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The Beggar Woman of Locarno.
At the foot of the Alps, near Locarno,
stood au old castle belonging to the Mar
quis of Como, the ruins of which are still
visible to the traveller, as he passes over
the St. Got hard—a castle with lofty and j es t a te, always kept it by him. Mary could
moment before had rested upon her bosom
His gift to her was an opal ring which had
once belonged to his mother, who had some
association with it that made it precious in
her eyes, and, dying, she had left it to her
only child, who, after he had come to mams
roomy apartments, high towers and narrow
windows.
In one of these rooms an old sick woman
was deposited upon some straw, which had
been shaken down for her by the house
keeper of the Marquis, who found her beg
ging before the gate.
The Marquis, who was accustomed to go
into this room on his return from hunting,
to lay aside his gun, ordered the poor
wretch to get up immediately out of lr:r
corner and be gone.
The creature 'arose, but slipping with
her crutch upon the smooth floor, she fell,
and injured her back so much, that it w as
with great difficulty she got up; and mov
ing across the room as she had been desired,
groaning and crying sadly, sank down be
hind the chimney.
After a while she arose again, dragged
herself painfully out of the castle and died
in the adjacent village.
{Several years afterwards, when the cir
cumstances of the Marquis had been much
reduced by war and failure of his crops, a
Florentine gentleman visited the castle,
with the intention of purchasing it, in con
sequence of the beauty of the situation.
The Marquis, who was very anxious to
have the bargain concluded, gave his w ife
directions to lodge the stranger in the same
room in which the old woman had rested,
it having, in the meantime been very hand
somely fitted up; but, to their consterna
tion, in the middle of the night, the stran
ger entered their own room, pale and agi
tated, protesting loudly that the chamber
was haunted by some invisible being—for
that he heard something rise in the corner,
as if it had been lying among the straw’,
move over the chamber with slow and tot
tering steps, and sink down, groaning and
crying, near the chimney.
The Marquis, alarmed, though he scarce
ly knew’ why, endeavored to put u fair face
on the matter, and to laugh oil the fears of
his visitor, telling him he would rise him
self, and spend the rest of the night with
him in his room; but the stranger begged
that he would rather allow him to occupy a
couch in the adjoining room ; and as
as morning broke, he took his leave, and
departed.
not wear it openly, but suspended from a
ribbon around her neck, it was hid from ob
servation under her kerchief. Years rolled
on, and the overt acts in the days of the
Sugar act grew’ into open rebellion in 1775.
Bell remained on board the Maidstone,
hoping that a turn in the tide would take
him back to America. In 1778 the wished
for change came, and the frigate, under the
command of Captain Allan Gardner (who
was later raised to the peerage), was order
ed to the West Indies. When off the
Chesapeake, Nov. 8, he fell in which the
French ship Lyon of forty guns, and, after
a desperate fight, once broken off and then
resumed, he took her. Among the dead
was Bell, who had taken an active part in
the engagement.
The Maidstone sailed away for Antigua
with her prize ; but a dispatch boat brought
new’s of the capture to Newport, still in the
hands of the enemy, where it was received
with acclamation by the troops. But it fell
with crushing weight w’eight on one heart.
From that blow the girl never recovered,
and soon it was evident that her days were
numbered. The rings no longer hidden be
neath the folds of her handkerchief, found
a place on her finger, where it alone claim
ed her attention. So matters continued
through the winter. By spring her form
had wasted, and a cough and a hectic flush
told that the end was nigh.
At that time one of her most intimate
friends was to marry Henry Goldsmith of
Westmeath,Ireland, a young man of twen
ty-four, who had found his way to New
port, and, liking the place, had made his
abode here. In this wedding Mary took an
interest, and insisted that a marriage should
take place at her bedside ; and there amid
tears rather than smiles of happiness, the
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Geo.
Bissat on the lfitli of March, 1779. Then
Mary drew the opal from her finger, and as
she handed it to the bride, who stooped to
kiss her, said in a voice but little above a
whisper: “Keep it for my sake, and if
heaven should bless you with a daughter,
give it to her, with the name of Mary.”
When peace was declared, the Gold
smiths, not feeling themselves comfortable
in Newport—for Mr. Goldsmith had been
This occurrence, which occasioned much conspicuous for his loyalty—removed to
notice, made so unpleasant an impression
upon intending purchasers, that not anoth
er inquiry was made, and at last, even the
servants in the house becoming possessed
with the notion that there was something
dreadful in the affair, the Marquis with the
view of setting the report to rest, deter
mined to investigate the matter himself
next night.
Accordingly, in the twilight, he caused
his bed to be brought into the apartment.
Andrew’s,N. B.; thence to Annapolis Royal;
from there to Halifax : and finally, in 180(1,
to England. The first born bore the name
of Mary; but the spell of the opal was
upon her, and she died in Annapolis Royal
at the close of 1799, before she had com
pleted her twentieth year. Another child
was born to them in 1800—a daughter—to
whom they gave the favorite name of Mary;
and she, too, found an early grave. What
became of the ring I can not say. Possibly,
and waited, without sleeping, the approach a ft er tLe death of the mother, it may have
of midnight.
But what was his consternation when,
on the stroke of midnight, he actually
heard some remarkable noise in the apart
ment, as if some person had risen from
among straw’, w’liich rustled beneath him,
passed to one of the other daughters.
1'lcturc Fra mine.
