Pike County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 38, Petersburg, Pike County, 6 February 1890 — Page 4

ME Published Every Thursday. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. STATISTICS OF DIVORCE.

, ’JPw Average length or Marrieu fc*re Separation. * Out of the total of 328,718 divorces granted in the United States'in the ' , twenty years, from 1887 to 1884, inclusive, 289,546 were granted to couples who had been married in this country, and only 7,730 were from marriages celebrated in foreign countries. - The place of the marriage of 31,889 is unknown. One-fourth of these latter are reported, from Connecticut, as .that State does not; require a disclosure of the place of marriage in its liltols for divorce. Now tho report shows that out of tho 289,546 divorces whose place of marriage was in this country and was ascertained, 281,867, or 80.1 per cent., took place in tho same State where fho persons divorced had been married, and 57,679 couples, or * 19.9. per cent, obtained divorce in some -J other State. The migration from State to State to obtain divorce must therefore be included within this 19.9 per cent. But it can not be even any thing the whole of it. For in 1870 there were 23.2 percent., and in 1880, 22.1 per cent, of the native-born population of : ;• this country living in States where they were not born. Of course this last class comprises persons of all ages, while that under special consideration is made up of those who migrated between the date of marriage and that of divorce. The length of married life before divorce in the United States 'averages 9.17 years, which, 1 think, is from one-third to one-half the average continuation of a marriage in those in- . stances where divorce does not occur. Careful study may lead to a reasonably correct approximation to tho proper reduction from the M>.9 percent., and thus give the probable percentage of cases of migration to obtain divorce, but at present I would not venture an opinion on the point It certainly is a very small part of all the divorces of the country, though varying in different States. But the necessity of such investigation is the jfwint it illustrates. The discovery of these facts alone justifies the cost of tho invaluable report of; tho Department of Labor. It can hardify fail to compel the study of tho problem of uniformity from almost entirely new points of view as to its real nature and jilace in the general question.—ltev. Samuel W. Dike, in Century. There is a diffeTeheo of the stage for gowns then and white canton flannel spotted with ink made the ermine mantles The mantle that Madame Modjeska wore as Lady Macbeth was not of this sort. It cost $400 for the embroidery ) alone. „ . , Japanese gowns are popular with certain women. I would not advise those .who weigh over a hundred and sixty pounds to wear them, however. A; pretty girl from Philadelphia wore one of tho most successful toilets seen at the Patriarchs’ ball, white tissue beautifully worked with sheaves of corn in gold over a Greek toilet of “English rose” crepe de chine, -a pale, beautiful tint seen for the first time in .the balk gowns of this winter. It is as Impossible to keep pace with the new gowns as with their wearers. Some of the richest gowns which have yet appeared are for dinner dances, and ■ are of magnificent brocaded satins on pale cream grounds, with damask buds, violet sprays, silver roses of natural 'size, orchid blossoms and hawthorn flowers displayed upon them, made up as short dresses with round skirts, half high round bodices and short sleeves open down the top to show tho arms. I wonder that th9 fashionable world has not discovered that Japanese artificial flowers are much more beautiful than French artificial flowers. The former are the only flowers not real that any one of taste could tolerate in vases for decorative purposes, or for tho toilet. Waistcoats for women are again tho fashion. Whether one likes them or not, their convenience in the way of pockets must be admitted by all. The white petticoat must go except for special occasions. It is not the inexpensive and old-fashioned “balmoral” that has taken its place, but the very expensive watered silk and satin skirt, which may bo worth a fortune in lace, if one can afford it, and often is where one can not afford it—N. Y. Commer-cial-Advertiser. Mothers, don’t scold. You can be firm without scolding your children; you can reprove them for their faults; you can punish them when necessary, but don’t get into the habit of perpetually scolding them. It does them no good. They soon become so accustomed to fault-find-ing and scolding that they pay no attention to it. Or, which often happens, they grow hardened and reckless in consequence of it. Many a naturally good disposition is ruined by constant scolding, and many a child ist- driven to seek evil associates because there is no peace at home. Mothers, with tbeir many cares and perplexities, often fall into the habit ’unconsciously; but it is a sad habit for them and their children. Watch yourselves, and don’t indulge in (bis unfortunate and often unintentional manner of addressing your children. Watch even the tones of your voice, and, above all, watch your hearts; for wo have divine authority for saying that “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth Bpeaketh.”—F’arm and Fireside. ABOUT WO’MAN’S DRESS. Modjeska's Mantle nese Flowers. l)on*t Become a Scold.

