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"THE OLD S KKflXG ROOM. BY HET. JOHN TIIEO. KTTTB9. come, a pi'jrrim wan and worn, liatl; t tl"'' Loiwe where I was born I wottly trwd to-day : My bent bears, as a noly tiling. The naa iiumoruNs I bring From hit 's long, weary way ; Familiar are theM stairs indeed, Wiiicli to the Becoud Diory lead How natural to me ! Juit an of old I do declare The knot-hole in tlx- wa.-h-board thej o Tis opeu atill juat bee ! Nine steps I need not rmmt them through Ill lay you what you will, 'tis so ; The short tlight there has four. This liauxl-rait on the entry-side What sport for boys adowu to slide, As w were wont of yore . The window, at the bead, la peon, Venetian shutters, painted areen, AntJ thev are closed up ' '' The ghostly iiwht of eveumj; tails So pale'-Bpon the stairs and vails, I feel a timid chill 1 Half smUinc BOW, and now h .If sad Hall vteepmt; mow, now glad, IX) I asiend the stairs. I reach the p I touch the d.or--It oKina as it .ml ol yore I oid.it ana'-are I The dear old From eveniuti iom ; how many a night, .our till n-oruing light, id boy, I slevt ! oroer, stood njy bed 01. and there tne head ! leuiory Kept. The was tiie this my Aj How- sweet our childhood sleep appears; One resU not so m after years Ah I this too well 1 know : Lit rilis t!i- aniio:is htart with cares : A wakeful head the pillow bears. And nigh: s doll hours move slow. The moon is up. 'tis full and bright It pours its mellow Bood of light I'pon the l t d and floor ; Tt-i. - . .,, ,;.m ........ Iha wH rih.lllt ? The sUadtv.f plav of trees without I've seen that oft before. J At:, all is still save but the wail Of lonely crickets" evening tale, Hid in the wind J .r-siil. Hark : in the closet -tick -tick tick ! It is the deat h-watch's ghostly click I wish that Worm were atill 1 If there be ghosts ah : who can tellT This 4ace, this hour, would suit them well Perhaps s-me maw be near ! I see naught with Jiiy eyes that's real ; Yet, in my spirit's sense. I ieel As if they might be here. Yes, ghost's are here from childhood's hours, They have no for, but con. as powers. And give rut pwasing rain ; They mirror to my heart the plays, Of all my early ha.cyou days. Which cannot c. mo again 1 Anii.-'s are here, ft pure ami rare. They pay upon tiie moonbeams there, Tney glide ati ug the wall : Back to this ark, like Noah's dove. They I ring their sprig- ol peace and liive 1 iiail their friensUy cad. These spftii So mother's And Mel) Have we the slid, i i oar bed, Thev watoh 1 1 M .'st certainly they tio : This did our mother often te 1 ; We children ail IxU-v.d it well, And did as we were told. Ton tion't believer your wiser you? Than mother ardtbe Bible too? SuehioUy makes yau liold. For me this faith wrought tike a charm ; I slept volte fiee from fear or harm, In peace till morning light. I ho!u it still I will believe, That they who j.raa- this prayer receive. An angel-guard at night. I've often wished I were again A child, as innocent as then But tsas can never be ; So I will keep, ns rst I can. The lite of enildhood in the mar. The chnd-like nurse in me. But, see, high up has gone the moon How icng I've wandered here alone ! Tis tiasf ur me to leave. Good-by, my little room, good-by Holu : there is something in my eye, ! This parting makes me grieve ! MY HEROINE. Let me introduce her. Miss Ella Fanning, good reader. You have never I en her ; and so; as I have made a heroine of her, I suppose I ought to de scribe her a perfect houri ; tell of her classic brow, dreamy, thoughtful eyes, queenly carriage, and so on through the long list of attractions of -which we story-writers always keep a bountiful supply ; ant1, as "giving doth not im poverish us, nor withholding enrich us," we generally bestow them with lavish hand. But for once I will picture her as she is ; simply because I like her best so. A plump, pretty, mischievous, brown eyed, browa-haired little lassie, and you have her ; and I didn't give you time to skip this paragraph before getting ac quainted with her, either. You don't Bee how I can possibly make a heroine of her ? Well, just let your fancy ram ble with me away down to this ranch in the southern portion of our Golden State, while I tell the