It viU l remembered, cava a
Washington letter writter, that about
four or tire weeks ago a northern ex
press car was burned near Washing
ton. The Government alone had
$5,150,000 in it and the private prop
erty amounted t nearly half aa
much, including jewelry enough to
fill seven safes.
Up in one of the sunny, wcll
liffbted rooms of the Treasury De
partment, four ladies from the Ins
urer's office are at work oa the char
red treasures, and their process is one
of the most interesting features of
the service. All the safes were trans
ferred from the cars to the Treasury,
and a committee were selected from
those most expert at such ork.
First the private safes were opened,
and in these were found about $100 -000
worth of diamond?, a Hundred
watches, old gold and silver corns,
and-alas! for the course of true
love-a package of love letters and a
tress of pretty brown hair. I icking
out the valuables was comparatively
i. 4l.niirh muni AI the
casv wors, oi . .
had fallen from their settinga,
it was not hard to End them.
he
rold wa blackened.
Jewels and watches were returned I
to the express company i ce ic-uei
were not read, though they presented
- ..t rmitation to some members
of the committee. They and the
curlv lock were sent together to the
Dead Letter Office, where they will
be burned. Perhaps it was all for
the lest; they may have been return
ed in the heat o"f a lover's quarrel,
which now will have time to cool.
The money in the Government
safes is so charred that at a breath
it rmmbles: and vet it is expected
that four-Elths of it will be decipher
ed r.ar h little shriveled piece is de
taehed with a thin knife and laid ou
rough blotting
dies examine
paper. There the la
it witu magnuyiug
glasses, and after uecipncnug
much as possible they paste it, face
up, on a strip of thin paper; and so,
bit bv bit, a whole note is pieced out.
It is "such trying exercise for the eyes
that those engaged in it can work
only three hours at a time and on
bright davs. The trust reposed in
them is great, lor the money is de
livered directly to them, and remit
tances made on their reports without
further qucBtioniug. After the terri
ble fire of October, 1871, Chicago
sent 203 cases of burnt money, ag
gregating, at owner's valuation,
$104,997 S8. It came in sheets, in
bundles, in tiny packages, rumpled
and crushed as careless hands had
pushed them into side pockets or
purses. F-acli little parcel was swath
ed in cotton as carefully as if it were
tho most precious jewelry, and as
the black, brittle packages were un
rolled it 6cemed really impossible
that anything could be made of such
cinders. Yet out of that $1G4,9'J7 9S
$126,541 S3 was redeemed and re
turned to the owners or banks. Uos
ton proCted by Chicago's experience,
and packed her burnt money so care
fully that nearly all of it was redeem
ed." Eighty -three cases, containing
$38,812 90, came from Boston, and
$88,200 90 were returned to her, be
sides a number of policies, notes,
bills and other valuable papers. The
most skillful person on this committee
is a lady w ho has had much experi
ence in such work. Once she deci
phered $185,000 out of $200,000 thatj
had been in the hold of a burned'
hip for three years, and Adams Ex
press Company, which was responsi
ble for the amount, gave her $500 in
acknowledgment for her services.
Another time she and her associates
worked faithfully and long over some
bonds a crazy cashier saw fit to throw
into the Cre. The bank asked for
only $100,000, but the ladies picked
out $145,000, whereupon the direc
tors, with reckless extravagance, pre
scatcd the committee with twenty
dollars about four dollars apiece.
t on ad at Laat.
The theologians have been engag
i d for several centuries in discussing
a problem which was definitely set
tled by a few plain laboring men at
Portlandville, Dakota, a few days ago
at least this is the opinion of the
people about Dakota. The workmen
referred to were engaged in sinking
a well, and were using for the pur
pose the kind of drill employed in
such work. The drill had penetrat
ed the rock to the distance of only
about thirty feet when it met with
no further obstacle to its progress,
and sounding failed to show any bot
tom to the hole. No sooner was the
drill withdrawn than from the orifice
gushed up heated air and noxious
gas, and all the indications were that
the workmen had punctured the outer
wall of Nick's dominions. So great
is the heat from the well that the
snow for half a mile around has, it
is reported, been melted, and the tem
perature of the neighborhood has
suddenly become that of midsummer.
At night the wolves and other w ild
animals congregate in the tropical
area to escape the cold, and in the
daytime wayfarers seek the same lo
cality for the same purpose. There
is not the slightest doubt in the minds
of unorthodox and superstitious peo
ple that the dominions of the arch
enemy have at last been located, and
that if sinners do not reform they
must expect to reside eventually
somewhere beneath Dakota. And if
Doubting Thomas wishes to argue
the question, he may be accommoda
ted by inquiring of almost any one
in the vicinity of the well, and
Tbomai bad better select a small
man those frontiersmen are so im
petuous. tieva Metals.
In the discovery of metals men
first asserted their mastery over na
ture; yet the discovery is still pro
gressing. Pntore the fifteenth cen
tury only seven were positively
known. Tbey were each hell sacred
among the ancients to some ruling
deity. Gold indestructible, mallea
ble, the richest coloring, the most
precious of decorations was conse
crated to Jupiter, or the sun, and had
already assumed the supremacy
which it has never lost. It was coin
ed into the heavy daries of Persia
and the aureus of imperial Home. It
was used to gild temp.es and sta
tutes, was wrought into rich jewelry
and woven in delicate threads that
enlivened the flowered stuffs of Baby
lon. Gold mines and gold bearing
streams were found in Arabia, Svria,
Greece, Italy and Spain, and the'pur
euit of the precious metal was car
ried on with various success by count
less throngs of miners. The" richest
mines, at least in later ages, were
those of Spain; and the enormous
productiveness of the Spanish soil
was slowly exhausted by the succes
sive labors of the Carthaginians and
the Romans. So successful was their
industry that but little gold or silver
can be found in a territory where the
precious metal once lay scattered in
boundless profusion on the surface of
tne earth.
