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Canker Cure.
A correspondent at Peoria, III., desires
to know "what will cure canker in
||^ tb<5 months of fowls," This disease is
occasioned from quarreling among the
birds. Old hens will peck and mar each I
other's heads, 01 young cocks will fre- j
qnently bruise the beaks and combs or
tbeir mates. Game stags are peculiarly
liable to this affection (in cold weather ;
especially) during their "practice" in ;
i'~ being tested. The slight wounds thns I
made do not heal, and they get cold in J
the fresh sores. This creates cancer.
The wash most commonly in use among :
cockers is a salt brine, which is applied j
frequently npon the head, and with !
which the month is swabbed repeatedly, j
But we have found that a bath of vine- J
gar, in which a little common alnm has
|1 been steeped, is a more effective remW
eay for canker. After thoroughly wash
ing the head, month and nostrils with
this, rub the sore parts with dry, powdered
alum, first burned to brownness
on a hot shovel or in an iron spoon.
This will cure the cankered sore in s.
little time, if carefully and well done.
kk ^ A New Way of Getting Rid of Stamps.
Professor Kedzic, at the A. and M.
College, has been experimenting on a
plan to remove stumps by Mowing them
out of the ground with Hercules powder.
This powder, which is sawdust soaked
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ridges about tbe size of a broom handle,
v ien inches long. To use them is a very
simplj matter. A hole is bored under
the center of the stump, a percussion
cap is placed on the end of a fuse and
inserted in the end of the cartridge,
which is pushed under the stump and
g_ tapped lightly. The operator lights
the fuse and retires a few rods. As
soon as the fire reaches the cap it explodes
the Hercules powder. The force
of the explosion is so great the stump
is generally lifted out of the ground,
broken into several pieces. This method
of pulling has several advantages over
the old method of digging them out.
It is cheaper, for twenty-five cents will
blow out a stump that it would take a
man a day to remove by digging. The
stump is in pieces the right size for
drawing off and free from dirt. Hercules
powder is perfectly safe to handle;
if a person takes ordinary precaution it
is as safe as gunpowder. So to those
farmers who are troubled with stumps
we recommend a trial of this method of
getting rid of them. It is a poor policy
"V vu*viiwug UL?X\M. OWUmjLAJ YT UVM VU&^
-- can be removed cheaply.
Farm and Garden Notes,
PHens seldom pay expenses tfier they
are three years old.
In grafting, the trees that are the
earliest to lead of shonld be attended
to first.
Orchard grass is very early in growth
and fnroishfts rrood hav. It s'arfcs out
fresh immediately after each mowing.
Orchard grass is very early in growth
and famishes good hay. It starts out
fresh immediately after each mowing.
The special advantage of green manuring,
or the plowing in of green
crops, is in the large amount of humus
which the soil acquires.
The best time to prune fruit trees is
in June, when the sap is active and the
leaves will protect the sores made by
the saw from the heat of the sun.
r? Save the soot from chimneys and
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stove-pipes. -a. piat ox soot in a paiiim
of water will make a liquid manure of
the greatest value for flowers and plants 1
of all kinds.
In rotating vegetables the land should
not be used for crops having a similarity :
to those preceding them. Cabbages,
for instance, should follow peas, and
celery follow cabbages.
A spoonful of Paris green in a pail of ,
water is recommended for killing canker ^
worms. It should not be sprinkled j
" over plants of which the leaves are ,
eaten, such as lettuce, etc.
"When bulbs have been flowered in ;
water they should be removed and j
-L- - planted as soon as the flowers fade, .
where they will get a little nourish- <
meat for the future benefit of the bulbs, i
To prevent sows from crushing their ]
young, nail a board about one foot wide 1
to tne side of the pen; the board is to 1
be put on like a shelf, so that the little 1
pigs can ran under it to get out of the ?
way. *
Test your onion seed by placing a (
little in moist eaud, cotton or moss in a *
warmish room. If fresh, they will soon ;
(in about three days) sprout. Onion
seed should not be more than one year
old. <
Many mistakes occur in gardening
through planting all kinds of seeds at
nearly the same time without regard to ]
their natural habits or time of matur- j
ity. Vegetables, like field crops, should J
be planted at different times. ,
Fruit trees, grape vines and bushes
should hare no place in a garden, as ^
they draw nourishment from the soil, |
while their branches cast a damaging j
shade. Garden vegetables require \
plenty of soil for their own use. ]
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cures that have been recommended for i
chicken cholera : Charcoal, one ponnd; e
snlphur, one ponnd; copperas, half i
ponnd; .calomel, ten grains; salicylic i
acid, one drachm. Grind to a line ]
powder, and give a teaspocnfnl in moist <
meal to a dozen fowls once a day.
A correspondent of the Blacksmith {
and "Wheelwright says: "The best rem- J
edy that I have ever found for horses '
clicking or striking their hind shoes ]
against the forward ones is to pnt on :
x high toe-calks and low heels on the hind 1
shoes. If my brother smiths are in- 1
crednlnTiR ftonfiArmnir this TAtnedv. I !
advise them to try it and be convinced." (
Be careful about permitting cattle to ,
drink from ditches, or from pools in '
which they are accustomed to etand, or j
in which their droppings are deposited.
Such impure water is not only liable to ,
injure the health of the -stock, but is ;
also a fruitful cause of malarial and '
s^', typhoid fever among these who use j
milk product from cows thus watered. (
Many dairymen practice milking their ]
cows steadily without allowing the ani- ,
mals to go dry. They feed heavily on ,
. corn meal and oil cake until the milk <
? n_ i ..it . # r
ians, wnen ine cow is replaced dj a iresn ^
one. A dairyman who keeps one hundred
and fifty cows saj s such a prac- ;
tice is more profitable than to lo?e the
time between their going dry and com- ,
ing in. ]
The Germantown (Penn.) Telegraph
says: "Judge Miller, of Missouri, bcLig
on a visit some time ago, mentioned
to us a fact discovered by him- ,
self in which a full week can be gained (
in getting sweet corn for boiling. He a
said it was that as soon as the ear is j
formed break the top down or cut it ^
off, but have the stalk erect, in order j
that the pollen of the tassel will be :
sure to dust the silk of the ears, as thev .
may not be fully impregnated should
the stalk be topped. He stated that he
had experimented for years, and was entirely
satisfied that it was tmiformly
practical and of value.
jfcjri- Household Hints.
To remove oil spot3 from matting,
etc., wet the spot with alcohol, rnb the wet
spot with hard soap, then wash
ir- with cold water. '
To take ink spots out of mahogany, I
fonch with a feather dipped in a tea- <
spoonful of water to which a few drops 1
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ui nuer uavc uesii auueu, auu xuu j
quickly with a wet cloth.
To take the shine off old silk, use
spirits of ammonia or alcohol diluted
with water, and apply with a sponge.
To renovate old black silk, use the
same and press on the wrong side.
Steel knives may be saved from rusting
by being rubbed with mutton tallow,
wrapped in paper, and put into a
haizft-lined chest.
A little saleratus rubbed on with the ,
finger or a bit of linen, will remove .
j|Ly- stains from cups and other articles of ,
tableware. It will also rsnove spots '
|lp-- from matbleized oilcloths, aad many .
stains from tin ware. * !
