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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on. theKidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tem effectually, dispels colds, head-
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind, ever pro.
(bleed, pleasing to the taste andac.
ceptable to the ston3ac1, prompt in
its action and truly, beneficial ul its
effects, prepared only from the most
heathy and agmeab le substances, its
many excellent qualities commend%
to all and have made it the raost
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in no
bottles 'by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who may not
ha.ve it on, hanct will procure it
promptly for any one who wishes
to try it. Manufactured only by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO
saw rs.savoIsco,
k.OUISVILLE, WY. alereWlroax,N.T
Lor Sale at C. Lutz's Drug Stor e
The Woman With a Fieg'a Real
A, copy of that unique work, " Wonderful•
Cboraeters." by. Caulfield and Wilson, has
reeently fallen into the hands ot a friend of
our. Of the hintareds of wonderful human
beings therein deseribed none seem so un-
canny and so enhumendike as "Miss "
Atkinson, long known to the curiosity lover
a the British Metropolis is "the lady with
a, hog's head." The ent d this wonderful
character," which is "from an old print,"
according to a rarenthetical elause under-
neath the monstrosity's name, shows a
well -formed human being, dressed in the
habits of the female se; arms bare and
holding what appears to be a sigtatic mull
in the lefehand. The dress is a loose -fitting
fore -rainier of the present "Mather Hub-
bard," tightly belted aroma' a waist, not
small, bat proportioned so as to gin the
whole body an air of symmetry and grate.
In short, from the feet to the peek,
"Miss" Atkinson was a woman of everage
size, mould and appearance, tbe head alone
anaking her one of the most loathsome
creatures that one could well imagbao. In
place of the well -shaped "dome of thought,"
which one vault' naturally expect .in one
possessing so much bodily grace, we see,
instead, the perfect counterpart of the
head of a gigantic hog ! The snout" is
longand ill -shaped ; the ears, large and
lopping, and the eyes (which, when the
" lady" etood erect in the natural posture
of a human being, were almost on the top
a the head) seemed small and round, other-
wise very "pg -like."
This extraordinary creature was the
daughter of wealthy parents, who offered
a fortune of 4200,000 to any man of good
family who would marry thew porcineoff-
spring. It is needless to oda that sheen -ad
to be an "old maid," and when elm finally
died her quarter of a million dollars went
towards founding a hospital in Dublin.
This sadly-afilicted creature never rose high
enough on the scale el human advancement
to articulate a single word, but was said to
frequently make a queer noise" like a wor-
ried or angry pig." Her "feed," which
was always given in the shape of soup or
porridge, was taken from a silver trough,
and such was her appearance," says the
account" that no attendant could be found
who would remain with her more than a.
month at a time."
To he a servant of God one must be an
enemy to sin.
Mr. Churton, West Chester Coroner,
held an inquest at. Delamore on Monday
afternoon on the body of Ann Mosey, aged
40, who died under .peculiar circumstances.
The deceased, who had latterly been men-
tally deranged, escaped from her nurse on
Friday night, and was found by a police-
man sitting quite dead on the bank of a
brook, with her feet dangling in the water.
.Dr. Moreton was of opinion that death re-
sulted from starvation and exposure to cold.
A verdict was returned accordingly.
"Au ust
Flower"
Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca,
Mo., during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: "My food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe-
tite was very variable. My face
was yellow, my head dull, and I had
such pains in iny left side. In the
morning when I got up I would
have a flow of mucus in the mouth,
and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and I had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. I ached
all day under the shoulder blades,
in the left side, and down the back
of my limbs. It seemed to be Worse
itt ,the wet, cold weather of Winter
and Spring; and whenever the spells
came on, my feet and hands would.
turn cold, and. I amid get no sleep
• at all. I tried everywhere, and got
zo relisf before Using August Flower
Then the change came. It has done
• me a imnderful deal of good during
the time I have taken it and is work -
•his a complete cure." 0
• G. G. gl?,BEN, Sole ManlaWeedhilly,N.J.
,
. LAST OF THE AMAZONS.
French Forces Oat the Famous Female
'WrriOrs to Fieoes.
Something About the women Soldiers or
•Dahomey—They Are the wtereest riot-
arencii wroone wave Ever Encount-
ered.
