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FOR THE FARM AND HOME. Plowing an Orchard. It will benefit an orchard to plow the ground, but it should lie plowed very lignuy, to avoid nreaKing ine roots. Pruning the trees is necessary for the production of good fruit, but with all the care possible in this way there will be no good fruit unless the codling moths are destroyed in some way. One v way is to pick up all the fallen apples and feed them or burn them. Another is to set light-traps in the orchard at nights, or to have tires or smudge heaps among the trees; but in some way these insects must be destroyed or there will be no good fruit. It is a good plan to keep fowls in the orchard and leave the ground under the trees loose for them to scratch iu and hunt these worms. An Experiment -\vitli Potatoes. A Canadian agriculturist, says a Canada exchange, last season tried an experiment with potatoes that is worth noting. It was done by scooping out every eye from a potato and inserting in the flesh of it a single eye carefully cut from another potato of a different kind and planting the seed thus prepared, obtaining thereby very curious crosses, which lie exhibited at the Toronto industrial exhibition. The tubers were small the first year, but by no means as small ?is the first year's product from seed, and appear to partake of the characteristics of both the original varieties; whether they will reproduce themselves the second year, or revert to one or another of the original tvnes is vet to be determined. Root Crops. All root crops really require garden culture. In the cultivation of mangel wurzel sow the seed about the time you usually plant corn, in rows two and a half feet apart, drilling in four or five pounds of seed per acre. Thin out the plants from nine to twelve inches apart in the row. Cultivate frequently and keep down the weeds; and this is all that is. necessary to secure a " Tt1 should be understood, however, that if you wish to grow from 1000 to 1500 bushels of mangel wurzel per acre you must make the land very rich. Many farmers prefer to grow a moderate crop of from 600 to 800 bushels per acre, with the use of only a slight dressing of manure. There are well authenticated instances where 3000 bushels of mangel wurzel have been grown per acre, but in such cases it is necessary to make the soil as rich as a hot-bed.?American Ciilticator. Corn or Oats for Horses. The comparative value of corn and oats for horses may be briefly stated as follows: The former is aencienr in inanvof the elements of nutrition so necessary for recuperating the constant wear and tear which necessarily takes place in the body of a living animal. On this account, horses which are exclusively fed on corn or hay do not receive that kind'of nourishment which appears necessary for the due support and maintenance of the animal fabric; hence we must not be surprised that corn-fed horses show evidence of being languid, by sweating profusely while being worked, lack of vitality, etc. Oatr., on the contrary, contain more 01 the essential elements of nutrition than any other article of food which can be fed with impunity to horses. Oats are not only the most natural food for horses, but are decidedly the most nu tritious. They are the cheapest, because there is less risk in feeding them, and experience has proved that horses properly fed on oats and timothy hay can, with regular exercise, good grooming, and proper sanitary regulations, be brought to the highest state of physical culture, and can perform more work with less evidence of fatigue than when fed on any other article of food. Noaktng Seeds. I am often asked whether it does it does any good to soak seeds before J sowing thein. In geff?ral I believe it does more harm than good and if done at all a good deal of judgment should be used to prevent mischief. Thus peas, beans and corn are often soaked to hasten germination, with the belief that they will come a day or two earlier, but in case the weather is cold and wet for some time after sowing" the seed, it will be more likely to suffer injury from the weather, than if sown dry. Especially is this true of the \fpT o-jn nan ;inil nthpr rlplipJltp frrpfll peas, and of the various kinds of sweet corn. When the weather is dry and hot, however, it may be an advantage to steep the seeds before using them, and especially so in the case of seeds tiiat are slow to germinate, such ;is celery and parsnips and carrots. To steep these seeds for a few days until germination has started and then dry them just enough to make them pass readily tnrougn me seen arm win hasten their coming up, so that weeding will be less diflicult in case the land is foul; but such seed should not be sown upon foul land if it can be avoided. Care is required in steeping seeds that fermentation does not occur, which will frequently kill the seed. It may be arrested by turning off the water and spreading out the seed thinly upon a piece of sheeting and partially drying it. To steep seeds in chemical solutions with the belief that this will answer in place of fertilizing the land, I believe is sheer \ humbug and imposition upon common sense. The only chemical stuffs that i have proved useful, so far as I know, j are the blue vitriol to destroy germs j j of smut, strychnine to destroy crows I and blackbirds, and a smearing of tar j on corn seed for protection from these j birds.? W. D. Philbrick. ITonseholct Hint*. __ Salt fish are quickest and best fresh ' oned by