FARM AND GARDEN.
PLANT FOOD. —Tins must be in a sol
uble or liquid condition. All the ne
cessary mineral fertilizing ingredients
may be present in a soil and yet may be
of no avail unless in a soluble condi
tion, or unless they have also a solvent.
A surface made up of coarse pebbles
oniv, without any pulverized material,
would .be liopelossly sterile, even
though those pebbles might have the
chemical composition of the best ferti
lizers. The mass of coarse pebbles
would lack the porosity and sensibility
of a good soil. Fertile soils must pos
sess both. Fields of tine, light, and po
rous soil, ot the most favorable compo
sition would be wholly unproductive in
a drought tor want ot a proper solvent
to convey the mineral ingredients into
the tissue of plants. Even when water
enough was present, if the fertilizing
elements of the soil were in such a con
dition that it could not su.t them, the
soil would be perfectly sterile. Hence
the great utility ot the solvents and de
composing agents. Rain water, ac
cording to Professor Robert Peter, is
one ot nature's great solvents to act
upon materials that may be converted
into plant food, containing as it does
carbonic acid, which not only tikes up
what is already in a soluble condition,
but by means ot the dissolved acid
decomposes the silicates of the soil and
sets free, potash, phosphates, etc., and
it is enabled also to hold lime, magnesia
and the phosphates in solution.
THE ORCHARD IN SMALL GRAIX.— It
not untrequeutly happens that wheat
or oats are sown in the orchard. This,
of course is not the best way of doing,
yet from some cause or other, good,
Sufficient or otherwise, it is neverthe
less done. The stubble, after the grain
is cut, should the weather be dry and
warm, is capable of reflecting the heat
to such an extent as to endanger the
lives of trees, especially if they be
young. To avoid such a condition the
stubble should be plowed under as soon
as possible after the grain is harvested.
By so doing the risk cf injury trom re
flection ot heat is not only removed,
but the soil is in better condition to re
tain moisture, t hereby causing the trees
to grow. Young orchards should be
planted in small grain. Older ones are
sometimes sown in oats and pastured
down by the hogs without injurious ef
fects. Clovef, however, answers a bet
ter purpose, and is more profitable even
as a food for swine.
WATERING STOCK. —The supply of
water in the winter is the source of
trouble. Ice gathers about the trough*
and other drinkiug places, pipes ire* ze
and burst or become choked, and many
other inconveniences occur. These may
be avoided by methodical management.
Have regular watering periods, twice a
day. Fill the troughs from the pump*
or" cisterns, and drive the cattle to
them and see that they drink. When
all aie supplied, empty the tronghs and
either cover or turn them over. Have
no flowing water in the yards to waste
or freeze, or to become ice cold for
drinking. A cold drink will reduce the
milk from the cows ten per cent.
CABBAGES FOR SHEEP. —Cabbages are
capital food for sheep at the present
period; old shepherds always prefer
them to turnips—they are such hearty
food, so they say; and it happens this
year, owing to the cool, damp summer
no doubt, that all the early turnips are
bad in quality. I often wonder why
cabbages are not grown more, consider
ing that sheep, cattle and pigs, are all
so very fond of them, and they are so
highly nutritive in their properties.
Some persons say their land is not well
adapted for them, and others say they
* require high manuring; but the fact of
their growing well on almost all soils
in gardens seems to indicate that they
might be adopted into field culture
much more than at present.
THE fsrmer cultivates his farm in
summer and it yields a bountiful crop
of grain. In winter he should imp. ov--
his leisure time in cultivating his mind,
so that it may yield a ( bountilul crop of
thoughts. Neither the farm nor mind
will be productive without cultivation.
Rank weeds will grow up and smother
ail that is valuable.
As a food for horses, a mixture of
oats and corn ground, to be fed with
cut hay, is recommended. The corn,
if ground with the cob is relished by
horses, and is not so heating as char
corn.
STAGNANT and impure water that
cows drink while at pasture is one oi
the most prominent causes of bad odors
In milk.
How Savage* Live.
The Uutes live principally on bread and
meat. When they can't get bread they live
on meat, and when they can't get meat
thej* live on bread. When they have a
great quantity of provisions on hand they
eat it all up before getting any more. The
same is true when they have a small quant
ity on hand. They are dirty. They are
even very dirty. Their meat is generally
permitted to lie about on the ground or any
place. Each Indian family possesses any
number of dogs from eight to fifteen, and
these animals help themselves to the meat.
After they have satisfied themselves, and
the Indians become hungry, they cut oIT
this same piece on which the dogs feed.
