farm, Garden and Household.
Mow to Make Manure on the Farm.
As nmnnre is the life of nil successful
farming the neglect to make, save, and,
compost nil vegetable and animal refuse
bo as to save their organio elements
from waste, causes the most crying fail
ures of success in tilling the soil. I
here give the formula of a North Car
olina farmer who says he made more
than two hundred cart-loads of manure
nt a cost of $30, which paid him better
than three tons of commercial mnnure
had done which cost him 150. The
compost was made of about half vege
table swamp muck, one-fourth shell
marl, and one-fourth stable and farm-
J-iml dung and ashes. He says : I
muled last rear vegetable muck which
had been dried two months to save
weight in cartage, this I spread on my
barn-yard nnd mixed with it the shell
marl together with ten loads of forest
leaves and all the stable manure I had,
adding sundry wheelbarrow loads of
hog-pen mnnure. This wns worked
over three times during the winter, and
mixed each time with thirty bushels of
rotten wood ashes. To rrmke this com
post still more effective, he says bone
dust should be added to the pile, as
then it would soon become soluble,
and he might add that a few hundred
weight of sulphate of lime (ground
plaster) would also increase the efficacy
of the compost. But with his compost
he made three crops in one season, and
the last ho says was better than the first.
He is of opinion that good commercial
manures, if properly composted and
applied to the soil, will pay triple the
outlay, as it enables us to make big
crops on little land, and without bring
ing in weeds.
Clean Secti.
As a rule, those farmers who are the
most careful in cleaning their seed
grains, and the most thorough in their
cultivation, have the fewest weeds to
contend with ; and such are the most
fully compensated in the end for their
pains. One of the most prolific sources
of the spread of weeds is sowing direct
ly from the threshing machine ; for
however well these machines clean the
grain for market purposes and the
better classes of them do it admirably
still there is no power machine that
will clean seed in so thorough a manner
as to to lit it for sowing. This, how
ever, may be accomplished by careful
cleaning by the more modern fans, hav
ing sieves adopted to the various sizes
and shapes of seeds, and perfectly con
trolled by the blast given. With the
use of these we have often secured a
large advance over the ordinary market
price, on account of the seed been per
fectly clean.
One of the most difficult seeds to se
parate from the grain is cockle and
chess ; and to do so thoroughly, it is
necessary to have proper sieves for
separating these from the good grain,
since the specific gravity of these seeds
is very nearly that of barley, rye, nnd
wheat. In the case of chess, the pecu-
liar torm ot the seed being long, like
wheat nnd rve renders it ecpecially
difficult of separation. But with the
modern fans, but little difficulty will be
experienced in their separation, nnd the
value of the seed will be thereby much
enuanceu. Exchange.
Square Cheese.
Certain pnrties in New York, who
linve manufactured the rectangular
cheese for two or three years past, have
been eminently successful, nnd the
cheese hns sold for a better price than
that received for the usual round shape,
That a radical change in the shape of
cheese, from round to square, should
meet with opposition nnd prejudice,
wns to be expected, but we see no good
reason why the square or rectangular
shape should not be as well received by
consumers ns the others. Indeed, in
cutting, it has decided advantages, and
there is less waste and the pieces are in
a more comely shape for the table,
Again, in putting up for market, square
packages are much less expensive than
round, while they take up less space in
storing or in being carried to market.
Some factories, howevevr, have entered
upon the manufacture of square cheeses
nnd have failed ; or at least, have had
much trouble in pressing, bandaging
and in the care of the cheese, nnd have,
therefore, pronounced against it m
strong terms.
So far as we can learn, the troubles
have come from imperfect molds used
in pressing, nnd from not understaning
all the processes nnd manipulations
which belong to the treatment of this
kind of cheese. No one should attempt
to make square cheese unless fully pro
vided with suitable apparatus and spe
cially instaucted in the management of
the cheese. A'. A. Willard, in Rural
JSew x orkrr.
How Fowls Feed.
Grain fed to fowls is received into
the crop, where it is slightly soaked,
and then it passes into tin second stom
ach, or pro-ventriculus (Vegetnieier),
where it is saturated with the gastric
juice, thence to the gizzard whert, it is
ground and afterward assimilated.
may add that it is this second stomach
which is the test of hunger, as a fowl's
crop may be pefectly full nnd yet the
bird be very hungry owing to some
stoppage in the channel between the
crop and second stomach. Your cor
respondent is however perfectly correct
that no grain ever passes unground
from a healthy fowl, so perfect is the
operation of that beautiful muscular
machine which grinds even the pebbles
usea in grinding the food.
Earth's Highest Spot.
The highest inhabited spot in the
world is the Budhist cloister of Hanle,
in Thibet, where twenty-one priests
live at an altitude of 16,500 feet. The
brothers Schlagintweit, when they ex
plored the glaciers of the Ibi Gamin in
the same country, encamped at 21,000,
the highest altitude at winch a .Euro
pean ever passed the night. Even nt
the top of Mount Blano Professor Tyn
dall's guides found it very unpleasant
to do this, though the Professor him
self did not confess to feeling as bad as
they. The highest mountain in the
world heretofore supposed to be
Gaurisankar, in Thibet is now said
to be Mount Everest, in the same range.
It is 29,003 feet, and the condor has
been seen "winging the blue air" 500
feet higher. '
Au Indian told up at Leech Lake,
Minn., that the way he gat whiskey in
Brainerd was as follows : They got up
in the rear of the buildings, where there
are two holes in the wall ; out of one
hole an arm is thrusj to receive the
money and jug, and out of the other
hole the whiskey governed in quantity
by the amount of money received
through the first hole referred to was
passed by another arm. The face of
the seller is never seen, but the Indian
said that generally the one that took
the money was other than the one that
passed out the whiskey, showing two
persons engaged in it.