Everybody has read of Dahomey—the
land of the amazonian warrior, the hotne of
the highly intellectual skull dance, and the
abidingplaee of that fascinating monarch,
Bello:nien L, whose lietle eccentrioities
with regard to celebrating national events
have doue a good bit toward depopulating
bordering countries and have filially aroused
the righteous ire of the Frontal government.
Yes, everybody has read of Dahomey and
the amazons, and the more eertainly since
the papers of late have been full of stories
about the sauguinary battles between the
resolute little French army under Col.
Dodds and the hordes of Dahomey, amazon
and male.
But ita dollars to doughnuts that the
averageireader doesn't know where Daho-
mey s, and it's dollars to even less odds
that he doesn't know mucb about this little
monarchy, which ha a long been famous
as the only prinoipality defended by
women soldiers. To begin then : De
-
homey is a little scrap of territory ly-
ing along the Bight of Bertha, Gulf of
Guinea, on the west coast of Africa..
If you don't look carefully you'll miss
it even with these directions. The safest
way to get to Dahomey (on a met)) is to fol-
low the equator line across Africa from
east to west, and where it strikes salt wat-
er and the second degree of east longitude
to look around a bit, A little north of this
point, say about seven degrees north lati-
tude may be found the little block of terri-
tory inhabited by 200,00C of thefitercest of
the A.frican tribes, withal semi -civilized,
and ruled over by a, monarch 'wile, while
educated inEurope and speaking and read-
ing several languages, is the -most blood-
thirsty and unmitigated tyrant that rules
in all the dark continent.
The bloodthirsty King Behanzin,who cele-
brates his birthdays by cutting the heeds
off tome 600 of his alo.ves, is now io danger
of having Ins own precious neck treated to
a tromewhat tight -fitting hemp necktie, for
Col. Dodds, the commander of the French
troops in Dahomey, is expected, according
to his reports to the 'ionic office, to wipe
out the balauce of the Dahomeyan army
before the end of the month. Behauzin will
meet no tender treatment from the French
government, for of all the .African petty
tyrants this bullying brute is by far the
worst. Viewer now In progress was begun
on account a the inhuman acts perpetrated
by this fiend, who was ably assisted by his
redoubtable and fetheious guard of amazons.
At the close of the war in WM France
made a treaty with the king, by which, in
consideration of an annual pension of 20,-
000 francs he recognized France'ghts
along the coast and agreed to stop Ids raids
into the French proteetorate of Porto Novo,
along the favorite hunting ground of Daho.
=yen rulers for slaves anclvictims to sacra
flee to their terrible fetich rites.
Late lae.t fall the king violated his egree-
men t by sending °aped:felons into Porto
Novo, where they /surprised several unsus-
pecting towns and dragged hundreds of
people to Abomew When the lieutenant -
governor of the French colony protested
the king eent an insolent letter deelaring
that he recognize(' no treaty, that he had a.
right in Porto Novo because his fathers for
ages had been suzereins of the county, and
that be should continue his raids if be
ohose, because all tbe region occupied by
the French belonged to lima And yet, as
he knew very well, his father, Genie, four.
teen years ago gave up to France all rights
to the part of Kotonu, one he himself had
recognized the claims of France into Porto
Icovo. The young bully sent word to the
French that if they touched ono of his
towns in the interior he would at once de-
stroy Porto Novo and all the French posts.
Be was carried away with the idea of his
power and the prowess of his far-ferned
amazons, and undoubtedly believed that he
-could drive the French into the sea.
King Bebanzin is a most extraordinary
mixture of civilization and barbarism. The
dominantnote in his character is onlimited
vanity. His younger years were'. spent in
Paris, where he learned to speak and read
French and other languages. He subscribes
regularly for several Parisian newspapers,
which are brought to him from the coast by
speeial messenger. When he first saw a
notice of himself and his capital in the Fi-
garo he exhibited almost mad delight, and
performed a war deuce aroundthe copy con-
taining the news after which be caused his
amazonian guard to be brought up and
translated the paragraph to them, at the
same time giving orders for the preparation
of another raid on the French settlement,
to show his contempt for France and bis
fearlessness of conseenences.
In ordinary times the army of Dahomey
is composed of 3,000 amazons and 6,000 to
7,000 male warriors. This is the well -drill-
ed standing army which is kept near the
capital readyto take up arms as arnomentes
notice.
