Farm, Garden and Household.
What I Know of Housekeeping.
A correspondent of the Maine Far
mer gives the following valuable hints
to'housokeepers, viz :
If you wish short biscuit without
much shortening do not knead them.
Do your husband's and brother's
boots let water through them ? Then
apply tar and oil after being thoroughly
mixed, and you will have no further
trouble. Patent not applied for.
One cup of sugar, one of buttermilk,
one egg, one-fourth of a nutmeg, one
and one-half teaspoons saleratus, three
tablespoonsfnl of melted lard will make
just as good doughnuts as any Maine
editor ought to eat.
Borne cooks are invariably troubled
with " saleratns biscuit." By allowing
just one even teaspoonful of saleratus,
the trouble will be obviated.
If brimstone is offensive, use strips
of paper one inch wide, rolled into a
lengthy cylinder for lighters. If you
wish to save your papers, a bit of split
pine will answer better, and when
stacked in a lava vase, make a very con
spicuous orunment.
Why can't house-keepers and home
keepers keep a diary ? A few moments
after the daily duties are performed,
spent with pen and ink, lifts thought
from the monotonous routine of work
into a different channel, that would re
fresh. In a mnrvelously brief time
they would be able to think and write
something really beneficial, besides be
ing a good example for a family of chil
dren, for they aie so observing and im
itative it would assist greatly in devel
oping expression a talent our schools
are sadly deficient in. Don't leave
such practices for teachers alone, but
co-operate, and brighten yourself by
helping those around you.
If you are troubled about your tin
ware becoming tarnished soon, give it
a thorough sand-scouriug, then rub it
thoroughly with a dry cloth and whi
ting. It will not turn it to silver, but
it will make it resemble that metal
very much. Rub it weekly with whi
ting, and I do not doubt that you will
thank me for telling you.
Mothers and older sisters, don't be
penurious of your winter evenings.
Help the boys cipher and get the pars
ing lesson. Whenever I think of my
experience in learning to parse, I get
excited and wish I could teach every
boy how to begin. But times have
changed. Teachers have more gump
tion now, and know how to teach long
division, step by step, till the discour
aged little fellow fully understands
the four steps, and how to parse by ex
plaining the first step, by learning
names and applying them. Have little
home spelling schools ; make up ques
tions involving the rule ciphering un
der ; tell a story, then each one write
it out, and then compare how near they
come to the original. Beading one
will do as well. Make rhymes ; try to
Btick father and mother with defining
big words ; eat apples, pop-corn, make
shadow pictures with your hands on
the wall ; in 6hort, have a real jolly
time. You will make the room disor.
derly, but that is nothing to a disor
derly character or reputation that many
aoquire because there was no fun at
home. I shall have all sorts of sense
and nonsense carried on by my whistling
uiteen, see 11 1 UGU I.
Flh Fouiace for Sheep.
If your correspondent who inquires
--in regard to nsu pomace as a sheen
feed," will turn to page 30 of the 1870
.Board of Agriculture Benort. hn will
learn what, at that date, my experience
and opinion were. Then I thought that
pouna jor pound, tue chum was
worth as much as corn." Now I am de
cidedly of the opinion that "chum" is
Worth the most.
I am feeding chum this winter. No
other provender is given, or needed, for
long before shearing time the sheep
will bo " butcher " fat. Have had no
experience with herring. Let a flock of
sheep come to the barn poor, and with
a barrel of dried chum, for winter feed,
to three sheep, (a homeopathic daily
allowance, you see) and at the time of
shearing the sheep will be hog-fat ; the
lambs will be strong and vigorous, while
the weight of fleece will be increased
one-httu.
Now, as to the character of the
porgie chum, which by no manner of
means is that sloppy, nastj, horribly
stinking stuff, so often offered in the
market as the simon-pure article, but is
cured in this wise : the residuam, or
cnum, is laKen iresh irom the oil-press,
evenly spread upon a rack, and sun-
dried. For the first twenty-four hours
it requires frequent stirring. With
some three days of good hay-making
weather, it is sufficiently cured to be
barreled, when it will keep for years.
isamuet wasson in Maine f armer.
Roup Remedy.
When turkeys or other poultry are
affected by swelling of the head and a
rliflfthflroa nf mni.t.Ar frnm tTa avab anA
nostrils they are suffering from what
la &nuwn as roup, ii is simpiy catarrn
and is the consequence of the same
fiaiises whili nrnr1nfA nnlln artrl inflnm.
xnation of the throat and lungs of other
animals. If they are kept- dry and
warm, and tneir roosts are wen ventila
ted there will be no r-nt.nrrli. TIia rem a
dy is tto wash their heads with warm
soap and water, and afterward bathe
the eves and nostrils with a nnlntinn nf
four grains of sulphate of zino (white
vnrioi; in one ounce oi water. The rood
should be meal scalded and fed warm
with a little ground ginger mixed in it
Management of Manure.
The only way to rot manure in the
winter is by frequent turning with re
peated feimentatiou and guarded heat
ings. In this way it may be brought to
a nne condition tor use in the spring,
Long corn-stalks cannot be rotted by
this process, and by no means should
such corn-stalks be allowed in the ma
nure heap. It is preferable to cat them
when fed, as in that state the refuse is
more easily rotted, and if not rotted is
no trouble when the manure is turned
over.
Mormon Rations.
In Brigham Young's household, says
his divorced wife, they have a ration
day. Once a month each tamiiy receives
five pounds of sugar, one pound of
candles, a bar of soap and a box of
matohes. It had been said that she re
ceived 83.000 a year. It was false,
figment of the brain. The rule with
the prophet's wives, except the favorite,
is that beyond the plainest fare and the
absolute plainest necessities of cloth'
ing, all else shall be supplied by the
wives themselves for their families
Brigham often said that he was ashamed
to own his own wives because they were
addicted to the frivolities of dress, and
yet he, with his millions, and the other
saints wear me nnesi oi Droaaciom.