Tho Pownoes and Sioux.
The Fight on the "crond-Tho OcaN
llah'e Side of the Slorjr.
The following official letter, having
reference to tho Sioux-rawnee battles,
was fowarded from Sidney, by Col.
George A. Woodward, Fourteenth In
fantry, nnd was received at the Military
Headquarters of tho Department of the
Platte, in Omaha, Nebraska, on Tues
day, 12th inst. :
Ociat,atiT,att, Sioux Camp, )
White Man's Four, Aug. 5, 1873. J
Col. Woodward, Commanding fot.
6'idncy, ATcl. :
Sir: On the morninsr of the second
of this month six Ogalallah Sionx In
dians came in from a scout and reported
the Pawnees in camp on the Ree fork of
the Republican. The news created
great excitement m camp, nnd the
Sioux decided to go and tight them be
fore they had time to attack our camp.
Little Wound came up to me nnd asked
if I hni any orders to keep him from
going to fight them. "I told him I had
not. He said he had orders not to go
to their reservation or among the whites
to fight them, but had no orders in re
gard to this part of the country. I told
mm 1 would go with mm tnnd see the
Pnwnees, but he said it would be of no
use, as the young men had determined
to fight, and no one could stop them.
They say I prevented them from going
to the Utes, and they came up and stole
their horses and killed one of their men,
and they thought the same thing would
occur if thev did not strike the Paw
nees first. They started out on the 3d,
nnd were joined by the Brnles from Mr.
Estis' camp, nnd proceeded to the Paw
nee camp. On the morning ol the h
they came on a camp of about thirty
lodges. They were just moving camp
when the Sioux charged them. The
Pawnees killed nre variously estimated
from 50 to 118, mostly women and
children. Most of the, men were
absent, nnd the , Sioux suppose they
were out hunting. The Ognlallahs
took in all seven prisoners three
women and four children, nil girls,
from two to ten years old. The Indi
nns whq linve the prisoners are Black
Bear, Torn Belly, Mad Horse, Black
Hawk, Grey Eve's son-in-law, Flying
Hawk, nnd Little Blue Shield. A white
man by the name of John Williamson
had charge of the Pawnees. They
fought bravely, but the Sionx out
numbered them, having 500 or 600 men.
This report is as near ns I can get at
the number of killed from the Indians.
The Pawnees will know the exact num
ber they lost. Black Bear has express
ed his willingness to give up his prison
er if the Government desire it,' and I
think the others will undoubtedly do
the same.
Your obedient servant,
Axtoine Janis.
In charge Southern Indians of Ogalal
lah Sioux band.
P. S. We are now camped on White
Man's Creek, about twelve miles above
the timber.
Raising Lobsters.
According to the Boston Journal of
Commerce, a new enterprise has been
initiated on the coast of Massachusetts,
from which important results ore confi
dently hoped by the projector. This
has reference to the propogation of lob
sters, which are believed to be rapidly
diminishing in number on the New Eng
land coast, as they certainly have in
average size. Although several States
impose severe penalties upon parties
who may capture or offer for sale spawn
ing lobsters, yet the law is practically a
dead letter.
In the experiment referred to it is
said that an arm of fbe sea, with a deep
channel in the centre, has been dammed
up so as to flood about thirty acres, an
archway being left in the dike to' permit
a proper ebb and flow of the tide. The
passage-way being narrow, the amount
of water that runs out in a tide does not
very materially affect the interior pond;
but the exchange of water is just enough
to keep the whole pure.
In July and August of 1872 it is said
that 40,000 lobsters of different ages
were placed in the pond, and food, in
the Shape of refuse fish from the mar
ket, supplied to them. In the ensuing
winter it was ascertained that good,
sizable, hard-shell lobsters were nbnn
dant in the pond, and some 15,000 males
were taken out and sold at good prices.
The females, when captured, were all
duly returned to the water.
The experiment continues to -136. suc
cessful the present year, and it is said
that the water swarms with younglob;
sters, and that there is every rfrp'spect
of a very great increase. Nothing is
mentioned of the precise locality of this
experiment, but if the story be genuine,
there would seem to be nothing to pre
vent a successful result from similar
enterprises elsewhere. One difficulty
to be anticipated will be from the vo
racity of the lobsters in destroying each
other; nnd it is by no means certain
that, when a certain average to the
cubic yard is reached, a mutual destruc
tion will not take place, such ns pre
vents the economical rearing of spiders
for their silk, consequent upon their
destructiveness when confined together,
Varieties in Fashions.
A loosely waved tress of false hnir is
now worn across the head, just above
the forehead. This pretty fashion is
welcomed by ladies who have burned or
worn on their front hair m frizzing it,
ns this enables them to smooth away
their own front hair out of sight, and
let it grow lone enough to be parted in
the middle and drawn back in classic
stvle.
A novelty in vogue aboard is rough
looking gimp and fringej said to be made
of common twine. It is used for trim
ming Turkish toweling, bamboo, flax
linen, and other ecru fabrics.
Mosses are much used for trimming
ball dresses of white tulle or tarlatan.
Other summery garlands are of green
leaves nnd intertwined vines with a deep
fringe of white hyacinths, harebells, or
lilies-of-the-valley. The fringe edges
over-skirts and head flounces.
