Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Testing the Biue-Uaght cure. A few evenings since, an old gen tleman was reading an article upon the wonderful cures affected by the appliance of blue light to the affected part's and glancing out of the window, saw his little sonnie engaged in the attempt to improve the appearance of a scalded head which belonged to an old tom cat of long family connection. The boy was sending a steady stream of light through a blue glass, on the old cat's bald head, and imagined he could already.see a ifeld of fur rising. The old gentleman, In order to on courage his son In an experimental way, mov#.d his chair out into the yard where the process between boy and oat was being carried on, and after a few words of Instruction to the boy, his bald cranium was being bathed in a lood of blue light. The boy soon tired of holding the blue glass over his father's head and to relieve the monotony of the affair, produced from his pooket, unawares to the old gentleman, the sun-glass with which his grandfather used to light his pipe, and drew a focus where the baldness was most conspicuous. Things then took a rather serious turn for the old gentleman's scalp, but he bore it like a man. 'Just keep quiet, father,1' said the boy, as lils father's head began to twitch. "Don't be so restles. They're now poppin out thick as a fraud. "Father" stood it as best as lie could only murmuring that "there's virtue in any light that pulls hair by the roots that way,'' while all the time his scalp was frying and smoking under the hot rays of the sun-glass. The boy continued tattooing his fa ther's head until the atmosphere for half a mile around smelt like a big barbecue, and the old man got a scent of the game. Then lie Just reache(I around and gathered his hopeful in his arms, and went into the woods. Three days elapsed, and the doctor tells us if the weather keeps favorable and nothing serous sets ijn. the boy will soon come around ; at. d as for the old gentleman's head, It's pretty well brolled, but some hopes of his recovery are entertained. London "a'iIry Miue." It Is a "fact not generally known" that theae is in London a "fiery mine" of so very excitable a disposition tt no artificial light of any description has ever yet been allowed to be bron-hi even Into its neighborhoo:1. Its pro duct, however, 1s not coal, but rum. The rum-shed, as It Is called, of the West Indla dock, covers a space of two hundred thousand square feet, with vaults of corresponding size, all cram med with huge casks of spirit, from every pore of which--and the most carefully-closed havo pores In plenty -the flery vapor IN forever streaming out 'nto the air, only begging for the smallest chance of converting the wholo area of the docks,with their two hundred and fifty odd ships, and two ,I. - or thro hundred thiousaid tons or se of cargo, and their mnore or 1ess incal culable stores of' timbor and tea, silk and sugar', cigars and1( cereals,coals an~d cotton, wine,wooi,whaisky, whale- tIns, and what not.lnto the most magniicent ifant niighitmiarc. Into these fiery .regions not even a bull's-eye lantern is or ever has been allowed to pene trate. Even the wharf along the side where the great puncheons are landed is forbidden to the approach of vessels, every cask being transforred fromn ship1 to shore in the company's own lighters. I' Each cask in that vast range of dim 11 sdark vaults is marked and numbered, and on the right reading of these imarks and numbers depends the eflicut ex ecution of every one of' the numeroue operations to which every individual cask has been subjected before its ccii. tents can go forth for the mixing of - the world's grog. Ilow aiiy one but an experiencedl Japanese juge~ier ever manages to perform thia feat in the very brightest weather by the simple aip of a little plate of polished Lini arifuilly turned and twisted to catch the solitary ray of highly-dIluted daylight which here and there fllh.ers down f'roim the floor above, is a mystery by no means I' amongst the least wonderful of the many of which the visitors to this comn mnercial paradise catch here and there a tantalizinmg glimpwe. C'ertain insect pests that amfilet the orchard may have already laid their eggs beneath the cleaving bark of tihe trees. The incipient animal life lodged in the surface of the tree may be dis liodgen by different liquid preparations. A solution of whale-oil soap--one pound of soap to foui or five gallons of water-is an old aplhication. Tobacco water is an application offensive to in sect life. Carbolic