He sent her and her mother to his farm
where she had charge of forty cows,
and had to supply the other wives with
the produce of the dairy.
Starvation Amidst Wealth,
People Starving to Death In the Clr of
new York.
A New York dailv. the Sun. notices
the death of several persons in that city
from aotual starvation. Of one case it
information was received that a man
was starving to death at 12 Thompson
street. The place is a tenement inhab
ited by the very poorest class, and the
indifforence with which the inmates
answered questions as to the where
abouts of the dyinor man amply evi
denced their familiarity with destitu
tion. The man's name was Michael O'Con-
nell, and he lived with his family in a
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ruum iu nie rear on me second noor.
Ascending as directed, the reporter
knocked at the door and was admitted
by a woman so careworn and emaciated
that it was difficult indeed to believe
that there was any one in the room in
more dire extremity than herself. A
bed stood opposite the door and on it
lay the form of a man so pale and still
that for a moment the reporter feared
he had arrived too late and the object
of his search was dead. It was the form
of what had once been a large and pow
erful man, but nothing of the old vigor
was left; the face was more like that of
a skeleton than of a living roan, and the
ragged but scrupulously clean pillow
on which the head lay was scarcely
whiter than the skin, which was drawn
so tight that it hardly concealed the
bones. It seemed incredible that a man
could endure so much and still live,
but while the reporter looked at him in
astonishment a low hacking cough
showed that a feeble spark of life still
remained. A moment afterward the
eyes slowly opened, aud without ex
pressing any surprise at the sight of a
stranger in the room the man was too
far gone for that as wearily closed
again.
The other occupants of the room, be
sides the woman already mentioned.
who was the wife of the dying man,
were a mere boy and girl ; the boy, a
mere child, bore a ghastly resemblance
to the ngure on the bed : the features
were terribly pale and emaciated, and
the end seemed almost as close at hand.
The girl was very small, and did not
seem to be more than thirteen years of
age, but her life had been too full of
hardships to be favorable to speedy
growth, for she was nearly eighteen.
The mother said she had another boy
who was not then in the house. She
spoke of her misfortunes with marked
reluctance, and it was only on the re
porter's representing that if her neces
sity was known there were warm hearts
and open hands in New York able and
willing to assist her that she was in
duced to tell her story.
ler husband was a painter, earning
tolerably comfortable income until
about five months ago. when a scaffold
on which he was working at a building
belonging to a Mr. Strong, at liroad
way and Spring street, gave way, and
he was injured severely. He was en
abled, however, to reach home, where
he remained for some time, but at
length he was compelled to go to the
hospital on Randall s Island, where a
partial cure was effected. He said the
place was insufficiently heated, and he
Buffered so intensely from the cold that
he was forced to quit it, his system im
pregnated with the germs of consump
tion. He was, of course, unable to
work, even if he could have obtained
employment, and the duty of support
ing the family devolved upon the young
girl, Mary O'Connell, who had learned
the trade of card-cutting. She worked
faithfully and well, earning six dollars
a week, until the panic brought penury
and wretchedness to thousands of
homes beside her own. It was then the
real sufferings of the unfortunate family
began. Work as she would, she could
not earn more than three dollars a
week with which to support five per
sons, one of whom depended upon gen
erous diet for his very existence. The
father sank rapidly, and it soon became
a question whether consumption or in
anition would end his sunenngs.
Two weeks ago the climax arrived.
The girl could obtain no more work,
and there seemed to be nothing left but
to await the end as patiently as they
might. No aid could be expected from
the other inmates of the house, who
were themselves hardly able to obtain
the bare necessaries of life. They had
a little coal, and this they eked out
with sucn care that a low nre was burn
ing in the room, and will probably con'
tinue to warm it until one of the group
at least should have no further need for
warmth. The reporter asked the poor
woman what she would do when her
coal was all gone. She looked tearfully
at the pale little boy, and replied sim
ply, " God help us." A physician from
the Centre Street Dispensary has called
upon the starving family, examined the
dying man, and prescribed nourish
ment," but even were the nourishment
at hand it is more than probable that
it would now be too late.
How the man has lived through the
past fortnight on the scanty savings
which the faithful wife had managed to
lay by when her daughter was in re
ceipt of three dollars a week is a prob'
lem difficult of solution. Several times,
as his wife repeated her sad story, she
referred to him for information, but
though seeming to understand her, he
was far too near exhaustion to reply.
Prompt aid may save the lives .of his
starving wife and children.
A Shakeress Returns.
Nine years ago, says the Augusta
(Me.) Journal, the wife of iriend
.Daniel rratt, at JJavis s Mills, in
Vassalborough, left her husband's bed
and board and removed to New Glou
cester, joining the fraternity of Shakers.
Whatever the cause of this proceeding
sufficient, probably, in her mind it
was kept to herself. She packed up
her furniture and quietly left for her
new home and associations. For nine
long years she has lived in her strangely
chosen home. In the meantime her de
voted husband lived alone at the old
homestead, keeping alive the fire on
the hearthstone, and living along, ap
parently contented and happy.
though nothing unusual had happened
But the strangest part is the sequel,
The other day the spirit moved the old
lady to leave Shakerdom, and return to
the scenes of her former home. This
she does, and is cordially received by
the long deserted but sua faithful hus
band. He goes more than half way to
meet the returning prodigal wife. The
old gentleman slaughtered a turkey
fatted for the Christmas holidays, and
there ia joy in that house, undisturbed
by the complainings of any elder
brother. The neighbors got together
and gave a public reception and sup.
per in honor of the event. And bo the
aged couple, who have passed the
three-quarter milestone of a century.
are living together again, contented
and happy, and hand in hand they step
gently down the western deolivity of
me wwara the setting sun.
