Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1873 — Page 4

CURRENT ITEMS.

A asouc wheat field on a California farm contains 38,000 acres. Skk, in anoihet column, the advertisement headed "I will help any man." The times are affecting the poor IndiAn. He complains that none but bald-headed emigrants go West. Ocean steamers charge two dollars per head to bring babies this way, but let them go to Europe for nothing. A Zanesville (0.) woman has a treasure of a husband who has Airnished her with material for seventeen suits as damages against as many different bar-keepers. A dog was recently taken from Cedar Falls, lowa, to a town in Kansas, but not liking the country, it made the return trip alone, a distance of 700 miles. The wife of a Louisville lawyer made a bustle of some important legal documents, and court had to adjourn until she could go home and return them in proper shape. Portland, Oregon, lately expressed two babes a distance of several hundred miles, with regular express tags about their necks, and marked C. O. D. They reached their end without trouble. The discovery of a new volcano neAr the town of Morlege, on the Gulf of Californla, Is announced. Within an area of six hundred feet there are twenty ventholes, from which smoke is emitted. The mortuary statistics of New York City show that within the last twenty years over 6,000 persons have been drowned in its adjacent waters. Hence a Lifesaving Society has been organized, with Theo. Dwight as President. A sword belonging to General Meade, presented to him by the United States for his services in Mexico, was picked up by a Confederate at Charlottesville, Ya., during the war, and word has just been sent to the family of the late General that it is at their disposal. Intelligence has come to us from the Pacific coast that the experiment made by Seth Green in transplanting the shad of the Hudson to the Pacific waters has been successful, and the shad of the Hudson taken to the Sacramento have been caught in the Bay of San Francisco of a size for the table". A Buffalo miser, named Thomas B. Newman, aged seventy-three, reputed to be worth a quarter of a million dollars, and owner of some of the most valuable real estate in that city, died in the city hospital recently, whither he had been removed a few days previous,, from a hovel which he had occupied for thirty-seven years. He had no relatives in that city. The Holt County (Mo.) Sentinel says that a Miss Stiles, daughter of C. F. Stiles, was buried at Ross Grove recently, with the full honors of the Patrons of Husbandly. Her dying request was to be buried by the Patrons, of whom she was a member in very high standing. Three of the Granges participated in the burial ceremonies. The scene was one of deep mourning and one long to be remembered. William Stokes, late a ship boy on the British, scientific exploring ship Challenger, who was killed by a falling block when off Porto Rico, was buried in the deepest grave on record. Ilis bodv. wrapped in a shotted hammock, was dropped in water close upon four miles deep, wherein Mont Blanc, standing upon another peak of equal height, would barely appear above the surface. This is-the latest information we have from the Modoc country: “The warrior stood among the rocks, whence all but him had fled; he was the last of the Modocs that roamed the lava bed. The shot fell fast, he would not go—the warrior knew no fear; eight hundred of the avenging foe assailed him front and rear. Only one boon that Ingin craved—he spurned to sue for quarter—the crowning curse he might be saved, of interviewing by a reporter.” The nephew of the late Tliaddeus Stevens having failed to comply with the conditions of his will relative to abstaining from the use of intoxicating drinks, the executors are about to apply the residue of his estate, estimated variously from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO, to the founding of the Orphan Home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, designed by him in case of such"failure. The will provides that no preference shall be shown in respect of race, religion or color in admission or treatment, and that all the inmates shall wear the same style of dress and eat at the same table. The New Orleans Times relates the following extraordinary instance of resuscitation which-happened in that city not long since: “A child of three years old died early in the morning, and was duly laid out for interment; a competent physician certified to the decease, and the friends of the family assembled to solemnize the funeral. Late in the afternoon, the body having been coffined, and the funeral carriages waiting at the door, a thunder storm arose. It will be remembered that there were some unusually violent reverberations during the brief term of .its prevalence. Simultaneously w ith one of the most deafening of these claps, tlie” child recovered its animation and resumed all the functions of existence. It is now permanently recovered. There is no doubt of the facts in this case,” . : :

