Iceland
Remote and barren it is, Iceland
has one rare merit that of coinciding,
to some extent at least, with one's pre
conceived impressions of it; for, as a
rule, traveling, like history, may be
defined as the science which measures
the extent to which two men can differ
from each other, and both from the
truth. To most men. the men of China
conjure up a phantasmagoria of tea,
chopsticks, pigtails, ivory carvings,
wholesale beheading, and a diet alter
nating between birds'-nest and fricas
seed dog. That of India suggests a
dim vision of gorgeous cities, all palaces
snd pagodas, through which glittering
processions consisting chiefly of white
elephants mounted by rajahs peppered
with diamonds pass and repass all day
long. That of Russia brings with it a
tonf used jumble of snow, forests, wolves
boundless steppes, log-huts, sheepskin
frocks, flogging to death, an omniscient
police, a constant trotting ofl of innocent
men to Siberia, and a passionate but
abnormal love of eating candles; while
that of Orkney, Shetland, or Faroe,
conveys only a vague outline of" black
crags and lashiug waves," in the fore
ground of which appears a fantastically
attired man, indulging in an apparently
aimless seesaw at the end of a rope,
midway down a precipice of six hundred
feet, with one eagle staring vacantly
in his face in front, and another pick
ing the buttons off his coat behind.
Bnt our first sight of Iceland, looming
spectrally through a shroud of rising
mist, fuliy bears out the impression ol
grim and lonely desolation which its
name seems instinctively to call up.
Not till three in the afternoon do the
dark py rani it's of the mountains begin
to define themselves through the break
ing clouds, and the whole panorama
arrays itself before us in all its rugged
grandeur. But here, instead of the
huge, rounded bluffs of Faroe, are sharp
serrated ridges, following each other
all along the horizon like lashing waves,
and upon their broad slojies the snow
lies deep and wide, and the sea breaks
at their feet in unresting spray; the
clouds roll off them like the smoke of a
battle, and the leaden 6ky stoops sullen
ly over them from above a picture of
unmatched desolation.
As we approach the mouth of Beruf
jord (our first halting place, Reykjavik
itself being the second) the universal
dreariness of the landscape increases a
hundred-fold. In the calmest and
brightest weather there is always some
thing hard and stern about the far
North ; but when seen, as now, beneath
the rolling clouds of a stormy evening,
its grimness becomes overwhelming.
Not a tree, not a shrub, to soften the
bare, bleak sides of innumerable moun
tains, heaving up their rocky slopes
against the cold, gray sky; not a sheep
nor a cow on the few patches of grass
that linger in the clefts of this great
sepulchre of Xatjre. The only living
things in the dreary panorama are the
seals which trail themselves heavily
over the low, black reefs which guard
the entrance of the fjord. Gray sky
above, gray sea below ; a vast, colorless
desolation ; an immense, crushing
silence; a sense of remoteness from the
living world of being shut in by a
region where man comes only as an in
truder, venturing rashly under the
destroying might of Nature's tremen
dous inaction. Amid such surroundings
one can well understand the feeling
which prompted the ancient Norseman
whose whole life was one battle with
the destructive forces of the iron region
in which they lived, to choose as the
symbols of their creed the flaming
sword of Surtur, and the rock-rending
hammer of Thor. Appletont' Journal.
The Japanese IVnttmnion.
This fruit has recently been introduc
ed into California and is attracting
much attention. Professor Grlffls,
author of the "Mikado'a Empire,
writes in regard to this new tree.
" It is one of the handsomest of fruit
trees, and In the fall, with its golden-
hued fruit hanging to the branches after
the leaves have fallen, forms a beautiful
and striking picture in a landscape.
The timber is very valuable, and Is
much used by the Japanese for carved
work, cornices, solid articles of furni
ture, and such objects as require a com
paratively heavy and close-grained
wood, which, by its color and tissue, is
well suited for ornamentation and
handsome utility. The juice expressed
from unripe persimmons forms a very
useful liquid for staining wood, giving
it a rich brown color, like walnut.
Much of the carved wood and wooden
utensils, and cabinets from Japan,
often supposed to be walnut by our
people, is in reality only common wood
stained with persimmon juice. Someof
the most elegant wood-carvings at the
Centennial were of this nature.
As to the fruit itself, it is nutritious,
palatable, and to a high degreee charged
with those chemical ingredients which
give most fruits their valae in preserv
ing the health and purifying the blood.
This fact is insisted an by the Japanese
doctors, some of whom I have known to
cure their patients by a 'persimmon
cure, like that of the 'grape cure of
Southern Europe.
The most luscious Japanese persim
mons are ripened by air-tight closures
in casks containing kaki (a kind of beer
made of rice, which in two or three
weeks perfect a remarkable flavor.
Unlike our fruit, the Japanese species
rijien without frost, though frost im
proves the common varieties
The large amount of grape' sugar in
this fruit basket some persons experi
menting on them to determine whether
satisfactory results have yet been obtain
ed. The fact of their containing so
much sacharine matter is the reason of
the ease with which they may be dried
or cured, in which form they are sold
as sweetmeats in Japanese shops.
Manner at Table.
As do the old so will the children do.
If, when a child asks for a biscuit, it is
picked up by the parent and banded
around one at a time, or thrown at the
child, there is no chance to reprove the
child when it does the same to the par
ent. When a parent eats with a knife,
and forgets to use the fork, the child is
warranted in doing the same. A chatty
cheerful table is always desired, free
from formal stiffness; but freedom is
not rudeness, ease is not boorish ness;
good breeding will show its presence
quicker at table than in the parlor or
saloon. Let parents be careful to set
the example, and the children will not
be slow to do likewise.
Oft H11 of One Cold before yon contract
another on top of It, or you may securely es
labiisn ihe seeds of a serious Lung Couii.laut,
before you are conscious of danirer. tenter
pudenily resort to Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, an
effective cure for coughs and col ls, and helpful
also fur its be&Unir influence on th Hints and
Bronchia.
AGRICULTURE.