Romance In Reality,
Mra. William, anil Her Only Bon A
Boy', Search Through Europe and
America for Hit Mother.
The vicissitudes which mark the lives
of Borne women are exemplified in the
case oi Mrs. Attorney-Ueneral Wil-
liams. Many and varied are the stories
told concerning her marriages, and
when at last she appeared in Washing
ton as the wife of the Attonwy-General
several excellent leaders of fashion were
disposed to frown her down. Because
a woman has been unusually unfortu
nate, while not guilty, seems to me the
very reason why her own sex should be
friend and uphold her ; but the reverse
is almost always the case. Con no
quently Mrs. Williams went very little
into society during her first season in
Tnnuiugu)u. one neia aiooi wim a
calm dignity that surprised the "lead-
ers of fashion." while her exemplary
conduct eventually forced from them
their respect and esteem. It was con
ceded that she was handsome and
agreeable, but it was never suspected
that she possessed more than ordinary
mind or any diplomatic ability.
She is one of the few women who
know how to wait, and, if she cannot
create an opportunity, knows how to
seize on a when it occurs. Her hus
band's position gave her the first
golden opportunity of her life, and so
well has she improved it that, from be
ing received under protest, she now
leads the beau mondc of the capital,
and dictates even to what style of re
freshments shall be offered at recep
tions. Mrs. Williams well merits her
tardy good fortune. But of all the
facts concerning her domestio troubles
which have been given to the public,
one has been omitted containing an ele
ment of romance, and showing the love
she inspired in the heart of her only
child.
Whatever were the terms of separa
tion between herself aud first husband,
the child remained with its father, who
told his son that his mother was dead.
For years the boy believed the story,
but one day, on going to the post-office
for his father s letters, he found one
addressed to himself. It was from his
mother! Over-powered by the sudden
knowledge of her existence, he dropped
upon the curbstone and read his
mother's letter.
It related how ill-treatment had
driven her from his side ; how, poor,
alone, and with the reprobation of the
world upon her, she ha.i struggled for
existence ; but happier days had at
length come she was married to a Mr.
Williams and was going to Europe.
She enclosed her photograph and bade
her son never forget his mother.
The boy sprang up, vowing to do
more than remember to devote his life
to finding her. He went to his father,
showed him the letter, and asked him
the reason of his deception. He coldly
replied that he had thought it best-
that if he had known his mother was
alive he would have wanted to see her,
and that he would never have per
mitted. The boy followed his mother's ex
ample he left the rich man's house ;
and, although not twelve years of age,
he went to work in a foundry. Steadily
he worked, with but one purpose in his
heart to earn money enough to go and
nnd his mother. That moment came at
length, and he went to Europe, with
nothing to identity her by but the pho
tograpn and letter.
.b ailing to nnd her in Europe, he re
turned to the United States and hunted
through city after city, unavailingly,
His procedure was simple. He copied
from the directory the addresses of all
in the place named Williams and called
on them in turn till the list was ex
hausted.
Many a quiet family he startled from
their serenity by a raid upon them, pho
tograph in hand, inquiring for his
mother. At last there was but one city
ifiit to searcn Washington, ae pur.
sued his usual course there, visiting all
the Williamses in the capital save that
of the Attorney-General. In every
case he was disappointed.
He was now so near despair that he
had half a mind, he said, not to call on
them. But it was the last of the name
whom he had not seen, and his search
would be incomplete without it. The
youth resolved to make his last inquiry;
so, photograph in hand, he entered the
National Hotel, and asked the clerk if
Mrs. Williama lived there. " Yes,
was the reply. " Does this look like
her?" "That's the lady," said the
clerk. " I am her son can you give
me a room near her ?" " Yes." " Say
nothing of my being here I want to
surprise her. " All right.
j.ne young man went to his room.
arrayed himself in his best, then
knocked at his mother's door, his whole
trame trembling with agitation and
with hope deferred at length realized.
Her voice bade him enter. He flung
open tue ooor, and, exclaiming,
Mother, don t you know me ?" he
rushed frantically into her arms.
ahe was at the time an invalid, and
the shock almost proved serious ; but
as joy never kills they say, she re
covered.
He had worked his way almost all
througu Europe and America ; corse
quently his education had been neg
lected ; but as he was only twenty-ont
years of age when ho found his mother
she hoped to overcome that defect,
She put him to school at once, and he
gives promise of becoming as brillian
in minu as ne is loving oi neari.
Value of Sleep,
We do not propose to wear this sub
ject threadbare; yet, attaching the
importance we do to sleep as a recruit
ing power, hesitate not in speaking a
word in its favor at all times. It must
be remembered that sleep repairs not
the vital functions only, but simultane
ously those functions which we distinc
tively describe as mental attributes, and
of which the brain is, to our limited
comprehension, the organic instrument,
The intellectual part of our nature,
taking the phrase in its largest sense,
is exhausted by its continued exeroise,
in like manner as the bodily organs,
and requires the intermittent periods
of repose and repair. If other proof
were needed of the great function which
sleep fulfills iu the economy of life, it
may at once be found in the effects
which follow the privation of this re
pair. A single sleepless night tells its
tale, even to tne most careless observer.
A long series of such nights resulting,
as often happens, from an overtaxed
and anxious brain, may often warrant
serious apprehension, as an index of
mischief already existing, or the cause
of evil at hand. Instances of this
kind, we believe, are familiar to the
experience of everv physician. But
here, as in so many other cases, the evil
of defloiency has its counterpart in the
evil or excess. Bleep protracted be-
yond the need of repair, and encroach
ing habitually upon the hoars of wak
ing action, impairs more or less the.
functions of the brain, and with them
ail the vital powers,
A Lunatic Rail.
