The Elk County advocate. (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, August 22, 1872, Image 4

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    A MOVKTAIH PA8TORAIi
A couple at t eottAg door,
tinder the maple trees ;
A mountain landscape strotctaed t-efoto-Behind,
beside ! and nothing more
The passing travel I or sees.
And It there more f Tho man and maid
Who caught Tour Idle glance
Love's pretty hide-and-seek bad played
Before they stood there In the shade,
Reading their own romance
And he is young, and true, and strong t
And she is yonng and wine,
All hopes that to fresh hearts belong
Amnnd their humble doorstono throng i
What more had Paradise T
OVeen are their waiting fields of toll,
With wild Cowers blossoming sweet,
the living wealth no thief can spoil,
'The boundless treasures of the soil,
Lie poured out at their feet,
Their neighbors r Not far off are they,
Beyond the bright home hill
White face, and Passaconaway,
And old Chocorna, rising gray,
Dreamy, remote, and "till.
The future opens fair and wide
Within the young man's eyes ;
The mountains bleu the sweet girl bride ;
Life U a dream land glorified.
What more was Paradise T
Lucy Larcom, in the Independent.
The Training of Carrier-Pigeons.
The importance of utilizing carrier
pigeons was well proved by the pigeon
posts which enabled the besieged Paris
ians to communicate with the outer
world. In earlier days, when most relied
upon, the pigeon dispatch was necessa
rily of the briefest nature; but science
and art have combined to render this
means of communication more complete;
and now, through the effective medium
of the microscope and camera, thirty-five
hundred dispatches of twenty words
each can be carried by one of these aerial
messengers.
The present state of the pigeon soci
eties of Belgium, where the training of
carrier-pigeons forms a large business,
is very interesting. The increase of rail
ways has greatly extended the number
of pigeon matches. Numerous societies,
both amateur and professional, have
been established in that country, and in
some districts scarcely a village exists
that does not possess one. Since the for
mation of the first society considerable
improvements have been made in the
means of conveying pigeons, and great
care has been taken in the construction
of the boxes and baskets in which they
are carried.
The methods adopted by the Belgian
fanciers for training the pigeons that
are flown so extensively in Belgium are
very severe. In the month of April, as
soon as the young birds can fly, they are
taken by short stages of two or three
leagues at first in the direction of the
place fixed for trial, and the distances
rapidly increased as their observation
and intelligence are developed. Thus
they become eventually acquainted with
all the conspicuous landmarks of the
journey.
Special trains run on Saturdays ex
clusively for the transportation of tbe
pigeons. The trains are ordinarily com
posed of twenty luggage wagon, each
wagon containing fifty baskets, and each
basket holding forty or fifty pigeons.
Thus at the least estimation we have the
number of forty thousand pigeons on a
single train.
It is stated that the Belgian societies
possess nearly a million of these inter
esting birds.
At the different stations it is curious
to witness the opening of the baskets :
the pigeons on being released wheel and
turn until they have rightly adjusted
their course, then in a compact body
they riso gradually higher and higher,
and are soon lost to view. The first who
reach their homes are the ones selected
to take long journeys.
The speed of the carrier-pigeon is esti
mated to be about eighty miles an hour.
For example, a good carrier-pigeon will
accomplish a journey from Lyons to
Brussels in four hours or four hours and
a half.
One of the best towns for carrier-pigeons
is Antwerp, and for many" years
past annual races of seventy or eighty
birds have been flown trom there to
Paris. The meeting, too, at London
last year showed some good results. Al
thiugh the pigeons were imperfectly
trained, a large number of them com
pared very favorably with their rivals
across the Channel. Among the last,
several made a journey to Borne.
The Colorado Potato Beetle.
There is reliable evidence that this
terrible potato pest has been found this
seasan at Lancaster, Pa. As some of the
best entomologists of the United States
live at Lancaster, it was very courteous
f these insects to make their first visit
to that distinguished locality. But it is
more than likely that they exist in many
other locations where it has not been ob
served, and thus we may conclude that
the enemy is generally upon us.
It has been known that it has been
advancing pretty rapidly the few past
years, and last year it was quite abund
ant in Ohio. We shall probably not
hear much of them in Pennsylvania this
year ; but next year we shall no doubt
be able to luiiy measure trouble witn
our Western potato growers.
It would be as well to keep a watch
for them in those districts where they
nave not already appeared, and adopt
early measures for their destruction. A
few years ago a correspondent of the
Gardener't Monthly recommended dust
ing the vines Math .Pans (ireen, and this
has now become the standard remedy.
But hand-picking, or rather shaking
them into vessels, is extensively prac
ticed whei-e they are not numerous, and
it is reported that much success tollows
this course.
To those who have not soen the insect
we might say that it is like a large
"lady-bug," the back being marked
with brown and gray lines. There are
ten of these lia.es, and thus the insect is
known as the " ten-lined spearman
In some parts ef the West they appear
suddenly in such Bumbers as to strip a
field of louage in a tew days,
A Beautiful Reply. A pious old
man was one day walking to the sano-
tuary, with a New Testament in his
hand, when a friend who met him,
said :
" Good morning, neighbor.1
" Ah ! good morning," replied he, " I
am reading my father's will as I walk
alone."
