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    TERRIBLE DISASTER. j
A Ftarfal SUrm Barata Orer Pitt,
barla nd A llrgtie ny City, Pa , and
Inralvti Baih Cltls In Common Mia
tortaaeMorc Than ISO Dwell!..
Drlrrl and Wr 900 Lives Lost
Property Lo.t Varlaady Estimated
at fnn tl.OOO.OOO to $3,000,000.
A most appalling calamity befell Allegheny
City and Pittsburgh on the night of the 30th.
During the morning heavy rains had fallen,
but in the afternoon the skies cleared, the un
hone out brightly and the rain was thought
to be over. Toward evening, however, pre
monitory flashes of lightning were seen north
cast, southwest and northwest of the city, and
ominous dark clouds overcast the sky.
About eight o'clock the storm broke, accom
panied by vivid and continuous flashes of
lightning, followed by terrific peals of thun
der. The rain descended in torrents and in
hk h quantities that it seemed as if the clouds
had suddenly met with some obstruction and
emptied their contents in an instant. In a
few moments the streets were converted into
torrents, and down the steep grades an im
mense volume of water rolled with terrific
force, tearing up the pavement, bursting sew
ers, inundating buildings and filling cellars.
The rain covered the entire city of Allegheny
and adjoining rural districts, but the mos-t
serious damage and loss of life was confined
to Butchers' and Spring Garden Runs In the
northeast portion of Allegheny; Wood's Run
in the northwest section of the same city, and
Saw-mill Run in the southwest section of
Pittsburgh.
An Associated Press dispatch says: The
accounts of the terrible flood which has del
uged nearly all the suburban sections of this
city, as they come in during the afternoon
and evening, show the disaster to be far great
er than at first supposed. It is now thought
the total loss or life will not be short of 300.
The loss of property is proportionate. The
Eitcinq Chruniele, in its five o'clock edition,
placed the loss at 142, and names of missing
parties are continually coming in. The extent
of territory damaged is not less than twenty
to twenty-five miles in diameter, and how the
main portion of the city of Pittsburgh, lying,
as it docs, in the center of this circle, es
caped without further injury seems almost
miraculous.
A prevailing theory seems to be that the
disaster was caused by some kind of a water
spout. A gentleman who watched the storm
from a few miles down the river, where there
was but little rain, says that by the few fitful
flushes of lightning be could see a huge, inky
blark, funnel-shaped cloud, which overhung
the city, the narrow ends being lowest, while
the dark parts gave vent to an almost perpet
ual burst of lightning. It is almost impossi
ble for anyone not familiar with the geogra
phy of this locality to form an idea of this dis
aster or how it could possibly have occurred.
The main city of Pittsburgh, as it rises grad
ually from thi point formed by the junction
of the two rivers, has many gulches in certain
localities which render a flood of this descrip
tion liable to do great damage.
The part known as the Hill region Is fre
quently liable to suffer from local inunda
tions. The damage here, however, is this
time light compared with other localities
strictly suburban. The north bank of the
Allegheny River, upon whose hillsides and
in whose valleys the upper portion of the
city is situated, lias, according to all ac
counts, been the scene of the greatest disas
ter. The work of destruction commenced at
a point about two miles north of the central
portion of Allegheny City. Butchers' Run
Valley at its mouth Is probably between 400
and 500 feet wide, and at the point where
the work of destruction commenced it is not
more than 130 feet wide. Between North
avenue and this northerly point numerous
ravines empty into Butchers' Run Valley
Along this run the houses were built directly
over the natural water-course, culverts
leing made in part as foundations for the
dwelling-houses.
The line of destruction followed the water
course to the river, and involved an immense
number of houses that were not on the line
of the culvert. When the rain commenced
falling but little apprehensions were enter
tained, but those who live near the head of
the valley stated that suddenly it seemed as
if the heavens opened and the water came
down as if discharged from immense pipes
llie volume was so large that tue narrow
valley was filled with a raging torrent, the
frame dwellings, stables and slaughter-houses
gave way like pipe-stems, and debris from the
wrecks was swept along the line of the plank
road, the weight being augmented every mo
ment. In the district lying west of Chestnut
street and north the water rose to a height of
fully twenty feet. In some places the occu
pants of dwellings were unable to escape in
time to save their lives. In many instances
the force of the water shattered structures
into splinters.
The course of the flood was probably 300
feet wide, and buildings, frame and brick, fell
before the devastating clement as though
they had been sand. Dwellings, stables.
workshops, and debris of all kinds mingled
together in one confused mass, making it
absolutely impossible for the spectator to dis
cover even the street line. In some instances
houses were literally turned upside down
The loss of life was fearful. At the time of
sending the last account 143 dead bodies had
been recovered, and it was thought the num
ber drowned would considerably exceed 300.
The total number of buildings destroyed was
147. It Is yet too early to furnish a correct
estimate of the loss of property, but it is
immense, probably exceeding 3,000,(X10.
of his disposition, upon security that
wouia, dv most business men, be consid
ered next to useless. Still he requires
something which shall, in a slight degree,
indemnify him arainst loss, lo take a
case: You want fifty dollars. Well, lie will
advance you this nity aonars upon
your giving him, as a mere matter of
form, a bill of sale upon certain furni
ture in your possession, and which furni
ture is valued at f iuu. in auuuion 10
going through this matter of form you
will be called upon to give him a receipt
for. sav. 75. or nnr sum un to 100.
whereupon he will kindly advance you
the trilling amount you require. Then
he wishes you good-day, and you leave
bis den. Shortly afterward he will be
compelled to apply to you to repay w hat
you have borrowed. It is not competent
tor you to do so, whereupon he gets into
a terrible rage and sells up every stick
and stiver vou possess under the iwwers
conferred upon him by the bill of sale
which you were imprudent enough to
give him as a matter of form. In the
event of your having arranged to pay tue
borrowed money by installments, and
failing to fulfill to the letter your en
gagements, similar results are brought
about. The benefactors are very grieved
indeed, it may be remarked, in the case
of your keeping your promise to pay. It
is their delight to deal with wicked de
faulters and bring the same to justice.
To say nothing of the large sums of
money they make by so doing, they have
the satisfaction of leeling that they are
performing a righteous act. Sometimes,
but rarelyf these spiders get into trouble ;
in a general way, however, the law is
very kind to them. Liberal Recieto.
Topography of the IJed of the Pacific.