acid, lime and suil phur, well diluted with water, are re 4 ~ comimended in a combined preparation. We have little faith in the practice ci 'I scraping trees to the extent followed by some. We do not believe in cor recting nature too much. Wo believe Ii ~ the fragments of 01(1 bark cliniging to the newer surface of the tree for an in definite period, exorcise a p~rotective Influence in warding oflf the. efects of extreme changes of temperature. One can hadyfail tonotice thtsmooth barked trees arc often more liable to freeze and cast the bark. In situations exposed to sudden changes of tempera. Lure, therefore, we would not adlvIse extensive tres-scraping even in view of destroying the natural resorts of egg-laying insects, to say nothing of' the practice as a matter of taste. One frequent objeet of washing and scra ping trees is the remoyal of different fungoid growths. Such are always unsightly and are also probably more or less in)juriouis. However, a point to be practically oonsidoered is, perfectly thrifty trees have few or no fungi on thenm. In both vegetable and animal life, health is more or less protection I ~1 against parasites. Any treatment of the soil that promotes thrift of the or chard, promotes thme absence of para uiltie growth upon the bark of the AGRIOULTUB.n. GAS-TAR vs. POULTRY JACK. short time alo my poultry house wa' swarming with lice; it could not be entered without having the "cloth ing gray with insects wherever one touched the nests or rooqts. If a hot brushed my hand with her wing, doz ons of lice could be seen running ovel it. Indeed, so desperate did affairs be come that even to look at the poultr.y house produced a sensation of crawl ing thl'-ge. Swabbing the roosts and sprinkling the nests with kerosene hai no perceptible effect. Fumigating w ti gas-tar and sulphur met with no bettei success. The youngest broods o chickens grew weak, moped around for a time, and finally died. Soine o the liens also gave evident sligns 01 weakness, antd their combs turned a sickly color. At this stage of affairs I appied for a remedy to a friend noted in poultry-raisIng as well as in other things (Prof- J. 11. Turner). I learnet that twenty years before he had paint. ed the Inside of lils poultry house witi gas-tar, and, although keeping con stantly a large numt-er of fowls hat not been troubled with lice since. J got a few quarts of gas-tar from the gas works,at the rate of ten cents a gallon Tils tar Is about the consistency of non aint, and was readily applied to th nside walls of my hen iouse-witli all old whisk broom-as high up as twe roosts* extentded; the Inside of th nests and the roosts were also thorough. ly coated with tar. This was done oi: the morning of a clear day, and by night the house was dry enough foi the chickens to roost in it. Before thc tar was applied the old nested muateria was removed, and the floor, whiclh h of dirt, was well scraped and sprinkled with wood ashes. The chlckens hogar to improve from that thne forth, anm in less than two weeks not an insee pest was to be found about the IousC or chIckens. - GUANULATHn luirTin.-The superi ority of granulated butter is now ad mitted, and as comparatively few bave a knowledge of the process, the fol lowing directions, are appended. Ti mode of gr'tnulating bittr Is to churn the cream in the usual way till just belore it Is ready to gather-till the butter will separate from the butter tuik and rise to the top like cream, whieh It will always do beforo gatier lizg. At this stage the contents of the elurn are cooled down to flity-six (e grees or 11 fty-four degrees by introdtic. ing coild water or brine, and the work 1l11iihed by churnlig slowly. The but ter will then orm iu nto lue pello:s or it few large lumips. The butter thus granulated is leIarated from the butter miilk iI aiy conveniient way and washed inl either cold water of brine till the water will rtin off clear; two wasinlgs are generally enough. A tight c iak of th size desirod, and silt a ble for hold ing butter, is preparod be forhniud and tilled patrtly full o1 brine -1s stronilg as it can be Iade t'om1 p1uriei slt. Into this the butter sl pitt 1as waIshed without any workiug or salt ing9. IC'enioughi iOt Imade inl on1e churniing the butter Must be kept down under the brine 1ill the cask Ii filled amd thent headed uip tight. Throug h at hole In the head any vecaney that may exist must be filled pericctly with brine and the hole plugged. it is tilil ready for transportation or long keep Ing. When wiaited for use it lajiy be taken from the cask