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No foe n 1 i 1 ci 'hm 1 1 1 1 AND E With all t)d couwquenrM, itrttiKuarr, Lotiof turrjty. nrvout ai., it.m.nt, narvoui dubliltj, snuatural dlichargaa. )ol manhood, iltioininay, unflt Btu imrry, waal.ni away ol the oryaai, wrUtnW and Wplrfly eurad by tafn and aaiy mrtfvult. Curei po.ttllf uarDtaa4. UuMtion Utauk aud ilouk frw. Call or writ. DR. WARD INSTITUTE. 120 N. Ninth St., ST. LOUIS, MO. OLIC IN HORSES. QUARANTEtO. Kvrv owner of a hora ii.niil.l iav It on hand, ll mat , tint lit of k TaluaUle animal. On. pachae oil. eure Kbt to l.ti can- I'tice 1 iHl Sent b mail u I'ipri'ii. Our Ai count UouH, w kit stMitttini tnuUt atablo ki-M-rf. niniltd ltt It. JL.XJAA11N ft Co. HKIfi8t, St. LUL'la, Ho The Old Reliable Iitabllilied iw yean. Treat, mule or ;'ui.ii, marrltMl or .lnKle In casta or exposure, abum, ticwrn or Itniuoiirlutles. MK11X tiUaKANTKKl. Hoard anil aiurtinuiita turnlabttd woao desired. guenUou lilauk mui iluuk tree. CaJI or write. HH Saved Her Lef. Mrs. V. J. Woor.miinoE, of Wortliam, Texas, saved the life f h r child try the uno of Ayer's (.'berry l'ertoral. o "One of my cliilrlr IkmI Croup. The case was attended lv our physician, mid wai supposed to he well under control. One night f wu.i startl-d hv the child's hard milium,-, a.iu on coin): lo it lonnd it strati. giiiig. ii. nun iif Realizing that thei iad in'urly censed tn hrciilhe. lit tllC cliil.f'i :il:irmin'r cinul it ii.n iirtu iiecnniH liossime Ml spiti; of tlie IliedicilieS Ktvcn. I reasoned tl),it sucli remedies would he n( no nvnil. lliiviiiL' pnrt of a liotlle ot Ayer's Cherry IVetonil in the limise. I gave the ciiild three ileses, at. short iniervals. and anxiously wailed results. Kroin the niornent the rectnral was yjvm. th" ciiild's hreathing KTi'.w easier, ami. in a short time, she was sleepinj. quietly an. I lireathin naturally. The ehilil is alive and well to-ila and I do not hesitate lo sav Hint Aycr'M Cherry l'uc torul saved her lire.' Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayor&G'o., Lowell, Maaa. Prompt to act, sure to cure TUB OLD DOCTOR'S W LADIES' FAVORITE. ALWAYS RFLIAHLE and porfoctly SAPS. T same a uaorl jv t.hou mmin of tioinnn oil ovov tlie Uni.ed Btat..-8, in tho ?11) EOCTOR3 irivfit mail prir-ttr-e, fur m years, and not. a ainaJj bdd rcHiilt. Monoy rr-ttimrd If not an represented. Boud 00 iiti (HtampBf for scaled particular, D?. I1TCT1TCTB, 120 IT. 8!&th fit., St. Leslo. U 2RYenm V.ipprnvH Jn troatlntf nil vnrl ties or (tupttiru enables us to Kuurnnt Mo q Fiosltlve cure, i.mostlon Blank and iiuot ree. Call or write. OLTA-MEjlHCO AITMANCK CO., 323 Fine Street. fiT. LOUIS, MO J.', to 55 t'.iiniH m-r n.niith. No V tnrviiig, no inrxiivrn I'iK i-, j o rrfiiilU, rt" nauDrriiifi (Iriift. Treatment perfectly i:irmlem and iifrirlh Ciiiili duntial. l.Miefftion III it k mi'l Hunk frw. Cull or v.' rile. DU. XX. lit HLTi ,al'iiiebtrcct,bt.JuuiN,iUO, T I ll I Lai Otivtfly cared. .'(8 year fluccoiifiil practice. 'I'retitment nonfldtintial. Curd bv mail oral office. Tttmn low. Om.Hiitui IttnnW n. lluokiroe. Call or write. DR. WARD INSTITUTE. 120N.9th St.,St.Loill8,M0 FREE trial I I R la EL and loit v Hal its A paoVnRe of our treat- mentfor wenknenn and deray. nervous l;bi! it v and loit vitality aeut free for V2 amtu )R. WARD IN5TUTUTE, 120 N, Dth St. ST.IOU3.310. PILES; cured In nnn painlebs trtBtmpnt witii'iut K ii iff. I dob of lime from iHirtiuenB. Fittiiln, I Met; in, etc.. nlu,, nr.il "'I voir.' ..t QueatloD Blank and Hook fruu. Cull r writu. DR. II. It. ItUTTS. 822 Pine Struot. Bt. Louis. Mo. CANCER AND OTniCB UAMONANI ut tlie 11 d nf knilu Uuuitlun Itlnnk mul liimk tr,-n. DtU ut write Ult. 11. It. IUH I S, fiPiuest. tit. Louts, Mo, I.. . t tfl0" w"rllll'f lnvrly Music lor Forty , . Cents, consisting nf iou p.-uh's i flW , , S.t 11,,,.,,. ,,, .;. lati'St. brightest, livclli'st alkl innst pi.pul.ir sck'ctiuiis. huth viual anj Instninuiital. Kiitli-n up In the most I'li'k'.'int inunilut, in- 5 cludiiiK four lari! sii- Portraits. CAHMINUITA, ilw Spanish Dancer, "Si f vitnutrwvHi u... .j...... o;.. ...... i AUEUNA 'pa I ft anil ' "S MINNIE SCLWMAH CUTTIHU. THE NEWYOflK MUSICAL ECHO C0. uroauwav l lit'atre llktf... Mow York City. CAN3SERS WANTED. PEOPLE ACROSS THE SEA. JllHUl'll CllA.MllKHI.AIN I'Xtll'L'ts 'r, visit America iifruiit this full. I'KINCK lilNMAHI'K'H 'l'.ilmutisill is still so ai'iiti: thtitlu' is t'.ntililo tn Ictivc Kissitii'ii. M. CiuitviN, lite nnrhiT (if tlio Tln-ti-tl'O KnillMllH, ll'is iHH'll ol.Httoii to tint I'YimioU iisscii,!,, i,y 1V ,.,,M, Smve, IJt'UKN v'ii'tiihia is said Ii) l)o a skill f"l u'.ittor, anil wni'lis at it indiifati (f"'jly. Slu' has litiitti'il, Willi Iiit ltv . tii's, niiiiiv quilts fur tin) usi" of tin' wouiiili'il in hnspitiils diirintr tin' I'tini paiK'tisuf llm llfitish foivos. Mlt. ( It, aiis'iiink ttstntiislu'il siiimt of his utnlitiirs in llm lioiiso of omniums the oilier nifflit liy nsitio; (iit, Wonl "tfuiiiptioii," .vet who eonld employ it more appi'iipvinti'lv, seeinp; how iiiitch of tlit quality the (I. I). Al. jossesses himself'.' LITTLE GEMS. Tiikhk is a creut dilTerenee between linvintr to say something and having something to sn.v.