Soundings made by the United States
steamer Tuscarora, between San Diego,
Cal., and Honolulu, S. I., shows this part
of the Pacific to be a basin with precipi
tous sides and a comparatively level bot
tom. In the first 100 miles west from
San Diego there appears to be two val
leys and two peaks. The first valley is
from 622 to 784 fathoms deep, the first
peak 44-j fathoms, tfce second valley 1)35
fathoms, and the second peak ooo fath
oms. Then a precipitous fall takes
place, giving, in latitude 31 deg. 43 min.
north, longitude 119 deg. 28 min. west
(Greenwich), 115 miles from San Diego,
a depth of 1,1)15 fathoms. After that
there is a gentle slope, with comparative
ly unimportant interruptions, at the rate
of three feet to the mile, to the point of
greatest depth, 3,054 fathoms, at a dis
tance of about 400 miles east of Hono
lulu. The sharpest elevation is a rise
about midway between the United States
and the Sandwich Islands, in latitude 26
deg. 30 min. north, longitude 127 deg. 37
min. west, ihe highest portion of which
is 2,159 fathoms below the surface. At
the next cast of the lead the valley to the
west of this elevation took 2,050 fathoms.
The fall of the side of the basin east of
Honolulu is even more remarkable than
the descent off the American coast.
Fifty miles from Honolulu soundings
gave 4U8 fathoms; forty miles farther
cast, in latitude 21 deg. 43 min. north,
longitude 150 deg. 21 min. west, the depth
was 3,023 fathoms. Between the last
mentioned point and that of greatest
depth a hill rises, on whose summit there
are only 2,488 fathoms of water. From
Popular Science Monthly for August.
The Hemlock Forests of Wisconsin.
Spider-like Teople.
Tbte legal spider is a positively de
lightful gentleman to do business with ;
i. ., if he has reason to believe that you
are good for the little bill which he will
take upon himself to see is presented to
you. He espouses your cause with an
ardor which is to the last degree refresh
ing; and his denunciations of your op
ponent and your opponent's legal advis
ers, whom he may, in a moment of
Arcadian confidence, hint are something
very much like harpies, should have the
effect of exhilarating you to a very great
extent indeed. He may continue in a
surprisingly amiable mood and demon
strate his affection for you by seeing you
a great number of times it would of
course be unprofessional in the extreme
not to make a proper charge for all these
friendly interviews, so he does not neg
lect to do so until your case has
reached a critical stage. Then the un
sophistocatt d creature is wont to dis
cover that he wants money and that
unless he gets it he cannot carry the
business in hand any further. In the
event of your being a trifle shaky in rep
utation he may deem it expedient to
Bend you a letter to stimulate you to
prompt action. In this epistle you may
be informed that unless you pay up by a
certain hour on the following day gen
tlemen of the fraternity are most exact
in the matter of time all the
legal engines of destruction will
be set in operation against you. Suppos
ing that the money is found, or has not
been imperatively wanted and applied
for, your case is carried to a bearing, in
deed to as many hearings as can be got
for it. As a rule, a lawyer is the last
person in the world to oppose an adjourn
ment, and for a very simple reason : An
adjournment, if he be an interested party,
means so much in his pocket. The result
of all this clever diplomacy is that, after
the case has been disposed of, and you
have been awarded what appears substan
tial damages, it is discovered that the
greater portion of these have to go to
your legal friend's purse on the score of
certain remarkable things known as
charges between lawyer and client."
You will be a clever being if you can ac
count for all these and be led to see the
justice of them.
The money-lending spider is also a nice
gentleman to deal with, so long as you
are content to act precisely as he directs.
As a rule his mlu operandi is delight
fully simple. When you go to him he
receives you, as a rule, in some dirty
back parlor or dingy office. His manner
-is snare, not to say oily; his complexion
is generally inclined toward murkiness.
s You learn that you hare slightly misun-
several important
Kir i nwvs r .
points. It is quite true that he lends
raoueyi owiBg, yiwwii w -
The very best quality of heir lock tim
ber covers thousands of acres in North
ern Wisconsin Perhaps the most dense
forests in the State are the hemlock
tracts which intersperse the pine and
bard-wood timber land north of 44 de
grees. The hemlock usually grows very
large and with remarkable thrift, while
the amount of timber to the acre is as
tonishing. As yet the hemlock forests
have been almost entirely neglected and
there are hundreds of thousands of ac res
subject to entry at Government price.
The hemlock is easily accessible by
water-course and by the rapidly-developing
railroad system of the northern
portion of the State. It is certainly re
markable that capital and enterprise
have given so little attention to the val
uable forests of hemlock, or the matter
of establishing tanneries in Wisconsin.
In many localities individuals have, with
small experience and less capital, en
deavored to utilize the advantages of
fered. As a rule, these efforts have only
resulted in building up a small local
business. Insufficient capital and inade
quate shipping facilities have prevented
a marked development of this industry.
Now we look to a speedy recog
nition by capital of the value of
hemlock forests in Wisconsin. Rail
roads are penetrating the forests, afford
ing means of shipping the hides from
the AVest and Southwest. Water powers
abound along the lines of railroads now
building in Central and Northern Wiscon
sin, and the usual necessi ies and re
quirements of the tanning business are
easily obtained. Northern Wisconsin
will some day, not far distant, become a
great tanning district, and its production
of leather will become one of the leading
articles of export from the State. From
an article recently published in the Shoe
and Leather Reporter we make the follow
ing extract:
" The forests of hemlock are a fortune
to America, and bound to be utilized in
the commerce of the world. Europe
says:. 'Your bark is good enough, now
give us your workmanship;' and the tan
ners are answering with a will. While
coarse, illy-fleshed, badly-rolled leather
drags along, the bright, well-tilled, hon
est stock finds an immediate customer.
And the demand does not slacken, but
grows lrom city to city, till American
hemlock leather is a staple in all Eu
rope." Of the result of all this it is not diffi
cult to guess. The tanner will make
better leather and insure his success.
The manufacturer, relieved from the
anxiety of the sudden changes, will work
confidently and cheerfully; and Europe,
no longer the bugbear of the trade, will
stand a ready customer, utilizing our
forests and adding to the material wealth
of the country. Miltcaukes Journal of
Cointnerce.
Carious Sorwegian Dishes.
