Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 27, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 December 1886 — Page 8

^OBSTABOUTS' SONGS.

ifc)CAL MUSIC ON BOAT ANO LEVEE AT NEW ORLEANS

tlie Lut Bale of Cotton Bit B«m Rolled on Botrd*T7elrd Melodlea and Patbctlc Strains—Quaint Varse and

Sons.

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4 Tbo last bale of cotton having been rolled oo board with many a "beavo hoi" from ttoe idarky crew, the happiest hoar in the Improvident, devil-maj-caro existence of tho

Mississippi river roustabout is at hand. Roosting on rolling, rope coila and cotton bales oil the rear deck like a convention of dilapidated scarecrows, they are waiting to respond to the farewell songs of friends uid sweethearts congregated on the levee. "Farewell, broders, If yo's gwine fo' to go,

We'll weep fo' to see yo' face once mo'," wails out a dusky maiden on the shore, and "On de lebee by the ribber side." roll the united voices. "I've left my gtrl in New Orleans,

Fo' she is young, jes in bar teens." trills a thin tenor from the deck and again "On de lebee by de riber side." .swells the refrain: "Ducks play cyards an' chickens drinks wine.

An' dc monkey grow on de grape vine. Co'n sta'ch pudding and tapioca pie, Oh! de gray cat pick out the brack cat's eye!" thrillingly announces the heavy bass, while the dual crowd breaks into united rhythmical sway at the rousing refrain: "Walic that. Loo, O Miss Loo 1 An! ab! ab! beob we go! Fo' we ah gwine fo' to leabe you, good-by, good' by! Fo' we ah gwine fo' to leabe you, good-by Liza

Jane.

The echo urnrrely dies away when a rival songster on tho shore begins: "Monkey dnrss1 In soldier clo'se

All cross ol»er to Jordan I Wont out In do wood* fo' to drill de crowd: O! Ja-ru-sa-lem! Jay bird cat on ole hickory limb

All cross ober to Jordan I I up wid a rock and hit him on de chin O! Ja-ru-sa-lem I" And then tho excited crowd sweeps with wild enthusiasm into: "Shine on! «6hlneon! All cross ober to Jordan! Then shine on! Uhine on! O Ja-hi-sa-lom!"

Next a woman's figure breaks out from the levee crowd with waving arms and swaying body and proclaims in a ringing treble: "Ob, I long fo' to reach dat heavenly sho'

To meet ol' Peter stan'in' at do do'. He say to me, 'O! how you do? Come sit right yonder In de Kol'cn pew Fo1 do good colo'd people do RO clah froo

To dip In do gol'un sea."

And the sympathetic brethren swells the melodious Den dip me! bavb mel

Bisters, you and mo!

Come git in de boat, fo' wo al gwlne to float Fo' to dip in do gol'cn sea! This is evidently a favorite air and the throng becomes frantic with enthusiasm as it repents it with many quaint stanza. An ecstat ic sister takes up tho burden again with

Good Mr. Jesus a sitting in do prow, Come all yo' niggahs niako yo' bow! Oh! 1 look down on de world below An' watch tie in white trash shubblin snow. While* angel Ashes du nip my toe While I dip In de gol'eu sea! Then tho responsive chorus swells out, and again tho basso profundo of tho crew determines tho sisters shall not havo a monopoly ^cpartH, so ho breaks in and crush-

tho erratic mother of them

A(L3tnctMayiui fun' built man, ht'H litNaJwrth' Good Book say ii Ebe oo'ii^^L^loii din began, 'Wat's jis' whnlv' *ood Book say. be bit de apple in two, A wicked flntf fo* Elv to do

Yi'S. dat's whatde Good Book sayt ut his effort to silonco thoni is futile, for ey join with him in unabated gusto in

Dat's jes' what do Good Book say, it am Yes, dat's what de Cood Book say Jes' read it froo, you'll llnd lb true,

Fo' dat's what de Good Book say. Another biblical expouuder is quick at hand to continuo tho song:

Dah wah a man, he name wait Lot, Dat's Jis' hot do Good Book say An' he hah a wife nil' daughter got,

Dat's jis' what do Good Book say. He wife sho talk an' make a halt, An' do Iord he turn hah into salt

Oh: dat's what de Good Book say I But the swaying, Unio beating crowd on shore is now fast receding from view, and the boat's many voiced crew unites with heart stirring earnestness in: r»e gwlne Torn do cotton fields, 1'se gwine Tom de cane, Tm gwlne Com de ol' log hut dat stan's down in de lane Do tXMt ant in de rlber, dat comes to take me off, An' 1'no gwlne to jlno de ex-o-dus, and strike out fo* de no'f.