A reporter of the Detroit Press and a policeman, each armed cap-a-pie, sat up one night recently in a haunted house in that city to interview a ghost (or ghostess) which, according to all accounts had been perambulating around in an uncanny sort of manner, slamming doors, sobbing like a child, and occasionally shrieking like all possessed. The various performances all came off at advertised, causing the reportorial hair -‘to stand on end like quills upon the fretful porcu—pine,” while the valiant “cop'’ handled his revolver nervously and entreated his companion “not to be afeard.” The result of their investigation was the discover}- of the fact that old Boreas was at the bottom of the mysterious demonstrations—an open bung-hole of a barrel in the attic furnishing the vocal part of the entertainment, while a broken pane of glass let in a gust which closed the door without the aid of human hands. A Totching Incident.—A short time since, in this city, a brilliant and much-, admired lady, who had been suffering for some time with a trouble of the eyes, was Jed to fear a speedy change for the worse, and immediately consulted her physician. An examination discovered a sudden and fatal falling in of the optic nerve, and the information was imparted as gently *as possible, that the patient could not retain her sight than a few days at most, and was liable to be totally deprived of it at any inpment. The afflicted mother returned to her home, quietly made such-ar-rangements as would occur to one about to commence so dark a journey of life, and then had her two little children, attired in their brightest and sweetest costumes, brought before her; and so, with their little laces lifted to hers, and tears gathering for some great misfortune that they hardly realized, the light faded out of the mother’s eyes, leaving an ineffaceable picture of those dearest to her on earth—a memory of bright faces that will console her in many a dark hour. — Covington (Eg.) Journal. i The Hartford (Conn.) Times says that Conductor Bradley, of that pity, who was killed, with others, by a recent railroad accident on the Hartford & Waterbury Bead, was on a “caboose” car at the time the train reached the broken rail. The instant he felt the shock, he knew the car was off the track, and sprang for a brake. It was his last act. In the next instant he was killed by the crash; and his skull was broken. When picked up a part of

his brain was visible, oozing out; but the true and faithful conductor was able to speak. And these were the words he uttered—the last he ever spoke:; ■ “Pvt mil the signal* for the, other train!" The lightning-like suddenness of the crash, though it deprived him of all conscidSsness of everything happening subsequent to the instant when he jumped to seize the brake, did not blot out of his vivid memory the sensation he had at that moment of fate. There was the sense of impending danger, and of the necessity of instant action to avert it. That consciousness remained, during the ensuing few minutes in which the crash had come, and the faithful conductor had met his fate. Captured by a Photograph.— During the time qf the Paris Exhibition a Brooklyn photographer sent over to the Exhibition a number of photographs as types of female beauty. Among them was a photograph of Kate Louise Parks, for many years noted in parts of Brooklyn for her beauty. Her father, Wm. Parks, is very wealthy. Count Daniel Deßois Montgallie saw the Brooklyn belle’s portrait at the Paris Exposition, and. was at once smitten. A vear or two afterward Miss Parks went to Paris. At a court reception to which she obtained admittance Count Debois Montgallie saw her, recognized the original of the photograph, told her of the circumstance, and protested his love. She reciprocated it, and all looked lovely. On returning to this country she informed her father of her love for the French count. The cruel “parient” who cared little for titles, frowned on the projected alliance, and refused to give his consent. She, however, kept up a secret eorrespogdence with her admirer. A short time ago he came over to this country and tried in person to move the girl’s father to relent. It was in vaiD r however—Not -to -be thwarsed the lovers proceeded one evening to the residence of Bishop Laughlin, ot Brooklyn, and were married in the presence of the French Consul. The happy pair left for Europe the iollowing day. The Davenport (Iowa) Gazette tells a story of a young widow residing in Princeton "township, near that city, who after a brief acquaintance had become engaged to be married to a gentleman residing in California. January last was the month set for the marriage. One night early in December, the widow was disturbed by a dream. She thought her husband appeared to her, looked intently into her eyes for a moment, and then,lift ing hi s fin ger, said: “Postpone your marriage!” and disappeared. In three nights thereafter the vision again appeared to her, repeating the same warning. The second night after this last appearance, while her brother was occupying a bed in a room adjoining hers, the door being open between, the husband again appeared as she was sleeping, and again uttered liis warning. The same night, too. the vision appeared to the mother of the widow, and said: “Have Sarah’s marriage postponed!” There was no use trying to shake off the influences of these visions—and the result was that the widow did write to her betrothed, and asked him to postpone his coming until spring. The denouement is to the effect that a short time since the family received a San Francisco paper, containing a marked account of the arrest for robbery of this same lover of the widow’s, and his incarceration in jail for want of bail. Furthermore, it spoke of the fellow’s wife, and children as deserving of the sympathy and assistance of the charitable!

