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FARM m HOUSEHOLD.
The Kohl Rabi.
The kohl rabi, or the turnip-rooted
cabbage, "writes a correspondent of Fic&'s
Magazine, may be properly described as
a vegetable somewhat intermediate between
the turnip and the cabbage. At
first sight the leaves bear a considerable
resemblance to the latter vegetable, but
on a closer inspection we find that the
k stem just above the ground swells into
^ a bulb, resembling a turnip in size and
shaDe. from which circumstance the pop
ular name of turnip-rooted cabbage has
8|A been derived. It is a vegetable that is
^H^Lhighly prized in Europe, and as it is fast
^^^Bfcecoming popular in this country a few
^^^^ftnarks on its cultivation may not be out
^^ >f place. In order to obtain tender and
^H^Kucculcnt bulbs it is essential that the
HsHplnnts should be grown quickly, on a
rich, deep soil, for if grown slowly, and
on poor soil, the bulbs will be tough and
inferior in quality,; so. to insure, if possible^
successful crop, the ground should
be properly and thoroughly prepared by
giving it a good dressing of well-rotted
stable manure and working it in thoroughly
with either the plow or fork.
Every care should be taken to incorporate
the manure with the soil as deeply as
possible, when the seed can be
sown in drills about two or three feet I
apart. Sow thinly, and as soon as the j
young plants are strong enough to j
handle thin them out to about sixinches
apart. Keep the plants well cultivated
at all times; hoe frequently,
taking care to leave the chief part of
the stem uncovered, and as soon as the
bulbs are from three to live inches
in diameter they are ready for use. A
sowing should be made about the first of
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JSlay, ana again cany in .junu ami .mu>, ,
in order to obtaiu a .succession of tender
roots.
Potato Rot?Best Varieties.
D. X. Kern, of Shimersville,Penn., says:
"Thirty years ago my father raised one
of the largest potato crops it was ever his
fortune to possess; but unhappily the
whole crop rotted, which so discouraged
him he would plant only small plots of |
one-eighth or one-fourth of an acre. He l
also avoided the use of manure. When I
I began farming, sixteen years ago, I !
tried the following plan with potatoes: J
I Early in April I plowed my soil about
eight inches deep and harrowed it very
fine. Next I drew furrows three and
one-half feet aj?art, laid the potatoes
about eighteen inches apart, and then I
followed with wood ashes, scattering a
small handful arouud each potato and
covercd with a hoe. Some years I mixed
plaster with the ashes. One year I mixed
' ground limestone with the ashes.
Another year I mixed bran to the wood
ashes and this gave the best result, and
T /In nnt hplipv<? that I .wot a dozen l'Ot
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ten potatoes in the sixteen years.
Some of my neighbors talked about
potato rot. Oftentimes some would put
the potatoes in a corn crib. Others had
them in open sheds or on the barn floor
for a week or ten days before they put
them into the cellar. There were others
who sprinkled slacked lime on the potatoes
when they put theuj into the cellar.
v I always store my potatoes in a dark
cellar, in barrels and boxes, as fast as I
dig them. For the last ten years I dug
my potatoes with a potato fork. Last
year I used a shovel plow in one of my
patches, but according to my ideas it (lid
not work satisfactorily.
The kinds of potatoes I raised are as
follows: Early rose, brownless beauty,
early Vermont, early Ohio, peachblues,
Peerless, Blue mountain yellow and Lee's
favorite. This last is my favorite also.
It is a very early potato, and in rich soil
you can obtain potatoes in sixty days
from planting. This potato is very
good right out of the field, also in fall
^ and spring. I raised them at the rate of .
406 bushels per acre. In the spring of
1884 I got $1.75 per bushel for them, or
$5 per barrel.
Last year was a very poor season for
rtatoes through Lehigh county, Penn.
planted five kinds, and Lee's favorite
was the only kind that yielded a fair
crop. I made a contract with a man for
a lot of wood ashes next sorincr. and then
I will mix ashes, ground limestone and j
bran together and try my best to raise a j
wonderful big crop of Lee's favorite
potatoes. I would advise all those who
are troubled with potato rot to avoid
manure and use wood ashes.
Leaves as a Fertilizer.
Just how valuable leaves are as a fertilizing
agent it might be difficult to say,
as the few books that mention the sub?
ject seem to differ considerably, but that
they are valuable for specific and manurial
purposes there is no question.
Their special value lies in the fact that
they combine in themselves all the mineral
constituents of plants in proper prow
portion. Through the laws of adaptation
they nourish growing plants without the
disadvantages arising from an excess or
deficiency of one or more ingredients.
Every particle that is found in a leaf is
capable, when decayed, of entering into
new combinations, and of again rising
into a-tree for the purpose of contributing
to the production of more leaves and
flowers and fruit. It is patent that the
less we rob the soil of the perishing members
of vegetation which furnish the
means of annually renewing its fertility,
the better it will be for future growths.,
Leaves contain the carbon or humus,
together with the alkaline substances essential
to the support of growing plants.
When dry they are said to contain about
six pounds of inorganic matter, suited for
plant food, in every one hundred pounds.
I This is inclosed in a vegetable tissue,
which rapidly decays, and dining decomposition
various gases are evolved which
further supply the want of growing plants.
All other manures are more expensive.
Leaves cost only the gathering, usually a
light and pleasant work. They constitute
a perfectly safe manure. They may
be applied to plants,or when decomposed
may be brought into contact with seeds
without any danger of injury. Applied
. to the roots of trees or growing plants in
the form of a mulch leaves are valuable
in preventing the rapid evaporation of
the moisture in the soil, holding it in reserve
for the use of trees or plants, while
by their slow decay they are constantly
supplying their fertilizing elements.
The greatest value of leaves is probably
found in their use and mechanical influence
when incorporated with tenacious or
stiff, clayey soils, in rendering them porous,
holding them open to the air and
the showers, keeping them in a more fitting
state for the free admission of moisture
to the roots of the plants, as well as
to the general promotion of various crops.
