Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1874 — Page 4

Defending the Grange.

A New York Granger, refuting the attacks of Chas. W. Green upon tl»e Order, at the Anti-Secret Society Convention held some weeks ago at Syracuse, N. Y„ made this able defense of the Order, its principles and its officers: The Order is essentially philanthropic in its origin and modes of working; its founders, among whom Mr. Saunders is one of the most widely known, so far being, as Mr. Green represents them, “dignitaries without dignity,” “given to vulgarity,” and “men who would hardly be received into decent society,” are men of refinement, culture, and of a most genial and benevolent disposition. So far is it from being true that they have sought to continue themselves in office for the sake of personal gain or honor, that, at the expiration of their first term, all of them withdrew from office, and but two, the Secretary and Treasurer, would permit themselves to be re-elected. Mr. Saunders, the first Master of the National Grange, refused absolutely a re-election, and when he was compelled by the National Grange to accept the laborious and thankless office of Chairman of the Executive Committee he put himself under the order of the other officers. The revenues' of the National Grange, under the’ great and healthy increase of the Order, are now of considerable amount, the aggregation of millions of littles; but every dollar of its expenditures being accounted for, and its books are now, as they always have been, open to the examination of every member of the Order. There is no contingent or secret service fund, no money to be used in bribes, or to be squandered by pampered officials or expended for political or other sinister purposes. The salaries of all the officers of the National Grange, though they are the hardest worked men in the United States, are less than those which any wholesale merchant pays to his clerks; and it is true to-day that the salaried officers of the National Grange are poorer than they would have been had they remained in their several previous avocations. The records of any secret society in this or any other country may be searched in vain for a nobler, purer and more patriotic showing than these earnest and —patient men have made and can make of their connection with the National Grange. The whole story of the connection of the Grange with politics and political parties is equally false, and to any* member of the Order is perfectly absurd. The constitution of the National, State and Subordinate Granges requires that no political or partisan topic shall be discussed m the Grange, and no rule is more strictly enforced. The members of the Order are from all political parties and from every shade or section of each, and their political views are never questioned or influenced in the Grange. Belonging to the great agricultural class it is fair to presume that they will seek to have the State and National legislation such as will promote and facilitate, in the highest and widest sense, the interests of agriculture; and as these are affiliated with all others, they will not probably wrong any others. They are, so far as we know, a unit in favor of honesty, capacity and economy in the management of National and State affairs. But even these principles, against which no sincere patriot can raise any objection, cannot be discussed in the Grange.

Manufacturers and Grangers.

In my opinion there is no substantial reason why manufacturers should oppose the Grange movement. There should be complete harmony between individals engaged in making plows and mowing machines and those who have occasion, as tillers of the soil, to use them. And yet individuals engaged in the manufacture of these indispensable farm implements are out of patience, because there is a growing sentiment in the country in favor of the right to buy those implements of those who make them, instead of agents, by paying them an additional fee. This may be a very silly idea, but it is gaining ground, and manufacturers are alarmed. What I ask, and what every farmer should demand, is, the right to go into any establishment where farm tools are made, and buy them at a fair and reasonable price. What gives a man a more contemptible idea “of humanity than to be told when desiring to buy directly of the manufacturer: “Oh, we sell through our agent at your place.’ Mr. Smith is our agent over there, and he has the exclusive right to sell in your town?” In cases of that kind the manufacturer seems to benefit—whom? Himself and his agents. The welfare of the farmer is the last consideration. Grangers don’t ask anything unreasonable, and they will not ask that long before it will be granted. It may be true that the idea upon which Grangers base their organization is not absolutely’ practicable. What of it? If they are half right, and monopolists half wrong, there is an opportunity for reform. A first-class sewing machine costs the manufacturer say $35 to S4O, but before I can own one I must pay nearly double that amount. Hundreds, and 1 may say thousands, of sleek, oily-tongued fellows swarm the country and make their living off the farmers and the laboring classes. It is time the gaine was stopped. If I am able to have a farm tool or my wife a sewing machine I am able to send or go where they’ are made and buy them. Farmers and manufacturers should learn to understand each other, and then they’ will learn that their best interests can bestbe subserved by friendly’ co-op-eration and mutual good-will.— W. 0. Spenser, Madison County, N. E.

The National Grange—How the Farmers Are Swindled.

No more specious humbug exists, nor one more unpopular among the farming classes, than what is known as the National Grange. They elected themselves for the term of five years, and cannot be removed. They are. of course, destroying the . efficacv of the organization, and will have absorbed all the money by the time their tenure of office expires. Of course these parties have fattened on the farming community, under the plea that they were working in their interest. Gradually, however, thdir motives are coming to light.— Washington Chronicle. We have rarely met with a more bra-zen-faced misrepresentation and slander than the above delectable morceau, which the Washington Chronicle publishes to the world as truth! . It is really astonislr ». ing to see how little discretion—how little common-sense policy—is used by those who seem to think it a religious duty to deceive and hoodwink the toiling masses of this great and glorious Republic! We can account for this utter disregard of the principles Of ordinary caution only on the hypothesis that to the eyes of

many of those in high places, like the Washington Chronicle, for instance, the bone and sinew of our land, the sturdy farmers upon whose shoulders rests evety department of our grand nationality, appear so ignorant and debased as 'to be totally unable to distinguish truth from falsehood, honesty and candor from the most reckless attempts at perversiori' and deceit 1 But to the fooliih and wholly untenable position of our Washington contemporary. It says that the Grange movement is the most unpopular of all humbugs among the fanning .classes. The Lord help any one who is so deeply steeped in ignorance and folly as to publish such a statement to an intelligent community for truth! If our Mend of the CArontfife does not know it he should just step over to the office

