The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 27, 1886, Image 7
' ? / V
A MADSTOXE.
ITS OWNER TREATS ONE HUNDRED
PERSONS A YEAR.
Some Stories of its Cures?A Man
who Regards All Deaths from
Dog Bites as Unnecessary.
?Other 31 a (Is tones.
A Dyer (Iud.) letter to the New York
Sun says: One of the five madstones in
the United States is owned bv Charles J.
r ---
riauier, oi hum town. jm. oauiti
into possession of the stone thirty years
ago, when he lived across the line in Illinois.
He knew a wandering Frenchman
who had failed to make a living and who
one day approached him in confidence,
and. producing the stone, described its
wonderful properties to him. The
Frenchman wanted $200 for it, hut Sauter
could not raise the money. After an
unsuccessful attempt to form a stock
company, Sauter took all the money he
had, about $100, and offered it to the
Frenchman, who accepted the sum.
Once in possession of the prize Sauter
managed to get himself bitten by a dog
in short order, and on applying the stone
he was delighted to notice that it stuck
to the wound. As lie has never had any
symptoms of hydrophobia he of course
has confidence in the stone.
During the thirty years that the stone
has been in -Mr. Sauter's possession hundrcdsof
people have had it applied to their
wounds, and only one has died, but the
owner refuses to admit that the trouble
in this case was hydrophobia. The man
came here full of whisky, refused to keep
the stone on. continued drinking, and
finally was kicked to death by a horse
which he was trying- to saddle. Mr.
Sauter's investment of $100 has been a
paying one, for he is visited by more
Jhan one hundred people a year, and he
charges them all the way from $5 to $25
for. the peculiar treatment which he gives
them. Generally his patients come here,
but he has gone as far away as Iowa and
Northern Michigan with the stone.
In using the stone for dog bite it. is
first put in lukewarm water for a few moments,
and then applied to the wound,
the latter being made to bleed lightly, i
Then, if there is any poison in the sys-1
tem, the stone immediately adheres, and
will continue to do so until the poison
is all extracted or the stone is full.
When the stone falls off it is again
placed in warm water for a few minutes,
when it will be covered with a white
scum, which Sautcr claims is the poison
;? nvtioj.ti.r] TViic rnntinued
lUOi' 10 liUO V.\UU\/|.VV4? .m WW
as long as the stone will stick. When it
will no longer adhere to the wound it is
believed that the poison has all been absorbed
and the patient is discharged as
cured. If the stone refuses to stick to
the wound in the first place, then it is
claimed that there is no poison in the
blood and the charge is but $5. If several
applications are necessary to remove
all the poison the charge runs as high as
|25. Mr. Sauter keeps a minute record of
all his cases, and this shows that in not
more than fifteen per cent, of them does
the stone stick. On his list may be seen
the names of hundreds of people living in
adjacent States, and there are several of
them living in Louisiana, Mississippi,
Nebraska aud Kansas. Throughout Illinois
and Indiana, where the farmers have
great faith in the efficacy of madstones,
it is a common thing for the people to
take up a subscription to enable some
fello.w to go to the stone.
A year or two ago, a m^n in Iowa who
knew of a boy who had been bitten by a
mad dog, and who had great faith in
madstones, was highly indignant when
he discovered that the lad's physicians
had made no effort to find one. The boy
was frightened almost ro aenrn, and nis
nerves beeame so shattered that he
finally had a spasm or two. and though
the doctors said it was not hydrophobia,
the man on the outside knew it was.
Believing that a great responsibility
rested upon him, he went to the
telegraph office one night and sent messages
in all directions to editors of newspapers,
asking them if they knew where
a madstone was to be had. One of these
telegrams was received in Chicago, and
by somebody there was forwarded to
Sauter, who immediately communicated
with the Iowa enthusiast. The result of
a brief telegraphic correspondence was
that Sauter took his precious stone and
went to Iowa, meeting the officious individual
and going with him to the bedaide
of the boy. The lad by this time
1 -*? - ?1% 1 * <-?V? - n v*r-3 i r? n
W?S J LI U pillULMC [IIILJ111, aJU( U1.1 ^aicuin
were not disposed to permit any experiments
with the stone; but Sauter convinced
them that no harm could come of
it any way, and in the absence of the
doctor's he went to work. The boy took
great interest in the proceedings. At the
first application the stone stuck, and the
joyous exclamations of the neighbor and
of Sauter convinced everybody that some
marvelous cure was going on. After the
third application the stone refused to adhere.
and Sauter pronounced the boy
cured. The lad appeared to feel better,
and was better. In the course of two or
three days he sat up. and a week later
he was out and around as well as ever.
The neighbor declared that it wns the
mad stone, but the physicians insisted
that both the sickness and the cure
were in large measure due to the boy's
imagination.
Sauter claims that the stone will cure
any kind of insect or animal bites, and
be points with pride to a case, which he
says is the greatest he ever had. of a lion
tamer named Driscoll, who was severely
bitten in several places by a whelp.
According to Sauter s story, Driscoll
(tame here almost helpless?had to be
carried in fact?and his wounds were so
numerous and so large that it seemed almost
out of the question for one little
atone to do him any good. All hands
went at it, however, with great zeal.
Driscoll himself was an ardent believer in
inadstones. His father had been cured
by one, and he had known of other men
who had been benefited by them in like
manner. The stone and the patient were
made ready. Then Sauter applied the
charm to the biggest wound, and found
that it stuck so tightly that it was almost
impossible to knock it off. After ten
minutes had elapsed it fell of its own
accord, being Hill, as Sauter says, and on
being picked up with a pair of tongs and
put into a bucket of hot water a green
scum immediately rose to the surface.
The operation was repeated again and
again until all the wounds had been
treated and the stone would adhere no
more, the performance consuming nearly
three days, when the patient was discharged
as cured.
