The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, February 02, 1887, Image 9

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HOUSEHOLD. CAHKOTS uro so wholesome that it ls ? pity tliey aro not moro generally used. When cooked in salt and water and served plain they may bo good, but they eau not be said to bo tempting. This soup, however, is to lo recommended: .Put ono pint of tho red part of the car rot, grated, into a saucepan with half a pint ot boiling wator, one teaspoonful of boiling water, ono teaspoonful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of butter. Cover closolysand Bimmor for ono hour. At tho end of "this time add half pint of biead crumbs and ono pint of white stock and simmer for ono hour longer. Then take tho pan from tho ibo and strain the contents through a very lino Riovo. Season with .salt.and popper and ?dd a cupful and a bait of hot milk. Set tho pan with the strained soup up on tho range and beat up tho yelks of two eggs with half a cupful of milk. As soon as the soup bolls up once add tho eggs and milk; let all boil ono min ute, stirring constantly, and servo with out delay, CnoQUKTTKS of calf brains aro rel ished wlion prepared in this way: Soak tho brains in cold water foi* ono hour: wash them well and remove tho mem brance, hoing careful not to mar their appearance. Put them in a stewpan with ono quart of wator, two table spoonfuls of white wine viuogr.r and halt1 a teaspoonful of salt and simmer foi halt an hour. Mince tho brains very lino with ono bolled sweotbroad, vidding one saltspoonf ul of white pepper, the yolks of two eggs, ono tablespoon ful of cracker dust and just enough milk to make a thick paste. Sot tho paste on tho ice, and, when firm, mold into croquettes; dip them in beaton egg, roll iii lino crumbs and fry in hot fat. Garnish with parsley and slices of lom on and serve. HICK AND CAUBAGE.--Wash a cab bage thoroughly, cut. it in quarters and put it on lo boil; take a breakfast cup full of rico and put into a sopara to sauceian with sufllcient cold salted wa ler to cover it, and let that boil also; when both are cooked (tho rico will take twenty minutes), strain tho water off the Cabbage, cut it up very small, add lo it the rice, somo suet, pepper, salt or a good lump of butter, stir all together over the dre for'a few minutes and servo hot. Should the rico not have absorbed most of the wator in which it was boded pour some of it away boforo add ing the cabbage. BEEK BALLS;-Chop cold corned Ucl evenly and ?pi i to line; put into a sa ti ce pam a cup of drawn butter, -hav ing for Its foundation aomo of thc bq uci iii which tho meat was boiled, flav ored by stowing a little chopped onion .n it, then straining itout before adding a gi eat spoonful of butter rolled in one of browned flour; whilo hot stir in two beaten eggs, then the minced beef. Sea son with popper only if the beef is well salted; stir all over tho Aro (there should be about two cupfuls ot tho chopped meat) until very hot; sot away to get cold and stiff, make Into round balls about an inch and a half in diameter; rei I iii beateu egg, then in pounded' cracker, and fry In boiling fat. Drain and dish. BUTTERED ORANGES.-Take eight eg es and the whites of four moro, with : four teaspoonfuls of roso water; strain through a bit of muslin or hair sieve; add three-fourths of a pound of sifted sugar, mixing well. Eut with the strained juico of a dozen oranges and as many lumps of sugar rubbed on the or? anyo skins as will absorb tho zest. Sot it over a gent?o Aro an enameled sauce pan, and when it begins to thicken stir in a tablespoonful of butter. When it voaohes tho consistency of honoy pour into a flat china dish. It is good to serve with sponge .biscuits. ".wi;KT potatoes cooked in this way in delicious for lunch, although they are liked by many persons for dinner. Alter boiling tho potatoes peel thom and slice them lengthwise. Put a layer pf the slices in a buttered dish; sprin kle thorn with cinnamon and sugar and put t iny bits of butter hore and there; idd anothor layer of potatoes, sprink ling Diem as before, and countinuo till all aro used, putting a little moro bettor on tho top ot tho last layer. Bake in a good oven a delicate brown and servo. SCR?rrbE.