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PACTS FOR THE CURIOCS. There are twenty-seven peaks in Nerada exceeding ten thousand feet in height. A Boston female lecturer claims that the revolt of the thirteen colonies was k inspired by Washin "ton's mother. Professors Fischer nnd Penzoldt, of i Erlangen, have established the fact that the sense of smell is by far the most i delicate of the senses. i A Vienna writing master has written forty French words on a grain of wheat J that are said to be easily legible for good i eyes. It has been placid in a glass case and presented to the French Academy of i Sciences. < A peculiar custom of the Califonra J Indians is the annual "burning." The Indians surround the graves of the dead ' ?on/1 tlwn Spt. tire tO it. TVitu vtvvuiu^ mux* _ t thinking that in this way it goes to the ' departed spirits. j The Mediterranean Sea was the heart ( of the Old World; the important lands , of the early history of civili alien were . grouped about its richly-iDdented shores, generally decreasing in respect of , culture as they receded from it. , Lighting the Pnrsees' sncred fire is an 1 expeusive and elaborate process on the 1 institution of a new temple. Sixteen different kinds of wood in 1,001 pieces of fuel are required to ( btain the sacred 1 flame, which is afterward fed with sandal-wood, and the cost of the process , averages $1^,500. There ar^? still three , large aod thirty-three Mnull fire-temples , at Bombay. A lager beer brewer of Louisville, Ky., i lhas a Strasburg clock of more than or- < dinary excellence. The clock is like j 1 "~^'l 4m of Kftfnrn flip | ortnnary cjuuns, uum j"o<? uviv>? ? tour, whe i a little man jumps up from j behind, with a lager beer glass in his i hand. This he elevates to his head, and i then says, in a wonderfully distinct and I human" way, "lager beer," as many i times as the clock should htrike to desig- I nate the hour. i Solomon's Temple was<destroycd at the 1 - command of the Babylonian "lving Ne- 1 buchadnezzar in -lis7 ii. C. The attempt ' to rebuild it wa3 not entirely successful i until Cyrus ended the Babylonian exile, < and not only permitted the building to | proceed, but even returned the sacred < utensils which had been carried olF as < booty, and kept in the Temple of Bel. < This reconstruction, named after the ' ruler, Zerrubatel, was not completed ] until after forty-six years, when, under t Darius, all the diflicultits in the way of ' its prosecution were overcome. How the Presidents Looked. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, MadiBon, Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van , Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, ( Fillmore. Pierre, Buchanan and Johnson | wore no beards. I-inroln was the first President who hnd whiskers. Grant, Garfield and H.tyes had full chin whiskers. Arthur wore moustai he and 6ide whiskers and Clevclaud wore the moustache, but 110 whiskers. Washington wasa manly man, majestic in proportions, and of dignified bearing. He was of the blonde type. Jefferson whs tall and elegant looking, with sandy hair and fair complexion. His granddaughter, .Mrs. Randolph Meikleham, is wonderfully like him in appearance. Madison was small and plain. He locked like a well-to-do farmer. Mrs. , Madison had a majestic and queenly air, , and he appeared to disadvantage, phya- ( ically, in her company. Before she ] married him she alluded to him to hor . friends as the 4<iittle great Madison." Monroe was a good-looking man in , his uniform. He likid to wear the , cocked hat of th-j revolution, and held ( lnnfr ho .nt i-?v the sobri- I < IV IV OV/ AV/?f? V/ .. V-. -v-J | quet of ' t.iC last cocked hat." Both John Adnms and his son, John Quincy, w.re stour, and the son was thick set and shy t. The latter was qnite bald. Jackson was g..ur.t thin, and plain. His eyes were his best feature. Van Burin was an insignificant looking little man, the l ast handsome of the Presidents. Harrison was a fine-looking, soldierly man, even in old age, of noble features and genuine dignity. Tyier was thin and tall, and his nose 1 wa- remarkable lor si e and plainuess. Polk was small and unattractive in per- t son and manners. Taylor was a large j man of rou^h exterior, but a pleasant, \ genial person. Fillmore had a diguified ( appearance without elegance, but genteel , and agreeable. lie was a large man of t food address. Pierce was a slight, i aadsome man of delightful manners and j winning