Tp remove grease stains from wood, >,
l?in?in ? a?g?acw ?a
spread some com-starch powder over
the grease spots, and then go over it
with a hot flat-iron till yon have drawn
the grease; then scrape with a glass or
a proper scraper, and repeat the starch
powder and hot iron. Ammonia liquor
may be used as a finish, if the starch
does not take all the grease out.
Recipes.
Potato Soup.?Boil thoroughly a half
dozen potatoes, adding a few pieses of
any kind of meat desired to give it a
flavor. When done remove the meat,
mash the potatoes well, and return them
again to the kettle. Season with salt
and pepper and let it boil up again for
five minutes, skimming it well. Add a
tumbler of milk the last thing before
serving.
Com* Chowder.?Cut half a pound of
salt pork in little pieces not more than
an inch fquare. Slice four onions thin,
as if you were to fry them. Boil the
pork and onions for twenty minutes in
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sized potatoes in rather thick slices, so
they will keep their shape. Add them
to the soup and boil ten minutes (meanwhile
scald one quart of milk); after
the potatoes have boiled add one quart
can of corn, and lastly the milk, and
let all come to a boil; cover the bottom
of the soup dish with battered crackers
and pour the soup over them.
Pudding. ?A simple and nourishing
puaamg oay oe maae in mis way; |
Take half a cup of sago and a quart of
water; boil until the sago is soft,
sweeten it to your taste; beat the yolks ;
of three eggs and stir in, with lemon or ;
oiker flavoring; beat the whites of three !
eg?s to a stiflf froth, beating in a table- :
spoonful of pulverized sugar; put on
the top of the pudding and set in the
oven to brown. Another way is to
cover the bottom of a pud ding dish with
apples which have been peeled and cut
in quarters, pour the sago and water over
them, bake an boar in a slow oven and j
serve with sugar and sweet cream.
Shkewsbcbx Cake.?This is an old j
English cake, which was brought from |
that country by the earliest settlers in j
the New England States. The old form j
with some improvements, i3 as follows:
Tako one pound of fresh, sweet butter,
and add one pound of powdered white
sngar; beat these thoroughly to a fine, :
r?v? if a rt?anrr> frtvft ^an* loi/^ arrnra
rr uiic ucaiu, tone IVJ ucnij'iaxu t^^o,
yc-Iks and whites together, and whisk i
till very light; take a tablespoonful of
powdered cinnamon, with a dash of
mace and nutmeg; take one and ahalf j
pounds of the best superfine Sour; mix j
this with half a gill of water, flavored i
with the juice of two lemons and one j
orange. Now mix the above materials !
well together into a dough, and roll out j
thin; cut into small, round takes, place j
on greased baking tins, and bake in a
auick oven until the cakes are brown ;
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ana uie crust, nxui.
Culture of the Tomato.
Mr. W. H. White, of Massachusetts,
gives in the Country Gentleman the j
following directions for growing toma- i
toes : He says, either as a fruit for the i
table or as a product for market the j
tomato is held in and is worthy of high
esteem. It seems to have a place filled ;
by no other relish, being agreeable to j
the palate and inviting to the eye. Add
to its many other good qualities that of I
its immense productive capacity, and i
no wonder that the subject of its cul- j
ture is so often referred to. Every sec- I
tion and locality must be governed bj |
the closing season of frost, as a very j
light frost destroys the young and ten- |
tier plants.
About eight or ten weeks previous to [
the last expected frost, seed may be j
sown in the hotbed, or if there is no ]
hotbed seed may be sown in window j
boxes. Early bearing of the plant is
promoted by "transplanting or "pricking
Dut" the young plants as they come to
suitable size. A dozen or two cf plants
will supply the wants of a large family
for the season. Only thrifty, strong, i
ind healthy plants should be planted !
jut, and in order to secure this the '
foung plants should have plenty of j
room, in the seed bed or boxes, with j
?ood, rich, sandy loam soil, and be kept
(yell watered, occasionally giving liquid j
manure. This is also essential after :
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:ime of maturity of the fruit. A dark, i
warm, sandy loam soil, nude rich :
through fertilizing for previous crops,
nits the tomato. Some light application
of thoroughlyi-otted manure,ashes,
?r guano will stimulate a quick growth,
is early production is usually very desirable.
If the soil is poor, manure
beavily, broadcast and in the hill, with j
well-rotted and fine stable manure and
compost.
The land having been properly pre- |
pared, it should be laid off in rows and j
tolls four feet each way. Make the j
Kiiio lannra ortfl tf>o aftil mflllriw and fine. !
Dig out a hole sufficiently large and j
leep to hold the roots of the plant :
Kith any clinging earth from its pre- i
rious bed; with one hand hold the
plant in position in the hole, while with 1
the other pour water to fill the hole. If
properly done the mellow soil will fill
in about the roots and nearly fill the
iiole and hold the plant, so that if
freshly taken from its bed, it will not
wilt, even :ir transplanted in hot sun- j
shine. "Whea the water has settled j
iway, fill around the plant with good ;
tresa soil. I prefer to train tomato
plants to a stake, when, if properly
:ared for, there will be more and better j
fruit. Side shoots should be stopped
it the first blossom ; your fruit is tnen j
tully exposed to the sun, is always
2lean, and sweeter than if grown on j
plants not thus trained. The stakes j
cnay be the same as for beans, and when
saf. ViitrTi on ft mstr*'<5 head. Attention
prill be needed to tie tip and nip the j
3ide shoots as the plants grow, which ;
jan be done when hoeincr.
Varieties are numerous, with very |
Little difference in earlinese, more being j
3ue to culture in this respect; but ;
there are other differences to be con- !
sidered, such as flavor, meatiness, per- I
feet coloring, and ripening. A round, j
32100th, thick-meated fruit is to be
preferred, other things being equal.
Ihe best I have tried is the Acme. Rot |
sometimes attacks the tomato, its cause 1
aeing largely due to warm, or wet
i>eather and heavy dews, especially
yhere the plants spread and lie low, or j
m the ground in mass. Thin planting, j
pruning, and tying to stakes will ob- j
riate this difficulty in nearly every ;
instance, so that where the plants are j
properly raised and trained from the !
ground little damage is to be appre- I
aended.
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Fishing for Aaibsr.
At Konigsberg the right to collect
imber on the beach near Schwarzort j
luring a space of twelve years from the |
first of December next was sold to the i
Srm of Becker & Co., which has heid !
;he contract during the last twenty- ;
four years. The price paid is 150,000
marks a year?say 837,000. The Prussian
coast of the Baltic, between Memel
ind Konigsberg, yields more amber than
my other known locality, and it is from
this source that the great demand for ;
the material in the East is supplied.
Originally Konigsberg did a vast business
in amber, having some seventy
tamers, but Dantzic is now the chief
seat of the industry and notably of the i
manufacture of month-pieces for pipes. |
[n old times the grand masters of the j
rentonic order enjoyed a monopoly in
the amber trade ; then it passed to the
srown, and very stringent regulations j
tvere enacted to prevent its infringe- j
ment. 'Strand-riders" patrolled the ;
;oast, and a range of gallows was kepi;
standing in terrorem, on which the
hapless peasant ta' en with a piece of j
the precious material in his possession
R-as hanged ont of hand. Even now it
is a theft for a person to retain a piece
of amber He has picked np on the coast, j
and a trespass to venture there in
certain districts. The amber, washed j
out of extensions of coaI-bed3 beneath |
the sea, comes np to the shore in the
sea-weed cast np after a storm. The
men drag the weed on shore in nets, I
and the women and children pick out j
the amber. In winter, when ttie sea is j
frozen over, holes are broken in the ice i
and the weed is hauled up with pikes .
