THE TAME FLIES. POSSIBILITIES OF COTTON PRODUCTION. ' A specialist told me I had a tape worm! Then I I was troubled with unusual quantities of It may l>e well to remark at the out water and a frequent desire to urinate, which i set that the production of cotton in was done with difficulty and great pain. The I haul a touch of the gravel, the South is practically without limit, specialist by said use of the alkaline water of the j It was 1830 before the American crop J ' caused plains. I then began to suffer severe pains in reached 1,000,000 bales, and the high the loins and the small of the back, accom- est point ever reached in the days of , punied with sudden attacks of dizziness, dur- which I hail to sit or lie down, to avoid slavery was a trifle over 4,500,000 | ! mg falling. I was forced to abandon A BELICIOI W Breakfast or Supper Dish dj 7 0 WEEK. $ 12 a day at home easily made. Costly A COMMON-SENSE VIEW. I X outfit fr^e. Address T ruk AC o , Augusta, Maine When you see a mudicine advertised, and Soi’SED SPICED PILCHARDS. For sale at all Grocer* and Whole-ale of the ¡ neither know nor can near anything iu regard to its reliability, it is an » asy matter, by putting Red Cross Packing Co.. Han Franc «co. — Is unfailing and Infal* A M|L| A Ml w liable in curing Epil- yourself to a little trouble, to ascertain the C fllVI*»*ll 1 .A Abviriic Fits, Spasms. reputation and standing of the manufacturer. Convulsions, St. Vitug Find out w ho makes it How do they stand ut v CURES AND ’S Dance, AicohoIiMn, home? Are they truth.' d? Are they honest? Opium Eating, Ner Do they pay their debt» ? Do they know any vous debility,Scrofula thing about medicine and its effects? If they ami all Nervous und are wanting in any of these, it is safer to let their Blood diseases. Tu Clergymen, lawyers. product alone: for in preparing drugs, more Literary men. Mer than any other business, there is the opportunity chants. Bankers, La to eheupen and adulterate, and the only guar dies and all wh<«e se antee we can have is the honesty of the manu dentary employment facturer. and it does not look reasonable that causes Nervous Pro«- the proprietor of Aiumen’» ( <»ngh Syrup would tration, Irregu’anties be willing to let a remedy bear his name did he of the blood, stomach, bowels or kindeys, or not know its worth. hat are you doing!” asked the ,er a few days ago of a friend rnont, who was looking intent- the back of his hand, where he leposited some sugar. on’t come any nearer,” said the leman. “ I am feeding my pete. ■ don’t know you, and you might bales. The crop of 1880 81 is about TRAVELING AND PREACHING, 2,000,000 in excess of this, and there j because I could no longer ride on hoseback, gteii them.” I’ets were three small thus, are those who believe that a crop of | or trust myself out alone. 1 began to be seri- ously alarmed, and sought the advice of the and they were all eating the sugar off 8,000.000 bales is among the certain i most noted physician within reach, lie said he back of his hand. They looked ties of the next few years. The heavy : that my frequent horseback riding had jolted increase in the cotton crop is due en High chairs at low prices atH. Shellhaas', l little attenuated, as though the cold Hl!runlant, Samurituu and jarred me until the old Indian wound, “F 1 W M>\< rvii.e^ln\alu*ible tirely to the increase of cotton acre which had injured my kidneys, had become 11th St.. Oakland. weather had affected them, but they Wr B Thousands proclaim it inflamed. He treated me with medicines and age brought about by the use of w the most wonderful in- ’ nuei^^Be(| |o p!lve gOOj appetites. vlgorant thateveraustnlnedthesinkingsystem. For electricity also, but gave me no permanent sale by all Druggist« T1TK I>H. S. A. RICHMOND “Oil, they will soon grow fatter," fertilizers. Millions of acres of land, benefit. My painful symptoms all returned. I L CO- Hole Proprietors Si. Joseph. Mo. laid [their master. “ At this period of formerly thought to be beyond the began to cough, get very thin and my legs disagreeably numb. I began to des the cold they aro always thin, but possible limit of the cotton belt, have were pair. At each «attempt to cure, my ailments timlcfcey begin to pick up in February, been made the best of cotton lands by became worse, with new