and prese.ed Inte any solid fori a desired and the brine adhering to it ill season it about as mulias pcople desire it. If waie) fresti it, m'iy be washied In cold water, when it, witi -be ats fresh1 and rosy as when it came out of the churn. The salt for the brine must be 0o' the purest kind, or the butter will be bleached by lying in it. How -ro Tlus-r Cows-Thte difhiculty of estaublishing thle value o1' each cow ini the dairy is not as great n isl gene rally supp)losed. Tile mel~t~hl d tluuall emplloycd is to weigh each cow 's mi1ll< up~on a spring seale as soon as it, dra wn, and bef'ore pouring it into tile gener'al rcelptaele. A smialt rel'cord(-book, con tailmng~ the name111 of each COW, and16 col umnas for date, weight of nul1k, etc., renlders It a1 comparatively easy matter, Tio get a fair average through the yeari one week's tiil for' each month is s1uil1. cient. in making tests (for butter it, is oiliy neCcss:try to slet eauchi cow's mliilli se'parately and chiurn it by itself,whlcli will give thle yield of butter for' a cer' K El'P y'our celluir p'Opelrty an(i we'tl drlnelild tallow no (decnying mahtter ir it; prohibit the throwing of slops ll pudlels at Ithe back door1, and11 alloi low sink pipeCs to become choked or t< emit foul air. Muh (of the siekniesu ini tile country Is caulsedl by suhl bat air. A gardlener r'ecommeundq thatt to keel lhugs oil' melon And1( sqita~sh vines a to mlato plat~ be set In each lill. savi ni that wheni lie had followed this litt his younug plants we're not miolested. The Earthi's M'agneutsm.-Th'le grea phys'ileal problem Of terrea'trial mnagne tisnm has engaged the attentlin (f nitm erouis physieists lately', and It is wel known that several ingenionts solutiiion of it havo been p~ropoiundhd. Pr'ofes sore Ayrton and Perry, for example conveve'ed the happy thought that the earth was charged wIth statie eleetri city, which belne~ carried round on the surface by tihe (diuirtnal rotation, actet like ai circullating curr'ent and nmagne. tized the ('ore. A severe blow wa dealt to t his hypothesis, however, ha tile miathuematical critieism of P'rofest sor Rowland, whio pointed out that thi Sitrfacoel charge reqii ed~ w1ias com)pe tent to senl a spa-k trom the earth ti moon11. A Itiieory based upon the exis tenice of eclel IcOu~rents flowing ii the atmosp~here around the earth wa protmulgated hlter; and now we hav,' anothei' suppositionl, which has a bet ter cimi to serious attention that an' o1 the rest, because It is supported bl tiirect experhnent. Startinig f rom thi idea of M. Eiiun tt, ntui electic curi ront Is really an oilier current tloinil in the cir'cuui, anid that eluetrostata etects are due to) raurefact Ions andi coin densuations of lie ether', M.*Selbm Loin strom conisidheredl thaut he mlighlt pro diice this ether current by miechiaienm actionl. lie thiereiore imadte a paupe tuibe having t wo c.ouncentrle w~ails ani mounted on an axle. A corc of sot white iron was placed within the tube andl on rotatiing the latter the cor'e wai founid to be mai~gnetic, as deonostrati by two fine astat~e needles. Rever'sin, the rotation, reversed the lingnet 1 poles ; and~ M. Lemistroni concludes thu the relative motion o1 the ether in lih revolving ttube and the stationary cor' was the cause of the p~olarity, It, fol lows that If the tube be stationary ani thle core revolved a similar eff'ect wil be produced: hence 1t a magnetic lik like the eai'th be rapily rotateid louni Ita taxis in aun insulating iniedim lik the air, it will exhibIt mnagnetistu Ptursuing this idea Into muathemuatku M. Lemstromn arives at an expressiol fer the naagnetic moment of' tile earti whieh agrees very well -with thi binmna 01 Uus. - DOMEs3TIg. SCRAPE TUi FRET.-E'very careful housekeeper, with an eye to first causes, is much interested in the way feet--or rather feet-coverings-oome, In from out of doors.. If hoya did 'not have muddy boots, the cares of the' house would be much lessened. But the boys are not the only ones that "bring in the dirt." Men folk are often very forgetful of the amount of work they may make by not attending to the sim ple matter of cleaning their boots and slices. Every door step should be provided with a foot scraper, and a brush or broom, and every one, young or old, as lie come in, should take the time t9 use them before appearing on the ca'rpet or clean floor. If a regu lar sraper-one made for the purpose -is not at hand,one can'makeone from a bit of hoop-Iron,which-is to be placed on a step or edge of the porch in aeon venient place. It Is well to provide a "mud-mat," which is simply strips an inch or so square-fence pickets will answer-screwed to three or four cross pieces, an Inch apart; or a more ela borate one can be made by stringing the slats upon fence wires. One with muddy boots is very apt to stitp and rub thein on the steps or floor of the porch; a mudmat will clean them more effectively, and save the porch hard wear. A very excellent mat may be made by boring holes in a broad, and drawing corn-husks through the holes. Uareful p~erson4s change their foot-gear when1 they enter the house to remain any length of timie,a custom conducive not only to neatness, but so greatly to comfort, that is to I commended. CHIOKEN STw, of POTPra.- Wash as many fowls as you need, cut tile birds up at every Joint, splitting open the back and br east. Soak well in salt and water. It draws out all the blood i from the flesh. Then put Into an iron boiler, with sulleleit wvater to cover the pieces, boll till quite tender,taking care to skin well before it commences to boll. Make a stiff dough, like short biscult, and cut out Just like biscults, either square or round, and roll each one in flour, and drop into the kettle on the top of tle llieheni, boll briskly for fifteen minutes. You can test its being done by piercing the dumplings with a fork ; if it dlees not stilk to the tines It is done. Remnove the dump lingns carefully Into a covered dish and keep hot. Stir up two tablespoon fuls of flour with a little water, break ing all the lumps, so it will be ,mooth; turn it into the kettle with tile addi tion of a lump of butter the size of an egg to eact chicken. If you like pep per, it is well to a.1 it now. A PPLK J A M .-Veel ann core tie ap ples and cut them in thin slices; then put then into a preserving pan or en amtcled saucepan ; and to every on1e pound of ruit add tWree-qutarters of a pound of white sugar, broken small, and piut in tied ip In a ipleue of course inuslin, a few cloves, a small piece of ginger, and a rind of lemon very thin; stir with a wooden spoon on a qulci lire for twenty minutes or longer. If the apples are juicy, when suflciently bolled, the jamlt will cling to the spoon. Remove the cloves, etc., and put the jin Into the Jam pots, and when quite cold, tLie themn down with thick paper or bladder. To be kept in a cool, dry place. Suour-CAxuts (In layer)-One quart of 1lour, a little salt, two tablespoon fuls of butter; rub into the flour; two tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, three tablespoonfuls of' baking powder, add enlought water (to mIx) to roil . out; divide Into three parts, ant nowv take one cof those parts, roil it and put it in a buttered Jelly tin ; then butter the telp of It; then roil each part thesame way, but do not butter the last layer; b~ake; when baked separate thte layers with a sharp knife; have your frit p~repared and place between each layer. |WAsulxo MADSn EASY.-NO woman wvill regret having givent this receipe a trial. It, will p~reventt tanany a weary step, many an aching arm or foot-yes, mnany a heartache, too. TVake onie pountd of salsoda, one half pound of unslaked liae, put thenm into one gallon of n~a ter; boll twenty minutes, let stand till cool, aind then pour oilf aml put In a atone Jug. Soak your dirty clothes over night, or until wvet through; wring out iad rub on plenty of' soap, and to cote boiler of clothes coevered with water add cue teacupflul of the Iluid. Boll hallf ani hour fast, then 'wash through one suds, rinse i n two waters, and your clothes will look SA usAot.-Nlne pountds of fresh pork six traspoonfluis of' black pepper, eight of salt andl tenl powdered sage. 11iix thtorouightly, cook a bit to see if pro0 perly seasonted, and pack In jars, cov erinig with melted lard. If you prefer Ic keep Itn skins, empty thorm, cut themn into lengths, scrape with a dull knife, put1 to soak In salt and water, let stand three dlays, then turn themn Inside out and soatk two dlays longer. Again scrape, rinse well In soda-baking . atnd water, wipe, tie up cone end, blow -into it, and if whole a~nd cleani, stuil I with meat. A nmet'-siz Japanese parasol, a , itnall quattity of cheap white lace, three inchmes deep, and somne plaitedi satin ribbon, will mtiake~ a vecry pretty lamp shade. Remove the end or hani (die fronm thte par'asol, cut a pIece out of - the center large enough to fail over the porcelain shade, and finish the edge wh'len cut with satin ribbon, theu n rim - thte lower edge with thu lace, headed with the ribbon. AN ox's gall will set any color-silk, cotton or woolen. One spootnful o1 gatl pitt into a gallon of wairm wvator I Is suflelenit for ithe above putrp~ose, Gail Is ailso excellent for taking out -8spots fronm bombazines,and after being washed In It they look about as good as newv. 10 tuset be thtorougly stirred 3 into water,and not put upont the cilth, - It. is utsed wit hmout soap. After being washed Int it, cloth which yott wat tc eleani shottld be washed In warmtsd - withmout using soap. - ii Ann Yrasr.