LOVE LENDS LIGIIT.
J. W. Walton in The Current.
Only a dozen old letters,
Worth, in the scale, but a penny or so;
Binding, in tangible fetters,
Love from her heart lying under the snow.
Stranc-ers mav never discover
Such wealth of thought as I read in each
line;
None but the eye of a lover
Sees here the rose and forget-me-not twine.
Wisdom, unaided, may never
Fathom love's message from earth or from
heaven ;
Only he knows, whosoever
Giving himself, finds to him it is given.
WHY THEY DIE?
The
Early Death of "Fat Women'
Owinc to Lack of Exercise.
New York Journal.
"They all go off in the sanio way,"
observed the man who started the first
. dime museum in the L'owery to a re
porter. "Scarcely has a woman reached
a size that draws crowds to see her,
when the old man with a scythe steps
in and mows down your fat freak, not
to speak of your protits.
"i'atty degeneration of the heart the
doctors call the cause of their death,'
. and they tell me that the adipose mat
ter is that right?' impaired the ex
hibitor of nature's whims, "i9 deposited
not only under the skin, but on the
delicate membranes that form the
valves of the heart, as well as around
"Everything looks prosperous. The
brass band in the second-story window
is blowing away for dear life. The
ticket-seller can scarcely handle the
dimes that are ilowiug in. The prou.l
owner of the (0J pounds of female
loveliness is the picture of health and
. rosiness, when nap ! one of the valves
shuts to and stays shut."
Pausing amoment to breathe a sigh
that nearly knocked over the liviug
skeleton, who, standing by, was listen
ing to the dangers he had no share in,
the speaker continued: "The trouble
with all the fat woman that exhibit
themselves is that they don't take ex
ercise. They go to the museum in the
morning and there they sit all day and
half the night. They never move un
less it is to walk to the nearest restaur
ant that has contracted for their meals.
If they would only move the rest of
their bodies half as vigorously as they
move their jaws they'd keep in good
health without reducing their weight.
There's Hannah liattersby, for example,
who was the heaviest of them all. Not
a day passed but that she walked a cer
tain distance ; the consequence is she is
living now, hale and healthy, at 50 years
of age.
"Hut I can't drum it into the others,"
continued the showman, regretfully,
"that they should follow her examplo i
and the consequence is that every now
and then I have to hire four or live car
penters at $2 a day for a week to build
the coffins for them.
"The last one of the show fat women
to die," went on the speaker, "was
Jessie Waldron. She was only 20 years
old, over six feet in height and really
' weighed 400 pounds, though, of course,
her 'show weight' was greater. Two
years ago she was in Uunnell's museum
at Coney island.- Jesse Keed, who had
charge of the curiosities in the museum,
fell in love with her, and she reciprocated
with the full weight of her young affec
tions. They were married, and one
child has blessed the union. A month
ago the family went to Buffalo, N. Y.,
where Jessie was to exhibit herself.
She died there sudlenly. and was
buried in Evergreen cemetery,
Island.
Long
"Poor girl," said tLe museum man
sadly, "she was of the kindest disposi
tion, and so good-natured that every
one loved her. On her monument
should be inscribed, 'She laughed and
grew fat.' '
"The death of Blanche Gray," we,nt
on the necrologist, "was even more sad
den. Blanche weighed 450 pounds,
and was only 17 years of age when she
met David Moses. Moses evidently
saw in her the promised land, for he
proposed to her and was accepted. The
happy pair started on their wedd.ng
trip with the most brilliant prospects,
which were enhanced to Moses by the
salary of $25 a week drawn by his bet
ter half. In Baltimore on the 2Jth of
last October the cruel fate that seems
to overhang all women beyond a cer
tain avoirdupois overtook Blanche and
left Moses a lonely widower.
"Annie Woods, surnamed the Beauti
ful Fat Womau," concluded the mu
seum proprietor, sadly, "reached only
the age of 17, although she boa-sted of
400 pounds of charms before she was
cutoff. A colored fat woman named
Fannie White, traveling with the
Nathan show, in a Pullman car, fell
asleep and . never woke up again. It
was annoying to the car company, for
they had to take off the roof of the car
but I think I've told you enough to
prove to you that life is doubly uncer
tain to j faf women, and I must now
leave you to change the spots on that
chap upstairs from Mexico."
