hero grow to bo troer , are plontlfally supplied with thorni as largo as those found on orange trees. There are also a largo number of shrub ] and low trees whoso leaves are sprinkled thickly on both sides with thorns , larger thorns starting from all the twigs and stemr , whllo creeping vines , that bear no loaves and make up this deficiency by numerous thorns , and brintllng cacti rlso erect or go trailing tholr thorny joints over three or four trees , on which they love to hang bnt tholr gay tasaelod flowers. The enormous size of the plants growing upon the trees Is ono of the first noticed wonders. It is trno that a parasite la "a plant that grows and lives on another , " but somy parasites and oplphltes seem only to grow upon the branches of trees or vines because they prefer second story residences. There arn many which draw no nour ishment from the plant to which they cling , whllo the number which seem to subsist wholly on air Is a marvel to all. Even moisture does not aeom to bo necessary , and the thick green leaves lose neither luster nor stlfluest if they are cut from the parent stocker or hung elsewhere. Beautiful orchids , In bloom , may bo detached froir their porches on the trees , and II hang up for house decorations rotalr tholr color for days or oven weeks. . The orchid is a moat remarkable chile of the south , and those who havi made them a lifelong study uro stil unable to distinguish some of thi finest varieties from others that an nearly worthless , excepting when thi specimens are in full bloom. Man ; sorts have loaves that closely reoombl these found on others , and the root of all ueum only llttlo cords to btm the plant securely on a twig. There fore the only nafo tlmo for ouo to bn ; an orchid oil' the Indian forester whi carries parasites from door to door ii n basket Is when the blossomn are suf fioloutly developed to tell both cole and fragrance. HOOTS IN T1IK AIU , Ho who stands for the first tlmoii a tropical forest will bo struck mos forcibly , perhaps by the singular ap poarauco of the numerous aerial roota These slender cords hang in tanglei skeins among the branchea , sway In j against the light breeze or curllnj apaicst the trunk of a tree to rulngl with loaves and branches , or , growiii | thicker and moro woody the older the ; become , finally themselves afford foot hold for a fern or an orchid. Ono 1 astonished to find how strong thos cord-like roota are. They hang Ii mid air , like swaying threads from ; spider's web , and oftou fall from i branch fifty or sixty feet from th ground , and are strong enough to ans tain , not ton or twenty pounds only but even boar a fifty-pound weigh without breaking. Some of those ai roots descend to the ground , and a Boon as they reach the earth bur ; themselves to act Ilko ordinary roote | After the hungry fingers are able t roach the ground the air roots espial ; Increase in size. Others descend , twlu ing around the first , and the mas finally becomes a tree Itself In slst Sometimes th ? Blonder rootlets oreo oloso to the trunk of a tree , almost lui bedding themselves In the bark. Some starting In thla way from the poln where the main branches of a tree fire grow from the trunk , send down all roots on all sides at onoe , and final ! choke and destroy the original tree t which in tholr Infancy they cling fo protection. PARASITES THAT TIIRIYK ON DBA TREES. There are parasites , so called , whlc flourish just as well upon a dead trc as any other aupport , thus provln they are oplphltes and not true pan tltos , The roots udhoro to the bar of the trees and do not penetrate \ rob the life blood of others. Nt 10d content with this existence , othi > d plants of this strange class draw I 00m themselves atom after atom of dui m and mold , so that they wrap arouc of tholr roots and tholr elevated porohi handful after handful of earth , at ot still gorging as the appetite grov 0d Btrougor , they share the common fa d- of gluttony and oomo toppling dowi d"fi thus making room for othora. Se < the tree in their high seats among &S the effect of this horde of parwlt Of and air plants is always peculiar In tl 1Coy extreme. The parasites are ofti oy beautiful , yet tholr preaonco occ slonally detracts from the beauty of tree , and the thing grows ludlcro la- when TOU catch sight of some hu plant just balancing itself , Tilth seei ing difficulty , on a looao pkco cf bark that ita own rank roota have