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TAKING UP THE FAKE [activity of the land ha* become more ' tolerant and more enlightened. Cath- olics and Protestant* vie with each other in their effort* to promote educa- the rivalry to mould the Variouj Methods of Collecting the Price of the fiide from Street Oar Pa^engera. IJyo^h ha. coonnun.cated ,uelf even ! to the tireek Church and has greatly si irre.l thu placid Mohammedan. And meanwhile pious folk who look for the fulfilment of prophecy when the Jew returns to the land Records of the patent office show that ' of his fathers are greatly impressed by the there are but few subjects that receive more fact that Jerusalem has again become a Jew- attention at the nands of the inventive genius f ish city, since 30.IIUO of the .Vt.OiJO inhabitant* thar. that of the registry of street-car fares, are Israelites. Jewish agricultural col. mos Ail struggling inventors, with fame and tor- 1 are on the increase, and though accounts In Teroale the tesdarror *prta- asert r iBfrrnal Varhlm-.a Yoe. tune in tight, recognize the necessity of some convenient meant by whn hthe railway com- pany can insist on its right to at least the larger portion of car fares collected by their gent*. The big, round faced dial in the front of th* car comes nearer givingabsoluta protection to the company than anything lie, and it* use is very general through the larger citie*. H'uidred.H of schemes, snys the 1'hiU.I-l- phia I'.fijril, have been tried and abandoned The old "SUwson box," with it* coffin-like make-up, was discarded because th* com- panies found themselvi-s deluged with mu- tilated aud counterfeit coin. The bell-punch was abandoned when a roguiah but clever car conductor made a "take" ti'to.l in the palm of the hand. bell which This could vary of their past success the fact of their multiplication would seem to arijue well- founded hope* for the future, when even the government of the Turk is iniUin^ advances in justice, impartiality and vigor it is plain that there ia much that is healthy in the curiously mixed progress of Palestine. I-4M- BATU CABTA. Tkr Q'-rr War H-.-ii.-hni ui n, An American familiar with the fact that Wblrh tar Average hi. AblSlloSU. FKABi>r Terra. Happiness i* ,1 kind of energy. Even hi* own tail u a burden to the ' f'.x. Nothing of what is nobly done can ever be lost. Beware of the man who feign* to be amus- ed when he is angry. A judicious silence is always belt .;r than truth spoken without charity. The mini) hath reason t.) p-member that passions ought to be her vusaals, not her masters. The pungency of pleasure is as transient as the foain that mantles round iu hum- ming cup. Beuevc me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing wlmtyo.i can do well, and doing well whatever you <:an. A satire should expose nothing; but what is corrigible, and should make a due discrim- ination between those thai are not the pro per objects of it. Mighty ideals are requisite for mighty deeds. The mightiest iduala are born now where they have always been born in Hut every house or apartment, renting as low as I ( ty ip here of contemplation. $.100 per year in the United States, has its own liuthtub, with hot and cold water sup- ply and waste to remove the Our life i* determined for us, and it make* be manipulated in a way that almost defied tub, is amused if not lilted closely into the palm, visit to Paris, he gets an idea o and the conductor while going through th* .till prevailing in "that metropolis of luxury motiou* of ringing the punch could easily and elegant buildings. ring the dummy bell in his hand. He dis- ~ posed of hundred* of hi* little fraud* to hi* fellow strap-pullers before a clumsy fellow dropped his bell right m front of one of the officer* of the road. The alarm wa* given, and the pistol like bell punch wa* called off by all the road*. On some lines in Toronto the conductor carries a leather box which might resemble either a dark-lantern, a h&nd-grenide tire extinguisher, or a new fnugled pistol To one unaccustomed to tbe operation the effect of having this horrible- looking weapon thrust into one s