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The daily critic., 1890-09-20
LEMON ELIKIR.
A Pleasant Lemon Drink.

Pleasant Lemon Drink.
For bniousness aud constipation, take
Lemon Elixir.
For Indigestion aud foul stomach, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sick and nervous headaches, take
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness and nervousness, take
Lemon Elixir.
For loss Of appetite and debility, take
Lemon Elixir
For feyers, chillsand malaria, take Lemon
Elixir.
Lemon Elixir will not fail you IN any Of
the above diseases, all Of which arise from
a torpid or diseased liver, stomach, kidneys,
bowels or blood.
Prepared only bY Dr. II MozLEY At
lsuta, Ga.
soc. and 500 per bottle. sold by drug
gists.
A Prominent Minister Writes.
After ten years Of great suffering from
indigestion, with great nervous prOstrati0H,
biliOusness, dis0rdered kidneys aud cOnsti-
patton, ! have been cured by DR.. MOzley's
Lemon Elixir, and am now a well man.
Rev. e. q. DAVIS,
Ed. N, f. Church, south
No. 2s Tatnan ST., Atlanta, Ga.
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Tho wondeTfuI Progress OF baltimore.
FT0m NJ baltimore lmsricdn.

Mr. George Nj. Murray left at the
American office yesterday a tomato that
Welghed one pound and fourteen ounces.
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Save Your Hair

DY timely use Of Ayers Hair Vigor.
- This preparation has no equal as a
dressing It keeps the scalp clean. cool,
and healthy, and preserves the color,
fullness. aud beauty Of the hair
"I was rapidly becoming bald and
gray but after using two or three
bottles of Ayers Hair Nigor my hair
grew thick and glossy and the original
color was restored Melvin Aldrich,
Canaan Centre, ". II.
Some time ago I lost all my hair in
consequence of measles. After due
waiting. no new growth appeared. I
then used Ayers Hair Nigor and my
hair grow
The daily critic., 1890-09-20
Thiok and strong

II has apparently come 70 stay. Tho
Nigor is evidently O great aid TO nature
j. y, Williams, Floresville, Texas.
"I have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
the past four or FIVE years and find 10
most satisfactory dressing for the hair
1t is all I could desire being harmless,
causing the hair 20 retain its natural
color, and requiring but a small quantity
90 render the hair easy 90 arrange -
Mrs NJ a. Bailey, 9 Charles street.
Haverhill, Mass.
." have been using Ayers Hair Vigor
for several years, and believe that DO has
caused my hair TO retain its natural
color Mrs IT. j. King, Dealer in
Dry Gnnls. 20. BishonNille. Nd.
The daily critic., 1890-09-20

The tennis tournament at lie Droit
Park will probably end to day. Mr.
Buitorworth has won first prize In
singles and Doyle gels the runner up
prize. To day Buttcrworth plays Bar.
nard for The fall chamnionshln cum.
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Ayers Hair vigOr,

PREPARED BF
Or. J. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by Druggists aud Perfumers.
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An Enormous Stump.

Undoubtedly the largest stump in the
State of Washington is the one located
Just below Snohemish City, on the farm
of w. S. Clay. 1t is huge cedar, and
it's diameter is twenty feet-a surface
sufficient for forty men to stand upon.
The tree was burned down some sixteen
years ago, and its wood was used for
fence rails, shingles, etc. There was
enough material in the tree to furnish
rails for the fencing of large Texas
farm.
The wood is red cedar and is similar
to the timber from which lead pencils are
made, and would also be cherished by
any builder for the special wood finish
and decoration of house. The farm
upon which the stamp is was taken up
as homestead by Royal Haskell in the
year 1878. Mr.. Haskell continued to
improve his farm for period of ten
years. 1t was by his hands and his sons
that the giant tree was Frustrated by
the agency of the flames; and its bulk
to other trees as the elephant to the
horse-formed an article of plentiful dis
tribution and utility.
Two years ago the stump was photo
graphed, when five horses, standing
abreast, three feet apart, and thirty men
were upon it. A circle, whose diameter
is 20 feet, must be 63 feet in circumfer-
euce, and contain an area of 314 square
feet. The tree belonging to the big
stump was so feet in height, and its
volume was, therefore, 6374 cubic feet.
This was a giant! Poetry has landed the
majestic oak, but its size is often eclipsed
by Washington's cedars.
The people of this State are aware OF
the high estimation of our shingles in
Eastern markets. They are manufactured
entirely from the cedar tree, which is
usually larger than the ordinary fir. 1t
is no exaggeration to say that tree like
the giant above mentioned would last Il
gle mill of considerable capacity
through three months saving. No cross
cut saw yet manufactured is large enough
to make cut through such tree at the
butt; and if there were, it would take
two men two days to saw tree of that
size down.-Seattle Press.
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A Curious Mental Trait.

