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    Iowa Republican rialforiu.
The resolutions adopted hy the reeent
KepuMie.'in State Convention of Iowa
arc as follows :
thi: representatives of llie li'inbUonn party
fthe Mate if Iowa, in convention assembled, do
adopt the fol lowing phitform of principles:
Krit'itrat 1. Tlint, the policy of the lfepuhii
can party in relation to 'inmice hut all'orded the
people not onlv n afe. ioiiii(l and popular cur
jenry of eqiiaf mid uniform worth in every por
tion of our common country, hut has likewise
jm-atly improved the credit of the country,
il home and abroad, we point with pride
to its record and iicconiplis-hmciiM in thi regard,
mid. vtliile reiiltlrniinir the policy announced by
the punv in the National t'onveniionn of 1 nud
172. :md trinmrdiautlv indorsed bv the people at
t ie poll n policy which, while coiitrifoutiiiir to
t ic public credit. "ha alo enhanced the individ
ual ami collective prosperity of the American
people we favor such lc;;iltion a Khali make
national ImukiiiL' free to all, muter just nnd equal
law, h.ifcd n p.. n the policy of specie resumption
hfKii. h time a 1 consistent with the material
and industrial interest of the country, to the end
that the volume of currency may be regulated by
t ie n it urn! law of trade.
2. Thai wt- r-af!irm the declaration of the Ke-
publican National platform of lHTi in favor of
the payment lv nut i tovernineui oi ine i mien
Siaie" of all it obligation in accordance with
both the letter and the spirit of the law under
which Mich ohliL'atiou were iued; and we de
clare that, in the absence of any ex pre provision
to the contrary, the obligation of the tiovern-m-tit.
when i-ued and placed upon the market
of th- world, are payable iu the world' currency
to-wit. specie.
:!. That under the Constitution of the I'nited
Stale 'oii''i-e ha power to reuulate all com
merci! amoiiir the everal state, whether carried
on bv railroad or by other mean, ami in the cx-i-ri
i-e f that pow er t'on're may ami t-honld o
lefi.-laie as to prohibit, under siu'tablc penalties,
extortion. unjiit discrimination and t her w muz
and tiniu-t conduct on the part of peron and
corporation en'ised in Mich commerce, and. by
a irt ue of the.aiue conMit nt ion al power. C'on-'re
inav and !t:d provide for the improvement of
our '.'real natural water-way.
1. That the Stale ha the power, and it i it
duty, to piovide by law for the regulation and
control of railway "transportation within it own
limit, and we demand tlmt the law of thi Slate.
paed for thi purpose ar the last eion of the
;ener;:l Aembly. chilli be upheld and enforced
until it chall be superseded by other legislation
or held unconstitutional by the proper judicial
tribunal.
ft. That w e feel bound to provide all appropriate
legislation for the full and equal protection of all
citizen, w hite or black, nai ivr or foreign born,
in the enjoyment of all the ri-.'ht iriiarmilecd by
the I (institution of the t'nited State and the
amend incuts t hereto.
ti. That llie t wcntv-seveii million reduction in
the estimated 'Jeiieia! Cioverninent expellee for
the ruiniiiL' ti-cal year meet our hearty commen
dation, and chow that the Kcptihlica.ii party, on
tpiection of retrenchment and economy, i car
rying out in j;ood faith it. oft-repcated pledge to
tlie people.
T. That we are in favor of an amendment to the
f'onstitui ion of the I'nited State providing for
the election ol President and lce-l'rusuleut by a
direct vote of the people.
S. That while inventor should be protected in
their just ri'.'ht of property iu their invention,
we demand such moditicat foil of our Patent law
a chall render the came more fair and equitable
to con-iwner.
!. That the faith of the Kepublican party is
pledged to promote the beet jrootl of the civil
cervice of t In' country, and that we. a Itepubli
catis of Iowa, demand th:i only honest and capa
ble men be elected or appointed to ollice. and
that we commend the position of the party m iu
ctitutiu in vest iira' ion of corruption iu ollice,
cnarin-' I herein ueit her Iriend nor foe.
in. That, since the people- may be intrusted
with ail question of cove ruiiit-utal reform, we
favor the final submission to the people of the
iniest ion ol ami-ndiiia the Constitution o a to
extend tin- rights of suffrage to women, pursiiaut
to (he action of the rilteciith itcncral A.-scinhly.
The Itepuhliean Party.
It is well fur those -who inav feel dis
posed to ensure the liepublicun partv
on neotint of the corrupt ioti of some of
its iiicitiliers, to stoo and consider hetore
sroinir loo far. All, or nearly sill, of the
corruption on the part of Kepublican ot
licials which has been brought to I i.irlit
was exposed by Kcpublicans. The party.
as a partv, has steadily, persistently ami
tpiite ellii ienlly exposed every species of
unfaithfulness and tie-serves great credit
at the hands of the people for its zeal in
tlisioveriiiLT and honesty in exposing ofl'p-
cial dcliii'iucucics. S-iteh etluils to pro
t-el the people, even at the exjiense of
party leaders, was never be Tore known
iHn inir the long vearsof Democratic rule
which culminated in rebellion and civil
war, no such record of honest devotion
to the interests of the people can be
found tis that which has characterized
the Kepublican party.
The Indiana State Convention in their
platform very clearly and concisely state
some of the commendable qualities of
the Kepublican party, as follows:
I'nHkc tin- Democratic party, it lay no claim
to iiolii'cal infallibility. Hut ii doc claim that
it h;i shown itself both ready and competent to
re-i-t every form of wrong and oppression to re-
ctiain iinn-tiee. to remove the public ill when
tlo v are known to c.i-t. to condemn the conduct
of fait hb-c and dihoiiet public agents, and to
detect and i-posi- utilises in the administration
of the ioveriimciit. even w hen practiced by it
croe - d Mil, porter. It ha never failed in the
work ol' reform when shown to be necessary. "No
otlcinler. detected iii corruption, ha escaped it
coiiiiPimiai ion. no mutter w hat partv service In
mav have rendered. It ha never endeavored to
defeat the public will, but regard the people and
not mere oaitv oi'-anixation as the primarv
soiirce of all political pow er. J!v Credit Mobilier
investigation, it repeal of the "salary-grub".
1 av. (lie abolition of the corrupting moictv cv
tern, and of the Sanborn contract, it ha shown
how readily it pays obedience to the public jud
incut. Iv it cearchim; i nvesturat ion into uniise
in the District of Columbia and it prompt con
demnation of administrative officer it ha dem
onstrated it unabated hoMilitv to the demoralise
in- doctrine that "to the victors bclon-' the
cpoils of ollice. ""
Kut the Kepublican partv is not solely
entitled to confidence ami support be
cause it is opposed to corruption. It
roes farther than this, and is the friend
of every mesisure designed to benefit the
people. Its sympathies are heartily in
accordance w it Ii the spirit of our (Jov-
ernment, and it has done more to elevate
the oppressed ami for human progress
tlisiii any other party in this or any other
country, it is the party of the people
and iu all the measures advocated or
adopted by it the object has been to ex
lend liberty, insure coual rights, and
promote general prosperity. The people
cannot allord to abandon such ;i party to
run sifter the skeleton of Democracy or
the fanaticism of weak-minded ambition
as exhibited in effort . to organize new
parties upon narrow and inadequate plat
forms. If there are wrongs to correct,
correct them inside the party. If there
are new issues deserving of indorsement,
have them indorsed and carried into
effect bv the Kepublican psirtv. Its de
feat csm only he the success of Democ
racy ; and Democracy gives no promise
of irood, but every assurance of evil
legislation sind government. Stand bv
the party of the peoph the part v which
lias given such vitality to the principles
ot our Government ami the energies ol
the people. Tvlalo lU't1e.
Jumping llie (iap.
