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Why I can do so will be told to-morrow, when we meet at your dinner, as you only know that 1 have passed through a terrible illness; my delivery from death beinp due to the wonderful discovery in medical science, made by a man who to-day stands in the front rank of his fellow workers—uneoualed by any in my own opinion. That I, who heretofore have ever been the most orthodox believer in the old school of medicine, its application and results, should thus recant in favor of that which is sneered at by old prretitioners, may startle you, but “seeingis believing,” and when I recount the attack made on my old hulk, how near I came to lowering my colors, and the final volley which, through the agency above mentioned, gave me victory, you will at least credit me with just cause for sincerity in my thankful ness and belief. I will also spin my yam anent my China cruise, and altogether, ex pect to entertain as well as be entertained by you. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, Rear Admiral U. S. Navy. Hon. Georgis Wendell, Sinclair Place, Boston. An autumnal afternoon in the year 188- found the taut flagship Nomad rounding the treacherous and dangerous extremity of South America. And this day certainly in tended to place itself on record with those of its predecessors marked stormy, its nasti ness in wind and weather giving all hands on board the flagship their fill in hard work and discomforts. Tne record of the Nomad on this cruise, which she was now complet- i to Bos ing on her homeward bound passage to Bos ton, had been most disagreeable, when con sidered in the light of heavy weather work. From Suez to Aden, then on to Bombay, Point de Galle, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki and Yokohama, the balance sheet stood largely in favor of old Neptuni’s rough characteristics, but with remarkable evenness the health and original roster of the ship’s company stood this day as it did nearly three years ago—with one exception. Throughout the diverse and varied exposures incidental to cruising over the Asiatic station, where cholera, fevers, liver complaints, malaria, and colds of all degrees reign in full force, none of the crew had sufiered more than temporary incon venience, and thus it seemed very hard that now, in the closing days of the cruise, there stood nine chances for, to one against, a vic tory being at last scored for the destroying . _ .. .. „ , . angel Death. When the Nomad reache; Shanghai in the early portion of her cruise her admiral was the healthiest man aboard. A grand specimen of manhood was he. Over six feet in height, weighing two hundred in ch< pounds, broad in chest and strong in limb, he rightly claimed for himself a full share of Nature's blessings. While returning late one night from a diplomatic reception at ih.. Consulate at Shanghai, through overheat ing and insufficient protection from the dan gerous effects of the peculiar damp and eearching night air. he caught cold. “Only a cold,” remarked the admiral to the doctors of his ship, “and easy to cure.” So though; the medical officers, but with a quiet though the insidious progression, this cold clung to t admiral in spite of their best efforts to erad icate it, and when the time came for leaving Yokohama, homeward bound, the admiral re alized (hat his lungs and throat were decid edly out of order. The doctors advised re turning home by mail steamer to San Fran cisco so that greater means for curing this persuitent cough might be found in the Naval Hospital there; but the admiral pre ferred to stick to his ship, still imagining that his trouble would eventually be over come by the doctors’ treatment. No one who looked at the admiral even in those days imagined that he would fall a victim to lung trouble. But it was the old story again typified in this case. Only a cold at first; and in spite of orthodox treat ment the peculiar climatic effects of China nursed it, and hastened the sure result of such a deep-seated trouble. Time passed after leaving Yokohama for Boston, bringing varying symptoms in the admiral’s case, and the doctors imagined that they held the dis ease in check at least. But with the forma tion of tubercles, night-sweats and the now rapid consumption of lung tissues, which had set in with alarming symptoms, the pa tient realized that his cold had laid the seeds of that fell agent of Death, consumption. The hacking cough of the admiral had in itself been sufficient food for serious consid eration, and now, as in the warm autumn days the flagship gallantly rode over the blue waters of the Pacific, bound for Cape Horn, the doctors hoped much for success. _ J - - - ft f t( - - - But this boisterous afternoon found the good ship struggling with gigantic seas set off from the Cape by a fierce northerly wind. Leaden were the heavens and sad the hearts of all aboard, for that morning the nsual bulletin of the medical officers bad set forth this intelligence: “The admiral is in same condition as reported last night. A burning fe\er has been slightly reduced, while other svmptoms are as heretofore an nounced.” All understood these words without auestioning. The beloved admiral nad during uiu past two weeks sunk very low. The symptoms of blood-poisoning, a torpid liver, intense pains throughout the body, eyesight and mental faculties affected, appe tite gone, througli inaction of that great reg ulator—the liver. These were the means which had reduced the admiral from the pinacle of health to the valley and shadow of death. Consumption held full sway now, and the well-known skill of naval doctors was in this instance at least completely foiled. • The admiral had issued orders for the flag ship to touch at Montevideo for ooal, and it was the intention of the doctors to land the admiral there for treatment. But