face is truly startling. Stringers often mistake the conductor for a highway- man, and unconsciously throw up their hands. A traveller from the States a month ago mistook the thing for a new-fangled beggar a tincup. A* it was held in front of him he waxd hot. "The idea of a big, trong looking man like you begging. Why don't yon go to work ? I've nothing to give you. '* A novel improvement on the old Slawson box ia used in Baltimore, and also in Rochester and some other New York cities. The box is fixed at the driver'* end of the car, aud to lave passengers the trouble and annoyance of pushing t heir way to tbe front a tolxiggan-ifide arrangement is fastened along the side* of the car leading to the cash- box. There are opening* at regular interval*, and no natter in what part of the car the passenger is, inside or outside, th nickel is dropped into tbe slot and goes roll- ing its way merrily into the coffer. This af- fords amusement to the " stranger in town," and it is no uncommon thing fur them to land and drop nickel after nickel into the tramways slide and watch it on its way. London with its network of and omnibuses and coach line* utili/s ail kind* of scheme* for the protection of the companies. One of the bus lines operating on the strand and Fleet street use* large sheet* of paper, divisioned off into blocks. which i* hung at one end of the vehicle, and as each passenger pays t be retjuired fare the comlu.-tor marks off one of the blocks. When the paper is filled he return* it to the company with his cash and gels a new blank. The London Road Car Company, limited, five* the conductor a string of tickets, and each passenger is required to take en* when he gives his fare. The rider i* not only re- quired to take the ticket, but hold it until he alights, for at any minute an inspector U liable to board the oar and demand of each paiaenger the ticket.. A feature of tho ticket* of this line U the advertisement on the back. The fact that persons are com- pelled to retain them for a time at least. makes the tickets a valuable advertising medium. Heavy rates are exacted of advertiseis, and spaces on the ticket* are always in demand. So profitable has this department grown that the company has been enabled to cut tbe rate of fare dcwu to on* penny. This is prolwbly the cheapest car-ride in tbe world. The scheme in Brus- sels is to charge for the length of the ride. The ticket haa all the point* along th* line printed, and the conductor marks two tick- ets when the purchaser pays his fare, and one of them he retains to be returned to the company. J < ""' - ... to do. Love is the forgetfulness of self ; jealousy _____ ______ _ the most passionate form of egotism, th The large hotels, some very cotly private Klonfication of a despotic, exacting and vain m.insiona and apartments and th* public *H". which can neither forget nor subordinate bathhouse* have their bathroom*, as i* the lUlelf - Tn contrast is perfect. custom in the United Stales, though the . We do not live or. facts alone, much less French bath room i* usually much larger and on fact* of a siugle kind. Kvligion and poe- ii elegantly furnished with rugs, lounge* and try, love, hops and imagination are a* dreuing tables, etc., the Me* being that if essential to our well being a* science. Human one take* a bath ouo must li* down and take life i* knowledge, is faith, is conduct, is , a nap after it. beauty, is manners ; it unfolds itself in many People living in apartment* costing a* direction* andahooUitsrooUuntointinitnde ; high as fl.OUU a year, and in the quarter of and for the general purpose* of education, Paris in the neighborhood of the Champ* science is learned to the best advantage Klysees, when they wiah to bathe other than wbeu it is embodied in literature, and us take a sponge bath in a small portable tub, method* and results, rather tlian the details ' either go to the public bathing establish ments or send to them to have a bath brought to their apartment*. Sunday morning one of it* work, arc presented to us. Sweetness of manner has it* source far too deep to be learned by practice or rote. It i* Tbis frame-work