Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1874 — Page 4

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

Flatten* A4*|M by flu National „ B*. Loom, Febreary it The Naiioaal Grange to-day, after the transaction of some minor business, re- « , , 01 " 1 of the Committee on ttesolrooaa, presented by Mr. Wardlow, Itwaaf U adopted it unanimously. DECLARATION OF PURPOSES. Profoundly impressed with the truth that the National Grange of the United States should definitely proclaim to the world Its JTSoeral objects, we hereby unanimously make mis declaration of purposes of the Patrons of ■ -v'" FRATBRNITY. Ftret —United by the strong and faithful tie of agriculture, w« mutually resolve to labor for the good of our Order, our country, and UNITY —'LIBERTY—CHARITY. Second—We heartily indorse tbe motto: “In essentials Unity; in non-essentials Liberty; in all things Charity.’' CO-OPERATION. Third— We shall endeavor to Advance our cause by laboring to accomplish the following objects: To develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood among ourselves; to enhance the comforts and attractions of our homes and strengthen our attachments to our parsmits; to foster mutual understanding and co-operation; to maintain inviolate our laws, and to stimulate each other to labor to hasten the good time coming; to reduoe our expenses, both individual and corporate; to buy less and produce more, in order to make our farms self-supportiug; to diversify our crops, and plant no more than we can cultivate; to condense the weight of our exports, Belling less in the bushel and more on the hoof and in fleeces; to systematize our work, and calculate intelligently on the probabilities; to discountenance the credit system, the mortgage system, the fashion system, and every other system tending to prodigality and bankruptcy. We propose meeting together, talking together, working together, buying together, selling together, and generally act’Og together, for our mutual protection and advancement, as occasion may require. We shall avoid litigation as much as possible, by arbitration in the Grange. We shall constantly strive to secure entire harmony, good-will, and vital brotherhood among ourselves, and to make our Order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeavor to suppress personal, local, sec-, Uonal, and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry and all selfish ambition. Faithful adherence to these principles will insure our mental, moral, social and material advancement, NO MONOPOLY. Fourth —For our business interests we desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into the most intimate relatione possible. Hence, we must dispense with a surplus of middle-men, not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need them. Their surplus and their exactions diminish our _profits. We wage no aggressive warfare against any other interests whatever. On tbe contrary, all our acts and all our efforts, bo far as business is concerned, are not only for the benefit of producers, but also for all other interests that try to bring those two parties into speedy and economical contact, Hence we hold that transportation companies of every kind are necessary to our success; that their interests are intimately connected with our inter--cste, and that harm on ions action is mutually advantageous. Keeping in view the first sentence of our declaration of principles of action, that “individual happiness depends upon the general prosperity,” we shall therefore advocate for every State the increase in every practicable way of all facilities for transporting cheaply to the seaboard or between home producers and consumers all the productions of our country. We adopt it' as our fixed purpose to open out the channels in Nature's great arteries, that the life-blood of commerce may flow freely. We are not enemies of railroads, navigable and irrigating canals, nor of any corporation that will advance onr industrial interests, nor of any laboring classes. In our noble Order there is no communism, no agrarianism. We are opposed to such spirit" and management of any corporation or enterprise as tend to oppress the people and rob them of their just profits. We are not enemies to capital, but we oppose the tyranny of monopolies. We long to see tbe antagonism between capital and labor removed by common consent, and by an enlightened statesmanship worthy of the nineteenth century. We are opposed to excessive salaries, high rates of interest, and .exorbitant per cent, profits in trade. They greatly increase our burdens, and do not bear a proportion to the profits of producers. We desire only self-protection and the protection of every true interest of our land by legitimate transactions, legitimate trade, and legitimate profits. We 6hall advance the cause of education among ourselves and for our children by all just means within our power. We especially advocate for our agricultural and industrial colleges that practical agriculture, domestic science, and all the arts which adorn the home be taught in their courses of study. NOT A POLITICAL BODY. Fisth —We emphatically and sincerely assert the oft-repeated truth taught in our organie law, that the Grange—National, State or subordinate—is not a political or party organization. _ No Grange, if true to its obligations, can discuss political or religious questions, nor call political conventions, nor nominate candidates, nor even discuss their merits in its meetings; yet the principles we teach underlie all true politics, all true statesmanship, and, if properly oarried out, will tend to purify the whole political atmosphere of our country, for we seek the greatest good of the greatest number; but we must always bear it in mind that no one, by becoming a Grange member, gives up that inalienable right and duty which belongs to every American citizen to take a proper interest in the politics of hi 6 country. On the contrary,' it is right for every member to do ail in his power legitimately to influence for good the action of any political party to which he belongs. It is his duty to do all he can iu his own party to put down bribery, corruption and trickery; to see that none but competent, faithful, and honest men, who will unflinchingly stand by our industrial interests, are nominated for all positions of trust, and to have carried out the principle which should always characterize every Grange member—that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office. We acknowledge the broad principle that difference of opinion is no crime, and hold that progress toward truth is made by differences of opinion, while the fault lies in the bitterness of controversy. We desire a proper equality, equity and fairness; protection for the weak, restraint uoon the strong—in short, justly-distributed burdens and justlydistributed power. These are American ideas, the very essence of American independence, and to advocate the contrary is unworthy of the sons and daughters of an American Republic. "We cherish the belief that sectionalism is, and of right should be, dead and buried with the past. Our work is for the present and the future. In our agricultural brotherhood and its purposes we shall recognize no North, no South, no East, no West. It is reserved by every Patron as bis right as a freeman to affiliate with any party that will best carry out his principles. MEMBERSHIP. Sixth —Ours beings a peculiarly a farmers’ institution, we cannot admit all to our ranks. Many we excluded by the nature of our organization, not because they are professional men, or artisans, or laborers, but because they have not a sufficient direct interest in tilling or pasturing the soil, or may have some interest in conflict with our purposes; but we appeal to all good citizens for tbeir cordial cooperation to assist in our efforts toward reform, and that, we may eventually remove from our midst the last vestige of tyranny and corruption. We hail tbe general desire for fraternal harmony, equitable compromise, and earnest co-operation as an omen of our future success. • 1" V CHARITY. Seventh —lt shall be an abiding principle with us to relieve any of our oppressed and brotherhood by any means at our - woman’s sphere. Last, but not least, we proclaim it among our purpose* to inculcate a proper appreciation of Uw abilities and sphere of woman, as is indicated by admitting her to membership and poattUu-in our Order. GENERAL PLEDGE. Imploring the continued assistance of our Birtoe Master to guide ns in our work, we here pledge ourselves to faithfully and harmonious]/ labor for all future time to return by our united efforts te tbe wisdom, Justice, fraternity, and political purity of our fore-

