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FARM. GARDEN AST) HOUSEHOLD. P Insect Destroyers. "We 3nd the following destroyers recommended in an exchange: A thin coating of ury road-dust while the dew C/. . z.t. . i. -T AnV\V\orrft fis un is me oesi cure iur wc worm. A little rag tied on a short peg and saturated with kerosene or crude carbolic acid stuck into a cucumber hill will drive away the yellow striped bug. Fresh cow or hog dung will have the same effect. Apple Worm*. There is no other insect which can be more easily controlled by man than the so-called apple worm, Carpocopsa mam^??/>g ft?ot_ JJVUUJUCC&U'. JLAI lllOU pavt, Uliv Jk/tXA ent moth is easily captured by hundreds in a pan of cider left under or near the apple trees at night, and will be attracted to the bait more readily by hanging a lighted lantern near to it. It is a medium-sized insect with wavy, brown satiny wings and flies by night. Next, when it lays an egg upon an apple, the young insect bores into the fruit, which soon falls to the ground, and if the fallen apples were all picked up and destroyed the insect would be exterminated in two years, because no new race would be left to propagate the kind. Of course this cannot be l done, because it is impossible to per\ suade or compel people to do this, and ^ it is little use for one person to do it, for the reason that the next orchard would contribute a new stock to infest ^ his the next season. And so the apple! worm thrives and flourishes with all the other insect pests. Treatment of Fowls. The Poultry Monthly says of fowls < and the treatment they should receive: I? young fowls have a good range, the i insects, seeds and vegetables they pick | - up will help them a great deal, and the i habitual exercise that they must neces- j g sarily take will demand an increase of ! nourishing food in order to develop a vigorous constitution; very young chicks cannot consume enough food at one time to last them half a day, as their crops are small and their rapid growth of flesh, bone and feathers require frequent feeding to nourish and sustain the growth of these parts. For growing fowls milk is excellent; it contains everything essential to pro JUULC cue J?iu?l/U SJX. niuocic, feathers, flesh, etc.; it is especially useful and healthy where the chicks" cannot get many insects, being a partial substitute for animal food. "Thosei who practice scattering ground and cooked food upon the ground are following a very foolish and improvident immm*??- - course. It matters not how few or many that are kept the habit should he abandoned. We are aware some writers recommend it, but there is no sense about it, for the fowls will pick up all the sand and gravel they need without being obliged to swallow it and other adhering substances with the food, and besides it is wasteful to have it fouled and trampled over as it must be if fed. in this way. Isabels for Fruit Trees. The ordinary wooden or metal labels, written on with indelible ink or pencil, and fastened with wire, are a nuisance, as all who have used them will agree. The best label is made from old sheet zinc; the older and more corroded it is the better. They can be had at any tin sfcop, cut to order, ior aDout twentyfive cents per hundred. They should be cut five or six inches long, about an inch wide at one end, tapering to a point at- the other. "Write the name, date of planting, or anything else of special interest in connection with the i tree, on the wide end of the label with a common lead pencil, and wind the tip several times around a small limb. As the tree grows the label will unwind without injury to the tree, and it tis only necessary to move it to a; smaller limb every four or five years to j nrovent it. frnm fallintr to thft frround. i The pencil marks can be easily rubbed j off at first, but soon form a chemical j union with the zinc, and after a few j ^ months become perfectly indelible. After such labels have been in use |P about ten years, the writing is plainer than when first written. The zinc used must be old and corroded or the writing will not show plainly. . Tree Culture on Wa*tc Land* We commend to the attention of Dur readers the following suggestions from the Scientific American: Hitherto the abundance of natural j timber in this countrv has made it I easy to dispense with timber culture, and for the most part our land owners have taken little interest in such slow growing crops. This state of things, however, is fast passing away. The demand for special woods for manufacturing purposes is steadily and naturally increasing, while the natural supply is diminishing and must ultimately ! become quite inadequate. Meantime i there are millions of acres of land; suitable for timber culture and for : nothing else, except poor pasturage, j that our land owners are allowed to ! lie waste and idle for lack of a little j forethought, and too frequently our ; would-be thrifty farmers will risk ; their surplus means in wildcat specula- i tions, promising but never yielding; large and speedy returns, when the; same money spent in planting timber I ~ would soon convert their worthless I swamps and stony places into valuable ! properties. A correspondent writing j * from Wisconsin tells of a piece of land that was planted with walnut twenty- , three years ago. The land was flooded ! every spring and summer and was unfit \ for ordinary cultivation. The trees are I now from sixteen to twenty inches ; through, and have been sold for $27,- : 000. Xo particulars are given as to the cost of planting the grove or the j amount of attention it has had during | the years of growth. There can be j but Mttle doubt, however, that the in-! vestment was small in comparison with i the return, and the land would other- j wise have remained entirely unproduc- j tive. To the country the timber crop j f-1'- .. was so much clear gain. It is clear j that our national resources might be ! enormously increased by timber culture i of lands which are now left unused j is?and unproductive; and the planters would find their groves a surer invest-: ment for the security of their family possessions than anv savings cank deposit. j Fcrm ami Garden Notes. Sour milk will bring better returns in eggs than even when fed to pigs. Scions, it is claimed, car^y with them the bearing year of the tree i from which they were tatcen. Ground bones are l>etter for fruit trees of <111 kinds than fermenting Manure. Pear trees need a great deal of water. A daily application of liquid manure ~ * is excellent. Clear the ground now in which you expect to put sma'l fruit plants next V year.. Do it thoroughly, too. All that you wish to know of any new breeds of fowls will not be learned from those who are anxious to sell them. - "Wood ashes make .an excellent fer tilizer for pear trees. Mixed coal and j wood ashes may also be applied with advantage. . "Whenever fowls can run at large without detriment to the garden they ; should be allowed to do so by ajl means. I Nine-tenths of the trouble and dis-; cases among poultry are the result of j keeping fowls too close. The natural home of the sheep is ! ^ upon dry uplands, and though a limited j number will for a time thrive upon the j succulent grass of low-lying pastures, j - -a;?i 5| they are apt to Decome auecw/u YS XI*1 I Zy, foot rot, and to scour if kept thickly j ip;. upon the ground. JFor general purposes on the farm ^ castor oil, with a little kerosene added. \ * is the best lubricator and preserver, i For saws, mowers, buggies and the j , like, this mixture furnishes more body \ j with less gum than most other oils, j The amount of kerosene, if any, to be ; 1 * ' "? -3 T 4.1. ~ ? : aaaea must oe governed uy uj.e pui- : pose for which it is designed. Warm skim milk mixed with a mod- ; erate quantity of crushed and scalded oats makes the most excellent