Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1870 — Page 4

CURRENT ITEMS.

Lincoln, the cartel at Nebraska, claims Wkst Hit that noboby want*, yet Eo-j body likes to lose t A lawsuit A Ojuuvokiiiaii Is raising a crop of poppies which cows thirteen acres Wat b sa enraged snake like the letter fM Became it is an asp-irate. It la estimated that kerosene cancel twelve fktal accidents daily in the United A Kbntocei priest, 65 years old, is cutting a Jaw tooth that replaces one he lost ten years ago.

Tats Washington is as good a company as there is in existence tor the policy holder.—P. H. McGnayr,Senator. OBXBRA.L Bramn la called H the man that writes the name on the greenbacks that looks like a string of eels.".A cobrbspondhbt says that the people who spend the most money at the watertag places are the old men with yonng wires. * All men need Insurance that are of Seine to anybody. Insure in the Washington Life Insurance Company, of Mew York. Illinois has two hundred and seven money-order offloes, being twenty -seven more than any other State in the Union has. Thb “ vacuum core ” is doubtless good for many, but that’s what’s the matter with some, you know—the vacuum, not the cure. »

Charity Is never lost. It may be of no service to those it is bestowed upon, yet it ever is a work of beauty and grace upon the heart of the giver. I* the life of every woman there are two grand epochs at which she is willing to tell her age—when she is sixteen and when she Is one hundred.— Lovievilie Courier-Journal. A Detroit German named Prosser, 60 years of age, became crazy over the European war, armed himself with a scythe, and began doing sentinel duty on the streets. Very few young ladies rt fleet that when they exclaim “dear me !” they are guilty of profanity. Yet 6uch is the fact; for the phrase, as we have it, is but the corruption of the Italian words Dio mio! —My God! A correspondent of the Albany Argue says a man lives in Brooklyn, rich and generally respected, whose profession it was to plan burglaries, although he himself never took an active part in “cracking a crib.” An observer says that “children arc not so well behaved since the mothers have taken to wearing high buttoned boots.” This is supposed to be a Jest on the disuse of slippers for spanking purposes. An enthusiastic publisher of a Mew York German paper, in his joy over the recent Prussian victories, gave each of his eleven editorial employes fifty dollars to celebrate with. In Belgium there are 1,350 miles of railroad, making an average of two and a half miles to every 10,000 cf the population, or 10 miles to every 100 square miks of territory. These railroads were constructed st an average cost of f 91,500 a mile.

A toons female has been swindling the ladies living on York street, New Haven, by representing herself as “ the servant girl from the next door,” and requesting the loan of a quarter for her mistress. In this way she hid collected quite a sum of money. Tm, N. H., has a remarkable old mac in the person of Ebenezer L. Bennett, who, although 83 years old, appears like a man of about 50, with all his laculties unimpaired. He has never in his life consulted a physician or taken & prescription, nor has he ever lost a meal on account of sickness, while he has regularly used tobacco for the last sixty-two years. A correspondent of the American Agriculturist picks and stores his squashes in September, and has them sound till the following June. He says: “Gather the squashes for late keeping between September Ist and 10th, taking oniy those that grow near the root; put them on the shelves where they are kept, and keep them dry and cool.” | |The Quartermaster General’s office is making arrangements to secure sn ample supply of ornamental trees and shrubs for allmilitaiy cemeteries under its care. These are to be delivered under contract, and planted and cared for until well started ; the selections to be carefully made from such varieties as flourish best in the respective locations where the grounds are situated.

A COKMSPONDERT of the Country GentUrnan who has been abroad says that the cause of the superiority of English and continental mutton over that in America, is in the simple sentence, “they feed turnips.” The Practical Farmer indorses this opinion, and insists that our sheep bwwrerst—to raise the best mutton, mußt raise ruta-bagas and turnips. A Chicago paper iB responsible for the stoiy that a few days since some boys in that city dropped an anvil weighing two hundred pounds out of a fourth-story window on the head of an African who was passing, and he had them arrested. He said he was willing to let the boys have fun, but when they jammed a “gemman’s" hat down over his eyes and spoiled it in that way, the law must take its course. * Some time since Mr. A. Vesper was “riving through Horicon, Wia, with a horse and sulky, when a couple of dogs ran out from the German Hotel and frightened the horse so that it ran away, breaking the sulky and harness, and somewhat injuring the horse. Vesper sued the proprietor of the hotel, and obtained a verdict of $lB2 damages and S4O costs. The following is a letter from a Yankee Jo his grocer: * “ Mr. Tuttle :-This here thing has too much hemp in it for molasses, and not quite enough for clothes liae; so 1 ye strained off the molasses, and send you the Jug to make up the measure, and have turned over the hemp to the VigiJanoe Committee to be spun up for future use. So be sure to send me the real thing this time, as the hemp goes to the V. C„ and the rope is a-growing.” Phaoh Basket Business.—People outside of the fruit districts of the country hsve nothing like jwtrue idea of the magnitude of the tradern fruit baskets, and boxes According to the Benton Harbor (Mich.,) Palladium, one firm in that place i* turning out from 3,000 to 4.000 peach baskets per day. Last year one firm in the place made 300,000 baskets, and another made 60,000 ; at St. Joseph, 150,000 were made; at Dowagac, 150,000 and at Coloala, 80,000 were made. Other parties also made large numbers. The following curious incident occurred is Alfred, Me., the other day: George Roberts, living at Alfred Gore, having dislocated his shoulder, another gentleman took him in his wagon to carry him to the village, where his shoulder might be put in place. Just as they came to the Dana place the horse was frightened and both gentlemen were thrown from the wagon. The gentleman with Mr. Roberta had his collar bone broken, his ribs fractured, and also sustained severe intert a! injuries, while, curiously enough, the injured shoulder of Mr. Roberts was reset . Tax burning well, some fifteen miles from Oil City, lt one of the greatest cqri-

or ties of the oil region. It was bond is 18M, and sinoe then has yielded a stream of gas large enough to supply a city of hau a million. A well is now being put down by Its side. The engine that pumps the well dry is run by gas from the old one by means of an ordinary two-inch pipe, and the connection made to the engine by an ordinary steam pipe. No steam or tael la necessary. The gas as it comes from the well is extremely cold and chilling to the hand. The pressure exerted Is fully 230 pounds to the square Inch.

