The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, August 20, 1881, Image 4
Indian Medieln'e Danee.
The Indian dances celebrated in the
Indian Territory, in June, were wit.
nessed by fully 0,000 Indians. Th
numler of persons who take part is un
limited. When the performance begins,
the company having assembled, the per
formers at a given signal rush into the teni
from various points of the compass witl
shouts and yells, and as they reach the in,
teror they fire their guns at the eflig3
suspended from t1e -polo-intending thw
to destroy the evil spirit-and immediately
they set up their dance. This consista ii
tIe main of a light springing up and dowi
to the monotonous niusio furnished by i
peculiar song unva ied in words and inusic,
which accompanied the pounding. It goe
on till the bodies of the musicians weary,
and at a signal all stop Pad take a rest.
That done, the dance proceeds again. The
programme is changed a little In some of
its details, so as to give a variety. Each
(lancer has a sort of 'trainer,' or attendant,
who sees to preparing him for the exercise.
During the rest of the dance the perform
ers will arise, lay Dff their shawls or blan
kets, take off their other garments, and
barring breech-clout, reduce thenielves to
a state of complete nudity. This is done
in the presence of thousands of men, wo
inen and children, ithd nothing is thought
of it. The attennant then paints the
dancer, using a weed for a brush. The
entire body Is covered with rings, forks
and other curious devices. SomIe ines
the legs from the top of the hips and the
groins are painted to the foot with white
or light-colored pigment, and thi rings
and stripes are run about them at int rvals,
produclug a very striking effect. The
back, arms and chest are also covered wit I
similar representatiins. As the bor'y is
partly dry a shawl or blanket is thrown
over the shoulders, and the legs are left
bare. MCar white the audience keeps up
its chatting, laughing, eating an( fanning
it.elf to keel) cool, and pays but little at.
tention to the spectacle of preparation.
The chief medicine man, or the man who
has the lead in making dhe medicine, goes
around the lige about nmdway of the
radius, and deposits at intervals pieCIes of
sageLrush; another follows and deposits in
the sane spot pieces of bicad and nuts.
What this was for 1 did not learn. The
dancers also place wreaths of sige brush
or of leaves on their heads, and a wreath
around tile waist and across the shoulders.
Those who do this last wear no blanket or
shawl, but are nude except. as to the wreath
and irecch-clout. A person who has never
seen the dance can scitcely realize whitat a
hideous oppearance the leaves and wreaths
and painI give to tle naiiked SavaLe. lie
looks like a typical cannibal who has just
roasted a fresh missionary and is about to
devour him. Everything being in readi
ness, the dancers put into their wiouths i
small hark whistle, about live inches long,
having a shrill sound, and ornamented
with a tuft of horse-hair, which adds to
tle groteitqueness; of their' make-up. The
signal is given and the dancing begiii
again. accompanied by the drum', singing
and whitthing. During the whole of the
exercises the participants give not tke
slightest indication of mirthfulness, but
are as soleimn in visage ats any one could
p0os1bly he. - T'o them it is evidently seri
ous business, and the chief priests in this
cerenoty have no trouble in looking one
another in the face wilhout la.ighing. To
thetn it is earnest. Soie of the dancers
show signs of physical exhaustion from
went of food, and when they are resting
they lean on their hands at if they were in
prayer or suffering from a it adaclie. One
strange part of the medicine dance is the
toiture. An In(dhti will cut. two parallel
peripendicular slits in the skin, on the
breast and just above the nipple, and1( undier
the skin from one slit to the other he will
run a stout stick. To each end of this
stick he ties a long string. Tlhe other side
of the breast is fixed in the samu way, and
the strings have their free ends panssedt
around the centre pole and tied. The in..
dian wvill then lean back and thus pull on
the sticks until he tears the ekini out and
releases himself. lThe sight is a revoltiing
on'. The blood streams diown h~is breast
amnd legs from the cuts. Th'le skin is usually
tough and refuses to yield, and frequently
the man has to brace lis feet against the
pole and push with all lis igh~t.-Th
thongs still hold and tihe skini is often pulled
away from the breast h~ome, and stands out
at an angle of about fifteen dhegrees clear
aeross the breast andt from the~ cuts downi
to the lower ribs. It sometimnes happens
that the torturer faints before the skinl
pulls out ; it more frequently happens thbat
he faints as it pulls out, and, weak fronm
wvant of food and loss of blood, lie requires
caroful attention until lie recove*rs. Others
(come through bravely and go on with the
dance. Onec fellow, the other day, unable
to) enidure the suffering while both thongs
were pulling on him at once, triedi to break
one out at a time, and~ when lie succeeded
the crowd dressed him in squaw's clothts
inl contempt. The fasting and( torture, as
I have said, is not to test whether the
torturers are brave wvarriors, but is intendced
to placate the Almighty and win- is aidi
for tihe aiccomlplishiment of somo particular
purp~ose. The torturer has1 his own benefit
in view primiariiy, although he thmlka thait
it results also to the good of lis entire
tribe, since lie limks that it is piensin~g to
God ; tand what 1put1 Ghod in a goiod hiumuoi
will necessarily bring~ the entire tribe in
for their share of the reeuits.
A Nwv .th.ilaraiug Subiistance.
Dr. Luton, of ithelims, calls attenition in
a Fiench mediical paper to the exhmilaratin~
p~rop~erties of the tincture of ergot of rye
when associated with phosph)hate of sodat.
