Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1875 — Sulphuric Acid and Weeds. [ARTICLE]

Sulphuric Acid and Weeds.

A correspondent of the Journal of Agriculture (England) writes: “ Take an old blacking bottle, with a wire around it to carry it by and a stick to dip with. The stick should not be pointed, but should be notched round for an inch or two at the end, the better to hold the liquor. Just one drop quite in the heart of the plantain is sufficient to cause death, and the notched stick will contain at one dip enough to destroy three or four plants. If the acid is good the work of death can both be seen and heard, for the vitriol hisses and it burns up the plantain in a moment A row of plantains a foot wide sprang up on a lawn here where an iron* fence formerly ran. The owner, seeing at a place he visited the good effect of vitriol, put the hint in practice. The plantains were killed in an hour, and have never appeared again. It is three years since, and it is impossible to recognize the line of the tence; it completely burns the roots out. I have tried it on large dandelions with the same result. One of the young men there amused himself by hunting out the longest thistles he could find to experiment on. The vitriol completely killed them by eating the roots out. One drop will do. Care is required that it does not touch the skin, boots or clothes; it is not safe in the hands of children, but a man or woman, with ten minutes’ practice, can kill plantains much more quickly than any lad oan eat gooseberries.” During the present “corner” in canary seed the economical will give their pets a mixture of rape and millet seed. A half peck of rape costs seventy-five cents, and an equal quantity of millet thirty-one; this is nearly equal to mixed canary seed and costs a small fraction over thirteen cents a quart. A half-peck of canary seed, costing $1.25, may be added, making a mixed food equal to what retails at forty cents, and which will costless than twenty cents, a quart. —Springfield (Mass.) Republican.

breast-bone’. Used internally and externally. • Thb sweetest word in our laireuage la health. At the first indication of disease, use well-known and approved remedies. For dyspepsia or indigestion, use Parsons' Pur. yative Pitts. For coughs, colds, sore or lame stomach, use Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. “ All Ben Down.” This la an expression tost we hear from doctors when they are in doubt about toe nature of the disease of their patients. The country seems to be filled with such cases, and they are trying first one remedy and then another, hoping in vain to find relief. They generally have toe following symptoms: A general depression of spirits, with evil forebodings, a whirling sensation in the head when rising up suddenly, foul breath, with a had {site in toe mouth, especially in toe morning, pain in toe aides and back, urine scanty and high colored, frequently voided with difficulty, frequent headaches, a distressed feeling at toe pit of the stomach, food affordingno nourishment. The patient feels tired all the while, and sleep affords bnt little rest After a time a dry, hacking cough sets in, followed after a time with expectoration, hands and feet cold and clammy at times, a general wasting of the body. In such cases we need a remedy that will act upon the liver.ikidnevs, stomach and blood at toe same time, ana when we use such a remedy it affords relief. The best article for this purpose is the Shakes Extract or Boots, sola by A. J. White, 819 Pearl street, N. T. Agents wanted.

Schknck’s Pulmonic Syrup, for the Cnre of Consumption, Coughs and Colds. The great virtue of this medicine is that it ripens the matter and throws it out of tha system, purifies the blood, and thus effects a cure. Schnnck’s Bba Weed Tonic, for the Cute of Dyspepsia, Indigestion, etc. The Tonic produces s healthy action of the stomach, creating an appetite, forming chyle, and coring the most obstinate eases of indigestion. BcmwcK'f. Mandrake Pills, for the Cure of Liver Complaint, etc. These pills are alterative and produce a healthy action on the liver without the least danger, as they are free from calomel, and yet more efficacious in restoring a healthy action of the liver. These remedies are a certain cnre for Consumption, as the Pulmonic Syrup ripens the matter and purifies the blood. The Mandrake Pills act upon the liver, create a healthy bile, and remove all diseases of the liver, often a cause of Consumption. The Sea Weed Tonic gives tone and strength to the stomach, makes a good digestion, and enables the organs to form good blood; and thus creates a healthy circulation of healthy blood. The combined action of these medicines, as thus explained, will cure every case of Consumption, if taken in time, and the nae of the medicines persevered in. ... Dr. Schenck is professionally at hia principal office, comer Sixth and Aboh Sts., Philadelphia, every Monday, where all letters for advice must be addressed.