-Take a pig's head clean it carefully and boil whole, until the flesh falls from tho bones. Take out all tho boncB, and when the meat is cold chop it flue. Sive tho wator tho head was boiled in, strain it, and thick en with cora meal until about tho con Bisteuoy-of mush, thou stir in the chop ped meat, and cook until thoroughly Jone. GUATE CATSUP.-Bail grapes until ?Oft, then proas through a coarse siovo. To tl ve pounds of grape pulp add three pounds of sugar, ono teaspoonful of cinnamon, ono teaspoonful each of cloves, pepper and allspice, ono grated nutmeg, ono quart of vinegar. Boil slowly until thick as tomato catsup, then bottle. VEAL CHEAM .SOUP.-Boll tho rom .aants of a roust of veal until tho meat Sails from tho bones. Strain and cool. The next day put on to boil with a slice of onion and one-third of a cupful of r.aw lice. Lot it simmer slowly for an hour. Add ?alt and pepper to ta9to. Just before sorving add one cupful of wich milk, or cream If you have It.heat t;d in a separato dish. ' BROWNED POTATOES. - Boil with tho skins on; peel quickly, taking care not to break tho potatoes. Lay in a plo ?plate, pour half a cupful of strained gravy over thorn, o*at each well with lt and brown on the upper grating of tho .oven. Servo lu tho pio dish. There is no happiness In lifo, thoro ls no misery, like that growing out of tho dispositions which consecrate or doso erato a home. THE longer wo aro engaged In purely experimental farming tho moro ovldont )i bocomes that tho avorago farmor '.cannot afford to oxporlmont in a care ful, syulomatlo way for himself, FARM 3MOTE3. HOW TO ?AYI5 GOOD BUTTEIt? Farmers and dairymen uro not ontirely responsible, for all tlio bud butter to bo fouud lh our markets, Much that would othorwiso havo roached tlio con sumer in fair condition Is ruined in tlio grocers' hands by being stored in badlv ventilated cellars and other places, with decayed vegetables, korosone, &o. Tho indiscriminating tasto of tho general public is al?o a groat hindrance to Im provement in tho manufacturo of but ter. Some fow th oro aro who must have really good buttor, and are willing, if need bo, to pay a high prioo for lt; but it has been raro for an ordinary farmer to meet wthi such customers as these, Tlio general run of tho public do not know high class from inferior buttor, unless tho butter is vt ry bad. Tho story is' well known of the clover grocer who, when ho got a firkin of butler, used to saw it in half and label ono half twenty cents and tho oilier twenty-ilvo cents; customers tasted and looked knowing, and, generally came to tho conclusion that for tho sake of flvo cents they had better tako tho best; and iivo firkiiia went oil at twenty-ilvo couts a pound for ovory ono that was sold at twenty coats. Tho fact is, there has been such a quantity of inferior butter forced on tlio market that peoplo havo got used to it. Tho moat that can he said is thatsoino is less bad Mian others. Few know tho dclicato aroma and nutty flavor o? tlio bo3t sweet cream butter. The great majority o? consum?is aro content if they got butter devoid of strong tasto or smell, heneo tho opening for butlcrino, which is freo from bad odor and has no unpleasant tasto, or rather very little taste of any kind. But tho remedy lies largely in tho hands of the buttor producer, In tho first place ovory effort should bo mudo to manufacture a good article, and mar ket lt in lin attractive shape. Second ly, those who can and do make good buttor should seek a market whoro such product aro appreciated. If tho local dealor pays ono prico for all but tor, regardless of quality, tho butter maker should transfer his business to some dealer moro nearly abreast with tho timos. Tho "ono price" dealer will thus only get tho inferior article, and ho will soon chango his policy. Whon the practico of paying for buttor ac cording to quality becomes general, but little bad buttor will bo produced. Cows AND SIUSHC.