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Goods guaranteed, aud if not satihfactory money will Ijfuudcd on return of goods. LARGEST STOK, LATEST STYLES, LOWST PRICES. Headquar's fori. A.K. Suits, tSuilH vvilli («il* Buttons, s'.>.'*»<) w< 8' I ""; worth Si-. ALL-WOOL GI'AKAIELD COLO US. Al!-wco! Sack Suits woitli 9 00. AlcriH Coed Working HuitK s•'! ">O. Jean L'antf) ctn, worth $1.20. We lia\(? 1 lie 1 <-ht Ovi:r-all« in theirket 70 ets., sold elsewhere at 00 ct H., guarantl not to rip. We are the Exclusive Ayent fo Warner Bros., Celebated Clothing. First Class Every Respect. A MKCII: M\l: OF TKI WRS, A\l> ALSO A ITLI, KT(H li OF <;i;.\'lK' HMMIIX. GOODN. JP- S. —(Jlotliing Mado Order- H. BKNEIDEFMN, Nalional SIN. KUILDIIII;. Kuller, I'A. JAMES J. Machinist. I have nccureil CI'TIiHKRT'IA.CIIINK HII') 1' ami Ki iChiNN >1 a,eli 111 e!• y 1 cm now |N I>NIT <1 ID do til REPHII i» LL"= Machinery lin«-. KNOINKH, TllltKHUnitS, KAWMII.LH, MoV'.S, IIMIWK I'OWLKH, ami all Agricul tural Machinery repaired. Sole lo FiirnifrKr—l have IcrriH of all kinds of Tlireaerß and Horne Powers. Caning and all hizes of pipes cut to fir. Steam connections and fittingH toado. CAR WHEELS, AXLES AND COAL DRILLS for Mining PURPOSE* ma'lc to oriler. < i:il att iitioti T»ivcn to repairing Oil, \ I i > i; s. BI.A<KHMniI!KO ANO I'OIKJI.VO p omptlMl.-mh-.L to (a I. paid for Wit AUG IIT ItHA II ami < ML>ll M UAL'S. All work «at(»F!lCU»rily JFUARAUTIM IL. Work ' couth HIDE of I', IT W. 11. U., near ('amp lieii'N " 'umlry, fiutler, I'L-llN'a. JAS. J. KHEINLANDEK. BUY YOUR CLOTHING, Hats, Caps, Gents' 'urnishing Goods, JB<>< > r ß'!S A."N> SIIOI^S, A 5 the. Kct Store; ot JOHN T. KELLY, Jt-flersmi SI., Kusl « I I.oiy lltiuse, Btiillci-, I'a. Oil H IH. S JXJC^K, J )ealc in STOVES, TIN-WARE m GENIAL HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, A.I rit (HI l,i ,I'LII-J ; V . I.IJOWI, - L.UI! IN I LLI ■I•• T - Ito illntr, hiioiitiuj; :M<l roiialr (, K «'«1,.. »,, Bbon notice Ulote on Main St., I North. Lm«t'iofl&B VoL tiov VW'HIJ-LY. TTs]* H TT t XlM.il UMW W1 lliid 'Blessed be the man," said Don Quixote's weary squire. "who invented sleep." Sanclm's (latitude <»nr~. but wliat if one cannot for any reason enjoy that excellent invention'.' "Xervous'iies- in me had ln*eo:'i«-a d>f,ise." writes .Mr \Villi;un CoU'inan the well know 11 wholesale drujiuist of KultatO,N. V. "1 could not sleep, and luy nights were either passed iu that sort of restlessness wliieh nearly cn/.ed, or in a kind of stupor. haunted by tonneut iin; ureams, ilaviui; taken I'arker's Tonic for other troubles, and tried it also for this. The re >ult IM'HI surprised and delighted me. My nerves wi ii- toiieii to concert pitch, and. like ( a sir's fat men. 1 full into the ranks of tlio-e who sleep 0 nij-'hts. I should add that the tonic speedily did Mrt) with the eoedition of general debility and *IVS|M-|»SIH oi"'*asiouei| by lily previous slecpless ni and save me strength and |>erfect digestion. In bri' f. the use ot tile tonic thoroughly re-estab lished IIIJ leallh. I have used l'arket's Tonic with entire sue. ess lur -'-a sickness and for tin* bowel disorders incident to ocean voyages." Tills preparation has heretofore been know n as I'arker's linger Tonic, lb re after it will be ad vertised and sold under the name of I'arker's Tome omitting the word "(linger" Iliseox & Co. are induced to make tins change by the aetiou of unprincipled dealers who have for years deceived their customers bv substituting inferior prepara tions under the name of ginger. We drop the iiiisleading word all the more willingly, as ginger is an unini|K)itaut flavoring ingredient in our Ton ic. I'le.Lse remember that no change has been made or will be made in the preparation itself, and all bottles remaining in the bands of Vers, wrapped under the name of "Parkers <;inger Tonic" contain the genuine medicine if the facsimile signature of 111 vox & Co. is at the bottom of the outside wrapper. Loss and Gain. CHAPTER I. 'I wat, taken sick a year ago with bilious lever." "My doctor pronounced me cured, but I got tick again, with terrible pains iu rny back and bides, and I ot so bad 1 Could not move! 1 shrunk! From !