r A PERILOUS TRIP.
Icross Northumberland Strait la an
Ice-Boat.
The recent thrilling1 adventure of the
.hrec ice-boaU which came so near be
ing lost in their trip across Northum
berland Straits, between Cape Traverse,
Prince Edward Island, and Cape Tor
mentine, New Brunswick, has been a
very general topic of conversation in
this city, and many stories have b -en
related by those who have at some time
or other passed through similar dangers.
One of the most interesting of these was
told in a casual conversation with a
Globe reporter by Quartermaster James
C. Lauhton, 01 the Boston Light In
fantry eteran corps, and relates lo a
like trip across these same straits which
Mr. Laughton took thirty 3'cars ago.
That no erroneous idea of tlie technical
transmission in this ice-mail service
may be entertained, and of the almost
inconceivable hardships which these
trip3 sdmet'mes force upon the men
who make them, Mr. Laughton's story
is published, not only as a sort of ex
planation, but as a deeply interesting
narrative.
"In 1855." said that gentleman, "I
was in the employ of a Boston lirm,
and in January thev sent nie on a busi
ness trip to Prince fcdward Island. At
that time the railroad ran only to Wa
terville. Me., and from there I staged it
and roughed it jjcueraly to Cape Tor
mentinc. New Brunswick. From this
cape to Cape Traverse, Prince Edward
Island, is a distance of only nine miles,
but on either si ie the distance between
the shores varies to a width of thirty or
forty miles. Now every one seems to
have a wrong idea in regard to these
ice-boats, ana how they are run. They
are not a triangular craft, with shoes at
the corners and propelled by sails. In
fact there are no sails about them. They
are much like a common yawl, fifteen
to twenty feet long. The keel is shod
with steel. r.nd on either side and quite
near it are two steel runners. The out
side :s cased in a light metal sheathing,
and the inside is. open. In the bottom
of the boat the mail-bags are p-aced,
and this is the only load that is carried,
no trunk being tak-n. A sachel will
Le. taken, however. The crew usually
consists of four men, and each passen
ger has not only to pay his fare but
work his pasage. and work like thunder,
too, let me te'l you. No more than two
are taken in each boat:"
If sails are not used, as so many
thnk. what is the propelliug power?"
"That is the point. " The men do not
ride in the .boat on the ice, but walk
alongside and drag it. A strong strap is
fastened to the gunwale of the boat and
passed round each man, so that if the
ice breaks and lets him in this strap
will catch him and hold him up."
"Does the ice break often?"
"Break! We were getting ducked all
tha time. And every time it gave way
we would go in up to our waists, and
when we came to clear water we would
jump in and row till we struck ice
ngain."
My tirtt trip across the ice to Prince
Edward Island was uneventful, and we
made it in eight or nine hours. Once
there, I transacted my business and
startel to return. It was on a Satur
day morning in Januarv, 1855. We left
Cape Traverse at da light, the crew, my
self and another passenger, six in all.
Now the current runs through this place
with tremendous velocity, and we had
to steer in a diagonal direction or there
was danger of being carried either one
way or the other to a point anywhere
from five to twenty miles away from the
shores. For an hour and a half we
t amped, dragging the boat after us. It
was warm, and so foggy we had to pick
our way by compass. We would be
walking along when all of a sudden the
ice would break and a man would tro in
up to his waist. When we struck water
we would row until we came to ice,
then the men in the front of the boat
would break away the ice with poles
till a safe point was reached and we
ecu'.d start on foot again. When we
came to a place where the ice and snow
were piled up only a couple of feet or so
we could get over it quite easily; if it
was a little higher we would send a man
up to see if there was a way on the
other side, and then sling the mail bags
over and drag the boat up after. Often
we would come to a place too high to
get over, and sometimes we would have
to go two miles out of our course to
Una an opening. Then again we would
strike a patch of ice smooth enough for
skating, and perhaps a half a mile long.
We would be going along at a good
pace over this, where everything looked
lirm, when, without any warning, it
would give way, and in we would go
again. At last we came to a large open
space of what they call 'lolly,' that Is,
water with snow perhaps a "foot deep
floating on it It was still foggy, and we
pulled away for several hours without
striking a place to set foot on. Then
it commenced to freeze. Now, if we
didn't get out some waj, this snow
would cling to the bottom of the boat,
and she would sink. We couldn't step
outside to help ourselves, the fog was
dense, we didn't know where we were,
and when the man said he hadn't used
the co.mpa.-s for three years, and didn't
know whether it was good for anything
or not, I began to feel very anxious.
'Put her about, boys. Put her about,
and head for where we started from.
It is our only hope,' I said; and it was
done. Just "then the fog lifted on the
island side, though not on the side of
the mainland. We pulled and frogged
it back, and were lucky enough to get
home at dark. We hadn't had a
mouthful to eat all day, as the men had
forgotten their provisions, expecting a
quick trip, were drenched from head to
foot, and had worse than wasted the
whrJe day.
"The next dav was Sunday, and the
natives wonldnt start out from relig
ious motives. But on Monday morn
ing we started again at daylight, and
made a quick trip, arriving at Cape
Tormentiue by dinner time. It was so
cold though, that the mercury refused
to register, arid every breath froze and
weighed down the men's beards so that
every onca in a while they had to stop
and break the ice ofT."
"Do 1 idles ever cross in this way?"
aked the reporter.
Yes; quite a number have made the
trip. They simply sit In the boat, of
course, and don't do any work."
"Do t' a?.se boats carry rations for any
lcfi- th of time?"
