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COXCOBD AXD LEXIXGT02. Centennial Olebratflon of tli Flint Zlattle mt th American ltero lutlon. AT COXCORD. Coxcobd, Mart., April 19. To-day the old town resounded from end to end -with music and reverberating echoes ol patriotic cannon, ucginningwith a salute of 100 guns at sunrise, one for each year of American liWrty. The day opened cold and clear. The sun shone Milh an added brilliancy. People were early abroad and the streets were bright with gay uniforms and flags that over spread them for miles. The town truly presented a gala appearance. Many of the houses were most handsomely decorated. The local company marched to the Fitch bur Jepot at half-past seven a. m. to re ceive those military organizations that came by the early trains. People poured in by every conceivable avenue, and the town was soon full. The procession started about 10:30 o'clock and was about two miles long, about 6,000 people participating. The proces sion passed down Main street to the Square and thence over the historic road to the battle-ground, where French's monument of the "Minute-man" was un veiled amid the firing of guns. The pro cession was magnificently brilliant and was in five divisions. On arriving at the grand tent the Presi dent and the other distinguished guests entered, and an address was delivered by Kalpb. Waldo Emerson. A poem was contributed by James Rus sell Lowell and an oration by George "Will iam Curtis. Before the oration was con cluded the chilliest of winds began to llow, and during the extended remarks of Curtis a larsre portion of his audience dis persed, while the music of many bands disputed with him for the people'B attention. All the settees gave way under the great pressure. The President left be fore the oration was concluded, and was driven, at his own request, in a private carriage to Lexington, Gov. Gaston and staff going by a train. By the time the f'cnple had crushed into the dinner-tent, a ittle before two o'clock, the air was ex cessively cold, with snow falling occa sionally. Judge E. R. Hoar was President of the Day, and was seated at the side of the great tent. On his right were Ralph A aldo Emerson, the liev. Grindale Reynolds, Chaplain of the Day, and Gen. Hawley, of Connecticut. On his left were George "William Curtis, the orator of the occasion, Speaker Blaino and Senator Boutwell. The Governors of the New England Suites occupied the tables near by with their atafis. After dinner was disposed of Judge Hoar made an address and gave as the first reg ular toast, " The 19th of April, 1773." In the absence of the President Speaker Blaine responded in a patriotic speech. " Paul Revcre's Ride" was toasted, and a grandson of Revere was called out. Senator Boutwell responded to a toast and was followed by Govs. Ingersoll of Connecticut, Peck.of Vermont, and Ding ley of Maine. George William Curtis re sjionded for Rhode Island; Gen. Hawley for Connecticut. Judge Hoar made an address, and, to close, read a letter from Frederick Doug lass, which breathed the true spirit of the occasion. This brought the exercises to a close. During the delivery of the speeches the day gradually grew colder, and the people slowly deserted the pavilion, until, by the end of the after-dinner ceremonies, there were not 100 present. During the alter noon all the visiting military companies departed, so as to reach home early to morrow, and by five o'clock the village bad assumed a somewhat deserted appear ance when compared with the oO.OOO w ith in its limits at noon. The crushing and crowding at the cars were simply indescribable. In the evening a grand ball was given in Agricultural Hall, which was beautifully decorated m''itfl President and part of his party maiC r appearance aliout 10:.1, and "were the center of attraction. The scene was a very brilliant one. A supper was served at midnight, and the great day, with its crowd and wealth of history, was over. AT LEXtXGTOS. Lexixotox. April IS. With the thermometer at 20deg., a cloud less sky ushered in the 19th of April, that glorious day for America 100 years ago. At five o'clock the old town was instinct with life and bustle, and, with the ringing of bells and the booming of cannon, the imagination readily recurred to the dis tant past when the embattled farmers stood upon the green and resolved if there must be war it would begin here. Long before day carriages and wagons, well filled, and pedestrians began pouring into town. Booths and extemporized res taurants went up on every corner. At nine o'clock the whole town was alive with moving, bustling humanitv; and muster-tents, with their gay decorations, and flags and streamers iluttering from every house presented a most cheering and inspiring aspect. The arrangements in every particular were complete. Promptly at ten o'clock the ceremonies in the tent be gan, the immense pavilion being crowded to overflowing, and thousands surging about the entrance unable to gain admis sion. A raw, cold wind had prevailed from the east since nine o'clock, rendering it ex tremely uncomfortable, and testing the patriotic enthusiasm of the vast multitude to the utmost extent. At ten o'clock the Superintendent of the Ijowell Road tele graphed to Boston to sell no more tickets for Concord, the single track being so blocked up with immense trains that it was impossible to transport them beyond this point. To this fact Lexington ia in debted to several thousand who were com lulled to remain here from want of trans Iortation. The exercises in the tent embraced an opening address by Thomas M. Stetson, President of the Day; prayer by the Rev. Mr. Westcott; hymns by the Boylston Club, and the unveiling of the statues by the lion. Charles Hudson. The Hon. Richard II. Dana. Jr., delivered the ora tiou. A teuedictiou and military music brought the tent exercises to a finale. The procession was immediately formed and followed out the line of route as pre viously arranged. The President and numerous celebrities failed to put in an apjwarauee until afternoon, the majority of them devoting the morning to Concord. In point of numbers, however, the procet sion was even in excess of the most sanguine expectations, extending a distance of be tween two and three miles. Owing to the non-arrival of the President and party from Concord, who were to review the troops, a delay of over an hour was caused and an immense throng of spectators, as well as thousands in the procession, were subjected to a biting, piercing wind, any thing but conducive to patriotism. At length, about two p. m., the march was resumed, and the procession passed in re view before the President and suite. The procession was then dismissed, and a grand raid was made upon the mammoth dinner-tent. The following letter from Mr. Gladstone was read at the banquet: IOirooir, March 5, 1875. GrinxrifB:: I hava the honor to receive the let ter in nvhich rou comrey to me a very worm and courteous invitation to attend the baurjnet which It ia proposed to hold at Lerinrtoa in commemora tion of the attainment of the independence of the United States of America. The circumstances ot the war which yielded that result, the principle It illiietrntee and ths r.nrkabl powera and charac ters of the .'7:r.r-.r,&? mea who took part, whether eoldter or c.Ti.'ans in the etrazs:! have always invented it with a peculiar interer-t in my eyes quite independent of the intimate concern of this eounfrv in the event themselves. On account of these features that war and its accompaniments seemed to me to constitute one of the mo-t in struct :v chapters of modem history, and I have repeatouly recommended them to joumrer men as subjects of epecial study. With tlief-e views I need not say bow fnr I am from re rardin" the approaching celebration with indiffer ence. It is entirely beyond my power to cro8 the sea, even with the proent admirable communica tion for the purpose of attendance. The present time happen to be for me. even independently of iny attendance In Parliament, one of very urgent occiiDstions which I am not at liberty to put axide, hnt T earnestly hope, and I cannot doubt, that the ?f iJTworthv of the occa-ion. In