A singular instance of the transmission
of hereditary peculiarities has been
brought to the notice of the German
Anthropological Society. The corre-
spondcnt tells Of his meeting a farmer by
the name of Loewendorf, who had pc
culiar habit of writing "Austug" for
august" his Christian name. Some
years later he was inspecting school,
and heard a little girl read "leneb" for
"lcben," ," "naled" for "nadel, " and so on.
Upon inquiring, he found that her name
was Loewcndorf, and that she was a
daughter of his former friend, the
farmer, now dead. This defect was
noticeable in the speech and writing Of
both father and daughter. 1t appeared
in the father as result of fall that oc-
CURED some time before the birth of his
daughter.
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Worms Six Feet Long.

The work of earthworms, in the opera
tions of nature, is very important one.
Darwin has shown us that they ere con-
stantly occupied in making the soil more
mellow by perforating it with their
galleries, and that they enrich it by COL
lecting in these subterranean passages
earth that has been subjected to change
in their intestines and also leaves which
have fallen to the ground and are dragged
into their retreats. But if these little
beings can accomplish such wonders, it
would be interesting to know whether
the Megascolides Australis (an earthworm
of Australia) has like mission. This
creature is the size Of an ordinary adder
and at least six feet long. 1t is usually
to be found on the banks bordering
small rivers, though it occasionally seeks
the open country, where one may come
upon it by pulling up stump or upturn-
ing the earth. It is not an easy matter to
drag this gigantic worm from the wind
ing galleries which form its retreat. 1t
glidcs about the sinuous passages with
great rapidity, initiating its extremities
at will and thus bracing itself against the
walls, which it renders Shiny by secre-
ton from its own boby. Its moist sub
stance slips easily through the hands
which would retain it, and when once
fastened to the adhesive walls OF its
home it can only be removed by break
ing its length in two. This giant
among worms lives comparatively
peaceful life, since its physical features
furnish admirable defence against such
enemies as it might naturally have. Its
body exhales a strong odor similar to
that of creosotc, and has the power OF
eiccting, to distance of several inches,
Jets of milky fluid. Moreover, its life
is an entirely subterranean one, thus it IS
secure from the attacks of carnivorous
ANIMALS. Naturalists, of course, have an
interest in its capture, and the aboriglnes
use the oily fluid into which the dead
body of the creature resolves itself as
remedy for rheumatism, but it is not
very actively sought. When such worms
are once dragged from beneath the sur
face, however, they lose the agility
which, Autaus-like, they seem to gain
from contact with the earth, and lie alb
solutcly passive, making no attempt to
movc.-La Ncture.
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The Power of HasheeSh.

