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PLANTATION TOPICS.
SOW GRASS SEED IN THE FALR
The custom is general throughout
the Middle and Eastern States, though
spring sowing is frequently practiced.
An article in the “Ohio Farmer”
rather surprises us by intimating that
spring seeding is so nearly universal in
the iuterior and Western States. The
best results are usually obtained by
sowing grass in the fall and clover in
early spring. If sowed alone, it should
he in as early as possible, and the clover
may he sowed at the same time. The
suggestion to scatter a few oats is a good
one. It is frequently done in putting
down lawns, but the oats must not be
allowed to get too rank, or the grass
will he injured. They can lie mowed
and left evenly spread over the ground.
In a recent tour in Central and
Southern Ohio we found that formers
were very generally deploring the fail
of their last springs seeding of grass
and clover, in consequence of the se
verity of the drouth. But the wheat
crop was Very fine, and this, together
with the fair prospects for corn, keeps
the farmers in good heart, and they
will utilize the bright wheat straw wit h
corn fodder to make up for the hay
crop lost by the drouth, and many are
inquiring how they can best remedy the
loss of their spring’s seeding, which is
a serious matter, not only in the item
of cost, hut in the derangement f the
system of rotation of crops, which is
practiced by every good farmer. One
farmer in Clinton county told as that
his loss in cost of seed and labor was
over S3OO, and there are very many,
doubtless, who can sav the same.
Fall sowing of timothy, after wheat
or oats, is, of course, the first remedy
suggested. We have not personally
known of this being extensively done
in Ohio, but from our observation we
should not hesitate to recommend it
where the soil is not flat nor too clayey,
so as to heave badly with frost in win
ter. Timothy seed if sown in Septem
ber, on land well ploughed and har
rowed, will make a good start before
winter, it the fall is not unusually dry,
and yield a fair crop of hay the next
summer. Clover cannot so safely be
sown in the fall, as the young plants
are apt to be winter-killed; but if a
mixture of clover is desired, it can be
sown lightly on the timothy in early
spring.
. In . Preparing the land for fall sced
ing, if it is at all poor, a dressing of
old manure should be applied to the
surface, after the first harrowing, and
harrowed in before seeding; then the
seed should be gone over a brush har
i o\\, or a Thomas smoothing harrow.
Sometimes a light sprinkling of oats is
sown with the grain seed, as a partial
protection from sun and winds, and a
mulch during the winter when the oat
plants are killed; but this is not gener
ally thought to he of much advantage.
1 he weeds that may spring up with the
young grass in autumn will of course
l>e mostly killed by the winter.
HAULING AND SPREADING MANURE.
The following sensible advice, from
n correspondent of “Moore’s Rural New
Yorker,” should be followed by our
farming community: “I have'prac
ticed and advised for years drawing
manure from the barn-yard early in the
spring and spreading it evenly over the
surface, often leaving it three or six
weeks before ploughing under. If pos
sible, I would never plough under
manure before at least one heavy rain
had dissolved its solubled portions and
washed them into the sod. Of course
I would have this manure spread, in
stead of left in heaps for this. ’ By
employing help enough, so that one
team can draw thirty or more loads per
day, the barn-yard may be cleaned and
the manure saved from leaching and
evaporation of one-half its value during
the summer. Then it is, in my expe
rience, much more advantageous to
spread the heaps than to stop the team
while spreading from the load. The
heaps can be spread while the ground
IS too too wet and soft for ploughing,
oi for drawing manure over. In fact
we often have a very limited time to
draw manure from barn-yards in the
• j’lMig. It is only while the ground is
i'/.cn that it can be done to advantage
mid one day’s sunshine will often con
unt the hard road-bed into a fathom
less mass of mud and slush. Then is
the time when your men cannot lie
working with the team to spread the
u ,an . Ul ?‘ If I ,l V u g ,ied , within a few
t ays after drawing, if the manure is
not too coarse, I prefer to spread the
heaps on the newly ploughed surface
and harrow in. Top-dressing is the
natural and best method of applying
most manures, and in contact with new-
I v ploughed soil there is little or no loss
from evaporation.
INFLUENZA IN THE HORSE —TREATMENT
In the matter of treatment great
< i.e must be taken to avoid the use of
u< five remedies ‘. bleeding and purging,
common means of reducing fever,
would be fatal in influenza; even the
mildest laxatives are dangerous in the
irritable state of the mucous mem
branes, which is invariably present in
this disease. From the first, diffusible
stimulants are admissible; aromatic
pirit of ammonia with ethers, followed
by bitter infusions, are to be relied on ;
counter irritation, which is best applied
by means of mustard plasters, should
resorted to early in the attack.
1 ne occurrence of cough should lie the
ogual for stimulating the throat, and
i Mgns of bronchial irritation present
themselves, mustard should be applied
to Lie chest or sides without delay.
Influenza is not a fatal disease, if pro,e
crly treated ; but great loss may be oc
casioned by the injudicious employment
°j remedies in the commencement.
Pending the arrival of a competent
veterinary it may seem best to do some
-1 in ‘g> but it may be accepted as a fact
j, to nothing is better than to do
ie "long thmg i n the treatment of
influenza.
sionO *!T out, b anrt when profes-
S * “<? •* hand, it Will be
to confine fh’e a eff o s! n ? r,,11y e ?
patient, avo.du.g all irritative
clients, and simply keeping the horse
blanketed, free from drafts, and in a
laxative condition, by meaning of cool
ing mashes and demulcent drinks.
FARMING.
