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The Teacher Who advised her pupils to strengthen their minds by the use of Ayer's Sar- saparilla , appreciated the truth that bodily health is essential to mental vigor. For persons of delicate and feeble constitution , whether young or old, this medicine is remarkably beneficial. Bo sure you get Ayer's Sarsaparilla. "Every spring and fall I take a num- ber of bottles of Ayer 's Sarsaparilla , and am greatly benefited. "— Mrs. James H. Eastman,'Stonehani , Mass. "I have taken Ayer 's Sarsaparilla with great benefit, to niy general health." — Miss Thirza L. Crerar, Palmyra, Mil. "3Iy daughter , twelve years of age, has suffered* for the past year from General Debility. A few weeks since, we began to give her Ayer 's Sarsaparilla. Her health has greatly improved."— Mrs. Harriet H. Battles, South Chelmsforil , Mass. "About a year ago I began using Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for debility and neural gia resulting from malarial exposure in the army. I was in a very bad condition , but six bottles of the Sar- saparilla,with occasional doses of Ayer's Pills, have greatl y improved my health. I am now able to work, and feel that I cannot say loo much for your excellent remedies."— F. A. Piiikham, South MoIuikus . Me. "M y daughter, sixteen years old, is using Ayer's Sarsaparilla with good ef- fect .'"—"Rev. S. J. Graham, United Brethren Church , Buekhaunon,W.Ya. "I suffered from Nervous Prostration, with lame back and headache, and have been much benefited by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. 1am now Sl> years of age, and am satisfied that my present health and prolonged life are due to the use of Ayer 's Sarsaparill a."— Lucy Momtt, Killing ly. Conn. Mrs. Ann II. Farnsworth , a lady 79 years old. So. "Woodstock. Yt., writes : "After several weeks' suffering from nervous prostration. I procured a bottle of Aycv 's Sursaparilla, and before I had taken half of it my usual health returned. " Ayer 's Sarsaparilla , l'KEPAKED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Price $1; six bottles , $5. 'Worth $5 a bottle. MASS. REAL ESTATE CO., BOSTON, MASS., Has earned over 10 Per ct. per Annum for Its Stockholders. New England's best Commercial Eeal Es- tate for security . More than regular rates of Interest for a dividend. For stoek and for pamphlets descriptive of Its Investments, send to FBAStt TII ACHEB , Agent , Yarmouth Port, Mass. ¦A WHEELEM s J ECLIPSE WINDMILL . f\ The Great PrizeWind-mill of tin I World , Prices $30 and upwards. 'S1 S^ zp* from 6 ft to 00 ft diameter of wheel. For railroad , water supply,. Irrigation. suburban and farm use tbey have no equal. When geared for power they become a necessity to the ente rprising farmer. The Xcw Champion Anti-Freez- ing Set Length Force Pump a specialty. Tanks , water pipe ,bose, ' etc., on ha nd. Full satisfaction guar- anteed. Addre.-s L. H. WHEELER, GS Pearl Street, Boaton. The American Investment Co. A "Reliable Home Co. Bonds, Western Mortgages, Fully Guaranteed. choice "securities fob ixvestobs. Full particulars at our Offi ce,8Congress Street. Boston , Mass. D. I!. SOIITWELL , President. C. J. GLEASOX, Treasurer. GREAT REDUCTI ON ra BOOTS & SHOI Ladies1 Eid' Bntton , $1.60; former price $£ " " •' 2.00; " 3.00 Children 's Bntton Boots, $1; " 1.25 lien's Low Shoes, 1.0O-, " l.E'. " " " 1.50; " 2.00 - Laced, Congress end Bntton Boot $1.50; former price f 2. We have also this spring added to ont gtoak u full line of MEN'S SHOES, which we ara eetting f-r $2.00, which cannot b< bovight of any other honee less than $2.5(1 AS-Iv TO SEE THEM J C. DOANE, SO4 HAN»VEE ST.. Boston CHINESE TANNERS. Primitive State of the Mongolian Leather Industry. Their Tanning is Patriarchal in its Simplicity. Chincsu shoes aro, of course, made chiefly of cloth, with felt soles, so that all the processes of the leather industry are in a vary backward condition in the flowery empire. Their tannin g is patri- archal in its simplicity. Tub, accord- ing to Consul Shepard of Hankow, China , ti the way they manage: "A vat ia prepared—generally