one man in the ship was wrapped in the gloom of de spair, as standing by the weather rigging on the poop deck he gazed absently over the seething waste of waters. This was the ad miral’s son, a lieutenant, and attache! to his father’s staff. He feared that the wear and tear of ship life would sap his father’s i Length beyond endurance, and before the ship could reach Montevideo. Among a group of sailors gathered around one of the great guns on the spar deck stood the captain of the foretop, Brown, a slight but he;uthy- looking man. His companions were listen ing to a recital of his sufferings from con sumption, which had developed while be was attached to the sloop-of-war Banger, lying in the harbor of Yokohama a year ago, this “yam” having been started by a discussion about the admiral’s condition. The men had just returned from some work around the deck, an order for which ha 1 interrupted Brown’s story a few moments previously. ras bo ' A year ago this day I was hove to in the •pill man’s’ sick bay in the Banner, then off Yokohama, an’ I tell you, paras, ’twas no use pipin’ my number, ’cause I was nigh on passin’ in my enlistment papers for a long cruise aloft,” continued Brown. “Con sumption had me flat aback, and the doctor says it was no use to stow away his lush in my hold seein’ that my bellows was con demned by a higher power than he could wrastle witn.” “ How did you pucker out of it?” asked a gunner’s mute. “Wa’all,” replied Brown, “my Chinee w&shmnn came to me one mornin' an' he says to me, “me habgot allee same Melican man medikin, do you heap good!’ I says, ‘bring it off, Chang: I buy all the same.’ I hat afternoon Chang hove np with fourteen bottles of a lush, crough to kill or core the whole ship’s crew, an’ that looked fresh in their nice wrappers. Says Ohang. ‘China man doctor hab got plentee more, he make heap good well with my sick, this number one mediken allee same through Yokohama.’ Wa’aU, I took the bottles an’ told the doctor I was goin’ to try one as by the sailin’ or ‘ ide ' ‘ ' looked about the circle. Then, lowering his voice, said: “Boys, I’ve four of those precious bottles left—aiu’t give ’em all awa : would not ta too free with the ‘old man,’ suppose I go to his eon there on the poop deck an’ say what I have to you, an’ askin’ hi* pardon, say we want the ad- * miral to try the stuff in my bottles, seein’ that they cured my consumption.” interview with the admiraTs son, with no little anxiety in his good heart as to the re sult of his mission. Approaohing the lieu tenant, Brown sainted, and asked for per mission to state his reason^ for doing so. This was readily granted, and Brown spoke out. “ Seeing that I was onoe cured of con sumption, lieutenant, I make bold to ask if I can tell you how, an’ why I’ve the rea sons for wishing yon to use on your father iT ‘ “ wLat was my salvation. In a few moments the lieutenant had Brown’s story ont, and mnoh to the latter’s gratification, granted a ready permission to him. It did not take Brown loi ng to run to bis ditty box, get the bottles of medicine, and return to the lieutenant with them. “ I’m afeared that the doctors will kick ag’in the use of this blessed stuff, an’ what will you do. sir.” said Brown, as he placed the medicine in the cabin order!}** hands to be taken into the admiral’s room. “ I will attend to that, Brown, and rest as sured that your remedy will have a fair trial in spite of any opposition. It will cit harm my father, judging from yonr statement and the opinion of the Medical officers of the Banger." on, sir, an’ God help the admiral to weather his trouble, is the prayer of all the ship,” said Brown, as the lieutenant turned to enter the cabin. There was no cessation in the storm that evening. The gale howled through the rig ging in wild, discordant tones; the great ship labored through the white-capped moun tains of water threatened to engulph her -whipped with each burst of their storm crests. Within the admiral’s cabin the Ar- „ nd lights, the comfortable furniture, and the numerous evidences of the admiral’s wanderings over land and water, as displayed in choice bric-a-brao and trimmings, gave ders on the bottle, and the doctor he laughed and said ’twas no good, but I done as the regulations says from the first, an’ here I am, ag’in the doctor’s ideas, to be sure!'’ With this triumphant assertion Brown my yet eftor I was cured—an’ if you a!l think that it fortableby all that lovir --hands aiio will:!.,: hearts could suggest, by his aide sat son, who in quiet voice reonuntiiip U his father the interview with B?owii. ancl the opposition met with from the doctors when the idea of giving this new medicine was broached. “ You were sleeping at the time, father, and therefore missed t laughable scene, made so, in spite oi youi audition, by the intense dislike displayed b; the doctors for this ’new-fangled stuff,’ thi, ‘patent liquid,’ which they declared with their consent should never be given to yon. Well, I cut the matter short by saying that I would take all the responsibility, and w_ith your peruus- il) sion would administer it That I obtained when I found you awake, and now you are under way with the first bottle as per direc tions. I am satisfied, dear father, that it will do you good, a premonition tilling my heart that at last we have found the means of arresting the burning fever and hacking cough which have been troubling you so much." The admiral’s reply was cut short by a severe spell of coughing, during wldch he spat blood, and when finished sank back ex hausted. But the grateful look which he be stowed on his son was an additional assur ance of belief in that which the admiral had at firs! sight dubbed as a possible but doubt ful means of doing him any good. But lay ing aside his dislike for any but old-estab lished remedies, the admiral acquiesced in