We wish we Could induce sortie of
the many planters hi Tennessee to
to change their manner rtf cultivation
from planting to farming-. Listen —wc
hear some save “ Why, what is the dif
ference V There is a material differ
ence in the practice of the two. The
farmer cultivates the land with care
and attention ; the planter gives more
attention to cultivating the crop. The
farmer enriches his soil by manures and
rotation of crops —a rotation of gener
ally four years; a planter allows his
soil to become impoverished, and sel
dom rotates; if he does it is merely
from cotton to corn, and corn to cotton.
Let us take examples—
A farmer has five hundred acres of
land; he leaves one hundred acres in
timber for fuel and fencing —the bal
ance he will divide, if possible, into
eight fields of fifty acres each. Two of
them he will have in grass, grazed by
stock, thereby gaining in strength and
receiving back the proper substances to
form grain or cotton; two in wheat,
will save him the necessity of purchas
ing breadstuff's, and also a surplus to
supply a portion of his market town
with the same, thus retaining a large
amount of money in his section which
otherwise would go elsewhere to pur
chase breadstuff’s; two fields in corn,
yields a crop which feeds his working
working stock, fattens his beef and pork
and enables him to do without purchas
ing his meat elsewhere ; two fields of
cotton will then yield sufficient to pay
his merchant off for clothing and gro
ceries. This is the farmer’s life, and
his four hundred acres can be managed
by twelve hands, with ease and comfort.
The different crops demand attention
at different points of time.
The planter who has four hundred
acres under cultivation, of cotton and
corn alone, must have at least twenty
five hands to work the same, and at
least the same number of work stock.
He must purchase his provisions, and
ultimately his net profits will be less
than the farmer’s.
Large and Small Farms. —By the
censas of 1870 the farms of the United
States are divided as to size as follows,
the whole number being 2,059,985 :
Under five acres 6,875
Five acres and under ten 172,021
Ten acres and under twenty 394,607
Twenty acres and under fifty 847,614
Fifty acres and under one hundred.. 754,221
One hundred acres and under five
hundred 505,051
Five hundred and under one thou
sand 15,837
One thousand acres and over 3,720
Average size of farms 153
Twelve of the states have farms that
average less than 125 acres in extent,
which is less than the average else
where, which in some states runs lip
nearly to an average of 500 acres.
These twelve states give the following
as the average size of their farms:
Maine 98 New Jersey 08
New Hampshire 122 Pennsylvania 103
Massachusetts 103 Indiana 112
Rhode Island 94 Ohio ill
Connecticut. Q3 Miuhigan 101
New York 103 Wisconsin 114
While the total value of the farms in
the United States is put down at $9,-
202,803,361, the value in the above
small-farm states foots up $5,407,587,-
178, or nearly three-fifths of the total,
and this, too, while the area of the
states is less than one-tenth of the area
of the whole country. No more con
clusive exhibit of the practical superi
ority of the small-farm system could be
given than this. —Hand New Yorker.
One of the curses of Kentucky and
other states to-day is too much land and
too little capital. The individual who
is in debt for his land,unless lie is a man
of rare push and energy, to enable him
to get rid of the incubus, is much
worse than an ordinary slave. His
mind lias lost its freedom. He is un
able to give his thoughts to his busi
ness. Every now and then the image
of the party to whom lie is in debt will
rise up in horrible proportions before
him. Young man, don’t be in too big
a hurry to own large tracts of land.
Hasten slowly, as the old German
proverb has it, and what you do, do
well. The spread-eagle style of agri
culture is played out, and there is no
sort of amilogy between thousands of
acres which the eye can not range and
an immense mercantile project, every
part of which is right under the per
sonal inspection of its manager.—
Farmer* Home Journal.
A granger in Virginia made the
test of the officiency of the grange
agent by sending two loads of wheat
for him to sell, and on same day sent
two loads to a commission merchant.
Result: \\ heat sold by grange agent,
SI 48 per bushel; by commission mer
chant, $1 40 per bushel.
Olive Logan at the Opera.
I fancy I have heard and enjoyed as
much grand singing as most of them;
hut it was with the truthful confidence
of childhood that I took three fresh
handkerchiefs along whenever I went
to hear Chistine in concert. I knew
I should stand the first verse or so with
stoicism, but when Nilsson”s pathetic
voice grew tearful over that line about
“ the little hut among the boo-shes”
those handkerchiefs did their duty, lean
tell you!
The Dryasdusts used to say it was
a concession made by a great artist to
the uncultured taste of her savage
American public which made Christine
sing “The Old Folks at Home.” Rub
bish! 1 heard Nilsson set a London
audience mad with rapture at the Albert
hall with ii -implc ■ ong called, “Please
give me a penny!” and nobody said
anything ailout conccHcion then. Nor
did they win n Mario sang, “Hood bye
sweetheart.” Mile. TitieiiH does not
feel her arb tie standing jeopardized
"hen she sing her little dream song;
nor would it be if die sang “Willie, we
have missed you.” 'Die longer I Jivv
the more I feel that there is no nobler
office for music than that of moving
the purest impulses in us with simple,
unpretending songs which appeal di
rectly to the heart.
A Quiet Smoke.