Affairs in Louisiana.

In his address to the people of Louisi ana Governor Kellogg reviews at length the history of the troubles. He says: During all the excitement which preceded my installation as Governor I was desirous and at nil times expressed a willingness to have an adjustment on a fair and equitable basis. After I was inaugurated the Chairman of the Republican State Committee made an offer to leading members of the Fusion party to seat forty-five members of the lower house and a number of Senators. This proposition met the approbation of many of the leaders of the party. It was rejected, in part, on the alleged ground that we would not reseat the six expelled Senators who had deserted their seats and betrayed their constituencies by going into the Fusion assemblage. At all times after this there was a disposition on the part of the leading men of the Republican party and of the Legislature to make any reasonable adjustment. It will he borne in mind that the composition of our Legislature, alleged to be inimical to wholesome legislation, was the strong objection made to our government. Without admitting the justiccof this objection—which, indeed, is at,undautlv disproved bj-contrasting the action of the present Legislature with that of the past Legislatures, or even that of the body styling itself a legislature which met at Odd Fellows' Hall, which pissed no reform measures—we yet were willing to concede to tlie opposition such a representation as even they admitted would enable them, acting in concert with Republican members known to be in favor of reform, to secure the passage of such measures as would tend to correct existing abuses, to restore public credit, and to develop the internal resources of the State. The proposed adjustment would —have given * white majority in both branches of the Legislature, and, as they themselves conceded, would have enabled the opposition, if so. disposed, to prevent all questionable legislation, had any such -been attempted; and to insure economy, reform and the advancement of the material intercsts of the State. Repeated conferences were had with the authorized committees of the Fusionists, at their own instance, with a view to an adjustment, and I believe they will do me the justice to say that they were convinced of my sincerity in desiring such a consummation. —: During the last days of the session a committee authorized by the Odd Fellows’ Hall assemblage waited upon myself and others, and finally it was understood that a proposition to seat forty-five Fusionists in the lower House, and eleven Senators, would be satisfactory to the majority.———■ ' v ;-’T With commendable patriotism and self-sac-rifice members of the lower House, sufficient in number to make up the required forty.-fiyc, with those Fusionists returned by the legal board, came forward and signed a written pledge to resign their seats in favor of those claiming to represent their respective districts -then sitting in the Fusion assemblage. A W ritten pledge was also made by a majority of the Senate that they ’would scat nearly or quite the required number of Senators, in addition to those returned by the legal board, it being conceded, for the purpose of this proposcdadjustment,that the contesting Senators had received a majority of the votes cast In their respective districts. We had satisfactory assurances from our friends, both in Washington and here, that this adjustment, if effected, would be approved. I was well aware that my action in this maYtcr would soon tend to tiring upon me the, suspicion of my own party and every kind of discontent and misconstruction from both my friends and opponents, but I was willing to risk all this if by so doing I could reasonably expect to restore harmony and prosperity to the State. Yet, while I was doing this in’ the interests of the State, certain prominent Fusionists were endeavoring to negotiate a trade with Lieutenant-Governor Antoine, by which he and other colored men were to desert me and join them. Right at this janeture it was insisted, among other things, that the old Warmoth Senators who had befeeded from the Legislature, and had subsequently been expelled, should be reseated, and in a caucus of the opposition the question was sprung that no proposition%ould be entertained that did not include the readmission of these Senators. It was generally j admitted that several of them had been fraudulently declared elected in 1870; that they did j not represent the districts frbfflr- whieh 'they ! were Accredited; that their legislative career : had been such as give no reasonable assur- j ances that they” would work in the interest of.. reform, or that they had the pros l perity of the State at heart. Yet the combined efforts of these men, their urgent appeals to their associates in Odd Fellows’ Hall, added to the votes of those who were opposed to any adjustment at all, resulted in the adoption of a resolution by the Fusion body that no adjustment would be acceded to that did not include these expelled Senators. Here again the