-28 lbs. to 120! I had been doctoring lor my liver, but it did me no good. I did not expect to live more than three months. I be gan to uhe Hop Bitters. Directly luy appetite returned, my pains lelt me, my entire system turned renewed as if by magic, and alter using several bottles I am not only as sound as a sovereign but weigh more than 1 did before. To Hop liitters I owe my life." Dublin, June G, 'SI. H. FITZI-ATIUCK. CHAPTER 11. "Maiden, Mass, Feb. I, ISSX Gentlemen — I sulk-red with attacks of sick headache." Neuralgia, female trouble, for years ill the most terrible and exerutiatlng manner. No medicine or doctor could give me relief or cure until I used llop Bitters. "The first bottle Nearly cured tnc;" The second made me as well and strong as when a child, "And I have been so to this day." My husband was an invalid lor twenty years will, a serious "Kidney, liver and urinary ccinplaint. "I'ronounccd by boston's best physicians— "lncurable!" Seven bottles of your bitters cured him and 1 know of the "Lives of eight persons" in my neighborhood tint have been tared by your bitteis, And many more are using Hit m with great be neflt. "They almost I)o miracles?" Mtts. E. D. SI.ACK. How TO (>ET SlCK—Expose yourself day and night: eat too much without exercise; wotU too hard without resl; doctor ail the time: tike all the vile nostrums advertised, and then you will want to know how to get well, which is answered iu three words —Take Hop Bitter.-! mcrouTT<n;ctable Ingredients, each one of which is acknowledged by the medi cal profession to tie the most potent of all the herbal remedies known to medical science. Iteures without fail every case of ChrenlcCatarrh, Consumption, (Jeueral and Nervous Debility, Neuralgia, Chronic Khenma flsnuDlahelta^ IMHilderjJJriijht^^ Diseases of the Stomach. I If your liruKKlst Is out of our pamph lets on the "llli of Life," or if you ur'j laboring under a dlseaso not mentioned in it or in these advertisements, address tiie proprietors, 8. B. llartmau <Jt ''o., Co lumbus, Ohio. (No. 4.i M A N^ING'S nation. PileH an<T IMiiiTnaja. HoM by all dniKKitt-N* Otio dollar i>«*r bottle; nixf•*. ivoo. l;ireetlo!iHin Kagllih au<l German. ' BOJLS, |K« LOSS Ti App " in "pis£* st Ir^fif'lilni ill ITHAS \ &CO. t mmr/ars. pittsburom. JFA. . • & 4-f • ■ D Tlito i*troun plmtl<r 1M farnotiM for It* quick __ __ ami ln-arty a- tt«,n la £3 R gSk QX LT U '-urlinf I.ani" r..uk, ■ !■ fH R Ml* Jlh< omult un, Orlflf In th's U t/lf, HMm or Hip, NVumina, HtifT Joint* rui'l Miin l«", Hon fin- t, KMff y TrouM«»i un<l all pnliia t,r to li« h < itli«*r l<»<-ttl '«i (ltx ItHoothi'M.hli' n^th • fin aft' l HtlmulaU .1 TIN |*II 1 ». Th« <rlrtu» Hof IIOJ»M « 0111- |>it H 'I wil It tfunm «-l« an and n tuly apply. to tiiiiimriilf, loUoim and nulvca. I'rU* 2# wnU or l* f#r A GREAT ,t.,ri ». Mull. .1 un r- ■ , __ _ _ \'z [SUCCESS |iri«'torn, IIOMUHI, Maim. -i-i~ < ■> * - |if Th«* family j»ill mail' Mawl« y'« HLoma* h aiul V«lvi-r I'HIN. 'Hi'. l'l«-.-i>fn>t in n« tlona«i«| 1 n>y to tak SURVEYING I,A N l>, COAL HANKS, AM) LEVKLINO. i'liitlcular ut ten 1 ion «lvcn to the lteti o old lines. Address, li. I'. 12 11.1,14 Jtl»,ro.Sni \« >«n' North Hope I'. <)., Butler Co., i'.i. H,.\H4.ly Union W<K»l«n .Mill, BUTI.KK, i'A. li. I*r«i|»'r. Manufucturer of ISI.ANKKTH, KI.ANNKI.H, Y ALTN^ 1 Ac. Also custom work done to order, such so curdinjf Kolls, making lllatikets, Klauiiels, Knlt tinK and Weaving Yiirns, Ac., at very low prices. Wool worked ou the shares, If dc sired. my7-ly G. D. HARVEY, Bricklayer and Contractor. r*nt iin sit I'M giv«'ii on coiitrK't work. f tcsni «l«-1 nr«s, ntrni;t f noiili (md, Jinlliir I'a. jan'i.ly. BUTLER, PA WEDNESDAY. JULY 2. 1884 Chewing the Cud. Every child living in the country has stood and watched this curious operation, and wondered what the lump was which he saw come tip in the cow's throat, and then go down again after she had chewed it for a certain length of time. And perhaps he mav have seen the anxiety and turmoil pro duced on a farm by the report that some one of the cows had "lost her cud," and as the result of this excite- j ment he may have seen the absurtl at- | tempt to "make a new cud,'' in the i hope that the cow would by such j means be restored to good condition. : A very large tribe of animals, of which sheep and cows are only familiar examples, are called in works of natural history Ruminantia because they all ruminate, they chew the cud. They do so because their peculiar organs of digestion require it; they can get their nourishment in no other way. They have, it is said in the books, four stom achs, but the statement is