- Dr. A. T. rierson. We know not how iniieli we love the world, till we llnd pain and ditlienlty in ptirting with its good things. Vilson. AVliliN one has etiongli light to per ceive that one is mistaken, ami too much vanity toown it, and instead of turning hack one goes still deeper into one's errors, it is the progress and the consolation of pride.--Clialetiuliri;uul. WittcN what you read elevates your mind and inspires you with high and noble feelings, do not seek for any oth er rule liy which to judge the compo sition; it is good, made by the hand of an experienced workman. I. a Hruvere. STAGE NOTES. .- 'nanespcare s time the prices of admission varied from a penny to u shilling-. Last season the Carl Uosaopera com pany made a profit of 310,000, the lirst in several years. Mmb. Kmm.v .Nkvada has been en gaged for a scries of "star" perform ances nt the Opera Comiquo in pUi-is next autumn. This is a most unusual eoiupiiuieui to tin Aincricuu dentin. Mmk. Moimkska carries in ' prima Henry I in. s naiuiuercluef which is said to have been the property of Queen lsa belle. The handkerchief is one of the rarest pieces of old Spanish lace in ex istence. Jaxk IIadixu, the French actress, is said to be more beautiful off the sta-o than on. .She almost alwavs wenra black on the street, being probably quite well aware that it sets off her wonderful red gold hair, languishing eves and pule, mobile face advantage-ously. character in handshakes teraoi.ai 4mllirftif8 aa Iactioutcid by th. .Member. The other evening at dinner, says a writer in Woman, we wore much in terested in talking over the impres sions we enn carry away with us of people newly introduced. My mother said she always noticed the teeth, and drew many conclusions from the color, shape, size, transparency, etc. We were all somewhat struck with her really clever portniyal of the charac ter of some friends known to us inti mately, but with whom she had only recently become acquainted. My sis ter said she invariably judged by the mouth, and had scarcely ever been mis taken. A friend staving with us al ways carried away a distinct portrait of the color, shape and expression of the eye. I declared for tin; handshake. and so far have not had reason to change my opinion that this is the surest test, espeeiaHy taken in connec tion with the laugh. To begin with, there is tho animal magnetism which must pass from one to the other. To take a few examples: The firm, honest, hearty handshake of a sincere, man, perhaps lather rough, so that one feels cognizant of one's lingers for some time afterward, points to a character possibly somewhat wanting in tact and refinement, but genuine and true. Then how well 1 know the soft, silky, insinuating hand, which as one shakes it slips out of one's fingers. An Irishman, someone will say! Exactly. Who so clever as he to get out of awkward corners, never at a loss for the right word, or the laughable story to fill an awkward gap, or cover an annoying contre temps. Then there is the iialiby hand belonging to people who never put themselves out. Again, we have tlie quick, nervous handshake of an ex citable, nervous temperament, or its opposite, tlie nerveless, passive one of a person out of health. Then there is the hand that its you shake it seems to collapse. Don't trust t he possessor of such a hand as .hat. My pet nliomiiiai inn. though, is the fishy handshake v. lir'h leaves on one the impression of Hoving touched a toad or a snake. Iteware of those hands and tliei.r owners. Lastly, then; is the fashionable, pump-hand Us shnke, betokening too often the fickle Uler, who follows the whim of tin; hour. THE CURRENT OF LIFE. How Iflond 1h Jlesf ribed Hut, T.lttlo Known Alioi.it It. When the physioh.",v.;t tells von that "blood is the nuti-il'tve lluid of the tis sues of living creatures" he has told you about all he or anybody else knows about the i-iyslcrioiis current of life, says the St. Lou-is Republic. To be sure, he can q'.iote v. Voh: text book's on the subject can tc V you about "dis solved filir,:.iie, albumen, sodium, potas sium," etc., that tho liquor sanguineus contains; about I he unueboid move-' merits of the corpuscles, and the rou leaux way in winch these same cor puscles p!e up when .separated from the liquor sanguineus, and about nncloolcus appeatiivce of flic same when they are examined w ith a micro scope, and yet the whole reverts to the fact that "blood is a nutritive fluid, transparent and almost colorless when deprived of the minute solid bodies Juiown as 'corpuscles.'" An may le inferred from the hints above gVcm the color of blood depends er.c;rely upon the presence of tlie cor rusclcs which, by the way, are of tw j different tints, red and white-the proportion in the.blood of a healthy a j;1t woman or man being three wj.'