influence which has been the bane of Louisiana made Itself felt, and these Warmoth Senators, who had seceded from the legal legislature in order to earry out the original compact looking to the destruction of the Republican party, contributed largely, at least, to the defeat of an adjustment so nearly reached. An appeal to arms was made. The opposition—though they had specifically declared, through the person claiming to be tneir Attor-ney-General, that they only desired to inaugurrate their government " so as to obtain’ u legal status ana make a case for the courts —procured arms and munitions of war, and made a systematic effort to organize a militia for the avowed purpose of overthrowing the established government. The militia was scattered by theJocal authorities, and,the next.day the Odd Fellows’ Hall assemblage was dispersed. The agitation which now convulses the State proceeds principally from three classes. First, a body of worthy citizens unversed in polities, some of whom did not even vote at the last election, who have been blindly misled into the belief that no portion of the present State Government was elected. Second, disappointed politicians, dependent upon office for their livelihood. Third, the men connected with the monopolies and fraudulent schemes originated lmdcr.ihe late Administration, and whose only chance of protecting their interests, now threatened by ray Administration, and of pre : venting the shameful robberies perpetrated upon the people from being brought to light, lies in agitation and anarchy. The public disorders and tlie sentiments of ostracism and antagonism engendered by these three classes, aided by a subsidized partisan press, arc a standing menacepreventing capital and labor from coming here. The tide of immigration tuftis aside from tlie tempting climate and productive soil of tills State, and tlie army of European laborers, warned away by lawlessness and insecurity, passes on to’Tcxas or the West. The State is yearning for the aid of foreign capital to renew its levees, foreign labor to revive its agriculture. But it is absurd for any community that encourages lawlessness to lio])C for the confidence of the capitalist or the aid of the industrious laborer. Nothing can save the State but the enforcement of laws that will insure to all citizens security in tlie peaceful exercise or”aß’tfieff rrbsperity can only come to Louisiana when laws are enforced, when turbulence is put down, when hostility to races end, and when all eitizensare willing to accord to each other what the law and,justice and good policy demaud. It is my earnest desire to establish a just and economical government, to restore public credit, to reduce tlie present taxation, and to promote the internal improvements which tlie State so much needs. I, therefore, appeal to all good citizens to support me in tlie execution of the laws, the preservation of the peace, and the suppression of that lawless violence which lias so injuriously affected tlie interests of tlie city and State. To this end lam determined to employ all the resources of the State, and to invoke, if necessary, tlie power of the General Government.

The Burning of Columbia.

It seems that the ridiculous termination of the Liberal movement has soured the papers and the men concerned in it to such an extent that they are ready to take vengeance against the whole American people, in any manner or form that suggests itself. An illustration is at hand. The Treaty of Washington provided fora Commission to examine the claims of British residents of the United States whose property was destroyed during the rebellion. This Commission is in session, and has lately been engaged in hearing the evidence regarding the burning of Columbia, S. C. Upon the result of the examination will depend the responsibility of oiir government for the cotton there destroyed belonging to British subjects. If the town was fired by our forces we must pay tile loss accruing to these men, while if the rebel troops were guilty of setting the flames the United States are not liable. General Sherman testifies positively, regarding the matter: that the place was in names upon the approach of our troops, and his testimony is corroborated by the evidence of many other officers before the commission, and by informal statements of thousands of officers and private soldiers who were With the advance, ami have always declared that the charge that our troops fired the place was wholly false. This evidence is opposed by Wade Hampton and a number of other Confederate officers, who state that the place was not set on fire by the rebel soldiery, although they admit that they were no’t there at the last, and consequently give only their belief regarding the matter. The theory has always been that the cotton w'as fired by straggling soldiers or rebel citizens, who wished to keep it from falling into the hands of the Federal's, and that "the flames were thus communicated to the town. There is no cause for changing this generally received belief, but more than ever ground for considering it conclusive after the sw'orn evidence of General Sherman; yet there is an attempt being made to overturn this evidence and saddle an immense sum in damages on the country for the destruction of property in which our army had no part whatever - Among the natural advocates of these British and rebel claims are the independent papers of the country. Anything that increases the burden of the people, lowers their good name, and embarrasses and degrades the nation, has their warm and enthusiastic support. It should be enough that these claimants are permitted to introduce the testimony of those having no personal knowledge of the facts, and those who are interested in various ways in having the responsibility of the burning of Columbia shifted toother shoulders than their own, but fearing that they may not succeed they are reinforced by these enemies of the Admiaistratioß-aud of the country, and we may rest assured that if we escape the payment of* from five to ten millions of dollars in the various cases to arise, it will be in spite of the attempt now being made by these papers to fasten them upon us.—Chicago Inter-Ocean , May 20.