They generally boil their meat, but some
times broil it. They put it in water and
let it remain only a few minutes, just long
enough to heat, when they take it out and
begin to eat. They use the same water
and the same pail for boiling over and ovei
again until the water becomes a perfect
slime of filth. One pot generally does ser
vice for the entire family. This particular
pot is a frying-pan. When the Utes get
out of bed they wash their faces and bathe
the baby in it, after which they bake the
bread and boil the meat. Then they eat
out of the vessel, and then the dogs lick
up the leavings. They clothe themselves
with skins of animals or with blankets.
They generally take a blanket or a skin and
cut a hole in the iiddle of it and throw it
over their heads, cutting arm-holes and
fastening the garment at the waist with a
wide belt, while they close up the neck
with a buckskin string. When the garment
wears out they cut the string and let it
drop, but not before. Sometimes the In
dians will wear as many as five of these
garments at a time, always keeping the
cleanest one on the outside.
Help in Time.
Heip, to be effective, should be timely. When
the kidneys grow inactive, as they are apt to
do, it is wise to lend them and the blad ler
early and judicious medical aid in performing
their very important functions. Toe requi
site energy is infused into their operations,
without danger of exciting them, and with
great benefit to the general health by using
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a diuretic.
Powerful stimulants are rather calculated to
injure than benefit the kidneys and bladder,
but this reliable promoter of energv imparts
to them the requisite amount of impetus and
no more. It should be remembered that kid
ney and bladder complaints, in an advanced
stage of development, very frequently baffle
medical skill and prove fatal. To guard
against disastrous consequences, repel their
advance by the means suggested.
DOMESTIC. •
COSMETICS. —Doctors, and chemists,
and physiologists, all unite in saying
that there is but one proper cosmetic
pure soap and water. Even scented
soap is objectionable, unless the smell
of an unhealthy skin is to be htdden.
Complexion is dependent on the quality
and quantity of the blood in the skin,
and the condition of the cells of the
skin, through which the blood is seen.
The way to insure having a proper
quantity of healthy blood in the skiu is
to rise early, to be much in the open
air, especially during the hours of sun
light, to avoid over-heated, artlficially
lighted, unventilated rooms, and tore
tire early to rest. To keep the cells
which protect the surface of the skin in
a healthy state, all that is necessary is
to wash tlie surface ol ttie body with
soap and water only, or. in the ease of
some delicate skins, which the alkali
of most soaps irritates, with water
alone. Whoever will attend to these
directions will do all that can be done
to preserve, as all ought to try and pre
serve, their skins in the most healthy
and therefore beautiful conditions. It
cannot be too strongly asserted that no
cosmetic, wash, enamel, powder, paste
or lotion, can ever subvert the natural
process of waste ami repair which, is
ever taking place In our bodies, and
which is part of a general law observed
throughout animate nature, that every
cell has a limited period of existence,
equally as have all bodies composed of
such cells.*'
THE GUMS.— The daily precaution
(the use ot the tooth-brush) for the
preservation of the teeth, and the clean
liness of the mouth, will generally in
sure a healthy condition of ihe gums;
though they are sometimes affected from
constitutional causes, which produce
tenderness and liability to bleed upon
pressure; cold, also, lias a similar effect
occasionally. Tincture ot myrrh,
diluted with a little water, is, in such
oases, an excellent purifying and
strengthening application. A few drops
of tincture of catechu in water forms
an astringent and stimulating lotion.
WE CAN insure any person having a
bald head or troubled with dandruff,
that Carboline. a deodorized extract of
potroleum, will do all that is claimed
I ior it. It will not stain the most deli
catefabric and is delightfully perfumed.
m m
To LOOSEX GLASS SxorPEßS.—Put one
or two drops of sweet oil round the
stopper, close to the mouth of the bot
tle; then put it a little distance from
the tire. When the decanter gets warm,
has a wooden instrument with a cloth
wrapped tightly n Uud it; then strike
the stopper, first on one side, then on
the other; by persevering a little while
you will most likely get it out. Or you
may iay the bottle in warm water, so
that the neck of the bottle may be under
water. Let it soak for a time, then
knock it with a wooden instrument as
before.
BREAD SAUCE —Shred a large onion
and boil it in a pint of milk till perfect
ly tender; sprinkle and stir in half a
pint Oi tine bread crumbs. Cover and
soak for an hour. Beat the mixture till
smooth, replace on the tire, adding a
half teaspoon fill ot powdered mace,
oue ounce of butter# a teaspoonful of
salt, the grated yolk of a hard-boiled
egg and half a pint of rich cream. Boil
live minutes, and serve.
