Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 11, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1883 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEU WEDNESDAY. APEIL 18, 1883.

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OUR FARM BUDGET.

Maklm Good Butter Cultivation of Tomatoes. Hon Much Tream Fora Pound of Butter How to Tell Oleomargarine Sales for the Dairy. Bow t- Make the Garden Pay Prepare (er Dreatb. Concerning Sheep Wrinkles Household Hinte Farm Netes, Etc The Old Farm. Northwestern Farmer. Oat In tbe meadows the farm bousalles. Old aud gray aad f routing tbe west; Many a swallow thither flies Twiitermg uuder the evening silesr In the old chimney builds her nest. Ah! how the nunds make oar hearts swell! Send them again on an eager quest; Bid the sweet wind of heaven tell Those wno have loved so long and well To come again to the dear old nest. When the gray evening, cool and still. Hashes the brain ana heart to re'. Memory cornea within a joyous thrill. Brings the young children back at will. Calla them at home to the gray old nest. PaUent we wait till the golden morn Rise on onr weariue half confessed; Till, with the chill and darkness doue, Hope shall arle with another dawn And a new day to the sad old nest. Making Good Butter. Country Gentleman. At tbe recent Dairy Fair at Milwaukee, one of the finest samples of butter on exhibition was one that was packed into the package directly from the churn, and that maker sold his entire season's product made in this way for fifty-eight cents per pound , His process ia Teiy simple. He does not allow tbe milk that is taken off with the cream to thicken before churning, b it frequently stirs the cram and churn? as soon aa acidity is discernible. As soon as the butter appears in the granularsta'e be stops churning, and adds. a couple of gallons of weak brine, and allows this to stand for half an hour, occasionally giving the churn one turn. This fluid is then drawn off, a pail of clear water pat in its place, and atter a few turns is also removed. Then a brine, made of seventy-three parts of water, and twenty-seven parts of fine salt, if put into the churn, and the butter is gathered. The package is then brought up alongside of the churn and the butter pressed into i:, a clump c oth being brought iuto reqauition to remove the surplus moisture that appears as lh" butter is being made solid in the package. By this plan there can be no overworking; do remaining buttrmiik; no surplus salt, and no breaking down of the grain of the buter. There is a perfect meeting of the reiuireruentj of practical butter making, and the obviating of many perplexities that encumber tbe maker of actually fine butter by traditional systems. Cultivation of Tomatoes. Philadelphia Record. The plants for early tomatoes can be started in boxes in the house, if intended for a faraiiy garden, bat for field culture large hotbed are necessary. A good plan is to sow plenty of seed in the box in order to insure a sufficient number of plants, and if they com u; too thickly reduce them by thinning. It is an easy matter to transplant them from time to time, as they progress, in larger boxs until ready for seuing them out. The soil for tomatoes should b9 rieb, and of a kind that has been well cultivated and previously weil matured. In putting the plants in the ground they shoul 1 g in 88 deep as possible, as they will better provide themselves With moisture should a dry spell occur, ard Although the tomato is not partial to dryaeai yet it is often injured by aa -excess of moisture. Last season w-a mentioned the eise of a gardener Jio tried experiments with several kinds of toniatoei. Using different methods in management. The most successful plan was one in which square holes of eighteen incLei diameter and the same in depth were da?, the bottoms filled with chips, Etones and o'her useless material, and upon these placed, to within six inches of the top, good stable manure. After covering the manure with rich earth the plants were placed in them and watered for a few days. As they grew the hills were gradually made, and in comparison with other plants cultivated diftt-rcmly, the advantages from this system were very marked. The growth was occasioned by good drainage afforded by the loose material in the subsoil, which permitted ail exce?a of water to pass downward, and yet retained capillary attraction during draught. The great quantity of manure directly under the plant could not be washed beyond reach of the pla .t, nod created warmth durin the earlier period of progress. Should fertilizers be med, a mixture of equal arts of superphosphate and saltpeter to five times their weight of wood aähes are excellent, and the plants are also partial to common salt. As to varieties, the Conqueror is small but early. The Trophy is one of the beat, but does not redden around the stem. The Acme ia a fiie pink-colored varietv, excellent in quiiity, but aeems more liable to disa-e ihm other kindä. One of the best varieties known is Hathaway's Excelsior, a beautiful, solid, smooth, red tomato, which makes a g vd appearance at any market, auü thts only objection to it is lack of size, Billionen it 13 riot email compared witn a few others. The Paragon is a splendid red ton -a to, atid i. fast becoming a favorite. Should it be detired to getthem out in the open air in order to give them an early s:art, they can be protected with paper coverings at niga: until the frost is past. Watch f )r cnt-worm.nd guard against tbe green worm, which ears there after they leaf. Iric'.chir.g Hrciiüd the plant is beneficial, and weeds and grass must be kept down. Clean cnltivt:on also keeps the soil loose and ru'llo -v arid facilitates growth. The to mato is a f-l.-.Tit that seems to recuperate from damage or injury verv easdly. It seeds out new hri cLrg and blossoms all the season. While tbe fruit is ripening on one part it is beginning on another, and once it commences to bear it does not cease until late in the se3.n. It is therefore apparent that a grtat drain is made on the SOU to fur nish plant food, and it ia essential, therefore. that not only manure be placed in ihe pits or hills, but that it also Le worked into the surface son uro und the plants. TIow Mach Cream for a Poand ot Batter. The average richness, or composition of cream, is about aa follows: water, 64 80; but ter (pure lativ matter;, :49; catetn and milk Ba.rar, 7.61; mineral nutter (asä), 2.19 From this it will be seen that upon an a? erage it requires about four times tbe weicht of cream to make a pound of butter. But cream generally does better than thij. and sometimes vastly better. Dr. Voelcker states that his ex peri ni eats lead to tbe conclusion that one quart of good cream will yield from thirteen to fifteen ounces of com mercial butler; and when cream Is Yery rich, as when the eows are fed with loads that are very rich with oil, a pound ot cream will yield almost a pound of butter It Is the superiorrichness of the Jersey cream that gives that breed of cows their value. In the first place the cream itself is rich. The cow has a greafr deal to do with it. Some eowa are noted for their large yield of milk. but are valuable only when tbe milk itself is sold, it being poor in fats. If a dairyman is supplying the town with milk he wants a cow that will yield largely of milk, but cares nothing for its richness. But if he is making butter, he will desire cream more than he does miir. and will find that many a good milker is practically valueless for bis purpose. But it does not all lie with the natural butter producing merits of the animal. Of course food has a vast deal to do with the richness