The New Haven Iteaister Bays, in de-
Bcribing the reoent annual ball at the
Lunatio Asylum: "Twenty couples
took the floor, ranged in two lines,
facing each other, and stood still in
frofonnd silence, waiting the music
n this party the strangeness of the
performers wasmost apparent. The men
wore a look upon their faces of such
resolution as one would expect on that
of a brave man brought face to face
with some terrible danger. The women
were more wandering in their glances,
but nearly all serious too. The music
burst forth and a simultaneous move
ment followed : all sorts of movements,
some cultivated steps, but for the most
part a mere violent shuffling exeroise.
Directly they all seemed to have forgot
ten that they had partners, and settled
down into dancing. There was some
peculiarity about every individual, but
in everv one was n1wrvfthl a sort of
ecstasy. One girl, with wild dark eyes,
and her black hair hanging loose around
if trying to recollect where she had
acted such a part in other scenes, but,
glancing at the company all engaged
around her, she would resume her mo
tions. Some of them kept their gaze
fixed on the ceiling, turning neither to
the right nor to the left ; others kept a
watch upon their feet, which, to their
bewildered minds, were perhaps going
sadly astray. Very soon the organiza
tion lost shape ; the original partners
had wandered hopelessly away from
each other. But with instinctive gal
lantry on the one side and gentle ac-
quiescenco on the other, the men
swung and twirled whichever lady hap
pened to be within reach at the moment
when they thought the music indicated
swing your p nrtners.
How Shepherd Dogs are Trained.
You may go over the plains and hills
oi southern California for miles and
see thousands of sheep, but not a man
to watch them. Around each llock or
band, of say a thousand sheep, are half
a dozen dogs of peculiar breed dogs
whose progenitors were imported from
tue sheep pastures of the old world.
These dogs take the entire care of the
sheep, drive them out to the pasture in
the morning, keep them from straying
during the day, and bring them home
at night. They have inherited a talent
tor Keeping sheep. Jiut the shepherds
do not depend wholly on that: they cul
tivate it in this way so at least the old
shepherds say. When a lamb is born
it is taken from the mother sheep be'
fore she has seen it, and a puppy put in
its place. The sheep suckles the puppy
and learns to love it. When the puppy
grows old enough to eat meat, it is fed
in the morning and sent out with the
sheep. It stays with them because it
is accustomed to be with its mother,
but it cannot feed with them. As they
get full the dogs get hungry. At length,
impatient to return, where it hopes to
get another piece of meat, it begins to
tease and worry its mother, and finally
starts her toward home, the other sheep
follow, and thus the whole flock is
brought home. If the dog brings the
sheep home too soon, or comes without
them, he gets no supper, or is punished
in some way. Hence he soon learns
when to come, and to see to it that
none of his charge is left behind. These
animals are trained to take advantage
of their instincts and appetites,
A New Theory About Comets,
At a recent meeting of the Lawrence,
Kansas, Academy of Science, a paper
entitled " Speculations on the Nature
of Comets' Tails" was read by Professor
F. W. Bardwell, who took the ground
that a comet's tail is no more a part of
the comet than is a shadow a part of the
object which gives it form. He sup
poses that the resting medium sur
rounding the sun for a great distance is
itself self luminous in a degree, as indi
cated by the zodiacal light; that the nu
cleus of a comet is merely a large mete
orite; that in its rapid motion through
the resisting medium near the sun,
great heat is thereby developed, in
creased by the heat of the sun, causing
some of the elements of the nucleus to
become volatilized, and thus to present
the phenomena of the coma with its
glowing gas; and, finally, that the
bright train called the tail is merely an
effect of an increased luminosity of the
portion of the resisting medium behind
the comet, caused by the action of the
sunlight and passing through the glow
ing gas of the coma, and protected be
yond in a form usually approaching that
of a conical surface.
Prof. Bardwell predicts that, on the
appearance of a comet with a bright
train, testsof spectrum analysis will show
that this train is not nebulous, as Bessel
and others have supposed, and not of a
meteoric character like that of the
nucleus as Schiaparelli and Le Yerrier
suppose, but chiefly of a zodiacal na
ture, and probably, in a slight degree,
reflecting sunlight.
Canning1 Fruit.
Canning fruit has become an exten
sive industry. The peach-packing es
tablishments are chiefly in Maryland
and Delaware, aud there were about 12,
000,000 cans packed last year. The
Eastern States, New York, New Jersey,
and Maryland furnish most of the can
ned tomatoes, 18,000,000 cans have been
put up from last year's crop. From
fj.UOO.OOO to 8,000,000 cans of corn have
been packed. Maine furnishes the
best corn, where also are situated the
largest lobster establishments. Oysters
are put up in great quantities along
the Chesapeake. Pine-apples are large
ly canned at Nassau, Bahama Islands.
In fact, almost every kind of fruit or
vegetable may now be obtaiued for
table use in the winter season so can
ned as to preserve very perfectly the
natural fresh flavor.
Will Wonders Never Cease J
When Dr. Walker proclaimed that he
had produced from the medicinal herbs
of California an Elixir that would re
generate the sinking system and cure
very form of dis ease not organic, the
ncrodulou8 shook their heads. Yet his
Vinegar Bitters is now the Standard
Restorative of the Western World. Un
der the operation of the new remedy,
Dyspeptics regain their health : the
Bilious and Constipated are relieved of
every distressing symptom ; the Con
sumptive and Iiheumatio rapidly re
cover ; Intermittent and Remittent
Fevers are broken; the hereditary taint
of Scrofula is eradicated ! Skepticism
is routed, and this wonderful prepara-
tin 8 to-day the most popular Tonio,
Alterative, and Blood Uepurent ever
advertised in America. We don't sell
Rum under the (raise of medicine. We
advertise and sell a pure medicine
which will stand analysis by any chemist
m lue country. corn.