.. The ItOHt todnsn.
New York Tribune.
The following story is told of an
Eighth avenue grocer, celebrated for
the size of his hands and feet. He was
waiting upon a fat German woman the
other day, and among the purchases
made by the customer was a dried cod
fish. After making numerous pur-'
chases, the woman prepared to leave
the store, but got no further than the
door, when she found that her codfish
was missing. Search was made for it
everywhere, but without success. The
fat and good-natured grocer was telling
his anxious customer that possibly
some one had stolen her property,
wlen he lifted his hand from the coun
ter. The woman stepped forward and
cried out: "Das ish meine fish," at the
same time pointing to the place on the
counter where the grocer's hand had
reposed. Sure enough, there lay her
purchase.
fancy Pigeona for Hie fenltan.
New York Times.
The steamship Chigwell, which left
this port recently for Odessa and Se
bastopol, carried 250 fancy pigeons for
the royal lofts at Constantinople.
These birds included blondinelles,
satinelles, swallows, starlings, boards,
baldheatls, pouters, pigmies, runts,
nuns, helmets, shields, almonds, rose
wings, badges, saddles,? short-faced
moutes'and solids, archangels, fairies,
spots, scanderoons and homing pigeons.
The order called for every color in
each variety ; but this it was found im
possible to obtain in pairs of good
specimens. The birds were in the
lofts of The Fanciers' Journal for sev
eral weeks before being sent away, and
they attracted much attention from
fanciers as a collection of rare ex
cellence. ' A French writer, who estimates that
the world contains 103,000. doctors,
complains that two of oar most exasper
- affections, asthma and catarrh,
'-' utmost skill.
BLUKE STOVALL.
OpioP. Read.
Blnke Stovall lived among the monn
tains of a sparsely settled district. His
farm bordered a little creek, following
with its fertile points of rich soil, the
curves of the stream. His wife had
been dead for five years, but he lived in
happy retirement with his boy, a bright
boy of 10 years reacn into human ex
. . w m
istence. otovaii was a man ot eo ne
education; at least of some reading, for
the old books in his house were marked
by the f'ngers of honest search.
One dav, while ft to vail and his son
were standing at the rude gate in front
of the house, shelling corn to a lot of
young pigs, Dick Spillers, an old fel
low who lived in the neighborhood
rode up and nodded.
" Won't vou 'light, old man?"
" Wall, ef I do yer'll wish I hadn't
"How's that? balancing an ear of
corn on the fence and regarding the
old fellow curiouslv.
"Yer know 1 ain't a man o' much
grammar, Bluke."
"Well, you are not thinking of look
ing up a school, are you?"
" Wait till I get through. I ain't t
man o' much grammar, and I ain't got
no fine way o g ttin' at a pint, fo what
I've crot ter say, I'll hafter say it right
out. How long have ver been livin on
this place?"
"Whv, niv father lived here before
me You ought to know that."
"a'as. Wall, and did it ever strike
ver that the ole man didn't hev no title
ter it?"
"What do vou mean?"
"I'll tell ver. Tuther day when I
went ter town I dropped in at the state
land office. Lookin' roun' over the
books I diskivered that his farm was
public lan', so I entered it. Don't
wanter cause ver no oneasiuess, Bluke,
but ver'll hafter move off."
Great (iod, man. My father, mother
and wife died here. You certainly don't
mean to say that I must leave here?
That's the law."
To perdition with such a law.
won't go; and let n:e tell vou, if you
Drag any ot your pre emption, papers
around here, 1 11 hut t you.
2sow, look here," said old Spillers.
dismounting, "tuar ain t no use n yer
talkin that way. Ef yer father before
yer, and yer alter mm, duln t have no
more sense thai ter negleck this prop
erty, w'y the conse.iuences must be
took, that's all."
"You miserable dog."
"Never mind yer grammar. I kno .v
yer air a smart man, bat 1 ve got the
law on ver."
Do you mean to sav that vou would
rob me of mv home ? I didn't know-
that there was anything wrong with the
title. If ytu had felt the promptings
of a man, vou would have come and
told me, so that I could have remedied
the neglect of so many years."
Yas ; but ver see I'm not tellin' peo-
le 'bout their own Lus'ness. Iho.'.ght
d come ever an give ver" warnin
though. Here, brat, hole this hoss till
show the docymmts.