A person who would not patronize the I printer posted the following notice in Lycoming county, Pa : "Public Ball. Will be sole by Public Bail Ad the residence of one Mile North of on Baderday Oggcst 20,1870 the following property to wit 2 ten plait Stoves One Cocking Stove, 1 Corner Onberd 2 sinkx 2 tables 8 rock in (Jhlres, 2 sets of Chircs, 2 8 day clox 1 drore 3 Beads Stats and boding also 1 Carping by the yard 1 wood chist 1 Carrigh and harness Caber kittle 1 iron ciltle and a grate many Others Articles not numers to mansions Hail to eommcnce ad 12 o’Klk wan times will be made notag by the liers on Da of Bail, Cum one and all” / • r ‘

It is said that a yonng man who had lost an arm in the Erie City (Pa) Iron Works, a few weeks ago, insisted after the accident that he felt pains throughout the entire arms and fingers. Borne twen-ty-four hours after the accident, when the mutilated limb lay in the cellar, beneath the bed where he lay, he would tell when any one was handling it, by the p&intal sensation he felt. At one time a block was placed on the fingers to keep them straightened out, and, although he knew nothing of the transaction, he at once dontended that something was pressing down his hand, and insisted that it should be removed at once. After the block was removed he saH he felt easier, and was contented.

A jcmpino match came off in Bingham ton, N. Y., the other day, between Ned. Huirlcs, oi Sing Bing, and Bob Way, of Glean, for $5lO a side and the championship of America. There were to be ten trios ol a single jump each, spirit level. Bearlcs toed the mark, and with an easy spring covered 12 feet 10'4 inches. Way then threw himseli out and covered 12 feet 11 *4 inches. Betting was brisk. On the third trial Bearlcs gave a tremendous spiing and cleared 13 ieet 2 inches. It is the longest jump on record in the world, and was followed by prolonged cheers. It caused Way to lose heart. After one more trial, on which he cleared but 12 feet 7 inches, he refused to proceed and declared himselt beaten.

The Double Elopement.

The little village of E—, was one of the many mining towns in the interior of California, and in this village dwelt Dr. Hammond and his family. They were notqd for their kind hospitality, and for the interest they took in the general affairs of the village. Bo it very often happened that their only daughter, Artie, was the belle of many social parties. There it was that she repeatedly met a young man by the name of Charles Bavey, and his foncy for Miss Artie’s pretty face, blue eyes, and dark brown curls, kept him constantly by her side. But what I WSB going to tell you was this—that the Doctor had made up his' mtod to spend the summer up near Lake Tahoe, so he could have a fine time hunting and fishing duriEg the heated term, and, as a matter of course, he wanted to take his family with him, for he could not think of leaving them down there in the terribly hot weather of summer. Now Artie did notlike_ this idea at all, so, after having a good cry about it. she came into the parlor where Mrs. Hammond sat, and said. “ Now, mamma, this is too bad ; just to think of us going way off up into the mountains where wc can’t see anything but Indians and sage brush. I shall die, mamtna. I know I shall, if you take me away off up there.” “I f No, my dear,” said Mrs. Hammond, gently, “and to tell the trutti, Artie, I shall be glad to get you off up there where you can't do so much running around. lam about sick of this going all the time.” “Well, I’m not,” said Mies Artie, with an independent to-s of h 'r pretty head as she went off to the window. She had not stood there farfg before she saw some one coming up the little lane which led to the house. Then she turned to her mother, and said : —,—_ “Oh, mamtna, Charley Bavey is coming here.” “ Yes, just as I expected, you can’t think of anything but Charley Bavey now,” said Sirs. Hammond, as she left the room. She soon heard Artie and Charley talking very low together, so she began to wonder what they were saying, and finally she went to the door to listen. She heard Charley say: “Yes, darling, I will come with the buggy just at dark to morrow, so we can go and get marritd in a short time. Your folks won’t think of such a thing until it’s too late.”

“But, Charley, suppose papa won’t forgive us,” said Artie. “ Oh, there’s no danger but he will; and you’ll go, won’t you, Artie ? Only think what a heavy, lonesome life it will be without you, darling ” As Artie looked up into a pair of very loving hazel eyes, she smilingly said, « Yes, Charley.” “ Now, good, night, darling, and by this time to-morrow night you’ll be my own darling little wife.” Baying this, Charley kissed her, and was gone. Now, as Mrs. Hammond had been listening all the time, she heard everything Charley said. Bo she said to herself, ironically, “ your dear little wife by this time to-morrow night. Oh, yes, we’ll see about mat” But when Artie came out her mother was sitting at the table, sewing. She looked Up and asked: “ Well, Artie, has Charley gone so soon t” “Yes, mamma,” was all Artie said, as she left thej-oom. •' The next day passed off at last, and just at dark a buggy drove up to the front gate. “ Now,” thought Mrs. Hammond, “ I’ll show them a trick that’s worth two of them.” So she put on Artie’s cloak and hat and ran down to the gate. A gentleman very gallantly helped her into the buggy, but never spoke' a word. “ Well,” thought she, “ he’s afraid to speak for fear Artie’s father and mother would hear him. Ahem ?’’ Bo away they went, and Mrs. Hammond sat there thinking what a nice trick she had played on Artie by running off with Charley. Then she began to wonder if this was the way he treated Artie when they went out tiding; and. next, what would the doctor say? But whakpuzzled her most was that they were going in the opposite direction from what she had expected. So at last she said: “Well, Charley, hadn't we better go home?” 6 Imagine her surprise to hear the doctor’s voice answer her: “What! Maggie, is that yon ? What in' the name of alt that’s good, bad, and indifferent, are you doing here?" “Ob, doctor, l thought it was Charley !”■ p “Well, I’d like to‘know where you were going with Charley at this time of right?”