of Bro. Kelley and learn the fact that never before in the history of confederate organizations was the growth so rapid and permanent, or so universally popular among that class for whose benefit it was specially designed. Our Order is really only about four or five years old and yet we have Granges established in forty-three States, Territories and Provinces, numbering in the aggregate nearly 25,000 Granges with a membership of over one and a half millions. The membership has nearly doubled within the past six months. This does not look much like unpopularity among the farmers. And why should it be when, according to a late report of the Agricultural Department, it has saved to the members during the past year ovgr. $6,000,000? — Hural Southland.

Wan Lee as a Paper-Carrier.

His next performance, I grieve to say’, was not attended with equal success. One of our regular paper-carriers fell sick, and, at a pinch, Wan Lee was ordered to fill his place. To prevent mistakes he was shown over the route the previous evening, and supplied at about daylight with the usual number of subscribers’ copies. He returned after an hour in good spirits and without the papers. He had delivered them all, he said. Unfortunately for Wan Lee, at about eight o’clock indignant subscribers began to arrive at the office. They had received their copies; but how? In the form of hard-pressed cannon balls, delivered by a single shot and a mere tour de through the glass of bed-room windows. They had received them fpll in the face, like a base ball, if they happened to be up and stirring; they had received them in quarter sheets, tucked in at separate windows; they had found them in the chimney, pinned against the door, shot through attic windows, delivered in long slips through convenient keyholes, stuffed into ventilators, and occupying the same can with the morning’s milk. One subscriber, who waited for some time at the office door to have a personal interview’ with Wan Lee (then comfortably locked in my bed-room), told me, with tears of rage in his eyes, that he had been awakened at five o’clock by a most hideous yelling below his windows; that on rising, in great agitation, hewas startled by the sudden appearance of the Northern Star, rolled hard and bent in the form of a boomerang or East India club, that sailed into the window, described a number of fiendish circles in the room, knocked over the light, slapped the baby’s face, “ took" him (the subscriber) “in the jaw,” and then returned out of the window and dropped helplessly in the area. During the rest of the day wadsand strips of soiled paper, purporting to be copies of the Northern Star of that morning’s issue, were brought indignantly to the effice. An admirable editorial on “The Resources of Humboldt County” which I had constructed the evening before, and which, I had reason to believe, might have changed the whole balance of trade during the ensuing year, and left San Francisco bankrupt at her wharves, was in this way lost to the public.— Bret Harte, in Scribner's Monthly.

Youthful Integrity.

A friend sends us the following. It reminds one of Casablanca, but two points, of difference may be noticed: Casabianca would not take water, but the Washington youngster did; Casabianca got “ blowed up,” this one did not. There is nowadays a good deal of complaint about the want of obedience to parental authority on the part of the rising generation, especially on the part of the boys. We heard of a case the other day which proves that there are noble exceptions td the average “ boy of the period.” A young son of one of the principal examiners in the Patent Office at Washington went to pass his school vacation at an uncle’s in Kentucky, near the Ohio River. There was but one restriction on the scope of the boy’s ainus.ement. Horses, dogs, rifles, shot-guns, etc., etc., were freely allowed as companions of his amusements; but, as his cousins were as fond of the water as so many ducks, he was requested to shun the boat which the cousins were wont to use in their aquatic excursions. He promised faithfully, like the dutiful lad he is, and departed rejoicing. A recent letter to his father graphically describes various excursionsand the “ good times" he had enjoyed, among the very last one in which the cousins had desired to visit the Ohio shore. “ They .went over in the boat,” writes the boy, “ but I remembered your wishes in that respect, and so swam the river!” It is understood that the next mail announced to the youngster that the embargo upon the boat had been removed.— Harper's Magazine.

Eggs vs. Meat.

Would it not be wise to substitute more eggs for meat in our daily diet? About one-third of the weight of an egg is solid nutriment. This is more than can be said of meat. There are no bones and tough pieces that have to be laid aside. A good egg is made up o£ ten parts shell, sixty parts white and thirty parts yolk. The white of an egg contains eighty-six per cent, water; the yolk fiftytwo per cent. The average weight of an egg is about two ounces. Practically an egg is animal food and yet there is none of the disagreeable work of the butcher necessary’ to obtain it. The vegetarians of England use eggs freely, and many of these men are eighty and ninety years old, and have been remarkably’ free from illness. A good egg* is alive. The shell is porous and the oxygen of the air goes through the shell and keeps Up a kind of respiration. An egg soon become stale in bad air or in dry air charged with carbonic acid. Eggs may be dried and made to retain their goodness for a long time, or the shell may be varnished, which excludes the air, when, if kept in a moderate temperature, they may be kept good for years. The French people produce more eggs than any other and ship millions of them to England annually. Fresh eggs are more transparent at the center, old ones on the top. Very old ones are not transparent in either place. In water in which one-tenth of salt Jias been dissolved. good eggs sink and indifferent ones swim. Bad eggs float in pure water. , The best eggs are laid by’ young, healthy hens. If they are -properly fed the eggs are better than if they are allowed to eat all sorts of food. ' Eggs are best when cooked four minutes. This takes away .the animal taste that is offensive to some, but does so harden tffe white or yolk as to make them hard to digest.’ An egg jf cooked very hard is difficult of digestion, except by those with stout stomachs;

such eggs should be eaten with bread and masticated very finely. An excellent sandwich can be made with eggs and brown bread. An egg spread on toast is food fit for a king, if kings deserve any better food than anybody else, "which is doubtful. Fried eggs are less wholesome than foiled ones. An egg dropped in hot water is not only a clean, and handsome but a delicious morsel. Most people spoil the taste of their eggs by adding pepper and salt. A little sweet'outter is the best dressing. _ Fggs contain much phosphorus, which is supposed to be useful to those who use their brains much.- — Poultry Review (Eng). The farmers complain that the grasshoppers feel their o its' too much. •