voice. Ben: Pcrley Poore, in ? his recent "Reminiscences," says that he , was the most popular man personally , that ever occupied the Presidential chair. , "No other President ever won the affec- ' tions of the people of "Washington so > completely as did he. ' His successor, ( Mr. Buchanan, wa- courtly in bearing ( and was a fine-looking man even in old , age. He had a ).enc'a-t for white neck- | ties, which gave him a clerical look. ( Lincoln, 1 hough tall, gaunt and , homely, nevertheless h d a pleasing face , when engage ! in conversation. Johnson , was one of the ol I t'nie Presidents in the j matter of personal appearance. He in- ( variably wore black uroaaciom, una was , scrupulously neat in dress. He was ) heavy built, but not stout, somewhat , under six feet, and had a head of beauti- ( ful outline?his only handsome feature. | Grant had light sandy whiskers and dark ] hair, and was of in; dium size and weight. , He was the youngest of the Presidents, j Hayes and Garfield looked alike?both ( large and tall, of florid complexions and j good looking. Garfield was the finei ( looking of the two. General Arthur is ihe only President . who wore side whiskers, lie was a well j preserved man of el gaiit appearance. In , the matter of dress lie ranked all his , predecessors. j President Cleveland i; the first of the , Presidents who has worn a moustache only. He is large and strong, but not good looking, and is fa*t growing bald. ?Neio T</rk Hun. , * i To Extinguish:* Burning Clothing. < J. Marshall, F. R. S , say.?, that if a j woman whose clothing is on fire will lie ( down in a horizontal (.osition, the flames j will become for the time nearly harmless. and time will thus be gained for | further action. If. then, we would su?r- . _ O 1 gest, she has the presence of mind to turn over upon the lighted garment, the flame will be nearly extinguished. Any bystander might then easily put out the fire by means of tome woolen garment, coat, or rug, thown over the sufferer to exclude the air. The above writer offers a good suggestion for fixing this useful fact upon the minds of the young. L'e recommends that there be at every sc hool an example of the effect, of this mode of action, or : every term, by means of two uprighc models, prepared alike, and Bet on fire simultaneously; the one being thrown down after two seconds, and the other after thirty seconds. "Example w-.uld be better "than precept," we think, in this instance. , AGRICULTURAL TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Squash Vine Rorer. This destructive insect was discovered soon after the middle of July, when it was found to be working serious injury to the squash vines. Several remedial agents were immediately tried. These wcrein;ccted iuto the soil close to the ?tein of the aiTectcd plants by means of an injection pump constructed on the principle of a hand coCn planter. The substanccs used were kerosene emulsions of diUeieat strength?Paris green solution, iirae water and a solution of a mixture of Paris green and lime. The kerosene emulsions had little or no effect. A. solution of Paris green, one tablespoonful to ten quarts of water, proved a partial remedy, as did lime water. 1'he best results were secured by a mixture of one part of Paris green and twenty parts of lime in a watery solution. This mixture when thoroughly injected iround an affected stem chocked the work of the borer. It is believed that this will prove a very efficient reme ly, hnt further exneriments are necessary before its merits can be definitely known. ? Ohio Experiment /Station. Preparing: Land for Grass Seeding. The lanrl intended for sowing with ?ra$s seed in the spring should be plowed it once by all means, as the most thor3'jgh pulverization of the soil is indispensable for feeding with grass without i crop. The land should be plowed as ieep as may be judicious, and after lying i month should be cross-jilowcd and thrown into back furrows and left thus in ridges until the spring, when these ridges arc split and the land leveled. A thorough working with a cultivator or the Acme has^ow acro-s the furrows will ihen fit the so:l for the seed. The land is then smoothed with a brush harrow or i smoothing plank and the seed is sown both ways to get an even stand and left without any further work. The se.d should 1 e sown directly after the smoothing harrow so that as the soil settles 3own it is covere 1 sufficiently. Orchard [jrnsi is the best 01 ail Kinas 10 mix