Farm, Garden and Household. !
Hlnti about Work.
Plowing for winter wheat should be
finished early in September. Two plow
ings of an oat or barley stubble should
be given, that the scattered grain whioh
has sprouted may be killed. It is a
mistake to suppose that oats are a pro
tection to the young wheat. On the
contrary they are weeds, and rob the
young wheat plants of their nourish
ment to their injury. A cloddy surface
will do no harm if there is a mellow
bed below for the seed. In good time
these clods will crumble down, and
unt.il then they are a protection to the
plant,
A few loads of good well-rotted ma
nure harrowed into the surface, or cov
ered with a very light furrow at the sec
ond plowing, is better than twice as
many loads spread in the winter as a
top-dressing. Strong plants at the
start are what wo want. If there is food
at hand, the roots from the sprouting
seed find it and make a rapid growth,
when growth is safety. Strong fibrous
roots spreading far into the soil, are not
bo easily thrown out by frost, as weak,
puny short roots which have no hold.
Thousands of young plants die for want
of food in poor soil, long before any
frost touches them. The manure and
seed should go into the ground togeth
er. Top dressing in winter is an after
expedient, useful when, nothing better
can be done. But it is better for the
crop that it should not need it. Where
no manure is at hand. 200 lbs. of Peru
vian guano per acre, will give the wheat
or rye a tine start, it may be lollowed
later by a top dressing.
The selection of seed is important.
Changes of seed should be made with
caution, and the whole crop should not
be riBKed at once. ISxperiment wisely,
that is, cautiously. The fine white
wheats require rich soil, and strong
limestone land. Tiio hardier red or
amber wheats are safer on gravelly
land, or where the soil is not so rich.
A great improvement may be made by
choosing the best and heaviest seed
each year from local sources. Above
all things avoid weeds. Sow clean seed.
if it is picked over by hand, upon a
portion ot tiie held at least. A stooK
of clean seed may be raised from this
for another season.
The quantity of seed depends much
upon its quality. Six pecks of plump
seed that has not been broken in
thrashing, and that is free from weeds,
is better than two bushels taken at ran
dom from the bin. On rich clear ground
wheat will lodge, that is too thickly
sown. On poorer soils two bushels per
acre is little enough.
Smut may be prevented by cooking
the seed in strong brine. Pour the
seed slowly into the brine in a large
tub. All light, imperfect grains will
float, and should be removed. Stir the
seed, and then scoop it out on to the
barn floor, and leave it for an hour to
dry ; or!a few handfnls of finely slacked
lime will dry it at once. Pickling the
seed is so great an advantage, aud so
little trouble, that it should never be
neglected, even where smut is not
prevalent.
Experiments made in England showed
that three inches was the best depth at
which to sow wheat. Before the sprouts
appeared above ground, there was
abundant growth of roots, and a larger
proportion of plants escaped winter
killing. Even sowing can only be done
by the drill. All the seed is then cov
ered. This is not the case in broadcast
sowing. If the ground is too rough or
stony for the drill, it is a lesson for an
other year, to be remembered and acted
upon iu time. Agriculturist,
Feeding; Bran,
Mr, R. says that bran makes rich ma
nure. There is no doubt on this point.
I think, says a farmer, if I was a dairy
farmer, and could dispose of the milk
at a paying price, I should aim to feed
at least a ton of bran a year to each
cow, and half a ton of coru meal. I am
not sure that it would pay for the first
year or two, but it would be profitable
in the end, provided the manure was
carefully saved and applied. The great
objection to such a system is the fluc
tuations in the price of bran. Some
times we can buy it here for $15 per
ton, and sometimes we must pay 835
per ton.
"Yes," said the Deacon, "I take it
the dairy farmers understand their own
business. They wiil adopt the system
which long experience has taught them
is the beBt and safest."
That is all truo, and I would be the
last man to nssume that I understand
how to manage a dairy farm as well as a
dairy farmer. . I was only saying that
it seemed to me that a farmer, who had
a ready market for all the milk he
could produce, at a fair price, could
easily manage to enrich his land. With
ns here in the wheat-growing section,
the great trouble is to make a profit on
our live stock. If we could do this, it
would be an easy matter to make our
farms rich.