not strictly correct, for the entire digestion is done in a single, that which is called the fourth, the other three being only places for preparatory work. Their food is swallowed without being chew ed; the chewing is to come later. When this uncbe>ved food is swallow ed it passes directly into the first stom ach, to use the common term; but the drink which the animal takes goes straight past the entrance of the first into the second. These two serve only to soak and soften the coarse food. When the first has done what it can, the food passes out of it into the second, and then the cow or sheep is ready to "chew the cud." The second stomach while busily at work in soaking the food, keeps iu mo tion, and gradually rolls it up into masses, so that in the small upper part there is formed an oblong solid lump of the size that we recognize as the "cud." This the animal throws up in to the mouth, and chews with evident ly as much satisfaction as the same act of mastication gives us when we put the most delicate morsels between our teeth. When it is sufficiently chewed, the mass is swallowed and its place taken by another which had been roll ed up in the meantime. But the "cud" thus masticated does not returu to the second stomach, from which it had come. It passes smooth ly into the third, a place for additional lubrication, and then into the fourth, where the true digestion begins and ends. This is, in brief, the whole story, and we see how naturally the chewing coines in; it is the same as in our own rase, only it is at a different stage of the food's progress. And we see also what "losing the cud" really is. The cow or sheep is suffering from indiges tion; the "second stomach" has failed to roll up the little masses suitable for chewing, aud there is nothing which the poor beast can bring up. Of course, therefore, the one thing required is to restore the tone and power of the atom ach; not to burden it with an "artificial cud," which would only increase the difficulty, instead of relieving it. Ideas of the People--What Real Leaders Have lo Say. A FKW RKMAItKS THAT AUK NOT FKKIiLK NOR SOUK. "I deem it my duty not to stand in the way of the people's choice, and recommend my friends to assist in his nomination."—John A. Logan, Sen ator from Illinois. - ' I have from the first suggested Sen ator Sherman, but now withdraw his name, and cast for James (J. Blaine the4(i votes of Ohio."—Judge Foraker, latest Republican candidate for <«ov ernor of Ohio. "In behalf of President Arthur, and at his request, I moyeto make the nom ination unanimous. We will show you in November that New York is a Republican State. We elected Garfield, and we will elect James <». Blaine of Maine," —Henry (J. Burleigh, Repre sentative from New York. "You will have my earnest and cor din! support."—To Mr. Blaine from Chester A. Arthur, President "That prince of gentlemen, that scholar, that gifted statesman, James G Blaine.—The same spontaneous en thusiasm will make him President."— D. M. Sabin, Chairman National Com mittee and Senator From Minnesota. "You need not be worried about us; we will take care of our side of the Con tinent."—Senator MrCluie of Califor nia. "You have done wisely and well; we will sweep this country like a vast prairie on fire."—Hannibal Hamlin, the first Republican Yice-President. "Upon Hie ticket ami platform all Republicans will unite heartily to win the customary victory in November." Robt. T' Lincoln, son of the First Republican President. "The most rcmaikabh; drinon.-trat i<>n of tin; popular feeling in favor of a can didate that has ever been. The can vass has run its<-ll without any plot ting or planning on his part, or on the part of many of his olde t and most intimate friends."-—Eugene 11 ale, Sen ator from Maine. "Everybody in Massat husetts will cordially take hold and support the ticket.— Nobody wants to see a Dem ocratic President.,, — A'x-Oovet nor Uoiitf of Massachusetts. "Massachusetts will support tin nomination heartily."—Senator Dawes of Massachusetts. "It ought to lie the most popular thing going. All these great central States, where the tug of war has got to come, are very enthusiastic lor him."—Senator Edmunds of Vermont. ' Blaine is the man to push the col ored men forward until they stand on an even plane with their white fellow citizens."—John M. Langston, Minis ter to Hay ti. "United action will result in victory for the Republican party."