EUd spears.
FOE THE FAIR SEX.
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A Piece of Silk for Mr*. Garfield.
He "Women's Silk Culture associa
tion of America, whose headquarters ar<
in Philadelphia, some time ago con
ceivei the idea of presenting a piece oi
silk dress goods to Mrs. Garfield, th?
wido'7 of the late President, the intention
being that the goods should be oJ
American rrcduction in every respect.
The silk "was to be grown in the United
States, and the reeling and all subsequent
processes of manufacture were tc
be done in this country. Mrs. Garfield
will soon be presented with the piece
: of goods. At the exhibition bj the
Women's Silk Culture association id
Philadelphia, prizes were offered foi
j the best specimens of silk grown in the
| United States. It was the silk which
took one of these prizes that was selected
for the making of the dress. The
reeling was dona in the exhibition. The
silk was then sent to Paterson, N. J., to
be woven. The throwing processes were
' done in the mill of a fi.rm in Mill street,
and the weaving in their other mill in
Ward street. The design was made by
j James Simpson, the designer employed
by the firm, and is original. It was
submitted to the Silk Culture associa
j tion and approved by them. The silk
: as finished is of extraordinary weight,
j The color is black, and the background
j of the design, which appears in raised
i figures, is satin. The Ggure is a combination
of the pattern of trefallo and
i Iiish lace. The silk is twenty-two
yards long, and of the usual width of
dress goods.
Marrying Titles.
It was not long since that a F.:ench
count in P^ris, who had married a
: wealthy and accomplished American
lady, was detected secretly pawning her
diamonds and jewels to raise money to
gamble with, while she lay on her death
Dsa. Jie spent immense sums ox xier
money in betting ana gambling, and in
living a life of profligacy, and treated
I hsr so cruelly during their short married
life that she died hroken-hee.ri.ed.
j An accident recently happened in the
Kingdom of Wurtemburg which cf.used
| quite a ripple in the upper class cf society
there at the time. A German
baron, who had started with his wife to
visit her home in America, had got as
far as the railway station when he was
arrested by his creditors, who supposed
he was fleeing the country never
to return, for heavy debts which
had been incurred through gambling
and a dissolute life. He had
no means with him to pay the demsnds.
Neither had his wife, and, as their
trunks had been sent on in advance
and the arrangements all made for the
journey, he told his wife to keep on,
and he would meet her in Liverpool
before the sailing of their steamer,
after having made some arrangements
with his creditors. This wife weni on
to Liverpool and this baron stayed behind,
but it was four or five days be fore
he was able to satisfy his creditors,
either by promises or the interposition
of some kind friend, so as to be able to
depart. While thus detained the pocket
monev his wife had given him to pay
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U1S expenses to JUlvexpuui ua.u. ui appeared,
but another compassionate
friend was induced to loan him $500 by
giving security on his wife's furniture
and silver plate, so that he was enabled
to start on tiis journey. Passing
through London, he fell among gamblers
at one of the clubs who could
handle cards better than he could, and
his $500 quickly disappeared with the
exception of a small amount?just sufficient
to take him to Liverpool, where
he at length arrived, to find that his
wife had left in [a steamer three days
previous, and himself without a dollar
in his pocket. Representing to
one of the steamer agents who
he was, and showing papers
ftiof Tiitd as heme a
veritable baron, he was permitted to
take passage on the next ateamer, with
ihe understanding that his passage
would be paid at the other end of the
route, where his wife or wife's relations
would come to his aid?and which it is
to be presumed they did. An Ameri
can lady who married a title in Saxony,
after enduring several years of cruel
treatment, neglect and misery, recently
took sudden flight to her friends across
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1X10 Atlantic, lursaiiiiig ute wou auu
board of her titled husband, never to
return to it.
Such incidents as these of unhappy
marriages contracted by American g:jls
abroad are constantly taking place, ?.nd
a record of their histories and the
wretched lives which many of them
have led would fill volumes. Marriages
with foreigners which have proved
happy and unalloyed with more or less
misery are exceptional and far between.
To those ambitious mothers who would
sell their daughters for a title, and to
those daughters who would run ';he
risk of sacrificing future happiness by
uniting themselves to worthless scions
of nobility, I would give Punch's advice
to the unmarried?"Don't."
Fashion Notes.
Twice lace is a novelty.
Neck ribbons are revived.
New mantles have paniers.
Pompadour styles prevail.
Fichus are long and narrow.
Polonaises ar<3 again in favor.
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Scarf mantles are very graceful.
Faille 13 more stylish than satin.
Shirred basques are still popular.
Coaching umbrellas have large sticks.
"Walking dresses are made quite
short.
Moire is employed to cover parasol
frames.
The new satiae linings are cheaper
than silk ones.
Puffs or ruches are more stylish than
plaitings for edging dress skirts.
Riding habits' skirts barely touch the
ground when the wearer stands erect.
Silk underclothing in silk princesse
shapes is worn with the new costume.
Basques with skirts of different fabrics
are still popular and are economical.
Japanese Eatines have heads, birds,
fans, screens and letters printed upon
them.
Flannel dresses for seaside and momtains
are of soldier-blue{ or musts rd
color.
Embroidered siik-muslin and nuns'
veiling are the finest fabrics for white
dresses.
Brick-red silk stockings with neik
ribbons to match are worn with bla ;k
dresses.
Among the growing innovations in
modern fashions is the wearing of vehet
in all seasons, not excepting mid-summer.
Gold collar buttons represent a pansy,
bird or butterfly, or else they have a
turquoise, pearl or diamond in the
center.
Hose color and terra cotta, maroon
aa1a%i
UiiU uuyut'l UUiUl Ck?KJ IMfVilkV vum
tions of color in lata importations of
hosiery.
Bouquets and garlands of showy artificial
flowers and large bows of ribbon
ornament the tops of carriage and
coaching parasols.
Combinations of red and black, maroon
and terra cotta, greyhound bule
and water bale appear in hats, bonnets,
and in children's garments.
Little children of six years and nnd?r
will wear next summer hats with wide
round brim3 turned up in front, find on
them an ostrich plame of medium-sized
fancy feather.
The agreeable features of summer
siyies are the prevalence of short ronr.d
skirts, the absence of bustles, the variety
in shapes of hats and bonnets, :in
costumes and colors,
Many of the new moire eilfis have
noire grounds and large satin brocaded
igures sna flowers, while others have
satin grounds and large petalled flower
designs in moire effects.
Cream white cotton grenadine :is
np.de up over satine and trimmed with
'lowers cut out of cretonne for snmmor
t 1
drespes. A bonnet, fail and parasol
are made to match these.
The new satines, pe?:ales and other
. cotton printed goods have flower,
> figure and bird de*>ign3 in intricate bnt
. tasteful patterns on grounds in all the
E new shades of color, and also white and
j black.
Shepherd's plaid designs in small
t bars and checks appear in the new
, Lonisine and taffeta summer silks, in
. trincrhams, printed cottons, light wool
fens, and even in some of the new ribi
bons.