"Oh, no. The men, as a rule, make
the trip in a few hours. The greatest
dangers are either that they will lose
their bearings in a fog and get carried
by the tide beyond a safe point, or that
a cold snap may come on suddenly and
freeze them when they are wet. That
was the mail service then, and it is the
same to-day. Boson Globe.
Prof. W. A. Proctor says triat this
earth is to-day just as likely to quake
and overthrow cities and townj as it has
been at any time since man existed.
You are right, Professor; but does it
not :occur to you that it is just as un
likelv to do so. Boston Post.
OLD BONES.
The Uses to which the Shin, Thigh and Veg
Bones of Dead Animals are Put.
"Them there is kittled stewed and
these here is tank b'iled," said the fore
man of a bone-boiling establishment on
Long Island, pointing to two piles of
old bones which had passed through
the rendering process. "Them slick
bones o.'er there is shins and them ven
der is bones out o' the forelegs o' cat
tle. Here's a lot o' shinbone knuckles
already for burnin'. They'll be chucked
in with that pile o' ribs, skulls, and mis
cellaneous j'ints ye see in the corner,
and all made into bone-black. The
burners would like to have the best qual
ity of bpnes for their use, because they
got more charcoal out o' them than they
kin out o' the common bones. The bone
black they make they sell to sugar re
finers, and this big heap o' old ribs and
skulls and odds and ends o' cattle and
sheep skeletons here will jist as like as
not be filtcrin' sugar in a few days, and
some o' you fellers may be puttin' some
o' the same sugar in yer eoft'ee 'fore a
week's over.
"But the best quality of bones is shins
and thighs and fore legs, and we don't
waste no shins, nor no thighs, nor no
front legs on the bone-burners nor the.
fertilizer grinders. They can't pa'
more than twenty-live dollars a ton for
the best there. is, and we kin sell all the
shins we kin git for forty dollars a ton.
Thighs is worth eighty dollars a ton to
us, and every ton o' front legs we
kin b'ile fetches us thirty dollars.
"The manufacturers of knife handles,
sleeve buttons, collar buttons, bone
jewelry, parasol and umbrella handles,
combs, tooth brushes, hair brushes, and
all sorts of things that bone kin be used
in buy all these part3 'o skeletons that
the country kin produce. The thigh
bones is used for tooth brush handles
more than any other, and all in this
country. The bpnes for buttons and
knife handles mostly goes to Europe.
Fancy parasol handles is turned out o'
sheep's legs, and some o' the nicest
ivory fans ye ever see used to be trottiu'
some old ram or ewe around the past
ure lot. Sheep leg bones polishes up
slicker than any other bones, and hain't
so brittle as the shin bone of a cow or
the thigh !one of a steer.
We collect bones all over the country.
A ton o' pig iron ain't worth more than
a quarter as runch as a ton of the com
monest kind of bones is when it is ready
for the burner or grinder. The West
almost fills the bone market now.
there is so much cattle slaughter-in
done out there. The bone b'iler gets
hair oil, neatsfoot oil, and sizin' glue
out of his stock as he gets it ready for
the market. Bones that we sell to fer
tilizer grinders we b'ile the meat off in
open kittles, 'cause they bring just as
much as if we put 'em in tight tanks
and b'iled 'em under pressure. We do
that with the bones for burners, 'cause
it takes out the nitrogen slick and clean
and leaves the carlxn, and that's what
makes the boneblack.
"We git a pint of good neatsfoot oil
out o every good set o' shins and hoofs
of a cow or steer. The liquor that's left
after bilin' the thighs and shins makes
as good sizin' glue as a paper manufact
urer kin get, now-a-days. We kin git
enough marrow out of a car load o'
bones to stock any barber shop with
bear's grease for a month. The best
bear's grease is made out o' the mar
row of old bones.
"Bone b'iling' don't smell very good,
that's so. At leat that's what every
bodv thinks cept the ones that's makin'
the boodle out of it." X. V. Sun.
THE CURCULIO.
Plums Planted In a Poultry Yard Exempt
From Its Ravages.
Every farmer who has tried it is sure
that plums in the poultry yard are pre
served from curculio. The sharp-eyed
fovls perceive every emerging beetle
and snap it up without a single failure.
It is the natural habit of these insects to
mature in the soil under the trees where
the egg-infested plums have fallen.
When the newly hatched larvae emerge
from the fallen fruit they enter the
hground and there pass through the pupa
stage. nen me joung maiurea
beetles leave the ground they do not
fly, but proceed directly to the trees and
crawl up the stems on to the branches
in search for the fruit. If any obstacle
is found the beetles will lly, but not
otherwise. As soon as a hen observes
a grub in the soil it proceeds to seareh
for more, and other hens soon engage
in earnest competition for their grub, so
that the soil is thoroughly scratched
over, and not one curculio escapes.
This is the way in which the fowls deal
with these insects in the spring. In the
summer and early fall lne small plums
which drop arc swallowed whole, the
larger ones are picked to pieces and
eaten, and if one larvoe escapes these
risks it is apt to be taken in the act of
leaving the fruit or wriggling through
the soil. So there is a certainty that
the pests are really discouraged and de
stroyed by the fowls, and that the com
bination of poultry yard and plum or
chard is a mutually serviceable one.
The writer has tried it for several years,
and while it does not wholly free the
trees from the curculio, yet it reduces
their number' so much that there are
not enough of them to do as much
f riming of the fruit as i3 desirable,
or when a seven-year -old green gage
produces six pecks of plums it is certain
that a few more could have been spared
for the cuiculio. A'. Y. Times.
