Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1876 — Page 7

VEGETINE Purifies the Blood, Renovates and Invigorates the Whole System. ITS MEDICAL PROPERTIES *ARE ALTERATIVE, TONIC, SOLVENT AND DIURETIC. vegetmo MiaNeJvitace. Veg etine m« h. r. stzv™. : Dear Sir—l will moat cheerfully Veeetine Bdd J" y ,t!St,nl o n y to the great o number you have already received in favor of your great and good V egei'lDC medicine, Vuoetinb, for Ido not think enough can be raid tn Its Veeetine P™ iße ' Tor I was troubled over ® thirty years with that dreadful diaVnrtAHnn ease, Catarrh, and bad such bad • egvbllie coughing spells that it would seem _ ... •* though 1 never could breathe Vejretine any morn, and Vbobtinb has cured me; and I do feel to thank VarrnHna *’od all the time that there is so • good a medicine as Vkoktimk. _ r n and 1 alß ° think it one of the best V egetllie medicines for coughs and weak, sinking feelings at the stomach, VpfrAtiniA a “d advise everybody to take the » tgoiiuv Vboetini. for I can assure them _ ~ it is one of the best medicines that V egetllie ever was. ° Mbs L GORE VaimHna Cor. Magazine and Walnut Sts., ’ C bCline Cambridge, Maa*. Vegetine gives Vegetine Health, Strength Vegetine and appetite. VpiffCtinA My daughter has received great » Vi,vuuc benefit from the use of Vbobtinb. „ Iler declining health was a source V egetlUO of great anxiety to all her friends. ——— A few bottles of Vbobtin-b re VCgetlll© Stored her health, strength and apT, PUlte N. H. TILDEN, V CgOtlnC Insurance and Real Estate Agt, - No. 49 Sears’Building, Vegetine Boston, Mass. Vegetine cannot be Vegetine EXCELI<ISD. v . . Cuari.bstown, Mar. 19, 1889. V egetlne n. r. stbvbns: Dear Sir—This is to certify that VpfifAf.inA l have uae d four “ Blood Preparaln my famt]y for seveml -rr e ,_ r . 4.» n. vears. and think that, for ScrofuV egeiine la or Cankerous Humors or Rheumatic affections, it cannot be exVa craft mi elled; and as a blood purifier or vuguirilil ,p r j n g medicine, it is the best i . thing I have ever used, and I have v egetlne used almost everything. I can cheerfully recommend It to any Vacraf Ina one in need of such a medicine. ’ CfeCtine Yours respectfully. . Mbs. A. A: DINSMORE, Vegetine No - 19 Hassell street. Vegetine recommend it Vegetine H E A R T I L Y. VnnnHon South Boston, Feb. 7,1870. vegeune mb. stbvbnb: Dear Sir—l have taken several Vegetine bottle l * of your Vbo minx, and am “ convinced It is a valuable remedy for Dyspepsia. Kidney Complaint V egetine and general debility of the system. I can heartily recommend It to VpprafJna all suffering from the above comv cgrHlie plaints. Yours respectfully. xr Mbs. MUNROE PARKER, V egetine 86 Athens street Prepare! fr H. R. Sterns, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by Al> Druaoists.

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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Cocoanut shells make the very best hanging baskets. —ln cold weather currying horses and colts is Just as important as feeding. —ls there are no good springs near the barn, wells should be dug conveniently, and supplied with wind-mills to pump water for stock, and savu them from long drives in the storm to water. — lowa State Register. , —Plum Pudding.—One quart of milk, twelve pounded crackers, one cup chopped suet, one cup raisins, one cup currants, one cup molasses, a teaspoonful of salt. Steam at least three hours, and serve with sauces. —The farmers’ sons who read the most papers and books are the brightest boys in the neighborhood, take the lead in debating societies, sooner assume a leading position in society, and are frequently promoted to the most honorable positions in the Government. —Pumpkin or Squash Pies. —Steam the squash till well done and dry; strain through a fine Colander; add a liberal supply or butter while the vegetable is hot, stirring well. Add, also, salt, sugar, cinnamon a good deal, and ginger a little, and eggs, two to every pint of the vegetable. Then make quite sweet with sugar and add, lastly, milk enough to leave it quite a thick batter. Plenty of batter, and plenty of cinnamon, and sweet enough, then you are sure of a good pumpkin pie.