And afar over tho moonlit waters faint notes of weitxl melodies canto floating like a distant who of this pathetic strain.—Chicago Herald.

The Olrls Who Know It All.' Tho very naughty girl, the sister or tho cousin of tho well known John who put so much ginger in his lemonado that he was really quite wild, you know, snatches a fearful joy from tho newsjwper stories of tho cocaine lmbit, the quinine habit, the morphine habit and tho rest. If, at any tin hi her life, any of these drugs have been prescribed by her physician, sho recalls with wonder and amassment the feelings with which she took it, persuades herself that she was wildly exhilarated, ©r lulled to a wonderful. dntunkss slumber, and that she is enduring ngonks of longing for another dose of tho fell destroyer. To hear one of these innocent pwsriee chatter is amusing enough, but they really hurt thenmlrcs with their iiwejiftings, and If Disey or some other great mo *1 reformer would but take them to hand ho would do them good aervkss. Tho rkiicuof fancying that on© is vw» than i*w not make tho practice less injurious. As lor tho real victims of the "habits,* they are not many t'-if the doctors canaot attot m—BoTranscript.

Cannot be Redeemed.

Three .thousand throe hundred and seventy dollar in continental notes of the issue off ITiS-H, ia dcs»mitir.* -m of #30, $35, #00, $T0 and&O, were m*-: •••ly mm to the United State* treasurer for redemption. Though yellow iage» I! Mt.»are in 1 condition the 5r»t c. .^.jtroUer baL ueeided that tbey tarred by time and cannot be redta Cfc jo Herald.

OMM i" Mnfcs,

Dyring the last few y**»rs MOM at!- j*» have been mads toea»iwttsce«tomfr «a (o, especially near Monterey. «*jv- ,, its apneor to have been fairly MKccatfel. and a stock company has now been organised ia Mooter*"*' for the purpose of going into the coltirati of cotton a taige scale. Tbe incorporators expect to mate a tarten* in a years.--Qiio^o B»»W

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ANTIQUE IN NAME ONLY.

HOW BRIC-A-BRAC AND ART DEALERS ARE DUPED.

The Kan with Fortune In His Com* Tall Pocket—People Who Am an Easy Prey to Unscrupulous Ie*ler»—Bogus

