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New Rope.—Tt is aatd that new rope
for any purpose oar be made perms*
neatly soft and pliable by bo ling in
wrier for two boon, and then drying
in the son or in a warn ram,
We hare received a number of letters pro
tmttng'agriari the nse of our columns for
such “palpable fraud! and mfcrepresenta-
Hook;” therefore, to confirm beyond a
doubt the authenticity of the letter, sod the
genuinfcneee of itk sentiments, a reporter of
this paper wan commissioned to ascertain
all the possible facta in the m&tur. Accord
ingly be Tidied Clifton Spnngs, taw the
author of the letter, and with the follow
ing result:
. Dr. Henry Foster, the gentleman In
-Qore'Joa, ts $8-or 64 years of aee and has
an extremely cordial manner. He presides
as superintendent orer the celebrated rani-
gneats sod is unquestionably the leading
■. health resort of the country. Several
years ago this benevolent man wisely de
termined to be hie own executor; and, there
fore turned overthis magnificent property
J worth $800,000, as a free gift to a board
Ur—l—l U fcofar, Smea, 14SS.
Tot coughs, colds, sure throat, bronchitis,
laryngitis, and consumption in its early
stages, nothing equals Dr. Pierce’s “Golden
Medical Discovery.” It is also a great
blood-purifier and atrengtb-restorer nr
tonic, and foe liver complaint and cos
tive conditions of the bawels it baa no equal.
Bold by druggists.
Rheumatism,Neural
hunger and expoaure of all kinds in a
bleak and cbeedees country. Ha baa
need, therefore, for his rough, shaggy
ooat and his hardy little frame. They
enable him to endue privation and
hardship which would speedily over
come animals that are muon igr^er and
stronger in appearance.
Almost every family in Shetland
owns two, three or more ponies, which
are need for ail kinds of draught and
carriage, for bringing in the farm pro-
vogruui»cu.>
Young, middle-aged, or old men, suffer
ing I rum nervous debi.ity or kindred affec
tion*, should address, with two stamps, for
large treatise, World’s Dispissiiy
Mkdical Association, Buffalo, N. Y..
sions, 8t. Titus Dance, Alcoholism,
Opium Eating, Seminal Weakness, Im-
potency, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all
Nervous nnd Blond Diaenaea.
tWTo Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary Hen,
Merchants, Bankers, Ladies and all whose
sedentary employment causes Nervous Pros-
trsUon, Irregularities of the blood, stomach,
bowels or kidneys, or who require a nerve
tonic, appetiser or stimuient,Aes»ergs» Mr-
suss is invaluable. ( CyjJZU_ljL
iWThoaaands [ ||EIGBKJIT 1
of trustees, representing theprincipal evan-
- gqjicri denomination?. Among the trus
tee* are Bishop A. C. Core, Protestant
Bpiloopsi, Buffalo; Bishop Matthew Bunp-
' son, - Philadelphia, Methodist Episcopal;
S - President M. B. Anderson, of the Uoiver-
'toy of Bottiester; Bev. lit. Clark, Secreta-
•' ry of the A. B. C. P. M., Boston. The
beccvOluit purpose ofthe institution is the
. cue: 1st.—of evangelical missionaries and
thi;lr families whose health haa been broken
hi their work. 2nd.—of ministers, of any
deaosainatioo, in good standing: 3rd.—of
members of any church; who otherwise
- would be unable to secure such care and
treatment. The current expenses of the
. hattitutioo are met by the receipts from the
- hundreds of distinguished and wealthy
people who every year crowd its utmost
i. eapackty. Here come men and women
*"■ ■ ' who wow once in perfect health, but neg
lected the first symptoms of disease. The
nomriabi paths they felt at first were over
looked until their health became impaired.
Ttay Httie realized the danger before them,
noe how alarming even trifling ailments
might prove. They constitute all dames,
tending ministers and bishops, lawyers,
judges, statesmen, millionaires, journalists,
college professors and officials from all
parts of the land.
