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    Some of the Topnlnr Superstitions.
Our best society i full of whims, delu
. Bions and prejudices that would edify a
. Hottentot. The breaking of a mirror
-will spread consternation through a most
Christian family, and devout people
f -would rather go hungry than sit down to
a table with thirteen. As to Bceing the
new moon over the left shoulder, they
are morally convinced that it will bring
misfortune, in its train. Your little girl
is told by her nurse that she must not
undress or dress each foot consecutively,
but must alternate the putting on or oil
" of the coverings. It would not be lucky
for her during the day if ehe put shoes,
stockings and garters on the right foot
and then on the left, but she must make
some inroad, such as both stockings fol
lowed by a shoe and garter, or vice
vena, or, in fact, any change by which
she can vary it. Taught this in
childhood she half-unconsciously car
ries it out through life, and if by
any accident she breaks the rule she
is uneasy for the day and on the
lookout for ill luck. Always pick up a
pin when the head is toward you, but if
the point presents itself first let it lie.
Jfever mind what necessities of comfort
ably or decently appareling yourself
make that pin absolutely needful, you
must not pick it up. Go around all day
with an ancomfortable feeling at your
throat because the button is off your
shirt and your collar is loose, but don't
touch that pin unless the head is toward
you.
Grave and reverend seignorshave been
unhappy at seeing the moon over their
left shoulder, and every matter that goes
wrong during the succeeding month is
mentally, if not orally, laid to the charge
of that unlucky look over the left shoul
der. It is not part of your written creed, but
a sort of higher la w sprung from some
mystical source, whose hidden origin
makes it all the more imperative. Don't
have your baby weighed when he is
born. If you do'he will die somewhere
between tht ceremonial and ten-score,
'. probably. Then, even if it were not
such a fearful interfering with Provi
dence albeit it might seem to be a prac
tical solution of the Malthusian philoso
phy it is much better to guess at the
weight. It calls your higher faculties
into play, and forms an alliance between
imagination and mathematics not possi
ble under any other circumstances. It
almost disproves the axiom that figures
cannot lie. In this coalition, if the fig
ures do not lie, they arc capable of an
expansion which much increases their
bulk. The mathematical nine, aided by
imaginative evolution, becomes the more
complete twelve. Ilespect the Welsh
superstition, then, and don't weigh your
baby.
"ion must never sit down to table thir
teen in number. If you do, one of the
party will surely die before the year is
out. Whether this is predicted upon
the ratio of mortality in the . same
way as life assurance or an
nuities, we cannot say; but thir
teen has always been considered
t an unlucky number. It is the baker's or
devil's dozen the former individual
being held in something the same respect
as the latter. The original term was
devil's dozen because thirteen witches
sat down at table together on their Sab
baths, and it is not well for you to em-
- ulate witches on your Sabbath or any
" other day.
You must not rock the cradle empty,
as there are two prophecies concerning
this either that no child will be born to
that household; or, if one is living, it
. will die ; or, still more terrible to the
modern parent, mere will De a quiver
over full of these human arrows. If a
light goes out unexpectedly, or you ex
tinguish it accidentally, you must speak
" no word until you have relighted it. If
there are no matches in the house emu
late Harpocrates until some are found
and utilized or fire and ftarful troubles
will follow.
If you count all the white horses vou
see at a funeral you will soon die. How
' it works when there is only one, and you
cannot help counting it, we do not know;
but the probability is that, chariots of
fire not being of daily occurrence, you
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win uave 10 uie.
What you dream sleeping in a strange
Dea will come true; and if you are
youth or maiden, bachelor or widow, it
is wise to assign to each corner of the
room some special divinity whom you
wish to have look graciously down upon
. you. If you dream of her, you may ask
i what you wish. Mince-pies, cheese,
sardines, raisins and hard-boiled eggs are
a good introductory supper to little mat
ters of this sort. Something is sure to
come of it then. The deity will frown,
perhaps, and walk over you, or sit upon
you with the intent'on of crushing you;
- but this is all right, since " Dhrames
always go by conthrarics, ye know."
" If you put a garment on wrong side
out you must not change it. You may
let another person do it for you, if you
are very serious about it, and intent
upon some wish at the time. Otherwise,
' though it is your new silk, that is all
flounces, applied to an alpaca skirt, you
must wear it so even at the risk of dis
covering the sham to your nearest neigh
bor or dearest friend.
Trouble will never come near folks
whose eyebrows meet. Certain such
have been hanged or imprisoned, but
that was probably no trouble to them.
Wise legislation took care of that.
These are but a few of the commonest
of our extra articles of faith. There
are many more which would serve as
texts, and may yet be preached from.
JV. T. Commercial.
Phantom Inheritances.
The thousands who have been duped
into long and exhaustive hunts for phan
tom fortunes seem to have had little in
fluence in deterring others from similar
useless experiments. There is still some
one in every village and city who is ready
to start on the shortest notice in pursuit
, of a pot of gold which is said to lie
and who firmly believes that it has been
placed there by some supernatural power
for his or her especial benefit. Every
where one finds the credulous wight who
is ready to sacrifice all his present re
sources in striving to discover some
legendary title to a fabled estate, or in
digging about the genealogical tree in
the hope of finding some family record
- laiu ?u . ioi v Cf fOOCjrvi bS f VOiilt
and luxury. The fool-killer has not yet
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invcu in tue wonu.
Here is a little story which may serve
as an illustration: The other day a po
lice constable in a small English town
saw a German begging and arrested him.
The man seemed respectable and well
educated; so, when he was brought be
fore the magistrate, a member of the
" Charity Organization Society" appeared
for his "defense. The court was consid
erably astonished to find that the beggar
was in search of an inheritance amount
ing to nine or ten million dollars ; that he
was perfectly sane and that his act of
beggary was caused by the miserable cir
cumstances to which he had been re
duced by his mad hunt after the problem
atic fortune. The German, who evi
dently had begun somewhat to despair of
laying hands on the millions which he
considered rightfully his, explained him
self as follows: Ilis name was Anton
Ilalffmann, and he was born in the prov
ince of Cleves, in Germany. When 'a
child he bad heard a hope expressed by
his parents that a large inheritance would
soon come to the family. A dead-and-gone
relative who had accumulated mar
velous possessions in Surinam, who had
owned a castle, and fields where cocoa
. and coffee grew, had visited London and
Amsterdam shortly before his death;
and after he was dead it was announced
that he . had committed a will to his
confidential friend," bestowing all his
money save burial expenses and alms for
the poor upon his lawful relatives, IlalU
mann's parents. .
