AGRICULTURE.
How To START FLOWER SEEDS. —In the
first place we must have a good porous
soil for the beds or garden, with
well-rotted manure or compost, spaded
and raked clean ot lumps and stones, and
laid out as the surroundings or fancy may
dictate, when it is ready for the hardy an
nuals and biennials, It is best to avoid
undue haste in these preparations, and not
be tempted too far by the fickle warmth
of early spring, or we may find our labor
lost. Some ofi the smaller seeds are longer
in germinating, and those who do not
make a hot bed will find it an advantage
to sow verbenas, stocks, petunias, cocks
combs and the like in boxes in this man
uer. Take a box that will hold a peck or
a half bushel of good soil, and put in the
bottom a few handfute of partly rotted
straw, then sift in good garden soil —if not
already sandy, mix in sand—and so fill
the box nearly full; press it down firmly
and smoothly, in rows, and sow the seed
thinly, and then sift over it fine dirt
enough to cover it nicely, not too deeply;
smooth down with a piece of shingle aud
sprinkle very carelully, so as to displace
the seed. Then wet three or four thick
nesses of woolen cloth in hot water, lay
over the cloth close down, aud set the box
in a warm and not very light place, vVhen
the clcth becomes dry, or nearly so, repeat
the wetting, and so on till the seed starts.
At this point the water should be just
warm when used. After the first leaves
develop remove gradually to the light,
with but a thin cover of cloth (mosquito
net will do, using two thicknesses at first.)
By giving this attention, there is little fear
of failure. •
TOE BEST BREED OF Cows Fon A MILK
DAIRY. —Each breed has its merits. If a
large yield of milk is desired the Dutch or
so called Holstein is to he preferred, but
these cattle are very high priced and a
milkman could not afford to purchase them.
Good, well-selected native cows, with
short-horn blood in them, are the best in
some cases, because they give abundant
and good looking milk, and when the milk
tails they are easily tatted. No milkman
can affurd to raise calves unless be has
cheap land and plenty of pasture. If he
has these he had better keep Ay rehires; or
at least select the best native cows, get a
pure Ayrshire bull from good milking
strain and raise half breeds. So far as re
gards the cost of milk tne Ayrehires, ac
cording to their special advocates, take the
pa.m over all other breeds, as they are
easily fed and milk freely.
TARI.E CORK.— With frequent plantings
through the season, a dish of boiled green
corn cau be on the table daily after the
first mess, until late in October. As it is
deservedly regarded to be one of the most
desi able things that can be eujoyed, there
is no reason why even people with a small
1 1 t of land should not indulge in it. There
is now an early variety of sugar corn for
the first planting that we have found to be
excellent. It is called the "Extra Early
Crosby Sugar." A single planting of this
is sufficient, to be followed by "Stowell's
Evergreen Sugar," which is the best vari
ety for the geueial crop that we have yet
found, and have raised it for the least
twenty-five years. A planting should take
place every ten to twelve days, and the
season will require from six to seven crops
at getl er These will give daily supply until
nost sets in the latter part of October.
AMrzzLEFeR BITING HORSES —There
has been a number of inquiries of late as
to an easy and effectual method of curing
the habit of biting in horses. This dan
gerous habit is taught the horse by thought
less owners or drivers, by playing with
them when colts, or teasing them when
full grown. A sharp cut with a whip
across the horse's nose when he bites may
serve to break him from the habit; bui
when the case is worse and incurable, a
muzzle for this purpose may be made of
. strips of light hoop iron or of leather. A
band may be made to encireie the muzzle
to which strips of leather or iron are fast
ened. At the bottom of the muzzle a
round piece of leather should be fastened
by rivets to keep the strips in their place.
A decoction of strong soap-suds with
tobacco stems (the more tobacc the bet
ter) will exterminate the red spider and all
other insects from all plants and shrubs
without the slightest danger of injury.
As soon as the leaves of the currant and
gooseberry are fairly expanded the
"worm" may be looked for. Ihe eggs are
laid upon the uuder side of the lower
leaves, and if these are removed and de
stroyed much trouble is averted.
Tchoumaik, the Bandit.
There recently expired in the infirmary
of the prison at Odessa an individual, by
name Vacili Tchoumaik, a native of Ismail,
of Kalmuck descent, who during the major
part of the ninety-six years of his life ap
pears to have been an unmitigated public
nuisance. Born about 1785, Vacili grew
up to the physical proportions of Hercules
and the strength of Samson. He was duly
drawn for the conscription, and served his
time as a soldier, but he disdained such
placid laurels as those which crown the
shako of the celebrated Russian drum-ma
jor whose waxen effigy, in full uniform and
holding a little wax dwarf in the hollow of
one big hand, smiles through his mustache
upon mankind at Mme. Tussaud. On ob
taining his discharge Vacili Tchoumaik
adopted brigandage as his profession; and
it is estimated that in the course of his ca
reer as a bandit, he committed no fewer
than eighty murders. During many years
he and the outlaws forming his band kept
the country round about Odessa in a con
tinuous state of terror, while the Russian
police rather connived at than interferes
with the miscreants' doings. At length an
exceptional superintendent named Kboido
hevsky undertook the task of abrogating
him. The brigand chief was surrounded
in a roadside inn where he had taken refuge,
and after a sanguinary struggle he aDd
several of his followers were captured.
