Pike County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 January 1884 — Page 4

;BU*dETer)rFridajr?RG. - - INDIANA. TEE ALL-WOOL 8EIET. Mr father bought an undershirt . .{Jf bright and flaming red— AH wool, I m ready to assert, Fleece-dyed," the merchant said. “ Year size Is thirty-eight, I think; Atforty you should get, >. Binikaji-wooi goods are bhund to shrink A true when they’r *“ Tim*. shirt two weeks my . iwo1 washings, that was anFrom forty down to thirty-four it shrank like leaf at fail. I wore it then a day or two. But when 'twat washed again My wife said " how ‘twill only do For little brother Ben." A fortnight Bon squeeze At last he said it hurt; We put it on our babe—t Was good as any shirt. We ne'er will wash it more while yet We see its flickering light. For if again that shirt is wet ’Twill vanish from our sight. —Eugene McWlLLIAMS’ LUCK.

McWilliams was down on his luck. 1 do not wish it to be inferred from this that McWilliams ever had any luik in particular, or was likely to haye, as fortune’s fickle wheel spun him away into the future. STeither do I wish it to bo thought that he had been a victim of continuous ill-hrak, for such, I feel bound to say, was Vot the case. His had been an incliffe Hwff«-HlT>ngrel sort of luck, scarcely equal to sadden flights of reckless sublimity, nor mean enough t5 sink to a comforting level of actual mental misery. A positive luck of either complexion might have been consistent,' but an indifferent, neglectful luck was disheartening, giving the depressing fueling that" the man was not to be thought of even for a plaything of fate, tor some time it has been a matter of conjecture with me whether or not McWilliams would have succeeded better in early life had he recogn'zed the indifference of his luck, and so set fate at defiance. Fate is bound to respect the man that strikes for himself, and if the battle be well fought she will bestow upon, him the sweetest smiles of her daughter fortune. McWilliams, unfortunately, never recognized this. He had lived with the half-defined notion that fortune some day would turn in his favor, and that he would achieve enduring success without much effort of his own. He followed this belief with a singleness of purpose which, had it been applied In, a more practical direction, would have brought his expectations to realization. A blind faith in fortune, or lnek, even when fortune is kind, is more injurious than most people imagine. Like a young woman with a too-constant lover, fortune grows tired of her idolatrous follower and plays him scurvy tricks withouklimit. Luck had played Villainous pranks with McWilliams time out of mind, and McWilliams had taken them so uncomplainingly and so good-naturedly that to all fair-minded persons it seemed a distressing case. If McWilliams had known what pranks were be~ing p i-formed upon the br.dge of his own uose, he would have thrown the fickle flirt over his shoulder without hesitation; but he didn.’t know, ancl he kept straight along, witS annoying per- " sistenee. making luck into a' sort; of second-hand religion. There was no missionary to convert him, and he swarmed along through early life half-enveloped m a cloud of doubts and barbaric beliefs. And he was exasperatingly good-natured and courteous; almost any one might impose upon him. This was illustrated at the battle of the Wilderness, wbenAIeWilliiams, after fighting witWunexampied bravery at the head of an assaulting party, rushed gallantly to haul down 1 tbs stiffs and barSthatTToatedaBbve the redoubt. He kept the enemy at bay with his sword, while with Sis disengaged hand he tried to haul down the • Sag. He had nearly succeed, when soAe one called to him: “Let the Ctjonel cut down the flag!” With the instinctive courtesy of his nature McWilliams stepped aside to see his superior officer’s gleaming sword sever the eord that held the flag. Of' coursa the Colonel got credit for the deed,

" iuv m uuauis, «UU ItiKI won wm ground by hard fighting, vras unnoticed. As I have said, almost anybody could impose upon McWilliams.. • In saying that McWilliams was down on his luck, I wish to suggest that at the _ time at which we make his acquaintance he was in the proud condition of having been noticed (in an adverse way) by fortune. It seemed as - though ill-luck, having tomahawked him, for bis own good, had scalped him as a cure against further conceit. It was high time, evidently, that the trodden worm should dum sea-serpent and swallow its tormentor. Even a worm that has spirit ,enough to turn gains the fear of some and the respect of everybody. Fate would nguph rather notice a spirited worm thaH a cowardly lion. The favored spot at which McWilliams was down on his luck was Pithole, All Americans, and a great many foreigners, that were alive in the summer of 1865, will remember Pithole. It was at that time, and for a year afterward, the ^‘eighth wonder of the world,” an excitable, erratic city, built in a day, worshiping the green flood of petro- . leum that flowed up from holes in the , earth, and baptized in Baud a fathom . deep. There has been nothing like it in all the romantic history of the oil country since. Oil was discovered on the Holmden farm early in the year, and, before summer closed, the wooded hills upheld an eager citv, third in postal importance in the great State of Pennsylvania. It rose irt a night, and like its heavenly prototv]ae, the comet, blazed forth for a brief season, and then went out. Perhaps there was a touch of destiny in the name. It was just after the war, when good names were scarce, and the new town was allowed to name itself. A natural pit, or hole, in the rocks on the summit of a neighboring mountain, furnished material for a title, and the town, with roystering indifference, adopted the suggestion. ' 4 The day on which McWilliams admitted to his inner consciousness that he was-down on his luck was January 519, 1866. It was something of if comfort to him, even in that condition, to Jtpow-Jhat fortune had deigned to notice him. He had drifted 1ji on that stream of men fresh from the trenches ' of the hostile South, and, in common with his neighbors, had invested, his savings in what was then mere speculation. He had leased a small tract of land on the f.illside above the town, and started to drill for oil. This was in the early sum- - jner, or.spring, of 1865. Developments In the immediate neighborhood wore so -.Uniformly successful that McWilliamst was looked upon as a lucky fellow and future oil prince. From the awakening of this sentiment I dabs the beginning of McWilliams’ run ol ilhluck, for at this time be was shamefully imposed upon by a young woman hi Oil City. The young woman was good enough in her way, but her way, unfortunately^, was a little oqt of the orthodox line. Personally, and so far as any one knew, she stood without reproach, but her ideas of life, I grieve to say, were somewhat warped. She was anxious (but, for the sake of euphemism, let ns say ambitions) to get a husband. I am inclined to the bolief that she did not, expect to love her husband when she got him. for she had had time enough on her hands to love two <ir three husbands. It w ^matter for her to >u!d have been an got married bad