"Indeed! And I’d like to know whom : yon thought you had In here, If not me T" answered Mrs. Hammond. "Oh, I thought It was Artie." “And what in the world ever put such j a notion into your head, as to take Artie out at this time of night 1” - “Well, the fact of it is. Maggie, as I sat oh the porch last evening, I overheard Charley and Artie talking abont running off to get married, and so I thought I'd just save Charley the trouble, and take , Artie ont for a ride. I began to think she I waa keeping very •till.” "Doctor, said Mrs. Hammond, "that is just what I heard, and my object in going with Charley waa the tune as yours waa In taking Artie off” “ We are a couple of pretty fools to be eloping In this way; but here we are at home again." Baying this, the doctor helped his wife ont of the boggy, and then went into the house. One glance at the empty rooms convinced them that Artie was gone, they could easily guess where. Sp they made up their mmas to make the best of it, and wait for the runaways to come home. And the next morning, when Mr. and Mrs. Charley Bavey came home to implore forgiveness for running off to get married, they could not understand the mischievous twinkle in Dr. Hammond’s eyes as he very readily forgave them, and saidt “ Certainly, children ; I ran off with mother once and didn’t know it.” Charley and Artie looked from one to the other, and asked: “ How ? when ? where V” The doctor only laughed, and shook his head as though the story was too good to tell, and that was all they ever could get out of him.

What Makes Paupers ?

According to the report of the Commissioners of Charity and Correction of this city for 1860, there were maintained in that year in the prisons, asylums and charitable institutions under their charge, 03,272 persons, which is above one in ten of our population. During the year 1868, 51',477 persons received official outdoor relief; and this does not Include the multitude of beggars who arc met in the streets. In Philadelphia 9 214 persons were, in 1868, supported iu the almshouse alone, leaving out of the account the prisons, hospitals, asylums, reformatories and other charitable institutions, and 104,542 persons received out-doer relict during th# same year. The Westminster Review, which quotes these figures, cites also a much more remarkable case—the city of Ballarat, in Australia. This place has from 40,000 to 60,000 inhabitants; it is one of the most healthful in the world; labor is scarce, and the common unskilled laborer receives sll 25 per week wages, while beef costs but 41.4 cents, mutton 2)4 cents, and bread 1.4 cents per pound. Yet the almshouse accommodated, in 1868, 390 persons, and $9,000 were expended in the same year for out door relief of the poor. Whence comes all this pauperism ? asks the Westminster ; and it is a question which deserves far more consideration than it has received. Briefly, it may be said that the pauper and criminal classes in this country are the fruit of ignorance and the abuse of spirituous liquors, aud the neglect to train children in useful trades. The last-named is probably one of the most fruitful causes, as it is one of the least thought of, of pauperism and crime. A boy or girl left illiterate, and untrained to any kind of skilled labor, is so badly fitted for the battle of life that it has extraordinary temptations to drunkenness, vagrancy avd an irregular life; and the chances of uch a person being able to provide for himself in later life are so much lessened that a very large proportion of 7 such untrained, unprepared people is certain to become either criminal or pauper.— New York Poet.

Experiments About Heat.

The Providence Journal following interesting results of some experi mints made in that city recently at 3 o’clock with an excellent glass-mounted thermometer: In the house with open windowsit stood at 90.5°. Out of doors in the shade at 95° —freely suspended in the sun six feet above the green sward 99 s°. In thd same position with wet bulb 78 B°—with bulb covered with white cloth 995°—with bulb covered with silk 109 96°. When laid upon the grass in the sun it rose to 104°. Laid upon white cloth, placed upon the grass, 105°—and when similarly placed upon silk it indicated 113°. The experiments with different colored coverings show very conclusively the utility of light-colored clothtog for those who are obliged to be exposed to the direct rays of the eun at high temperatures—and the experiment with the wet bulb shows aa clearly the value of free perspiration in keeping down the temperature of the body, which, however, the observer finds in his own person, notwithstanding the perspiration while making these «x----periments, to have risen to 100.5°—which is about two degrees above the usual standard for cooler days, The average temperature of the healthy human body throughout the year, in temperate climates, is 98.4°—while in tropical regions it is about one degree higher.

A Physician on the Stand.

The standard legal dictionaries in use may be searched in vain for more accurate definitions of legal terms than those recently given by a physicianjn Pulaski, Tennessee, as reported io ul by a leading member of the bar in that place. Mr. B. and a Mr. L., opposing counsel in a pending case, were engaged in taking depositions to be used on the trial of the cause. The question as to a woman’s soundness of mind being in controversy, a physician was called as a medical expert, and during his examination the following dialogue took place: Question. Do you think this lady is of sound mind ? Answer. No, sir; Ido not. Q. Does she know the difference between a “ power of attorney ” and an “absolute conveyance?” A. No, sir; of course she don’t, and there are very few women who do. Q. Do you know the difference. A. Yes,sir; of course I do; do you suppose I am an ignoramus? Q. Well, sir, will you be kind enough to tell us the difference t A. Well—well, a “power of attorney” is the strength of mind of any particular lawyer: and an “ absolute conveyance" is a hack, or .omnibus, or railroad car, or something of the sort. —Bench and Bar.

