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VEGETINE.

Tho range ofdisorders which Yield 10 the iniiu.
ence OF this medicine, aud tho number Of defined
diseases which It never fails TO cure are greater
than any other single modiciuc has hitherto been
even recommended for by any othor than tho pro.
prictors OF some quaok nostrum. Those diseases
are ScrofulA and all eruptive diseases and Tu.
nors, Rheumatism, aout, Neuralgia, and Spinal
Complaints und all inhAmnatory aymptoms; ul.
GERS, ali Syphilito diseases, X idney and bladder
diseases, Dropsy, tho whole train OF painful dis.
orders which so generally a tfiet American woin.
en-, and which carry annually thousands ofthein
to premature graves Dyspepsia. that universal
curse OF American manhood, Heartburn, Piles,
Constipation. Nervousness, Inability to sleep,
and impure blood.
This Is formidable list OF human ailments for
any single medicine 10 successfully attack, and
II 10 not probable that any ono article before the
public hes the power TO euro the quarter Of them
except vegotine. IL lays the axe OF the root OF
the tree OF disease by hrst elm mating every I'm.
purity from the blood, promoting the sccretions,
opening the pores-the great escape vAlvos Of the
system-inviaoratinst the liver 10 It's full and na.
tural act Ion, cleansing tho stomach and
strengthening digestion. This much accoms
piished, tho speedy and tho permanent euro OF
not only the diseases We have hero umerated,
but likewise tho whole train Of chronic aud
constitutional disorders, Is certain to follow.
This Is precisely what Vegetine docs, and II
does II so quickly, and so easily that Il Is an
accomplished TACT almost beiofo the patient ID
aware VI II him soli,
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Boston's RattIesnake and Rat.
From tho Boston Post,


A short time since one OF Tho
members Of q prominent Boston
manufacturing firm spent q few weeks
hunting in Florida, and on his re.
turn he brought with him mon.
ster rattlesnake, the gift Of friend.
His snakeship measured about five
feet in length, and has body the
size Of q mans arm, tho white vel.
low and brown cuticle blending
ra ther beautifully in patches Of vari,
GUS forms. The heavy triangular
head, characteristic Of venomous
reptiles, has q sinister expression,
and in moments OF excitement the
five rattles on his tail keep up an
unpleasantly suggestive whirring,
while forked tongue Of inky black
ness and surprising length darts
angrily from his turtle-like mouth
He is no sleepy, half starved fellow,
as may readily be imagined, but
wide awake and ready for an en-
counter Of any kind. II was into
the cage occupied by this snake that
three days since a rather small sized
wharf rat was introduced, in tho OK
pectation that the rodent would
form a meal for the stranger. The
snake seemed to think so, too for
he darted on the unwilling visitor
and caught him by the neck. Tho
rat, who had hitherto been running
around the cage trying to get out,
gave sharp squeal as he felt the
serpent's fangs, and, twisting about
buried his teeth, in the scaly jaw of
tho aggressor. The snake writhed
and twisted and ratified sharp notes
Of alarm rs the rat kept his sharp in.
cisors at work, and before the spec
tators could fairly comprehend what
had happened tho little quadruped
had shaken himself loose and was
hopping in alright at the further
end OF tho cage for q means OF exit
To the surprise of oil, he showed no
effect Of poison. and when the snake
again made o grab at him he met
his creeping foo half way and snap
ped off piece Of his long forked
tongue. This seemed to be rather
more than the Floridian had bar
gained for, and he dragged himself
into corner, cast down and defeat.
ed. Since that time tho rat has
fourished in his strange quarters.
He capers over the body of his Will.
ON enemy, and avoids the punch OF
a stick by creeping undor the head
of the snake. The rat seems per-
fectly indifferent as regards tho rep.
tile and when the latter, aroused to
a high degree Of anger by outsiders,
makes strike at him, he hardly
takes the trouble to dodge, and only
bites back when the rattler is unusu-
ally offensive. It is a singular con,
dition Of things, and the rats i'm
munity from death cannot very easi-
ly be accounted for.
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VEGETINE
Is MY FAMILY
MEDICINE; /;
IWISH NO OTHER.
l WISH NO OTHER.