Silver ranked next to gold, and
was named from the soft light of the
moon. The richest si' ver mines were
those of Spain. It was
wrought into
adorned the bel
t-Ul'3.
nr.ets and siiicios oi
formed the :ostlv mirrors with which
the Iloman ladies shocked the auster-
ity
r t ontontinn or Jerome, me
tnTifnl tilrpr coins or toe ureeu
and Roman cities fill modern col
lections. 1'ive other metals iron,
copper, lead and tin were employed
by the ancients for various purposes;
tbey made sUel by a rude process,
and brass without discovering zinc.
For many years no addition wa3
made to the sacred seven. Three
thousand years passed away before
it was suspected that the number
could be increased a memorable ex
ample of the slowness of human ap
prehension. At length, in 1400, an
timony was added to the metallic
familv; and far off from the period of
the discovery of a new world, the
chemists were about to enter upon
fresh fields of science scarcely less
boundless or inviting.
A second metal, bismuth, came in
almost with the Reformation. Zinc,
perhaps the most important ol the
new family, may have preceded the
nh.rs: it was certainly described
lons before. It is, indeed, curious
to notice how that bright metal had
been constantly forcing itself upon
the attention of caretul observers,
and had vet been wholly overlooked,
had been'used by the ancients, in the
form of an earth.to color copper into
brass and give it a shining surface
lit rdd. was seen dropping from the
tlifi middle aires, or melt
ed in rich flakes from their walls
Two magicians or philosophers at
last detected the error o! ages, aua
Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus,
ldc linid discovered that zinc
was as indestructible and as free from
foreign substances as gold. It scem-
! ed a pure element, l'araceisus, w no
was fond of penetrating to the source
.,f things, admits that he could mjt
tell how the bright metal grew; nor
in the height of their magic renown
was it eve: foreseen that the rare
Bubstance the sorcerers had discover
ed would one day shed knowledge
in tongues of fire, from London to
Japan.
Two centuries followed, during
which no metallic substonce was dis
covered. Paracelsus found no suc
cessor; Albcrtus, almost the first man
of science ic Europe, was remember
ed only as a sorcerer. It was not un
til 1733 that the vast field of metallic
discovery began to open upon man.
Two valuable and well known metals
platinum and nickel among sev
eral others, first appeared about the
middle of the eighteenth century.
The number of the metals now rap
idly enlarged; galvanism lent its aid
to dissolve the hardest earth, and at
length, in the opening of the nine
teenth century, a cluster of brilliant
HUrnvrries aroused the CUfiositV of
science.
Each eminent philosopher seemed
to produce new metals. llerzelius
discovered three, Davy, the Paracel
sus ot his age, is tne scienunc parem
of five potassium, sodium, barium,
strontium, calcium. The number ad
vanced until already more than fifty
metals, of various importance, have
been given to the world. The new
experiments in light have been added,
ciesium and rubidium, and no limit
can now be fixed for the metallic fam
ily, which for many ages embraced
only seven members the emblems
of the ruling gods.
The Winter Life or the Bfiir.
The Popular Science Monthly says:
"One of the most curious charac
teristics of the bear is in us nanus
of Libernating through the winter.
During the autumn it becomes very
fat. and about the end of October,
completing its winter house, ceases
feeding for the year A remarkable
phenomenon then takes place in the
animal's digestive organs. The stom
ach, no longer supplied with food,
contracts into a very small space. A
mechanical obstruction called the
"tappen," composed of fine leaves,
or other extraneous substances.blocks
the alimentary canal, and prevents
the outward passage of any matter.
The bear continues in his tlcn until
the middle of April, in a dull letharg
ic condition. If discovered and kill
ed at any time in this period, it is
found to be as fat as at tne begin
ning. It is said, however, that, if it
loses its "tappen" before the end of
its hibernation, it immediately be
comes extremely thin. During the
hibernation the bear gains a new
skin upon the balls of his feet, and
during the same time also, the female
brings forth her young, from two to
four in number. The latter act oc
curs generally from the middle of
January to the middle of February.
The next pairing season occurs in
the summer, from June to September.
The period of gestation is about seven
months, and tho newly born cubs are
scarcely larger than puppies."
The Apple.
The apple, which i3 valued above
all other fruits of Northern climates,
is the desendant of the wild-crab tree
which is found very generally in the
Temperate Zone of both hemi. phcres.
It is mentioned in tho Bible, by
Herodotus, and by Tliny, the latter
of whom enumerates twenty vari
eties that were cultivated in his
time, it was in extensive use by
the llomans, and was probably in
troduced bv them into England.
After the establishment of Christian
ity, we find that the monks planted
largo orchards, and rendered the
fruit common throughout the island.
It was brought to New England by
the early settler, and orchards were
set out by the colonists and the In
dians in all the original States. The
apple is now one of the most widely-
diffused of fruit-trees, butit succeed?
ia the cooler parts of the Temperate
one. It occurs in Arabia, Persia,
the West Indies, and on the Medi
terranean ; but. in theso countries,
the fruit is small and inferior. It
reaches its greatest perfection in the
I nited States, where more than a
million of acres are occupied with or
chards.- The value of the crop in
1S70 was over $47,000,000. Large
quantities of apples are exported
from this country to England, China,
and the East Indies.
The apple tree is hardy and long
lived. The best artificial varieties re
main in good bearing condition from
fiftv to eighty years. In New Eng-
land many Fpecimens still yie d fruit
uieu nre known to oe neany -uu
years old. in Lcgland it is grown
either as a standard tree, an espalier,
or wall tree, and is variously tiained.
It is usually grafted cn crab-stocks,
or sometimes on hawthorn-sticks and
introduced into hedcres. Trees are
frequently dwarfed by using a low
variety called the Paradise apphj for prevent cattle from entering and de
a stock. When reduced to the size stroying the trees. When light snows
l cHrrnt or a gooseberry bush, fall, tread down around the trees to
these dwarfed trees will often bear I keep away iriee. A mound of earth
abundantly. The wood of the apple
tree is hard, durable, and fine
grained. The fruit yields malic acid,
which is used for medicinal purposes.
Happy Accident.
The cracking of a picture placed in
the sunshine set Van Eyck experi
menting to produce a varnish tuat
would dry in the shade. ii
what he sought, and found beside
that by mixing it with m. ioioi
tY,av n,...,,;rnd greater force and uril-
lianVr. ml rcouircd no subsequent
about the
of the art
varnii-tiinsf ; and so cum
,i;,,,-. v ,ir rediscovery
ofrniniiog in oil. Jiezzuuui, u
its discovery iy i nucc a'
simp e accident j b
. . . 1 1 1 n A .1 1..
barrel ueing rus-ieo u mo uo.
