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AGKICL'JrUKAL ASD DOMESTIC
On Washing IJouse-Flants. Have a
large pail or tub filled with warm soap
suds; then, spreading the fingers and
palm of the left haud over the soil in the
pot, turn the branches topsy turvy into
the warm soap-suds, swing the plant
briskly in the water till every leaf has
become compl-tclv saturated, then put
it through a iail of" ilea-n water and rub
each leaf will, the thumb and finger;
give it a good shake and w hen dry return
it to it 8 place in the window. The leaves
of a plant are its lungs, each leaf being
lurni.shrd with hundreds of minute
spores w hence the plants breathe in car
bon and exhale oxygen. The perspira
tion of plants is smd to be seventeen
times that of the human body. Jlany
plants never bloom vn account of the
accumulation of dust upon their leaves.
A plant too larpc to be laid down la a
tub, as above described, maybe syringed
and each leaf rubbed clean with the
linger and thumb, which arc better for
this purpose than a brush or cloth.
Jjand and Water.
Chocolate Jelly Cake. One cup of
butter, two cups of sugar, three and one
half cups of Hour, four eggs, one cup of
milk, two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar,
one tcaspoonful of soda. I bake this
very thin in a dripping pan; this makes
two loaves, cutting in six pieces. For
the jelly one cup of grated chocolate,
one cup of sugar, one dessert-spoon of
corn-starch, one-half cup of milk; put
this in a tin pail, then in a pan of boil
ing water; let it dissolve and cook like a
b i'Led custard. Spread the cake w hile
the chocolate is hot, using three layers,
and then spread over the top.
Potato chops. Iloil and mash some
nice mealy potatoes, then with one or
two well-beaten ergs make them into a
p tste, work it well, dust it over with
riour and roll out. Take some nice thin
neck ol" mutton or lamb chops, carefully
trim off' the fat, pepper and salt them on
both sides, cut the paste into shape, cover
over like a pun", pinch the edges and fry
to a iiht brown; they look better if
about an inch of the bane is left visible.
Choked Cattle. To remove a potato
or other obstructions from the throat of
a. cow, or other animals: Draw the
tongue from the mouth and pour a tea
cup of melted lard down the throat. In
a few minutes after throw a handful of
fine salt far into the mouth, which will
produce a cough and remove the obstruc
tion. How to Cook Hog Ilrains. Boil
them in water with salt to suit the taste
until they are done. Drain the water
oil, then add a small lump of butter; they
are good.
It is asserted that the chinch bug, as
a rule, attacks only such corn as is grown
on poor, thin and scantily manured soil.
How to Keep House on a Small Salary.
A clerk's wife sends us the following
bit of experience, which may have for
many of our readers an interest both
timely and practical :
After many years of married life
passed in comparative aflluence reverses
came, and my husband w as obliged to
accept a situa'ion in a large city with a
small salary of $K) per year. I "felt that
this could sullice for our maintenance
only by the exercise tf the strictest econ
omy. A little over fifteen dollars a
week! Howminy times I divided that
iJOO by titty-two and tried to make it
come out a little more! Still I deter
mined to solve the problem of the day,
namely: whether one couM keep house
n a small salary, or whether boarding
house life was a necessit-, as so many
clerk-.' w ives assert. We had neither of
us been accustomed to economizing, and
I felt it was but just, if my husband
worked hard for his salarv, that I should
perform the labor of making it go as far
as possible.
Thirty replies were received to our ad
vertisement for two unfurnished rooms,
without board. Looking them over care
fully I selected half a dozen which came
within onr menns nd started on an ex
ploring expedition. In a pleasant house
and neigh Uorhood I found a lady willing
to rent two adjoining rooms, with closets
and wter conveniences, for tte modest
sum of twelve dollars per mon'h. In one
room there were two deep south win
dows where 1 could keep a few plants in
the winter. 1 consulted my husband,
and with his approval engaged the rooms.
We hid $f73 ready money. With
this we bought bright but inexpensive
carpets, a parlor cook-stove, an oiled
black walnut set of furniture, a table, a
student-lamp, a few dishes and some
coai. With the few pictures, a rack of
book3 and some ornaments in our posses
sion we decked the rooms tastefully, and
commenced the serious business of keep
ing house on $S(X) per year. We deter
mined from the first that we would not
have any accounts, but would pay cash
for everything, and. when we could not
afford an article do without it. After
paying rent and washerwoman we had
$50 per month for other expenses. Twen
ty dol.ars of this furnished us a plentiful
supply of food and paid car fare. 1
learned te love my work. Strength came
with - each day's labor, and renewed
health repaid each ellbrt put lorth to
make my little home pleasant and rest
ful to my husband. And how we did en
joy that little home! ;
When the stormy nights came we drew
our curtains, shutting out the world, with
a bright fire and the soft glow of our
reading-lamp upon the crimson cloth,
reading a magazine or evening paper (in
which we were able to indulge), with a
"(fod pity the poor this dreadful ninhtJ
forgetting in our cozy and comfortable
home how many there were in the great
ity who would call us poor. We al wavs
kept within my husband's salary, wear
ing plain but good and respectable
clothing, and eating simple but substan
tial food. And now, as circumstances
have been improving with us, and we are
living in a house all our own, with ser
vants, and thousands instead of hundreds
a year, we look back to the year spent in
our simple, trucrai little home, and know
that it will always be the happiest por
lion of our lives. Scribner's Monthly.
Wheeler & Wilson's Sewing Machines.
We call attention to the Wheeler fc
Wilson advertisement in our columns.