SODA FOR BURNS. —AII kinds of burns
including scalds and sunburns, are al
most immediately relieved by the ap
plication of a solution of soda to the
burnt surface. It must be remembered
that dry soda will not do unless it is
surrounded with li clotli uioist enough
ito dissolve it. This method of sprii.k
--i ling it oil and covering it with a wet
| cloth is often the very best. But it it
sufficient to wash the wound repeatedly
with a strong solution.
THOSE COMPLAINING of Sore Throat,
hoarsness or "taking cold," should use
il ßaotcn , s Bronchial Troches The
effect is extraordinary, particularly
when used by singers and speakers for
clearing the voices.
VENTILATION OF BED BOOMS. —Eaeh
inhalation of pure air is returned load
ed with poison; a hundred aud flity
grains of it is added to the atmosphere
i <>f a bed-room every hour, or twelve
hundred grains during the night. Un
less that poison-laden atmosphere is
diluted or removed by a constant cur
rent of air passing through the room,
! the blood soon becomes impure, then
| circulates sluggishly, accumulating and
pressing on the brain, causing fright
ful dreams.
,
COLOGNE W ATER. —Take of alcohol
one gallon ; oil of bergamot one ounce;
oil of rosemary, one ounce: oil of lem
on. two drachms; oil of lavender, four
drachms; oil of cassia and cloves, of
i each tive drops; ottar of roses, twenty
j drops; mix and filter. It is essential
i that the spirit should be of the purest
i kind and the oils genuine and fresh.
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CAYENNE PEPPER FOR MICE —If a
inou.-e makes an entrance in any part
of your dwelling, saturate a rag with
j cayenne, in solution, and stuff it into
the bole which can then be repaired
with either wood or mortar. No rat
or mouse will eat that rag for the pur
pose of communication witn a depot of
j supplies.
EXCELLENT SUET PUDDING. —Two
eggs, one ounce of beef suet, six
ounces of flour, three ounces of bread
crumbs, a little salt, and mix it slack
with milk.
The Tower of London.
The tower of London is locked up every
night at eleven o'clock, and the officials are
obliged to go through an old-time ceremony
which somewhat resembles the very juv
enile games of "Qneen Dido," "Have you
a chicken?" and "Shall John marry
Sue?" As the clock strikes the hour, the
yeoman porter, clothed in a long red cloak,
bearing a huge bunch of keys and accomp
anied by a warder carrying a lantern, stands
at the front of the main guard-house and
calls, "Escort keys." The sergeant of the
guard and five or six men then turn out and
follow him to the outer gate, each sentry
challenging as they pass with "Who goes
there?" the answer being, "Keys." The
gates being carefully locked and barred,
the procession returns, the sentries exacting
the same explanation and receiving the
same answer as before. Arriving once
more at the front of the main guard-house,
the sentry gives a loud stamp with his foot
and asks. "Who goes there?" "Keys."
"Whose keys?" "Queen Victoria's keys."
"Advance Queen Victoria's keys, and all's
well." The yeoman porter then called out,
"God bless Queen Victoria." To—which
the guard responds, "Amen." The officer
on duty gives the word, "Present arms,"
and kisses the hilt of his sword, and the
yeoman porter then marches alone across
the parade, and deposits the keys in the
lieutenant's lodging.
HUMOROUS.
MR. CIIAUNCEY M. DKI*KW told this
story at the recent New England din
ner: in the Berkshire hills there was
a funeral. The woman who mingles
curiosity with pity was there with the
mourners. To the a filleted widow, in
a melancholy voice, site said. When
did you getyour new eight-day clock?"
"I ain't got no new eight-day clock,"
responded the bereaved woman. "Why,
what is that in the corner? Ain't that
an eight-day clock?" persisted the cu
rious visitor. "No; that ain't a clock,
that's the deceased. Wo stood it on end
in the comer to make room for tho
mourners."
THE preacher was talking to the
Sunday school about the power of relig
ion aud the devotion of the zealous to
the cause and their attendance upon the
services. Finally he asked if there was
anything to which people would go
twice every Sunday and through the
week as they did to church, when a
small hoy with a twisted tongue on the
front seat spok out. "Yeth, thir, a
thircus would ketch 'em every pop. if
they could git in free, like they do to
church." The preacher thought it
was time to sing.
A VASSAR college girl who visited
her parents during vacation, and left
little wads of chewing gum sticking in
various out of the way places about the
house—and In some places not so limch
out of the way—greatly disappointed
her mother by not receiving a diploma
or a gold medal for being the best gum
ehewer in the school.