.f,, corpuscles to one thousand red ,K.S. '-lt. size of the red blood corpuscles of the human being is only on . thirty-two hundredth part of an in,h in diameter those, in the blood o some of the lower animals being larger in some cases and smaller in others. A species of reptile, pro tmts. nas the largest known blood cells, t!'' average being one four-hundreillli 'jf an inch. The color of the blood is entirely dependent upon the presence of hetnalglobin in the red corpuscles; but, it may be remarked as a curious fact, even these red corpuscles areonly red when a considerable number of them are collected together single cells being almost transparent anil of n. very light straw color. It has only been a few years since a distinguished Kuropean scientist announced to the astonished world that white blood cell.s were really the scavengers of the s-n-guineous lluid; that they were callable of independent motion, and thr.t they occupied the lime in catching and de vouring microbes. Cold NiifcKeta. One of the largest and. most remarka bly shaped nuggetsev.M- found was dis covered in an Austiv.tiuu mine in INST. It was Hat and alr.iost the exact coun terpart in cotito.iv (,f a colossal human hand held opc.i, with the exception of the thumb aud forefinger, which were closed together in a. manner so as to make it appear that the thumb watt holding (lie linger in place. Its great est length was twelve and a half inches and its greatest breadth eight inches, says an exchange. It was of the very purest gold, with but a little of foreign substancesadheriug (mostly between the "lingers")aud weighed six hundred and seventeen minces. The famous "Lady llrassy'' nugget, also found in Australia, weighed fifty-ono pounds of pure gold, worth two' hun dred and twenty-five dollars per pound. In 1MU a nugget of fifteen pounds weight, shaped exactly like a cross, withajie exception of tho right arm, was discovered in the Hut-its mine near the same place. 'Hint of Ai;e. Some few years ago, in the depths o( winter, an old pair had ascended t.e "wooden hill" for their night's rest. They had been there some time alien the old clock' s!ru--k two: the net min ute they were startled by t'.ieir bed room door opening, and in WMed their son Will, with a face as lonj as a fid dle. "Well, Will," exclaim. ..d the fond father, "what is the in? Mor?" "There's a man in Uu, house," said the hopeful. The father iu'.t- ,s.,,i n.s.i snatched nn the i-.- i. . ., :r. ..o nig suit with the ,linoS, umi they went downstairs. foi'.mv,..i pv HilL The house was sea vlied, but no man was found. "Where's 'm, ,.,' asked the father. Will, wit'n twir,t ot ,u, fow bristles on his up iVl. Up, straightened himself, aud, po (U;i,j. to his breast, said: her, here he is." 1' ",vas his twenty first birthday! He If"', a whopping fur it, man or uo num. - -Yankee lllade. A NOVEL eXPERIMJiriTi tfeaaurementa or Schotl Children tq Taken for Scientific Purposes. Superintendent Powell, of the Wash ington public schools, and Dr. ITarris, of the bureau of education, wish to find, by actual experience, whether or not there can be establ ished any cer tain relation between the physical and mental development of the children in the various grades, and for this pur pose there will be taken a series of measurements of about twenty thou sand of the school children, under tho supervision of the director of physical training. Miss Stoneroad, the teacher, has made a study of the systems of physical measurement in use in the gymnasiums and schools throughout the United States and Germanv. be sides having done a good deal of ex perimental work in the same line, and the results of her experiments will be embodied in the series of measure ments to be taken in the public schools of Washington, which will include the height, weight, chest measurement and some cranial measurements, be sides a series of experiments as to nervous sensibility. These last con sist principally in a c-ertaining at what di;.Li:tive apart tiie Mid is able to dis tinguish between the points of a pair of calipers touching the wrists. The results in this experiment are regarded by the i'ost as intere .t ing, some of tho subjects being able to distinguish be tween points a very small fraction of tin inch apart, while others require a distance of more than two inches be fore they can tell wiJiout looking whether one point or two is touching their wrist. When the results of these i:i"asuremerits are tabulate ! it will be easily seen whether there is any def ini relation between the physical, itnd in iital development of the pupils, and it' tiiis relation is satisfactorily es tablh.hed it will be used to advantage in guiding; the teachers as to the amount of work that may he required of a pupil, in many cases preventing an overstraining-of those whose physic al development does not keep pace with their mental, and pointing out as well when more work can be required, of a pupil without fear of injury. This experiment is a new departure, but it is in line, with the advance of modem school work, and the teachers of the schools are hopeful that it will lead to valuable results. GORGEOUS IN GLITTERING GEMS Jewels of KuKland'H Aristocratic Dames at the IJlleen'a lteeeptlotl. At the last drawing-room of Queen Victoria there was a carnival of jew els. One reckless woman, the mar chioness of Tvveeddale, was arrayed in a white skirt whose many seams weie outlined with diamonds and emeni'lds. The duchess of Devonshire was Ji blaze of gems and so was the duchess of lluccleuch. The marchioness seems to have been the only one who sewed, uptheseamsof her skirt, so