soaking in sour milk. Cold r;iin water and soap will re| move machine grease from washable j fabrics. < In cooking a fowl, to ascertain when ; it is done, put a skewer into the breast, 1 ' and if the breast is tender the fowl is I done. 1 To prevent the hair from falling oiu 1 try first wetting the head at night with ! salt and water. Have the salt dissolved ! in the water, so that it will not annoy you by particles sticking to your hair. Mild sage tea is also excellent. Fretty wall baskets can be made by ' taking one of the rough straw hats so much worn at the seaside a year or ' two ago. If a flower or vine is not al already embroidered on it, add some such decoration; then line the hat with ] muslin or silesia, linish the edge with ' a pleating of ribbon, and tie a ribbon in a knot and fasten to it for a handle. The hat may be flattened by pressure, ' or by using stout linen thread for that j purpose. CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS. Dogs live without food on the < prairie from twenty-fi ?*e to thirty-six 1 days. 5 California's imported ostriches lay eggs weighing three and a half pounds * each. 1 The Romans during the luxurious , period were accustomed to eat five | meals per day. In olden days lord mayors were not \ permitted to go more than five miles j from London. j Microscopes were invented by Jansen in Holland about 1590, by Fontana in Italy and Drebbel in Holland about i 1621. < A species of opera was introduced ? in London in 1684, but the first 1 regular performance of an opera ? did not take place until 1692. i To a camphor tree on the historical 1 Jasper Spring farm, three miles from ? Savannah, Ga., this country is in- t debted for all its camphor trees. ( I It is nothing unusual in Olympiu, Washington territory, to see a man' taking a wheelbarrow load of silver dollars to the land office to pay for land. In Corea the common cure-all is ginseng root, the best specimen of which will in times of scarcity command the almost fabulous price of $10,000 a pound. The little canary seed, which we feed to our birds only, is used by the natives of the Canary islands as an article of domestic food. It contains a large proportion of nutritious farina. Lecturing in Boston on the sun, Professor Samuel P. Langley said that if a column of ice having a diameter at its base of forty-five miles and i- 1'- ~ *L/v *v*/\/vr? >i?Arn ornof o/l I CXieiUUIlg IU U1C uivuu nci& on one of our western prairies, and till * the heat of the sun were concen- J trated suddenly upon it, it would melt and become vapor in a single second. ' ' The Colugo. | In the forests of tho islands consti- ( tuting the Indian archipelago is found 1 a curious flying animal which forms ( the connecting link between the lemur 1 and the bat. The natives call it the ] colugo, and also the "flying fox," but it j looks more like a flying-monkey, as the lemurs are the cousins of the monkeys, j Like the bats, these animals sleep in j the day-time, head downward ; but as 1 An fhnv collir "fVirt-h I < evening eumco V7n, , j often doing great harm to the fruit on i | the neighboring plantations. In some j | parts of Java they are so numerous ? that it is found necessary to protect ] the fruit-trees with huge nets. The i extent of their tlights through the air is sometimes astonishing. They sometimes drop to the ground and hop j along with a shuffling kind of leap, but ] if they are alarmed, they spring to the ] nearest tree and in a moment reach its < top by a series of bounds. Out upon ! the branches they dart, and with a rush I are off into space. Sailing through the I air like some great bird, down they go obliquely, swift as an arrow, a hundred and fifty feet or more, rising again in a graceful curve and alighting safely on a distant tree. In these i great leaps they carry their young, which cling to them, or sometimes follow them in their headlong Hights, ut. j tering hoarse and piercing cries. The j colugos lives almost exclusively on j fruit, preferring plantains and the ^nrl tomlpr leaves of the cocoa j J vuug U?*vi | p<dm, though some writers aver that | they have seen them dart into the air j and actually catch birds. The llying; lemurs are perfectly harmless, and so I gentle as to be easily tamed. They ' have lovely dark eyes and vexy_i?teRi.- _ gent and knowing faces.?St. Nicholas. We must choose between the romance of man and the mysteries ol Cod. Cod only reveals himself through many a veil, but those veils are not j falsehoods. TOPICS OF THE DAT. The Mormons are invading the states and territories adjacent to to Utah,and a Utah paper says, "There is iitue uoudl inai me .Mormons Viii have displaced the Gentiles entirely in another year or two." I It is the popular impression that Senator- JKdmumly, jMwsi'lent -of the United States Senate, has only a moderate income. The New York Tribune says this is said to be not the case. Besides his salary as senator he receives a liberal salary as counsel for the Vermont Central railroad, and i!