For protecting the facing of skirts
that drag on the ground an inner facing
is now used of dark oil cloth or morocco
bound with braid. It is more substan
tial than the pleated wigging, which is
so soon discolored and worn out. It
costs twenty-five cents a yard. Two
yards are sufficient for a skirt, as it is
only placed on the back breadths.
Belts with pockets attached, and tra
veling bags made of alligators' skins,
are the most novel importations of the
week, and are said to be the caprice of
the season abroad. This leather is a
light ecru color, with many irregular in
dentations, and is mounted with gilt,
oxidized silver, or Russia leather.
Scarfs of thin white India cotton and
of bamboo, with gay Roman bars for
borders, are tied around black or white
hats, worn in the country by young
ladies. Those with black striped bor
ders and fringe are also very stylish.
An Immense Tunnel.
It is proposed to construct a railroad
tunnel under the river Hnmber, in Eng
land, which will be 2,850 yards long. It
will begin at Bessie, on one side of the
river, and terminate at Barton, in North
Lincolnshire. The curve of the tunnel
will be ten feet below the river bed, and
as this consists of sand, the work will
be done by means of the pneumatic pro
cess. In carrying it forward, three
working vessels will bo provided. The
dimensions of these will be 100 feet in
length by 42 in width, and 23 feet in
depth. The upper half will consist of a
pontoon and the lower half of a working
chamber or diving bell. This working
chamber will suffice for the construction
of 160 feet in length of a double tunnel in
one portion. The success will be, first, to
span the working vessel over the site of
the tunnel; then to sink it to the bed of
the river by the admission of water into
the pontoon; and, thirdly, to expel the
water from the lower portion, or diving
bell, by foroing the air, when workmen
will enter the chamber and excavate the
ground for the construction of the 100
feet length Of tunnel. When the work
ing vessel has been sunk through the
material of the bed of the river to the
depth of the inlet of the proposed tun
nel, bricklayers will enter and commence
to build the tunnel. When completed.
the working vessel will be withdrawn
and sunk nt another spot for the execn
lion oi a further length. The joining
up of the isolated lengths of the tunnel
will tie effected as the working vessel is
being from time to time withdrawn from
the bed of the river. The machinery for
supplying the required air and pressure
to keep the diving bell portion of the
apparatus free of water will be erected
on a deck or table carried a sufficient
height above the working neoole to be
above the level of high water when the
working vessel is in its lowest position.
As has already been stated, the excava
tions, being chiefly sand, will be remov
ed by means of sand pumps, worked by
tue compressed air in the diving bell.
The brick and other materials will be
lowered by machinery from the stage
noove referred to in the working cham
oer. Although the process is new in
its application to a railway tunnel, yet
it has been employed with success in
putting in brick foundations in several
parts of the world, and no doubt is
felt as to its being equally successful in
us new application.
Chinese Duel In Arkansas,
Lincoln County, says the Pino Bluff
liepubucan, was the scene of a very in
teresting affair in the shape of a pure
and unadulterated duel between two
sons of very noble families of China. It
appears that for several centuries a
rivalry has existed between the houses
of Lak Zud Qui Camm and Au JouFiu
lee Yung, gentlemen residents of Can
ton up to 18C5. Many difficulties were
the result of this eiiniity, and the ranks
of each family became sensibly dimin
ished as time elapsed. Finally the hour
arrived for the Yung hatred to becomo
satiated. A revolution threw it in pow
er, and its rival was found among the
defeated rebels. As a consequence
Camm was imprisoned nnd tortured,
nnd his family banished. But he made
his escape, and in disguise sought his
enemy, whom he found rioting in luxu
ry and surrounded by a courtly throng,
nnd there slew him. After renping his
revenge he destroyed himself by hari
kari, a suicide practiced by the nobles
of the country. The banished Camms
all died but Lak Zud Qui, who drifted
about until he landed in Arkansas and
settled in Lincoln county. By the same
train of events Ah Jou Fiulee Yung, the
only survivor of his illustrious house,
wandered to the locality where lived his
common enemy. They dwelt together
for some time in total ignorance of each
other's identity. But the donoument
came at last, during a conversation
about their afar off home, and nil the
hatred of their nature was stirred up
anew. The rest is soon told. They con
cluded that this world could not contain
them both alive, nnd silently and sadly,
unknown to any one, prepared for the
bloody sacrifice. They chose the dead
ly Colt with which to perfect their pur
pose.andjafter embracing and promising
that no harm should attach to the sur
vivor, they took their places, gave their
own signal and fired. Camm fell dead,
and the too confiding Yung now lan
guishes in the hotel de Doby whither
he was escorted yesterday evening by
Deputy Sheriff, Captain Chas. Lyman
and wonders why the law should in
terfere with the private affairs of for
eign gentlemen not citizens of tho
United States.
A Money-Borrower Drowned.
There was recently living in West
Troy, N. Y., says the New York Ledger,
a man who was supposed to be one of
the richest men in the place. He pro
fessed to be very busy in making money,
and was in tho habit of borrowing of
anybody of whom ho could obtain a
loan. He borrowed large sums of the
rich and small sums of the poor, and it
was thought to be a good thing to have
him in one's debt, as he paid interest
promptly on all his loans. liut one day,
recently, this enterprising citizen was
drowned, and on investigation it was
discovered that his estate was hopelessly
insolvent, lie was not wortli a dollar,
He had actually lived and flourished on
other people s money for years, borrow
ing of one to pay another. His pretended
money-making schemes were all shams.
He bad no business except that of keep
ing his fellow-citizens deluded ns to his
real condition. He owed four hundred
thousand dollars, and many people,
rich and poor, will suffer by reason of
their misplaced confidence in him.