Art. A very old man with long gray hair and beard and a general appearanoo of seedy respectability about him, stood in front of a window on Fourth avenue yesterday, where a number of old clocks and armless and decapitated statues were displayed for sale. The patriarch viewed the collection with longing eyes, while at .the same time ha twinned to be keeping something concealed under the long tails of his coat, which had once been bottle-green in color, bnt now had faded to a dirty yellow. After some moments spent in feasting his eyes on the bric-a-brac in the window the old man went and, drawing the proprietor away to a swlnd*^ corner of the store, said in a voice that would be a fortune to a stage villain: "Say, I've got itl" "Got what?" asked the collector, won daringly. "A miniature on ivory of Martha "Washington, what's more, the proofs that it belonged to her. It was stolen by a servant, and after all these years has finally come into my hands," said the old fellow, glibly, as he rubbed his hands together. "Hero it is," drawing from under his coat a miniature in a battered frame. The portrait was so discolored that it might have represented Martha Washington or Lydia Pinkham for all an ordinary observer could tell. "Such a gem as this," continued the old Tna.n "to be discovered after all these years would make the finder famous. There are doubtless hundreds of capitalists in this city who would gladly purchase it as a present for the president. That's where the picture ought to be—in the White House— in the White House," ho added, as though pleased with the words. "I suppose you had a good deal of trouble In getting this!" asked the dealer. "Trouble I" echood the other. "Well, should say so. You know how such gems of historic value are discovered—months of detective work, your whole energy expended on tho soarch. And money. Oh?" raising his hands. "The money I have spent in pursuing my researches. Why, it has beggared me for the time being. But it has been well spent. I shall soon get it back again." "I don't know about that," said the dealer coolly. "The painting isn't worth anything, and as for the frame, that was worth twenty-five cents three years ago when it was manufactured in Jersey city. I guess you haven't struck a purchaser for that thing hero, old man." "I shan't try to convince you that it's real," said the relic hunter as he folded the miniature up in his coat tails again and drifted toward tho door. "That's a specimen of tho kind of humbug I havo to deal with every day," said tho dealer, after the old man and his historic treasure had disappeared. "It requires a good deal of nerve, you would think for such a man to swindle a dealer who is supposed to know all about the bric-a-brao and art market, and yot they frequently do. Hardly a day passes but somebody turns up in this shop and informs mo mysteriously that he has somo work of art or curiosity that he is willing to sell at a f^reat bargain becauso he is hard up. You have no idea how ingenious some of these frauds are. They have to have considerable knowledge of art and be generally well informed, or they would soon get found out." "Do these impostors carry on a regular business?" the dealer was asked. "There is a little German on tho East side who lives in a dingy little basement and manufactures art curios and bric-a-brao by the dozens. Ho supplies middlemen who dispose of the articles to dealers, or more frequently to a private individual. This German doesn't manufacture paintings. That is a separate branch of tho industry but he is very clover in making Roman coins and in putting ago on bronze and iron ornaments. It requires no small skill to make a statue of copper manufactured yesterday look as if it had lain for a thousand years underground." "Do private individuals suffer much by theso pcoplo who offor bogus antiquities?" "Oh, they aro easy prey for an unscrupulous peddler of curios. Half of tho wealthy people of New York have little or no knowledge of art, so they are not hard to victimize. Take tho case of a man of small education who has suddenly acquired a fortune. He sees antiques and historic works of art in other people's houses where it may bo his fortune to visit, and immediately imagines that it is tho proper caper for him to havo something of the kind, too. Tho wealthy parvenu has many vampires around him, but not tho least ruinous is tho man who protends to soil him such articles as tho snuff box of Beau Brummel, tho walking cane of Georgo IV, or tho last portrait which Marie Antoinette sat for. "You havo no idea of tho stuff that is lying in luxurious parlors on Fifth avenue, reverenced on account of its antiquity, which was probably manufactured by Italians in somo New Jersey workshop. See how pcoplo get taken in in regard to pictures. Tliero was the collecton sold last year of the Aspinwalls. They spent enormous corns of money on those paintings. But, bless you, when tho sahv eame the dealers wero quick to see that tho majority of the canvaset wero copies, and so hardly a picture brought more than $2,000 and tho averago price was about $500." "Are counterfeits to be found in any of the fine collections?" the dealer was asked. "In the best you will always find somo work of art skillfully executed that is a humbog. It is safe to say that then) is no collection in this country which is made np entirely of anther works of art Somo of the smartest sctors will get taken in, hot you couldn-t persuade them to own up to tho fact for any rnoont of money. They go so far as to in the bogus works of art and in time get so that they believe at last tbcri— 'vos that' they own the real article. W co" vtions of padntings or bric-a-brac, handed down from father to son and from generation to generation, are finally sold, the humbugs among the real peas readily for genuine, became they bear not only the stamp of time bet of a great and well known collector's approval. "I have no doabt if I were to make a portrait with a drawing machine and put it in a Broadway window labeled with the name of some grand old painter it wouldn't stay there an hoar, provided the price was trader $100. Yoa hare W Idea what a craw there is among the representatives of the 'codfish aristocracy' to own old pictures and valuable brfe-a-brac. I ma* say I har» very little sympathy for some of these people, for they aeem to tempt a man to gall tbnn and the voluble dealer f.rH fo a shabby looking man who bal v. and opined negotiation* for tlx pc^i»ss«f the death inset of Napoleon.—New York Journal.

MODERN BED AMAZONS.

A PECULIAR 8ETTLEMENf OF THE NEZ PERCE§ RESERVATION.