wuu j.'ovcr, ns both come into a fit stago for cutting at the 6 imc time. When the clover fails the orchard grass willoccupy the ground fully and remain for many pears. Twenty-five pounds of orchard ?ra;8 to ten pounds of red clover should ae sown in such a case as this.?New York 'Times. Restoring an Old Orchard. A correspondent of the Rural NewYorker gives the following statement ihowing the advantages of manure and cultivation: Many years ago a Mr. Gcrrlsh owned a large farm in Bo cawen, N. H..on which be set out what at that time was the largest orchard in Merrimack county. Aiterward he divided his farm between his two sons, the dividiug line running through this orchard, cutting it into nearly equal parts. Both parts were treated alike?with neglect. Subse quenty the county bought the southern farm, on which is now located the almsbouse. Two years ago, when the present superintendent took charge, this orchard was a forlorn looking place, grown up to bushes, the trees being covered with moss and dead bark, and for 1-J i J i? years tnc cri>[) u;tu uarui; jjuiu iui uuiresting. The superintendent took hold of this matter with energy, cut the bushes, trimmed tho tree?, plowed the Ejiound and applied uuleached ashes at the rate of seventy-five bushels per a re, and seeded with grass. The result was astonishing. The difference in the color of the foliage of that part so treated and the remainder could be distingui-hed at i long di< ante: ;iud while several hundred barrels of lirst-elacs fruit were gathered from the part so treated, on the )thfr part there were but few apples, and ihose of cider qual.ty. The superin;endent says that if there is never anjthcr spear of gr.iss cut or another apple gathered from this orchard, the county aa? lost nothing, for one ye.ir's crop has nore than paid the whole outlay. The ;oil is a gravelly loam, underlaid by lard-pan-moraine clay. i'aluti of Swamp-Muck on the Farm. Much has been written, both for and igainst the value of swamp-muck as a fertilizer. But in spite of all ob ections ;o it, the fact remains,that swamp-muck, )f on average good quality, consisting nainly of decaved vegetable matter,conains one and a half per cent.of nitrogen, [t is true, that this nitrogen is inert, and t is necessary to take action to make it ivailablc. To do this, is t:ie business ol )f the farmer, who rarely iinds themate ial with which he works already prejared to his hand. One and a half per :ent. is e jual to thiity pounds per ton. rhirty pounds of tlic cheap:st nitrogen lie-farmer can procure, is worth three lollars. If swamp-muck, by the expenditure of a little labor at this season, ?an be made worth three dollars a ton, or one cubic yard, what is it worth per ncrc if three feet deep? We forbear to say any more than this, lest our rea lers night think us extravagant. We would m press upon the minds of farmers who D\vn swamps, which are left to remain in ightlyand unhealthfxl eye-sores upon ;heir farms, the hard fact, that they are lot only wasting a valuable opportunity jf improving tlieir lands, by neglecting to drain these marshy plac.s, but are leaving unused the valuable material, svhicli might fertilize the upland, to make it doubly productive. The writer speaks From his own knowledge and experience in this respect, having for some years 3ug and used, annually, several hundred tons of swamp-muck,in the form of compost with lime and barnyard manure. He nas used it. -when dry, as litter, as an lb-orbeat in the manure cellar, cattle pards and pig pens, and has found it to be worth all that the chemists have :laimeil for it.?Anurlcan Agricultural, Cutting Corn with a Reaper. An inquiry was suggested in a latr number of the Country Gentleman for a j reaping machine fitted for cutting :orn sown for fodder, to obviate the slow work of reaping by hand. Since !he appearancc of that inquiry, we accepted an invitation from I). M. Dunning of Auburn, to examine his orn :rop, cut and bound with a self binder \nd to witness its operation, lie showed is a ten-acre Held which had been all jeatly cut and h nd-omely boun I with :ord, the only hand labor being that of placing the sheave-; in sho.ks. The coi n lad been sown with a wheat-drill, at the ate of a bushel and a half of seed to the xcre, all tho tubes running, the s-jii :>cing rich and clean, without weeds, ho surfa e remaining smooth and level, fhe growth of the stalk-, which was too :hick for eais to lorm, wr.s adoui live reet high. No