VOL. XX. SEVENTH ANNUAL SOCIETY. OPEN from SEPTEMBER 6 to OCTOBER 13, 1883. Artlata, lavcatori, Mechanics and Manufacturer# of America are Cordially Invited to participate In thla Popular and Successful Exhibition —OF— ADMISSION, 25 CENTS. SPECIAL EXCURSION TICKETS —AT— GREATLY REDUCED RATES —WILL BE ISSUED By All Railroads Centering in Pittsburg & Allegheny. For Prospectus and Entry Blanks, [Address, E. P. YOUNG, Gen'l Manager. J. C. PATTERSON, Sec'y. HENRY BIEHL % CO, Dealers in AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Remington Clipper Plow. IMPROVED KELLER GRAIN, SEED AND FER TILIZING DRILL, TOLEDO I. X. L WOOD PUMPS. •-< /. Y 1-1 W if ■ w Jffjfc _\m S■ TTj) |i 1 The Celebrated American Fruit Dryer, or PNEUMATIC EVAPORATOR, It ia portable, durable, abaolntely flre-proof, economical and will cure frnit and vegetables in lew time aud with lewi fuel (ban ai.v Dryer in tbe market. It will pay for iUelf in lew) than thlrt> davn if properly attended, Itn productH are uiu)uruat-Bed an to quality and color, and ar in great demand at high prices. Full instructions bow to dry, bleach, pack atd market tbe pro ducts, accompany each machine. WILL EVAPORATE 8 BUSHELS OF ANY FRUIT PER DAY. ROOFIIffG »eaeeks w AND BrV HOUSE FIBiV SPOUTING MlflNU HARD DONE TO ORDER 1 WARE. • * Butler, Pcmi'a. D. A. HECK, CARPETS, CLOTHING AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. JUSTICE TO AI,I„. ONE PRICE ONLY. TERMS GASH. DUFF'S'S BLOCK, MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA PITTSBURGH FULE COLLEGE /."•] 1 ITTtD'JBGH COMSCRV&TSHY OF MUSIS - !10 full fciusic L«SSO"S for $lB. :• - .?:nr! V / r lief,! Art 4. Mu >. rtf»t>f Inn. I»r:rvt»v rind I'lintlng. M • I • * vi. » v. 'i'v.'. .ity-« i jlii i<■«••»!« r•< .i(ii"!fr:ue. 'iwmiy l■' . ; :' t :: i. c.PERf.HIMG,PlttsburQh,Pa. PARSONSHfIIIS ? •nt'ry./.UDi In tl.r. -n.-.nthl. Anrj-r. n who »,ll t.ko ONE I'll,!. JirX . I.L. [ fl'" lr.ai.un>. health. 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PITTSBURGH PA. avAiriira FOB KENSINGTON, AERABENE AND OUTLINE WORK DONE, Also lessons In same given by ANNIE M. LOWMAN, North street, Butler, l'u. jneSJO-ly WIV)(. KELLEW, Washington, Pa., present* to the public a CE MENT! More durable than IKON for stoves, ranges, fire places and steam mills. Also, set grates in workman-like manner. ThiN Cement take* the place of stove backs. All work guar an teed. july26-12$. Subscribe (or the CITIXKN* BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29. 1883 THE WORLD OF SCIENCE. Latest Results of Scientific Spec ulation and Inquiry Through out the Globe. From Myersdale Commercial.] Copper has been regarded as a very poisonous substance, but after long ex perimenting with its various salts upon dogs and upon himself, Mons. Galippe has concluded that it cannot cause fatal poisoning. On February 16th a Meteoric stone weighing a hundred pounds fell near the Italian village of Allianello, caus ing a shock like that of a slight earth quake. The stone entered the ground some seven feet. According to Tyndall, not more than one-hundredth part of the heat evolved in an ordinary gas-flame is con verted into light. To increase the il luminating power means must be sought to raise the temperature of the carbon particles to which the light is due. One of Prof. Simon Newcomb's latest papers is a discussion of all the transits of Mercury hitherto observed, in which he decides that Leverrier's theory of the existence of unknown planetary bodies nearer the sun than Mercury is extremely improbable. The practice of keeping night lights in childrens' bedrooms is pronounced very injurious by Dr. R. H. Bakewell. Instead of allowing the optic nerves the perfect rest afforded by darkness, the light keeps them in perpetual stim ulation, with the result of causing the brain and the rest of the nervous sys tem to suffer. The question is now asked whether the increasing transfer of iron from the earth's interior to its surface Jean have any influence upon the weather. It seems that, at least, the vast masses of iron that are being spread out in rail ways, bridges, etc., must affect the electric currents which move about the earth. Dr Qenzmer states that the sense of touch is present in infants at birth, al though the faculty of feeling pain is slowly developed and is clearly indicat ed only after the child has reached the age of four or five weeks, smell and taste are distinguishable in new-born infants; hearing is perceptible in the first, or—at latest —the second day of life; light is quickly perceived immedi ately after birth but evidences of com plete visual power do not appear for four or five weeks, and it is only after four or five months that colors are clearly distinguished. A striking illustration of the value of sytematic exercise in expanding the chest has been given by Dr. Cathcart, of Edinburg. At a certain boys' school, where regular exercise was compulsory, it was found that new pupils fourteen years of age had an average chest measurement of 29.3; those of fifteen measured .'50.10; of