a retroactive view of the eventful period my coun nAmnata. ira tnr np ill wun im trvmen can now cumcuiia -- -oirtialiry. I do not think they should severely bUme their ance-tor. whose, struet'le to maintain toV55lty of the British empire U one ttatmu-t. North and South, be Viewed in America with iir. frapi'hi Md indulsence. We can hardly some ynip-yj ,v hisrhiv the motive of those be expected to te very nigmy ! ,h. ,h. lory, conferred upon na a great benefit br releas ing m from effort the continuation of which would have been an unmixed evil. As regard the father of the American Constitution themselves, I believe we can and do now contemplate their great qualities and achievement with an admiration as pure aa that of American citizen themselves, and can rejoice no lesa heartily that In the counsel of Providence they were tnqa the Instrument of a purpose mot beneficial to the world. The circumstance under which the United State began their nation al existence and their unexampled rapidity of ad vance in wealth and population, enterprise and power, have Imposed on their people an enormous responsibility. They will be tried as we shall at the bar of history, bat on a greater scale; they will be compared with the men not only of other countries but of other times. They cannot escape from the liabilities and bnrdena which their great ness imposes on them. No one desire more fer vently than I do that they may be enabled to real ize the highest hopes and anticipations that belong to their great position in the family of men. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servant, W. . Uladstom. OTHER PLACES. Worcester, Mass., April 19. The day Is being celebrated here by the "Worcester Light Infantry, whose active members received and entertained the sur vivors of the company of 18G1 who marched with the Massachusetts Sixth Uegiment through Baltimore. The sur vivors of Company K, of Boston, and Company L, of btoneham, of the same regiment, were also guests. During the parade the graves of Col. Timothy Bige low, who commanded the "Worcester minute-men who set out for Concord 100 years ago at the news of the fight, and ilaj. Harrison "W. Pratt, who commanded the infantry on its march through Baltimore, were decorated. Boston, April 19. At Acton, Mass., guns were fired and bells rung at sunrise, noon and sunset, in celebration of the centennial. The monu ment erected to the memory of Havward and llosmer, who fell in the Concord fight, was appropriately decorated. Dr. G. B. Loring delivered an address in the evening, and a ball closed the events of the day. Arlington was decorated with flowers and mottoes, and salutes were fired and bells rung. At Manchester, N. II., a salute of 100 guns was fired. Many of the towns made extraordinary displays of bunting. The day was one of unusual celebration throughout Eastern Massachusetts. New Tobk, April 18. The flags on the City Hall, the newspa per offices, the hotels and the greater num ber of large business houses down town were at full mast to-day in honor of Lex ington and Concord. One hundred guns were fired at Syra cuse in honor of the day. io wo "yr-- -7fht to the other Other poer wMK towards accel- issue of the war. let. for one, l c , The Indian Revolt at the Cheyenne Agency. It transpires now that the revolt of In dian prisoners at Chevenne Agency, I. T., was more general and. determined than at first reported in official telegrams. Gen. Neil informed the commanding officer of the department that the Indians, upon their surrender, turned over their firearms to the Government authorities ; but his in formation on this point seems to have been at fault. The crafty redskins evi dently outwitted the General by burying their best guns in the sand, and handing over to the soldiers only their old and un serviceable muskets. "Moreover, the In dian rush to the sand-hills was not simply an impulsive stampede, but rather the pre cise execution of a preconcerted plot to abandon the agency, unearth their weap ons, and go on the war-path. For some time the Cheyennes have sus pected that the Government intended to deal out a fearful retribution for the mas sacre of the Germain family, and conse quently witnessed with apprehension every attempt to identify the immediate perpe trators or ringleaders of that crime. Whenever an Indian was put in irons, or singled out from the main body of his fel lows as an object of special supervision, mutterings of discontent were heard from his companions. The signal for the revolt was given when the savages saw one of their warriors shot down for attempting to escape from the guards, who were in the act of putting him in irons. Three shots in quick succession from the camp of the hostile Cheyennes told the Indians to break away from their captors. The movement was simultaneous throughout the camp. There was no demoralization or confu sion. They were not fugitives fleeing from real or imagined peril, for they didn't scatter here and there over the plains, each one seeking to make sure of his own es cape. They assembled with the least pos sible delay at their chosen rendezvous, oc cupying a position and giving battle with every advantage of location in their favor. The troops, believing that the Indians were unarmed, charged recklesslv through the deep sand ; but, instead of meetiug a de fenseless foe, fell under the range of dead ly rifles. Three times the soldiers charged, and three times they were repulsed. The official report of the battle says the troops consisting of four companies of the Sixth Cavalry, under command of Gen. Neil in person lost six seriously and ten slightly wounded. Private letters from the agency say that the loss was much greater than that. It is known that the troops were badly whipped, although they fought bravely and against great odds. A sad blunder has been committed ; but, at this time, it is difficult to fix the re sponsibility where it rightly belongs. The loss of the gallant soldiers who fell in the charge, deplorable as it may be, is not the worst feature of the blunder. I he In dians have gone on the war-path again, and there is danger that the good results of last year's campaign under Gen. Miles have been lost by one stupid blunder in managing the prisoners. It is well known that Congress made an appropriation of $000,000 to subs-ist the Indian prisoners at Fort Leavenworth. The appropriation was secured by the im mediate request of the President, who had listened to the counsels of Gens Sherman, Sheridan and Pope, and consented to a change of policy to the extent of transfer ring the hostile Indians to the care of the military authorities. After the money was appropriated Secretary Delano ordered the transfer of the Indians to the respective agencies, reserving for military control only those who had been identified as the murderers of the Germain family. The $300,000 voted to feed and clothe the pris oners at Fort Leavenworth haa been ex pended in the purchase of beef at the frontier agencies, where supplies accumu lated during all the months of last year that the warriors were absent on the war path. Leatenxcorth, Kan., (April 14) Cor. Chicago Tribune Success of Panl Bnyton's LIfe-rre-serting Dress. Paul Boyton, the American, who has been making a sensation in London by making himself perfectly at home for hours in the waters of the Thames, in the use of his life-preserving suit, has added a real achievement to his former successes. On the 10th inst., clothed in his life-preserving apparatus, he started from Dover, England, at three o'clock in the morning with the intention of journeying through the water to the coast of France. He went along hopefully, smoking his cigar, and at the hour of six o'clock in the evening was five miles distant from Cape Gris-ncz, the nearest point of the French shore lying opposite to that of Britain at South 1 ore land, having traversed more than fifty miles. The sea was so rough that nearlv all on board the steamer were tick and the darkness prevented the steam-tug which accompanied rmyvon going closer to me shore. The people on the steamer were assembled in council, and after due delib eration it was decided to take Mr. Boyton