food for ; raising good dairy animals. Alternate the oats with linseed and cottonseed meal. These foods contain large j amounts of bone and muscle material i and will give the cow a good constitu- j tion and a well-formed frame. Moltinsr usuallv takes place in I fowls through the months of October, j November and December, according to j j the age of the bird. February, March j and April chicks obtain their adult i . plumage in October and November. ! I They drop a few chicken feathers, but j 1 do not molt outright until the follow- i | ing August. Old birds molt later and ! i later each year, according to their age. ! The artificial rooos used for young horses should be rich in flesh-formers, j I like clover, hay, beans, peas, oats and i j linseed cake. A few cut swedes daily i aid digestion, and tend to maintain the general health. Regularity in feeding j I is an important point. Compared with j [ the bulk of the animal itself the stom- ! I ach of the horse is small, hence it i 1 should be frequently replenished. Long i fasts produce flatulency and indiges! tion. | In some recently published experi- : ments it was found that while great j | benefit resulted to the succeeding crop , from burning stubble there was little I or no effect from a much larger appli- j cation of good wood ashes. This re- j suit is spoken of as a mystery. It is i quite evident that the potash in the I ash in either case was not needed by ; the crop. Very probably the lighter j i o>vni;notmn ftf rvAtacli distributed ! [ a^j^uvavivu v* ? | through the soil helped to make other plant food available, while the larger amount did not. It has been found by experiment that small dressings cf salt are generally immediately helpful, while in larger quantities it promotes fertility only after one or two years have elapsed. Fully nine-tenths of the diseases from which fowls suffer are simply and solely caused by vermin. Careful investigation has established this as a j | fact. The comb of a fowl may be con- i i sidered its health indicator. The first | o nl/M-o nhacTver rvf flrwt i | iUUUiativu a* vwv* * VA v* ? vvm . has is the condition of their combs. I Comparatively few birds in their wild ! state die of disease. They have cer- | tain ways to keep themselves compar- I ativelv free from lice; fifty are not j crowded in a space where twenty-five j should be; nature's (bird) laws are j not transgressed, and they thrive in j health. "With domestic fowls it is dif- j ferent; they are crowded together, become lousy, and get the cholera, roup, canker, and various so forths?none of which they would have if lice were not ? ? ?? iinloco if i c prtJ^Ulg UpUJU. tilUi Il/wuva?) muwj iv * ?/ roup, which is caused by several things. Recipes. Rice a:sd Chicken Cutlets.?Boil a teacupful of rice in some good stock : and pound it in a mortar with an onion i that has been cooked in butter, with ! salt and pepper. Pound separately in j equal portions cold ham and chicken, j form this into cutlets; cover them j with eggs and breadcrumbs and fry. i Serve with a sharp sauce. Peach Cheese.?Take a number of ; green peaches, rub them carefully in a cloth to remove all dust. Put them ; into a stewpan with a small quantity of water?about half a pint to a pound of fruit (for large quantities a smaller proportion of water might be used.) When the peaches are perfectly soft j rub them through a fine sieve with a ' wooden spoon, laying aside some of : the stones, which should be broken, j and their kernels added to the peach pulp. Weigh the pulp, stir it over the ! fire until quite hot, add half its weight j ^ ~ A I m sugar, some lemou jiuue ?uiu .t mw . grated peel; stir the whole on the fire I until -well thickened, put into shapes. | It should be quite h&rd when cold, and ; turn out easily. If the pulp he very j watery boil for twenty minutes before j adding the sugar. This preserve will 1 keep for a long time if sufficiently i cooked. This recipe was used with | good success in South America, and no i doubt would serve for peaches in all i stages of ripeness, but only perfectly j scund fruit should be used. It is not : necessary to peel the peaches. Canning Tomatoes.?Many people i who are quite successful in canning fmits jrrnerallv. are ant to fail with the tomato. A lady says : "We have j ten acres of fruit of all kinds, and I j take a great pride in c anning fruit. I | get nearly all the prizes at the fairs. I j wish that you could just peep in my ; cellar to see my tomatoes and peaches, j some canned last fall and some a year ago, not mentioning my other fruit. I j will tell you how I can my tomatoes? : both red and yellow. I pick the tomatoes?the smoothest and best shaped? and scald them and skin them care- j fullv ; take the stem out with a pen- i % i i _ i X _ i. AT | ?iilie, taxing care not iu ouu tuc u^- : matoe so as to let the juice or seed run out; then I place them in the cans, some of them with the stem end next i to the can and some with the blossom j ends ; then I take juice that has run j out of some that I have peeled to cook, j having no seed or pulp, and add a little j salt and pour on my whole tomatoes j until nearly full; then place them in a j kettle of cold water and let them cook j till I think they are heated through ; ; then I seal them. I use nothing but 1 glass jars?two-quart jars?and after ! the cover has been on about five minute* t it. off sr> thftv will settle, let- ' ting the gas cut; then I fill up with j juice and seal again, and my cans are j always full to the cover. A great j many have not learned this. Ydu have | no idea how nice they look through the ! glass ; they show ever}' vein and rib, j and look as if they were put up raw, j and when used they are just as if they j had been taken from the vines?and if j you-don't believe me try it this sum- i mer. I always keep my fruit in the ; dark, and it don't fade through the : glass. IIonMchold Hint*. j Castor oil will soften leather. To whiten ivory, boil in lime water. I To rid closets of ants use green pep- | permint frequently. Thoroughly wetting the hair once or ! twice a week with a weak solution of i salt water will prevent it falling out. ; A pint of mustard seed put in a bar- j rel of cider will preserve it sweet for i several months. If the water in which new turnips ! are noueu is vii nuicu. >uiu 10 viiiuig^u twice or three times, the strong and disagreeable flavor noticed in them L-efore frost comes will almost certainly j l>e removed. i Aprons and dresses made of barred muslin should be ironed on the right j side in order to give the stripe the pe- I culiar gloss it has when new. The ; greatest care must be taken with the irons, for one black spot will spoil the good looks cf the dress. Baking plates and pudding dishes ! +V.-.+ liovo h?f>n for a Inner time l/WCtf 4AC**V WW** viwvv? -? 