Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1883 — Page 7

THE ELM.

One of the Beat of Shade Trees—How to Cultivate It, [From the Brooklyn Eagle.] The elm is by far the best and cleanest tree for the city. The best size are those trees of about three inches in diameter, four or five feet from the ground It does not pay to set out those that are smaller than a man’s wrist, because up to the size of three inches in diameter the trees can be transplanted with perfect safety, and the additional dollar cost is cheap for the four or five years’ additional growth. In digging up, the roots should be cut at least a foot and a half from the foot of the tree, making the ball three feet in diameter. For trees six inches in diameter a much larger ball should be left—a very good rule being to make the diameter of the ball in feet correspond to the diameter of the tree in inches, taken four or five feet from the ground, thus: Three inches, three feet; six inches, six feet. It is well, but unnecessary, to keep a large mass of earth around the roots (as some seem to think very important) provided the roots are kept moist by wet straw or moss, etc. If the ground in which the tree grew should have been poor soil, it is better to remove it carefully and sift the good earth about the rootlets. Roots once dried and parched are like faded and dried bouquets—they may be soaked in water, but will never live again. The stem should not be chopped, but in good bark, and should have a healthful appearance, straight and tall, not having the branches shoot out too low. Some fools cut off the entire top and set out a row of bean poles. This should not be done. It is merely a trick

of the nurserymen,who say: “You must cut off the top as much as you do the root.” Now, it’s a poor rule that won’t work both ways. Therefore, cut offthe root as much as you do the top, and what have you ? The tree men advocate cutting off the top merely to save trouble in hauling the trees. They care nothing for tjie looks of your trees as soon as you have paid for them. The root of the tree is in its mouth and stomach; the leaves its lungs. Cut out the stomach and lungs of a boy you w ish to live, will he thrive ? If, how ever, the top be very large, it may be trimmed in a little, that is cut off the tips of the largest branches. A single-stemmed top is better than a double-stemmed top, and apt to split apart in after years, when the branches are heavy. Here lies the success, provided- the tree has good and moist roots. Dig a hole large enough to receive the ball easily and deep enough to have a half-foot of good’earth under it. Have plenty of good earth, best of all a mixture of swamp muck and garden loam. Don’t be mean and niggardly to a tree that will live fifty or 100 years. Now, fill the hole half full of good earth and put the tree in place, so that its general appearance is good from the most important standpoint. “The same side south” is all humbug. Keep the tree plumb! When all is well arranged, begin to fill in the good earth, using only the best and finest in contact with rootlets; gently sift and shake it between the roots; be careful you do not leave an airspace just under the tree, across which no rootlet can throw itself and in which mold is sure to form. This is often a cause of failure, to avoid which it is well to make the earth in the middle of the hole a little higher than the sides before putting in the trees. .After a few inches of earth have been placed over the roots the earth should be pressed down with the feet, gently at first, so as to break them, firmly afterward. Keep the tree plumb all the time. The nurseryman’s work is now done, yours just begun. Do not let the young trees be shaken by the boys, nor bitten by the horses. Do not forget to give each tree a pail of water during the days of the first summer, during which time you must expect the tree to have a little “set back,” but all will be well the second summer.

JUMBO'S DAINTY MEAL.

Jumbo eats each day half a barrel of potatoes, half a barrel of bran and about one bale of hay. Beside tliis he is given ten loaves of bread, a whole loaf being given him at each mouthful. Beside this the visitors give him cakes, candy, apples and fruits at an average of four or five bushels a day. He can digest anything but nails and quids of tobacco, of the latter of which he is very wary. Jumbo costs to keep from $8 to $lO a day. He has two keepers, Scott, who came over with him from England, being his constant attendant.

There is a special groom attached to his quarters. Altogether he has a pretty good time.— New York Journal.

THE GAME FOR OLD AGE.