Henry Schanward, a uremburg
glass cutter, happened to let some
aquafortis fall upon his spectacles,
and noticed tne cias3 was cuiruucu
and softened where the equalorua
had touched it. Taking the bint, he
made a liquid accordingly, drew
some figures upon ft pieco ot glass,
covered them with varnisn, ana ap
plied his corroding fluid, which cut
away the glass areund the drawing,
so that when be removed the varnish
the figures appeared ra sed upon a
dark ground; and etching upon glass
was added to the arts. Aloi3 Scnefel
der, play wright and actor, thinking
it possible to etch upon stone in lieu
of copper, polished a slab for that
purpose. He was disturbed by his
mother coming in his small laboratory
with a request that he would jot
down her list of things for the wash,
as the w oman was waiting to take
th ba-ket awav. There beinjr nei
ther paper cr iuk bandy, Sencfelder
scribbled the items on his stone
with his etching preparation, that he
might copy them at his leisure.
Sometime afterward, when about to
clean the stone, he thought he might
see what would be the effect, of bit
ia"1 the stone with aquafortis, and
in a few minutes saw the writing
standing out in relief. Taking up a
pelt ball charged with printing ink,
he inked the stone, took off a few im
pressions upon paper, and he invent
ed lithography. The pelt ball used
by Sencfelder was long indispensa
ble in a prating office. A Salop'aa
printer, in a hurry to get on with a
job, could not find bis ball, and ios-
ed the form with a piece otgiue toai
had fallen out of the glue pot, with
such excellent results that he hence
forth discarded the pelt ball alto
gether, and by adding treacle to glue,
to keep it from hardening, hit upon
the composition of which printers'
rollers have ever since been made.
Three very different discoveriea
are recorded to have resulted from
the unintentional application of in
tense heat. Pliny attributes the dis
covery of glass to some merchants
traveling with niter, who, stopping
on the baoks of the river to take a
meal, were at a loss for stone3 to rest
their kettles upon. Putting them
upon pieces of niter, they kindled
their lires ; the niter, dissolved by the
heat, mixed with the saud, and the
merchants were astonished to see
transparant matter flowing over the
ground, which was nothing else but
glass. Charles Goodyear had for
years experimented in vain, hoping
to deprive India rubber of its suscep
tibility to the action of heat and
cold. Conversing with a friend on
the subject, he emphasized an asser
tion by flinging a piece of sulphur
rubber across the room. It lighted
upon the stove ; and when be picked
it up f. few days afterward, he found
the intense heat to which it had
been subjected had conferred upon the
India rubber just the quality he had
striven so hard to impart to it Ac
cording to some he stumbled upon
the discovery in a different way ;
but, at any rate, vulcanized India
rubber was the creation of an acci
dent. A Limerick tobaccouist look
intr dolefully at his poor neighbor's
irroupinir anion; the smoldering ruins
nf bis burned out shop, noticed that
some of them, after trying the con
tents of certain canisters, carefully
loaded their waistcoat pocket from
them. He followed suit, and found
the snuff had come out of the hery
ordeal very much improved in pun
gency and aroma. Liite a wise man
be said nothing, but took up another
place, set up a lot of ovens, and be
forelonff Black Yard Snuff ether
w ise "Irish Blackguard" was all the
rage with lovers of nasal tilillation ;
and in a few years Lundyfoot was a
rich man. owioir to the accident he
thought had ruined him. A would
be alchemist seeking to discover
what mixture of earth would make
the strongest crucibles, one day
found he had made porcelain. In
stead of transmutintr metals, as he
had fondly hoped to do, Bottgcr
transmuted himself ; "as if be bad
been touched with a conjurer's wand
he was on a sudden transformed
from an alchemist into a potter."
Chamber' Journal.
A New I e for Fhataarraphjr.
A Berlin correspondent of th! Cin
cinnati Gazette writes : "Our papers
make mention of a new applica
tion of the camera, that has been
accidentally discovered by a photo
grapher in Berlin. A young lady
whose blooming cheeks denoted
apparently perfect health, went to
have her photograph taken, and was
placed before the instrument in the
usual manner. On examining the
negative, the operator discovered
that the face w as disfigured by num
berless fine spots. A new plate hav
ing been prepared the same phenom
enon occurred, which completely
mysteficd the operator, as he had pre
pared it with the greatest care, and
he could detect nothing in the face of
the young lady to account for the dis
turbance. Two more trials produc
ing the same result, he contented
himself by hoping a retouching of the
plates would remove the fault. The
third day after, the husband of the
lady informed the operator that his
wife was stricken w ith smallpox."
Taa lor Mulching-.
There is a great difference of opin
ion as to the value of tan as a mulch.
A recent writer io Herue Jlorticole
cities several instances in which up
on fruits and vegetables its effects
were disastrous. Several market
gardeners near Paris lost all their
winter lettuce by covering the beds
with tan. Any ill results must be
due to the fact that the bark was
not thoroughly exhausted When
the soluble matter is all extracted
trom it, tne cnect oi the tan can on
jly be a mechanical one. When
j there are such different experiences,
it will be safe to expose the tan
lhe action of rains for gome month3
in
before usin it.
Tree.
Trees, especially young ones, need
looking after, to prevent injury by
rabbits and mice. Fences and gates
. L III. " 1 1 1 .
isuuuiuue icpaireu anu cioseu, to
around the trees is useful for this
purpose, as well as to keep newly
set trees in their place during high
wind.
Capital ' aa4 Agylealtare.