A MEMORIAL.

A. memorial to the Patrons of Husbandry in the Cotton States. was also presented and unanimously adopted. It is an argument in favor of mixed husbandry in the South, instead of expending the energies of the people in raising a single crop. It says: During the past seven years ourcotton fields have added to the wealth of the world $2,000,000,000, and caused prosperity to smile upon every one who has handled our crops, save those who struggled for their production. Annually the energies of the cdtton-planters have been exhausted in attempting to produce a maximum crop of a single staple, whilst quite as frequently he has reduced his means In supplying hlB necessary wants. A system based upon such a policy and producing such results must be radically wrong, and, if persisted in, will lead to bankruptcy and ruin. No people can ever become prosperous who are not self-sustaining. Our fertile soil, exhaustless mineral wealth, abundant water-power, and genial, salubrious climate avail us nothing if annually wc expend millions for subsistence. It is generally considered that home-grown bread is cheaper I than purchased supplies, and the observation of every planter is that those Southern farmers who live within themselves are more indeSendent and less encumbered with debt than lose who have relied solely Upon the cotton crop. Were it otherwise it is hazardous for any people to rely upon others for a supplv of those articles which are necessary for their daily consumption. It then refers to famine, which more than once occurred in India, Owing to the efforts of the people to grow cotton to the exclusion of breadstuff?, and adds: During the past year sections of lowa, Minnesota and Dakota have been invaded by grasshoppers, which destroyed every vestige of vegetation. Imagine your condition should a similar Invasion become general in the Northwest. Coupled with this idea, the total failure of a cotton crop, either from the worm, from drought, or any other unavoidable cause, improbable as such visitation may appear, have we the power to prevent them, and is it wise to subject ourselves to the possibility of becoming the victims of such calamities? Our wisest and safest policy is, as far as practicable, to produce at home our necessary supplies. Is there a farm in the South upon which this cannot be done, and at the same time produce an average cotton crop ? What is the net result of the farmers’ annual labors? We believe there are annually 4,000,000 bales of cotton produced upon Southern soil; but what proportion of this vast amount is returned to indicate our prosperity? One-half of it is expended for necessary supplies, whilst the remainder is divided between labor and taxes. Hence, the cost of production has exceeded the value of the article produced. Shall this policy continue? Extensive cotton crops have evinced our unity of purpose and entailed poverty upon us, and equally unifoim adhesion to mixed husbandry would secure our recuperation. Cotton is a necessity, and the extent of that necessity can be calculated with exactneA If 3,500,000 bales are grown, they will be consumed before another crop can be gathered, and a remunerative market price will be sustained by the consequent demand. If 4,500,000 bales are grown, the large marginal excess will control and depress the market. Alternatives for success are numerous, but we need only rely upon the single one of cooperating in the determination to subsist at hojpe. With this end attained, there is no reason why we should not be the happiest, most independent and prosperous neople on earth. The memorial is signed by the Masters of State Granges of South and North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia and Tennessee, and was not only heartily approved by the Committee on Resolutions, but indorsed by every member of the National Grange.