In the present emergency the king has
been compelled to call text all the available
reserves, which gives him some 20,000 ama-
zons and men all told. As the population
of Dahomey is estimated at more than 200,-
000, any or all of whom can be turned into
soldiery by the king, it can be readily
understood that the French have not such
a small affair on their handeas most persons
imagine.
The most remarkable features of Dahomey
are its large force of women warriors and
its terrible system of religious sacrifices, in
which hundreds of human victims are butch-
ered at the capital every year. The sacra
ticiel festivities take place in the autumn
and spring, and are called 1' customs."
Last May the French representatives re-
-ported that not less than 600 people were
betchered in the market square et Abomey.
A large shed, called the "blood house,"
stands in the square, in which the prisoners
are confined and exhibited prior to the
butchery. They are bound to poles driven
into the ground, and black and white goats
are tied alternately with each victim.
These victims are most fantastically array-
ed. in peaked caps and shortmantles bedeck-
ed with ribbons. A large patch of scarlet
cloth is sewn on theirshirts over the region
of the heart. In addition to the human
beings publiely sacrificed at the religious
ceremonies the amazons are allotted a very
large number of prisoners, which they take
to their quarters within the palace to tor-
ture and kill at their pleasure. No man is
allowed to be present to inquire into their
11 eerilje and peculiar rites, violation of the
rule being punishable by instant death.
Dahomy ts the only country in the world
winch makes women a part of its military
system. In the year 17e9 the king, hard
pressed by his enemies, placed a, large num-
ber of armed women among his soldiers.
These vvornen acted with such signal bravery
and fought with such abandon and ferocity
In the battles which brought victory to Da-
homey that they were organized into per-
maaent regiments, The flower of the fair
sex is likely to get into the army as well as
nearly all the stronganinded women, the
viragos, and the unfaithful wives. Now and
then ehe king takes a temporary consort
from his weineu regiments, but no other
men may marry them. They are known in
Dahomey by the titles of Our Mothers,"
"Tigers of War," and the "King's Wives."
They live in the king's palace and there
perform their fetich mysteries. The ama.
sons are sworn to perpeteal celibacy and at
the gate of their dwellings a curious fetich
is hang, which is aupposed to insure certain
exposure to euy amazon who has broken
the vow of her celibacy. The very fear of
this fetieh often causes an armee= who
has gone astray to confess her sin. There
are occasions, however, when violatione
el these vows are perrnitted, and the
moral code is eampletely relaxed. • When
the king sends his amazons through
the eountry to enlist men for the army
the " fai • " recreiting agents are pow
'flitted to offer any inducement they please
to tempt men into the ranks. The women
are taugh t that they are not weak but strong,
Every womanly seutiment is suppressed,
and they become unsexed and unnaturally
ferocious. The recruits are eubjected to a
very severe drill, which fortifies them to the
endurance of all kinds of hardships and
physical pain. They are compelled toaleep
out of doors in all kinds of weather, cuffed
and kieked with amazing frequency. But
everything is sebmitted to without murmur.
Col, Dodds, the French chief in command,
declares that ea all his experience he has
never met with studi ferocious bravery as
that exhibited, by the oanazons. Re says
that these she devils are by far the ntost
formidable of King Belianzin's forces, They
only fire at close range for a few minutes,
then throw away their guns, and, uttering
terrific screams and yells, charge madly
against the ranks a the enemy, using their
large, onriously shaped knives with a fury
that death alone will end. Even when shot
down and trampled under foot they will
fight to the last gasp, stabbing blindly at
their assailante above, biting and tearing
the legs of those standing over them. 13efore
going into battle the amazons are given
liberal quantities of rum, -which gives them
the frenzied fierceness and daring reckless.
oess which always marks their attaeks,
The aniform of the am nuns is a short
sleevelese tunic of blue and white native
cloth, with short, half-Turitieh trousere and
a curious headdress ornamented with horns.
Old and young, ugly or handsome, they
are all alike marvelous to sew As full of
muscle as the male warriors, their attitude,
or "set up," is as well disciplined and
correet. The leaders of each regiment are
easily recognized by their rich attire and
ferocious aspect. This is probably their
last appearance on the field of battle, as
Franee, when it annexes the Dahomey ter -
Weary, will abolish this army of she devils,
and at last accounts Col, Dodds end hie
forces were before the very walls of Abomey.