It is believed by some of his victims
that, having come to the end of his
powers longer to keep up his gigantic
deception, the wretched man committed
suicide to escape the storm ef indigna
tion which he knew would burst upon
him when the real facts ol the case
should become known.
A Baby Playing with a Black Strtp
A Lehigh, county man and woman
went to the hay field the other day and
took their baby along and placed it in
the shade. Some time after the mother
noticed the child playing with a black
strap, which the little one would every
now and then let fall out ol the wagon
and then crawl out after it, seemingly
very busy with the object it had in pos
session to amuse itself. Not knowing
how it got the strap, she persuaded her
husband to go and see what it was. im
agine the father's horror and terror
when, on drawing near, he found that
the child was actually fondling a black
snake, at least four feet in length, now
wrapped around the little one s body.
then again entwining itself about its
neck and going through all kinds of
frightful movements, its red tongue
darting out of its mouth with lightning-
like rapidity, and the child all the while
stroking it and joyfully laughing until
the tears rolled down its cheeks. The
snake was killed, to the great grief of
he child,
( Writing a Letter.
The familv letter, says tho Danbnry
Newt, is written on Sundays. The
reason that day is selected is not alone
because of the leisure it presents. The
quiet of the day, its relief from all in
fl'iences that irritate or agitate, frees
the mind from irrelevant add antagon
istic matter, and makes it preeminently
a fit occasion for communing with dis
tant loved ones. In nino cases out of
ten the letter is written by the head of
the family, nnd of those sent au equal
proportion are addressed to his wife's
folks. We don't know why it is that
a man so rnrely writes to his own folks,
but as it is not the province of this ar
ticle to treat on that subject, we will
pretend we don't care. The hour being
selected for inditing the letter, the first
thing is to find the paper. There is
always a drawer in every well regulated
family for keeping such things. It is
either in the table or stand. Here the
writing paper, and odd screws, and fiddle-strings,
and broken locks, and fish
lines, and grocery receipts are kept.
There mny be other things, but if there
nre, he will see them. Tho sheet of
paper is finally found, the fly stains
neatly scraped off, nnd the search com
mences for the ink nnd pen. The for
mer is invariably found on tho mantle
next to the clock, and is immediately
laid on the table convenient to the per
spiring man, who sarcastically inquires
if the letter is to be written to-day or
next Sunday. This inspires the wife
with new zeal in the search. She goes
over the drawer again because she
knows he wouldn't see anything if it
was right under his nose, but the pen
is not there. Then she looks over the
top of the bureau, and lifts everything
on the front room table, and says it
seems so singular it can't be found,
when she saw it only the day before,
and thought about the letter. Then
she goes into the pantry, and after ex
ploring the lower shelf in vain, stands
upon a chair and carefully goes over the
top shelf where the medicine bottles
and unused cans are stationed. After
she has done this, she starts up. stairs,
and pretty soon returns with the pen,
and takes it to the sink to wash the
grease from it. but does not succeed in
quite effacing that delicate scent of
bergamot. This leads him to observe
that anybodv who would take a pen
holder to lift hair grease from a bottle
is too pure and innocent for this
world.
Everything- now in readiness, good
humor is restored, the wife takes a seat
opposite with her elbows on the table,
and her chin in her hands, and assumes
an expression of countenance that is
mysteriously calculated to both encour
age and depress the writer; and he
grasps the pen tightly between his fin
gers, and stares at the paper with an
intensity that is entirely unnecessary.
The date line starts off glibly, and then
suddenly ceases as it reaches the date
itself. Heputs theholder in his mouth,
and immediately spits it out again,
making a face that is in no wise sug
gestive of bergamot; and pettishly asks
her if she knows the day of the month.
Of course she does. It is the 13th or
it is the but no it must be. She
hesitates, stares at him, wavers, and is
lost. She don't know whether it is the
13th or 18th, but the almanac will tell,
and she at once starts to hunt it up.
This occasions a delay of some fifteen
minutes, during which he makes ninety
five passes at one fly. The date hav
ing been satisfactorily settled upon,
and the things which rolled over the
floor, ns that stand drawer unexpectedly
fell out, having been restored to their
place, the date line is completed, and
".Dear mother started. The pen is a
home pen, of bashful mould, and
whenever it starts a line it requires
half dozen passes to make it give down.
All home pens do this. And all home
sheets of paper have weak spots which
the ink refuses to cross, thus creating
some remarkable divisions of words
and considerable confusion among sen
tences. Some of these spots are two
inches in diameter, and anybody in the
next room cau tell the moment the
writer comes to them, just as well as if
he was looking over his shoulder.
When the letter is completed, which
generally occurs at the fifth hour from
the commencement, it is carefully read
over and supplied with absent words,
and then gone over again nnd artisti
cally touched up with the pen nt
the bare places. Then it is folded up
ready for the envelope, and the discov
ery is made that there is no envelope in
the house, and the letter is tucked in
behind the clock until the want is sup
plied.
What it Costs to Live.
A Massachusetts writer has been mak
ing up a table showing what it costs to
subsist a family of six in that State a
vear. The table appears to be all right.
witn tne exception ot the single item of
beans.
KECESSABXKS FOB A TAMILT. Or SIX PERRONS.
