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, AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OP INTERKST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
> Marl as a Fertilizer.
Professor James, of the Ontario (Can.)
Agricultural College, in a recent bulletin
considers marl In the light of a fertilizer.
With statements made by Professor
James .that may be serviceable to farmers
generally are the following:
Marl is frequently found below de
posits of muck or humus in swamps and
low land* sometimes quite near to the
surface. It is then of a slate or bluish
white color, wet and spongy, darkened a
little on top from the overlying dark soil.
Upon exposure to the air it dries to a
white crumbly mass. In some localities
the marl bed is found exposed high and
dry ready for immediate application to
land. When found lying low and soaked
with water it ought to dug out and ex
posed to the weather. Fall is the best
time for excavating. Let the marl lie in
heaps until spring, whi n it will be found
thoroughly pulverized by the winter
frosts.
. To distinguish matt) from clay pour
upon it a small quantity of any acid, and
if it be mail it will effervesce. To test
its value quickly, place a small lump in
an earthen dish and pour upon it a little
hydrochloric the less residue un
dissolved the better the sample of marl.
The effervescence is caused by the set
ting free of carbonic acid gas from the
carbonate of lime, of which marl is prin
cipally composed. Thejcarbonate of lime
or calcium is the most valuable ingre
dient. In addition will bo found small
quantities of sand silica, orides of iron
and aluminum, and occasionally small
quantities of phosphate of lime. Marl,
however, is a line fertilizer, and is used
as such.
According as the lime, clay or sand
predomiuates the marl is classed as cal
careous, clayey or sandy. The Ontario
mails are calcareous.
As before noticed, marl is a lime fer
tilizer. Phosphoric acid when present
adds to its value slightly. Its effects
are cither physical or chemical. Physi
cally,itseems to give lightness andloo-e
--ncss to soils, and thus renders them
more workable. ( hcinically, it serves
either as a direct food to the plant, as in
the case of grasses, or indirectly by its
action in rendering available the organic
compounds in decaying vegetation—hu
mus, for instance.
The nitrogen of swamp muck is un
available in its usual condition. Thor
oughly diained the land and apply sixty
to seventy-live bushels of marl per acre.
On light soils about twenty-five bushels
perai-re, sullieient to help the decompo
sition of organic matter and supply lime
to the crop i. For grasses, add about
two bushels of salt per acre and apply as
surface dressing. For clay lands, apply
by the wagon load ; hardly too much can
be added. Fsc muck also, if available.
Farmers having marl deposits will do
well to testtheir valueon different lands.
Small plots in a couple of fields will bo
sullieient. Those not having them should
examine their swamps and marshy lands,
and diir a few feel beneath black soils.
Lime, in the form of marl or carbon
ate, should not be used with manures. In
the changes resulting, ammonium car
bonate is formed; this is a volatile com
pound. Lime, in the form of sulphate, i.
e., gypsum or land-plaster, is best; it
produces ammonium sulphate, a stablo
compound—in other words, it fixes the
ammonia.
Theie is no market for marl at present
established in < annda Its value depends
upon its situation and the nature of the
surrounding land. The commercial value
of lime in fertilise is is sometimes placed
at $.! per ton. \t that rate,Ontario dried
m ills are worth from S3 to $:! per ton.
Hich marls are sometimes utilized for
burnt lime. —New York World.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Save the best potatoes in the most pro
lific hills seed.
Don’t waste food on cows unable to
make a decent return.
< >ld, well dried corn should be fed
first, so ns to give the new corn as much
time as possible for diving.
Know by test, and not by guess,
which is the most profitable cow in your
herd, and why she is the best.
Weighing a cow’s milk will not cause
her to give any more, Imt may cause her
owner to substitute a better one.
Tur.ieys are profitable birds to raise,
for they are marketable, to some extent,
at fair prices throughout the year.
Manure from the hen-house isthe best
fertilizer usually produced on the farm
equal to much of the commercial guano.
Using a Y-shaped trough, with slaked
lime in the bottom, for hog feeding, is
said to keep oil cholera from the pork
erß.
Put your bruin into this winter’s dairy
Tnanngc mi nt, and see if you cannot make
it the best dairy winter in your expe
rience.
The farmer w o gets the most eggs is
the one who gets up earliest and secures
to his fioek a good, warn breakfast by
daylight.
The m st successful shepherd of tho
future will h ive his mutton on the mar
ket as regularly and in as good condition
at his wool. The same man will make
both products as good as possible.
A writer, whose head is level, says:
“Clover is a great aid in cutting down
the cost of a bushel of wheat. Wheat
should never be sown without it. It
ventilates the soil and tears it to atoms.”