Julian Hawthorne) in an article cn*
titled “A Peaceful Pipe,” says: Header,
I were unmannerly to talk thee down
artd not to offer thee a smoke for recom
pense. There lies My pipe on the little
stand between the windows. The Jap
anese tobacco-box, carved in cunning
figures from a section of giant bamboo,
stands guard behind it. One flank is
defended by an oddly designed ash re
ceiver; an ass’s head full of matches pro
tects the other. Over all is shed a
genial glow from the crimson cloth,
gold-edged, which drapes the stand and
fraternizes jovially with the afternoon
sunshine. The pipe itself is of unusual
size, carved into the likeness of a human
face; a very peculiar face, which pro
vokes at once a smile and a sigh. In
all these years I have not wearied of
it, for it is full of ever fresh interest
and suggestion. The features are shaped
by a bold hand but guided with mas
terly skill as well as profound knowledge
and feeling. Uglier the face could not
well be, but with an ugliness thoroughly
human. A brow low and projecting,
the foundation of a pair of curling
ram’s horns; eyes large, deep-set, ex
pressive of pathetic weakness; nose
aquiline, albeit broad and flattened; a
thick, projecting upper lip, and tim
orous, retreating chin. A weak smile
glimmers over the features, not broad,
hardly mirthful; rather as if striving to
reflect the merriment which their un
gainliness might excite. Whoever de
signed this pipe was an artist, and one
who had looked into the human heart.
Well, pick him up and fill his empty
head with brains from the tobacco-box.
Tobacco is all his intellect, and smoke
the sole manifestation of the enkindle
ment thereof; yet how many orators,
think you, or authors, or pulpit min
isters even, have the art or power to
soothe, beguile, inspire, that this un
demonstrative but subtly potent en
chanter possesses? He never speaks;
the greater part of his life he lies cold
and dead upon the table; but the brief
hours of his life arc full of fervent fire.
The oftener we are under the spell of
his voiceless eloquence the oftener arises
the longing to yield to it again; his mo
notony never bores us because the very
breath of his life comes and goes abso
lutely at our own command. Fill full
and press down hard; there must be no
empty chambers in this occiput. Now
a match from the ass’s head, which wc
will scratch upon the under side of the
mantelpiece yonder; so to do is one of
the universal instincts of man’s nature,
and were mantelpieces polished under
neath it would be a general calamity.
Blue burns the match, then yellow; we
draw the flame downward through the
pipe-bowl, and straightway up rises the
brown tobacco into a glowing mound.
In the same moment the first smoke
cloud issues from our lips and the pipe
is lit. We seek the easy-chair, and
gently yield ourself to its embrace. No
reading, no writing; the true smoker
will not so profane his enjoyment.
Smoking is an elevated mental and
psychological pleasure; he who finds in
it merely an assistance to digestion or
tlic of <i morlucl craving is
unworthy the brotherhood.”
Farming in Holland.
The trade of Holland is chiefly con
fined to agricultural products and fish.
The wide pastures of the island of
Texel feed 2,000 horned cattle, 1,000
horses, and 30,000 sheep which are
celebrated throughout Europe. Every
year 12,000 of the last are exported,
and the quarterly fair is very pic
turesque, when these flocks of sheep
and lambs arc shipped ofl’ to the con
tinent. Through the basins of Har
lingen, the port of Friesland, pass oxen
and sheep,‘ pigs and fowl, with moun
tains of cheese, fruits and eggs for this
country; here resort the provision
dealers of London, to carry away but
ter barrels, which are piled up on the
docks like cannon balls in an arsenal.
The canals are filled with heavy look
ing tjalks, or market boats, which bring
the good things of the country down
to the port. Flax is a very important
article of cultivation in Friesland; the
market of Dokkum is one of the
largest in Europe. The chief houses
of Germany, France and England
have agents in this little town. The
soil is incredibly rich; and the peasants
sire well ofl; and there Jirc few farmers
who do not own some property in ad
dition to the land they rent. It is
rarely indeed that a tenant is turned
out of his farm; families hold them for
centuries, yet, the lease is only for five
or seven years, and stipulates how many
head of cattle are to he fed on the
meadow, and how much manure is to
laid on each acre. Thus the soil is
kept up to a wonderful state of fer
tility. — Chambers’ Journal.
A Very Ancient Wall in Missis
sippi.—About eighteen miles from Port
Gibson, and one mile from Brandywine
Springs, on the place of Mr. O’Quin,
the existence of a great number of
blocks of cut-stone has been known for
an indefinite time, and the people in
the neighborhood have them for props
for their houses. Mr. James Gage,
Jr. went out there a few days ago to ex
plore, and had a specimen stone brought
into town. It is about three feet long
by about twenty inches square, resem
bling in shape a bar of soap. It is
probably a native sandstone. Mr.
Gage took this block himself from be
neath the roots of a large pine tree.
It formed a portion of a wall about
twenty feet broad on top, which Mr.
(lage traced for a distance of 250 yards.
The inference that one would naturally
draw from this superficial view is that
this must have been a city wall, but
deep exploration might show it to be
a portion of a fort, temple or other
building. Anyway, its antiquity is
probably immense, ante-dating the his
tory of the red men —Port Gibson
Standard.
“ My dear boy,” said a fond aunt to
a very fast living nephew, “don’t you
know that in leading this irregular life
you are shortening your days?” “It’s
quite possible,” was the cool reply,
“ that I maybe shortening my days,
but then look how I lengthen my
nights J”
THE GRAVE’S VOICES.
from the oerman, by a stoma dickson.
Sunk Ra in dreams, and lost In anxious thought,
My footsteps brought me to this lonelr spot.
To whom beloitgs tlie field ? this flowery bed ?
‘The dead.’
Enter thou in, my soul; why shouldst thou fear?
Nought but sweet buds and flowers are blooming here.
Whence eomes the essence for these sweet perfumes?
‘From tombs.’
See here, O man ! where all thy paths must end,
However varied lie the way they wend.