Stiix, in most countries there is some
thing to be be learned some peculiar
dish (not unfrequently the queerest
looking) which will reward investiga
tion. Occasionally, indeed, the inquirer
will meet with a rebuff; but is not this
the case in all original research? Never
shall we forget our first and last ac
quaintance with that northernest and
nastiest of foods called stocknscue. we
had arrived at a settler's hut far away in
the Arctic regions of Norway, hungry as
starved wolves, and lo! one set before us
what looked and felt like a large splin
ter of pine wood. As we raised it to our
lips, however, we became fully aware by
the perfume, which can only be de
scribed as noisome, that it consisted of
animal matter; still undaunted, we man
aged to bite off a portion. At first it
seemed tasteless, but as it became slowly
reduced by actively-working jaws 6uch
a sickening flavor unfolded itself that in
horror and amazement we fled from the
food and the hut that could harbor it.
Our feeling on first tasting the plum soup
of Norway, served at the commencement
of dinner, was one of indignant surprise,
not much inferior to that of the bucolic
gentleman who bit into an olive under
the impression that it was a preserved
green-gage; and though it is not in itself
absolutely nauseous, we confess we could
never abide it. There is, however, one
excellent dish which the Norwegian
traveler meets with at every little inn.
Is is called " carbonado," and consists of
minced meats, egtrs, and fine herbs
made up into a kind of cake and then
fried or baked. The meat, probably, if
cooked in an ordinary way, would defy
mastication, but thus treated it is really
a dainty plate. Equally common at the
post stations is salmon dried and pre
pared in some sublime manner, far su
perior to the kippered salmon of com
merce, and eaten raw in the thinnest
possible slices. F rater" $ Magazine
Sorxrr Station, Cal., was at last ac
counts 6till surrounded by five or 6ix feet
of snow on an average, and in places the
drifts can be sounded to a depth of thirty
ftst without rsschlag tarra urma.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Loweix, Mass., has a female hack
driver who weighs twenty-eight stone.
Motto for the tea meimuut -Honest
tea is the best policy.
Engaged in "taking stock" Mer
chants and Indians.
The tenderest heart loves best the bold
and courageous one.
New Orleans is trying to raise f 225,000
to pay Mrs. Myra Gaines.
Water forms nearly three-fourths of
the entire weight of the body
The wisest of men arrive at week con
clusions on &aturuay nights.
It is now a'legeutnat tne odors of the
allanthus stifle the mosquito.
A man was drowned recently in the
Boston Common duck-pond.
Bcildeks of the period Burst of Mill
River and Crash of Syracuse.
IlECirE for a hot breakfast admire
your landlady's new bonnet.
The San Joaquin Valley, Cal., is to be
planted with eucalyptus trees.
The Maine Editorial Association have
been having high times in the moun
tains. A man in Kentucky named Slaughter
made another man the victim of a cha
rade on his name.
"In point of comfort the London cab
stands just above the wheelbarrow," says
the London Eclto.
A family of seven persons were bitten
by a mad dog at Fort Montgomery, N. Y.,
a few days ago.
We might have known that Chicago
would have been the first city to run into
the comet. Ronton Pout.
The Dey of Algiers talks of visiting
the United States, but as yet no man
knoweth when that Dey will come.
In London churches they are giving
notice that " five minutes alter the bells
shall cease to ring all pews are free."
The lemon prospect is rather sour, so
to speak. A failure of the crop along the
coasts of Spain and Africa and Italy is
reported.
When your pocket-book gets empty
and everybody knows it you can put all
your friends in it and it won't " bulge
out" worth a cent.
MANHANSETAnACnCSAWOMMOCK ISLAND
is not such a favorite resort since tour
ists found out the charms of Caterwaul
ingahohspmdapldosmloukzfrz Bay.
A Tkoy clergyman went a fishing the
other day. but had no luck. On his re
turn he stood his pole and line up against
the house and in a short time caught a
hen.
Germany has sold her needle-guns to
China, not because she has no more need
of them, but she has found another kind
which can kill twice as many French
men. California housekeepers have discov
ered one little objection to Chinese cooks.
When John gets out of spirits and dis
contented he is apt to poison the whole
family.
Until recently there was a horned
tree in Michigan. Somebody had placed
the horns of an elk in the crotch of the
tree and the wood had grown around
them.
The publishing firm which does the
largest business in the world is the firm
of Messrs. Hachette & Co., Paris. The
total of their business annually exceeds
$3,000,000.
Mrs. Laura Fair has announced her
intention of emigrating to Japan. After
she has shot a Mikado or two over there
they'll learn to love her as we Ameri
cans do.
Said a conscientious auctioneer: " La
dies and gentlemen, there is no sham
about the carpets; they are genuine tap
estry carpets. I bought them of old
Tapestry himself!"
Henry chinks the reason the fish didn't
bite, Saturday, was because he had no
bait to suit them. He will put a bill o(
fare on his hook next time, aajl let them
call for what they want.
" Why are you so precise in your state
ment are you afraid of telling an un
truth?" asked an attorney of a female
witness in a police court. "No, sir,"
was the prompt reply.
It is said that Dr. Mary Walker now
carries a pistol for newspaper men. We
have always spoken of that beautiful and
accomplished physician with the highest
respect . Lou i.v tile Co u rier-J ou rim I.
Lincoln's tomb at Springfield, 111 , was
recently opened to allow his remains to
be viewed by a number of prominent
gentlemen. The body, according io re
port, is as the day it was interred.
An autograph letter of George Wash
ington was sold in Bo;m lately for
twenty-five dollars. The young man
who wrote it got but seventy-five cents.
There is very little justice in this world.
In a recent murder case in North Car
olina, where there was strong suspicion
that the prisoner was feigning insanity,
one of the jurymen wanted to stick a pin
into him to see if he "jumped naturally."
A Kansas City (Mo.) stableman, who
a few days ago would have rejoiced at
the chance of making a quarter by rub
bing down a horse, has fallen heir to
$25,000 by the death of a relative in New
York.
An old lady in Lancaster County, Pa.,
recently refused the gift of a load of wood
from a tree struck by lightning through
fear that some of the " fluid" might re
main in the wood and cause disaster to
her stove.
Miss Adf.laide Neilpon has arrived
safely in London, and the English papers
say that she has arranged with Max
Strakosch to return to this country next
season, with a guaranty of $3,500 per
week.
The influence of imagination on the
vital functions has always been recog
nized, and it was this recognition that
enabled the ancient physicians to be so
successful with charms, amulets and in
cantations. When a " gentleman" slanders a lady
in Hamburg, N. J., the fair one welts
him over tlflfe head with a board full of
sharp nails, and that make the gentle
man wish he'd held his tongue. New
York Exchange.
A peaceful Quaker, who has traveled
in the Indian country, says the whole
cause of the present Indian war is
drugged liquor. Such drink has been
known to produce something very like
savage warfare elsewhere. The Quaker
must be right.
