Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1874 — Page 4

JAMES M’HENRY ON RAILWAYS.

OptaloM or th( QtMt Ki(lltk H«f MU n Ik* litaatisa-Hi Defends U» Illinois ssil Wisconsin Laws, dad Takes ike {Side «t the People Against tho Monopells|p. A reporter of the New York Graphic recently called upon the great railway magnate, Mr. James McHenry, who was in New York city settling up the relations of the Brie Railway to the Atlantic & Great Western line, to get his views in regard to the great question of the day. The following was substantially what was •aid: Mr. McHenry was asked his opinion in regard to the Wisconsin and Illinois Rail way laws, and he promtlny expressed himself as in favor of them. “The Wisconsin laws,” said he, “ are a necessity of the times, and if the roads, instead of trying to oppose these laws, would endeavor faithfully to obey them, they would find it very much to their advantage. The only mistake the Wisconsin Legislature appears to have made is not endeavoring to enforce even a lower rate for freights. All those railways under the present tariff are insolvent, and therefore things can’t be worse even with a lower one. They are insolvent not for want of resources in this country, but because of the prohibitory rates they are endeavoring to charge for the carriage of freight Consequently there is no business equal to what the roads are capable of performing.” Reporter—What do you consider the limit of the capacity of roads! Mr. McHenry—The volume of business on American roads, either West or East, is limited only by the rites. These rates can be made low enough to enable America to compete with all the world, or high enough to entirely destroy her produce trade. The whole business of the trie or the New York Central Railway can now be done in four to six hours a day; consequently the business of the Western roads can now be done in much less time. The whole of the machinery, the permanent way and the rolling stock are standing idle for at least twenty hours a day. Now a great part of the capital of a railway is locked up in the permanent way, which deteriorates as rapidly from want of use as from use. And the fact is the actual cost of transportation is-so small that I believe it has never yet been proved how low a railway can carry freight and passengers and yet make a profit. R—The railways do occasionally reduce their rates pretty low in spasmodic fits of virtue ? Mr. McH.—Yes, that is where it is. If the railways would only persist in a moderate tariff sufficiently long to give confidence to our merchants in regard to the continuance of the rates, in order that they may make their contracts under•tandingly, the roads would soon find how much low rates inured to their benefit. R—What do you think of Commodore Vanderbilt’s second double track that he is now building along the line of the New York Central ? Mr. McH.—l see no necessity for it at all. I would say generally that a singletrack road could ao a much larger business than any of the roads now open. But a double track, of course, can be much more rapidly and economically managed as to time and cost, because the trains can be kept running without going upon sidings. R—Then you think the railways at present in existence are ample for the requirements of the countiy? Mr. McH. —Certainly; it is not additional rails or rolling stock that is required, but facilities at the terminal points for handling large masses of produce. This want is especially felt in New York. Her accommodations in this respect are unworthy of her position as the leading seaport of the country. R.—What about passengers! ■ Mr. McH.—A radical change is required in that respect. Dp you know what we have TouhdTh England! Why, that 70 per cent, of all the persons who travel by railway are those who go by the “ third-class” trains, as they are called. The largest revenues, therefore, are derived trom those passengers who at higher rates would be excluded. In the United States this class of passengers appear to be altogether neglected, and in their development there is, Tam convinced, a mine of wealth far surpassing all the present income of the railways. This class of passengers cannot afford to pay high rates. Men who earn three dollars a day find it impossible to travel fur long distances on the American roads at present rates of fare. The lodgers in tenement houses are. by the present system of this country, expected to pay as much as the residents of the Fifth avenue palaces. The poorer classes, accordingly, cannot travel at all. Moreover, I find that the Fifth avenue gentleman generally manages to get a free pass for himself and a friend, while the tenement lodger remains at home. R.—Then there are the emigrants, s. Mx/McH. —Exactly. The whole through paagenger traffic of the great lines of railway scarcely equal the arrival of emigrants daily' in New York alone. This fact shows how preposterously affairs have been managed. Just observe the case of the Erie Railway. It was said that the through traffic to Chicago was rapidly increasing. It appears that they take nine passengers a day where they formerly took six. The increase was truly 50 per cent., but the aggregate was very far from what it ought to be. Indeed, it was disgraceful. R—You think, then, that the Wisconsin roads are able to run their roads profitably at the rates indicated! Mr. McH.—No doubt of it All these Western roads are mere gathering grounds and feeders of the main lines and their use Is limited only by the inability of the trunk lines to deliver freight economically, but still more limited by the constant changes in the rates for transportation. Rates should be stable and fixed in order to give the merchant a chance for creating business. After all it is the man who creates business on whom the railways must rely. He must know what the carrying charges will be at least a year in advance. The produce of the United States is plentiful and cheap, but they by no means enjoy a monopoly of everything. There is not an article raised here that doesn’t come into competition with like produce from other part* of the world. Therefore the merchant in his creation of business must be able to rely on the rates of transportation in order to enable him to compete with the merchants of other countries. For instance, when American corn falls in Liverpool (which is the Treat market for that article) to 30 shillings . a quarter, the demand is practically unlimited; and aa no other country United States can supply sufficient quantities at that rate they can enjoy an enormous business in the article. As soon as the price rises above that rate through short supplies then imports commence from all parts of Europe. Therefore it is to the interest of the railways to keep a low and steady tariff; for when a merchant’s operations are once broken tip much time Js lost before a new set of speculators and dealers can take hold of the business and create it anew. Therefore, I say, whether the Wisconsin laws are unconstitutional or not they certainly deserve foe obedience of the citizens by whose representatives they were made —the more especially as these lower rates would certainly Mag them In more proflu. It is a great fUlacy to suppose that high rates make Increased revenue. In England Commercial men well know that low and steady snd flxedrate* produce the largest profits.