0 J need a thorough cleansing occasionally. ; To do this put them in a kettle of water in which yoa have put a spoon- ; ful of wood ashes to one quart of ; water. Let them boil in this for an : hour, and if any grease has been ab- j sorbed through cracks in the glazing it will be removed, and piecrust baked on ! a plate thus clea. 3d will be sweet and not unwholesome. I ! '- ?? Be prudent, and if you hear some i insult or some threat, have the appearance of not hearing it. i PLA>TIXG BEA>~5. Bill Xsitmn'fi Recollections of il Down East Training Day?and the Consequences of Plantfcg _">Iorc than Five Beann in a. Mill. A few days since as a reporter for ihe Free Press was listening to an anecdote that the inimitable s.tory-teller, Bill Matson, was narrating a voice broke in with: " Why don't you tell him aboat the beans, Bill ?" Matson looked up, and so did the reporter. Within a few feet of them stood a tall, bronzed, bearded stranger, with the air and appearance 01 a man who had seen much of the world, and had battled with it successfully. It needed no introduction to inform the beholder that the stranger was from the far West. Matson looked at him intently for 7. .moment, and then, with a twinkle in his eye, exclaimed : Stranger, thpre ain't but one fellei in this country, that I knows on, who's any bizness to know anything about that bean story, and that's Joe Brown, and the last 1 heard of him he was in jail for stealin' a mule." " You appear to have retained that wonderful veneration for the truth r)tct5nerni<;hVOU from Other boys, Bill," said the stranger, laughing and extending his hand. " Bill, old playmate, how are you?" " Sassier than a tarrier pup, Joe, and able to take my corn juice reg'lar. How's yerself V" Hand shaking and mutual inquiries as to worldly success followed, and then Bill, addressing the reporter, said: - rt"Yer see, Joe, here, and me was cubs together, his dad's farm and my old man's stump lot j'inin', and manv's the jacket warmin' he and I's taken 'bout the same time o' day. It's always been a question in my mind whether ole man Brown or my old dad could handle a beech -withe in the most painful manner. Either one on 'em could satisfy any boy I ever got acquainted with.* Well, Joe here once helped me to deserve the darndest lickin' ever a boy got, an' you bet that everything in the lickin' line that we deserv<jd we got. When the ole man died I never heerd any of the boys complain that he had gone off owin' 'em anything in j the way of thrashings. " Yer see, 'twas down East we was brought up, and in them days there used to be a June trainin'. Me an'the old man had been a-plantin' com for a week and finished it the night afore trainin' day, an' I went ter bed thinkin' what great times me and Joe would have down to ther village next day seein' the soldiers. I was up raighty early in the mornin', you bet, and had all the chores done afore dad was up. After breakfast the ole man went up into the corn chamber over the woodshed and came down with a peck measure most full of white beans. " 'Bill,' sez he,4 you've been a purty good boy, lately, and I'm goin' to let you go to ther trainin' bimeby.' "Then he led the way out to the north end of the house where we had about an acre plowed and harrowed, and told me to go plantin' beans, 'and,' said the old man, 4 be sure that you don't put over four or five beans in a hill, William, sartainly not more than five!" " Then the old man starts for town, and you ought to see me make the dirt fly. It war tarnal hot, and purty soon the sweat was a-runnin ofTun me in streams. It was right early when I commenced and I'd planted a right smart piece when, 'bout 9 o'clock, Joe, here, come along. " Hi! Bill!' sez he, arhollerin' from the road,4 ain't you a-goin to trainin' ?' "Yes,'sez I, 'jest as soon's I git these tarnal beans planted,' and away went Joe, and I pitched in ag in and slammed the pesky beans inter the ground as fast as I could. " Bimeby, 'bout 10 o'clock, sqeak-ita-squeak went the fifes down to the village, and rub-a-dub went the base j drum. Human natur' couldn't stand | that. Down went my hoe and I was half way through the orchard in a jiffy. Then I thought about the beans and the beech withe, and I walked hark and looked in the peck measure. Hanged if there warn't more beans in it than there was when I commenced plantin'. "Just then thesatan took a hand in. Right there was a old, holler oak stump, and quicker n you could say Samanthy Jones, them beans was inter that stump with a whole lot of dirt on top of 'em. Then I chucked toe hoe and peck measure into the shed, and away I went to the village a, kitin'. You bet I didn't 'low the old man to get his eyes on me till arternoon. Then lie seed me and sez he 4 Bill, did you plant all them beans ? I "'Yes, dad,' sez I. "' Bill, didn't you put more'n five in a hill?' sez he. " 4 Jest five, dad!' sez I. "Then the old man give me a quarter, one of them old fashioned Spanish quarters "with pillars onto them, and sez he ' Bill, jest you go and git some gingerbread and have a good time, but be sure and go home in time to milk afore dark.' " The next mornin' the old man and I went out to plant the rest of the Koon qnrl T was a-tremblin' vou UVMil J^ruvvu ? .. ? _ ^ bet! but he merely said sometliin' j about them beans not a-plantin' as far | a> he thought they would, and went i to work. Of course, I had to tell Joe, J here, how I'd come it on the old man, and we laffed at it. " One rainy day, 'long in hayin' time, I the old man came inter the houaf, and sez he, 'William, come out here; I want you !' Now when dad called me 'William' I knowed there was trouble a-foot, so's I follered him out I set to thinkin' what partic'lar kind of mis- j chief I'd a-been up to lately, and about j how much of a tannin' I was likely to j T'/i Kotri cr> hnsv M.-workinc. ! Uui/ JI u ^? 0, that I'd neglected my monkey-shines for some time, and couldn't think of nothin' that was worth much 'f a lickin', so I follered the old man kind j of happy like. He went straight out through ther woodshed, and started into the bean patch, I a-taggin' along behind. Purty soon he stopped right aside of a stump and picked up a bran' new beech gad about four feet long that he'd been out and cut for that partic'lar 'casion. " Well, boy?, what do ver suppose was up? Beans was up; more'n .a million of 'em. I hope to never have a fun'ral if that thar old holler stump didn't look like a hangin' basket cf runnin' ivy. Such a lot of bean vines as come out of the top on't, and hung down most to the ground on an sides i on't, you never se^d in yer life. " 4 What's theni. "William?" sez. he, tightenin' up his grip on the butt end j of the gad. " 'Look like beans, father,' sez I, be- j ginnin' to feel as if I'd got the ager. " 'Bout that time the beech began to circulate 'round, and boys, I've hated i the sight of beans ever since. For more'n a week I found it convenient to sleep on my face and eat my vittals a-standin' up."?Detroit Free Presfs. Poisoned by Cloves. A Portland (Me.) physician was recently called to attend a lady patient who was evidently suffering from the I effects of some virulent poison. She presented all the marked symptoms of one who was in a most dangerous condition, requiring prompt and active remedies. Upon investigation the doctor ascertained the lady had been in the habit of eating cloves, commencing, as many do, by taking one occasion- j ally. Then she increased her allowance j daily, until she was hardly ever with- i out a clove in her mouth. When | seized by this sharp attack she had consumed a whole quarter of a pound of cloves the same day. After vigorous measures had been adopted, and filter a long siruggie, me jhuv was i pronounced out of danger. - \ SATAGE FESTT TOTES. I / . The Annual San Dance of the Slotuc Indians ?Horrible Scene* Among the Devotees. A letter from Fort Bennett, Dakota, I says: The annual festival of the Sioux sun dance has just occurred here, and it was a startling spectacle, coming as it did in a camp of live thousand. The festival was celebrated with great pomp and circumstance on the Cheyi enne, thirty-five miles northeast of the j post. This is the first festival they ! have been permitted to celebrate for a period of six years. The largest bands represented are those of the Blackfeet, Two Kettle. Sans Arc. Minneconiou. and the sub-chiefs, Rattling Rib. Thunder Cloud, Young-Man-Afraid-ofIlis-Shadow and Spotted Eagle, bei sides a host of lesser lights, were presJ ent. Fifteen hundred of these belong j to the Cheyenne river agency. The rest ! are delegations from Standing Rock, i "Rosebud and Spotted Tail agency. | These are all blanket Indians, and fif teen hundred of them were the late hostiles under Sitting Bull. Arriving upon the scene, the correspondent found himself on the outskirts of an j Indian village numbering five