Koch's Theory.
Mrs. Winks What queer things sta
tistics bring out. I see that the fig
ures gathered by the Paris authorities
show that nine-tenths of the male vic
tims of cholera there were unmarried
men.
Mr. Winks I am not surprised.
That provos that Koch's theory is cor
rect. '
"Indeed! What is his theory?"
"That cholera germs are easily de
stroyed by boiling."
" Why, what has that to do with the
mmitnity of married men, pray?"
"They are generally kept in hot
ater, you 'know." Philadelphia Call.
The number of students in tne
school of industrial science of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology for
'the year 18S4-5 were 579, against 443 for
the preceding year. The number has
steadily grown from 72 in 1865-6. This
vear the students are from 33 Statos, 1
Territory, the District' of Columbia, 4 of
the British provinces, Scotland, Cuba,
Japan. South America, and India. ,
Boston Post. t
A Boston congregation was myste
riously seized with a. paroxysm of un
controllable sneezing; in the midst of a
service of song. The preacher, the
choir, and the congregation all sneezed
in chorus. An investigation showed a
cargo of pepper in the cellar, which had
been rented to a wholesale grocer.
Boston Journal.
ODD IDE4S.
Some Interesting; Talk by an Old-Fash-toned
Fellow. ,
Some of the most poetical ideas are
founded on the old-fashioned usages
and implements that are now obsolete
Take, for instance, a fence as an illus
tration. There is something beautiful
about an old stone wall, even If in- a sad
state of preservation. To it wild flowers
cling lovingly and mosses tenderly cover
all evidences of nesrleet. Then there is
the old rail fence, modeled after the
capital Z style of architecture, when
wood was cheap and land plenty. It is
a waste of both, but who ever thought
of that fact when they saw a couple of
squirrels engaged in a go-as-you-please
race over its labyrinthine track? And
who ever saw a squirrel on a barb-wire
fence? Young people sing about sit
ting on the stile, but never a word about
the barb-wire fence. In fact, nothing
even roosts upon it but a gigantic
monoDolv. unless, perhaps, a mortsrare.
There is one other fence 1 like a hedge.
and mere are not nan enougn oi this
kind. The stump fence, made by piling
up a lot of old stumps, helter skelter.
looks too much like collections that are
sometimes seen in dental offices to in
vite admiration.
The scythe is still used by small far
niers and to some extent by others, to
grub around fence corners, and to mow
... . . ... ....
thistles from tne road-side, but its old
fashioned glorv has departed. Death
is appropriately represented with an
hour-glass and "scythe, but how would
he look perched upon a clattering mow
ing machine and sporting a stem-wind
ing stop watch? There is poetry in the
motion and music in the sound of a flail.
but who can find anything to admire in
a steam thresher? No wonder we old
fellows mourn the decadence of every
thing that was familiar when we were
young. True, the grain waves at grace-
fullv as ever, but the hum of the reap
cr's sons is hushed or drowned in the
rattle of machinery.
There is a charm to an old-fashioned
fire-place the bigger the better which
all acknowledge. If the kitchen is fes
tooned with strings of gaily-painted red
peppers. o mucn tne better. ,An un
plasteml jrarrct, where one may rum-
maw amouff old "trumpery" and fish
out the plavthings of childhood, or listen
to the rain on the roof, is a luxury to
one who can appreciate it, and the song
of the teakettle, especially if it is our
teakettle, is soothing: and sweet. I do
not object to the house if it is painted
an ugly red they paint whole towns
red now, I believe nor to the
old sharp-peaked barn, with its eaves
almost touching the ground, and famil
iarly known as a "lightning splitter."
Can any youngster tell me where bread
can be "procured to equal the delicious
"rye and Ingin" that baked all night in
the bir Dutch oven r In the old time
we had the old mill wheel, now it is
steam and the patent process; then it
was the rustic well-sweep and the old
oaken bucket, now we have a drive well
and a law suit.
Why, there have been more songs
sung about spinning-wheels, thatched
roofs and churns than will ever be
written about all the new inventions
under the sun. Think of the corn husk
ings, the singing schools, the barn rais
ings, the log rollings, the 6leigh-rides,
the sugar making, the apple cuts, the
turkey shoots, and the girls of long
ago. In tho'.r place we have the church
sociable and its innutritioussoup, which
neither cheers nor inebriates, but yet is
superior to the thinner jokes concern
ing it, and which would hardly do credit
to a modern Congressman.
The ringing of the blacksmith's anvil
is musical, but the crunching of a trip
hammer will never be utilized in a
peace jubilee. And the music of old!
After jabbering and screeching in some
foreign tongue, the prima donna is
enthusiastically encored, because the
audience knows she will respond by.
singing some bonnie Scotch song. hy,
there is as much difference in the music
as between a ship under full sail and a
steamer puffing black smoke and cough
ing like a heavey horse. But many are
again appreciating the old-time beaut'es.
and andirons, old clocks, old table
ware, tally-ho coaches, canoes, buck
boards and sailing yachts are illustra
tions of this fact.
There is one old legal holiday in which
I could never find anything to admire
"hog killin' "; and the hogs don't seem
to like it any more than a minister does
a donation party. And right here let
me admit that the improvements are
improvements: but I propose to exercise
my right of grumbling, nevertheless,
and some young men who criticise me
now will subject themselves to a like
criticism forty years hence.