In Scotland leaves arc allowed three to
four years to perfectly decompose, occasionally
being turned. Here this would
be regarded as impracticable. But
though bulky in proportion to their
weight, leaves should be utilized whereevcr
they arc available, for the reasons
indicated. Even their very bulk and
lightness, in certain cases and for some
purposes, give them a special value.?
Sew England Farmer.
Farm and Garden Xotes.
Pigs that arc inclined to be constipated
will be Greatly benefited by feeding them
;t little boiled flaxseed occasionally.
The common daisy is, perhaps, the
most divisible plant in the garden. E;\ch
separate branehlet may be removed with
its modicum of root, and every bit will
form a plant.
Butter tubs should be thoroughly
cleaned and then soaked in brine before
packing down butter in them, which will
?4.?nr~c-ic-f ;? vontJYi?t the. butter
luaiiri liiuj ah |>ivfvMv.MO ?
from bcin<r tainted.
Winter is the season for making manure.
The best precautions should be
made for carefully preserving it. A good
way to preserve it in the "West is to haul
it on to stiff soils at once.
A few statistics may be of service. An
ordinary barrel contains 4 1-2 solid feet;
a bushel contains a trifle over 11-4 solid
feet; a solid foot of water weighs U2 1-2
pounds; an acre contains 43,200 square
feet.
Do not cover the lawn all over with
stable manure, which is to remain there
all winter an offense to the eye, the nostrils
and the feet. There is nothing more
disgusting than this turning a lawn into
a barnyard, and there is no necessity for
it.
Pumpkins should, it is stated, be
broken open and the seeds taken out before
feeding them to cattle or hogs. The
seeds act as a diuretic, and animals
should never be allowed to cat them, except
for the purpose of stimulating the
kidneys.
In sowing grass seed do not be saving
with the seed. It is a great deal better
to sow too much than too little, as by the
former method the sod will soon right
itself, but when too little seed is sown
there will never be a good sod until reseeded.
A Colorado paper says that "the cow
may be queen, the horse king, and the
sheep away up in royal honors, but it is
an indisputable fact that the hog, under
the impetus of alfalfa and pea food, is
approaching dangerously near the
throne."
Regarding the manurial value of
freshly fallen tree leaves it has been ascertained
through the researches of Pro"
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lessor iummernng, ur. i,ogcs ana ncn
Ernes, that beech, oak, and birch leaves
contain only two to 2.3 per cent, of utilizible
matter, plane up to four, and popular
and willow five to 5.7.per cent.
Take one-half ouncc of camphor, dissolve
in one pound of melted lard; take
off the scum and mix in as much tine
black lead as will give it an iron color.
Clean the machinery, and smear with the
mixture. After twenty-four hours rub
clean with soft linen cloth. It will keep
clean for months under ordinary circumstances.
"Prune in winter for wood and in summer
for fruit." But do not prune too
much. Just enough to let in sufficient
light and air to give the leaves their fair
quota is right. A good rule is, when you
see a limb interfering with another, out
with it, whatever the time of year. "When
the sap is in full flow wounds will heal
over quickest.
The best remedy against the girdling
of trees by rabbits is to coat the bark
with some substance offensive to them,
one of the best being a thick wash made
of cow manure and water, with enough
water-slacked lime to make the mixture
of a dull white color or greenish grey.
The mixture may be applied with an old
broom or brush.
Everyone who has fowls should provide
a dustpan. Fine road dust, coal
ashes, sand, pulverized loam, or even
clay, are all very good, and with a sprinkling
of powdered sulphur constitute as
good a bath as can be desired. This
should be placed in a sunny exposure of
the room, and kept dry and clean so that
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ine low is may t'njujr us uuuuuto \> iiuu
they choose.
A little salt is essential to the wellbeing
of cows and all other domestic
animals. It is more often oiven in excess
to cows to make them drink heartily,
and thus increase the flow of milk.
But this attempt to make milk from i
water, even through the cow, defeats its
own end. In the effort to get rid of the
excess of salt1 the animal scours, its digestion
is interfered with and the flow of
milk is decreased. But a due proportion
of water, especially if warm, mixed with
nutritious food, will increase the flow of
milk without reaction.
When a stump is burned piling around j
it some sods which will become heated !
throughout changes them to a valuable
manure. In some parts of England it is J
a common practice to gather sods from
waste places, wlncn alter tnorougniv drying
are burned and the ashes and charred j
earth spread on cultivated fields. It is !
suspected that the burning over of newly
cleared lands in the early settlement of
our country was one chief cause of their
great productiveness. Certainly newly
cleared lands now, when the wood is
carefully taken away and sold are not so
productive as virgin soil used to be.
Recipes.
Beef ok Veal Stew.?Cut two
pounds of cold or raw meat into small
pieces and put into just enough cold
water to cover; add one pint canned or
fresh tomato, and one onion chopped
fine, with salt and pepper to the taste.
Mix a lump of butter the size of a walnut
with a very little flour, just enough
to make a nice gravy, and pour over slices
of evenly browned toast.
Pigs' Feet.?Wrap each foot in a cotton
bandage, wound about it two or
three times, and cord it with twine.
When all the feet are ready plunge them
in boiling water, and boil them for four
hours. Let them remain in the bandages
until they are needed to fry, boil or j
pickle. The skin will hold together,
while cooking, and when eaten they will
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ue rentier anci uencaie as possiuie.
Waffles.?One quart flour, one-half I
tablepoonful salt, one teaspoonful sugar, j
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, one j
large tablespoonful butter, two eggs, one
and a half pints milk. Sift together
flour, salt, sugar and powder; rub in
butter cold; add beaten eggs and milk;
mix into smooth batter that will run
easily and limpid from mouth of pitcher.
Have waffle iron hot and carefully greased
each time; till two-thirds full, close it !
up; when brown turn over. Sift sugar j
on them, serve hot.