ss-people’s bills, ipraiseworthy desire to shine as the wife of an” oil prince caused her to throw a drag net over the unsuspecting head of McWilliams. This net took the shape of a plausible argument to the effect that McWililiam’s casual meetings with the young woman were compromising in their tendency, and that unless McWilliams was enough in earnest to'clear her name of reproach, he should leave the country until the society of Oil City forgot him. This was', arrant humbug, as evert liberal-minded woman in the oil country will attest; but, as I have said. McWilliams was easily imposed upon. Like a thorough-going oil man he refused to "let anything stand bo tween him and the oil* well of his dreams, and in a straightforward, honest sort of way, lie married the young woman out of hand. Mrs. MeWiUiains ought to have been happy; but if the 'unsolicited testimony of dis interested witnesses i may be allowed as evidence, it would seen that she was in a state of constant d'ssatisfaction and misery. With a wanness truly Scotch in its origin and tendency, MeWiliiams refused :to launch into extravagance in living until the capacity of the Pithole lease shou d be known. This vexed Mrs. McWilliams beyond endurance; and it came to pass early in the winter, when the lease failed to produce anything bat the driest kind of dry wells, that the indignant wife, declaring that McWilliams had failed in his duty toward bur, left the oil country to try her fortunes elsewhere. After paying his wife’s tiests, McWilliams— now penniless and friendless—seated himself on a stump on the hillside above Pilhole and admitted to himself, with a dull feeling of satisfaction, that he was down on his luck. McWilliams’ luck had deserted him at last! The hopeful man had waited a long time for fortune's wheel to stop in front of him; and now that it had stopped a flying? spoke had knocked him down. Most; strong and healthy pursues will resent a blow, even from fate. With a Scotch slowness to wrath —after picking himself up and seating himself on the st smpi above the town— McWilliams observed; that his luck had treated him cruelly. Sitting there, watching the busy vrells aroiind him, the puffs of steam that floated away like suo-wy banners from panting engines; hearing tliie rattle of* machinery aud the clang of busy hammers, anil noting with snlleh brow the prosperity of hundreds of (hen beside him, McWilliams gave «eig« to his swelling temper and with sturdy arm aimed blows at fate. The process of it was altogether unrecognized by McWilliams. This revolt at fate was in another form, but a renuuciation of a- religion, and the ultimate issue was neither argued with nor questioned. The? subtle sophistry of

im Known argument witnin him aid not find its way.to hil lips. So far as can be learned his utterances were emphatic and commonplkee. “Well,"’ said be, “I guess I'm pretty low down now; luck’s all gone to; thunder, and no mistake. Luek? To the deuce with luck! Who said anything a,bout luck? There’s no such thing, Maid work makes it— hard, steady, posnding work.” The debate within him sent out no bulletins to the ptibMe for several minutes. At length,1 when the sun suffused his thoughtful eyes with golden radiance from the western hill-tops, McWilliams roused; himself angrily, and; with a little “To the dickens with luck!” strode down to the town. Fate must have, paused in surprise to see its grandchild. Luck, so grievously flaunted by a hitherto harmless slave. She must have respected him then, for McWilliams was beyond her power. He had taken his destiny into h,s own hands. The morning of the twenty-ninth day of January, 1856. saw McWilliams at work with a shovel on the edge of his, lease. He was d’aging a water-well. ’ “Most likelv find Quicksand or a coal; l>ed here,” he muttered grimly. “Drilled for oil and found salt-water oh the upper edge. “Things seem to gif1 by contraries with hae.” Luck having! no connection with this well, neither quicksand nor coals were found, bnf water, pure, fresh jspring-water, in volj ume sufficient to supply half the town Later in the day McWilliams put inti the well a box-pump of his»own manufacture, and with the help of a dozen barrels and a few lengths of two-inch iron pipe established tne McWilliams Water Works. McWilliams was pretty low down on his luck at this time: for he, was Ids*, than a hewer of wood — he was a drawer of water. In Pithole in 1865--C6 thi drawing of water was much more profitable than it had been in aneien Palestine. In dry . months wat r re - tailed at ten cents per drink and one dollar per bucket; but in the closing daysof January sixty cents per barrel was the ruling price. Even in the dr? months there was little danger of ’t\ water famine, for, .as the priee of drink/ ng-water increased, the demand fcl off to such an extent that O'Reilly, % saloon-keeper who had come to Pithol;} with a keg of liquor on his back and thirteen era iked glasses in his pockets , was enable to buy a diamond pin as big as a walnut and to run as the popular candidate for Mayor At the time when McWilliams’ broad back be<*ai to heave up and down with the piotloi of the pump-handle, water was cheap enough to drink, aad yet not too expensive for an occasional cleansing of soiled linen; so that at the end of the first day’s pumping McWilliams considered himself justified in looking forward to the time when he might put in a boiler and engine and a steam-pump. At the close of the second day MiWilliams was so w:ell satisfied with his defiance of fate, fortune and luck that he determinei’ldo quit his boardingplace, and, for tbie sake of economy, take up his residence in an abandoned engine-house on his lease. The enginehouse was all that remained of his attempt to strike oil; the derrick, boiler, engine and other machinery having been sold to pay his qtiondam wifi’s

With his hands engaged in purely mechanical labor, the busy mind breaks away from the menial office pf the body and soars into a vtorld of its own. Tie unthinking hand plods on, the quiet ejre performs its part: but th* mind, roa nmg at its will, builds castles, towns a id cities, paints pictures in bright array at close of day, until ambition, filled with light and hope, returns to cheer a nd soothe the wearied senses that in honest labor wore the lours away. Suddei ily awakened from its lethargy, McWlllams’ stmmr minrl von nn KnfnM « " ** VJU J10 V , XUUM illisms’ strong mind ran on before, a nd with a master hand built water-wor ts, laid lines of pipe, and poured into he owner’s pockets a stream of gold. T he practical outcome of this hopeful tr lin ol thought became apparent on the f rst day of February, when McWilliams, after working-hours, began to liw foundations for the new boiler md pump. Those three (scape) graces, old gra idmother Fate, her worldly-wisedaugh er. Fortune, and her impnlsiye gru iddaughter, Luck, watched McWfllii.ms with curious attention that day. Here was a former slnye, in defiance of tl leir teachings, well started on the roai i to prosperity; hers was a case that demanded attention. If McWilliams by sheer force of will and energy, c< nld get along without them, they su-ely could not get along without him. '1 hey must get him hack in some way, n.nd with this resolve they retired to Vork out their plot. The fourth long be for crude pet W which of February, 1866, will men that Trill day was the last arro* at

