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GREEN GRASS.
The Last of a Series of Interest
ing Letters.
GRASS AS A VERY PROFITABLE CROP.
Americus, Ga., December 10—[Special Cor
respondence Constitution.]—Lest some of our
Georgia farmers may think I attach too much
importance to grass and hay, allow me to give
them a few comparative figures.
In 1880 the twelve states of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisana, Texas, Ar
kansas, Missouri and Kentucky produced, in
round numbers, 6,000,000 bales of cotton,
which, at an average of SSO per bale, amount
ed to three hundred millions of dollars.
In the same year, the twelve states of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa
chusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and lowa
Itroduced, in round numbers, twenty-six mil
ion tons of hay, which, at an average of $lO
per ton, amounted to two hundred and sixty
million dollars. J
Over five-sixth of the value of the cotton crop.
■When we add to the hay crop the value of
grass, we have a sum much larger than that of
the cotton crop.
Is not such a valuable crop worthy of some
attention ?
So much for the total value of these two
crops, now let us make a comparison as to
profits:
A very low estimate of the expense of rais
ing cotton is thirty dollars per bale, which
would make the expense of raising the 1880
crop one hundred and eighty millions of dol
lars, which subtracted from the total value
would leave one hundred and twenty millions
of dollars as profit.
A standard estimate of the expense of rais
ing hay is two dollars per ton, which would
make the expense of the 1880 crop fifty-two
millions of dollars, which subtracted from the
total value would leave two hundred and
eighty millions of dollars as profit.
So it will be seen that in the matter of profits
thejiay crop is nearly double in valuo that of
the cotton crop; and considering the fact that
octton exhausts the land and (grass reinforces
it the profits may be safely fixed as double.
It should be remembered, too, that while I
have given cotton the benefit of the highest
price obtained in southern markets, I have
only fixed the price of hay at one-half it sells
for in those markets.
Cotton has been well named king, for it ex
acts from its subjects the profits of their hard
labor and keeps them in abject slavery. In
the great republic of grass every farmer is a
freeman, and with his herds of cattle and
Sheep and hogs is a patriarch exercising an in
dependent sovereignty.
Do I advise southern farmers to quit plant
ing cotton and turn all their attention to
grass ?
By no means. But Ido advise them not to
plant so much cotton, and to raise more grass.
It would be a safe plan for every cotton plant
er to begin by planting one-fourth less cotton,
and put this one-fourth in grass, and so grad
ually reduce his cotton and increase his grass
until they should be equal in area. I under
stand full well the difficulty the southern
farmer will have in making the change, but a
change is necessaay, and the sooner it is begun
the better. The result of such a change would
be, not less yield of cotton, but the same yield
Os cotton at less cost.
There is an element in grass culture that I
have only casually alluded to, but which is
most important, and that is its effect upon the
soil in restoring it to its natural vigor. All
cotton planters concede that the richness and
Strength of virgin soil is due to the large
amount of vegetable matter found in it, and
when this is exhausted the land becomes
Sterile. This vegetable matter is true plant
food, because it contains the element of plant
life, being in itself the decayed plant. The
richness of the Illinois prairie consists entirely
of tiie decayed grass, and when that is ex
hausted the land becomes poor. What grass
has once done for land it can do again.
It sends its roots down into the earth,
loosening the pores ami permeating through
every inch, and as these roots decay,they store
the land with vegetable matter. The grass
also shades the ground and protects it from the
scorching rays of the sun, retaining moisture
A piece of land which has been in grass for
five years, when turned over by the plow, has
in it all the elements of virgin soil It is well
known that barren land, by a rest of a few
years, regains a portion of its fertility,but grass
not only gives the necessary rest, but can be
made a source of profit. The cotton planter
knows that grass will grow' thickly upon land
which will not yield half a crop of cotton,
Showing that while the elements which make
cotton are exhausted, those elements which
make grass are retained.