The intention of a frame is to give
strength to the “stretcher” over which paper
.valked slowly across the floor, and sank^ j or canvass is drawn, and perhaps to hold a
sighing and groaning behind the chimney l j glass. 1 he object of mere use may be
When he came dow’n the next morning, j made ornamental by encircling its face with
the Marchioness asked him how theinvesti- gilding, colors or decoration. Serviceable-
nation had gone on; and he, after gazing ness, therefore, should be the first object
about him with wondering glances, and sought. Instead of this, the frame is too
bolting the door, told her that the story of ! often more fragile than the picture, parting
the chambers being haunted were true. at the corners with furnace heat .or the
She was terrified out of her senses; but i slightest blow, and shedding its miserable
begged him, before making any public dis- j glued-on ornaments as if it has a conscious
closures, once more to make tho expert- self-respect. Of late the painteis have de
ment in her company. j signed their own frames, and the result is
Accompanied by a trusty servant, thef encouraging. Oak or pme frames, broad
accordingly repeated their visit next night, ! and flat, unornamenteu, and with the gild-
aud again heard, as the Marquis had done in g l ,ud on the w °od, so that the grain
before, the same ghostly and inconceivable shows through, are very rich and effective
noise; and nothing but the anxious wish engravings, prints or photographs,
to get rid of the castle, cost what it would, . Water colore, with a wide white mat, look
enabled them to suppress their terrors ia *ell m flat frames of solid gilding, with a
the presence of the servant, and to ascribe [tte m each corner, or in plain,
the noise to some accidental cause. ™ bbed oak or chestnut, borne painted
On the evening of the third day, when 1 P|" c are effective for engravings or
both, determined to probe the matter to j ,2 2
hearts the stairs 1 calling to the stranger’sfactory, but the color should be “flatted'
apartment, it chanced that the house dog, \ s° as not to shine, and the ornament incised,
which had been let loose from the chain, Solid gilt frames are less suited to eugrav-
was lying directly before the door of the I m S than those gilded on wood. Frames
room: and, willing, perhaps to have the : for Iar ge paintings may appropriately be
company of any other living thing in the ! heavy and rich. But they should be flat, a
mysterious apartment, they took the dog border, and not a box ; or, if they slope, it
into the room along with them. | should be backward and not forward, as is
The husband and wife seated themselves the common way, to avoid an unmeaning
on the couch—the Marquis with his sword j shadow. And the enrichment should
and pistols beside him ; and while they | be‘worked out of the frame, and not stuck
endeavored, the best way they could, to on - b rallies for engravings, on the other
kill time with conversation, the dog, cow-1 hand, should be light and simple in chanic
ering down at their feet, fell asleep. I ter » aud black and white making mass en
Again, with the stroke of midnight, the ou gh of itself. It is common now to see
noise was renewed; something, though two or three etchings or sketches by the
what they could uot discover, niised itself, same hand, or of similar character, framed
as if on two crutches, in the corner; the together in one long frame, divided by a
light band.
Watermelon Stories.
They were talking about watermelons,
and one of them said that the best melons
straw mstled as before.
At the sound of the first footfall, the
dog awoke, roused itself pricked up its ears
and growling and barking as if some person
was advancing towards him, retreated in
the direction of the chimney. .
At this sight, the Marchioness rushed out j be f ver sa ' v wc >? S™" 8 “ tbe f La ? 1 - v ,
of the room, her hair standing on cud ; and ! \ man fro !" S™* 1 State o{ New ' ork
while the Marquis seized his sword, e.\-; U P and Mld • , . ,
claimed “Who is there ?*■ and receiving no The 1 n!llo “ s tbat S row b8re taat b< -‘
answer, thrust like a madman in all three- ““'Pared to those that grow in our btate.
tions, she hastily packed up a few articles ! ' Vl, - v do " n } ork we haTC them as
of dress, and made the best ot her way to- barreb
wards the town. ! ° b ’ that s not so. said the \\ estern
Scarcely, however, had she proceeded a : ,“ W|| - V >’°“ can 1 ™ 18e lbem
few steps, when she discovered that the bl " as teacups-the land’s too poor. Why
C’lstlc was on fire some of that New lork land is so poor that
‘ The Marquis hid in his distraction, over- P ou llavc to tbe 3bl -' e P’ 8 n0S83 “ that
turned the tapers, and the room was in-1 tbo >' ““.P* dov ™ cl ° 3e e ” ou S b f °r ‘he
stantly mftumes S™“> aud ln some localities they keep boys
Every effort was made to save the uu- to go over the field to hold the shrep up by
happy nobleman, but in vain; he perished Ule lu ? d le f 80 ‘ he - v can P> ou S b the ground
in the utmost tortures; and his bones, as e,10u - b to keep from starving. Then the
the traveler may be aware, still lie where crowd laughed, and the Aew \ork man
they were collected by the neighboring : s P“Jii' u P’ ?° d
peasants—in a corner of'tlie apartment from T , That amt so bad as your western land,
which he had expelled the beggar woman ! 11 3 a11 8wam P> alld lf a “ an ba8 .“ n ' elon or
of Liicurna a squash patch he has to lay a big chip un-
j der each one to keep them from being
Tho Spell Of an Opal. ! drowned out, and you can always see them
floating ’round in the water. ”
The Maidstone, a fngate of twenty-eight ! Then the western man said:
guns, wjis manned with a crew of 190 men ; “That ain't quite as bad as the way they
under the command of Captain Antrobus. ! do in Jersey. They plant their crop of
The purser was W. Mortimer, and his clerk melons in the swamp, and by the time they
bore the name of John Bell, Jr. And here are ripe the water is two or three feet deep
my story begins. Bell, the purser’s clerk, arouud them. Then the owner stands in
was the son of a prosperous merchant in ; his doorway of his cabin with a gun and
London, who had given him a liberal edu- shoots them off at tbe stem, and the tide
cation. The young man had taken the po- floats them into the house. That's the way
sitiou for the sake of seeing something of he gathers his crop.”
the world and particularly of America. He i The New York man walked away, and
was fond of traveling, and he knew of no 1 the ungodly crowd in hearing smiled a
FARM AND GARDEN.
Windmills on the Farm.—The wind
which 3weeps overhead in every part
of the country, possesses in the aggre
gate an immense amount of power, a
force equal to many thousand horses
being exerted everywhere without be
ing brought into practical use, Wind
power has some special advantages.
Water power exists in certain localities
only; wind blows over the whole face
of the earth. Wind may be employed
in places where other kinds of power
are not to be had, and more especially
on broad, level plains. In the Western
States it has proved of great value. Its
only drawback is tbe extreme irregu
larity of its currents. Hence the in
genuity of inventors in providing
means to meet this difficulty by self
regulating contrivances. Windmills
have been known for many centuries,
but their simple and rude construction
has required constant care in regulat
ing to perform their required work, or
prevent disasters from storms. Small
windmills with fixed sails, If not more
than four feet in diameter, and strongly
made, may be used for pumping water
on farms, without any self-regulating
contrivance. If much larger, they
should be supplied with a self-governor,
and a simple arrangement to make them
so, is to counterpoise by a weight the
force employed to bring the sails against
the wind. When the wind is moderate,
the weight bears down and forces the
windmill into a position to receive its
full force; when it becomes more vio
lent the weight is lifted by it, and it
swings around with its edge against the
wind, and its motion is thus lesseeed, or
entirely arrested. Of this construction
is tbe Eclipse windmill. In a third
class, of which the Hailaday mill is a
prominent representative, the circle of
fans remains facing the wind at all
times, but their degree of angle to the
wind is regulated by centrifugal force,
and the greater tbe velocity of wind,
the more nearly the fans are turned
edgewise to the current. Wind may be
applied to various purposes by the far
mer, such as pumping water, saw ing
wood with a circular saw, grinding
meal and cutting feed. Windmills work
to best advantage on broad plains, like
wild prairies, and on the shores of lakes
toward which prevailing currents blow.
