St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 April 1891 — Page 6

HOME AND THE FARM. A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Koine Appliances lor the FarmerWell Selected Suggestions lor the Housewife. the Stockman, the Dairyman, the Poulterer, and the Horticulturist—Notes. THE FARM. Second Crop*.

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oats have been harvested, and in this way a very fair amount of feed besecured. It is quite an item in doing this to have the soil reasonably rich, and then, if from any cause there is a prospect of a short supply of feed, an increased supply can be secured, while to a very considerable extent these are quick-growing crcps, and the soil ought to be reasonably rich to maintain this growth. With the soil thoroughly prepared in a good condition and reasonably rich, a quick germination and a good start to grow can be secured. Any of these three can, with I

anything like fair conditions, be made to yield a large amount cf feed. This is especially the case with sweet corn and turnips. Buckwheat makes an excellent feed, but usually does not yield an extra targe crop. , All can be grown without cultivating. The corn ought to be sown in drills while the turnips and buckwheat can be sown broadcast and covered by harrowing thoroughly. Ina very dry season such a plan would not be feasible. There should at least be sufficient moisture in the soil to induce a good germination of the seed and a chance to grow. After the plants get started, growing sufficiently to shade the soil thoroughly, they will usually be able to make a fair growth even if the weather continues dry, not as good of course as would be made if the weather was more favorable, but sometimes sufficient to add considerably to the suppy of feed if the supply should be scant, as it is sometimes. If this plan is attempted preparation should be made to do this work as soon as possible after the crops are harvested and stacked. Turnips can be deferred the latest of all., as it is possible to secure a very fair crop of turnips sown even as late as the 10th of August. Os course with any crop attempted to be grown at this time it cannot be considered as certain as those planted in the spring or fall.— Journal of Agriculture. Wooden Well-Curbing. In sections of the country where stones or brick cannot be obtained the wells arc curbed up with boards or timber, and this is an important operation where wells are sunk through sand or friable soil liable to cave in. Herewith is illustrated a method of curbing as fast as the well is deepened. It not only serves as the permanent wall but prevents trouble and accidents from caving- in wMM the

_ • g j—^l rSS - I =^>JS i WOODEN WELL CURB. 1 laborers are at work making the well. Having decided on the diameter of the well, cut boards of uniform length (usually about four feet,) cutting or notching in each end as shown in the engraving, Dig the well square, placing in the boards upon all four sides; as it is deepened two short strips are nailed over each crack to hold the boards in place. After water is reached, or at any time, corner pieces are tirmly nailed at each angle to hold the whole firmly and solid, when the short strips may be removed. It is also well to make a ladder, by simply nailing to one of the corner pieces strips one foot apart. They will be one inch from the curb and make a firm and secure hold for both hands and feet in making the ascent and descent.— American Agriculturist. _ A Convenient Halter. The small conveniences about the farm make work much more agreeable. Moreover, a little laborsaved in each one

ADJUSTABLE HALTER. and fOrC tO p are constantly becoming entangled when this headgear is being arranged. To remove the one illustrated, it is only necessary to unbuckle the strap, when the whole falls to the floor. Again, it is specially convenient to carry upon t»ie road, since it can be adjusted over the bridle by lengthening the strap when buckling. When a halter is used in this way the rope should be passed through the bit-ring, giving much greater control over a horse if he should become frightened while standing at the hitching-post. The snap and rings are a convenient arrangement for lengthening or shortening the amount of rope.— American Agriculturist. THE STOCK-RANCH. Cattle Breeding. Mr. W. D. Rutherford, a successful breeder of Jersey cattle, spoke in substance as below, at a meeting of the Farmers’ Institute, in Canton, N. Y.: It. is the live stock that keeps up the fertility of our farms, and upon the quality of the stock depends the margin of