Ohio Republican Platform.

The following resolutions were adopted hy-the recent -Republican- State C’onvention es Ohio: First— That the principled of the party, as heretofore expressed in its Conventions, are reaffirmed, and it is declared that events have proved that their practical enforcement is essential to the welfare of the country, and the maintenance of the interests, rights, ana liberties of the people. .Second—That we reaffirm our confidence in President Grant, and in the wisdom, integrity, and success of his administration of his high office. Third —That there should be rigid economy in State and National Admini-trations, and that taxes should be cominued to be reduced in both as rapidly as is consistent with good government, the maintenance of our public credit, snd certain extinguishment of the State and National debt. fourth— That the public lands belong to the people, and should be sacredly reserved for homes of actual settlers, and we pronounce against all further grants of these lands to corporations. Fifth— Thatadequate provision should be made by law for the protection of persons engaged in mining and other hazardous forms of labor. Sixth—' That the producing, commercial, and industrial interests of the country should have the best and cheapest modes of transportation possible; and, while the capital invested in such means of transit, whether by rail or otherwise, should be permuted the 'right of reasonable remuneration, all abuse in their management, excessive rates, oppressive discrimination against localities, person's, or interests, should be corrected by law. and the people protected from such wrongs' and all improper and arbitrary use of the growing power of railroad and other corporations. Serenth— That we heartily applaud the active measures of the late Congress In ferreting out -and exposing corruption, and we have seen; wlth pro-' tound regret in the developments made thereby, evidence of political and official corruption and abuse of responsible positions by men of all political parties, to further personal ends, and we demand pure official conduct, and the punishment of unfaithful public men who, having betrayed confidence freely extended to them, shall not by any partisanship of ours be shielded from di-grace, and we denounce all Credit-MobHtertraneactUme, whatever be their.form *' . - • Eighth— When required to lighten the burden of taxation to continue the reduction of the public : debt, an increase of salaries is .unwise: that we i condemn withoutreserve the vottng for or receiving increased pay for services already rendered. ; and demand that the provisions of the late act of Congress by which the salaries were increased shall be promptly and unconditionally repealed. I Xinth— That we cordially welcome U» our shores the oppressed of all countries, and, remembering with pleasure that adopted fellow cttlzens have always proved loyal to the flag of the Republic, we favor such modification of the naturalization laws as to materially shorten the lime of probation be--1 forevoting.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—Seoke or poke root in recommended As a preventive of what ia called “ hornail” by a doctor, who says: Take a, piece Of tlie size of alien’s egg, grate it finely, mix with bran and a little salt and feed it. —For colifi in ft filly, Dr. Ilorne, in Western Fanner, recommends giving onequarter ounce of prepared chalk in her food every morning, for a few days, to correct the acidity of the bowels, which causes it. —A fanner of Maine thirteen years ago made twenty-five bushels out of a load of, potatoes of only twenty-four, by short measure. The fraud gained' him a few cents. For thirteen years these cents lay heavily on his conscience, and now he has returned $1.50 to his old customer, being the original sum defrauded, with interest at ten per cent., as conscience money, and he sleeps peacefully at last. —How to Choose a Good Cow—A writer in A, IF. Farmer says: Tlie crumply horn isagood indication; a full eye another. Her head should be small and short. Avoid the Roman nose; this indicates thin milk, and but little of it. See that she is dished in the face—sunk between the eyes. Notice that she is wliat stock men call a.good handler —skin soft and loose, like the skin on a dog. Deep from the loin to the udder, and a very slim tail. A jcow with these marks never fails to be a good milker. —Water Cure for Founder.—A correspondent of the New York Tribune cured a bad case of founder .as follows: In the first place, I physicked him; then I took a tight, strong box, got his feet into it, and poured boiling hot water into it, as high as the hair on his feet, and in ten or fifteen minutes lie was able to stand on his forelegs without the assistance -of--the tackle. I kept up this treatment for thirty-six hours, when lie was able to go about and help himself. In a few days I had his shoes put on, and in less than a fortnight more he was able to work as well as ever. —To Cure Dogs of Killing Sheep.—ls you have a good dog that kills or runs sheep, and you don’t want to shoot him, build a pen sixteen feet square, and run a pole across the top, and then pick the largest and oldest buck of the flock, put him in the pen, get your dog, with a collar around his neck, and rope to draw up over tlie middle of the pole, so that the dog will have his fore feel swinging oft’ the ground a few inches. Get out of the pen, and let the buck give him several good butts, and then turn him loose. This is a sure cure. I tried it on my father’s dogs when I was a boy; never knew them even to cross a field where the sheep were grazing. Try it.— Cor. Rural Sun. —Boiled Indian Pudding.—The following linow to be good: One pint Indian meal; one pint thick, sour milk; one cup sour cream; one teaspoonful soda, and salt, unless boiled in pork water, which improves it very much for some—l prefer clear water. Stir into the batter,fruit; raspberries are best—dried or fresh. If sour fruit is used, a trifle more soda is necessary. Put into a bag, and tie firmly, allowing from two to three inches for it to swell. Boil one hour; a little over will not hurt, but is not needed. The water should be boiling when the pudding Is put in, and be kept boiling. Serve with cream and sugar.—Cor. Rural New Yorker. —To Kill Our.rant Worms.—l give the following cheap and simple remedy that I have used for three years with perfect success: Take a few lumps of common quick-lime, pour on it a little water, just sufficient so that when slaked it will be a dry powder. When the worms appear, which will always be on the under part of the bush first, pepper them with this powder. It will kill them without fail, and will not injure the bushes in the least. If more worms should appear, which will very likely be the case, repeat the operation. Tins remedy has the merit of being effective, cheap, and within the reach of all. Lime for this purpose can lie prepared at any time, and can he used when wanted.—Cor. Rural New Yorker.