Advice to Boys.
The Pall Mall Gazette, in that tone
of benign sarcasm and pathetio cyn
icism in which it has of late spoken of
crimes and accidents, tells this little
story : " An inquest of considerable
importance to littlo boys was held in
Birmingham, on Tuesday, on the body
of a child named Dalby, killed by a
stone thrown by another child named
Beeves, aged nine years. It appeared
by the evidence that Dalby went out of
the house where he lived on Saturday
last to play in the street. His amuse
ments were, however, interrupted by a
severe blow on the right eyebrow by a
atone thrown by Beeves. So severe,
indeed, was the blow, that little Dalby
died in great pain on the following day,
and e. post-mortem examination reveal
ed the fact that death had resulted
from congestion of the brain, caused by
the injuries inflicted by the stone.
Another little boy, however, named
Baker, who witnessed the occurrence,
eaid that Beeves intended the stone,
not for little Dalby, but for a boy ' who
had been splashing him with water
but whom, in aiming the missile, he
unfortunately missed. The jury there
fore returned a verdict of homicide by
misadventure, aud this verdict must be
most gratifying not ouly to the boys of
Birmingham, but also to the youthful
population of London, who are fre
quently, when pelting each other with
atones, unwarrantably remonstrated
with by strangers having a morbid
dread of being laid prostrate by a mis
directed piece of flint or granite. The
verdict in the case of young Dalby
shows that boys who indulge in the
sport of stone-throwing iu the streets
have no cause for apprehension if they
happen to kill passers-by. It is only
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wever. to be hoped that Beeves, and.
ed, all other little boys, will use
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si to meir pastimes.
The Floating Hospital.
One of the most worthy and
far-
reaching of the many charities existing
in New York oity, known as "St. John's
umiu, was founded by the llev. Alvau
Wiswall, its present Master, nearly
nine years ago. Since that time it has
carried on an extensive work among
the poor of the metropolis. Its plan is
to have a volunteer visitor for every
block of tenement-houses, so that iu
times of great destitution or sickness,
every family can be immediately visited
and cared for. By this means, as many
as 8,000 poor families have been visited
iu the space of three daj s, Last win
ter this organization assisted, after
thorough investigation at their homes,
7,000 families, of, say, 85,000 individu
als, while 3,000 applicants were found
to be impostors, and were turned away.
During the winter over 123,000 pack
ages of .Trooeries, 40,000 loaves of
bread, 6,993 pounds of tea, and 15,000
garments were distributed, and yet the
fund was not taxed a single cent for
salaries or office rent. Some of the
most wealthy and fashionable ladies
and gentlemen of New York rank
among its volunteers. But the good
work is not confined to the winter-time.
The poor are looked after the year
round. This summer the Guild has es
tablished a " Floating Hospital," the
object of which is to enable mothers to
take fcieir sick children from the noi
some dens in whioh so many live, out
upon the waters of the river, bay, and
sound, where they may breathe the
pure air that re-invigorates their droop
ing bodies. Oompetent physicians ao
o .mpany these excursions and tenderly
examine and prescribe for the little
ones. Tickets are distributed free by
the dispensary physicians, visitors of
the Guild, the police, and others. On
one recent trip there were no less than
1,478 persons on board the barge, of
whom 431 were mothers or persons
having children in charge, 380 were
young infants, while the remainder
were between the ages of two and eight
years, or cripples and adult invalids.
There were no cases of contagious dis
eases, but there were 293 cases of chol
era infantum, 73 of marasmus, and 640
cases of debility resulting from impure
air and lack of proper nourishment.