Oats come the nearest to the filling of
all requisites of a comp ete food: yet, if
they are crushed, the addition of a little
pea meal would be an improvement in
cases where extra exertion is demanded.
Whiter is the time when youno trees
are injured by rabbits, mice, etc. A
mound of earth will keep off the latter,
and wrapping above the roots with
tarred cotton cloth will discourage the
rabbits.
Young slock, once allowed to run
down, never fully recover from the ef
fects thereof. Of inferior feed an 1 lice
the first generally brings the second.
Poor feeding is scandalous; vermin
added it is brutal.
The American Agriculturist remarks:
No animal does as well as it should that
is not comfortable. Study the comfort
of alt kinds of stock. Regular feeding,
wholesome feed, pure water and com
fortable lairs are essential.
In this country it has been demon
strated to the satisfaction of many criti
cal minds that a limestone soil has a
beneficial effect upon animals bred and
reared by physical tasks. A limestone
soil bears on its bosom the finest develop
ment of the human race, physically
speaking.
Do not allow stock, especially work
horses and milch cows, to drink ice-cold
water. To take the chill from water
costs so little that it is hardly to be con
sidered in the expense account, t ome
of the more advanced stock keepers now
will not allow any of their stock to drink
ice-cold water.
Nothing is quite so good for young
pigs m their mother’s milk. When old
•sough to wean take off the best and
put them in • separate pen, with abund
ance of good feed. Keep the remainder
with the sow one or two weeko longer,
or until they have evened tip somewhat
with the others.
Stable manure should be protected
from the weather. Exposed as it often
is in the open barn-yard, it is soaked
by the rains and baked by the sun, and
its own fermentation burns up that
which the weather does not reach. Barns
with good cellars under the stables cab
be beat arranged for the proper care of
manure, especially the liquid portion.
Where cellars are not, low pools in the
barn-yard should be provided.
Six Sons Dead by Violence.
Silas Case is a farmer living in Searcy
County, Ark., in a rough log cabin sit
uated in a gulch in the Boston Moun
tains, and surrounded by a clearing of
many acres in extent, from which he has
earned a living for liis wife and nine
children —seven sons and two daugh
ters. All these children grew up, but
only one son ii living and only be
and the two daughters are beneath
the old roof-tree which sheltered
them in infancy. For more than half a
century Case baa dwelt in this mountain
retreat. The nearest neighbor is five
miles distant. The nearest town is
eighteen miles away. One strikes the
railway after a journey of 100 miles
through a virtual wilderness, the wild
and rugged country being interspersed
here and. there with small settlements.
Case him elf is a splendid specimen of
manhood, lie is sixty-seven years old,
but straight as an arrow, brave as a lion
and strong as a giant, lie is a dead shot
with the rifle, and his cabin is stored
with the skins of bears and deer which
have fallen before his unerring aim. In
the war with Mexico he led a company,
and in the war of the rebellion he began
as a private and ended as Captain on the
side of the Fliion. After hostilities
ceased he returned to his cabin, content
to end life in isolation and solitude.
A strange fatality has attended his
children. Two of his boys were killed
by guerillas during the war. In lSt-0
the revenue o licers raided a “moonshine”
distillery in the Boston Mountains. The
“moonsh tiers,” though surprised,
showed fight, and several were wounded,
among them two of the Case boys. They
succeeded in hiding in the underbush
and thus escaped capture. One died
from the effects of the wound five
months after; the other died in Texas
from the same cause a year later. In
1884, in a fight on Calf Creek,
another of the boys was fatally
stabbed, dying in a few days.
Recently the father received word from
Colorado City, Texas, that the son who
accompanied his ill-fated brother to the
State named had been shot and killed in
a quarrel with a'man on a ranch sixty
miles beyond the town. Thus six have
perished by violent means. The only
surviving son is living quietly with his
father. He has a violent temper, and
only by shunning intercourse as much as
possible with his fellowman can he hope
to escape the fate which has overtaken
his brothers.
Sonic Big Salaries.
Curiosity, writes a New York corre
spondent to the Cleveland Leader, led
me to make note of the salaries paid by
tho railroad and telegraph companies.
The New York Central Hailroad pays
Chauncey >l. Depew, it is said, $40,00 I
a year; the Erie paid Mr. Jewett alike
amount and presumably the present in
cumbent is satisfied with no less. The
revenue which men like .lay Gould, and
Cyrus Held and Kussell Sage derive
from the position of directors of many
corporations, should be better than a
munificent salary. Kttch company pays
its directors -fo for attendance at meet
ings; this alone to a man with as many
irons in the fire—and on the ground—as
has Mr. Gould, amounts in a year to a
princely sum. After the railroad Presi
dents, perhaps the best paid class of men
are the Presidents of the large insurance
companies. The President of theKqui
table i ife and the New York Life each
receive $ !0,! 00 per year. Tho poorest
paid men nreen the daily papers, the larg
est salary in New York city of the class
mentioned being that paid to .Mr.
