Pike County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 45, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 March 1881 — Page 4

PIKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT. PETERSBURG, : : INDIANA TEE SEVEN DAYS. MONDAY. [Dat or the Moon.] Diana, aister of.the Sun I thy ray Governs these opening hours. The world Is wide; We know not what new evil may betide This six days’ Journey; by what unknown way We come at last unto the royal day Of prophecy and promiso. O preside Propitious, and our doubtimrtootstepsguide Onward and sunward. Look in shadows kray We have but slumbered—bidden from our view Knowledge and wisdom In unfruitfulyclght. But if upon the dawu’s unfolding blue Thy hand this day our destiny must write. Once more our outer, inner life renew With Heaven's first utteftaqo—L«t there he light/ ^ TUESDAY. [Dat or the War-Qod.] Fear not, O soul, to-day! Imperial Mars Leads on tho hours, a brave and warlike train, rs Fire in his glance'and splendor in his reign. From the first glitter through the sunrise bars Till his red banner fiames among the stars! Thou, too, go forth, and fully armed maintain Duty and right. The hero is not slain. Though pierced and wounded in a hundred wars. The during are the deathless. He alone Is victor who stays not for any doom Foreshadowed; utters neither sigh nor moan DcMh-strlckcn, but right onward, his fair plume Scorehcd in the battle flame, through smoke and gloom. Strikes for the right, nor oounts his life his o#n. ■V WEDNESDAY. [Day or Odin.] The mighty Odin rides abroad, and earth lYemldes and echoes back his ghostly sigh, More deep than thought, more sad than memory. Tho very birds rejoice in timid mirth, For In tbe forest s’udden gusts have birth. And harsh against the pale, appealing sky Ascends his ravens’, melancholy cry. PoaCe.be with Odin. Of his ancient worth Many nud proud the tales we will repeat. For sacred memories to these hours belong. But yesteiday with reckless speed our feet „ Dared tho bold height. With spirit no less strong Today step softly. After battle’s heat Warriors and wars are only themes forsoug. THURSDAY. [DAT OF THE MlOHTY.] White-robed, white-crowned, and borne by steeds snow-white, Tho Thunderer rolls across the echoing skies! No hour is this to dream of past surprise Or with old ruucs the memory to delight. The mountain tqps with prophet beams are bright! Tho eagle soars nloft with jubilaut cries! Thou, too, unto ttfo hills lift up thine eyes; To some new throne those sacred signs Invite. Learn thy o»u sti'ougth; and if sutne secret sense Of power untried pervades thy law estate, Bond thy soul’s purest, best iutel.igence To sock the mastery of time and fate Courage and deathless hope and toil Intense Are the crown jewels ot the truly great. FRIDAY. [Day of. the Beautiful] In the world-garden walled with living greea, The foam-born goddess of delight to-day Plucks glowing garlands fop her own array. Poppy and inyrilo in her wreath are seen. And roses bendiug o’er her brow serene Blush to perceive she Is moro fair than they. Sweet grasses at her foot their odors lay, Whilo doves, low warbling, hover round their queen. In this brief life shall over toil and care Hold fast our wishes? Earth’s bewildering bowers. Her streams melodious and her woodlands fair, Are palaces for gods. The world is oursl Beauty and love our birthright; we will share Thr sunshine and tho singing and tbe flowers I

SATURDAY. [n*Y or Satuhn.1 Though bright with jewels and with garlands dressed, ,, The bloom decays, the world is growing old! Lost are the days when peaceful Saturn told The arts to men, and shared their toil or rest With eloquence divine. The Olympian guest Took with him lit his flight the age of gold! Westward through myriad centuries has rolled The ceaseless pilgrimage, the hopeless quest For the true Fatherland. Through weary years What If some rainbow glory spans the gloom? Some strong, aweot utterance the wayside cheers' Or gladness opens like a rose In bloom? Step after step the fatal moment nears, Forth, for new gravos is ever making room. -SUHDAi— [Dir or the Sett.] Thou glorious Sun! Illumining the blue Highway of heaven 1 to t by triumphant rays The earth her shadow yields, the hill tops blase, Up lifts the mist, up floats the midnight dow. Old things are past aWay, the world is new! Labor Is changed to rest and vest to praise 1 » Fast are the, toilsomo heights, the stormy days, Tho eternal Future breaks upon our view! Last eve we lingered uttering our farewolls— Hut lo! One met us in the early light 9f this divinest morn. The tale He tells Transfigures life and opens Heaven to sight. Bring altar flowers 1 Lilies and asphodels 1 Sibg Jubilates 1 There is no more night.' —Frances L. Mace, in Atlantic Monthly. THE PILOT’S STORY. We had grown up together, as it wore, Mollie and I, our parents being near neighbors, and—which does not always follow—firm friends as well. They wer&poor, and I suspect that fact . had rnuch to do with their friendship, for opportunities were always turning up for helping one another; and I have often noticed that, when near neighbors are well oft and have no need for mutual help, there is very seldom any friendship between them; there is more apt to be jealousy and competition. Our parents being sueh good friends, it naturally resulted that Mollie and 1 followed their example. We went to school togother, read together, played together; and, somehow, when Mollie was eighteen and I was twenty we agreed to travel together all our lives, and were very happy in that arrangement; in fact, no other would have seemed right or natural, either to us oi our parents. From the earliest days of my boyhood I had a fondness for the water, haunting the palatial steamboats that floated on the great Mississippi River, on whose banks nestled the city in which we dwelt, and at the period to which I am about to refer I had just secured a position as pilot on a small freight steanjer. It was not muoh of a position, to be sure, nor wa»v there much of a salary attached fo it; but, small as it was, 9 Mollie and I decided that we could make it answer for two people, neithei of them extravagant or unreasonable; besides which, 1 had hopes of better times to come, as I had reoeived words of commendation from my employers, and promises of speedy promotion.

