The Columbian., December 12, 1884, Image 4

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Experiments in England show
that gaslight has greater penetrating
power in a fog than electric light of the
same intensity.
An Australian has devised a scheme
for bringing down rain to order. He
has a ballojn charged with dynamite
underneath it, which is fired off by wire
connecting with the earih when the
balloon reaches the clouds.
lido Camsdell, the editor of an
Atlanta (Ga.) journal, has discovered
a process in photo-lithography, which,
according to 5lr. Howell, of the Atlan
ta Constitution, "will introduce intothe
art of printing pjssibilities never yet
dreamed of."
In skinning calves the French
mode is to make a hole, insert the noz
zle of a bellows, and blow the skin
from the flesh. For this reason alone,
it is said, French calf-skin is superior
to that made in this country, where
knives are used in the skinning process.
Every ono has heard of condensed
milk, but condensed, or rather, solid
ilied drinks of a more potent nature are
a novelty. An ingenious French chem
ist has d:scovered a method by whi h
any wine, spirit or malt litjuor can be
solidified into a cake, like chocolate,
and so conveniently carried about in
the pockets of the thirsty.
A merchant of ' Sandy Hill, N. Y.,
has completed a curious ten-stringed
musical instrument, yaid to have been
constructed after the model of one
found in the ruins of Pompeii. The
frame is made from wood of a chair
owned by (lem-ral Philip Schuyler, a
century ago, and a piece of cherry two
hundred years old. N. Y. 1'itncs.
Dry pocket-glue is made of twelve
parts of good glue and live parts of
sugar. The glue is boiled until it is en
tirely dissolved, the sugar is then put
into the glue, and the mass is evapor
ated until it hardens on cooling. Luke
warm water melts it very readily, and
it is excellent for use in causing paper
to adhere tirmly, cleanly, and without
producing any disagreeable odor.
Exchange.
An improved fishhook has been in
vented by a Southern sportsman. About
midway Hp the shaft of the hook he
places a small crossbar, which serves
three purposes. F.rst, it prevents the
fish from swallowing the hook; second,
it increases the chances of capture, for
the reason that when a fish strikes its
nose against the projection it involun
tarily closes its mouth, and so is secure
ly caught; and third, it prevents the
bait from slipping up the hook.
That the small coins of all nations
may be a most potent factor in dissem
inating disease is a discovery due to
the researches of Dr. Keinch. Taking
specimens of coin which had been long
in circulation, he scraped off the thin
organic incrustations, which he then
divided into small pieces and dissolved
in distilled water. Microscopic inspec
tion of the solution disclosed abund
ance of bacteria and vegetable fungi.
After this there is ampie reason for
caution in handling money made of
metal; of the danger of lilthy paper
currency the public has loug been
aware.
PITH AND POINT.
The cheaper the chrar the more per
sistently does the cheap smoker puff it
in the faces of hs fellow travelers.
Loire'l Courier.
. A writer in a health publication ad
vises people to "live in the sun." But
how under the sun are people going to
do it. Bos on Transcript.
The census proves that the number
of persons in a J'a nily in this country is
a small fraction over five. In some
families the husband is the small frac
t on over. Boston 1'ran cript.
The Pies My Mother Made" is a
new song, it is said, but it is not. Every
young husband has sung it for the last
two centuries. Philadelphia Cull.
Some one has discovered that the
high-heeled shoes worn by women pro
duce softening of the brain. It was
not generally known that the brains of
women who wear such shoes was lo
cated so low; but it stems plausible
enough Norrist jwn Herald.
A tree in Milford, Ma s., to -which
George Washington tied his horse in
about 17G0, wa recently cut down and
w.ll be converted into mementoes. Al
though not a very large tree, it is es
timated that it will produce about 7o,
00U canes, several hundred arm chairs,
about the same number of lounges, four
score of bedsteads, and l.OuO piano
stools. The rest will be converted into
toothpicks and umbrella handles. Ex
change. A would-be society beau, whose
grandfather had been a successful shoe
maker, impertinently remarked upon
Miss Aurelia II s feer. and said they
were very pretty. Miss II met the
young braggart soon after at a party,
and takinsr occasion to be heard by the
bjstanders, she said. "I hear that you
have been making remarks about the
lit of my Lots. If you intend open
ing' a shoe shop I shall be delighted to
continue the patronage which was
begun by our family when your grand
father was a shoemaker." Harper's
Bazar.