built over the wheels. framework can hold three bath tubs. They are made entirely of copper and are waTdTnd about 5 feet long, about 3J inches deep at consideration of the leelinu* of others, a the end and 18 inches on th .ide. a itrange -looking two-wheeled cart like o ( uge trying to } ^ ^^ trick of _ ultin( . a very high dogcart, on which there js a it on> |,k grenadier's cap, to make one'* self of consequence ; it must be innate, for it is the outw ir.l ami visible sign of an in- spiritual grace an instinctive . ' consideration of the feeling* c The i forgetfulnes* of self. Courtliness is . driver of this Tehicle is perched up high on [ counterfeit, often passing muster for th* a small seat in front, is bareheaded and ! things ; it* success ia commensurate wears a blouse. On each side of him an wit |, tne ,, UCIX . M o ( tho effort to please iron ring encircles a copper colored vessel holding about three gallon* of water win. h rests on a little shelf. He also carries a supply of dry towels and sheets. fcA , ,r ,,. , , , " j. . wujwvt ii./.u i.ii uciifiiuuuruuuu ^ {? * * Ulblulhn " int J 1 hav ' thele of Middleton, Kngland. toon a luiialic to the -in 1 1 is/kun ti_.tr..t. Aml urnr.l * U * . i. i U...I la 1.1.1 ii.-.. A parish officer from the neighbourhood carts, ami when a patron send, word th.il , bath is put on the cart, the kettle filled with hot water, and the cart w i th itistiange load ia rapidly driven to the building in which the apartment is. The driver u lum, pursuant to an order signed by two A* the iran wa va* hired. nes the bath tub, as an Adirondack guide carries a canoe, on his head and from tbe first to the tiftli lloor u may be, anil after spreading a sheet to pro- tect (he carpet he spread* also a clean sheet a pleasant excursion. In the coiir-u? of the journey the suspicions of th* lunatic were aroused, but huui.l npthing, and nvcmcd to enjoy the jaunt. When they arrived at **" . Manchester it was too late to proceed to the asylum, so they put up for the night at an inn. Early next morning the- lunatic ot up. and searched the pockets of the uili' er, an-l inside of the tub so that the bather does not touch the metal. he found the magistrate's order. With that I he,, he came, up the kettle of hot water , cllnnlng wnich n ^lmen not iufre-montly dis- which he has brought from the mam e p ;. yi he made tne ^ , ' J ^ ....I..I. . Th , Beceysary cold water he Lylum. saw one of the keepers, and told taMishment. n the premises. about 60 cent*, with the tip to tbe Iran. The charge of this is usual additional DtVtIU* DltltMKUaU. Hair Way him that he had got a poor nuul f.-llow down at Lancaster, whom he should bring tip in the course of the day, adding : " He'* a queer chap, and has got odd way*. Don't be aiirprised if he says I am the madman, ami he is bringing m' here. You must Lake care of him, and not believe a word thut he says." The keeper promised compliance, and the lunatic walked back to the inn, He Irlb- , ef Lllllr Nrn Mrndi Arrow Afrlra. When Paul Du C'haillu, about thirty yean ' where he found the officer still asleep. ago, reported the existence of a dwarf race ; swoku him, and they aat down to breakfast ui West Africa, his statements were <?ceiv- j together. " You're a la/y fellow,,' he said ; ed with derisive incredulity. The world ,"' nave na<1 "good walk." " In.led," said the ollicer ; " I should walk myself after little dreamed that proved to b* perfectly lorations hi* story would be accurate, and also break liiat ; a perhaps tliat latemplorations would briug to light >"" W1 " "i" Wlt1 ' me." Hi.- i. malic assent- nuiiy tribes of tl.ew littl..