The Elk County advocate. (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, August 06, 1874, Image 4

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    Farm, Garden and Household.
, , When to Cut Grain.
The period of ripening of grain is
that at whiob the grain contains the
largest portion of nutriment. It is not
that at which the grain is hardest or of
the brightest color, or parts moBt roadi
ly from the capsule or envelope in
which it is contained. Indeed, a con
siderable part of the ripening process
should take place in the shock or the
Btack. ' If it is allowed to ripen, or, in
other words, dry and harden completely
while standing, the grain loses much of
us uutriuve properties, as in ciover,
hay, or grass, a large . portion
of the sugar, starch, and gum
is changed into woody fibre by
scanning alter a certain perioa : so
grain is deteriorated by over-ripsning.
The husk becomes developed at the
expense of the kernel, and the yield of
Hour from over-ripe wneat is less than
from that cut in the proper season. My
own practice has been to watch the
fislds closely, especially around the
outside or along the fences, because it
is there that the grain ripens first. As
soon as I find that the. grain shells
renany ana has taken a fine white straw'
color, and when crushed between the
edges of the nails of the thumb and
foreflnjrer produces a powdery, starchv
substance, which Is in no way pasty or
aongny, x turn in tue reaper at once.
If the grain is left until it it is too
hard to be easily crushed in this way,
it is too riue and its nnalitr ia inferior.
From my experience in milling, as well
as farming, 1 ain satisfied that it is best
for the miller as well as the farmer that
wheat, rye, oats, or barley should be
cut at the precise point here described.
When the season is drier than usual I
would hasten the period somewhat.
Bots In Horses.
The complete inefllcacy of the various
popular panaceas for bots in horses
may be better understood when we
come to know something of the nature
of these persistent parasites. They
are not worms, but larva; of a fly, and
are possessed of remarkable powers of
endurance under adversity. The most
insinuating substances are but as milk
and honey to them, and in an instance
recorded, a colony of them attached to
the stomach of a dead horse were in no
way inconvenienced by an hour's ex
posure to a bath of spirits of turpen
tine. But when whale oil was poured
upon them they let go their hold and
died almost instantly. Nw, whale oil
being thus indicated as an effective
dose, and being aperient in its action
upon the horse, would seem to be the
remedy that should be chosen before
any other. At least it might be well to
have some experiments made and the
result carefully notioed and made note
of. Practical Farmer.
Cistei-nia
"A correspondent of the Maine Fat mer
writes : My method of making cisterns
is this : Dig a ciroular hole in the
ground of such size as may be desired,
slanting it in such a manner that the
ground will not cave in, cover the bot
tom and sides of the opening with a
good coat of hydraulio cement, and
when the first coat is sufficiently set
finish it off with a second. This will
soon become hard und firm, and hold
water like a stone jug. The top is cov
ered with a wooden platform, with an
opening sufficiently laige to admit an
entrance for the purpose of cleaning,
and in which a pump is inserted, a
small spout on one side being necessary
to carry off superfluous water. These
are far superior in durability and clean
liness to the wooden tub or cask.
To Destroy Moles.
Bryan Tyson, Washington city, gives
the following method for making pills
to destroy moles : Make a stiff dough
of corn meal, mixing with it a small
quantity of arsenic. Mafce a hole with
a fiDger in the runways, drop in a lump
of dough about the size of a marble,
and then cover over with a lump of
earth to exclude the light. After the
first rain go over the field again and
deposit in all freshly made roads. I
once concluded t o plaut a piece of sandy
bottom land in sweet potatoes ; but as
it was much infested by moles my suc
cess depended on first exterminating
them. A few doses of arsenic given in
the way described brought about the
desired result, and it waa a very rare
circumstance to see the track of a mole
in this piece of ground during the en
tire summer.
A Nest Egg.
To make a nest-egg, take an ordinary
hen's egg, break a small hole in the
small end, about 4 of an inch in di
ameter, extract the contents, and, after
it is thoroughly clear inside, fill it with
powdered slacked lime, tamping it in
order to make it contain as much as
possible. After it is full, seal up with
plaster of paris, and you have a nest
egg which cannot be distinguished by
the hen front the other eggs, and one
which will not cracK (like other eggs)
Dy being trozen.
Fattening by Machinery.
A Philadelphian visiting Paris writes
While visiting the Garden d'Acclimati
zation in Paris I saw a machine used
for the purpose of facilitating the fat
tening of ducks for the tables of epi
cures. As it was new to me, I have
thought a brief allusion to it would not
be amiss. In the building, which is
quite large and handsome, are several
large ciroular frames, having hundreds
of boxes, looking something like
pigeon-holes. These boxes are just
large enough to allow a duck to stand,
their heads being to the front. Near
the frames are machines, in which the
food to be given is placed, having flexv
ble tubes, the ends or which are
placed in the ducks' bills and partly
down the throat. By a verjr simple
movement of a lever the food is forced
into the duck, an indicator, something
like a steam guage, registering the
amount each bird receives. When the
ducks are first placed in the box, it is
necessary to use some force to get the
tube into their mouths, but after being
fed several times they seem to like it,
aud quack lustily when they see the
preparations are completed lor leeding.
The ducks are fattened very rapidly,
and the speculation, it is said, is
profitable one.
A Gourmand.