Boiled Kick Dumplings, Custard i
Sauce.?The Cook says: Boil half a j
pound of rice: drain and pound it moderately
tine. Add to it two ounces of j
butter, three ounces of sugar, half a >;alt
spoonful of mixed ground spice, salt, nnd j
the yolks of two eggs. Moisten a trifle !
with a tablespoonful or two of cream, j
With floured hands shape the mixture i
into balls, and tie them in floured pud- j
ding cloths. Steam or boil forty min- >
utcs, and send to tabic with a custard
sauce made as follows: Mix together four
ounces of sugar and two ounces of butter ,
("slightly warmed). Beat together the |
yolks of two eggs and a gill of cream;
mix and pour the sauce in a double saucepan
; set this in a pan of hot water, and t
whisk thoroughly three minutes. Set
the saucepan in cold water and whisk
untii the sauce is cooled.
Household Hints.
A bag for soiled linen is made of fine
crash and has a hornet's nest embroidered
upon it in outline stitch in the natural
colors.
The holes around a lamp-burner should
j be kept open to admit air, and entirely
free from dust and grease. The wick
should be trimmed very evenly.
Avoid the cheap tricks of hotels and j
restaurants in the arrangements of napkins
and table utensils. Simplicity is j
never ridiculous, while pretension usually |
is.
Lay a piece of thick canton flannel under
your tablecloth. Even coarse napery
i will look a much better quality with a
j sub-cover than if spread directly over the
! table top.
! Easily made portieres of peacock blue,
double faced canton flannel have nineinch
braids.of cream-colored felt, with ft
design of conventionalized pomegranates
in applique.
i A few drops of ammonia in hard water
I will not only soften it but. will remove
j dirt better than soap. It is always a
: good article to use when bathing the peri
son, and the water in which it is diluted
: makes an excellent stimulant to house
and other plants. It is the slight trace
I of ammonia absorbed by summer rains
which makes these showers so helpful to
all kinds of vegetables.
Dogs that Weigh a Pound.
Every Mexican owns at least one
. Chihuahua chiquita dog, writes a correi
spondent of the Philadelphia Times.
\ They arc beautiful little creatures and of
! two varieties?one with long, silky hair,
the other with a short, smootn coat max,
' is soft as velvet to the touch. I have
! seen full grown specimens that weighed
. a trifle over a pound and young puppies
: about the .size of field mice. They have
large, expressive eyes and the best of disj
positions. A fashionable Philadelphia
lady, with one of these diminutive crea!
tures as her companion on a promenade
down Chestnut street, would attract as
much attention as did Bamum's Jumbo,
i My first introduction to the Chihuahua
I chiquita wa.s in Presidio del Norte, Texas,
| a little town on the bank of the Rio
j Grande. I reached there late in the af!
ternoon. with a letter of introduction to
I the principal merchant, an American
! named Russell. He received me very
! cordially and gave me the keys to his
! corral and feed. box.
j '"Put up your horse," he said, "but
look out for the dog. I'd send one of
I the Mexicans around, but they're all busy
i now."
I was bitten by a dog once and have a
1 wholesome respect for the smallest and
i most inoffensive of the race. As I led
my horse around to the corral gate I ex[
amined my six-shooter to see if it was
I properly loaded, and when I entered the
! enclosure my trepidation was not diminj
ished when I saw staring me in the face
| an enormous sign with the legend, ''Bej
ware of the dog!?' painted on it in great
! black characters. a com perspiration i
j began to ooze from every pore of my
| body, and if the sombrero that I vrore
! hadn't been so heavy I believe that my
! rising hair would have lifted it off my
i head. I walked on the lee side of my
j horse, my cocked six-shooter in my hand,
! with every sense alert to warn me of the
approach of the ferocious monster, who
j was no doubt sleeping in one corner
| of the corral. With trembling fini
gers I unsaddled my horse and my
! knees knocked together as I measj
ured out his feed. So far I had escaped
I the notice of the dog, and I was backing
toward the corral gate, inwardly coni
gratulating myself on my fortunate
' escape; when I heard a yelping bark,
| about as loud as the chirp of an English
! sparrow, and one of these Chihuahua
I chiquitas came bounding across the yard,
| making leaps that measured at least six
j inches in length. He looked so ridiculous j
! that I burst out laughing, whereat he I
stopped barking and began to wag his
liliputian tail and frisk about like a rat.
I learned afterward that he was the only
canine about the place and his owner has
; the reputation all along the frontier of
being a conlirmed practical joker.
A Few Long "Words.
A correspondent has asked for the longest
word in the English language. There
have been a large number of answers,
some of them quite amusing. Here is a
libt of words, with the number of letters
in each:
I
Philoprogonitiveness 20
Ineomprehensibleness 'JO
Disproportionnbleness 21
Suticonstitutioualist 21
Honorificibilitudinity 22
Veloeipedestrianistieal 23
Traiisubstantionableness 23
Proantitionsubsta ntionist ..., 28
Only the first, three words arc to be
found in the last edition of Webster's
dictionary, and disportionablenesss undoubtedly
is the longest word in that volume,
The correspondent who originated
honorificibilitudinity defines it as honorableness,
but it certainly has not. honor!
ableness enough to entitle it to a nest in
the unabridged. Velocipedestrianistical
likewise lacks age and respectability, but
it may find its way into Webster in time;
it certainly has good locomotive powers.
! Suticonstitutionalist is doubtful, and we
do not believe even a mandamus would
get it into the dictionary. TransubstanI
tionableness might get there if Web|
ster wasn't looking. The man who in!
vented proantitionsubstantionist says
it is a good English word "derived from
a short and simple Latin root, and means
one who dissents from the doctrine of
dogma of the so-called real presence."
That may all be, but he ought to be condemned
to pronounce the word twice a
day as long as he lives if he tries to introduce
it into the speech of honest
men.
But speaking of long words, what is
the matter with Llanfairwllgvngyllgertrobwllgerchwyrmbyllgogerbwllzanttosi
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"NVales.?Jlochcxter Pout and Express.
