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A Church Where Presidents Worshiped.
St. John’s, fx*om its early days, has
been attended by men and women re-
nowned in the political and social
world of the capital. A little stained
glass window in the gallery tells this
tale quite plainly. It is inscribed as
follows: ‘ ‘Erected by the vestry to the
memory of William Henry Harrison,
ninth president of tho United States;
John Tyler, tenth president; Zachary
Taylor, twelfth president—who wor-
shiped in this church while in office.”
Tho inscription on another window is
equally interesting: “Erected by the
vestry tr» the memory of James Madi-
son, fourth president of the United
States, who worshiped in this church
while in office.” Upon the first floor
in tho right hand wall, is a beautiful
window, representing the angels of the
Resurrection, in the upper medallion,
and in the lower the annunciation to
the shepherds.
This window bears the inscription:
“To tho glory of God and to the
memory of Ellen Louis Herndon
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription £^ufhen^re/int? U/e J^u-
4s the world-famed remedy for all mPemorial isallrge'brLSe with
chronic weaknesses and distressing the following inscription: “In raemorv
i to Ameri- of Chester Allan Arthur, is placed here
He was the twenty-first
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WAVERLAND.
A Talc of Our Coming: Landlord*
BY SARAH MABIE BRIGHAM.
can women. It is a potent, invigor- by the vestry. He
ating, restorative tonic, or strength- president of the United States and
giver, imparting tone and vigor to in this church, and he in
the whole system. For feeblo wo- erected tins window to thomem-
and Buchanan were also regular
faction in every case, or money re- worshipers at St. John’s, and Lincoln,
funded. See guarantee printed on Johnson and Grant are known to have
bottle-wrapper. attended service there.—Philadelphia
Bonik of 160 pages, on “Wo- Press- _
ijjJOiSGS, and Ilow to Fooling Hermann.
^aled, in plain When Hermann started to give his
kten cents, in exposure of spiritualism a fierce loolc-
I’s Dispen-! big little spiritualist jumped on the
No. 603 sta"G and said ho could not be fooled.
Twice the professor tried to produce a
message on the slates without success.
Tho third time ho succeeded, and turn-
ing to the little man found that the
spiritualist had the slates under his
coat. Each time that the wizard had
performed tho trick the adept little
gentleman had by a sleight of band
performance stolen the slates written
upon right from under Hermann’s
eyes and replaced them with clean
slates. Professor Hermann said the
man was tho best sleight of hand per-
former ho had ever seen. Ho noticed
him putting tho second slate away,
and thus saved himself from defeat.—
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CHAPTER XI. CONTINUED.
I Was astonished, I had thought of the
Dnko of Melvome as a shrewd business
man, ready for any undertaking to make
money. But here was a new side to his
character; a fond memory of other days
held a wawn place in his heart.
“Now,” he said, after a few moment’s
Silence, “for an answer to my question.
Of what were you dreaming when I dis-
turbed your reverie?”
“I waa dreaming of one I long to see. I,
too, have loved and lost, but not In the
way you did. My love was among the
humble class, not rich or proud, but a
good, pure woman, who gave me the first
impulse toward a useful life that ever
stirred in my breast. I was a careless,
thoughtless fellow, when she came to Wa-
rerland. Tlicu her active, happy life made
me ashamed of tho idle one I led. From
her influence I have tried to do some good.
My father was an absentee landlord, and
his estate had boon neglected until the old
bouse Itself was going to decay. She came
as governess to my little sister, and soon
she was governess, housekeeper and al-
most estate keeper. By an unfortunate
word from my mother she was made to
feel her dependence, and she left Waver-
lnnd one day when I was away from home.
Sho did not know how dear she was to me.
Though I have sought her far and near, I
can And no clew to her whereabouts. That
is my story. It was of her that I was
thinking when you came to me.”
“I have often thought what little things
can change our lives,” said the duke
“Yet they are not the little things; they
are the real, sensitive, living, though un-
seen, parts of our existence.”
After that exchange of confidence the
duke and 1 were greater friends than ever.