To Put up Green Corn.

I am a true love?' 1 of green corn, and I keep it from one year’s end to the other, and have it brought to my table at any time when the notion takes me, as fresh and good as when first taken from the patch. Here 1b the way I work It : I have the com shaved from the cob and packed away in a common stone jar with salt in alternate layers. A layer of com—say an inch thick—followed by a layer of salt sufficient to cover it, and so on till the jar is filled. Pieces of boards are then fitted over it, and a stone laid on to weigh it down; for a pickle will soon rise, and all the f.oru must be kept beneath the snrfece. Cloth or paper is next tied over the month of the jar to keep oat dust—and that is all of it. But there will be something more to do When I wish to use my com, and therein

lieth my eocret. It will be too salt for the table, as packed awav, of course, and if I soak the salt out in the ordinary way I spoil the whole thing, for the milk and life of the grain goee out with the salt I have it soaked, nevertheless; but the work is commenced by first dropping' it into a kettle of boiling water. This cooks the milk in the corn at once, render.ng it j insoluble, after Which it may be soaked through as many waters as desirable without Impelling its flavor or virtues in the least. I have eaten com four years old, kept 1 in this way and treated as above, and so perfect waa it, that had the roasting ear season been at hand, I should never have | suspected otherwise than that it was just ! taken from the qob .—Cor. Journal of Ag- ! riculturt.

How to Apply Manures.

Under certain circumstances, the best storage place for the manure of the stable is the field where it is to be used. If the I land is so situated, and the soil contains a ; fair amount of clay, and is in such condl- ! tion that the water of heavy rains will wash the soluble parts of the manure, not | off from, but into the ground, the surface jof the field is the best place for it. We can in no other way distribute the nutrij tive parts of the manure among the parI tides of soil so thoroughly, ss by allowi ing them to be washed m among them by I the falling rains. The only loss sustained in this practice will be by a very slight | evaporation of ammonia—very slight, be--1 cause the formation of volatile ammonia will almost entirely cease when the ma- ! nure is so spread as to become too cold ; for rapid decomposition. The soluble ; ammoniacal salts, and the soluble earthy | parts, will be washed into the soil, of j which the clay aud decomposed Organic matter have a very strong absorptive action, and which will hold all fertilizing ! matter that may coat its particles—vorv ! much as the fibre of cloth holds the color - 1 ing matter of dye stuffs. To coutinue the j comparison, the coating of the particles ! of soil is not a “fist color,” but is removed ; by the water of the sap in the . roots of I punts, and is appropriated to their use. 1 The recommendation to spread stable | manure directly upon the land as soon as j it is made, or as soon as it can be hauled out, applies only to such soils as are in a | condition to receive and retain its soluble j parts. On steep hill sides, very leachy, lands and over-wet clays, the practice would often, no doubt, result in loss. When the ground is locked fast with frost, the manure would run away with the water, that, unable to gain entrance, 1 would flow over the surface in times of heavy rain. In the case of thin sandy soils, there is danger that it will be washed down too deeply to have Us best effect On steeply-sloping land, of course, the water of heavy rains would flow off over the surface, and some of the manure would go with it To state the case simply: Wherever and whenever the water of rains and melting snows can find its way into the soil, the best way to use the manure of the stable is to spread it broadcast over the surface, except on ver, light sandy soils. Where the inclination is too steep; where, from springs or want of drainage, the water would be kept out of the soil and would flow away over the surface of the ground, such use would, probably, be about the worst. Where the snow lies so deep as to prevent the freezing of the ground, and where, as It melts in spring, it will all, or nearly all, soak into the toil, it is a good plan to spread the.manure upon the show; but it is a very bad plan to do this when, from the frozen condition of the ground, or from its rapid inclination, the melting snow would run over the surface.

The principle upon which the advantage and disadvantage of the practice depends is, that the manure will go with the water in which it Is dissolved. If it goes into a soil containing a fair proportion of clay or organic matter, it will be distriouted in the best places and in the most complete manner; if it runs away over the surface, it will be lost. Coarse, unfertpented manure should be spread upon the ground before plowing, and turned well into the soil, where its decomposition will be more rapid than if harrowed into the dry surface, while its best mechanical effect will be more completely and more lastingly exerted. In the H&3e of thoroughly rotted manure, although there are good arguments in favor of plowing it in, I am "inclined to very strongly recommend that it be spread upon the furrow—after rolling, if the roller jsused at all; if not, after once harrowing, and then be thoroughly worked into the surface with the "cultivator, Shares’ harrow or common harrow. 80 treated it will lie where the earliest roots of the crop will 'feel its effect, and its constituents will be more deeply covered.— Handy Book of Husbandry.

The Apple Tree Borer.

The following communication is from Hon. Samuel Swift, in the Middlebury (Vt.) Register. , “Some twenty years ago, having for many previous years contended rather unsuccessfully against the depredations of the apple tree borer, I came across a prescription for getting rid of this enemy to our orchards, of the following tenor: By the Ist of May prepare a wash composed of soap and water with tobacco tuice, and apply it with a brush to the >ody of the apple-tree, from the root as high up as ever the borer enters. Borne few years after I found another similar prescription, omitting the tobacco, and used only soapand water, which I have since used. With the use of either of these prescriptions, I have never found a borer at work on any of my trees, unless at the first year of using it. The prescription directs the application to be made the first of May; but I did not discover it until about May 20, and then I made the application. Bat this gave time lor the eggs to be hatched, and the small and hardly perceptible insects appeared in the bark and were easily removed.”