> consulted for an opinion in all important cAses that come before the supreme court. lie is also frequently retained in private cases. From all sources, it is said, his annual income is not far from ?100,000 * Sir Garnet "Wolseley is an ardent advocate of temperance in the array, lie says that, in his opinion, drink is the chief cause of disobedience, crime and disease. In South Africa his body-guard were all strictly temperate men, and all enjoyed excellent health in spite of the climate. In Egypt, ilso, very little liquor was given to ihe troops, although the doctors insisted that it was necessary on account if the climate; yet the general health if the men was good, and their iehavior admirable. Apropos of the demand for fire escapes on colleges, Harper's Weekly jertinentlv says that when college students abandon the practice of leavng farmers' wagons astride the ridgeioles of gymnasiums, stalling stray lorses in chapel belfries, and going land-over-hand up lightning rods on i ireezmg mgnt 10 execute a scneine 'or muffling the college bell's tongue vith congealed water, it will be time ,o appeal to the wealthy alumni for 'unds with which to erect and main:ain fire escapes. Mrs. McKay of Yreka, Cal., is said ;o possess more courage and presence )f mind and strength combined than iny other schoolmarm in the world. iVhile on her way to school through in open field she was attacked by an nfuriated steer. To have turned and un might have been fatal, and no jallant young man was near enough ,o rush to the rescue. She therefore lid the only thing that could have ;aved her?literally took the bull by he horns, and so held on to him until lelp arrived. She is regarded in the ricinity of Yreka with much admiraion. Great Britain, not many years ago, ooked confidently to Russia for a large Tiaro of licr supplies of wheat, but he competition from the United States )f late years has been so great as to 'orce the Russian farmers to abandon he cultivation of wheat to a large ex;ent and turn their attention to the iroductionof Indian corn, the increase n that country.of which during the jast few years has been very great, [ndia is likely to occupy the position formerly held by Kussia in the cxpor;ation of wheat, and advices from Calcutta state that it is intended to reluce railroad freights in order to enable ;he growers of wheat to compete with American producers. It is a curious fact that the dignitaries of Queen Victoria's subject aces who visit London invariably re;urn declaring that the wonder of won. lers in and about the metropolis?the nost remarkable thing, indeed, in the country?is the Crystal palace. Even :he shah of Persia declared such to be lis idea. The North American chiefs ndorscd it, the New England chiefs aid so, Cetewayo was of the same faith, and now the "Indian contingent," returning to his native land, speak of she palace as the most marvelous of ill English marvels. "What attracts^ them, apparently, is the lightness and flitter of the great conservatory. Yet 50 little do Londoners care for the place that it has been decaying for years. The secrecy of the ballot is carefully guarded in Austria. The tickets are printed at the expense of the public, a registration of candidates being re ??i ti,a quireu UU ur IJCKJIC U {JiYCil u??lc. ant names of all registered candidates are then printed on the voting paper, which the government provides, and the counterfeiting of which is made a criminal offense. The voting papers are not furnished to party "ticket peddlers," but deposited with the officers of election. When the voter approaches the polling-booth, he is handed a paper. He enters a compartment provided with pen and ink or pencil, and, concealed from observation, erases the names of the candidates he does not wish to vote for, "-"1 fl?n noiw?r UllU I null iwiuing wuv> i'+\, seats it. _______________ The smallest flower in the world is the Wolffia Columbiana, a plant of such small size that no one, except a botanist, aware of its existence .and. anxious to lind it, would be likely to observe it. It has been found growing on a pond near Nashville, Tenn., where the surface of the pool was covered with a green scum, which at a close inspection, was found to consist of two distinct little plants I ? A REMARKABLE STORY. The following narrative iielf-explanatory. The letter which precedes Ms a true copy ol the original, and was senfto ns, together with the details, by an o&r now in the United States Navy. G United States Flags? Nomad, 1 Navy Yard, Aon, Mass., > January [SB-. J My dear Friend?Your^Md favot containing congratulations on^Hrestoration to health is before me. Whe^^Barted thirty months ago little did wej^^^Mthat either would be brpughLnoMlMV^^^M^^idiser.se-wnTHT selectsfor itsTir^f^ifT' present an internal field tacconstifuflona we!ilrn<?ss for its first attack, because youanc I were in those days the personification ol health?and can claim this to-day,thank God Why I can do so will be toldto-morrow,wher we meet at your dinner, as you only know that I have passed through a terrible illneRS my delivery from death bein^ due to the wonderful discovery in medical science, made by a man who to-day stands in the front rank of his fellow workers?unequalec by any in my own opinion. That I, whe heretofore have ever been the most orthodo: believer in the old school of medicine, ite application and results, should thus recanl in favor of that which is sneered at by ole practitioners, may startle you, but "seeing i.