The stone to which such remarkable
powers are ascribed is common enough in
appearance. It is a little over an inch in
length, nearly an inch in width, and is
shaped like a wedge, being about half an
inch thick at one end and a quarter of an
inch at the other. It is flat on one
side and slightly rounded on the other,
the corners being smooth. In color it is
a jet black, except that on one side there
is a small reddish spot. Although Sauter
tells of the many wonderful things to be
con in the Mono under a microscope, it i
is, to the naked eye, no different from I
any other stone of similar si/.e and color I
that might be picked up on the edge of
a body of water. Mr. Sauter claims to
have a list of all the madstones |
in the country, and says that he knows |
there are only four others. He says that
| the one in his possession was taken from
the stomach of a dear, and that all the
others must have been found in the same
I way. Beside the stone here there is one
in Terre Haute, Ind., another at Kanj
sas City. Mo., one at Clyde, 0., and one
i in Virginia.
j Mrs. J. Taylor, the owner of the Terre
I Haute madstone, savs it was found in
-1 it 1,?D
i Virginia many years agu, hiiu m?u. n.
j been in the possession of her family for
! more than sixty years. She has a record
j of 1.300 persons to whom it has been api
plied, and says that not one of them has
! had hydrophobia. Like Sauter, she |
j claims that in many ca.ses where a mad
j dog has bitten live stock and men she
! saved the men, while the animals have
i gone mad and have had to be killed. In
| applying it she claims to have have an
j improvement on Sauter's plan, and conI
vinces her patients that she operates on
j scientific principles. Instead of putting
[ the stone directly on the wound she
scrapes the skin off a spot as large as the
j stone, between the wound and the heart,
! and applies the stone to the new sore. In
| one case the stone stuck to a man for
1 thirteen hours before it dropped off.
This stone is a little larger than Sauter's
and is milk white.
Tubs Full of Rubies.
Concerning King Thecbaw's rubies, a
well informed correspondent writes: It
is certainly curious that we have heard
i nothing of the Mandalay palace gems.
Tho T-oinA nf t)ir> ohiofts discovered there
we have been told is not great. Yet the
| capital has been undisturbed by war for
! over thirty years, if we omit the rebellion
of 1866, when there was no plunder:
ing. During all that time the previous
j store of the lords of the ruby mines and
; of the noble serpentine has been steadily
j added to. Many is the poor wretch who
has been crucified for chipping down a
gem that from its size ought to have been
handed over to the arbiter of existence.
Gentlemen who, in the time of Theebaw's
father, the convener of the fifth great
synod, were much about the palace, have
: spoken about silver bowls the size of
, washing tubs, tilled to the lip with uncut
1 rubies; and at least one spoke enthusias;
tically of the occasion on which he Avas
| allowed to thrust his bare arms nearly
' up to the shoulder in a huge chalice
: full of these gems. There was
I in particular one great stone,
i called the Nan-zin Budda-mya, which,
i by its magnificence, was supposed to
| typify the dynasty. It was unmounted,
i and, therefore, cannot be the gem in his
| ring concerning which the dethroned
| king was so plaintive, as it was guarded
' *?-V. /. noro "MorrirfllP
i Willi mi' uivm ^cuiiiuuo tut/, ^.luivvuv
i less, in 1880 a maid of honor managed to
! purloin it. and actually succeeded in geti
ting it out of the palace concealed on her
I person in a very extraordinary way. She
| was, however, captured before she got
rid of the stone. It was restored to it-s
: place and more jealously guarded than
i ever; and the hapless damsel was put to
death with the fiendish ingenuities in
i which Soo-payah-lat, the queen, was a
' past master. One of the newspaper dis
patches tells us (continues the same c??r;
respondent) that the palacc had been
| very much looted by the royal body
guard. No doubt these gentry made for
j the stores of rubies first of all. There
| was not much else that was really valui
able, except the royal utensils, the gold
! spittoon and betel-box. the model of the
| Hentha. the carrying bird of Vishnu, the
I jeweled cups and trays and whatnot, bej
side the hundreds of silver bowls kept
; for domestic uses and for presents to
i visitors.?St. Jama? Gazette.
London Fogs.
"This is a rather deeply-toned foggy
' " ^ M i /'l
: (lay, even lor j..onuon, says tuunes *jr.
: Leland. in a recent letter to the Chicago
Inter-Ocean. "No American who has not
j passed a winter in London has any idea
j of what one of its fogs is like. I was
j often asked very seriously of old in New
. York, or Philadelphia, or Newport,
' when a slight mist darkened the day, if
it was not quite like a London fog. One
i might as well have compared a quadroon
i baby to a dark night. Never, even at
j Campobello, on the Bay of Funav, have
i I seen a fog which would not be fine
i weather compared with that' which now
I surrounds us. At 11 a- m. I am writing
by gas. It is much darker out of doors
than it would be on an ordinary American
night. I cannot trace the windows
or any of the architectural details of the
j houses on the other side of the way.
This in the fifth or sixth real fog of the
winter so far. What gives it its peculiar
murky character is the admixture of coalsmoke.
When there are no heavy clouds
above, or only a mist, the sunlight gives
the vapor an indescribably lurid, muddy,
yellow-brown tinge. This is called a
j pea-soup fog, and one may then be sure
i that at a distance of a few miles there is
i clear, sunny weather.
i But once, say in ten years, there comes
over London a black fop which is appalling.
Ir happens when the smoke of the
metropolis is beaten down flat by some
condition of the atmosphere combining
i with unusual thick mist or real fog,
j while over all is a heavy bed of clouds,
j I have lived deven years in England, yet
[ I never saw but one black fog. It was
I simply black, impenetrable darkness. A
j very distinguished member of parliament
! told me that once in such a fog he could
! not see the time by his watch. Singular
as it may seem, this frequent fop and al:
most constant cloudiness and rain ordri/.'
/.le produce no feeling whatever of depression
oij otic who is accustomed to it.
?