story, and then judge for yourself. Six months before the time on which my story cfpens, Robert Lewis came to the little town of S. to recover, amid its balmy breezes and. sparkling sunshine, the health and vigor he had so reckless ly expended during the excitement and rivalry of Uie completion of a long col legiate course. The change from the freezing, numbing climate of the East to our continual spring, and from close confinement and hard labor to complete relaxation and sea-beach strolls, soon did its work ; but still Robert lingered, loth to leave the genial climate, he said ; but gossip gave to the bright eyes of EUa Fanning the magnetic power that detained him. Certain it was that he seemed perfectly contented to remain tiader her father's roof, where chance had. first led him to select his location, and that his friends in the East were, surprised, to say the least, when he announced his determination to pursue the study of law for some time under the guidance of Judge E., a resident of the little village. But, whatever success attended his efforts in bis direction, his wooing seemed to lag ; for Miss Ella led him over an uncertain way, making up by frowns to-day for fear of having be stowed too many smiles yesterday ; in short, keeping a kind of debt-and-credit running account which she balanced regularly, and which, let him try his utmost, he never found sufficiently in his favor to permit him to draw on for any considerable amount. Yet he was very far from being discouraged, for something 4fcat he once or twice saw away down in the depths of the little maiden's brown eyes told that, after all, she might care for him more than she was wilting to make known. This "care," however, had not progressed further than delightful little strolls on the beach; pr 811 occasional boating, when an incident happened which ma teria Qy changed what a Yankee would term " this state of fix," and which is the cause of" this little sketch ever being written. Not far from the ranch of Mr. Fan ning a family of Mexicans lived occupy ing a low, dirty-looking adobe cabin, subsisting in a kind of shiftless, uncer tain way, and strongly suspected of preyirg upon the flocks and granaries of their more enterprising neighbors. It consisted of an old wrinkled hag, almost ready to blow away, and two beetle-browed' brothers supposed to be either sons, grandsons or great-grandsons of the old woman. It happened that Kobert, while rambling, gun in hand, in search of game one day, came suddenly upon the younger of these brothers, engaged iu cutting up and se creting a fine young bullock, which he had driven into a deep, bushy ravine for that purpose. It is very probable that had he been unarmed he would never have left the canon to reveal the theft, but as it was he promptly ar rested the thief, who was convicted and sentenced accordingly. The other brother swore vengeance among his own class against Robert, as the cause of his brother's disgrace, which oath at length came to his ears ; but knowing the man's revengeful dis position, he only laughed at any sup posed danger. One evening, a few days after the above event had transpired, Robert said, carelessly, to Ella : "lam going to row out to Selkirk Rock to sketch the sunset on the waves ; would you like to accompany me? " " Very much," returned she, gravely, " but I could not think of marring your satisfaction at being for once 'monarch of all you survey ' by my presence, so I will remain at home and prepare the King's dinner, and criticise his artistic power after he returns." Ho turned away, just the least piqued at her chaffing, and started down to the beach, turning a moment to hear her call, as a parting volley : "Don't be so enthusiastic as to re fuse to relinquish your throne when the tide comes in. You'd look frightfully undignified in wet robes." " Selkirk Rook," asRoberthad fanci fully termed it, was a broad, rugged pile that had apparently become loos ened from a near hillside, and rolled down with such force as to carry it out some distance from the shore, with which it was connected by a narrow neck of sand, on which, at low tide, the water was quite shallow, but at high cide the waves came in so as to render the approach to it very doep and dan