of milk and cream. It we feed what is destitute of oils, of fat producing elements, necessarily the milk will be less rich. But in feeding we must be careful not to create too much fat. A cow fat enough for the shambles is not in the best milking condition. II ow to TeU Oleomargarine Mrs. Caroline H. Dall tells the Boston Transcript how to distinguish between bat

ter and oleomargarine, as follows: '.aow, no person with keen sense of taste can be deceived about oleomargarine. Butter is pure oil. Put a little in a warm place, and see how quickly it liquifies. If tbe temperature comes close to boiling, the butter is 'oiled and unfit tor food. Try the same experiment with oleomargarine. It will not harm it, and you will find it difficult to melt it if you drop it in boiling water. It will dissolve like tallow, not like batter. It also cats like tallow, with a sort of metallic glint Oleomargarine, if flavored with true batter and made into prints, always keeps the print in the original clear line. You can handle it without crushing it. It eeems as if it bad just come office." Rales for tbe Diary. The Elgin advocate gifes tbe following short rules for those new in the dairying business: Milk from cows in any way diseased should never be us?d. Never alio t any person to beat or in any way misuse or unduly excite the cows. The cows should be milked at the same hour morning and night. E-ch cow should be milked by the same person continually. Don't feed .your cows upon whey, turnips or cabbage, as they often id j are the milk. Insist that the milking be done in a cleanly manner. Never tolerate tilthy hab its in milkers; it is unjust to the purchaser and to consumer. Tin pails are the only ones that should be used by dairymen. Cans should be protected from the rains at all times. Pay close attention to your cans, espec ially during the summer months; they should be Bcalded and sunned daily, and scoured with salt once a week. For scalding utensils, the water should be at boiling heat. How to Make the Warden Pay. The garden pays well, even with hand labor. It would pay much better if the main burden of the cultivation were put anon the muscles of the borsa. But the sarins of cost in cultivation is only a small part of the benefit of the lone-row arrangement. It would lead to a much mere frequent and thorough cultivation of our gar den crops. Most farmers neglect the garden for their field crops. Ihe advantage of a frequent stirring of the surface soil to growing crops is greatly underestimated. It is said that it pays to hoe cabbage every morning before breakfast daring the early part of the season. We can testify to the great advantage of cultivation every week. This frequent breaking of the crust admits of a freer circulation of the air among the roots below, and makes the most of the dews and rains that f ill. The manufacture of plant food gees on more rapidly, and to a certain extent, cultivation is a substitute for manure. Another becetit of the long-Vow system woald be the almost certain enlargement of ihe fruit and vegetable garden, and a better supply of these fruits for the table. This, we believe, wouid nave aa Important sanitary influence in every household. Concerning Sheep Wrinkles, t American Agriculturist. J Washington and the neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania, as well as the border ones of Ohio and West Virginia, make up one of the best Merino sheep districts of America; not inferior even in the gocdness of their flocks to these of Vermont, although not quite so celebrated. The breeders here are beginning to be convince d that the large, unsightly wrinkles in the skin of their nheep are very injurious to the evenness and length of staple oi the ll?ece, and have n..w determined to get rid of these wrinkles as fjHt as possible. This they can io by selecting each rams asd ewes as have the fewest and smallest wrinkles, couple these together, continue selecting in the same way with their progeny, and thus keep on until they show skins as smooth as tLose of the South Downs. It has teen a mere prejudice, breeding wrinkles thus long on Merino sheep. As they come to ua in the first place with these ugly folds in their skins, our flockmasters thought they must be kept up; and thus they have gone on until the present day, greatly against their own interests end convenience. It takes a much longer time to shear a wrinkled sheep than it does a smooth one, and the wool on the folds is not s j valuable aa on other parts of the bt dy. There is the same foolish prejudice in re gard to horns, as it is thought these indicate greater constitution in the rams. 'If so, why not keep them up in the ewes, for these formerly also often bore them. Breeders bad the good sense ts discard the ugly excrescence, let them do the same now by the rams. Prepare lor Drouths. The diminution in milk superinduced by summer drouths is one of the farmer's drawbacks. The check in the flow f milk is sometimes felt throughout the entire season. even if favorable weather shall afterward en.Mue, for when cows once fall off in their milk, it is hard work to bricg them up again at this advanced stag or their yearly milkgiving period. buch a loss may be avoided by taking the precaution of sowing a small field of corn adjoining the pasture, or in some place where it will be convenient to feed. If sown at the usual time of planting corn, it will be large enongh to use by the middle of July. Another piece may be sown later, for feeding in August. This will be found cheap and good food for milch cows, on account of its extraordinary succulence. Sorghum and millet .ire also good, bat the corn for a veiling crop is better. On most toils it flourishes during a drooth, wheu everything else suffers. The cattle can be fed in the pasture, lane, or yard, at the regular hours. An acre or two will often help oat wonderfully inj this way, and that which is not needed for feeding during the summer can be cat and cured for winter use. Household Hints. Rid Yoce House To thoroughly rid a house of red and black inls, roachep, piders, bedbug and all crawling pests, take two pounds of alum and dis-.olve it in three or four quarts of boiling water. Let it siacd on the fire till the alum disappear; then apply it with a brush while nearly boiling hot to every joint and crevice in your closets, bedsteads, pantry shelves and the like. Brush the crevices in tbe floor of the skirting or mop boards, if you suspect that they harbor vermin. Roaches will flee the paint which has been washed in alaoi water. If, in washiDg a ceiling, plenty of alum ia add ed to the lime, it will also eerve .to ke?p insects at a distance. Tapioca for Dessert. An easily prepared dessert is made of tipioca; it hardly seems appropriate to call so dainty a dish a pudding. Soak a cnpfnl of tapioca for an hour in cold water, then boil, adding warm water e.Tugn to a1 low it to expand; when tet. der sweeten it and take from tbe fire; add &i orange cut in small bits for flavoring. Serve with cream. Ox-Chkik Ph. Take the meat cut from the head previously to making tbe soup, shape it in neat pieces; mix a saucer of flour seasoned with salt and pepper, dip each piece of meat into the mixture and fill a pie-dish with it; pour in a little water; cover with suet crust made in the proportion of half a pound of suet, finely chopped, to one pound of flour; bake for two hours. Vial Chops with Tomato 8acce. Trim and flatten the chops, dip In raw egg, then in cracker dust, and fry rather slowly in lard or dripping; open a can of tomatoes, drain off the liquor, put In a e&ucepan with a sliced onion, stew for ten minutes, strain