SCENE: Recitation ,in English (A
senior is discoursing 011 the Dllll
- "With the third book the Dun
ciad properly ends. But Pope was in
duced to add a fourth, which, like every
Annex, contributes 110 beauty itselt,
and impairs the strength and effect of
the rest." _
A MAN was indulging in the very in
tellectual occupation of sucking raw
eggs and reading a newspaper. By
some mischance he contrived to bolt a
live chicken. The poor bird chirruped
as it went down his throat, when he
very coolly said : "By the powers,, my
young friend, you spoke too late!"
THE most absent-minded man was
not the man who bunted tor his pipe
when it was tetween his teeth, nor toe
one who threw his hat out of the win
dow and tried to hang his cigar on a
peg; 110' but the man who put his um
brella tobed and went ami stood behind
the door.
TOM, Dick and llarry are now appear
ing with their Grandfather's recipes
for Coughs, etc., and seeking a fortune
through advertising, but the people
know the value of Dr. Bull's Cough
Svrup and will take 110 other. Price,
25 cents a bottle.
A SCOTCHMAN, having hired himself
to a farmer, had a cheese set down be
fore him that lie might help himself.
His master >aid to him, "Saumlers,
you take a long time to breakfast!"
"In troth, maister." answered he, "a
cheese o' this size i na so soon eaten
as ye may think."
TERRIBLE vengeance of a husband.
Wife has gone with a handsomer man :
"Dear sir," lie writes, "please hand
the inclosed set of false teeth to my late
wife, and ask her to be so good as tore
turn my lather's, which, in the hurry
of the moment, she took by mistake."
I NEVER argy agin a success, says
Artemus Ward; when 1 see a rattie
snaix's bed sticking out of a hole, I
bear oft to the left and say to himself,
that hole belongs to that snaix.
"WHICH side of the street do you
live 011, Mrs. Kipple?" asked a counsel,
cross-examining a witness, "Oh, either
side, sir. If you go one way, it's on
the right side; if you go the other way,
it's on the left."
IN struggling to make a dull boy
understand what conscience is, a teach
er finally asked: "What makes you
feel uncomfortable after you have done
wrong?"—" Father's leather strap,"
feelingly replied the boy.
"KIND words can never die." How
bitterly does a man realize that terrible
truth when he sees all the kindest
words he ever saw in his life glaring at
him from his published letters in a
breach of promise suit.
ANSWER THIS.—Did you ever know
any person to be ill, without inaction of
the Stomach, Liver or Kidneys, or did
you ever know one who was well when
either was obstructed or Inactive; and
did you ever know or hear of any case
of the kind that llop Hitters would not
cure?— Ask your neighbor this same
question.
IJ. 11. S. PINAFORE. translated into
Russian, will shortly be performed
simultaneously in St. Petersburg and
Moscow. We knew the Czar would
yet find away to drive the Nihilists
out of the country.
"MOTHER —"His name is George
Smith." Father—"You nistake; it is
Jacob." Son and Heir—"'M ! 'tain't
either; it's John." Mother—"So it is!
1 know it was some hing that began
with G."
"What is the difference between the
unisons and their tenders," asked Mr.
Practical, "so long as they get the
same pay?" "Thedifference lies in
the hods," replied John, the Britisher.
ONE man stabbed another witii the
scissors in Brookljn. It Is always
dangerous to interrupt a person who is
writing editorials.
WHEN we see XX or XXX on a liquor
cask we always think of the amount of
criss-cross walking condensed inside of
it.
WHY is a glass of fre9h lager like a
mid dog? Because it froths at the
mouth.
WHEN distance lends enchantment to
the view, does she do it at market rates ?
NEVER keep a chalk account with a
milkman.
ALTOGETHER too thin—The ice.
A STEM winder—The ivy green.
ONB DOLLAR EXPENDED NOW in purchasing a
bottle or Jayne's Expectorant by those troubled
with a slight Cough and Hoarseness, or sore
Throat, may save the expense or a doctor's bllL
A. neglected Cougu often ends in Consumption.
A slight lntlamm ition of the lining of the wind
tubes, the usual symptoms of wh ch are Sore
Throat and a Pain In the Breast, frequently
leads to Bronchitis. A day's delay may entail
months of suffering. Better try at once Jayne's
Expecto anr, a standard remedy, whose cura
tive pro, ertles have been les ea and approved
y thousands.