This well-known Company has the most
advantageous facilities for supplying the
public with Sewing Machines, on as favor-
o di f or rr a o o t Tk ?- 1 1 1- T nnta vrill nilin
ijaKj 1-I U13 AO w II V L7 U.S 1 U .3 V 111 ailVn
They warrant all their work, and it is a
matter of importance to the purchaser to
ileal with a Company w hose position and
permanence give assurance that their
guaranty will be fulfilled. They have
agencies and offices throughout the civil
ized world for furnishing needles, thread
and other necessary supplic-s, and have
an established reputation for reliability
ind fair dealing.
If you are thinking of going to
Alaska, 3'oung man, it will be valuable
information to tell you the probable
cost of the wife of your buzzum if you
get out the: e. latest mantel reports in
dicate that a Teal nice squaw can be ob
t dned for one thousand yards of calico,
four camphor-wood boxes, fourteen old
rr.uskets and sixty blankets. One of
thoif dirty daughters of nature recently
went at that price.
Every pound of cochineal contains
'0,000 insects boiled to death.
CALLING TUE DEAD.
My little child, so sweet a voice might wake
So weet a sleeper for so sweet a sake. '
Calling your buried brother back to you,
You laugh and listen till I listen too!
tviiv WaiiA listen? It mav be to hear
Knnnil'tnoriivin to reach rnv troubled ear.
Wh v does be laugh It may be he can see
The" face that only tears can hide from me.
Poor babv faith so foolish or so wise!
vim num.. I hatx nut of forlornest cries
He sreaks fis with a bird's or blossom's
hreath
How fair tbe knowledge Is that kuows not
Death!
Ah, fools and blind through all the piteous
years
Searchers of stars and rraves bow many
seers,
f'Allinfr thp dad and peeking for a sicrn.
IIvr liiiisrh, d and listened like this child of
mine?
Mrs. H. M. B. Piatt, in Atlantic Monthly.
THE LOST CHIMES.
BY FIIAKZ MELVILLE.
Soon after entering the pastorate
was ordered bv mv superiors to thor
oughly revise the parish register, kept in
the old church of Holtug. It was a very
tedious job, and one that kept me sev
eral weeks closely confined in tbe gloomy
sacristy, poring over the dusty tomes
that recorded the bitths, baptisms, mar
riages and deaths of several bygone gen
erations. 5Iy co-worker was the aged
sexton, whose name was Christen llyer
pope, a man well Known to every man,
woman and child within twenty miles
around. He was a remarkably reserved,
reticent old man, who never ventured a
remark except in answer to a direct
question from me.
One day in going through the marriage
register 1 suddenly came to a pace where
there seemed to be a very ugly hiatus in
tbe records.
'Christen," said I, "what does this
mean?"
A very peculiar expression came over
the old man's wrinkled face, and I no
ticed him tremble slightly as he replied
sententiously, " I hereby hangs a tale.
"A tale!" I exclaimed. "Bravo! let
us have it then, by all means."
The old man hung his head for several
minutes in deep and silent meditation.
then, raising it suddenly, went on to tell
me the following narrative, which I can
not hope to give in his peculiarly im
pressive style and manner, but which is
in substance as follows:
1 have been employed about churches
ever since I was a iittle boy; in other
words, for nearly three-score years most
oi that time in the cnurcn under wbich
we are now sitting. The friends of my
youth one by one passed away, so si
lently, and their places were supplied by
others so quietly and gradually, that it
was not until a few years ago that 1 dis
covered, to my astonishment, that the
world had passed into an entirely new
set of hands. In other words, I discov
ered that I had outlived my own genera
tion.
The story which I am about to tell you
is not properly a ghost story, and still
less is it a love story. I have been a
bachelor all my days, and do not care to
go DacK to tne event that determined
tms. in an mynte l nave never seen a
real ghost, though it does seem to me
mat it tne spirits or tne departed ever
" revisit the pale climpsej of the moon,'
and r how themselves to mortal eyes, I
ought certainly to have been the one to
see them. I am not a bit superstitious,
sir, not a on.
One Christmas Eve. shortly after I had
been made sexton, the pastor came over
to visit me, and I could see that he was
somewhat agitated. Said he: " Christen,
I'm in a fix. The bell-ringer has been
taken down suddenly ill is sick abed
and I've got nobody to peal the chimes
to-night. He said that you were the only
man wno could do tne thing properly!"
j ne iact is, it nad Deen a habit ot nunc
invariably to spend my Christmas Eves
with the bell-ringer of the Holtug
cnurcn. lie was a man much older than
I, who was getting to feel his years very
perceptibly. He had a very pretty
daughter, and she seemed always par
ticularly fond of my company. I
thought it but a small return for his
manifold Kindnesses to me to assist him
peal the chimes, which, by the way, is
not a job for everybody's doing. Under
these circumstances, without the least
hesitation, I promised the pastor that I
would be responsible myself, that just as
soon as the clock struck tbe hour of
twelve the Holtug chimes should peal
far and wide over the land, as they had
always done, from beyond the memory
of the oldest inhabitant of the parish.
For this he thanked me warmly,, and
then departed.
As soon as he was gone I went over to
the bell-ringer's to get the tower keys,
and also some necessary directions. I
found him so ill that I determined to
spend the remainder of the evening
with him. At precisely half-past eleven
I stuck the heavy bunch of keys in my
belt and started out. The wind was
blowing strong and cold and the night
was dark as pitch. A number of the
street-lamps had gone out for the want
of oil, and others had been extinguished
by the violent gusts of wind that made
them creak and rattle. Not a soul
semed astir in the desolate streets, and
yet several times I thought that I heard
footsteps close behind me. Without
paying much attention to this fact I
passed on, and yet I could not be mis
taken; there were stealthy footsteps just
behind me. I was experiencing the full
force of this uncanny feeling, when sud
denly a party of young people, singing a
Christmas carol, turned the corner and
also the drift of my thoughts. I stopped
with them several minutes to exchange
the greeting of the season and then bade
them good-night. This made me forget
all about the suspicious footfalls that I
fancied I had heard.
