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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
An Old Plan Cor Crowing cnenmborw.
The folk-wing is an old plan practised
tn some sections with good effects: Spade
z <up a good piece of garden soil and make
a circular mound about eight feet in di
ameter and ten inches higher in the cen
ter than at the outside. In the center of
the mound sink an old leaky barrel and
fill full of barnyard ma
nure, with some hen manure mixed in.
Pour the wash water from the house into
the barrel and let it leak through into ;
the ground. Plant the cucumber seed ■
in a ring, about six inches from the bar
rel; watch for the bugs and destroy
them by the usual methods. Supply the ;
water often enough to keep the ground I
moist, to promote a rapid growth, but
not too wet.
-Vlan tire for Crape Vine*.
Common barnyard manures are not
Adapted to growing the best grapes,
though they are much better than no
manuring. The faults of stable manures
are an excess of nitrogen, causing ex- I
cessive growth of vine and too little of
mineral fertilizers which produce the J
fruit. An application of potash in
spring or any time during the growing l
season is very beneficial. Old country
vineyards are manured almost exclusively
by the ashes from the burned trimmings i
of grape vines. These ashes arc very
rich in potash. This mineral food is cs ,
pecially valuable in promoting early J
ripening. Vines that overbear are sim
ply in most cases setting a larger num
ber of clusters than the vino can sup
ply potash for the perfecting of the |
seeds, and for changing the harsh juices
of the green grope into the riper one.
Thorough bred llornoN ami I'ariM
Work.
It is frequently stated, says the Turf,
VIM and. Farm, that the thoroughbred
horse is not fit for farm work ; that his
limbs are too weak to stand the strain,
and his nerves too highly strung for
plodding effort. The weedy thorough
bred is light limbed, and on the turf he
never ranks above the common plater.
But with the muscular and stanchly built
thoroughbred it is different He has
speed, stamina and weight carrying ca
pacity. Ilis temperament is lively, and
it is necessary to bo patient, and kind
with him when put to slow work. Harsh
treatment will ruin his disposition.
Thoroughbreds are often condemned be
cause those who seek to make use of
them do not discriminate, do not make
proper selections. A Tennessee observer .
writes to the Spirit of the Farm:
“I believe th it the past, proves that
wherever there is thoroughbred blood,
whether in the trotting horse or mule,
he is bettered by it. Some of the fast- I
est trotting horses the country has ever
seen have a cross of this blood, and I am
sure from my own experience that a mule
from a thoroughbred mare by n good
jack will kill almost any other not simi
larly bred if it is forced to keep up and
do the same amount of work. 1 know
of a case where a gentleman, living in
Davidson county, plowed a thorough
bred horse, and he told me that on one
occasion, when plowing corn, which wits
about up to a man's shoulders, on a very j
hot day, and having a large number of :
plows running, nil drawn by mules ex
cept one, it being drawn by the thor
oughbred horse, that when the mules
were hot and tired, ami had to bo I
watered and rested, this horse, though
as wet with sweat as ho could be. was
not blowing a particle, but went on pull
ing his plow without the least trouble.” j
Household flint*.
Pencil marks on paint, orwhite-washed
walls, may be removed by rubbing with
a little cooking soda on a damp cloth.
Windows may be beautifully cleaned
by using whitening, without either water
or soap, and ] o ishing off with either a
chamois or with old newspaper.
Straw mattings should never be
washed with soap, which is certain" to
turn them yellow, use dean salt and
water tnot brine) and wipe dry as soon
as washed.
Kerosene oil will soften leather belts
or boots that have become hard from ex
posure or u<c around the wash room,
flood for the harness when hard from
rain or dampness. Wash with warm
water, then grease with good animtfj oil. \
A cheap paint that will last for years
may be made for out buildhigs, by tak
ing milk and cement, or ‘ water lime" as
some call it. mix and apply three or four ■
coats; any dry color may be, added.
Tins will last for years, and by aeuewing
once in two or three years, a building
will look as jf painted with oil paint.
To put this on, the paint should be
stirred constantly, as the liner parts will
soon I e all used out, and you will have
nothing left but sand.
A Logical Htn.
Every one has heard of the distress of !
the hen on beholding young ducklings
hatched by her taking to the water. This
occurs so frequently as to attract little
remark, except when observed by any
one for the first time. Mr. Jesse, in his
natural his'ory "Gleanings,” records a
singular incident. A hen which had
hatched three successive duckling broods
got so accustomed to the aquatic ten
dency of her pupils, that on hatching a
set of her own eggs she led the chickens
to the pond, and in surprise at their un
willingness to take the water, actually !
pushed some of them tn, and several were ■
drowned before the awkward situation
observed and the survivors rescued.— 1
Leisure Hau r.
The fanner king of Alabama is Bragg
B. Comer, of Barbour county. He raised
2,250 bales of cotto.n last year, beside a
large amount of com. He hasfrom Q ,OOO 1
to 10,000 acres in cotton and corn this
year.
’ "7.”
The superstitions of life are many, an-'
the circumstances giving rise to them
peculiarly varied and complex, but non
excite more the curiosity of people with
an inclination to mysticism than the J*
culiar significance seemingly attendant
I upon the employment of the numeral
j seven. The use of the number can bv
I traced bock to the Mosaic narrative.