Wo had man/ pleasant visits ere we
reached the new world, whose first centen
nial birthday was still fresh in everybody’s
mind. Wo reached Sandy Hook at night,
Tho water was made brilliant by the har-
bor buoys, each of which carried a won
deiful electric light.
1 followed the duke. We extricated our-
selves fiom the throng at the wharf, and
were soon comfortable in our rooms at the
hotel. After a good night’s rest we went
out to sos the wonders of the city. A ride
on the elevated railway gave me a pecu-
liar sensation. It seemed as if we were
flying through space, only we could look
lino people’s houses in our flight. We
visited tho art galleries and were sur-
prised that American artists can hold so
high a position In the world of art.
One day we were standing near the eourt-
heu.so steps, when a fine,looking gentle-
man, little past the middle of life, passed
up into the building.
“That,” said the duke, “is Mr. Arthur,
the ex-presldent of the United States.”
“A lino looking man,” 1 said.
“But what a queer way they have here
of disposing of those who have held the
highest office in the nation. They do not
have even a badge of honor presented to
theml
“When ex-presldent Grant was in En-
gland I attended a reception given him on
one occasion. The diplomatic corps were
Invited to meet him. A question was
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raised ns to who should occupy the seat ot
honor at lab.e. The embassadors who re-
presented their sovereigns would not ao
cord the seat to Mr. Grant (a private citi-
zen.) But at last an arrangement was
made by which no one held the seat oi
honor. It was a most awkward positiofi
for tho general. ” *
“It seems to mo that the ex-presldent*
should have some well defined official
rank. As wealthy as this people are and
as proud as they are of their great nation,
it is strange that they will permit those
who have been exalted to the highest place
in the gift of the poople to settle back Into
the rank of private citizens again,” I said.
“That is their idea of democracy. It de-
stroys distinctions in all, rather than fos-
ter them.”
“But a man’s knowledge after a term of
service would be of value to this country.”
“So It would, but they choose to deprive
themselves of that and send him back
among the people, merely as an object of
curiosity. But thfey are beginning to talk
about it, and some honorable position with
proper pay will bo provided for ex-presi-
dents and perhaps for ex-senators also, one
of these days.”
A t the close of one of our busy days of
sight seeing, as we sat In our room enjoy-
ing a rest, I said:
“I do not wonder now, where Parnell
got his independence of character when I
remember that his mother was an Ameri-
can woman.”
“Why so?” asked the duke, looking pus-
zlecl.
“These people have such a live, energet-
ic way. I see now where the nerve and
pluck came from that dared to make Bos-
ton Harbor into a huge teakettle, and to
put a whole ship load of tea Into It for on*
steeping.”
“That’s a new idea,” langhed tho duke.
“But the Yankees are a shrewd, bravo
people, that will dare anything for prin-
ple.”
“Tho very air has caught the spirit oi
the inhabitants. There is no drowsy fog
to Keep one In bed till ten o’clock In the
morning here. I would caution the no-
tions of the old world to look ahve before
(hey pick a quarrel with this strange peo-
ple,” I said.
“But with all this energy, pluck and
thrift, they aro allowing one of the most
vital principles of their institutions to pass
out of their possessions. Their lands ara
being sold, stolen or given away at an
enormously rapid rate. In a very few years
not a foot of land worth the having will
belong to the government, or be in reach
of the common people.”
“I am surprised at that, for with the ex-
ample of ancient Rome, and the later on«
of Ireland, with its terrible want and suf-
fering which has risen from the unjust
land monopoly, I should think that they
would take warning and keep the lands
for the many and not grant them to tho
few.”
“The people have not awakened to tho
truth of the situation as yet. When they
do it will be too late unless they can re-
deem what is now held by fraud, and there
will be a terrible struggle if they ever try
that. The men who hold the lands will
never yield one acre unless compelled to
do so.”
“You might have to give up some ot
your possessions if it came to that,” I said.
“Yes. So I am going to begin now and
prepare for It by buying only farms with
bona fide titles. I can hold the other lands
of America as a nation of homes with no
landlords to grind the poor tenants down
to degradation and poverty, but a free and
happy people with their little vine-covered
cottages and broad fertile acres la fee
simple!__
CIIArTER XII.—SIGHT SEEING.