I shall be glad, therefore, if the bold movement of the Wisconsin people leads to a reconsideration of the subject ot transportation by the railway managers. A well-managed railway should dry'lip every canal in its neighborhood and destroy everything like Competition by water. They should compete boldly with water for business, and not show that timidity now displayed by them in regard to water communication by rivers and canals. R.—What effect will the introduction of steam on canals have! Mr. McH.—Not the slightest; for it so happens that at the very time when produce is most required by the consumer all water communication is frozen up. At-the best of times it is irregular and dangerous, tedious and expensive. As an illustration of the way in which railway!* compete with canals I may mention the case of the mo3t remunerative railway in Great Britain, the Northeastern, which originally ran from Newcastle to Carlisle, the traffic between which places was comparatively limited and controlled by a canal and stage-coach. During several years the attempt was made to construct' the railway, but there was constant opposition on the part of the canal pompany. Finally a compromise was made, the canal people agreeing to the passage of the Railway bill provided a clause was inserted in it to the effect that not more than a halfpenny (one cent) per ton per mile should be charged for the transport tation of coal. The bill was taken on these terms, which were considered very severe. But the result was that the railway people made their fortune, and the canal lost theirs. Since this period railways have made a great deal of money by carrying coal at that and much lower rates. It is now the leading feature of railway transportation, and a source of the largest profit. Again, in regard to passenger traffic, and as still bearing on the Wisconsin measures, I may mention railway management in England. There they followed the same principles of business that have been followed here—charging the highest possible rates that could be extracted from the purses of the people,. But some twenty years ago Mr. Gladstone introduced an act, wjjich was passed, compelling every railway in the country to run two trains a day, morning and evening, at a penny a mile for passen gers. These, in consequence, were called for many years “Parliamentary trains.” Here again, to th* amazement of the direct, ors, it was found that Mr. Gladstone’s interference with their rights led them on to fortune; and now 70 per cent, of the passenger traffic of England, which approaches 500,000,000 of persons, is just this third-class, which therefore pays an enormous revenue to the railways. ~ —R —What is your opinion in regard to the taking of railways by the State ? Mr. McH.—No practical railway man supposes that a State could take charge of a railway and manage it properly. But certainly citizens ought not to be defrauded of their rights by the companies in possession; and therefore a time may come, and in many of the Western States it has come, which would almost authorize the Governors of those States to take military possession of the rebellious railways and teach the managers a lesson which they do not seem disposed otherwise to learn, namely, that railways are for the benefit of the people as well as of the proprietors; and you can’t injure the one without injuring the other. Their interests are identical.

A Couple of Parisian Thieves.

