AGRICULTURE.
WATCH THE SEEDS. — Just at this time,
when it is necessary to have the seeds in
tne plant-bed sprout quickly, the watering
pot is fieuuently used. This should not
he done except in cases of necessity, as
t here is almost always more or less of im
perceptible moisture in the earth which is
sufficient for the very small seeds, such as
cabbage, lettuce, etc. The greatest danger
io these seeds is in the baking of the soil,
which will assuredly occur if the watering
pot is used, espacially if the soil contains
much clay. To avoid this difficulty the
seeds should be planted in the beds the
short way, so that the gardener can reach
everv portion of them with a rake trorn the
walk way. Plant all seeds in little rows
about eight inches apart, and then stick a
sprig at each end and one in the centre. It
can be noticed that always atter a warm
day the surface is baked. This is the
cause of more seed failures than any other
thing, as the seeds perish before they can
get through. Successive applications of
water simply makes the crust harder. Wa
ter the plants every alternate evening, it
necessary, and on the evenings after each
wateiiog, rake the bed over with a sharp
toothed rake (one with a tooth out in the
middle is preferable), following the direc
tion of the rows, wbch may be discerned
by the sprigs placeu there for the purpose.
1 hie process loosens the soil, prevents the
formation of hard crust, admits air, water
ar.d warmth, and facilitates the growth of
tie young plants. After they are through
the ground it is time to give them a slight
hoeing.
FARMING ON CLAY LAND.— Very favor
able reports have recently been published
in England of the profits of farming o n
land tliat was essentially compact clay, in
some cases what passed for soil hHd been
used for making brick. 1 hough owned by
individuals, it had been put to no agricul
tural use since the settlement of the coun
try by civilized men. By judicious man
agement it has been converted into valu
able propeity. Considerable money was
expended on it without any returns. Sur
face and underground drains were matte
to carry off water and cause the air to cir
culate through tie hard earth. Repeated
plowings were resorted to for the purpoee
of pulvtnzing the compact ground. Care
was taken to expose the soil to the action
of Ihe flost aid air as much as possible.
The 1 rst ciops raised were for the purpose
of turning under for lertilizera. In some
cases two crops were raised for this purpose
in a single year. They benefited the land
mechanically as well as chemically by
making it loose. Having been treated in
this way it was found to be productive of
large crops of grass and clover. Recently
wheat, barley and peas have been applied
to them. In this respect they prereut a
remarkable contrast to lands that wire
originally rich and fertile. It is admitted
that it will not be profitable for tenants to
undeitake to improve hard clay land, but
it is believed that many landlords will set
about making unpioductive land profitable
and in that way adding to the extent of
their rentable property.
LKGIK RX F OWLS — i>eghorLß have the
reputation of being the most prolific egg
producers of all fowls. The average pro
duce of ayoune, well kept flock is about
160 e*gs yearly for each hen, and this is
approached only by the Plymouth Rocks.
Leghorns are of three" kinds or varieties,
white, brown, and speckled or dominique.
Ihe white is the most popular and is an
elegant bird. With a white plumage sha
ded with delicate cream coJor, fine arched
sickle feathers, clean legs; a large falliue
serrated single comb and deep wattles both
of a rich crimson color; a slender graceful
earnage, and an active foot, and vigorous
disposition, they are graceful, handsome
and attractive; and as well as 111 their ap
pearance are handsome in their profitable
eeg prwluction. The eggs are as hand
some as the lowls; of a pure white color
slightly pointed oval form and large in
size. As Leghcins are prolific Winter
layers, their eggs realize higher prices by
fully one-half than fbose of the Summer
layeis; and as the pullets begin to lay when
six tr eight months old a flock of these is a
most desirable possession to the farmer or
the poultry keeper whose aim is pro6t.
The brown and speckled varieties are
equally prolific and differ only in plumage
from the white breed.