: since which period, as marking the du
i ration of a week in days, it has influ
, enccd the social life of nearly all con
tinental nations. It is somewhat curious
jto note the peculiar character of its
I progress through the ages, and its re-
I markable adhesion to history and sci-
I cncc. As, for instance, there are, ac
-1 cording to the time honored creed,
i seven bodies in alchemy, divided, and,
I so to speak, personified thus: The sun is
gold; the moon, silver; Mars, iron;
Mercury, quicksilver; Saturn, lead; Ju
l piter, tin; Venus, copper.
The mystic charm goes further. The
champions of ( hristendom were seven
in number, Saints George, of England;
i Andrew, of Scotland; Patrick, of Ire
! land; David,of Wales; Denys,of France;
j James, of Spain, and Anthony, of Italy.
Invincible Home crowned seven hiHs and
ancient Thebes had seven gates piercing
; her massive walls, Religion even falls
; underneath the influence, for are there
not seven mortal sins—pride, wrath,
i envy, lust, gluttony, avarice and sloth i
i The life of Hienzi, possibly, was most
! potently influenced by the innocent nu
\ meral. On the 7th of October he com
' pleted the conquest of his foes. His
; reign as Tribune lasted seven months,and
the period of his exile embraced seven
years. Seven weeks after his return
: witnessed him without an enemy, and
the crowns bestowed upon him by Roman
convents and council were seven in num
ber.
The seven sleepers, presumably buried
nt Ephesus, were presumed to cxercisr
an influence upon national fortunes a 1
late as the time of Edward the Confessor
for William of Malmesbury says: “Ed
ward the Confessor, in his mind’s eye
saw the seven sleepers turn from the!
right sides to left, thus boding great
disasters to Christendom.”
An ancient chronicler thus memorial
izes those types of elemental power, tin
; Seven wonders of the world:
‘The pyramids first, which in Egypt wer
Ini I;
| Next Babylon's gardens for Amphytis made
: Then Mausolos' tomb of affection and guilt
| Fifth, the Ton-plo of Dian, at Ephesus built
The Colossus of Rhode), east in brass to th
sun;
Sixth, Jupiter's Statue, by Fliidlas done;
The Pharos of Egypt, lust wonder of old,
' Or I’uliu-o of Cyrus, cemented with gold."
The most far-reaching of the super
■ stitions attending the utilization of th<
number seven is the astrologic power con
I ferred upon him who shall stand as tin
seventh male heir of the seventh son
Such a person was presumed to posses:
I in a large degree the power of curinf
disease by the laying on of hands. (Jin
cinnati Enquirer.
Chronology of Stoamboaiing.
The first idea of steam navigation war
contained in a patent obtained in Eng
land by Hulls in 1780.
Fitch experimented in steam naviga
i tion on the Delaware river in 1733 4.
<diver Evans was the next experimental
I in Virginia in steam navigation in 1785-0
Rumsey was also an experimenter it
Virginia in steam navigation in 1785.
W. Symington made trials on the
I Forth and Clyde with a rudely con
strueted model of a steamer in 1789.
Chancellor Livingston built a steame
j on the Hudson in 17117.
The first experiment of stcambontinj
on the Thames, England, was in 1801.
i Mr. Symington repeated his experi
j merits on the Thames with success it
1802.
Fulton built the steamer the Nortl
River, and made a passage up the Hud
son river to Albany, from New York, it
thirty three hours—the first steam navi
j gntiou on record. The engines wore
constructed by Boulton A YVatts. The
voyage was made in 1807.
The next steamboat was the Czar ol
Neptune in 1808.
Fulton built the Orleans, at Pittsburg,
the first steamer on Western rivers. It
was completed, and made the voyage tc
New Orleans 2,000 miles, in 1811.
The Paragon was the next steamer,
j built in New Y ork in 1811.
The Richmond was built at New York
in 1812.
The first steam vessels of Europe com
menccd plying the Clyde in 1812.
The Vesuvius was built at Pittsburg ii
1815.
England built her first steamer is
1815.
The Savannah, the first steamer t<
cross the ocean, was of 350 tons burden,
and sailed for Liverpool from Savannah.
Ga., July 15, 1819.
The first steamer built in Ireland war
' in 1820.
i Captain Johnson was paid ‘IO,OOO oi
150,000 for making the first steam vey
age to India. The voyage was made o.
the steamer Enterprise, which sailed
from Falmouth, England, August 16,
1825.
The Great Western, from Bristol, Eng
land, and the Sirius, from Cork, Ireland,
both arrived at New York city, each on
■ their first voyage, and each eighteen days
; out, on June 17, 1838.
The first war steamer built in England
was in 1838.
Returns from twenty-three States gav,
an aggregate of 700 steamboats in thr
i Vnited States in 1838.
There were about 1.560 steam vessel!
I in the Vnited States in 1867.
The Washington was the first Ameri
can ocean steamer of note. She made
I her first passage to Southampton, Eng
j land, in June, 1847.—A'ew York Marine
J Journal
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Wet winters have been found to result
disastrously to insects.
The grasshopper develops from the
young larva to the winged adult without
changing its mode of life.
In London an electric light has been
used to illuminate the interior of an
oven. The door was of plate glass, and
every part of the process of baking could
be distinctly seen.
Discussing the manufacture of bone
dust, Professor J. Konig shows that
when bones, previous to grinding, are
freed from fats by treatment with ben
zol, they are purified from ingredients
which have no agricultural value.
While our country is supposed to be
nearly free from earthquakes, no less
than 864 shocks were recorded in the
United States and Canada during the
twelve years ending 1883. This is an
average of about cue in every twelve
days.
A mountain explorer just returned
from Asia states that during a four
months’ residence at a height of more
than 15,000 feet above the sea his pulse,
normally sixty-three beats per minute, fell
below 100 pier minute, and his respira
tions were often twice as numerous as at
ordinary levels.