Abraham Cooper, who lately died in
Ban Francisco, was noted for his gour
mandizing propensities, having some
time before his sudden demise per
formed the interesting feat of eating at
one meal of a hull-hour s duration,
fourteen pound turkey and a loaf of
bread. Upon another occasion he con
sumed live glasses of lager Dee, one
glass of whisky, two bottles of claret,
two classes of gin and one of brandy,
in all aggregating in liquid measure a
gallon ana ft quarter.
THE AMERICAN LOBBYIST.
An Interesting Personal Sketch of the
Man, his Trsulc, end his Victories,
Among all the flourishing trades of
modern times, says the New York
Times, there is none eoualto lobbvinir.
The persons who follow it claim for it
considerable antiquity, and they are al
ways endeavoring to impress upon the
fiuunu uiiuu mat me Dusiness oi pon
tics never was carried on without the
am of lobbyists, and never can be.
Nevertheless, it may be doubted
whether lobbying was a very attractive
or prontauie pursuit until the appear
ance in the field of a man still living,
who practices the occupation with
great shrewdness and tact, and who un
doubtedly possessed a keen insight in
to the characters of men, and a varied
knowledge of publio affairs. He was
founder of the sohool but the pupils
have never attained to the standard of
the master. They are generally coarso
and ignorant men, who have never had
a day's education in theirlivos, and who
carry about them no inconvenient
scruples to interfere with their pro
gress.
There are lobbyists, as we have said.
who are never guilty of double-dealing
or cheating. But we have never heard
of them making fortunes. Ono does
not see them driving fast trotters. The
" square " sort of lobbyist has little
political innuenee, and certainly is not
able to "plaut" all his relations and
dependents comfortably in publio
omces.
The truly flourishing lobbyist plays
his cards in a very different way. Ilia
plan of operations is gouerally some
thing like this : He manages to obtain
control, by fair means or foul usually
by foul of a newspaper. This is his
first step. Country members of the
Legislature are apt to attach much im
portance to seeing their names in a
newspaper it does not much matter
what sort of a newspaper it is. Upon
this weakness the rising lobbyist takes
care to play, with what judgment and
skill he may possess. He praises his
patrons, and abuses all who refuse to
intrnst to him their "business." He
forges letters, invents slanders, and is
particularly expert in accursing his
enemy of being involved in some dis
reputable intrigue with a woman. The
lobbyist who owns a newspaper knows
this is a sort of charge which scares
nine men ont of ten out of their wits
for there is generally no way of dis
proving it, and the world is always
ready to believe the worst of a man.
That is a characteristic of human nature
which the lobbyist turns to excellent
account, so far as his own interests are
concerned.
It is clear, then, that a newspaper be
comes an important aid to the lobbyist
at the outset of his career, and the
longer lie can retain control of it the
more advantage it will be to him. The
majority of men do not like to have lies
published about them, or to see their
families made the subjects of vile and
cowardly slanders. The lobbyist knows
this, and seldom fails to drive his an
tagonist out of the field. We have no
libel law worth mentioning, aud the
lobbyist makes the most of this con
venient circumstance.
He accuses one man of starving his
children, and then of carrying on in
trigues with somebody else's wife in
short, there is no crime which he is not
ready to charge against anybody who
presumes to interfere with his opera
tions. The persons who are slandered
might enter suits for libel, but they
cannot bring their cases to a final hear
ing in less than five or six years at the
very earlitfst. in the meanwhile, the
lobbyist can go on repeating filthy
calumnies as fast as he can invent
them. The result, in the majority of
instances, is that the victims " knuckle
down." It begins to be said by the
persons who are attacked, " So-aud -bo
is a dangerous man, he does not care
what he says about yon. It is best to
leave him alone." And so he is left
alone, and goes on rolling up a fortune
which honest and hard-working pro
fessional men seldom have a chance of
acquiring. One of the Albany lobby
ists is said to be worth 8100,000 ; au
other has made at least 300,000 in the
course cf a few years, and there is
nothing to preqent him doubling it.
The lobbyist s regular souroe of in
come is, of course, derived from his
suppsed knowledge of the art of put
ting out money " where it will elo the
most good." He knows who will take
bribe, and how much the amount
must be. If a company wishes to get
a bill passed, or to prevent some obieo
tionable bill from passing, it summons
the lobbyist to its assistance. Uut,
outside of this kind of work, there are
numerous devices for reaping a large
income. When trade is slack, the lob
byists get together and concoct a bill
aiming at the rights or privileges en
joyed by some company already in ex
istence. They pay a member of the
Legislature to introduce this bill, and
then go up to the threatened company
and tell it the measure is sure to pass
if money is not sent to Albany to de
feat it. They name their own sum ; it
is generally paid ; they divide it ; and
the dreaded bill is no more heard of.
Then the lobbyist has another plan of
making hay while the sun shines. A
company, let us say, applies to him to
get a bill passed. He tells the agents
he shall want at least S20.0U0. The
money is paid, and he goes to Albany
with it, and pays out say $5,000 among
the bribable members. The remaining
815,000 he quietly puts into his own
pocket.
Jf the bill passes, the company are
satisfied, and never ask a question
about the allair. if it does not pass
they may ask questions, but they will
get no information out of the lobbyist.