Drawing the morning Democrat and
Chraiials from hia pocket, the reporter
remarked, “Doctor, that letter of yours
' haa created a good deal of talk, and many
ct o«wreaders have questioned its authen
ticity.''
w “To what do you refer!’’ remarked the
“Have yon not men the paperf’
“Tea, but 1 have notched time to read
ttyet/*
The reporter thereupon showed him the
letter, which was aa follows:
Utirros Spbutos tiasiTAsniK Co.,)
Clotoh springs, It. Y., Oct. 11,1803. f
Dxaa Bun I am using Warner’s Safe
. Cure, and 1 regard it as the beat remedy
far lame forms of kidney disease that we
have. 1 am watching with great care
some rises 1 am now treating with it, and
- 1 hope for favorable results.
1 wish you might come down yourself,aa
1 would like very much to talk with you
about your sterling remedy and abow you
over dur institution.
Tours truly.
[Signed] HENBY FOSTER, M. D.
“1 do not see why anybody should be
■keptioal concerning that letter,’’ remark
ed the doctor.
“Isn’t it unusual for a physician of your
—..wUni, uj influence to commend a pro
prietary preparabonl’’
“1 don’t know how it may be with
othen, but in this institution we allow no
person to dictate to us what we shall use.
- Our pnrpomis to cure the sick, and for
that work we nse anything we know to be-
S, valuable. - Because I know Warner’s Safe
l : Cure is a very valuable preparation, I
3 , commend it, As its power is manifested
under my use, eo shall I add to the com-
nletemm of my commendabdn.
: “Have you ever analysed it, doctor? ”
“We alwaya analyze before we try any
S&S preperebdn of which we do not know the
cooatitoenta. But analysis, you know,
only gives the elements; it does not give
• the all ifoportant proportions. The re-
' markable power of Warner’s Safe Cure un
doubtedly oouaists in the proportions se
rf eordiag to which its elementa are mixed.”
Whde-there mar be a thousand remedies
reads.of the same elements, unless they
reo piit together in proper proportions, they
are toortUereaa kidney and liver prepara
tion*.
“I hope some day to meet Mr. Warner
penonally, and extend fuller cengratria-
tiona to him on the excellence of his prep,
rirationa. I have heard much of him as
the (sunder of the Warner Observatory,
aadaa a man of large benevolence. The
repotodhlfh character of the man him«cl!
. gave mmnaee to me m the firet plaoe that
S. ■ ha would not put a remedy upon the mark
et that was not trustworthy; and it was a
aousea of a good deal of gratification to me
:: to find oct by actual experiment that the
f . reared^ itself sustained my impressions.’’
IhsconcKreoB reached by Dr. Foster is
nrecmtty the same found by Dr. Dio Lewis,
Dr. Hobart A. Gunn, Ex-Surgeon General
GaUagher and others, and proves beyond a
%'p dmM ' tha great efficacy of the remedy
whisk haa awakened so much attention m
' . the land and reacoed ao many men, women
and totkren from rtiaraae and death.
“Tna,” said Miss Penn. “I rejected
Mr. Hogg- Nice fellow, bat I couldn’t
have the announcement of my.marmge
appear in the papers under the head
line Hogg-Pen.7
duoe—corn, hay, potatoes and the net
—as well aa for riding. If a Shetlander
has no cart he sliuga a couple of wioker
baskets over hia pony’s bade, in which
basket he places hia marketing, or- his
load of peat, or clods of dried turf,
which form so large a part of hie winter
fuel.
We call these little animals ponies,
and rightly, but the Shetlander always
speak of them aa horses, for the reason,
1 suppose, that they are almost the
only horses they know. They are often
great pete in the family. A writer on
Shetland, a native of the island, in
speaking of the ponies, says: “All
sorts of pretty and uncommon names
are chosen for them. Some of them
develop a great fondness for sweet
meats, for wnieh they will seek the
hand that eatresses them. One of these
animsls, when on a journey, will every
quarter of an hour or so turn his head
round to his rider, seeking the bit of
biscuit which is always provided for
him V
Altogether the Shetlanders would od
very badly without their sturdy, useful
little horses, and when the ppnies are
taken far south to KnftUno, or to
oountries much farther away still, their
value by no means dimini«W They
find homes among the rich of the land,
become the pets on many a home farm
and country house, and boys and girls,
whatever their condition or ciroum-
sanets, think themselves fortunate in
possessing a Sheatland pony.
burns and scalds soon yield to it. At’
a reoent meeting of the Massachusetts
Dental society in Salem, Dr. Waters,
of Boston, gave a praotiirel-demonstra
tion of this theory by • teat that re
quired nonaldurable nerve, end mace
faith in the efficacy of the treatment to
put into operation. The doctor dipped
a sponge into bailing water and
aqueeaed it over hia wrist, the water
flowing around the arm and' encircling
it with a severe scald two indies wide.