Valce or Cob Mzal. From experi
ments made in feeding a herd of some
dozen or more milch cows, one of our
correspondents near Worcester, Mass.,
write us tnal ne is pretty weu sausurju
that for producing milk the cob meal
from our northern corn, that is, the
meal from the corn and cob ground to
gether is worth nearly or quite as much.
bushel ior ousnei, as tne ticai uicoi uwu
vMtem or southern corn. He raised a
rood crop of earn on his farm, and has
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been leeuing it in tue i"nu wi wu tu-a
to his cows in milk, and found very lit
tle difference in the yield from this and
clear meal from western corn. As our
correspondent sells all his milk, he
would certainly notice any material in
crease or decrease in the production
from dav to day, and after making sev
eral changes from clear meal to cob
meal, and from cob meal to clear meal
again, he was forced to the conclusion
that tne oinerence in vaiue lur leeuuit;
Durnoses. bulkfor bulk, is certainly very
small indeed. Allowing this to be true,
he concludes that farmers here In -New
England may yet find it profitable to
produce their own grain for feeding
their dairy herds, thus saving a great
annual expense in the way of grain
bills. If a dairy farmer can raise his
own meal for his cows, be will find the
net profits at the end of the year con
siderably increased, for most milkmen
claim it takes about all the milk money
to pav for the milk bought from the
village store on tne return ixip.
There is one advantage In feeding
cob meal which is often overlooked by
farmers. Cob meal lies up light and
porous In the stomach and is easily
mingled with the fluid secretions neces
sary for perfect digestion, while clear
meal, especially if ground fine, lies very
compactly in a mass, and is difficult of
digestion on that account. Shorts mixed
with clear meal act as a divider, ren
dering the latter more readily diges
tible under the action of the gastric se
cretions of the animal, but as cob meal
may be produced at home, it may, on
the whole, often be a cheaper food than
purchased corn and wheat shorts. The
subject is wormy oi iurtner expert
merit. Xew Englavd Farmer.
Orsamekt asd Utility. With very
little additional cost and trouble, the
unsiirhtlv structures erected here and
there about the home grounds might be
converted into ornaments. Especially
is this apparent in the winter season,
when they are not concealed by the
foliage of the vines, which cover up
their ugliness.
It is, indeed, a matter of surprise that
so many owners of country homes over
look the beautiful when utility and
beauty might just as well be combined
Small out-houses, grape-vine arbors and
frequented walks may not only be made
beautiful ornaments to the garden, but
shady resting-places, where those who
so desire, in the beat of tne summer
day, or even during warm, sunshiny
winter weather, may find a pleasant re
treat. There are scores of hardy vines
that, with a trifle of care, may be made
to cover such arbors, rendering them
most attractive in themselves, and ob
jects which, together, serve to form the
out-door attractions of home. It is, we
repeat, a matter of surprise, when we
think of these things, that the grounds
about so many country dwellings are,
as if from choice, utterly neglected.
Sural - ew 1 orker.
A good cow in full flow of milk will
often lose flesh even on flush pastures,
The reason is, that the secretiou of milk
is then the paramount instinct, and it is
often exhibited to a greater extent tnan
can be supported by the food given, and
hence, the animal being in good condi
tion, the fat and flet-h previously Held
is called upon. In fact it Is now gener
ally considered that a cow will yield
more in butter than she would store as
fat, and for the reason that, when
giving milk, the appetite is constantly
stimulated and she eats more. So, when
the product is manufactured into cheese
the yield of fat and flesh-forming sub
stances will be greater than would be
laid on by the animal when out of
milk. Hence, the economy of furnish
ing the auimal with plenty of the best
and most easily digested tood. Prairie
Farmer.
Hen Gcaxo. The manure of the
fowl house is so rich that it should be
m'.xed with three or four times its own
bulk of swamp muck or some similar
substance, for if applied undiluted it
will burn and kill plants and prevent
germination. It is estimated that a sin
gle hen's excrement during a year is
equivalent to fifteen pounds or guano;
and experiments bave shown that the
droppings or twenty-five fowls, pro
perly composted, during the year will
make manure enough tor an acre.
The Signal Servias.
It was a dismal rainy day in Iieceni
ber. Socrntes, who had no umbrella,
and in fact didn't have time to live
until the first one was made, stood on
the front stops of his house, drawing
his cloak around him, before venturing
down the street. From the opposite
side of the street his friend Theraiuenes,
pa-sing by, futuiliury hailed him as
"Soc," and shouted :
"Blustery this morning."
"Yes," replied the philosopher, "it's
cold."
"Hey ?" suddenly shot the voice of
Yantippe from a second story window,
hev?" what's that!"
"I said," exclaimed Socrates, prompt
ly throwing up his guard and backing
prudently into the doorway; "I said
it's scold."
"Said what?" was the sharp re
joinder; "you say that again, and say
it slow."
"It's scold," repeated the philoso
pher; "its cold ; its scold as thunder, I
said."
There was a moment's silence, during
which Xantippe apeared to be buried
in profound thought, while the great
disciple of Anaxagoras occupied the
painful interval by girding up his loins
and tucking his trousers in the tops of
his boots and making other prepara
tions for a lively run. Presently there
came from the window:
"You hold on there a minute, young
man, till I come down. I want to see
you a second before I go down town."
There was a fierce, rapid flapping of
attic sandals upon the wet pavement,
the wild rush of a cloaked figure through
the pelting rain, ind ten minutes later
Socrates was explaining to Flato and
Xenophon that he had chased a street
car all the way from the IViraic gate
and was clear out of breath. Darlington
Hatrkege.
A Model for Printers.
Stephen A. Uaviland, printer, who
died in New York, was an apprentice
to William E. Dean, who is now in the
ninety-ninth year of his age, and went
to learn the trade first at the age of
twelve years, in 1823. He'was perhaps
the most correct printer or compositor
of the age. He has been known to set
up a form of twelve pages (1,200 ems in
the page), in Greek, Latin and English,
without making a single mistake in the
twelve pages. He one time set op the
whole of a concordance for the Bible,
in diamond type without a mistake.
He was in the employ of the Methodist
book concern at the time of bis death
and Las been in its employ for the last
thirty years, during twenty-five of
which he was "revise" proofreader.
He was sixty-six years of age.
SCIENTIFIC.
Latent Heat. The amount of beat
lying latent in motion, and waiting only
for the arrest of motion to become
sensible, is suggested by Prof. Tyndall,
the author of "Heat as a mode of mo
tion," in this way:
"The shock which would te created
were the motion of the earth to cease
would be sufficient not only to set the
whole earth on fire and melt it, but also
to convert it into a whole massof vapor.
The heat would be equal to that derived
from the combustion of 14 globes of
coal, each equal to the earth in magni
tude. And if after the stoppage or its
motion the earth should fall into the
sun. as it assuredly would, the amount
of heat generated by the blow of con
tact with the sun would be equal to that
developed by the combustion of 5,604
orlds or solid carbon."