One Shelf Left.
j "Your note on the magnificent and romantic
mise en scene of the late Spanish
! king's obsequies call to my recollection.M
i remarks a correspondent, ua visit which
j I paid to the escurial in 1803. when Isa|
bella was on the throne, and the little
i 'prince of the Asturias" a puny child of
1 six. The 'Panteon* under the high altar
has been described by Maeaulay in his
account of the last days of the idiot king,
Charles IT. There, each on a shelf in the
octagonal grotto, stand ranged the black
marble chests containing the embalmed
) bodies of the king*. .My companions and
j I pointed out to the attendant verger
i that there was onlv one shelf left. 4Yes,
j said the man, 'and we have a tradition
! th:it when that is filled the kingdom will
end.' The tradition is not likely to be
l'orgotton. and it will be curious if it does
not turn out oneof those prophecies which
! aid their own fulfillment.?Pall Mall
: Gazette.
A St ranger.
An old man went by the window,
Shrunken and bent with care:
He'd a sevthe swung over his shoulder,
And white were his beard and hair.
My little one earnestly watched him,
V]i the hilly roadside clime?
i Then said, in a tone of conviction.
; Mamma, that was Father Time!"
FARM MP HOUSEHOLD.
Value in Food.
Does the value of the hay and grain fed
to the cows exceed the value of the milk,
butter and cheese sold? Do the sheep pay
for their keeping? How much money
has been made or lost tipon the poultry?
Did the potato crop pay for the manure,
labor ana seed expended up'>n it? Can corn
be grown cheaper than it can be bought
if a fair allowance is made for the value
of the fodder, or is it more profitable to
grow corn in drills, cither to cure for
winter fodder or pack in the silo, and
then to purchase the grain transported
from the West? "What has been the income
from the orchards for a series of
years? Arc they paying the interest of
a thousand dollars per acre, or wouiu u
be better to dig them up and put the
land in grass or cultivated crops?
How many farmers can answer these
questions or many more that they might
l>e asked? Yet these are questions which
would be answered by a properly kept
memorandum book and an account kept
with each department. And each farmer
ought to be able to answer them to his
own satisfaction, if not to that of all inquirers.
If cows are not paying for their
keeping it is not desirable to increase the
herd until a change has been made, either
in breed of animals kept, method of
feeding or mode of disposing of their
products.?New York Herald.
Black Liice.
The smooth bodies of young apple trees
and the twigs of older ones are often
completely covered with small muscleshaped
scales, known as black lice. By
raising these scales in the spring of the
year, small, whitish-colored eggs will be
found beneath them, resembling in shape
I !-.? ntrrrc nf rorkt? 1 r>Q "RVVTV shell Will 1)C
| l8e'3 V1 *vl'v"" " ? ~-j
found to contain from thirty to forty of
these embedded in a small quantity of
friable down. They begin to hatch, says
Harris, about the 25th of May and finish
about the 10th of June. The young at
first are nearly white, very small and oval
in form. When about ten days old they
become stationary and soon throw out a
bluish-white down, after which their
transformations are completed, the i
females become fertile and deposit their
eggs. These arc hatched during the
summer, and the young from this brood
after coming to maturity, make provisions
for a new brood before winter. Probably
the best remedy for ridding an orchard
of these pests is soft soap, lime and
water. The best proportions are one gallon
of soft soap to four gallons of water.
Into this a sufficient quantity of lime
should be stirred to bring it to the thickness
of ordinary whitewash. The addi- !
' * ' ~r u_i:? ?I
tion 01 one-iourrn ouuut ui uuiuum; utm |
in crystals to every five gallons of the
mixture will add to its efficacy. The entire
surface of the trunks of the trees,
and limbs, too, so far as possible, should
be covered with this mixture, applying it
with a whitewash brush. The best time
for washing the trees is early in June,
when the insects arc young and easily destroyed.
A solution of potash and water,
in the proportion of two pounds of the
former to seven quarts of water, will also
kill them, and some use for this purpose I
a strong brine made b}" dissolving two !
quarts of common salt in four gallons of
water. ?Americau Cultivator.
How to Make Goocl Butter.
Miss Mina Holmes, of Owatonna, j
Minn., received the prize at the Red j
Wing convention for her essay on "Buttcrmaking."
The synopsis presented is
on the good, old-fashioned way that pro- j
duces butter that will keep a year. The j
essayist said the way to have good, tooth- i
some butter is to have a good pasture for j
j cows in summer and plenty of good hay, j
good feed, and pure water in winter. !
Give them straw for bedding and make !
' no rineoi'l\1n WQT'A '
J Ilium ill* tuiua/i IUMH- u? |n?oiwiv. aaimv
the milking done in a clean manner. :
Don't let the milkers clip their hands in !
the milk pail and wash off the cow's bag j
with milk, but rub it off with a cloth in j
dry weather, and wash it. off with water
in wet and muddy weather. See that
the milking utensils and cans arc carefully
washed, scaldcd, and aired before
using. Strain the milk as soon as drawn
from the cow; the less it is agitated the
better the cream will rise. Strain into
cans and cool down with water to fifty
or fifty-five degrees. The water in the
tank should be changed once a day, and
oftener if the morning's and evening's
milk is set in the same tank. Let it
stand twenty-four hours before skim- !
ming, and if convenient thirty-six is j
better. Skim the cream off instead of |
draining off the milk at the bottom of j
the can.
In winter, the day before churning, ;
warm the cream up to seventy degrees
by setting a pail of
cream in warm water and stirring until
it is the required heat. Then it will
flnwn tn sixtv-t.wo df><rrpr?s bv the i
f J t " O " ~ I
next morning. Stir the cream often
while cooling and souring. Cream will
make the most and best flavored butter j
when, after warming it. letting it stand i
until slightly sour. In summer commence j
churning at fifty-eight degrees. AVhcn !
you churn, pour the cream into the churn j
through a strainer made of perforated j
tin; then if there is any sour milk that is j
not mixed with the cream it will not be j
in lumps in the churn. Commence churn- ;
ing slowly at first, until the air is all ex- j
pellcd; then churn faster, say about fifty |
revolutions a minute.