“Keep the Old Name.”

The Democratic State Assemblymen at Springfield are try ing to reconstruct the old Bourbon party and make it presentable. They have held numerous caucuses, forgetting how a year and a half ago they denounced the caucus as “an unclean thing.” On Wednesday night last they reached the preamble and resolution point, hut there stuck. The platform hailed “with pleasure the signs of a new departure.” But it turned out in the discussion that “hailing with pleasure,” etc., was begging the question. The caucus promptly divided on this very question, and there arose a bitter contest on resolution number one, which is as follows: That wc do and will support such measures and men who. in our judgments, uninfluenced by party predilections, will most surely accomplish the great cardinal objects of all co-operations—the greatest good of the governed. The idea of a Bourbon Democrat voting for anybody but a Democrat at all, and of voting according to “judgment, uninfluenced by party predilections,” appeared supremely ridiculous to the caucus. The contest over “a name” became so fierce that Governor Hendricks was sent for in hot haste. He came, and scored one for the old name, the ancient of days; the same name under which Calhoun fought for States’ Rights and nullification; the same name under yghicli Jeff. Davis fought for the Confederacy; the same name und« which Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln—democracy. Our report says the Governor’s lengthy speech to the unterrified Bourbons groping blindly for a name was: “Keep the old name; fight against national railway legislation; advocate State railway legislation; bid the higher for the Granger.” This cunning advice of the wily Indiana politician emboldened Mr. Miles Kehoe, of Chicago,to declare that the little squad of heroes there assembled “had no power to create a new party; that parties are created by the people.” Mr. Kefeofis—fljrtKay"'" moved by the . queer sensation of having announced a startling, newly-discovered principle, proceeded to declare in substance what Mr. Roosevelt, of New York, once said in Congress, namely, that the Republican party had monopolized ail the political issues of the day, leaving neither room for the Democratic party nor for any new organization. Mr. Kehoe hit the nail so exactly on the head that the caucus abruptly adjourned to meet at that exceedingly indefinite thing, or period of time, commonly denoted “the call of the Chair.” “Keep the old name,” mildly suggests the Governor of Indiana; “Keep the old name,’-’ echoes the Governor of Ohio; “Keep the old name,” says the New York World; “Keep the old name,” repeats Mr. Miles Kehoe —and wait; and we may add, the longer Depiocrats "wait" the better it will be for the country.— Inter-Ocean.

The Republican Party and the People.

The strength of the Republican party has always consisted in its amenability lo just popular government. It came into being as the organic expression of the convictions of the people against the iniquity of slavery. It con* tinued in power through the war as the embodiment of their devotion to the integrity of the Union. It has retained the control of the Government as the representative of their determination that the fruits of the war shall not be sacrificed. On all these commanding and Overtowering questions it has stood for the popular will. But not on these alone. Within and under these decisive questions a hundred others of one kind and another have pressed for action. The practical administration of government produces constant issue a and divisions in its progress. To meet and respond to these in accordance with the popular expectations is more difficult than to act upon the great controversies of the political arena, for public sentiment is less sharply defined. It may also l»e more suddenly developed and"more capricious in its expression. To-day it may blaze and tomorrow blow over. Besides, from the very nature of the case - the expression

may not come until the actiob is taken. A question is often precipitated upon the Administration or upon Congress and necessarily carried to decision before it has been fairly presented to the public mind. A party in power is required to act in emergencies as they arise, and it cannot always wait for the indication of public opinion. It must proceed upon its own best judgment and sense of right, and if it makes a mistake must be ready to correct it. Upon this whole class of questions, as well as upon those great cardinal principles and commanding issues which define the divisions between the parties, the Republican organization has shown itself amenable to the public judgment. A striking illustration is furnished in its repeal of the salary increase. The passage of that measure was the work of no party. The representatives of both shared in it, but not as party agents. It Was not a party question. As a matter of fact, the majority of the Democrats voted for it and the majority of the Republicans against it, but all upon their own individual responsibility. The action was hasty, and before its consummation there was little public discussion one way or the other. But when the measure became a law, the peculiar sentiment found expression, and in obedience to the plain will of the people the Republican party in Congress has wiped out the odious statute. So far as the party was involved in its enactment, it has corrected the mistake. The President acted in the same spirit in the matter of the Chief Justiceship. When he found that public sentiment did not approve his choice, and that he had committed an error, he withdrew his nomination and made another, until a satisfactory result was reached. If we cannot have a party which will make no mistakes—an idea! that is impossible of realization in this world—the next best thing is to have one which, is disposed to correct mistakes when it makes them. And this is just what the Republican party is. The trouble with the Democratic organization is that it is not only wrong upon almost every important question, but remains wrong. Its tendency is vicious. It has gone on year after year repeating its old blunders jpd crimes. It cannot learn anything from the expression of the popular judgment. The Republican party, un the. other, hand, has shown in the cases we have named, and many others, -that it ljstens to the will of the people. If it falls short of public expectation at any time, it only needs a clear expression to bring it back to its true position Far from perfect as it may be, it thus shows that the country is safer in its hands, and that it is more worthy of trust than a party which learns nothing and forgets nothing. —Albany Evening Journal.