- pe(ile slretclniig "' ' 'uring the walk the oil! -er led ' he way, rrecans ! Ikr Heir Land. " Miriam cures wounds and I'haraoh is old for balsams," but that 1.1 merely the old text on human mortality, a kind of variant of Hamlet's conceit hbou t the dust of Alex- ander stopping a bunghole. " The ancient, melancholy Kast'' is robbed of its glamour in more questionable wuys than tbe.s. Was it Tliuckery who transferred tlio Cwkney steamboat captain to the coast of Syria and imagined him calling : " Kaso 'er : Stop 'er ! Any passengers for Joppa " The mad wag wa* among th* prophet*, for the screech of the tailroad whistle awaken* tlie casual sojourner iu the port of Jerusalem and the railway connecting the two is well under way. An electric light illuminates the place of St. Stephen and the shadow of a telegraph post falls upon Jacob's Well. Kinpty petroleum-oil c ins are displacing the goatskin buckets with which the shep- herds of Judea used to water their flock*, and the native Syrian joins th* march of civilization in Frankiah boot* aud shoes. The foreigner has invaded the laud, and he builds his house with a sloping roof of red tiles, to which no man could retire at even- tide to meditate or to pray. The plain of Ks<lraelon is being made to yield, under destine farming, very good wheat, and on th* slopes of Lebanon a company of French wine-growers produces a very tolerable clarrl. All this i* in the line of progress the progress that i* distinctively modern and U not greatly troubled by sentiment or icver- "ence. But why in the train of Christian civilization should the grogshop greatly multiply aud even the almlemiuus Moham- medan learn to get IIMI. l-lled on arrack? That a steam-mill should puff night and day hard by the ancient well of Na/areth provoke* Us* nwlancWy rejections than the fact that in this town of 6.5UO people, where eleven year* ago there was but one shop where strong liquor was drunk, to-day there are seventeen. Outside of tho vulgar aud unholy struggle which still goe* on between the (.reek and Latin C'hurche* lor possession of sacred turines, tbe religious far across Africa. The latest discoveries concerning thedwarf have bet-n intending to deliver hia charge : but it never occurred to him to examine whether his i..ade thiayear by the French ex- or| l |;r was safe. When they got within sight plorer, Gailharu, during Ins fruitful research ' tne Mylum the lunatic exclaimed : on the upper SanghaKiver, oneof thelarte*t " \ v t a tino house that i* !" "Yes," northern tributaries of the (.'011150. He found near the town* of important chiefs many families of dwarf* who in that region are called the Habinga*. They are great ele- 1 *y the y w ,'" let u through. Any wa phant hunters. They do not live in tbe l " k -" They went to the door; t laid the olficer, " I should like to see the inside of it." " So should I," observed the lunatic. " Well," said the other, " I dare- ay, pliant hunter*. They do" not live in the i 1 " *" T he y w nt to the door; the villages, but c.nnp in the forests. They aic * nn '4 th 1)e ". "'! tho keeper whom of leas than medium stature, are very mu*- ' t ' ie i hal previously seen made Ins cular, are skillful in tbe chase, and their PPrauce with two or three assistants. wea|>ons arc assegais, with a head like that ' Tlle llio er then began to fumble in hi* of the harpoon. They wear their hair and ' pockeUfor the order, when the lunatic pro- ijear.l uncut and liave no ornaments. When : Jus*' 1 n<1 * >' to tbe keeper, My : - they feel that they have a grievance against ' This is the man I spoke to you about. a chief under whose protection they have wil1 **** * re oi nim - 5>nae hi" head, and been living, t+iey disappear into tbe forest* P ut straigbt waistcoat on him. Hands were at onco laid on the poor officer, who vociferated loudly that the other v.-a* the madman, and ho the keeper, thus continuing the real madman's story. The officer's violent struggles ended in the strait waist- coat being put upon him. The lunatic rli.-i without any ing a word, and beisin again in other regions their lives as nomad hunters. In ic'.uru for tho fruits of the chase, with which they supply the chiefs, vegetables and articles of native manufacture are given to tlirm. They are a source of profit to the walked to the inn, paid the bill, and set out homeward. The good people were not a little lurpris- ed to see him back, and they, fearing for the tribes among whom they live and conse- quently they ate almost always well treat- ed. The discovery of the Itabingas adds - - anolher link to t.h* almost unbroken chain ' oiler's safety, naked him what he had .lone