A!R. OCHAXER explains how he keeps up
the vigor and originality of his stock of
Wilson strawberries, wbich he pronounces
the fie est shipping berry known. He says:
Since I have possessed those plants I have
made it a lule never to propagate from
ibem after their fruiting that is, never to
use any young plants for planting from
these which had already borne fruit. I
find, after much and close examination,
that plants,after giving us a bountiful crop
of frc.it, are more or less weakened by it
or through it; and thepuDy, spindling run
ners which tLey throw out right after, do
net suggest to me the ideal plant which I
look lor and want for my planting. Ido
not claim that this is absolutely necessary
in crdcr to keep up the originality of any
variety, Ido claim that this practice has
rewarded me with the most flattering re
sults. For ihe last four years 1 picked
from 4 000 to 8 000 quarts per acre of my
Wihons, not from a few rods square of
petted and stimulated plants., but from
acres of them.
'! HERE has been a great deal of talk
about the best kind of grains such as corn,
wheat, etc. The subject has been well
handled, and much said about all grain
except oats. I dont recollect that I have
seen oats mentioned. 1 think oats is as
important a crop as any, these times. I
would like to bear what variety is the best,
all things considered, and what variety
gave the biggest yield last year, 1 will
give my experience with the Imperial oats,
which 1 got direct from o'd England. J
have had it three years, and it has done
very w ell. I think it beats any oats I have
seen. It is pure white, has a stiff straw,
and stools more than anv oilier variety that
1 have yet seen; ripens very early,and out
weighs any oats 1 ever heard of; it weighs
from 45 to 48 pounds to the bushel, stroked
measure. This last year was not an oats
year; sti 1, mine gave 66 bushels to the
acre Iv measure,and to add the ovei weight
13 pounds. ;o the bushel, makes about 93
bushels by weight to the acre.
Ax intelligent larmersays that the leaves
and ttalks from an acre of corn are worth
as much to feed to stock as the hay which
could be raised upon the same amount of
land.
ALL plants must have nitrogen supplied
to them. It is Dot taken direct from the
atmosphere by any plant, but it is obtained
fiom the nitrates and ammonia salts in the
soil. |
IT is now claimed that potash, in the
shape of ashes, or the potash salts, is ex
cellent for grapevines if the fruit is defec
tive in co^r.
FLUMP and very salable chickens can be
procured by crossing a bantam rooster on
oi dinary common hens. They are not
large, but of good quality.
FOWLS seldom tire of milk. They may
eat too much grain or meat for health
bu' milk in any form is both palatable and
healthy.
DOMESTIC.
COCOANUT CAKE.— Cocoanut cake
made from this is as nice a cake as one
need wish to make. Take the whites
of five eggs, oue small cup of sweet
milk, one cup and two thirds of another
of granulated sugar, two thirds of a cup
of butter, one teaspoonful and a half of
baking powder, about three cups of
sifted flour, flavor witlAdmoud extract,
bake in layers, Beat tne whites of two
or three eggs to a frost, add pulverized
nigar enough to make it rather thin
frosting and put between the layers, 011
this scatter eoeoauut, put on enough to
make a nice layer, for the top and sides
of the cake the frosting should be a
little thicker. The best way to get the
cocoanut on the sides is to put it on with
your hand, you can press it gently upon
the frosting and make it stieK to if.
TOMATO SOUP. — Skim aud strain ouo
gallon of stock made from nice fresh
beef ; take three quarts of tomatoes,
remove skin and cut out hard contie,
put through a fine sieve and add to the
stock; make a paste of butter and flour,
and when the stock begins to boil stir
in half a teacup, taking care not to have
it lumpy ; boil twenty miuutes ; season
with salt and pepper to taste. Two
quarts of canned tomatoes will answer.
VERMICELLI SOUP. — To make an ex
cellent vermicelli soup, boil a leg of
mutton for three hours ; use water
enough to coyer it Season with pep
per and salt; add butter and herbs to
suit your taste. An hour before serv
ing stir into it a cup of vermicelli. This
soup can be strained if you wish it to
■ be clear, l>efore you add the vermicelli.
Keep the tea kettle 011 the stove full of
boiling water and as the soup boils away
add to it from the kettle.
