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ITS CAUSE AND CURE.
BY AN ENGLISH PHYSICIAN

This painful malady was formerly
considered to be entirely the result
of age, cold or exposure, but medical
science has now demonstrated that
it is a disease in the blood, which
may be inherited in so dangerous a
form as to cause death in youth OK
middle age, and even in infancy.
That the enemy courses through the
veins, mixed in life fluid, in liquid
form for a certain leng b OF time;
that II gradually, through variety
of causes, becomes partially s0lidi-
fed into a sort of clayey substance
This accommodating in the joints of
the fingers. toes and limbs, becomes
an obstI uction to the circulation, and
in time stiffens the joints, causing
in many instances great pain and
suffering 1t also materially affects
the healthy action of the vital Or
gans, interfering Wi tn the heart, the
stomach and the kidneys. Il rem
edv such as that known as Britannia
is the best that can be taken to re-
move the disease, and to give the
proper tone to all parts of the sys-
tenn No external application can
remove rheumatism. Patients who
use various oils, lotions and lini-
ments. are dying every day from
this disease. But no one has yet
died of rheumatism to my know
ledge who used Britannia, even
when the disease was so far advan-
ced as to cause complete prOstra
ton. This valuable family medi-
cine can oe be obtained at lions
Drug Store, Salt Lake City.
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". N.BABCOCK general western agent
GEORGE D WILLIAMS, travelling agept-
Denver; Co dorado
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nSsa!.L0H's COUGH and Con.
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Nv d. u. u Drug Store fsl
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EeWe no Tar in The PANT or Roof
ING, conforming strictly to the require
mentS Ct the Insurance conditions.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24

mamma smuff. that was nearly as large
AS herself When Cousin Nellie called
her s.Mrs. Biscuits and gave her the
rocking-chair, she was very much de-
lighted-it made her feel quite as though
she ayas a grown-up lady going out
visiting.
1--WE have brought all our children. +"
said Mrs. Brown, who thought that she
ought to say something; and she displayed
her largest doll, "Flora Matilda, =
closely mutfed up. !.
Mrs. smith seemed to have q pair OF
twins in her arms; and little Mrs. Bis
cults held out an unfortunate infant with
only one foot and no hands to speak OF.
{ 1.-THE darlings!" exclaimed the lady
of the house, as though she We're very
much delighted to see them, "but are
YOU not rather afraid to have them go
out such cold weather as this?''
t.Oh, no. replied Mrs. Brown, eve
thought it would do them good, for
they all have the smallpox and scarlet
fever"
"But that is very wrong said the
lady of the house, .'for such things, you
know. are catching, and | am really
afr'aid to have them here. =
Mrs. Brown looked as though she
did not care in the least; and Mrs.
Smith said in her gentle way:
4s.They amt re1Y sick, guess, and
may be they'll keep it all themselves.
They cried to come. and we had to
bring EN-. =
Tie lady Of the house shook her head
at this, as she replied. #5.. "
..That is not beginning right, Mrs
Smith-you will spoil your children.
When / was a child | never got any
thing cried. Tor. = @.s.
..May be you didn't cry very loud, !"
said Mrs. Biscuits, who was pretty good
| at this herself; and then forgetting the
play she added, as though she had just
| thought Of it: II never heard you cry
at all, Cousin Nellie 4.
This made Cousin Nellie laugh: and
then they all laughed at Mrs. Biscuits;
and poor little Mrs. Biscuits began to
cry quite in earnest: and then Cousin Nell
| lie had to take her on her lap, dolly. mutf
and all until, finally. she got quiet
again.
Then the lady Of the house thought
OF offering her visitors refreshments-a
rosy-cheeked apple and an orange for
each: and after awhile they all said
they must GO. Cousin Nellie picked up
| Mrs. Biscuits and carried her to the
| door; and Mrs. Brown, who wished to
be rery polite, said:
81 am very happy to wish you good
morning. Ella Rodn1an Church, IN
| Clburcla1,adqs. iii
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
Rejoice, Rejoice, CHE Is Alive Again." " Was
Lost but is Found"

