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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-22

PORT TOWNSEND. SAN JUAN ISL
ANDS AND WHATCoM ROUTE
STEAMER LYDIA THOMPSON.
Carrying United States mai. leaves City
dock foot 81 Main street., Sunday. Tues
Ssy aud Thursday at II O lock rnllnlght
for Pert Townsend, San Juan islands ana
New whatcorn Returning leaves %ex
whatccm Tuesday Thursday aad Ssttr-
day al a. m. j Il Thompson. naaagas-
owner. -Bogardns & ca. agents, C7ty
Dock. Telephone. Main Sc.
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STEAMERS.
PACIFIC NAVIGATION COMPANY

PACIFIC NAVIGATION COMPANY
Steamer State OK Washington leaves
Seattle fran Yesier wharf daily except
Saturday at 10 p. 10. for Everett. Ana
eortes. Eairhavsn and Whatcom. connect
ing at Whatcom for Vancouver and
Blaine
Connsctions-At Seattle. Flyer and N r
r. r for Tacoma and way points: At Ev-
erett. K. & NJ. c. r. X; al Anacortes. s.
y. K. r.. al Whaicom. b. =. Ii. c. X.
X. and steamer Lady Of the Lake at
Whatcom.
Returning leaves Wbatcom daily excep;
Sunday at a IN.
Steamer Fairhayen leaves Seattle from
Yesler wharf daily except Sunday at 3
q. m. for Edmonds. Wnidby Island and
La Conner. calling at Everett. north
bound, Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday:
sou,h bound. Monday, Wednesday and FRI
day. connecting at La Conner with stages
from Bay View, Whitney and Mount Nef-
Eon.
Returning. leaves La Conner daily ex-
cepi Sunday. p n Telephone. Main si7.
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SEATTLE PORT GAMBI-E-TowNSEN
ROUTE


STEA NEE FRrSpTR
Leaves City dock daily :. - a IT. ex-a,.
SAU1Ay :o- Port M&15son. Kingston Esors
tsa31s Pert Ludlow and Pert Townsend
Returning <, reaches Seattle a 2 a n ssaisv
Telephone. Main -. LAZY. Hcgzr1zs L Co
So esls& :
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STEAMERx
DAILY BOATS TO PORT TOWNSEND
AND PORT ANGELES FROM
CITY T,fo(~K

Seattle ana Townseud-Neah Bay route
Steamer Alice Gertrude leaves City Dock
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays al Il
midnight for Port Townsend Port WI
nams Dunge less. Port Angeles po-.
Crescent. Gettysburg. Pysht. clalla,n Bsy
and Neah Ray: returning. arrives a, Sc
attic 3 p m. on opposite dRys Steamer
Garland leaves City Dock for Port Town
send. Port Angeles and Victoria Tuesdays
THURSDAYS snd Saturdays 81 - midnight
arrive Seattle alternate days al ESQ ?. m
Tel, Main 81. or Main sl5-
CAPT J. r THOMPSON. Manager
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THE EVERETT
& MONTE CRISTO
RAILWAY.

The only route to the popular and active
mining districts Of Gold ka.Sa, Gordon
Greek Martin Greek, Sl!yesson Deer
Creek. Goa, Lake ard Monte Crisfo
The scenic route for tourists, ashiue and
camping parieA
Fer rates and other Information adaress
nearest local agent. or
g N BAIRD.
Gen. Frt- Pass. Agt Everett Wash
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sKAGTT RIVER ROUTES Steamer CRY
Of Champs Weekly time card:
Leaves Seattle Monday. September r. al
- midnight; "Wednesday S@Tifesno*y 2. at
q. III
Leaves Mount Vernon Wednesday. gep-
tersssser g al 5 a. m, Friday. September p
at g. II Snn3sy Sc ptorEbzT =. q; a. m
Callipg a. Tu5aiip. stanxoo6. FIR. skazst
Csty. Mount vernon and Avon. Fer pas
senser asd freight rates apply az City
DIX, teiepk ora. Aa!n $.
RI. ". Mcdonald. Master.
X 2 fsilkeNan. MA1ager.
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FIJI ON THE FLYER