thousand ! and many of them but lately hostile. The midnight scene was indescribable. Behind, the moon was struggling I through big gray clouds, before us lay J the gleaming campfires of the savages, 1 * ? ~ ? /?Vs+ rtAIlP TXMHI ] wiiu were ma.King ingui> mutvuo n?u cries, groans and yells. Twenty minutes ! later Major "Walsh galloped back with | permission to enter. After introductions to Rattling Rib, Red Shirt and Fair Weather, Major Lewis' ten-yearold son Willie acting as interpreter, we were escorted to the arena, a circular inclosure containing about an acre of ground. The sides consisted of a shed of poles covered with skins and blankets, with the open side fronting the inclosure. In the center of the ring was a cottonwood tree, eight inches in diameter and thirty feet high, frnm whiVh the b'ark had been Deeled. a small tuft of branches remaining at the top. This pole was ornamented with "medicine." From the bottom to top hung a sheaf of sacred herbs, besides innumerable ornaments of a nondescript character. Shortly after we entered the arena a party of twenty j or more began the beating of drums 1 and chanting of prayers, which called into the ring two young men, naked except the breech-clout, ornamented with paint and feathers, each carrying in lils hand a dozen bone whistles ornamented also with feathers. These commenced dancing, at the same time blowing a 'whistle and keeping their eyes fixed upon the moon. Couple after couple joined until there were at least fifty dancing in semi-circular rows; dancing and willing, now fast, now slow, the cadence of the whistles keeping time with the drums. Every ten or fifteen minutes there was a brief pause, when the drums would stop and the dancers change whistles. This is the dance of the moon, and is an invocation of the gods. The only words our little interpreter could catch were: " Lord, we are praying to tnee." mis was kept up until daylight. To give the reader a proper understanding of the following ceremony that took place during the interval from daybreak until sunrise, I will preface it by*a word of explanation. When an Indian desires to steal a horse or a squaw or be successful in ar y enterprise, he goes to the top of the highest hill and there covenants with his god to bestow upon liim certain gifts if he succeeds in his undertaking, to be offered at the next annual festival. These offers are thrown into the ring and each Indian has the privilege of catching the gift if he can, he who catches being considered a favorite of the gods. Shortly after daylight tins ottering 01 pieces 01 wood, sticks, stories and feathers attached to pebbles were thrown into the ring, eac h piece representing a horse, dog, gun or other gift, the catcher calling upon the owner and receiving the property represented. About a hundred yards from the arena we were j shown a large tepse made of rawhides, i within which were eight young braves j preparing for the ordeal and the torture. Notwithstanding the intense heat a fire was kept up on the inside for the purpose of steaming them. As\-r\t? lw liaofirjflr rnnlrc on r? j. iii5 v? ao uuuc uj utouug ? uviu uuu pouring water upon them. This is the first step in the ordeal of torture. At sunrise they were led forth after hav-1 ing been subjected to a temperature of 100 degrees for a period of forty-eight hours without food or water. When they came to the gate of the inclosure they sprang into the ring amid the yells of the assembled multitude. While the master of ceremonies was getting ready these men amused themselves by holding hot coals of tire on the backs of their hands." Xow came the climax of horrors. A big hail-nanea aaa maeousiy-paintea savage rushed forward with a long, gleaming knife, and with lightning rapidity carved and raised the skin and muscles on the pectoral region, while a half-dozen others tied lariats to the detached piece of flesh. The lariats were twenty feet long, the distant end being attached to the medicine tree in the center of the ring. During this performance one poor wretch fainted dead j away and was carried off amid groans j and hisses, to be dressed as a squaw, as an evidence of humiliation and disgrace. The others stood with quivering limbs, hands clasped over heads, and their glassy eyes fixed on the glaring sun. At a given signal the drums began to beat and the chants to sound. Now the rlancprs beffan to move their bodies ud and down, slowly at first, then faster and faster, pulling vigorously on the tethers, yelling with pain and excitement, the crowd joining in a pandemonium of howls and horror that no pen could ever describe. At the end of the first hour two had broken loose and were carried off amid the joyous shouts of admiring friends. At the j end of the second hour the friends of a j young brave of an unmentionable name rushed in and tore him loose, carrying him off covered with blood J tv* ArYi VvrtT-e r\"f * r?or+T? I rtJJU. i^IUI J . JL1IC Alit-UIkA^lO V/JL UUJl ^<W UJ fain'^'ar with Indian character, concluded that it was better not to remain longer, as during the madness of their delirium at such a time they will suddenly become possessed of a bad heart and strike the tomahawk into the brain of their best friend among the whites. Experience. One of Fort Wayne's young men took in the circus with a lady friend, a gentleman friend and the latter's lady friend? sort of two-by-four pic- . nir. as it were. We will suppose the young Fort Wayneite's name was Will. When thp two-cent fans came around to he retailed at fifteen cents, the salesman named his price vigorously, and Will tenaciously held on to his pocketbook, but when a sleek little fellow, with some neat candy packages marked " Prizes.'' such as even a soulless trainboy never sells at over ten cents, insinuated his presence, Will thought it time to show his generosity. Tossing a package into the lap of each young lady and one to his friend, he pulled out a fourth and inquired: "How much?" X ? V KJ.KJXJ.CXX o. You could have knocked him down with a feather. The torture of his soul as he paid the bill without a murmur, while a smile played over his countenance for the benefit of his companions, was simply wonderful. The four packages netted as follows: A jewsharp, a brass ring, a set of brass jewelry, a brass breastpin of antiquated pattern; total value, principality in tho mnsifpi inctriimprit. twrt cents. In Will's private cash account is a memorandum as follows: Experience Chard), two dollars. IgPp RELIGIOUS EEADEfG. A Clergyman's Hose. A venerable clergyman, says the Boston Courier, arose slowly in the pulpit, and glancing around on the thinly-scattered congregation, said in an emphatic tone, in which there was ! more of sorrow than of anger: " My i beloved brethren, I am in hopes that ; there will be. more* present next Sab; bath, as I will then have occasion to ' reveal a scai.dal which has oppressed j my heart. It concerns the members | of this church very deeply, and no one j who has a regard for eternal happiI ness should be absent." When the i benediction was pronounced thehandful j ci people slowly dispersed, but behold1 ! how much good seed a few can scatter! I The next Sunday the sacred edifice ! was packed. There was, indeed, hardly I breathing room when the white-haired | sage once more lilted jus neaa aoove | the pulpit cushions, and a silence as of death fell upon the expectant throng." He stood a moment looking upon the un von ted scene, and then his voice in I silr ?ry cadences broke the hush of anl ticipation. " Dear friends," he said, " the scandal I would reveal is this? you will gather in this place in crowds to hear mischievous gossip, but will not listen to explanations of the inspired word. !Now, my children, I offer my resignation. I am going to Europe for six months, and I shall pay my own expenses." But no one of the vast m