'Well, what has he left
his friend.
you ?" said
" Why, he has bequeathed me a hundred-fold
more in this life ; and in the
world to come life everlasting."
It was a word in season ; his Christian
friend was in circumstances of affliction,
but went home comforted.
Why is a mouse like a load of hay 'i
Because the cat U eat it.
How the Itattlcsn likes Multiply and
Replenish the Earth.
About the 10th of Mav last Drs.
Card well and Westmoreland captured at
Prospect, in the lower edge of Giles
County, near the Alabama line, a rattle
snake four feet three inches long and
five inches in circumference, when
captured it had eight rattles and a but
ton. Since that time it has been con
fined in a glass caso ; it has not partaken
of one particle of food, though it has
been tempted with mice and other small
animals on which tbe reptile is accus
tomed to food. The snake manifested
no inconvenionoe from its confinement.
nor did it lose any in size or bodily vi
tality. Its eyes continued to glisten
like mngnetio steel, and its lancinating
fangs to protrude at tbe appearance ot
any one near the case. Dr. Cotton
thought all the while it was a male.
Though small rats and mice have been
confined in the case with the snake un
til their own hunger urged them to bite
at its scaly hide, the serpent refused to
give them notice or to partake ot lood.
On two or three occasions it has taken
small quantities of water.
On Thursday at one o clock on going
into the back room of the store whore
the case is kept it was discovered that
the snake had given birth to four young
snakes, and by three o'clock Bhe had
given birth to three more, making seven
in all. The young snakes made their
appearance one at a time and in a coiled
or striking position, their eyes glisten
ing and their envenomed tongues con
tinually darting out. The young ones
are each from nine to fifteen inches in
length, and in a state of perfect devel
opment. They are quick of motion and
possess no ordinary spinal vitality, as
they crawl readily to the top of the
case and move with celerity across and
around it from end to end.
What is most singular and contrary
to all the received notions concerning
the reptile, each of these young snakes
has a full button on the tail, which
clearly refutes the idea that they have
to be six months old betore the torrua
tion of the button. The old snake was
lying in her cage in a lethargic state,
with some indications, as the doctor
thought, of increasing the coiling family,
The young snakes coil around her, and
under and over her, and she seems to
have for them the maternal affection of
instinct. This snake has been in cap
tivity near four months, yet during all
that period she has partaken of not a
morsel of food, and has brooded her
seven joung. As to exactly how long
from inception the process of gestation
or incubation has been going on, there
is no means of ascertaining, as we can
only date ironi her captivity.
l)r. Cotton informs us that he once
before kept in the same case a large
sized rattlesnake for three years and
nine months, and that he studied closely
its various moods and changes. This
snake, he says, did not partake ef a par
ticle ot lood tor the farst nine months,
and but little water, tie then gave
it mice, rats, etc., putting the same into
the case alive, and it commenced de
vouring them voraciously. It never
would touch a tame mouse, or a dead
one, fresh as it might be. When a
young rat was put into the case it would
plant its unerring fang in some part of
the limb or body, and then wait until
it died from the thorough inoculation of
the poison. When quite dead it would
turn it over, take it head foremost and
swallow it, evidently drawing nutriment
from the poison its own fangs had in
fused. It shed its skin twice a year
each spring and autumn a new rattle
appearing at each shedding, which ex
plodes the popular notion that but one
rattle comes a year. Yesterday morn
ing the doctor took the case and placed
it in the sun. From the effects of the
sun three young ones died. Two others
became stupefied, but recovered their
vitality on being removed to the shade.
Nashville American.
One Animal that Barnum Could 3ot
Tame.
Mr. P. T. Barnum, the great show
man, after having conquered the most
ferocious beasts from tho jangles of Af
rica, and domesticated the most way
ward of animals from the mountains of
Asia, has at last been mode to quail like
a chirping bird under the glare of a ser
pent's eye, and this by a mere woman
discovered not in any country under a
tropical sun, but in the middle of the
great Uity of New York. But this wo
man is no ordinary adversary. Bhe
stands 6 feet 2J inches in low slippers,
and has red hair.
It appears that some time since Mr.
Barnum let the premises at the corner of
Crosby and Houston streets to Mrs. Ann
Pidgeon. When it came time to collect
the rent the fiery tenant refused to pay
up, and after much delay officers were
sent with a process from a civil couit to
dispossess her. The marshals succeeded
in entering the place, but no sooner had
they declared the house under seizure
and left than Mrs. Pidgeon re-entered
it, took an old musket, and threatened
to shoot tbe hrst person who attempted
to enter with another of " them sum
monses from the court." The showman
and his agents had to acknowledge
themselves outdone, and for six Ion?
months Mrs. Pidsreon has remained safe
ly in her castle without any one daring
to interfere trom outside.
The case has at last been brought be
fore Justice Fowler of the Third District
Court. Mrs. Pidgeon has appeared, and
there is hope of a speedy settlement.
Judgment has been rendered against
the defendant, and Justice Fowler has
ordered two of his marshals to serve
writ of eiectment on Mrs. Pidgeon. The
marshals expect a lively fracas when
they ko to carry out the order ot the
court.
How to (Jet Sleep.