The fine old Russian code of criminal juris
prudence being then prevalent, Vacili re
mained nine y< ars in prison before he was
tried. In 1859, however, lie was sentenced
to the knout and to 20 years' hard labor m
Siberia. The brigand was at ihat period
74 years of age. Five years afterw; rd he
escaped and made his way back to Odessa;
but he was again caught, tried, and rele
gated to penal servitude. Once more, in
1869, he made his re-appearance at Odessa,
and after two years' confinement in jail put
justice to the trouble of again trying him,
and sending him back to Siberia. In the
middle of last May this patriarchal bandit
made a fifth and final appearrnce in the
vicinity of Odessa, and disi in&uished him
self by attempting steal a wagon and
horses belonging to some German colonists.
The sturdy Teutons, however, gave the
veteran desperado a very warm reception.
They soundly belabored Vac'li and a com
panion of his, and, binding them hand and
foot, delivered them over to the authorities.
Tchoumaik was found to have had seven
of his ribs broken, and to have been other
wise so roughly handled that he was re
moved to the prison infirmary, where, on
the 80th ultimo he died. He was ninety
six years of age, and but for the drubbing
which he received at the hands of the Gej
m&n colonists might have survived to have
been a ceatennaiian among convicts.
DOMESTIC.
MILE AND LIME WATER. Milk and
Lime water are now frequently prescribed
by physicians In cases of dyspepsia and
weakness of the stomach, and in some
cases are said to be beneficial. Many per
sons who think good bread and milk a
great luxury, frequently hesitate to eat it
for the reason that the milk will not digest
readily; sourness of the stomach will often
follow. But experience shows, says an
approved medical journal, that lime water
aud milk are not only food and medicine
at early period of life, but also at a later,
when, as in the case of infants, the fuuc
Hons of digestion and assimilation are
feeble aud easily perverted, A stomach
taxed by gluttony, irritated by improper
food, inflamed by alchohol, enfeebled by
disease, or otherwise uutitted lor its duties
—as is shown by the various symptoms
atteudant upon indigestion, dyspepsia,
diarrhtea, dysentery and fever—will re
sume its work, and do it energetically, on
an exclusive diet of bread aud milk aud
lime water. A goblet of milk may have
tour tablespoon!uls of lime water added
to it with good effect. The way to make
lime water is simply to procure a few
lumps cf unslaked lime, put the luue in a
stone jar, and add water until the lime is
slaked and ot about the consistence of thin
cream; the lime settles, leaving the puie
aud clean lime water 011 the top.
NEW PROCESS FOR WASHING LIN EX. —
"In Germany and Belgium a substitute has
lately been introduced for soda m the
laundry, which,'while it has all the deter
sive qualities of soda, does no injury to the
linen. Two pounds ot soap are dissolved
in about five gallons of wattr as hot as the
baud ean bear. To this are added oue
tabiespoonful of oil of turpentine and three
of liquid ammonia. This mixture is then
well stirred, and in it the clothes are
steeped lor three hours, the washtub being
covered up as carefully as possible. Next,
the clothes are washed, rinsed and blued
as usual. The mixture will serve a sec
ond time, only, it must be re-heated aud
one-halt spoonful of oil of turpentine and
one and one-half of ammonia added to it.
l'lns process economizes time, labor and
fuel. The clothes are not injured, because
the ammonia evaporates very quickly; and
as for the suiell of the turpentine, that dis
appears in the diyiug."
POINTS IN CAKE MAKING. —The butter
should be perfectly sweet aud tree from
buttermilk; the butter aud sugar should
be thoroughly beaten together. Powdered
sugar is preterable to granulated, as the
latter is slow in dissolving; the whites of
the eggs should be beaten to a stiff troth,
aud added to the sugar, fruit
should be rolled iu flour aud added at
the last moment. Soda should be pulver
ized and sifted into the cake with the
Hour. The hand or a woodeu spoon is
best for mixing caae. An important poiut
is the heatot the oven. The cake should
begin to bake at, once, but should not
orowu immediately. The oven door
should be seldom opeued while the cake is
in. The gem-paus are exce.leut tor bak
ing cake, tirst neatiug them as for Graham
geuis.
PREVENTION OF DISEASE - A man can
do his own business the best. IJeLce, it
is saler to prevent disease by a proper
care of ourselves, living temperately in all
respects, using plain aud simple food, than
to pay doctors' bills. Especially it is
easier to prevent the dyspepsia than to
cure it, at least, cases of long standing.
Medicine will effect little so long as we eat
the richest and most indigestible food; eat
at all hours, particularly at bedtime, or
eat as if "on a wager," consuming tbe
meal by the aid of hot drinks in the short
est possible time. Dyspepsia is a certifi
cate of wrong and gross eating, ordinarily,
or of too much mental effort robbing the
stomach.
RIBBONS which are veiy much soiled
can be made clean and will look almost
like new ones if washed m ammonia and
water. Use half a teaspoouful ot am
monia to one pint f w r atcr. Some ribbons,
after washing or sponging, do not need to
ne ironed and in fact are injured by it.
These should be fastened to a table or
long ironing board, and when perfectly
smooth, let them alone until they are dry.
if they are at all wrinkled when dry lay a
cloth which is slightly damp over them
and press with a hot iron. Black silk, if
sponged with cold coffee and ammonia,
will be wonderfully freshened. Use a
flannel cloth to remove dust from silk.