Another Dog Story.

The New York Sun tries its hand at it, and produces the following remarkable dog story. Don’t believe it unless you want to: There are few travelers on the Harlem Railroad who have not heard of the educated dog at Scarsdale depot. His name is Knapp. He is the property of Mr. George Ullman, the station master. Knapp is a shepherd dog, about two feet high, and is covered with a dark-brown shaggy coat of fine hair. He was born in the Scotch Highlands nearly four years ago. In his infancy Knapp was imported at considerable trouble by a gentleman of Scarsdale, who, being suddenly called to Europe shortly afterward, gave him to Mr. Ullman. Noticing genius and intelligence in Knapp, Mr. Ullman began to train him. Now Knapp can perform many wonderful feats. He has been taught to assist his master in the performance of his duties around the depot. Knapp has learned to tell by the clock wlienjs trjjin js-due; and at night when the hands point to the proper hour Knapp takes a lantern in his mouth and stands on the platform with the light guiding the engineer to the stopping place. Knapp knows an express train from a mail train, and a mail train from a way train. In daytime when an express train approaches the station and the track is clear Knapp shows a white flag, which signifies all is well. Not many days ago Knapp appeared with the white flag as an express train hove in sight, but seeing two small children going down the wagon road ignorant of the approach of any train, he saw that the children would reach the crossing simultaneously with the train. Knapp dropped the white flag and, seizing the red flag in his mouth, he darted toward the crossing. The engineer saw the red flag and shut off steam before the animal reached the children. Arrived at the crossing he stood there and prevented the train from passing until the children were safely over the track, then he laid the flag down and the children went on. On another occasion Knapp snatched a child from in front of a way train just as it was stopping at the depot. The child’s clothing was torn by the wheels of the locomotive, so narrowly had it escaped death. Knapp consults the clock every day for the arrival of the mail trains. A few moments before the mail is due Knapp stations himself at the mail rack, and when the bag is thrown from the car he carries it to the Posloffice, and if it contains any letters for his master he takes them back ■tehiaaj- tt--'~r: When freight trains begin to switch cars at the depot Knapp always takes a red flag and trots up or down the track, as the case may be, and flags any train that heaves in sight. Knapp always keeps his position faithfully until called in by signals, just as any other flagman is. Engineers all know Knapp, and faithfully act upon his signals. After the departure of freight trains Knapp often walks down the track gpd carefully examines the switches to see that the brakemen have left them all right. Satisfied that no blunders have been made he walks hack to the depot, and if the clock shows him that he has a few leisure moments he signifies to his master a desire for a pipe. Mr. Ullman has taught him to smoke, and he always keeps Knapp’s pipe ready for lighting when he calls for it. The pipe being lighted, the animal sits on a chair ana smokes with as much apparent ease and comfort as his master. Mr. Ullman is a good musician. He has a piano in the ladies’ room of the depot, and often performs on it Knapp has been taught to sing or whine the tunes which Mr. Ullman plays. The dog often perches himself on a chair beside his master with his fore feet on the piano frame, and accurately turns the sheets of music with his tongue. Knapp can waltz, dance a schottische or a polka as well as any one can on jour legs. Of late some of the mischievous brakemen have thrown snow balk at Knapp just as the trains started, or have made ugly faces or stamped their feet at him. He seemingly took no notice of these insults, but on Monday one of the brakemen went into the depot to get a drink of water. When he started out Knapp stood in the dddr and would not allow him to move. He made a movement as though about to administer a kick, and Knapp opened his mouth and uttered a growl, which convinced the brakeman that such a proceeding would be dangerous. Knapp kept his prisoner in the room until the train had gone so far that the brakeman couldn’t catch it, and then, releasing him, Knapp walked away as unconcernedly as though nothing unusnai had occurred. Since that time the brakemen have been exceedingly civil to Knapp, but he treats them with lofty indifference.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Cabbage and turnips, cooked in the same room with milk or butter, would impart a disagreeable taste to them. For fattening animals, three fourths to one pound ormeal per day to each 100 pounds of live weight is said to be about the proper quantity. Apple Sauce.— Two quarts of water, a pint of molasses, a root of ginger, and boil all together twenty minntea ; put in while boiling a peck of pared, cored and quartered apples. Stew till tender. London Syllabub.— A pint and a half of sherry; two ounces ot sugar; grated Dutmeg; two quarts of milk. Sweeten a pint and a half of sherry with the loaf sugar in a bowl, and add nutmeg. Milk into it from the cow about two quarts of milk. Frosted Feet Remedy.— lt is recommended to paint the feet a few nights with tincture of iodjpe. Another remedy, said to be sure, is: Take mutton suet and resin, equal parts; stew together and anoint the feet before going to bed. Golden Salve Recipes.—Two quarts raw linseed oil, three pounds beeswax. Melt thoroughly together and turn into tin boxes. This is the best salve known for burns, scaldSj flesh wounds, old sores, piles, etc. To make small quantities the same proportion as above is required. Fried Sweet-Potatoes— The evening before they are wanted peel and slice them, lay them in a stew-pan and sprinkle sugar between the layers of potatoes; pour on water enough to cover them, and set the stew-pan on the stove. In the morning, by the time you are ready to fry them, they will be cooked just enough; fry in hot lard to a light brown on both -sides, ■ * Remedy for Bee Stings, Etc— The tincture of iodine is almost a sovereign remedy for the sting of bees, wasps, hornets, the bites of spiders, any external poisoning, as the crushing of caterpillars, hop or corn worms on the flesh. Apply the tincture as soon as possible in any way convenient. It may be had at almost any drug store or of any practicing physician.— Gor. Rural New Yorker. Boiled Asparagus—To each half a gallon of water allow one heaped tablespoonful of salt. Asparagus should be dressed as soon as possible after it is cut, although it may be kept for a day or two by putting the stalks into cold water; yet to be good, like every other vegetable, it cannot be cooked too fresh. Scrape the white part of the stems, beginning from the head, and throw them into cold water; then tie them into bundles of about twenty each, keeping the heads all one way, and cut the stalks evenly, that they may all be the same length; put them into boiling water, with salt in the above proportion; keep them boiling quickly until tender, with the saucepan uncovered. When the asparagus is done, dish it upon toast, which should be dipped iu the water it was cooked in, and leave the white ends outward each tyay, with the points meeting in the middle. Serve with a tureen of melted butter. A farmer’s wife writes a letter to the 'Rural New Yorker which she wants the ‘men-folks” to read. It is a plea for more sleep. Have you a wife, she says, who goes about in a listless, spiritless fashion, as though she could but just drag herself about ? Or is she cross and fretful, and do you wonder how she came to have such a temper ? Ten to one, all she needs to make her bright and happy is rest, sleep and loving words. Hire efficient help, that the wife who has passed a sleepless night may take advantage of baby’s morning nap and have one of her own, or, if she choose, lie down in the afternoon and make up the lost sleep. You can afford it if you will. Do you begrudge a hundred dollars a year for y out wife’s comfort and health? Why, no breeding mare would be worked as some men work their wives! Give women their home rights; help them to bear their burdens; give them a few kind, loving words every day, and you will have healthier and happier wives, children and homes.

