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I II FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. | i In Northumberland, England, they j itill retain the old custom of holding inquests over fires. The oldest dwelling house in the United States is situated near the San Miguel church. It was built before the Spanish conquest. A peculiar blark paper of Siam and Burmah, made from the bark of certaiu trees, is used very much as are slates in Europe and America. The writing upon it may be rubbed out by the application of betel leaves, just as the slate writing ic / r.-icnrl hv means of a sponge. Young alligators arc raised and tamed for Northern visitors by a Sanford (Fla.) man, wno finds it quite a lucrative business. He has now a hundred of the animals under training, and reports that his 6ales last season would have been five times that number could he have procured the alligators. Majendie, the celebrated scientist, took two dogs, one of which he fed on white flour, while to the other he gave flour made of the entire wheat. In forty days the dog who had received the white flour died of starvation; the other remained in perfect health and could have lived indefinitely with no other food. There seems every probability that St. Valentine's day, with its many customs, came down to us from the Romans, but was fathered upon St. Valentine in the early days of the church in order to Christianize it. Ju France St. Valentines day was a movable feast, which was called jours de> brandons, because the boys carried about lighted torches on that day. A girl, thirteen years old, who has grown only an inch in height since she was two years old, and has gained but little in weight, was before the Concord (X. H.) medical society at its annual meeting a few days ago. The girl weighs thirty-five pounds and is twentytwo inches high, has never been severely sick, and is unusually healthy. Her mind seems also to have stopped growing at the same time. One of the officers of the British force in Burmah concludes that stomachache is a widely prevalent malady in that region. At Koonlah hf. found au idol which effects a miraculous cure when a sufferer plastersa flake of gold leaf upon the part corresponding to the seat of his own disorder; and the abdomen of the idol had been caused to protrude in a most extra1 '---*1 ordinary uegree uv mc pmsiutu um-nu6g of health seekers. Bees found in a tree belong to the owner of the tree, and another person acquires no ownership in them because ol marking the tree. Game found in snares belongs to the owner of the land, and no? to the trespasser who may have set the snares. A swarm of bees leaving theii hive and setting upon the laud of another, are the property of the original owner so longasliecan keep them insight, and thus establish their identity. Certain insects sc em to possess the remarkable and little understood "electric" power of the electric eel. General Davis, of the Brittsh army, received a shock from awhejl-bug that paralyzed his left arm for a considerable time, red marks being left on his hand as impressions ol ' the insect's feet. This peculiarity is also mentioned by Kirby and Spence, and other naturalists have received shocks from some of the luminous beetles. Such a shock was given by an unknown cater pillar pickcrl up by Captain BiaKcney tnai his entire right side became paralyzed, and he was dangerously ill for a long time. Wild Horses at Fort Pillow. The tradition which has so lon^ existed among the denizens of the Mississippi river bottoms^, says the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat, of the existence of a fine breed of wild horses and catt le in the neighborhood of Fort Pillow, seventy-five miles above Memphis, has in a measure been confirmed by a gentleman who passed through here to-day cn route to the northern part of the State, to procure funds and such implements as may be necessary in effecting a thorough exploration of th? locality. Fort Pillow, it will be remembered, was the ground upon which the newly recruited colored troops of the United + nlmnct (ivtnrminntwl +\c/>rif'0 UILUV.1V w ?, v-vj years ago by Forrest's command. The command of the famous Confederate general were splendidly mounted upon blooded stock, thoroughbreds gathered from throughout the South, and at the time had a liberal supply of fine cattle in charge of the commissary. During the bloody carnage which ensued many of these fine animals escaped into the swamps and wilds which arc located dark and forbidding in the neighborhood. Old residents of the locality have for years contended that large droves of horses and cattle, wild and untamed, roam through the strip of country which extends miles back and up and down the river, thought to be fiat and well calculated for grazing, but which is separated from civilization by impenetrable sunken lands or swamps, ami that they are lineal descendants of the animals which Forrest lost. The dangers of exploring these treacherous lands has thus far deferred any elaborate search, but it is now a settled fact that all obstacles will be overcome, and the mystery connected with the neighing steeds and flying hovincs will soon be solved. A large body of men, accustomed to hardship* and danger, have effected an organization for the purpose of a search, and there is no doubt that a good, fat "find" will reward those engaged in it in the way of thoroughbred horse flesh and fine beef. "Death Valley." The "Death Valley,*' in Inyo county, Cal., owes its name partly to its frightfully desolate character, being lor the most part destitute of everything necessary to support life, and partly in the number of persons and animals that perished there. The valley is 100 miles long by twenty miles wide, though only ' about forty miles in length and eight or ten in width is embraced with Inyo county. In 18~>2 a large party of cmif[rants perished from thirst within its imits. Its level is from 100 to 400 feet below the sea, giving it a greater depression than the Caspian, and nearly as great as that of the Dead sea. It is probably the bed of a former lake, the waters of which were strongly charged with salt and soda. For forty-five miles in length and fifteen in depth along its center, it is a salt marsh, in which the Amargoza (or Bitter) river sinks, and where a thin la}'er of soil covers an unknown depth of soft mud. For miles there is no water fit to drink, and, all hough springs are numerous, they are intensely alkaliue. An pvnlnrinnr mrtv in 1865 found the x o I . temperature iu January?the coolest month of the year?as high as ninety degrees Fahrenheit. When there is no breeze through the long canon the air becomes so dense that respiration is painful and difficult. During the spring terrible gales of wind fill the air -with salt, prarel and sand, in clouds as black as toal smoke. ! FARM AND HOUSE. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. Rotation. The continued raing of one crop upon : Ihe same soil exhausts the kind of plant food needed by that kind of plant. Some plants have long roots, others short >nes; hy changing, the nutriment is drawn from different parts of the soil. 3ome plants draw their sustenance largely : from the air, store up nutriment and ! leave it in the soil. This class of plants usually have broad leaves; clover, peas ?nd bsans are of this class. Wheat, :orn, oats, and those plants having a few narrow* leaves, are exhaustive to the I toil. Upon a sandy loam the following i fs a plan for rotation: first year, meadow; j , iccond summer, fallow; third, wheat: | fourth, corn, and all the undeconiposed j nanure. Sow rye at the last cultivation, , pasture it in the fall and spring; fifth fear, sow oats or barley and seed down. h.t the present prices of sugar it will not pay to raise amber cane except as a forige crop, for which purpose it is excelj lent, and especially adapted for light, landy soil. Beef fattened upon it is exI :ellent. | Protecting Grapes From Rot. The grape rot is now known to be a fungus growth which attacks the fruit ! O C* mccessively through the season. As the ipores ripen they burst and spread upon | fruit not before affected. It is, therefore. , mportant to go through the vineyard J arly, and cut out all berries that show j my signs of injury. A still earlier pre- j rcntive measure is to remove an aeeayeu i grapes, cuttings or other rubbish from : inder the vines, and then plow the ground j , 10 as to turn under the surface any thit ire accidentally missed. After the first plowing the ground should not be cultivated except to destroy weeds. Stirring it deeply would bring some of the spores j i io the surface of the ground, where they I would be blown about by winds. The ! ise of sulphate of iron or copperas in I water is also recommended as a spray for j ihe vines during the growing season. By ! idopting these precautions grape grow- | ing may be re-established even in loeali- ! lies where successive years of rotting had ! laused grape growers to abandon the busi- i less.?Cultivator. i i Preserving Fence Posts. ' An English farmer writes: After all j lhat has been advanced in favor of other ! sompounds, it is very doubtful for ordi- I aary country work whether there is anything handier, cheaper or more effective j than common coal tar for coating fences ind other wood it is desired to protect from the effects of the weather. Much, fiowever, will depend on the way in which it is used. To cover moist wood ' ? ".-V. wlinflint* if niY\ncwlc i J Willi tliid aUUMiliitCj nuuuiui IK I^ivvvvuc J from the natural moisture or atmospheric : iampness, it is very bad policy. To in| sure anything like success in the matter >f durability the wood to be operated on ; ' tnust be as dry as possible. "This, of jourse, is equally true of paint, but it is ?f tar that we are now speaking. When the woodwork to be coated is as dry as j san be, and the tar applied hot, there j need be little fear that it will fail in its ! purpose. The chief difficulty lies in the ; matter of posts at the surface of the soil, j Many plans have been tried to overcome j the decay which almost invariably sets in ; here first. Even here tar is valuable; j but, according to the experiments which ! have been mad? to lest the best method ; 5f applying it, it appears that the most I satisfactory results have been obtained i ; when the wood is charred. As to the j I way in which the charring should be i fffected, there seems to be scope for in- ! ^enuity. One gentleman has tried the | plan of first coating the extremities of the j posts, which are set in the soil, and then | ? - ? * ~ xr rru.v : I Durning me lar 011 a^um. 1 uu\ i?, ia alleged, makes a surface which will relist decay. The charring should be car-! ried to some distance above the ground j level, and after the fence is erected the I j whole of it above the ground can j ' be coated to make the appearance uni- j form. The plan of first heating the ends j &f the posts and then dipping them ia j , boiling tar is said to answer well. Feeding Corn to Horses. j Corn is the bine of the farm horse, as 1 it is also of the horse doing any other ; sort of work,not because of not beingsuffi- j ciently nutritious, but because it makes | too much fat and not enough muscle, i The horse's muscle wears away by work j is metal wears away by friction. Fat i wears away under exercise, but its disap- j pearance in nowise lessens the power for | i either draft or speed. On the other hand, ' well-nourished and vigorously exercised j muscles, without a deposit of fat to keep ; Ihem company, are much more efficient I for any purpose for which the horse is l kept, then when there is a load of fat to be carried, me trainer acts upon mis | proposition, and works the fat oil. exper- j ; lence having shown that the muscles, j trained down by exercise until fat accu- j | tnulations are removed?fattening foods I being mainly abstained from?give the best results in the ease of a speedy horse. I ; The same rule will hold good with the j : work horse, though modified by the degree in which the movements of the latter are slower than those of the former. | : If the farmer has only corn for feed, then j ! lie will be. wise if he make sale of his corn, ! , or the greater part of it, buying oats in- ! j stead. If corn be used in whole or in j , part, the effect should be carefully noted i ' as to the extent to which fermentation I I sets in, meeting