Singular Deception by Butterflies.
It is well known that birds do not especially
care for hairy butterflies. So in
Central America Belt found a curious
beetle that was a tidbit for the birds,
clothed in a eoat of long brown hairs,
elosely resembling the. thick hairy cater-1
pillars. In the same localities spiders j
have been found that looked exactly like !
ants, and were thus enabled t*o creep |
upon their prey, the real ants. Wallace
observed a butterfly that, though an acceptable
morsel to the birds, deceived
them by mimicking the flight of a poi- j
sonous butterfly. If a bird chased it, it
at once assumed the curious and laborious
flight of its poisonous model, and
the bird, noticing its evident mistake,
would always give up the pursuit. ?Sou
Francisco Oil/.
Some one is trying to prove that
Shakespeare intended that Hamlet should
be a fat man.
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THE HOME DOCTOR.
Danger in Damp Carriages.
Next to sitting in a damp room in iti
evil effects is riding in a damp carriage
I and yet it often happens that this is done
j Strong persons, perhaps, may not be in
j jured by it but delicate ones may. Oui
| attention has been called to this subjeci
i while staying in a distant town and ?0ing
out in the evening in a carriage with
friends to visit other friends. During oui
trip it rained, and our carriage was
dampened by it,so much so that it would
I hardly have been safe for an invalid to
i ride in it. Public carriages are often out
in weather more or less wet and become
! damp as well as dirty, and in this condiI
tion cannot be a safe place for the invalid
to ride.?Day Star.
Tonsilitis.
The above term, says an exchange,
signifies an accute inflammation of the
tonsils, and is an affection which is most
likely to occur among children during
the damp and changeable weather of the
fall and winter months. It usually
comes on suddenly alter an unusuai exposure
to cold and damp, and seems to
be predisposed by a bad state of the system.
Children of a scrofulous temperament
have an especial tendency to this
disease. The attack is generally ushered
in by languor, pallor, chilliness, some
sickness at the stomach, headache, and,
Liter, high fever. Very soon the child
will complain of dryness and soreness of
the throat, and perhaps pain in the ear
and about the neck. Examination at
this time will reveal a red and swollen
condition of the throat, and probably the
affected tonsil will appear inflamed, enlarged,
and rounded. If the inflammatory
action be of high degree,
in a day or two small yellowish
or whitish spots may appear
upon the tonsils, which will slightly
resemble the patches peculiar to diphtheria.
The appearance of these spots often
occasions great alarm among the immediate
friends, upon the supposition that
they are diphtheritic in character. They
are not, however, of any great importance,
and generally disappear in from
two to five days. If the attack is of a
serious nature, the throat may become so
closed from the swollen condition of the
tonsils and adjoining structures as to render
the act of swallowing difficult and
painful. Even milk or water will be refused
because of the painful and choking
sensation they occasion.
This disease, under timely and proper
treatment, rarely lasts longer than from
three to seven days, and recovery will be
complete in ten days or two weeks. It
rarefy or never proves fatal, unless the
attack be of great severity and the patient
of feeble constitution. After an attempt
of this kind in scrofulous children,
the tendency is for the tonsils to remain
enlarged, aud the child is especially liable
to repeated recurrences of the same kind.
In such event there will ensue in time
chronic enlargement of the tonsils, and a
catarrhal state of the nose and throat.
This condition is also often followed
in time by a catarrhal of the eustachian
tube leading to the car, and occasionally
there results deafness and "gatherings"
in the ears. It will be seen, therefore,
that the sequela;, or after troubles, resulting
from tonsilitis are by no means
of slight importance.
The domestic treatment of mild cases
of acute tonsilitis is simple and of a useful
character. The child's feet and legs
should be thoroughly soaked in hot
mustard water, and then it should be
wrapped in a blanket and put to bed
and kept there until out of danger. Its
bowels should be acted upon by some
cathartic like the solution of the citrate
of magnesia. Free action ol tlie sKin
6hould be encouraged by frequent drinks
of hot catnip tea and the use of sweet
sprits of nitre. The throat should be
protected outside by two or three thicknesses
of flannel, and the diet should be'
of the mildest character, like good fresh
milk. This line of treatment will often
break up an attack in two or three days,
but, if it be severe, the advice of the
family physician will be necessary.
Frontier Idlers.
I can imagine no life more utterly blank
than one of idleness in a little frontier
settlement, says J.W. Hitchcock, in Outing.
Yet I have never ridden into a
mining-camp or cattle town without
recognizing the lack-lustre gaze and
slouchy pose of the confirmed loafer. |
Once at Ash Forks, a collection of a
doxen shanties west of Flagstaff, the
coatless ruffian who served a mockery of
dinner brought me a glass of milk. It
had turned a little sour?no wonder, for
in that desert land the sun beats down !
with tropical heat, (^uite conscious ot
possible unpleasant consequences, I objected
to my milk. The bearded
waiter, arms akimbo, started |
defiantly, then slouched to the
door where sat the bulky landlord, and
made known my complaint. No less than
four idlers followed that landlord to my
table. The unfortunate glass of milk was
passed in silence down the line. I felt
the situation to be serous. ''Blanked if
it ain't sour!" spoke at last the portly
host, and every loafer echoed, "Blanked
if it ain't!" "Blanked if we don't make
that ranchman drink the milk!" was the
verdict of Ganymede; and the four murmured,
"Blanked if we don't!" "Xn'cP <
he kicks we'll hang him!" And echo
answered, "Cuss us ef we won't!" That
deranged milk was the event of the day
for six men. It furnished them material
for thought and speech. Doubtless the
matter is treasured now as a precious
memory.
A. Remarkable Stroke of Lightning:.
The 'Granite Falls Journal, Minnesota,
Efives an account by N. 0. Carle and
Christian Olson, farmers of Granite
Falls, of the remarkable results of a
6troke of lightning which struck the
praijie about a mile and a half from
Olson's house. It occurred iu June last,
during a heavy storm.