on board, which was done. He was not fa tigued, and his clothing, which was worn under the marine dress, was dry. The temperature of his body was lowered one degree. His pulse was at eighty. He had been fifteen hours in the water, and had traversed a distance of fifty miles, the pilot having taken a wrong course. The physician stated, as his professional opin ion, that Bo3ton could have remained in the water six hours longer. His failure is attributed to a change of wind and the de lay in starting, whereby he missed favora ble tides and was compelled to struggle with the current from ten tfntil one o'clock, making no progress and barely maintaining his position. The piloting was also defective. The reporters pub lish a joint declaration that Boyton's com ing on board was solely due to their re monstrance because of the increasing dark ness and roughness of the channel. Tie Queen and the Lord Mayor telegraphed their congratulations. ' FARM JLSV HOME. In watering plants, do it regularly and systematically. Do not drown them nor starve them. Beans should not be planted till the ground is thoroughly warmed, and the navy bean is the best for field culture. As many bushels of beans can be raised per acre as wheat, and the price per bushel is more than double, and no more cost in cultivation, care or marketing. Iowa State lieginter. There are rotten potatoes In many farmers' cellars. If they are not quickly removed and the cellar sprinkled with lime there will be occasion for the daily visit of a physician to the home. Asparagus and Beans. Cut the tender parts of asparagus into quarter-inch lengths, boil in an equal quantity of water, adding about an equal amount of well cooked Lima beans. Cook until the as paragus is mender and serve warm. In stead of the beans the asparagus may be thickened with flour or with cracker crumbs. Science if Health. The following recipe for keeping moths out of clothing is a favorite in some families: Mix half a pint of alcohol, the same quantity of spirits of turpentine and two ounces of camphor. Keep in a stone bottle and shake before using. The clothes and furs are to be wrapped in linen, and crumpled up pieces of blotting paper dipped in the liquid are to be placed in the box with them so that it smells strng. This requires renewing once a year. The Mains Farmer says : " A Young Farmer' gives us his manner of feeding a horse that i3 doing no other work than the general driving: In the morning his first feed is one quart of oats, after which he has six pounds of cut hay and is then watered ; at noon he is first watered and then fed eight pounds of cut hay; at night he is watered, given one quart of oats and six pounds of cut hay. This makes a daily allowance of twenty pounds of hay and two quarts of oats, which, with hay at twenty dollars and oats at seventy cents, will cost twenty-four and three- lourths cents. He has salt in his criD, ana is riven a dose of salt and ashes once a week ; once a week, also, he has a quart of finely-cut carrots. If the horse works the quantity of oats is doubled. Our cor respondent says : ' Show us your better or cheaper method of feeding.' " The Journal of the Farm well says : " There is no principle in farming better established than that all tools and ma chines should be housed when not in use, and every farmer who neglects this is greatly wanting in the element of econo my. The mowing-machine that is left standing in the fence corner cannot be ex pected to do good work, and for wooden implements the case is worse still. The prudent farmer not only houses his imple ments, but he devotes rainy and snowy days to repairing them. A mowing-machine, the journals of wkich are cleaned of their accumulation of grimed grease and carefully oiled, will run 25 per cent, lighter and 50 per cent, longer than one that does not receive this at tention. Joseph Harris says his hardest task with hired men is to make them take ca-e of the tools of the farm. No wonder su di men never reach the good fortune of ht ving larms of their own." Clothing the Sick. Proper clothing is of the utmost Im portance to every invalid; and the best clothing is that which is best adapted for this purpose. For tins reason woolen or silk is superior to cotton or linen in the cold seasons. Yet we do not advise wool en to be worn next the Bkin, because of its irritating qualities. Cotton flannel drawers and undershirts are superior in this re spect; but woolen outer garments, and even woolen socks, are better than cotton or linen. The color of clothing has much to do with its healthfulness. No invalid can justify himself in wearing colored cloth T - . i - rri 1 ; 1 1 in g next me skid, i ue uje u usuiuiy more or less absorbed, and is always injurious, frequently poisonous. Indeed, we ques tion its propriety, on the score of health, at any time or in any place. True, black absorbs and retains heat, while white re flects it, giving to white a less heat-retaining quality than black; yet, nevertheless, white or lighracolored clothing we consid er superior to dark color. For summer weather there is no question as to its su periority, nor for inner garments. The limbs and extremities claim from every invalid and physician especial at tention. Not one invalid in a thousand succeeds in having his feet, legs, hands and arms well clad. Among women the dress usually worn is outrageous, consid ered from the standpoint of health, and among men it is only a little less so. The central portions of the body are overbur dened often with clothing, while the limbs are almost always insufficiently clad. The shoes are thin, stockings delicate, pants fine, and onlv lined around the waist, while over abdomen and loins the cloth ing is doubled or trebled. How can any one expect to regain health under such cir cumstances? Health depends upon a bal anced circulation, and the blood circulates from within. As power begins to dimin ish the circulation fails in the extremities and the blood is retained in and about the central organs. Clothing retains heat and heat retains blood ; so where most clothing is there, other things heina; equal, the most blood will be found. To call blood into the extremities and external capilla ries is one of the important objects of all good treatment, and proper clothing is a necessary adjunct. Let no one fear that his limbs will be too well clad ; let him rather remember the old physician's ad vice: Keep the feet warm, the head cool and the bowels free and you will have no need of a physician. Science of Health. How to Make Hogs Profitable. I know it to be the practice of many good farmers to feed their stock hogs corn during the entire summer, which my ex perience has taught me is very unprofita ble. I am speaking of general hog rais ing, not of those who are raising a few fancy pigs and expect to get them off for extra stock, as we Western people call it. Where a man has hogs that he wants to keep in a thriving condition and feed off on new corn he certainly does not want to feed them much if any corn during the summer, as my experience has proved to me that the corn young hogs would eat duringthe summer wouldbuild you a hog pasture fence, and if your pasture is good your hogs would be in a far better condi tion for feeding than if they had all the corn through the summer they would eat. You may take a pig that will weigh 125 pounds at the time he is turned on grass and put another equally as good where it can get no grass, feeding it on corn and water, letting the other run on grass until the middle of September, then commence feeding green corn to both, and in three months the one off the grass will be far ahead of the corn-fed pig. I know some of the old men will not believe all this, but a trial will convince them that I am right. Two years ago my neighbor had a nice lot of shoats and 1 had equally as nice a lot; and we both had pastures much alike. I was determined to beat him if possible. I knew he had no corn to feed them after he turned on gras, and as I had plenty I concluded to feed some corn every day with the pasture, and sure enough my hogs did a little better than his, but w hen we commenced feeding new corn in the fall his hogs