Forty years ago, when trie fishing was
good and there was game in plenty, one
could live much faster, according lo my
way of thinking, and jyet more
moderately, than now; and though our
tackle was rude and our guns were not
susceptible of rapid manipulations, we
were not obliged to wear out our shoes
in order to fill our gamo bags. In tho
language of Artemus Ward, "this was
said sarcastic." My old gun is in better
condition than I am, in more ways than
one. It talks less, but it says more,
and may outlast me on that account.
Forest, Forge and Farm.
froi. Tyndall, in a recent lecture,
declared that Pasteur's researches into
the nature of hydrophobia had proved a
wonderful expansion of the discoveries
of Jenner, and showed that experiments
with animals had been turned to very
profitable account. He declared that
never in the history of medicine had a
brighter day dawned than the present,
and urged that the experiments en
living animals be not fettered by mis
chievous legislation. It is certain that
me vivisecuoniscs nave accomplished &
great deal for medical science, and may
well claim to be let alone on the scoro
of the Useful results they have achieved.
Chicago Current.
ane rresoyierian mentions as a
satisfactory way of paying a pastor's
salary the plan followed by the Presby
terian thurch in 1'almyra, AIo. On the
first day of each month the pastor
draws his check upon the bank for h's
monthly salary in advanee and the
bank regularly honors the check and
charges it up to the deacons, who are
?ersonally responsible for the salary,
'hus no delay or default in the payment
of the subscriptions can affect the
pastor. This is at least business-like,
and relieves the pastor of much anxiety
and needless embarrassment. Ar. Y.
Examiner.
A3 TO USS. GRUNDY.
This potent personage has been allowed
to rule too despotically in the feminine
world, and the ladies say that it is time
her tyranny received a check. But not
even Mrs. Grundy has dared to speak
8uain8t the value of Brown's iron Bitters
as a strengthen ins; tonic for ladies who
sutler irem debility, it enriches tne blood
and completely restores failing health.
Miss Sallie L. Paules, Wrightsville, Pa,,
was cured by Brown's Iron Bitters ef back
ache, kidney trouble and liver complaint.
TWO WELL-SHOWS EDITORS.
One of the busiest religious editors in Phila
delphia, as well as one of the most successful,
is the Rev. Victor L. Conrad, of the "Lutheran
Observer." He is the office editor, while his
brother, the Key. F. V. Conrad, D. D., is the
editor-in-chief. Professor V. L. Conrad gives
his whole time and effort to the work of mak
ing the l,uthean Observer" tho valuable
sheet it is. He was, comparatively, a short
time ago, a broken-down invalid. Now he is,
as hearty as anybody need want to be.
In the interest of overworked editors, broken
down literary men. and exhausted men of busi
ness, one of our writers paid a visit to Professor
Conrad a few days ago, und had a pleasant and
practical tal k with him. Professor Conrad was
seated in his editorial chair "pushing things"
for the coming issue of the "Observer," and
thus he informed us:
"There are few people who become as weary
and worn as brain workers. By long and une
mitting overwork with the brain. I was badly
run down, and brought intoa condition of great
nervous weakness. Aly stomuch was in poor
condition. My digestion was bad. If I ate a
hearty meal I felt heavy and dull. I had a gen
eral feeling of good-for-notliingness. I was ,un
able to perform my editorial duties with satis
faction. In this state I realized something must
be done, and that right promptly, or I would be
come a continue ! invalid. This was six or eight
years ago.
" From the experience of others, f knew some
thing of Compound Oxygen. I would have
been inclined to be a little skeptical ahout it,
but I knew of the case of Mrs. Kelly, formerly
Miss Hornbrook. I knew how prostrated she
had been; an apparently hopeless case of spinal
injury. I thought that if such a case as hers
could be reached by Compound Oxj-gen, mine
was not beyond its power.
"To make a long story short, I took the trea'
ment. 1 saw at once that it was not one of the
class of remedies which do their work in twenty
four hours. For this I liked it all the better,
and I gain d confidence in it. I began to im
prove; first a little, then more decidedly, but
gaining all the time. Before lug that misera
ble feeling of good-for-noth bigness was gone.
My nerves were toned up. My stomuch im
proved.' and eating was no longer the cause of
torment. I was able to do my work. My re
covery was a simple and pleasant process. No
nauseous medicine to take; no unpleasant oper
ations to endure. I could experience the pleasure
of restoration and still attend to my literary
duties. I continued the treatment until my
health was fully restored, and I could perform
my editorial labors as felicitously as ever.
"You ask me if I ever have occasion now to
return to the treatment. Yes, I do sometimes.
There arc times when 1 am mentally jnded
from overwork and consequent fatigue. Then
I take a few Inhalations of the' Compound Oxy
gen, and it seems to renew my vitality and act
with immediate effect."
Wei', lYofrssor, how about tho case of your
brother, the Rev. F. V. Conrad, J). 1).?
"His restoration by means of Compound
Oxygen is a wonderful instance of the efllcacy
of that method of treat mint. His nervous
system was completely shattered. His was an
aggravated case of ovTWirk followed by too
severe doses of powerful drugs. For several
months ho was entirely laid stilt. After be
ginning a course of treatment with Compound
Oxygen, his improvement soon followed. Tho
first effect was that he was able to enjoy healthy
sleep, to which he had long been a stranger.
Then Lis whole system was toned up. His di
gestion, uh-ch had been greatly disordered, be
came natural and hearty. A marked improve,
ment in bis sight was one of the most notab'a
Indications. One eye had long been slghtlws,
and the other was weak. But the sight of tho
remaining eye became much clearer and more
reliable. lie is now busy among the churches
as well as attending to his duties as editor-in-chief
of the paper. He travels much of the
time, while I attend to the oriiee duties, and
the detail of the editorial labor. He stands tho
fatigue of travel wonderfully well. He is
preaching almost every Suni'ay, and delivering
frequent addresses".