The circumnstainces of the (discovery were
as foliow: A wolmn of 112, at the mtirnhlary
of the Miaionm de Retumraito, in ltheims,
was receiving tincture 01 ergot of rye for
disease in the kneec. Fearing an unfat~vora.
ble turn, thme (doctor thought to strengthen
the action of that meditcamienit with phos
phate of s0da, and1( accordmtigly comlbined
a little of the two substances in a quarter
of a glass of sweetened water. The pa
tient, about thre-quarters of an hour at t:r
taking this, suirprised the inmates by burst.
ing into loud laughter, without obvious
reason, and~ this contiinued I or iiore thaii
an hour, with brlet intervals. The laugh.
ter seemed to bet associated withI merry
icas, and to imdicr~te a kind of itolxica
Lion. For some1 time tatter it (lied dlowni
tihe womanil wias in itoodJ spitits anid good
humor. Dr. Luton had a t, witnlessed the
scene, but the consequela . to the patient
beuig good, lie admiisniteredl tha substane
again, andI a third time, observing the
saute cedc. T1he experinments were fuir
thier repeated on seven or eight, women and
girls with like results. In time caise of
men the action of thme substance Is less
marked ; it appetars only in colot ing of the
ftace, giddiness, and slight hcadache. Thet
cifeets in questioL' have pirobatbly a commoni
origin, it is thought, with those from ealtingy
rye bread when, in rainy years, the cerea]
contains as much as live per cent, of ergot.
A sort of intoxication is produced whmich~
the consumers by no means despise.
New Sfetyv Lamp. -A scientist lately
exhibited and explained before the Mining
Institution of 8cotianid recentuy, h's niew
safety lalnp, which Is constrdcted to emit a
loud sound when an explosive mixture of
gas and air enters it, and thee conisequient.
lv rediy iuniaens lir damp ut. colmr..
AGRICULTURE.
CARE OF CATTLE IN WARM WIEATHEI.
As the days grow warmer the. ticks will
it crease upon 'the sheep, and become
more troublesome. A strong decoction of
tobacco in water used as a dip, or poured
along the back, will destroy them.
As the lambs increase In size the dams
suffer, and the 1 nabs must either be fed
some meal daily, or the ewes must be
given an abundance of rich food. Lambs
can begin to eat at four or five weeks, and
thus relieve the owes. Pigs need a clean
place, and breeding sows should be by
themselves, with an abundance of cut
straw or chaff for litter. Horses that have
had good care will come out in the spring
in good trim for the season's work. As
the coat begins to loosen the skin irritated.
An ounce of equal parts each of sulphur
anq cream ot tartar, given with the food
for a few days, will correct this.' Good
grooming with a soft brush should not be
neglected. Ground feed, mixed with cut
hay, is an excellent food in the spring for
working horses. Three quarts of equal parts
of corn and rye (or oats) nixed with a
pallfull of moist cut bay is enough for a
meal. An occasional feed of cut beets or
potatoes is useful. With many exper
ienced horsemen an occasional feed of half
a peck of potatoes is regarded as a remedy
for worms in horaes. However this may
be, thev improve the general condition of
the animal in a miost posikvo manner. The
main points is to ke.p the horses in good
health and strength, for upon then. de
volves a great part of the spring work. As
loaling time approaches, brood mares
should be turned loose in a box stall and
receive the most gentle treattment, as the
temilper and disposition of the colt is
thought to depend imuch upon this.
How To ARRANaE A MILK lloUSE.--ta(cate
the builaing on a noi ttiern slope. Make It
substantially as you would an icehouse,
and then plant morning-glories or any other
chimbing plants around the building and
induce them ti climb the sides of the build
Ing and over the ro f, so as to furnish as
much shade as possible. If the ground is
level, construct a building t wvel e by twelve
feet square and let the posti be nine feet
in height Make a floor of plank, and after
boarding uop the outside, puti up more up.
rights eight to ten inches, inside of the
outer wall all around, and fil the space
with sawdust, chalf, or at -aw, put in as
Con'pactly as po0 sible. Make the eceling of
the room sufilctently stronir to suipp )rt a
lityer of chail, sawdust, or tanbark to the
depti of foiy tueen t > eighteen inches. Make
a ventilator oie ,loot square in the floor
overhe.um, pasing up through the roof, mo
lixed as to keel) out the rain, ani to be en
tirely closed when nucessary. Cut the door
way thi ough the north side. The doors
should be double, like tno waills,and should
be fitted with heavy hinges. A small win
dow at one satie, having a sash in the out
side wall, as well as one in the inner wall,
will be of advantage. Tuis can be inserted
in the door if prelerred. It no ice is used
in the house, (ol water in shlliow tubes
must be fur.isthed from the well. in this
case, late etch evening during the hot
weather open ttie door, and close the one
nade of lit tice work, ild open the window,
waich should be prutoted by laths or wire
screen. At daylight each morning close
both door and window, and keep themu
closed during the day as much as possible.