—Professor It. T. Greenor of South Carolina. "The entire delegation cordially ac quiesced in the nomination, and will use every energy to secure the election of Mr. Blaine."—Attorney-General lilair of Virginia, Mahone delegate. "For every vote the Republicans loose by disaffection they will gain ten elsewhere."—Ex-Governor and Representative Uingley of Maine. "Hope to defeat the nomination of Blaine was perfect insanity. I will support him heartily, and have not a shadow of doubt that Maine will fur nish the next President.''—Amos F. Breed, Delegate from Massachusetts. "I shall vote for Blaine and Logan, and the little influence 1 have will be contributed to their success." Judge Lochrane (Dent ), of Georgia. "It was a selection in accordance with tne choice of the people and in de fiance of office-holders aud politicians." David Davis, Ex-Senator of Illinois. "Blaine is the choice of two-thirds of the rank and ffle of the party- I shall bolt the nomination by no means. I have no personal objections to Blaine He will sweep the West and Ohio, and will carry jail New England." Theodore Rosevelt, leader of Edmunds delegates from New York. "I am pleased with the result, and have not a doubt of the success of the ticket."—Senator Agnus Cameron of Wisconsin. 'Put me dowu as a cordial, earnest, enthusiastic Blaine man—just as good a Blaine man, in fact, as we would have expected his supporters to have been Arthur men if he had succeeded " —S. B. Dutcher of Yew York. "We are prepared to do everything iu our power to elect him."—Clint Wheeler of New York. "Coolness in New York city will be more then compensated by the enthusi asm in the country districts. If we carry Maine, Ohio and West \ irginia in September and October, Blaine will have a walk-over in New \ork.'"— Frank Hiscock, Representative from New York. "The people's choice has been made, and success is assured."—Reuben E. Fenton, ex-Governor of New York "Their selection was not by ma chines or bosses, but at the demand of Republican voters."—Hon. John Bird sail of New York. "Blaine has a larger circulation than all of the journals. Like St. Paul, he is an epistle known and read of all men."—Judge J. R. Angell of New York. "The cartoons of a comic paper have done Blaine no harm. They may have helped to nominate him, though not so intended."— Awjusfa Chronicle( Dem ) "West Virginia stands at the thresh" hold of a new era. The Mountain State will be wrested from Bourbon domination, and placed where she rightly belongs, in the ranks of the Republican party."— Wheeling (IF. Va.) Intelligencer. "1 prefer lilaine to nil othei Repub lican candidates' is srynething good likely to come to country from a more energetic assertion of the Monroe doctrine than we have had lately."—Senator J. <J. George (Dem.) of Mississippi. Poisonous Plants and F lowers, There are many plants whose leaves, fi »wers and seeds contain virulent poi sons, which every one should know, HO as to avoid them and keep children from them. Buttercups possess a poisonous pro perty, which disappears when the flowers are dried in hay; no cow will feed upon them while in blossom. So caustic are the petals that ihey will sometimes inflame the skin of tender lingers. Every child should be cau tioned against eating them: indeed, it is desirable to caution children about tasting the petals of any flowers, or putting leaves into their mouths, ex cept those known to be harmless. The oleander contains a deadly poi son in its leases ami flowers, and is said to be a dangerous plant for the parlor or dining room. The flowers and berries of the wild bryony possess a powerful purgative; the red berries, which attract children, have proven fatal. The seeds of the laburnum and catalpa tree should be kept from chil dren; and there is a poisonous proper ty in their bark. The reeds of the yel low and the rough podded vetches will produce nausea and severe hcadach. Fool's parsley IUIH tuberous roots, which have been mistaken for turnips, and produced a fatal effect an hour after they wt re eaten. Meadow hemlock is said to be the hemlock which Socrates drank; it kills by its intense action on the nerves, producing complete insensibility and palsy of the arina and legs, ami is a most dangerous drug, except in skill till hands. In August it is found iu every field, by the seashore, and near mountain tops, in full bloom, and Indies ami