Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1874 — Page 6

HAPS AND MISHAPS.

—A. Louisville young woman soaked her clothed with coal tar the other day, and set them on fire, with the desired result. —John Schoff, of Pittsburg, N. H., was found dead the other evening, between his house and that of a neighbor. It was thought he was poisoned by eating a poisonous root by mistake for sweet tlagroot. ’ —A few days ago a painful accident happened to' James Evens, a son of I)r. Win. Evens, of De Soto,,Mo. , As the lad was tightening the girth of a saddle on a horse the animal bit his lower lip almost •entirely off. —There is a man in East Lynne, Conn., who has kept his bed for six vears because he was once disappointed in love. He isn’t sick, but simply chronically sorry that he didn’t get that girl. His mother waits upon him constantly. The man once had a brother who lay abed for five years. —A man in Canaan, N.H., killed bis dog one day lately and buried it under three feet of soil. A neighbor, in passing the spot soon after, heard a sound, and procuring a shovel he dug down and found the dog was getting very lively for a dead one, and his owner went and finished the job for a certainty. —A shocking accident occurred a few days ago atOglesby, Hi. A miner named Peter llalloran, w hile at work caging, took an empty car oil one cage, and thoughtlessly ran a loaded one into the empty space*«n the opposite side. He followed the car from liis position at the second vein down to the third vein, a distance of 180 feet. When the corpse was found the skull was crushed, the right leg broken in two places, the left arm broken, and the body horribly mutilated. —A shocking tragedy was enacted the other-day in the southeastern part of Texas County, Mo. It seems, from the best information received, that Win, S. Martin and a man named Allison made a trade about some corn-fodder, which afterward proved unsatisfactory to one of the parties and an altercation ensued, in the midst of which Allison drew a knife and stabbed Martin repeatedly in the stomach, side and bowels, in a fearful manner, so much so that the intestines protruded from the wounds, —The other afternoon Samuel Wolf, of Toledo, in a fit of intoxication attacked his wfle with a hatchet and beat her till she was senseless. He was arrested and taken to the Central Station, but before he arrived there he became so stupid that he was put on a lumber cart. He was carried into a cell without searching. In the course of two or j three hours he had slept off a portion of the liquor, and then, in a fit of remorse at the supposed murder of his wife, cut the veins in his left arm and bled to death before bis condition was discovered. The wife’s life was saved by a heavy head of hair and a back comb, which de a dened the blow s. —ln the LadV*Washington Mine, near Virginia City, Nev., lately, a blast was arranged and the fuse lighted. Two miners got into the bucket tube hoisted 200 feet up the shaft, the fuse being long enough to give ample time under ordinary circumstances, in this instance, however, the ascent was delayed by some disarrangement of the machinery and the men were suspended in awful d&nger, with no means of averting it. They laid themselves in the bottom of the bucket and awaited in terror the explosion. “It seemed like an hour,” said one of them, but was really about five minutes. When the blast did explode the bucket was lifted several feet by the rush of air, and as it fell hack with a violent shock a show er of shattered rock rained on the cowering miners. They were hauled up at length insensible w ith cuts and bruises, but would recover.

Mind-Reading.

Many curious experiments have been made in regi.d to the influence of the mind over se body, and the question whether the mind of one person can interpret the \ nights of another, under certain eirt ustances, has been much discussed recently by physicians in this city. J. R. Brown, who calls himself a mind-reader, and who claims to be able j to determine the train of thought ip another. when brought especially in con- ! tact, performed some experiments in this city, and, his methods were investigated by many distinguished physicians and scientists. Mr. Brown afterward went j to Sew Haven and exhibited his powers j there, before a large audience. The committee who there investigated Mr. Brown's methods reported that they “were not ready to assert that the claim •of mind reading had been clearly maintained. Dr. William A. Hammond and several other scientists attended several of Mr. Brown's seances, as he called them, while lie was in the city. Mr. Brown said that lie could not operate through Dr. Hammond, but could not give any j reason for such a statement. With other j gentlemen Mr. Brown performed various i experiments. One of the gentlemen hid his door-key under a mat in the hall. ; Mr. Brown, blindfolded, took one of the i gentleman’s hands in his, and touched ' the other, which was held against his j forehead. Mr. Brown then charged the gentleman to think of nothing but the place where the object was hidden. Mr. Brown then led the gentleman about the room and out into the hail. It hen tliey re&cheff the mat Mr. Brown stoppe'd ana said: “Here it is.” Mr. Brown had also a string of large letters of the alphabet hung across the room, and upon this he spelled out a word thought of by some gentleman. This was often done correctly, though Mr. Brown was securely blindfolded all the time. Dr. Hammond explains the process by the theory that the person operated upon, thinking intensely upon the subject, gives some sign, involuntarily, perhaps, when the place is reached, or the subjectsattained that is being sought. Mr. Brown, by long practice, probably perceives an indication that another might not notice Dr. Hammond said that after a little practice he had been able to perform some of Mr. Brown’s experiments with complete success. In the experiment Dr. Hammond wrote down a list of names,and told a person to think of one of them. He then placed his fingert upon the person’s wrist and said: u Now I will tell you the name of the ■person you are thinking of. Read o ver the list and when you reach the right name I shall know by your pulse which it is.” The person then began and read down the list, and each tune, when the n»me thought of was reached, by some means it would be plainly indicated, to the great astonishment of the person experimented upon, “The whole is explained to me,” added Dr. Hammond, ** by the influence of the mind oyer the