CRAne AL rolt FLoW .-TIere 1s one
thing which niture does not supply and
whieh civilization renders quita necessary
tW fowls. It is charcoal. Ulnircoal made
of wood does not, atswer the purpose; it has
1no tam t - o fo >di, it is not, attractive tI fo rvIs
itand is seldomi eaten. But. if any onte will
pt ani ear oh ripe corn int) fire until the
grains are well chiarredl. and( then shell oil
the corn atnd throw it to the tiock, lie will
see an1 elagernless dlevelo,)ed and a healthy
condition brought about, which will mnake
a decidied improvemtetst. All pale combs
wvill b~ecomie a bright redl tihe busy song
which plrecedes haying wvill- be heard, ainti
the alverage yield oIf eggs greatly iincreatsed.
A FiKutio statesman,. atfter catrefully
sttudyinog the beet sugar question, as long
ago as I1853 said: "Tlne beet, requiring
frequent~ hand-hoeing and cona~~iderale fer
tilizing, improves the soil. it is a fa't that
wheat sownt after ai crop of beets proliuees
10 per cent. more thatn alter other cultuarc.
In tact, everywhtere that the heet is grown
the selling value (If the htn'1 has consider
ably itcreatsed."
Ast.rrio breeds of fowl lay eggs from
(deep chocolate through every shatde of
collee color, while the Spanish, Ihamuiiltrg
and Italhan breeds are kniown for the pure
white of the eggshell. A cross, however
remote, with Asiatics will cautse even the
1ast named breeds to laty an egg slightly
tintedl.
No one butt a shoemaker couldl have
thought Coleridge serioIus in his strange
saying that the shoematker's bench had
prodiuce:l mtore eminent meni titan any other
handi~icratft. The Slioe and Leather Re
porter hias, however, comiledO~ a "'bill of
particulatrs " in the shape of a list of fa
mious c(ohblers which seem to act as anl
effectuatl estop~pel oin atl jealouts cratftsmieni.
Slatne Chistian Andi solt, whlo needs no
introdiictiotn, ay head the list, and1( lans
Satchs, of Nunrembherg, wiho though lie
mlade shoes all his life, yet also made 6000
ploemis, play13s, tarces ati rhtynming lales,
may be put ietOX. Sir Cloudesley Shovel
nas a shoceimaker until he 'listed ini the
navy, amt so was Sir Christopher Minv,
another Enzgl ish Admliral. Johni flewsen
one oif Cromwvell's Colonel's, and a signer
o1 Charles 1.'s (leath watrrant; Satmiuel
Brad burnt, tihe " Demtosthenes of Method
nsm," as well ats a Bishop; James Lacking.
ton, whose catalogue of publ~'cattionS roehedi
thle total-entoriioirs for that timte---> 30, -
000 volumnes in .7871-all ithese were cob.
bletsa at Ilrst, if not at the last. Continuiting
the English list, William (Gifford, whose
meniory is preservcd by a coinphmnentary
allusioni in Byron's "'English Bartds andi
Seotch Rievier,"~ atd whose body is
buried in Westuinster Abbey ; George Fox,
the arch-Qutaker ; Willham Catrey, a mis
sionaury iaitmus a century algo, and1( whio
read( tae proofs of the Bible in t wenty
seven Orienmal languages; Samuel Drew,
"the Locke of the nineteenth century,"
whose explerlince its an author led l.int to
lorulahte the sadt Ituth that "'the man11 whlo
makes shtoes is surte of his wages, bitt the
ant who makes books is never sure of
anmythimr ; " Thomats hlohcreft, whose name
is not inearly so wvell known ats ttntt of a
in1gle One ini lislaltys, '' The Road~ to
Rtint; John Pounids, whom school children
cried at being tutrned owaty tromn-ali
these, andh lesser lights too ntumerous to
mention, were English shoemakers. . Com
ing to) our counitry, Roger Sherman, oneO
of the "signers," leads the list in time,
but Vice-President Henry Wilson in rank.
Besides these were Congressemen Shefcfey
andt Noah Worcester, not the lexicographer,
butt the founder of the Massacutsetts
Peace Society. .And ox GJove. H. IP. Bald
wuin, oi Milchigan, and) Wulliamn itlin, of
Massachusetts, if they never made shoes,
at least dealt In them largely enough to be
namietd here. Altogether, the list is suiff
ciently imuposing anid convincing to justify
a verdict in favor of Colerids Boan..
WIT AND HUMOR.
JohNNY BooNsiiLcLn goes to school and
he loves eggs; but, during the recent egg
fanune, when the price was at such a point
that one would have to mortgage his house
to buy a straw out of a hen's nest, Johnny
had to give up his favorite feed. About
this time the class of which he was a bril.
liant member was called to give definitions.
13aid the teacher;
"Tommy Tompkins name something
very high."
"The big trees of Califorma," said
Tommy.
"And you Jimmy Jackson."
"The Himalaya mountains," answered
Jimmy.
"And you Billie Jones."
"The clouds in the far-away sky," tri
umphantly replied Billie.
"And you, Johnny i3oonspiller."
"Eggs," sententiously remarked that
young man, and, as strange as it may seein,
the teacher told him to go up ahead.
roPNooi)Y made up his ind that he was
not going to be bossed any longer by his
wife, so when he went home at noon he
called out imperiously: "Airs. Topnoody,
Mrs. Topnoody I" Mrs. T. came out of the
kitchen with a drop of sweat on the end of
lier nose, a dishrag tied around her head,
aiid a rolling pin in lier hand. "Well sir,"
she Said, "what 11 you have ?" Topuoody
staggered, but braced tip. "Airs. Topnoo
dy, I want you to understand, iadami''
and he taLiped his breast dratmaticIly
"I am the engineer of this establishment."