. He was seated across the room.
George," she said, "if a fire were sud
denly to break out in the house, what
W( uld be your first impulse, do you
think?" "Well, my Irst thought
would be of you, of course. 1 would
get you to a place of safety, and then
do what I could to extinguish the
l'am.!s." "That would be vry nice of
you, George, to think of mo first; but if
a fire were to brealc ouc now for in
stance, wouldn't you lose valuable
time reaching me from way across the
room?" "I don't know but 1 would,"
said George, as ho changed his seat.
"Do you s e that man walking
along there?'' said Jones to, a New
Yorker, as a n'ce-looking party went
by on Fourth stre.it la t Tuesday.
"Yes," was the reply. ".Veil, sir, that
man has killed men, worr.en and chil
li en in his tim-." "Heavens! Why
don't they hang him?" "v.'an't doit.
Hanging's played out in this country."
"Wasn't lie ever arrested. " "Not that
I know of." "No wonder you have
riots in Cincinnati." ''He doesn't look
like he was so bloo !-t!iirstv. Who is
he?'' ' A doctor." "Oh i h - h re's
:i twenty-liv. cent cigar." Merc'. an,
Ti a . e er.
One of the Concord philosophers
is credited with lucidly remarking that
life means feeling, and feeling means
the presence of a pnnciplo in all its to
tality in every portion of an extended
whole; only such presence could con
stitute an extended or a continuous
whole, since an extended whole which
was not all at once present to some
thing unextended could not be extended.
feucn me must do worm living. ,iar
per's Bazar i
Callow youth (before looking-glass.
as he stroked his chin): "I think 1 must
e-et a razor." Sister: "Do, Will. Get
a beard-raiser." Golden ays."
Moltke the Silent. .
Moltke the Silent der ScJitveigcr
as he is called, is generally considered
the greatest, and is certainly the most
successful, of living soldiers. His
achievements "at Kouiggratz, Sedan,
and Paris have never been surpassed,
and compel the admiration of all com-,
petent military critics. Silent, quiet,
cold, the very" incarnation of concen
trated thought, just as you see him
walking in the streets or moving in a
drawing-room, when everybody stands
respectfully aside to let him pass so
he stood on the battlefield, his cold
clear eye passing slowly from one point
to the other, and his cold clear mind
weighing the chances of victory and
defeat with the intensity and serenity
of a mathematician pondering over the
solution of some great problem. No
one, it is said, has ever seen Count
Moltke excited, not even at Sedan,
where the greatest victory of modern
times decided the fortunes of the two
most powerful empires of the Conti
nent. His calmness seems i'sterious,
almost awful, and there is something
strangely sad about that silent, lonely
old man. His wife died some years
ago; he never had a child; his nearest
relations, with the exception of a nephew
and a niece, seem to be kept at a dis
tance by him. Who are his compan
ions and his mends." 10 wnom uoes
he ever talk in a friendly, . familiar
wayr isooody nas ever ueen -aoie
to tell me, though I have often in
quired. An old man of eightv-four, he
still appears without fail wherever
duty calls him. He is to be seen at al
most all the Emperor's receptions, the
most striking personage near the
throne. Hut hov. does the old ..Field
Marshal pass his time when free from
dutv, when tired of work? Nobody
pretends to know. Either nobody penH
eiraies into nis miiiuacy, or eise mose
who approach him intimately do not
peak about it. When the weather is
fine j-ou may see a very tall, thin man,
with very light yellowish hair and a
sallow, beardless, wrinkled face, out of
which shine a pair of stony gray eyes,
wrapped in a long, dark military coat,
a cap on his small head, faultlessly
dressed in a General's uniform a gen
tleman born in every inch of his aristo
cratic, slender figure, his body still
erect, but his head as in deep thought
slightly bent forward such a man, I
say, yon may see coming out or tne
great red building whicn stands on the
Koenigs-Platz, at the corner of
"Moltke" and "Bismarck" streets, and
which bears the name of "General
Stab." The solitary old man, unat
tended by a servant, walks slowly,
noiselessly. Every one'who meets him
looks at him attentively; if the passer7
by rs a soldier he stands on one side and
salutes. The old General returns the
salute slowly and deliberately, but ap
parently without seeing to whom.
