The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, May 31, 1883, Image 3
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.
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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.
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Joplin, Mo.?-Dr. J. B. Morgan says: "I
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Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners
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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
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The hygiene of quackery has done more to
aggravate dyspepsia by self-inflicted starvation
than gluttony ever did. Gastbuoe cures
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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
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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.
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a* to derivo thoir greatest medical effects with
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