Tom Potts, a well-known locomotive
engineer in Kngl.-md and the States, is
the self-accredited hero of the following
wonderful story ot successful oaring. 1
will narrate it," as nearly sis I can in his
own words. ; I have heard him tell it
often :
4 Well, gentlemen, I say you'll think
it's a lie, but I can't help thsit; you have
asked me to tell it; and all 1 can say is,
if you'd been in my place you'd have
seen it.
44 1 had been driving the 'Witch' for
abovit seven months, and a sweet thing
she was. 1 never was half so fond of an
engine as 1 was of her. She w as the
kind of machine a man only gets once in
a lifetime.
" She made her stm quick, was easy
on fuel, started oil' .ively, and went like
a deer. Her cylinders were sixteen
incli, her stroke twenty-two, and her
drivers seven feet six, and she was as
kintl to handle as a baby.
' To see her run off with a heavy load,
light and gay, was enough to shame the
Juno, Venus and Helen and other
eight ccn-inch machines.
' She never wanted fixing up. Venus
was always going in and out of the shop
to be titivated, and if there's anything I
don't like it's an engine that all the time
wants to be titivated. She was always
ready and w illing for work. Why, bless
vou! she wsis only washed out "for the
sake of cleanliness she didn't need it a
TL.it.
' She was the tidiest thing I ever seen
seemed as though dirt wouldn't stick
to her.
4 Well, what I am going to tell came
ofT vears' ago, before I left the old coun
trv'and it was one of the best railroads)
-"Single track, then, though it's got three
now. and four in some spots.
'Well the 4 Witch' and I were put on
the mail' one of the fastest trains; and
thev went like sixty in them days.
'"The engineer w as nned a shilling for
every minute be lost. He dared not go
slow for for. unless he wanted to lose his
day's pay. "He had to keep going right
al?D?andsee things before he got m
6i"hWe were running north one darkish,
wintry day, nnd were making our best
streaks. 1 should reckon we were going
about fifty miles an hour.
"1 was saving to myself, 4shcs going
her prettiest,' when we suddenly shot
ahead as if wc had been nred out or a
cannon.
"1 knew what that ment. c had
broke loose ; wc hadn't a car behind us.
The coupling had broken between the
tender and the first cosich.
44 How wc flew, to be sure! I whistled
the guard to brake up the train. How we
bounded along!
44 1 could make out no objects along
side we seemed to go faster and faster;
we must have got as fast as 100 miles an
hour.
44 It was a straight -piece of track for
some miles. I did not shut otf steam di
rectly we broke, for I didn't want the
train to run into us, which might happen
if they did not hear me whistle for
brakes.
44 It was lucky I kept her going; for
just as I had hstd enough of such Hying a
man started out about GOO yards before
us, holding a red Hag.
44 There was nothing in the way, so I
knew something must be wrong with the
track.
44 Vou might as well have tried to stop
a whirlwind as the '-Witch' in that dis
tance. Her speed was fearful.
"There wasn't time to think, as we
could not stop; the fstster we went the
better; so I gave her what more steam
there w as. She seemed to have some
' go' in reserve, for w e shot past the red
nag like a Hash.
44 1 saw men standing horror-struck.
444 Kill,' I said, 'quick! Get on the
coke, and see w hat's ahead.'
"He looked sind went deadly pale,
tottereu. aiul tell back in a laint.
44 Ky t'-i.s time I could see plain enough
what was wrong.
44 There was a gap in the track where
a bridge had gone down.
"Vou csin't imagine my feelings just
then. (Soing to death death, swift and
terrible at about two miles a minute
getting nearer and nesirer! I thought of
my wife and child nearer! An instant
more the g;ip!
4";id have mercy,' I shrieked.
" Well, would you believe it. that en
gine just cleared" that gap!
" It wsis fifteen feet across and about
sixty feet deep.
"She jumped that gap like a stag. and.
what's more, she struck the rails all right
on the ot her side, and kept right along,
just as if she had not noticed t he gap!
"I stirred Kill up, and with both of us
sit the brake we managed sit last to stop
the ' H itch.
"She was on si tear that day, but I
never dreamed she'd jump the gap that's
si fact." Toylura Fast Life on the Modern
11 ujliirnij.
A Tree that Keeps a Standing Army,
Amomi the varied means of defense
developed by phints in their ceaseless
struggles for existence, there is, perhaps,
none more wonderful or effective than
thsit of a species of acacia which abounds
on the dry savannahs ol Central Ameri
ca. It is called the bull's-horn thorn.
lrom the strong curved thorns like bulls
horns set in psiirs all over the trunk and
branches. 1 hese, no doubt, help to pro
tect the tree from attacks of browsing
cattle; but it has more dangerous ene
mies in the leaf-cutting ants and other
insects. Against these the tree maintains
a numerous standing army, for which it
provides snug houses stored with food,
nectsir todrink and abundanccof luscious
fruit for dessert. "When first developed,
the thorns are soft and filled with a
sw eetish pulp, much relished by a species
of smsill springing ants, never found ex
cept on these trees. Making a hole near
the point of one of each pair of thorns
these ants eat out the interior, then bur
row through the thin partition of base
into the other thorn, and treat it- in the
same manner. The hollow shells thus
formed make admirable dwellings, none
of which are left untenanted, as any one
may discover by disturbing the plant,
when the little worries swarm out in
force and attack the aggressor with iaws
and stings. The leaves of the plant are
two-winged, and at the base of each pair
oi leaflets, on the mid rib, is a
gland which, when the leaf is
young, secretes a honey-like liquid
oi wine ii the ants are very fond, lhis
insures their constant presence on the
young leaves and their most zealous ser
vice in driving off other insects. A still
more wonderful provision of solid food is
made for :i similar purpose. At the end
of each of the smsill divisions of the com
pound leallet there grows a small fruit
like body, which under the microscope
looks like a golden pear. When the leaf
first unfolds the little pears are not quite
ripe, and the ants are continually em
ployed going from one to another to see
how they come on. As these fruit-like
bodies which appear to have no other
use than as ant food do not all ripen at
once, the ants are kept about the young
leaves for considerable time. When an
suit finds one sulliciently advanced it
bites the point of attachment, then bend
ing down the prize breaks it otl'and bears
it away in triumph to the nest. These
ants, a species of prtihnnn)ia, are found,
sis already noticed, on these trees; and
that the trees really keep them as a body
guard seems evident from the fact that,
when planted in localities where their
little protectors do not exist, they are
speedily defoliated by leaf-cutters, which
let them severely alone on the savannahs,
while their honey glands and golden
pears oiler no attraction to the ants of
the forest. Apparently both acacias and
linithiinjnmi have been mutually modi
fied in the course of time, until they are
now quite dependent on esich other for
support and protection. Scientific Ameri
ca n.
The Dangers of Paris Green.
As the handling andusingof dry Paris
green, especially by persons unaccus
tomed to its use", is attended with consid
erable risk and often followed by serious
consequences, we make the following
suggestions, founded on our experience
as nisinufsicturers:
All packages, whether large or small,
should be plainly marked poison.
There is grcsit danger in the mixing of
this green for potato bug and cotton
worm poison, owing to the fine dust
which arises in the process, which is in
haled and also rapidly absorbed by the
pores of the skin, especially if the person
using it should be in a stsite of perspira
tion. To guard against this, the hands
and face (particularly nostrils) should be
protected as much as possible, and should
be carefully washed after working in it,
or in any of the preparations of which it
is an ingredient. As it penetrates and
poisons wood, gets into the seams and
crevices of articles made of metal, and
even intoearthenware that is at all porous,
all household utensils, or anything in
barn or stable which cattle or horses
could have access to, in which the article
may have been mixed, or from which it
has been used, should be carefully set
aside and never again used for any other
purpose.