out the onion, return the juice to the fire, thicken with a great spoonful of batter worked up in a teaspoon! ul of corn starch, pepper and salt, boil up sharply, and, when, you have laid the chopa upon, a dish pour the eaace over them. Lemon Jellt. Lemon jelly, to spread on top of sagj or custard pudding, is made by grating the rind of two lemons and squeezing out tbe juice; add a heaping cup of sugar, a tableapoonf al cf butter. Stir thete together, and then add three eggs, beaten very light; set the basin or little pa-1 in which you have this in another of boiling water; stir it constantly until it thickens. When it is cold it is ready for use. Cax)ied Horehoukd. Boilhorehound in water until the juice is all extracted. Take your sugar and boil up to a feather; then add the horehound juice to the syrup; boil up till again the same height: stir with a spoon against the sides of the sugar-pan. When it begins to grow thick pour out in a paper case dusted wita fine sugar and cat in squares. The horehound may be dried, and then i at in the sugar finely powdered and sif:ed. Rice Griddle Cakes. Two cupfuls cold boiled rice, one pint flour, one teaspoonful sugar, one-half teaspoonful salt, one and a half teaspoonfals Royal baking powder, one egg, little more than one half pint of milk. Sift together rljnr. sugar, salt and powder; add rice free from lump, diluted with beaten egg and milk; mix into smooth bitter. Have griddle well heated, make cakes larja, bake nicely brown, serve with maple syrup. Spokok Drops. Sponge drops are nice to mix with other cake in the basket. Beat four eggs to a stiff froth; then stir in one heaping cup of sugar and one cap and a third of flour. One teaspoonfal of bakingpowder should be thoroughly mixed with the flour. Flavor with lemon and drop from a dessert spoon on buttered paper spread on tin plates. The oven should be hot, and the ckes will bake ia a few minutes. They reqiite wa.chicg, as they are very likely to brwn too mach. Spanish Siiort-cke Take three eggs, balf a cup of butter, one e in ot sug-ir, twothirds of a cup of sweet mi!k, a li tile cinnamon, two capi of flour and one teaspoon-J fulof baking powder; stir the flour in, do not kneed it; the eggs, butter and uear should be beaten trgdtber till very light. Rake in a shallow tin; when it is done

spread a thin froitln? over the top; make this of the white tf an cg:, a littla pulver- j ized sugar and a teaspoouful of cinnamon; set it in the oven to brown. At Miss Parlo's afternoon lecture a fresh beef-tocgue was washed and u trussing needle, with strong twine attached, was ruu through the roots and end of it, the two parts being drawn together and the twine tied. The tongue was covered with boiling water and boiled gently for two hours, after which it was drained. Six UblerpooDfu's of batter were put in a braising-pan, and when the pan was hot half a small carro, half a imall turnip aod twoonions, all cut fine, also were put ia. They were cooked five minutes, being stirred all the while, and were then drawn to one t ide. The tongue was rolled in flour and put in the pan, and as soon as it had been browned on one tide it was turned and browned on tbe other. A quart cf the water in which it was boiled was added, &s were also a small piece of cinnamon, a clove, a bouquet of sweet herb )two sprig of thyme, two bay leaves, two of summer savory, tvo leaves of sage and two sprig's of parsley tied together), and salt and pepper. The tongue was covered and cooked two hours in a slow oven. It was frequently basted with the gravy in the pan and with silt, pepper and flour. When it had been cooking an hour and a half the juice of half a lemon was added to the gravy. When the tongue was cooked it was taken up and two spoonfuls of glaze (consommo boiled down) were melted and poured over it. It was then put in a heater while a tablespoon! ul of cornstarch was mixed with a little cold water and stirred into the boiiirg gravy, of which there was a pint. This gravy was boiled a moment, strained and poured over the tongue, which was finely garnished with parsley. Atter the tongue came orange pudding, for which these iegredieut were used: Six eggs, six large or eight small oranges, a cup aad a half of granulated sugar and six tablespoonfuls of the powdered, a quart cf milk and half a package ot gelatine. The gelatiue had been soaked for two hours in a cupful of milk previous to the lecture. The remaining milk was put into a double boiler, and the yelk of the egs and the granulated sugar were beaten together. When the milk began to boil the gelatine was stirred into it, and then the beaten yelks and sugar. The nrxture was stirred constantly for about five minutes, when it began to thicken, and it was then removed from the ctove to a cool place. The oranges were pared, divided into eighths, and freed of seeds and tough parts, and were put into a large glass dish. When the custard had cocl d it was poured over them, and the pudding was put in a cool placs. (It would bave been allowed to remain tbere six or eight hours, if the ladies had not wished to taste it.) The whites of the eggs were beaten to a stiff froth and tbe powdered sugar gradually added and beaten, and the puddin was covered with this mixture. New York Tribune. Farm Kotes. Sheep give two crops a year, one in the fleece and one in the lambs; sometimes three, for in California and Texas they shear twice a year. Corn can be perfected by going through the fields and cutting nut the that do not exhibit the proper form in stalk and ear, and the seed now ready ia the barn can also be assorted with benefit. A Michigan wool-grower cond5ers the merino the best sheep. In his opinion they can be kept in large flocks of 100 or l.OOO.but it can not be done with the c arse-wooled sheep. While many have tried the experiment with coarse-wooled sheep and failed, success has attended the efforts of these who used the fine-wooled breeds. In relation to wide tire3 for wagon wheels. Mr. Whitcomb, of Rattle Creek, Mich., dis courses thus: ''It we construct and nicely grade a road to-iay and then put on an en gine of destrucioo' it would b iio more destructive thn the fct of our practice. The n&rrow i'ea of our wagons cut up and de? troy road. ai fat as they cid be made, while a Slight covtrirg of sravrl will become compact by iha p-tssiug of a wide tire." Doura, or sorghum vulgsre, has been re ceiving notice in the Country Gentleman, and several correspond n is eptk favorably and unfavorably of if. it is chimed that stock relish it mot, Ihan they do torn fodder. It is adapted to light, candy soil, and does well with a sm.Il quantity of fertilizer. It sprouts very rapidly af'.er being cut for fodder, thus producing a etcond crop. It stands severe drought much btter than corn, And is highly recommended for ensilage purposes. An Ohio man has invented a erain drill which sows the grain upon the surface of the prepared ground in a row six irches broad and covers it by shovels, w hieb throw the urlice soil over if, leaving an open furrow between the rows cf wheat. His drill tubes are one foot aparr, so that half the land is occupied with grain and half with furtows bstwren. By this method he drepens the soil by placing the seed at the surface and then putting tbe surface soil from between the rows on top of it Complaints are now coming ia from many quarters that a great deal of aorn is spoiling in the crib. This seemed at first to be only a local trouble, but it has at last become so general as to be quite significant. Mnch of the grain is entirely ruined, while some of it is so badly damaged as to be barely fit for feeding purposes. The reduction of the available supply from this cause threatens to become a very serious matter, and may make corn an exceedingly desirable market article before the crop of 18tt3 is cribbed. A daDger which should be carefully avoided just now is that, unless care is eiercisedf

grain wholly unfit for feeding may be laid out for the spring's planting. This is a very important matter, and can not be looked