body. The majority of persons thinking steadily upon ohe subject do not fail to give evidence when that subject is reached which that person has been expecting. The reason why Mr. Brow n could not operate upon me w as, I would not allow myself to give the slightest lbdieation that would enable him tiT -detect mv thoughts. I found this a very difficult tiling to do, and, alter I had tried it, 1 did not wonder that many were unable to exercise this control. 1 fhtnk that,when this theorv of external indication of a thought suddenly touched upon is follow ed up further, it w ill explain the whole of Mr. Brown’s mind-reading. ’’ — N. Y. Tribune.

Marketing for Sunday.

You know what a popular place a barber shop is Saturday night. If you are not a woman* you have often contemplated the row of sad-eyed men sitting around the room rubbing theii grizzly chins, picking up day,before-yesterdtv.v's paper from the table and meekly laying it down again to fool the next comer; making desultory efforts to talk polities, ami discuss the third term; glaring at the bland-looking man who rises when the barber says “ next,” and trying so await their turn with an amount of patient resignation that would discount the martyrs. Last Saturday night two men, strangers to each other, who had whiled away a happy hour in purchasing provisions tor Sabbath use, plunged into ** Fatty’s’ tonsorial palace, set their baskets down, placed tlteir respective hats upon them and sadly waited for their turn. It came at last and they Climbed into the chairs, were duly scraped and departed. One of these gentlemen was Rev. Jasper Caulfield, pastor of a South liill church, lie was very weary, for he had spent the afternoon in making pastoral calls, and in addition to the regular marketing in his basket there were numerous presents from his appreciative and friendly parishioners to Mrs. Caulfield and the children and a variety of religious literature for distribution in the Sabbath-school. He was resting after his long walk in his study chair, while his affectionate wife and the laughing children crowded around to unpack the basket. Weary as ltev. Mr. Caulfield was their spirited exclamations attracted his languid attention and roused him to a passing interest in what was going on. “ What is in this bottle, dear?” Mrs. Caulfield asked, drawing-a cheerful-look-ing, fiat bottle from the cavernous basket. “It is some tomato catsup Mrs. Pilkington sent you,‘love,” Mr. Caulfield replied, without lifting his’liead from its resting place against the tidy. “ What a funny bottle,” said Master Timothy Caulfield. “It’s just like old Mike’s that he keeps under the woodpile.” “Oh-h-li-h!” screamed little Deborah Caulfield, “ what a pretty picture book! Oh, pa, look! A little album!” . “ Oh, what funny photographs!” chorused the other little Caulfields. “Oh, what nice little blocks!” shrieked young Ebeuezer Caulfield; “look at the little hlae.k dots on them!”-. —______ “ Why, Jasper,” said the wondering tones of the wife, “ what are all these things?”