< believing," and when I recount the attack made on my old hulk, how near I came tc lowering my colors, and the final vollej which, through the agency above mentioned, gave me victory, you will at least credit me with just cause for sincerity in my thankfulness and belief. I will also spin my yarn anent my China cruise, and altogether, expect to entertain as well as be entertained by you. With best wishes, > Sincerely yours, Rear Admiral U. S. Navy. Hon. George Wendell, Sinclair Place, Boston. An autumnal afternoon in the year 18Sfound the taut flagship Nomad rounding the treacherous and dangerous extremity of South America. And tosWay certainly intended to place itself on record with those of its predecessors marked stormy, its nasti**^ rnTn'n/* oil Kon/lc Ufas m WI1IU UUU noutwui u*? uuuua on board the flagship theicnll in hard work and discomforts. The record of the Nomad on this cruise, which she Was now completing on her homeward bound passage to Boston, had been most disagreeable, when considered in the light of heatjy weather work. From Suez to Aden, th?i on to Bombay, Point do Galle, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki and Yokohama, the balance sheet stood largely in favor of old Neptune's rough charactqistics, but with remarkable evenness the health and original roster of the ship's company stood this day as it did nearly three years ago?with one exception. Throughout the diverse and varied exposures incidental to cruising over the Asiatic station, where cholera, fevers, liver complaints, malaria, and colds of all degrees reign in full force,mone of the crew had suffered more than temporary inconvenience, and thus it seemed very hard that now. in the closing days oj the cruise, there stood nine chances for, to Ine against, a victory being at last scored fir the destroying angel Death. When the j Nomad reached Shanghai in the early portion of her cruise her admiral was the healtlfiest man aboard. A grand specimen of mamjood was he. Over six feet in height, weighing two hundred {)ounds, broad in chest and . strong in limb, le rightly claimed for himself a full share of Nature's blessings. Whflejreturninc late one night from a diplomatic reception at the Consulate at Shanghai,through overheating and insufficient protection from the dangerous effects of the peculiar damp and searcliing night air, he Caraght cold. "Only a cold," remarked the admiral to the doctors of his ship, "and easy to cgre." So thought the medical officers, but with a qOiet though insidious progression, this,cold clung totne admiral in spile of their bfest efforts to eradicate it, and when the tim> came for leaving Yokohama, homeward bot?d, the admiral realized that his lungs and taroat were decidedly out of order. The doctors advised returning home by mail steamer to San Francisco, so thnt greater means for curing this Sersistent cough might be found in the (aval Hospital there; but the admiral preferred to stick to his ship, still imagining that his trouble would Eventually bo overcome by the doctors' treatment. No one who looked at the admiral even m those days imagined that he would fall a victim to lung trouble. But it was the old story again typified in this case. Only a cold at first; and in 6pite of orthodox treatment the peculiar climatic effects of China hursed it, and hastehcdr -ciie"sure result of such a deep-seated trouble. Time passed after leaving Yokohama for Boston, bringing varying symptoms in the admiral's case, and the doctors imagined that they held the disease in check at least. But with the formation of tubercles, night-sweats and the now rapid consumption of lung tissues, which had set in with alarming symptoms, the patient realized that his cold had laid the seeds of that fell agent of Death, consumption. The hacking cough of the admiial had in itself been sufficient food for serious consideration, and now, as in the warm autumn days the flagship gallantly rode over the blue waters of the lhicific, bound for Cape Horn, the doctors hoped much for success. But tnis boisterous afternoon found the good ship struggling with gigantic seas setoff from the Cape by a fierce northerly wind. Leaden were the heavens and sad the hearts of all aboard, for that morning the Knllnfin flitt mo/linnl hud qaI". forth this intelligence: "The admiral is in same condition as reported last night. A burning fever has beer? slightly reduced, while other symptoms ana as heretofore announced." All understood theso words without questioning. Thfe beloved admiral had during the past two weeks sunk very low, The symptoms of blood-poisoning, a torpic liver, intense pains throughout the body, eyesight and mental faculties affected, appetite gone, through inaction of that great regulator?the liver. Theso were the mean: which had reduced the admiral" from the pinacle of health to the valley and shadow ol death. Consumption held full sway now nnd the well-known skill of naval doctori was in this instance at least completelj foiled. The admiral hnd issued orders for the flagship to touch at Montevideo for coal, and it was the intention of the doctors to land the admiral there for treatment. But one man in the ship was wrapped in the gloom of despair, as standing by the weather rigging on the poop deck he gazed absently over the seething waste of waters. This was the admiral's son, a lieutenant, and attached to his father's staff. Ho feared that the weai and tear of shin life would sap his father's strength beyondendnranee, and before the ship could reach Montevideo. Among n gronp of sailors gathered around one of the great guns on the spar deck stood the captain of the foretop, Br vn, a slight but healthylooking man. His companions were listening to a recital of his sufferings from consumption, which had developed while hewn? attached to the sloop-of-war Hanger, lying in the harbor of Yokohama a year ago, this "yarn" having been started by a discussion about the admiral's condipon. The men had just returned from some work around the deck, an order for which