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, POPULAR SCIENCE.
Crayon pencils have been found color
ed with arsenite of copper. The diss
covery was made after a child had been
violently ill, ou swallowing a bit of
grsen crayon!
i A roof of zinc-coated sheet iron neither
i wears out from oxidation nor crumbles,
, as does sheet iron from the contractions
, and expansions produced by changes of
temperature.
Filincs of lead nlaced in a mold of I
steel and subjected to a pressure oi I
2 JO atmospheres are converted into a
solid block. At 5000 atmospheres the
lead became a liquid.
School slates are now made of white
card-board covered with, a film formed
by the action of sulphuric acid on tissue
paper. This covering is probably a
modification of celluloid.
An eminent Arabian naturalist and
physician of the tenth century named
Temini states that in ancient times the
bitimen of Judea was nsea to preserve
the vine from the ravages of parasites.
Gold may be beaten to such a state
of thinness as to transmi t a green light,
and this property is nsed as a test of
the pnrity of the metal, since the
slightest trace of silver causes a change
of tint.
The National Lifeboat Association of
England ha3 nearly three lnndred boats
nnder its management. The annnal report
shows that over nine hundred persons
have been saved during the past
year from shipwrecked vessels.
T)r. TTplnf. of Bolbec. France, srives a
case of an epidemic of diphtheria in a I
previously healthy village near Caux.
A tripe dealer had thrown quantities of
animal refuse into a pond near his
house, and when it was denounced as a
nuisance, the mud ar d water were applied
to the land manure. A severe
epidemic of diphtheria broke out, and
lasted six months. A similar error was
committed a second time, with the same
results.
Plaj-Day at Mentor.
One very hot day last July I left
the Lake Shore railway train at Willoughby.
a little station eighteen miles 1
east of Cleveland, in the Stats of Ohio.
Some business took ma to Mentor, '
three miles away, and, while the boy
was driving me over there, I thought I
should like to make a call for pleasure
also. You know that President Gar^
on/3 trnn trill
ilciu UVCU JXl Alid-ILVJ., nuu juu
guess that I wished to call upon his
two youngest boys, who were then in
the Garfield homestead. I
The house does not seem like a farmhouse
at all. It is more like a dwelling
in a village or in a city, set in a
little piece of lawn and sheltered by
three great locust tree.3. I knocked at '
the door, and was asked to enter the
parlor. After a little talk I asked 3
about the boys, and was told that they <
were in "the office," a little one-story
building, back of the house, used by <
their father for a study or working i
place.
Then I was'led out through a long i
hall, where a tall clock looked down on (
me, and just outside the rear door was
the office. A narrow path led out to it. ]
and I followed along and stepped upon j
the floor of the little porch that covered
the only door there was, which was the r
front door. The study was a very small ;
building, with a window on each side '
of the door, a window at each end, and
a window just opposite the door. A i
mite of a chimney caiiie out of the ?
middle of the roof. t
The door was open as I stood on the
porch, and I could see four boys play- ]
ing on the floor. I said to them : j
"Well, boys, is this a fort ?" j
Now the reason I thought it was a
fort was that I saw some pieces of white
chalk, whioh the boys had mounted on ,
blocks and set on the floor, so as to j
look like cannon.
This was all that I could see from the ,
door when I asked the question.
But when I was inside the room I '
saw a lot of paper soldiers standing up, '
and found out my mistake before this
answer came to my question: J
"Not much of a fort. "Wo are deploy- j
ing troops in the field," Baid one of the 1
I ?*? V\T"1 I- TTf'n At V? Ay Twin ]
UWU \jrtUTULClU UKJJO UUH TTawiiOi.
or Abram, I forget just now. The other
two boys were consins oi' theirs, and
they were rather younger. I
I then looked more closely. Besides I
using crayons for cannon, they also had 1
brass casters for cannon wheels and
their soluiers had been cut ont of card- ,
board with jack-knives. Small stones, ]
nails and peas were li'he bullets and 1
cannoa balls. Small paper :3ags showed !
which side was the enemy and which
the American.
"And who is the enemy in this ;
i game ?' I asked.
"My brother," the elder Garfield replied.
"He doesn't want- to be, bat he ;
h&s to be, because he is beaten so !
much."
* ? ? 11 -11 3 tl
".Bat i neat you tne otner nay,
chimed in the younger Garfield.
" Yes, and the way you did it was to
bring out a lot of soldiers that had
been sent to the hospital the day before.
That was no fair."
By this time the boys were again
sprawled upon the floor, and ready to
begin the battle over again.
While they were picking up the
stones to throw I looked about the
room. Several l<?"ge bookcases were
filled with the President's books, and u
desk at the back window, opposite the
door, had upon it an inkstand and pen
that had seen better days. The floor
was bare and painted.
"How long have you been here?" I
asked.
"We came here on the second of
July," thej said. "The very day papa
was shot."
"And do vou like livincr here as well
as in Washington ?"
" We like it better here," said they;
! "because there are more boys, and because
we can play out of doors more."
I should say here that at the time of
my visit a great many persons thought
the President would get well. (
" Now, then," I said, "go on with
your fun, and let me see how you fight
the battle."
You should have seen the stormy i
w?a rrrTi/vn T c*alA frhto
UlllitJ bLLOb <J?JLUO YTJL DOiu nuwa .*. i*wvj
one side would throw at the other until
all the soldiers were knocked over, and
then the other side would begin. This
made the enemf beat for a while, and
then the Americans. The sport lasted
for a long time, and when I went away
it was not because I wanted to, but
because I had to, in order to take the
train on the railway. As I sat in the
car I thonght over the pleasant afternoon
that I had spent, and I could not
he]p saying:
"Well, after all, boys are boys, and
they play much alike, whether Presidents'
sons or not."?St. Nicholas.
lie Forgot.
"Now," said the Austin justice to the
witness, "you will please tell precisely
how it happened."
"Yes sir, I'll try. The prisoner and
tiiat man were eating axnner s.l illo same
table, and they got to quarreling, when
the prisoner just np vith a dab of mashed
Irish potatoes and hit that other man
on the head with it"
"Do yon, sir," 6aid the Justice, sternly,
1'pretend to tell the court that a dab of
maohed potatoes, even when thrown!
with the greatest violence, can make a
gash five inches long on a man's head, |
and knock him senseless? If you trifle j
with the court you will be locked np." j
"Judge, I reckon 1 forgot to say that I
when tne prisoner threw the dab of
mashed potatoes at the man, he forgot
to first take the dab out of the dish."?
? [Sittings,
s i i - I
FACTS FOE TIIE CURIOUS.
In Java an inferior must walk with
his hands on his heels till his superior
is ont of sight.
The first elephant ever seen in England
was given to thfc king by the king
of Francs in 1255. bnt only lived to be
twelve years old'
Two thousand human beings and over
5C.000 head of cattle are annually killed
by snake bites in India.
The variations in the rainfall of India
involves the 1'ood supply, and is a question
of famino or plenty.
Chinese dentists attribute toothache
to the gnawing of worms, and profess to
extract the same from decayed teeth.
According to the estimates of a French
statistician the total length of all the
telegraph wirss at present laid is sufficient
to reach forty-six times around
the world.
