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“The irrizxljr bear,” HnTp|t Raid,
“fi#xt to the Indian, i* the uglirat ciuto
met that the hunter, miner, or pnwpec
tor hsi to deal with. You don't hare to
depeo-1 on your running as a hunter to
in-ure yourself the ight of one, for they
are neither modest nor ‘amree’ about put
ting themselves in your way. d* *
general thing, if the hunter isn't experi
enced. it will require more cunning and
skill for him to get out of the sight of a
grizzly than it will for him to come in
sight of one. Fine# I went to the Rock
ies the Indian has been greatly awed
and tamed down, but the advanee of
civilization has not added one iota of
sweetness to the grizzly bear's temper or
tended to dull his claws or loos sen his
teeth.
“As far as danger is concerned, I be
lieve there is more in tripping the griz
zly than there is in cha-ing him with
a rifle. Cor traps are ponderous iron
implements, as heavy as thiee of your
black bear traps, and with jaws so stiff
that it requires two men using a lever to
force them o|n so they can be set. We
attach a ationg chain to the trap, the
•ante aa you do for the playthings you
call bear here in the East, but our chains
are strong enough for log chains. At the
other end of the chain is attached an
iron ring or band six or eight inches in
diameter. This i) forced, by pounding
it with a maul, over the end of a log six
feet long and big enough around to make
the iron band fit to tightly around it that
it can’t be pulled off. When a grizzly
steps on the pan of one of those great
tru|is aud the stiff jaws close on his leg,
the heavy log serves as a hindrance to
him as he drags it along by the chain on
his retreat to his haunts in the tangled
thickets he favors. A great deal of cun
ning has to bn used in retting a trap for
a grizzly bear, for he is almost aa aus
§ .cions as the fox, and will frequently
eacrt what has the appearance of a good
meal if he makes up his tnind that dan
ger is ltirkiag near, lie never hesitates
to risk danger that ho may see positively
confronting or challenging him, in the
way of hunter, dog, or anything else,
but a suspicious-looking object, the na
ture of which he cannot understand, is
enough to start him off about his busi
ness and to keep him moving until he
has placed a good extent of territory
between him and the mysterious cause
of liis fear.
“And what do you suppose is the fn
▼orito food of this fierce and hulking
monster I Ground mice, moles, grubs
and crickets. What do you think of a
great bloodthirsty beast, weighing 1,200
pounds, hunt ing and devouring such in
significant things ns these? Yet a grizzly
bear will do thut all day long. Onco I
trapped for several days for a nig grizzly
that was prowling about a mining camp
Where I was staying, but I failed in every
attempt I made to lead tho wily beast
into my steel, i was about to give him
up as a bad job, when I heard a ground
mouse squealing near where the trap was
set, and I made up my mind to givo the
bear one trial with a few of these little
chaps as lures. After a long aud tedious
search, I caught a dozen mice, and, cov
ering up my trap carelessly with some
dead branches, I tied half a dozen of the
mice by strings to pegs in the ground
around the trap. When I visited the
•pot an hour or so later I found Mr.
Grizzly fast, with both of his paws in the
trap. The mice hail overcome his fears,
and I put him out of his trouble by load
ing him with a few riflo balls. After
that I would never have usod anything
else but ground mice to tempt grizzlies
to my traps, but they ure not an easy
thing to get hold of, and I hail to do
without them except ou rare occasions.
“I bclievo that tho experience of all
grizzly-bear trappers has proved that, a
grizzly will invariably escape from a trap
if. he is not overtaken b,v the hunter
within a few hours after being caught.
It is to lessen the danger of this that all
the skillful trappers fasten the clog to
the trap with the chain on ono end of it.
Some trailers fasten the chain at the
middle of the log, but that shows that
the man don’t know his business. With
the cliaiu fastened at the end of the clog
it is dragged along endwise, and clems
all obstructions that would catch aud
hold it crosswise if it were dragged from
the middle. Nino times out of ton
a grizzly will be caught by the trap not
far from the extremity of one of his fore
paws. Very rarely can It happen that
Doth (laws are iu tho trap. On being
caught the bear rushes with all the speed
he can summon, and in a tremendous
rage, toward the nearest swamp or
thicket, neither of which he has to go
far to find. Ho seems to know that his
life depends on his speedily ridding him
self of the incumbrance of the trap. As
he tears onward through the forest he
mows great snaths in the underbrush.