--StIr info a pint ol I lively yeast entough flour to make ai r' tuick batter, athd a tabiespootnf'a of I salt. Let it, rise once, then roil oul t tint, cut Into cakes with a cake-cutter , andi dry in the shade in clear, windly s weather. ' Whent perfectly dry. put in 1 a bag antd Itang int a cool, dry place, ( T[hey will keep good sIx months. Onte e O. these cakes dissolv'ed in a lia th, t tmil k or water is enouigh for four quatrt 3 01.'flour. - CENIy SA t.AD."-Ta'kU the itner anal :I tentderest heads 01 three stalks of cel I ery, cut thtem itnto strips ant inlt long i and1( about, the thickness of' you nj I French beans. Rub theo salad bowi a lightly with shalot. Alix the yolks ci ,two hard boiled eggs wIth three table ,spoonhtuis of salad oil, one of tar'ragoni Svinegar, and a little flour of mustard Spepper andh salt to taste; add thte celery a to tis sauce, turnt it well over, garn. ilt with t he haul abti whites o eg. HUMOROUS. THAT was a witty man, who being detained by a snow blockade penned a dispatch .whieh ran thus: 'My dear air. I have every motive for visiting you, except a locomotive." So was the other who, under similar oireumatance telegraphed to his firm in New York: "I shall not be in the office to-day, as I have not got home yesterday yet." The followingimg dispatch created no lititle amusement in the ofilces through which it passed: "Charlie and Julia met at 8--'s yesterday, quarreled and parted forever; met again this morningand partedto meet no more; met again this evening and were marrred." Trnnax were not less than fifty or sixty at table, and when the guests were in the height of animated con versation, and just as the cloth was drawn, they were interrupted by a crash. A servant, in removing a cut glass epargue, which formed the cen tral ornament of the table, let it fall, and it was dashed into a thousand pieces. An awkward silence fell upon the company, who hardly knew how to treat the accident, when the host, the late Well-known George Payne, re lieved their embarrassment by cheer fully exclaiming, "James, break as much as you like, but don't make such a confounded noise about itI" And under cover of the laugh this excited the fragments were removed, and the talk went on as if nothing had hap p~ened. REV. J. HYATT bMLTU. the Brooklyn Congressman -elect, went to a theater to soc Edwin Booth in "Hamlet." While going to his seat he saw one of the strictest members of his church In the same aisle and said to him, "Oh, you siLner, prepare to be churched. I have a long time suspected that some of my members were theater-goers and I determined to find out for myself. I brought my daughter along as a wit ness and the first one wo see is your self." The dotcited brother was never "churched," though. INTO one of our largest dry-good stores entered a gentleman, the other day, and with the air of one who had been used to this sort of thing all his life, you know, he said to the astonish ed saleswoman, "Give me a yard ot maroon-oolorod flannel to match i baby, please." Correcting himself hastily, he began again: "I beg par don, I moan a yard of flannel to match a ma roon-colored baby-here (produc ing a bit of flmnel trom his vest putukL), I waut a yard of that." A rnE.cHaR in Syracuse recently told his congregation that if the wo men would all.dance by themselves in a ten-acre lot, surrounded by a high board fence, and the meOn in another enclosure of the same kind, there would then be no harm in dancing. Perhaps not; but men would burst their suspenders in trying to climb the fence surrounding the female dancers. "I nAvE no patience with a man who can't remember a tiing no longer than it's being told him," exclaimed Jones inpatiently; "Now I can carry a thing in my mind a month, if need be." "You're a lucky dog, "Jones " remarked rrendergast, quietly; it isn't everybody that has so much room in his mind as you have, you know." "My case is just here," said a oltizen to a lawyer the other day; "the plain titl will swear that I his him. I will swear that 1 did not. Now what can you lawyers make out of that If we go to trial?"