" Where did you put out the money ?"
he may be asked. His reply, expressed
in warm terms of indignation, is usually
in this vein: "Do you think I will
tell you the names of the members
whom I have bribed? No. I am
bound to protect them. What do you
take me for ? I would have you to know
that I am an honorable man, and I trust
you will never insult me in this way
again." The head of the company be
gins to feel that he really has acted
rather shabbily, and the lobbyist goes
forth with his seventy-five per cent,
plunder comfortably stowed away in
his pockets. It is a game in which
there is scarcely the least probability
of his being found out certainly not
one chance in a thousand.
By these means, almost any man who
follows up the trade for a few years may
amass from $300, 000 to $100,000. It may
involve a certain loss of character, but
not very much. People look askance
at the lobbyist, but generally they will
be too much afraid of him and his
newspaper to say what they think of
him. And then he has money, and
money will buy almost anything. The
lobbyist gets all the society he wants,
and may even boast as one did the
other day of being asked to dinner by
the President, and by "Mr. Gsorge
W. Childs, of Philadelphia." Surely
that ia enough to satisfy any man's
social ambition. And even if these
privileges were denied to the lobbyist,
he would probably not take the loss
muoh to heart. From a barefooted and
ragged-breeohed boy he has been trans
formed into a wealthy citizen, owning
houses and lands, with all his poor re
lations provided for by a generous pub
lie: and with the prospect before him of
ending his days as a millionaire in a
"palatial mansion." Such a reward as
this is auite sufficient to make the
trade of lobbying one of the most popu
lar of the day, and its brilliant success
is one of the signs by whioh we may
judge of the improvements which we
are making in the political and moral
ideas and principles bequeathed to us
by the "Fathers."
The Boy yf Kh a White Eye.
The boy with the white eye has con
fessed to thermurder of the little girl
whose body was found in a South Bos
ton collar a few days ago. He is now
in jail for the murder of the boy Mil
Ion. Scientists have examined his case
and pronounced it one of curious ab
normal aberration. Since he was an
infant his whole nature has been taint
ed with brutality, aud his chief amuse
ment has been the infliction of pain.
In a word, he was, and is, a young In
dian of the worst typo, with the soul of
a beast. Not content with killing, he
mutilates grotesquely and horribly the
bodies of his victims. He loves to
dabble in blood, to feel it warm on his
hand. He delights to observe the in
tense look of agony upon the childish
face gradually oblitered by the shadow
of death. Such is Jesse Pomeroy, the
boy with the white eye. He has no ex
cuse to offur for his crimes, save that
ho cannot help committing them. He
is eighteen years old, and is possessed
of keon common sense and a fair share
of educational intelligence. He lacks
the moral quality. He is a creature
without conscience, as was Margrave.
the strange creation of Bui wer.
Eugene Hue, in his "Mysteries of
Paris," has sketched with remarkable
power a character which he calls " The
Slasher," and which mnst seem to most
readers as an impossible sort of man.
The Slasher comes up from the slums ;
he has had the dreadful training which
the worst neighborhoods ef Paris are
capable of giving. He was a murderer;
but is hnaliy redeemed. This Slasher
had at one time been a butcher, and he
is represented as going thoroughly wild
over the sight of blood. To kill sheep
and oxen produced in him an ecstacy,
a delirium of the maddest joy. He
asted like a demon in the slaughter
house ; he forgot his surroundings; the
sight and smell of blood brought on a
perfect craze.
There are men who doubt the exist
ence of any such influences. But the
story of this boy murderer shows that
there wa3 a basis for the fearful sketch
of the Slasher.
The mother of the boy tells a strange
story, one that will attract the closest
study of medical men, and of theolo
gians, for the question of moral respon
sibility in ins case is not easily settled.
The mother is sooken of as a pleasant,
intelligent lady. She told the physi
cians that "her husband was a butcher,
and that a short time before the birth
of the boy she was in the habit of go
ing daily to the slaughter house to wit
ness the killing of the animab, and
that, somehow, she took a particular
delight in seeing her husband butcher
the sheep, the calves and the cattle,
and not unfrequently she assisted him
m this bloody work. She also said
that after Jesse was born, and became
old enough to have a knife in his hand,
he was all the time, when opportunity
offered, sticking a knife into pieces of
meat, and when a little older and about
his father's market, he did the same
thing. He was simply marked by his
mother, just as other children have
been, only in a different way."
It is an awful thing to think that such
a story as this is true, and that even the
moral character may thus be influenced
by such paternal accidents. The physi
cal effects of such accidents are well
known, and in " Elsie Venner," Oliver
Wendell Holmes gives in a masterly
way his theory of the effects of such
events as told by the mother of young
ronieroy upon the intellect and soul.
When we think what might be done
in converse of all this in the pre-natal
culture of mankind, we see what a
grave responsibility rests upon every
family physician.
Saved by a Covr.
Little Henry Groff still lives in Man
ortown. Pa., thanks to an intelligent
cow. The story of his singular rescue
the Lancaster Examiner tells thus:
"Just after a heavy rain storm, Groff
was saved from a grave by a cow which
he was driving home. A number of
cows were pasturing on the farm of To'
bias Seachrist, in Manortownship, and
had crossed a small run which passed
through the premises. The boy, who
is very young, was sent for the cows.
and he had crossed the run, which was
very much swollen by the rain, on
small foot bridge. Two of the cows
proceeded along quietly and passed
through the run, but the third would
not cross it, notwithstanding the little
boy urged her on determinedly. Seeing
that she refused to go across, the boy
thought he would leave her where she
was and drive the other cows to the
barn. He stepped upon the frail
bridge, and, just as he was neaf the
middle, the structure snapped asunder
and preoipitated him into the swiftly
flowing waters below. The cow seemed
to comprehend that the boy was in dan
ger of being drowned, for she instantly
E lunged into the stream below the
ridge, and as the little chap floated up
to her she appeared to wait for him, an
advantage that he was not slow to take,
He clasped her around the neck and
legs and was drawn hastily to shore,
terribly frightened, but not much the
worse off bodily by his experience."
