Pike County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 February 1885 — Page 4

PIKE COUJiTV DEMOCRAT. Published Kvery Thursday.

PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. > THE OLD LOG MANSION. U'ts mauslou Is not of an architect's plan"Iiic, Nor au artist's ideal in silver a id gold. Nor the dream of a |>oet lu swootu running: numbers, Wltta^ towers and turrets like mansions of The workmen that wrought out Its gable and TOOftree Were hnr(l-han<lo.l yeomen who knelt In the shade 1 And prayed that the Father would bless and protect them As they hewed thle gnarled oaks and its foundation laid. 1 view with delight its. rough unhewn corners, Vp which 1 oft van when a youth, in my Joy; ! c And up o'er the roof as light ns a squirrel To the lofty o'd gable, fit throne for a boy. Ill fane' again 1 see the bright river ' >mt| Meandering through the bright landscape of old— ? There's the skiff slowly rocking to lisping of waters. While the sotting aim's rays gild Us rough sides with gold. Attain 1 repeople these scenes of my childhood | With knights and with nobles long since passed away: j They might have been rough and uncouth, like tlm diamond Ere the aft of the cutter Us glories disliut tiiese noble hearts 'neath the hand of the f Master ■ :;Shone bright In His glory as pillars of light, -> As 'round this home altar, in voice of thauksgfving. They poured forth sweet praises in the silence ofnight. Again 'round ,tho J hearth they gather at eveu. Thegra.v-haired old sire and the matron so staid: j While the laughter of children rebounds from the rafters. At the gambols of youngsters, or the blush -'the — J of the maid. Again the wild song and the still wilder story Awake the sweet echoes that sleep fneath the roof— But the voices that jwaked them have passed o'er the river— Have Bnishpd the web of which life was the Woof. I Farewell, old log mansion, thou art graud in , decaying: l And no hand shall harm thy massive old walls. Nor from thy dear heart tear the mantle of 1>u role, : which Time has draped thino attic and halls. Thou shalt go to the dust as the builders hath left thee; ( ' A, monument massive of virtue and trust To the mem'ry of [those no sorrow can oherish. Whose virtues can never bo tarnished by rust. | —Oticapo Inter Ocean. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. Many Anoient Ways and Means of Soouring Wives. Singularities of AVethUng Custom*—The Marriage Kites To-Day the Relics of Times When They Were Serious Realities. The institution of marriage is one of so much consequence to the human race that it is not remarkable to find a great many diverse customs and usages in regard to it A custom is seldom n ore than a usage in a particular ease applied to all eases, and customs which often seem to have neither sense nor meaning are not infrequently Lie relics of former institutions which, in their time, were very significant Though nowadays everybody does j not get married, yet everybody still maintains a lively interest in the custom and everything pertaining to it, for 1 the simple reason that marriage is a sort of grand climacteric in the social life of a man or woman, the one time when the most insignificant man and the holneiiest woman become of interest to all [“their neighbors. Unless this fact be remembered, it will be difiicult to account for the lively concern felt by everybody in a wedding. Let any woman be married, no matter how humble her position, and all the other women , to whose ears the news happens to come will hustle about in gleeful anticipation, while the men will look on with an! interest greater than they care to show. Let a servant-girl conclude to entjjr the state of patrimony, and her mistress and the young ladies of the house will be as "much ilustered by the Levent as she herself, while the presence of a bridal party on a railroad train will excite all hands, from the engineer, who will set the locomotive whistle going, to the brakeman, who will inform passengers of the presence of the newly wedded, and will point them out fqr'the edification of the general public. In consequence of this universal opening of eyes and raising of hands whenever; the subjeet comes up for consideration, a survey of some of the more prominent and pronounced marriage customs jof tne world may not prove either uninteresting or unprofitable. j * „

; SAVAGE MARRIAGE. Few things, according to , Sir John Lubbock, gtye a closer insight into the ~ real coud wbn of savages than their ideas on the subject' of love and luarriage, and in fact the best estimate that can be made of j the civilization of a ha1 ion,is that based on its opinion of the marriage relation. Many races of • savages have no such thing as a marriage institution! know not what ^is V rcer.nt, by the word love, and the alliances they contract are founded on sonie other basis than that of sentiment, In many of the languages of the lower tribes Of savages there is ho word corresponding to love or aftection, so that, for instance, whejn the Bible was translated into the Algonquin dialeet, the lack had to be supplied by a word invented for the pui-pose. Travelers uni-ver.-ally assert that among the Hottentots there is no conception of love, and a marriage is as much a matter of convenience as the formation of a hunting party. Caillie says that among. the 'Mandingoes of Central Africa marriage is merely a form of regulated slavery. '“Husband and wife never talk or laugh together. I asked one why he did not sometimes make merry with his wives, a d was told that if he did he would not be able to manage them, for they ■ would laugh at him when he told them to do anything.”! ^Lewin says that in India the hill tribes of Chittagong regard marriage merely as the best means - of getting their dinner cooked, while in Australia, according to Eyre, wives are valued only as slaves anil are treated with the utmost brutality, arc beaten and speared in the limbs upon the smallest provocation. “Few women will be found to be free from frightful scars upon the fiead, the body or the limbs, and I have seen a young woman v who, from her appearance, seemed to be almost fiddled with these wounds.” A SUMATRAN MARRIAGE. Before the native institutions of Sumatra were suppressed by the conquering whites, there were- three kinds of marriage in use among the natives, one in which the man purchased the woman, one in which the woman purchased the man, and one in which the transaction was bn terms of equality. The first is easily understood and no way novel; the second is somewhat curious. The father of a young woman of high rank looks around for a proper husband for his daughter, and generally takes him from an inferior family. The ycung man’s relatives pay a stipulated sum for the'honor he is about to receive, a feast is made, and from that time “the good and bad of him,” a peculiar expression for the better or worse, is vested in his new owners. He is between a son and a servant; if he (Joes mischief his wile’s family pay the

fine; If he is killed they reoeivethe blood money for him, and, what is most peculiar, all he earns by his Work become* their property, and if they get tired of him they can send him away without a cent, as poor as when he came. In the alliance on terms of equality each contributes 1n an equal degree to the common stock, and if the marriage proves inharmonious a separation is effected aud the goods and all that has been gained by the common labor are divided equally between the parties and each departs to seek new and more congenial bonds.