How to get sleep is to many persons
a matter of high importance. Nervous
persons, who are troubled with wakeful
ness and excitability, usually have
strong tendency of blood to the brain
with cold extremities. The pressure of
Diooa on tne Drain Keeps it in a stimu
lated or wakeful state, and the pulsa
tions in the head are often painful. Let
such arise and chafe the body and ex
tremities with a crash towel, or rub
smartly with the hands to promote cir
culation, and withdraw the excessive
amount of blood from the brain, and
they will fall asleep in a few minutes,
A cold bath, or a sponge bath and rub
bing, or a good run, or a rapid walk in
the open air, or going up and down
stairs a few tunes lust before retiring.
will aid in equalizing circulation and
promote sleep, ihese rules are simple,
and easy of application in castle or
cabin, and may minister to the comfort
of thousands who would freely expend
money for an anodyne to promote " na-
ture s sweet restorer, balmy sleep.
Jlome and Health,
AQJZICULTURALr
Does Farming Pay. We often hear
it said, There is no longer any money
in farming." In the course of our ex
perience we have heard similar state
ments in other occupations. A printer
adhering, in these days, to the old-
days, to the
fashioned hand press, might make the I
same complaint, and with as much jus- I
tioe as the present farmer who carries
on operations on the same old style, or a
carpenter who makes his moldings by
nana ana planes boards. The improve
nionta in machinery of all kinds have so
quiokenod the demand for labor in ev-
ery branch ot industry, that the farmer,
as well as the mechanic, must abandon
hand labor and use machinery, or his
profits must be eaten up in expenses.
Ilay may be made and put in the barn
by machinory, now, at the rate of one
dollar per acre ; by hand, the rate would
be tour dollars. The old style of crop is
half a ton per ocre; now three times
that is a fair crop. The difference is
just that between eight dollars per ton
ana sixty-six cents. The wide-awake
farmer has this difference for his profits
eight dollars being about the market
price for hay in many places. , The same
is true ot most other crops, grain and
roots especially,
In feeding stock and making use of
manure equally large differences result,
bo ot breeding stock ; the old style root-
er and the modern Berkshire are not
more unlike than are their several values
when made into pork. The same of the
ill-fed, rough-coated native heifer or
steer, and the sleek, well-fed grade Jer
sey or Ayrshire. The same is true of
many farming communities in respect to
roads, fences and schools. All these
must be fitted up with modern improve'
ments, or farming, as a business, must
suffer.
We know whereof we speak when we
emphatically deny that farming is an
unprofitable business. The capital in
vested will, if rightly used, return, in
this branch ot industry, as good an in,
terest as any other, beside having the
invaluable merit of indestructibility. A
workshop or factory may burn up, but
land remains not only intact, but, from
uncontrollable circumstances, is ever ad
vancing in value. So the labor of the
farmer is sure of some remuneration, if
properly directed. Poor farms and poor
farmers are the ones whose farms fail
through drouth or excessive wet. On a
properly-conducted farm, these may
damage the crop, but will never destroy
it. The divine promise of seed time-and
harvest is for the especial benefit of the
tarmer : but it rests with himselt, in a
greot measure, whether'the fulfillment
comes to him individually, or whether
his more enterprising neighbor secures
it. Amer. Agriculturist,
Peak Tree Blight. Some interest
ins experiments are being prosecuted by
Mr. William Saunders, superintendent
ot the Department ot Agriculture
grounds, at Washington, in relation to
pear tree blight, particularly during the
ast two years. A pear tree which was
badly blighted on its main trunk was
made tbe subiect ot special experiment,
Nearly all of the bark was blighted
within three feet of the ground, only
about an inch and a half in width being
lett to connect the upper part ot the tree
with the unblighted bark at the base.
The affected part was removed and tho
sap wood let quite exposed to view ; but
to prevent miury from the air it was
at once coated with a composition ot
carbolic acid, sulphur, and lime, largely
diluted with water. After the lapse of
two years, the tiee has wholly recovered
and the denuded part is again covered
with new and healthy bark. I he treo
all respects presents a healthy ap
pearance. Many other trees much
anocted with blight were coated heavily
with the sulphur compositions and have
evinced marked signs ot improvement,
It is intended to continue these experi
ments on a larger scale, until sufficiently
numerous and well established tacts at.
test the best mode of treatment.
The Department grounds consist of a
heavy, compact, partially undrained
soil, lying low; they are therefore unfa
vorable for the highest development of
pear tree culture. It has been only by
persistent effort that the fruit trees on
the Department grounds have been
brought to their present highly ini
proved state.
Barry says that "blight has never
been known to originate on the dry,
sandy loam of Long Island, not even
with heavy manuring, the drought ot
midsummer always ripening the shoots
so completely that the leaves drop on
long betore trost commences. i he true
source of blight seems to hive its origin
principally in the action ot trost on un
ripe wood, which may arise trom a com
bination of causes.
Preparation of "Whitewash.