of these dwarf tribe*, extending from the'* 1 " 1 hlm - ' I)o " e Wlth him*" said th* region west of Gaboon to the Nile. The I l " ijm ' : " wh y. l lcft him at Lancaster Olngo of Uti Cnaillu, the Uabingas of Gaillard, the Akka of Schweinfurth, the Liki-tiki of Stanley, are all evidently frag- ment! of an ancient tribe of little men, who were probably scattered to widely separated regions )>y the fortunes of war, iu which Ihey were vanquished by intrudin graces who weie physically more powerful than themselves. The numerous dwarfs known as the Batwa, who have been found iu the southern part of the Congo basin, are also near relatives of the people north of the Congo. AU of them, though their various fragment* are widely panted, have the same characteristics. It is surprising that such widely separated people, who perhaps had not hearu of one another for some centuries, should retain so much in common. A Sad Alternative. Mm. A. " Have you hoard the news?" Mrs. B. ''No. What is it " " You know yoiin-jCioldburx was engaged to Hiixlie McUinuis. Well, he has lilted her.' " He has ? Outrageous ! I feel o sorry for the poor thing. Now she will either have to 10 in suicide or look fallow." around for auoUier Asylum, a* mad a* possible." Which, in- deed, was not far from tbe truth, for the wits of the poor ollicer were well-iiigh over set by his unoxpccted detention aud subse- quent treatment. New strength cn often be gained by changing the surrounding;, the companions, the everyday influence*, and bringing to bear others of different and better type. What cannot be done by direct voliti'.i often b* accuinplmhcd by indirect means. Same mathematician of Icii'ire has been estimating the number of islands iu tbe world, and hits succeeded in counting some hundreds of thousands. Ue says there are over one thousand i*laji.l.s under the Japan. Strangely enough he mab<> noie- fcieuce to the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence, or to the thousands in our own (icorgian Bay, some of which are of consid- erable size. It was among theao beautiful wooded little islands that the Huron In.L.un took refuge when they were assailed in I'H'.l by their impl.icablo foes, the Iroqtioi*. AinougtheUbyrintliineihanncUlhelroquoi* could not successfully pursue them, and those who escaped themselves from the befell their friends. to tho inlands saved xteiuiiuation which SEBGEAJIT JAOt The irngon-train ha* made about three mile* from 1U camp ui the nitfhl before when Sergt. .J.i..-k, of Troop K. inume* In* koifeand remember* that he left it on the ^rund after tilling it to cut a (trap. Th CapUm giv<-s turn permiHion to rUe back after it. Wliyuot? It is but a dah, anil ' at peace with the Indian*. He will overtake u* within the hour. Sergt. Jack i a brawny man and a vetar- an. The arrow and bullet wound* received prove him a tighter. Men of hi* company will iil you of seeing him peril hi* life a doran time* over, and they can count up at leant seven redskins he has wiped out. A grand looking soldier 1*. Serai. Jack over) iuch a man. Your ey would pick him out of a regiment for bis bearing, and when you had looked into hU bronzed face you woul.i put him down a* game to the death. Sergt Jack rides back at an eaiy lope In half au hour he u at the camp. Then are a dozen gaunt wolves prowling aboii: and munching at the bone*, and they grml^ ingly give way for him u he rules up. Yen the knife i* there, and he quickly secure* ii A newspaper had been thrown out of one o the wagoim. He pick* it up ami lit* dowi to >can it* column*. Some one ha* throw away a letter ; h- picks that up and becom. iutereited. Some carolea* trouper has le: a lariat here in the gnu*. lie secures it walks about for a few minute*, and th. mount* to rejoin the column. It u trav, ling northwest. It will now be aliout eigli miles ahead of him. It mu*t liear to t: left after croaiing Comanchq l.'heak. li will therefore lake a shortcut andaava tin aud trouble. Now follow him, and you will wilnea* curious thing. lie ride* away humming ti air of a merry tune, and he h m nut one in iou* thought. lie passes ridge after rtdg.' coven mile