ultitude took the lesson to him-. self; he applied it to his neighbor. Religious News and Notes. Over 2,000,000 Bibles were distrfouted last year by the British and Foreign B:ible society. The Lutheran church is growing more rupidly in membership than any other church in'Kew York city. Thtj Mormons have "occupied the land" in and about Apache county, Ari., and are in the ascendancy. The Freeman's Journal denies the statement that the Pope is about to make the archbishop of Chicago a cardinal. Nagoya, the fourth largest city in the Japanese empire ? population 325,000?has only one Protestant evan-: gelist. Messrs. Moody and Sankey have cle finitely arranged to visit JLreiana irom the 2d of January to the 6th of February, next year. A co nference of the Baptist churches of Germany has been held at Hamburg. Delegations attended from America, England and Sweden. The "Welch Presbyterian synod of "Wisconsin held its first business session at Chicago. The synod has fortynine ministers, 135 elders, 3,450 full members in its several churches and j 1,718 probationers. It lacks ten years of a century since the first English missionary offered himself for the foreign work. Now there are 5,000 missionaries in various foreign countries and 30,000 native preachers and helpers. M. Peter, an authority upon Italian church matters, in an article in the Chretien Evangelique, places the number of attendants at the two hundred Protestant places of worship throughout It.'dy at 9,000. The mission field of the Moravian church comprises at the present time \ sixteen provinces, with over one hundred stations and 1,800 missionaries. They have 215 schools, with about 15,000 pupils, and a total of nearly 75,000 converts from among the heathen. All this work is carried onj and supported by a church which has scarcely 20,000 communicant members at home. President Johnson and the Pet Dog. A "Washington letter to the Cleve- j land Leader says: Representative Pet- j tibone, of Tennessee, is a native of Bedford, 0., and formerly attended Hiram college and was a pupil of the la-' mented Garfield. Since the war he has resided in Greenville, Tenn., the late home of President Johnson. He says the old homestead looks very much as it did during the lifetime of the tailor PfooWofif on el ic nnw nmnriM Tw his X iwau *ur Mwtw daughter, Mrs. Patterson, who presided during his administration as the lady of the "White House. The little tailor's shop where Mr. Johnson used to work at his trade still stands almost unchanged from its former appearance. "The last time I saw Mr. Johnson," said Mr. Pettibone to me, "was on the Sunday evening before his death. I often called to see him, and he always expressed himself freely ! during my visits. I had a little dog j which I had, in my admiration for the i great soldier of the war, called Grant, j But Johnson disliked General Grant j so much that he could never bear to j hear his name, and he always called j the dog Prince. The dog was quite a I favorite with the old statesman, and frequently found his way alone to Mr. Johnson's office, where he was always nrifh tVio flrroof-oct nnnsirlprntinn. Cl v^auv. u nivu wiiv ^ vw^wv I On this Sunday evening Mr. Johnson j was much depressed in spirits. He had I felt of late that his vital forces were j rapidly leaving. We walked down to the spring near his house and I tried as bi^st I could to cheer him up. Prince, as he called him, was with us, as usual. The animal was getting along in years, and gray hairs in his eyebrows shov/edthat he was approaching the limit of canine existence. Looking intently at the dog a few minutes,Mr. Johnson stooped down and, patting the little fellow on the head, said, in a tone 'ihat I shall never fail to remem- j ber: Prince, you and I will be going ; to our home before long.' I left him | that night still quite depressed, and j the next morning went to i?noxviiie j to attend to some court business. While absent I received the intelligence that Mr. Johnson had been seized with a fatal illness and had passed away. He had started on a journey of forty or fifty miles to his , farm in Carter county, whither his daughter, Mrs. Patterson, had preceded him a few days before. He had told me that he Wanted to be buried by our Masonic lodge, of which he was a member. The remains were expected in Greenville: early "Wednesday morning following, and I had the lodge drawn up in a line at the depot to re- j ceive the body. Just as the train was I coming in little Grant, or Prince, at- j tempted to cross the track, but was. caught by the locomotive and crushed." Concerning Batter. Advance sheets from the United States census bureau for 1880 give some interesting statistics rel ating to the dairy products of the United States for that year, or rather for the year 1879, as the census was taken in the middle of 1880, when it was impossible to give the statistics for more than half of that year. The butter production of the twelve leading dairy States was as follows: ! New York 111,922,423 Pennsylvania 79,333,012 I Onio 67,634,263 Iowa 55,461,953 > Illinois 53,657,343 ( Michigan 38,821,890 Indiana 37,377,797 j Wisconsin 33,353,045 | Mheonri 23,572,124 Vennont 25,248,526 | Kansas 24,671,762 ! Minnesota 19,161,3S5 | Total ponnds for twelve States 572,239,42S The figures for all the States and i Territories show that these twelve i States produced just about three-; fourths of all the butter produced in the country. The total production then was 740,299,285 pounds. The av- j erage value is stated low at sixteen i and twothird cents per pound, or six ; pounds to the dollar. This gives a total value of $123,383,214. It is about one-half the value of the average, cot- j : ton crop of all the i^otton-growing ; States and three times the value of an i ' average California wheat crop. ! 1 POPULAE SCIENCE. The paper which is made from the palmetto is of a very superior quality, j and is especially useful as transfer j paper, which has had to be imported j into the country at great expense. De Vries believes that the true funcI* _ * 1*0 f/\ i uon 01 resinous juices ui piauw jo iu , serve as a balm for wounds, and that! the resins are not therefore excremen-; titious matter as some have thought, j It is reported that in grappling for a cable in the Pacific off the Central; American coast, great masses of trunks, : roots and branches of trees were drawn j up from a depth of 800 fathoms. If j the report proves true the discoyery is ; ! an interesting one. Neither history ; nor Indian tradition refers to any j great convulsion or submergence of | land which could account for the j presence of the trees at the place where ; thev were found. ? Those celebrated remains at Cam- j bodia made familiar to most readers of J modern works of travel by explorers i there are said by M. Deiaporte to be j of Brahmin origin, a3 he traces in the j sculptures images of gods, heroes and deities which are unquestionably Brah- i minic. If the investigator sustains j his position a very interesting field will be opened to archaeologists. When, says the Sanitary Engineer, j [ a specific disease, such as typhoid or ; cupntneria, is procmcea oy aeiecuve ; house drainage it is due to the pres- i ence in the air of the drains of the i specific germs of the diseases. It is i probable that to produce its effect the j germ of the typhoid must be swallowed, | while the diphtheria germ must be inhaled. Certainly the transmission of diphtheria through the air is relatively much more frequent than that of typhoid. Ia this country the majority of typhoid epidemics are traceable to water supply, and the transmission of the disease through sewer air appears to be rare. One can hardly avoid the impression that with so much thought of an earnest and well-directed kind devoted to practical electricity, some of these mornings one shall not be told of a grand discovery regarding that substance such as Farady showed the " ' ?