-Try to keep tho milch cows up to tho amount of milk given last month, if it is possible. Even though tho grain may for a willie cost moro ?than it would to accept a smaller amount of milk for a time, yet it is well to remember tho danger of establishing a bad precedent, and If tho cows shrink in milk now they will not bo likely to increase their product again until spring. Do not allow them to run in mowing lands, or oven in pas tures, excepting for a fow hours' exor cise In pleasant weather, and then seo that they have been well fed upon be ing turned out, ns all they may eat of tho frost-bitten grass or weeds is an injury to thom greater in value tliau tlio cost of tho food given at tho barn would be. Go through tho Hock of sheep once more, and seo if there aro not others that should bo culled out and made mutton of. This month usually tests thom us sevoroly as any of the fall months, and those that go through November in good condition ought to winter well. I m pm I ;i nt. Wiitin von visit or eavo New Yors city, s tva baggage ex pr oasagoaud fci curringa nirs, and atop s>tttio timmi Union llotoi, opposite- ?ir.uni Cou ti ni Depot. MX1 elegant rooms. Ilttod up nt a cost it om million (101111?, $1 ami upwards per day. European Plan. ICIovator, .Restaurant supplied willi tho uost. llorso ears, stages and elevate.! laliroad to all depots. Katnlle.t caa liva better lor ?ess money at ibo maud Union lloicl thon al an v other ilrsuclass hotel lu thu city. IK left to themselves sheep will retire at night to the most elevated part of tho Held. This is a relic of tho limo when t hey were wild and snell precau tions were necessary that they might guard against approaching danger from wild animals, iiut tlio fact has its ad vantages. The knolls that sheep select for their sleeping places aro originally poor, but sheop will soon enrich them. Tho grass is sweeter than on low land, and sheep aro less liablo to disease. Tins objection td tho Ives Seedling grape is that it takes tlio proper color before it is ripo and is marketed in tho green state. While this permits some to market grapes early, yet tho decep tion practiced on purchasers, many of whom buy such grapes supposing them to bo ripo, whon in fact they aro green and bitter, causes distrust, and really lowers the prices of good grapes when they reach tho market. Tho growers of tho best grapes aro in favor of sup pressing tho Ives Seedling ic lt can ho done. Tim raising of turnip and cabbage seed has proved very profitable, and added materially to tho incomo of tho rarmors on tho east end of Long Island, Ono farmer near Mattltuck is said to have cleared $1200 from cabbago Beed alono. Anothor mado $120 from tur nip seed raised on a small plot. Tho main crops in that section aro cauli flowers, cabbages and potatoos, and tho raising of seed has horotoforo been sub sidiary to thoso crops, but it has proved so profitable that many farmers havo gone into it largely. FAHMKits, when butchering, will mako proiltablo use of their calf and sheep heads to throw thom to tho poul try. They aro better if cooked, but Will bo eaten raw. A certain amount of meat is necessary, and whoro this cannot bo found lt should bo supplied. Persons who havo tholr poultry on small runs will find cracklings cheap and beneficial. If they aro run through a sausage-mill thoy will bo all tho hot ter. Tun prevalence of insocts and tho recurring falluro of tho fruit crop from various causos will act as discourage ments to furthor planting, and will ovon lead to tho uprooting of many trcos; but thoso who porsovoro to tho end and tako good caro of their or chards shall havo tholr reward. A l''uin ons lilllie. Tho most bountiful volumo umonjr tho half-million in tho Congressional library is snit! lo be a Bible, willoh was transcribed by a monk in tho sixteenth century, lt could not bj matched to day in the best printhig-ollloo in tho world. Tho parchment is in perfect preservation. .Every ono of its thousand pages is a study. Tho general lettering is in German text, each letter perfect, and every ono of thom in coal black ink, without a scratch or blot from lld to lid. At tho beginning of each chapter tho first letter is very largo, usually two or tinco inches long, and is brightly illuminated in red and blue ink. Within each of these capitals thoro is drawn tho tlguro of somo saint, or somo incidont of which tho following chapter tells, is illustrated. Thoro aro two columns on a pago, and no wh?ro is traceable the slightest irregularity of lino, spaco or formation of tho letters. Even under a magnifying glass they seem flawless. Tills precious volumo is kept under a glass case, which is sometimes lifted to show that all tho pages aro as porfoct as tho two which lio open. A legend relates that a young man who had