SEATTLE TO TACOMA
-Four round tri,s daily. except sunday.
IL nra hour ard twenty Eve minutes
THE STEAMER FLYER
Regular daily tips. Sxatise- TACOMA
route. as fellows:
TAKING EFFECT TUESDAY. Nay l.
TIME. CARD.
Lave Se2ttse-5:S. u-1s g. n: ~. s-ls
2 u.
Leave T&corns--s % a IT.: /. 49,. p n
SUNDAYS.
Lave Seattle - n III y n 2. n
Leave T@e.raa-s.ae 4. Ec.- : 81. 81 r. m
Landing at Northern P@csEe wharf. -
eos2a~ &Bd Commercial e5cK- foot Of Ma
rsen street. Sea-tle.
SEasGays steamers FLYER ard State os
HSXs..wxzaA.
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Crying I, : ras4- leaves Gaib~ai,s dock
feet = Tvs . .nEton street T1sssssys
Thursdays ara Saturdays. az : o'clors a
IT for X 3~gstcG, Port Gamble Seafssrk
oztHc@me TE-Hs EaT prtnncn Holly Ia
w2tto. L,-wSgp Fais Heo4 s-or. aad
L nac1 CfEy. Returns or sltsrrats days
n TR0CTaAT. Master.
r~-efechone, Ms3n s,s
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STEAMERS.


SEATTLE s. EVERETT NAVIGATION
COMPANY.
co On THE GREYHOUND.
SEATTLE, EVERETT AND EDNOSDs
ROUTE
Tire Card-Ieayes Seattle a n -
IT. ard s 2 n Leaves Everett s.ls a. n.
.se , n AM us =. n.
Thgsa roun8 trlrs daily exce2, Sunday
Ccnrsct iors--kt Seattle with tie steamer
Fiy@r for Tacoma. 4; Everett with N.
steamer Mka3o Tor snohfsn,ssa and with
Ere Everett & Monte Cr.sto railway Gar
Monte Cvl~-0 ara way stations
-oinan Iteck seattle Merchants Dock
Everett Telephone. Seattle Ref al Ev-
ereti G.. Z. 3. SCOTT
Manager
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SEATTLE s. EVERETT NAvIGATIC
COMPANY
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Carrying Z. :. Mail
Or Port Orchard and Port Washington
route leaves City dock % J. IN eating
at South Beach, EurcheIl. Brick Yar6
Brsnnerson. L. s. Navy Yard. sidney
Charleston, Tracyton. Chico. siiverdaIe-
Leaves port Orchard Navy asAr!on AZ ;
q n arrives Seattle at r. r. -. Rob
fnsyn Master Lilly. fogar91s & Co..
Agents Telephone. Main ".
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PORT ORCHARD AND PORT WASH
i$ArINk% Et1E-Tt.

I%GZFs@ ROUTE
STEAMER MARY. r PEaI.rY
Leaves FOR: 0f Washington street Aai.y 4.
% = II sS4n5ss-& Ssss T. ~. = fer pleasa n
bsaeA West B.akeSey3 f.rernexe1c. I 81
T'-y Ts1k I'asr .assan, Sssngy Tra~yEar.
r'e.lco an S4lyers4zif- EzsuT1siag leaves
S4lSsxdase At ~ A. IL. arrives srzsrae 10
a 81. Leaves s3nFv S414rr.zy nights al
- :. -. arrives Seattle : - p II Tsss-
nhe--s. 49,. -
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ticns, safest, Easiest Aoese'
e...
1eo 0oyo kfo0 9e1ttDe U UuWss
Via PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP
cos supsrbiy equipped Alaska
feet os passenger steamships
rhs SuasA - 49,
Sohlanys rececsu 80 80 -, -.
I.p ISIS ~" ~, Hl Ii,.e Srar, Se-
steamship Al-hi sa4ans iT'"
ate SEPTEMBER z
tlnder the Re6nGe6 RAfeS or tDe
PACING C31Sl S1ea0S0Jp - -
saA> - An Aiesk a.. n>r4s IL uaw
- -"
e1Ce4 u 0eAIJy We UGau ~ ~
rates hut The sau>e exeellenf Ac.
s~.,. - go -. ga
49, oAtoes1o - O9ses 81 49,
SneeAv pAsSAAe are ASSURED.
ruporscu urT.S or rADrNf3
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
A Rlunder in Smelling.