symptoms I next being artificially enriched. In North lacticf take care of a few every year, and consulted a celebrated physician from the Carolina, alone, the limit of cotton East, w ’ ho, after thumping and examining me “d b«enerally manage to get them I was in an advanced stage of consump through the winter. Last year I had production has been moved twenty said tion and threatened with diabetes and paraly ily ¿ eight. but two died, so 1 am trying miles northward and twenty miles sis! He thought I might possibly prolong my uentljjnly three this time. There are peo- westward, and the half of Georgia on life for a year or two, by seeking a higher and which no cotton was grown twenty drier climate. This was my condition when <■< pie who think that a fly has no intel people in your part of the country last saw ligence. I could teach them better years ago now produces fully half the the me. Then 1 started for the Rockies but t than that. Before the winter is half crop of the State. The “area of low liked this country and settled here. At first Unscru- d ( over they know me perfectly. The production” as the Atlantic States the change helped me, but about three years the benefit ceased. Then I failed so rap pulous lu moment I enter the room they all fly are brought to the front by artificial I ago that I could be out of bed only part partie« to nn'. but if any one else goes in they stimulation is moving westward, and i idly of each day. All my old symptoms returned. ALUM have tried , won’t come near him. I always keep is now central in Alabama and [ At this crisis, a party of Eastern gentlemen, FLOUR to imitate Florida. But the increase in acreage. I , in the same room. One of STARCH ON A BUFFALO HUNT, our Rem 1' these escaped yesterday and went up as large as it is, will be but a small 1 made my house their headquarters. In the edy and AMMONIA d eoe i ve ‘"u^itair. and I had two hours work to factor in the increase of production, i party was a Dr. Wakefield, who informed me PHOSPHATES I had a bad case of incurable Bright’s thepublic l‘ln-' find him. Of course all the flies that compared to the intensifying of the ' that __________ TARTARIC ACID Disease, and gave me a preparation wdiich by using Plain I do not take care of die off, so that land now in use. Under the present | might, he said, ease me for a few w’eeks or LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S SIMILAR C ream T artar and B i -C arb .S oda 80 v as only these three are now in the loose system of planting, the average months, but that w’as the best that could be VEGETABLE COMPOUND. NAM ES, NOTHING ELSE. nde i house there is no chance of my con- yield is only one bale to three acres. done. Around the bottle was a newspaper. Is a Positive i ’ ure b u t d o Now, a newspaper was a rarity in our home, 8 re. fusing them with any others; but in This could be easily increased to a and not be de- For all those Painful Complaints and Weakness«« Newton Bros. & Co. 1 sat in my chair looking it over when my opera mouth’s time from to-day I could bale an acre. In Georgia five bales eye providentially fell upon an article relating so common to our bent female population. ce i ve d¡ soe th at iumeEXell them among a thousand, have been raised on one acre, and a a most wonderful cure of Bright's Disease — A I ’edicine for Woman. Invented liy a Woman. the very malady that was killing me —by the word o ha- or, rathlr, they would identify yield of three bales to the acre is the Prepared by a Woman. use of Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver credited to several localities. Presi 3 mt thmnselvos by coming to me. The Greatest Medical DLeovery Since the Dawn of History. Cure, (of Rochester, N. Y. ) Convinced that SAFE begij IA fly is a playful insect, too, dent Morehead, of the Mississippi further delay,.would be fatal, and everything QTIt revives the drooping spirits, invigorates and s un though you would hardly think it. Valley Cotton Planters’ Association, else failing, the next morning I dispatched one harmonizes the organic functions, gives elasticity and my boys to the nearest railroad station, firmness to the step, restores the natural lustre to the that Sopie those I had last year used to says that the entire cotton crop of the of tu re many miles distant, to