beat mine badly, and at the end of three months' fee-ling his hogs were fully one-fourth better than mine. Like experiments have fully cured me of feeding pigs corn through the sum mer. But some will say, we have not the means to get the fencing. I would sy, sell your corn and buy fencing, or if you have not the corn by all means sow oats if j'ou have not the clover near your hog pen, and mow as soon as large enough and feed this. Some will say, it will not do to feed sows with young pigs only grass, but it certainly would be far better, as my ex perience has proved to me that the pigs will do far better if the sows have plenty of grass, and in the fall, alter the pigs are weaned, the sows will put on fat twice aa fast as though they had corn through the summer. If you have milk give it to the pigs instead of to the mother: but slop will not hurt any hog. ft. Faiccett, ' Western Rural. ' Shade Trees Around Dwellings. The progress made within the past ten er fifteen years in the construction of dwelling-houses especially in the matter of air and ventilation is a striking illus tration of the advance of intelligence in regard to the laws of - human life and health. Now that the fashion is estab lished for building houses with large rooms and high ceilings, we find even the cheap class oi laborers' cottages assum ing much more of a lofty ana healthful air than formerly; and some of the best old-fashioned houses are being modernized by having the roof and chamber-ceilings elevated, or by lifting the entire frame, and then lowering the main floors. Akin to this, and based on the same laws, is the rule which forbids the plant ing of shade trees or tall shrubs so near to a dwelling as to considerably &hade the contiguous ground or the building. The reasons for this, however, are not general ly understood, and the influence of fash ion does not as yet sufficiently aid this reform, though it is doing so to some ex tent. Sunlight and air are God's great agen cies of life and health; and sensible peo ple are beginning to learn that these agen cies should have freer scope within and around our dwellings. Every farmer's wife knows that sunshine is the best sweetener of milk-pans and of feather beds and woolen garments; and every ex perienced physician has noticed that fam ilies living in houses closely surrounded with trees and shrubbery, are more liable to disease than those whose habitations allow the free influence of the breeze and sunshine. This is especially true in vil lages and towns where other buildings, fences, etc., obstruct the circulation of air, and where there is in all cases more or less of decomposing matter and offen sive odors polluting the air, so that its free motion is essential to its purification and healthfulness. Prof. Youmans, in his excellent " Hand book of Household Science," devotes a number of pages to this important sub ject. Speaking of the effects of exposure, shade, drainage, etc., he says : " It is often surprising what jjffect a small differ ence in the elevation fills upon the health fulness of a particular spot. A rise of sixteen feet within 800 yards has been known to produce an entire change from a relaxing to a bracing air. The lower place was completely enveloped in foliage and without drainage, while the higher was comparatively free from trees, and had a good fall for surface water and sew erage. "Where noxious exhala tions are set free from any source they are diffused through the vast volume of the atmosphere. The law of gaseous diffu sion, aided by winds and storms, secures dispersion and universal admixture. Oxygen finally takes effect upon these baneful emanations, destroying and burn ing them as truly as if they had been con sumed in a furnace." The lack of sunlight and ventilation in & majority of old houses, especially where surrounded with trees, is manifested in summer by the appearance of mold on 6hoes, gloves, etc., in the chambers and closets and even on books in the library. "When such mildew is seen the occupants may be sure there is poison in the air, and means should be taken at once to ad mit God's sunshine and wind. Cut away the old trees of whatever kind that shade the house or grounds immediately around and remove old fences or whatever ob structs the breeze; then plow and harrow the ground and seed it well with grass where not occupied with walks ; only set ting here and there a few evergreen or flowering shrubs or making a bed for flowers. Shade trees have their proper place and use at the sides of the lawn or in the rear of the dwelling, and where they may hide any unsightly object or form a back ground to the view of the premises from the public road. Ohio Farmer. Mixed Husbandry. No matter how much money may have been made certain years by certain parties in certain localities by the cultivation of special crops, or the following of certain special branches of husbandry, the con viction is training a stronger and stronger hold each ear in the minds of agricult urists that a mixed husbandry is the safest and most profitable, all things con sidered. Those who live near large mar kets, and who have their regular and relia ble customers for whatever special product they may produce, and who have estab lished a reputation therefor which com mands the best customers and the best prices, may safely and profitably adhere to specialties. But those who are remote from markets, and who have no such es tablished reputation, and whose profits on their products are not uniformly large in consequence, are not safe in risking all the work of a year and the capital necessarily invested in a single crop or product. Be sides, it is a well-established fact that, un less the farmer is near to manurial re sources, constant cropping with a single product depreciates the value of his farm, and the producing capacity of his soil de teriorates. The cotton-gTowers of the Southern States are fast learning that half the usual area devoted to cotton may be cultivated in crops that will yield food for men and animals, that more stock may be grown, more domestic manure inaae, and the profits of plantations thus increased with far less risk, far fewer failures, and a far greater certainty that they will not have to hypothecate their crops a year in ad vance in order to live comfortably. This is also the prevailing conviction in the North. Judgjng by the expressions of Northern farmers, made in conventions, Farmers' Clubs, etc., specialties are " going out" and mixed husbandry is being " taken up." It is, however, wise for a farmer to have a specialty, even with mixed farming. He should multiply his resources; but he can do this and yet make one crop or prod uct the leading feature of his husbandry. If a man's soil is expressly adapted to the production of a certain crop of super excellence, or to keeping sheep, cattle, or to production of butter or cheese, it is not unwise to make such, whatever it is, the leading feature in his farm economy; but it is not wise to rely wholly upon it, unless he is in a position relative to markets such as we have described above. Prudence should teach farmers that the more varied the products that they can put on the market the more certain they will be to have something to rely upon for an income ; that the fewer the products they have for market, as to variety, the greater risk they run as to profit from any of them. This is the fact, entirely independent ol the consideration that the cultivation of a variety of crops involving rotation insures a better condition of soil and the sustain ing of its fertility. These are aU impor tant suggestions, to be considered now that the seeding time is at hand, and because they are timely as well as important they are given. Neva York World. How to Cook Beers teak. Some time since a complete encyclo pedia of useful knowledge, in human form, became an inmate of a family. When this learned guest came among thein he was constituted as an oracle in many cases, and was asked one morning, " Would he tell or show them a better way to cook the steak for breakfast?" II took the thin, long-handled frying-pan from its nail, and, putting it on the stove, heated it quite hot. In