There is another feature connected with
grass that should engage the attention of the
intelligent farmer, and that is the relation it
bears to the value of farming lands. When
ever and wherever you hear of farming lands
selling for SIOO per acre and over, you may al
most invariably set it down that grass is grow
ing on them. Farming lands are valuable in
proportion to the profit that can be derived
from them, just aswith other property. When
the farmers of Georgia can make their lands
yield them an income of eight dollars per
acre, then their lands will be worth, and will
Bell for, one hundred dollars per acre, and will
be sought for at that price. It is because with
the aid of grass the farmers of Ohio have
made their lands pay the interest on one
hundred dollars per acre that they can com
mand that price. While it is true that an in
crease of population may increase the price of
lands in the neighborhood of cities, it
does not greatly apply to farming
lands. Men invest in property ac
cording to tiie income it yields. I have
Been a few successive years of bad crops in
grain growing sections depreciate the price of
lands fifty per cent, because they were not re
garded as paying property. The lands in the
blue-grass region of Kentucky command a
high mice simply on account of the grass, for
there are other sections that are as valuable
for grain. Here, then, is a hint for the far
mers of Georgia to not only make their lands
more valuable, but to find for them a ready
Bale. Grow grass and show the farmers of the
north that it can be made as profitable as the
lands of Ohio and Kentucky, and you will
have done more to attract immigration to this
State than al! the talking or writing that can
be done. We have had several excursion par
ties of Ohio farmers into this state, but we pro
cured few settlers, for the reason that the
first question they asked was, “Can you grow
grass?” and we were unable to show' them
green meadows and pastures. If you tell them
that you can grow grass, the next question is,
“Why don’t yon do it?” The old saying of
“seeing is believing” goes a great ways with
the average farmer. Let him see the fields of
grass and yon will have no need of argument.
They know what grass means and how to use
it.
When, by means of grass, you have made
your lands more valuable, you will feel less
disposed to sell your lands, for you will have
found that they are as profitable to you as to
anyone else, and farming will have a pleasant
as well as profitable occupation. The labor
question will worry you less, the (money ques
tion will not absorb your waking thoughts and
color your dreams.
Since the publication of the first of these
letters I have received many letters from dif
ferent sections of the south asking advice in
regard to growing grasses. It lias been a
pleasure to me to receive them, as showing
that an interest is being awakened in our
farmers on this important subject, and 1 hope
that that interest may not prove to be only
momentary, but that many may be induced to
practice what I have preached.
Those letters asking ad', ice I have been un
able to answer for two reasons—first, because
it would take too much time to write a letter
that would be satisfactory: and second, be
cause the writers generally fail to describe the
character of their land, and it would therefore
be imp. ssibl to det rminc as to the best vari
ety ol gra-- fi r that locality and the kind of
cultivation necessary. 1 can only give those a
few geni ial dir-i t ; ons, w hich may help them
somewhat:
A s a general rule clay soil is best adapted to
growing good gr..'i'or clover there should
tie a stfi n.. minis t clay. lam satisfied that
the dark red lands of Georgia will produc as
good red clover as was esei grown in
Ohio. Light sandy s .:is are not well
adapted for raising grass for hay,
although there are sen ral varieties ot grass
which can be profitably , rown upon them for
pasture. Soil that will produce a heavy crop
cf crab grass is pretty certain to yield a go«l
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1887.
crop of perennial grasses. I am strengthened
in this conviction by a correspondent from
Tennessee, who writes me that all he wants to
Ktioiv >s whether crab grass will grow, ami
then ho is certain he can grow almost any
other variety in the same localitv. bottom
lands, if well drained, will grow heavy crops of
timothy and herds grass, as well as clover.
’’ ashed hillsides eau be converted into good
pastures by using bormuda grass, which will
stop the washing. Bermuda I regard as the
incst valuable grass for pasturing hi this sec
tion, as it is hardy, affords pasturage the year
round and can be grown on land that is not fit
lor cultivation. Texas blue grass makes most
land ° nt wlllter P astura «o. but requires good
NoW, as to planting:
All lands intended for meadows—that is to
raise grass for hay—should be plowed deeply,
well pulverized, and then smoothed with har
row and roller. It must be remembered that
these meadows are expected to remain for at
least five years, and it is necessary that the
roots of the grasses should go down deep, as
they will if you give them a chance, and thus
avoid ail danger from drouth. These roots will
P" 1 ”! 1 eu ough water to counteract the rays
of the hottest sun. This is especially true of
clover. The seed should be sown during tho
fall rains, and if sown during a drizzling rain,
need no brushing in. If sown when the ground
is dry, they may be brushed in by dragging tho
top of a small tree over them. Under no cir
cumstances should they be harrowed or plowed
in. Sow a gallon of red clover and twelve
pounds of timothy, a peck of herds grass, to
2 cre ’ " il’ be better not to cut the grass
tho first year, but cattle can bo turned upon it
in the fall, after it has ripened.
