Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1874 — Page 4

CURRENT ITEMS.

Tine chief cause of fires is carelessness of servants. In parts of Switzerland minors cannot use tobacco. At White Pine, Nev., mahogany is naed.for fuel. The ore richest in iron is the magnetic or black oxide. Hono Kong has about forty small steamers for harbor use. , Large bands of elks are reported in different parts of Oregon. Abundance of ozone is what makes Alpine resorts so healthy. Denmark is out of rabbits and has sent to France to buy 50,000. The Franklin Hotel at Worthington, Ind., was burned down recently. The Compulsory Education law of California went into effect Ist July. A rich vein of copper has been discovered at Rice’s Point, near, Duluth. As a rule, the rates for board everywhere are lower this year than last. British house-painters harden their hands by washing in oak-bark water. The submarine cable between Constantinople and Odessa has been laid. Woman’s glory is in her hair, but it is a good plan to tie it up when cooking. A vein of coal twenty-two inches thick has been discovered" near Louisville, Kan. Does anybody know why there is more dust inside the horse-cars than outside? These are the days in which to ask favors. Everybody is in a mcltine mood. The work of arching the Hoosac tunnel is well under way and progressing finely. They sell land in the region of Lake George, not by the acre but by the island. Ethan Allen, the famous trotting stallion, was sold recently in Kansas for $3,200. When a man parts his hair in the mid die the crease is very apt to strike into the brain. A woman at Lowell, Mass., who Weighs 891 pounds is ruining the hack business in that place. A Wisconsin book-agent has been killed by the kick of a horse — man’s most faithful friend. An old business sign in Philadelphia many years ago read; “ William Shot and Jonathan Fell.” Imagine how they exist in Florida without a daily paper. No w onder alligators are plenty. John Lane, of Omaha, Neb., is so tall that he can seize hold of a bar placed twelve feet high. Beauty and bashfulness are oftcD united, yet the loveliest maiden is admired for her cheek. The Italian Government proposes to establish a monopoly of the tobacco-rais-ing business in Sicily. Refusal on the part of a husband tc push the perambulator is to be madr ground for a divorce. Unfashionable persons say Lawng Br’nch, just as of yore ; fashionable persons say Lung Braanch. A Kentucky man was arrested and fined five dollars for making an unsuccessful attempt at suicide. A good way for parents to encourage cremation is to leave the matches where the children can get them. A fas with a watch on one side of the handle and a strong eye-glass on the other is the last thing out in Paris. The cotton factories of Columbus, Ga., have taken 6,442 bales of cotton thus far, an increase of 1,742 over last year. A man in Boston, in his hurry to assist a fainting lady, got a bottle of mucilage instead of camphor and bathed her face with it. The last excuse that young men offei to her mother is: “ Want to take he: over to the park and show’ her the comet ma’am.” The prize poetrj in the French Academy will be awarded in 1875 to the author of the best piece,of poetry on Livingstone. At last accounts over two thousand people were distributed amongthe Thousand Isles. That would be two persons to each isle. The mints of the United States and those of England, France and Germany won’t use any but Lake Superior copper in the manufacture of coin. A lecturer aptly demonstrates the theory that heat generates motion by pointing to a boy who accidentally sat down on a piece of lighted punk. There is a man in Indianapolis who declaims the “Quarrel of Fitz-James and Roderick Dhu” in such a way as to make the shirt collars wilt.’ An lowa paper predicts that in live Sears every barrel of Western flour will e sent East in barrels of paper, made from the straw the wheat grew on. A dispatch from Brownsville, Tex., reports the first bale of cotton shipped to New Orleans a few days since from the r&nche of J. Hynes, at Santa Maria. A boiler in the Eagle Iron Works at Terre Ilaute, Ind., exploded the other day, badly scalding Wm. Fisher, the engineer. He .will probably die of his in)uries. At Lebanon, Ind., recently, Eliza J. Beckham, aged seventy-five years, while engaged in picking cherries,’ fell from a step-ladder, and striking upon her head was instantly killed. “ Please, sir,” said a little girl who was sweeping a crossing for a living, “you have given me a bacl penny." “Never mind, little girl, you may keep it for your honesty.” “ I’d hate to be in your shoes,” said a woman of the East Side, recently, as she was quarreling with a neighbor. “You couldn’t get in them,” sarcastically remarked the neighbor. The Chicago doctors are trying with lamb’s blood to feed the lambent flame of life in a consumptive patient. Doubtful if they succeed thus in pulling the wool over the fell destroyer. “ Have yon seen my black-faced antelope?” inquired Mr. Leoscope, who had a collection of animals, of his, friend Bottlejack. “No, I haven’t. Whom did your black-faced aunt elope with?” Mount Ranter, in Washington Territory, gives token of being in active volcanic eruption. Immense volumes of dense, black smoke were seen issuing from the side of the mountain recently An orator who bad raised his audience to a great height by his lofty roarings exclaimed: “Twill now close in the beautiful language of the poet—l forget his name-—and—and— l forget what he saffc too." . A politician, wishing to compliment a well-to-do farmer, said: “You must have begun life early to accumulate such an as this.” “Yes," replied the farmer, “I began life when I was a mere “Dear me, how fluidly he talks!” said Mra. Partington, recently, at a temper- , anee meeting. “I am always rejoiced when he mounts the nostril, for his eloquence warn* every cartridge in- my There are 52,Olflgwater wheels in operation is American manufacturing eptabl|*hmeat*. giving a power of 1,130,41fi hor*et; while J&iagm, Fall* give, *