THREW EIS WIFE IN A FIRE.
Act et a Sennett Who Wite in Love with Ills
Sisterin-erew.
A Berlin degpateh says :—Atrial in which
much popular interest is displayed began to-
day at Koniggratz. A merchant of that
place named aoseph Sera was arraigned to
answer a charge of setting fire to his house
at night and then throwing his wife into
the burning building It appearsthatSura
fell in love with his wite's slater, a girl of
18. He slosh ea to marry her and determtued
to get rid of his wife thet he might be free
to do so. He thought that by setting his
house on Pre, after removing the most
valuable articles from it, and having his
wife burn to death would be an easy and
safe way to get rid of her. Unfortunately
for himself his pleas misearried, inasmuch
as before all hopo of Gee epe from the burning
building was cut off Mrs. Sure awoke and
rushed out, Sure, however, was not to be
baffled this way. He seized his wife and,
carrying her to the house, deliberately threw
her into the fire, Neighbors who saw the
act went to her rescue and took her out,
tett not until she was frightfully buraed.
Mrs. Sura is only 21 ryas old end was a
pretty woman.
The Frozen Well at Fennimere•
Tho little village of Fenuimore, Wis.,
bears the unique honor of beingthe only
town within the boundary limits of the
Badger State that lias a natural -well of ice.
This oddity is ari eighty -foot well, the first
half being of the average thmensions and
well walled, the remaining forty -feet having
been drilled. At twenty feet from the sur -
fee° there enters e crevice out of which
there is a constant rush of freezing air. This
stream of cold air is 80 strong as to be easily
detected by one standing four or five feet
from the top of the well, and throughout
the year the temperature is so lo w that a
stream of water which enters orposite and
above the air passage is kept solidly -frozen.
Of course the water continues to ooze out
over the ice and the accumulation of succes-
sive sheets occasionally almost entirely
closescommunications with the lower depths
of the well. But little is known as to the
cense of this remarkable natural freak, the
different layers of rock, sand, etc., which
the well -diggers encountered in sinkieg it,
being similar to others found the immedi-
ate neighborhood.
Why Flowers Sleep.
That flowers actually sleep is evident to
the most casual observer. The daisy opens
at sunrise and closes at sunset, hence its
name—" day's eye." The morning glory
opens with the first faintstreak of light, but
never lives to see another day. The John -
go -to -bed -at -noon" awakes at 4 o'clock in
the morning, but closes its -Wares" during
the middle of the day; the dandelion is in
full bloom only during strong light. This
habit of some flowers is certainly very cur-
ious and furnishes one of the many instances
which prove the singular adaptability of
everything in nature. The reason for all
this is found in the manlier by which this
class of flowers are fertilized. ft is obvious
that flowers fertilized by night -flying in -
insects would derive no advantage by be-
ing open during the day; and on the other
hand, that those which are fertilized by
bees and other day -flyers would gain noth-
ing by remaining open at night. Why may
we not suppose, then, that the closing and
opening of flowers may have reference to
their relations with the different classes of
insects? In support of this theory (which
is not new,
by any ineans,) we may observe
that wind flowers never sleep.
A Dime or Snow. —Grate a cocoanut,
leaving out the brown part. Heap ib up in
the centre of a handsome dish, and orna-
ment with fine green leaves, such as peach
or honeysuckle. Serve it up with snow
cream made in this way : Beat the whites
of five eggs to a stiff froth, add two large
spoonfuls of fine white sugar, a large spoon.
ful of rose water or pineapple. Beet the
vehole well together, and add a pint of
thick cream. Pet several spoonfuls over
each dish of cocoanut. '
kiOUSEHOLD,
Tun MENDING -BASKET.
One clay out of every week should be eat
male for mending in every well -regulated
household, and it will be surprising how
little time it will take to do the work in
this way, while if leftover for several weeks,
it fvill accumulate until the busy housewife
will find, it quite an undertaking.