Subsequently a document was found
among the dead man's papers announc
ing that the sum of forty-five million
; francs had been deposited in London,
' and for this the poor German had been
endeavoring Ior years to nna some trace.
He besieged the Queen of England with
letters concerning the mysterious forty
five millions, but Her JIajesty's Secretary
merely advised him in reply to em- j
ploy a respectable solicitor." He spent
the greater part of his little fortune in
making careful researches in Holland
and in Belgium, where from time to time
this ileeing fortune was heard of under
some new guise. He besieged the Dutch
Colonial Ministers for intelligence of his
mythical dead uncle's Surinam estates.
He starved in garrets while he employed
lawyers to investigate the case. He un
dertook long journeys, gave up all other
business, and became totally absorbed
in the futile search. But he never heard
from the "confidential friend" to whom
the will had been given. The Govern
ment authorities in Holland assured him
that no such will as the mysterious uncle
was supposed to have made could
be found; and that the bunnam estates
had long ago been divided among per
sons whose title to them was undisputed.
The news reached poor Halffman just as
he had got to the bottom of his purse in
London. So he began a painjul journey
on foot to the sea coast, hoping there to
find a chance to work his passage back
to Germany to bide the ruin wrought by
his illusions." Hunger finally drove him
to beggary and carried him before the
magistrate, who was kind enough, how
ever, to give him some money and send
him on his way with a little wholesome
advice as to the foolishness of chasing
will-o'-the-wisps in general and supposed
fortunes in particular.
Many clever but unscrupulous men in
Germany, England and America make
handsome livings by filling the ears of
the easily duped with such stories as
that which the unlucky Ilalffmann seems
so firmly to have believed. A myste
riously worded advertisement in the
corner of the country paper; an inter
view with half a dozen witnesses, each
of whom has been instructed to tell the
wonderful tale; a little appeal to family
pride: these are the baits ordinarily
used, and the victims are speedily
hooked. Golden dreams make them
happy while they are spending the
money which they nave nopes ol receiv
ing but wnicn thev win never get.
Agents make jolly foreign tours at their
expense, but usually ccme home with
nothing more tangible than fresh evi
dence, by means of which money is
draw from the expectant "heirs."
Strangely enough, the misguided peo
ple who once have been persuaded that
they are to gam a fortune which has so
long awaited them by some swift and
strange process rarely discover they
have been deceived. They but take it
very much to heart that their counsel
has failed to make good their claims, or
that the machinations of some unknown
villains have prevailed against them.
New York Time.
The Folly of Fashionable Balls.
Sirs. Grundy has decreed that Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Smith, who have nothing
whatever in common beyond the fact of
belonging to the same social set, and
who naturally either dislike each other
exceedingly or are entirely Indifferent to
each other, shall exchange formal calls
ad infinitum. Accordingly Mrs. Jones,
witli loudly-expressed regret at tne
necessity of going, and hope that Mrs,
Smith will be out, arrays herself elabo
rately and pulls the Smith door-bell. If
Mrs. Smith is not at home, actually or
figuratively, Mrs. Jones breathes a sigh
of relief and hurries away. It she is.
Mrs. Jones is ushered into a lugubrious
parlor, where she wastes half an hour in
idle gossip about the weather, and the
last engagement, and the next party, and
the wondrous achievements of various
common-place children. Each woman
listens and talks languidly. Each is
wishing the bore were over. When the
necessary minutes have been consumed
Mrs. Jones departs. When the necessary
weeks have passed Mrs. Smith plays her
part in this most tedious society drama,
and the curtain falls to rise again a
month or two later on Mrs. Jones. Both
these women would stop this farcical ex
change of visits if they dared. But they
do not dare. It is the fashion and they
follow it. As a result they are obliged
to waste hours on hours, week after week,
in a round of bowing and gossiping and
smiling, from which they get no possible
good. They either have to give up one
whole day every week to receiving calls
or they must hold themselves in readi
ness at almost every hour of every day
to do so. It does not seem to occur to
these people that where such system pre
vails nothing else systematic can. There
ran be no fixed hours for anything.
Jrriends cannot exchange calls at will be
ause acquaintances left in the lurch
would be hurt. Sometimes a woman
grows sufficiently independent to an
nounce that she will not make calls.
Then the rest of her sex, every one of
whom would be glad to imitate her, affect
a proper horror, and condemn as impo
lite, shocking, etc., her brave disregard
or one ol the most senseless observances
of society. Five years afterward, the
woman who dared usuallly knows some
thing, while her old associates are still
displaying their old stock of informa
tion. Would it not be well for women
reformers to remember that calling and
dressing are two great grounds for re
form? "They are alike in this, that
women can, if they will, effect the reform
in both by their sinele enorts. iUascu
line co-operation is not needed. If a few
prominent ladies would but say, " We
will call only on the persons whom we
really wish to see," and would make
their saying true, we should soon witness
a decided change for the better. Chi
cago Tribune.
John Quincy Smith's True Love.
Monday afternoon a young man named
John Quincy Smith, who works in a car
riage factorv, called upon Justice Potter
and asked His Honor to appear at a cer
tain house on Macomb street at a certain
hour that evening and wed two fond
hearts together. ' The Court" said he'd
be on time, and he was, but he found the
lover looking disconsolate and the bride's
mother looking flushed and annoyed.
" Isn't this the place where I was to
come and unite two sympathetic souls?"
inquired Mr. Potter in an anxious voice,
thinking he might have made a mistake.
"You see, I'll tell you how it is," ex
plained the old lady. "Betsey Janes
young and foolish and she's afraid some
one will make fun of ner if she gits mar
ried."
His Honor thought it was rather
strange and went oil feeling about as
blue as the lover felt. Wednesdav morn
ing John Quincy entered Justice alley
again to tell Mr. Potter that he could
come up to the house that evening and
that there woulun t be any backing out
again
"It's dead sure, is it?" asked Ilis
Honor.
"You can bet on it" replied John
Quincy "bet a hundred to one."
Ilis Honor was on hand again at the
appointed hour and he found the lover
and the mother looking about as sad as
before. ihe girl herself was concealed
behind the door and as soon as Potter en
tered the mother pulled the door back so
as to expose the luder and exclaimed:
"Now, then. Judge, look at her look
at the big booby, and see what a fool 6he
is making of herself"
The girl made a skip and jumped un
der the center table, ;nd from thence
shouted back:
" I hain't any md"re of a fool than you
are, and you kuow it!"
