Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1877 — Page 7

Solar Combustion—Will the Earth be Destroyed by Fire! .

’ Prof. Bi chord A. proctor writes to the London EcAo as follows:- V.:. A« “ We have within the last fortnight-had new evidence in the star depths of a dan are some astronomical subjects of inquiry wh|ch, though . they relate to bodies inconceivably remote, concern us inhabitants of earth very nearly . It is, for instance, a question of Considerable interest to us whether the evidence we have about the sUn suggests or not the probability that that orb—the Are, light and life of our system—is gradually parting with its energies, in such sort that our descendants will be less thoroughly warmed and lighted than we are ourselves. It is *qu estidn of interest again whether there is any truth in such a theory as was once thrown out (to the amazement of astronomers be it remarked) by Sir W. Thomson, that the fragments of destroyed planets of Hfeare carrted to new worlds, and that a& our earth, visited in remote ages by such fragments, was thus supplied with the germs of that life which is now so abundant on her surface, so she is in her turn undergoing destruction, will be sent in fragments through space, scattering about the genus of life for the benefit of other worlds ttt yet unpeopled. Another question of very great interest was that started by Sir Isaac Newton, in the well-known suggestion that should a comet fall upon the sun there would be a tremendous outburst of solar heat, whereby this earth and all the other worlds which circle round the sun., coiflji be destroyed, or, at leasLaU life, caused to perish from then-' surface. This idea has not, indeed, of late received much favor, because astronomers, noting the small effects pro- . duced by comets even upon the inferior members of the solar system, such as the moons of'Jupiter, have come to regard comets as bodies of very little weight, whose material, therefore, falling upon the sun could produce but insignificant fires. Moreover, we have learned to consider the probability of the downfall Of a comet upon the sun as exceedingly small. We know that among those whose paths have been properly determined during the last few years, only two have made a very near approach to the sun—though, by a strange coincidence, one of these was the first ever dealt with upon the Newtonian principles; viz: Newton’sown comet of the year 1680. That one approached the sun within less than a sixth of his diameter, and its very nucleus must have swept the summits of the red flames which we now know to exist all around the sun we see. The other was the comet of 1843, which on tlie 27th of February in that year was within about 60,000 miles of the sun’s surface, so that the bulk of its coma or hair must have swept over the sun, and the outermost part of its nucleus must not only have met the solar flames, but even have reached the low-lying bed of flame seen during solar eclipses, and called the si : erra. Still, these two comets only, among all those of the last two hundred years, have made a very near approach to the sun, and, as no mischief baa followed, astronomers are encouraged in the belief that whatever danger we may have to fear from changes in our sun’s condition, Comets are scarcely to be regarded as the probable cause of such danger. “ But the news Just received from the star depths concerns us more nearly. It tells us of a sun, doubtless in general respects like our own, which has met with some great catastrophe, whose cause we cannot at present determine, but whose real nature is unmistakable. OurTOßTtr one among hundreds of milliops, each of which,is probably like it, the center of a scheme of circling worlds. Each son is rushing along through space, with its trains of worlds, each bearing, perhaps, like our earth, its living freight, or, more probably, each, at some time or other of its existence, becoming habitable for a longer or shelter period. Thus the suns may be compared to engines, each drawing along its well-freighted train. Accidentsamong these celestial engines seem fortunately to be rare. A few among the suns appear suddenly (that is in the course of a few hundred years, which in celestial chronometry amounts to a mere instant,) to have lost a large part of their energy, as though the supply of fuel had somehow festly it would be a serious matter if our own sun were suddenly to lose threefourths of his heat, as has happened-wdth the middle star of the Plow, or ninetynine hundredths, as has happened with the once blazing, but now scarcely visible orb, called Eta, in tire keel of the starship Argo. Hu When we hear of an accident of the d&ntrary kind—a sudl denly blazing out with more tlian a hundred times its usual splendor; a celestial engine whose energies have been overwrought, so that a sudden explosion has taken place, and the fires, meant to work steadily for the train, have blazed forth to its. uestruction—we areimpreased with thejhffigMtotirta one <lay happen with our own Mm. The errcui.;. stances are very curious, and though they do not show clearly whether we are or are not exposed to tire same kind of danger which has overtaken tne worlds circling around those remote suns, they are sufficiently suggestive. “On Nay. 24. quite earlv in the evening, Pref. Sehmidv the well-known Director of the Athens Observatory, observed a star of the third magnitude in a part of the constellation of the Swan, where no such star should be. At midnight the new star’s light was seen to be of markedly yellow- color. The news was, of eourse, spread about among the chiefs Of 'the principal observatories, and,' as soon as clear leather permitted, the newcomer was submitted to the searching scrutiny of the spectroscope. Unfortunately it had already d windleddowhto the fifth magnitude by Dec. 2, When first it was thus examined, and its light has become greenish, almost blue. It was not till Deg, 5 lluit realty satisfactory observation* Were maoA '** Then Jt. Cornu obtainedztbeloirdwing vary curious results: The light of the star showed the usual rainbow-tinted streak crossed by dark lines, which forms the spectrum of a star or sun, but on that rainbow-tinted streak, as on a dark background, there was seen ofhydrogen, a bright line belongwg-to magnesium- <fa a state of glowing vapor), and two, other bright lines, one of which seemed to be identical with a bright line shown by our sun’s corona i catastrophe, ILone. .my so speak, Which has beullisLueqßbinotA sun in the Swan exist in our own sun. At times' of marked disturbance parts of our sun's surface toe lines of,hivdwigan hright instesd of dprk, which means that the lines of hydrogen Over those parts of the sun are hotter than the glowing surface of the sun ——'■ ■—r-*: M