Voaw Who Conduct All tito AAiis mt Ordinary Llfa-Kipart Bldars aad Daring Hon* Tralnew Wonderful with tho T.arlat.

A few weeks since I accepted an invitation from an official to accompany him on a business trip to one of the most peculiar settlements on the Nex Percee Indian reeervavation. The undertaking necessitated horseback ride of thirty miles but when told that the vicinage to be visited was that notorious one managed almost exclusively by the squaws, I hesitated no longer. The ground was white with frost and the east wind was sharp enough to make our noses red, as the galloping ponies hurried us along the road before the son appeared above the gray, grass covered hills that farmed the nev horizon. Five miles of np grade and we were in the sunshine. Though late in October, the glow of the new day came over us like a delicious bath. The wild prairie, rising and falling in little hillocks, extended before us for a distance of fifteen miles, each wavelike swell rising above the other, up to the blue timbered mountains that inclosed the landscape like a frame for the picture. All this area is rich and the native grasses grow with luxuriousness. No cultivated meidow is more fertile than the virgin soil of this elevated plateau, unfenced, unowned as it is, and yet those on whom it is entailed are government pensioners. We came to the brow of a hill. Down, down below 2,000 feet, were Lapwai creek and the beautiful valley. We had looked across the canyon when we scanned the vast expanse and observed no break in the undulating surface. This was the former home of Chief Joseph's braves, and is'the present home of the remnant of that branch of the fierce tribe.

The valley of Lapwai is a veritable modern Eden. Though 500 miles from the Pacific ocean, it is only 020 above the level of the sea. The thermometer seldom registers as low as zero. The high walls protect the valley from wind storms, and the snowfall is very light. The soil is a rich sandy loam, but, contrary to the usual order of things, it is dry and requires irrigation, while the high table land on either side is moist from natural sources. The creek in October is only a succession of pearly ripples and clear, shady pools, that make one look for and expect to see the flashing sides of the speckled trout. It affords the water supply for the small farms, and little ditches run through every field. Rude fences of logs, sticks, and stones oncircle nearly all the rich bottom land. Cross fences divide the wholo into as many fields as there are family divisions of the tribe, and a group of wickiups, tents or old dingy cabins on some sunny slope near tho running water afford shelter for a numerous progeny of dusky loungers on each subdivision. A picture of one of these holdings will apply to every other one. The some tumbled down fences, forsaken looking, unpointed old buildings, half buried in rank weeds a half dozen squaws, of all ages, sitting in the fashion of the Tturk on the sandy ground in the sun.

There is something noble about the Indian before ho is degenerated by contact with the white man. His bright eye, his erect form, his muscular development, and his powers of endurance were distinctive features of his race before the inroads of civilization blighted his very vitality. As we rode quietly past these simple homes two young squaws rode past us. Their gaudily caparisoned horses were rearing and plunging, while they laughed and chatted, seemirigiyunconcerned. They filled my ideal of what a Pocahontas might havo looked. On the other hand, there is no specimen of fallen humanity more abject than the Indian who has'given up the chase of the plains for the ways of civilization. We met them on tho road to the city, at work at family washing, or other odd jobs, for scanty wages, which they would spend for drink if possible. Their clothing was filthy rags, and their every feature an expression of misery, as they jogged along betridse their miserable ponios.

There are comparatively few of thesis outcasts connected with the Nez Perces tribe, They havo been associated with the whites for fifty years, but have not succumbed to vices, as is usually the custom when the races intermingle. The richness of the country selected as their home, tho best preserves of game in the mountains near by, and tho fish in the streams have sti^niied the wants of nature so fully that thi have been independent. Joseph's braves vcre bred amid their surroundings. Their cunning, their prowess, their powers of endurance surprised the world at large and terrorized Idaho.

We saw women of all ages everywhere. They worked in the fields, carried wood from the grove by the creek on their broad backs for winter use, and packed the wheat to mill on the overburdened ponies. Nearly all tho young men became entangled in the complications that led to the war of 1877, and either fell in battle, were banished with their chief, or scattered among sympathizing tribes on both sides of the Rocky mountains to avoid prosecution by the civil authorities. The females shoot the bear and the (ilk, herd and brand the stock, and attend to all the business of the household. Their cattle and horses, of which some families own large numbers^run wild on the ranges, and the calves are caught by means of the lasso and branded, r.nd are not corralled. Their haunts are far back from the settlements on the broad plateau where both horse and cattle live undisturbed and die of old age. Wild horses in large numbers without brands or owners roam tliat boundless expanse.

