"n.ui sum- t If the ground is not frozen plowing is still in order wherever it will facili tate work in the spring. Wheat fields should be examined to see if there five any parts liable to be injured by water either now or in the spring. The necessary ditches should be dup before the ground is frozen. Get the implements under cover. If any need repairs place them w here it will be convenient to get at them during the winter. Manure may still be drawn out and spread on grass land or on winter wheat. Clean ujj the premises and make everything titly for winter. Our Little People. During the damp and cold season the same care should be eeercisedin protect ing the baby's shoulders and arms as its body. If the mother desires to exhibit her darling's beautiful skin, let her cut a small hole in the dress over the little one's heart, and when the neighbors come in she can carry the baby about nnd show the skin through, the hole in the dress. This is so near the heart i that the place will not get mischevious ly cold j but the extremities are so far removed from the great life and heat producing apparatus, that they need much covering. Before leaving thisp.oint, I wish to say a word of the dress of children's legs. While the baby is in the mother's lap, or until it begins to run alone, it has abundant skirts, and they are a yard and a quarter long ; but let that little chap tuko a step on his own responsibility, and ho will bob those skirts off a whole yard the first bob. And then, lest the skirt, short as it is, should hang down around his hips and keep thorn warm, the vain, foolish mother puts on a stiff skirt and makes it stick straight out. The legs are left mostly uaked, while the feet are cover ed uth toy stockingb and slippers, thinner than any which the father woulk dare wear, even for an hour, in the same pallor or nursery where the little one, perhaps delicate and cioupy, spends all its time. Little people, after they begin to run alone, are strangely neglected in the dress of their legs. I know of nothing in the whole range of fashionable absurdities more cruel and mischevious than this ex posure of the legs of children in this severe climate. A strong man of per haps forty years told me that he sup posed children's legs were exposed in this way to toughen them. I suggested that it might toughen him to pursue a similar policy that the avoidance of flannels and the use of white linen pants might do for him, if he did not exactly faupy the bare legs of his little son for himself. I shall not insult vour common sense by arguing that young children require quite as much protection about the legs and feet as vigorous adults. If they do not go out doors, they are sure to become so delicate that they will re quire qi'ite as much clothing as those who do go out. And besides that, if in the houso constautlv. with onen doors. and the tendency of all the cold air to fall to the floor, the feet and legs of the little shaver are iu qui:e a cold stratum of air. If you really wish to know the temperature of their extremities, put your nanus upon their knees and calves, -and takinc off their short notion "locks and then red slippers, take their little trotters iu your hands, and I ven ture that you will dream all the next night about icicles and thick flannels. Iiittle children should, generally speak ing, during seven months of the year, wear at least two thicknesses of knit woolen about their legs, from their hips to their feet ; while the feet should have thick woolen hose, with broad, warm, substantial shoes, lined with wool or fur. And I will repeat that their arms shoold have about the same protection, and their shoulders up to their necks should have at least one good thickness of woolen. Dr. Dio Lewis. Measuring Llshtuiuf. The length of a flash of lightning is generally greatly under-estiinaAii. Tut jvn was measured by Al. jr. Luiouse. This nasii was ten miles long. Araero once Series which averaged from rt miles in length. (The .4 ever remarked between (report was seventy-two yvoum correspond with ien miles. Jjirect re- iwn that a storm is Ireater distance than Jes, while the aver- rover four or five : more curious as double or treble trial cases much tNow that apples he best 1e ; -I . ySlS - the bnt the y?iototh; X? rednot'.