UNDER date of July 9. 1882, Mr.. E. B. BRIGHT. OF
tive, which, from its very simplicity has the true ring
Of fine gold. He says:
..My father is using Hunts Remedy and seems TO be
Improving in fact he very much better than he has
been for long time He had been tapped three times.
The first time they got from him sixteen quarts of wa
ter the second time thirteen quarts and fully much
more the third time, and he would constantly fill up
again every time after he had been tapped until he
commenced using Hunts Remedy. which acted like
magic In his case he begun to improve at once and
now his watery accumulation passes away through the
secretions naturally and he has OF that swelling
or filing up which frequent before the functions
of the kidneys restored by the use of Hunts REM
edy. He is eknown citizen OF this place, and haa
always been In business here. "
Again he writes Nov. 81 1882:
IT beg most cheerfully and trthfuly to state In re-
gard to Hunts Remedy that Its use was the saving or
my fathers life. Ispoke to In my previous letter
in regard to his being tapped three times Is the
most remarkable case been heard OF in this
section For man of his age (stxty years. it Is most
remarkable cure He had been unable to attend to his
business more than year, and was given up by the
doctors.
1.-THE first bottle of Hunts Remedy that he used
gave instant relief. He has used In all seven bottles,
and continues to 1t whenever he feels droWsy or
sluggish and 1t affords instant relief He is now at
tending to his regular business and has been several
months. am perfectly willing that you should pub
ish this letter. as thoroughly believe that fathers
life was saved by using Hunts Remedy; and these facts
given above may be benefit to Others suffering In Ike
manner from diseases tnactton of The kidneys and
Hver.' f8& ~ Ef5sFr
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
GOING VISITING.

] 1t was such cold day that the peo-
pie in the streets, hurried by, mutfied
up almost to the tips of their noses,
while the window-panes were covered
with frost fern-leayes and branches OF
coral, that were very pretty to look at
if thew had not looked so cold; and no
one who could help it cared about going
out.
Three little people, however, took
this dreadful day to 60 a-yisiting. They
did not go very far, to be ure-only to
Cousin Nellie room; and when Cousin
Nellie, who was busy writing story for
little readers (which she often did}.
heard slow pattering down the stairs,
and then whispering and laughing,
and finally a loud knocking on her door,
that was kept up until the visitors fairly
got into the room, she wondered little
what was coming noao.
Butshe was used to funny things, for
she had two little cousins and a small
neighbor next door, who played with
them a great deal, and Cousin Nellie
was not very much surprised even to
hear a sort Of bark, that seemed to be
suddenly stopped. Then there was a
little barking in a whisper for Billy.
the dog, always felt that he ought to
bark whenever there was anything
going on. and he was quite sure that
there was something going on now.
When Cousin Nellie said: Come
in,'' the door opened suddenly, and in
tumbled Billy, the first thing, with one
of the boys caps on his head. He
looked absurd enough, but he was sup
posed to be a gentleman who had come
with the three ladies. They introduced
him as s'Mr. BILL but with one shake
he knocked the cap off his head. and
picking out the Warmest place Gas he
always did,, instead Of attending to the
ladies, he settled himself down behind
Cousin Nellie's stove and went fast
asleep.
:. Why Mrs. Brown said the lady Of
the house Chat was Cousin Nellie, you
know, as she saw Clara bright eyes
peeping out from under her mother s
black lace veil, while the velvet sacque
fairly reached her feet, 81 am very
glad to see you-do walk in. And this
is Mrs. Smith. isn't itp So kind OF you,
Mrs. Smith, to come out on such a day
as this
{. Mrs. Smith was Mamie Rade, the
little girl next door, who was gentle
little thing, with great blue eyes and
cheeks like damask roses. She was
bundled up SO in a big shawl that she
could scarcely move; and she had on a
large bonnet with a great bunch of
flowers in it.
But the funniest figure of all was lit
tie roly-poly Alice, who was nearly as
broad as she was long. whose dress
trailed so that she nearly tumbied at
every step; and she carried grand
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
HUMOROUS.