Chicago! What wonder of the age, whose
first Sunday-school teacher is still living!
What shall I say foi Itl Twice it has been
laid waste by fire. But with the nerve and
push peculiar to this people of the West,
they have rebuilt with greater beauty than
before.
Wo took a morning drive through the
parks that surround tne city like selected
remnants from the garden of Eden. Here
those who long for the beauty of nature,
the fragrance of flowers and the songs ol
birds, can enjoy them while resting from
the nolso and confusion of the busy city.
This drive is an extended boulevard that
surrounds the city with a belt of beauty.
The parks were brilliantly beautiful with
the rich green of the grass mingled with
the gay colors of flowers and shrubs.
The business streets of Chicago are a
living throng. Each one rushing on to at-
tend to his own affairs, forgetful of the
crowd and heedless of all about him. But
that, we found, is characteristic of the peo-
ple of the West. One evening we stood by
the bridge on Wells street, near the great
Northwestern depot, watching a tug boat
towing in a large vessel, when the whistle
sounded for the bridge to turn. Men
grabbed by the arm the ladies that were
walking with them and rushed ahead.
Children ran oh tugging at the shirts of
their mothers who could not run. All was
bustle and confusion. I thought there
surely must -be but one train per day, and
all must reach that or go without their
dinners.
Just as the bridge began to turn a queru-
lous old woman, her arms full of bundles,
and an umbrella in her hand, came rush-
ing up the walk; turning to a bright-eyed,
rosy-cheeked girl who was with her, she
said:
“There, we’ll be left! That Is our train
standing there just ready to go! Saman-
tha Jane’ll think we’re lost!”
“Oh, aunt, its only an hour to the next
train, what if we do miss this one,” said
the young lady with composure.
“Onty an hour?” I said to the duke.
“Why, I thought it would be a week, at
least, from the fuss and hurry these people
make.”
“You’ll get used to this,” laughed the
duke. “They must hurry to make room for
the next crowd. There are one hundred
and fifty thousand persons who come and
go in this city every day.”
“Then I do not wonder at the rush. It
seems strange where so many people come
from and go to,” I said, soliloquizing.
The Board of Trade attracted our atten-
tion. It is a very large edifice built of stone
and marble, very finely finished. Having
tickets we were admitted to the visitors
gallery. It Is a magnificent room, with
massive marble columns, frescoed ceilings,
beautiful pictures and finely wrought bal-
conies.
“The people of Chicago may justly be
proud of this buildin^,” said the duke. “It
is the third one they have built since the
fire of 1871. The first was a little wooden
structure. Then a line stone building was
erected. This in turn became too small and
plain for them, so they have built this
one.”
“Well, this ought to satisfy them for
some time to come. What a babel of voi-
ces. One might Rlmost think that he was
at the ancient tower on the plains of
Shinar.”
“Only see how few of tho men are of
even middle age,” said the duke. “Some
look like school boys; yet here they are In
this wild exciting rush of speculation, in-
toxicated with the hops of success, or vain-
ly struggling against defeat. ”
“Are you familiar with their workings?”
I asked.
“I understand it takes thousands of dol-
lars to become a member.”
“What do they mean by throwing their
hands out in that frantic style?”
“They are bidding; and in that very act
some one may be financially ruined.”
“How can that be?” I asked, puzzled to
know how such an act could harm anyone.
“They buy and sell on what they call a
margin, and they may exceed the amount
they have on deposit. The prices of crops
are in a measure established here before
the seed is sown or the crops grown.”
From the Board of Trade we visited the
panorama buildings wh«r* the battles of
Shiloh, Missionary Ridge and Gettysburg
were represented. In these great triumphs
of art the hand of man has so skillfully re-
presented the spirit of the scenes that all
we needed to make us dodge was the
sound of whistling bullet* and bursting
shells. The wounded, dead and dying
were so life-like that we felt like offering
our aid to help care for the suffering. As
tve stood leaning over the railing trying to
separate the real from the Ideal, a tall,
fine-looking man standing near ns said:
There, that man on the hay horse in
the gray uniform occupies the position I
held fn that battle.”