"Both my brother's case and my own are of
interest to the overworked thousands who can
not take a weeks rest or a days rer.t from their
wearj ing labor. I think literary men. Dullness
men, and overworked clergymen as well, ought
to know more about this Compound Oxygen; it
is so simple, so efficacious, so easy of applica
tion, and so certain in cases of disease which
the physicians consider almost bcond hope.
Its applicability to a wide range of diseases
8&"ms to me to be one of its hh h;8t mi nts. It is
., ia.nl.- fvtii ni'n.rf til nr. H '11 tit t-lol 13111
and produces the beet results by the natural and
direct My in which it acta on the vital organs
of the system, repairing w&ete, and making good
A "Treatise on Compouxd Oxygen." con
tain ing a history of the discovery and, nrode of
action oflthis remarkable curative agent, and a
large record of surprisungcures in Consumption
(?tarrh. Veuralsria. Bronchitis. Asthma, etc.
and a Vide ranee of chronic diseases, will be
sent free bv Prs. Starkev 8c Palen. 1 109 Girartl
St.. Philadelphia, to any one who will write to
tnem ror it.
The young ladies of the Ontario Ladies'
Uolleeie have organized two baseball cius.
"I FEEL 60 WELL."
" I wank to thank you for telling me of
Dr. Pierces 'Tavonte Prescription,
writes a lady to herlnend. "ror alone
I'me I was unfit to attend to the work of
DiY household. I kept about, but I felt
thoroughly miserable. I had terrible back
aches, and bearing-dawn sensations across
me and was quite weak ana discouracea
I sent and got some of the medic ine after
receiving your ietter, and it lias cured me.
I hardly know aiyself. 1 feel so well.
The Rhode Island Legislature has de
feated the biennial sessions amendment.
CATARRH A New Treatment has been dls
covered whereby a permanent cure is effected in
from one to three applications. Particulars and
treatise free on receipt of stamp. A. H. Dixox
& Son, 305 King St. west, loronto. Canada.
"rown 8 jiroiiciiiai irociie T are
an effectual Cough Remedy. Sold only in
boxes. Price cents.
Try Germea for breakfast.
THE
GREAT MnV
rupr a
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache,
Sore TIi ront.N welling. Kpralm, DralMti
UnrM. Ken I da, Frost Bites
AKB ALL OTHER BODILY TkVXS AXO ACHK9.
Bold bj BrajjWu ol Prmler wrrwhrrr. Fifty Cent boiU.
r I net I on i la 11 Lanpniue.
THE riI 11I.ES A. VOtiKLER CO.
(Simmon to A. VOUtlXB CO.) Baltimore, Sld I'. 8. km
The kidneys act m
purifleri of the blood,
an4 when tbelr funo
tion are Interfered
with through weak
ness, they noed ton
ins. They beeome
healthfully active by
the use of Hoetetter'i
Stomach Bitter,
wben falling short of
relief from other
oureee. This auperb
stimulating tonic
also prevents and ar
rests fever and ague,
constipation, liver
complaint, dyspepsia,
rheumatism and other
ailments. Use it
with regularity. For
sale by all I)ruggLU
and Dealers gen
erally. melts
METAL POISON.
I am a coppersmith by trade, and the small
particles of brass and copper from filing: got
into sores on my arms and poisoned my whole
Bystem. Mercury administered brought on
rheumatism, and I became a helpless invalid.
I tiok two dozen bottles of S.vift's Specific.
My legs, arms and hands are all right again. I
use tnem without pain. My restoration is due
to S. S. S. Peter K. Love,
Jan. 9, 1885. Augusta, Ga.
MALARIAL POISON.
We have used Swift's Specific in our family as
an antidote for malarial poison for two or threa
years, and have never known it to fail in &
single instance. W. C. FritLow.
Sumter Co.. Ga., Sept. 11. 1SS4.
ULCERS.
For six or eight years I suffered with ulcers
on my right leg. I was treated with Iodide of
Potassium and Mercury and I became help
less. Six bottles of Swift's Specific made a per
manent cure. M. D. Wif.soN,
Feb. 28, 1885. Gainesyillc, Ga.
Swift's SDeclflc Is entirely vetretablo. Trea
tise on Blood and Skim Diseases mailed free.
Thb SvnFT specific co Drawer 3, Atlanta,
Ga., or 119 V. 23d St, N. Y.
mm r nun m
to
ALL "PLAYED OUT."
'Don't know what ails me lately. Can't
eat well can't sleen well. Can't work,
and dott't enjoy doing anything. Ain't
really sick, and I really ain't well. Feel
all kind o' played out, someway." That Is
what scores of men say every day. If they
would take Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical
Discovery " tbey would soon have noocca
sion to say it; It purifies the blood, tones
ub the system and fortifies it against dis
ea-e. It is a great anti-bilious remedy as
well.
The Egyptian Government has ordered
tne raising 01 an army 01 ov,uuu men.
When Baby WAS aicV, -wo cava bar C ASTORIA,
When aha was a Child, she cried for C ASTORIA,
When she became Hiss, she olo&s to C ASTORIA,
When she had Children, she gave them C ASTORIA
Three Pennsylvania railroads have just
passed Into tlie hands of receivers.
Don't disgust everyrodj- by hawking,
blowing and spitting, but use Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Kennedy and be cured.
The wheat crop over a large area of
West Virginia will be a failure.