* "Five dollarsa apiece," was the prompt reply. AN o'd lady ina town of Massaehu setas, refused the gift of a load o1 wood from a tree struck by lightning, through Sear that some of the "fluid" might remain in the wood, and cause disaster to her kitchen stove. A GOOD story Is told of a country wo man who received a dispatch lkter than she expected: "It must have been: delayed on the road," said she. "I know the wires are busy to-day, for I heard them working as I came along." IT must be confessed that the ther mometers in various parts of the coun try are making a great success in their friendly little match, the aim of which seems to be to find the lowest possible level In the shortest possible time. Oun citizens who are provided with comfortable homes should remember the poor these cold, bIting days, and, instead of sending their spare cash to educate the heathen, bear in mind the fact that charity hn~rina at home. "A hE you a good riier ?" asked the livery man. "I am," replied the cus tomner,and just then the horse snorted, stood on its hands, came dowvn and bucked and theocustomer went onjfrom his high seat in the hay mow, "See how easily I get off?" "IT is a diflicult question," says a fashlonabie journal,"to make a trained skirt stand out and blow gracefully." Laining it with sheet iron ought not only remedy this defect, but ma~c wo men perfectly willing to stand up in a crowded street car. A GOA-r browsing on a greensward appiroachedl a pig-pen, and said to its occupant, "Why do yo~u stay in that pilace, when there's such a lovely spot as this handy ?'" ''The pen is mightier thani the sward,'' grunted the p~ig. SPCaamNO of Mr. Forbes' lecture on "Kings 1 hlave Met," t. western news paper says that somne day lhe will come across three kings and a pair of sevens andi thten lie will learn somnething about the reailly great resources of this cu ntry. IT was at a Galveston hotel table that a child attracted considerable at tent ion by saying repeatedly, "I want a enke." "You have five or six al ready,'' replied tihe n.oither. "'Thiem's not the ones I wan t. I want a fresh one.' "Wmm.r is the best thing to be done in case of'fire ?" "'sue the insurance complany,'' pronmptly anisweredl the boy at, the foot. of tile class, whose fa tiner han'd been: burned out once or twier. '"I'M a'raild that bed is not long enough for you," said the landlord to a seven-foot guest. "Never mindc," ho replied, "I'll add two more feet to it when I get in.'' Tnt1s is the beginning of iewv novel: "lie was at one time a son so prodIgal that all the calves fled at his approach. IT was a young liou sokeeper who set the cake she hlad bakeud for a picnic out of doors one cold night to be frosted. CoNaureioN of thle lung tissues iimbaLt iadily l. crease by the retention of tile loumi corruption. Dar. Bull's Cough Syrup promotes gentle expec toration, and gives great relief to those sufraring with onsunmpton. "I am directed by my unole, Hon. A. H. Stephens, to say to you that he is inclined to believe that he has derived some beneft from the use of Simmons' Liver Regulatoe and he wishes to give It a further trial. Yours respectfully, W. G. STEPnUNS. Crawfordville, Ga., March 81, 1870. Extract of a letter from Hon. Alex. ander H. Stephens, dated March 8, 1872: "1 occasionally use, when my condition requires it, Doctor Sumons' Liver Regulator, with good ellect. A. H. 8TEPJHNIS." It is said that pencil drawing may be rendered ineffaceable by this simple process: Slightly warm a sheet of or dinary drawing paper; then place it carefully on the surface of a solution of white rosin in alcohol, leaving it there long enough to become thoroughly moistened. Afterward dry It in a cur rent of air. Paper prepared in this way has a very smooth surface. In order to fix the drawing - the paper is to be warmed for a few minutes. This method may prove useful for the pre servation of plans or designs, when the want of time or any other cause will not allow of the draughtsman re producing them in ink. A simpler plan than the above, however, is to brush over the back of the paper con taining the charcoal or vencil sketch a week solution of white shellac in alcohol. GVWeI Women. None receive so much benefit, and none are so profoundly grateful and show such an interest in recomending 1Hop Bitters as women. It is the only remedy peculiarly adapted to the many ills the sex is almost universally sub ject to. Chills and fever, indigestion or deranged liver, constant or per iodical sick headaches, weakness in the back or kidneys, pain in the shoulders and different parts of