after fK closely. It is now generally under stood that imperect seed bad much lo do with the partial failure of the crop of 1881. Have good seed, even at greatly enhanced cost It is one of the best expenditures of money which can be made at this season. Pittsburg Stockman. In feeding lambs for the early market it is lees important that they come early than that they are kept growing without check for lack of food. After the lamb is ten days or two weeks old it will usually begin to eat something besides its mother's milk. No grain is better than whole oats placed in shallow troughs where the lambs can run and the old sheep can not A very little grain fed in this way will bring greater protit than if fed to any other kind of stock. The best lambs are always salable at fancy prices, while stunted specimens are often a drug and do not pay expenses. American Cultivator. Lettuce plants that were wintered in frames may be set out at the same time as early cabbages, placing them between the rows of cabbages, and a foot apart. They may also be transplanted to other cold frames and give a crop earlier. Seeds should be sown ander glass cr in window-boxes for a succession. As scon as the soil is in good condition seeds may be sown in the open ground, in rows fifteen inches apart, to be thinned to ten inches. Tbe carled Simp son, tennis-ball ard Hanson are amoDg the good kinds. A. F. Colman advises the following whole sale method of setting orchard trees: "In planting an orchard of 500 trees I would lay out my ground by plowing farrows twentybv6 feet square, drive by stakes, then let tbe near horse come buck in the furrow. By this method very little digging will have to be done. Then have loose surface earth around the tree, coveringtherootsnicely and firmly. and 60 on until all the trees are planted; then with a small plow and one hone you can throw the earth around the tree, and your trees will be nicely planted, and if you get and keep your trees in good crder every one will grow. In transplanting sugar maple trees it is al together better to take small trees of the dehired height, and not cut offthe top. Cutting the top causes too many branches to grow in too short a space about the trunk near the topt and the tree has no longer a central mam stem. These clustered branches may look very thirfty for a dozen years, but thev crowd each other at their base and dead branches soon disfigure the top. Again, seciioi s break away, spoiling the beauty of the tree, aud it comes to n permature olo age. Such trees yield but little sap and sugar. Examine such trees that have bcfh eet from twenty to fifty years and tee ;their defects. American Cultivator. The pe&ch-boier is a wasp-like insect. with transparent wings, and a richly ornamented body, banded and striped with gold, wuich deposits its eggs about tbe base ol th trunk Tho eggs hatch out and the larva: bore iuto the sap wood and cause the exu.iatioa cf gummy matter whica appears in the masses aboat the bae of the trie The larva; seem partly to live in this gummy substance and partly in the sap wood of the tre. Sometimes three or four are found cn the same tree, occasionally girdling and destroying it but always inducing more or less of a diseased condition, and impairing its vigor. Altogether, it is a very objectionable and destructive insect Lime is especially valuable on wheat lands, and it is spread t ihe rate of 50 to 150 bushels to tbe acre. It is also found beneficial on grass lands. It may also be used with muck to form an excellent compost, and sods and other vegetable mat ers may be composed with it Soot contains salts cf ammonia equal to from 1 to 5 .per cent, of ammonia. Applied to wheat at itie rate of 50 to 100 bushels or more to tbe u-re it has given good results, and is also useful cn grass hinds. It is iegarded as especially useful for potatoes. Applied in the liqaid state, two quarts of soot to a barrel of Water, is aa excellent stimulus for garden vegetables and for pot plants, and will be disagreeable to insects. The Gardeneis' Monthly gives in substance the foilowing good practical directions for pruning ornamental shrubs on the appro-sen of spring: "Indiscriminate cutting back will not answer the desired purpose. Distinction must be made between slow and vigorous growers, and between those which bar njwersonold wocd and those which flwer ou new growth. Such as grow too trong to flower well should be lightly r runea, and in the same individual the weakest shoots shcnld be cut in more severely than tbe stronger ones. Lilacs and the Philadelrhus bear flowers on the wood ot last year, and lo nrnne them much now uestroys the flower, while the altheas and others which flower on the voung wood can not be too teverly cut in." Arv one may grow the tuberose with certainty of flowering it it the f jllowirg contions are observed: In buying bulbs be me that the flower germ is sound, for on this point depends success, for if that ba decayed, all the attention and care bestowed upon them will be of no avail. Ia planting remove all offsboota from the c-ides of the bulbs, and plant about four inches deep Bulbs planted nuder these conditions will not bloom much before September. When wanted earlier than this they can be started in pots. In Vermont the dairy interest ha3 bctn more intelligently conducted than in most other sections. The result is that the butter yHd ot cows has increased in the last four teen years an average of fifty pounds per cow. This increase is nearly a clear profit, as the cost of keeping a good cow is no more than that of keeping a poor specimen. Some of the gain is due to better feeding; but by soiling and ensibga the greater amount of stock my be kept, and, if butler and milk be produced at less expense than under the old meth-di of pastuie, hay and grain. It is said that in Poland, where ventilstion and drying are continued for some time, wheat has been kept sound and good for half a century. Its age never does it injury, and such wheat is said to yield handnomer and better flour than that obtained from grain more recently harvested. At Dantz:.c tbe preparation for keeping wheat continues for a year cr longer, and after this period it is often kept lor seven years peifectlv sound in large granrries, although DantVic is surrounded by the s?.e. Thete facta ehow bow easily wheat msy be pre served if proper precautions are taken. A direct snpply of plant fcoi does riot fully explain the action ot manurt-s. Many fertilizers operate indirectly to feed crops bv their chemical effects upon tbe soil. Thus, barnyard manure, in undergoing decomposition, yields a supply of carbonic acid, which may acton tne mineral constituents of the soil and liberate its element". Many mineral elements alsj, Such as common ealt. plaster of Paris and other saline matters may react on soil, converting potash and magnesia, for instance, into soluable formp, and thus giving the same result as would follow an immediate use of tho last Earned substances. The American and Chinese news says that China row possssses a greater body of literature than Europe can show. It is now known by all intelligent people that the Empire contains a large and wealthy middle class; that a Chinaman who can neither read nor write is a rarity; that the rights of property ere everwhere respected; that education is universal, and ignorance reputed a crime; and that, as a Chinese mandarin told the people of Philadelphia some few years past in excellent English: "If, after a rule of three years, the head of the city in China does not improve his people in morality and intelligence, be can not be promoted; and if a school teacher, during the name period, makes a similar failure with bia pu nils be loses hij position."