MARRIAGE AND CEREMONIES. Ravage tribes seldom have any marriage ceremony worth mentioning, and when they do it is of the simplest description. In Ceylon there are tvo kinds of marriage; in the one the woman goes to the man's hut, this fact constituting the marriage, and in the? other the man goes to live in the woman’s hut and with her relatives, thus forming a connection somewhat similar to the Sumatra marriage already alluded to. Arson®; the Turkomans, the husband is not allowed to visit his wife save by stca.lth for a year after marriage, anil many other nations have more or less strongly marked relics of the same custom. Among some tribes of Arabia the bri de, after marriage, runs away to her fat her’s house in.the evening, and sometimes these llights continue for months before she will consent to remain permanently at her husband's home. In some of the South African tribes, the husband is not allow ed to see the face of his vvife till the tirst child is born, while, according to Xenophon and Strabo, a similar custom prevailed among the Spartans and Cretaus. The tirst Spanish missionaries who went to California, found no word in the Indian languages to correspond to the word marriage, there being no ceremony about the matter at all, the pair simply agreeing on the alliance and the carrying it out without consulting anybody! Bruce says that in spite of the fact that Abyssvnia ts ostensibly a Christian country, there was in his'time no ceremony of marriage in use among the people of that land, while the Hottentots of Africa not only have no ceremony, but have no word to designate the diflerenoe between a married ..and an unmarried woman. MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE. Marriage hv capture was a favorite method of. getting a wife in the old days when wives were valuable for the work they ditl as slaves, and,there are some reason for believing that, at some time or other, it has been practiced by nearly all-nations. The Romans undoubtedly used this method of providiugyfhemselves with help-meets in that little affair with the Sabines, and historical evidences exist to show that the Greeks.were equally unscrupulous. In Australia, among the natives, the gallant lover -provides himself with a good, stout club and waits in the bushes near the home of his Dulcinea till she is unprotected, when he knocks her down with the club and carries her off on Ills shoulders before she recovers enough to make resistance. This is taken as a matter of course, and so well established is the custom among these savages that it is played as a game amoug the children. As tribes of savages cither became more numerous or more civilized, so that there was no longer any need for the forceible capture of a wife, the ceremony of capture remained, as such things do, long after its significance had departed. In his book on Central Asia, CampbfdCsays that: “On one occasion I heard loud erics from a village close at hand, and fearing some quarrel, rode to the spot, and there saw a man bearing on his hack sometiiing covered with a large scarlet cloth; ho was surrounded by twenty or thirty young fellows, and by them protected from the desperate attacks make by a large number of youugowomen. On seeking an explanation this novel Scene, 1 was told that the man had just been married, and his burden was his bride, whom he was conveying to his own village. Her friends, as is the custom, were seeking to regain possession of her, and buried sticks and stones at the head of the devoted groom till he reached the confines of his village.” Throughout nearly hll Central Asia, some relics of this custom are found, sometimes the bride beipg mounted on horseback anil the would-be groom forced to ride after her; sometimes the suit being pressed by means of a footrace, and sometimes the custom taking the form of a regular scuffle between the parties of the contract. Among the Tartars, the marriage is always celebrated by a sham-tight between the groom’s friends and the friends of the bride. All eases, however, having originated in the same way, and having the same idea at the bottom. NEW ZEALAND COURTING. , In New Zealand it is customary to have a mock scuffle even after the marriage, the custom being no doubt a relic of the time when the scuffle was real and in earnest. Yates gives a good example in describing a wedding he witnessed: “There was a little opposition to the wedding, but not till it was over as is the custom here. The bride’s mother came to me the preceding afternoon and said she was well pleased that her daughter was going to be married to Pehau, but that she must be angry about it with her mouth in the presence of -trangers, lest the nat ves come and take away all her possessions and destray all her crops. To prevent this the mother acted w.th policy. As I was returning from the enuren with the bride and bridegroom, she met the procession and began- to assail us all furiously. She put on a most terrific countenance, threw her garments about and tore her hair like a fury, then said to me: *Hah, you. white missionary; you are worse than the devil. You tirst make a slave lad of your son by redeeming him from his master, and then marry him to my daughter, who is a lady. * 1 will tear

your eyes out. I he old woman, suiting the action to the word, feigned a scratch at my face, at the same saying in an undertone that it was all mouth, and that she did not intend what she said. I told I would stop her mouth witi'a a blanket. She replied: ‘That is all [ wanted. I wanted to get a blauket and so I made all this noise.’ The whole att'air want off remarkably well after this; all seemed to enjoy themselves, and every one was satisfied.” AN AFRICAN WEDDING. Substantially the same scene is witnessed in many other parts of the world, but particularly in Africa. Astiey’s Collection of Voyages gives a singular illustration of wedding customs in Futa in West Africa. “After all other preliminaries are arranged, one difficulty rethains, how the young man sh&ll get his bride home, for the women relations take on terribly and guard the door of the house to prevent her being taken away. At last, by the bridegroom’s presents and generosity, theii, grief is assanged. He then provides a friend, well-mounted, to carry her lift', but as soon as she is on horseback their lamentations are renewed, and they rush in to dismoun t her. However', the man is generally successful, and rides off with his bride to hishouse prepared for her. ” Gray, the African traveler, gives an equally peculiar incident happening among the Mandingoes of the West Coast. “One wishing to marry a young girl at Kay aye applied to her mother, who consented to his obtaining her in any way he could. Accordingly, when the poor girl was employed in preparing some rice for supEer, she was seized by her intended usband, assisted by three or four of his companions, and carried off’ by force. She madfe much resistance, by biting, scratching, tucking and roaring most bitterly. Many, both men and women, I

who witnessed the affair, some of them her own relatives, only laughed, and consoled her by saying that she woufiT soon be reeoneiled to her situation.” It is evident that this scene was also a relic of a custom of which the significance had perhaps been lost even by those engaged in it. ADVANTAGES OF CAPTURE. The advantages of a captured wife over any other kind are obvious. When a savage has captured a wife, ,f she is away from her own people, has no mother, and he is not afflicted with a mother-in-law, she has no relatives handy to make trouble between them, and he is relieved from the necessity of seeing a swarm of people “put up” with him at times when he is neither readv nor willing for their company. Bnt.it is not a little singular to see evt- j deuces of the custom of capture surviving when there is no reason for them, and when, in fact, they constitute a serious inconvenience. Many tribes in India, for example, are divided into elans, and no man may marry a woman of the same elan, while the rule seems to prevail to some extent, at least, in Tartary. among the Oircas-| sians and other nations. Davis, in his work on Chin?, says that marriage be- ] tween persons of the same surname is! forbidden, and this rule includes all male descendants forever. In so vast a population, there are not more than a •hundred surnames, and the embarrassments that arise from so strict a law mu-t be considerable. Some of the tribes of Canadian Indians are divided into clans, and there ate totems or standards which arc common to all the tribes. The crests are the whale, the porpoise, the eagle, the coon, the wolf and the frog. “In connection with these crests,” says Richardson, “some important points of Indiau character are seen. The relationship.existing between persons of the same crest is nearer than that between members of the same tribe, which is shown by this, that the members of the same tribe may intermarry, but those of the same crest may not do so under any circumstances. That is: A whale may not marry a whale, but a whale may marry a frog, and the like.”