They say it made a hole in the ground
DCtween nve anu six ieet across, anu
nearly six feet deep, and from this hole
there extend six trenches two feet deep,
branching off in different directions,
and extending for a distance of from six
to eight rod9. And what was very singular.
not a particle of the sod and dirt
thrown from the hole and trenches was
to be seen, except now and then a large
piecp of sod twenty or thirty rods away.
Mr. Olson says that by actual measurement
the ditches plowed out by the j
lightning from where it struck were all
oi' an equal distance apart; four of them
were of the same length, and the other
two six feet shorter. The report is said
to have been as terrible as if an explosion
had occurred. A lady sitting at a window
in a house a mile away sensibly felt
the shock; two men were fitting outside
another house a mile away from the
scene, and so forcibly did they feel it
that they immediately jumped to their
feet and went into the house without
speaking. Mr. C. A. Bennett, editor of
the Journal, writes us that he vouches for
the truthfulness of the above account.?
Scientific American.
A gigantic engineering scheme i9 to
connect the Caspian sea with the Persian
gulf by way of the. valley of the Euphrates.
This would make Asia an
island, and would change the tides of
travel and business throughout the eastern
world.
In the Hospitals.
Baltimore and Philadelphia hospital
physicians are prescribing the new proprietary
medicine, Red Star Cough Cure.
It contains neither morphia, opium,
nor any other injurious ingredients. The
price is only 25 cents.
The site of the city of Boston was
sold in 1635 by John Blackstone for
?30.
Take the Testimony of seven out of ,
every ten men you meet, and they will
all complain of annoyance from "constipation"
and its attendant lassitude,
headache, flatulence, &c. Walker's
Vinegar Bitters is a specific for this
ailment. It acts gently, but surely, and
will regulate the system, cultivate a
natural appetite and digestion and insure
relief.
The Sunday collections in Spurgeon's
great congregation in London average
1345.
Man*8 inhumanity to woman makes countless
thousands mourn, would be an applicable
rendering of Pope's line, in view of the indignities
she has suffered and pains undergone at
the hands of unskillful physicians and quacks.
Naturally modest she suffers on until forced to
consult a physician regarding some female
difficulty which she well Knows is sapping her
strength. All this embarrassment. can be
avoided and a cure effected by purchasing
Dr. Picrce's "Favorite Prescription11 of your
druggist, and taking as directed. Price reduced
to one dollar.
Type-setting in this country is said to cost
$30,000,000 annually.
A Pitiful Sight.
"What sadder sight can be imagined than
that of a noble man, whom the world can illafford
to spare, stricken down in the prime of
a useful life by consumption. Thousands are
yearly filling consumptives' graves who might
be saved by the timely use of Dr. Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery," which is a positive
cure for consumption in its early stages.
It is the best alterative and pectoral in the
world. All druggists.
Russia manufactures 12ti,O03,ODO wooden
spoons annually.
* * * Confidential advice, to either sex,
on delicate diseases. Book 10 cents in stamps.
Address World's Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main street. Buffalo, N. Y.
Straw pressed into blocks is now a fuel in
Dakota.
A Remedy for Lntiff Diseases.
Dr. Robert Newton, late President of the
Eclectic College, of the city of New York, and
formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, used Dk. Wm.
Hall's Balsam very extensively in his practice's
many of his patients, now living, and restored
to health by the use of this invaluable
medicine, can amply testify. He always said
that so good a remedy ought to be prescribed
freely by every physician as a sovereign remedy
in all cases of lung diseases. It cures Consumption,
and has no equal for all pectoral
complaints;
"What is home wilhout a Calendar?" is a
very appropriate inquiry just now, when every
body is looking out for a nice calendar for
'80. About the handsomest and most convenient
one we have seen is'Hood's Household
Calendar, issued by the proprietors of that
successful medicine, Hood's Sarsaparilla. The
head of a beautiful young girl wearing a Kate
Greenaway bonnet adorns the card.and everything
about the calendar is in excellent tacte.
Ask your druggist for a copy, or send six cents
in post-age stamps for one, or ten cents for two
calendars, to C. I. Hood <fc Co., Lowell, Mass.
The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oil
in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
livers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely pure
and sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer It to all others. Physicians have decided
it superior to any of the other oils in
market. Made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New
York.
Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
Frazer Axle Grease.
The Frazer AxleGrease isbetter and cheaper
than any other, at double t he price. Ask your
dealer for it, and_take no other.
Straighten your old boots and shoes with
Lyon^Heel Stiffcners, and wear them again
Relief is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. 130 cents.
We Submit Facts
In regard to Hood's Sarsaparllla as a remedy for
rheumatism, and ask you if you are afflicted with
this disease to try the medicine which has so greatly
benefited others. Hundreds of people who suffered
the tortures of rheumatism; even in Its severest
forms, have been perfectly cured by Hood's Sarsapartlla,
the great blood purifier. It corrects the
acidity of the blood, which is the cause of the disease,
and gives strength nud vigor to the whole body.
"My wife has been troubled a long time with inflammatory
rheumatism, and was so bad last spring
that it was hard work for her to walk. She derived
more real help by taking four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparllla,
than from any other medicine she has
taken." Joseph F. Ghees, cor. First and Canal
Street, Dayton, Ohio.
" I used Hood's Sarsaparllla last spring, and can'
truly say it helped me very much. To those suffering
with bilious eomplalnts, nervous prostration, or
rheumatism, I earnestly rcommend it." Jlr.s. E. Cakpkster,
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared
by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, 3lass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
I CURE FITS!
When I (my cure I do not mean merely to stop them
for a time and then have them return again. I mean ?
radical cure. I hare made the dine ace of UTS, tHILEPSY
or FALLING SICKNESS a life long study. I
warrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
others hare failed Is no reason for not now receiving*
cure. Send at oncefor atreatlse anda FreeBottle of
my Infallible remedy. Give Express and Post Office.