this he put the piece of steak previously pounded, but to their surprise did not put a particle of butter in the frying-pan, and did not salt the steak. He allowed the steak to mere ly glaze over, and then turned it quickly to the other side, turning it several times in this manner until it was done. Four minutes were not employed in the opera tion, but a Jucier steak was never eaten. It was, when done, laid on the platter, previously warmed, and was buttered and salted and set a moment in a hot oven. Allowing the steak to heat but a moment on each side helped it to retain all its sweet Juices, and putting the salt on at the last moment, after it was on the platter, drew out its Juices. This is the season of the year when the householder can discover what has be come of napkins, towels, handkerchiefs and pillow-slips which the gill can't re member of seeing. A Eemarkable Book. In 1SCS P. T.Barnum wrote his Autobidjrft- fhy for Burr & Co., the celebrated publishers n Hartford, Conn., for which they paid him $15,000. It made a book of 00 pages, was profusely illustrated, gave a particular ac count of Barnum's eventful life In all parts ot the world, and included his celebrated lecture on "The Art of Money Getting." Horace Greeley pronounced the book " worth a hundred-dollar greenback to many a beginner in life. The publishers sold 90,000 copies of the book bv subscription, at three dollars and half a copy. In 1871, when Mr. Barn urn started his great traveling shows, he bought back the copyright and stereotype plates of his book for $10,000, added an Appendix bringing the account of his life up to that date, printed an edition of 100,000 copies, sent them with his traveling shows, and sold the whole of them at cost, one dollar each. He has added an Appendix each year, which has now increased the volume to a thousand pajres. It averages a sale of 100,000 copies each year. Tbey are neatly bound in muslin, filt, and sold in all his traveling ehows. As is patrons emerge from his great show tents with bis books under their arms, they look as if coming from a circulating library! No book in this country ever had such an enor mous sale, or eo abounds in curious incidents of real life and valuable experiences. liuf. falo Courier. Latest Illack. I111U Nevr. A fine chromo of lien. Custer, 19x23, an& the Bismarck T ribune six months sent to auy address for $1.00. The chromo is commended as an excellent work of art, and the Tribune is published seventj-tive miles nearer and gives more information concerning them than any other newspaper. Prof. 1'helps, Principal Minnesota State Normal School, accompanies Sheridan's expedition to the gold fields as Its special correspondent. Inclose $1.00 and address Tribune, BUmarck, D. T. The most eminent organists of Paris and London, as well as W arren, Morgan, Zundel, of Trinity, Grace and other prin cipal churches in New York, have given to the Mason & Hamlin Organ Company written testimonials to the superiority of the ir cabinet organs, which they declare to have excellencies not found in others. The project of putting an organ in a Scotch Presbyterian Church at biietlield, England, recently, excited such pious hor ror that it was carried by a majority of only four, and on Saturday night it wng found that a hole had been cut in the bel lows by some of the faithful. Modei Medical Discovery. It is claimed that disease, with a few excep tions, has been conquered by the research and intellect of enlightened men; and yet a noted professor of New York ad mits that, " of all sciences, medicine is the most uncertain," and that "thousands are annually slaughtered in the sick room." Certain "schools" of medicine are in existence, one of which " makes the patient ill" in order to claim a cure, and another administers " sugar-coated bread pills," relying upon nature to effect her own cures. Dr. J. Walker, f California, an old and respected physician, tried both modes of treatment and both failed. He then appealed to nature's curative herbs; and now enjoys rugged health. He has given the benefit of his discovery to the world, in the shape of Vinegar Bitters, and since its introduction has sold a quantity almost large enough to make a small harbor, or to float the "Great East ern." Its curative properties are at tested by grateful thousands. 31 ThbQitkeuop Ali Sewixg Machines. In speaking of the merits of the Wilson shut tle sewing machine, it is sufficient for us to say that we think the invention of this ma chine marks one of the most important eras in the history of this country; and when we consider the influence it has upon the social well-beiDg of the masses, it is difficult to con ceive of au invention of more importance. It has a beautiful, noiseless movement; it makes the genuine " lock stitch" alike on both sideo, and does to perfection all kinds of plain and fine sewing; it needs no commendation; its rapid sales, the increasing demand, and the many llatteriiig testimonials from those who have used it are sufficient proof of its merits. The want of a sewing machine is deeply felt in every household, aud as the Wilson fchuttle sewing machine, on account of iis extreme simplicity and less cost of manufacture, is sold at a much lower price than f 11 other first class machines, it is meeting with the exten sive patronage it so justly deserves. Ma chines will be delivered at any railroad station in this county, free of transportation charges, if ordered through the company's branch hout-e at 197 State street, Chicago. They send an elegant catalogue and chromo circular free on application. This company want a few more good agents. Diseased Lungs Arb Greatlt on an In crease in This Country. The sudden changing of weather has done much to tive rise to Consumption. But thousands bring it on by their own imprudence, 6uch as wear ing damp clothing and going from the warm room into the cold air and checking the per spiration, which causes irritation of the Lungs, and then matter or phlegm will col lect, which nature will try to relieve by coughing. If nature does not raise the mat ter with ease and 6top this inflammation, tubercles will soon form and Consumption will soon follow. Allen's Lung Balsam will cure Consumption if it is only takeu in time. i"ar sale by all Medicine Dealers. Db. Piercb's Golden Medical Discovery will cure a Cough in one-half the time iicces&ry to cure it with any other medicine, arul it dots it, not by drying it vp, but by rtmoving th4 cauxe, tubduing the irritation and healing th affected part. For all cases of Laryngitis, Hoarseness, Suppression or Loss of Voice, Bronchitis, Severe Chronio or Lingering Coughs, it will be found to surpass any medi cine that has ever before been offered to the public. It is sold by all dealers in medi cines. Thb Human Hair. IIow many perrons abuse this delicate aud beautiful orunment by burning it with alcoholic washes and plas tering it with grease, which has no alliuity for the skin and is not absorbed. Burntti's Cocoalne, a compound of cocoanut oil, eta., is unrivaled as a dressing for the hair is readily absorbed, and is peculiarly adapted to Its various conditions, preveutiug its fall ing off and promoting iu healthy growth. See advertisement. A frikni of ours who is Chief Clerk in the Governmental Dispensary says that no medicine-chest is now complete without Jo'n.xoii Anodyne Liniment. We always supposed it was prescribed by law: if it is not it ought to be, for certainly there is nothiuR in the whole materia medica of so much importance to the soldier and the sailor as JohiavySt Anodyne Liniment. Veterinary Surgeons all over the country are reconimendiug iheridan, Cavalry (Jomli tion Ibtodtrs for the following troubles in horses: Loss of appetite, roughness of the hair, stoppage of bowels or water, thick water, coughs and colds, swelling of the glands, worms, horse-ail, thick wind and heaves. No wondeh the world is sour. E. L. Trus sing & Co., Chicago, can aiuke i&O barrels Wnite Wine Vinegar daily. The Elastic Truss of Pomeroy Co., 714 Broadway, N. Y., is by far the best in ue. Wmzs wrtrrixa to Xdvektisekb. pleaso mm-y you ww the Advertise BMBt la t-hia paper. SI A'oSWPEH rY Penrt for "Chromo" I W Catalogue. J.H.Bff FOKU'S bOXS.Bobton. IWK TISITIVO riRDS tiYmatl for2r. Art- res Fa an a G. Thomson, 'ttjackion-st., Chicago. o Ck per Jy n nomr. Ternn Kree. A'ltlrena 5? TD-iVl tao. Stisbojj & Co.. Portland. Maiae. w K DOftittrrlr DV onr g nti a etlpulat.