The domes of the great chnrches in
Moscow and St. Petersburg are plated
with gold nearly a quarter of an inch
thick. The dome of the Isaac Cathedral
in St. Petersburg represents a value of
#45,000,000 and that of the Church oi
the Saviour in Moscow, $15,000,000.
The diadem originated in a ribbon,
or fillet, woven of filk thread or wool.
It was tied round the temples and forehead,
the two ends being knotted behind
and let fall on the neck. It was
usually white and qaite plain, though
sometimes embroidered with gold and
set with pearls and precious stones.
According to Pliny, it was invented by
Bacchus. Af hen sens assures us that
topers first made use of it to protect
themselves from the fames of wine, by
tying it tightly round their heads, and
that it long afterward came to be a
royal ornament.
Dnring the Thirty Tenrs war in Germany,
the little village of Coserow in
trie lsiana ox useaom, on tae rrnsszan
border of the Baltic, was Sacked by the
contending armies, the villagers escaping
to the hills to save their lives. Among
them was a simple pastor named
Schwerdler, and his pretty daughter
Mary. When the danger was over, the
villagers found themselves without
houses, food or money. One day, we
are told, Mary went up the Sfcreckelberg'.to
gather blackberries ; but soon
after' she ran back joyous and breathless
to her father, with two shining
pieces of amber each of very great size.
She told her father that near the shore
the wind had blown away the sand from
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a VCXJU VI CkiJJ.k/&X y uuae uuu otatwguvnaj
broke off these pieces with a stick;
that there was an ample store of the
precious substance; and that she had
covered it over to conceal her secret.
The amber brought money", food,
clothing and comfort; but those were
superstitious times, and a legend goes
that poor Mary was burned for witchcraft.
At the village of Stumen, amber
was first accidentally found by a rustic
WHO was ionunaie enuugu iu bu.ru oumu
ap with his plow.
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WOKDS OF WISDOM.
Mystery always magnifies danger as
the fog magnmes the sun.
Consolations console only those who
ire willing to be consoled.
We are never ruined by what we want,
but by what we think we want
Opportunity is a becon light by which
many are piloted to the harbor of buc;ess.
A wise man watches the development
)f hiu plans and then bends his energies
;o waiting.
Success does not consist in making
blunders, but in never making the same
me a second time.
If a man have love in his heart, he
nay talk in broken language, but it will
oe eloquence to those who listen.
Cheerfulness should .be] encouraged,
rhe world is full of people who volun:eer
to look szvd and feel melancholy. .
I believe we cannot live better than in
seeking to become better, nor more
igreeably than having a clear con-'
science.
Frivolity, under whatever form it appears..
takes from attention its strength,
from thought its originality, from feeling
its earnestness.
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes
from the dirty tobacco pipes of those
crho diffuse it; it proves nothing but
;he bad taste of the smoker.
If a man is determined to do the best
ae can, whether he drives a cart, conlucts
a business of a million dollars,
3r preaches the gospel, he cannot fail.
Opportunity has hair in front, behind
she is bald; if you seize her by the forelock,
you may hold her, but if suffered
to escape, not Jupiter himself can catch
her strain.
The scar which an unkind word leaves
upon a large love may be invisible, like
that of great sin upon the tissues of
the repentant soul; but for one as for
the other, life has no healing.
We walk in the midst of secrets; we
are encompassed with mysteries. We
know not what takes place in the atmosphere
that surrounds us; we know not
what relations it has with our minds.
We may aboimd in energy, yet effect
nothing. Energy is a good steed, but
must be saddled and bridled with care,
and the reins placed in the hands of
Drudence: then the goal of efficiency is
assured.
Origin of Genins.
Columbus was the son of & weaver
and a weaver himself.
Rabelais, son of an apothecary.
Claude Lorraine was bred a pastry
cook.
Moliere, son of a tapestry maker.
Cervantes served as a common soldier.
Homer was a beggar.
Hesiod was the son of a small farmer.
Demosthenes, son of a cul.ler.
Terence was a slave.
Richardson was a printer.
Oliver Cromwell, the son of a brewer.
Howard, an apprentice to a grocer.
Benjamin Franklin, a journeyman
printer.
TtiAwoa nf W<nv?ARtAT.
Jb/UWbVX JLUViiJHO) W* * 1
son of a linen draper.
Whitfield, son of an inn-keeper.
Sir Cloudesly Shovel, Rear Admiral
of England, was an apprentice to a
shoemaker, and afterwards a cabin boy.
Bishop Prideaux worked in the
kitchen at Exeter college, Oxford.
Cardinal Wolsey, son of a butcher.
Ferguson was a shepherd.
Niebuhr was a peasant,
Thomas Paine, son of a staymaker at
Thetford.
Dean Tucker was thS son of a small
farmer in Cardignshire, and performed
journeys to Oxford on foot.
Edmund Halley was the son of a
i_ A. o 1
soap ooiier as oaoreuiwju.
Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich, son
of a farmer.
William Hogarth was put apprentice
to an engraver of pewter pots.
Doctor Monntain, Bishop of Durham,
was the son of a beggar.
Tirgil, son of a potter.
Horace, son of a shopkeeper.
Plains, a baker.
Gay was apprenticed to a silk mercer.
Doctor Samuel Johnson was the son
of a bookseller at Litchfield.
AVfinfiidA. Ron nf a butcher at New
castle.
Collins, son of a hatter.
Samuel Butler, sen of a faraer.
Ben Johnson worked for so me time as
a bricklayer.
Robert Burns was a plcwman in
Ayrshire.
Thomas Chatterton, son of the sexton
of Bedcliffe Church, Bristol.
Thomas Gray was the son cf a money
scrivener.
Matthew Prior, son of a joiner in
London.
Henry Kirke "White, son of a butcher
at Nottingham.
Bloomfield and Gifford were shoe
maiiers.
Shakespeare, the son of a woolstapler.
Mallet rose from poverty.
Milton, son cf a money scrivener.
Cowley, son of a hatter.
Pope, son of a merchant.
A fowl in the lien coop is worth two
in the base-ball f ieli
.
RELIGIOUS READING.
What the Trouble Is.
We ta^k so much, and we think so
mnch more, of the trouble we have with
others, that we more than half persnade
ourselves that if everybody else were
just right, we could get on pretty easily
in life : but the fact is, that more than
half?a great deal more than half?of
all our trouble with others, grows out
of our own faults and our own failures,
and not the faults and failures of other
people ; and the world would not yet
be half right for us, when everybody
was right except ourselves. Until we
get rid of ourselves, or until we are
lifted above all selfish thought of ourselves,
there is continual trouble for us,
however other people bear themselves,
? [S. S. Times.
Lawful Pursuits and Pleasures.
In regard to the lawfulness of certain
pursuits, pleasures and amusements, it
is impossible to lay down any fixed and
general rule ; but we may confidently
say that whatever is found to unfit you
for religious duties, or to interfere with
the performance of them ; whatever
dissipates your mind, or cools the fervor
of your devotions ; whatever indisposes
you to read your Bible, or to engage
in prayer ; wherever the thought
of a bleedine Savior or of a holy God,
of the hour of death or the day of
judgment, falls like a cold shadow on
yonr enjoyment; the pleasTires which
yon cannot thank God for, on which
yon cannot ask his blessing; whose
recollections will hannt a dying bed,
and plant sharp thorns in its nneasy
pillow--these are not for yon. These
eschew ; in these be not conformed to
the world, but transformed by the renewing
of your mind. Never go where
yon cannot ask God to go with yon ;
never be found where yon would not
like death to find yon ; ne?er indulge
in any pleasure which will not bear the
morning's reflection.?[Dr. Guthrie.