Price Total n-, total
Articlrs. am'nt .TJJr', amount
1D7J. 1H73- 18C0-1
Cliairi-ls flour 11 00 i$f.6UU t7H4 j$ 4TJ4
35 gallons molasnes.. 80 30 00 60 l'J50
120 pounds meal.... 'JJ 3 INI a 3 41)
l'J pounds tea R.i 9K0 CH 696
l.-i pounds coffee 35 6 4.1 18J$ 2771;
17S pnuuds silKsr.. . . 1.1 2i 7ft 8 15 75
1U0 pounds soap.... 1250 S 800
25 pouude starcli. ... 15 375 lllj 2(,2;j
50 pounds butter.... 30 15 00 21 10 50
15 pounds cheese. .. . 18 2 70 11 1 17-2'i
75 pounds lard H 10 50 12 S 8 37 'J
25 pounds rice 12 300 6j 162,'
60 pounds fresh nb. 12 6i0 8 4 00
100 pouuda salt Ash.. 12 12 00 S 5 00
25 pounds poultry... 25 B25 15 3 75
1H2 quarts milk 10 18 20 6 8 10
240 eKKB 2 4 80 1 2 40
15 buxuels potatoes. . 1 00 15 00 65 8 25
lliOpouuds fresh beef 18 28 80 10 16 00
10 pounds veal 17 170 10 loo
25 pounds mutton. . . 15 375 8 2 25
60 pounds f renh pork 12 6 00 8X 4 75
60 pounds salt 1 60 37 'i
25 pounds ham 18 4 00 1214 S12'i
6 tons coal 900 455018 63 3315
Total 326 55 $214 42
A Sew England Wedding.
A correspondent writing for Guilford,
Uonn., beguiles the readers of the Mil
waukee (Wis.) Journal of Commerce
with the lollowing : "loung John
Hubbard was married last week ' to
lady of Stony Creek. He brought his
bride from the home of her father in
his own farm wagon, arriving at the
sufficiently romantic hour of 1 o'clock
in the morning. The bride prepared
her lord's breakfast the next morning
by 5 o'clock, in the apartments built on
the homestead with one or two excep
tions the oldest inhabited house north
of St. Augustine for the accommoda
tion of the young folks. The weather
being fine for hay, John was soon down
near Sachem's Head, about four miles
away, getting his heaps ready for cart
ing. Alter the breakfast dishes were
put away and the house-work was done.
our lady, with some friends followed
the groom to the hay-fields, where they
l-J - , m j
unu umo picnio party, xowaru e veil
ing, the new Mrs. John Hubbell was
driven home in triumph on the top of
the load of sweet fresh hay weighing
about two tons. And.' as the chil
dren, upon the venerable authority of
Mother Goose, sing, now my story is
done.
How to Make a Mustard Hasten
now manv people are there who
really know how to make a mustard
plaster ? Not one in a hundred, at the
most, perhaps, and yet mustard plasters
are used in every family, and physicians
i ,1 i i . i 1 1
presenile meir application, never uru
mg anybody how to make them, for the
simple reason that doctors themselves
do not, as a rule. The ordinary way is
to mix the mustard with water, temper
ing it with a little flour, but such a
plaster ns that makes is simply abomi
nable. Before it has half done its work
it beeins to blister the patient, nnd
lenves him finally with a painful flayed
spot, after having produced far loss ei
fect in a beneficial way than was intend
ed. Now a mustard plaster should
never cause a blister nt nil. If a blister
is wnnted there are other plasters far
better than mustard for the purpose.
When you make a mustard plaster,
then, use no water whatever, but mix
the mustard with the white of an egg,
nnd the result will be a plaster which
will " draw " perfectly, but will not pro
duce a blister even upon the skin of an
infant, no matter how long it is allowed
to remain upon the part. For this we
have the word of an old and eminent
physician, as well as our own experi
ence. Steauno Heaven's Livery. The
srreat Alcohollcts Jicmed.i, Vinegar
Bitters, is everywhere driving pestifer
ous rum potions out of the market,
That famous combination of the finest
medicinal herbs on the continent of
America, is accomplishing such cures
of diseases which nflect the stomnch,
the liver, the bowels, the kidneys nnd
tlm nprvnns Rvstfim. that the trrateful
masses have act opted it as their Stand
ard specific. The various rum bitters
have gone down before this pure vege
table antidote like tenpins before a well-
aimed ball. The people hove at length
discovered that all the spirituous excit
ants are worse than shams that both
morally and medicinally they are inimi
cal to the well-being nnd safety of the
community. It won't do. The hand
writing is on the wall ! They are weighed
and found wanting. Rum remedies are
defunct, and Vinegar Bitters, the Uni
versal Antidote, reigns in their stead.
Com.
A discontented couplo living in Ne
braska, being desirous of securing funds
wherewith the lady could take a jour
ney to Europerecently sold their three-year-old
child, with a cow, to a well-to-do
farmer for $100. The price at first
demanded was $100 for the child and
$25 for the cow, but a compromise was
finally effected on $100 for the two.
PA1NI PAIN!! PAIN 11!
where is thy reliever r
Roadors, you will find it in that Favorite Borne
Remedy
PERRY DA VIS" PAIN-KILLER.
It has been tested in every variety of climate, and
by almost every nation known to Americans. It is
he almost constant comnanion and inestimable
friend of the missionary and travoler, on sea and
iana, ana no one snouia iravei on our lanes or rtuers
withtut it.
Its Merits ar unsurpassed.
If von are sufferlnir from INTERVAL PATN.
Twentu to Thirty Dmvs in a Little H'ater will al
most instantly cure you. Triers is nothing equal to
i. m a lew moments it cures
Colic, Cramps, Spasms, Heart-burn, Diarrhaa,
Dysentery, flux, W ma in the Howels, Sour
Stomach, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache.