this by use of salt and J ' ashes, at once lessening the amount of j corn fed. It will be found that horses j led upon corn win cat carta wnen anoweu i ' Recess to it, as, to a degree, this neutral- j izes the acids generated in the stomach, j and gives relief. Corn may be rated as i the natural food of fattening stock?such [as are fed for their flesh. All kinds of j fattening stock arc made ripe on corn, j with the addition of an allowance of coarse feed or fodder. Ripeness in the | horse is a very different thing from ripe nessin the fatted steer, for in the one case i it means full vigor of muscle with an abI senee of fat. and in the other an abundance ! of fat, no matter how much; and as for j muscle, no matter how inefficient for | work.?Lice-Stock Journal. i Small Flocks. An idea which is fast gaining ground with practical sheep men is that small flocks?comparatively small ones?arc the most profitable. The popular notion, in the range countries at least, used to be | that the larger the flock, the greater the j profits. The idea is fast being dis.sipatcd, and the days of bundling slice]) by ; the tens of thousands is numbered, even ; on the plains of Texas. Certain kinds of sheep do better than others in flocks of J several thousands, but it is a fact which experience has demonstrated that there is no kind of sheep which will thrive as well in a large flock as in a small one. In these huge bands of sheep a vast number die, and a vast number are left, and none j receive the attention which common [ economy demands. It may nav in one sense to have one man attend sheep two men could not properly see to, but it pays in no other way; and it must be remembered that the item of expense involved in the wages of the man who attends tho flock is either the largest or smallest in the business, for the profit or loss of the stock depends more on him than upon the man who furnishes the money and attends to the financial man- . ageraent. In a general way it may beset down as? fact that to attempt economy in the pay of the man or men who look after : the sheep every day, is to turn what should be profit into loss, for men of ex * - .1 t i -1 1, ~ I perienrc Know unit inesneep neiuur wuu ; pretends to work for the least pay is gen- I erally the most expensive individual that j could be engaged. The sheep rai?er of the present time j seems to think that he is beset with an j unusual number of hardships, and so he ; has a great deal to contend with in order j to make his business a success, but the 1 hardships are simply incident to the competition and close figuring of the times. With careful attention and an application of judicious business management, j sheep and wool growing can be made to ; pay as well and better than in the "good j old times1' about which men are too ! prone to talk.?Sheep Breeder and Wool ! Grower. The Marks of a Good Milker. 1. A good milker must be able to eat ) a jrreat deal of food. Milk cannot be j made without something to make it from. The cow does not secrete milk, from the air, but from her blood, and her blood is supplied from the food she cats. To eat a great deal, a cow must have a strong jaw, and we may put this j down as one of the marks of a good milker. A strong jaw does not necessarily require a big head, at least what is called a bull's head, large in the upper part, but a strong lower jaw with strong muscles to operate it. Any expansion of the head in other directions may be a detriment as drawing from her food to support it. 2. A good milker must digest a good i deal of food. This requires an ample I stomach or stomachs, for the cow has four. A large stomach is indicated externally by a large abdomen and great breadth between the hips, or great breadth of loins. A judge of cows will tell you that a cow should be wedgeshaped, tapering from abdomen to nose. tf. A ?rood milker will have large milk veins?tliat is, large veins leading to the udder, under the belly. Those large veins indicate a large milker. 4. Whether what is called the escutheon, the portion of the hind part of the udder and adjacent parts on which the hairs turn back in opposition to the gen- j eral direction of the hair, is any indica- j tion of the milking qualities of the cow, j is a disputed question. Many believe that where it is large it indicates a good ! milker, where small a poor one. Others put no faith in it. 5. A soft, velvet feeling of the skin, and a rich, yellow color, especially in the inside of the ears, is believed to indicate a rich milker, at least, if not a large one. It is believed to show a tendency to fat, | and consequently butter. A farmer who follows dairying and ' means to succeed will not fail to make j himself familiar with all these good | points in milkers, and he will seek to I test these points by close observation for : himself. If he finds that cows having ! good points most largely developed are j uniformly the best milkers, he will be j confirmed in his belief of their signiti- j cance, and he will study the cow with a ' view to ascertain all the indications of , good cows, declining all that lack them, however line they may be in other respects.?Rural Home. Recipes. To Cook Carrots.?Cut them in slices and put them in a litle hot butter,thicken i with a teaspoon of flour and a little ! water. Then add water enough to cover j the carrots, salt and pepper, with a spoonful of sugar. Cook slowly two hours. Eo? Omelet.?Yolks of six eggs well beaten, one teaspoon of flour, one cup of milk, salt and pepper. Beat the whites of six eggs to a Stiff froth and add to the mixture just before cooking. Fill the frying pan about half full and cook slowly fifteen minutes. Then roll out in a hot dish and serve at once. Soup Stock.?Put a beef bone weigh- [ ing three pounds into three quarts of l -i - -l a_ -l?:i n.,i. nil I water anu set OH IU UUU. V/Ut up auian a pound of lean ham or bacon, fry brown, then add the liquor from the bones; cover up the kettle and simmer five hours, strain through a hair sieve and set by till cold, remove the fat and it i will be ready for any soup that may be j required. Open Apple Pie.?Cover a deep pie ; dish with a rich crust, sprinkle a small j handful of flour over the