They are less efleetive in countries
broken by hills and valleys. The most
useful w ind is one that moves at the
rate of fifteen miles per hour, and at
any velocity between eight and twenty
miles it does good work.
Horses’ Habits in Lying Down.—1
do not know why a horse should not be
as much rested and benefitted by lying
down as any other four-footed beast,
horse often sleeps standing up, and so
does an ox. I know that it was claimed
for a gray horse once, as a special mer
it, that he would not lie down unless
Iris stall was well littered: consequent
ly all expense of bedding might be
saved, as no doubt it had been. Horses
are peculiar about lying down. It
seems as if they knew their helplessness
when in this position, and were bound
never to expose themselves in danger.
Although many be lying down, every
horse in a stable is on his feet at the
slightest noise. It is, besides, almost
universally regarded, and usually true,
as a sign ot ill health, if a horse is found
lying dow n in the daytime. I have re
cently come to the conclusion, however,
that if horses are perfectly easy in their
minds, they will take as much com
fort in lying down as cattle do, and I
can point to one stable, not my own,
where spirited, well fed horses may be
seen lying down at almost any hour of
the day or night, and it comes from the
perfect confidence they have in tlieir
groom.
Fractious Horses.—The Mexicans
have a method of subduing fractious
horses and such as are inclined to run
awav which might be introduced here
with profit, A hood or winker is so
arranged that the driver or rider can
in an instant draw it directly over the
eves of the animal effectually blind
folding him. When this is done the
horse instantly becomes quiet, and a
repetition of tbe blindfolding tw’O or
three times gradually results in bis be
coming quiet and docile. Such an ar
rangement w’ould be a valuable appen
dage to the headgear of such horses as
are disposed to run away.
SCIENCE.
Lightning Hods.—Mr. R. S. Brough
has been discussing in The Philosophi
cal Magazine the proper sectional areas
of iron and copper lightning rods. So
far as mere conductivity is concerned,
a comparatively thin wire of either
metal would suffice for the loftiest con
ductor; but such a thin coductor
would be dangerous, because it would
be fused by a heavy discharge of light
ning. Iron is more liable to be fused
than copper; and the point Mr. Brough
sought to determine was the relative
sectional areas of rods oi the two
metals so that neither w’ould be more
liable to fuse than the othe&, Ordi
narily it is stated that the iron rod
should nave four times the sectional
area of the copper rod. Mr. Brough
shows that these areas should be asS to
3; or, since rods are invariably circular
and circular areas are to eacli other as
the square of their diameter,-the diam
eters of iron and copper rods of equal
effectiveness should be in the propor
tion of 1.G3 to 1. Iron is therefore
much the cheaper metal for lightning
rods.
way in which he could so easily induls
a love of adventure. As purser’s clerk he
had frequently to go on shore, and w hile
here he made friends wdth the Benton fam
ily, who were loyalists. Under their roof
he became acquainted with Mary Anthony,
a maiden of little more than sixteen years,
and tbe daughter of a Quaker who was an
uncompromising opponent of the Sugar Act.
To know her was to love her. Enraptured
by her presence be begged her to become
bis wife. His hand she promised to accept,
her heart was already his own, and but for
parental restraint they would have been
married. But her father was made of stern
er stuff. Loyal he had been and loyal be
wished to be, but the decree of Parliament
had well nigh ruined his trade. The offi
cers of the crown were identified in his eyes
w’lth the act which they were required to
enforce, and his ire knew no bounds when
lie understood bow matters stood between
his daughter and the clerk. Bell was no
longer permitted to come to the house, and
but for the kindly office of friends the lovers
would have seen but iittle of each other.
As it was, they were frequently separated
by the departure of the ship ou a cruise or
a mission. In July, 1705, the Maidstone
was there, but in September she was in
Halifax. In December she returned to
Newport barlior, was here again for a few*
days in March, 1706, and also ia June and
July.
So matters stood when orders were re
ceived in July for the ship to sail for Eng
land. The parting was a sad one and it
proved to be the last meeting of tile young
people. At the last moment lie pressed her
lips and hurried away, bearing with him
but one favor—a knot of ribbon tbat but a
sw’eet, gentle, happy smile.
A Frisky ueorgia Zephyr’s Work.
William Langley, a cotton planter of
Gwinnet county, was standing in a field on
Ills farm. Around him were several men, a
woman and three children, all breaking the
soil for cotton. The sky was clear and tbe
air quiet, there being about both a hint of
sultriness. The children had just stopped
work and thrown themselves, tired as tired
cculd be, on he top of a pile of guano sacks
when a peculiar roaring was heard in the
field. The sound bore some resemblance to
that of an approaching train, but as no
railroads were near tbe workers looked at
one another in amazement. In a moment
they saw a small column, not larger in cir
cumference than a barrel, skim rapidly
along tbe ground. The] wind column or
spout appeared to be tilled with dust, aud
the centre contained what looked like a ball
of fire. Tbe mother rushed toward the
children, who crouched low in fright, but
before she could reach them the pile of
guano bags, children, and all were scattered
right and left. In its course always eccen
tric, tbe column struck a stump fairly from
butt to roots and tore it from the ground,
the wood splitting in three pieces, and
dropping twenty to thirty yards away. Mr.
Langley was sucked in as the whirling
thing bolted by and thrown into a plowed
gully some distance away. In the next in
stant the strange visitor had gone, passing
up over the tops of the trees. It was seen
plainly by the ladies at the Langley House,
appearing to them like the smoke that
rushes up in circular volumes from the
smoke-stack of a locomotive.