Publishing Engagements.
German newspapers often publish
notices of births and deaths in a man'
ner which seems strange to Amerioan
readers. Engagements are also pub
lished. in the second sheet, for in
stance, of every issue of the Cologne
uazette these announcements of en
gagements may be found throughout
tue wnoie year. When the engage
ments are broken off this is also at
times published by one or both of the
parties concerned. But it is very sel
dom that an announcement such as the
following is found, which is quoted in
the Cologne Gazette of June 17th from
me jjresuener journal : " with re
Hnflftt to tha flTinnniicAmnnf K nViiOt T
1 - "JVU a,
at the end of last November, gave no
tioe oi my being engaged to the Dow
ager rsaroness ioe von notzebue, 1 am
now obliged to state that this relation-
ship has, at her desire, and to my great
regret, been broken off, because she did
not find in my deportment that gravity
whioh she had a right to expect. Count
ijucJtner. '
SUMMARY OP NEWS,
A Paris telegram says that Sicily Is overran
by armed bands, aiming at the separation and
Independence of the island .The law by
which expiring U. B. patents may be extended
by the Commissioners of Patents will expire on
the 3d of March next, after which time the life
of all patents will bs limited to seventeen
years. As notioe of application la required to
be published ninety days prior to a hearing,
the time in which applications can be filed will
oonsequontly expire on the 2d of December of
the present year A serious accident oc
curred near Ionia on the Detroit, Lansing and
Lake Michigan lluilroad. A loaded gravel
train was backing up when a burning tree fell
across the rails just before the engine, and was
the moans of throwing nearly the whole train
from the track. Six men were killed outright,
aud ono has since died of injiirlos received.
Fourteen or fifteen others were seriously in
jured. ... .A telegram from Calcutta says that
the rivers from Assam to Onde, in India, have
overflowed their banks, aud tho country is
flooded. The damage, is very great Near
Delhi, 111., a child of Mrs. Fred Chapman was
run over by a railroad train aud cut in two.
The mother, upon viowing the mutilated body,
became a raving raaniao France has do-
creed that no child Bliall bo trained to acrobatic
performances by its parents bofore it is twelve
years old, nor by any ono elao bofore it Is
sixtoen
The Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad
Company recoived a note from a conductor who
quit the road two years ago, containing $200,
restitution money. Tho note said that the
money had been taken from passenger faros,
and that ten cents a day had boon given to the
driver and ten cents daily expended by the
eonductor himsolf for coffee and calsoa until
$200 had been stolen. The conductor had not
pockotod a cent Oliver P. Fraukes, a
notorious dosporado, was hanged by vigilantB
near Nevada City, Mo Charles P. Werner,
proprietor of the Southern Hotel, Ht. LouiB,
was ei route to New York on tho through
express from Philadelphia, and whilo passing
through tho Dolawaro bridge at Trenton the
car oareened, caiiBiug Mr. Werner's loft arm
which was rosting on tho sill to strike the
bridge. The arm was mutilated in a horrible
maimer. The train was stonpod at Trenton,
and the arm was amputated there A
proclamation has been published in Spain,
supplementary to tho decree establishing a
state of siege. It declares that charges of
sedition or conspiracy against the Slate shall
be tried by court-martial ; and persons con
victed of interfering with the operation of
railways aud telegraphs shall suffer death
Tho boy murderer Fomoroy, of 8outh Buutoii,
has confessed tho killing of little Kate Curran
.Qaeen Victoria has asked Parliament
for a grant for Prince Leopold, who wasteuty-
ono on tho 7th of April Experienced
frontiersmen express the opinion that the late
ndian raid into Fort Steele indicates the
pproach of a general Indian war A
boiler explosion oocurred in the starch works
of JohnBon fc Sons at Madison, Iud. Four
men were badly scalded and three fatally in
jured.
The Williams College crew established their
claim to the fourth place in the Saratoga raco,
instead of Dartmouth. The Williams boat
was awarded the fourth place by the judges,
but the signal officers disputed the claim
A fight occurred in Milwaukee, resulting in the
death of ono Martin Smith at the hands of
August Eliwig and his nephew, John Ehwig.
The following day, a fow hours after a coroner's
jury had returned a verdict again the Eh wig's,
John was taken into custody. Before the
officers could arrest the uncle he had disap
peared, aud the same day waa found drowned
in the canal. The man evidently committed
the deed from fear and remorse. . . .The grass
hoppers made their appearance in myriads in
the province of Manitoba and destroyed the
entire crop in Now Palestine aud White Mud
settlements from their western limits
The Indian Commissioners Bay that Satanta
and Big Treo, who wero so long confined in the
Texas Penitentiary, are true to their promises
and maintain a peaceable course in good faith
. . Private advices from Orauge county,
Indiana, say that a half-witted fellow, name
unknown, who was addicted to petty thieving,
was taken from the custody of the constable
aud hung about five miles from Fronch Lick
Springs. Ho was under arrest for potty larceny
when lynched by betwoen twouty and thirty
men The gold beaters' strike in Philadel
phia terminated in a victory for tho workmen,
who returned to work at the old rates, against
the reduction at which they struck.