power of 11,868,036. ‘When will it be utilized? ■ Chief-Justice Waite- has bought a large lot on Rhode Island avenue, in Washington, of Atty.-Gen. Williams, and adjoining the latter’s fine property. The ChiefJustidfe proposes to build al handsome residence. An honest dame in New’ York standing beside the cotpse of her deceased husband, bewailing in piteous tones his untimely ; departure, observed: “ It’s a pity he’s dead, for his teeth are as good ap ever they were.” Col. Forney, Jr., well known in Centennial City society, was recently married in Paris to a daughter of Mr. John Lockwood, of the same city. Those who were present write home that it was a “ beautiful wedding.” The Dominion of Canada conies for ward with a girl of fifteen who recently ate for her dinner two pounds of beefsteak, one iargeioaf of bread, with half a pound of butter, a small measure of potatoes, and witlial three pints of baked beans.

A Remarkable Case of Absent-Minded-ness.

If a premium were offered (says the Baltimore Gazette of a recent date) for the most absent-minded man in Baltimore, it would without doubt be awarded to Dr. Friedenwald, of North Eutaw street. On Friday morning last Dr. Friedenwald called at the Western station-house and stated to Lieut. Fitzgerald, the officer in charge, that liis horse and buggy had been stolen from in front of liis residence. Such thefts are not unfrequent, and the Lieutenant at once notified the other districts by telegraph of the robbery, describing the doctor’s team, as is customary. The doctor then departed, but in an hour or two returned, and, finding that nothing haa hern heard of his team, visited the Marshal’s office, who had inquiries at once made by telegraph to know if the horse lmd been found in any of tlie districts, but received a negative reply. Dr. Friedenwald was in quite an excited mood, and, after requesting the Marshal to place the matter in the hands of the detectives, took his departure in a carriage lie had procured for pressing purposes. A couple of hours later a message was received by Lieut. Fitzgerald that the doctor had recovered his team, and upon inquiry the following amusing denouement was made: Dr. Friedenwald was called to visit a patient on Howard street in the morning, and drove there in his buggy, which he left standing in front of the house. After prescribing the necessary' nostrums the doctor walked quietly out, forgetting his horse and buggy. He did not discover liis loss for an hour later, and at once jumped to the conclusion that it had been stolen. After it had been standing where he left it about three hours some one sent word to him. The story of the doctor’s absent-mindedness soon circulated, and considerqgße merriment was created at liis expense. The man who failed to detect the whereabouts of his spectacles ou his nose was nothing, in point of absent-mindedness, to Dr. Friedenwald.

The Dead-Animal Man.

“ Cap’en, any dead dogs on the slate?” The speaker was a curious-looking, just inside the door of the police office yesterday afternoon, bowing and scraping and holding a battered old hat in one hand, while he clawed at his iron-gray wool with the other. A Union and American reporter who happened to be in the office pricked up his ears, lie had heard a good deal about political “ slates,” and it occurred to him that the venerable colored man-had-infended-ttrask whether there were any “ dead ducks” on any of the numerous political slates of which so much has been said and written recently. But this was not the case, as demonstrated by Capt. Yater taking down a slate which hung near * the door, and reading aloud therefrom a request that Robert Johnson call at a certain number on Market street and remove a dead dog. “And are you Robert Johnson—the chap who removes dead carcasses front the streets and alleys of tlie city?” inquire d the reporter. “ Yes sir,” was the reply. “ How long have you been in the business?" “ Fourteen years.” - . “ Ilow are you paid?” “ 1 gits $35 a month ’cept when I works Sundays, and then I gits extra pay.” “ How much extra pay?” “ Well, you see, that depends. Sometimes I works two or three Sundays in a month, and then, maybe, I don’t work nary one. The street overseer he allers lumps the whole thing.” “Do you find many dead dogs this year?” “ Yes, sir. One week last month I buried 105. I found most of ’em in tlie Fourth ward. That was a mighty fatal ward to dogs that week. 1 think they must ’a took the cholera rnorgus. One time I found twenty-five along Lick branch. Another time I hauled one load of seven dogs from Wilson’s Spring, out in South Nashville.” “ How is business now?” “Well, I’se a berryin’ ’bout forty dugs “ Where do you find them, generally?” “ Strung along tlie alleys, mostly.” “ Don’t you find the business rather disagreeable in hot weather?” “ Bless you, no. Some folks don’t like the smell of a dead dog, but I’se worked at it so long I don’t never smell ’em at all.” “Do you have any political aspirations?” “ What ’sperasliuns?” “ Political aspirations—would you like to run for some office?" “ No, boss, I don’t never pester my brain ’bout politics. It don’t pay. I’d a heap rather devote my whole attention to berryin’ dead dogs.”— Nashcille Union.