children gather its large clusters of tiny while flowers in quan tities, without the least idea of their poisonous qualities. The water hem lock, or eow bane, resembles parsnips, and has been eaten for them with dead ly effects. The water dropwort resembles cel ery when not in flower, mid its roots are also similar to those of the parsnip, but they contain a virulent poison, producing convulsions, which end in death in a short time. The line leaved water dropwort ami the common drop wort are also dangerous weeds. The bulbs of the daffodils were once niistiik'-n for leeks and boiled in soup, with very disasterous effects, making the whole household intensely nau seated, and the children did not reeov from their effects for several days. nomination of .Mr. Blaine, and an omen which every Republican will accept as a good one, that every candidate bear ing the name of James has won the light, viz : James Madison, James Monroe, JUIIICH K Polk, .lames l»u --chauan, James A. Garfield, and surely James G Blaine. A Nihilist's Adventures Alexander Seminoff, a highly educat ed Russian, who has been living in Cincinnati a short time, and has attract ed the attention of scholars, gives the following account of himself: "My pseudonym is Charles Frank. My Russian name is Alexander Seni inofl'. In 187<> I was one of the edi tors of a secret Nihilist paper, and hav ing been convicted of treason, 1 was sent to Siberia for an unlimited num ber of years. Nihilism, you may be aware, is spread all over the Russian empire, and the peculiar secrecy of its principles aud workings is mainly ow ing the fact that only ten may join to gether to form a band. Each band of ten knows nothing whatever about an other band of ten. Each band works separately. We do not know even outside our band who is a Nihilist or who is not. After editing a Nihilistic paper for two years, I was Detrayed to the police by one of my associates, and was surprised one night in bed and taken to the prison in Odessa,after hav ing been cruelly scourged. After an eight months' examination, I was sen tenced to three years' hard labor in Siberia, and to exile as a colonist in the extreme north of the country. "In June, 1876, I was separated, ac cording to the legal form sanctioned by the clergy of Russia, from wife and children, and with head shaved on one side and twenty-eight pounds of iron attached to me, I was sent with othe alleged criminals to the central prison in Moscow. The journey lasted four teen months, and during that time the knout was used freely on the prisoners. Our destination was Nertschinsk, and on arriving we were assigned to differ ent gold mines. In the mines I work ed from 4 o'clock in the morning until 9at night. The allowance of food per day is two and a half pounds of black bread, half baked and hardly palatable, and a bowl of soup, with a small quan tity of meat. Morning and evening a cup of tea is allowed. I endured my suffering for two and a half years. Then I completely broke down, and the doctor of the district declared that I was unlit for work The rest of my sentence was remitted, and I was im mediately assigned to my place in the colony. It was in one of the primitive forests of the north, where wolves, bears and reindeer dwell. Iu 1881, to ward the end of May, I resolved w r ith four companions, to escape without monev or weapons, and with only a knife and teakettle. We took the di rection toward the Caspian Sea,through forests and an almost impassible coun try. Wo had no shoes on our leet, and kept ourselves alive on fish, game and mushrooms. In the Tauskiau country we separated, and with only one companion, Marsilli Murainnoff, I went on. I soon lost him, and then pursued my journey alone. At length I arrived at Astrabad aud Teheran, in I'ersia, where 1 received assistance. My hair had grown over my shoul ders, my beard extended to my chest, I had neither shirt nor shoes, and my face was sunburnt almost to a black color. An English telegraph operator took charge of me. He had me wash ed and give me clean clothing. I next went through Turkey and thence to Switzerland, where I was arrested and kept in prison for four months. Again I was arrested in Hesse Darmstadt, and served a term of five months. I then resolved to find peace in England or the United States. I met Mr. Brad laugh iu London, and at his request re mained at his house for four days. Through his