When he ceased speaking, a slender man
with a gray heard turned toward him, say-
ini
duke,
“Anti those fine buildings in the yare
must be the different seats of learning,” ]
suggested.
“Here is a man in uniform, I’ll asi
him,” said the'duke, stepping forward.
“Sir, what is this old building, covered
with ivy?”
“Potter palmer’s residence, elri” said
the man, looking very much surprised thal
anyone need to ask such a question.
“And those outer buildings, what art
they?”
“Potter Palmer’s stables, sir!” said thi
man with a peculiar fffnile.
Vv'e had been the guests of Mr. Palmer’s
hotel and now had seen his home. Yon
may imagide our surprise, and, I musi
confess, chagrin, to think that we had
mistaken a private residence for anything
so erand and old. After that “Potter Pal-
mer’s residence” became a byword with
us.
Lincoln Park is one of the finest in the
city. It is the zoological garden of Chi-
cago, and full of interest from the entrance
gateway to the farthest nook. The objects
that called for our special attention were
the sea lionsr—. They were playing in the
water, diving and swimming or sunning
themselves in the little artistic lakes and
caves that had been prepared for their use.
The little prairie dogs were a novelty to
us. Their little mounds of earth gave me
my first view of life on the great plains of
the West.
TO BE CONTINUED.
ig:
“That man on the gray horse In the blue
coat la occupying the position I held in the
same battle.
“Then you are General Prentiss,” said
the first speaker.
And you are Marmaduke,” was the an-
swer. They shook hands as cordially as
though they had nevor drawn swords
against each other in deadly oonflict. On
inquiry we learned that nearly one thou-
sand tnen who were In the battle of Shiloh
have visited this wonderful painting.
Our stay in Chicago was a continual
round of excursions and sight-seeing. One
morning we ascended the 270 steps and
found ourselves in the tower of tho water
works. The city lay beneath us almost a
solid block of masonry and architecture.
The crib In the lake, two miles distant,
seemed but a very few rods away. It was
a clear calm morning. The lake was like
an Immense mirror reflecting back every
image cast upon 11a bosom. The sails and
steamers came into port with a quiet ma-
jesty, ascending the slips and canals that
penetrate the city, until the great prairie
landscape bristled with ma3ts and spars
along the extended and still extending
wharfage. It was a scene of beauty, ming-
led with business—of nature and com-
merce, of God and man. We remained
silent a long time, trying to grasp the ex-
tent of the scene and the most interesting
points, when the duke broke the silence
by saying:
“This is, indeed, a wonderful city, when
we remember that not one generation has
^passed away since the country here was all
a marshy waste, an impassable, uninhabit-
able swamp.
“Yes,” said I, “and remember the great
fires that have swept through it. Two or
three times the electric wires have thrilled
with the terrible words, “Chicago is burn-
ing!” until It seemed there could be noth-
ing left to burn.”
“Yet look around and see the stately
buildings that greet the eye on every side,
while from every point the masts and spars
proclaim a great trade center.”
“Are there so many branches of the
river?” I asked.
“No, those,” said the duke, pointing out
the different lines, “are canals or slips
opened by the people. Win lever trade or
business needs more room, an outlet to
the lake, men are ready to do the work for
the earth that is to be removed. It Is taken
to other parts of the city where it is used
t® bring the grade up to the city level.”
“Then here the old adage is followed out,
that nothing should ever be wasted.”
“Yes, even the debris from the burnt
Simple Sick Room Remedies.