Rights of « Chinese Husband. In an article by Dr. Faber in a Shanghai periodical, on the “Status of Women In China,” he writes that the Chinese laws, while they are intended throughout for the defense of marriage as a sacred institution, are as one-sided as all laws relating to women are in Oriental countries. If a man beats his wife, but does not break her limbs or maim her, the law takes no notice of it; if a wife beats her husband she is liable to receive one hundred blows, and the husband may separate from her. Those who have been shocked by the sale of women in the famine regions will be interested in knowing that the law provides that “ho who from poverty sells his wife shall not be heavily punished; let the woman revert to the last husband (that is, to the man she was sold to).”—Pall Mall Gazette. Early Diamond Catting. The first attempt at diamond-cutting in the United States eras made about thirty-five years ago in Boston, Mass. The first person to undertake the enterprise was a Mr. Sibley, who constructed a machine of his own invention, and ran it by water power in his house. The object of Mr. Sibley, however, was not to supply finished gems, but to obtain a very fine point for cutting eccentrio lines on a steei plate, from which the reverse sides of bank notes were printed. By means of his point Mr. Sibley was able to-cut upon glass such delicate lines that they could be seen only by the aid Of a magnifying glass of considerable power. Until some time after Mr. Sibley* experiments diamonds which needad repairing or recutting were elwm ff»4 *brM4.Wcveiwf' Weekly

TALMAGE’S TRAVELS. ▲ Review of the Recent Journey Through Palestine. i Instructive and Advantageous Tour, Kot. However. Without Its Hard, ships—Some of the Historic Spots Visited Described.

Rev. T. DeWitt Talinage indited the following condensed review of his journey to and in the Holy Land while in Constantinople and forwarded by mall. It is of more than passing interest: On leaving America 1 addressed some words of farewell to my sermonic readers, and now, on my way home, I write this letter of salutation,. which will probably reach you alxmt the Monday that will find me on the Atlantic ocean, from which 1 can not reach you with the usual sermon. I have completed the journey of inspection for which I came. Others may write a life of Christ without seeing the Holy Land. I did not feel competent for such a work until I had seen with my own eyes the sacred places; and so I left home and church and native country for a most arduous undertaking. I have visited all the scenery connected with our Lord's history. The whole journey has been to me a surprise, an amusement, a grand rapture or a deep solemnity. I have already sent to America my Holy Land observations for my “Life of Christ,” and they were written on horse back, on mule back, on camel back, on ship's deck, by dim 'candle in tent, ip mud hovel of Arab village, amid the ruins of old cities, oon Mount of Beatitudes, on beach of Genesareth, but it will take twenty years of *?rmons to tell what I have seen and felt on this journey through Palestine and Syria. All things have combined to make our tour instructive and advantageous. The Atlantic and Mediterranean and Adriatic and Aegean and Dardanelles and Marmora seas have "treated | us well. Since we left New York we have had but a half day and one night of storm, and that while crossing Mount Hermon. But let only those in robust health attempt to go tho length of Palestine and Syria on horseback. I do not think it is because of the unhealth of the climate in Holy Land that so many have sickened and died here or afterward as a result of visiting these lands, but because of the fatigues of travel. The number of miles gives no indication of the exhaustions of the way. A hundred and fijty miles in Palestine and Syria on horseback demand as much physical strength as four hundred miles on horseback in regions of easy journey. Because of the near two months of bright sunlight by day, and bright moonlight or starlight by night, the half day of storm was to us the more memorable. It was about noon of December 18 that the tempest struck us and drenched tho mountains. One of the horses falls and we halt amid a blinding rain. It is freezing cold. Fingers and feet like ice.. Two hours and three-quarters before encampment. We ride on in silence, longing for the terminus of to-day's pilgrimage. It is, through the awful inclemency of the weather, the only dangerous day of the journey. Slip, and slide, and tumble, and climb, and descend we must, sometimes on the horse and sometimes off, until at last we halt in the hovel of a village, and instead of entering camp for the night we aro glad to find this retreat from the storm. It" is a house of one story, built out of mud. My room is covered with a roof of goat’s hairv A feeble fire mid-floor, but no chimney. It is the ljest house of the village. Arabs, young and old, stand around in wonderment as to why we come. There is no window in the room, but two little openings, one over the door and the other in the wall through which latter opening I occasionally find an Arab face thrust to see how I am progressing. But the door is open, so I have somo light. That is an afternoon and night never to be forgotten for its exposures and acquaintance with the hardships bf what an Arab considers luxurious apartment. 1 sat that night by a fire, the smoko of which, finding no appropriate place of exit, took lodgment in my nostrils and eyes. For the first time in my life I realized that chimneys were a luxury, but not a necessity. The only adornments in this .'oom were representations of two tree branches in tho mud, of the wall, a circle supposed to mean a star, a bottle hung from the ceiling, and about twelve indentations in tho wall to be used as mantels for any thing that may be placed there. This storm was not a surprise. Through pessimistic prophets we had expected that at this season we should have rain, and snow, and hail throughout our journey. For the most part it has»been sunshine and tonic atmosphere, and not a moment has our journey been hindered. Gratitude to God is with us the dominant emotion. Having visited the scenery connected with Christ’s life'I was glad to close my journey by passing through the apostolic lands and seas. You can hardly imagine our feelings as wo came in sight of Damascus, and on the very road where Saul was unhorsed at the flash of the supernal light We did not want, like him, to be flung to tho earth, but we did hopo for some great spiritual blessing brighter than any noon-day sun, and a new preparation for usefulness. Our long horseback ride was ended, for a carriage met us some miles out and took us to the city. The impression one receives as he rides along the walled gardens of the I plafcu are different from those produced by any other city. But we can not describe our feelings as we entered the city about which wo have heard and' road so much, the oldest city under the sun, and founded by the grandson of Noah; nor our emotions as we pass through the street called Straight, along which good Ananias went to meet Saul; and by the site of the palace of Naaman, the leper, and saw the River Abana, as yesterday we saw Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus that Naaman preferred to wash in rather than the Jordan.