I once chanced to be in Paris during an unusually unpleasant spring. The weather was very disagreeable, being damp, changeable and showery, and weeks passed during which there was not one day of unclouded sunshine, nor yet one of continuous rain, but each day was varied by several heavy showers, alternating with glimpses of blue sky and bright weather During this unpleasant state of the atmosphere a merchant of second-hand umbrellas made his appearon the Boulevard des Italiens, and drove a thriving trade, as his merchandise was not only good, but cheap, his price for a good, stout, silk umbrella, nearly new, being from three to five francs. Subsequent revelations proved that his stock in trade was supplied in the following manner : During one of the shnshiny intervals between the showers his Confederate, an elegantly-dressed and handsome woman, would enter one of the principal shops on the boulevards, or the Rue de la Paix, would examine many articles, make an extensive selection, and then order her —pur- - chases to be sent, with the bill, to her address, which was always in one of the most fashionable quarters of Paris. By the time all arrangements were concluded the rain would be falling in torrents, and the lady, with many apologies and a glance at her dainty toilet, would borrow an umbrella with the understanding that it was to be sent back by the messenger who was to take home madame's purchases and receive payment therefor. But the fair customer never was to be found at the given address, and, as a matter of course, the umbrella never was seen again by its rightful owner. Unfortunately for the success of the trade in second-hand umbrellas, the merchantonthe boulevards once offered a gentleman his own umbrella for sale, and by this little contre temps the trick was exposed, and the intervention of the police put a stop to the operations of the firm. There was certainly no little acuteness displayed by the pair in making.such skillful use of the peculiar %tate of the weather. Somewhat similar in conception, though differing in execution, was a trick which was practiced with great success one winter at the leading restaurants of Paris. During the busiest part of the gay season, when all those establishments are in the habit of engaging extra waiters, a neatly-dressed, intelligentrlooking young man would present himself at the bureau of one of them as an applicant for a situobtaining. After performing his duties for some days in the most exemplary manner he would contrive, one day at dinner-time, to spill a portion of rich soup or sauce on the shoulders of some welldressed gentleman, who would of course be very indignant and swear loudly at the careless servant. He, on his part, would be overwhelmed with contusion and profuse in apologies. “ But fortunately he could have the injury repaired. He ’ (the waiter) had a brother living in the neigh-borhood-just round the corner, in fact, who was a dyer and scourer by profession. If monsieur would only intrust the soiled coat to his care for a few moments he would engage to bring it back with every trac* es grease entirely removed 1” The pacified epicure would divest himself of the desecrated garment, replacing it by his overcoat, and would sit down to finish his dinner, while waiter and coat disappeared together, and were like the days of youth in.this, that they returned no more. The thief would in this way gain possession not only of the coat, but in most instances of each additional booty as gloves, handkerchiefs, a pocket-book, or a well-filled cigar-case. This little game was carried on successfully by its inventor for some time; but one day, while he was in attendance at a grand dinner given at the Case. Brebant, he was recognized and denounced by one of his former victims, and his career was brought to an abrupt and inglorious conclusion by the stern interference of the law.— Lucy H. Hooper, in Appleton's Journal. —Thfere are 110 Granges organized and in working order in the Btate of Oregon, and twenty-four in Washington Territofy.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—Verbena Water.—Oil verbena and lemon, each one ounce; cologne spirits; three quarts; water, one quart. Mix and filter through magnesia. —Saleralus in Trying Out Lard.—The benefit claimed to be derived from the use of saleratus in trying out lard is that it reduces the quantity of scraps and produces more lard. —Mountain Dew Pudding.