During the day two simple and bounti
ful meals were served on board, and
the quantity of beef, bread, milk, tea,
rice, and butter consumed indicated
that good food, and enough of it, were
unaccustomed luxuries to many. The
scene on deck, where were so many
weary-eyed and pale-faced children.
could but awaken feelings of pity and
tenderness. One poor woman held in
her arms her third and only remaining
child, dying from marasmus. She
brought her into the cabin of the barge,
and sat gazing steadfastly and tsnderly
into the baby's wasted face. In reply
to a question of the kindly stewardess,
she said, her voice choking her : " I
thoueht just now she was dyine in my
arms, and I wanted to sit down here
where no one would see me, and let her
die as easily as possible." " Yes," she
added, m response to a pitying word,
"lye not taken my clothes oil nor
slept a night in six weeks, but I'd glad
ly sit up six weeks more to save my lit
tle darling's life :" and the poor, tired,
heart-wrung mother gave way to her
grief, and her tears fell silently and
swiftly on the dress of her child. Lat
er, under the care of the physician, the
babe revived a little, opened its eyes,
and moved its wasted limbs, and the
mother took a little comfort from a fee
ble hope. To many a sick child the
Floating Hospital has proved a " life
boat " indeed.
Felt Hats for Ladies.
Soft felt hats, says a fashion journal,
are more largely imported than at any
previous season, and are of finer quali
ty. They are "slouch" hats, and when
untrimmed look precisely like those
worn by gentlemen, and are often quite
as large. They have low crowns or
high ones, tapering crowns or square
ones, and their wide soft brims are not
bound or wired, but have a cut edge
without facing, and this edge remains
raw after the trimming is completed
The special fancy is for turning this
brim straight up in front. The colors
are ecru, dark brown, gray, blue aud
black, and will be chosen to match suits
of camel's-hair, India cashmere, and
Scotch woolen stuffs. They are trimmed
very simply with bands and loops of
velvet or gros grain of a darker shade,
and have birds, wings, demi-plumes,
or rose clusters for giving them a touch
of color Ecru felt hats are trimmed
with dark brown velvet, while dark
brown felt hats have ecru velvet bands.
Thus a model from Virot s is of ecru
felt with a low crown and wide soft
brim without wire binding or facing.
A. bias band, au inch wide, of dark
olive brown velvet, is placed smoothly
around the crown, somo erect loops are
behind, and a natural gray ostrich
plume is held by a filigree buckle of
crescent shape. Directly in front and
under the brim are four roses and buds
pink, salmon and crimson. These
hats may bo called either bonnets or
round hats, as the terms are now inter
changeable. They are, however, regu
lar bonnets in the Mercutio shape al
ready described, to which strings are
added, and these have a comfortable,
warm look. Other dark brown felts are
trimmed with self-colored velvet and
lemon-colored roses. Many wings of
dark birds are used in such bonnets.
A Court Incident,
The Houston (Texas) Telegraph re
lates that recently in a suit for dam
ages in that oity, the counsel for the
plaintiffs, who were a mother and her
daughter, related a fable of a swallow
building her nest 'neath the eaves of a
court-house, and, when her young
were hatched and in their callow help
lessness were dependent upon her,
serpent came and devoured them,
When she discovered her loss, her la
mentations were sorrowful and distress
ing to witness, and a friend attempted
to console and assuage her grief. Her
reply was that she mourned not so
much the loss of her tender little ones
as she did that they perished where
they did. She had sought the protect
ing 86is of the temple of justice, hop
ing that the weakness of herself and
young would find there a defense from
all harm. " The next morning," con
tinues the paper quoted, "as the clerk
was reading the minutes, a swallow
flew into the court-room and perched
upou the Judge's head, and flying off
alighted upon the volume oi statutes in
front of him, looked him full in the
faoe, chirruped, and then flew 'to the
jury-box, hopping from railing to ran
iner. avoiding those who sought to cap
ture it, and with another merry chirp
flew out of the window.
Mr. Stanton, who backed himself to
ride from Bath to London on a veloci
pede in eight hours and a half, won hia
wager on August 17, accomplishing the
100 miles in two minutes under the
time.
JfEWS OP THE DAT.
Interesting
Item from
Abroad.