"Oh, you are, are you? Wel, Topnoody,
I wit y'u to under.tand that I"-and she
looked (angerois- am the boiler that will
blow up and sling the engineer clear over
into ti e next county. Do you hear the
steam escaping, Topnoody ?" 'lopnoody
heard it, and he meekly inquired if there
was any asitstaneu he could render in the
housework.
TiEnE can certainly be i:o pleasanter
moment in a ch rgynian's life than when
lie utters the talismanic word "Finally "
an(] at the solnd of that word the inost
listless of his congreigation open their eyes
and betray unallcted interest, ani all
straighten up, with cyea riveted oin the
speaker. It is not strange that the preaic ier,
having at last gained the attention of all,
shouli talk on for abother half hour1.
There is Parson Smitn, for instance, who
brings in his "lilally" as often as his hear
era show symptom of uneayness, which is
uito often, aLvay4 witt telling effect
Sonietiies he haits recourse t ) the word six
several times during a discouirse.
PAT felt seriously airgrieved, "e3dad,"
said he, "it's by false pretentions entire'y
I've been drawn to tile connthry, for me
uncle, me own mother's brother, the alder
man, you se. he enticed me with his prom.
ises. And what has ie made of me arter
all ? Nothhig but a paltry commissioner of
schools. And there's Mike, me cousin,
lie's made him assislant bar keeper, and
it's a fortune he'll have of hi own. Bl
gorra. I might as well himve staid in ou.d
Ireland, surely."
A ooon wife greets her husband at the
door with a smile and a kiss-providel he
gets it before midnight, and his breath
don't perspire the fumes of poor whiskey.
But after that hour the fount tn of her
friendship freezes up. and she stanids on
the top stairs with a broken wash dish inone.
hand and( her marriage certificate in the
other.
A Wsmais fattier chainred his disohe
dient little boy naked0( to the floor of the
barn andl kept him there on bread and
water for flyve (lays. When it is rememn
bered that Griscom the Chlicago faster, hlan
hived over thirty days on nothing but
water, it looks its if theit Wisconsim father
hadl wasted his brearl
"'Goiso away this summer ?" queried a
hoot-bhack of a fellow mortal at the post
oice yesterday. "'Nawl " "'Well. y'ou
needn't be so shlort about it.'' 'Mayhe I
nieedn't, but the idea of our gfoing off to
Saratogy when we can t raise $10 to get dad
out of thme work-house does u.j injustice as
a family."
8A m the atictioneer, ''Come inow, laie~ls
aiid gentlemen, these goods arc for sale.
Will somebodly give me a bid ? Anythintg,
ladies and gentlemen. All I want is an
offer." "'Alas I" murmured an elde: ly
woman in the crowd, "that's what I've
been sighing for all my lila,"
A itAUooan agent was killed at Fishikill
stion, N. Y., the oilier day, by a heavy
trunk falling upon him. It was very sad;
buntt elt thme samue time '"turn about is fair
play." Th'le bamgitage man had mashed
more than one trunaK, anud at last the trunk
mahedli the b~aggage manl.
"i ! where did you get theni troiisersi''
asked an Irishman of a man thiat wvas pass
ing with a remarkelnly short pair of trous
ems. "I got them where they grew, " was
the indignant reply. "Tlhen by my con
science. " saitd Pat, '"You've puilled themi
a year to soon I"
AN clderly Jadhy saidi her hiisband was
very foud of peaches, and this wats h is only
fault,. "'Fault, madatm " said one', "how
can you call this a fault t" ''Why, because
there arc dlitferent ways of 'eatinig them,
sir, My husband takes them in the form of
brany."
AN old couple were walking down the
street thet oilier (lay, readhig signs, when
they ran across one which tihe old inan read
thua : 'Johnsioni's Bhirt Store. " " Well,
I dleclare I" e-xchuimed the 01(d ild "'I
wvondeur how lie tore it ?"
"IN wvhat condhit ion was the pat11riarch
Job at the end of his life?" askedl a Sundtay
school tenihier of a quiet looking boy at the
foot of thme class. "Dead," calmily replied
tihe boy.
ONS of the imost dtelightful periods of a
man's life is t ho moment whiein ho dirops a
shilp.cry cake of soap into the bath-tub and
rins hits dbt tip and down the zinc huinting
for it.
TatE mcanest wo.man on record is the one
who bciled codttiih in a fIre-proof safe to
keep her neighbors froam getting a smell.
"Ye pays no more attention to meo."
a dd Patrick, "than as If I was a du.ub baste
talking to yez."
Gun Cotton Th/ ead.--At tic IRoyal
palace In Berlin forty thousand wainx can
dIes arc instantaucou 'ly ligh-ed by a single
match. The wicks are previously connecte-d
by a thread spun I romn gun Cottotn, on
lightning tone end of wvhicht all the c mtdles
are lighted siumultaneous~y. and thus the
whole of the seven hutndred apar tments are
lightedt at once.
Air thyht ~Stopere.---titta Percha
cultigs are very unttlim thei laboratory.
By dissolving them in benzolo and adding
a little carmine or any othier pigment, a
solution is obtained whIch, whoa
brushed on the cork and neca of a bottle,
forms a tight-fitting cap,impentrable to air
dampness, alcohol and aid~~s, and can be
taken of! without much trmnble
Among the curious articles In the Indian
Court of the Melbourne Exhibition are two
hollow elephant tusks, fitted with a gold
cover. They were sent to the Viceroy of
India by the Rajah of Burmah, who used
them as an envelope for an official commu
nication, They ate valued at $1000.