Cochise, the late chief of the Apaches, is
credited with having slain twenty-seven
Americans, four Apache Indians, three Qor-
maus, one Scotchman, two Englishmen, one
Frenchman, aud forty-nine Mexicans and half.
breeds, in all eighty-seven persons Within
twenty-five years the States and TerritorioB of
tho United Statos on the Pacific coast have
produced $1, 583,(114,031 in silver aud gold, of
which England has secured the larger part. . . .
The Western Reserve Colloge at Hudson, Ohio,
an institution uudor Presbyterian influence,
will henceforth receive women as students.
Three thousand acres of cotton have been
planted in California this year. The crop
looks well George Simpson, a planter,
residing about fifteen miles from Shreveport,
La., was murdered by a negro. Simpson, who
is about seventy years of age, was alone and
asleep when the negro steppod into the house
and seizing Simpson's gun shot him dead. Tho
negro was pursued aud captured, aud taken
from his captors and killed A Carlist
telegram from Bayonno declares that Don
Alphonso entered Cueuca on the ICth hist.,
and levied a contribution of 32,000 pounds
sterling. Two thousand of tho garrison fell
prisoners into his bauds.
U, 8. Doctors.
The present medical foroe of the
United States Army consists of some
thing more than a hundred men. Prob
ably the same scale of efficiency is not
attained at such small salaries anywhere
in the world. That a united Estates
Burgeon receives a salary ranging from
that of under bookkeeper to a salesman
in a dry goods house is a statement cal
culated to stagger belief in these days
of rings and grabs. He comes from
civil life, as West Point is impotent to
manufacture medical men. Alter
Boathing examination the doctor is ad
mitted with the rank of Drat lieutenant,
After years of toil, with a knowledge of
medicine and practioal snrgery which
would ensure him a salary of $10,000 or
$15,000 in any large city, he is pro
moted to the rank of oaptain, and,
finally, as full surgeon, he ranks as
major.
Making Nails. The manufacture of
cast iron nails and shoe pins is pecnliar
to the South Staffordshire (.bag.) dis.
triot, although, curiously enough, the
demand for one description, known as
lath nails, n almost entirely lor Hoot
land. The smallest nail made is one
quarter of an inch in length, and of
these a good workman will mould up
ward of 750,000 in a day. The largest
measure 21 inches long, and or these
good day's work is about 62,000. The
yearly production of cast nails is about
i.iKJU tons.
nig Samples,
A member of the Saginaw connty
bar, Bays the Detroit Journal of Com
merce, was reoently In one of our
thriving interior towns on professional
business. In the office of the hotel he
was accosted by a very agreeable gen
tleman, evidently of the genus drum
mer, who wanted to know " where he
was from." The legal gentleman not
exactly relishing the stranger's famili
arity, answered shortly, "From De
troit." The next question was, ' For
what house are you traveling ?" " For
my own." "Yon are I May I ask
your name?" "You may." Pause
enjoyablo to the lawyer, embarrassing
to the other. " Well (desperately),
what "s your name?" "Jones." "What
line are you in ?" " I don't understand
you, sir." "What are you selling?"
(impatiently). " Brains (cooly). Tho
drummer saw his opportunity, and
looking at tho other from head to foot,
ho said, slowly, " Well, you appoar to
carry a verj small lino of samples."
Blackstono says ho owoa that drummer
ono.
Gehman Cuna ron Netjhaloia.
Macerate the leaves of the common fluid
thistlo nnd use it as a poultice on the
parts affected. Make a teaof the leaves,
boil it down till quite strong, and drink
a glass of it before each meal. This
remedy, it is said, invariably gives re
lief, and will in a short time cure the
disease.
Editorial natices are so common tha
it is almost impossible for an editor to
express his honest opinion of the merits
of any article without being suspected
of interested motives. This fact, how
ever, shall not deter us from saying
what we think of a new addition to the
Materia Medica to which our attontion
has been recently directed. We refer
to Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar
Bitters, a remedy which is making more
noise in the world just now than all the
other advertised medicines put to
gether. Its celebrity, as far as we can
judge, is pot based on empty pretention.
There seems to be no question about
the potency of its tonio and alterative
properties, while it possesses the great
negative reoommendation of containing
neither alcohol nor mineral poison.
That it is a specific for Indigestion,
Biliousness, Constipation, and many
complaints of nervous origin, we have
reason to know ; and we are assured on
good authority that as a general in
vigorant and a regulating and purifying
medicine, it has no equal. It is stated
that its ingredients (obtained from the
wilds of California), are new to the
medical world ; and its extraordinary
effects certainly warrant the conclusion
that vegetable agents hitherto unknown
enter into its composition. If popu
larity iff any criterion, there can be no
doubt of the emcienoy of the vinegar
Bitters, for the sale of the article is
immense and continually increasing.
uom.
(Tho following extract ia from an Editorial Arti
cle which appeared in the Buffalo A'ew ol May 3d,
1874.J
Mammoth Establishment and an
Enterprising Proprietor.
It is hardly necessary for us to call attention
to the whole page communication from Dr. It.