Horn and
The snicide mania appears to have run wild
In New York. No leas than six or eight at
tempts at self-destruction were mede in one
day, four of whioh ended fatally General
George K. Forsyth, commandant of the right
wing ot the Black Hills expedition, thinks the
Black Hills deserve every adjective that has
been applied to them. The adjacent country
is rich and fertile, the climate mild and
healthy, and all advantages are presented
which would be appreciated by farmers, etock
raieers, or gold-minors. Gold was found, he
eaid, whenever sought for in the hills. The
country consists In a series of little valleys
with plenty of springs, and for grazing is un
surpassed. The guloh diggings, so far as
examined, would yield about $10 per day per
man, and almost every time the miners accom
panying the expedition experimented they
fonnd paying dirt. The territory in which
gold can be found is ISO miles in extent north
and south and 200 miles east and west, and the
distance by the bnst route is 160 miles north of
the Union Paciflo Railroad. The best road
is through the Bed Cloud Agency ; but it
would be impossible for any other than a
strong military force to get through, as the
Sioux claim the reservation and are determined
to keop people at a distance. Even if a passage
were possible no communication could be kept
up, and there would be no means of obtaining
provisions or assistance in case of need. The
Gonoral stated further that no ban Is of emi
grants as they are usually armed had or could
get through, particularly since the command
ing general has issued his prohibition. It is
believed, however, that in his report Goneral
Sheridan will recommend the opening up of
this country, since it is entirely too valuable
to be given up to the exclusive use of the
savages William Geary, an engineer in
the office of the Philadelphia Democrat, has
had his right hand crushed, so as to require
amputation, by the same printing press from
which the inventor Bullock received a fatal
injury The London Times says that the
Marquis of Bipon has become a Boman Catho
lic. The announcement a few days ago that
he had resigned the Grand Mastership of the
Freemasons, and that the Prince of Wales
would temporarily succeed him, caused much
excitement, which is heightened by the in
formation that the Marquis has embraced
Catholicism With the assent of the Presi
dent and at the request of tho General, the
headquarters of the armies of the United
States are established in St. Louis, Mo. The
regulations and orders now govornfug the
functions of the General of the Army and
those in the relation to the transaction of
business with the War Department and its
bureaus will continue iu force.
It is estimated that three million dollars'
worth of grain has been destroyed by locusts
in Southwestern Minnesota The Supreme
Court of California, in the habeas corpus case
of the twenty-three Chinese women brought
over on the stoamer Japan, decidod that the
State law which regulates such immigration is
Constitutional, aud remanded tho women to
the master of the steamer Japan to be re
turned to China A special from Bismarck
says: A party of fifty men will leave Bis
marck in about thirty dayB for the Black Hills.
The party will be composed of experienced
miners and hunters, who not only know the
color of gold and the habits of the Indians, but
are sharp enough to evade the military, and
who once in the hills can live as Indiana live,
and consequently will not bother themselves
with supplies to any great extent E. L.
Acker was nominated for Congress by acclama
tion by the Democrats of the Seventh Penn
sylvania District Half of the town of
Meiuiugen, Germany, has been burned. The
loss on buildings alone is estimated at $3,000,-
000 thalers. Upward of seven hundred fami
lies nave been made homeless, ana there is
great distress among the unfortunate people
, . . . A barn owned by Frederick Tegtmier, in
New Haven, was burned, and his two sons,
aged respectively Bix and three years, who
were playing in the hay loft, were burned to
death In the Cornwall election case Mc
Donald, the sitting member and brother of the
Postmaster-General of Canada, was unseated
for bribery. This is the third case tried under
the new law and in each instance the Govern
ment has loBt a supporter Gov. Taylor,
of Wisconsin, is spoken of as a candidate for
United States Senator, to succeed Carpenter.
. . .It is now asserted that Colorado air does
not cure consumptives, but kills them.
Imported Polonaises.