Before the Linnean society, of Lon
don, Mr. A. Taylor has sought to prove
that plants have a dim sort of intelli
gence, and are able, nt least, to exert as
voluntary power as certain lowly organ
ized animals. One proof of this, is the
plant’s avoidance of obstacles—-placed
artificially in their way—-by bending
aside before touching.
A French botanist, M. Fonssagrives,
asserts that poisonous gases arc given off
by both growing and harvested fruits—
such as apricots, oranges and quinces—
and death by poisoning has resulted
from sleeping in rooms exposed to such
emanations. -A similar deadly gas—evi
dently connected in some way with
vegetable odors is given off by sweet
scented flowers and odoriferous leaves.
Adanson found trees of the baobab
species in Africa which he computed to
bo 5,150 years old; and De Candolle has
reported the deciduous cypress of Mexi
co to reach a ill greater age. The
oldest individual specimen of any
species --in fact, the oldest living thing
upon the globe—is probably the cypress
of Santa .Maria del Title, in the Mexican
state of Oaxaca. If estimates of tree
ages arc to be relied upon, the life of
this venerable forest monarch may have
spanned the whole period of written his
tory. At last accounts it was still grow
ing, and in 1851, when Humboldt saw
it, it measured forty two feet in diam
eter, 145 in circumference, and 282 feet
between the extremities of two opposite
branches.
On the Raging Canal in Venice.
It is possible to gothrough London by
canal, but it is not possible to gothrough
Venice by any other route unless a per
son walks, says Luke Sharp in the De
troit Free Press. It is hard to imagine a
great city where most of the inhabitants
never saw a horse except at the public
gardens, where an equine couple are kept
as curiosities.
My two Pinafore gondoliers got one on
each end of a large gondola, and I
seated myself on the comfortable cush
ions in the center. Every gondola has a
sort of air cushion, one to sit on undone
to lean back against, and the effect is
very luxurious. When once a person
gets into a gondola the charm of \enice
is on him and the enchantment never
leaves him. The evening was still and
the canal as placid as a mirror. The two
gondoliers swing together in working
their oars with an easy rythm of motion
that sent the boat along swiftly and si
lently. As we neared the beautiful arch
of the Rialto they turned into a smaller
Canal and thought it part of their duty
to sing. I made them quit that though,
and nothing further occurred to mar the
perfection of the journey. It was almost
dark as we passed under the gloomy
Bridge of Sighs, a most appropriate
time to get a first view of that structure,
although in the dimness I regret to say
that it reminded me of one of these cov
ered ways that sometimes span an alley
overhead to unite two parts of a sepa
rated factory. Then we camo out into
the broad open water again and up
another narrow canal, and thus came to
the side entrance of the big hotel.
About Widows.
I have a vague idea that a widow,
to be natural, should always be plump.
I can’t give any reason for it. 1 have
long had a conviction that grief over a
departed husband is fattening. I knew
that stage widows are always wan and
pale, and faint at the sight of any relic
of the deceased. But that is a dramatic
license, and only in comedies where true
love and devotion arc made funny, not
to say ridiculous, do they make widows
plump. Come to think of it, I don’t see
why a widow shouldn’t lie plump. She
has nothing to worry about. She is
heroine of one great battle, with a
weakened world before her to conquer.
I like widows. It always seems to me
that a widow is a woman who has got
the best of a man. He may have been a
good deal of a man, or very little of a
man. but she’s got the best of him. It
seems to be awfully hard for a woman to
survive her husband. I do not wish to
ask whether matrimony is, after all. a
disease that is fatal to woman. I don’t
say that a woman should never marry at
all. She should- always marry some
othet man.— San Franeiseo Chroiiele.
Although William Cullen Bryant has
been dead since 1878, letters addressed
to him are still received at the office of
the New York Post.
LIEUTENANT AND THE PIE.
A LITTLE ARMY STORY OF GENERAL
GRANT AND III!-* WAYS.
flow n Lieutenant who Fnsved Ilimni It off
ns General Grunt came to Grief.
Here is a comical story of the way in
which General Grant is said to have
punished a “ cheeky ” lieutenant. We
find it in the Springfield Union. “The
officer in question coming upon a lonely
’arm-house one day, and being struck
with the pangs of hunger, dismounted,
and in order to get the best the house
afforded, had the impudence to repre
sent himself as General Grant. He was
served with the greatest alacrity, and,
with his companions, nearly cleaned the
larder. Pay was refused, and they rode
away rejoicing.
“In the meantime General Grant,
who had halted his army a few miles
further back for a brief resting spell,
lame in sight of and was rather favor
ably impressed w.ih the appearance of
this same house. Riding np to the fence
tn front of the door, he desired to know
if they would cook him a meal.
“ ‘ No,’said a female, in a gruff voice.
‘General Grant and his staff have just
been here and eaten everything in the
house except one pumpkin pie. ’
“ ‘ Humph,’ murmured Grant; ‘ what
is your name ?’
“ ‘ Selvidge,’ replied the woman.
“Casting a half-dollar in at the door,
he asked if she would keep that pie until
ho sent an officer for it, to which she
replied that she would.
“That evening, after the camping
ground bad been selected, the various
regiments were notified that there would
be a grand parade at half-past six, for
orders. Officers would see that all theii
men turned out, etc.
“In five minutes the camp was in a
perfect uproar, and filled with all sorts
of rumors. Some thought the enemy
were upon them, it being so unusual to
have parades when on a march.