-Jonny lost his knife. After search
ing in one pocket and another, until he
hal been through all, without success,
he exclaimed: ssOh dear! ] wish 1 had
another pocket; it might be in that. =
-Orpheus, when he played, made the
rocks come up, and his power seems to
have descended toa great many popu-
lar singers. You have to come up with
the rocks if you want to hear them.
-tssAh! George, isn't it delightful
that we are to be married so soone To
be sure, we are not rich in this world
goods. but with such love as ours we
can almost live on bread and water,
can we, deara'' Easily = said George,
with great emotion. s.You furnish the
bread, love, and will skirmish around
and find the water. h
The climate of Austin has a won
derfuIly invigorating effect on the intel
lects of young children. ''How many
ends has q stick of candy got?o asked
Billy Smartboy Of his father. tive, Of
course. y s.That's where you are mis-
taken. have bitten three or four ends
off thisstick of candy. and there are two
left yet. = - TEXAS S!!flings
The family were telling riddles one
evening. and the fVe-year-old told this
-Four little hopper-toads sat on a tree;
two hoped of and then there were
three. Nobody could / guess it.
hoped right back again. Who told
you that riddlepn asked mamma
i. Nobody replied the little one, Il
thinkt it all up my own self. 49, Detroit
Post.
a planter tells Of an incident in his
Clubhouse, where negro, hurrying
!. with sack of cotton on his shoulders,
struck q beam with his head. The blow
was like the stroke Of sledge- hammer.
and the whole building trembled.
..That must have hurt your head, Jim, "
said the planter, pityingly.H No, sab, =
was the reply; s.didn't hurt my head q
bit. but sprained my neck dretfiy. :"
james c., genial son of Erin,
is fond Of shooting. One day hawk
alighted near the house. and his son
took the gun, crawled within gun-shot,
and missed. why didn't you kill the
hawk?'' queried the father. The.
guns no: good, = answered the junior
James. u 'r q liar, Jamesie; it's yew
that's no. good. Ye can tell me any
thing about that gun. Sure. I've known
her since she was . pistol Y
Nov, girls said the teacher, 81
want You to read up about George.
Washington, who was the father of his
country, and on his birthday 4 shall
question you regarding him, and also
about his wife. / suppose you know who
was the mother of this country and her
name = A little head popped ont in
the rear seats, and theteacher resumed: !
f'WeH, my dear. you may name the
mother Of our country Lydia Pink
ham, shouted the fye-year -oId, in a
shrill voice. The teacher went home
wondering whether life was worth iy-
ing. Boston Jeuraal.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Miss Lizzie G. Shaw, the bride of
yhaxter Shaw, of Dexter, Me-, received
$50. 900 in wedding presents
Henry Willard, the Northern Pacific
millionaire, ran away from his fathers
nome in Germany while boy, and
landed at Castle Garden with no trends
and but little money.
Joe Howard, who knows thing OF
two about the New York papers,
understands that the Herald cleared
$3.50, 600 last wear, that the San has
paid ten per cent. each month on its
capital of $3.50, 900, and that the Times,
nets $500, OO0. Others. he says, have
done well, and some others haven't
chicago Tribune. R
Miss Emma Wixom, otherwise Mile.
Nevada, this year receives ST. 600 per
month for singing in opera in Paris.
Next wear her contract calls for 81, 100
per month. and in the following year
81, 200 per month By the expiration
of her present contract she will thus
have earned S39. 600 at the Opera Com
ique. Then she will come home to
America to make some more. fss4Sg s5' 4
William Lane Booker, who has
been promoted to the position of Con-
sul-G General sof Great Britain in ii the
United States, has represented, his coun-
try in San Francisco for more than
thirty wears. After, being employed in
the Consulate at that city, the most inn
portant in the United States after New
York. on account OF zthe large number
of British ships touching there, for five
years, he was appointed acting Consul
in July, 1856. He received the full
appointment in the April following.
and has held the Office uninterruptedly
since.
Charles Reade told correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Times that the
favorite character Of all his novels was
Margaret in .Cloister and Hearth.
- To me my characters have an exist
ence.n lie said, s.not always pleasant.
it is true, but always fully individual
lied, thoroughly human. and with pos
sibilities Of an intimacy and an ac-
euaintance.' He thought that his
weakest story was '.White Lies"
!, which he described as a splendid con-
ception spoiled in the carrying out.
Robert j. Burdette, writing from
Ogdensburg. N. Y, to the Burlington
HasDkepe, says: s'By the way. there
was good joke on Lieuteh- INT Danen-
hover here. He was to have preceded
me in the lecture course, but gotsnowed
in on the railway and couldn't get
through. Now, other lecturers have
been showed in. and the disappointed
audiences have CRASHED their teeth and
said: Oh, nonsense; he could have got
here if he had tried But when man
who has fought the eternalice and snow
of the Arctic zone for three years gets
into snowdrift in New 7 ork State that
he can't possibly get through, the
American people begin to understand
what terrible labor this lecture bust
ness is. y
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
Testing Seeds.