1 St. Louis Even ng Chroniclo.1
PeooPle.in Glsass Hlouises, etc.
While it may be proper that those "liv -
ing in glass houses should never throw
stones," we think It Is eminently proper
that those working in glass houses should
say a "good word" for anything of benefit
to theiselves. In this connection, Mr.
Isaac Correy, Manager Salen, N. J., Glass
Works, remarks: I am pleased to say that
I have used the the Great. Remedy, 1t,
Jacob's Oil, for Rheumatism with excellent
results; other meibers of my family have
also been greatly benefited by its use.
Bands of music are forbildden to play on
most of I [to large wire bridges of the world.
& constant succession of sounds waves,
especially such as come from the playing
of a goed band, will excite the wires to
vibration. At first Ihe vibrations are very
slight, but they will increase as the sound
waves continue to collie.
[Grand lapids Times I
A Bullder's Testimony.
Chas. .3. Strickland, Eiq., of 9 loylston
Place, D1osto1, Mass., after relating his
surprising recovery from rheumatismn by
St. Jacobs Oil, says: I cannot find words
to convey nmy praise and gratitude to the
discoverer of this litiment.
VILLAOE postmaster to his wife: "lere
is a postal card to Mr. Jones saying that
his brother and five children will be here
oil atuiday. Now keep that card back
tIl then, and I will be at the station, and
wien they tnad no one to nmeet them I will
take them all over for $3.''
A Nxw YORK man calls his swee -heart
Kitty, because sho gets her bacirup so
often.
Vegeoune
KIDNEY 4 OMPLAINTM.
DISEASE OF TIE KIDNEYS.
The symptoms of an acute attack of inflamma
tion of the kidneys are as follows: Fever, pain In
the small of tile back, antd thence shooting down
ward ; numbness of the thigh, vomiting, Usually
at ifrat a deep red color of the urine, which be
comes pale ant colorless as the disease Increases,
and is discharged very often with pain and din
culty; costiveness, anti some degree of colile. In
chronic diseases of the kidneys the symptoms are
al in the back and lImbs, dryness of the skin
requent urnations (especially at night) general
drop. y, headache, dizziness of sight, Inigestion
and paiplittion of the heart, gradual loss of
streugtu, paleness and pufllness of the face, cough
and shortness of breath.
In tiseases of the kidneys the VEOETINE gives
Immediate relief. It has never failed to cure when
it as taken regularly and directions followed. In
many cases it may take several bottles, especially
cases of long standing. it acts directly upon the
secretions, cleansing and strengthening, removing
all obstructions und linpuritles. A great many
can testify to cases of long standing having been
perfectly cured by the 'E lErlNE, even after trying
inany of the known remedies which are said to be
expressly for this disease.
Hidnmey Conplallits.
CINClNN.ATI, 0., March, 18, 1877.
ff. R. STEVENS:
Dear Sir:-I have used youtr VSOETINE for some
time, andi can truthfuliy say it has been a great
benellt to ie anti to thoso suirering fromn dis
eases of the Kidneys, I cieerfily recolnmend it.
Respectfully 0. 11. SMITI.
Attested to by K. 1. AsliellrI Druggist,
Cor. Eighth and Central Avenue.
CINCISNATI, 0., April 19, 1877.
.3n . R8EVENs :
I have suiferedl several. years wih tile iriney~
Comaplafnt, and was lntitced to try v'iaiomiNE. I
have taken several bottles of your preparation,
and I am convincet t isl a valuable remledy, It
has done me inore goodt ltan any other nmedicIne.
I can hiearty recommnend It to all sutrering froin
Ktruincy, Coinpjlits.
Yours liespmect ftllly, J. .8. McMiI.LEN,
FIrst liook-keep~er for Newhall, Gale & (0., Flour
Merchtants, No. 86 West Front St., CIncinnati, 0.
vE'l:T:NE hats restored tiloilsands to health who
had been long and painfull sufferers.
Veogotine,
Prepared by
-.3 1L. WISTIVENS, BOSTON, Mass.
VegelInu is 2&ld bmy All Dntggists.
MES. LYDIA E. PIHARM, OF LYNN. KASIa,
--s
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
is a P'oaltive Cure
tor all thos Pairul Oonpinns and Weaknesses
encomm,,OU toourbest femalie population.
It wilt cure* entirety the worst form of Femaleoem
plainte, all ovarIan troubles, Inriammation and Uloera
tion, Paliing and Ditaplacemnentn, and the consequeat
Spinal Weakness, and Is partioularly adapted to the
change of ilte.
it will atlsanlve and expel tumors from the uterus ta
an early statte of developmsnt.. The tendency to osa~
erus humors there is checked very speedtly by its use.
it removes faIntnesa, ftatulency, destroysell craving
for stimul,,ante, and relieves weakness of the stomach.
It cures iBloating, PFadaohee, Nervous Prostration,
General DebilIty, sleeplessnese, Deprssion and Ind.
iteution.
That feeling of bearing down, es using pain, weight
and back ache, is always permanently cured by its use.
It mil at all time, and under all circumatanoes act in
barmocny with the laws that govern the female system.'
For the cure of Kidney complaints of either sex this
Compoundit 15 unsurpassed.