had interrupted Brown's story a few moments previously. " A year ago this day I was hove to in the 'pill man's' sick bay in theitanqen, then ofl xoKonnirta, an' i ien you, iturus, iwus m use pipin' my number, 'cuuse I was nigh or passin' in my enlistment papers for a long cruise aloft," continued Brown. "Consumption had me flat aback, and the doctoi says it was no use to stow away his lush ir my hold seem' that my bellows was condemned by a higher power than he coul<j wi-astle with." "How did you pucker out of it?" asked i gunner's mate. "Wa'all," replied Brown, "my Chinee washman came to me one mornin' an' he says to me, "me habgot allee same Melicar man medikin, do you heap good!' I says, 'bring it off, Clmng; I buy all the same.' That afternoon Chang hove up with fourteer bottles of a lush, enough to kill or euro the vnole ship's crew, an' that looked fresh ii their nice wrappers. Says Chang, 'Chins man doctor hab got plentee more, ne mai? heap good well with my sick, this numbei one medikon nllee same through Yokohama. Wa'all, I took the bottles an' told the doctoi I was goin' to try one as by the sailin' orders on the bottle, and the docter he laughec and said 'twas no good, bnt I done as th( regulations says from the first, an' here ] am. ag'in the doctor's ideas, to be sure!" With this triumphant assertion Browr -looked ftfecoiiihexircle^^^^^bwc^nngjii; voice, said: Mm h IIiii i precious bottles left?'em al away yet after I was cur<^^^' if you a! think that it would not lx^^r free with tlx 'old man,' suppose I go nis son there or the poop deck an' say what I have to you an' askin' his pardon, say we waut the ad miral to try the stuff in any bottles, seem that they cured my consumption." This idea met with approval from al sides. Therefore Brown wnlked off for an interview with the admiral's son. with ?u 1 ! i little anxiety in his good heart as to the result of his mission. Approaching the lieu, tenant, Brown saluted, and asked for per! mission to state his reasons for doing so. This was readily granted, and Brown spoke i out " Seeing that I was once cured of consumption, lieutenant, I make bold to ask if I can tell you how, an' why I've the reasons for wishing you to use on your father what was my salvation." , In a few moments the lieutenant had r Brown's story out, and much to the latter's , gratification, granted a ready permission to him. It did not take Brown long to run to the bottles of medicine, [ "u/m'feiurn "TO ine lieutenant wiui tin i 1 " I'm afeared that the doctors will kick f ng'in the use of this blessed stuff, an' t what will yon do, sir," said Brown, as he i placed the medicine in the cabin orderly's r hands to be taken into the admiral's room. ; " I will attend to that, Brown, and rest assured that your remedy will have a fair trial in spite of any opposition. It will not harm ) my father, judging from yonr statement and I the opinion of the Medical officers of the , Hanger." : " Thank you, sir, au' God help the admiral 5 to weather his trouble, is the prayer of all t the ship," said Brown, as the lieutenant [ turned to enter the cabin. , There was no cessation in the storm that : evening. The gale howled through the rigI ging in wild, discordant tones; the great ship r labored through the White-capped mountains of water threatened to engulph her 1 with each burst of their storm-whipped ] crests. Within the admiral's cabin the Ar! gand lights, the comfortable furniture, and . the numerous evidences of the admiral's wanderings over land and water, as displayed in choice bric-a-brac nnd trimmings, gave to the room a warm, snug appearance, most pleasing this wild night to those within. In his stateroom lay the admiral, made comfortable by all that loving hands and willing hearts could suggest. By his side sat his son, who in quiet voice was recounting to his father the interview with Brown, and the , opposition met with from the doctors when the idea of giving this new medicine was ; broached. "You were sleeping at the time, father, and therefore missed a laughable scene, made so, in spite of your condition, by the intense dislike displayed by the doctors for this 'new-fangled stuff,' this 'patent liquid,' which they declared with their consent should never be given to you. Well, I cuff; the matter short by saying that I would take . _ii-i l --i. an uiu icspuirjiuin^ j uuu wim juu*r yoiia_u3sion would administer it That I obtained "when I found you awake, and now you are under way with the first bottle as per directions. I am satisfied, dear father, that it will do you good, a premonition filling my heart that at last we have found the meanB of arresting the burning fever and hacking cough which have been troubling you so much." The admiral's reply was cut short by a severe spell of coughing, during whioh he spat blood, and when finished sank back exhausted. But the grateful look which he bestowed on his son was an additional assurance of belief in that which the admiral had at first sight dubbed as a possible but doubtful means of doing him any good. But laying aside his dislike for any but old-established remedies, the admiral acquiesced in his son's request, and now, after this last spell, admitted that the effect of the dose had softened the dreaded severity of the racking cough. * * ? ? * Three weeks later found the Nomad mak - ing the harborof^Montevideo. After severe and prolonged weatuer she had rounded the Cape and was now standing in the harbor for the purpose of <*ii3 ^uUnlng. To one given