--" "flint ,1 " V, " " m tne com- on companies. rchased the prin- s, and have reduced that the remaining unable to make any it this great monopoly all fear of competition, they tuey wm make no further cessions in rates. the company are able to make further reductions is shown by the facts given in the annual repoits. From these it appears that the rates have beeu reduced nearly one-third in six years, yet the cost of doing the business is so much less, in consequence of its great increase, that the net profits ate greater at the lower than at the higher rates. Mr. Orton has so often reiterated the proposition that the expenses in crease in nearly as rapid a ratio as the business, and therefore reductions in rates cannot be made, that he has persuaded himself of its truth, and is unable to appreciate the force of the facts which we have given. Mr. Orton truly says that the tele graph is only in it infancy. The growth of its business is much more rapid than that of the express or post-oilice, and at the same ratio of increase the number of telegrams that will be annually sent ten years hence is larger than the num ber of letters sent when the postage was reduced to five cents. The immediate increase in the correspondence that fol lowed upon the use of the five and three cent postage stamp was enormous, rap idly increosing from 50,0(10,000 to 500, 000,000. There willbe the same increase in the telegraphic correspondence if the same relative reductions in rates were made for the same causes would operate to produce like effects. The people cannot hope for such reductions from the Western Union Telegraph Com pany, because there is now no reason to induce it to make them, and because the loss of net revenues from the great reductions iu rates neeessary to popu larize the telegraph would bo greater than the saving of expenses on each telegram from tho great increase in the business. Such reductions can be made under the postal telegiaph system, for that will save nearly one-qunrter of the present expenses, and would therefore authorize a reduction in rates of nearly forty per cent., and yet leave a suffi cient profit on the greatlv increased business. The Postmaster-General will ask Con gress to purchase all existing lines of telegraph, and built the new ones re quired for the business. Tho expense of purchasing these lines has been es timated bv committees of Congress at from $10,000,000 to 70,000,000. I do not think Congress will feel disposed, in the present condition of our finances, to authorize such expenditure, especially as the object sought can be accom pliblicl without an xpau..o to iiio gov ernment. The Post-office Department will fur nish the offices and the Postal Tele graph Company will transmit the mes sages at rates fixed by Congress. if the people desire to have a cheap telegraph, and to have the news fur nished to the press at low rates, they must support the postal telegraph sys tem, and urge Congress to pass a bill authorizing the Postmaster-General to contract as he now contracts for the carriage of the mails. If, on the other hand, they desire to perpetuate an overgrown monopoly, which is every day growing more powerful, then let them continue the present system by which a single private corporation cou tro.s the telegraphic correspondence of a nation, and has the power to give or withhold news to the press, and to mold public opinion in its own interest. Such a power is too great for any pri vate company to hold, and should be in the hands of the people, to be used only for their benefit. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Canada Thistles. Out West these are a sure crop " when heat and drouth kill almost every thing else. They appear to be proof against all efforts to destroy them, and neither fire, poison, nor the knife has more than a temporay effect upon their vitality. Iu one locality the plant has been mowed before seed time, plowed eariy in the season, and raked up by the roots, then cut with the hoe at in tervals of five days during the ' months of June and July, and finally cut ncrain With the hoe and broadaxe later in the season. In another locality the thistles were dug up and burnt : in another they were hacked off close to the ground and salt strewn over the roots ; in an other they were saturated with strong brine and sprinkled with aquafortis, and in another they were covered with refuse lime from gas works to the depth of wrath against the weed must have been uncommonly fierce, actually pulled them up by the roots, then dug a hole where the roots had been, and filled it with benzine. lie thinks he killed the thistles thus treated, but it is not quite certain ; nor is there, we are pained to say, a single well-authenticated eradi cation. Thistle " commissioners" have been appointed, but it is easy to see from their report that they fear and an ticipate a fine showing of the sweet Canadian flower next season, in spite of hoes, plows, broadaxes, salt, aquafortis, lime, and benzine. As a final resort it is recommended by a Chicago journal that a pound of