Those who have not grown their own
seed, and are obliged to 60 into the
open market to buy, should remember
that there is always more or less uncer-
tairty about getting new seed of good
quality; it is the efore important, il
they would avoid a complete failure
that they should take some method to
test the germin ating quality OF all seeds.
they buy. To do this, it is important
that the seeds should be purchased at an
early. day, that in case they should not
prove to be good, there win be time to
purchase more and test them before it is
planting time.
TO test seeds, a certain number should
be counted out and planted in box or
flower-pot, keeping them in a warm
room. By counting the number that
grow, the terminating qualities OF the
seed can be very nearly ascertained.
and thus sometimes complete failure
prevented Tt is true this will not de-
eide all that it is desirable to know; for
sometimes the seed may grow, but pro-
duce a variety altogether different from
what it was purchased for, or what is
desirable. There seems to be no reme-
dy for this except to purchase OF relia-
BILE parties, or. what is better, save your
own seed. n This in some cases may be
very difficult to do. but large proper
ton OF the seeds used by the farmer
can be very easily saved if he will make
up his mind to do so. He ought never
to buy established varieties OF corn,
rye. barley, beans, squash, melon, GU
cumber, tomato, onion, beet, turnip or
parsnip seed; but ought to grow them,
because they can all be grown Of
better quality than, he will be likely to
buy, especially the garden seeds: for
sthes1 can each be improved ia a direc-
tion to better suit his own taste; this, il
no other, is great inducement for ev-
cry one to save their own seeds, as far
as possible, but there are seeds that it
seems necessary to buy. Improved va
rieties Of all products need to be oeca-
sionally g bought. Hungarian grass
seed, oats. ensilage corn and peas, can
be bought cheaper. if not of better
quality, than can be grown. Thecustom
Of buying aeed has become SO general
that comparatively very few seeds are
grown BY consumers; hence the inn
portance Of the advice that seeds be
purchased and tested at once. = Massa-
csusstts Plouqhna7s.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
A Curious Bug.