David M. Slone, editor of the Journal of
Com oerer, which is $l,OOl a year. The
ministers of the gospel nud the fudges
rank between the corporate o iicers and
the journalists. .Mr. Beecher, s'lo,ooll a
year; Mr. Talrange, $l?,00> or $13,000,
for it has been several times changed.
However, it must not bo thought that
the salary is the only consideration
which the minister receives, for I have
heard it reckoned that Mr. lie i li e’s re
ceipts from marriage fees have averaged
SIO,OOO per year; t!r. Talmnge’s half as
much. They are both voliun nous
writers and fluent lo tu ers and should
not be in want. The judges of the
courts in New York, the Supreme Court,
receive $7,500 per year, to which in the
comity of New York is added SIO,OOO
per year, making a judge of that court
in New York city the recipient of
$17,500 for each year of his judicial
labors.
Tim Mysterious Itottle.
At the recent fatal Alpine accident on
the Glockner, says an Austrian paper,
the search for the bodies was materially
assisted by means of a secret charm em
ployed by Uorgorweia, the Kaiser inn
keeper. who lias in his possession a
small bottle covered with leather, with
a string drawn through the stopper by
which it can bo suspended like a plum
met. The bottle is said to contain a
fluid, but it is very heavy for its size,
and, according to l orgerweis. it pos
sesses the property of indicating by its
vibrations the direction in which the
nearest human being to thcobse rvermay
be found, for he says that he h:is re
quently tried with success when he has
lost his way in the mountains. The ex
periment was repeated on the above oc
casion, when the vibrations pointed dis
tinctly in the direction of the (Buckner
kaar, where the body of llubesoler was
ultimately discovered. Hergerweis fur
ther declares t 1 at he is enabled by means
of these vi rations to ascertain the posi
tion of the nearest game, when holding
together with the string a piece of
chamois or deerskin in his hand.
The Equatorial City.
At Quito, the only city in tho world
on tho line of the equator, the sun sets
and rises at (i o'clock the yenr around.
Your clock may break down, your watch
stop, but the sun never makes a mistake
there. When it disappears for the night
it is 6 o’clock, and you can set your
watch by it.
The Age of Man.
The soldier’s age is eour-nee;
The shopman’s age is till-age;
The gambler s age Is cribb-age;
The doctor’s age is pill age;
The traveler's age is lugg-age;
The lover's age is oott-age;
Tho lawyer's age is dam age ;
The preacher’s age is verbi-age;
The drunkard’s age is rumm age;
The cook’s age must be pott-age;
The German's age is saus-age;
But the best and worst is marri-age!
-Tid-SiU.
SCPERSTITIONS Of ENGINEERS.
RallrmS Han Who OboT Omeno-Tho Whit*
Rabbit—S Pllat’o Story.
" Railroad engineers, ass rule, are •
superstitious class of persons,” said an
old railroad man. “They have foolish
fancies and attach Importance to signs
and warnings; but I know of instances
where hundreds of lives have been saved
by engineers’ fancies and superstitions.
For over thirty years I have been a rail
road conductor, and during that time I
have seen and henrd many things that
under ordinary circumstances I would
have discredited. One of the best en
gineers that ever ran on the West Shore
Railroad was a man named Bronson.
One morning, just before starting time,
while he sat chatting with the fireman,
the engino bell suddenly rang out three
times. As neither the engineer nor fire
man, had touched the bell, and as no
ot her person was on or around the engine,
the men felt troubled over the strange
circumstance. They regarded it as an
ill omen and both men were filled with
dread. 'Jhe Irain started on its journey,
andi mile after mile was quickly traveled,
the engineer meanwhile keeping an
anxious lookout for danger. When
within about an eighth of a mile of a
rocky cut, the bell again, apparently of
its own accord, sounded three ominous
notes, clear and distinct. The engineer
beside himself with terror, exclaimed;
‘My Uod, Bill I It’s a warning cf some
great danger, and I believe it’s our duty
to stop. I’m f.oing to shut her down if
I lose my place by it.’ The engine came
to a sudden standstill, and within ten
feet of the engine, lying across the track
was a great rock several tons in weight,
which had become loosened by a recent
storm, and broken away from the great
mass above. A terrible calamity was
averted and hundreds of lives saved.