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Some Specimens From a West Virginia Clerk's Office. Weston (W. Va.) Correspondence Commercial uaxette.1 I happened yes erday to stroll into the office of the Clerk ol the County Court of this (Lewis) County, and among other things l examined the record of wills kept there. I found two or three "testaments" which, It seems to me, win De reaa with interest and I append true copies of them. THX C0KTIHI5TAL CASHIXK. The first in the book is the will of Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, one of the great financial props of the Revolution. The explanation of its being recorded bero is that Mr. Morris owned or claimed lanre bodies of land in the then wilds of We3terh Virginia, and his heirs expected to get their title thereto ander the wilL It reads hd follows: "In the name of God, amen! 'I, Robert Morris, cf the city cf Philadelphia, formerly a, merchant, etc., do now make and declare tbe present wrltiug to con win and to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all wills by me made and declared cf precedent dale. "Imprimis l give my gold watch to my son Robert. It was my father's and left to me at bis death; and hath been carefully kept and valued by me ever since. "Item 1 give my gold-headed cane to my son Thomas. Tbe bead waa'elven to tue bv ih 1ai John Hancock, Esq., when President f CotigreM, ana tne cane was tne gut ol James Wilson, JS;q., wblbt a member of Congres. Item I i,lve to my sou IleDer' my couyiug i pres and paver, which were tent to me a present from Sir Robert Hemes, of London. "Item I give to my daughter Hetty (aow Mrs Marshall) mi silver vase, or nucch cud. whlcn I Imported from London many j ears ao, and bave since purchased again. "item i give to my daughter Maria (now Mra. Nixon) my silver boiler, which 1 cJs-j lmpoi led from Loudon many years igo, and have since purchased agato. "item I give to my Mend Oauveroeur Morris, esq'r, my telescope espying glass, bäiug tbe same that I bought of a Freuca refugee Irom b.fora Francois, thtn at Trenton, and which 1 since purc:ised again of Mr. Hall, officer of tue luntrupt Oflice. item l give and bequeath all the olher prop erty which 1 now possess or may bere&Ker acquire uuuicr icm oi penouai, or hi m&i miu or may belong to me at the time of my de-ti, to ray cearly beloxed Ule. Marv Moni. lor bt r ue aiid comfort during ber life, aud to be dUrod of as ehe pleases, a, or bcfoie her dw;as?. wheu. no oouut, be will mskc such nUtribiiiiona f ihe same amongst our calldreu es she uiaj tbeu thiuk in o i proper. "Here i have express! iry regret at having lost a very large fort ure, HCquned by honest iudustry, whiea I bad long i.ciH.d aud expected to enjuy wita my family during my cwu life, at.d then to di-inbute it amongst ibosa of thuni that shcnld out live roe. F lv has deteimtued oihvrl e. and we must ubmlt to tbe Cecree, which I hve done Ith patience aud fortitude. ' Lastly, I dobeiuoy nominate and appoint n laid dftr:y beloved wife, ilaiy Moiris, tbe w K executrix of this, ray last will aad u-stamt-n:. made tu deoaitd as such ou this lsth d.v June, 1S04. KOEF.KT .VOP.KiS "l)jf lared and acknowledged by Kibert M'.üS at hi iuAt will and testament, tn'nd iu our p:..--ence, thin 16tu day ol June, A. D la04 H Kenyo. "Garrett Con F.I.N; i:." Tbe will was ad mi. ted to p!ob,te b; Jacob Wampole, Depu'.v Register of t:.e cuy of Philedelphia, Ma? 21, 18C0, and tihi days afterward Mr. Morris qualified as executrix. The "Virgima ianu-V were a myth, and tho estate i.ever realized from them ihe co?ts of recording the will. It oeenis to me that there never was a more botable instand of the ingratitude of Republik than tnis Posthumous history his Aven Robs-rt Morns a certificate of good character, ana windy orators praise his patriotism and benevolence, but we have never yet repaid to him or his esta'e any ptrt cf the vast suras of money which he cheerfully placed in the Continental Treasury, and which, together with his aid and advice, so materially upheld WTashington and his Armies. "the loveliest or wömks." Another paper was shown me by the Clerk here which is of unusual brevity, but fuil of sincere love acd devotion. It is tbe will cf Cabell Tavecner, who in his day was one of the most brilliant members ttbeVir ginia Bar. On the 27th of November, 1842. he went into the Cleik's otfice. took down the will beck and therein rtcordai ia his orn hand Tiling his desires as to the disposition of his estate. It was folly pMven and admitted to probate at the January term (!850) .f the County Court of Lewis County. It rends thus: I. Cabell Tavenner.'mate this for id j lat will and unarnent: 1. 1 charge my rerd estate with all my debts. "2. I detire aud will test my wife (the loveliest of woraee) sba:l keeo her bouheboid furuiture a'id servant, Mary. atKo.utely ni lee simple (if such a term khail apply o r refuel property), and tbat she bave tbe bouse and l.its vre ijOW letude upon cutii g bir i mural Ji'e; rvuiatnaer to mv ctillo er chiidrea. 1 hiva ' o wlh mat tte Fhall uot marry tg-uu if 1 din tefoie the becomes old. "3 i appoint my wife, Jeuuio t. Tvtnuer, my ex' cutrix "1. 