Not content with this he dipped the
sponge e second time and pressed clos
ely on the under'aide of hia wrist for
a half minute, thus making a deep
born. He then applied bi-carbonate at
soda and laid over it a wet doth, end
the intense pain was benaahed aa by
T" Next day the scalds, with the
exception of the pert purposely made
ao severe, were practically healed, only
a light discoloration of the skin show
ing where the water had flowed;
this, too, without a second applies ion
The wind may roar among the trees,
Yet great shipa sail the stormy seas.
The balnh.ad man may rave and swear,
Tat Garboline restores the hair.
ant that ever sustain- MnCjMlicJ]
ed a sinking system. Uti|-P|*NJ
$1.50, at Druggists. H 1^1 ' JT
ThsPu.a.a.aiCMHWPrCimrea^mrem\
MEDICAL CO- Sale M GUNUCKUL]
post ora. «■ 1 —r* a-s n r
Tor testimonials aad ctrenlara send sump.
Chas. N. Crittenton, Agent, New York. (8)
there are soils and ocoditions where oth
er graneca would be more profitable, and
in permanent pastures they would also
increase the amount and quality, and
prolong the graving season.
The Iowa Agricultural College folks
recommend the following as an exeel-
lent paint for ont-ot-door work: To
three parte crude pe roleum anil one
part linseed oil add sufficient mineral
paint to give the desired body, and ap-
JOHN L. SULLIVAN.
rilvar preparations havadtma. It will,
light er reded hair in a tow days to a ha
atomy brown. Ask your druggist tor II
bottle is warranted. Burrs, kuni
Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, P
C. N. Cni-mnmur. Naw York.
There are innumerable instances where
cures hare been effected by Scovill’s Sarsa
parilla, or Blood and Liver Syrup, lor all
diiiessss at the blood, when the patient had
been pvaa up by physicians. It is one of
the best remedies ever offered to the public;
ply with a brush. For better buildings
white lead may be added in the propor
tion of one pound of lead to five of min
eral paint: Crude petroleum costs only
from six to eight cento pear gallon by
—Florida has raised a water-melon
weighing seventy-five pounds, and fit-,
teen people could’nt eat it
the barrel, and can be easily obtained
through any druggist or dealer in oil in
any town or village. A-barrel would be
handy to have in the house of any far
mer, who oould then do a world of
written and carelessly prepared prescrip
tions. Take Scovill’s Blood and Liver Sy
rup tor all disorders arising from impure
blood. It is indorsed by all leading profes
sional men
On receipt of one dollar we win send you a
gallon or uur celuBrated Iadtaw Tea. *«
to restore m healthy condition of tha Liver, M
and Bowela. A cure cure for Dy^p^pBMASUU
blood ilimira COMA&CHEM»DlUlNfc<
t»4» Bruffidwmy, Met
. who oould then do a world of
painting at odd spells. Not only onght
barns, fences, hog-pens and stables ts
be painted, but the roofs and floors of
these brildinga as well.
~ It is safe to say that the market gar
dener* near our large cities realize grea
ter profits from lettuoe titan from any
other vegetable. It is a vary hardy
plant, and when well under way with
stands net only quite a low degree of
cold, but also the heat. If the plants
are paitially protected by being set out
on the sunny aide of ridges, tney pro
gress much more rapidly in growth tnan
iruit. -
Tho. an regarded as resentful in na
ture, bees are not aggressive, and they
can be cared for easily by ladies and
the younger members of the family,for,
like animals, they are conquered by
kindness. Many families in the city
rarely see honey, and are ready to pur
chase it whenever it oomes to market;
bat the supply does not equal the de
mand. Considering the ease of produc
tion, eo far as the farmer is concerned,
it ia profitable at any price. The profit
is greatly increased on farms where
clover, peas, fruit and buckwheat are
cultivated.
1.200 ACRES FOR SALE
—Michigan has anotner “sweet sing
er”—this time a strapping big man,
whom neighboring paragraphers would
do well to speak respectfully of.