—Three crackers pounded or rolled fine, pint of milk, yolks of two eggs; bake half an hour; beat whites of two eggs to a stiff froth, add one cup sugar, pinch of salt; flavor with lemon, pour over the pud» ding, and set in Oven and delicately brown. —Excellent paper pillows maybe made of old letters—the stiffer the paper the better. Newspapers will not do. The paper should be cut into strips, and rolled round an ivory knitting-needle; it is then almost like a spring, and makes a much better cushion than the torn paper, beipg more elastic. —The < ha-acteristics of a good milch cow must be irrespective of breeds, in a general sense. Milk is created from the blood and her vital energies, which make blood—that is the indispensable condition. The good milch cow must have a well-developed chest, a healthy digestive apparatus, the mammillary glands must be perfect, and the udder must be soft and pliable, elastic as a piece of indiarubber to the touch, whether the bag is full orempty.— N. 7. Herald. —The Journal of Cherrastry gives the following simple recipe for the prevention of flies on horses: Take two or three small handfuls of walnut leaves upon which pour two or three quarts of cold water; let it infuse one night, and next morning pour the whole into a kettle and let it boil for a quarter of an hour. When cold it will be fittfotJ use. No more is required than to moisten a sponge, and before the horse goes out of the stable let those parts which are most irritable be smeared over with the liquid, namely, between and upon the ears, the neck, tbe flanks, etc. Not only the gentleman and lady who rides out for pleasure will be benefited by this, but the coachman, the wagoner and all others who use horses during the hot months. -—Rolling. Land Too Early.—A correspondent of the California Agriculturist writes: “Do not roll land too early in the season. If the surface of a field of grain is rolled before the grain is up it is not only the seed that gets a early start but also many fine seeds of weeds which otherwise would not find enough moisture in the top soil for germination. Last year I spoiled in this way one-half of a piece of qats put in for hay. This part was so full of weeds that it ranked as about second-rate “ cow hay,” while the other part, which was rolled for the first lime after it had made a considerable growth, was excellent. Land should be moderately dry when rolled‘so that the lumps maybe pulverized and the surface left loose, and not so hard as to crack in a dry wind. —How to Dress a Turkey.—Take a board four feet long, one and one-half feet wide, bore an inch hole in the center about eight inches from one end, saw out a strip from this end to the hole about one inch wide, or wide enough to admit the neck of the turkey. Place this board on a barrel, with one end against your hips. Lay the turkey on this board on its back, with its neck -in the slat and head underneath; then, with a sharp knife, cut its throat under the board (that the blood may be out of the way); take the turkey by the legs, draw steadily, to keep its neck in place, raise it from the board, that it need not be bruised, and commence at once to pull out the tail and wing feathers, and by the time it is done kicking you will have nearly all the feathers off. You will find that they will come off nearly as easy as If scalded. The pin-feathers, if any, should he taken out at When dressed, carry to the house, lay the carcass upon the table, on the back, with its wings in position, wipe dry, and when you get through, call in your wife, and you may be sure of her approving smile. — Cor. Rural New Yorker. —Carving.—Although it is a daily duty ior many men and women to cut up meat for a family, there are multitudes who do it neither well nor wise. The following suggestions, from an agricultural paper, on this point, may not be out of place, the more especially to young housekeepers: To carve fowls, which should always be laid with the breast uppermost, place the fork in the breast and take off the wings and legs, without turning the fowl; then cut out the merry thought; cut slices from the breast; cut out the collar bone; cut off the side pieces, and then cut the carcass in two. Divide the joints in the leg of a turkey. In carving a sirloin, cut thin slices from the side next to you (it must be put on the dish the tenderloin underneath); then turn it. Help the guests to both kinds. In carving a leg of mutton or ham, begin by cutting across the middle to the bone. Cut a tongue across, and not lengthwise, and help from the middle. Carve a forequarter of lamb by separating the shoulder from the ribs, and then divide the ribs. To carve a loin of veal, begin at * the smaller end and separate the ribs. Help each one to a piece of kidney and its fat. Carve pork and mutton in the same way. To carve a fillet of veal, begin at the top and help to the stuffing with each slice. In a breast' of veal, separate the breast and brisket, and then cut up, asking which part is preferred.