sixteen, 32: of seventeen, 32.6, and of eighteen, 32.5. Pupils of the same ages who had been at the school for a considerable time measured 30.6, 32.1, 34.2, 35.8, and 36.8. Yarious travelers have observed in deserts, on mountains, in forests and in a peculiar and impressive sound like the tolling of dintant bells. The phenomenon is doubtless produc ed by air currents but in some instances in has appeared to be due to the fric tion of particles of sand rolling under the feet. To prove the correctness of the former view, Mons. Forel has made a very pretty experiment, in which he has, as he believes, reproduced the phenomenon artificially. Taking his rifle into the open country when a brisk breeze was blowing, he held the gun in the wind at an angle of about forty five degrees, and soon succeeded in get ting a sound which a shepherd near by declared was tho ringing of bells in a neighboring village. In view of the late uses—or misuses made of dynamite, and the inaccuracy of many statements concerning it, I'rof. I'roctor's Knowledge reminds its read ers that "the- base of this extremely powerful explosive is nitro-glyccrine— sometimes known asnitroleurn—which is an amber-like fluid discovered by Sobreroin 1847. Nitro glycerine itself is made by adding glycerine in a man ner not necessary to particularize, to a compound formed of one part of nitric acid and two parts of sulphuric acid. This terrible agent is known asglonoin oil, and is a yellow oily liquid, of specific gravity ranging from 1.525 to 1.5. It has a pungent taste, and but one drop placed on the tongue induces intense pain of the spine. Kobrero, when he discovered this fluid, was a student at the famous Pelouze observa tory, Paris. lie did nothing to de velop his discovery; but Alfred Noble, a Swede, being in want of a new blast ing agent, experimented with the new liquid known to be higher explosive, and by adding other ingredients ob tained the well-known dynamite. This, as usually manufactured, Is composed of infusorial earth, porcelain earth, coal dust, siliceous ashes, etc., and all this base has to be saturated in a certain proportion with the nitroglycerine. The process of manufacture is danger ous, and the cost about four times that of gunpowder, while its power is, per haps, ten times greater. Besides dyna mite other explosive compounds have been made from nitro-glycerine, such as dualline, a combination of wood gunpowder soaked with this terrible oil, while lilhofracteur consists of lifty two parts of nitro-glycerine, thirty of silex, twelve of coal dust and two of sulphur. Then there are varieties known respectively as colonia powder, lignose, sebastine, heracliue, and ful minatine." Dr. W. 11. Stone pronounces stam mering a disease of modern civilization, and states that Livingston never met with it among the savage; tribes of Africa Statistics show that in civiliz ed countries two persons stammer in every thousand —The largest liberty which can ever be given to auy man is the liberty tu do right. ADULTERATED TEAS The Amount of Poison that is Used to Give Polish and Color. ' If people bail any idea of the extent to which articles of food and drink are adulterated they would be seriously alarmed," said one of the oldest and best known members ol the wholesale tea trade recently. "And this is especially the case as regards tea," he added. "The amount of spurious tea that is sold is known only to thoFe in the business, and it is time public at tention was called to this evil, for two reasons. "In the first place, the sale of the fraudulent article is injuring the market of the legitimate trader, by lessening the demand for pure and honest teas. In the next place—and this fact raises the question far beyond a mere dollars and cents level—the consumption of the adulterated herb is not only vitiat ing the taste of the consumer, but causing disease and death. It is not saying too much to assert that the use of spurious teas—which has been so common for years past—has tended to aggravate diseases of the nerves and of the digestive organs, has even caused disorders that were almost unknown to medical science before the days of drug ged teas, and has helped to swell the mortality lists. Poor tea degrades the taste, if it does nothing worse, and in this way depreciates the market value of good tea. But it is a startling fact that almost without exception the adul terated teas are dangerous to health. Some of ihem are actually poisonous, especially the impure green teas, which contain copperas and Prussian blue." WHAT THE LAW SAVS. "Is there not a law forbidding the sale of adulterated food for drink ?" "Yes, there is a State law, passed in June of last year, but it is virtually a dead letter. It is violated every day. I see only one remedy, and that is to arouse public sentiment on the subject by acquainting the people with the risks they run in using spurious teas, and thus force the dishonest dealers who sell the stuff to give up tho practice. The men who sell it know that the general dulness of the tea trade is