TO NEWSPAPER MEN.
Palmer & Key, Type Founders and Press
ueaiers, moac special quoiaiwns on J.ype
and Printing Material to Purchasers in
the Northwest. Nos. 112 and 114 Front
street, Portland. Oregon.
BOS5,
BEST TQtilC.
This medicine, combining; Iron with ruio
vegetans tonics, quickly and completely
Cures Dyspepsia Indigestion, Weakness,
I in purs Blosd, 3Ialaria,Chllls suid Fevers,
nd NesrsJsia-.
It is an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the
Kidneys and Liver.
Wt is invaluable for Diseases peculiar U
omen, and all who lead sedentary lives.
It does not injure the teeth, cause beadache.or
produce constipation Oxer Iron medicine do
It enriches and purines the blood, stimulate
the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re
lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength
ens the muscles and nerves.
For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of
Energy, fcc., it has no equal.
49- The genuine has above trade mark and
crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other
a ealr 7 BROWS CHSMICAL CO- BALTIMORE. HIT
SNELL. nOlTSIIU & WOODARD,
Wholesale Agents, Portland, Or.
3
fPQlLLS
1
"THE OLD
RELIABLE."
25 YEARS
IN USE.
Tho Greatest Medical Triumph of the Age I
Indorsed all over the Worlds
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appetite. Nausea, bowels cos
tkeVPajjqiieJtie sear
sation in the back part. Pain under
theshoulder-bladetfullne53teaN
lngt with a disinclination to exertion
of body or mind, irritability of temp
er, LoEpirit,LosfmemcwitE
a feeling of having neglected some
dnty, weariness. Dizginess, Flutter
ing of the Heart, Dots before theeyei
Yellow Skin.HeadachetRestlessnesa
at night, highly colored Orlne.
IF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED.
E2210U3 SXSSA8Z3 WIU. 00N SS SSVZLOf Xs'
TUTTS FILLS are especially adapted to
such cases, one dose effects such acnange
of feeling as to astonish the sufferer.
They Increase tlie Appetite, and cause
the body to Take on IMesh, thus the sys
tem Is nourished, and hy their Tonio
Action on the Digestive Organs, llefrn
lar Steals are produced. Price art cents.
TUTTS (MIR DYE,
Grat If atr or Whiskers changed to a
Glossy Black by a single application of
this DTB. It Imparts a natural color, acts
Instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, or
sent by express on reeeipt of 9 1.
Office, 44 Murrav St., fev York.
PETALUMA INCUBATOR
1KH1 Still Ahead! 184
3 Gold Medals. 1 Silver, sod U
First Premiums.
fjy Hatches all Kinds of Eggs
am-swapP ?' All sixes from 30 to 650 eggs.
Rend for large illustrated circular No. 11. Explains how
to hatch and raixe chickens profitably. Circulars free. Ad
dress PETALUMA INCUBATOR CO. Fetaluma CaL
WATSON, WRIGHT & CO...
Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants
IO North Front St. Portland.
San Francisco Office 18 Front ft.
Handle on commission Wheat, Wool, Hops, Seeds,
Furs, Hides, Ouiokens, Eggs, Lumber, Hoop-poles,
Salmon, Mill Feed, Oats, Barley, Onions, Potatoes
Bacon, Lard, etc Account sales rendered en day of
sale. Send for our market report. Correspondence
and consignments solicited.
CONSUMPTION.
I have a noiltWe rained v for tlie above dlseasa : b v 1
standing have been eurea. ludend. rostrnncla n vfsViSt
se thousands of cues of tue worst kind and of larf
in Us mcAey.ins mi ni rn j iiuii i.n rj
together wtiha V A I. UABI.K TREAT t8R ontb!s du
to aaf snoeror. oiv express ana r. v. aar se,
' PO.T. A. 6LOCCM.lUParlSt.,NswTorV
R. U. AWARE
THAT
Lorillard's Climax Ping
bearing: a red tin tauj ; that Lorillard's
Kay Clippings, and that Lorillard's Hnnffs,are
tne oest sua caoa-iNi, iuaiibj vuujuucuou
Msell Goll Maim
Bat nalC JLarsest
Factory In tn Htate
84, 4, tt&telXls t.
or WORMY VEINS tbe Scrotnaa. Oun Iks uajpce esasf sr
Sure ton without operation. Circular n.I conaalMlloa rrva.
UTULZ ITafITTIi AQIiJCY. ISO rsltea St. Kit lork.
LIMES!
Just published "Treatise on the
Development of the Female Bust
and Form." Colored Anatomical
Plate, explanation, medical opin-
cents. P. O. Drawer 179. Buffalo. New York.
ons. sc.. roauea seaiea. tor zu
Men Think
they knvr all about Mustang Lin
iment. Few do. Not to know is
not to have.
John W. Mackey has gone to Mexico
look after bis railway interests there.
1 N I
TOY iRl
II f llCAPACITYi
AH
0m
Absolutely Pure.
Tills powder ncrer varies, A marvel of purlt) ,
Gtren((tn ana wneiesomeneus. store economivui nuu
the ordinal-v kinds, and cannot be sold in compel
tion with tho multitude of low test, short wefcht.
alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans
Rot At. IUkmo 1'owckr Co.. lorj Vail street, N. Y.
COUNTERFEITING.
rhe Methods Kesorted to by an ftxpert t
Imitate the Greenback of tho Kepubllo.