obtain a bottle of the eye, and plants on the pale cheek of woman the fresh >r a play tricks upon me. Ou« would present year might have been easily Safe Cure. The druggist said the demand for roses of life’s spring and early summer time. Iron Safe, raised in fourteen counties along the on ablack Is lil perch himself on the lobe of my the Cure was so great he could not keep it in C ^“Physicians Use It and Prescribe It Freely 'iff. Mississippi river. It will be seen, It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving stock, and he had to send to Kansas City for wrap per right ear and move his feet so as to It was more than a week before it ar for stimulant, and relieves weakness of the stomach. and white I , tickle me. When I brushed him off therefore, that the capacity of the j more. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight rived, and I was daily getting weaker. But letters is he would circle around the back of South to produce cotton is practically it came at last, and 1 at once began to take and backache, is always permanently cured by its use. on every limitless, and, when we consider the it. When I told Dr. Wakefield what I was For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex ’ head and take the same position package. iud. my this Compound Is unsurpassed. enormous demand for cotton goods j taking, he gave me a look, half of scorn, half Also, see f nil °? |the lobe of the left ear; and so on now opening up from new climes and of pity, as much as to say, LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S BLOOD Pl'KIFIEK will eradicate every vestige of humors from the that it is 8 thv Rd infinitum, ---------- or at least until he un- peoples, we may conclude that the ‘ poor fellow ! Blood, and give tone and strength to the system, of on the la ,i„„i derntood iu some 3 way --- that I was •ACLHI _________ ............. j 3 be near future will see crops compared he is putting his trust in a humbug.' Never man woman or child. Insist on having it. bel and Both the Compound and Blood Purifier are prepared fo en coming annoyed, when he would fly to which the crop of the past year, theless I persevered anil for the past year and s t a m p, away.” a half I have been as stout and rugged as I ever at 233 and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. I’rieeof and take $1. Six bottles for $5. Sent by mail in the form A J IL** ^ow I begin to tame them?’’ worth 830(1,(100,000, will seem small. was in my life. After escaping the attacks either. no other. of Iiufians and half a dozen doctors, I was ly- of pills, or of loienges, on receipt of price, 81 per box V Oh. easily enough. I carefully —[Harper’s Magazine. ing * the mercy of a still more dreadful foe for either. Mrs. Pinkham freely answers all letters of ,ce . • dri ve out all the other Hies excepting HOW A DOG SAVED A TYRANT'S LIFE. | I that inquiry. Enclose 3ct* stamp. Send for pamphlet. was about giving me the finishing blow, H. H. WARNER & CO. l K>se that I want to keep. Then 1 | when that great remedy stepped in, slew my No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S One of the most t'oiulortable Gar- ROCHESTER, N.Y. LIVER PILLS. They cure constipation, biliousness, adversary, and placed me firmly on my feet A few days ago, in response to a 1 remove all food, except such as I and torpidity of the liver. 85 cents per box. menta ever oflereii to Ladies - Thin remedy I k an absolute specific for once more. I have commenced preaching at th- e them, from the room. I let them telegram, an insurance adjuster was again; for I look upon the circumstances and A£“Hold by all Druggists. the (liNra-Mrwof women, for the nervous Easy Graceful— Stylish. troiibleN of youth, anil for tlir debility 101 lia\e nothing but sugar, and once a sent to a Southern city to dispose of manner of my cure as a direct interposition of which »recedes olil age. A m Mtatlstics show that all diMeaweM arise from the ]|OlJ.