When I reached the church-yard gate
the clock struck a quarter to twelve, and
just as I got inside of thb gate I thought
I heard the same muffled, guarded tread.
I now felt pretty sure that some one was
secretly following me. Suddenly I turned
around and looked back, but never a
sound save the wind in the trees and
tomb-stones, and the faint vibrations of
the belfry clock's last quarter-stroke;
never a sight but the dark, low, scudding
ciouds, me DiacK, gloomy cnurcn, and the
countless white tombstones. To tell the
truth I was both too ashamed and too
frightened to go back and see if anybody
was really dogging me. I was rapidly
becoming a coward. The only way I
could account for it was by supposing
mat, me nara wont or me previous nicht
had superinduced a temporary fit of weak
nerves, rear and superstition.
Despite, however, my earnest efforts to
Danish the unpleasant emotions produced
by the stealthy footsteps, when 1 came
to tit the big key into the lock of the
outer church-door an irre.-istible im
pulse compelled me to look back
over my shoulder. As I said be
fore, 1 was not a bit superstitious,
and as a general thing my nerves
were not particularly weak, but the
unpleasant and disagreeable sensa
tion that thrilled through me was one
never to be forgotten and not easily de
scribed. I could not tell whether it was
the face of a man or a ghost that I saw
peering so straight at me from just over
the top of a gravestone near by. My
eyes encountered other eyes. It could
have been no apparition, for it was too
distinct, the headstone being scarce
thirty yards distant.
It could have been no fleeting vision,
for I was standing in the deep shadows
of the church portal, and could watch
the face move slightly without its being
able to see that I was watching it. The
tombstone behind which the body to
which the face belonged was concealed
stood some distance off from the path. A
ft elicg of anger soon gained the predom
inance within my agitated bosom, and
banished all other feelings. I made a
rapid da at the stone, intending, with
my bunch of heavy keys to spoil this
grinning face.
But before I reached the spot the head
had vanished. I was utterly astonished.
Just then the moon broke'through the
ragged, rifted clouds, and. Jookine ud. I
saw both hands of the clock pointing al
most to the hour of twelve. I Knew that
the next minute the iron voice of the
spire would proclaim the midnight hour,
and the thought of my promise came
over me. I ran back to the door, but
found it impossible (stand in whatever
position I might) to bring the tombstone
and the obelisk in the same line of vis
ion, and thus explain the phenomenon of
the grinning face. So, after all, 1 had
not been deceived.
I now opened the door of the church
as quickly as possible, slipped in, closed
it with a bang after me, and then began
to grope my way down the narrow side
aisle. The darkness in the church was
so intense that I could not see an arm's
length ahead of me, and my matches and
lantern were stowed away in the sac
risty. 1 was soon feeling for the key-hole of
the ironclad door that separated the
sacristy from the body of the church.
The key-hole found, the next thing was
to'pick out the right key from the huge
bunch that hung by my side. This done,
I found no difficulty in fitting it into the
lock. Before turning it I paused a mo
ment to listen. Death-like stillness
reigned supreme.
One!
It was the iron voice of the big clock
overhead that broke the silence in such
an awful manner that my heart jumped
in my bosom like a frightened bird in its
ca?e.
Two!
A peculiar feeling, that succeeded the
startle, begin to creep over me as I stood
there in the utter darkness that seemed
tingling and vibrating with the jarring
blows of tbe midnight hour.
Three!
The atmosphere of the old church
was damp and moldy, and smelt like the
air of an unsunned vault.
Four!
A horrible feeling of faintness came
over me, and a humming in my head
like the buzzing of a swarm of bees. I
put forth a great effort and listened more
carefully.
Five!
Then the sound seemed to resolve it
self into that confused rattling of ropes
and pulleys which precedes immediately
the ringing of tells.
Six!
I was dreadfully puzzled to account
for this sound. I knew the bell-ringer
was not up in the tower, for l had left
him home sick in bed.
Seven !
Besides, 1 had the bellry keys in my
belt, and how could anyone have gained
accss there without them?
Eight!
By this time the giddy sensation had
passed away and I had begun to chide
myself for my delay and for being such
an arrant coward.
Nine!
How foolish to imagine myself fol
lowed, peeped at from behind a tomb
stone, or hearing strange noises in the
church.
Ten!
The wind, said I, often makes very
strange and remarkable noises about the
towers and angles and windows of an old,
dilapidated building.
Eleven!
And Holtug Church wao a rare instru
ment for that famous old musician to
play upon.
Twelve!
"The last stroke of midnight found me
standing thus debating before the sacristy
door, instead of being up in the belfry,
ready to pull, pull with a vim, and pull
with might and main as soon as it had
died away. I knew that there was not a
moment more to lose.
What was I to do?
My unfulfilled promise now seemed to
lash me on. I knew that at that very in
stant hundreds of ears were eagerly
strained to catch those chimes that until
now had never before failed to proclaim:
" 1'eace on earth, good-will to men.
I soon succeeded in lighting the candle
and sticking it in the lantern. But at
best it gave a miserably poor light, be
cause the thick yellow horn sides were
rendered semi-opaque by dirt. 1 put
some billets of wood under one arm, and
holding the lantern alofi I started for the
belfry. Just as I was shutting the sacristy
door behind me a heavy hand grasped
my arm. I shrank back and exclaimed,
" Who's that?" The lantern dropped to
the Door and the light was extinguished,
leaving me and tne unknown person in
total darkness. The only way the latter
answered my question was by seizing
both of mv arms from behind and with
great force attempting to keep them firm
ly against my back.