"At half-post six the parade was
formed, ten columns deep, and nearly a
quarter of a mile in length.
“Both officers and men were amazed
at this unusual parade after such a long
and weary march, and wondered what it
portended, when the assistant adjntant
general rode in front of the lines, and, in
a grove, loud, and clear voice, rend the
following order:
“ 'Hhadquakteks Ahmy in tiie Field,
“ ‘Spec al Order No. —.
‘“Lieutenant Wickfield, of the In
diana cavalry, having on this day, eaten
everything in Mrs. Selvidge’s house, at
the croisiag of the Trenton and Poco
hontos and Black River and Cape Girar
deau Roads, except the pumpkin pie,
Lieutenant YVickfield is hereby ordered
to return, with au escort of 100 cavalry,
and eat that pie also.
“ ‘U. S Grant,
“ ‘Brigadier General Commanding.’
“It is impossible to describe the effect
the reading of this order bod on the
troops. Every one was expecting to hear
some momentuous announcement, and
hence, listened with eager attention, and
when it was finished, looked at each
other in utter be vjldermeut, and asked
what did it nwan.
"Tiie parade was over, and the moment
they dispersed each one sought nu ex
planation of the strange affair. It soon
leaked out, and by the time the crest
fallen lieutenant was ready, with his es
cort, to leave camp, it was in a perfect
uproar, and peals of laughter followed
him as he defiled u'oug the road on his
way back to eat that pie.
"Grant made no explanation of his
conduct, followed it by no reprimand.
The order carried it own lesson, admin
istered its own rebuke, and each one
kuew that it would not l>e a safe business
to pass himself oil' ns the General-in-
Chief, much less forage iu his name for
hu own benefit. When the lieutenant
returned to camp, late in the evening, ho
was glad to escape to his tent to avoid
t he numberless quest is us and jokes about
the pumpkin pie.”
• ♦ •
Great Britain buys her postal card
supply from Germany, the lost order
given the successful bidder being
150,000,000 cards.
An unusual number of houses are now
for rent in New Y’ork, and many private
residences on F.ftb avenue are being
converted into stores.
The pay of a retired army officer is
; seventy-five per cent, of the pay allotted
the rank of officers in active service
| at the time of retirement.
The Hotel Vendome, of Boston, is
unsurpassid in location and app.iiut
| ments. Tourists wishing to stop at a
hotel wh'eh offers the comforts of their
own homes should not f .il io visit it.
He Secured the Interest.
A few years before the war the late
Commodore Garrison, of New York,
purchased with Commodore Vanderbilt
a majority of the stock of the line now
I known as the Pacific Mail. The part
ners disagreed, and each wanted to buy
the other out At last Commodore
Garrison received an offer of several
millions from Vanderbilt. Garrison ac
cepted, and Vanderbilt paid him in
notes. After the notes had run for some
time Mr. Thorne, Vanderbilt's son-in
law, went to Garrison and said that
Vanderbilt did not want to be paying in
! terest any longer, and offered to settle
’ for the full amount This was accepted,
■ Vanderbilt sending around a check for
the principal. Commodore Garrison
put it iu bis pocket, and walked to Van
derbilt’s office, 3 Bowling Green.
"Look here, Y’auderbilt,” he said,
striking the check against the palm of
his hand, "1 want the interest on this
i money.”
“Do you?” replied Vanderbilt
“What will you do if you don’t get it?”
"Do? I’ll show you what I will
do," replied Garrison, closing the door
and locking it
No one knew what passed, but ten
minutes afterward Garrison emerged
from the door of No. 3 bearing a check
for the full amount, principal and in
terest. Neither of the Commodores
! could ever be prevailed on to disclose
the secret of that interview.
A SINGULAR BOOK.
3clntlllatin« with -aren*™ end Brilliant
with 'truth.
Vew York Correspun-ffnce American Rural Home
Chap. J. “Has Malaria;”goes to Florida.
Chap. 11. “Overworked;” gows to Europe.
' Chap. 111. “Has Rheumatismgoes to Em?
I Chap. IV. Has a row with his Doctor!
The above chapters, Mr. Editor, I find In a
oook recently published by an anonymous
*uthor. I have read a deal of sarcasm in my
lay, but I never read anything equal to the
sarcasm herein contained. I suspect the
experience portrayed is a personal one ; in
short, the author intimates as much on jiage
31. Let me give you a synopsis:
“Malaria” as it states, is the cloak with
which sujwrflcial physicians cover up a mul
titude of ill feelings which they do not under
stand, and do not much care to investigate.
It is f Iso a cover for such diseases as they
cannot cure. When they advise their pa
tient to travel - or that he has over
worked and needs rest and is probably suf
feeing fro n malaria, it is a confession of ig
norance or of inability. The ratient goes
abroad. The change is tonic and for a time
he feels better. Com- s home. Fickle appe
Ute. frequent headaches, severe colds, cramps,
sleeplessness, irritability, tired feelings, and
general unfitness for business are succeeded
in due time by alarming attacks of rheuma
tism which flits aljout bis body regardless of
ad human feelings.
it is mus.ulnr—in his back. Artr ular,—
in his joints. Inflammatory, my! how he
fears it will fly to his heart! Now off he
i goes to the springs. The doctor sends him
there, of course, to get well: at the same time
he does not really want him to die on tils
hands!
That would hurt his business!