" Then why don't you come out and
git married?" asked the parent.
" Do you s pose 1 want to be made fun
of?" squeaked the daughter.
After awhile the Justice put in his
voice, telling the girl that it was the lot
of women to marry ; that she'd live a
happy life, and that it wouldn't take two
minutes to tie the knot. '
"Come Betsy Jane!" called the
mother.
"Come, my own love!" pleaded John
Quincy. .
" Come, my dear girl!" added the Jus
tice, raising the table-spread and extend
ing his hand.
" Oh, go away!" she sobbed, hands
over her face, " go away and leave me
here to die! I can't bear to think of git
tin' jined and leavin' mother!"
They coaxed and pleaded and scolded,
but Betsey Jane was firm, and she was
e ill resting under the table when His
Honor leftJLcbn. Quincy put on his hat ,
and walked down the street a piece, and
when Potter remarked that he guessed
there wouldn't be any marrying in that
house the young man responded:
" That's what I think, and I wouldn't
turn my hand over if I knew that a buzz
saw was a coming slap for me." Detroit
Free Press. "
Flighty Costumes.
A tzrrible fashion has been intro
duced this autumn in Paris to swell bills
and excite an honorable emulation in ex
travagance. Some one has discovered
that trimming a dress with birds' feath
ers has an exceedingly charming appear
ance, and that envy is excited in propor
tion to the rarity of the fowl that is
plucked. The lady who has introduced
this novelty made her first appearance
in a costume which evidently left noth
ing to be desired ; though we are unable
to understand the millinery jargon in
which it is described. The tunic was
trimmed with the feathers of the jay, but
only the blue ones that form part of the
wing. As the jay is not a very common
bird for he is a deadly enemy to game
keepers, and even the Legislature has
put a price on his head those feathers
must have cost a pretty sum. But what
will old ladies and children exclaim when
they hear that another merveilleuse, not to
be outdone, has ordered a black silk
dress to be trimmed with canary feath
ers? It is not easy to calculate how
many hundreds of these little creatures
wouli have to be butchered before the
quantity requisite to produce the effect
would be obtained. Then arises the ques
tion, what next? To ladies of inventive
genius, the Zoological Gardens offer op
portunities, the thought of which ought
to strike terror into the breast of Dr.
Sclater. A pelican's beak as a hair-pin
would set off the largest chignon. How
many cockatoos graceful top-knots,
would be required to furnish forth a cos
tume de jour could only be a matter of
speculation, and the judicious expendi
ture of a few six-penny visits. A flamin
go's leg would make an elegant parasol
handle, and a tiger's tail a comfortable,
as well as an unusual, boa. The mask of
the Polar bear, neatly trimmed with vul
tures' feathers, would make a very strik
ing as well as a warm covering for the
"head during the coming winter. But
these are rather speculations for the man
milliners. If we only live long enough
we shall no doubt see the elephant and
rhinoceros contribute something else be
sides their "ivories" to the exigencies of
fashion, and when the earth and the air
are exhausted there will remain the great
deep and its inhabitants to help to gratify
feminine vanity. London Globe.
Mr. Cobleigh's Suspenders.
Mr. Cobleigh took a bath on Sunday
morning. On coming from the water,
refreshed and invigorated, he put on his
pants and drew the suspenders over his
bare shoulders, and taking his soiled
clothing in his arms adjourned to the
bed-room. Here he deliberately loos
ened those articles while he tucked in
the garments. Then he looked for his
suspenders. He had carefully placed
them on a oliair, you know tluit chair
right at the foot of the bed and he
looked there for them, as it was perfectly
reasonable he should. They were not
there, however. Mr. Cobleigh was sur
prised. He stared very hard at the chair,
and tried manfully to keep down the ris
ing temper.
Then he looked in every corner of the
room, and got down on his knees and
peered under the bed, and even looked
up at the ceiling and out of the win
dow. He examined these localities, not be
cause he expected to find the articles
there, but Mr. Cobleigh wished to show to
the world that there was no intention on
his part to be unfair in this matter.
He bad left those suspenders on that
chair, and, as they were not gifted with
legs, some one had removed them. Mr
Cobleigh was so confident of this that he
deemed it prudent to strike the stand
with his fist and tell what ought to be done
to the party who took the suspenders.
This he did, and then called his wife.
She came up at once. Mr. Cobleigh very
briefly related the loss, because he hadn't
time to talk much, and then proceeded to
talk about nothing else.
Mrs. Cobleigh carefully searched the
chair, while Mr. Cobleigh stood by and
grated his teeth. Then she carefully
searched the room, which so exasperated
him, as he had already made the search,
and had left the suspenders on the chair,
that he tartly inquired if she supposed
he had hidden the articles. This led her
to explain that she believed he had left
them somewhere else.
" Do you think I'd lie about a pair of
suspenders?" gasped he, as the awful
suspicion flashed upon him.
Mrs. Cobleigh was not prepared to
back up this proposition; perhaps she
did not consider it at all, but she was
confident they had been mislaid, and
said so; while Mr. Cobleigh, holding up
his garments, danced around in a furious
manner.
Finally a compromise was made with
two strips of woolen cloth with holes at
the ends, and the Cobleighs went to
church in no very happy state of mind.
At night, when Mx. Cobleigh retired,
and drew oft his upper wardrobe for that
purpose, a vehement exclamation at
tracted the attention of Mrs. Cobleigh,
who, looking around, beheld a very
sheepish-looking man trying to disen
gage a pair of suspenders from under a
tight-fitting undershirt.
" Well, I declare," commenced that
lady. " I "
"Will you just shut up, and go to
bed?" savagely demanded Mr. Cobleigh.
She did. JJanbury News.
A Quaker Printer's rrorerbs.
Never send an article for publication
without giving the editor thy name, for
thy name oftentimes secures publication
to worthless articles.
Thou shouldst not rap at the door of a
printing office, for he that answereth the
rap sneereth in his sleeve and loseth
time. .
Never do thou loaf about, nor knock
down the type, or the boys will love thee
as they do the shade trees when thou
leavest.
Thou shouldst never read the copy on
the printer's case or hook, or he may
knock thee down
Never inquire of the editor for news,
for behold it is his business to give it to
tnee at tne appointed time without ask
ing for it.