Through the blunder of some un-
known person, committed years ago, a
glazing piece of inexcusably poor
spelling is still OF view in the finance
committee room in the city hall, and
is the subject of much u%nfavorable
comment by historical scholars. The
portrait of the Rev. Henry Augustus
Muhlenberg hung for many yeaas in
Independence hall as a tribute to the
preacher-patriot's services during the
Revolution, with his name beneath it
spelled ''Henery Muhlenbnrg." The
same egregious errors are now visible
in the city hall. The Rev. Henry
Augustus Muhlenberg was one of the
first Lutheran ministers in this coun-
try. On one occasion he carried a
gun into his pulpit at Reading, and at
the conclusion of the services invited
all his male pensioners to follow him
to Valley Forge, which they did, DR..
Muhlenberg was also the first speaker
of the House Of Representatives of
the United States after the Constitu.
ton a adopted in 1888, and his
name is at least worthy of sufficient
remembrance to be spelled correctly
Philadelphia Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
Folly Of Military Stats.


AS the various Governors rode by Oh
horseback in the Grant memorial day
parade, each in plain dress, but at
tended by a brilliant military staff, the
question was natural, what is the uss
of all that! Why should the eD
ccutivcs of States of the union be or
Ganized on the basis Of sonorous tiles
and gay uniforms? The national ex'
ecutive is simplicity itself in its dem
ocratic unpretentiousness. The ex
ecutives Of the great American mum
icipalities present themselves before the
public with the dignity Of quiet re
thence. Our State Governors alone in
American public life swing out with .
parade Of unrealities. If the Governor
Of q State were first of all a military
officer, if the States were primarily
armed camps instead of citizens in
business, then the military staff would
have a reasonableness. AS it is, this
prancing and betitled staff Is both ir
rational and absurd. The efficiency Of
these assistants of the Governor would
be as great without uniforms and I'm
meaning titles. The dignity Of the
State executive needs no bracta,g Of q
foolish imitation of a foreign court to
make it respected by the people. Tit
creation Of fake generals" and "col
onels' by a Governors pen, hundreds
of them a year, Is rightly ~exasperatins
to the honered men to whom those
titles belong by service and devotion
That bronzed and keen soldier OF ia.
pan, Prince Yamagata, when he visited
us a year ago, found these imitation
colonies and generals who welcomed
him FOR the State In their brave uni
forms very amusing. They had never
smelled powder; most Of them had not
even served anachronisms. Glitter
does no harm, blt such unreality as the
military staff" is out Of place In this
daF.aINustrated American.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
South SAA Reli0a.