sunk in the ground—capable of holding about thirty hUc3. Th;y are covored and left to soak ia a solution of lime, called by the natives 'milk of lime.' They are kept in this bath sixteen days and up- ward, according to tho season, cold weather requiring more timo than warm. The hair is then loosened, and then tho hides are taken sing ly, spread upon a beech and thoroughly put through a scraping process to remove the hair and the c-il.il from tho flesh side. The tool used for thii is of peculiar construction. It is shaped liko a capital letter II,. oue sido being a steel or iron blade, and tho other tho handle, the cross-bar merely connecting them. The blaie is about a foot ia length and the handle two or tlirea inches less. The workman places tho handle against his breast for greater ease and power, and with this forcible application of the tool to the hide the hair ia speedily removeJ. The hide is then turned with the llijsh sido up, and by a similar ma- nipulation all off.\l is removed and the hide is reduced to a quite uniform thickness. A thorough washing fol- lows, and the skii is cleansed of all re- mains of tho lime. Tiia refuse hair is saved for agricult ural j urposes, and tho scra pings of tho flesh side are boiled down for glue. "After tho cleansing the hides aro subjected to a vigorous rubbing with a heavy sandstone, or ether likj article, until both tides aro thoroughly simoth. When this process iscompleted a strong decoction of nutgall is sprinkled over the grcon leather and then tho tanning is commenced . Tha nut galls are boiled in water over a slow lire uatil they be- come lique fied, and the strained liquor furnishes all tho tar.nin used. Nutgalls are abundant in the regions furnishing exports to Hankow, and considerable quantities are sent to the United States. There were received at Hankow from other native ports in tho last year, 713.73 picuU, as entered at the foreign custo ms. "The next process to which the skins are subjected is a peculiar one. A sort of furnace is built underground , with an opening in circular form , from which a den30 smoke issues when tho fuel is fired . Tho fuel i equired is either wheat straw or a species of grass gat hered fro m a mountain side. Nothing else, it is believed, will answer th.3 required purpose. ''During sevea days tho hides are passed back and fort h through tho ^moks issuing from th.2 furnace, and , unless it is to bo blacked , tho lanriing of tho leather is thu3 com- pleted . If it is to bo blacked, a liquor or vinegar, in winch iron ha3 been left to corrode , or a solution of nu tgalls and copperas is ordinarily used, but at times simplo lampblack ii used. ' The yellow-brown color given to the leather by tho smoking process is, however, considered to bo of remark- able beauty, aud is, therefore, greatly preferred by manufacturers and wear- ers. " The leather is made soft by sprink- ling it with saltpeter during tho smok- ing, accompanied by repeated and violent kneading of it, drying in the air instead of by exposin g to tho sua. The strength, of the so ution of salt- peter as applied is said to bo kept se- cret, no apprentica being initiated to tho knowled ge of it until he has served for three years." Delaware Peach Farms. Peach farms in D-lnwaro not infre- quentl y contain 15,000 tress, and some years ago ono farmer alone was said to owa 100,000 trees. Benjamin Biggs, the gover.ior of Delaware, owns at least a dozsr. poach farms in Dalawara and Mary land. Tha great shipping point on tha peninsular of Delaware aud Maiyland is Wyoming, a village of Kent county, Delaware, and ono of the chief growers is the Rev. J. S. "Willis, a mus- cular JLithodist preacher, famom for his fine physi qui, his daring pulpit ut- terances and his Iovj of horseflesh. It is a subject of curious comment in D.l- awnre that whatever ill luck befalls the peach crop tho few small orchards on Lion hill or Eminence, in the northern part of tho state, always produce good crops. It is an odd prop rty of the peach that seedlings seldom produce the samo kind of fruit as the parent tree. New varieties are obtained from seed and all the large orchards are Lutided (grafted) so as to obtain uni- formity.