profit and loss. Every fanner should ' have a purpose and a system in breeding; yet careless and aimless breeding is the > rule with too many farmers. Test your cows and weed out all below the profit line. If you are breeding for butter, use a bull from an extra butter cow of a but- . ter breed. Avoid in-breeding; it tends . to delicacy and enfeebled constitution, ( while by using a bull from another family, possessing the butter qualities in the same degree, you retain the butter tendency and increase the capacity by adding vigor to the offspring. In selecting breeding stock see that the dam is individually good; that the sire has an unbroken pedigree and is of good ' strain, and especially that he has a good i dam. It is an old saying that “the bull is half the herd.” In my own experience I find the influence of the dam on the offspring to bo greater than that ot the sire. You often hear it said that “like begets like.” As a rule this is true; yet it is on the deviation from this rule that our hopes depend. Some of the offspring will be better than their progenitors; others not so good. Breed only from the best. If you breed from a good dam, and a sire whose dam is good, you have a strong point in breeding. Do net make the mistake of trying to breed for the greatest yield of milk butter, cheese and beef in the same animal. Breed for a purpose. There is no such tiling as a general purpose cow, horse or lien. The cow that produces 900 ft of butter in a year makes a very modest showing in milk, and the horse that can trot a mile in 2.10 would make a very poor showing at the plow. Mr. Rutherford gave an instance where a neighboring farmer, by breeding to good Jersey bulls for fifteen years, had increased the butter product of his dairy over one hundred pounds per cow, and received last year $375 more for butter from seventeen cows and heifers than his neighbor did from twenty-nine common cows.

THERE are three crops that can be grown as secom crops. Wemigh* make a fourth by u sowing millet, but \ usually this would \ be an uncertain I crop as it does not I make a good start I to grow if the jl weather is too hot Ay and dry, and this is an important x item with this crop. But some g corn for fodder, S buckwheat, and k turnips can very . oft’n be sownafter a crop of wheat or

THE HAIRY. Cleanliness in the Dairy. The following suggestions are taken from an article in the Swedish dairy paper, Nordisk Ncjeri-Tidnlng, translated for and published in the Country Gentleman: Careful cleanliness in milking is of the greatest importance, and ought to be promoted by all means. If there is not received a clean, fresh, and good-tasting milk the product cannot be sold at a satisfactory price. The public has so long been accustomed to line butter and cheese, and to pay for these such a price, that this should constitute an inducement to production of the best goods, even to the observance of the smallest ; details. To secure pure milk it is necessary to • furnish a dry bed, good care and fresh air in the stable. On the dressing and attention of milch cattle depend in a high degree theii product. With care as to a clean and dry stall, tlie cows ought also to be refreshed daily by combing and brushing. All visible dirt ought quickly to be removed, and the cow's whole body should be clean and glistening. Washing in general, particularly of the udder, is not to be recommended, considering a complete washing must be undertaken with the greatest prudence, and one so difficult should always be thoroughly performed. A badly performed washing is rather a damage than a benefit. When the i.dder । or teats are very dirty, and affected with sores, washing can be recommended, and ought to be done with lukewarm water and some soap. Care should be observed' that the washed parts are afterward well dried, and that the animal is not with a soft brush, or by rubbing with a

straw brush. ( Fresh air is secured in the stable by means of an air shaft, as well as by opening the windows and ventilators in the walk. Avoid, however, exposing the animals to any strong draft. The windows in most stables lie so low that the animats are directly exposed to such a draft. Under such circumstances prudence is required in airing the stable. Hair-cloth windows are reeommendc'd, through which fresh air, without any particular draft, can bo secured through the warmer months. It is a great influence on a regular and good product to keep an even temperature in the stable. This should be kept between 54 degrees and 59 degrees F. A constant changing in temperature results in a diminished product from the animals. If it is too cold, then too much feed is required to furnish the animal heat; if too warm, the respiration is too great—in both cases at the cost of the product. So far as possible ought the ! temperature in the stable to be regu-1 bated by a theremometer and constantly kept there. The arrangement of the stable ought to be such that the animals are not crowded. There should be no stall partitions; without these the animals secure so much more freedom, ami have some liberty when they lie down. By this j means they may, as far as possible, avoid lying in the dirt. At milking the following points be observed: 1. All milk vessels, which are best made of tinned iron, must be constantly kept carefully clean. 2. The milking should be performed in a neat dress and with clean hands, for which latter object a pail with warm water and a towel ought to be kept convenient. 3 Before commencing to milk, remove carefully all dirt from the udder and neighboipng parts. If there is left any dirt on the teats it is incorporated so thoroughly in the milk during milking that neither strainer nor strainer-cloth can remove it from the milk. No matter to what extent the milk in this manner may be dirtied, the