The Object in Applying Manure.

This is a question too little discussed and too frequently ignored by the every, day farmer. Too many work in a somewhat aimless manner in the application of fertilizers. If a definite object is had in view, there seems to be an indefinite idea how that object is to be attained with a considerable class, and thus they work less understandinglv, and oftentimes to a considerable loss in several wavs.. One man has in view the permanent improvement of the productiveness of his soil, while at the same time he is desirous of immediate returns from the present crop. Another has in view the growing of the largest possible crop, leaving the permanent improvement of the soil as a secondary consideration; and So on to the end of the chapter. The varieties of soil—sandy loam, light sand, clayey loam, or clay, stony, gravelly loam —are differently constituted, and 'each is better adapted to some special crop than the other; some of them are what we tjpm “light” soils, while others are “medium” or “heavy.” Now the cultivator of each of these varying soils wishes to attain a specific object in its culture, and to that end he applies fertilizers and grows a crop which he finds, from experience, that his soil is adapted to. Scarcely any one at all experienced would think that the same object would be attained by applying manure in the same state, in the same manner, to each and all of these varying soils. Local experience and a knowledge of local farming and circumstances always best determine the matter of application of manure, and, in the discussion of the subject, all these matters should be considered; but my questions remain: What is the object in applying manure? Should we let any uther object take precedence of the presence of the present crop? One crop is certainly all we are assured. If we apply manure to plowed and hoed ground, it cannot be done without in some way permanently improving the same, for the aeration causes the manure and soil to act cliemically, producing the improvement.— Cor. Country Govtleman. Nil Desperandcm.— A real healthy man or woman is a rarity ; and what wonder, when we realize that it is the custom to overload the stomach, and then produce chronic disease by the use of spirituous liquors, “Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “Re storatives,” etc. Having first produced disease by indiscretion, the victim wonders why “nothing does him good.” Just so; and the reason is that they all, or nearly all, find a basis in .alcohol —or poison. To all thus discouraged we can’ conscientiously say, “make one more trial.” Discard spirituous medicines and give nature a chance, aiding her in the struggle by using one of her own pure and unadulterated herb remedies, in the shape of Vinegar Bitters. The discoverer, Db. J. Walker, of California is no pretender, but an honorable practicing physician, and his discovery is the result of years of labor and study. The wonderful cures eflected by them of Dyspepsia, Fevers, Rheumatism, and many other terrible diseases, are almost incredible. 28 Many people, particularly children, suffer with ear ache; and for the benefit of such we give a sure but simple remedy. Put in two or three drops of Johmon’t Anodyne Liniment, stop the ear with undressed wool, bathe the feet in warm water befere going to bed, and keep the head warm at night.