A Newly-Discovered Nation.

The campaign of Gen. Crook against , the Apaches last year opened to research a tract of land 200 miles square, which is rich in relics of our country’s unknown past. It contains a chain of ancient cities in ruins and a eojterie of ancient towns still inhabited by a ,race which holds itself aloof from Indian and Mexican and American, prides itself on its descent from the ancient inhabitants of the country, and maintains a religion and a government both of which are peculiar to itself. We are indebted to Capt. W. C. Manning, of the regular army, for the facts in our possession concerning this newly-discovered race. Capt. Manning, who was with Gen. Crook during the whole campaign, and was recommended for promotion'My the latter on account of gallantry in the field, explored in the intervals of fighting. He visited the inhabited towns, talked with their rulers, akid informed himself concerning their-customs. The largest settlement is in New Mexico, about thirty miles south of the bor-der-line. It is a type of the rest. A strong wall surrounds it. Within are houses for about 4,000 people. The population has dwindled, however, to about 1,800. The place was mentioned bv a .Spanish Jesuit who published, in 1529, a description of his wanderings in America. About 1535 another Jesuit wrote a minute account of it. This 1 account is

true in nearly e-Uery detail to day. The language resembles the Chinese. So an ardent arclucologist who visited the city a year ago says. Some of the minor correspond to those of the Chinese. The women are of the true Celestial t type —almond eyes, protuberant bodies, little feet, etc. They dress theii hair and themselves in Chinese fashion. Their religion is barbarously magnificent. Montezuma is their deity. His coming is looked for at sunrise each day. Immortality is part of their creed. The priests have heavily-embroided robes which have been used for unnumbered years. The ceremonies of worship are formal and pompous. The morality of this strange people, as far at least as foreigners are concerned, is irreproachable. It is probable that they keep a record oi events by means of tying peculiar knots in long cords. This, if true, seems to establish some kinship* or remote acquaintanceship between them and the Aztecs. Their government is a conservative republic. Power is vested in a council of thirteen caciques. Six of them are selected for life. Old men are generally chosen, in order that their terms of office may not be inordinately long. The remaining seven are elected from time to time. One of them is the Another is a sort of VicePresident. T here is a War-Chief, a Chief iof Police, etc. These seven caciques arc | usually young men. They serve but a few months. Suffrage is universal. It is scarcely necessary to supplement these facts with the statement that these dwellersin towns are quite far advanced in civilization. On this point, one fact speaks volumes. 'Woman is not a Vast of burden among them, as she is with all Indian tribes. She is held in high respect. Her tasks are confined tc those of housekeeping. 'I lie written records which we have mentioned show that this isolated community lias maintained its traditions unbroken for at least three-and-a-half centuries. Its history, carefully studied, may prove a clew to the problem of the aboriginal Americans. The mound-build-ers of the North and the city-builders of tlie South may be represented in the town-dwellers of New Mexico and Arizona.—Chicago Tribune.

A Wonderful Snake Story.

For many months past it has been reported that a young lady living near Christiana, in this county, was afflicted in a very singular manner, and a great many said she was possessed either of a devil or a reptile of some character, which was located in her stomach. Many had been the remarks thereabout, some affirming its possibility, while others “ hooted” at the bare mention of such a thing. Thq interest had continued to increase in regard to it until at different times most all the physicians in that end of the county' had visited the afflicted young lady, and we might say without exaggeration two-thirds of the people of the same section. The grand culmination, however, was reached on Friday night last, 26th of June, by its extraction from the stomach of the girl by Dr. J. M. Burger tff the heretofore mooted “ thing,” which was nothing more nor less than a live snake twenty-three inches long and two-thirds of an inch in diameter. The girl’s name is Thankful Taylor. Her father is dead and her mother has since married Hi»st>anri, William and since her infancy she lias been more or less delicate at times. She first was troubled with the snake about four years ago, and since that time it has continued to grow worse, until for the past two years her life hits been almost continually one of pain and trouble. When she felt the motions of tlie snake in her stomach they were frequently perceptible across the. room, .with- an ■ ordinary bed quilt over her, and were generally upon one or the other side of her stomach. She would suffer great pain, and frequently so severe it would produce convulsions; she would lose her mind, and remain sometimes in a death-like state for twen-ty-four or thirty-six hours. At times her suffering was so great her skin would split opeu, and the flesh upon her head split so much it became necessary to cut her hair off very short; in which condition it is now, and the scars are perceptible to all. She frequently remarked on the 26th it was coming, up soon, and just after dark on that evening, as the family were seated about the door and some of them ou the outside, she arose from her pallet on the floor, rushechout of the west door of the cabin, and in a strangling manner ran some fifteen or twenty steps and fell upon her knees. The family, supposing her in a spasm, ran after her and her little brother, reaching her first, called back to his mother tjiat -‘that thing was in sis’ mouth.” Her stepbrother caught aud held her from behind, she all the while making desperate efforts to get loose, and appeared strangling to death. Her mother found “the thing” in her mouth, as though it had come up head foremost and in going back the same way had doubled itself, making a loop, in which she put her finger and held it until the doctor came, who had been sent for instantly, and arrived in a few minutes from his home, some 400 yards off the way he had to come. The mother, remembering the doctor’s injunctions, held fast, and as it tried to worm itself back Into tlie stomach she called upon, lie rehiugluer to .close her teeth upon it, which her daughter says she did, and there is certainly upon the snake, just where she would have taken bold, unmistakable signs of marks that might have been made by teeth. So soon as the doctor arrived he took hold of it and drew it- out, it making efforts to get down, but coining up with the use of but little strength. The girl has now recovered.—Murfreesboro (Tenn.) News.