He drags the trap and clog agniust
trees, logs and rocks, and whenever
some obstruction holds them fast, he
tugs and jerks his imprisoned foot, try
ing to tear it loose. If the chain held
the clog in the middle the bear would
not go far before the drug would
be caught between two trees and held
securely. Then one or two determined
lunges backward by the bear with his
enormous body would tear the foot
loose, and the grizzly would escape
to the swamp. I have more than once
come up wiiu my trap and found nothing
in it but the ragged and bloody half of
some monster bear's foot, and such has
been the experience of all trappers.
“The further a grizzly gives on his
furious march without riding himself of
the trap the greater his rage becomes.
If it happens to strike against a tree and
does not hold there he will turn on the
tree and tear its trunk with his teeth,
sometime- gnashing half the trunk away.
I have followed the trail of grizzlies
through the thick timber while they were
endeavoring to free themselves of their
traps, and have counted sapling after
•apling chewed to the ground as com
pletely aa if they had been chopped down
with an axe, the trees being covered with
blood from the wounds made on the
mouths of the bears in their blind rage.
“To come up with a half-ton grizzly
hear while he is in such a condition of
temper is like meeting a cyclone. A*
you follow the trail, which is usually
a long way through the forest, and prob
ably a mile or more into a swamp where
you can see but a few yar.la about you in
any direction, you are constantly expoct
a bear to rise up somewhere and charge
upon you like an avalanche. There have
been times when trappers have come up
with the I war at the very muinent when
he has at last succeeded in tearing loose
from the trap Then there ia apt to be
trouble for (lie trapper, unless be it as
quick as a panther aud his gun ia true
The boar makes one wild ruh upon his
foe. 11# ceases to be a bear and U a
damon incarnate. Nothing can Mop him
but plenty of i#*d well |am red into bun j
> from a rife by a man wb known (id .
white. to poor It. If that fail* to ntop
ihe bear or cause him to falter, tha Ufe at j
Ike man be is after Ue’t worth aa ounce
of powder. ll# trill be tons to plecan o
quickly that it isn’t likely be will know
what disturbed him. I nave kaown of
more than one trapper ending up la that
way, and have heard of assay mors."—*
Ne ss York Timet.
Living I’nfler Water.
The length of time during which n
person ran live under water, without the
aid of any diving apparat us, is a ques
tion in dispute among scientific men.
Rome travelers have told marvelous
■tone* of the natives of Eastern countries
who were able to stay ten, or even
fifteen, minutes under water, but there
can be no doubt that these are absurd
exaggerations It is well known that
the ordinary divers for coral, sponge and
pearl-oysters do not remain under more
than two minutes, and the “mcn-fish"
who exhibit in the museums do not ex
ceed two minutes and a half.
The doctors differ in their opinion as
to the time at which death comes in
drowning. Rome say in three minutes,
others in five, but none set a longer time
than this, except the drowning person
faints, when respiration and animation
cease.
A Frenchman, named I.acassagne, has
been for some time studying this subject,
and the results of his experiments and
observations are given in the Horut
B-umtitU/ue. The man upon whom he
experimented was a famous Hungarian
swimmer named James, who, among
other exploits, once swam from Calais to
Hover, and had remained under water
for four minutes and fourteen seconds.
Before diving, it was observed he first
expelled all the air from his lungs, and
then took a long breath. After ho had
been under water for a minute his heart
beats became slow, irregular and feeble.
After two minutes and thirty-seven
seconds there was a rush of blood to the
head, and his eyes appeared sunken.
Still he continued to breathe amply and
regularly at the rate of twenty respira
tions a minute, while at the same time
the observer noticed that the abdominal
cavity diminished greatly in size.
M. Hncassagne believes from this, and
from tbe fact thnt James was continu
ally swallowing his saliva, that, in draw
ing the long breath at first, be swallowed
a quantity of air, and that the ordinary
respiratory channels being closed, be
takes into his lungs the air contained in
his stomach, and from thence again
taken, somewhat purified, into his lungs.
That is, in other words, he makes of nil
stomach a reservoir for air, a fact which,
if true, will account for his ability to re
main for such an extraordinary time un
der water. This process, which the
diver performs instinctively and me
chanically, M. I.acassagne believes can
and should be learned by all swimmers,
as giving them a far greater endurance
under the surface than 'hoy now possess.
Youth's OemjMuiion.
Christmas Decoratlonti.