the body, a feel Ing of lassitude and despondency, are all readily removed by these Bitters. Courant. A commission of twenty-seven mem bers will carry out the rei -n of the German "Pharmacopola" at Berlin. Sixteen professors from various uni versities. five apothecaries, and six physicians and surgeens of high stand ing in their vocations, make up the commission. Besides these, the forth coming work will have the benefit of the experience of two military phyai clans and a military surgeon, who have been specially selected by the Prussian war office. The labors of these men were commenced fully a fornig ht ago, and the result is expect ed to be of very high quality. GINXRAL DEnILILY.-In this com plaint the good effects of the V EOETINE are realized Immediately after com meneing to take It; as debility denotes deleiency of the blood, and VKErTINE acts directly upon the blood. There is no remedy that will reatore the health from debility like the VEoErINE. It is nourishing and strengthening, purities the blood, regulates the bowels, quiets the nervous system, acts directly upon the secretions, and aronses the whole system to action. It has never failed l this complaint. A powder known as streupulver, com posed of 3 parts salleylic acid and 87 parts silicate of magiesia, is used in the German army as a remedy for sweating of the feet. Recently a Bel gian physician, Dr. Kohnhom, tried its efliciency in several cases of night sweating by consumptives. The bene fical effect was Immediate and perman ent. The powder was rubbed over the whole body. To prevent any breathing of the dust and consequent coughing a handkerchilef must be held over the patient's miouth and nose while the' powder is being applied. THERE is but one real cure for bale ness-Carocoline, a doodorized extract of petroleum, a natural hair restorer. As recently Improved and perfected, Carboline is free from any objection. The best hair dressing known. The discovery of phosphorescent bodies has been traced back to the year 1620, when a cobbler of Bologna, pursuing the philosopher's stone, found a very heavy mineral ,which ,after being heated with charcoal, became luminous ini the dark. The mineral with which the Bologna cobbler attained so remarkable a result was barium sulphate, which, by the operation in the crucible, was changed to barium sulphide,one of the mess phosphorescent substances known. Profit, Si,200. "To sum it up, six long years of bed ridden sickness, costing $200 per year, total $1,200-all of this expense was stopped by tlsree bottles of Ihop Bit tert, taken by my wife. She has done her own housework for a year since, without the loss of a day, and I want everybody to know it, for their bene -11t."-N. E. Farmer. The lighting of the reading-room of the British Museum by the Siemens e'leotric lamps was resumed for the Winter on Ocr. 18. TIhe apparatus of the lamps are now fitted above the arcs; brown japianned reflectors send the light to the floor, and sopaz-colored glass screens are placed beneath the arc to interce pt the blue rays which Interfere with the purity of the light. A wash that would usually take all day with ordinary oa, can he done in three hours, with Dobbins' Electric Soap (made by Cragin & Co, Phila delphia,) end it cannotinj ure the finest fabric. Try it. Those who will smoke cigars would da well to use a mouthpiece of some kind or other. It has been ascertainled that some of the ways in which cigars are made are apt to cause sore mouth of a dangerous and persistent kind by transmitting thise poison which is said to be so prevalent in China as to be the bane of that country. Like an~ials, plants (lift'er greatly in their habits, and the food upon wh ich they subsist. The broad-leaved clovers, turnjips and m ngels abstract from the air a large portion or their growth, while the narrow-leaved grainis and grasses partake more largely of mine ral food, which they draw from the soil. in this tact lies the great odvan tage to farmers of rotation of crops. As a Ourfi for A'ies. Kidney-Wort actsa first by overcoming In the mildet manner all tendenoy to cOneupation; then, by its great tonio and invigorating pro perties, it restores to health the debilitated and weakened parta.