Like the average man of fondest af
fections, Stovall was a man oT violent
temper. Occasionally he would seem
to be losing all c ntrol'of hini-elf, and
then, with a mighty effort, he would
appear to swallow his wrath with a
series of gulps like a patient, who is
determ'ned to swallow the most nau
seating pills, but when Spiller threw,
with an imperative gesture, which ig
norance and its twin brother, cruelty,
can so readily assume, the bridle reins
to the boy thrns-ting insult on him
while robbing his father Stovall could
no longer swallow his wrath. He spi a ig
over the fence and seized Spillers by
the throat. He shoved him against a
pile of wood. The stomacli of great
forl)earance had lost its own control,
and was throwing up the non-digested
morsels of insult and injury.
"Hoie on," gashed Spillers; "stop:
you'll cho cho "
Stovall shoved him over the wood.
They both fell. The old man's eyes
were starting, with horrible stare, from
his head.
"Don't, pa, " cried the little boy.
Stovall was strangling a gl astly title
to real estate, which, ghoul-formed and
mercenary, 'seemed io be within his
grasp. The old man's tongue can:e out,
and its blue veins, swollen into shocking
relief, looked like the bl'stering tracks
left by the crawl of a deadly serpent.
"There," e. claimed Stovall, arising.
"The next land office he goes into, the
devil will s o-.v him the books. He's
dead! Dead like the wolf that the
buzzards leave in distrust. But, great
God!" turning to his terriried son,
"they will hang me. Ilun over to John
son's. Stay there till I come for you."
The tragedy created an inuigna-t
sensation. A sheriff's posse scourid
the country. Once they drove Stovall
into a mountain niche, but he shot two
men and escaped. His soul's aim,
now, was to s -e his boy again. One
night, wlien the moon lit up the leaf
less woods, he made his way toward
..ohnson's hoi se. He had passed his
own l ouse, and v. as Hearing Johnson's
place, when some one met him.
"Hello."
"Hello."
"That you, Stovall?"
"Yes; that vou, Johnson?"
"Yes."
"I am on my way to your house to
see my boy."
"Come he. e," said Johnson, taking
his arm. He led him a short distance,
stopped, pointed, and whispered:
"Stovall, there's your boy."
Stovall was alone, with his face
buritd in the damp earth of a newly
made mound. An owl lighted on a
great tree and cried in hoarse mockery.
Two little shoes, oue at the head and
the other at the foot, marked the grave.
Johnson's little girl put them there.
"Yoi are my prisoner."
Stovall looked up. The sheriff and
his posse had surrounded him.
"Wait," he said, in an agonized voice.
"The light of my life has been hidden
under this bushel," placing his hand on
the mourid. "My boy," and again he
buried his face in the damp earth. He
sobbed aloud. "Now, gentlemen," he
said at length, arising, "I will go with
you."
He was alone. The sheriff and his
posse were gone.
A Ciiant Catipldor.
Chicago Herald.
The United States treasury has the
biggest spittoon on record. It is a
great oblong wooden box as big as a
bed, filled with sawdust. It lies in the
basement at the foot of the four flights
of stairs which lead to the various
stories, and accomodates the govern
ment employes and others.
Houston (Tex.) Post: When the
time comes to vindicatp the honor of the
American name, the veriest dude in
swelldom will cut his bang, tako off his
eye-glass, and shoulder a musket as
bravely as did his grandfather.
p. T. BAR.NUM'S WILL.
The.-Conrlave of Phyfticians
to Sectarian Institutions
Xothlnx
Donation
to Bridgeport.
New York Sun.
"W hy, when you made your will re
cently, "did you take the trouble to. call
a conclave of physicians to certify to
your condition ?"