0U| oaiiy uut) uuguu miuumg, imviug obtained a day’s leave of absence, Mollie and I were married, and stepping into a carriage 1 had hired for the occasion, we started off, having decided on a day’s excursion to a celebrated cave near by, this being all thewedding trip we could allow ourselves, not that we oared in the least, however; we were too happy to be in the least disturbed by any shortcomings of sum or purse. We had scarcely driven beyond our own street when we were brought to a halt. A messenger whom I recognized as belonging to our steamboat company hailed me. “Hero’s a note to you from the superintendent.” Thus it ran: “Am sorry to have to recall your leave for to-day, but you must Immediately go on board the Mobilia, which is read to start up the "river. The pilot is too ill to attend to duty, and you are appointed to take his plaee for the present /■ ‘•j “There goes our wedding trip all to smash,” said I, as Mollie read the order. “ Why soP” she asked. * “You see I must go into the pilot house of the Mobilia.’ “Very well,” she replied. “We ■iikii just go up the river instead of to the oave. Drive oh Rob; let us go down to tho wharf in state.” “ But vou oan’t go in the pilot house with me,* little goose.” “ Of oourse not; but I can sit on the deck outside,” laughed Mollie, “and we can cast languishing glances at each ether.” « ” ^nd qotyoame to pass th$t 1 took poa

session of the Mobil!*’* pilot house, ray heart glowing with lore and pride; with love, for there, just below me, on the little forward deck, sat mv sweet bride; with pride, because the Mobilia wascne of the finest of the beautiful floating palaces of the Mississippi^ and to pilot such a one had for yearsBeen the height of my ambition. The steamer was fitted np with a double cabin, one above the other; the upper one opening upon a small deck, reaching out toward the bow, near the center of which, on a raised platform, was placed the pilot house. This deck was always occupied by passengers, and this morning it was particularly crowded, for the boat was heavily laden with people taking advantage'of the beautiful weather to inake an excursion np the river. Some rough fellows Jostled against Mollie's chair after a while, and she rose and passed down into the lower cabin, “ to get a drink of water,” she whispered to me as she passed; but I suspect it was to prevent the bursting of the thunder-cioud she saw gathering on my brow. I saw that the insolent fellows made no attempt to follow my dear one, so I gave myself up to my own happy thoughts, and looking out on the fardistant, peaceful shores of the great river, over whose' placid bosom we were moving so swiftly, there rose from my heart a glad silent hymn of rejoicing. But suddenly a cry broke from the cabin behind mo that effectually changed the current of my thoughts: “Fire! fire! fire!” A horrible cry at all times, but most horrible of all when it rings forth, in the midst of gay, u nsuspicious hundreds floating in fancied security in the midst of the waters. An instant’s awe-struok silence succeeded that awful ory, and then 300 voices of men, women tmd children united in fearful, heartrending shrieks for help. “Fire! fire! fire!” Aye! there was no mistake about it, nor false alarm. No one could tell how it had commenced, but there it was creeping along the roof of the upper cabin, with the deadly flames greedily lapping np every scrap of awning and curtain they could find upon their way, ever and anon darting long tongues of flames down to the floor to Clasp the light chairs and tables and settees in their fiery embrace. As well seek with a sieve to scoop up the waters of the great river on which the Mobilia floated, as to try to subdue the roaring, devouring enemy that had seized upon the ill-fated steamer. The people darted down from the blazing upper cabin to the forward deck below, whore as yet the foe had made bnt little headway, and there our brave Captain—who was that rara avis "the right man in the right place ”—succeeded in partially quelling the panic. “Keep quiet!” he ordered—“keep quiet, and stay just where you are, or I will not answer for the lives of any of you! The steward will provide every one of you with life preservei-s; but there is no reason for any person to go overboard—not yet awhile, at any rate, unless suicide is" desired. Keep quiet, I say! Pilot, head her straight for the land, half a mile ahead.” (We were at least twice that distance from the main land on either shore.) “Engineer, put on all steam—crowd her on! We will run a race with the foul fiend who has boarded the Mobilia.” There was an instant’s pause, and then, with a groan and a surge, with the timbers creaking and straining, and the windows rattling, and as though in mortal terror, th e Mo bilia gathered herself up to run her last race. Each passing moment the flames crept on, and on and on, never pausing in their terrible maroh. Fortunately, they leaped upward rather than' downwajgl, so that there was as yet but little danger to the panic-stricken crowd op. the lower deck. But the pilot house was directly in the track of the flames, and already their advance guard was beginning to surround me, singeing my hair and eyebrows. Suddenly there was a murmur among the people helow and the next instant a light form flew up the ladder leading to the little deok by. the pilothouse, and before I could slay a word, my precious Mollie had thrown open the door, and, closing it again, stood at my side. “Mollie, Mollie!” I cried. “For heaven’s sake go back, go back! Don’t you see how the flames are creeping towards us here? Go, go, my dearest, my. own true wife! Don’t unman me by making me fear for you. Go down where I can feel, that you have a chance of safety.” “Rob Thorne!” she exclaimed, with her eyes looking straight into mine, “Am I your wife?” “Surely, surely, thank God?” Imut