When the first signs of granulation ap- j
pear, pour into the churn one or two pail- i
fuls of water, at about fifty-five degrees,
according to the size of the churning; j
then churn it until the butter is the size j
of wheat kernels. Draw off the butter- J
milk and pour in Avater enough to wash j
it good, the temperature being about
fifty-five degrees. Draw this off and wash i
it in a weak brine. Let it drain dry; j
then take the granulated butter out of the j
churn, weigh it and put. it on the butter-1
worker. Do not let the butter stand in '
the water or brine any length of time, as j
it makes it salvy to work or salt. Weigh ;
out the salt, an ounce to the pound; use |
the best English suit and sift, on the butter
a little at a time, and stir with a small
paddle until thoroughly mixed. Then
press gently with the lever. "Work it as
little as possible, never giving it a draw- i
ing or rubbing motion, but just enough !
to work it dry and free from streaks.
Pack in a tub a little at a time, begin- i
ning in the middle with eacli layer and
pressing toward tlie sides. Never smooth
it off. as it gives it a greasy appearance. I
Put on the dot h. cut it around the edge ,
of the tub with a sharp knife, pour on a '
little water, and silt on some salt. This
will form a paste that will help to exclude
the air. Fasten on the cover with
strips of tin, nail the tin on the cover,
then bend the tin over the nail, and bring
it down on the side of the tub and nail
again. If you are not ready to ship the
butter put the tub in a cold, dark place,
never in a dump cellar, as it soon spoils
the flavor of the butter. The flavor is !
improved by airing the cream while sour- J
ing, also by feed. 1 used to think if a I
cow had enough vo eat, no matter if it i
was wild hay. there could be no differ- j
cnce in 'he butter; but by experiment- i
ing, cornstalks and pumpkins make the
best flavored and finest butter; next is
clover-hay, and for feed cornmeal, ground
oats, and bran mixed together.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Exclusive wheat farming is as disastrous
as exclusive cotton or t&bacco farming.
Young peach trees need judicious
pruning every fall.or winter. All the new
growth should be cut back nearly or fully
one-half, and all suckers which start from
the inside of the tree on the lower branches
should be removed.
Never be tempted to put coarse manure
close around young trees in the
supposition that such material might be
useful as a mulch and for winter protec
' '11 a f Vi ArA A rwl
ilUIl. IUIUU win uuilglt^uic lati t ?iiV4.
certainly girdle the trees.
The escaping ammonia from the manure,
unless stables are kept clean and
pure, causes sore eves and throat troubles
in the animals sheltered in them. If it is
inconvenient to man on entering a stable,
be sure it is so to animals.
There are now more Jersey cattle in
this country than in the little island
where this breed originated. It is doubtful
now whether any better animals remain
than have been brought over, nor
perhaps so good as some that have been
bred here.
In treating black knot in plum trees
the diseased parts, after being cut off
from the tree, should all be carefully collected
and burned, and the tree should
be carefully watched and all the ex- i
cresenCes removed in summer or early
VvaC/\t.a fnrn Klnnlr PFilfflv I
(IllKiililij UUiViU tu&j kmu w.Mv?
open.
Few farmers appreciate the importance
of giving the bulk of their food for stock
to young animals. They gain more from
the same amount of feed, which means
that by proper selection of stock a farmer
can get higher prices for hay, oats and
corn. It is very possible that by feeding
only to growing stock fanners might
make the feeding greater than the commercial
value of coarse grain and make
the manure pile so much extra.
A constant supply of pure drinking
water is equally important with food. An
expensive drinking fountain is,of course,
the best method of securing this, but the
home-made, small, shallow tin dishes are
the next best thing. It is true that a fowl
or a chicken will often drink dirty water
even when clean water is at hand, but
this is no reason why they should be
compelled to do so. They should always
have clean drinking water within
reach, and if this becomes dirty a dozen
limes a day it should be renewed a dozen
times.
Every farmer should have a comfortable
room where he can mend harnesses
or tools, or do such "tinkering" in days
when he cannot work out of doors. It
will save many a penny, and the having
things in good repair next spring will
save much time then. Keep things snug
and tidv nbout house and barns, and do
not allow five dollars to be lost by a
neglcct of work which should be done
there, for the sake of earning one dollar
in the woods or in some factory. When
making a business of farming, it is not
easy to earn much money at other business
without losing money on the farm.
The question is often asked: Is there
any value to cob meal, and will it pay to
have the cobs ground? If the cobs were
to be ground .separate, and the meal fed
to the cattle unmixed with the corn meal
it is very doubtful if it would pay; but
when the corn is ground with the cob
and the meal thus mixed, it is believed
by those who have tried it that it will
pay?in fact, that it would pay even if
the cobs contained no nutritive qualities,
because of the mechanical effect which
the cob meal has on the corn meal in the
animal's stomach. When corn meal is
fed unmixed it lays heavy in the stomach
and is not readily mixed with the liquid
that is so important to hasten digestion.
Sir J. B. Dawes relates how a farmer
improved his worn out soil with sheep.
He made the production of meat the basis
of reaovation, stopped all tillage, and
endeavored to get the soil into pasturage
by giving it the plant food to enable it
to grow good grasses. A flock of sheep
was allowed to run over the land during
il - J J niriirv nirrVif OTuT
ixic uily auu iujvav-n mv-i v, ??
fed one pound each of cotton seed cake.
The use of sheep in renovating land is
not new, but the practice has rarely been
presented in so systematic a manner.
Sheep in flocks of 100 enclosed in movable
fences upon a space 22x25 yards, and'
the folds moved daily, would in ten days
cover an acre each, and the manure of
1.000 pounds of cake would be well distributed
upon this amount of laud,
greatly enriching it.
Recipes.
Batter Pudding.?Two eggs and
their weight in butter, sugar and flour.
Have the butter soft, and mix it with the
sugar. Beat the whites and yolks of the
eggs separately, and mith the butter and
sugar.