Long AXsctrare, also a poUUTssnd radical cue
lor Nemos Debility and aU Nervous Complaints,
after aartnc tested its wonderful curative powers
In taonsands of cases, has felt It his duty to ma a
tt mown to hia aafferinr fellowa. Actuated by tkla
motive and a dealre to relieve knmaa goffering. I
will send free of eaarge, to ell who dealre it, thia
recipe, in German, French or knrllah, with fall
directiou for prerettnf aaduoUw. Sent by mall
by addneainr with stamp, aamtnt this paper, W.
A. Novas 140 Pouxr*» luock Bochuter if. r.
KgWILSON’j
LIGHTNING SEWER
Djip«|wia Murders Sleep,
Dffistrojs appetite, renders life miserable.' Well
ferns it been depicted as a (lend winch easelessly
toiments its vn tun. Though il cannot be driven
from its stronghold, the stomach, bj ordinary
menus, it uisy be sun ill listed with Hostetler’s
Stoinach Bitters. Weakness of the digestive or
gans lies st the r ot of dyspepsia. 1 he natural
chemical kolveut oi the food is insuffl tientlj se
creted oj t .e nrg n whem e.it takes 11s source,and
the raw uisier.si up »n which it should act lies like
a lamp of lead in the stomach, ftnneuting and
causing heartunrn, and the manifold tortures
All this trouble is
As we wander through the houses of
Pompeii—where tho paintings are jet
bright on the wails, and we maj walk
around the gardens and see the dried-
up fountains—one seems to hear all the
book of Revelation sounding in one’s
ears, and a voice saying: “Behold I
make all things new! v
In the denoted streets life suddenly
stopped 1,890 years ago. It is true
that the destruction was not instan
taneous, and a great many of the in-
Dr. B. A. Davis, 200 Joralemon Street,
Brooklyn, says: “Physicians generally
know no cure for rheumatism and Bright's
kidney disease. Dr. Elmoie is the first to
discover one. His Bheumadne-Goufialine
from which dyspeptics suffer,
removed by the Hitters, which promote a some-
lent secretion of the gastric juice by stimnlating
Nothing good is ever effected without
perseverance.
sndsirenKtiu nuurthe cellular tissue of the stomach
Debility, b.liou>ness, fever and itgue, ailments of
the urinary organs anil rheumatism, are also reme
diable by the Ditiera.
THEPUKiaST AND BEST
habitants saved their lives, and even
took away a good deal of til it treasure.
But enough was left to show us every
detail of Roman life. The old world
is set before ns, with all its and ita evils,
its glories and its aoamee. We know
what manner of men and women they
must have been, and what their drily
lives were like, almost aa well as if we
had. actually dwelt among them.
Those old Pompeiians were very
modern. There is nothing new under
the sun. They had folding-doom and
hot water urns; they put gratings to
their windows and made rookeries in
their gardens; their steel-yards are ex
actly like those year cheesemonger uses
’•WhowitnU liealtli, want* tfvrr.vthing,”
says an old adage. loug us meu will ou-ra^e
Ike laws of health, so long they w.ll need medi
cines to counteract the results of vice or ignor
ance. The o.d monks whose business was to
save men, soul and body,did a humane tfe ng when
they ransacked the vegetable kingdom for a Mood
purifier. They began at the fountain head to pre
vent disease rather than to cuie.and Su BenmnTa
Vegetable Pills have immortalised them in the
—Canadian post-office savings bank
returns for the past month show a bal-
ance’of over, $12,000,000 to the credit of
depositors, principally laborers.
Don’t die without an effort. Heart Dis
ease cured bv Dr. Graves’ Heart Regula
tor. Price $1. 6 for $5.
CftJDI fltfkl!£UY VOL.Ml MklN WHO
Elfii LUI ir)£n I OmnUATB.itCOLKXAB
BlJHINKbS COLLKI.K. Nkw akS, N. i. Tuna*
only *40. Write f«»r Circular*.
butter, Mix to a cream, poor boiling
water over this, and stir until there are
no lumps; then pot it on the stove,
The oldest, be/it, most renowned and valuable
medicine in the world, and in addition it obatalne
nil the best and most effective curative properties
of mil other remedies, being the greatest liver
regulator, Mood portlier, and life and health re>
storing agent on earth.