Listen ! the dead leaves speak; ave, hear thou must:
‘To aust.’
Where are the careless hearts that on the earth
Trembled in pain, or beat so high in mirth?
Those in whose breasts the flame of hatred smoul
dered?
‘Mouldered.’
Where are the mighty who take life by storm?
Who e’en to heaven’s heights wild wishes form.
What croak the ravens on yon moss-grown wall ?
‘Buried all.’
Where are the dear ones in Death’s cold sleep lying,
To whom Love swore a memory undying ?
What wail yon cypress trees?—oh, hear’st thou not?
‘Forgot.’
To see where these ones passed, did no eye crave?
May no wild longing pierce twivond the grave?
The fir-trees shake their weird heads one by one;
‘None, none.’
The evening wind amid the trees is sighing.
Fettered in dreams, my saddened soul is lying,
The twilight falls, the red glow paleth fast—
‘Tis past.’
How He Wanted His Picture Taken.
Yesterday a young man with a wart
on Ills nose dropped in at the Sherman
photograph gallery and remarked that
lie wanted some pictures taken.
“Will you have it standing, or a
bust?” queried the artist.
“Bust!” exclaimed the fellow, as he
picked up his hat. “Bust, Mister! do
I look like a fellow that would come
into a picture gallery to get on a bust?”
They explained to him, and finally
persuaded him to sit long enough for a
negative. The picture was a good one,
and the nose stood out like a black cat
in a bay window.
The fellow looked at it, and as he
handed it back, said:
“Shoot again, old pard,” and see if
you can’t make the wart look like a
piece of chewing gum.”
They told him that it couldn’t be
done.
“ Well, see here now, pard,” lie
pleaded, “my name’s Truffles, and I’m
engaged to a girl back in Injuma, she
wants my picture. She don’t know I’ve
got this wart; it’s growed here since I
left there; and if you could just rub it
out of the picture and make it look
like something that she’s familiar with
—a slice of bacon, for instance—l’d
feel better.”
They fixed it up for him, and when
he went out he chuckled.
“That’ll fetch her; she’ll just natu
rally think I’m floatin’ round in solid
comforts, like bacon and string beans
and sicli.”
Your Mother-in-Law.
Treat your motaer-in-lawasyou would
your own mother; don’t let her feel
that she is a stranger in her son’s
house. You ought to love her for the
good husband she has given you.
Don’t be jealous of the affectionate at
tention he shows her; remefhber how
well she has earned> it Your hus
band’s heart would lie a poor, con
tracted one, if it could not find room
for wife and mother. Help him love
and cherish her. Think of the vacant
chairs around her hearthstone —of the
voices she misses that used to make
melody in her heart. It will be hut
for a little while; and when her work
is accomplished, when her work is
over, and the shriveled hands arc folded
meekly upon that bosom on which your
husband has wept out his childish sor
rows, comforted by those now silent
up, it will be the sweetest joy to your
heart if you can say, ‘She was to me
as Naomi —I was to her as Ruth.’
Oil as a Dressing for Wounds.—
Dr. Joseph W. Howe has recently in
troduced at his hospital ordinary sweet
oil for the treatment of all kinds of
wounds. It has several advantages over
any of the other dressings in use, and
apparently yields better results. The
advantages are, that it keeps the air
from the wound, and at the same time
is a grateful dressing to the patient. It
also promotes healthy granulations.
The mode of application varies with the
variety of wounds for which it is in
tended. In necrosis, after the seques
trum is removed, the cavity is filled
with the oil, and a lint tent introduced.
Every day the oil is renewed. In one
ciisc of necrosis of the lower jaw this
procedure was had recourse to, and,
shortly after, the patient was attacked
with facial erysipelas, but, strange to
say, the side of the face which had been
operated upon was not affected. In
incised wounds, the edges are brought
together, and soaked in oil used as an
external dressing.
There is good reason to believe that
contagious diseases arc often commu
nicated by dogs, cats and other house
hold pets. A case of scarlet fever re
cently occurred in England in which
a dog conveyed the disease, fie had
been the constant companion of a fever
patient, and his hair doubtless became
impregnated with the malaria.
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body; never displaced by hardest exercise;
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The season for coughs and colds is rap
idly approaching, and every one should he
prepared to check the first symptoms, as a
cough contracted between now and Christmas
frequently lasts all winter. There is no bet
ter remedy than Johnson's Anodyne Liniment.
For all diseases of the throat and 1* ngs it
should be used internally and externally.
Fuels anal Figure**.
Every one of the nearly 200,000 CHARTER
OAK STOVES now in the hands of as many
housekeepers have proved eminently practi
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cooking quickly, cleanly, and with great
economy of fuel and labor.
Thousands Speak.—Vegetine is re
commended by physicians and apothecaries
to be the best purifier and cleanser of the
blood yet discovered, and thousands speak in
its praise who have been restored to health.
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Lung fever, common cold, catarrhal
fever, and nasal discharge of a brownish color
in horses, may be cheeked at once by liberal
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Scuenck’s Pulmonic Syrup,
StUENfk's Sea Weed Tome,
Schenck’s Mandrake Pills,
Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
Consumption.
Frequently medicines that will stop a cough will
occasion the death of the patient; they lock up the
liver, stop the circulation of the blood, hemonhage
follows, and in fact, they slog the action of the very
organs that caused the cough.
Liver Complaint and Dysi>epsia are the causes of
two-thirds of the cases of Consumption. Many per
sons complain of a dull pain in the side, constipation,
coated tongue, pain in the shoulder-blade, feelings
of drowsiness and restlessness, the food lying heavily
on the stomach, accompanied with acidity and belch
ing up of wind.