—[New York Telegram. eagerness for enormous gains too j often defeats itself. Immense profits involve immense risks. Back to tbe Old Home Once More. In the golden glow of tbe setting sun There it lay, nestled down by a hill; The soft, gray shadows fell here and there On green meadow and running rill. I saw the fields of golden grain; I heard the caws and song of bird; But at the door where the hollyhocks grew I heard no welcoming word. I strayed out in the orchard fair; Old trees stretched their arms to me, As if they would say, we remember you well, And they whisperedthese words to me: Have you back the hopes of youth? Are your castles peopled with life? Is your heart as brave and full of glee? • Were no dreams crushed out in the strife! Do you bring to your home the book of life, With its pages just as clean As in the days, when a child, you played Ere the years drifted in between? Is life as fair as in the days You gathered the flowers sweet? Are none of the pages blotted or stained In the book that will soon be complete? The old homelaysfair in the moonlight, As it falls on the waving grain ; But the old folks aro gone, and the green trees Say, never to return again. STRIKIN G A MATCH "Well, Miss Hildeburn , I must say Fm real sorry you and S!r. Sangster have fallen out like that." "Oh, Mrs. Collins, indeed you are mistaken. There has been no falling out between Mr. Sangstor and myself. Indeed , I am not on sufficientl y sociable terms with any of your gentlemen boarders to have a quarrel." Saying which, Miss Hildeburn, a slight, delicate-feat ured girl of eigh- teen, walked out of the room with even more than her wonted dignity of man- ner and carriage. • " Nevertheless, notwithstanding,1 ' re- sumed Mrs. Collins, taking up her ironing, " I do believe there's been a misunderstandin' between those two, and a real pity it ia, for he did admire her amnzin'ly. He couldn't conceal it. Only they seldom know what is good for 'em, and she's a-lettia' her prido stand in tho way of her happiness now.1 ' ' Pride, indeed?' sneered Miss Jane Humphries, Mrs. Collins' niece and as- sistant a tall, red-haired , stylishly- dressed damsel of five and thirty. ''I like to know what right a girl who earns her livia* by givin' music lessons at fifty cent3 an hour has to be proud ; and as for Mr. Sangster, I don't believe ho cv-t had a serious thought about her." "La, Jane, I don't see whoro your eyes kia be, if you didn't seo how fair- ly wrapped up in her he was about two weeks ago. Ho is a splendid young man , anyhow, and I'll try and see if I can't mend matters between 'em." "You'd bettor be mindin' your own business, I think, Aunt Martha," said Miss J.ine with a spitef ul laugh. '\N«.ver you mind, Jane," persisted the warm-hearted Mrs. Collins; 'Til manage iu some way. You say she's afraid of ghosts, poor lamb ! " The following evening tho kind- hearted landlad y tapped at tho door of the scantily furnished fourth-story room occupied by Lucy Hildoburn , and from which now proceeded a melancholy strain. "Studying your piano at nights again?'' queried Mrs. Collins reproach- fully, when tho young girl opened the door. " lam very busy jmt now, and must put all tho timo lean into study." "Well, but you mustn't forget what the doctor told you about overworkin' your brain," said Mrs. Collins. "How- ever," she added , "I won't detain you longer'n I kin holp. I'm como to ask a favor. I'm going to the concert this ovenia'. So is Jane. So's everybody in the house, I b'lieve; and tho girl has gone to bed with a toothache. So I'm goin' to ask you to givo an eye to tho furnace. 