A Cairo Egypt correspondent of the
Pittsburg Leader thus describes his first
experience as hashecsh eater:
Seeing my companion conveying a
piece of this sugar eagerly to his mouth,
| was encouraged to do likewise. 1t
was an aromatic, somewhat bitter-tasting
pastillc, dissolving quickly like soft pep
permint on the tongue, and leaving like
wise slight burning sensation, which,
however, passed away after a few pulls
from cigarette.
Suddealy the smoking cigarette fell
out of LILY lips. felt myself impelled
to talk-to reveal myself to my neigh
bor-tell him that I was no longer CON-
mon, grorcling human being, who had
to wander through life on this hard
earth with wretchedly slow legs, but that
1 could fy-soar like the eagle through
ethereal space.
$50, you see, this is the way do it, "
remember calculating.
The most ineffable exhilaratiug scnsa-
tions thrilled my inmost self. I felt my
SELF liberated of all earthly trammels, un-
burdcned of all carnal weight-free to
range infnity's vast fields. Some strange,
quickening power pulsated through my
every vein.
My whole being seemed etherized. En-
circled with the fragrance of paradise. I
was borne aloft on buoyant pinions
through immeasurable space. On and on
Twas waited unto an elysium of bliss
and loveliness. There was neither be-
ginning nor end to my aerial flight. All
was boundless as eternity.
inclined my head backward and i'm
bibed in torrents the balmy, regener-
ating air, and the glorious, roseate light
which was shed around me. All these
momentary sensations remember impart
ing to my English friend at the time. I
felt that wished him to share my eth
ereal enjoyment. I wished to take him
along on this soaring ascension into ce-
lestial solitudes.
But my spiritual trance was now near
ing its end. Consciousness was grad
ually returning to me. I experienced a
peculiar rushing sensation in my ears.
My mouth felt very dry and parched.
Before my eyes rose big dark blotches.
The beautiful, rosy glow is fast fading
away, and in place of it rises grayish
fog, through which I dimly see some
of the people in the room. Slightly
startled, I come quite to, and find myself
leaning far backward in an armchair. My
friend is standing near me with his back
toward the table gesticulating and ap-
parently endcavoring to push his chair
away from him.
The evening glow at the window has
not quite disappeared yet. I look at my
watch and am astounded-the gigantic
air voyage has lasted only twelve
minutes.
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An Automatic Boiler.

An ingenious little device has just ap-
pcarcd which will put an end to one, at
least, of the troubles by which the soul
of the housewife is vexed. This consists
of the automatic boiler, little clock,
which can stand on tho range, with its
face divided into four spaces of a minute
each. Setting the pointer at the minute
or fraction which is required, the eggs,
contained in a wire basket suspended
from a lever connected with tho clock,
remain in the boiling water the required
length of time, when a ratchet is un.
latched and the wire basket is lifted out
of the water.
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THE CADET.

Oh, I'm a fellow, my good sir.
Who never knew breath Of fear;
NY back is straight as any spear;
Ny shoulders stretch good three span.
To say am right you'll not demur.
HulYah. I'm all American.
wear the uniform. M friend,
That strikes me as the best on earth.
Though wildly gay, my hercest mirth
Ne'er kintei at the drummerS ban.
Let revel die ere I offend
The flag. I'm an American,
To run and leap, to ride and spar,
To swim. make love, and catch 4 sword
Flung round my head ike flaming cord,
I'm Usually first, my man.
Keen-eyed steel-palseL ani muscular;
ha! ha I'm an American!
Six feet of spring and Joy and pride;
Six feet for victory or a shell;
A voice to mate with wine, OF yell
Orders from Beersheba to Dan;
DIX leeU Will uoIulno oaoe " uA"ei
Thank Good! I'm an American!
YOU know I'm not vain young blade;
The best say is not enough
When speaking of such human stuff,
That in no age turned face and ran.
did not make it. when alrS said,
For was born an American!
Rose Haw.horne Lathrop, in Harpers
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Largest Fee Ever Paid a Doctor.

"INhat was the largest fee ever paid
to physician?" Il friend asks. Doctors,
as a rule, arc rcticcnt about their fees !;
but there is story, probably authentic,
that Dr. Willard Parker was paid 500,
900 for the successful removal Of al eX-
cresccnce from the face aud neck of the
son of one of the wealthiest families in
tue vicinity of New York. Commodore
Vanderbilt bcqueathcd $50. 900 to one of
his doctors; but millionaircs seldom re-
member the physician in their wills.
They leave that to be settled by the
executors. DR.. Parker's fec in the case
alluded to is probably the largest ever
paid, in this country at least.-Ne York
Star.
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ONLY ONE EAI-LT.