there. We have all heard, again, how Tacchini and Secchi, in Italy, attributed some exceptionally hot weather we had a few yearn ago to outbursts of glowing magnesium. And, lastly, the sun Is certainly well supplied with that element, whatever it is, which gives the bright line of his corona during eclipses; for we now know that the whole of the streaked and radiated corona occupying a region twenty times greater than the globe of the sun (which itself exceeds our earth 1,250,000 times in volume) belongs to the sun. Again, though the sun has shone steadily for thousands of years, yet so far as can be judged, tlie stars which, like this one in the Swan, have burst out suddenly, blossoming into flames of hydrogen, within which tlie star’s heart-core !;lows with many hundred times its ormer heat, have also been for ages shining steadily amid the star depths. We Irnow that the one which blazed out ten years ago in the Northern Crown was one of Argelander’s list, a star of flic tenth magnitude, and that, after glowing with 800 times its former brightness of a few days, it has resumed that feebler luster. We have every reason which analogy can furnish for believing that the new star, which was not in Argelander’s list, simply escaped record by him on account of its faintness. It is now fast losing its suddenly-acquired luster, and is already invisible to the naked eve. It appears, therefore, that there is nothing in the long-continued steadfastness of our sun as a source of light to assure us that he, tod, may not suddenly blaze forth with many hundred times his usual luster (the conflagration being originated, perchance, by some comet unfortunately traveling too directly toward him). Though he would probably cool down again to his present condition in the course of a few weeks, no terrestrial observers would be alive, at any rate, to note the fact, though the whole series of events might afford subject of interesting speculation to the inhabitants of worlds circling round Sirius or Acturus. Fortunately, 'we may legitimately reason that the risk is small, seeing that among the millions of suns which surround ours, within easy telescope distance, such catastrophes occur only ten or twelve times per century.’’

The Highest Peak in Colorado.

The report of Prof. Hayden’s survey in Colorado last summer settles an important geographical fact. It says about six miles north of Fort Garland is situated one of the highest and most rugged mountain peaks in the West, called Blanca Peak, the principal summit of the Sierra Blanca group. On the morning of Aug. 20 the party, with a pack mule to transport the large theodolite, followed up a long spur which juts out to the south. They found no difflAilty in riding to the timber line, which is here about 12,000 feet above sea level. At this point they were.compelled to leave the animals, ana, distributing the instruments among the different members of the party, proceeded on foot up the loose rock slope to the first outstanding point from w-hich a view could be obtained of the main peak of the range. Although the first point is only 600 feet lower than tlie main summit, yet tlie most arduous portion of the task was to come. The main summit is about two miles north of the first point in a straight line, and connected with it by a sharp-toothed zig-zag range, up which it is most difficult to travel on account of very loose rocks and constant fear of being’ precipitated down on either side several hundred feet into the amphitheater below. After some two hours of this most difficult climbing they came to the base of the main point, which, though very steep, was soon ascended, and at eleven o’clock a. m. they found themselves on the very summit. From this point one of the most magnificent views in all Colorado was spread out before them The greater portion of Colorairo and New Mexico was embraced in this field of vision. This point is the highest in tlie Sierra Blanca group, and, as far as is known at the present time, is the highest in Colorado. A comparison with some of the first-class peaks of Colorado will show the relative height; Blanca Peak, 14,464 feet above sea level; Mount Harvard, 14,384; Gray’s Peak, 14,351; Mount Lincoln, 14,206; Mount Nelson, 14.280; Long’s Peak, 14,271; Uncompahgre Peak, 14,185; and Pike’s Peak, 14,146. — Botton Transcript.