caused in part by the extent to which their unwholesome mixtures have taken the place of honest tea. But they don't care as long as they can make a profit. I know from my own experience that there are few persons who know anything about the law 'to prevent the adulteration of food and drugs' which exists in the States of New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Massachusetts. "The act as passed by our Legisla ture declares that 'no person shall with in this State manufacture, have, offer for sale or sell any article of food or drugs which is adulterated within the meaning of this act; and any person violating this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dol lars.' Section 2 defines food as includ ing 'every article used for food or drink by man.' Section 3 says that food or drink shall be deemed to be adulterated within the meaning of the act. "But there is another law," continu ed the tea dealer, "which I am glad to say is being enforced. I refer to the act of Congress passed at the last ses sion, entitled 'An act to prevent the importation of adulterated and spurious teas.' The law was drawn up, I be lieve, by Mr. Jacob Auderson, a tea broker of this city, who has shown much zeal in endeavoring to crush out the sale of drugged teas. The Custom House examiner of teas, Mr. Davies, appointed under this law, now examin es all teas that arrive, and does not hesitate to condemn all that are found to be Impure. The law has been in force only since last March, but already several entire cargoes have been refused admission." THE STOCK UN HAND. "Will not this national law auswer the purpose and prevent the sale of adulterated teas ?" "It will prevent the importation in future of the poisonous trash which has been landed here in the past. But the trouble is, there are vast quantities of this stuff now in this country. It has been accumulating for years. Kugland long ago passed laws similar to that which our Congress has just adopted, and all the refuse called tea which British ports refused to admit was shipped to this country. The con sumption of tea in the United States is about sixty-five million pounds a year and the importation has averaged about eighty million pounds, of which about twelve millions is of the spurious stuff. The stock has been accumulat ing for over ten years, and there are millions of" pounds of bogus tea now in stock in this country awaiting an op portunity to be disposed of by dealers in it. The profits of this business are enormous. No reputable dealer would engage in it, and honest grocers and other storekeepers do not sell the adul terated stuff. There is no excuse for doing so. (Jood tea is always to be had, costs little more at wholesale than tho doctored stuff, and any expert can tell the good from the bad." EXAMINER !>AVIES* VIEWS. Mr. James R. Davies, of the New York Appraiser's office, the official chief examiner of all teas brought to this port, is a recognised authority on the subject, lie explained to the re porter yesterday that by far the great est amount of adulteration is in green teas, and that the sorts known as pingsuey—although there are some very fine teas of this brand—are more frequently found to be impure than any other. "The most prevalent mode of sophistication in teas," he said, "is in the use of spent or exhausted leaves, that is, tea has been used and from which the virtue has been ex tracted. Pingsuev comes from Shang hai, and much of it that has come here recently is unfit to drink. It is made of spent leaves, re dried, colored and I fried with soapstoue, and sometimes 1 mixed with Prussian blue, earthy sub stances, a kind of French chalk and magnesia. Gypsum is also used to a | great extent in adulterating tea, and it is often loaded with sand or particles • of gravel, each particle artistically rolled up in the leaf, so that it cannot • be discerned by the eye, and is only j discoverable by chemical analysis. i Then, again, they make tea from a | powdered tea, or dust, in which no leaf at all is used, rolled up into pellets | like shot, held together by a sort of gum. This is known as shotty gun powder. It is not tea at all." ARTIFICIAL AND POISONOUS. "Is all green tea artificially colored?" "Certainly. There is a demand for tea of a green color in some parts of this country and Europe. It. is not a question of flavor, but of color with some people. Making tea green does not improve the flavor. It is rather the other way. Of course, Prussia blue and such adulterations are abso lutely poisonous. There is not enough in the tea to kill, perhaps, but I have no doubt they cause disease. If you want to know how green tea is made read this from a book of travels just published in London. I was reading it when you came in : The superintendent of the workmen managed the coloring part of the pro cess himself. Having procured a por tion of Prussian blue, he threw it into a porcelain bowl, not unlike a chemist's mortar, and crushed it into a very fine powder. At the same time a quantity of gypsum was produced