>VE HAVE known persons to dootoi
for years for Consumption, all to no
effect. Though they hud a cough, felt
pains lu the Lungs, were depressed,
weak and many other symptoms tend
ing to that disease, yet there was no
structural unsoundness of Lite Lungs,
all these symptoms being caused by the
Liver being sluggish, and the stomach
weak. In all such cases the diseased
conditions yield readily to Simmons'
Liver Regulator, and the patient is in
variably brought back to health.
"J have been down ten years with
Liver Disease. 1 have had a severe
pain in my left side for three years,
with dry cough; this last Fall the cough
became severe, and 1 coughed up half
a gallon a day. The best doctors in
Atlanta aud my settlement said it was
tlie last stage of Consumption. I was
weakened down so by New Years day
that I had to take my lied. 1 sent and
got your medicine, (Simmons' Liver
Regulator), and have taken it regularly.
My cough is nearly gene: I am able t>o
dt up half the tiny.
U G. M. DODD, N. I'., East Point, Ga."
Therapeutic U*t of I.inseed. —Dr. Sher
weli'spaper OH the use of linseed and
its oil as therapeutic agents in diseases
of the skin, recently published, lias
received considerable attention from
the medical press. It appears that he
was in the habitot employing it in n
threefold administration, aud these may
be here briefly cited. First, if the
patient were a male and had sound
teeth, the seed itself was the best form
in winch to take it, —the man would
carry about ten ounces of tiiis in his
pockets, and would probably consume
a tea-cup full in the course of a day;
the ordinary domestic linseed is small
and dark in color, and contains only
about 20 per cent of oil, while that from
Bombay or Calcutta—the kind to be
used—is larger, lighter in color, aud
contains about.lo per cent of oil. Second,
in the case of women or children, the
ground seed, mixed with milk in the
form of a porridge, is more desirable,
and not unpalatable. Third, in certain
cases it could be given in the form of
bread, the bread to be made by mixing
Unseed meal with flour in any propor
tion desired, —tills method, however,
being hardly so efficient as the others.
Free Shade, Middlesex Co., Va.
Having used Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup
in my lamily with the greatest degree
of satisfaction, 1 unhesitatingly recom
mend it as the best remedy that I know
of for children. THOMAS Y. LAWSON
Total Solar Eclipse on the Pacific. —At
a recent meeting of the San Francisco
Academy of Sciences. Mr. Brooks
called attention to eclipse of the
suu on January 11. next year. The
eclipse will be invisible east of a line
drawn through St. .Joseph, Mo., and
Baton Rouge, La, and visible to the
western quarter of North America, the
Pacific Ocean and extreme northern
edge of Australia—being central and
total along a line distant twenty miles
south of and para lei to a line drawn
through Monterey, Cal., Mariposa and
Salt Lake City. Elsewhere it will be
partial. The eclipse will begin as fol
lows; Denver, Col., 4h. lin. p. m.,
Santo Fe, New Mexico, 4h. lm. p. in.;
Salt Lake City, Utah 3h. 24rn. p. m.;
Victoria, V. C. 1.. 2h. 25ui. p. m.:
Portland, Oregon, 2h. 29m. p. in., S.tn
Francisco. 2h. 85m.p. m.; Monterey,
Cal., 2h. 33m. p. m.; Sacramento City.
2h. 39in. p. m.; Stockton. 2h.40m.p. m.;
Mariposa, 2h. 47m. p. m.; Diego,3a.
sm. p. m.; Virginia City, Ney., 2h.
48QI. p. in.; the sun setting more or less
eclipsed. At Victoria, Australia, the
sun will rise on the morning ot Jan
uary 12 slightly eclipsed, Mie eclipse
continuing for fifteen minutes.
VEGETIXK lias never failed to effect
a cure, giving tone and strength to the
system debilitated by disease.
Coloring Brass —ln coloring and lac
quering brass work, says The Engineer,
browns of all shades are obtained by
immersion in a solution ot nitrate or
the perchloride of iron, the strength ol
the solution determining the depth of
the color. Violets are produced by dip
ping in a solution of chloride of anti
mony. Chocolate is obtained by burn
ing on the surface of the brass moist
red oxide of iron, and polished with a
very small quantity of black lead.
Olive-green results from making the
surface black by means of a solution of
iron and arsenic in muriatic acid, pol
ished with a black lead brush, and coat
ing it, when warm, with a lacquer
composed of one part of lac-varnish,
four of tumeric, and one of gamboge.
THE price ot soap Is rapidly ad
vancing. A year's supply of DOB
BINS' ELECTRIC bought now at
old price will be a very judicious pur
chase.