"Because of what I had seen of con
tests over wills, in the case of Frank
Leslie and a dozen others. WThy, we
have had one right here, that over the
will of Capt. John Brooks', who died in
full possession of all his faculties, but
. - -I r i mi
pretty out, and leit most ot ms money
to the church, an. I now relations he
scarcely ever heard of are contesting
his will. Ahoy had me on the wit
ness sfa.id, and asked me what, in my
opinion, was Capt. Brook s mental con
dition. I replied that I thought his
mind was as sound as that of any rich
man who has poor relations. They
dropped me pretty quickly. I don't
suppose there is anything in my will
that anybody will coutest, but I don't
propose to leave any ground for legal
trouble over it. I provide that any
legatee who makes a contest shall, as a
penalty for so doing, forfeit what
ever is oe.paeatned to him in
the will, and I have left a fund of
$100,000 in reserve in the hands of the
executors until the will is pro
bated, expressiy to fight any contestant
who may arise. And if ttiat is not
enough, they can then go on and apply
the estate to make ttie right. As a
measure of precaution, I called in my
personal physician, who is an allojnith,
a prominent homaopathio physician,
and the treasurer of the Bridgeport
hospital, who is a leading doctor, and
had them not only witness my will, but
make oath that they believed me to be
of sound mind."
Have you made any bequests to purely
sectarian institutions ?"
"No, sir. Not a dollar. I have hith
erto given many thousands of dollars to
the building of evangelical churches,
but have made no bequests for any
thing of that sort. But I have given to
what I believe the most practical Chris
tian institution in America and I don't
know a man belonging to it that mag
nificent Children's Aid society. I have
not only given them a certain consider
able sum of money, in my will, but left
to them an interest in my share of the
large profits of the Barnum-London
show as long as it shall be in existence.
I have done that for several other in
stitutions, but not for any on sectarian
grounds."
"How much more have you made and
either given away or retained until
now ?"
"Oh, I don't know. Millions upon
millions. I am amazed myself when I
think over what I have expended and
given away. I have made a good deal
outside of my show businesses, in real
estate, much of it here in Bridgeport.
I built up East Bridgeport, which, not
many years ago, was all farms. In or
der to induce the erection of large
manufactories there, I gave awav mauy
thousands of dollars' worth of valu
able land, with the excellent result of
causing the building up of hundreds of
homes all about them, and the perma
nent establishment of a nourishing and
contented population.
'Independent of the donations you
have made in that way, to advance your
own landed interests, you have given
largely solely for the public good, have
you not?"
J: or the hrst time in the course of the
interview, Mr. Barnum spoke with
manifest reluctance. "I think," he said,
that it is not a becoming thing in me
to recapitulate what my good fortune
has enabled me to do for my friends and
neighbors, for so I deem all Bridgeport.
There are doubtless many among them
who, had they been equally successful
in having the means to dispose of,
would have been at least as liberal as I
have been. I had been lucky, and
naturally wished those about me to
have some share in my luck. It will all
be told when I am gone. In this mat
ter I should prefer for once to drop the
showman and not seem to be 'blowing
mv own horn.'"
"Let me speak for him," interpolated
friend who was present, as I believe
can correctlv, so far, at least, as the
mam things deserving or. mention
Many years ago he and his then asso
ciate, Gen. Noble, donated to the city
of Bridgeport, Washington park, a beau
tiful grove surrounded by churches and
fine residences, which the city would
not sell now for hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Then he, individually, gave
the city $70,000 worth more of land for
park purposes, on the condition that
the city is bound to forever maintain it
as a park, and always to have a free
bathinsr Ground on its front. In the
city ceme'.ery he gave several thousand
dollars' worth of lots for a burial plot
for the Grand Army of the Bepublic ; as
much more for the fire department of
Bridgeport ; d.OOO single graves for
poor" people, on condition that they
should be scattered all over the ceme
tery, not located in any one place to
gether, where the spot might come to
b known by the opprobrious name of
Potter's Field, and the further condi
tion that the very poor shall be buried
for nothing, and in no case shall more
than $2 be charged, instead of the
ordinary rate of $7. In addition to all
that he gave some $50,000 worth of
land for the cemetery. In his native
town of Bethel, a few miles from here,
he erected a fountain that cost him
$10,000 in Berlin, and with the fitting
up and ground about it, represented
$20,000 at least. He gave "
"There! there! stop!" interposed Mr.
Barnum. "No more of that. To sit
here and listen to you going on in that
way makes me feel as if you were read
ing my obituary aloud."
Gordon a to Future Life.
rClik-a-o Herald.
Gen. Gordon, the commander of tne
English forces in Egypt,' thus expresses
his views as to a future life : I think
that this life is only one of a series of
lives, which our incarnated part has
lived. I have little doubt of our having
pre-existed; a; d that also in the timo
of our pre-e istence we were actively
employed, ho. therefore, 1 belie o in
our active employment in a future life,
and like the thought. We .shall, I
think, be far more perfect in a future
life, and indeed go on toward perfec
tion, but never utfaiu it."