^'day a little bread slightly moistened. a fire loss thus reported. In his re Providence, and to Providence are my services Cords aro used, in placo of Bones, and. kidneyM or liver, we can guarantee That is my story. I think it is .as pood 10• As soon as I think they have eaten port of the adjustment occurs the due. freedom from disease by reason of the by removing the Elastic in the as a romance — and much better, for it is (CRP 1 week in your own town. Terms and 85 outfit I lower which our Sale Kidney and »nneefienough I sweep all the food away. 1 following statement: “The store in true.” u)U0tiee Address H H ai . let & Co.. Portland. Maine Aver t'ure possesses over these or Shoulder Straps it oan bo washed. isecLftallow no snacks between meals, for I sured had been closed at the usual Such is the substance, and very nearly the gans. For Diabetes ask for WAK* Invalids, broken Language of Elder Kite ’ s narrative. Those XER'S NA t’K IM A IIETEN <’ I It K. hour by the merchant, leaving a dog he Hi believe over feeding kills them. The r*rice by Mail: down in health anti who read it, and «are suffering, may benefit by LAMIES’ - - - ■ #2 25 on toi rooin, as you see, is warm. These in charge of the main room, where his experience, if they will follow his example. spirits by chronie dyspepsia or suffer MISSES’ - ■___ - * I 75 le can tb pee are still a little wild, but if ycu was a lamp turned down low. In a ing from the terri aisheSwill visit me in a month you will find rear room lay asleep a Russian, a C ampo . Ban Diego Co., Cal., May 16th, 1882.— l*r SEND WAIST MEASURE.-« ble exhaustion that I KIDNEY-WORT i follows the attacks Also Shoulder Braces, Union Flannel Busts, rough fellow, one of the exiles lately Mr. Rob’t 8. Ainmen, San Jose: Please find en Fere them quite tame.”—[N. Y. Sun. of acute disease, FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF Hose Supporters, Skirt Supporters, Children’s closed twenty dollars ($20), for which send us come to the country. This man’s at Ammen the testimony of plac^H —•-— Coinfort Waists, Sanitary Towels, etc. (tall on ’s Cough Syrup $10 worth of 50-cent t h o us a n d s who CONSTIPATION. or address tentions to the dog had been limited bottles and $10 in $1 size. Send by express to WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE. - have been raised as Diego. Cal. It has got a good start in this No other disease is so prevalent in this ooun- to kicks and blows whenever the un San Mrs. II. M. OBER A CO., " I»j a miracle from neighborhood. It gives good satisfaction and is i are] try as Constipation, and no remedy has ever ». a similar state of medicine. If anything is the matter with Boston Dross Roform Rooms, equalled the celebrated KIDNEY-WORT as a stagJ ■[The papers have lately told us of a offending animal ventured near. a the good prostration by throat or lungs, it gives immediate relief. auro. Whatever thooauso, howover obstinate the night the lamp exploded, Send immediately, for we are entirely out. Hostetter’s Stom I the case, this remedy will overcome it. ing ti number of distressing deaths by tíre. During 326 SUTTER ST., San Francisco, Oal. ach Bitters is a (i AS KILL BROS. 'on >■-. Great hotels aud warehouses have scattering the burning oil around The above is the third order E) I | p Q THIS distressing complaint sure guarantee that received from the room. The dog sought to arouse ■ ■ bs t O • is very apt to bo complicated by the same means suddenly burst into sheets of llame tanti;1 Messrs. Gaskill Bros, during the Winter and with oonstipation. Kidney-Wort strengthens you, too, may be sleeper by loud barking, but fail Spring of 1881-82, and not one dollar has been the weakened parts and quickly cures all kinds cour Ü in the night, and frantic people have the STOMACH^^ strengthened and spent in advertising in their county. It proves of Piles evon when physicians and medicines ing in this, he seized a burning dress restored. I r a Ä either perished in the dreadful blaze have before failed. that a good, honest remedy like Ammen’s —M anufacturer of — For sale by all his mouth, and darting through Cough Syruy will win its own way to public tiene 1 cr,throwing themselves from windows, in I) r u g g i s t h and favor, and those who buy continue to use it and the fire and smoke to the room where RHEUMATISM. £O.W. Dealers generally. have been dashed to pieces in the recommend it to their friends. DERFUL CUBE, as it is for ALL the painful I hope that none of my his enemy lay. placed the burning diseases of the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels. This N.Y. Singer, $20 ,ew < Erect. garment as near the bed as he dare It cleanses the system of the acrid poise n that Persons who do not understand tlie With $8 wt of Attachments Free. on ui: ' young friends may ever have to pass venture. The light aroused the man cau es the dreadful suffering which only the Warranted perfect. Light running, victims of rheumatism can realize. quiet, handsome and durable. Kent She through so awful an experience. But and saved his life.”