to speak, with jewels, but there was quite a goodly number whose seams were out.iined with diamonds. One lady wivre a long string of diamonds across her breast like an order. Jeweled hooks upon which to hang thijir fans were worn by most of the gr.ests. A quaint and beautiful fancy was the placing of a diamond in the heart of a rose worn in the hair or on the bodice. There it nestled like a great dewdrop, provided it was not lost, in the crush. Necklaces in profusion were worn, aud such was the passion for dis play that these were often supple mented by a bimd of velvet studded with stars, liirds, butU'rflicsaud flow ers of jewels were quite common, and the veils were kept in place by long earrings formed into pins, but with pendants free to flash out kaleiodscopie, prismatic colors. The boilices were fastened at the back with diamonds, and one waist had a fringe of diamonds across the front. Jeweled girdles were also worn. The turquoise was repre sented whenever it would harmonize with the color of 'die gown. Kmcralds were much worn, and the present su premacy of mauve or heliotrope had brought the amethyst out in force. AN ELEPHANT HANGED. t'urioii Accident to n Itlg ltrule in a. IS'ew York Loft. 'The death of an elephant by hang ing occurred in New York recently at a place where animals of this kind are stored. The beast belonged to J. H. (Jaybird and arrived there from 1ior nco, where it was captured March lti. The animal, according to the New York I'ost. was four years old, five feet two inches high and about as long, aud was quite docile. It was deemed best to keep the beast in a twelve-foot box stall, secured by cleats nailed across the open end to a height of six feet, and wire netting fastened above this. Hut the elephant tore out the netting, and another foot of clcating wn,s added, secured by wire. The auimiU then be gan the operations which resulted fatally. It wrenched loose an end of the uppermost cleats. ;t then thrust its head into the opening thus made, and somehow climbed up high enough to get all four feet above the floor and the head through the opening. The cleat fell on the neck behind the ears. The animal mast then have lost its purchase with its toes on the cleats be low and fallen. Its immense weight prevented it from freeing its head, and so it was found in the morning-, sus pended with its hind legs three inches above the Hour, dead from strangula tion, it has been sent to a taxidor anist. aud will adorn some museum. A LOVELY BORE. Why I'rettj- Young Lady's Articles Worried an Kdltor. Entering the door of an editorial friend's den the other day I narrowly avoided collision with a young woman who was just emerging from an inter view with the autiK'rat within. 1 am a staid, respectable, married man, aud, therefore, not privileged to feel sympa thy for young; women who have inter views with that dreaded-of-young-woman-aspirants-for-famc person, the editor. Hut the fact remains that my heart does go out to them, and if they are personally preposossing they are quite certain to enlist my entire sym pathy. This one was very pretty. My friend the editor held out to me throe or four delightfully neat MSS., with: "Will you tell me why it is that young writers, especially young wom en, and, at that, girls, who never had a care in the world, aud w ho don't know what real trouble is, persist in writing such morbid trash as that ? 1 wish they wouldn't. We see enough about the really sad side of human existence in the news columns every day. Why on earth should we deluge the readers of pur Suttfay paper with thli frawjems ! rot?" I My friend the editor but voices the sentiments of all his kind in regard to this matter. My dear girls, in the first place, you have no business to write that is, if you are doing it for fame and fortune, for there are several thousand people ahead of you in the struggle who will never, at least while they live, achieve either end. In the second place, if you will write, in the name of suffering, rot-ridden hu manity, write something that will make readers feel brighter for having read it. These sweet little "Pastels in Prose" and "Etchings," and that sort of thing, are all very well in their way which is a sadly slushy way, and painful to people who have to read those things. Belford Monthly. WAR'S DESOLATION. Atiuiirioi! the Women Outnumber the .'dcil Seven to One. The old town presents a half ori ental half medieval appearance its few splendid u'accs, which belong to the late dictators and their families and favorites, sandwiched among huts of mud and cane, with bark roofs and one window apiece. Palms, bananas, passion flowers and other tropical plants and blooms abound but you meet few people, and those are mostly women. The grassy streets, according to a Paraguay correspondent, have a sad, deserted look, constantly remind ing one that the sons and husbands and lovers and brothers perished on the battlefields or died of starvation in hiding, or rotted in prison, as thou sands did wlio were ignorant even of what thev were accused, or were tor tured and murdered by the three ty rants who ruled and ruined the coun try. Here women do the work that in other parts of the world is monopol