THE liKlDKL CAKK. Even at the present (lay there are sev eral ceremonies Which, without the light of historical research, would be in explicable. There is, for example, a custom prevalent in many quarters ol preparing a bride’s-eake, which, at the wedding feast, must be always cut b\ ,the bride. Exactly why there should be such a cake, or why it should be cu by the bride rather than by any one else, might be a mystery did we not know that there was once a custom among the Romans of marriage by eonfarreatio, oi eating together, which"consisted iu the preparation of a banquet, a portion ol which, and in particular a cake was prepared by the hands of the bride. So also in iSew England, in former times, it was the custom not to allow a young Puritan woman to be married till she could slice a loaf of warm lightbread without creasing it. Among the Iroquois Indians, there was once a custom ol marriage by eating together, the sole ceremony consisting in the bride allowing the groom to" partake of a feast which she had prepared. This exercise was sometimes varied, when there were several claimants for the hand of the young woman, by her calling them together on a given occasion, am} after they had all eaten, given the one whom she had chosen a particular cake which she had prepared fort lie purpose, which both she and all the contestants understood to be the signal of her choice, and they considered Them-elves bound by the act of eating'together to defend the chosen man in his right to his Wife. THE lkttEYMOON. The social scientists think they see a deep meaning in the honeymoon, when the husband and wife go on a tour to enjoy their newly-found happiness. According to the" speculations, this month of bliss is a relic of the time when marriages were effected by capture, and when, after the capture was made, the husband was compelled to hide his wife from her relatives, and also, sometimes to withdraw himself to escape then wrath. The scientists say that the custom survives long aftey it lias lost its meaning, but that it was once a reality, ana a pretty solemn reality, too, but now followed from the inability of men to break from the customs of their forefathers. In many parts of the continent of Europe it is still the custom to lift the bride over the door of her new home, and on no account to let her touch the threshold with her feet. This also, say the philosophers, is a relic oi the davs when men stole their wives from the resistance of the latter, the custom surviving when its significance has been lost, in several of the country districts of Europe it is not considered etiquette for a newly-married man to speak to his father-in-law and mother-in-law for some time after the wedding, and this peculiar practice is believed to have had its origin in the necessity, iu former times, the married man was frequently under of evading the society oi those estimable persons iu order that he might not be compelled to answei awkward questions as to the whereabouts of their daughter. THE SHOE AND THE KINO. Every one has seen superstitious persons east an old shoe after the departing carriage contaning a newly-wedded pair, but few have investigated the origin of this custom or thought of it at all perhaps, save as a superstition. Travelers in Central Asia have noticed the same thing there, and the probability is that it is also a reminder of marriage by capture. When the bride was stolen away it was customary for the relatives to use in hostility any missile that came handy. When the stealing ceased to be a reality and became a form the missiles ceased to be dangerous, and finally the sandal, being the most convenient, was thrown as an emblem. In this eountry rice is also sometimes thrown after the married couple, the custom coming to us from China, and the Chinese getting it, perhaps, from Central Asia and India, where the rice is not thrown, but is sent in a little bag from the house of the bride’s father to the house of the bridegroom. This practice is also a survival of the time wijen the bride’s clothing and food were sent after her in order that in her new home she nrght not suffer from want before her new husband had met with success iu hunting or robbery. The ring reminds us of the time when the bride was a slave, and, in order that she might not run away from her new master, was bound with a chain. In time, as the danger of the bride's running away decreased, the size of the shackles was reduced until at the .present the light gold ring is their only reminder. So the clause in the marriage contract, to honor and obey, which is so strongly objected to bv many, is a relie of the times when obedience was in fact rather than in form, and when the disobedience of a wife was at the cost of her life.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

—Aaron Calhoun, a negro living in the southern portion of Macon County, made last year live haleiof cotton without the assistance of a mule, ox, or any beast of like kind. He lost his mule in the iirst part of the year, and. owing about twenty-five dollars for advances the previous year, he determined not to go into debt any more. As a dernier resort he made a set of harness for himself and took tho place of the mule with the above result.—Columbus(Ua.)Sun. —A yellow-shelled egg will not spread all over a plate when it is broken, as a white-shelled one will. The roembranq is thicker

RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. —There are nine hundred and forte churches iu London within a radius of twelve miles. —Mr. A. Bronson Alcott has given a fine stained-glass window to the new Trinity Chapel, Concord. —In Morocco schools the Koran only is taught, and the pedagogue receives fifteen cents a month for teaching it. —The Pennsylvania State Grtmge have adopted resolutions favoring the teaching of agriculture in the public schools. —At the University of Virginia there is no prescribed course of situdy, no entrance examination, no vacation, except the summer one, and but six holidays. „ —It is expected that the education exhibit in the New Orleans Exposition will be a powerful incentive to the cause of education throughout the South.— Chicago Journal. —The centenary thank-offerings, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, at last reports amounted to $1,107,010, An effort will bo made to reach two million of dollars.—-V. 1'. l’ribune. —The Lutherans of Chicago have thirty-three ehtyehes, with twenty thousand members, in t ie city. There are three branches of them —the Norwegian, the Swedish and the German. —The Journal of Education expresses the belief that a frequent ehauge of its public school Superintendent is the most serious misfortune that can befall a State, educationally. It is quite easy to argue to the contrary.—Current. -1—Club-swinging is compulsory for the Freshmen at Yale, The class is dr'lled in the exercise, an examination must be passed and a standard of proficiency reached. It is assumed that after the Freshmen year the student will not confine himself too closely to his books, but will voluntarily educate? his muscles. ■ —The latest religious sect in Russia is that of the Jerusalemists. As a distinctive sign they wear on their chests a card with a printed dispensation given bv the Patriarch of Jerusalem to all those who come to visit him. The members of the society pledge themselves to make at least once in their lives a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Their meetings arc held at night in places which are lighted up by no other light than that of their faith. * —Rev. Dr. W. M. Taylor says that a missionary on Pie Western front'd* writes to the American Congregational Union that accommodations are so scarce in the town where he is Istationed that he has to go three miles out of the village and sleep in a “corn-shack.” “I asked what that was,!’ says Dr. Taylor, and the answer was that it was principally remarkable for its ventilating qualities. You will understand that remark,” Dr. Taylor tells his congregation, ‘‘when I inform you that a * corn-shack ’ is made of planks put together about two inches apart, so as to. ventilate the corn.”—JK Y. Time*.