Batter for Winter Use.

Mabt A. Lee, of Cain, Pa., Writes to the American Institutes Farmers’ Club on the subject of making batter for winter use. She says that butter made in October and November, if good, m&y be kept so by printing in small table prints, and sprinkling each with salt, and laying loosely in a stone jar. To keep butter good that is made in the fall is one thing, but to keep that=good which is made in early summer is quite another. The best and richest Pennsylvania butter is made in May, June, and July, when the cow’s milk is strong, and before the flies trouble them too much- • The best of butter may easily be kept good till April; and this is the way to do it : First. It must be good butter when made; all the buttermilk must be worked out, and in doing this keep it out of water —don’t have any water come in contact with it. Butter that is washed in working, as it is termed, if good, would be much better if it had not been washed. Salt to suit the taste of those who are to eat it; half an ounce of salt to a ponnd of butter is about right; keep out saltpetre, sugar, and all other curative ingredients; it will keep better without them, and perhaps, too, without salt, but will not be so palatable. I)o up the butter alter each churning in neat, round rolls lof two or three pounds each; cover each roll with a clean muslin cloth, large enough to go round it twice or more, so that it will be completely enveloped, and sink it in a strong brine as strong as the

beat aalt will makp It. Stone Teasel* are the beat, and each roll, u It la pnt In, may be aunk by placing a clean atone upon it. Continue to add more rolla until the veaael la full, always keeping the whole completely oorered with brine, and to Insure strength add more salt when fail Keep it in the cellar or spring house, and see if it is not worth in winter or sprang 100 per cent, more than any winter-made butter. In this manner a supply of choioe butter may Mfkept perfectly safe. But mark, the butter must be good—well made by one who understands how to do it, must be well worked, and ahould by all means be wrapped up, and sunk under the brine, the same day that it la churned, not kept lying around for two or three days after churning. A good spring, with the water at 66 degrees, is Indispensable to make the best butter in the summer months, and then it must be churned slowly, that it may come solid. i

Watering House Plants.

There Is an art in watering plants which a novice rarely, knows. They should never be watered unless they are really thirsty; unless the surface of the soil is dry, then water until it runs out into the saucer. Alter all are thus thoroughly watered, turn out the surplus which is id the saucers, as it is injurious to most plants to have the pot stand in water. Hydrangeas, calls lilies and lobelias are exceptions to this rule. plants which are budding and blossoming vigorously require more water than those which are not so healthy. In fact, judgment is needful in this matter of watering, and it is only attained by practice. One-thing is very necessary, and that is always to use water warm to the hand. Never apply one drop of cold water. It chills the roots so that they cannot grow. We had a friend who used to water her plants with the tea left in the teapot after breakfast, and her success as a cultivator was marvelous! Rather expensive, but it certainly was < fflsacious. All plants kept in rooms should be well washed at least, onco a fortnight, and once a week will insure a more healthy growth.—77i e Household.

PRrSSITTG’S Vinboaf. —As tho pickling ; season is now at hand, and many housekeepers are concerned about getting vinegar that ! will keep tlicir pickles, we deem it our duty to inform our readers that PruSsing’s vinegar is admitted by ail who have tried it to have no superior in the market for this purpose. Mr. Prussing warrants his vinegar to be free from all poisonous acids, with which many Eastern vinegars are adulterated.- ’ Ills works are the largest of the kind in the United States, and owing to the extra quality of nis vinegar, it is rapidly superseding ail others witli the city and country trade. Dealers and consumers should not fail to ask for it when replenishing their stock.— lllinois State Journal. ♦ The Ncrsery.—This little magazine, which has received so many encomiums from the j press, still merits all that has been said in its favor. Tie pretty pictnros and pleasant reading in the September number will charm the little ones who are fortunate enOßgh to 4)3 amoDg Its recipients. It costs oalyfl.so ayear, with reductions toc'.nbs. Address John L Snomy, 36 Bromfiuld s'reet, Boston, Mass. The Atlantic Monthly.—Contents of the September number: The Brglish Note-Books of Nathaniel Flawthouie, by G. 8. Hilliard; In the Old Churchyard at Fredericksburg, by F. W. Loring; Joseph and his Friend—l X.—by Bayard Taylor; Charles Albert Fechter, by Kato Field; Threnody; Little Ben, by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Music a Means of Culture, by John S. Dwight: Mono tain Sonnets, by Lncy Larcom; A Virginian in New England Thirty-five Years Ago —II.: A Day’s Pleamre—lll.—by W. D. Howells; Half-Way—n.—by George Barrow; A Handful of Translations, by IT. W. Longf.tiow; A Reminiscence of Benton; A Day with the Shovel-Makers; Reviews and Literary Notices. Fulds, Osgood * Co., I*4 Tremont street, Boston, Mass. £4.00 per year. OcttToung Polks for September has the following contents: Chapter IX. of We Gir’srA Homo Story, by Mrs. A. D. T. WMtney; I.nlu’s Pupil, by Harriet Beecher Stowe; Idle Nan (poem) by Ablm Goold Woolson; BnruingGiasses and Burning-Mirrors by Aiignslne Tlo'mcs; now tho Bear Hunted Me, by George D. Brewerton: The William Henry Letters: Another New Packet, by Mrs. A. M Diaz; A President at Home (pocm)by 8. M. B. P att; Without Hands or Feet, by Adelaide Wetmone : DecoraMonDay Shoes, by Mary B. Harris; Phillip Eldon; How to Draw—lll,-by Charles A. Barry; Our Young Contributors’ -Department, etc. Handsomely illustrated. • Fislds, Osgood * Co., Boston, Mass. £2.00 per anDiue; an extra copy for every five subscriptions. The Atlantic Monthly and Our Ytrnnq Folks, yrs.OOa year.