ized bj' the stronger sex such as cleaning the streets, loading the ships, driving the ox carts, cultivating the fields, carrying on the markets, etc., and it is said that during the long, bard wnr, they made the best and hravest soldiers. Naturally, where men are in the proportion of one to seven, they are at a higher premium than elsewhere, and in Paraguay they arc figuratively kept in cotton-wool by their admiring female relatives. REMINISCENCES OF NAPOLEON. TIi Great Mnjl "Was Furioim Over the Marriage of Ills Brother. I never .saw llonaparte in such wrath as when he learned that his brother Lucien had married at Senlis the widow of .louberthon, a Paris bvoker. ile ordered me, says a writer in Cen tury, to send for the notary and tell him to bring his register. When the notary arrived I took him to St. Cloud at nine in the morning, flere is word for word the dialogue between the first consul and the notary: "Was it you, sir, who registered my brother's marriage?" "Yes, citizen first consul." "Were you unaware, then, that he was my brother?" ",'o, citizen first con sul." "Did you not know that my con sent was necessary to the validity of the act?" "I do not think so. Your brother has long been of age, he has filled high posts, he has been a minis ter and ambassador, he has no father, he is frco to marry." "liut he has a mother whose consent was necessary?" "No; he is of age and a widower." "But I am a sovereign, and as such my con sent was necessary." "You are a sov ereign only for ten years, and your family is not bound, to you." "Show me the marriage register?" "Here it is." The first consul read it, and in shut ting the book was very near tearing the page. "I shall annul it." "That will be diflicult, for it is carefully drawn up." "lie off with you." The notary retired without having for a moment lost his composure. SHE HAD A FIGHTING PARTNER. Pri'ix-H Woiu'mi .louriiiilitita Have Mascu line Side I'artiiei-H for Dueling Purposes. A rather curious institution is aris ing in Paris, that of dueling associates of lady journalists. Recently, says the London Xeivs, the lady known as .Mine. Severine, who was intimately connected as a friend, literary helper, and disciple of M. Jules Valles, con tributed an article to the Journal at which a M. Mnssnrd, a socialist, took offense. lie. called on M. Xau, the editor, to a ,': for satisfaction. It be ing impossible to call Til me. Severine out the answer was that, in virtue of a fiction adopted for the purpose of re leasing 11. Xau from all responsibility in such cases, lime. Severine was sup posed to be the joint author with II. Labruyere of all her articles. He had agreed to be answerable for any offense she might give. 11. llassard then sent seconds to M. Labruyere, who, admitting that he was the fighting partner of the lady, referred him to a couple of male friends. Tho duel, which has taken place, was a tierce affair. It was fought with foils. In the second round 11. Labruyere received a cut on the chin, but the doctors saying it did not signify, there were five other rounds. The combat was ended by II. llassard running his foil through the forearm of 11. Labruyere. Honor was then declared satisfied, and M. La bruyere was driven back to Paris. A Toad's I'uiiiiiiic;. r A naturalist paper relates an inter esting instance of a toad's cunning. A brood of chickens was fed with moist ened meal in saucers, and when the dough soured a little it attracted large numbers of Hies. An observant toad had evidently noticed this, and every day toward evening lie would make his appearance ia the yard, hop to a sau cer, climb in and roll over and over un til he was covered with meal, having done which he awaited developments. The flies, enticed by the smell, soon swarmed around the scheming batrach- ian, and whenever one passed within two inches or so of his nose his tongue darted out and the liy disappeared. This plan worked so well that the toad made a regular business of it. hy ltrlrk t'airrtrra Founder. Cargoes of brick have to be stowed in the most careful manner, says the Philadelphia Ueeord. or else the vessels carrying them will founder in the mildest wentlier, owing to the strong tendency of the brick to absorb the water caused bv the leakage which necessarily ix'cirs on n1! wooden ves sels. The brick v. I'l a: orb the water as fast as it run i i fret-i a:i oivmarv . r-ht i-f ih". : c;iV until v. and the 10: s to know 1-. defective leak, and th iner. ;"-c '. . brick caives the ve.-t.cl t. she make-, the final pie.) crew are frequency r. t a the cause. To new sho; work in the vessel's construction and other causes are attributed the disasters. BL0i clearII Q (long mental! Sii strong r ENERGYJ (P NERVES AVER'S li Sarsaparillap M. Hfimmerly, a well-known business mfin Of Hillsboro, va., sends this testimony to the merits of Ayer'B Sursapanlla: "Several years ano. 1 hurt my leg, tlie injury lenvinn a sore which led to erysipelas. My suiTeriutfs were extreme, my let;, from Knee lo (he ankle, heinjx a solid sore, which heiin to ex tend to other parts of the hotly. A tier trying various remedies, I lie-in lakinjr Ayoi's Sursaparilla, and, before I had finished the lirst bottle, I experienced great relief; tho second bottle effected a complete cure." Ayer's SarsapariHa Prepared by Dr. J.C. 