A cloud of white dust extending from the rim of the high mountain on the east of us far down toward the level fairly darkened the sun. A rumbling sound was heard, the earth seemed to tremble, and then 500 puffing, panting horses came running at furious speed down the steep slope. When they reached tho level they began to spread out in all directions. A young Indian woman, mounted on a foaming, rearing horse, that was slinging the white froth as he tossed his head, came dashing out of the blinding dost around the surging mass, and turned it toward the open corral by gracefully throwing out the coils of along riata. The horses once in the corral were quiet, but crowded together, and each tried to hide his head behind his companions. They were driven in for sale. Drovers were discussing prices and qualities with the aid of an interpreter with three sisters. They were the sole owners of the herd, and my escort informed me that this family had sold ov«r $15,000 worth of stock within firs pears. A dispute arose about the age of a mare while w» were looking on. Onoof the robust sisters stepped forward and letting ber blanket fall Cram her shoulders, and being in a double fold from ber belt, {ticked up a riata, cut the animal off from the crowd, and lassoed her by both fare feet throwing ber tku on the ground. The frightened beast straggled hard to gain her feet bat by dexterous manipulations of tha rope the feminine vaqusro kept her on her aide till ber t«eth were examined and the dispute settled.—Idaho Cor. 8*o Fraadsca Chnmida.

TERKE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

BEFORE THE SNOW.

A soft gray Ay, marked here and titers^ With tangled traoery of bore boughs, A litUe far off tadlag house, A tohxmsd blank mass of hOk that wsar A thickening valo of lifeless air. Which no wind comes torouK.

Insipid sfienco everywhere The wavelets waters hardly flow, In sOence laboring flies the crow. Without a shadow, o'er the bare Deserted meadows that prepare TO sleep beneath the snow. —Robert Kelley Weeks.

THE PERSIAN'S POLISHED MANNERS.

Tho Etiquette of Gift Giving—The Persian's Coarseness and Tile Language. The Persian, just the reverse of the Turk, is proverbial for his polished manners. He is very fond of polite phrases and terms of endearment and welcome. But yon must not take him too literally. "Saalem aleikom," (peace be with thee) he will greet the enemy with, and the latter will respond, "O aleikom essalam rahmet Allah 1" (also with thee bo peace and the forbearance of Allah!) In parting he will say, "Khosh Amad!" (thou earnest propitiously) "Sofa awurdee" (thou broughtest comfort), "Musharaf musain" (I am honored by thy visit), etc. And the reply will be: "Lotfe Awli kem neehawad!" (the kindness of the Most High to thee may never diminish). Which will not prevent either of theso gentlemen from cutting each other's throats at the first favorable opportunity, nor from doing each other any other bad turn. Even the servants are ridiculously polite toward each other. In addressing another servant a man will use the equivalent of "Tour highness," and will express the hope that his highness will continue to let the sun of his countenance shino upon him.

There is only one Persian phrase that must be and is taken literally. Never admire too waHnly a Persian's goods, house, horse, arms, etc. He would at once burst out: "Pishkish. Malesshoma est!" (accept it as a present!) And he means it too, and will be offended if you don't accept it. This in itself would be good enough if there were not one little inconvenience connected with this ancient and honorable custom. The Persian expects a counter present, and that must be at least of double the value of the gift.