Every time I see him the thought oc
curs "to me that in such guise Dante
must have passed through the streets
of Florence. That is General Field
Marshal Count Hellmuth von Moltke,
one of the strangest character the
world has ever produced. It is well
worth going to Berlin to see that great
historical personage. Blackwood's
Magazine.
m m
Begging Letters.
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Kitty Wolf and
all other rich ladies of this city are
obliged to meet the annoyance of beg
ging letters, which indeed is of an in
cessant character. This is one of the
penalties of wealth. Rich men, of
whatever position, are annoyed in the
same manner. The number of beg
ging letters received by this class is es
timated at 500 a week. Jay Gould
gets his share, and so does William II.
Vanderbuilt. Ex-Governor Morgan
was innundated .'by such applications,
and now that he is gone, his widow has
to endure the same annoyance. As
soon as a man does a liberal act he is
at once set on by these mendicant let
ter writers. Hence when it was pub
lished that Jay Gould had given $5,000
to the yellow fever sufferers at Memphis,
and also that E. D. Morgan had en
dowed a seminary, and that William
II. Vanderbilt had imported the obelisk,
each one of these benefactors was
made the subject of an attack. This
renders the service of a private secre
tary indispensible, for in addition to
reading, is the necessity (in some cases)
of a reply. R. L. and A. Stewart
used to answer begging letters, because
unless this was done the writer might
think his application failed to reach
them, and would therefore repeat it.
Robert Bonner, of the Ledger, unfor
tunately was paragraphed as having
rriven a" bell to a western church. Im-
... . . ....
mediately a hundred oeus were ap-
I
lied for, and he had to stop at once or
ie miirlit have continued ffivins: away
bells to the present day. However lib
eral men of wealth may be, they gen
erally prefer to select the object of tiieir
beneficence. This custom of writing
begging letters is of unlimited extent.
Rogers, the London poet, banker, once
gaid to a friend "the letters I receive
from strangers of both sexes asking for
money are really innumerable. I late
ly had a begging epistle from a woman,
which I did not answer, and a day or
two afterward another came, begin
ning 'Unkind one.' " Rogers was a
very liberal man, bnt like other men of
wealth, he had his preferences in the
matter of charity. N. Y. Cor. Utica
Herald.
The First Watch.
At first the watch was about the size
of a desert plate. It had weights and
was used as a "pocket clock." The
earliest known use of the modern name
occurs irf the record of 1552, which
mentions that Edward VI. had "one
larum or Watch of iron, the case beinrr
likewise of iron gilt, with two'plum
mets of lead." The-first watch may
really be supposed to be of rude execu
tion. The first great improvement was
in 15C0. The earliest springs were not
coiled, but only straight pieces of steel.
Karl y watches had only one hand, and
being wound up twice aday, they could
not be expected to keep the time of day
evactly. The dia's were of silver and
of brass; the cases had no crystals, but
opened at the back and front and were
four or five inches in diameter. A
plain watch cost more than $1,500, and
after one was ordered it took a year to
make it. f'ift-ih'irah Ih'sna'rh.
Edwin C. Burt, the widely-known
shoe man, is dead. He was sixty-six
years old and enjoyed the reputation of
having furnished more ladies and chil
dren with shoes than any other, manu
facturer in this country. Boston I'ost.
"How do you like it?' asked a
yachtsman of a young lady as the boat
went up and down in the trough of the
waves. "Oh, I I it's too awfully
swell!" was the distressed reply.
,
San Francisco has 3,500 Chinamen
in cigar factories, and dealers are train
ing white boys and girls to take their
places,
r A Wonderful Sub dance
Amontr the most interesting develop
ments which havo followed in the wake
of the discovery of petroleum is the
immense trade which has sprung up in
ozokerite, or ozocerite, as Webster has
it. No fairer substance ever sprang
from most unpromising parentage than
tho. snowy, pure, tasteless, opalescent
wax which is evolved from the loud
smelling, pitchy dregs of th- petroleum
still. The Mining he'view thus sums up
the many uses to which this remarkable
substance is applied:' This comely, im
pressionable article, with all its smooth.
soft beauty, denes agenis which can
destroy the precious metals and eat up
the hardest stel as 'water dissolves
sugar. Sulphuric and other potent
acids have no more enect on ozokerite
than spring water. It is alike impervi-'
ous to acif and to moisture. Its advent
seems to have been a special dispensa
tion in this age of-electricity.