Mr. Caulfield raised his head from the chair and gazed upon the scene before him until his eyes came out on his cheek bones and looked at each other over the bridge of his nose and his hair stood up on end until it frightened the young Caulfields into convulsions and Mrs. Caulfield went off in a fit of hysterics. There, before the minister’s eyes, in the very sanctity of his study, stood his wife 'w ith a big fiat Pike’s Peak whisky bottle in her hands ; one of his children was playing with a set of dice, another was looking at a deck of cards; there were tobacco pipes on the carpet and another bottle of whisky in the basket, with a dozen lifmons, a bottle of bitters, a’lot of cigars, a can of oysters; some of the children were looking at five dime novels, the “ Black Crook Songster,” “ The Old Bowery Book of Jokes,” “ Tricks and traps of Gamblers,” a couple of little boxes marked “ Trix,” and a lot of miscellaneous literature and liquids that the horrified minister did not stop to inventory. “Am I mad?” he exclaimed, “or has some designing son of Belial played a terrible practical joke upon me?” At that critical moment the stupid servant girl threw open the study door and ushered in MrvCaulfield’s two senior deacons, who were always expected Saturday night and never stood on ceremony. They stopped at the door, appalled by the servant girl’s shriek as she stopped and threw her hands wildly into tlie air.. Then the deacons pressed forward, but paused on seeing the children howling with fright at their father’s wild appearance, Mrs. Caulfield lying on the sofa and laughing and sobbing by turns, with a quart bottle of whisky clutched in her hand, and Mr. Caulfield making frantic efforts to gather up a deck of cards and plunge them into the basket. The elder deacon said something about fearing they were intruding and they solemnly retired, regardless of Mr. Caulfield's pleadings to stay and he would explain all. They went to the houses of other deacons and told them that they had never witnessed such orgies as they had just left in Brother Caulfield’s study. It was terrible, they said. And there wasn't a member of the church slept a wink that night.

Meantime, Fatty's otner customer had gone home with his basket. His name was Jim Sikesy and he roomed with some young fellows away out on \V£st Hill, about two miles from Tatty’s, The boys had made it up during the week to have a night of it Saturday night, so as to have Sunday to sober off on, and they played auction-pitch to see who the festival should be on, and Jim Sikesy was “ stuck.” He was dreadfully tired when he got to the room and it was pretty late, and the boys were dry and hungry, and just froze for a smoke, and mighty glad to see Jim come. He threw himself down on a lounge and took a square rest while the boys unloaded the basket on the table. “What in thunder!” said one, in a voice of emphasized amazement. ■•‘Well, suffering Moses!" shouted another. “ What lay have you been up tot” » “Great Peter!” roaredahother. “What can We do with-. * Baxter’s Saints' Rest,’ I'd like to know!" “Jim,” yelled another, “what-under the sun do you want with all this red flannel?” '-“■'■■T '“T" “And a bottle of catsup?” said the first speaker. “And these Sunday-school papers?” “And this tract, ‘Death in the Cigar?”’ ft "“And two pocket Testaments?” “And two balls of yarn, and the Report of the Ladies’ Benevolent Sewing Society?” v “Or this bundle of temperance tracts

and Trask’s anti-tobacco resolutions and pamphlet s ?” “And how in thunder can we coolt a cabbage and a joint of as big as a horse?” “ And what do we want with a half a peck of Irish potatoes?” “ Or a sack of table salt, arid a package of yeast cake?” *“ Aw-w! Sh’up yer heads,” growled Mr. Sikesy, from his recumbent position. “ What are you givin’ us?” They insisted that he should get up and look at the table, and when he did so wratli flashed from his eyes and denunciations fell.from his lips. He pulled on his coat and told them to paca up the basket again, but before they could do so their landlady came into the room for the weekly ducats, and she went away arid told all over the neighborhood what nice young gentlemen she had for her boarders, and how they had organized a Bible class and benevolent society in their rooriis, and she wouldn’t have them leave her house, no, not for the world. In half an hour t wo men met m Fatty’s. One w as a haggard, pale-faced preacher, bowed to the very earth in humiliation and distress-, The- other was the maddest man that ever swore the gas out in Fatty's. They mutually explained and exchanged baskets, and it wasn’t until the thirsty Sikesy was far beyond recall that the minister discovered that they had, in__-tlm-utmfusion of the moment,neglected to re-exchange hats, and he paced slowly homeward, wearing a high, white liat w ith a broad black band reaching nearly to the down, looking like the veriest gambiC'P'that ever threw threecard monte. And what the termination of his misfortunes may be Heaven only knows. —Burlington Hawk-Eye.

A Remarkable Adventure at Sea.