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—Composition Cake. —One pound of sifted flour, with two teaspoonfuls of cream baking-powder well sifted through it, one pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, half a pint of sweet cream, and one gill of white brandy. Bake in a slow oven. Flavor to taste. Citron or candied lemon improves this cake. —Blowing sands may be gradually made-productive by spreading six inches thick of straw over them, to remain till rotted. Then seed thickly with clover on the surface, without plowing, and when the clover has taken hold and becomes established pasture sheep upon the land.for two or three years preparatory to manuring and cultivating it. —Sponge Cake Roll.—ls the directions for making this cake are carefully observed there will be no such thing as a “ failure” in making.it. The eggs are not beaten separately, and the quicker the cake is put together the better it will be. Take two teacups of coffee A sugar, two teacups of sifted flour, two large teaspoonfuls of baking-powder; into this break six good-sized eggs; beat all well together; turn into square jelly tins, and bake in a quick oven to light brown. When done turnout on a molding board and spread thickly with jelly; roll carefully, and wrap each roll in a clean napkin. Can be used for the table at once. -

, —Fine and Coarse Hay.—Producers are sometimes puzzled to know why city buyers generally ask for. coarse, well-ma-tured hay in preference to the more tender and in reality more nutritious kinds. The Live Stock Journal thus enlightens them: “ City men feed hay for a different purpose than the farmer. The farmer feeds it for its nutriment and as a principal food, while the city man regards grain as the cheapest food, and only gives sufficient hay to make bulk in the stomach and for the purpose of health. Coarse, well-matured timothy serves the purpose better than the early-cut and fine grasses. They do not desire such hay as will tempt the horses to eat too much of it. Straw would answer this purpose if cut and mixed with the grain about as well. But farmers should be content with this practice of the city customer, for it enables them to sell their poorest hay for the best price, and to retairrthe best quality for home-consump-tion.” —Accidents from Mowers.—The New England Farmer says: “ Accidents occur every year from the use of mowing machines, and what might be avoided by the exercise of a little prudence and common sense. It is always a piece of reckless carelessness to allow yourself to sit or stand in front of the knife bar w’hen the horses are attached, and little better to handle the knives when the machine is in gear. In the first case your legs are in danger of being sawed off, and in the other the hands are liable to more injury, even if the horses are perfectly gentle. A very slight movement of the horses in either direction, to nip a mouthful of grass or drive away a fly, will throw the cutter bar into motion, and if the fingers or hands are in the way they are liable to very serious injuries. Keep a good lookout, too, that favorite dogs and cats and all kinds of poultry are out of reach of the machine when in action. And above all things, keep little children out of the grass when mowing. It is so much easier to prevent an injury than to cure one.”

A Model Farmer’s Wife.

Matilda Fletcher thus describes a farmer’s wife who is not only-beautiful ’ and wise but possesses several cardinal virtues in addition: “The most beautiful woman I have ever known was a farmer’s wife who attended to the household duties for a family of four, and also assisted in gardening and the light farm work; and yet I never saw her hands rough and red, and never even saw a freckle on her nose. Impossible! you say; how did she manage? I never asked her, but she had some envious neighbors who went slouching around with red, scaly hands, sunburnt faces, and hair matted with dust and oil, who let me into the dreadful secret. They informed me with many an ominous shake of the head that she was just the proudest minx that ever lived; that she actually wore india-rub-ber gloves when she used the broom and scrubbing-brush, and always when she worked out-doors; that she also had a bonnet made of oil-silk, completely covering the head, face and neck, leaving only apertures for seeing and breathing, thus securing perfect freedom from sun, wind and dust. Did you ever hear of such depravity ? She also fastened her dishcloth to a stick so that she need not put her hands in hot water. For the same reason she accomplished her laundry work with a machine and wringer. And then to see her in the afternoon tricked out in a fashionable white dress, with a bright-colored ribbon at her throat and a rose in her hair, entertaining in the parlor, as though she was the greatest lady in the land, w r as more than her patience could endure.* And her husband! He had such a satisfied expression that it was a perfect aggravation to ordinary people to look at him. He deserved to be happy, because he encouraged and helped her to cultivate beauty in herself, her family and her Jiome; and I don’t know but her success principally belonged to him, because he brought all the new inventions tHa't could lighten her labors and all the delicate and pretty things she needed to adorn her home, and when she was sick he wouldp’t let her touch work until sire was well and strong. Strange as it may seem, at such times he actually devoted himself to her with as much care and tenderness as he would if she had been the most valuable horse on the farm.”

Care of Team Horses.