Cures CHOLERA, when all other Remedies PaiL
It gives Instant Relief from Aching Teeth.
In sections of the country where Fever and
oue prevails, tharo is uo remedy held in greater
esteem.
For FEVER AND AOTTE. 1 Ike three tnhlp.nnnn.
uls of tho Pain-JTiler in about htilf a tritit of hot
water, well sweetened with molasses as the attack
is coming on. lluthing freely the cheat, back, and
bowels with the Pain-Kilter at the same time. Re
peat tho done in twenty minutes if the first does not
top tno emu. snouia it proauce vomitinw (and it
irnbublv will, if the stomach is verv fnull. take a
iittle Pain-Killer in cold water sweetened with
iuar after each spasm. Perseverance in the above
reatment has cured mauv severe and obstinata
cases of this disease.
OREAT " CnOLKBA" REMEDY
P AIN-KILLKR.
It is an External and Internal Remedy. For Sum
mer Complaint or any other form of bowel disease
n children or adults, it is an almost certain cure,
and has without doubt, been more successful in
curing; the various kinds of CHOLERA than any
other known remedy, or the most skillful physician.
in inaia, Airicaana umna, wuere tins areadTul dis
ease is more or less nrevalcnt. the Pain-KilUr i.
considered by the natives as well ns by Kuropeau
resiaoms in tnose enmities, A BUKK RK Rl K JJ x ;
and while it is a most etneient remedy for pain, it
is apericciiy snte nieuiciuo in tne most unskillful
hands. It has become a household remedy, from
the fact that it gives immediate and permanent re
lief. It is a purely vegetable preparation, made
rom the best and purest materials, sure to keen
and use iu every family. It is recommended by
after a public trial of thirty yt-ars tho averaae life
uysiclans ana persons of all classes, and to-dav.
of man it stands unrivalled and unexcelled.
spreading its usefulness over the wide world.
Directions accompany each Bottle,
Price 23 cts., SO cts., and 1 per Bottle.
PiBBY DAVIS 4 SON, Proprietors,
Providence, R. L
J. K. HARRIS UO., Clnoinnatl, 0.,
Proprietors for the Western and South Western
otates.
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
Pea SALE WHOLES AIS BT
JOHN F. HENRY, New York.
OfcO. C. GOODWIN A CO., Boston.
JOHNSON, HOLOWAY A CO.. Philadelphia.
THIRTY YEARS1 KXPLRIKM'K OP
AN OLD MUSK.
Mrs. Wlniilow's Soothing Syrup is the
prescription of one of the best Female Physi
cians and Nurses In the Uiitted States, and has
been used for thirty years with never fa ling safety
and success by million! of mothers and children,
from the feeble Infant of one week old to the adult.
It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
colic, regulates the bowels, and gives rest, health
and comfort to mother and child. We believe it to
be the BcBt and Burest Remedy in the World in all
coses of DY8RNTF.RY and DlaRRHfRA IN CHlL-
DKf, wnetner it arises imm Teeth. nu or from
ftnv other cause. Full directions for uni.ii? will
company each bnttlo. Nno Oi-nuiue unless the
fac simile of CURTIS ft PKRK1MS iiou the outside
wrapper.
Sold by nil Medicine Dealer.
CHILDREN OFTEN LOGIC PALE AND
KICK
from no other causa but having worms in the
stomach.
BROWN'S VEBMIPUOB COMFITS
will destroy worms without Injury to the child,,
being perfectly WHITE, and free from all coloring
or other injurious ingredients usually used in
worm preparations.
CURTIS & BROWN, Proprietors,
No. til 5 Fulton Street, New York.
ScJd by I)rttaqist and Chemists, and dealert in
Stea rmea at Iwenit-Kivb Cents a Box.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA
AND
FAMILY LINIMENT
Is the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints, via.: Cramps in the Limbs and Stom
ach, Pain in the Btomach, Bowels or 8ide, Eheu
matism in all its forms, Bilious Colic, Neuralgia,
Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, Sprains and
Bruises, Chills and Fever. For Internal and Ex
ternal use.
Its operation is not only to relieve the patient,
but entirely removes the cause of the complalut.
It penetrates and pervades the whole system, re
storing healthy actiou to all its parts, and quick
ening the bloou.
The IIoHRrlioIri Panacea Is purely Vejr-
tttble and All Healing.
Prepared by
CURTIS Sl BROWN,
No. St 1 5 Fulton Street, New York.
Tor sale by all Druggists.
KIDNEY D1BF.ASR, DROPSY, and all diseases of
no Kidneys and K ladder, cau be cured by the use
of Hunt's Remedy. Thousands that have been
liiven up by thir Physicians to itin, have been
speedily cured by the use of Hunt's Remedy. Sent
to any address securely packed on receipt of one
dollar and tw nty-tive (1.'26) cents. Send fnr illus
trated pamphlet to William . Claukx, Bole Pro
prietor, rroviuence, a. I.
Beat and Oldest Family Medicine. San
f 'trd Liver Invigorttior- purely Vegetable Cathur
sc sua x oiitc-iur uyspepBia, unnsiipaiiim.jjeuiiiiy
Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derange
ments of Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Ask your
uiunHisiiur is, neware of twututioMf.
lr too are thirsty, drink water; it you have
Auue take 8ha))eubrgei's Antidote. The result
will be alike satit-factoiy In both cases. Try it.