and powdered in the same manner. The two sub stances were then mixed together in the proportion of four parts of gypsum to three parts of Prussian blue, and formed a light powder, which was then ready for use. This coloring matter was applied to the teas during the last process of roasting. About five minutes before the tea was removed from the pans the superintendent took a small porcelain spoon and scattered a portion of the coloring matter over the leaves in each pan. The workmen then turned the leaves rapidly round with both hands, so that the color would be equally diffused. During this opera tion the hands of the men were quite blue. I could not help thinking that if any green tea drinkers had been present their tastes would have been corrected. It seems ridiculous that any civilized people should prefer dyed teas to those of natural color. No wonder the Chinese consider us to be barbarians. WHERE PURE TEAS COME FROM. "As to black teas," Mr. Davies con tinued, "they cannot be adulterated with as much ease as green teas, al though the lower grades of souchong are beginning to be mixed with an in ferior leaf which is not tea. Tliey are also beginning to ship teas that are earthy. In transportation from the tea districts to the coast in China tea some times gets wet and is dried out and cured over again. This makes it musty, and sometimes it has come here abso lutely rotten. The largest proportion of oolongs now come from Formosa. Up to ten years ago Foo Chow Foo and Canton were the leading ports of export. I have never discovered any adulteration in these oolongs. From Amoy a large quantity of low grade oolongs are sent here. There I find they have got to mixing the tea with ankoi leaf. In my judgment this is not tea at all, but a wild shrub. There are also quantities of a very low grade of souchong, which is not fit to bo drunk. It comes from that section of country." AN OFFICIAL STANDARD OF IMJRITY. Examiner Davies, after consulting with the Appraiser, with the largest tea importers and with Professor Katchellor and Dr. Davis, the chemists at the government laboratory, recently agreed upon a standard for determining the percentage of impurity which shall be hereaftor deemed sufficient to exclude all colored teas, whether from China or Japan, and especially to be applied to tea dust. According to this standard seven per cent of foreign substances will be permitted, but where a cargo of tea is found to exceed that proportion the examiners will refuse to pass it. The new rule will doubtless bo approv ed by the Treasury Department at Washington, and will bo put in force immediately in all customs districts in this country.— N. Y. Herald. The Hog Population. According to the last Federal census the number of hogs in the United States was 48,000,000. If these were marshaled into single fila, heads front, they would reach 48,000 miles. There was almost one hog for every man, woman and child in the country, count ing Indians not taxed. The average value of the fat hog in our market at present is sl4. If all the hogs were fat the aggregated value of the hog population would be $072, 000,000 Hut the hogs are not all fat, nor do they reach the packing centers in full. Only a portion are marketed in this way. The rest are taken for local consumption. It is the surplus, so to speak, that regulate the prices; but prices also regulate the surplus. And this is one of the dangers that confront pork merchants, and confronts them now The failure of the corn crop in 1881 caused a short crop of hogs, and j it was estimated that because the sur- j plus of corn from the crop of '.Si was | exhausted there would be a short crop j of hog-* in 1882 and 'B3. Isut tin; win- \ ter packing did not show a falling oil". It was then supposed the summer sup- j ply would be deflicient. This also proved erroneous.— Cincinnati Com. j Gazette. Did She Die? "No; HIII; lingered and suffered along, "pining away all the time (or years, "the doctors doing her no f?ood; and "at la.st waw cured by thin Mop Bitters "the papers Hay HO much about. In "deed! indeed! how thankful we should "be lor that medicine." COMMUNICATIONS. Bruin Items. Much obliged, Mr. Editor, to"Milo" of Mercer township, for his explanation of the "road dust" theory and it is not such a "dry'' subject either to contain so much "absorption." Well it has given us some new thoughts at least and has the merit of being cheap—the road dust—if not the very best disin fectant, and should be gathered when dry, in wet weather it is needed, but not so easily gathered. Give us some more Milo. O ! anything. Glad to know of the completion of the "Connecting Link" railroad to Butler ; it will certainly be very ad vantageous to many citizens in the north-western and central districts of the county, and the officials of the S. & A. R. R are deserving of the business and best wishes of the benefited, and now if the "Connecting Link" from Hilliard to Bruin (6 or 7 miles) was built it would be of undoubted benefit to the railroad company and a blessing to the