WE ANTICIPATE the time when the benevolent features of the old gentleman who triumphantly holds up Ayer's Sarsaparilla, with the exclamation, "Worth $5 a bottle !" will be as much admired on canvas as they are on paper.

For the aged, who are often painfully reminded of advancing years, as well as for the young, who may have inherited a taint of blood disease, no medicine can approach Ayer's Sarsaparilla in strength, efficacy, and freedom from any harmful ingredient. It is, by far, the most popular and economical of all purifiers.

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"I have been more or less troubled with scrofula, but never very seriously until the spring of 1882. At that time I took a severe cold, which, notwithstanding all efforts to cure, grew worse and finally became a chronic catarrh. I tried many of the so-called specifics, but obtained no relief until I began the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. After using nearly two bottles of this medicine I noticed an improvement. When I had taken six bottles all traces of catarrh had gone and I was restored to perfect health."-A. B. CORNELL, Fairfield, Iowa.

"It is my experience that Ayer's Sarsaparilla has no equal as a bloodpurifier, especially for the cure of scrofula. We sell a large quantity of this valuable preparation."-WM. B. SNYDER, Roaring Creek, Pa.

"No medicine could be better adapted to cleansing the blood of such impurities as manifest themselves on the skin by pimples and blotches, small ulcers, etc., than Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I have used it for that purpose with the most gratifying results."-J. R. ROSEBERRY, Warton, Texas.

Ayer's Sarsaparilla, prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottle.

Best Cough Cure.-Ayer's Cherry Pectoral strengthens the vocal organs, allays irritation of the mucous membrane, and prevents the inroads of consumption. In every stage of that disease, this medicine relieves coughing and induces refreshing rest. Colds, coughs, croup, and sore throat are always benefited and, in most cases, promptly cured by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.

MEN OF STRAW.--In earlier times the procuring of witnesses to perjure themselves by false swearing was more common than now, and men could be easily found to give any evidence upon oath that might be required of them. In England it was a common thing for these mercurial wretches to walk openly in Westminster Hall with a straw in one of their shoes to signify they wanted employment as witnesses: hence originated the expression "he is a man of straw." These false witnesses can boast of a high antiquity. A writer in the Quarterly Review, describing the ancient courts in Greece, says, "We have all heard of a race of men who used in former days to ply about our own courts of law, and who, from their manner of making known their occupation, were recognized by the name of straw-shoes. An advocate or lawyer who wanted a convenient witness knew by these signs where to find one, and the colloquy between the parties was brief. 'Don't you remember?' said the advocate. The party looked at the fee and gave no sign; but the fee increased, and the powers of memory increased with it: To be sure I do.' 'Then come into court and swear it!' And straw-shoes went into court and swore it. Athens abounded in strawshoes." There are plenty of "straw-shoes" still, but they do not wear their distinguishing mark. They devote their talents now chiefly to furnishing bail without the necessary qualifications, and "straw-bail" has become a familiar term in our courts.

THE ROMANCE of “KenilwoRTH.”—The unfortunate Anne Dudley, the first wife of Lord Robert Dudley, Queen Elizabeth's favorite, and after Anne's death Earl of Leicester, was the daughter of Sir John Robsart. She was married to Lord Robert Dudley on June 4, 1550. Soon after the accession of Elizabeth, when Dudley's ambitious views of a royal alliance had opened upon him, his countess mysteriously died at the retired mansion of Cumnor, near Abington, September 8, 1560. The manner of her death is but imperfectly ascertained; still, there seems to be greater foundation for supposing the earl guilty of her murder than usually belongs to such rumors,—all her other attendants being absent at Abington Fair, except Sir Richard Verney and his man.