ids son’s reque t, and now, after tlds last spell, admitted that the effect of the dose had softened the dreaded severity of the racking cough. * * * • • « • Three weeks later found the Nomad mak ing the harbor of Montevideo. After severe and prolonged weather she had rounded the Cape and was now standing in the harbor for the purpose of recoaling and watering. To one given to the study of human line.i- ments the faces of those aboard the flagship this bright morning would have afforded in finite scope for such pursuit. But the source of each man’s happiness flowed from the same fountain of gi ateful joy. The beloved admiral was the cause of this. And why? If you could have seen the admiral this bright morning, dear reader, your answer would have been easily found in his face. A changed man was he. Victory was perched on his guidons! the dread enemy was s'owly retreating! The fight was a severe one, but with no cessation in vigilant action and care ful application of the contents of four bottles the admiral had turned the flank of consumiitioc, and was slowly but surely driving him off the field with a power which astounded the doctors and filled all hearts with joy and thankfulness. What was this then that had won the vic tory for the seaman Brown, and was now leading the admiral's shattered forces to the same grand result? When asked this ques tion by one of his officers on duty, in Mon tevideo, the admiral, slowly lifting his hand, replied, “I would that in letters of gold, and so placed that all the world could read them, the name of this great remedy could be shown, co tpled with the genius who discov ered it—‘The Golden Medical Dibcovebv! Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y.,’ the man who has given to his fellow men the greatest re lief from all ills that mortal flesh is heir to!” “ This is the name of the contents of that bottle on my table, and God bless the man who has found the secret of filling it with a medicine at once purifying and strengthen ing, wholesome and thorough in its results, and claiming, in my hnmble opinion, noth ing for itself that it cannot reasonably per form. Nature's ally against the abuse of man!” Well might the admiral sing the praises of edb that which had so unexpectedly rescued him from a fatal illness. When the ship anchored the first commission for the admiral’s son to execute was a large purchase of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, which, as the ad- ry, miral sadly admitted, he had seen in every port the world around and had only admired as an evidence of the energy and enterprise ild thus place his of an American who coal Golden Medical Discovery in every nook and corner of tiie globe. But now he was one more to testify to the wonderful power of this medicine, and certainly did so in Montevideo, by praising it up to all the high officials who visited him. A week later and the Nomad sailed for Boston direct. What the condition of the admiral was when she arrived there is shown in his letter above. Let it be recorded to the credit of the doctors on the flagship that they were completely cured of all dislike for the Golden Medical Discovery, used it faith fully on the voyage to Boston, and landed, through its wonderful power, the admiral completely restored; and more than onepooi i the 'Or fellow wh > started out in the sick bay of the Nomad. What stanch friends the Golden Medical Discovery made in that shipl The above, reader, is an outline of the story, sp in by the admiral tobis friend when they met at the dinner. We will not tonch on othe ' i or.ions of his interesting recital of his cruise in general, our aim being to re cord his testimony for the greatest wonder in med.'o il science that this nineteenth cen tury of surprising developments has pro duced. From the wonderful power of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery over that terribly fatal disease, oonsqpiption, which is scrofula of the lungs, when first offering this now world-famed remedy to the public, Dr. Pierce thought favorably of calling it his “consumption cure,” but abandoned that name ns too restrictive for a medicine that from its wonderful combination of germ-de stroying, as well as tonic, or strengthening, alter dive or blood-cleansing, anti-bilioas. diure tic, pectoral and nutritive propertiw. is unequaled, not only as a remedy for con sumption of the lungs, k*t for all chronic diseases of the liver, blood, kidneys and lungs. Golden Medical Discovery cures all humor.!, from the wo.st scrofula to a com mon blotch, pimple or eruption. Erysipe las, salt-rheum, fever-sores, scaly or rough skin, in short, all diseases caused by disease germs in the blood, are conquered by this powerful, purifying and invigorating medi- jidly heal ome. Great eating ulcers rapidly heal under its benign influences. Especially has it manifested its potency in curing tetter, roes rash, boils, carbuncles, sore eyes, scrofulous sores and swellings, white swellings, goitre or thick neck, and enlarged glands. “The blood is the life." Thoroughly cleanse this fountain of health by using Golden M> d eal Di ;c ivery, and good diges tion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength and soundness of constitution are established. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, short breath, consnmp'ive night-sweats and kin dred affections, tt is a sovereign remedy. In the cure of bronchitis, severe coughs and ''onsumption, it has astonished tne medical faculty, and eminent physicians pronounce it the greatest medical disoovsry of the age. The nutritive properties possessed by ood liver oil are trifling when compared with those of the Golden Medical Discovery. It rapidly builds up the system and increase the fleffi and weight of those reduced belo* the usual standard of health by wasting dis eases. • • • • • • • This idea met with approval from all Therefore Brown walked The reader will pardon the foregoing di gression, prompted by our admiration for a remedy that performs such marvelous cores, off iyt an and permit us to say that when the admiral , % -a*. v - .t \ ‘ - !' . ^ returned to his name In New York the ribly cloud oast upon the happiness of the reunion with his family was caused by the con turned illness of his eldest son, a young man of twenty-four, whose disease, when the ad miral sailed from Montevedio, had been ' re ported as succumbing to the treatment of the family doctor. But his father thought it otherwise; the unfortunate young man was suffering severely from chronic disease of the kidneys and bladder. Before leaving Boston the admiral had purchased a copy of purchased a copy „ Dr. Pierce’s book, “The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser.” He read this val uable book thoroughly, and upon his arrival home had made up bis mind as to the future treatiuent for his son. The latter was sent to the famous Invalids’ Hotel, at Buffalo, N. Y., conducted by Dr. R. V. Pierce, and his competent staff of specialists, where, under skillful treatment, the sufferer soon found relief and a permanent cure. AGRICULTURE. The great improvement in English farming dates from the time whan the Government commenced to encourage the draining bj making loans to those farmers who asked it at the low rate of three per cent, per annum,taking secur ity on the lands to be drained. The contract specified that a certain amount of draining was to be done for a speci fied sum; and this was always rather more than the money lent would do. In this way, farmers were obliged to invest some money of their own, in addition to that which they borrowed of the Gov ernment. These loans ware invariably paid when due; and the drained land was so mnoh more productive than be fore that the Government and people were alike gainers by the operation. Last spring I planted some early Ohio and Magnum Donum potatoes, covering them from four to six inches with soil. W Lcii the ncouS begtm to b^iiudl I toilk a garden rake and raked over every hill taking off an inch or more of the cover ing this operation killed the young weeds coming up in the hills. I tnen took my shovel plow cultivating the patch as if the potatoes had been np, (the raking enabling me to sen where the lulls were). As soon as the | o.atoes were up I re peated the cultivating, the operation preventing the growth of weeds and as sisting m the rapid maturing of the po tatoes. The yield was much larger than thoee cultivated in the ordinary way, the tubers being of much larger size and finer flavor. The use of corn-meal for cooking is less common now than a few years ago. Wheat is now more nearly the price of com than formerly, and in the South, where com was cnoe used almost exclu sively, considerable amount of wheat is now grown. With the disuse of corn for cooking a really nice article of com meal is becoming scarce. Moat of it olft red for sale in the cities is made from Western corn, which is infeiior for cook ing. The flint varieties mostly grown in the Ea-.t, are better, though, good,sweet meal is made from Southern dent corn. Its excellence is one reason why so much com meal has always been used iu the South. The value of a pasture consists, first, in a c’ose strong sward. To have this the toil must be firm, fertile and filled with moisture. By this we do not mean it shall be wet, on the contrary.it must be the reverse. The moisture must be such as is held naturally (me chanically), not the moisture of satura- turn, but that of vaporization. Thus a permanent pasture should never be hea vily cropped until it is well set. Hence none of the tuberous rooted grasses like timothy are suitable to ptrannmt pas time. They cannot stand close crop ping nor coustaut tramping. Pasture grasses, therefore, must be the fibrous and deep rooted varieties. Grain, the staple food for fowls, is plenty uni cheap, but it requires extra labor, the closest attention end good ac commodations to raise young chickens during the changeable spring weather. Nothing is more certain than this fact. If no skill and care were required poe- sibly the business might become so overdone that poultry and eggs would become a drug in the market. We be lieve that it pays to give this extra care and to make the necessary outlay. A lady of Ban Francisco lately receiv ed some plants from Mexico, and with the plants came the advice to fertilize them with waste coffee aud coffee- grounds. This was done, and the re sults were so satisfactory that the same treatment was tried on roses, and the result was a vigorous aud healthy growth and more and better flowers and of richer colors. Apple trees shonld not br planted too close together to save land. Forty feet is better tlian thirty, though many or chards are se t with trees only twenty feet apart. The result is,when twenty or more years old, the tops reach, over shadowing the ground! the roots run to gether and an inferior crop of fruit is produced, if any at. all, and dead bran ches become numerous from defective supplier of nutriment. The Western men are l ard to please. An Illinois doctor sent some medicine to a patient labeled “Oalmel—pizen,” aud the county medical society talk ot expelling him. What would they have the man do? Is not the label perfectly intelligible, even if it does not meet the antiquated notions of orthography? Pro fessioual jealousy is probably at the bot tom of this affair. In regard to breeding mules, says the Nebraska Farmer, one thing to be guarded against is to avoid the rather common error of supposing that any kind of a mare is good enough from which to breed a mule colt, no matter how old or diseased she may be, so she answers the purpoie. On the contrary, only good, aide bodied mares should