These symptoms usually originate from a dis
ordered condition of the stomach or a torpid liver.
Persons so affected, if they take one or two heavy
colds, atld if the cough in these cases l>e suddenly
checked, will find the stomach and liver clogged,
remaining torpid and inactive, and almost )>efore
they are aware the lungs are a mass of sores, and
ulcerated, the result of which is death.
Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup is an expectorant which
does not contain opium or anything calculated to
check a cough suddenly.
Schenk’s Sea Weed Tonics dissolves the food,
mixes with the gastric juices of the stomach, aids
digestion, and creates a ravenous appetite.
When the lxiwcls are costive, skin sallow, or the
symptoms otherwise of a bilious tendency, Schenk’s
Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by
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4> I U- J)4 J -L H.Buffqrb’s Sons, Boston,Mass
(fj/j In djOfl a day at home. Samples worth 51 sent
4>J lU YOU free. Stinson A Cos., Portland, Maine
AD CENTS a dozen. Needles for all Sewing Ma
chines. Address, So. Needle Co.Knoxville,Tenn.
14 I \TT7? OMalerlalntoadorn home. Ag't*
Jl\ 141 l:d lOwantetl. SOperweek. 06-page
Book A Designs,6 Us. J.JAYGOULD, Boston,Muss.
JOCfIA Mouth.—Agents wanted. S-4 best selling
•Jo3U*‘' in the world. One sample free. Ad
r dress .1. BKONSON, Detroit, Midi.
fffryY*' $5 to JflO per l:v. Business honorable and
lucrative. Agent* wanted. Address
MARION SI PUI.V < <>., Marion, Ohio.
| Daily to Agents. 85new articles and the best
•Fa—" ' Family Paper in America,with two ssUhro
uios, free. AM. M’F’G CO.. 300 Broadwvy, N. Y.
WAN AN AGENT in every county. Pictitreaiid
Frame Business. $166 a Month. Geo. E.
Id. U > Perine, Pub., 66 Jtcade St., New York.
APflDl fIQT 1 V ten-dollar tail of 1776 sent free
bUniUOil I for stamp Address C. HURST
AGEHTS f AHEKSS3
our extra terms to Agents. NATIONAL I'I'IS
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fT>*l TN- C) K d~\ Invested inWall Street
f) I lID OU U , '“ n,,s to fortune. A
T ' <2 page book explaining
.everything and giving price of stocks
CCRIT CDCC .JOHN HICK LING A CO., Bank-
OCIs I rntt. 'tv A brokers,?*Broadway,N.Y
Tie BesLMeice!
The following tetter from REV. E. S. BEST, Pastor
M. E. Church, Natick, Mass..will be read with intcr-
o it by many physicians. Also those suffering from the
o diooao a. aflli.eal Chamm or UIC It <• V. K. N . Uesf .
No person can doubt this testimony, and there is no
doubt about the curative powers of Vegetine.
Natick, Mass., Jan. 1, 1873.
Mr. IT. R. Stevens v
Dear Sir—We have good reason for regarding your
Vegetine a meriieiiir of the greateet value. We feel as
sured that it lias been the means of saving our soil’s
life. He is now seventeen year- of age: for the last
two years be lias suffered from necrosis of his le
caused by scrofulous affection, and was so far reduced
that nearly all who sa w him thought liis recovery im
possible. A council of able physicians could give us
but the faintest hope of liis ever rallying, two of the
number declaring that be was beyond the reach of
human remedies, that even amputation could not
save him, as lie bad not vigor enough to endure the
operation. Just then we commenced giving him
Vegetine, and from that time to the present he b is
been continuously improving. He has latch 1
bis studies, thrown away crutches and cane, and
walks about cheerful and strong.
Though there is still some discharge from the open
ing where his limb was lanced, we have the fullest
confidence that in a little time lie will be perfectly
cured.
He lias taken about three dozen bottles of VEGE
TINE, but lately uses but little, as he declares that
he is too well to be taking medicine.
Respectfully yours, E. F. BEST.
MRS. L. C. F. BEST.
The range of disorders which yield to the influence
of this medicine, and the number of defined diseases
which it never fails to cure, are greater than any
other single medicine hitherto has been even recom
mended for, by any other than the proprietors of
some quack nostrum. These diseases are Scrofula
and all Eruptive diseases and Tumors. Rheumatism,
(lout, Neuralgia, and Spinal complaints, aml all in
flammatory symptoms, Ulcers, all Syphilitic diseases.
Kidney and Hladder diseases, Dropsy, the whole
train of painful disorders which so generally afflict
American women, and which carry annually thou
sands of them to premature graves; Dyspepsia, that
universal curse of American manhood'; Heartburn,
Tiles, Constipation, Nervousness, inability to sleep
and impure blood.
This is a formidable list of human ailments for any
single medicine to successfully attack, .and it is not
probable that any one article before the public has
the power to ( lire the quarter of them excepting the
Vkgktinf.. It lay s the axe at the root of the tree of
disease by first eliminating every impurity front the
blood, promoting the secretions, opening the pores -
the great escape valves of the system—invigorating
the liver to its full and natural action, cleansing tin*
stomach and strengthening digestion. This much
accomplished, the speedy and the permanent cure of
not only the diseases we have enumerated, but like
wise tin* whole train of chronic and constitutional
disorders, is certain to follow. This is precisely what.
\ kgf.tine does, and it does it so quickly ami so easily,
that it is an accomplished fact almost before the
patient is aware of it himself.