pIovIpHsoR, April 7, 1879.
NE. II. X. SrRvKNs-Dear Sir; When was
about 9 years ef age a,humor broke out upon me,
which my mother tried 10 cure by giving me herb
but II continued to grow worse uu tll hnally shc
consulted phytician and he said had the salt
rhoum, end dpctorcd me for that complaint. He
relieved mo sdple, but said could not be perrs.
nently cured a. the disease originated IN the
blood. remained o great sufferer for several
years, until heard Of and consulted physician, /,
who said had thu scrofulous humor aud ~ l
did 40, and he com menced healing up my sores
aud succeeded In enocting an external cure, but
In short time tho disease appeared again In .
worse form than ever, as cancerous humor upon
by lungs, throat and head. l suffered tho most
teriibl pain, aud there seemed 10 bc no remedy
and my friends thought must soon die. whom
my attention was called, while reading q newrpa.
terhouso, No. 3d4 Athens Street, South Boston,
and ], Formerly residing In South Boston and
being personally acquainted with hor and know
Ing her former feeble health. ! concluded
would try the Vegetine. After I had taken fcw
bottles u seemed 10 force the out Of my sys
teui. had running sorcs In my ears which for .
time were very ainfnl, but I continued to take
my he alth improving all the timo from the com.
noncsmeut of the nrst bottle, and the sores 10
heal. commenecd TAX ing tho Vcgetine In ls12,
aud continued its coustant use for six months.
At tho present time my health 10 bettor than II
ever has been since l was u child. Tho Ncgetino
10 what helped me, and l most cordially rocom-
mend II TO ell sufferers, especially my friends.
had boon suGcrcr for ovcr 30 years, and until
used the Vegetine, found no remedy now
use IL ~ my family medicine. and wish NO other
Mrs. II. q. COOPER,
No. Joy Street, Providence, r. l.
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whom TO avenge the we'll known out
rage upon his daughter, Count Ju.
lin called Tho invaders Whenso-
ever and wheresoever IL came, IL
spread with fearful rapidity aud
havoc. What 10 worthy OF spec
ial remark Is this That while almost
oil men arc prone 10 take the disor.
der, larger portions Of the world
have remained for centuries entirely
free from II, until at length IL was
imported, aud that it then infallibly
diffused and established itself in
those parts. OF the more modern
history Of the disease our knowledge
is more precise and sure. II tends
uniformly to tho same conclu-
sion. There was no smallpox in the
New World before its discovery by
Columbus in 1892.
In 1917 tho disease was imported
into San Domingo. Three years Ia
tor in one of the Spanish expedi.
tions from Cuba in Mexico, o negro
covered with the postules OF small.
pox Was landed on the Mexican
coast. From him the disease spread
with such desolation that with.
in very short time, according TO
Robertson, three millions and o half
Of people were destroyed in that
kingdom alone. Smallpox was intro
ducsd into Ireland in 1707, when
10000 persons were carried off by its
ravagos os-more than a fourth part of
the whole population Of the island.
It reached Greenland still lator, o D.
poaring there for tho first time in
1888, and sprcadin & so fatally as al
most to depopulate the country.
Evidence 10 tho same effect is fur-
nished by the results OF vaccination
in the same countries. To take one
instance vaccination was adopted
in Denmark in 1901, and made COM
pulsory In 1910. From that time
smallpox disappeared altogether for
fifteen years. whereas, during the
twelve years proceeding the intro-
duction Of the preventive disorder,
upward Of 5000 persons died Of tho
samllpox in Copenhagen alone
Nineteenth Century.
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10 SPIRITS CoMMuSIcArs LII