be used, aud in dlspositun very gentle. The cluster of eggs that may be found on apple-tree limbs should be picked off in order to prevent the hatch ing of the tent caterpillar, just at this season is a good time to make a thor ough inspection of the trees.and a little attention will save lime and labor here after. Superphosphates generally contain a certain percentage of nitrogen,but there is a kind of superphosphate composed of bone-black. As the bone black has passed through a process o! burning, the nitrogen is liberated, and hence farmers should make a distinction between ground bone and bone-black. The Scotch, always a thrifty race,are investing largely in American cattle ranches. During 1882 ten large ranches for herding oattle were bought by Scotchmen. The profit is so much greater than from any UNe > the money can be put to at home, that investments cf this kind are sure to ir urease. DOMESTIC. Floobr—A new papier-naohe pro cess for covering floors is described as follows: The floor is thoroughly cleaned. The holes and cracks are then filled with paper-putty, made by soaking newspapers in a paste made as follows: To one pound of flour add three quarts of water and a tablespoonful of ground alum, and mix thoroughly. The floor is ooated with this pasie, and then a thickness of manilia or hardware paper is put on. This is allowed to dry thor oughly. The mamlla paper is then covered with paste, and a layer of wall I>aper of any style or design desired is put on. After allowing this to dry thoroughly, it is covered with two or more coats of sizing made by dissolving half a pound of white glue in two quarts of hot water. After this is allowed to dry, the surface is given one coat of “hard oil-finish varnish,” which oau be bought already prepared. This is al lowed to dry thoroughly, when the floor is reedy for use. The process is represented to be durable and cheap; and, besides taking the place of matting, carpet, oilcloths, or like covering, makes the floor airtight, and permits of its being washed. It is considered by some excellent authorities in cooking to be a great im provement on the ordinary manner of boiling ham if it is soaked in cold water over night. In the morning wipe it off; if there are any rusty or discolored spots scrape them off. The ham should be boiled very slowly; on this depends the Bweetne-s*nd flakiness of the lean bam. Some whole cloves and a bouquet of herbs may be added to the boiling water with good effect. When the ham is done, set the kettle off the fire and let the ham remain in the water until it is oold. It will absorb a great deal of the juices that have boiled out. Then lay it in a large dripping pan and spread a mixture, made alter the following direc tions, over the ham: Take half a cup ful of brown sugar, a teaspoonful of browned flour; moisten it with a ill tie sweet cream, or, if your oouscience will allow it, with port wine. Then set the pan iu the oven and let the ham brown. When cold, out it in very thin slices aud the flavor will be delicious, Harioot Beans, Egyptian or Gaban- za Beans and Lentils.—These, being bard and dry, must be allowed time in cooking to a sorb moisture aud become softened. The larger kinds even re quire many boms’ soaking in oold wa ter. Fat them ou a slow fire in plenty of oold water, with salt, a very little carbonate of soda and a bit of butter. They should be heated gradually and simmered till tender, then drained and served with a little butter, pepper, salt and sugar stirred among them, or they may be treated as follows: Brown a sliced onion in a stewpau with a little butter, to which add the boiled beans, more butter, some flour aud gravy or strong soup. Season with pepper aud salt, stir them up, boil again tor ten minutes, dud serve hot. How to Make an Odd Dessert.— Here is a novel and pleasing way to prepare a dessert, it is especially adapied for the children’s birthday din ners in those happy households where such days are kept us joyous festivals: Make a small hole in the end or aide of a number of egg shells. Through this pour out the egg. Fiil the empty shells with hot pudding, made of corn starch, arrow-root or Irish moss. When cold break off the shells, serve on small sau cers and surround the egg shaped pud ding with jelly or jam. If you wish to take so muoh trouble, divide the pud ding in half and add to one a tablespoon- ful of grated chocolate, and in this way color part of the eggs. Sugar and cream, flavored with vanilla, is a very nice sauce with this kind of pudding. A hanging-pillow for either chair or sofa may be made a rich ornament. Ticking will be iu requisition; cut two pieces about sixteen inches long and seven inches deep in the centre, taper ing to lees than three at the sides, sew together, and fill with ourlei hair. Em broidered satin, or silk serge overlaid with silk net, is an elegant outside; mo saic silk patchwork or worsted in tricot is also very pretty. Sew tasseled fringe across the bottom, and finish the sides and top with moss fringe. The heavy silk cord by which to suspend the pil low pass.s through eyelets wrought near tne ends. Grape Catsup.—Take five pounds of grapes, pick over carefully and pulp them. Boil the skins nntil tender; cook the pulps and strain through a colander or sieve to remove the seeds, then add the skins and cook again with three pounds of sugar, one quart or less of good eider vinegar, two tablespoonfnls of oinnamon and allspice; half a tea spoon! ul of cloves. Boil thoroughly and oan lor further use. The layer cake so popular now, made of two layers of white cake with one of fruit cake in the middle, may be varied deliciously by making the middle layer of walnut oake. For this, if the cake is a large one, take two-thirds of a oup of sugar, one-third of a oup of butter, one oup of flour, one egg, one teaspoon- fol of baking powder, and nearly one oup of hiokory-nut meats. A new decorative effect is given to cream-white grenadine dresses by trim ming them with an applique-work of large brilliant leaves and flowers ent from rich brocaded fabrics. The out lines of the blossoms and foilage are chain stitched down with. white silk. Florentine cut-work is appliqued to materials like India muslin, French organdie and the like. Hulled Corn.