wrT AND WISDOM. —A secret is your slave so long as it is kept, but. you are its slave the moment it is told. ! —The more able a man is, if he makes ill use of his abilities the more dangerbus will he be to the commonwealth. —“Is that marble said a gentlelpan, pointing to the bust of Kentucky’s great statesman, recently, in a New York store. “No, sir, that is Clay,” quietly replied the dealer.—.V. Y. Ledfiler. —A chicken with a _ clipped wing liiade several ineffectual attempts to fly «|ver a fence. An Irishman who witnessed the efforts of the “chick,” laughingly exclaimed: “Begorra, she has a defective flew. Pretzel's Weekly. \ —“.Did you whip Johnnie as I told you. to?” asked a Chicago father of his wife. “Certainty I did,” she replied. ‘‘What did you whip him with?” “My slipper.” “Great heavens, woman! I didn’t tell you to murder him.”—N. Y. Graphic, j —Yon would hardly notice the similarity between them, and yet the only difference between a little bird and a ward politician just before election time is that the little bird pipes his lays while the politician lays his pipes.— Somerville Journal. | —A wise man will never rust out. As long as he breathes the breath of life, life will be doing something for himself, his country, or posterity. Washington, Franklin, Howard, Young, Newton, all were at work ahacst to the last hours of their existence.—A. Y. Ledger. —Young artist (displaying a picture) —This picture is entitled “Jonah and tl)c Whale.” Possible Purchaser— Where is Jonah? Young Artist—You notice the rather d’stended appearance of the whale's stomach,midway between the tail and the neck? Possible Purchaser— Yes. Young Artist —That’s Jonah.—N. Y. Sun. —A History.— A little boy. A piece of string. A kettie, tjog ami tail. A heap of joy, A sudden spring. A long and piercing wail A leather strap, A heavy hand. A squirm, a kiek and squeals. A sounding rap. He'll have to stand For a week to eat his meals. —Customer—“See here, sir, this medicine is a fraud.” Medicine Vender— “What’s the matter with it?” ‘‘Yon said it was good for colds and you charged two dollars a bottle for it and it isn't worth a cent” “Oh! I guess you did not take it right.” “Take it right! I began on the horrid stuff just as soon as the cold came oh.” “That’s what’s the matter. You should have begun two days before the cold came on.”—Philadelphia Cal'. , —“Of course I have no objection to your having a beau, Jennie,” said the fond father to his marriageable daughter, “but you must not keep him so late. Keeping a fire running all night, lengthens the coal bill, you know.” “That is true, papa,” gurgled the fair girl, “but I had thought of that, and consequently have been very economical witlf the gas. The saving in gas will offset the additional expenditure in coal, and I must do George the justice to s\v that his views 'entirely coincide with mine in practicing economy in the matter of iightV—J’he Dial. "

How a Calf Shot a .Man. Abe Torrence, a colored man of Sharon township, is now nursing a gun-shot wound in his scalp, inflicted in a very curious manner by a calf. Abe’s intention was to. slaughter the calf, and, procuring a double-barreled shotgun, he marched to the barn-yard, accompanied by a young white man. Abe approached the calf and, getting into a sjood position, raised his gun and tired. He was not a good marksman, and instead of killing the animal only wounded it severely. The calf plunged about at such a rate as to make shooting at it again impracticable. Alie laid his gun on the ground and went for an axe. The young man caught the ealf by the tail, in the endeavor to hold it so that Abe could dispatch it with the axe, but as the executioner approached the calf lunged -around and gave the gun an accidental kick. The weapon was discharged and the load perforated Abe's scalp. After this the two men succeeded m killing the calf. Abe’s injury is very painful, but not serious.— Charlotte (A. C.\ Observer,

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —Boiled starch can be much improved by the addition of a little sperm oil or a little salt, or both, or a little dissolved gum arabie.—Toledo lilade. —Boiled Carrots: Wash, scrape and cut in slices either across or lengthwise; put into a saucepan with a little salt and enough water to cover them well, boil until tender and drain.—The Household. —Canada cheese beats New York cheese half a cent a pound in the New York market, simply because it is a reliable article. Houesty is the best policy, in cheese making, as in evervtliing else. ^.V. Y. Times. —It saves a great deal of work to do what is to be done at just the right time. The farmer who is always a little behind with his work is generally a poor one—poor in management and forethought at least.—Boston Globe. —While other grains may be better adapted to growing stock, tie popular belief that com is b >st for fattening hogs is correct. And to make the hardest pork it should be fed drv and water be given separately.—X. Y. Herald. —The craving for salt by all animals is* not a result of feeding under the care of man. While this country was all a forest, every salt spring was frequented by det r, and this fact was taken advantage of by hunters for their capture. —Philadelphia Press. —Some farmers always have chess in their wheat, aud it is not to be wondered at that they do.; The chess is carefully screened out ofltheir wheat so as not§ to injure its sale, and is then fed whole’to cows, whence it invariably gets into the manure pile and is carried upon the