DIET FOB WALKING.—A famous pedes
trian always prepared for his walks thus:
He takes a small chop and some cocoa for
breakfast. In two hours afterward a raw
egg beaten up. His dinner consists of a
sago pudding and a small quantity of very
raw beef, without drink, and his supper of
as mi.ch cocoa and bread and butter as he
wishes. Bach day he is allowed a quart
of milk and occasional sips of ginger ale.
He takes no alcoholic beverages whatever.
To CLEAN BLAOK CLOTH, —Dissolve one
ounce of bicarbonate of ammonia in one
quart of warm water. With this liquid
rub the cloth, using a piece of flannel or
black cloth lor the purpose. After the
application of this solution, clean the
cloth well with dear water; dry and iron
it, brushing the cloth from time to time
in the direction of the fiber.
To CUBE A FELON.— As soon as the parts
begin to swell get the tincture of lobelia
and wrap the part affected with a cloth ;
saturate it thoroughly with the tincture
and the felon will soon die—poisoned in
stead of hung as felons ought to be. This
never fails if tried in season.
TREATMENT FOR COLDS. —Take two tea
spoonfuls of water, one of molasses and
one of pain killer ; sip down and cover
warmly. It is well to bathe the cnest also
with the pain killer. A very bad cold may
be broken up directly with this careful
treatment. *
RELIEF FOR BURNS. —A quick cure is to
apply a layer of common salt and saturate
it with laudanum. Hold it in place an
hour or so by simple bandage. The smart
ing sensation will disappear rapidly and
the bum get well.
FOR SPRAINS —There is nothing better
than a strong decoction of wormwood and
vinegar. A flannel cloth wrung out of the
above just as hot as the patient will bear,
and bound on the affected part will give
immediate relief.
COMBE says, in preserving beef, the ribs
will keep longest—five or six days in sum
mer—the middle of the loin next, the
round next, and the shortest of all, the
brisket, which will not keep more than
three days in hot weather.
To make silk which has been wrinkled
appear exactly like new, sponge it on the
surface with a weak solution ot gum arabic
or white glue, and iron on the wrong side.
SOAKING calico just previous to the first
wasning in a strong solution of either salt
or alum is, excellent to preserve the
color.
HUMOROUS.
,4 IIi Iml stop that car!" Driver screws
down the brake so vigorously as nearly to
dislocate the necks of the passengers, who
fall up against each other and smile or
look cross, according to their pecular ills
positions. "Now, tlear, good-bye, and be
sure and come and see me very soou, and
dou't forget to irive my love to Aunt Susan
and Uncle John and all the rest of the
folks; ard remember not to trouble your
self about matching that ribbon unless you
can as easy as not, And do take care of
yourself, aud tell Jane how glad I am that
she's going to marry that young Mr. Smith,
who is a good man, 1 know by his looks,
and I hear he's got lots of money, which
is most as good. Now dou't take cold this
changeable weather, and I'll send you that
recipe for the mutfius just as soon as I get
home. Good-bye—g o-o-d--bye. Why,
wbere's that car,? 1 thought the street
cars were for the accommodation of peo
ple," So they are, and that's the reason
why this one went ou, instead ol stopping
at the crossing all day.
A MEDICAL writer tells this story of a
celebrated English quack: lie was once
visited by an old acquaintance troui the
country, who addressed him as "Zam."
"I'm glak to see thee'st got on s > viuely,
Zam," said the rustic, "but how is't, mau'r
thee knowest thee never had no more
brains nor a pumpkin."
Taking him lo a window, the quack
bade him count the passers-by. "flow
many have passed If" asked the quack,
after a few minutes.
"Noiuly, or mayhap a hundred,"
"Aud how many wise men do you sup
pose were among this hundred f"
"Mayhap one."
"Well; all the rest are mine."
AMIABLE husband (who has just finished
moving). Where are my slippers, dear? '
Wife —*'They came along with the third
load, and the load went to the garret*"
Husband —"and where is my pipe*"
Wife —You'll find it iu oce of the barrels
of crocaery in the cellar." Husband—
"And where is my comb and hair brush?"
Wife —"Jane packed them in the kitchen
stove with the children's shoes." Hus
band (mentally soliloquising)—" What a
woman my w.fe is! She uever went to
college, and yet she knows everything.
TBRRIBLK: This is terrible I A youth
of seventeen has lost his sight, all his hair
has come out, his voice is failing, one arm
has become para))zed, his*girl has jilted
him, his hearing has go.ie, and both oi his
legs have dropped oil at the knees—all
through the habitual smoking of cigarettes.
A terrible lie, we moan, but it is not half
as bad as some of the eases reported in our
exchanges. Truth is stranger than fiction
every lime.
WATKHIXO place truuks are made with
two wings and a back door this season,
l'hey are put on rollers and drawn to the
hotel by a horse power windless. They
are then atiacheu to the buildiug, and the
belle of the resort goes inside and lives. A
neat thing in the way of a bronze ventila
tor has been ati ached to the lids, and the
truuks are every way more comfortable
than an entire suite of moms in the hoiel
proper.