Possibly, says the Indianapolis News,
that star which recently appeared to
burn out and become nebulous, as if re
turning to its primordial condition, was
halted in Its course by some disturbance
and took fire from the effect of it. If
the sun and its system were formed of
Incandescent vapor set in motion, as La
Place holds, and the arrest of motion
produces heat, the natural suggestion
of the relation would be that the heat
of a halt of the earth would be sufficient
to return the planet to its vaporiform
state. It came out ol that state bv mo
tion and stoppage of motion should send
it back.
The question then would be whether
this gaseous condition would be pro
duced so instantaneously as to prevent
the earth from falling into the sun, as
its gravitation would force it to do if its
diurnal motion should cease and its
dense condition should continue for any
perceptible time. If it did fall the heat
of the collision would vaporise it, and
if it didn't it would be vaporized first.
bo In any event everything would be
gas, and the work of creation, or evolu
tion rather, might begin again. For if
one of the planets should be put out of
place the rest would tumble out to
gether, and the system go to 'staves"
in no time.
This, then, may of be one the dozen
or so ways that the world is to come to
an end. as tne neat or tne sun, Dy tne
Tyndall theory, is maintained by the
fall of meteorites, comets, vagrant, un
known planets, and all sorts ol cosmical
bodies into it, there is a color of reason
in the fancy that some time this fuel of
the system may be used up, and the sun
go out. Then the world would come to
an end for the want of heat, instead of
too much heat, unless it and the other
planets with it fall into the sun to
gether, and then all will be vapor again.
And thus creation and destruction, pre
paratory to a fresh creation, keep going
on forever.
The system will rnn down and out in
certain millions of centuries, and then
it is wound up by being retured to the
"primordial lire mist," and set to run
through the same course again. This
present solar system Is only one plane
tary generation, and for all we know
may not be the first, but the tne tentn
or the hundreth, which gives one a big
Idea or eternity.
Xete improvements in the electric light
will come Into sharp competition with
M. Jablochkofl's inventions. But as
he is still engaged in making his own
contrivances more efficient, he is at least
likely to keep even with the foremost.
Among the recent inventions of this
sort, which are favorably spoken of. Is
a European one which operates by the
expansion of a silverwire, that moves a
train of wheel-work, so as to regulate
the height of the carbons. In the Brush
electric light recently shown before the
Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, the
carbons are coated with copper, so as to
diminish their rate of burning, and en
able them to be made more slender;
their regulation as to height being
effected by a peculiar compensating
machinery. The Brush magneto-elec
tric machine was also exhibited before
the Institute.
A Lirerpool correspondent of The Eng
lish Mechanic describes an engine in
which gunpowder was to give the mo
tive power. There was a cylinder etc.,
like the corresponding parts or a high
pressure steam engine. Ouside the
cylinder was a brass wire, heated by a
lamp. The supply of gunpowder was
in a hopper, from which a plug tap, re
volving with the fly-wheel, carried a
small quantity of gunpowder, and at a
certain point in the movement dropped
the portion of powder on the red-hot
wire. The working of the engine is
thus epitomized: "The theory was
beautiful; but upon the first trial, un
fortunately, the whole affair 'went otF
so completely (very nearly taking
father's head along with it) that be Met
it went, and did not make any more
Mr. Editon, the inventor of many im
provements in telegraphy, is hard at
at work In the endeavor to make the
telephone record the sounds in trans
mits. His apparatus at present consists
chiefly or a steel point attached to the
disk of a telephone, and pressing light
ly on a strip of paper passed beneath
the point at a uniform rate. The vibra
tions of the disk are thus recorded, and
can be translated. Mr. Edison has al
ready achieved some success in this at
tempt, but as yet finds difficulty with
the more delicate vibrations. The in
vention suggests an ultimate possibility
of reporting a speech at distance, ver
batim, without the need of shorthand.
Pro, Pettenkofer, at the recent meet
ing of the German Association of Na
turalists at Munich, thus spoke of the
duty of scientific investigators: "Na
tural science has but to look for facts
and truths, and need never busy itself
about the immediate practical applica
tion of what has been found, because
for them alone it deserves the sympathy
of the entire civilized world, and the
means necessary for its culture and de
velopment." We can do with the body all that we
bave already done with the battery
heat platinum wires, decompose water,
magnetize iron, and detect a magnetic
needle.
A Campaign islander,
When Dr. R. T. Pierce wu a candid ate for
State Senator, hia political opponeuU pub
lished a pretended analysis of his popular
medicines, hoping thereby to prejudice the
people against him. His election by an over
whelming majontT severely rebuked his tra
duce m, who sought to impeach hia business
integrity. No notice would have been taken
of these campaign lies were it not that some
of bis enemies (aud every auceessf ul business
man has his full quota of envious rivals) are
republishing these bogus analyses. Numerous
and most absurd formulas have been published,
purporting to come from high authori y ; and
it is a significant fact that no two have been
alike conclu&Tely proving the dishonesty of
their authors.
The full. twin? ts from the Banaln Commrr.
eial of Oct 23d. 1877
"Hardly a Awn yean arn he ( fr. Piercel rtnf
here, a younc and unknown nian, almost friendless,
with bo capital except his own manhood, which,
however, included nlentv of brain and nlnck. in
domitable perseverance, and inborn upruthineea.
Capital enough for any young man. is this pnrea-
veoonntry. if only be ha good health and halms aa
well. He had all theae great natural adrantaree and
one thing more, s gol .-duration. He had studied
medicine aad been regular! licensed to practice an a
physician. Bnt be was atill a student, fond of inves
tigation and experiment. He discovered, or invented,
imnortant remedial agenciea or CtanDomMla. Si a
choosing to wait wearily for the sick and suflerlns to
find out withont anybody to tell them I that he could
do them good, he advertised his medicines and invited
the whole proieasion. oi every school, to examine and
pronounce judgment upou his formulaa. He adver
tised litierallv. nrofueelr. but with extraordinary
shrewdnetei. and with method which is in itself u
lesson to ail wbo seek business by that perfectly
legitimate means. His soccess has been Something
marvelous so great indeed that it must be due to in
trinsic merit in the articles be sells more even than to
tale unparalleled skill in the use of printer ink. The
5 resent writer once asked a di.itingui.h-d di.fe-s.ing
ruggist to explain the secret of the almost aniteniel
demand for t'r. Pierce s medicines. He said they
were in fact genuine medicines. such compounds as
everv (f'od physician would preecribefor the diseases
which they were advertised to enre. Of course, they
cost leas than any druggist would charge for the same
article supplied on s physician 'a prescription, and
besides there waa the doctor's fee saved. Moreover,
buying the drugs in sues enormous quantities, hav
ing perfect apparatus for purifying and compounding
the mixture, he could not only get better articles in
the first place, but present the medicine in better
form and cheaper than to same mixture could fua
sibly be obtained from any other source.