If I had children to educate, I would at 10 or 12 years of age, have a professor or professoress of whist for them, and cause them to be well-grounded in that great and useful game. You cannot learn it well when you are old, any more than you can learn dancing or billiards. In our house at home, we youngsters did not play whist, because we were dear, obedient children, and the elders said “playing at cards was a waste of time.” “A waste of time,” my good people! Allons, what do elderly home-keeping people do of a night after supper? Darby gets his newspaper, my dear Joan her missionary magazine, or her volume of sermons, and don’t you know what ensues ? Over the arm of Darby’s arm-chair the paper flutters to the ground unheeded, and he performs the trumpet obligato qui vous savez on his old non. My dear old Joan’s head nods over her sermon, awakening—though the doctrine may be ding, ding—can that be 10 o’clock? It is time to send servants to bed, and to bed master and • mistress go, too. But they have not wasted their time playing at cards, oh, no 1 “Not play at whist? What a sad old age you are preparing for yourself!” were the words of the great and good Bishop of Autun, A young min writer: “Dr. Guvsott s Yellow Dock and Sarsapai ilia cured me of nervous debility, w eak urinary organs, disturbing dreams, etc., after I had tried a dozen doctors. I think the fact that it is a s re cure for nervous debility should begenerally known. It may save many useful lives. ”

HERO AND LEANDER.

Hero was a priestess of Venus. Leander was a youth of Abydos, a famous city on the Asiatic side of the strait of the Hellespont, nearly opposite the city of Sestos on the European coast, where he first saw Hero. It appears to have been a case of love at first sight, and an intensely-ardent case at that. Hero’s office as priestess, and the resolute opposition of her parents stood ip the way of their union, cold and strong as the swift current of the Hellespont, which, at this its narrowest point, is swift and deep, and about one and a quarter miles wide. Undaunted by all these obstacles, Leander swam across the strait every night to visit his beloved, who directed his course by holding a torch from the upper window of a tower on the shore. After many delightful meetings, the dauntless lover was drowned one stormy night, and his body was washed ashore at the foot of the tower where Hero stood, expecting him. Heart broken at the sight, she flung herself from the tower into the sea, and passed with her lover into the immortality of art and song. A Congressman speaking one day, Got lame in his jaw, they do say, With the ache he was toiling, But a St. Jacobs Oiling, He said was worth all his pay. The champion driver, Dan Mace, Who never was “left” in a race, Says for cuts and sprains, And all bodily pains, St. Jacobs Oil holds the first place.

THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

Notwithstanding the great exertion the Post Office Department makes to find owners of letters and deliver letters to them, the number of letters which reach the Dead Letter Office now runs above 10,000 a day. The number received at the department during the past year has been over 4,000,000. Of these, 3,000,000 were uncalled for at the offices to which they were addressed. Nearly 100,000 came from hotels, addressed to persons who had failed to leave instructions to have their mail forwarded, a quarter of a million were sent because they were insufficiently prepaid. A thousand because they contained articles forbidden to be transported in the mails. Over 10,000 bear no superscription whatever. The number of dead letters mailed abroad was 350,000, all of which were returned to the country of their origin unopened. Of those received and opened in the past year, 40,000 contained money, drafts, money orders, etc., amounting to $2,000,000, and 44,000 contained paid notes, receipts and other canceled obligations. — Boston Traveller. THE ONLY CITY ON THE EQVATOK. At Quito, the only city in the world on the line of the equator, the sun sets and rises at 6 o’clock the year round. Your clock may break down, your watch get cranky, but the sun never makes a mistake here. When it disappears for the night it is 6 o’clock, and you can set your watch accordingly. In one part of the city it is the summer season and in the other part it is winter. Nervous debility, the curse of the American people, immediately yields to the action of Brown’s Iron Bitters.

Discipline the Liver.

The liver is truly an “unruly member." Some* times it Is torpid and secretes too slowly, at other times it is unnaturally active and sends forth a perfect freshet of bile. Regulate this organ with Hostetter’s Bitters, not with calomel or blue mass. M neral excitants, in stimulating the liver, poison the blood, and their ultimate effect is terrible. The Bitters, on the other hand, have a vitalizing and purifying, as well as stimulating, effect. They not only regulate the flow of bile, but infuse new life into the whole system. A good appetite and per:ect digestion, a regular, natural habit of body, a sound condition of the nervous system, vivacity of spir t", increased bodily strength and power of enduranc , and refreshing sleep are among the blessings they promote. The temperature of summer Is a severe tax upon the digestive and secretive organs, and the Bltte -s are never more indispensable than at this period of the year. A woman who marries a man became he is a good match, must not be surprised if he turns out a lucifer.