Carbolic Acid for Weeds.—A far
mer gives the result of his experiment
with carbolic acid as a destroyed of po
tato bugs and other insects unfriendly
to gardeners. We have found upon
trial that crude carbolic in the propor
tion of two tablespoonfuls to a half pail
of water will kill the weeds iu garden
walks. Apply with a watering pot. It
must not come in contact with grass or
flower borders. Weeds in lawns, such
as dandelions, daisies and plantains,
may be killed by having a drop or two
of undiluted carbolic or strong sulphur
ic acid poured into the crown oi the
plant.
Red clover is believed to be one of tbe
most valuable of soiling crops, thougli
it is not much used for this purpose.
A half acre will keep one cow through
out the months of June, July, and Au
gust, if cut and fed at the stall; while
more than twice this amount of land
if grazed, according to experiments iu
England, will barely subsist a cow dur
ing the same time,
Wet Pasture Fields.—Many wet
pasture fields could be made productive
by a little labor given to surface drains.
The best drains are those nearlystraight.
Don’t see how little fall you think will
do, but give all you can.
The Incongruities ot the Dinner.
A chapter might be written upon the
inconsistencies of thedinner table. No
body has patience to listen to the
speeches, and a general tendency is ob
servable to slide toward the door
when the toast list is opened; yet there
is universal grumbling if th speeches
are not brilliant—which, by the way,
they are uot, as a rule. Gentlemen
rarely appreciate the music after din
ner; they talk incessantly; but on one
occasion when songs were omitted great
disgust was expressed, aud the speeches
appeared to fall more flatly than usual.
People w’lio dine regularly can not
taste a quarter of the good things; but
they make unpleasant remarks about
“economy” and “hard times” if an}’of
the usual delicacies are omitted. The
favorite argument ou behalf of public
dinners is that they promote sociabili
ty; but during tbe half hour (it is often
more than the traditional quarter), be
fore dinner, you stand awkwardly w ith
your hands behind your coat tails and
are hungry, and immediately on the re
moval of the cloth you are in a hurry
to catch that “last train” which always
starts in 10 minutes,” or the ’bus which
W’ill “just bring me home in nice time,
tor, do you know I’ve forgotten my
latch key and mustn’t be late.”
Easily incurred, Terribly Obstinate,
i rheumatism. Even at the outaet, the ordi-
ary remedies are frequently powerless to
)p c with it This is more particularly tbe
ise when a tendency to it is inherited. It
aould be combatted before it becomes chronic.
Hieii tbe first twinges are felt, recourse
bouid be had to Hestetter’s Stomach Bitters,
deparent which expels from the blood those
ritating principles which, by contact, cause
afl&mmation and pain in t e muscles and
joints. Poisonous medicines which are usually
administered for this disease, but which, in a
slight overdose, may terminate it by destroy
ing life itself, should be avoided, and this safe
and more effective medicine used instead.
Those disorders of the bowels, stomach and
liver which frequently a.'company rheumatic
and gouty ailments, are invariably removed by
this excellent botanic corrective.
Spontaneous combustion.—E. Bing, of
Riga, has experimented with different
materials—w’adding, raw flax, hemp,
the waste from silk, wood and cotton
spinning, as well as sponge, and finally
wood dust as found in any cabinet
maker’s shop. They were saturated
with various fluids—namely, oils, fresh
aud in a gummy state; turpentine, pe
troleum, various varnishes, »tc. All
the fibrous materials took fire whei sat
urated with any of these oils or with
mixtures of the same. Sponge and
wood dust, on tbe contrary, proved to
be entirely harmless. Combustion en
sued most rapidly with 17 grains of wad-
ding and 07 grains of a strong oil var
nish, in 34 minutes; while 200 grains
of washed cotton waste, of wliieha por
tion was saturated w ith 750 grains of
strong oil varnish and the remainder
wrappped about it, required almist 14
hours. These materials were plated in
a well sheltered spot and subjeced to
a beat of from 18 degrees to 40 dgrees
(C.) Silk did not flame up, but sowly
charred. Small quantities seem b take
fire sooner than large.
Facts.—Some wasps sting tvjnty-
four hours after they have been cut in
two. Science enumerates 558 spnaes of
organic forms in the air w r e breathe.
The number of chemical rays varies
throughout the day, reaching tlE max
imum at noon. It is well to reutmber
that repeated shocks of electriiitj’ will
revive a person dying from an avtrdose
of chloroform. Every pound if toebi-
neal contains 70,000 insects bnied to
death; 700,000 pounds are awually
used for scarlet and crimson dyts
Hansen, oi Stockholm Las pateited a
process by which biscuit-ware eu be
coated with so thick and adneent a
layer of metal—copper, gold orsiver—
that the articles have every appeirance
of massive metallic ones and eat, like
them, be engraved and cliasel.
“If there’s no moonlight, wil you
meet me by gaslight, dearest Juliaia!”
“No, Augustus, I won’t,” repliedshe:
“I’m no gas meter.”
The man who patronizes a stond
hand clothing store is never trobled
with fits.
Breech-Loading Shot Guk.-
Breech-loading fire arms wereinvoted
and used by several nations as ear* as
the sixteenth century, and specimas of
them are now to be found in thetrae-
nals and museums in nearly all tlncap-
italsof Europe. Within the lastnun-
dred years many attempts have been
made to improve the breech-loding
systems and apply them to shot gun but
with only partial success until in 830.
M. Lefaucheux, of Paris, invited
what is known as the Lefaucheux lat
ent, and introduced cartridge caste ikde
e*f paper and brass, or what is cfed
the “Pin Fire” cartridge case. This
cartridge case was a most importanand
valuable addition to tbe breech-loaing
systems, as it practically and effectally
closed up the breech of the gut and
prevented the escape of the expjded
gases in that direction at the rnrnent
of discharge, and, consequently, cused
a range and penetration of shot qual
to that of good muzzle-loading gus.
In England these new invetions
were not favorably received, and; was
not until the large and excellen dis
play of breech-loading guns, raae by
Lefaucheux and other Paris jun-
makers, in the London Exhibitin of
1851, attracted such general attetion
that the English gunmakers as a class
/egan the manufacture of simila guns.
During the past twenty-five yers the
most skilful gunmakers in England
have given much time and ingenity to
perfecting breech-loaders, and Hany
improvements have been lutrouced,
which have resulted in product the
most perfect sporting guns ever nade.
The double breech-loading shotguns,
made by James Purdey & Sons, Lon
don, have never been equaled for .nish,
quality and power, but they are very
expensive and only owned by oorts-
men of fine tastes and abundant reana.