Malignant sores are not infrequently
caused by scratching the skin when itch
ing or irritated from handling the green.
It should be constantly borne in mind
that it is a more dangerous and deadly
poison than arsenic, and farmers, plant
ers and others when purchasing should
be duly cautioned to exercise the utmost
care in using it.
As a remedy for the poison, the free
use of milk as a beverage is recommended,
but we have found hydrated per-oxide
of iron (a simple, harmless remedy) the
best antidote. Sores caused by the green
should be well covered with it, as with
an ordinary salve, and a teaspoonful in a
wine-glass of water should be taken
twice a day internally, while "working
with the green. This remedy can be ob
tsiined from any druggist or chemist.
The consumption of Paris green has
largely increased w ithin a few vears, and
the article is now applied to such a va
riety of purposes that carelessness in
its use or ignorance of its highly danger
ous properties on the part of those who
use it cannot fail to produce the most
deplorable results. Pa int nnd OilJour
nal. Wrnr should a magistrate be very cold?
Because he represents just-ice.
The Velocity of Rivers.
The velocity of a river depends upon
the inclination or fall of its course, and
its surface velocity can be ascertained
by determining the rate of that fall per
mile, and rice tersa we can ascertain the
inclination by measurement of the surface
velocity. But, as every one who has
stirred up the bottom of a brook has ob
served, the surface-current flows faster
than the under-current. The particles of
sand at the top of the water are always
carried some distance beyond those at
the bottom. This retardation of the
under current is caused by the friction of
tlnwwater against the bottom and sides
ot TTie brook. While, therefore, it is easy
to measure the velocity of the surface
current, it is difficult, because of its re
tardation beneath, to determine the mean
velocity or actual flow of the river. This
has never been satisfactorily done before.
Many experiments, with a view to the
accomplishment of this end, have indeed
been made by eminent men, but they
have failed to establish the relationship
between the depth of the stream and the
vi4city of the How. 31. Bevy has estab
lished that the velocity of a river is
directly proportionate to its depth, dimin
ishing or increasing therewith. "Thus
if a shoal occurs in the middle of a chan
nel, the velocity of the current over the
shoal is less "than that of the deeper
witter on either side ; and this diminution
of speed is proportionate to the loss of
depth. So direct is this relation that a
plan of the surface velocities, if projected
on an appropriate scale, coincides very
closely with the section of the bottom of
the river. Any want of parallelism be
tween the two curves is capable of explsi
nation either by the curvature of the
banks, of by some physical irregularity
of the channel." It was determined by
actual experiment that the greatest
velocity of current is at the surface and
the least at the bottom, and that
the increase of velocity " is in the simple
ratio of the distance from the bottom."
This decides that the mean velocity of a
stream is to be found at half its depth.
A result perfectly consistent with the
previously-expressed law that surface
velocity is proportionate to depth, it is in
fact a corollary, and one that was verified
by experiment. Popular Science Monthly.
Manners and Customs in Iceland.
Manneks arc simple in Iceland, as in
deed in all the Scandinavian countries;
and all the simpler here because there is
really no distinction of ranks. Nobody
is rich and hardly anybody abjectly
poor; everybody has to work for himself
and works (except, to be sure, a few
storekeepers in Reykjavik and one or two
spots on the coast) with his own hands.
Wealth would not raise a msin much
above his fellows, and there are indeed
no means of employing it except in sup
plying a house with what would be
thought in England indispensable
comforts. Wealth, therefore, is not
greatly coveted (although the Icelander
likes a good bargain, especially in horse
flesh), and an air of contentment reigns.
The farm servant scarcely differs from
the farmer, and probably, "if a steady fel
low, ends by marrying the fanner's
daughter and getting" a farm himself.
There is no title of respect save llerra
to the Bishop and Sira to a priest; not
even such a title as Mr. or Mrs., or
Esquire. If you go to call on a lady you
tap at the door and ask if Ingibjorg or
Valgregor is in; or, if you wish to give
her her full name, Ingibjorg Thorvalds
dottir, or Eiriksdottir, or Bjarnardottir
(as the case may be), for there is no title
of politeness to apply. Her name, more
over, is her own name, unchanged from
birth to death : for as there are no sur
nsimes or family names among the Ice
landers, but only Christian names, there
is no reason for a wife assuming her hus
band's name, and she is Thorvaldsdottir
after her marriage with Guouiundr just
as before, w hile her children are Iuo
mundsson and Guomundsttir. When such
a concession is made to the rights of
woman, it is a little surprising to find
that she is in any other respect treated as
an inferior, not usually sitting down to
table w ith the men of the family, but
waiting on them and dining separately.
Otherwise, however, women seem sulli
ciently well off, having full rights of prop
erty and riding valorously about the
country wherever they will; and we
could not hear that there was any move
ment for their emstneipation, or indeed
for social reform of any kind, though, to
be sure, imperfect knowledge of the lan
guage restricted our inquiries. In one re
gard the women of Icclsind have obtained
completer equality than their sisters in
Continental Europe. They receive ex
actly the same education as the men do.
There are no schools in the island natu
rally, as families live mostly a dozen miles
apart, and instruction is therefore given
by the father to his sons and daughters
alike and together, the priest where
there is a priest sometimes adding a lit
tle Latin or Danish. Thus the girl learns
all her parents can tesich her, and is as
gooil an arithmetician and as familiar
with the Sagas as her brothers. Accom
plishments, of course, are pretty well out
of the question; painting, not only from
the difficulty of procuring materials, but
because there is really nothing to paint ;
dancing, because you can seldom gsither
a sufficiently large party, and have no
rooms big enough; instrumental music,
on account of the impossibility of
transporting a piano over rocks and
bogs on the back of a pony. Nev
ertheless, we found in a remote
house (a good w ooden house, by the way)
upon the coast, where we were hospita
bly entertained for a day and night, not
only a piano, but several young ladies
who could play excellently on it and a
guitar, accompanying themselves to
songs in four or five languages, the Swe
dish, as we thought, the prettiest of all.
They lived in the most desolate spot im
aginable the sea roaring in front on a
long strand; inland, a plain of dreary
bog, and behind it, miles away, grim,
shapeless mountains. They had no
neighbors within ten or fifteen miles, and
told us they were often without a visi
tor for months together. But they were
as bright and cheerful as possible; and
though they did not respond to the sug
gestion of a dance, they sang and played
to two of us all evening long in the tiny
drawing-room, while the storm howled
without; and their worthy father (who
was a sort of general merchant for that
part of the island) and the Lord-Lieutenant
of the county, w ho had dropped in
from his house, thirty or forty miles off,
brewed noble bowls of punch, and held
forth to our third comrade, in a strange
mixture of tongues, upon the resources
of Iceland, and the prospects of opening,
by means of British capital, a nourishing
trade in sulphur.
As for society, it must not be imag
ined that there is any society in Iceland
in the same sense as in England or
America. Except at weddings or funer
als, there are no social gatherings; even
in the town an entertainment is the rar
est thing in the world, and in the country
it is impossible. There are no "country
people," no 44 best sets," and hence no
struggles to get into them. But there is
not only a great deal of practical hospi
tality, everybody staying, as a matter of
course, at everybody else's house, but a
very generous spirit shown in giving it.
This is one of the things which one most
enjoys in traveling there and which atones
for many discomforts. Everywhere you
meet a hearty welcome; all that the
house affords is set before you, the best
room is at your service, and what is
done, be it great or little, is done in an
ungrudging spirit and with genuine kind
liness of manner. In fact, the strongest
impression which we carried away, after
that of the grimness of the scenery, was
that of the geniality of the people and
the pleasant sense of a social equality
which involves no obtrusive self-assertion
by the poorer, since it is the natural
result of the conditions under which life
goes on. The Curnhill Magazine.
Treatment of a Bad Horse.