displaced while It sought a firmer footing , till now it hangs trembling on a single tiny straining threai. Even when ono line grown familiar with it , It all still romalui an enchanted land. Ono need not be possessed of any very otrong imagination to asv , as ho alands out upon the parasites : "All these once grow In their native bed , low at the foot of these tall treon. Then came some gent and with his marvelous spade flung both plant and sufficient earth to nourish It high among the limbs. " There they still lodge the power of enchantment is not yet dissolved , nd you whole fas cinated gaza Is hold in thrall may ad- mlro and wonder , bnt you will not llvo till the spell Is broken. TKOHCAL VROOS. Those forest scones were ouo day enjoyed by two gentlemen of my ac quaintance. Ono of the two was a naturalist , the other a young physl- clan , and both lately arrived from the states. Whllo collecting specimens of vegetable growth and searching for uovel Inseotn they were suddenly startled by the cry of a wlH animal. They judged the creature to bo about two miles distant , and immediately started in pursuit. The doctor as sured hlmaolf that all the chambers of his revolver wuro la order , whllo the professor took the precaution to load his gun with a charge of coarser nhot than ho had boon using for birds , and the march began. The cry waa re peated nt Intervals , and aa they drew nearer they became moro ana moro euro it waa a feline voice and nerved themselves for combat. Bnt now they hoard a similar cry In another direc tion still nearer than before , and were obliged to make a detour to avoid placing themselves between two packs. They advanced with the utmost cau tion , and not a cracking twig nor a rustling branch told of tholr approach , whllo the dlflicnly of tholr progress increased at-avcry step. Oomlng up with the game they found it to bo not a tapir , and to their Infinite amcso mont they wore serenaded by the ' feline voices" of frogs. The adven ture thus proved to be one of leas danger than had at ono tlmo seemed probable. However , it was not BO ludicrous a blander aa it may aoom to the reader , for oven the frogs of some foreign lands do not at all resemble the reptile that sings among the rushes of America. Corn of Pneumonia. Mr. D. II. Barnaby , of Owego , N. Y , says that hta daughter WAS taken with n violent cold which terminated with pneu monia , and all the beat physicians gave the case up and ealtl ehn could not live but a few hours at moat. She was in this con dition when a friend recommended DH. WM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LUNG Sand advised her to try it. She accepted it ns a last resort , arp wai sur prised to find that it pr duced A marked change for the belter , and by persevering In its uee a permanent cure wag effected. A FRESH WUNBEU STOBY. How a Counterfeit Coin Served to Scare a Man Nearly to Death in 1852. Ban Franclaco Bulletin. "Speaking of old bums , " remarked Charley Blackburn , of the registration oflioa , taking out a penknlfo and ex < trading a plug , purchased at the re dnced rate under the now tariff bill "did i ever tell you how w < ran Cocktail Jim out of Maryvslllo li 52 ? " / ' 1'ho nullitrous listeners , gatherec about in anticipation of ono of Char He's Inimitable yarns , confessed uttc : Ignorance of the chcamstancea undo : which Cocktail Jim left Maryovillo ii 1853. "Don't mind if I toll you. Doe anybody object ? I'm not a man a likua to bore anybody , " The listeners coualdored thomselvoi not only In no danger of bblng bored bnt were positively anxious to hoa : the story , "Well , " continued Charley , throw Ing ouo leg over the other , with tbi air of a man who la determined ti leave no detail unembolllahed , "Cock , tali Jim was tno hardest case I eve saw. Daring all the tlino I was ii Marysvlllo I oovor know him to eat i meal or do a mtnute'awork. . Ho j-us loafed around Boston Harry's munti saloon und drank ana dranl and drank always cocktails. Hi never paid for a drluk In hi lifn , bnt laid for the game , and whei the crowd was called up he was th first to order. An ordinary cooktal was an insult to him ; he had to ban 'em with lemon peel In , a snifter o syrup , and with loaf augar rubber ; around the rim of the glass. Afto loafing around the townfor , a year h got to bo a great nuisance , and th boys tried various ways to frooza bin out. Bnt ho never lost control o himself , no matter how much ho drank and there appeared to be no muthoi of making him tired of Boston Harry' ' 7 saloon , i , o 'Well , ono day I arrived in town having been down to Sacramento fo 7I a load of supplies , when I saw froc I " the distance a big crowd of men 1 the middle of the street with Oookta ! ' Jim in charge. Just a week bpfor that they had elected mo justice c the peace. As I drove up , ono c the boys nays , "Ah , hero comes th it judge. Now , wo can try him a once.1 "I asked what was the trouble. 