of the hundred bits of work that come up in the course of a day makes a large amount in the aggregate. The halter shown in the illustration is much more readily adjusted, since in ^the old-fashioned ! halter the mam'

dirt is removed at the seperating and remains in the grease in the seperator. The grease remaining in the seperator being more or loss black shows whether the milking has been performed in a more or less cleanly manner. Immediately after milking strain the milk through a tine cloth strainer. Pay attention that frequently during the process of milking the strainer becomes thoroughly washed. Should this not be done, the constant pouring of milk on the accumulated dirt । reduces it to such a degree of fineness ( that no additional straining can remove . it. THE POULTRY-YARD. Breeds and Incubators. In the great range of climate, and tera- | perature in this country, we can find ■ climatic conditions similar to those from i whence certain breeds were imported, and where their peculiar excellence was s developed either as meat or as egg-pro- - ducers. We cannot expect the Leghorn, f which comes from Italy, to lay as well iu

. ———————— 1- ~ ' Dakota as In the “Sunnj Soutn,” ft 3 ; native clime. Langshans, which Irigl- । rally came from China, would nattirally ■ do better in a cold climate than‘at the . South. In all breeds, their habits, amount of ph nage, etc., must be carefully considered if one would have as good results from the bird as is claimed for it on its native heath. The past ten years have brought a marked change in the class of people who are raising purebred poultry. Men and women of thought and culture have engaged in it, aro bringing up the poultry interests of this country. Thanks to the many good poultry journals in circulation, farmers are becoming a thinking, reading and practically demonstrating class of people. The sitting hen is a “delusion and a snare.” She breaks all the eggs she possibly can, crushes the chicks when they are out of the shell, and her first gift to them is “vermin without number.” The care of several sitting hens at this season of the year means something, and if they foul the nests which they so frequently do, they are simply loathsome. In these days, when simply constructed incubators of 100-egg capacity can be had so reasonably it is a matter of economy, especially if’ purebred eggs are to be hatched. Letters come to us from all parts of the country with grevious complaints about the sitting hen, so she surely must go. Newly hatched chicks should not be allowed to wander a foot away from the source of heat. The first three or four days’ heat is quite as essential to them as food, and if they get a chill at any time, even if they survive it. you need never expect a healthy chick.—Firm, Field and Stockinim. Clucks mid Cackles, Broken oyster-shells and boar ar» both excellent food for hens. Dampness is invariably the open door to roup. Filbup all hollow places where filthy water accumulates after a rain. It is much easier to keep disease away than to put it away when once invited and received into the flock. Charcoal in some form and lime should always be kept convenient, where the fowls can help themselves.

Fat hens that do not lay will not produce many eggs lifter they reach such a condition. Fat is detrimental to egg production. Such hens should be marketed. THE VINEYARD, Grape Growers’ Maxims, Prepare the ground in fall; plmt In spring. (live the vim' plenty of manure, old and well decomposed, for fresh manure excites the growth, but does not manure it. Luxuriant growth does not insure fruit. Dig deep and plow shallow. Young vines produce beautiful fruit, but old vines produce the richest. Prune in autumn to insure growth, but in spring to insure fruitfulness. Plant your vines before you put up your trellises. \ ines, like old soldiers, should have good arms. Prune spurs to one developed bud, for the nearer the old wood the higher flavored the fruit. Those who prune long must soon climb. \ ine leaves love the sun; the fruit the shade. Every leaf has a bud at the base, and cither a branch or a tendril opposite it. A tendril is an abortive fruit butch—a bunch of fruit a productive tendrik THE HOI SEHOLU. " lied rooms. A 11 n—w.— ~ —rr - — J implicity of the work. The style in vvich it is usually accomplished is know! to ev“ry one. ’**■._ The coverings are thrown back over the foot of the bed, permitting them to drag on the dusty floor, and the window is left open five or ten minutes, a length of time popularly considered quite sufficient to air the room. The bed-maker may possibly turn the mattress, but in seven eases out of ten the bedclothes are spread up without going through this form, and linked in snugly at the sides and foot, to prevent the fresh air getting in or the stale air escaping. The right way of performing this work ।is not so difficult that ne need shrink from it. The covering should first be stripped back over two chairs set at the foot of the bed. The mattress should then be doubled so that the air may get to all parts of it, and left so for from half an hour to an hour. In very severe winter weather the time my be lessened.