ivUi jjui> gu, gu; > “My post is here, just as rnuph as yours Is, she answered, firmly. “ I wiU stay here, Rob, and if you die, 1 will die, too. We will make our wedding trip together, my dear husband, even ii ft be into the next world. Keep to your duty, and never mind me, Rob. There is hope for us yet, and if it comes to the worst, why”—and agrave, sweet smile crept round her lips—“we are still together, dear love.” I saw it was no use to urge her any move, and besides something swelled in my throat, so that I could not utter a word, so I just gripped the wheel hard and looked right ahead, though everything looked very dim just then, and my’ deyoted darling stood oalmly at m'y side, watching the flames that were creeping closer and closer upon us, leaping around the pilot hous'e like hungry demons impatient for their prey. “Thorne,” shouted the Captain, " come down. Lower her and yourself over the rail. We’ll catch you. You cannot stay there^any longer. * W e are very near the shore now, and the rest we ll take opr chances on.” It was an awful temptation.. I knew that, did I follow the Captain’s advice, both Mollie and 1 would be safe, for 1 was a good swimmer, and should the boat not reach the shore, I could save her and myself; but then if i did this, would I not deliberately expose every one of the three hundred souls on board to destruction!* . True, the boat might keep to her course during the short space remaining, to bQ passed merely from the impetus of her approach, but again she might not—and then? I looked at my dear wife, inquiringly. “Stick to vour post, Rob!” she said. "No, sir!” I shouted back. “Ishali stick to my post; I shall stay heye till I run her clear on the shore or die first!” “ My brave Rob—my noble Rob!” murmured Molilp. Rut alas for my devoted Mollie! alas for me! Not the pilot house only but the entire deck around it was now surrounded by flames. It was too late to lower oureeli'es to the deck below! The railing was all ablaze. My arms, released from the ir surdianshipover the wheel, clasped RoUic close to my heart; but ray eyos and brain were busy seeking for some mode of escape from death that seemed caoh instant more oeribib;' « ■ "• Ajl at once my eyes rested on the ‘paddle-box. It had not taken Ore yet; the flying spray had saved it. I hail only to dash across the flame-uwept deck and fling open a little door in Its side, which afforded ready access to the wheel, to lower roy precious charge to the water beneath in safety. No sooner thdtight of than dono. "Take my hand, Mollie,” I said, 4 4 and run with me. We shal 1 be saved, after all. Wrap yonr shawl across your mouth. Now, how—run!” Leaping down on th* deck: we sped, f

us as we dropped gently down into the shallow water and crept from beneath tho wheel. Our appearance Was hailed with a shout of delight and relief, for all had given us tip as lost, and wo must have been but for the Heaven-inspired thought of the wheel house. Now that the danger was over, poor little Moilie fainted; and no wonder. But she soon came out all right; and as the people began to find out that the •‘brave little girl,” as they called her, was realty a bride of only a few hours, and that we were, on our wedding trip, there was a regular ovation, followed up by .nine deafening cheers. The island upon which the Mobiliia had been beached was low, sandy and uninhabited, altogether not an inviting place for 800 people without a particle of shelter to pass half a day. upon, yet. even in this plight there were few grumblers in our midst, There was-no room in our hearts for any feeling but that of: thankfulness for our preservation from a fearful death, and after the peril of the last hour or two it seemed a small matter to wait patiently for the coming of the relief boats that we knew wore sure to arrive before many hours went past Though some miles from any large city, we knew that the burning steamer must have been seen from the farm houses scattered sparsely along the river bank, and that from these notices of the disaster would be sent to the. nearest town; And so it was. Before nightfall several small steamboats arrived, aud'after that but a few hours elapsed before we found ourselves safety at home and our adventurous wedding trip at an end. But the results were not ended by anv means. The terrible nervous strain 1 had endured combined with the severe burns on my face and hands threw me prostrate on a bed of sickness. When I was able to report for duty again, two weeks later, I learned that a noble gift from the Mobiiia’s grateful passengers—no less a sum than $2,000 —lay in the bank awaiting my order. Not only this, but the steamboat company had voted me a gold medal and the appointment of pilot of the finest steamer on their line. . Years have gone by since my brave wifo and 1 hatf so nearly journeyed out of the world on our wedding trip. From pilot 1 have come to be Captain and part owner of one of those beautiful iloating palaces that used so to exoite my envy; but never do I pass without a sickening shudder the littlo island where the Mobilia won the last racerace of lire against steam, of life against death. * 7 The Care of the Hair.