Every overhead electric light cable
or underground conduit, or - slender
wire, cunningly wrapped with cotton
thread; all these owe their fitness for
conducting the subtle fluid to the pres
ence of this wax. And in still more
familiar forms let us outline the utility
of this substance. Every gushing
school girl who sinks her white teeth
into chewing gum chews .this paraffine
wax.- Every caramel'she'eats contains
this wax, and is wrapped in paper sat
urated with the same substance." The
gloss seen upon hundreds of vrfrietios of
cenfe.tionery is due to the presence of
this ingredient of petroleum, used to
give the articles a certain consistency, as
the laundress uses starch. So that a
product taken from the dirtiest, worst
smelling of tars finds its way to the
millionaire's mansion, an honored serv
itor. It aids to make possible the
electric radiance that Hoods his rooms;
or, in the form of wax candles, sheds a
softer luster over the scene. It polishes
the floor for the feet of his guests, and
it melts in their mouths in the costliesl
candies. For the insulation of electric
wire, paraffine wax has to-day no suc
cessful rival, and the growth of the de
mand for this purpose keeps pace with
the marvelous growth of the electric
lighting system. A single Chicago firm
bu3's paraffine wax by the car load.
Its price is but half that of beeswax,
and yet the older wax yields readily to
sulphuric or other acTd, this being a
test for the presence of beeswax in par
afline. The demand for paralfine for
candlec as yet heads the list
Then comes the needs of the paper
consumers. In 1877 a single firm in
New York handled 14,000 reams of
waxed paper. Not only for wrapping
candy is this paper valuable, but fine
eutl?ry. hardware, etc., incased in
waxed paper is safe from the encroach
ment of rust or dampness. Fish and
butter and a score of other articles are
also thus wrapped, and there seems
literali, no end to the uses found for
the paper saturated with this pure hy
drocarbon. In the chemist's laboratory
it is invaluable as a coating for articles
exposed to all manner of powerful dis
solvents; brewers find it a capital thin";
for coating the iuterior of barrels, and
the maker of wax flowers simulates
nature in sheets of paraffine. And yet.
until Drake drilled hi9 oil well in 1859,
the existence in this country of this
boon to civilization was unsuspected,
and it lay in the depths of Pennsylva
nia rocks, where thousands, possibly
millions, of years ago it was stored by
the hand of an all-wise Creator. Sci
cntific American.
Acupuncture for Cholera in China.
The employment of acupuncture and
cauterization by Chinese doctors -forms
the rubject of an article in one of the
last numbers of the North China Herald.
A native public writer not long since
claimed that a skillful physician in this
department of medicine could cure such
diseases as imbecility, fits, cholera etc.
The pr'.nciple of cauterization is simply
that of counter-irritation, and the
English writer bears personal testimony
to its efficacy in the case of a slight sun
stroke, although the operator was a sim
ple Manchm peasant and the instrument
a couple of copper coins. Very extra
ordinary cures are attributed to acu
puncture by the Chinese. It is first
performed in the hollow of the elbow
of each arm. If the puncture draws
blood there is no danger, but if no
blood appears the case is regarded as
very grave. But before abandoning
the sutlerer puueture of the abdomen
is tried. Seizing a handful of fie.h, the
operator drives the needle right through
it, and then draws it backward and
forward a few times. It' the patient
manifests any sense of pa:n, or if any
blood is drawn, a poultice of egg and
buckwheat flour is applied over the
puncture, and recovery is regarded as
almost certain; but if no pain is felt
and no blood Hows the case is declared
hopeless, and the sufferer is left to die.
The ease is then quoted of a young
Chines- educated abroad, who was
attacked with cholera: his extremities
became cold, and cramp set in, in a
somewhat alarming manner. The barber
surrreon who was called in, commenced
by ruuning a needle into the pit of
the patient's stomach, a jet of very
dark blood following; he then punctured
the calf, the two breasts, and the fore
head of the sufferer, freeing a certain
quantity of blood at each prick. The
relief is said to have been instantaneous,
and in two days recovery was complete.