Better for a few' days. Returns. After a
while neuralgia transfixes him. He bloats;
cannot breathe; Lai pneumonia; cannot
walk; cannot sleep on his left side, is fretful;
very nervous and irritable, is pale and flabby;
has frequent chills and fevers: everything
about him see:ns to go wrong; becomes sus
picious: musters up strength and demands to
know what is killing him!
“Great heaven?” he cries, “why have you
xept me so long in ignorance?’’
“Because’ said the dixtor, “I read your
fate five years ago. I thought best to keen
you comfortable and ignorant of tiie facte.”
He dismisses his doctor, but too late!
His fortune has all gone to fnes.
But him, what becomes of him?
The other day a well known Wall street
banker said to me, “it is really astonishing
how general Bright’s disease is becoming.
Two of my personal friends are now dying
of it. But it is not incurable, lam certain,
for my nephew was recently cured when his
physicians said recovery was impossible.
i Ihe case seems to me to Im? a wonderful one.”
‘ This gentleman formerly re’?res**nted his gov
! ernnivnt in a foreign country. lie knows,
| appreciates and deciares the " value of that
, preparation, because his nephew, who is a
. son of Danish Vice Consul Schmidt, was pro
nounced incurable, when the remedy, Wor
; ner’s safe cure, was begun. “Yes.” sai I his
father, “I was wry skeptical, but since tak
j ing the remedy, the Imy is well.”
I regret to note that ex President Arthur is
said to Im? a victim of this terrible disease.
He ought Uy live but the probabilities are
that since authorized remedies cannot cure
him, his physicians will not adviae him to
save his life, as so many thousands have
lone, by the use of Warner's wife cure, which
Gen. < Driftiubsen, at Drexel, Morgan &
Co.’s, told me he regarded “as a wonderful
remedy.”
Well, I the hero of the book cured
i himself by the same moons. The iniernal
■ evidence points wry strongly to this conclu
sion.
1 cannot close my notice of this book bet
j ter than by quoting his advice to his readers:
“If, my friend, you have such an exjwri
once as I have portrayed, do not put your
i trust in nhysicinns to the exclusion of other
remedial agencies. They have no monopoly
over disease and I itersonaHy know that many
>f them are so very ‘conscientious’ that they
would far prefer that their patient* should go
to heaven direct from their powerless hands
than that they should Im* saved to cartli by
the use of any ‘unauthorised’ means.’’
And that the author's condemnation is too
true, how many thousands duped, and yet
rescued, as he was, < an personally testify?
In a Dream.
An exchange tells of a theological pro-
■ bationer who was being examined at the
: sessions of the Central Methodist Con-
ference at Huntington, Pa., lately, and
was greatly worried by the questions.
He was rooming temporarily with n
; young lawyer and a Methodist preacher.
: In his sleep the student began to answer
| imaginary questions on theologicd
topics. Thereupon the preacher
suggested tiie formal questions to the
lawyer, who propounded them to the
sleeper. The latter passed his strange
i examination with great credit, but on
the following day made a bad failure
’ when the same qaestioos were asked l>y
■ the authorized examiners.
Why, Yes.— A circular issued by the
! Pay chical Society oaks, among other
| questions: "Have you ever, when in
good health, and wide awake, had a
vivid impression of something extremely
. good an-l inspiring trickling down the
' throat.?” Well, we rather think wo
j have YVliat made the impressiou so
I vivid waa the fact that the extremely
I t >ood and inspiring stuff waa actually
trickling down. P. B.—lt was ice water,
i on a warm day.—A’orristoum Herald.
s.■»(>.> Kcwnrd.
The former proprietor of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh
l Remedy, for years made a standing, public
i otfer m all America i newspapers o? f*» M for
a case of catarrh that he < ottld n<>t < ure. The
present proprietors haven-newel this oiler.
■ /\li the oniggists sell the Remetly, together
with the ‘ Douche, ’ anti all other appliances
j ailviaod to be used in connection with it No
( catarrh patient is longer able to say “1 can-
i not Im* cured.” You get SSOO in case of
| failure.
! Conversation: —The idle man’s business and
I the business man’s recnation.
Freckles, Pimples, Kalt Rheum cured. Ad’ss
Dr. M. Hutchinson, 110 Clark St.. Chicago, 111.
! If your hands cannot be usefully employed,
• ! attend to the cultivation of your mind.
, AnOnh D-utgUlcr l ured of < onwumpilon.
When death was hourly expected from Con-
; sun«p‘ -on, all remedies ha\ing failed and Lr.
| H. James was experimenting, he accidentally
made a prennrat on oi Indian Hemp, which
i curelhisonly chill,and now gives this recipe
on receipt ot stamps to pay expense Hemp
also cures night swta s. nausea at the stom-
> ach. and will bn aka fresh cold iu 24 hours.
Addn*ss Craddock & Co., 103 J Race street,
' Philadelphia, Fa., naming this paper.
I
L . I ■11...- II" . . . > . -
J MR. S.K. CHASE,
■ oxj V I Chase's Market, Lowell,
1 M£> /y 1 Mass., 's frequently called upon
pr'nv for in rm ation in regard to his i
' V Xj wonderful cure by the use of
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
/ (7 I \ I assures inquirers that
I £ 7 ' / his testimonial is strictly true.