Most southern farmers know what to do
with bermuda grass which is grown only from
the roots.
Texas blue grass is grown generally from tho
root and is planted in drills from a foot to
eighteen inches apart. It spreads rapidly and
forms a compact sod. soon covering the entire
surface. It is valuable for winter pasturage.
1* or raising hay it will be well to remember
the richer the soil the bigger the crop, and
that manure helps grass as much as it does
other crops.
I would not advise any person without ex
perience to engage heavily in grass growing.
Try a few acres at first. If you do not succeed
in the first attempt, do not give it up as im
practicable, for you have probably failed in
other crops. The grass farmers of Ohio have
their failures with all their experience. I
know of one Ohio farmer who one year spent
$l5O for clover seed and lost it all. Did he
give it up? Not a bit of it—he simply invest
ed $l5O more and tried it again and “made a
success of it.
It is of the greatest importance that you
should make a beginning, however small. If
you can do no better, plant an acre in bermu
da, and you will be surprised to see the amount
of food it will furnish your stock. You need
not hunt out the poorest piece of land to put it
on, for bermuda appreciates rich soil as well
as any other grass.
Among the letters I have received was one
from Miss E. L. Howard, of Cement, Ga., who
also sent me a copy of “A Manual of the Culti
vation of the Grasses, and Forage Plants at the
South,” written by her father,'the late C. W.
Howard, well known to many farmers in this
state. This little pamphlet is so full of practi
cal information in regard to grasses that I
wish it could be read aud re-read by every
farmer in the south.
And now, in concluding this series of letters
on grasses, I wish to say that I have not writ
ten all that could be written on the subject,
for I have sought rather to condense than to
spin out —to call attention to the subject rath
er than to discuss it—and if I have succeeded
in interesting even a few of our farmers to an
extent that will induce them to make a begin
ning in the cultivation of green grass, I shall
feel amply repaid, for I know that tho success
which will follow their attempts will induce
others to imitate them, and thus hasten the
day when green grass will be a permanent fea
ture of our empire state.
AV. L. Glf.ssner.
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IHE DOODLE BUG.
A Short Study in Natural
History.
THE PECULIAR SAND DISTURBER
Milford, Pa.,November 18.—As long as any
one one can remember there has been a small
funnel-shaped hole in a sandy spot between
tho roots of a great pine tree,’that stands at
tho side of the sheep path leading from a Mil
ford back street down to the picturesque Saw
kill glen. The hole is well up under the high
bank, and protected by the roots of the tree.
It would not be noticed by tho stranger, un
less he was a naturalist looking about for just
such a sight. But its existence is well known
to the urchins of tho village, -who long ago
ceased destroying it, as it regularly ap
peared in its old place after a few days.
Tho reappearance of this funnel in the sand
after being demolished was for years a mys
tery in the village, as no one bad ever discov
ered the cause of its existence. Thirty years
ago tho army of the Milford small boy- was in
creased by the addition of a member from an
Ohio town. This new member was in duo
time taken to see the mysterious holo in the
sand under the old pine tree.
“Why,” said he, “that’s a doodle bug’s hole.
There’s lots of ’em in Ohio.
Then the new boy got on his hands and
knees, put his mouth close to tho top of tho
funnel, and told one of his companions to
watch the bottom of the hole. Then, in alow,
buzzing, humming tone he said :
“D-o-o-o-dlc, d-o-o-o-dle, d-o-o-o-dlc.”