The work of preparing the line of the
Union Pacific railroad between Omaha
and North Platte, two hundred and
ninety-one miles, for tree culture, has
progressed so lar as the plowing up
of plats of from two hundred to five
hundred feet ot land, which are to
fenced in next spring and sown to blue
grass and clover, and planted with tree-.
The agent of the read has now gone lo
Colorado, where he will select ami
set apart a location lor digging tin
beautiful mountain evergreens next
spring. They will be taken up in May.
These evergreens, including Scotch
pine and larch, and also fruit trees.
The plan also •embraces setting out
shrubbery, like lilacs and snow balls.
It lias been thought that torks were
used by mankind in eating food at a
very recent period in history. But the
art of eating with a fork is proved to be
a revival of a very ancient one. Tin
fork is by no niens an invention of
modern times. Lately, in the debris
of the lake-dwellings, forks evidently
designed for table use have been dis
covered. They were made of bone.
The spoon is a still more ancient instru
ment.
The Lanlea* Favorite.
Among the many thousands of ladiei
who have used Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription and pronounced it their
favorite remedy, because so efficient in
the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to
women, are many who are well and
favorably known in the world of let
ters, as well as artists, musicians, and
a whole host of names from the bril
liant ranks of wealth and fashion. It
is pre-eminently the ladies Favorite
Prescription, its use, while being far
more safe and efficient, exempting
them from those painful, caustic opera
tions, and the wearing of those me
chanical contrivances made like Poter
Pindar's razor—seller's razors—to sell,
rather than to cure.
KILLMORE, ind., March 20th, 1878.
DR. R. V. PIERCE:
Dear Sir-Your Favorite Prescription
has restored me to perfect health.
Yours truly, GRACE CHOATE.
422 Eutaw St. BALTIMORE. Md.,
June UOih, 1878.
DR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.:
Dear Sir—My wife was a hopeless
invalid for nearly 20 years. Your Fa
vorite Prescription has cured her.
Thankfully yours, R. T. MCCAY.
FATHER IS GETTING WELL. —My
daughters say, "How much better
father is sines he used Hop Bitters."
He is getting well after his long suffer
ing from a disease declared Incurable,
and we are so glad that he used your
Bitters.— A lady of Rochester, N. Y.
A MODEL JERSEY COW. —A model
Jersey cow is owned at Scituate, Mass.
She is of pure breed, and now 8 years
old. In a single year her milk yielded
GOS pounds of butter—an average of
nearly two pounds per day for the
whole year. The greatest yield in one
day was three pounds six ounces, and
in one week (in May) twenty-two
pounds thirteen ounces.
Partulil|f for Froflt.
A new and oouinrehenaive agricultural l>ook
with the above title has just been publialiod
t>r J. O. McOimlv A Co.. of Philadelphia, P*.
vVriiteu in a el nr and vigoro s strle, by John
K. Read, a practical farmer, who ba* also t>een
editorially connected with the agricultural
press for many years, this book will exert a
ntrong influence for good. It will show men
h>w to make more money and lend happior
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VEGEJINE.
For all I.a<li<H
WHO ARE SUFFERERS.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 88,1877.
MR. H. R. STKVSNS:
l)c r S r.—l have taken several bo ties of your
Vegetine for Female Weakness, and lu Justice
u> uie medicine, aud to ail ladles who are suf
ferers from sucn complaints, 1 win recommend
the Vegetine. I musi say it has helped mo very
much; indeed, it is invhuable fir such CJIJI-
P amis. MARY ->. M KRi-.DI. fi,
too Kusiern Av nue.
FKMALK WRAKNK S.— Vegetine acts directly
up u iue causes oi these coinpl ..nis, It tnvlg.
o>ule. and sircngiheus the whole system, acts
upo i the secretive organs, a'lays lnllammailon,
cleanses and cues ulcerailon, cures const ipa
-11 HI. r guiates fbe bowels; headache and pains
in ihe back cease; in tact, therms no disease or
I mpUlut wiiere the v egeilne gives so quick
relief, and is so effective in It* cure, us in wiiat
is termed Female Weakness, it has never
failed in one Instance.
VEGETINE.
It is What is Needed.
FEMALE WEAKNESS.
PES MOINKS, lowa, Sept. 6, 1978.
11. R. STKVKNS. Boston:
Dear Sir—ror a .uug time I hive been troubl d
with Female W-akr.eas and a weak, sluk.ng
reeling at lie 6tomach, aud thiough the advice
or a frleud. I tried ,iour Vegetine, and tin i It
Jus what is needed. 1 can recommend it to ai'
aufferln,' irom those comp alms,
lours, respe t'ully.