A beactittl and high-spirited horse
would never allow a shoe to be put on his
feet, or any persons to handle his feet. In
an attempt to shoe him recently he re
sisted every effort, kicked aside every
thing but an anvil, and nearly killed him
self on that, and finally was brought back
to his stable unshod. This defect was
just on the eve of consigning him to the
plow, where he might work narefoot,
when an officer in our service lately re
turned from Mexico took a cord about
the size of a common bed-cord, put it in
the mouth of the horse like a bit, tied it
tightly on the animal's head, passing his
left ear under the string, not painfully
tight, but tight enough to keep the ear
down and "the cord in its place. This
done he patted the horse gently on the
side of the head and commanded him to
follow, and instantly the horse obeyed,
perfectly subdued, and as gentle and
obedient as a well-trained dog, suffered
his feet to be handled with impunity, and
acted in all respects like an old stager.
The gentleman who thus furnished this
exceedingly simple means of subduing a
very dangerous propensity intimated that
it is practiced in Mexico and South xVmer
ica in the management of wild horses.
A". Y. Commercial Advertiser.
How to Make a Good Bed.
Perhaps some of the housekeepers who
read the Farm Journal would like to
know how they can make an inexpensive,
and at the same time good and durable,
bed, or mattress and bolster. And then,
perhaps, those same housekeepers, after
reading this article, will throw it aside
with the remark, "merely a whim." That
is what my friends said when I told them
what I was doing; " one of your whims;"
but it did not discourage me ; I persevered,
and the result shows that the "whim"
was not a bad one. I have a bed that
will (with good usage) last a life-time. It
is merely a tick, the same as for straw.
or husks, with openings in the upper side
to insert the hand for stirring, and filled
with cut paper. iNow, reader, do not
throw aside the paper with disgust, but
if for nothing but curiosity finish the
article ; it will do no harm ; possibly you
may be induced to make one. The work
of cutting the paper is not such a long
job as you would think, lake any kind
of clean paper (except straw wrappings)
and fold it, or roll, so that it can be cut
with one clip of the shears, and then cut
it ; you need not be particular as to the
width, although the narrow er it is cut the
better it is. These clippings are like
little curls or rings of paper, and lie
almost as light as -feathers, and after
using the bed they will not break up and
grow fine and dusty; but are clean, and
can be stirred as light as when first used
I have heard people who have slept on
them ssiy 44 they were the best beds they
ever slept on." I prefer them to feathers
or common mattresses; hair mattresses
are nicer, of course, but few of us farm
ers' wives can afford to buy them;
whereas, the paper bed wc can have
wiinoui cost, except tne work, and in
that the smallest child j-ou have who
can use a pair of shears will help you,
and if not kept busy too long at a time
will think it but play. The same material
makes nice pillows for lounges, chair
cushions, cradle ticks, etc. I have a box
to keep waste paper in, which is out of
the way, and at the same time handier
than the rag-bag; and when it is full
cut them into another box, and put them
into the tick. 1 use the same ticks that
I have used for straw; wash them and
sew up the openings, so they are just
large enough for "the hand to pass
through readily ; three openings arc suf
ficient.
But, we ask, where can wc get enough
paper to fill a bed? That is the very
question I should expect you to ask, and
here is the answer: If you do not take a
nnerai supply or newspapers, it would be
a hard matter to get enough for a bed;
but, as you are a reader of the Farm
Journal, I will suppose that you are well
supplied with reading matter of all
kinds. Some papers after being once
read are good for nothing but to cut up;
others, perhaps, have some good recipes,
poetn-, or anecdotes, that you w ish to
save; if so cut them out and put the re
mainder of the sheet in your waste-paper
uox; then you have old letters, and. as
stated above, any but straw paper. When
you commence saving paper, it will as
tonish you to sec what a quantity will
accumulate. Now, to finish this article
1 will tell you another of my "whims;''
inai is wnai i used to make ot the rcci
pes, poetry and anecdotes I cut from
waste paper. I trim the edges nicely,
and with a little paste fasten them into
some book that is useless for reading,
but has good binding; and thus save
them for future reference, each kind in a
book by themselves, and thus I have a
recipe book, book of anecdotes, and book
of poems, by different authors, that will
compare favorably with some that are
for sale. Cor. American Farm Journal.
An Inquest on Abel.
Yesterday afternoon an excited indi
vidual, with his hat standingon two hairs
and his e3'es projecting from his head
like the horns of a snail, rushed into the
office of Coroner Holmes. The Coroner
is by profession a dentist, and his first
thought as he glanced at the man was
that he was well-nigh distracted with
toothache. He was soon undeceived,
however, as the frenzied individual cried
out, as soon as he could catch his breath
aiter running up me stairs: "lseen a
man murdered!"
"A man murdered?" cried the Coroner;
"how? where?''
44 In a garden, I believe; with a club or
a rock."
" How long ago?" cried the Coroner,
seizing his hat and cane.
"Been done a good while, and no police
nor constables hasn't never done nothin'
about it. Never been no Coroner set on
the body, nor nothin' of the kind; nover
dick "
" What's the dead man's name? Who
was he?" cried the Coroner.
" His name was Abel."
"Abel? Abel who?"
"Don't know. Never heard nothin'
but his first name."
"Well, what is the name of the man
who killed him? Do they know? Any
one suspected?"
"Well, I've heard that a fellow named
Csiin put out his light. Cain was the
brother of Abel, and "
Coroner smells a mice and, flourishing
his cane, cries, "You git down them
stairs, my tine fellow. Git, and don't you
show yourself here again!" With a loud
guffaw the fellow went down the stairs
three steps at a time, the doctor calling
out after him, "How dare you trifle with
an officer in this way, sir?" Virginia
City (Xet.) Enterprise.
The Perforating Power of Hoots.
It is indeed wonderful how easily the
roots of plants and trees bore through
hard, impacted soils in search of nourish
ment. They use for this purpose a sort
of awi, of immense pow er, situated at the
end of the root, and capable, with the aid
of the other root machinery, of thrusting
aside heavy weights and getting through
almost any obstructions. Yet the awl
consists only of a mass of microscopic
absorbent cells formed by protoplasm or
vegetable mucus the fluid in which vital
action is first set up. The roots of the
elm and the maple will bore through the
hardest soil of walks or streets, enter
drains, tw ine about water pipes, and pen
etrate through the seams of stone and
brick structures. The roots of some
plants have been known to pass through
eighteen inches of solid brick-work, and
mstke their appearance in a wine-cellar
below. Plants have a vast power in over
coming obstacles, w hen foraging for food.
They are like a hungry animal which no
fences can restrain when there is food
bejond. The movements of roots in soils
proceed on certain principles of utility in
connection with the welfare of the plant.
Some need much more moisture than
others, and the roots will drive through
rocks to obtain it ; others need silicious
food, and will penetrate through a clay
bank to reach the desired foraging ground.
The urgency with which nature drives
plants and animals in pursuit of foTd is
almost irresistible. Journal vf Chemistry.
A Missouri husband wheeled his crip
pled wife three miles the other day to let
her see a funeral procession, 44 the first
she had had the pleasure of seeing for
seven years."
Washoe City, Nev., has been taking
its census, and finds its population to
tonirsi of 44 eight men. two boys and a
dilapidated squaw." JV. Y. World.
USEFUL AM) SUGGESTIVE.
A writer in the Medical Journal, Lon
don, states that in cases of whooping
cough in the last stage that is, after the
third week he has had one ounce of the
strongest liquid ammonia put into a gal
lon of water in an open pan, and the
steam kept up by means of halt a brick
made red hot throughout, and put into
the boiling water containing the am
monia, the pan being placed in the mid
dle of a room, into which the patients
were brought as the ammonia steam was
passing oil. This method, he 6ays, was
used in the evening, before bed-time, and
it proved so efficacious in abating the
spasmodic attack, and after three or
four days terminating the malady, as to
establish, beyond doubt, the value of
this mode ot inhaling ammonia as a
therapeutic agent in tranquilizing the
nervous system in the whooping cough.