It costs you nothing for a trial, and I will cure you.
Address Dk. H. G. ROOT, 183 Pearl St., New York.
I Docs Your BackAchct^^^^^^
APPLY A I
"hop plaster." \KW I
The 8TBONGEST
BEST Porous Plaster made. When-applied to
achM, strains, bruises harp and dull poixu.woak
nesa or soreness in any part, instant relief it felt
and the parts wonderfully strengthened. Con-B
tains virtue* of Hopa, Burgundy Pitch. and Gums.B
Used by multitudes. Nover fallj". Hop Plasters
I? 5 TON
KfngM WAGON SCALES,
11 ^ fl If on L?Ttn, SUtl Borinri, Brui
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mm $6ofaJ|j|||l|iTTb7|TC|l
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No Rope to Cut Off Horses' Manes- kt
Celebrated '?ECIJPSK' HALTER HV
and BRIDLK Combined, cannot Jlv.
he Slipped by any horse. Sample rr-*ir\&K.
Halter to any part of U. S. free, on 1
receipt of $1. sold bv all Saddlery. awjj|
Hardware and Harness Dealers". Jiiv9
Special discount to the Trade. JijdbtftW W
Send for Prioe-L(*t. \
j. c. lightiiou.se, j i?
Roche* ter, N. V. <*> *
R1V UfllCy PIIDCn Having: sufficient confl"Ml
lflll.il vUllCUf donee in our nihility and
rlie willingness of mankind to pii.v when the cure Is
made, we cure all chronic diseases and ask no pay
for our professional services until after the cure Is
elTected. Describe your case fully and send stamp
for Instructions. Address Dr. II. D. BAKEH.
BoxJ Of, Buffet i, N._V.
FACE, HANDS, FEET
and all their im|HTfections uiclmlintr Fagrial
Development. Superfluous llair. llirtli
(WTV .If Marks. Moles. Waits, Moth. Freckles, Il.-d
T Nose, Acne, B'lk Heads. Sruis, t'ittinic ami
their treatment, Itr. JOII.x II. ti 001)111 in.
JIT S. IVarl M.. Allimij, >'.V. Kst'li'tl IS70. Send 1'V. fo Uo >k 1
THURSTON'S pearITOOTH POWDER
Keeping Ttath Perfect and Onmi Healthy.
MITCHELL'S Pcrlorated Belladonna
Planters euro all Aches nud Pains. Sura Kenicdy
lor that cold spot between the shoulders. Sold
by Druiijfists everywhere.
unooyiyc Chloral and
MUnrnlnDpium Habits
li ASILY CURED. ADVICE 1'KEE.
OR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson, Wisconsin.
niA' fA DSIBa Great English Gout and
DEall S I IIISi Rheumatic Remedy.
Oval Box, SI.OQt round, 50 cu.
Al n AAI&IO WANTED. Send lilo.
SKI 18 nalfllRS ^ f?r Cat.ilocu* of prices
UkU UUHlv piid. CHARLES J.
ICI1AYLK. l.'Laicbe Ave., Busion UuLl .ads, Maa*.
'
" '? ?? - i
E. L. Noyes, Revere, Mass., wa* cnred * i
?ald-head by -using Hall's Hair Rene%vei.
A sure cure for obstinate couzhs and cold^Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral. The best remedy.
Electricity has been used in German shops 1
for working portable drills and the like.
RedStar
TRADE MARK.
(0ugh(urk
Free from Opiates, Emetics and Poitoru
iure. OKCts.
prom pit. &?%
AT D*Uaai8T? AND Dealers.
THK CHARLES A. TOCELER CO.. BALTIMORE, BP?
ft urnise ait
)i yn^w?j nil
germBEOY
f" A Cure# Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
L 111 U A I tl BMkaebo, lleadoche, Toothwh*,
III r^llll Rpralmf, FrsI.M, etc.. etc.
8 III I Dill PRICE. FIFTY CENTS.
a WS Mill at DRC0GI8T8 AND DKALEBS.
TH5 DHABLES A. TOOELER CO^BALTIMORE. HD*
CrsSTLlm CAT*MH
Cleanses the H e a d
Allays Inflammation.BAaa^HB
Heals the Sores. Be-I |W SgplH I
stores the Senses ofR^?[^jwS
Taste,Smell,Hearing.!^ ,
A POSITIVE CUBE
CREAM BALMk^3^9
lias gained an enviable repntation
wherever knownI
displacing all other prepar-^ 1
ations. A particle is ap-jj iff PPlim
plied into each nostril; nou n t bMf hK
pain: agreeable to use. tJMl it V l<"
Price 6<l cents by mall or at druggists. Send for Mrcolor.
ELY BROTHEKS, Drugi?l*ti. Oww. X. Y.
n n n sway's
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CURES AND PREVENTS
Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Influenza,
Inflammations, Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Headache, Toothache,
Asthma,
DIFFICULT BREATHING.
CURES THE WORST PAINS In from one to twenty
minutes. NOT ONE HOUR after reading this advertisement
need any one SUFFER WITH PAIN.
Itailway'd Ready Relief Is a Sure Cure Tor
Every Pain, Sprain*, Bruises. Pains in
the Back. Cucst or Limbs. It wa?
the First and lr?tlie Only
PAIN REMEDY
That Instantly stops the most excruciating pains,
allays inflammation, and cures Congestions, whether
of the Lungs, Stomach. Bowels, or other elands or
organs by one application.
A half to a teaspooniul in half a tumbler of water
will in a few minutes cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour
Stomach, Heartburn. Nervousness, -Sleeplessness,
Sick Headache, Diarrncea, Dysentery, Colic, Flatulency,
and all internal pains.
Malaria in Its Various Forms.
There is not a remedial agent in the world that will
cure Fever and Ague and all other Malarious. Bilious
and other fevers, aided bv KAIUVAY'S PILLS*
so quick as RAO WAV'S REAOY RELIEF.