It may be thought that all this hat ing rsfnensw to
Tr. Pierce's private business has no point whatever
when considered in connection with the proper quali
fications of s candidate for the Senate. Perhaps.
But it is the fashion now. and will be for s fortnight
more, with sundry journals, to make sneering allu
sions to this very matter. After that brief period,
tbey will be quite ready to go on doing his work as
before, and aa always before, to speak of hia as s
gnat subli beaeiaetur."
DOMESTIC.
Roast Via, to be nice, should not be
less than three or more than six weeks
old, and should weigh from eight to
fourteen pounds. Wash It thoroughly
with soda and water, then rinse it in salt
and water, and finally In Clearwater;
wipe dry inside and out, and fill with a
dressing made of boiled potatoc mashed
very smooth and beaten nntil light,
with the addition of a generous piece of
butter, two eggs, half a chopped onion,
powdered sage, pepper and salt to taste;
stuff the pig into a nice comfortable
shape, sew up, the fore feet bent back-'
ward and the hind feet rorward ; dust
with flour, and put it In the dripping
pan with a very little boiling water.
Baste often with butter and salt water
and the drippings, and when it begins
to brown rub it very often with a lump
of butter tied in a cloth. This will
make the skin crisp and tender. Cook
for two or three hours, according to the
size; when done, set it for five minutes
in a freezing cold place, then garnish
with curled parsley and sliced lemon.
Put a slice of lemon or small bouquet of
flowers in the mouth, a garland of
parsley round the neck, and trim the
edge of the platter with plenty of parsley
and lemon. Turn the drippings from
the pan, leaving only a little; thicken
this with a little flour; let it brown,
then add water, wine, lemon juice, and
salt and pepper to taste; let It boil
until it thickens and strain it into a
gravy boat. Always serve fresh-made
apple sauce with roasted pig.
Nw French Method of Washing.
A new system of wa.-hinz has lately
been introduced in some French towns
which is worthy of special mention. Its
economy Is so great as to reduce the cost
to the following figures: Five centimes
( 't'l.) for a pair of drawers ; two and a
half centimes (Jad.) for each shirt, and
so on. This is the process: One kilo
(two pounds) of soap is reduced with a
little water to a sort of pap, which,
having been slightly warmed, is cooled
in forty-five liters (ten gallons) of
water, to which Is added one spoonful
of turpentine oil and two spoonfuls of
ammonia; then the mixture is agitated.
The water is kept at a temperature
which may be borne by the hand. In
this solution the white clothes are put,
and left there for two hours before
washing them with soap, taking care in
the meantime to cover the tub. The
solution may be warmed again and used
once more, but it will be necessary to
add half a spoonful of turpentine and
another spoonful of ammonia. Once
washed with soap, the clothes are put
in warm water, and the blue is applied.
This process, it is obvious, spares much
time, much labor, and fuel, while it
gives to the clothes a whiteness much
sui-erior to that obtained by any other
method, and the destructive use of the
wash-b-ard or of pounding- is, not neces
sary to clean the cloths from the Im
purities which they contain.
A Pretty Mantlepiecc Orxamext.
A pretty ornament may be obtained by
suspending an acorn by a piece of thread
tied around it, within half an inch of
the surface of some water contained in
a vase, tumbler, or saucer, aud allow
ing it to remain undisturbed for several
weeks. It will soon burst open, and
small roots will seek the water; a
straight and taperinir stem as beauti
ful as those of the oak. The water
should be changed once a month, taking
care to supply water of the same
warmth ; bits of charcoal added to it
will prevent the water from souring,
If the little leaves burn yellow, put a
grain of nitrate of ammonia in the
utensil which holds the water, and it
will renew thiir luxuriance.
To Polish Shell Combs. Take a
chamois skin, put a teaspoon ful of
sperm oil in the centre and and rotten
stone, as much as the oil will take up,
Polish your comb, or other shell work,
with the rotten stone and oil and finish
with dry rotten stone, using the dry
part of the chamois. Never wash your
chamois; keep it for polishing; It will
last for years. In delicate machinery,
fine lock, jewelry, Ac, never use olive
oil, or any other vegetable oils, nothing
but the best sperm ; all others are dry
ing oils, and instead of lubricating
leave a gum that will soon ruin a
machine or lock.
Restoring the Color op Lace. Lace
may be restored to its original white
ness by first Ironing It slightly, then
folding it and sewing it into a clean
linen bag, which is placed lor twenty-
four hours in pure olive oil. After
wards the bag is to be boiled in a solu
tion of soap and wrter for fifteen
minutes, then well rinsed in lukewarm
water, and final dipped into water con
taining a slight proportion of starch.
The lace is then to be taken from the
bag and stretched on pins to dry.
Red Ants. Wet a sponge with water
in which some sugar has been dissolved;
squeeze the sponge as dry as possible,
saving the sugar water, and set the
sponge where the ants infest. It will
soon be full of them. Dip it in scalding
water, which will kill the ants. Dip it
again in the sugar water and set it.
You will soon catch all the ants and
destroy them.
Ancient Origin of the Spanish Merino Sheep
The invaluable race of the Spanish
Merino Sheep is probably an inheri
tance of Roman civilization. The race
most prized by the Romans was called
the Tar ren tine, from Tarren turn, a town
settled by a Greek colony. Tbey were
called also Greek sheep. Their wool
was of exceeding fineness, and they
were protected by coverings of skins,
and were also carefully housed and often
combed and bathed with oil and wine.
Hence they were very delicate. Colum
ella, the eminent agricultural writer of
the Romans, who lived in the country
before the Christian Era, reliteg (" De
Re Rustica, Lib, VII, Chap. 2) that his
paternal uncle, M. Columella, " a man
who transported from Cadiz to bis farm
lands, which were In Boetia, com pre.
hending a part of the present province
of Estramadura, some wild rams of
admirable whiteness, brought from
Africa, and crossed them with the cov
eredorTarrentineewes. Their offspring
which had the paternal whiteness, being
put to paternal ewes produced rams
with a fine fleece. The progeny of
these again retained the softness of the
dam and the whiteness of the sire and
grandsire. Other agriculturists un
doubtedly imitated. Columella and a
stronger constitution was thus imparted
to the flne-fleeced but delicate sheep of
ancient Italy. That this improvement
commenced in ancient Spain is further
established by the testimony of Strabo,
who says in bis account of the geogra
phy of that country (Lib. Ill, Chap. 8)
that in hia time, that of the Emperor
Tiberius, wool of great fineness and
beauty was exported from Uudilania, a
part of Boetia, aud that the rams were
sold in that province for improving the
breed for a talent each, or about one
thousand dollars. When the Roman
Empire was over-run by the barbarians,
the Tarrentine stock of Italy, being very
tender, became extinct; bnt the improv
ed stocks of Boetia, living In the moun
tains, survived, and was perpetuated by
the Moors, who, skilled in the textile
arts, could appreciate its value. It
still exists as the Merino of Spain. If
this view is correct, the Merino race is
the most important surviving relic of
the material civilization of the Greeks
and Romans. The Fleece and the Loom.