Very pretty decorations can be made
for Christmas by using heads of wheat
and oats. They can bo mixed witli ever
greens with good cited. Dried grasses
can be made useful in working out seme
of the smaller dosigns. Mountain asli
and bittersweet berries are charming
when used in evergreon wreathing. If
they are not to be obtained, the Reed
cluster of the sumach make good substi
tutes. If you have autumn leaves in
considerable quantities, they will work
in charmingly with whatever may bo
used as tho foundation of your decora
tive work. To use nothing but ever
greens gives tho place you use them in
a somewhat sober look, and touches of
bright color arc needed to produco a
more cheerful tone, and one more fitting
to the season. if clusters of leaves or
berries are placed wherevor festoons or
evergreens are fastened against the wall,
the general effect would be vastly more
pleasing than it would be if they were
not used.
For the altar nothing is prettier, es
pecially by lamplight, than crystallized
grasses used liberally against a back
ground of oveogrecn. They sparkle like
gems, and suggest natural frostwork. A
most beautiful effect can be produced by
making tlie words, “A Merry Christ
mas,” with letters formed of these
grasses against evergreen. The back
ground can be made on a strip of cloth
of whatever width is thought desirable,
covorcd with ground pino or hemlock.
Those are better for such purposes than
ordinary pine or cedar. Tins cloth can
be suspended back of tho pulpit, 01
stn;e, ami wlieu the light falls on th
letter'! they will seem to be formed from
hits of icicles. As the grasses are brittle
and easily broken after being crystallized,
it is well to make each letter on a foun
tain of pasteboard and put it iu place
after the evergreen background has been
hungup.— VifJb’i Magaiint.
Uncle Sam's Money Orders.
The Money Order Department of the
New York Postoffice opens at 10 a. m.
There is always a rush at the opening,
and tho line of applieants waiting foi
mouey orders and postal notes stretches
along the entire length of tho room and
out of the doors iuto tire corridor. An
officer does his best to expedite matters
by inquiring of each his or her particular
business. Inside the railing John Frau
ciseo scratches away with his pen
like mad. Having filled out the money
order or postal note, he fills out a blank
with the amount of order or note and
the fqe, which blank ho hands to the ap
plicant.
The latter takes it to the next window,
where he hands in the money and tho
blank and receives from tire teller the
order or note. Matters are expedited now
by making tiro postal note payable at any
money order office in the United States.
The limitation of postal notes to sums
under $5 makes a great deal of writing
and also much trouble for remitters.
Very few persons have occasion to send
#4.Hit through the mail, while very many
wish to remit $5 at a time. The latter
are obliged to get an order for s4.tit) and
inclose a cent with it.
About 800 persons apply each day for
money orders and postal notes.
A Child With Ten Ancestors Alive.
Mrs. Arthur Dodge, of Block Island,
has a child muuiffcently provide*! for in
the way of grandmothers. Its maternal
grandmother. Mrs. Whitman W. Little
field; her mother. Mis. Welcome Dodge;
Mrs. Nancy Littlefield, the mother of
Mr. Whitman W. Littlefield; Mrs. ltich
ard A. Dodge, its grandmother on the
father's side; her mother, Mrs. Eliza
HammauJ, and her mother, Mrs. Caro
line Willia, are a'l living. Four grand
fathers are living, thus making a total of
ten direct living ancestors, w ith an un
broken descent of five generations, only
a few years ago, when the mother of
'!**. Samuel Ball, of Block Island w<
living.the singular circumatance occurred
of a family compiling d| generation-,
all, with oue exception, living under the
same roof.- ZlsJe., f/miW,
11m easiest tabor is ■ burden to him
who has no motive for performing it.
AGRICULTURAL
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Potato of Klpr-rl mem*.
Experiments of uncnmni'in interest
were made by the West of England So
ciety on twei.ty-ooe farms, in thirteen
different and distant counties, to tost in
broad fields the results attained on i
small scale at Itothamstcd and Woburn.
Dr. I awe s teachings have been corrob
orated wholly, so far as these trials went.
They show that (1) a good clover crop
renders artificial manure- unnecessary and
unprofitable. (ii> But after grain crops
or bare fallow nitrogenous manure lie
cornes |irofitab!e. (3) Mineral manures
alone have given poor results, but are
useful with nitrogen. (4) Asa means of
supplying this, nitrate of soda has done
rather Iletter than sulphate of ammonia.
l!i) No application of barnyard manure
has equaled the artificial manures, when
considered wholly in the one first yeat
of application. (6) The influence of
liming remains variable and uncertain.
(7) Wheat especially require) nitrogen.
The formidable clover-sickness which
has been a puzzle to everybody is said to
be likely to become preventable through
Miss Ormerod's entomologic researches.
A complete series of observations are to
be made on this point during the season,
—New York Trilvne.
Feeding Buttermilk to Pigs.