land.—h. xehange. —Slice some cold boiled potatoes quite thia; put them into a puddingdish, sprinkle pepper and ’ salt over them, then put in a layer of eold boiled lima beans, and so on' until the dish is full. Make a dressing of vinegar. oC and mustard, and pour over this when it is time to send it to the table. This is l5suitab!e when served with eold meats. —Bouton Budget. —A Vermont correspondent id the Mirror has a barn which shelters two hundred sheep, and he has made it comfortable in this way : ‘On the outside of the board-coverings thick paper was placed, and the W-hole covered with clapboards, making it so warm that nothing freezes on the inside even in the coldest weather. A marked improvement is noticed in the appearance of the sheep, and a saving of at least one-third in the amount of feed formerly required by them.” That is both thrifty and humane. —Excellent corn bread is made ot two eggs, the whites and yokes beaten separately and very light', one pint of corn meal, a good lump of butter about the size of half au egg, one quart of boiling milk, half a teaspoonful of salt; put the lump of butter into the hot milk, then while stirring with one hand scatter the meal in with the other, a little at a time, so that there will bp no" danger of lumps. When entirely smooth add the yolk and then the white of the eggs. Have a breail pan well buttered, pour the mixture into it, and bake in a quick oven.—rN. Y. Tribune. “ROUGHNESS” FOR STOCK. Experience Shows that Roughness Is Not the Rest Way for Either Milk or Stock R using. Oho who has seen much of rural life would naturally suppo-e, if clear-bead-ed, that the rough treatment cattle generally receive from owners who read little and think less would not suggest that “roughness” in feeding needed any special recommendation. The style in which cattle were anciently raised was pretty much all roughness. It consisted in letting the animals take care of themselves summer ami winter; but civilization has shown that that w-as not quite the best way for either milk or beef, or even for cattle raising. Instead of letting the eattle roam at will over vast uufeneed plains or prairies, fields of a manageable size have been fenced in for summer, pasturage, warm stables supplied in winter with the best of eattle feed, and it hot a few instances some bold experimenters have found that "stabling all the year round, and tenderness other than roughness, was the best plan yet discovered to make eattle profitable — cows particularly. Hence when a writer of some reputation recommends sneh stuff as “wheat straw of only medium quality,” or “a poor quality of hay” fed with oatmeal in order to give them “the right condition” for spring pasturage, it sounds a little as if he did not take kindly to modern improvements. Such advice, except with proper ijualifieations, is injudicious because it is not what fanners need. They take to bad, “cheap” wavs about as easily as most men take to sin, and the effort should be to advance them. Straw' and poor hay may do to distend the animal stomach, but why choose a poor and nearly worthless article in case it Js possible to get a better one? Straw' is - nearly worthless by itself, and certainly the meal and "bran impart no valne to it. Instead of advising a farmer to buy such rubbish because he may be short of hay, it is better to: advise him to buy the very best he ean possibly get. There is nutrition in that and distention also, while an excellent use for the straw is to put it under the cows instead of into them. Internally it is worth a trifle more than saw-dust. I do .not speak altogether from theory on this matter of good or poor bulky fodder for milk. I kept a record for over three years of a cow’s yield of milk and butter, and pf her feed, and also rioted when anything occurred likely to influence a change from day to day. Having no faith in poor hay, none was bought if it could be helped, but sometimes I was deceived. Each milking was weighed arid recorded, and on changing at one time from a purchase of inferior hay to first class, the milk yield was so increased as to prove that its money value was seven dollars a ton more than the other! It didn’t cost me that much more, but I found I could have afforded to pay that difference. In no other respect was the feed changed, nor was there any change of weather or treatment to which it eonld be traced; it was the hay, and hay alone. I found, .too, if I changed to well-cured cornstalks, or even to green foddercorn in summer, or cow-pea vines, there was an immediate decrease of milk. 1 did not try straw, nor bog hay, nor salt hay nor manilla ropes picked to picees and chopped in a hay-eutter, though all would distend the stomach and operate as “roughness.” It is more profitable to give the roughness tc rats.

This was feeding for milk, not specially for flesh. The cow had plenty of flesh all the time, and my aim was to maintain what she had against her heavy yield of milk, which was about eleven thousand pounds per year. But in feeding for flesh, good hay, one would suppose, would be equally beneficial. The straw has no appreciable internal use except what is mechanical, while good hav has that and nutriment also. The roughness may be “better than a snow-bank,” as I have heard some farmers say of bog hay, but not much. The cattle will not eat it when they can get good hay, and the man who coaxes it down by diluting meal, salt aud bran with it does little more than cheat himself. It is the meal, bran, or other good feed which brings the animal to “the right condition, ’ not the straw or damaged hay. —rhilip Snyder, in if, T. Examiner

—William Cunningham was a brutal Provost Marshal of the British army ia America, in the war of independence. He was executed in England for forgery, August 10, 1791. He starved, persecuted and murdered American prisoners in the city of New York. Of such captives under his care nearly 2,000 were starved to death (whose rations he sold), and more than 260 were privately hung, without trial, togratify his brutal appetite. —Milsap (Tex.) Times: The publishers the last week have had to do their own cooking and washing, besides carrying fuel from the woods and getting out the press. The editor of this paper is affected with rheumatism at intervals that is sometimes very painful, and he requests his friends to not hustle him about so roughly when they become a little frolicsome. —An offer of $700 has been refused by a citizen of Thomas County, Ga., for a'mad-stone which he found in Montgomery County while on a visit there recently. It is egg-shaped and about half the, size, of a hen's egg. Miss Florence Abbott, 033 Massachusetts AVe., Washington, D. C., writes: “I have suffered long from an asthmatic cough and painful paroxysms. The Red Star Cough Cure gave me wonderful relief. I have not been troubled with paroxysms since.” _ It has never yet been clearly settled whether to mid: a joke impairs its value. —Chicago Tribune. A New Way to Pay Old Debts. Shakespeare tells how this can be accomplished in one of his immortal plays; bnt debts to nature must be paid on demand unless days of grace be obtained through the use of Dr. Pierce’s “ Golden Medical Discovery.” It is not a* cure-all,” but invaluable for sore throat, bronchitis,asthma, catarrh, consumption, and all diseases of the pulmona y and other organs, caused by, scrofula or “ bad blood.” Scrofulous ulcers, swellings and tumors are cured by its wonderful alterative action. By druggists. One'thing the dude always puts his whole soul into—his toothpick shoe.—N. 17 Sum.