Some forty years ago there was in* troduced a preparation called “Balm of Columbia,” which, when used according to the directions, produced remarkable results in preventing the hair from falling off, and even in causing a new crop to grow. Certificates might have been obtained from several excellent uid eminent persons who, within the writer s knowledge, used this “Balm” with good results, had not the maker lived in England. The directions were essentially these. Before going to* bed, rub the scalp for (we think it was) ten minutes, apply the “Balm,” rub some moro minutes and go to bed. The whole efficacy of the "Balm,|, was due to the ten minutes’ scrubbing of the scalp before it was applied. If the stuff had been water, though it was no doubt some soothing application, it would, with all this rubbing, have done some good. It will be found that most of the applications for preventing baldness and encouraging tho growth of the hair dejjgnd upon either a yjgor®us_rjibbing of me scalp, or they are preparations whiob are to be firs t rubbed well into the hair and then washed out, thus securing the cleanliness so essential to a healthy condition. Let any one with naturally dry hair try a persistent brushing with a stiff brush, or the use of a fine-toothed comb for some minutes, and unless there is some disease of the scalp, the hair will become surprisingly moist. Of course those who curl and crimp their hair by the use of heated irons must expec| it to become injured, and no help can ® looked for so long as the practice is followed. With others, and in many cases, baldness in comparative youth is hereditary, and in such eases it is doubtful if any treatment can be of use. Where the hair has fallen on account of severe illness or from other temporary cause, some gentle stimulant to the scalp may promote or hasten the growth. One of the most useful preparations of this kind is half an ounce of tincture of cantharides (kept by the druggists) to a quart bottle of bay rum, using it upon the scalp with gentle rubbing on going to bed. When the barber kindly informs his patient that his hair is badly, filled with dandruff, and proposes to shampoo it as a remedy, it is sale to say No,” most positively ; tho majority of barbers use as a shampooing liquid either a solution of “salts of tartar” alone, or mixed with borax. They are probably not aware that “salts of tartar” is but a name for purified potash. When a solution of this is put upon the head it combines with the natural oil of tho hair and scalp, and forms a soap which makes a dense lather in the hair; this is washed out, and while it effectually removes the dandruff and dust, it has also removed the oil which is needed to keep the hair in a healthy condition. Avoid all such shampooing. A teaspoonful of powdered borax in a quart of warm water forms a safe shampooing liquid, but still better is the yelk of an egg. worked thoroughly into the hair, applying a little at a time, and then washing it out. The egg will leave the hair surprisingly clean' and the scalp soft and froo from dandruff.—American Agriculturist.

Not an Unusual Case. Take an average American girl, who has learned how to keep house from her mother. Put her and her little family into a small house with neither closets nor bureaus. Let the plowed ground come up all around the doors and remain without seeding or sodding with grass for years. Let there be no water within many rods oi the house, and perhaps make'it neoessary to have all that she uses brought by a small boy in two or three quart pails, and often hard water at that. Lot there be always a babe less than three years old in the family. Make itnoce» sary for her to aidfn the financial sup port of the family by sewing, teaching or other labor, trying to do all of hei housework at the same time, and if hot health fails—will you say that it is all because she was not properly instructed how to do the work of three women with only one pair of hands! ' 1 wanted to say this because I think than one of the things that break down some overworked women Cl have sees a good many of them) is because thej feel that their husbands think that the} ought to cook everything as nice as il can be found at first-class restaurant! and hotels, for instance, make juicj porter-house broiled steak when onlj tough round-steak is provided, anc their stoves have no suitable broiling place; make delicious soup with n< sweet herbs for seasoning and with n< suitable soup-kettle. It is a good tiling to speak out plain ly. There certainly is something wrong somewhere, and if we will all be Irani and charitable, we may find a cure, 01 at least some way to mend these im portant matterti.—Cvr. American Agri cultural,

USEFUL AXP SUGGESTIVE. ■etapve ink stains from printed r»o*re a pennyworth of oxalic ioh dissolve in a small quantity wartn water; then slightly wet the stainwith it,, when it will disappear, leaving the leaf uninjured. —Flaxseed Lemonade*. —Four tablespoonfuls flaxseed, whole; one quart boiling water poured upon the flaxseed; juice of two lemons, leaving out the peel; sweeten to taste; steep three hours in a covered pitcher; if too thick, put in cold water with the lemon-juice and sugar. Good for colds. —Boston Cake.—One pound of flour, one pound of sugar, half pound of butter, cup of sour cream, five eggs, teaspoonful of soda, spice. Beat butter and sugar to a cream, then yelks of eggs beaten very light, dissolve soda in cream, and add then alternately with Whites of eggs beaten to a froth; spice to taste; fruit can be added; bake m a moderately hot oven, especially if fruit is added. r —Mr. Towne experimented by drawing half his manure for a cornfield in the fall, and spreading it, and leaving the other half of the field to be manured in the spring just before planting. The result was decidedly in favor of the fall-manured portion. Mr. Law adopted tue practice of carting manure to the field and spreading it as fast as made, and has better results than formerly.— Southbridge Journal. —Apple Pie a la Transcendent).—Make an apple pie with two crusts, but without sugar or spice. Bake it, and when nearly done beat up two eggs, with sugar, spice and butter, or any other seasoning preferred. When the pie is done take it out of the oven, slip off the top crust on to another plate, stir in the egg and seasoning till it is well cooked, put on the top crust exactly as it came oft', and serve. —Many of the tooth powders sold in the shops aro deleterious in their effects upon the teeth. A very simple dentifrice is powdered chalk, either with or without a small admixture of orris root. It is recommended also, by some Who have had experience, to rub the wet brush over genuine white castile soap before dipping it into the chalk. By this means the teeth may be kept very white without injury.