There We're sold this week at auc-
ton in London for q trivial sum a mass
OF books, pamphlets, autograph letters.
ste, said to be the most extensive col,
lection OF its kind in existence, refer.
ring to tho days Of the South Sea
bubble and It's many mad schemes for
returning 1000 per cent to infatuated
investors. These are autograph let.
ters from all the prominent politicians
and spectators. members Of both
houses of parliament. including the
cabinet, and a satirical poem by
Defoe, In his own handwriting. en-.
titled, The Golden Age Returned
1t vas an elaborate project, that OF
the South Sea Co., and one Of its ex,
t~raordinary sources Of anticipated
event may give a hint to bogus
prospectus preparers. The pamphlet
mentions the names OF Captatna
Avery, Read, and longs, notorious
pirates OF tho period, who, with theI
craws. aggregating 800 men, were
DESTROYS of their royal pardon, and
prepared to pay hard cash for such
mercy. Each sailor was to plump
down $4,000 and each captain an
amount equal to the whole total Of his
crew. The total from this very praise.
worthy source of revenue was estilnat.
ed at SOL, 200 0O.
The Importation Of j~aclasses to be
trained as servants, the extraction of
gold from the waters Of the ocean, and
scores Of other e~fulgences OF money
mania are recorded in these age-rusted,
odd-tvped pamphlets Of more than q
century ago. The craze extended to
Paris, and & hunchback made q hand
some fortune as a walking writing
desk. upon which the eager spectators
scrawled their bills and accaptanees
In the streets. It is q pitiful record
Of a mad time, not without it's lesson
to specuiators Of the present day
London Correspondence New York
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
The Hearf,s Work.

Nature takes the time when one is
lying down to give the heart rest, and
that organ consequently makes ten
strokes less a minute than when one
is in an upright posture. Multiply
that by sixty minutes and it is six
hundred strokes. Therefore, in eight
hours spent in lying down the heart
is saved nearly five thousand strokes;
and as the heart pumps six unces of
blood with each stroke, it lifts thirty
thousand ounces less of blood in q
night Of eight hours spent in bed than
when n is in an upright position. AS
the blood flows so much more slowly
through the veins when one is lying
down, We must supply them with ex-
ira covering, the warmth usually fur
nished by circulation .-Leisur Hours.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
A Curious Coffin.

A curiosity in the way of coffins is
on view in an establishment in Liver
pool, where it was constructed accord
ing to the design and order of, SO it is
said, IN admiral of the British fleet,
in view of the time when he shall fol-
low the lofty example of the gallant
Tom Bowling. The prevoyant old
tar is still hale and hearty, but as a
sailor never knows whent the summons
to enter Davy Jones's locker may
reach him, he thinks it right to see
nat everything under matches is in
proper trim for that important oc-
casion. Instead of the ordinary lands
mans oblong black %cercueil, the adj
miral's last mooring-place is in the
form of a gaily painted trim-built
wherry. It is of strong build, and is
III all respects constructed on the
lines of an ordinary double-ended
lifeboat, without, perhaps, quite as
much shear as is usually found insuch
craft. This boat-coffin is carvel-built,
and seven feet long, and will be paint
ed like an old man-of-war, with black
and white portfolios. Life lines will
be fixed around her, and when COM
pleted she will present a very tidy,
seaworthy appearance. Two oars ave
to be supplied, and rudder and tiller
will be duly fitted. The wood used is
pine, West African mahogany, oak,
and elm. The internal ''get-up' is to
be left for the undertaking furnisher,
and will no doubt be of a fitting char
acter. This is supposed to be the first
clipper-built coffin ever constructed
London Telegraph.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
EYES NOT NECESSARY.
Certain Creatures Enabled to See
Through Sensitive skins.