" Mother, bring my little kitten," is
the latest " popular ballad." The mew
sick is fair, so fur, but the words seem
to have been scratched off rather hur
riedly, and strung out to such a length
that there is a feeling of relief when the
singer comes to a paws.
A Postoffice agent, traveling in Texas,
tells of a successful use of the gall of a
rattlesnake as an antidote for the bite of
that reptile. In the case spoken of, re
lief was almost instantaneous to the pa
tient, who was writhing in paroxysms of
great pain, and rapidly swelling and be
coming purple.
There is nothing more misleading
than loose statistics are. Here we have
a statement that "the number of deaths
resulting from the sale and use of adul
terated coal oil amounts to 2,000 annually
in all the States and Territories." The
number is undoubtedly larger than it
should be; but how does anybody know
that it is just 2,000?
Thfre have been questions enough
already started which remain un
answered. This is one objection to de
bating societies. They create an inter
rogative spirit, and promote the unset
tled. For instance, why did a Vermont
debating society unnecessarily and wan
tonly raise the question " Which eat the
most chickens ministers or owls?"
A hydropiiobical wolf cannot be an
agreeable creature to meet in the depths
of the wilderness. In Texas, it seems,
the wolves go mad more commonly than
dogs. One of these mad creatures once
got into a military encampment and bit
six dogs. There were twenty-four at
that time in the camp, and it was deemed
prudent to shoot every one of them.
It is bad to be bitten and pot know
what bites you. Austin, Tex., is im
mensely annoyed by a gnat so small as
to be invisible to the naked eye; an In
sset with e hill so dsliests and gt&tls
that the bitten knows not his wound
until be finds himself pimply all over.
Then h sends, greath scared, for a doc
tor, and thinks he has the small-por.
- Mr. and Mrs. Brice Hayes, of Dela
ware County, O., are the proud parents
of a boy who, though but fourteen years
of age, weighs 400 pounds a strong,
well-proportioned and unusually intelli
gent lad. They do not, however, always
have the same luck, for one of their chil
dren is singularly constructed, his feet
pointing in the opposite direction from
his face.
This harnessed electricity occasionally
kicks up and breaks its traces, and, just
to show that it is not wholly under full
control, sometimes knocks a telegraph
operator off his stool. This has been
quite a common occurrence during the
late storms throughout the country, and
at Rutland, Vt., it seriously injured the
operator and smashed things generally,
including a special order forbidding
" unauthorized meddling with the lines."
Mu. Thomas Chevies, of . Twiggs
County, Ga., aged sixty, being a very
methodical man and feeling that the day
of his departure was at hand, went to an
undertaker's shop and bought a beauti
ful coffin. Then he provided himself
with a burial suit, and attended to the
purchase of a lovely monument. Then
he went home and died peacefully, with
the consoling consciousness that in the
post-mortem arrangements there would
be nothing contrary to his personal
tastes.
An instance of astonishing coolness
(considering the season) occurred on a
street car in Detroit the other day. A
confiding woman handed a two-dollar
bill to a man near her that he might pass
it to the driver, pay ier fare and receive
the change. He calmly folded up the
bill, put it in his vest pocket, and walked
out of the vehicle. The poor lady was
so astonished as to lose the power of
speech until it was too late to raise an
alarm. Such is the presence of mind in
a man and the want of it in a woman.
Butterbj's Dog.
I have had charge of Butterby's dog
this summer. I was not very anxious to
take care of him, but I am under obli
gations to Butterby, and when he asked
me to keep the animal for him while he
went to the seashore, I didn't like to re
fuse. Butterby brought him around and
turned him into the cellar, where he
could amuse himself hunting for rats.
That was on the 12th of June, and after
that time only two persons entered the
cellar. The hired girl went down once
after the cold beef, and came up dishev
eled and bleeding, with a number of ap
palling dog bites in her legs, and I de
scended immediately afterward for the
purpose of pacifying the infuriated ani
mal. He did not feel disposed to be
come calm, however, and I deem it prob
able that if I had not suddenly clambered
into the coal-bin, where I remained until
he fell asleep in a distant corner about
four hours later, I should certainly have
been torn to pieces. We thought we
would have to try to get along without
using the cellar until Butterby could
come up and take away his dog. But
Butterby wrote to say that he couldn't
come, and the dog, after eating every
thing in the cellar, and barking all
through every night, finally bolted up
stairs into the kitchen on the 2d of July,
and established himself in the back yard.
Since that time we have used the
front door exclusively while we
were waiting for Butterby to come
up. The dog had fits regularly,
and he always got on the geranium bed
when he felt them coming on; and we
consequently have not enjoyed our flow
ers as much this season as we hoped to.
The cherries were ripe during the reign
of Butterby's dog. but they rotted on the
trees, all but a few, which were picked
by Cooley's boy, who subsequently went
over the fence in a sensational manner
without stopping to ascertain what But
terby's dog was going to do with the
mouthful of drawers and corduroy trous
ers that he had removed from Cooley's
boy's legs. As Butterby did not come
up, as the dog would not touch poison,
and as I never shot at him without miss
ing him by forty feet, I employed anoth
er and effectual means of ridding myself
of him. We were to have friends in the
village on the Fourth, but, as it rained,
the exhibition did not take place. The
man who had charge of it had several
large rocketson hishands, and after buy
ing eight of these and tying them in a
bunch i contrived to lasso the dog and
fastened the end of the rope to the rock
ets. Then I touched them off, and in a
moment Butterby's dog was swishing
around among the celestial constella
tions, in some doubt as to the stabilitv of
earthly things. He came down in New
Jersey in an underdone condition, with
his hair off. When Butterby comes up I
expect trouble, but I am prepared for it.
Max Adder, in Danbury Ncu-s.
A Remarkable Conflict.
The beet-growers around Brighton,
five miles from this city, have been
greatly excited for a week past over the
appearance of the army-worm in their
beet-fields. The worm is a new-comer,
and has appeared in vast quantities over
an area of at least three miles. The
worms average about two and a half
inches in length, are as thick as an ordi
nary lead-pencil, and of a dark brown
color, with longitudinal stripes of black
and white on either side of the brown
back. The head resembles that of a
silk-worm, and is armed with keen, nipper-like
teeth.