Dr. Pierce’s Compound Extract of Smart-Weed combines French Brandy, Jamaica Ginger, Smart-Weed and Camphor Water, the best possible agents for the euro of diarrhoea, cholera morbus, dysentery or bloody flux and colic, or to break up colds, fevers and inflammatory attacks. The marriage write—-The certificate.— Boston Bud.jet. Sudden C’hanoes of Weather are productive of Throat Diseases, Coughs, Colds, etc. Effectual relief is found in the use of Brown’s Bronchial Troches. It takes a sharp man to get through dull times. Don't Wear Cumbersome Trusses when our new method without use of knife is guaranteed to-periuanentl v cure the worst case of rupture. Send two letter stamps for references and pamphlet. World’s Dispensary Medical Ass’n, Buffalo, If. V. It was a tender-hearted young lady who refused to strike an octave. Pike's Toothache Drops cure In 1 minute,25o. Glenn's Sulphur Snap heals and beautifies. 25c. German Corn Remover kills Corns & Bunions. The greatest mash on record—Truth crushed to earth.—„Y. Y. Journal. | —. —. ' THE MARKETS. New Y-OfeK, February 23,1885. CATTLE—Native Steers.$ 5 00 ® 6 75 COTTON—Middling - - -.. 10*4® 11** FLOUR—Goad to Choice. 3 00 ® 5 50 WHEAT—No. 2 Red....;. 90**® 92* CORN—No. 2.... 53 ® 54 OATS—Western Mixed........ 38 ® 40 FORK—New Mess. 14 12** « 14 25 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling. 10K® 11 BEEVES—Good to Heavy.... 5 33 ® 5 05 Fair to Goo l. 4 50 ® 5 25 HOGS—Common to S,elect... 4 25 ® 5 15 SHEER—Fair to Choice.. 3 25 ® 4 00 FLOUR—XXX to Choice. 2 80 ® 3 45 WHEAT—No 2 Winter. 867*® 87 No. 3 “ . 81 ® SIX CORN—No. 2 Mixed... 37 ® 37X OATS—No. 2...... 30 ® 30?* RYEV.. 03 ® 04** TOBACCO—Lugs. 3 00 ® 9 00 Medium Leaf. 9 00 ® 12 00 IIAY^Choiee Timothy.... 12 50 ® 13 50 BUTTER—Choice Dairy.. 25 ® 27 EGGvS—Fresh.. ® 23 FORK—New Mess..1. 13 25 ® 13 37‘* BACON—Clear Rib. 7 ® 7*4 LARD. 6?i® 7 CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports.5 75 ® 6 50 HOGS—Good to Choice. 4 90 ® 5 30 SHEER—Good to Choice...... 3 60 M 4 60FLOUR—Winter. 4 00 ® 4 25 Patent. 3 75 ® 5 00 WHEAT—No. 2 Spring. 78 ® • 78>* No 2 Red.. 80?*® 81 CORN—No. 2. 37 X ® 38 OATS—N o. 2.... 27 ii® 27** FORK—New Mess . 12 95 ® 13 00 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Sieers. 4 90 ® 5 70 HOGS—Sales at.. 4 10 ® 4 80 WHEAT—No. 2. 63- ® 63*4 CORN—No. 2 Mixed. ® 31 OATS—N 0.2...*.. ® 27 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades. i 56 ® 5 50 CORN—White.. 63 ® 04 OATS—Choice Western. 41 ® 42 HAY—Choice. 20 0) ® 21 00 FORK—Mess. 13 50 ® 13 75 BACON—Clear Rib. ® 73* COTTON—Middliug. @ 10** LOUISVILLE. WHEAT—No. 2 Red. ® 86 CORN—No. 2 Mixed...... ® 44*4 OATS—No. 2 Mixed. ® 34 1*0RK—Mess. ® 13 50 BACON—Clear Rib. ® 75* COTTON—Middling. 10**® 10*

Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, Sore Throat, Swellings, -Sprains, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Fi»st ISiiC*, And All Other BODILY BAINS and ACHES. Sold by Druggists and Dealers everywhere. Fifty Cents* a bottle. Directions in 11 Language?. THE CHABLES A. TOOELEK CO., (Successors to a. vouklku * co.Baltimore, Kd., U. S. A. Red Star mark: Free from Opiates, Emetics and Foisons. A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE For Coughs, Sore Throat, Ilourseness, Influenza, Colds. Bronchitis, Croup, Whooping Cough* Asthma, Quinsy, Pains In Chest, and other affection a of the Throat and Lungs. Price SO cents a bottle. Sold by Drupsrttta and Dealers. Parties tenable to induce their dealer to promptly get it for them trill retire ttco bottte^Express charges paid, by sending one dollar to TUB CHARLES A. TOILER COMPANY, Sole Owner* end Manufacturers, Haitiaioce, Maryland, T. 8. A. 201 SCRAP PICTURES, no 2 altke.withPreA* .cut, *0C. LIBBY A MOO HE, Auburti, Maine. Treated and cured without the knffe. Book on treatment sent free. Address FL. POND, M.D„ Aurora, Kane Co., Ill Is cheap, STKONW, easy m appiy, ases ■ot mot or rattle, la also A SUBSTITUTE FOR PLASTER, at Half the Cost* oatlasts the building. CARPETS AND RUCLS of same, double the wear of oil cloths. Catalogue and »mpfe»/We. wai.FAY & CO.,Camden, N.J. CANCER

FO* Man and Beast. Mustang Liniment is older than most men. and used more and more every year. ,;%■ PATENTS Hand-Book FREE. a* a A. P. LAfET, Jtattat Afct’ya, Wuhiuftoo, 2.C. RUPTURE Dr. J. A. Sherman i* now a* h?« eftice, St. Lrnos. Mo, <404 Market St. ' treating RITTt HJ2 Will be there during February. Hook with likeness of Cases before and after cure, sen cents. Principal oft ce, 251 Broadway, N. Y.. where he will be after this mouth. CONSUMPTION. I have a positive remedy for thoabovo disease; by Its use thousands of cases of the worst kind and of lung i ' us standimrhave been cured. Indeed, ‘-ostronel* tnt faith In Its etUcacy, that 1 wi 1 TWO BOTTLES KHK8L together with a V A LCAB1.K TREATISE on this discaM . .. —r..........«»athisiUmiii t©aUT sufferer. G>vTfexpr<*9S*nd P O.nddr sa. Wb T. X. SbOCLii, WlPearlSt., Saw Tort. TARRH What is Catarrh? It Is a disease)of the mucus membrane.generaily originating la the nasal passageiaad maintaining Its stronghold in the head. From this jpotnt it sends forth a poisonous virus along the membranous linings and through the digestive organs, corrupting the blood and producing other troublesome and dangerous symptoms. VER CVram Balm Is a remedy based u|>on a correct diagnosis of this disease and can be depended upon. 50cts. at druggists^ Wets, by mall registered. Sample bottle by mail 10 tits. Ely B&o&* Druggists, Ow ego, X • Y. PIERCE’S IMPROVED CAHOON BROADCAST SEED-SOWED!