-J sala ry. 'lema free. IOHS & CO . Box l . l'htr-tcx. O I & Address Falinrr, Alocrs & Cu., at. Luun, n o. GET9. Ctianit Chang sells at siihu Nt'crasary as soup. Goods free Ctiang t'haux M'l'g Co.. liufcton. Snnn a montn to A items everywhere. AUiirpss aiUU fc.XCfc.Lo.oU M i G CO., liueUanaa. Mich. LWERY FA All I. Y WANTS IT. Mon.yli.it. J-iSold by AeiiU. Addresc AN.LUVKLL, Kile, l'u. tf O f and eiiwnni a month to apema. Address h)s.UUa.L fafOUDAuD. Joneaville. Mich. s "1 K A WEFK. Aitfnti wanted everrwtiere. Kor It oiilfliau. faiT(HA t axkeb. I) aytoa. u.uo. 4 rVIV Either sex; steady work at home. X Ik? Valuable fampltn and terms, lO cent. biMl'SON & b .Ml III. Cortlandt bt-.New York. UiltOMU BOOKS: 9.? Chromnst 304 r-if" 'n V terefctinaTeartintr. lrire ("isn.l 5." cents each. Send for circulars. GEO. feHEKWOOD 4s CO.. Clilcaao. 1.1. who use PKHTEn PMIftl flDTC to biiitkurbw A eiiouiu win? ksi 'ii rs iu rhWl a SBWELL ENVELOPE FACTOIiV, Evaniton. lil CUIUS. CATALOGUE FREE ! HI DOl.Hli fc CO., lOtSN. Mil t...Sr. Louis, Mo. QJOjr PKRIATCoinmIiMionorS30aweelcSal. 0J anr, and expenrs We offer it and w'.ll pay iu Apply aiow J. Wsbbtr Ai Co.. .Marion. O. TIT 4 f1T TTTT T C J' Rrarlon. Pk J J Ljj j IV Jll.JUJUiiTiapnowreii.y. Mill ions can be sold. Uoodspeed Pullishg.Uouke.CLi.;g MONTH Agents wanted ereT- BusinekS honorat'ia aaa c:i- srtiruUri sent free. Artilrost r OttTH CU.. bt. LOuU. K'J- It! ILfcroflleptio Remedle. TrUl Fsckag rs1 ?7J riT.:.ld m. Foreircolara, evidence of snc tcssTcu uu "cS F.CU3 D ROTUEK3, Richmond, lad. .-. .riTTimtc tvirnnwtTinv. iddrau , i u viKi. Bni r.l.io. Boston. Mass. SPfnilPV FOR AGENTS In oor tea New ill 1 1 I I P I Novelties. Justout. Needed la III VJ II la I erervhonne. 8m nie and circu lars free by malL Bt; Bi WttlTK CO., Newark, N. J. fThe People's Dollar Paper. Tb Cow- relltfious and secular. Tulta tvery, ,rhrtL. a msraltirent nremluais.Pam- ple,terma,eUi.free. J H.arle.iGsto VAHTED 0,000 Nr AGENTS. AGENTS AV ANTED l&pZ fastest -selling Bible Ter published. Send foronrex tra term to Agents. NATIONAL FCBLISHING CO., Chicano, 111., or St. Louis, Mo. REMARKABLE g UrriliU'LMTY lot Duanciai specnla &f I fH ft snmat.1 niM 1 1 u . . . e uru,9iutliw Dcnq u - ... r r 1. i . .1 . j i i i ' i ecu t ' wvm M ' "J .win. mm'i ipiuniit, tiia httt pajlir InTeslmantef tne day. Address lies !.n.. New York. The Only Preparation that cives nerfeet satisfaction to thofle wiHliinxto raise Beard or Mustache. De LeBeps " lgorine." prepared only Jn raris. i.arn ark age wsmuneu mnu kuuiiiwh WHISKERS or Mufltachtt. I lmsp In Vst'ia Fanh Viar L-a tr 1 on receipt of SI. Samples mailed for 13 cts. Address J. P. FHASiKLLN. Sole Importer, Jersey city, J. . sQNION SEEDS? tb next 3 4vm. Writ tor pi lrs. EellsUe ! Is Try scarce. OMati4 imijo'-t.d seed Is ll! sffcrsd. Bawsrs efltt tt Is worlhle-i. JAS. H. MORRIS Sicr.or to D. S. Uf.r FK03 ), Bssds, lu.vluuta, Ktc, 250 t- Cfaica.;. rrm 1 AGEVTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. The ' V fl choicest in the world Importers' prices larg-AU-flcst Company In America-staple arlicle-pleawa everj'boii-trade iucreasicg-cest ludncerneuts don't waste time send for Circular to KOI. ERf WJlLU,43 Vescy Bt.,Kew York. P. O. Buxl7. DOW" 3 v.iJTNXX3 DOTjTjAH For adTertising in AitT newspaper before seaing any new catalog-re of f O-OPE K ATIV K LISTS, address I. T. 6ANBORN,114Monroe-st ,Chl( sjro.IU. ATTEVTIO.V. OAYJTER" OP KORSES. asii Tonrriamess mater ror tuo ZINC COLL. 4 B PAD. They al e warranted to cur anr sore neck on home or mule, or money refunded. If primed directions are fol lowed. Sen5c. forsaniple. Flno Collar Fad Co., Sola ilsjiuT t'ra, Buchanan, Mica. MOTET TV IT STKK t Jnrt out. Useful, Handsome, Cheap, tie lis everywhere, A rare chance. Also, New 51aps,CIiarts,&c. Onr new chart. CHRISTIAN JIACES,is a splendid success.Cin cinnati prices same as N . York. 6end for termsto E.C. BtmMix, 5 Barc lay St., N. Y.. l9 VI. tin St..Cln..O. JUST TUB BOOK you CAN SELL! ! Moat Magnificent Gift UViiiU OFFKKEW, LOCAli AUEN'I I srantad sTtmrkar for Has Echo, a srssily family ana lltarary (oaraal, af IS larja pajea. Ssbacrlpttoe, $1.$. Wltk TatEcaa la aivaa away ths aaacaifleaatly boand soarto Tolnna. sstltlaJ Amsrica llltt.trataa, a sapsrs ealiaearloa of Amaricaai acaasrT Zaraeat aiwMtit. Mafmtrinttf ItlvMrml.d drovlmr r. J. DAVID WILLIAMS A CO.. (Box Kilt.) Baakmaa St.,N. T. hi! l-.Wl-lHe. lAr.CMfl WEW A9TTOA AND CATARRH HEHEOV. Having BtrucKlvd twenty yvars betwn lira aa4 doath with atsH'HMA, I zpr1raDCed by cons po tin ding moti and hrba and lnnalur tht mS icin. I fortunataiy discover! a woDdarfttt rmedf ud io curt far A nth ma and Catarrh. LVi' ltl dawn to rest and Bleep comfortably. Drue distribution. Ca't sua ft one, or addresa U. LA VCIXL. AdbIo Crek. Osilta. VsTAold by Drusi lots, FuiJ-six fackas. by mail. 11.3. DO YOUR OWN PRINTING! ovelty PRINTING- PEESS. For Irofeselnal and Amntenr Printers, Nrhools, Societies, M.n. iifiiptiir.. lal hunt, anfl of Y.r it ia ?-3 l'e BEST aver invented. lrt.OOO In ua. i" f''.?(Teii styles. Prices from SS.OO to $160. OO E-fc -1 I B E N J . O. WOODS ACO.Manurrsand I a-'iiMinfta design in aU kinds of Printing Material. Seuil stauip fur Catalogue.) 48 f ederal St. Boston. Carriagss.LigltS.ggisS) Sleigh Fern Freight, rS t y &--i ? "J -3 lif I P (1 M C1 Vrsit2f If AUUHO. Frit. M T-m .n Application. f SOUTH BCND, IND Moore, "Weelc & Co., Oro- V I Fakaa taicts tna lead of ail Braad Prep arations. Our sales ar four-fold wul thsy war a year apo.M All like it. I)anfor1fi, Scadrirr Co. Groc r, eton9ay: "Have sold your S4 AVans lor thm fust ttira years with penect satlfa tinn to all wba tisvs bought it." ' Its economy Is won derful j one year's serines wlU buy s cow. band for Ci. cuiar to nt?n tj an a Jtr rr T A vawvrt m. e M jLt Ja taaa lname fct- Ksrtv York. SENT FEEE A book expoalns; the mysteries of T ATT Crn and how any one may operate If J M J mJ O A a aucceMl'uliy wiiii a capital of S,",0 or JI.IKK). Com plete instruction and illustrations to any address. TVHBKIDGK &z CO., BaSUM AJiJ oa, 2 Wall aireet. Xew Vork. TejJ5a IS Kn -"-"a -w,- yw-a AGENTS WASTED forth CENTENNIAL U-MTtcSriTisG-AZETTEEH A book for every American. Sells everywhere at s:jrht. it'armers.Teachers.btudenU'.Lawyers.ifercha'ta.hchool Dnectors, Manufacturers, Mechanics, Shippers, Sales men, men of learning and men who can only read, old and youncr, all want it for everyday reference and use. Blio yniud results of 10O eavrs JProgress, A whole Library. nnlot Globe Not a luxury, but a iieresdity. Inter-Ocean Heat-selling book pub lished . (Vood Pa j. tsT"W.nt(ien .Art. In every city of 10.000. Address ..C.MirCl'UiJY aw CO.. Pob listiers, Cincinnati, O.. Chicago, 111., or St.Leui..U, Established 1S5S. s?J!to! is The IMy?5f JbU Ca ,fia-..BjJji a nisi mask. umrriD. The best anil cheapest Paint in the) Worlrl for Iron. Tin er Wood. For sale hy TValers yerywfcer. PRTXCES' aTETAIXIC PAI.VT CO., MannftYers, 96 Ced.ir St., Ksw York. pp-CAUTION.-Purchasers wUl please ee ttaat onr name and trado mark are on each and every package. Send for a Circular. IP ITUM Habit Cured A certain and sure cure, without inconvenience and at home. An antidote that standa purely on its own merits. Send for my quarterly magazine, (it costs you nothing.) containing certificates of hundreds that hare been permanently cured. I claim to hive discovered and produced the riRST, oaiaiaTAl. axs OJit-T arse cr roa opium iitixs. DIU S. B. COLLINS, La Porte, Ind. n ron CHEAP CASH, We mean Home Sewing Maehinet. tW LARGE DISCOUNTS FOR CAS1T. Machines beitt on trial to any part of the country at our expense if not ac cepted. Send for latcM circulars and terms to JOIIXSOX, CLARK & CO., GfR-Uc'tl'.S.A., CHICAGO, 1X1. The L a w fewfeiThe lliigLady. Pries H Mmei. S250sS& Pries Mmei. BY WILICIB COLLINS -JUST OUT! The laat anil greatest work of the foremost living noveliat, aixi of most absorbing in terest. Tli jloti intricate, t lie character atronffly drawn, and the etory aplend il I y told. It in a rare treat. Complete In two volume-. Illustrated s only 25 cts. postpaid. The following UKKT WORKS by ORKA.T AUTHORS are complete in one volume postpaid for oulr li cents ea h- 1. leaof Husbands, by J as Payn. 2. Wamleriiie Heir by C'hai. Re(e. a ;ol(1en Lion, by Anthony Trollope. 