, HUMOROUS.
n..n To. net xa flanw." He Stood
shivering around the central market, a
drop of rain finding its way down his
spinal column now and then. He
recognized the fact that the season had
closed, and mat sleeping uuuer ""
had Iwmnn.a mill snrl mODOtOnOUS. I Ve
got to lay out plans for the winter," he
was heard musing as be dived into his
empty Dockets. "I'm kinder 'frald that
the public are sick of grasshopper and
fire sufferers, and 1 know they are up
to snuff on the dodge of the clergyman
driven out of Arkansaw by the Ku
klux. Let's see: I might be a Russian
or a Turkish exile, but I can't talk the
language. 1 might be a settler driven
out of Idaho by the Injuns, but the war
is ended. Ail these kerosene and gun
powder accidents are old, the public
don't care any more who gets hurt on
railroads, and my eyes are too good to
play on Diino. -oiuer uu
wouldn't pay, the chestnut business is
jw.i.1 .nj folks won't buv anv more
toothache cure. Hang it, all the dodges
are played, and here I am as hungry as
a wolf and clothes are gone I It looks
as if the day wasn't far off when we'll
all bave to go to worn auu wear vui-
selves down to the bone to get a living.
Detroit Free Pre.
"Well my son,' you have got into
grammer, bave youf" said a proud sire
to his thickest chip the other night.
"Let me hear you compare some ad
jective."
Unip. All rignu uhuc, leas, iiwir,
Ki klMmie Koaar mAW innrs. mreste "
Ulg, viS,vs, ew, ,
Proud sire. "Hold on, sir, that's not
right; you
'hln "Toe. tore, toast : snow, snore.
snort; go, gore, gout; row.roar, rout"
froud hire. "Stop, I say; those ad
jectives "
mp. ivriiia, urniia, umui, vu.u,
chank, chunk; wink, wank, wuuk;
think, thank, thunk "
Proud Sire. "You infernal little
fool! What in thunder "
Chip. 'Good, better, best; wood,
water, west; bad, wusser, wust; bile,
bller, bust; sew, sewer, soup; pew,
poor, pup, o-u-c-b ! oh, g-emlneutly,
dad! 'Ouso-o!
The outraged parent bad broken into
the recitation with a boot-jack.
"Children" said the teacher, address
ing the inlant class. "Children, do you
know you were all born In siu?'
"Please sir," interrupted a little one,
"I wasn't; I was born in New Orleans."
"Well, that' the same thing," said the
teacher, impatiently. "Don't inter
rupt me any more."
There had been a discussion about
the cost of dress, and she waa wrathy.
"It's all very well," she pouted, "for
you to expect a woman to be an angel ;
but I'd have you to know, sir, that I
wouldi.'t be even an angel unless my
wing could be cut goring. There,
now !"
"Father, Is 'Jack' abetter name than
'Johnr"
"No, my son, 'Jack' is Inelegant. Sy
John' always."
"Well, father, I saw you sling that
boot-John at cat last night out of the
bath-room window."
The son of a clergyman was deliver
Ing a college valedictory, when, In
pulling out his handkerchief, he pulled
out a pack of cards, "liulloa!" he
exclaimed, "I've got on my father's
coat !"
As a frightened darkey, chased by
an infuriated bull, neared the bounda
ries of the field, be enthusiastically ex
claimed "Millions for de fence, but not
one cent for de brute."
When the industrious farmer makes
souse out of a pig's ears, and ham out
of his hind legs, he is literally making
both ends meat.
The Greeks are so courteous that they
speak of a woman with big feet, pug
nose and shrill voice as "a mistake of
the angels."
"Why didn't you insert ciy article?"
asked a contributor ; "was it too longf"
"No," replied the editor; "It was too
narrow."
Which la the most wonderful animal
in the larra-yard t A pig, because he is
killed first and cured afterward.
"Jane, It is eleven o'clock. Tell that
young man to shut the front door from
the outside."
Too enow why a lover's heart is like
a whale? Of course. It is a secreter
of great sighs.
What letters of the alphabet are most
like a Roman Emperor? The C's are.
Hotel keepers are people we have to
"put up with."
A favorite age among Congressmen
Mile-age.
An accTiOMEER'a motto buy and
buy.
ACaatraat,
If we were to be a.ked to say in one
word the quality that more than any
thing else marks English towns and all
public places as compared with our
own, we should have to say neatness.
English streets are well paved and
clean; English roads are well kept;
English railway stations are in perfect
order; English fieldsare trim and neat;
English gardens, hedges, fences and
law us, all exhibit care and oversight.
English smoke and fog blackens and
stains all the buildings, but English
care more than compensates for this un
avoidable evil. We are not so particu
lar here. We have a clear atmosphere
and brilliant skies, but we are all, so
far as public places are concerned, sons
and daughters of Shabby ville. This is
more strange, because in our households
no such reproach is true. There are no
neater or better-kept homes anywhere
than American homes, nor are any peo
ple cleanlier or neater in their habits.
It is wholly in public matters that this
shabbiness we complain of exists; and
this arises, of course, first, from the
ueglect of the official persons v, e endow
with handsome salaries for leaving un
done the things they should do; and
next, from a strange indifference on
everybody's part to everything of a
public nature, to everything that is not
within his own private administration.
Appleton't Journal.
Brains anal Will.
There are many men and women who
are ill from want of brains. They sufler
a voluntary decline because they do not
possess the brain-power that can offer
the blood any inducement to circulate.
The blood does not want to be rushing
:ibout when there is nothing going on
in the man or woman that owns the
blood. Why should the heart or lungs
be toiling all day and all night when
the person who owns those machines
has no use for any new stock of tissues
or blood ? Pluck is a wonderful agent
in throwi rig oil" disease. A walk of five
miles would cure many an occupant of
the lounge. Will-power will surpass
pill-power in uine cases out of ten. To
hold a bottle of smelling salts in the
hand on account of a headache is just
the thing at times, but to-fling a pound
of fruit cake out in the ailev, and then
walk a furlong as a reward" for not eat
ing the compound, Is nearly always a
much better thing.