Simple tilings are often of much
benefit, and lemons and common table
salt have much that is useful about
them. Lemon juice and water with-
out squa” times relieve one
of a severe ijl'aduche in a short time,
and half a gill df lemon juice taken
three times a day in a little water, is
very good for rheumatism. Nothing
is so acceptable to a feverish person as
lemonade, and for a cough that refuses
to be quieted i have tried the following
preparation’with success. Take the
white of an egg, beaten stiff; then add
the juice of ff lemon in which two or
three lumps of loaf sugar have been
dissolved and keeping it near at hand
take a teaspocmful of it at a time until
relieved. One may, with much com-
fort, add to it one teaspoonful or more
of the best Santa Cruz rum. A very
good way of preparing lemons when
they are plenty, is to put them on in
cold water letting them boil until they
are soft; then squeeze the juice from
them, getting"more than in any other
way, and adding sugar to thy taste, or
to every half pint of juice put one
pound of loaf sugar and bottle. An-
other comfortable use for lemon is to
bind a thin slice upon a corn that is
troublesome at night and repeat once
or twice. It will entirely' remove the
soreness. 'jTmhi if thy hands are
stained from medicine or any other
cause, rubbing them with the lemon
after the juice is mostly extracted, will
restore them. Table linen or any such
articles that have become stained can
be restored by-the application of lemon
juice and table-salt;, then placed in the
sun. Claret stains can also be re-
moved by rubbing in at once table salt;
and stains of blood may be removed by
rubbing dry starch in at once, autl re-
peating it.
We are all apt to overlook the bene-
fits we can secure from the use of these
common articles; but in salt we have a
most useful remedy, as well as one
always at hshd. For sore throats,
now so prevalent, a teaspoonful of salt
dissolved in a half tumblerful of water,
and used as a gargle, is very efficacious.
It can he used once an hour or oftener,
or three times a day, as needed. In
attacks of bleeding at the lungs, salt
taken dry is often a benefit. Salt and
water, if held in the mouth, will at
times relieve a toothache, or camphor
can be<addjed {■git and applied.
Salt vinegar will cine
chronic diarrhoea, and salt and pepper
is often given by sea captains, for such
trouble at sAa. ‘A mixture of the white
of an egg-f n4-saltr if applied in time,
disperse a felon, and the coating of an
egg shell is very good for a boil.—Good
Housekeeping.
Not Exactly Biblical.
NUMEROUS OCCUPATIONS.
A Western Wag Outdid All Competitors
and Then Didn’t Get Through the List.
A Kansas gentleman sends to The
Companion a report of a conversation
recently overheard in a shop where
several western men were comparing
notes on their different kinds of work.
It soon came out that nearly every one
present had been born in the state of
Vermont and “raised” on a farm. But
after going west they had all engaged
in a variety of occupations.
One man said: “I went into real
estate; then sold out and tried clerking
it on a Mississippi steamboat; then went
into the cattle business, and tired of it;
packed up my goods and settled on a
claim in Nebraska; quit that, and went
to Texas to do business in a feed store;
from there I went on the road for a
boot and shoe firm, and just now I’m in
the livery business. ”
“That’s nothing,” said another. “I’ve
been a school teacher, a post master, a
preacher, a lawyer, a blacksmith, a
notary public, a store keeper, a shei iff,
a county superintendent of schools, a
cigar manufacturer and a farmer.”
There was silence till another man
remarked that he had left the printed
list cf bia gr*i»amnligtimont.g and OCCU-
t.ill they pay me well for my investments ‘ district made the foundation for one of the
Or for stamps any effuffo article at tile price,
scareful to acoaptonly BenulnetoodSDUtut
-M.10
up oy them. Never yieia to suen persuasion, as
article Is an Imitation without value, and wilt
you me result yon expect, A bottle of Bit
v<?ssH6fl l# sold b$ ail 4?0fff{stn at tsn
C&i Mllftfe |(,t lit?
and then sell.”
“Where are you thinking of buying?”
“In Illinois, I think. From Lord San-
ders’ account, that is a good state for land-
lords.”
“In what way is Illinois better than the
other states?” I asked.
“Lord Sanders says the legislature has
passed every law that the landlords have
asked for to protect the land owners.
There you can make any bargain you like
v.vul y<fur < iant.*, and if they fail to live
up to the a. ■.cement you can turn them off
just ,as readily and roughly as in Ireland,”
“Why, c;au thftt be t.nu)v” I ftg J
finest avenues in the city.
After the noon lunch I suggested that
we visit Lincoln Park.