kindness 1 received means enough to take me to the United States. I arrived in New York in January last, and have been in Cincinnati a few days only I want to go to Chicago, where 1 understand a great many Russians reside." Guano Tests, Probably there is no better method of determining the purity of guano than the combustion test, which is as follows: Pour half an ounce of the guano into an iron lalde, such as is used in casting bullets, and place it upon red hot coals until nothing but a white or grayish ash is left, which must be weighed after cooling. The best sorts of Peruvian guano do not yield more than 30 or .'J.'f percent of ash, while inferior varieties, such as Patagonian, Chili, and African guano, leave a residue of 00 or even 80 per cent. Genuine guano leaves a white or grayish ash; and a red or yellow ash indicates the adulteration with earthy matter or sand, etc. This test is based upon the fact that the most important ingredients, viz, the nitro genous compounds become volatilized, and escape when subjected to sufficient amount of heat. The difference of odor of the vapors envolved in the pro cess, according as we are working with first third or class guano, must also be noticed. The vapors from the better kinds have a pungent smell like spirits of hartshorn, with a peculiar piquancy somewhat resembling that of rich old deenved cheese, while those arising from inferior varieties HIIICII like hinged horn shavings or hair. A Cheap Inseel Destroyer A correspondent of the fruit lie cordcr says he has boiled leaves aud stems of tomato plants until the juice is all extracted, and finds the liquid deadly to catupillars, lice and many other enemies of vegetation. It does rot injure the growth of plants, and its odor remains for a long time to disgust insect marauders. "Tell the Republicans of Massa chusetts that they have too much hay in the stack to set fire to the grass," was the remark of Murat llalstead to vl tlouriiul representative in Chicago. The statement is powerfully true. —The bolters: George W. Curtis, > Free Traders Henry \V. Beoeher, » each Charles F. Adams, Jr., > and Carl Sehurz \ all. Farm, Garden and House. USING I'oISONS. A great many oppose the use of paris green, even on potato vines, some going so far as to declare that there is danger from eating the tubers where it has been used. Sow there is nothing vet discovered so effectual in the de struction of the Colorado beetle as this poison, and the best chemists have ut terly failed to discover the slightest trace of it in the potato where it has been freely used. The distinguished chemist of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, Prof. McMurtrie, declares that "an aggregate of 90G.4 pounds of paris green per acre must be applied to the soil before any injurious effects on the plant growth are appreci able (the ordinary application to a po tato field is from a pound to two pounds per acres). Arsenic cannot be absorbed and assimilated by the plant in the economy of growth. All of the plants grown in the arsenic soil tried bv Marsh's test failed to indicate the presence of arsenic. Potatoes subjected to the application of paris green failed to gi*"e evidence of the presence of ar senic." Paris green may be applied to pota to fields in several ways. We use it in water, a tablespoonful to a large pail —four gallons—of water. A less quantity will answer. We use a brush broom for this work. It can be effect ually applied mixed with plaster or with cheap flour. We prefer the lat ter. One pound of paris green to twelve to twenty pounds of Hour. This should be dusted or sifted on the plants when the dew is on so that the mix ture will adhere; and it must be re newed if washed off by the rains. Two applications, sometimes three, are necessary during the season of the bugs. Hellebore is another poison but not so dangerous as paris green. We use it to keep the insects from injuring the rose bushes and by its use the foliage can be kept perfectly clean and good. We put a large tablespoonful of the powder to three gallons of water ana apply it with a small hand pump or syringe. We apply it in the same way to currant bushes to destroy the cur rant worm or prevent its ravages. We use for currants a large spoonful for every two gallons of water. Before the lruit is lit for use the hellebore is all washed off so that there is no dan ger from its use. We have never