people. We think the wisdom that is characteristic of the present management will not long delay this most needed extension into the town ship that has the largest veins and fields of coal, immense bodies of good quality of iron ore and limitless quan tities of limestone, and the oil is by no means near exhausted in Parker town ship's broad acres. We feel certain that such prodigious wealth cannot lie long hidden, with enough natural gas for the manufacture of the raw material, that railroad accomplished to this place a town would spring up that would of itself be a vast source of revenue to the road, and enrich our county in popula tion and manufactures. What might have been a very serious matter, occurred at the bridge at the uorth end of town. A Mr. Hays of I'etrolia, a junk dealer and tiu peddler, was coming into town and the descent toward the bridge ran his wagon (had no lock on it) against his horse, which was blind, frightening the animal which he failed to guide on the bridge and the brute ran square over the abutment, falling 10 or 12 feet and completly overturning. Mr. llays succeeded in jumping from the wagon and taking one of his little boys with him ; the other boy went over with the wagon which turned completly on top of him; when extricated from the heavy iron junk, it was feared he was inwardly in jured, but it would seem now not seriously. It was strange he was not instantly killed. The horse was in jured in the shoulders but apparently will get well. We see, in "public notices," that of the County S. S. Convention, to be held at North Washington on the oth and 7th of September next. Now, the lazy Sabbath school will not be repre sented, and if ministers will announce it and superintendents urge it and good people attend, it will be a good affair; it always has been heretofore. V. F. T. Kelly, chief engineer of the steam derrick at the great stone quarry near Wampum, Lawrence county, is home on a visit to his parents and frieuds. Ven. looks pretty well, to be married six or eight months ago. Where is the pretty little "Fraw," \ r . F. ? Mr. Findley, of Mercer county, and father of Mr. John Findley, of this place, is visiting the later. Tho old gentleman is in feeble health yet, just recovering from typhoid fever which had prostrated him at his sons' in Freeport Now is the time for our young peo ple to get up their constitutions and bye laws for literary societies. Get togeth er and form for organization and not wait until it is time to be in running order. School directors ought to bo looking to their lambfolds for winter useful ness. O ! that we had school houses built on the large heartedness of common sense; do build school houses after this, twice as largo as the average school house of to-day is. JONES. Settling up Fast. A Washington special to tho N. Y. Tribune gives an official statement furnished by the Commissioner of the General Land Office which shows some thing of the marvelous rapidity with which the newer States and Territories are becoming populated and the enor mous drafts which are being made upon the public domain in order to satisfy the requirements of actual settlers. It also indicates that the public lands re maining iu the Southern States, which had been so long neglected, are rapidly coming under settlement. Tho state ment includes the more important transfers of public lands in ten States and Territories—Dakota, Florida, Kan sas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. As compared with the year ending June .'SO, 1882, the state ment shows an increase of .'{5,217 in the number of entries (cash sales, orig inal homestead entries and timber cul ture entries), and 3,505,843 in tho number of acres entered. The amount received from crash sales increased from $8,318,848 in 1882 to $7,564,449 in 1883, or more lhan 128 per cent. Iu 1882 the number of pre-emption and other tilings and of applications to purchase mineral, timber and stone lands in the same States and Territories was 29,080, and the amount of fees re ceived, $64,856; in 1888 tbo number and amount were, respectively, 43,591 and $91,843. The amount of fees and commissions paid on account of original homestead entries in 1882 was $456,- 661; iu 1883 it was $572,630. —Kx-Senator I'incbback, uf Louisi ana, who is now ill Louisville, wan asked how the present condition of the colored people of Louisiana compares with their condition a few years ago. lie answered: "They have greatly improved in nearly every respect. They have become more educated and intelligent, and more alive to the posi tion they occupy." Anniversary of Luther. The man whose 400 th birthday wus celebrated in Germany yesterday should be recognized by the results of his work as one of the greatest reformers of the world. It may be doubted if any man of merely human birth and inspiration ever accomplished as vast and lasting a work as Martin Luther. Conquerors and rulers have changed the political complexion of continents. Discoverers and explorers have opened up new worlds for subsequent genera tions