“Shall we take a carriage or the street
cars?” asked the duke, as we left the
lunch room.
“Oh, let us walk,” I said. So we started
along leisurely, enjoying the different ob-
jects of interest.
“Do you know what that building is that
is covered with vines and shaded by those
great trees that seem older than the city
itself?” I inquired as we came to a hand-
some stone building,
I was following a rough and rugged
road running along the French Broad
river in Eastern Tennessee when a man
with a rifie ip his hand stepped into tho
trail ahead of me with a “howdy,
stranger?” I saluted in return, and be
looked cautiously up and down the
road and around him and inquired:
“See anything of any old man with a
coon-skin capon?”
“NO.”
“Haven’t seen old Adams back thar’
anywhere gunning for me?”
“No. Are }'on out for a shootP”
“Wall, old Adams is gunning for
me, and I ara gunning for he. We
doan’ snuggle (agree) on a mewl
trade.”
The day wlfs warm and I was tired,
and so I sat down on a rock and asked
him to sit beside me, and then I began
to talk to him about the enormity of
the offense of holding life so lightly. I
told him that such “gunning” excur-
sions were no more or less than mur-
der, and that such conduct was more
befitting wild Africans than Tennessee
white men.
“Then why does he’un do it?” he
queried.
“And why do you do itP” I retorted.
“But let he’un come to me and own
up and ask to be friends.”
“But why don’t you go to him?”
We had talked for half an hour and
he was coming to my way of thinking.
“You read the Bible, don’t you?” I
asked.
“Sartin.”
“What does the Bible say about
shooting down a fellow-man in cold
blood?”
At that instant his cap flew off, flame
blazed out from the bushes opposite,
and the snap of a rifle came to our
ears.
“It yelled the man, as lie
sprang up and leaped into the road—
“it says that onery skunk of an Adams
has popped at me, and I’ll be-if
I don’t hov his scalp befo’ he kin git
away!”
He advanced to the bushes, dodged
about for a minute ami fired, but
Adams the run and was not hit.
—Detroit Free Press.
The Irony of Pate.
“Well, friend of other days, how are
you, and how is the law? ’ And what
become of that good boy, John, who
used to dust out the corner of your
office so carefully? And what has be-
come of that bad boy, Jim, who used to
skip the corner entirely?” asked the
visitor as he sauntered in after an ab-
sence of twenty years.
“Hem!”"began the lawyer, clearing
his throat; “fairish! fairish! John was
a trusty hoy, wasn’t he? And he’s a
man to be proud of—a man to be proud
of! WbyOsir, he’s dusting out that
saimgeorner today just as clean as h«
used to sweep it.”
“And that bad boy, Jim?”
“Jim! All, yes. Jim—he owns the
corner, together with about four blocks
of real estate in each direction. Johc
and I work for him.”—Life.
A Valuable Man.
Street-Car Patron (wrathfully) —
“Do you know, sir, that the conductot
of ear 1,49-2 is the most insolent, most
unfeeling brute that ever held a punch ?”
Superintendent — “Yes, I wish we
had more like him.”
“Eh? Do you?”
“Yes, indeed. You see, lie makes so
many enemies that he couldn’t steal a
a place as Indian agent.
“After serving a year at that I went
into the mining business in Colorado,
and made two hundred thousand dol-
lars in six months. I went to San
Francisco and invested my fortune in
real estate. The investment was un-
fortunate, for in less than a month I
lost every cent of it, and was obliged to
seek work as a day laborer on a rail-
road.
“I worked up from brakeman to en-
gineer, and then in a collision I broke
my log and had to go to a hospital.
While there I studied medicine, and
when I got out I took to practicing,
and was quite successful until I treated
a smallpox patient for erysipelas. Then
I decided to go to preaching, and got
on well at it for several months. But
the pay was not very regular, and I
quittogo into a dentist’s office and”—
It was very quiet in the store, and
the man who had had such a varied ex-
perience said softly: “Good night, gen-
tlemen,” and went out. He was the
wag of the town, though tho strangers
did not know it; but hi; story was a
good comment on the number of occu-
pations that some western men try.—
Youth’s Companion.