1 didn't take more than two minutes t find out. It seems Cocktail Jim ha been fired out of Boston Harry'a carl the night before , audelept In the ope lot. Early lu the morning ho pot n ; famishing for a drink ; the first h man ho mot was Pete Warnoi Tote , ' Bays ho , 'I hain't ha a bite to eat for three hull dayi Let mo have a dollar' Pot didn't like to do it. 'You'll spend : for whisky , won't yon ? ' 'No , air says Jim ; "Pjn my honor , not a con I will go straight up to the hotel an eat a meal. ' After talking sorao timi Pete took out a counterfeit Moxlca dollar and handed to Jim. 'Then ho suys , 'got something to oat , bnt n whisky. ' Jim promised , thanked hi : and they parted. Pete nt OIK rushed up to Boston Harry's , kuov Ing Jim would merely walk aronr 311 a little , and then atop In there to got cocktail , and told Harry about 1 ea cautioning him that when Jim a bo tempted to pass the dollar to arro in him for shoving counterfeit coin , "In about ton minutes , BUI enough , Jlmo cam In , ordered a coc us tall and unconcerned like , flipped tl gen dollar up aud let It fall on the ooui n- ter , The cock tall was made In tl beet Rtylo and Jim drank It down , 'Bat , ' "aid the barkeeper , 'give mo some other money. I hoar from the Hound of this that It's no good. ' Jim confessed nt ones that the dollar was all the coin ho had , a lot of the boys gathered around , the sheriff was sent for nnd ho was placed under arrest. "Whon I arrived Jltn wat about Beared to death , The boys had been talking of hanging htm right thoro. Well , we'll try him , ' says I. So the boys brought nltn along , and In fifteen minutes n jury was Impaneled aud the rtltncBies aworn , It was a plain case of passing counterfeit money. Jim told his story , but the jury didn't believe a word of It , nnd found him guilty without leaving tholr seats "I then addressed the prisoner , telling him how clearly ho had boon caught passing a bad dollar , some thing against the peace and dignity of the state ; but , presuming he had a mother llvlni ; who had thought r.omo- thing of him sometime , or a loving sinter , or A law-abiding brother , I would bo merciful aud glvo him the lightest penalty the law allowed. I then aentencod htm to twenty-one years in the state prison. "Whon ho hoard this Jim fairly howled. His rod , awe-lied eyes just oozed the tears But it waa no use ; the sheriff snatched him and began to move through the crowd. I got down frpm the dry geode box and began to edge up to Jim. 'C n yon run ? ' I whispered 'Run ? ' ho whispered back , 'I can run Ilko a quarter horse. ' 'Well , ' says I , 'thero la some doubt about this , but I couldn't help It , yon know. The law saps no and so , und wo judges have to follow the law. Now , I'll toll you what I'll do , ' says I , still whispering , 'I'll call the sheriff off as If to speak to him , and when the coast Is clear you run for the river as though the devil was after you. The boys will shoot some , probably , but don't mind that just skip ' "So I called the sheriff to one aldo and Jim gave a jump. I swear , gen tlemen , that roan went Ilko hb hod wings. The rood was knco deep with dust and the Yuba 500 yards away , bnt ho cleared the whole cussed dis tance , with a hundred mon yelling , hollering aud shooting In the air , and in five Btconds when the dust cleared off , ho was nowhere in Bight , Wo never naw him afterward. " When the laugh had subsided , some one asked him what became of the conntorfelt dollar. "Oh , " said Charley , "That was paid into court. The foreman of the jury , the sheriff , the district attorney at torney and mo went down the street and passed it off oil the first barkoop- Why utfo n gritty , muddy , disagreeable - able article when Hood's Saraapartlla , 90 pure , ao clear , so delightful , can bo obtained. 