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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. A Man With a Good Memory. From the Brunswick, Ga., Journal. Farmer Harper, of Wayne county, had oc casion to visit Brunswick the other day, andas he passed Ben Hirsch’s establishment lie re cognized that gentleman and went in, and this conversation took place: “I have come to get that pencil you owe me,” said Harper. “What pencil?” asked Hirsch. “Don’t you remember it?” says Harper. “No,” was the reply. “Well,” says Harper, “I will refresh your memory. 1 came into your store one day and got you to change a SSO bill for me. You very kindly accommodated me, but you lacked five cents to make the change. The case was very urgent, and 1 left, saying I would return some day and take a pencil. I have neglected to call for it until now. Will you kindly hand over the pencil?” “When and where did this occur?” asked Hirsch. “About seventeen years ago, at Waynes ville,” was the reply. Hirsch then refused to pony up. Over-Worked Women. 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From the Birmingham, Ala., Herald. Maud (awakening suddenly at 3a. m.) — Mother, there's a man trying to break Into the boule. Mot bar (wearily)—Hush, my child; its your father; he's afraid to ring the door-bell. Whatever name or designation is given to Fever and Ague, or other intermittent diseases it is safe to say that Malaria or disordered state of the Liver is at fault. Eliminate the impuri ties from tiie system and a sure and prompt cure is the immediate result. Prickly Ash Bitters is the safest and most effective remedy for all biliary troubles, kidney diseases, and like complaints that has ever been brought be fore the public. A trial is its best recommen dation. ■ IM ...... - There is no one article in the line of medi cine that (fives so Jarffe a return for the money as a good porous strengthening plaster, such as Carter s Smart XV ecd and Belladonna Back ache Plasters. NOTICE? If A. D. L.. of G I- in, wbd left home November 22, I’•87. will m.ik<‘ h - wh- r.-aM tits kn-v.n, he will not be interfe red v.ith n ary way whatever. This pi'iiest Ik nt. di? fort <■ s .« r '»»•? mother e?e it be too late, writb n by bet own hand. 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. Tho people cannot afford to be without Sal vation Oil, hence its cheapness at 26 cents, '1 ime is money! therefore save both by using Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. i’riuu 25 cents. i I BBEMw II HBegfe lift INVALIDS’ HOTELSSIR6ICAL INSTITUTE No. Main Street, BUFFALO, N. Y. Not a Hospital, l>wt a pleasant Remedial Rome, organized with A FULL STAFF OF EIGHTEEN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, And exclusively devoted to the treatment of all Chronic Diseases. 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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. 11