It is not right that thou shouldst ask
him who is the author of an article, for
it is his duty to keep such things unto
himself. -
When thou dost enter his office take
heed unto thyself that thou dost not
look at what may concern thee not, for
that is not meet in the sight of good
breeding.
Neither examine thou the proof-sheet,
for it is not ready to meet thine eye thou
mayest understand.
Prefer thine own town naDer to anv
other and subscribe for it immediately.
Pay for it in advance, and it shall be
well with, thee and thine
Dan Dayis, of Virginia Citv. paid a
visit to Promontory, on the Central Pa
cific Railroad, and was charmed with the
manners and customs almost patri
archal in their frank simplicity of the
people. He stopped at the principal
hotel of the town. It was a nice place,
and the landlord was a very agreeable
and friendly sort of a man. Says Dan:
44 When dinner was ready the landlord
came out into the street in front of his
hotel with a double-barreled shot-gun.
liaising the gun above his head he fired
off one barrel. I said to him, ' What did
you do that for?' Said he, ' To call my
boarders to dinner." I said, ' Why don t
you fire off both barrels?' 'Oh," said he
' I keep the other to collect with.' "
As Aberdeen rtreacher recentlv com
mented in the following complimentary
way upon the conversational value of
men and women : " There is theMme
difference between their tongues as be
tween the hour and minute hand one
goes ten times as fast and the other sig
nifies ten times as much."
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.
An Idea for Teamsters. A great
deal of labor and hard tugging may be
saved if every wagon or truck is pro
vided with 100 feet of stout rope and a
single pulley. A snatch-block is the best
arranged with a strong hook, and the
usual construction for slipping the tight
of the rope under the strap to the sheave
instead of waiting to reeve the line
through one end. If a wagon gets stuck
in heavy mud or in the snow, the driver
has only to fasten hia block to the tongue,
reeve the rope through it, and attach one
end to a tree or post, and let his team
pull on the other. Their work Is of
course just halved, or rather they bring
twice as much power to bear in dragging
the wagon clear. There are plenty of
other applications of this simple device,
which will readily suggest themselves.
With a couple of skids for an inclined
plane, heavy logs could be easily drawn
on a sleigh by the unhitched team. An
other case where it is likely to be useful
is when loaded sleighs attempt to cross
a wooden bridge. Although the horses
draw the load very easily over the enow,
they arc often unable to start it over the
generally denuded wooden flooring of the
bridge, and hence would be materially
aided by the -tackle . hitched on as we
have described. Scientific American.
A good set of dishes will last for
ages if properly handled. We have in
mind an excellent housekeeper, whose
bridal dishes, thirty years old, are in an
excellent condition to-day, although they
have been in use every week, more or
less, during all the time alluded to. In a
common dinner service it is a great evil
to make the plates too hot, as it invaria
bly cracks the glaze on the surface, if
not the plate itself. We all know the re
sult it comes apart; " nobody broke it ;"
it was cracked before," or " cracked a
long time ago." The fact is, that when
the glaze is injured every time the
" things" are washed the water gets to
the interior, swells the porous clay, and
makes the whole fabric rotten, in this
condition they will also absorb grease;
and when exposed to further heat the
grease makes the dishes brown and dis
colored. If an old, ill-used dish be
made very hot, a teaspoonful of fat will
be seen to exude from the minute fis
sures upon its surface. N. T. Herald.
Chocolate Pudding with Sauce.
Half a cake common chocolate grated,
vanilla to flavor, half a pint of soda
cracker crumbs, butter the size of an egg,
half a pint of boiled milk, the whites of six
eggs, half a cup of sugar, Bait, boil for an
hour. Sauce The yolks of six eggs, one
tumbler of sherry wine, half a large cup of
sugar. Beat the yolks very light, put
the sugar in the wine, and heat, and
when very hot add the yolks. Stir
quickly one way until it thickens to a
very rich cream. To be eaten cold.
When you wish to clean a lamp
chimney hold a linen cloth against one
end of. the chimney and place the other
end in your mouth ; breathe in it until it
is covered inside with moisture, push the
cloth into the chimney with a smooth,
slender stick, and rub it around until the
moisture is absorbed; repeat the process,
and breathe on the outer surface also;
rub this with a cloth until dry, and you
have a clean, bright chimney. Soft
newspaper will take the place of linen
cloth.
Hash. At last science grapples with
this mysterious compound. The atten
tion of the average New York boarding
house keeper is directed to the words of
Prof. Itedfern, who condemns " the
process of cutting up meat into small
blocks and stewing it, the eflect of
which is that the albumen in the outer
surface of each block becomes firmly set,
and the whole affords about as indigesta
ble a mass as can well be imagined."
Scientific American.
One of the most important things is
to "season" the glass and china to sud
den change of temperature, so that they
may remain sound after exposure to
sudden heat and cold. This is best done
by placing the articles in cold water,
which must gradually be brought to the
boiling point and then allowed to cool
very slowly, taking several hours to do
it. The commoner the materials the
more care in this respect is required.
Wintering Plants in Rooms and Cellars.
TnosE who grow tender plants in sum
mer for ornamenting the lawn and
flower-beds of course like to keep them
over the winter, and yet, in fully nine
cases out of ten, but little success "is had
with those wintered in rooms, and per
haps fully as little with those wintered
in the cellar.
Those that are to be kept on the
flower-stand in rooms should not have
much heat upon first being taken in.
They should be kept in the coolest part
of the room, but should have plenty of
light until well established, or until they
begin to make new growth. If one have
a bow window that may be closed tight
this answers a good purpose, since the
sun may be admitted above and the
plants may be kept shaded below. If
you have hot-bed sashes and a frame, a
little bottom heat, say ten inches of
manure covered with' enough sand in
which to plunge the pots, and keeping
the sash pretty close and shaded until
the roots of the plants begin to draw
and send moisture to the tops, will an
swer a very good purpose. Keep them
covered warmly at night, and, as they
begin to grow, give air and water, and
at the end of a month they may be taken
into the room and with a little care they
will give much satisfaction.
Do not give too much water to window
plants or those kept on a stand in the
room. The soil should be kept moist, of
course, but frequent and light syringings
will tend to obviate the excessive dryness
of living rooms. 1 his is the great dim
culty with plants wintered in this man
ner, and to assist in neutralizing this
trouble as much as possible a vase or
basin of water should be kept constantly
on the stove or heater to supply this lack
of moisture.