They have eaten up nearly all the
beets that were planted by the Beet
Sugar Company, and the fields of John
Rooney, which are mostly planted with
beets, are a most as clean as when the
seed was put in. They cover the ground
in a hideous black, crawling mass, and
present a most loathsome sight. They
eat the tops entirely off the beets, not
even leaving the stems of the leaves; but
after these are all eaten they descend to
the beet itself and devour it. There are
a great many willows in the vicinity, and
it is probable that the moth that lays the
egg out of w hich the worm is hatched is
harbored by them. When the worms
come out they commence depredations
on the nearest fields to the willows, and
this fact has been observed in former
years. The course traveled by the
worms is from the southwest to the
northeast.
Two days ago the owners of the fields
procured 1,000 hungry turkeys and
turned them loose on the ravagers. The
turkeys went at the pests voraciously,
but made but little progress, though they
devoured the worms in millions. To-day
1,400 more of the hungriest turkeys to be
found for miles around were turned into
the fields. The scene that ensued when
the entire 2,400 turkeys got fairly to work
was thrilling in the extreme. The tur
keys charged on the black, crawling,
seething mass of loathsome things, and
devoured them in great bunches, gulping
them down in their eagerness like starv
ing vultures. The worms came on in
great black waves, swaying on the beet
tops like an undulating sea. The turkeys
gorged themselves till they reeled and
staggered and tottered like demoralized
soldiers. As the gorged turkeys fell back,
fresh and hungry ones took their places,
and scooped up the loathsome food in
wriggling strings. After a hot contest,
in which finally all the turkeys took a
part, they fell back, sick and disheart
ened, with overladen crops and disgusted
looks. After a fast of a day or two they
will again be set to work, but in the
meantime the worms are increasing in
millions. The damage done already is
enormous. Sacramento Cor. San Fran
citsco Chronicle.
To prepare photographic tracing
paper, float good strong albumenized
or arrow-root paper for about a minute
in a bath composed of water thirty-two
parts, nitrate of silver three parts, citric
acid one part and tartaric acid half a part,
then drying it, and finally drawing it
slowly through a weak solution of tar
taric acid. It will keep at least three
months if protected from light and
moisture, and does not require fuming
with ammonia. Toning, which is inmost
cases superfluous, requires a very- strong
and alkaline hath.
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Surstances containing tannin are the
best for preserving wood.
Grape-vines must have the supernu
merary shoots rubbed oil as soon as their
necdlessness is seen.
To fix pencil drawings apply thoroughly-skimmed
milk with a camel-hair
brush or soft sponge.
Hoed crops cannot be cultivated too
much, and it is better to cultivate with
horse-labor than the hand-hoe.
For preserving iron, coal oil of a
medium density, between burning oil
and good lubricating oil, has Deen lound
to be the best.
It costs about one cent per quart to
condense milk, and takes three pints of
milk to make a pound of the sugared,
condensed article, which sells at twenty
five cents.
A writer in the Rural New Yorker ad
vises every farmer who is doing well in
his special line of farming not to change
for dairying. He believes the profits
from dairying are often over-estimated.
To make pastry for three pies, take
three cups of sifted flour; one tablespoon
f ul of white sugar, one tablespoonful of
salt, one cup of lard and half a cup of
cold water; stir with a spoon, and roll
out for your pies.
Currant Catsup. Three pounds cur
rants, .wo pounds sucar. one pint vine
gar, one tablespoonful cloves, one table-
spoonful cinnamon; cook slowly several
hours. Jt is a splendid relish w ith cold
meat warm either.
It is said that the simplest method of
sharpening a razor is to put it for halt an
hour in water to which one-twentieth of
its weight of muriatic or sulphuric acid
has been added, then lightly wipe it oil",
ana after a lew hours set it on a hone.
To remove tattoo marks from the skin,
blister the part with a plaster a little
larger than the mark; then keep the
place open for a week with an ointment;
finally, dress it to get well. As the new
skin grows the tattoo marks will disap
pear.
To extract ink from cotton, silk and
woolen goods saturate the spots with
spirits of turpentine and let it remain for
several hours; then rub it between the
hands. L will crumble away w ithout in
luring either the color or the texture of
the article.
If you have been pickling or handling
acid fruit and have stained your hands,
wash them in clear water, wipe them
lightly, and while they are yet moist
strike a match and shut your hands
around it so as to catch the smoke, and
the stain will disappear.
A correspondent of the Countru Gen
tleman says a good application of two or
three bushels of blacksmith s cinders
spread around young fruit trees, particu
larly pears, not only keeps down the
grass but affords, some principle which
gives health and vigor to the growth of
tne trees.
Prune your rose bushes pretty severe
ly as soon as the period of blooming is
over, unless it should be very dry, in
which case the pruning should be de
ferred until just as the fall crop begins.
By this course we get an abundance of
young spurs or shoots for flowering the
next season.
A remedy for choked cattle that has
never failed is to take a teacupful of
soft soap, dissolve in a pint of warm
water and pour it down the throat of the
choked animal. As soon as administered
the apple or potato is thrown up instant
Iv, upon passing the hand upon and
along the throat. Exclutnge.
Camphorated water has a strange,
quickening power over the latent life of
vegetable germs. Soak any kind of gar
den seeds in water impregnated with
camphor and their germination will be
vastly hastened, and the young plants
thus set shooting will continue to grow
with a vigor and vivacity much beyond
those not so treated.
A Patent Nest. A nest has been
patented for egg-eating hens which is
described thus: It consists of four boards
inside of a box, sloping gently from the
top to the center. Straw is attached to
them by twine, as also an artificial egg.
When the egg is laid it rolls gently down
the sides to the center, there striking a
trap which gives way, letting the egg
roll down another inclined plane to a
door, from which it can be removed.
To remove mildew, make a very weak
solution of chloride of lime in water
about a heaping teaspoonful to a quart
of w ater -strain it carefully, and dip the
spot or the garment into it, and if the
mildew does not disappear immediately
lay it in the sun for a few minutes, or
dip it again into the lime-water. The
work is effectually and speedily done,
and the chloride of lime neither rots the
cloth nor removes delicate colors when
sufficiently diluted, and the article
rinsed afterw ard in clear water.
Prince & Co. Organs.
Five octaves, two full sets of reeds.
Solid walnut cases, elesrant bronze finish.
Price, with six stops, fi25: eiirht stop?, $ ISO.
Address Keed's Temple of Music, Chicago.
Cause of Smnt in Wheat.
In a letter from Paris, France, the
Weekly Herald is advised that Prof.