Skimming the Seine.

Of all the things in the world which appear utterly worthless are soap-suds. Mr. Simmonds takes a different view. lie tells us that “ soap-suds as a stimulant of vegetable life cannot be too highly appreciated.” AYe cannot go into his arguments on the great value of soapsuds, and it is sufficient to say, that when poured out as a manure they are of prodigious efficacy. The French, who are up to everything in the chemical line, have taken a proper view of the soapsuds. Whether from private dwelling? in Paris or from the barges of the btynchisseuses, the Seine must have a good deal of soap floating about it in a wasteful kind of way, to say nothing of the greasy pollutionfrom dead dogs and cats. There was a fortune if properly looked after. An enterprising firm, fortified by the Authority of the Prefect, determined to begin a system of skimming the Seine. You would imagine it was a nonsensical idea. \ Quite a mistake. By uniting the skimmings of the river with! the offal from hospitals the firm is able, by the aid of chemistry, steam and cookery .to fatten 3,000 pigs and to produce annually 500,000 pounds of soap.— Chambers' Journ 1. * j +' Arrowroot Biscuit.— Rub together three-quarters ol a pound of sugar and the same weight of butter untjl they rise. Beat three eggs well and mix with it, then stir in two cups of 6ifted flour, roll them out thin, cut them with a biscuit-cutter, place them in buttered tins, and bake in a slow oven. —Short men always rise early ; it is impossible for them to lie long. I

Garden Chickens.

Those who do not know the luxury of fresh-Jaid eggs, or the tender pleasures of eating a good spring chicken, cannot imagine why so many people who might have beautiful yards and handsome flowers, give up everything for a lot ot chickens. Y r et much as we sympathize with the chicken-fancier in many cases, we do not know that we would have one about if it were to be at the expense of a beautiful lawn and garden and all those natural beauties which make life in, the country so sweet. But our country folks, those of them who read agricultural papers, and thus have more than the average share of intelligence, do no’t have much trouble with the chicken question. Somehow-they manage to keep tlie garden quite private from the birds whenever they wish to do so, and thus in addition to tlie chicken stews and omelettes have an abundance Of vegetables'to eat, and flowers in profusion to decorate the sitting-room or dining-table. Tiltgardens arc surrounded by laths neatlywhitewashed, or by wire deftly arranged-' to keep feathered intruders out, and thus both ends are made to meet wisely and well. It is wonderful how the practical minds of country girls get over tlie common chicken difficulties. Some with scores of fowls running round will have beds of beautiful flowers on lawns in front of tlie windows, where the average mind would give up in despair. We knew one once whose plan of operation was very simple and yet very successful. Her theory was that the fowls only Ranted dust; and ail that was necessary was to keep the fowls oft for a short time till the earth had lost its dust-like character. As soon as the soil was dug up for the flower-beds in the spring, halfcircles of straight branches were arranged like wicker-work around the beds, which served the double purpose of a guard and an ornament. The flowers planted, the twiggy matter cut from the branches round the edges was neatly placed between the flowers, completely coveringthe newly-stirred earth, and bidding defiance to all scratching tendencies on the part of her feathered friends. After a rain and the ground became set, the brushy matter was taken away .Once in a while when the ground would be loosened or weeded, aud there would be danger of an incursion of the feathered enemies, the branches would be placed on duty for a while till the temptation 'was. over. Of course people in the respectable suburbs of large cities will not needtliese remarks. It would not suit in any of these circumstances to have a chicken running around loose. The fancy chicken house is the only place for them. But farther in the country the hints may prove of service. In no condition of life is the principle that where there is a Will there is a way more evident than in the way some country-folk manage, by simple contrivances like those we have named, to have all the flowers they need, and as good a garden as they could desire, without serious annoyance from the chicken trouble. —Germantown Telegraph.

A Plea for the Cows.