By the time this had been repeated three
times, tho sand in the, bottom began to move,
and the two formidable looking horns and
the upper part of a hairy head rose in sight
from beneath the sand. Having brought
about this astounding revelation to his com
panions, the boy stuck a sharp stick deep in
tiie sand, and, prying it carefully, brought up
a fierce looking bug, so nearly the color of the
sand in which it had its home that it would
not have been detected by any one not aware
of its presence.
“That’s a doodle hug,” said the boy from
Ohiq, as his companions looked on in open
mouthed astonishment. “They are called
doodle bugs, because when you sing ‘doodle’
over their hole they' think it’s a fly or a bug of
some kind buz.zing around, and they come up
to bo ready to catch it in case it falls in tho
sand hole. But they like ants the best.”
And that old pine' tree has been tho doodle
bug pine ever since, and the descendants of
that queer bug are still living in the sand at
its roots, and their like has hover been found
anywhere else in this region
IT IS THE ANT LION.
Tho doodle-bug of tho Ohio boy of thirty
years ago is tho rare and curious insect known
as tho ant lion. It grows to bo about five
eighths of an inch in length. Its body isshap
ed like a gigantic and very plump apple-seed,
and is ringed and woolly. It has two jaws
that give it a very fierce look. They curve in
ward like pincers. It can move forward, and
only very slowly backward. When out of its
lair it is the most helpless of creatures,
and it would starve to death but
for its cunning and skill. It is so savage
and formidable-looking that no insect it
might eat will come near it, and it couldn’t
move to capture one if a hundred were w ithin
an eighth of an inch of its horns. Tho ant
lion would oven starve to death if heaps on
heaps of the fattest ants or flics were killed
and piled where it could get at them, for it will
never feed on any prey it has not itself killed.
And so the strong-jawed, backward-moving
bug looks out for itself by digging a pit for his
prey.
To do this the ant lion selects asandy place
and goes to work. It uses first one of its fore
legs as a shovel, excavating very rapidly and
placing the dirt on its head. By a quick jerk
of the head the dirt is thrown several inches
away from the pit. When one leg gets tired
tho other is brought into service as a shovel,
and thus the work of makingthe funnel-shaped
holo goes on, a constant stream of sand being
kept Hying in the air from tiie catapult head of
that industrious worker. Tho circle of the
hole at tho t.op is always measured with geo
metrical precision, and the insect works round
and round it, digging on all sides,
so that the excavation is sym-
metrical. The top of the funnel is about
three inches across, and it is
graduated so that at tiie depth of two inches
the bottom has come to a point. Frequently,
as the work is being done, small stones are en
countered by tho ant lion. Then tho work of
procedure is reversed. Tho insect digs and
works about the obstacle with the extremity of
its ringed and flexible body until the stone is
loosened and worked upon tho ant lion’s back.
The many rings and tho hairy limbs can be
so dextruusly manipulated that, the stone is
balanced there while tho in
sect climbs backward to the
top of the holo with it, when
by a sudden jerk the stone is thrown out of
the way. If the stone leaves a hole where it
was taken out, the insect fills up tiie cavity
and smooth it down in keeping with tho sym
metry of Hie rest. If a stone teo large for the
insect to remove is’encouutcred, the work is
abandoned and the digging resumed in an
other place. In selecting its ground, how
ever, the ant lion seems to have an instinct
ive knowledge that such obstacles are not apt
to be met with in excavating.
The writer tested this instinct in the ant
lion once. He put the insect in a box which
had been filled with fine sand, but a layer of
stones the size of a chestnut had been placed
an snch or so below the surface. Tho ant
lion moved over every inch of the sand, ap
parently prospecting. It made no effort to
dig a pit, and at last he went to one corner of
the box, where it remained. It was after
wards removed, and sand without stones
placed in the box. The insect was returned
to tho box, and in less than fifteen minutes
was hard at work digging its lair.
HOW HE TAKES HIS PREY.
When the ant lion has finished his den it
buries itself in tho bottom, all but tho very
tips of its horns, in which there are very sensi
tive eyes and ears—or rather auricular nerves.