—In farm labor one has often to encounter a hurtful amount of dust. A simple and cheap protection from such an annoyance is to get a piece of sponge ' large enough to cover the nostrils and mouth, hollow it out on one side with a pair of scissors to lit the face, attach a string to each side and tie it on. first wet it weli, and squeeze ont most of the water, Bepeat this whonever thesponge becomes dry. All the dust will be caught in the damp cavities, and is easily washed out. *“ —Eggs are limed by packing them in a liquid made as follows: A peck of fresh lime is slaked in sufficient water to make a thin paste. When thoroughly slaked, which will require twentyfour hours, water is added to thin it so that it can be strained through a line sieve into a clean barrel, which is then tilled With water, when the eggs, perfectly fresh, are laid carefully into kegs or barrels, and the stirred lime liquor Is poured over them, a board being floated on the top to keep the eggs under the surface. In this way the eggs may be kept six months. —Sponges long in use are sometimes affected with sliminess, which is caused by the sponge not being wrung as dry as possible immediately alter use. When this has once formed. it increases rapidly. A contemporary says that one of the most effectual recipes for cleansing sponges, and certainly one of the cheapest, is a strong solution of salt and water, in which they should soak for a few hours, and then be thoroughly dried. Sponges should not be left in a sponge-dish; they should be kept ruspended -i.-e the air can freelyoirculate around them. Quick evaporation of the moisture is the main thing to keep them in good order. —For scours in cattle change the food and water. Give first a quart of lard oil with two ounces of laudanum. After three to four hours give two ounces each of powdered catechu, ginger and gentian in a pint of flaxseed tea to cattle over two years old; half the dose to cattle under two years old and over nine months; and one-fourth to one-third the dose to younger stock, repeating the dose twice daily, and withholding it as soon as the discharges diminish. Give nourishing food and flaxseed tea to drink. Iu chronic diarrheora give morning and evening one drachm of ammoniated sulphate of copper, dissolved in half a pint of cold water.— Western Rural.

Salt for Fruit Trees. A subscriber writes to ask if it would! be desirable to mix salt with ashes to put around fruit trees, to which we must reply no, unless the quantity is very small; nor are we at all confident that even a small quantity is dcsirablo. Wo do not think there are many soils which would respond very remarkably to applications of common salt, except in such quantities as would kill the trees. W e have known trees destroyed by having salt or brine come to their roots in several instances. Dr. Fisher, of Fitchburg, has an icehouse, a part, of which is used for a fruit room, and salt is added to the ice to produce a lower degree of cold. The salt that dissolves and soaks into the ground near the ice-house has killed every living thing within a circle of considerable area. Large timber trees were standing there as dead as driftwood at the time of our last visit to his grounds. The proprietor had mad# some experiments previously, we believe, in the use of salt in small quantities in his orchard, but without any appreciable benefit. The farming community has had many periodic fevers and excitements concerning the use of salt in agrioult ure, and great claims have been made for it, but farmers have not usually found that it is of enough general benefit to make its use desirable, even when purchased at a low price. There will probably be little risk in making 8 trial of it in small quantities, say uv< bushels per aore, and cases are on record where much larger amounts hav< been applied with apparent good re suits.—A cu> England Farmer. Successful Farming. Successful farming can never be real ized in the absence of a deliberate plan No other business succeeds without it and there is no known reason why farm ing should be an exception. These ar the days, and especially the evenings when the tiller of the soil and tli breeder of cattle, sheep and horses is a liberty to sit down with himself am study the situation. Now is the tim to mature his plans for the. next sea son's active campaign; to map out, nc only in liis mind but on paper, the di; tinct outlines of the year s work; t study the needs of one field over anott er, that all may advance harmoniousl in productive progress; to decide wht he will plant and sow, what-he willtak up md what be will lay down; how h will prooeed with manures and con mercial fertilizers, and where it may b better to plow under a crop of clovoi how many head he intends to carry int i J the fall, and how many to winter; aboi - the improvement of his breeds, the be; mode of final marketing, and where hi Rrofits can afterward be most efflfcctivt r applied on liis farm. Taking all th different branches of his industry into single view, he must be incapable c comprehending at)airs about him wh does not feel stimulated by his reflet tions. —Massachusetts Ploughman. i r‘I 1- 'A iff 1 t. V. 1 »