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals presents the following concise rules , for the care of horses: Potatoes or carrots may be given once or twice a week to good advantage. See that your horse is kept clean, warm and comfortable, with plenty of bedding. — A piece of rock salt should always be left in the manger. See that the harness is kept soft and clean, particularly the inside of the collar, which ought always to be smooth, as the perspiration, when dry, causes irritation, and is liable to produce galls on the shoulder. The collar should fit closely, Witji space enough at the bottom to "admit a man’s hand. If too large it has the bad effect of drawing the shoulders together. On no consideration should a team or any wqrk horse be compelled to w’ear a martingale, as it draw’s the head down, and prevents him from getting into an easy and natural position. . The check-rein may be used, but only tight enough to keep the head in a natural position, and it should never be wound around the hames. See that the hames are buckled tight enough at the top to bring the draft-iron near the center of the cellar. If too low, it not only interferes with the action of the shoulder, but gives the collar an uneven bearing. Caution should be taken that the girt-h is hot buckled too tight, particularly on string teams, for when the traces aie I straightened it pas the tendency to draw

the girth against the belly, and distress the horse. s See that the horse is kept well shod, with a good stiff shoe, always calked at toe and heel on hind feet, as it is there where all the propelling power comes from when heavily loaded. Keep the feet good and strong by not allowing them to be cut away too much by the blacksmith. The best of judgment should be used in loading, taking into consideration the condition of the street and the distance to be traveled. - , f . • Neveroverload, for by so doing you only distress, strain and discourage your horse, and do him more injury than you can possibly gain by carrying the extra When your load is hard to pull, stop often, and give your horse a chance to breathe. No good driver will ever resort to the cruel practice of whipping or beating his horse. A light whip may be carried, but there is seldom use for it. Much more can be accomplished by kind treatment and good judgment. Remember the horse is a very intelligent, proud, sensitive, noble animal, the most useful known toman, and is deserving of the greatest kindness. —lce Cream. —A cheap ice cream is made as follows: One quart of milk, six eggs, one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of corn starch ; beat tlid eggs, sugar and corn starch together, put it in a tin pail, set in a kettle of hot water, stir every few minutes till it boils, and while cooling stir in a teaspoonful of flavoring to every quart of milk; then freeze. A firstrate icc cream is thus made: To a gallon of cream allow two pounds of loaf sugar. The flavoring must be quite strong, as the freezing destroys it in part, if you wish to give a strawberry or raspberry flavor, add sugar to the berries, wash them and strain the juice. A quart of berries will flavor a gallon of cream. If you prefer milk to cream, to a gallon of milk allow ten eggs. Boil half the milk; beat up the eggs; turn the boiling milk into them, stirring them all the time; strain it and then add cold milk, the sugar and the flavoring, whatever it may be —peach or anything else. Black Currant Vinegar.—To four pounds of ripe fruit put three pints of vinegar; let it stand-three day3;Btir-oe-casionally; strain and squeeze the fruit. Boil ten minutes, and to every pint of juice add one pound of lump sugar. Boil twenty minutes.

Receipts for Making Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.