> -j* ?:? ir.i I world wnn ms con ox wire, x eu au honest review of the late work in electricity does not reveal anything like genius or absolutely original disclosure. True, it is, we have beautiful tnechanical improvements on what has gone before; but that is about all. There is a great deal of talent displayed, yet genius is scarce, and it tnay not be impossible that it is starved, or frowned, or laughed away into the hereafter, leaving the world the worse for the treatment of the messenger. A Pathetic War Incident, Dr. George I. Rice writes as fouows ! from La Moille, 111., to a Chicago paper: Much comment has been made on the bravery of an English marine who caught up a shell from the deck of a bombarding vessel at Alexandria and dipped the fuse into a pail of water, thereby preventing its explosion and j its accompanying disasters, for which he is to receive special decoration from \ the hands ol the queen, since wmcn ; there has been many comparative I cases of similar bravery mentioned \ among our own Yankee soldiers dur- I ing the late war. There are few persons whose fortune it has been to be under fire but have observed much of the same kind of coolness; indeed, it was so common that only the cases coming under the notice of newspaper writers or officers high in command were ever noticed in print or official reports. My thought in writing this was to tell a story of a different character, but one in which the courage' of a young lad was not less marked under sadder surroundings. On the second day ' of Antietam I was ordered by Dr. Samuel Rollins, P. R. Y. R., to find a place where there was water and shelte^sufficient to accommodate a field hospital- A place having all the requisites, close to our line of battle, was found upon the farm of Mr. John Showman, and his bams, sheds, house and yards were quickly filled with rows of wounded men. Though out of range of the enemy's guns, it was a place to try the courage of those in attendance. Every move of the surgeons was watched by scores of men, and upon arising from as | many lips would come the much used | salute, " For God's sate, doctor, auena | to me now." One little fellow, about seventeen years old, was particularly urgent in his calls. Upon going'to him I found that he had been struck in the right side of the abdomen with a grapeshot, making two wounds?one of entrance and _ another of exit? through both of wuich a large knuckle of bowels was protruding. The case looked so hopeless that 1 passed him by with a promise that I would call again, and went to work on cases where there was more promise of doing some good. But every time 1 arose from a patient his pleading eyes would meet me, and his pathetic appeal could no longer be resisted; so hunting up Dr. Rollins and enlisting his ready sympathy and able hand, we placed him under the influence or cmoroform and made a faithful attempt to replace the protruding and inflamed bowel, but found the injury so great that the case was beyond the help of the surgeon. "We left him to the care of a comrade. Upon his return to consciousness he asked the result. His friend declined to give him the information, but summoned me. I sat down upon the ground beside him and ] told him of the sad results of our ef forts, and assured him that the end ' 1 ? 1 rtrtTCtlTlff i . was surely a.iiu apccunj uvjmiij;. " Then," said he, " there is no hopp. I must die." Upon being assured that such was the case, he asked for his knapsack, took from it some keepsakes and asked that they be sent to No. 110 Chestnut street, Phila., the home of his , mother. He requested that I would i write his mother, telling her of his 1 death, and where the body might be 1 found; that I would say to his mother < and sister that he died with a heart ] tender with their precious memories, and that he died without fear or re gret, giving his life for his country, , wninh thev had tausrht him to love so i well. His name was Bryant?William j i II., I think. I have forgotten the com- \ pany and regiment. After making his , arrangements, he lay with the greatest ] patience and cheerfulness awaiting the j final discharge, whSch rame in a few ; hours. Not a murmur or complaint, , but perfect resignation until the last. This is one of the tenderest of many < ?ad recollections of army days, and in my opinion showed a courage of a ] higher character than the wetting of a > fuse or the hasty putting of a shell out of the way of doing personal damage. Holland. Sunset Cox says: Amid the ad-1 j vancing elements of our electric and steam civilization Holland changes J less than any other nation. She pre- i serves in many places most distinctly ; her old customs and habits and the ] individuality and simplicity of her j ; people. The steam engine may bej < disturbing many old and picturesque i j usages?such as the windmill as a mo- j tor to pump out the meadows and ] keep back the sea?but upon her roads ' and canals, at her fishing isles, and in ] her cities and cafes, the spirit of the ] elder times prevails, so that he who t runs through Holland may read its j history. j ] The largest diamond-cutting hous* ? is in Amsterdam, employing: 400 per- ^ sons, where fhe Koh-i-noor was cut i The trade is difficult, and the wages j , are from $7 to $12 or even $14 a day. j | -V/Tr WHAT PETBOLEUX IS. Variant Theories of the Origin of the OIl> i Staple. The casual visitor to the Pennsylva- | ilia oil region, as he views the grease ; fluid gushing from its rich reservoirs, 2,000 feet below the surface, finds him- ! sell mvoiuniamy asmng tuc pn-mai Question, Where does it come from 1 and how and where was it formed ? i A puzzling question, surely, and if I propounded to any competent and j thorough geologist would only elicit a j shake of the head and the brief reply ; that he didn't know. But however j careful the scientific man may be about . advancing a theory that the discover- ! ies of to-morrow may knock higher : than a kite, the average Yankee never allows a conundrum of this kind to be i propounded to him without making several attempts at guessing it. The difficult question of the origin of' pe- ! troieum has not seemed to his prolific j mind too big to be grappled with, and | at present two popular theories exist I in regard to this interesting subjcet, j each of which has its strenuous advocates. The first of these theories holds that j the rock in which the oil is now found is the parent rock in which it originated. The Pennsylvania oil rocks are a series of sand rocks of varying thick- ; nesses, scattered somewhat irregularly i over the northwestern part of the ! State and prolific in oil at depths below | " * : -c?? cAA Q AAA i me suriace vai viug nuiu uw w <i,vw ( feet. Originally they were deposited by j the action of the water, either as long ' stretches of sea-beach or immense ' sand-bars formed by eddying and j whirling currents. The advocates of | the parent-rock theory maintain that i along with this sand was deposited or- i ganic vegetable or animal matter, j .which, by the chemical action of the succeeding ages, has been transformed into oil and gas and kept stored in these hermetically sealed reservoirs until the searching drill of the enterprising oil operator should penetrate its hidden chambers and bring it forth to light an inquiring and busy world. xi i cuuLii iiiduiuii ux omo irucvij mj advocates point to the coal deposits, which are now generally conceded to have originated from a vast deposit of vegetable matter, which grew and decomposed for ages, and then, by the combined action of heat and enormous pressure, were packed away in solid masses to provide for the future fuel of the world. A chemical analysis of the two articles, coal and petroleum, discloses the fact that they contain