In the course of some remarks on
the distribution of American capital,)
the Financial and Commercial Chron
icle takes occasion to say that it has
in the course of the last half century
poured itself too exclusively into the
channels of commerce, and has left
those of agriculture too meagerly
supplied. By the channels of com
merce tve presume railways to bej
meant by the burdens they bear. It
is, however, probable that. the ex
pression is in some degree only an
other way of referring to "overtrad
ing," which always comes in for so
liberal a share of. censure, although
it would be difficult for the people of
this country to equal the excessive
deroUoa f- the -jiriiih . islands to
commerce. Still, it is undoubtedly
true that more capital has been al
ways put into more trade could pos
sibly pay a profit, and the result is
seen in the , prodigious volume of
bankruptcies. , - ' ' f
As a general role it is enfer to ad
vise a man to put his capital into
agriculture than into commerce, be
cause the one is a production that is
sure to bring a return of 6omo kind,
while the other i mere buying and
selling, iu which the chances of profit
seem to be very few. But if all
were to do this, agriculture would be
excessive, as, in fact, In many dis
tricts, is really the case. The grain
growers of the west make very small
profits or noue at all. Broad and
general propositions, therefore, l.ke
the one quoted caunot stand the test
of examination. A diversified agri
culture, including pastoral pursuits,
maybe truly said to be worthy of
all encouragement. But so are a
diversified industry and diversified
commerce. "What our cotf mporary ap
pears to mean is that loans to farm
ers should be as freely accessible as
loans to merchants and tradesmen.
Of course in the abstract this is
right. But if the merchants organ
ize banks, make free use of them, put
their money there, buy bank stock,
and transact all their fiscal business
through the banks, and the farmers
put their money in old stockings, or
invest their spare' cash in land they
cannot cultivate, and, in fact do not
"bank" at all, it is not a matter of
surprise that the merchant gets
credit and the farmer docs not. We
may cheerfully admit that more capi
tal put into "agriculture would be
beneficial. But what is agriculture?
It is not the holding a great deal ot
useless land and cultivating a small
. . r t
part. It is the rai.mg oi crops oi
some sort. Upon that pursuit we
should think it would never be dif
ficult to raise money, tho land being
good security. And it is not.
The real trouble in inc wcsi
south 13 the total inadequacy of the
banking capital to furnish the desir
ed facilities to agriculture, especial
ly for sucb crops as cotton, tobacco,
rice, sugar, grains, provisions and
ive-stook. Commerce is based upon
all these, as the commerce of loreigh
ands is in like manner based upon
the products thereof. And bence
merchants take a broad and deep
interest in crops of every kind, since
upon their condition depends tne
profits. From the high prices paid
n the west and south tor casu loans,
it is evident that capital 1? active
there in private hands, . But it seems
that the demands lot money ia such
regions are excessive because every-
body there has views in advance oi
. . . . r
means.' '..,-? -
That In a country like ours, sOvast
and dirermfied in us interests and
resources thera can ever he far
century to come anything else than
just such a demand, we are inclined
to doubt' It is true that American
capital has made wonderful strides.
And yet in prosperous times capital
is nowhere m excess; and even
the present time, in the midst
stagnation, it is only in surplus from
over-caution as to investments. When
we look at the immense development
of western agriculture, ond to the fact
that the crops of that region exceed
those of the east, and that the rural
wealth of SQch States as Ohio and
Illinois rival that ' of Pennsylvania,
we begin to feel some surprise at the
complaint of an inadequate supply
of capital for agriculture.
The true remedy would seem to be
the one found so effectual in New
England and New York, where the
savings banks hold some Eve hun
dred millions of dollars of deposits,
and where the loans are correspond
ingly great. There is no security of
money in such States because the
ho!fi people understand the uses of
money and bow to f re ate capital and
to render it active and uscfu. The
people of the west have wisely pn.
deavored to help themselves by es
tablishing manufactures, mining and
railroads, and into these channels
rather than into commerce tbey have
put their surplus capital. The sav
ings banks ought to come. next in
order to accumulate and render ac
tive and useful the earniegs and sav
ings of the masses. And this advice
will answer at the south as well as
at tha west. Germantowu Trie
graph. "
The National Cora Crop.
The corn crop of the United jStates
for 1874 is reported by the agricul
tural department at slightly more
than 800 millions of bushels. This is
a reduction of 120 millions from the
crop of 1873, which w as itself, "not
a rood rear for earn." - The decline
in production accounts for the high
price of corn.. Two crops having
been thus below the average, it is to
be hoped that the corn crop of 1 SfS
may be a good one. This crop is as
important as the wheat crop, for ' up
on it closely depends the provision
crop of the country, and the mainte
nance of all working animals, whilst
not a small part of it belongs to the
staple stock of human food.
t'oreifa and Donaeatle 4'leara.
There recntly died in New Eng
land a man who undertook almost
unaided the work of reforming the
world in the matter of smoking and
chewing (tobacco, vt hen one con
siders the size of his undertaking it is
not remarkable that he should have
signally failed to secure converts to
his views. The average number of
cigars smoked in the United States
during each twenty -four hours is -5.-1C8.000.
Wo believe all cigars
nominally come from Havana, but
the official report of the tobacco
trade shows that last year tbero
were twenty-three domestic cigars
manufactured in the United States
for every cigar that was imported
and paid duty during the same time.
The tobacco users bear the burdens
of government with a amount of
patience and philosophy which must
be coufered upon them by the sooth
ing weed. They paid through im
porters $C,150,0G0.41 to the govern
ment last year in the shape of im
ported duties, and $32,242,815.02
through manufacturers en account of
taxes. The former payment was in
gold, the latter in currency.
Har?"
Virtue ia its own reward.
tiardcDinc r Farm loc.
We observe that in some quarters
the question is being discussed wheth
er the raising of fruits or vegetables
is a more profitable business than
that of farming. It seems to us that
these questions might be varied.
How would it do, for instance, to
take np for discussion whether it is
most profitable to send a cargo of
blankets to Brazil, or towards the
North Pole? and yet though the
need of blankets would be greater,
there might be no one no money-
to buy! On the whole a man's
chances of profits would be greater
with blankets at Brazil than ia the
high arctic regions.