Tho ant lion is well provided with seeing
powers, for it has six eyes. The moment it
hides itself in the bottom of the pit it is ready
for any stray ant that may tumble in. In this
respect, also, the ant lion displays wonderful
instinct in building its trap, for whenever one
is made it is on tho “run-way” of ants
or other small insects. Tho old pine
at Milford where a family of ant lions
have lived so long is fairly overrun, in
the summer season, with largo wood ants. A
fly buzzing near the holo will put the ant lion
on the alert. An ant, hastening along on some
errand of its own, seldom turns out for any ob
stacle. Hence, if one comes to the edge of an
ant lion’s hole, it walks down one side with
the intention of going up the other, and proba
bly to do some exploring on the way. The ant
that walks to the bottom of one of these pits
disappears from sight tho instant ho reaches
that point. Tho ant lion has grabbed it with
its pincers, pulled the ant in, and in a short
time will have its juice sucked dry. Then the
ant lion cotnes up out of his hiding-place with
the body of the ant in its jaws. He backs up
to the top of his pit, jerks the carcass of his
prey far away, and returns to wait
tor another. Sometimes an ant that
has started down the side of the ant lion’s den
will change his mind before he reaches the
bottom and turns to start back. But he seldom
reaches the top. The ant lion always has one
or two of hissix eyes out for just such occasions,
and tho retreating ant at once becomes the
target tor shovels of sand that the ant lion
throws at him and ahead of him with wonder
ful precision, using his horns for the purpose.
This bombardment invariably fetches the ant
back, either on a run or on a tumble. If an
ant lion lies at tho bottom of his pit for a day
or two and bags no game, he makes up his
mind that ho has made a mistake in his hunt
ing place, and he moves to some other spot.
The ant lion, as an ant lion in active service,
lives two years. At the end of that time ho
weaves about himself a cocoon, having com
pletely buried himself in the sand for that pur
pose. Two months later his horns and his legs
and his eyes disappear. His stumpy, hairy
body becomes long and as slender as a knitting
needle. In place of his savage horns are two
long, silky anttennu:. Four ilidesccnt gossa
mer wings appear, and tho hairy, fierce, for
midable ant lion emerges from the sand one of
the most beautiful of winged insects. Its life
is short. It lays two eggs in a sandy place and
dies. The eggs in time become ant lions, to
dig pits aud prey on ants for their allotodt
time. Ed. Moit.
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invention of the ago. Is It not a marvelous degree of accuracy B IfiUtlltLUUol display certain phenomena, which, being sub-
whieh enables an operator to craelly locnto a fracture in a siili- B Qiinnrnn I jected to sci< ntifle anulysls, furnish aliundant
manno cable nearly three thousand miles long? Our venerable | OUubtdd. I and unmistakable data, to guide tho judgment
“clerk of tho weather has become no thoroughly familiar with ''■ "ot tho skillful practitioner aright in determining
the most wayward elements of nature that, lie can accurately ilio nature of diseased conditions. The most ample resources
predict their movements, lie can Kit in Washington and foretell for treating lingering or chronic diBCUHcH, and the greatest skill
what tho weather will bo in Florida or New York an well a« if are thus placed within the easy reach of every invalid, however
several hundred miles did not intervene between him and the distant he or she may reside from the physicians making the treat
places named. And so in all departments of modern science, inent of such affections a specialty. Ini 11 particulars of our origf-
■wunrriTTvnj what is required is the knowledge of certain nal, scientific system of examining and treating patients at a dis-
I CiAMA nr ■ Bi(7?w. these scientists deduce accurate con- tance are contained in “Thu People’s Common Sen so
I UluNo Ur | elusions regardless of distance. So, also, in modi- Medical Advisor?’ By R. V. Pierce, M. I>. 1000 pages and
| n | cal science, diseases have certain unmistakable over 3(X) colored and other illusf rations. Sent, post-paid, for 81 r»0.
I IJiSFASF I signs, or symptoms, and by reason of this fact, we Or write and describe your symptoms, inclosing ten cents in
I uiULMUk. havo | K:en cpabicd to originate and perfect a «ys- stamps, and a complete treatise, on your particular disease will
n I » tern of determining, with the greatest accuracy, be scut yuu, with our terms for treatment and all particulars,
tho nature of chronic diseases, without seeing and personally
COMMON SENSE AS APPLIED TO MEDICINE.