FiekiTe's Improved Canoox Broadcast ^ekdSower s >ws wheat and all other «;rain and grass si ed. : Dors the work of six men. Sows one acre of wheat In /going eighty rods. Does ' better work than by any -other means whatever. -- Agent? wanted. Price «t. - Send stamp for circular. | L M. RUMSEY MFG. CO,

GENERAL AGENTS St. Louis, Mo. GILBERT MF’G C0.’S DRESS LININGS. (THE NCT FABRIC.) MERCHANTS AX« DRESSMAKERS LIKE A CLOl II when1 great strength is combined with a sots .atm finish. They also, if they want thetrailks to give satisfaction, should recommend for liaiugs the Sovereign Twills, Eoyal Twills, Improved Koyal Twills, Cable TWills, Satis Merveilleux Twills, GrOs Grain Twills, Satin CJ.aS3ir.ua Twills. Many a silk has been condemned heeatise the common SILESIA or a poor Idaist lining has been used. You should also askfor tha BLACK PRINCE TWILLS, A Cloth we guarantee to be fast black, a not hat PER IRA rips or ACIDS will not change, neither can it be made 16 CROCK in the SLIGHTEST DEGREE. Yon will find our initials on each van!, representing H and yards, thus: G.-—^-M.—l yd., and so on; all other 3Leaf goods arc an imitation. Look for the letters U.&M. on selvage. none others are genuine. O. P. DORMAN, President. This advertisement Is printed in S486 newspapers. FRESH FLOWERS. Fresh Flowers is the title of a most beautiful and attractive little Song1 Book for the younger children in Sunday Schools, or the so-called Infant ( lass. Mrs. Emma Pitt, the compiler, is widely known anil celebrated for Songs and Hymns for children, whom she thoroughly understands. More than 50 bright songs, such as ‘ Little Lambs,” “Snowflakes,” “ Little Samuel,” and “Children’s Sheaves.” Nothing babyish. All in good taste. An abundance of pictures. .‘15 cents. $L40 per dozen. MINSTREL SONGS—OLD & NEW. The hirpe sales show this to he a perfect success. and no wonder! No brighter or more musical melodies were ever brought together than those of the handled P1.AHTATtQM. M1NSTRFI and JUBILEE Bongs here collected. All the World sings them! Accompaniments for Piano or Qrsdn. plain, $2 50 cloth. WAR SOSMCS. For Anniversaries am! Gatherings of Soldiers, also Songs ami Hymns fur Memorial Day. IJke the book above mentioned, this Is a very great success, and everybody likes the bright, patriotic songs. A great favorite with the Grand Array-, and with all who have been soldiers. Used extensively in War Song Concerts. oOcts. $4.50 per dozen. Mailed for Retail Price. LYON A MEALY, Chicago. OLIVER DITSOX «fc CO., Boston

DR. J. H. M’LEAN’S Tar Wine Balm, A SUSJB CURB TOR ALL iYTHRBAT AND LUNG DISF.AS1CS. Colds. Coughs, Hoarseness, Son* Throat. Loss of Voice, Influenza. and all such Throat Troubles yield instantly to Us magical and soothing influence.

rur LinryugiiiSi auT»uwii«*5» and Consumption, Dr. J H. 31 Lean's Iar Wise Bai m is the only remedy t&at wili lf»va sure relief. It has cured Lung Diseases where all other remedies have failed. Why will you suffer from Throat and Limit Troubles when such a pleasant remedy is offered you? For Croup it is a p >shive specific. To* Singers and Speakers the Tan \\ :ne Balm is an abso u e necessity. Nothing has ever- teen discovered which w ill give such immediate relief, and it will positively cure Throat Troubles. Don't Delay. Cure That Bad Cold! Stop That Cough! Those whose Lun ind Throats are sore, hard and dry, will realize the soothing-effect of a single d< se of Pr. J. M. MXean’s Tar TVlne Balm, and to give ail doubting skeptics a chance to be assured of it# wonderful soothing arid miraculous virtues. I have put up Trial Bottles, cc stiug.only ‘.5 cents per bottle, Krety dealer in the United Stated , should have them. If they have net, p'-ease ssk them to s nt for a ,d *zen as a test. Kvery one trying, that l*a-cent size will b >- convinced of the miraculous benefits they will receive from taking l>r. J. If. MXenn'a Tar Wine Balm. Cold in your Head., tickling in the nose: forehead'and throat; you have C 'tarrh ; g»*t a box of 1 R. J.H. M'LEAS'fc Catarrh Sni ff kud uss it once a day, besides taking Dr. J. H. 31 Lean's Tar W;se Balm to heal jour Throat and Lungs. jt ^ Price of Trial Bottles 25 Cents Each. I can send them only by Express. If you w id send m# fid 0 or that amount in postage-stamps, l will seud yo« one dozen. freight paid. Large Bottles, w hich contain six tunas as much as the ‘Jft-eent size Bottles - - - $10# Or six Bottle# for - - - 5 GO After using Da J. H. MLkax's Tak Wine Balm, let me hear from voo. Prepared by DR. J. H, M’LEAN, Cor. Broadway and Kiddie l>t.,ST. Loims, Mo. Proprietor of DB.,3. H. M*LEAN'S WONDERFUL STRfWaTM??imR RHPmili AR0 BICOD FtWFtfR.