nitro-glycerine be placed under each thistle and exploded by electricity. A Washington city drug clerk mixed three grains of opium, instead of three drops, and a child was killed by the error. Perry Davis's Pain-Killer, inrc- ,:ed over thirty yearn ago, has enjoyed a pide celebrity, and so familiar to all our la that it seems hardly necessary to call Vtention to it. Yet in these days of kediriuea, it may be well to remind the i remedy that has worked iu way ' by its own merits U eafer and i that one that has yet to be has seen it in as general this oonntry, and every- Faction, Leader, Boston Aboli r sb. Many persons suffer ease without knowing it iy drop off, and their tiifllipd. nn A iinfit mm' torn h learn that they died of l. The heart, like the eat of life its diseases characters. The most valvular diseases, fatty de an d functional derange- the liver becomes deranged. eetion is impaired, the heart. h sympathy, and iuxtanositiou. abnormal. The following inptoms indicate approaching disease: lpili.i"" gmuineHH, iimiuieHH, nerv ous prosirauon, deranged digestion, vertigo, cold extremities, etc., etc., for which the old school will administer iron, opium, antimony, mercury, and many other mineral poisons. Heart disease is a blood disease purify the blood J remove obstructions to a limpid circulation by taking that Vegetable Alterative, Vinegar Bitters, and you will be a sound person in two or three months. Com. Thinking is harder work than chop ping, and much more remunerative. For Sale or . Lease. GOO acres of Excellent I'ruit Land in Trimble Co., Ky. Ad diesH Men Morris, Milton.Trimble Co., Kv.-Com. Wistar'i Balsam for coughs and colds.-Com There is, probably, no way in which we can bpnetlt our readers moro than, by re commending to them for general one Johnson's A nmlyne Liniment. It in adapted to. alrmiij all tho purpoaea of a Family Medicine ; and as a riioimHc for coughs, colds, whooping cough, BoreneHB of the client, lame stomach, rhounia tiHin. ppitting of blood, and all the lung dim cnlties, it ban no equal that ever we saw or beard of. Com. A Consumptive Ctjhed. Dr. H. J&tnes, while oxierimentin", accidentally made a preparation of Cannabis Indica, which cured his onlv child of Consumption, 1 his remedy is now for sale at Bret-class Druggists. Try it: prove it for yourself. Trice S2.50. Bond stamp for circular. Craddock & Co., proprie tors, 1032 Itaco St.. Ph idelphia, ra. Com. Peerless Cloth Wringer. T. Heyniger 4 Co., 13 Fulton Street, New JCorfr. Com. Tho propriety of giving condition medicine to liornes. cattle and sheep, was dis ciifHed and admitted by many of the Agricul tural Societies throughout the State laht fall, and we believe that in every case but one they deoided In favor of SherUfan'i Cavalry Con dition Pointers. Good Judgment. Let. Not the Failure of all other remedies for coughs and colds deter the suffer ers from seeking sure relief t rom Hale's Hone? OF HoBEnOCSD AND 'f All. Pike's Toothache Drops cure iu one minute. Com. Symptoms of Catarrh. Obstruction of nasal passages, rli "chare fall ing into throat, sometimes profuse, watery, acrid, or thick and tenacious, mucous, purnleiit, bloody, putrid, offensive, etc. In others a dryness, weak or inflamed eyes, ringing in ears, deafness, ulcerations, scabs from ulcers, voice altered, nasal twang, offensive breath, impaired smell and taste, etc. Few only of above symp toms likely to be present in any case at one time. To cure take Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery earnestly, to correct tho blood and system, which are always at fault, also to act specitically, as it does, upon the diseased glands anil lining membrane of the nose and its communicating chambers. The more I see of this odious disease, the more positive is my belief that if we would make treatmont perfect ly successful in curing it, we miml use constitu tional treatment to act through the blood, as well as a Boothing and healing local applica tion. Dr. Sago's Catarrh Itcmedy, when used warm and applied with Dr. Pierce's Nasal Douche, effects cures upon " common sense." rational and scientific principles, by its mild, soothing and healing properties, to which the disease gradually yields, when the system haB been put iu perfect order by tho use of Golden Medical Discovery. This is the only perfectly sale, scientific and successful mode of acting upon and healing it. nu SHCCHSHnu lias IUO ttlMjvo noumr ui ucui- ment proven that the proprietor offers if 500 re ward far a case lie can not cure. au me moans sold by Druggists. It. V. Tierce, M. I)., Proprietor, Buffalo, X. Y. Com. The Browns and Blacks produced by that sterling preparation, Cuistadoko's