Bt paup and greasy ---- e trnrge of an indigent negro, MeV iiuos set off for Oil City to buy machinery for his new enterprise. Secondland engines and pomps were not plentiful, but "rfter a tiresome walk up Oil .Greek McWilliams succeeded in ’[Hirc basing what he wanted. It was late in the afternoon when, on Ills return, he came in sight of the hills of Pithole. A towering cloud of smoke liung over, the city. Holmden street was in flames. The Tremont House, i the Syracuse House, the United Slates Hotel, the Buffalo House and the Chautauqua livery stables were great blocks oil fire. McWilliams hastened forward. His 5rst thoughts were/for his pumps and water-barrels. Of course, in liheir eagerness to subdue the fire the citizens would seme upon his pump and me all die water without a thought of remuneration. In hasty or-careless pumping they would destroy the well or pump it dry. Panting and breathless, McWilliams looked eagerly at the burning buildings. Only a dozen or so of frantic men seemed to -be near them, and po water was being thrown on the flames. The well must have gone dry! McWilliams sat down upon a stump and groaned. Fighting against fate was a hard job, after all. After a few ^moments he rose and resolutely pushed on toward his lease. He would know the worst. The Scotch grit in him tame to the surface, and he determined, jwith set teeth and clenched hands, that neither fate, lnck nor the devil could swerve him a hair’s breadth in his purpose. He would succeed; hell itself bad ‘no power that would make him pause. But what was this, as he climlied a islight rise of ground?. Three thousand men were crowded upon his tease. Something unusual haa occurred. It could not “have been that the well had merely gone dry; no one .cared about that. It could not have i'been that the negro had fallen into a quicksand and disappeared; no one reared, about a • white man's life, much less a negro’s. What was it—what was fate's revenge? The crowd pressed like madmen about ‘the pump. Greasy drillers, with strong, rude motions, elbowed aside less stalwart me a and trod on the toes of finelv*fdressed speculators from the East. Small men went down like straws in the crush, and were carried out half strangled. Employer fought with workman I for places at the pump, i ‘-What newmisfortune,*this?”cried McWilliams, as a man dashed past him. “ They pumped vour well dry and—”

I he runner was gone before the sentence || could be finished. 4 • The well had gone dry! This was i enough to start with. What next? Mcj Williams forced his way 'nto the crowd with fierce energy. Men reeoo^nized him and gave him room. The pump-handle was flying up and down like a runaway walking-sbeam. Then McWilliams, crowding forward, ! suddenly stopped. Something there— there where his’eyes were chained—sent the blood back upon his heart., and left his cheeks and lips like ashes. It was oil! McWilliams’ luck had run on to Its uttermost limit; it had done its worst, and here was the result. McWilliams had pumped for water and found oil! •The first of the wonderful surface wells of Pithole had been struck. Did 31cWilliains care? No; for in that trying moment, when the sun threw’ the radiance of that sparkling stream of oil into his staring eyes, the Scotch perverseness held its own. He had (tone with fate and luck forever. “ ‘Fore God. Massa,” shouted the negro, as he caught sight of McWilliams in the crowd, “Ise po’ful j^lad to see you. I pump dis yer thing for de fire, an’ de mo’ dey frews on de mo’ de fire burns.” The negro was right. It will be remembered that the discovery of the fa-, mous surface wells was due to the fire on Holmden street. In speechless amazement the firemen saw streams of* water turn to fire and go blazing heavenward. When it became known that the water well on the hillside was belching forth a torrent of oil, the fire lost all attraction except to the hotel proprietors and persons financially interested. 'For a full description of” the scene I cheerfully refer the leader to the flowing English of the Pithole Hec~ ord of February o, 1866. McWilliams received this gift of fortune with sullen thankfulness; much in the same spirit as that in which an angry, willful child accepts a favor that it has fought for. He took what was given, but there was no concession in word or thought. It was a part of his resolution to take things as they come —he had already learned to psfrt with them as they go: which was much the harder. I need not detail the events following the discovery of the Pithole surface wells. Having served their purpose these wells fell away to nothing. They were but the heralds of that greater fall, in which Pithole itself went down in'.o material oblivion. Flower and fern bloom and wave over its ruins now. McWilliams sold his lease! When prices sat on the very snmmit of their wild glory, and following the line of development into other fields bought cautiously and wisely. He gained the reputation of being a careful operator —a man who, having nothing to chance, pounded away, until success, through sheer weariness, gave up her store of wealth. Foriune tried to play with him once or twice, but gave up in despair. Nothing could withs land the careful attention to detail with which he hammered away at his owja chosen ideas. Mrs. McWilliams returned with the intention of setting up a brilliant establishment. She went away again with a check for five thousand dollars in her pocket In exchange she hail given a written promise never to return. -As I have suggested elsewhere, it whs an easy thing to impose upon McWilliams. A month afterward she was lost in a storm, while on her way to Europe.

Last winter, while standing us an idle visitor in the correspondents* gallery in the House of Representatives at Washington. 1 heard a strong, stead}’, familiar voice deliver a speech on the tariff question. The honorable member went at his subject hammer and tongs, and by his dogged earnestness claimed the close attention of the whole House. Something in his gesture, in a forgetful moment, spun me back to the oil regions. It waff McWilliams! As he finished his speech he saw me and hastened up stairs to meet me. His grip was stronger and even more persistent than his speech. “How’s your luck, McWilliams?” J asked, when the first explosio n of goodwill on both sides were over. , He laughed, v “ Oh, haag/the luck,” said he, “ 1 never think of it. All the luck there is in life is that which you can pound out with your fist. It’s hard work and plenty of it But come down to Willard’s; my wife will be delighted to see you ” “Your wife?” “ Yes; not the first one—she’s in the bottom of the sea, poor thing—but Miss Child; she sept the school ut Oil Citv. you know?” “ What, that little girl from New England!1’’ “ The ame." “You must have had luck with von there, McWilliams.” ’ “ No: not exactly. She said it wasn’t luck; but that I kept at it so persistently, so perseveringly, sbefotd to marry me. But come—come along:” And I went.—William W, Pward, in The Continent.