V. Tierce, of the World's Dispensary, which
appears in this insue, as at least every invalid
suffering from Chronlo Diseases must see and
take a lively interest In the sound, common
Hense Ideas therein set forth, rb well as in the
indisputable evidences of wonderful cures that
are given.
iiullalo lias several business establishments
of which she may justly feel proud, but few,
if any indeed, that has acquired such world-
wme roputation asinatoi ur. 1'ieroe "The
World's Dispensary." This establishment well
merits its appellation, "The World's Dispen
sary," as it is, without doubt, the largest and
most complete of its kind that can be found
anywhere, and medicines are prepared within
its walls that find a ready sale in every quarter
of the globe In fact the foreign trado forms
no small part of the business.
A visit to the shipping department, which is
on the flrst iloor, gives one a slight idea of the
colossal proportions of the business there
trausacted. Here the visitor may see, as we
did, largo piles of boxes being shipped to
wholesale houses in every part of the laud,
a'.so to foreign countries even China and
Japan contributing to the demand for those
popular mediciues. The .Doctor has achieved
the immense patronage and demand for his
celebrated remedies by his great skill as a phy-
niiaii. iiio pupenui uui&uvo virtues OI lllO
remedies he has discovered, and his honorable
doaliuRH, indomitable will and ceaseless indus
try. The cures that ho has effeoted have often
been wonderful, in fact, almost miraculous,
having frequently been effected, as he has
shown us by ample evidence, after many emi
nent physicians in succession had failed. This
success lias had the effect to cive him an im
mouse practice at the World's Dispensary, so
that, in a simile month, he probably treats and
cures more cases of inveterate Chronic Dis
eases than most phvsicians, in ordinary prae
tice, treat in a whole life time. His practice
has become so large that he is obliged to
employ four physicians to assist him iu the
examination and treatment of cases. And in
the selection of his professional assistants he
has spared no expense to secure men of thor.
ough modical education, and who have been
well sumed in the school or experience. Each
devotes his whole time aud attention to a
specialty, whilo Dr. Pierce, who has not only
rcoeived decrees from at least two nf the firuY
Modical Colleges iu the laud, the evidence of
which, in the shape of Diplomas, we noticed
uatitrmt? in his ofhee, but has also the advan.
tage of an immense experience, is in constant
consultation with them ovar the more diflicult
cakes. Thus the patient has not only tho
beuefit of Dr. Pierce's large experience, but
also that of a Council of Physicians, each
(killed in Ins particular specialty. Besides all
these assistant physicians, iu the dispenary
department aro also employed a Bhort-haud re
porter, to assist in correspondence, and dis
pensing or drug clerks, each skilled in his
business, that the Doctor's prescriptions may
be compounded with the greatest caro. Who
ever has observed, as wo have, the crowd of
patients almost constantly in tho reception
rooms at tho World's Dispcnsarv, and has
heard the heartfelt expresi-ionB of gratitudo
and praise which they lavishly bestow upon
the honorable and woi thypropriotor, cannot
fail to aprree with us that'the diliirent medical
devotion, patient industry and unconquerable
energy mac nave enauied ur. fierce to achieve
bo much, have at the same time conferred a
real blessing upon suffering humanity. We
publish the-above, not as a ' paid puff,"' but as
only a fair representation of one of the first
business men of the land, whose fame is be
oontinp world-renowned, and whose enterprise
contributes in no small degree to the prosperi
ty of tha city, giving employment to large
numbers, and in other various ways promot
ing the general welfare of the peeple. Com;
Imitators should never be encour
aged. Their Roods are always inferior im quali
ty aud intended to deoeive. liny the genuine
Eloiwood Collar. It has all the edges folded
so Uiat they will not turn out. Com.
Tha Great Revolution i judical Tbrat
faarr, which waa commenced in 18M, la still n
progress. Nothing an atop It, for It ts founded ou
the principle, now universally acknowledged, that
physical vigor la the moat formidable antagonist
of all human ailments, and experience has shown
that PiiANTATioa Bittees is a peerless lnvlgorant,
as weU at the best possible;aafeguard against
epidemto riteeaaee.
Not UH So Fast, nr. Jouea I A hone
doctor In Philadelphia was caught changing tha
celebrated Mexicau bIustaio Lixiueit into other
bottles, and using it as his cwn recipe. Honesty
la always tha best policy. These medicine men
like to follow up sueh fellows.- It cured the lame
horse all tha same; bnt 'it damaged the Doctor's
reputation, and benefited the proprietor tu pro
portion. We have heard of ie many Bheumatlo
parsons and lama horses being cured by the Mcs
Tana LuiiMiNT that we advise every housekeeper,
liveryman and planter to invest in a 60 ct. or J 1.00
bottle, against aooldant. Beware of counterfeits.
It is wrapped in a steel engraving, signed " 6. W.
WeitPiook, Chemist.')
The. Ladies' Sorosla Club, of Haw Tork, re
centlr changed their discussions from Woman's
suffrage to Hair preparations and Pimple Banlak
rs. They declared tna where nature bad not
endowed thfm with btautr.lt wi their right
yea, tholr dutjr to ioek It whers they eouU. So
they voted that Maohoha Balh overcame Sallow
bom, Bough Skin and Ringmarke, and gave to the
complexion a noit aiiigut (Soroslan) and marble-Ilka
appearance (dangerous to men, no doubt) t
and that Ltoh'i Kathairom made tha hair grow
thick, loft ana awful pretty, and moreover pre
vented It from turning gray. If the proprietor! of
these articles did not send tha listen an invoice,
they are not smart.