Mrs. ANNA BELLA HARWOOD,
818 Fourth street.
Scrofola, 1,1 ver Complaint. Dyapepila
It lien in at I HIII, Weakaeis,
H. R. BTKVKNS. Boston:
I have been practising medicine for 83 years,
and as a remedy tor Scrofuia. Liver Complaint.
Dyspepsia, Rheum it m, Weakness, am all dis
east s of cue blood I hoe never found Its equal.
1 have sold Veg tine for 7 years, and nave never
had one bottie return d I would heartily re
commend It to tt> >se >n need of a blood purifier.
Dr. W. ROSS, Drilggl-t,
Sept. 18,1879. w.lion lowa.
VEGETINE
PItKi'AKBD BY
If. It. STKVKXS, Boston, Mass.
Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists
SAPONIFIER
In th* Old Reliable Concentrated Lre for FAMILY
SOAP MAKING. Direction* accompany each can
for making Hard, Soft and Toilet Koap quickly.
It la full weight aud etrongth.
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AND TAKE NO OTHER.
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I ■ I I I I I a I Blind. Itching, or UIOWMM
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11111°' !on * etanding is I week.
■ llllnlll and ordinary caaea in 8 daya
_ i w CAUTION
mraiipcr hat print' 4 an it in black a Pi U mf Si me* mud
Dr. JP. Miller'i eifnatwre, Phila. 81 a bottla. Sold
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j Don't d< lay a moment Prevents n is belter
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Healtk of Body is Wealth of Mini
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Pure Wood make* sound*flesh, stroof txrne ae
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1MITBL
A GRATEFUL RECOGNITION
44 To cure a CHAONIOOR i.owa BTAKDIKO DISS AS
Is truly a victory In Ihe healing art.; that reason -
lag power that clearly discerns DEFECT and aup
Slb-8 a remedy; that restore* step by st p—by
egrees—the body which has been slowly at
tacked an i weakened by in insidious alsssse,
not only commands our respect but deserves
our grai'l ude. Dr. Railway has furnished man
kind whh that wonderful remedy, Rsdwsy'i
Kit rmt par 111 lan Mtesolse.it which aocom
plishes this result, and suffering humanity,
who drag out an existence of pain and disease,
throi'gh long days and long nights, owe hhn
their gratitude."— Mitf nger-
FALSE AND TRUE.
We extract from Dr. Radwayt "Treatise o
disease and Its Cure." as follows:
List or oiMeaes Cared by
Batlway's Sarsaparillian ResolyenL
Chronic Skin Diseases, carles of the Bone.
Humors In the Blood. Scrofulous Dlse ses. Bad
or unnatural Habit of Body, Syphilis and Vene
real, Fever Sores, Chronic or old Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Rickets, White (swelling, Scat ■ Head.
Uterine Affections, Cankers, Gla wuiar swell
ings, Nodes. Wasting and Decay of the Body.
Pimples und mdtches Tumors, Kid
ney a id Bladder Diseases, Ohronltrßh urnatlsm
arid Gout, consumption, Gravel and Calculous
Deposits, and varieties of ihe above complaints
to which sometimes are given specious names.
We assert that t here is no known remedy that
possesses tht curative power over these dis
eases tb t UADWAT'S RESOLVENT furnishes. It
cures, step by step, surely, from the founda
tion. and restores the Injured parts to tbelr
sound condition. The w stew of <!>• body
nro stopped and healthy blood to asp*
piled is the ajatasi, from which new mv
terlal 1- formed. Tuts is the flUst oo rectlve
power of RADWAYM RESOLVEHT In cases where
ihe system has been t-allvated and Mercury,
Quicksilver. Corrosive Sublimate have accumu
lated and become deposited in the nones, joints,
etc., causing carles or the bones, rlckes. spinal
curvatures, contortions, white swel logs, vari
cose veins, etc.. the RAKSAVARTLLIAM will resolve
away those deposits an . exterminate the virus
of ihe disease from the system.
If those who ars taking theso medicines for
the cure of Chronic. Scrofulous or Syphilitic dis
eases, however slow in iy b* the cure, "ieel bet
ter," ana find their general health improving,
their fle-di and weight Increasing, or even keep
ing Its own. la a sure sign that the cure Is pro
gressing. In these diseases the patient either
gets better or worse—the virus of the disease
f-t not inactive; If not arrested and driven tnm
the blood It will spread and continue to unde
uilne the constitution. As soon as the SABSA
r AR'LLIAN makes the patient "feel be'ter," eveiy
hour you will grow better and increase In health,
strength and flesh.
OVARIAN TUMORB.