Geraniums, pelargoniums, tender roses,
and other tender or half-hardy, woody or
half-woody perennials may be kept in a
light, cool, dry cellar that does not freeze,
if some care be taken. They do not need
much water, but must be as cool as possi
ble, without freezing. If care be taken
to give them air in fine weather, and a
little water at long intervals, just enough
so that the earth does not become really
dry, tt ere will be but little trouble in
wintering them nicely.
Many plants, after being wintered all
right, are killed by putting them out of
doors too early in the spring. We have
known large oleanders to be killed dead
in the spring from exposure to frost a
single night when the thermometer
marked twenty-tour degrees. The same
plants had withstood a lower temperature
in the cellar during the winter. When
taken from the cellar they should be
carefully guarded from frost in the spring
until the last of May or first of June,
according to latitude, and although
tender plants will stand a considerable
degree of cold in the cellar it is better
that they be kept from actual frost.
Western Rural.
i - m 1
The Xerres Best and Quiet for the
. Sick. ,
Do tou know how an electric cable is
made, which is to pass under the ocean
and carrv a messaire from one rnntinpnr.
to another? If there is but one wire it
is in the center of the cable, the wire
beinsr clothed with a thirlr
gutta-percha, which is also covered with a
coat of mail. There are three narts to
the nervous system: the brain, which is
the head center of the system; the spinal
cord, which is the trunk: and the nprvpa
themselves, which are the telegraph
wires along which all sensations arc com
municated to the brain. Each of thpan
nerves pervading the human frame is
itself a bundle of fibers, and each fiber
consists of three parts: the cover, like
the coat of mail to the telegraph cable;
a case like the gutta-percha of the cable,
and a minute central filament, or thread,
along which it is supposed the nervous
current, as the electricity in the cable.
passes. There is such an analogy be
tween the electrical telegraphic appa
ratus and the nervous action that we
tnST not Trip ofrairt t rtolipvp thp mroteri.
j . " - -
ous agency which we call magnetism and
electricity, and of which we know only
its effects and nothing whatever of its
substance, is also the agency by which
the Creator has pervaded the nervous
system, made it the telegraphic apparatus
for the transmission of intelligence from
the outer world, through the senses, to
the brain, and then, by that link, of
which no human philosophy has yet de
tected a sign, to the will, which the sev.
eral muscles of the bodv instinctively
obey. So pervading are these fibers, and
so minute in their ramifications, that
3,000 of them occupy but. an inch of
space. They are more delicate and sus
ceptible than the finest spider's web that
a breath of air disturbs. Light, sound,
odors, or the softest touch yes, thought
itself thrills these nerves and pours a
tide of sensation into the great reservoir
the brain. In some conditions of the
body and the mind this nerve current is
far more sensitive than at others, just as
the electrical current flows more freely
in one state of the atmosphere than an
other. We are always nervous, if not in
paralysis. Especially when we are in
anxiety, trouble or sickness the nervous
system is peculiarly sensitive; every
little thing sets us into a tremor; sleep
refuses to come when we want it most,
and each one of these million strings is
athrill with sensibility. Sometimes we
cannot bear the chair in which we sit
or the couch on which we lie to be
touched. We fret easily, refuse to be
reasoned with, become "very childish,
petulant and exacting. At such times
the natient tries the patience of nurses
thou&rh the nurses are saints. Yet for all
that the sick must be undisturbed. Peace
is their salvation. And the highest art
of the physician and the friend is to keep
the patient quiet, that nature, gently
aided by the skill of science and the
ministries of love, may work a cure.
" Irenarus," in N. Y. Observer.
Training Yonng Stock.
A correspondent of the New York
limes tells something about the manage
ment of vouner and wild stock colts
steers and heifers, particularly the latter.
He very truly believes that many abuse
their cattle when they would not if they
knew anv other way to get along, lie
continues:
In the first place you must secure your
heifers by tying them up so that they
cannot hurt you if they would, or get
away from you. This is best done with
a halter (rope or leather.) I have seen a
slip-noose put on a heifers horns and
drawn so tight that it would nearly craze
the animal, which was then beaten be
cause it would not stand - still, and to
complete its misery and destruction of
its horns was left to stand over night in
the rain to swell the rope. After you
have cot it secured (in the stable is the
best place) get your card and brush and
go to work gently wherever you can get
at them best. If you are in danger of
getting hurt then use a broom first,
When they find it does not hurt thein
you will be surprised to see the effect it
will have on the worst subjects.
There is something about this mode of
treatment that I cannot explain myself
but it is far ahead of the charms of
music to soothe the savage beast.
I lay no claim to any superiority over
anyone that will be patient and take
time to get acquainted with the subject
But I believe I can take the wildest
native cow in the United States that has
not been handled at all and make a quiet
eentle animal of it that is, for me to
handle; it might be afraid and even
vicious to a stranger. Remember, this
treatment must be followed up for weeks
or months, but it will surely win in the
end.
This plan will not always do so well
with horses or colts, as some are consti
tutionally opposed to the card and brush.
but kind treatment will do a great deal
toward making friends with them.
Long-Legged Horses.
For most every-day purposes short-
legged horses are in general preferred
because in themselves they indicate
superior strength, and because, by nature,
they are associated with depth of chest
and carcass, and other signs of stamina
and durability; but the long leg possesses
advantages in stride and leverage, and
therefore, where speed is required, be
comes a desirable formation, lhe length
of limb must very much depend on
the purpose the animal is destined for ;
a long leg would be as ill adapted for a
cart-horse, as a short one would be for a
racer. To get over the ground length
becomes absolutely necessary in the pro
pelling parts of the machine, and these
are the loins and the limbs. Occasionally
we meet with horses with long limbs and
short bodies : but such are rare and un
desirable conformations the limbs doing
too much for the body, or, rather, the
latter restricting them in their action.
People in general make objection to
horses with undue length of limb; such a
horse has " too much daylight unfrerneath
him to be good for anything," is a com
mon expression enough in these cases;
and, prima facte and in nine cases, per
haps, out of ten these people are correct
in their disapprobation. But every now
and then comes a horse before us with
all this apparent objectionable sub-cor
poreal " daylight," and yet with extraor
dinary power in his long limbs, with circu
larity in hi3 chest though it be not deep,
and with the known character of being
" a good feeder after work ; and when
such a horse does present himself, we
may, should he possess breeding, regard
him, notwithstanding bis long legs and
light body, as an animal of a rare and
valuable description. His legs, having
but little to carry, are therefore likely to
" wear well ' and he is likely to prove
fleet horse, and withal a good-winded
horse one that is likely to turn out a
most valuable acquisition. One ought
not hastily to reject a horse with long
limbs and their ordinary accompaniment,
a light carcass. l'raxrie Jfarmer.