1.VDIA IE. P'INElIAIIP VEETAT!.E VOM.
PoU NI is prepared at 133 and 136 westarn Avenue,
Lye 1, Atas. Prieo $1. six bottles for $5. sent by maiU
in the form of ptile, also in the. form of lozenges, ec
receipt qr price. Si per bos for either. Mrs. Pinkha~m
freely answere alt letters of iequiry. Send for pamph
let. Address as above. Montion hAfe J'iapar,
lie family should be without I.YDI~A E. PINE flAM5
.IVKII Pills. They cure constipatIon, bitioumsne
and torvdiity of the liver. 33 cents per box.
er Mold byv all tiraggisi.. -Es
IEveryone who mwns a no
- Kwantseiul', kaF
ilie.an umrla. we.s?
loea than 15 ls. Can be
taken off oripit on In ene
mInnte. A ifords superior
protectIon irom sun and
raIn. Ilade in dfifferent
sizes to flt businoeswg1ona.
Iossau e wagons, aed
~ ate white y'co sath lbl 5it''''
Patenteas and Manufacturers. Sandy Sek, Ct,.
~IE W N T EDIto learn thletrad9 of Electro O ld
trav and $lltratfingah. Ao mnum at lioioo
PLAT WOltiKt, Canon City. Colora o
['IENT'a' MTLel 'lIO0S RETAILED
'. nt Factory prIces. On rece Ipt of *3 we will esond
- St d a or n\a Worth at roa I
price g5. sedto II.Wre TNO
10l Dtuano street; Now York City.
Those answerang cin ?GVerteemeflnt, wi3
sonfer a favor upon time Adverties and Slit
I'ubisher by tafing that tae saw the ade
..aaan aaau 'jasl (=ga...a Wa m..
Sleep and Sleepl.esnees.-Habit great.
ly helps the performance of th~e initial act,
and the cultivation of a habit' of going to
sleep In a peculiar way, at a peculiar time,
will do more to prooure regular and healthy
sleep than any other artifice. The forma
tion of the habit l, in fact, the creation or
development of a special center, or enin
hination, in the nervous system, which will
henceforth produce sleep ak a natural rhy
thilcal process. If this was more'generally
accognized, persons who suffer from sleep
lessness of the sort which consists in simply
being 'unable to go to sleep,' would set
themselves resolutely to form such a habit.
It is necessary that the training should be
explicit and include attention to details.
It is not very important whaO a person does
with the Intention of going to sleep, but he
should do precisely the sanie thing, in the
same way, at the same time, and under as
nearly as possibly the same conditions,
night after night for a considerable period,
say three or four weeks at least.
No Hospital Needed.
No palatial hospital needed for Hop Bit
ters patients. nor large-salaried talented
puffers to tell what Iop Bitters will do cr
curt, as they tell their own story by their
certain and absolute cures at home.
The obscure poison which produces hy
diophobia has been known to lie latent in
the human system for years before develop
ing its fatal results. At. Pasteur declares
the supposition to be well supported that
the virus does develop in certain organs,
and not, as In other similar maladies, In the
blood; and that when -af ter a period vari
able according to circumstances-the or
ganized poison passes into the blood severe
symptoms come on rapidly, and the victim
soon dies. An explanation substantially the
same as this had long been advanced as a
mere theory, but now M. Pasteur advances
it as an ascertained physiological fact.
00.
As it Cure for [1114
Kidney-Wort act" fiirst by overcoming in the
mildest mannor all tondoncy to constipation -
the n, by its great tonio and invigoratin pro
perties, it restores to healt'i the debilitated
anet weakened pails. We have ,undreds of
certitled cures, whter all l-4e had failed. Uso
it and suffor no long r.-Exchange.
,-. Peter Iender8on, of Jersdy City
Heights, N. J., does not believe that the
so-called insectivcrous plants derive any
iore nourishment from their victims than
the hemlock, which destroys millions of
gnats on its resluous exudations, or the
thistle and burdjck, which impale so many
butteillies, moths. and bumble bees on
their spines. In the buninmer of 1878 he
and Mr. W.'1. Tait made two experiments
using one hundred plantsineach test,those
chosen being the well known Carolina fly
trap. The plants which received n. in
Bects were just as vigorous as those which
had been treated to the supposed animal
diet.
CA IinOi.LiNE, a deodorized extract of petro
lkum, cures baldness. This is a positive
fact, attested by thousands. No other hair
preparation in the world will really do this,
Besides, as now improved it Is a delightful
dressing.
The Fish Commissioners of Maine have
adopted the plan of markig salmon to cb
tain data with regard to the development
and migrations of these fish. Several hnn
drEd salmon lately set free in the Penobscot
River have been labled with light metal
tags, the number on each being recorded.
The commissioners ask that whoever catches
a labeled salmon in any waters of the State
will forward to them Ihe fish, for which
they will pay an extra price, or else for
wardl the label aiid whatever they know
abont the fish that wore it.
In a paper on dew and fogs, Heir Dines
says that morning tog along~ the river course
arises when the water is warmer than the
air over it. the evap~oration going on more
quickly than the vapor can be carried
away, and is therefore, oondensed and
spread as fog. 'rhe evening fog on moist
low-lying meadow land he attribtates to a
lowering of the temperature of the grass
surface by radiation, and a consequent con
denusation of the aqueous vapor in the
lowest layers of the atmosphere.