Don’t Tamper with a in "the wholecstegory of disease* to which humanity is susceptible, the cough Is moßt neglected In ita early stage. A simple cough la generally regarded a» a temporary affliction — unpleasant, and nothing more; but to those who have paid dearly for experience, it is the signal for attack for the most fearful of diseases—Consumption. A cough will lead to consumption—ls not checked —so sure as the jrivulet leads to the river, yet it is an easy enemy to thwart, if met by the proper remedy. Allen's Ijung Balsam is the great cough remedy of the age, and it has earned its reputation by merit alone. Sold by all good druggists. .

“Housekeeper” of Health.

The liver being the great depurating or blood cleansing organ of the system—set this great “housekeeper of our health” at work, and the foul corruptions which gender in the blood, and rot out, as it were, the machinery of life, are gradually expelled from the system. For this purpose Dr. Fierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with very small daily doses of Dr. Fierce’s Pleasantj Purgative Pellets are preeminently the articles needed. They cure every kind of humor from the worst scrofula to the common pimple, blotch or eruption. Great eating ulcers kindly heal under their mighty curative influence. 1 ' Virulent blood poisons that lurk in the system are by them robbed of their terrors, and by their persevering and somewhat protracted use the most tainted systems may be completely renovated and built up anew. Enlarged glands, tumors and swellings dwindle away and disappear under the influence of these great resolvents. DOCTORS COULDN’T HELP HIM. Meiosville, Morgan Co., 0., March 24th, 1872. Dear Dr. Piebce : When I was 12 or 15 years of age I took what is called King’s Evil, and by constant doctoring it would heal in one place and break out in another. It also broke out in my left ear. I first found your name in the Christian Advocate , and sent ten miles for the first bottle, which did me more good than all other medicines I ever used. lam 28 years old and doctored with five doctors, and not one of t hem helped me so much as your bottle of Discovery. I have got well and able to do a good day’s work. John Ar Wilson. Capt. Chas. Sager, who keeps a superb stock of livery horses in Portland, Me., informed us recently that he uses Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders regularly in his stables, and that the expense is more than offset by the diminished amount of grain necessary to keep his horses always in good order.