That tlie sea should give up its dead seems hardly a greater miracle than that in some cases it should give up its victims alive. Stories of escape from angry waves upon desolate coasts have filled chapter after chapter of works of fiction, and the power and immensity of the ocean have made it the chosen symbol of the cruelty and rclentlessness of fate. One would scarcely expect after the exhaustion of the imagination of writers like Capt. Marryatt and Victor Hugo that it was reserved for plain matter of fact to outrival the invention of the. novelist; and yet there is at present stopping at tlie Fifth Avenue Hotel in this city a young man whose adventures and escape pass to the very verge of the marvelous. Like so many other instances of human peril, it seems to have provided itself with its own setting of romance. In 1854 the gates of the far East were first opened to Western commerce. The first vessel that ever entered a Chinese port wa9 the Seabird. She was commanded by an Ohioan named P. 11. De Vol. Originally of French descent, he was himself thoroughly an American in physique, nervous energy, love of adventure and self-reliance in the moment of danger. In stature he was six and one-half feet. He had left in his home in what was then the far West a young wife and a boy about one year old. His own exploits in the Orient added not a little to the credit of his countrymen La that part of the globe. Inasmuch as they relate only indirectly to the matter in hand, they should be rapidly sketched. Attracting the attention of the then King of Siam, he was placed in command of an expedition, his son relates, against the Japanese pirates that infested the coast, and in reward for .several decisive victories he was made the recipient of distinguished marks of the royal favor, among them being thegift of a white elephant. Not long afterward he conducted- another expedition against the pirates, and this time drove them out of Siamese waters. He was again encumbered with a gift of the same kind and what he deemed of much greater value, a privilege to enter the mountain region of Siam to mine for gold. On his way thither, however, he died of a jungle fever.

His strange fortunes in the East had their effect on his son. Nothing but a life of adventure would satisfy his boyish spirit, and at the earliest age possible his mother by the aid of family friends secured him an appointment at the United States Naval School at Annapolis. He graduated with honor, and last August, after a brief vacation, he was ordered to report for duty at Queenstown. Upon his arrival there he was ordered to report at Nice, where the American squadron in European waters was then lying. At Nice he was ordered on board the frigate Omaha, which was transferred to Queenstown. About the 20th of September, while less than two days’ sail from Southampton, a violent squall arose, and during its continuance young De Vol was directed by the captain to convey an order to the officer stationed on the bridge. As he was going forward a huge sea came over the side and the frigate with its monstrous burden lurched heavily to leeward. The taffrail was low, and being between masts the young midshipman was swirled with the wash over the side. The officer on the bridge saw him and did the little he could to save him. He seized a large circular cork life-buoy and hurled it with all his might toward the point where the young sailor was seen struggling with the waves. It was the work of more than a second. To the buoy was fixed a line about ten yards long, and as the buoy passed over him beyond his reach this line fell across his back. He caught the end, and while, the staggering vessel drove helplessly on in the storm he drew the buoy to him and placed it over his head. He was now safe for the moment, but he says death itself would hare been a pleasing sensation compared to his feelings as he saw the Omaha disappear behind successive hills of angry water. His knowledge of. seamanship told h,ini at once that no captain would dare put his vessel about or attempt to lower a boat in the violent wind and sea that were, raging.

“In a little while,” he relates, “I could only see the masts and cordage whipping against the sky and.l gave up all hope?: I tried to swim toward it instinctively, though I knew it was of no use, and that my only hope was to outride the squall on my buoy if possible and be picked up after floating a few hours.” The violence of the storm did not last, as he estimates, but tWo or three hours, although it seethed days to him, but no vessels came near enough to discover him. The water, stirred from beneath by the wind, was cold, and he began to grow numb and weak. Fortunately, the cork life-preserver, which at first was so loose that he had some difficulty in keeping it in its under his arms, began to tighten as the cork swelled with the moisture. Subsequently it held itself well in place. It was about four o’clock when he was washed overboard. At night he had grown quite weak and his limits were very numb.