\ ! ? I I jf Here it is:
\ j ? P From my infancy I was afflicted with
1 # k> ’ ; j( z A Scrofula. The doctors pronounced my
i j-j x w i i p-u.< P 5 Icase incurable, and were of the opinion
f \ 1— / iL, that Consumption, induced by scrofulous
X. ) l—_k—J poison iu the blood, would terminate my
/ /! I life. About five years ago I had become
/ I 5/ ! s 0 debilitated that to do a day’s work wa.
i I :1 1 I .A ! an impossibility. I was completely dis-
i I : I II 1 couraged. when a friend advised me to
11. try Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. I bought one
I 171 i IE bottle, took the Sarsaparilla regularly, and
I I V ' ft! [ began to improve at once. Continuing
“S i J/1 tX V- the treatment. I was permanently cured—
-1 k. L-/7 /-S t_n [V\ taking less than one dozen bottles in all.
t Zr i \v* The virulent sores, which had eaten
~ f f- kz. i I \ \ through my neck in a number of places,
J \ > rapidly healed, and my strength gradually
3 increased, until I became a vigorous man.
1 -E.<( as I am to-day. —S, K. Chase, with I. M.
t wv Chase, Provision Dealer, 253 Merrimack
Copyrighted. st., Lowell, Mass.
» Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,
6 Preparsd by Dr JC. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by Druggists. Pries $1 ; six bottles, $5.
Your character cannot be essentially injured,
except by your own acts.
Brown’s Little Joke.
“Why, Brown, how short your coat is,’’
said Jones one day to his friend Brown, who
wittily replied: “Yes; but it will be long
enough lx?f< re I get another. ” Some men spend
so much for medicines that neither heal nor
help them, that new clothes is with them like
angels’ visits—few and far between. Internal
fevers, weakness of the lungs, shortness of
breath and lingering coughs, soon yield to the
magic influence of that royal remedy, Dr. R.
V. Pierce> “Golden Medical Discovery.”
The value of an autograph depends upon what
it is annexed to.
If afflicted with sore eyes nse Dr. Isaac
ThonipA'ufs Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
“The Mitc'y Dollar”—That made up of church
collection pennies.
For indigestion, depression ot
spirits and general debility in their various
forms, also as a preventive against fever and
ague and other intermittent fevers, the “Ferro-
Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya,” made by Cas
well, Hazzard A Co., New York, and sold by all
Druggists, is the best tonic ;and for patients reco v
ering from fever or other sickness it lias no equal.
Franklin: An investment iu knowledge always
pays the best interest.
Stricture of the urethra in it..' worst forms,
speedily cured by our new and improved
methods. Pamphlet, references and terms,
two three cent stamps. World’s Dispensary
Medical Association,663 Main street, Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Russian platinum mines are said to be
the most valuable in the world.
Important.
When yon visit or leave New York city, save bamn
expree*s<e and camaffu hire, asd atop st the Grand
Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central depot.
elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost ot one million
dollars, $1 and upward per day. European plan. Ele
vator. Restaurant supplied with the b<*st. Home cam,
ttaaep and elevated railroads to all depots. Families
can live better for less money at the Grand Union
Hefei than at any other timt-class hotel in the city.
Cicero; To live long it is necessary to live
s'.nwlv.
A SURE PREVENTIVE S
to all aendin* C 2 to DR. KENNEDY. Auburn, N. Y.
BOSTON’S PALATIAL HOTEL
The Vendome.
W. TRACY EUSTIS. Manager.
ara _ toßoldtetnAHeli*. Bendstamp
,l,r CirrulaTH COL. ll HING
I VllwaWilW HAM. Att’y, Washington, D. C.
Pemkrtoß’s Fmch Win® Coca.
The Great Nerve Remedy,
Cures diseases of the Bbatn and Nerves, i
called Neuralgia, Epilepsy, Fainting, Fits, I
Paralysis, Ac.
It alsd cures diseases of the Liver, nervous I
weakness, loss of nerve power, etc. It is a ape- ;
ciflc for Pyrosis or “Water Brash,” spitting j
blood, loss of appetite, weight of fullness under j
left breast and stomach, nausea, flatulence, cos- ;
liveness, diarrhoea, palpitation of the heart, ‘
ditziness, pain iu the head, despondency, peev- •
ishness, irritability, general debility, and cohl ;
teet.
Pemberton’s French Wine Coca,
Is the medical wonder of the world. It is ac- i
complishing great results Dr the people, by ,
restoring health to body and mind, and happi- ;
nets to the heart.
There is joy and health for all who use it.
J. 8. PEMBERTON A CO.,
Proprietors and Manufacturers, :
Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by all Druggists.
A Great Heßcfactor of VV’nmen.
Lydia E. Pinkham of LyUn, Mass., is often !
spoken of its tl»o great lienofiu tor of women !
and frequently letters like iho one i
we quote from, written by a lady in San i
Francisco. She says: “I am taking ywur Veg
etable Compound and find great benefit from i
it it has done me more (food than a'l the i
Mrs. T. of Vincennes, Ind.,writes:
“Having taken 11 bottles of your Vegetable
Compound and cured by its use, I feel very
anxious that every woman afflicted with
Womb Disease should make use of it. An
other lady in Birmingham. Mich., was suf
fering from weakness and displacement. She
says: “1 lw‘gan taking vour Compound and
it helped me so soon, I feel like proclaiming
to the World its gnat virtues as a healing
agent for women.’*
BYCU ARE KOfSAfiSFiEL
with your Window Fagtewr. Tt
iHi'hr ’s ]»'trg*ar Prooi fbu«h I. <-h
' nn<l An’nma’ic Window Holder an ’.