Potato Fritters.?Boil three large
potatoes and rub them through a colander,
then add to them four well-beaten eggs,
one teaspoon of rich cream, a little lemon
juice, a little nutmeg and some salt. Beat
all very light, then drop from a spoon
into hot lard and fry the same as dough
liuia. ouyl aav/v.
Crumpets.?One and one-half pints
flour, one-half teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful
sugar, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one egg. nearly a pint of milk
and cream in equal parts, one teaspoonful
extract cinnamon. Sift together
flour, salt, sugar and powder; add beaten
egg, milk, cream and extract; mix into
rather firm batter, half till large, greased
muftin rings on hot, well-greased griddle;
bake one side of them only. Serve hot
with cottage cheese
Tenderloin ok Pokk with Fried
Arri.es.?Cut the thin membrinous skin
from the tenderloin and put the latter in
a marinade of claret, seasoned with whole
spice and a few slices of oranges. Let it
stand in this four hours;drain and dry 011
a cloth and split it in two lengthwise,
rub it with butter and broil until well
done. Put in the centre of a dish a
mound of fried apples, arrange the meat
around it and serve. The marinade may
be boiled down, thickened and served as
a sauce, if a sauce is desired. ? Cook.
ITiiimoliitld Hints.
Cobs arc good for smoking meat, as
they give a good flavor. Keeping a ?niall
lire a longer linn: is belter than quick
smoking, as loo much heat gives the meat
a strong taste and injures its sweetness.
A small bar or rod of iron, flat at the
end, if reddened in the lire and applied
for two or three minutes to the head of a
rusty screw, will, as soon as it, heats tins
screw, render its withdrawal easy by the
screwdriver.
Try this dish for breakfast or luncheon:
Peel tomatoes and cook them in butter,
seasoning well. Have an equal number
of pieces of fried bread larger than the
tomatoes and put the fried tomatoes on
them: then place a hard-boiled egg on
ea<'h tomato and serve very hot.
A Close Coll.
John F. Munger, a prominent citizen
of Plattsville. Wis., has been a sufferer
for some time past with rheumatism in
his feet. One day recently, to relieve
the intense pain, he applied tincture of
aconite freely to the skin, and soon after
put his feet into a bath of hot water. A
tingling sensation in the hands and feel
followed almost immediately, extending
ultimately all over the body. Mr. Plunger's
pulse became weaker, his skin became
moist and clammy, and vomiting
and retching set in severely. The family
physician. Dr. Hermann Gasser, was at
once sent for, but on his arrival he found
his patient apparently dead, the heart
having ceased to beat. Another medical
man was called in, and confirmed the
opinion of the family physician that Mr.
"Vfiinrror w.ic floor! onrl that tVlP dcflth
was caused by the absorption of aconite,
a rank poison, in the system, through the
pores of the skin. While the family were
mourning and the undertaker was preparing
to perform his duty, Dr. Gasser,
as an experiment, with a hypodermic
syringe, injected some brandy and digitalis
close to the heart, and in about two
minutes Mr, Munger began to gasp for
air, -which was soon repeated. Putting
his ear to the patient's chest, the doctor
heard the heart beat, and, encouraged by
the prospect of success, hypodermic medication
was given in rapid succession.
The death pallor rapidly gave way to a
diffused redness, the muscles resumed
their natural positions, the cold, clammy
skin was -warmed up, and, was followed
up bv perspiration, and he improved
every minute, although it tasked the resources
of the doctors to pilot him back
to consciousness and life. Mr. Manger is
now entirely out of danger.
1JU 111 jDsuupvu,
Lord Charles Beresford is almost as
fearless a soldier as his friend (Colonel
Burnaby), and consequently a' great favorite.
It is related of him that during
the hot fighting in South Africa he was
riding back after an engagement, he
overtook one of his troopers, wounded,
and slowly making his way afoot. He
stopped and told the trooper to get up
behind him. The trooper refused on the
ground that if Lord Charles Beresford
rode on alone he was certain to escape.
Lord Charles Beresford looked at him a
moment, and said: "If you don't get up
I shall have to get off and knock you
down." Whereupon the trooper mounted,
and both escaped.?London Letter.
It is said that one acre of ground will
minnW nn a i nA 1 virl 11 fl 1 OTlfl fivft
1/ l/l V lliMl v iUMUtf muv. _
acres will keop a family in the more
thickly settled portions of Europe. Less
than that does so in Ireland.
It is estimated that there are 1,100,000
cattle in Montana.
Many hospitals and curative instisutions
use only Red Star Cough Cure for
throat and lung troubles. It cures. Price
twenty-five cents. St. Jacobs Oil cures
rheumatism.
John Wanamaker's store, Philadelphia,
has 4,130 employes.
Wren a Dose op Vinegar Bitters is
taken into the stomach, all diseases of
the blood, liver, heart, kidneys, stomach,
and body generally, begin to pack up,
preparatory to leaving the system. And
it doesn't take them long to pack, either.
Like the guests that Mrs. Macbeth dispersed,
they "stand not upon the order
of their going, but go at once."
There are more colleges in Ohio than
i /-<
in j? ranuu uuu uciuiauj ^umuiutu,
Wrecks of Huinoalty,
who have waited their manly vigor and powers
by youthful follies, inducing nervous debility.
impaired memory, mental anxiety,
despondency, lack of self-confldence and will
power, weak back and kindred weaknesses,
should address, with 10 cents in stamps, for
large illustrated treatise giving unfailing
means of cure. World's Dispensary Medical
Association, Utt) Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
There is a mule in Tennessee that is seven
feet high and weighs 1,800.
A Poor, Weak Slater*
who is suffering from ailments peculiar to her
Bex, dreading to go to a physician, but knowing
she needs medical lielpvwill find in Dr.
Pierce's "Favorite prescription," a preparation
which will give her strength and new life
through the restoration of all her organs to
their natural and healthy action. It is the result
of many years of study and practice by a
thoroughly scientific physician, who has made
these troubles a speciality. To be had of all
druggists.