SAFE AND RELIABLE.
Have You Weak Lungs ?
Have You a Cough or Cold ?
Have You Pain in Your Breast?
Have You any Throat Disease?
Have You Consumption ?
DSE Dr. L. 0. C. WISH AftT’S
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL-.
Are You Weak and Debilitated?
Do You Suffer from Indigestion ?
Do You require a Tonic?
Have You No Appetite ?
Do You need Building Up ?
Do You wish to be Strong and Healthy?
PSE Dr. L. 0. C. WISHART’S
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL.
Sold l>y all Druggists.
Principal Depot,
Xo. 232 North Second St., Phila.
INQUIRE FOU
f.AJEOWN&gO’S
UMBRELLAS.
PIIIMDFL.PIIIA anil \KIV YORK.
The qualities marked with their names are eonli
dently recommended.
OZ\ per week salary. Male or female. Circulars
free. Ad's Crystal Cos., Indianapolis, lnd.
IIT mpm-mnig Men to learn Telegraphing. Per
il XA.lv 1 ujjmanent posit! ms guaranteed. Address
Pacific Telegraph, 151 Main St., Memphis, Tenn.
rriiiis paper is printed with Ink made l*y G. 15 |
JL KANE k CO., 121 Dearborn Street, Chicago, and
for sale bv m in largo or small unawtltien.
SO. NEWSPAPER UNION, Memphis, Tenn.
TIIE WHAT IN IT.—Something new. Sells at
sight. 15ig inducements to Agents. Samples, 25
cents and stamp. Agents wanted. Send for Cata
logs?. U. S. SPECIALTY CO., 7 Fulton St., Boston.
THE AMERICAN FARMER’S HORSE ItO/Vf/’
Having paid 510,000 Author'* Royally on this rtandanll 11/
work, and now being royalty free, t have reduced the price! IR
from $3 60 M 53.00 Agents tmutrd. Send for circulars.! 11%
c. r. Vasa', i*uc’, ciaciA'.a A'l 1, o,v *a
Your Name Elegantly rrlnt
-3 Y'lltP ed on 12 Transparent Visiting
catm-wAggy Cab ns, for 25 Cents. Each card contain
n tcenc which is not visible until held towards the light.
Nothing like them ever before offered in America. Biginduce
ments to Agents. Novelty Printing Cos.. Ashland. Mass.
/tIXdXNATI DOLLAR WEEKLY STAR.
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One Agent made 815 in three hours. Trv it.
Address HOOD & JOSEPH, Indiaiut|Hdis, lnd.
F. J. NASH 7MI Broadway, N. 1 . manufacturer
L. o. Haou, of HoIiJ .JKWELRY Of every
description. Tliu stork is large, very choice, and is
offered at retail at trade prices to keep our workmen
going. Bills under Slh, P. 0. order in advance. Over
♦l\ C, (>. I), nrivileoe iitvxanii'is Catalogue froo
ART H UH’a
I i.lustratep Home 3lai.a7.ink. "The Household
Magazine of America." Tu.. Ferial Stories inl.H76
w .*f’' v Mrs - JwliaC. R. Dorr:
J ~l, -4.f1. by T. S. Arthur BUTTER
•** Newest Patterns in every iinmber. Terms—
per year; :t copies Ter sii..M. .sprenrlid book
oners and premiums. Sp>. inn „ r 10,. nfa
T.S. ARTIII B4SON. Pa.
8115.00 SHOT GUN.
A double barrel guu.bar or front action l<M-.ks; war
ranted genuine twist barrels, and a good shooter, on
no SALE ; with Flask. Poncli and Wad-cutter, for sls.
Can be se t C. O. D., with privilege to examine lie
fore paying ’•ill. Send stamp for circular to F. Pow
I’LL A SON,Gun Dealers, Sis Main St..Cincinnati,O.
AOPNTQ make 5250.00 |ier moiilii.
A-** “> Ix. B w Send for elreularaand terms.
ri.. HISTORY S AMERICA.
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tSS TilIX! Western Pnl>Hhliiiu;ro. St.lH.iiifi.Mo.
BEVOLVERSSssgQ 50
ed New Itiitfitlo Hill IlfvolvcrljjKaJ if V
With I CO Cartridges, 83.00:20,000sold ; ev‘ry ono warran
ted : satisfaction guaranteed. Illustrated Catalogue Fret.
WESTERN GUN WORKS, Chieucn, 111.,
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W ;int<’xi ! Medals and IHplon as Awarded
f<>r noi. pictorial bibles.
1300 IlliisjiTilions. Address for now circulars.
A.J. HOLMAN A CO.. 00 UD II Street, Phi k.
I rmiTmfl M 1 IT—thousands of lives and
U IJ-H lU 'l'ymilliutis of'property saved by it—fi>r
n ITS ill I !l"ines made by it—particulars free.
* IC. M. Linington & Buo., New York
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/hn n H A 4IOMTII. —A gents wanted everywhere
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r PER WEEK GUARANTEED to Agents,
V*'/'/ Male and Female, in their own locality.
]) I I Terms and OUTFIT FREE. Address I’.
VICKERY & CO., Augusta, Maine.
nTITITII - * nd Mor hine htUt abaolutely and
11 MI 11 ilfl speedily cured. Painless ; no publicity.
II , 111 Ifl Fend stamp for particulars. Dr. Carl-
U A J. U tu ton. 187 Wasbinsrton Ft.. Chicago, 111.
pAT A Uf EF'rce trial bottle of Dr. Lancs’ Catarrh
A-iiAVAvu|j*ur,. given away with testimony to
f'TTDTPTV Iwonderful cures performed. Fend to
OUttJbU. IHf.nby Rf.ed<t Uo.. 643 B’tvry, N. Y.