“READING SUTTED FOB THE SEASON

and Yhe Times.”—Among the contents of the September number of the Phrenological Journal and Pickard's Monthly , we especially notice articles on John Bartaln, the American enjraver ; Objections to Phrenology Considered; Men as Lovers ; Gen. Joseph E. Johnston ; Western Emigration ; Scripture Names; Is there room enough In the World J etc. Terms, f 3 a year, single Nos. 30 cents. The publisher, 8. R. Wants. 339 Broadway, New York, is offering one of Prang’s tine Chromes, “ The Doctor ,” published at $5.00, to all who subscribe at once, and send 21 cents extra tor mailing the Chromo. A very liberal offer. The Children’s Hour for September Is beautifully Illustrated, a d nnmbera smong its contributors the nanvg of Kite Sutherland, Ada M. Eennlcott, Clio Stanley, and other* equally well qualified to please children. “ Beech Nut Farm,” by Virginia F. Townsend, is continued. This little magazine Is really one of the prettiest publications for children that we know of. Arthur's Home Magazine for September opens with an excellent story contributed by Mary Hartwell, entitled ** A IMnvliter of Ishmael’s.” “ The Song of the Saw,” by Grace Leavenworth, Is a pleasing and quaint sketch of a day in a mill. There Is “ Farther from the Misses Fl'znoodle,” by the author of “ Watching and Waiting,” and another paper on “ Woman’s Work and Woman’s Wages.” We also find the-Prize Temperance Story of Wood’s Household Magazine copied Into the Home. The various departments possess their usual interest, and altogether the number Is an excellent one. Every Saturday.—Among the en gravings In No. 35, August 27, are several Illustrations of Incidents connected with the present European war, and the publishers announce that, by special arrangements with The Graphic, the best illustrated paper In Europe, they will receive duplicate electrotypes of all the illustrations that appear In Aat paper, and will thus be able to lay before their readers the best pictures, from tlie original drawings, of all the most striking incident* of tie war. “On Board the Cambria ’’ is a double-page picture, in supplement form, given with this number of Every Saturday. Fields, Osoood A Co., Boston. i m s m “Stealing from Old ieji'uns,” The patent method bv which Carrageen or Irish Moss Is converted Into Sea Moss Karine. 1s a very laborious and complicated one. The raw material Is first deprived of its bitterness by repeated washings. It li then carefnliy picked over by hand and desiccated—in other Words, deprived of all moisture—alter which It is passed through a series of mills and other apparatus, by which it is cleansed bom every Imparity, and pulverized knit concentrated, without being robbed of Its refreshing ocean flavor. Having been thus manipulated and pnt np in convenient psesages, it Is ready for conversion into anch Blanc Mange, Puddings, Creams, Gruels, Cream Pies, Sonps, Sauces, Ac., as are not producible with any otter material, however expensive. In »umbers there is safety. It was upon this principle that the formula of Jtnmos'B Motnmix. Hiraa Pills was prepared. Dr. Judson, Intending to spend a fortuno in advertising his pills, submitted his recipe to the revision or the most intelligent and learned physicians of the age, and the result is s simple but moat efficacious medicine —the Jutwon's Mountain Bkhb Finns. They purity the blood, remove all obstruction*, cleanao the skin ot all pimple* and blotches, ana arc perfectly sure and safe in their operation. The JtmsoN’a Mountain Hhrb Pmu cure Itillonsno*?, Female IrrognlanUes, Headache asul many of the diseases arising from impure blood and a deranged digestion. Use the .lepton's Mountain Hum PrnLS, and when von have proved their virtue recommend them to your friend*, Tnoy are lioth sugar-coated end plain. For sale everywhere.

Alum’s Lund Balsam causes the lung* to threw eff the ma’ter that Is collected over lbs si -ee la, and makes the patient breaths more freely and nurUss the h ood, gives strength to the bodr and tone to the dtgeetl vo organs, heals the lmtat d parts, ana gives life and Seailh-to the system. For sale by til diuggWa.

The Season of Exhaustion.

The dose aultry weather which utneliy provalls toward the end of aommer is particularly unfavorable to the feeble and enervatod. Even the wellknit frames of strong men feel the influence of the season, and Uctltode and languor pervade the whole community. Ladles, especially those in delicate health, suffer much Rem debility, occasioned by the humid heat. ar.d feel the Want of a wholesome tnvlgorant. In fact, a necessity for aomathtng to recruit the exhaaittd system la experienced, more or lets, by everybody, and the only question is, what that something will be. With those who have tested the effect of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters on themselves, or have observed its effect on others, this question will not be in donbt for a single moment. Its tonlcand regulating oneratlon, and Us agency In cresting a healthy appetite and promo leg digestion, are rightly Claasod by all who hnv - resorted to thla hnequalud vegetable Invigorant and corrective, among the moat extraordinary therapeutic wonders of modem times. It ah old bo taken at thi« season as a safeguard against the epidemic diseases which arc so apt to attack the relaxed system lu the fall of the year. An it Is understood that mercenary speculators In various parts of tho country aru endeavoring to supersede the standatd tonic of the age with worthless articles manufactured by themselves, which they represent to bo superior to thla long tried remedy, it is proper to put tho public on their guard against this species of Imposition, and to warn them against tho deleterious trash with which dishonorable* dealers scok to drench them.