—[Chicago Jour nature of an oath should not under THOUSANDS OF CA8E8 on test trial-plan when desired. take to use the telephone. “j you should be surprised, at night ■ AND— ofthe worst forms of this terrible disease have Happy Hoiue OrgnnNt 4 net« (luin.‘'/;¥ nal. ► - Reeds. 12 stops; Mechanical Sub been quickly relieved, and in a short time Boss, octave coupler. 2 knee swells, ittinfc or in the daytime, by the presence of PERFECTLY CURED. #* # “ Troubles often come from whence we with 83 stool an<1 81 Book.only 8'5. baHF“°ke in your rooms, do not lose A tramp rather got the better of least expect them.” Yet we may often pre Also senton test trial-plan if de t iflt cleanse*, Strengthen« and gives New sired. Elegant case, magnificent Life to all the important organs of the body. 3s foi loar w'ts if y°u can Ue>ip it- IN PACIFIC COAST WOODS A BPECI/ TT Kosiosko Murphy last Sunday morn vent or counteract them bv ^prompt and in tone, durable inside and out. Cir The natural action of the Kidneys is restored. I cular, with testimonials, free. Ask rho Kemember at such a moment that ing. Kosiosko was just leaving his telligent action. Thousands of persons are The Liver is cleansed, of all disease, and the G. Payne & Co.,47 Third av,Chicago 429 and 431 FOURTH ST., Bowels move freely and healthfully. although you are in great danger, house to go out for a day’s hunting, constantly troubled with a combination of CORNER UF SILVER,----- BAN FRANCISCO. Diseased kidneys and costive bow W. E. C hamberlain . J r . T. A. R obinson . t yit Acts at the same time on the KIDNEYS,1 there are friends near who will try, if when the tramp asked him for a vol diseases. els are their tormentors. They should know DE8I0N8 FURNI8HED. LIVER AND BO WELS.^3 NO1.1I by Bill (.(.IMS. ed ilk possible, to come to your assistance. untary contribution. “Ain’t you that Kidney-Wort acts on these organs at the $1. I.IQlTlior Bin . Dry can be sent by mail. | WELLS, RK’IIAIIDNON . Co.. Burlington, Vt. (5T> »list, 1. I),) not open doors or windows wildly, ashamed to be begging on the Lord's same time, causing them to throw off the poi ijl H.F.N.U., First Series. No. 35« over, ind waste no precious moments in day ?” “Excuseme, Colonel, for stop sons that have clogged them, and so renewing m r- <lay st home Maniples worth 95 fret«' the whole system. vO u)ZU Ad-lrt'HH S tinhon i Co , Portland Maine. d standing and screaming for help. In ping you,” said the tramp, looking at ’king:think if you can of tho straight- the gun, "but I’ll not detain you any Among the members of the medical pro o ha- :d^st way out, quickly wrap a thick longer. it is well known that the best baking Bin, il . i S ! You might be late for fession powder is one manufactured of pure cream of •rii'dr gliawl or blanket around you, cover church.”—[Texas Siftings. Established 1H.52. tartar and bi-carbonate of soda in proper » 4 othii,-;, ing your head and your hair, and proportions, such a combination When a friend corrects a fault in chemical JACOB STRAHLE <fc CO., t; W then creep on your hands and knees being not only the most wholesome and free Life Scholarships, $70 mo the door or the stairway. There is you, he does you the greatest act of from possible objection, but possessing also the tsr- SEND FOR CIRCULAR. -»3 greatest amount of leavening power. Some of r sayjj hlways air to breathe near the floor, friendship. our most competent chemists have lately been -------- And Sole owner« for Pacific State«------ — boj If you are in the room with others, ELDER MOSE KITE. giving special attention to this subject, as being and a lamp is upset or some floating one important to the health of the community, CELEBRATED DELANEY STEEL SPRING CUSHIONS* Escapes from Seen and Un A.great deal of the dyspepsia so alarmingly pre Asli. For Have removed their Office, Factory and WareJoorn« to drapery takes fire, recollect