—The following recipe is said to be much used in Europe for producing artificial black walnut. By its use, it is claimed, ordinary white woods hare imparted to them the appearance of the moat beautiful specimen of walnut, and are adapted to the finest cabinet work. The process is as follows: The wood, first thoroughly dried and warmed,' is coated once or twice with a strong aqueous solution of extract erf walnut peel. When half dried, the wood thus treated is brushed with a solution compound of one part (by weight) of bichromate of potassainnve parts of boiling water, and, alter dninr thoroughly, is rubbed and polished. By this treatment the color is said to be fixed in the wood to the depth of one-twelfth ttt one-sixth of an inch, and in the majority of cases the walnut appearance is declared to be very perfectly imitated. —A railroad manager in Detroit has received from Northern Michigan a block of solid beech-wood, eight inches in diameter, which had grown around the horn of an elk or. deer. The horn penetrated the wood, is firmly imbedded in it, and shows through from both sides—the point having originally projected further outward and now appearing as if broken off. Prongs of thenorn also ascend up through the tree, producing indentations and scars on the outer bark. How the horn, which is in a good state of preservation, became fixed in the growing tree is a mystery, and the block of wood is a, veritable curiosity. It was not until the block was split that the presence of the foreign substance was noticed, the horn resembling a knot in the ban. —Puncn says that “ The wind is ilk tempered t>> the shorn lamb ”

THE MARKETS. NEW YORK, March 11,1881. CATTLE—Native Stwrs.13 00 COTTON—Middling. a FLOUR—Good to Choice. 5 00 8 WHEAT—No. 2 Red. .1 20 a No. 2 Spring. 1 16*a CORN—No. 2.. 58 a OATS—Western Mixed........ 48 a PORK—Standard Mess.15 25 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling.. BEEVES—Choice.. 5 25 Fair to Uood. 4 50 Native Cows.. 2 "5 Texas Steers. 8 25 HOGS—Common taSelcet..... 4 60 SHEEP—» air to Choice. 4 75 FLOUR—XXX to Choice. 4 05 WHEAT—No. 2 Winter. 1 01 * a No. 3 “ 90*® CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 39 ® OATS-No. 2. 33 a EVE—No. 2... 99 a TOBACCO—Hark Lugs. 4 00 a ModimuHarkLeaf 6 00 ® IIAY—Htoieo Timothy.15 50 BUTTER—Choice Hairy.. 25 EGGS—Choice.. 12 PORK—Standard Moss.15 50 11 00 11 6 75 1 20* 1 17* 59 44* « 10 25 BACON—Clear Rib,--- OS ® LARD—Prime Steam. 10 « WOOL—Tub-washed, Medium 36 a Unwashed ' “ 25 a G111CAGO. CATTLE—Native Steers....... 4 25 ® HOGS-Good to Choice. 5 00 ® SHEEP—Good to Choice...... 5 00 ® FLOUR—Winter...,. 5 00 ® Spring...... 4 50 ® WHEAT—No.* Red...... 97*® No. 2 Spring.. 98 a CORN—No.2. 37 ® OATS—No. 2. 28*® RYE. 93 PORK—New Mess...15 00 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers... 4 15 a Native Cows.. 2 60 ® HOGS—'ales at... 5 00 « WHEAT—No.2.. 88 *® No. 3.. .. 8)1 a CORN—No.2 Mixed.J. 32 a OATS—No. 2... 81V® NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades. 5 23 ® CORN—White.vii. 62 a OATS—Choiee. 50 HAY-Choice. 23 00 PORK-Hess. 15 75 BACON—Clear Rib..... 10*® COTTON—Middling. a 10* 5 75 4 85 3 85 4 50 6 20 6 00 3 13 1 01* 99* 39* a 33* a 1 01 a 4 25 ® 7 00 a lti oo a 26 a is ® 15 75 08* 10* 38 26 5 70 6 25 5 25 3 80 5 25 98* 9S* 37* 29 ® 15 50 4 50 3 25 5 25 SO ss 32* 31* © 6 25 r* 03 a 51 ® 25 00 ® 1G 25 11 10*

[St. Louis Chronicle.] Trial bf Jury. Some believe that even this fora of trial is not perfectly free from prejudice. But In our section St. Jacobs OU has byia tried by that jtreat Jury—the public—and been judged the infallible cure for Rheumatism and ell paindiseases. f, 4h Si fl I used to believe that woft.eu prefer those bom they think handsome. Error. They prefer those who think them handsome.— Charivari__ [Sparta (Wis.) Herald.] As an exhibition of the Intrinsic worth of St. Jacobs Oil, we think the case referred to, that of Mrs. O. W. Hubbard, of this town, cured of Sciatic Rheumatism of longstanding by the Oil Is certainly striking, and, beyond all doubt, conclusive as to its efficacy. The remedy has our indorsement. A woman in Michigan had her ear so badly frozen that it dropped off. This style of eardrop will not probably become popular.— Steubenville Herald. * TVOman's Wisdom. " She insists that it is of more importance that her family shall be kept in full health, tan that she should have all the fashionable dresses and styles of the times. She therefore sees to it that each member of her family fa supplied with enough Hop Bitters, at the first appearance of any symptoms of ill health, to prevent s fit of sickness with its attendant {expense, care and anxiety. All women should exercise their wisdom in this way.—Jfew Haim Palladium.__ “Ha is a man of moist habits,” Is the delicate way of alluding to an excessive drinker if he is in comfortable circumstances.—JV«#ark Call_ Gladstone and the English Workingmen. Gladstone made an address to the workingmen of England,urging them to be tolerant toward the Communists who had been expelled from France and Germany, and urged them to study their models in all branches of the mechanics' art, as being in many cases very superior to the English models tor similar work. He also called attention to the spirit of utility which was manifest in American machinery of the best class. He urged the English to do this intelligently and patiently, and that thereby they might be able to retain the markets of the world. The English stove-makers have been familiar with the models of the Charter Oak Stoves for several years, as some of the great hotels are using them, and to this day they have never turned out a stove that had the grace, form and fitness for the desired use which are striking characteristics of the4 Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges. (1-23) A Household Need, Free. Send on postal-card for SO page book on “The Liver,” its diseases and their treatment. Address Hr. 8anford, 101 Broadway, New York. It afflicted with 8ore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25c. Redding’s Russia Salve meets with wonderful success in all cases of skin diseases.