—Allow two tabie- spoonluia of soda to each quart Of corn. Boil very abwly five or six hoars, that is, until the hails will rub off easily iu oold water. Then wash in three waters and boil until tender, for it will seem hardtr when oold. Don’t salt nntil it is cooked, for it will burn if salted in the kettle. Ir you wound the band or foot with a rusty nail, smoke the wound with burning wool or woolen doth. Fifteen or twenty minutes in the smoke will re' ove ail pain from the won.t case of inflammation. Ginger Crackers—Two quarts of flour, one pint of molasses, one pound of brown sugar, half a pound of lard, two ounces ot ground ginger aud a tea- spoonful of doves. Knead them a long time and roll them very thm, Finely-grated Horseradish root, thoi oughly rubbed up with white sugar aud taken slowly, cures hoarseness. HUMOROUS. A New Yorkeb received a call the other day from a coachman out of a place, and after the man had duly re commended himself the gentleman asked: “What percentage did the blacksmith pay you in your last place?” “Ten per cent, sir.” “And the harness maker?” “About fifteen, sir.” “And the feed man?” “Well, he gave me about twelve, sir ” “But, you see, I have no horses and you would lose all that.” • “Oh, as to that, sir, I could easily make up the difference by standing in with your tailor, milkman aud ooal deal er. Be sure that i oan make it up, sir!” Auvance Step In Dentistry Havana, Cura.—The most popular dentist of this city, Dr. 1). Francisco Gar cia, member of the iloyal University, states that in all cases of trouble some neu ralgia, arising from the teeth, his patrons are recommended to use St. Jacob’s Oil, and the most satisfactory cures have lol- lowed. It ia a specific for toothache, ear ache, bodily, pains, and proof against household accidents. The Japanese maiden, instead of suing her faithless lover for breach of promise, gets up at two o'clock iu the morning, dons a white robe and high sandals, sticks three lighted candles in her coit. hangs a mirror around her neck, takes an effigy of her faithless swain, nails it to a sacred shrine, and prays for the death of the traitor. And all this time the traitor may be sitting up with another girl, feeding her with chocolate ca.amcio, Suu n’liispeiiiig iu her ear something about the Hereness oi the Wherefore. A better plan would be for the girl to nail her faithless lover to the tree. Bay City, Mioh , Feb. 3,1880 I think it my duty to send you a recom mend for the benefit of any person wishing to know whether Hop Bitters are good or not. I know they are good for general debility and indigestion; strengthen the nervous system and make, new life. 1 rec ommend my patients to use them. DK. A. FRATT. A Rockland gent'emnn, who has the reputation of being ’ a little close,” hap pened into his son’s grocery, thinking he would like some prunes, but conclu ded those on hand were a little too dry. ‘•Yes, these are a little dry, but,” said the storekeeper, (who had u sharp eye for the main chance), “I shall have some fresh ones in a idw days, and I’ll save you some.” Accordingly, when the aged parent made his next visit, his dutiful son bad a lot of prunes “soaked out” to that degree of plumpness that met the old gentleman’s approval, and he readily bought them, at an advance of a few cents a pound on the price of the dry ones. An Eilltoi'*T«-sllmonl»l. A. M. Vaughn, editor of Hie “Greanwich Review, n Greenwich, O., writes : Last January I met with a very g vere accident, caused by a runaway hor-e. I xisod almost every kind of g;ilve to heal the woands, which turned to running sores, but found nothing to do me any good till I wjs recommended Henry's Carbolic Salve. I bought a box and it helped me at onoe, and at the end of two mouths I was completely well. It is the best sa ve in the uirket, and I n ver fall of te liUjf my friends about it, aud urge them to use it whenever they need a salve. Dumo’g Catarrh Snuff cures all affections of the mucous membrane ot the head aud throat. “Do you spell ’dog’ with a capital D?” asked old Mr, Touzleton, looking up from his desk. “If its your dog, the big black and white one that was loose last night, yes,” replied the junior book keeper, who was standing up, writing at a desk six inches too high for him, “spell it with the biggest D in the alphabet.” And he went on with his work, while the old man sat and looked at him over his halt ful spectacles for nearly ten minutes, wondering what the young man meant, and thinking he would ask his daughter about it when he got home. Those who use Uarbohne as now 1m- proved and perfected, the great petroleum hair renewer, are always distinguished by the beautiful soft texture of the hair pro- duced by the use of that most exquisite of all toilet preparations. Into the child’s sick room walks a friend of the family, and going up to the bedside of the convalescent says: “Glad to see you are muoh better, Minnie.” “Thanks!” returns Minnie. *T shall be out in a few days.” “And how long is it since you began to get well ?” “About a week or ten days ago,” an swered the child, “ever since our doc tor was drowned.” Baltimoks, Md.—Rev. W. H. Chapman says: “I deem Browu’a Iron Bitters a moat valuable tonic lor general ill-health.” Mb. Sanotus, I see you enjoy a pipe when you are out of the pulpit?’ ‘‘Very much, very muoh, sir 1” ‘'So it appears: and what do you prefer to have iu it as a rule?” “Short-cut, sir; short-cut, by all means 1” “Indeed I And if yon’re so fond of short-cat, why don’t yon put a little of it in your sermons ?” For Thick Hearts, Heavy stomachs, bilious conditions—Wells’ May Apple Pills—antl-biltoua, cathartic. 10 aud 26c. > Teaks may soothe the wounds they cannot heal. Ladies and chilaren's boots and shoes cannot run over if Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners are used Men most be taught as though you taught them not. Dr. KUne’i Great, Neive Restorer is the marvel of the age for all nerve dls aaea. All nrs stopped free, send to asi Arch street' PhHadelpUia. Pa. A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone. Emory’s Little Cithartic Pill—best made for Liver Complaint and Biliousness Tasteless, harmless infallible. 15c. They that stand high have many blasts to shake them. Whv don’t you use 8t Patrick’s Salve? Try il Use it. 25o at all drugg etc. One always has tune enough if one will apply it well. Toocoi City, Oa.—Dr. J. P. Newman suvs: “Brown's Iron Bl'ters are v, ry nopular aud tue.r use always results saUsfsctorliy.l’ The truly sublime is always easy and always natural. Skinny Men. “Wells’Health Renewer’Testoreshealth and vigor cures Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility. $L AJrn cannot live exclusively by intel ligence and self-love. » y .-Mi “Father,” said the young matt as he entered the house the other evening in a flurried manner, “I have been called a dnde?” “No!” “Yes, I have, and it is ah Insult that must be wiped out in blood 1” ‘ Bosh! Bosh 1 The party was simply mistaken. He probably meant to call you an idiot 1’* Change ot Mind. I declined to insert your advertisement of Hop Bitters last year, because I then thought they might not be promotive of the cause ot Temperance, but find they are, and a very valuable medicine, myself and wife having been greatly benefitted by them, and I take great pleasure in making them known. REV. JOHN SEAMAN, Editor Home Sentinel, Afton, N. Y. “Now then,” she said to the man who was to hang np the carpets and beat ’em, “don’t make any mistake. The one with holes in yon are to take oft on some vacant lot, so that people won’t mistrust who it belongs to, and the good one you oan beat in the side yard.” “Yes’m. Aud if any one asks what it cost per yard, I’ll tell ’em three dol lars and that it’s all paid for, I under stand my business ma’am.” Menaman’a Peptonized beef tonic, the only preparation of beef containing its en tire nutritious pmpertiea. It contains blood-making, fotce generating and life- sustaining properties; invaluable for indi gestion, dyspepsia, uervous prostration, and all forms of general debility; also, m ah enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous proetrauon, overwork or acute disease, particularly if resulting bom pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard <t Ca, proprietor*, New Am*. Bold by all druggists. “Remus, wha’ come o’ yo’ las’ Sunday? dicin’ see yer to de cnu’ch.” “I wuz dar, Sam’l; I passed de sasser.” “Oh, dat counts fo’ not seein’ yer. Yo’ see dar’s been so much beggin’ goin’ ou ’round ter de chu’ch ob late dat now days a mau’s gotter go down putty deep ter fin’ Buffin’, au’ 1 speck 1 muster bin down iu der bottom ob my pocket brows in’ fur change when yo’ kirn along, on’ course I could’u’ see yer fo’m dar.” Frazer Azle Grease. One creating '.arts two weeks; all others two or tbreu day*. Do not l.e mposed on by the iiiimbng stuiTH offere i. sk your I'ealtr for Fra zer's, with a jel ou. avert your borse labor and to i too. It r ceived first medal at tbeCenten nial aud Paria Expodit 'm. sold everywhere. “Why so gloomy this morning, Jacob?” “Ah, my poor Icetla P'lujymia Levi—he is teail.” “Dead? You sur prise me. Hew diil it happen? ’ “Veil, you see, my leetle Ponjairin he vas at der synagogue to say his brayers, aud a poy put in his bet at der tnor and gries. ‘Job lot t’ and leetie Benjamin—he vas gilt in der grush.” Walcott, the gentleman who ate thirty brace of quails in thirty days, was relieved from any disagreeable stomach troubles by using G^stkine, and took nothing else dur ing the task. Sold by druggists. So many murderers are reporter! as eating a hearty meal the morning before being executed that au exchange ttpnks physicians should prescribe hanging for the persons suffering from loss of appe tite. The fatal obj' c‘ion to such a rem edy is that a mau is liable to choke to death almoet as soon as his appetite is restored. That Husband of Mine Is three times the man he was before he began using Weils’ Health Renewer. $L Druggists. It is said that Oscar Wilde intends returning to this country to appear on the stage, it may be his desigu to take the place of the mule that was kicked to death by its mate in Uncle Tom's Cabin, a few weeks ago, but we don’t think he has eiough horse sense for that, Shonld yon be a sullem irom dyspepsia, mdu ges'iou, malaria or weakness, you can be cured by Brown’s Iron'Bitters. The souls of some men are in their clothes. Time is the old justice who tries all offenders. A man's life is an appendix to his heart. Sin is essentially a departure from God. Simplicity is of all things the hardest to be copied. Reckon a matter cf trial to be among thy gains. The Bad and Worthless are never vmUated or counterfeited. This t* especially true ot a family medicine, and it is positive proof that the remedy imitated ia of the higbeat value, a* soon a* it had been tested and proved by the whole world that Hop Bitten was the pnreat, best and most valuable family medicine ou earth, many Imitations sprang np and began to steal the notices in which the press and the people ot the country had expressed the merits of U. B., and in every way trying to In duce suffering invalids to nse their stuff instead, expecting to make money on the credit and good name of H. B Many others started nostrum* put np