It gives new life and vigor to the aged and Infirm.
To clergymen, lawyers, literary men, ladies, and
all in whom sedentary employments cause irregu
larities of the Blood, Stomach, Bowels, or Kidneys,
or who require an appetizer, tonic, and mild stimu
lant, it is invaluable, being highly curative, tools
anti atlmnlntiW| WlthOQt M w f biinvlctlny
No matter what your feelings or symptoms are,
or what the disease or ailment ia, one Hop Bittern
Don't wait until yon are sick, but if you only feel
bad or miserable nse the bitters at once. It mny
save your life. Hundreds have been saved by so
doing, at n moderate cost. Ask your druggist, or
physician. Do not suffer yourself or let your
and keep it there until it u ecoked,
■ay lor ten or even fifteen minutes.
-Brooklyn's champion mean man
* Heisincus-
A writes says: “If the egriculturri
ootiegee and experiment stations would
make disinterested trivia of the new
traits and give the public unbiased
opinions oi me character and merits of
each fruit, it might prove of as mueh
has come to the surface,
tody for robbing schoolchildren of their
books and playthings.
A DxmciouB hot aanoe fur podding!
is made of six Ublespoonfols of sugar,
two of batter, and one egg; bent the
bqtter, sugar aai the yelk of the egg
together, than add the white beaten to
a troth : lastly stir in a teaeupfni of
boiling water and a teaspoonfoi of va-
‘Coiiph*, Hoarseness, Hore Throat, etc.,
quickly relieved by Hkow.Vs IIkonchial.
Tmochks. A simple and etfectual remedy,
superior to all other articles for the same
purpose: Sold only in boxes.
vame in their bulletins aa tome of the
lengthy accounts about the albuminoids
* ’ ’ ’ -AT— clr _
to weigh hie Cheddars and Gloaters.
Their children had toys like ours—
bears, lions, pigs, oats, doga, made of
clay, and sometimes serving as juga
also. Poor children! Poor mothers!
How did they tore in those days of
and carbohydrates. Nurserymen’
culars are generally made to puff those
plants in wnieh their pecuniary interest
predominates.
Sons one v \o haa made the estimate
claims that the value at poultry annu-
AakferWCUs’“Bough ao Cares” lie. quick
relief: complete cure. Corea, vena, tmufema
We are never so good as when we
possess a joyful heart
If a cough disturbs your sleep, take Piso’s
Cure for Consumption and rest well.
It won’t do for a married man to say
to his w fe, * Never mind.” She ia apt
Thx New Jersey man wbo got his
toot eaoght in a railroad frog and
shaved off part cf his heel with bin jack-
ally consumed in this country amounts
to the large sum of $800,000,000, or
about $5 for each person. The con
sumption of eggs amounts to $240,000,-
000, and the number of eggs consumed
9,000,000,000, or lSO toeam Inhabitant
Oar poultry product*, therefore,amount
to over half a billion of dollar*, and yet
we have imported eggs in order to snp-
yelks stored into the batter, the white*
whipped light and added the lari thing.
Bake in heated gem irons in a quick
oven. Use no baking powder at soda.
Jf the family ia very small, and large
loaves at bread are likely to become
stale before they can be eeteti, it ia a
good plan to make two tittle loaves for
one tin. They will keep their shape
ail right, and will not ran together
or adhere any more than tolls or bis
cuits do.
srlta pus, ami whisk will turn red by ■caniHnr; a
voracious appetite and unquenchable thlnt; harsh
and dry skin; dsmmytoosne, often darkly fmred,
swollen nnd inflamed sums; dropsical iwelllnr of
the limbs; frequent attacks of kiommsh; Inability
In void Lie arise, and ureal fstigne m —«—r^'t
tt—yon are suUerinc from soma form of Kidney
or Urinary Complaint, each as Baser'* Deuu
of the kidneys, etooe or mflammauou of the Mad
der, gravel nnd renal calculi, diabetes, wrengneiy
atrfctnre and retention of the arias, aad Hop Bit
ten Is the only remedy feat wm permanently care
'•You’** grided too much by others'
,STOPPED FREE
opinions,” said Mrs. Fogg to bur lord ;
“for my part, 1 believe in having a lit
tle mind of my own.” “And you’ve
got it.” waa the brutal remark of Fogg,
Hkbbs for winter nee should be gath
ered when the plant* are in flower. Just
as the flowers begin to fade ia considered
to be the beet time to harvest them.