bottom, and a i tablespoon of molasses. Pare tart ap- j pies and cut in halves, fill the pie dish as | full as the apples can be placed. Cover i the top with sugar and a little cinnamon j or nutmeg to the taste, add a small piece | of butter. Bake until the apples arc J cooked through. Household Hints. Cistern water may be purified by char- j coal put in a bag and hung in the water, j Coffee cake should be wrapped, while \ warm, in a napkin, and there remain till j put "Whiting or ammonia in the water is preferable to soap for cleansing windows or paint. To prepare raisins for cooking, first j pick off the steins, then pour on hot ! water sufficient to cover them; let them ! stand a moment, then add cold water until hands can be borne in it; wash and i drain. They can then be seeded very easily without the use of a knife. Two things are necessary to insure good tea: first, that the water should be at the boiling point when poured on the j leaves (water simply not answering the i purpose at all): and second that, it j should be served freshly made. Tea ; should never be boiled. So particular j are the English to preserve its first aroma that it is sometimes made on the table two or three times during the meal. In France little silver canisters of tea are placed on fho table, where it is invariably made. One tcaspoonful of the leaves is a fair portion for each person. Tea is better made in an earthen tea-pot, which tea connoissoursfcare particular to have. They :iIs:> drink the beverage j without milk. :m?l with loaf-sugar mere- J ly. Walcr :it iIm- first boiling point is , generally consideivd better fort<*a oreof- j fee, and, in fact, any kind of cooking which requires boiling water. "I see that a Chicago landlord has shot a boarder for joking about the butter/' remarked the judge. "That must have been a queer kind of butter, *' responded the major. '* Why ?" " That it was not strong enough to resent the in- ! suit itself." The man who persists in remaining single is too economical by half.?Burling, ton Free Press. t A Plagne of Ants. Burmah, which the British have re-1 cently conquered, and added to their! va&t possessions, will not be a pleasant i residence for Europeans, if we may judge by some of the statements made in regard to the country. In no part, of the East is insect life said to be so vigorous as in Burmah, and more particularly in the months of May and October, when the change of the monsoons takes place. The rains, which commence usually about the loth of May, seem to awaken the myriads of all kinds of flying insects, mosquitoes being the most troublesome both to man and beast, whilst flying ants are as disagreeable. The ants do not bite, like tho mosquito, but coming in battalions, the only resource for the besieged is turning out the lights, or an ignominious flight into darkness, until the plague lias passed. I have seen (writes a correspondent) a well-lighted ball-room invaded by these ants in Maulmain, effectually putting a stop to dancing. Round each of the lights thousands of these in sects swarmed, covering with their wings and bodies any one who ventured near. The Burmese?to whom little comes amiss in the eating line?fry the flying ants in oil, and pronounce them of excellent flavor. I have met with but one Englishman who is of the same opinion, and he relishes a Burman ant curry quite as highly as a gourmand at .home does a peculiarly fine Stilton cheese. The flying ants of Burmah have this in their favor: in their short life they only emerge from mother earth and fly toward tne Ugnt, ana in tneir wingea career they often eat nothing before they immolate themselves at the nearest lamp, when what remains of them is gladly turned to account by Jack Burman, and often forms a savory meal, with rice, for himself and family. The Yellowstone Park. The natural phenomena contained within the boundaries of the Yellowstone Park, the altitude of its entire area, over 6,000 feet, its panorama of grand mountains with summits of perpetual snow, and sides clothed with primeval forests, the great plateaus covered with grass of every variety, and studded with crimson and gold and purple in the tints of the flowers, its great fossil forests, whose petrified trunks, when upright, resemble the columns of a ruined temple, its beautiful Yellowstone lake, 8,000 feet above the level of the sea, and covering an area of 150 square miles with a sheet of water of crystal clearness, its seventy-one geysers, some of which throw streams of water to a height of. over 250 teet, its 8,000 hot springs of marvelous forms, coloring and variety, the great falls and canon of the Yellowstone river, make up in one view a region unequaled by any other on the globe in august splendor, grandeur, novelty and wonder.?Secretary Lamar. A Triangular Tragedy. Upon the triangle would he play, He also sang a little lay. He would not live alway. His manner it was gay. They did him slay, One winter day, And now his voice is Hushed , for A. -Tid-Bits. Has M. Pasteur discovered a cure for i?a r/ TX'V. TT cllAII lrl hf, n nt? JJLJUi UjJUULUU. ouvuiu a.v, ?VV. Greater discoveries have been made. For instance, Red Star Cough Cure contains no narcotics, is purely vegetable, and yet quickly cures the worst throat or lungtrouble. Only 25 cents. A single London dealer last year sold nearly 800,000 tropical birds of g;iy plumage for the trimming of hats and costumes. General Rufus Ingalls, Quarter-MastcrGeneral U. S. Army, says: "St Jacobs Oil is the best pain-cure we ever used." Henry Stanley reaffirms his belief in the existence of a tribe of white Africans in the sub-equatorial regions of Gam/tanwn uaia^ai ct. Evert Moment ok our Lives our bodies are being built up anew with fresh matter. If the blood is not renewed the system is poisoned by the worn-out matter clogging the vital organs, instead of leaving the body. For weak or impure blood, producing dyspepsia, biliousness, fevers, and skin, liver and kidney troubles, use Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters. The tin deposits of New South Wales cover an area of <5,440,000 acres, and probably much more than that, W. H. Worthington, editor of "Patrons of Husbandry," Columbus, Mass., writes Feb. ?">, 1882: "Your great remedy, Allen's Lung Balsam, I have used in my family for fifteen years for coughs anil colds,and know it to be tlie best." Price 25c.. "iQc. and $1 per bottle, at Druggists The sultan of Turkey keeps around his palace 18,000 of the best troops m the Ottoman empire. The Brand ou Cain -was not more feurful than are the marks of skin diseases, and yet I)r. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" is a certain cure for all of them. Blotches, pimples, eruptions, pustules, Bcaly incrustations, lumps, inflamed patches, salt-rheum, tetter, boils, carbuncles, ulcers, old 6ores, are by its use healed quickly and permanently. A steei, steamer for Siani is being built at Wilmington, Del. Young and middle-aged men, suffering from nervous debility and kindred affections, as loss of memory and hypochondria, should enclose 10 cents in stamps for large illustrated treatise suggesting sure means of cure. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Piano cases are made in.Germany of compressed paper. If you are bilious, take Dr. Pierce's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets," the original "Little Liver Pills." Of all druggists. Of the United States .Senators only twentysix keep house in Washington. Heinnrknlilc Ktrupe. John Kuhn, of Lafayctlo, hid., had a very narrow escape from death. This is his own 6tory: "One year ago I was in the last, stages of Consumption. Our best physicians gave my case up. I finally got so low that our doctor said I could not live twenty-four hours. My friends then purchased a bottle or 1jh. wm. Ham.'s Balsam for thk Lungs, which benefitted me. I continued until I look nine holies. I am now in perfect health, having used no other medicine.1' The longest pole knocks the persimmon*, and Bigelow's Positive Cure knocks all coughs, colds, croup, hoarseness, bronchitis, asthma, influenza and consumption. Pleasant for children. Safe and spci dv. .V) cents. The purest. sweelc>l and lieM foil Liver Oil in the world, innnnlaclured Iro.n fre-.ii. heailm livers, upon (he seashore, li is absolutely p;ire 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., NewYork. Chappkd hands, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.. New York. If you ne?d a perfect tonic or a blood purifier, take Dr. Jones' Red Clover Tonic. It speedily cures all trouble* of the stomach, kidneys and liver, Can be taken by the moat delicate. PriceSO cents. The most desirable hair dressing ever offered to the public is Hall's Hair Renewer. Physicians prescribe Ayer's ('berry Pectoral, on accounted its great curative powers. I Russia bleaches cotton b.v elect ricitv. * v 1 Aa^ .irST AS BAD AS PAINTED. Widespread Commotion Caused by the Terrible Conf'e*wion of a Pbyttirlnu. The story published in these columns recently, from the Rochester, N. Y. Democrat and Chronicle, created a deal of comment here as it lias else where. Apparently it caused even more commotion in Rochester, as the following from the same pajxjr shows : Dr. J. B. Henion, who is well-known not only in Rochester but in nearly every part of America, sent an extended article to this paper a few days ago which was duly published, detailing his remarkable experience and rescue from what seemed to be certain death. ! It would be impossible to enumerate the personal inquiries which have been made at our office as to the validity of the article, but they have been so numerous that further investigantnn rlrvA^tA/1 r\a/"?OCCOrV LlUIi Ui. IL1C auujutl/ HOO ICT'lllCU j ? With this end in view a representative of this paper called on Dr. Henion, at his residence on Andrews street, when the following I interview occurred : " That article of yours, j doctor, has created quite a whirlwind. Are i the statements about the terrible condition j you were in, and the way you were rescued, I such as you can sustain V Every one of them and many additional I ones. I was brought so low by neglecting the i first and most simple symptoms. I did not think I was sick. It is true I. had frequent headaches; felt tired most of the time: could eat nothing one day and was ravenous the next; felt dull pains and my stomach was out of order, but I did not think it meant anything serious. The medical profession has been treating symptoms instead of diseases for years, ana it is high time it ceased. The symptoms I have just mentioned or any unusual action or irritation of the water channels indicate the approach of kidney disease more than a cough announces the coming of consumption. W e do not treat the cough, but try to help the lungs. We should not waste ! our time trying to relieve the headache, pains about the body or other symptoms, but go directly to the kidneys, the source of most of these ailments." " This, then, is what you meant when you j said that more than one-half of the deaths which occur arise from Bright's disease, is it, I doctor ?" j " Precisely. Thousands of diseases are torI turing people to-daj-, which in reality are ' Bright's disease in some of its many forms. It is a nydra-headed monster, and the slightest j symptoms should strike terror to every one I who has them. I can look back and recall I hundreds of deaths which physicians declared I at the time were caused by paralysis, apoliaoTf. rii'conc*- nnpunimiifl. malarial . j/XC-VJ , liV,U1 ? r ? , fever and other common complaints, which I see now were caused by Bright's disease." | " And did all these cases have simple sympi toms at lij-st ?" ' Every one of them, and might have been cured as I was by the timely use of the same ! remedv. I am getting my eyes thoroughly i ojieued iu this matter, and think I am helping i others to see the facts and their possible danj ger also." Mr. Warner, who was visited at his estabj lishment on North St. Paul street, spoke very ! earnestly : j " It is true that Bright's disease had in: creased wonderfully, and we lind by reliable ( statistics that from '70 to '80 its growth was i over 250 per cent. Look at the prominent men j it has carried off, and Ls taking off every year, ! for while many are dying apparently of paralj vsis and apoplexy, they are really victims of ! kidney disorder, which causes heart disease, j paralysis, apoplexy, etc. Nearly