• YO| H 11.1. Bi:. Mad® < ‘ Msli. ;
bl- Iron and r.*unot be broken. F ju <
in all respectr to coni® and and at ont
tenth th“ cost. Can be api-hed with ask h
bv «nr band? jw-froh. Sample complete for th 1
window mailedu|w n r*-< < ipt o‘ l-»cta. Arent- 1
in every town. J. R CLANCY. Rjrracn* l N Y
AGENTS WANTED
We want a reliable lady or Gent In each town and
township to sell our goods; also general agents. Par
ticularstree- Addretss Jefferson M’F’g Co., Toledo.O.
sTfl PftRADMY taught and situations
?CL:unArnl FFBNiSHKD. Circulars tree.
U ULI >IIM 11 KO**.. Janes* »*!«•.
BOARD* 144 Madison Ave . New York. Moderate.
|AfITTI Ift 11 T AAft E If f 11 " 1 I We have •J ust a most wonderful and
■■f | I U|||| I ■■ 11 Al I W I valuable n-w which treats of disease®
VW I I I |V| |||V r* ■ I “peculiar tn the female have spared
ill i liUU ! 11l UII I— ■ ■ neither pains nor money to make it worthy
. W " ■ ■ wr b BW-Wllfci ■ | , h , ~ . j,; t | and ~<.uf.i!.-n.’< ..f the women afl
ANP I ,IU - wor>[ - « houM ’"■*» * th
infcmiaUon that may prove more valua "" '" l ” • ’•
bit* than all the wealth of the Rothschilds IB J IT II fill T Fl ft I ft I" I
-more precious than all the gems of Eu- lj|f I I UIIII I UUII ’L. I
rope’s royalty. It may iav< yuur Hfe! WW ||n|]||| ■ t» I1 ■ ■ I
I Bril-rid Regal ’rCa, Box 26. Atlanta, Ga. II I ! HU V I I Hi VL I
A QUESTION ABOUT
Browns Iron
Bitters
answered.
The qnertion h»8 probnbly been asked thon«»nd»
of timM "How can Brown's Iron Bitten, cure ererj
thing?" Well it doesn't. But it does cure any diseMJ
for which a reputable physician would prescnbeiWlN
Physicians recognize Iron m the beet n-storatne
agent known to the profession, and inatnry of any
leading chemicnl firm will substantiate the assertion
that there are more preparations of iron than of any
other subetance used in medicine. This shows con
clusively that iron is acknowledged to be the most
important factor in successful medical practice. It is.
however, a remarkable faet.thatpnor io the discov
ery of BROWN’S IRON BITTERS no perfect
iy satisfactory iron combination had ever been found.
BROWN’S IRON
headache, or produce constipation—all other Iron
medicines do. BROWN’S [RON BITTERS
cures Indigestion. BilioiiMioMs, Weaknesa»
Dyspepsia, .Malaria, Chilli nnd Fevers,
Tired Feeling,Genera! Debility,Pain in the
Side, BackorL!mbs,Hcndacheand Neural
gia—for all these ailments Iron is prescribed daily.
BROWN’S IRON
minute. Like all other thorough medicine’!, it acts
slowly. When taken by m*n the first symptom of
benefit is renewed energy. The muscle- then become
firmer, the digestion improves, the bowels are active.
In trom«n the effc-ct is usually more rapid and marked.
The eyes begin at ouce to brighten : the skin clears
up ; healthy color comes to the cheeks: nervousness
disappears; functional derangements become regu
lar. and if a nursing mother, abundant sustenance
i*< supplied for the chil l. Remember Brown’s Iron
Bitters is the ONLY iron medicine that is not in
jurious. rhyeiririna an t Drugging recommend it.
The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed red lines
on wrapper. TAKE NO OTHER.
DROPSY
TREATED FREE!
DR. H. H. GREEN,
A Specialist for Eleven Years Past,
Has treated Dropsy and its complications with thi
most wonderful succ-ew, uses vegetable remedies
entirely harmless. Removes all symptoms of drops:
in eight to twenty days.
Cures patients pronounced hopeless by the best a
physicians.
From the first dose the svmptoms rapidly disap
pear, and in ten days at least two-thirds of all symp
toms an- removed.
Some mav cry humbug without knowing anythin
about it. Remember, it does not coat you auytbim
to realize the merits of rny treatment so-r yourself.
In Un days the d:fs<nltv of breathing i» relieved,
the pulse regular, the urinary organs made to dis
charge their lull duty, sleep is restored, the swelling
all or nearly gon®, the strength increased, and appe
tite made good. I am constantly curing casek of
long standing, cases that have been tapped a rAm
ber of times, and the patient declared unable to
live a week. Send for 10 days’ treatment; directions
and terms free. Give full history of case. Name
sex how bmg afflicted, how badly swollen and where,
is bowels costive, have Irgs bursted and dripped
water. Send for free pamphlet, containing teeli
nionials, qiivstions, etc.
Ten da s' treatment furnished free by mail.
Send 7 cents in stamps for pi’Stage on medicine.
Epilepsy fits positively cured
H. ii. <;rej n. m. d..
se> Jones Avenue, Atlanta, <3a.
Mention this paper.