gerous, and, as Ella had intimated, suf ficiently high to cover the entire face of the rock itself. It was, perhaps, three-fourths of a mile down to the beach, and Robert walked leisurely along, enjoying the breeze that came so fresh off the waves, until he reached the point opposite the rock, where the bout was moored, and then pulling out to it, passed over to the side nearest the sea, and lay down at full length to enjoy the beautiful scene. He had so lain for some time, being hidden from view of the shore by the arcluug surface of the rock, when he thought he heard a slight noise. He ruse to his feet, when the sharp er.iek of a revolver rang out on the air. a stinging pain darted through his right thigh, and ho fell helpless to the ground. The next instant the face of the Mexican who had sworn revenge on him peered with devilish malignity over the top of the rock. He had docrged Robert all the way from the farm-house, and wading silently out under the screen of the rock, had fired the moment he had arisen. He now advanced cautiously to the side of his victim, who, totally unarmed and help less, expected nothing b ut instant death on the spot. " Carijo," said the Mexican, while his features were a perfect study in the intensity of the passion the portrayed. "Yon have had my brother sentenced to work for years' in a filthy prison. Did vou not know that I would kill you ? '" " I did not kill him," said Robert, with a calmness that surprised even him self, as he met unflinchingly the glitter ing, snaky eye of the Spaniard. " O, no' !" "hissed the other, " you are very merciful ; you did not kill him you only sent him to a worse fate ! I will be merciful too," he continued, as if struck with a new idea ; "I will leave you here and let the waves sweep you off. That will be very merciful, and then I will not be a murderer ; you will only drown that's all !" The hope that had flashed over Rob ert's heart a moment before now gave way to utter despair as he saw the Span iard enter the boat that had brought him thither, bid him a mocking adieu, and row for the shore. He glanced helplessly around him. The tide had been running in for some time ; the sun, which he had come out to watch setting, was sinking as if half in mockery, half in pity, below the western horizon. It was after five o'clock, and he knew that at seven the waves would be dashing over the rock, and the death which he had just now faced so bravely, fairly appalled him with its blackness. Darkness crept slowly over the sea, and the eager waves were how lapping at his very feet, as he, by a superhuman effort, dragged him self to the highest point of the fast disappearing rock. Had he been un hurt, he might have hoped to be able to retain his position on the rock until the tide went out, for it coTered it only about eighten inches ; but, weak and exhausted as he was, he felt only too keenly that the first wave which swept over would carry him away from his frail support, and then Suddenly he thought he heard the dip of an oar, and looked eagerly in the direction it came from. To his amaze ment and heartfelt gratitude there was a figure in the little boat, pulling stead ily for the rock. For a moment the thought darted over his mind that the Spaniard, afraid to trust the waves, was returning to complete his work ; but a few lengths more and he recog nized the form to be none other than that of Ella ! She came steadily on un til close to the rock, and paused, calling softly : "Are you there, Robert?" " Here, and safe," answered he joy fully, as with another stroke the boat grated against the rock. " Who stole the boat away from you that Spaniard ?" asked she, as she rose aDd turned to step out. "Yes," he replied. "Great God! what is the matter? are you hurt ?" exclaimed sbe, as she beheld his prostrate form. "A little," answered he; "he did worse than steal the boat he wounded me, and left me hero to drown, but for you." " O, merciful Father !" exclaimed Ella, as she hastily ran and knelt by his side ; "I thought there was some treachery when he came by, looking so fiendishly pleased about something ; and so I stole away and ran all the way down here, but I little thought 'twas as bad as this." " I am not hurt very badly," answered