Religious News and Notes.
A Chinaman has given 810,000 toward
the new Methodist college, at Fuchow,
in China.
The Welsh bishops have decided not
to proceed for the present with the revision
of the Welsh New Testament,
Rev. R. R. Meredith, of Boston, has
** ? ? . i i v ir i.
an attendance 01 z.ouu at jus musio
Hall Bible class, Snnday afternoons.
Moody and Sankey have declined for
the present an nrgent invitation to enter
upon a year's evangelistic work in
London.
The oldest Bible class teacher is Mrs.
Burton, of New Haven. Her class recently
met to celebiate her eightieth
r.: lt_ 3
uixuiuay.
There is a marked increase in the
nnmber of theological students in Germany.
In 1870 there were 1,536 ; last
! year, 2,3S4,
The Kansas Methodist conference reports
17 522 members?a gain of 395?
and 3,469 probationers?an increase of
634. It has 211 local preachers, 169
churches, and 319 Sunday-schools.
Georgia has the largest number of
Baptists of any state in the Union, having
238,975; Virginia follows with
203,050 ; North Carolina has 192,658 ;
Alabama, 169,650 ; Kentucky, 162,423 ;
South Carolina, 150,792 ; Mississippi,
126,984 ; New York, 113,862 ; Tennes
see, 110,877; and Texas, 108,310. These
figures embrace four-Bixths of the denomination
in the United States, and
relate mostly to the colored people.
It is announced that ore hundred
and twenty-four;iuinisters and sixty-two
elders, representing United Presbyterian
churches, have voted for the repeal
of the article prohibiting the nse
of instruments in the worship of God;
and fifty-two ministers and seventy-one
elders, representing churches, have voted
against repeal. The total vote now
stands : For repeal, cne hundred and
eighty-six ; against repeal, one hundred
and twenty-three.
Animal Combustion.
Within every living organism there
are two opposing forces. The "vital
force," whicli produces all the phenomena
of life, holds the material elements
in unstable relations?against their will,
so to speak?and it is antagonized by
the natural chemical affinities of the
elements, which tend to break down the
organic compounds and rearrange the
elements in moie stable form. This
decomposition takes place in some degree
during the life of every organism,
and when life ends, or when the vital
force ceases to act, rapidly destroys
the structure,
The waste matter resulting from this
disintegration must be immediately removed
from the body of the living ani
mal, otherwise it clogs and poisons the
system. The method of its accomplishment
is one of the most admirable
functions of the animal economy. To
remove the effete matter in the natural
liquid or solid state would be very exhausting;
consequently it is burned,
and the gaseous products of its union
with oxygen are then easily carried
away. Literally speaking, this makes a
furnace of the body of every animal,
and the most pressing and ceaseless demand
of the system is for oxygen to
support ito fires. Eespira.ion is hence
an absorbing ana excreting process,
whereby oxygen is received and carbonic
acid and water removed. It thus
becomes a measure of the amount of
combustion.
In the "cold-blooded" animals, respiration
bears a direct proportion to the
activity and the heat of the body, as
the former causes a metamorphosis and
waste of t:ssue and the latter always
aids decomposition. The fact is one of
common observation. It is well illustrated
in the quickened breathing of a
tired animal, and in the almost entire
suspension of respiration in the hibernating
state. The respiration of a
oroa.fnrA in ino.roanAd V>v
artificial heat. In extremely hot weather
frogs may have to leave the water entirely
and fishes come to the surface to
procure air. Reversely, frogs can be
kept for years in a state of suspended
animation by a low temperature and revived
by warming. Some low animals
can survive freezing or drying for an
indefinite time, and, under such conditions,
the waste of the tissues must be
entirely suspended.?[Popular Science
Monthly.
American Tines for Europe.
Among the latest of promising American
articles of export is the grapevine,
and the more contemptable the quality,
according to American standards, the
greater its value in the European wineproducing
districts. For the vines are
nnf. RnnaVif, fnr the nnalitv of their fruit.
but the vigor of their growth and their
apparent ability to withstand the attacks
of the phylloxera that are driving many
owners of vineyards to desperation.
Grafted or budded on some of otir wild
stock, the highly-esteemed vine grapes
of France have been found to grow rapidly
and yield profusely. It is quite
likely, however, that the demand for
American stock will continue indefinitely,
for sooner or later the dreaded insect
pest will make itself at home on the new
vines, for the European method of growing
grapes for wine is probably at the
bottom of the vineyardist's trouble.
Wine grapes reach their commercial
Defection bv being starved: their fine
qualities, like much "human genius,
seems to be the result of debility, if not
of disease. ^Manure is scarcely ever
used in vineyards of wine grapes; on
the contrary, the wine is made from
grapes grown on soil so thin, dry and
poor even weeds desert it, and the
Blight fertilizing eometimes given to
increase the strength of the vines always
results in inferior juice in at least
one crop of grape3. As the American
vines owe their vigor to the rich soil in
which they grow they must speedily deteriorate
wher subjected to the European
starvation process, and then the
phylloxera will make it for their own.
As, howevei, the American supply is
practically inexhaustible. France's
trouble promises to be our gain for ages
to come.
Water-gas is now used in fifty cities
and towns is the United States.
THE HOME DOCTOR.
Occupation for Invalids.
Dr. T. D. Lerite says the most important
desideratum for the invalid is occupation?something
to give employment
to both body and mind. TWnt of
it is a stumbling block to the improvement
and enjoyment of many of the
visitors to Florida. Ennui is the dangerous
enemy of the invalid. The
same idea is expressed in the following
Chinese proverb : "The dog in the
kennel barks at his fleas, bnt the dog
who' is hunting does not feel them."
?[Dr. Foote's Health Monthly.
Toothsome Hints.
It is natural for some people to have
better teeth than others, but all must
give attention to their cleansing and
other treatment if they "would have
good teeth in old sge. ; A moderately
stiff hrnsh Rhrvnld ba used thoronffhlv
at least twice a day?morning and night.
Soft water (blood-warm) and a mere
taste of the best scap?white castile, for
instance?are the only requisites beside
the brush. Powders are penerally injurious
to tbe enamel, and so are the
much-advertised liquid mixtures.
St-oEg acids, like lemon-juice, are destructive,
and the mingling of hot and
cold food or drink at meals is very
harmful. Use, however, on hard, nutritious
focd, like well-baked Graham
bread and crackers, promotes toothgiowtb
; while soft, watery food tends
to weaken the teeth. It is now the
opinion of leading dentists in Europe
-3 i. L XT ~
ana mis counirj mai me reasuu mere
is so much tooth decay in early life is in
a large degree owing to the soft materials
given to children as food, which
are swallowed with scarcely any chewing.
On the appearance of decay a
dentist should be employed. Much
toothache is due to indigestion and
constitutional debility, and much socalled
"neuralgia" may be traced to decayed,
carons teeth. Care in the matter
of diet, and watchfulness with regaid
to the condition of the teeth, wonld
save people a vast deal of suffering and
expense.