that you His Hair Breadth seen Foes« valent may be traced to the use of adulterated must smother the flames by throwing (Troy, Kansas, Chief, Jan. 18, 1883.) baking powders Among all those examined. a rug on them, pulling curtains or Most of our older citizens well remember Prof. Johnson states the NEW ENGLAND Ammen’s Cough Syrup. hangings down, and covering them Mose Opposite Bush and Battery Streets. Kite (who lived in Petersburg Bottom), Baking Powder, both from a medical and standpoint, is the best. Prof. Adolph IT WILL CURE YOUR COLD. with a carpet or quilt, or in some the hero of our State’« early political history, chemical Our present location in much more desirable, and in view to our patron« and the public lienefit, our office« are Sommer speaks of it as being prepared only on the ground floor (or store), where an elegant and iinmenne di«play of who was of stalwart build and powerful phys similar way stop the current of air who in 1858 led a colony of our people from the very liest brands of soda ami cream In Bottles at I 5 cts., 50 cts. and $ I. B illiard G oods , B ar F ixti res , T en P in G oods , S porting , G ymnasium and .S kating G ood on which fire feeds. If a child’s ique; tartar, and Prof. J. Bleasdale indorses it as a to Pike's Peak ; who fought the Indians on Are Exhibited in attractive and unique variety. apron catches from the grate or the plains and was shot through the body; perfectly pure cream of tartar powder. Upon 11T It in cheapeat to buy the large size. undoubted authority it can be recom stove, wrap a shawl or blanket about who on his return here after the rebellion was such Our Billiard Table Ware rooms, on the flr«t floor, cari»eted and filled with the choicest and latent style mended w ’ ith every confidence. Medico Lit of Billiard Table«, Invite as iiffual the attention of purchaaeni We occupy the entire building Thu other floor* and baptized by Ehler Henshall, of the little creature promptly, aud roll converted being used for the different department« of our manufactory the Christian church at Petersburg Bottom, ter ary Journal. her on the floor. and became a revival preacher of celebrity all ’S EMPORIUM. BEWARE OF FRAUDS! You can not be too careful with re through this section. They will also recall the The toothless man ought to be a SP(IRTSMEN Fishing and Hunting Pants and Home unHcrupulouH parti, h . with the intention of misleading the public, have rented our old place, and with gard to matches, candles and lamps. fact that, attacked with consumption and re sweet talker, for all his words must stockings, also the largest assortment the similarity <>f a bought up name will try to create confutrion We rely confidently |on our friends, patrona to a skeleton, he was obliged to remove ami the public of thin coast to controvert their intentions and expose their worn out dodge«. Tliankful for the of guns, Rifles, Pistols, Fishing Those of you whose homes are duced the Rockies in the hope of saving his life. of necessity be gum drops. past favor«, and soliciting the continuance of the liberal patronage respectfully, Tackle and Sporting Articles on the lighted with kerosene or other oils to None thought he would succeed. Last fallt I Pacific < 'oast. Breach-’ o a d i n g .IACOB STIC AII LK A CO.. should ask the person who takes care however, the editor of this paper met him a, *The ’The great value of Mrs. Lydia E. Pink Muzzle-loading Double and Single of the lamps always to fill them in the the head of the Republican river, bigger ham’s V egetable Compound for all diseases of and 515 MARKET 8TREET, (inns from the best makers, Remington and more robust than ever. “ Why, I women is demonstrated by every day experi morning, never doing so after night thought you hail died of consumption long, ence. The writer of this nail occasion to step Sporting Rifles Ballard, Sharps and Win ;-?r Address Plainly as above, San Francisco. fall. A properly filled lamp is not like long ago. Elder.” into the principal Pharmacy of a city of 140,- chester Rifle«; also the largest anil most com assortment of Sporting and Gunmakers' ly to explode. Servants should be “ Me? I never ha«l consumption, man ! though 000 inhabitants, and on inquiry as to which is plete A H. HALLIDIE, Preaidont. H, « 1 IL. DAVIS, Heereter/. people