Aw Affbovid, Safe, and Speedy Remedy for
Diarrhoea, Cholera, Bummer Complaint, and all
Bwel Affections, may be had in Dr. Jayne's Car
minative Balsam. The prudent will keep ft bottle
u su ueeiui a meaiciue ey mem,
rTTD in Fertilizers. The Peru
vian government has instituted legal
proceedings BgRiiiss seerm uemno 111
fertilizers in New York. As the case
is likely to receive a full investigation,
we do not think it advisable to publish
the names of those houses that are men
tioned in the charges. In the mean
while we would advise our agricultural
friends, if they wish to purchase Peru
vian Guano, to see that they get it ;
and the safest way is to allow no unre
liable go-between to intervene between
themselves and the authorized agents
of the Peruvian government.
The Massachusetts
mises to be abundant.
pear crop pro-
Flago's Instant Relief. Warranted
to relieve' nil Bheumatio Afflictions, Sprains,
Neuralgia, etc. The bent, the surest, and the
quickest remedy for all Bowel Complaints. Re
let guaranteed or the money refunded. Com.
rhyeiciana recommend Wibtab's Balsam.
Cristadoro'b Excelsior Dtb is the
most sure and complete preparation of Ha kind
in the world ; its effects are magical, its charao
tor harmless, its tints natural, its qualities en
during.
Great harm and discomfort is caused
by the tioe of purgatives which gripe and rack
the svBtem. Parson' rurqatioe I'illt are free
from all impure matter, and are mild and
health-giving in their operation. Com.
At this season of the year cramps
and paiiiB in the stomach and bowelB, dysentery,
iliarrhrra. &.C.. are quite common, and Bhouid
be checked at once. Johnson's Anodyne Lini
ment is the bent article that can be used in all
ouch canes, and should be kept in every family.
Used internally. Com.
The Purest and Sweetest Cod-Iiiveb
Oil is Hazard fc Caswell's tnado on the sea
shore, from fresh, selected livers of the cod on
ly by Caswell, Hazard A Co., Now York. It
is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who
have once taken it porfer it to all others. Phvsi'.
cians hare decided it superior to any of the
the oils in Market. (.om.
Dooley's Yeast Powder is the cheap
est, but not lowcBt-priced, Baking Towder. Ele
gant Biscuits, Rolls, &c, propared in a few min
utes. vom.
A Disease Wltti a Thousand Symptoms
Dyspepsia is the most perplexing of all human
ailments. Its symptoms are almost Infinite In
their variety, and the forlorn and despondent vic
tims of the disease often fancy themselves the
prey, in turn, of every known malady. This is dne,
In part, to the close sympathy which exists be
twoen the stomach and the brain, and in part, also
to the fact that any disturbance of the digestive
functions necessarily disorders the liver, the
bowels and th nervous system, and affects to somo
extent, the quality of the blood. A medicine that,
like Hostetter's Bitters, not on y tones the stomach
but at the same time controls the liver, produces
a regular habit of body, braces the nerves, purifies
the fluids and " ministers to a mind diseased," is
therefore the true and only specific for chronic
Indigestion. Such it the operation of this famous
vegetable restorative. It not only cures dyspepsia,
but also all concomitants and consequences. More
over, it is invaluable as a preventive cf indiges
tion. No one who chooses to take half a wineglass-
ful of this agreable appetizer and stomacMe habit
ually three times a day will ever be troubled with
oppression after eating, nausea, sour eructations
or any other Indications ff awantof vigor in the
digestive or assimilating organs. The debility and
languor superinduced by hot weather are lmmedl
ately and permanently relieved by the Bitters, and
porsons who are constitutionally inclined to look
upon lifo A4 as through a glass, darkly," will ba apt
to take a btightor and more'hopeful view of the sit
uation under the genial influence of this wholesome
medicinal stimulant.
corciis. SO HE
TIMIOAT.INFLU
KNZA. WHOOP
ING COUGH.
( BOtP, ItRONCHlT-
ia. Asthma, ana
1 every offoctlon of
I II) O Til BOAT, LUNGS
and chest, aro
speedily and per
manently cured ty
the use of Dr. Wis
tar's Balsam or
Wilt Cherry,
xchlch docs not dry np a conjrl. and leavo tho cause
behind, but loosens It, cleanses the lnnifs and allays
irritation, thus removing tho causa of the complaint.
COXSOTTION CAN BE CURED
by a timely report to this standard remedy, as Is
proved by hundreds of testimonials it has received.
The genuine is sitrned '. Butt" on the wrapper,
SKTH W. FOWI.K A SON'S, Proprietors, iios
To.f , Mass. Bold by dealers generally.
Clergymu'i Testimony.
I hare urpI MISHLEK'8
1IKR.ll BUT KH.H Id ur
fKtnlljr for Ibi i&it ight
years, and euoilder it an
eicellent medicine for
family ust. It has, to mr
f the tnosi remarkable cures.
vw u y daughter was oa two
eocaslous lakes durina the
Illftht with Chnltra Morbus, and lo both iu fiances your Bins a
fare almost Immediate relief, and effectual It cured her without
other medical aid. It also acta powerful) t on the Blood, aod thus
purines the srstem for "the life is to the Blond." 1 therefore
beartilr recommend it to all as a necessary familv medicine which
Is at all times ready for uis. Ret. JOHN ti. FKITCII ET,
'otter otht German Rtformtd Church, Lantattwr, Pa.
TT rite the abort as an evidence of the HOSK REITTATIOH
Of Ml Ml I, KICK UtrtR HITTKRH. It Is not only keit in almoat
tvery family, but every one is familiar with its merits. In everr
emergency it Is the Keadr Remedy at once culled Into requisi
tion j and such is Its proved success, that our people regard it as
THE GREAT HOUSEHOLD REMEDY,
Always prompt, certain and safe: it never diapotntl.