United States Detective W. G. Bauer!
recently returned from Memphis, an
nouncing the conviction of the cele
brated counterfeiter Martin Ofirle. A
reporter this afternoon found Detective
JJauer in hw room surrounded by piles
of counterfeit bills, and looking over
the tools with wh'ch the counterfeiter
accomplished his work. To a reporter;
he explained the processes, which ccr-'
tainly display a wonderful amount ofl
I . . 1 ... 1 1 , T
ingenuity anu ueucaie vor.ina.usuip.
0rle had procured a genuine ten -dollar
bill and split this in halves, this,
Leinsr in itself a remarkable operation.
The two sheets thus made were so thin
that thev were transparent. He made a
filate of copper and brass, a little larger!
han the bill, and spread one of the'
sheets on top of it. With a steel tra
cing pencil of his own manufacture he
mnrrf'tvoii trirrmrrh rlio thpnt ira T.ft
counterpart on the plate. The other)
ball was engraved on a dmerent plate
in a similar manner, and then he was)
ready for printing his spurious money. .
This method of workmanship looks very;
simple, but it is the nrst time it has-
been done by a counterfeiter, as it is al
most impossible to 6pilt the bill.
I he method always before used is as
dollar bill, and spread over it a piece of
the hffures oi the lormer on tne latter.
The metal plate was next put in use,
and was coated with a solution 01 snei-
lac. On this the eelatine paper was
pasted, and, when torn oflF, it left onj
the shellac the outline of its figures.
t m m 1 a . l
ry iouowing uiese in me suiuuuu tucj 1
were also traced in delicate lines on thei
plate. The shellac then being washed)
off the latter they could be cut to thej
nirht dpth. and the counterfeiter was
ready f. r his work. Ogle's method ob-j
Yiated these three or lour metnous, anaj
rendered the engraving on the plate farj
more accurate, as the correctness of the,
lines was necessarilv lost, through so'
many transfers. ;
This man thus accomplished a niece-
of work alone and unaided, with .tools-
of his own manufacture, when the xsa-;
tional Governmenrpaid over $100,000 forj
a steam machine to do the same thing..
Detective Bauer showed Ogle's tools,:
which were fitted to rough woolen)
handles, but possessed points as sharpi
as steel, lie also displayed the renuinei
bill split in two sheets, and perfectly:
transparent. He had on a table several'
packages of bills of Ogle's manufacture,
amounting in all to JU,WU, in tens,
and twenties. Thev were all on thei
3
Third National Bank of Cincinnati, bu
the new plates were intended for th
yueen Uity riank.
"Osle, said Dte.-tivc Bauer, "is thei
first man who has issued any spuriousj
money during the last s x years, ana ne,
has shown an almost unexampled skill'
and astuteness. H's brother, who hasj
been returned to the Pennsylvania peni-I
tentiary, knew nothing about this work-'
manship. but was merely a kind of head;
servant to Martin; The latter did all'
his work on a flatboat, and scattered;
the money chiefly at river points. lie,
turned over to me in all $180,000 of
about the best counterfeiting I ever
saw." Louisville Post.
GENERAL McCLELLAN.
i
Hot Little Mac Disposed of a Reesdeltrsmti
Quartermaster '
General McClellan was indefatigable.
in reorganizing the army routed at Bullj
Run, and he. used every day to ride orj
walk through the camps about Wash-t
ington in citizen's dress, looking out fori
abuses to be remedied. One day as hej
was strolling through the rear of a regi-j
mental encampment, he saw a pail of
some dark-looking mixture standing byl
a fire, and asked what it was. "It si
coffee," said the soldier who was,
officiating as cook. "To me," replied'.
McClellan, "it looks -more like slops."!
"O," said the soldier, "it is not fit to!
drink, but we have to put up with it,
j .i t i s . - u: v.-.... i
anu our oiuer iuuu u uuv uit ireuct. j
"Well, whose fault is it? " he askeLj
"O, our quartermaster is drunk most oC
the time, and "when he is not he u
studying how to cheat." McClellan
passed on, and seems more evidence or;
the dirty and slovenly manner in which.
the quartermaster conducted the opera-,
. i . i i : : . l "
lions in nis tent, ne accoswu una wim
the remark that the men were com-:
plaining of bad treatment ' 'ora him
The quartermaster flew into a passion,;
and swore it was none of his business.
and he had better not come sneaking!
around trvincr to make mischief. Mc-
Clellan answered him, telling him he
had better be cautious how he talked.
Quartermaster replied: "Who are you,
that you assume so much apparent au
thnritv? " "I am Georo-e B. McClellan.
and you can pack up your traps and,
leave." The tmarterruaster was struck)
dumb, and McClellan turned and lefti
him. That evening the qusrter master
left, to the tune of the "Rogue's March."i
played by some of the boys -who hadj
got wind of it. Ben. Perley Poore.
The Biggest 1-iar:
Miss Liz, e MetJrrw, of Cutninlusville,
Was (-tuck on Johnny Brown.
Although he was. hy ae-neral vote,
Tho bijwst liar In town.
"Go tr. ko to. you wicked ones,
'Ho in ray Prineo," she cries:
MOt course." replied a heartless wretch,
"Ho is the Prince of Lize."
Cincinnati Merchant-Traveler.
If the water in your Washing is hard
or alkali, use the Standard Soap Co.'s
Petroleum Bleaching Soap. Its effect
will surprise you
Lobs and Gain.
CHAPTER i.
"I wm taken sick a year uuo
With bilious fever.'.
"My doctor pronounced me cured, but I
got sick again, with terrible pains in my
back and sides, and I got so bad I
Could not move!
I shrunk!