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In Cincinnati a sixteen-year-old girl re
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She had been attacked by something: like
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Are the words used by a lady, who was at
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physicians, and left to die. Reduced to a
mere skeloton, pals and haegard, not able
to leave her bed, from all those distressing
diseases peculiar to sullenng females, sucn
as displacement, leucorrhcea, inflamma
tion, etc., etc. She began taking Dr.
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," and also
using the local treatments recommended
by him, and is now, she says, "as good as
new." Price reduced to one dollar. By
druggists. '
Horses and rich men's daughters run
away with coachmen.
The Occident, S. F., says: "The DIA
MOND CATARRH REMEDY is highly
spoken of as a cure for that troublesome
disease. Many testimonials can be seen
at the Doctor's office from those who have
been saved from an early grave." Price 50c
per bottle. For sale by Hodge, Davis &
Co., C. A. Plummer & Co. and Clarke,
Woodard & Co., Portland, Or.
If a dancing master ain't ped-antic, then
what is his racket?
THROW AWAY TRUSSES
When our new method is guaranteed to
permanently cure the worst cases of rup
ture without the use of the knife. Send
two letter stamps for pamphlet and refer
ences. World s .Dispensary leuicai Asso
ciation, GU3 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
A
droll dog" is a wag with a funny
tale.
Vita Oil. Vita Oil. Vita Oil. Vita Oil.
Vita Oil. Vita Oil.
CATARRH A New Treatment whereby
a permanent cure is effected in from one to
tnree applications. 1'ariicuiars ana trea
tise free on receipt of stamp. A. H. Dixon
&Son, 305 King street west, Toronto, Can.
Use Wellinfrton's
Improved "Egg Food
for Poultry.
THE
BESTTQtllC.
'This medicine, combining Iron with pure
vegetable tonics, quickly and completely
Cures Dyiapepttia, Indifiention, WrakneM,
Impure Blood, Malaria, C'bilU and Fevers,
and Neuralgia.
It is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the
Kidneys and Liver.
It is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to
Women, and all who lead sedentary lives.
. It does not injure the teeth, cause headache.or
produce constipation other Iron medicines do.
It enriches and purifies the blood, stimulates
the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re
lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength
en the muscles and nerves.
For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of
Energy, fcc, it has no equal.
jjj-'The genuine has above trade mark and
Crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other.
Kadcoaljby ItROW.f CHESIIt'AL CO., BALTHIORK, ID.
THC
BE8T
TONIC
AMD
Nervine
KNOWN.
OONQUCRS
Dyspepsia
Gives
RtfresminG
SLEEP.
MAKtl YHC
Weak
Strong'
Despondent!
ANOTMI
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FOR BAi.1
BY AU.
DRUOOISTS
DELICIOUS fcrfc NOTRITIOtKS
ANO
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Til! Valuable niscoverr is being eitcnslrelr
riso.l and i performing many astonishing cures. Asa
Nervine anil Tonic it is unsunuwed. Celery. Beef
and Iron possesses wonderful power to build up broken
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and body. It i a Sure Itemed? in cases of Gen
eral iJehility, Nervous Kxhaustion, Sleeplessness. ?eu
raltfiaJ)ysiepRia.Ix)S8of l'bysicaland Mantjl l'ower.
I'rinary Jjitncuttu-s. ami au iirriini.iurni in
lleallh where a Tonic and nervine ta required.
lSewareof imitations.as a worthless and spurious arti
cle is bc-iiigsoM purporting to leC'eIerv, Beef and Iron.
Tl THILL, C OX cV O ,
537 'Iay Street, - - - San Francisco.
"wormy veins rii?r.roium-.?.,"J:;rf
X Btl ITV
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a
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Tells how to ',s7 order, and
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? Jt VVbu.h Aveaii- Cblca, 1U.
RUPTURE
AlMolutely cured In 90 to 01
" dsvs. br Dr. Fieree'v Fin
Magnetlo Elastic Truss.