known of any harm from the use of hellebore in this way, Taken in season the cur rant worm can effectually kept down. Formerly whale oil soap was used for roses to keep off the insects, but the hellebore does the the work equally as well and is not so disagreeable. LICE ON POULTRY. Every poultry raiser knows how offensive to him and dangerous to the fowls are the small white lice that are generated in warm weather. Usually early in April the hen's nests become infested with them; and the young chickens come out so full of them that they are much weakened by their attacks. So very serious is the matter in our climate, that it is generally im practicable to set heus after the middle of May or the first of June. After much annoyance and fruitless trials of several suggested remedies, we have found the only preventative to be the use of kerosene oil. We made it aj practice to feed all the poul try, once every five or six days, with meal moistened with water and kero sene oil; iu the propar proportions of a deserts-poonful of oil to a pint of meal. If more oil is put, the fowls will not readily eat the food. With this treat ment, the lice have been entirely eradicated ; and wo have been able to set hens through the entire summer. Last summer, in order to make a sure test of the preventive, wo used some permanent nests, and in two cases set in each three hens iu succession, with out making any change, or eyen giv ing fresh straw; the two nests being occupied without a day's intermission throughout the whole of April and May ; ami in no instance was a single insect to be seen. The great advan tage of freedom from these posts will be appreciated by all who have any dealings with poultry. Squeezin' Times On a train going West tho other evening were two residents of the city, who wore canvassing the general situ ation as to business, and both agreed that it was a time when every business man should pare his apples very close. Behind them was a farmer and his sou, and, as the gentlemen finally ceas ed talking, the old man observed: 'William Henry, did you hoar what they said?' 'Ves, dad.' ' 'Bout iron furnaces bustiu' up, and rolli«i' mills shuttin' down!" •Yes.' 'llullsale houses goin' to the wall, and corner groceries bein' knocked higher'n (Jildroy's kite?' 'Ves, I hoard it all ; and what of it?' 'What of it!' echoed the old man, as be half wheeled in his seat. 'Why, you infernal, thick headed idiot, it means that I'm goin' to git ready fur Hquoexin' times, and if you don't pay nie tle-m $7 you owe me by next week Thursday, I'll cover my shorts by givin' you the all-firedost liekin' a Wil liam Henry ever fooled with.' —Repeated sowings of fodder-corn make a continuous supply of green feed at the close of the growing sea son. —The root crop has superceded the summer fallow iu the rotation, and the use of the land is no longer lost for a whole year. Horses as well as boys enjoy an evening bath. They are profited by it if lastingjonly a few minutes,and if!they are subsequently rubbed dry. —The people have had their wishes gratified iu the nomination of Blaine and Logan. Now let the people organ ize for the election of thoir choice. Blaine's Religion and that of his Family. With the complete divorce of Church and State which obtains in this coun try, (very sensibly remaiks the Phila. I'reas,) we do not conceive that a man's private views of the relation of man to his Master in any way affect his capac ity or fitness for high public station, or that it can be of any public concern whether the President of the United States, or a candidate for that office, be longs to a particular church or not. As, however, many good people do ask this question about Mr. Blaine with en tire good faith, we answer them as we have answered similar inquiries before, that Mr. Blaine and his wife are both members of the Congregational Church in Augusta, Me. On his father's side, Mr. Blaine's ancestors were always identified with the Presbyterian Church and when in Washington Mr. Blaine and his family are attendants at a Pres byterian Church. Mr. Blaine was ed ucated at Washington College, Penn sylvania, which was then, and is now, when consolidated with Jefferson Col lege, one of the staunchest of Presby terian institutions. Mr. Blaine's former pastor, Dr. Ecob, in an interview published a few days ago in the Albany Evening Journal, says of Mr. Blaine : "In the church he is