Buttermilk is a highly mtrogenout
food, containing, as it docs, alxtut one
part nitrogen to two parts carbon—the
proportion of nitrogen being twice as
much as necessary for profitable feeding,
that is to feed it without waste. Corn
meal on the other hand, is highly car
bonaceous, containing eight to nine parts
carbon to one part nitrogen. It is at
least twice as carbonaceous as it should
be for feeding growing pigs, just as but
termilk is too nitrogenous. Now a due
admixture of these two feeds will proper
ly balance the ration and secure the
greatest economy both in preventing
waste and providing the greatest amount
of nutriment. In feeding pigs at tho
Wisconsin agricultural experimental sta
tion the rule has been to allow one pound
of cornmeal to every gallon of butter
milk. This leaves the ration still strong
in the nitrogenous element necessary to
promote growth. As tho pigs advanco
in size aud fat is more desirable than
growth, more cornmeal is added. This
makes the food more carbonaceous and
causes the hogs to lay on more fpt.
In some experiments made at the
Massachusetts agricultural experimental
station—counting corn meal at S2B per
ton and buttermilk nt 10 jeents per 100
pounds—it was found that a pound of
pork, fed at first on a slop, made of 12
ounces of corn meal for every gallon of
buttermilk, cost but 4.0 cents; but that
after gradually increasing the corn meal
until it reached within a fraction of two
pounds of the meal to each gallon of the
buttermilk, tho cost of making a pound
of pork amounted to 5.73 cents. This
latter was in the coldest part of the
winter, and It was thought that tho
difference in temperature (requiring, ns
it did, a more carbonaceous food; ac
counted in a great measure for the dif
ference in the cost of tho pork.— Balti
more Bun.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Hogs should always have a dry and
Warm place to lie in. They do not want
a great mass of straw, in which they will
crawl to got hot and steam, and then
when they come out get chilled, but an
armful of straw to remain a day or two
and thon to be thrown out aud mixed
with tho manure.
In the course of advico to small dairy
men, a writer says that butter made from
perfectly sweet cream will not retain its
Keeping qualities as that where the cream
is allowed to become slightly aciil. It
should be kept thoroughly stirred while
gathering enough for a churning, and
churned at a temperature of sixty de
grees in wintor and fifty-eight degrees
tn summer.
There is no 'animal on tlic farm that
more appreciates dry clean quarters than
a pig. They will thrive better, fatten
faster, bo more healthy, and make bcttei
food if enred for ns they ought to be. It
is proper enough to allow them to run
on the horse manure where largo quan
tities of bedding arc used, but requiring
them to wallow iu tilth is downright
cruelty.
When farming tools are not in use
they should he housed and protected
from the we ithor, and vet how negligent
are many farmers in this regard, leaving
valuable implements exposed for weeks
to the weather and the destructive in
fluences of its agencies. Just a little at
tention to these matters will be the means
of saving many dollars in the farmer’s
lifetime.
Pretol, a celebrated French veterinary
surgeon, considers that wo carry the
grooming of horses to excess, and to
moke them delicate. He does not ad
vocate neglect of cleanliness, but thinks
that too much excitement of tho skin
makes the horses susceptible to catching
diseases by destroying the equilibrium
which ought to reign between the
functions. There is little doubt that
many of our city horses are injured by
being pampered and over-groomed.
When horses have been idle some time,
as they too often are on many farms, it
requires careful feeding to get them in
condition for working. It is not, uncom
mon to grain heavily, thus overloading
stomachs weakened by poor or insuf
ficient food, and making a bad mattei
worse. A horse is not fitted but rather
unfitted for work by being fed a peek of
oats just before. This is a task for his
stomach which requires moat of his
strength. If driven or worked hard be
sides the horse will be thrown into diar
rhu-a, getting rid of the loads on the
stomach not only without receiving any
strength from it, but making it a source
of positive weakness.
A Uotton-i'lckiusr ('row.
A farmer ot Mecklenburg County, N.
C., owns a lame crow which goes regu
larly to the rotten held and picks as
much in a day as any of the human pick
ers. NVitlyts beak it twists the cotton
out, and puts it in a bag. Tho owner of
this truly rare bird, as well as the neigh
bors, declare that the statement is true
in every particular. —MinntapoUt Tri
hunt.
New Tear Proverbs of Olden Time,
If the grass grows in Janiveer,
It grows the worse for 1 all the year.
A January spring
Is worth northing
Ututor wratsr, dearth;
Under snow, breai.
March in Janiveer,
January in March, I fear.
If January iwUnds t eutumorlr fifty.
Twill be w utterly weather tilt tbs calends at
May.
Tha black set mouth In ell the year
It the month of Jeeleeer.