Joskins Beturns Home from "the Lodge.”

It was lodge night, and there had been an unusual press of very important business, which had kept Mr. Joskins out much later than he had anticipated. He came home, however, in apparent good order and well conditioned- Mrs. joskins, knowing his trustworthy character and reliable habits, had not waited up for him, and when he crept into bed he was met with a very sleepy inquiry in regard to the hour, and the reproach conveyed in the question was so slight that Mr. Joskins instantly repented him of the lie he had intended to tell, and only told a little one, only an hour and a quarter long, saying, with off-hand carelessness, that ho guessed it must be pretty near eleven, when he knew it was a quarter past twelve. And sleepy Mrs. Joskins, with her weather eye on the sitting-room clock, which she could see through the open bedroom door, just before Joskins turned out the light, knew it also, but she didn’t say anything. Mr. Joskins, although he breathed very heavily, did not go to sleep immediately. He soon began to fidget. His breath appeared to come with some difficulty. He actually gasped. “Good laid!” he exclaimed, “isn’t this room awful close?” Mrs. Joskins didn’t know. She was' awful sleepy, she said,' and the air of the room felt very comfortable to her. “By George,” said Mr. Joskins, after a few minutes of restlessness, “ it’s close as a vault to me. Would it hurt if I opened one of the windows?” His spouse drowsily replied that it wouldn’t give her a cold, and he might ventilate the room all he wished. And With this permission she went to sleep and Mt. Joskins got up with great deliberation and proceeded to raise the window. „ “ It is up a little ways now,” he said, “ I can get my fingers under it.” And he caught a grip on it and gave a tug at it, but it didn’t come. Mr. Joskins was surprised. It never stuck that way before, he said. Then he got a fresh hold under it, and lifted as though he would pull that side of the house up by the roots, but it didn't come. . ■ “Well,l will be blbwed,” muttered Mt, Joskins, with a heavy accent on the “be.” And then he caught hold again and shoved his fingers as far under as they would reach and braced himself for a lift that would have shamed a derrick. •‘Ugh! Ump! ’mp!! um-m-ph!!!” and with the final grunt Mr. Joskins sank back, exhausted. “Well, you can eat my boots,” he muttered, with some warmth, “if I don’t

lift this window up, or I’ll pull the house over. You hear me.” And he caught hold, and tugged, and Hfted, and strained, until he was sure that every succeeding tug would eithqf lift the side of the house or pull his feet through the floor. He paused again for "breath, with his head so full of blood that his feet were cold. “By Jocks,” be snarled, “I’d give ten million dollars if I had the carpenter here that put in that window. I bet I’d lift him, the wooden-headed idiot. Now, then.” And he stooped down and caught a fresh hold on the window and sethis teeth, and shut his eyes, and held his breath, and put his whole soul and body into his arms. As he began to straighten up he could hear a sound like the cracking of timbers, and it inspired him with renewed strength. “ Something’s coming, gospel sure,” he said, and redoubled his effort. At that instant he became aware of a glimmer of light in the room. He raised his closed lids and beheld Mrs. Joskins standing beside him, like a white-robed ghost, with a lamp in her hand. At the sight of which apparition, Mr. Joskins ceased lifting, but held his grip. t “ What’s the matter J” he asked.* His wife said nothing, but looked steadily and severely into his inquiring eyes. Mr. Joskins felt troubled under her steady gaze. “What is it?” he repeated. “What did you get out of bed for?” She looked him straight in the eyes for a moment. “John Joskins,” she said, solemnly, ‘* go back to bed. I will n .ise the window for you. Don’t say a word to me. To-morrow we will talk about any continuation of these lodge nights.” Speechless and confounded, Mr. Joskins’ eyes fell, and as they did so he beheld his hands. The window was shut as tight as wax, and he had a death grip on the broad window-sill. “Well, anyhow,” he thought, as he crept back under the blankets, “ there’s one thing certain; if she hadn’t got up when she did, I’d 'a had the whole window casing, sill and all, shoved half-way up the side of the house, in another tug.” Which was very poor consolation for ,what he knew was coming, but it was the best he had.— Burlington Hawk Eye.

The Green Three-Cent Stamp, and What Will Succeed It.