The Chinese explanation of this treat
ment is that when the blood is in the
poisoned condition which induces the
choleraic symptoms it becomes thick,
and accumulates in certain portions of
the body. A clever surgeon knows
exactly how to piH his fingers on the
particular spots, and by skillfully
"opening the mouth of the heart,"
as the operat'on is called, sets free the
poisoned fluid which causes all the
mischief. It is noteworthy that faith
in the efficacy of this mode of treat
ment, is not contin hI to the masses,
but is shared by dinose who haebeen
abroad and have had ample experience
of Western medical practice.--Nature.
On a back street in Saratoga is a
little meeting-house for Free Metho
dists, who aim to be extremely primi
tive, ar.d who havo undertaken to re
form the frivolities of fashion as dis
played by tho summer residents. Ev
ery a'tcrnoon a small company of
women, plainly clad, kneel solemnly in
prayer for their sisters who delight in
more elaborate clothes. There is thu9
far no perceptible effect. Troy Times.
About six hundred GermaH news
nanecs arc published in the United
States, of which seven are in the New
England States, 208 in the middle
States, K5 in the Southern States ana
350 in the Western States.
THE BIO BRZWEBY.
Point Brawerv.
L. I., N. Y., writes that he employs a large
number of norses ana nanas, ana naviu
tried St. Jacobs Oil, the Treat pain-cure,
for rhematiam, aches and pains of his
men, and for galls, splints, mruBn, wmu
galls and otner anecuoas oi um uunco,
finds It superior to all remedies, and
would not D9 wiuiout it.
"SPLENDID RESULTS."
This is the derided affirtnation of a een-
tleman in Troy, New York, after a month's
trial of Compound Oxygen in his family.
The great improvement in his wife's con-
umon, is very remarkable inaeea.
"My wife had miirh soreness in her
lungs, and a constant depressed feehnK,
as if a weight was laid upen them. W e
had just buried a daughter who had been
nearly a year sick with consumption, and
constant care of her produced these inju
rious results. I felt much worried in con
sequence. Four flavs' use of the Treat
ment and the appetite began to mend. Two
weeks and she felt like a different person.
mi . . . i.. .1 : . . n
a ne soreness nas almost enureij uiooj
peared, asd she can breathe deeper now
than she hnx been able, to do for years.
goes out in all weather, and is able to do
an amount of 'Chrismas shopping' that is
very trying to my poeket-booK. uesiaes
mv wife, othpr members oi the family
have used it ct3 a general tonic, with
splendid results."
Our "Treatise on Compound Oxygen,
containing a history of the discovery amd
mode of action of this remarkable cura
tive agent, and a large record of surprising
cures m Consumotion. Catarrh. Neuralgia,
"Bronchitis, Asthma, etc., and a wide range
or chronjc diseases, will be sent free. aq
dress urs. starkey fie Jr'ALEN, now ana
1111 Girard street. Philadelphia.
All orders for the Compound Oxygen
Home Treatment directed to H. E. Ma
thews, 606 Montgomery street, San Fran
cisco, will be filled on the same terms as if
sent directly to us in Philadelphia.
-,Up in arms the squalling infant at
midnight . , '
Pile tumors cured in ten days,
rupture in four weeks. Address World's
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
is. x.
The writing master does a flourishing
business.
A REMEDY FOB LTTNG DISEASES.
Dr. Robert Nevt ton, late President of the
Eclectic ColleffC of the city of New York, and
formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, used DR. WJI.
HALL'S BALSAM very extensively in his prac
tice, aa many of his patients now living, and re
stored to. health by tho use of this invaluable
medicine, can amply testify. He always said
that so good a remedy ;ought not to be consid
ered merely as a patent medicine, but that it
ought to be prescribed freely by every physician
as a sovereign remedy in all cases of Lung dis
eases. It cures Consumption, and all pectoral
complaints.