1 'vo just put on fresh coal and opened the lower doors ; but will you please go down at oight o'clock and close the doors?'1 "Certainly," assented Lucy, upon which Mrs. Collins produced a lantern, saying: "Just take this down with you; the cellar's all dark, you know." Lucy took tho lantern, closed the room door and returned to her piano, while Mrs. Collins walked away, chuck- ling to herself. "That lantern'11 go out just five min- utes after she sets it down, and she'll find herself all iu tbe hark. Aud she's afraid of ghosts, poor lamb ! But what if somebody who ain't a ghost shou'd happen to be goin' down there about the same time, and bo obliged to strike a match to calm her fears?" And evon while indulging in this pleasing reflection, Mrs. Collins tapped at a door on tho second floor. Her summons was responded to by a pleasant-looking young man, who just now, however, wore a very dejected countenance. " La! Mr. Sangster, I didn't expect to find you home this eveni-isr. ' "I diJn't feel like going out to- night," replied the young man in a weary tone. " Well, since you aro going to be at home,"said Mr?. Collins, "would you bo so kind as to look after the furnace? I've left tho lower door30pen but 111 be very much obliged if you go down at about eight o'clock and close 'em. And you needn't tako a light. There'll be ono down there." Mr. Sangster readily promised to comply with ths request, and Mrs. Col lins . went away, hoping for what she considered "the right results." Meanwhile, poor Lucy Hildeburn, sitting at her piano, continued to draw forth such melancholy strains that tha tears rolled down her choeks. " I must go away from here,'' she said half aloud. "I can't bear it much longer; indeed, I can't, seeing him day after day, loving him as I do, and knowing that matters can nevor be ad- justed between in. He is as proud as I —but, oh,dear !what am I thinking of? It wants just two minute3 of eight. I must go down and close the furnace doors." Thereupon she lighted the lantern, and proceeded down stairs. TJghl What a chill draught was blowing ia through one of the grat- ings! And there were strange noisos all aro und. Lucy's heart thusnpei so violently she was tempted to turn and run up stairs again. But, goodness! The furnace was dreadfully, dangerously hot. Lucy summoned up all her resolution , and , stooping down, closed tho doors. They Bwung to with a bang, and when she eBsayed to open them again >he found tho effort beyond herstreng th. What) was to be dono in case of tho fire needing more draught! She might after a while find it nec- essary to put on more coal, and that it would be well to put on more draught. But while she was debating with her- self a much more serious mishap oc- curred, for the inside of the lantern suddenly achioved the most inoxplicablo somersault, and she was left in utter darkness. Moroover, to complicate tho miseries of her situation, sho now heard stealthy footstops descending the cellar stairs. Poor Lucy stood quite still, with her hands clasped together over her heart. This was a burglar, undoubtedly. He had seen all the male inmates of tho house going out and the lights lowered, and had thus cho3on his opportunity to como in and conceal himself in tho col- lar. Tho first idea that suggested itself to her wa3 to creep under tho steps , and remain thero until Mrs. Collins" return. Ere she had timo to do thi3, however, a man's form became visible in tho dim semi-twilight that wa'3 shed from the kitchen door above. Lucy, with a despsrato instinct of self-preservation, put up both hands, exclaiming: " Have pity on mel Oh, have pity and spare my life 1" Upon this tho burglar drew back, very much surprised. '•Miss Hildeburn!" he exclaimed, as he struck a match. "AVhf.t ^re you doing hero, End how can J serve you?" Now, poor Lucy, comp letely unnerved and dreadfull y ashamed of hcrse f, sat down on a reversed coal scuttle and burst into a fit of wee] ing. Than Mr. Sangster knelt down beside her, and a confused interchange of ex- planations of various kinds ensued. Tho result was that at thj expiration of half fln hour, Mr. Sangster took Lucy in his arms, and kissing tho tear- stained face murmure 1: "God bless you for this promise, my own darling." When Mrs. Collins came homo two hours later the hou;o was very quiet, tho furnace ia good order, nnd neither Mr. Sangster nor Miss Hildeburn visi- ble. But the following day Lucy con- fided to her a secre t, and Mr. Sangstor absented himself mysteriousl y for about three weeks. Alter that