The Portland daily press., 1886-03-02

monious In his early days Judge Robinson
made an attempt to eXtinguish the rising advocate
walton TO the publication of political pamphlets
remarkable only for their slayish meanness ana nd
scurrIlity. In arguing his case Cufran said he
had consulted ali his law books and could not find
the principle contended for.
II suspect, sir.' said Robinson 'that your law
1T IS very true, my lord" said Curarn, sthat
my books are not numerous; but have prepared
myself for this high profession rather by the study
OF few good books than by the composition OF a
great many bad ones"
Children starving to death on account
of their inability to digest food viii find most
marvellous food and remedy in Scott's Emul-
sion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Nypo-
phosphites. Very palatable and easily di-
gested.
The total annual consumption Of tea, it is now
estimated is 3,000,000,00O pounds; OF coffee,
1,oOo,o0o,0Oo pounds; cocoa and chocolate,
100000 pounds while similar drinks are used
by less civilized nations and tribes 1t is the IA
vorite drink Of Russia, Holland and England the
last country annually importing 100,000,000
pounds, or several pounds to each man, woman
and child.
The action of Carter's Little Liver Pills is pleas
ant, mild and natural They gently stimulate the
liver, and regulate the bowels, but do not purge.
They are sure to please
THAT was a bad accident on your road yester-
day?" he said to the president OF southern rail-
road .9d corp, corporation
.sWhy, seven or eight people were kiled'
sOh, yes believe something of the sort did
happen. Lucky for us, though the damage TO the
train was less than a hundred dollars"
s.But the killed. the suits for damage"
Him, lucky again. Ii they had been employees
of the road we'd have had to pay funeral expens-
es and come forward with their three months pay
back"
Smart Weed and Belladonna combined with
the other ingred tents used in the best porous
plasters make Carters S. w. & B. Backache Plas-
tiers the best in the market. Price 25 cents.
Tommy was little rogue, whom his mother had
hard work to manage. Their house in the coun-
try was raised a few feet from the ground, and
Tommy, to escape whipping ran from his
mother and crept under the house. Presently
the father came home, and hearing where the boy
had taken refuge, creptunder to bring him out.
As he approached, Tommy asked, rs sie aIter
you, too?'
When you have occasion to usea cathartic, try
Dr. Soules Pills. They will please you.
As Illustrating the force of a small object fall
ing from Il distance, "a shotdropped from the dome
OF the State capitol at Des MoineS made a clean,
neat hole through the nchgass floor in the rotun-
da The Blade says that last winter lady acc-
dentally dropped heavy muff from the same dis
tance, and when it struck the floor below the
noise was heard all over the building and some
supposed a gun had been fired off.
Colgan's Taffy Tolu sells like hot cakes. A tab
let of it chewed after meals will relieve indiges
ton
cisms you pass upon his companions. Relatlons
like features are thrust upon us; companions,
like clothes, are more or less our own selectlon.
Quincy troubled:me for twenty years. Since l
started using DIR. Thomas's Eclectric Oil, have not
had an attack. The Oil cures sore throat at once"
Mrs. Letta Conrad Standish, Mich.
Not long ago gentee, but seedylooking man
called Oh Rev. DIR. Parxhurst saying he had been
Of spectacles, saying tnat if he had them he could
go to work. Dr. Parkhurst wanted to know why
he had not asked Dr.. Crosby for them. hem. ar ,oua
dined with Dr. Crosby every day for two weeks,
and l couldn't impose on him any longer
DIR. Parkhurst wrote to Dr. Crosby about the
man. and was told that the story was untrue A
day or two later DR.. Crosby was surprised by a
visit from the beggar, who said:
Il am told you wrote TO Dr. ParknurSt tnat
YES said DR.. Crosby. 81 did,
''Won't you send for your boy?" said the beg
gar. The boy came He had given the be ggar
cold food for two weeks at the area door.
had spells of neuralgia and suffered SO that
many times have wished death would end my
agony 1 employed doctors, but could get no
benefit from them. Since taking Athlophoros
have had only two spells in ever a year. Mrs G.
N. Paige, Boltonylle, VT
professor in a New York medical college
called the attention of his class to a man who had
applied for medical advice.
''N0w, gentlemen" said the professor, viii you
be kind enough to look at this patient closely, ana
see if you can tell what is really the matter with
him. Look at his eyes, the shape OF his head, the
expression of his features.
You detect nothing and l do not wonder at it,
for gentlemen. let me assure you that 1t requires
many years of actual experience. 1t takes the eye
of the practiced physician to detect at glance,
the malady of the patient.
am no more acquainted with this lnaa than
you are, yet as soon as looked at him saw that
he was deaf mute"
The students ndulged in ordinations OF ad-
miration. AS soon as these had subsided the
deaf mute opened his mouth and spoke:
IL say, boss, hope you will excuse me, but it is
my brother who is deaf and dumb. He is outside
waiting to know ii he shall come in. Shall fetch
him in?'