The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, September 13, 1882, Image 4
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
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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.
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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
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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 '
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. I have been thoroughly
healed by its speedy curative properties.
G. F. Bese.
It is said that lithographic stone has been
found in San Diego county, Cal.
Fob dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of
spirits and general debility, in their vaiions
forms; also as a preventive against fever and
ague and otter intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphorated
Elixir of Calisaya/' made
by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and
sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic: and
for patients recovering from fever or other
sickness it gas no egoai.
Carboline, the deodorized petroleum hair
renewer ana restorer, as improved and perfected,
challenges the vrorld and stands
without a rival among the hair-dressings,and
is a universal favorite with the ladies.
4\B ucliu paiba."
Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney,
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists.
Send for pamphlet to E. S. Wells,
Jersey City, N. J. .
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The Science of Life, or Self-Preservation, a
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Containing an Index of Diseases, which eives the Sym
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J~7a for human, fowl and animal fieeh, wo ' -?
-4vl> first prepared and Latrodac*d br Mxi
9q Geo. W. Merchant, In Loekpert, ST. TV .; ai
A2$ 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,
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Rand Cracks, Poll EvQ, Cracked Heels, Ola Sore*.
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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* & ^
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port, N. Y-, U. S. A,
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