The guns made by Charles Lana6ter,
Stephen Grant, Westley Richardsfc Co.,
W. & C. Scott & Son, P. Webley . Son,
W. W. Greener & Co., are less costly
and within the reach oi mostsporsmen.
In this country the talents of kvent-
ors have been largely directed o im
proving breech-loading fire arts, in
rifles and pistols particularly, ail our
readers are, no doubt, familiar wth the
names of Colt, Allen, Sharps, Rollin
White (inventor of the oigiual
patent used by Smith & Tesson
and known as theirs) Renngton
and others. The perfectioi at
tained in this country in the manu
facture of metallic cartridges gve an
Immense impetus to the perfeemg of
breech-loading rifles and pistos, and
the United States now stands at the
head of all nations as the prodeer of
the best and most effective rillei arms
for military or sporting purpose*
By the application of machines these
arms have been made at the arious
private armories in immense qualities,
finished so perfectly alike in al parts
that every piece is interehaugjble in
every arm of the same class anJ pittern;
but as shot guns require to be made
of so many various bores weights,
lengths, bends, qualities, &c, it was dif
ficult to produce them by mans of ma
chinery. The Wesson Arms Cb. and
Ethan Allen & Co., abou; 1SI0, at
tempted this, but were only partially
successful and soon abandoned it. Af
terwards, by adoptiug a few fixed
models as to bore, weight, <fcc., and a
limited variety of styles of finish and
quality, the application Of machinery
to such work became practicable, aud
most excellent shooting breech-loading
shot guns are now made by Parker
Brothers, Remington A Son?, Nichols
& Lefever, Fox’s Patent and Colt’s
Patent Fire Arm Manufactiring Com
pany ; the latter is the las and most
successful In this line.
Hammerless breech-loadng shotguns
have been made for several years in
Engiand, and some handsome speci
mens were shown at the Centennial
Exhibition ln Philadelphii, bat they
are being slowly intrcducid into this
country. They embrace ai important
improvement, however, and will
gradually grow into favoi as their
merits become better knowi and they
are reduced in price.
We recently "had an opportunity to
examine and compare modern breech
loaders of English and Amfrican man
ufacture, in great variety, it the old es
tablished house of Joseph 0. Grubb &
Co., Philadelphia, and we were both
interested and surprised at the skilful
workmanship, beauty of form, and
great efficiency developed inthis branch
of industry. This linn las printed
pamphlets, nicely illustreted, which
they will send, without ch^ge, to par
ties interested in such thiniB; their ar
ticles are reliable and prica moderate.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
A Cheap Cologne Water.—The only
pertuine which never seems to offend
any one and leaves no unpleasant tang
behind it is that of cologne water,
which stimulates while it soothes the
senses, and suggests a pleasant whole
someness instead of any sickish sweet
ness. as the best of the extracts and
essences and boquets are apt to do. We
do not mean, of course, the cheap and
common colgne water of the druggists
which is usually very much worse than
none at all, and is wont to leave, after
drying, the smell of burned sugar
where it has been used often, as it is
made of the poorest spirit, and neces
sarily without subsequent distillation,
disregarding the fact that it requires
the strongest proof or rectified spirit to
dissolve the combined oils properly
whpra the process of distillation is not
used. Indeed, with no trouble at all,
any one can make iu his own store
room a better article of cologne than
that which is usually bought, by tho
roughly dissolving a fluid dram of the
oil of bergamot, orange and rosemary
each with half a dram of neroli and a
pint of rectified spirit. As good as can
be made out of cologne itself, however,
is also quite as comfortably prepared
at home as at the chemist’s—at so much
less than the chemist’s prices that one
feels warranted in using it freely—
simply by mixing with one pint of
rectified spirit two fluid drams each of
the oils of bergamot and lemon, one of
the oil of orange and half as much of
that of lemon together with three-
quarters of a dram of neroli and four
drops of the essences of ambergris and
musk. If this is subsequently distilled
it makes what may be called a perfeot
cologne, but it beoomes exceedingly
fine by being kept tightly stoppered
for two or three months to ripen and
mellow before use.
W icked for Clergymen—“I believe
it to be all wrong and even wicked for
clergymen or other public men to lje
led into giving testimonials to quack
doctors or vile stuffs called medicines,
but when a really meritorious article
is made of valuable remedies known to
all, tbat physicians use and trust in
daily, we should freely commend it. I
therefore cheerfully and heartily com
mend Hop Bitters for the good they
have done me and my friends, firmly
believing they have no equal for family
use. I will not be without them.”
Rev. , Washington, D. C.
WIT AND HUMOR.
The late General Wiliiam F. Barry
used to relate how af Fortress Monroe
was fired tbe first salute after sun
down, such proceeding being contrary
to Army regulations. President Tyler
had been fishing in the bay, and on his
way home was displeased because he
was not saluted by the Fortress. The
old commandant came down to meet
him with deep respect, but Mr. Tyler
sternly asked why he had not fired a
salute to him. “Excuse me, sir, an
swered the soldier, “but it is past sun
down.” “Sundown be hanged,” re
joined Tyler. “1 am Commander-in-
Chief of the Army and Navy, and
order you to fire a salute to the Presi
dent of the United States.” Respect
fully touching his cap, the old com
mandant withdrew without another
word, and coming back where Barry
stood, he directed him to get out the
battery and superintend tbe salute.
Then he said in pitiable, quivejing
tones: “I have been in the Array for
years, my boy, and I never disobeyed
the Regulations before, and I am forced
to do it now, and the man who com
mands it is President of tbe United
States!” and with that the veteran,
who would gladly have faced death
without flinching, burst into tears.
Tbe Formation of Coal.
While vegetable palaeontology (the sci
ence which treats of fossil plants) has made
great progress in recent years, the chemistry
of our fossil fuels remains in much obscur
ity. Little is known of those influences
under which the organization of plants has
l>een destroyed so as to produce that dark
bituminous mass which constitutes coal.
A French savant, M. Fremy, has recently
tried to elucidate this subject. In a series
of careful researches he has sought to know
exactly the elements which form the tissues
of plants, then the chemical.characters by
which wood, peat, lignites, coal and anthra
cite can be distinguished from each other.