CniSTADOBO's JiXOELSIOB iiAIB DTK
stands unrivaled and alone. Its merits have
been ao ouiverBally acknowledged that it would
be a supererogation to descant on them any
luruier noumiK can dum tt. uom.
Pimples, Eruptions, Rough Skin:
The svstem being ont under the Influence of
Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery for a
few weeks, the akin becomes smooth, clear,
soft, and velvety, and being illuminated with
the glow of perfect health from within, true
beauty stand, forth in all Its glory. Nothing
ever presented to the pnblio as a beantifler of
the complexion ever gave such satisfaction for
this purpose as this Disoovery. The effects of
all medicines which operate npon the system
through the medinm of the blood are neces
sarily somewhat slow, no matter now goon, me
remedy employed. While one to three bottles
cloar the skin of pimples, blotches, eruptions,
yellow Bpots, comedones, or " grubs, a aozen
may possibly be required to cure some cases
whore the system is rotten with scrofulous or
virulent blood poisons. 1 he cure of all these
diseases, however, from the common pimple to
the worst scrofula is, with the use of this most
potent agent, only a matter of time. Bold by
all Druggists.
COVERED WITH JiRUPTIONB. UURED.
CtAVERAOK, Columbia Co., N. Y.
Dr. It. V. Tierce, Buffalo, N. Y. i
Dear Sir I am sixty years of age, and have
been afflicted with Halt Rheum in the orst
form for a groat many years, until, accidently,
I Baw one of your books, which described my
case exactly. I bought your Golden Medical
Discovery and toon two bottlOB and a naif, and
was entirely cured. From my shoulders to my
bands I was entirely covered with eruptions,
also on face and body. I was likewise afflicted
with lihenmatism, so that I walked with great
difficulty, and that is entirely cured. May God
spare you a long life to remain a blessing to
mankind. v nu untold gratitude.
Mrs. A. W. Williams.
FiiAoo s Instant Relief has stood
twenty years' test. Is warranted to give imme
diate relief to all Iiheumatio, Neuralgic Head
Car. and .Back acnes, or money refunded. Horn
A Friend in Need. For sudden
colds, producing colic or neuralgic pains, the
rain-Killer of Perry Davis acts like a charm.
It is equally efficacious applied externally or
internally. Throughout the New England
States it is the family doctor. No mother does
without it. Whenever used, iu this or any
other land, it is everywhere acknowledged to
bo the world's " Pain-Killer." All druggists
keep it- Com.
We noticed in one of our exchanges
this week the statement of Dea. John Hodg
kins. of South Jefferson. Mo.. whoHe son was
cured of incipient consumption by the use of
Johnsons Anodyne Liniment. We refer to
this at this time as tending to corroborate-the
statement we made last week in relation to this
Liniment as applied to consumption, Com.
If congress had employed as much
scientific skill in the arrangements of its
Reconstruction Policy " at the close, as the
WTar Department did 111 the beginning of the
war, in arranging for the manufacture of what
was called Sheridan's Caralry Condition Pow
ders for the use" of Cavalry horses, no doubt
the Union would have been restored long ago.
Exchange.
Hale's Honey op Rorehocnd and Tab
will arrest every ailment affecting tho lungs,
throat or chest. Com.
Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
Com.
For coughs use Wistar's Balsam. Com.
THIRTY YEARS KXPK111KXCE OF
AN OLD NURSE,
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING BYRUP 18 THE
PRESCRIPTION OF one of the best Female Physl
clam and Nurses In the United Btatee, and has
been med for thirty years with never falling safety
and suacets by mtlltoni of mother! and children,
from the feeble Infant of one week old to the adult
It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieve! wind
colic, regulate! the boweli, and glvei reit, health,
and comfort to mother and child. We believe It to
be the Best and Surest Remedy In the World In all
garbs of didknikhi ana jjiakku& in chil.
DKEN, whether it arlsos from Teething or from
anv other cause. Full directions for using will
accompany each bottle. None Genuine unless the
facsimile of CURTIS A PERKINS ii on the outside
wrapper.
Sold bt all Mxdiciri Dsalbrs.
CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK FILE AND
SICK.
from no other cause than having worms in the
stomach.
BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS
will destroy Worms without injury to the child
being perfectly WHITE, and free from all coloring
or other injurious Ingredient! usually used In
worm preparations.
CURTIS 4 BROWN, Proprietors,
No. 218 Fulton Btreot, New York,
Sold by Druggists and Chemists, and dealers in
Medicines at Twkstt-Fivb Cestb a Box.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA,
FAMILY LINIMENT
la the best remedy In the world for the following
complaints, viz Cramps in the Limbs' and 8tom
ach, Pains in the Stomach, Bowels or Bide, Bheu
matlsmtn al its forms. Bilious Colic, Neuralgia,
Cholern, Dysentery, Cols, Flesh Wounds, Burns
Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, Sprains ai.d
Bruises, Chilli aud Fever. For Internal aud x
ternal use.
Its operation Unct onlv to relieve the nation
but entirely rnmovei the cause of the complaint.
It penetrates and prevades the whole system re
storing healthy action to all Its parts, and quicken
ing tne diooq.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA .IS PURELY VEd
etADie ana aii ueaung.
Prepared by
CURTIS BROWN,
No. 216 Fulton Street, New York.
For sale by all Druggists.