1 direct tbat my bocks (law books la particular) iludl twkold "5 I herei.y authorize my said wife to fell so much of my lauds as may be nece sary to carry out the requests of this, my wiil, Ri:d to give to my ftilld or children as liberal au education as she thinks they (should have. "This Is my will and dtire. in my own handwriting, which few can counterfeit and none need dispute. Ione In a bun y, but not without reflection. ' Given under my hand and seal, this 27th day of November, ist, SEAL 'C. TAVEXNER." Upon a beautiful hillside, overlooking the town of Weston, lie the remain? of Cabell Tavenncr. I visited the spot and found a magnificent nisrble Fl.tb upon which the wife, for whom ha expressed sj much devotion, had in cribed(in Latin) the virtues and hapes cf the departed. "stosewall" jackson's home. It will ba remembered that "Stonewall" Jsck9on passed bin youth here, und nai ?.t oue time a Con-tibJe of Lewis County. Hid residence was at "Jaefceon's MiÜs," a fsw miles from Weston. The property is still in nse. It was then owntd by Cunimings Jackson, "Stonewall's"' uncle, who aiitiost worshiped the embryo warrii r. Cummings went to California ia li'J and died there, while "StonewsU"' carved his way to fame in his native Vi.-gu.ia Sum years aeo John White, a wealthy cU:an here (who manicd an aunt of "Stone waLV) Cil.'eJ upon Hon. W. E. Arnold (a c u in of the General's) to write his will, and in it I find the following reftience to icrTtttlj tf me cf the great Confederate: "I also tive to my said wife, Cahe;ina Y"hlte, the mill known as the 'Jackson Mills,' fitmittly owned by her father. Colouel Edwara Jttsfoii, aid five acres cf land belongiug end attached ihiicto, in fee simple." ' SAVE THE KÜICK-K SACKS FOR THE LAST." I could give joa columns of interesting matter from this old will book and may send you more herafter, but I will cocclurfe now by giving vou a copy verbatim of the will of Samuel Bro jvn, who was a large slaveholder and landed v roprietor in tlis County. The old gentleman could hardly write, and spelling was one of tbe lost arts to him. The will was proba'ed, but it s?rms to me, as I think it will tjitifc leader, that it oaght not to have been. The will only mentions a fracti ju of his estate. This is the way it ral: "I leave the Burrvieh and toe fowl l.ai table and the Rtan M W B Prown 1 leave the ua open for the account o! the k c-MMoct the Ute noun and my box 1 leave to P. P Brown the Big Bibel tbem docur books 1 tbii k you hd better tafc them and road thetn and wl.l ti-id a grate det of benefit hi them the other booknyou can divide them amongst yourselfs tbe Bracks I leava An j to P. P Brown and Heory to Elias Brown and SSirah to W. B Brown and tree old dock and the Uttel one when hit gets to that hit can run abnu yt.u cue give it to Wm A J Brown children There is thirteen dollars in silver iu tbe s'tin drawer one for I P one f r Elias aud oue for W. W Browa and ten for tbe old woman The Jarkwn let Tu must try to get hit if you can aDd divide hit eaqua among you This It my last will and testimony, written by me. Samuel Bbown" The "little one" spoken of above is a little darkey and tot a little clock, as might be inferred lam the connection of words. . A Mistake Somewhere. Brooklyn Eagle. "Uarkeep," said the man in a coonskin cap. looking wistfully after the bottle; "barkeep, that's the finest whisky I've put where whisky belongs since I left Lome. Do you know, barkeep. that whisky makes me feel homesick? I don't understand it, barkeep, but there's something about that whkky

that takes me back to the happiest days of

my me," "I think it's pretty good whhjky," replied uie uaiterea oarxeeper, xondling the bottle, and then setting it out before the appreciatlugguesu -1 aon i tüinK they make any better goods than that any where." "Right you are, barkeep," continued the maa in tne coon ' skin cap. "They only make one brand of this goods,and this takes me to the spot of my greatest successes in 1!fei-i.ThT? " grat ataff' barkeep. Great stuff. He poured down another modicum and looked around with a smile that showed a mouth like a grizzly bear's. "Glad you admire " it" observed the barkeeper, pouring out a modest dose for himkfeif. "Might 1 ask o what part of the conntry it carries you back?" "ine nrst time tnat I tasted this brand, barkeep, was in Vreka. and I cleaned out that town on two slugs. That was a great day for Yieka. They nadn't a man in the county tbat could stand up with me for a second. That was the first, and when I got to feoling pretty welJ 1 awore I'd never get near it again. Barkeep, I killed four of the best friends I ever had that day," acd the man in a coon skin can siirhed dif.nia.llv ami eyed the bottle longingly. l cu seem to te doing pretty well fcr a I man who has sworn off on the stuff," returned the barkeeper, pushing the bottle over rather reluctantly. "Ihe next whack I bad at it. barkeep. was in Bozaman. Montana. That trio ccst me sheckels. I clawed down an Orphan Asylum that day and robbed the dead or phans of their teeth! Don't look at me in that way. bar keen. Don't do iL Thpv rushed me in, and it put me to an expense of thirty bags of dust lo get awsy! Don't stsre that way, oarktep, it revives the feel ings ol that occasion." Have some more?:' asked the barkeeper. "Thsnk'ee. I don't mind. I struck a Cera jchn of it after that at Dead wood. ou tad a right to be there, barkeen. It was a ereat dav far lialw.irvd lib fore dark I had blown up e'ht Churches end was turning no the rave yards for some cue to p'ay poVcr with uk don't gire me glances like that tardeep; you remind me of that Leid a royal 29inst my aces! Well, sir, I made up my ruiud thai I'd hit it for the last time, when I happened f get into Albuquerke. The cowboys was thick around theie, and ote of 'em had a quart of that, same elegant throttle opener. I went for ii, barkeep, and all the steck in Texas just waited in San Antonio fr HAnt ol drivns from that time until the iktxt fall! Earktep, won't you , :-ie If ok ihe other w3 ? Tcere'a scmeri'rg b?i.t. j nur ev th it makes me think l ft I (Mu't - us y q'if. lit that fight!" k n. h. t ! ' tin d the barkf-jr. Yt. i t.ii g'-u-.e u ifcckle i; egain, with t.W !