Do SpiRiTs COMMUNICATE LII the
skept ically disposed arc prone to
q ucstiou the following story of ghost~
ly communication. We refer them TO
the editor Of the Oswego Times. 10
o village in Owsego county, says
that Journal, there resides an intelli>
gent widow whose husband was q
Methodist clergyman. A few years
ago she lost much beloved daugh-
ter, young lady At the time, whose
remains were deposited in the village
churchyard. The mother was for o
long time iucon solable, and against
tho remonstrances of friends, was In
the daily practice Of visiting and
weeping over the grave of her daugh-
ter. This she would do no matter
how inolcment the weather, and her
own health was seriously imperilcd
by this course. Ono day, after she
was appareled for hor daily visit to
tho graveyard, all at once her daugh-
ter, just a. she appeared when in full
health, stood beside hcr, and looking
into her mothors face said swes,ly
and os naturally as she had ever spo.
ken, "Mother. Why do you risk your
health by these unreasonable visits
to tho graveyard ? am not there.
II is only tho dust Of the human
form that moulders there. The spirit
which you loved is in o far bsppier
state OF existence than when held
eud fsttered by that dust over which
you shed uuavailing tears. Your
duty, dear mother, is to tho living
not to your dead daughter, who has
been made far happier BY this great
change which soon all must meet" "
Aud sfter q few oonsolotsry remsrks
the daughter vanished vanished from
suddenly as she came. SNOW" con-
tinues tho Times, "this lady reports
this as having positively occurred.
She was not dreaming, because she
was not sleeping, bat attirsed for her
daily visit to her dapghtsrs grave
and In Q moment moro would have
been on her way to the osmstery."
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The History Of Smallpox.

How smallpox first arose among
men it is difficult to conjecture. Il
has been supposed that it may have
been originally derived from some
disease in the camel. Its hist v leads
to the settled belief that. whils few
persons are not generally suscepti-
BILE OF it, 1t never occurs now except
from contagion. It does not appear
to have keen known in Europe till
the beginning Of the eighth century.
No mention Of any such distemper
is to be found in the Greek or ko-
man authors Of antiquity. Now,
whatever may have been the def
oiencies Of these ancient physicians,
they were excellent observers, and
capital describers, Of disease,
and it seems to me scarcely possible
that Q disorder 20 diffusive. and
marked by characters 80 definite and
conspicuous, should have escaped
their notice or II known should have
been obsourely portrayed in their
WklbluHUs VII tlo OSuoE onuOs 0AGs
Moore, in his learned and interest
ing historyof smallpox, has shown
that IL prevailed In China and Hin.
dostan from o very early period
even more than . thousand years
before the advent Of our Savior.
That il did not sooner make it,
way westward into Persia, Q q d
thence into Greece. may be sttribut-
ed partly to the horror which the
complaint everywhere inspired, and
Me attempts which were consequent
" made 20 check its progress BY
prohibiting all communication With
the siok, partly TO tho limited inter,
course which then took place among
the Eastern nations. bat hgincipally
to the peculiar posit.lon q The re.
gione through, doh the iniAslio'
was distr'' '.outed, usparsted - ~
ver sse red Of ths wi,rh q
daerts end By The ocean
% \ sa1d y hsvs ; roks'
s~'' 'isg: Of ~'oo
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NJ ohammedan.
Il is from tho summit Of the
M ount Of Olives that tho familiar
and most impressive view Of the
Holy City is obtained. Not only ia
the pa norama Of Jerusalem singular
ly bean tiful, but tho eye roams over
hill and dale TO the edge OF the wide
horizon and rests at last 10 the deep,
dark valley Of Sodom, where the
Dead sea lies like a sheet of molten
lead nearly four thousand feet be-
low the crest Of Olivet.
On The summit OF Olivet stands q
clumsy aud ire gular building, half
church, half osque, ell that is left
Of tho work begun by Constan tine
and continued by the Crusaders. We
knock at gate in the outer wa II OF
the court. A Mohammedan admits
|us. A small, bare chapel stands in
the centre Of the court. The chapel,
which covers o naked rock worn
smooth by the lips Of millions OF
millions Of pilgrims, is tho property
OF the Moham ruedans, who permit
tho Christians TO celebrate mass in
1t on certain days. The Armenians
Copts, Syrians, and Greeks have
each their own corner for prayer. A
door in the court opens into house
Of dervishes which occupies the site
Of q former Augustinian abbey. The
minaret Of the Mohammedan convent
10 the only tower on Olivet. From
| it the eyes are led away by the
splendor and variety Of tho land
scape, lit as it is by sharp bursts OF
sunshine, or veiled by the brisk
showers that are continually trail
ing across the hills. just below the
brow of Olivet, on the slope toward
the valley Of the Jordan, is hidden
the village Of Bethany. Not q point
OF land. not o shsdowy depression
but is tho site Of some event in ga
cret history. A few tents are usual
ly pitched upon the slopes Of Olivet
during the season of the pilgrimages.
Olive, fig, aud carob trees are scat
tered over the mountain o few a.
lpricot almond, terebinth, aud haw-
thorn trees have struck root in the
stony soil. The place is oil open
one rides at will in the road or a.
CROSS fields plucks sprigs from the
olives, that are for the most part
within reach from tho saddle.
Groups Of native women gather un-
dor the trees aud spend the after.
noon in magpie gossip Children
play games-they are never noisy
ones in this sad and sacred land,
Many of them have with them pei
lambs, with their wool dyed scarlet
and yellow and blue in honor OF
Easter. Pilgrims, caravans, and
Turkish soldiers, with wild, discora
dant music, pass over the roads that
girdle the mountains. Many a nar-
gileh is burned in peace within the
shadow OF the olives in the noun.
tains by the "place of weeping Or
tho scene Of tho Sermon on the
Mount and the convent that marks
the spot where the Lord taught His
prayer to the disciples. A spell
seems to brood over tho city-it il
never for o moment lifted from it.
Tho hush Of an eternal Sabbath
I don't mean the Sunday of the
Christian world at large, which il
more gloomy, but the deop blue
New England Sabbath, broods over
the city like curse, and all the
splendor Of Oriental pageant is no,
able to give life or color to it.-Cor
San Francisco Chronicle.
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H O q t n ".
"Ths Worthy Poor