Reader, are you fond of milk? Do you like butter or beef? Then have compassion on-the kitfd, generous eow! Most farmers feed their horses something better Than straw or badly-cured hay in the winter, though their work during that season is light. Horses are usually kept in comfortable stables, with clean, dry bedding, renewed every night. They are also curried and brushed every morning, and fed good bay, oats, chop, etc., until they are “ fat as fools,” as if they were being prepared for the butcher, in stead of being kept for labor. This is curious philosophy. A fat man is not in a condition to endure hard work, nor is he as comfortable or healthy as a person in moderate flesh. It will usually be found that those who thus overfeed their horses are' the very men who starve their cattle. In summer they are turned into the woods lot, the fallow field or the highway; while the horses are always “in clover-.” In winter the milch cow runs the road by day, and at niglit lies or stands shivering in tlie wet or muddy barnyard, or is treated to the -tuftury of a snow-bank for a bed. She catsstrawand corn fodder, with' an occasional frozen pump® in! And yet she is expected* to yield daily gallons of that most indispensable article of food, milk. Is it strange that she grows poor, or that her calf is unthrifty? If we have no coi*passion for the cattle, and disregard the divine edmmand to treat them with kindness, considerations of pecuniary interest ought to correct this cruel aud inhuman practice., ' A cow that is poorly fed cannot give much milk, nor milk of a good quality, for the plain reason that it is among the most nutritious of all the substances we consume, and cannot therefore be manufactured from food that does not contain nutritious elements. Some farmers instruct their wives that “ corn must not be fed to the cows, because it dries them up.” But tfie women —God bless them!—have compassion upon the kind and docile ahimal upon whose system such severe drafts are being constantly made, and therefore insist upon furnishing food that will repair this Waste.

High feeding for cows in milk pays as well as generous feeding for steers. Let us see. Milk sells readily in the country villages for four cents a quar>, while in the cities it brings a higher price. Suppose the cow to give three gallons a day, we have forty-eight cents, or something over fourteen dollars per month, as the value of her product. What other animal will make such generous returns for food, care and generous feeding? If we consider the profits resulting from raising the calves for steers we shall have reasons equally conclusive in favor of generous keep. Whether markets be good or bad, the well-kept steer, in good form and of good quality, always sells at a profit to the breeder. But we cannot have good form, good condition, aud good quality where the calf was not properly started. A runted calf becomes “ paunchy” and unthrifty, a form which subsequent good keep will seldom correct. The true principle therefore is, if we regard the matter only in a pecuniary point of view, to feed well, feed as much as possible in-doors, and we shall have more manure; and the manure where the cattle are well fed will be of better quality. Our-land needs the manure as much as our cattle need the nutritious food; and thus it is, as the English say, the mofe we feed the more we can produce. We should never feed in the high way. If we cannot feed in-doors we should certainly feed on our own land, and aim to select a place where it will do the most good.— T. G. J., in National Live Stock Journal.

How to Stack Grain.

Where there is barn room it is always best to put grain crops under roof, but where they have to be stacked out from necessity the work should be done in a careful manner. The better way, under most circumstances, is to stack at the barn, then the grata is near the granary when if leaves the machine, and the straw may be saved where it is needed for feeding, bedding and manure. In building a stack of sheaves the following rules, adopted from Our own experience, will be found, perhaps, of

profit to some of our inexperienced readers at this time: Where a pen is not used for foundation set up two bundles against each other, and others against these until a circle is formed sloping from center to circumference, eacfi row half the length of a sheaf further out than the one before it. Carry out the foundation in this way until it is of the desired size, and then at the outside lay a double row of bundles and press them down well. The foundation being now prepared, build upon it by laying the tiers of sheaves from the outside toward the cfenter, each row lapping butts tO"'bands. Gradually lay out until the stack has attained the height desired—that is, let each row of bundle butts project over a trifle further than the one beneath, so that the circumference of the stack will gradually increase in size as it goes up to a half-wav point, ahd then gradually draw it in until the tbp is reached. Caution must be used not to make the stack too flaring; it is only necessary to make a difference in the circumference of the base and centei to obtain the desired object, that of protection against heavy rain-storms. When building the stack, always keep the center a little the highest, and well tread down, for in this lies the great secret of having either grain or hay keep well. The outer surface, by being less compact, will settle a little more tli&n the center, and consequently protect the whole from damage by not retaining moisture. Wc have found it g good plan to let one tier of bundles project some four inches at the point where it is decided to begin drawing in for the top; this furnishes what may be termed eaves. If the stack is to stand an indefinite time before threshing, it will pay to give considerable attention to thatching the top; at all events it should have a topping out of bog grass or poor hay.— Ohio Farmer.

“If I Had Leisure.”