Do Hens Beason.
A ben made a nest in a box in the
baggage car, and In the course of time
had fifteen eggs and stuck to them
through thick and thin night and day,
except to step off the train occasionally
to get food and water, and last Tuesday
batched thirteen chickens, notwitbsUnd
ing the rumbling, rolling process the
eggs passed through, Mr. Sbriver
(baggage master) says that after the
sitting process began she would fre
quently, when off the nest In search of
food aud water, get left by the train at
Shelby ville and sometimes at War trace,
and on such occasions she would quiet
ly wait for the train to return, and
sometimes meet it when it came in sight
and fly into the baggage car and get on
the nest immediately. When the train
stopped for wood she would sometimes
fly out to get something to eat, and
when the car bell rang she would fly
back immediately. She would some
times manifest her joy at the appearance
of the train by cackling at a high rate.
Mother and chickens are all doing well.
ShelbjtilU Gazette.
Bontetters Almanac,
The edition for 1878 of the sterling Medical
Annual, known as Hostetter'e Alma ac is
now ready, and mav be obtained, free of cost,
of druguuits and general country dealers in ail
parts of the United btalen and Uritinh Amer
ica, aud indeed in every c-.v.nzed poition of
the Western Hemisphere. It combines, with
the soundest pract ca advice for the preser
vation and restoration of bealtti. a large
amonnt of interest ng and amosinir hKiit
reading, and the calendar, astronomical cal
culations, chronological items. Ac, are pre
pared with great care, and will be found en
tirely accurate- Ttia inane of Hmtetters
Almanac for 1878. in the English, German.
French. Welsh. Norwegian. Swedish. Holland.
Boh' mian and Hiianiab languages, will in all
probability be the largest e Jit on of a medical
work ever pnbUehrd in any country. Ihe
proprietors, Messrs. Hoe tetter A Hmitn. Pilts
bur.h. Fa., on receipt of a two cent stamp will
forward a copy by mad to any person who
cannot procure one in hi- neibboihood.
Fobtt tears or kcccbw is sumcrlent evidence
of the va ne of Schrnck's Pulmonic bynip as a
cure for ConetimpUon. Coughs. Col la Hoarse
ness. More Throat. It contains n J opium ; is
pleasant to the taete.
Fur sals by all DruggLita.
vfL c.w. nrwejovjn rrxtar at CH n.WV
CILrlLLS areprere4epresl lu care k
Headache, Jiervons Headache. Ilvss-stic Medlar he.
N-arala-ia. Nervonsnesa and Sleelene- and will
careen, case. Price sue., jsuetaa-e tree. l-ild b all
brauisW. UOca.2aa.kaJ S. Euuw at Baltimore
others, a,sts)era, there.
Don fail to procure MRS. WIN8LOW8
SOOTHING 8YBCP for all disesses of teeth
ing In children. It relieves the child from
pain, cures wind colic, regulates the bowela,
and by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother.
Tube is nothing noia acceptable ss a
Christmas present than a nice collection of
music We cal. vonr att ouon to the a.ver
uaement of i. E"lit-onA Co.. tfii Chestnut
Street. Philadelphia in Uuh Uwj announce
two new bocks for the bol.dvy sesauii. one
vocal, and the other ineunmeutai. Each Look
baa ) to '250 pae- full elieei niu-ic s zr. and
costs t'2 M in board. 3 in Cio.h. and 4 in
Fine G lu Iney wiil a ud any of these books
postpaid on reotii t of the price.
Tbey aiso publish 25 sun-lar books, all of
which we can reoomnwnd.
If you are goiug to the city, call and examine
tbeix aasoruuent ; if not, order b ma L
Skin Uisei
AH those troublesome scaly, idling, pimply,
blotchy, biinud eruptions of the skin, d nom
inated Tetter, Erytipela. Acne, etc that are
so unsightly aud annoying, are quickly and
effectually cured by the simple application of
JJirtirW TrIUr Ointment, a remedy that has
proved iistif to posse wonderful healing
powers, curing hundr ds of caeea that ba 1 re
sisted all other treatment, even that of the
beet piofessional taient of the country. I:
onls needs a trial to p. ore i:s virtue. Soldi!
cetitH per box ; sent by mad for CO cts.
JuHS.-rro.f, Uoixovil 4 Co., 602 Arch sL, Phil a.
Thkoit. Skin. Stomach and Uter'ne diseases
rnred for 25 yeare by lied i rd Alnm and Iodine
Ma s. I'nce it. Proof upon application, lioi
1'Jti. 78 llaiu be, Lynchburg, Va.
Bheaoaatlasw ttalekly Catresa.
"Durang'a Rheumatic Remedy," the great
Intmutl Mnlicine, wil! positively cure any case
of rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price
1 a bottle six bottles. 5. 8oH bv all Drug
gists. Hend for circular to Helphenntine A
Rentier. I)rageuvt. Washington. D. C
YEGETIHEjQ
GCOD FOB THE CHILD BEN.
Bosr it Ho vi, 14 Tvunt Smxrr.)
IlOkTuN, April, lsIS.
B. R. Stitex,
Pear 8 r We feel ttiat the ch'Idren tn onr
borne have, been gre.it ly oeneO ed bv the Vk,e
tie you have so kindly given as from time to
time, especially ihnev troubled w.lh the scro
fula, with repevt.
Has. N. WOIU1ELL, Matron.
Vegetine Is Sold by all Druggists.
ThiM riiis Aivtrrii'tuiu will
onfrr tMvor nptn the Ailvrrttr ni ih
Pahlt-lirr hT-ktalinsr that thpj- n w th iMlvr
UMinirnl in llili jttiirnHl tuaming the pn.rr.
ICE0SC0PES Mts-rie MrS,.-Pr-, .eta, it,
licP"9. ThTTDin,--r t-it.i f. r I liiMr .tt.
I stuffier. ! It A J- Hkt'K. V'l t kt m sal .Si
Pkil- Iu writing, pit-- nirbtAwu this pttprr.
B. F. DEWEES,
Chestnut St., Philad'a.
WJC ARE PREPARED TO OFFER THE CHEAPEST WOOL FLAXXELS
EVER SOLD IX THE UXITED STATES, SOUGHT AT THE
GREAT PEREMPTORY TRADE SALE, XOr. 15.