Sheep ox a Farm. The New York
World says, in answer to a correspond
ent: It certainly is profitable to keep
sheep on a farm if rightly managed
even though, the price of wool is low.
They arc scavengers on a farm death to
all weeds and shrubs that are an annoy
ance to the tidy farmer. Besides, the
spring lambs, if a csireful selection of
breeds is made, w ill be found profitable
to sell, especially the males, in the mar
ket. Americans arc eatiug more and
more mutton yearly. The object of the
shepherd should be to adapt his sheep
husbandry to the wants of the market
nearest him grow the kind of wool that
sells the best; or if the carcass is more
in demand, grow the sheep which make
the most and best meat in the shortest
time, always taking into account hardi
ness and easiness of keep.
Cleanse the M angers. lhe man
gers of horses, cows and oxen, when sup
plied with cut fodder and meal, frequent
ly become offensively sour in conse
quence of the decomposition ol the wet
meal that adheres to the corners of the
feed-boxes. This is apt to be the case
especially when animals do not lick the
corners entirely clean. If a small por
tion of feed is allowed to remain in the
manger only a portion of a warm day it
will become sour, and the offensive efflu
via will taint the entire manger, so that
an animal will often refuse to cat his ac
customed allowance unless compelled
by keen hunger. The true way to man
age mangers is to scrape the corners
clean at least twice per day, removing
every particle of rejected food, lhen if
the manger does not smell as sweet as
a butter bowl let the corners be washed
out with hot water, wiped clean, and a
handful of caustic slacked lime be
sprinkled in the manger. If mangers are
kept clean they will seldom become
offensively sour. If an animal leaves a
portion of its feed a new mess should
never be given on the rejected feed. Ar.
J . Herald.
Canned Fruits. Use only fresh fruit
and that which is perfectly ripe, not too
soft, but just right to eat well. Fill your
cans lull of fruit, put the can in a kettle
of cold water; put a few iron rings in the
bottom of the pot to prevent the cans
from breaking; then put over a slow fire
at first, making it hotter after the fire has
become hot. loo great a heat at first
will crack the cans at the bottom. Mean
while, make a nice sirup of white sugar,
and when your fruit is half done cooking
pour your sirup over the fruit in the cans,
and continue boiling until done; remove
from the fire and seal. Some people cook
their fruit before putting in cans, but it
does not preserve its natural flavor as
well, neither will the sirup be as clear
Cooking the fruit in the cans is the proper
way of canning fruit, in my estimation.
I use half a pound of sugsir to a quart jar
ot lruit; cherries, peaches, pears and
raspberries will do with six ounces
Cook quart jars tw enty to thirty minutes,
according to hardness of fruit. Keep
watch of your cans while boiling, and as
fast as the fruit in the can lowers fill up
with well-ripened fruit; next morning test
your jars; if they do not hold boil them
over again. In ten days from time of
canning test your fruit again, and it the
cover holds them it will keep for years,
as I have some now nearly four years old
which look as if they might keep four
years longer. By testing ten days after
canning you will never be awakened in
the night" by a loud report as of a gun
going off, as I have heard people tell
about, and breaking some half-dozen cans
nearest to it. Keep jour cans in a cool
but not damp place. CV;". Rural New
1 orker.
Bcmcdy for Bites of Mad Animals.
The Norristown (V a.) Independent says
44 In 181J), one Valentine Kittering, of
Dauphin County, communicated to the
Senate of Pennsylvania a sure remedy
for the bite of any mad animal. He
said that his ancestors had used it in
Germany 230 years ago, and thsit he al
ways found it to answer the purpose dur
ing a residence of fifty years in the
L'nited States. He only publishes it from
a motive of humanity. This remedy
consists in the weed called chick-weed.
It is a summer plant, know n to the Ger
mans and Swiss by the names of gauch
veil rather mator, or rather huchnerdarm.
In England it is called red pimpernel,
and its botanical name is Angelical pho-
nicea. It must be gathered in June, when
in full bloom, dried in the shade, and
then pulverized. The dose of this for a
grown person is a small teaspoonful, or
in weight a dram and scruple at once, in
beer or water. For children the dose is
the same, yet it must be administered at
three different times. In applying, it
must be used green, cut into pieces, and
mixed with bran or other feed. For
hogs the pulverized weed is made into
little balls by mixing it with Hour and
water. It can also be put on bread and
butter, or in honev, molasses, etc. The
Kev. Muhlenberg said that in Germany
thirty grains of this powder are given
four times a day, the first day, then once
a day for the whole week; while at the
same time the wound is washed out with
a decoction of the weed and the powder
strewed in it. Air. Kittering said that he
in all instances administered but one
dose, with the most happy results. This
is ssiid to be the same remedy through
w hich the late Dr. William Stoy effected
so many cures.
Coloring Cheese.
One of the means employed to give
cheese a rich cream-color is to expose the
curd before and after salting to the air
instead of hurrying it into the hoop or
press as is usual with the majority of
dairymen. Every cheese-maker must
observed the fine golden color acquired
by the particles of curd that have acci
dentally remained out of the hoop and
exposed during the ' day to the atmos
phere. This is the precise color desired
by the dealers, and in w arm weather an
exposure long enough for the desired
color is practicable, and the appearance
of the curd can be materially changed
for the better by letting it remain in the
vat or tub until it has acquired the
proper temperature for the press. It is
always preferable to cool curd in this
way, instead of using water or cold
whey on the curd as is sometimes done
for this purpose, as these last have
a tendency to impoverish the
cheese by washing out a iortion of
its richness, besides injuring somewhat
its flavor. Fine flavor, quality, and the
proper texture in cheese are important
requisites to ready sales and good prices.
But all these may be present and yet the
cheese sell low in market for its bad ap
pearance. The eye must be suited as
well as the taste, and it is difficult to
make the consumer believe that pale,
white cheese is as rich as that .which has
a fine cream color. Again, many dairy
men are troubled more or less in pre
serving a smooth, elastic rind; the rind
checks, and deep cracks are found here
and there in the cheese. This results
often, and for the most part from the air
being allowed to blow on the young
cheese. Cheese, when it conies from the
press, and for several days after, or until
the rind has a firm consistency, should
be kept where the air may not blow di
rctly upon it, and washing the cheese
twice a week with hot, sweet whey will
add much to its outward appearance.
Annatto is in general use during spring
and fall for coloring milk for cheese
making, but as much of it is adulterated
with poisonous materials its use should
be avoided in summer, w hen the desired
color to the cheese can be obtained as
above described. Canada rarmer.
Plaster as a Manure.
A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
writes: There seems to be little doubt
but that plaster, or, as it is called by
chemists, sulphate of lime, is on some
soils an efficient and cheap manure;
while on other soils it seems to be of lit
tle or no value, as no difference can be
detected in the crops following its use.
Now in order to tell the soil on which it
will pay to use it is a question that we
shall have to decide for ourselves, for I
am not aware that any man can tell by
looking at the soil where it will pay to
use it, "or where it will not pay. There
fore, if we would know for a certainty it
is best to try small quantities on differ
ent parts of the field, either by sowing on
grass lands as a top-dressing or by using
f i J r .T .
as a manure ior ueiu crops in unicrcm
ways, and the answer that you may get
will likely be a true one. After you have
found where it will pay, then use it liner
ally, and it may be well to say here that
if the crops are all consumed upon the
farm there need be no fears of ruining
j our farm by using plaster in a judicious
manner.
Prince & Co'i Organs.
Splendid finish; six stops; price ?li5.
Terms, 2- eush; $15 monthly.