Next he attempted, and with success, to
imitate the natural coaly transformation,
employing the agencies of heat and pres
sure. Various interesting facts are brought
to light in these researches, which have been
described to the Paris Academy. M. Fre
my s conclusions are, briefly, as follows:—
(1) Coal is not an organized substance. (2)
The plant impressions it presents—so well
studied by Brongniart and his successors—
have been produced in it as in schists or
any other mineral substance; the coal was
a bituminous and plastic matter, on which
the exterior parts of vegetables readily left
their form. (3) When a piece of coal
shows such prints, the subjacent parts may
not be the result of alteration of tissues
which were covered by the external mem
branes the form of which has been pre
served. (4) The principal substances found
Workmen in digging away the em
bankment along the Schuylkill in _
Pottstown, Pa., found a skeleton anil j in plant cells, acted on by heat and pressure,
a brass jewsharp, the latter in a fair j give products which have a great likeness
state of preservation. This indicates to coal. (5) It is the same with ulmic
a higher state of civilization years ago j acidsjwhicli exist in peat and those prepared
ago than we now enjoy. Of course the artificially. (6) The coloring, resinous and
owner of that brass jewsharp sat on the fatty matters which can be extracted from
front stoop until nearly midnight play- | leaves are changed by action of heat and
ing “Whoa, Emma,” “Baby Mine,” pressure into bodies similar to bitumens,
and “Pinafore” airs, until tbe out- : (7) ] t may be inferred from the experi-
raged neighbors came down on the ments tha> the plants which have become
player like a wolf on the fold and buried coal have first undergone a peatyfermen-
the^ body^ and f^hc^jews harp intone tution, which has destroyed ali vegetable
tho nrn,,or ° organization, and that it is by a secondary
grave. And the Coroner’s verdict
“justifiable homicide.” If civilization
bad not retrograded it would be a very
common occurrence, years hence, for
workmen to exhume a human skeletou
and an accordion, or a flute, or a hand
organ, or some other diabolical instru
ment of torture.
“1 say, Charley,” said a young swell
the other day, “I’ve struck a new sort
of prospective father-in-law. Yoasee,
I got mashed, terribly mashed, on a tablespoonful of chopped parsley and
action—viz., by heat and pressure—that
coal has been tormed at expense of tbe
peat.
Tripe.—Take two pounds of tripe
and lay in salt and water over night;
cut into strips about as long as the
foreiingei and about as wide; put into
a stew pan one tablespoon ful of butter
or clarified drippings, or better, two
tablespoonfuls of sweet oil, with half a
little one, and she asked me to call, i & chopped onion. When your but-
o I went down the other evening, drippings or oil are very hot. put
, governor came to the door, and 1 j j n tripe and cook until brown, and salt
To Make Good Coffee.—Roast ami ‘ bol ,'f bt , lt - was a11 up - Ex P e<;t e<l tbe nonnor to suit fasts.
I"' 1 ” traditional boot, you know; but be was
; f so“ . ; n » ton very gentlemanly. Asked me into bis
cupful for four persons Break an eg- , jb / » chaMed litic8 and tradc>
into your coffee pot, shellaml all, mix set „ p the cigar^md a bottle of wine
it witn the.dry coffee; then put in om „‘landdi.lX nrond. Invited me
about cue pint of cold water and set on
the top of tbe stove to cook slowly till
about ten minutes before using Then
let it come to a boil for a minute; then
add hot water and set it oil" to settle
ten minutes. It is a good plan to make
coffee the first thing for breakfast and
let it simmer, till ten minutes before
eating. Observe these rules and you
ill not have bitter coffee.
Dressing Macaroni.—The follow
ing is the Italian mode: Boil half
pound of macaroni with two blades oi
mace and an onion. Put on with it a
sweetbread, and let all boil until ten
der. Add a pint of tomatoes, a large
lump of butter, pepper and salt, and a
teaspoonful of mustard. Put into a
deep dish alternate layers of macaroni
and thick layers of grated cheese, till
the dish is full, putting cheese on the
top. Serve hot, with a small glass.dish
of the finest cheese grated, so that each
one may add cheese if preferred.
opened, and did me proud. Invited me
to call again, too. But hang me if 1
had a chance to set eyes on the girl.
Sinular wasn’t it?”
Cured of Drinking.—“ A young
friend of mine was cured of an insati
able thirst for liquor, which had so
pepper to suit ta9ts.
Gold and-Silver.—It often happens
that a desire is felt to test whether an
article is real gold or silver. This can
easily be done with a piece of lunar
caustic. Wet the end of a stick of
caustic, and apply to the article to be
tested. If pure it will show but a slight
dark mark; if otherwise, the causric
will leave its mark quite black.
prostrated him that he was unable to j IIow to Preserve Pears.—Pa re and
do any business. lie was entirely cured cut twelve pears into halves, leave the
by the use of Hop Bitters. It allayed stalks on, and core; place in a baking
all that burning thirst; took away tbe jar, and add to them the rind ot one
appetite for liquor; made his nerves j lemon, cut in strips, the juice of half a
steady, hnil lie has remained a sober j lemon, six cloves, ten allspice, suffi-
and steady man for more than two cient water just to cover the whole; to
years, and lias no desire to return to every pint of water allow a pound of
his cups; I know of a number of others loaf sugar; to be baked in a very cool
oven until done. They will take at
least six hours. The more steadily
they are done, the better. To improve
the color of the fruit a few drops of
prepared cochineal may be added.
that have been cured of drinking by
it.”—From a leading R. R. Official,
Chicago. Ills.
At a legal investigation or a liquor
seizure the judge asked an unwilling
witness: “What was in the barrel that
you had?” The reply was: “Well,
your honor, it was marked ‘whisky’ on
four or five one end of the barrel and ‘Pot Duffy,
the other end; so I feafin’t say
Tomato Catsup.—F<
quarts catsup, boil one quart of ripe to- 1 oil
matoes fifteen minutes without re- whether it was ‘ whisky
moving the skins, and strain through a was in the barrel, being,
sieve; put into a little bag one tea- oath.”
spoonful of whole cloves, one table- •
spoonful of ground cinnamon, allspice Recently the sight of a worthless
black pepper, and put these, with vagabond on Avenue A with a spade
—It is proposed to number the houses
in Atlantic City, N. J.
Hikskell s Tetter Ointment will cure all
Pat Du tty j 8cabb y or ® ca ly diseases of the skin.
