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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. Important Improvement in Treating Rupture.—The Elastic Truss Company have produced a threat revolution in the treatment of hernia. Their new truss Is worn easy night and day; adapts itself to every motion of the body; never displaced by hardest exercise; retaining rupture comfortably, till soon per manently cured. Sold at the office of the Company, No. 683 Broadway, New York city. Trusses sent, by mail. Send for circular. 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 cable, easily kept in order, doing all kind* of 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. — Com. Lung fever, common cold, catarrhal fever, and nasal discharge of a brownish color in horses, may be cheeked at once by liberal use of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders. I>R. TUTT’S PILLS require no change of Diet or occupation, produce no griping. They ontaiu no dratic ingredients. Wlion wrllinK to Advrrliftrnt plraM* men tion the name of this paper. N.K.F*. 45. SUMPTION CAM BE CUBED. 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 •T. H. Schenck A. Son, N. F. corner of Sixth and Arch Streets, Phila. And nre for sale by all druggists and dealers. F. J- HART A CO., Nos. 73, 7f> and 77 Tchoupi toiilns Street, New Orleans Wholesale Agents. The names of victories 1 e V wk'M 3? *’ erased fn<in our battle lings, but CaVJajV SILVER TIPPED y "jfFlues will ll'-'M I be. on I Si.letc ■ l* J I'll'. itloieil in-titiition. Also try Wire Quilted Soles. kinds of out of doors amusement parents should provide t hoi r chil .lren with Hours inaile With the Of * 3% '| ’J CABLE SCREW WlßE.ir7T;ji jJI wcCISfBb "Zowtit Prietd and REST. Do Your Own Printing! dt O Prees for cards, Übcts, enYelopes, etc. O larger sires for larger work. Isn*liicii Men do their j.ril.l.ng end adrertis *-?*Aion, save money and inrreaw trade. Pleasure and P'otit in Amateur Printing. The Girls of V U.l| -• Frll 0 |?ssrj[h* , e rreat fun and make money fast at -UO-t yV It'',l “jiru.tuiy. Send two stamps for full cat*. Pa,„ _ n %f locue of presses, type,etc., to the Manufacturers, C SS"** ILCLSFV A CO„ Meriden, Conn. WANTED AGENTS. Sample and Outfit free Better than (told. A. Coulter & Co..Chicago. (fil f) a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit A terms tplii free. Address True A Cos., Augusta, Maine. EVERY FAMILY WANTS IT Money in Sold by agents. Address M. N. Lovell, Erie, I’ <M fin tt R per flay. Send for Chromo Catalogue 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 LISIIIN6 t'O.. Sain I Louin, Mo. 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. V t An independent Family Newspaper. * paces. I* Columns of Reading I I’liß YEA It. SPECIMEN t'tiPl FREE. t K'eo of postage Address The “STAB” t'O.. Uin*iitnatl. O. A < :in n,ak, ‘ money cn S;tt- A\JI CLivl 0 Q ursla.v Evening Post Largest Chromo; Best Paper; Biggest Pav. Reep Wickersham Jt Go., Phila. Orders filled from Bos ton, Baltimore Pittsburgh or Chicago. SR | toBO ion want t- made ■ I |%| I MK6E PROFIT ■ Felling the best urtielr ever offered to Agents? 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. JiiMt book ill!* jM’opiu naiil. 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., 69 Dearborn-si., (McCormick'lslock). 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 and Chicago. /hn n H A 4IOMTII. —A gents wanted everywhere V'llt-xj I Business honorable and first-class. J’ar f i ■i I I ticulars sent free. Address Y Li- U AVORTH * O., Ft. Louis, 310. 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! 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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: CENTENNIAL AMERICA, A 810 Tinted Engrav iny. Sire £2v2N Our Large and Beautiful Tinted Engraving- ■* ing over 2!M> 11 istorical Views and Port rail-efc ingeventsand personages from the landing <-t < “ bus to the present time, including a roaenific- 1 ' 1 perfect view of the Centennial Building in 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 on trial, incltiding t► e Engraving.post-paid f :tl .<#/ A>tr* Dealer trill airr yon a Copy 'or u " n The Family Journal, 2!t2 Broaslway. S. Agents Wanted Everywhere. g~\ A'ears established. JON ES COMMENT A i J r\ COLLEGE, St. Louis, Mo. . I I Write for Circular and Spccim* o Business Penmanship. 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 - • h thechest.head.ilve', ri,. a jlh 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