—Baked Apple Dumplings.—One pint of flour, one tablcspoonful lard and butter mixed, one cup of milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, one of cream tartar, a pinch of salt. Chop the shortening into the flour; after you have sifted this and the cream tartar together, put in the soda and wet up quickly with the milk—just stiff enough to roll into a paste less than half an Inch thick. Cut into squares, and lay in the center of each a tart apple, pared and cored; bring the comers of the square neatly together, and pinch slightly. Bake in a moderate oven; eat with hot sweet sauce. —Do not neglect the pigs and leave them to‘‘root hog or die,” during the winter. The less rooting they have to do now the better off they will be in the spring. Help them to grow through the winter months and they will be able to help themselves through the balance of the year. Do not allow them to occupy the same straw for bedding longer than a week at a time; burn up the old leaves and replace 'them with fresh bedding; this will prevent them from becoming lousy. A bed in an open lot away from a shea of any kind, and where the rays of the sun can reach it, is preferable except in severe weather. It will secure them from the dust that is sure to accumulate in a bed under shelter. “An ounce of preventive is worth a pound of cure.” Keep them clean and well provided with fresh water and plenty of food, and you will have no occasion to look for a receipt for hog cholera.— Cincinnati Timet.

—lt is a little singular that taste or fashion as to the color of the flesh of fowls varies at different large markets. In the London market, yellow-skinned birds are not sought for, the pink or fleshcolored skin being the favorite there; while in New York the yellow is preferred in a marked degree. The questions naturally arise, what is the reason for this difference in taste, and which are the liest for the table as to flavor, delicacy, etc. ? There is no doubt that those fowls which are celebrated for their peculiar richness of flavor and delicate flesh mainly belong to the pink, or, as some people call them, the white-skinned varieties. Such fowls are the Games, Houdans, Dorkings, etc. Perhaps the reason for the preference for yellow in New York is that a proper discrimination is not made between the pink and dark or blue-skinned fowls in choosing fowls for the table, the latter of which are generally poor In quality, such as Spanish, Hamburgs, etc. Another reason may be that all the pink skins are very tender to dress, tearing easily, and extra care is required in dressing to make them look attractive, and if they come from a long distance and are at all damaged they do not present as clean and nice an appearance as thrtse with yellow skins.— Ji. H-, in Rural Ueno Yorker.

Winter Treatment of Calves.

Dairymen generally are not sufficiently careful in raising their calves. It is not so well understood as it should be that whatever check is given the calf from its birth to maturity, is a permanent injury, and the loss cannot be replaced afterward. It becomes us, therefore, to do all we can for the young animal’s growth, making it not only continuous, but keeping it up to its highest capacity, avoiding only an excess of fat. A healthy, vigorous, uninterrupted growth should, be the careful aim of every one who has growing stock to rear for the dairy. We are very apt to think —and the thought is almost universally entertained—that calves will not do as well in winter as in summer—that it is impossible to advance heir growth to the same extent during cold weather and on dry feed, as in the summer fields on fresh grasses. The difference is not in the feed and the season, or need not be; it is in the treatment. In summer the animal, provided with good pasture, will help itself; in winter it requires attention —is then wholly dependent upon what is given it, and cannot forage for itself. Remember, ta calf is a tender thing; has never experienced cold before; has been accustomed to the juicy grasses and warm weather, and cannot, therefore, endure, without hurt, the usual severe conditions of winter, such as it generally experiences. It must be sheltered, and its quarters be made uniformly comfortable. Not only the wind, but the cold must be kept out, and the stall sufficiently littered and ventilated, with a convenient wateringplace, and water taken to it in severe weather. The feed is important, particularly the kind. I|ay alone of the usual quality, or hay with a little grain or roots, will not dcr. The roots are excellent, being a sort of substitute for the grass; but grass in the form of tender nay or dried grass must be provided. As much ( as the calf will eat of earlv cut grass—or, better, aftermath—should be given. This alone will keen the calf in good growth if it has not been checked during the summer, and has gone into winter quarters in good health and vigor. But generally it is not enough, and then a more concentrated feed is required. This we have in the grains. Bqrley is excellent; so are oats: both ground. A little corn-meal added will favor warmth in the system. Oilcake also is good. If this treatment is continued during the winter, the young animals will be largely advanced when spring cames and they are turned into pasture. Such animals will be cows at two years of age. They will have attained sufficient size, and will continue to grow several years more, enlarging, at the same