Warranted the only BleotrJoTruaa)
In lh world EiitirL-lvditfer-nlfrum
all others. Forrect uetamer. ana iiwura
. with cae and comfort night and usy. Cured
St.. M.nnwn n. 1 Kimma of New York.
and hnndred, of others. New IlluMrated pa
phkrt free, containing run mrnnnaiion.
uinumii t-i mitTiln Tone! rnaf crafclV.
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strength and wholesomenusa. More economical than
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tion vrith the multitude of low test, short weight,
alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans.
Koyau Hakino I'owukr Co., lud Wall street, N. Y.
(7r
IN CASH
ii AWAV
ATTENTION, SMOKERS!
All contestants for the 25 premiums a?5rrepat
Ing above amount, offered ly Black well's Dur
ham Tobacco Co., must observe the following
conditions on which the premiums are to be
awarded: All bags must bear our original
Bull Durham label, V. 8. Revenue Stamp, and
Caution Notice. The baps must be done up
securely in a package with name and address
of sender, and humberof btigs contained plain
ly marked on the outride. Charpres must be
prepaid. Contest close November St tli. All pack
ages should be forwarded iJeeember 1st, and
must reach us at Durham not later than Decent'
ter loth. No matter where you reside, send
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done so, and state the number of bags sent.
Names of successful contestants, with number
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phia, Time: Durham, N. C, Tolxtcco liant;
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quirer; Chicaeo. Daily Nctvs: San Francisco,
Oirovicle. Address.
Blackweli.'s Durham Tobacco Co.,
Durham. N. C.
Every genuine package has picture of Bull.
tiW See onr nest announcement"!!
30 DAYS' TRIAL
f dr. y
(BF.F-)Kt.l (AFTLK.)
T7LECTRO-VOLTAIC BELT and other Klkctrtc
1 j Arrt.iASs are sent on 30 Days' Trial TO
HEN ONLY, YOUNO OR OLD, who are suffer
Injr from Vebvoi-s Debojtv, Lost Vitaxxtt,
Vvastiso WFAKsrssKS. and all those dlwflses oi a
Icss0MAl, Natcrb, resulting from AetsKS rnd
Other Causes. Speedy relief and comp'ete
restoration to Health, Vioob and Makhd
ftUAjjjt ntffd. Send at once for llluatrited
Pamphlet free. Address
Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich,
Skeleton Wagons.
Tunuic u RonuiM jl ertai
NOVELTY CARRIAGE WOHK8, Hi
. ... ww., I
CQX
CHICAGO. IXJL.
MAXUFACTUBKBS or
10
SulkJos, Skeleton Wacrons, Road and Family
aagftiea.
STUDEBAKER & BROS.
Agentm. - - - San Frtncloo. C'al.
PISO'S rEAiEDr F0f CATAfH
Eartvtoiis. A certain cure. Not xp'nRlv. Thre
months' treatment in one parkace. Ooo4 for Colt
In the Ilvsrt, UnlHehe. Dizziness. Hay Fever, &r
Flfly cents. Bv all Drui'KWis. or hv mail.
il T. IIAEII'INK. Warren. Fa.
PILES! PILES! PILES!
A SURE CURE FOUND AT LAST!
NO ONE NEED SUFFER.
A sure cure for Blind. Bleeding, Itching and Ulcer
ated Piles has been Uncovered liy Dr. William (an In
dian Remedy) called Dr. William's Indian Pile Oint
ment. A single box has cured the worKt chronic cases
of Zo or W years standing. lo one need sutler nre min
utes after applying this wonderful soothing medicine.
Lotions, instruments and electuaries do more harm than
good. William's Indian Pile Ointment alorbs the tu
mors, allays the intense itching (particularly at night
after getting warm in bed), acts as a poultice, given in
stant relief, and is prepared only for Piles, itching of
the private parts, ana lor notning else.
Read what the Hon. J. M. Cotfiiilwrry. of Cleveland,
says about Dr. William's Indian Pile Ointment: "I have
used scores of Pile Cures, and it afford? me pleabure to
say that I have never found anything which gave sush
immediate aud permanent relief as Dr. Williams In
dian Ointment." For sale by all druggists and mailed
on receipt of price, 9 1. C. I . Richards & Co., wholesale
agents, Han iranclsco.
DR. PIERCER
rcleotro-Mmrnet f c Bell
is the only complete U.-jdy-baf
terv in the world. Only one
generating continuous F.i.kctro-Mag-
BTIC Cl'KRFNT. IVllUOUt AC1C1S.