Whitewash is one of the most valuable
articles in the world, when DroDerlv an-
plied. It prevents not only the decay
of wood, but conduces greatly to the
healthiness of all buildings, whether
wood or stone. Outbuildings and fences,
when not painted, should be supplied
once or twice every year with a good
coat ot whitewash, which should be pre-
iiaii'i in the following way :
Tiiko a clean, water-tight barrel, or
other suitable cask, and put iuto it half
a bushel of lime. Slake it by po'uring
water over it, boiling hot, and in sunr
cient quantity to cover it five inches
deep, and stir it briskly till thoroughly
slaked. When the slaking has been ef
fected, dissolve it in water, and add two
pounds of sulphate of zinc, and one of
common salt. These will cause tho
wash to harden, and prevent its crack
ing, which gives an unseemly appear
ance to the work. If desirable, a beau
tiful cream color may be communicated
to the above wash, by adding three
pounds of yellow ochre ; or a good pearl
or leaa color Dy tne aauiuon oi iitrap,
vine, or ivory black. For fawn color.
add four pounds umber lurkish or
American (the latter is the cheapest)-
one pound Indian red, and one pound
common lamp-black, tor common
stone color, add four pounds raw umber
and two pounds lamp-black. This wash
may te applied with a common white
wash brush, and will be iound much
superior, both in appearanoe and dura
bility, to common whitewash. Mary
land Farmer.
A woman in Columbia, Pa., noted for
her "jawing" propensities, dislocated
her jawbone recently while making a
violent attack upon her husband. She
could neither speak nor shut her mouth,
but remained with tongue hanging out
and eyes nearly . starting from their
sockets till tbe
arrival of the surgeon,
wno eame, tne nuBbana tnougat, sooner
I than was necessary.
rccnliarltics of the Arabs.
No Arab is ever curious. Curiosity
with all Eastern nations is considered
unmanly. No Arab will stop in the
street, or turn his head around to listen
to tbe talk of bystanders. No Arab
will dance, play on an instrument, or
indulge in cards, or any game of chance,
since games of chance are forbidden by
the Koran. Never, moreover, invite an
Arab to take a walk with you for pleas
ure. Although the Arabs are on occa
sion cood walkers, they have no notion
of walking for amusement ; they only
walk as a matter ot business. Their
,temperance, their constant out-door
habits, render all exercise for exeroiso's
sake unnecessary ; they cannot, there
fore, understand the pleasure of
walking for walking's sake. What
Arabs like best it to sit still, and when
they see Europeans walking up and
down in a public place in Algiers they
say : Look, look, the Christians are
going mad I" The Arab does not even
mount on horseback except as a matter
of business, or for his publio fetes and
carousals. And when ypu do walk, you
must never walk quickly. Just as in
speaking, you should not talk fast
or loud, tor the Koran tells you, " En
deavor to moderate thy step, and to
speak in a low tone ; for the most disa-
greeable of voices is
ass."
the voice ot an
Indeed, it was observed by a
famous
Arab : " Countless are the vices of men,
but one thins; will redeem all proprie
ty ot speech. And again : " ut the
word which is not Rpoken, I am the
slave." The famous proverb, " Speech
is of silver, but silence is of gold," is a
motto of Arab origin.
A silent, grave people, are the Arabs,
and a polite one, too, as we said ; very
much given, nevertheless, to highway
robbery on a large scale, which they
call razzias in Algeria; but the Arab's
tcnt 18 always open to you, and you can
get any amount of couscotusou, camel's
milk, or even roasted mutton, if he has
it. You will be treated as a " guest of
God," so long as you are under his roof,
after which " your happiness is in your
own hands, which means that your
host who fed you in the evening may,
at a decent distance from his tent, ritle
your saddle-bags in the morning, and
let the " powder speak to you, if you
object ;" after which, " Allah be merciful
to you.
Supernatural Visitations.
At Newnan, Ga., as the Herald of that
town affirms, the Rev. E. W. Bingham,
an eminent Methodist pastor, was so un
fortunate lately as to lose his much-be.
loved wife by death. It was feared by
his mauds aud parishioners that the ter
rible bereavement wo aid prostrate him,
and tor a number of days the prostra
tion had every appearance ot lulullment,
Suddenly, however, the heart-stricken
man seemed to throw off the groat bur
den of his grief, and assumed an aspect
of reassurance curious to behold. His
closed windows were thrown open, he
went forth upon his pastoral duties se
renely as of yore, and to any address
partaking ot conuolement his response
was replete with a spirit of almost
cheerful resignation. The chan ge great
ly surprised people, of course, as it seem
ed to go beyond the ordinary resources
even ot Christian laith ; and the current
talk on the subject developed much di
versity ot conclusion until JVlr. liinghani
explained himself from the pulpit.
Opening his sermon on a recent Sunday
with the remark that he should debate
no particular scriptural text, but preach
generally upon the subiect ot supernatu
ral visitations, he went on to declare
that he firmly believed in the ministra
tions ot spirits from the dead to the
living, even as many passages of Holy
Writ describe. As the congregation
knew, his unspeakablo anguish at the
death ot his dear wife had iound a bles
sed alleviation, and it was his duty to
tell them how he had been comforted.
In the hour when his grief had reached
a pitch little short at madness, Uod had
permitted his sainted wife to reappear
to him bodily and assure him ot her own
happiness and loving guard over him,
self. Again in the night, preceded by
heavenly music she had come to him
in her mortal semblance, and he had
conversed with her as in life. On both
occasions, he said, every power of his
mind was in full operation, and he saw,
heard, and understood the vision as his
people could now behold, hear, and
comprehend himself. " I know that 1
am neither insane nor superstitious,'
were his concluding words, ' yet I
would as soon doubt my own existence
as the truth and reality ot what 1 have
told you.