It is a well-known fact, and one that appeals to tlio judgment of every thinking person, that the physician who devotes
bls whole time to tin’ etudy and investigation of a certain claas of diseases, must become better qualified to treat such
diseases than lie who attempts to treat every ill to which flesh is heir, without giving special attention to any class of diseases.
Men, in all ages of tho world, who have become famous, have devoted their lives to some special branch of science, art, or
literature.
By thorough organization, and subdividing tho practice of medicine nnd surgery in this institution, every invalid is treated
by a specialist-one who devotes his undivided attention to the particular class of diseases to which tlio case belongs. The
advantage of this arrangement must bo obvious. Medical science offers a vast field for investigation, and no physician can,
.Witliiu the brief limits of a life-time, achieve the highest degree of success in tho treatment of every malady incident to humanity.
OUR FIEIiD OF SUCCESS.
"■■■■■■“ l Tlio treatment of Di sc an ch of tlio pamphletfl on nervous disca/jes, any one of which will bo sent for
NARAI IHRHAT Alr Faswagos nnd fumgH. such jlh ten contain postage stamps, when request for them is accompanied
BiMOMLj iniiUMi chronic Nawal Catarrh. Euryii- with ti statement of a ease fur consultation, so that we may know
*|jn gitiM, IfronchitlM. Asthma, and which one of our Treatises to send.
. r, u CoiiHiintptioiij botn through corn?- •«■■■■■«■■■■■■■■■■»■ We have a special Department, thoroughly
I IIMR liIQFAQFQ Kpondcncc and at our institutions, const!- niorioro nr organized, arnl devoted ezdustac/// to the treat-
t-Uiili UIOuAOLO. tutes an important specialty. UiwCAclS Ur munt of Diseases of Women. Every coco con-
We publish three separate books on Nasal, suiting our specialists, whether by letter or in
Throat and Lung Diseases,which give much valuable information, WfIMFN person, is given the most careful and considcr-
viz: (1) A Treatise on Consumption, Laryngitis and BroneMtis; numiiu ata attention. Important cases (and we get few
price, post-paid, ten cents. (2) A Treatise on Asthma, or Phthisic, which have not already battled the skill of all
giving new and successful treatment; prjbe, post-paid, ten cents, the home physicians) has the benefit of a lull Council, of skilled
(3) A Treatise on Chronic Nasal Catarrh; price, post-paid, two cents, Rooms for ladles in the Invalids’ Hotel are very prl
■—■■■ ■Tnw mwHii v«te. Bend t< n cents in stamps for our large Complete Treatise
I n. n r. nrn AM i Complaint,” Ob. on Dlhoum koI Women, llluutrated with uumeroua wood-cuts and
II REASES fIC I Miiiato Cioii.tipution, Chronic Illar- colored plates (l«0 puges).
■ w. | Tapc-tvorniH, and kindred affectlona
I lIIPEQTinM I are among those chronic diseiiscs in tlio sue- (J.mm. Onro- HERNIA fßrcach), or RIPTVRE, no
I UluColiUH. U cessful treatment of which our specialists have IlflulGAL UUr.L ,n a tt< r of how long standing, or ot what size,
I.ii.i mrir i i -.noJ attained great bucccbs. Many of tiie iliHotiscs n is promptly ami permanently cured by
affecting tiie liver and other organs contributing in their funo- fir HIIPTIIRF our Bpecinlistß, without the knife mid
tions to tiie process of digestion, are very obscure, mid are not without dependence upon trithsc..
infrequently mistaken by both laymen and physicians for other ■ Abundant references. Send ten ceuts for
maladies, and treatment Is employed directed to tho removal of a Illustrated Treatise.
disease which docs not exist. Our Complete Treatise on Diseases Plf.llN. FISTOEAI. nnd other diseases affeetimr tlio lower
of tho Digestive Organs will be sent to any address on receipt ot bowels, are treated witli wonderful suecesa. Tho worst cases of
ten cents in postage stamps. pile tumors uro permanently cured in lltteeu to twenty buys.
r 11 ™* 1 111 filtlGIIT’S DISEASE, DIABETES, and Hend ten cents for Illustrated Treatise.