Grenoble, France, is the greatest glove
making city in the world,
To break up colds and fevers, use early Dr.
Pierce's Extract of .Smart-Weed.
In the Connecticut valley tobacco yields
l,400pounds to the acre.
F?mII Fares!*.
The most celebrated of the fossil forests of
which we have any record are those of Egypt
near Cairo, of Nubia, of Silesia, and of the
Island of Antigua in the West Indies. Other
accumulations of sllicifled wood are known to
occur in Chili, New Zealand and Abyssinia.
t
It is also true that in the interior of our own
continent, in Oregon, Nevada and Arizona,
as great and remarkable collections of ailicifiod
tree trunks exist as any found in other
parts of the world. On the banks of the Little
Colorado, in Arizona not less than one thousand
cords of silicifled wood may be 9een piled
up in one locality. Here we find trunks of all
sizes up to sir feet in diameter, most perfectly
and beautifully preserved. In the drift deposits
of Southern Ohio is found an old soil in
many places thickly strewed with interlaced
prostrato trunks of trees which grew upon it;
and in a few cases these are found buried
erect. This old forest was plainly submerged
by the sinking of land surface or the elevation
of tho water level over it,resulting in its burial
beuealh many feet of gravel and sand. As
hundreds of cases, considered hopeless, have
been permanently cured by Piso's Cure, If
you have pemonitory symptons of consumption,
such as a cough, difficulty of breathing, etc.,
i..ir iwn PUn'? Hupft immediatelv.
yet the trees are not mineralized, and have the
appearance of partially decayed wood; but if
the subsidence had been occasioned by volcanic
action, and hot water had been poured
out freely, we should undoubtedly have found
the trees silicifled as we do at the Cascades of
the Columbia, where a volcanic outburst at a
much later Hate buried quantities of trees and
changed litem to masses of silica.
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses of
Pi.so's Cure for Consumption.
Ah I'lidniibtcd IlieHMini:.
About thirty yea'rs ago a prominent physician by
the name of L>r. William Hall discovered, or pro
duceil aftpr lone experimental research,a remedy for
diseases of the throat., eliest and lungs, which was of
such wonderful eftleacy that It soon pained a wide
reputation In thin country. The name of the medicine
is DR. WM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LL'XOS,
and may be safely relied 011 as a speedy and positive
cure for coughs, colds, sort: tnroat. etc.
WELL BORING AND ROCK
TRILLING M'CH'NtS. Tools fort.I kinds of Well
making. LOOMIS A NYWAN, ~i iFFIN, OHIO.
Invigorate, renew, and beautify the hair by
the use of Hall's Hair Renewer.
For sick and nervous headache, constipation
and liver troubles, tgke P'11**.
The fast mail time between Philadelphia and
New Orleans is about forty-two hours.
Don't say there is no help for Catarrh, Hay
Fever and Cold in Head, since thousands testify
tbar Ely's Cream Balm has entirely cured
them. It^ supersedesf the (lanfjerous use ^of
liquids ana snuns. ihb eaanyupyueu wim tuc
linger and gives relief at once. Price 50 cts. at
drugeists. 60cents by mail. Send for circular.
Ely Bros., Owego, N. Y.
I have had catarrh in head and nostrils for
ten years so bad that there was great sores in
my nose, and one place was eaten through. I
got lily's Cream Balm. Two bottles did the
work, but I am still using it. My nose and head:
is well. 1 feel like another man.?Chas. S.
McMiilen, Sibley, Jackson Co. Mo.
Ely Bros., I have been afflicted with catarrh.
I purchased a bottle of your Cream Balm. It
has effected a complete cure.?H. C. Abbot, 97
Grant Ave., Allegheny Citv. Pa.
Fon dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of
spirits, general debility in their various forms,
also as a preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers,the "Ferro-Phosphorated
Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell,Hazard
& Co., New York.and sold by all Druggists,
is the best tonic; and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
They cure Lame Back,Stitches,Pleurisy.Kidney
Affections, Sore Chest, Crick, Rheumatism
and strengthen weak parts. Testimony of
thousands. Ask for a Hop Pnrma Plaster. 25c.
Lyon's latent Metallic neei sauieners Keeji
new boots and shoes from running over. fjolu
by shoe and hardware dealer".
The best Ankle Boot and Collar Pads are
made of zino and leather. Try them.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
After Diphtheria
The patient recovers strength slowly, as the system
Is weak and debilitated, and the blood poisoned by
the ravages of the disease. What Is needed Is a good
reliable tonic and blood purifier like Hood's Sarsaparilla.
which has Just-the elements of strength for the
body, and vitality and richness for the blood which
soon bring back robust health. After scarlet fever or
pneumonia it Is also of grca: benefit.
" After recovering from a prolonged sickness with
diphtheria, and needing something to build me up, I
took two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparllla. I felt good
results from the first dose. It seemed to go from the
top of my head to the ends of my toes. I know Hood's
Sarsaparllla is a good thing." G. H. Strattoh, Druggist.
Westfield, Mass.
" Upon our little girl, who had been sick with scaret
fever, the use of Hood's Sarsaparllla was most
marvelous, entirely removing the poison from her
blood and restoring her to good health. Hood's Sarsaparllla
deserves our highest praise." E. G. Stbatto.v,
Swampscott, Muss.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggist*. #1; tlx for #5. Prepared by
C. I. HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Poses One Dollar
LE PAGES
CLUES
TT..HhTth?hA?tmanufactnrers /
and mechanics in th? world. I
PullmanFalacaCarCo.,MasonNO T5SBL
A Hamlin Organ k Piano Co.. W >ft/?i rV.^SA
kc.,fnr all fa'ndt of fine trnrlt.
At the New Orl?ans Expoel- rVTJta|[^Mi
tlon, Joints made with it en. ljm^f|TXHH|i|
durea a testing strain of over N^^VnaU||J|ll
1600 Pounds lElrrPHBa
to a squABlE inch. ||UjllLyjti5JB
Pronounced urongeit glut known. ^^W7J7?7T:TmT['xJ|
TWO GOLD MEDALS, ffilii
Lon-lon, 1883. Nete Orleans. 1885.
emf h" card YmU "^o?taKeVor>am^^^?F^E.