strange ana unique uamascus: it is worth while to cross the Atlantic and Europe to see it. Though it has been the place of battle and massacre, and of ancient affiuence and splendor as well as it is of present prosperity, to me its chief attraction arises from the fact that here the scales fell from Paul's eyes, and that chief of Apostles hero began that mission which will not end until -Heaven is peopled with ransomed spirits. So also I saw day before yesterday Patmos, where John heard the trumpets and the waves of the sea dashed to his feet, reminding him of the songs of Heaven, “like the voice of many waters.” But this letter can only give a hint of the things we mean to tell you about when we get home, where we expect to be before this month is ended. I baptized by immersion in the Jordan ah American whom we met, and who desired the solemn ordinance administered to him in the sacred waters. I rolled down from Mount Calvary or “place of a skull” a stone for the corner stone of our new' Brooklyn tabernacle. We bathed in the “Dead Sea” and in “Gideon’s Fountain.” where his three hundred lapped the water from their hands as they passed through; and we sailed on Lake Galileo. and. stood on Mount Zion and Mount Moriah and Mount Hermon, and I saw the place whore the ttbepbwd*

hoard the Frisian as anthem the night Christ; was born; and hare been at Nazareth and Captimaum, and sat by “Jacob’s Welt,” and daw Tel-el-Keber of modem battle, and Megiddo of ancient battle, and where the Israelites crossed the desert, and slept at Bethel, where one ladder was let down into Jacob’s dream; but the night I slept there the heavens were full of ladders, first a ladder of clouds, then a ladder of stars, and all up and down the heavens were the angels of beauty, angels of consolation, angels of God ascending and descending; and I was on nearly all the fields of Herodie, and Solomonic, and Daridie, and Mosaic, and Abrahamic history. I took Borne, and Naples, and Athens, and Alexandria, and Cairo on the way out, and take the Greek Archipelago, and Constantinople, and Vienna on the way back. What more can God in His goodness grant me in the way of natural scenery, and classic association, and spiritual opportunity? 'Ah yes! I can think of something gladder than that He can grant me. Safe return to the people of my beloved flock, the field of my work, and the land where my fathers died, and in the dust of whose valleys I pray God I may be buried.