STRAWBRRRRY BLANC-MANOR. —Stew
nice ripe strawberries, strain off the
juice and sweeten it to taste : place over
the tire, and when it boils stir in corn
starch wet in cold water allowing two
tablespoons of comstaron for each piut
of juice ; continue stirring until suffi
ciently cooked : iour into moulds wet
in cold water, and set away io cool ;
serve with cream and sugar aud fresh
strawberries if desired. This makes a
very pretty and delicious dessert.
Raspberry blanc-mange, prepared in the
same way, is equally good.
STRING BEANS.— This de'icious vege
table is rarely properly cooked. When
well prepared It is quite as healthful as
peas. Take the pods as fresh and
young as possible, and shred them as
finely as a small knife will go through
them, cutting them lengthwise, and, as
it were, shaviug them very thin, i'ut
into salted, boil ng water, and boil two
hours. Then drain in a colander and
serve with plenty of sweet butter, and
they will be as delicate as p as. If one
likes vinegar, a 'ittie of it will improve
the dish.
SPONGE CAKE. —A successful sponge
crke is made after this recipe : Oue
pint of sugar, one pint of flour, seven
eggs—'he whites and yolks beaten sep
arately—half a teaspoonful of bakiug
powder, a little pinch of fait, oue tea
spoonful and a half of lemon extract;
stir the flour in a little at a time, put
the whites of the eggs in last, beating
them thoroughly in. Bake in a long,
narrow tin ; line it with white paper,
the sides as well as the bottom. You
are then sure to have no trouble about
taking 11 from the tin.
CEMENT FOR GLASSWARE. — For mend
ing valuable glass objects, which would
be disfigured by common cement,chrome
cement may be used. This is a mix
ture of five parts of gelatine to one of
a solution of acid chromate of lime.
The broken edges are covered with this,
pressed together, and exposed to sun
light, the effect of the latter being to
render the compound insoluatle even iu
boiling water.
JELLY ROLLS.— Three half a
cup of butter, oue cup of flour, one and
a half teaspooufu's of baViug powder,
two-thirds of a cup of pulver zed sugar;
a little salt, bake in shallow pa>.s —&
dripping-pan well buttered is good for
this purpose ; put in the dough till it is
about half an inch thick ; take it care
fully from the tius when baked, and lay
on a cloth ; spread jei y evenly over it
with a knit •; roll while hot; if this is
done the cake will crumble.
ORANGE STRAWBERRIES.— PIace a layer
of strawberries in a deep dish ; cover
the same tliickly with pulverized sugar;
then a layer of berries, and so on until
all are us< i d. Pour over tbem orange
juice in the proportions of three oranges
to a quart of berri s. Let stand for an
hour, and just before serving spnnKle
wi'h pounded ice. Some use claret,
port, grape or current wine instead of
o angc juice.
BROILED SWEETBREADS.— Take the
heart sweetbread, which has the
finest flavor, boil it; then split open,
season with salt and pepper, rub thickly
with butter, and 'spriukle with flour.
Boil over a quick tire, turning it con
staully. Cook in this way about ten
miuutes if you are careful to turn it
constantly, and serve with cream sauce.
BREAD SAUCE.— Put into a half pint
of cold milk, one small onion, tliree or
four cloves, a small blade of ma3e, a
few peppercorns and a little suit. Set
the whole to boil, then strain the milk
over a teaeupful of tine bread crumbs.
Stir well on the fire for a few minutes,
adding at the time of serving either a
small pat of butter or a tablespoonful
of cream.
MUFFINS.— Warm one quart of milk,a
piece of butter half the size < f au egg,
beat up light ly two eggs, sift three tea
cups of flour into a pan, half a tea
spoon of salt ; pour the milk slowly 011
the fl ur beating all t le while ; add the
eggs and half a teacup of baker's yeast,
to rise, aud when perfectly light
bake n rings on a grid-lie. More flour
if necessary can be added to make the
batter of a right consistency.
To GET rid of the buffalo or carpet
motb, says an exchange, wet a folded
sheet or other cloth, lay it over the
place near the edge of the carpet, and
use several hot irons, moving them
about from time to time, so as to send
the steam down through the carpet and
into all the creeks of the floor, and it
will kill the moths. When properly
tried, it has been found effective.
BARLEY SOUP.— Put the soup meat 111
a stew-pan and just cover with water,
taking off' the the scum as it rises.