Marketing Eggs.

~ There is a good lesson in the following story told by a correspondent of the American Farm, Journal , of the manner in which he made a market for his eggs: My old hens laid plentifully during July and August, and, though the price was not large, there was a good market for all the eggs I could spare. I did not care to hawk around anything I had for sale, and I sought a dealer‘ who had a good trade, and proposed to him that he should take all the eggs I would have. “ At what price do you propose to sell?” he asked. “ At the market price,” I answered, “ Who’s going tcMfecide?” “ Ws'\\ both decide. I will have a pass-book and enter in it the number of dozen I send you. When you, have counted them you can add' the price on the book, and in that way there can be no mistakes or misunderstanding.” “ All right,” said he, “ I’ll do it.” “ I would like to have you bear one thing in mind,” I added, “Jand that is, that I guarantee you shall never find a bad egg among those I send you." If you will keep them separate, and ever find me wrong in this, I will give two eggs for every bad one you find in my baskets.” “Do you mean all that ? ” he asked, somewhat doubtingly. “ Every word of it,” I answered. “ All right; see that you do it, for I shall warrant every egg." The merchant must have told of our bargain, for the next time I met our neighbor he reined up his horses as if he had something important to communicate. “ Say, Tim,” he began, “ gone into the egg business on a big scale, ain’t you ? ” “ Why, no; not on any larger scale than a good many others.” “But you warrant your eggs, don’t you!” *' I saw the twinkle in his eye, but I was not going to hack down. “Yes,” I answered; “I don’t intend to carry any bi)t good eggs to the market.” • v