—xne bee bas managed somehow to
get credit for industry, but it’s a regular
hum bug.—Binghamton Leader.
A few days ago the 3>£-year-old son
of John Kennedy of Nevada City, Cal.,
strayed from home and got lost in the
mountains near by. He wandered
around until nightfall, and then, like
the babes in the story books, scraped
some leaves together and slept on the
improvised couch until daylight. He
then made his way to a ranch, where
he was found by the men who were
searching for him.
Dairymen, stockmen, livery-stable men,
and horse-car men unite in saying that no
such horse and cattle lotion as Salvation
Oil has ever been put upon the market. It
should be kept at every stable and st k k
yard in the land. Price 25 cents a bottle.
It is when the steam radiator begins
its animated colloquy in the earl}' morn-
ing hours that the man thinks he might
as well have a cuckoo clock in the house.
“Go where glory waits thee,” she said,
as she buckled on his armor, and pressed
into his off hand a small package. It con-
tained a few bottles of Dr. Bull’s Cough
Syrup; she didn’t want him to have to con-
tend with an enemy and a cold all at the
same time. Sensible girl!
Jolly dogs frequently attend whine
parties.
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Ladies needing a tonic, or children who
want building np, should take Brown’s
Iron Bitters. It is pleasant to take, cures
malaria, indigestion, biliousness, and liver
complaints, makes the blood rich and pure.
--
A scissor grinder might die of shear
exhaustion.
Xlte Prostrating Slioeks
Of malarial fever are not to be counteracted
by quinine with any degree of cert ilnv.y, or
for any length of time. The enuiication
and prevention of diseases of a, miasinaii'
type are, however, ascertairu-d possibilities.
Long experience has shown that there is in-
finitely more preventive efficacy in t lie line
botanic medicine. Hostel ter’s Stomac i Hit-
ters, than in the alkaloids, drugs, m d poi-
sons which were formerly the only lectg-
nized means of removing and aril ibipating
attacks of fever and ague and hi ions icmit-
tont. When the-system has been depleted
lry periodically recurring parox vs ms. this
agreeable restorative renews -the funds of
energy, and is not only a positive specific
but repairs the damage to the genera!
health in Dieted by all febri'e lompiaiuts
partaking of tho malarial cha racter.
Laying for a man is an occupation
only excusable in a ben.
If your back aches, or you are all worn
out, good for nothing, it is general debility.
Brown’s Iron Bitters will cure you, make
you strong, cleanse your liver, end give a
good appetite—tones the nerves.
■‘No, biit I think it must he some old mo- oent'from the company without beinji
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_ When searching fora man of penetra-
tion don’t overlook the well digger.
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There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to he
incurable. For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced io a local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incur ble. Sci-
ence has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional
disease, and therefore revuires constitutional
treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manuiactured
by F. .T. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. It is taken
internally in doses from lo drops to a teaspoon-
ful. It acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one bundr d
dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
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An Experiment Whoso Results Were Not
Very Encouraging.
An interesting ^experiment was made
recently at the great idiot asylum of
Paris. A kind of Punch and Judy show
was exhibited before the inmates, with I
a view to ascertain whether any im-
pression could be made by it upon their !
dormant intelligence.
About eleven hundred idiots were as- j
semhled in the gymnasium of the insti- j
tution, most of whom had made some
slight progress toward intelligence.
Many of them had learned lo tie their
own shoes; others could dross them-
selves, with a little assistance; others
could feed themselves pretty well; all
had learned to sit #still, and most of
them could imitate tho easier motions
of their instructors.
When they were seated and in order,
the curtain rose, disclosing a small
stage. The play presented w^s called
“A Dentist’s Pupil,” and the fun of tho
piece was chiefly due to tho vigor with
which tho hero plied his cudgel. As
often as a customer, with bandaged jaw
and rueful countenance, came in to havo
the cause of his suffering extracted, the
hero of tho drama would assail him with
words and blows, drive him away badly
damaged, and then gleefully await tho
coming of another victim, whom ho
would treat in a similar manner, though
with ingenious variations.