“ And bow I’ll tell you of another in
stance.” continued the same speaker, “of
how an engineer lost his life by not heed
ing a voice of warning. One of the most
careful and trusted engineers on our road
was James Welch. One morning his wife
noticed that he was not in his usual
cheerful frame of mind, and questioned
him about it. He told her that he was
not ill, but he said he had a premonition
that he would be killed during the day.
His wife, being a sensible woman, did
not sneer or laugh at his fears, begged
him to stay at home that day. Welch,
who was a disbeliever in signs and
omens, laughed at his fancies and went
to his death. Two hours later the en
gineer was lying, crushed to death, at
the bottom of a deep ravine.”
“ Yes, I know such things to be true,"
said another man. “Silly as it may
seem, I wouldn't run a tram after see
ing a white rabbit cross the track, with
out first slopping to investigate, if I
wt re to be made president of the road.
I remember one dark night we were
scooting across country at a pretty lively
rate, when all of a sudden, I saw a. white
rabbit dart across the track just in front
of the engine. The wee thing gave me
such a look in that brief second that
something compelled me to stop the
train. )he conductor and train men
cam# rushing up to the engine to find
out the cause of our sudden halt, and it
didn’t take long to-find out either. Only
a few feet ahead on the track were some
heavy logs.. They had most likely been
placed there and tied down by tramps,
who in the confusion of a frightful ac
cident, such as rvould have taken place
if I hadn’t stopped tho train, would
hav e robbed and plundere t the dead
and dying passengers.”
Slaking a Mandarin t > Order.
John Jacob Astor was determined to
■end a ship to China in spite of the em
bargo of ISO 7-9. The astonishment of
the ship owners of New York, whose
vessels were lying idle in the docks,
may be imagined when they read in the
Commercial Advert sec of August 13,
1808, this piece of shipping news:
“Yesterday the ship 1 eaver, Captain
Galloway, sailed for China.”
Everybody knew that the ship Beaver
was owned by John Jacob Astor. The
other merchants of the city were natu
rally indignant when they heard that
Mr. Astor had been so highly favored.
At last it was discovered that he bad a
“special permission from the President
of the United States for his ship Beaver,
navigated by thirty seamen, ostensibly
to carry home to Canton a great Chi
nese mandarin.” It was said that
Astor had picked up a Chinaman in
the park, dressed him to fit the man
darin story, secured tlie presidential per
mit, and despatched his ship before the
story got ab.oad. A rival merchant
wrote to President Jefferson, informing
him that the Chinese mandarin was
no mandarin at all, but only a com
mon Chinese dock loafer The writer
further suggested that, if the govern
ment had given the permit under a mis
understanding, the error should be cor
rected, and Ihc honor of the adminis
tration vindicated by punishing tho
offender Mr. Astor’s friends called up
on him th t r.ight and congratulated him
upon the success of his enterprise, and
they had a hearty laugh over the affair.
He could well afford to laugh at the
result of his brilliant coup, tor the
Beaver made so successful a voyage
that she returned to New York the fol
lowing year with $2,000,000 more than
she carried away.— Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
110 Hit It Twice.
The following ia a report of eight tests
of butter made by the United States in
ternal revenue collector at I)es Moines:
1. Butterine. Pronounced good but
ter.
2. Creamery butter two years old.
Pronounced oleomargarine,
;S. Fresh creamery butter, three ounces
salt to the pound. Pronounced good but
ter.
4. Sample, one-third lard. Pronounced
good butter.
5. Creamery, five ounces salt to pound.
Pronounced good butter
(S. Creamery, churned at 73 degrees
temperature. Pronounced oleomargar
ine.
7. Sample, half lard. Pronounced
good butter,
8. Unsalted creamory from the churn
Pronounced oleomargarine.
It will bo observed that the govern
ment inspector hit it twico out of eight
4 imei.
Tronhlo Abend.
When the appetite fails, and sleep grown
restless end unrefreshing, there Is trouble
ahead. The digestive organs, when healthy,
ciave food, the nervous system, when vigorous
and tranquil,gives its possessor no uneasiness
at night. Atonic, to be effective, should not
hue mere appetiser, nor are the nerves to be
strengthened and southed by the unaided no
tion of a sedative or a narcotio. What is re
quired Is a medicine which invigorates the
: ■ tna h and promotes assimilation of food by
tho system, by wbioh moans tho nervous sys
loin, a t well as other parts of the phyeioal or
ganlsin, are strengthened. These are the ef
fects of Host otter'o Stomach Bitters, a medi
cine whose reputation is founded firmly In
public ooi.tldenee. ami which physicians com
mend for Its tonic, anti-bilious and other prop
■ rties It la used with tire best results in fever
and ague, rheumatism, kidney and uterine
weakness, end other maladies
A LEGAL QUESTION.