sinned deeply became a monk, and resolved to do penaneo for his misdeeds. Ho dolerin i lied to copy tho Bible, that ho might learn every letter of tho divino commands which he had violated. Every day for many years ho patiently pursued his task. Each letter was wrought with roverenco and love; and tho penitent soul lound its only com panionship in thc saintly faces which wero portrayed on thoso pages. When the last touch was given to tho last letter, an oki man reverently kissed tho page, anil folded tho sheels together. Koon afterward ho died. ' 'I ilo not Uko thou, Dr. Foll, Tho reason why, 1 cannot tell.' Tt lias often hoon wondered at. titi 1 odor this Oft-quoted doctor was In. J< probably because- ho, being ono of tho / ./$/.' school doctors, made up pills a3 largo1 ? ? bullets, which not hing but nu ostrloh contd bolt without nausea. Heneo tho dlsllko. Dr. It. V IMorce'.H "Pleasant Purgative Pel lets aro sugar-coated and no largor Hun bird-shot, and aro quick to do their work. For all derangements of tho liver, bowels and stomach thoy aro spocltlo. jtfovor make a remark at tho expense of tho other. * * llupturo pilo tumors, fistula) and all diseases ot" tho lower bowel (except cancer), radically cured. Send 10 couts in stamps for book. Add rons, World's Dis pensary Medical Association, ?ti.'l Main St root, Buffalo, N? Y. It is tho mother who moulds the character, and Axes tho destiny of the child, Dr. Pierce's "Favorito Proscription" ls not extolled as a "cure-all," but admiiably fulfills a singleness ot' purpose, being a most potent specific in thoso chronic weak nesses peculiar to women. Particulars iii Dr. Piercers largo treatise on Diseases Pp ouliai- to Women, ISO pages, sont for 10 couts tn stamps. Address Wonnn's Dii I'KNSAUY MKDICAI. ASSOCIATION', mi Mab! Street, B?llalo, N, Y. Although Ohio ranks as tho largeit wool-producing Stato, yot tho eggs pro duced in that Slato last year is said' t havo nearly equaled bor wool proding.;' | .NothingUko Cann s Kidney caro for Dropl-, ' (?ravel, linda's, Hean, Urinary or I.tvor Dlscas ll, Nervousness, Sta, Cure guaranteed. OiUeo, ;l.L Areli st., I'liila. ?l a boole, ? rorfVOO, Druggias. Try it. _mam^_ Marry into a different blood and tem perament from your own. Important to all Who Work for a living. Write to Hallott Ss Co., Port land, Mat no, and they will Bond you full information, free.sbowing you how you can make from $.J to and upwards a day and li vo at home, whorovor you aro localed. Some have mado over ?00 in a day. Capi tal not required; you aro started froo. AU ages; holli soxos. All ls new. Groat in comes suro from tho start. Fortunes avait all workers who begin at once. Always leave homo with loiing words, for they may bo tho last. ir you feel as though water was Katherina around the heart (heart-dropsy) or have ibart rheumatism, palpitation of the heurt with suffoca tion, sympathetic heart trouble-Dr. KlMior's OOKAS-Wxtn regulates, corrects and euros. Lot each strive to yield offenes; to tho wishes of tho other. Mothors if you want the littloones to havo a fino head of hair, freo from dan druff and other scalp affections, uss tho only natural hair ronower, Carboline, matte from puro unrefined petroleum and guaranteed tho priuco ot all bair rcnewers. Nover speak loud to ono another unless tho house is on fire. Krazor Axlo Oronge. Tho Frazer Axlo Groaso last four times as long as any other. Uso it, and oftvo your horses and wagons. A trial will provo that wo aro right. Neglect tho whole world besides, rather than one another. -H> Original, prompt, oloan, suro natl chce tivo for pain and soronosi. Hop fWotiS Plasters. ? Tho best is tho cheapest, Hop Plasters contain activo medicinal agents for tho euro of pain. --- - vE* -.-? If ono is angry, let the other part, tho lips only for a kiss. ?-?-.-r FITS: All Fllflfiioppou tree. Trcatlso and $1 trial booloor Dr. Kllno'suroatNorvultoatoror, froo t> lucasus. bendlo?r.KIlno.WU Arch at,, Pillia.,l'a. Glvo your warmest sympathies for oach othor's trials. ST. BERNARD VEGETABLE PILLS. WAIMIAWTKD IVAKT.Y VKOKTAKT.E. ^P>?2*VN \ Tho bout euro lorl.ivtrand liillotia iaHlAX 3. Complaints, Coitivonoss, Uoadnoho, ?fBMH& V"Olrzliiort? and Dyepopsln. Aa ft ; 1 Xx swB t=niood I'urlrtor ?nd I.t?or ltojnilator, \vl 'fV / ^tlicy liavo no initial. No Family ^?