Once the Persian throws off this cloak of politeness and affability, though, he becomes terribly coarse and vile in his talk. As with most Orientals, curses and torms of approbation are generally hurled vicariously—that is, directed against the father, the mother or the ancestors of tho person adressod. The most common expressions of this kind are "pador saag" (son of a dog) and "pader sukhte" (son of a heathen). When swearing to the truthfulness of some asseveration of his, the Persian will invoke his eyes, his beard, his father's gravo and "Fsheshm" (by my eyes), and "Rishey mere Kaffau Kerdeo" (May you put my beard in the winding sheet—gravo) aro very, common oaths. Once their torrents of abuse are let loose they will compoto with any denizen of Billingsgate. Two women in Teheran I once saw hurling the most terrible string of invectives and imprecations at each other, standing in the middlo of tho street and giving vent to their unbridled passion and jealousy, until a eunuch came out and drove them away with a few strokes from his whip of rhinocoros hide.—Wolf von Schierbrand in New York Graphic.

s-' Persian Antiquities In Paris. It has been found necessary to close the gallery of antiquities which have been lately brought to Paris from the excavations among the ruins of Susa, the old capital of the Persian kings. The atmospheric influences were rapidly destroying the beautiful terra cotta objects, which had existed uninjured since the times of Darius and Artaxerxes, somo 2,300 years ago. The wonderful enamel was blistering and cracking. After some consideration among tho experts it has been agreed to try a remedy that has been found efficacious in similar cases. The endangered objects will be thoroughly smeared with pure spermaceti and then re baked at a temperature of 200 degrees centigrade. The spermaceti will penetrate into the enamel, and a fine transparent glaze will be formed that will defy the influences of the weather.—Paris Letter.

Its Name Killed It. SW&fl

Boston abounds in women's club3, most if not all of them literary in charactcr. Many are comparatively young yet, but seem to boon such a firm basis as to promise a prolonged life. Others live for a brief season,and then die, but they have generally served their purpose. Thcro v/as one, the Metaphysical by name, started about three years ago, which is near expiring, killed, doubtless, by its name. It was founded by a daughter of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, tho one who died not long ago, and was a very brilliant affair at one time. Its fato is a very significant answer to the question of'' What's in a name?" for even in bluo Boston its title was a little too heavy.—Chicago Tribune.

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A newsboy who had noted the performance from his position under an awning looked from one to the other several times, and then approached the masher and queried: "Under the circumstances, you don't want to buy a neswpaper, do you?"

And the answer was such a melancholy shake of the head that the boy recommon le 1 a change of climate.—Detroit Free Press.

Fred Archer's Grave.

Fred Archer is still talked about While at Newmarket the other day the Prince of Waies made a pilgrimage to his grave, where he sent for Archer't sister and baby daughter and sympathised with them. Patriotic indignation has been expressed bocause French papers have said that Kng)l$h ladies loved Archer for his fine eyes as well as for his riding. A proposal to erect a monument to the dead jockey has been made by a minister, and numbers of parsons havo praised him in their sermons. A more sensible proposition to perpetuate his memory by founding a reading and recreation room for stablemen and boys in Newmarket is meeting with mu^h favor.— Chicago Tribune.

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Gentlemen—It is doe yoa to ssy thst think 1 am entirelr well of eczema after hartaj takes Swift's Specific. I am been troubled with It very little in mj face since tot spring At the beginning of coid weather last rail it nude a aUght appearance, hot went awav and na« never returned. S.S.S. no doabt broke It up: at least it pat my system to good coMiuon andlfntweO. Italao benefited my wife greatly in case of s*ck bwrfsrhe, and made a perfect or a breaking oat ae my Httfc time year ofal dasghter last sammer.

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Neuralgic, Sciatic, Sudden Sharp, and Nervous I'ains and Strains relieved In one minute by theCutlcura Antl-Paln Plaster, the most perfect antidote to pain and Inflammation ever comjxtunded. New, original,

instantaneous, Infallible and safe. At all druggists. 25c. five for SI.00 or, postage, free, of Potter Drug and Chemical (*., Boston,Ma**

Usv. JAMES V. If. IfiOR&lS.

THE Swrrr 3rc irn! Co.. Drawer 8, Atlanta, Qfc.

HANDSOME WEDDIN8, BIRTHDAY OR HOLIDAY PRESENT.

LUBURG uHAlK

Combining a Parlor, Library, Sawktaf, Recltmtmg sr Invalid cHAtn, Locxoe, ittir

PHce$7

fiHILDREN'8

THE LUBURC MANF'C CO., 140 N.8th St.vFhilatfa.*Pa.

or COCCH.

and for

Send stamp I WHIFFED to mil parts of the world.