after mile, and ao lure i* he .. hi* way that he scarcely look* up. AU of . sudden the hone alack* down. He ha* beei taking the ridge* at too fa*l a pace and out of breath. A minute later he i* pull. up (harp, and Scrgi. Jack look* alxjut hin with anxious eye*. What i* it T Nothing lie hail nily to keep on and he will intercup the 'olutnii. He lia* only to ride back ov- hi* trail to strike tliu plain road left by tin wagon*. Ill* only '. o clock m thuiuuruin: ana the sky i* without a cloud. I 'iinuiii, isn't it ? The soldier stands ii| in his itirrupa to look ahe id ; then is moi Ulan anxiety in hi* eye* a* he turns and look back. He glance* to the right to the lef' up at the sun. All of a sudden, a* be roili gaily on, the terrible loneliness of the greu plains struck him like a chill. What if !. nbou!d lo*e hi* way ! What if he had los it ! That i* enough. He haa let a donl i creep in, and rive minutes later that cum n palsy of the plain* begin* to creep ureriin It baa c! iniied it* hundred*, and all havt been brave men. lie will ride on. Ho smile* at hi* fears he Meks to shake off that feeling of terrm which made his cheek grow pale. There i no cause for haste, but he shuts hi* teetli .er aud given hi* horse the spar, an [>u.- hen on as it riding a race. See ' He bear - to the left. Let a man become rattled in th< forest or on the plain*, and he invariablv bears to the left aud thus completes hia !,-> aslur. v\ hen the horse falls with e.xhau.itiii Sergt. Jack U twenty-live mile* from tl: command. It iws not occur to him thath. will he searched for and that hia trail m be fultowcd. He now feel* sure that be i- lost, hut. he cannot reason. A veter.in 1 1 three Indian campaigns- a soldier known '> be without fear a man in tliu prune ,: hi. A:i.i yet hi* face i* as white as a deail man. ind he tremble* like a woman ayu ! weep- like a child. One, two, three day* go by. Svrgt Jack i- favonte with all. Kvery man is anxioui that he lie found. We go into camp an.! end out squads to the four points of th j. MM IMS*. One of them strike* the trail au<l tin Js the d.-.id horse. Another, ruturniag i the gloom i.f evening, atari* up a stnui.4 innn.il wln.-li runs iwiy. u'lcring HHMl like human Uiightvr. Un lliu morning - the fourth day :yirgl. Jack m discovcri--i lie sleep*. IIo i* nuked ; he i* bleeding ami "M ; there ii something so wild and beait ike: in hi* look* that wu shrink away fr->m inn. He is not glad to see us. \Ve call inn by M.IMIO, but he does not remember it. \\ pity him, but he laugh* ami gibber*. " Terror ho* ni.ido liiui an idiot," says the surgeon, a* the pour man n brought in, "an. I ie is never to come back among u* again. ' There wua no danger nocauae for fear. It was limply that Ma-.-k mist which rise* up from the soil of the plains to envelop an.i Klin. I and unnerve the bravrtt. It was the palsy of solitude th*> terror of louulmeu. Dyspepsia The Only Way. " I wonder if a man could i two dollar* a <!ay ?" Hu cou'.d if he had a rich wife. Kiirope on Mr. John MoLean writes, from Karrie Island, Out., Miu.-li 4. 1X8*1, as follows : "I have been a great sutferor from neuralgia for the last niue years, but, being ailvised to try St. Jacobs Oil, can now he.irtily en- dorse it as being a mos excellent remedy for this complaint, as I have been greatly benefited by it* use." He who fails to collect his <luc* frequently fails in consequence to pay his debts, and thus a whole series of unpaid worker* may trace back their various troubles to a single delinquent. Such people will say that in the end they pay all they owe ; but this is not so, for they owe promptness. Without this justice han nut been rundered. Taidy pay- ment can never atone for the injury which may have been indicted. No regret, no apol- ogy, no ail. ltd inteicat ever, can ever uudo what has been done, or restore what by this negligence aud iudilTeience has been taken away. Intfmtr Suffering far S tared to Perfect Health. Few ix>oplo hare suffered more severely from dys|>epla than Mr. E. A. McMaliun, a well known grocer of Staunlon, Va. II. :iy-. ' Lii r IHTi I wa In excellent lii-.i.th, weigh- ing over 2X> pounds. In that year an ailment .!.!, >|M-it Into acute dyspepsia, and MMIU 1 was reduced to 162 pounds, suffering huriiiug sen-. .lions m tint -: .luacu, palpitation of the hejrt, nausea, and indl^rstiun. cuuhl not sleep, lust all heart In my work, had flu at melancholia, and for days at .ulinie I would have welcomed death. I became morose, sullen and irritable, and for eight year* life was a burden. 