KIDHEV “ire™!ffeetoi tothouZ.ls'oT DcilflATE d^to"of
RtortCCO been pronounced beyond hope. These diseases aro UtLlbftlt (““J /“.x } ' n,tnt'al l nnxietv absetwo
UIStftSES. readily diagnosticated, or determined, by chemical niortoro < t wll -nower m I nclmlv wm 1 mlk ~ k n
analysis of tiie urine, without a person:.l exmninu- DISEASES. h ) ( |' ffeebons ate speedily Yliorougblv and ot rl
tion of patients, who can, therefore, generally be |ai mt m e lons, ate spu.uiiy, tiiotouguiy ana per-
onu’ttee ot'chetniea" anal vsis and microsronlcal exmiihim Ln'<'} acquainted with our institutions, it is hardly necessary
Phe urine in on' omulderation of ciim■>: witli ref rcnco to <• -re?.! to H " y thufc tlltl ‘‘Walids' Hotel mid Hurgieiil Institute, with tlio
<1 In.o Ids in “which our 1 s itution lon'< -io bnciinio fnmrmJ lini l,ra “ cl ‘ establishment located at No. 3 New < ixford 81 n et, London,
nut'll,ahv’l "l toil very extensivepractice i England, have, for many years, enjoyed the distinction ot being
ormtns i’r< Imbiv no other Institution in Ute world han teen so ! ''"'"tbirgely patronized mid widely celebrated institutions in
Z V teitH niz L v Rntfcrs front th?s“clasH*ol mi ni, hhh H ook th P w '” l ' l lor t, '“ ‘‘■' “'■“‘“t “nd cure of those affections which
wUd and rmite s’ H< ret tt.ir arise from youthful Indian tions und pernicious, solitary practices.
m • ia isteiltX ueuuTred 1. We - n a>“y,y™‘H ago. established a Biacial Department for tho
Sektexnertn^s B to* determ nlng the V ??art nature of CMh ras ’ of these diwnsi s, under the management of some of
VXJi'
tUelr advantages of a fuR
I CAUTION I bya^eii rWr Defer nttetoion cr to n ti“FmgVcctiM d ciam l o? disPi’w?
made (which can only bo ascertained by a careful chemical und HO APOLOGY. of whLhISS
microscopical examination of the urine), for medicines which are LmkmwJ tStanu- 8 Mnnv who
tootiXs n wZh»vo g nJv..r : ■>'*’«*•" contract Whyut'.y medicM mm “ t
for m-nernll sal through drugglstH’ focom mm<i?tm to cure th< 6,1 d ” ln « K"**' l and aH< vlntlng suffering, should aliun sueli cases,
dlßoSes totlHmgh potwcsHirig wry sunerlor retne . s knowkmfidl w,! ‘ “““ot imagine. Why any one should consider it otherwise
wHlTrom in extel ilv?'?x m-Trnee XtX thun honoratde to cure the worst cases of these diseases,
rm ne tire aSd we understand: nnd yet ot all tho other maladies wbled
ftrSSl and ‘nileroaooplculZ “° ,lC Üb ° Ut WhiCh
our $S n< * 10 of thodJs - shah ’St heretofore, to treat with our
case and Loixlit on or our patient. sympathy, and skill, all applicants who arc suf-
To this wise course of action wc attribute the fec‘“K from any of these delicate diseases.
WONDERFUL marvelous success attained by our specialists In fiimrn it Unur M<»t of these coses can be treated by us when
.. wnw>-... vm t hat j m po rta n t lin<l extensive Department of our UUntU Al llUfflt. at a distance just as well as if they were here
XHPfiree institutions devoted exclusively to tho treatment in person.