There is one thing which can always be
ionud and that is tault.
"Kitty Brown," the new song and
chorous by M'Naughton (author of
"Belle Mahone," "The Door Ajar,"
etc..) is issued from the press of Pond
& Co., New York.
Information about any Railroad Bonds
can be obtained it you will write to
Charles W. Hassler, No. 7 Wall
Street, New York.
Now York Wholesale Maurltets.
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Vurm null"? 4 (i
COTTJN-Ordluary.: 17 S
lov 10 gooa iuiuuiiusT.. 11 w
EGGS-N. Y., N. i., & Penu'.... ii
Limed W
FLOUn-Supernne 5 TO i
r.xcra lo fancy iav ow w
Ohio round Uoop 6 75 (u;
Extra amber ' Hi ('
Ppring wheat (70
KVtra Oenesee 7 30 ftv
St. Louis double extra.... TiO (j( I
Co Mkal Western & Jersey., t 31 (oj
Ui-RDdvwine..HM.... S 75 ui)
6RAIN-CoN-Western 60
Southern u?
Bablit Western 5 m
Canada " w
Oktt i
Rvi 75 (5
Wbai Western No. 1 Spring.... Ill fttl
Do. No. i do. ... 1 7 Qt
Do. Amber 1 59 ui
Do. White I 60 Ml
White Genesee 1 55 b
PJ10VIHION-Poik-New mess... IS 50 frl 1
W'n prime.. 10 50
Bur-Plain 7
Kxtra mew 00
Duel : hams M W
Picon 7M
Gassx llAMS )i
I.AKD 8lJ
BEED Clover -
Timothy 137
Vlaisari
WOOL-N.Y., l'a.,0.. aud Mica... 60
t. and Iowa 35
I'exa and California 30
BEEVES Best !.!(
Uood ii
Common to lair..... ... 8
BIIEEP V LAMliS- daeep 41)
Lambs - 8
SWINE L1 1 4)
Dreased., -
Blessed are they who seek relief from
"Liver Complaint," "Biliousness," Bad
Blood. Fimnles. Blotches, Eruptions. Rough
Skin, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas aud Scrofulous
diseases, bv the use of Dr. Tierce's Alt. Ext
or Goldnn Medical Discovery, for they shall
be happy in knowing that the cure is complete.
J bold by all druggists. t94.
A Bitter Controversy. The tem
perance organs are waging bitter war
on the hianufacturers of alooholio bit
ters, and their attaoks are resented with
equal bitternoss by the latter, who seem
determined to prosecute the quarrel to
the bitter end. in the meantime a
novelty in tonio medicines is making
immense progress in the confidence of
all classes and conditions of society
throughout the United States and
British America. We refer to Dr. Wal
ker's California Vinegar Bitters,
and we call it a novcltywin tonics be-
causo it contains no alcohol an article
heretofore considered essential in medi
cinal invigorants. The abstemious por
tion of the community approve the
omission, and as the new remedy is
curing dyspepsia, biliousness, nervous
affections, and, in fact, a moioritv of the
diseases, external and internal, which
prevail, it is difficult to see how the
more self-indulgent portion of our fellow
citizens can conscientiously object to it.
One thing is certain : if ever there was
what the French call a " grand success,"
the sudden and continually increasing
popularity ot the VINEGAR HITTERS, do-
serves that name. The advocates of
temperance point to the salutary effects
produced by this inalcohoho restorative
as a proot that spirituous stimulants
are not needed for medicinal purposes a
position which has been .recently taken
by Ulany eminent medical practitioners.
Height of Public Favoe. It has
been justly remarked that the popular
judgment, deliberately made up, is cor
rect and reliable. " Burnett's Standard
Preparations" for the toilet and tho
cuiBine are articles in point. They
count their friends by thousands, and
their sterling merits entitle them to the
enviable reputation they have attained
in all sections of this country.
O. That I Weiie Beautiful! is the out
spoken wish of tbousauds of women to whom
nntutc has denied the charm ol a pure, Iresti
transparent complexion. To gratify this wiBh
Hagan s Magnolia Halm was introduced.
Tbe cosmetics of the day bad been pronounced
poisonous by the, most distinguished chemists,
and it was also found that tbeir nltimate effect
was to wither tbe skin as well as to pnrali.e
tbe external nerves. The ladies hailed with
dclicbt tbe advent of a healthful, herbal and
floral preparation capable of imparting to tbeir
laces, necks ana arms a porcelain smoothness
ana a tinge like unit ol the nnesi oriental
pearl. Tbey soon discovered that it was
"new mine nnticr tne nun," incomparaoic ana
unapproachable. Unquestionably the Mag
nolia Balm bas been the great toilet success
ol tbe present century.
Great barm and discomfort is caused by tbe
use of purgatives which gripe and rack the
system. Parson's Purgative; Pills are free
from all impure matter, and are mild and
health-giving in their operation.
At this season ol the year cramps and pains
in tne stomucu ana ooweis, dysentery, diar
rhoea, &c, are quite common, aud should be
checked at once. Johnson's Anodyne Lin
iment ia the best article tbat can bo used in
all such cases, and should be kept in every
Intuliy.