This it seems is about the case
with the "truck" question. There
are all sorts of considerations in
volved. The i.ian who ha3 perisha
ble goods articles which can with
difficulty be kept over a day or two
fresh will not have the same chance
at a couple of weeks' distance from
a market as one who can gather the
articles in the morning and sell thiui
before night. The strawberry-man
or the salad-man, or the grower of
numerous garden matters which must
be suld fresh or not at all, must not
think of settling in Illinois to supply
Philadelphia; but for corn or wheat,
or any of those things that will keep
well, be may as well be there as any
where. As a rule, therefore, perish
able things have the best chance near
large cities, or -near their markets,
wherever they may be; and so have
bulky things", and thing3 which re
auire hieh manurin? to bring them
to their best perfection. Tho kind of
things in demand also regulates the
case. As a mere abstraction as to
which is most profitable to grow,
'farm or warden crops, we should say
there is no answer to u. uuc u
the best illustrations of the old adage
that circamstauces alter cases we
know 'oT.Oermanlown Telcgrajih.
Urecuhouae uud Window IPlanta.
Ventilation is one of the most
1111-
portant things to look after at th
season, as by a little injudiciou
tbis
1C10US
opening oi ventilators umuj uu.w
plants may bo ruined. Always open
on the side opposite to that from
which tho wind blows. V hen the
weather is very cold and freezing,
air enough will enter through the
little cracks to afford the necessary
ventilation.
Water should bo applied only
w hen tho soil is drv: and then give an
abundance, otherwise the plants will
soon perish. Shower the foliage
once or twice a week, except during
the coldest weather.
House plants usually suffer from
the dry, dusty atmosphere ot the
rooms in which they are placed. If
showered occasionally, and the
thick-lea ved kinds wiped off with a
damp sponge, they will grow much
better.
Wardiau cases or ferneries are now
in general use amcng plant lovers, as
they enable one to grow a Tew terns
and other plants very readily and
with but littlo attention, except to
shade f.om the direct rays of the sun.
But little water is needeu after that
given the plants when first set out;
if anv mold appears, the case should
be opened for an hour or two every
day.
Bulb3 that have made trood roots
may now be brought up from the eel
lar, and in six months time will give
an abundance of flowers,
Succulents, such as echeavias and
tender sempervivums, will winter in
a cool part of the greenhouse, if kept
dry. : ater should only be given
sparingly.
Cactuses coming into flower will
require plenty of water, and those at
rest scarcely any
Insects should be looked after
closely; give the house a thorough
smokuiir once or twice a week, to
kill the green fly and other pests.
Health HluU.
The object of brushing the teeth is
to remove the destructive particles of
food which, by their decomposition,
generate decay. To neutralize the
acid rcsyjtmj from the chemical
change is the object of dentrifjee. A
stiff brush should bo used after
every meal, and a thread of silk floss
or india-rubber passed through be
tween the teeth to remove particles
of food. Rinsing tho mouth in lime
water neutralizes the acid.
Living and sleeping in a room
which the sun never enters is a slow
form of suicide. A suu bath is the
most refreshing and life-giving bath
that can possibly be taken.
Always keep the feet warm, and
thus avoid colds. To this end, never
sit ia damp, sjboes or wear covering
fitting and dressing pjosp'y.
The best time to eat fruit U hair
an hour before breakfast.
A fall bath should not be taken
less than three hours after a meal.
Never drink cold wnter before bath
ing. Do not take a cold bath when
tired.
Keep a box of powdered starch on
the washstand, and after washing
rub a pinch over the hands. It will
prevent chapping.
Jf feeling cold before going to
bed, excrti-e, q j;ot roast over a
fire.
riautlnir (ocnuibrra.
An improved way to plant cucum
bers is to plant the seeds as close to
gether in the hills as in ordiuary
planting. If short of ground, make
the bills from two to three feet apart,
drive six or more stakes or laths,
four or five feet long, close around the
pla'its, Lining the top ends flare out.
Tie common twine ftrandl the stakes
irom one to tuo other, to hold the
vines us they grow up. I find tu'a
way of training the vines upward
much better thau letting them run on
the ground, as not so much room is
required, and it ij much easier pick
ing the truit. Also the hills form
quite an ornament to the garden.
Should you have, laid away, old hoop,
skirts, you can find use for them, to
form the hiils for the viues to run
upon, i.;i place of tv.iue. Put the
small Hid of Jjo.ojj to the ground,
drive lour takes the Itntji required
inside the hoop, let them flaro uiiJi
the size tf the hoop, rais the hoop
eight or ten inches from the ground,
and tie iu several p'aei'u M the stakes,
to hold it up. I hud the tirld much
larger than allow
oa the ground.
ng the vines i. run
Urape drafting.
Grafting tho gfnpfi is n.Qt exten
sively practiced where it is desirable
to convert a vineyard of ordinary
sorts into the best varieties. The
best raisin grapo is the white Muscat
of Alexandria. The best season
to graft is about the time the leaves
commence to form. The vine should
be cut off a few inches below the
surface of the ground, and the scion
may be inserted into a (split, a cut,
or a hole made with a bit. The cut
tings, if not already procured, should
be at once. Keep them in a cool
dark place. They are better a lit
tle dry, than too much water-soaked.
Kew Advertisement.
J. W. PATTOW. CO, HURST,
jSTEAV fiem.
N EW G OODS.
THE NEW FIRM OF
&
Xo. 4, Bacr's Block,
are o in receipt or a itoek of gmir .!ptl to
tb preent wantf of the iwopU. PbixIuiskI with
in lb list tan daya ana inc the decline In tne
prier of Staple and liomesttrt. they are enabled
to offer rpecial Inducement! to all in want of (toodi
of erery description In uch variety a caunot be
found anywhere cUeio town, curaprUlor a Ken
eral assortment. They call special attention to
their largo assortment of
OAUCOES,
Bleached and Unbleached Muslins
OINGIIAMS,
SHIRTING.
TICKING,
BOYS AND MENS'
HEAVY PANT STUFFS,
in Cottonadc, Double and
Irish Jeans, Satinets,
Cassimcres, &c,
IDHI2SS GOODS,
in Plain and Corded Alpaccas, Pop
lins, Cashmeres, French
Merrinoes, &c,
STAPLE & FANCY NOTIONS,
HATS Sc CAPS,
BOOTS &C SHOES,
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
HARDWARE
The beit assortment t
Carpetings and Oil Cloths
ever brrmicht to town. A larire stock of Qaeens.
ware. leiermined to be up to the times In assort
ment, styles and prices, wo rnspectlully solicit
call from those In want of goods. fvblg
w.