Personal !—To Men Only!

The Voltaic Belt Co.. Marshall. Mich., will send Dr. Dve’s Celebrated ElectroVoltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to men (young or old) who are afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete restoration of health and manly vigor. Address as above. N. B.— No risk is'incurred, as thirty days’ trial is allowed. If you want an example of ’borough nonnartisansh p take tue m mbers of a brassbund during the campu git * # *“Revenge i< too dearly purchased at the price of liberty.” Is it a disordered liver giving you a yellow sk n or costive bowels, or doVour kidneys refuse to perform their functions? If so take a few doses of KidneyWort and natai e will restore eachorgt n, ready for dutv. Thus health will be cheaply purchased at the price of Kidney-Wort There is a vast dinerence between a mint and a mint-julep, although loose change is melted in both. *Many a sickly woman whose sad experience had demonstrated alike the failure of conceited doctors and poisonous drtigs, has obta’ned a new lease of life for a few dollars worth of the Vegetable Compound and has gone on her way rejoicing and praising Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass. A party advertises for a servant who must sleep on the premises. An ex-police-man or a private watchman might nil the bill * Mensman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic, the only preparation of beef containing %s entire nutritious properties. It contains bloodmaking, force-generating and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, neivous prostration, and all forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over-work, or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. Bow to destiny. One of these days destiny may be polite enough to re-urn the compliment Could I but see Carboline made, And view the process o’er. No bald-head pate would make afraid, Nor gray hairs fright me more. As now improved and perfected, No oil was e’er so sure, All skin disease, of limb or head, It never fails to cure. ’

A lioness was recently sold at auction in Louisville for $lO. At' this rate no family need be without a lioness. Don’t di? in the house. “Rough on Rats.” Clears out rats, mice, flics, roaches, bed-bugs. 15c. A BIBLE WITH A BLOODY FOOTPRINT. T. V. Harrison, of Clarke county, has a Bible with a history. It was printed in 1700, and in 1723 belonged to Joshua Swank, an ancestor of Mr. Harrison, who was then living in Eastern Kentucky. In that year a party of Indians, led by Simon Girty, were prowling near, and one transfixed Mr. Swank’s body with his spear, who fell to the ground with the open Bible beneath him, the point of the spear cutting from the ninth chapter of Esther to the seventeenth chapter I. Samuel. The Indian set his foot on the Bible to pull out his spear, and thirty years ago the print of his bloody foot could be seen. Now it is a dull, rusty stain. Thus it is made priceless by the sacrifice of his ancestor.— lotca State Register. Elm Grove, N. C.—Dr. G. N. Roberson says: “I prescribe Brown s Iron Bitters and find it all it is recommended to be.” Good taste Is the flower of good sense, but it cannot be purchased by the barrel Sticking, irritat’on, inflammation, all Kidney and Urinary Complaints, cured by “BuchuPaiba.” >l. That husband of mine is three tl mes the man he was before he began using Wells’ Health Renewer.

GERmXnremEOY CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headacne, Toothache. •~ T Ksi*KHa, , >srtsas~ ,- “’ ABD ALL OTHER BODILY PAIBO ABD ACHEB. BtUbj Dra«ista and Daalam «r>rr vhm. Fifty CMtaa baula. Direction, la 11 Laagaacea. THE CHAKLEB A. VOCELER OH. (DmmmnA. vouuxaaoo.) BaUlmra, M.U.B.A. M|o*|||AH MORPHINE HABIT. UN PiM R ■ I Hfl No tin cured. Ten If r lUln = ■ u BVI Marsh, Quincy. Mich. KIDDER’B PABTILLEB.BSJ™i: (■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■PCharlentown, MaM. H a "FEMTO fatknt no pat. patents FuU InttrucUoiu and Haiut-bovk vn PMtnlttKiU/rtt. ' “• I' ‘ I ■

WANTED IN THE WORLD.