was riding through country town in
Vermont, when | noticed q concourse OF
people in chu-ch-yard, encircling an. open
grave.
Itwss warm day and I had ridden ten
miles so 1 drew the rein under some trees,
to allow the horse to rest.
Presently viIlager came towards me and
I said: There is funeral today in your
town."
"Yes-stephen. He was one Of the largest
hearted men I ever knew. He had great
abilities. We sent him to the legislature
three times. They thought of nom mating
him for Governor. But" he added sadly,
stephen had only one fault" L
/ made nc answer, l was tired, and
watched the people disperse, leaving the sex
ton to his solitary work.
"a very generous man. Stephen was.
Always visited the sick. The old people all
liked him. Even the children used to follow
him on the streets"
emily.
"Yes; he had only one fault"
What was that" asked?
"Only intemperance.
"Did it harm him?"
"Yes. somewhat. He didn't seem to
nave any power to resist it at last. He got
behindhand and had to mortgage his farm,
and finally had to sell it. His wife died on
account Of the rcverse-kind of crushed,
disappointed. Then his children turned
out badly. His intemperance seemed to
mortify them, and take away their spirit.
He had to leave politics; 'twouldn't do. you
see. Then we bad to set him aside from
the church; and at last his habits brought
on paralysis, and we had to take him to the
poorhouse He died there-only forty-five.
Poor man, he had only one fault"
"Only one fault" The ship had only one
leak, but it sank.
only one fault The temple had but
one decaying pillar, but 1t fell.
"Only one fault" Home gone, wife lost,
family ruined. honor forfeited social and
religious privileges abandoned; broken
health, poverty, paralysis and the poor
house.
One fault, only one lo"thS Compa"io1.
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AN 1NF1DEL sILENcED.


The following is true story: At hall
in London where unbelievers were permit
ted to state their objections to the Christian
faith, young man who had often spoken
there came forward one evening and said:
"Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen,-
have determined to show you tonight
what the Bible really is; and in order to be
fair will not take selected passages, but
will allow the book to open where it wih,ss
and read you the first verse on which>my
eye lights. You will see in what kind ofa
book the Christians believe"
He allowed the Bible to fall upon his
hand, and read aloud:
"Pure religion and undeiled before God
and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless
ana widows in their atilic'ion, and to keep
himself unspotted from the world" james
1:27.
Somewhat abashed, and amid the joy Of
the Christians, and confusion to his own
party he opened the Bible again and read:
's1s not this the fast which have chosen?
To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo
the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed
go free, and that ye break every yoke""
Isaiah 5S:6
Still more abashed he read again as the
book opened:
"Wash you, make you clean; put away
the evil OF your dolngs from before ulne
eyes, cease to do evil; learn to do we'll; seek
Judgment; relieve the oppressed, judge the
fat6erlsss, f?i5' plead isE the widow" Isaiah
He made one last attempt and read: v
HE hath Showed thee, 0 man, what is
good; and what doth the Lord require Of
thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy.
and to walk humbly with thy God?' Micah
G:S.
Disappointed and chagrinned. the sceptic
left the platform, overwhelmed by the sneers
of his companions, and the tumultuous joy
of the Christians.
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KEEP A CLEAN MOUTH.

A distinguished author says: II resolved
when I was a child, never to use a word
which / could not pronounce before my
mother" He kept his resolution, and te-
came pure minded, noble honored gentle
man. His rule and example are worthy Of
imitation.
Boys readily learn class of low, vulgar
words and expressions which are never
heard in respectable circles. The utmost
care on the part of parents will scarcely pre-
vent it. Of course we cannot think Of girls
as being so much exposed to this peril. We
can not imagine decent girl using words
she would not utter before her father or
mother.
Such vulgarity is thought by some boys
to be smart" the next thing TO swear
ing," and yet mot so wicked" but it is a
habit which leads to profanity, and fills the
mind with evil thoughts. 1t vulgarizes and
degrades the soul, and prepares the way for
many of the gross and fearful sins which
now corrupt society.
Young reade- keep your mouth free
from ali impurity and your tongue from
evil" but in order to do this, ask Jesus to
cleanse your heart and keep it clean, for
"out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh. ."-The Christian.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
HOW I'd CHEER TIE AGED.