Miss Hilde- burn also disappeared. "Gone to visit her s>imt at Swath- more," Mrs. Collins explained to the other boarders. But a fortni ght later the carrier brought some tveddiug cards to tho house. " It was all brought about through the furnace," said Mrs. Collins, with a gleeful chuckle. But MissJauo was infinitely disgusted. —[Chicago Journal- ises of Castor Oil. Among the various iadustrios which nru comparatively but little kaown be- yond their specialty, that of tho prod- uct of the castor bean may be mentioned as one of tho most uni que. Tho oil ii specially adapted for lubricating all sorts of machinery, clocks, watchos,etc., and it is an excellent lamp oil, giving a white light far superior to that of mineral oils, petroleum, rapeseed, lin- seed and all other oils, whether vago - tablo, animal or mineral ; it also gives very little soot, and all things consid- ered, has been pronouncod tha cheapest oil known. A'.I tho great perf umers of London and T>,iris use castor oil for the manufacture of golden oil, so well known for its property of keeping the hoad cool, and tho skii and its pores, as well as tho roots of tho hair soft and open. The oil is used for toxtilo fabrics, to fit them for dyeing or printing, for which = purpose tho India dyers and printers invariabl y employ it ; aud it is ono of tho best oils for dressing taanod hides and skins of all kinds, on account of its imparting to them such a degree of strength, durability, teeacity and beauty. From the oil cako in addition to its other uses, a gas is obtained which gives a superior light ; sorm of tho stations on tho E ist India railway beiDg illuminate! this way. Tho oil dissolves completely in alcohol, and this, incorporated with a solution of copal, makes a varnLsh, which it u said is very u»oful in polishing all kinds of fir.-t c ass furniture , carriages, picture frames, cloth , canva=, et c. The Derivation of Ink. The nut galls which form tho bases of our modern ink are excressences grow- ing upon the loaves of oak trees, cau ed by the puncture of an insect which de- posits its eggs in the puncture thus made. Tho especiil variety of oak on which tho galls grow with the greatest abundan ce arc to bo found largely in Syiia, Mesopotamia , Persia and Asia Minor, and thence are exported to this coun try in vast quantities. Tho best are tho Aleppo galls, while those from Smyrna are held in high renute. Tho galls contain that astringent veg- etable quality know.i as tannin , in larger quantities tha i any other known substance, and this qualit y is resolved isto tannic and gallic acids. From the combination of these two acid * with the sulphate of iron the blackness of ink is derived.— [Boston H--rald. TAXIDERMY. Mounting Zoological Specimens in Realistic Attitudes How Animals Are Obtained and Preservative Processes. In hi3 studio, surrounded by sped mens of his handiwork that almost seemed to breathe, a reporter of the Washington Star found a well-known taxidermist and naturalist. The walla were hung with mounted specimons of tropical and game birds whose brilliant plumago shone with dazzling brightness as the sunshine touched them. The floor was strewn with countless varieties of hawks, gulls, eagles, all mounted in realistic attitudes, some poised on points of a rock ready to swoop down upon an innocent flock of chickens, others with their prey already half con- sumed, while two fish-hawks near by were fighting for the possession of a largo fish. A snow-owl, from Alas- ka, looked placidly down upon the scene from a large pedestal, while on a log at the base a black bear cub stood holding out a card receiver in a know- ing way. In one corner of the room a large showcase was filled with innumer- able skins of the gaudy tropical birds, among which was conspicuous the plum- ago of the rare king hummer, with his fiery, topaz-colored throat, considered the most beautiful of the humming bird tribe. Here, "also, wero the famous lyre biris, paradise birds, trogons, pit- tahs and golden pheasants. There is a large collection of mammal skins designed for rugs. Among these is tho skin of tho