cultivation had been riven. "When the growth was model ire, he cutter bar, which was six feet long, :ook about four feet in breadth, but on .he heavier portions of the crop it cut jnly two or three feet. Two horses drew :he machine. On witnessing the operaion in au adjacent field, there appeared -i - ' " " '* v --v I v to be no difficulty whatever in Its working. The driving wheels ^fere of the usual width, and where the ground was soft sunk an inch or more into the soil; i( and with the view of having a machinc tl which will serve both for corn and 1 wheat, it may be well to increase slightly n the -width of the wheels, as corn ground, ii from later cultivation, is commonly more ? mellow than settled wheat land. The 1< sheaves, regulated in size by self operat- a: ing machinery, were quite uniformly T about eleven inches in d'ameter, and tl weighed fifteen or twenty pounds. Atrial n was made on a heavier crop, averaging e about six feet high and partly prostrated 1 in some places by a storm. Ttie reaper v went through these portions without b difficulty when the swath was necessarily tl a little narrower than with smaller up- tl right corn. f: A trial was made at our request on e common corn planted in hills and well t: loaded with ears, taxing one row ut u o time. The only-difficulty in this work f< was in the large size of the ears, which f tended to choak the throat of the elevat- ji ing attachment. It was obvious that p this difficulty could be removed by mak- v ing this passage adjustable and adapted t to the size of the ears. Where these were t! not large the cutting and binding were a well performed. t To those who have employed sickles v and hand-cutting, the great advantage of employing a self-binding reaper as a r saver of labor must be obvious, especially e for filling silos. Cutting corn in this c way, raised in hills with ffat culture, b where small and early ripening sorts ar,$ z planted for removal at the beginning of autumn, would lessen the objection to sowing winter wheat after corn. The difficulty of clearing the com off out of the way in time for the wheat crop has I been a leading objection to this course, v which otherwise would often prove ad- \ vantageous. Or late in autumn a crop of i: rye might follow the corn for early spring h feeding, or for ploughing under in May T for green manure. Corn land which ha9 a been well manuied before planting, if c thoroughly cultivated and mellowed, n would not be a bad preparation for sow- f ing winter grain, if the earlier and smaller ] kinds have been planted. It is hardly r necessary to allude to the advantage of r beins able to cut up a crop of corn rap-. 1; idly before a threatened frost.?Coun'ry r Gentleman. ' r I Ducks in Unndergronnd Ponds. Panther Creek is a stream in ftorth- c eastern Colorado. One of the sources ol J the creek is a shallow, sedgy pond, from _ which the water pours over a miniature precipice some ten feet in height and five 8 or six in width. The pond is the resort in their season of a great many wild duck?, who feed on the sedgy plants growing on i's margin; and shallow bottom. Last year a neighboring ranchman , noticed that on disturbing these water fowl, in place of flying off to a distance, t they circled about for a few minutes and r then dashed through the veil of wate: c formed by the falls coming from the pond. Though a good deal astonished the t ranchman had then no time for investigation of the singular circumstance, apd ? not until a short time ago did he follow t the tracks of the ducks through the fall ing waters, .beyona a sugniuucKimr ue experienced no inconvenience in passing behind the falls. Once there and the way was clear. Opening before him was a passage three feet in width, and ol sufficient height to allow a man to pass upright. The walls of the subterranean way were dripping with water, and' undoubtedly passed directly beneath the pond. He ha 1 not gone many yards before the sound of great quacking fell upon his cars. Hastening his pace, he S')on came upon a large cavern, in the center of which was a lake. The sur- j face of the lake was thick with ducks, j The water fowl was mostly mallard and c teal, though several oth'jr varieties wer< r represented. On the approach of the intruder the j ducks rose in an immense cloud and dis- a appeared through an opening beyond the c lake. One adventurer followed them and p found another and similar lake, covered T with wild ducks. Again the fowl arose, c and with