“ As the darkness began to gather,” he narrates, “ 1 felt that I have to drown. Before this I knew that my chanees were desperate, hat somehow while it Was light I had had hope. Then I began to pray. I don’t know how long a time elapsed. Attunes I would pray for several minutes, and then I would find myself thinking of a thousand things! about my home anil my mother and ray father, and about my past life. It seemed as if all the good things and bad things I had ever done or thought of came back to me. Occasionally I would start up as if from a revery, and" strike out to swim. At such times the water and sky would look so black and pijiless that it would seem to fairly frighten me, and I would be forced to shut my eyes. I can’t tell how long I suffered in this way, hut it seemed ages. Then indistinctly I remember another sensation. My limbs were numb.and utterly without strength, but a pleasant, listless, dreamy sort of feeling took possession of me. My sides, which had been chafed by the movements of the life-preserver, ceased to pain me. I cannot say 1 was happy, or that I was entirely unconscious of my position, but I didn’t seem to care. This state of dim consciousness was the last that I remember.” At sunrise the next morning he was found by the United States merchant steamer Indiana floating in the water in seftsible. ile-haff lieen in —the water fourteen hours. A great deal of salt water was found in his stomach, but he WM_still alive, and after careful medical treatment was completely restored. He arrived in New York a few days ago. On the 30th of September his mother, then stopping in Lancaster, 0., received a dispatch from the commander of the Omaha, announcing the death of her son, who it was stated had been washed overboard in the Irish Sea. This dispatch was published, and was made the occasion of many obituary notices in Ohio papers: The joy of the mother, who happened to be in this city, upon receiving the news that her son had arisen from the dead need not be dwelt upon. Mr. Harry P. De Vol is looking well after his exhausting adventure and almost miraculous escape. Upon one thing he is certainly to be congratulated. He has read several of his obituary notices, and confesses that he is very well satisfied with them. —AT Y. Graphic.

Taking Care of Tools.

It -will not do, in these days, to leave the plow in the furrow, the barrow in the field, and the mower or reaper under an open shed with a leaky roof. These and all lesser implements must be carefully put away in dry quarters, for to allow them to rest during the winter will injure them more than several campaigns of active service. The depreciation of machinery is very rapid, even when properly cared for; when neglected, this depreciation is simply destruction, quick and sure. . . Reapers, mowers and drills should be taken apart and cleaned, each bolt dipped in melted tallow, and then replaced. Every portion of wood and exposed iron should be covered with a good coat of paint, if not already thus protected, and all parts made of steel should be taken off, well anointed with olive oil and wrapped in paper or put away in a damp-proof tool-house or* store-room. The machines themselves should be kept in a building with a tight roof over it, and fowls should not be-permitted to get access to them. Poultry take a pqrverse delight in perching upon such imple ments,-but no tidy farmer will gratify them to this extent. Plows should be brought in, well washed and cleaned from the soil, the wood work coated with petroleum and the shares and mold-boards scoured off, polished, and then brushed over with a thick wash of lime. They will not then rust in the least, and in the spring will come out clean and bright. No salt should be brought in contact with tools of any kind, nor old salt sacks be thrown over them. Harrows should be cleaned, the -wood work oiled with petroleum or painted, and the teeth taken out and sharpened for next season’s service. All repairs should be made against time of need, to avoid vexatious delays in the hurry of planting or harvest. Mechanics will work for somewhat less in the winter than in summer, when they are busier, and that is an important consideration. Besides, that old adage about “ a stitch in time” applies most forcibly to farm tools. Wagons should now be washed clean, and immediately painted and put under cover. It is only a simple truth that such care of tools and implements as we suggest will lengthen out their period of usefulness far beyond that of their ordinary endurance. —New York Tribune.

Plant Trees.

Mr. Reuben Shelmandine, of Jefferson, N. Y., is evidently a philanthropist, and he proves his love for mankind in general by issuing a proclamation to farmers. The writer says he has ha# an experience of twenty years on a farm, and “ not on a sidewalk,” and that his remarks are practical. Transplant, he says, finest or standard fruit trees, some in the fall and some in the spring, until vou have from ten to fifty trees growing. No tree should stand nearer a building than twenty feet, and the trees should be about twenty feet apart throughout the entire grove or orchard. Establish forest trees along the road and front yard, and fruit or forest trees on either side of the house. Sugar maple, commonly named hard maple, is preferable of forest trees, and thrifty, hardy apples or pears, or both of the standard (not dwarf) kinds. Ornamental trees should be trimmed during the first few years, leaving the main shoot to. form the trunk bf the tree, in order to have the branching lower limbs of the final tree from six to seven feet from the ground. The land in such an orchard grove can -be cultivated for all ordinary crops, including a; garden, by plowing shallow and caretully near the trees. It is suggested,that the first ten trees be planted on the south side of the house, if, none be there already. If a wind-break is wanted on the west, northwest, or southwest, plant as near together as possible, and have a part of the trees evergreens, to complete the thicket. The forest and fruit trees, arranged twenty feet apart, as above tiescribed, will be estimated by the owner or other persons at the expiration of five years from the time of planting to be worth at least five dollars each, and at the expiration of ten years at ten dollars each, with an increasing value thereafter.—Scientific American.