The Depth to Put Manure.

One of the advances of modern agricultural, science is in the knowledge of how v the roots of plants feed. At one time a 'root was a root, and that was all; but it is now well known that roots are of two classes, only one of which has much to do with furnishing food for the plant. These are commonly known as - fibres. They work during the season in taking up manure from the soil, and at the end of a year they mostly die as the leaves do. With tlie development of the leaves there is a new activity in the root fibre’s growth, and many of the old ones die, The novel point in modern knowledge is that these fibrous or feeding roots are always near the surface of the soil. With this knoweedge comes the necessity of modifying old practices of manuring. When it is dug doxvn deep into the soil, or plowed deeply under, it is in a great measure wasted. Tlie true policy now is to keep it as near the surface as possible, so as not to he too much exposed to wasting winds. Tlie practice of the best agriculturists lias been gradual}-' coming to this for years past, without knowing exactly the reason why such good resulted. Surface manuring has been found, in many instances, superior to the old plan of digging in and has found many intelligent, earnest advocates. We do not knowthat we can heartily endorse the plan as a general rule of leaving the manure to lie entirely on the surface to the action of the hot, bleaching sun; but to have it merely harrowed in so that it may be just where the numerous small surface roots can get readily at it, is certainly a good thing, and has been found as good in practice as the considerations we have noted would lead us to expect.— Forney's Weekly Press

Roots as Manure.

It has been found that the roots of a good crop of red clover left in an acre of land after the removal of the crop weigh six thousand five hundred and eighty pounds, or from three to three and a half tons. The same examination gave the weight of an aerd of rye roots at thirtyfive hundred pounds, and of wheat roots, at thirty four hundred pounds. All of this matter is of course valuable lor the use of such crops as may lie grown during or after its decomposition. The wellknown superiority of clover as a manuring crop, however, is not due alone to the greater amount of orginic matter taken mainly from the atmosphere, which its roots supply, hut also to the position in which this matter is deposited. The roots reach deeply into the soil, and their decomposition-they serve to draw moisture frony the lower soil,- and by the decomposition of fertilizing matter to a considerable deptli, they induce the descuat rir the roots of other crops to a point where the}' are much more sure of a supply of moisture during dry seasons than they could lie if nearer the surface. Then again, these deeply pcnetrating,roots traverse parts of the subsoil not heretofore open to vegetation, and in their decomposition they produce a chemical effect tin the inorganic substances that lie along their courses, and help to render them, too, serviceable for future crops.— American Agriculturist. —The Graphic speak* of Boston and ita Vicinity aa “the Hub and the sub-Hubs.” Bm, In another column, the advertisement headed “I mitt help any man."