time, the capacity for milk which early milking favors. Another thing of importance is generally neglected, or rather is not understood. The cow, it is known, has strong domestic attachments. This, encouraged, is favorable to an increased yield of milk. To get llie full benefit of this, an early course of kind treatment should be adopted: the calf petted and encouraged. A little of this goes a great way; but let it be continued without interruption. The man who has a knack for the management of stock, especially the bringing up’of young animals, is a prize In a large establishment. The female hand will raise a calf and make a superior cow of it Kindness and tact are employed; but they are not generally exercised by the male attendant of herds.—Cor. Country Gentleman. , .

The Turkish Treasure-Room.

Charles Dudley Warner, in a chapter about Constantinople, writes as follows: “The apartment in the seragjio which is the object of curiosity and desire is the treasure-room. I suppose it is the richest in the world in gems; it is certainly a most wearisome place, and gave me a contempt for earthly treasure. In the center stands a Persian throne— a chair upon a broad platform, and both incrusted with rubies, pearls, emeralds, diamonds; there are toilet-tables covered to the feet with diamonds, pipe-stems glistening with huge diamonds, old armor thickly set with precious stones, saddle-cloths and stirrups stiff with diamonds and emeralds, robes embroidered with pearls. Nothing is so cheap ns wealth lavished in this manner; at first we were dazzled by the flasfiing display, but after a time these heaps of gems seemed as common in our eyes as pebbles in the street. I did not even covet an emerald as large as my flst, nor a sword-hilt in which were fifteen diamonds each as iarge as the end of my thumb, nor a carpet sown with pearls, some of which were of the size of pigeons’ eggs, nor aigrettes which were blazing with internal fires, nor chairs of state, clocks and vases, the whole surfaces of which were on fire with jewels. I have seen an old oaken table, carved in the fifteenth century, which gave me more pleasure than one of lapis lazuli, which is exhibited as tlie most costly article in this collection; though it is inlaid with precious stones, and die pillars that support the mirror are set with diamonds, and the legs and claws are a mass of diamonds, rubies, carbuncles, emeralds, topazes, etc., and huge diamond pendants ornament it, and the deep fringe in front is altogether of diamonds. This is but a barbarous, ostentatious, and tasteless use of the beautiful, and I suppose gives one an idea of the inartistic magnificence of the Oriental courts in centuries gone by. “ This treasure-house has, Fpresume, nothing that belonged to the Byzantine Emperors before the Moslem conquest, some of whom exceeded in their magnificence any of the Osmanli Sultans. Arcadius, the first Eastern Emperor after the division of the Roman world, rivaled in the appointments of his palace (which stood upon this spot) and in his dress the magnificence of the Persian monarchs; anil perhaps the luxurious califs of Bagdad at a later day did not equal his splendor. His robes were of purple, a color reserved exclusively for his sacred person, and of silk, embroidered with gold dragons; his diadem was of gold set with gems of inestimable worth; his throne was massy gold, and when he went abroad he rode in a chariot of solid, pure gold, drawn by two milk-white mules shining in harness and trappings of gold. “No spot on earth has been the scene of such luxury, cruelty, treachery, murder, faithlessness of women and rapacity of men, as this site of the old palace; and the long record of the Christian Emperors —the occasionally-interrupted anarchy and usurpation of a thousand years—loses nothing in these respeets in comparison with the Turkish occupation, although the world shudders at the unrevealed secrets of the seraglio. At least we may suppose that nobody’s conscience was violated if a pretty woman was occasionally dropped into the Bosphorus, and there was the authority of custom for the strangling of all the children of the sisters of the Sultan, so that the succession might not be embarrassed.”