“ Jos’ sol 8o I heerd. Tears to me you must have s mighty sight of confidence in your hens.” “ Not so much confidence in my hens as in my care of the eggs.” “ Jes’ so! It’s as good as thread; warranted 200 yards! Why don’t you put your name on each egg, Tim! " “ I may, by-and-by.” “ Jes’ so I I don’t see why you shouldnt.” And he drove on. But after all 1 had not done so foolish a thing as you may think. My twenty hens averaged fifteen eggs a day, and I made it a rule to Bend the eggs to market every third morning. I used China nest eggs, so there was no possibility of any egg being over three days old. It was not long before the merchant began to appreciate the fact that here was a constant supply of eggs that he might depend upon as being all right. I carried a basket of eggs to him one morning, and, after he had taken them, he said: “ Tim, supposing I should agree to give you one cent a dozen more than the market price, what effect would it have on you!” ’ “’The best effect in the world,” I answered. “ Well, it is just like this: when you told me to warrant your eggs all sound I thought you was a confounded fool. But I warranted the eggs and found they were always good. Now I have a class of trade that would willingly pay more for eggs if they could be sure they were good, and I propose to ask two cents a dozen more for the eggs you bring me, and this I will divide with youv” This was certainly encouraging, and our arrangement holds to this day. I habitually receive one cent a dozen for my eggs more than my neighbors do. It is an insignificant sum, but it counts up at the end of a year.

Carbon for Hogs.

Thebe is no doubt in our minds of the benefits arising from feeding crude carbonaceous matter to swine when they are kept in close pens. The avidity with which hogs eat rotten wood is well known. Charcoal is hut another form of carbon. Bitqpinous coal is still another form. The utility of feeding wood and coal has long been recognized. We some years since substituted the ordinary Western stone coal with the best results, where from two to five hundred hogs were kept in close pens and fed on the refuse of city hotels. Something of the kind seems as necessary to them as salt to strictly herbiverous animals. We have known them to consume a pound in the course of a day, and again they would not seek the coal for some time. Just what particular use the coal is in the animal economy is not so easy to answer. Swine are especially liable to scrofulous and inflammatory diseases. Carbon, in the shape of coal, is an antiseptic, and the probability is that it acts in this way in purifying the blood.— Western Rural.

Oxen for Hard Work.

If the digestive process in cattle were better understood, would it not rather seem strange that there are not more sick oxen than that there are so many ? Just look a moment at the treatment our working oxen receive during the spring while doing the plowing. They are led in the morning with all the hay they will eat, and perhaps have only just about time enough to swallow it before they are yoked up and hitched to the plow. They are made to stick to it till noon, when they are again fed with more hay. As soon as it is eaten they are taken to the field again and driven before the plow till five, six or seven o’clock, according to the ambition or necessities of the owner. They are then put up and fed again with hay. Now, it an ox can only digest hi* food after it has been remasticated, and he is -given three meals in succession of such food as needs to be chewed over, and is made to work hard, as at plowing, all the time between meals, what time does he have in which to prepare that food for digestion except during the hours of night, when he should be expected to sleep? If the night, after a hard day’s work, is the only time in -which digestion can go on, is it strange that we find every year so many oxen that are “ off their feed,” have no appetite, and do not seem to be benefited by what food they do eat ? If cattle are fed meal after meal of long hay, with no time allowed for rumination, how can they be expected to long remain in perfect health ? Does this peculiar condition of the working ox explain the reason why a daily feeding of meal and less hay to a hard-working animal is a great deal better for him than hay alone ? And does the fact that the ox needs a long time every day in which to rechew his food, and that he cannot retain his health without it, account for the superiority of horses over oxen for doing very hard and continuous work for whole days at a time ? If the above propositions are pertinent, do they not help to throw some light on the long disputed question'? Which are better, oxen or horses for the farmer? The answer must depend wholly on the kind of work to be done, the length of time allowed for doing it, and whether the work is continuous for many houfs in succession or alternated by frequent resting spells, as when waiting for a cart to be loaded or unloaded.— l(ew England Farmer. A Good Bread Pudding.— Take five slicos of dry bread, or their equivalent in broken pieces, pour over—them three quarts of sweet milk, let them soak two or three hours, then add four or five eggs, beaten well with one large cup of sugar; a teaspoonful of salt, and spice or nutmeg to suit the taste. Do not crum the bread, but just break the slices in several pieces, letting them float in the milk. Bake in a dripping pan one hour and a quarter, in a moderately hot oven, by which time the pudding should be nicely browned, with a rich custard beneath the bread. To be eaten warm, with no dressing except butter. Very good cold. A five weeks’ Normal School for Plan ists and Organists will begin at Evanston, 111., July 8, offering superior advantages. Full particulars can be had by addressing W. S. B. Mathews, Chicago, 111. Wilhoft’s Tonic is not a panacea—is not a cure for everything, but is a catholicon for malarious diseases, and day by day adds fresh laurels to its crown of glorious success. Engorged Livers and Spleens along the shady banks of our lakes and rivers are restored to their healthy and normal secretions. Health and vigor follow its use, and Chills have taken their departure from every household' where Wilhoft’s Anti-Periodic is kept and’taken. Don’t fail to try it. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fob sale bt all Druggists. Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment may be used to ,advantage where any Liniment is desirable. In cases of severe cramps and pains in the stomach it is undoubtedly tbe best article that can be used internally. Habitual constipation leads to the following .results: Inflammation of the kidneys, sick and nervous headache, biliousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, piles, loss of appetite and strength; all of which may be avoided by being regular in your habits, and taking, say, one of Parsons' Purgative Pills nightly for four or six weeks. —Memphis has 180 lawyers to offend and defend her. White linen suits are all trimmed with open-work embroidery, af.,v