A dog Of morals, firm and sure;
Went out TO seek the worthy poor.
Dear things T. she said, III End them
out,
And end their woes, without doubt
She wandered east she wandered west,
And many dogs her vision blest--.
Some well-to do, some rich indeed,
And soms.-ah very much In need.
80 poor they were--without . bone.
Battered and footsore, sad and lone
No friends, no help. what lives they led,
TO como to this = our doggie said.
4 ought not give to them I'm sure
They cannot be the worthy poor.
They must have fought or been disgrso>
Ny ohAri,y; mus. be we'll placed.
Some dogs she found. quite 10 her mind
10 thrifty they.-.so sleek and kind
.'Ah mo !" she said, were they in need,
To help them would be JOY indeed"
Twas sill the sams. day In, day OUT
The poorest dogs were posr, no doubt
But they were neither clean nor wise,
Az she could see with half her eyes.
'Tis strange that faults come out to view
when folks are poor. She said 'Tis true
They need some help, but, as for me,
must not waist my chariety.'
90 home she went, and dropped tear.
Give done my duty, that is clear.
I've searched and searched the Vi llag,
round,
Ana not one worthy poor I've found
And oil this while the sick and lame
= Aud hungry suffered all the same.
They were not pleasant, were not nest -
Bud she had more than she osuld cut I
And don't you think II was . sin
Was hers the right way 10 begin
No, no Lett was not right, rm sure,
For she was rich and they were poor,
Oys who have enough 10 spare!
70 suffering give your roady care,
Waste not your charitable mood
Only In sitting out the good.
For on the whole, though Il Is right
To keep the worthy poor in sight,
This world would run with scarce hitcl
Rall could find the worthy rich.
st. Nieholas Gor May
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ToRroIsEs AS WEATHER INpIcA-
roRs.--If thcre be any truth 10 q
paper reed BY q French savaut at q
recent meeting of tho Academy Of
Sciences in Paris, every we'll reg
ulsted household should have ono or
more tortoises about the premises.
According to N. Blanchard. tortoises
take extraordinary precautions O.
gainst cold weather. .Thoir instiact
tells them that in the milder seasons
when the thermomste ris likely to fall
TO freezing point; aud toward the cod
OF autumn, warns them, also Of the
approach of winter. In both cases
they take precsutiou to screen them
selves from cold. and BY carefully OBJ
serving them, NJ. BouoHard has for
years been enabled to regulate bis
hot house. AT the end OF autumn,
when the winter threatens to b Sec
we're, tortoisss creep deep into the
earth. 20 a. TO completely eope9al
themselves from view st on The
contrary, the wiatsr promises % Ls
Iuild, they scarcely 60 down an inch
or two, just suoueh to protect tho
opspises Of THAR shAlls. Last Janu-
sry. which wes 20 mild, they even
vent sbost. Last month, the thsr-
| lSouelsr ssandlsg st 80 degrees Fab
rocheit. or author saw his tortoise
4 sgesp into ~ ground, end that W.
- uieht ths 6lsss fol- TO % degrees
Ifshrsnbsls. On tbs let lost the
usrcuvy beles q sl0 degrees Fsh-
4 |rsnhsil Ia The sdn, ous 81 the tor
t-'- - itssh ! ~ the following
swaS : hssvy most.
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M 4 . O q l 1 u n e O II y .
The Birthplace OF Christ.