Ask for Praising’s Cider Vinegar, and take no other. Warranted to-preserve Pickles. Elegant, sweet, light and wholesome Bread, Rolls, Biscuits, Corn Bread, Mullins,' Buckwheat and other Griddle Cakes, and Pastry ana Cakes, with Dooley’s Yeast Powder. Bold by grocers. as vricx as » rLAsn or l.ioitruixo floes UrisTaDOßo's Excelsior Hair Dyx set upon tire '.lair, whiskers aurt moustaches ; no chameleon tints. tuiLthu purest Raven or the most exquisite Browns will he evolved. In O.ve to Five Minutes, Headache, Earache, Neuralgia. I.ame Back, Diarrhtea, Croups, Sprains, and all similar compiaiiits, are relisted Dy Flaoo’s Lnstant Relief, or money refunded. See, in another column, the advertisement headed “I will help any man.’’

Pat Yourself in His Place.

Reader, put yourself in the place of a dyspeptic and bilious patient under thepld-fashioned, regular treatment. Allopathic doijcs of bine pill, purgatives that go through him wi!h the iuipouious rilsh of an avalanche, opium when he can’t sleep aud a little beef tea to keep him alive under the assaults of the medicine man upon bis stomach, his intestines, his liver and his brain, all these he has to endure. Is it any wonder that he becomes dreadfully weak, emaciated and dejected f Reader, if you have any “gumption” you would, under any circumstances, and at all hazards, decline to. put yourself—otherwise than suppositions!}-—in that man’s place. Now put yourself in the place of a person with the same complaints, who has had the sense to resort to Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy. He takes that agreeable and potent vegetable tonic and alterative, wc will say. three times a day. As a necessary consequence his appetite-Re-turns, his digestion improves, his bodily strength increases, his bowels become free and rcgnlar, his sleep is sound aud refreshing, his spirits grow buoyant, the tinge of health returns to his complexion, and in a few weeks the cure is complete. 'TiußTsTitTfancy picture, it is a brief abstract of the experience of thousands of dyspeptic, bilious, debilitated and despairing patients. Is it necessary to ask the reader in which "of the two places he would put himself, if afflicted with any disease of the stomach, the bowels, liver, or the nerves? ■The Little Corporal for .June contains the closing chapters of .Uncle Hick's Legacy, by Mrs. Miller; another installment of Hidden Treasures, by Mary A. Denison, and other choice articles in prose aud poetry. In the July number will begin the new story, “Life on an' Island,” by Helen C. Weeks, author of Dora, published in the Corporal last year. Those who have read the former story need not be informed that this new athry will be a nice treat. The July number begins a new volume, and will be a good time' to subscribe. Terms, sl/50 a year, and arpair of beautiful chromos. Send 60 cents for cauvassing outfit, including both chromos, and raise a club. Address John E. .Milleii, Publisher, 161 Randolph street, Chicago. * Godey’s Lady’s Book.—The number for June closes another volume of this deservedly popular magazine, and ends the forty-third ycar_of_ its publication. The illustrations in this number are: “Lunch Time,” a fine steel-plate; a colored fashion-plate; an extra embellishment of a frame in leather-work, printed in colors; an extensive sheet of fashions—dresses, hats, tymnets, etc.; children's fashions; a wood-cut of “Helping Themselves.” “Carrying Weight,” by Marion Harland, is continued, followed by other interesting literary matter, and useful information in the different household departments. A handsome chromo is given to each subscriber to this magazine for 1873, whether a single subscriber for $3.00, or a club of six for $14.00. Published by jGgdey, • Philadelphia, Pa. * The Phrenological Journal. —The June number maintains the character of this publicatioh for excellence and progression. Its long table of contents discloses a freightage at once timely, interesting and edifying. We note; The Baron of Sehwartz-Senboru, and the Vienna Exhibition; Empress Elizabeth of Austria; Socialism in America; One Kind of Ghosts; Emily Faitlifulf and her Mission; Born to be Hanged, with life-like illustration; A Neighbor of Mine; Respiration, or How to Breathe; Giving While Living; The Science* of Music; Books for all Minds, etc. This valuable Journal will commence its fifty-seventh volume with the July number, Subscription price, $3.00 a year, or on trial $1.50 for six months. 30 cents for single number. S. R. Wells. New York. * The Science of Health —Among the many excellent articles in the Jane number we specify: “Pre-Natal Influence;” “Disease and its Treatment;” The “Step Mother;” “Warranted t« Cure;” “Method of Cure,” in the Old School practice; “Antipathic Medicine;” “Heart Disease;" "Nature Cures, if Cure there he;” “How to Make Fat Folks Lean;” “The Bread of Life;” “Health of School Teachers;" “Health of Merchants,” etc. Only 20 cents, or $2 a year. Sent three mouths, on trial, for 25 cents. A new volume begins with the next number. S. R. Wells, Publisher, 389 Broadway, New York. * Scrofula, the dreaded, yet wide-spread Scourge of the Human Race, can he cured by Dr Jayne’s Alterative; it overcomes the disease thoroughly by driving it from the system. SirALLENBERQER’s Pills for Ague. Try them. A dose every other day. One dose stops the chills. Six doses effect a dure. No nausea ;no purging.