- : i X r net ! ' ' When 1 gi r '..-tried on the brsLd, tar- . ?:. 1 1-r- iiT.'t p.'ti.iLg in ti e States to stop mt! Nevho City vasthe r.txt pi-ce in i Ida. hi: I y Mk'cd Die in tne Jac-. ." v.iia iry b;s Lt tr been the same place j im-! In e iMfv- peeu the capital in ther: siiio: tj rebuild the town: Was that the ltt p'ace?" inquked the qu-rir'g barktevir. "Uütil I curue here," replied tbe mart ii. the coon skiu cap, impiesMvely. "Am'.. barirt-r, I'm going to put you in the way of niftfcirg a lot tf money. In twenty minutes there's oitg to be a lot ot unimproved property for sale. in this town. I feel it coming on! I recc"nize the sensations! Dou't try to h'.ldne. barkeep! Don't pay any cttention to nie! My felingb is very frieLl!y(toward you nox. put a wiaK may change em in a minute! The buntes i beginning to woik! You caa't tell when murder will take the pice of affectiou !" hud he started to waid tiie door with a Urrible exoresjion cf wiaih on his fiice. "Who's going to pay for them drinks?'' df manded the barkeeper, arronsing Lir.udf to a realization of the fact that the teirjr was getting away without liquidating. "D.m't, barkeep! Don't make we w.rse by alluding to it! Remimber Yreka and B. zemsc, and Dead wood and Albuquerkt! Djn't force rne, barkeep!" end the msn in the com skin cep almost Wtptashe thought ot he horror the barkeeper was inviting. "If you don't pay for them drirfcs, 1'il club the head off you where ycu itar.c!!'' acd the bBkeejcr brought cut his v.eapon and placed Lim?tll belween the stranger and the door. "Am I mistaken in the brand?" fv-kd ihe man in the coon skin cap.f orning alitila pale "Do I Lesitite to kill this man because I have lost my taste? In your own interest, barkeep, say it was the Yreka brand! i?ay it was tbe same I got in Rczeman! Admit that it was the stuff that leveled Doadwood! Dcn't deceive me, barkeep! Don't let me die with the idea that Alorquerk? and Nevada City perished in vaiL!" "Money, or bust!" roared the exasperated barkf eper. "Pay, or down ycu go!" 'Til pay, barkeep!" replied the man in the coon skin cap, meekly. "1 haven't any money with me, but I'll drop in and settle this thing with you. Do you think I'd go back on a man that has not only saved his own life, but has redeemed me just aa I wes going to pull down another town. I'm above it!" and tbe roan in the coon skin dodged the club a:.d reached the sidewalk. "Strange that I made that mistake in that brand of whisky," he muttered, aa bt made off up the street. "I must have got the whisky right and r.itde a n istake on the barkeep. Hold on till I try it on a Dutchmac!" Jeff Davie, in a recent interview, siic: Daniel Webster was very kind to ne.jtnd, thouehsome of our pol ti-al views were ihornughiy antagonistic, we kjvkjs ice; as friend, lie had a latge heart. slO u-ver forcot a kitdne. His nature was veiy grateful. I have rtes.n to know wherer.f i speak. Luting ny vimt t: B-isn n I was liaOw ictly entcrtan -td, sn1 received a p-r!cet ovation at F.ceiitl Hell. Then 1 had iui.;.y Jrteuüs In '.h old Biy Stute, end, I am pr nd io fay. I l-avc a few cf them lelt. I admi'ed Henry Clay as a Speaker, but my p?liticil idas were r f posed to bis. 1I was a gr.at cr-rtpromiser. W.wua mere boy I lrolta wion dtP-onn as an iue&l tatet maa, ara as I $rew older my aJralrotiou for tfce man ir. creased. Kc revtr prepared Ms Bpeecfct. la the sviiko ct wriMng thc-m out. lie frequently gava me Lin vies onctr'r.ia suLjcts, aud when he adcrefwed tae Ser.nte it seemed to me te was re neatit-g wr.st he bad before uttered io conversation. I followed him tlo-ely In roiiy tub f, and, like him, lacked method aud great preparation. Webster, oa the other hand, prenand altiost everytbiug be uttere?. aud paid us much attention to tbe soun 1 of bis words as Le . i 1 to their teute. That la why his speeches read so well." Mr. Davis rose from hts chair and offerc-d to Ute your corresoi)deiil over bl ground. Uisbalb house, extending about 4 0 fett tto Mi-s f sipid 8cur;d. was vi-lted. and on either baud Mishistipi 'Ity and fiilaxi were viewed. Tne orance orctinrd vu also inpec"d. and Mr. Davis said that many of his oltwl and tine', trees had been killed by the severe cold of la&t winter. An old evicted man was seen repalriug a wagon, and 'At Divim ioirodueed him as K r ert, a servant, who. thtourh procperity ard sdveeity, had remained faithful to hint, ard eve when Mr. Davis waa ircatftrated lu F;rt M.nroe, stopped withhiü children antl waltcdupou tbelr WMitF. Life is like a pack of ca'ds. Childhood's best cards are hearts; youth is won by diamonds; middle age it conquered wi h a clnh, while old age ia raked in with a spade. Whitehall Times. Agriculture has made but little pros-ress in some parts of Bpaio urns the expuUioo of the Moors. Tbe same sort of plow istid as then. cxn tread om tr e grain, and wniten winnow it by u:sit g i; up iu the air during a breeze. Dr. E. L. Noel, Black 'ord's Block, Indianapolis, says: "Brown's Iron Bitters cured me of dyspepsia and bilioupneBs." Chronic constipation i the National curse of Americans. Cure it with Ayer'a Cathartic Pills. Allen's Brain Food positively eures nervousness, nervous debility and all weakness Of generative organs; fl; six for $5. All druggists. 8end for circular to Allen's Phar macy, 315 First avenue. New York. Bold In Indianapolis by Browning A Sloan.