1 tried many physicians and many rcmedle*. One 'lay a workman employed by me suggested that I take I* mm i Ilood'i Sarsapu- Vllnrnnr rilla. as Intense F I* mm i Vllffnrjnnr ouilBllllg 8 Years six I did so. anil before taking the whole of a bottle I began to feel like a new man. Tha terrible pains to which I had been subjected, ceased, tliu palpitation of the heart subsided. my stomach became easier, nausea disap- peared, and my entire system begin to tone up. With returning strength came activity .if mind and Ixxiy. Before the fifth Smttlc was taken ( had regalueil my f... tner weignt uul natural condition. I am today well and I ascribe It t > taking HiHxl's Saisuuarilla." N H. if y ,11 i. nie to take Hood's Siria- panlla do not be induced to buy any uthcr. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold br J1 'Inittftti. fl, tlxforfs. Pre pir^d naif by C. L UOOU * CU.. Apothecaries. Lowell. Mat IOO Doses One Dollar A Bachelor's Honeymoon. <-ime years ago, in a well-known wholesale .itise, an old bachelor book keeper, who had '-en years with the linn, suddenly announc- I that he was to be married. The partners ave him a week'* holiday, and hi* fellow- Jerks raised a little purse and presented it i pay the expenses of his wedding trip. A couplu .,1 day i afterwards a memoer of he firm went <lown to Newport, and there, .Hinging about and apparently enjoying limaelf immensely, he saw the recently- iarried old book-keeper, but alone. " Where * your wife?" queried the ; iv'nor. SheVu home," replied the book keeper. " lint I thought you had money given} on r a wedding trip"* . I .Jil ; bat I didn't understand it was i .ii.-ludc her !" "August Flower" For two years I suffered terribly with stomach trouble, and was for air that time under treatment by a physician. He finally, after trying everything, said stomach was about worn out, and that I would have to cease eating solid food for a time at least. I was so weak that I could aot work. Finally on the recom- mendation of a friend who bad used your preparations A worn-out with beneficial re- sults, I procured a Stomach. bottle of August Flower, and com- menced using it. It seemed to do me good at once. I gained in strength and flesh rapidly ; my ap- petite became good, and I suffered no bad effects from what I ate. I feel now like a new man, and con- sider that August Flower has en- tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in itt worst form. JAMBS E. DKDBKICK, Saugerties, New York. W. B. Utsey, St. George's, S. C., writes: I have used your August Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an icellent remedy. * O There are Muiy Others Like flor. A woman entered a London bookseller'* last week and asked for a part rcn%at- Recita- tion, which the clerk found afturtjsr search of twenty minutes in a volume sold for a shilling. She sut down aud began to pore over it. The cli-rl; supposed she was going to commit it to memory, but she mildly) aclc- ed if she might copy | art of it. Ho said " Certainly. She thereupon a.-lted him if he w< uld " lend" her a piece of ]iapcr. That " leud" was a dainty piece of euphem- ism, ami he lia'i led o\cr a first -class pad to write on. Thon he modestly bc^eed for a pencil, and when he had produced a brand new one sh<- -;t .l.'wn an.) copied every word of the ruuiuUon from Iraginnin^ to end. When xhe h/i'l finish. -il she gatlierot) ! up, ami with- >' -\ won! walked otf with her .."l>y and the a.i.i:<ia.-r '.s new pencil. THIETY YEAES, Johnston, N. B., March n, iSSo,. " I was troubled for thirty years \vith in my side, which increased and became very bad. I used ST. JACOBS OIL and ii completely cured. I give it all praise." MRS. \VM. RYDER. "ALL RIGHT I ST. JACOBS OIL MO IT.' I \ . V