&^-\L/***?l>oulil bo without a box of tho St. '''JgS&JftjSit?' IloriiariiV ?'K?)in>lo l'illrtin tholloUBP. |H|?PjifA^L V-l-t contant DroKKiats, or by /VWMWMMMVM'niait NamnleBsont?iiKK. Addronn, ?>, KKU8TAED?KR 4 CO., 83 Mercer St., Now York. COCKLE'S ?NTB-BlLlOUS P1LL.8, THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY Kor I.lvcr, nile, Indl?.'Stlon, ?tt'. Kroc fron* ?ror oury ; contain* only Cur.? Ye.PUblu Iii'jrs iioiil:'. ABOUti C. N. CKlTTKNTyiN. Now Yerik* A Ghost tit tho Telephone. I hoard a story not long ago oC tm undertaker who was called up in tho night by a ring which tho central olllco operator said was from ono of tho great cemeteries, and tho voico that called him was so strango that it raudo him shudder. It was wonderfully distinct, and yet so slow, so cold, und so far away, that it sounded Uko nothing elso that ho had over heard. It uttered not a singlo word oxcopt a long-drawn-out "Hel-lol IIol-lo-o-ol llel-l-o-o-o-o-ol" And tho moro ho shouted back, tho moro that ono ghostly call carno over tho wiro to him. JJum-foundod ut last, ho hung np his tolophono and sat down, but meditated uneasily, whilo tho sound still rang in his ear. Then ho jumped up anti rang for tho central olllco. "Give mo No.-," Ito called. That was tho ccinetory. Presently ho had tho connection. "Were you calling mo just now I" ho asked. "Galling you? Certainly not. Haven't called to-night." Then ho ubj tirga lcd tho contrai olllce. "Certainly tho cemotory did nsk for you," said tho operator, "and I made tho connection." Next night tho samo call cairne, and thc shuddering undorl akor heard tho saino ghostly "IIel-lo-o-o-o" until ho could hear it no longer. Then tho sumo colloquy with tho cemetery oilico and tho central operator followed. I am told that tho undertaker grew almost insane with tho ghost cull, as ho soon bogan to regard it, and had tho tolophono taken out of his shop, to tho great detriment of his trade, but that ho afterward had it replaced, and, though ho has not since been called up by tho voicoTfrom tho other world, ho sits in nightly dread of it. To provent manure from lire-fanglng mako holes in the heap and your cold water in them. Manure must heat if it decomposes, and water will often hasten the procesa, but when it be comes so heated as to tire-fang, tho re sult will bo a loss. Frequenb t urning over of tho heap, which exposes it to tho air, cools lt. A pint of sulphuric acid in a pall of wator sprinkled through tho mass with somo suitablo vessel will decotnposo It and also pie vent loss. Tine thoroughly prepared and well tilled Hold produces a crop which pays a profit on tho cost of production, whilo tho crop on tho run-down, poorly-tilled held runs its Owner Into debt. Tho thoroughbred or high-grade animal yields a profit to Its owner. Tho scrub dies in debt for its living. To unaly zo tho charms of flowers is Uko dissecting music; it is ono of thoso things which it is far bettor to enjoy than to attempt to understand. For restoring youthful freshness ami color to gr;iy hair, uso Hall's Hair Keuowor. A neglected cough often torin hiatos fatal ly, Ayer'.s Cherry Pectoral alfords speedy relief. NoKor deceive, for tho heart onco misled, can never trust wholly ncrain. BROWN'S \ IRON s BITTERS WILL CURB HEADACHE INDIGESTION BILIOUSNESS DYSPEPSIA NERVOUS PROSTRATION MALARIA CHILLS AND FEVERS TIRED FEELING GENERAL DEBILITY PAIN IN THE BACK & SIDES IMPURE BLOOD CONSTIPATION FEMALE INFIRMITIES RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLES FOR SALK JiY ALL DRUGGISTS The (lehillne Ins Trade Mark and crossed Red L'.nes ou wrapper. .A<(i?. NO OTHER. 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Fe lix Humbert and M. Henry in regard to the method of producing puro hydro gen, aud of making water gas at an ex tremely low cost, has caused a sensa tion all ovor Eu ropo. Tho procoss con sists In causing small Jots of stoam to impingo upon incandescent coko, wheroby, tbo carbon being in excess, tho stoam is decomposed Into equal volumes of hydrogon and monoxide of carbon; and, further, in leading these gases over a largo surface of a highly heated refractory substance in presenoe of a fresh supply of superheated steam, whereby tho burning of tho carbon to dioxide is effected and another volume of hydrogon is liberated. Goorgo G. Andra nesorts in tho Colliery