Liability tn Lmwi *f Ske* by Dtp.
Not only is tho owner of a dog liable
for ita acts, but any one whp harbors it
or allows it upon his premises is also
liable. But a person is not responsible
for tho acts of a dog which ho tries to
drive away from his premises, or for
those of a dog allowed to remain tem
porarily there, as in the case of one who
keeps boarders and allows them to keep
a dog on the premises; but in that case
the owner of the dog is liable. The laws
with regard to liability for injury done
by dogs to sheep vary considerably in
tho different states. In Vermont., New
York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio,
California, Tennessee, Alabama, Minne
sota, Oregon, Illinois, New Jersey and
Mississippi the statutes expressly pro
vide that any porson may kill a dog
found worrying or injuring sheep. In
Michigan any person may without rend
ering himself liable to civil or criminal
action, kill a dog he may see chasing,
worrying, wounding, or killing sheep,.
•wine, cattle, or any other domestic an
imal. In Maryland the owner of a dog
is exempted from liability for sheep
killed, if he kills the dog immediately
on receiving notice of injury, but if he
fails to do so, the owner of the sheep
may kill the dog and recover double
damages. In New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts the owner of any domestic
animal, and in Wisconsin the owner of
any sheep or lambs, may recover from
tho town for any injury inflicted by a
dog. If he chooses, the owner of the
injured animal may sue the owner of the
dog, instead of claiming damages from
the town; but if he prefers to prove his
loss to the town supervisors, and accepts
an order on the town treasurer for the
amount, the claim is transferred to the
town, which may recover against the
owner of the dog; but the owner of
the sheep cannot thereafter recover
against him. In Rhode Island the first
time a dog worries a sheep the owner
can recover damages from the person who
harbors or owns the dog. If after the
first notice the dog is still allowed to
live, and injures sheep again, his owner
is liable for double damages, and the
court may order the animal killed. In
Alabama, Ca ifornia, Vermont, andWis.
consin double damages- can also be re
covered. In Connecticut whoever has
lost by dogs worrying or killing his
sheep must give notice to the town
selectmen, and these may sue the owner
or harborer of the offending dog, and
unless the sheep owner is reimbursed by
the suit, the town becomes liable for the
damages. To provido a fund to meet
this liability, dogs are licensed, and the
license fees are held to meet such
claims.
When several dogs belonging to dif
ferent owners unite in committing mis
chief, at common law, each owner is
liable only for the acts of his own ani
mal. There would naturally be consid
erable difficulty in ascertaining the ex
tent of the injury done by each dog, but
the jury can adopt any reasonable rule
for ascertaining the damages. If the an
imals are of unequal size, and have dif
ferent capacities for mischief the jury
may take into consideration the damage
done by each in approximating the lia
bilities of the owners. By statute how
ever, in Connecticut, Vermont nud Ohio,
the several owners of dogs that unite in
mischief, are jointly liable therefor;
while in Pennsylvania, each owner is li
able for the whole injury in the doing of
which his dog was jointly engaged.—
Rural New Yorker.
A Merited Rebuke.
A gentleman prominent in legal circles
in Boston was recently riding in a train,
and in the seat before him was a young
and gayly dressed damsel. The car was
pretty full, and presently an elderly
woman entered, and, finding no seat va
cant but the one l esi-le the young wo
man mentioned, sat down beside her.
She was a decently dressed woman, but
apparently of humble station, and she
carried several clumsy bundles, which
were evidently a serious annoyance to
her scatruatc. The young woman made
no effort-to conceal her vexation, but in
the most conspicuous manner showed tho
passengers around her that she consider
ed it an impertinent intrusion for the
new-comer to presume to sit down besido
her. In a few moments the old woman,
depositing her packages upon the seat,
went across the car to speak to an ac
quaintance Blie discovered on the oppo
site 6ide of the aisle. The lawyer leaned
forward to the offended young lady and
courteously asked if she would change
seats with him. A smile of gratified
vanity showed how pleased she was to
have attracted the notice of so distin
guished-looking a gentleman. “Oh,
thank you ever so much!” she said,
effusively. “I should like 10, but it
would be as bad for you as for me to sit
beside such an old woman.” “1 beg
your pardon,” he responded, with un
diminished deference of manner; “it
was not your comfort I was thinking of,
but the old lady’s.”— Bo ton Record.
A Boston girl who wears glasses says
that she admires pugilism, but considers
it immodest to fight with bare knuckles.
Bodily pa ns are lnsta-tly relieved by tbo
u-e of Kt. Jacobs Oil. Dr. It. Duffer, Master
of Arts, Cambridge University, Lnglaad, says:
“It acts like masio."