Paynu’ Automatic Engine, and Saw-MilL
OI'R I.FinFR.
offar an 1 < 11. P. mounted Kngins sritn Milt,
.» ‘B solid Saw, 6l‘ ft. belting, cant-hooks, rig complete
for operation, on c*r». t .’.a 1 . Engine on skids, ties
leee. Snd for circular (B). B W. PAYNE Ac
MONS, Manufacturers of all styles Automatic r.n
-siiirß, from 2t03 (• 11. P.: also Pulleys, Hangers and
"haft ng. Elmira. N.Y. _Bos _1 SoO.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF t
i Gordon's King of Pain relieve# pain of whatever na
' tore, the moment It is applied, ami is a household
I remedy wherever known for Rheumatism. Neural-
I »:(;«. Headache and Toothache. Burns ’and scalds,
j Sprains and Bruises. Dlarrtava Dysentery. Sors
- throat. . S-ers, Frenh Wounds, etc. Burns will not
I I st- r if applied, and Bruis- - will heal In a day that
i would require a ucrit l<> any other method, iho ,
j remedy is furnished in powder, v-dtii lu>*els, et« .. and
is by mail, postage paid. It is put up in • r «dc.. JI
nml|r>|wk:a‘i s. The . or trial package, when
reduced to Hqiud form, will Mil 24 2<>z. bottles, which
' are worth at retail. s<■. Agents can coin money sell-
I iug h. It is worth ten timer its cost for burns ahma
' Semi postal notes <,r two vent stamps. Address
E. t». RICHARDS, Sole Proprietor, Toledo, Ohio.
Qr-« j-3 ct £3 /y sales, and 3(0 per ot.
■H B B K P rotit made by me®
B BH B H B Bw uud eoinen with out
M *3 if! labor-saving inven-
U W Wpj ;in bring* monej
quickest of any I ever tried." Any man or woman
making than >4O per w<« k should try owl
I easy money-making business. We guarantee it the best
paying in the land, fl st.mi les quick selling goods free
| to any huly or gent who will devote h few hour* daily. r>
! perience imnece- sary; no talking. W rite quick and se
■■ cure your count?. kddr«E.s, B IT. Merrill A Co. Chicago
■ OT’RS IS THE TJT7ST OAT
V— aloguo and I.xmtbvctiox Bong yet P'ii>-
lishv-t. Ittefl-hesall th-A RT NEE
, DLFWOKK MTIT< 11 EM. Riyea
Itswui iieec*-. in»tru«-ti -n« I •. CRAZY PAH'HwORW.
KENMfNfc'ION and IA ATKK
i Al >TIN44 £ and directions for
Stamping fftt. 6? , aa u viH not
I tv /y*( how to make Ac. Shows
a*. ' the designs of 1748 Stamping Pattern®
ofMONOGRA MS, Aiihabets. Fi.ow-
Otmixi-s. Ac., for Nkfplfwork or
? Patwixg. giressizean-l price of each.
wiH mi this jH-ok and &OOD PAT
TEKNN with powder and pad K-rttO
Any l.;idy <uu do her own Stomping. We
I will send the catalogue and the Bkbt Ktami-im* '”-rvw
| kvfr orFKRKD. vritlt materials and goon Pattern®,
Stamped Inly, bilks, etc., for 81. Instruction Book
j e-ttP-E. T. 11. I’AHhLK, Lyam. Mm®.
PENNVKUYAL
“CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH”
The Oriffinnl and Only Gcnnine.
and aiwrr-i reHnb> Prware of Worthlct* hniiattooß.
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TO LADIES. in<-V>««4e r.Kuiy-tof UMd-
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BEST TRUSS EVER USED.
Improved Elastic This®.
Worn night and day. P<w
ttivtlv < nr-« Rupture.
I 'JT F T A TI C caSmt bv nu'l everywhere.
p n c> M ■' ri!c fnr fu k
f circulars to the
New York Elastic
J Truss Company,
_ 744 B dway. New York
Lijgfl>? -ti'B •"* r<> in
SB-W.WI AGON SCALES,
' on Steel Bearing*,
ft _ B-a-1 rare E*\m and
sa*r4 ißeam Box.
aBl A 511 JONES be
V W P»’a the fre-gbt—
for tree pr-.cebM mention the
11 p-per an-l a ! Iresa JONES
A HTON.
»* Ringhatnion, N.Y.
I « Roanoke C otton Press.
w Ibe Beet and Cheapest Press
made. Costs than shelter
•'■vf? over other presses Hundreds
:BhH in actual use at both «t«*am
V MM • and herse power gins. Bales
V yJLtK j, MU / !ast4*r than any gin can pick.
\ / The new improvements in gin
v 'RsSsSIMI / bouses described in the words
U ■ a / their inventors free to all.
E&KEt&MMsCT Addrex.- Roaxokf Iron ano
Wood Works, Chattanooga,
_ Tenn., or R anoke Cotton
PntssCo.,K-.chSquare,X.C.
R. U. AWARE
I?crillard’s Climax Plug
h*r.-lig a red Hr. tfig; that Lorlil.rd'g
„ Ro»e Leaf tine cut; that LortllardU
«tavy Clipping., asd that Loriliard’i Snuff., M«
the bet wl chance?, quality cen.fdered ?
morphiße o
easily CT'RFD. BOOK free.
OR. J, C. HOFFMAN. Jefferson. Wisconsin
n. .s 10 TO S2O AD AY male wltfc
W outfits for n-anniacturiug btenefla*
I Ker Checks and Rubber Stamm.
| Catalogue free. S. M. SPENCER,
Rlair’e Great English Gout and
fc?5«!l w FII?Si Rheumatic Remedy.
CH al B>»x> SI.CK); round. qO c Cs«
TBORSTgii’SKTraPOTO
Keeping Teotii Perfect axid Onm* Wealthy.
SURECURW'eW®
Dr. J. bTKPHKxs. Lebanon. Ohio
O A T P T Q Obtained. Send stamp for
r I K I n B w Invent rs’Guide. L. Bing
uam. Patent Lawyer. Washington. D. C.
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