BVIISCI Vft’O Cider Vinegar, celebrated foi rnSjowlß > 'ltn purity, strength, mid paints bleness. Warranted to preserve ntckles. First premium swarded atthf V. 8. Fair, tho Illinois State Fair, and Chicago City Fair. Largest works of tho kind in the Uiitb-d Staten, established 4^43. UHAB. G. E. {‘BUSSING, BS‘) and 341 Stato-st., Chicago, XW* Ask vonr groce- for Prnssl nVinegar q q q TYM The Most Popular Mcdfcinr Extant, I84D! Thirty - Tears {IB7O Since tbe Introduction of PER Kg DAVIS’ PAIN KILLER. Thirty yean* It has been before the public and la that time has become known !n nil parts of the world, and been used by poople of all nations It remains, today, that same good and efficient remedy. Its wonderful power l n relieving the most severe pains has never been equaled, and it has earned Its world-wide popularity by Its Intrinsic merit. No curative agent has nad so wide-spread sale or given such universal satisfycHon. Directions accompany each bottle. J. I¥. HARRIS &, CO., Solo Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bolt! by all Dnuslkts. s m sfsi SOMETHING NEW! Will an those Afflicted with ~ Cough or Consumption Read the following and learn the value of ALLEKT’S LUNG BALSAM. DR. LLOYD, of Ohio, Surgeon In the army during the war, from exposure, contracted consumption. He says: “I have no hesitancy in stating that it was by the use of your LUNG BALSAM that I am now alive and enjoying health.” DR. FLETCHER, of Missouri, says: “ recommend your BALSAM In preference to any other medicine tor Coughs, and it gives satisfaction. ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM Is the remedy to cure alt hung and Throat difficulties. It should be thorough'? tested before lining any other Balsam. It will cure when all others tail. Directions aCCOin pany each bottle. J. N. JS.tRRIS & co., Sole Fronrle'i org, Cincinnati!, Ohio. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. You Want It! Everybody Wants It! The Si. Louis Rosie Journal Should ho in every family In the Worth, West and South. It is equally as good as Eastern papers, and Cheaper.—Only $2.50 per year. Tho Proprietors are offering great inducements to Clubs and Canvassors. Send for spacunon copy with inducements to Clubs and Canvassers, to SHEFFIELD & STONE, 121 Nobth Sixth Stxiit, St. Lotus, Mo. Railroad Gazette' The Railroad Man’s Paper An Illustrated Weekly Quabto Journal, of Twenty-Four Pages, Devoted to Mews and law. Operations. Engineering. Meehaltica. Eolicg. Advertising. TERMS: $3 per Annum; Single Copies, 10 cents. A. N. KELLOGG, Publisher, 101 Washington St., Chicago.

Al.fc PIRFOIIATItO CIRCULAR AWI* LONG SAWS. VT Bend for Panmhlet. AMERICAN SAW CO., No. 1 Kerry, cor. Grrtd St., New Yor* ASK FOR THE " ORIENT” TLA YOKING EXTRACTS—'The Puroatahd Rost ;■ use. L. J. HITZA CQ..8418 n Chicago. THE ILLINOIS IMISfRLIL UiVIVEISSITV, This new State Institution offers rare ficllltie* to younpmen wishing to in themsebps lor: l. BclmHiflc Agrk uliurlaiaor Hortioultu-lats. Civil Kngln erg 3. Mechanical Engineers or Machinists. 4. Architects. 5. Analytical Ctiomia’n and Druggist*. 6. Practical Geologists and Naturalise 7, To obtain a liberal ed* ncatlon. It, is richly provided \vltli Machine and Car penterßhopa Faring, Gardena, and Laboratory are provided lor practice. TuittoirL’Cc In all the practical courses. The next fall term will open Wednesday, the 11th of September. Catalogues sent nee on application. .T. M. GREGORY, Regent, Champaign, 111 I A <4KNTtf make great profltgßelllng the Farmers ami Mechanics’ Hook /2XI Engraving®) and Dr. llcurd’a Home Phvslelan. a Handy Book of Family Medicine. W. T. KEENER, Pub., 154 Madison Bt., Chicago, 111. HOW TO GET PATENTS IS KULLY EXPLAINED In » Pamphlet of 10* page. Just Issued by IIUNN A CO., 07 Talk Eow, Kew York. BENT FREE. MTTNN A CO./jEditors eclenUflc Amertoan. the ’SW» mechanical psngr tn the world, <‘J3 Y«ar» lir»r.Bur;rcto, PA T4I NTM .--have taken More Patents and examined More Invention*, than it any other acenry. S"nrt sketch sad I oeacriptiou for opinion. NO CHAIiIIK. BLOQMIMBTCN NURSERY. 600 Acre**. Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Nursery Krergreers, Rootgrfttts, Undue Plants, Tulips, Hyacinths, Crocus, Lilies, Colored Fruit and Flower Plates. All at Wholesale and Retail. Bend lOcts. for Catalogue*, f. ks, Bloomington, ill.