BU88IA, CEMENT CO., fllOBC-ttr JUm.
The contrast between ft healthy, laughing. romping I
child and one that has all the movements of a orown
person are painful to the students of nature. If your
child Is lacking lu these elements of perfect childhood.
try Ridge's Food. It Is perfectly safe. More
children have been successfully reared upon Ridge'a
Food than upon all the other foods combined.
Consumption Can Be Cured!
oi<uAir?
WM II ft L I. V
lungsBALSAM
Cnres Consumption, Colds, Pnenuionia, la*
flnenza. Bronchial Dlfflenltleii Bronchitis.
iloar?enes?. Asthma, Croun. Whooping
Cough, and all DiaeaneK of the Breathln* OrKiijm.
it soothes and heals tne Membrane of
e Iiunc*, Inflamed and poisoned by the di?>
ease, and prevents the nlfbt sweats and
l l|htnest across the ch -st which accompany
it. ('onMuniptlon Is not an lncurablo maladv.
HALL'S BALSAM will core you, even
though pfle**lonnl ntd falls.
N. Y., or New York City. Extern Agents. Hill.
Clarke ft Co., Boston, Ma*. Our patented Vertical I
Boiler will not prime. No danger of burning flues.
I CURE FITS!
When I say cure I do not mean merely to stop them
for a. time and then have them return ajraln^mean *
radical core. 1 hare made the disease 01 mo, ui.
LEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long itudy. I
warrant my remedy to cure the wont cases. Because
others hare failed iano reason for notnowreeeiYinga
cure. 8?nd at once for a treatise and a Free Bottle of
in j infallible remedy. Qlve Express and Poet Office.
It coite you nothing for a trial, and I will cure you.
Address Dr. H. O. ROOT, 119 Pearl St., New York.
PIso'b Remedy for Catarrh 1b tb? { I
Beit, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest HI
Also rood for Cold In tb? Head, B|
Headacne, Hay Fever. Ac. SO cents. EK
FRAZER
AXLE GREASE.
Pest In the World. Hade only by the FraeerLubrlca'
"Co. at Chicago, N. Y. & St.Louis. Soldevtrywhrrr.
No Rope to Cut Off Horses' Manes- U
Celebrated KCLIP?H? IIALTEK Ml
and BRIDLK Combined, ^nnnt
be Slipped l>v any hone. Sample
Halter to anv part of U. S. free, on
receipt of $1. Sold by all Saddlery. jmm
Hardware and Harness Dealer*
Special discount to the Trade. /TjF FVw
Send for Price-List. V
J. C. LIGHTHOUSE. J \*
Rorhemer, X. Y. *
MABDUBME Chloral and
In U If r n IIIC Ouium Habits
JLASILY CUItRl). 4I)V!C? FREE.
? miTUju M/icr*nriciri
LJH. J* nurriiinii, joiiciovh, * ?? ? ?
GEN. GRANT'S MEMOIRS
Special itrrantenieutaand extra term#secured
b> addreHsinir - APPOMATTOX." H.?a i i'.i. i'uila. Pa.
n m mm * M o Obtained. Send at?>n;> for
r A I bll I O InventorV Guid*. L. Bingham,
Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C.
vp| CADABUV Learn here and earn food pay.
1 tLCUnArni Situations furnished. Write
I VAl.KNTlS'K it](OS.i Juiies?vjllf, Win.
DI.'J. Dill A Great English Gout and
mail S lllSi Rheumatic Remedy.
Oval Box, SI.OO; roaadt 60 eta.
H _ to Soldiers & Hoire. Send*H n
rflRCIAIIC lor Circulars. COL L. BItfJ
I wllwlUllw HAM, Att'y. rt'oaniuKto 1, 1). 0.
MITCHELL'S Pfrloratntl Belladonna
l'luxier* cure all Aches and Pains. Sure Remedy
tor that cold spot between the shoulders, sold
by DruuKists everywhere.
PIT How to Reduce It. Full Diet. Klesant
pfl I Treatment. By "The Doctor." Send 2 *t?mp*
1 1 for Manual. Thco. H'iny. Plaintleld. Coins.
PIIjES?Xeedlmm's world renowned Red ("lover
Suppositories cure severe eases 8 to ?; days. *.r>e.:
si 'tups taken. E. B. Lewis. Box 2(lS-J.San Fr'nelsro.t'al.
KIDDER'S
Red Star i
fpughfure i
Free from Opiates, Emetic* and Potion.
safe. ***+?
sure._ qkftt a|
rHUMFT. MW77
AT Diumuii akd Dului. " r J
THE CHARLES A- TOCKLErt CO.. DALTKORE, ID. <
CT JACOBS On I
GERManWeMEO/ I
i ul r ailf
WB WiM.IT DBUOOI8TB AND DBA1JSB&
THJS OilLD A. T06SLXB CO^BAtTIKOBE.Ib
ViNEGAB BiTTERS |fi
In the great Blood Portlier and Life-giving ^
Principle; a Gentle Purgative and Tonic; a perfecl
Benovator and Jnvigorator of the system.
In Vlneyar Blttera there la vitality baft raj
no alcoholic or mineral poison.
Di?ca*en of the Skin, of whatever name i*3I
or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of
the system in a short time by the use of the Bitten.
Vinegar Bitter* allays feveriahness. It re- *2
lieves, and in time cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia*
Gout, and similar painful diseases.
Vinegar Bitters cures Constipation aai '
nrorrflnto I^larrlirWl.
Never before has a medicine been com- -p,
pounded possessing the power of VntzeAB Bitters
to heal the sick.
Send for either of our valuable reference
books for ladles, for farmers, for merchants, our fy
Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism
on Intemperance and Tobacco, which last should
be read by every child and youth in the land.