SAFE AND REMi.AnLE.-Trhere is no dis.
case of the hutima system for which the
YEoETiNE cannut, be used with perfect,
salety, as it d~oes not contain any metallic
comipound.
A t a recent meeting of the New York
Academy of Sciences, Mr. G. F. Kunz read
a short paper upon the new mineral "hid
denaite." discovered not long ago In North
Carolina by Mr. William E. Hidden,
mineralogist. The nmeral constitutes a
new gem, of the emerald class, and Is
known in the trade as hthia-emerald, owing
to the presence of hithia as one of its chemi
cal constituents. Theli stone has a dlelight.
ful green tint with a hqidii brilliancy that
is quite distinctive andi remarkable, LIt
sells for about the same pri~e as the dia
mond.
Muu. DUKEs, of Colfax, Indiana, had
running sore on her ankle for two years.
"Lindsey's Blood Searcher" cured it.
The Mekarski air engine is to be intro.
duced for street, railroads in' England. It
weighs about seven tons and a half, andl
c nsists of cylindrical steel reservoirs,
chairgedl with air at a pressture of 450
pounds to the square inch before starting
a special regulating apparatus, and the or
dinary cyiiednrs and driving gear. The
air passes to the cylinders through a reser
voir of hot, water aiid steam and the regu
lator, thus increasing its volume and pro
venming the freezing of mioisture in the
exhaust passage. 'The engine works with
out noise.
TumosE weaknesses so common to our
best lemale population can beo speedily
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Comipounid,
The Swan Iincandlescent lamp, essentially
identical with the Daxian, Edison anal
other electric lamps in closed globes, is to
be introduced as asafety lamup into some of
the English collheries.
Rt is remarked that Captain Markham,
who collected not less than 57 sp~ecies of
Arctic plants In Novaya Zimubla in 1879,
including 87 phaincrogams, did not hit upon
one variety of gentian, although Continen
tal Russia near by hias not less than six
species of that, plant.
Nature's Sinice- Way.
The kidneys arc nature's alhlila-way to wash
out iho :lobr a of our constantly ohinnying
bodies. if they do not work properly the
troubie is felt everywhere Trhe-n be wise and
as soon am you see ai ne of udisorder get a
package of Kidnoy-Wortiand lake It, faithfuhyv.
I twill oc ans lhe slce-way of sand. gravel or
slimeo ated puify the whole systom. Dirugglets
sol .t. both in hsqoid and riry,anid t as efficient
in either form.-Indepenident
Files and Mosonitoes.
15o. box "R1ough on Rlats" keeps a hons
free frrm ihies, bed--bugs, roaches, rats, mIce,
&c.
)lss. MioioAN a iii tDLY. Mutual Lire
Buiu.ng, 'Tema and Chestnut, sree a, a Lye on
hanid asuperbstock oa extra line quality Dila
mones, which tncy (liTer at, as io.r prices as
atones of the first quala y, perfect alike Ia color
and shape. can bn ole trr
A photographic sunshine recorder has
been invet ted by Captain Abney., It con
listi of a seini-cylindrical box, with a flat
Id, in the centre of which is a small hole.
flound the Inside of 'the cylinder strips 6f
ieneitive paper are fixed, and the instru
nent is then so placed tWit the sun, the
lole and the centre line of the paper are in
he same plane. As the sun moves, tliert
tore, its track will be recorded on the
paper.
A Great Enterprise.
The H1op Bitters Manufacturing Com.
pany is one of Rochester's greatest business
interprises. Their I1op Bitters have
reached. a sale beyond all precedent, having
from their intrinsic value found their way
nto almost every'-household in the land.
Graphic,
According to the itlrmlngham Medical
Review, a certain antidote of phosphorus
poisoning is carbonate' of magnesia in
:ranchm doses e-ery fifteen minutes, until
so odor of piosphorus is preceptible in
he breath. The phosptorus combinqs
with a portion of the inagnesia, and the
anconibinet' magnesia by its mechanical
kction protects the coats of the stomach
rrom any further action of the phosphorus
ind any free phosphoric acid is neutralized
)y it as it is foried.
1T is simply marvelous how quickly con.
!tipation, biliousness, sick headache, fever
and ague, and malaria, are cured by "Mel
ere' Liver Pills.."
An ostrich feather, dyed in shades with
ncthylvio!et, that had been laid upon a
paperwhich had once been moistenedwith
uninonia but was then dry, was found
ifter a time to be partly green and to then
gradially turn to a beautiful violet. This
iccident Is being utilized in the dyeing of
feathers in Germany, and may, it is
thought, be turned to account in making
irtifleial flowers.
. DNE WOT*
THE GREAT CURE
ron
RHEUMATISM
As it is for all diseases of the KIDNEYS,
LIVER AND BOWELS.
It cleanses the system of tho acrid poison
that unusos the dreadfui sufforing which
only the viotius of Rheumatism can realiso.
THOUSANDS OF CASES
of the worst forms of title terrible disease
have beon quickly relieved. in a short time
PERFECTLY CURED.
hashad wouderrilsuccess, and an immense
male in every partof the Country. In hun
dreds of eases it hsne uerod where all else had
failed. Itis inild. but. eicient, cEltrAIN
IN iTO AUTIO N, but harnless in all cses.
TIt canses.sirengthens nsd ativesNew
Lire to all the important organs of the body.