As soon as the men had lit the lantern,
one of them came up to me and said in a
harsh, firm voice, "Give me the keys!"
lou can taKe tnem," said l, "as l am
not in a condition very well to refuse
you. All you nave to do is to take them
from my belt. I am as heir less as a baby
and cau't prevent you." lhe man then
took the keys from my belt. Said I, "I
can cheerfully volunteer the information
that all tbe church treasures are in safe
keeping in the village, and that with the
exception of a few bottles of sacramental
wine and a few rat gnawed wax-candles,
there's nothing in the church worth the
trouble ot vour stealing."
Danger sometimes makes us very pre
sumptuous, and I suppose there must
have been something galling in my tone
that irritated them, lor the elder or the
two, a short, thick-set man. demanded of
me, with a harsh voice and a fearful im
precation, where the parish registry was
kept. This was an unexpected question,
and to it 1 remained silent. He then
repeated the question with an oath, and
could see that he was getting mad
Said I, after a pause, " I shall not tell
j-ou where they are, ror great misuse
could be made of the books." " Come.
wncre are inose dooks? said ne, in a
very threatening manner. ' You have
mistaken your man," was all I. said in
reply.
" One!"
I sat and listened. Time seemed sud
denly rolled back, and my whole life was
nashed Detorc me. m the agony of mv
desperate situation l lined a condensed
and passionate prayer to God for deliv
erance or salvation.
"Two!"
I felt the muscles of that portion of
the scalp against which the cold muz
zle of the pistol pressed twitching fear
fully. Death never stood so near me
before. It was a moment of higher ex
citement and darker and deeper agita
tion of the soul than any that 1 had ever
hitherto known, or care ever again to
experience.
Three!"
Notwithstanding death stared me so
grimly in the face I deteimincd to accept
it ratfcer than break a vow, made in the
very sanctuary of God a sin that I
thought woul' Vine a more fearful curse
upon me than auy death could do. No!
with my teeth set hard together, and my
soul braced to meet my expectant fate, I
sat and listened to the slow, mechanical
words, as they fell from the lips of my
cruel captor, and w hen he said Three!
I muttered : " I defy you, death!"
He saw it was no use. lie had extort
ed an answer, but it was not the one he
wanted. He laid the pistol back again
upon the table, and began trying, one by
one, the iron doors of the vaults. At
last he found the vault which contained
the register. They then piled all the
books on the table, blind-folded me, and
began their search. Presently they car
ried all the books back to the vaults ex
cept two, the two marriage registers, in
which every marriage for fifty years
past was recorded. They were a long
time finding what they wanted. Present
ly the younger one siid:
"Look at this!" and both of them
gazed steadily and silently awhile, .as if
reading what was there written. They
then exchanged rapid looks and a few
whispers, whereupon the elder tore out
at least half a dozen leaves and put
them over the candle flame. Before they
had caught the flame the younger
snatched them away from his partner,
tore them across twice, and stuffed the
fragments into his coat-pocket.
They now began to make hasty prep
arations for leaving, as if, after having
accomplished their designs, they were
anxious to get away.
They passed out of the sacristy, leav
ing the door ajar behind them, then
through the church, leaving the door o'
the church ajar also, then down the ave
nue and eo out of sight Just then the
clock in the tower pealed out the hour
one! "One," said I, in amazement, "has
all this been crowded into one hour?" It
was even so, sir, and you have now beard
the simple story of how those leaves
came to be missing from the marriage
register. Here the old sexton paused,
but I had become so deeply interested in
his recital that I begged him to go on
and tell me how the affair terminated.
lie resumed: Well, you may think
that the worst part of my advenure was
past, but I soon found out that my mis
eries had just begun.
My physical agonies were sufficient to
quell tbe strongest will, but when the
element of soul terror was added my
misery became simply infernal. It would
have been a great mitigation of my sit
uation if 1 could only have shut the sa
cristy door, which seemed to me to be
the peep-hole into the world of the dis
embodied and the unhappy.
From one, until quarter-past two, I sat
thus, filled with mortal pain, and wrapped
in spiritual fear. these latter ter
rors that worked upon the soul were
seven-fold more awful than were those
moments when I was expecting physical
death at the hands of the robber. Now,
I know wery well that those fiendish
faces which mocked me were nothing
else than the creation of my own brain,
the cheats of a distraught imagination;
but they were none the less terrible. I
could not drive them away at will, and
for the time they were to me realities,
palpable ab extra existences.
After a while I perceived a small light
flickering in the remote end of the
church, and when it came neater I heard
faint footsteps. For a moment I hoped
that this was some one come to look
after me, but the hope was evanescent.
as I had been so often deluded during
the past two hours. But, sure enough,
there came a voice, no ghostly sound
such as I had been hearing, but a warm
human voice. It was the anxious call of
the good pastor, who cried three times
aloud "Christen, Christen, where are
you?"
The voice broke the dread spell which
bound me. " Here in the sacristy," I
cried back feebly. The next instant the
pastor came throuch the sacristy door
holding the lantern high above his head
You may imagine his amazement and
surprise to see me sitting stark, almost
lifeless, tied to the chair and wild with
terror.
"Quick! quick!" I gasped, "cut these
accursed cords and give me wine or I
shall d " 1 he wine soon restored me
to consciousness and I found the pastor
was cutting the cords that had become
buried in my very Uesh. He wrapped
me warmly and hastened to the village
for help, as I had to be carried home
When I was comfortable in bed I related
to him the adventure which I have just
told you. He said alter the midnight
strokes he had waited to hear the chimes
and that he greatly wondered at not
hearing them, for, said he, " Christen, I
knew you were a man to keep your
word. I lay awake, for I could not
sleep. ''Then it occurred to me that you
had gone alone, and fearing that some
accident had befallen you I arose,
dressed and hastened to the church." I
verily believe, sir, that had he left me
until morning they would have found me
as Schiller s lovelorn Knight of loggen
burg was tound one morning since
L.eichedo a stark, sitting corpse.