Something over a year since, a periodical issued in Berlin, Prussia, and laying claims to a scientific character, published what was represented as being the lormuhe or receipts for making Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. The people were left to infer that these had been deducted from a careful chemical analysis of the medicines, which are rapidly growing in popular favor in that as well as in this and most other civilized countries. The receipts were evidently invented by those jealous of the reputation and large sale which these medicines are rapidly acquiring and who are pecuniarily interested in endeavoring to check their sale. So ridiculously preposterous are those receipts that medicines compounded after them could never have gained any reputation or sale in any country, for they would be so caustic, poisonous, immediately and positively injurious, as in every ease to be promptly condemned by the people on the first trial as miserable, dangerous and wicked humbugs. Whereas, it is a well-known fact that all my medicines enjoy the reputation, konestly earned, of being not only efficacious, but perfectly mild, pleasant and harmless in effects. Notwithstanding, however, that the bogus receipts were so ridiculously preposterous as scarcely to have been believed by the most unscientific, thoughtless and unsuspecting people, yet, strange and incredible as it may seem, ii paper of high scientific pretensions, published in tills country, copied the fictitious receipts from the German paper. This they evidently did without a moment’s reflection, for that much consideration given by an intelligent mind to the receipts and the properties and effects of the mixture that would result from such a compounding of well-known caustic and poisonous chemicals and drugs would have condemned them as bogus fabrications, and the pretentious publishers of the paper that originally inserted them as either knaves or fools. On my attention being called to the matter, in order that some thoughtless and over-credulous people might not be deceived and misled by seeing such an announcement in a paper laying claims to a scientific character, as well as to clear myself of the imputation of being guilty of perpetrating a wicked fraud upon the people, as such announcement, if uncontradicted, would imply, I, as proprietor and manufacturer of the aforesaid celebrated medicines, went before a magistrate and made oath to the fact that the said receipts were utterly false. My affidavit was sent to the publishers of the paper into which the bogus receipts had been copied, and in a subsequent issue an editorial notice wafe given of my denial. But, notwithstanding such correction and denial, made under oath, certain individuals who . lounge around and infest pur large cities, gaining a livelihood by perpetrating all kinds of catch-penny frauds upon the credulous, were thereby given the hint that, as my medicines were universally popular, by advertising for sale-bogus receipts for making them they could get lots of ignorant people to bite at their bait. One Frank M. Reed, of 139 Eighth street, New York, who publishes “Love and Courtship Cards,” a “ Fortune Teller and Dream Book,” “ The Mysteries of Love Making,” “ How to Woo and How to Win,” and various other swindles, sends his dupes the following in exchange for,tlic.ir stamps. It is copied from the papers alluded to and is as follows: . “ For Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, take eight grains Carbolic Acid, seven grains of Camphor, and two and a half grains of common Salt, the whole to bo colored with a little Prussian blue.” This makes a powerful caustic mixture as unlike Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy (which is perfectly unirritating, mild, soothing and pleasant) as light is from darkness. As “ a burnt child dreads the fire,” if any have been so foolish as to have burned their noses sorejwith this caustic compound, they were using the same as Dr. Sage’s celebrated Catarrh Remedy, they will, it is to be hoped, profit by the lessOu thereby taught them and not be So ready next time to bite at every catch-penny. advertising dodge that swindlers may offer them. For Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery the bogus receipt reads: “Take four.drachms purified Honey, fifteen grains extract poisonous Lettuce, thirty grains Of Opium, three and a fourth ounces dilute Spirits, three ounces water. Mix.” Of the ridiculous bogus formula I will say, as I did under oath, not one of the medicinal or poisonous ingredients therein given enters into the , composition of my Gohlen Medical Discorery! And furthermore, I will say that I defy all the chemists in the world to ascertain, by chemical analysis, the composition of any of my Family Medicines, as they cannot be analyzed so as to determine their ingredients, many of which are new in medicine and, like nearly all Vegetable extracts, there are nd known reagents or chemical tests by which their presence can be determined. If any further proof is wanted tosafisfy any person that the receipt given above is utterly false let that person have the mixture as given compounded, and not onlywill it be seen to be entirely unlike my Discovery in appearance, I>ut if a further test is wanted, by taking a dose of it, it will be found to produce drowsiness and stupor, whereas my Discovery, in ever so large doses, produces no such effect. Others, located in different cities and engaged in advertising for sale bogus receipts for making my medicines, send those that bite at their bait other and various ridiculous formulae-. One sent out by a villainous knave, located in Chicago, gives the chief ingredient of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy as being Blue Vitriol, which is only equaled in absurdity by another issued byparties in Philadelphia who say that the in. gredients composing Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy‘are “burnt Alum, white Vitriol, Sugar of Lead, and Prussiate of Iron,” apd that my Golden Medical Discovery is “ simply Sirup and tincture of Ginger.” In refutation of all the various and ridiculous bogus receipts for making my medicines that have ever been or may hereafter be published and circulated, I would say that I have,

in dealing with the people, ever been governed by the maxim that “honesty is the best policy,” and that “succcee makes success;” for it is becautite some sufferer has obtained relief and cure that that sufferer has sent another to me; and it is because thou, (rands have been cured that they have recommended me and my superior remedies to other thousands of sufferers. In this way lam constantly making Winnr/ advertisements for myself mid medicines. It is a common thing to hear people say that plenty of advertising will make a success out of anything, whether it has any merit or not. Nothing could be farther from the truth. It is with this delusive idea actuating them that thdusands have rushed headlong into advertising, only to find themselves bankrupt in a little while. Not more than one in five hundred who engages in advertising medicines ever makes a financial success out of the undertaking, for the reason that a medicine to be jueccssful must possess unusual and extraordinary merit. - It is not enough that it should be a remedy of fair efficacy; it must possess superior and uxmderful remedial properties, for if it does not those who use it with the most sanguine expectations will condemn it. They will expect much of it, and it must be equal to the test, or it will prove ruinous to the proprietor. For, although a great display of advertising will, many times, create a considerable immediate demand for the article advertised, yet if that article does not possess real merit the demand will be only temporary; the fraud will be detected, and the reaction will upset the proprietor and all his high expectations long before he is' able to recover the amount of money already expended. With this view of the subject I have felt warranted in contracting for hundreds of thousands of dollars’worth of advertising in the newspapers of this and other countries, feeling perfectly assured that the merits of my remedies were so great as to insure a financial success out of such a bold undertaking. And in this I have not been disappointed, for my sales have increased steadily year after year, until they will this year largely exceed half a million dollars’worth of mv medicines. —This- grand success, I am certain, could never have been attained had the medicines not possessed superior and wonderful merits. Tlie Toledo Blade, in an editorial article, has truly said, alluding to my business, that “great success is never achieved without merit. An article that holds the field year after year, and the sales of which increase regularly and rapidly, must have absolute merit.” The article continues: “Dr. 11. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., occupies our entire eighth page to-day with his various articles. We admit it because we know the doctor and know of his articles. We know him to be a regularly-educated physician, whose diploma hangs on the wall of his office, and we know that he has assocatcd with him several of the most eminent practitioners in the country. We know that parties consult him by mail and in person from all the States in the Union every day, and that they are fairly and honestly dealt with. We know that his medicines are sold in enormous quantities in every State in the Union, and very largely in many foreign countries. “This grand result has been accomplished by two agencies—good, -reliable-articles—arti-cles which, once introduced, work easily their own way—and splendid business management. They have succeeded because they ought to have succeeded.” In conclusion, I cannot offer abetter refutation of the slanderous reports published concerning my medicines than to call attention to the testimonials on file in my office, which are open to the inspection of the public. They are from all parts of the world, and express the gratitude of thousands that have been afflicted with Chronic;; Catarrh, Lingering Coughs, various Blood Diseases affecting the skin, flesh and bones, severe diseases peculiar to females, and many other forms of obstinate diseases, and have been cured by the use of my Family Medicines after sufferingfor years and being pronounced incurable by eminent physicians. 11. V. PIERCE, M. D., . Proprietor of Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines. World's Dispensary, Bufl'alo; N. Y. California’s Biggest Nugget.—How much we owe to California! Her pre cious metals have enriched thousands of our fellow-citizens and have proved the main stay of America in times of national pecuniary embarrassment. Her mining industries have given employment to myriads of mechanics and laborers. She is the land of promise to the fortunedecker. But the Golden State has lately sent us a hew treasure. Her last nugget is Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters. The health-giving principles contained in this curative arc a more precious boon than gold. In all affections of the liver and stomach, remittent and intermittent fevers, rheumatism and pulmonary diseases, it may be relied upon. As a blood depurent and invigorant it is unequaled, purifying the circulation and infusing new vigor into the debilitated frame. It conquers that most unyielding of all complaints—dyspepsia —and wc know of no other remedy that can accomplish this. Its entire freedom from alcoholic spirit, which retards and neutralizes the effect of any medicine, and which forms the basis of many of the pseudo bitters and tonics, doubly enhances its value to the sick. The papers of the United States vie with one another in doing honor to Dr. Walker. Wc, too, add our voice, and say all honor to the man whose science and skill have enabled him to draw from the vegetable kingdom such a balsani for human suffering. Wiliioft’s Tonic!— Unfailing and Infallible! —This great Chill Tonic cures Chills Without the intervention of doctors and their bills.' No consulting visits—no prescriptions to be filled—no huge bills, entailing pecuniary embarrassments, added to loss, of health. It is the friend of the poor man, because it enables him to earn a living, and of the rich, because it prepares him to enjoy his wealth. This great boon to mankind is cheap, safe and prompt. Wheelock, Finlay A Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fok.sale by all Druggists. $lO to SI,OOO invested in Wall street often leads to a fortune. Pamphlet with explanations anqstatisticsrfjf Railroads, Stocks, Bonds, &C., with other valuable information, mailed on receipt of 30 cents. Address Alex. Frothingham & Co., Bankers and Brokers, 12 Wall greet, New Ycrk. The popularity of the Elmwbod Collar is well established. Not a word of complaint has ever been made against them. If they have not got them' at your furnisher’s tell them to buy some for you. The Northwestern . Horse-Nail Co's “ Finished ” Nail is the best in the world.