No old saw was ever more true than, "A
stitch in time saves nine." Indeed, it may
really save ninety-nine. The small rept in
the little girl's aprou, the tear in the boy's
sleeve, or the tiny hole in the stockings may
all be meuded this week in half an hour's
time, so as to be scarcely notined, which, if
left loner, will have to be repaired with
large patches, to say nothing of the time it
will occupy tha could be given so much
more pleasantly and profitably to reading
or walking out. It is an excellent plan, to
have the mending -basket beside the iron-
ing.table, and drop ell articles of clothing
in it as soon as ironed. This willsexe time
in looking over the clothes later, and will
insure everything requiring to be mended
to be noticed while spread on the ironing
table.
Many housekeepers do not think it worth
the trouble to be particular about the looks
of their mending, but nothing pays better
or is more satisfactory than to take pains
with the work, Table -linen should be
darned with very fine linen floss, or ravel -
lugs from a piece of the cloth, If newly
done and pressed smooth, it will be almost
impossible to discover where the rent was
before mending it.
In darning colored stocking, the cotton
or yarn should always be the same color.
Torn places in dresses or woolen goods
should be carefully boated on paper and
held together, then darned neatly with
ravelings or diread the same shade as the
goods. Articles that do not have to be
washed overmuch may be neatly repair.
ed by rubbing a little mucilage on a
piece of the goods and pressing it down
with a hot iron. Some enterprising parties
Ipnretphai srewaayap . t n i g material ready for use
While some woolen neglect this very
useful household art, others go to the other
extreme, and waste much time on articles
that, are pot worth the labor and thread
spent on them; but ab much depends on
circumstances as to the value of the time
and the needs of the household, no direc-
tions that will snit everyone can be gi en,
and the sensible housewife must deolde
what to mend and what not to mend for
herself; but that it is best to save time by
doing it in season goes without saying.
E. R. Rename
TOE LATEST IN CURTAIN Hexoeso.
Thin scrim ourtains, lace edged, are love-
ly draped in the following manner. Gather
them across the top, or baste in very fine
pleats, and cross them at the top of the
win low till emili length extends three-
fourths of the way over. They will then
hang very thiok and double, Now separate
the aides, and drape beck with cords or
ribbons, just two feet below the gathers;
and have these upper portions hanging
quite full until almost "baggy." What is
then left of the lengths hangs in hang, scant
folds just reaching the noose The effect
i
produced is very sweet" indeed. There
is a handsome hoine not ton miles away, of
which all the front windowe aro curtained
in this style, and many are they who pause
to look thereat. To my imaginative mind,
the idea given tvas that of a Joesphine
gown, with Ebert and full bodice and long,
flowing and resthetio draperies.
A Baneure CLOTHES -HAMPER.
very satisfactory receptacle for soiled
clothes can be made, says the Coen.
try Gentleman, by covering • a barrel
with what used to be called furniture
calico, but is now sold under the name
of comfortable print. The barrels that
pulverized sugar comes in are of good
size for this purpose. Carefully break off
all nails that project, both on the inside
and outside. Line the inside of the barrel
with smooth brown paper, or remnants of
wall paper can be used, using flour paste to
fasten the paper in. Measure four pieces
of print the depth of the barrel, allowing
four inches extra for the frill at the top,
Join the pieces and run a strong thread
around the lower edge to draw it
on ; fold over two inches at the top,
and gather it at the bottom. Draw this
cover over the barrel, even the fullness,
and secure it in place with small tacks.
Cover the lid of the barrel, inside and ont,
with the print. Make a knob in the centre
of this lid by putting a screw through the
hole in a medium-sized spool and screwing
it firmly in place. Cover the spool with
silesia like the hands on the hamper. This
makes a neat and handy place to keep soiled
articles, and each week when they arere-
moved the hamper should be given a few
hours' exposure to the sun and air.
USES FOR UNBLEACHED MUSLIN.
Because of the high price asked for the
material usually employed for makingscarfs,
drapes, etc., many of us are deterred from
decorating our homes with these lovely
accessories. We forgea or completely over-
look the fact that the true artist does not al-
ways find the most expensive the most beau-
tiful. So it happens that China silk and
scrim are not really the most artistic fabrics
for scarfs. In so unpretentious a fabric as
unbleached. muslin they have a most for-
midable rival. Those wbo have never used
it for fancy work can have but a faint ideo,
of its beauty. Its beautiful tine harmonizes
with everything, and its softness of texture
makes it a most desirable fabric for drapes
and scarfs, although cheapness may not be
the motive for its use.