frightened and clamorous , quacks thronged through another pas c sage-way. Here the pursuer found th'; ? la gest lake of all, and the end of the c 1. * ~ stVtAtm TKA /liinlrt I oU UlL'ITclUUilil \>iUU WUKIU. AIIV MUVA. jj now took the back track, and he could hear the rush of their win^s and tin saund of their ha'sh notes growing fointer as they sought the safety of the outer a'r.? C.'ieyenne {Wyoming) Leader t a A. T. Stjw.irt's Watchfulness. t a Stewart's powers of observation wen t astonishing, and when he made his torn 1 throagh the waiehouse there was nothing j .'o trifling as to escape his glance* An e instance of this which came under m^ 1 own notice, is as follows : Six months C before his death I happened to be in the 2 palace of fashion when its master was making his rounds, and I heard him exclaim as he approached the calico * counter: "Don't cut any more of these g remnants ; if a woman wants six yards ^ and the pitce has eight she can take all or none." As he said this his eye rested c on a parcel which lay on the floor, s " Whose package is this ? " he inquired. 0 "Mine, sir,", was the rep'y. "Then,' ? sir," said he, " it is in a very unsafe place." As he passed on the calico man t, said to the under clerk: "Why didn't you pitch those remnants under the counter when you saw tne om man com- j ing i" The fact is, Stewart had noticcd t they were cutting off a small piece f/om 6 one of the remnants, and this watchful- f ness in a man worth thirty millions shows s A rare intensity of observation. C M e A Retreat in Dull Times. j! "Dull times are driving many people J to poultry keeping." says a faim and a garden journal. We can readily under- p stand that poultry kc 'ping wouid have a _ tendency to enliven things when a person found time hanging dull ou his hinds, y There is an exhilaration in attending to a lot of setting hens that can he found in scarcely any other employment. Nothing dull in that, certainly. Keeping poultry out of the vegetable garden is a lively occupation, too. Dull ness and ennui have no opportunity to get their work in when a man fills thai task thoroughly. But for downright reci eat ion nothing can possibly equal ill? amount that a man gets when he >its up nights with a .^holgun and gur.rds his hen ioost f. om the depredation* of the piowling chicken-thief. Finding times (lull rret thee to a hennery. and quickly, | loo.' 'Farewell.? Texan SiJ'ti.'jSt How They Fixed It. O'er the silent slumbering city Niglit had spread bet-sable pall And a dense funereal bla lcnt-ss Left its bliadow over all. Smith and Jones and Brown together Chanced to be that somber eve, And the darkness brooding o'er them Could not fail to make tbem grieve. "Ah. it's sad to see this blackness O'er our town," they softly s-aid. Then they put their heads together And agi eed to paint it i ed. ?Merchant Traveler. > v . The Mandolin. The mandolin ia the reigning fash- T >nable caprice, having quite superseded ie banjo in the esteem of the ladies, hat it should have done so is by no it ans strange, for it is really a charm- w ? IliiU ti-V\on a f oil ^o. Jil.HU 1XJOI/1 U11IVUU " u\,u MV U4I V?w ently played, is not very difficult to ?] ?arn, and has a good deal more style tt nd finish about it than the banjo has. L* 'he only unpleasant feature about it to li. be learner is the knife-blnde likc sharp- n e^s cf its line wire strings. There arc w ipht strings, in pairs, all of steel wire, at wo pairs are wound with German si!.- m er, and are not so cruel a~ the oth rsi. k ut the unwound four, haidly thicker lian horse-hairs, seem to cut to the bono tt he fir.gi r ends that press down upon the rets. Of courte th.it pain and troublo nds when eath finger of the left hand is ipped with a bony, callous spot, and st nc must expect some such trouble in omigac'ose acquaintance with any it tiingid instrument. When nature hii9 lovided that protection, the mandolin w I'aycr. if an e.\pert, con produce some Ci ery pleasing effects by producing the w r nes> by percussion on the strings over befrcis. instcr.d of by strumming wun ^ bit of tortoise shell held between the h humb and forefinger of the right hand, & rhich is the ordinary way of playing. e Tl:e tone of the mandolin very much P esembles that of tb? zither, having tie * amc ck-ar penetrating quality, but the 0 omiass of the instrument and its capa- o clitics are much below those of the 81 ithcr. ?New York Sun. ? tl A Cure for Insomnia. tj A lady v ho took cxceptron to her hus- ?