Eighteen months after the adventure
the pastor sent me word that he had a
clew. It was in the shape of a Copen
hagen newspaper, containing a card re
questing the pastors of every congrega
tion in the country to search for the
marriage records of a Mr. Tonneson
Uur pastor telt sure that Mr. lonneson's
marriage records would never be pro
duced, but both he and 1 were certain
that it was the very same which the
young masked villain had stuffed in his
breast-pocket eighteen months before
The pastor set ott immediately for Co
penhagen. Several da's thereafter I re
cei ved a letter from him, saying : " Come
on immediately, I have struck a hot
trail." I lost no time in reaching C, and,
sure enough, we were soon on a hot trail.
The pastor had spotted the suspected
parties, and the detectives, to use a
technical term, "were shadowing them."
The moment they were pointed out to
me I instantly recognized one of them,
notwithstanding they were masked at
the time of their crime. The moment
1 heard him speak I could have
taken an oath that he was the
identical individual who had put the
pistol to my head, and who had tied me
in the chair, to leave me to those horrors
which I have feebly attempted to de
scribe-to you. He was immediately ar
rested and imprisoned. On his trial he
was convicted, At mat time it was a
capital offense to destroy public records,
and he may consider himselt fortunate
to have escaped the death penalty for
lite labor in the penal colony. I his sub
stitution he gained by turning evidence
against his employer and accomplice,
the younger villain, who it appears gave
the detectives the slip, and escaped to
America, the land ot the free and the
asylum for Europe's outlaws.
As we had surmised, the object of their
crime was to cheat Mr. lonneson s heirs
out of a large fortune, by destroying the
proots ot their legitimacy, and pressing
me spurious next claims of the younger
villain as the nearest relative. In spite,
however, of the missing records, the
lawyers managed to bring order out of
chaos, and confirm to the rightful heirs,
a uaugnter and two sons, their own
Inland Magazine.
A Flrst-CIM Firm.
From the Grand Rariids ( Mich.1 E a trie.
The celebrated advertising agencv of S. M.
Pcttengill Jk Co. is one of the most colossal
business institutions in the country, and its
central office at 37 Park row, New York city,
opposite the Citv Hall Park and the new Post-
otnee building, is an establishment a stranger
ought to visit It be really desires to 6ee all the
lions when he visits Oreat Uotham. ir.
Pcttengill, the bead of the firm, was trained to
his business under the " master of the trade,"
is a practical printer and publisher, is a man
of hitrh moral character, of marked business
talent, and possesses tbe strictest honor and
integrity, llence in the quarter of century
ana a little more that he has been in busi
ness be has built up the largest business of
the kind in the country or the world. ueie
gan business in Boston In 1S49; in lWihe
went to New York to start a second office, re
taining his interest in his Boston otlice, and
since that time he has remained in New York.
In 1873 be started a branch office in Phila
delphia, which is a most successful institution,
a great advantage to business men, though
not by any means so larsre and important a
business house as the New York agency.
In all the time Mr. Pcttengill has been in
business he has seldom or never had a dis
pute with a customer or patrom Prompt in
his payment to publishers, fully posted as to
the needs of advertisers, possessing the con
fidence of all the publishers in the country,
and ot nearly all the business men who ad
vertise, giving his business his constant per
sonal attention, it is no wonder the firm of S.
M. Pcttengill fc Co. stand at the head of their
business. And advertisers who would make
the most of their money, who would be suc
cessful and prudent iu their advertising, can
not ao better than patronize the nrm.
fleeter & Wilson's
Rotary-Hook Lock-Stitch
mm Mmm
SB
MORE THAN
OF THEin
Fair Hn
- A Quarter of a Centsry's Trial has
DeiionstrateiTlieirSijeriority.
Medical Advertisixo. The medical
profession are outspoken in their de
nunciation of the system of medical ad
vertising, and declare that any medicine
that is advertised is a fraud. How thor
oughly inconsistent and unfair is such an
argument. The men who are so loud in
their criticisms are those who advertise
themselves as medical aavan by ostenta
tious display; splendid residences with
massive door-plates; fast horses and
costly carriages. Dr. J. Walker, of
California, an old practitioner, respected
alike for his skill and conscientious inde
pendence, dares to differ; anil having dis
covered in his Vinegar Bitters a pure
ly herhalistic medicine, free from all
spirituous poisons a wonderful specific
lor numerous disorders, advertises the
same for the relief of his fellow-man,
and is borne out in his declarations of
its many virtues by thousands of in
valids who are being cured of disease by
its use. (
in
For All Female Complaint,
yonnror old, married or sinarle. at the
dawn of womanhood or the change of life,
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription manifests
such a positively remedial influence as to
call forth the loudest praise from all who
use it.
Mr. Jons A. Kimzet, drugjrist, of Knob
Nostcr, Mo., writes as follows:
"Dr. Piekce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir
our medicines sell better than any other I
keep and give universal satisfaction. The
people are especially delighted with jour Fa
vorite crcscription, ana it seems to be a la-
vorite among all that have ever used it." It is
sold by druggists and dealers in medicines.
" WIIEELEIidb WILSON'S NEW NO
6 MACHINE must eventually supcrmle all
otters now run with which it comes in compe
tition. We recommend for it the Iiiywrf
award which it t in the power cf the Inxti-
tuie to oestow." r rom the unanimous ite-
Eort of the five Judges of the American
astitute, New York, 1874.
1 he Board of Managers unanimously ap
proved the report, and recommended for
this machine the Gobi Medal of the Institute.
Tho Board of Direction "unanimously
approved this recommendation, and
awarded the Gold Medal to Wheeler &
Wilson, the only gold medal awarded for
a Sewing Machine by the American In
stitute for many years.