FARMERS. WHEN YOU VISIT SAN
Francisco remember that the Americaa Ex
change Hotel continues to be the farmers' head
quarters; under the experienced management
of Charles Montgomery, the traveling public
are assured of fair, honorable treatment; board
and room per day, $1, $1.25 and $ 1.50; nice single
rooms, 50 cents per night; this hotel btands at
the head of the list for respectability, and con
sequently is doing an extensive family business;
it is strictly a teniDerance hotel, having no con
nection directlv or indirectly with a saloon that
is next door in the same building; ..Montgomery s
Temperance Hotel on Second street was the first
temneranee hotel ever started in San Francisco
(Uyears ago) and has the largest number of
steady patrons of any hotel in the State; loard
and room. $i to $5 per week, or 75 cents to $1 per
day; single rooms, Ja to no cents per nigni; wnen
you visit the city don't forget to try either the
j Trt 1. - 1 1 ..... 1 .
American riiiianKc or iiiuniKuini o nmo,
both hotels have free coaches to and from all
steamers and trains.
CHARLES MONTGOMERY. Iroprictor.
A tea made of lettuce leaves is good for
wakefulness.
THEBE SHALL BE NO ALPS.
Whea Napleon talked of invading Italy
one of his othcers said: "Wut, sire, remem
ber the Alps. To an rdmary man thse
would have seemed simply insurmounta
ble, but .Napoleon responded eagerly
"There shall be no Alps. So the famous
Simplon pass was made. Disease, like a
mountain, stands in the way of fame,
fortune and honor to many who by Dr.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery
might be healed and so the mountain
would disappear. It is specific for all
blood, chronic lunar and liver diseases.
such as consumption (which is Bcrofula of
the lungs), pimples, blotches, eruptions,
tumors, swellings, faver-sores and kindred
complaints.
Equal parts of chloroform and alcohol
will remove paint spots from cotton gooas
If you want a god smoke, try "Seal cf
North Carolina, plug cut.
Try Germea for Breakfast.
CATARRH A New Treatment whereby
a permanent cure is effected in from one to
three applications. Particulars and trea
tise free on receipt of stamp. A. H. Dixon
&on, auo ivmg street west, loronw,
We call the attention of the public to the
advertisement of W. U. Wilshire KW..
who are well known all over the Pacific
Coast as dealers in and agents for the Mac
neal Safes, and the Butlalo Scales. The
firm has been in business in San Francisco
for over ten years, and have gamed an en
viable reputation for fair dealing and tie
excellent quality of the goods which they
represent. '
la cases of rfj-ape-ia.
debility, rheuma
tism. foTtr nuil atnia,
livr complaint, inao
tivity of the kldDey
uiul lilaldtT, constipa
tion and other organic
inaladien, Hottettcr'a
Htomueh Bittern la a
tried remedy, to which
the medical brother
hood hae len their
profefwional aanotion,
and which aa a tonic,
alterative and hnuae
hold apecifle for llr
dera of the ntnmach,
liver and bowel ha
an unbounded popu
larity. For aale by Dni
giita and Dealera, to
whom apply for Ho-
tetter'a Almanac for
1885.
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SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
LpMofppetite.N"ausea.bowelscos;
tive.Painjn theHead.with a dnllenr
saiion.jn. the back part Pain under
thoshoulder-blade, fullness after eat
lng,giUiadisinclinatlon to exertion
of body or mind, Irritability of temp
er. Low spirits,L.osgof memory, with"
a feeling of having neglected some
dnty. weariness. Dizzine'ss, Flutter
ing ofthe Heart, fJots before the eyes,
Yellow gkin.Headaohe,Restlessness
at nighty highly coloredUrine.
TF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
121073 SI3XASE3 WILL COOK SB DEVILCPID.
TUTT'S PILLS are especially adapted to
such cases, one dose elfects suoh a ckango
of feelini? a9 to astonish tho sufferer.
They Increase the Appetite, and cause
the body to Take on If leah, thus the sys
tem is nourlthfd, and by their Tonic
Action on tho IMgestlve Organs, ltefrn
lar Stools are produced. Trice 35 cents.
TUTT'S HAIR DYE.
Grat II air or Whiskers changed to a
Glosrt Black: by a single application of
this ITE. It imparts a natural color, aets
Instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, or
sent by express on receipt of S 1.
Office, 44 Murray St., New York.