100 doses $1.00. Tanned Human Skin In Evidence. Spoil ! to o ChlMgo Her lil. BOSTON , Juno 8. The Rev. Father Glgault , of Lowell , testified before the Towsbury Investigation commltteo to day that for six years ho has pcformed the last religious rites over the bodies of all the inmates who have died In the Catholic faith. The governor then oftorod the wit ness b pleco of tanned human skin , on which was tattooed a crucifix nnd the name of 0. T. E. Klund , with the further Inscription , "Fodd don , 7th March , an 1820. " Father Qlganlt said he did not rec ognize it. 1 The governor Bald ho would stop the donbta of those doubting Thomases who still doubt that the skin of the atate'a dead paupers have been tanned , He continued : "I will show that they allowed the man to make the mum mery of funeral service on that man's body when that body waa sent to Har vard madlcal school , nnd that the piece of akin was taken out with hia name upon It , corresponding to the register ao that there can be no doubt tu It. The priest of tholr church eays 'ashes to aah'oa , dust tote to duat. ' That form should bo changed to 'ashes to aahon , and the dust to Harvard ' " college. The chairman said that they had aeon tanned human ektn before during the Investigation , bnt thatlt waa never connected with Towksbnry. The champion driver Dan Mace , Who never was "left" in a race , Says for cuts aud sprains , And all bodily pains St. Jacobs Oil holds the first place , Missouri War Eellce. Springfield ( lio.IIetttd. ) Should the Wilson Creek reunion come off , In all probability there will be on the field two of the original six- pounder cannon of Capt. Totten'e famous Federal battery that fired the first artillery shot In the engagement and fairly opened the fight on the memorable 10th of August , 1801. Another Interesting old war rello that would bo shown Is Q twolve-ponndoi amalgam gun which formerly belonged to Oapt. Blodsoe's Confederate battery tory , and was well known throughoul Gen. Price's army as "Old Sacra meuto. " This gun , according to oui County History , was captured by Col , Donlphan's Mlasonrlan'a from the Mexicans at the battle of Sacramento , December 25 , 1845 , and given te Lafayette county by Col. Donlphan , Col. Blodsoe , of Lexington , utilised it during the war as n most Importaul piecaef his battery. "Old Sao" 1 < now In Mnmphls , Tonn. , where it wai loft In 1862 , and whore It has beet ever ainoe. d A SPECIFIC FOi Epilepsy , S/y ( M C > 'Hi 1 . r nrt/f > r"Mi . - > _ / O Iti t.a i j - : - _ _ . _ - , , 1 atl'ii ; , , bitj'lt < a T1V ! ' ! p.tt'CllTii Y < t"i 'iwl i 3 , ; 1 fiui UnWlB JU'.1" ' MY'1 ' n r - - ZZT * lv' ' Ktl I1lbeast * D. 10 10m : o f' _ _ t _ rjHw l .Soni. tda ( i u < < , t' ' > fin ionous 1'rostratloi ) a ii fHi'/yVouijii. ! > .i ( Irrijulantus. § 1.50 , a t , Uru-.uts. siumilo TcillmonlnN. t- "Sam iritan n mo U iloluduiU rs. tat Dr .1. e > . Jlc Uimiln , Alowmlcr City , All at "I fid it wv limy to recommend It. " lr 1) . 1Uwhlin. . Clulc , Kun ai "It cured u hetu nli J slclana fulled1 rek Ilev.J. A. IMIe , lca\cr , P. k- ' freely nn vcrftl.- k10 10 THE DH. S. A. EICBfiOHD MED. CO. , PROPRIETORS i- 8T. JOSEPH , MO. ( > iae tcitiscJilaU and circular * send stamp. HAS THE BEST STOOK IN OMAHAaANDBMAKE8 THE LOWEST PRICES Have now been finished in our store , ma ! ' ing it the largest and most complete In the West. An additional story has been built and the five floors all connected with two HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS. , One Exclusively lor the HBO of Passengers , These immense warerooms - rooms three stores , are 66 feet wide are filled with the Grand est display of all kinds of Household and Office Furniture evei shown. shown.All are invited to. call , take the Elevator on the first floor and go through the building and inspect the stock. OHAS. SHIVERIOK , 1206 , 1208 and 1210 Farnam Street , Omaha MANUFACTUREll OF OALVANSZED IRON CORNICES , Window Caps , Finials , Skylights , &c. THIRTEENTH STREET , OMAHA , NEB JOBBER OF * C3 A "CD "ETJ "CD JLTrL. . JEr JCLj Juv. , AND I EA8TE 118 FARNAM ST. OMAHA -DEALERS IN- Fire and Burglar Proo f 1020 Farnham Street , MEDICAL OISPENSA , Y \ v Offices and parlors over tha new Omaha National Bank , 13th , between Farnam and Douglas Streets. A. S. HBHBLATI , I. D. , - PEOPEIETOE. Dr. Fishblatt can be Consulted Every Day Exoppt Fridays and Saturdaysi thesa two Days being : devoted to flis Dispensary at Des Momes , Iowa- Special attention given to diseases of the THROAT AHD LUNGS , CATARRH , KIDNEY