Tho "llesseugcr of Health" is furnished gratuitously to Drujr
ftst and Country Storekeepers for distribution, -r will be sent
tree, by mail, on application to
DR. B. It. UAKTMAN CO., Lancaster. P
PKIt MONTH, CLEAR I Aenie
(mala or fmale) wanted everywhei
Address, with stamp, JNO. W.JOHN80N
A CO., Bx 2729, St. Louis. Mn,
RTHE BEST
IN THE WORLD pi
nnn r each week aokntb wanted
P a. Business ley-ttlmaU. Partiunian
a. J. WORTH. St. Lnils. ".. Bo
CONSUMPTION
J.xxc3L Its Ouro.
WILLSON'S
Carbolated Cod Liver Oil
Is a scientific combination of tmo well-known atedl-
ciiK'-s. Its theory la first to
srst to awesr tna aeear,
Physicians find tha doctrU
build Dp the system. Physicians aim tha doctrine coin
rect. The really startling cures performed by Wilt
on s Kill are ruwi.
Carbolic Acid positively mrrtsts xiaray. Tt Is tha
most powerful antiseptic In tha known world. En
tering Into the circulaUon, It at once grapples with
eorruption, and decay eeaaea. It porlaaa tua sources
of disease.
Cod Liter Oil is Nature's best assistant la resisting.
Consumption. .
Put up In larfce vredge-ahapod bottles,
bearing the Inventors signature, and la
old bjr the beat Druggist. Prepared by
aT. xz. wniXoir.
83 Job Street, New York.
Irad Murk:.
Dr. J. Walker's California Vin-
opar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, mado chiefly from tho na
tive herbs found on tho lower ranges ol
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, the medicinal nronorties of which
aro extracted thorefrom without tho uso
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked, " What is tho cause of tho
unparalleled success of Vixkoah Bit
ters T" Our answer Is, that they remova
tho cause of disease, nnd the pationt re
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier anda life-giving principlo,
pertect ltenovator and invigorator
of the system. Never beforo in tho
history of tha world has a medicine been,
compounded possessing tho remarkable
qualities OI V inkuak auttkkh hi uuuiiup wo
Bick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well aa a Touio,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of Dr. Walker's
Vinegar IJittkks are Ancrient. Diaphoretic.
Carminative. Nutritious. Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudorific, Altera
tive, ana Anti-Biuoas.
tiratcful Thousands proclaim Vin
egar Bitteks the most wonderful In
vifrorant that ever sustained tho sinking
system.
p o Person can tako these Bitters
according to directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their bones aro not de
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
Bilions. Remittent and Inter
mittent Fevers, which arc so preva
lent in the valleys of our great riven
throughout tho United States, especially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan
sas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande,
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Uo. .
anoko, James, and many others, with
their vast tributaries, throughout our
entire country during the Summer and.
Autumn, aud remarkably so during sea
sons of unusual heat and dryness, ara
invariably accompauied by extensive de
rangements of the stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. Iu their
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow.
erful influence upon these various or.,
gans, is essentially necessary. Therj;
is no cathartic for the purpose equal to
Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters,
as they will speedily remove tho dark
colored viscid matter with which tho
bowels are loaded, at tho same time
stimulating tho secretions of the liver,
and generally restoring tho healthy
functions of the digestive organs.
Fortify the body against disease
by purifying .til its fluids with Vinegar
Bitters. No epidemic cau take hold
of a system thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head
nche Pain in tho Shoulders, Coughs,
Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Soul
Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Tasto
in tho Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita
tation of tho Heart, Inflammation of tho
Lungs, Pain in the region oi tno Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia.
One bottle will prove a better guarantee
of its merits than a lengthy advertise,
ment.
Scrofula, or King's Evil, "hito
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck,
Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indoleni
Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old
Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, bore fcyes, etc
In these, as in all other constitutional Dis
eases, AValker's Vinegar Bitters havo
shown their great curative powers in -tno
most obstinato aud intractable cases.
For Inflammatory and Chronio
Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit,
tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of
the Dlood, Liver, Kidncvs and Bladder,
theso Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases
are caused by Vitiated Blood.
Mechanical Diseases. Persons en
gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as
Plumbers, Typo-setters, Gold-beaters, and
Miners, as they advance 'iu life, are subject
to paralvsis of the Bowels. To guard
against this, take a dose of walker s ix
Egar Bitters occasionally.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet
ter, Salt-Kheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, King-worms,
Scald-bead, Sore Eyes, Erysipela. Itch,
Scurfs, I)iscolorations of tho Skin, Ilumom
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug up and carried
out of the system in a short time by the use
of these Bitters.
Tin, Tape, and other Worms,
lurking in the system of so many thousands,
are effectually destroyed and removed. N
svsteiu of medicine, no vermifuges, no an.
thelmiuitics will free the system from worm
like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints, In young
or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo
manhood, or the turn of lifo, these Toni
Bitters display so decided an influence thai
improvement is soon perceptible.
Cleanse the Vitiated Dlood when
ever you find its impurities bursting through,
the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sore-,
cleanse it when you find it obstructed
sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when t ii
foul ; your feolings will toll you when. Keep
the blood pure, aud the health of tue system
will follow.
u. h. Mcdonald & co.,
Drup-jrlsts and Gen. Ants., San i rancisco, California,
sad cor. of Washington and Charlton Su., N. Y.
Bold by all lru ! mid Dealers.
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