New polonaises brought out for com
plete costumes to be worn with black
velvet or silk Blurts are of matelasse
(ilk, trimmed with fur, velvet bands,
and rich fringes of chenille ana jet,
Their skirts cling to the figure closely
without being draped, and they usually
have basques behind. .Plainer polo
liaises of dark brown twilled cloth have
Euglish basques behind, while their
loose double-breasted fronts are belted,
They are close to the throat, and have,
as most all new garments do, a stand
ing flaring collar. The sleeves have
three bands turned up from the wrists,
und stretched to represent a triple cuff.
The edges of the polonaise are
hemmed and machine-stitched, without
other trimming, and the front has
single row of dark thick Scotch wood
buttons with eyes. A novel idea among
polonaises is that of pleating the back
from the neck to the edge of the flat
pleats, described for dress skirts. Still
other garments have the Bides widely
shirred from the belt down, but shir-
riner is not effective on heavy fabrics.
and has been too commonly used all
summer to be popular another season,
Velvet polonaises, it is said, will be
trimmed with bands of cock's plumes.
Cashmere polonaises are richly em
broidered and beaded both with jet
and blue beads. Experienced mer
chants predict that jet will become too
commonly used this season to remain
in favor with fastidious people, and an
ticipate that they will use blue steel
trimmings instead.
Give Yonr Child a Paper,
A child beginning to read beoomes
delighted with a newspaper, because he
reads of names and things whioh are
familiar, and he will progress accord
inely. A newspaper in one year is
worth a quarter's schooling to a child,
Every father must consider that infor
mation is conneoted with advancement,
The mother of a family, being one of
its heads, and having a more immedi
ate charge of children, should herself
be instructed. A mind occupied be
comes fortified against the ills of life,
and is braced for emergency. Children
amused by reading or study are, of
course, more considerate and easily
eroverned. How many thoughtless
young men have spent their earnings
in a tavern or grog-shop who ought to
have been reading ? How many parents
who have not spent twenty dollais for
books for their families, would have
given thousands to reolaim a son or
daughter who had ignorantly, thought
lessly, fallen into temptation.
A Stage Bnmpug.
Donn Piatt, writing in the Capital of
a stage ride, says :
Of late the stage companies, to escape
the well-known robbery- by drivers,
have put the patent box in each stage.
The drivers give change, but are not
permitted to take tne lare. we were
seated, when a stout gentleman entered
and crowded into a corner near the
door, for the stage was crowded. The
new-oomer took from his vest pocked a
ragged note and passed it along the
line. The man nearest the box was a
clergyman. He lifted the note and
dropped it in the box.
" Halloo, cried the indignant adi
pose near the door, "what d you do
that for ; it's a quarter?"
' I'm very sorry, I'm sure," stam
mered the clergyman.
" Much Rood 11 your sorrow do me,"
answered indignation, working his way
to the hole through which the drivei
conversed with the passengers. He
trod on several corns as he pulled at
the strap. The stage came to a halt.
" L want my change, he shouted up
through the hole.
' What change i shouted down the
driver.
" I put a quarter in the box."
" More fool you."
" I want none of yonr impudence."
' What do you want then?"
" I want my change."
" You can't fool me that way. How
do I know you put a quarter in ?" And
the driver started. The clergyman
sprang up and pulled the strap and
shouted :
" I rmt the Quarter in. mv good man :
it is all correct. "
" Two of you." retorted the driver.
driving on. Both adipose and clergy
man hung on to the strap.
' (Jonfound your or nary souls,"
roared the driver, "do you want to pull
my leg off? Ef you tech that strap
again I'll come down and bay-window
yer countenances. Again the stage
rolled on.
"Permit me, air, said the clergy
man, pulling out a very thin pocket-
book, and presenting fifteen cents.
" 1 don t want your money, was the
gruff response ; "I want my own, and
I'm going to have it," and he seized the
strap at the moment au old lady seized
it. The feminine wanted to got out.
Tho driver mado no response. In an
instant the fat man, the clergyman, and
old lady were swinging on the strap.