Meetings of Farmers and Their Fam
ilies. The most successful of the Farmers
Clubs and local horticultural organiza
tions with which we are acquainted are
those in which the social feature is not
ignored those where the club or society
meets at the house of some one of its
members and is entertained with a din
ner and social reunion, as well as in
structed by the discussion of some farm,
orchard or garden topic. 1 his seems the
best mode devised fr securing and per
petuating attendance and cohesion. Be
sides, the informality of such meetings
secures an expression of opinion and the
giving of experiences from those who
might be too timid to speak formally in a
public meeting.
We call attention to these facts now
that the length of the evenings and the
closing up of the autumn work will en
able farmers and their families to meet
each other in such profitable social in
tercourse. When Granges are organized
this feature is secured to the neighbor
hood and such a suggestion is unneces
sary; but where there is no Grange, or
where there may be objections to organ
ising one, a neighborhood club of the
character above indicated, in which all
the adult members of every family may
participate, will be found to be a whole
some means of instruction and entertain
ment during the winter months. Rural
Neio Yorker.
Preparing Poultry for Market In
trance.
In the vicinity of large towns in France
millions of fat chickens or capons are
sent to market every year, an enormous
supply going constantly to England.
When the fowls arc put up for fattening
thev are fed almost entirely on crushed
millet or barley (or a mixture of the
two), kneaded into a tough dough, to
which a little butter or lard is added.
Their drink is usually pure milk slightly
sweetened with sugar; sour milK with
sugar is frequently substituted. By
means of this nourishing diet the fowls
acquire a delicate, white and savory
meat, and become fat in an incredibly
short time often in ten days. Fat poul
try is never sent alive to market. Cajonsv
chickens and pigeons are bled at the
throat, hanging head down until all the
blood has escaped. Geese and ducks are
killed by a 6tab in the nape oi menecK.
The feathers arc picked off with great
care to avoid injury to the skin, and after
the fowls have been washed clean they
are icell rubbed viih wJieat bran, which
whitens them; the butchering is done at
night, and they ore hung up with a few
raw truffles in each body; in the morning
these are removed, having given a deli
cate flavor to the flesh. American Agri
culturist. Coldslaw. Yolks of two eggs; a
tablcspoonful of cream; a small lea
spoonful of mustard; a little salt; two
tablespoonfuls of vinegar. If cream is
not used put in a small lump of butter
rubbed in a little flour. Cut the cabbage
very fine; heat the mixture, and pour it
on hot.
art.
Whex it rains hardest people catch
most soft water.
Piano 4iid Organ.
Fine new rosewood pianos for $ntV).
Fine walnut organs, six stops, 125.
Good second-hand pianos, f I.jO to 200.
Reed's Temple of Music, Chicago.
A rustic j'oungster being asked out to
take tea with a friend was admonished
to praise the eatables. Presently the
butter was passed to him, when he re
marked: "Very nice butter what there
is of it," and observing a smile he added,
" and plenty of it such as it is."
Whisky akd the Weed. Intelligent
physiologists and pathologists admit that
all so-called medicines containing alco
hol whether they emanate from the
regular pharmacopa-ia and are called
tintiures, or from the Empirical Hum
Mills, and are labeled "Tonics" are
essentially dangerous and destructive.
The only way in which drunkenness can
be arrested is by restoring the integrity
of the nerves (especially the nerves of
taste and the great sympathetic nerve),
and purifying the animal fluids; and
these objects are more certainly and
swiftly accomplished by the use of Dr.
Walker s vinegar Bitters than by any
other means. Hence, probably, theopm
ions now so generally expressed, that
this pure preparation is a sovereign rem
edy for the evils referred to. Should it
be clearly ascertained that Vinegar Bit
ters is not only a specific for indiges
tion, liver disease, nervousness, scrofu
lous ulcers and eruptions, and a host of
other disorders, but also for inebriety
thousands will rise up and call the dia
coverer blessed. 10
Safe, Permanent and Complete! Wil
hoft's To?)ic cures Chills and Ftvcr, Dumb
Chills and Bilious Fevers those Titaus that
kill their thousands where this remedy i un
known. It cures Enlargement of the Spleen.
It cures Hypertrophy of the Liver. It hurts
no one. It cures all types of .Malarial Fevers
and is perfectly protective in all its effects.
Try Wilhoft's Tonic, the great iofallible Chill
Cure. W heelock, t ixlay oTCO , rroprietori?
New Orleans.
FOU SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Evert reader of this paper can re
ceive.yw, a copy of the best Agricultural
and r amify newspaper in this country by
addressing Moore's Rural New-Yorker,
78 Duane street, Isew i ork.
Fkask Wentwoktii is rapidly making the
Sherman House the most popular hotel in
Chieairo. Vthile increasing its already une
qualed merits he has also materially reduced
its 6cale of prices.
CocGns, colds, sore throat and similar
troubles, if allowed to progress, will result m
serious pulmonary affections frequently in
curable. Wisliart's Fine Tree Tar Cordial
reaches at once the seat of the disease and
gives immediate relief.
A protruding toe is not a pretty sight, and
is never seen where ckildren wear SILVER
TIPPED Shoes. They will save half your
shoe bills, ior Sale by All dealers.
If you have been wearing paper collars and
have not vet tried the Elmwood, we would
advise you to do so at once. They tit splen
didly. All the edges are folded, so they will
not turn out, and the collars will not soil as
easily as others.
The Nortii western Horse-Nail Co's
" Finished" Nail is the best in the world.
The Prettiest Woman In New Torlc,MlM
K , well known In our fashionable society for her
dintingue appearance and beautiful complexion, was
once a sallow, rongh-skinned girl, chagrined at her
red, freckled face. She pitched into Ilagan's Magnolia
Balm, and 1b now as pretty in complexion as she is
cliariiilunt in manners. This article overcomes freckles,
tan, sallownexs, moth-patches, ring-marks, etc., and
makes one look ten years younger than they are. Mag'
nolla Balm for a transparent complexion, and Lyon's
Kathalron to make the hair plentiful, luxuriant, soft
and delicate, have no rivals. The Kathalron prevents
the hair from turning gray, eradicates dandruff, and la
the best and cheapest dressing In the world.