The Rice Divorce Sult for fraud In age la causing great excitement In Boston. It should warn young men not to marry In haste. Rice Is but 22; his bride 87. He swears that she made him believe she was but his own age, by using Magnolia Balm upon her face, neck and hands. Poor youth I He probably founa her elbows weren't quite so soft and pretty. Ought Hagan to be indicted ? We know of many similar cases. This Balm gives a most wonderful pearly and natural complexion, to which we don't object. We like pretty women. To finish the picture they should use Lyon's Kathairon upon the hair. With pearly chin, rosy cheeks, and soft, luxurious tresses, they become irresistible. Fell from a Railroad Car, and nearly broke his neck. Pat picked him up, rubbed him with Mexican Mustang Liniment, and sent him on by the next train. Fa, , bruises, cuts, contusions, lameness and such accidents are constantly occurring. There Is nothing so sure, safe, cheap and convenient as the celebrated Mustang Liniment. It costs but 50 cent* and 11.00 per bottle, and no Family or owner of Horses should be without its There is no flesh, bone or muscle ailment upon man or animal, like Rheumatism, Bruises, Spavin and Lameness, which it will not alleviate or cure. Why will you suffer? Beware of counterfeits. It is wrapped in a steel-plate engraijng signed “ G. W. Westbrook, Chemist." On E verybody’aLTongue.—Eulogtums of the great National Regenerator of Health, Plantation Bittxks, are on everybody's tongue. This gratuitous riearece advertising islietter tlian all the paid-for puffing to which the owners of bogus bittern are obliged to resort. It th is a spontaneous heartiness about it which carries conviction lathe mind of the auditor. t3T~ Asthma can be cured. See Hurst’s advertisement

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John H. Jeemster, Greencastle, lud., says “ A • part of bottle of Kress Fever Tonic cured me of an obstinate Ague; my little girl 'and her friend, took the remainder for a case of four weeks standing: there Cj* * s nothing left of the disease with either of us, nor have any bad effects followed the use of the Tonic. I re- gard it as the best Ague remedy I know an d have since sold it to my custom ers w ' t^ 1 s» reat success. It always attends strictly to business, and is harmless so far as I have observed.” j The remedy is warranted to contain neither Arsenic or other poison. Address Kress Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, O.