All-wool Scarlet Flannels.
inc, isc, ate, Mc, tne and ssc. The 9c irooda are
worth So.-. All arvebeap. Very He. vy Frilled
AlUwouls-arlei Flannels tr, Sic, tec, Kc.
and Jc Tbe Mr. guods are worth He
While Saxony Flannels,
IsC, ltc, IPC. tDC, S0C, llC. 4SC. B0C, 60C. and TSC
The Best Bargains ever Sold.
Tard-wlde White lwche- Shaker Flannels,
worth oe, atl-c; winthsto at use; worth be,
at tic. Mixed Bine Frilled All-ol Flannel-,
trie. Black Mixed Frilled All-woo Flannels. SI, .
tine I'ase) All-wool Plaid Flannels, very wd',
ric ; worth tc
Felt Skirts.
We h ive tn elepant aeaortrnenf of Fe:t Skirts,
trimmed tn ifs.Hrvwnn, KavyB ues t Blacks,
from Sue to S 90. Very nice All-wool goods at
U aud upwards.
Cheapest Dress Goods in the
City.
Fine Colored Cas' meres, ltc Fine Colored
Cashmeres lac Keunebeck Bounties, ixt,c
811k Fl lkS Bouretten. IxXC BesutliOl KngiUh.
Boa: ell en, t3c. stateliuv-e rmiiiur. ic; worth
tr. Cloth- weight Maielasse. 3c ; Ketvnt price,
live. All-wool Camel s Eair, liavy, taxk Green,
Uray and Brown, xsc.
8end your orders for any krn of Dry Goods,
COaapesa KW-va J ow vo vuuub.
B. F. DEWEES,
725 ilicslnut Street, Philadelphia.
GREAT rE3IA.Pr FOB
AMERICAN SEWING MACHINES
Henct for llltieit rated. PrloeIAats at
COMPANY'S OFFICE, 1318 CHESTNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
MUSIC FOR THE MAYS.
Elegant, Useful, Inexpensive.
-THE IsCJiaHIwr ..-
A Sew Colleetinn ef Vocal MasK,
ate
-THE CX,rTE ar tiEVl,-
A !ew Collectiun of very Ck-dcs fiano Mosie.
rr aa He-s awral Uaearr
t. knows to all evvers t ninsie. Cnrto-1 SI knd
e..ll-rte.o and ojlaioe the cre.es "llbe"
solli.k-4. r..r of lherb.Me.-st of tb-e are
WOULD llF SiHil." "UKM llr STRAlM.
EM!Mr" rS'il.lMI Ni."
OkHS OF Tllk. DASCK.''
Pries of above, IJ0. plain; l.eMh; fl. full gilt
J. R. UlTrsOf '..
VXS t UKSTSCI Street.
lOTH'L sws for Bovs ass
I Girls' t Vnnns ana O.sl ; ! t
rii' ISVItVIlOI. jnst tal
ented, for them !
AVer Saw-tar, 5erWf 5?,
Tera vn . Rnrtaf.iJrttas' .urrtael
Lfeirttsl' All os one TaMnet Lathe, est
W heels. Price frees a Is ajs.
fUntl rents f, r paaea
Erkaaial Baosr, Lowell, Mass.
PRIME ERJOTBIENT FOR A YEAR.
Less taaa 4 teals a Weak.
Mike Haa Attractive kv fcitnslae ag
THE SATUBDAI EVENING POST.
Vs hicti f..r aiorv Ifeaai aa Tears has bees .be
beet aawry. aba- BBS a wjssxiv a apsa 's me
worei. iwiiUineeigiit .arse paveTntt si. lo'aane,
sisnrly sr nt-a' on go.) paper, ni.eo with lb- choi. set
si. -rise slid .ketches bl lbs best writers, sot aes-a
iioosl traeb, bat such as s mother is witling to have
her cbiurra read. The whole (one of ib- paper is
elevating. It s.so contains U Ktoncal aasl Be r.ph
lea. am-lea; tkieatilis; Agrksltsial aoS UoseebuM
ie?partasenis; F e-ki m Article waetir. Ireeb aal an
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iotas ; Bovs sasl tiiris' Colasssa ; sad strong ana)
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sad i. ea hsmuees aa water. 1- It at lisnid. Is saay te
Laadrs. and a) aiiiad is cream belors coaming rd.
It prodacea a col, resembling J use tiraea Batter.
4th. It M the only article that will sob tba batter
and aot the baitermilk. Mb. It galbera the batter
avatanale. Increase i the weight aeore than will pay for
the coknr ased. It la the eeu ever known. Send year
address oa postal sard for my receipt bosh. ess. I,
tells bow to make batter, pack, preserve, extract ras
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THE WEEKLY PRESS
For 1878.
FAM1LT AXD rARwrR!f jnrBSAL OF PESS
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I.M per year, a-etae prep.M.
L9 per year, posnure prepaid.
The WEEKLY PRE: will be to Pennsylvania
whut Pennsylvania le lo tne country solid, substan
tial, and rick in rea.arces.
srECUL FEATURES FOR 18T8.
I. How. Jonv W. Foavrv will re abroad for Th
Prsss this fall, and remain in Enr'P" in charge of
oar Eon.pean !ep.irm-nt. His lispositl-'n letters
l,,,m rris will be the heat and fullest published in
any paper la tba L olled slates.
II. Aaovvn nt Wapiti. Mr. T B. KAvnotjn
Kaiw will ctintnbnte a series ol letters e-.verin-tits
ear-ertencessnd travels aa Inspector ol IheCoueUletee
ol the L'bitcd states over tbe whole world.
III. Ma. W.W. SlViejwill rontrfbme a series of
papers sketching his travels during the summer of
WT aiuonc the hre-worhppin-tril'esiB New Mexico
and the ruina of the buried Altec cities.
IV Pa. R. fntt.Tn- MAcarvna will hare specie
rharol the Llterery Department of the V. kslLt
Pakes.
V Ma. Twoaras Mrrnasf-Kebeet snthoriry m the
Tn'ted Statee will have charge of the Agricultural
Iiepartmeot. This eslahl sbee Thk Rani Paaas
without a rival aa the farmer a kane paper.
VI. MaBK-re Tall financial and commercial re
ports, including the money, grain. Cotton, cattle, and
g-tieral markets of the I'nlted Statee, with a weekly
rev i. w ol the European niarketn
Oth T.perial leaturee will be announced as they are
provided for.
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123 North Fol'RTH street. Philadelahia.
725
Extraordinary Bargains :
"MnchMatelasse, 4oc; worth TV. Very Fine
Double Width colored Casnmrres, trc : ba'
beeut.J.c. Oood Dark tali, oes, ac Yard-wuls
Cretoni.cs, t!c- I'nblea hed Canton llanneia
c. Uood Bleached Canton Flauneds, to.