Damned by Faint Praise. Jaa. Beekman
clergyman, of New York, was recently badiy kicked
by a horse, and was speedily cared by nslng the cele
brated Mexican Mustang Liniment. When the pro
prietor asked him for a certificate he replied that he
"considered it a remarkable article, but it wouldn't
answer for him to Indorse a remedy In print." Here's
consistency. But we didn't kick him, as the horse
did. The world knows that for Rheumatism, Bruises,
Swellings, Spavin, Scratches, Inflammation, Lame
ness, or any flesh, bone or muscle ailment upon man
or animal, there la nothing likethe Mustang Liniment.
It costs but 50 eta. and (1.00 per bottle, and should be
In every family. It Is wrapped In a fine steel-plate
label, and signed "G. W. Westbrook, Chemist.
Tonic and liecnperant Plantation Bit
ters. The constantly-increasing patronage which it
receives has. It is true, excited the petty envy of cer
tain splenetic advertisers of pinchbeck panaceas, wko
hope to make a market for their own stagnant, watery
ware by decrying all spirituous medicinal prepara
tions. But the public can stomach neither their argu
ments nor their potations, and consequently reject th-se
vary weak Imitations of the enemy as entirely too thin.
Sknh your name and address to Dr. C. R. BlacksH,
61 Washington street. Chlcsgo, ar.d receive his bul
letin and Catalogue of new books free.
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f pleaae
In thin pner
lene mtkT Ton aaw the advertliteinoi
c djOfi per day at home. Terms free Address
pe f i?-
1 Gio. Stinsos & Co., fortland, Maine.
T n r month to agents everywhere. Address
O JJ EXCELSIOU MTO CO.,Buchanan. Mich.
$.) IEK DAY Commission or3rt a week Sal
w9 ry, and expenses. We offer it and will par
it. Apply now. ti. Webhrr ifc '., Marlon. .
VfJEN'TM WANTED, Mn or Women. W a
week or 100 forffited. The Srcret Vrc. Write
at once to CO WEN & CO., Eighth street. New Yorte.
1 ( Beautiful Transfer Pictnren, instrnc-
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10 CU. AsenU wiitt J. L. PATTKN A CO . 71 Piu St.. N. V.
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e 1 x TTT i J
O & IM to E- D- ward, Hleh Bridge P. O.. Tf . T.
O Iti l City, by P. O. money'orderor registered
letter, ror quirK ana permanent renei
from Chills and Fever without quinine.
8250
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where. Business honorable and first
class. Particulars sent free. Address
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of papers with combined and separate list, e-vlug
e-timates for cost of advertising. Afldress
b. P. SANBORN. 114 Monroe street, Chicago, III.
All Q I"1atih' TninrT" ontatnt 7 article
UUfi I needed by every Lady Patent fcpo"!-
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teea wortn irKL ampie nox,
. hv nmlL
Sf cents. Agents wanted. PLl'MB A CO,
108 S. Eighth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
HEW I
LIVE AGENTS'
etc. guaran-
On account of the popularity of the
"Wheeler & WUson Sewing Machines, par
tics have been largely engaged in pur
chasing old and second-hand machines of
that make, and imposed upon the public
by selling them as new machines. Tho
Wheeler & "Wilson Company begs to ad
vise the public that any one desiring to
buy their second-hand machines can bo
supplied by that Company direct, on bet
ter terms than others can afford theffl,
and be assured of what they are buying.
Address
"WHEELER & WILSON IVrO CO.,
G35 Broadwat, Nkw Yoek.
OJfE agent sold in one month 501 Ooplea of the
1,1 KK OK IUVl.tiVrO.K,
Which nnfoldi. tbc thrilling txpmriuvjutt a rrrltohu
Hero, and the curiotitlm of a 'coiittrrfut eimMTf.
MoreHcetiW wanU-d. Address LI VI Nils TON K Hit'
LISIIEICS, either at Clxci kmati, DjctboiT.Cuicaoo,
Davjcapobt or ST. Lot is.
OPUM
MORPHINE HABIT Kt-eeilily
cut'l ly lr. UtM-li K only
known & sure Iteimtly.
OI IA.31CS 12
for treatment until onritl. full on or mUlress
BR. J. C. BECK, Cincinnati, O.
Valuable ratent Tool.
BUSINESS! .cs-iiaii Extra:
Wanted In Kvery Store. tf.staut Kvnts, Northwest.
fur sale. App leant ior rights to mnuiinw inr? aim ci
it should address A. L. Minison, Purchasing Agi tit of
the American kxnress Company. Chicago. Tliio handy
tool (just patented) is made entirely of spring steel.
Sample sent, freeof freight charge, on receipt offl.
liemittaneesof money tome for thep'irchai-e of tool
or A.SY other ooi9, iii Chicago or New York, will
co n" free of express charges. A. i. bTl.MsON.
toe only Self-Threaaing MachinejEZT!
wwaMwvMNBasnra with a U 1
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lataif " iitrtiAftUil J
1- THE WOULD. F9
iWlXG MACHINE COM
venue, C lilciisro.. t,.-.U
Men A Women
who wiwh to
maJe lliu
nioiier. should
cail at 102 East Madison street ( Room No. 1. 3d Floor),
Chicago. C 1 1 A. O-C HA J ti Headquarters.
VniltIP MCtl Wanted to learn Telegraph
lUlilill ItlCll ing and take o dices on new
line which we are furnishing with operators, t-alary
from ) to i0n per month. Particulars mailed free.
Address Jf. W. Teletrraph Institute, Janesville, Wia.
AGrUlVTS
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laot two numbers of this year FUEE (
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30 Bromlleld Street, IJoston.
AdfustablB Threshold
4.fkp4.. fin every "town and city in the
lf13i rfV 1 United States. It sells well and
1
is Just what every house need.
I li is tne oniy invention iu uio
i world that will jHiMtively pre
vent rain, cold, snow end oust
from coming under door bot
toms. Carpenter make lots ot
motioy nautili lift It. Send at once
for our circular. WILSON,
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An old-established, live, wide-awake, progressive,
newsv, hrlKht and spicy paper. !10.0lt( distrih
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to subscribe. Circulars with full particular ami
specimen copies sent free on application. Terms.
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11A1 DhMIN, Tiesideut Courier-Journal Company.
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EPILEPSY OR FITS.