Guardi?n that this process is described in the pat ontfi of Jacquolaln, Gandin and Bou chain, fciken out as early as 1854. The authors of tho communication say that ono ton or coko produces about 96,000 feet of gas, which is eleven times tho quantity of a ton of coal, which reduces the cost of tho gas to a very low Ogure -very little, indeed, it may be sup posed, above the coat of natural gas, when tho difficulty of controlling that gas is taken into account. lt has happened, said Disraeli, that Inquisitivo men examining with a flam beau anciont sepulchres which havo just been oponed, tho fat and gross va pors engendered by tho corruption of tho dead, kindled as tho iiambcau ap proached them, to tho great, astonish ment of tfio spectators, who frequently cried out "a miraclel" This sudden inflammation, although very natural, has given room for tho beliof that per petual lamps woro placed in tho tombs of tho ancients. Thc King of tho Belgians, Leopold ll. offers annually a prize of ?5000 tor tho best essay on a given subject. Tho competition is open to tho world every alternate yoar. Tho next subject is "tho progress of electricity applied to motive power and illumination; its ap plications and economical advantages.?* Tho essays must bo written In French, and sent boforo January 1, 1887. The conditions of tho competition may be obtained from tho Minister of Agricul ture, Industry and Public Works. An infant lose* from threo to six ounces in weight during tho flrst four to six days after birth; by tho seventh day it should haye regained tts birth weight; from that to tho Hf th month it ought to gain about live ounces per week, or about six drams a day; after tho Hf th month, about four drams a day; at the fifth month it ought to havo doubled its birthwoight, and in sixteen months quadrupled it. ?-. According to tho report of tho Na tional Telephone Association telephony has not yot reached such a point as to make long distance servico formidable in competition with telegraphy. One hundred miles or so seems to bo tho paying limit at prosont, notwithstand ing that there aro several lines which exceed that distance. That of the Wisconsin Tolophone Company is tho longest, and has 199 miles in regular and successful operation. -> o Some soldering fluids aro injurious to tools and also to parts that have boon laid on tho bench. Tho following fluid will not rust and tarnish any more than water. /Take two ounces of alcohol and put kt to it a bottle. Add about a tea spoonful of chlorldo of zinc, and shako until dissolved, Uso it in tho same manner as muriato of /.inc is commonly used. A tell-tale paint for hot bearings has been brought out by Mr. II. Crookes, of Westminster Chambers. When cool, or at normal temperature, it is a bril liant red; but as tho temp?rature rises it grows darker, until at 180? Fahr, it is quite brown. As it cools, it regains its original redness. This paint should be useful for high-speed machinery, es pecially if it will attain tho remarkable property for any length of time. Accordiny to tho .American Jiailroad cr, it costs a little more than ?0 cents a mile to run a locomotive, on tho aver age, dearly 8 couts of this is Tor fuel, 7? for pay of engineer and fireman, ? cent for oil and waste, and moro than ?I j cents for repairs. A ton of coal will run a locomotive twenty-four miles, a pint of oil will run olevon miles, and a pound of waste ono hundred and twenty-three miles. Tho locomotives of a railway liko tho Northwestern run a half million of milos a month. For copying printed matter, dampen ing tho surface with a weak solution of acetate or iron and pressing in an ordi nary copying press is recommended. Old writing may also bo copied on un sized papor if wetted with a weak solu tion of sulphato of iron, mixed with a small quantity of solution of sugar. An ingenious Parisian, M. Adrian G aeon, has patented a blasting powdor, which pr?vidos a new explosivo com pound Intended to havo the forco of dy namite Without its extra-hazardous properties. Tho compound consists of a mixture of nitrate of potash or ni trato of soda with sulphur ashes and tannin. Wade's Fiber and ?'abri? reports tho invention of a machino that sows on buttons. It is claimed that lt will per form the wotk of four or Hvo girls, and will do itbot'tor, becanso itnovor slights its