Excel- sios Haib Dye, cannot be excelled by Nature j its tints challenge comparison with Natures most favored productions, and defy detection. Com. Fl ago's Instant Belief. Warranted to relieve all Itheumatio AftlictiouB, Sprains, Nenrak'ia. etc. The best, the surest, and the quickest remedv for all Bowol Complaints. Re i! . . i ,,. ,. -. Chapped Hands. lace, rough skin, nimnles. rinc-worm. salt-rheum, and other cu taneous affections cured, and the skin made soft aim smooth, by using the Jcsipeb Tab Soap made by Caswell Hazard it uo., Kew ioia. no sure to cet tue J uniner x ar ooao mauo uv ub. as there are many imitations made with common tar which are wortulebs. torn, THIATV VEAKS' KXPHaUKNCB Of AN OLD Nl'llSH. IBS. WINBLOW'S soothing BYRITP is nt PRESCRIPTION OP on of tbe be.t Famaia Vhytt elaui and Muriel In tb United States, aud bal fceea need fer thirty yeare with never fatlintf lafotj and eucceie by million! of mothers and children from tbe feeble infant of one week old to tbe adult It correct! acidity of the itomoch, relieves wtna colic, regulates the bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort to mother and child. We believe it to be the Best and Surest Remtily in the World In all cases of DVSBSTKKY and DIAKR1KEA IN CH1L DRKN, whether it arises from Teething or from mv nV,nr ,II1A Vtlll A i r OP i I 111 f) fur UfclilS Will ftO company each bottlo. None Genuine unless the rac-.imile of CURTIS PKKIUNS Is ou tbe outside wrapper. SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS. CII1LDUKN OFTKN LOOK PALrbJ AMU SICK from ao other cause than having worms In the stomach. BBOWN'S VERMIFUGE COM FITS will destroy worms without Injury to the child, being perfectly W11ITB, and free from all coloring or other Injurious lugredlents usually used In worm preparations. CL'ETIS A BROWN, Proprietors, Ko. 115 Fulton Street, New York. &OM by Druqqit'.t and t'Aemfsts, aril rfcultrl tn ltibimes at 1'wiitt-Fivi Cshts a Bo. TlltC HOUSEHOLD FANACKA AMD tAMILY LINIMENT Is tbe best remedy In tbe world for the following complaints, vls.i Cramps in ths Limbs and Stom ach, Pain In the Stomach, Bowels or Bide, Bheu mattsra In all Its forms, Bilious Colic, Neuralgia Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Flosh Wounds, Burns, Bore Throat, Cplnal Oomplaitt Bpralus and Braises, Chills aud fever. For Internal and Ba ternal nse. Its operation Is not only to relieve the patient, but entirely removes the came of the complaint. It penetrates and porva 'cs the whole system, re storing healthy ecUuu L all Its parts, aud quick ening tbe blooa. Tne Household Panacea It purely Veg table anil All Uoallug. Prepared by CURTIS A BROWN, No. 1115 Fulton Street, Few York. For sals by all Druggists. BROWN'S A Couon, Cold, Sore Throat BRONCHIAL! TROCHES FOB COUGHS AND COLDS. Rcqntrcs tmmeitlato attention, aud Hhmiiii ha chcikcd. If allowed to continue Irritation of the Lungs, a Permanent TUrout anectiuu or au Incurable Luug Disease, Is often tiia result. BEOWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES Having a direct Influence on the parts, give imme diate relief. For Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Consumptive and Throat Diseases, Trochel art utsd with gnat sucesns. Singers and Public Speakkes - Will And Troches useful In clearing the voice when taken before Singing or Speaking, aud relieving the throat after au unusual exertion of the vocal ergans. Obtain only " Bn. vn's Bronchial Troches," and do not tuke any r ihe worthless imitations that may be effureu. uM .'wrywxre. Beat anil Oldest Family Medicine. Sua ford's L.mr Invtgorator- purely Vegetable Otithttr tic aud fonie-lor Drspepsia.Constipatlon, Debility tick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derauge mente of Liver, Stomach and Bowels, Ask your Druggist bit It, Hrsatmi(ufriM 1 fal I J w EVERT SATURDAY. A Journal of Choice Reading. The plan of Evfri Saturday, embraces Serin! 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THE ALDTNE, while Issued with all the reg ularity, has none of the temporary or timo ly intoroat characteristic of ordinary periodicals. It is an elegant miscellany of pure, light and gracorui literature ; and acoilection of piotures, the rarest specimens of artiBtio flail, in black and white. Although each succeeding number affords a fresh pleasure to its friends, the real valuo aud beauty of The Aldink will be most appreciated after it bas been bound up at the close of the year. While other publications may claim superior cheapness, aa compared with rivals of a similar class, The Alline is a unique and original conception alono and tin approached absolutely without competition in prico or