W. DAVIS Si BRO'S
CIEilElAJP
Grocery and Confectionery
SOMERSET, PA.
We desire to lntorm the people af tills comma
nlty that we bare purchased the Orucery and Uoa
lecuonery oi at., r. avnepper, ua., opposite tne
Ha met Houm, and hare made Tamable addition
to the alreatlr Cat stock of tiovdt. We seU all the
best brands o '
FLOUR,
AND MEAL,
corrEE,
TEA,
SUOARS,
MCE, SYKUP8,
MOLASSES,
FISH, SALT,
SPACES,
APPLES,
FLAVOBIXa EXTRACTS,
DRIED AND CANNED FRUITS.
ALSO,
COAL OIL, TOBACCO, CIGARS
SNUFF, BROOMS,
BUCKETS, TUBS, fee
AH kinds French aaJ common
CANDIES, NUTS, CRACKERS
FANC1 CAKES, PERFTMERT,
AND TOILET ARTICLES,
COM Kg, IJEtgHES, SOAP, Ac.
Al?o an sasuttment of Jajs, ke., tor the Jljtle
if you wnntnything' In ti Urouery abd Con
fectlunvry line eaU at
Davis' Cheap 3rocery
OPPOSITE THE bARNET HOUSE.'
nor. Hy.
To the Men.hants of Somerset Co.
Gent's: Your attention is
nJJ?'l to the fact that
' 1 . . . ... ....
GEiS, FOSTER &
113 tlllS Clinton St.
JOIIXBTOWBIPA.
are selling
DRY GOODS,
PRIONS &
MILLINERY,
at Eastern prices. We guarantee you Eaatern
prices on Prints, OlUKhauis, Delaines, Alpacas,
Drew Oond Mud ins, lirown and Bleached Den
ims. Duck. Drills, CotUinadea, Jeans. Cambrics,
A , K"" P'nel. Cloths and Cassimcres. in fact
all U y Uooda and Notions. A trip to Johnstown
will not cost you the tenth part of the expense ol
a trip to Phiadelphla, and yet we sell at Pblla
delp prices and save you freight beflde. We
on afford to do It because we buy In large lots
1 pay cash, hare no rent to pay and do our own
work. Call ami see our stuck and prices and judge
FOSTER fc UUINN,
UlWUastri il'?lnt05rn P-
JOSENI SHEETS & SOX,
I'ndcrtnkera, Berlin Pa., coostanty fkeep on
band and make to order IViUins ol all styles and
prices, on the shortest notice possible. Having a
hearse of the latest stvp In readlnM. we are al
ways rcpared to take 'coffins to and bring eorpe;
the various cemeteries. aprill
PATENTS, - PENSIONS,
And a'l uesTlptl(osof Army and Navy claims
riroercoted. Applications by mail attendee to as
I made in iwrson. Advice tree. Address
W.C BKKINOKR.
Calm and Patent Agent.
i i Sfcilh'&eldatVPjttSbjfrih, Pa.
Nov. Sto.
AGENTS WANTED
To sell Morse A Jeffries Patent Porous Fire Kind
ler. The best hre kindler out. Send 25 cents for
sample, or $1.00 for complete outfit. Address
ALLEGHENY WIRE WORKS,
10 and 12 Federal Street, Allegheny City, Pa.
leblit
JOHlSr uA. IRWIN,
BOOK BINPEE,
AND
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURER,
New Nos. 122 and 124 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Paper ruled to any pattern.
Music, Uagazlnea,
etc., neatly bound.
leo iu
SEED CATALOGUE, 1875-64 PASES.
Wow mi t. r. n.ni-. 11 i .
It, itaUng when advertisement was seen. Send
v. ,1 "r iiuitwmaMia, weareaiso
agent for Huwells Thresher, Reaper and Mower,
and dealer la all kinds of Implements, Puisne,
Ac Clover and Timothy seed a specialty. Deal
ers will please tend for trade prices.
SCOBIE. REED SMITH,
feMT 1ST Liberty Htreet, Pittsburgh, Pa.
PATTON
HURST
Kew Advertisements.
Cut out for Reference.
Watches, Enamels, Jewelry, Silver
and Silver latecl waro, Clocks, Ercn
zes, Cutlery, etc, of the finest ennli- ,
ties only, of ered regardless of cost.
Our stock anst bs closed onttocake
satisfactory settlements with the es
tate of the late Joha Stevesscn.
JOHN STEYEXSON'S SONS,
Market Street 'Pittsburgh.
93
JOHN R BLYMYER,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints,
OILS, &C, &C.
The following is s partial list of goods io Stock : C irpenter's Tools,
Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Plane Iron.- dzes, Sic, Black
smith's Goods, Bellows, Anvils,
Hardware, Tab Irees, (jig baddies, names, Buckles, Rings, Bits and Tools.
Table Knives aDd Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Razors, the
largest stock in Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a full stock. White
Lead, Colored Paints for inside and outside painting, Paints in oil, all colors,
Varnish, Turpentine, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, Walnut Stains,
Ac. Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal
Oil always on hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises
very elegant styles. Ditston's Circular, Muley and Cross Cut Saws. Mill
Saw Files of thebest quailty. Porcelain-lined Kettles. Handles of all kinds.
SHOVELS, FOKKS, SlAIi:S, KAKl,
Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks, Scythes, Sneaths, Sledges, Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loooking
Glasses, Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sieves, Poor Mats, Baskets,
Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Twine, Rope all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints!
Mop Sticks, Traps, Steelyards, Meat Cutters and Stuffers, Traces, Cow
Ch ains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust aud Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
ry Combs and Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything
in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, &c, &c,
The fact ia, I keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. I deal
exclusively in this kind of goods aud give iny whole atttention to it. Per
sons who are building, or any one in need of anything in my line, will find
it to their advantage to give me a call. I will always give a reasonable
credit to responsible persons. I thank my old customers for their patronage,
and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
jSTo, 3, "BAER'S BLOCK."
April 8 '74. JOHN F. BLYMYEU.
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!! BARGAINS!!!