A dog commanded to lie on a wagon at Taunton, Mass., during the absence of his master, the other day, staid alone at his post from Friday morning till Mon day evening without food or water.

RECIPES, ETC.

—Humbug Pie. —One cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one tup of chopped raising two-thirds of a cup of roiled cracker, one clip of cold water, one-half a pup of vinegar; spice like mince pies and a piece of butter the size of a walnut. * —Black Pudding.—One cup of chopped i suet, two cups of chopped raisins, one cup.of molasses, one teaspoonful each of soda and salt, four cups of flour and one cup of sweet milk; mix well together and steam live hours. Make a sauce. —Crust Coffee.—Take two cups of Graham meal, three of corn meal and mix in one of molasses, burning carefully, like common coffee. Of this about one teaspoonful to a pint of water is sufficient to make a delicious and wholesome drink, not “bilious” in its tendency. To try it is to use it. —Hygienic Coffee. —What is called hygienic codec may be made from rye, corn, sweet potatoes, peas, beans, etc. It may be made by roasting these articles and treating them in the same way that coffee is treated. As an occasional drink they are wholesome, and if well made delicious. —The following recipe recently received a prize at London, Ontario, as the best method of keeping eggs over win--ter: 1 ‘ Whliter er excludes —the air prevents the decay of the egg. What I have found . to be the most successful method of doing so is to place a small quantity of salt butter in tile palm of the left hand and turn the egg round in it so that every pore of the shell is closed; then dry a sufficient quantity of bran in an oven (be sure you have* the bran well dried or it will rust). Then pack them with the small ends down, a layer of bran and another of eggs, until your box is full; then place in a cbol, dry place. If done when new laid they will retain the sweet milk and curd of a newlaid egg for at least eight or tep months. Any oil will do, but salt butter never becomes rancid, and a very small quantity of butter will do a very large quantity of eggs. To insure freshness I rub them when gathered in from the nests; then pack when there is a sufficient quantity.”—E. Alexander.

The Best Way to Stack Corn-Stalks.

When corn-stalks are secured from the influences of the weather by storing them in a solid mow, as sheaves of grain are housed, or when the stalks are put in a large stack, many of them are liable to heat and become moldy, for the reason that the pith is full of sap and water. AVhen the stalks appear quite dry the large and porous butts will often be so full of water that the liquid can be wrung out by twisting a stalk in one’s hand. Our own practice for more than thirty years past has been to stack corn-stalks in such a manner that the large and water-soaked butts may all be on the outside of the stack, where they cannot heat and ferment, tljus spoiling much of the leaves and husks that are bright and ■well cured. One of the best ways to stack corn-stalks is to set a stiff pole in the ground, lay down some rails, poles or brush to keep the stalks up from the ground, and lay a course of sheaves around the pole. Let the tops of the stalks be lapped on each other sufficiently to bind the mass together, and also to keep the middle full. No sheaves should be laid in the middle. Carry the stack straight up as high as a man can pitch conveniently. Let all the sheaves be laid sufficiently slanting to carry otf the rain. The best way to put on a top is to set sheaves on end around the center pole, just as a large shock is made on the ground. Then bind the tops tightly with four or five bands of straw. If one has a large quantity of stalks they may be secured by making a goodly number of such small stacks. Some xarmers preier to put their stalks all in a long and narrow stack, carried up by laying only two courses of sheaves with the tops lapping on each other. Three long and strong poles, or small logs, say thirty, fifty or sixty feet in length, are placed on the ground parallel with each other, about three to four feet apart. If the stalks are long the poles must be placed further apart. Strong rails laid «n blocks or stones to keejj them off the ground will subserve a satisfactory purpose. Three or more poles should be set in the 1 ground, one at each end and one at least near the middle, as guides to aid in carrying the stack up true and to hold it from settling too far in either direction. The stacker moves directly back and forth when laying the courses of shelves, from one end of the long stack to the other. The tops of one course of sheaves should always be lapped on the other, just far enough to give the butts proper inclination to carry off the rain. If the tops are not lapped as suggested, the middle of the stack will settle more than the outside, and the rain will run toward the center and spoil the fodder. One of the advantages of securing corn-stalks in this manner is this: If the stalks are fed out to live stock without being passed through a fodder-cutter the sheaves may be taken out at one end as they may be needed, without exposing “a arge surface of the stack to storms of lain and snow, When stalks are put up in small round stacks, as suggested, one stack can be taken to the barn when it is desirable to cut a supply of fodder, without exposing a large surface of stalks, as would be the case if they were stored in a large round stack. Whenever we have had a desired amount of barn room corn-stalks have been stored by commencing on one side of the mow and carrying up two courses of sheaves by lapping the tops, the same as when the stalks were put in a long stack. Then, within a few inches of this double course, another double course was carried up. By this practice the butts are near an opening through which , the moisture could escape without damaging the fodder. When we have had only a limited quantity of stalks, poles or rails were laid from beam to beam, on which sheaves were set on end all over the poles. Then another course of poles or rails was placed just above these stalks, on which another tier of sheaves was set close together. When stored in this manner every Sheaf dried out beautifully. It requires much labor to store corn stalks in this manner, but when the leaves are not frost-bitten it will pay well to store them thus if one has plenty of barn room. —New York Herald. Attend to the first symptoms of consumption and that disease may be checked in its incipiency. Use immediately Dr. Wishart’s Pine Tree* Tar Cordial, a safe remedy in all diseases of the lungs.