“If I had leisure I would repair that weak place in my fence,” said a farmer, lie had none, however, and while drinking cider with a neighbor the cows broke in and injured a prime piece of corn. lie had leisure then to repair his fence, but it did not bring back his corn. “If I had leisure,” said a wheelwright last winter, “I would alter my stovepipe, for I know it is not safe.” But he did not find time, and when his shop caught fire and burnt down lie found leisure to build another. “ If I had leisure,” said a mechanic, “ I' should have my work done in season.” The man thinks his time has been all occupied, but he was not at work till after sunrise; he quit work at five o’clock, smoked'a cigar after dinner, and spent two hours on the street talking nonsense with an idler. “ If I had leisure,” said a merchant, “ I would pay more attention to my accounts and try and collect my bills more, promptly.” The chance is, my friend, if you had leisure you would probably pay less attention to the matter than you do now. The thing lacking with hundreds of farmers who till the soil is not more leisure, but more resolution—the spirit to do, tO do now. If the farmer who sees his fence in a poor condition would only act at once, how much might be saved? It would prevent breacliy cattle creating quarrels among neighbors that in many cases terminate in law-suits, which take nearly all they are both- worth to pay the lawyers. The fact is, farmers and.mechanics have more leisure,than they are aWare of for study and improvement of their minds. They have the long evenings oiK winter in which they can post themselves upon all the improvements of the day, if they will take ably-conducted agricultural journals and read them with care. The farmer who fails to study his business, and then gets shaved, has nobody but himself to blame.— Cor. N. E. Farmer.

The following extract is from an Editorial' Article which appeared in the Buffalo "News" of May 3,1874: A Mammoth Establishment anti an Enterprising Proprietor. It is hardly necessary for us to call attention to the whole-page communication from Dr. It. V. Pierce, of the Worlds Dispensary, which appears in this issue, as at least every invalid suffering from Chronic Disease must see and take a lively interest in the sound, commonsense ideas therein set forth as well as in the indisputable evidences of wonderful cures that are given, Buffalo has several business establishments of which she may justly feel proud, but few, if any, indeed, that has acquired such worldwide fame and reputation as that of Dr. Pi erce —“ The World’s Dispensary.” This establishment well merits its appellation, “ The World’s Dispensary,” as it is without doubt the largest and most complete of its kind that can be found anywhere, and medicines are prepared within its walls that find a ready sale in every' quarter of tiie globe. In fact the foreign trade forms no small part of the business. A visit to the shipping department, which is on the first floor, gives one a slight idea of the colossal proportions of the business there transacted. Here the Visitor may see, as we did, huge piles of boxes being shipped to wholesale houses in every' part of .the land, also to foreign countries —even China and Japan contributing to the demand for tliesio popular medicines. The Doctor has achieved this immense patronage and demand for his celebrated remedies by hfs greatskiil as a physician, the superior curative virtues of the remedies he has discovered, and his honorable dealings, indomitable will and ceaseless industry. Tha cures that lie has effected have often been wonderful, in fact almost miraculous, having frequently been effected, as be has shown us by ample evidence, after many eminent physicians in succession had failed. This success has had the effect to give him an immense practice at the World’s Dispensary, so that, in a single month, he probably treats and cures more eases of inveterate Chronic Diseases than most physicians, in ordinary practice, treat in a whole life-time. His practice has become so large that lie is obliged to employ four physicians to assist him in the examination and treatment of cases. And in the selection of his professional assistants he has spared no expense to secure men of thorough medical education, and who have been well skilled in the school of experience; Each devotes Iris whole time and attention to a specialty, while Dr. Pi euce, who lias not only received degrees from at least two of the first Medical Colieges in the land, the evidence of which, in the shape of Diplomas, we noticed hanging in his office, but lias also the advantage of an immense experience, is in constant consultation with them over the more difficult cases. Thus the patient has not only the ben” etit of Dr. Pierce’s large experience, but also that of a Council of Physicians, each skilled in his particular specialty. Besides all these assistant physicians, in the dispensary department are also employed a short-hand reporter to assist in correspondence, and dispensing or drug clerks, each skilled in liisbusiness, that the Doctor’s prescriptions may, be compounded with the greatest care.. Whoever has observed, as we have, thmerowd of patients almost constantly in the reception-rooms at the World’s Dispensary, and lias heard the heartfelt expressions of gratitude and praise which they lavishly bestow upon the honorable and worthy proprietor,' cannot fail to agree with us that the diligent medical devotion, patient industry and unconquerable energy that have enabled Dr. Pierce to achieve so much have at the same time conferred a real blessing upon suffering humanity. We publish the above, not as a “ paid puff,” but as only a fair representation of one of the first business men of the land, whose fame is becoming world-renowned and whose enterprise contributes in no small degree to the prosperity of the city, giving employment to large numbers, and in other various ways promoting the general welfare of the people. Imitators should never be encouraged. Their goods are always inferior in quality and intended to deeeive. Buy the genuine 'Elmwood Collar. It has all the edges folded so that they will not turn out. A survey for a branch road to Hot Springs,'Ark., leaving the main line of the Cairo &, Fulton Road thirty-one miles south of Memphis, has been completed.