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? As Swan ns Ton Ask Yourself This Question Cn.ll in a Physician. The English Governor of one of tho provinces of the British ’Empire in India, commenting on his good fortune in getting out of the country before the breaking out of the mutiny, said: “I could never have fought well, for I could never make up my mind whether our conquest of India was a Divinely inspired act or a great dacoity.” The remark showed sound knowledge of life. No man can fight vigorously and successfully if he is uncertain of his right to fight The soldier who leaves behind him the open question of whether a thing ought to be done or not in nine cases but of ten will retreat along that line. The advance line is held only by the man who believes in the end that lies before him and in his right to secure that end. Nothing blights faith in a purpose or saps the strength to Carry it out like skepticism; the skepticism need not be very deep or very radical; a very little of it will go a great way in destroying a man’s working power. It is one of the mental and spiritual diseases of our time that so many men and women are uncertain whether the thing they are doing is worth while. They are fighting a losing battle, not because they have not the fcgee or the equipment to fight a winning one, but because they can never quite make up their minds whether tbe fight ought to be made or not A half-hearted or questioning Stanley would be an absurdity. The man who is to cross Africa through tho hoart of its vast forests and its deadly morasses must be a man who believes that doing that particular thing is worth every exertion that a human being can make, and that if his life goes into tho work the loss will be well made. No less of faith than this could have given Stanley the impulso which has again sent him through tho heart of Africa. If Mr. Edison spent his nights in querying whether his work by day was worth tho doing, the wonderful development of the practical use of electricity which he has secured for the benefit of men would never have been made. Doubt is a healthy stage in the life of every man who thinks, but it is only a stage, not a permanent condition. Sooner or later the magi who achieves any thing in life leaves doubt behind him and puts his hand in the resolute grasp of a clean, clear, triumphant faith in some cause or purpose or principle or aim. When we stop to ask ourselves whether life is worth living, we ought at once to call in the family physician; that question means disease either of body or mind' it is a question which no healthy man or woman has any business to make.— Christian Union. A Remarkable Monument. One of tho most remarkable monuments in America is in San Luis Obispo County, Southern California. A great rock rises 150 feet above the plain of Carissa, and in the distance looks rugged and forbidding. On near approach it is seen to have on its eastern side an opening 35 feet broad, which leads into an inner temple or court, with level floor 235 feet long and 123 feet broad at its widest part. The ceiling is <50 to 100 feet high. This great natural .cathedral is a wonder to geologists, but it is more wonderful to archaeologists. It was evidently used by prehistoric mhn as a temple of worship or a capitol of government. On the walls are paintings in red, white and black, doubtless ha^iig a meaning. There are figures representing f fields, suns, forts, spears, men and animals. Tho colors are apparently as bright as when laid on. The wonder was discovered by Francisoan missionaries 100 years ago, and there has been no change in its appearance since. When or by whom tho walls were decorated' no one knows. The Indian tribes had no tradition concerning the work, and regarded it with superstitious reverence. — Pittsburgh Dispatch. A Rival of the Tonrmco. There has been recently some interest aroused in those very remarkable ' birds, the touracos, on account of the curious fact that the red pigment in their wing feathers can bo, partially at least, washed out with pure water. This is generally believed to be a unique instance of the kind, but it does not appear to be so. We are informed by a correspondent that another animal—a mammal this time—shares with the touracos the poauliarity of being tinted with colors that “run.” This animal is a Brazilian tree-porcupine, with bright yellow spines, which are hidden by a dense coat of fur. The porcupine is, unlike the common Indian form, a treedwelling creature, with a comparatively long, prehensile tail. The yellow pigment of the spine can be extracted by water, which then becomes of a pale lemon yellow hue. But as the porcupine frequents trees, and as it is covered with long hair, it does not seem probable that in a state of nature the warm rain of tbe tropics would over bleach tho spines, as it is said to bleach the feathers of the touraco.—London Daily News.

The Value of Opposition. There is one form of evil which, while peculiarly annoying and aggravating at the time, may always be made the aource of increased power and benefit. It is the opposition and antagonism which men personally receive. Usually they suffer the sting which this brings with it to rankle in their breasts and to foster an increased antagonism on their part. Yet, could they vBrw it in another and truer light, they should rather welcome it as a means of advancement. Under all such contradiction there is a measure of truth, often a large measure, the discovery of which would be most advantageous. Emerson puts this well yfhen he says:. “The wise man throw:} himself on the side of his assailants.” It is more his interest than it is theirs to find bis weak point. The wound cioatrices and falls off from him like a dead skin, and, when, they would triumph, lo! he has passed on invulnerable! Blame is safer than praise, —N. Y. Ledger. _ —Female sanitary police in Chicago inapeot factories and tenements for the Brvtwtion of the Jutodai people,

FASHION LETTER. New Models In Dressy Gowns—styles for Early Spring. I Special New York Correspondence.] The newest models in dressy gowns are made with clinging Princesse fronts, either of striped

or brocaded material, with demitrained Princesse backs of wholly different fabric, this of a plain,rich textile like velvet, royal arm u re or sicilienne. Dinner gowns in this fashion show tho fronts of broad and narrow stripes, sometimes intermixed with velvet Exquisite velvet figures in soft rich Persian devices appear also upon back

grounds of Lyons satin of pal© or neutral tint For those who prefer striped goods to brocades, there are rich bengaline grounds with velvet stripes, and upon many of these rich floral effects are shown. Single detached flowers, such as gold buds or Marguerites, hate velvet leaves on a satin ground; Hd dark green velvet foliage, outlined rose pink, over silver silk, show in fine, contrast to patterns in golden olive satin, sprayed with trailing clusters of wild jasmine. For more general wear are fronts of satin-striped faillo in black, with black satin backs bordered at the foot with black feather trimming. The dividing line between the two fabrics is on the shoulder and under-arm seams of the Princosse dress. Next in popularity are the fabrics in plaided stripes, cut evtrywhere on tbo bias with little or no fullness on the skirt front, and many folds massed at the tiack. Stylish young ladies are still making great use of fancy shirt-waists and silk _ i blouses, more or less Russian in ef

lect—wearing them at dinner and also to the theater and opera. These are silk-wrought, gal* "loo n-trimmed, o r laid in soft diagonal folds across the front, with a V plastron in the neck, covered with a gold or silver passementerie. Some of the I new blouses are shaped with a deepi ly-pointed yoke and l pointed girdle made I of a solid network ft of gold and silver