Black Coods
An Extra. Heavy and Fine Black Cashmere. U
Inches wide, aL sc
Black Drap D'Ete Cashmeres.
Best and Cheapest Gnosis Importe
Your esiwlai attention Is Invlt- d to this eels,
bra'ed Black Cashmere. Fine. oft. very heavy,
and cheap. Ifice irom 50c to $i. For aala oniv
by us. nee tuvae before buying. w wm,
Silk Velvets.
Black and Colored. IS to tn
$llb, tl 13n Btn.ti.tstn. FovsISS
Holon.itse, xl in. wklc, txntv, , ; jo. it
Cheapest In this el y. Wide Colored VeeS
Brown Myrtle and Hum, worth ; prb,
kqual in quality to Jiartow Goous itCloa In the
market at $2 to.
Merinoes.
Lnpins r-eenon M. rlnoe worth tor at due.
Lupius lieuch Mennuaa wurta si w
or send for amuplea. Will send yon Use beat anil
R. Ha . Ha
DTSEXTERT,
CHOLERA MORBUS,
FEVER AXD AGUE,
CVKTO aXP PREVENTED V
RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF.
RHEUMATISM,
NEURALGIA,
DIPHTHERIA,
IXFLUEXZA,
SORE THROAT, DIFFICULT
BREATH 1X0,
KKLIKVS.D IN A FEW MI.NUTKa
BY RADWAY'S READY RELIEF.
BOWEL COMPLAINTS.
froseness. ' ! man. rh e Mor a .or al-k
rui i bcbaie9 frui th bow tar at-ppej ;l
h te n or tw n y ml ute9 by takl ir Kml 9
t eatv Ke iff. o ongesllon or liifl.imjna on,
t ow'akn ssor laailu.c, U1 (olluw Ui. usa ol
UieB.it it- lift.
ACHES AND PAINS.
For heads he, nether sir or enoai; rh n,
mat ism lumi'iuro. ialna and weak rs In tns
tuck, spine or kidneys; pains around Uie lv-r.
pienrt-y. swei intra of he Joints, pains In tns
bowe s, he r burn and pains ut all Mud. kauV
w it's Kealy relief will alt r nime-ll te ea.-e,
and Its continue nse lor a few dayseBext a
permanent core. Price M cents.
Ut. Ba'aiaj. EepMLi Pills,
Perfr tly tasteless, eleirat.tly coated, for the
-tire of a'l disoeder-i of the stomach. II er. bow.
Ms. kidney. Mndder. nervous dieas-s. hei
tche. const i pail n. ind!fr-tloa. dyspepsia, oil-louni-SH.
till ous fever, nn.uurnailonof the now.
sis, p lea, and ail deran einenis of the Internal
n-o-ru minted to eHeci a positive cure.
Price S3 cents per buz.
DE. RADWAY'S
Sarsaparilllan Resolvent
The Great Blood Purifier,
FOE TUX IXRK OF CHRONIC DIKAE,
SCROFULA OR SYPHILITIC, HER
EDITARY or CONTAGIOUS,
IS IT SEATKD Et TEX
Vmmgm ar fttaaaaek, Hkla ar Baaea,
1 leak ar aiarvaa,
CORRUPTING THE SOLIDS AND
VITIATING THE FLUIDS.
Oh ontc Rhenmarlsm. nerofnla. Glandular
Swelling. Racking l)iy Conch. Cajn-erous AHec
t ona, e-rphilitic I'mr.pla M-i. Bleetline of the
La; ks, Dysnep-ia. Watrr Brash, Tie Doloreux,
hlte Selliii-.-s. Tumor-. I'l'-ers, Skin a id H:j
D avases. M ervunal Diseases. Fem.tlectmipUlnt-,
Gout. Dropsy, toll uheum. Bronchi 114, co..
aumpUco, Liver Complaint. &c.
" Sot only does the Saruipaerflaan, Resolvent ei
eel all reriiedl 1 airenis In the cure of t'hronli.
s, n tulou-t Conniitu'lonal. and sain DLaraaes,
but It Is the only positive cure lor
Kidney and Bladder
Complaints,
mnarynnd Womb Diseases. Gravel. Diabetes.
Drop y, fcioppare ol Water. Inconliiience (
i n e. Krtirli Disea-. Al' onlnuna and In a 1
rases where there are brtck-dusi d- osits. or iti
aiei is thick, cloudy, mixed with sutHatKi
like the nhite o an evg, or threads like whit
silk, or there is a morltki dark, b Uous ppeav
ance and white bone-dust deDoslt. and wtiea
there is pricking, burning sensai on w en
passim? water, and pain In the smal. of the hack
and lone tb- Wins, soid by druggists, r KICK
ONE DOl.l.AB.
Of Ten Years' Growth
CURED BY
DUMMIES
HAVE HAD AN OVARIAN TU
MOR IN TUE OVARIES AXD BOW.
ELS FOR TEN YEARS.
Aim Aasoa, Dec. IT, 1ST3.
D. RaDwav : That others may be benefited.
I make 1 bis si atement
1 have h id a - O ar an T imor in the ovaries
and bowels t r ten years, I tn- d the be t phy
91. lans of this place and oih- rs w ihout any
beueiit. It was rowlnir at such rapidity mat I
rould not have lived mil b longer. A ineml of
mine induced me 10 try Kaday"s R metUes. 1
had not much laith In them, but hnaiiy, alter
BiUch deliiieratl n, I tried them.
1 leel De let tly well, and my heart Is fall "f
eramude to UkI for th s belp in my deep affllo
lion. lo you. Si r, and your wonderful nietikine,
I leel deeply Indented, and my prayer Is itwt it
may be . s ini.cn of a bleaninir to others as 11 tu
been to me. (signed) Mas. K C Bissisa
Mrs. B.bbl'S. who makes the ahove cer tncate.
Is tn person for whom 1 requested you to -end
II eli.iue In June IsM. The medl ines abote
staled ere bought of me, with ihe exception of
what was sent 10 her by you I may sa that
her statement ts correct without a qualitlcaUon.
(Signed) L. a. Lama.
Pruirelst and chemist, Ann Arbor. Mich.
This mav cerU'y tha Mrs B bbius. woo makes
the aw)ve certificate, is and has been for many
years well known to us. and the lacta there n
stated are undoubiedlv a. d undeniably correct.
Any one who knows Mrs. Bibb.ua will believe
her statement. (Mgned)
Brno. D. ' rxia. MaT B. I oxa,
MaavcocxkB. K B. Poiro.
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