.A.T
The ISTew Store of
G, R. PARZEE,
Dealer la
Dry Goods, Fancy & Staple Notions,
Eibbons, Embroidery, Laces, &c
Would be pleased to have his Friends and Patrons call and ex
amine his Stock before purchasing elsewhere. Store Room on
Main Street, opposite the "Barnet ironse." Somerset Pa.
aprllft.
Cook & Beerits'
FAMILY GROCERY
Flour and Feed
-
We would moat reipeetftiUy anuouiioe W opf
Mend I and the publ le generally, ia the town and
riclnlty of Somerset, tbat we bare opened ouMn
urNewStore on
MAIN CJiOSS STREET,
And la addition to full line r the beat
Confectioneries, ?ToJons
Tobaccos, Cigara, Ao.,
We will endearor, at all time, to supply our cus
tomer with the
BEST QUALITY OF
FAMILY FLOUE,
CORN-MEAL,
OATS, SHELLED CORK,
OA TS & CORN CHOP,
BRAK, MIDDLINGS,
Andesotytbiriif DaiUinliifc to toe ed depart
ment at the
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
FOU
CASH ONLY.
A 10, s well (elected stock of
Olasaware; Stooewara, 'Woodenware, Bnuhe o:
al kinds, and
TA.TIOSrEBY
Which we will se as cneap aa tue eeapwp.
Please call, examine onr ;od or all kinds, and
be satisfied fruifl your own juJjfmept.
Don't forget where w stay
On MA IV OBU8S Btrcat, Somerset, Pa,
Oct. 3. UTi.
URLING, FOLLANSBEE & CO,
Merchant Tailors,
An4 Man wiUPt.itv q
Gent's, Youth's and Boys,
Fatti (Mil ani
Ms!ii Goods.
121 Wood Street, corner Fifth Arenuf,
JOTFSBUBGJf,
rL
PMINISTRATOU'S NOTICE.
Estate of Abraham Municus, huleof ShaJe Tp.,
deceased.
Letter of administration on the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned, notice la
hereby gtren to those indebted to it to make im
mediate payment, ami those havin claims against
it U present them duly aotbenlirated for settle
ment at the late reai-ience of the deceased on Sat
urday, March 13, 1875,
11EXRT P. J. CfSTER.
jm27 Administrator.
KETBTOXE DIXIXe BOOM.
SOS Liberty Street, PltUbargb. Pa..
W. U. SIMPSON, Proprietor.
MEALS ATALL HOURS.
-TRANSIENT CUSTOM SOLIClaED.
p 18
A Valuable Farm for Sale.
The heir of Jno. Scott, deceased, offe r for sale
their form, situated thsee miles south of Brandon
jille, two of ilrueeton. In Preston fount t. West
iiv lnia- alnnv th ..J Un...VMiM.
tnrnpiko, containing; 3M acres, the majority of
-- vvu vm mini . LllU1 will!
Large New Frame House
and barn. Alao, a food tenant house, with neeea
sary ontbnlldinxs to both houses. The farm Is
- sr aau uvl UIIUU(fH IV. m 1119,
miU) tod uiidjer ibopf, stores, school boa
JL arm till m tikUk ... . a. V a u n i
THO. SCOTT,
feolO BrandooYllle, West V.
Miscellaneous.
S3
novll
Vices, Files, Hammers, &c. Saddlery
Hare now opened
A Large and Complete Assortment of
Hoods for
Fall and Winter Wear.
1"eJ complete assortment ol
aLadio Fur,
DrcsM Goods,
JYU Skirts,
Hoop Ski rf.s
Rustles,
C4 loves,
Shoes,
(m u m Sandals,
And Felt over Shoes,
MEN AN! BOYS
Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
HATS AND CAPS,
Underclothing' for Men and Women
A lr)e assortment St
HARDWARE
QUEENSWARE,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, &c.
A lam stook of line and oarse
SLT
Jly llieliarrcl orSaek
Prices as Low as Possib'e
C. & O. IIOLDERKAUJI,
Somerset, Pa.
Uil. id."
j J JT TELS
AND
FURNITURE SLABS
A SPECIALTY.
Ranges, Grates,
Mr., &e.
JAMES OLD,
103 LIBERTY STKEET,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Not. li.
T I ME. LIME. LIME.
The andenlfrned liarlng erected lime kilns at
Marlile Hill, three miles west of t'nollurtiee, on
the Pittsburgh fc Connellsville railroad, are aim
ready to ship to any point elt her burut lane or row
limestone as may be required.
This lime is quarried fruin the Marble formation
many 11 below the owesteoal vein, and of a very
jupctior quality
Ordersfor llrae or raw stone can be sent to Cnnflu
eneeto Huirus av Weber. or to Jtnle McMlllen, of
new Islington. Col. John Weller, ol iieoharts
borg, Philip Wolfersperjrur, Jr., Mineral Point,
Oeorfre Weber, MeyerrtaTe, Isaac Huiru, Somer
set, and Wallace H. Walter, Connellsville, which
will be pramptly attended to.
oet7 HUG US k WEBER.
SEiJD5cU0-P- IJQWEL k. CO., Xw York,
tit buok (Vlth edition) oonualolcg lists of iOuO
owipspart, and estimates showing son of adrer
titlnj. jaulS
Holfiii
Miscellaneous.
AX DREW PEEBLES,
ARCHITECT,
V't. Slwh Ave. and T.IWr Srt,
PITTSUI KUIi. I'A
Entrance Nn i S;.f.!i Avnue. n i.jr.
Dr. J. Walker's California Vin
e?ar Hitters arc .1 r,;:re!y Vcetdid
preparation, nu5u chii-lly from t!:o na
tive I:cil)3 found on the lower rarsfs ?
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of C'a..:'.-r-i::a,
tl.a iner!i-inal properties of w!:'., !i
aro extracted there !Yo::i without the
of Aieohoh Tho ;:?;. 01 U ah-- :
d.iiiy .-.shod. ''YI:;.t U the. cx-.fe if t'
i:::! ,''-.ahi.-:ed E:'.ecc.-.s of VlNKG.:t 1'.::
Ti:i;.';'' Ot:r nnswci that they r::.: ?
the (V.l ;e of disease, end the patio:.: ;
covet f l;is heahli. J'hey a
Hood ( .;ri:iera;ui a !i:'e-!vi
a police: Keaavator and
tf the svsro:::. Never I
ro t.;o .u r..
ir:::r;;
I:iw'ia;.