The gradual consumption of timber and the neglect of replanting have permitted a large extent of cleared land to grow up with useless shrubbery. The worthlessness of this natural growth has tended to create an idea among fanners that the cultnre of timber is devoid of profit and a waste o:f labor and time. But so it would be a waste and loss if a farmer were to leave his cultivated lands to grow np to a spontaneous herbage, instead of seeding it down to clover, grasses or iodder crops. The culture of timber may now be made exceedingly profitable, if it is carried on with the good judgment and skill which a farmer exeircises in regard to the selection and growth of his ordinary crops. Few realise the very great variety of timber for which there is a present and a grea tly increasing demand, or the rapidity with which wellmade and skillfully-managed plantations become ready for profitable sale. There is variety enough to include "every known kind of tree in the list of profitable culture. Hoop-poles of cherry, ash, oak, hickory and birch become salable at three to six years of age. Stakes of cedar, larch, chestnut and oak are in demand for vineyards in from five to eight years after planting out from the nursery. Poles of cedar and tamarac (larch) are brought in cargoes to the hop yards from the forests of Canada and Northern Michigan that are not older than six or seven years’ growth. At eight years chestnut timber is large enough to cut for fence -posts and rails. At twenty-five years pine and spruce are large enough for saw-logs. Then there is an enormous demand in certain regions for the rapidly growing poplar, which thrives upon rocky and monntain lands, (the common aspen is referred to and not that still more valuable tree of the South known as the white poplar, or tulip tree), and whieH forms the basis for the now common paper pulp, a manufacture which must greatvl increase year by year. There are the beech and the birch, rapidly growing timber,of which shoe-pegs and cotton-spools are made; the maples, butternut, willows and othej common varieties which come into rise at a very early age. All these, hy good cultnre, will yield actually more profit to the acre than as many corn crops as there are years to their growth. One single instance may be given to show how profitable timber culture may be made. It was in Scotland, upon a mountainous estate almost useless for other cultivation, and which, “being planted in timber by the trustees of an infant heir, produced at his majority tho clear profit of $2,000,000. Something like this, but on a smaller scale, is now being done in the West by owners of lands under contract with prominent nurserymen, and with a certainty of greater profit than could be made by any other use of the soil. —iY. Y. Times.

The Farmer’s Most Active Enemy. This destroyer of the farmer’s hardearned savings is on every farm, in every house, and never leaves us day or . night, summer or winter. It damages at midnight and destroys at noonday. The marks of its teeth "may be seen on the pasture fence, it is wasting the barn sills and peeing away at your sulky plow. Even iron and steel are not exempt from its ravages. t The plow comes in, frijim the tiejd bright with use; next week it needs several hours of work and worry to make it scour. You lend your new bright hand-saw to a neighbor, who kindly leaves it lying on the grass a night or "two, and its condition when returned mars its usefulness and lessens your faith in human nature. A care!ess*farmer leaves his new mower in the field or the fence-corner until next summer, by which time this’ foil destroyer has damaged it one-third of its Value. The sections are: black with rust, the journals are all gummed, and the wood-work is penetrated and weakened in every part. Those who have read thus far, will have recognized this enemy as rust, rot or decay, the most active promoter of which is oxygen. The invisible gas forms one-fifth of the entire bulk of the air, and eight-ninths of the weight of all the water on the globe:. While of the greatest value in tho economy of life, it is also a destructive agent of the most untiring kind. Yet its ravages are easily checked in many instances. A thin covering of some oil will perfectly protect steel and iron from its action. A coat of paint good enough to keep water from soaking into wood, will protect- it from decay almost indefinitely. In the far West, where building is somewhat more expensive than in the East farmers are disposed to leave their farm-tools out of doors the year round. Such men are making a great mistake. If they are. not able to afford shelter for their tools, they can buy a gallon of paint, which, if carefully applied to the wood-work, will go a long way towards protecting it from decay. It is certain that if the farmers of any State would expend $1,000 for paint next year for this purpose, they would save $10,900 now likely to be utterly lost. If any one thinks this overstated, let h im look around among his neighbors, arid see the hundreds and hundreds of dollars1 worth of machinery that is going to nun from decay, which a little paint would prevent. Here at least in the protection of farm implements a penuy saved is ss good as a penny earned.—American Agriculturist. ' Points About Sealskins.

tine, close pile and soft, pliable pelts are the first considerations in choosing a first-rate sealskin, and, as several are required to make a mantle or cloak, or jacket of any considerable size, it is important that there should be uniformity of quality, hue and luster. Latterly the very dark colors have been most fashionable; but at the present time there appeals to be a tendency toward the red or Vandyke brown. Only the best skins, however, will take the rich, dark color. Many skins are poor, and the fur is thin, in consequence of the animals haling been killed in the summer season. This defect is easily seen by imitating the method of the trapper—holding the skin upside down and blowing gently, in order to see whether the fur is close and fine—apian which applies to most other furs beside seal. The wearing qualities of all furs depend largely on the care which is taken of them, and wearing them a few days in warm weather injures them more than months’ use in cold weather. If a sealskin becomes wet from being caught in snow or rain, shake the water off and wipe with a soft, dry and perfectly clean cloth the way of the fur, which shonld run upward. Then hang the garment up to dry in a cool place, and, when dry, brush carefully, and no harm will result. If the fur shonld mat from neglect when Wet, take it to a furrier, who will probably find no difficulty in restoring it to its original beauty and gloss.—Boston Herald. —Celery that is not so crisp as it should be may be eaten prepared like this: After wishing the celery and removirfg the grsen leaves, cut in pieces about as you do asparagus, then put into boiling water that is salted; when it is tender, drain it, lay it on slices of buttered toas t, which yon have just dipped in the ws.ter in which you cooked the celery; adl butter, pepper andsalt to your taste; serve hot.—Boston'^st. —Last year; in the United States, there were on an average two murders aud and suicide a day, and two biings Shd ope lynching a week, Sun.