honored and beloyed. The good old New England custom of church-going with all the guests is enforced strictly iu the Blaine household. Whoever is under his roof, from the President down, is expected to be with the family at church. Fair weather or foul, those pews were always well tilled. Not only his presence on Sunday, but his influence, his wise counsels, his purse are freely devoted to the interest of the old South Church of Augusta. The hold which Mr. Blaine has maintained upon the hearts of such great numbers of his countrymen is not sufficiently explained by brilliant gifts of magnet ism; the secret lies in his generous, manly, Chistiau character." An Enoch Arden Romance. The town of Muncie, Ind., is agita ted by the return of Thompson Walling from Weatherby, Oregon, to a wife whom he left thirty-five years ago, and whom he finds a widow after having been twice married during his absence. Fifty years ago George Shafer, who camo from Pennsylvania, was a well to-do farmer in Muncie. Joseph Wal ling, a prosperour tanner, lived just outside of the then village of Muncey town, a cluster of log cabins and little houses, with a log Court House. Su sannah Shafer, a daughter of the farmer, was just growing into woman hood, and young Thompson Walling, the tanner's son, became enamored ot her, and, before tho parents knew the truth, they were pledged to each other. On April 1, 1841, they were married, and among the guests were a youth and inaideu, friends of the bride and groom, now Mr. Voluoy Wilson and wife. The union was happy. Three children were born to Walling aad his wife, one of whom died, leaving a boy and girl. When the gold fever of 1841) broko out young Walling became a victim, and, with SSOO loaned to him by his friend Volney Wilson,ho left for Califo rnia with Arch Hamilton, Theo. Burt, Stephen Hamilton and son, Henry Wysor, Jas Kussy, Dr. Hathaway, Charles McUlaughliu (the Railroad King, lately shot by his employee iu San Francisco) Samuel Martin, and others, now prominent citizens of Mun cie. The mines of California and Idaho were successively tried, and one by ono the party returned, save Walling, McGlaughlin and Kussy, tho latter of whom, with a man named Wood, from that county, met his death at the hands of the Indians. Time passed, and letters from Walling came less and less frequent. In 1852 a let ter containing a draft for SSOO was re ceived by Mrs Walling. She never heard from him after that, and his si lence was accepted as proof that ho was dead. In fact, his father's estato at his death was administered as though young Walling was dead. His wife obtained a divorce, and in I8(!2 married Horatio F. Wilcoxon, who was killed in a sawmill in 1805. A year later she married Jeremiah Veacb, who died two years ago. Then she lived with her son near Muncie. Volney Wilson alone never shared the belief that Thompson Walling was dead For years he spent all his leis ure time writing letters of inquiry to out-of tho way places on the Pacific coast. One day in February last tho Deputy Postmaster at Weatherby, Ore , saw a letter postmarked Muncie, Ind , addressed to the Postmaster. Opening it he found that it was from his old friend Wilson, inquiring for him. He, answering, gave the story of his life and misfortunes. Then he wrote to his wife, detailing his sorrows, his efforts to get home, his failures, his ill health, and his final conclusion that fate was against him, followed by a re lapse into indifference. A few morn ings since the town was electrified to see him on the street. Before noon, his son, now almost a middle-aged man, came for him arid took him to the home of his former wife, where to many friends he detailed his romantic experience, which is almost beyond IHS lief. Mrs. Vouch, his wife, expressed her self as glad of his return, and the meet ing is said to have boon most affecting. It is thought a second wedding will fully unite them. Should it occur, Volney Wilson and his wife will again hold the place of honor they held almost a half century ago. |Cgf" Economy is Wealth. No woman really practices economy un less sho uses the Diamond Dyes. Many pounds can be saved every year. Ask your druggist. Only 10c. Sam ple to use. Wells, Richardson &. Co., Burlington, Vt. Select a portion of the corn field [ for seed, and give it extra attention. 1 Breed up the corn. NO.; 3.
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