I DFBULL’S I Will. MAILACOPTOr MY MEW BOOK, “ Medical Common Sense,*' FREE, to onj person who will •end his name and postofflce address tnd two 3-cent stamps to nay postage. -“ " *--11110 CONI WSVMPTIOR, aninm/t.vAiAnmn, suRE-THROAT, )T BROXCHITIS, the Information In this elegant rolume Is of great value; and. In the providence of * as saved many useful lives. Address N. B. WOLFE, 140 Smith St,, Cincinnati, a

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THE RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, TOOTH, EAR AXD HEADACHE, AHD No Preparation on earth equal* St. Jacobs Oil aa a SArn, SORB, simple and cheap External Remedy. A trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay of 50 Cents, and every one suffering with pain oan have cheap and positive proof of techun. nnocTioss u eustui lisoiises. tut n ui tuaeisTs am deaieis in medicine. A VOQELER S CO. .Baltimore, Md„ V.&A FROSTED FEET HID EARS, WOMAN’S TRIUMPH! r——*- . - MRS. LYDIA L PINKHAM, OF LYNN, MASS,

DISCOVERER OT LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND. The Positive Cure ibr all those Painful Oonplalita and WealmeMM •ocommon to oar best female population. It will cure entirely the worst form of Female Complaints, all ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulcers tion, Falling and Displacements, and the consequent Spinal Weakness, and is particularly adapted to the Change of life. it will dissolve and expel tumors from the uterus la an early stage of development. The tendency to cancerous humors there is checked very speedily by its use. It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weakness of the stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight apd backache, is always permanently cured by its us& It will at all times and under all circumstances act in harmony with the laws that govern tho female system. For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex Compound is unsurpassed. LYDIA E. PIN KH ATI'S VEGETABLE COM. POUND!* prepared at £3 and Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price $L Six bottles for $5. Sent by mail in the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on receipt of price, |1 per box for either. Mrs. Pinkham freely answers all letters of Inquiry. Send for pamphlet. Address aa above. Mention this Paper. No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHA1PS LIVER pitta They cure constipation, bHiouanea* •ad torpidity at Ihe liver. ttoentspor box. , Sold by BICHABJD30N & CO., St- Lonii, Mo. FOR SALE By DRUGGISTS. ffOSTETTER^

Invalids who have lost hut are recovering vital stamina, declare In grateful terms their appreciation of the merits as a tonic of Hosteller's Stomach Bitters. Not only does it impart strength to the weak, it corrects an hregular acid state of the stomach, makes the bowels act at proper intervals, gives case to those who suffer from rheumatfo and kidney troubles, and conquers as well as prevents fever and ague. * For sale by all Druggists and Dealers Centrally. BUGGIES T NEVTAGENTSGIODS^r^ IfiCUTC Coin money with Dr. Chase's Mew IUEIV I 9 Receipt Book.. Newly revised and enarsed. By mail, 92. Address Chase Pub g Co., Toledo, O. 4/MuUple/m ja7ur< AGENTS WAITED I Ides In the world; aaam0.\80S, Detroit, Mioh I 1UA Warrants and Soldiers’ Additional Homestead LJIflVIf Floats bought and sold. Highest price paid. N. W. Fltager&ld, Laud Au*y. Box 3S8, Washington, D. U A GENTS WANTED for the Best and FastestA. Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced ■percent. National Publishing Co., St. Louis, Mo, and tf{0tsentC.a D. anywhere. Wholesale and Retail. Prloe-llst/ree. Goods guaranteed. R.C.Strxhl.157 Wabash av,Chlcagq UNK--*8 OPIUM W » » VII n By LESLIE E. KEELEY. M. D., Surgeon C. * A. R. R., Dwight, 111. %W Books free. I PRINCELY OFFER! I gift. We will lend The Literary Guest (a mammoth Ik Minted Family 8to«y Paper) on trial three month* fee nly 16 cts. (or fire So. postage stamps) and to each tubaorf»r, we will fire free one pair of elegant Oil Pictures, slxe hutiadm. Wo make this otfcr simply in order to introdneo ar Papar and Elegant Oil Piemlnma in new localities, well sowing where they are cnoa aoen hundreds more will be want3. Wa shall offhr at above the celebrated companion Pictoroa ■titled, 4*The Rost*** representing a scene in the White fountains, and “The Wo*t,** representing a scene l* fyomlng Territory. They are tha most beautiful and artlatlo ermine Oil Pictures in this country, and In their perfection ant try dcairahla works of art. IOW WE CAN CIVE THEM AWAY. These pictures were made aa premiums to he riven away with ha dhttne, the ducat art journal over published, for M per tar. As every one knows, JU AUina failed ; it was through ■regent that tha whole Immense edition of these chromoe was wared at a bankrupt salt. It la only for this reason that we >u»d offer these pictures as premiums with our paper. Every »• who remembers The Aldtine will know what would ho the flue of any picture which such a celebrated art Journal would !br to ite subscribers ; and we confidently expect, offering teae premiums, which were designed fOra six dollar neper .with HE QUEST (three meatha for 15 cents), to securs at leaafe MX® subscribers within the next two month*. It btrely poyf TUTTS —. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. jo«, of Appetite, Bowels costive, Pain in Be Bead, with a dull sensation in the back fart. Pain under the shoulder blade, full, less after eating, with a disinclination to ixertion of body or mind. Irritability of emper. Low smrits. with a feeling of bar. ng neglected some duty, Weariness, Dia. mesa. Fluttering at the Heart.JJota be. ' ajO w Bt.. «.u. ,, „u _ m — eglected some duty, Weariness, I „„ IS, Fluttering at the Heart, Hots oe> ore the eyes. Yellow Skim Headache :e°erally over the right eye, Restlessness fltn fitful dreams, highly colored Urine A CONSTIPATION. TUTT’S PILLS MMrinlly adapted to each cum, a fie dose effect* sncli a chance et ftal* ae te astonish the sufferer. SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 66 CENTS. vrica, as Wv-y street. Kew Torts.

ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS S. W. Csp. State aasl Hoaree Shu School of Drawing and Painting, This Art School Sa now In fnB may cater as any time. I:In Drawing from the Flat, .. —=■ and , Crayon and Charcoal Drawing. Fifteenehing, Paintlrcln Oil and Water Colon, itomj. Pen DU Drawing, and Etching Perspective, minute Shaft _ Artistic Anatomy, *n Copper, , TalClaa Fee. gAK Far Three Mouths. Special arrangeraent a far nhorter terms. The tuition fee includes any or all ths above branches, and also the use efthe School Library an Art. The teachers are: Hinst F. Seas* i> add J,-Kor Bobiktsok. Professora of Drawing and PeiSung; J. H. VaXBKBrofcL. In- -—— In Drawing: If. H7 CinraXTz*. Instructor In ive: "W. M. K. Fsktch, ~ ‘ •tractor tn Drawing;!,. _--- —- Perspective: W. M. R, Frshch, Director and Uecturaj on Anlitio Anatomy; tins. F, N. Boss, Teacher et China Pain tins. Send lor Circular to W. M. R-- — Secretary Chicago Academy of Fine mm fcMPiNVA RIDGE?\aiC,jre *> ^"lt Wl?'“ *« « diet has been RIDGE'S health and beauty. of children whose chief Are living monument* of PENSIONS! for SOLDIERS, for Fathsrs, Mother*. [Widows, Children, _ .___Ac. Thousands yet entitled. Pensions for any wound or disease. Bounty yet due to thousands. Pensioners entitled to increase pf Pension. New laws and decisions- Time limited. Apply at once. Address, with ttx> stamps for laws, blanks and instructions, E. H. GELSTON A CO., U. B. Claim Attorneys, Box Washington, D. C.

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kcu ui uiQ oiuoiivta uiuhii _ , ■ 4 multitude qf special feature* and improvement* for 1881. together with superior qualitiesJn construe* tion ana material* not dreamed of by other maker*. Four sizes of Separators, from 6 to 18 capacity,/oi* steam or horsepower. Two styles of “ Mounted Horse-Powers. V KAA HAA Feet of Selected I.u I 6 }WV)VVV (from three to six years air-dried) I constantly on hand, from which is built the IBs comparable wood-work of our TRACTION ENGINES Strongest, mast durable, and efficient ever *»<fe 8. XU. 1» Hone lent. JL

PERMANENTLY CURES | kidnst disiasxs, lim COMPLAINTS, CONSTIPATION id PUSS. Dr. R. IL Clark. South Hero, Yt. says. “In eases I of Kidney Troubles it ha* acfckilLke a charm. It I has cured many very bad cases of Piles, and has I never failed to act efficiently.” Nelson Fairchild, of St Albans, VI, says, ft of priceless value, after sirfben years of great f suffering fron^Piles and CoetiYtmeas it completely cured ms'' C. 8. Hogabon, of Berkshire says, “One package has done wonders for me in completely cur- | lag a severe Liver and Kidney Complaint" LIN EITHEU LIQUID OS DRY FORM ITHA3 WONDERFUL POWER. | Because It acta on the LIVER, BOWELS ( and'SIDNEYS at the same time. Because it eleaneee the syotem of the poisonI ous humors that developo In Sidney and Urinary Diseases, Biliousness, Jaundice. Const!- I | patlon. Piles, or in Rhvuaatism, Neuralgia Nervous Disorders and Female Complaints. [ K. S. L. >33 813 . WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS please say you saw the advertisement In this paper. Advertisers like to know when and where their advertisements are paying Wt.

upon the groat nervone and oigaolo oentna, 'rEMa'rKAbILT'cURE#, which in S^kwwi^ whcjn we refer »y ecrmiuioo. ' »nd intefi&eno* “-I.*»*ra* Oint Utawlby tail aew treatment teem cure* which have IOHI«i$T£B£D PI INI