■VrSEIOLM MATTE**
Purlfilng the Air.
A pitch' rof cold voter—it most bo
cold—placed on tbe boron or table ia a
•laspißg-rtKxa will absorb the gate# which
ia Urns fill the air thrown off from tha
lings of tb# sleeper. The virtue coa
tained ia water a*aaab * r rat and puri
fier ia very little known or Whlerttooff.
This U certainly a very ct *y and conven
ient method of purifying tbe sir. It i
not meant, however, to do sway with
ventilation, which is always necessary.
It will readily be seen that water standing
is not fit for drinking in the morning.
: Water intended for the latt<-r use should
i l>e kept in a glass bottle with a stopper.
. Impure water is tbe cause of more sick
ness than impure air.
Useful Hints.
In putting the covers on fruit cans do
| not wait till the cans are cold.
A. granite iron.kettle may be made
| bright by boiling a ama 1 quantity of
| borax in it.
Keep the flour barrel railed a few
i inches from the floor, aa. that tlx-: a r may
j circulate underneath.
When you have the woodwork in a
| room painted, it is a good plan to have
about two inchesof the floor painted also;
I have the paint the same color as that of
i the baseboard; then if, when changing
: carpet, tho carpet will not come close to
the wall, the little space left will not be
so unsightly.
Sweet oil will sometimes remove rust
from steel, and kerosene is even better.
When an article is deeply rusted it may be
necessary to remove the rust by mechan
ical means, such as rutilling with fine
emery powder and oil or fine emery paper.
Badly rusted tools may be cleansed by
scouring them with emery moistened
with sulphuric acid diluted with six parts
of water, immediately fusing well and
drying them and finishing off with oil
and emery flour.
Silk articles should be washed in tepid
water with a suds of white castile soap.
Do not rub or wring them. Handle them
ns you would nice laces in washing,
liiuse in clear, cold water and press the
water out by placing them iu a clean dry
towel or cloth and clapping between the'
hands until almost dry; then lay in shape
and place in a dry cloth under a heavy
weight. . When entirely dry rub lightly
with a piece of dry flannel to give a nice
finish. Of course some delicate shades
are not intended to he washed any morf
than a dainty colored silk dress.
Itaclpea.
Soft Moi.assf.s Cakk. —One cup but
ter, one pint molasses, one pint flour, hall
pint milk, two egg*, one tablespoonful
ginger, two teaspoonfuls soda; floui
enough to make not quite as stiff as cup
take. Bake in moderate oven.
Chicken Sai.ad.— Cook ono chicken
until tender, then chop lino 1 head of
cabbage, and 5 cold hard boiled cues;
season with salt, pepper and mustard;
warm 1 pint of vinegar, add half a tea
cup of butter, stirring until melted; pour
hot over the mixture, stir all thoroughly
and set away to cool.
Salad. —One can of salmon, or the
same amount of any cold fish, cither
boiled or baked, and from which remove
tho skin and bones; chop, when cold,
8 large boiled potatoes and mix with
tho fish; rub smooth the yolks of 3 hard
boiled eggs, season with pepper, salt and
mustard, and 3 tublcspoons of cream and
1 of vinegar; pour this dressing over the
fish and potatoes.
Potatoes. —Take sinail potatoes, wash
and scrape, and put them in a saucepan
of cold water; bring them to a boil,
drain, then wipe with a clean cloth; put
tlie potatoes and 2 tablespoons of butter
in the fryingpan and cook 20 minutes;
when they commence to brown, turn
them occasionally so as to brown on all
sides alike; strain off the butter, sprinkle
with salt, and serve in a hot dish.
Bakf.d oh Sutured Eoos. —Break
them into a buttered pudding dish, or
better still if you have the small oval
vegetable dishes that will just hold two,
they will bo found much handier to
serve. Put a bit. of butter and a little
[icpner and salt on each, or on the top ol
the larger dish, if all are to bo cooked
together, end place them in a hot oven.
As soon as the whitesarestiffened, which
will be in ten minutes or lcs-s, thev are
done.-
Force-Meat Ball. —Take some lean
veal, pound it in a mortar, then rub it
through a sieve with a little butter; put
in a sauccpun a little chopped parsley
and onion, add some bread crumbs, and
milk, and stew gently uutil the onion is
cooked; put through a sieve and let get
cool; then add the yolks of 3 or 4 hard
boiled eggs; season with pepper and salt*
and the yolks of a few ra w eggs; roll into
small balls and add to soup 15 minutes
before serving. • Everything must be
chopped very line.