giant Himalayan tiger, twelve feet nine inches in length, hair an inch and a half long, and beautif ully marked. The famous "free tiger'' is also here represented by his skin. Prob- ably this is tho only specimen of the kind in tha United States. Its soft, long fur, with silver tips, is not rivalled by any of the cat tribe. Loopard skins, with their beautiful spots, jaguar skins from South America, ocelot skins from Texas, panthers' and bear skins of every variety ; in fact, skins of every animal of note or value aro found here. How do tho collectors preserve the skins in such good condition?" asked the reporter. "Ths animal, if killed far from camp, must be skinned on the spot. The first step is. to take important measurements, then the animal is turned over on its back and the skinning process com- menced. An incision is made, begin- ning at tha tip of the lower jaw and running down to tho base, and in some instances to the extremo end of the tail. Tho skin is then parted right and left with tho assistance of tho knife and skinned down to tho hind legs and tha bones cut off close to the body. Each leg is the n skinned down to the sole of tho foot. If the an- imal bo very large, cross-cuts are made from the central cut on the inside of tho leg and the sole of tha foot. The flesh is then removed from the leg bones, and tho front legs operated upon ia the same manner, and the skin entirely re- moved from the body. The skull is then removed from the carcas3 and cleaned, together with tho leg bones, to be utilized in mountiug. All surplus fat and flesh is then removed from the skin by scraping, and salt and alum ap- plied for the purpose of preserving it, af ter which it is sproad out and dried. "In vesy moist, hot countries," the taxidermist wont oi , "this process is not always effective, and the now eask- picliling process is resorted to. A large cisk, partly filled with a strong solution of alum and salt, is provided , and the skin3 after being removed from the bod y and thoroughly cleaned, aro put in and allowed to remain an ia- defini te leng th of time, requiring no further attention of any conse quence until rj ady for shipment, when an ex- amination and a refiUiay one, More stately yet, their sombar heights ob- scure tho horizon. Sostill they stand as daylight dies ani twi- light beckon s night, That e'en the pafsing buzzards pause, and lingering, alight, While midst the shadowed canopies of never fading green The sparkling play of fire-fly gay at hide- and-seek is seen. Ah, many a i]reim," yG drifting winds nmong the fragrant boughs, Your heaven-pervaded harmonies within our hearts mouse, Such dreams shall, like the stalwart pine= that rear their heads on high, Uplif t us on their winged flight toward the nmbient sky. —[Ada M. Trotter, in Yankee Blade. HUMOROUS. Irony—A new to:iic. Shear nonsense—C.ipping a hoi se. He who is ia Iovj with himself has no rival. A corner in bricks—Tha chimney corner. Tha best woy to kill a falsehood i3 to let it lie. A very troublosome young lad y—Miss- undorstoo.i . A fi:m resolve—An agreement to go into partnership. Le 1 by the nose—having a pistol ball graza your proboscis. "What hoe, there!" is the farmer s greeting to lm field hands. Tho rise and fall in standard securi- ties never affaet alpens tocks. Th-re wa3 little perfumery ia Ameri- ca during the olJ Cologneial days. The deadhead at the theatre 13 liko n successful prediction—ho has come to puss. Naah had a great admiration for mountains. At least, he was stuck on Ararat. A drug clerk wishing to say that a man was no gentleman , called him an un-fent. They put tacks in a carpat to keep it down , but they put tax on tobacco tc keep it u;\ Suspicious.