CIIILUKUN OVTKS LOOK PALM AM
BICK
from bo othar oann than having worm In tha
tomaota.
EaoWN'S VBM1U01 OOMVITS
will deitror wormi without Injury to tha ehlld,
bslnt parfootiy WHITB, and frtefrom all coloring
or otnsr Injurious Inirredlanti turaally naad In
worm preparations.
OUhTIS oaowif, Proprietor!,
Bo. Ml Pulton Btrast, Raw Tork.
Unit bv Jiyitni'll nut dhemiidt ant italtrt in
nt TifBiitT.fi,i f!aTl A Bnt,
HOUSEHOLD
TANACEA
AND
FAMILY
LINIMENT.
HOUSEHOLDj
PANACEA
AND
FAMILY
LINIMENT.
Why will Vou BulTerl
To all perioni anfferlBB
from Rheumatism, Kenralgla,
Cramps in the Umbi or itom
aoh, BUloni Callo, Pain In tha
back.boweli or aide, we wonld
ar Th Housihold Paxaoka
avd Pahilt IiixiHBira li of all
others the remedy yon want
for Internal and external nee
It hae cured the above com
plaints In thonianda of eaeee.
There li no mistake abont It
Try It. Sold bv alt Tmirlte.
l'uiitii n; Aits HXPfettiifiKciii or
AN OLD M'RSK.
KB3. WIN BLOW'S SOOTHING BYRUP IS TUB
PKKSCE1PTION OP one of the beet Female Phyil
clani and Kureoi In the United States, and has
been used for thirty yeare with never falling safety
and eueeeae by mllllona o mother! and children
irom the feeble Infant of one week old to the ad nit
It correct! acidity of the atomaoh, relieves wind
folic, recralatos the bowels, and gives rest, health
and comfort to mother nnd child. We believe It to
be the Beat an1 Snrcut Remedy In the World In all
caaoe of PYSKNTKIIV and D1ABRHCKA IN OHII.
oKiiN, -.vhothcr It arlace from Teething or from
any other canae. Pull directions for nitng will ao
company each bottle. None Genuine nnleei the
taiMstroile of OUBTIS PCBKIMB Is on the outside
wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL5IED1CIN8 DRALRUS.
The Markets.
SSW tOBK.
Hoff o'l'f i-rime to Extra I .lOJte
.12
.11
(Jummon to good xexans 101
interior roxans
Mnoa jouwa
Hogs Live
Dressed
Sheep........
Cotton Middling
FloBr Kxtra Wentern...
State Extra
Wheat ltcd Western . . . ,
No. 3 Spring....
B-e..
Uarley Malt
Oate Mixed Western...
Oorn M! xed Weetern . . .
.07ia .10H
50.00 aTS.OO
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.08t&a .8H
.04 a .06',
.17 a .17
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6.70
1.25
1.S7
1.10
1.70
a 6.2S
a 1.31
a 1.28
a 1.10
a 1.70
a .08
.65
80
Hay per ton 13.00
Straw per toiu- 10.00
A26.UU
!13 00
Hops.
,a0a.80 9a .08 a .18
, 20 90 21.00
11 a .12
1. a.6 Bi3nll2i,'
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for it-
Lard.
Petroleum Crude ....
Butter State
Ohio Fine.
,22 a .24
Yellow 20
a .22
a .20
a .82
Weetern Ordinary 18
VenuBVlvanla fine SO
Oheoae Btate Factory .
... .12Vj
.12
.06
.11
.25
" Hummed
Ohio ,
.(4
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.24
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1 12
.79
1.60
.68
6.00
1.25
.60
.60
1.(5
1.89
.11
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ALBANY.
Wheat
a l.oo
a 1.12
a .so
a l.so
a ,n
a 7.75
a 1.25
a .70
a .60
a I.rs
a a.oo
a Jltf
live alAte
Oorn Mixed
Barley B'ate
Oate St&te ,
BUFFALO.
flour
Wheat No. 2 BpriLg
Com , ,
Oati
Rye ,
Barley.
Lard
BALTIUOBB.
Cotton Low Mldlinga... .......
tlonr-Extra
Whrat
)5V .16
7.75 a 9 60
1.85
a 1.42
a .(3
.75
Oorn Yellow
.8.1
63
Oat.
...im......
mi
PHILADELPHIA,
Flonr I 'etn. Extra 6 50 a 7.00
Wheat Western Bed 1.25 a 1.25
Ooru-Yellow... 5 a .85
Mixed 83 a .85
Petroleum Crude 0 Kefinedl2
OlovorBeed ... 8.00 alO.OS
Timothy 2.00 2.90
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Are the moit beautiful in Kyle end pet fret
In tone tvr nindr. The I ONCKIl TO STOP
la the best ever placed lit any Oicnii. It la
produced by.ncilra net. of reeiln, peculiarly
voiced. th KFt'KtT of which ia MOST
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WATERS' Philharmonic, Vesper
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PxRI.O.r, I 111 l (lor BIUISIO MALL..
WATERS' NEW SCALE PIANOS
Hitve Ki eiit power and a tine mirlnir lane.