Each piece of bedclothing should be well shaken before it is restored to its place, । and the pillows beaten and patted into । shape. The white spread, that should have been removed at. bedtime the night before and neatly folded, is now fresh and smooth. If pillow shams are not used, the creased night slips may be exchanged for fresh day cases, and the former laid aside until the evening. The bed is not all that needs close care in the sleeping-room. The dusting is far more important than many people suspect. Accumulations of fluff and dust form a favorite nesting place for disease germs and unsavory smells. On this account many ornaments are not to be commended in a bed-chamber. The bits of drapery, the brackets, the gay Japanese fans, the photographs and the pieces of bric-a-brac that are admirable in other parts of the house are out of place hero. Whatever furniture there is should Be carefully wiped off each day with a ssO cloth, and this shaken out of the wind?"" afterwards. JR The room should receive a thoro> sweeping at least once a week and? this time every article in it should oc moved, and no nook nor corner left unbrushed. If there are curtains at the windows they should be well shaken,

that no dust, may linger in their folds. The receptacles for waste water should be washed out every day and scalded three times a week. In hot weather the scalding should take place every day, and the utensils sunned if possible. Wash-cloths should be wrung out in boiling water every other day. Without this they soon become offensive. Shoes and other articles of apparel should not be left lying about the room to gather dust and look untidy. Soiled clothes 1 should never be left in the sleepingroom. They contaminate the atmosphere. When all these precautions are closely followed there will be no trouble with the close, unpleasant odor that one finds often in even handsome and apparently well-kept bedrooms. Such malodors are not only disrgreeable, but positively unwholesome, especially for delicate persons and children. Hints to Housekeepers. After washing a wooden bowl place it where it will dry equally on all sides, away from th* stove.

Scarpology. Not long ago people who had nothing terter with which tc amuse themselves were greatly interested in the so-called science of palmistry, by means of which they assumed to read the character of a person from the hand. Now another very curious characterreading “science” has been discovered or invented in Switzerland. A learned doctor of Basle has communicated to a medical journal a full account of his science of Scarpology, which consists of “knowing men by the aid of tli^ir old shoes. ” Well-worn shoes, this authority, maintains, afford a much better means of reading the charact r than the hand, the face or the handwriting. It is possible, he says, to perceive in an old shoe infallible signs of certain good or bad traits. If the heel and tlie sole are worn in the same degree, the wearer of the boot is a business or bu-ineis-like person, energetic and well-informed; or if a woman, either a good wife and mother or capable of becoming one. If the shoe is “run over” toward the outer edge of the sole, the wearer, so declares this science, has a leaning toward the fantastic and adventurous. If it is “run in” or worn out upon the inner edge of the sole, irresolution and weakness are indicated. One might obtain, no doubt, a very interesting account of himself by combining the observations of the professors of all the different character-reading “scit ices.” T st the phrenologist would read him according to his bumps. Then the physiognomist would look him over,, d decide by his features what manner of man he was. Next the pahnister would cast his horosco] e ’ from an inspection of his hands. A copy of his favorite poem, written in his own handwriting, would enable the chirogrophist to determine all his peculiarities trom his penmanship.