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- The Great Preserver of Health.— Ta brant’s Effeevescbnt Seltzer Aperient enn always be relied upon as a pleasant, mild, speedy and positive cure In all cases of Costiveness, Dyspepsia, Heartburn. Sick Headache, Indigestion, Sour Stomach. Liver Complaint, Biliousness, Flatulency, Fulness of Blood, and all Inflammatory Complaints where a gentle, cooling cathartic is required. So says the Chemist; so says the Physician; so says the great American Public of the nineteenth century. Heed ye then, and be not without a bottle in the house. Before life is imperiled, deal judiciously with the symptoms. Remember that the slight internal disorder of to-day may become an obstinate, incurable disease to-mor-row. Sold by all druggists. to J|.a| 1 - WaaaOlo • wi ** IbsIIIIBIIPIiR) ® Afil C A HAND STAMP, elegantly silver-plated. Case of Type, of three alphabets, bottle of Indelible Ink, and inking Pad, all inclosed in a neat box, with full directions, and sent postnahTTo any narr ortho U. Sj on receipt of only Si* Don’t lose this chance. Agents wanted. Send stamp for terms, or Si for simple. Ad dress H. C. NEWTON, Troy, N. H. SEE HERE.— Two pretty little chromos, 1 doz. good pens and a large story-paper will be sent you for only 15cents* H- C. NEWTON. Troy. N. H. Two large. Splendid Engravinga will be sent postpaid by return mail, and also THE HOME COMPANION, an excellent family paper, for a yearall for 40 cents. Specimens 3 cents. AGENTS wanted everywhere. Address H, C. NEWTON, Troy, N. H. ECONOMY. Every Intelligent person is aware that a large amount of money is wasted and thrown away every year in Clothing, Silk, Laces, Kid Gloves, etc., which become soiled with GREASE, PAINT, TAR, Etc., and are laid aside not half worn. There is no longer any excuse for this fearful waste, as Fragrant Sapoliene WILL CLEAN All Kinds of Clothing, Silks, Laces, Kid Gloves, Etc., Etc. It Removes PAINT, GREASE, TAR, Etc, Instantly, And without the least injury to the finest fabric. Makes Old Cloths Look Like New. Sold by Agents and Druggists. , waivtiid. Address WMf tv HEELER & CO., 107 Bank Stkkbt, Cleveland, Ouio. ty [Orders filled by W. W. HALLOCK, General Western Agent. 77 ifc 79 Jackson St., Chicago. jin i Fur tie Miile inuil nil ■ Region Western IU “ft. 1,500,000 Acres R. R. Lands, better and cheaper than can be had elsewhere. The best Corn, Wheat and Cattle-raising belt in all the West. I’ricess atul stiper acre. Climate and soil unsurpassed. Pure water, no ague, no grasshoppers, no Indians. SEND FOR A HAND-BOOK. It costs nothing, and gives maps, full descriptions, prices, terms, and now to reach the lands free. Address lOWA R. R. LAND CO., Chicago, Illinois, or Cedar Rapids. lowa. JOHN B. CALHOUN, • • Lsnid Commissioner.--WANTED ® s To sell the HOME SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE where we are not represented. Reader!! you can make money selling the “HOME SHUTTLE” w hether you are EXPERIENCED in the business or not. If you wish to buy a Sewing Machine for family use our circulars'viHll show you how to save money. Addrc.“ JOHNSON, GLAHK & CO.. Chicago. 111. TTIE EMPIRE CITY PAPER COMPANY, of Now York, representing the largest mills in the U. 8., wants a local agent in every Town or County, to receive orders direct from con-Mn am sinners lor every description of writing pa- pcr.envelopes. printed note and letter heads, ctC.rti i/iird rates, Large commission paid, and orders (at“““S«’tlie prices; easily obtained. Agents now at work are doing a line business and absolutely control the tnyle of their district. For particulars and outfit, address Box 2,592, New Ycrk. Dflll EEI Q J; M. W. Jones, Lakeside Printing Co., Post and Mail, Fireside Friend, Staata Zeitung, Advance, Christian Advocate and many others. They give entire satisfaction. Casting done on short notice. F. XjBLOAN, Agent, 57 East Washington street, Chicago. . LAW - Of the Chicago and Northwestern Universities. Judge Henry Booth. Dean. Hon. Lyman Trumbull and Hon. James R. Doolittle.Datly Lecturers. Van Buren Denalow and Philip Myers, Esq., Professors. Tuition reduced to SSO a year. Lectures dally for 86 weeks, and Moot Courts. Diploma admits to the Bar. For particulars, address V. B. Dbstslow, Tribune Bldg, Chicago. •CENTRAL HOTEL, Markot-st., cor. Washington, Chicago, 111. 9 $2.50 PER BAY ! 200 ROOMS ! Passenger Elevator. J. APPLETON WILSON, Prop’r. Am 11 A A MORPHINE HABIT speedily 111 O I a B cured by Dr. Becks only HH a 5H Fl known & sure Remedy. VI I Vivi no ciiaiKal: for treatment until cured. Call on or address DR. J. C. RECK, Cincinnati, O. A■■ A DAY guaranteed Kt O t well auger ano AF«BDRILL in good territory. HIGHEST Ta - ■ TESTIMONIALS FROM GOVERNORS jJLaU »Ji OF lOWA, ARKANSAS AND DAKOTA. Ml Tr Catalogues free, W. PILES, St. Mo. I» 4 Tk WWW! LIVINGSTONE DAD ivrj VV i*ll DEAD. 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| MI J, & P, COATS’ BLACK THREAD for pur HIM

A DVERTISERB! Am. Newspaper Union reproIV sems over 1,500 papers, divided into 7 subdivisions. Bend S-cent stamp for Map showing location of papers, with combined and separate lUtft giving estimates for cost of advertising. Address 8. P. SANBORN. 114 Monroe street, Chicago, 111. INSTANT RELIEF and A GTUHM A f JSr?. I ? II S u , rc for thc AoirlWlA < l l ,±l^‘, c .f ßua ™ ntcc J l !”' u ' i "R»’yAßthmarem. HinZ notlylng down for weeks at a 1^ ,OW entirely ot’Rjip. s cn t by mail on r? ce *P* SI P’*r box. Ask your Druggist for it. CHA& B. IHJ&r, Jaochoster, Beaver Co., I’a. A Every description of Tents for imS Hunters, Photographers. Fairs, Shows and ornamental purposes. Mexican sea-grass hammocks. Flags, Bantiers, etc. Send far efr■cnlar. G'.F,FostkaSon4Co., 4 Market-st., Chicago. Tents to hire. OQ DubuqueChessJournal And other CHESS BOOKS For Sale. Address O. A. BROWNSON, 3b., Dubuque, low*.