character. Tbe possessor of a com- Slete volume cannot duplicate tho quantity of ne paper and engravings in any other sliapo or number of volumes for ten times its cost) and then, there are the ohromos, bosides 1 ART DEPARTMENT, 1874. The illustrations of The Alpine have won a world-wide reputation, and in tho art centres of Europe it ia an admittod fact that its wood cuts are examples of the highest perfection ever attained. The common prejudice In favor of " Bteel plates," ia rapidly yielding to a more educated and discriminating taato which rccog nizos the advantages of superior artistic quality with greater facility of production, Tbe wood cuts of Tue Aldink possess all the delicacy and elaborate finish of the most Costly steel plate, while they afford a better rendering of the artn-t's original. To fully realize tho wonderful work which The Aldinf. is doing for the cause of art cul ture in America, it is only noceinary to considor the cost to tho people of any decont represen tations of the productions of great painter. In addition to designs by tbo members of tho National Academy, and other noted American artistB, The Aujine will reproduce examples of the best foreign masters, selected with a view to the highest artist io success and greatest general interest. Time the subscriber to The Alpine will, at a trilling cost, enjoy in bis own home tho pleasures and refining influences of true art, The quarterly tinted plateR for 1874 will be by Tlios. Morau and J. D. Woodward. The Christmas issue for 1674 will oontain special designs appropriate to tbe season by our best atunts, and will surpass iu attrai'tiona any of its predeeessors. PREMIUM for 1874. Every subscriber to The Aldink for the year 1874 will receive a pair of chromos. The origi nal pictures were painted in oil for the pub-Ubhei-B of The Aldine, by Thomas Moran, whose great Colorado picture "was purchased by Con gress for ten thousand dollars. The subjects were chosen to represent "The East" and "The WeBl." One is a view in The White Mountains, New Hampshire ; tho other gives The Clitfs of Green River, Wyoming Territory. Tbe differencsr in tbe nature of tho scenes themselves is a pleasing contrast, and affords a good display of the artist's scope aud coloring. The chromos are each worked from thirty dis tinct plates, and are in size (12x10) and ap pearance exact fac-similes of the originals. The presentation of a worthy example of America's greatest laudscapo painter to tho subscribers of Tue Ai.hisk was a bold but pe culiarly happy idea, and its successful realiza tion is attested by tho following testimonial, over the signature of Mr. Morau himself. KEWAnK, S. J., Sept. 20th, 1873. Messrs. James Si-tion & Co. ijentlemcn : I am delighted with the proofs in color of your chromos. iney are wonner- fully Buccesi-ful repres prn;piiJiit.iflphY mechanical vmy Sm - - process ui tue ongii (Signed.) TljfiSORAN, Thei-e chromos are in every Benso American.' They are by an original American process, with material of American manufacture, from de signs of American scenery by an American painter, aud presented to subscribers to the first successful American Art Journal. If no better because of all this, they will certainly possess an interest no foreign production can inspire, and neither are they any the worse if ly rcasou ur iipniiar raciuncs or prouueuou tiiev cost the publishers only a trifle, while equal iu every reBpect to other chromos that aio sold Bingly for double the subscription price of The Ai.iune. Persons of taste will prize these pictures for themselves not for tbo price iney uia or cua not cosi, ami win appreciate me enterprise that renders their distribution possi ble. If any subscriber should indicate a prefer ence for a figmo subject, the publishers will sena J nougats ot jiome, anew anil beau tiful cbroino, 14x2u inches, representing a lit tie Italian exile whose speaking eyes betray the longings oi ins ncart. 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Bdwarrt Cgtfleituu'i serial story Is just be gmuinui back t-Uapters suppbed to each subsoifb er. Wrs. Stowe s luug expected sequel to ' Jttu ' V , lugticwytifir. AliJUU Wll Ing a good saUry, or an independent busmei should send for circulars, B al t kiisi tarms trt .1 Jt a, .Li r A sfm VI Bb n I CO., Kaw oik, fiuMWANTED f5J sTssssl MHIWiiaiaHWrl Dr. .1. Walker's California V tgnr Bitters, aro a purely Vegctn preparation, icaou chiefly from thef etrn live herb" fparn; on tho lower rnnce, the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the U3e of Alcohol. Tho question ia almost daily asked, "What is the cause of the unparallclod success of Vixegak Bit. xersI" Our answor is, that