“ Which is tile better weather foi your busi
ness,’’ was asked a down-town bartender, hot
or cold?*' “it doesn’t make much difference,"
lie replied: “in hot weather they take a litt e
somethin,; to cool ’- rn, and in co if weather
they take a little something to warm ’em up.”
Boards ot Health endorse Red Star Cough
Cu e as a speo ly ami sujo remedy lor coughs
and told.?. Scientists pronounce it entirely
vegetable and free from opiates. Price, twen
ty-five cent, a bo.tle.
Pompous young lawyor to prisoner—As yon
have no counsel the court has deputed me to
defend you. Prisoner —Am dat bo? Youne
lawyer—Yes. Prisoner (to Jndge) Den I
pleads guilty, yo’ honah, an’ frows myse’f on
de mercy oh de court.
“Women nnd Her Diseases”
ts the title of an Interesting illustrated trea
tise h'o pages) sent, p ,-tpaid, tor Id cents In
stamp , \ddres World's Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y,
The book that, makes tho greatest stir in
eooiety is the plethoric pockutbook.
If Bnffßrers from Consumption,
Scrofula, Bronchitis and General Debility will
try Scott's Km!T..ion of Cos l Liver Oil with
llypophosphites. they will find immediate re
lief and permanent benefit. The Medical Pro
fession universally declare it a remedy of tho
greatest value and very palatable. Read: “I
have used Scott’s Emulsion la several cases of
Scrofula and Debit i t y in : hildren. Resales most
gratifying. My little pa ients take it with
pleasure.”—W. A. HunasßT, M. D„ Salis
bury, m.
” Money is tight.” No wonder. So much
of it goes to the saloon.
FOo makes Blood and Blood makes Beauty.
Improper dige-tion of food ne< esaarily pro
duces It and blond, resulting in a feeling of full
ness in the stomach, acidity. heartburn, sick
headache, and othor dyspeptic symptoms. A
eloselv c< noted life causes indige oi, con
stipation, biliousness and loss of appetite. To
remove these troubles there Is no remedy
equal to Prickly Ash B tters. It has been
tried and proven to ha a apecillo.
No Opium in Piso’s Our* for Consumption,
; Curse where other remedies fail. SBe.
INJUSTICE CORRECTED.
OmxrlaaUa Verification of Wldeeaat Public
- Statements.
To ths Readers of this Paper.
In common with many publishers and
editors, wo have been accustomed to look
upon certain statements which we have seen
in our columns as merely adroit advertising.
Consequently wo feel justified in taking
the liberty of printing a few points from a
private letter recently received from one of
our largest patrons, as a sort of confession
of faith to our readers. We quote:
“We have convinced ourselves that by tell
ing what we know to be true, we have pro
duced at last a permanent oonviction in the
pubiio mind. Seven years age we stated
what the national disease of this country was,
and that it was rapidly inoreating. Three
years ago we stated that a marked check had
been given it
“The statistics of one of the largest life in
surance companies of this country shows that
in 1883 and 1884, the mortality from kidney
disorders did not increase over the previous
years; other companies stated the same thing.
It is not presumptuous for us to claim credit
for checking these ravages.
“Seven years ago we stated that the condi
tion of the kidneys was the key to the condi
tion of health; within the past five years all
careful life insurance companies have con
ceded the truth of this stateiuent, for, where
as, ten years ago, chemical analysis to deter
mine the condition of the kidneys w r as not
required, to-day millions of dollars in risks
are refused , because chemical examination
discovers unsuspected diseases ot the kid
neys
“Seven years ago we stated that the rav
ages of Bright’s Disease were insignificant
compared with other unsuspected disorders
of the kidneys of many misleading names;
that ninety-three per cent of human ail
ments are attributable to deranged kidneys,
which fills the blood with uric acid, or kid
ney poison, which causes these many fatal
diseases.
“Tho uric acid, or kidney poison, is the real
cause of the majority of cases of paralysis,
apoplexy, heart disease, convulsions, pneumo
nia, consumption, and insanity; over half
the victims of consumption are first the vie
tims of diseased kidneys.
“When tho recent death of an honored ex
official of the United States was announced,
his physician said that although lie was suf
fering from Bright's Disease, that was not
the cause ot death. Ho was not frank enough
to admit that the apoplexy which overtook
him in his bed, was the fatal effe t of the
kidney poison of the blood, which had eaten
away the substance of the arteries and
brain; nor was Logan’s physician honest
enough to state that his fatal rheumatism
was caused by kidney acid in the blood.
“If the doctors would state in official re
ports the original causo of death, the people
of this country would be alarmed, yea,
nearly panic stricken, at the fearful mortal
ity from kidney disorders."