Money refunded if not satisfactory. I'eed's
Temple of Music, tfi Van Buren street, Chicago.
Prof. Bairo writes that the fish caught
in Lake St. Croix, and on which was
claimed the reward offered by the St
Paul Chamber of Commerce for the first
shad caught in the upper waters of the
Mississippi, is not shad, but belongs to the
herring family, of the species known as
" tailors" on the Potomac, and allied to
the blue fish of New York. He says the
young shad placed in the river near the
falls, by Seth Green, could not be cx
pected to return from the Gulf of Mex
ico before next season, three years from
the time they were placed in the river.
Diseases of the Blood.
By It. V. PIERCE, M. D., of the World's
DlSl'EXSAKV, HuHalo, . 1.
Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald TIead, St
Anthony's Fire, Rose Rash or Erysipelas,
Ringworms, 1'iinples, Jilotclics, Spots, Krup
ttons. Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eves
Rough Skin, Scurf, Scrofulous Sores und
Swellings, Fever Sores, White Swellings,
Tumors, Old Sores and Swellings.
41 The blood is the life." This is as true as a
mathematical or any other scientitie proposi
tion, and one that should influence every physi
eian. From the blood we derive our strength
and mental capabilities. When this source
is corrupted the painful and sorrow-producing
eltects are visible in many shapes, t rom our
blood our systems arc hunt up nnd kept in
repair. The strength of our constitutions and
our powers of endurance and the withstanding
of disease-producing agencies with impunity
depend largely upon the condition in which
our blood is kept. If it holds in suspension or
solution vile festering poisons, all organic
functions are weakened thereby. Settling upon
vital and important organs, as the bruin, lungs,
liver and kidneys, the etreet of these poisons
in the blood is, many times, most disastrous.
Hence, it behooves every one to keep the
blood in a perfectly healthy condition, and the
more especially does tins apply at this partie
ular season of the year. When you purify
vour blood to cure Salt Khcum or .111' hrvsipe
las humor, you not only cure those diseases,
but vou put vour svstem m such an mi
proved condition that you are not so lisible to
any other disease. No matter what the ex
ternal or exciting cause may be, the real or
direct cause of a large proportion of all chron
ic or lingering diseases is bad blood. The
multifarious forms in which it manifests it
self would form subjects upon w hich I might
write volumes. But as all the varied forms of
disease which depend upon bad blood, a few
of which I have enumerated nt the head of
this article, are cured, or lest treated, bv such
medicines as tsike up from this fluid and ex
crete from the system the noxious element?
it is not of practical importance that
should describe each minutely. For instance.
medical authorities describe about fifty va
rieties of skin disease; but as thev all reouire
for their cure very similar treatment, it is of
no practical utility to know just what name
to apply to a certain form of skin disease, so
vou know how best to cure it. I hen again.
I might go on and describe various kinds of
Scrofulous Sores, Fever Sores, White Swell
ings. Enlarged Glands, and Ulcers of varying
appearance; nut as an these various-appear
ing manifestations of bad blood arc cured by
uniform means, I deem such a course un
necessary. Thoroughly cleanse the blood,
which is the great fountain of life, nnd good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
strength, and soundness of constitution will
all return to us.
The Liver is the great depurating, or blood
cleansing, organ of the system. Set this great
house-keeper" of our health at work, and the
foul corruptions which gender in the blood
and rot out, as it were, the machinery of life
are gradually expelled from the sys
tem, tor tins purpose my Golden Medical
Discovery and Purgative Pellets are pre-eminently
the articles needed. Thev cure every
kind of humor ("except Cancer), from the
worst scrofula to the common pimple, blotch
or eruption. Great, eating ulcers kindly heal
under llieir miglity curative lnlluence.
Enlarged Glands, Tumors and Swellings
dwindle away and disappear under the influ
enee of these great resolvents. The system
being put under their influence for a few
weeks, the skin becomes clear, smooth, soft,
and velvety, and, being illuminated with the
glow of perfect health from within, true
beauty stands forth in all its glory.
The effects of all medicines which operate
upon ine system through the medium or the
blood are necessarily somewhat slow, no mat
ter how good the remedy employed. The
cure ot all these diseases, however, is with
the use of these most potent agents only a
matter tj time.
I do not wisli to place mv Golden Medical
Discovery in the catalogue of quack patent
nostrums by recommending It to cure every
disease, nor do 1 so recommend it; on the
contrary, there are hundreds of diseases that I
acknowledge it will not cure; but what I do
claim is this, that there is but one form of
hlaod disease that it will not cure, and that
disease is Cancer. I do not recommend my
Discovery for that disease, yet I know it to be
the most searching blood cleanser yet dis
covered, and that it will free the blood and
system of all other known blood poisons, be
tliey animal, vegetable or mineral. Blood
medicines that are advertised to cure Cancer
should be looked upon with suspicion. They
never can do it.
Most medicines which are advertised as
blood purifiers and liver medicines contain
either mercury in some form or potassium and
iodine variously combined. All of these
agents have a strong tendency to break down
the blood corpuscles nnd debilitate and oth
erwise permanently injure the human system,
and should, therefore, be discarded.
My Golden Medical Discovery, on the other
hand, being composed of fluid extracts of
native plants, barks nnd roots, will in no case
produce injury, its effects being strengthening
nnd curative only. Sarsaparilla, which used
to enjoy quite a reputation as a blood puri
fier, i a retacily of thirty jmm ago, nnd may
well give place, as it is doing, to the more
positive and valuable vegetable alteratives
which later medical investigation and discov
ery have brought to light.
Both Discovery and Pellets arc sold by all
first-class druggists in all parts of the world.
DOCTORS COULDN'T HELP HIM.
Joiix A. Wilson-, Esq., MeigsviUc, Morgan
County, O., writes: When I was twelve or fif
teen vears of age I took what is called King's
Evil or Scrofula, and by constant doctoring it
would heal in one place and break out in an
other. It also broke out in my left ear. I
sent ten miles for the first bottle of your Dis
covery, which did mc more good than all
other'medicines I ever used. I am now twenty-eight
years old, and doctored with live
doctors; not one of them helped me so much
as one bottle of your Discovery. I am well
and able to do a "good day's work.
SALT RHEl'M AND EBI ITIOXS CURED.
Mrs. A. W. Willi ams, Clavcraek, Columbia
Count v. N. V., writes: I had been afUicted
with Salt Rheum in its worst form for a great
mnnv vears, until I bought your Golden
Medical Discovery and took two bottles and a
half, and was entirely cured. From my
shoulder to my hands 1 was entirely covered
with eruptions', also on face and body. I was
also afflicted with Rheumatism, so that I
walked only w ith great difficulty, and that is
entirely cured.
HIP-JOINT DISEASE CURED.
J. M. RoniNSON, Wet Grove Station, Iowa,
July 14, 1872, writes: My wife first became
lame nine years ago. Swellings would appear
and disappear on her hip and she was
gradually becoming reduced, and her whole
system rotten with disease. In 1?T1 a swelling
broke on her hip, discharging large quanti
ties, and since that time there ar several
openings. Have had five doctors at an ex
pense of 4125, who say nothing will do any
good but a surgical operation.
July 16, 1ST3, he writes thus: My w ife has
certainly received a great benefit from the use
of your great Discovery, for 6he was not able
to get off the bed, and was not expected to
live a week w-en she commenced using it, a
vear ago. She has been doing most of her
work for over eix months. Has used twenty
bottles and is etUl using it. Her recovery is
considered almost a miracle, and we attribute i
it all to the use of your valuable medicine. I
can cheerfully recommend it as a blood-pun-
ner and strength-restorer.
THOUSANDS OE TESTIMONIALS
can be shown at the World's Dispensary, Buf
falo, N. i., expressing the gratitude oi uiosc
who have been cured by the Golden Medical
Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets of
all forms of Blood Diseases all'ecting the Skin,
Throat and Hones.