By about tlie middle of next May the public will have seen the last of the present three-cent stamp and begin to get accustomed to something red or possibly a new tint. The best and fastest color known, the green three, has proved a placer for stamp-washers, who take off the oily cancellation without acid or alkali, and set the stamp afloat again. So far the Department has found noway out of the difficulty, and the long series of experiments just completed has resulted in nothing more than the assurance that the green is the poorest of stamp colors. At the time it was adopted no other nation used it for its unit of letter postage, and with its disuse the common stamps the world over will run to reds and browns. With the change of color, May 1, there will be a change in design. The medallion head of Washington will be retained, but it will be relieved by an open space of white, and the scroll-work will have a different pattern. Altogether the new stamp will bear some resemblance to a stamp of sixteen years ago, which most people have forgotten. The white background is adopted in the hope that any attempt to wash the stamp will leave this part irretrievably soiled. Some other general changes in the stamps are likely to follow the making of a contract May 1, and a new head is likely to be introduced in the shape of a medallion of Liberty, one step towards bringing more similarity between the designs of coins and stamps. There is some intention of putting this design on the five-cent stamp, used for the most part for foreign postage. Conference and correspondence with other postal authorities show that loss from the re-use of stamps is much more frequent here tlian abroad. It is scarcely known in England, and there the stamps offer the additional temptation of being easy to counterfeit. The practice has recently begun in India, and the frugal folk is giving the Anglo-Indian office serious loss by its skill in dealing with canceled stamps —W. F. World.

Growing Wheat.

It would seem sensible, and only so, that a man who engages in farming and undertakes wheat-growing as his chief specialty, that he would undertake it only under the best methods And rules known anywhere in the world. Wheat-growing is regarded with great favor by all of the farmers in the great Northwest, and they would as soon cease trying to live as to cease wheat-growing. Not that is sir very profitable, taking one year with another, but because it always brings the cash when offered in any, market of the country. English farmers, with their more thorough cultivation of this cereal, get a far greater yield per acre than we do. Labor there is not as costly as with us, but the commercial fertilizers which are there employed without stint, are as expensive as the same articles are here. With our improved machinery we ought to glow wheat as cheaply as the English farmer does, and we ought not to be satisfied with a less yield per acre The constant variaticn in the special characteristics of the different varieties of wheat, and the substitution of new sorts for old, render the supposition possible that if the present system of culture is continued, with no change, we may'find ourselves destitute, at some time, of a profitable variety. A variety rapidly deteriorates when grown on the same farm under the conditions we so generally follow. We do not furnish enough of the elements of starch, of gluten or of oily matters of the grain. And year after year the vitality of the kernel grows less anti less. The English wheats are not so prone to change. It is not the straw that grows less as we grow the same sort from year to year, but the grain; and its quality, too, is constantly changing. The same degenerating tendency is observed in potatoes. When our lands were new we heard little of tendency of wheat to grow poorer; and it is only lately that we have been forced to give up old sorts for new. The best fine flour contains seventy pounds of starch in every 100; ten or twelve pounds of gluten; six to eight pounds of sugar, and the balance water and a little oil. Wheat in the bury contains about fifty to seventy per cent, of starch, ten to twenty percent, of gluten, and three to five per cent, of fatty matter. The oil lies near the skin aa well as the larger part of the gluten. "•It is evident that our lands are not rich enough any longer in these rare elements of the grain of wheat, and hence the constant degeneracy which we witness.—Detroit Tribune. /