to people. Inventors and scien tific men, from Roger Bacon to Edison, have been able to change the material conditions of civilized life. But no one man ever did so much to reform the conditions of inner life which de velop the soul, and to enfranchise the thought which constitutes the real ex istence of man, as was accomplished by this bold and rebellious monk of Wit tenberg, 400 years ago. The great lesson which Luther taught was the independence of private judgment, as opposed to the supreme and arbitrary aathority of the Church. The surrounding of religious principles with a vast cloud of superstitions and the unchallengeable authority of the Church, had in his day so completely hidden the truths of religion from view, that men were inclined to accept the bigotry of the Middle Ages for the es sential and fundamental principles. Luther's bold solution of the question was to discard traditions and formulas which were abhorrent to his reason and conscience, and to go to the foun tain-head for information. lie it was who restored the Bible to the masses as their religious guide and teacher, and by his intelligent and reasonable interpretation of it, not only brought Protestantism into existence but enforc ed the necessity which was afterward practically recognized by purifying and reforming the Roman Catholic Church. We need not enter into the polemical or historical dispute arising out of Luther's time, to acknowledge the im mense influence which he has had on the religious and moral condition of the world, Or to admire his earnestness and moral courage. Against the dread hierarchy which then dominated the world, he stood up with no backing but that of his own reason and convic tions. The results of that controversy at such fearful odds aro shown in sub sequent history. Germany and all Protestantism do well to commemorate his anniversary. What better text up on devotion and steadfastness cau be found for sermons to-morrow than in Luther's own words, "Here I stand. I can do no more. God help me. Amen !" or what more majestic strains of praise can be selected thau the dox ology or the immortal "Eia Fettle Burg ist unser GottV —Pittsburgh Dispatch of Aug. 11. JjgfThe Diamond Dyes always do more than they claim to do. Color over that old drees. It will look lika ncv. Only 10 cents. —The moral law of the universe is progress. Every generation that pass es idly over the earth without adding progress by one degree remains uuin scribed upon the register of humanity, and the succeeding generation tram plea its ashes as dust. —lf the new project of carrying tho Mediterranean into Palestine be suc cessfully carried out, the Red Sea and Mediterranean will be united and a body of water formed about 200 inilei long, varying in width from three to ten miles and deep enough to float the largest ships. —Mrs. M. Ityan, York, Pa., says: "I cheerfully testify to the beneficial efTects of Brown's Iron Bitters in cur ing general debility." —When the Seminole war in Flori da closed, in 1837, tho remnant of that ferocious tribe plunged into the ever glades and have never reappeared. Iu order to find out what is going on in that unexplored and unknown section of tho Stato a party is being formed iu New Orleans to investigate. —The nettle, a growth common to nearly all of the States, and which has hitherto been a source of great trouble to farmers, has now been found to yield a fiber, which, it is claimed, will supplement cotton in the manufacture of cloth. Cloth made from it, on trial, has been adjudged equal in texture and appearance to liueu. —Governor Cleveland, of New York, bas directed that publications of pardons granted by him shall bo re stricted as far as possible. He main tains that it is unfair to pardoned pris oners to have publicity given to their release from penal servitude. Infor mation, therefore, must como from other thau oflicial sources. A lady traveling through North Carolina writes home that among tho country people there seems to be only one household appliance—a tin basin. It wuh first used for milking; next, tho biscuits were mixed in it; then it came into pluy as a wash basin ; afterward the baby was washed in it; then it was used for cooking hominy, and, finally, the dishes were washed in it. Pcruna. This medicine was introduced to the medical profession and to tho pub lic at large by S. B. II art man, M. P., in 1877, after he had prescribed it to over 10,000 patients in almost every disease to which flesh is heir. It wholly composed of numerous vegetable ingredients, each one of which is acknowledged by the ihedical profession to be the most potent of all the herbal remedies known to modical science. But its grate virtue is mainly attri butable to the new and peculiar pro portions in which the harmonious in gredients are combined, and to the ex treme care exercised in its manufac ture, using only the pure, active prin ciples, and excluding all that is crude or irritating. No one should bo with -1 out Peruna. NO. 10
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