Thhough all the ages of study ahd investigation . which have marked the path of scientific discovery, one especially alluring object has tempted the inquiries and speculations of philosophers. It is what the wizards and witches of olden time, the jugglers of India, soothsayers of Arabia, Magi of Egypt, necromancers of Turkey and the Orient and alchemists of civilized Europe have sought, but sought in vain— a vegetable iwn-poisonouH Elixir, which, by cleansing the blood, removing from the system all impurities, strengthening the nerves,,the muscles and the brain,and vitalizing every fiber of the system, should bid defiance to the corroding hand of disease. Dr. Walker, of California, discovered an herb the properties of which, if they do not entirely fulfill all the conditions above mentioned, have at least proved themselves efficacious in all of them; this herb Doctor Walker has made an ingredient in his famous Vinegar Bitters, which .can be obtained of any wholesale druggist throughout the country. » 44 Wilhopt’s Anti-Periodic or Fever and Aoue Toxic. —This invaluable and standard family medicine is now a household word and maintains its reputation unimpaired. It is indorsed hy the medical profession, and prescribed daily in the Charity Hospital and other Hospitals in New Orleans. Wilhoft’s Tonic is thus highly recommended hy the leading medical meh of the country, and is worthy of suCli indorsement. Wueelock, Finlay &Go., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fob sale by all Dkuggists. The Northwestern Horse Nail Co.’s " Finished” Nail is the best in the world.

Thirty Yean’ Experience of an ■'Old Nurse. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is the presertp Iton of one of the best Female Physicians ami Nurses in the United States, and tiasbeen used for thirty years with never-falling safety and success by mill ions of mothers and children, from the feeble tnlan. of one week old to the adult. It corrects acidity ol the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bow els, and gives rest, health, and comfort to mother ant child. We believe it to be the Best and Surest Rems dy In the World In all cases of DYSENTERY ano DIARRHCEA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises Iron Taethingor from any other cause. Full direction! for using will accompany each bottle. None Gcnulm unless the fac-slmile of CURTIS & PERKINS is os the outside wrapper. Sold by all Mrdicink Dealers.

Children Often Look Pale and Sick From no other cause than having worrnß tn the stoirach. BROWN’S VERMIFUGE COMFITS will destroy Worms without Injury to the child, helm perfectly white, and free from all coloring or othet Injurious ingredients usually used in worm prepare tious. CU'RTIS & BROWN, Proprietors, No. 1215 Fulton street. New York Sold by Druggists and Chemists, and Dealers tv Medicines , at Twenty-five Cents a Box. The Ladies’ Sorosis Club, of New York, re* cently changed their discussions from Woman’s suf frageto Hair Preparations and Pimple Banishers They declared that where nature had not endowed them with beauty, it was their right—yea, their duty—to seek it where they could. So they all voted that Magnolia Balm overcame Sallowness, Rough Skin and Ringmarks, and gave to the complexion a most distingue (Sorosian) and mrrble-like appearance (danger ous tomea, no doubt)"; and that Lyon’s Kathairou made the hair grow thick, soft and awful pretty, anc moreover prevented it from turning gray. If the pro prictors of these articles did not send the sisters aa invoice, they are aot smart. Not 'ftaite Str Fast. Mr, Jones t—A horse doctor.ia Philadelphia was caught changing the celebrated Mexican Mustang Liniment into other bottles and ÜBing it as his own recipe. Honesty is always the best policy. These medicine men like to follow up such fellows. It cured the lame horse all the same; but it damaged the Doctor’s reputation, and benefited the proprietor in proportion. We have heard of sc many Rheumatic persons and lame horses being cured by the Mustang Liniment that we advise every housekeeper, liveryman and planter to Invest in a 50-ct. or s $1 .00 bottle, against accident. Beware of counterfeits. It is wrapped in a steel engraving, signed ”G. W. Westbrook, Chemist.” '

»e Grand Devolution tit Medical Treatment, which was commenced in 1860, Is still In progress,' Nothing can stop It, for It Is founded on tin principle, now universally acknowledged, that physical vigor Is the most formidable antagonist of all' liu man ailments, and experience has shown that Plan tation Bitters isa peerless invtgorant, as well at the best possible safeguard against opldemlc diseases. IJF Asthma can be cured. See Hurst’s advertisement.

HOUSEHOLD Wh F W 1 1» sum*» PANACEA To all persons suffering and from Rheumatism, Neuralgia FAMILY Cramps in the limbs or stom LINIMENT * back, bowels or side, we woul(‘ say The Household Panacea and Family Liniment is of al HOUSEHOLD others the remedy you warn PANACEA * or internal an( * extorna » use It has cured the above com AND FAMILY P laiuts iu thousands of cases „ T lere is no mistake about it LINBIENT. i Try it. Sold by all Druggists.

yy Your druggist can fur. |4 tinCC nish you with this Ague JLMbJL Medicine and a box of This REM- T 1 PILLS EDY is sold ■■ ALL fob - by the propri- Jk V X7JL On. Dollar, etors, with a warrant ran • that it will Core Ague, ■ AVI U| or the Money Refunded. A BJJIJ u . You risk nothing by trying It, even it It fails. Kress Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, O. SURESSIUE Remittent Fever, * w w “ riTTTI Till f ohnd in Kress Fever I’ll Lc U* Tonio. It contains no pois- ■ | | I n n.enous Ingredient, and cures V/ U XvXJAguc by canceling the Ague Poison in the BLOOD and each bottle—(HlßES GUARANTEED by Kress Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, O.