The strap suddenly gave way, as if it
or the driver s leg were broisen, and
the three, tumbling over each other,
fell to the bottom amid roars of laugh
ter from all of us. The stago came to
a halt, and we heard the driver shout,
"P'licel p'licel" as loud as he oonld
bawl. A policeman responding, the
driver informed him that there was "a
riot " going on among the " lunatics ''
inside the stage, and " he'd better sot
tie 'em before we had another car-hook
murder." The policeman opened the
door. The belligerents had subsided,
save the old lady, who, attempting to
get out, was promp'.ly arrested. The
fat man explained the case.
" How is this, driver ? asfced the po
liceman. " This man says ho put a
quarter in your box and you won't give
him the change.
"No; Id think not, was tne dry
response ; ' the way lor mm to do is to
file an aflidavy with the surrogate. It'll
only cost him a dollar."
There is but one course far a police
man to pursue, and that is to arrest
somebody. If he cannot arrest any one
he puts on a digninea air ana marcnes
away, in this case tne conservator oi
the peace compromised. He arrested
the old female party the only innocent
actor among us, and held her in dur
ance as far as the sidewalk, and ws
rolled on.
A Story of Highwaymen.
On the evening of Sunday, August
30, at about six o'clock, an omnibus
started from the North Lexington
depot, in Missouri, for the ferry, with
eight gentlemen passengers and one
lady. Just as it reached an old house,
which is described as the scene oi the
recent Johnson murder, three masked
horsemen dashed out of the woods, re
volver in hand. One stopped the horses
and remained at their heads, while the
others thrust their heavy army revol
vers into the windows, and threatened
instant death to any who should resist.
Then one of the ruffians ordered the
male passengers to get out of the stage,
an order which was promptly obeyed by
the eight disconsolate gentlemen, who
emerged from the vehicle in single file,
with their hands all raised neavenwara,
as if in meek protest against the pro
ceeding ; though, in reality, their pe
culiar attitude was assumed at the dic
tation of the robbers, in order to pre
vent any possible ubo of concealed
weapons. Seeing a party which inclu
ded several young women passing near,
one of the robbers galloped ofl', cap
tured them, and put them in line with
the other captives. In the meantime,
Miss Mattie Hamietc, belonging to ine
new squad of prisoners, reoognizeu
one of the robbers, and while the latter
were pilfering their captives, an anima
ted conversation was kept up between
Miss Hamlett and her acquaintance, in
which the young lady expressed her
disapprobation of his line of conduct,
remarking : " Why, Frank, I am aston
ished to see you have come down to
such work ; I thought you never did
anything except on a big scale. Frank
cabually remarked that he was a little
ashamed of it himself, as he had never
before stooped to such small game, and
at the earnest solicitation of his fair ac
quaintance, he refrained from stealing
a watch belonging to one of her friends,
though by way of compensation for
his self-denial, he not oniy took me
watch and money of another person for
whom she interceded, but likewise a
large portion of hia clothes. Then,
having stolen all they could lay their
hands on, the thieves, who were noted
desperadoes, named William Younger
and Frank and Jesse James, quietly
rode down the river bank unmolested,
we are told, in plain view ol hundreds
of people, who had got wind of the
affair, and flocked to the bluffs on the
opposite side.
The editor of the Caucasian proudly
rehearses some of the former exploits
of these gentlemen, who, he says, have
become "pet institutions of Missouri,"
especially an instance in whioh they
gallantly charged into, a crowd at the
Kansas oity exposition in 1872, stole the
gate keeper's cash box, and safely got
away with their plunder; assures his
readers that the fame of the James and
Younger brothers has become world
wide ; congratulates the ruffians upon
the fact that they have laughed at the
Governor, and spat upon all the State
authorities : " Missouri is ahead in her
banditti as she is in her soil, her cli
mate, her minerals.her glorious women,
her evervthing. Big Muddy, forever!"
But he omits to say what he thinks
about the dozen or so of men who were
robbed, or of the hundreds of people
who gathered to see the rasoals ride
on.
Some minds are always aoting out
their education J only mad men aot out
their nature.
Medical Maniacs,
There are numbers of medical men
so wedded to the old formulas, that all
changes seem to them like innovations.