Dr. 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 use of Alcohol. Tho question is almost daily asked, “ What is the eause of the unparalleled success of Vinegab 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 it th® history of the world has a medicine been compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Vinegar Bitters in healing tb* sick of every disease man is heir to. They are a gentle Purgative as well as a Toma, relieving Congestien or Inflammation or the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious diseases The properties of Dr. walker’s Vinegar Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic, Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irritant, Sudorific, Alter*tire, and Anti-Bilio a, ‘ R. 11. MCDONALD S CO., Druggists and Gan. Agts., San Francisco, California, . anil cor. of Washington and Charlton Ste., N. Y. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. ii i--rwKlN*niiii!uuuu* ji. IEI- t .'a lOranlßrqsTl I JIANFG C Q I | h| JL y MANFRSj>S WROUGIIT $ J fiW |^ & “ s TII <aS. I ivHZVCT <S COC/fS, I LADIES, SAVE YOUR DRESSES! “ Smith’s Instant Dress Elevator.” ■8 I. emiNHMmrniiiifW 11 loo P s tha = 'Sh. dress in the S I 7) I. a t c s t - Style. It changes the ? “train” into s irSCWi a “straight “ fi-ont” walk- * n 9 dress Ift ond, and back again as quickly I Can be C.ianged f f r 0 m 0n 8 dress to another In two The Cut shliwu the inii'lt i>J I, with 111 iElllt CH, ”Ei.kvatok H flxr<i i»». “They give perfect sna isfoetion ” is the .verdict of dll who try them. Tncy -urc iuiiny times their cost in one dress. This •’ Elevator” is the only one tliat will let the dress down alter being elevated. PAIITin*! Beware of IMITATIONS, as they uAU ! IUIM. are IVMSE than WORTiII.ESS. See that each is stamped “ Smith’s Instant Dress Elevator.” Price -a5 cents each, MAILED FREE. Wholesale, S3O per jrross, GREAT OFFER. —Two “ Elevators” will be given FREE as a Premium to those who subscribe for “SMITH'S ILLUSTRATED PATTERN BAZAAR” one year, sending One Dollar and Ten Cents. Best and cheapest Fashion Book in the world. Send stamp for illustrated Catalogue. Address P. 0 Box 5055. X- BURDETTB

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©ASTHMA. Popham’s Asthma Specific. Warranted to relieve auycanem TKN MINUTES. « Your Specific lihb a«»o«t cured me, and it has relieved all whom I have’ever heard from.” Cabhom MomsKTT, Louisiana, Mo. Bold by all Druggist* |1 pel box, by mail, postpaid. TRIAL PACKAGE FREE. Address, Inclosing stamp, T. POPHAM A CO., FHiUADKLPHIA, PKXM, Agents Wanted, for the .Life and Adventures of RdL-fc Carson, From facts dictated by himself. The only True end Authentic kite of America's greatest HUNTER, SCOUT and GUIDE ever published. Full descriptions of the Indian tribes of the FAR WEST, including tho MODOC WAR, thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escam-s. Agents arc taking from 10 to 20 orders every day. 20,000 already sold. Illustrated circulars free. Address M. A. PARKER & CO., 163 and 165 Clark street, Chicago. 111. AGENTS WANTED for. tho CENTENNIAL GAZETTEER UNITED STATES. Showing the grand resultsof our II rat JOO years. Everybodybujsit. SaOOtoSiinamonihto Agents. Send for circular. ZIEGLEII& M'CURDY, Chicago, Tr s O~The choicest In the world.—lmporters* I r A prices—largest company in America—eta- ■ «“Vpie article pleases everybody—Trade continually Increasing-Agents wanted everywhere—best inducements—don’t waste time—send for Circular to Robert Wells, 43 Vesey St., N. Y., I*. O- 1287. FIVEMYSTERIOUSPFctIIRES. Queerly Concealed Beauties. Strange Devices. Puzzling Problems. FREE TO ALL. Address, with ■ stamp. ADAMS & CO- 4 Pearl street. Boston. .

Livingstone Is Dead ■ For 30 years MiLUoJra have intently ched Id rxnii.ovsyot iixpoto btkcogj.es and oaAbn r vmciib: and now they eagerly deal re tho• Complexe Lirc-Htalory of lids tnirkl-reuomiea nx BO«M UKNEFAaTOB* which unfolds and wkaltii of a with and wotrtutarVl, countiy. WO publish JfSTTOIT HISTORY fTOIU JliS BIBTII » InsBVBIAL.' Nomready. 2.0 X) agent, wnjedqm e»'yda™.- anoliwr. IDO flrri wel. For particulars address H. A. >V. lilacxblkn, 176 Griswold street. Detroit. Mich. To Millers and Engine Owners. $5 g abJe. • ■-'M-r.i.J