M IND Reading, Psvcnomancy, Fascination, Soul
. Charming, Mesmerism, and Marriage Guide,
showing how either sex may fascinate Sc gain the love
and affection of any person they choose instantly, toe
pages. By mail 69c. Hunt* Cos., 139 8. 7th St., Phila.
COTTON! ( OT TOX!
r|A HE earliest and most Prolific Cotton in tlic
1 world. Makes from two to three bales per acre,
four weeks earlier than any other cotton. Fend for
circulars. Address, XV. B. Met ARLEY.
Winona, Miss.
Al IVE RHnV FOI< five agents.
Lick DUU!\ This day published the new re
vised, the <'minima! Edition of the immensely
popular work,
fells’ Eiery Man His Own Lawyer.
Anti BUSINESS FOR VI ROOK.
A complete guide in all matters of la wand business
transactions. For every State in the Union. Price
Cabinet Library. $2.25, sent post paid. Fend for de
scriptive circulars. Address.
ROBERT MACOV, Publisher, 626 Broadway, N.Y.
*-'*—*" * and will p:sy 1 .:ii-v Prof. 1
its. Railroad Stocks, Bonds
nn nd Gold bought on MAR- ,
Interest Six I’er (Jl Tf| H
.pc'Vosiglu drafts’ |p J JU.
BUCK WALTER A < <>.. Rankers and
Brokers. No. 16 Wall Street, New York.
TilF BEST FAHIX.Y MEDIGNES:
Tested by Popular Use for over
A Quarter of a Century.
DR. STRONG’S SANATIVE PILLS
Cure Com tination. Jaundice, Liver <,’omplaint, Diar
rhea. Dysentery. Colic, Rheumatism, Erysipelas, and
all disorders of Liver. Stomach and Kow’els.
DR. STRONG’S PECTORAL STOMACH PILLS
Cure Coughs, Colds, Croup, Dyspepsia, Sick Head
che. Disease of the Heart, Female Complaints and
11 derangements of the Chest and Stomach.
MERIDEN
Cutlery Cos.
M ake all kinds of Table Knives ami Forks. Exclusive
makers of ‘-PATEXT IVORY." most durable
WHIT*: I(AK OI.F. known. Always call for
' ‘Trade M ark 'on the blade. Sold by all dealers and by
MEKIDEN CI’TLEIiY C’O., 40 Chambers St., V Y.
m.tciia's for new roof n.
WntCyOt and save money.
t ~ tC 7*ru°Ui n M\ C °^ y.
WYOIIXti MAXTIII.Y
LOTTERY
Draw son the .Tntli of each month. By authority <>
the Legislature. *2~S.<KH in s ;t sli Prizes,one!
Vila nee in live. Tiebeta 81 cacii. or ten tor 5...
leaving $5 to lie deducted from tin* prizes after the
draw ing. Full particulars sent free. Address,
*. Jl. PATTEE, t.:ii"tn:ic City , tVyoining.
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
FOR SALE BY AM, lIKFOttISTS.
This new Truss is w orn
with perfect comfort
M EI.A Si IC r day ‘
,_ . lt , f.i- itself to cxery motion of
Y KU■> £ . / the body, retaining Ilnp-
YkffS Jr " r, d'“r tin- hardest
(9 exercise or severest
\ .> strain until permanent-
TjfzvßH si ‘™ -*• '’'" r
El filll! TRrSS tfl,
v- . . York t lty.
Sent by Mail, ( all or semi for circular and be cured.
DR. .T. C. IIIC>3GjJc>~VV\
'fßfSl) RISiDENT PIIYSICIAN.
Invalids wtshius to know
the Curative properties ol rtjfSfi.
l\Oy Mot Springs, can obtain it rJ .
addressing; Dr. Itigelow,
— cyaF&gfc*
r|j iaf' s P r^ n^a >
E- W. I’icrcc A- Cos.. Prtai
i conf ?ider it the best Baking IV w
* ! Ilrmond. llill*. A Aickei
’ j son. Grocer*. Hoeton, Mat*., *ay:
f | ‘-Wherever we In.ve sold your Sea
lill nvi / i Foain it has given exiell, ntsatis-
I perior to eny known Baking
I “Its economy is wonderful; it
m saves Milk. Eggs. Ac., and sells
£8 like hot cakes." Sell l for circular
to Geo. F.Uantz & Cos., I7t> Duane
*t., New York.
CUSHING’S TKANUAL
Of Parliamentary Practice.
Rules of proceeding and debate in deliberative ns
seniblios. This is the standard authority in all the
united States and is an indispensable Hand Book for
every member of a deliberative body, as a ready ref
erence upon the formality and legality of any pro
ceeding or debate.
" The most authoritative expounder wf Ameri.a
parliamentary law.”—Char. Soinf.r.
Price, <>.> cents. Sent bv mail oil receipt of price.
..Address TiIO.IICaO.'V. BROWN tr CO.,
Bouton, Ainas,
nusniiiß
LOW RESERVOIR
!§tpp£
Suited to all Climates,
AND FAMOUS FOR BEING
BEST TO USE!
CHEAPEST TO BUT!!
EASIEST TO SELL!!!
Famonß for doing more, r i
ette r cooking,
50,58 iT
-rOVY ' Qnlekcr and Chenper
Thao any Stove oftha 3on.