The Austrian Official Ilcport of the Vien.
nn Exposition pronounced it " the marvel oj
the Exposition" and added, " this universal
machine sews the limviet leather harness and
the. finest gauze with a truly pearl stitdi."
1 he brand Medal of 1'roqress teas award
ed for it.
IVhat the lcaliug fllannfaclurers of
ISoot and Shoes Say ot
WHEELER & WILSON'S
Bronchitis, or Cnnoxic Sork Throat.
It is attended with irritation of the bronchial
tubes, which convey the air we breathe into
the lungs. This irritation produces sore
throat, hoarseness, cousrhing, and sometimes
spitting of matter streaked with blood. If it
is neglected it will extend down to the lungs,
uuu eriucs uiui coiinrmcQ consumption. Al
len's Luosr Balsam will be found a most val
uable remedy for curing this disease, and pre-
For sale by all Medicine Dealers.
A Cure for Asthma. I see that some one,
m your valuable paper, asks for a cure for
asthma. 1 have been alllicted with that
dreadful disease for forty-four years, and
never found any relief until last summer. In
iooKin over tne Journal ana Jlensenoer. one
of your city papers. I saw a notice of " I).
Langells' Asthma Cure. One trial tuckasre
free." I sent and received bv return mail, aiid
it gave me relief in five niiuutcs. Mv case
w as one oi tne very worst. Do not fail to send
for it. God bless D. Lanrells for his remedv.
Mis aJdress is: " D. Lanirells. AppIa ('reek.
avue iounty, emio. a Slusckibeh.
kim.no si s, ind.
The proprietors of 7biN,vn' Anodune Lini
ment, I'aKom? J'urtatii-e nils and Sheridan's
Lavalru tomJition Jvtoders have published
readable and instructive pamphlet, which
ui-jy ucuaarte oy mail.
Gle.v Flora Mineral Water. AVrindprfni
discovery; cures when all else fails. Write
lor circular. K. JI. Parks. Waukegan. 111.
T ' . - -. -.
ni ris eu.iniAX. OI L,llertv. Jl. hart n
stiff le;r, bent at the knee, limbered nnd
strengthened by the use of Johnson's Anodyne
. . Supreme Court has confirmed it.s in.
junction against an imitation of the picnara.
tion of itch Hazel, known as Pond's Extract.
Pri'ssixg's White Wine Vinen-ar Works, m.
fcuuiiaucu in are tne largest in the world.
If you want the best Elastic Truss for rup
ture, write to Pomeroy & Co., 744 B'd way, N. Y.
Burnett's Cocoaine is the best and chenn-
nc i : j i a i .
cot uuir UICS51U1T iu me wona.
SEWING MACHINE:
We, manufacturers of boots and shoes,
are using Wheeler & Wilson's New No. 6
Sewing Machine in all kinds of stitching
on our work, and confidently believe that
it will supersede all others in this branch
of manufactures, for the following rea
sons:
1. The work done by this machine is
superior to that of any other in variety,
amount, excellence and beauty.
2. This machine is more durablcihun any
other of its class, requiring much less
outlay for repairs and renewal of j)arts.
A. It docs the cordina or stamna of button
holes in a most elegant and substantial
manner, without the expense of royalty,
In short, because by the use of this
machine we can turn ou.t superior work at
less cost than with, any other.
Signed oy many.
ESIt is fast superseding all other ma
chines for leather work.
doit
WHEELER & WILSON'S
l HK NORTH WESTERN HORSH NATL CW's
uniREiefl Nail is the best in the world.
ti'fw t- tvj uio. 6TIKSOK Uo.. fori '.and. Muriiv
VK pnnifi vrly pay our
ry. TeniiBfrce. t'OHX
rr nt a prtimlati-d la-
cu., iox 140, Chicago.
fi 2 O O J!"5.th-19 ;ont everywhere Addresa
-fagoap. eroodafrec Chang Chang M'fg Co., Boston.
I-T .K KA 11 1 1, V W.4 N TS IT,
v in
LOVELL, Erie. Ia.
IVi A! T .rMI"n "nI Atenov.-Xo. l
-nuu ijuci jut acre. i. a.
$y A WKKK.
4 9 outfit c
Farm
liENT, V heaton. 111.
And Yet He Is ot Happy.
The vanity of human ambition, and
the homilies of the preacher about the
inability of fame or riches to confer hap
piness, were never more strikingly con
firmed than in the person of the most
eminent political personage now living.
One would think that nature and fortune
had conferred everything on Prince Bis
marck calculated to afford him boundless
content, proud retrospect and the seren
ity of happj' satiety. He may plume him
self upon the conceded fact that, of all
men living in the possession of power, he
is the chief ; if there be a world-mover in
this generation, it is he. A word from
him would set a legion of a million and
a halt of the best soldiers on the globe
in motion; in one hour he is impressing
his will on foreign courts, in the next he
is waging a successful fight against the
still mighty spiritual forces of Home.
Czars and kaisers are even seeking to
conciliate him. Wealth he has, and might
have as much more as he wished, for
tJerman gratitude to him who has made
Germany a nation has no bounels. He has
more than won the highest rank to which
subject or statesman could aspire. He is
blessed with a devoted JnmiJy, whom he
loves, and who idolize him. In Berlin he
is greater than the Emperor; in Pomera-
nia he is a feuelal eJespot who needs no
law to enlorce his authority, whoseyoke
I . i i. r-. ft - ."W I l.r tllA . 1 1 , H jf ........ ..'. .