I am ou my
a pint of good vinegar. Into the strained
tomatoes, and boil the'whole carelullv
from three to live hours; when suffi
ciently boiled and condensed, stir in one
tablespoouful of ground mustard and
one teaspoonful of ground Cayenne
pepper, salt to taste and keep in well
corked bottles.
Eels a la Grevy.—Take two pounds
of eels, skin them, and cut in pieces of
about two inches thick; pepper and
Hieskell's Tetter Ointment will cure Sore
Eyelids, Sore Noso, Barber’s Itch on the face,
p-hv tn smilp Tho mUprahli* follow or Grocer’s itch on tho hands. It never/«^ls.
er -°- v , to 1 ,ie “‘seraoie leilow , w euA f pet ^ 8en tby mail for GO cents
llOtlClllg that he Tr«a tho oluoflt Ckf at— ; Tnlinulnti Hnllnwav .V. Co..
over his shoulder, caused many a pass-
noticing that
tention, made haste to dispel the anx
iety. “Oh, I ain’t working,” he said,
“ ’pon honor, I ain’t—I’ll take my
solemn oath I only borrowed tbe spade
to dig worms with,”
His wife caught him with bis arm
around the hired girl’s neck, blit his
courage even in this trying extremity
salt them and put in a casserole; add never forsook him. “I suspected some
to this a pint of good stock, a bit of , one of stealing the whisky on the pre
butter and an onion* with some grated serves, Jane for some time, and yon
lemon peel and a half tumbler of good
red wine; stew gently until the fish is
tender; take out the eels when done
and thicken the sauce with the yolks
of two eggs; pour this over the eels.
know her breath would have told if she
was the guilty party.”
Tomato Sai.id.—Take off the skins
with a sharp knife, cut into thin slices
and lay in a salad-bowl. Make a dress
ing by working a teaspoonful each of
salt and made mustard, half a teaspoon
ful of pepper, the yolks of two hard-
boiled eggs, with two tablespoonful of
™elted butter; then whip in with a t^simnterf “Yes, sir.There were
Tiie gentlemen at a dinner table
were discussing the familiar line, “An
honest man’s the noblest work of God,”
when a little son of the host spoke up
and said—“Its not true. My mother’s
better’ll any man that was even made.”
Constant Traveler: “Hullo, John
son! you here? Have you left tbe
Great Mudley Goods Yard ?’ ” Re
fork five tablespoonsful of good vine
gar. Pour over the tomatoes and set on
ice or where it is cool for an hour be
fore serving.
Transparent Puddimg.—Yolks of
twelve eggs well beaten. Add, well
creamed, one pound of butter, and one
pound of sugar Flavor with lemon or
nutmeg. Can be baked in tart shaped
tins or pie plates with one crust. Whip
the whites of six eggs very stifl'. Add
one cup powdered sugar to them, spread
over the pudding when baked, anil
brown light.
ten of us when I joined eight years
ago; so, as the others were all smashed,
I thought it was about time for me to
leave!”
JUST PUBLISHED,
TIE VOICE OF WORSHIP,
FOR CHOIRS,
FOR CONVENTIONS,
FOR SINGING SCHOOLS.
Price 91.». SO 00 per dozen.
X HE VOICE OF WORSHIP, by L. O. Emkesom,
Lf like other Ctmrch Music by lbo i.jrne nu-
r, pre eminent for grac.-fa. un-1 beautiful uimlo,
and for tho fine skill aud judgment displayed in se
lection and arrangement.
The First Hundred Pates
Include the SINGINiS SCHOOL COURSE, in which
are found many line barmouiz-d songs or glees fur
practice and enjoyment.
The Second Hundred Pates
are filled with tho heat of Hymn Tones, Sentences,
Ac., a large, new and fresh collection.
The Third Hundred Pages
contain a capital set of ANTHEMS.
Specimen copies mailed post-frea for 81.00.
a novel arrangement oi sviiauies, auu oiuer im
provements which are sensible and useful. Please
examine. Price 81-60.
Every time the average citizen at
tends a circus he remarks in a disgusted
manner, “when you see one circus you
see all.” And to prove the truth of
the statement he attends each succeed- |
ing arenic exhibition with scrupulous
regularity.
Where the farmer’s wife has a large j
washing to do, she can save half her |
Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston.
I. E. DITSON A COw
922 ('beatnot SL. Phlla.
Oakland Female Institute,
NORRISTOWN, PA.
WINTER TERM WILL COMMENCE SEPTEM
BER 9, Uff9. For circulars address
J. GRIER RALSTON, Principal.
AGENTS, READ THIS !
Ws will pay Agents a salary of 81<<l per month ant
LAHDRETHS' SEEDS
Suggestion is a privilege all can time and labor by using Dobbins’ Elec- wo'ndSri'iISJntiSr'Ir.’Mjf'.oi
make use of, and we would suggest to trie Soap, (made by CragiD & Co., Phil- “‘"gHEBMAK 1 * co n,nh.u Mich
the myriads of sufferers from Bilious ade i p hia). One pound of it is equal to
Fever, Fever and Ague, Indigestion, c
etc., to use Dr. Bull’s Baltimore Pills, tliree an Y other,
whose curative power over these dis- — — -—
eases is gratefully appreciated by thou- “Negotiations for Peace!” said
sands. Price only 25 cents. I Mrs. Muddler, reading a contents bill ABE TaE best*
i outsidp a newsvender’s. “Why, i d. LANDRETH * SONS, si ft *3 s. SIXTH at.
Lemon Pie.—Take two lemons, ] thought they banged him long ago. j PHILADELPHIA.
squeeze out the juice, and chop the But there, lie’s that clever he’s been nni||pnV||in nTfOPII \
lemons fine, removing the seeds; three and tricked them again !” j wm, bnuarrh^lJo^u&.MJSdtcke, 1
cups of water, three cups of sugar, one : *
egg, two thirds of a cup of sifted flour; 1 now a sewing machine agent is }
beat the egg well, witli half a cup oi rep orted missing. For heaven’s sake ;
water and the flour, then stir the lem- let him go in pea ce! There is hope,
ons, juice and all together; this will even, that the insurance solicitor and ^—
make three ordinary sized pies, and book canvaS ser may yet feel the pangs (ENT FREE!
easily made. i of conscience. I A-. auupul
anronlo DMMM, hy m r—tudininf srocut
REMARKABLE CURESSEk:
Imy ike widest attention.