The great Church OF st. Mary, di-
vided into three among the Turks,
Latins, and Armenians, stands in
the far edge of Bethlehem. With
out, it is like fortress q little door
admits you quite unwilliugly. Didn't
the Turks once mould its leaden roof
into bullets, with which they drove
the Christians out of the town 7"
Within all ia tinsel and tumult.
You grope down stairs into the crypt,
and find it close and hot, and unna-
tural. Golden lamps, alabaster man-
gers, silken aud velvet hangings,
don't make manger that the heart
will break over or eyes grow dim
with looking on. Somehow you get
used to the dusk Of the grotto, and
then You search it from end to end
and are unable to make anything OF
IL, for it is Q thousand times vailed
in trappings but as you pass from
corner to corner in the wee little
place your eyes fall upon a great sill
YER star sunk in the marble floor.
The soft rays Of o score of splendid
lamps fall upon it you draw near
to it, filed with awe and wonder-
ment /; you stop to read the legend
that is engraved above it, An ire.
sistible impule compels you to your
knees in the radiance of these holy
censers that swing above your head.
In the intense, the exquisite pause
that reigns in that hallowed nook,
you trace tho letters with be wildered
eyes over and over again before you
begin 10 comprehend them, for they
ere these: Ia4
HE ss virgias Maria Jssus Christus nssus
est. t.e.. ae- y
This IL the Gethsemane I have
found-an enclosure about seventy
paces in circumference, surrounded
BY Q high stone wall with 4 small
door ON the upper side. against the
Mount Of Olives. A knock at this
door summons q Franciscan monk,
who unlocks il and admits you to 0
'prim garden, with asphaltum walks
and stiff flower plats carefully fenced
in. Seven olive trsos, torn almost
to shreds, with their feeble limbs
proppsd up aud bonn1 together
Stand In the centre ol NJ grounds.
The Stations Of the Gross are ranged
about tho wall The monk admits
you, II you desire II, into the inner
garden, 30 that you can approach
The trees. These venerable olives
seem TO havc known something Of
the agony OF that awful night, and
10 show II ia every line Of their rent
and ragged bodies. The monk
gathers 8 few flowers Of the many
hAt he carefully cultivatss. You
pAy him : franc aud withdraw, be-
cause thsrs 10 another knock ct che
gAts, and be does not like 10 leave
ron alone In the flower beds and
within reach Of the old trees. You
may see. II yUu like, without the
walls, the spot whore Peter, James,
A4d John slept when they should
hlye watched, and near 10 It the col
qan h memory Of Judas kiss. Yon-
dSris he cavern OF tho Sweat O
Hlood, snd close againsfa
is.tbs h"-aar
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Best Remedy in the Land

LirrLs FALLS, N. Y, Sept. i1d, 1870.
Nh. n. X. STEVENS:
Dear Sir--l desire TO state 30 you that I was
aniio,ed with breaking out Of blotehes and PIN.
Piles on my lace aud mock for several years. I
have tried many remedies, but mono curod the
humor on my fAco snd neck. After using two or
three bottles Of your vEaRrIsg the humor was
entirely cured. do certa inly believe 1t Ia the
best medicine for all Impurities VI tho blood that
there is IN tho land. AMI should highly recon.
mend 1t to tho afflicted public.
Truly yours,
y. PERRINE, Architect.
Mr.. Perrine is q well.sBowu are hitcct aud
builder Of Little Falls, N. Y. having lived there
, 1877-11-09

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Itfattom BITE Sbiire gu 0ffnen,
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formeu iuriitliden @riiuoen, iprah er gu.
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babe, UNI baB Serr Sapss gar nltt semdblt
muroe. Ser 0iann ielbit alio, Dem Serr
SapeS ielne @iu5dhlung oerbanft, ertlart,
oaB Sapes mabribeinIth gar ntht ers
Ill 1t iei. Yeoart es nocb weiteres, beie,
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nidt bic Entertaining elmer wirfllden 8abl
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