From 228 lbs. to 120! I had been doc
torinjr for my liver, but it did me no pood.
I did not expect to live more than three
months. I began to tse Hop Bitters. DU
rectly my appetite returned, my painn left
me, my entire system seemed renewed as
if by magic, and after using Reveral bot
tles, I am not only as sound as a sovereign,'
but weigh more than I did before. To Hop
Bittera I owe my life." K. FitzpatrIck.
Dublin, June 6, '81.
CHAPTER II.
"M-lden. Mass., Feb. 1, im. Gent'enien
I suffered with attacks of sick headache,
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years In the
most terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give nie re
lief or cure, until I used Hop Bitters,
"The first bottle
Nearly cured me;"
The second made me as well and stiong
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 Blttere cured Ll'iu
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 minsclesf " Sirs. E. D. Slack.
How to Get Sick. Expose youree'f day and
night; eat too much without exercise: work too
hard without rest; doctor all the time; take all
the vile nostrums advertised, and then you will
la unr r -vn ww t . ttr rws i uns Ufvf V itrtitK la tan-
swercd in three words Take Hop Bitters 1
7 None genuine without a bunch of green
Hups on the white label. Shun all tlie vile,
poirouous stuff vith "Hop" or "Hops' in t! tlx
name.
ASK FOE
Flavoring:
EXTRACTS
Awarded I'rrmlutu 1KH3 and lttH4
FOR PDRITY ADD STRENGTH
State Fair, Portland. Oregon.
Mechanics' Fair, Kan Francisco, CaL
State Fair, Sacramento, Cah
Most Economical for tise; put up in nix
different frizes: full STRENGTH AND
FULL MEASURE.
F re pared by
B0TFIN MANUFACTURING CO.
8an Franriro aud Karrarar u to, nl.
mroitTi
OBJIM . HORSES.
HT. FAIRBANKS to II. WILSEY, THE 02O.Y
direct Importers of Norman Stallions from
Francs to California. Every one is recorded in tl
National Register of Norman Horses, and those in
want of this class of Horses, If flosired, ran purclisso
thsm on one or two years' time, st renonalle inter
est, with satisfactory security. -We will st-11 rheaj-er
than the same class of 8talHns can he totipht any
where else in the United States. tT Bend for t'at
aloifue. Petalnma. Sonoma Co, "!.
P1AXOM. OKUAKM.
CTCIllHf AV KKAMCII A BAltt
Ol CI 1 1 1 f A I ,Ubler, Koenish Piano; Bwrdet
-iVns, band instruments. Largest stock f BhceJ
Music and Books. Bands sn- plied at Eastern trlooa
If. GRAY. 91X1 Post Street, 8an FrancLoo.
nJ. n Halsted'1
Maton
;Prom gO op.
'Th model
Hrooder from M
up. Bend for dr.
.cular oonutiiiiDf
imneb rslusMs
THE MODEL.
information.
Thorough hred
Poultry a Eos.
ttLf-CULrina,
KHIAtLt,
U10U Broadway,
Osklsn.l, tW.
AND HUM.
Established 1861. P. O. Dos 2115.
JOHN F. ENGLISH,
Grain, Produce and General
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Kos.313 asd 81S Davis Ntrfet,
BAN FRANCISCO CAL,
(Member of 8. F. Produce .Exchange). CooslKtinients
and orders will receiT prompt attention. Cash ad-
331 Jda JLiUXU.' IS ff?f?
quickly enrexi hy tliaClVIALJi. tlliuD. AdoptrXlnnlt
flH06PITAiaOKTRANoA frrotnpt rwturn or VIGOIi.
Blmple cases, as ts SS, 6yeros.SattSls, Pampblatrrr. ,
UtLbIA ii i arils Aa ua- iOO YulbM Sk.ltssr Vori
This TJP.LT or 1r jrene-.
tor s made pi--l tr r
tneeiirecf dcranirrtr pnts
of the o-enrrative orptii .
There Is no mistake aai4
tills instrument, tim con
tinuous tr1m nf fcLi.l
7 III C IT perrwaalng
throtifth tb. parts -nuinl
rcMoro llicm to kiltrtr
rtlon. I o pnS rotLimi 1
tin with Elortrte belt
advertised to cire fWi IDs
from Ivatl to r4V. Itisfo"
lha ON K arm-ISA DunxxA
Kor ctrrolara frivinir lull Information, addn-ss Clajvvor
Ekctrie Ball Co., lia Washington M., Chicuao. lit.
Tje. TuiiCiaf Mreoartben
i Vt lag Itemed y anrl Servo
Tonle Carea Without
rail.IKerTousana nysicai
.Debility, lss ot Vitality,
i Weakness. Virile Incline,,
Irapotency, 0erseiisltii
Conditions, Prostatitis, Kid
nry and Bladder ( lomi.lnWiU.
! Diseases of tbeBlood.Jr rucv
i tions, and all the sil t ff vet s
'of youthful follies and cx
i oesses permanently pr
Teotlnf all involuntary
jjweaksuinc drains npon the
system, however they occur
J restoring Lost Manhood,
case ma he, and where all other reraeuies have failed.
A rermaneat Core Absolutely GaaranleeJ.
Pries 150 per bottle, or five bottles for $10. Bent
ZauUaTujrsLrioti oouhdenUal, hy latter or at
Offioo. X&XB
Many a Lady
is beautiful, all but her skin ;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm. .
If. P. N. U. No. 72,-a JT, N. U. No' 111
ulAM I
Sixteen Dlreit
Flavors
7,.' - :"
it -
ilif
VI 1
9
mm