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WISHART’S Pine TreeTiurCortial la sow fifteen rears since the attention of she pTflilfc was first called by Dr. L. Q. C. Wishart to tills wonderful remedy, and »o well has It stood tlie test of time that to-day it not only ha* the confidence of the entire community, but is more frequently prescrilied by physicians in their practice than any other proletary preparation In the connrry. It Is the vital principle of the Pine Tree obtained by a peculiar process in the distillation of the Tar, by which its h’f/hest medir-.nal properties are retained. For the following Complaints—luilanuuiition of the Lungs, Coughs, Sore Throat and Breast, bronchitis. Consumption, Liver Complaint, Weak Stomach, Disease of the Kidneys, Urinary Complaints. Kervous Debility. Dyspepsia, and diseases arising from an impure condition of the blood—there is no remedy in tho world Thar nns been used so successfully or can shaw soc.h a ntmvuer of marvelous mines. The following will serve to Bhow tlie estimation in which fills sovereign remedy is held by those who have used it. Consumption for Ten Years Cared. Dr. L. Q. C. Wisitart: Dear Sir—l am grateful to you from the fact that youiiavc made a medicine that will cure the disease of the Lungs. My wile lias liad the Consumption lor ten years. Physicians liud told me that they could only patch her up for the time being, She was confined 10 her bed, and had been for some time. I heard of your Pine Tree Tar Cordial and secured one bottle; it relieved bor cough. She ; has now finished her fourth bottle, and Is able to do the work for her family, and may God speed vou on I with your great discovery and cure you have made for Consumption. Rev. E. H. HOPKINS, Jackson Center, Shelby Co., Ohio. I From St. Louis, Mo. i)R. Wisttart. PniLATiEUPniA; Dear Sir—During a visit to Philadelphia some threo years ago, I wassuffering from a severe cold, and was inducer! to take a frame of your Pttic Tree TarCortUaL-wbich bad the effect of curing me In a few days. I have used it in my family ever since, and am of the opiniou that it saved the ofe of my daughter, wlio was suffering from a severe and painful cough. If the publication of this will be of any service, you are at liberty to nse it. Yours respectfully, - JOHN lIODNKTT,Bt Louis, Mow.. For sale by all Druggists and Storekeepers, and at 08. L. a. U. WISHARTS Office, N 0.232 N. Second St, Philadelphia, Pa. THE DYING BODY SUPPLIED WITH THE * VIGOR OF LIFE THROUGH DR. RADWAY’S Sarsaparillian Resolvent, THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. ONE BOTTLE Will make the Blood pure, the Skin clear, the Eyes bright, the Complexion smooth and transparent, the Hair strong, and remove all Soree, Pimples, Blotches, Pustules, Tetters, Cankers, etc., from the Head, Face, Neck, Mouth and Skin. It is pleasant to take and the dose is small. ' ' It Resolves away Diseased Deposits 5 it Purifies the Blood and Renovates the System, It cures with certainty all Chronic Diseases that have lingered in tho system five or ten years whether it be Scrofula or Syphilitic, Heredl- — tary or Contagious, BE IT SEATED IN THE Lungs or Stomach, Skin or Bones, Flesh or Nerves, CORRUPTING THE SOLIDS AND VITIATING THE FLUIDS. IT IS THE ONLY POSITIVE CVKK FOB Kidney and Bladder Complaints, Urinary and Womb Diseases,Gravel, Dlabetes-Drop-sy, Stoppage of Water, Incontinence of Urine, Bright’s Disease, Albuminuria, and in all eases where there are brick-dust deposits; Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Glandular Swelling, Hacking Dry Cough, Cancerous Affections, Syphilitic Complaints, Bleeding of the Lungs, Dyspepsia, Water Brash, Tic-Doulou-reux, White Swellings, Tumors, Ulcers. Skin and Hip Diseases Mercurial Diseases, Female Complaints, Gout, Dropsy, Rickets, Salt Rheum, Bronchitis, Consumption, Liver Complaints, Ulcers in the Throat, Mouth, Tumors, Nodes in the Glands and other parts of the