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Philadelphia, Pa., Sei 1 6, 1SSZ UopBifter Co.: Iam seventy four years old. have live 1 thirty four years In PhUadelDhia. and n among Gtrmana. 1 ae teeu troubled tweWe vef-ra with a white swelling cz. my right foot, and relM:" nrvrt prurv fur and paiuftil. End brt)Lgcr,tia hotwther. Iconsuaed -f-vcral liont nut thty told melt was incuri 1j t:j'j I woul 1 v...r- take it with me la tao rrtve. Sotiie tirn- a,i i ht iry tipeCte, was er-!ive. Ltd r. -fltcV' pet fever, in jfcCt wu v.-ry ick. I saw in t ... o-rmxp I rr-rcrat that llllt BiitOrS Vi V.r.lt I !:trl-il 1 toi u Krtttla tXlt lt Of e W' k Ii! . stall ioiiIii ana. ardtorny cret.f ni-p.lJ-e rhbt fr m the first KT SWLi.11,1.' WeL'I jl-ii sraln.ilr . r-.l I ,.vi. another b'i'iie g ;t fnirt;y wrii of it. TLe wife oiiny EMgat-oi- La l t-n inch sw Ult,tt or her :e8. crvl l !..--! V .n ro.l Imr I I, . i r .... ...... . ..vi. a i v j 1 1 a i m a a great tiiua ph for y-jur rjltters. JOHJi SroiL, Nv). 4 Ycuxg's Aller, above WiLbw street. f Tirr-MULL, Ind., ov. 13. 1SSL Pear ?ir.$ I l ave rtad s much atout Hop z:i, wcft;ie3, rtueis.Mi s:otnv?ii, ;uevtr having murh health, 1 tried a couple c itles; it baa KtreiifUhened and helped lv.oretbr.t. any med.eit.eor Coctor: I m pr.w on i.iv trlrri hnttl. !'da:u thankful tfnt p hs britr. me. I will dvis2 ail that arttfilic'.vd u give 'ft a ual. i.CCTAH. Beat the 'World. Eockville, Conn., Yar .h C :S2: no? Bitters Co.: I have tAtf ll xrnr TT.-fi IIKr.ri t.-.r bi.stb 1 wt-eia, and they t the worlol l. n. lewis, i-e.au,' Axlej y achine Leetcstia. Tf., April IS, 1882. flop Bitters Or.: I rave rot be'i welt frr three ye: if. tried alm-! every kind if potest iredicmet and no less ;r,an Keveu doctot. oue of Kltuira, N. Y.; none hive dvne ma any tod. I final iy tried jour Hop Bitier siid found thoia juet the ttung. I have f raised ibera sotiMy tbere Is a gnat number here who use t"em wph gnat bereft scd satisiattloa. Very Ktspe-jifuUy Ycur, lt. Hcjrr. Glin emen The ' Hop Bitten-" meet with ir:e salts and give neLeml suliifac io:.. One cssp in particular ou hnuid know ft Mr. John J Gr -en, ?S Sprirg fJardtn street, Philadelphia, Ie., hes lxen f-ufTerin frcm kiJn-y rfftction. whica t-nf -litjacrd rh'umatUm Hi- t;if d phyticians and remedies in vt:a. lie obliged to trkc rr.f.iph'no to Induce ietp. tii- trcuMo was so rr't. Rea.f trg yt ur ndver-.M mei-t n the '. !ii-tiaD at V a'." he wps prevaiic-d u;n by rn r-f h-. daugVois to try i T..rre boV.'.es efttvff d a cure, ku-' :;:w ht; ts e,i ln.Mittt for 'll- n Birtt Ts." He i- one ! the oli'.: rc'.deuta iv .l.e Mf.lity ti reed. etiI irown k h ?f-nOcman tl uiaisual probity. Henry ' ttkn, C52Korih TtLth St., l huac-;": LU, PaOffice Jellow ay Mi'tcal Aid Ass-'iiayojf, Jelloay, O.. March 1, lf;J. J LTr p Bitter Manufacturing Co. : 1 ntve been using your Hop Bitters and find them what jou recommend thc-m to be lor kldnty disease, viz , tuperior to all oii-.cr-. J. L Kl'.rjEBRtAJstX Vertigo, Dizziness aud Rlii.d ess Office Ctica MoRxixG MEtAi.n. L'TICA, Feb. H, 1S-.J. f I have icen troubled with ve-tigo since last J.ily, ni . have fulTcrrtf grtatly ewry t i?ht alter ai.y cciui-ldc rable exeition l.-om dizzu ess and b'.icGnesf. I tiled two fco'th- of II Ii;ttr, and fiitce thn have been eii'.tiUy Mkvei ReKpectfuUy yours, J. J. Flamgan. Hep Bl'.tors Co. : Juue 1 i. 1SSL I have been Fufferfrg five yearn ptc-t wl:h neu ra'ifia. liver compifiat, dyspepsia and kMi-ey ym-plai-it. and I have doctor a with fouruen different doctor w! o did me no good. At las; I tried Hop Bit:erF, aid efr imr-d a few bottles I received a tieat bertfit from them, acd if J had nsed Hop Bitters reculaily I would have been weil before. I know them to be tbe l't medicine la the wor'd for nervous dlt of '1 kinds. Jaues Coo nts. Bsellngton, Barber C. unty, W. Va. Wicked for Clergymen. "I believe it would be all wr ng and even wlcketf for clergymen or ether puo-in men to be led int- giving tft-t'mcni.ils to ajisck d con or Patent medicine, but w:-x-n c r ally meritoriousarticle composed of vU abl-1 reio"'! tnowu to all. ai:d thRt all thyciaf mc and ttut in daily, we should freely commend it lih-eiore cheerfullv and heartily commend nop B't'.er fVr the good they have done me snd my friend, firmly believing toe? have no equal for I?m:ly use. L will not be without the ra. Rr.v. B. T , V ssMrgton. D. C. A good Baptist tier, yrasn f Bergen, N. Y., as'.ro; g fmperauce ma. tufbred with kidney trouble, neuralgia and dirzlm m almost .o blind npR, over two year? t-fter h wsadviM;d that Hop EitPrs wonld ourt htm, because re was fclrtid of and prfjuö'.ce.i HKfc.ir.6t t'.u wtud "bitters " Since bis cur.- ho sajs noae utvd fear but trust In Hop BitN-r. My w fe snl dawglittr wr-e rrade Lralthyby the use of Hon feiturs. and I rf ccmrnerd tteui to niv poonle Meth-xJlst Cltrcyraan. Mexico, N. Y. I hid' severe etn frs of grei ard kidney troubles: was unable to gtt ajy medicneor doctor to euro me um' I n -ed Hop PitVrs. and iby cured ire ia a j-rort time. A dl-t.rcuiihed lawyer end temperiLie orator cf Wayne County. X?w Yo;k. An Old Soldier EXPERIENCE. "CAIVERT. TvcJ8'. ;a,- 3. 1&S7. "I wlih to express my appreciation cf tie valuable qualities c-f Aver's (herrv Pectoral as r. coueh remedy. "While with Churchill' Amy, juit btforethe battle of Vicksburg, I coutracied a severe cold, wb'ch termtua'ed la a öa?gor im cough. I found, no relief till on our mir;hwtj ccnie to a Cftintrv' store, where, oa eatinx for saa re aedy, I was.' urcd to try Aycr'i Cherry Pectoral. "I did so, and was rapidly cure d. Since then I have kept the I'c-ctoril consUaUy by me, for family use, and I have fouad i; to b r liivalo.allc reia'jiy fr thr-w'. lung di e-ises. J. W. VltITlZt.", Tho iand-i r;f t?s i-aont! cortlfv t tV.2 prompt oureofall broccaial aod lir s radons, by lhe the use l Ayer'a Cherry Pecwal. IUinjvery palsiab'c, tha youngest cal.drt.-u It icadlly. FIIKPARLT BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & iu, Lowe.I, Mass;.SM by all Drusgists. K 1 Ell JOHNSON'S ANODYNE LINIMENT wCO positively prevent this terrible disease, and will post, t'.rrly cure nine cases ont of ten. Informal Ira .that will save many Utca, sent frpe by mail. Don't dlay a iro-npnt. IrTvTiti"i lslwttrtfumcura. I. 8.Johi460S A Ct., PQ3TON. MASS.. formeriT Bjixoott, Ma rjri a week. fl2 a day at horn easily znad Address True A Co . uguaia, Maine,