A NEW DEPARTURE.-So far Lippincott's Magazine in the selection of its novels has confined itself to native American authors; but it has recently secured two strong novels from two prominent English authors, which will be brought out in the near future. One of these stories is from the gifted pen of Oscar Wilde, who is known upon this side of the water chiefly as the apostle of æstheticism, but who is destined to a more enduring fame as a poet, dramatist, and novelist. The other novel is by A. Conan Doyle, whose recent book, "Micah Clarke, his Statement," has caused a sensation on both sides of the water. Dr. Doyle is a young man, about thirty years of age. He has been successful both as a physician and as an author. For years before "Micah Clarke" made him famous he contributed to leading English periodicals. His last novel, "The House of Girdlestone," has been published by a syndicate. His father was a well-known artist, whose brother was the celebrated Dick Doyle, of Punch; another uncle is Mr. Henry Doyle, C.B., a director of the Royal Irish Academy.

There will be no dearth in the future, however, of stories from leading American authors, and there will soon appear novels by such popular writers as Julian Hawthorne, Captain Charles King, John Habberton, and others.

PINK-EYE, OR OPHTHALMIA, is a painful disease of the interior lids and eyeballs that sometimes becomes epidemic. Babies are frequently attacked with it. "It is ophthalmia," said a prominent physician to a young mother; "you had better be careful, or she'll lose the sight of that eye." He left some salve. Days passed, and the case grew worse. The lid was entirely closed and much inflamed. The mother lost faith in the doctor, and tried Pond's Extract and warm water, equal parts, bathing the eye every hour. Next day the eye opened, and the baby was entirely well.

It is quite remarkable how strong a hold upon the people a remedy so valuable and so universally popular comes gradually to have. George B. French, Esq., of Nashua, N.H., in an argument before the New Hampshire Legislature, July 16th, 1889, says, "When the common people cannot find Pond's Extract, which they run for in distress, on sale at some convenient place, just as they have done, there will be a howl go up that the regular school cannot cure with their instruments or thorough courses. When a man has a raging pain in his tooth, joints, or face, when he is tied into a double bow-knot with a cramp in the stomach, he cannot stop to go to a physician five miles off and take a thorough course. He is going to have something in his medicine-closet that he can get at without any written prescription with a gold seal on it."

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Yet this very popularity only incites the unscrupulous to endeavor to gain some profit by a worthless imitation, so that dozens of remedies are offered which are represented as good as" or even "the same as" Pond's Extract. They should be carefully avoided, and only the genuine article obtained. Notice the landscape trade-mark on buff wrapper and the words Pond's Extract blown in the bottle-glass.

ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE, and to enable every one to act his part well needs that he shall be in perfect health. The very best of actors require prompting occasionally, and so it is with the functional parts of our bodies: they sometimes require prompting. A sluggish liver, impaired digestion, or weak stomach, if taken in time, only need a little prompting to set them right, but if neglected may lead to complications that will necessitate a physician's care. An article that has, comparatively speaking, been but recently introduced in America, is by far the best little prompter in all the aforementioned cases. We refer to Beecham's Pills, a staple article in England, having been before the British public for over fifty years and already in great demand in every other Englishspeaking country throughout the world. These pills are really a wonderful medicine, arousing and strengthening the system and prompting every organ to the proper performance of its part. It has recently been shown that they are nine times more used in England than any other patent medicine and have the largest sale of any in the world. In fact, they are the World's Medicine. No home in America need be without this famous and inexpensive remedy, for, although they are proverbially pronounced to be "worth a guinea a box," they can be obtained of any druggist for 25 cents, or from the Sole Agents for the United States, B. F. Allen & Co., 365 Canal Street, New York City, who will forward them to any address upon receipt of price.

JOHN H. WOODBURY, the noted Dermatologist, formerly of 210 West Forty-Second Street, New York City, has removed to the brownstone-front building 125 West Forty-Second Street, which he has leased for a term of years.

"CREOLE AND PURITAN," the complete novel which appeared in the October number of Lippincott's, is enjoying, as it deserves, an unprecedented popularity. It is a charming romance, full of stirring scenes and adventures, and at the same time most skilfully depicts the influence of environment upon certain types of character. The central figures are two West Point cadets, one an impulsive Creole, the other a cool-headed New-Englander; they are admirably contrasted, and their characters are well sustained throughout the story. Though rivals in love and for class-distinction, the two young men are sworn friends. The war parts them, and at its close they meet in New Orleans, and here fight a duel on account of the woman they both love. There is a capital description of a Carnival and of an international horse-race: nothing in recent fiction since the famous chariot-race in "Ben-Hur" can compare with the wonderfully realistic description of the latter exciting event. The scene of the story shifts to Egypt, where there is a stirring description of a capture and chase across the desert. The story is brought to a close in the city of New York, where many tangled threads are skilfully unravelled and lead up to a just though unexpected dénouement.