Robert, in a reassuring tone, "but my limb is broken, I think, and I have bled a little, that's all ; and if you will help me into the boat, I think I will get even with the Spaniard yet," added he. She turned hastily as he spoke, gave a cry of terror, and sank, almost faint ing, by his side. She had neglected, in her excitement, to secure the boat, and now it had drifted already beyond her reach. He saw in a moment what had occur red, and said, low and tenderly : " Ella, my darling, I am content to die ; but you you are unhurt, and have yet a few minutes left in which you can reach the shore by passing over the bar. Go quickly, my darling, before the tide takes away even this last means of sav ing yourself." " And leave you here to perish alone? Never 1 I would rather die than leave you here alone," sobbed she. It was vain that he pleaded and expos tulated. She was firm, and saw the tide destroy her last hope of reaching the shore with perfect calmness. " You would have been swept away long before I could bring succor," said she, " and I will stay with you and save you, or we will perish together. " She had already bound up his wound as best she could, propped him up in a sitting posture, placed herslf by his side, and pressed a kiss of hope.of encouragement, or, it might be, of fare well, upon his lips, as the first wave broke over the reek, and the struggle for life began. Higher and higher came the tide ; wave after wave broke over their heads, nearly strangling them and almost car rying thtin away from their frail sup port ; but still the brave girl held on. Heavenseemed to have pitied her and spoken to the waves, ts of old, "Peace, be still," else she never could have maintained her hold during that long despairing time. But she never fal tered until the rock was again bare, and the sea fretting against its sides as though in anger at having been deprived of its prey. Then she sank helpless as a babe, jHst as the glimmer of a lantern and an anxious call from the shore pro claimed that they had been missed, and succor was now at hand. Here my story ends ; only pausing to tell you that the Spaniard was never seen utter it became known that Robert was saved, and that he himself would hardly wait for liis wonnd to heal before he claimed Ella as his wife. And whatever you may think of her, I think she is a real, genuine heroine ; and I'm not sorry, after all, that I got that pistol shot on the rock, for I never was certain until then that I had won her. 11 j Prim e A. Co.'i Organs. Five octavos, two full sets of reetls. 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AUEATS WANTED fr ll THfi TRUE HISTORY BROOKLYN SCANDAL. The sstonndiug revelations and startling dis closnics made in this work tire creating the most intense desire in the minds of the people to obtain it. It gives the whole inner history of the Great Scandal, and is the only f tut and authentic work nu the snljj-.'ct. It sells at sunt. St-ml for terms to Agents and a fn 11 dfle-tptioaof the work. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Chicago, 111., or St. Louis. Mo. Ask Ycur Stove Dealer for our mm ...... ,'iJU II Adjustable Pits Any Angle. Sargent, Greenleaf & Brooks, OliieaKo, 111. In Nature's Medicine Chest, the Earth, there is no epeciiic superior to the waters of the Seltzer Spring. Tarrant" s ffervesceiit Seltser Aperient Is an improvement upo-i that world-renowned remedy f:r laaiffctBtion, biliousness and constipa tion. It is at once mil J. thorough and infallible. No drug store b without it. BESSEMER STEEL Concave Horse Slioe Shapes in Bars. Eight Different Sizes. Ther1 is no bet ter shoe made for durability and cheapness. Ft service it wears 3 times as hmfr as com mon shoes, in easily shaped to the hoof, and takes less time iin makim? than jiany ther. while t ney last mutter an. i tfive better satisfaction to all. Beintr of steel, it makes the best winter or summer shoe known ; costs no more toconsum er than iron. The continu ous calks are formed by simply turning the shoe. rne traac, utai;fce mitns anu consumers supplied by Kimbark.Brog. Co., Chicago, 111.: Geo D. Hall, St. Lonis. Mo ; Nieols t Dean, St. Paul, Winn.: Geo. Worthington A Co., Cleveland. Ohio. For pamphlets, with full particulars, address R. HALE fc CO., Manufacturers, lit) Dearborn St., Chicago, 111 s hid -rrx r i - g -q ' - "-S i5a r:; CO P P jjo.3 a ! ! ?'2bH 9s t3 23? 