4 Mockade, I.'unnera, y Jules Verne. 5. Legend of MontroHe, by Sir Wal ter Scott. 6. Treasure Hunters, by ii. M. Fenn. 7. Tom Brown, by Tlioa. Hughes. 8. Harry HVatheote, bvl'roiiope. (rand 10. Uw and Lady. 13 cema eacb. Theentire set.jOsplendid volumes, postpaid foronly tl.OO. I'nxgi.i er. Loyd Co.. p iibf rs. Chl-ago. Free ! Free ! ! Free ! ! ! The Pioneer. A handsome. Illustrated newspaper, containing in formation for everybody. Tells how and bere t se cure a hum a cheap. fcisT rcu to all raara or TUB WOllD. . . It contains the wtw HoMRSTiAnandTmnBULawa, rlth other interesting matter found only in this paper. send For It At Once I ft will onlv cost yon a Postal CaBD. is'ew number fur April Just out. Addreaa O. F. DAMS, IT X9 TT IT T Ppmeaj Ceples of ths best AgTV lKLab I cultural Paper In the world. AMERICAN FAHfil JOURIiAL. Sixteen Lara; Pare for only TH fnti pr year, bavsyour money. Specimen Copies free t any addreas. Send Costal Card to LOCK K afc JOS KS, Toledo, Ohio. Too will like the pvper. Smith Organ Co., DOSTOriT" MASS.. ThH Standard Instruments Sold by Music Dealers Everywhere. AGESTS WAJTTZD IN EVEHY T0T71T. old THBoconotrr thb vkitxd btatxs ox iiu XNSTAIJLtMEXT PLAN f That la, on a System of Monthly Payments. Purchaser should ask for the Smith A JiitRirAicO. am. Catalogue ami full particulars on application. GEO. A. PRINCE & CO. OIMS k B1010I. Tb. Oldest, Laraeat, and Most Terfect Alanufaotory In the United SSlaUs. 55,000 Now 1b nse. So other Musical Instrument ever obtained the same popularity. IV Bend for Price List. Address, BUFFALO, N. Y. We annonnee tbat (until further notice) we will sell to applicants In any city er tows where we have no scent en the mm larms and at the ama diieount as to large dealera who purchase from $Go,OUO to (50.UU0 value anna ally. The faet of ears being- the '! and larqett manufac tory la the United Statee. with 65,000 instrumeis now la aaa, is a snfflcient arusrantee of our responsibility and Las aserita at ear instruments. ttEO. A. PKINCB A CO. Burnett's Cocoa.no Prevent th. Hair from Falling. Burnett's Cocoalne Promote, iu Ileal Oit Growth. Burnett'3 Cocoalne Is not Greasy nor Sticky. Burnett's Cocoalne Leave no Disagreeable Odor. Burnett's Cocoalne Subdues Refractory Hair. Burnett's Cocoalne Soothe ths Irritated Scalp-Skin. Burnett's Cocoalne alfford th. Richest Lustre. Burnett's Cocoalne Ii not an Alcoholic Wash. Burnett's Cocoalne Kills Dandruff. Burnett's Cocoalne Give New Life to the Hair. Burnett's Cocoaine lUmains Longest ia Effect. Prepared only by JOSEPH BURHETT & C3. 27 Central Street, Boston. And Gold CvsrywherOa ELASTIC BUSS. a iatTTS. w Aor Land CcTrtr?! :c:icr l". P. II. R.. Omaha. !Vt. Thb KT.A FTIC THUS AN hCPPOKTirU In now superseding nil others, being adopted everywhere by the lead ing physicians, siii prona, drii(.-i;iKts,arin.vsnil navy, hospitals, gy'uuuiMluiii), etc., ete. The suores and univer sal satUlaction thev have fiven, as wen an tne great numner oi radical cure hey have efl'ected, has temontraied the fact that t up ture can be surely cured without suffering; or annoy ance, and wiliout th4 danter of incurring Spinal Iim ae. or Pfiralyxi. eften C:iurd by the severe pressure ef Metal Trasses and Supporters. It is the only sure eure for Hernia, aa it is the only Tnr-s in use that will hold the rupture securely in all positions In which the body can be placed. It will perform rm'.icul e rrs when all others fail. It can be worn with eae and comfort when no spring truss ran be used. When once adjusted, no metion of the body or accident ran displace It. These Instruments have the vntuaHf.el approval of the luoet eminent practltiouera in the pro fession . From the numeron testimonials In our possession wesppend the following: After the experience of months, patients testify ttronely to its ejHcacv, as well as to the ewe and free dom from inconvenience with which the tiistruuieM U worn. With superior advantages, the. b'.Oixlic 'i'rny possesses in a hlch dejrree ALL repuiites and qualifi cations claimed for oilier inventions. 1 have no h-i-tation in rcgardinr It as an Important means for the relief and cur of Hernia. "J. M. CARXOCTIAX, M. V.. Ex-nealth Officer of the Tort of New York. Snr- gcon-in-CUief of 2ew York Stale Hospital," etc., etc. Geo. V. Horsa, M. TV. Bup't E'sstlc Truss Co. t Dear Sir After suffering fortlilrty yeora. In mrown person, from the use of every form of Metallic Tru-a procurable in this country and in Kurope, I, two yorj ago, applied your Elaxttc and airwe that time I nave experienced comfort and satisfaction, and been taughtthe truth, that the Elastic Truss Is the only In strument that should be used for the relief and cure ot Hernia, and now, after more than thirty years' con tinuous practice, and having adjusted ninny hundred f Trussea (and for the last twenty months yours ex clusively), 1 gratefully declare It to be my deliberate opinion that your A'latl'C Tru Is the only one eiui tled to the confidence of the nnWic: that elasticity is the only powerat all adapted to the requirement of a Truss or Supporter, and am convinced that yonr F.lni Wc 7-ti actually cures a large proportion of al rn ' to which it Is applied, not only among children, but In numerous cases within my own kno ledge of jiatu-nts from 50 to 73 years of are. H. Bl'KMiAM, SI. !., Prof. of Anatomy aniLburgery, 2. Y. K. Alud. College. Beware of cheap and worthies imitation Klastlc Trusses, which some parties advertise and sell, fiaud nlently representing that they are manufactured by the Elastic Truss t o. These Trusses are sentbymnllto all parts of the Country. Satisfaction guaranteed in all ses. lt fore purchasing any other, write for Descriptive Cir cular t frxi) to the ELASTIC TRUSS CO., 683 BKOADVVAY, SEW YORK. HINTS OS CARDIAC DISKASE NO. '2. Regurgitation of the blood results from wcaknos and Ulseaae of the valves of the iieart. These a:e so constructed, in a condition of health, that they allow the lluid to pass and then so close up as to prevent Its return, n iieu nicy uecorne weaKcnea or para. ca by disease there ia liability of regurgitation, i.eu this exists the clrculai ion la measurably stlected and in time Gout, Iiheumatism aud Paralysis of the iimbs result, the Iieart is strained and worried, and other forms of disease ultimately follow. In some cacs, and in its earlier stages, this condition is curable, but oftener no remedy la found to give permmieiii relief. The quantity of blood in the human body varies In dlliereut persona, ranging from twenty-live to tlilrtv five pounds iu a healthy adult of ineuiiiin si.e. The time also for the pttsaage of the blood through the body and its return to the heart vanes in ditlerent in dividuals, dependent upon size and health, the condi tion of the heart, lungs and brain, the amount aud character of the air inspired anil the degree of muscu lar motion- Probably ahout six minutes may be con sidered as the average period, although many writers claim that it la etiectea in three minutes. ew K-rsoriB, says Dr. Laenneck .are aw are of the prin cipal or primary causes of heart aflcctions. Ann.i them are too closely-fitting wearing apparel : s stooping position -. hepatization of the lett lig. causing an unui.e presauic on sane pari oi me organ ; congest ion oi me lungs or heart; thick or Impure blood ; too thin blood, as in case of general dropsy; scrotnla, cl .gging the biood; repelled measles; scarlet lever and criit.ve diseases; suddcniy-healcd ulceis and s-ircs; ConatHntly-diacharging abscesses; inillt-leg; vancie veins, fever sores, and maiiv other conuit ions ol dis ease. Thes all hae a greater or lesa tendency to sudden or gradual and permanent derangement and diseo.se of the heart. Heart-dropsy la by far the most common form of heart disease. The testimony ami eiericiice of pi pe titioners