A SiL'iiE CL'Kli for this dthtreinn complaint Is
now made known in a Treating of A octavo paires) on
Foreign and Native Herbal reparations, publi.-hed by
Dr. (). Phelps liiiow.v. The prescription was discov
ered by him in such a providential manner that he
rannot conscientiotislyrefuse to make it known, as ll
bus cured evervbody who has used it for Fits, never
havintr failed in a single case. The ingredients may be
obfiin-.Ml from anv drmrcist. A copv sent free to all
applicants bv mail. Address Tin. O. l'utLPS Urow.n,
SI Grand ttreet, Jersey City, N. J.
AGEffTS WANTED FOR THE
TRUE HISTORY
OF THE
BROOKLYNSGANDAL
The astonndlmr revelations and Ktartllnt? dlscloanres
TJiadeintbls workarecreatiiiRthe most intense desire
In the minds of the people to obtain it. Itclvestho
whole Inner history of theGreat scandal and Isthoonly
iand authentic work on thes'ibtcet. It sells atslylit.
bend fortermsto Agents and n full (leeriptton of the
work. Address XATlONALFUCLLaliJ-NU CO, Chi
cago. I1L, or tit. Louia, Mo.
R. P. HALL'S
G.UWNO-ElECTJI?TiliSTi,
Is Imbedded In a medicated
plaster, and ben applied to
the body produces a cou
xuttit current of electricity,
formliifrthf) most powerful
remedial aeut for the euro
of Jilt famuli xin, A'fi't,
ticiatica, Hn rtache, Spru nx,
fytiital JjilJItulti, Aerron
lJixet.iiJt or fmutle lt'J-
f!Mever known. Its effect are matrical. Sold by
Drtnnrlat, or sent bv mail on receipt of AO rents.
Address A. Il.T'lV LOIt, No. 4 Tribune Ilulld
lng, CI1ICAUO, General Agent for the West.
.!!... IVailiiPr's California Villi
oirr.r Hirers ;no a pun-ly Yoctahkj
iVt ;;initi,in, im.kUj c'li'-.h IV r.: 'Am n;v
liv e hrrUs r!U!il o'l the lower rnii-fs o
t!ie Sioi ia Ncv:i.I.i ino.inWwii.- cf ('.ilifor
lii:i. Hie lncdiciii.il propel tio-5 of whicfc
MC ONtnieleil tl:e:'-f:vni without t!io umi
of Alcohol. Tl;c question U ahi'ost
ilailv listed " u'luit H the muse ff tho
uiinar.iileltx', success of Vinfoai: I'.rr-i-Kk.s
" Oar ..ra or is, that t iry reiuova
the c:ui?e of iisea.se, and t lie patient re
covera his health. They aro the rrcaC
Uood purifier and a life j;i hi' principle,
a per feet Innovator and In ioralof
of tho pystem. Never beforo in tn
history of" tho worhl lia.s .1 luedicinn Ix-cC
-oiiip unlpil rio-fKsi'ijr I'm r in.nkalila
iju.iiities of Vinkij.wi l'.l ITKlis ill liciiliiitr tlioj
sick of every thsense man h licir to. The
are a pcntlo" I'urp-iuvo as well as a Tnic
relic?" 1" Cui1.'r-',,l'',)!1 "r I'-'.ilfiiiwi.atioii p,
'..e Javer ani Visceral Organs, iu HiUou
Diseases.
The pronortlps of Ik- WalkekV
r in hoar r.i itkhs nre Aperient. Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative. Dinrctnv
Sedative, Counter-irritant, r'Jic, Altera
tive, and Anti-Jiilious
II. If. MrlMlXALD A CO..
rvpipiritft and (len. Acts.. San Francisco. California,
and cor. of Washington and (,'liut lion St.. N. V
Sold by all IJrucg l.sr unit Dealer.
WiSHART'S
PineTreBTarCorQial
It 1 now fifteen ypar since tho attention of thi
public rjllrstealfed .by lr. L C'. '
wonderful remedy, and so we,) has It sfo." Itliet. t . f
lime that to-dav a not onlv Aim U,f confrlnirr of lb.
cuUrocoiiiiitunltv. but Is Pi. -re fre.jueiirly prescrlbc.l
bv physicians In their practice than any other pro
p'rl'larv preparation In the tommy. 1 Is the l 11
prlnelpVof the IMne Tree ol.tau.ed "Z"X.
process In the distillation of t lie lar . by h. I. It
h'ahfxl mtilHinai properties are retained, lor tin
foliowine Complaints lritlMiiiiontu.il or the l.nnt.'.
Couch. Sore Throat ati't llrea-t. Itn.ni-hlriK Consump
tion I iver Complaint, Weak Stomach, pi-ease r,f tho
Kidneys. Ur narv Complaint. Nervous pel.llity. ls
pepia, ami ftseases oi fin from an impure condition
of lliel.l.Md there l no temedy ll. the, world that bu
been used so successfully or can k'.o'.v sueli a mi.nl.er
of marvelous cure,. The following will serye to.hoW
theestiniaiM.il In which this sovereign remedy 1 held,
by tho: who have ued It.
Consumption for Yen Vcan Cire!.
Dr L. O. C. WtsnART: Dear Plr-I am irratefnl tr
von from Hi! fact Unit vou have made a medicine that
will cure tho disease of tne. l.unu". My He has lui.l
tbefoiismoptioi. r..r ten yeir I nysic " hi
me that U.-i could only oaieli her up f .r t "
bcluir. She was coniuied to her l. d. and had been r .r
some time. I heard of your I'tne Tree lar ordinl
ami sect red on- bottle: U r-llewd her co.iph si,..
"2?nWnlt.ed l.er .fourth bo,,!.-, and tJ jbi. o dj.
the work lor her family, ami may f.od !" ) '"
with vonr (treat discovery and cure juu have uiudi. lor
Consumption. F n rlopKfNS.
Jackson Center. Mielby Co.. Ohio,
From St. LonU, Mo.
Pr Wishart. Pnti.At.Ft.FHi a: Dear Slr-TMirlnp
a visit to Philadelphia some three year iieo. I wassur
feriii!,' from a severe cold, and was Induced to take a
bottle or vour I'liie Tree Tar Con!:al. which had the
effect or curu.K me in a few da s I have ; used If III
mv f iniilv ever since, and am of Hie opinion that It
saved the life of mv daughter, who as sullerlm; from
a severe and palnnil roinrli. If H- publication of Una
will be or any service, y.m are at liberty to use if.
Your respectfully.
JOHN HOI.NtTT. St. Louis, Mo.
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