The removal of these tumors by RASWAVS
RESOLVENT is now BO certainly established that
what was once co isidered almo t miraculous •
now a co nmon recognU"d f >ct by all parties.
Wltne s the cases of Hannah P. Kn ipp. Mrs. C.
Krapr. Mr.*. J. H. Jolly and Mrs. P. D. Hendrtx.
Sub.lshe l in our Aim iuac for 1878; also that of
irs. c. s. Bibbtns. .n the present edltlou of our
"False and True."
One Dollar per Bottle.
MINUTE REMEDY.
Only requires minutes, not hours, to relieve
pain, end cure acute disease.
Railway's Ready Relief,
in from one to twenty minutes, never falls te
relieve PAIN with < ne thorough applic tlon.
\'o matter how viol *nt or exeruciit'ng the i aln
he RHEUMATIC, Bed-rllden, Infirm. Or.ppled,
Aervms, Neuralgic, or p os:r .ted with disease
may suffer, RADWAY'A READY RELIEF will
afford Instant ease.
Inflammation of the Kidneys, Inflamma
tion of the iflndder. Inflammation of the
llowriH, Congestion of the t.ungs, Sore
Throat, Difficult Breathing. Palpitation of
the Heart, Hysterics, Croup, Uiphtheria,
Catarrh, Influenza, Headache, T stthaehe,
Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Cold Chills,
Ague Chills, Chilblains, Frost Bites,
Bruises. Summer Complaints, Coughs,
Cold. !*prains. Pains in rne Chest, Back or
Limbs, are instantly relieved.
FEVER AND AGUE.
Fever and Ague cured for Fifty cents. There
is not a remedial agent in the world that will
cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious,
Bilious, bcariet. Typhoid. Yellow and other
fevers (aid d by RADWAT* PILLS) SO quick ss
KADWAY 8 READT REU P. t
It will in a ew moments, when tiken accord
ing to directions, cure Cr-unrw, Spasms, Sour
Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Headache. Dlarrboß L
Dysentery, Colic, wind in the Bowels, and all
internal Paine. •
Travelers should always carry a bottle of RAD
WAT s READT RELIEF witb th- m. A few dropa
in wa er will prevent sickness or pains from
change of water. It Is better than French
brandy or bitters AS a stimulant.
Miners mad I, am her mem should always
be provided with it.
CAUTION.
All remedial agents capable of destroying life
by an overdo e should be avoided. Morphine,
opium, strychnine, arnica, hyosclimus, and
other powerful remedies, does at certain times.
In verv sma l doses, relieve the patient during
their action in the sv-tem. But irhaps the
second dose, ir repeated, may aggravate and lu
cre use the suffer! g, and aaother dose cause
death There is no necessity for using these
uncertain agents when a positive remedy like
KADW ITS READY RELIEF will si-op the m>t ex
cruciating pain quicker, without entailing the
least difficulty in either Infant ur adult.
THE TBPE BELIEF.
RAVWAT'S READY RELIEF IS the only remedial
Agent in vogue that will instantly stop pain.
Fifty Cents per Bottle.
Radway's Regulating Fills.
Perfect PnrraMm, Sooth In* A perl*
rnU An Wlihont Ptu, Alwn)i Kelt**
bte and Nalnral in their Operation.
A VEGKTABLK SUBSTITUTE FOB CALOMEL.
Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with
sweet gum, purge, regu.ate, purity, cleans*
and str. ngthen.
KADWAV s PILLS. TOT the cure of all disorders
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costiveness, Indigestion, Dyspeosti, Blllous
nrss. Fever, Inflammation of ilie Bowels, Piles,
and all derangements of the Interna viscera.
Warranted to effect a perfect cure. Purely veg
etable. oontalmng no mercury, minerals or del
eterious drugs.
tw~ observe the following symptoms result
ing from Diseases of the Digestive Organs; Oon
stlpitlon. Inward Pll s. Fullness or the Blood
in the Head. Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea,
Heartburn, Disgust of Food, Fullness or Weight
in the Stomach, sour Eructa lons. Blnklng or
Fluttering at the Heart. Choking or Suffering
S nsatlons a hen In a lying Dosture, Dimness o
Vision, Dots or Webs before tbe SUht, Fever
and Dull Pain in the Head, Dettelencv of Per
spiration Yellowness of the Skin and Eve>. pain
in the Side, Chest, Limbs, and Sudeten Flushes
of Heat, Burning in the Flesh.
A few doses of RADWAT'S PILLS will free the
system from all the above-name.i disorders.
Price, 25 Cent* per Box.
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