In similar style to H. B., with varions’y devised names in which the word or “Hope” were used in a way to induce people to believe they were the same as Hop Bitten. Alt inch pretended remedies or cures, no matter what their style or name is, and especially thoee with the word “Hop'’or “Hope” In their name or In any way connected with them or their name, are imitations or counterfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing hot genuine Hop Bitters, with a bunch or cluster of green Hop ou the white label. Trust nothing else. Druggists aud dealers are warned against dealing In imitations or counterteits. _ Nothteg In me w»rldTu5i»nn^Mhe mire of Scrotal*. Pimple,, BolU, Tetter, Old gore^ Bore Ejrj, Mercurial Dleeuee, Ciurrh. L ie of . Appetite. Female Comptaluu, and all Dlaad t dm ave. It neter raila. All drueeliu and country •tore keeper! eel) It. *. X. Selleea _ **.. t 'rop\ ' ittbeeak. on every bottle. m A^KK- $42 »oay at pome eMUy made. Costly outfit free. AddrtoeTauz A Co.. Atimiste. Me. 4 WANTED i 0 r the Best and Fastest- wiling Hctorinl Books and Bit,lee. Price* re. sd SR per oeuL N atiomal Pus. Oa. Phlladz. X Bus mm Mteri>r«ia»e HiabltCurart la Id to 80dityrs. No pay till Care-*. DR. J. BTttrHKHW, Lebanon. Oh«" DR8. J. N. & J. B. H0BEN8ACK. r r XJ. icr L' a uvrur THOSE AFFLICTED WITH THE EFFECTS OF SELF-ABUSE AND MEKCURIALIZATION should m . ht s Lite to consult J. N. and J B no. BENSACK. of 206 North Second street, Phiiadel. pht.i, either by mad or by person, during the hours irom 3 A. M. to 2 F. M., and 6 to 9 P. M Advice tree. Whosoever would know his condi tion and Die wav to improve it shnn'd read * “WISDOM IS A NUTMIELL.” Sent on receipt ji 8-cent stamp. Is to m SI7 Tlivw* »B>w«riaR na taav.trtlsemrm *•!**••••'• f**®' ■FtM* lh« sxlver. MM.r^.S.5 the pnbllrtber b" *batl.« “ “ SSI that lti«y mw the. Mlv«rtlMMeMt this ;*ura»t (iraual. peip«ri. BMPs it m THE GREAT GERM REMEDY FOR PAI! C/3 Believes and curea BHEUMATI8 Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbag BACKACHE, HEADACHE, TOOTHAC SORE THROAT, QUINSY, SWELLIf SPRAINS, Sorsnett, Cuts, Brail FROSTBITES, BURNS, SCALD And all ether bodily a and pains. FIFTT CENTS A BOP Sold by all Druggists - ' — Jtlons I Dealers. Directit languages. The Charles A. Vogelei (BMHeon te A. VOOEltZ S Reltlmxre. Sd-, U. HOSIIIJEbi &ITTER s There has never been *u initance In which sterling invigorant and an.i-iebrile medicine failed to ward off the complaint, when taten as a protection iigulnst malaria. Hundrec physii ians have abandoned all the officinal up ics, and now prescribe this barmleia veg I tonic for chills an I fever, as well as dysp< and nervous affections. Hostetler's Bitters 1 sp specific you need. For sals by all Druggists aud Dealers genei THE SUN IBB MILLIOI A YEAR. D ,uble it! To preseiit all the news iu rmi ehape and to tell the truth though ^the heav us e aud to tell the trutu though the beav.uii the two great purposes ot THE SUN. It ■paper for ever body, a friend to every tody, rogues aud frauds. Subscription: Uau .by mail. 55c. a mouth, oc sti.so a HundaT(8 pages), gl.SO per year; WsucLiqi pi (1 00 per year. I. W. ENGLAND. Publisher, New York C ringt PETER COOPER. Hla Life and Character. By G. 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II H tiox 104 Uutli rillDrnAl Powdercbemlca’ly prepared, f UnnnUUAL complexion, whitening the bad breath, purifying the system. Box by m cents. ML Vernon fo., Southington, Coon. al»g* w A MONTH and board in your own co 909 Young Men or Ladies’ outfit free. dress, P W. ZIEGLER A lO., PliiUdelphi AGENTS WANTED Toseu Phrsicittii, or How to Ai Health.’’ Retails, iS.25. Agents. AMERICA PUBLISH 'leuth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. body’s G ulre and Pres ig commits oi 1LNU Co., 17 2 1 THI BEST IS CHEAPEST." ■SJHRESHERSS Clover | • Aultmaa A Taylor Go , HanaMd. E 0 TP ft STOPPED FRE lip Marvelous success. ■ t vk Insane Persons Kestor ■3)Dr.KLINE'S 0R2A ■ ■ NerveRestore tr alt BE AIN & N KEYS DISEASES- 0*1} n Ml K \i 5 ti g V eure for Nerve AJfections. Fits. Efil'Psy, * ** * Nj Fits aft | Infallible »f taken as directed. first day's use. Treatise end trial bottle free I Fit patients, they paying express charges on box wh I received. Send names. P. % and express address J afflicted to DR.KLtNH.9ii Arch SL.Philadelphia.! I Druggists. BE WARM OF IMITATING FRA VI »ayno’s Automatic EnjKtnt HEALTH IS WEALTI □RAIN pTREATMENl DR. K. f. WRWr-H AAtriX AM) ItKAIN T rur.nlM.1 -p—rifle for fl)*t il. Dt.aiuc.. Ooi ff.nrou. N.aralzf.. H.tiUt'fi., N. ydu, p nM , by tin uu of alrohol or toh«om, W.k.fnii.. prrnlnti Hoftnlog of th. DnUn r.mu itnr t, ICftillDK to mliorT, Src.y .nd d..uh j Pr. ni. B«rr.nne»«. Lom of P,,w.r In .It),arm. Inn and Hp.imftt-rrlH.ft cauo-d by cmr rx.rtfnr Mir-ftt-Uftc oroT-r-Induifftnro. H«oh box ronuli trcatm-'iit. *1 a box. or .lx boxrx for ft, a.) paid ou neadpi of prle*. WE GUARANTEE SIX B< Tor'ir.»nvr«.«. With each or.!»r roo-lr d box««, ftcrom|iBtiled with SI, we » 1:1 mu,I *<• wrillm (iuu »nt«. to refund tl.u monoy ff thof not ofT-ct ■ cure. Onftr.iil.ef.li.ne-1 only oy kIS.VEB A SkXDXLHQlt, S20 Her. Street. Th _ , K»xrJEt.XTA.ei.'v Th# r«1ehrAt“d v«jretAi>i« lilootl I'arifl^r. !t Immodlsti com Hondccko, CMetlpatloft, l urWealho Skis. Mall BnvwherB upon re-elpt of £6 emU. UuaurpMSed I Children. EISNER & MENDELSON, 320 Race Btreet. Philadelphia. Pi CSS-SIESS SEa-BSt* ’ free. OPIUM Morphine Habi No pay till cured. Tea ; established. l.utW cured. DR. HARSH. Qalney. MU . 14 bears, f rreualftt. 8t Louli .A. poor forEpUepzy or Fits in 24 KDCC I BY RETURN Mail A full dMcrit. met i Moody’s New Tailok System of CPTTHte. D. W. MeoiiyACo.?l W oNt.Clncinf to the human body ERADICATED t _ PftvM&i WORM S?RiiF pisq s cure: for lit WHUt AU till rails. Bert Ootigh Byrup. tint•« good. UBS In linn*. Bold by drugatat*. UTM P'T iON.