Fllty cents per bottle. Sold by druggists.
DR. RADWAY'S
SARSAPAMLLIAN RESOLVENT,
The Great Blood Purifier,
For the unre 01 an turomc i/iscmcii
Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphilitic Complaints,
etc. (see our book on Venereal, ctc.; price "25
cents), Glandular Swelling, Hacking Dry Cough,
Cancerous Aft'cctions. Bleeding of the Lungs, Dyspepsia.
Water Brash, White Swellings, Tumors, Pimples.
Blotches, Eruptions of tho Face, Ulcers, Hip ,
Disease?, Gout, Dropsy, Rickets, Salt Rheum, Bronchitis,
Consumption, Diabetes, Kidney, Bladder,
Liver Complaints, etc.
SCftOFULA,
Whether transmitted from parents or acquired, is
within the curative range of the Sarsaparillian Ro
solvent.
Cures have been made where persons have b-jen
afflicted with Scrofula from their vouth up to 20, 80
and 40 years of age. bv DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPARILLIAN
RESOLVENT, a remedy composed of ingredients
or extraordinary medical properties, essential
to purify, heal, repair and invigorate the broken
down and wasted body. Quick, pleasant, safe and
permanent in its treatment and cure.
Sold by all druggists. One dollar a bottle.
DR. RADWAY'S PILLS
The Great Liver and Stomach Remady
For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver,
Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases. Lois
of Appetite, Headiwhe, Costivcuess, Indigestion.
Biliousness. Fever* Inflammation ot the Bowels,
Piles, and all derangements of tho internal viscera.
Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, mineral-}
or deleterious drugs,
Price, 'J!) cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
DYSPEPSIA!
Dr. Had way'a Pill* are a euro for this complaint.
Tlicy restore strength to the stomach and
enable it to perform ita functions. The symptoms
of Dysi-cpsfa disappeared ?'ith them the liability of
1 he system to contract diseases. Take the modicine
according to directions, and observe what we say iu
"False aud True" respecting diet.
PT"Send a letter stamp to DIt. RAD WAY ?fc
CO., No. 32 Warren Street, New York, lor
"Falne aud True."
"Vile sure to get It AD WAY'S.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the K[
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest.
Also rood for Cold in the Head,
Headache, Hay Fever, Ac. 50 cents. MB
"Jtulging from its effects in my case, Piso's Iteme
dv for Cntarrli is ' Excelsior.' "?11. U- Knowlto.x,
Holland, New York.
Plso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the R|
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest, n
tl?ft awirt fhr In the Head. H
Headaclie, Hay Fever, Ac. 60 cents.' J?|
"Piso'g Remedy lor Catarrh pave nic almost immediate
relief."?F. E. Brain^iu), Audubon, Iowa.
Plso's Remedy for Catarrh Is tbe |H
Best, Easiest to Use, aud Cheapest. EH
Also Rood for Cold In tbe Head, H
Headache, Hay Fever, Ac. 60 cents. H
44 Piso's Romedy for Catarrh is Just tho medicine t
have been looliiujc tor-"?W. Outon, Maysville, Ky.
Plso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the B|
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest.
Also eood for Cold In the Head,
Headache, Hay Fever, Ac. 50 cents. H
" Plso's Remedy for Catarrh lias done me more
t-jL.. t \f;.? p * (Jti-ii.
gDOa CHiin i&UVlUlIJK X C?Ll IU6U* Mi?<7 AM
LKr, Cornwall Bridge, Conn.
Plso'a Remedy for Catarrh Is the Bfl
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest, OH
Also good for Cold In tbe Head,
Headache, Hay Fever, <fcc. 60 cents. H
"Piso's Remedy forCatarrh is producing favorablo
results."?c;eu. \V. Wuham. Paihidelpbiu, Pa,
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the S3
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. Bfl
IAlso Rood for Cold In the Head,
Headache, Hay Fever, &c. 50 cents. MB
AGENTS WANTED
We want a reliable Lady or Gent In each town an I
township to sell our goods: also general agents. Par
ticularxtree. Address./ekkkiison MV? Co.. Toleda.o
flHBHBiflHI1 Sure r.'lief i cmTjit i
KIDDER'S PMTIUJE8.g^ajl?ISS
HMBMM?c'Larics:o I
-r-?r;, - i>.iir^'
' ' ' */?
. m
fl" Mn "loo^? strengthens the liver
8Dd kidneys, and will restore
health, however lost.
Vinegar Bitters Is the
i!ra9^\ best remedy discovered for
promoting digestion, caring
lieadiiclie and Increasing the
pewtm. ,
TInesar Bitters assim. " >
ilates the food, regulates tbe stomach and bowels.
rivincr Health v and natural sleen.
Vinegar Bitters is the great disease pre- , ,-i
venter, and stands at the head of all family rear
edies. No house should ever be without it V
V1 negar Bitters cures Malarial, Bilious and
other fevers, diseases of the Heart, Liver and
Kidneys, and a hundred other painful disorders.
Send for either of our valuable reference books
for ladies, for farmers, for merchants, our
Medical Treatise on Diseases, tr our Catechism
on Intemperance and Tobacco, which last-should
be in the hands of every child and youth in the
country.
Any two 0/ the above books mailed free oa
receipt of four cents for registration fees.
B.H. McDonald Drug Co., 582 Washington SL.N.T. )?
NYNU-1
,
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irM f 1 laMlflWrTm
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susami 4ill
mfTtUiSJS I
CURES ALL HUMORS,
from a common Blotch, or Eruption,
to tho worst Scvofula. Salt-rheqm,
"Fe vcr-sores," Scaly or Rongh Skin,
in short, all diseases caused by bad blood arm
conquered by this powerful, purifying, and
invigorating medicine. Great Sating Ul?
ccrs rapidly heal under its benign influence.