'!)
1 I..
i.i.ta:T tf' tho .:M ha a I r-u
c;.:t:-'.unt!cl r;,i l': ' " 1 T
(;-!."..".:.r-s cf Vi.v o. :: l;irr:-:::s ;.i !
s-.ca of cvry ti.--:t- r:ua ; ht
ars a po-atii I-;.- - .:.vc s.s wv.i ;
reheviar tVi.v-" a ir I:.:! o:
tha J-r.L'r a:ai V;.-icrAl Qrnr..
l.r
of
The properties rf P". Wai.kv::'s
Tixk.jas liirreiJ areA?r..-.:t. I'. -o''
Cara!i:!.uiv.. Ni.:r.:hvi. I.t-anvc In:.:-:
.c.!j':vp. 0,ni:t.r-I.-.-'.:.i::t SuucM.f. A. :..
Uve. aad Ar.ti-lh'.iov.t.
Grateful Thousands proclaim Vis-.
igae Bitters tho most wonderful In
viguraut that ever sustained th siitkiistj
system.
No Person can take these Bitters
according to directions, and remain lo::;
unwell, provided their bones aro not de
stroyed by mineral poi-soa or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
IJilious. Ilcmittent a:il Inter
mittent levers, which are so preva
lent in the valleys of oar peat rivers
throughout the United States, especiaiiy
thpso cf tho Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan
sas, Ked, Colorado, IJrazos, Iiio Grande,
Tearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro
anoke, Jame3, and many others, with
their vast tributaries, throughout ov.r
entire- country darL'1..? the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably so during sea
sons cf unusual heat and dryness, aro
invariably accompanied by extensive de
rangements of tho stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In thoic
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erful intiuenco upon theso various or
gans, is essentially necessary. Then
is no cathartic for the purpose equal t-j
Dr. J. Walkeb's Vinegar 1Uitk:.s,
as they will speedily remove the dark
colored viscid matter with which tha
bowels arc loaded, at tho same t::uo
stimulating tho secretions cf the liver,
and generally restoring tho healthy
functions of the digestive organs.
Fortify the body azainst dNea0
by purifying all its Uuids with Vinegar
Bitters. No epidemic can take hoM
of a system thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia cr Indigestion, IIcu.S
ache, rain ia tho Shoulders, Cogh-,
Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour
Eructation3 of tho Stomach, Had Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita
tation of the Heart, Inflammation of the
Lung3, Pain in tho region of the Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, aro tho offsprings of Dyspepsia.
Duo bottle will prove a bcttcrguaia-oo:-.
of iu merits than a lengthy ndver'ii,
mcnt. Scrofula, or Kins's Evil, White
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck.
Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammation. InJol.-M
Inflammations, Mercurial AU'ections OU
Sores, Ercption3 of tho Skin, Soro Eye,
In these, as ia all other constitutional
eaacs, "Walker's Vinegab Bittkhs Lv. 2
shown their great curative powers iu In
most obstinato and intractabla e.w
For Inflammatory and Clironio
Rheumatism, Gout, B.iious, Ilcmit
tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of
tha Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder,
theso Bitter? havo no enn.i. Such 1'i-co.v's
aro caused by Vitiated Blood,
Mechanical Diseases. rersons en
gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as
Plumbers, Type-setters. Gold-beaters, and
Hiners, they advance in life, are sui.j
to paralysis of tho Bowel. To pi;i:U
against this, tako a dose of Walker's Vin
egar BiTTKits occasion-liy
For Skin Diseases, Ei uptions. Tet
ter,' Salt-Khcum, Blotches. Spots, I'impies,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, B1115 worm-,
Scald-head, Soro Eyes, Kryip;l.ts. ltet.
Scurf1, Bisccloration of tho Skin, llaiumi
and Eiseases of tho Skin of whatever n;,:r. (
cr nature, are literally dug up and earned
Ct:t of tho system iu a short time by tho uso
of theso Bitters;
Fin, Tape, and other Worms,
lurking in tho system of so many thousand,
ore effectually destroyed and removed. 'o
system of medicine, no vermifuses, no an
thelmintics will fice the system from worms
like theso Bitters.
For Female Complaints iayounj
cr old, married or single, at the dawn of wo
manhood, or tho turn of life, thesi Tcui,
BitteiS (li;r.iv so decided aa ir.tliifcace: that
ixproveraer-f U sn"n perceptible. '
" Cleanse the Vitiated Llood when
ever yon find its impurities bnrstin; through
tha skin ia Pimples, Eruptions, or Sjors.
t'.uiaso it wlitiu you find it obstructed and
sliipish ia the veins; cleanse it when it 14
foul ; your feeling? will tell you when. Keep
tho blood pure, aud tha hcaUu of LLj systuU
will follow.
1 K. II. McDOXALD & CO..
Pmirplsts nnl On. Acts.. San Francisco. California,
and cor. of Wasluninon nnil Charlton K'... N. V,
Sold by all Drug;lts and Dealer.
Ayer's
Hair Vigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair it's
natural Vitality and Color.
A dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
healthy, and
effectual for
preserving the
hair. U sjh
restores fadol
or gray hair
to its original
color, with ths
a?:
i 9i rz
gloss and freshness of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and baldness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
tho hair where tho follicles are de
ttroyed, or the glands atrophied aud
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu
lated into activity, so that a new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
6f fouling tho hair with a pasty sedi
rnent, it will keep it cleaa and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or filling off, and.
consequently prevent baldnesi. Th
restoration, of vitality it gives to tho
scalp arrests and prevents tho forma
tion of dandruff, which is often so un
cleanly and offensive. Free from thoso
deleterious substances which maka
some preparations dangerous and inju
rious to the hair, tho Vigor can only
benefit tut not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing elso can bo found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil whito cambric, and yet last3
long on tho hair, giving it a rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by Dr, J. C. Ayer & Co.,
rractical and Analytical ChemUU,
LOWELL 2L&S4.