USEFUL ASD scugeshye. —Rye will grow at a low temperature, and continue to grow later and start earlier than most other grains.,—Gincinniti Times. —In frying meat, fish or fowl, never set it back on the stove to cool in the fat. Always take np while it is boiling hot. —Boston Globe. J- " « —The farmers of Bibb County, Ala., have determined to organize clubs, thus encouraging the State Agricultural Department. ,, —Delicate Cake: Whites of twelve eggs,three-quarters of a pound of butter, one pound of flour, one pound of sugar. Flavor with bitter almond—just enou^i to detect it. Mix like fruit cake batter and put in quicker oven.—?%s Household. j —Experience has shown that the greater part of the laage farm is unprofitable, and that it would be policy for the owner to coniine his labors and brains to fewer acres, even if some of the farm should be east aside, or, better still, put into permanent pasture on which to allow stock to range.—Ghieaqo Times. —Puddin® made Of cracked wheat is very agreeable and nourishing: To one quart of sweet milk allow nearly half a cupful of cracked wheat; put it in a pudding-dish and bake slowly for two hours, stirring it "sever al times. If you choose to do so you can and raisins and alittle cinnamon for flavoring, bnt most people prefer it well salted, and to eat it with a little cream and sugar. This is nice both warm and cold.—Chicagc

«journal. —French farmers are giving increased attention to sheep husbandry, with a tendency for the production of meat rather than wool. The competition is at present between crosses of the Southdowns and Shropshires. The shepherds receive a percentage on the sale of the sheep, the wool, tne lambs and the milk, but against these is set the loss of the animals according to a scale. The dogs have their canine and ineisor teeth extracted. —Mowing an acre to get five hundred pounds of hay when the same land , might-produce at least three tons; raising eighty bushels oi potatoes when no more labor is required to raise three hundred, except to pick them up; raising three-year-old steers when two-year-olds can be made to weigh eighteen hundred pounds with only half the feed that the three-year-old requires, are among the things the world now justly, declares are old fogyisms.—Troy Times. Book-Keeping on the Farm. The successful farmer manages his business by business principles. He keeps strict accounts of all transactions, and always knows that h:s Income exceeds his outlay. The farmer can no more achieve a money success on the -farm without an accurate record oi business transactions than can the shopkeeper. The nu n who keeps strict accounts knows just what he is worth, and the amount he can affbrd-to spend from month to n onth, without interfering with his bus ness. He appreciates the labor a dulla r represents, and vylll be cautions that each dollar is speitfor returns worth that ‘amount to him. The cost of the necessary books foi keeping accounts is small and an hour spent, say two e venings in each week, will be sufficient on most farms fot making tife reords. All purchases and. sale's, with the dates and prices, whether paid for or bought or sold on credit should ;e noted. A record too of the work-lone and the weather for each month will be found of value. All special business transactions ought Iso to he caret lly noted. Many farmer- are deterred from bookkeeping because they are not furnished with the scien -e. For this class are provided and fi r sale by leading stationers. form a count boobs with printed headings tor the various departments of the farm b siness that render the keeping of ac oittts «n city matter. For the ordinal:j farmer there need b* but one book and that in the form of a merchant's easli-book. This book may be kept by plat ng on the left-hand page all debits, and m the opposite one all credits. From these two pages a balance can be obtained any time the farmer desires to know how the accounts stand.

a uiuseuiiy Tin many oegmners m book-keeping is to determine just what to charge, an t for what to give credit. Mr. Waring, oa this subject, gives the following rule: “When you let your neighbor or he with whom you 'deal havj anything from you, it is a charge against him, and you must charge him with it on the debit side ofthe account, but when you receive anything from him it is a credit, and you must credit him with it on the credit side of the account-” If you sell your neighbor a load of hay which he does not pay for when delivered, he becomes your 'debtor for the value of ‘the hay. You buy a cow without paying cash of another neighbor, that neigh borbecomes your creditor for the price of tie cow. Accounts can be kept with crops, :ields or animals in the same manner. A crop is debtor to the uge of the land and expense of preparing it, the value of the seed and cost of planting or sowing, to the expenses of cultivation, harvesting and marketing, and credited by the amount of money received for what is sold and the value of the portion used at home. A cow is debtor ito her tirst cost, interest on money invested, and the expenses of keeping; and credited by the value of her calves and milk. A good plan is taopen the book with an account of the farm. On the leftft&nd page enter the present cash valuation of the farm, the cash value of farm implements theron and ail new tools ana machinery bought and repairs made daring the year. On the righthand page enter the amount received! for implements sold, etc." Next open accounts with each field, also with the sheep, dairy cattle, etc. Each of these accounts will show its gains 6r losses from which to decide future management. At the end of the year place on the right-hand side of the farm account a fair valuation of the farm and farm implements, balance up the field and cattle accounts and carry the balances to the farm account. You will then know whether you are richer or poorer than at the beginning of the year, also just where the losses were sustained or profits made. Ip fl word, the account with the farm will show to the utmost farthing how much money has been lost or gained, and the following accounts with various fields or departments, which of them has been most profitable and whic-h the least. If care be taken to have the accountbook and pen and ink in. a convenient place for use the farmer will find it but little trouble to keep it posted. Where diversified farming is practiced on an extended scale a day-book and ledger will be found more convenient than th8 ordinary cash-book. The simple principles of book-keep-ing are now taught in many of the schools arid should be in all. Let the boys and girls avail themselves of the opportunity to learn these; then intrust one of them with the responsibility of the book-keeping, if for any reason writing is a tedious occupation to the older folks. By one means or another try the plan qt least of keeping a short account of expenditures and income one year. January 1st is a good time to begin, and the resultant benefits will prove such, no doubt, as to instire another year a careful account with all individuals with whom a credit business is done, with the crops, the fields and the stock, and im accurate record of all the money received and paid.—N. T. World,

■ Oat in Aiuan. Hon. A. W. Sheldon, Associate Justice, | Supreme Bench of Arizona Territory, writes »s follows: “It affords me great pleasure to say, from tqr personal observation, and yon know the scope of such has been very extended, that St. Jacobs Oil is the great and wonderful conqueror of pain, the sovereign cure for all bodily aches and pains, and I cheerfully bear this testimony.” A man who had seven buckshot taken from his head remarked that quite a load was taken off his mind. A woman’s heart, like the moon, is always changing, but there is always a man Izit An eminent physician first prescribed Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Tbs rabbit is now the fashionable pet. Its long ears are very appropriate to go with those of the people whp keep such things about the house.—Lowell Citizen. Gen. John A. Logan has used Durand's Rheumatic Remedy for rheumatism with splendid results. It. is taken internally and cares at once the worst case. Ask your druggist for it or send for free pamphlet to R. K. Helphenstine,Washington, D. C. lr afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaao Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c. ▲ DANGEROUS AMBUSCADE.