The grade just above cheese -cloth is the
best for this work as it is softer and the
threads are more easily drawn out; then,
too, it lends itself to any amount of work
one is pleased to bestow upon it.
They will remain fresh for years, though
laundried every month. If it is desired that
they retain the soft creamy tint it is not
best to boil or sun them.
THE FIRST PAIR ON SHOES.
A good suggestion is this from Elizabeth
Scovil ir, October Ladies' Home Journal.
If "Hattie Leonard Wright" who wrote
the article, "Why Does Not the Baby
Walk?" in the December Journal, or any
other mother who is anxious about her
baby's footwear, will apply to the Indians,
I think she will agree with me that they
have solved the problem as to what is best.
• Shortly after reading her article my fath-
er-in-law said he was going to give my baby
a pair of shoes, as he was then old enough
to begin wearing them. I dreaded the
thought of putting them on h itt, as I thought
it would be torture for a time, but as I
• knew of nothing better I made no objection.
When, however, instead of the shoes I
dreaded, baby's grand Menet, brought him
a tirty pair of buckskin moccasins, I was very
muoh pleased. Baby has worn them now
six months, and they are still finite good.
Children Cry for.Pitohor's.Castoria)
When they get soiled I wash them ont with
soap and water. and dry in the shade. I
always stretch them while wet, so they fit
hint as well uow as at first. I thiuk they
are far aheed of shoes, as they keep the
feet warm and still give all the naiades of
the foot free play, alineet if not quite as
well as if bare -foot. They can be made of
chamois skin also. I hope this hint may be
as useful to some mother, as many of the
hints taken from the Journal have been to
me.
A CRADLE FOR BABY.
Procure a large, oval clothes basket, such
as can ordinarily be purchased for one dol.
lar or less, Fit it up as you would a cradle
and trini or not just as yea please. In the
eeiting4 towards the foot of your bed, place
two large hanging -lamp hooks ae far apart
as the basket is long. From these hooks
anspencl the basket in such a manner that
its length shall hang parallel with the foot
board. Behold ! you have baby where you
can attend to her wants, and you are not
obliged to get out If bed. At the same time -
you know she is in a warm atmosphere and
away from draughts,and if she climbs out
of her bed shei
lands n yours.
TUE LAST FEW WORDS.
Ib is your baby or mine, but whosoever it
is, I say God bless it, and inake it happy.
It is in your power to help; are you going
to do it? The little things in our awns are
babies for (tidy a very abort while, then they
are boys and girls, bat from the minute the
baby is taken Into its inother's arms and
drinks of its mother's milk it imbibes the
goodness or evil that is in her. Cross and
ill-tempered yourself, yea make your baby
so ; bit of happiness and the good nature
that is making the best of everything,
means having a bonny baby that is more
than a mere well -spring of pleasure. And
before the baby conies. For its sake think
of the good people in the world, think of
the virtue itt the world and cultivate in
yourself every good quality, every sweetness
for the baby's sake, It may be hard to do.
There may be times when even the thought
of the little one coming does not seem en-
couragerneut enough; then you must remora-
ber a Holy Baby, bora centuries ago, and
realize that to you as well as His Mother
there will be ;lot on 'y tbe pain but the pleas.
tire, and that in becoming a mother you are
honored among women. -Pray God to make
you strong and well, and when you aro a
little downcast go and look at the dainty
little dresses, fondle the pretty.basket and
look o
into the little bed until in nagination
you may see "beneath its coverlet a little
sleeping bead."
That will cheer you up, and then when
the baby is your very Own, when it is close
to you, wben your arms are about it, and
its little hi
ead s resting on your breeet, you.
will only remember the happinees, you will
think of the joy, aud you will feel like tiny
Tim, as if you would like to ask the (eod
above to think not only of you and your
king but of all the women and children in
the world. That is what motherhood does
for a woman—it makes her diviuely charit-
able.
SWEET POTATO POEM—Stearn SiX Wed
potatoes; peel and mash fine; add one
tablespoonful of white- sugar, two spoonfuls
of butter and a little salt; beat until light,
grease your custard cups and fill them near-
ly fall, brush the top with the white of an
egg and bake in a quick oven. Servo hot
for breakfast or dinner,
A HEAWraeunDwir.—Once a week inva-
riably, and generally when we have cold
meat minced, I give the children a dinner
which is hailed with delight, and looked
forward to; a dish of boiled onions. The
little things know that they are taking the
best of medicine for expelling what most
children suffer from—worms. Mine are
kept free by this remedy alone.