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While you koopyour subscription paid up ycu oan keep your brand in free of charge. Altyn. T. J.. lone, Or. Horses GH nn left shoulder; cftttlo Bame on left hip, under bit on riRlit ear, and upper bit on the left; raiiKe, Mor row county. Armstrong, J. C, Aipine, Or. T with bar un der ii on loft hhotilder of horses; cattle same on left hip. AlIiBon, O. D Eight Mile. Or. Cuttle brand, O 1) on left hip and horaos same brand on right shoulder. Kauge, Light Mile. Adkine, J, J., Hoppner, Or, Horsea. JA con nected on left tlauk; cattle, uameou left hip. Bnrtholamew, A. U.t Alpine, Or. Horses branded 7 K uii either shoulder. JtanKO in Mor row countv Itieakman, Geo., Hardman, Or. Horses, a Hag onleft shoulder: cattle name on right shoulder. ttanuiBter, J. W., Hardman, Or. Cattle brand ed I) on left hip and thigh; split in each ear. Brenner, Peter, (ioowoberry Oregon Horses branded P 6 on left shoulder. Cattle sum a on right side. Uurke. M Bt C, Long Creek, Or On cattle, MAY connected on loft hip, oi op off left ear, un der half crop oft right. Horses, same brand on letft shoulder, Itange iu Grant and Morrow county. Hrosman, Jerry, Lena, Or. Horses branded 7 on right shoulder; cattle H on the left side. Left ear half crop Mid right ear upper slope. Barton, Wm.. Hf ppner, Or. -Horses, J B on right thifih, cattle, same on right hip; split in each ear. Brown, Isa, Lexington, Or. Horses IB on the right stme; cattle same on right nip; ranue. Mor row county. Brown, J. C, Heppner. Or. Horses, circle C with dot in rtoi terou left hip; cattle, same. Brown, W.J. , Lena, Oregon. Horses W. bar over it, on the left shoulder. Cattle same ou left hip. Buyer, W. G., Hoppner, Or. Horses, box brand on Lip cattle, same, with split in each ear. Borg, P. O., Heppner, Or. Horses, P B on left shnnlder; cattle, same on left hip. Brownlee, W. J., Fox .Or Cattle, JB connected on left Bide; crop on left ear and two Bplits and middle piece cut cut on light ear; on horses same brand on the left thigh; Bange in Vox valley, Grant county, Carsnor Worren, Wngner, Or. Horses brand ed O on right siille ; cattle E: (three hare) on right ribs, crop and split in each ear. Kange in Grant aim Slurrow counties. Cain.K., ( Wob.Or. Y D on horses on left stifle U with quarter circle over it, on left shoulder and on left sliHe ou all colts uoder 5yoara;oo left shoulder only on all horses oyer 5 years. All range in tJrant county. Clark, Wm. H., Ler.a, Or. Horses WHC con nei'teti. on left shonhier. cattle pame on right hip. Bange Morrow and Umatilla counties. (.'ate, Chas. li Viason or Lena, Or. Horses H C on right shoulder; cattle same on right hip. Kange JYlorrow and Umatilla counties. Cecil, W m., DonghiB, Or.; horses J 0 on lofi shoulder; cattle same on left hip, waddles on each jaw and two bita in the right ear. Curl, T. li., John Lay, Or. Double cross on each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit in right ear, split in left ear. Kange in Grant county, t'c elu-ep, inverted Aaud spear point ou shuulder. Ear markoii ewes, crop on left ear puuehed upper bit in right. Wethers, crop iu right and under half crop in left ear. All range in Grant county. Cook, A. J.,Leua,0r. Horses, 9(Jon rightshonl dor. Cattle, Hatueon right hip: ear mark square ci op oif leit and split in right. Currin. B. V,, Currinsvihe, Or. -Horses, on left stiHo. Cox Ld, S., Hardman, Or. Cattle, C with I in center; horsen, CJi ou left iv. Cochran, Ii. K Monument, Grant Co, Or. Horses branded circle with lar beneath, on left shoulder; c-nttlft same brand on both hips, mark under tdope both ears and dewlap. Chapin, H., llarduian. Or. HoreeB branded on right hip. Cuttle brauded the same. Alu brtuids C 1 on horces right thigh; caitie suje biai.dou right shoulder, and cut oft end of ritfht ear. Dickens, Ebb Horses branded with three tinea fork t-n left btitie. Cattle sa-ne on left side. Douglass, V. M .tiniioway. Or. Cuttle. K Don right side, t.wa iow-fork in each ear; horses, B D on left hip. Douglas, O. T., Douglas, Or Horses TD on the right stifle; cattle same on right hip. Ely, J. B. iions, Douglas, Or. Horses brand ed ELY on left shoulder, cattle same on left hip. hole m right ear. Elliott. Wash., Heppner, Or. Diamond on right shoulder. Emery, C. B., Hardman, Or. Horses branded t reversed C with tail on left shoulder ; cat tle same on ii:ht hip. Kange in Morrow county. Fleek, Jackson, Heppner, Or. Horses, 7F connected on right shoulder; cattle same on right hip. Ear mark, hole in right and crop oft left. Florence, L. A., Heppner, Or. Cattle, LF on right hip; horse F with bar under on right shoulder. Florence, H. P. Heppner, Or Horses, F on right shoulder ; cattle, i on right hip ur thigh. rreneh, George, Heppner, Or. Cattle branded WF, with bar over it, ou left side; crop oft left ear. Honet, same brand on left nip. Gay, Henry, Heppner, Or. GAY on left ehoulder. Gilman-French. Land and Live Stock Co., Fos sil, Or. Horses, anchor tj on left shoulder; Tent, same on left stifle. Cattle, same on both hips ear marks, crop off right ear and nnderbit in left