< land's habitual wakefulness is credited J! pith the inventic n of a mechanical de- tj ice that it is promised shall do more to ? nduce sleep than a'l the opiates, chloral o iydrate?,and raw onions have ever done. *r ['he machine looks like a very long S. ,nd is m^ dc in ha d rubber, with a pad 0 in one of its inner curves. At one end is -J . soft leather strap; at the other its curve * orms n handle. In use the left lu.nd ^ mi's down the strap?after the instru- p nent is placed on the neck?and the ti iglit hand laid ou the handle presses down n " > J ?n irmly, but not too nrm y, ine puu wmuu esls on the carotid artery, so as to di [ ninish the flow of the blood to the brain, t Dining sleep the brain is apparently r jloodlcss. A rush of blood to the bruin v ;rcatcs insomnia. It was not remorse so " nuch as an e>cess of blood in Lis briin t hat kept the Thane of Cawdor awr.'ie. fl The "scmnolizer" keeps back the blood o nd sleep ensues naturally. ^ '* " f A Mania for Collecting: Carpet. h A carpet merchant in Vienna hm a n :urious collection of ancicnt woolen and r inen cloths, including more than 300 r pccimens. J any of them have been t aken from tombs, and are stretched on I olios of cardboard to preserve Item. k Some of the fragments aie only a foot 8 qunre, but the larger ones make up an ^ ntiro Roman toga, which is said to bo t be only one in ihe world. There are a t 1 ? rlr/iocoa nnrj n 1 0 jrtm IJiailjr cuiuiuui^iu U.V0VW Mw?, .. . leal of knitting udcI crewel work. Double chain stitch se< ms to have been ii is familiar to Ihe Egyptian seamstresses, v etving with Lone needles, ::s it is to 5 nodern women. Thc:e are some very jj jtaint end unusual designs in the old a olleetion .of clotlis. l.ut there are also c ome ver$ common things. It is curious * 0 find that the common blue chcck pat- a ern of our dusters and w orkhousc aprons * vis in general use amonpr thu J gyptians i nore than a thou-and years ago. a Cats In Great Britain. t The number of eats in the United ? (ingdom is estimated at fully 7,000,000. ii 1 cliaLge this from the olden days when J ats were so scarce in Britain that strin f?nt laws were ]as:cd for the p inish- j iicnt of peisons who killed orstole them. 11 tl ose times tlie cats belonging to roy,lty wore specially protected, and if any ine killed one of the raouscrs that a guarded the Prince's granary he h;id to a iay a fine of as mu<h wheat i:s would t: over the cat when lnmir up by th'i tail, villi its head touching the floor. Any I we v, ho ha* ever had occasion to make | h i hcn]> of wheat will know that. 111 tne e nsc of a goal sized cftt,tli:s would mean 8 10 small quantity. 0 1 ' o France's Flghtin? Strength. b The following arc the latest figures of 8 ho strenglh of the French army. They u ,re tiikcn from the book, "Avant la Ba- 6 ail'cl" which was published not long c go by the '"Patriotic I e igue." and has p iecn a sort of nine days' wonder in Paris. There are eighteen corps d'nrn ee. com- t irising 4'jO battalions of infantry, 153 t quadronsof cavalry, and 824 batteries. c Nie total effective force is said to be: )flicciB, flien, U?l,2fl2; horses, c 00,01)2; guns, 1,5)44 ; carriages, 38,754. n ?? v Mr. Arthur thurtltff, l'arker, I)akota,writes o lint lie suffered for two years with a lam* :nee, wlrch was entirely cured by the use of a it. Jacobs Oil. He considers it a mo3t won- J erful remedy. It conquers pain. f Onf. of the industries of Vermont is tl-.e gath- p ring of while pine cones und txtracting the y eeds, which are si nt to Germany, France, and 0 ther parts oi En rope. _ A bushel of cones o ields a pound of peeds. Tlio ctnes are dried d nd thcsie<!s beaten out. t Mr. L. D. Vinson, Cashier D. & I. R. R., has y ried and endorses Red Star Cough Cure. c The number of Imnvgrants that arrived at ii lie port of New York during the year ended b une 10,1880, w as S?4.C1"> parsencei s from for- n tan ports, of wliich number 2G5,105 came as it Iterate pasg eneers. n 81.000 Rewnrd c or y< ur labor and more can be earned in a j, hort time if \ou at once write to Hallett & 0 'o.. Portland, Maine, for infoimation about p i ork which you can do and live at iiome, what- J, \ er your locality, at a profit of from ?5 to ?23 u nd upwards daily, ffome ha\e made over 0 r.O in a day. All is new. Uallett & Co. will tart you. Capital rot required. All ages, j, loth sexes. All particulai 8 free- Those who n re wise will write at once and learn for them- v elvf.