Wash about a half pouLd of barley put
with the meat, together with a small
onion chopped fine. Add p r pper and
salt and a little more w iter, letting all
cook until the bailey is done. Any
vegetable you prefer may be added.
OIL STAINS in marble may be removed
by applying common clay saturated
with benzine. The pol sli does not
always return, but the stain is removed
by this process.
HUMOROUS,
ONE of those unnaturally bright chil
dren who are always getting people into
difficulties was at a prayer-meeting the
other evening with his mother, when
he asked aloud :
"Ma, say ma, who was Dinah
Moore?"
"HU-U-H1I," whispered his mother
cautiously, "it's a hymn."
"No,it ain't 111a," contiuued the hope
ful, "it's a woman; say, whose going
home to Diuali Moore?"'
"Willie," paid his mother, in a ghast
ly voice, "you're disturbing the meet
ing. It means going to Heaven to die
110 more."
"Dine 110 more! O, ma; don't they
eat anything there? I don't want to go
there if they don't have any dinner!"
His mother explained us well as she
could, and Willie sat still for half a
minute,his bright eves roving about the
church. Then he asked in a shrill
whisper :
"Ma, is God out of town? '
4 No-0-0, 110-110, ' answered the dis
tracted woman faintly.
"Then, what's Mr. Kelly running
this meeting for, ma," coutiuued the
sweet child.
The choir sung him down, but as the
meeting closed w itli a moment of silent
prayer, his gentle voi:e was distinctly
heard, saying:
"Old Mix. Jones' switch don't match
her hair like yours does, mal"
The l'uwer of the Frees.
In no way is In© power of the press
more surely shown than in the universal
knowledge that has in less than a year,
been diffuee4 throughout fifty millions of
people of the wonderful curative proper
ties of that splendid remedy Kidney-Wort.
And the people from the Atlantic to the
Pacific have shown their knowledge of
what is in the papers, by already making
Ktdney-Woit their household remedy for
all diseases of the kidneys, liver aud
bowels. — Hera Id.
LOOKING at it in a different light—
Tommy: "There's Mr. Melon follow
ing us, Auntie. Ido hope you'll never
marry him, because they say his mam
ma is an old matchmaker, aud it's such
a common trade, you know." Auntie
(sentimentally) : 4 4 You don't under
stand, Tommy. She is not a matchma
ker ; matches are all made in heaven.
Tommy: "Go on. Auntie! Least I'll
l>ot those nasty, cheap ones, with such
lots of sulphur 011 'em, ain't."
Dou't be Alarmed,
at Bright's Disease, Diabetes, or auy dis
ease of the kidneys, liver or urinary organs,
as Hop Bitters will certainly and lastingly
cure you, and it is the only thing that will.
A DERRY clergyman, Rev. A. Fulton,
vouches for the truth of the following :
Questioning some children in Sunday
School a few weeks since, he asked one
of them—an intelligent little boy—who
was the wickedest man mentioned in
the Old Testament. To his surprise a
r. ady answer came; "Moses, sir." "And
why Moses?" inquired the clergyman,in
amazement. "Cos, sir, he broke all the
ten commandments at wunxt."
Mensiuan'9 Peptonized beef tonic, the
only preparation of beef containing its en
tire nutritious properties. It contains
blood-making, force generating aud life
sustaining properties; invaluable for indi
gestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration,and
all forms of general debility; also, in all
enfeebled conditions, whether the result of
exhaustion, nervous prostration, overwork
or acute disease, particularly if resulting
fiom pulmonary complaints. Caswell,
Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.
Sold by all druggists.
SHREWD — 4 How much are those car
amels?"
"Ninety cents sir,"
"And these?"
"Twenty-five cents, sir;"
4 'Have you 110 golden mean? '
"No, sir, we've just out of that kind
—shan't have auy more till the first of
next week."
"Rough oil KatH."
The thing desired found at last. \ak druj?-
giats for Rough 011 Rats. It clears out rets
mice, roaches, flies, bedbugs 15c bf-xea.