Kange iu Gilliam, Grant, Crook and Morrow oo untie Gentry, Elmer, Echo, Or. Horses branded H. 8. with a quarter circle over it, on left stitle. Kange in Morrow and UmatillacountieB. Hayes. Geo., Lena, Or, Brand JH connected with quarter circl over it, on left shoulder. Hiatt A. B., Kidge, Or. Cattle, round-top K with quarter circle under it on the right hip. Kanice iu Morrow and Umatilla counties. liiuton 4 Jeuks, Hamilton, Or Cattle, two ban on either hip; crop in ri;ht ear and split in left. Horse, J on right thigh. Kange in Grant county Unghea, Samuel. Wagner. Or- (T F L coiuiecuM)on right shoulder on horses; on cattle, on right hip and on left aide, swallow fork in right ear and slit in left. Kaogn in Haystack dUtrict, Morrow county. Hale, Milton, WKgnw, Or. Horses branded -O- (circle with parallel tiuJsj on left Fhontd.- CVttlesame on loft hip at o li.r,i- circle on h rt side. Hall. Kdwin. John Duy,Or.--Cattli- K Hun rig'.r hip; horses same on nt:ht shoulder, l aiiirtit Graut county. Howard, J L, oalloway, Or. Hones, -r n-ross with bar above it) on right shouhu-r, -.itle (HiiiH on leftside. Kange in Morrow siiii Um it tutu counties. itughes. Mat, Heppner, Or, Horses, shuded heart on the loft th"ii.dej . Kango Morrow i !o. liunsaker, B A , Wagner, Or. Horses, on left shonidHr; cattle. 9 on Inft hip. Hardisty, Albert, Nye, Oregon Horses.A H connected, on leftshouldor; Catlleun tlie hrt hip, crop off left ear, Humphreys, J M. Hardman, Or. Horses H on tefi flank Hayes, J. M., Heppner. Or. Horses, wineglass on left shoulder cattle, same on right hip. on, Lot her, Eight Mile, Or. Horse H ori the left shoulderand heart on the left stirle Cat tl same on left hip. Uange in Morrow comity Ivy, Alfred, Long Creek, Or Cattle 1 Don right, hip, crop oft Inftearamlbil in right, Horaos same brand on left shoulder iCange u Grant countv Jones, Harry, Hoppnpr, Or Horses branded fl J on the left shoulder: cattle baanded J on right hip, b1o uuderbit in left ear. liange in Morrow et unty. jnnkin, tf. M., Heppner, Or Horses, ho do. shoe J on left Bhoulder. Cattle, the fsms KariMe on Eighr Mile. Johnson, lelix, Lena, Or. HoreeB, oicloT on left slide; cattle, same on right hip, rjtior hMf crop in right and sulit in left ear Jenkins, D W.,Mt. Vernon.Or. ,1 on horseson iuii tnit,muirj ou dune, j on Jr.rt nip and two smooth crops on both eare. Kange in Fox and Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Horses branded u inn, "o"- n-iiiw ami crop on luft ear: under slope on the right Kirk, J.T., Heppner Or.-Horsea UU on left shoulder; cattle, il nj left hip. Kirk. J C, Ilepprjr. Or. HorseB. 17 on either flank: cattle 17 j right Bide. Kirk, Jesse, Tinppner, Or.; horse? 11 on loft Bhoulder; oat Je same on right side, underbit on right ear. cattle (Vj rigru and left sides, swallow fork in It ft l'"1J,l OB " unoiiiuor. itango in Grant county. . , uropiwu P(ii,vr,B uon loft hip on cattle, crop aud split on right ear. Homes Bum a hrunrl i,n int .l 1.1 n .. vi Buumiwr. uange urant countv. Idouallen, John W , Li-n Or.-HoraHa branded Imlf-cirole Jlj connected on left hniiU der. t attle. BHiui ou luft bin. Uunice, neur Lex. inuton J.eahey, J. V. Heppner Or.-Horses branilwt Li find on leit elioulUer; cettle Biune on left ear TUI inree H1H8 in rjtfiit Liord, Georce, Heppner, Or.-Horaea branded double 11 coi.neoti.. Sometimes called a ewun H, on loft ehoulder. Jlarkliam, A. Al., Heppner, Or.-Cattle larKo M (jn left mde. both buib cropped, und eplit iu canyon 88 UBlu!e' Wark'a .Minor, Oscar, neppnor. nr. rattle, tl D on right uipi horse. Hon lef t shoulder. Morgan, rj. N., Heppner, Or.-Horses, SI ) on left shonldei cattle same on left hip McCiimber, Jas A, Kcho, Or. Horses, H with bar over on right shoulder. Morgan. Thoe., Heppner, Or. Horeos, circle T on lort shoulder and left tluirh: cattle. L on right thigh. Mitcholl, Oscar, lone, Or. HoreeB, 77 on rirht hip; cattle, 77 on right side. MoClareu, K. (i., Urowusville, Or.-Hoiwi, t lgnre li on each shoulder; cattle, M2 on liu, MoC'arty. David H. Kcho Or. Horses brar.led DM connected, on tho left shoulder; cattle rfame ou hip and side. MoOirr, Frank, Vox Valley, Or.-Mnle alio Willi tue-cork on cattle ou ribs and tinder j each ear; horses name brand on leit stjlie. McHalej , . , ., noiiiiimn, Or. on Horses, m with half circle under on loll Bhoulder; on i;att;e four bars connected on top ou the right side' Klingo in Criant County. Mini. Andrew. Lone llock.Or.-llurses AM con nected on left shoulder: cattle same on both hipe, !;. .1 ' i ' "if"""""'". f. norsoB, circle 7 on left thigh; chi tie. sumo on left hip. Oliver, Joseph, Canyon City, Or.-A Son cattle on left hip; on horses, same on leit thigh, liang . in Grant county. Oiler, ferry, Lexington, Or. I' O on h f shou.dui. Olp, Herman, Piairio City, Or.-On cattle O Ll' connected ou left hip; horses on loit s Jile and wattle on nose, liange in Grant county I'eareou, Oiuve, Eight Mile. Or.-Horses, Quar ter circle shield ou leit shoulder and U rn left hip. tattle, fork in left ear, right cropped. -M on left hip. liange on Eight Mile. 1'arker 4 faleaeon. Hnrdinan.Or, Horaes IP on leftshouldor. l'l POT, Ernet, Leziugton, Or.