Discovered Barely In Time—The Moat Deceptive and Luring of Modern Evils Graphically Described* {Something of a sensation was caused in this city yesterday by a rumor that one of our best known citizens was about to publish a statement concerning some unusual experiences during his residence in Syracuse. How the rumor originated it is impossible to say, but a reporter immediately sought Dr. S. G. Martin, the gentleman in question, and secured the following interview: u What abont this rumor, Doctor, that you are going to make a public statement of seme important matters?” _ “ Just about the same as you will find in all rumors—some truth; some fiction. I had contemplated making a publication of some remarkable episodes that have occurred in my life, but have not completed it as yet.” “ What is the nature of it, may I inquire?” “ Why, the fact that I am a human being instead of a spirit. I have passed through one of the most wondenul ordeals that perhaps ever occurred to any man. The first intimation I had of it was several years ago, when I began to feel chilly at night and restless after retiring. Occasionally this would be varied by a soreness of the mnscles and cramps in my arms and legs. 1 thought, as most people would think, that it was only a cold aud so paid as little attention to it as possible. Shortly after this 1 noticed a peculiar catarrhal trouble and my throat also became inflamed. As if this were npt variety enough I felt sharp pains in my chest, and a constant tendency to headache.” t “ Why didn’t you take the matter in hand and check it right where it was?” “ Why doesn’t everybody do so? SimSly because they think it is only some triing and passing disorder. These troubles did not come all at once and I thought it unmanly to heed them. I have fonnd, though, that every physical neglect must be paid for and with large interest. Men can not draw drafts on their constitution without honoring them sometimes. These minor symptoms I have described, grew until they were giants of agony. I became more nervous; had a strange'fluttering of the heart, an inability to draw a long breath and an occasional numbness that was terribly suggestive of paralysis. How 1 could have been so blind as not to understand what this meant 1 cam not imagine.” “ And did you do nothing?” “ Yes, I traveled. In the spring of 1879 I went to Kansas and Colorado, and while in Denver, I was attacked with a mysterious hemorrhage of the urinary organs and lost twenty pounds of fjesh in threejireeks. Oae day after my return I was take® with a terrible chill and at once advanced to a

very severe nnacK oi pneumonia. my ieic lane soon entirely Ailed wita ^ater and my legs and body became twice their natural size. I was obi god to sit upright in bed for several weeks in the midst of the severest agony, with my arms over my head, and in constant fear of suffocation.” “ And did you still make no attempt to save yourself?” "Yes, I made frantic effort s. ~ftrwel qy. ery thing that seemed to offer the lesiv atn-ospoet of relief. I -caned a. council of dot tors and had them make an exhaustive chemical and microscopical examination of my condition. Five of the best physicians of Syracuse and several from another city said I most die! It seemed as though their assertion was true for my feet became cold, my mouth parched, my eyes wore a fixed glassy stare," my body was covered with a cold, clammy death sweat, and I read my fata in the anxious expressions of my family and friends.” “But the finale?” “Came at last. My wife, aroused to desperation, began to administer a remedy upon her own responsibility and while X grew better very slowly, I gained ground surely until, in brief, I have no trace of the terrible Brights di-ease from wh:ch I was dying, and am a perfeotly well man. This may sound like a romance, but it is true, and my life, health and what 1 am are due to Warner’s Safe Cure, which I wish was known to and used by the thousands who, I believe, are suffering this minute as I was originally. Does not such an experience as this justify me in making a public statement?” “ It certainly does. But then Bright’s disease is not a common complaint, doctor.” “Net common! On the contrary it is one of the most cemmon. The trouble is, few people know they have it. (t has so few marked symptoms until its final stages that a person may have it for years, each year getting mere and more in its power aad not suspect it. It is quite natural I should feel enthusiastic over this remedy while mv wife is even more so than I am.

She knews of its being used with surprising results >y many Indies for their own peculiar ailments, ever which it has singular power.” "The statement drawn out bv the above interview is amply confirmed by verymany of our most prominent citizens, among them being Judge Reigel. and Coloriel James S. Goodrich, of the Times, while General Dwight H. Bruce and Rev. Prof. W. P. Coddiugton, D. D., give the remedy their heartiest endorsement. In this age of wonders, surprising things are quite common but au experience so unusual as that of Dr. Martin’s and occurring here in our midst, may well cause comment and teach a les*on. it shows 'the necessity of guarding the slightest approach of physical disorder and by the means .which has been proven the most reliable and efficient. It shows the depth to which one can sink and yet be rescued and it proves that few people need suffer if these truths are observed. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK, January 21.1884. CATTLE—Exports....*7 23 @*7 55 COTTON—Middling... . © 10* PtOTTH_II ... I' “ ~ “ " — e no _ 1 07* 96, © 98 61 © 62-Si 59*® 43 ... @14 50 6 30 @ 10* 6 60 5 75 5 25 6 10 5 50 4 50 102* 96 18 334 M)4 7 00 _ 900 © 12 SO 27 FLOUR-Good to Choice. 3 80 © WHEAT—No. 2 Red... . 103 No. 3 Red. CORN—No. 2. OATS—Western Mixed....... PORK—New Mess. ST. LOTOS. COTTON—Middling... BEEVES—Exports. *. Fair to Good_... 5 50 @ Grass Texans. 3 50 @ HOGS—Common to Select.... 5 50 @ SHEEP-Fair to Choice. i 00 ® FLOUR—XXX to Choibe. 3 35 © WHEAT-No. £ Winter. I OS*® No. 3 “ ® CORN-No. 2 Mixed?. 16*© OATS—No. 2.,. 8314® BYE-No. 2. ® TQBACCO-^LugS.....;.. 6 00 Medium Leaf...— 8 00 HAY—Choice Timothy. 11 00 BUTTER—Choice Dairy....— 24 its BROOM-CORN-Prime. 4*@ EGGS—Choice. 23 © 23 PORK—New Mess.. 14 Mi @ 15 00 BACON-Clear Rib. ® 8* LARD—Prime Steam. @ 8* WOOL—Tub-washed, medium. H*@ 32 Unwashed..:. @ 23 CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports. 6 00 © 6 60 HOGS—Good to choice. 5 50 a 6 So SHEEP—Good to choice. 4 25 © 4 90 FLOUR—Winter.. 5 25 ® 7 50 Spring.... 4 76 © 6 00 .- WHEAT-No. 2 Spring. 89 @ 90* No.Sited.. 84 © 96* CORN-No. 2. 52 ® 52* OATS—No. 2.. @ 32* RYE...,.@ 57 PORK—New Mess..t. 14 60 @ 14 7B KANSAS CITY. CATTLE-NativeSteers ... „ 4 80 @ 5 40 Native Cows. 3 25 @ 4 60 HOGS—Sales at. 6 15 @ 6 00 WHEAT-No. 2. ©. 80* CORN—No: 2 mixed. © 39* OATS-No. 2. © 28* NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades. 4 87*© 6® COBN-White. © 62 OATS—Western. © 49 HAY-Choice.. 10 00 © 17 00 PORK—MCss. @ 15 62* BACON-Clear Rib. 8*® 8* COTTON—Middling.... .... ®