DON CORLOS, the would-be King of
Spain, and his wife have parted. The
cause of the disagreement is not given,
the neighlors say she used the royal
sceptre to stir soap with and set a lieu
on fourteen duck eggs in his kingly
erown.
"Li adsey's Blood Scare her'' is the liesi
n edicine for all bloiHl diseases, uo nia'ter
what it is. Send for circular.
WHY is a church liell more a fl'ubie
than a church organ? Because one
will go when it is tolled, but the other
will be "blowed" first.
Immense Demand
I
for Vegetine.
WE are not at all surprised to learn tuat the
demand of the people everywhere for that
famous medicine, Vegetine, is constantly becom
ing more and more extended. It baa long been In
demand all over our own country, and had some
time ago made its way Into varions foreign lands.
At the present time the esteemed proprietor, Mr.
11. It. Stevens, of Boston, Is sending it to order to
some of the remotest foreign countries; and It
seems now evident that Vegetine is to become a
universal medicine. It Is a "patent medicine,"
but it has gained its fame and made Its way every
where on its own Intrinsic merits. Such were flfte
unmistakable and undeniable results or the use of
this astonishing and, at this day, world-renowned
medicine, In speedily effecting cures of the very
numerous diseases or ills for which it was de
clared to be a remedy, that people everywhere
were open and decided in expressing their opinion
that this "patent medicine" must not only be
rauked equal with, but altogether superior to, all
the regular "doctors' stuff'' that hud ever been
given in sickness.
There was and there could lie 110 dispute about
the astonishing cures effected by the medicine.
The doctors could not deny them—especially as
many of such cures had been effected iu the most
respectable, wealthy and well-known families,
where the suffering invalids had obtained and
taken the Vegetine as a laßt resort, after the regu
lar physicians had utterly failed to do them any
good.
Moreover, testimonial letters from perfectly
well-known persons in high standing and of un
doubted character and veracity began to pour In
upon Mr. H. R. Stevens, the proprietor, in abund
ance, declaring, and often with the deepest grati
tude, the surprising cures wrought by the great
medicine.
Such testimonials have continued to flow In upon
Mr. Stevens, from first to last, until he has enough
to make volumes were he to print them all. But
he don't publish, even in the newspapers, only u
small fraction of them. Is it any wonder, then,
that the sale of Vegetine is now Increasing at a
surprisingly rapid rate I—Providence (It J.) Ga
zette.
Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.
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As Illinois girl lately called at a Cor
oner's oftiee and addressing the solitary
occupant of the apartment said ; "Be
you the Coroner?" "I guess you'd
think so if you ever see an undertaker
shake bands with me," Maudlv answer
ed the official. "You ain't going away
nowhere for a day or two ; be you?"
"Not that I know." "Well, I'm glad
to hear it," continued the maiden wi tli
an air of much encouragement. "John
nie Bowles has been keopin' company
with me since Christmas, but I hear
that he's going to take another g : rl to
the circus to night and if he does I'll
swaller p'ison."
"Golden Medical Discovery" kt not only
a sovereign remedy for consumption, but
also for consumptive night-sweats, bronohi
tis, coughs, influenza, spitting of blood,
weak lungs, shortness of breath, aud kin.
dred affections of the throat and chest.
IS/ druggists.
EGOH-AOTLY so -"Have you any fresh
eggs?"
"Yes, mum, plenty; them with the
hen on 'em!"
"With the hen on them?"
"Yes, mum, we always puts a lieu on
our fresh eggs to distinguish of 'em.
Beg pardon, mum, don't think you un
derstand. Hen the letter, not the 'en
the bird. Hen for noo-laid, mum.
Take a dozen, mum? Thank you!"
Beautiful Women
are made pallid and unattractive by func
tional irtegularhies, which Dr. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription" will infallibly
cure. Thousand! of testimonials. By
druggists.
"NEK here," said a fuult-fltiding hus
band to his wife, "we must have things
arranged in this house as we sltull know
just where everything is kept." "With
all my heart," she sweetly answered,
"and let us begiu with your lute hours,
my love; I should dearly like to know
where they are kept." He let things
run as usual.
Dr. Pierce's "Pellets"—little liver pills
(sugar-coated)—purify the blood, speedily
correct all disorders of the liver, stomach,
anil bowels. iJy druggists.