every week j the papers record the death of some prominent j man from this scourge. Recently, however, ! the increase has been checked and I attribute i this to the general use of my remedy." " Do you think many people are afflicted : with it to-day who do not realize it ?" " A prominent professor in a New Orleans medical college was lecturing before his class on the subject of Bright's disease. He had I various fluids under microscopic analysis and j was showing the students wliat the indica; tions of this terrible malady were. ' And ; now, gentlemen.' he said, ' as we have seen | the unhealthy indications 1 will show you how j it appears in a state of perfect health'' and he I submitted his own fluid to the usual test. As I ho Hip lwnilts his countenance sud ! denly changed?his color and command both I left him and in a trembling voice he said : , 4 Gentlemen, I have made a painful discovery; ' I have Bright's disease of the kidnevs.1 And i in less than a year he was dead. The slightI est indications of any kidney difficulty should ! be enough to strike terror to any one." ' j " You know of Dr. Henion's case j ' Yes, I have both read and heard of it." " It is very wonderful, is it not C " No more so than a great mauy others that | have come to my notice as having been cured j by the same means." " You believe then that Bright's disease j can be cured J 44 I know itcaii. I know it from my own , and the experience of thousands of prominent ! persons who were given up to die by both ! their physicians and friends." j 44 You speak of your own experience; what | was it /" i 44 A fearful one. I had felt languid and unI fitted for business for years. But I did not I know what ailed me. When, however, I i found it was kidney difficulty I thought there was little hope, and so did the doctors. I have since learnea that one of the physicians of | this city pointed me out to a gentleman on the ! street one day, saying: ' There goes a man J who will be dead within a year.' I believe his j words would have proved true if I had not i providentially used the remedy now known as j Warner's Sale Cure." j 44 Did you make a chemical analysis of the ; case of Mi*. H. H. Warner some three years age, doctor i" was asked Dr. S. A. Lattimore, one of the analvsfes of the State Board of ! Health." " Yes, sir." " What did this analysis show you ?" " A serious disease of the kidneys." ! " Did you think Mr. Warner would re; cover ?" " No, sir. I did not think it possible." " Do you kuow anything about the remedy i which cured him ?' ! " I have chemically analyzed it and found | it pure and harmless/' Dr. Heniou was cured jire years ago and is well and attending to his professional duties I to-day in this city. The standing of Dr. Hen| ion, Mr. Warner and Dr. Lattimore in the community is beyond question, and the^stateinents they make cannot for a moment be doubted. Dr. Henion's experience shows that Bright's disease of the kidneys is one of the most deceptive and dangerous of all diseases; ! that it is exceedingly common, but that it cau j bo cured if taken in time. i The average price of milch cows in Mexico | is $10 a head. _ Cnturrli and Hionrhit is Cured. A clergyman, after years ol .suffering from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last l'onnd a prescription which completely cured and saved him from (leu t It. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending a sell'-addrcssed stamped envelope to Dr. J. Flynn&Co., Hi'East 5th St., i New York, will receive the recipe free of charge. Frnzer Axle (.'rense. Is the very best. A trial will prove we are right. Received first premium at N. C. State I Fair, Centennial and Paris Kxpositiun. j Three months' treatment for 50c. Piso's j j Remedy fur Catarrh, Sold by druggists. ; Red Star i TRADE MARK. oughfure Free front Opiates, JEmrtlcs and Poison, . IsL. 25fei AT Dkuooiiti and d'xai.rns. THE CHARLES A. VOtiKLER CO.. BALTIMORE, MP.- j cijacobsoh a wk I,! IGERiJS Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, LAI' LI A IM Btckarfar, Hraiiachr, Toothache, ror i Siii D uiii ir DRUoomrs AND DKAI.KB& TUX C1UBL5S X. YOUELKR CO.. BALTIXOBE, HU. MflDDIIINC Chloral anil IIIUif r IIIIIC9plum Habit 1 JbASiLV CURED. . ADVICE FREE. DR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson. Wisconsin. There is a family of twenty-three persons al i Adams, Mass. Of the twenty-one children the oldest is said to be only t welve years old. The Professor j Of an Academy In Vermont was cured of catarAi by Hood's Santaparllla, and writes the following Interesting statement: "I cheerfully (rtve my experience In the u<w of Hood's Sarsaparilla. I had been troubled with catarrh to some extent for a long time, and had used various medicines with no good results, when I was an affur-teil that. sn<>pr<)t was somewhat difficult. and my voice was entirely unnatural. I theu began to use Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy, and with such good effect that In a few weeks speech was easy, tho voice natural, and my general health was much Improved. Sometimes a retum of tlio disease s Induced by taking cold, when I resort at once to the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla, which I keep by me constantly, and always find relief. I regard Hood's Sarsaparilla as an invaluable remedy for catarrh, and Judging by Its effects upon myself I cannot say too much in Its praise."?j. S. Cilley, Jericho, Vt. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Loweli, Masa. 100 Poses One Dollar Cleanses the Head. Relieves Pain at Once. Allays flamraation. flealsfc. s Sores. Restore Taste and A Positive Cure. A particle is applied intolIA V MLtlf & ?# each nostril. Price 50 ctiflfl I | k * fcffl at druggists or by mail. Send for circular. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y. 9BV10 VIIFI lAMft I m i ncLiumAi OR SKIN CANCER. For seven years I suffered with a cancer on my face. Eight months ago a friend recommended the use of Swift's Specific, nnd I determined to make an effort to procure it. In this I was successful, a nd began its use. The Influence of the medicine at first was to somewhat aggravate the sore; but soon the inflaination was allayed, and I began to Improve after the first few bottles. My general health has greatly improved. I am stronger, and am able to do any kf.d of work. The cancer on my fac e began to decrease and tho ulcer to heal, until there is not a veutige of it left?only a little scar marks the place. Mrs. Joicie a. McDonald. Atlanta, Ga., August 11,1885. Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease# mailed 'free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. V.. 157 W. &Id St. n If 11 Radway's n n K Rea(iy 11.11.II. Reiiel CURES AND PREVENTS Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Influenza, Inflammations, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache, Asthma* "* DBF ATUlUP \J BI" riUUIa I UI% tn ri|l< Via CURES THE WORST PAINS in from one to twentv minutes. NOT ONE HOUR after reading this advertisement need auy one SUFFER WITH PAIN. Radway'i Readv Relief is a Sure Cure for Every Pain, Sprains, Bruises. Pains in the Back, C test or Limbs. It w&* the First and is the Only Fain remedy That instantly stops the most excruciating pains, allays inflammation, and cures Congestions, whether of the Lungs, Stomach. Bowels, or other glands or organs by one application. A half to a teaspoonful iu half a tumbler of water wiliina fow minute* cure Crainiw, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Diarrhoea, 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 HAD WAY'S PILLS, 80 quick as RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF. Fifty cents per bottle. Sold by druggists. DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPARILLI&N RESOLVENT, The Great Blood Purifier, For the Cure of all Chronic Diseases, Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, ^vpbilitic Complaints, etc. (see our book on Venereal, etc.; price 25 cents), Glandular Swelling, Hacking Dry Cough, Cancerous Affections, Bleeding of the Lungs, Dys; pensia. Water Brash, White Swellings, Tumors, PimSles, Blotches. Eruptions of the Face, Ulcers, Hip Useascs, Gout, Dropsy, Rickets, Salt Rheum, BronI chitis. Consumption. Diabetes, Kidney, Bladder, ' Liver Complaints, etc. SCROFULA, j Whether transmitted from parents or acquired, fa within the curative range of the Sarsaparillian Resolvent Cures have been made where persons have been ; afflicted with Scrofula from their youth up to 20, 'M i and 4D years of age, bv DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPAj RILL1AN RESOLVENT, a remedy composed of inI gredients of extraordinary medical properties, essen; tial to purify, heal, repair and invigorate the broken down and wasted body. Quick, pleasant, safe iind permanent iu its treatment and cure. | Sold by all druggist*. One dollar a bottle. ! DR. RADWAY'S PILLS The Great Liver ani Stomach Re.mdy For the cure of all disorders of the 8tomach. Liror. Bowels, Kidneva, Bladder, Nervous Diseasaa, Loss of Api>etite, Headu^he, Oostiveness. * Indigestion, Biliousness, l-ever, Inflammation of the Bowels, Piles, and all derangements of the internal viscera. Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, mineral* or deleterious drugs. Price, 25 cents per box. Sold by all druggiaw. DYSPEPSIA! Dr. Uadvray'i Pills are a cure for this complaint. They restore strength to the stomach and enable it to perform its functions. The symptoms of Dyspepsia disappear,and with them the liability of the system to contract diseases. Take the medicine 1 according to directions, and observe what we say in i "False and True" respecting diet. 1 PT"Send a letter stamp to DR. RAD WAY ?fc I CO., No. 32 Warren Street, New York, lor ] "False aud True." ***JJc sure to get RADWAY'H. All People Appreciate Honest Goods. MIDDLESEX INDIGO-BLUE FLANNEL SUITS ARE ALL PURE WOOL, Always look well and give long service. Coats of th" genuine article hav* on a silk hanger, "Only ?ar inents made from Middlesex Klanneft hear thlsnang er. WENDELL, FA Y CO., Agents, M1DDLESEX CO." Boston. New York, Philadelphia. SOLD BY ALL LEADING CLOTHIERS, j 1,000,000 i Acres of land for sale, from $2.50 to #10.00 per acre | Nebraska is the place to get rich. Send for catalogue with description of every county In the State. C. E. MAINE, HEAL ESTATE BROKER, j - I OMAHA, NEBRASKA. UKBILITY ^PfK9ALbAV DECAY. A life experience. Remarkable and quick cure?. Trial paek? uu. Send Sump for aealrd particulars Addreii, Dr. WARD & CO., LOUISIANA, no. AGENTS WANTED! We want a reliable Lady or Gent in each town and i township to sell our goods; also general agents. Par tlcularatrce. Address.!kkkkrson M'k'u Co.. foleJo.O j MITCHELL'S I'erlorated Belladonna PluNicrn cure all Anhas and Patus. Sura Hem. edy lor that cold spot between the shoulders, bold by Dru}fBi?ts everywhere. ^ ^ a m a m lITCn An active M?n or Woman in every mmm M Bl I Coouiity to ifll our g,'oils Salary $"i. SB# U|1 B per loath and hzprnies. Kxperme* i:i odVW n Tuna-. Canva^iing outfit KHKK! Particulars ' V J free. Staudard Silver-ware Co. Uoeton, Mas?. THURSTON'S STOOTH POWDER1 Keeping Teeth Pcrlcct and Gmaa Healthy. nil CO f Nmlliam's renowned Red ("lover Supposi r ILCw torles cure severe cases :! to fi days. 75e.; ; st'nips taken. F.. U. Lewis, Hox'-MtM.San Kr'nolsco.Cal. . BMBBpa A book worth $10. on I AlfP | lOLL^ OourUhlp, sent free I 11 ll p ? WPP 1>> Kit- Union Pith. Co.. kUVk H I Newark.N.J. Send stani|>s for post's. ?:>J FINE Blooded Cattle, Sheep, Hoj ?, j Poultry, (lops for wile. Catalogues with ! l.iUeiiKrAviiiRsfree, N. 1*. Ho.ver A Co.. Coatesvllle. Pa. j PENSIONS INCREASED I Write L. Bingham, I Alt'y. Wash'n. D. C. j KIDDER'S Pfl8TlLLE8.Sn^iJ'"iw.1, ' I AUis? ' . . ; ' ' ' ' ; . .7 vy..^ oss /&v 25 'EHTS S&W<ylcEJTS '.% for / ffw *" THE BEST AND CHEAPE3T COUGH or CROUP 1 REMEDY. AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL ItContains no Opium in Any Form ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM In fhree Slzfc . Bottlen, Price 25 Cents, 50 Cents and $1 Per Bottle. The25-Cent Bottles ure put up for the accommodation of ail who desire simply a Cough or Croup Remedy. Those desiring a remedy for CONSUMPTION or any j LUNG DISEASE should secnre the largest bottles. : Price, 25c., 50c. and $ I per Bottle* : SOLD BY ALL MED1CIKB- DEALERS NTS U?5 ' ' "lood, strengthens the liVet and kidneys, and will restore health, however lost. i Vinecar Bitters is tb? /'^/is?