The herb garden waa formerly of great
er domes tic importance than in these
days of patent medicines, but whether
this change is an advantage to health
may well be questioned. To dry
herbs it is best to tie them in small
bundles and hang them up in an airy
shed.
era. Tney clapped theu offenders into
the stock*—two gladiators kept there
for 1,800 year*.
When tne crockery broke they rivited
it. At Herculaneum there is a huge
wine-jar honied in the earth. It haa
been badly broken, bnt is eo neatly
rivited, with many rivitB, that it no
donbt arid the wine as well as ever;
those rivite have lasted 1,800 years! It
is a strange thing to think abort. What
The French gnn factory at Fives
Irile has just finished a cannon which
prtemita some peenliaritiea of propor-
?.. Ita and shape; bnt whose chief novelty
1* a compact wrapping of . fine wire ar
ranged around it as tightly as possible
r Ire a manhinn constructed expressly for
. - tie. purpose. The gnn ia evidently
r : Wit after the Iiongndge type, and at
- Various times descriptions have been
\ given of it. The preliminary tests have
~ skua a that, the resisting strength of
. toe guk metal ia more largely increased
Jty ™ device than it would be by an
^ topattwright-of similar metal east with
rislfce tube itself.
: Zb Waterproof Rrtck Walls.—Few
waterproofing trick walls the following
haa been given: Dissolve soft paraffine
waxin bensotine spirit in the propor-
' • : tton at about one part of the former to
S/s -'fuar or fifre parts of the latter by wiight
htta a tin or metallic keg plaoe one
;> gallon of benx.iiine spirit, then mix one
amd a half pounds or two pounds of
tax, and whenqrite bot, poor into the
ffri* 8 ***- Apply the solution whilst warm
to tba- walls with a whitewash brash, To
prevent the rotation from chilling, it is
Mat ta plaoe the tin in a pail of warm
: water; but an no account should the
-. apiitt bn brought into the house or near
y. to a tight, or s sericas accident might
I would recxnmend Ely's Cream Balm
to any one having Catarrh or Catarrhal
Asthma. I have suffered for five yean as
1 could at* lie down tar Week* at a lime.
Sinee I have been using the Balm I can
Be down and reek I thank God that you
ever invented such a medicine.—Faasx P.
Bcbumb, Farmington, N. B. -
would the boose wife have arid if some
one had told her that her cracked pot
would ont last the Raman Empire?
Rheumatic
thin joists and rafters and tight stain
and Lrinsters is avoided, and if eare is
taken that the floor-boards shall be of
hard wood, of good thickness and
tongued. With reepect to large build
ings, of course a good deal more is ne
cessary than thia. The walls ought to
be made much stronger than the re-
quirements of business toml
both here and in the staircases and
landings concrete may with advantage
be used.
forty-two years old, and aha is still able
bodied, bring capable of doing as much
hauling as the mjetity. of homes
The Greatest Blood Purifier Known!
80K0FULA CURED. NEURALGIA CUBED.
RHEUMATISM CURED.
Rocaiaima, N. I, Aft. aa, VS.
Bhewmattc Syrup Coo
Gams—1 kare been a creak aaf-
•Brer tram nkan—tWia tor Mx
yearn, aad keulac of tan annenni
j~ A foreign contemporary describes an
i- antt iwmrioa paint for iron. It states
ttas if Hi par oent. of burned magnesia,
'".or even of baryta or stroutia, is mixed
eold with ordinary linseed-oil paint, and
. ttan enongh of mineral oil to develop
the alkaline'eartn, the free acid of the
yafttt will be neutralised, while the iron
" varfll be protected by the permanent ri-
haJtne auhtm «f the paint. Iron to he
ifi-ta earth may be painted with
a mixture of lllO porta of resin, 26 puts
at gwtta pereha,and60 parts of paraffine
to whiehaO parts ot magnesia and some
.&Htand oil have been added.
It will pay to aprod a half day going
through the fields to aau how many vn-
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