.Last of all, he would send a pair of his old shoes to the scarpologist. Combining all their reports, he would probably learn that he was an erratic, steady-minded, even-tempered, irascible, industrious, lazy, bold-spirited, timid, affectionate, co'd-blooded, and altogether contradictory sort of person. But he probably knew that before.— Youth's Companion. Strong Alen. On March 28, 1811, Thomas Thompson lifted three barrels of water, weighing together 1,83 b pounds. He also put an iron bar on his neck, seized hold of its two ends, and bent it until the latter met. On another occasion he raised with his teeth a table six feet long, supporting at its furthest end a weight of 100 pounds. He also tore without serious effort a rope of a diameter of two inches and lifted a horse over a bar. Some years ago a negro appeared in London, who, with one hand and his arm out straight, lifted from the ground a chair on which was seated a full-grown man having on his lap a child. It is on record that, a German called Buchholz lifted with his teeth a cannon weighing about 200 pounds, and fired it off in that position. While performing at Lpernay in France the same feat, the barrel of the gun burst. Miraculously ho was not killed, although several of the fragments were thrown over fifty ’ ui »v o , pr-g ■■■■ — j wkv .Ha uuiapjiesi nt imtnL^u^r.nyjik J lived in South Holland who killed calves . by strangling them. A Dutch count, in i a private entertainment, bent an iron ; bar by beating it with his right band i against his left arm, protected by a leather bandage, bending it afterward j straight again by beating it the other , way. Charles Louvier, a carj enter of Paris, found it child’s play to roll a tin basin between his lingers into a cylinder. On one occasion be carried oil’ a soldier on guard who had gone to sleep in the sentrv-box, depositing both on a low churchyard wall close by. An equally amusing story is told of a Dane, Knut Kundson, a locksmith, who, while standing in a window on the ground floor, lifted with one hand half a bullock from the shoulder of a butcher who was toiling past with his load. — Ch amber's Journal.

Abusing Ilie Voice. As the voice is the most delicate of instruments and one which resents at once any abuse of its powers, be sure that von are not misusing it, Emma C. Thursby says in The Ladles' Home Journal. It is the easiest thing in the world to detect such misuse when it exists. After singing for twenty minutes, stop and see if there are any feelings of weariness or evidences of huskiness about the throat. If there are, you are forcing your voice, and you will show vour wisdom by not singing again until you have learned how to u e it properly. Some people learn naturally how to use the voice, while with others it is a matter of necessity that they shall be taught. And as there is no s ure y, wa X to lose a voice than to abuse it, if you find that it is not as easy for you to sing as to laugh, and if you desire to do anythin<r in the future with your voice, cea-e singing until you can secure a good teacher. It will not hurt your voice to remain unused, though, of oourse, early training and constant practice are most desirable. If, however, you find that you are using vour voice properly and that your efforts are pleasing to your friends, sing as often and as much in your home and in your friend’s parlors as you please, remembering always that it is better to sing half-a-dozen times a day for ten minutes at a time, than once so»- an hour. Never sing for a longer period than ten minutes, without resting. It is dangerous in the extreme to tire the voice, and this evil will take prompt and sure revenge by roughening its quality and spoiling its natural sweetness. Photograph Taken by Moonlight. Chamberburg (Pa.) Public Opinion: Several weeks ago J. \\ ill Barbour, the South Main street photographer, succeeded in securing a bit of scenery by moonlight. The night the effort was made the moon was full and the ground covered by snow, which aid^d greatly in the taking of the picture. _ The plate was exposed one hour, just 3b,000 times longer than necessary in the daytime.

Those who believe that Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy will cure them are more liable to get well than those who don’t. If you happen to be one of those who don’t believe, there’s a matter of SSOO to help your faith. It’s for you if the makers of Dr. Sage’s remedy can’t cure you, no matter how bad or of how long standing your catarrh in the head may be. The makers are the World’s Dispensary Medical Association of Buffalo, N.Y. They’re known to every newspaper publisher and every druggist in the land, and you can easily ascertain that their word’s as good as their bond. Begin right. The first stage is to purify the system. You don’t want to build on a wrong foundation, when you’re building for health. And don’t shock the stomach with harsh treatment. Use the milder means. You wind your watch once a day. Your liver and bowels should act as regularly. If they do not, use a key. The key is — Dr. I ierce’s Pleasant Pellets. One a dose.