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ICXTUK.nKL. V LiOvv f ir caali, or uart cami
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Send Sficenta and the addrcaa f five per
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mo, aUe 7 by 9 w rta $1.51 and full l.i
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NOT
b) VALUABLE INVENTIONS for Sale or Let on
iU R iyulty. Au'a V,'. H. BuiuiEss.MoflitiB Mills, N.C.
OVER
500,000
Zinc Collar Pais
Have Been Used Since Jan. 1st, 1871
A sufttt lent guarantee of thttr uitfulneii. They
are warranted io prevent chafing and to cure auy
ordinary GALLKD NKCK ou HORbHS nr U0LJS8,
t Printed I'ircenniifl a)3 followed. Have alio a
ZINC GIG SaDDLE PAD, that prevouta cUuflnfr on
me imk, and a i eak-lisku ;uxijak dwk&t
PAD to protect the ehnuldori from galls. All cf
hit h are for Bile by harnon makers throughout
the Fnitpi Btaui ana Canada.
Manufacture'! by
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circular. CANTON TKA CO., 14H Chambers St., N.T
$5
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4 trvnta Wnnted.
-Men or women, assaweek,
Valuable samvles free. Write
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xm. nr j.iw lorieiicn.
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comrade. D. W. Petera,
ana authorised Life published ; OUU pawea ; beau
tifully illualrated. Agents wanted everywhere
20,000 already sold. Cii culara t f all our works free
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BOOK
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BYEN'S
IPockot Photosoope.
Hat great Maqhiftino power, used for detecting
Counterf eit Money, Bboady lu Clath, foreign sub
staitces in the Eye, tn Wounds, etc., and to examine
Insects, Flowers and Plants, to detect flaws in
Metals, flueness cf wood-irralu : to decinher writ
ing otherwise illegible ; and for the inspection of
grain, minerals, etc. Useful for everybody. Double
uonvex jens, i i-v incnes iu diameter, au'imvea id
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"EAT TO LIVE."
F. E. SMITH A CO.'S
WHITE WHEAT.
Atlnntio Mills. Brooklyn, N. Y.. is the Perfection
of Food. Wholesome, Delicious and Ecu.
noiulcal. Makes a variety of dishes. Fur children
aiul luvaliils. especially the Dyspeptic, it ia unequalled.
Bold by all Orooebs. Dehcriptivfl Parnnhleia, with talu
aule infiuoiatiua ua Food aud IleaUUa sent be.
Pi
Dr. .1. Walker's California Vin
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable)
preparation, mado chiefly from the na
tive herbs found on tho lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted tlierefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is tho cause of the
unparalloled Buccess of Vixeqar Bit
ters!" Our answer is, that they remov
the cause of disease, and tho patient re
covers his health. They aro the great
blood purifier and a life-giving principle,
a perfect Itonovator and invigorator
of the system. Never before in th
history of tha world has a medicine been
compounded poRseBsing the remarkable
qualities of Vinegar Bitters in healing the)
eick of every disoaso man ia hoir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonio,
relieving Congestion or Iuiiamniation ol
the Liver and Viacoral Organs, in Biiiom
Diueasos.
The properties of Dr. Walker's
Vinegar liiTTKRs aro .Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carmiuativo, Nutritious, Laxative, IJinret'o,
Bedative, Counter-irritant, Sudnriiic, Alteia
tive, and Auti-Uilioiii
It. II. l.IrUONAi.n ,V CO..
Drnpftfste and Gin. Airta., Snn Frnnciscn. California,
and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., N. Y.
Said liy all Di iiuhI-iIh and U. alera.
K. T. N. r.-fo. fO
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Ita advantagee for Oonaumptlvea and Aathmat
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Addreee, A. H. rATTERSO!?,
Vort Collins, (lolorac'o.
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papora, and eetfmat. a showing coBt of advertising
THE NEW IMPROVED
REMINGTON
Sewing Machine.
AWARDED
The "Medal for Progress,"
AT VIENNA, 1873.
Tn Highest Obif.r of"Mktai," Awarded ai
l'HE Exposition.
Ko Sewing Mucliine Received a Higher Prize,
A FEW GOUD REASONS I
1. A Aeut Invention Tiiobocouly Tested and
eenred by Lettera Patent.
Makea a perfect lock BiiTcn, alike on bot
atdea, on all kinds of goods.
3. Buna Light, Smooth, Noiseless and Rapid
best combination of qualltier.
4. Durable Runs for l'eir w.thout Bopalra.
5. Will do all varieties of Work and 'ancy
Stitching In a luperlor manner.
6. Ia Host Easily Managed by the operator.
Length of stitch maybe altered while running,
and machine can be threaded without pasBintf
thread through holes.
T. Dealgn Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, forming
the stitch without the use of Cog Wheel Dears,
Botary Cams or Lever Arms. lias the Automatic
Drop Feed, which insures uniform length of stitch
at any speed. Baa our new Thread Controller,
which allows easy movement of needle-bar and
prevents injury to thread.
8. Construction most careful and finished. It
la manufactured by the most skillful and experi
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J. SAENGER, 21 Murray Street, N. Y,
Importer of Musical Instruments.
IpeoiulMes German Aocordei.ua, Concertinas
Concert alouth-Harmonlcuiia, and a lull line ri
Muaical Instrum.'iits and Strings.
St-no for Price List. . . j ... .
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