of high repute, the medical Journals and ti e hospital reports, and my own observation, warrant the statement. Clothing worn too closely around tie person tends to Impede the circulation by rest rait: I i.g the mechanical action of the heart- 'fhia organ mnt have room to expand and contract. It throws two and a haif ounces of blood at each pulsation when the circumstances are favorable, but If. from eloseiy-lit- tlng clothing, the quantity ia abridged, diseaae sooner I or later follows. Ir. Parker, of New York. In a work i on heart-dropsy, relates the ease of a young lr.dy i whose clothiiig was so tightly fitted to her ers.,n that . jaiukiiig muii:u, iiiu, iuiuu:ii anc w aa ii ioo.ru i o the 0en air and her corset luces cut. the action of the iieart was suapeuueu lor an nour. rdie oieu oi ncni i- drosy in less than a year. Another lady was sltr.t- j larly attacked iu church, and remained in a condition of suspended animation for seven hours. Wlunri.e i revived she declared that duringthe period of Iu r In- ! sensibility she had been with her stater who died ti n i years before, and expressed a wish for weeks sftcr- I ward that she might die and renew her delightful ex- ! peneuces. Jr roin this attack the Iieart began to he i oppressed, aud there were palpitation, sin. i tints of I breath and symptoms of water, and in a htlie more than a year she swooned away, and was dead In f' j lriiuutes. Upon a post mortem examination It was fouud that the water had covered the heart an'. ren- i dered it unable to perform Its functions. A r e is j reported by lr. iJimgllaon in his cluneal Ici tuns. j where aperson had fractured hlshlpaiid Injured Ins j spine, who was kept ou his left side for sevei al weeks In such a uuaitiun that there was o ulte a nreMire oi cr ; the region of the heart, t alntuesa. smotiiermr:. siiflo- j eating sensation followed, water rapid y accuin'i.auu, and in lea tnan two yeaia sudden tleatii resulted. Iq this case, too. a pot morteui exaiiimat.oii repealed the fact that death was cauaed by dropsy of the ht-H!-t. Hepatized iungs cause disease in the s nue iit.ini.er by Creating au undue pressure. '1 he lungs G'..i.i.d the Heart in a conditio of health are eolt and spunT, al lowing that organ the greatest freedom of anion. But wlien Uiev are hepatized or tuherculared or l.ai d- ened from any cause, soaato interfere with the proper i action of the heart, a feverish Condition of the pert- ! caruium or nran-taw rcwuii. w men prevents its nor mal perspiration, and the aweat accumulates un-Ier the pericardium, causing heart-dropsy. A atocj .ng figure acts iu precisely the same way because It hin ders and prevents the heart s action. Hospital re ports show that a large percentage of 'eaths of tailors and shoemakers are sudden and early, and in almost every case a post mortem exaanluat.on reveals some disease of the heart which bad its origin In the stopp ing position of these mechanic while at work. M: Bizatstatea In his hospital reports that workmen whose business requires a constantly stooping position are subject to headache, dizziness, apoplexy, palsy, and sudden death from heart diseases. To be continued by X. o. Podge, At. D. u y l . v. y v nftr av J ... v 1 ' -4vV J-'-a"rrCy'J, xFaVa7; tUREK.i aurcflT i ,a ii Dr. J. Walker's Cal lorn in Yin cpar Hitters nro a purely Vrpptabl preparation, mado chielly from the na tive herbs found on tho lower ranpes of tho Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, tlio medicinal properties cf whicli aro extracted therefrom without tho uso of Alcohol. Tho question U almost daily asked, "What is tho caufo of tha unparalleled success of Vinkoati Hit tf.ks!'j Our answer is, that they remove, tho cause of disease, nnd tho patient ro tovers liia health. They aro tho great blood purifier and a lifo-gi vine; principle, a perfect Innovator nnd Juvigorator of tho Bjstem. Never before in the "history of tho world bu a incJieiiio been comjiti!iilr( possessing tlio reiiuiikablo qualities of Vinkoar Uittkiis in lit aiiuif tho ick of every disease man ia l.uir to. They aro a rreutle Purgative as veil as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or IhlUnnmiUmi of Uia Liver aud Visceral Organs, ia Bilious Diseases. Tho properties of Dn. Walker's Tikkgar IIittkrs are Aperient. Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-irritant, budorillc, Altera tive, and Anti-Hiliotis. (i! rat el ul Thousands proclaim Vin egar Hitters tho most wonderful In viporaut that ever sustained tha ainkiug system. No Person can talie theso Kilters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not de stroyed by mineral poison or other means, and vital organs wasted beyond repair. jlilions. Remittent and Inter mittent l overs, whicli aro eo preva lent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan sas, Ked, Colorado, Hrazos, Uio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ko anoke, James, and many others, with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during tho .Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so ti ll ing sea sons of unusual heat aud dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive de rangements of the Ktomaeli and liver, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow erful influence upon tiicso various or gans, is essentially necessary. There is no cathartic for tho purposo cpial to Dn. J. Walkkk's Yi.i:;ak Huthhs. as they will speedily remove the dark colored viscid matter with which tho bowels are loaded, at tho same time Biinuilatiug the secretions of tho liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Fortify tho hody against disease by purifying all its fluids with Vinkgak Hitters. No epidemic can tako hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indirection, Head ache Pain In the Shoulders, (,'ou1j.i, Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Had Taste in tho Mouth. I'.ilious Attacks, l'alpita tation of tho Heart, Inflammation of tho Lungs, Pain in the region of tho Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symp toms, aro the offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bottle wiU prove a beftergiiaranfej of its merits than a lengthy advertise ment. Scrofula, or Kind's Kvil, Whito Swellings, Ulcers, Eryhipei; is, Swoiifil . k. Goitre, Scrofulous Iin'iam;iiiii'us Indolriit Inflammations, Mercurial A llcctum, Old Sores, Eruptions of lht Skin, f' i e Eye, etc. In these, at in nil other consti! ntional Dis eases, Walkkk's Vi.nkoaii Din Kits l;avo shown their great curative power in tho most obstinate and intractable cave. For Inflammatory and Chronic Ilheumatism, Gout, unions, Remit tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of tiie J'.loou, Liver, Kwlnevs ami Ulaililct, these, Hitters have no erju.-il. Such lieae uio caused by Vitiated lil"tl. Mechanical Diseases. Persons eu paged in Paints and Minerals, such ns Plumbers, Type-setters, (iolii l.eateiv. sum! Miner, as they advanco in life, are Mtbj'ct to paralysis of tha Ji.nvcls. To gnaril against this, take a dose of Walkkk's Vin Kuak IJittk'k". oeensionnl'y. For Sli'ill DisrnM's, Eruptions, Tet ter, Salt-Iiheuiu, I:lotch'-s. Sjmts, Pim;!e , IiKtules, Moils, Carbuncles I.'irg wo: n.t, Scald head, Sore Eye, Eiy-ip-ias, Itch, Scurfs, lliscolorations of tho Skin, liuuiora and Diseases of the Skin of whnt':ver narna or nature, are literally ting u; and carried out of the system iu a nhoi t ti.ue by the us of these Hitters. Pin, Tap?, and other Worms, lurking in the sytein ef o many thousand, are eilectuaily destroyed and I'-iimYed. o system of medicine, no vet in . !'iigi-s, no r.n thehninitics will free, the syhiem f'nun worm lika these Eitters. For Female Complniiils. in young r old. married or .single, at thr i!.ta :i of wo manhood, or tho turn of lite. Iheso Tonic Iiitters display so decided an influence that improvement is soon jiereciti!'. Cleanse the Vitiated lilood when ever you find its impurities bursting th rough the kin in l'imples. Eruptions, or Sorts; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and uluggisli in the veins; demise it when it i foul; your feelings will tell von when. 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