Especially has it manifested its potency in
curing Tetter, Hose Bash. .Boils, Car*
bnncles, Sore Eyes, Scrohilons Sores
and Swelling*, Hip-Joint Disease,
White Swellings, Goitre, or Thick
Neck, and Enlarged Glands. Send tea
cents in stamps for a large treatise, with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same
amount for a treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."
Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant splr*
its, vital strength, and soundness of
constitution, will be established.
CONSUMPTION.
which Is Scrofulous Disease of th?~ v ^
Luugs, is promptly and certainly arrested
and cured by this God-given remedy, if taken j
before the last stages of th<? disease are reached.
From its wonderful power over this terribly
fatal disease, when first offering this bow cet? - . <,
ebrated remedy to the public. Dr. Piebci
thought seriously of calling it his "Con? '
sumption Cure)" but abandoned that name
as too limited for a mcdicine which, from it*
wonderful combination of tonic, or strengthen- .
ing, alterative, or blood-cleansing, anti-bilious,
pectoral, and nutritive properties, is unequaled,
not only as a remedy for consumption of tfaa
1 lungs, but for all
; CHRONIC DISEASES I
of the . i
Liver, Blood, anil Lungs. :
If you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have
sallow color of skin, or yellowish-brown spot*
on face or body, frequent headache or dust*
ness, bad-taste in mouth, internal heat or cbillSL
alternating with hot flashes, low spirits and
gloomy borebodinga, irregular .appetite, and
coated tongue, you are suffering from Indl*
gcstlon.Dyspepsia, and Torpid Liver* > '
or 44Biliousness." In many cases only
part of these symptoms are experienced. Am '
a remedy for all such cases, Dr. Pierce*?
Golden Medical Discovery has no
equal.
^a.w.inv /.* niaiul.
ror WUIML JUI1I1Koy?>ajip v? p
Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis*
Severe Cough*, Consumption, and
kindred affections, it ie'a sovereign remedy*Send
ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce'i .
book on Consumption. Sold by Bragg lata*
PRICE $1.00,?$*?b%>O.
World's Dispensary Msdical Association, ' .
Proprietors, 063 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
' *
Xb^VeTceVLiTTU I
i$ir MQvJ mvee
??m<evi?is pills.
ANTT-BIKiVOlJS and CATHARTIC.
Sold by Bruggists. 25 cents a vial.
g I $500 REWARD fl
m is offered by the proprietor*
W of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
f for a case of catarrh which they
y- cannot cure.
V \ *1 If you have a discharge from j ,
hn w the noee, offensive or otherupr
V wise, partial 1068 of smell, tasta,
*"r <ir hMrinir. weak eves. dull nnin
or pressure in head, you ^ave Catarrh. Thousands
of cases terminate in consumption.
Dr. Sage's Catarhh Remedy cures the wont
cases of Catarrh. "Cold In the Head,"
and Catarrhal Headache. 60 cent?.
i ^
; BOILERS
and tell us what you
want. B. w. PAYNE & SONS. Drawer 1890, Elhira
N. Y.. or Now York City. Eastern Agents, Hill,
Clarke & Co., Boston, Mans. Our patented Vertical
Boiler will not prime. No danger of burning flues.
IMMEDIATE RELTEFr
Gordon's King of Pain relieves pain of whatever ai
jture, tlio momentit is applied, and Is a household
remedy wherever Known for Kheumatlam, Neuralgia.
Headache and Toothache, Burns and Scalds,
bprains and Bruises. Diarrhoea Dysentery. Sor?
iThroat. Ulcers, Kresh Wounds, etc. Burns will not
: blister if ^Dulled, and Brulsos will heal In a day that
.would require a week by auy other method. Ths
'remedy l.s furnished la powder, with labels,etc., and
is sent by mail, postage paid. It is put up in 50c.. $1
and $3 packages. The 50c., or trial package, whoa i
reduced to liquid form, will All 21 2oz. bottles, whioh
are worth at retail. #6. Agents can coin money sailing
it. J tlx worth ten times its cost for burns aljaa.
bend postal notes or two cent stamps. Address
K. U. KICHARDS, Sole Proprietor, Toledo, Ohio.
IASTHMACUJREDI
German Asthma Cure never/aikto give
mediate relit/.} n the worst caeee^usures comfort-M
able Bleep; effects enrea where all others fail. Am
trial convincatA*mostiktptital. Price60c.and
CONSUMPTION.
I bare a positive remedy for the above disease; by Its
nse thousands of cases of the worst klndaudof IdaK
standing have been c u red. 1 n deed, to strong 1 s my faith
in Its efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREE,
together with a Yi I CAB1.E TREATISE on this dlseaas
to any sufferer. Glvo express *tid P. O. address.
Dlt. T. A. SLOCUM, 111 Te&rlSt., New Tor*.
"^cures'WH^E**!*
B Best Couch Syrup. Toates good. Use B
DH In time. Sold by druggists. fl
HIS HTCn An active Man or Woman In every
ill H HI I E? "county toiell our giH>ds. Salifyil*.
? la?ikflnd K\dcmsci ill ad?
n^^" T*ncc. Caiivaming outfit FRKEt Particulars
free. Standard Silver-ware Co. Boston, Man.
??E3jEI?(TO?SflHH|
You are allowed a free trial of thirty days of ttao OX
of Dr. Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt wjfii Electric Suspensory
Appliances, for the speedy relief and p?*j
mancnt cure of Nervous Lk'bllitu, loss of Vitality and
ilan)wod, and all kindred troubles. Also for manj
other diseases. Completo restoration to Health, Vigor,
and Manhood guaranteed. So risk Is Incurred. IUufi
tratcd pamphlet In xralrd envelope mailed free, by aa
dressing VOLTAIC BELT CO.. Marshall, DlicUj
n . C liu taker. tin leii fa
a| tiie sales cf :Ha: elas5 of
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Dm UunV,,.
MV cau?. Btrlctor^ MURPHY Bi>OS^,
HM lira only by 15? OhMvon the fa?or of
ol. ? , , _ the public and now ranic*
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