TWO. VEST UGLY TWINS
Thev trn ban1 in hand, and lead their
victim a terrible trot down into th valley
of the shadow of death. One is neuralgia,
the other rhematism. These generally pro
ceed from disordered blood. Brown s Iron
Ritters knneks nut. these uclv twins DV Set
ting the blood aright and invigorating the
system. Mr. W. T. Osborne, of Coxville,
Ala., used Rrnwn's Iron Bitters for raeu
matism and neuralgia with mbst happy
effect. It also cures dyspepsia.
Known by his "fizz" the seltzer water
dealer.
DESPISE NOT THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS
T.iHlo thinrra mnv he.ln a man to rise a
bent pin in an easy chair for instance.! Dr.
Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets" are
small things, pleasant to take, and they
cure sick-headaches, relieve torpid livers
and do wonders. Being purely Vegetable,
they cannot harm anyone. All druggists.
An-English actor named CI
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said not to draw well.
Dn. Evory Dear Sir: I know the DIA
MOND CATARRH REMEDY to be a very
valuable Remedy, if not infallible, I have
suffered a good deal with Catarrh, tried
many remedies, but found nothing ithat
will compare with your Diamond Catarrh
Remedy. Yours very truly, !
Mellville, Shasta Co., Cai. it. tiuuraa.
Price 50c per bottle. For sale by Hodge,
Davis & Co., C. A. Plummer & Co.j and
Clarke, Woodard & Co., Portland, Oregon.
Pretty small fry-
-oysters at a boarding
ho.use.
Vnw tf'mio-liM- AHtlinia and Throat
IMHorderH. use "Browns Jironchuu
Troches."
a rv If k Tn oil u-hn nni antforinir frC.m tr-
rors and indiscretions of youth, nervous Mreak-
i J 1 m U T ta-i 1 1
send a recipe that will cure youj FitEK OF
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to the only nrst-ciass gajiery in x-orimnu,
J . . i .j 1 1 it i
Abe 1 1 5c toon, asnington sixeei.
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rainier & Rev, Type Founders and jPress
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This medicine, combining frn witi pure
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It is aa unfailing remedy for Diseases of the
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It is invaluable for Pisease peculiar to
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. Itdoes not injure the teeth, can headuche.or
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T. ...!v. t.iii!Ai thnViliwl stimulates
the appetite. aiis the assimilation of fiod. re
lieves Heartburn and Itelohingt and strength-
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Hit IUllM.lt! HVJ . L -
For Intermittent Fevers, LaskiMde, Inciter
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jHvThe ponuine has alove trade mark and
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Tut
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DEALERS.
Tlila Tnloable DlaCOTerr la neine extcnalTelT
hb1 and ih performing many aatoniMiing cun-it. Aa a
Nrr lne and Tonic it ia unsurpaased. Celery, lievt
and Iron poaoeaaea wnndurf ul power t build up broken
down coustitutiona, and rotttora rigor to both mind
and body. It I a Knre Remedy in caavaof (let,
eral l)elility, Jferroua Kxhaimtion, Kletrrlaiinui. Neu
raliiaJJyiiiwpBia.IxMiaof riiT8icalnlMntal rower.
Urinary IinicuUie, and all iM-ning.nfrDl of
Ilrallta where a Tonic and Nervine la requirail.
Beware of iniitationn.ana-worthkwa and apurioua arti
cle ia being eol L nunrtlng to lw Celery. Beef and Iron.
Tl-TlalLL. COX AC.,-
537 Clar Street. (mui Frandco
The Science of Life, Only $1
BY MAIL POST-PAID.
KUOW THYSELF.
A Great Medical fort on Manlooi.
KiTianiitad Vltalitv. Nervous and Physical Debility
Premature Decline in man. Errors of Youth, and tbe un
told miaerlea resulting from indiscretion! or excess. A
book for every man. young middle-agsd and old. It con
tains 125 prescriptions far all acute and ehronic dieeaaea,
each one of which ia invaluable, bo found by the autho,
whoae experience for 23 years is such asprobably nev
before fell to tbe lot of any physician. 300 pagee. bound
In beautiful French muslin, embossed covera, full silt
guaranteed to be a finer work in every sense median leal
literary nd professional than any other work sold in thi
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Instance, rrlce only i w ny mau, poet-paiu. uiiu
tive aample 6 cents. Kend now. Gold medal awarded
the author by tha National Medical Association, to thr
officers of which be refers. ...