ganoon. 1 nese are made for day wear, of the new, soft wool goods in heliotrope, auburn or nun’s gray, and worn over plain, full skirts of the same fabric. For early spring are being prepared some very rich and stylish shouldercapes of silk and velvet, overlaid with superb passementeries in pointed trellis patterns, made to match elegant dress garnitures. Large epaulets of the same are placed on the top of the sleeves, or instead “of these, where bxtra high shoulders do not admit of epaulets, are I long, slender ornaments which reach from the top of the armhole, down the \ seam front and back, to the hem of the cape. Long, ample Louis Quatorze | vests worn beneath polonaise gowns of fine wool or velvet will be another feature of spring gowns for visiting and the promenade. Black and corn color will be a popular combination in evening toilets. Orange gold and copper passementeries are in high vogue in Paris and London, elaborate bands and corsage pieces im these colors being used in most capricious ways. Handsome

oroche ana Persian embroideries are also used to trim new costumes ol India camel’s hair and Venetian clgth. The foundation is closely woven silk canvas and the lovely devices are wjmight in slacktwisted silk and fine gold and copper threads. The stylish and effective fancy still prevails of using black with colors, both in utility and dress costumes, as, for example, a lime-leaf redingote of faced cloth with trim

mmgs oi macs ostrich feather-bands over a skirt of green armure silk, covered half its depth witbj^lack silk passementerie in deep Gothic devices pointing upward. Silverblue camel's hair tailor gowns for receptions and calls are made up with Grecian drapings and trimmed with gold and silver galloons, and exquisitely fine India wool diagonal costumes of mignonette green, Parma violet, olive gray and auburn, are made with plain velvet skirts and Russian polonaises of the wool fabric elegantly braided in elnbo>rate devices with Russian soutache of a deeper shade. Others of Venetian cloth in two beautiful shades of gray, braided with gold and silver cord, are both elegant and artistic in effect. Toques and incroyable shoulder capes to match are very usually added. C. D. F. LITERARY . FRAGMENTS.

Ouida, it is said, has made more money by her labors than any woman of this century, except Patti. An American publisher has offered Gladstone $25,000 a year for the exclusive use i f all he writes. Mass Twain works only three months in the year, and then does his writing on a farm, near Elmira, where ho has an octagonal glass room in which ho composes. It has been proposed to make a book that would be indestructible by printing in gold or silver letters upon thir leaves of asbestos, the binding to be 01 a thicker shoot of asbestos. Neither time not fire could have any offect upon a volume of this kind. “Though his general health is better than.it has been for some years, Edmund Clarence Stedman,” reports the New York Journalist, “has been suffering of late from rheumatism. Mr. Stedman is a great worker, and, like all high-strung Americans, is very sensitive to the weather.” Miss Yda Addis, the discoverer of the place of manufacture of the iridessent Mexican pottery, and of the process by which it is made (described in Harper's Monthly for August), is a well-known newspaper writer on the Pacific coast, is a good Spanish scholar, and has spent several years in Mexico, She is living now in Chihuahua. Mr. Andrew Young, the writer of the religious song, “There is a Happy Land, Far, Far Away," is still ajive, a man eighty years of age, vigorous in mind and body, and having all that sympathy for ehildren without which it is impossible to influence the little ones for good. It ia about fifty years since these words were written to the music of an Indian air, and they have since been translated Into nineteen la&irusfea,

r"-'-SCIENTIFIC BREVITIES. Abttficiai. gla* iers as a means , of storing water for Irrigation have been proposed. 0 Ornithologists in the recent work published by th: librarian of the I .ondon Zoological Si siety have trace 1 ft vs hundred names formerly considered obscure to their c iginal source. i As incandesce it lamp—10 evndle power and 46 vol a—lasted 11,005 hours before it gave way. -Several ethers lasted for more tt an 8,000 hoists aid the average life of 31 lamps was 4,237 1 tours. Herr Siemens himself one of the princes of electricity, owns the corn. He tells his fe .low-countrymen that Germany can not compete with Ai lerica in the number aid usefulness oi new electrical inventi ins. Signok Schlai arelli, the eminent Milanese astronomer, well known for his researches o i the canals of Mars, says he has ascertained, after ten years’ investigation, that Mercury has a rotation like that of the moon. The phonograph is expected to prove a valuable aid in the study of languages. j The pupil can take home a piece of tinfoil on which is recorded his teacher’s correct accent, and practice with it in his own room as much as he pleases. - The green color of ocean water depends upon the number of medusae and ! other minute animal forms which in- | habit it. The deep; green Northern seas literally swarm with these miniature creatures; in some places as many as 128 of them have been, found in a si ngle cubic inch of water. A soluble pigment has been found in the spines of the South American tree porcupine. The quills are tinged with bright yellow anti tipped w: t> dark brown. The yellow will dissolve in ordinary water, but the brown resists the solvent action fi aUoh-d and chloroform, though it yields to ammonia and potash. Sapolini, of Milan, has described a method of his which ho states he has employed successfully in sixty-two cases of deafness of,old age. It consists in mopping the membrana tympanl with a weak oleaginous solution of phosphorus. He claims that the treatment diminishes the opacity of the memhifime, increases the circulation and improves the hearing.