AMD BLADDER AndFomalo Diseases , as well as All Chronic ml Nervous Diseases ZDB HaadUcov red the greatest cure In the world ( or wcuknosa ot the back n < J limbs , Involuntary discharges , tmpotancj , Rtncril debility , ncrrousnesH , languor , confusion nl Ideas , polpltttlonof thi heart , timidity , trembling , dlmno a ot sl-ht or giddiness , dluoisca of the heady throat , aose or akin iffcctiouj of the liver , luugii , stomach or bowela these terrible disorders ulr-ing from BO Itary hab its of youth , And secrit prictl ea more fital to the victims than the eonis of Syrens to the marlp- M of UljecB , blighting ; their most rKUaut hopei or ntlcl | > ationj , rendering marriage Impoaslbl * . Three thit are Buffering from the evil practices wtlcb destroy their mental and pnyalcal gyateml causing NERVOUS DEBILITY. The tyrnptoouof which are a dull.dlstrosiad mind , which nnflta them from , performing melr bnal- nesa and social dutlea , makes happy marriage lmpoa hie , distresses the action ol the heart , causlnc flushes ot huat.de i resjlon of Bplrl's.evil foiobjdlni } ' . cowardice , feus , dreamt , restless nights , dlulaeaa , forgetlulnou , unnatural disclurKCg , pain In the back and ) hips , short breathing , melan choly , tire easily of company and have uroltre cM to be alone , feeling ai tired la the morning M when retiring , ajmlntl weakness , lest manhood , white bone deposit In tha urine , nerroutnesa , confusion - fusion of thought , trembling , watery and weak eyes , dyspopBla.Iconstlpitlon , falenesa , pain and weakneaa In the limbs , etc. . should consult mo immediately and be restored to perfect health. YOUNG MEN WhohiTe become victims ot solitary vice , that dreadful and destructive habit which annually ewepe to an untimely gra\ thousands cf young men of exalted talent and brilliant Intellect who rululit otherwise entrance listening senators with the thunders of their eloquence or wake to oca la cy the living lyre , may call with full couQdence. MARRIAGE. Married persons or young men contemplating mirrlage be atrtie of physical we knceo , loss < procroithe power , Impotency , or any otheralsqnallQcaMonapeeillly relieved lie who placet him self uodci tue care of Dr. Flsbola t mav rollf loujly confide In his honor aa a gentleman , end confi dently rely upon his sslll aa a phytlclan. ORGANAL WEAKNESS Immediately cured and full vigor restored. Tills dlsirjailng afflltdon which renders lite a bnrd n and marriage Impossible , la tha penalty paid by the victim tor Improper Indulgence. Young people aroap to commit exctssMfran not being awara ot the dreadfnl consequuncoj that may ensue. Now who that understands thi * subject will deny that procreation Is loit sooner y those falling Into Into Improper habits than by prudent ? Besides being deprlr d of the pleasure of tualthy ofl > iprlngi , the most aerloui and destructive aymptomi of both body an ! mind arise. The syotem be comes deranged , tha physic * ! and mental ( unctions weaken ; Lost of procreatlve powers , nerveni Inability , dyspepsia , palpitation of the heart , Indigestion , ( constitutional dsbllltywaatlng | of ths frame , cough , consumption and death. A CURE WARRANTED. Persons rulnsd In health by unleainod pretenders who keep them triain month alter laonlb ) taking poisonous and Injurious compound ) , should apply Immediately. DR. FISHBLATT graduate of ono of the trnet eminent colleges of the linked State ) , has effected sirae of th * most astonishing curoi that were evei known ; many troubled with ringing In the ears and her J , when asleep , great norvotunaoi being alarmed at certain aounds , with frequent blushing , attont ! d earn * tlrnea with dorangome.it of the mind wure cured Immediately. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. Dr. F. nddrcsjoa all those who have Injured themselves by Improper Indulgence 'and aoiltat * habite which rulu both b-idy and mind , unfitting them lr builnoH , study , ao-loty or m.MrUge. These are semi of the rnolanchjlj effect * produced by the eirly habits of louth , vti ; Weak * neil of the l > ak aixl llm'u , pjluj lu thi heal anil dimness of ei < ht , lo-n of muscular power , palp ) . tatlon of the heart , dyapepala , uorroui Irritability , ajrin-emoat of dlgcatlre functions , debility , consumption , etc. PRIVATE OFFICES , QOVER THE OMAHA NATIONAL IBANK , OMAHA , NEB. CONSULTATION FUHK. 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