-. Snug little foriut.es await, every a rorlcer- b The Youth $1,500 1 The otfi Free to Jan. I, Sample Copies and Fall Ann Please mention thir ? - r': i THE COCAINE HABIT. h ? Worst Slavery Knowu-Sew Itovolalations of Power. Cincinnati Tinie.i Star. When cocaine was discovered the modieal orld exclaimed "thank heaven!'' But UAefi-1 as it is, it is also dangerous, esseially when its uso is perverted from the widening of pain for surgical operations, to le stimulatino and destruction of the human xly. Its first elicits are soothing and capva ting, but the thraldom is the most horble slavery known to humanity. J. L. Stephens, M. D., of Lebanon, 0., as interviewed by our reporter yesterday S the Grand Hotel, and during the conversion the doctor said: " The cocaine habit a thousand times worse than the morphine id opium habits, and you would be astonhed," he said, "if you knew how frightfully le habit is increasing." "What are its effects!" "It is the worst constitution wrecker ever nown. It ruins the liver and kidneys in ?.lf a year, aud when this work is done, the ;rongest constitution soon succumbs." "Do you know of Dr. Underbill's case here i Cincinnati s" "That leading physician who became a ictim of the cocaine habit? Yes. His case as a very sad one, but the habit can be lred. I have rescued many a man from a orse condition." "What, worse than Dr. Underbill's?" "Indeed, sir, far so. Justin M. Hall. A, [., M. D., president of theState Board of health of Iowa, and a famed practitioner, ad Alexander Neil, M. D., professor of sursryin the Coin in bus Medical College, and resident of the Acalemy of Medicine, a man idelv known, Rev. Wr. F. Clanceyjof Indina-olis, In:]., from personal experience in pium eating, etc., can toll you of the kind i success our form of treatment wins, a^d 5 can H. C. Wilson, formerly of Cincinnati, rho is now associated with me." "Would you mind letting our readers into lie secret of your methodsr "Well, young man, you surely have a good it of assiiran e to ask a man to give his bus less away to tbe public; but Iwou't disapoint you. I have treated over 20,000 paients. In common with many eminent pnyicians, I for years made a close study of the fleets of tbe habits on the system and the rgans which they most severely attack.. Dr. [all. Dr. Neil and Mr. Wilson, whom I have lentioneJ, and hundreds of others equally s expert, made many similar experiments n their own behalf. We each found that hese drugs worked most destructively in the idneysnud liver; iu fact, finally destroyed Item. It was then apparent that no cure ould be effected until those organs could bo estored to health. We recently exhausted he entire range of medical science, experimenting with all known remedies for these rgans, and as the result of these close invesigations we all substantially agreed, though ollowing different lines of inquiry, hat the most reliable, scientific prepaation, was Warner's safe cure. This ras the second point in the discovery, 'he third was our own private form of treatment, which, of course, wo do not divulge to be public. Every case that we have treated irst with Warner's stfe cure, then with our iwn private treatment, and followed up gain with Warner's safe cure for e few reeks, has been successful. These habits au't be cured without usiug it because the labit is nourished and sustained in the liver ,nd kidneys. The habit can be kept up in noderation, however, if free use b? also nade. at the same time, of that great emeay." "Yes, it is a world famed and justly celeirated specific! Like n:auy other physicians, used to deride the claims made tor it, but I now now for a fa.t that it is the world's ;reatest blessing, having sovereign power ver hitherto incurable diseases' of the idneys and liver, and when I have said hot. -cminc man I li/ivft said nearlv everv hing, for moit diseases originate in, or are ggravated by, a depraved condition of the ;idne.vs." "People do uot realize this, because, singuar as it may seem, the kidneys may be in a ery advauced stage of decomposition, and et owing to the fact that there are but few lerves ol sensation in them the subject will lot experience much pain therein. On this ccount tho isands of people die every year f kidney disease unknowingly. They nave o-called disorders of the head, of the heart ind lungs and stomach, and treat them in ain, for the real cause of their misery is deanged kidneys, and they were restored to lealth tho other disorders would soon