A Household without Tarrant’s Seltzer Apebiemt within reach lacks an important safeguard of health and life, A few doses of this standard remedy for indigestion, constipation aud biliousness relieve every distressing symptom dangerous conseqnonces. For sale by the entire drug trade. WIIV Send 25 cents and the address of five nerWnl sons and receive by mail a Beautiful Cliro)no, size 7by worth 11.50—and full inilflT structions to clear S2O a day. Address lIU I Plumb & Co., 108 South BthSt., Phlla., Fa. ASTHMA Immediate relief guaranteed by using my Asthma rem edy. I suffered 12 years, not lying down for weeks at i time, but am now evttrely cured. Sent by mail ©i rcceipt.oi price, Sf per obx. Ask your Druggist foi ft rli\,S. I* MTJIIsT. Bender Co. Pn NEW STYLE OF MAPS. Maps of the United States so arranged as to give the purchaser a map of any of the Western States lie may wish to EEcompnny It on the saute 6hoct. Its neatness and originality of style Fender it* marked success. Terms made known to Agents wishing to sell it by addressing; RUFUS BLANCHARD, 133 Clark Street, Chicago. IRE f are prepared to assist parties to get s altosnf ft tion In business, trade or profession, ’orp r TT l»ticuiars inclose »1 to V Hall Jot 18 Chicago. C o A per day at home. Terms Free. Address «Tt? C tP’wVr oro. BTCTBOA' ft Co.. Portland, Maine. ahz A MONTH SALARY to good Agents. Send V f O stamp for Noteatt Co., Chicago. ' ■ V

1111 Dr. J. Walker’s California Viiiet;ar Bitters are a purely Vegetable pieparation, 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 use of Alcohol. Tho question is almost daily asked, u 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 great blood purifier and a life-giving principle. a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before ip th* 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 Tonio, relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious Diseases. The properties of Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretio, Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorifio, Alterafire, and Anti-Bilious. It. H. MCDONALD <S CO., Druggists and Can. Agts., San Francisco, California, and cor. of Washington and Charlton Ktß.. N. Y. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. WATERS’ CONCERTS ORSANS are the most beautiful in si ylc and perfect in tone ever made., The CONCERTO »TOP is the best ever placed in anyorffan. It is produced by an extra set of reeds, peculiarly voiced. the EFFECT of ichich is MOST CHARMING and SOUL-STIUUING.w/li/c its IMITATION of the HUMAN VOICE is SUPERB. Terms liberal. WATERS’Philharmonic, Vespor and OrORGAN*. _ . ■ . in Unique French Cases, are among the best made, and combine PURITY of VOICING with great volume of tone. Suitable jQV PARLOR*!CHURCH or MUSIC II VLL. WATERS’ Now Scale PIANOS have great power anaa fine singing *ll modern ixnprovementsp and are fAeBEST PIANOS MARK. These Organs and Pianos lue warranted for 6 years. PRICES EXrRGMELY laO W for cash, or part cash and balance in monthly or quarterly payments. Second-hand instruments taken in exchange. AGENTS WANTKDift every County in the U. S. and Canada. A liberal discount to Teachers , Ministe s, Churches, Schools , Lodges, etc. ILL US TEA TED CA TALOG EES mailed. HORAC E WATERS & SON. 181 Broadway, New York. P.0.8«x3j67* For anything wanted in tho Machinery lino, afMross them at HAMILTON, OHIO, orST. LOUIS, MO. Inquirers please mention where they sow this. RICHFABMLANDS IN NEBRASKA. Now For Sale Very Cheap.; Ten" Years’ Credit, Interest Only 6 Per Cent. Send for “ Tho Pioneer,” A'handsome Illustrated paper, containing the Homestead Law, it N B\V XU.M iJEU just published, mailed free to all parts of the world. . Address O. F. DAVIS, Laud Commissioner U. I*. ii. It., Omaiia, Nkji. half a dollar WILL PAY FOB THE SSXJ3NJ For the Next Half Year. The Weekly Sun is a large 8-papo, 56-colunvn, Independent Newspaper, which no intelligent family should bo without. Try it. Address, THE SUN, New York City. WANTED® To sell the HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE where wc are not represented. Reader!! you can make money selling the “HOME SHUTTLE” whether you are EXPERIENCED in the business or not. If you wish so buy a Sewing M acuinS for family use our circulars will show you how to save money. Address JOHNSON; CLARK & CO.. Chicago. Ill^ ©ASTHMA. 4 Popham’s Asthma Specific. HI u«f-il _y«iur- Ant lmm Kiicrlflp. and ft relieved mo at oiico. It ia a most Aiul valuable For ealo tiy Druggists! $t per tri'av'packagf free. CENTRAL HOTEL, Maiket-st., cor. Washington, Chicago, 111. 9 $2.50 PEli U».Y ! 200 ROOMS ! Passenger XClevutor. J. APPLETON WILSON, Prop’r, The Life fM 1 ! INB and PublicVN J 7 *l ISSKjI PJ 6V! S3£4 Services ins By C. Edwards Leßter. 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