- Hordes brand, e J (LB connected) ou left shoulder ; cattle s ino on right hip. liange, Morrow county. Piper, J. H., Lexington. Or. -Horses, JE con. nected in.left shoulder; cattle, sume on left hip. under bit in each ear. Pettys, A. C, lone. Or,; horses diamond V ou Bhoulder; cattle, J H J connoeted,ou tlie left hip, upper alone in left aar and slip in tho right. Powell, John T., Day villa, Or Horses, J P con. iieciedou left shoulder. Cattle OK connected on left hip, two under half crops, oue on each car, wattle under throat. P.ai.ge in Grant county Hood. Andrew, Hardman, Or. Horses, sim.ire orns with quarter-circle over it on loft stitle. lieninger, Chris, Heppner, Or.-Horses, C U on left shoulder. llice. Dan, Hardman, Or.; horses, three panel worm tence ou left shoulder; cattle, DAM on riaht ehoulder. liange near Hardman. lloyue, Aaron, Heppner, Or Horses, plain V on left Bhoulder; cattle, same brand reversed ou right hip and crop ott right ear. liange in Mor row couuty. Rush Bros., Heppnor, Or. Horaes branded 21 on the right shoulder; cattle, IX on the left tup. crop oft left ear and dewlap on neck, liange in Morrow and ailjoining counties. linst, William, Kidge, Or. Horsea K oa left shoulder; cattle, It on left hip, crop oil right ear, underbit on left ear. Sheep. It on weathers .round crop off righ ear. liange Lima tlllaand Morrow counties. Heaney, Andrew, Lexington, Or.-Horsei branded A 11 on right shoulder, vent ouaitoi circle over brand; cattle same on right hip. liange alorrow oounty. MoyBe, Wm. H, DairyvUle, Or HK connect, with quarter circle over top on cattle on right hip and crop off right ear and Bplit in left. Horsea same brand ou left shoulder. Hangs in Morrow Grant and Gilliam cuunties. Hector. J. W., Heppnor, Or. Horsea, JO oi left shoulder. Cattle, o on right hip. Spicknall, J. W., "Gooseberry, Or.-Horse brauded 31 on left shoulder; lange in Slon" county. Bailing. C 0 Heppner, Or Horses brauded on left shoulder; cattle same on left hip. Swaggart, ii. '., Lexington, Or.-Horans with dash under it ou left stitle; cattle II wilh dash under it on right hip, crop oil right eur aud waddled on right hind leg. hauge in Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla oouuties. bwaggart, A. L.,Athena. Or Horses brand' 2 ou left shoulder; cettle same on left hip. Crop on ear, wattle ou left hind leg. Ktraight W. E., Heppner, Or. HorseB ehwied J j on leti stifle; cattle J Son loft hip, swallow fork in nyhl ear, nnderbit in left. ftapp, Thoe., Heppner, Or. Horses, SAP nn left hip; cattle same on left hip, Bhner.John, Eox, Or.-MO connected on homes on right hip; oattie, same on right hip crop ..fl right ear and under bit in iofteaf. limine' in Grunt couuty. Smith Bros., Snsmville, Or. Horses brui.il.nl H. Z. on shoulder; cattle, .-ame on left shouldur Squires, James, Arlington, Or,; horeos branded J8 on left shoulder; cattle the same, also nose waddle, liange m Morrow and Gilliam cojeUbb. Stephens, V. A., Hardman, Or-; horses Mm,u right stine; cattle horizontal L on the right shin Stevenson, Mrs A. J., Heppnor, Ur. tattle S on right hip; swallow-fork in left ear Swuggart. G, W., Heppner, Or.-Horses, ou left shouldei ; cattle, 44 on left hip Sperry, E. G., Heppner, Or. Cattle W C u leit hip, crop off right and underbit iu left yrar dewlap: horses W (J on left shoulder. ' 'Ihompsou, J. A., Heppner, Or .-Horsea, J on loft shoulder; cattle, 'i on left shoulder lippot.S.'r.,buierpriae.Or. lioroes. C-uu left enouider. Turner H. W., Heppner, Or. Small capital I leit shoulder, horses; cattle aame on left hin with split in both ears. Ihorntou, U. M., lone, Or.-Horses branded H I connected on left etitie; sheep same brand YanderpiMjl, H. T., Lena, Or; Horses 11V con nected on right shoulder;cattle, same oa riirht hip Walbridiw, Wm.. Ileppuer. Or. Horses, V. L on the left shoulder; cattle same on right hip crop off left ear and right ear topped. WUson, John a Salem or Heppner, Or Horsea branded Jo on the left ehouider. liaLgo Morrow couuty. Warren, W B. Caleb, Or Oattie W with quarter oircle over it. on left aide, eplit in right ear Horsea same braud ou left shoulder, liange iu Grant couuty, Wright, Silas A. Heppner, Or. Cattle branded .. ., w crop oa right ear and split in left. naue, neury, neppner, ur. Horses blended ace of spades on left ehoulder and left Inn tattle branded same on left side and left tup Wella, A. 8., Heppner, Or.-Horses, 0. on lef shoulder- catt e aame Wolhnger, John, John Day City, Or-On homo. uiree paxaiiei oara on lert Bhoulder; 7 on sneon bit in both ears. Kange la Grant and Maihulr mwuwimu, .who, neppner, Or. Horse rp oonnected on left Bhoulder. OP r, aiiina uene. neppner, Or.-Horsea branded Vh connecteo on lef t stifle. wl ttTallana (h-.ta. El Ji.rnTJ: XrT';.t"r.l "---cattle, w on ahoulaer eomt same on left shoulder. Whittier oroe nuntmgion. Baker Co. Or -Horeee branded W B connecteo on left ihonlder , ujbuw. iuu, Hamilton, Or. Onarter cif. cle over three bars on left hip, bo catile 5 horses. Range Grant countf . .. , y, ibo, creek. Or Horses ounr VVton 1 1 u ,, .. ' on iLl- Wnlkar Vl ;,k,tt. . a I'.V.u . i l. ... w"18' naraman Or.- . lt connected) EWon left aide horses same on nght shoulder. J. w Walker S eattle, sameon left hip, horaes same