Pennctier, who has made this subject
one of life-long study, states that smut is
owing to the presence of animalcules,
not unlike the tiny eels which exist in
the smut ball as whitish filaments. Al
though dryness suspends the life of these
worms, they immediately regain it on
being plunged into water. The humidity
of the soil etlects the same change.
When the sound grain germinates, the
larva; of the diseased seed are attracted
to the j-oung plant, live on its pulpy
matter, forming tumors on the stem and
leaves, and ultimately lodge in the ear.
They are now in an adult state. The
sexes become distinct. The female de
posits her eggs, from 1,200 to 1,500, as
many thousands being found in a single
grain of wheat. The new larva? remain
in a desiccated state till the following
season, and may be dried and restored to
life several times with impunity. In
France, when such grain is sifted. It is
roasted in an oven and given to fowls.
Steeping the seed wheat in solutions of
arsenic, or blue vitriol or ammonia kills'
the parasite effectively. Placing ' the
seed for twenty-four hours in a solution
of one part of vitriol and 150 of water is
a favorite remedy.
The presence of the field mice and
their numerous cousins is also rapidly
rising to the dignity of a plague. When
the same little barbarians invaded
France, in 1850, Bousingault conquered
them-by steeping grain in an arsenical
solution two ounces of arsenic in one
quart of water stirring frequently, al
lowing the grain to soak for an hour and
then dry. Eight poisoned grains will
settle a mouse, but care must be taken
that it does not do the same for barn
door fowl or game. N. Y. Herald.
Demestic SerTants.
The New Orleans Republican compiles
from the census tables the following
rather curious and suggestive statistics
as to the percentage of domestic servants
to the gross population, aged ten years
and over, in the following States:
Per Cent.) Per Cent.
California S iVermont
Connecticut 3'4' Alabama 3'i
Illinois 2'J Arkanwai '-'
Indiana 2 Georgia 4'i
Iowa l'-t Kentucky 4li
Kansas 5 Louisiana 5
Maine 2 iMieniosippi 4
Massachusetts 3 South Carolina 3
Minnesota i North Carolina 4
New York 4 .Virginia 6
Upon which the Republican remarks:
An approximate estimate and nothing
more is pretended would show a frac
tion over 2 per cent, of "he population in
the Northern and Western sections em
ployed in exclusive attendance upon the
remainder, while in the Southern section
about 4 per cent., or double the number
in the North and West, is employed in
the same menial services. Taking into
account the fact that more than half the
population of Louisiana is colored and
that the colored people employ scarcely
any servants, the Republican, concludes
that the " white and colored domestics
of the whites in Louisiana are 10 per
cent, of its population." In other words,
there areJJoa servants in Louisiana to one
in Illinois. -
Never believe an evil is dead. The
devil never lets go, and it's only a trick
wnsa fit pretends
Of Delaware Water Gap a cor
respondent writes: "The hotels are any.
thing but full. There is music and danc
ing and boating and driving; but, for all
that, match-making mammas, w ith know
ing girls to marry off, think that it is dull
enough to make any well-aware daugh
ter gape at the Delaware Water Gap."
Dr. PIrrce'a Kvorlte Prescription
is very strongly recommended by the Medi
cal Fiieultv. and is largely prescribed among
their Female Patients, ft is worthy of all
confidence, as may be seen from the follow
ing testimonials:
I)r. G. B. Chapman, Portsmouth, Neb.,
writes: " I have under treatment a lady who
for the past seven years has been afflicted,
and, after tryinjr several physicians without
receiving bene lit, i gaining rapidly on your
Favorite Prescription "
Atlanta, 111.. July 14, 1872.
Dk. R. V. Pi ekce, Buffalo, N Y.: 7r Sir
I have not words to express my gratitude
to you for your advice and assistance in my
case. There is not one who has used your
medicines since thev have been brought here
but that can say with me they have been
greatly benefited. Since I have lecn eo helped
bv its use, six or seven around me left otf
ail doctors and other medicines, and now use
it in their families, after being cured of the
same disease as mine. You do not know
what a wonder it created in our city by its
restoring my sister I wiotc you about, for
she had been under the care of three of our
best doctors, but could not sit up but for a
few minutesat one time. I begged of her to
try your medicine, and before she had used
half the bottles she could go all around the
yard, and has now just come home from a
visit live miles away.
Mks. Titos. McFaki.ano.
From Miss Lorinda E. St. Claik, Shade,
Athens Co., Ohio, Oct. 14, 1X72:
" Dr. R. V. Pi ekce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Your
Favorite Prescription is working almost like
a miracle on me. I am better already than
I have been for over two years."
From Et.i.A A. Schafek, Zancsville, Ind.,
Aug. 3, lSTS:
"Dk. Pierce: I received the medicine you
sent me, and began using it immediately. As
a result of the treatment I feel better ihan I
have for three vears."
From Mrs. John K. IIamlin, Odell, 111.,
March 111, 1S72:
"Dr. Pierce: The Favorite Prescription
has done nie good, which I am very thankful
for."
Favorite Prescription is sold by all Drug
gists. Dr. Pierce's Treatise on Chronic Diseases
of Women will be sent to any address on re
ceipt of two stamps.
Editorial notices are so common
that it is almost impossible for an editor
to express his honest opinion of the mer
its of any article without being suspect
ed of interested motives. This fact, how
ever, shall not deter us from saying what
we think of a new addition to the .Mate
ria Medica to w hich our attention has
been recently directed. We refer to Dr
J. Walker's California Vinegar Bit
ters, a remedy which is making its way
into more families just now than all tne
other advertised medicines put together.
Its popularity, as far as we can judge, is
not based on empty pretension, mere
seems to be no question about the potency
of its tonic and alterative properties,
while it possesses the great negative
recommendation of containing neither
alcohol nor mineral poison. That it is a
specific for Indigestion, Biliousness, Con
stipation and many complaints of nerv
ous origin we have reason to know; and
we are assured on good authority that as
a general invigorant, regulating and puri
fying medicine it has no equal. It is
stated that its ingredients (obtained
from the wilds of California) are new to
the medical world; and its extraordinary
effects certainly warrant the conclusion
that it is a compound of agents hitcrto
unknow n. If popularity is any criterion.
there can be no doubt of the efficiency of
the ineoak Bitters, for the sale of the
article is immense and continually in
creasing.
Wii.hopt's Anti-Periodic or Fever and
Agce Toxic. This invaluable and standard
family medicine is now a household word and
maintains its reputation unimpaired. It is in
dorsed by the medical profession, and pre
scribed daily in the Charity Hospital and
other Hospitals in New Orleans. Wilhoft's
Tonic' is thus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of the country, and is
worthy of such indorsement. Wheelock,
Fin lay & Co., Proprietors, .New Orleans.