--Chronic. AOF.NT5: AGENTS: AGENTE I JOSIAH ALLEN'S8 WIFE NAB "nOTaS. A N T~la IEST AND) W O~ FUNNIEST of ALL. "My Way ward Pardner.' AtG TS WANTE Pin every Town. lot torr tory. Address F. . D18S a 06., lNewark, N. J. Y fr lsin our bahtrHseasyeetnd Mus'e. VEGETINE FOR Chills, Shakes. FEVER AND AGUE. DR. H. R. STavass: TARBORO, N. Q. 19T6k Dear &r :-I feel very j ateful for what your valuable medicine, Voge In, has done in my family. I wish to express my thanks by Inform ing you of the wonderftu cure of my son; also, to lot you know that Vegetine is the beat medi cine I ever saw for cumA, SHAKuES, Favoa and Aous. My Son was sick with measles In 1873, which left him with Ilip-joint disease. My son suffered a great deal of pain all of the time; the pain was so great he d:d nothing but cry. The doctors did not help him a particle, he could not lift his foot from the floor; he could not move without crutches. I read your adverthement in the "Louisville Courier-Journal.' that Vege ine was a great Blood Puriller and Blood Food. I tried onf, bottle, whieh was . great benellt. Ue kept ott with the medicine. gr idually gain ing. lie hits taken eighteen bottles 1A all, and he Is comp)etely restored to heali h; ailks with out crutoets or cane. le is twent-y years of age. I have a younger son, fifteen years of age, who Is subject to CHILLS. Whenever he feels one coming on, he comes In, takes a dose 01 Vogetine, and that is the last of the Chill. Veg otine leaves no bal effect upon the system like most of the ned cines recommended for Chills. I cheerfully reoimend Vogotino for such com pluints. I thluk it is the groatest medicine in the world. Respeotfully. MlR8. J. W. LLOYD. VEBTINB.-When the blood becomes lifeless and stagnant, elth r from oaange of weather or of climate, vant of exerclse, irregular diet, or from any other cause, the VHOBTINE will renew the blood, carry of the putrid humora, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels, and Impart a tone of vigor to the whole body. VEUETINE. Druggists' Testimony. Ma. Ii. I. STUVES.: Dear Sir :-Wo have been selling your remedy, the Vegotline, for abou'. three year,, and take plealsure in recommending It to our customers, and In no instance where a bl'od purifier would reach t.he caso has it ever failed to effect a ou e, to our knowledge. It cortainly Is the neplus ra of renovatord. Respectfully, E. i. SHEPHERD & CO.. Druggists, Mt. Vernon, Ill. Is acknowledged by all classes of people to b% the best, and most reliable blood puritler in the world, VEGETINEMl PREPARED BY H. A. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. rn * The Onl Medicine That Acte at the Same Time on The Liver, the Bowels and the Kidnep. These great orgns are the natural cleans ers of the astem. if they work well health will be perfect; if they become qliggd dreaful disoas ar sure to follow w d TERRIBLE SUFFERINO. B1ieusmes, Headache, Dyspepsia, Jean. dice. Constipation and Piles, or Kid. asy Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes, or Rheumatic Pains and Aehes, am developed because the blood is poisoned expelled naturally. KIDNEY-WVORT wtlrsor te i healthy ato and all thes them andyou wlU lIve but to suffer. Thoad nhavebeen cred. Tr t dyou and health wili once more gladden your heaut. KwDuy.ou wil ere you. Try a pack 8 is-a dsy uegalable compound and One Packsgemnakesslx quartsof~edicino. n mee pon Aawing iS. J ;. $0 WELLSl, RZOEA1DS0N b 00., ?rprits, 10 wm..a p..tisano nurln.te., yS. 0STETAQ Their -In no civm~zeni nation ini the Western iiitiemmpora In which~l the u.ithl.y (af Ii' ( et ter's Motnach till' irs 8 a ioie, treeive. and anti, olllus miedlue, isa not knowni andl appreciatedl. While it. Is a medlicine for all seasons and all climates, -t ia es. , ial ysuited to the com-. plaints generate- by the weather, being the pturest and best vegetable stimulant, in the .vorl I. Por sale by Drigeriste and Dealers, to whom (pply1 for ..ostetttr's Almanac for 1881, 1uo a mai fyou are ened b 1..tino ter toiln overn - aoid g~mnne-ee di m d sffering from cy in. rs eoe n n tor yog sf rin drn p ouaorheat jtnn i n a o n n f ik ness, t rly p Hop ters Whve you s-osadsde n ;w.nvr yo eel asyrn bsomte t s yntoni o fto nef le nms drnen , Yiioutfwi~leisg b m use of im t~ ak Hop Ho itdes lae irttyo NEVR ann p fep. ti hadne D ., saved hun- anslte ., 3 MON~l8 ON it lAL for u . restas Thos an~ 110n ana uetsementopium **"m'Me asmnon runasenness, sae -u.-* n uaw1etl~ Musical Christmas GIFTS! Most acaeptablo gfifts toplyr or singers wIU be the following e rlegAntly bound oW. Any one mailed, post-treo, for the priod herq mentoned. Robert Firan's Song Album. Gems of inglisa hong. Hoso Ciriee. Three Volumes. World of Hong. Piano at Momte. 4.hand Collection. Ohower of Pearlsa. Vocal Dueta., Creme do Its Creme. 9 vols. Operatic Pearls. Gems of Stratses. Gems of the Dae. 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