Babylonian Antiquities.

The main portion of the Babylonian antiquities, just received at the British Museum, as the result of the last expedition of Mr. George Smith, was found near Hillah, a town about three miles north from the site of Babylon. They are chiefly contract tables, mortgage loans, promissory notes, records of the sale of lands, shares and other commodities, representing, in fact, all the various commercial transactions of a Babylonian firm, who may be approximately described as Messrs. Gabi & Sons, bankers and financial agents. Many of the tablets, represent the renewal of loans and mortgages, so that the documents referring to the first and the last of continuing transactions bear the dates of several reigns. The dates thus extend from the fall of the Assyrian Empire to the reign of Darius Hystaspes, including dates in the reigns of Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar, Evil-Merodach, Cambyses, and the elder and the younger Cyrus. The dates of the tablets, therefore, furnish very important chronological land-marks, and they are, in many respects, subversive of the recent chronology. The rate of interst current In Babylon on loans was generally ten per cent., and much light is thiown on the social life of the Babylonians from the circumstance that Witnesses of deeds are always described by their trade or profession. One of the tablets is dated in the reign of Belshazzar as King, being the first time his name has been found in connection with the royal dignity, previous inscriptions having’ had reference to the time when he was described as the son of Nabonidus. There are a large number of mathematical tablets, giving calculations of considerable intricacy. One curious and beautiful tablet presents a calendar for the entire Babylonian year—or would if a fragment had not been lost —and for every day in the year, distinguishing the days as lucky or unlucky, whether for feasting, fasting, marriage or the building of houses. The calendar further indicates in what respect the several days affect or influence person and property, health and fortune. Among the antiquities are some early Babylonian bricks and fragments of statuary of a King hitherto unknown in the city of Zergul, called at this day by the slightly varied form of Zerghul. There are also specimens of pottery, and two small bronze statuettes of gods, with inscriptions. The whole series of tablets may be said to be, all things considered, in a fair condition as to their integrity.— London Cor. Mamheeter Guardian.

—One word more about Baron de Palm. He weighed when alive one hundred and seventy pounds, and his ashes', after cremation, weighed five pounds and a quarter

INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

—A young man in Troy.N. Y - ., dreamt the other day that he was destined to become a gambler. It made so deep an impression on him that he went down to his father’s store In the morning, built a fire in the stove, swept out the office, wrote a letter to the family, sending kisses to the children, took off his coat and waistcoat, and shot himself. He blundered in his aim, and is toft to wrestle with his destinj as best he can. —ln the will recently admitted to probate, of Fred Rose, in Brooklyn, there is the soniewh at remarkable clause: “Since I believe that married-.life is the best for mankind, I beg my dear wife to try not to be hindered by any false, romantic ideas from marriage after my death, if she finds a man worthy of her, and request her to accept as a wedding gift from me, her first husband, who loves her more than he can express in words, the sum of SIO,OOO, to hold and own forever.” —The other day, says the Portland (Me.) Argne, a gentleman entered the City Marshal’s office, and inquired if there was a man named Williams connected with the Police Department. On being informed that Mr. Williams had been Deputy Marshal the previous year, the stranger said a nephew of Williams hail died a short time ago on board his (the stranger’s) ship, and had left property to the amount of $500,000 to Mr. Williams, certificates of which he was instructed to put into his hands.