Certain Creatures Enabled to See
Through Sensitive skins.
Eyes are popularity considered to be
quite necessary to sight, but this IS an
error, if we are to believe DIR. Nagel, a
recent German experimenter. Many
creatures without eyes can see at
least they can distinguish perfectly
we'll between light aud darkness and
even Observation-Disclosures light.
This is the lowest degree of seeing. to
be sure, but still it is really sight, and
differs scarcely more from the vision
OF some insects that possess eyes than
this does from our own clear sight.
Creatures that see without eyes see
by means Of their skins. AL skins,
says DIR. Nagel, are potential eyes !:
that is, they are sensitive to light. IL
animals that have eyes the sensitive
ness has been highly localized and
greatly increased-so that man, for in
stanssv' g q retina very sensitive to
lice, and an expanse of ordinary skin
>.Shich possessesa sensitiveness to light
so slight that vt is hardly conscious of
it. Yet his skin is sensitive in some
degree, ~ it is proved by the fact that
it sunburns-that is, light may cause
a disturbance in the pigment Of the
skin just as it does in that of the eye.
In the eye the disturbance is accom-
panied by a nervous change, which
sends a telegraphic message along the
optic nerve to the brain. In the skin,
too, there are nerves, and there are
messages also, but their tilings inn
print no image on the mind they
simply express discomfort-cry out
''snnburn.'
But in many e~yeless creatures the
lack of eyes is in part made up by in
creased sensitiveness of the whole skin
surface to light. Darwin long ago
noticed that ~earthworms, although
they have no eyes, will suddenly with
draw into their holes at the approach
of a lighted candle. Some creatures
seem most sensitive to sudden diminu-
ton. If a number Of oysters, kept i'll
a vessel together, are found to be open,
they will shut all at once if a dark
object comes between them and the
light. Another bivalve, called psam-
modia, has long, whitish transparent
tubes which protude from the sand in
which it lies buried. If these are sud
denly Illuminated they contract, and
the brighter the light the greater the
contraction. If q number Of them be
carried into direct sunlight they hasten
to bury themselves in the sand or, if
there is no sand, they ~restlessly
to and fro in the water until they are
exhausted. Boston Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
Preached Above a PreciDice.

Tn the widest and most picturesque
section of Writ county, near Creston,
West Virginia, a huge rock, known as
"Devil's Tea Table," hangs over the
river high above the valley. Recently
the Rev. John Bonnet, an eccentric
evangelist, announced that he would
preach from the rock, naming Sunday
as the day for the service.
DuringS saturday and early Sun
day morning the backwoodsmen and
their families began gathering at the
foot of the rock, and by eleven o'clock
over 1000 persons awaited the advent of
the preacher, who soon appeared on
the edge of the rock and delivered his
sermon from a pulpit two hundred
above his congregation, his text being
son This Rock | Build My Church."
It was the most unique and impressive
service aver held in the te.-New
York Telegram.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
The Oyater

The oyster has 10 greater enemy than
the startlsh. 1t appears difficult how.
ever, for q fish to open the shell Of an
oyster, which requires a certain
amount of skill even with an oyster
knife; but the star1ish has a peculiar
method Of leverage upon the opening
Of the two shells which the oyster can.
not resist. Biologists used to think
that the starffsh simply starved the
oyster until it opened Of it's own az,
cord; but observation has shown THAI
by the pressure it applies the bivaive
speedily becomes a victim to its in.
genious enemy.
So much attention Is called to the
measurement of the stra Wlerry around
the waist that the fat man is ESCAPING
comment.
The new stockings for women look
like neckties.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
Had One.

"You have all sorts of pie, I see by
the sign in the window" said the
facetious customer, as he went into q
bakery and addressed one of the
young women who stood behind the
counter.
eyes, sir. What kind do you
want?"
Il will take amagpie,i if you please"
At this remark another young
woman snickered, but the other girl
turned to her promptly and said:
Here, Bertha! You're wanted."-
Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
Bound to Have 1t,

A small boy, the Rev. DR.. Lambuth
relates, leased his father for a watch
till he was forbidden to mention the
matter again. At family prayers next
morning, when asked for his Scripture
verse, the youngster repeated:
"What | say unto you, [ say unto
all-watcl. '-Chaatauqua Assembly
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

The readers Of this pnper will be pleased to
learn that there is ut least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Cata-rh being O. con-
stitutional disease, requires 81 constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting d rectly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the sSstera. thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building Up the con-
stitltlon and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have 50 much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun.
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
send for list Of testimonials. Address
f! J. HEM & Co, Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists. T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
EYelasheS.