CnAPPED Hands, face, rough skin,
pimples, ring-worm, salt-rheum, and
ether cutaneous affections cured, and the
Bkiu made soft and smooth by using the
Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell,
Hazard & Co., New York. It is more
convenient and easily applied than
other remedies, avoiding the trauble of
the greasy compounds now in uso.
There is no excuse for poor Biscuits, Rolls.
Bread, Griddle Cakes. Mulllns, Waffles. &c.,
when Doolcy s Yeast Powder is used. Grocers
sell it.
IN Oxe TO FlVB MiMCTKS. Headache. Earache.
Neurnliria. Lame Hack. Difcrrhma. frmin.
Sprain?, and all similar complaints, art rellt.vti by
As OrICC AS A Flash or Lian-rwiNa dnei I
CRI4TADOKO S EXCELMOR Uaik Dyi act upon the
hair, whickers and moustaches; no chameleon
tint, but tbe purest Raven or the most exquisite
ttrowns wiu oe evoivca.
A DiBTRKSSlNa Conon causes the frionrls of the I
sufferer almost as much nain as the sutft'rer himself. I
and should receive immediate attention. Dr. W - I
tar t Balaam of Wild Cherry speedily cures coughs,
colds, influenza, sore throat, dec. It will alwavs re- I
Hove consumption, and iu many well-attosted coses It
nus enucica a pencci cure.
A Disease With a Thousand Symptom.
Dyspepsia Is tho most perplexine of ail human ail
ments. Its symptoms aro almost infinite In their vari
ety, and tho forlorn and despondent victims of the
disease often fancy themselves the Drey, in turn, of
every known malady. This is due, in part, to the clese
sympathy which exists between the stomach and the
brain, and in part, also, to tho fact that any disturbance
of the digestive functions necessarily disorders the
liver, the bowels and the nervous system, and affects,
to some extent, the quality of the blood. A medicine
that, like Bostetter's Bitters, not only toneB the stom
ach but at the samo time controls tho liver, produces a
regular habit of body, bracos the nerves, purines the
fluids and " ministers to a mind diseased," is therefore
the true and only specific for chronio Indigestion.
Such is the operation of this famous vegetable restor
ative. It not only cures dyspepsia, but also all con
comitants and consequences. Moreover, it is invalua
ble as a preventive of indigestion. No one who chooses
to take half a wineglassful of this agreeable appetiser
and stomachic habitually three times a day will ever
be troubled with oppression after eating, nausea, sour
eructations, or any other indications of a want of vigor
in the digestive and assimilating organs. The debility
and languor superinduced by hot weather are imme
diately and permanently relieved by the Bitters, and
persons who are constitutionally Inclined to look upon
lite " as through a glass, darkly," will be apt to take a
blighter and more hopeful view of the situation under
the genial iufluenco of this wholesome medicinal stim
ulant.
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The advertiser, having been penrancntly cured ol
that dread dUease, Consumption, by a simple remedy.
U anxious to make known to his fellow sunerers the
mean of care. To all who desire It, he will send a
copy of the prescription ued, (tree of charge), with
me aire cuous tor preparing ana uiff tne caioe, wuicu
they will hud a 8lthk Curb for CoNsrurTioM, Atu
ii a, Broschitih, Ate. Parties wishing the prescription
win picuMi auurucs
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MAGUIRE'S BENNE PLANT.
TMe f-vtrnnrcllnfirr medicine, tho fame of which
U spread broadcast throughout the country. Is tin
Soubtedly Bitperior to any remedy ever offered to
the publio for the compl-tlnta for which It la Intend
ed. We have In our possession testimonials fur
nished voluntarily by tol. Long, late Chlet Topo-
micttl r-ngniecr uurcaum v nsniiifrioii; wnemi
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thonrmvi Father P. J. IHHini't. the celebrated In
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hospital stewards, coiuumuriers of nearly every
steamer plylnii on tho Mississippi and tributary riv
ers. Western HanltJiry and Christian Commissions,
army chaplains and others too numerous to men
tion. I.tKcwlso highest enconluiiis of tho press.
praising Itsvaluanlu uiCdlemuli;ullt1eslnllio (Ugli
est terms. No other medicine has such r-'ivmiim-n-datlous.
Vfl can also refer to his excellency, II.
Gruu Jlrown, Governor of Missouri; lion. Frank
'. isiair, .ir., u. o. rjciuiior, mm 11011. uosepii
trown. Mavnr of the eltv of St. Louis, and many
other Hlute nlNcliils. for which there Itl no snucelu
this advertisement. Aokntu .McKesson A llol.
blns, Nos. HI ami M Fulton St., New 1 oi k. bold by
druggists and medicine dealers everywhere.
J. C. M .tUl'l Kti, Hole Proprietors.
B. W. corner oft Mi ve and Hi-coud sts., rit. Louis,
Mo. Frlcc, 7 It ccnli per Isolde.
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR
CONSUMPTION
and acknowledged by mnny prominent phyiil-
cians to bo tho most Reliable Preparation ever
introduced for the RELIEF aud CURE of all
LUNG COMPLAINTS.
Tills well-known remedy is offered to th
public, sanctioned by the experience of over
forty yenrs, and wheu resorted to in season,
seldom fails to effect a speedy cure of
Coughs, Colds, Croup, Bronchitis, In-
uucnza.u Hooping rough, uoarsc
ness, Pains or Soreness in tho
Chest and Side, Bleeding
at Hie Lunps, Liver
Complaint, Ac.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
by a timely resort to this standard remedy, as
is proved by liuudreda of testimonials received
by the proprietors.