At first, tho physicians present wore
inclined to believe that the experiment
as going to be successful. Thounfort-
ates applauded tho cudgelings in
Their uncouth way, making loud out-
vies and laughing boisterously. It
eemed that there was hut one perfect
fidiot in the whole assembly—a dwarf
ith a huge, misshapen head, who had
een exhibited at fairs under the name
f the “King of the Esquimaux.” He
lone remained during the whole play
uite passive.
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When the performance was over the .. t,. ,: _ ’ . .
ompany reiipsed at onco into thoir 1 pation, Eheumatism and Neuralgia.
sual silence and vacancy. There was
o exchange of impression, no after-
low of interest, and, what was more
iscouraging, they appeared to havo no
ecoliection of what had occurred. The
onductOrs of the experiment were
bliged to conclude that tho play had no
fleet in rousing or stimulating intelli-
ence.
A certain proportion of the inmates of
|the asylum, however, do finally acquire
nowledge and skill enough to earn
their subsistence in the simpler parts of
carpentry and tailoring. A good num-
ber develop sufficient intelligence to
blow a blacksmith’s bellows, turn a
mangle or polish a hard-wood floor.—
Youth’s Companion.
Mrs. J. Kellogg has not only bemi
admitted to practice before the courts
of Kansas, but has outgeneraled some
of the best lawyers in the state and
secured an income of $5,000 per year.
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every bottle warranted.
privat
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arges
ate diseases of men. A
ain cure for the debili-
tating weakness peculiar
to women.
I prescribe it and feel so fa
3, in recommendlE^ it to
all sufferers.
i. J. STONER, M D.,Decatur,
gold »>y Drngglstll.
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a niliii
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i P | g Ifl B. M. WOOLLEY, M. D.,
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Thompson’s Eye Water,
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Swift’s Specific.
s. s. s.
To Smokers.
Mr. L. M. Geuella, of
Vicksburg, Miss., says
that his system was pois-
oned with nicotine from
the excessive use of to-
bacco in smoking cigar-
ettes. He could not sleep,
his appetite was gone,
and he was in a bad fix
generally. He took S. S.
S., which drove out the
poison and made a new
man out of him.
If
cigar-
ette
smok-
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impair-
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Take
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wall
again,
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after
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Cancer cured.
For thirty-five years I
was afflicted with cancer-
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which prominent physi-
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Am now sixty years old
and in perfect health.
Hibam Sweat,
Orion, Ala.
failed.
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The' smallest infant will take it and
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Children cry for it. » j
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No quinine needed. No omsativeT
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within three weeks aftt
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YOUNG WIVES!
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“Mothers5 Friend”
Rohs Confinement of Its PAIN, HORROR
and, RISK, as Thousands Testify.
Harlowe, N. C., January 1890.
Too much can’t be said in praise of “Moth-
If it took coffee as long to settle as era’Friend.” _My wife used only two bot-
some men a good many of us would ties before confinement, and was in labor
drink water. only twenty minutes. She is doing splen-
lllfllv* ThanlrR t.n <<l\Tnf.lipra? Ifrionrl **
Jimes, North Carolina, July 30, 1880. I
Messrs. A. T. Sjiai.lenbergeb Co.,
Rochester, Pa. I enclose two dollars
for two bottles of yonr Malaria A-’ticlote. The
bottle you sent me a year ago I pave to a
nephew of mime who had chills fur more than i
three months, and taking medicine from the
doctor all the time without improvement Be-
fore be had taken half the bottle of the Anti-
dote fie wai? entirely cured,
Ywss i if Ii
didly. Thanks to “Mothers’ Friend.
JNO. S. MOllTON.
Lamar Mo., Jan. 15,1891.
After using one bottle of “Mothers’
Friend,” before confinement, 1 suffered but
little pain, and did not experience that
weakness afterward, usual in such cases.
My recovery was rapid.
MRS. ANNIE GAGE.
Sen! by Express, Charges Prepaid, m Receipt of Price, $(.50 per Bottle,
.‘.‘BOOK TO MOTHERS ” MAILED FREE.
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