CATARRH. Catarrhal Deafness—li'ajr Fever—A NeW Home Treatment* Sufferers are not generally aware that these diseases aro contagious, or that they are due to the presence of living parasites in the lining membrane of the nose and euswiehiau tubes. Microscopic research, howover, has proved this to be a fact, and the result of this discovery is that a simple remedy has been formulated whereby Catarrh. Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness aro permanently cured in from ore to three simple applications made at home by the patient once in two weeks. N. B.—This treatment is not a snuff or an ointment; both have been discarded; by reputable physicians as injurious. A pamphlet explaining this new treatment is sent on receipt of three cents in stamps to paypostage by A. H. Dixon & Son. cor. of John and iling Street, Toronto, Canada.—CAris(ion Adcoeote._ Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should carefully read tho above. I snoci.p like to see any kind of a man distinguishable from a gorilla that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of.—O. W. Holmes. Seal Skin Sacques, 81.00 Each.! This is a great offer. Jxst imagine the army of ladies that will besiege,the store until the last sacque is gone—if the bargain is ever offered. But how much more wonderful an opportunity is that presented to every suffering woman by the proprietors of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. This remedy is a guaranteed cure for all those distressing ailments peculiar to the weaker sex. It is guaranteed that if it does not effect a cure mor.ey will be refunded. It is carefully compounded by an experienced andskillfuPihysician, and adapted to woman’s delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in its effects in any condition of the system, am l is sold under a pvst(i« guarantee of satisf action in every case, or money paid for it ri funded. Foil Constipation o • Sick Headache, use Dr. Pierce's Pellets, Purely Vegetable. One a dose. Max likes to think .he world a r ter than he likes to th nk that he is an i teur performer on it - -Atchison Globe. Live Oak, J la.; Dee. 13th, 188S. Messrs. A. T. Shalue \-beroer & Co. Rochester, Pa. dents.—Last spring I received by mail a bot le of your Antidote for Malaria for my brot ier, who had chills for more than six months He frequently broke them with Quinine, l at they would soon return. I gave him th< Antidote and he has not had a chill siru a It has made a im - manent cure. Yours truly, W. IV. Perdue. Don’t fret, over yoar trials. The more a plate of soup is stirred the cooler it becomes.—Boston Trai script. Florei ce, Ala. The personally cc aftucWd excui-sions to this rapidly growing city have been so successful that the Chi .-ago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, Evansville Route, will run one on each of the followini: dates—Feb. 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th. For copy of “ Alabama As It Is,” and furthei information send to William Hill, Gen. I ass. Agent, Chicago, 111. It is possible to b< so diligent in keeping the vineyards of ott ers that your own vineyard shall become a eedy. THE MARKETS. ? kw York, Feb. 3, 1S90. CATTLE—Native Ste >r».* 3 80 ®$ 4 40 COTTON—Middling. 10% <« 11 FLOUR—Winter Wh at....... 2 25 W 4 20 WHEAT—No. 2 Red. . 8-1%® 87 V» CORN—No. 2. 30*8® 38 OATS—Western Mix <1. 27 ® 30 FORK—Mess. 10 30 ® 11 23 ST. .OU1S. COTTON—Middling. lOVs® BEEVES—ExportSte srs. 4 50 ® Shipping * . 3 00 ® HOGS—Common to S Aect- 3 50 i® SHEEP— Fair to Choi re.. 4 25 « FLOUR—Patents. 4 US » XXX to Choi -e.. 2 20 WHEAT—No, 2 Red 1 'inter., CORN—No. 2 Mixed. OATS—No. 2 .. .. EVE—No. 2. TOBACCO—Lugs (Missouri).. Leaf, Boiley..... 3 50 HAY—Choice Timothy. a uo BUTTER—Choice Dairy...... 18 EGGS—Fresh. 75Vra 2Ws® 20 ® 4lti® 2 50 0, ia ® 0 tit PORK—Standard Mess. 10 00 BACON—Clear Rib. .... LARD—Prime Steam. WOOL—Choice Tub. CHICAGO. CATTLE—Shipping. 3 40 HOGS—Good to Choice___ 3 70 SHEEP—Good to Choice. 3 80 FLOUlt—Winter Patents. 3 SO Spring Patents.. 4 25 WHEAT—No. 2 Spring.. CORN—No. 2. 105* 8 00 4 50 3 ad 5 85 4 15 2 80 7544 »» 21 43 8 10 13 00 11 0) 21 1114 10 25 5% 54S' 35 2W|« OATS—No. 2 White... FORK—Standard Mess..... KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers... 3 25 • HOGS—Sales at. 3 70 ® WHEAT—No. 2 (hard). * OATS—No. 2.. 18 4» CORN—No. 2. m*» NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade. IE a CORN—White.77i-».,.., .... *» OAT’S—Choice V'estern..- .... a HAY—Choice. 15 «• • FORK—New Mens....- —. • BACON-Clear l*ib. . • COTTON—Middling. 0 LOUISVILLE. WHEAT -No. 2 Red.V. 0 CORN—No. 2 Mixed... ... * OAT’S—No. 2 Mixed.~j.... “ PORK—Mess.J..... BACON—Clear Rib.COTTON—Bidding. 4 75 3 as 5 50 4 35 <4 75*. 744* 29 21 953 5 10 3 » OR is*x . ® 75 . m 33 . m it . m 10 78 544® 6 . m 1041