HOW I'd CHEER THE AGED.
Would you cheer the weary pilgrim,
Who has travelled on so far,
That his frame is sad and aching,
That his feet all weary are?
Only tell him Of the spring time,
That he had so long ago,
Ere his feet had found the briars,
And his head had felt the snow.
Just remind him of the verdure,
OF the buds and sprays and blossoms
And the brook so full Of glee.
He will look upon the picture.
With forgetfulness of care;
You will find that you have helped him,
All his heavy load to bear.
Then, in tones more soft and GENTLE
Like vesper or hymn.
just remind him Of the resting
That will surely come to him.
You may see the weary pilgrim,
With his eye all upward cast,
With his hope all on the future,
Cease his sighing for the past.
Anna D. Walker.
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WOMEN AND TIE WINE CUP.

At musicale few days ago happened
to notice that in roomful of ladies to whom
light wines were offered there was not one
Who refused At crowded evening recep-
tion it was the men who fingered about the
punch-bowl after supper, but this might
easily have been because they were so busy
serving the ladies in the earlier stages of the
proceedings. In the confectionery establish
ment patronized by the ultra-fashionable,
where woman can order anything from q
mint julep to sherry cobbler, it e1cites no
surprise to see a lady weerywith shopping take
clear brandy or whisky straight as another
woman would take beef tea. Itwould excite
slightest evidence of intoxication.
York Letter. s.,,C
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HOW RELIGION HELrs CHILDREN.

Religion helps children to study bette.
and do more faithful work. A little girl OF
twelve was telling in simple way the evi,
dence that she was Christian. II did not
school, and often missed my lessons. Now
1 try to learn every lesson well to please
God. I was mischievous at school when
the teachers were not looking at me, max
ing fun for the children to look at. Now 1
wish to please God by behaving well, and
keeping the school laws. I was selfish at
home; didn't like to run errands, and was
selfish when mother called me from play to5
help in work. Now it is real joy to me TO
help mother in any way, and to show -tb1
love her" Such religion is essential u
youth and will make life sunny and cheer
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$780," said Ruth, when Mrs. Totteni
haG returned with the news that Mary
was better, " 'Turah, if your seven old
crows meant anything, it was that you
were to become Mrs. Eandevender; and
that must be good sign which proves
you all wrong"
"Mebbe," said Keturah. Youths
C0anpanion.
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THE PLANK OF EEEE GRACE.

A godly minister of Scotland called to see
brother minister who was dying, and sale
to him, What are you doing, brotherF'
His answer was, 'Ill tell you what am
doing, brother; I am gathering together all
my prayers all my =, sermons, sa and all nay my
ing to throw them all overheard, aud swim
to glory on the plank of free grace"
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small. would like to put one sentence OF
my sermon in italics, and have it under
scored, and three exclamation points at the
end of the sentence. and that sentence is
this: As We cannot live our lives over again,
the nearest we can come to atone for the past
is by redoubled holiness and industry In the
future.
II this rail train OF life has been detained
and switched off and is far behind the time
table, the engineer for the rest Of the way
must put on more pressure of steam and go
q mile a minute in order to arrive at the
right time and place under the approval of
conductor and directors.
AS supposed it would be, there are multi
tudes of young people listening to this sermon
on whom this subject has acted with the
force of a galvanic battery. Without my
saying word to them, they have soliloquized,
saying: "As one cannot live his life over
again, and l can make only one trip, l must
look out and make no mistakes; have but
one chance and | must make the most of it."
My young friends. l am glad you
mon mon Yourself. When min
ister toward the close of his sermon says:
"Now a few words by way Of application"
people begin to look around for their hats
and get their arm through one sleeve Of their
overcoats, and the sermonic application is
failure I am glad you have made your own
application and that you are resolved. like
Quaker of whom 1 read years ago, who, III
substance said: ~ shall be along
this path of life but once and so I must do
all the kindness I can and all the good can"
My hearers the mistakes Of youth can never
be corrected Time gone is gone forever.
An opportunity passed the thousandth part
Of second has by one leap reached the
other side Of great eternity. In tho
autumn when the birds migrate you look up
and SEQ the sky black with wings and the
focks stretching out into many leagues Of
air, and so to-day look up and see two
large wings in fun sweep, They are