These medical maniacs are, fortunately,
incapable of muoh mischief in this
praetioal age. While the Vinegar Bit
ters are curing Indigestion, Nervous
Debility, Constipation, and countless
other diseases that defy the remedies
of the pharmacopoeia, it is impossible
to thrust dowr the throats of intelligent
invalids heroio " doses of mineral
poison, or to persuade them to take
adulterated alcohol, impregnated with
cheap astringents, as a "healing balm"
or a "balsamic preparation." Vinegar
Bitters, a pure botanical tonio and
alterative, guiltless of the curse of dis
tilled or fermented liquor, is actually
accomplishing what the mineral and
alcoholic cure-mongers have so inces
santly promised but have never yet
performed. Under these circumstances
it is no wonder that this medicine has
taken precedence of all those burning
fluids mis-called tonios. Com.
We shall soon have cool weather, and
then every man and boy should wear Elmwood
Collars. You need not adopt the Mexican
coHtume, but can wear something between the
collar and spurs. Com.
$10 to 81000 invested in Wall Street
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Bonds, &o.. with other valuable information,
mailed on receipt of SO cents. Address Alex.
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Dr. Pieroe's Compound Extract of
Stnart-Woed, or Water Topper, is not recom
mended as a cure-all. It should not bo classed
with the patent nostrums of the day, com
pounded by Quacks, "Indian Doctors," (bo
called,) and those possessing no knowledge
of the dolicate aud intricate structure of the
human system nor of Chemistry and the scien
tific preparation of medicines. No patent has
boon obtained or asked for upon it. It is not
a secret medicine, the chief ingredient being
made known in the name chosen to designate
it. lint it is claimed to be a superior Extract,
made in a scientific manner, from fresh plants
and roots, by a cold process, heat, which is
used in making all other Extracts of Smart
Weed, being objoctionable, as it destroys most
of the medical virtues that reside in the plant,
us stated iu the American DispenBatory and
by other most excellent authorities. In the
modost looking littlo weed, found growing by
the roadside, is found a more efficacious
remedy, when combined with Jamaica Ginger
and other modifying agents, for Diarrhoea,
DyHeutory, Summer Complaint, Fain and
Colic, than has heretofore been known to the
medical profession. Dr. Pierce's Extract is
sold by druggists. Com.
The Rice Divorce Suit for fraud In age, Is
causing great excitement In Boston. It should
warn young men not to marry in haste. Bice Is
but 22; his brldo 37. He swears that she made
him believe she was but his own age, by using
Magnolia Balv upon her face, neck and hands.
Poor youth 1 He probably found her elbows
werou't quite so soft and pretty. Ought Hagan to
he Indicted? We know of many similar cases.
This Balm gives a most wonderful pearly and
natural complexion, to which we don't object.
We like pretty women. To finish the picture, they
sheuld use Lron's Kathaiboh upon the hair
With pearly chin, rosy cheeks, and soft luxurious
trcssos, they become Irresistible.
Fell from a Railroad Car, and nearly broke
his neck. Pat picked him up, rubbed him with
MzxiCAif Mcbtaro LrsiitzxT, and sent him on by
the next train. Falls, bruises, cuts, contusions
lameness and such accidents are constantly occur
ring. There Is nothing so sure, safe, cheap'"
convenient as the celebrated Mustako Lihihi
It costs but 5) cents and (1.00 per bottle, and
Family or owner ot Horses should be without It.
There Is no flesh, bone or muscle ailment upon
man or animal, like Rheumatism, Bruises, Spavin
and Lameness, which t will not alleviate or cure.
Why will you suffer f Beware of counterfeits. It
is wrapped In a steel-plate engraving, signed
' a. W. Westbrook, Chemist."