thought that was what ailed me, anil I the most popular proprietary medicine of the material in the United States. Send for il warned to be extremelv careful in thought lustrateli Catalogue. LIDDLE A KAEDING. myself. But the doctors had sent time, was answered, that Mrs. Pinkhams' the use of kerosene. They should me on a so wild goose chase after a dozen other Vegetable Compound occupies a most con- 538 Washington Street, San I- r .incisco. not be allowed to pour it upon their diseases, just as fatal, and this was the wildest spicious place in the front rank of all the rem edies of this class now before the public. kindling-wood in order to light a tire one of all.’’ The good Elder then recounted to us, in a Journal. Bacceaaoni ta A. S. HALLIMI, ROBINSON & HALLIDIE, and CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS CO. quickly. Make it a rule never to charming vein, his many adventures in the trifle with fire, which is a great com rough and ready life he hail led. “ But,” he Carpets and furniture20 per cent, cheaper ---- Manufacturera of and Bealera in---- fort in its proper place, but a dread said, “ remarkable as you may think my war at H. Shellhaas',llth St.. Oakland. ful foe when beyond our control— like life has been, I have a much more in Wire. W ire Rope ri Î/>S w «" f Wire Goods, teresting story to tell you. AN HONEST POUND. [Harper's Young People. “ You know what a rough, noisy fellow I NEW Beware of Frani!. ENGLAND BAKING POWDER NO The Perfect Corded Corset. ^OSJHTEI^ R. HERRING, BITTER5 F ine furniture Mantels, House, Bank Office Pittings, Billiard Manufacturers, 515 Market Street 515 CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS, A stranger, journeying in France, fell sick unto death; his friend called in a physician, who demurred about giving his professional services, fear ing the wherewithal might not be forthcoming to settle his ’ ’ ’ bill. ” ” The ” friend, producing a 100-franc bill. said: “ Kill him or cure him. this is yours." The sick man died and was buried, and the doctor, finding his money slow to appear, reminded the surviv or of the debt.. Did you cure him?" he asked. “ No. sir. “ Did you kill him ?" “ Certainly not.” " Then voa have no claim on me, ■ir; 11 wist yon good day." used to be ; and I could stand any hardship. Why, on a wager, I have knockeil down an ox and a mule with my fist. I have fought ruf fians, Iwrder outlaws and Indians ; but I was BRA88, COPPER. AND IRON WIRE CLOTH. DOGGED FOR YEARS by a more dangerous unseen enemy that was ever getting me more completely in his clutches. I was shot by an Indian in a fight on the plains, but that wound healed readily and gave me but little trouble. After I returned to Kansas and commenced preaching, I first began to give way. I had a dull feeling, ac companied with a pain in the right side. Dr. Butler, our family physician, said my liver was out of order, caused by the malaria of the bottoms. I had always hid an apatite like an ostrich, but my digestion liecame seriously impaired. While on the circuit preaching. I consulted a doctor, who said I had dysjiepsia. After that, distressing palpitation of the heart followed, and the physician said that this was caused by my indigestion and diseased liver, which would probably terminate fatally. Sometimes I hail a ravenous apjietite, at others none at all. I was feverish and then chilly. My food iieemed to do me no good. Licensed Under Nothing but pure politeness makes a bald-headed man lift bis hat on : meeting a young lady. TME SCUTT PATENT Four Pointed Barbed Fence Wire. Al. l’atonia. I'T The diamond Iiyes for family use have no equals. All ¡-»pular colors easily dyed, fast and beautiful. 10 cents a package. H at . C owrtakti . t oa H amo a F oi l L imi or— Fornitore nt reanonnble price, at H. Snell- haas', Ilth Ht., Oakland. When we see a medicine a vertiaed to cure a half down or more claeaesof diseases, we con clude that it is a humbug. And having noticed that the proprietor of Ammen’s Lough Syrup only advertises or claims it <<»od for coughs, colas and lung complainte, we were induced to try it and now take pleure in recommending it to our readers. FLAT AND ROUND WIRE ROPE of Iron and Steal. WIRE WORK RAILINCS, CUARDS, SCREENS NIEVES. SHADE CLOTH. BIRD CAGES. HAITEKY SCHEENB. ETC. I