Thousands Hastened to Their Graves. By relying on testimonials written in vl+id glowing language of some miraculous cures made by some largely puffed up doctor or patent medicine has hastened thousands to their graves; the readers having almost Insane faith that the same miracle will be performed on them, that these testimonials mention, while the so-called medicine is all tlic time hastening them to their grave* Although we have Thousands Upon Thousands SIS of testimonials of the most wonderful cures, voluntarily seut us, we.do uot publish them, as they do not make the cures. It is our medicine, llop Bitters, that make the cures. It has never failed and never can. We will give reference to any one for any disease similar to their own if desired, or will refer to any neighbor, as there is not a neighborhood in the known world but can show Its cures by Hop Bitters. A Losing Joke, “A prominent physician of Pittsburgh said ‘to a lady patient who was complaining of her turned Ill-health, and of his illilb 1 'continued ill-health, and of his inab llty to ‘euro her. Jokingly said: "Try Hop Hitters!" ‘The lady took it in earnest and used the Dithers, from which she obta ned permanent ‘health. She now laughed at the doctor tor ‘his joke, but he is not so well pleased with It, ‘as It eost him a good patient. Fees of Doctors, The fees of doctors at S3.00 a visit would tax a man for ivsyear, and in need of a daily visit, over $1,000 a year for medical attendance alone! Aud one single bottle of Hop Bitters taken in time would save the $1,000 and all theyear's sickness. Given Up by the Doctors. “ Is it possible that Hr. Godfrey is up and at work, and cured by sosiniple a lemedy?” . “ I assure you it is true that he is entirely ctued, and. with nothing but llop Bitters, aud only ten days ago ids doctors gave him up and said he must die, from Kidney and Liver trouble!” {S’-None genuine without a bunch of green Hopson the white label. Shun all the vile.poisonousstutt'with tHop"or"Hops"lu theiri ‘SEW LAWS: Offltrr,' p*T from _I commissions; Deserter, rvllerl c,i; Pensions and increase: experience iSyeara: f success or no fee. Write for circulars and laws. . W. McCOUMlC'K A SOS, CtncmnaU. Ohio. HAIRCRIMPERS S‘^‘^.PpV^?nh?,?dW5el»d*hiS5i cover tin boxes, No. 1 for Frizzes, or. No. 2 for loops crimps. Try a box. Say which vou warn. Only Uks per box. Circulars free. Sent postpaid. Address la full, S. E. NORTON, R.SJ Central Music llall,Chicago. R. U. AWARE THAT Lorillard’s Climax Plug Waring a red tin toy; that LorlllartTa Hose Leaf fine cut: th$t LortllardU Nnvy ('Upping*, and that Lori 1 lard’s Si ufla, art the best aud cheapest, quality considered ? WANTED . Liable salesmen TO Introduce an I sell the i rade the well -known and <'•1*I hratinl iMtri’-s of the NEW YORK & HAVANA CIGAR COMP NY. liberal arrangements Salary -ojp Commission paitl to the right man. 'for further particulars and terms address, at once, * THENEW ¥ORK t7^^%a^rk. Healthy Men and Healthy Women. Life is ouefconstant battle against that dread monster, “.Disease.” Many succumb prematurely to this vicious assailant, whose eternal object is to tear down, wear out and destroy. A want of energy, a want of stamina, a want <Jf repellant act-* ivety on the part of thoughtless ih- ** dividuals causes many to' becoruo easy and apparently willing prey* to this ruin and devastation. 06 mankind. A remedy composed of proper herbs and roots that will build up, repair and strengthen the; weak portions of the human system, should ass id i ou sly be taken at the approach of disease. Don’t wait for him to obtain a foot-hold, don’t wait unt il he becomes your master. Meet his attack at once and promptly. Do you desire to know a remedy on which you can place safe reliance in such times of emergency. Then re-' member-that DR. SI IsOlT'S YELLOW DOCK AMI SARSAPARILLA will prove the true friend in need. It is the safest assistant of nature in repelling disease, always acting in harmony with the entire human organization and bodily functions. It strength-: ens the weak portions, it regulates the bowels and kidneys, it oils up, as it were, the machinery of life, and cures when all other remedies have failed,' such diseases as Impure Blood, Boo*; Digestion, Weak Kidnevs, Sores, Aches, Rheumatism, etc. It quickly checks decay of the bowels and kidneys, and gives the sufferer from debility and wasting diseases a new lease of life. tSfDou't let your druggist persuade you-to use a remedy of some other name. Insist on having Dr. Cuysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla, aud take up-Substitute.

|DH, J. H. M’LEAN'g W Homoeopathio f Liver and Kidney Balm, \-v Ilia Most Wonderful LIVER AND KIDNEY CURE IN THE WORLD. Will relieve and cure all disease* of J the Liver. Kid Tiers* and Urinary Organs. such as I-jnrnmation, FeceriaX Irritation of tin Bladder, Weakness A r /‘ainf in Me Bark, Catarrh of ihA * . Bladder, Stone in the Bladder, Female Troubles. Bright'» Disease. Helot* C’uA'a. hnpjtencg. Debility, Jaundice*

O.R ANY DERANGEMENT OF THE KIDNEYS, LIVER OR BLADDER. THERE IS SO MISTAKE ABOUT IT! Or. J. 27. M'Lean's HOMOEOPATHIC LIVER AND KIDS E 2' will cure jou. 1 Price $1 per Bottle; Six Bottles for DR. J. H„ Itl’I/EAJSTS j : Homoeapathic Liver and Kidney Pillefs. 1 They are little white pillets. size of a pin head, but they | perforin wonders in cleansing the Bowels. When the I stomach, bowels, lirer and kidneys are in an unhealthy j condition, there is generated il&cterie (Animalcules), I which if hot destroyed, produce various forms of or» canic disease. Dr. J. H. 31'Lean's Liver and Kidney : Fillets will destroy and remove these terrible parasites j and cure all troubles of the liver kidneys and urinary | organs by effectually removing the cause of all deI rangehvMit o( their natural functions, aud taken with Dr. j J. H.al' Lean's Liver and Kidney Balm, has cured thon- ; sands of cases of Bright's Disease, Catarrh qf the Bladder, Brick DuH Deposit, Irritation of the Boicels, Costiveness, Colic, Gravel, Retail stones. Thick, Turbid, Frothy Urine, Pains in the Regioti of the Liver and Kidneys, Piles, also loss of nervous power. One of these little pillfeta taken every night before going to bed will produce an easy evacuation of the bowels and brin^ the natural functions into a healthy and regular condition. Dr. J. H. M'Leah's Liver and Kidney Pillets cost 3S cents each vial, aud can be sent by mail. One dozen for $2.00. DR. J. H. M'LEAN, St. Loui», Mo. i Send For My Free Catalogue of ' Dr. J. H. M’Lean’s Ows Selected . | FieldtFarm, Car dsn ^Flower Seeds

DAIRYMEN and FARMERS i should use only the “Arm and Hammer” brand1 for Charles an.i Keeping Milk Pans Sweet and! Clean. It is the Best tor all < Household Purposes. '

HOC DISEASES.—Tlie “Am ana Hammer*} brand Soda and Saleratus it used with gnat success lor the prevention and cure of HOQ CHOLERA and ether diseases. Mix with the aniaai's food.

MW “ARM & HAMMER BRAND” To Insure obtaining only the “Arm & Hammer” brand Soda ^5 or Seleratus, buy it in-** pound or half pound "cartoons which ITbT~ bear our name and trade-mark, as Interior goods are sometimes substituted tot the “Arm A g.eL mer brand when bought in bulk. Ask for the “ Arm & Hammer" brand SALSODA (Washing Soda)J PARSONS’/

HAGAN’S Magnolia Balm is a secret aid to beauty. Many a lady owes her freshness to it, who would rather not tell, and you (ant tell

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