Yet Bismarck, according to a Berlin let
ter wri'er, is one of the unhappiest and
most discontented or men. lie is har
assed by the opposition ot the spectacled
doctors of lhe Heichstag; the pet ty de
tails of office worry and fret him
chronic illness too often paralyzes his
vast powers of body and mind. Every
day's mails bring him letters threatening
nisiue;and tuese tease though they do
not frighten him, as a sick lion is teased
by the perpetual biting of very small in
sects. The police tell him to be careful;
he lives ever in a sulphurous atmosphere
of vague danger. Even power has grown
nauseous to him. and adulation has
ceased to give its sw cet sting of pleasure.
He longs to abandon the scenes of his
triumphs and troubles to get away
from all this vorry ; will gladly let his
name pass out of men's mouths if he can
but get peace, and would fain exchange
those things for which men so keenly
envy him for the vines and fig-trees of
remote Varzin. AppUton"s Journal.
The Piano Harp Cabinet Orgaj? is a
new invention, combining three and one-
half octaves of a piano-forte, or of an in
strument with tones between those of
the piano and the harp, with the organ.
It is a beautiful instrument, costing but
little more than the organ. The Mason
& Hamlin Organ Co. are notable to man
ufacture it rapidly enough to supply the
demand.
a (rerun wanted everywhere. For
rnucuoB vvalkib. Oarton. Ohio.
MACHINE,
Now for the first time introduced to the
public, ranks in excellence with their
famous No. G machine, but has some
modifications adapting it to special class
es of work. The Tailor will find it as
well suited to his work as is No. 6 to
leather work. It might properly be
termed the Tailor's Machine.
Send for Circular to
Wieeler & Wilson Maniifact'rr Co.,
44 Fourteenth St., New York.
IOWA R. R. LAND CO.
lias for ale 1 .300.000 Arm- of Railroad Lands la
tne Middle iiepaon or csteru lowa.
Better Lands at Cheaper Prices
Than can be found elsewhere within civilization. "So
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address Iowa Iiailroad Land Co., Cuieago, or Cedar
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juilx xs. u.iuioi..iJana commissioner.
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VOL. V.
BURNETT'S
TABLE OF CONTENTS. Q
in part.
CAtrSDAR, 18rs.
Cbawoks or THS Moox 1D MoKJUltO AJtO
Kvkxiso Plassts, lr5.
Fci.fPSKS. 1875.
Lanouaob of Fi.owkks.
poktical skhtiukts.
Cultivation or Srnmo Flowers.
CaPTIOX TO IIOITRKKErPKHS.
Carr or Plants la tiik Parlor.
VaiTED States Postal Regulations.
Language of Flowers
ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.
JOSEPH BURNETT & CO., Bcs.CN.
NORTH AMERICAN
LiiiJiriUiW
V W Y" r 41 "B-k I ITf r
or
PHILADELPHIA
AXD
CHICAGO.
The Jlost Extensive I.ttrhU
nir.x-Iiod Man
a factory In the
n orld.
VTe manufact
ure daily livn
feet of the bei-
kinds of Light
Hint; kouhIu uae
Ve also manu
facture n xl u res
of every variety,
i n ! ndi n ir calva-
nized braces of
all kinds; also
V:inc, Arrows.
'.itli and 1'ointa
of the best qual
ity, which we
sell at low rates.
We can shin
roods by the
iai-kage or car
oad.
e carry a
stock Of not leas
than a million
feet at our Chi
cago hone, and
can fill orders
for any amount
at once.
be Bra,
UXXTER
& CO.,
El h-2 St.
CHICAfiO.
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MA
a - o m
B
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LA STIC
BUSS.
HI
Tub. ELASTIC TKUS8
ASO H'FPOKTKIC la
now s u p er sed I n fr all
others, being adopted
everywhere by the lead
intr phvsW-iana, surpeons,
druiiKfHts,army and navy,
hospitals, gyuiuafeiuiua,
elc., etc.
Then ueeesaand univer
sal satisfaction they have
plven, as well as the preat number of radical cure
they have etlected, has tit monxtraUil the fact that rup.
ture can be nxreli rureil without sulleriiiKor annoy
ance, and irithoiit th. aunijer of inritrrtrifi fiptnalln.
enf. or lliratyxi. ofien canned by the severe pressure
of Metal Trusses and bupporlers. It is the only sure
cure for Hernia, as It is the only Truss In use that will
hold the rupture securely In all positions in which the
body can be placed. It will perform radical cures
when all others fail. It can be worn with eae and
comfort w hen no spring truss can be used. When
once adjusted, no motion of the body or accident can
displace it. These instruments l.ave the unqualified
appror.al of the most eminent practitioners in the pro
fession. From the nnmerous testimonials la our possession
We append the following:
'After the experience of months, patients testify
strontrly to its ejlrttrr, as well a to the tae and frei
dom from Inconvenience with which the instrument is
worn. 'With superior advantages, thn Kl'ttir. J rut
possesses in a high degree ALL requisites and qualifi
cations rUiimrd for other Inventions. I have no hesi
tation in regarding It as an important means for the
relief and cure of Hernia.
J, M. CATiXOCnAX, M. D..
"Kx-nealth Officer of the Port of New York, Fur-
geon-in-CUiel of Jiew York State Hospital," ctc,etc.
Gko. V. norsit, M. P., Pup't Elastic Trnss Co. :
iiear Sir Alter sutlering for thirty years, in turown
person, from the use of every form of Metallic Truss
procurable in this country and In Europe, I, two years
ago, applied your KlwOc Tru, and since that time I
have experienced comfort and satisfaction, and been
taught'the truth, that the Elastic Truss Is the only In
strument that should be used for the relief and cure of
Hernia: and now, after more than thirty years' con
tinuous practice, and having adjusted many hundreds
of Trusses (and for tiie last twenty months yonrs ex
clusively), I gratefully declare it to be my deliberate
opinion that your Eiaulic Tru Is the only one enti
tled to the confidence of the public: that elasticity la
the only powerat all adapted to the requirements of a
Truss or iSupporter, and am convinced that yo'ir El'in
tic TV' actually cures a large proportion of all cases
to which it Is applied, not only among children. lmt In
nnmerous casts ulthin my own know letlge of patient
from 50 to75 years of age. 11. liriiXIIAM, M. I.,
Prof, of Anatomy and burgery,N. 1. K. Med. College.