nearly the same elemental ingredients, in slightly different proportions, perhaps, but practically the same, the only real difference consisting in the fact that one is now a solid and the other a fluid. As the oil is found at a distance of from 1,000 to 2,000 feet below the j prolific coal measures, and, if deposited j along with the sand-rock in which it is j now found, must be many ages older j than the coal deposits, it is argued that ; the immensely longer period since its original deposit and the higher temperature to -which it is subjected by its greater depth below the surface may easily account for the chemical action necessary to make it a fluid instead of ! a solid, as in the case of coal. The second and more generally ac- j cepted theory is that the petroleum is I formed by the constant distillation of j gas from the underlying carbonaceous j shales of the Silurian period, which in ' the Pennsylvania oil region are sup- -j posed to lie at a sufficient depth to be i subjected to a high temperature, and ! to be constantly generating gases. I If this theory is accepted, the condi- i tions necessary for the formation of ! petroleum deposits are threefold: ! First, a geological horizon deep enough j below the surface to generate gases by the operations of internal heat; ! second, a horizon of proper tempera- | ture for the purposes of condensation; ! and, third, a reservoir for storing the condensed petroleum. The advocates j ,of this theory claim that these lower j shales lie at the proper depth to fill j the first of these conditions, and that the gas thus generated, being very light and of a peculiarly penetrating nature, rises through the crevices and j nssures 01 tne unaeriymg rocKS until it ; reaches the horizon of condensation, j which they claim, according to develop- | ments made by the drill, varies in dis- j tances from 500 to 2,000 feet below the ! surface. The third condition is ful- ! filled according to this theory by 1 these sand rocks, which, lying within j the horizon of condensation and being j of a porous nature, hold the condensed petroleum as a sponge holds water. These rocks are hermetically sealed at the top by an impervious shell, which prevents the lighter portions of the oil and gas from escaping to the sur- j face until this shell is penetrated by j the oil operator s drill, when it gushes j forth with astonishing force. If this theory is correct, then in all probability the process of formation is constantly in operation, though proceeding at a very slow rate, the immense deposits lately discovered being the slow accretion of untold ages. The advocates of this theory fortify themselves by the statement that the series of Devonian rocks in which the oil deposits are now found extend over a great deal of territory in which the drill fails to find oil, and that if the theory of original deposit of the pe- ! troleum-producing matter along with i these same deposits were true, then j the oil should be found wherever the i rock is found. On the contrary, they j claim the rock may exist where* there ! are no underlying shales to produce I the petroleum gases, or the underlying strata may be upheaved to such an extent that the gases may escape to the surface through vertical fissures, and thus mingle with the atmosphere and be lost. In proof of this they cite the fact that no oil has been discovered j eastward of the line which marks the beginning of the Allegheny upheaval, and that the vertical fissures caused by this upheaval have rendered the formation of petroleum deposits impossible in that locality. They also cite in support of this theory the further fact that no oil has been discovered at a j depth exceeding 500 feet below sea ; level, although the drill has penetrated | far greater depths in many instances j and succeeded in tapping the petroleum ! gases. They argue from this that if I the gases are found at great depths, ; but no oil, then it follows that oil is j the product of condensation, which 1 ?an only take place where a sufficiently low temperature exists, and that this is to be .found only within the limits above described. The inquiry is full }f interest to the inquisitive mind, and ! we simply present to the readers of the j Times these two popular theories for j what they are worth, without com- i ment or expressed opinion.?Philadcl j ohia Times. ? Popular Insects. ! j The fashion of wearing live beetl.- s j is carried to a great extent in Brazil. A. well-known resident has a beetle ivith a collar of gold, which meets at the top, and is there ornamented with j i diamond of great value. The insect! sas a cage surrounded by the plants ! jmong which it lives in its native ! ;tate, and nothing is neglected to make 1 t as comfortable as possible. But the ! nost popular insect used for an orna- j -nent is a small phosphorescent beetle. 1 rhese are often worn fastened in the j - - J 4 + ?? id-ir, <iuu tiic ui , ight-giving spots are on the sides of ; ;ke head, the black insect is of course ! nvisible, especially when in the raven ! ocks of the fair Brazilians. Twenty j >r thirty of these beetles will throw j >ut a light sufficient to read by, and I vhen arranged around the head* in a j :ircie, or grouped over ine ioreneaa md lield in place, the effect is beau- j iful. i : > ? v - T ';;. How Elephants Multiply, The elephants are, of all known animals, the slowest to increase in numbers. At the earliest, the female elephant does not become a parent until the age of thirty years, and only six voiinff arp ramble of beinff nroduced J - X- ?-/ , during the parental period, which ap-1 pears to cease at ninety years of age, the average duration of elephant-life being presumed to be about a hundred years. But it is most interesting, as well as important, in view of any speculation on the increase of species and on the question of competition among the races of animal life, to reflect that, given favorable conditions of existence, such as a sufficiency of food, a freedom from disease and from the attack of enemies, the eiepnant race, siow 01 increase <ts it is, would come in a few thousand years to stock the entire world with its huge representatives. On the data affo/ded by the foregoing details of the age at which these animals produce young and of their parental period, it is easy to calculate that in from seven hundred and forty to seven hundred and fifty years nineteen million elephants would remain to represent a natural population. If such a contingency awaits even a slowly increasing race such as the elephants unquestionably are, the powerful nature of the adverse conditions which have ousted their Jtitn ana Kin irom a piace among living quadrupeds can readily be conceived.?Popular Science Monthly. Advice to Consumptives. On the appearance of the first symptoms? as generxl debility, loss of appetite, pallor, chilly sensations, followed by night sweats and cough, prompt measures of relief should be taken. Consumption is scrofulous disease of the lungs; therefore, use the great anti-scrofulons or blood-purifier and strength restorer. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery." Superior to cod liver oil as a nutritive, and unsurpassed as a pectoral. For weak lungs, spitting of blood and kindred affections it has 110 equal. Sold by druggists. For Dr. Pierce's treatise on consumption send two stamps. Woeld's Dispensaex Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. _ WcajHTLLS are coming into general use in .Paradise valley, JNev., lor pumping waxer ior rrigating purposes. i Young and middle-aged men, suffering i from nervous debility and kindred affections, | as loss of memory and hypochondria, should | inclose-three stamps for Part VLL of World's Dispensary Dime Series of pamphlets. Ad| dress Wobld's Dispensabt Medical Associ! axion, Buffalo, N. Y. j It is said that a beer garden has been esI tablished on the Mount of Olives, in the holy land. I Tli? Weaker Sex | are immensely strengthened by the use of Dr. j R. V. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," -which cures all female derangements, and gives tone to the system. Sold by druggists. The pecan crop on the Mississippi coast promises to be plentiful this year. All That is Claimed. 560 BaxtthobeSteeet, \ BixxiMOBE, Md., Feb. 5,1881. j H. H. Wasnee & Co.: Sirs?YourSafeKidiey and Liver Cure has accomplished in my case all you claim for it. 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Full Cream... 11X@ 11K Petroleum?Crude 6 (<& 7 i E Refined 6%@ 7 j a ???????iMl MM . a lg|gM GOODoKEWS!; IjAdies: I? Get up Clubs <>* ?3r celk- j 9Z BUaTED TSASv and s?cnr? s btABtlfcl j /j Ml picoc*,* our own importation. One 1 ^ CBHlMfifiS&SSfif oJ ti.c*e b^AUtifnl '!>? brtt ffivtn Awny j ^ 14CHEAP TEAS" that are b*Ioj:*.lvert!?c<1?they are dangerous ?ad detrimental to health?Mow po!*on. Peal only with rollabio ' ^ Hoa?ea and with fimt ban*** if pcapfblew No humbug, < (> Tlio Great American Tea Co., Importers, I P. 0. Box 2Z3. ;i_i 33 VSSEYST., K*W York. | gj Phonojrraphv, or Phonetic Shorthand, j P Catalogue oi works, with Phonographic alphabet and ; llustrationa. for bcp;nners, ivnt on application. A<5- I In-*- H-nn Pitman. Cincinnati. O. 4 25 CENTS, A. TREATIS: HC>H AftD HIS D Containing an Index of Diseases, which eives the Sym Table Riving all the principal drug* used for the Horse, > a poison. A Table with an En^ravine of the Horse's Te# A valuable collection of Receipts and innch other valuat SOO-PASE BOOKSftiSSS CXjtJB R i'lTE COPIES $1 00 ! T TEN COPIES 1 70 I 0 Ctae, Two and Three-Cent Stamps received. Addres HORSE BOOT 154 WORTH STRE! J~7a for human, fowl and animal fieeh, wo ' -? -4vl> first prepared and Latrodac*d br Mxi 9q Geo. W. Merchant, In Loekpert, ST. TV .; ai A2$ U. S. Jl, 1833, aince which time It kAs yS. I a\4 steadily grown In public f&rar. and la I M J now acknowledged as<l admitted by the i CM trade to be the standard liniment of the AW ccnntry. When we make thia announce- ' & 13m meutwe do so without fear of conttt|? Jit diction, notwithstanding we are aware there are many who are more or less J*fjj prejudiced against proprietary remedies /17 fj? .especially on account of the many hnm* luaurn, rtri +>,0 marWt- hftwerer. we are I 1 |V< ?- , pleated to state that each prejudice does " y.jgl not exist against GARGLING OIL We go not 'r-."a claim wonders or miracles for oar liniment, bot ws jPj do claim it is without an eqn&L It is put no in bot_l. ties of three sizes, and all we is that you give u a fair I If iL'-JI'-py rat A trial, remembering that the Oii put up with white wrapper "* (small) is for human and fowl II flesh, and that witt^aellow wrapper (three sizes) mi! flesh. Try a bottle As these cuts indicate, the Oil Is used success j*k fully for all diseases of the human, foxel and animal Tl| Utah. Shake well before using. Cannot be Disputed. m One of the principal reason* of J^-^L < -!. W the wonderful success of ifer- - v* chant's Garclinz Oil is that It is manufacture strictly oil honor. a , .-mm TS&?sw:T3jj~3^ Its proprietors do not, as is time , . '??% cafe t0? ?any, after making J2 .~^??s9 for their medicine a came, dlnin- >" lab. its curanre properties by using inferior con*? / pounds, ba: use tnc very best goods to be bought in . w|B Mthe market, regardless of cost. For -'8BH half a century Merchant's Gaxgling Oil has been a synonym for H| honesty, and will continue to be r so, long as time endures. For sale by all respectable dealer? . -V throughout the United States and other countries. a Our testimonials date from 18SS . ..v io the present. Try Merchant's Gargling Oil Liniment for internal and external use, and tell your neighbor what good it has done. Don't fail to follow directions. Keep the bottle well corked. PIIRPQ Bnrts and Sprains and Bruises, ounw Salds, Strinahalt. WindgSJ* ' M Chilblains, Froet Bite*. Foot Rot in Sheep, : -'*&* Scratches or Grease, Foundered Feet, Chapped Hands, Roup in Poultry, External Poisons, Sore Nipples. Curb, Rand Cracks, Poll EvQ, Cracked Heels, Ola Sore*. Galls of all kinds. Epizootic, Lame Back, '~v? aMmnn, TvmnTB. Hiemoorhoid* or Pile?, Flesh bounds, Sitfast. Toothache, Rheumatism. ztm Ringbone, Foul Ulcer*. Spavtiw. Sweeney, . . rrj Garcet in Cows, Farcy, Com*. Whitlows, W Cracked Teats, Weakness of the Joint*, Tl Callous. Lameness, Contraction of Musdsa, Horn Distemper, Cramps, Swelled Legs, Crownscab, Qnittor, Fistula., Mance, Thrash, Abscess of the Udder. Caked Breasts, Boils, ice. $1,090 REWARD for proof of the existk jfi ence of a better liniment thaa vggrK&y "Merchant's Gaa^inz Oil," or ft ? better worm medicine than - ' . "Si "Merchant's Worm Tablets." Man* & ^ wsassaBSH^tifi'ctnred by >f. G. O. Co., Lock- 00 port, N. Y-, U. S. A, JOHN HODGE, Sec'y. jg KYS P 34 ' Hostetter's Stomach ^ If CE1EMATIB creater eertaintj -7 and promptitad* *than any knows remedy, sad is ( jl*SL Eost aTenial inripjr ~wl 91 ??*? appetizer aa4 ': B^ i, STOMACH A ^ healthful stJmnla Bl^^ifS %?* #s s 1 g g> *U Dre?i?tB. an * 0 B ES* Dealers generally. "HAINES" 1 _ PIANOS 1 ABE TTSSJ AKX> INDORSED BT THE <3BKA? EST AKTISTS Df THE WORLD. . PATH! 6ERS7ER ! WARIMON! VALLERiA! KELLOGG! LABLACHE! CAMPANINI! GALLASS1! RAVELLI! BRiGNCLI: AS BOH! MARIE ROZE ? OLE BULL ! PEASE ! CASTLE ! WAKEHOOMS: 97 FIFTH ATEXUE, NEW YOBK. ^ :'M For Sile by all leading Piano Houses. OATA s 3 LOGUES iLA.lT.KT) FREE OF CHABGE. Engines* Reliable, Dorable sod Economical, trfZZ furnUh ? 'urrse poicrr vriA Zew ,/uef aaui <Mt<r On aoy /?&? s? " ^gft Engine built, rot fitted with as Automatic Cot-oS. Stat ' 9s3 for niastratrd Catalogue "J," for Information ajH 'F.'-i? Prices. B. W. Pxryg A Scrag, Bat 860, Co"*r K.Y, ?g3 v?? ^ synp1? . / -- ? ???AnMn?"" AXLE GREASE^ B*st In tbo world. G?t tbe lennlm. Xrerr nckne? ba> war irade-murk an<t is marked '-Jsg Frazar'n. SOLD EVERYWHERE. !b airarsdanee.?S3 KffiJon porada . *3 >&" Imported last year,?Meet lower nVi th*o erer.?Arenti waot?t-33ont || irake t!ine.-bend for circular. 1 10 lbs* Good Black or Mixed, for ?1. . rjj 10 lbs. Fine Black or BZixejL f?r 82. 10 lbs. ciu>ice Black or Mixed* for $5. Send for pound ample, 17 Cts. extra for portage. : Then get up a. dob- Choicest Tea Ik the VortcT.? Z aj^B Largest variety .?Pleases everybody.?OWrat Tea gxam House In Aaxrrlca.?yp chromo?Ho HaabUff^- . * Straight bssmess.?Valcp for xooney. .?v KOET WELLS. Yew r St.. X.Y.. P.O.Box 1287. MAKE HENS LAY. , An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist, notr traveling in this country, saw that the most of th? " Horse and Cattle Powders sold here are worthlesstrash. He says that Sheridan's Condition Powders are abso- ? luteljr pore end immensely valuable. Kothingtm earth will make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition Powders. Dose, one teaspoonfnl to one pint of food. Sold everr where, or sent by mail for 8 letter stamps. I. 8. JOKNSOX <fc CO., Boston. Mass.. formerly Bangor,Mo. CIY WHY TTASTS MO^rr: Ycrajmaaoc cM. *31 A- Um waat x Umiui fmticbm, loo-.-r f+VO wJuoior* or ? i??r rr??tb of b?ir ? tell W'QSa tk vl? iMrfj. ?r u rsicxo, rnu^curuKf u? fetffc?* #0 I5YIOOSXH5 tto HJ11E ka;*uro i?'i bo Woibwro*. TT_" JfcSf < " v Try tkoanw Smut eMoororj rt*b ku JIXVHl YET VK59K--x MttrzC SorjOXLT SlI CXMTS to ?r. J. GON2A- a'ff r " ?.?. n,T B?1~>. Mom. Btnx of oil taMtdou. *C3?r* THRESHERS free. THE APLTMA?< ATAYLORCO.. Maagnold.0. MIIMfi UEU If you want to ksarn Tekcrariy la ? I UUHu nlEIWew months, and hc^certaai of a Ktoauon, aaorecs vaiepmm orue., ?>iunvuai, .n. . W ANTED.?Areata an m airing $10 ft day eeJiln* W TT onr poods. Send for Circular anatenss. Great * English Cutlery Co? 4.5 Miilc St., Bortoo, Maes. . 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