"I RELIEVE this mind reading business
is all nonsense," said Brown. "It's all
humbug, 1 tell you," he coutinued. "1
should like to see auylody read my mind.
There isn't a man living who can read it."
The question took its three readings, and
the house passed a resolution that Brown
was correct, with not a disseutiug vote.
The unbiased sentiment of all preseut was
that the uiau was not yet born who could
rtad Brown's miud aud never would lie.
TIIK other way: "Do you sell Bibles
rnd Testament? here?" inquired an elderly
lady of the gentlemanly clerk in a book,
store. " Yea, ma'am. We have a tine
variety. Aoout what style would you
like?" "1 don't want any of the old
ones. I want a reversed Testament."
Evidently she thought the whole business
had gone backward.
YOUNG HOPEFUL —Mamma: " L ou'll
be sorry when Uncle Dick leaves us to
morrow, won't you, Tommy?" Tommy:
*Oh, no, I shan't!" Mamuia: "Why
not?" Tommy: "Cos Uncle Dick al
ways gives me a shilling when he goes
away!"
"WHAT'S in a namel" Ah ! William,
you don't know everything, that's certain.
Salt can be bought for a few cents per
quart; but call it chloride of sodium, and
the apothecary will mulct you to the time
of haifa dollar for one poor scruple.
VALUABLE information from a bachelor :
May is one of the unlucky mouths for mar
riages. The other unlucky mouths are
January, February, March, April, Juue,
July, August, September, October, .No
vember, and December.
SHE complained to her milkman that he
did not give her good measure; and he
said It was the fault of her pitcher—he
tilled it chalk lull always. She admitted
it was so, and told him she was ghul he
sioko the truth at all times.
A MAN who was fishing lor trout in the
Tiouesta years ago, so the s ory runs,
caught Ins hook on a bag of gold and
brought it safely to shore. As he looked
at the gold he sadly said: "J ust my luck;
uever could catch any fish."
A POOR lellow who kicked his wife to
death in England has been sentenced to
six months' imprisonment. The judge
will probably average the thing by giving
some deep-dyed villain who has kil ed a
rabbit three or four years.
VERY PRACTICAL: "Do you intend go
ing to a summer resort this summer?" in
quired Miss Fitzjoy of her practical friend.
"Oh, yes indeed. If there is auy place
where summer resorts this year we are
going surely.
FATHER (who is always trying to teach
his son how to act while at the table):
"Well, John, you see that when I have
finished eating 1 always leave the table."
John: "Yes, sir; and that is all you do
eave.
LAND of the free—The new settlers in
Texas will find plenty of elbow room, if
nothing else. One ol them writes that he
has "the Rio Grande for a bath-tub and all
Mexico for a back yard.''
AFFLIOTBD man: No: it's no disgrace
to be named Smith. We'd rather be
named Smith and own over $100,000,00u
than be called St. Lawrence DeVe-e and
have to be bashful of the dog-tax collector.
FWED : "Haw—what do you wish your
self to-night, dear boy ?" Algy: "Noth
ing, and —haw—pwecious little of that.
Fact is, these light days it gets so awfully
late so awfully early?"
AME-IOAN horses will never make as
much money abroad as American donkeys
have spent there.
[Albany, (N. Y) Dally Press and KnlCKerbocker.)
Abandoned.
We perceive by one of our Massachu
setts exchanges that Dr. Lorenzo Waite, of
West field, an eminent physician of Berk
shire Co., strongly indorses St. Jacobs Oil.
W1 h it he cured a case of Sciatica that re
sisted all regular treatment, and had iu fact
been abandoned as incursh'e.
In a letter written by Mr. Charles Dar
win to Professor Holmgren on vivi-sectlon,
he says: "No one, unless he is grossly igno
rant of what science lias done for mankind,
can entertain any doubt of incalculable
benefits which will hereafter he derived
from physiology, not only by man but the
lower animals. Look, for instance, at Pas
teur's results in modifying the germs of the
most malignant disease,from which animals
will, in the first place, receive more relief
lhau man."
[Ta Fayette (Ind.) Sunday Times.
Our City Druggists report au immense
sale of St. Jacob's Oil, saying the demand
is based upon the popularity of its success.
Wherever it has been used, it has proved
its value a thousand fold, and receives its
liesl encomiums from thoso who have tried
it.
A matter which may become of practi
cal value to undertakers is the late demon
stration that the bodies of auunals killed
with pure hydrociamc acid remain unaffect
ed by decomposition for about a month.
The discovery may possibly also be made
of service in the dressing of meats for
food, as it is stated that the acid remains
all this time intact in the stomach, and can
he readily separated by distillation.
""""NATURE'S REMEDTV
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IT I in i aim ii'"
WILL CURE
Scrofula, Scrofulous Humor, Cancer, cancerous
Hum r JSryslpela-, Canker, Salt Rheum,
Piinples or Humor In the Pace, C'ougu*
an i C"ld->, Uicers. Bronchitis. Neu
ralgia, Uy&pcpsla, Rheumatism,
P.uus in uie 8-de, Constipa
tion, coatlv nes*. Piles,
Dizziness, Headache,
Nervousness, Pains
in ihe Back.
Falntness at the Stomach. Kidney Complaints,
Female Weakness ami General Debility.