“A Gopssfra fe Ely’s Cream BaimJ* write* Mrs. M. A Jackaon, o' Portsmouth. IT. H., on May SSL 1382. ** 1 had Catarrh for three year?! bad tried nearly all remedies but to no purpose. Two or three times a week my nose would bleed quite freely and I thought the sere* in it would never heal. Tour Balm has cured me.” This preparation is not a liquid or a snuff, and u easily applied. Price SO cents. No smoking allowed in this room, said a waging jjDttssenger to the stove.—P&iladdI have been entirely cured of a terrible ease of Blood Poisoning by the use of Swift's Specific ts. S. 8.) after trying everything known to the medical people without relief. Jjto. S. Taggart, Salamanca, N. T. A BEPOMKR'describing a wedding said “ it was all over in a very few minutes.” Gracious! Sounds like a banging. —Propress. ISyPrelty as a Picture, Twenty-four beautiful colors of the Diamond Dyes, for Silk, Wool, Cotton, &e., 10c. each. A child can use with perfect success. Get at once at your druggists. Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Tt. Solid Comfort. Every one likes to take solid comfort and it may be enjoyed by every one who keeps Kidney-Wort in the house and takes a few doses at the firs1- symptoms of an attack of Malaria, Rheumatism, Biliousness, Jaundice or any affectioa of the Liver, Kidneys or Bowels. It is a purely vegetable compound of roots, leaves and berries known to have special value in kidney, troubles. Added to these are remedies acting directly on Jhe Liver and Bowels, It removes the cause of disease and fortifies the system against new attacks. The President’s cabinet is a valuable piece of furniture. So is the weather bureau. *’ -to ■ The Record of the' Fairs. The superiority of Wells, Richardson & Co.’s Improved Butter Color over all others made, is again demonstrated by its record at the Autumnal Fairs. The test of practical use is what tells the story", and the great value of the premiums given bv the Agricultural Fairs, lies in the fact, that the judges in these cases are regular farmers, who know what their needs are and what will supply them. Wells, Riebardson & Co.’s Improved Butter Color, which has taken first premium at all fairs where exhibited, is put up in a vegetable oil so prepared that it can not become rancid, a most important property, the lack of which is fatal to so many ot tea Butter-Colors offered for sale. It does not color the buttei> milk; it imparts a bright natural color, which is unattained by many others; and baing the strongest is the cheapest Color in the market. Freckles, are not so bad. It is saM that one girl does not object to seeing them on another girl's face. Swift’s Specific (S. S. S.) has cured me entirely of bad Blood Poison. I went one hundred miles td get it, and it made me as sound as a new dollar. J. W. Weyles, Meadvillo, Pa “ I am purchased by faith,” says the dock, “but I’m known by my works.” Gardeners, Farmers and Dealers send stamp for Ruhimann’s Great Wheel-Hoe Circulars. Rnhlmaan, Lockport, N. T. To the ladies: Marriage is ever# mistery; but anything is be’ter than perpetual miss-ery.—Chicago Times.

A messenger c.f Health. Bent free to sufferers from nervous, chronic and blood diseases, brain and heart affections, nervous debility, exhaustion, etc., wfco have failed to find relief. It tells of wonderful euros effected by Dr. Scott’s Coca, Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus. ■Mold by druggists; $1. Dr. Scott; Kansas City, Mo. Ask your druggist for pamphlet. The father of twins may not wish to have any move children, but he’s got two. —Boston Post. The life giving properties of impure blood are restored by using Samaritan Nervine. The horse-shoe doesn’t bring good luck when the horse applies it. Brows’3 Bronchi An Troches for Coughs and Colds ; “There is nothing to be compared with them.”—Rev. 0. J). Wattins, Walton, Inch Sold only in boxes. ■Why is love like a potato? Because itshoots from the eyes. i-^aajCTJtighftiia.'Ark., Mr. T. jjbonfce-tr wnles: ‘Vsiifitoritan JYemne cured my son's fits.” Stanebt has discovered a rTver in Central Africa called Kissmelenga It can not lie very far from Lake Nynm-nyum.—De-troit Post. ' P Hale's Honey of H orehound and Tar Stop the most violent explosions of coughing. Pike’s Toothache drops cure in one minute. J

THE 6REAT GERMAN REMEDY For Fain! Believes and cure® RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, SCIATICA, LUMBA6Q, BAOKACHJE, Headadie, Toetke&e, SOI* THROAT, 1 QUINST, SPELLINGS, SPBAUS, (1) Soreness, Cats, Braises, FROSTBITES, BTBKS, StilJlS, And all other bodily scbet and pains. FIFTY CERTS A BOTTLE. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. Bisections in 11 languages. The Charles A. Toiler Cs. ISkmmok to A. TOGXIXa a CO.) Baltimore. Sfd. ,TT. S. A*

Books and Bibt.38 for AGRNTS Send for Circnlsrs and EXTRA LIBERA. IS to SClf PC BUSHIN A Co . St L^uis, Me. LEARS TELEGRAPHY «yyaS2rS» chance e»er offered. Ad. J. D. Brows, Mgr., SedaKa,Mo—The eranucst article.' S'ml t sljfcmp for illustrated circular. 75 Essex Street, Boston. Mass-SHSRT-HJHiB iSSSSSAlsa 151 South Jrfenon .Street Chicago, IU. »-TooWWon Sea la. &Mft; 4-Ton *«< ‘lilr .le JJetecuve,” $3. Send for Price 1A T grow them jay self and test them before selling. They are fresh mkI reliable, don’t hey any seeds from seeoiui hand dealers, frustrated Almanac Catalogue, ?iBEE. Box C, Rockford. ILL IN SON’S ANOJ Coor’o, Diarrhoea, ▼entioji » better thau cure, aess, flacking Cough, Wh<

JLIST OF DISEASES ALWAYS CURABLE BY USING MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT.