—Says the Fort Worth (Tex.) Democrat: “ Mr. Wm. Walker, a farmer residing in Tarrant County, fifteen miles northwest of here, on the Trinity River, discovered two large buck deer within half a mile of his farm, on the open prairie, with their antlers securely locked together. He walked up to them, and with the aid of his dogs, succeeded soon in exhausting the infuriated animals, who, from appearances, had probably been fighting for hours. Taking his pocket-knife, he cautiously approached them, and was successful in cutting a deep gash in the neck of one, from which he soon bled to death. The other was easily dispatched. The antlers of both were taken off, and so completely were they wedged together that it is impossible to separate them. One was five and the other six years old.” —Brooklyn has introduced a new thing in bigamies. A married man of that city (name of Smith), having tried for a long time to support his family and failed, was applied to by a servant in a family where he got an occasional job, with the proposition that if he would marry her she would set him up in the grocery business. Merely with a view or supporting his lawful wife, Smith accepted the proposition, and the marriage took place; but no sooner was the ceremony performed than number two declared she would not support Smith unless he lived with her. This Smith declined, whereupon his newmade wife had him arrested on complaint for bigamy. She failed, however, to make out a case, for the real Mrs. Smith, with singular fidelity to the man who had committed the crime for her sake, came into court and swore she was not Smith’s wife. —A man at Landingville, this „week, slaughtered a corn-fed hog weighing over 200 "pounds. The water was ready to scald the porker when one of the butchers thought it advisable to add a small quantity of rosin to assist the scalding water to loosen the bristles. He went to the store and helped himself to a chunk of what he thought was rosin, which he placed in the tub with the hog, and poured the scalding water over it. When they thought the hog was sufficiently scalded, they poured on the water, which, by this time, had changed to a dark red color, and die hog was dyed a royal purple deep into the skin. The butcher had got hold of a chunk of extract of logwood instead of rosin. Instead of scraping the bristles off, they were compelled to skin the hog similar to skinning an ox, to get beyond the effects of the dye.— Orwigsburg (Penn.} Timet. The exports of corn during October were, from Baltimore, 1,490,623 bushels; Philadelphia, 1,088,624; New York, 9,82149, Boston, 331,567.

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CHICAGO PROMINENT MEN. Their Card and Cabinet Photographs lor sale, separately or in groups, and classified according to their profession: 80 in the group of Chicago Bar; 86 Clergy of Chicago: 43 Eminent Physicians of Chicago: 50 Edltoreof Chicago Frees; 411 Old Settlers of Chicago. Size of the groups. 18x22 Inches. Plain. LifeLike Likenesses of every one. Price, SS each, with good frame. They are all original photo’s, by us, and pronounced by every one to be perfect likenesses. Please rememder that our Photographs received the FIRST PREMIUMS of awards at the Czntbxxial. C. g. MOSHER STAMMERING CURED f£X scription. address SIMPSON * CO., Box 5076. N.Y. ENTERPRISE CUN .|, WORKS~. [E.tabltaheS SN-SH.) Th. be.l Double-Barrel Shot-Oiin In the world for illM, with fluk and belt. Warranlod canola, TwL Also, Kifle*. Bavolvere and Bportlac Gooda equally aa cheap. We make the beat ateel and Iron rltte barrels in the world for the money. Bend for Uln.trated catafo. o« and priceHal to JASSEH BOWK to SOK, I3S to Stoto WmS Sltewet, S*l<teb—ipb, >*—- 1877 Poßtpaid.~S 1.60. THE NURSERY. A Monthly Magazine for YonngMt Reader. Strpx.BLY Illvrtxatxd. tWßend ten cents for B Sample Number and TTemlum-LUI. John u. ssorbit, 86 Brom Held Street, Boston. MICROSCOPES! simple Microscope for poctet, alnclefoua Ma, SaaMefotofil.t*. Companad Mtoi eacop., power MOS time. fix to, Ie.O«S lima. SR rocket Compass, 1 Inch I. dlani. Me.. 11-1 Inch la Siam. Sl.ee. Pocket Cempaee, I l-S inek In dlaaa. brass hnotlag-case, few’ apr-aiaasta Inrhee lone, power U limes S 3 to. »tlmesM.ee. THOM. r. NELM.V, Optldaa, Vale St., CMICABO. earshfo IKatoto. ItaalawW Wfrreaspia

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