"How profoundly still and beautiful
is the night," she whimpered, resting
her finely veined temple against his
coat eoll ir, and fixing her dreamy eyes
ou the far off Pleiades, "how soothing,
how restful." "Yes," he replied, toy
ing with the golden aureola of her
hair, "and what a night to shoot eats."
Eighty-Five Millions.
For tbe year ending December 31, 1881,
there were imported into the United Slates
8b,017,602 pounds ot tea, costing (not in
cluding freight), s2l 671,465. This enor
mous importation Las depressed prices to
a lower level than was ever known before,
and the public ought to have the benefit of
it. Robert Wells, tbe well-known New
York Tea Merchant, advertises in another
column tea pounds for one dollar, a price
heretofore unheard of.
A MAN who camped out two weeks,
and ate hslf-cooked meat, smoke-flavor
ed and sooty fish, stale bread, and
ooffee as nalutable as an "ague cure,"
commenced to grumble at his wife's
cooking as soon as he got home and sat
down to the supper table. Perhaps he
didn't bring his appetite home with
him.
Kiuluent I'liytielitm.
are prescribing that tried and true remedy,
K'duey-Wort for tie worst oases of Lil
liousness and constipntion, as well as for
kidney complaints. There is scarcely a
person to be found that will not be ereatly
benefitted by a thorough course of Kidney
'Vort every spring. If you feel out of
orts and don't know why, try a package
of Kidney-Wort and you will feel like a
new creature.— lndianapolis Sentinel.
THE religions education of the young
is terribly neglected in this country.
"Are yon a Methodist?" "No, sir."
"A Presbyterian?" "No, sir." "Well;
what are you?" "Why, sir, if any
thing. lam just a little Episcopalian
on the mother's Hide."
SKILL IN TUB WORKSHOP. —To do good
work the mechanic must have good health.
If long hours of confinement in close
rooms have enfeebled his hand or dimmed
his sight, let him at once, and before some
organic trouble appears, take plenty of
Hop Bitters. His system will be rejuvena
ten, his nerves strengthened, his sight be
come clear, and the whole constitution be
built up to a higher working condition.
■
"Do THE wonders of nature ever move
you?" asked the philosopher of the man
who had the liabit of skipping away in
order to save paying rent bills. 4 No."
was the reply, "I get moved for half
rates. I have a yearly contract with an
expressman."
The soft aud silky appearance given to
the hair by the use of Carboline, the na
tural hair restorer and dressing, aa now
improved and perfected, is the subject of
general remark by all who have witnessed
its effects upon the human head. Bold by
all dealers in drugs.
"I'M the light f this menagerie,"
said the tapir, and the othor beasts
wanted to put him out.
? erven* Debility. Wenkiirss, Ec. Home
cure by > imple Lube. (Sufferers may learn
just how to cure tin ui*elve* at home, bv Him
ple and harmless herbs, free by mail. Addr.Bg
BAKES Hum CURE. Newark, New Jersey,
TOMMY, seated 011 his mother's lap
and leading about Eve ami the serpent.
"She wasn't like you, mamm-t, for
you're afraid of a mouse."
Delays are dangerous in diseases of the
liver, kidney, and stomach. "Sellers'
Liver Pills" are the standard remedy.
4 'How sha'l women carry their pur
ses to frustrate the thieves?" Why,
carry them empty.
Dr. Kline's (treat Nerve tb .torer Is the
marvel of tbe age for all nerve All
tits stopped free. Beud to 831 Arch Street
Phdadelphia, Pa.
AIM ST anybody can run into debt,
but nearly everybody has to crawl out
of it.
NERVOUS SUFFERER. —A dose of Vege
tine, taken just before going to bed, will
ensure a comfortable night's rest to the
nervous sufferer.
A NEW brand of cigars has been call
ed 4 'Balky Horse," because they won't
draw,
Warner's Bafe Kidcey and Liver cure.
WRITE plainly on all postal cards,
The time of a postmistress is valuable.
A NOTED 3UT UNTITLED WOMAN.
[from the Boston Glob*.]