On Everybody's Tongue. Buloglums of
the great National Regenerator of Health, Planta
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gratuitous viva voce advertising is better than all
the pald-for pufflug to which the wners of bogus
bitters are obliged to resort. It has a spontaneous
heartiness about It whlih carries conviction to
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.. t Walker's California Vin-
Mffar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
Preparation, made chiefly from the n.v
tive herbs found on the lower ranges
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, the medicinal properties of wnica
dre extracted therefrom without the us
ef Alcohol. The question Is almost!
daily asked, "What is the cause of tfi.6
unparalleled success of Vinegar Bit-
f erst" Our answer is, inai uiuj- icmur
the cause of disease, and the patient re
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life-giving principle,
perfect Renovator and Invigorate
Jf the system. Never belore in tn
bistory of the world has a .medicine oeeu
Bompoundorl possessing the remarkable
finalities of Vinboar Bitters in .neahng tne
ainlr nf rm rlianfisfi man 13 heir to. TheT
are a gentle Purgative aa well as a Tonio,
relieving Congestion or InCammation ot
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bviour
Diseases.
Thft nrvnortiPS of DR. WALKER'S
Vinegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretics,,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diurof o.
Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudorific, Altera
tive, and Anti-Buions.
iirnti'fiil Tnonsnntls proclaim Vin
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vigorant that ever sustained the sinking
no I'erson can t.ikc im'sn? unr i
according to directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their bones aro not de
stroyed by mineral poison or otuer
means, ana vital organs wasieu ue.vuuu
repair.
Uilious, ucnnltent una inier-
mittent Fevers, which are so preva
lent in the valleys of our groat rivers
throughout the United States, especially
tnoseot tne Mississippi, unm, mis&uuii,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumueriauu, Aruan
sas, Red, Colorado, Brazor., Rio Grande,
Pear . Alabama. Mobile, savannau, no-
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 and dryness, are
invariably accompanied by extensive ue
rangements of tho stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In thei
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erful influence upon these various or-
gans, is essentially necessary, lhern
is no cathartic for the purpose equal t
Dr. J. Walker's Msegar uitters.
as they will speedily remove the dar-
colored viscid matter witn wnicu tut
bowels are loaded, at tho same tuno
stimulating the secretions of tho liverr
and generally restoring tho healthy
functions of the digestive organs.
Fortify the body aiiahist disease
by purifying nil its fluids with Viki'.ga'j
bitters, .no emuemic can taiie noi.
of a svstem thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia or Indirection, Head
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bructations of rue ?tomaen. nan laste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks. Palpita
tation of the Ileart, Inflammation of the
Lungs, Pain in the region of the Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symp
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One bottle will prove a better guarantee
of its iter's thar a lengthy advertise
ment.
Scrofula, or King's Evil, Whita
Swellings, Ulcers. Erysipelas, Swelled Neck,
Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent
Inflammations, ilerciinal Atlectious. OIJ
Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc,
in tnese, as in all otuer constitutional Dis
eases, A. LEER S INEGAU HITTERS HftV
shown theii great curative powers in th
most obstinate und intractable cases.
For Inflammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit
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these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases
are caused by Vitiated Blood.
Mechanical Diseases. Persons en
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rlumbers, Type-setters, trold-beaters, ana
Miners, as they advance in life, are subject
to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard
against this, take a dose of Walker's Vin
boar Br iters occasionally.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet
ter, Salt-Khenm, Blotches, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules. Boils. Carbuncles, Kine-wornis.
Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch,
Scurfs, Discolorations of tho Skin, IJumora
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name
or nature, are literallv due up and carried
out of the system in a short time by the use
of these Bitters.
I'm. Tane. and other Worms.
lurking in the svstem of so many thousands,
are effectually cestroyed and removed. .No
cystem ol medicine, no vermiluges, no an
thehniuitics will free the svstem from worm
like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints, in vounii
or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo-
masnooa, or tne turn ot lilo, these Tonio
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improvement is soon perceptible.
Cleanse the itiated JJlood when
ever you find its impurities bursting through
the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores;
cleanse it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is
foul ; your feelings will tell you when. Keep
tne uioou pure, ana the health ot the system
will follow.
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DmiririBU ami Gen. Acts.. Knn Frn
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