BROWN'S
BRONCHIAL
TROCHES
POR
COUGHS
AND
COLDS.
A COUGH, COLD, BORE THROAT
Requires Immediate attention, and
should be Checked. If allowed to
continue, Irritation of the Lungs, a
Permanent Throat Affection or an
Incurable Lung Disease, is often
luu rusuii.
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.
Having a direct Influence en the parts, give lmme
dtate relief. For Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh
uonsutnmtve and Tnroat Diseases, Troches art
use a u'tti aways goo a success.
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
Will find Troches nsefulin clearing the voice when
taken before Slniriiiir or Sneakinir. and rt-lievinu
the throat after au unusual exertion of the vocal
organs.
Obtain onlv "Bnowir'a BnownnTAi. Tnnrnns.n n,
do not take any of the worthless imitations that
uay ue unurea. sot a everywhere.
'ord's Liver Invioomtnr-m nnrAlv vaAtal,l ttihn
v
tic and Z'unir-for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility,
Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, aud all derange'
mcnts of Liver, Btomach and Bowels. Ask your
Druggist for it. Bewar a imitation
5sl
SlflO Invested In W.II.Kf.
X. v 111 often
- r iih nAll r"k
if ten leads to Fortune. No
ik. f-ltafte pampnietfroa.
- Banters and Brokers. 3D Wall su. N. Y.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST OR GROCER
FOB
CONTI'S
WHITE CASTILE SOAP,
AM)
CONTI'S
WHITE FLOATING SOAP.
PERFECTLY PURE,
WHILE THE COMMON MOTTLED CASTILE IS
ADULTEBATED.
NONE OENVINE UNLESS BRANDED
E . CONTI & FICLI, LIVORNO.
IJTTL! rfVTTCJC7 Bnterprlilnir rounir and
MJ J yj M.iS !i(0(0 middle-aged men aud wo
muu iraumnui to make a luccessrul itart in buat
nen, are offered superior factlttiei frr preparing
themselves at the RPKNCKRIAN BUSINESS COL
i-jnifi, amwaukee, wis.
THE BEST DOLLAR MONTHLY.
T J (V a day made by can-
4. "T"" VL. I vsssins fur this mai.
XlfKJ UV )A-KJ asine now In Its nth
" vol. wltn unroiuo,
The Yosemite Valley,
14x30 luches, iu 17 Oil Colors.
Hagsslne, ons year, with Mounted Chromo. $2.00
Matraztua, ons year, with Unmounted Chromo, l.M)
Vita-iie, alone, ons year, ... i.oo
Kxamlns our clubbing and premium Lists.
Two fc'lrst-class Periodicals firih nrfna
of one. We solicit Kxptsrivnued Canvassers
aud others to send at once for terms and bseci
meo MKtine. Address S. tH. MllTKS, Pub
lisher, 41 Park Bow, N. Y. City, or Wewburgh. N. t.
CiTt Kaeh Week
Aienta wanted, nsrtlcu
t7 id lars free.
i. V.OHTH CO., Bt. Louis, Mo.
Poetry. Heeds. Ao. Psitg's Journal. Ouainbersburs:, Pa
IT (TS hsTS found something 1
for
HI LHSI azents. it will sell better than an
t),lnnn .vr handled. Bamnles25o. EUREKA MAf
li t" A.CTU H'G CCMtt Clark or 1M Madison 6k,CUoago
Mason & hamlin
() ORGANS.
CABINET
Unrivaled ! Incomparable I
WIHHIRS or
Two Highest Medals anil Diploma of Honor
At Vienna, 1873 ;
AND TBI
First Medal at Paris, 1867.
GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS
OR OTHER HIGHEST AWARDS
In AMERICA ALWAYS !
The Mason and Hamlin Obqan Co. have.
by the concurrence of the Special Jury, the
International Jury and two Bub Juries of most
eminent artists and experts from different
countries, been officially awarded the First and
Highest Medal at the Vienna exposition in
competition with the best makers of all coun
tries. Iu addition the Austrian Industrial
Society at Vienna awarded to Mr. Emmons
Hamlin, of this Company, their Urana Silver
Modal and Diplomi of Honor, for the valuable
improvements exhibited, and extraordinary
superiority displayed in these Organs at the
Exposition. Other American Exhibitors, were
not found worthy, in comparison, of any award
wnatever.
It is significant as to the superiority of the
th 1
ni.tl
Miins Jr. ITAMr.Tff C. iniuvT OnniNfl tlmt thnv I
.. . . . , . . .. . J
..Tl!.lati Putative as well as a Toni6.
wiucn nave evor ooiaiuea any awara in oompe-1
tit;. . mi.r. p.;. ..,,1 ,i,.t ti,sa i,..
alway$ obtained the highest award at Industrial
Kxmbitlons in America, there not having been
half a dozen exceptions at hundreds of such
comparisons.
Testimony from 1,000 Musicians
Is published bytue Mason & Hamlin Organ
Company in a Testimony Circular, which will
be sent free to any address. It will be found to
include the judgment of moBt of the leading
organists, pianists, conductors and cemposers
of the country, with the most distinguished
yocalistB and instrumentalists s tho general
tenor of whose evidence is that the superiority
of the Mason A Hamlin Ohoans to all others
in the world is obvious and material, that thoy
have purity and excellent quality of tone not
yet attained by others, which will not only please
at first, but continue to please ; that they are
equally remarkable for their variety of effect,
their power and delicacy, their promptness and
equality of scale, and, especially, their thor
oughness of construction and durability.
An 1 thiB is the judgment not only of Ameri
can musicians, but of many of the
AToai rilHlniriiliihifl In RiirnnA.
The Testimonial Circular alluded to contains
testimony from many of tho vory most eminent
uiumciaus in
London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Prague,
St. Petersburg, and other Pilncliial
European cities.