Sponge Cake.— Pour one cup boiling
water over two cups sugar; separate the
yolks and whites of four eggs and heat
both well, the whiles to a stiff froth; add
theyolksto tho sugar and hot water,
beating quickly, then two cups flour, in
which one and a half tcaspoonfuls baking
powder have been sifted; and a small
pinch of salt and ono tenspoonful lemon
’xtract. Lastly, add the whites of tho
*gf|b, mixing as lightly as possible; bake
in a quick oven.
America's Oldest Canal.
The oldest canal in tho country is the
Union Canal in Pennsylvania, which was
the first projected on the American con
tinent. It was suggested by William
Penn in 1090, and its route surveyed sev
enty years later, liofore there was a canal
in operation even in England. Tho route
on this canal was surveyed by David
Rittcnhouse, the astronomer, aud Dr.
William Smith, provost of the University
of Pennsylvania, in 1703. It extended
from the Schuylkill River, near Reading,
to the Susquehanna, at the present site
of Middletown, Dauphin County. It was
the first link in a proposed chain of water
communication between the Delaware
River and Lake Erie, a project so gi
gantic for that early day, when canals
and even turnpikes were unknown, that
the projectors were believed by the peo
ple to be crazy. Rittenhouse planned a
system of inclined planes to overcome the
Allegheny Mountains, a plan which was
adopted seventy-five years later by the
State in its old Portage KaHroad. The
Revolutionary war interrupted work on
tho pioneer canal, and in 1791 Robert
Morris, Robert Fulton and Tench Francis
became interested in it. The work was
too far in advance of the times, however,
and it was not completed until 1837.
The canal is 89 miles in length, and some
of the greatest engineering work of that
day was necessary in its construction.
The first tunnel in the United States was
bored for this canal through nearly B'Hl
feet of solid rock, sad the summit of the
canal |being higher than its terminal
feeder, a pumping spnaratue had to be
-onstraeted to raise the water to the
necessary height. The canal cost *V
OdO.OOo, ILdlraad i ranspotrfstion hsriag
made the ancient w uerwsy unprofitable,
i few yean ago it was abandoned.— Mot
■on Jy&mrtpt.
“IHTMT* BACK STaISS.”
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byXHmTS? Houlusdta
<V Hasty): “ltsvrtbl—a, >* fact that
many of tha bast proprietary nwdk-iaas of lbs
day wars tears tencimfal than many pbrsi
dste) sad most of them, it should be re
■stebarsd, war# at first dte-owsd or osad ia
actual nodical practice. When, boesvrr,
■ay ahiwwd person, knowing their virtue.and
foreseeing their popularity, secures and ad
vertos) toetn. then in tha opinion of the
bigoted, all virtue want out of them.”
Is not this absurd'
This great man appreciated the real merits
of popular remedies, and tha absurdity of
those that derided them because public
attention was called to the article and the
evidence of their cures. It tbe most nob-1
physician should announce that be hail made
a study of any certain organ or disease of the
body, or make his sign larger than the code
size, though he may have practised medicine
and been a leader in all medical counsels,
notwithstanding all this, if he should presume
to advertise and decline to give his discovery
to the public, ho would te pronounc and a
quack and a humbug; although he may have
spent his entire life and his available funds
in perfecting his investigations.
Again we say, “absurd.”
Man ulcer is found upon one's arm, and is
cured by some dear soul of a grandmother,
outside of the code, it will be pronounced by
the medical profession an ulcer of little im
portance. But if treated under tbe code,
causing sleepless nights for a month, with the
scientific treatment, viz., plasters, washes,
dosing with morphine, arsenic and other vile
substances, given to pevent blood poisoning
or deaden pain, and yet the ulcer becomes
malignant, and amputation is made necessary
at last, to save life, yet all done according to
the “isms” of the medical code, this is much
meue gratifying to the medical profession,
and adds more dignity to that distinguished
order than to be cured by the dear old grand
mother’s remedy.
This appears like a severe arraignment,
yet we believe that it expresses the true
standing of the medical profession in regard
to remedies discovered outside of their special
“famst” One of the most perplexing things
of the day is the popularity of certain reme
dies, especially Warner’s safe cure, which we
find for sale everywhere. The physician of
the highest standing is ready to concede its
merits and sustain the theories the proprie
tors have made—that fa, that it benefits in
most of the ailments of the human system
because it assists in putting the kidneys in
proper condition, thereby aiding in throwing
off the impurities of the blood, while others
with less honesty and experience deride, and
are willing to see their patient die scientific
ally, and according to the code, rather than
have him cured by this gapat remedy.
Yet we notice that the popularity of the
medicine continues to grow year by year.