5 ? CD c ' bo as H S k t;- - p .. S 22 511 B S2.S ' j 2 MUSIC B00KSF0R SCHOOLS. AMERICAN SCHOOL MUSIC READERS. IN THRKG BOOKS. By L 0. EMERSON and W. S. TILDEN. In liook 1, which is for Primary Schools, we nave a 3 years1 course of study, very plainly laid out, with abundant directions 'to teachers, and a large number of sweet songs for the little ones to sing by rote and by note. Price 35 Cents. In Boole II, the course above indicated is con tinued, and becomes a little more theoretic. The bork Is fitted f.r the use of the younger scholars In Grammar Schools. Price 59 Cents. In Book III, part-singing Is introduced, and the ear is trained to harmonic singing For Higher Classes In Grammar Schools Price 50 Cents. The music In these charming and useful books was selected and arranged by the practiced hand of Mr. L. O. Etaorson, and the theoretic part has been well tested by Mr. Tllden before placing in the Readers. Por High Schools, nothing succeeds the above Ralers bet.er than "THIS HUl'K OF SlXti lSIti" SI 00, already in eatensive use. If that has been used, try -JHOIC15 TKIOS" 81.00, a collection of the best 3-part music. The new Singing School Book. "THE SONG MOSAKCH" 7S cts.T, Is attracting general at tention as one of the Best Books ever made for Singing So1 Us. The above books sent postpaid on receipt of re tail price. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. CHAS. H. DITSON & CO., 711 Broadway, M. Y. im hoTse IM" SHOE fel K KU f 1 It' Gfeicago Bnsiness Directory. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. CHICAGO SCRAPER A DITCHER CO., 56 LaSaUe. ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. Db. HIATT Lb ROY, 125 Soutb Clark. AWNINGS, TENTS. TWINES AND CORDAGE. OILBSRT, HUBBARD A CO., 226 to 230 South Water. BAKING POWDER AND EXTRACTS. DR. PRICE'S. Steele A Price Mfrs.i 201 A203 S.Water, Chicago, 204 N. 2d, St. Louis, 244 Main, Cincinnati. BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS. JANSEN, McCLURG A CO., 117 to 119 State. W. B. KEEN, COOKE A CO., 113 to 115 State. BOOTS AND SHOES-WHOLESALE. DOGGETT, BASSETT A HILLS, 29 t 31 Lake. C. M. HENDERSON & CO . 220 to 222 Madison. GREENSFEL HER, ROSENTHAL GO.. 34 A 36 Lake. PHELPS, DODGE PALMER, 4 and 0 Wabash-av. G. S. MICH HDSON A CO., 128 to 130 Franklin. T. li. WEBER A CO, 127 and 129 Market. children's carriages, rocking horses, SLEIGHS, Etc. JAMES B. THOMAS, Manufacturer, 114 N. Peoria. CHINA. GLASS AND QUEENSWARE. BOWES A KENT, 262 to 264 Wabaah-av. COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES, AND U. S. COMMISSIONER. SIMEON W. KINO, 150 LaSalle, Boom 6, first floor. ; DRUGGISTS WHOLESALE. F. . BUEKHAM A SON, 2 and 54 Lake. ENGRAVER. SEALS, PRESSES, BURNING-BRANDS, SOAP STAMPS, STEEL AND BRASS STAMPS. 1 E. BOCHE, 171 E. Randolph. ENGRAVERS. S. D. CHILD8, JR., 4 CO., 115 Franklin. ENGRAVERS' STENCILS AND STOCK. C. H. HANSON, 38 South Clark. FLOWERS AND STRAW GOODS SPECIALTY. i DALY, HENROT1N & .CO., 144 and 146 Wabash-av. FURNITURE. A. L. HALE A BRO., 200, 2o2, 204 and 206 Randolph. GLASS SHOW-CARD PAINTER. J. J. G. BCRGHOFFER. l'.Kt, 201 and 203 E. Randolph GUNS. CUTLERY. FISHING TACKLE. Address W. E. SPENCER CO., 58 State. Est. 1S57. HARDWARE AND CUTLERY WHOLESALE, SEEBEHGER BKEAKEY, 38 to 40 Lake. EDWIN HUNT 4 SONS, ;"S and 60 Lake. HEAVY HARDWARE WHOLESALE. KIMBARK BROS. & CO., SO to 84 Michigan-ay. HOTELS. NEVADA HOTEL, Wabash-av., bet Madibon and Mouioe. Central, convenient. 2.00 per day. IMPERIAL AXLE GREASE. GEO. B. SWIFT A CO., Mfrs., 142 to 146 Fulton. LEAD PIPE AND SHEET LEAD MANUFACTURERS. E. W. B LATCH FORD A CO., 70 North Cliuton. LINSEED OIL AND OIL CAKE MANUFACTURERS. E. W. B LATCH FORD & CO., 70 North Clinton. LOCKSMITHS" AND BELL-HANGERS' MATERIALS. J. . WOLLENSAK, 22.S LaSallc. LUMBER. THE PESHTIGO CO.