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nil n and dandelion U II I l ls the best BLOOD PURIFIER U I I Ut>f the age, because It stimulates ■ ■II X to healthy action the organs 1 M V which nature has appointed to carry ont of the system the impurities of the Blood ; Buchu touches the Kidneys — Dandelion wakes up the Liver and stimulates the Bowelslto regular action. These organs acting jointly, clear the system and carry away the germs of disease.— Get It. Kress Manufacturing Go., Cincinnati. O. pnVQIOIANS Judge! oii r mi dgood HamlltoTs BUCHU & Dandelion, In all diseases of the Urinary Organs and Liver. It cures Gravel, Diabetes, Brick Dusl Deposit, Rheumatism, Jaundice, 40. Try It! Kress Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, O.

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m. i j 111TTTTwTlTTT!^ Dr. J. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters are a purely Vegetable (reparation, made chiefly from the na- > ive herbs found on the lower ranges ol ; he Sierra Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which ire extracted therefrom without the use if Alcohol, The question is almost daily asked, “What is the cause of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Bixi ers?” Our answer is, that they rem*ve 'he cause of disease, and the patient reovers his health. They are the great ! >lood purifier and a life-giving principle, i perfect Renovator and Invigorator if the system. Never before in the listory of the world has a medicine been ompounded possessing the remarkable , mahties of Vinegar Bitters in healing the lick of every disease man is heir to. They ire a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic, relieving Congestion or Inflammation ol 'he Liver and Yisceral Organs, in Bilious diseases. • • • The properties of Dr. i Walker’s 7'iicegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretio, Carminative, Nutritions, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorifio, AlteraSve. and Anti-Bilious. B. H. IIcUuNALn CO.. Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco. California, %nd cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts.. NVT- " * Sold by all l)rng<rists and I>* alcrs. The Most Wonderftal Medical Discovery of the Age—Every Man Ills Own Physician* Frazier’s Great Remedy. The people of the United States have been humbugged with ail kinds of patent medicines, quacks iind impostors, for the past few years, in a most fchameful manner. The writer of the following is ouo of the victims, and wishes to present a very plain case. Believing that by cleansing the blood was the only true way or banishing disease, and being for years a great sufferer from weakness, lung disease-ana a scrofulous affection, and after trying many kind«-af patent medicines and the most eminent physicians, I commenced doctoring myself, and at last discovered a Blood Searcher, or Root Bitters, which not only gave uie immediate relief, but ettected a complete cure. I then, feeling confident that my Discovery possessed wonderful healing virtues, prepared a"' quantity of Bitters, and was in the habit of giving them away to the sick and suffering. I found they effected the most miraculous cures, not only curing Scrofula and Consumption of the Lungs, but all diseases caused from humors in the blood. At last the demand became so great 1 found myself called upon to send Bitters to all parts of the continent, and I was compelled to establish a laboratory for the purpose of compounding and putting them up.ln quantities for use, I was at first backward in presenting either myself or my discovery to the nubile, not being n patent-medicine man. but I am getting bravely over that. lam now supplying thousands ordrugglstsand storekeepers with iny Rdot Bitters to sell again, and it is my desire and determination to piace the same within the reach of every afflicted man, woman and child on the face of the globe. These Root Bitters are strictly a medicinal preparation, prepared roots combined with herbs and plants, many of which abound in our pastures, fields and forests. They open all the natural passages of the body, c “ 8^ 0 take away all sickness, and build up the body with pure blood and sound nourishment; hence they must reach all diseases by purification and Ishment. I put mv Root Bitters up iu plain pottles at or six bottles for $5.00, a prico within the reach of all, the poor as well as the rich. No person can take my Root Bitters and remain long unwell.- Victory upon victory they have gained over disease and death in all stations and conditions in life. They are constantly effecting cures of tho utmost Importance. For Consumption, Asthma, Scrofula, Scrofulous Eruptions, Catarrh, weak Lungs, Lost Vitality and broken-down constltiitions, these Root Bitters are universally admitted to be the most wonderful discovery known to tlie world. Their pectoral healing properties penetrate every portion of tho human frame, •oothfne the Lunge, Btreiurtheuing the Stomach, Kidneys and Liver, cl. augiuß the blood from every kind of humor. No other medicine will < v iire Uhron 1 <TRheurriatfsm, Neuralgia, He«rt Disease. Fits, Dizziness, Headache. Dyspepsia, fever and Ague, Costiveness, Files, Urinary Diseases, Kidney Disease and Liver Complaint so quickly as this Loot Bitters. All such diseases are caused from a bad stomach and a poisonous condition of the blood, r or weakly, nervous young men, and to delicate females, these strengthening Root Bitters are especially recommended. One bottle will do more toward eradieating Scurry, Tetter, Fever Sores, Sore Eyes, Yu* mors, Cancerous formations. Dropsy, Erysipelas,Salt Rheum, Ulcers, Boils. Fleshworms, Bloti hes. Pustules, Eruptions and Pimples «n the Face,and Corruptions from the Blood, than all other remedies in exi6 Iwarrantmyßoot Bitters a positive cure for the above and similar diseases, and in case of failure will thank all to call or write and take back their money. GEORGE W. FRAZIER, DISOoVJtHJfiB. Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio. jjrAsk your Druggist or Storekeeper for Frazier a Root Bitters, andaecept no Buostltute whatever. S.unl» ii'h MailuLcturiih; Uo M SANDWICH, DE KALB CO., ILLINOIB. ADAMS’ PATENT SELF-FEEDING FOWERCORD SHELLERS (popularly known as tho “ Sandwich Shelters"), varying in sire and capacity to suit all wants. Farm Horse-Powers, Hand Corn-Sltellers. Sole manufacturers oh the celebrated CORN KING CULTIVATOR. Descriptive Circulars, fully Illustrated, mailed tree to any address. J. P. ADAMS, Secretary. What will it do 7 is the first Inquiry tho sick make concerning a nlcdlclne. Suppose _ . .. TARRANT’S .SELTZER APERIENT^ is the subject of the interrogatory, what then? Simply this rely: It will relieve and cure headache, nausea, flatulence, nervousness, costiveness, debility, biliousness and Indigestion. Sold by Druggists every. where. : _^ S ’ L^ KaeUn^Comjany Tot asytbiag wants! in the Machinery line, lilme them at HAMILTON, OHIO, or ST. LOUIS, MO. Inquirers please mention where they saw this. FARM ENGINES. £jJNE & BODLEY, manufacturers of The Best Portable Farm ENGINE, T7IGHT, TEN, AND TWELVE HOESE POWER I t mounted on a Strong Wagon and ready for uae. i Our Improved Spark Arrester is ttte best in use Send order direct. Illustrated. Catalogues furnished ou application to LANE & BODLEY. • *1 JOHN AND WATER STS., CINCINNATI, Ou \ N k. 480—F Sc. rpHIS PAPER la Printed with Ink mannfactnred l e - A G. B. RANK * CO., 121 Dearborn SL, Chlcaac. For eale by A. N. Kellogg, 7T Jackson SL,Chicago