The world wants more sunshine in its disposition, in its business, in its charities, and in its theology. For 10,000 of the aches and pains and irritations of men and women we recommend sunshine. It stimulates better than champagne. It is the best plaster for a wound. The good Samaritan poured out into the fallen traveler’s gash more of this than oil. Florence Nightingale used it on the Crimean battle-fields. Take it out into the alleys, on board all the ships, by all the sick beds. Not a phial full, not a cup full, but a soul full. It is good for liver complaint, for neuralgia, for rheumatism, for failing fortunes, for melancholy.— Faith and Works.

A Fine Chicago Hotel.

First-class accommodations and low prices are demanded by the traveling public. Such are found always at the Gault House, corner of Madison and Clinton streets, Chicago. The Gault is only one block from the great Union Depot in tlie heart of the wholetale and manufacturing district It is headquartets for merchants and manufacturers. Elevator ;nd all modern improvements. Terms only $2 00 and $2.5J per day. H. W. Hoyt, proprietor. Deep thinkers—Visitors in a coal mine, wondering whether they will ever get out alive. Keokuk, lowa.—Dr. E. E. Fuller says: “I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters in my own family with excellent results.” E “Gin ruins genius,” says au exchange. Yes, but genius ruins a good deal of gin; so it s about a stand-oit ES’For 1 dime get a package of ritmond Dyes at the drugglst’a They color anything the simplest and most desirable colors. “Angelina”—Eating onions not only prevents the lips fi om chapping, but usually keeps the chaps from lipping. Correct your habits of crooked walking by using Lyon’s Patent. Metallic Heel Stiffeners. Wells’ “Rough on Corns."—lsc. Ask for it. Complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts.bunions.

A VETERAN SOLDIER. Mr. G. F. Bowles, of No. 24 Common street, Lynn, Mass., says: “While in the army, at the battle of Spottaylvania, I fell while getting over a rail-fence and was badly injured and left for dead, but after & time I was picked up by comrades; and, upon examination it was found that my back was badly hurt and my kidneys seriously injured, and I have suffered the most excruciating pain since, and I could obtain no relief although treated by several physicians, and I had given up all hope of getting help when I was recommended to use Hunt's Remedy. I purchased several bottles at one of our drug stores in Lynn, and began to use it as directed, and can now attend to business and am free from the pains I formerly had; and I wish to say to my friends and comrades that Hunt's Remedy will do all that is claimed for it, and worthy of all praiseYou can use my testimony when you have occasion to, as I most heartily recommend it to all that have kidney or liver troubles.” April 26,1883. •‘YOU MAY USE MY NAME.” I desire to inform you what your valuable medicine has done for me. I was induced to try it by a member of our family, “who had been benefited by its use.” I have suffered terribly from kidney difficulties. At times I have been very bod, having severe pains in my back, with general low of strength and vitality. My urine was very bad, with a heavy sediment of brick-dust, which was fast leading to gravel. I commenced using Hunt’s Remedy with a marked improvement from the start; the pains left, the urine became more natural, and I can truly say one bottle effected a permanent cure. I have recommended it to many persons both here and in Boston, all of whom speak of it with the highest praise. You are at liberty to use this letter or my name in any manner you may think best, that other sufferers may learn the value of the greatest of all remedies. Most truly yours, JOHN F. COX, 62 Pleasant street. Malden, Mass., April 23,1883.