STEWED CRANMERRIES.—To a quart of
cranberries allow one quare of water and
nearly a pound of sugar ; let the water heat
while you wash and look over the berries;
drop them in the water, and let them cook for
twenty minutes ; then add the sugar ;
after it is dissolved let the sauce come to a
boil; then take from the stove. Some cooks
strain the juice to make it clear.
CONSUMPTION CURED.
An old physician retired from practice. irtv
ing had placed in his hands by an East India.
itt ssionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh.asthma and
all throat and lung affections, , also a positive
and radical cure for nervous debility- and all
nervous complaints, after having tested its
wonderful curative powers in thousands of
CASOS. has felt It his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will
send free of charge. t.o all who desire R, the
recipe in German, French or English with f al
directions for preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addressing with stamp, naminz this
paper, W. A. NitlYE6`. .L'ower's Block
Itchester, N. Y.
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Lord Coleridge has declined an Earldom,
which would remove him from the 'bench.
When Baby was sick, we save her Castoffs.
When she was a Child, she cried for °satirist
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorla.
When she bad Children, shegaee them Career*
A RE NOT a Pur
gative Medi-
cine. Tbey are
BLOOD BUILDEr
TONIC and BEGUN
STRUCTOR, OR they
supply la a condensed
form the substances
actually needed to en-
ich the Blood, curing
all diseases coming
from Peon and WAT-
Rs BLOOD, or from
VITIATED Etntons itt
the BLOOD, and also
invigorate and Bum)
nr the BLOOD and
SYSTEDE, when broken
down by overwork,
mental worry, disease„
excesses and indisere. '
tions. They have a
Simon= ACTION on
COS SERVAL SYSTEM of
both men and women,
restoring LOST vroon
and correcting all
IRREGULARITIES and
SUPPRESSIONS.
EVERY MAN Mii:smat7lh,i,srnitiVg,'ac?;
his physical powers flagging, should take en081.
Pmts. Tho will restore his lost energies, both
,bysical and mental.
EVER. Y womaN should take
'They cure all sup -
them,
preseione and irregularities, wbish inevitably
natal] sicknees when neglected.
len ta. Meet should take these Pam%
g %YUMA They will ours the re.
mita of youthful bad habits, and etrengthen the
.zystera.
should take the
YOUNG WOMEN These nits will
m.
make them regular.
Pox gale by all druggists, or will be sent upon
mccipt of pace (60e. per bee), by addreesing
^',HE JZR. WILLIAMS, MED. CO.
rockvitle.
gigiwisfiramoioninomig
Cures Others
Will cure You, is a true statement of
the action of .eeYER'S Sarsaparilla,
when taken for diseases originating- in
impure blood; but, while this assertion
is true of AYER'S Sarsaparilla, as
thousands can attest, it cannot be:truth-
fully applied to other preperationa which
unprincipled dealers will recommend,
and try to impose upon you, as "just as
good as Ayer's." Take Ayer's Sorsa-.
parilla and Ayer's only, if you need a
blood -purifier and eveuld be benefited
permanently. This medicine, fornearly
fifty years, has enjoyed a reputation,
and made a record for cures, that has
never been equalled by other prepara-
tions. AYER'S Sarsaparilla, eradicates
the taint of hereditary scrofula and
other blood diseases from the system,
and it has, deservedly, ,,the confidence
of the people.
Sarsaparilla
"1 cannot forbear to express my jo7
at the relief I have obtained from the
USO of AYER'S Sarsaparilla. 1 was
afflicted with kidney troubles for about
six months, suffering greatly with pains
in the small of my back. In addition to
this, my body was covered with pimply
eruptions, 'rho remedies prescribed
failed to help me. I then began to take
AYER'S Sarsaparilla, and, in a short
time, the pains ceased and the pimples
disappeared. I advise every young
man or woman, in case of sickness
resulting from impure blocul, no matter
howiong standing the case may be, to
take AYER'S Sarsaparilla,„"—IL L. Jar.
Mann, 33 Wiliiant ste New York City,
ee
Will Cure You
Prepared by Dr J. C. Ayer Ai Co., Lowell, Mass,
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