The writers of the above letter give these
facts to the public simply to justify the
claims that they have made, that “if the
kidneys and liver are kept in a healthy con
dition by the use ot Warner’s safe cure,
which hundreds of thousands have proved to
be a specific, when all other remedies failed,
and that has received the endorsement of the
highest medical talent in Europe, Australasia
and America, many a life would be pro
longed and the happiness of tho people pre
served. It is sueeosslul with so many differ
ent diseases because it and it alone, can re
move tho uric acid from the blood through
the kidneys."
Our readers aro familiar with the prepara
tion named.
Commendation thereof has often ap penred
in our columns.
We believe it to be one of the best, if not
the best ever manufactured. We know tho
proprietors are men of character and influ
ence.
We are certain they have awakened a
wide spread interest in the public mind con
cerning the importance of the kidueys. We
believe with them that they aro the key to
health, and that for their restoration from
disease and maintenance in health, there is
nothing equal to this great remedy.
The proprietors say they “donot glory in
this un'versal prevalence of disease, but hav
ing started out with the purpose of spreading
the merits of Warner’s safe cure before the
world, because it cured our senior proprie
tor, who was given up by doctors as incura
ble, wo feel it'our duty to state the facts and
leave the public to its own inferences. We
point to our claims, aud to the’r public and.
universal verification with pride, and if the
public does not believe what we say, w - tell
them to ask their friends and neighbors
what they think about our preparations.”
As stated above, we most cordially com
mend the perusal of til's correspondence by
our readers, believing that in so doing wa
are fulfilling a simple public obligation.
Correct Measurements.
Fashionable Young Woman (to dealer)
be suitable for a birthday gift.”
Dealer —“For a young or old gentle
man, ma’am?”
Fashionable Young Woman—“Oh,
quite young.”
Dealer—“Do you know what size hat
he wears!”
Fashionable Y’oung Woman—“ Five
and a half, I think.”
Dealer—“l se. The largest size will
please him best. The smaller the hat,
ma’am, tho larger the cane.”— Texat
ci ij tings.
A Lucky Mortal.
For some months past Hostetter Mc-
Ginnis has been paying such marked at
tention to the Loiigcoilin girls that they
began to entertain hopes. All this was
knocked in the head by a remark ho
made a few evenings ago
“I’ve always had good luck in my love
affairs,” remarked Hostetter.
“But you are still single, Mr. McGin
nis,” exclaimed the Longcoffin girls in
chorus.
. “That’s just what I mean,” replied the
heartless wretch.— Siftings.
“Yes: I shall break tho engagement.” she
s id, folding her arms and look.nz dt fi mt: “it
is really too much trouble to converse with
him: lie’s as deaf as a pcs , and talks i e he
had a mouthful of tonsil. Be: ides, the way bo
hav.ksaurl s,t t* :s diegnsti- g ' “Don’t, break
the cngacemeiitfor that; tell him to ;ake Dr.
Sage’s Ciiturli Ue i.edy. It veil i ure him
eo - uletelc.” “Well, I’ll tell him. 1 do h te
to break it off, for in all o her re : e ts he’s
qui ot jo charming.” Of course, it oared liis
catarrh.
Tho woman who neglects her husband’s
shirt front, is no longer tho wife of his boso m
Everybody Is enquiring for Hood’s Calendar
for 1887, because It is one of tho most attract
ive hits of eo'oring which lithographic art has
ever produced. It is a beautiful tiling, the
child’s hec.d being a pleasing study, which ex
plains why ho many applications are being
received at the druggists for them. They can
ho obtained by sending ten cents in stamps to
C. 1. Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass.
A wise night key—One that knows its own
keyhole.
"Delays are Dangerous.”
If you arc pale, emaciated, have a hacking
couth,withnight-sweats.spitiinro! b ond a <1
shortness of breath, you have no time t > lore,
i o not hesitate too long—till ton are part
cure; for, taken in its early stages, consump
tion can he cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s
’Guidon Medical Discovery” as thousands can
testify. By druggists.
Tho wind is notevidontly tempered the shorn
Wall street lamb.
A Great Offer.
No matter in w hat part you live, you had
better write to Haitett & Cos., Portland.
Mai e, wit out dels ; they will send you free
i formation about wo k that you cat do and
live at home, at a prollt of fro n $5 to $”5 and
pwards daily. A numb i have ear..cd over
SSO in a day. Bo h sexes. All ges. You am
started in business free. Capital not needed.
Every worker who takes old at once is nhso
h: e y sure of a snug little ltfrLune. Now is
the time.
! The farmers, in their swamps, we're sure,
Could find the roots and plants that cure;
If bv their knowledge they onlv knew
For Just the disease each a.-.e grew.