CARRIAGES

AH famished with the AstesuUlc Cssrli Brake, aad e, andi atocrWlisIr—!• Prises, gad sfsntp tor Cststogoe.

JpOR DYSPEPSIA,.

lental and Physical Exhaustion,

lerionsiess, Weakened Energy, INDIGESTION, Etc.

ACID PHOSPHATE'

A liquid preparation of the phosphates and phosphoric acid.

Recommended

physi

cians. It maKes a delicious drinK. Invigorating and strengthening Pamphlet free.

For sale by all dealers.

Rumford Chemical Works. Providence. R, -"INK

WEWARE OF IMITATIONS.

GRATKFUlr—COMFORTING.

Epps's Cocoa

RRRAKFAST.

"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and byaeareful application of the tine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It Is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may lie gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floatine around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."—[Civil Service Oozette.

Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only In half pound tins by grocers, labeled thus: JAM EfJ Kl'i'S A CO.. linmiHnpwtttto riicmliU, T.ondmi, Kn|

CURE FITS:

Whan I Mr our* I Co not ma mnlr to itop thorn for ttma ud than hurt thtra return «c«tn. 1

town

a rad

ical euro. I h*T» mad* tlx dlnue of FITS, KPI LKP8Y or FALLING 8ICKNB89 life lotir •tad I wnmnt my to euro tlie wnnl oaaw. Bacaoaa othar* hava failed no reaaon for not now raealvlni a cure. Sand at onoa for a traallaa and a Fits Dottle

Infallible remedy. Gl»» Rxpreea and Poet Office. It coeta yoa nothing for a trial, and I will core yon. Addree* Da. 1L O. 1100T. l»l Pearl St., Xaw Tnrk.

PETRQLINE

A trial will convince the most skeptical tlmt they are tlie best. They are modloated with capsicum and the actlvo principle of petroloum, being far moro powerful in their notion than other plasters. Do not be Induced to take other plasters wbloh are Inferior, hut be sure and get the genuine "Petroline," which is always enclosed In an envelope with the signature of tho proprietors. The P.W.P. Co., also above seal, In green and gold, on each plaster. Sold by all druggists, at 29 cents each, and our Agents.

J. J. BAUlt tr. SON, Terro Haute, Ind.

PENNYROYAL PILLS

"CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH." The Original and Only Genuine. Balk and alwaye Reliable. Beware of

worthIMW

Imltatlooa.

IndUnentable to LADI18• Aalt your ltrMglat

tor

'Cklcheatef'a EacuaS" and take no otber, or loolwe *a. (Itaropi) to "tie for particular! in letter by retarn W AftE •old br PraMlota everywhere. Aek for "Cblelies* lei's Eagllih" Pennyroyal I'Ula. Take no other.

TANSY CAPSULEC

I THE LATEST DISCOVERY. Jr. Laparle's Celebrated Preparation. Safe and fclways Sellable. Indispensable to LADIRB»

Send 4 aents for Sealed Circular.

lALUMET CHEMICAL CO,, Chicago, FOTJTZ'S HORSE ANO. CATTLE POWDERS

Wo Horn will die *f COLIC. BOTH or Lore TKB. If Fontr"S Powrtem sre rated In time. Foutz'I Povlprtwlllcnresnd prevent Hoe CHOLERA.

Fontz's Powrtcm will prevent GAFM IK FOWLS. Kotitrt Powders will tnrre««e tlie qnantlty of milk and cream twenty per cent, nnd make tlie batter Qrta and sweet.

FonteH Powder* will enre or prevent »lmo*t KTKUT Dt*rA*it to which Hornet nnd nttlenre anhject. Tome's POWITKIIS WILL 01 VK BATIARACTIOS.

Bold everywhere. SATIS E. TOVTZ, Proprietor, -f BALTZJUOB.E, VS.

CATARRH

U.SJL

-FEVER

Balm it not a liquid, tnuf or powder. No injurious drug*. No qfentivc odor. AppUedintoaichnottrilU quickly absorbed

A Qttidt Bd&tf. A Positive Cure. 80 emUt at Dntgg/UU by wnoU, rtgUUred, 00 eeni* flssl tor drtslsr sel Twtiwlalsi

By Iratlin, Irsfgists, Isip, 1.1