system. Sore Eyes, Strumorous Discharges from the Ears, and the worst forma of Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Fever Sores, Scald Head, Ring Worm, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Acne, Black Spots, Worms In the Flesh, Cancers In the womb, and all weakening and painful discharges. Night Sweats, Lees of Sperm, and alt wastes of the life principle are within the curative range of this wonder or Modern Chemistry, and a few days' use will prove to any person using it for cithe* of these forms of disease Its potent power to cure them. Sold by Druggists. SI.OO per Bottle. RADWAY’S BEADY RELIEF! The Cheapest and Beet Medicine lor Family Use in the World 1 ONE 80-CENT BOTTLE WILL CURE MORE COMPLAINTS AND PREVENT THE SYSTEM AGAINST BUDDEN ATTACKS OF EPIDEMICS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS EXPENDED FOR OTHER MEDICINES OR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. THE MOMENT RADWAY’S READY RELIEF IS APPLIED EXTERNALLY-OB TAKEN INTER. NALLY ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS—PAIN FROM WHATEVER CAUSE, CEASES TO EXIST. IMPORTANT.—Miners, Farmers, and others residing in sparsely-settled districts, where it is difficult to secure the services of a physician, RADWAY’S READY RELIEF is Invaluable. It can be used with positive assurance of doing good in all cases where pain or discomfort is experienced t or If seized with Influenza, Diphtheria, Bore Throat, Bad Coughs, Hoarseness, Bilious Colic, Inflammation of the Bowels, Stomach, Lungs, Livei Kidneys; or with Croup, Quinsy, Fever anil Ague; or with Neuralgia, Headache, Tic-Douloureux, Toothache, Earache; or with Lumbago, Pain in the Back, or Rheumatism ; or with Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus or Dysentery; or with Burns, Scalds or Bruises ; .or with Strains, Cramps or Spasms. The application of IIADWAY’S READY RELIEF will cure you of the worst of these complaints in a few hours. Twenty drops in half a tumbler of water will in a few moments cure CRAMPS, SPASMS, SPUR STOMACH, HEARTBURN. SICK READAC&E, DIABRHCEA, DYSENTERY. -UOLIC. WIND IN THE BOWEiS, and all INTERNAL PAINS. Travelers should always carry a bottle of RADWAY’S READY RELIEF with them. A few drops In water will prevent sickness or pains from change of water. It Is better than French Brandy or Bitters as a stimulant. Sold by Druggists. Price, 50 Cents. DR. RADWAY’S REGULATING FILLS! Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse and strengthen. UADWaY'S PILLS, tor the cure of all disorders of tho Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Headache, Constipation Costiveness Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Bilious Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels, Piles, and all Derangements of the Internal Viscera. Warranted to effect a positive : cure. Purely Vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals or deleterious drugs. tWObserve th e following symptoms resulting from Disorders of the Digestive Organs: . Constipation, Inward Files. Fullness of the Blood In the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust of Food, Fullness of Weight in the Stomach. Sour Eructations. Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of tbe Stomach, Swimming of the Head, HurI ried and Difficult Breathing, Flattering at the Heart, Choking or Suflbeatfng Sensstlona when In-a Lying ! Posture, Dimness of vision. Dots or Webs before the ! Sight, Feverand Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspiration. Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Chest. Limbs, and 6udden Flushes of Heat. Burning in _______ i A few doses of RADWAYTS FILLS win free the system from all the above-named disorders. Price 25 cts. per Box. SoW by Druggists. Bead “FALSE JUTO TOOT." Send one letter-stamp to RADW AY * CO., No. S 3 Warren street. New York. lUtonnattlW worth thousands wnrhe sent you. /v w . 1 \~7 ! “’*' ' • ’ . "‘. / 7 . ■ m.