^JACOBS Oil CURES PERMANENTLY NEURALGIA. Instant telief, First Application. Boonville, Mo., Dec. 28,1883. I suffered c adfii lv with neurijgiu palm in bead whb i affected face andeycs. 1 could not attend i >rk. 1 obtained instantaneous relief from flj it application of St. Jacobs Oil. H. M. CLiBL Snfft iieff iiiys ScToroly. 1626 Penna. jU'O-.Pltisburg, Pa.,Fa!>.18 I860. I suffered ■ ■ i ip severe pains front ne iraleta fot tour At I)h*m5i£ inMUIK .. INMMIIUII *.M*U«Wh

To the Editob;—Please inform yowr readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By ill* timely use thousands of hopeless cases havo been permanently cured. I shall be glm to send two bottles of my remedy free t> any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their express ana post-office address. Respectfully, T. A. Slock::*, M. C., 181 Pearl street. New York Mt face is my fortune, sir, she said. Yes, you could e sily get a long engagement in a dime museum.—Boston Herald. Railroad Equipment. The New York Central Railroad has recently added fifty new standard coaches, heated by steam and lighted by the Pmtsch System of gas illumination to its passenger equipment which now consists of 881 first class passenger cars, SfcS composite cars, 6 dining cars, ©second class and immigrant cars, 250 baggage, mail and express cars, and 267 passenger locomotives. lx moments of decision ttoero is danger of mistaking the exhaustion of long spiritual struggle for resignation to fate - Confirmed. The favorable impression produced on tho first appearance of the agreeable liquid fruit re toed v Syrup of Figs a few years ago has been moro than confirmed by the pleasant experience of all who have used it, ana the Buccess of the proprietors and manufacturers the California Fig Syrup Company. Fkeqcextlt late election returns seem to come very properly from outlvin" districts. —Merchant Traveler. Dobbins’ Electric Soap does-not chap tho hands, being perfectly pure. Many people afflicted with Salt Rheum have been cured by its use. Preserves and whitens clothes. HSvo your grocer order it and try it now. The water of life: youth, tho tirook; middle ago, the river; old age, the gulf; eternity,"the ocean. Sronw Changes of "Weather cause throat Diseases. There is no moro effectual remedy for Coughs, Colds, etc., than Brown’s Bronchial Troches. Sold only in torts. Price iScts. A — The good die young, but it 'is the old; who live to he wicked, who improve the world. Have no equal as a prompt and positive cure for sick headache, biliousness, constipation, pain in the side, and all liver troubles. Carter’s Little Li ver Pills. Try them. As fast os you master tho difficultfes of life, new ones arise to demand your attention. Cure your cough with Hale s Honey of Horohound and Tar. Pike’s Toothacho Drops Cure in one minute. A lucky man: a mail who marries a widow whose first husband was mean to her. For any case of nervousness, sleeplessness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia, relief is sure in Carter’s Little Liver Pills. Regret not yesterday, despise not to-day, depend not on to-morrow.—Texas Siftings. Bronchitis is cured by. frequent small loses of Piso’s Cure for Consumption. It is so easy for a man to say that the people dislike him because of envy. A box wind matches frqo to smokers of “TansiU’s Punch” 5c. Cigar. A nickel in the hand beats two in tho slot.—N. O. Picayune. What It Costs Mustlse carefully considered by the great majority of people before buying an article which seems absolute y necessary. Hood's Sarsaparilla commends itself with special force to the great middle classes, because it combines positive economy with great medicinal power. 11 Is the only medicine of which can truly be said “ HO Doses One Dollar,’’ and a bottle of Hood’s Sarsaparilla tah )ii according to directions will average to last a month' while other medicines last but half or quarter as long. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six.for S5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. _ 100 Poses One Dollar Cream Balm IS SURE TO CURE COLD in HEAD QUICKLY. ’ Apply Balm into each nostril ELY BROS.. 66 Warren St.. K.Y. f MADE WITH BOILING WATER. EPPS’S GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. COCOA MADE WITH BOILING MILK.