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CONSUMPTION And Its Cure. Victims of this awful disease arc found in every neighborhood, in almost every house. For them and for their friends, we have tidings of frood cheer and hope—the announcement of a most mportant discovery, firmly basedupon common sense and reasoh, by which the terrible malady is positively controlled, and Its victims are restored to health. WILLSON’S CARBOLATED COD LIVER OIL Is not a secret empirical nostrum. It is a happy combination of two remedies known to physicians every where'as the best means of combating consumption. This combination Is Mr. Willson’s discovery, and is founded upon the fallowing SOUND REASONING. Consumption is decay. Soothing, expectorant remedies are only useful as palliatives ; they do not reach the cause—they do not stop the decay. Tonic medicines strengthen the life forces and prolong the battle, but the decay goes steadily on. and sooner or later the victim must yield. Climatic changes are sometimes good, hut they seldom wholly cure. In short, the very first thing to be done is to stop tub decay ; then apply the restorative, tonic and strength giving treatment. Think a moment. The Lungs are decaying—tubercles, ulcerations, cavities aud deposits of polsonousmatter (pus) are forming? The circulation carries this poison all over the body. Wasting; loss of appetite, enervation, night sweats, and all the terrible symptoms appear ; is it worth while, to doctor the symptom*, which are merely the results, while the deceit}, which is the cause, is eating up the life springs ? These two things are well known by the best physicians: - ~ : ' — Ist. Carbolic acid positively arrests Decay. It Is the most powerful antiseptic In the known world. Even dead bodies are preserved by it. Entering into the circulation, it at once grapples with corruption, and decay ceases. It purifies the sources of disease. 2d. Cod Liver Oil is Nature's be*t assistant in resisting Consumption. It is at once a food, a tonic, a nu rifier, and a nealer. It braces up and .supplies the vital forces, feeds the wasted system, and enables nature to regain her foothold. For these purposes nothing can compare with Cod Liver Oil. This is the theory of WILLSON’S CARBOLATED COD LIVER OIL, As described fully In the Inventor’s circular, which will be mailed, upon application, to any address. We cannot afford space to toll the whole story here, or to give the numerous ceriifioatus from eminent physicians and well known citizens testifying to the absolutely wonderful results flowing from tins great who Ruppo-sed themselves to be at death*s door. Willson’s Carbolated Oil-is--scientifically-prepared with the purest Carbolic Acid, so combined as to be entirely harmless, with - -—— Sweet Norwegian Cod Liver Oil from the celebrated fisheries at Aalesund (Norway), pronounced by physicians the most delicate, efficient Cod Liver Oil in the world. It is easily taken, tolerated by the weakest stomachs, digests readily, never becomes rancid, and is almost entirely free from the usual disagreeable characteristics of Cod Liver Oil. For every use of Cod Li ver Oil Mr. Willson’s discovery Is of the greatest value. For the safe-internal administration of Carbolic Acid Mr. Willson’s method of combining it with Cod Liver'Oil is absolutely necessary. WILLSON’S CARBOLATED COD LIVER OIL Is a Specific and Radical Cure for CONSUMPTION AND SCROFULOUS DISEASES. Remember the name, “Willson’s Carbolated Cod Liver Oil.” It comes in large wedge-shaped bottles, bearing the inventor’s signature, and is sold by the best druggists. Prepared by J. H. Willson, 83 John St,, N. Y.

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