The discoverer comes boldly before the peo
ple with its merits, and proclaims them from
door to door in our opinion much more hon
orably than the physician who, perchance,
may eecure a patient from some catastrophe,
and is permitted to set a bone of an arm or a
finger, which he does with great dignity, yet
very soon after takes tbs liberty to climb the
editor’s hack stair i at 2 o’clock in the morning
to have it announced In the morning paper
that “Dr. 80-and-so was in attendance,” thus
securing for his benefit a beautiful and free
advertisement.
We shall leave it to our readers to say which
is the wiser and more honorable.
Death of An Inventor.
The man who first used the torpedo in
naval warfare, died recently in George
town, D. C. Francis Edgar Shepherd
came of an old North Carolina family,
was educated at the Annapolis Naval
School and at the outbreak of the War
entered the Confederate navy. Just
twenty-five years ago Shepherd blew up
the United States gunboat Cairo, on the
Mississippi, by means of an old-fashioned
torpedo. Capt. Shepherd watched the ex
plosion from the bank of the river, and
declared that torpedo warfare was cow
ardly. He never again set a torpedo.
TnEUF. are 89 cotton mills, employing
nearly 75,000 hands, in India. A note
worthy thing about those mills is that
when trade is dull their owners are uni
formly animated by an intense desire to
avoid Sunday labor, but as soon as trade
becomes brisk they would keep running
eight days if there were that many days
In the week.
Dr. Gatling has invented another gun
which he calls the “Police gun,” and
which is designed for use in riots. It is
brass, works very much like the Gatling
gun, and will deliver 1,000 shots a min
ute in any direction.
Come to tho bridal chamber. Death!
Come to the mother, when she feels
For the first time, her first-born’s breath,
A nd thou art terrible!
The untimely death which annually carries
off thousands of human lieinus in the prime of
youth, is indeed terrible. '1 ho first approach
of consumption is insidious, and the sufferer
himself is the most unconscious of its ap
proach. One of the most alarming symptoms
of this dread disease is, in fact, the ineradica
able hope, which lurks in the hoart of the vic
tim, preventing him from taking timely steps
to arrest the malady. That it can bo arrested
in its carlior stages is beyond question, as
there are hundreds of well-authenticated cases
where I)r. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
haa effected a complete cure.
A writer suggests that John L. Sullivan be
called “Mars.” The application is self-evident.
Breaking a Window.
If a tree were to break a window, what
might the window say? Tremendous (tree
mend-us). Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullein has a tremendous
sale, for it mends all forms of coughs, colds
and lung troubles.
After Diphtheria
Soarlet fever ot pneumonia, the patient recovers
strength slowly, as the system is weak and debili
tated, and the blood poisoned by the ravages of the
disease. What is needed is a good reliable tonic and
blood purifier like Hood’s Sarsaparilla, whloh has
just the elements of strength for the body, and vital
ity and richness for the blood which soon brings
back robust health.
"After recovering from a prolonged sickness with
diphtheria, and needing something to bnlld me up
I took two bottle* of Hood’s S rsaparilla. I felt good
results from the first dose. It seemed to go from the
top of my head to the ends of my toes. I know
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a good thing.”— Ot. B. Strat
ton, Druggist, Westfield, Mass.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only
by O. L HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Xau
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MEXICAN lin?ment
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A Bright Kama*.
Alice Freeman, ri prcstdeat of
Mrilc&toy College, Mam., who was inar
rwl to Prof. Palmer, of Harvard College,
i. th.rty years old. She la a Western
girl by birth, ami was graduated at Ana
Atlor. She is a brilliant conversation
alist, has large dark eyes, dark brown
hair, ia of medium height, and ha* a
plump, well-rounded figure. She dresses
simply, but ia excellent taste. She be
came prcaidentof Wellesley College seven
year* ago, haring previously teen a tutor
there three or four years. She resigned
at the commencement ia-t June, when it
w:w anuounced that abe was engaged to
marry Prof. Palmer.
Tub cheap funeral movement in New
York, is making remarkable progress.
Though it bas been organized but a few
wteks, the society has a subscription list
already running into tbe thousands, and
liefore long there will be branches in
Brooklyn, Jersey City and other suburbs.
A Trial by J ary.
That great American Jury, the people, have
rendered a unanimous verdict ia favor of Dr.
Pierce’s Pleasant Pureative Pellets, the stan
dard remedy for bowel and stomach disorders,
biliousness, sick headache, dizziness,constipa
tion and sluggish liver.
A granddaughter of Charles Dickens does a
flourishing business with a type-writer.