For sale by all Druggists.
tlllKN WHITINU TO A DVERTIMKR,
For the rich with few children it may do to
buy a shoe without Tips, but those who are
blessed with little money and many children
it is ruinous to buy any others than SILVER
TIPPED Shoes.
Every man in buying a paper collar wants
to get as near an imitation of linen as possible
The onlv collars that look like linen are the
El in wood and Warwick. This is not only in
the loluea cages but in the hnish.
Thb Northwestbkn Horse-Nail- Co '&
" Finished " Nail is the best in the world.
Thirty Years Experience or an OM
Nunc
Mbs. Winslow'b Soothing Stkotp Is tha prescrip
tion of one of the best Female Physicians and Nurses
In the United States, and has been used for thirty
years with never-falling safety and snecess by mill
Ions of mothers and children, from the feeble Infant
of one week old to the adult. It correct; acidity of
the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bow
sis, and gives rest, health, an. I comfort to mother and
child. We believe it to be the Best and Sorest Reme
dy In the World in all cases of DYSENTERY and
DIARKHCEA IN CHILDREN, whether It arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Fnlt directions
for wlnp will accorapua; aacn bottle. None Genuine
anless the fac-eimile ot txJiUlS & PERKINS 1 on
the ontalde wrapper.
Sold bt ui Mbdioisk Dbalzks.
Children Often Look Pale and Sick
From no other cause than having worms In the stom
ach.
BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS
rlll destroy Worms wlthont Injury to the child, being
perfectly wmn, and free from all coloring or other
injurious ingredients usuaUr used in worm prepara
tion
CUttTIS A BROWV Proprietor.
No. 215 Fulton street. New York.
io.'d by DruggUta and Chemist, and Jalxrt tr
Medicine, a T w w-fit' Cxsts a Box.
The Ladles Sorosls Club, of NewTorK, re
cently changed their discussions from Woman's suf
frage to Hair Preparations and Pimple Banlsners.
They declared that where nature had not endowed
them with beauty. It was their right yea, their duty
to Beek It where they could. So they all voted that
Magnolia Balm overcame Sallowness, Bough Skin and
IfintnnitrL'iL and niTR tn thA runinlexlon a most dis
tingue (So roe lan) and marble-like appearance (danger
ous to men. no aouDt;; ana inai j.yon ninra
made the hair grow thick, sclt and awful pretty, and
moreover prevented It from turning gray. If the pro
prietors of these articles did not send the sisters aa In
voice, they are not smart.
Not Quite So Fast, Mr. Jones!-A horse-
doctor in Pldladelpbia was eanght changing the cele
brated Mexican Mustang Liniment Into other bottles
nd using it as his own recipe. Honesty is always the
best policy. These medicine men like to follow np
suchfello-rs. It cured the lame horse all the same
but it damaged the Doctor's reputation, and benefited
the proprietor In proportion. We have heard of so
many ICheuinatlc persons and lame horses beiugcured
by the Mustang Liniment that we advise every house
keeper, liveryman and planter to Invest In a 50-ct. or a
1.00 bottle, against accident. Bewareor counrcrreiia.
It Is wrapped lu a steel engraving, signed G. W.
WestUrook, Chemist,"
The Grand Revolution is Midicax. Txbat
mknt, which was commenced in i960. Is sti I in prog
ress. Nothing can stop it, for it la founded on the
principle, now universally acknowledged, that physi
cal vigor is tlte most formidable antagonist of an hu
man ailinuiU. and experience has shown that Plax
tatiox BiTTMails a peerless tiivigoraUI. as well aa
ihe best possible safeeuard against epidemic diseases.
nf Abthx A can Oe cured, bee Hnrsfs advertise
menr
HOUSEHOLD
PANACEA
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HOUSEHOLD
PANACEA
FA2ULY
LnmiEin.
Why Will Yon Suffer I
To all persons suffering
from Rheumatism, Neuralgia.
Cramps in the limbs or stom
ark. Bilious Colic, Pain In the
back, bowels or side, we would
y Tss Eocbzholo Toiacxa
Ajeo Family Lisimxitt is of all
others the remedy you want
for Internal and external use.
It baa cured the above com
plaints la thorn and of Casea.
Tbers is no mlstaks about It.
Trjw toWbraUPreggUts.'
"Truth Is Mighty, ami Will ML"
VEGETINE
PURIFIES THE BLOOD AND RE
STORES THEHEALTH.
Sorenty-Ono Years of Age.
East Marsiifield, Aug. 32, 1370.
Mr.II.R. Stitkjts:
learKlr lam seventy-one year of afte; have suf
fered uwny years with kidney t oiuplMiiit, weakness
In my back and stomach. I was Induced by friends lo
try your Vbubtimc, and I think It the best meUli Ine
for weakness of the kidneys I ever used. I have tried
nis.iy remedies fur this complaint, and never found so
much relief as from the Vkuetink. It strengthens
ami InvUsorates the whole system. Msny ormyir-
Jiualiitanceshave. taken It, and I leliee it to be pood
or all the coniplaiuts for which it recouiuicuilcd.
Yours trn iv,
JO&IAII II. SHEKMAN.
EXPERIENCTOF YEARS.
CHABxrsTowx, Mass March 19, 1869.
Mr. II. R. STfVBxsi
Tills is to certify thnt I have nseil your "Blood Prep
aration" (Vbortinb in my family for several years,
and think that, for Scrofular or Cankerous Humors, or
Kheumatic affections, l cannot lie excelled; and as a
blood purifier and spring medicine, if is the best thin
I have ever used, and I have used almost everything.
I ran cheerfully recommend It to any iu need of such
a medicine. Yours respect full ly,
U KufM.-U street.
WHAT ISNEEDED.
Boston, Feb. 13, 1871.
Mr. H. R. Stbtbnm
Dear Sir About one year since I found tnyself In a
fevble condition from general debility. VKliK.Tl X K
was strongly recommended to me by a friend wholuul
been much benetited by Its use. I procured the arti
cle and. after using several bottles, w as restored to
health, and discontinued its use. I feel quite con dent
that there Is no medicine superior to It fur those com
plaints for which It is especially prepared, and would
cheerfully recotnment it to those who feel that they
need something to restore them to perfect health. .
lies pec t fully yours,
V. U PETTIXOII.L
Finn of S. M. Pcttingill & Co., 10 State bt,, Boston.