— "May I havo ono word with you? ' "Excuse me is that onu word money?"' Capital would bo glad to e3cipe beiig taxed , though it denies tho allegation when taxed with it. A broken dowa gentleman makes a very poor qualit y ot loafer, and there is hardly any use to which he can be put. The Dulu th Paragrapher sagely re- marks that the average barber does not hesitate to scrape an acquaintance. Ho doesn't hesiute to cut an old friend , rit her. Would-be wa:j to minister—Thoy say you minnters call yourselvos li.hers of men? Minister— Yes. Wag—What kind of tackle do you use? Minister— Line upoa line. Wo understand the Sioux will require a fiou x more days' consideration of the treaty lefore they can make up their minds definitel y as to what they will dioux. AVhioux ! JSy Gould' s collection of engravings is one of the fi lest in tho country. One of them valued at $10,000 aud accrued interest was mado by tho American Bank Note company. That settled it—Collector (on his tenth visit)— "L >ok a-here; how many more limes do you want ma to call with this little account?" Bi.l Ovordue— "Why, man , I don't care if you never cnll again." Old lady (to village postmistress")— Hev ye got anythin ' for mo, Miss Bul- lard ? Postnrntros3—Hero's a postal from your daughter Mand y. How she do improve in spelhn' sence she's be'n goin' to that boardin' school. The United State3 annually consumes 12,000,000 barrels of salt, or about fifty pounds per capita. Accordingly every person must dispose of nearly a pound a week. And yet how many, many people we meet that are fresh! According to Spanish law tho King of Spain can only bo touchel by certain specified persons. When he got3 to bo 10 years old the King can only play tag with his mother, tho Emparor of Ger- many and the Lord High Treasurer. The force of habit is always strong. A Harlem young man who was calling on a street car conductor's daughter says that tho father wandered into tho fron t room at a rather late hour and mechanically exclaimed: "Sit cl03e, please !' Miss Do Pink — ''No, Mr. Suitor, it can never be. I shall never marry a widower. The idea! Catch me walking in any other womaa'3 shoas." Mr. Suitor (departing) — "I had no in- tention, Mi-s Da Pink, of offering you my lr.te wife's shoes. You couldn't set them on." sm^~*\ lj On (;A!JIKS are fast go- p m-***A ing out of style ;ls foshion- feff^'iir ab .le residences. Lo however, always have ^gt-1;>; a place in American history, r';;; C ;,i - .: as they were the most ':V." promiuent feature of our country 's cari y social lif e. I he pioneers were strong, rugged, heiiith y. Warners Log Cabin Cough and Consu mption Kemedy is a reproduc- tion of one of the lfst of -the old time wots and herbs remed ies, which kept 1hem well. Everybody praises "Tippe- lanoe" asa stomach tonic A Valuable Collection of Stamps. The collection of postage stamps re- cently exhibited in Boston is said, to be worth nearly §100,000. There were in the collection single stamps valued at *M0 each, and* several groups of six were placed at $1000. That the prices were n-A all fancy was shown by the offer of #50 from a dealer for a blue envelope on which was a small stamp marked Bremen. One group crnsistmg of four Govern ment stamped envelopes now obsolete, was appraised at $100. lion- to Overcome Hie Dancers of Ex- posure. rranfis O'Reilly, the well known livery man of X... IS Prince street, New York, says of All- cock's Pokous 1'i.asteiis: "For the hist forty-two years I have been en- Knged in the livery and hacking business. I mn tfi-eatly aided by my four boys. Wo are much exposed to the weather, and wo have found At.i.cock's 1 'lasteus of very great ser- vice. We use them aschest protectors,placing one on the chest and oneon the pit of the stom- ach. Tlii-y not only ward off the cold, but act as a tonic . We :ir« frequently affected with rheuma- tism , kinks in tlio back, and pains in the side; but uiicor two of Allcock'sPlastersquickly turu us. Jly wifo and daughter have been using Alixoc'k'sPlastersfor weak back and think the world of them. 1 have now been using them for twenty years, and always have a box in tho house." It is estimated that over four million, dollars' worth of fu rs wereshipped fromAlaska during the past year. A Tain sly Gatlicrlnj r. Have you a father? Have you a mother? Have you a son or daughter, sister or a brother who lias not yet taken Kemp's Balsam for the Throat ami Lungs, the guaranteed remedy for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup and all Throat and