Take courage now and "Swamp-Root” try—
(for kidnoy, 1 vorand bladder complaints).
As on this remedy you ran rely.
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Why He Prefers Mules.
The Allentown (Penn.) Register tella
this story:—A well-known manufacturer
of this city—it isn’t necessary to give his
name—finds it necessary to employ a
double team to do hia hauling. For
•everal years he kept two horses, and
while they did their work well he sud
denly concluded to dispose of them aud
buy a pair of mules instead. He says
that after the horses had done their
day’s or week’s work he was continually
annoyed by some of his friends or em
ployees asking for the use of tha horses
to take pleasure drives. Not caring to
offend them he frequently acceeded to
their requests, while all the time his better
judgment told him that it was rough on
the horses, which by their honest work
were entitled to their just rest. This
thing went on for awhile and our friend
was pondering by day and by night how
he could bring about a phange. It oc
curred to him one day that mules were
not very popular for pleasure driving
purposes, but that they answered every
other purpose of horses—in fact were in
several respects preferable for his own
use. So he concluded to sell his horses
and get a mule team. His plan worked
admirably, and the other day he infoimed
us that since he got the mules he hasn t
been asked once for their use by hi
friends or employes.
(Something that will Interest the Afflicted.
(Prom the Weekly Record, Dundee, N. TANARUS.)
There are many people in this country who
are suffering untold agony from the ravages
ot diseases, who have been medicated until
the very sound of the word “medicine" sends
a thrill ot horror through their sensitive
organism, and yet they are still looking—
looking tor something that will prove a bene
fit to tneir shattered constitution and restore 1
to them their health. To this class of sufferers
the Record , without solicitation, desires to
say a few words, not with the intent to ad
vertise a man who to-day is doing more for
this class of sufferers than pen can describe,
but because we know , notonly from personal
experience, but from the experience of
others, that what we are about tv
say in regard to Dr. Kilmer, of Bingham
ton, N. Y., and his Herbal Remedies are
facts, and it is a pleasure to let the sufferer
know that there is a Medicine that has done,
aud is still doing so much lasting benefit to
the afflicted. Dr. Kilmer has been repre
sented in the advertising eolumns of the
Record for over two years, and daring that
period wo have received many communica
tions asking if his Remedies were as repre
sented, and have always felt that wo could
safely recommend them. Dr. Kilmer is one
of the best-read Physicians of the present
day. He probably has the largest practice
and examines and treats personally more pa
tients at his large aud fully equipped office
in Binghamton yearly, than any other phy
sician in the country.
These Herbal Remedies which he sends out
aro prepared and prescribed by him in his
own private practice. Their component parts
are careluily selected from Nature’s great
labc ratory, and are compounded in a scien
tific manner so as to bo especially adapted to
tho different forms of diseases for which they
aro used. They are the result of years of
hard, patient study cf the science of medi
cine.
There seems to be at the present time a ten
dency toward a great many Kidney, Liver
aud Biadder troubles with the people of this
country, and we wish to speak more particu
larly about Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root Kid
ney, Liver and Bladder Cure. Wo will say
on tho outset, we are not writing sensational
“gush” for Dr. Kilmer, but knowing person
ally as we do, of many important euros
wrought from the use of this medicine, we
believe it to be our duty to ! ho afflicted to en
courage them to avail themselves of the use
of this valuable Remedy.
Wo know a Mr. Cbas. E. Roe, of Union
ville, Steuben Cos., N. Y. who had Bright’s
disease, and was told by the best Physicians
of Hornellsville, N. Y., that there was no
hope for him, who was prevailed upon by
a friond to try Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
Kidney Cure. He did so, without the least
idea of being benefited, but tho result was
most gratifying to himself and family, for
ho was cured. Saved from death by that
dreadful disease. Another case, that of
Russell Sandford, of Wayne, Steuben Cos.,
who had a terrible bowel difficulty which
would not yield to the medical skill of good
doctors, who, at our own solicitation, tried
Swamp-Root, and he tojd us after using sev
eral bottles his trouble was removed, al
though he had no control over his bowels for
a year previous to using the medicine and
had been told that ho wcuid never be any
better, and that his earthly career was
limited. Our druggists here in Dundee
tell us they have sold hundreds of bottles
of this medicine and in no instance
have they ever heard aught but praise
from the persons using it. We might men
tion scores of similar cases that, to our own
personal knowledge, have been helped out of
serious trouble by using Swamp-Roet. We
hope it will help someone, and we have no
fears of the result of a trial, by any one who
is suffering with a Kidney, Liver or Blad
der trouble. “It is worth its weight in gold.”
W. W. Westcott, Editor.
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