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Keep salt in the dryest and warmest Slace in the house. Few things are more isagreeable on the table than damp salt. —Buy starch by the quantity. It is cheaper, and the high-priced starch is said to be tlie best and by far the cheapest in the end. —Fried Cakes. —One cup of sugar, one cup of milk, one quart of flour, three tablespoonfuls of butter, two eggs, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of soda. —To make tough beefsteak tender, rub the pieces or steaks over thoroughly the day before using, with bicarbonate of soda. Wipe off well the next day, and the meat will be found as tender as the best. —Jelly Rolls.—Three eggs, half a cup of sugar, one cup of flour, one and a half teaspoonfuls of baking powder, the white* of four eggs, two-thiras erf a cup of put. verized sugar, half a cup of flour, half a teaspoonful of baking powder, a little salt. —Soda Muffins.—One pint of water, or sweet milk; one quart of flour; half a teacup of butter; two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, one of soda. Mix the cream of tartar thoroughly through the flour; add soda to the milk, or water; stir altogether, and bane immediately upon a hot griddle, or set the muffin-rings in a pan and bake in a quick oven. —Corn-Meal Muffins.—Two eggs; two tablespoonfuls of white sugar; three cups of flour; two teaspoonfuls of baking powder; one heaping tablespoonfol of corn-meal; one cup of sweet milk; one tablespoonful of melted butter; a little salt. Sift the baking powder through the flour. Beat sugar and eggs together; add milk, corn-meal and the flour. When all of the ingredients are well mixed, bake in well-buttered gem-pans, in a quick oven. — r~ —Oyster Fritters.—A pint and a half of sweet milk, one pound and a quarter of flour, four eggs. The yelks of the eggs must be beaten very thick, to which add the milk and flour; stir the whole well together, then beat the whites to a stiff froth and stir them gradually into the batter. Take a spoonful of the mixture, drop an oyster into it and fry it in hot lara. Let them be a light brown on both sides. The oysters should not be put into the batter all at once, as they would thin it. —Chicken Croquettes. —Mince cold cooked chicken; season with pepper, salt, a little nutmeg and, chopped parsley. Take a large tablespoonful of butter, two of flour, one-half glass of cream; mix, and stir in the minced fowl; let it boil well ; then pour it into a dish and put aside to get cold and set; then divide it into parts; form them into small balls, or egg shapes ;-dip each in well-beaten egg; then in fine cracker-crumbs, and fry a light brown. Serve, ornamented with parsley.

Why the Boys Leave the Farm.

It is a question that often puzzles the minds of parents in the countiy to know why their boys are not content on the farm where they have been born and raised, but as soon as they are free to do for themselves, they wish to leave the farm for the city. There are doubtless various reasons for this, some of which are evidently beyond the control of any parent, while others are evidently within the reach of a remedy. It is with some hope that when the difficulty is pointed out, the remedy will be applied at once. There is no’doubt but that the general desire for the rapid accumulation of wealth is at the foundation of this desire to try some other calling in life. Farming is not a business in which a man can hope to gain a great fortune in a short time. There is a strong desire for the rapid accumulation of wealth, and consequently the slow but sure gains of the farm are given up for the very plausible but deceptive promise of a sudden fortune in some other calling. But Ulis does not account for all this restless discontent on the farm. Much of this grows out of circumstances that are under the control of parents. One reason is the constant drudgery that is connected with .fores life. Very few people do hard work just from the love of it; and it is hardly reasonable to expect our boys to do so. The boys are too often made to feel that they are valued like the mule only in proportion to their skill and endurance in hard work. A rest or holiday, is too often begrudged to them, as if it was time actually lost. It is not strange that a boy thus driven as though he were a machine for making money should not only grow tired of farm life, but should also associate it in his mind with all that is hard, disagreeable and drudging. Under such circumstances the boy’s mind very naturally turns to some other pursuit in life, ana he is ready to run away from the farm at the first opportunity. No one will deny that farming has some hard, disagreeable toil connected with it, and so has any and every honorable pursuit in life. ~ But false impressions are often made on the minds of children by the comparisons unfavorable to farming, that parents often make between this and other branches of business. Merchants and professional men are often spoken of in the hearing of the boys, as too lazy to work, leading lives of ease and leisure. Now this charge is both unjust and untrue; but it fastens on the mind of the bov, and he is led to contrast such a life of ease, as he supposes it to be, with his present life of toil. Again, the style of domestic life found too frequently on the form is not the kind to bind the hearts of the children to the old homestead. Some parents seem to have an idea that evciything that goes to adorn and beautify, or in any way to add to the attractions and pleasure of home, is not only money thrown away, but is a sign of effeminacy and weakness. Pictures and music, and flowers and pleasant company are excluded with such care that home becomes to the young man the most forlorn and dismal place he ever finds. Is it strange that he should look to more inviting fields for the scenes of his future life! Nearly everybody has an aspiration for knowledge, and especially is this the case with the brightest and most energetic of farmers’ boys—those who would be an ornament to the business, or lift it into a higher plane. But there are thousands of farm-houses where books and papers, especially such as are calculated to give information on, and a high appreciation of, the farmer’s calling, are almost entire strangers. The young man craves intellectual food and activity, but under the regime of home there is no stimulus to any mental activity. His inte.lectual aspirations are all crushed by the conviction that farming means manual toil and drudgery and nothing more. And though surrounded on all sides by the great books of nature, Ailed to repletion with the most interesting wonders, yet for want of a teacher, or books to guide him, he turns away from thia rich intellectual feast to seek in less promising fields that which can be found nowhere