Cures disease like magic. For male
or female. Hundred cured I Pamphlet, &c, free.
MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY,
70-4 Sacramento Street. San Francisco.
quickly cured ly ItieClVlALE JltTU(.d. Adopt?; mall
the HOSPITALS OK FRANCE. lTompt return of WuOK.
61mple caws. $' to $. Severe onei. m: u $i j. 1-so.phlrt res.
CJlvUle Krrncdlal Aaencj, 160 Vultou bt.. Aew Xork.
Guns, Rifles, Etc.
Breech and Muzzle-Loadinff Guns. Uifles. Pis
tols. Ammunition of all kinds, jiortint? Goods,
Fishing Tackle, at Wholesale and Retail.
XI loss. Cotrol.
52 Montgomery Nt Nan Francisco.
All orders by mail or otherwise carefully and
promptly attended to.
OShotCuns
Revolvers,
Rifles,
(IrotTVHt'.ril -K. 1
OubWoi k,rut.barsb .tr
X. "West's KIcctric Belts.
HAVIXO INVKNTEIl
a uumlter of F.i.kv
THicPELT.l, I now present
to the world iny "e lui-
proved Uelt," suicrior In
exery respect to all others.
T.iis is the ONLV HKLt
hlrh ran he CHARGED WITH WATER and conv
a constant current of electricity through the human
body, curinjf all mhkasks without mkmcine and re
storing lost manhood. Thousands of testimonials of its
ralue on tile. or maio anaiemaiu. nrnvv.".j'. .n.i
canh. Price. 810. He d for circulars to C. N. WE.SX
52 Market street, Han Francisco.
GIVE
m
vy Ta TA HA.Srv. V
V7, u
' Warranted to relievo or M'
euro Heart Disease, m
Vj. j. MACK &
AGESTS,
C.
Lobs and Gain.
CHAPTKR I.
"I was taken siek a year ago
With bilious fever.',
"My doctor pronounced me cured, but I
got Bick again, with terrible pains in my
back and sides, amd I got so bad I
Could not move 1
I shrunk! .
From 228 lbs. to 120! I had been doc
toring for my liver, but it did me no good.
I did not expect to live more than three
months. I began to use Hop Bitters. Di
rectly my appetite returned, my pains left
me, my entire system seemed renewed aa
if by magic, and after using several bot
tles, I am not only as sound as a sovereign,
but weigh more than I did before. To Hop
Bitters I owe my life." R. Fitzpathick.
Dublin, June (J, 'SI.
CHAPTKR n.
"Maiden, Mass.. Feb. 1, 1880. Gentlemen
I suifcrcd with attacks of sick headache,"
Neuralgia, female trouble, foryears in the
most terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me re
lief or cure, until I used Hop Bitters,
"The first bottle
Nearly cured me;" S
The second made me as well and strong
as when a child,
"And I have been so to this day."
My husband was an Invalid for twenty
years with a serious
"Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
"Pronounced by Boston's best physi
cians "Incurable 1"
Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him
and I know of the
"Lives of eight persons"
In my neighborhood that have been
saved by your bitters,
And many more are using them with
great benefit.
"They almost
Do miracles?" Mrs. E. D. Slack.
How to Get Sick. Expose yourself day and
niRht; eat too much without exercise; work too
hard without rest; doctor all the time; take all
the vile nostrums advertised, and then you will
want to know now to okt wkll, which is an
swered in tliree words Take Hop Bitters I
fiTNone genuine withont a bunch of green
Hops on the white label. Khun all the vile, poi
sonous stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" in their
name.
,,W,,,.1L..2,L.UII , ,
XJ q i a 1 1
stand Mot t Economy
Strvnuest, Purest, jlrs
iral in the Market.".
Never Varies in Qua ity.
Keconinicndcd to CONSUMERS by lea llr r PhjsJi
ciuiis, OhemlHtii and metnlcrs of f !- ' Saa
Prancisco Hoard of Heaith
FRKPARKD BY TUB
B0TK1N MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
San Vkancisco and Sachamkmt,
piaxoh, or;axn, KTC.
HOIILP.K& CIIANK, Han Francisco and Tort
land, Agents for Decker Hros., J-'ischer, Ik-hning Behr
P.ros. and the Emerson I'lanON. Also for Mason k
Hainhlin and the Chase Oricanft. These agencies are
selected for merit, and represent tne best in the Market.