Lung troubles? If so, why? when a sample bottle is gladly given to you /n c by any druggist and the large size costs only 50c and $1 _^__ Private Banks in Berlin havo bonght Rus- sian funds to the amount of 50.000,000 roubles. If afflicted witli sore eyes use Dr. IsaacThomp- son'sEve-water. Druggists sellat 25c.per bottle. Symptom* of Catarrh. Dull, heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal passages, discharges falling from tha head into the throat, sometimes profuse, wa- tery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid; the em are weak, watery, and inflamed; there ia r;n-'- ing in the ears,deafness , hacking orcmjKhi.,.j to clear the throat, expectoration of of uu-hr matter, together with scabs from ulcers: in- voice is changed and has a nasal twang: ?!»• breath is offensive; smell and taste aiuin. I'i-.irc-d; there is a. sensation of dizziness.«¦::, mental depression , a hacking cough and k-'-i oral debility. If you have all, or any consiil, ,-. itblo number of these symptoms, you are mi:- fi ring from Nasal Catarrh. The more coidj .'L cated your disease has become, the greater f ii- number and diversity of symptoms. Thousms; of cases annually, without manifesting half the above symptoms, result in consninptw.! . and end in the grave. Xo. disease is so e.iii,- nion, more, deceptive and dangerono,or U-- undi-rstood, or more unsuccessfully treated, physicians. Five hundred dollars rew,-i r ii;: - nclect To such persons Dr.Pierce's Fav<>ri- - - Prescription is an especial boon, as it oiler- :. sure and safe cure for all those distrefisingfii.- orders to which women are peculiarly subj, ••: . while it savesa modest girl or woman from 11.¦ ¦ embarrassment of a personal consultation wi; ' ¦ . a physician. "Favorite Prescription" is u,.- onl v- "medicine for woman's peculiar weak- nesses and ailments, sold by druggists, under:-, positive guarantee from the manufacturer- , that it will give satisfaction in every case, w money will he refunded. See guarantee ...¦ .; bottle wrapper. John Lester Murphy is Queen Victoria's ;i;;. vate telegrapher, and he has a sinecure. Jack and .Till each took a pill. Old-fashioned kind—«rtill grown: Jack's went down—but with a frown .(ill died from "cause unknown." Smiles will supersede many frowns, a- ,.I many discomforts will be unknown, whi p. Hi. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets entirely supersede, as they bid fair to do, the lai gi; ;v-. '. less ellicient pill of our forefathers. Every (U they gain new laurels! Most popular v.he:-. most ills abound! American silkmanufacturing iscrowdin¦ -- > , .: foreign silk. No Remedy for a Red Nose. A physician w is asked by a Phila- del phia Press reportor recentl y if there was any way in which, a man could be cured of his red nosp, and Ms answer was an emplv.tic "no." "It is a bad thing to have a red nose," he said, "because moat people think that it was brought about by whisk y drinking ; and while this be- lief is justified in a majority of in- stan ces, it is not always the ense. Ono ol Philadelpb.i-is most prominent man has a nose as red as a rooster's comb, and I know that he never drank a drop ol liquor in his life. Ha will carry it w tb.him to his grave. Cheese, if catea freq uently and in large quantities, will delay reddening of the nose, but if a man is a confirmed toper tho whhkey aud tho cheese will h..vz a tussle, and tho whiskey will u'-tlmate l y get there and fresco the nose for him in the most improved style." A Caparisoned Horse at a f uneral. Th? leadir.g of a caparuoned horse be- hind the body of a dead soldier as was done at the obsequies of General Shcri- dun at Washing ton is :lw..yi an impres- sive and suggestive feature of amilitary funeral , and it ia perhaps on this account that a custom which comes from heathen ti mes is kept up. It i3 probably a mod- ilicntion of ;.n old piac:icu which was m int;iined to soul ; extent as Lite as 1720 of slaug htering tho horse of a (.load warrior, on his.grave.- The rever- sal of ihe bobta is probably associated with the,icversal of guns andsworda. — Cincinnati Enquirer.