DR. VISTAR S BALSAM OF WILD CKERRY
does iof rfrf tip a Cough, find leave tha
cause brhintl, ir .t the case trith tnot
preparations, hut it loosens mf cleanses
tne lunnSf ftnu nunjfs trrtiaimn, inn
removing the cause of the complaint
CLEEGYMEII, LAWYISS, SINGLES,
nd all those whoso occupation requires an un
UBual exercise of the vocal organs, will find
tills the Only rnicPAUATloM which will effect
ually and inst.intaneoui.ly relieve their difficul
ties. Beware- ol luillllcni jiil.
fiememhe.r that the oemtine Wistnr's liaham
has on the outside wrapper the signature of
". It UTTS." ami the vrmted name etlte pro
prietors, "SETII W. l'O VLKi SOXS, IIO&
iue the wrapper carefully before purcluuing.
Om Mir Bottle. Ks BottU for Five DJan.
rHEPAltUI BY
BETH W. FOWLE &. SONS, Boston, Mass,
And sold by Druggists and Dealers generally.
UAXTKK STKAM ENGINK
Manufactured by COLT'S'.AP.MS CO. Hariford, Ct,
n
izos, 2 to 10 H. Power,
COMPACT,
SIMPLE,
FAFE.
DURABLE
and
4 Economical.
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particulars,
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Gold, (it) karat) " S!)0
Silver Watch, Samuel W. Benedict Hi
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tjauies size $73
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anu compare prices nt-iorc purruasing eisownere.
II i. i. un, i jjiiu i 1 1 . J 1 .1,
Jowelers and keepers of the Citv Time.
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Tli nifrlktHnftliit Sick. It Is the H.-ht of tsv
ery invalid to know what his medicine is, and whv it
Is prescribed. It anv eutfuror from iyHpepia, liver
complaint, head ache, cotiveuu?, or nuanuurn, deKlr
OUSIOKI1UW WUat TAUKANT P K LT in ArKKllf NT 18,
and why he ought to take it l The answer is simple.
It iii thu chemical enuivulciitof the Seltzer tiua watur.
and the fcrealet phveiclaus the world has evr sewn
uave pronouueeu luaiwaiur kpevmu iur iuo com
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The Gettysburg Katalysine Water.
Nature's jrreat remedy fer Dyspepsia, Rheumatism,
Gout. Ne urn lid a. Kidney. Urinaiy. Nervous. Heart,
and other Chrome Dieae. is bottled aud sent direct
from the spihw at Gettysburg, Peun, to invalids
wnoiever resimnff. -
Price per single ease ef two dosnn quart bottles,
18.1.0. itf ner mint, discount in favor of clei irvmtn aud
physicians on water for their own use, Medical and
clerical profession must be certified by the nuaro4t
pofiinat-ier or omer rej-poiiBiuiu hwibuh,
YVhure drinrcUas de not keep It, invalids mayen
rlniA r frl liicd check or PodL-Olilco moiii'V nnlr U
WHITNEY It It 03., 87 d. Piout tit., Philadelphia, Pa.
1IKWAHI)
For anr case of lllln.
Bleeding. Itvhinir. or I I
cerated Piles tl':it !-
ulna s fiLB un:i fu.l
10 cure, lllspreiiiivd
DresslT to cur. tliu I'll,
and nothing else. Bold by
all druggist. Price (1.00.
WJS PAY AGENTS 30 PER WEEK
IN CASH,
allow aznanaes. and furnish .varrthlnfr. AnnW .
once to
.s tr ol uu.. mar-snail, Mich.
,
1000
Vlncsrnr Bitter nre not a vile Fancy Drink.
made of Poor Rum, Whiskey,. Proof Spirit and Rcfasa
Liquors, doctored, spiced, and sweetened to please the
taste, called i onica, Appetizers," Restorers,
&c, that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin,
but are a trite Medicine, made from the native root
and herbs ot Lai dnnua, tree trom all Alcoholic Stimulants.
They are the Great Blood Purifier and a Life-giving
Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the
System, carrying oiT all poimmoiia matter and restoring
the blood to a healthy condition, enrichmg it, refreshing
id lnvicoratinf? Iwth mind ana hotly. 1 hey are easy
of administration, prompt in tlfir action, certain in their
results, safe and reliable in all forms of rliease.
No Peru on enn take tiiose Kilter accord
ing to direction, and remain long unwell, provided
their bones are not destroyed by mmerai pnman or other
means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
repair.
Iygicpla or Incliersdon. Headache, Pain
In the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness or theChest, Dii'
tineas, Sour Eructations of the Stmmach. .Bad Taste
the Month, Hipous Attacks, raipitation ot the
H eart. Inflammation of the Lime. Pain in the regions ol
the Kidneys, and a hundred oilier painful symptoms,
are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a better guar
antee of its merits than a ientrthv advertisement.
For Femnlo Complain! in young or old,
married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or th
turn of life, these Tonic P.ittcrs display so decided an
fluence that a marked improvement is soon percep
tible.
For Iiftfliiiiimn.ory nnl Chronic Itheii
mntiHiit and (lout. Dyspepsia or Iudicestion, liiliom.