disppear. l)r. Stephens's experience, that can be conIrmed by many thonsands whom he has reated, aids only more emphasis to the exlerience of many hundreds of thousands all ver the world, that the remedy lie refers to 3 without any doubt the most beneficent iscovery ever given to humanity. There are numerous Masonic lodges in Vance composed exclusively of women. Hint* to Conniiniptire*. Consumptives should use food as nourishing s can be had, and in a shape that will best grco with the stomach and taste of the patent. Out-door exercise Is earnestly recommended f you are unable to take such exercise on orseback or on foot, that should furnish no xcuse for shutting yourself in-doors, but you hould take exercise in a carriage, or in some ther way bring yourself in contact withthe pen air. Medicines which cause expectoration must le avoided. For five hundred years pnyIcians have tried to care Consumption by i-ing them, and havo failed. Where there ia reat derangement of the secretions, with ngorgement of air-cells, there is always rofuse cxpcctoration. Now Piso's Cure reioves the engorgement and the derangement f the secretions, and consequently (and in his way only) diminishes the amount of mater expectorated. This medicine does not dry ip a cough, but removes the cause of it. When It is impossible from debility or other auscs to exercise freely in the open air, apartaenta occupied by the patient bhould be so entilated as to ensure the constant accession f fresh air in abundance. The surface of the body should be sponged s oftcu iis every third day with tepid water nd a little soft-soap. Cjhis ia preferable to ,ny other.) After thoroughly drying, use riction with the hand moistened with oil, :od-Liver or Olive i* the best. This keeps the | lores Ol uie saui inuouii, yuauic wuiuiviuu, rhlch contributes materially to the unloading f waste matter from the system through this rgan. You will p ea:.3 recolWc we cure this i sease by enabling the orpais of the *vs:em o perform their luncti ns in a n rmalway, r. in other woids, we remove obstructirn-*, chile the recuperativo powers of the system ure the disease. Wis will hore say a word in reg.ird to a cough n the forming stage, where there is no contitutional or noticeable disease. A cough aay or may not foreshadow serious evil; take t in its mi.des*. form, to say the least, it is a u s:incc, and should be abated. A cough is unlike any other symptom of disase. It stands a conspirator, with threatenng voice, menacing the health and existence f a vital organ. Its first npproacu is in whisers unintelligible, and at lirst too often uneeded, but in time it never fails to ma e itself | nderstood?never fails to claim the attention ; f those on whom it calls. ir you have a cough without disease of the ings or serious constitutional disturbance, so I inch the better, as a few do es of Piso's Cure rill be all you may need, while if you ro far dvanced in Consumption, several bottles may e required to effect a permanent cure. i's Companioi PRIZE S :irst Prize Story "Blin ^ B ^ ier Prize Stories, eight in i 1007 To any one who subscribes SHfl I subscription is received IUU Q i tho Double Thanksgiving an< Louncement Free. __ _ _ _ I paper. Address' PERR 400,000 Subscriber*. ' If we (rave a column to the Youth's Companion Announcement, we could scarcely enumerate the attractions it promises for it?slxty-fir*t volume. We are nnf surprised that the Companion provides something of interest fo every member of the family. The Companion is nublished weekly, and fullv illustrated. Its subscription price is $1.75 a year, which, if sent now, will pay lor the paper to January, 1888. In point of medicinal power and evcellenco Hod Phuten are far ahead of all others. 25 ct?. All plasters are not a ike. Hop Plant ere afford relief and c ro when other kinds arc worthless. Straighten your old boota and shoes with Lyon's Heel Stiffenere, and wear them again. Bronchitis Is cured by frequent small doses of Piso'a Cure for Consumption, Catarrh Ii a complaint which affect* nearly everybody more or loss. It originates In I jipure blood, and Is a?ra vated by talcing cold. Dii agreeable flow from the nos?, tickling In the throat, offensive breath, pain over and between tho eyes, ringing ar.d bursting noises In the ear', are tho more common symptoms. Catarrh Is cured by Hood's Sarsaparllla, which strikes directly ac tne eau e oy removing an uupun tie* from the bloo.i. 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