This preparation Is scientific illy and chemi
cally combined, and so s-rougly co cent rated
iron root , herbs and birns. tnat its good el
ects are realized ltntuHll tely after commenc
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IU.IU ysuin for which the Vegetlue cannot be
used wiih perfect sai. ty, as it oo - not cout ln
my me aillc compound. For lradl altng th
system of all tmpurliies of the bio -d it has no
*QUiI II has n ior faded to effect a c re, glv
lug tone and si re gih to the system dcblilt aed
oy dbeusa. Its wonderful effect-, upon the com
plaints named are surorislng to all. Many havi
oeeu cur-a by the Vegeune th it have tried
uiany other remedies. It cau well be called
The Great Blood Purifier.
Dr. W, Ross Writes,
SCROFULA, LIVER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA,
RHEUMATISM. WEAKNESS.
MR. H. R. STRVRNS, Boston:
l nave been practising medicine for 25 years,
and as a remedy for berotula. Liver complaint,
Dyspepd , Uht uinallsm, Weakness, and all dis
eases of he blood, 1 have n ver found lu equal,
i uave .-old Vogei Ine iur seven y- ars and nave
never hud one not. 1 reiurm d. l wuuld heartily
recommend it to those in need of a blood puil-
Oer. DR. W. ROSS, Druggist,
sept. IS, IS7B. Wilton, luwa.
VEGETINE,
PREPARED BT
11. R. STEVENS, Boston, Hun.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
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It will euro entirely the worst form of Female font
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tion Falling AND DtipUeeneDU, and the conw juent
Spinal Weak llll— , and in particularly adapted to tho
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It will DISSOLVE and expel tumors from the uterus In
on early stage of development. The tendency to can
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It removes faintnass, flatulency, destroys all craving
for stimulants, and relieves weakness of the stomach.
It cures Thoatlng, Headaches, Nervous Prostration.
General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression auu Indi
gestion.
That feeling o? bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backache, LA always permanently cured bv Its use.
It will at all times and under all circumstances act In
harmony with the laws that govern the female system,
For tho curt> of Kidney Complaints of either sex lids
Compound is unsurpassed.
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In tho form of pilis, also in the form of lozenges, on
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oonfer a nvor upon the Advertiser and th.
iffnhUsher bystatiug that they saw the adver
tisement in this lucrum l(naming the paper)
A Filler for porous and Hard Woods.
—Use boiled oil and corn starch stirred
into a very thick paste. Add a little japan
and reduce with turpentine. Add no color
for light ash. For dark ash and chestnut,
use a little raw sienna ; for walnut, burnt
umber and a slight amount of Venetian red;
for bay wood, burnt sienna. In no case
use more color than is required to overcome
the white appearance of the starch unless
you wish to stain the wood. This tiller is
worked with brush and rags in the usual
manner: Let it dry 48 hours, or until it is
in condition to rub down with No. 0 sand
paper, without much gumming up, and if
an extra line finish is desired till again with
the same materials, using less oil, but more
of japan and turpentine. The Eecond coat
will not shrink, it beiug supported by the
tlrst coat. When the second coat is hard,
the wood is ready for finishing up in any
desired style or to any degree of nicety by
following up the usual methods. This
formula is not intended for rosewood, and
will not be satisfactory if used therefor.
Kill*.
"Eleven years our daughter suffered on
a bed of misery under the care of several
"of the best (and some of the worst) physi
cians, who gave her disease various names
but no relier, ami now she is restored to us
in good health by as simple a remedy an
Hop Hitters, that we had poohed at for
two years, before using it. We earnestly
hope and pray that no one else will let
their sick suffer as we did, on account of
prejudice against so good a medicine as
Hop Hitters." —The Parents.
There have been 72.'J models and plans
of improved cattle cars sent to Chicago, in
competition for the prize offered for the
best inveutiou in that line, and many others
ore known to exist which their inventors
think too valuable to part with for the prize.
They represent nearly every State, beside
Canada, England aud Switzerland, and
though it will l>e some time before the de
scriptions can be prepared and the respec
tive merits decided, it is already apparent
that the competition will result in a much
better ear for the transportation of live
stock. There have already lxn llti patents
granted in this country for cattle cars.
Why Are You ISiliou.t?
because you ha/e alio ved your bowel* to
become costive aud Liver torp d. Use Kid
uey- Wuri to produce a free state of the boweia
and it wilt etiuiulate the liver 10 proper action,
c.eanse the kiu of its yellowness, curs bilious
headache, and ciuse new life in the blood.
Druggi-d* have it, both dry aud liquid.— Z>on
Herald.
The latest application of paper is the
adoption ol plates made of that material by
some of the great restaurants of Berlin.
They were first introduced last summer by
the landlord of an open-air restaurant, and
ihey were so pretty, looking much like
porcelain, that the public took a fancy to
them, and so cheap and little liable to
break that the eating bouse people consid
ered them a valuable acquisition. Now
they are beiDg introduced into a great num
ber of restaurants, though of course they
cannot be used for liquids.
VBGKTINB. —"The life of all flesh is the
blood thereof." And no one can possibly
be healthy when the blood is diseased.
VRGETINE is composed of substance identi
cal with healthy blood; and when takeD
into the system for the cure of disease, it
is absorbed, and replaces the deficiency
which caused the disease.