Remittent and intermittent l-evers, diseases or mt
Blood. Liver. Kidneys and bladder, these Bitters have
been mnt succpfnl. Such Diseases are caused bv
itiated I'lood, wlrch is generally produced by derange
ment of the Digestive Organs.
Tlieynre auciitie PHiffstlve ns writ si
Tonic pos'iessiiis also the pecnli ir merit of acting
as a powertnl aent hi relieving I onestion or Innam-
atioii of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and iu lblioiii
iscascs.
For Skin DWense. K runt ions. Tetter. Silt-
Rheum, Itlotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils. Car-
mncles, Rinit-worms, Scald-Head. Sore Eves. Ery
sipelas. Itch, Scurfs, Discoloration s nf the Skin, Humon
and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature,
are literally dtiR up aud carried out of the system in a
short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle ia
such cases will convince the most incredulous of thcit
curative effects.
CIvmiKU Hie VIHnteft Rlond vh.n-ir vou
nd its impurities burstin'' through the !;.. in Pimnlct
E runt ions, or Sores: clt!tin it when von fi,,H it nh.
structed and slujiKish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is
foul ; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood
pure, and the health of the system will follow.
Grateful thoiimitMl proclaim Vinkgar Bit
ters the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained
the sinking system.
Fin. Tnne. nml oilier Worm, turltinn- in
the system of so mmy thousand, are effectually de
stroyed and removed. S.ivs a distinguished onvsiol.
opst: There is scarcely an individu al upon the face effhe
earth whose luxly is exempt trom the presence of worms.
It is not upon the healthy elements of the bod v that
orms exist, but irnon the diseased humor anrl ulimv
eposits that breed these livinir monster nf Hi
No system of Medicine, no vermifuees. no anthelmint
ics will free the system from worms like these Bit
ters.
Meehniilcnl Dlsfnieu. Persons emraeed in
aints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters,
iold-beaters, and Miners, as thev aik-mrc in life. ,;n
he subiect to pai alvis of the Bowels. To guard against
this take a dose ol Wai.krk s Vinc(;ar Bitters once
or twice a week, as a Preventive.
Ililloiifl, JtemitU-nt, nill Intermittent
Fevcra, which are to prevalent in the vallevs of our
preat rivers throughout the United States, especially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten
nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, Brazes,
Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile. Savannah, Roan
oke, James, and many others, with tlkeir vast tributa
ries, thrmt-hout our entire country durinz the Summer
nd Autumn, and remarkably so durinir nelsons ol
unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied
by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and
other abdominal viscern. There arc always more or less
obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state
t tne stomach, and great torpor of the bowels, being
:logscd up with vitiated accumulations. In their treat
ment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upof,
these various organs, is essentially necessary. There is
no cathartic fr the purpose equal to Dr. J. Walkhk's
Vinkgak Bitters, as they will speedily remove the
dark-colored viscid matter with which the bowels are
loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of
the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions
of the digestive organs.
Sr.ro f 11 In, or Ivlnt;s Kvll, White Swellings,
Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goiter, Scrofulous
1 (inanimations, indolent inflammations. Mercurial At
feet ions Old Sores, Eruptions of iV.t Skin, Sore Eves,
etc., etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis
eases, Wai.kp.h's Vinegar Bittkks have shown their
great curative powers in thi most obstinate and intract
able cases.
Dr. Walker' CnliforniA Vlneffnr Bitters
net on all these tascs in a similar manner. By purifying
the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away
the effects of the inflammation (the tubercular deposits)1
the affected parts receive health, and a permanent cure
is effected.
The nronertlea of Dr. Wai.krb's Vinrcar
Bittkrs are Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carminative,
Nutritious, Laxative. Diuretic. Sedative. Counter-Irri
tant, Sudorific, Alterative, aud Anti-Bilious.
ine AiuricHt and mud Laxative properties ot
Dr. Walker's Vinrgar Bitturs are the best safe
guard in all cases of eruptions and malignant fevers,
their balsamic, healing, and soothing properties protect
the humors of the fauces. Their Sedative properties
allay pain in the nervous system, stomach, and bowels, .
either from inflammation, wind, colic, cramps, etc.
Their Counter-irritant influence extends throughout
the system. Their Diuretic properties act on the Kid
neys, correcting and regulating the flow of urine. Their
Anti-Bilious properties stimulate the liver, in the secre
tion of bile, aud its discharges through the biliary ducts,
and are superior to all remedial agents, for the cure oi
Bilious revcr, cver and .Ague, etc.
Fortify ine ooiiy agulutit dlHease bv pnn
,finfj all its fluids with Vinkgar Bitters. No epU
emic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. The
liver, the stomach, the bowels, the kidneys, and tho
nerves are rendered disease-proof by this great invig
orant.
Direct ions. Take of the Bitters on going to bed
at nigkt from a half to one and one-half wine-glassfull.
Eat good nourishing food, such as beef steak, mutton
chop, venison, roast beet, and vegetables, and tak
aut-dpor exercise. 1 hey are composed ot purely vcgei
able ingredients, and contain no spirit.
J WALKER, Prop'r. R. II. Mcl)ONAI.Dfc CO.
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A NERVOUS INVALID.
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