To increase the length and strength
of the eyelashes simply clip the ends
with a pair of scissors once a month.
In eastern countries, mothers perform
the operation on their children, both
male and female, when they are mere
infants, watching the opportunity
while they sleep. The practice never
fails to produce the desired result
Home Doctor.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
seminoles Feed Offenders to AlIigators,

Among the Seminole Indians of
Florida there is no ~lynching. When
any of those ~offenses are committed
which usually lead to lynching, these
Indians seize the offenders and turn
them owe to the alligators. A few
days ago the tribe caught a missing
couple and tied them to stakes near
the waters edge, about fifty feet apart.
Then they tied a dog between them to
attract attention. For the entire day
they were left there in the hot sun,
and then at sunset the alligators
crawled out and first devoured the
bowling dog and then the man and
woman.-Miami Metropolis.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
Old Kentucky Names.

The newspapers are having consid-
cradle fun with the names Of some O.
our well-known citizens to wit. Sci!
Flakes, Rainy Wells, Spill Waters.
etc. We also have the Diuguid fami.
ly, who spell their name either way,
backward Or forward. Elias Robert
son has four boys named J., XII. and
M.-Murray iky.) Ledger.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
USE YOUR REASON

And Profit by the Experience OF Other
People.
There are thousands Of people who have
been cured of nervous trouble, s~crofula
sores, rheumatism, dyspepsia, catarrh and
other diseases by purifying their blood
with Hoods S~arsaparilla. This great
medicine will do the same good work for
you if o will give it the opportunity.
1t will tone up your system, create an ap-
petite and give sweet, refreshing sleep.
&nmx4n Es!sA are the only pills to take
HVVW . THIS with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
Build a Good Foundation.

I respect a man who knows distinct
ly what he wishes. The greater part
of all the mischief in the world arises
from the fact that men do not sufi-
GENTLY understand their own aims.
They have undertaken to build a tower,
and spend no more labor on the foun-
dation than ii it were q hut.-Goethe,
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

Tetterine kills the germs of letter, Eczema,
eases. Most of these are caused by the exist.
cnce of ininitesimal anamalculac. LETTERING
murders them at once and stops the agonizing
itch, then il soothes and heals the skin. At
drugstores, or by mail for 50 cents in stamps,
J.I. Shuptrinc, Savannah, Ga.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

ere this, and only the leavings for
those yet to come. Multiply the diff
culties by a thousand, the disappoint-
ments by ten thousand, and you will
have the story of the klondike mines.
Kansas City Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
The Sword.

The most inconvenient appendage
to the dress of a gentleman in former
times was the sword. It was an in
cumbrance even to the most accom-
plished man; but dangling at the side
of an awkward person it was not only
troublesome to himself, but dangerous
to his neighbors.
In 17O1 the earl marshal issued an
order "that no footman attending any
of the nobility or gentry of his majes-
TVS realms shall wear any sword,
hanger, bayonet OF such other like Of
~fensive weapon, during such time as
they or any Of them shall reside or be
within the cities of London and West
Minister" etc. After this interdict
the place of the sword was usually
supplied by "a porter's staff, with a
large silver handle"
It was not until about 1870 that the
custom of wearing swords began to be
voluntarily laid aside by gentlemen of
fashion, and not until SO years later
did the practice finally cease. A note
in a periodical published in 1871 says
that "the polite young gentlemen at
the coult end of the town now carry
large oak sticks, with great heads and
ugly faces carved thereon"
A generation later a competition
arose between short and long walking
sticks, that furnished occasion for
much amusement to the satirists of the
ime.-Harper's Round Table.
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12
That Terrible Scourxe-

Malarial disease is invariably supplemented
by disturbance of the liver, the bowels. the
stomach and the nerves. To the removal Of
both the cause and its effect Hostetter's
the bill'.as no other remedy does, perform.
ing its work thoroughly. Its ingredients are
pure and wholesome, and it admirably serves
to build up a system broken by i'll health and
shorn of strength. Constipation, liver and
kidney complaint and nervousness are CON
quered by it. wa
The Opelousas courier., 1898-03-12

I%cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure for
Consumptlon.-Mrs FRANK MoBBs, 2l5 w ed
St., New York, Oct. %. 1894.