_32?0&\ ^>e8t reIIlt^y discovered for promoting digestion, caring Leadache and increasing tha v|nf{,ar Bitters assmilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels. giving nealthy and natural sleep. Vinegar Bitters is the great disease pre- ' I venter, and stands at the head of all family rem- * I edies. No house should ever be without it. I Vinegar Bitters cures Malarial, Elicits and i other fevers, diseases of the Heart, Liver and I Kidnevfi. and a hundred other Dainful c' orders. Send for either of our valuable reference books for ladies, for farmers, for merchants, our Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism on Intemperance and Tobacco, which last should be in the hands of every child and youth in the country. Any two of the above books mailed free on j receipt of four cents for registration fees. B.H. McDonald Drug Co., 532 Washington St, N.T. "i-, PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is the Q Beet, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. -J - j y fl| KoX la M 1 Hp Also Rood for Cold in the Head, 19 Headache, Hay Fever, <fcc. 50 cents. [J| "Judjrins from it* r fleet* in my case, Piso's Re us , dv for Ov.irr i is 'Excelsior.' H. U- Knowltjs, Holland, New York. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is the E9 Best., Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. B ~ v 'm > ,v ___ V-.: Also good for Cold In the Head, T7Aa/4nnha Ho\? Vottoj* Jhn V) "Piso's Remedy lor Catarrh j?aveme almost imrnt- /, diate relief."?F. E. Brxinebd, Audubon, Iow^. H Piso's Remedy for Catarrh ta the HT \ Beat, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. PR? ? - flWPiWilrlrliBl IMfcfffniw wiiii ftl IB IBffi Also (rood for Cold In tbe Head, Jl Headache, Hay Fever, Ac. 00 cents, "Piso's Romedy for Catarrh is just the medicinal I have beeo looninx lor-"?W. Outon, MaysvillB.Ky. < Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the H[ Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest.. H Mi IraTiwMllMaMMI Also (rood for Cold In the Head, Hj Headache, Hay Fever, Ac. 50 cents. ?jj? "Piso's Rcmedv for Catarrh has done me mort g.">od than unv thine I ever tried."?Miss R. A. Srui>ley, Cornwall Bridge, Conn. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the IH Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. HI 'fl3ESP000Gj''*^ AJro good for Cold in tne Heaa, Headache, Hay Fever, <&c. 60 cents. B "Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is producing favorablt 1 results."?Geo. \y. "VVitham, Philadelphia, Pa. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh to the BC i Also good for Cold in the Head, H B Headache, Hay Fever, Ac. 50 centt. Q IMMEDIATE RELIEF! I Gordon's King of Pain rslleves pain of wtoacerar U luw, the moment It is applied, And Is a household remedy wherever known for Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Headache and Toothache, Burns and Scaldi, | sprains and Bruises. Diarrhoea Dysentery. Sor? ; Throat, Ulcers, Fresh Wounds, etc- Burns will not I blister if applied, and Bruises will heal in a day that ; would require a week by anv other method, fix# remedy is furnished In powder, with labels, etc.. and 1 is sent by mail, postage paid. It Is put up in 30c.. 41 ! and $5 packages. The 50c.. or trial package, whea reduced to liquid form, will All 34 2oz. bottles, whloh are worth at retail. $tf. Agents can coin money selling it It Is worth ten times its cost for burns aloaa bend postal notes or two cent stampi. Address K. (J. RICHARDS, Sole **roprietor, Toledo, Ofllo.^ H5 TON ? WAGON SCALES, Iioa Uim, Steel Bearlaft, Braas Tara Beam and Beam 801* $60; Frlr* Llit racnllo* iklt paper aatf IBBES | I ter. Backache, lamo side or hip, kidney troub-B , Bles, rheumatism, nouralgia, sciatica, weak lungs, B coughs, all local or deep-seated pains are quickly B subdued and tho porta strengthened. Virtue# cfH Chops, burgundy pitch and hemlock oombined.B B The best, 25o.,C for $1.00 of dealer*. Mailed free. B HopPla?terJ No Rope to Cut Of! Horses' Manes- Wk Celebrated 'ECXIPSK* HALTER nnilHICIDI'b i ouibined, aannii: bo Slipped by any horse, sample .firvuK Halter to any part of U.S. free, on <Bn3 receipt of $1. Sold by nil Saddlery. jS. Hardware and Harness Dealers SyiO Special discount to the Trade. (\i Send for Price-List. \ * J. C. LIGHTHOUSE, V- J 1V Rochester, >. V. v. . ~ _ CONSUMPTION. I have a positive romedy for the above disease; by 1 u me thousands of casus ot the worst kind and of long standing hare been cured. Indeed, so strong Is rny fallh In Its efficacy, that I will send T\TO BOTTLES PREB, to^etberwltna VAJ CABI.ETREATISE on ihli disease to any sufforer. (jivnexpressantl P. O. nddr is. DH. T. A. SLOCUM, 1*1 Pearl St., New Tork. if i?s*a* |9 Best Con?li Syrup. Tastes good. Us* HJ In time. Sold by druggtatn. Wl niV MfUCM nilDCn Having sufficient conflrAI If new wUnCllt (lenceln our ability and the willingness of mankind to pay when the cure is made, we cure all chronic diseases and ask no pay for our professional services until after the cure it effected. Describe your case fully and send stamp ii., u n utvvn '? o \ 'i VMV mi nhi's7\'.' "* ' DImim'a Dill* Great English Gout an4 DIuII S rillSi Rheumatic Remedy. Oval Hox,Sl.QO: round. 60 ct*. m m e? hi "I" <2 Obtained. Seai ?>:* ?; ior r A I ECllv I O 111 vent..rViiaivlj. UJiUiham. Pa,t?ni i^iwyer, WatMiiiucon, I>. 0. FACE, HANDS, FEET ami nil I heir Imperfection* including FnI6.1a? ,'ini DfvlupiiK'iit. Siijierfluoua Hair, Birth STU .jr Mark*. Mole*. Warts, Moth, Freckles, Ilod <7rJLT * \one. Acne, H'lk Heads Sears, Fitting and their treatment. ?r. JOHS II. WOODhliKY, 4J >. ivurl M.i Obm*. K-t'li'd mro. Send IUc. fj book PENNYROYAL PILLS "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH." The Original and Oily Q?natae. Safe tod alway? Reliable. Bewaraof worthies* ImltatUni. :ndljp(n?abl? to LADIESa Aak jour Drurgfat for "t'hlcheater'a EngTUh" and take no other, or faclot* 4e. f?t?io|.<) tu iis for particulars ?n i<Ker by return aialL NAME PAPER. Chichester Chemical Co., *818 Madison Squares Pkllad*, !> . Sold by Drunlita every where. Aik for "Chlcbesttr't L'ncllih" Pennyroyal Pill*. Take ao itkw.