So highly are the Mason & Hamlin Organs
appreciated in Europe, especially in England,
that eight hundred of them have been sold iu
London alone during the year 1873, tho demand
for them having doubled yearlv, on an average.
since their introduction there, a few years
since.
The Plan of Selling
Secures fairness and lowest prices to all. The
IjOwest piuces are minted 111 the price-lists
Of the Company, and are therefore fixed and
invariable alike to all. Onlv smallest commis
sions can be allowed to dealers, who therefore
sometimes recommend inferior Organs on which
iney are anuwea larger projus.
New Styles Heady
This Company have recently completed and
now ofTor a number of new styles, tho most
beautiful iu external appearance, having the
grcatotst musical capacity, and sold at pricos
which render them tho cheapest winch they
havo ever niado. Among them aio Five 0!
TAVE DoT7BI.E-ItF.ED OllOANS at till, f 125, 1: 0
to iM.fj; with three and four sots of rcci's
$175 to 323. Other styles up to fourteen sc s
of reeds at -I..riU0. Many of theso aro in the
now UrnmiiT JiiisoNANr Cases, of great excel
lence and beaut v. Some contain the new stops
VIOL D AMOUR liUPIlONE, 15IPUOVED VOX 110
mana, and tne iir.viii.vis all-Isoaiio.
Organs rented wilh privilccro of purchase.
or sold for payments running through one to
iour years.
Illustrated Catalogues, Price-Lists, Ac, free.
Hr n tt i. n
JViaSOll 01 namim Urgail UO., Lungs, rain in the region ot tue Kia
nnumv x-i vnntr ... i (fli.inn Tifivs. nnr! si hundred other nainlul svmn-
couons.sor.B
THROAT.IN'FLU
IfNZA, W1IOOP-
1 N it (JUUUll,
Crocp, Bromcuit-
is, AsTtiMA, ana
I every affection of
tho THROAT, LUNGS
and cuest, aro
speedily and per
manently cured by
the useof Da. Wm
tab's Balsam or
W l l d Cher rt.
whleh does not dry up a couch and leavo tho causo
behind, but loosens it. demises tho lump nd allays
Irritation, thus removing tho causo of tho complaint.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED
liv a tlmelv reort to this standard remedy, as is
prowl bv hundreds of testimonials It has received,
'i'be gen nine Is Ktaied ". Butts" on tho wrapper,
6ETH W. i'OWI.H SONS. Proprietors, Bos
Ton, Mass. fcoU by 'Wcts generally.
MERCHANT'S
GARGLING OIL
The Standard Liniment of the United States.
IS GOOD FOR
Burns and Scalds,
Rheumatism,
HemarrhtAds or Piles,
Sore Kipples,
Caked Breasts,
Fistula, Mamie,
Chilblains,
Sprains and Bruises,
(Tiapped Hands,
Flesh Wounds,
Frost Bites,
External Poisons,
.nuoiim, auxeney.
Her,
cratches or Urease.
Sand Cracks,
(Jails of alt kt)ias.
Foundered Feet,
Craeked Heels,
Foot Hut in Sheep,
Roup in Poultry,
Lame Back, tfc, fc
xitlast, Kintjoone,
Ho'tt Ecit,
Kites of Animals,
Toothache,
Laree Size 81.00, Medium 60c. Small 25c.
Small Sise for Family Use, US csnts.
The Garbling Oil has been In use as a
liniment since 113. All we ask is aatr
trial, but he sure anil follow directions.
Ask yourncarest DrtiKKistordealerin Pat
ent Medicines for one ol our Almanacs, and
read what the people say about the Oil.
Ti.o cu-u-ii.io- oil is for sale by all re-
sner.tahlo ditalers throiiKliout the Unitea
iinr testimonials dte from 1833 to the pres.
an t, a nd arc u nsolicited. We u 1 so inanu c tu re
Merchant' Worm Tablets.
Wo dwil fuir and liberal with all, and
defy contradiction. Manufactured at
Lockport. N. Y., U. 8. A., by
Merchant's Gargling Oil Co.,
JOHN HODGE, Secretary.
Dr. Tamer's GnMe to Health.
Giving sll advlcs necessary for every ons liable
to disease of sny kind, married or stugla old or
youusr ; fur sll 8es, sexes, or conditions la lifs
Atteuts wanted fur this tbs best selli. il book pub
lished ; send mi cents f3r ssnipls copy to xir. i..
TURNER, S08 Washington Avenue, Bt. Louis, Mo.
$500 REWARD ,7iHr:!r
u turnout
WftU-sVLUaUL udluct.IsatA
Jk3 LU sDealU ul wiaakinff uHoult. of flithsr hi. fount:
or old, mak more money at work for ut in their apar
moment, or all the time, than at anything eUa. Partico-
Thea-Nectar
IB A PURR 1
With the Oreen Tea Hsvor.