WrLHorr's Tonic is not a panacea Is not a
cure for everything, but is a catholicon for
malarious diseases, and dav by day adds fresh
laurels to its crown of glorious success. En
gorged Livers and Spleens along the shady
banks of our lakes and rivers are restored to
their healthy and normal hccretions. Health
and vigor follow its use, and Chills have taken
their departure from every household w here
Wilhoft's Anti-Periodie is kept and taken.
Don't fail to try it. Wheelock, Finlay &
Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For sale by all Druggists.
A PROTRuniNo toe is not a sightly thing,
sav nothing about health and comfort.
SILVER TIPPED Shoes never wear out at the
toe. For Sale bv all Dealers.
Tns Northwestern Horse Nail Co.'a
"Finished" Nail is the best in the world.
Thirty Years Kxperlem-e of ma Oini
Nurse.
Mrs. Wixalow's Soottttxq Stkvp is the prrcrlt
llon of one of the beat Female riiysiclans ami Kuroes
In the United States, and has been lined for thirty
years with never-failing safety and success by mill
ions of mothers and children, from the fceblo Infant
of one week old to the adult. It corrects acidity of
the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bow
eli, and frives rest, health, and comfort to mother and
Child. Wc believe it to be the Best and Surest Kcnie
dylnthe World In all cases of ITSESTEnV and
DIAKKHCEA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from
Tvethtngor from any other cause. Full direction
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
mtiless the f ac-siintle of CUUTIS & PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper.
ou ar aixMbdicinb Dkalibs.
Children Often Look Pale ami Sick.
From no other cause than having worms In the stoin
ach.
BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS
will destroy Worms without Injury to the child, being
perfectly wuitb, and free from all coloring or other
Injurious Ingredients usually used In worm prepara
tions. CURTIS BROWN, Proprietors,
No. 215 Fulton street. New Vorlo
Sold by Prnriaiift and Chemtitt, and Dtalert tn
jredicinei.aiTwaxTY-FiVKCKSTSAllox.
Reanimating the Ilalr. When the hair
ceases to draw from the scalp the natural lubricant
which l Its sustenance, its vitality Is. as it were, sus
pended, and. If not promptly attended to, tuililness
will be tho certain result. The one sure method of
avoiding snch an unpleasant catastrophe Is to use
Lyon's Kathairon, which, when well rubbed Into
the scalp, will speedily reanimate the hair aud pre
vent It from falling out.
The Secret of Cuptivatlon. Features of
Grecian mould, a well-turned neck and beautifully
rounded arms, are no doubt very nice things to have,
and ladles who possess these charms have reason to
be thankful to Mother Nature ; yet, after all, the most
captivating of all womanly charms is a pure, fresh
and brilliant complexion. This superlative fascina
tion any lady may secure by using Haoan's Mao xo
i.1 a Balm.
The Grand Ilevoliit ion is Medical Treat
ment which was commenced In 1SC0 is still in prog
ress. Nothing can stop it, for it is founded on the
principle, now universally acknowledged, that physi
cal vigor Is the most formidable antagonist of all hu
man ailments, and experience has shown that Plan
tation Bitters Is a peerless invigorant, as well as
the best possible safeguard against epidemic diseases,
Ye Old Mexican Mustang Liniment has
produced more cures of rheumatism, neuralgia
sprains, scalds, burns, salt rheum, sore nipples, swell
ing, lameness, chapped hands, poisonous bites, stings,
bruises, etc., etc., on men, women and children ; and
sprains, strains, galls, stiff Joints, inflammation, etc,
in beasts, than all other liniments put together. It
will do what is promised or ye money refunded.
Asthma can be cured. Pee Hurst's advertise
ment.
I1RM WitlTIKIi TO AUVKKTIUKKN
d rate mr vou saw tne advertisement
In tnla paper
Wi
WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT
VEGETINE !
For Ten Times Its Cost.
The prest benefit I received from the nse of VEGE
Tlx K Viwliiees me to eive mv testimony In its favor.
I believe it to be lnt only of preat value for restoring
the health, but a preventive of diseases peculiar to
the spring aim summer seasons.
1 would not be without it for ten times Its cost.
EDWIN TII.UKN.
Attornev. and General Airent for Massachusetts
of tho Craftsmen's l.lfn Assurance Company,
yo.i.3 Bears J3uullng, iiosion, Alius.
Purifies the Blood and Restores
the Health.
General Debility.
In this complaint the good effects of the Yeoettne
are realized Immediately after couimeiirliiK to take
It, as Debility denotes deDi:leney or the blood. Th re
is no remedy that will rextore the health from De
bility Tike the VEGKTINK. It is nourishing and
strcnptbenlng, purities the blood, regulates the bow
els, quiets the nervous system, acts directly upon tho
secreuons ana arouses me wuoie Byoieiu iu u;iivu
It has never failed in this complaint.
MARVELOUS EFFECT!
Mr. n. It. Stevens t
Dear Sir I have used the great blood remedy. VEG
ETINE, and feel it a duty to acknowledge the great
benefit It has done nie. In the sprlngof the year
1 was sick from general debility caused by over-work,
want of sleep and proper rest. I was very weak and
morn einaciateo. x inea many rciiieuicn wnnoui re
ceiving any benefit from any of tliem until I was per-
suadea to try r.t.c i i r.. neiore t iiau ibki-u hub
one week my Improved condition gave me renewed
hope and courage. I continued to take It, every dny
gaining more strength, until I was completely re
stored to health. The effect of this remedy in case of
general ucDimy is indeed marvelous.
ELIZABETH A. FOLEY.
21 Webster street, Charlestons, Mass.
May Sd, 1871.
A PERFECT CERE.
Chaklestown, June 11, 1S6L,
Mb. IT. R. Btetens!
Dear Sir This Is to certify that VEGETINE madn
a perfect cure of ine when lny attending physician
had pronounced my case consumption and said I
could not survive innny dnvs.
MRS. LEDSTON, 35 Cook street-
The facts stated by Mrs. Ledston are personally
known by me, and they are true. A. V. Uavms.
Vegetine la Sold by All Druggist.
THE THRESHER OF THE PERIOD.'
"vJ
Thls is the famous "Vibrator" Thrkkiieii.
which has created su -h a revolution ir the trade
and become bo rri.t.T estaismmikh as th
"leading Thresher" of this dav and generation
More than seven thousand purchasers ami riinctj
thousand grain raiser pronounce these machine;
.ntikkly unequal l.Ki for gr. in saving, tm
saving, and money miikinr.
Four Ize made, viz: 21 -Inch, 28
Ineli, 32-in-li, and 3-lneli Cylinder.
Willi C, 8, lOand 1 2-11 orsr ".Ho unfed'
fower. Also Vpnrktori "alone" ci
prely for Steam lawnr,aiid I m proved
i'oitr.iiLi': sriJA.ii unui.nks roi
Steam machine.
AM ieroiis intep'ling to bur Threshing Ma
chinCH, or Sejrator' "alone," or Horse I'ower
-aione," as wen as orain kaisf.hk and r arm
ERS who want the:r grain threshft'!. ived an1
cleaned to the liest ndi antaire, are invited tosen:
for our new forty i:isre illustrated I:un uhle
aud Circulars (wntVee) givinz full pnrth-iihirt
aooiu mese iinii'tiTC'i .Machines and otheeintur
mat ion valuable to larmers r.U threchermen
Address,
NICHOLS, SHE PART) CO..
fiattte Ore. Aft h
HOW TO SUCCEEI)eAr"fsfn
cents for anvassers' Ilsml HHk." to MOSES
WAKREN, Fublihher, 1US Mate street, Chicago, 111.
lfrire WASTED FOR TIIE
AUCN I 5 ITndoveloiK'd West.