Write for description and net prices. Jf-tf Headquarters
for Band Instruments and liana Hupplies.
CTCIIIUAV HKAMCH A. IIACIL
O I LI II If A I .Uahlcr, Roenikh Pianos; burdet
orurans, hand instrtmicntA. Laiyest stock ef Hheel
Music and Booka Bands supplied at Eastern trios
M. OKAY, 200 Post Street, San Franciico.
N. P. N. U. No. 47.-8. K. S. V. No. 12t.
JDoii't la Swindled!
BE HI RE YOC UET
THOMAS'
Cool Water
BLEACHING SOAP
SPECIAL NOTICE!
There are many cheap imitations of this excellent Soap
being placed upon the market called Cold Water Bleach
ing Koap. None are genuine but our Thomas' Cool
Water Bleaching Soap. Insint on having the Cool
W ater. Manufactured only by the
Standard Soap Co,,!
204 Harramerito Ht.
SAN FRANCISCO.
AM
The ainerlence in the treatment of Caooer with Swift's
Specific (S .S.H.I would seem to warrant us in saying that
it will cure this much dreaded scourge. Persoasso
afflicted are inrlted to correspond with us.
I believe Swift's Specific has sared my life. I had vir
tually lost use of the upper part of my body aud my
arms from the poisonous eifecta of large cancer on my
neck, and from which I had suffered fur twenty years.
S. H. S. has relieved me of all soreness, and the poison
Is being forced out of my system. 1 will soon be well.
W. It, KoBinojf, Darisboro, Oa
Two month ago my attention was called to the ease
of a woman afflicted with a cancer on ber shoulder at
least tire ioclies in circumference, angry, painful, and
fving the patient no rest day or night I t six months,
obtained a supply of Swift s Specific for her. She baa
taken S bottles and the ulcer is entirely healed up, only
a very small scab remaining, and ber health is better
than for & years psM; seems to be perfectly cured.
Xkv. Jesmk H. Campbell. Columbus, Oa.
I have set n remarkable results from use of Swift's
Specilic on a cancer. A young man here has been
afflicted five years with the most angry-looking eating
cancer I ever saw, and was nearly dead. The first bot
tle made a wonderful change, and after five bottles were
taken, he is nearly or quite welL It is truly wonderful
M. F. Va.VW.KX, M. l., Oglethorpe, Ua
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
Th Swirr SpBCinc Co., Drawer 1 Atlanta, Ga
N. Y. Office. 1S9 W. 23d St.. bet. 6th and 7th Avenues.
Calvert 'a Carbolic
SHEEP VASH.
99 int (Gallon.
After dipping the she;?. Is
useful for preservhiK wet
hiilos.dcHtroyinjr the vine jicst
and for wheat dressings and
disinfecting purposes, etc T.
W. Jackson, 8. F., Sole Affent
for Pacific Coast.
I SEWER, WATER ANO f
'i- fZ, i ain VilUnvV ili-x -ol
r fclllk'lll vH !e-js-i (r-l
i jUNCOLN PLACER CO.CAL.&I
This I! FIT or neswnem.
tor 's made epniv for
ttioeureof deranireniente
cf ttu (reneratlve orvrans.
1 here Is no misuUie about
this Instrument, the con
tinuous stream nf EI.KO
TRICITV pertneatln':
restoro them to healthy
UllLI tbeONBapecino prpowa
Eloctrlo Beit. Ufc. 1US VVaabiugton bt.. ChJuitfW, Ui.
OXE of the grandest appllanws ever nuuU fur Liuns Back,
WoaktwM of Bpliw and any diaraas of tfas Kldmya Tills Bait
will giva relief in rivs misitbs, and baa never failed ta ear
Lama Back. We challenge the civilised wurld to pruduos the
iil of the MHirnetle Hhielda for curing diseaaa. We caul rafrr
to on thoiuaiid iwopla now wearing this Belt Magnetls In
aolea, Ll). keep the feet warm In snow aud tea, Baud for oar
new book; It will tall you what Magnetism la slid war It neeU
all other kiwwn ranedlea. Mailed free, fsiiaoo If ausstmi
8hiku Co., 1US Tost Btreet, Hhu rraueiano,' C'aL
0
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