Tbs best Tea Imported. Vor
sals svery where. Audi or sale
wholesale only brtheOBKAT
ATLANTIC PACIFIC TEA
OO., Nob. 36 and S6 Vesey Bt.,
New York. P. O. Box, 6,60s
Bend for Thea-Nectar Circular
200 PIANOS AND ORGANS,
ciU tW told at Iutver Yriee for cuht or oh laaCHlU
nientmrityurl uuutrt) during Ihia Fiiiuueini
t ri.-sa-JcAlloltilav..''V llUKArK WATK itH
& r0, 481 Broadway 'Auitever before utter
fa in new i oi tt. AMeoiwv anted ( waierw
elebrated Piunoa Concerto and Orchestral
blrtiuUM. lilUMtrated ('Htaluaueti mailed. 4reat
ImTui-emeiita to the Trade A larue discount
Dr. .1. Walker's California Vin
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, mado chiefly ff o'tn tho na
tive herbs found on the lower ranges ol
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without tho use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
dally asked, "What is tho cause of the
unparalleled success of Vikeciab Bit
ters t" Our answer Is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life-giving principle,
a perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of' the world has a medicine been
oomnrmn.iRd noRRPRsinn the remarkable
qufhues of Vinegar Bitters in healing the
sick of even' disease man is heir to. They
aink nf nverr
...r . n T ,, . .
relieving Consostion or Inflammation 01
the Live
and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
LMHeases,
The proiici ties of Dr. Walker's
Vinhuak uittkrn aro A porieut, Dianhoretio,
Carminative. Nutritions. Laxative, Diuretic
Sedative, Connter-Irritant, Sudorific, Altera
ave. and Anti-iiUioua.
Grateful Thousands proclaim Vra-
la ar Bitters the most wonderful In-
rigorant that ever sustained the sinking
jystpm.
o rerson can lake tnese umers
according to directions, aud remain long
unwell, provided their bones aro not de
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
liuious, Kenmteiit and inter
mittent Fevers, which are so preva
lent in tue valleys oi our great rivers
throughout the Uuitnd States, especially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois. Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan
sas, Red. Colorado, Brazos, ltio Grande,
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, bavannau, lio-
anoke, James, and many others, with
their vast tributaries, throughout our
entire country during the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably so during sea
sons of unusual heat aud dryness, are
invariably accompanied by extensive de
rangements of the stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In theit
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erful influence upon theso various or.
gans, is essentially necessary. Therj.
is no cathartic for the purpose qual
Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Hitters,
as they will speedily remove the dark
colored viscid matter with which tho
bowels are loaded, at the same timo
stimulating the secretions of tho liver,
and generally restoring the healthy
functions of the digestive organs.
1 ortity the body ajramst disease
by purifying all its fluids with Yixegau
Bitters. No epidemic can take hold
of a system thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia or indigestion, Head-
ache, Fain in the Shoulders, Coughs,
Tightness or the Chest, Dizziness, &0111
Eructations of tho Stomach, Bad Taste
in tho Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita
tnirn l-e. Prtavt In tin mm nt win nf thrt
...... .......
neys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, aro tho ousprings ol Liyspepsia.
One bottle will prove a better guarantee)
of its merits than a lengthy advertise
ment.
Scrofula, or King's Evil, Whito
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck,
Goitro, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent
Inflammations, Mercurial Alloc! inns, Old
Bores, Eruptions of tbo Skiu, Sore Eyes, eto.
In these, as in nil otlwr tonstitutiunal Dia
eases, Walkers Vinegar Uittsbs hava
shown tneir great curative powers in the
most obstinate aud intractablo cases.
For Inflammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit.
tent anu iniermiueni evers, i useases oi
the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder,
these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases
are caused by Vitiated lilood.
Mechanical Diseases. Persons en
gaged in Paints and Mineral, such aa
Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and
Miners, as they advance iu life, aro subject
to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard
against this, take a dose of Walker's Vin-
boar bitters occasionally.
t or Skiu Diseases, Eruptions, Tet
ter, Salt-Kheum, Blotches, Spots, l'impies,
pustules, lions, carbuncles, icing-worins,
Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch,
Scurfs, lliscolorations of tho Skin, Humors
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug up and carried
out ot the system in a short time by tho use
of these Bitters.
Pin. Taneufrvitlier Worms.
lurking in the system of so many thousands.
are euectually destroyed and removed, ss
system of medicine, no vermifuges, no an.
thelrainitics will free the system lium worms
like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints, in young
or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo
manhood, or the turn ol lite, tnese lonm
Bitters display so decided an influence thai
improvement is soon perceptible.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood when-,
ever you find its impurities bursting througi
the s'kin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores;
cleanse it when you find it obstructed iii
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when i it
foul ; your feelings will tell you wheu. Keep
the blood pure, aud the health of tuo system
will follow.
II. II. MtDOSiALD i CO.,
Drupirists and Gen. Agts., Son 1' i ancUco, California,
ana cor. oi wasuinirton ana ivuuritoii ms., jn. x,
Sold ly i
Sill Urus
jfctffist nnd Dealers.
HTM U Mo 4
&t r Per Day, 1.000 Agents wanted. Bend
Oil) stamp to A. H. Blair Co., bt. iiouis, alo
M
AMMOTII BRONZE Tl'KKEYS.
Ij. t,. RKED. Auburn. Unio, timmtri irep.
ANY
ftndlnans toe address or ten penoni with
luutt. will rece.ve,retj,ii beautiful Chromo
and inttruoctout bow to get rich, poitpatd.
City Hovelty Co., 10b Bouth bth St., iJhila.,Pa.
ONE
CONSUMPTION
Atic. Its Ouro.
WILLSON'8
Carbolated Cod Liver Oil
Is a scientific combination ol two well-known mrdl-.
eines. Its theory Is nrst to arrest the decay, then
build up the system. PhyBlctsns find the doctrine cor
rect. The really startling cures performed by WlU.
son's OiLsre proof.
Carbolic Acid positively arrests Decay. It la th
most powerful antiseptic In the known world. Ea:
terlng Into the circulation. It at once grapples with
corruption, and decay ceases. It purines the sources
Of dlBcase.
Cod liver OU it Nature's best assistant ia realstlnM
Consumption.
Put up In larae wedge-ahaped bottle,
bearing the inventor's siuuature. aud U
uld by the best Druggist; f rcj.ar!d by
T. K,
"WTTIjXj SSI -rT
J Jouu Street. New Vurt