0* /% •C9PVRI0Ht;.I889* NAMING THE BABY. V This ia a problem in any family, and we hesitate to give : y advice, The babies are sweet, no matter what names yon give to th) dear, (ittlq things, There are some other little things that h ve a name, and lone you will do well to bear in mind. Dr. Pier j’s Feasant Purgative Pellets are little but lively. They do not g pe you as the old-time, enormous pills do. They are sugar-ceo d, pleasant to take and do their work quietly, cleansing the bov Is*, tie liver and the blood; preventing disease, restoring health od working wonders. 25 cents a vial, by druggists.

For “ran-down,” debilitated mid o /erworked women. Dr. Pierce’s Fnvirite Prescription is the best of all restorative tonics. It is a potent Specfic for all those Chronic Weaknesses a ad Diseases peculiar to “Women; a powerful, general as well as uterine, t >nic and nervine. It imparts Vigor a ud strength to the whole system. It I

promptly cures ^#akness of stoir eh, nausea,' indigestion, bloating, \ ak back, nervous prostration, elebility i.ntl sleeplessness, in cither sex. It is' refully compounded by an experie eed physician and adapted to woman’s elieate organization. Purely vege ole and perfectly harmless in any cobc! ion of the system. It is the only met! ine for women, sold by druggists. tint’ r a positive guarantee of satisfaetie in every case, or price ($1.00) refuti led. This guarantee has been printed O' the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully cs ied out for many years. World’s Dispsnsart Medicai Association. Proprietors, No. 003 ain Street, Buffalo, N. Y. -—■ *

a tsnttifln»J*n»l*. > T»TEW and HARE< »jjj mmw R “K TH T> t Fiuefi standard sorts. Send Ipr Trial Collection 13 p'ks choicest Vegetable Seeds. affiEL .vJrfJ&k far only £JOc» >le.idqunrtrn* for all kinds of Roses. Flowering Plants and Bui •_}»■ P! a U fcs and Climbers. Goods sent everywhere by mail or express. Satisfaction cv Write for our NEW CATALOGUE. 104 pages. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATE! Wlncioee 6c stamps for postage. C» YOUNG & SONS CO.> 1406 Olive Street, SUI eSTXAMJ£ THIS VAl-KK »<J«7 (HM^nlX. ? V pi&O S REMEDY FOR CATARRH-Best Easier,*: to use. x Cheapest. Relief is immediate. A cure is certain. For Colt? in the Head it has no equal. It is at Ointment, of which a small particle is applied to the PAn CI.U l..r ...r.. 1 ...» 1 1. _ .. oostrits. Price. 60o. Sold ! Address, :ists or sen t by lin' d. . Hazei.tiss, Wejren, Pa. £4 - rp Tp TA 4 k!5 _ PA ±Li U 1 i -1

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A new flower of fascinating beauty, adapted to not culture, and will BLOOM WITHIN THIRT If BAYS after sowing the seed: It grows two inches high, and is a perfect mass of white and lilac blossoms, glistenliked ' “gf “ ing like diamonds. In the garden 'it will form a solid carpet of bloom, while for small pots or saucers in the house, either summer or winter, its beauty is unsurpassed. For only 1& cents we will mail a packet of seed Ugether with our new Catalogue and fonreoloredplntes.andapacketof the great CYCLONE PLANT Pit EE. Catalogue will not be sent nuleM naked for, us you may already possess it. It is the fluest ever issued—profusely Illustrated with cuts and coloredplates. we offer all sorts of FLOWER and VEGETABLE 8 EE ~ .NEWFBTO TABLE 8EE»8,1«TLB8, PLANTS, I BAKE SHRUBS, CACTI, ETC., including: many •U R AN It N «VELTI I S never before offered. Price III «SRAN1> NOVELTIES never before offered, cents pep copy. None sent free, except to those whe order the above seed. Send at once, as this offer maj not appear again. Address JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y, Ms Pills The dyspeptic, the debilitated, whetii > er from emcees of work of mind or body, drlfik or exposure In JHalarial Regions, will find Tim’s Pill, the most seals I restorative ever oOffered the suffbrijui: invalid. Try Them Fairly. A vigorous body, pore blood, stron ! lerves and a cheerful mind will resol L SOLD EVERYWHERE.

SOU) KEDAIi, PAEIB, 1873 W. BAKES & CO.’S, last Cocoa * < i absolutely purs an I it Is soluble. No Chemicals are used in its preparation. It his mere than three (t ree the strength I Cocoa mixed wttli Starch, Arrowed it I or Sugar, and is therefore far mo e economical, cost*?? tees than mu«ii I a evp. It is delicious, nourish!*! j, I strengthening, EaHET Digests-: >, | and admirably adapted for invali le I as sell as for persons in health. Sold by Grocer s everywher ».

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