Messrs. Editor* - — l^
TUu above Is a n>o<l likeness of Mrs. Lydla E. Pink
bam, of Lynn, MMI., who above all other human beluga
may be truthfully called tbe ''Doar Friend of Woman,"
aa tomi of her correspondent* loro to call her. She
U aralounly devoted to her work, which is tbe outoomo
of a life-study, and la obliged to keep six lady
aaalstanta, to bi'H> her answer the large correspondence
which daily pour* In upon her, each bearing Its special
burden of sufferbur, or Joy at release from It. Her
Vegetable Compound la a medicine for good and not
ertl purpose*. I have personally investigated it and
am satisfied of tbe truth of this.
Un account of Its preven merits It Is recommended
and prescribed by tbe best physicians In the country.
Ou* says t " It works Mke a charm and saves much
palu. M will cure entirely the worst form of falling 1
of the uterus, Leucsrrhosa, Irregular and painful
Munst ruat lon, all Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and
Ulceration, Flooding*, all Displacements and tbe con
sequent spinal weak IMMM, and Is especially adapted to
the Change of Life."
It permeates efery portion of the system, and gives
new life and vigor. It removes talntness, flatulency,
destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weak
ness of the stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches,
Nervous Prostration, General Debllty, Sleeplessness,
Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of bearing
down, causing pain, weight and backache, is always
permanently oured by Its use. It will at all times, and
under all circumstances, act In harmony with the law
that governs the female system.
It costs oaly 91. per bottle or si* for 95., and la sold by
druggiNt't Any advice required as to special ruses, aud
the names of many who have beeu restored to |x-rfect
health by the use of the Vegetable Compound, can be
obtained by addressing Mrs. P., with tttunp for reply,
at her home In Lynn, Mass.
For Kidney Complaint of rllhrr *e* this compound Is
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"Mr*. Ilukliam's Liver Pills," says one writer, "are
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Purlller works wonders In Its special line and bids fair
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Philadelphia, IM. CO Mrs. A. M. D
C FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF<
1 CONSTIPATION. !
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- No other dlscaoouseo pre valeut In this ooun- 55
try as Constipation, and up remedy has ever _
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<3 the oaae, this remedy will overaome it. u
w nil CC TILLS distroaslng com- ®
© s Iwm tVT e plaint la very apt to be
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v strengthens the weakened parts and quickly •
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ty un-dica; meu as a health and strength restora
tive. It couuteracta a tendency to premature de
cay, and sustains and comforts the aged ara] in
arm.
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The foliowliic ftj*mptomi
arc Buro indicntlon of*
diftcafto ol the Liver,
commonly called
LIVER
COMPLAINT :
A Furred Tongue.
Languor aud Dcpi eseuoiu
Melundioly.
Always Tinnl.
Irregular Appetite.
Paiu iu the Kight Side which in
iucreased by pressure.
Paiu under the Shoulder lliade.
Belchiug or Flatuleuce.
Scanty Diarrhuia.
Nausea aud Voniitiug.
Any of these symptom* show mat the liver Is
not secreting the proper amount of bile, t'roui
this cause the stomach aid bowels are clogged by
undigested food, wuioh by poisoning the blood Is
producing disease in every part of the system. If
these symptoms are accompanied by a short, dry
cough, with difficulty of breathing, there Is always
danger of Consumptiou.- Nine-tenths of all the
deaths from Consumption are caused by neglect
of these first causes, a diseased and Inactive liver
and the indigestion of food arising therefrom.
MANDRAKE.
lUeiesM a lledlelM In DISSSSM of
tbe Liver. STOMTEB and Bowel*.
Mandrake was first used by tee Indians, In a
crude state, but even in their hands performed
such wonderful cures that It attracted the atten
tion of physicians, more especially as it was found
to produce all the good results of mercury, with
out any of the dangers attending the use of this
mineral poison.
Since Its Introduction to the medical world. It
has almost entirely taken the place or mercurial
preparations in diseases for which mercury was
formerly used.