Beware of cheap and worthless Imitation K'sstic
Trusses, which some parties advertise and sell, fraud
ulently representing that they are manufactured by
the Elastic Truss Co.
These Trusses are sent bv mall to all parts of the
country. fctttUiractlon guaranteed in ail cases. e-
rore pnrcnasing any omer, write lor ucscnpiivo cir
cular ( r KEk. J to the
ELASTIC TRUSS CO.,
683 1JHOADAVAY, SEW YORK,
Dr. ?. Waller's Calironila Yin-
e?ar MMers aro a purely Vcpetubl
preparation, raado clilcflv .''ori -J(J
tiro herbs found on tliO iWci " jancs or
the Sierra Nevada mountains of l'-ior-nia,
tho medicinal properties of whit-V
aro extracted therefrom without tho usJ
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked, '-What is tho canso of tin
unparalleled success of Yinloak Hit
ters?" Our answer 1, that they rcmovo
tho cause of diseaso, and tho patient re
covers his health. They aro tho preat
blood purifier and a life-fiivins principle,
a perfect Kenovator and Invigorator
of tho system. Never before in tho
history of tho world has a medicine been
pomnonnrlivi TiossPSHinff tllO feill.11 liable
qualities of Vinkgak Bitters in hcaline thu
6ick of every diseaso man is heir to. They
are a gentlo Purpativo as well as a Tonir.
relicvirifr Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver anil Visceral Orgain, in Bilious
Diseases.
Tho properties of Dn. tvaikf.u'3
Vinegar Bittkrs aro .Aperient. Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritions, Laxative. Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter-irritant, Jjudonlic, Altera.,
live, and Anti-Bilious.
Graf (Tul Thousands proclaim Vin
egar Hitters tho most wonderfal In
Tigorant that ever susUlned the sinking
Bystem.
No Person can tako these Bitter
according to directions, and remain Jong
unwell, provided their bones aro not de
stroyed by mineral poison or other
meam, and vital organs waatcd beyond
repair.
Billons. Remittent and Inter
mittcnt FCTCrs, winch are ao preva
lent in tho valleys of our great rivcrJ
throughout tho United Staf en, especially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, MiBiwmri,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan
sas, Red, Colorado, Krazos, Rio Grande",
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro
anoko, James, and many others, witli
their vast tributaries, throughout on
entire country during tho Summer aJui
Autumn, and remarkably so during sea
sons of unusual heat and dryness, aro
invariably accompanied by extenaivo de
rangements of tho stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erful influence upon theso vaiious or
gans, i3 essentially necessary. Thcro
is no cathartic for tho purpose equal to
Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters,
as they will speedily remove tho dark
colored viscid m.atter with which tho
bowels aro loaded, at tho same tiruo
Btknulating tho secretions of tho liver,
and generally restoring tho healthy
functions of tho digpstivo organs.
- Fortify the bofy ngawi.st (HsrMSO
by purifyiDg all its fluids with Vinkoar
Bitters. No epidemic can tako hold
of a system thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Ilcad
acho, Pain in tho Shoulders, Coughs,
Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour
Eructations of tho Stomach, Dad Tasto
in tho Mouth, Kilious Attacks, Palpita
tation of tho Heart, Inflammation of tho
Lungs, Pain in the region of tho Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symp- 1
toms, aro tho offsprings of Dyspepsia.
One bottle will prove a better guarantee
of its merits than a lengthy advertise
ment. Scrofula, or King's Evil, Wbifd
Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Nock,
Goitre, Scrofulous Inflammations, Indolent
Inflammations, Mercurial Affect-Jnfl, Old
Sores, Eruptions of tbe Skin, Soro Eyes, etc.
In these, as in all other constitution Dis
eases, Walkeb's Vinegar Litters hava
shown their great curative powers in tho
moBt obstinate and intractable cases.
For Inflammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit
tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases o
the Dlood, Liver, Kidneys and I-ladde
these Bitters have no eoual. Such Dkeasef
are caused by Vitiated Blood.
Mechanical Diseases. rcrsous en
gaged in Paint3 and Minerals, such as
Plumbers, Type-settcr3, Gold beaters, and
Miners, as they advance in life, are subject
to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard
against this, take a dose of WALKEa's Vin
egar Bitters occasionally.
ForSkin Diseases, Eruptior.s, Tet
ter, Salt-ltheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, King-worms,
Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch,
Scurfs, discoloration s of the Skin, Humors
and Diseases of the Skin of whatever namo
or nature, are literally dng tip and carried
out of the system in a short timo by the usa
of theso Bitters.
Tin. Tape, and other Worm,
lurking in tho system of so many thousands,
are etloctually destroyed ana removed, i. o
system of medicine, no vermifuges, no an
thelminitlcs will free the system from worms
like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints in younc
or old, married or eingle, at the dawn of wo
manhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic
Bitters display so decided an influenco that
improvement w soon perceptible.
Cleanse llio Yiuatea jhoou when
ever yon find its impurities bursting through
tho skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores;
cleanse it when yon find it obstructed and
sluggish in tho reins ; cleanse it when it i
fonl ; your feelings will tell you when. Keep
tho blood pure, and the health of tho eyetcia
will follow.
11. II. McVHIVA I,T) A CO,
Dm'-ir.BtJ and Gen. A Lts., Snn Francisco, Cnlifnrn!,
ad cor. of Wnehinirlon and Charlton Sts., N. 1
Sola toy nil lruggtta nou lhh.cii.
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