to the study of human lineaments the faces of those aboard the flagship this bright morning would have afforded infinite scope for such pursuit. But the source of each man's happiness flowed from the snme fountain of grateful joy. The beloved admiral was the cause of this. And why? If you could have seen the admiral this bright morning, dear reader, your answer would have been easily found in his face. A changed man was he. Victory was perched on his guidons 1 the dread enemy was slowly retreating! The fight was a severe on#, but with no cessation in vigilant action and care ful application of the contents of four bottles the admiral had turned the flank of consumption, and was slowly but surely driving him off the field with a power which astounded the doctors and filled all hearts with joy and thankfulness. What was this then that had won the victory for the seaman Brown, and was now leading the admiral's shattered forces to the same grand result? When asked this question by one of hi? OHTcurs on duty, in Montevideo, the admiral, slowly lifting his hand, replied, "I would that in letters of gold, and so placed that all the world could read them, the name of this great remedy could be shown, coupled with the genius who discovered it?'The Golden Medical Discovebt! Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y.,' the man who has given to his fellow men the greatest relief from all ills that mortal flesh is heir to!" "This is the name of the contents of that bottle on my table, and God bless the man who has found the secret of filling it with a medicine at once purifying and strengthening, wholesome and thorough in its results, and claiming, in my humble opinion, nothing for itself that it cannot reasonably perform. Nature's ally against the abuse of man!" Well might the admiral sing the praises of * 1 a-ii- ? that which naa so uuexpecieuiy icatucu mu from a fatal illness. When the ship anchored the first commission for the admiral's son to execute was a large purchase of Dr. Pieroe's Golden Medical Discovery, which, as the adj miral sadly admitted, he had seen in every port the world around and had only admired as an evidence of the energy and enterprise of an American who could thus place his , Golden Medical Discovery in every nook ! and corner of the globe. But now he was , one more to testify to the wonderful power of this medicine, and certainly did so in Montevideo, by praising it up to all the high i officials who visited him. > A week later and the Nomad sailed for f Boston direct. What the condition of the , admiral was when she arrived there is shown i in his letter above. Let it be recorded to the r credit of the doctors on the flagship that they were completely cured of all dislike for the Golden Medical Discovery, used it faithi fully on the voyage to Boston, and landed. ! through its wonderful power, the admiral i completely restored; and more than one poor fellow who started out in the sick bay of the Nomad. What stanch friends the Golden > Medical Discovery made in that ship! The above, reader, is an outline of the > story, spun by the admiral to bis friend when they met at the dinner. We will not touch nnrMnns of his interesting recital i of his cruise in general, our aim being to rei cord his testimony for the greatest wonder ! in medical science that this nineteenth ceni tury of surprising developments has produced. From the wonderful power of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery over that terribly > fatal disease, consumption, which is scrofula of the lungs, when first offering this now world-famed remedy to the public, Dr. Pierce thought favorably of calling it his I "consumption cure," but abandoned that name as too restrictive for a medicine that I from its wonderful combination of germ-destroying, as well as tonic, or strengthening, alterative or blood-cleansing, anti-bilious, f diuretic, pectoral and nutritive properties, > is unequaled, not only as a remedy for coni sumption of the lungs, but for all chronio I diseases of the liver, blood, kidneys and lungs. Golden Medical Discovery cures all * humors, from the worst scrofula to a comi mon blotch, pimple or eruption. Erysipe las, salt-rheum, fever-sores, scaly or rough ' skin, in short, all diseases caused by disease germs in the blood, are conquered Dy ims i powerful, purifying and invigorating medicine. Great eating ulcers rapidly heal under > its benign influences. Especially has it > manifested its potency in curing tetter, rose i rash, boils, carbuncles, sore eyes, scrofulous sores and swellings, white swellings, goitre or thick neck, ana enlarged glands. ! "The blood is tho life." Thoroughly i cleanse this fountain of health by using i Golden Medical Discovery, and good digesi tion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital i efronrrth mid soundness of constitution are established. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, short r breath, consumptive night-sweats and kin dred affections, it is a sovereign remedy. In I the cure of bronchitis, severe coughs and > consumption, it lies astonished the medical i faculty, and eminont physicians pronounce it the greatest medical discovery of the age. > The nutritive properties possessed by cod --j-Ilrpi-ci! u;!if>n fnn'pnrpr] ynlh > those of the Golden Medical Discovery. It I rapidly builds up the system and increase 1 the flesh and weight of those reduced belo3 > the usual standard of health by wasting disi eases. , * # # ? # ; The reader will pardon the foregoing di' gressiou, prompted by our admiration for a remedy that performs such marvelous cures. 