We would be pleased to know of a man or wo
man who has never had headache or been sub
ject to constipation. As these seem to be uni
versal troubles a little advice may be in order.
Why should persons cram their stomachs
with nauseating purgative pills, etc., which
sicken and debilitate, when such a pleasant
and sterling remedy as Prickly Ash Bitters
will act mildly anil effectively on the liver,
kidney, stomach and bowels, and at the same
time tone np and strengthen the whole system,
causing headache, constipation, and all such
distressing evils to quickly disappear.
CennsDlhi Rarely Cared.
To the Editor—Please inform jour readers
I hat 1 have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. By its timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured. 1
shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy
khee to any of tour readers who have con
sumption if they will Bend me their Express
and P. O. address. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM. M.C.. 181 Pearl St, N. Y.
When Catarrh has taken a strong hold on
the system Taylor’s Hospital Cure, 264 B’way,
New York, reaches, by meausof the Nebulizer,
the very seat of the trouble.
A New York house has received an order for
2,000,000 S-cent postage stamps for use in Chili.
Walking advertisements for Dr. Sage’s Ca
tarrh Rongsdy are the thousands it has cared.
Three thousand women in Toronto, Canada,
vote at municipal elections.
H ELY’S CREAM BALM
iff the best remedy for children
suffering from
Cold in Head, Snuffles
CATARRH
Apply Balm into each nostril.
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IT ISAPUBELYVESETABLE PREPARATION
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ELOOD, LIVEK, STOM
ACH, KIDNEYS,BOW
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BITTERS g dyspepsia,consti-
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b disappear at once under
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e H ties forbids it* use as a
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A SURE CURE FOR
INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA#
Over 5,000 Physicians have sent us their approval of
DIGEBTYLIN. saying that it la the best preparation
for Indigestion tiiat they have ever used.
We have never heard of a case of Dyspepsia where
DIGRSTYLIN was taken that was not cured.
FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM.
IT WILL CURE THE MOST AGGRAVATED CASES.
IT WILL STOP VOMITING IN PREGNANCY.
IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION.
For Sommer Complaints and Chronic Diarrhoea,
which are the direct results of imperfect digestion,
DIGESTYLIN will effect an Immediate cure.
Take DYGESTYLIN for all pains and disorders of
the stomach: they all come from indigestion. Ask
vour druggist for DIGESTYLIN (price $ 1 per large
bottle). If he does not have It eend one dollar to us
aud we will send a bottle to you, express prepaid.
Do not hesitate to send yonr money. Our house Is
reliable. Established twenty-Ave years.
WM. F. KIDDER Sc CO..
Mannfactoring Chemists,B3.lobu t.N.Y.
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good be has done Is illustrated la the follow
ing marvelous instance: Jan. IT, IM*
Georg) C. Osgood A Cos., druggists, bmL
Mas*., wrote: “Mr. Lewis Dennis, No. 1M
Moody st., desires to recommend 8b Jaeobs
Oil to any afflicted with rheumatism, sad
'h vires especially to ay that Orrin Rohinana,
of Grantville, Maas., a boy of 12 years, cans
to his bouse In the summer e/1881 walking
upon crutches, his left leg having been bent
at the knee for over two months and could
not be bent bock. He could not walk upon
it. Mr. Dennis had some St. Jacobs Oil in
the bouse aud gave it to him to rub on his
knee. In six days he bad no use for his
crutches and went home well without them,
and he has been well since Bt. Jacobs Oil cured
him.” In July, 1887, inquiry was made of tha
Messrs. Osgood to ascertain the condition of
the little cripple, which brought the follow
ing response: “Lowell, Mass., July 9,1887.
Tire poor cripple on crutches, Orrin Robin
son, cured by St. Jacobs Oil in 1881, has re
mained cured. The young man has been
and fa now at work every day at mannal
labor. Dr. George C. Osgood, M. D.” N#
other remedy can make the same showing.
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r DR. KILMER’S!
Female
Remedy.
Dnnif Symptoms and Condition* thl,
nCdll Specific will Kelleve and Cnre.
If Von have nervous or sick headache, gtom-
II IU U achache, backache, sptneaohe, bloating,
internal heat or scalding urine,
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II- lull or perversions incident to life-change.
If Vflll have uterine catarrh, suppressed or
II IUU painful periods, or ovarian dropsy.
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It Rnilfic up quickly a run-down const!tu-
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It Will dispel those dull tired looks and feel-
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ednlhfirC Give It to your weak and delirate daarht
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If Vnn value good health, anihope for long
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When i say enr* I do not mean merely to stop them
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others have failod is no reason for not now receiving a
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