lTfor THE PERMANENT CURE o 3 J | CONSTIPATION. | I—l No otter disease is so prevalent in ttlsooun-M |t* try as Constipation, and no remedy baa ever _ ® equalled the celebrated Kidney-Wort aa algl I Elcure. Whatever the cause, however obetlnatel (5 Ici the ease, this remedy will overcome it. G.I l<o| ml ETQ lUatrseei-iir com-I Pl ® FILESe plaint is very apt to be | 5 complicated witt constipation. Kidney-WortH L, strengthens ths weakened parts and quickly I Ml IS cores all kinds of Piles even when physicians bl •land medicines have before failed. id D- HTIf you have either of those troubles ul p[pRIC« sl.| USE I' -ll|*| •fiC a week in your own town. Terms and $S outfit <OO free. Address H. Hallett k Co., Portlaud, Me. IRA Acres flhest of farm and coal land in S. E. Kan1W sxH: 80 acres in cultivation, 80 acres pasture, grass and coal. Best of soil and water. Crops hay. never failed. $25.00 per acre. H. C. DRAPER, Oswego, Kansas. £SL>/Lady Agents nent employment mtt—Baa. and good salary selling Queen City Sktrt and blocking Supporters, eta. Sample outfit Free. Address Queen < jyjX.dty Maanpender Co.,Clnclnn>tLO

For You,' 5 *Ss/ _ Madam, Whose Complexion betrays some humiliating imperfection, whose mirror tells you that you are Tanned, Sallow and disfigured in countenance, or have Eruptions, Redness, Roughness or unwholesome tints of Complexion, we say use Hagan’s Magnolia Balm. It is a delicate, harmless and delightful article, producing the most natural and entrancing tints, the artificiality of which no observer can detect, and which soon becomes permanent if the Magnolia Balm is judiciously used*

; 18 ABURE CUft® g ( tor all dlaaasea of th* Kldnoya art j LIVER — I It has speoiflo action on thia aoatieiartatK organ, enabling it to throw off torpidity and | inaction, stimulating ths healthy soorsttoacd f the Bile, and by keeping the bowels in toss IC condition, effecting its regular dleoharrx |V . Malaria. EKKEKffSt# are bilious, dyspeptic, or constipated, Kite J - K Wort will surely relieve and quickly oom. & In the Spring to cleanse the Dyetem. oeaqr W one should take a thorough course of it. A NOTED BUT UNTITLED WOMAN. [From the Boston Globa] Essers. Bfffors.— The above is a good likeness of Mrs, Lydia K PMb ham, of Lynn, Mass., who above all other hunaan betaffs Bay be truthfully called tho “Dear Friend of Wema," as some of her correspondents loro to call bon Sbe is sealotuly devoted to her work, which is the esteem* of a lite-study, and is obliged to keep six Mp assistants, to help her answer the large correepaadeaest which daily poute in upon her, each bearing Its epesfad burden of suffering, or joy at release from *. Bar Vegetable Compound is ft medicine for good and M* evil purposes. I have personally investigated Nanff am satisfied of the truth of thia On account of its proven merits, it is reccsomtedM and preocribod by the best physicians tn the eosmtey. Ono saysi "It works like a charm and saves ssmA pain. It will cure entirely the worst form of Mtaff of the uterus, Leucorrhosa, irregular and patefat Menstruation,ell Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and Ulceration, Floodings, all Displacements and ths tear sequent spinal weakness, and is especially adapted Jto the Change of Life.” It permeates every portion of the system, and gteea Bow life and vigor. It removes falntunu, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weakness of the stomach. II cures Bloating, Headachy Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, la always permanently cured by Ito use. It will at all times, aed under all circumstances, act in harmony with the low that governs ths female system. It costs only $L per bottle or six for $5., and Is sold by druggists. Any advice required as to apodal eaaa% and the names of many who have been restored to padhet health by ths use of the Vegetable Compound, can bn obtained by addressing Mrs. P„ with stamp for teMb m her homo in Lynn, Maas. For Kidney Complaint of either an this eomponadte unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show. " Mrs. Pinkham’s Liver Pills,’ ’ says one writer, “sen the best in the world tor the cure of Constlpattosb Biliousness and Torpidity of the liver. Her Bleed Purifier works wonders in its special line and hide fair to equal the Compound in its popularity. AU must respect her as an Angel of Morey whoso sate ambition is to do good to others. Philadelphia. Pa. ft) Mw. AV.II

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