VF.0ETIXE extends its Influence into every nart of
the human organism, commencing with Its founda
tion, correcting diseased actio and restoring vital
powers, creating a healthy formation and purification
of the blood, driving out disease, and leaving .Nature
to perform its allotted task.
YEGETIXE IS SOLD BT ALL DRICGISTS.
WATERS' CONCERTO ORGANS
are the .noac beautiful in at rle and terfert in
tone ever made. J7, I OM KKTO S I OI'ul.
beat ever placed fn snyoritn. Jt i prtxi wed
(lci ritra set nrrrds, !- ti II nrly voiced,
the KKKKC'T ofjrh.U MOST ClJ ARM I
andSOl IHTIllUIVri. ululeit l)IH ATIllf.
of ihe 1 1 CM Aft VOlCli is bIPKUU. lent
Uhernl.
WATKIWybllharmonle, Vesper and Or-
tnrairai
fn Unique Frenrli laim, are among the best
made, and combine PI UITY oMdU IMl
uilli great volume p to.ie. Suitable Jor
rAUiiOHi i hi m ii or pt i mi; 11 . i.i..
WATKIIS' New Srule PIAIVOS
hnre srreat towrr and a fine linii Ing tone, trith
all inndtrn improvements, umt a elite liKST
PIANOS MADE. ThrarOriiiif ami Pianos
are wnna ntril for O years. I'RIT'Kx
TKKMEliV LOWor rash, orpartranh and
balance in inont hly orqu rterly payments.
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A Household without Tabraxt's Seltzer Ape
bient within reach lacks an important safeguard of
health and life. A few doses of this standard remedy
for indigestion, constipation and biliousness relieve
every distressing symptom and prevent dangerous
consequences. For sale by the entire drug trade.
RICH FARMING LANDS
IK NEBRASKA.
Now For Sale Very Cheap.
Tea Tears' Credit, Interest Only 6 Per Cest.
Send for "The Pioneer,"
A handsome Illustrated psner. containing the IIome-
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Address O. F. DAVIS,
Land Commissioner l 1'. n. n..
Omaua, H eu.
The Lire
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services of
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years in preparation, most of the mat terhavlns been
furnished Dy .Mr Sumner hlmuelf. Contains &i pnecs.
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Kerrairr-s ""-"HiT,. XT-"
but two "lfsS
norso power : ana
bales cither nay or
cotton without tramp-
ing or stopping.
Thirty bales of bay
per bonr. Twenty
Daies or cotton
per boor.
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Dr. J. Walker's California Via-
:Sar Bitters are a purely Vcjietablo
preparation, mado 'hicfly from tho na
tive herbs found on luo lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, the medicinal proiortic3 of which
uro extracted therefrom without tho uo
of Alcohol. Tho question is almoin
daily asked. What is tho causo of the
unparalleled success of Vineoar Dn
TEKsf" Our inswcr is, that they rcmoT
the causo of liscasc, and tho patient re
covers his health. They aro tho great
blood purifier and a lifo-Kiviiifr principle,
a perfect Keuovator and Inviorator
of the nystem. Never boforo ia the
history of the world biw a medicine hon
compounded possessing the reniarkalil
qnalititt of Viskoar Hitters in hcuiinT the
sick of every dixense man is heir to. They
are a gentle I'urpiitive as well as a Tonic,
relieving Cmjrestia or Iuflaiimmlion of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Buiooa
Diseases.
The properties of Pa. Walker's
Vinkoak ISittkrs are Aperient, Dinph.iretio,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, iMuretio,
Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorilic, Aitera
tare. and Aiiti-Uilio1
Grateful Thousands proclaim vin
eoar Bitters the most wonderful In
vigorant that ever sustained tho siukir.
j-8tem.
'o Person can talte these Hitters
according to directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their bonc3 aro not de
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
Hilious. Remittent and Inter
mittent Fevers, which aro bo preva
lent in the valleys of o-f Rroat rivers
throughout the United States, especially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan
sas, Red, Colorado, Brazos, Kio Grando,
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro
anoke, James, and many others, with
their vast tributaries, throughout our
entire country during the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably so during sea
sons of unusual heat and dryness, aro
invariably accompanied by extensive de
rangements of tho stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erful infiuence upon these various or
gans, is essentially necessary. Thero
.s no cathartic for the purpose equal to
Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters,
as they will speedily remove tho dark
colored viscid matter with which tho
bowels are loaded, at tho same timo
stimulating tho secretions of the liver,
and generally restoring the healthy
functions of the digesfive organs.
Fortify the body against disease
by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar
B'itters. No epidemic can take hold
of a system thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, TTcad
ache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs,
Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour
Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Balpita
tation of the Heart, Inflammation of tho
Lungs, Bain in the region of the Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, are tho offsprings of Dyspepsia.
One bottle will prove a better guarantee
of its merits than a lengthy advertise
ment. Scrofnla, or King's Evil, Whito
Swelling", Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck,
Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent
I n flauv nations, Mercurial AtTections, old
chores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes. etc.
In these, as in all other constitutional Dis
eases, "Walker's Vineoar Bitters have
shown their great curative powers in the
most obstinate and intractable cases.
For Inflammatory and Chronic
Klicuniatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit
tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of
the Blood, Liver, Kidnevs and Bladder,
these Bitters have no caual. Such Diweaocs
are caused by Vitiated Bloo-1.
Mechanical Diseases. rersons en
gaged in Paints and Minerals, such as
Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and
Miners, as they advance in life, are subject
to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard
against this, tae a dose of Walker's Vin
eoar Bitters occasionally.
For Skin Di ease.S, Eruptions, Tet
ter, Salt-Rhenm, Blotches, Spots, I'imples,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, King-worms,
Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas. Itch,
Scurfs, Iiscolorations of the Skin, Humors
and Diseases of J,he Skin of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug op and carried
out of the vatru in a short time by tho nso
of these Bittern.
Tin, Tape, and other Worms,
lurking in the nystem of so many thousands,
are effectually destroyed and removed. Ho
system of medicine, uo vermifuges, no an
thelminitlcs will free the system from worms
like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints, in young
or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo
manhood, or the tarn of life, these Tonk.
Bitters display so decided an influenco that
improvement is soon perceptible.
Cleanse the Vitiated liiooj when
ever you find its impurities bursting through
the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sor w ;
cleanse it when vou find it obstructed aid
vou
sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is
foul ; your feelings will tell you when. Ket p
the blood pure, and the health of the nysteia
will follow.
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