Prof. J. W. Mallet says in the Ameri
can Chemical Journal lhat the so-called
Spence metal, a fused mixture of iron
pyrites or other metallic sulphides with ex
cess of sulphur, will be especially valuable
for making the joints of water pipes
and like purposes, though the first claims
made for it are extravagant. Its melting
point is as low as 100 degress centrigrade,
it has a considerable amount of cohesive
strength, resists exposure to air and water,
avd costs very little.
THERE IS hnt one way to cure baldness,
and that is by using CABBOLINE, deodor
ized extract of petroleum, the natural hair
grower. ' As recently improved, it is the
only dressing for the hair that cultured
people will use.
Commissioner Baird thinks it practi
cable by the application of steam to fish
hatching apparatus to so multiply the num
ber of cod, herring and mackerel on our
coasts as to make itunnecessary to go else
where for a supply.
THE invalid finds in "Dr. Lindsey's
Blood Marcher" Nature's great restorer.
It is wonderful. Sold by all druggists.
The object-glass for the Lick observatory
in California is to be three feet in diameter
and if successful, will be the most power
ful instrument of the kind ever made. About
three years will be rtquired to finish the
telescope.
To regulate the liver, stomach, and
bowels, all you need is "Sellers' Liver
Pilla " Take them and sec.
An instrument called the margarimeter
has been invented by two Parisian chemists
for detecting the presence of margarine in
butter. It is based on the different densi
ties of butter and the grease substances
substituted for it or mixed with it.
WOMEN that have been given up to die
have been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
It is said that during a recent hailstorm
in Geneva, Professor Colladon observed
that the bail -stones repelled each other as
they fell, and th it after lying quiet for a
moment or two oa the ground,they bounded
about like the electric hail experiment of
Newtou with pith-balls.
" on Rata "
Ask Druggists for it. It clears out rata,
mice, reaches, bed-bugs, flies, vermin, in
sec.s. 15c.
MRSSRS. MORGAN & HBADLT, Mutual Life
Building, Tent h and Chestnut stree s, have on
hand a superb stock 01 extra fine quality Dia
monds, which they offer at as low prices as
stones of the first quality, perfect alike In color
and shape, can be sold for.
•'I Don't Want a Plaster,"
said a sick man to a druggist, "can't yon give
me someihiug to cure me? ' Hit symptoms
•vere a lame back and disordered urine and
were a sure indication of kidney disaas <. Tne
druggist told iiira to me Ki lnej-Wort and in
a short time it effected a oompiete cure. Have
you thes- eymptous? Then get a box or bo tie
UKday—before you beivme incurable, it is the
cure i safe and s ire. Knoxville Republican
A Case of P)les of 30 Years' Standing.
BOSTON, MASS., August 6, 1877.
MESSRS. P. NEUHTAEDTER A Co.,
New York.
Gentlemen:—Enclosed please find $ 1.00 for
a box of Dr. H. Bilsbee's Ci Anakesis." I have
been troubled with the piles siuce 1849, and
have tried almont everything that I oould find,
but without sucoess. I have just been using
yours, and have derived more benefit from it
than any that I have ever tried. Please for
ward me a box at once.
Yours truly, A. LEDYARD,
77 Traverse street, Boston.
Samples of "Anakesis" are sent free to all
sufferers on application to P. Neuataedter &
Co., Box 3946, New York.
Haunted Me.
Debt, poverty and suffering haunted me
for years, caused by a sick family and large
bills for doctoring, which did no good. I
was completely discouraged, until one year
ago, by the advice of my pastor, I pro
cured Hop Bitters and commenced their
use, and in one month we were ail well,
and none of us have been sick a day since;
and I want to say to all poor men, you can
keep your families well a year with Hop
Bitters for less than one doctor's visit will
cost. —A Workingmaou
Recent experiments made in Europe
prove that in most cases at least the popu
lar belief that metals contract when pass
ing from the liquid to the solid state is un
true. Of-eight metals changed from the
solid to the fused state, it was found that
tin, zinc, bismuth, antimony, iron and
copper increased in volume on solidifying
from one-fifth to 8 per cent., while in cape
of lead and cadmium the difference was so
small either way that it could not be mea
sured.
prajl
GDuBElf
FOR
RHEUMATISM,
Heuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,
Backache, Soreness of the Chest,
Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell
ings and Sprains, Burns and
Scalds, General Bodily
Pains,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frostod
Feet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
No Preparation on earth equal* Sr. Jarow Oil
U a ia/f, aurr, simple and eh*ap External
Remedy A trial entail* but At comparatively
trifling outlay of 60 Onta, and every one Buffering
with pain can have cheap and poailive proof of iu
claim*
Direction* in Eleven Language*.
BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER A CO.,
Jtfiltirnnre, Md., U. 8. A*
I DOES WUVQt
WONDERFUL fill I [ I
CURES! ■MIHHiB
Because It art* on the 1.1 YKit, BOWELS ||
and RIBSEI'Sat the same time.