Thirty Years’ Experience of an Old Norse. Mbs. Winslow’s Soothing Stbttp Is the prescrip tlon of one ofthe best Female Physicians and Nurses in the United States, and hA been used for thirty years with never-falling safety and success by mill lons of mothers and children, from- the feeble Infant of one week old to the adult. It corrects acidity ol the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bowels, and gives rest, health, and comfort to mother and child. We believe It to be the Beat and Surest Remedy In the World In all cases of DYSENTERY and DIARRHCEA IN CHILDREN, whether It arises from Teething or from any other cause. Full directions for using will accompany each bottle. JTone Genuine unless the fac-slmile of CURTIS & PERKINS la on the outside wrapper. ——— Sold bt all Medicine Dealers. Children Often Look Pale and Sick From no other cause than having worms in the stomach. BROWN’S VERMIFUGE COMFITS will destroy Worms without Injury to the child,being perfectly white, and free from all coloring or other Injurious Ingredients usually used In worm preparations. - CURTIS & BROWN, Proprietors, No. 215 Fulton street, New York. Sold by Druggists and Chemists, and Dealers in Medicines, at Twenty-five Cents a Box. The Household Panacea and Family Liniment WHY WILL YOU BUFFEB ? To all persons suffering from Rheumatism, NeuralTo all persons suffering from Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cramps In the limbs or stomach, Bilious Colic gla, Cramps In the limbs or stomach, Bilious Colic, Pain in the hack, bowels or side, we would say The P&lu In the hack, bowels or side, we would say The Household Panacea and Family Liniment is of Household Panacea and Family Liniment Is of all others the remedy you want for Internal and exall others the remedy you want for internal and external use. It has cured the above complaints ftf ternal use. lUhas cured the above complaints in thousands of cases. There Is no mistake about it. thousands of cases. There 1b no mistake about It. Try it. Sold by alljkugglsts. Try it. Sold by all Druggists. “NOTHING BETTER,” said Dr. John Ware, of BostonfthanCutlerßros.’celebrated VEGETABLE PULMONABYBALSAM.for Colds andConsumptlon. JK7HEN W P.ITIN G-TXL ADVERT ISK RAPLE A SF, VY SAY YOU SAW THE ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS PAPER. ciMiiiii COUGHS, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Croup. As an Expectorant It has No Equal. It Is composed of the active principles of roots and plants, which are chemically extracted, so as to retain All their medical qualities# [ILLEN’S LUNG BALSAM^ l l Tills Great Medicine was First Offered For Sale Ten Years Ago. Its good finalities were soon made known at home, and very soon Its fame was noised far and near: now It Is sold In nearly every drug store In the United States. No similar medicine stands higher with the people. It is well known on the Pacific coast, and even from Australia large orders are received for It. And throughout Canada It is weU an# favorably known, and sold everywhere. Hinistem and Public Speakers, Who are so eften afflicted with threat diseases, will find a sure remedy In this Balsam. Lozenges and Wafers sometimes give relief, but thlsjßalsam, taken a few times, will Insure a permanent cure. Will U 1 those afflicted with Coughs or Consumption give this Balsam a fair trial? They will be pleased with the result, and confess that the SURE REM* £DY IS FOUND AT LAST. READ THE.FOLLOWINQi What the Bt. Louis Journal has to say: Read and Reflect.—To such as may desfte a remedy for this curse of humanity, Consumption, Allen'S Lung Balsam gives the anchor of hope Allen's Lang Balsam has been tried by thousands, who give evidence, not only by writing testimonials, that they have been cored, hot by their physical appearance. The recommendations this valuable remedy has received from those who know the good It has done foe them, place Allen’s'Lung Balsam In the front rank of the healing and life-res torfng remedies of this century. CAUTION.—Be sot deceived. Call for ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM, and take no ether. ByDlrectlons accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS A Co., Cincinnati. O.,Proprietors. for Bala by all Medicine Dealers, EXTERMINATORS and insect POWDER fob j. SEW!MB MACHINES CHEAP. half-price. Theyrepalr,]apan,silTer-plateandrefur-nish sewing machines in Dost manner. Late Improve monte put In old machines. Send sump for circulars, Bllrisk. S 2 page pamphlet free. Valentine Tumbridge&Co imal Bankers Walhet,N.Y. WOOD’S HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE. ... mmmawmi THE YOSEHITE TALLEY, 14x20 Inches, In 17 011 Colors. Hasatlne,one year, with MountedChromo.._t2 00 Magazine, one year, with Unmounted Chromo 1 50 Hishxlne, alone, one year 100 Et.mlwi Q«f O.fcM.g Ml rnMI.Ii LUtA Two Pirn-Class Periodicals for tike Price of One. We solicit Experienced Canvauers and others ag^aaaasgt? PRY gUßf«nta€><|n»iigeer SPZDwon Auge f^P^cg ftgwgg DR. WHITTIER, •"SSSSSS.”LoacMt «nc>C*d* mot t gwoMMfol PhjsldMi of set «ffc QwitftmpqmbM* fm * * *> ' ■ .•*