It is a wonderful and spiry book. 210 engravings.
(send for i-pc iiiien page snn circular, with terms.
.NA IIIOAL dlicu.u vi., mcago, ill.
igptlBI wante1 for llie great KKfTirTlnok.
..G'EIlaC7Ci.cjE:iA. e TEirssviiTa ri;cjri..3,
lis HI! I or "ssiJO HAMS ftVfi'Ht.I.
V f CFIPTX FOR I VKKUlUMi A book that
rTERTB'Iir HIM bplendid IHRullii tlll.
tX I KA 1 EBAIf. Con-iiicutni 1'ub. Co.. bt. Louis.
HOUSEHOLD
PANACEA
AND
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HOUSEHOLD
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AM
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Why Will You ufTvrl
To all persons sufrrrlnit
from Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Cramps in the limbs or stom
ach, rilloti Colic, Tain In the
back, bowels or side, wc would
lay The not sFiiou I'akacea
amd Family Lixtme.nt is of all
others tho remedy yoti want
fur Internal anil externa: use.
It has cured tho alxne cotn
pl iints In thousands of cases.
T lere Is no mistake about IU
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HAMILTON, OHIO, or ST. LOUIS, KO.
Inquirers please mention vthere tliey saw thlt.
AGETTS WASTED, Men or -Women. tSl a
at once to CO WEN & COEightli street. New Torlc.
571 EACH WEEK. Agents wanted. I'articu
p H d firs free. J. Worth it Co., Bt. Louis. Mj.
If the Stomach is wmnit all Iswrnnir. T.vn
iiant's KrFt,K fcM'tN r t-Ki.i.i.u Ai'I imi.m', ahllo
acting as a corrective upon that urt:.' n, ircni ly expels
all liuirliid matter from the uiinicnl'iry rmial, nnd
imparts a liculthy uctlvity to the bluet,'"11' liver,
bold by all drtigKii's-
STANDARD LOTTA BUSTLE.
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year, A. W. '1 Iminus,
Patentee a-id MiinnfMc
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comfortable Il'iMli
The Maudard l.otli--
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Ulcer and Scrofulous Diseases
CURED WITHOUT FAIL
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A treatment adapted to tho weakest eontltotlon,
hut snrr to euro every cne. The Thori'iui
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tute, an elegant marble eilitlee, while iin-li-r treat
menu The worst eaces of Cancer cureil in a short
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for n;iti l.y I; iic'l-i. fl -r
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NEW STYLE OF IMPS.
liipn of tb UnitPil Stairs no nrrriitirfl n to pin
t?i; imcrhaHt r a iiiii of an of tin; i sli-nr ?-f.itc. Imi
may if-h to ncriiii;iny it on tbi; n.mu! lire!. I'
iieHtncfiirt and on;iii;i!n v of mylr rc-nd'-r H n in,'ki -i
furv'H. Trrtufl tiindn Mi'twii to AfHl u it-Inn
ecU it by aUdrea.Mir It I Kl S His f I IC l.
J3'4 ( lark Slr-rt, 1 Iim n-.
AGENTS! AIL
OPUM
who w ant
buincbS
and
money.
rnni'a II ixtorlcn I lie vers! lle Map nr tho
t'nlted htatea and World, new hectioiml MmHj Maps,
Charts, I'ictures, Frames, Novelties, etc., "ll very,
where. 1 lmve tne bcst-sellinic line of froods In Amer
ica for Agents ami anvassers. Circulars free, hemi
al OUce to U t'J. 1". CliAM, 00 .Lake, street, Chicago.
MORPHINE HAB'T 1 - I i l.v
mi I'd liv 1 'I . lU'i ii s mi ly
1 known tV sine Jli'iiifily.
for trenlmeiit until fiiroil. Cull on or mlilrcss
DR. J. C. BECK, Cincinnati.).
KC SUCCESS BEYOND COMPETITION.
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r'fflrm, wn1rt f-l!i-Oriciu
Harsw-n linr-'.uv
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TMQ rd by Nellia' I'rocc l f
P-'" sultaH kind, ofaoil. fartaC
' mi ri'i I n T. m J l.-.l F.u
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r TraJe llark.X riiuborgb, la
CEMM, HOTEL,
War kct-t., cor. VS'aliiii(toii, Chicago. III.
$2.50 l'KR DAY ! '2U!) KuUMS !
PasHon cr'! Klevalor,
J. AI'i'l.ETllN Vll,.-ON, lropr.
55
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It:ltilil tir- for llie O H U 6 4
Imuieiliutv relief fniaruntci "I hv iif iiiir iiif Ast una rr in
'Iy. I Mifli-reil Uyears. not Ijrlmr low:l for weeks :il
lime, but am now :.vtibki.t t'l nni. Sent l,v rum! u
receipt of r rice. S1 per box. Ask your 1 rui.-;-iel f r
it- CUAS. 11. Ill IteT, Jtocbester. Iteuver Co., l-.
Tlie 1,1 1
anil lubli
VI Vil lK Of I
By C. Kilwards l.cter. Tills work has hern oin5
years in preparation, mnft of the matter havlnfr been
furnished by Mr. Sumner himself, f oiitanis ; wipe.
n elegant steel portrait anfl numerous no-1 1 i'.n.
Is now r'- olv for linuierllato delivery. At. K I S
WAVTKfllnrrm town. KoMoi.lrkv hiomtii".
Uon. OSGOOD t CO.,4 houth Clark t-t., C tiicago, 1:1.
Profitable Employment.
Work for Kvrrrhislr, ;ool a ire. ler-
manrnl I'.iiiploiiiirnl. Men uixl V mi ri
tvjantctf. full iarf li-iiiarlr-r, ilnire
V.A.IIKMKltOV . .,
Cleveland, )., or St. IjOuId, ."To.
GRTS W ATKI F. V F R T W H FI! V. to eanvassfor
our M-.itciiiticeiit eteel Kujrravliir. ' 1 Kowtiit
Mr l:rcr'EEl K Livrni." IVr Liberal Itiii to
Agent. b ikI for Catolopue f Hooks, ami lesrn hour
to obtain Outfits" THtLr.. KAiI,l;'K S. lO
13 bouth Sixth street, I'lillaUclphia. i'a.
AlfiVI'V Fasily n ale bv M-'linp Tf". AS at
tl'l 1 J 1 IMi'OIM Kl:s' I'ltlf I-: or veirini?
ud Clb l't Tomns and Country, for the oldet Tea
Co. In America. (,rcntrt lniluo-iiiei.ts. !-eml for
circular, c ANION TEA )., 1 H Chiii'jers St., N. i".
PRQF.SWING.I
The AlHanre con.
tains Ii in editorials
am seruiotm week
ly. $1 a year. Zc stamp for sample. Alliance, Chicago-
AMY
ONE
-eniiinp us treaeilrcas of ten p-rotis. wnh 10
t. w i'I receive, free, a beautiful f hromo and
nH ructions how to pet rich, po-t-pniii. Cily
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mnn n.alr 1 V.ai T .... I ... . . .
all double-ihread newing Machines, fcample iloj:. nee-
" 11 muj iKjiujiuceaaareM on receipt of ao cts.
Laoikk' Fkikhii" contain 7 article
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linndT. firii-h'iM. 'Iliiinhl. r.-iruitr.
sutee'i w orth 1.10. Sample iiov. bv mail.
cent. Aeenis want-l. I'I. I Ml!
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OUR U'
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NEWl?
To Millers and Engine Owners.
To nearly doubleyonr steam power and save fuel
also, address J. F. TALL AN T. BurliUKUm. Iowa.
atOXI'KIl DAY Commission or !0 a week t i'.
ZjkJ ary, and eipen-ies. We cfler Hand will :y
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A MONTH fctLARY to troort Anti. m,,i
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