^.nj two of the above books mailed free oa |?|
receipt of four cents for registration fees.
B.H. McDonald Drug Co., 632 Washington X.t '.yj
jTyyu-a ; ;^S9
lnvalids'Hotp!:Sur^ca[Institute jf
^is
BTTFF. A.LO, 3ST- TT.
OrpnlKd with m full Staff of elgfcteea
Experienced tud Sklllfal Phyilclus '
11 Ckronie Diseases.
OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS. ||
Chronic Nasal Catarrh* Throat anA v;J
Lunf Disease** JLlver aud Kidney -v3l|
Diseases* Bladder Diseases, Disease*
of Women* Blood Diseases and NerT*
ons Affections, cured here or at home, ,^23
with or without seeing: the patient. Come and
see us, or send ten cents in stamps for our &|
"Invalids' Guide Book," wnich gives
all particulars.
Nervous Debility, Impo?
H_,tency, Nocturnal Loases.
DELICATE and all Morbid Conditions
uf caused by Youthful FoU
lilQPIQP? Ho* and Pernicious SoilUIoLAolO.
tai-y Practices are speedily '?.??
and permanently cured ?by our - ^
Specialists. Book, post-paid, 10 cts. in stampc. ' f-Z
Rupture, or Breach, raot> :??'
I cally cured without the knifes ,'rf
I RUPTURF I without trusses, without pais.
Il,uriunt* | and without danger. Cure* ^
Guaranteed. Book sent for
ten cents in stamps. _
PILE TUMORS and STRICTURES "-Jl
treated under f uarantee to cure. Book
sent for ten cents in stamps. Address World'# ' ;;
Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The treatment of many /
thousands of cases of those v
0 SEASES OF diseases peculiar to
Waiich "womanx*
ITUlitit at the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, has af- i ngg
forded large experience in adapting remedies wS
for their cure, and
?*? DTcnrvifl ?a
MM MK? * AJU Jnk o ) :;v?
Favorite Prescription |
It the result of this vast experience.
It la a powerful Restorative Tonlt
and Nervine, imparta vigor and strengtk
to the system, and cures, as If by magic. Lea*
corrhea, or "whltti," excess! va
flowlnr, painful m<nwiruatioiu unnatural
suppressions, prolapsus or
falling of the uterus, weak back,
anteversion, retroversion, bearing*
down sensations, chronic congestion*
Inflammation and ulceration,
of the womb, Inflammation, pain
and tenderness in ovaries, internal
beat, and "female weakness*** It
promptly relieves and cures Nausoa
and weakness of Stomach, In digestion,
Bloating, Nervous Prostratlo%
and Sleeplessness, in either sex.
PRICE $1.00, fob8 JoSo!! f|
Sold by Druggists everywhere. Send
ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's lam
Treatise on Diseases of Women, Illustrated.
Warid's Dispensary Medical Association :
\ 663 Mais Street, BUFFALO, ?. T,
* SICK-HEADACHE, |
Bilious Headacbt,
L Vl. Dizziness, Constlpatlon,
Indigestion,
and Billons Attacks,
l>rl
I guTci'/pT...."-;
T A Purgative Pellets. S
*?%. eenta z vial, by Druggist* ..
PLAID SHAWL GIVEN AWA^J
Throo jh tin fallen of * large bm fidsnr
of Ctihaer* Uavl%
there bii root Iota oar bandi * luf?
conilpuncnt of FJald ShawU, p?rf?c*
roods, which we nropoee to preteatta
the Jadlee (a the following nuwi
Send n? SS mil for 8 aoi, ratecrlptlon
to Farm and Ho?wh?M|?
lar^e 82 page illu?tr?Ud p*p*r, e?voud
to farm and Household topioe,
Storiee and j*n?ral mlicell.iay, and wo
wfllwnd ?oo on'of th??bes?tlfnl
akawla'FREE by mall pottpaM,
or we will uad S *hawl? and 5 *?kaortpUcn
to od? addreta for |1.m
Batia faction ^uaractood
or money refunded. Addren
If ASM AND lIOUSEIIOUfc
Hartford, Cm*.
TUSTOirS p?a"ylT00THP0WDS I
Keeping Twth ftrhct ?4 O?i H?Irtiy,
Ton are allowed a free trial of thirty dayt of the an
of Dr. Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt w'rti Electric 8<ts
pensory Appliances, for the speedy relief and pet*
manent cure of A'ervotia Debilitn, loss of Vitality mM
Manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also for m&nj
other diseases. Complete restoration to Health, Vlgoi;
and Manhood suaranteed. No risk Is Incurred. nJu?
crated pamnhlet In sen ltd envelope mailed free, by ad
dressing voltaic beltco? Marshall, iuick
A ..6 ha? taken the Wd la
jwiiwm 'i^. 11 u:esafes of tnat c!M of
JUBr Cure?lo^Hl 'e'^edief. an.t hn give*
#yi TO 5 DaTS.^8 almost ufliverttl sarnie
^UpQatrtBlacd nr?t i?wi liwo,
SB oSSTaTrleiii. 1 MURPHY BROS
|j|a Pant, Tem
OgB Mf? only by Dm ? h?,w0* Jhe Uror 2?
Hfl. the public and no* ranks
HHItUI ChlBlcsl Cfl. iraon; the leading M?dk
Ohio, v/w Bradford. 7|,
^ Sold by Dni^itu.
RNNYROTOT 4
"CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH"
Title Original and Only tienulneb '
I rlafranit always reliable. Bewar* of Worthlcu Iraliatiomfc
> ''OhlUiSMltr'r'* Uusllah" are the beni made. In<llipeniaM?
to uadies. liiclo?*4t. ''nampM fur particular*. le?t*
muni*l>. iu\, in Utter xrnt jcii bv re-Mk A B
turn .:?ull. nam e pap?r.P2JB| I Krf
i'hlcneater ('hi-mlml Co.. f HI I ?
"Set / Mat'Wu Kq? I'Llliida f*r? " CcrrBSJ^b?