The Papers of the United States.
The newspapers of the United States
alone, taking all issues of all classe3 for
one year, make a grand total of 2,686,130,046
copies, weighing about 180,000,000
pounds, costing simply as paper
$17,200,000. Taking these papers to average
twenty-seven by forty-one inches
and placing them in line, they wowld
reach 10,010,944,324 feet, or 1,896.391
miles, or, in other words, would more
than belt the earth seventy-six times,
or reach nearly eigh times as far as the
moon.
Uncle Sam's Hen.
Uncle Sam's letter-carriers are a hardworkinzsetof
men. and are liable to con
tract rheumatism because of the constant
exposure to which they are subjected. Calling
at the posloffice the reporter had a
pleasant conversation with Mr. J. H
Matrern, one of the most popular and
clever letter-carriers in Indianapolis Mr
Mattern said that, whileinthe army during
the civil war, he sprained one of his ankles,
which was always worse in the spring, during
the period of the rapid changes in the
weather. He did not find much relief from
the several remedies he applied But two
years ago he hit upon Sr. Jacobs Oil, and
experienced wonderful relief from its use. j
Several applications of the Great German |
Remedy relieved him entirely. The re- j
" * 1 t
porter taiKea witn omers among xne ieuercarriers^and
found that the Great German
Bemedy was popular in the posloffice. They
use it for sore feet, rheumatism, etc., and
praise it highly .?Indianapolis (Ind.) News.
The number of earthquakes which
occurred ou the American continent
during 18S0 was sixty-eight; of th -se
five occurred in Canada, fourteen in
the New England states, three in the
Atlantic states, five in the Mississippi
valley, thirty in the Pacifio states,
three in Central America and Mexico,
six in the "West Indies, one in Guiana,
and one in Chili.
"We see in the New York Spirit of the
Times mention of the cure of Mr. George
Drake, 46 Fifth street, Indianapolis, Ind.,
of a severe case of water rheumatism, by
the use of St. Jacobs Oil.?Cincinnati Enquirer.
Russia has 24,746 nobles with an aver- j
age income of $19,000 per annum; 123,- j
000 merchants with a yearly income of
$1,500 each; and 16,254,000 peasants
with an annual average of $180.
Bod-Ridden and Cured.
W. E. Hcestis. of EmDoria. Kansas, savs
that his wife has been sick nearly seven years,
and for the last four months bed-ridden. She
had been treated by a number of physicians
and only grew worse. Her attention was called
to Dr. "Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery"
and,"Favorite Prescription," which she commenced
using. In one week she could sit up,
and^in three weeks could walk about. iJy druggists.
It is estimated that 1,000.000 boxes of tin,
representing an average value of $900,000, are
anuuallv exported from England into the Uni
ted States, to be used for the sole purpose of
canning the various kinds of food products.
General Debilily nod I.lver Complalct.
11. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y.: Dtar
Sir?My wife has been taking your "Golden
Medical Discovery" and "Pellets' for her liver j
and general debility, and has found them to be
good medicines, and would recommend them
to all sufferers from Liver Complaint, Sour
Stomach and General Debility. Yours fraternally,
N. E. Harmon,
Pastor M. E. Church, Elsah, 111.
Augusta. Me., with a population of only
8,665, stands fifth in the list of postoffices, collecting
the largess amount of postage on second
class matter, surpassing Baltimore, Cincinnati,
San Francisco* or St. Louis.
Young, middle-aged or old men suffering
from Nervous Debiiiry or kindred affections,
should address, with two stamps, for large treatise,
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The English channel tunnel is to be twenty
two muea long, eighteen oy twenty leet wiae,
and have two railroad tracks.
Facts from Experience.
Mauch Chcnck, Pa., September 12, 1SS1.
H. H. Warner & Co.: Sirs?I have used your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for a combination
of liver and kidney troubles and have derived
great benefit therefrom.
H. F. Xosnemaoisb.
A man who cannot govern bis own temper
should never try to control his wife's.
Jones & Blair, Att'ts & Counselors at Law, j
PiOOms 6 and 7, Miles Block, Fourth St., >
Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1860. )
To the Holman Pad Co.
For the past six years I have suffered from
mil irial troubles and inactivity of the liver,
causing maigesiion ana. neaaacne rnosi 01 me
time, and at times continuing for fifteen or
twenty days without relief. 1 have taken all
the medicines known. I was recommended to
use your Pads. I did so and found absolute
relief, and am frank to say I regard it as a
positive cure. I now wear one all the time and
would not do without it. I write this because
I feel this is due you, there being no longer any
question in my rnind as to their merit.
Yoors truly, W. M. Joxes.
Od Thirty Days' Trial.
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will
send their Electro-Voltaic Belts and other Electric
Appliances on trial for thirty days to any
person afflicted with Nervous "Debility, Lost
Vitality, and kindred troubles, guaranteeing
complete restoration of vigor and manhood.
Address as above witnout ceiav,
P. S.?No risk is incurred, as 30 days' trial is
allowed.
Fmzit Axle Grease.
One greasing lasts two weel?; all others two
o? three days. Do not be imposed on by the
humbug stuffs offered. Ask your dealer for Frazer*s,
with label ou. ,It saves your horse labor&ud
you too. It received rirst medal ?t the Cea.
tennialand Paris Exro^Hons. Sold < verywhere.
Fob dtspepsia, indigestion, depression of spirits
and general debility, in their various forms:
o nrscanr-w fhvAr and ainie and
other intermittent fever?, tho "Ferro-Pnosphorated
Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswel'l,
Hazard & Co., New York, and ?old by all Druggists,
is the beat tonic; and forpaticnta recovering
from fevtr or other sickness it has no equal.
A>" Ent-bmous Traffic.?Pittsburg boasts
that 849.740 bottles of Carboliue have beeii.sold
within the last nix month?. This shows that
the great army of ba;dheads will soon bo reduced
to a corporal's guard.
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Corns and all kinds o." Skin Eruptions. Freckles and
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others are counterfeits. Price 25 cents.
DR. GREEN'S OXYGENATED BITTERS
Is the best Remedy for Di-spcpsia, Biliousness, Malaria,
Indigestion and Diseases of the Blood, Kidneys,
Liver, Skin, etc.
DENTON'S BALSAM cures Coughs. Colds, Rheumatism,
Sidney Troubles, etc. Can be used externally
as a plaster.
Use RED HORSE POWDER for Horses ..rid Cattle.
ALLEN'S Brain Food-cures Nervous Debility &
Weakness of Oea^ratjve Ursa cs. SI--ail druarists.
2eai for Circular, Allen's Pfa?rm*C7,313 JTirst ?y.,N.I,
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Calves?Com'n to Choice Teals. 9
Snecp 5 @ 6*
Lames 6 @ 7.
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Dressed, city 9%@
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Yellow Southern 83 @ 83
Oats?White State 62 @ 66
Mixed Western 59 ? 62%
Hay?Prime Timothy 80 @ 1 05
Straw?N'o. 1 live - 65 @ 75
Hops?State, 1881, choice 20 @ 24
Pork?Mesa, new, for export... 18 25 @18 40
Lard?City Steam 1120 @1120
Eefined 1140 @1140
Petroleum?Crude 6%@ 7 %
Eefined 7%@
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Dairy 18 @ 25
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Skims 2 @ 0
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Hogs?Live 73?@ 8
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Flour?Spring Wheat Patents.. 8 50 @9 50
Corn?Hist Mixed 89 @ 90
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Petroleum?Crude 6 @ 7
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TUS
Weather Signal Office.