0? mVAJi FLESH, Bheaiaaii^za, Burns and Scalds, Bsfags and Bitem Cuts and Bruises, Sprains & Stltsfeee, Contracted Muscles, Stiff* Joints, Backache, Eruptions, Frost B!ie»,

OF 1HDU18. Scratches, Seres and Galls, Spavin, Cracks, Screw Worts, SnA, Foot Rot, Hoof All,, Lameness, Svrinsr, Feeaders, Sprains, Strains, Sere Feet, Stiffness,

For general usa Infsndijr.stabloamlirtocSc yanl,tt la TUS BEST OF AUi LINIMENTS . .

nnen wum 1.7^ the Bajter Into the nostrils, wi'l be absorbed, effectually cleansing the head of l a nniiat virus, causing healthy secretions. It allars inflammation, pr> tccts tho membrane of the nasal passages from additional col4s,completeiy tosores and healsthe restores taste and smell. AfeW applications relieve. .4 MinroagB (rent meat

H.M mt d~lCHl.VV«niTrtU CUT?. 8*1*** Agrfefcablc to use. Send for circular. Price 50 cents by mai i or at druggists. Ely BrOthcrs,l)rugg"-Sts>Owego^N. Y. VIGOR HEALTH AND UFE la found to the Great Modern Discovery, DU. SCOTT'S Coca, Beef and Iron (With Phosphorus,) ro?s«*singrnarveJoa*curative virtue* In all format Xrorons DcWLitr, Brain. Heart and Nervous Dl*t*a^es. Dyspepsia, weak Longs Nervy Exhaustion, ic. • 1.00 per bottle; t boM16. S3.00. Send stamp for the ktlonesfr of H0.1th,o Mid read of wonderful cure, effected Or Com,Beef and Iron, or aak jour D-nggiat for It. Address DU. C. W. SCOTT, Kano.* City, Mo.

Tlio necessity tot prompt and «fficten*h hotneboM renv res is daily grojwlojT more imperan imperai • e. aw; yX»_ mM&*r m vo £Ir?«l v - * ona# rJtto, -debt t r y, rtienni"*.J '*■*- •nntatism and »ntn: or ailment*, are tit oojrtily conquen rt Or this ineojn par a b 1 family mtorar it e and nit tiicinal safe- sruarfL ami it ia Justly regarded as UieCpnnyft and most compr henUve remedy of its cl #88. For sale by a U Druggists and Dealer* generally.

P°i^on. Mercury and potash have made more cripples than war. pestilence and famine combined. FOB LADIES. I hare been using for* month or two In my household. Swift's Specidc iSL 8. S. >, the greater portion of it having been consumed by the female portion of my famiiy. and with the happiest results, it acted Hke a chirm on my wife, who bad been in bad health for a long time, and for whom 1 have paid h ndredsof dollars 'Ordoetors and medicines, it began to build her up from the ttm dose. Another female member of mf family took it with equally satisfactory restiltd. It ia certainly the best tome for delicate ladies that I have ever used, and I hare tried them ad. I hare no do ubt that wantotexereise. clone confinement In poorij ventilated houses. sewer gas poison and malarial poison oftei produce sickness among our wives, daughters and sisters, and I believe Swift's S peCilie is the remedy for tdltliissorwof blood phoning. F. L. JONKS, J P.t Quitman. Ga. 1 - Our treatise ©nB?oodand Skin BHesses mailed fm to applicants. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. J Drawer 3, Atlanta. |la V <5£vER FAIl^> \ Spasvu, Coa-rol-^s*a » =-B Dance. AtfoWSomso NERVE Dance, Jiuxtt ism, Opium Ea$^‘ Scrofula, AT-'*. AW, Ugly Blood Diseases, Dyspepsia, Nervousness, ids Eeadathe, heumattsm, Nervous TTeainejJ, Brain Worry, Stood Sores, Biliousness, Costiveness, Nervous Prostration, Kidney Troubles and ImsrutaritUs. $1.50. Sample Testimonials. “Samaritan Nervine is doing wonders.” Dr. J. O. McLemom, Alexander City, Alai “I feel it my duty to recommend it” i Dr. 1). F. Langhiin, Clyde, Kansas. “It enred where physicians failed.’ Rev. J. A. Edie, Beaver, Pa. ^-Correspondence freely answered^ TEE UL S.A. EICHEQ5D EEC. CO., SI. KSETfl! HI rBold by All bruggista. LORD, STO QTZN^UKQ & CO.% Agents, Chicago, HL

\i Df;,YC.-. ! DOES WONDERFUL CURES OF tC IDUE Y DISEASES AND LIVER COMPLAINTS m s 1 O Became It acts on the LIVER, BOWELS and KIDNETS at the same tint. Because it cleanses the system of the poisonous humors that develops in Kidney and Urinary Diseases, Biliousness, Jaundice, Constipation, Biles, or in Rneunxstissi, Neuralgia, Nervous Disorders and all Female Complaints. far SOLID PROOF OF THIS. ' IT WILL SURHLT CURB *- CONSTIPATION, PILES, 3 find RHFUMATISM, By pausing FREE ACTION of all the organs and functions, thereby CLEANSING the BLOOD restoring the normal power to throw Off riiissss. THOUSANDS CP CASES of the worst fbnns of these terrible diseases have been quickly relieved, and in a short time PERFECTLY CURED. FRICV, $1. LIQUID OR DRV, SOLD BY DRUGGISTS* L Drv Ain h, sent bv mail. BiSLlRCSON & Co, Burlington^TL 3 ^v-Setd stamp for Diary Almanac for 1884. ^iDN;^V%W,p-RT CROUP, ASTHKTA, BRONCHITIS, | Neuralgia, Uhoumatiiun. JOHNSON S ANODYNE LINIMENT (for Internal and Asternal Use) wBI instantly relieve those terrible diseases, and 1 win poattivelv cure nine case* out of tea. 1 t Information that will save many lives sent I t free by mail. Don't delay a moment.. Fra-1 UNMENT CUKES tnlhtenaat. Hoarse-1 tery. Cholera Morbus, Kidney Trembles, and!

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