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Instruction, and by the afflicted for relief. It will bene-
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There is no member of society to whom the Science o.'
Life vil'. not be useful, whether youth, parent, guardian.
instructor or alergyman. Tribune.
Address tbe Teabody Medical institute, or m. w. n
Parknr. No. 4 BullHnch safeet. Boston. Mass.. who max
be aousulted on all diseases retiuiring skill and experi
ence. Chtonis and o'uetinate diseases nr t I that
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a specialty. Such treated success- TUVCPI F
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FOR SALE.
HAVE THE FOLLOWING SECOND HANI) MACHINERY FOIl SALE CIIKAP.
W which will we guarantee in first-class order, all of it having been thoroughly overhauled
in our own Machine Shops:
POWER PRESSES.
1 Acme Drum Cylind.r: borl; 31xi6: will print 28x42.
1 Kairhaven Cylinder; bed. 31x46: will print 28x12.
1 Cranston Drum Cylinder (nearly new): bod, 32xlo; will print :I2.
1 Hoe Drum Cylinder: In'd, 31x10; will print 28x12.
1 Taylor Double Cylinder: bed, 32x4; epeed. 4,500 per hot ir.
1 Hoe llouble Cylinder; bed. 32x10: speed. 3,500 per hour.
1 Taj lor Double Cylinder. 25x37; spctd, 5,(100 jcr hour,
1 Totter Drum Cylinder; bed. 34x50; will print 30x1(1.
1 Potter Drum Cylinder; bed. 30x14; will print 20x10.
Hoe Pony Press; bed. 14x20; speed. 3,000 per hour.
1 Adams lress: bed. 31x16.
1 Taylor Drum Cylinder; bed. 2Cx3t. ,.,
1 CincinnatiJJrum Cylinder; bed, 28x40; will print 21x.Tfi.
JOBBERS.
2 Gordon Presses (old style): 7x11.
1 Gordon lYess (old style!: 8x12.
2 Gordon Iresses (old style): 10x15.
1 Gordon Press (old style); 13x19. .
1 Gordon Jobber; 8x12.
1 Gordon Ire88 (old style); 9x13.
1 Pearl less; 10x15.
Prices and terms on application to
Palmer
Nos. 403 and 407 Sansome Street,
San Francisco, Cal.
No. 40 Tribune
Thi; aznerience in the treatmaut of Canoor with Hwift'l
SpeciHo (H .8.8. ( would aocm to warrant ua In aayinc that
it will cure thia much dreaded acmrceL l'crsuisa ao
afflicted are invited to correspond with ua.
I bellere Swift Specific haa aaved my life. I had vir
tually lost use of the nimer cart of my hodr and my
arms from tbe poisonoui aifocU of a large cancer on my
neck, and from which I bad Buffered for twenty yaara.
H. 8 H. ba relieved me of all aoreneaa. and tbe poison
ia being forced out of my irystem. M will imm i well.
v. it lwnisoir, iavuixre. oa.
Two month azo mv attention waa callecl to the caaa
of a woman afflicted with a cancer on ber ahotildcr at
leant rive kicliea in circumference, anfrry, painful, and
fving- tbe-patinnt no ret day or niglit I raixmoutiia.
obtained a supply of ftwift a Speciflo for her. Hhe baa
tiken 6 bottles and tb ulcer ia entirely healed np, only
very moan scab remaining, and her health fa betksr
than for 6 yaara pait; K-enis to be perfectly curad.
KEY. JCMHE U. LiMPBtLL, COlUmDUa, U.
I have ae n remarkable rwulta from tue of Bwlft'a
Rpecldc on a cancer. A rouna man here baa hwn
afflicted yaara with the moot aiiKry-lnoklnir eatlnf
cancer I ever aaw, and waa nearly daL The anit 1k,.
tie male a wonderful cljangw, aud after Ave bottlxa were
taken, be ia nearly or quite welL It ia truly wotiderfuL
f . M. F. Cbvmliv, M. It., Oglethorjie, a.
Traatlaa on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
Thk Bwift Hf Ectrio Co.. Drawer 3. Atlanta, G
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Cottage OrKnns. A. 1. Jiuncroft & Co.. 721 Mar
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earth. It is a positive cure for Nervous and Mood
Diseases, Debility, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Liv
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t I ir is rot
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