There is a funny little creature that
wears a covering all over his face just
Ike mask. And what do you think it
is for? Let us see.
Perhaps you have seen the beautiful
dragon-t)ies that look so much like hum-
ming birds and butterflies, too. They
have broad wings, as thin as a fly $, that
glitter like glass in the sunshine. Their
backs are just like blue steel.
You will always find them in the hot
summer months flying through the
fields, or over ponds and rivers. IN
the country they are called devil
darning needles because they are so
slender, perhaps. The French people
call them '.demoiselles, which means
ladies.
Now, this handsome, swift creature
grows from an ugly bug. that craWls
over the mud at the bottom of the pond.
And this is the way it comes about:
Little white eggs are laid on the wa
ter, the ripples carry them far away,
and then they sink into the mud.
The warm sun matches them. and
from each egg creeps tiny grub Of a
greenish color. They are hungry Great
ures, with very bad hearts. They eat
up every little insect that comes in their
way. They are very sly. too. They
creep towards their prey as cat does
when she is in search OF q rat
They lift their small harry legs. as if
they were to do the work. 1t is not the
legs, but the head that does it. Sud-
denly it seems to open. and down
drops kind of visor with joints and
hinges.
This strange thing is stretched out
until it swings from the chin. Quick
as a fish some insect is caught in the trap
and eaten.
This queer trap, ormask, is the under
lip of the grub. Instead of being flesh
like ours, tits hard and horny, and large
enough to cover the whole face.
It has teeth and muscles, and the grub
uses it as a weapon, too.
1t is nearly year before this ugly
looking grub gets its wings. A little
while after it is Matched, four tiny buds
sprout from its shoulders, just. as you
see them on the branch of a tree. These
are really only Watery sacs at first. In
side of them the wings grow slowly I'M
til you can see the bright colors shining
through.
Some morning this ha;ry-legged little
bug creeps up a branch. Then ne
shakes out his wings and flies away into
the air, q slender, beautiful dragon lily.
have told you OF the only creature
in the world that wears this curious
mask.-lMrs. g. Hall, IN orr Little ones.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24

"A young lady made a arrow escape
at fire in New York a few nights since.
About half of her back hair was burned.
Fortunately she was not in the building
at the time, having put on her other
hair and left the house only half an
hour before the fire broke ont Norris
torn Herdld
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
"A curious advertisement appear

"A curious advertisement appeared
in late issue of the Liverpool Mercury.
1t read as follows: 81 lost my purse
containing two guineas and q sixpeDces;;
The finder can Keep the gold il ne Will
return the sixpence, as it was the
amount of damages I received from the
Midland Railway for breaking my leg.
The bit Of silver cost me f21o. George
Amesbury.'
St. Landry democrat., 1883-02-24
For Two
Generations

The good and staunch old
standby, MEXICAN MUS
TANG EMINENT, has done
more to assuage pain, relieve
suffering, and save the lives OF
men and beasts than all other
liniments put together. Whys
Because the Mustang pence
trates through skin and flesh
to the very bone, driving out
all pain and soreness ana
morbid secretions, and restor.
ing the afflicted part to sound
and supple health.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-07-11
A Little Mistake.

A piano tuner called at a house
on Euclid avenue and quietly placed
his hat on the hall stand before pro,
ceeding to his work.
The honsemaid being busy with
her weekly sweeping had previously
removed all small articles from the
hall, and her mistress passing
through observed the solitary article
an object so dear TO every masculin
heart. Thinking it the garden hat
of her husband, she placed it in an
adjoining closet. Presently the man
having finished tuning the piano
started to leave, but being unable to
find his hat, meekly asked the maid
to assist him in looking for it. They
searched both the hall and parlor
but all in vain, until the lady, whose
attention had been drawn by tn,
commotion, also Joined in the search
AT last she said she could lend
him a hat, and proceeding to ths
closet produced the one she had pla.
ced there short time before, appel
ogiEing for its shabby appearance b,
saying it was a very old one, used b,
her husband when working morning
in the garden. The tuner took tn.
hat and after carefully exa.nening j
said it looked very much like hi
hat, and that he was quite sure i
was the one he had placed in tn,
hall upon his arrival. 1t suddenl,
dawned on the lady's mind how tn,
mistake was made, but she still
wonders how two hats could so ex
actly resemble each other-Clera
Herald.