-Green Bav Lumber. North Pier. W. E. Strung, Pres. G. C. Hempstea-i,Sec. MARBLE AND SLATE MANTELS. THE OOWEX MAliBLE CO., 11 North Clark. F. W. SMITH CO.. Dealers iu Ruugh aim Fin ished Marble, 4 E. Vau Buren. MUSIC, SHEET AND BOOK. AND DEALERS IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE ROOT A SONS 3IUSIC CO., 109 State. PIANOS AND ORGANS. W. W. KIMBALL, 205 to 209 State. PUMPS, WOOD AND PORCELAIN CYLINDER PIPE, Etc J. F. TEMl'LE A SONS. Mnfrs., cor. Pulk and Canal. REAL ESTATE. JAS. B. GOODMAN A CO., 73 Dearborn. SEWING MACHINE COMPANIES. AMERICAN S. M. CO.. 242 Wabash-av. DOMESTIC" S M. CO.. 74 State. Agents wanted. OROVER A BAKER S. M. CO.. 160 State. HOME S. M. CO., Johnson. Clark Co., 141 State. VICTOR S. M. CO., 381 West Madison. SHOT. CHICAGO SHOT TOWER CO., 70 North ClintOB. SHOW-CASE MANUFACTURERS. SAMUEL B. MARTIN, 57 State. SOAP MANUFACTURERS. JAR. S. KIRK A CO.'S STANDARD SOAPS, sold by Wholesale Trade everywhere, S8 to 362 N. Water. STEAMSHIP LINES. WHITE STAR MAIL LINE, 97 Clark, A. Lagcrgren. WASHING MACHINES. For Circulars, etc., address CALKINS CHAMPION WASHER CO., 2U7 S. Clark. Agents wanted. WHITE LEAD. ZINC AND COLORS MANUFACTURERS. CHICAGO WHITE LEAD AOIL Co., Green 4 Fulton. WIRE CLOTH AND WIRE GOODS. CLINTON WIRE CLOTH CO., 175 Randolph. A DAY. Agents send for circular. t H. L. SHEPARB A CO., Chicago. FOR NKARLY THIRTY V K It S THE RICHMOND PRINTS have been helo in high esteem by those who use a Calico They are produced iu all the novelties of changing fa - hums, and in consei vat iff styles suited to the ants of many persons. Among the latter are the "Standard Cray Styles," proper for the house or street beautiful in de signs and pleasing in coloring. "CHOCOLATE STANDARD STYLES," in great variety, and widely known as most ser viceable prints. Nothing better for daily wear. These goods bear ticket as quoted above. Your re tailer should have them, and your examination and approval will coincide. HOG RIXGER. 15,000.000 Rlns. 70,000 filnccn, S.&0O Tones Sold. Hardware Dea'era Sell Thfm. KinfferSUKinesP' 1003ct, Tons$l,v. by mail, post fiaid Circulars free. At ureas H. W. Hm.Co. Decatur, 111, The Chicago Ledger, Although lees than eighteen months have elapsed since its birth, has met with such marked success that we have determined to enlarge its scope as a journal, and add such im provements and inaugurate such changes as will at once challenge the admiration of it old friends and commend it to the patronage of thousands of new ohm everywhere. Iu a word, we intend to make it the Leading Family Newspaper of the West. Its tone will be elevated to the very highest moral standard, nothing being allowed to enter its columns that could offend the most refined. Its contents will comprise the bez'i attainable short stories, papers of advent ure and travel, sketches of distinguished people, essays ou social, literary and other topics of popular interest, etc., etc. It will be distinguished not only for its Uiieqnaled Tales and Sketches, but will contain an entertaining and useful variety of Anecdotes, Biography, History, Poetry, Wise Sayings, Scraps of Wit, And Useful Information of Every Description. We have engaged a corps of contributors, comprising the liveliest story-tellers and sev eral of the best authors of the day in every department of literature. TO CANVASSERS AND AGEXTS. With a view of extending the already large and rapidly-increasing circulation of The Ledqek, we are offering the most Extraordinary Inducements to Canvassers, Agents, Postmasters and others who desire to avail themselves of this rare opportunity. Such liberal premiums and club rates have never been offered by a newspaper or other publication in this country. TERMS. One eonv one vear $1.60 One copy eight months 1.00 Address LEDGER COMPANY, Chicago, 111. mmi n Antntcrestlne Ulits- truted work of 260 pa ire;, containing valu able information for tliose who are ..T-r-if.it nr i-oiitcmithito niiirrlaee. Price HO crs. by mail. Address ur, mitts uupeu. Untu2sQTL EisUtb Strewn- 6:. .Louis, Mo. z jnsmL filU Jl ! V .1 L sis J J x J Dr. J. Walk r's California Vin- ! oifar Bitters are a purely Vegetable r.,.,,1. ..liw.Hv fiT.m t.hn no. tire herbs found on the lower ranges ol the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, "What is the cause of the unparalleled success of Vx&egak Bit TEiisf Our answer is, that they reniovo the cause of disease, and the patient re covers his health. They are the great blood purifier and a bPe-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigoratof of the system Never .before in th history of the world has a medieiue been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Vinkoab Bittkes in healing th sick of every disease man in htiir to. They are a gentle Purgative s veil as a Tonic, relieving ConsesBin - Inflammation of the Liver anu Viacenu wrgaius. iu Eiliotr Diseases. The properties of Dr. Walkis Yixkoak Bitters an- Aperient, Diapboreti Carminative, Nutritions, Laxative. Diuretic. Sedative. Counter-irritant, Sudorific, Alter? live, aud Anti-Bilious. Grateful The asands proclaim Tin- -gar Bitters the most wonderful In rigorant that ever t'ustained the sinking system. 3m) Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not de stroyed by mineral poison or other i means, and vital organs wasted beyond repair. Bilious, Eemittent and Inter mittent levers, which are so preva lent in the valleys of our great rivers i throughout the United States, especially i those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, ; Illinois. Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan ; sas. Red. Colorado, Brazos, Rio ftrande, j Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro- anoke, James, and many others, with ; their vast tributaries, throughout our j entire country during the Summer and I Autumn, and remarkably so during sea j sons of unusual heat and dryness, are j invariably accompanied by extensive do ; rangements of the stomach and liver, ":ud other abdominal viscera. In their 1 ireatmcnt, a purgative, exerting a pow erful influence upon these various or gans, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic for the purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker's Vixegar Bitters, as tbey will spcedtfy remove the dark colored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Fortify the body against disease by purifying all its fluids with Vixegar Bitters. No epidemic can take hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head ache; Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Tasta in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita tation of the Heart, Inflammation of tho Lungs, Pain iy the region of tho Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, are tho offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. Scrofula, or King's Evil, White- Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Keck, Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations. Indolent . Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old Pores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis eases, "Walker's Vinegar Bitters have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intractable eases. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious. Remit tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidnevs and Uladder, these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood. Mechanical Diseases. Persons en gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, aad Miners, as they advance in life, are subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against this, take a dose of "Walker's Vix eoar Bitters occasionally. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions. Tet ter. Salt-Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms, Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch. Scurfs, Discolorations of the" Skin. Ipimors and Diseases of tho Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by tho ist of these Bitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurkine in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. N"a system of medicine, no vennil'uircs, no aa thelminitics will free the system from worms like these Bitters. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo manhood, or the turn of life, these Tonii. Bitters display o decided an influence that improvement L soon perceptible. Cleanse the Titiated Blood when ever you rin'i its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores : cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is foul ; your feeling will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the syttem will follow. it. 11. Mcdonald & co., ItaTijririsls rind ;-n. A jrts., Srta Francisco. 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