they remove the cause of disease, nnd the patient re covers his health. They are tho great blood purifier and a life-giving principlo, a perfect Kcnovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before In ? history of the world has a medicine bon compounded posscnning tho remarkable qualities of Tineoab Bittkrs in healingtlio nick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gontlo Purgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation ot tho Liver aud Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of Dr Walker's Vinboar JiiTTBRS are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, t' . t i. . .... .1 : .,. live, and Anti-Bilious Grateful Thousands proclaim Vix eoar BiTTKRS tho most wonderful In vigovant that ever sustained tho sinking system. No l'erson ean take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones aro not de stroyed by mineral poison or other moans, and vital organs wasted beyond repair. Bilious, Remittent nntl Inter mittent i evers, which aro so pieva. lent in the valleys of our groat rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri', Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, Ked,' Colorado, Iirazoc, Kio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ho auoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries,-throughout our entire country during the .Summer and Aut umn, and remarkably so during sea sons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive de rangements of the stomach and liver, and oilier abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow erful influence upon these various or;. gans, is essentially' necessary. There is no cathartic lor tlio purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker's 'ineoar Hitters, as thoy will speedily remove tie dark colored viscid inatter with.jfhich tho bowels aro loaded, at tho same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring tho healthy functions of the digestive, orijsuirf Fortify the htrtnirti'rritlliseiiso by purifying all its lluida witlwXiEGAfe Bitters. No epidemic can fake bold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, flead ache, Pain iu tho huqji.iders, Coughs, Tightness of tho CJiesr,"l)izzincss, Hour Eructations or Ttiomomacn, isati laste SsurtHe Moutli, Hilions Attacks, Palpita- tation of the Jleavt, Inflammation of tho tiung8, Pain in the region of the Kid neys, and a hundred other painlul symp toms, are the ullsprings ol Dyspepsia. Ope bottle will prove u better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy ad' ertise- ment. ' Scrofula, or Kins's Evil. WhUe Swellings, fleers, Krysiprlna, Swvlled'Keck, Iviiitri. Sprntiiliiliri TiiHiiiilllmtiiitiA. I rirlnlimt. Inflammations, ilercurml A laeitions, old Sores, Eruptions of the SkiatSwro'Eyes, etc. In these, as iu all otslMmstitAitioiiiil Dis eases, AV"Ai,KKB'si;'r Hitters have shown thair grPatcnirfo powern in tjio most obstinate 6n4ttrtraetaMe cases.' For Inilamniiitory and Chrouie Riieumatisill, Gout, Bilious,- Hemit tentandlntermittent Vcvtjuf Diseases of the Blood, Liver. Kithu-vrf ud liludiler, these Hitters have no efHaL Such DiKt afes are caused byVt MetJiank!r-es. rersons ( u gaged in IjaiuTaid STinerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, (Jojd beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, iro subject to paralysis of tho Bowels.. To guard against this, tako a dose of Walker s Vis- eoab BiTTEKfl oiesionally. For Skin Diseases. Eruptions, Tet ter,. Salt-Kheiini, Hloteti3.fjJsjfj, Pimples, Pustules, Hoils, I'artjiVT.Jl'tuiig-woniis, Scald-head. Sole aiNLTI vsiiM-liis, Itch, Scurfs, yiscoliarati?iia 2' the Skin, fJmiiuM anil TilonEi .A' tl.i. SiL-if, .l ivliut OVfiV nntllH or nature, are literally dug up ami carried out of the system injlerimrt time by the u.o of these Bitters. it; Pin, Tape, and other Worms," lurking in the system of so many thousands, are euectuully aestroycu una rt'ir.ovcti. o y system of medicine, 'no vcrinil'tigcs, no an thelmiuitics will free the system fnuii worms like these Hitters. For Female Coniplaints, in young or old, married or single, ut the dawn of wo manhood, or tho turn of life, these Tonio Bitters display so decided nn mUuenco tnai improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood when ever you rind its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Kiuptions, or Sores; cleanse it when von liml it obstructed and sluggish iu the veins ; cleanse it when it is loul j your leelings will tell you wlien. keep the blood pure, uud tuo uealin ot tue sysium will follow. ' li. II. McDONAL.Il b CO., Drnfglnts and Gen. Ants., San Eniiiciiioo. 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