UUUULOO. ol dlscusesof the kidneys and bladder. Thotreat- Our Complete and Illustrated Treatise (188 pages) on these sub
• rnent of dlseHW'S of the urinary organs having jects is sent to any address on receipt of tin cents in stamps,
constituted a leading branch of our practice at tho Invalids’Hotel , ...
and Surgical Institute, and, being In constant receipt of numerous Ciinnimi . Hundreds of the most difficult operations known
Inquiries for a complete work on tiie nature and curability of these uUnuluAL modern surgery are annually irerformcd in the
maladies, written In a style to bo easily understood, we have pub- n most skillful manner, by pur Hurgeon-special-
llshed a large Illustrated Treatise on these disease,,, which will be rRAnTinF Ilf*’.,. V urc tofely removed from the
sent to any address on receipt of ten cents In postage stamps. ' nut tut. Bladder, by crushing, washing and pumping them
out, thus avoiding tiie great danger of cutting,
n. ..Mm . BEAD- Our specialists, remove cataract from the eye, thereby curing bllnd-
dLADDER deb, Hl ONE IN IHE lILADhEIt, ness. They also straighten cross-eyes and insert artificial ones
vwiuuku <j r avel, Enlarged Prostate Olatad, Ko- when needed. Many Ovarian and also Fibroid Tumors of the
tentlon of Urine, and kindred affections, Uterus are arrested in growth und cured by electrolysis, coupled
UlOtnoca. may be inoluded among those to the cureof which with other means of our invention, whereby the grout danger of
——our stiecialista liuye achieved extraordinary sue- cutting operations in these cases is avoided.
was. These are fully treated of In our illustrated pamphlet on Especially lias tiie auecesßof our improved operations for Varl-
Urlnary Diseases. Bent by mail for ten cents in stamps. cocele, Hydrocele, Fistula:, Ruptured Cervix Uteri, and for Rup-
I— 1 urtt it 'rttrt i s awn imawanv tur<«l Perineum, been alike gratifying both to ourselves and our
OrntnTllDC I TULAS.-Hundredsof eiuvsof tho w7,r«t r.™ Patients. Not less so have Is.en tboresultaof numerous oireratlons
&TRIGTURE. I " " ...ZJ ~<■ th 'J Htrleture of tire a-rvleal Canal, a condition In the fcrnale gen-
j by the eareSi S2o of Irist rum, nts’hf! rull >' r "" ult *!* ««• Sterility, and the cure of which,
of iDE xpericnwd pbyßirriuQg and Riirgconß, cumins fnlw pwwqrr H, J&Mrm-nta H fo mSipk o? T < 7fßprinu > ° Vtß thlß commonei,t of
skill of our specialists is proved by cures rejiort<<! In our lilus- t n cents lu stumps.
tinted treaties on these malivlica, to which we refer with pride. To ; Although wo have in tho preceding para-
intrust this class r,f cases to pliyslcians of small experience is a i fill liUßnt||fi graphs, made mention of some of the special
dangerous proceeding. Many a man has Is en ruined for life l,y so „ ailments to which particular attention is
doing, while thousands annually lose their Jives through unskillful I [fKFKFS given by the specialists at the Invalids’
treatment. Bend particulars of your case and ten cents In stamps | UIOtHOLO Hotel and Hurglcul lostltutc.yetthehistl-
for a large, Illustrated treaties containing many testimonials. I CntpiiiTU tutlon abounds in skill, facilities, unit ap-
"““I I- n ll „ I _ rnnviilaU,.,. «•- 1 ” OrtulftLll. paratus for the successful treatment of
lICUVniK rnl'Vl «or I 0e0.n0.. J ™9’ f ”rm of chronic ailment, whether re-
NERVOUS M . Vlnkta iLiio/,’ Insomr.i.., 'l , “ nn K for ltß curo "“ ‘Heal or surgical means.
niorierQ to sleep, and threaten<xl insanity, Nervous All letters of inquiry, or of consultation, should bo addressed to
UIOtBOtO. B. binty, arising from overstudy, excises. ~nd nmnruninw urwin.i
in. N other causes, „nd every variety of n< rvous ntfiv. WORLDS D SPEHSARY MED CAL ASSOC AT ON,
tlon. are treated by our specialists for these disoms-s with unusual nvuuu v msuwsL Hwuuwinnun,
success, tee numerous aur-s reported iu cur different illustrated OU3 Main btreot, ItelE’FAXiO, £i.
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