STRONGLY ENDORSED S5“! f
UX.T.B. ABTHumTHoa. Honooxi
•Chan who hava nawl thla Treatment
important to SnffcrerH. j The first thing some women will do
The {'n-ateiit benefactor is one who relieve* 1 when they get to Heaven will be to ]
pain and cures disease. Dr. Silabee baa ao | look and see if their wings are cut bias j
compliahed both by hia miraculous discovery while the wings of Other angels are i
of “Anakeais,” an abnolute, easy, rapid <rorod
aud infallible cure for PILES in ail stages j ® *
of development 20,000 sufferers testify : T N Pa =i er to tie a knot in a bull’s
to its virtue. It is a simple auppoaitorv, . 1T ^ . 10 , a U VaY!™
acting u an instrument, poliHtce aid med- hor “ tba » to make your «tfe believe
iciue. The relief is instant, and cure cer- that every other night is lodge nlgnt. |
tarn. Price £1.00 per box. Samples sent ! —
fe® application to “Anakeais”^Depot, Box j \y HO never saw—who ever mailed a
ESTABLISHED 1848.
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Importers of Diamonds
AND
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Iruggiata.
For sale by all firat-claaa i etter t h c same day his wife gave it to j
him to dex>osit in the post office,
Baked Tomatoes.—s»cald the toma
toes, peel them carefully, so as not to
ManflMinm of Spectacles.
US SAM SOM Street, Fblladelpbla.
If you want your Baby to look bright j Illustrated
break them, and lay them in a deep ! do not P ut ^ to sleep with laudanum
dish; season with salt and pepper and ! when restless, but use Dr. Bull s Baby
spread a teacupful of cracker crumbs j Syrup. 25 cents a bottle,
over the top; cover the dish lightly
ce List sent to the trade
application.
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By Mrs. JULIA McXAIR WRIGHT.
The theme is one upon which the author brings
to bear the fruits of years of research, observation
and travel, both ln this country and the old world.
The full-paged colored plates, illustrating Annent
and Modsrn Homes are marvels of elegance and
g..od taste. No work treating this subject in detail,
li is heretofore been offered, and hence Agents will
baveacle*r fi-ld. Competent critics pronounce u
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Gun at S15 up. Double-barrel Breech loader* at .*21
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Kidney* end Urinary Organa, Nervouaneaa, Sleep-
lev ud especially Female Complalnu.
► tlOOO IN GOLD,
be paid for a eue they wm not cure or help, ■
For anything Impair or Injurious found ln them.
Ask yotzr druggist for Hop Bitter* ud try them
afore you eleep. Take ns other.
[or Coves Cm is the i
Ask Children
The Haas Paw for Stomach. Liver and Kidney* h
•arerior to all other*. Ank Druggist*.
L O.I* an absolute ud irresistible cure for
m of opium, tobacco and narcotics.
Send for circular. ■■■
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701 CHESTNUT street, Philadelphia.
EXODUS
To the best lands, ln the best climate, with the best
markets, and on the best terms, along the line of K y.
3,000,000 ACRES
Mainly ln the Famous
RED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE NORTH.
On long time, low prices and easy payments.
Pamphlet with fall Information mailed free. Apply te
D. A. McKINLAY, Land Com’r,
St. P.X.A M. K’:
at. Paul. UInn.
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Those answering an Aaverusement will
a ran I (nsmtag the pane*
and bake in a quick oven from an hour
to an hour and a hall'; just before tak
ing from the oven add a few bits of
butter. Slip the tomatoes out carefully,
the brown side up, or serve them in
the baking dish.
Reviving Kid Gloves.—To revive
old kid gloves, make a thick mucilage
Young man, be brief in everyth ing—
except when you go to see your best
girl * .
The more old rye a man gets down,
the more he insists he is “all ri’.”
CATARRH
That the Phonograph can “bottle
o ? up” the voice and pass it down to fu
lly boiling a handful of flax seed; add ' ture ages, is indeed a wonder, but is
a little dissolved soap , then, when the ! not the restoration of a lost voice more
mixture cools, with a piece of white wonderful ? And yet Dr. Pierce’s
flannel wipe the gloves, previously Golden Medical ^Discovery speedily re
fitted to the *hand; use only enough to I stores a lost voice, cures hoarseness,
take ofl' the dirt, without wetting sore throat, bronchitis and consump-
through the glove. tion. Many ministers who had aban-
^^doned the pulpit by reason of sore
T~ TT _ , ™ throat and general debility, have, by
Tot Annoyance and disagreeableness of Plm- th f Tiiannvftrv been restored
pies and Blotches on the Skin may be gotten rid i u8 ® °[ “ ie ^'recovery, Deen restoreu
of by using Dr. Jayne’s Alterative, a safe and . to perfect healtb and Strength. 90XU
rational cure for all Skin Diseases, Eruptions, I hv druffgistfi.
Tetter, Salt Rheum. &c. J
If negtacted, msy rapidly develop
into quick consumption. Ordi
nary treatments will not cure it.
It* effect* are nervous weakness,
loss of smell, taste, hearing, and
voice, weak eyes, dizziness, faint
fecLngi, matter dropping into the throat, diagnstmg odora. and^wofly coneuwiptum aadpoematvrc deaik. For
CONSUMPTION HAY^FEVER
Catarrh, Bronchitis, Coughs, Nervous and Catarrhal Headaches, Deafness.
: Sore Throat, and all diseases of the air-passages and lungs there is no treat
ment so pleasing, thorough, and osrUin la sure and give instant relief as
DE VONE’S I “
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Mark.49* I
and of the moat healing balsams known to medical science, with
ii ATrn Dins Tore tad r* ,ch ^7_
INHALENE
A compound of the aret healing balsams known to medical science, with
CARBOLATED PINE TREE TAR b^u^^
hnHntr from D.Vrae’a I»bmlmr,i»«oiimrt«i mto.ctammwr.iavw-
orating, and healing vaj
head, and into all the a
I application
into all the air-passages an
a to the diseased snrfaoe, a
The only method by which t‘
L where it acts as • local
HOME TREATMENTS^.,
potent physician always in charge. Advice free on all chronic diseases. State aymptomsplainly. and your
case will have immediate and careful attention, amfTree advice by fstsrs muL When nritina,mmm
this payer. AUdnais 11031E MEDICINE LO- & W. cor. Tenth And Arch Bt*., PfriladelpEl*, & .