Because it cieansoa the system of the poison- H
oui humor* that deveiope in Kidney and On- flj
nary Disease*, Biliousness, Jaundice, Conatl. B
patlon. Pile*, or in Rheumatism. Neuralgia, ■
Narvoua Disorders and Female Complaints. H
SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAT i
Fngens 0. Stork, of Junction City, Kansaa,
says Kidney W u rt cured him offer regular Pby h
detail* had been trying for four year*
Mr* John A mail, of Washington, Ohio, says H
bet boy was given HI) to die by four proualnantXJ
iihvsicians and that lie Mas afterward* cured by m
kidney Woit. ■
M M B flood win, on editor !ti Chard on, Ohio U
say* lie was Hot etne< ted to lire, IHMIIU bloatedH
beyond belief, but Kidney Woitcured ulm H
Anna L Jarrett of South Salem. N. Y., saysU
that seven years suffering from kidney t roubles ■
arid other complication* ma* ended by tba use vfH
Kidney Wort. U
John R tnwrenee of Jactrson, Term., suffered ■
foi years from liver and kidney troubles aad|M
after taking " laurels of other uiedlcln—
Kidney Wort made lilm well.
Mlchal Coto of Montgomery Center. Yt.H
differed eight years with Itbinev diflk-uity andQ
ISM unable to work. Kidney Wort made biniH
PERMANENTLY CUREB
□ KIDNEY DISEASES, Y
LIVER COMPLAINTS,!
nOoostipation and Piles.
■ ir K input tip in Ilry Vegetable Form in H|
■ tin cans, one package of whicb makessix quart* ■
rT of medicine. Also in Liquid Form, very Caa- FM
!■ cent rated, for those that cannot reaully pre MB
H pare it.
H|.r It acf* iritk fiftial dflcienry in either form, ■
U GET IT ATTHK DItCOGISTS. PRICE. 81.00 Q
If ELLS, UKUABDSON A(o.. Prop's, I
HfWiU send the dry postpaid.) tit ULIXfiTOS, VT. R
HOSIETTERS
SITTERS
Feeble and Sickly Person*
Recover their vitality by pursuing a course of
Iloßietter's Stomach Bitters, the most popular in
vigorant and alterative medicine lu use. General
debility, fever and ague, dyspepsia, constipation,
rheumatism, and other maladies are completely
removed by it Ask those who have used it what
it has done for them.
For sale by all Druggists and dealers generally.
p . . na
HOP BITTERSN
(A Medicine, not a. Drink,)
CONTAINS
HOP% BUCHU, MANDRAKE,
DANDELION.
And the Pthest and Best MedicalQß alt-■
TIES OF ALL OTHKB BITTERS.
"they cure
All Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood,l
Liver. Kidneys, antl Urinary Organs, Ner* I
vousnesa. Sleeplessness and especially
Female Complaints.
SIOOO IN GOLD.
Will be paid for a ease they will not, cure orß
help, or for anything impure or injurious 1
found in them.
Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and tryH
them before you sleep. Take no Other.M
D.l. C. is an absolute and irresistible cure forH
Druukenesa, use of opium, tobacco and
narcotics. ■
BBMi Send fob Circular. ■■■■
Ail above rold by dnipMst*.
Hop Bitter* Mfg. Co., Rochester, N. T., A Toronto, Ont.^
■ - 1 . 1 mwimm
V2O
A bLIA'N Brain Food cures Ntrrom De-
J\ biiity ana WVaknes of Generative Orgaus, ®l—
druggists. Send for circular to Allen's Phar
macy, 313 First Avenue, N. r.
HEALTH IS WEALTH,
HEALTH Of BODY is WEALTH of MIND.
Railway's
SMHIrUI HUT.
Pure blood makes sound fleah, strong bone
and a clear skin. If you would have your flesh
firm, your bones sound without curies, and your
complexion f ir, use Had way 's Mareaparlt*
Haw Resolvent.
A remedy composed of Ingredients of extra
ordinary medoai properties essential to purify,
heal, repair and invigorate the broken-down and
wasted body—QUICK. PLEaSANT. ,j9AFK and
PERMANENT lalts treatment and cttre.
No matter bjvwhat name the complaint may
be designated, wnetber It be Boro.ula, cou
aumptio'i, aypmlhs, Ulcers, Sores, Tumors, Boils.
Erysipelas, ar Salt* Rheum, diseases of the
Lungs Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, Skin, Liver,
Stomach or Bowels, either chronic or constitu
tional, the virus of the disease is la the BLOoD
which bupp.les the waste, and builds and re
pa re these organs and warted tissues of the
system. If the blood is unhealthy, the process
of repair must be uusound.
X'be Mnrsaparilllan Reaelvent not only
Is a oompeosaiiug remedy, but secures the har
monious action of each of the organs it estab
lishes throughout the entire system functional
harmony, aud supplies the b ood-vessels with a
pure and heal by current of new life. The skin,
after a few days use of the BarsaparUHan, bc
eooees clear aad beautiful. Ptmpias, blotches,
Black ipots and skln Erupt on* are removed;
bores ana Ulcers soon cured. Persons suffering
from Scrofula, Eruptive Diseases of the Eyes.
Mouth, Ears, Legs, Throat and Glands, that
have accumulated and spread, either from uu*
cured diseases or mercury, or from the use of
corrosive sublimate, may rely upon a cure If
the SarsapardUan is continued a sufficient, time
to make lis impression on the tystem.
One bottle contains mure of the active princi
ples of tMicinea than any other preparation.
Takeninxeaspoonful Doses, while oihera re
luire Ave or six times m much. Owe Dollar
•or Mettle.
MINUTE REMEDY.