The author, Mr. T. C. De Leon, was formerly United States Consul-General in Egypt, and has the good fortune to know well the various scenes of his story. He is known to the reading public as the author of "Cross-Purposes" and "The Rock or the Rye." His last romance is bound to win him a wide fame, and a permanent place among the great novelists of the day.

LIVERY.-The word "livery" is of French origin, derived from the verb livrer, to "deliver." The custom of clothing servants in livery probably originated in France. At the plenary courts under the first two races of monarchs the king made a custom of delivering to his servants particular clothes, which were called livrées, because given at the king's expense. In like manner the nobility and gentry gave their dependants liveries, and various colors were adopted by different masters to distinguish one another's servants. Sometimes the livery consisted only of a particular mark or badge. The term "livery" formerly had a wider significance, and sometimes denoted both the food and clothes of the servants, and also the meat and drink that were served to guests. Spenser gives the meaning of the word in his time thus: “What livery is, we, by common use in England, know well enough, namely, that it is allowance of horse-meat, as to keep horses at livery, the which word, I guess, is derived from livering or delivering both their nightly food. So in great houses the livery is said to be served up for all night, that is, their evening allowance of drink. And the livery is also the upper weed which a servant-man weareth, so called, as I suppose, for that it was delivered and taken from him at pleasure."

The use of liveries is very ancient in England, and the practice of giving liveries to menials is noticed in some of the statutes of the reign of Richard II. Livery was not confined to menials, however, but was worn also by retainers, not always of a low condition. In the time of Edward IV. the terms "livery" and "badge" seem to have become synonymous. The badges were generally worn upon the left sleeve, and engraved upon them was the master's crest or arms. In the dresses of porters and watermen, and perhaps in the shoulderknots of footmen, the remains of the ancient badge are still preserved in England.

A NEWLY-DISCOVERED FRAGMENT OF A GREAT LATIN AUTHOR.

Quid fit a sapiente viro antequam iter incipiat?

Emit syngrapham in "The Travelers' Insurance Co."

Quare?

Ut indemnificetur pro tempore amisso ratione injuriæ personalis, atque ut sua familia salvetur a paupertate morte occurrente.

Quanti pretii hæc syngrapha comparari potest?

Tantum $5.00 per annum, per unumquodque $1000 securitatis, cum $5.00 per hebdomadale indemnificatione durante tempore valetudinis.

An requisitur examen a doctore medicinæ ?

Nullum examen requisitur.

An plurimi homines casu adverso læsi aut occisi?

Pene sexta pars per annum ex illis qui habent syngraphas.

An societas solvit illis magnam pecuniam?

Plusquam $4500 per diem.

A quo tempore?

Viginti et quinque annis abhinc: quo tempore illa societas plusquam $16,500,000 in toto expendidit, more illo.

An societas id facere poterit, multis casibus occurrentibus?

Illa societas possidet plusquam $2,250,000 bonarum in excessu omnium debitorum.

In quibus locis sunt procuranda ista syngraphæ ?

Ubicunque, in Statibus Unitis et in Canada.

An existet in continente Americana, una altra opulens societas contra casus syngrapham dans?

Non existet.

It is well worth while for any one to learn Latin in order to absorb the valuable lore contained in this palimpsest; but for the sake of those who have not the spare time, we will explain that it analyzes the merits and record of the chief accident-insurance company of the globe, with its $11,000,000 of assets and $2,250,000 of surplus, its payments of over $1,500,000 a year to claimants, and its liberal and equitable policies. The learned author should have added also that the same company issues the best Life Policies in the market, nonforfeitable and world-wide, at lowest cash rates. "Moral: Insure in The Travelers'."