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To Dispel Colds, J Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the system effectually, yet gently, when costive or ilious, or when tie blood is impure or to permanently cure habitualcon- > sttpalion to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, use Syrup of Figs. Dig Money on Faro Gain ’. Jh° biggest money I ever saw on a gambling table at onetime,” said a guest at the Laclede last night, “was $22,100 and I saw that at Spokane Falls, Wash.’ last year, just after the big fire. Everybody had plenty of money, and all kinds of gambling snaps were running in tents, houses, either brick or frame, being few and far between. The iitt'e tent had a faro bank, and three mon called the turn There was $22,000 in cash on the table,' and S2O gold pieces were usd as chips’ 1 hey all lost, and the house scooped in the pot. ” “That is a good story,” said a bystander, “but 1 wi 1 toil you what I saw in Tucson. Ari., Christni.s night, 1883. 1 was a stranger, and wandered into the gambling room by accident. Everything was.wide open in those days. I saw sitting at a faro bank table an I army officer, a Chinaman, a negro, a , Mexican (or ‘Greaser,’ as they are called in that country', an Indian, and a w’o- < man. I watched the game for more than an hour, and the Chinaman and the woman were the only ones who quit winners. ” — St. Louis Globe Democrat. Mail the Life lloat! Ere your wave-battered, dismasted hulk Is dashed to pieces upon that cruel reel by the resistless waves. Save, too, a shattered physique, fast yielding to the attacks of disease with that imperial renovator of health and strength, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. The range of its powers is wide, its action prompt and thorough, its use always safe. Chronic indigestion, debility and nervousness, malarial complaints, rheumatism, neuralgia, inactivity of the kidneys and bladder, and that physical decay without

apparent cause, which is often premature, are speedily checked and ultimately cured by this mediciue of many uses and sure results. Sleep, appetite and vigor are improved by this helpful tonic and regulator, the use of which likewise tends to remedy undue leanness. The Size ot Canada. The area of the Dominion of Canada is estimated at 3,379,000 square miles, * or including its water surface, 3,519,000 square miles. It is the largest of ail the British possessions, constituting 40 per cent, of the empire, the total area t of which is over 8,000,000 square miles. Canada lacks only 237,002 square miles ' of being as large as the whole continent of Europe; it is nearly thirty times as = large as Great Britain and Ireland, and ( is 500,000 square miles larger than the ? United States, exclusive of Alaska. * Canada covers more than 1-14 part of the earth’s surface, but contains only 1-286 part of the population of the world. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, I Lucas County, I Frank J. Cheney makes oath that hs is ths senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney Si Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarhii that cannot bs cured by the use of Hall’s Cataebh Cube. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December. A. D. 1886. . —, A. W. GLEASON, ■j seal. ■ Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. KSTSoId by druggists, 75c. Good " ili." l A blush is a temporary erythemajinj^^^^ equilibrity from a sense of shame, anger, etc., eventuating in a paresis of I the vaso-motor nervous filaments of the facial capillaries, whereby being divested of their elasticity, are suffused with radiant, aerated, compound-nutritive circulating liquid, emanating from an intimidated pnecordia.

We take pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the advertisement of the the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, which appears in another column. This company are the original discoverers and only manufacturers of Vaseline, which is known all over the world as the best emollient, and the most valuable family remedy in use. Their goods are sold by druggists throughout the country, but wo wish to caution our readers, when buying, to accent only goods in original packages, and labeled Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, as sometimes unscrupulous dealers try to substitute preparations which are of little value when compared with Vaseline, and some are injurious and unsafe to use. By sending the company a dollar by mail, the sender will receive free quite an assortment of these beautiful and valuable goods without any charge for delivery. We know whereof we write when we say the asellne” Soap is a revelation. Affection cannot to pounded in. Kind treatment insures the affection of an animal, while rough treatment is sure to cause its hatred. Dobbins’ Electric Soap is cheaper for you to use than any other soaps would be if given to you. for by its use clothes are saved. Clothes cost more than soap. Ask for Dobbins'. Take no other. Let no day glide into eternity without catching a glimpse of Heaven’s sea. “Blemishes are unseen by night, but and clean your house. The harp is coining to the front as a musical instrument in fashionable society. It can be p ayed to advantage ; by girls who have long, handsome, white j arms. I No Opium in Plso's Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c.