abreat medical discover? Dt WALKER'S OM4C#OaWIA VINEGAR BITTERS 4 i Hundreds of Thousands S« . it? If i WHAT ARE THEY? |f 5 ,1 X-V ||| Jfc - 3 £ 5} K ® THEY ARE NOT A YlL® «11 asFANCY DRINK,?®? Made of Poor Ruin, Whlaliey, Proof flplr; 3 n nil Refuse Manor, doctored, .plcoil and sweet, ened to please the taste, called “Tonics,”" AppoV* era.” “ Restorers,” *c„ that lead the tippler o.i to drunkenness and ruin.hut are a trnc Medicine, u ndo from tho Native Roots and Herbs of California, 1 roe from ull Alcoholic Btlmulants. '1 hey arc tho GREAT HLOOD PURIFIER nndALIF , GIVING PRINCIPLE aperient Renovator -r.d Invigorntor of the System, carrying off all poison matter and restoring thn blood to a healthy oondltl. No person can tike these Bitters according to di tlon and remain long unwell. 8100 will be given for an Incurable case, provided tha hones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyout* '.lie. point of repair. For InflonttnalolT and Chronic Uhcnmu(lsm null Gout, Dyspepsia, or luaiqpslino, Bilious, Iteinlttciir n ml IntcriulttcntFevsrs Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys ai> ’ Bladder, tbeso Bitters have boon moat succo'--ful. Such Diseases aro caused by Vitiut ’ Blood .which is generally produced by deraugemi _t of the Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head ache, Pain In the Shoulders, Coughs, tightness of t ua ‘ Cheat, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of tlio Stomach, Bad tasto In the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation ot the Lungs, Tain in thj regions of ttie Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, arc tlio offsprings of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate tho stomach, and stimulate the toa pid liver aud bowels, which render them of unequiiruu. efficacy In cle.an.slng tho blood of all Impurities, and imparting now fire and vigor to the whole system. FUR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, I Tetter, Salt Rhuem.Blotchoß, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils,Carbancles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head,Sore Eyes, Erysipelns. Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of tho Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever mono or nature are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time l>y the use of these Bitters, one bot tle In auch casca will convince most incredulous of their curative effect. Cleanse tho Vitiated Blood whenever you find It* impurities bursting through the skin inPimplca.E'uptions or Bores ; cleanse it when yonllnd It obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it Is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. K cep the bio od pare and the health ofthc system will follow. - PIS, TA PF, and other WO R3IM, lurking in tlio system of so many thousands, arc effectually destroyed and removed. For full directions, read carefu.the circular around cacli bottle, printed in four :angoages—English, German, French and Spanish. J. WALKER, Proprietor, Ik 11. McDOXALD A >.C. Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, (.14, and 52 and 34 Commerce Street, New York. tr SOLD BY AI.L DRUGGISTS AND, DEALERS. The surprising and unanimous assent. of physician* in fa vo. of HOFF’S Ma-T EX'! It \CTlnc- rtaln forms ol (list ase>>. Is owing to the r 'pldlty of lis cuvets, which h -8, In a certain measure, given it the character ol a specific. There exist but iuw tonics In case* of chronic ca *ri he, <U»«skr< Bof the stomach, anti above all, or the lungs, which acta • mildly and at the same time so prompt!* as llofTs Malt Extract has from Incontestable evidence been proved to act. _ n ,,„„ rc B«LD BY Ai ■ DKUWGTSTS AND GROCEEB- - Greenwich tiout AGB.VIS FOR UnITRP CTATICe, KTO., Fever and Ague ANTIDOTU Always Stops tbe Cbills. Thia Mcdicino Las boon before tbe Public fifteen years, and is still ahead of all other known romodies. Itdocanotpnrpe, does not sicken the stomach, iu perfectly safe in any dose and tinder all circumstances, and is the only Medicine that will CURE IMMEDIATELY and permanently every form of i ever and Ague, becauso it is a perfect Anti* dote to Malaria. Bold by all Druggists. YOU WANT MONEY? You can r> ake f 2) every day. sdilu«c O’Hara’s Pockets Giant Com-Sheller. Fa*. Nov 23,186?. Took Ist Premium at Mississippi Fair, 1869: Louisiana and Texas Fairs, 1870, bea ing contesting machines two to one. It Sflpnratei, don’t scatter, welslis 12 oz., shells 6 bushels per hour. By mail, |1.50. CHAB. MhLSOM c» Gale cb BloolLi, WIIOLEHALK DRUGGISTS. Agents for B. Keith & Co.’s Active Principles of Plants: chapman * Dunk’s Pharmaceutical Preparations; i ha«. hills, 8 >n & Co.’s Sugar Coated PlUa and Grannies; F. Paturel & Co.’s Swedish Loeohes. Vaccine Virus and French Artificial Ev®* (insert <i and worn without vain or even inconvenience) -a specialty. GALE & BLOCKI, Thr* «en«on of Peril. In the Summer- and Antamnthf .ys .nilsin a less nervous condition than when under the hrarlng influence of anolder temperature. Keen the h.iwej* uLObstincted, the digestion B(V tlve and .hebiomt coot In warm weather To effect this object,*ek* ooi aslonally a dose or Tcrkant b Krfeuvksuf’,l tELizsR APXiu*NT. It Is a gentle cathartic, n wholesome tonic, an antidote to t'tllonsiiess, a blood depurent, and a most dellgtitlnir brlluge, united in one sparkling, foaming elixir, ptopaiod In a moment and wlltiont tbe slightest troubje. SOLD BY ALL DKUGUIBTB. THB Weed Family Favorite A* now perfected and nmnufeclured lty tho Weed B.M. Co., of Hartford, is the best and most reliable FAMILY SEWING MACHINE For ail kinds ol fainily work In use. Responsible Agents wanted ltt every county. A liberal discount to•the trade. Bend for price list and terms to GEO. C. IHOM AS, 191 Lako-*t., Chicago, for the Northwest. Ktntp where yon see thU advertisement- -. FEVER . AMs AtiFE. «* '-U .. ■■ 288-it A_ ~ Get the Ileal, Celebrated, Genuine CONCORD HARNBBB. Ail kinds and description* ocustantly on hand and made to order, from too lightest Bnviy to the beavlest Ikiam Harness, and In cvcrr varftw »« a mounting. Krn6 pennlnf unices stamped with oar name and trsde mark. PricjUsts and cfrcglars on ap- , pltratimi. AUdTfcSS ,1 % Concoril, N. 11., Sole i roprlntr-r, and onffilakers. mt wii have arrangements hy which are aellvered by X»» Xi* Freight at lowest ratw.