work, but puts in Just the numbor of stitohes it is gauged for. It will sew on buttons with two or four holes equally well, and at tho rate of six per minuto with two?vo stitches on each. Thc diminished cost of production in metal-work was illustrated recontly by Dr. John Fercy in an address to tho British Iron and Stool Instituto by the statement that a gross of steel pons, formorly costing $35 mlghc now be pro ducod for 8 couts. Tho cost of making gold chains has been reduced to an eighth of what it was. if a cough disturbs your ?loop, taki IMHO'B Cur? for Consumption and rest well. Vor Wonk Women. Mrs. Lydia E. Plnkhum, Lynn, Mas* : "About thonrato?soptomucr, issi, my wito was takoa With uterino hemorrhage. Tho heat mypti -H th? physician could proscribo did not check lt ?ml ano got moro and moro enfeebled, sho wai iroub lcd with I rolapsus Uteri, Leuiorrhcoi, numb, noss of tho lim >8, sickness of tho stomach and I033 ot appetite. I purchased a trial hottlo of your Vcgotablo Compound. She said she couta dis cover a salutary effect from the first dose. Now sao IB comparai! voly freo fi om tho Prolapsus, Stomach's aickno?s, Ac. The homorrhago ls very much bolter an 1 Is less nt tho rogular periods, Hor aimotlto Is rostoro ?, and hor general lioaith and strongtli much Improved, wo icol that wo liavo been wonderfully benertttea aud our hoarta aro drawn out In gratltudo for tho samo and lu sympathy tor other Bufferers, for whoso aakos wo allow our names to be UBetl." C. W. EATON. Thurston, N. V, Tho Compound ls put up in 1'lliALozengo aad Liquid form. All sold by drugging Tho THU and lozenges sent by mall on receipt of price. UNEXPECTED. A MOTHER SAVED FROM AN UNTIMELY DEATH. Tears of Sorrow Turned to Smiles of Rojoioing. UOUHKSTBK, Aug. ol, mo. I'AHDKK MKDICIKK CO.-ORHTI.BMKN 2 1 am I10W sevcnty-?irco years old, and until I was Bovonty t was always stroDg and healthy ? hut tho amount o( Buireilng I havt< oudure,d ?Ince that tune, 1 feel to lie an indent fora lite-timo. 1 mid n oovero at tack of Hoiatlo rheumatism, which compleiuly prostrated mc ; my Um H ami feel, und lu fact my whole hotly, was so drawn out or sfiano that lt was Impossible to move without iiHslstnuce. 1 was mi nnie to strathlea my limbs or t > Ktcp on my feet for moro limn a rear and my.llfe wusdlsp.dred ol. Children ami friends were called In to seo mo die. I was treated by three good phYslclaus,.nnd they and my ino tis did all iliey could to relievo my suffering-but with nu avail. My hips wuto blus tered, mid my limbs riuiuctldiathcd un I b.intlaycd, bul nothing ihcv could ?lo afforded me even tom liorarv relief Tongue cannot describo my Biiirur llig. I urged them io let mo try Or. ranice's blindly, ns 1 had read so much about lt, and of ihoso who had been cured by Its use, that K guvo mc confidence lu lt, allhouga 1 contests f had llltlo ir no faull lu the so-called patent medicines. Tho Itemed)- was procured, natl I commenced using lt ts directed, aud after taking it a short HUH cou ld iee that lt was helping me. I began to porsplru 'fOCly, and as Die persplr.itlou increase I ino pain locrcmed, but my clothing anti bedding was ti ilglit to behold, being nearly "as yellow as'anf Ion." I hud taken tuc lteinctly but n short time, vnon I could sleep Uko a child. anti relish my food lko one. Thank Coil lt has cured mc, and t am o-day as healthy aad strong as befofo, ann eau vain and have as freo usc of my limbs us over. have recommended your ltotucdy to tho very nany who were ailbctcd. and I do not know of a ase that lt hus nut cured. 1 am confident that lt viii euro young people, if lt will euro nt my ago. l'on are at llbeny to uso my name, If it will bo ho means ol lu luclng any poor sufToroi ,lo. uso our excellent Keinedy. I am very grcatfu'.ly ours, Maa JANE A. FLACK, 303 Jefferson Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. The salo of Dr. ranice's Kern tly for tho past hrec months tn Western Now York has exceeded hat of any remedy known. . ?y eures wholly unprecedented lu t'io hlsiory of nedlcinos lt Ins proven Us right to tho Hilo of l2Vm (freutest ??loud Purifier," ever oiTercd to he aflllct d. Wo challenge any medicino to sliow ii appreciation at home, or wherever used Uko Mat wlucu has been poured upon Dr. Purdue's tonicity. 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