. Famous far their
: STEBUKS WO37H. .
EtosoMY is ma,
Do IhrakClty sad
Famous for tlicir
“-AXD
TOIFOBM BAKING.
.Y\lU/ ■ FAMOUS FOR GIVING
Satisfaction Evcry-steere,
AND BKl?ai
Es P ecial, y Adapts
TO THK
wants or mu witm
SOLD
EXCELSIOR M.IMFACTCRINIi mnsi
IST' LOU IS, MO.
IAND BY
rniLLirs. butti;fe.a t..
Nashville, Tksx.
K. URqi lIART A VO.,
Micvruis, Tkx\,
BICE BROS., A FO..
Niw Orleans, La.
FOXES KKOS..
I.ini.E Rock and Hot SnuxGs, Ark.
ELLSWORTH, RUSSELL A
Mobile, Ala.
Mill JOUR Kill!
Grrand Grolden Drawing
OF THE
Louisiana State Lottery
Take* Place Naturilay, Deei'mher 25. 1H73,
POSITIVELY.
Capital Prize, SIOO,OOO.
3,5N0 Priies, A■iiomitiiig to S5 i
GOLD.
One I?i*ice tolEvery Six
LTiclcets.;
Only 200,000 T A ckots at
IT. S.
Currency.
Tenths and Twentieths in Proportion
Order Ticket* ami Write For Circular
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY CO.
Lock I>or 652 Postoffice, New Orleans, Lt
Competent anp Reliable Agents Wanted tli i. ie
out the country. Unexceptional guarantee* j.
ij Hired.
NEW anil ItEAI TUT L INSIICI MINI.
TIIE
Piano-Harp
CABINET ORGAN 1
An exquisite combination, adding to tie rap> it* t
the organ much of that of the piano forteand ban
With a doulle-reel organ, complete and peif '
every respect, is combined anew instrument, the I*l
- ItP,the tones of which arc produced by *t'-i
tongues or bars, rigidly set in steel plat< - ofTiv- and t >
sounding Ik>\. and .truck by hammers, as in tic- t
ano-fortc. The tones are of a pure, silvery, I* 11-! •
quality, very beautiful in combination or alteruab
with the organ tones. The organ may Is- u lab i
and is in every respect as complete and perf*-< t an
gan as without the PIANO-ll ARP, or may le
with the PI A NO-11 AR P; the latter may l- u- Is-;
arately or in combination with any or all the -P
the organ, to which it ad<ls greatly in vivacity.!
and variety, adapting it to a much wider rai. r
music.
Upon its invention and introduction, abrnt
since, this new instrument was received withs os
favor that the demand greatly exceeded the no
facturers’ utmost ability to supply, so tb it lie >!
had no occasion to advertise it extensively. ifavii
now p*qtected facilities for a large supply, tic ■ ■
it to tlio public with confidence.
Circulars, with ilrawingsand full description- ,f
MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN CO.. Il Tr.-m
Street. BOSTON: *3 Union Square*, NEW V'dih **'
and 82 Adams Street, CHICAGO.
GIVEN AWAY
To every reader of The Family Journal:
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park in Philadelphia, will In- given. To th*
Our Great Literary anil F<i*h inn l\iper. The '''
Family .hiurunl. ('milnniing Three Splendid CwwJ""
Stories, together with short sketches and a
amount of miscellaneous reading. Sent foornc
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.<#/ A>tr* Dealer trill airr yon a Copy 'or u " n
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g~\ A'ears established. JON ES COMMENT A i
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. I I Write for Circular and Spccim* o
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HFFiifUE bejbeict
Volta’s Et' 1
f I*, k * Bauds are indorsed
X. > \ N r./ v moit eminent ph*
V / Jr the world for the ers' -
matism, neuralgia, J tr .‘'
orders.fits.fem-i e ( -
> i and gener o’"; t 0 j
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lei"j* fm mm kidneys an.l ,■,\ .i q
■S, LIFEa full trticuar*fr< >
BtLT Cos.. Cinciuuati. “
REMINGTON.
VNY PERRON owning a Sewing Ma hue
I is nearly worn out. or does not and" tie " .
qiiircd, w ill find it to their advantage to sen*
description of their Machine, and g f, t ’ Hr|ll .
terms of exchange for the L.ljrl>t
ingmi!. It is fully warranted tor five \
satisfaction is guaranteed in every install*;'
money w ill Ik? returned to the purchaser. ,
liberal terms to agents aad cash buyers. .
work and ail particulars by mail to parties ,- . 0 |
a distance. Address, J. t'bAßt A <’*-•
Ag'tM.|3li;Niimiiici- Xt., !iashville. T‘' , i l- -
WIFE NO. 19
BY ANN ELIZA YOUNC,
Brigham Young’s Rebellious * 'lf*
The only complete Expose of all the SECR* 7 S,ir-
BRICHAM’S HAREM ever written. W'™ A §
monism. ANN ELIZA now exposes to CTS
NO OTHER WOMAN CAN, the SECt
MYSTERIES and CRIMES of the bomb v ,
of Polygamy, from the very beginning.. Nearly ZOy k
Illustrations beautify the work. It in the best ‘ f! * - rin
pubhshed. | 0,000 more Agents, men and womsin
lave employment ana make from S5 to £ 10 *’■
LIVE AGENTS are writing for Illustrated
With LARCC TERMS. Sent Tree. Dune*deW - J ‘
address at once OUSTIn, C I L MAN A Jp9, M ogjO.
H.iaxroßD, Ct., Chicago, 111.,0r Ci>ciHAri, cm