The natural action of tie Kidneys is rostored.
The Liver is cleansed of all disease. and the
Bowels novo freoly and hnlth fully. In this
waythe worst diseases are oradicated from
thesystem.
As it has been proved by thousands that
f 9 9=
is the most effectual remedy for cleansing the
systen of all morbid secretions. It should be
used in overy househlold as a
SPRING MEDICINE.
Always cstres 1B1LTOUSNESS, % ONSTIPA.
TION, PILES and all FEMALE ]Diseases.
Is put up in Dry Vegetable For,in. itin cans,
one pacrlre of whict ,iikcs Gqniatt, metdicine.
Also in l.lumid For,. very C(omentrated for
the con ven ie te! ri ivthse wnso ciatimih readily pro.
pare It. It acts ,with riist cienici in eit 'herforn.
Gr IT O1YOVit DPiUGGISr. IiCE. *1.00
WEL.l. 111(IA11111SN & Vm.. Prop's,
(Wyill snd 51 hedre' noht-nisiA itI'lt.IN;;TON. YT.
* II
0OSTET~i
CELEBRA TED
SITERS
Feeble and Sickly Persons
Recover theIr vItality by pursuing a course of
llostetter's 8itinach B itters, the most popular In
vi orant and aiterative miedlcine inunse. Genieral
IC ,ilty, fever andl ague, dlysipsia, constIpsation,
rheumatIsm, and otnier msaladlles are colnpletely
removed by it. Ask those who have used It what
It has5 (done for them.
For sale by all Diruggists and diealers genlerally.
The iPur anmd Jlest 3leline ever )Iado.
Ae tetination of Hope, Buchu, Man
drank * nanl Dandelion, with all tao'best and
msoste a urn tive properties of all other Bitters,
makes thogreatestBlood Purifier,~Lver
Roegul a tor, and Lfenand floalth itestering
Agent oin earth.
No diseaso c an possIbly long exist where flop
Bitters arc us sd,so var'iod a.ad perfect, are their
operations.
They giro novit toeandvigorto the aged and isn.
To all whose e mploymientscauiso Irregulari
ty of the bowels or urinary Organs, or who re
qluire an A ppetizer TonIc and msild Shtimulant,
Ihisp Bitters aro inval uabio, without I ntox
loating.
No matter whatyour to clings or symptoms
are what the disease or all Ineont is use o p~ ite
ters. Don't waituntiyoua ra sick but if yous*
only feel bad or miserable, USc them1 at once.
It mnay save your life.It has s av y o hutndreda,.
*l0 williboepaid for aea so they will not
cureour help. Do not suffer or let ynur friendai
suffor,bsut use and urge them to Use Hop g
itemnember, flop flitters Is no vile, drtugged
drunken nsostrusm, but the Purest a n d Best
Medicine ever made i he "iNvA~j vz8Fllnus
and lH0Ps" and no person Or fa'mily
should he without Item.
orbrs''kenessptseoopiu,'utoeco and
na reis a epil ~ursg. send
och r.N.Y anrt Tornntn. (--t
- ie a'It s maildo eep fot llal
e . FAIIN6, M. D., 262 w. 17th St., Now York.
221
inr. lWT~rAUR's HEIAJDAOIB P1
short, time both SICK and NERVOU
the nervous sytem cleanse the sto
regta a th action of the bowel
A full size box of thoe valuable 1
plete cure miailed to anay address o
stamps. o~r sale by all dIruggists a
GREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
1'05
MUMAT18N,
NEURALGIA,
. SCIATICA,
LUMBAGO,
BACKACHE,
SORENESS
lW~iI~hhflIli CHEST,
Pnm"'"uilU SORE THROAT,
41|111101816 QU INST,
u| SWELLINGS
AND
SPRAINS,
nuiuujl FROSTED FEET
A"D
-EARS,
AND
mch1Zens,
GBnRfl Bodlily Pallit
TOOTH, EAR
HEADACHE,
AND
ILL OTHER PAINS
..l.1111I'Ill
No Preparation on eArtq ACH O. As
but siNo d ,,Ai InIc Ekternal Ie dy. A trial ents
I" t. ooprive t"i outley of 60O.RNa~e~
one uffering With paiD gan have eap and posit v
iImtCTIONS ZN ELEVEN LANGUAGE8.
$OLD IV ALL DRIUGISTS AND DE ALENS IN M1111E.
A. VOGELER A 00.
Raitunore, Md., U. a..
YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY
PUMP
Un1istedor with Copper, Porce inn,or iron
Linings. Each one titenelied with my name as
manulacturer is warranted in material and con
struction. Foi sale by the best hotuses In the
trade. I you do ot know where to got thin
pumnP, write to 1118 as tielow, atud I wil send
name of agt nearest you, who will supply you
at my loet prices.
0HAS G. BLATCHLEY, Manufaoturer,
808 Market Bt., Philadelphia, Pa.
Y (JING -NKi Learn Toesegrapoyt Er UI
0 hia sp:tEarn 040 to
si mcth. firaduiles quiarantsd pia10
-j ans. Aldr-es VALENTINE IROB..Jamensie
WisconiIn.
A41J.LrEN'M Drain Food cures Nervous Do
tNit rue k Weatuies oi U.iiierative irgans ft
a dru1191l. Sn Af or circular to Allen's Mar
liaoy ISIS Firist Avenue. N. Y.
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