Mandrake is found throughout the United States
In low, shady situations. It bears Its flowers In
May or June, and matures tta fruit In September
or October. It la more common in the Western
and Middle States than In New England or the
South. The root only is used as a medicine, the
proper time for gathering tietng the early part of
November, soon after the ripening of the fruit. It
should never be used when freshly gathered, and
even when dry It will sometimes cause severe pain
unless combined with other medicines.
We ask the reader to carefully peruse the fol
lowing opinions of two eminent physicians on the
great curative properties of the Mandrake:
Prof. John King, M. D., says la The American
Diepensatory: "As s deobstrueut it Is one of the
most valuable In our materia medica, acting
through and upon a'l the tissues of the system, in
billons and Uphold febrile diseases it Is very valu
able as a cathartic, often breaking op the disease
at once.
In Chronic Hepatitis (Liver Complaint) there Is
not its superior in the whole range of medicines,
being vastly more useful than mercurial agents,
arousing the liver to healthy action, increasing the
flow of bile, and keeping up these actions longer
than any other agent with which we are ac
quainted. In constipation it acts on the bowels
without disposing them to subsequent costiveness.
ftfl a cholagogue cathartic It probably has no
equaL It produces a specific action on the liver,
arousing it to action an t producing free bilious
evacuations. In bilious fevers, either remittent
or Intermittent, as well as acute disease of '.he
liver, or bilious pneumonia, It not uufreqnently
arrests the disease at tbe first prescription, or It so
far modifies the attack that the case becomes mild
and manageable. In chronic Hepatic derange
ment (Liver Complaint) with Dyspepsia, It Is a
most valuable remedy. Its range of application Is
perhaps more exteusive than auy other cathartic
medicine, and while In auy anil every case it will
do all the good that Is claimed for mercury. It is
entirely free from auy of the objections to that
article."
The late Professor T. V. Morrow says: "Per
haps no medicine has been Introduced to the medi
cal profession for the last one hundred years
which promises to be of so much value AS Podo
phyUin (Mandrake.) An experience somewhat ex
tensive in the use of this agent in the treatment
of a great variety of cases of disease, has fully con
vinced ine of its immense value as a reme
dial agent, especially as a purgative and
alterative. It operates with energy and effi
ciency, without harshness, leaving tbe bowels in a
gently lax condition for two or three days after its
operation. With oue single dose of this medicine
I have frequently arrested a severe attack of bil
ious remittent fever, requiring nothing further to
complete the cure except some"gentle tonic and a
proper avoidance of the exciting causes.
The results of my experience in the use of this
article as a remedial agent, on the whole, are Buch
as to leave no doubt in my mind that It Is destined
to occupy a conspicuous place among tbe most
valuable remedies of the materia medica, with a
very extended range of applications In the treat
ment of disease. Indeed, it promises to be more
than a substitute for mercury In all those cases
where mercury has proved of any substantial
value, without the liability of producing Injurious
effects ou the constitution of patients."
Mandrake has been used In many forms by phy
sicians and others, but R was never brought before
the public In a perfect and prae* 1 "* 1 wgy until pre
pared aud combined with other practical medi
cines by
Dr. J. H. Schenck
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Thirty years ago he began the manufacture of his
now celebrated
MANDRAKE PILLS
and since that time they have gained the confi
denoe of the public Bo fnlly that their sale ta the
United States now far exceeds that of any other
cathartic medicine: They do not produce sickness
at the stomach, nausea or griping, They act di
rectly on the Liver, the organ which, when in a
healthy condition, purifies the blood for the whole
body.
They are the only perfect preparation of
MANDRAKE,
that great substitute for mercury, There Is not
their eqnal In the whole range of Cathartlo Medi
cines known to man. They will core the most
stubborn esses of Liver Complaint, the great fore
runner and cause of Consumption.
With the aid of Dr. Schenck's Seaweed Tonic,
they will cure the worst cases of Dyspepsia.
Dr. Schenck's Book on diseases of the Lungs,
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia Is sent free, post
paid, to all applicants. It should be read by ail
who are afflicted with these diseases.
Address, ft
DR.J.UIHMN,
Cor. 6th and Arch Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Dr Schenck's Mandrake Pills, Seaweed Tonic
ind Pulmonic Syrup are sold by all druggists.
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