else in such abundance, and of such easy access as on the farm. The conclusion, therefore, is that if the boys are to be kept on thi farm, they must be made to feel it is to their interest to stay there. Home must be made attractive, and the boy must be made to feel that he has here a field for mental activity, where his intellectual powers may find ample scope for their exercise and development, and where he may hope to rise above the constant routine of toll and drudgery. The parents who would keep the boys on the rarm must remember that they are human beings with tastes and feelings that must be, in a reasonable degree, consulted and gratified. They have aspirations that should be encouraged and assisted. Give the boys a chance at home to become men of intelligence and refinement, and the city will have lost its most powerful attraction for them.— L. J. Templin, in Ohio Farmer. Hatch’s Ufivbrsai. Cough Stout his been in use 15 years, and has always been warranted to cure, and ia now sold by over 6,000 druggists, who say they seldom nave a bottle returned. Many of the best physicians fa the country prescribe it as the nest remedy for coughs, colds and CROUP within their knowledge. Pleasant to take, sure to cure, and should be sold by all druggists. It should be in every family, especially those with croupy children. Try it and you will always keep it. Two sizes—Bo cents and *I.OO. Put up by D. W. Hatch &, Co., Jameston, N. Y.

For Throat Diseases.

and Affections of the chest, “ Brown's Bronchial Troches," are of value. For Coughs, Irritation of the Throat caused by ebld, or Unusual Exertiop of the vocal organs, in speaking in public, or singing, they produce beneficial results.

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Bead His Statement: 6PBtirevAi.x, Mx„ Oct. 12,1875. Mb. H. R. Stxvbks: Dear Sir—Fifteen years ago last fall I was taken sick with rheumatism, was unable to move until the next .April. From that time until three years ago this fall I suffered everything with rheumatism. Sometimes there would be weeks at a time that I could not step one step; these attacks were quite often. I suffered everything that a man could. Over three years ago last spring I commenced taking Vegetine, and followed it up until I had taken seven bottles; have had no rheumatism since that time. I always advise every one that is troubled with rheumatism to try Vegetine, and hot suffer for years as I have done. This statement is gratuitous as far as Mr. Stevens is concerned. Yours, etc., Albxbt Cbookxb, Plrm of A. Crooker & Co., Druggists and Apothecaries. VEGETINE HAS ENTIRELY CUBED ME. Bostom, October, 1810. Mb. H. R. Stbvbms: Dear Sir—My daughter, after having a severe attack of Whooping Cough, was left in a feeble state of health. Being advised by a friend, she tried the VEGETINE. and. after using a few bottles, was fully restored to health. 1 have been a great sufferer from Rheumatism. I have taken several bottles of the VEGETINE for this complsint, and am happy to say it has entirely cured me. I have recommended the VEGETINE toothers, with the same good results. It is a great cleanser and portlier of the blood; it la pleasant to take, and I can cheerfully recommend it. JAMES MORSE, B*4 Athens street taD&tiai u & Sifiue of the Blood. The blood, tn thia disease, is found to contain an excess of fibrin. VxoßTixx acta by converting the blood from its diseased condition to a healthy circulation. Vzobtixb regulates the bowels, which la very Important in thia complaint One bottle Of Vxoxnxß will give relief; but, to effect a permanent cure, it must be taken re rularly, and may take several bottles, especially in cases of long standing. VxexTtMB is sold by all druggists. Try it and your verdict will be the same as that of thousands before you, who say, “I never found so much relief as from the use of Vxobtinx,” which is composed exclusively of barks, roots and herbs. "VEGETINE,” says a Boston physician, "has no equal as a blood purifier. Bearing of its many wonderful cures, after all other remedies had failed, I I visited the laboratory and convinced myself of its genuine merit. It is prepared from barks, roots and herbs, each of which is highly effective, and they are compounded in such a manner as to produce astonishing results.” VEGETINE IVWtJHniv £aaaal to ItSouth Saux, Mass., Nov. it ISifi. Mb. H. R. Stxvxjis: Dear Sir—l have been troubled with Scrofula, Canker and Uver Complaint for three years. Nothing ever did me any good until I commenced using the VEGETINE. lam now getting along first-rate, and still using the VEGETINE. I consider there Is nothing equal to It for such complaints. Can heartily reoNa 1* Lagrange St.. South Salem, Maae. VEGETINE thoroughly eradicates every kind of humor, and restores the entire system to a healthy VEGETINE. PREPARED BY H. B. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by Ail Druggists.

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