1 and permit us to say that when the admiral i returnod to his home in New York the only 1 cloud cast upon the happiness of the reunion ??????? ? ' with his family was caused by the con! inned illness of his eldest son, a young mjan of twenty-four, whose disease, when the admiral sailed from Monlovedio, had beon reported as succumbing to the treatment of the family doctor. But his father thought it otherwise; the unfortunate young main was suffering severely from chronic disease of the kidneys and bladder. Before leaving Boston the admiral had purchased a cfcpy of Dr. Pierce's book, "The People's Cotnmon Sense Medical Adviser." He read this valuable book thoroughly, and upon his arrival home had made up his mind'ho Tutur^. treatment for his son-XtuS latter was sent ' " ' ' T TT l.l ? A. vr lome inmojBjb^HTOTias noiei. duuuiu, xi. JiWcon3ucted by Dr. R. V. Pierce, and his "cbur.'Otent staff of specialists, where, under skillful treatment, the sufferer booh found relief and a permanent cure. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. The extreme life of the hippopotamus is set at thirty years. Distilled water in the daylight is of a blue color. By gaslight the color is green. The Mexicans use a strong solution of iodine in potassium iodide for on antidote for rattlesnake poison. An atmosphere containing fourteen per cent, of carbolic acid has been found to be a reliable guard against explosions of Are damp. A valuable deposit of the remains of vnorwrrtole frAm tKo /Hill trial noriAfl llAQ iiiauiiuaio nuiu inu unu urn ^/viivu uww lately been discovered on the banks of the Wolga, between Zarizyn andSarepta, after a flotfd which cut away some of the land beside the great river. The variety of the specimens is notable. Tyndall has supposed the color of the sea to be due to a reflection by the water of the blue rays of sunlight, red rays being transmitted. Were this view correct the light which passes through the water must be red, but Mons. Spring, of the Belgian academy, finds that such is not the case, a distinctly blue color being seen through a long tube of pure water. It is a well-established theory that organs or functions of living creatures gradually disappear if unused. A familiar illustration is furnished by the blind fish of caves, whose eyes, through disuse, have been reduced to a rudimentary and sightless state. It appears, however, that this view does not always hold good, if it be true, as lately stated, that in some European instances mice have been raised in absolute darhmcoo for manj gcncrod<vna wiUiout appearing to have lost in the slightest degree the sensitiveness of the eye to light. Norwegian Breakfasts and Dinners. The foreigner will be perplexed at first by the appearance of the breakfast table, which is usually covered from end to end, and from side to side, with an infinite variety of small dishes containing slices of tongue, sausage, ham, corned beef, smoked salmon, bear's flesh and other dainties. There are also tins of caviare and of sardines, sprats and other kinds of preserved fish. There is usually a heap of rad?m'1 a/1 ni>Aim/l o rrluaa nf u/ufpr flTlff lSUCS UIUUUU U jjiuw \ri. U?v.t ?_ whatever vacant spaces are left about the table are filled with huge pieces of cheese?Norwegian, Dutch, Swiss and English. In the middle of all there I stands a bottle of aqua-vit, or brandivin?the white wine of the country, which is a strong spirit flavored with caraway seeds, and distantly resembling kummeL The orthodox fashion is to begin with a slice of bread and butter, covered with flakes of cheese, and with a nip of aqua-vit as appetizer. Those, however, who do not care to breakfast on relishes and the mere accidents of the meal may take refuge in the hot dishes, which are usually served in the shape of fish and meat. Salmon is the staple fare all over Norway. You get it at morning, noon and night, and in all forms. It enables one to understand the stories that are - - * * - ? - i ? n ? xi a told of the farm servants in ocouanu long ago, who stipulated in their engagements that they should not have salmon for dinner oftener than three times a week. The supper table is like the breakfast table ancl quite as abundant. The beverages in common use at both meals are coffee, Norwegian beer and wine?generally claret. A Norwegian dinner is very like a dinner at home, but there are some peculiarities on state occasions which are worth noting. For example, the custom of drinking wine with the guests at table?a custom which is almost ex ploded in this country?is still in full force in Norway. The initiative, however, rests with the host, who drinks wine with'.every one, but it would be a breach of etiquette for any one to offer to drink wine with him. The guests, however, may drink with one another to their heart's content, clinking glasses in the German fashion, and when in jovial mood vociferating the word "skaal" in token of good fellowship. It is also noticeable that the toasts are given not after the cloth is drawn, but during dinner. The speeches are made between the courses.?London Times. Faibfield, Iowa.?Dr. J. L. Myers sajs " Brown's Iron Bitters is the best iron preparation I have known in_my 30 years' practice." IJOIl'l I'll-ill "Rough on Ruts." Clears out rate, mice, roaches, bed bugs, flic, ants, moles, chipmunks, gophers. 15c. Joplin, Mo.?-Dr. J. B. Morgan says: "I find that Brown's Iron Bitters gives entire satisfaction to all who use it." Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners keen new boots and shoes from running over. I Sold by shoe and hardware dealers. T The iMigumf the Fen. | Oh, the orator's voice is a mighty n^wer, As it echoes along tne green, But the fearless pen has more sway o'er men, To sound the praises of Carboline. Mrs. Cole, of Windham, N. H., declares that her life was saved by Hood's Sarsaparilla. She had thirty-seven terrible scrofnlous sores. For Thick Heads, Heavy stomachs, bilious conditions?Wells' Mav Annie Pills?antibilious.cathartic. 102">c * -Zof The hygiene of quackery has done more to aggravate dyspepsia by self-inflicted starvation than gluttony ever did. Gastbuoe cures the worst forms of dyspepsia. Rheumatism, disordered blood, general debility, and many chronic diseases pronounced incurable, are cured by Brown's Iron Bitters. Skinny iHm, Wells' Health Renewer restores health.yigor, curcsDyapepsia,Impotence,sexuai-L/comi-y.^x Use St. Patrick's Salve, and learn itt great value. One trial convinces. Ladies, buy for your husbands, brothers and sons Ohrolithion collars and cuffs, and save trouble in washing. Onr Reporter's Vacation Notes. Dchtkg his rambles this season, onr Mr. M. has taken npon himself tho task of satisfying our numerous readers that whatever goods are manufactured In onr goodly city of Roger Wiliiams, are of as high a grade and as fine in quality as can be produced in any spot on tho globe. Especially is this so when the skilled Pharmacist of many years' experience 'resolves to extract from tho finest botanical specimens of the vegetable world tho most potent euro for some special disease. In proof of his assertion that Providence, R. 1. affords the best, he relates an interview with an acquaintance, given him while sojourning temporarily at her residence. She says: "About a year I suffered severely with Rheumatism /a my limbs, and Neuralgia in the bead, which I endured two or three months with as much patience 'as possible, being under the treatment of an excellent doctor, and trying many kinds of medicine without any marked effect. At last a medical friend ^dvised mo to try Hunt's Remedy, because he attributed my severe suffering to tho bad condition of my kidneys, which wore not performing their proper functions, and I commenced taking it, and In a few 'days the neuralgia had departed, my headache had ;entirely disappeared, the swelling In my limbs and Joints had gone, and I have not had a touch of it ,since. More recently I was troubled with impurity iof the blood, which showed itself in severe eruptions 'on my face. I again resorted to Hunt's Remedy,and after taking it a short time was completely cured of that complaint. Hunt's Remedy has proved very beneficial to me in attacks of sick headache, which it always alleviates, And I notice tho improvement as soon as I tako tho Remedy. This Remedy has strengthening elements, for it has made me feol much stronger, and has been very beneficial to my general health. I most heartily recommend it to " ,M" T. a TlWX*D Vn 1<JA Ail SUHCrurs 1UU Uljowu. .'I n?. *~t. V. ? -ww Pearl 8treet." Great Praise. Auebt G. Maitn, of Cottage Home, 111., says: "1 have been prostrated for three or more years with kidney disease ; at times I was not able to put on my boots; my wife has often pulled them on for mo. I was not so bad as that all the time, but I never knew what it was to be without pain in my back until I . commenced using Hunt's Remedy. Since I began to take Hunt's llemtdy I have been free from all pain and take pleasure in saying that it is the best mediclne that I ever knew for Kidney and Liver diseases." A Remarkable Cure of Scrontia. William 8. Baker, of Lewis, Tego county, Ind., writes as follows: "My son was takon with scrofula In tho hip when only two yearn old. He tried several physicians, but the boy got no relief from their treatment. Noticing your Rosadalis recommended so highly, I bought some of it of you in the year 1862, and continued taking it till the sores finally healed up. Ho is now twenty-ono years of age, and being satisfied that your modlcino did him so much good when ho used it, wo want to try it again in another case, and now write to you to get some more of it." Baker's Pain Panacea cures pain in Man and Beast. Use Externally and Internally. AT ILL BAIAUlT Drive i*i; thrt tired feeling and corn wmtim iuku beaet the <hU-?*t? and cArvvrorr. in the spring. Kg other , VAi-Hrf-fiSj, ami hits *ractl/*??|K* tike Hoo<re srannshm^^n: <. Vr~- ***~" v^*'" "*" remodiea of the vegetable kingdom, and in snob proportion a* to derivo thoir greatest medical effects with lbs least disturbance to the whole system. "Hood's Sarsaparilla cured me. I can eat anything without that awful distress, and have a tremendous appotits."?Park Patten, Gardiner, Me. "I consider Hood's Sarsaparilla one of the beet medicinea for spring when the blood la in a low condition and needs cleansing. 1 have been benefit 1 by its use."?W. H. Curtis, r. It. Agont, Haverhill, Mass. Don't wait till your system is reduced, but get Hood's Sarsaparilla immediately. No other Sarsaparilla has such a sharpening effect upon the appetite. No other preparation tones and strengthens the digestive organs like Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Sarsaparilla * Sold by druggists. P? ice $1: six for 85. Prepared only by O. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 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