Only requires minutes not hur to re-
Uere pain and cure acute disease.
RADWAY'S
Ready Relief
In from one to twenty mlnutee, never falls to
relieve Pa IN with one tnoraufb application;
no matter now violent or excruciating t lie pale
the Rheumatic. Bed-ridden, Infirm. Crippled,
Nervoua Neuralgic or profltratjd with <MRf-a.-a
man suffer, UADVVAY'S HEAD 1' RELIEF will
afford lustanl ease.
luflitinmHllnn nftlie Kidney*. lit A* mitt n.
Um ofiitr Bladder, ll*nu>adoa of the
Bowel*, tooetU>* ef the I,tinic*. Wore
Throat. Dtnealt Breathlet. S*lpitaiott
of th - Heart. Myaterle*. Croi>. Dfafa.
tliOrU*. Catarrh. Influent*. HendWlio,
Toolhnehe. Bf ear ilfin. BbraMUto,
Cold tiilU*. Agae Cliilla, Otllfa.aia*. end
Frost Bfoa, BruUoa, niimhrr Com
plaint*. Herroaiae**. A 100 p I eaa oaa,
(oufha Soldo, ff|>raia*, Pntau In the
* facet, Book or Limb* are imtnatly ro
liovod.
Fever and Ague.
FRYER and AGUE cured for 80 cents. Tbtw
is not a reined sal agent In this world that will
cure Fever and Ague, and other Malarious, Blii
ou *, >carlot. Typ lout Yellow and other fevers
(aided by Kadwaj s Puis) so quietly as Rap-
WAT'B Rxadt KEAIKF.
It will in a fe;moments, when taken accord
ing to directions, cure Cramps, bpasina, Sour
Stomach, Heartourn, Hick Headache. Diarrhoea.
Dyst-Bicry, < oilc, v\lnd In the Bowels, ana ail
Internal Paln>.
Travelers should always carry a bottle of Rad
way's Ready Relief w.tb them. A few drops in
ws er will prevent sickness or pains rrom
change or wat r. It is better than French
brandy or hitters as a stimulant.
Miners and Lumbermen should always be
provided with it.
CAUTION.
All remedial agents capable or destroying sirs
by an overdose should be avoided. Morphine,
opium, Btr chnine, arnica, hyoaclatnua, and
other poweriui lemedles. does at certain times.
In very small doses, relieve the patient during
their acuon In the system, but p -reaps the
second dose, if repeated, may aggravates a la
crease the suffering, and another dose cause
de ith There is no necessity for usiug ihese
uncertain agents wh< n a positive remedy like
Railway's Ready Rel ef will stop the most ex
cruciating pain quicker, without entailing the
.east difficulty In either infant or adult.
THE TRUE RELIEF."
Rapwat's Rbadt relief is the only remedial
agent In vogue that will instantly stop pain.
Fifty Cents Per Bottle.
KADWAT'S
Regulating Pills.
Perfect Pnrgratlves, Soothing Aperi
ents, Act Without Pain, Always
Reliable, and Natural in their
Operation.
A VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL.
Perte tly tasteless, elegantly coated with
sweet gum, purge, regulate, purity, cleanse and
St PB gthvD.
RADWAT'S PILLS, for the cure of all D sorders
of the siomacu. Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder,
Nervous Diseases, H -attache, Consup tlon, Cos
tive ness, Tnd gettlon, Dyspepsia, Biliousness.
Fever, Infl traailon of the Bowels, Plies, and all
derangements of the Internal viscera. War
ranted to effect a pertect cure. Purely vege
table, containing no mercury, minerals or dele
terious drugs.
iwobset ve the following symptoms resuP lag
from Diseases of the Dlge-Uve Organs: Consti
pation, Inward Piles, Fullness of the Bio dla
the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea,
Heartburn. Li gust of Food, Fullness or JVelght
in the stomach, sour Eructlons, Sinking or
Fluttering at the Hearr, Ch<king or Suffering
Sensations when in a lying posture. Dimness of
Vision, Dots or webs Before the sight, Fever
and Dull Pain tn the Head, Deficiency of Per
spiration, Mellowness of the Skin and Eye,
Pain in the s.de. Che t. Limbs, and Sudden
Flushes of Heat, Burning tn the Flesh.
A few doses of RADWAT'S PILLS will free the
system from all the above-named Disorders.
Price, 25 Cents Per Box.
We repeat that the reader must consult our
books and papers on the subject of diseases and
their cure, . mong which may be named:
"raise and Tree,"
"Rad way on Irritable Urethra,"
••Hadway oa Scrofula,"
and others relating to different classes or Dls
-ases.
SOLD BT DRUGGISTS.
READ "FALSE AND TRUE/*
Bend a letter stamp to SADWAT * CO.,
S3 Warren, Cor. Church St., Mew
York.
twin for mat ion worth thousands will be sent
0 you.
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Shatters can be place 1 2, S, 4, sor six Inches apart
and hetd*eeu ely me ther position. Agents w.nted
in every county. Can <nakt> big wages Summer and
Fall. The bust and handsomest thing ont Sells at
every hus<\ write for pa-tlcnlars. .S.mples bi>
map fr 6 cents postage. Ad Ires# SMITm A CO.,
804 Matter Street. Phfladelphla. Pa.
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