IrV ' Mr. Jeremiah Tocdvinc, of the rural
district, brought a'lctter of introducv
ii ' tion to the United States Signal OffiI
, cer, and by the latter gentleman was
j \r-/ shown the beautiful scientific instrudttsxb
ments for measuring and determining
/-T^ theyaricns changes and conditions
(, 8 of the leather. Pointing to the standard
thermometer he explained to Mr.
| no e " T. the uses of the heat gauge, wherej
G li upon Mr. T. anxiously inquired if he
! ibojt , "hadn't anther tin to spare?sicha
: [?518 - nice xnerehine to sot the weather in
! - I *. hayin' and harvest time." Eis inspec!
i*> jj tionoftheaerometerorwindmeasurer
l! _1S w evolred the expression: "Wouldn't
"0 . she be the racket to run the wind
i ~-l j - mill with." The barometer Was
i : lt0 j : one too many for Toad vine, and,look I
- ing queerly at the official, as if he
|l 1 0 were utterly nonplussed and bankliicTa
" rupt of words, said: "Friend, did you
J a ever have the reumatis?" The
i x I abruptness of the question surprised
|-g the officer, who replied. "No?never."
[ j ?] " " What" Evidently recollecting
! | himself, Mr. T. stopped on the ragged
la " edge of the threadbare remark, and
1 said: "I only wanted to know, for if
j ? |" this trap (pointing to the barometer)
; 8 shows the good an bad weather afore
jjr it's time, it would be a bully trap for
I geople with reumatis; they could
I ;0 S 41# V? Mi J \J y iii f WUU?.;
I g when folks has it thev use St. Jacobs
j jc 0 r Oil. on' it's a powerful argyment a^in
I B reumatis?it's the upper dorg in the
| j# a " fight every time." ?ith thanks for
! 8 the unexpected information, the offii
in J " cial politely turned ilr. Toadvinc
9 over to the usher to show him to the
: & j" streetcar. v.-Lile he, looking over his
j j paper, read: " Mrs. T. A. Gist, No.
; io" | " 1204 Walmit street, Philadelphia, Pa.,
i _ 3 j| writes: I had inflammatory rheuma;'j|
" i tism very badly. In one foot and ankle
;| - S - it seemed to have taken hold with the
| 38 g . determination to stay, and the morn*
i a - ing I obtained the St. Jacobs Oil I
!!*> | could not put iny foot down to the
i! ~l " "?or, even for an instant. I used it
jl!0 that evening for the firs: time, and the
j{ f - next morning for the second time,
(I /& an<* *'nat afternoon put my foot down
Si^j|!\? for several minutes. On the Sunday
rg| following I could stand up and wait
i j j,jfl? a few steps. On Tuesday could walk
t!j I;] 33 about my room and went downstairs
is.'11 iti.H by holding on to the banisters. Now
III! iHPt'liS I can walk cuite well and there is
| ! I i ll very little pain left. Just think! one
Sj i W bottle atfl a half, and I am almostfrce
from pain! It is a wonderful medicine.
K~f'KC?19
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An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist, now
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TRUTH! i
-ivn_
NOTHING BUTTHE TBUTHf1 |
<' DR. TOBIAS'
Venetian Liniment
Has riven universal satisfaction since it hi* been ta^ J
trodueed Into the United States. After being
tried by millions it has been proclaimed the ^
PAI>' DESTBOi'ES OF THE AGE.
Tlmtisands ,'oi Piijsitiaiis Reeammend It
As an ertemal remedy in cases of
ChroDlc Rheumatism. Headache, Toothache. Mosquito
Bi tea, Cuts, Braises. Sprain*, Old Sores,
Pains in the Iambs. Back and Chest,
Pimples. Blotches, Freckles, r ~m
Stiffened Joints and
Contracted Mas- .
clee. :~m
ITS WONDEBITL CTTRATIYE POWEES ABE
MIRACULOUS.
Taken internally in cases of Dysentery, Diarrhea, H
Sea Sickness, Cholera, Croup, Colic, Cramps
and Sick Headache, its soothing and Wl
pcnetratincr qualities are iinmediately
felt. It is perfectly
innocent to take ~
' internally. ^
READ THE CERTIFICATES. *
WARRANTED FOR 33 YEARS
AND y'EIXR FAILED
| No one oncc trying it will be without it; over 600
| phvsicians use it. i
I Thousands of certificates hare been received, and
I a few are given below; $1,000 will be paid if any on*
| is false. . j
CROUP?Children's J*lve? Saved. < - 4
IHavehstkaw, N. T. - 3
This is to certify that I have used for ten year*
"Ds. Tobias' Venetian Liniment. and during that
time I have not paid $3 for doctor bills. I have
i used it for pains and aches, dysentery, sore throats.
cuts and burns, and by its use have saved several
I / MMrAti's lives -when attacked bv croup. To the
public I say, only try it and yon will fiad it* value.
JOHN T. BOBEBTS. :
Two RrvzES, Morris County, Man.
Many years asro X received a aavcre injury by ?
hPAvy blow upon the back. 1 tried many things ^
without any relief, and was advised to use your
Vvvfttav t'tvtmknt. It made a most complete cure.
STEPHEN WILSON.
JUcox, G a.
I was laid up with chronic rheumatism for near
four months and used various remedies without any
(tood. One five ounce bottle of Venetian Limme>t
cured me, and I do most sincerely recommend it for "r;cs
rheumatism. E. D. COLEMAN.
FROM THE KEV. I. P. FEIGL. ^
New Yoek. September 11,1881.?A short time aao
j Da. Toeias' medicines were brought to my notice.
! I was suffering irom au:.affcction of the throat. I
tried outwardly his VOBUK Ltmioot and took
occasionally dunncr tho day his Pulmonic Litk
S*trp, which made a perfect cure. In future I will
not be without his medicines. I. P. FEIGL, D. D.
WHAT HOESiffiEN WANT.
A good, reliable Horse Liniment and Condition
Powders. 4|
Such are to be found in Dr. Tobias' Horse Liniment,
in pint bottles, and Derby Condition Powders.
FROM COL. D. Mc DAN I EL.
Owner of Some of the Fastest Jtannioar
Horses in the World.
jEEOirr Paek. June 21.?This is to certify that I
have used Dr. Tobias' Venetian Horse Loraaorr
and Derby Condition Powi>eks on my race horses HW
and found them to give perfect satisfaction. In fact
they hate never/ailed to cure any ailment for which
they were used: the Liniment when rubbed in by
I the hand never blisters or takes the hair off; it lias
more penetrative qualities tban any otner i n&vo
tried, wliich I suppose is the great secret ot its saccess
in curing sprains. The ingredients from which ,
the Debby Powdees are made have been made known
to me by Dr. Tobias. They are perfecCIy harmless.
D. ilcDAMEL.
The Family Izstszzst is 25 and 30 cents: the Jf
Hoese 90 cents, in pint bottles; the Deeby Powdebs
25 cents a box.
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