NEW SCHEME OP EASY PAYMENTS TO* MASON & HAMLIN Caliet(§)Orps. The MASON A HAMLIN ORGAN COMPANY have arranged a new system, under which they now offer their welL known Organa For Rent, with Privilege of Purchase, at prices and on terms extraordinarily favorable. Payments may ran through one to four years. ‘ < All Rent which has been paid allowed and deducted on Organa purchased and paid for within one year. An Organ may be returned after six months at cost of only reasonable rent, if for any reasomit is not wanted longer. If an Organ be retained and rent paid fonr years, it becomes the property of tbe party hiring, without further payment. Organs will be rented on this plan to any pert of the country accessible to our warerooms or agencies. Only knowl - edge of the unrivaled excellence of our organs, and practical experience that they will be found so attractive in use that scarcely any of them will ever be returned, warrant this offer to supply them oa such terms. taTTems cf Banting, containing fall particulars, with descriptions of Styles, Bents and Prices; also, Illustrated Catalogues and Testimonial Circulars, sent Free, Address, Mason & Hamlin Organ Co., Boston. New York, or Chicago. MERCHANT’ 8 GARGLING OIL The Standard Liniment of the United States. IS GOOD FOB Burns and Scalds, Rheumatism, Chilblains, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Sprains and Bruises, Sore Hippies, Chapped Hands, Caked Breasts, Flesh Wounds, Fistula, Mange, Frost Bites, Spavins, Sweeney, External Poisons, Scratches or Grease, Sand Cracks, Stringhalt, Ik indy alls, Galls of all kinds, Foundered Feet, Sit fast, Ringbone, Cracked Heels, Poll Pint, Foot Rot in Sheep, Bites of-Animals*, Roup in Poultry, Toothache, ~ Lame Back, tfc., efc, Large Size SI.OO. Medium 50 c. Small 25c. Small Size for Family Uso, 25 cents. The Gargling Oil has been In use as a liniment since 1833. All we ask is a fair trial, hut he sure and follow directions. Ask vour nearest Druggist or dealei mPatent Medicines for one of our Almanacs, and read what the people say about the Oil. The Gargling Oil is for sale by all respectable dealers throughout the United States and other countries. Our testimonials dale from 1833 to the present, and are unsolicited. We also manufacture Merchant’s: Worm Tablets. We deal fair and liberal with all, and defy contradiction. Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y., U. S. A., by Merchant’s Gargling Oil Co., JOHN HODGE, Secretary. CONSUMPTION And. Ita Our©. WILLSON’S Carbolated Cod Liver Oil Is ft scientific combination of two well-known medicines. Its theory Is first to arrest the decay, then build op the system. Physicians find the doctrine correct. The really startling cures performed by Willson’s Oil are proof. Carbolic Acid positively arrests Decay, It Is the most powerful antiseptic in the known world. “Entering Into the circulation, ft at once grapples with corruption, and decay ceases. It purifies the sources of Cod User Ollts Nature's best assistant in resisting Consumption. Put tip In large wedge-shaped bottles, bearing the inventor’s signature, and la sold by the best Druggists. Prepared by J. H.WILLSON, 83 John St., New York. Wcrtzrtt Aot’s • J HURLBUT & EDSALL, Chicago, vyesteem AGT s. j RICHARDSON & CO., Sr. Louis. «bthea : necTar is a pure BLACKTEA with the Green Tea flavor. Warranted tosuitalltastes. For sale ijsp BBfllk iSI everywhere.Amlforsalowholefar Bale only by the (treat. Alantic & Pacific Tea Co., 33aud 37 Ycsey BBsSSHy street, N, Y. P. 0. Box Send for Thea-Nectar Circular PROTECTION Against Fire and Thieves. Fidelity Sayings Banlc and Safe Depository Of Chicago receives savings deposits of any amount end allows interest upon the same. 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Hg jDr. J. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters are a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found on the lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the uso of Alcohol. The question i$ almost daily asked, “What is the cause of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Bitters?” Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient recovers his health. They are the groat blood purifier and a life-giving principle, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Vinegar Bitters in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver ana Visceral Organs in Bilious Diseases The properties of Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant Sudorific, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vttr. egar Bitters the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained th° sinking system. ■- No Person can take these Bitters according to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and vital organs wasted beyond repair. Bilious. Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Which are so prevalent in the valleys of our great rivers throughout the United States, especially those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Bed, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Roanoke, James, and many othera. with their vast tributaries, throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness, are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach and liv»r, and other abdominal viscera. In their treatment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon these various organs, is essentially jiecessary. There is no cathartic for the purpose equal to Dr. J. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters, as they will speedily remove the darkcolored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Fortify the body against disease by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar Bitters. No epidemic can take hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pafn in the Shoulders, coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of tbe Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitatation ofthe Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the region of the Kid neys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. ScrofUla, or King’s Evil, White Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goitre, Scrofnlons Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes, etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Diseases, Walker’s Vinegar Bitters have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intractable eases. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood. Mechanical Diseases.—Persons engaged in Paints aHd Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, are subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against this, take a dose of Walker’s Vinegar Bitters occasionally. For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt-Rheum, Blotehes, Spues, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms, Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. No system of medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelminitics will free the system from worms like these Bitters. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of Womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonio Bitters display so decided an influence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it ia foul; yonr feelings will tell von when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the Bystem will follow. u. h. McDonald & co., Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, California, and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., N. Y. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. IWffW $5 to S2OMnr A S,«’-5 , 3 or old, male more money at work for «S In Uwnr suara momenta, or all the time, than a tanything Urn free. AddreaaG. STPiSOM A 00. Portland, Malnq MAGNIFICENT^!^ *72 Kia.’WSSiTKß’ra&ffi?"’ ■T . I" II —loweUP——l—aOCUTft Send 25 Cta. for sample of greatest All E It 11 • novelty and best selliniartlcTe In this jiKimmsfßgu No fancy or iransien t «Por/M>ut a nee ©salty to all »tCH&§ON ~ AN. kT~ 443—U. P. o TSHIB PAPER Is Printed with Ink manufactured by 1 G. B. KANE A CO.. 131 Dearborn W., Chicago. For sale by A. N. Kxuoee, 77 Jackeon St.,Chicago - “ .j . h